[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1851.??.??"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Black "Wyvill, Marmaduke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r2q1rk1/1p2np1p/p3bBp1/2pp4/P4P2/1B1P4/1PP3PP/R2Q1R1K w - - 0 16"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[EventDate "1851.??.??"]

{Games from many super tournaments are presented in this file. Selected games
have been analysed again.   Jan van Reek  International travel strongly
developed after the discovery of the steam engine. Comfortable journeys became
possible for the upper-middle-class. International transport improved too.
Steam boats crossed the Channel at the beginning of the nineteenth century. A
railway net existed half-a-century later. International gatherings were
stimulated. World exhibitions became a new phenomenon. Scientific and
technical progress were shown. The first international fair was London 1851.
All countries exhibited their finest creations in the large Crystal Palace at
South Kensington. The millions of visitors expected to see a British
superiority after the century of economic growth, but France appeared to be a
strong competitor. Paris 1855 would become the next fair.     The first
international chess tournament took place during London 1851. Money and
interest were available at that time. Anderssen won the knockout tournament.
 More games of this event during a world fair can be found in the file with
matches, match tournaments and knock-out tournaments.  Anderssen's advantage
on the King's side is evident.} 16. f5 $1 Bxf5 17. Rxf5 gxf5 18. Qh5 Qd6 19.
Qh6 Qxf6 20. Qxf6 {Wyvill was defeated in the final (+4, =1, -2). Anderssen
had won the first great tournament.} 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1862.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Black "Paulsen, Louis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1862.??.??"]

{The Crystal Palace was recycled for the second British world exhibition. A
great invention was the sewing machine for families.    Fourteen players
participated in the main chess event from 16 vi - 28 vi 1862. They played at
the St. George's Club, St. James's Club and Divan. All-play-all and time
controls were novelties for a big tournament. Twenty-four moves had to be
played in two hours. Time was measured with hourglasses. Draws did not count
and had to be replayed. Anderssen won before Paulsen.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.
Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 $5 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. h3 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. O-O Ne8 $5 {Both
players opt for a quiet approach in the Berlin Defence.} 9. d4 $1 exd4 10. Nxd4
Bb7 11. Be3 d5 12. Nf5 Bf6 13. Bc5 $1 Nd6 14. Re1 Re8 15. Qg4 Nxf5 16. exf5 Qd7
17. Qf3 a5 18. Ne2 a4 19. c3 Ra5 $6 20. Bd4 Qd6 21. Ng3 {A tactical phase
begins.} Be5 $2 ({The retreat} 21... Raa8 {protects the other rook.}) 22. f6 $1
{White utilises the vacated square.} Qxf6 (22... gxf6 23. Nf5 Qf8 24. Be3 $1)
23. Qh5 g5 24. Qe2 $2 ({Anderssen misses the win} 24. Rxe5 Rxe5 25. f4 $1 Qxf4
26. Rf1) 24... Qh8 $2 ({A chance offers} 24... Qg6 $1 25. Nh5 $1 {(Löwenthal)}
Bh2+ 26. Kxh2 Rxe2 27. Rxe2 Qd6+ 28. Be5 Qd8) 25. Bxe5 f6 26. Qh5 Rxe5 27. Rxe5
fxe5 28. Qe8+ Kg7 29. Nf5+ 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1862.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Paulsen, Louis"]
[Black "Owen, Rev. John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1862.??.??"]

1. e4 b6 $5 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. Nc3 f5 5. Nge2 Nf6 6. d3 Bb4 {Black plays
prophylactic.} 7. O-O Bxc3 $2 ({Equality keeps} 7... fxe4 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. dxe4
O-O) 8. Nxc3 fxe4 $2 (8... O-O 9. Bg5 Qc8 {defends well in the closed position.
}) 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Qh5+ g6 11. Qe5 O-O 12. dxe4 Nc6 13. Qc3 e5 14. Bh6 Rf7 15.
f4 Ba6 16. fxe5 $1 {Paulsen decides the game with a lovely combination.} Bxf1
17. Rxf1 Qe7 ({White wins material in} 17... Qe8 18. Rxf7 Kxf7 (18... Qxf7 19.
e6 $1) 19. e6+ $1 Kxe6 20. Qg7 Ne5 21. Bf4) 18. Rxf7 Qxf7 19. e6 $1 Qe7 20.
exd7 Ne5 21. Bh3 g5 (21... c5 22. Qb3+ c4 23. Qb5 Qd6 24. Kg2 a6 25. Qd5+ Qxd5
26. exd5 Nf7 27. Be6 Rd8 28. Be3) 22. Qxc7 g4 23. d8=Q+ Qxd8 24. Qg7# 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1862.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Steinitz, William"]
[Black "Mongredien, Augustus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1862.??.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 e6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Be7 {White has a
plus in the centre.} 7. O-O O-O 8. Be3 b6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. f4 Nbd7 11. Qe2 Nd5 $6
{Black weakens his defence.} 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Rf3 $5 f5 $6 ({Better is} 13...
Nf6 14. Rh3 Qd6) 14. Rh3 g6 $1 {Black has to prevent 15.Qh5.} 15. g4 $1 fxg4 $2
({Correct is} 15... Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bc8 {(Suhle).}) 16. Rxh7 $1 {Steinitz finds
a clever combination.} Nxe5 ({A forced win for White brings} 16... Kxh7 17.
Qxg4 Nxe5 $1 18. fxe5 {(Suhle)} Qe8 19. Qh5+ Kg7 20. Qh6+ Kg8 21. Bxg6 Rf7 22.
Kh1 $1 Bf8 23. Bxf7+ Qxf7 24. Rg1+ Bg7 25. Qf6 $1 Rf8 26. Bh6) 17. fxe5 Kxh7
18. Qxg4 Rg8 ({White wins in} 18... Qe8 19. Qh5+ Kg8 20. Bxg6 Rf7 21. Kh1 Bf8
22. Rg1 Bg7 23. Bh6 {(Löwenthal).}) 19. Qh5+ Kg7 20. Qh6+ Kf7 21. Qh7+ Ke6 (
21... Rg7 22. Bxg6+ Kf8 23. Qh8+ Rg8 24. Bh6#) 22. Qh3+ Kf7 23. Rf1+ Ke8 24.
Qe6 Rg7 25. Bg5 Qd7 26. Bxg6+ Rxg6 27. Qxg6+ Kd8 28. Rf8+ Qe8 29. Qxe8# 1-0

[Event "Paris"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1867.06.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Loyd, Samuel"]
[Black "Rosenthal, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1867.??.??"]

{The tournament happened during a world fair. A remarkable participant was the
famous problem composer Samuel Loyd. He played a splendid game.} 1. e4 e5 2.
Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Be3 Bb6 7. h3 Na5 8. Bb3 Nxb3 9. axb3
Be6 10. Nb5 Bxe3 11. fxe3 c6 12. Nc3 Qc7 13. g4 $5 {Loyd becomes aggressive
after a quiet start.} a6 14. d4 O-O-O 15. d5 Bd7 16. g5 Ne8 17. Nd2 c5 18. Nc4
h6 19. Qh5 Rf8 $5 20. gxh6 $1 Rh8 21. hxg7 Rxh5 22. g8=Q Rxh3 23. Rxh3 Bxh3 {
A notable exchange has taken place.} 24. Nb5 $5 Qe7 $1 25. Qh7 Bg4 26. Na7+ $2
Kb8 $6 ({The attack is stopped by} 26... Kc7 $1) 27. Rxa6 $1 Nc7 28. Ra5 Qf6
29. Qh1 Rh8 $2 ({Black wins by} 29... Bf3 $1 30. Qf1 Qh4+ 31. Kd2 Qh2+ 32. Kc1
Rg8) 30. Qf1 Bf3 $6 31. Nb6 Qh4+ 32. Kd2 Qg4 $2 (32... Bg4 {protects square d7.
}) 33. Qxf3 $1 {Loyd carries out a brilliancy.} Qxf3 34. Nd7+ Ka8 35. Nc6+ Na6
36. Nb6# {An incident took place in the game Lyod - Golmayo. Loyd announced
mate in eight in an equal position. The adversary resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Paris"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1867.06.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Winawer, Szymon"]
[Black "Kolisch, Ignaz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1867.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Nxd7 6. exd5 exd5 7. O-O Bd6
8. Nc3 Ne7 9. d3 Nf6 10. Kh1 a6 11. d4 Qc7 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Ne5 $6 ({More
appropriate is} 13. Qd3) 13... O-O 14. Rf3 $6 Rad8 15. Nd3 Ba7 16. f5 d4 17.
Ne2 Ned5 18. Nef4 Rfe8 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Rg3 Ne3 21. Bxe3 dxe3 22. Qg4 f6 23.
Qe2 $2 ({Passivity avoids} 23. Re1 $1) 23... Re4 24. Rf3 Rc4 25. Rc1 Qa5 26.
Rd1 Qxa2 27. Nb4 Rxd1+ 28. Qxd1 Rd4 $1 {An artistic move confuses Winawer.} 29.
Qe1 $2 (29. Nd3 {prolongs the game.}) 29... Rxb4 30. g3 Qd5 31. Kg2 Qd2+ {
Kolisch won the tournament.} 0-1

[Event "Paris"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1867.06.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Steinitz, William"]
[Black "Kolisch, Ignaz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C38"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1867.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. O-O d6 6. d4 h6 7. g3 g4 8. Ne1 f3
9. c3 Ne7 10. h3 $5 h5 11. Nxf3 $5 gxf3 12. Qxf3 {Steinitz has undertaken a
romantic attack.} Bxh3 $5 ({Kolisch dislikes the defensive} 12... f6 13. e5 f5
14. exd6 Qxd6 15. Na3) 13. Qxf7+ Kd7 14. Qxg7 Bxf1 15. Bxf1 Qg8 16. Bh3+ Kd8
17. Qxg8+ Rxg8 18. Bf4 Nd7 19. Na3 $6 Nf6 20. Be6 $6 Rg6 21. Re1 h4 22. e5 Nh5
23. exd6 Nxf4 24. dxe7+ Ke8 25. Bf5 Rxg3+ 26. Kh1 Nd5 27. Nb5 $6 a6 28. Be4
axb5 29. Bxd5 c6 30. Bg2 $2 {Steinitz plays the endgame poorly.} ({Correct is} 
30. Bb3 Rg7 31. Re4 Rxe7 32. Rxh4) 30... Rg7 31. d5 Rxe7 32. Rf1 cxd5 33. Bxd5
Rd8 34. c4 bxc4 35. Bxc4 Rd2 36. b4 Re4 37. Bf7+ Ke7 38. Bb3 Ree2 39. Ra1 Rh2+
40. Kg1 Rdg2+ 41. Kf1 h3 0-1

[Event "Paris"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1867.06.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Steinitz, William"]
[Black "Winawer, Szymon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1867.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 {Winawer plays his variation.} 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3
Be6 6. Nf3 h6 $6 7. O-O Bxc3 $6 8. bxc3 Nd7 9. Rb1 Nb6 10. Ne5 Ne7 11. f4 Bf5
12. Bxf5 Nxf5 13. Ba3 Nd6 14. f5 Ne4 $2 {A square is opened for an attacker.}
15. f6 $1 g6 ({The pointes are} 15... gxf6 16. Qh5 Ng5 17. Nxf7 Nxf7 18. Rbe1+)
({and} 15... Nxf6 16. Qe2) 16. Qg4 Qc8 (16... Rh7 17. Rf5 $1 Nxf6 18. Rxf6 $1
Qxf6 19. Rxb6 $1) 17. Qxg6 $1 Qe6 18. Qg7 O-O-O 19. Nxf7 Nxc3 20. Nxd8 Rxd8 21.
f7 Nd7 22. Rbe1 Ne2+ 23. Kh1 c5 24. Bxc5 Qe4 25. f8=Q Nxf8 26. Rxf8 Ng3+ 27.
Qxg3 Rxf8 28. Bxf8 {Steinitz was known as the Austrian Morphy in these days.}
1-0

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "De Vere, Cecil"]
[Black "Winawer, Szymon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]

{Baden-Baden 1870 can be regarded as the first super tournament. In comparison
with London 1851, London 1862 and Paris 1867, three main changes were made: a)
time was restricted with clocks, b) draws counted as half points, and c) only
international top players were invited. The similarities with the later events
in Tilburg, Linares and Dortmund are striking.  Kolisch was the driving force
during the preparation and held the function of secretary in the organising
committee. Prince Stourdza was president. Writer Ivan Turgenyev lived part of
the year in Baden-Baden and was vice-president. The committee of appeal
consisted of Baron Maythény and Kolisch. Ten first-rate players participated
in the double rounded event: Anderssen, Steinitz, Neumann, Blackburne, Paulsen,
De Vere, Rosenthal, Winawer, von Minckwitz and Stern. Lange, Zukertort, Jakoby
and Meitner did not participate for various reasons. The event lasted from 18
July until 4 August 1870. Each day one game was played. Double rounds of two
participants were played consecutively. Twenty moves had to be made per hour.
The first time control was after two hours. Play started at 9 AM. If a player
did not appear within one-and-a-half hour, the game was forfeited.  The start
of the tournament coincided with the beginning of an international conflict.
After mutual provocations, five states started to mobilise their troops:
France on 14 July, Prussia on 15 July, Baden and Bavaria on 16 July and
Württemberg on 18 July. France declared war on Prussia on 19 July. The
southern German states took the side of Prussia. The war came close to
Baden-Baden. A manoeuvre by the Southern wing of the French army took place at
the other side of the Rhine.  Von Minckwitz proposed to postpone the Congress
for one year, considering the grave circumstances. The Committee showed full
confidence in the Prussian army, rejected the suggestion, but shortened the
programme. Other visitors to the spa and its casino were less fanatical and
left.   At 9 AM on 18 July 1870, the players assembled in the town-hall and
the tournament started. Few rich and famous aristocrats were around as
spectators. Lunch took place at 1 PM. Thereafter, interrupted games had to be
resumed and finished on the same day. Those, who had ended their game, made
afternoon excursions. During the evening they listened to the spa band and
drank wine in a local cellar. One evening Blackburne, De Vere and Steinitz
sang English tunes, strolled outside the city and encountered an alert German
patrol. An international incident nearly occurred. More serious was Stern's
mobilisation, as a Bavarian reservist, after four rounds. Like Zukertort, he
fought in the war.   The games were hard fought in Baden-Baden 1870. Draws
were rare. Anderssen led most of the tournament with uncompromising chess.
Steinitz had a disastrous start and a great finish. Rosenthal wanted to score
at least a draw against the strongest players and called it a duel scar or
'Schmitzel'. But he forfeited his four games against De Vere and Minckwitz.The
first prize of 3000 francs was made available by the administration of the
'Conversation house' or Casino of Baden-Baden. A prize of 600 francs consisted
of the registration fees of 50 francs per participant. The Committee added a
third prize of 400 francs. Four players received a substantial amount of money.
The tournament was played in great harmony. Three difficulties occurred: A) It
was difficult to register on the Schwarzwald clocks, when a player overstepped
the time limit. Decades later this was solved by a 'flag'. The problem could
have been ended right away, if the famous cuckoo clocks had been used. B)
Sometimes chess positions were repeated endlessly. Restrictions came in later
tournaments. C) The start at 9 AM was early for De Vere and Minckwitz.Long
reports about Baden-Baden 1870 were published in the 'Deutsche Schachzeitung' 
(edited by Minckwitz) and 'Neue Berliner Schachzeitung' (edited by Anderssen
and Zukertort). Gilliam and Swift published an English translation. Fifteen
tournament games and one casual encounter were selected by me (Jan van Reek)
for new analyses.  The finish of Baden-Baden 1870 marked the end of the
beginning of hostilities. The advance of French troop alongside of the Rhine
went through Weissemburg. They had to withdraw at Wörth on 6 August 1870. The
German army had larger numbers of men at the front and used the superior Krupp
canons. The thunder of the artillery could be heard at a distance of 30 km in
Baden-Baden. At the end of August, Napoleon III was beaten in the battle of
Sedan. He surrendered with his army on 2 September. Stern sent a card from the
fields near Sedan on 4 September: "Emperor Napoleon has been mated". Paris
surrendered after a siege in January 1871. The German states unified. Germany
gained Elsace-Lorraine. France became a republic. The casino of Baden-Baden
was closed in 1872. } 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Qe7 6.
Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 Nh5 9. Bxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Qxe5 11. Qxh5 Qxb2 12. Bc4
Qxa1 13. c3 Rf8 14. Qe2 b5 15. Bb3 a5 16. e5 a4 17. Bd5 c6 18. Bf3 a3 19. e6
fxe6 20. d4 Be7 21. d5 Rxf3 22. Qxf3 Qxa2 0-1

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Neumann, Gustav"]
[Black "Paulsen, Louis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A85"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4 e6 4. a3 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 b6 7. Nge2 d6 8. Qc2 c5
9. d5 exd5 10. cxd5 Ng4 11. Nf4 Ne5 12. Be2 a6 13. Ne6 Bxe6 14. dxe6 Ra7 15. f4
Nec6 16. Nd5 b5 17. g4 Bh4+ 18. Kd1 fxg4 19. Bxg4 Ne7 20. e4 Nbc6 21. Be3 Nxd5
22. exd5 Ne7 23. Qd2 Nf5 24. Bxf5 Rxf5 25. Kc2 Bf6 26. Rad1 Bd4 27. Bxd4 Rxd5
28. Qe3 cxd4 29. Rxd4 Qc8+ 30. Kb1 Rxd4 31. Qxd4 Qxe6 32. Qxa7 Qe4+ 33. Ka2
Qd5+ 34. Kb1 Qxh1+ 35. Ka2 Qd5+ 36. Ka1 Qc6 37. Qe3 d5 38. Qe5 h6 39. Kb1 Qc4
40. Qe6+ Kh8 41. Qxa6 Qe4+ 42. Ka2 d4 43. Qxb5 d3 44. Kb3 d2 45. Qd7 Qe2 46.
Qc8+ Kh7 47. Qf5+ Kg8 48. Qc8+ Kf7 49. Qf5+ Ke7 50. Qc5+ Ke6 51. Qc8+ Kf6 52.
Qc6+ Kf5 53. Qc8+ Kg6 0-1

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rosenthal, Samuel"]
[Black "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 f5 4. d4 fxe4 5. Nxe5 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bb5 O-O 8.
Qb3+ d5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bxc6 Be6 11. Bxa8 Qxa8 12. Nd2 Bd6 13. h3 Nh5 14. Be3
Nf4 15. Bxf4 Bxf4 16. O-O-O a5 17. a3 a4 18. Qa2 Qa6 19. Rhe1 c5 20. c4 cxd4
21. Kb1 dxc4 22. Rxe4 Bf5 23. Ka1 Bxd2 24. Rxd4 Be6 25. R4xd2 c3 26. Rd6 Qxd6
27. Rxd6 Bxa2 28. Kxa2 Rxf2 29. Kb1 Rxb2+ 0-1

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Steinitz, William"]
[Black "Blackburne, Joseph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]

{Baden-Baden 1870 can be regarded as the first super tournament. 1. Most of
the players belonged to the best of the world. 2. All played all (twice). 3.
Draws counted. 4. The average allotted time was three minutes per move.   The
tournament coincided with the beginning of the Franco-German war. Jan van Reek.
} 1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. d3 Nc6 6. c3 {Steinitz played
this slow advance against Löwenthal in London 1866.} O-O 7. Bb3 $5 Bg4 8. f5 d5
$1 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 dxe4 11. dxe4 Qd6 12. Bg5 Rad8 13. Bc2 $5 h6 14. Bc1 $6
(14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Nd2 {is better.}) 14... Kh7 $5 15. g4 Rh8 $5 {Black applies
an original defence.} 16. Nd2 b5 17. Nb3 b4 18. Bd2 bxc3 19. bxc3 Na5 20. O-O-O
$2 {White allows an attack on his king.} ({Correct is} 20. Rd1) 20... Nc4 21.
Kb1 Qa6 $1 22. Bc1 (22. Nxc5 Qb6+ 23. Nb3 Nxd2+ 24. Rxd2 Rxd2) 22... Ba3 23.
Ka1 Bxc1 24. Rxc1 Qa3 25. Rb1 Rd6 26. Rh2 Rb8 27. Bd3 Na5 28. Nxa5 Qxc3+ 29.
Rhb2 Rxb2 30. Rxb2 Rxd3 31. Qe2 Re3 0-1

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Black "Rosenthal, Samuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C51"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bb6 5. O-O d6 6. a4 a5 7. b5 Nd4 8. Nxd4
Bxd4 9. c3 Bb6 10. d4 exd4 11. cxd4 Ne7 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Nc3 Kh8 14. Nd5 Nxd5
15. Bxd5 Rb8 16. Ra3 Be6 17. Qh5 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Qe8 19. Rg3 f6 20. Qf5 Qf7 21.
Rh3 h6 22. d5 Rbe8 23. Kh1 Qg8 24. f3 Qh7 25. Qh5 Re7 26. Rg3 Be3 27. Rg6 b6
28. Re1 Bf4 29. g3 Be5 30. Bc1 Bc3 31. Re3 Re5 32. Qg4 h5 33. Qd7 Bd4 34. Rd3
Bc5 0-1

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Blackburne, Joseph"]
[Black "Steinitz, William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C51"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Bc5 6. O-O d6 7. d4 exd4 8.
cxd4 Bb6 9. Bb2 Na5 10. d5 Ne7 11. Bd3 O-O {So far, Rivière - Morphy, Paris
1858.} 12. Nc3 c6 13. Qd2 Ng6 $1 {Steinitz improves on the theory of the Evans
Gambit.} 14. Ne2 Bg4 15. Ng3 $2 Rc8 $2 ({Superb is} 15... Bxf3 16. gxf3 Ne5)
16. Rac1 Re8 17. Kh1 cxd5 18. exd5 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Ne5 21. Bb5 Rf8
22. Rg1 $1 f6 23. Nf5 g6 24. Qh6 Rf7 {White attacks the king.} 25. Bxe5 $6 (25.
f4 Qc8 $1 26. Qh3 $1 Kh8 $1 27. Be8 $1 Qxe8 28. Nxd6 Qd7 29. Nxf7+ Qxf7 30. Qe6
Qxe6 31. dxe6 {and White has an advantage.}) 25... fxe5 26. Rxg6+ $1 hxg6 27.
Qxg6+ Kf8 28. Nh6 Rg7 29. Qf5+ Ke7 30. Qe6+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Paulsen, Louis"]
[Black "Neumann, Gustav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C60"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. c3 d6 5. d4 Bd7 6. O-O g6 7. d5 Nb8 8. Bd3
h6 9. Ne1 g5 10. c4 Bg7 11. Nc3 Ng6 12. Ne2 Nf4 13. Ng3 h5 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15.
exf5 Nd7 16. Be4 Nf6 17. f3 h4 18. Nd3 Bh6 19. Nf2 Qd7 20. Ng4 Ke7 21. Nxf6
Kxf6 22. b3 Nh5 23. f4 Nxf4 24. g3 hxg3 25. hxg3 Nh3+ 26. Kg2 g4 27. Bxh6 Rxh6
28. Qxg4 Rhh8 29. Rae1 Rag8 30. Qd1 Nf4+ 31. Kf3 Rh3 32. Rg1 Nh5 33. Rh1 Rhxg3+
34. Kf2 Nf4 35. Rh6+ Ke7 36. Reh1 Kd8 37. Qb1 Ke8 38. R1h4 c6 39. dxc6 bxc6 40.
Qh1 d5 41. cxd5 cxd5 42. Bb1 Qb5 43. Rxf4 Qc5+ 0-1

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Winawer, Szymon"]
[Black "De Vere, Cecil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C15"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd3 dxe4 5. Bxe4 c5 6. Nge2 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bxc3+
8. bxc3 Qa5 9. Qf3 Nf6 10. Bxb7 Bxb7 11. Qxb7 Qxc3+ 12. Ke2 Qxd4 13. Qxa8 O-O
14. Rb1 Qc4+ 15. Ke1 Nc6 16. Qb7 Nd4 0-1

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Black "Minckwitz, Johannes von"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C51"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bb6 5. O-O d6 6. a4 a6 7. a5 Ba7 8. b5
axb5 9. Bxb5 Bd7 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Qf6 14. Bb2
Qxd4 15. Bxd4 f6 16. Nc3 Ne7 17. Rfb1 c5 18. Be3 Bc6 19. f3 Kd7 20. Rd1 Ke6 21.
Ne2 Rhb8 22. Nf4+ Kf7 23. Bd2 Rb2 24. Rdc1 Ra7 25. Bc3 Rb8 26. Kf2 Ng6 27. Nh5
Ne5 28. g4 Nc4 29. Rg1 h6 30. h4 Rh8 31. Rg2 Raa8 32. Nf4 Rag8 33. a6 Ne5 34.
a7 Nd7 35. Rag1 Ba8 36. g5 hxg5 37. hxg5 Bc6 38. gxf6 Nxf6 39. e5 Nd5 40. e6+
Ke8 41. Nxd5 Bxd5 42. Bxg7 Rh7 43. Bf6 Rf8 44. Rg8 Rh2+ 45. Ke3 Rxc2 46. e7 1-0

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Neumann, Gustav"]
[Black "Blackburne, Joseph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 b6 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. Bd2
c5 9. a3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bxf3 11. gxf3 cxd4 12. exd4 Qxd4 13. Bd3 Rd8 14. Be2
Nbd7 15. O-O-O Rac8 16. Rhg1 Nd5 17. Kb1 Bf6 18. Ba6 Rc7 19. Bg5 Nxc3+ 20. bxc3
Qe5 21. f4 Qa5 22. Bxf6 g6 23. Bxd8 Rxc3 24. Qb2 Nb8 25. Bb5 Rc8 26. Bf6 a6 27.
Be2 Nc6 28. Rc1 b5 29. Rgd1 b4 30. Rxc6 Rb8 31. Rcd6 1-0

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Paulsen, Louis"]
[Black "De Vere, Cecil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. c4 $5 {Paulsen enlivens a dull
opening.} Nf6 6. Be3 O-O 7. c5 Be7 8. Nc3 Ne4 $6 (8... b6 {starts a firm
counteraction.}) 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Re8 11. Bd3 g6 12. O-O Nd7 13. Rae1 f5 $2
({Correct is} 13... Nf6) 14. c4 c6 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Bb5 Rf8 17. Bh6 Rf7 18. c6
$1 {Black is beaten with simple means.} Nb6 (18... bxc6 19. Bxc6 Ba6 20. Bxd5
$1 $18) 19. c7 Qd6 20. Be8 Rf6 21. Bf4 Qxf4 22. Rxe7 Nc4 23. Rfe1 a6 24. Qe2 b5
25. Bc6 Rxc6 26. Re8+ Kg7 27. Qe7+ Kh6 28. Qxh7+ 1-0

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Winawer, Szymon"]
[Black "Rosenthal, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]

{Notation missing}  1-0

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Blackburne, Joseph"]
[Black "Neumann, Gustav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C62"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. Nc3 d6 5. d4 Bd7 6. O-O h6 7. dxe5 dxe5 8.
Nd5 Ng6 9. Be3 Bd6 10. Qd2 Nf8 11. Rad1 Ne6 12. c4 Nb8 13. Nc3 b6 14. Qd5 Bxb5
15. Nxb5 Nd7 16. Nxd6+ cxd6 17. Qxd6 Qc7 18. Qxc7 Nxc7 19. Rd6 Ke7 20. Rfd1
Rad8 21. b4 Ne6 22. Kf1 g5 23. a4 f6 24. Ke2 Nb8 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rxd8 Kxd8
27. Kd3 Kc7 28. Kc3 Nc6 29. b5 Nb8 30. Ne1 a5 31. bxa6 Nxa6 32. Nd3 Kc6 33.
Nb4+ Nxb4 34. Kxb4 h5 35. f3 h4 36. Kc3 Kc7 37. Kb4 Kc6 38. Kb3 Kc7 39. Kc3 Kc6
40. Kb3 Kc7 41. g3 hxg3 42. hxg3 Kb7 43. Kb4 Kc6 44. Bf2 g4 45. fxg4 Ng5 46. a5
bxa5+ 47. Kxa5 Nxe4 48. Be3 Nxg3 49. Kb4 Nf1 50. Bc1 Ng3 51. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "De Vere, Cecil"]
[Black "Paulsen, Louis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. O-O Be7 7. Nxd4 $2 Nxd4
8. Qxd4 c5 9. Qd3 b5 {White has blundered in the opening and loses a piece.}
10. e5 Ng8 11. Qg3 Bf8 $2 ({Clearly wins} 11... Kf8 $1) 12. Nc3 bxa4 13. Ne4 g6
$2 ({Right is} 13... Qb6 14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15. Qxg7 Be7 16. Qxh8 Qg6 {Black has
taken over the attack.}) 14. Bg5 Qb6 15. Nd6+ Bxd6 16. exd6 f6 17. Rae1+ Kf8 {
White finds a highly elegant win.} 18. Bxf6 $1 Nxf6 19. Re7 $1 Qxb2 20. c3 Qd2
21. Qe5 1-0

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Minckwitz, Johannes von"]
[Black "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]

{Notation missing}  0-1

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rosenthal, Samuel"]
[Black "Winawer, Szymon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Nxe4 7. d4 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. a4 Rb8 10. axb5 axb5 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Be7 13. h3 O-O 14. c3 Qd7
15. Qe2 Nd8 16. Nd4 c5 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. f4 c4 19. Bc2 Bc5+ 20. Kh1 g6 21. g4
Kh8 22. Rf3 Nc6 23. Raf1 d4 24. Be4 d3 25. Qh2 Ne7 26. h4 h5 27. f5 exf5 28.
gxf5 Nxf5 29. Bxf5 Rxf5 30. Rxf5 gxf5 31. Qf4 Qc6+ 32. Rf3 Rg8 33. Qxf5 Rg3 34.
Qxh5+ Kg8 35. Qf7+ Kh8 36. Qh5+ Kg7 37. Qf7+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Black "Steinitz, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C51"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Bc5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O d6 8.
cxd4 Bb6 9. d5 Nce7 10. e5 Nh6 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Bxh6 gxh6 13. Ne4 dxe5 14. Nf6+
Kh8 15. Nxe5 Ng6 16. Nxg6+ hxg6 17. Ne4 Kh7 18. Qd2 f5 19. Nc3 Qf6 20. Rfe1 Bd7
21. d6 Rae8 22. dxc7 Bc6 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. Qxd5 Bxc7 25. Qd7+ Qg7 26. Rxe8 Bxh2+
27. Kh1 Qxd7 28. Rxf8 Be5 29. Rb1 Qd4 30. Rxb7+ Bg7 31. Rff7 Qd1+ 32. Kh2 Qh5+
33. Kg1 Qd1+ 34. Bf1 h5 35. Rxg7+ Kh6 36. Rxa7 f4 37. Rg8 1-0

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Blackburne, Joseph"]
[Black "De Vere, Cecil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B24"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 a6 5. d3 b5 6. Nge2 Bb7 7. O-O Qc7 8. f4 h5
9. Be3 Nf6 10. h3 d6 11. Qd2 Rd8 12. Rae1 Be7 13. Bf2 Qa5 14. Nc1 Nd4 15. Nb3
Qb4 16. Qd1 Nxb3 17. axb3 Qa5 18. e5 Bxg2 19. exf6 Bxh3 20. fxe7 Kxe7 21. Qd2
Kf8 22. Ra1 Qb6 23. Rfe1 Qc6 24. Ne4 Bf5 25. Qa5 Ra8 26. c4 Bxe4 27. dxe4 Ke7
28. Rad1 Rad8 29. e5 h4 30. cxb5 axb5 31. exd6+ Rxd6 32. Rxd6 Qxd6 33. Qa7+ Kf6
34. Qxc5 Qxc5 35. Bxc5 hxg3 36. Kg2 Rh2+ 37. Kxg3 Rd2 38. Kf3 Rd5 39. Re5 Rxe5
40. Bd4 1-0

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Minckwitz, Johannes von"]
[Black "Winawer, Szymon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E48"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 c5 7. O-O a6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Bd3 c4 12. Bc2 Bb7 13. Ng3 Nd5 14. Bd2 f5 15.
e4 fxe4 16. Nxe4 Nf4 17. Qg4 h5 18. Qd1 Qd5 19. Bxf4 Rxf4 20. f3 Nd7 21. Nf2
Qd6 22. Be4 Bd5 23. Bxd5 Qxd5 24. Nh3 Rf5 25. f4 Raf8 26. Qe2 Nf6 27. Rfe1 Re8
28. g3 Qd6 29. Ng5 g6 30. Ne4 Nxe4 31. Qxe4 Qd5 32. Qxd5 Rxd5 33. h4 Kf7 34.
Kf2 a5 35. Rab1 Rb8 36. Ke3 Kf6 37. Ke4 b4 38. Rec1 Rdb5 39. cxb4 axb4 40. axb4
Rxb4 41. Ra1 Rd8 42. Rc3 Rb3 43. Rac1 Ra8 44. Rxc4 Raa3 45. Re1 Rxg3 {time} 0-1

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Paulsen, Louis"]
[Black "Rosenthal, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 Bb4+ 8.
Kf1 d5 9. e5 Ne4 10. Qa4 a5 11. a3 Be7 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Qxc6+ Bd7 14. Qxd5
Ng5 15. Bxg5 Bxg5 16. e6 Bxe6 17. Qxg5 Bc4+ 18. Kg1 f6 19. Qe3+ Kf7 20. Nbd2
Re8 21. Qf4 Bd5 22. h3 Kg8 23. Kh2 g5 24. Qg3 1-0

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "De Vere, Cecil"]
[Black "Blackburne, Joseph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C62"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. Nc3 d6 5. d4 Bd7 6. Bc4 h6 7. a3 Ng6 8. d5
Nb8 9. h3 Be7 10. Ne2 f5 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. Ng3 O-O 13. Nxf5 Rxf5 14. Bd3 Rf6
15. Nh2 Nf4 16. Bxf4 Rxf4 17. g3 Rf8 18. Qg4 Nd7 19. Qg6 Nf6 20. Ng4 Qe8 21.
Nxf6+ Rxf6 22. Qh7+ Kf7 23. O-O Qd7 24. Kg2 Rf8 25. Rae1 Ke8 26. Qxg7 Kd8 27.
Qg4 Qe8 28. Qb4 Kc8 29. Re3 Qf7 30. f3 Rg8 31. Qa5 Kb8 32. Ba6 Qg6 33. g4 Qxc2+
34. Rf2 Qc5 35. Qxc5 dxc5 36. Rb3 Rxa6 0-1

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rosenthal, Samuel"]
[Black "Paulsen, Louis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 Nd5 6. Bb5 Be7 7. O-O a6 8. Ba4
Nb6 9. cxd4 Nxa4 10. Qxa4 d5 11. exd6 Qxd6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. d5 Nb4 14. Rd1 Bg4
15. Rd4 Bxf3 16. gxf3 c5 17. Rg4 f5 18. Bf4 Qd8 19. Rg2 Kh8 20. Qd1 Bf6 21. Qd2
Bd4 22. d6 Nc6 23. Nd5 Ne5 24. Bxe5 Bxe5 25. f4 Bxd6 26. Qc3 Rf7 27. Rd1 Bf8
28. Ne3 Qc7 29. Qe5 Rd8 30. Rxd8 Qxd8 31. Rg5 Qd4 32. Rxf5 Rxf5 33. Nxf5 Qxe5
34. fxe5 g6 35. Ne3 Kg7 36. f4 Kf7 37. Kf2 Ke6 38. Kf3 g5 39. fxg5 Kxe5 40. h4
b5 41. b3 Bg7 42. h5 Bf8 43. h6 c4 44. bxc4 bxc4 45. g6 hxg6 46. h7 Bg7 47.
Nxc4+ Kd4 48. Na5 Kc3 49. Nc6 Kc4 50. a4 Kb3 51. Nb8 a5 52. Nc6 Kxa4 53. Nxa5
Kxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Steinitz, William"]
[Black "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bc4 c6 $1 6. fxe5 dxe5 7. Qe2 ({
Avoids} 7. Nxe5 $2 Qd4 8. Bxf7+ Ke7 9. Nd3 Bg4 $1 10. Ne2 Kxf7) 7... Nbd7 8. d3
b5 9. Bb3 a5 10. a3 Qb6 11. Nd1 a4 12. Ba2 O-O 13. Ne3 Ba6 14. Nf5 b4 15. axb4
Qxb4+ 16. c3 Qa5 17. Ng5 Rad8 $2 {The queen should have moved.} 18. Qf3 $2 (18.
Nxf7 Rxf7 19. Bxf7+ Kxf7 20. b4 $1 Bxb4 21. Qa2+ $1 Kf8 22. cxb4 {takes
advantage of the error.}) 18... Qb6 19. Bb1 a3 $2 {The piece sacrifice is
incorrect.} 20. b4 Bxb4 21. cxb4 Qxb4+ 22. Ke2 a2 23. Bd2 Qb5 24. Rxa2 Nc5 25.
Rxa6 $2 (25. Ra5 $1 {easily wins (Anderssen)} Qb6 26. Qe3) 25... Qxa6 26. Bb4
Rb8 $1 {The fight has reached a climax.} 27. Bxc5 $2 (27. Nh6+ $5 gxh6 28. Qxf6
Rxb4 29. Qxh6 Rxe4+ 30. Kf3 Rf4+ 31. Ke3 Re8 $1 32. g3 $1 Qa4 {gives mutual
chances.}) ({The subtle} 27. Bc3 $1 Rfe8 28. Nh6+ $1 gxh6 29. Qxf6 hxg5 30.
Qxg5+ Kf8 31. Bxe5 Rxe5 32. Qxe5 Nd7 33. Qd4 {brings advantage.}) 27... Rb2+
28. Ke3 Qa5 $1 {The white king will be hunted.} 29. Rd1 Qxc5+ 30. d4 exd4+ 31.
Kf4 h6 32. Nh3 Re8 33. Qd3 g5+ 34. Kf3 g4+ 35. Kg3 Rxe4 36. Qf1 Qe5+ 37. Kh4
gxh3+ 38. Kxh3 Rb3+ 39. g3 Rf4 40. Nxh6+ Kf8 41. Qc4 Rh4+ $1 42. Kg2 Rxh2+ 43.
Kxh2 Qxg3+ 44. Kh1 Qh3+ 45. Kg1 Rg3+ 0-1

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Winawer, Szymon"]
[Black "Minckwitz, Johannes von"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bb5 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. h3 Be7 7. O-O c5 8.
d3 O-O 9. b3 Ne8 10. g4 h5 11. Ne1 hxg4 12. hxg4 Bg5 13. Ng2 Bxc1 14. Rxc1 Qg5
15. f3 g6 16. Kf2 Nf6 17. Ne3 Kg7 18. Rh1 Bd7 19. Ne2 Rh8 20. Qd2 Nh7 21. Rh3
Be6 22. Rch1 Qe7 23. f4 exf4 24. Nxf4 Ng5 25. Qc3+ 1-0

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Black "Neumann, Gustav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C52"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O dxc3 $5 {
Neumann likes this sharp line.} 8. Qb3 Qf6 9. e5 Qg6 10. Nxc3 Nge7 11. Re1 $5 (
{Usual is} 11. Ne2) ({or} 11. Ba3) 11... Rb8 $5 12. Nh4 Qh5 13. Re4 g5 $1 {
Black has to take strong measures on the flanks.} 14. Nf3 h6 15. Bb2 b5 $1 16.
Bd5 $6 {The bishop should retreat.} Nd8 17. Re3 Bxc3 18. Rxc3 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Ne6
20. Nd4 O-O 21. Nf5 $1 {White renews the attack.} Nf4 22. Qd2 Bb7 (22... Ne2+
$2 23. Kh1 Nxc3 24. Qxc3 {has terrible consequences.}) 23. f3 Rfe8 24. Ng3 $2 (
24. Rxc7 $1 Bxf3 $1 25. Ne3 $1 {gives sufficient counter-play.}) 24... Qg6 25.
Kh1 d6 26. Rxc7 dxe5 27. Rd1 g4 $1 28. Bxe5 {Black has prepared a conclusive
combination.} Nxg2 $1 29. Rxb7 Rxb7 30. Qxg2 Rxe5 31. f4 Ree7 32. f5 Qf6 33. h3
gxh3 34. Qf3 Rbd7 35. Rf1 Qg5 36. Rg1 h2 37. Rg2 Rd2 38. Ne2 Rexe2 39. Rxe2
Qg1# 0-1

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Blackburne, Joseph"]
[Black "Rosenthal, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 a6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nxe5 Bd6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8.
h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qe7 10. Nc3 c5 11. Bg5 c6 12. Nd1 Be5 13. c3 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6
15. Ne3 g6 16. O-O O-O-O 17. Rfd1 Be5 18. Nc4 Bc7 19. a4 h5 20. d4 cxd4 21.
cxd4 Kb8 22. d5 cxd5 23. exd5 Bd6 24. Rac1 Rhe8 25. Kf1 Qe4 26. Qxe4 Rxe4 27.
f3 Re7 28. Rc2 Rc7 29. Ne3 Rxc2 30. Nxc2 Rc8 31. Ne3 Bf4 32. Kf2 Bxe3+ 33. Kxe3
Rc4 34. Rd4 Rc2 35. Rd2 Rc4 36. Rd3 Rxa4 37. Rc3 Ra1 38. Kd4 Rd1+ 39. Ke5 Rd2
40. b3 h4 41. Rc4 Rxg2 42. Kd6 Rd2 43. Rf4 f5 44. Rxh4 Rd3 45. Rh8+ Ka7 46. Ke6
Re3+ 47. Kd7 Rxb3 48. d6 a5 49. Ke6 Re3+ 50. Kd5 Rd3+ 51. Ke6 Re3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "De Vere, Cecil"]
[Black "Minckwitz, Johannes von"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C51"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bb6 5. a4 a6 6. O-O d6 7. c3 Nf6 8. Qb3
O-O 9. d3 Ne7 10. Qa2 Ng6 11. Be3 c6 12. Ng5 Nh8 13. a5 Bxe3 14. fxe3 d5 15.
exd5 cxd5 16. Bb3 h6 17. Nf3 Ng6 18. Nbd2 Be6 19. Rad1 Qc7 20. Qc2 Rfe8 21. e4
Rac8 22. exd5 Bxd5 23. Bxd5 Nxd5 24. Nc4 e4 25. dxe4 Nxc3 26. Nd6 Nxd1 27. Qxc7
Rxc7 28. Nxe8 Rd7 29. Nc7 Nc3 30. Na8 Nxe4 31. Nb6 Rc7 32. Re1 Nf6 33. Nd4 Kf8
34. Nb3 Nf4 35. Nc5 N4d5 36. Nxd5 Nxd5 37. Rf1 Ke7 38. Rb1 g5 39. Kf2 f5 40.
Re1+ Kf7 41. Re5 Nxb4 42. Rxf5+ Kg6 43. g4 Rxc5 0-1

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Steinitz, William"]
[Black "Winawer, Szymon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C25"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 Bb4 4. Nf3 Bxc3 5. bxc3 Qe7 6. fxe5 Nxe5 7. d4 Nxf3+
8. Qxf3 d5 9. e5 Be6 10. Bd3 c6 11. Rb1 b5 12. O-O h5 13. a4 a6 14. Qg3 g6 15.
Ra1 Kd7 16. axb5 Kc7 17. Ba3 Qd7 18. Bd6+ Kd8 19. Qg5+ Kc8 20. bxa6 1-0

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Minckwitz, Johannes von"]
[Black "De Vere, Cecil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bd3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bd2 c5 10. Rc1 Nc6 11. Ne2 Rc8 12. Ng3 c4 13. Bb1 Bd6 14. Nf5 Bb8 15.
Bc3 Re8 16. N3h4 Qc7 17. g3 Rcd8 18. Nf3 g6 19. N5h4 Bc8 20. Qd2 Qe7 21. Ng2
Bh3 22. Rfe1 Ne4 23. Qc2 Qf6 24. Nf4 Bxf4 25. exf4 b5 26. Ne5 Nxe5 27. dxe5 Qb6
28. Qe2 Bf5 29. Bxe4 Bxe4 30. Qe3 Qxe3 31. fxe3 Ra8 32. Ba5 Re6 33. a3 Ra6 34.
Bc3 Ra4 35. Ra1 a5 36. Bd4 b4 37. Rec1 bxa3 38. Rxa3 Rxa3 39. bxa3 Rb8 40. Kf1
Rb3 41. Ke1 a4 42. Kd2 Rxa3 43. Ra1 Rxa1 44. Bxa1 Kf8 45. Bb2 Ke7 46. Ke2 h5
47. Ba3+ Ke6 48. Bb4 Kf5 49. Bc3 Bh1 50. Bb2 Ke4 51. Bd4 Bf3+ 52. Kd2 Bg4 53.
Bb2 Kf3 54. Bd4 Kg2 55. Ke1 Kxh2 56. Kf2 Kh3 57. Bc3 Bd1 58. Bd4 a3 59. Bc5 a2
60. Bd4 Kg4 61. Ba1 Kf5 62. Bd4 Ke4 63. Ke1 Kd3 0-1

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Neumann, Gustav"]
[Black "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Bd3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Ne2 Nc6 8.
O-O b6 9. f3 O-O 10. e4 g6 11. Bh6 Rf7 12. e5 Nh5 13. f4 Ba6 14. Rf3 Na5 15.
Qa4 Qc8 16. Ng3 Nxg3 17. Rxg3 cxd4 18. cxd4 Nxc4 19. Rc1 b5 20. Qd1 Qc6 21. h4
Kh8 22. h5 Rg8 23. Bxc4 bxc4 24. Rcc3 g5 25. Bxg5 h6 26. Bf6+ Kh7 27. Rg6 Rxf6
28. exf6 Rxg6 29. hxg6+ Kxg6 30. Rg3+ Kxf6 31. Qh5 Ke7 32. Qxh6 Kd6 33. Qf6 Qd5
34. Kf2 Kc6 35. Qe5 d6 36. Qxd5+ Kxd5 37. Ra3 Bb5 38. Ra5 Kxd4 39. Rxb5 d5 40.
Ra5 Kd3 41. Rxa7 d4 42. Rc7 c3 43. a4 Kc2 44. a5 d3 45. a6 d2 46. Rd7 d1=Q 47.
Rxd1 Kxd1 48. a7 c2 49. a8=Q c1=Q 50. Qf3+ Kc2 51. Qc6+ Kb1 52. Qxc1+ Kxc1 53.
Ke3 1-0

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rosenthal, Samuel"]
[Black "Blackburne, Joseph"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 c6 8.
Ne2 Bg4 9. Ng3 Bxg3 10. fxg3 Ne4 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Ne5 Nd7 14. Nxg6
hxg6 15. c3 Qe7 16. Qf3 f5 17. Bf4 g5 18. Bc1 f4 19. Re1 Rae8 20. Re2 Ndf6 21.
Bd2 Nxd2 22. Rxd2 Qe3+ 23. Qxe3 Rxe3 24. Rf1 Rfe8 25. Rf3 Kf7 26. Rxe3 Rxe3 27.
Kf2 b5 28. Bc2 Ke6 29. Re2 Ne4+ 30. Ke1 Rxe2+ 31. Kxe2 Kd6 32. Bd3 a5 33. Kf3
Nd2+ 34. Ke2 Ne4 35. Kf3 Nd2+ 36. Ke2 Nc4 37. Bxc4 dxc4 38. Kf3 Ke6 39. h4 Kf6
40. Ke4 gxh4 41. Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Winawer, Szymon"]
[Black "Steinitz, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]

{Notation missing}  0-1

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "De Vere, Cecil"]
[Black "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]

{Notation missing}  0-1

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Minckwitz, Johannes von"]
[Black "Rosenthal, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]

{By default}  1-0

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Paulsen, Louis"]
[Black "Blackburne, Joseph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. c3 d5 5. Nxe5 dxe4 6. Qa4 Qd5 7. Nxc6 Nxc6
8. c4 Qe6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. O-O Qg6 11. Qb3 Bd6 12. Qe3 O-O 13. d3 Bf5 14. d4
Bg4 15. Nc3 f5 16. f3 exf3 17. g3 Rae8 18. Qd3 Qh5 19. Bd2 Qh3 20. Rf2 Bxg3 21.
Raf1 Bxh2+ 22. Kh1 Bg3+ 23. Kg1 Bxf2+ 24. Rxf2 Qg3+ 0-1

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Steinitz, William"]
[Black "Neumann, Gustav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C29"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. d3 dxe4 5. fxe5 Ng4 6. Nxe4 Nxe5 7. d4 Ng6 8.
Nf3 Qe7 9. Bd3 f5 10. Bg5 Qe6 11. O-O fxe4 12. Bxe4 Bd6 13. Ne5 Bxe5 14. dxe5
Nd7 15. Qh5 Ndf8 16. Rad1 Bd7 17. h3 Rg8 18. Kh1 Qb6 19. e6 Bxe6 20. Rd2 a5 21.
b3 a4 22. Rfd1 Bd7 23. Rxd7 1-0

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Black "De Vere, Cecil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
O-O d6 9. Kh1 Qh4 10. f4 Nf6 11. Qf3 Ng4 12. h3 h5 13. Bd2 Bc5 14. Be1 Qd8 15.
Bg3 Rb8 16. e5 d5 17. f5 Qd7 18. Rae1 Rb4 19. Nd1 a5 20. c3 Rb6 21. Qf4 Nh6 22.
Qg5 Bf8 23. Bh2 Rb7 24. Qxh5 c5 25. Ba6 Rb6 26. Bxc8 Qxc8 27. g4 exf5 28. e6
Rxe6 29. gxf5 Rxe1 30. Rxe1+ Kd8 31. Ne3 d4 32. cxd4 cxd4 33. Qh4+ Be7 34.
Qxd4+ Ke8 35. Nd5 Nxf5 36. Nxe7 Nxe7 37. Qxg7 Qxh3 38. Qg2 Qxg2+ 39. Kxg2 Rg8+
40. Kf3 Kd7 41. Re5 Rc8 42. Rxa5 Rc2 43. Ra7+ Ke6 44. Ra6+ Nc6 45. Bg3 Kd5 46.
b3 Nb4 47. Ra5+ Kc6 48. a3 Rc3+ 49. Kg4 Nc2 50. Bf2 Kd7 51. Rc5 Rxc5 52. Bxc5
Kc6 53. Bf8 Na1 54. b4 Nc2 55. a4 Nxb4 56. Bxb4 f5+ 57. Kf4 Kb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Neumann, Gustav"]
[Black "Steinitz, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A83"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "248"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c6 5. Bxf6 exf6 6. Nxe4 d5 7. Ng3 Qb6 8.
Qe2+ Kf7 9. O-O-O Na6 10. Qf3 g6 11. Bd3 Nb4 12. Kb1 h5 13. h3 h4 14. N3e2 Nxd3
15. Rxd3 Bf5 16. Rb3 Qc7 17. Nf4 Be4 18. Qg4 Bf5 19. Qf3 Be4 20. Qg4 Bf5 21.
Qf3 Be4 22. Qg4 Bf5 23. Qf3 Be4 24. Qg4 Bf5 25. Qf3 Be4 26. Qg4 Bf5 27. Qf3 Be4
28. Qg4 Bf5 29. Qf3 {Moves are repeated for the first time.} Bd6 30. Nge2 a5
31. Rg1 a4 32. Re3 Rae8 33. g3 Be4 34. Qg4 Bf5 35. Qf3 Be4 36. Qg4 Bf5 37. Qf3
Be4 38. Qg4 Bf5 39. Qf3 Be4 40. Qg4 Bf5 {The second repetition.} 41. Rxe8 Rxe8
42. Qf3 Qa5 43. Kc1 Qa6 44. Nc3 b5 45. g4 Bc8 46. Nd1 b4 47. Ne3 b3 48. a3 bxc2
49. g5 f5 50. Nxc2 Qc4 51. Ng2 Re2 52. Nge1 f4 53. Kd1 Re4 54. Ng2 Qb3 55. Qc3
Qxc3 56. bxc3 Bxh3 57. f3 Re8 58. Nxh4 Rh8 59. Ng2 Rh5 60. Nge1 Bf5 61. Nb4 Bd7
62. Rg2 Ke6 63. Ned3 Kf5 64. Nb2 Rh1+ 65. Kc2 Ra1 66. Nxa4 Rxa3 67. Nc5 Bxc5
68. dxc5 d4 69. cxd4 Rxf3 70. d5 Rg3 71. Rf2 f3 72. dxc6 Be6 73. Kd2 Ke4 74.
Rf1 Rg2+ 75. Kc3 Re2 76. c7 Re3+ 77. Kd2 Re2+ 78. Kd1 Bb3+ 79. Kc1 Be6 80. Nc2
Bc8 81. Kd1 Bg4 82. c6 Kf4 83. Nd4 Re8 84. Kd2 Rc8 85. Kd3 Kg3 86. Rg1+ Kf4 87.
Rf1 Kg3 88. Rg1+ Kf4 89. Rf1 Kg3 90. Rg1+ Kf4 91. Rf1 Kg3 92. Rg1+ Kf4 93. Rf1
Kg3 94. Rg1+ Kf4 95. Rf1 Kg3 96. Rg1+ Kf4 97. Rf1 Kg3 98. Rg1+ Kf4 99. Rf1 Kg3
100. Rg1+ Kf4 101. Rf1 {The third endless repetition of moves.} Re8 102. Kc4
Kg3 103. Nxf3 Bxf3 104. Rxf3+ Kxf3 105. Kd5 Ra8 106. Ke5 Ke3 107. Kf6 Rc8 108.
Kxg6 Kf4 109. Kf6 Rxc7 110. g6 Rxc6+ 111. Kf7 Kf5 112. g7 Rc7+ 113. Kf8 Kf6
114. g8=N+ Ke6 115. Nh6 Rh7 116. Ng4 $4 {White blundered after twelve hours of
play.} Rh4 117. Ne3 Re4 118. Nd1 Rf4+ 119. Kg7 Rf3 120. Kg6 Ke5 121. Kg5 Kd4
122. Kg4 Rf1 123. Nb2 Rb1 124. Na4 Rb4 {Based on such experiences, one later
decided to limit the number of repetitions.} 0-1

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Rosenthal, Samuel"]
[Black "Minckwitz, Johannes von"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]

{By default}  0-1

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Winawer, Szymon"]
[Black "Paulsen, Louis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C51"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bb6 5. O-O d6 6. a4 a6 7. a5 Ba7 8. b5
axb5 9. Bxb5 Nge7 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. Bxc6 Nxc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Bb2
O-O 15. Qg4 f6 16. Ra3 Qe7 17. Nd2 Bc5 18. Raa1 Rfe8 19. Bc3 Bxe4 20. Bxf6 Qxf6
21. Nxe4 Qe5 22. Ng3 Bxf2+ 23. Kh1 Bxg3 24. Qxg3 Qxg3 25. hxg3 Re5 26. Rab1
Rexa5 27. Rxb7 Rc5 28. Rb2 h6 29. Kg1 Ra3 30. Rf3 Ra1+ 31. Kf2 Rc1 0-1

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Blackburne, Joseph"]
[Black "Paulsen, Louis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A83"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. e4 fxe4 5. Bxf6 (5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7.
Nf3 {became more usual.}) 5... Qxf6 6. Nxe4 Qh6 7. Bd3 d5 $1 {The weak square
e5 matters little.} 8. Ng3 c5 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Bb5 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. dxc5 Bxc5
13. c4 Ne7 $1 {Consolidation of the centre prepares further development.} 14.
Rc1 Bd6 15. Re1 $2 (15. Qa4 {prevents the next manoeuvre.}) 15... a6 $1 16. Ba4
Bf4 17. Rc2 dxc4 18. Rxc4 b5 19. Rxf4 Qxf4 20. Bb3 Ng6 21. Re4 Qf6 22. Nh5 $5
Qf5 $5 (22... Qxb2 {allows counteraction.}) 23. Ng3 Qc5 24. Nd4 Kh8 $1 25. Bc2
{White has good reasons not to take the isolated pawn.} Bb7 $1 {Black forces
his opponent to take the pawn.} 26. Rxe6 Rad8 27. Ngf5 Qd5 28. Qg4 Bc8 29. Re1
({Contemporaries analyse} 29. Rxg6 Rxf5 $1 30. Rxg7 Rh5 31. Qg3 Qxd4) 29...
Bxf5 30. Nxf5 Qd2 31. Qe2 Qxe2 32. Rxe2 Rxf5 33. Kf1 Re5 {Paulsen's apt
defence was followed by a devastating counterattack.} 0-1

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Minckwitz, Johannes von"]
[Black "Steinitz, William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C51"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Bc5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O d6 8.
cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 Na5 10. Bg5 Qd7 11. Bd3 h6 12. Bh4 Ne7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Re1 c6
15. d5 Bg4 16. e5 dxe5 17. Qd2 Bxf3 18. Rxe5 Qxe5 19. Re1 Qxe1+ 20. Qxe1+ Kf8
21. gxf3 h5 22. Qe5 Rh6 23. Ne4 cxd5 24. Ng5 Kg8 25. Qxd5 Rf8 26. h4 Nc6 27.
Bc4 Nd8 28. Qf5 a6 29. f4 Bd4 30. Qe4 Bf6 31. f5 b5 32. Bb3 Ba1 33. Kg2 Bc3 34.
f4 b4 35. Kf3 Rf6 36. Bd5 Kh8 37. Qe7 Kg8 38. Qd7 Kh8 39. Ne4 Rh6 40. Qe7 Kg8
41. Qd7 Rb6 42. Nd6 a5 43. Nxf7 Nxf7 44. Bxf7+ Rxf7 45. Qd8+ Kh7 46. Qxb6 Rxf5
47. Ke4 g6 48. Qd6 a4 49. Qd7+ Kh6 50. Qxa4 Bd2 51. Kd3 Bc3 52. Qe8 Ra5 53. a4
Rd5+ 54. Kc4 Rf5 55. Kb3 Rxf4 56. Qe3 g5 57. a5 Rxh4 58. a6 Bd4 59. Qe6+ Kg7
60. Qe7+ Kg6 61. Qe6+ Kg7 62. Kxb4 Rf4 63. Qd7+ Kg6 64. Kb5 h4 65. a7 Bxa7 66.
Qxa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Rosenthal, Samuel"]
[Black "Neumann, Gustav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d6 4. d4 Bd7 5. Bc4 Qe7 6. O-O h6 7. Be3 g5 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. b4 Qf6 10. b5 Na5 11. Bxf7+ Qxf7 12. Nxe5 Qe6 13. Qh5+ Kd8 14. Nf7+ Kc8
15. Nxh8 Be8 16. Qe2 Nc4 17. Bd4 Bxb5 18. Qf3 Kd7 19. Rd1 Bd6 20. Qf7+ Ne7 21.
Nd2 g4 22. Nxc4 Bxc4 23. e5 Qxf7 24. Nxf7 Bxf7 25. exd6 cxd6 26. Rd2 Bc4 27.
Be5 Nf5 28. Bxd6 Nxd6 29. Rad1 1-0

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Winawer, Szymon"]
[Black "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C80"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. Nxe5
Nxe5 9. dxe5 c6 10. Be3 Be7 11. f3 Nc5 12. c3 Bf5 13. Bc2 Bxc2 14. Qxc2 O-O 15.
f4 f6 16. exf6 Rxf6 17. Bd4 Rf7 18. Nd2 Nd7 19. Rae1 Bd6 20. g3 c5 21. Be3 Nf6
22. Nf3 Re7 23. Qg2 Qb6 24. Bf2 Rae8 25. Rxe7 Rxe7 26. Rd1 b4 27. cxb4 Qxb4 28.
Be1 Qa4 29. b3 Qe8 30. Qf1 Re2 31. Rd2 Re3 32. Rd3 Bxf4 33. gxf4 Qg6+ 34. Kh1
Qxd3 35. Qxd3 Rxd3 0-1

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Black "Blackburne, Joseph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd3 c5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. Nge2 Nf6 8.
O-O a6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Na4 c4 11. b3 cxb3 12. axb3 O-O 13. Ba3 Bxa3 14. Rxa3
Qd6 15. Qc1 Re8 16. Ng3 Ra7 17. Nc5 Rae7 18. f3 Re3 19. Nge4 dxe4 20. Qxe3 exf3
21. Qxf3 Qxd4+ 22. Qf2 Qd5 23. b4 Ng4 24. c4 Qxc4 25. Qd2 h5 26. h3 Re2 27.
Qd8+ Kh7 28. hxg4 Qxg4 29. Rf2 Re1+ 30. Kh2 Rd1 31. Rd3 Ra1 32. Rg3 Qxb4 33.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 34. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Neumann, Gustav"]
[Black "Rosenthal, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Nxd4 6. Bxd4 Bxd4 7. Qxd4 Qf6
8. c3 Qxd4 9. cxd4 d6 10. Nc3 c6 11. f4 f5 12. e5 dxe5 13. dxe5 Be6 14. O-O-O
Nh6 15. h3 Ke7 16. Bd3 Nf7 17. Rhf1 g6 18. Kb1 h5 19. g3 Rhd8 20. Bc2 Rxd1+ 21.
Bxd1 Rd8 22. Bc2 Rd2 23. g4 hxg4 24. hxg4 Bc4 25. Rg1 Rf2 26. gxf5 gxf5 27.
Bxf5 Rxf4 28. Bc8 Nxe5 29. Bxb7 Rf1+ 30. Rxf1 Bxf1 31. Bc8 Bd3+ 32. Kc1 Kd6 33.
Kd2 Bg6 34. b3 Kc5 35. a3 a5 36. Be6 Bf7 37. Bxf7 Nxf7 38. Kd3 Nd6 39. Na4+ Kd5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Paulsen, Louis"]
[Black "Winawer, Szymon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[PlyCount "183"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. d4 Bd6 8.
dxe5 Bxe5 9. Qd3 c6 10. Ba4 b5 11. Bb3 a5 12. a4 b4 13. Ne2 Ba6 14. Bc4 Bxh2+
15. Kxh2 Ng4+ 16. Kg1 Ne5 17. Qg3 Nxc4 18. Nd4 Kh8 19. b3 Qf6 20. Rd1 Ne5 21.
Rb1 Rae8 22. f4 Qg6 23. Nf5 Qxg3 24. Nxg3 Ng4 25. Bb2 Bc8 26. c4 bxc3 27. Bxc3
d5 28. Nh5 f6 29. exd5 Ne3 30. Re1 Nxd5 31. Bxa5 g6 32. Ng3 Nxf4 33. Bc3 Nd5
34. Bd4 h5 35. Ne4 Bf5 36. Nd6 Rxe1+ 37. Rxe1 Bc2 38. Rc1 Bxb3 39. Rxc6 Bxa4
40. Ra6 Bc2 41. Rc6 Bd3 42. Rc5 Ne7 43. Rc3 Bb1 44. Rc1 Bf5 45. Re1 Ng8 46.
Nxf5 gxf5 47. Re3 Rd8 48. Bc3 Kg7 49. Re6 Rf8 50. Bd2 Nh6 51. Bxh6+ Kxh6 52.
Kf2 Kg5 53. Re7 Rg8 54. Rh7 f4 55. Kf3 Ra8 56. Rg7+ Kf5 57. Rh7 Ra3+ 58. Kf2
Ra2+ 59. Kf3 Ra3+ 60. Kf2 Kg6 61. Rh8 Ra5 62. Kf3 Rg5 63. Ra8 Rg4 64. Rg8+ Kf5
65. Rh8 Rg5 66. Ra8 Rg3+ 67. Kf2 Rg7 68. Kf3 Rg3+ 69. Kf2 Rb3 70. Rh8 Kg6 71.
Ra8 h4 72. Rh8 Kg5 73. Rg8+ Kf5 74. Rh8 f3 75. gxf3 Kg5 76. Rg8+ Kf5 77. Rh8
Rb2+ 78. Ke3 Rh2 79. Rh5+ Kg6 80. Rh8 Kg5 81. Rg8+ Kf5 82. Rg4 h3 83. Rf4+ Kg5
84. Rg4+ Kf5 85. Rf4+ Ke6 86. Re4+ Kf7 87. Rh4 Rh1 88. Kf4 Kg6 89. Rh8 h2 90.
Rh3 Kf7 91. Kg3 Ke6 92. Rxh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Steinitz, William"]
[Black "Minckwitz, Johannes von"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C25"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 exf4 4. d4 Qh4+ 5. Ke2 b6 6. Nb5 Ba6 7. a4 Qh5+ 8.
Nf3 Bxb5+ 9. axb5 Qxb5+ 10. Kf2 Qh5 11. Bxf4 Nf6 12. e5 Nd5 13. Bg3 Qh6 14. Qe2
Be7 15. Qe4 Qe6 16. Bc4 Nf6 17. Qe2 Ng4+ 18. Kf1 Qxc4 0-1

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Black "Winawer, Szymon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C51"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Bc5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O d6 8.
cxd4 Bb6 9. d5 Nce7 10. e5 Nh6 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Bxh6 gxh6 13. Qd2 Kg7 14. Rae1
dxe5 15. Rxe5 Bg4 16. Nd4 Ng6 17. Re4 Bd7 18. Nce2 Qf6 19. Ng3 Kh8 20. Nf3 Qd6
21. Qxh6 Ne5 22. Qc1 Nxf3+ 23. gxf3 Rg8 24. Qc3+ f6 25. Kg2 Rg6 26. Rfe1 Rag8
27. R1e2 Rh6 28. f4 Bg4 29. Re1 Bf5 30. Re8 Qxf4 31. Rxg8+ Kxg8 32. Re8+ Kf7
33. Qe1 Bh3+ 34. Kg1 Bxf2+ 0-1

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Minckwitz, Johannes von"]
[Black "Blackburne, Joseph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C60"]
[PlyCount "190"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Nxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Bxc6
bxc6 8. O-O d6 9. Nc3 Qh4 10. Be3 Bd7 11. Rad1 Rg8 12. f4 Be7 13. e5 d5 14. Na4
g5 15. f5 Qxd4 16. Bxd4 Rb8 17. b3 a6 18. Nc5 Bc8 19. a4 g4 20. f6 Bxc5 21.
Bxc5 Be6 22. Rd3 Rg5 23. Re3 Kd7 24. Rf4 Bf5 25. b4 Be4 26. c3 h5 27. Bd4 a5
28. Bc5 Rxe5 29. Re2 Ra8 30. Bd4 Ree8 31. Ra2 Reb8 32. Bc5 Ra6 33. Rf1 Rba8 34.
Rfa1 Bf5 35. Kf2 Re8 36. Bd4 Bd3 37. Re1 Rxe1 38. Kxe1 Ke6 39. Kd2 Bb1 40. Ra1
Be4 41. g3 Ra8 42. Ra2 Rb8 43. Rb2 Kf5 44. Ke3 Re8 45. bxa5 Ra8 46. Bb6 cxb6
47. axb6 c5 48. a5 Rxa5 49. b7 d4+ 50. cxd4 Ra3+ 51. Kf2 Bxb7 52. Rxb7 Ra2+ 53.
Kg1 Ra1+ 54. Kf2 Ra2+ 55. Kg1 Ra1+ 56. Kf2 Ra2+ 57. Kg1 Ra1+ 58. Kf2 Ra2+ 59.
Kg1 Ra1+ 60. Kf2 Ra2+ 61. Kg1 cxd4 62. Rxf7 Ke6 63. Rf8 d3 64. f7 d2 65. Rd8
Kxf7 66. Kf1 Ke6 67. Ke2 d1=Q+ 68. Kxd1 Rxh2 69. Ke1 Ke5 70. Rd3 Ke4 71. Rb3
Rc2 72. Ra3 Rg2 73. Kf1 Rd2 74. Ra5 Rd5 75. Ra3 Rd3 76. Ra5 Kf3 77. Rf5+ Kxg3
78. Rxh5 Rf3+ 79. Kg1 Ra3 80. Kf1 Ra1+ 81. Ke2 Kg2 82. Rh8 Ra3 83. Rg8 g3 84.
Rf8 Kh2 85. Rh8+ Kg1 86. Rg8 g2 87. Rh8 Ra2+ 88. Ke1 Rf2 89. Rh7 Rf6 90. Ke2
Re6+ 91. Kd2 Re5 92. Rh8 Kf2 93. Rf8+ Kg3 94. Rg8+ Kf3 95. Rg7 Re4 0-1

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Neumann, Gustav"]
[Black "De Vere, Cecil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8.
Bg5 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qd6 10. Re1 Nc6 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Nxg4 13. hxg4 Bxg4 14. Kg2
f5 15. Qd2 Qg6 16. Nh2 Qh5 17. Qf4 h6 18. Be7 Rf7 19. Ba3 Rf6 20. Re3 Rg6 21.
Rg3 Bh3+ 22. Kg1 Re8 23. Qf3 Rxg3+ 24. fxg3 Qg5 25. Qf4 Qf6 26. Rd1 Nd8 27.
Qxc7 Ne6 28. Qe5 Qg5 29. Bc1 Qh5 30. Be2 Qg6 31. Bf3 f4 32. g4 Kh8 33. Qh5 Qxh5
34. gxh5 Ng5 35. Bxd5 Bf5 36. Kf2 Nh3+ 37. Kf3 Bxc2 38. Rd2 Re3+ 39. Kg4 Rg3+
40. Kh4 Bf5 41. Re2 g5+ 42. hxg6 Nf2 43. Re3 Rxe3 44. Bxe3 fxe3 45. Kg3 Be4 46.
Bc4 Nd1 47. d5 Nxc3 48. d6 Bc6 49. Ng4 e2 50. Kf2 Ne4+ 51. Kxe2 Nxd6 52. Bd3
Kg7 53. Ke3 Bd5 54. a4 Bb3 55. a5 Nc4+ 56. Kd4 Nxa5 57. Kc5 Nc6 58. Be4 a5 59.
Ne3 a4 60. Bb1 Ne7 61. Nc4 h5 62. Be4 Bxc4 63. Kxc4 Nc8 64. Kb4 Nd6 65. Bf3 h4
66. Kxa4 Kxg6 0-1

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Steinitz, William"]
[Black "Paulsen, Louis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C25"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 exf4 4. d4 $5 Qh4+ 5. Ke2 d6 (5... d5 6. exd5 Qe7+ 7.
Kf3 Qh4 8. Ke2 Qe7+ $11 {(Steinitz-McKenzie, New York 1883).}) 6. Nf3 Bg4 7.
Bxf4 O-O-O 8. Ke3 {White has a strong king in the Steinitz Gambit.} Qh5 $6 ({
Better is} 8... Bxf3 9. Kxf3 f5 {(Steinitz-Winawer, London 1883).}) 9. Be2 Qa5
$2 ({Kasparov prefers} 9... f5 $1 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Qe8) 10. a3 $1 Bxf3 11.
Kxf3 $1 Qh5+ 12. Ke3 Qh4 13. b4 $1 g5 14. Bg3 Qh6 15. b5 Nce7 16. Rf1 Nf6 17.
Kf2 Ng6 18. Kg1 $1 {White has 'castled' in six moves.} Qg7 19. Qd2 h6 20. a4
Rg8 21. b6 $1 axb6 22. Rxf6 $1 Qxf6 23. Bg4+ Kb8 24. Nd5 Qg7 25. a5 f5 26. axb6
cxb6 27. Nxb6 $1 Ne7 (27... fxg4 28. Ra8+ Kc7 29. Qc3+ Kxb6 30. Qa5+ Kc6 31.
d5+ Kd7 32. Qxd8#) 28. exf5 Qf7 29. f6 Nc6 30. c4 Na7 31. Qa2 Nb5 32. Nd5 Qxd5
33. cxd5 Nxd4 34. Qa7+ Kc7 35. Rc1+ Nc6 36. Rxc6# 1-0

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Blackburne, Joseph"]
[Black "Winawer, Szymon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]

{Notation missing}  1-0

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "De Vere, Cecil"]
[Black "Neumann, Gustav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. Bb5 dxe4 5. Nxe5 Qd5 6. Qa4 Nge7 7. Nxc6 bxc6
8. Bc4 Qg5 9. g3 Qg6 10. Na3 Bd7 11. b4 Nc8 12. Nc2 Bd6 13. Qb3 O-O 14. Ne3 Nb6
15. h4 Nxc4 16. Qxc4 h5 17. Bb2 Rfe8 18. Qd4 a5 19. a3 Rad8 20. Rg1 c5 21. bxc5
Be5 22. Qc4 Rb8 23. O-O-O Bb5 24. Qa2 Bd3 25. g4 Rb7 26. gxh5 Qc6 27. h6 Reb8
28. Rxg7+ Bxg7 29. Rg1 Qxh6 30. Nf5 Qe6 31. Rxg7+ Kh8 0-1

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Paulsen, Louis"]
[Black "Minckwitz, Johannes von"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. d3 Bd6 7. Be3 Ne7 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. c3 Ng6 10. h3 Bd7 11. d4 b5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. f4 Bd6
15. Nf3 f5 16. e5 Be7 17. Qb3+ Kh8 18. e6 Be8 19. Rad1 Qc8 20. Ne5 Bd6 21. Nd3
Rf6 22. Nc5 Bxc5 23. Bxc5 Qxe6 24. Qxe6 Rxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Rosenthal, Samuel"]
[Black "Steinitz, William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 $5 {Steinitz plays his specialty.}
5. Nb5 Qxe4+ 6. Be2 Bb4+ 7. Nd2 Qxg2 8. Bf3 Qh3 9. Nxc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 Nf6 11.
c3 Re8+ 12. Be2 Qg2 $5 13. Rf1 Nd5 14. Nc4 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Nxc3 16. Ne3 Rxe3 17.
Bxe3 Nxd1 18. Rxd1 Qxh2 19. Rd3 Qe5 20. f4 $2 ({Correct is} 20. Rg1) 20... Qb8
$1 21. Nb6 axb6 22. Bxb6+ Ke8 23. Bc5 d6 24. Bxd6 Qa7 25. Rff3 g6 26. Rfe3+ Be6
27. f5 Qa5+ 28. Rd2 Qxf5 29. Bf3 Ne7 30. Red3 Qb5 31. Ba3 f6 $2 32. Re3 Qb1+
33. Kf2 Qb6 34. Rd6 $2 (34. Bxe7 Kxe7 35. Bd5 $18) 34... Nc6 $2 (34... Qxe3+ $1
35. Kxe3 Nf5+ 36. Kf2 Nxd6 37. Bxd6 Bxa2 38. Bxb7 $11) 35. Rdxe6+ Kf7 36. Bxc6
bxc6 37. Re7+ Kg8 38. Kf3 c5 39. Bc1 $2 (39. Rd3 Qa5 40. Bxc5 $1 Qa8+ 41. Kg3
Qb8+ 42. Kh3 $18) 39... g5 40. Kg4 Qd6 41. Re8+ Kg7 42. R3e7+ Kg6 43. Rg8+ Kh6
44. Rgg7 Qd1+ 45. Kf5 Qf1+ 46. Ke6 Kh5 47. Rxh7+ Kg4 48. Be3 c4 49. Rh6 f5 50.
Rg7 f4 51. Rf6 Kf3 52. Bxf4 Qh3+ 53. Ke5 gxf4 54. Rxf4+ Ke3 55. Rxc4 Qh5+ 56.
Ke6 Qh6+ 57. Kf7 Qh5+ {Rosenthal gave Steinitz a students' duel scar or
'Schmitzel'.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Minckwitz, Johannes von"]
[Black "Neumann, Gustav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C52"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O dxc3 8.
Qb3 Qf6 9. e5 Qg6 10. Nxc3 Nge7 11. Ne2 b5 12. Bxb5 Rb8 13. Qa4 a6 14. Bxc6
Nxc6 15. Nf4 Qf5 16. Nd5 Rb5 17. Rd1 O-O 18. Ba3 Re8 19. Rac1 Bb7 20. Qh4 h6
21. Qg3 Kh8 22. h3 Qe4 23. Nc3 Bxc3 24. Rxc3 Nxe5 25. Nxe5 Rbxe5 26. Re3 Qc2
27. Rc1 Rxe3 28. Rxc2 Rxg3 29. fxg3 Bc6 30. Kf2 Re5 31. g4 Kg8 32. Rc5 Rxc5 33.
Bxc5 Bd5 34. Ba7 Bxa2 35. Bb8 c6 36. Bd6 Bd5 37. g3 f6 38. Ke3 Kf7 39. Kd4 Bg2
40. h4 Bh3 41. Kc5 Bxg4 42. Kb6 Be2 0-1

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Paulsen, Louis"]
[Black "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C33"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d5 4. Bxd5 Qh4+ 5. Kf1 g5 6. d4 Ne7 7. Nc3 Bg7 8.
Nf3 Qh5 9. h4 h6 10. Kg1 Qg6 11. Ne5 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Rg8 13. hxg5 Qxg5 14. Qf3
Ng6 15. Qh5 Nxe5 16. Qxg5 hxg5 17. Rh7 c6 18. Bb3 Nbd7 19. Rh6 Ke7 20. Bd2 Ng4
21. Rh1 Nde5 22. Ne2 a5 23. a3 b6 24. Nd4 Ba6 25. Nf5+ Kd7 26. Bc3 Kc7 27. Nh6
Rh8 28. Bxe5+ Nxe5 29. Nxf7 Rxh1+ 30. Kxh1 Nxf7 31. Bxf7 Rd8 32. b4 a4 33. Kh2
Rd2 34. Bh5 Rxc2 35. e5 Bc8 36. Bd1 Rd2 37. Bxa4 f3 38. Rc1 Rxg2+ 39. Kh1 g4
40. Bxc6 Kb8 41. Rf1 Re2 42. Kg1 Bb7 43. Bxb7 Kxb7 44. e6 Rxe6 45. Rf2 Re1+ 46.
Kh2 Re2 47. Kg3 Rxf2 48. Kxf2 b5 0-1

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Steinitz, William"]
[Black "De Vere, Cecil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. g3 Nge7 $5 {De Vere
plays a remarkably 'modern' in the Sicilian Defence.} 7. Bg2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Nc6
9. Qe3 Bb4 $5 ({Slightly better is} 9... d6 {(Hort-Karpov, San Antonio 1972).})
10. O-O O-O 11. b3 $5 d6 12. Bb2 e5 $5 13. Kh1 $5 Nd4 $5 14. Nd5 $1 Bc5 15. Qd2
Be6 16. Ne3 $5 Rc8 17. Rad1 Nc6 18. f4 f6 19. Nd5 Kh8 20. a3 a5 21. Qe2 Nd4 22.
Qd3 Bxd5 23. exd5 Ba7 24. Bh3 {White gains control over the board.} Rc7 25. c4
Re7 26. b4 axb4 27. axb4 Qe8 $2 ({Correct is} 27... b5 $1 28. cxb5 e4 $1) 28.
Qa3 $1 Qh5 29. Bg2 Nf5 30. g4 Qxg4 31. Qxa7 exf4 32. Bf3 Qh3 33. Rf2 $2 (33.
Qf2 $18) 33... Re3 34. Bg2 Qh4 $2 (34... Qh5 35. Qa4 Ng3+ 36. Kg1 Ne2+ 37. Kh1
{leads to perpetual check.}) 35. Kg1 Qg4 36. Rdf1 Nh4 37. Bc1 Rfe8 38. Qa2 f3
39. Bxe3 fxg2 40. Re1 h6 41. Qe2 Qh3 42. c5 g5 43. cxd6 Qd7 44. Rxf6 Kg7 45.
Re6 1-0

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Winawer, Szymon"]
[Black "Blackburne, Joseph"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be3 Bd6 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
cxd5 cxd5 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. O-O Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 13. a3 Qd7 14. Nh4 Rae8
15. Bf5 Bxf5 16. Nxf5 Bb8 17. Qf3 Ne4 18. Rae1 Re6 19. Qg2 Rfe8 20. Nxe4 Rxe4
21. f3 R4e6 22. Qf2 Ne7 23. Nxe7+ Qxe7 24. Bd2 Qf6 25. Rxe6 fxe6 26. Re1 Bc7
27. Kg2 Bb6 28. Bc3 Rc8 29. Qe3 Kf7 30. f4 Bc7 31. Rf1 g6 32. Qd3 a6 33. g5 Qf5
34. Qxf5+ exf5 35. Kf3 Re8 36. Bd2 Bb6 37. Be3 Rc8 38. Rf2 Rc4 39. Rd2 Ke6 40.
Ke2 Ba5 41. b4 Bc7 42. Kd3 Kd7 43. Rc2 b5 44. Rb2 Rc6 45. h4 Re6 46. Rh2 Re4
47. h5 Bd6 48. hxg6 hxg6 49. Rh7+ Be7 50. Bd2 Re6 51. Rh1 Rc6 52. Rc1 Rc4 53.
Rh1 Rc8 54. Rh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Blackburne, Joseph"]
[Black "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bc4 c6 6. fxe5 dxe5 7. Qe2 Nbd7 8.
d3 b5 9. Bb3 a5 10. a4 b4 11. Nd1 Qb6 12. Ne3 Ba6 13. Nc4 Bxc4 14. Bxc4 O-O $5
{Black takes a great risk by castling on the kingside.} 15. Nh4 $1 Qa7 16. Rf1
Bd4 17. Nf5 Rae8 $2 (17... Qc5 18. Rf3 Kh8 19. Rg3 Ne8 {defends properly.}) 18.
Rf3 $6 (18. Qd2 $1 Qc5 19. Nxg7 $1 Kxg7 20. Qh6+ Kh8 21. Rxf6 {wins
immediately.}) 18... Nh5 $1 19. Nd6 Nf4 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. Nxe8 Rxe8 22. Rxf4
Ne5 23. Bb3 Bxb2 24. Rb1 Qg1+ 25. Qf1 Bc3+ 26. Ke2 Qa7 27. Qf2 Bd4 28. Qg3 Kh8
29. Rbf1 f6 30. Qh3 Nf7 31. g4 $2 (31. Rh4 $1 Ng5 32. Qf5 {continues the
attack.}) 31... Ng5 32. Qg2 Be5 33. R4f2 Qc5 34. h4 Ne6 35. Kd1 Nd4 36. g5 Qc3
37. gxf6 gxf6 38. Rg1 Qa1+ 39. Kd2 Nxb3+ 40. cxb3 Qc3+ 41. Ke2 Qc2+ {Anderssen
escapes by a perputual.} 42. Ke3 Qc5+ 43. Ke2 Qc2+ 44. Ke3 Qc5+ 45. Ke2 Qc2+
46. Ke3 Bd4+ 47. Kxd4 Rd8+ 48. Ke3 Qxd3+ 49. Kf4 Qd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "De Vere, Cecil"]
[Black "Rosenthal, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]

{By default}  1-0

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Neumann, Gustav"]
[Black "Minckwitz, Johannes von"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 f5 9. c4 O-O 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Nxd5 Nxd4 12. Bxe4 fxe4 13. Qxd4 c6 14. Nxe7+
Qxe7 15. Qxe4 1-0

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Paulsen, Louis"]
[Black "Steinitz, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C46"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 Qd7 7. a3 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Bg3 Nge7 10. h4 g4 11. Nd2 h5 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Ne7 14. Bb3 f5 15. exf5
Nxf5 16. Nf1 c6 17. c3 Qc7 18. Qe2 Qb6 19. Ba2 Bd7 20. O-O-O O-O-O 21. f3 Nxg3
22. Nxg3 d5 23. Kb1 Bf8 24. Ka1 Bd6 25. Nf1 Rdf8 26. Nd2 Rh6 27. c4 Be6 28. Nb3
gxf3 29. gxf3 Bc7 30. Nd2 Rhf6 31. Rc1 Kb8 32. cxd5 cxd5 33. Rhg1 Bd6 34. Rg5
Bf7 35. Nb1 Qd4 36. Nc3 a6 37. Rg7 Be6 {(time)} 0-1

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Black "Paulsen, Louis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. h3 g6 8. Nc3
Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Kh8 11. Bh6 Ng8 12. Bxg7+ Kxg7 13. g4 Qf6 14. Qe3 Be6
15. Ne2 c5 16. O-O-O a5 17. c4 Rfb8 18. Rdg1 Qd8 19. g5 Qc8 20. Nc3 a4 21. Nd2
Ne7 22. f3 Qb7 23. Nd1 Nc6 24. h4 Nd4 25. a3 Qa7 26. h5 Qa5 27. Rh2 Kf8 28.
hxg6 hxg6 29. f4 exf4 30. Qxf4 Ke7 31. Nf3 Kd7 32. Kb1 Rb3 33. Nxd4 cxd4 34.
Kc2 Qe5 35. Qf2 Rab8 36. Rh7 Kc6 37. Qd2 $2 Kd7 $2 (37... Bxc4 $1 38. dxc4
Qxe4+ 39. Kc1 Rxa3 $1 40. Qg2 Ra1+ 41. Kd2 Qxg2+ 42. Rxg2 a3 $1 43. bxa3 Ra2+
$19) 38. Rf1 Kc6 39. Rf6 $2 R8b7 $2 40. Qf2 $2 Rb8 $2 {The players blundered
before the time control. Anderssen needs a win and strikes!} 41. Rfxf7 $5 Bxf7
42. Qxf7 R3b7 43. Qd7+ Kb6 44. Qxa4 Qxg5 45. b4 Qe5 $4 ({Correct is} 45... Ra7
{(Anderssen).}) 46. Nb2 Ra7 47. c5+ Kb7 48. Qb5+ Ka8 49. Qc6+ Rab7 50. Rxc7 {
Anderssen has won the first prize of 3000 francs.} 1-0

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Blackburne, Joseph"]
[Black "Minckwitz, Johannes von"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]

{Notation missing}  1-0

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Neumann, Gustav"]
[Black "Winawer, Szymon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. O-O d6 7. c3 b5 8. Bc2
Bg4 9. Be3 Ba7 {Both sides manoeuvre slowly.} 10. Nbd2 Ne7 11. a4 Bxe3 12. fxe3
Ng6 13. d4 O-O 14. Qe2 Qd7 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Rxf3 c5 17. d5 c4 {Neumann will
attack on the kingside and Winawer on the other flank.} 18. Nf1 Qb7 19. Ng3 Nd7
20. Nf5 Qb6 21. a5 Qc7 22. Rg3 Nf6 23. h4 Ne8 24. Qg4 Nf6 25. Qf3 h5 26. Rg5
Rab8 27. Rf1 $5 {White gives priority to his attack.} Qd8 28. Qg3 b4 29. Qe1 b3
30. Bb1 Rb5 31. g4 $1 {A critical position has arisen.} hxg4 $2 ({Correct is} 
31... Nh7 $1 32. Rxh5 Rxa5 33. g5 Ra1 {A white bishop and rook are immobilised.
}) 32. h5 $1 Nxd5 {Despair rules.} 33. Rxg4 Nf6 34. Rg5 Nxe4 35. Rg2 Ng5 36.
Qg3 Nh4 37. Nxh4 f6 38. Bf5 Rxa5 39. Qg4 Re8 40. h6 gxh6 41. Qh5 Re7 42. Qxh6
Rg7 43. Kh1 Qe8 44. Rxg5 Rxg5 45. Bh7+ 1-0

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Steinitz, William"]
[Black "Rosenthal, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C25"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 exf4 4. d4 Qh4+ 5. Ke2 d6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Bxf4 Bxf3+ 8.
gxf3 Qxf4 9. Nd5 Qh6 10. Nxc7+ Kd8 11. Nxa8 Kc8 12. d5 Nf6 13. dxc6 d5 14. Qd4
Bd6 15. Qxa7 bxc6 16. Re1 Re8 17. Kd1 dxe4 18. Rxe4 Rxe4 19. fxe4 Qf4 20. Bh3+
Kd8 21. Rf1 Qxe4 22. Qb6+ Ke8 23. Re1 1-0

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "De Vere, Cecil"]
[Black "Steinitz, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C60"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. Nc3 g6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
O-O f5 9. exf5 Nxf5 10. Nxf5 Rxf5 11. Bc4+ Kh8 12. Qd2 Qh4 13. f4 d6 14. g3 Qd8
15. Rae1 Rf8 16. Ne4 Bf5 17. Ng5 Qd7 18. Bf2 Nd8 19. Bd4 h6 20. Nf3 Nc6 21. c3
Rae8 22. Nh4 Kh7 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Nxf5+ Qxf5 25. Bd3 Qc5+ 26. Qf2 Qxf2+ 27.
Kxf2 Ne5 28. Be2 g5 29. Kg1 gxf4 30. gxf4 Ng6 31. f5 Nh4 32. Bh5 Rxe1 33. Rxe1
Rxf5 34. Re7+ Kf6 35. Rf7+ Kg5 36. Rxf5+ Nxf5 37. Be2 Kf4 38. Kf2 Ne3 39. h3
Nf5 40. Bg4 Ng3 41. Bf3 Ne4+ 42. Ke2 b6 43. Bg2 d5 44. Bf3 h5 45. Bg2 Kg3 46.
Bf1 Ng5 47. Ke3 Nxh3 48. Kd4 Nf4 49. Bb5 h4 50. Bd7 h3 0-1

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Minckwitz, Johannes von"]
[Black "Paulsen, Louis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]

{By default}  0-1

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Rosenthal, Samuel"]
[Black "De Vere, Cecil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]

{By default}  0-1

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Winawer, Szymon"]
[Black "Neumann, Gustav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C51"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O Bb6 8.
cxd4 d6 9. d5 Nce7 10. e5 Ng6 11. Bb2 N8e7 12. Bb5+ $2 {White wants to regain
the pawn.} ({Known is} 12. Qa4+ $2 Bd7 13. Qa3 {from Anderssen-Steinitz,
London 1862.}) (12. exd6 $1 Qxd6 13. Qb3 Bg4 14. Nbd2 {develops pleasantly.})
12... Bd7 13. exd6 cxd6 14. Bxd7+ Qxd7 15. Bxg7 Rg8 16. Bf6 O-O-O $2 (16... Nf4
$1 {wins.}) 17. Na3 Kb8 18. Re1 $2 ({Correct is} 18. Bg5 $1 Qg4 19. g3) 18...
Nf4 $1 19. Ng5 Nfxd5 20. Bxe7 Nxe7 21. Ne4 d5 $1 {Neumann invites a fork.} 22.
Nf6 Qh3 23. Nxg8 Rxg8 24. g3 Bxf2+ $1 25. Kh1 (25. Kxf2 Qxh2+ 26. Ke3 Nf5+ 27.
Kf4 Qxg3+ 28. Kxf5 Qg5#) 25... Rxg3 0-1

[Event "Baden-Baden +"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Minckwitz+Neumann+Paulsen"]
[Black "Blackburne+Steinitz+De Vere"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C51"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]

{This consultation game had a stake of 100 francs.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4
Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Bc5 6. O-O d6 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Bb2 Na5 10. d5 Ne7
11. Bd3 O-O 12. Nc3 c6 13. Qd2 cxd5 14. Nxd5 Ng6 15. Nxb6 Qxb6 16. Rab1 Qd8 17.
Qc3 f6 18. Nd4 Nf4 19. Rbd1 Bd7 20. Qc1 Nxd3 21. Rxd3 Rc8 22. Qf4 Nc4 23. Bc3
Ne5 24. Rg3 Qb6 25. Nf5 Bxf5 26. Qxf5 Rc7 27. Qe6+ Kh8 28. Rd1 Rfc8 29. h4 h6
30. Bd4 Qc6 31. Qf5 Qc2 32. Rf1 Qxa2 33. f4 Qc4 34. Be3 Nc6 35. Rd1 Re8 36.
Rxd6 Qxe4 37. Qh5 Rf8 38. Kh2 Qe8 39. Qd1 Qe4 40. Bc1 Rff7 41. Qg4 Qe8 42. Ba3
Qg8 43. Bb2 Qc8 44. Qh5 Qf8 45. Ba3 Qg8 46. Rgd3 Rfe7 47. Bb2 Re6 48. R6d5 Qf7
49. Qd1 Rce7 50. Ba3 Re1 51. Qg4 Qe6 52. Qh5 Qf7 53. Qf3 R7e3 54. Qg4 Rxd3 55.
Rxd3 f5 56. Qf3 Re4 57. Bb2 Kh7 58. Bc3 Qc7 59. g3 Qe7 60. Kg2 Re2+ 61. Kf1 Rc2
62. Qd1 Rh2 63. Qf3 a5 64. Re3 Qc5 65. Rd3 Rc2 66. Bd2 a4 67. Rd7 a3 68. Qd1 a2
69. Kg2 Qc3 70. Kh3 Rxd2 71. Rxd2 a1=Q 0-1

[Event "Baden-Baden +"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rosenthal+Winawer"]
[Black "Anderssen+Stern"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C33"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 d5 5. Bxd5 Ne7 6. Nc3 g5 7. d4 Bg7 8.
Nf3 Qh5 9. h4 h6 10. Kg1 g4 11. Ne1 f3 12. Be3 Nbc6 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. Nd3 fxg2
15. Kxg2 Ng6 16. Nf4 Nxf4+ 17. Bxf4 f5 18. e5 Bb7 19. Kg3 O-O-O 20. Na4 Bf8 21.
c4 Qf7 22. Qd3 Qe6 23. Rad1 Rh7 24. Qc3 Rhd7 25. Rh2 Kb8 26. b4 Ka8 27. a3 Ba6
28. Nb2 h5 29. Rf2 Bg7 30. a4 Bb7 31. Rd3 Bc8 32. Rfd2 Bh6 33. Rf2 Bg7 34. b5
Bb7 35. Re2 Bh6 36. Qd2 cxb5 37. axb5 Bf3 38. d5 Bxf4+ 39. Qxf4 Qb6 40. Re1 Be4
41. Rd2 Qa5 42. Nd1 Re7 43. Ree2 Qa3+ 44. Qe3 Qxe3+ 45. Nxe3 Rxe5 46. Kf4 Rde8
47. Nf1 R5e7 48. Ng3 Bb1 49. c5 Kb7 50. Rxe7 Rxe7 51. d6 cxd6 52. cxd6 Rd7 53.
Nxh5 Kc8 54. Rd1 Be4 55. Nf6 Rf7 56. Ke5 Rb7 57. h5 Rxb5+ 58. Ke6 Kd8 59. Nxe4
fxe4 60. Rf1 1-0

[Event "Baden-Baden +"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Turgenyev, Ivan"]
[Black "Kolisch, Ignaz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C58"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]

{This casual game might have been played in Baden-Baden. The renowned players
were the vice-president and secretary of the tournament.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. d3 h6 7. Nf3 e4 8. Qe2 Nxc4 9. dxc4 Bc5 {
Morphy used to play this line.} 10. Nfd2 O-O 11. h3 $6 (11. Nb3 {was applied
in the twentieth century.}) 11... e3 $1 12. fxe3 Bxe3 13. Kd1 Re8 14. Qf3 Bxd2
$6 (14... c6 {kept pressure in Santos-Koltanowski, Santiago de Cuba 1940.}) 15.
Nxd2 $6 c6 16. b3 $2 (16. dxc6 bxc6 17. c3 {properly defends.}) 16... cxd5 17.
Bb2 Ne4 18. c5 Qg5 19. Bc1 $4 (19. Nf1 {is necessary.}) 19... Qxg2 $1 {Kolisch
ends the game with a nice combination.} 20. Rf1 Nc3+ $1 {Black delivers mate
in one.} 0-1

[Event "Baden-Baden +"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Minckwitz, Johannes von"]
[Black "Stern, Adolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C66"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O d6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bd7 7. Nc3 a6 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. Be3 Rb8 10. b3 c5 11. Nde2 g6 12. Ng3 Bg7 13. Qd3 O-O 14. Rad1 Ne8
15. f4 Qh4 16. e5 a5 17. Nce4 Bg4 18. Rd2 dxe5 19. fxe5 Bh6 20. Nxc5 Rd8 21.
Qc3 Bxe3+ 22. Qxe3 Rxd2 23. Qxd2 Qe7 24. Qd4 Ng7 25. Nge4 Rd8 26. Qc3 Ne8 27.
Nf6+ Nxf6 28. exf6 Qe2 29. Nd3 Qe3+ 30. Kh1 h5 31. Qxc7 Rc8 32. Qxa5 h4 33. Re1
Qd4 34. Qe5 Qxe5 35. Nxe5 Re8 36. Kg1 Re6 37. c4 Bf5 38. Nf3 Rxe1+ 39. Nxe1 Bb1
40. b4 Bxa2 41. c5 Kf8 42. Kf2 Ke8 43. Ke3 Kd7 44. b5 Bc4 45. b6 Kc6 46. Kd4
Bf1 47. g3 h3 48. Nf3 1-0

[Event "Baden-Baden +"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Stern, Adolf"]
[Black "Minckwitz, Johannes von"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. a4 b4 10. Be3 Be7 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Na5 13. Ne1 Nxb3 14. cxb3 O-O
15. Rc1 Qd7 16. Bc5 Bxc5 17. Rxc5 a5 18. Qd4 c6 19. Nc2 f6 20. Rc1 Qc7 21. exf6
Rxf6 22. Ne3 Rc8 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Qxd5+ cxd5 25. Rxc7 Rxc7 26. Rxc7 Rd6 27.
Kf1 d4 28. Ke2 d3+ 29. Kd2 Kf8 30. Rc5 Ke7 31. Re5+ 1-0

[Event "Baden-Baden +"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Paulsen, Louis"]
[Black "De Vere, Cecil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O h6 8. h3
Be6 9. Ne2 Bd6 10. Nf4 Bxf4 11. Bxf4 g5 12. Be5 Rg8 13. Nh2 g4 14. hxg4 Nxe5
15. dxe5 Nxg4 16. Nxg4 Rxg4 17. f4 f5 18. Be2 Rg3 19. Bh5+ Kd7 20. Bf3 Qe7 21.
Qd4 Rag8 22. Bxd5 Bxd5 23. Qxd5+ Kc8 24. Rf2 c6 25. Qc4 h5 26. Rd1 h4 27. Rd3
R3g4 28. Kf1 a6 29. Rfd2 h3 30. Rxh3 Qg7 31. Rh2 Kb8 32. Qd4 Ka8 33. Rf2 Qc7
34. Rd2 c5 35. Qe3 Qa5 36. b3 Qxa2 37. Qf2 c4 38. Qe3 cxb3 39. cxb3 Rg3 40.
Rxa2 Rxe3 41. Rh3 Rxh3 42. gxh3 Rg3 43. e6 Rg7 44. h4 Kb8 45. Re2 Re7 46. h5
Kc7 47. h6 Kd6 48. Rd2+ Kc5 {Paulsen exceeded the time limit in a won position.
He complained about the unclear minute hand. The tournament committee decided
for a replay.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baden-Baden +"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Stern, Adolf"]
[Black "Steinitz, William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O g6 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
f4 d6 9. Nc3 f5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bxc6 Nxc6 12. Qd5+ Kh8 13. Qxc6 Bd7 14. Qd5
Rb8 15. Rab1 Qe7 16. Bxa7 Be6 17. Qd3 Rb4 18. Be3 Bc4 19. Qd2 Bxf1 20. Nd5 Qxe4
21. Nxb4 Bxg2 22. Nd3 Bh3 23. b4 g5 24. Re1 gxf4 25. Nxf4 Rg8 26. Kf2 Bf6 27.
Rg1 Bh4+ 28. Rg3 Bg4 29. Bd4+ Rg7 30. Qe3 Qxc2+ 31. Ne2 Qxa2 32. Qe8+ Qg8 33.
Qxg8+ Kxg8 34. Bxg7 Kxg7 35. Nf4 Kf7 36. b5 Ke7 37. Ke3 Bxg3 38. hxg3 Kd7 39.
Nd5 Kc8 40. Nf6 Kb7 41. Kf4 Be2 42. Kxf5 Bxb5 43. Ke4 h6 44. Ng4 Bc6+ 45. Kf4
Bd7 46. Nxh6 Be6 47. g4 c5 48. g5 Kc6 49. g6 c4 50. g7 c3 51. Ke3 Kc5 52. Kd3
Kb4 53. Kc2 d5 54. g8=Q Bxg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baden-Baden +"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1870.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Steinitz, William"]
[Black "Stern, Adolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B54"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1870.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. Bc4 Nge7 7. O-O Ng6 8.
Be3 Be7 9. f4 O-O 10. Qh5 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bf6 12. Be3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qc7 14. Bd3
Qxc3 15. f5 Ne5 16. f6 gxf6 17. Bh6 Rd8 18. Rae1 Kh8 19. Re3 Ng6 20. e5 Qd4 21.
Rxf6 Kg8 22. Bxg6 fxg6 23. Rxg6+ Kh8 24. Bg7+ Kg8 25. Bf6+ Kf8 26. Rg8+ {Stern
was mobilised by the Bavarian Reserve Corps after this game.} 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1873.??.??"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Blackburne, Joseph"]
[Black "Steinitz, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C60"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1873.??.??"]

{The world exhibition in 1873 had the intention to show the new Wien. An
enormous building was erected at the Prater and opened on May 1. Unfortunately,
the stock exchange crashed a week later and cholera plagued the city from July
to September. Finally many guests visited the fair in October and November.   
During the epidemic, a chess tournament was played in the rooms of the Wiener
Schachgesellschaft from 19 vii until 29 viii. Kaiser Franz Josef, Baron Albert
Rotschild and Ignác Kolisch contributed large sums to the prize fund. Twelve
players carried out eleven rounds of three games. A player gained 1, 1/2 or 0
points per round. One game was played per day. The time limit was twenty moves
per hour. Steinitz won before Blackburne.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 $5
4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Nxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Qd5 Be7 8. Nc3 Bf6 9. Bd2 O-O 10. O-O-O
a6 11. Be2 d6 12. f4 g6 $2 13. Qd3 Bg7 $6 {Steinitz loses time in his
favourite opening.} 14. h4 $1 h5 $6 15. g4 $1 hxg4 16. h5 Be6 17. hxg6 fxg6 {
Blackburne ends the game with great force.} 18. e5 $1 Qe8 19. Nd5 Qf7 20. Nf6+
Bxf6 21. exf6 Bf5 22. Qg3 Qxa2 23. Bc3 Kf7 ({Better seems to be} 23... Qa1+ 24.
Kd2 Qa4 {but} 25. b3 Qe4 26. Bd3 Qd5 27. Rde1 {takes over the attack.}) 24.
Rh7+ Ke8 25. Bxg4 Be4 26. Qe3 d5 27. Qc5 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1873.??.??"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Blackburne, Joseph"]
[Black "Steinitz, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C60"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1873.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Nxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Bxc6
bxc6 $6 ({Equality keeps} 7... dxc6 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 {but Steinitz needs to win.})
8. O-O f6 $6 {Risk has to be taken again.} 9. e5 d5 10. exd6 cxd6 11. Re1+ Be7
12. Bf4 Kf8 $5 13. Nc3 d5 14. Re2 Kf7 15. Rae1 Re8 16. Qd3 g6 17. Qg3 Bf5 18.
Bh6 Qb6 19. b3 Qa5 20. Bd2 g5 $2 {Steinitz breaks down in a difficult position.
} ({Correct is} 20... Qd8 21. Qh4 g5) 21. Qf3 $1 Bxc2 ({The tournament book
suggests} 21... d4 {This move is refuted by} 22. Qxc6 $1 dxc3 23. Bxc3) 22.
Bxg5 $1 Be4 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Qxe4 Qxg5 25. Qxh7+ Kf8 (25... Qg7 26. Rxe7+) 26.
Rxe7 Rxe7 27. Qxe7+ Kg8 28. Re3 {Blackburne won an important round} 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1873.??.??"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Paulsen, Louis"]
[Black "Rosenthal, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C26"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1873.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 $5 {Paulsen opens prophylactic.} Bc5 4. Bg2 d6 5. d3
Nf6 6. Nge2 Bg4 7. h3 Bd7 8. Na4 Bb6 9. Nxb6 axb6 10. f4 exf4 $5 (10... Qe7 {
defends the centre.}) 11. Nxf4 Qe7 12. c4 $6 Qe5 $1 13. O-O O-O-O $2 {Black
castles on the wrong side.} 14. Ne2 Nd4 $6 15. Bf4 Nxe2+ 16. Qxe2 Qh5 17. g4
Qg6 18. a4 h5 19. g5 Nh7 20. Qe3 f6 21. a5 Nxg5 22. Kh2 $1 ({The cautious
Paulsen dislikes} 22. axb6 Bxh3 {and prepares the attack.}) 22... bxa5 23. Rxa5
b6 24. Ra7 ({A subtle win brings} 24. e5 bxa5 25. Qa7 Bxh3 26. Bxh3+ Nxh3 27.
e6 c6 28. Be3 c5 29. Bd2) 24... Bc6 25. c5 $1 {White strikes.} bxc5 26. Qxc5 $1
Qe8 (26... dxc5 27. Rxc7+ Kb8 28. Rxg7+) 27. Qa5 Ne6 28. Rc1 g5 29. Qa6+ Kd7
30. Rxc6 gxf4 31. Rxd6+ {Paulsen had a disappointing result in the tournament,
but played one wonderful game.} 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1873.??.??"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Black "Paulsen, Louis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1873.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Bg5 Nf6 8.
Nc3 Be7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. Rhe1 Re8 11. Kb1 Bd7 $2 ({Exciting is} 11... h6 12.
Bh4 Nxe4 $5 13. Rxe4 Bxe4 14. Qxe4 Bxh4 15. Qxh4 Qxh4 16. Nxh4 Rad8) 12. Bxf6
Bxf6 13. e5 $1 Be7 14. Nd5 Bf8 15. exd6 cxd6 ({Avoids} 15... Bxd6 $2 16. Nxc7
$1) 16. Rxe8 Bxe8 17. Nd2 Bc6 18. Ne4 f5 19. Nec3 Qd7 20. a3 Qf7 21. h3 a6 22.
g4 Re8 23. f4 Re6 24. g5 b5 25. h4 Re8 26. Qd3 Rb8 27. h5 $1 a5 28. b4 $1 axb4
29. axb4 Qxh5 30. Qxf5 Qf7 31. Qd3 Bd7 32. Ne4 Qf5 $1 33. Rh1 {Black worries
about the blockade of the centre.} Re8 $2 ({A disaster avoids} 33... Kh8 $1 34.
Ne3 Qg6 35. Qd4 Rc8) 34. Nef6+ $1 gxf6 35. Nxf6+ Kf7 36. Rxh7+ Bg7 37. Rxg7+
Kxg7 38. Nxe8+ Kf8 39. Qxf5+ Bxf5 40. Nxd6 Bd7 41. Ne4 Kg7 42. Ng3 Kf7 43. f5
Ke7 44. Kc1 Kd6 45. g6 Be8 46. Kd2 Kd5 47. Kd3 Ke5 48. Ke3 Kd5 49. Kf4 Kc4 50.
Ne4 Kxb4 51. Nd6 Bc6 52. f6 Kc3 53. Nxb5+ Bxb5 54. f7 {Anderssen won the first
six rounds.} 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1873.??.??"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Steinitz, William"]
[Black "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D55"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1873.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Rc1 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 {Steinitz has chosen an opening
that leads to a positional battle for the centre. He learned this approach
from the games of Morphy and Paulsen and the theory of Cluley.} 12. Qa4 $5 Ne4
$2 {Anderssen finds no proper defence.} ({Better is the active} 12... d4 $1 13.
exd4 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nb6 15. Qb5 cxd4 16. Ne2 Re8) 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Rfd1 $1 Bxg5
15. Nxg5 Qxg5 16. Rxd7 Rfb8 17. Qb3 Bc6 18. Qxf7+ Kh8 19. h4 Qg4 20. Rxa7 Rxa7
21. Qxa7 Rxb2 22. Qxc5 Qe6 23. Rd1 h6 24. Rd6 Qf7 25. Nd1 Re2 26. Kf1 {
Anderssen was also defeated by means of a positional approach in the second
game.} 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1873.??.??"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Black "Blackburne, Joseph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C61"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1873.??.??"]

{Both players have won a game in the short match.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5
Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. d3 c6 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. O-O d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Nd2 $6 ({The
initiative takes} 9. Re1+ Be6 10. Qh5 Qd6 11. Bg5) 9... Be6 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Qe2
O-O 12. Bd2 Qd7 13. Rae1 Rae8 14. f4 $2 {The weakness e3 is created.} ({Better
is} 14. Qf3) 14... f5 15. Ng3 Bc5 $1 16. Qf3 Ne3 17. Bxe3 dxe3 18. Qe2 $2 {
Anderssen misses the appropriate prophylaxis again.} (18. Bxe6+ Qxe6 19. Re2 $1
Qxa2 20. c3 Bd6 21. d4 Qe6 22. Rfe1 {White eliminates the e-pawn.}) 18... Bxc4
19. dxc4 Rf6 20. Rd1 Rd6 21. Rxd6 Qxd6 22. Nxf5 Qf6 23. g4 Rd8 24. Re1 Qxb2 25.
g5 Qc3 26. Kh1 Qd2 27. Qxd2 exd2 28. Rd1 Bb4 29. Kg2 Re8 30. c3 Bxc3 31. Kf2 c5
{Anderssen has lost another round. He ended at the third place.} 0-1

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1873.??.??"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Blackburne, Joseph"]
[Black "Rosenthal, Samuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C39"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1873.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Qe7 {Only one game is played on
the last day of the last round. Blackburne has to win in order to triumph in
the tournament.} 6. Nxg4 $2 ({Theory is} 6. d4 d6 7. Nxg4 Qxe4+ 8. Qe2 {
(Steinitz-Churchill, 1870).}) 6... f5 $1 (6... Qxe4+ {gains no advantage.}) 7.
Nf2 fxe4 8. Nc3 $2 ({A counteraction starts} 8. Qh5+ Kd8 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. Qg5)
8... Nf6 9. Ng4 ({No use has} 9. Qe2 f3 $1 10. gxf3 exf3) 9... Nh5 10. Ne3 Ng3
11. Qg4 $5 {A desperate action begins.} Nxh1 12. Qxf4 c6 13. Nf5 Qe6 14. Be2 d5
15. Bg4 Qf6 16. d4 Bxf5 17. Bxf5 Bd6 18. Qg4 Rf8 19. Qh5+ Qf7 20. Bg4 Qxh5 21.
Bxh5+ Kd7 22. Bh6 Na6 23. Bg4+ Kc7 24. Bxf8 Rxf8 25. Ne2 Ng3 26. Kd2 Nf1+ {
Blackburne has lost the last round. A playoff mini-match was needed.} 0-1

[Event "Wien playoff"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1873.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Blackburne, Joseph"]
[Black "Steinitz, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1873.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Bc5 8. c3
O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Be7 $5 11. Nbd2 Kh8 $5 {Steinitz plays passively.} 12.
Nf1 a5 13. a4 bxa4 $6 ({Better is} 13... b4) 14. Bxa4 d5 15. Qc2 dxe4 16. dxe4
Nd7 17. Bg3 $6 {This move is criticised in the tournament book .} (17. Bxe7
Qxe7 18. Ne3 Nc5 19. O-O {keeps an advantage.}) 17... Nc5 18. Rd1 Qe8 19. Ne3
Ba6 20. Nd5 Bd6 21. Nh4 $6 ({A great adventure starts} 21. Bxe5 Nxe5 $5 22.
Bxe8 Ned3+ 23. Rxd3 Nxd3+ 24. Kd1 Rfxe8 25. Ne1 Ne5 26. f3) 21... Rb8 22. Nf6
$2 {Blackburne wants to attack!} ({He should play} 22. Rd2 {and suffer,
because he cannot castle.}) 22... Qe6 $1 {Steinitz counterattacks brilliantly.}
(22... gxf6 $2 23. Qc1 Bc8 24. Qxh6+ Kg8 25. Nf3 Nxa4 26. Ng5 fxg5 27. Qxg5+ {
leads to perpetual check.}) 23. Bxc6 Qxf6 24. f3 Rb6 25. Bd5 Rfb8 26. b3 Nxb3
27. Nf5 Nc5 28. c4 Rb2 29. Nxd6 cxd6 30. Qc3 R8b3 31. Qxa5 Re3+ 32. Kf1 Rxf3+
33. Kg1 Rxg3 0-1

[Event "Wien playoff"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1873.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Steinitz, William"]
[Black "Blackburne, Joseph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1873.??.??"]

1. a3 $5 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. e4 c5 $2 {The odd opening causes confusion.} 4. dxc5
Qc7 5. Bd3 Qxc5 6. Ne2 Nc6 7. Be3 Qa5+ 8. Nbc3 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. b4 Qd8 11. Rb1
b6 12. Nd5 Nf6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bh6 Ne5 15. h3 Rg8 16. f4 Nc6 $2 ({Right is} 
16... Nxd3 17. cxd3 Rc8) 17. Qd2 Qc7 18. c4 Nd8 19. Rfc1 Ne6 20. Nc3 Qb7 21.
Nd5 Bh8 22. Kh1 Rc8 23. Qf2 Bc6 24. Qh4 Nd4 25. Bg5 Bxd5 26. cxd5 Kd7 (26... h5
27. Bxe7 $1 Rxc1+ 28. Rxc1 Qxe7 29. Rc8+ Kd7 30. Rc7+) 27. Bxe7 Rxc1+ 28. Rxc1
Rc8 29. Rd1 Rc3 30. Bf6 Qc8 31. Qg4+ Nf5 32. Bb5+ Kc7 33. Bxc3 h5 34. Qf3 Nh4
35. Bxh8 Qxh8 36. Rc1+ Kb7 37. Qc3 Qd8 38. Qc6+ Kb8 39. Ba6 {The attacker
Blackburne had no answer to solid positional play again. A third game was
unneeded. Steinitz had won the tournament.} 1-0

[Event "Philadelphia"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1876.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Judd, Max"]
[Black "Mason, James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1876.??.??"]

{The first American world exhibition celebrated a century of independence. New
technical developments were shown in the Machinery Hall. New discoveries were
the typewriter, telephone and telegraph. Foreign visitors were surprised by
the American progress.   The fourth U.S. Chess Congress was organised at the
occasion of the fair. Only Mason, Judd and Bird were well-known participants. 
Prize winners in the double rounded tournament of eight players were Mason 
($300), Judd ($200), Bird ($150), Elson ($100) and Davidson ($8).} 1. e4 e6 2.
Nf3 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. h3 Be6 8. Nc3 c6 9. Be3
Qc7 10. Nh4 Nbd7 11. f4 $6 Nb6 12. b3 Rae8 13. Bd2 Bc8 14. Qf3 Qe7 15. Nf5 $6 (
{Better defends} 15. Qf2 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Rae1 f5 18. Nf3 $1) 15... Bxf5
16. Bxf5 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qg3 f5 19. Be3 Rf6 20. Qf2 Rg6 21. Rad1 Bb4 22.
Ne2 Nd5 23. c4 Nxe3 24. Qxe3 Ba5 25. a4 Bb6 26. Rd2 Ba5 27. Rc2 Rd8 28. Rd1
Rgd6 29. Kh1 R6d7 30. Rcc1 Bc7 31. g3 Ba5 32. Kg2 Qf6 33. h4 $6 Bb4 34. Rb1 $2
({Correct is} 34. Rh1) 34... Bc5 $1 {Black gains a pawn.} 35. b4 Bxd4 36. Nxd4
Rxd4 37. Rxd4 Qxd4 38. Qxd4 Rxd4 39. Rc1 Kf7 40. Kf2 Rd3 41. Rc2 Kg6 42. Kg2
Kh5 43. Kh3 h6 44. c5 Ra3 45. Rd2 Rd3 46. Rb2 g5 47. fxg5 hxg5 48. Rf2 f4 {
Mason won before Judd.} 0-1

[Event "Paris"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1878.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zukertort, Johannes"]
[Black "Mackenzie, George"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1878.??.??"]

{The revival of France after the Franco-Prussian war was demonstrated by a
world exhibition. Paris was a city of light for the first time. Visitors
enjoyed cold drinks as a pleasant innovation. A colossal steam hammer stood by
an entrance of the enormous exhibition hall.    A super chess tournament took
place in the hall from 17 vi - 31 vii 1878. The participation of Mackenzie and
Mason made it the first intercontinental tournament in Europe. The ill
Anderssen would die the next year.    When the eleven double rounds were
completed, playoffs were needed. Mackenzie defeated Bird twice in the struggle
for the fourth place. Zukertort and Winawer drew twice. Another playoff was
necessary. Zukertort won both games and gained the first prize.   Winners of
the prizes were: Zukertort 161/2 & winner of playoff (1000 Frans + two Sèvres
vases), Winawer 161/2 (500 F + one vase), Blackburne 141/2 1500 F, Mackenzie
13 & winner of playoff (1000 F), Bird 13 (500 F), Anderssen 121/2 (200 F). The
other players scored: Englisch and Rosenthal 111/2, Clerc an Mason 81/2,
Gifford 31/2, Pitschel 21/2. Steinitz was present as reporter for The Field.  
Zukertort's vases were priced at 5800 Francs. He needed cash. It took three
days until he could sell them much below the estimated value.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3
Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. Nd5 Bc5 ({Theory will become} 5... Nxd5 6. exd5 e4
{(Mackenzie-Bird, Paris 1878).}) 6. d3 h6 7. c3 a6 8. Ba4 O-O 9. O-O d6 10. Be3
Bxe3 11. fxe3 Nxd5 12. exd5 Ne7 13. Bb3 Ng6 14. Qe1 f5 15. Rd1 Bd7 16. e4 f4
17. h3 Kh7 18. d4 $6 Qe7 19. dxe5 $2 Nxe5 {Square e5 has become a stronghold.}
20. c4 Nxf3+ $5 21. Rxf3 Be8 $1 22. g4 Bg6 23. Bc2 Rae8 24. Qf2 Qe5 25. Bd3 Qg5
26. Re1 Re5 27. Kh2 Qf6 28. h4 Qe7 $2 ({Correct is} 28... Kh8 29. h5 Bh7) {
White can reorganise his defence.} 29. h5 $2 ({Equality gains} 29. Kh3 $1 Qf6
30. b4) 29... Be8 $1 30. Rf1 Bd7 31. Rxf4 $2 ({Better is} 31. Rg1) 31... Rxf4
32. Qxf4 Qh4+ 33. Kg2 Bxg4 34. Qg3 Qxh5 35. Rf4 Bd7 36. Kf2 Kg8 37. Be2 Qg5 38.
Qf3 Qe7 39. Bd3 g5 40. Qg2 Qg7 41. Rf3 g4 42. Rf4 h5 43. c5 h4 44. c6 bxc6 45.
dxc6 Be6 46. Kg1 Rc5 47. Qd2 h3 48. Qb4 Rc1+ 49. Kf2 Qe7 50. e5 h2 51. Qb8+ Kg7
52. Rf6 Bf7 53. Rh6 g3+ 0-1

[Event "Paris"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1878.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mackenzie, George"]
[Black "Winawer, Szymon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1878.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. O-O Be7 7. e5 Ne4 8.
Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Nc5 {This position is known from Gouda-Rotterdam,
correspondence 1855.} 10. Bb3 Nxb3 11. axb3 O-O 12. Bf4 Kh8 $2 ({Correct is} 
12... d5 13. exd6 Bxd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Qxd6 cxd6 {(Mackenzie-Zukertort,
Paris 1878).}) 13. Nc3 b6 14. Rad1 Ra7 15. Nd5 Bc5 16. Qc3 a5 17. Qg3 h6 $6 ({
Better is} 17... Qe8 18. Rfe1 Qe6) 18. Rd3 b5 $2 (18... Rg8 19. Qh3 Qf8 {
protects the king.}) 19. Nf6 $1 Be7 (19... gxf6 20. Qh4 $1) 20. Bxh6 $1 {White
crushes the kingside.} Bxf6 21. exf6 Qxf6 22. Bxg7+ $1 Qxg7 23. Qh4+ Kg8 (23...
Qh7 24. Qd4+ f6 25. Qxa7) 24. Rg3 Ra6 25. Rxg7+ Kxg7 26. Qg3+ Rg6 27. Qxc7 Re8
28. g3 Rc6 29. Qxa5 Rxc2 30. Qxb5 Ree2 31. Qg5+ Kf8 32. h4 Re6 33. h5 Rcc6 34.
Rc1 Bb7 35. Rxc6 Bxc6 36. f4 Be4 37. f5 Re5 38. h6 {The American army captain
played successfully against the top two.} 1-0

[Event "Paris"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1878.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Blackburne, Joseph"]
[Black "Zukertort, Johannes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1878.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. O-O O-O 7. Nd5 $5 {
Blackburne plays a novelty.} Bc5 ({Or} 7... Nxd5 8. exd5 e4 $1) 8. d4 $6 Nxd4
9. Nxd4 $2 ({Correct is} 9. Bg5 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3) 9... Nxd5 $1 {Zukertort
refutes the new idea.} 10. Nf5 ({Matter costs} 10. Nb3 Bxf2+ $1 11. Rxf2 Nb6
12. Nc5 Qe7) 10... Ne7 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bb3+ Kh8 13. Be3 d6 14. g4 $2 (14. Bxc5
Nxf5 15. exf5 dxc5 16. Qf3 {gives positional compensation (Schallopp).}) 14...
Bd7 15. Qf3 Qe8 16. Rad1 Nxf5 17. gxf5 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 g6 19. fxg6 Qxg6+ 20. Kh1
Bc6 21. f3 Qg5 22. Qe2 f5 23. Rg1 Qh6 24. Rg3 fxe4 25. fxe4 Qf4 26. Re1 Be8 27.
Qc4 Bg6 28. Qb4 c6 29. Rge3 d5 30. c3 Bxe4+ 31. Rxe4 Qf3+ 0-1

[Event "Paris"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1878.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Winawer, Szymon"]
[Black "Zukertort, Johannes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1878.??.??"]

{Winawer and Zukertort competed for the first prize. They met in the ninth
round.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. Nd5 Bc5 6. d3 {Winawer
avoids Blackburne's error.} Nxd5 7. exd5 Nd4 8. Nxd4 Bxd4 9. c3 Bb6 10. Qg4 O-O
11. Bg5 f6 12. Bh6 Qe7 13. d6 $5 cxd6 14. Bc4+ Kh8 15. Be3 f5 16. Qe2 Bc5 17.
O-O-O $5 f4 18. Bd2 b5 $1 19. Bd5 $1 ({Avoids} 19. Bxb5 $2 f3 $1 20. gxf3 Bb7 {
(Schallopp).}) 19... Rb8 20. d4 Bb6 21. Qe4 $5 (21. Qxb5 {regains the pawn.})
21... Qf6 22. h4 b4 23. h5 bxc3 (23... Ba6 24. h6 gxh6 25. g4 {struggles even
harder.}) 24. Bxc3 exd4 25. Rxd4 $1 {Winawer has staged a big attack.} Qh6 (
25... Bxd4 26. Bxd4 Qh6 27. Bxa7 f3+ 28. Kb1 Ba6 29. Be3 Qf6 30. Bd4 Qh6 31.
Be3 $11) 26. Ra4 a5 27. Rh4 f3+ $2 (27... Bd8 $1 28. Rg4 Bf6 29. Bxf6 Qxf6 30.
Qd4 Qe5 {gives sufficient counter-play.}) 28. Kb1 Ba6 29. Rg4 Rbe8 30. Rxg7
Qxg7 31. Bxg7+ Kxg7 32. Qg4+ Kh8 33. gxf3 Bd3+ 34. Kc1 Bf5 35. Qh4 Re2 36. Rd4
$1 Bd8 37. Qg3 Rfe8 38. Rd2 Re1+ 39. Rd1 R1e2 40. Rg1 Re1+ 41. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 42.
Kd2 Re8 43. Qxd6 a4 44. b4 axb3 45. axb3 1-0

[Event "Paris"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1878.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zukertort, Johannes"]
[Black "Winawer, Szymon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C33"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1878.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d5 4. Bxd5 Qh4+ 5. Kf1 g5 6. Nf3 Qh5 7. h4 Bg7 ({
Known is} 7... h6 {from Rosenthal-Meitner, Vienna 1973.}) 8. Nc3 h6 9. d4 c6
10. Bc4 Ne7 11. Kg1 g4 12. Nh2 $5 Ng6 ({Interesting is} 12... f3 $5 13. e5 f2+
$1 14. Kxf2 g3+ $1 15. Kxg3 Nf5+) 13. Be2 Qxh4 (13... f3 14. gxf3 Qxh4 15. Nf1
Qd8 {defends properly.}) 14. e5 f3 15. Nxf3 Qd8 16. Nh2 f5 17. exf6 Bxf6 18.
Be3 h5 19. Qd2 Be6 20. Nf1 Nd7 21. Ng3 h4 22. Qd3 {Fire burns in the King's
Gambit.} Ne7 $2 ({Right is} 22... Ndf8 $1 23. Nge4 Be7 {Black protects square
d6.}) 23. Nge4 $1 Nf5 ({Black has no satisfactory defence:} 23... O-O 24. Ng5
Bf5 25. Qc4+) 24. Bxg4 Qe7 25. Re1 O-O-O 26. Nxf6 Qxf6 27. Rf1 Rhf8 28. Ne4 Qe7
29. Bg5 Qg7 30. Bxf5 Bxf5 31. Bxd8 Kxd8 32. Rxh4 Rg8 33. Qd2 Qe7 34. Qf4 Qg7
35. Rf2 Be6 36. Nc5 Nxc5 37. dxc5 Kc8 38. Qd6 Bd5 39. Rhf4 b5 40. cxb6 axb6 41.
c4 Rd8 42. Rf8 1-0

[Event "Paris"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1878.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Zukertort, Johannes"]
[Black "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1878.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be2 Nf6 $6 7. Nxc6 bxc6
8. e5 Nd5 9. Ne4 f5 10. Bh5+ $6 (10. exf6 Nxf6 11. Nd6+ {continues the
restriction.}) 10... g6 11. Bg5 {Anderssen fights for the last time with his
talented pupil.} Qa5+ 12. Nd2 Be7 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. O-O gxh5 15. Nc4 Qc5 16.
Nd6+ Kf8 17. Qxh5 Ng6 18. Qh6+ Kg8 19. Rfe1 Nxe5 20. Rad1 $6 (20. Rxe5 Qxe5 21.
Qg5+ $11) 20... Qxf2+ $1 21. Kh1 Nf7 $6 ({Black can try the risky} 21... Ng6
22. Ne8 Kf7 23. Nd6+ Kf6 $1 24. Ne4+ fxe4 25. Rf1 Qxf1+ 26. Rxf1+ Ke7 27. h4
Ke8) 22. Nxf7 Kxf7 23. Qh5+ Ke7 24. Qg5+ Kf7 25. Qh5+ {Zukertort won the
tournament after a play-off with Winawer.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1882.05.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bird, Henry"]
[Black "Chigorin, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C59"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1882.??.10"]

{Eighteen players participated in the second international chess tournament
Wien 1882. The event celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Wiener
Schachgesellschaft. Main organisers were Ignaz Freiherr von Kolisch (1837-1889)
, honorary member of the club, and Albert 'chess' Baron von Rothschild 
(1844-1911), president of the club. Kaiser Franz Josef (1830-1916) donated the
'Kaiserpreis' of 2000 Austrian Gulden. These rich men had also endorsed the
first international tournament Wien 1873.   Double rounds were played from 10
v until 24 vi 1882. Games started at ten in the morning. Players had to make
fifteen moves per hour. Play was paused after four hours and then had to be
resumed within two hours. If the game had not ended before midnight, it was
adjourned. Therefore, a minimum of ninety moves had to be made per day!  
Mackenzie led by 121/2 points at the end of the first cycle, half-a-point
before Winawer and one point before Steinitz. The fighter Winawer had scored
twelve wins and five losses. The length of the tournament began to take its
toll. Noa departed at the end of the first series, Fleissig withdrew after
twenty rounds and Bird became ill during five rounds.   Steinitz' style has
been mystified. Kasparov wrote: "He relied excessively on abstract principles".
When we study his games, a completely different player emerges. Steinitz was a
colourful fighter. Sometimes he attacked by a risky gambit; another time he
defended by retreating his pieces to the bottom rank, and he also showed great
strength by exercising solid positional play. When he returned to London,
Hoffer had taken over his chess column in The Field. Long hostilities began.
Winawer was a Polish merchant. He had little time for chess. Great staying
power was his foremost strength. He waited for errors by the opponent and
showed his tactical talent after a blunder. The shared first place in Wien
1882 was his finest success.   A game has been selected for each round. Jan
van Reek.  This game had to be postponed on 10 v 1882, because Chigorin had
not arrived.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6
7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Be2 h6 9. Nf3 e4 10. Ne5 Qc7 $5 11. Ng4 $5 Bxg4 12. Bxg4 Bd6 ({
Theory will become} 12... Bc5 $1) 13. h3 O-O 14. Nc3 Nc4 $5 15. b3 $2 ({Right
is} 15. Qe2 $1 Nb6 (15... Ne5 $6 16. Bf5) 16. O-O) 15... Ne5 16. Bb2 Rfe8 17.
O-O (17. Be2 Nf3+ $1 18. Kf1 Nh4 {is awful too (Vasiukov and Nikitin).}) 17...
Nexg4 18. hxg4 Qd7 19. Qe2 Nxg4 20. g3 Qf5 21. Kg2 Re6 22. Rae1 Rae8 23. Rh1 h5
(23... Qf3+ $1 {wins the exchange.}) 24. Ref1 Qg6 25. Nd1 $2 (25. Rh3 $1 {
protects pawn g3 (Zukertort).}) 25... e3 $1 {Chigorin decides the game
unexpectedly.} 26. Bd4 ({Or} 26. Nxe3 Nxe3+ 27. dxe3 Rxe3 $1) 26... Nxf2 27.
Rxf2 Qxg3+ 28. Kf1 exf2 29. Ne3 c5 30. Bc3 Rxe3 31. dxe3 Rxe3 32. Qd1 h4 33.
Bd2 h3 0-1

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1882.05.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Steinitz, William"]
[Black "Noa, Josef"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1882.??.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. c3 Bg4 5. Bc4 $5 Nc6 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Qe7 $5
({More active is} 7... Nf6) 8. f5 O-O-O 9. d3 Nf6 10. Bg5 Bb6 $2 (10... Na5 11.
Nd2 Nxc4 12. Nxc4 h6 {seeks counteraction.}) 11. Nd2 $1 {The rest of the game
shows Steinitz as a superior positional player. His opponent will lose
territory gradually.} Rhf8 12. Rf1 Nb8 13. Bb3 c6 14. O-O-O Nbd7 15. Nc4 Bc7
16. Ne3 Rde8 17. g4 Nc5 18. Bc2 Bd8 19. Nc4 Qc7 20. Be3 Nfd7 21. g5 b5 $5 22.
Nd2 Nb6 23. h4 Rh8 24. Kb1 Ncd7 25. Bb3 Ref8 26. d4 a5 27. Qh5 h6 28. Qe2 a4
29. Bc2 Kb7 30. c4 hxg5 31. hxg5 Rh3 32. cxb5 cxb5 33. Rc1 exd4 34. Bxd4 Bxg5
35. e5 d5 36. Bxa4 Nc4 37. Nxc4 bxc4 38. Qg2 Bxc1 39. Rxc1 Qa5 40. Bxd7 Rd3 41.
Bc3 Qd8 42. e6 fxe6 43. Bxe6 Re8 44. Qxg7+ Re7 45. Qe5 Rh7 46. Bd4 Kc6 47.
Rxc4+ $1 Kb5 ({Or} 47... dxc4 48. Qc5+ Kb7 49. Qa7+) 48. Rc5+ Ka4 49. b3+ Ka3
50. Qe1 {Steinitz had won his last sixteen games in Vienna 1873, the seven
games against Blackburne in 1876 and the first two games in this tournament, a
grand total of twenty-five games in a row!} 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1882.05.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Paulsen, Louis"]
[Black "Mason, James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1882.??.10"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O
{This position is known from Lowe-Kennedy, London 1849.} Qc7 9. Bf4 Nge7 10. b4
Bb6 11. a4 a6 12. Re1 Ng6 13. Bg3 Nce7 $5 14. h4 $1 {Paulsen takes the
initiative.} h6 15. Qb3 Rc8 16. Ra2 Ba7 17. h5 Nf8 18. Rc2 b5 19. axb5 Bxb5 20.
Bxb5+ axb5 21. Na3 Qb7 22. Nd4 Bxd4 23. cxd4 Nd7 24. Rxc8+ Nxc8 25. Qd3 Na7 26.
Rc1 O-O 27. Bf4 Rb8 {Mason has defended accurately.} 28. Bd2 Nc6 29. g4 Ne7 30.
Kh2 f6 31. f4 fxe5 32. fxe5 Nc6 33. Kh3 Qb6 34. Nc2 Nf8 35. Rf1 Qc7 36. Na3 Qd7
37. Rc1 Na7 38. Rc5 Qf7 39. Kg3 Nh7 40. Nxb5 $4 {White captures the weak pawn
at last.} (40. Qg6 $1 Qxg6 41. hxg6 Nf8 42. Rc7 Ra8 43. g5 hxg5 44. Kg4 Nxg6
45. Bxg5 {gives excellent winning chances.}) 40... Nxb5 41. Rxb5 Rf8 $1 42. Qe2
Ng5 43. Bxg5 hxg5 44. Qe3 Qf1 45. Rb7 Rf4 46. h6 gxh6 47. Rb8+ Kg7 48. Rb7+ Kg6
49. Re7 Rxg4+ $1 {Mason started with three wins.} (49... Rxg4+ 50. Kxg4 Qg2+
51. Qg3 h5#) 0-1

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1882.05.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Steinitz, William"]
[Black "Zukertort, Johannes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C39"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1882.??.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Nf6 6. Bc4 d5 7. exd5 Bg7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. d4 Nh5 10. Ne2 c5 {Kasparov portrays Steinitz as 'a true child of his
materialistic time', but Wilhelm plays the chancy Salvio-Gambit, however.} 11.
c3 $2 (11. Nxf4 $2 Ng3 $1 {also favours Black (Blackburne-Paulsen, Wien 1873).}
) ({Best is} 11. dxc6 Nxc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6) 11... cxd4 12. cxd4 Nd7 13. Nxd7 Bxd7
14. Qd3 Rc8 15. Nxf4 Re8+ 16. Kd1 b5 $1 17. Nxh5 ({The pointe is} 17. Bxb5
Rxc1+ $1 18. Rxc1 Nxf4 {(Zukertort).}) 17... bxc4 18. Qa3 Bxd4 19. Bd2 Qb6 20.
Bc3 Re3 21. Re1 Bxc3 22. Rxe3 Qxe3 23. bxc3 Qg1+ 24. Kd2 Qxg2+ 25. Ke3 Re8+ 26.
Kd4 Qe4+ 27. Kc5 Qe7+ 28. d6 Qe5+ 29. Kxc4 Qe4+ 30. Kb3 Rb8+ 31. Qb4 Rxb4+ 32.
cxb4 Qd3+ 33. Kb2 Qd4+ {The string of twenty-five wins had ended by a draw in
the previous round. Steinitz even lost this time.} 0-1

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1882.05.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fleissig, Bernhard"]
[Black "Weiss, Miksa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C26"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1882.??.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Qd2
Ne7 9. Nd1 d6 10. Ne3 Be6 11. Ne2 c6 12. f4 $4 exf4 13. Nxf4 Qxb2 {White has
blundered a pawn.} 14. O-O Qd4 15. Kf2 O-O 16. c3 Qxe3+ 17. Qxe3 Bxe3+ 18. Kxe3
Bd7 19. Rab1 Rab8 20. Rf2 b5 21. Rfb2 f5 22. a4 fxe4 23. dxe4 g5 24. Ne2 Ng6
25. axb5 axb5 26. Nd4 Ne5 27. Ra2 Ng4+ 28. Kd3 c5 29. Nf3 d5 30. Nd2 Rf2 31.
Bf3 dxe4+ 32. Bxe4 Be6 33. Ra8 Rxa8 34. Bxa8 Bf5+ 35. Ne4 Rf3+ 36. Kd2 Re3 $1
37. h3 $1 Bxe4 38. hxg4 Bxb1 39. Kxe3 Ba2 $1 {Pawn b5 needs indirect
protection by the bishop.} 40. Ke4 Kg7 41. Ke5 b4 42. cxb4 cxb4 43. Be4 Bf7 44.
Kd4 Kf6 45. Bf5 Be6 46. Bb1 $6 ({Black also wins by} 46. Be4 Bxg4 47. Kc4 Ke5
48. Bc6 h5 49. Kxb4 Kd4) 46... Bxg4 47. Kc4 Bf5 $1 {Weiss showed his ability
in the endgame.} 0-1

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1882.05.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Winawer, Szymon"]
[Black "Meitner, Philipp"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1882.??.10"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. exd5 exd5 7. Qe2+ Be7 (
7... Be6 $1 8. Qb5+ Nc6 $1 {gains a plus.}) 8. O-O-O Nc6 9. Qh5 a6 $4 10. Qxd5
O-O 11. Bc4 Bf6 12. Nge2 Be6 13. Qxd8 Raxd8 14. d5 Na5 $2 {Meitner fumbles
again.} ({Correct is} 14... Ne5 $1 15. Bxa6 bxa6 16. dxe6 fxe6) 15. Bd3 $1 Bxd5
16. Nxd5 Rxd5 17. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 18. Rxd5 Nc4 19. b3 Nd6 20. c4 Re8 21. Ng3 Re6
22. Kc2 Be7 23. Rhd1 b6 24. R1d3 g6 25. Re3 Kg7 26. c5 bxc5 27. Rxe6 fxe6 28.
Rxc5 Nb5 29. Re5 Kf6 30. Re4 a5 31. Kd3 Nd6 32. Ra4 Nb7 33. Ne4+ Kf7 34. Rc4 c5
35. f4 {This encounter demonstrates the simple level of many games.} 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1882.05.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Steinitz, William"]
[Black "Fleissig, Bernhard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1882.??.10"]

1. e4 e6 2. e5 d5 3. exd6 $5 Bxd6 4. d4 Ne7 $5 5. Bd3 Ng6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Nc3 Nb4
8. Bc4 c6 $6 {Black develops too slow. Steinitz starts to collect advantages.}
9. Ne4 Bc7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Nd5 12. Nc5 Nh4 13. Ne5 $1 Nf5 14. c3 Bxe5 15.
Rxe5 Nf6 16. Re1 h6 $2 {He weakens the kingside.} ({Better is} 16... b6 17. Nd3
Nd6 18. Bb3 Bb7) 17. Qf3 Nd5 18. Bb3 b6 19. Nd3 Ba6 $6 ({More active is} 19...
Bb7 20. Ne5 c5) 20. Ne5 Rc8 21. Bc2 {White controls more territory and has the
two bishops.} Nfe7 $2 {Black allows an attack on the king.} ({Right is} 21...
Re8 22. Bd2 Qf6) 22. Qg3 $1 Kh8 23. Qh4 Kg8 24. Qg3 Kh8 25. Qh3 $1 Ng8 26. Qh5
Rc7 27. Bd2 Ndf6 28. Qh3 Nd5 $6 29. c4 Ndf6 30. Rad1 Qe8 31. Bf4 Rc8 $2 32. Qa3
$1 Bb7 33. Qxa7 Ba8 34. Qxb6 g5 35. Bg3 Nd7 36. Qb3 f5 37. f3 Kg7 38. c5 Ndf6
39. Nc4 {Steinitz had lost in the three previous rounds. A solid positional
win levelled his score.} 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1882.05.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fleissig, Bernhard"]
[Black "Mackenzie, George"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C82"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1882.??.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 {These moves were played in Wemmers-Schottlaender, Leipzig 1879.} Bc5
10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 f5 12. Nb3 Bb6 13. Nbd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Qe7 {If you wish to
play the 'grande variante', this move loses a tempo.} ({In that case} 14...
Bxd4 {has to be played immediately (Jacob-Cohn, München 1900).}) 15. Bb3 Bxd4
16. cxd4 f4 17. f3 Ng3 $5 18. hxg3 fxg3 19. Re1 Qh4 20. Be3 {A famous idea has
been applied for the first time.} Qh2+ $2 ({Better is} 20... c6 21. Rc1 $2 Bg4
$1 22. Rc2 $2 Qh2+ 23. Kf1 Rxf3+ $1 24. Qxf3 Qh1+ 25. Ke2 Qxg2+ {
(Bogoljubow-Euwe, Karlsbad 1941).}) 21. Kf1 Qh1+ 22. Bg1 h5 23. Re3 h4 24. Qe1
g5 25. Rc1 g4 26. Bd1 gxf3 27. Bxf3 $2 ({White wins by} 27. Rxf3 Bg4 28. Rf6)
27... Bg4 28. Rcc3 b4 29. Rb3 Rae8 30. a3 Re6 31. axb4 Bh5 32. Qe2 Rc6 33. Qd1
Bg4 34. Rbc3 $4 Rxc3 35. Rxc3 h3 $1 36. Qd2 Rf5 37. gxh3 Bxf3 38. Qe3 Qg2+ 39.
Ke1 Bg4 {Mackenzie led with 6 1/2 points.} 0-1

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1882.05.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Paulsen, Louis"]
[Black "Hruby, Vincenz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1882.??.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Ne7 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nh4 Ng6 $5 {Paulsen threatens to apply restriction
but Black reacts at once.} 11. Nf5 d5 12. Qh5 c6 13. Ba4 Bxf5 14. Qxf5 Kg7 15.
Rae1 Qa5 $2 {The queen goes to the wrong flank.} 16. Bb3 dxe4 17. Rxe4 Rad8 18.
h4 $2 {Paulsen has difficulties with tactics.} ({The way to victory is found in
} 18. f4 $1 Qb6+ 19. Kh1 exf4 20. Rexf4 $1 Nxf4 21. Rxf4) 18... h5 $1 19. Qxh5
Rh8 20. Qf5 Rxh4 21. Bxf7 $1 Kxf7 22. Rxh4 Nxh4 23. Qh7+ Ke6 24. Qxh4 Qxc3 25.
Qg4+ Kf7 26. Rb1 b5 27. Qh5+ Ke6 28. Qg4+ Kf7 29. Qh5+ Ke6 30. Qg4+ Kf7 31.
Qh5+ Ke6 {Paulsen played great positional chess but diabetes plagued him badly.
} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1882.05.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Steinitz, William"]
[Black "Chigorin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C37"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1882.??.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. Ne5 Qh4+ 6. Kf1 Nh6 7. d4 f3 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Bf4 {Steinitz plays his favourite Salvio-Gambit. They have followed
Schiffers-Chigorin, St. Petersburg 1878).} d6 10. Nxc6 fxg2+ 11. Kxg2 bxc6 12.
Rf1 Bd7 13. Qd2 Bg7 14. Rae1 O-O 15. Re3 $6 Kh8 16. Ne2 d5 $6 (16... Be6 {
gains a plus.}) 17. exd5 Nf5 18. Rd3 Qh5 19. Kg1 Nh4 20. Ng3 Qg6 21. Qa5 Nf3+
22. Kh1 h5 $2 ({Correct is} 22... cxd5 $1 23. Bxd5 Bc6) 23. d6 $4 {The
calculations are too complicated.} (23. Qxc7 Bf5 24. dxc6 $1 {is okay.}) 23...
f5 $4 (23... cxd6 $1 24. Qxh5+ Qxh5 25. Nxh5 d5 {gains a big advantage.}) 24.
Qxc7 Rad8 25. Re3 h4 26. Ne2 Nxd4 27. Re7 Nxe2 28. Bxe2 g3 29. Bf3 Rg8 30. hxg3
hxg3 31. Kg2 $1 Bh6 32. Be5+ 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1882.05.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Noa, Josef"]
[Black "Winawer, Szymon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1882.??.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Qe2 Nf6 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. Qxe5+ Be7
8. Re1 c6 9. Ba4 d5 10. f4 a5 11. c3 b5 12. Bc2 Ra7 13. Qe3 Rb7 14. d4 O-O 15.
Nd2 Ng4 16. Qd3 g6 17. Nf3 Bd6 18. h3 Nh6 19. g4 f6 20. f5 g5 21. Bd2 Bb8 22.
Be3 Rg7 23. Re2 Nf7 24. Rae1 h5 25. Rg2 Nd6 26. Qd1 hxg4 27. hxg4 Re8 28. Nd2
Rge7 29. Qf3 a4 30. Qh3 $2 Rh7 $1 31. Qf3 Kf7 32. Rge2 Reh8 33. Bf2 Rh3 34. Qg2
Ne4 $4 (34... Rh2 $1 35. Qxh2 Rxh2 36. Kxh2 Nxf5+ {wins for Black (Rosenthal).}
) 35. Nxe4 $2 (35. Bxe4 $1 {gains a plus (Rosenthal).}) 35... Rh1+ 36. Qxh1
Rxh1+ 37. Kxh1 Qh8+ 38. Kg2 Qh2+ 39. Kf3 dxe4+ $6 (39... Qf4+ 40. Kg2 Qh2+ {
draws.}) 40. Rxe4 Qh3+ 41. Ke2 Bf4 42. Rg1 Bb7 43. Re6 $4 (43. a3 $1 {keeps a
plus.}) 43... c5 $1 44. dxc5 Qf3+ 45. Ke1 Bd5 46. Bd4 Bxe6 47. fxe6+ Ke7 48.
Bd1 Qe4+ 49. Be2 Qb1+ 50. Kf2 Qxb2 51. Rh1 Kxe6 52. a3 Be5 53. Rd1 Qxa3 54.
Bxb5 Qb2+ 55. Be2 a3 56. Kf3 a2 57. Bc4+ Ke7 58. Bxa2 Qxa2 59. Bxe5 fxe5 0-1

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1882.05.24"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Steinitz, William"]
[Black "Winawer, Szymon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1882.??.10"]

1. e4 e6 2. e5 $5 c5 $5 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 f6 5. exf6 Nxf6 6. g3 Be7 7. Bg2 Qc7
8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3 a6 10. b3 b5 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. d3 Nd8 13. Qe2 Nf7 14. Nd1 Rae8
15. Ne3 Bd8 16. c4 Bc6 17. cxb5 Bxb5 18. a4 Bc6 19. Rfc1 Qb7 20. Nc4 Bc7 21.
Ba3 d6 22. Rab1 a5 23. d4 $2 cxd4 {Steinitz makes a nasty discovery.} 24. Kh1 (
24. Nxd4 Bxg2 25. Qxg2 Qa7 26. Qf2 Ng4 $1 27. Qd2 e5 {is awful (Rosenthal).})
24... d3 25. Qf1 Ne4 26. Nd4 Bd5 27. Rb2 e5 $2 (27... d2 $1 28. Nxd2 Bb6 {is
advantageous (Rosenthal).}) 28. Nb5 Re6 $4 {Hereafter, Winawer even loses.} 29.
Qxd3 Nxg3+ {Black lost on time.  Steinitz was catching up on the leaders.} 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1882.05.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Bird, Henry"]
[Black "Meitner, Philipp"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1882.??.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Qe7 $6 5. b4 $5 Bb6 6. a4 a5 7. b5 Nd8 8.
O-O d6 9. d4 Bg4 10. Be2 $6 ({Better is} 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. h3) 10... Nf6 11.
Ba3 $5 exd4 12. e5 $1 Ne4 13. cxd4 Qd7 $2 {Black loses time.} (13... Ne6 $1 {
develops a useful piece.}) 14. exd6 $1 Nxd6 15. Ne5 Bxe2 16. Nxd7 Bxd1 17. Nxb6
cxb6 18. Rxd1 Kd7 19. Nc3 Nc4 20. Nd5 Rc8 21. Rac1 Ke6 22. Ne7 ({Notice} 22.
Ne7 Rc7 23. d5+ Kd7 24. d6) 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1882.05.26"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Weiss, Miksa"]
[Black "Zukertort, Johannes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "1882.??.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8.
Ne2 Re8 9. Ng3 d5 10. c3 Bd6 11. Re1 c5 12. c4 c6 13. Qe2 h6 14. Kh1 a5 15. Nh4
g6 16. Nf3 Kh7 17. Rb1 Nd7 18. Qd2 Bf8 19. Ng1 $6 {Weiss is going to play too
passively in the middle game.} Bg7 20. Qe2 Nf8 21. Be3 Ne6 22. Qc2 Nd4 23. Qc1
f5 24. Bd2 Ra7 25. f3 Rd7 $2 26. cxd5 cxd5 27. Qxc5 {White has grabbed a pawn.}
dxe4 28. fxe4 Ne6 29. Qxa5 Rxd3 30. Qxd8 Nxd8 31. Bc3 Nc6 32. Nf3 f4 33. Ne2 g5
34. Rbd1 Rxd1 35. Rxd1 g4 36. Ne1 Nd4 37. Bxd4 exd4 38. Nxf4 Rxe4 39. Ned3 Ba6
40. Kg1 Re3 41. Nc5 Bc8 42. Kf2 Re5 43. Ncd3 Rf5 44. Rc1 Ba6 45. Kg3 h5 46. Rc5
$2 ({Right is} 46. a4 $1) 46... Bxd3 47. Nxd3 Rxc5 48. Nxc5 Be5+ 49. Kf2 Kg6 $2
({Zukertort expects} 49... Bxh2 50. b4 h4 51. a4 Bc7 52. Ne6 {to win for White,
but} d3 $1 {draws.}) 50. h3 Kf5 51. Nd3 Bd6 52. a4 Ke4 53. Ke2 Kd5 54. b3 $1
Bc7 55. hxg4 hxg4 56. Nf2 Kc5 57. Nd3+ Kd5 58. Kd2 $1 Bd8 59. Kc2 $1 Bc7 {
White has achieved the ideal position. The subtle manoeuvres continue.} 60. Nf2
$1 g3 61. Nd3 Ba5 62. Kd1 $1 Bc7 63. Ke2 $1 Ke4 64. Nc5+ Kd5 65. Na6 Be5 66.
Kd3 Bd6 67. b4 Be5 68. Nc5 Bd6 69. a5 Bxc5 70. bxc5 Kxc5 71. a6 Kb6 72. Kxd4
Kxa6 73. Ke4 Kb5 74. Kf4 Kc5 75. Kxg3 Kd5 76. Kg4 Ke6 77. Kg5 Kf7 78. Kh6 Kg8
79. g4 Kf7 80. g5 Kg8 81. Kg6 Kh8 82. Kf7 {Zukertort scored poorly in the
first cycle. The solidity of a local master was too much for him this time.}
1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1882.05.27"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Bird, Henry"]
[Black "Weiss, Miksa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1882.??.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. b4 $5 Bb6 6. d3 d6 7. a4 a5 8. b5
Ne7 {Horwitz played this line against Staunton in London 1846 during Bird's
youth.} 9. Na3 Ng6 10. Be3 {He diverts from the consultation game of Bird &
Zukertort against Potter & Wisker in London 1874.} Bxe3 11. fxe3 O-O 12. O-O d5
$6 {A clumsy manoeuvre begins.} 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Qd2 Qd6 15. Ng5 Be6 16. g3 h6
$2 17. Nxe6 Qxe6 18. Rf2 Qd6 19. Raf1 Nf6 20. Nc2 Rad8 {Black seems to have
consolidated.} 21. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 22. e4 Kg7 (22... Kh7 $2 23. Ne3 Ne7 24. Ng4 $1
Ng8 25. Rxf6 $1 {crushes the defence line.}) 23. Ne3 Ne7 24. Ng4 Rh8 $2 ({More
resistance is offered by} 24... Ng8 $1 25. Rxf6 Qc5+ 26. Rf2 Rd6) 25. Rxf6 $1
Qc5+ 26. Ne3 $1 Nd5 ({A fine pointe is} 26... Kxf6 27. Qf2+) 27. Bxd5 Rxd5 28.
Qf2 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1882.05.30"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Chigorin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Paulsen, Louis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B24"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1882.??.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Nge7 5. d3 Nd4 6. Nge2 Nec6 7. Be3 Be7 8.
Nf4 O-O 9. O-O Rb8 10. Nh5 $6 f5 11. g4 $6 g6 12. Nf4 g5 13. gxf5 $2 gxf4 14.
Bxf4 d6 15. Bh6 exf5 $2 {The mutual sacrifices have little quality.} 16. Bxf8
Bxf8 17. Kh1 $2 (17. Nd5 {starts a counteraction.}) 17... Ne5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19.
Rg1 Kh8 20. Bd5 Bg7 21. Qh5 Bg6 22. Qh3 Qd7 23. Qg3 Rf8 24. f4 Nec6 25. Raf1
Ne7 26. Be4 d5 27. Bxg6 Nxg6 28. Rg2 Qf5 29. Nd1 Qh5 30. Qe3 Bh6 31. c3 Bxf4
32. Qe1 {White's defence seems to lack any tactical counter-play.} Nf5 $2 {Tis
move lessens the consolidation of square e5.} (32... Nh4 $1 {would have ended
the game.}) 33. Rxf4 $1 Ng3+ 34. Rxg3 $2 ({Correct is} 34. Qxg3 Rxf4 35. Nf2)
34... Nxf4 35. Nf2 Re8 36. Qf1 Qe2 37. Kg1 Qd2 38. Rf3 Re1 0-1

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1882.05.31"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Mackenzie, George"]
[Black "Noa, Josef"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1882.??.10"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. Bg5 Qe7+ 7. Be2 h6 8.
Bh4 Bg4 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. c3 O-O-O 11. O-O g5 12. Bg3 Bxg3 13. hxg3 Ne4 14. Nxe4
dxe4 15. Nd2 h5 $1 16. Bxg4 hxg4 17. Qxg4 e3 18. Rfe1 f5 19. Qf3 $4 ({Correct
is} 19. Qxf5 exf2+ 20. Kxf2 Qg7 21. Nf3) 19... Rh1+ $4 {This move has been
regarded as a stroke of genius.} ({But} 19... Qh7 $1 20. fxe3 Ne5 $1 21. dxe5
Rxd2 {wins immediately.}) 20. Kxh1 Qh7+ 21. Kg1 exd2 22. Red1 Rh8 23. Kf1 Re8
24. Kg1 Rh8 25. Kf1 Re8 26. Kg1 Nf6 $1 {Noa refuses the offer of a draw.} 27.
g4 $1 Nxg4 28. Qh3 Qe7 29. g3 $2 (29. Rf1 Qg7 {continues the status quo.})
29... Qe2 30. Qf1 Re3 $6 ({Better is} 30... f4 $1 31. Qxe2 Rxe2 32. gxf4 gxf4
33. Rf1 f3 {The white pieces have become immobile and black's king marches to
c2 (Rosenthal).}) 31. Qxe2 Rxe2 32. Rf1 {Noa still has the best chances.} f4 $4
(32... Nf6 $1 33. Kg2 g4 $1 {leads to another terrible case of restriction.})
33. gxf4 gxf4 34. Kg2 $1 d1=Q 35. Raxd1 Rxb2 36. Kg1 Rxa2 37. Rd3 Ra6 38. Re1
Rg6 39. Kf1 f3 40. Re8+ Kd7 41. Rh8 Rf6 42. Rh3 a5 43. Kg1 Nh6 44. Rhxf3 Nf5
45. c4 Rg6+ 46. Kf1 Nd6 47. c5 Nb5 48. d5 b6 49. Rf7+ Kc8 50. d6 cxd6 51. Rh3
Rg8 52. cxb6 d5 53. Rb3 Nd6 54. Ra7 Kb8 55. Rxa5 Rg5 56. Rg3 Rf5 57. Ra7 Rf8
58. Rga3 Nc8 59. Rd7 Nxb6 60. Rb3 Rf6 61. Rxd5 Kc7 62. Rc3+ Kb7 63. Rd4 Rf7 64.
Ke2 Re7+ 65. Re3 Rh7 66. f4 Kc6 67. Rc3+ Kb5 68. Kf2 Rh5 69. Kg3 Nd5 70. Rc1
Nf6 71. Rd8 Ne4+ 72. Kf3 Nc5 73. Kg4 {Mackenzie led by 12 1/2 points at the
end of the first cycle, half-a-point before Winawer and one point before
Steinitz. The fighter Winawer had scored twelve wins and five losses.  The
length of the tournament began to take its toll. Noa departed at the end of
the first series. Fleissig withdrew after twenty rounds and Bird became ill
during five rounds near the end of the tournament.} 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1882.06.01"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Hruby, Vincenz"]
[Black "Zukertort, Johannes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C80"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1882.??.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Ne7 $5 9. Re1 Bb7 10. Ng5 Nxg5 11. Bxg5 Qd7 12. a4 h6 13. Bxe7 (13. Be3 $1 {
keeps a plus.}) 13... Bxe7 14. axb5 axb5 15. Rxa8+ Bxa8 16. Nc3 c6 17. e6 fxe6
18. Qh5+ Kd8 19. Qh3 $6 ({Better is} 19. Ne2 Bf6 20. c3) 19... e5 20. Qxd7+ $2
Kxd7 21. Rxe5 Bf6 22. Re1 Bxc3 23. bxc3 c5 $1 {The white bishop will be
imprisoned.} 24. Kf1 c4 25. Ba2 Bc6 26. Ke2 Re8+ 27. Kd2 Rxe1 28. Kxe1 Kd6 29.
Kd2 Ke5 30. Ke3 g5 31. f3 Be8 32. g3 Bg6 33. Bb1 Bh5 34. Ba2 Bg6 35. Bb1 Bh7
36. Kd2 Kd6 37. Ba2 Ke5 38. Bb1 Kd6 39. Ke3 Ke5 40. Kd2 h5 41. Ke3 Bg6 42. Kd2
g4 $1 43. f4+ Ke4 44. Ke2 Bf5 45. Kf2 Bc8 46. Ke2 Be6 $1 {Black utilises
zugzwang.} 47. Ba2 d4 $1 48. cxd4 Kxd4 49. Kd1 ({The pointe is} 49. Kd2 $2 c3+)
49... Kc3 50. Kc1 Bf5 51. Bb1 b4 52. Ba2 b3 53. Bb1 b2+ 54. Kd1 Be4 0-1

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1882.06.02"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Winawer, Szymon"]
[Black "Blackburne, Joseph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1882.??.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 Be7 6. Bg5 O-O 7. O-O-O Nc6 8.
Qd2 Be6 9. a3 $6 a6 10. h3 b5 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. g3
Ng6 15. h4 Re8 16. h5 Ne5 17. Nd4 b4 $1 {An attack on the queenside begins
with a surprising pawn sacrifice.} 18. Qxb4 $6 (18. axb4 a5 $1 19. b5 (19. bxa5
$6 c5 $1 20. dxc6 Rxa5 {(Blackburne).}) 19... a4 20. Qb4 Qb8 {and Black
charges.}) 18... Rb8 19. Qa4 Nf3 20. Nb3 Qe7 21. Bd3 Rb6 $1 22. c3 Reb8 23. Bc2
Qe2 24. Rhf1 Bg5+ 25. Kb1 Nd2+ 26. Rxd2 Bxd2 27. Rd1 Rxb3 $1 28. Bxb3 Bxc3 29.
Bc2 Rxb2+ 30. Kc1 Rb8 31. Qe4 Rb1+ $1 {The 'Black Death' strikes elegantly.}
32. Kxb1 Qb5+ 33. Qb4 Bxb4 34. axb4 Qxb4+ 35. Kc1 a5 36. Rd2 a4 37. Bb1 a3 38.
Ba2 f5 39. Kd1 Qg4+ 40. Ke1 Qxh5 41. Rc2 Qh1+ 42. Kd2 Qf3 43. Ke1 Qe4+ 44. Kd1
f4 45. gxf4 Qxf4 46. Ke1 Qe4+ 47. Kd1 h5 48. Rc4 Qh1+ 49. Ke2 Qa1 50. Rc2 h4
51. f4 h3 52. Ke3 Qg1+ {Blackburne scored better in the second cycle.} 0-1

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1882.06.03"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Weiss, Miksa"]
[Black "Wittek, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1882.??.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d4 exd4 8.
Nxd4 Bd7 9. O-O Be7 10. f4 O-O 11. Qf3 c5 12. Nde2 Bc6 13. Ng3 Re8 14. b3 Bf8
15. Bb2 {A standard position of the Ruy Lopez has arisen.} Qc8 $2 ({Correct is
} 15... Bb7 16. Rad1 Qd7) 16. Nd5 Bxd5 $6 {Black exchanges his strong bishop.}
(16... Nxd5 17. exd5 Bb7 18. f5 f6) 17. exd5 Ng4 18. Rae1 Qd7 19. Ne4 Nh6 20.
h3 f6 21. Re2 Re7 22. Rfe1 Rae8 23. c4 Kh8 24. Kh2 Qf5 25. g4 Qd7 26. Ng3 Rxe2+
27. Rxe2 Rxe2+ 28. Qxe2 c6 29. Qe6 Qxe6 30. dxe6 Be7 31. f5 g6 $2 32. g5 $1 ({
See} 32. g5 Ng8 33. fxg6 hxg6 34. gxf6 Nxf6 35. Ne4 Kg7 36. Nxf6 Bxf6 37. e7 $1
) 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1882.06.05"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Zukertort, Johannes"]
[Black "Steinitz, William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1882.??.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f3 Ne7 $5 {
Steinitz has played a remarkable move.} 8. Bc4 (8. Qd2 $1 d5 9. O-O-O {gains a
plus.}) 8... d5 $1 9. exd5 Nfxd5 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. Bf2 Nf4 $1 12. O-O O-O 13.
c3 Qg5 14. Bg3 Nh5 15. f4 $6 ({Correct is} 15. Be1 $1) 15... Qc5 16. Qb3 Nxg3
17. hxg3 Bxd4+ 18. cxd4 Qxd4+ 19. Kh2 Bg4 $6 ({Better is} 19... c6) 20. Rae1 b5
21. Qxb5 Rab8 22. Qc6 $5 Bd7 23. Qd5 Qxd5 24. Bxd5 Rxb2 25. Re7 Bb5 26. Rf3 c6
27. Bb3 a5 28. a4 Be2 29. Rc3 $2 (29. Rf2 $1 Rxb3 30. Rfxe2 Rb4 31. Rc7 Rxa4
32. Rxc6 {draws (Zukertort).}) 29... Bf1 30. Bc2 Rd8 31. Rxc6 Rd2 32. Be4 Bxg2
33. Bxg2 Rxg2+ 34. Kh3 {Black misses a sensational win.} Rh2+ $4 (34... h5 $1
35. Kh4 Kg7 $1 36. Rcc7 Kh6 $1) 35. Kg4 Rh5 36. Rf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1882.06.06"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Zukertort, Johannes"]
[Black "Ware, Preston"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1882.??.10"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qe5+ $5 4. Be2 c6 5. Nf3 Qc7 6. d4 e6 7. O-O h6 $6
8. Ne5 Nf6 9. f4 b6 10. Bf3 Bb7 11. Qe1 Be7 12. a3 Nbd7 13. b4 Nd5 14. Ne4 Ba6
15. Rf2 Rc8 16. Ng3 g6 17. Bb2 Nxe5 18. fxe5 Bg5 $6 {Two strange moves are
played.} (18... Bh4 19. Ne4 Bxf2+ 20. Qxf2 {is okay.}) 19. Bc1 $6 (19. Ne4 $1 {
can be played immediately.}) 19... Bh4 20. Ne4 $5 Bxf2+ 21. Qxf2 Rd8 22. Qh4 c5
23. bxc5 bxc5 24. Nxc5 Qb6 25. Bd2 Bc4 26. Rd1 Rc8 27. Qf2 Qb2 28. Ne4 Rc6 29.
Nd6+ Rxd6 30. exd6 Qxa3 31. Bxd5 Qxd6 32. Bxc4 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1882.06.07"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Paulsen, Louis"]
[Black "Zukertort, Johannes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1882.??.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Qd4 $5
Qe7 8. f3 d5 9. Bg5 c5 10. Bb5+ Kf8 $1 {A tactical turmoil begins.} 11. Qf2 $6
({Paulsen will play} 11. Qd3 $1 {vs. Chigorin in round thirty-one.}) 11... d4
12. O-O-O dxc3 13. e5 h6 14. exf6 gxf6 15. Bf4 Be6 16. Qe3 Rb8 17. a4 a6 18.
Bxa6 $2 (18. Bxh6+ $1 Kg8 19. Rd7 cxb2+ 20. Kb1 Qe8 21. Rd5 Qe7 22. Rd7 {ends
with a perpetual.}) 18... c4 $2 ({Violence by} 18... cxb2+ 19. Kb1 Qe8 $1 20.
Bxh6+ Rxh6 21. Qxh6+ Ke7 22. Bb5 Rxb5 $1 23. axb5 Qa8 {leads to mate.}) 19. Qa7
$2 Kg7 20. Qxc7 cxb2+ 21. Kb1 Qxc7 $2 ({The familiar} 21... Qe8 $1 22. Bb5 Rxb5
23. axb5 Qa8 {wins for Black.}) 22. Bxc7 Ra8 23. Bxc4 $1 {White frees himself
at a material cost. It will not be enough.} Bxc4 24. Rd4 Rxa4 25. Rxc4 Ra1+ 26.
Kxb2 Rxh1 27. Rxb4 Rc8 28. Bd6 Rc6 29. Rd4 f5 30. c4 Rg1 31. g4 Rf1 32. gxf5
Rxf3 33. Be5+ f6 34. Bf4 Rc5 35. Bd6 Rcxf5 36. c5 Rg5 37. Rd2 Kf7 38. c6 Rb5+
39. Kc2 Rb6 40. c7 Rc6+ 41. Kd1 Rfc3 42. Bf4 Rc1+ 43. Ke2 R1c2 44. Rxc2 Rxc2+
45. Kf3 h5 46. Kg3 Rc4 47. Kf3 Ke6 48. Ke3 h4 49. Kd3 Kd5 50. Ke3 Re4+ 51. Kf3
Re8 52. Kg4 Ke4 53. Bd6 f5+ 54. Kxh4 f4 55. Kg5 f3 56. Bg3 Rc8 57. h4 Rxc7 58.
Bxc7 f2 59. h5 f1=Q 60. Bd8 Qf5+ 61. Kh6 Kf3 {Zukertort has won the ending
eventually. He did well in the second cycle but could not catch up with
Steinitz and Winawer.} 0-1

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1882.06.09"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Mason, James"]
[Black "Mackenzie, George"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "219"]
[EventDate "1882.??.10"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Bd3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 dxe4 6. Bxe4 Nf6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8.
O-O cxd4 9. cxd4 Bd6 10. Nc3 Qc7 11. Bg5 Nd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Qd2 h6 14. Rfc1
Qb8 15. Be3 Bd7 16. a3 O-O 17. Rc3 f5 $6 18. Ne5 $1 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. Bd4
Qe4 $2 {Black will have to lose a pawn.} ({Correct is} 20... Qb8 $1) 21. f4 $1
g5 $1 22. g3 e5 23. Bxe5 d4 24. Qxd4 Bc6 25. Qxe4 Bxe4 26. Rc7 Rf7 27. Rac1
Raf8 28. h4 gxh4 29. gxh4 Rxc7 30. Rxc7 Rf7 31. Rc8+ Rf8 32. Rc3 Rf7 33. Rg3+
Kf8 34. h5 Rh7 35. Rc3 Bb7 36. Kf2 Rd7 37. Ke3 Kf7 38. Rc1 Be4 39. Bd4 a6 40.
Rg1 Rd6 41. Rg7+ Kf8 42. Rc7 Kg8 43. Ra7 Bc2 44. Rg7+ Kf8 45. Rg1 Re6+ 46. Be5
Ba4 47. Kd4 Be8 48. Rh1 Ke7 49. b4 Rb6 50. Rh3 Re6 51. Kd5 Bf7 52. a4 Kd7 53.
Kd4 Rc6 54. Rd3 Kc8 55. b5 axb5 56. axb5 Rc4+ 57. Ke3 Bxh5 58. Rd6 Re4+ 59. Kf2
Rb4 60. Rxh6 Be8 61. b6 Kb7 62. Bc7 Bc6 63. Rf6 Be4 64. Kg3 Rb1 65. Rf7 Kc8 66.
Kh4 Kb7 67. Kg5 Rb5 68. Re7 Kc6 69. Kf6 Rb1 70. Re6+ Kd7 71. Rd6+ Kc8 72. Rd8+
Kb7 73. Re8 Kc6 74. Re5 Rb4 75. Re7 Rb1 76. Ke6 Kb7 77. Kd6 Rd1+ 78. Ke5 Rb1
79. Rf7 Rb5+ 80. Kd4 Rb1 81. Re7 Rd1+ 82. Kc3 Kc6 83. Re6+ Kd7 84. Rf6 Ke7 85.
Be5 Kd7 86. Rg6 Ke7 87. Rg7+ Ke6 88. Rh7 Rb1 89. Kc4 Bf3 90. Kc5 Be4 91. Rg7
Bf3 92. Bc3 Rc1 93. Kc4 Bd5+ 94. Kb4 Kd6 95. Be5+ Ke6 96. Kb5 Rb1+ 97. Ka6 Rb3
98. b7 Ra3+ 99. Kb6 Rb3+ 100. Ka7 Ra3+ 101. Kb8 Ra5 102. Kc8 Bxb7+ 103. Rxb7
Rc5+ 104. Bc7 Kd5 105. Kd7 Ke4 106. Rb4+ Kf3 107. Be5 Kg4 108. Rb8 Ra5 109.
Rg8+ Kf3 110. Ke6 {Mason achieved the best score in the second cycle. He
played solid chess.} 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1882.06.10"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Bird, Henry"]
[Black "Blackburne, Joseph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1882.??.10"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. b3 {Bird plays the Bird Opening.} e6 5. Bb2
Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bd3 $5 Ne4 $5 8. Bxe4 dxe4 9. Ne5 Nd7 10. Ng4 $5 Bg6 11. Nf2
f5 12. Qe2 Bf6 13. O-O-O e5 $6 (13... Qe7 {continues the slow operations.}) 14.
g4 $1 exf4 15. gxf5 Bxf5 16. exf4 Re8 17. Rhg1 Nf8 18. Ng4 Kh8 $2 ({Correct is
} 18... Ng6) 19. Nxf6 gxf6 20. Nd5 $1 {The knight is untouchable. Black will
lose matter or be mated.} Re6 21. Ne3 $1 Ng6 {The knight will be lost anyway.}
22. Nxf5 Nxf4 23. Qe3 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1882.06.12"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Blackburne, Joseph"]
[Black "Chigorin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1882.??.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Qd2 Bxd4 $6
({Better is} 7... d5 {(Paulsen-Zukertort, Berlin 1881).}) 8. cxd4 d5 9. Nc3 ({
Schallopp played} 9. e5 {against Chigorin in Berlin 1881.}) 9... Be6 10. Bb5
Qg6 11. f3 O-O 12. O-O $6 (12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. O-O {keeps the plus.}) 12... Rad8
13. Qf2 f5 14. e5 f4 $1 15. Bd2 Qh6 $5 16. Rac1 Rf5 $5 {Chigorin wants to
attack the hostile king.} 17. Ne2 Rdf8 18. g4 R5f7 19. h4 Qg6 20. Qh2 Bxg4 $5
21. fxg4 Qxg4+ (21... f3 $1 22. Nc3 Qxg4+ 23. Kh1 Nxd4 {increases the strength
of the assault.}) 22. Kh1 f3 23. Rg1 Qe4 24. Ng3 Qxd4 $2 ({Right is} 24... Qg4
{(Van Wijgerden).}) 25. e6 $1 {White takes over the attack.} Rf4 26. Bc3 $1
Rxh4 27. Bxd4 Rxh2+ 28. Kxh2 Nxd4 29. Rxc7 Rf4 30. Rgc1 Kf8 31. Rxb7 Nxe6 32.
Rb8+ Kf7 33. Be8+ 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1882.06.13"]
[Round "27"]
[White "Chigorin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Steinitz, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C51"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1882.??.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 {They play the first of their many games
with the Evans Gambit.} Bxb4 5. c3 Bf8 $5 6. d4 Qe7 $5 7. O-O d6 8. Qb3 g6 9.
dxe5 dxe5 10. Rd1 Bh6 11. Nbd2 Qf6 $1 {Steinitz has his own solutions for the
demands of the position.} 12. Ba3 Nge7 13. Bd5 O-O 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Qb4 c5 $2
({Right is} 15... Re8) 16. Qxc5 Nc6 17. Nc4 Re8 {Chigorin strikes with a
semi-sacrifice. It nets a pawn.} 18. Nd6 $1 cxd6 19. Qxc6 Bg4 20. Rxd6 Qg7 21.
Rad1 Bg5 $2 22. Nxg5 $1 Bxd1 23. Rxd1 Rac8 24. Qa4 Qf6 25. Nf3 Qe6 26. Rd5 Qb6
27. Bb4 Re6 28. Nxe5 Rce8 29. Rd6 Qb8 30. Nd7 Qd8 31. e5 a5 32. Ba3 Rxd6 33.
Bxd6 Re6 34. h3 Qg5 35. f4 Qg3 36. Nc5 Rxd6 37. exd6 Qe3+ 38. Kh2 Qxc5 39. Qe8+
Kg7 40. Qe5+ Qxe5 41. fxe5 {Chigorin had scored a vengeance for the previous
defeat.} 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1882.06.14"]
[Round "28"]
[White "Mackenzie, George"]
[Black "Schwarz, Adolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1882.??.10"]

1. c4 e6 2. e3 {Mackenzie does not like the theory.} d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 b6 5.
cxd5 exd5 6. d4 a6 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. Bd2 O-O 9. Rc1 Re8 10. Ne2 Ne4 11. Ng3 Kh8 $2
12. Qc2 $2 ({White misses his first chance:} 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Ne5 $1 Bxe5 14.
Bxe4 Bxd4 15. Bxa8 Bxb2 16. Rc2) 12... f5 13. O-O Be6 14. Ne5 Nd7 15. f4 Qe7
16. Be1 c5 17. Qe2 c4 $1 18. Bxe4 fxe4 19. f5 Bf7 $2 ({Correct is} 19... Bg8 {
(Lehner).}) 20. f6 $1 {He grabs the second opportunity.} gxf6 21. Nf5 {Black
has to lose material.} fxe5 22. Nxe7 Rxe7 23. Bh4 Bg6 24. Bxe7 Bxe7 25. Qg4 Nf8
26. h4 exd4 27. h5 dxe3 28. hxg6 Nxg6 29. Rf7 Rf8 30. Rcf1 Bc5 31. Rxf8+ Nxf8
32. Kh2 Ng6 33. Rf7 {Captain Mackenzie did not fare well in the second cycle,
but he continued to defeat the weaker players.} 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1882.06.15"]
[Round "29"]
[White "Paulsen, Louis"]
[Black "Weiss, Miksa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1882.??.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Qd4 $5
Qe7 8. f3 Bc5 $1 9. Qd3 a5 $5 {Weiss continues with an ambitious move.} 10. Bg5
Ba6 $6 {The exchange of bishops helps White.} ({Better is} 10... h6 11. Bh4 O-O
) 11. Qd2 Bxf1 12. Kxf1 h6 13. Bh4 d6 14. Re1 O-O 15. Na4 Ba7 16. Qc3 g5 17.
Bf2 Bxf2 18. Kxf2 Qe6 $5 19. b3 $5 {He does not capture pawn c6!} c5 20. Nb2
Nd7 21. Nc4 a4 22. Ne3 Qe5 23. Qxe5 Nxe5 {White starts an attack on the
kingside. The success comes quickly due to the weaknesses in the black pawn
structure.} 24. h4 $1 axb3 25. axb3 Ra2 26. Kg3 $1 Ng6 27. hxg5 hxg5 28. Kg4 f6
29. Rh6 $1 Nh4 30. Rh1 Rf7 31. f4 Kg7 32. fxg5 fxg5 33. Kxg5 Nxg2 34. Nf5+
Rxf5+ 35. exf5 Rxc2 {Paulsen showed fine positional play.} 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1882.06.16"]
[Round "30"]
[White "Paulsen, Louis"]
[Black "Meitner, Philipp"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1882.??.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 $5 5. Nb5 $5 {Paulsen plays the
Horwitz Attack.} Qxe4+ $5 6. Be3 $5 Bb4+ $2 ({Right is} 6... Qe5) 7. c3 $2 ({
Best is} 7. Nd2 $1 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 Kd8 9. O-O-O {(Grimshaw-Steinitz, London 1878)
.}) 7... Ba5 8. Nd2 Qg6 9. Nc4 a6 10. Nd4 Bb6 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 $2 ({Better
chances are offered by} 11... dxc6 12. Nxb6 cxb6 13. Bxb6 Be6) 12. Bxb6 cxb6
13. Qd4 Qf6 14. Qxb6 Qxb6 15. Nxb6 Rb8 {The escape to the endgame by Black
will lead to an easy win for White.} 16. O-O-O $1 Nf6 17. Bc4 Rf8 18. Rd4 Kd8
19. a4 Ne8 20. a5 d6 21. Rf4 f5 22. Re1 Bd7 23. g4 Nc7 24. Rd4 Rf6 25. g5 Rg6
26. h4 {Black suffered from a gruesome case of restriction.} 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1882.06.17"]
[Round "31"]
[White "Schwarz, Adolf"]
[Black "Steinitz, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1882.??.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 $5 {Steinitz plays his own openings.} 4. Bc4 Bg7
5. d3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Qe2 O-O 8. O-O-O $5 a6 $1 9. Kb1 b5 10. Bd5 Nxd5 11.
Nxd5 Nd4 12. Bxd4 exd4 13. Qd2 c6 14. Nf4 Qf6 15. Ne2 {White makes a number of
passive moves.} (15. Rdg1 $1 {prepares an attack on the kingside.}) 15... c5
16. h3 Bb7 17. Nc1 a5 18. Rde1 Rfe8 19. Ne2 a4 20. Qf4 Qd8 21. g4 Qb6 22. Ng3
c4 23. Ne2 {He doesn't know what he is doing.} Qc5 24. Qc1 c3 25. bxc3 dxc3 26.
Ka1 b4 27. Qe3 Qa5 28. Ned4 b3 29. Kb1 Qb4 {Steinitz, Winawer and Mackenzie
shared the first place.} 0-1

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1882.06.19"]
[Round "32"]
[White "Ware, Preston"]
[Black "Englisch, Berthold"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1882.??.10"]

1. d4 d5 2. f4 $5 {White constructs a Stonewall at once.} Bf5 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3
c5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. O-O Qb6 7. Bxc6+ $6 (7. c4 {gives counter-play.}) 7... bxc6
8. c3 $6 {White plays another meek move.} Nf6 9. Qa4 Bd3 10. Re1 Bd6 11. dxc5
$6 (11. Ne5 {avoids a complete passivity.}) 11... Bxc5 12. b4 Bd6 13. Nd4 Rc8
14. Qd1 Bxb1 15. Rxb1 Ne4 16. Bd2 O-O 17. a4 Qa6 18. b5 $2 cxb5 19. Nxb5 Rc4
20. Ra1 Rfc8 21. Re2 Bc5 22. Be1 Qb6 23. Qd3 a6 24. Nd4 Be7 25. Rc2 Qa5 26. Nb3
Qc7 27. Nd4 h6 28. g3 Bf6 29. Raa2 Bxd4 30. exd4 a5 31. Ra3 Qc6 {The beleaguer
breaks the bastion. White has to lose his weak a- or c-pawn.} 32. Rca2 Nxc3 33.
Bxc3 Rxc3 34. Rxc3 Qxc3 35. Qxc3 Rxc3 36. Kf2 Rd3 37. Ke2 Rxd4 38. Ke3 Rc4 39.
Kd3 Kf8 40. Ke3 Ke7 41. Kd3 Kf6 42. Ke3 h5 43. Ra3 Kf5 44. h3 f6 45. Kf3 e5 46.
g4+ hxg4+ 47. hxg4+ Kg6 48. fxe5 fxe5 49. Re3 Kf6 50. Ra3 Kg5 51. Re3 e4+ 52.
Kg3 Rxa4 53. Rc3 Rd4 {Englisch was a solid positional player.} 0-1

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1882.06.20"]
[Round "33"]
[White "Paulsen, Louis"]
[Black "Steinitz, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1882.??.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Nb5 Qxe4+ 6. Be3 $5 ({Best is} 6.
Be2 $1 Kd8 7. O-O {(Rosenthal-Neumann, Paris 1867).}) 6... Qe5 $1 {Steinitz
improves on Paulsen-Meitner (round 30).} 7. Nd2 Kd8 $5 {Steinitz wants to
fight.} (7... d5 $1 8. Nf3 Qe7 9. Qxd5 Be6 {equalises (O'Hanlon-Mikenas,
Buenos Aires 1939).}) 8. c3 Bc5 9. Nc4 Qe7 10. Be2 Bxe3 11. Nxe3 Nf6 12. O-O d6
13. c4 a6 14. Nc3 Qe5 15. Re1 Re8 16. Rc1 Nd4 $5 {Steinitz provokes again.} (
16... Bd7 {would complete the development.}) 17. b4 a5 18. b5 c5 19. bxc6 bxc6
20. h3 Bd7 21. Bf1 Nf5 $2 {The turning point has been reached.} ({Right is} 
21... c5) 22. Qd2 $2 ({A winning combination brings} 22. Nxf5 $1 Qxf5 (22...
Qxe1 $2 23. Qb3 $1 Qxc1 24. Qb6+ Kc8 25. Nxd6#) 23. Qxd6 {White has gained a
pawn and the centre.}) 22... Qd4 23. Bd3 Nxe3 24. fxe3 Qe5 25. Na4 c5 26. Nb6
Ra6 27. Nxd7 Nxd7 $6 ({The advantage is kept by} 27... Kxd7) 28. Rb1 Kc7 29.
Qf2 f6 30. Bxh7 Rb6 31. Rxb6 $6 (31. Qd2 $1 Rxb1 32. Bxb1 $1 Nb6 33. Bd3 {
creates a new defence line.}) 31... Nxb6 32. Bd3 Qc3 33. Qf1 $2 ({A great
chance brings} 33. Rd1 $1 Nxc4 34. Bxc4 Qxc4 35. Qg3 $1 Qe6 36. Qxg7+ Re7 37.
Qf8 $1 Qxe3+ 38. Kh1) 33... Nd7 34. Kh1 Ne5 35. Rd1 Rb8 36. Qf5 Nxd3 37. Qxd3
Qxd3 38. Rxd3 Rb1+ 39. Kh2 Rc1 40. Ra3 Kb6 41. Rd3 Kc6 42. Ra3 Rxc4 43. Rxa5
Rc3 44. e4 g5 45. Ra6+ Kd7 $1 {Active black pieces decide the ending.} 46. Ra7+
(46. Ra4 Ke6 47. g3 f5 $1 48. exf5+ Kxf5 49. h4 gxh4 50. gxh4 d5 {and Black
wins.}) 46... Ke6 $1 47. a4 Rc4 48. Ra8 Rxe4 49. Re8+ Kd5 50. Rxe4 Kxe4 51. a5
Kd5 52. Kg1 f5 53. g3 c4 54. Kf2 c3 55. a6 Kc6 56. a7 Kb7 57. a8=Q+ Kxa8 58.
Ke1 f4 59. gxf4 gxf4 60. h4 f3 61. h5 c2 62. Kd2 f2 {Steinitz fought well for
the first place.} 0-1

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1882.06.21"]
[Round "34"]
[White "Zukertort, Johannes"]
[Black "Weiss, Miksa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1882.??.10"]

1. e4 e6 2. e5 d5 3. exd6 Bxd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Nc3 a6 9. Re1 c5 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Qe2 b5 $6 12. Bxb5 $5 {White starts a chancy
attack.} axb5 13. Nxb5 Qc6 14. Nxd6+ Qxd6 15. dxc5 Qc6 $2 (15... Qc7 $1 16. b4
Ra4 {stops the intended advance on the queenside.}) 16. b4 Ne5 $5 17. b5 $1
Nxf3+ 18. gxf3 Qxf3 19. Qxf3 Bxf3 20. a4 Kd7 21. a5 Bd5 22. Red1 (22. Ra4 $1
Kc8 23. c4 {is even stronger.}) 22... Kc8 23. a6 Bc4 24. Rdb1 Nd5 25. a7 $2 (
25. c6 $1 Nc3 26. b6 $1 {advances properly.}) 25... Nc3 26. b6 Bd5 ({Not} 26...
Nxb1 $2 27. c6 $1 Nc3 28. b7+ Kc7 29. Bf4+ Kxc6 30. b8=Q) 27. Rb4 Kb7 28. Ra3
Ne4 29. Rd3 Nf6 30. Rbd4 Bc6 31. c4 Rac8 32. Rd6 h6 33. Kf1 Rhe8 34. Ke2 Re7 $2
{White gets a new opportunity.} 35. Rd8 $2 (35. Rxc6 $1 Kxc6 36. Rd6+ Kb7 37.
c6+ Ka8 38. f3 $1 {causes horror for Black.}) 35... Re8 36. R8d6 Rg8 37. Kd1
Rge8 38. Kc1 $2 (38. Ke2 {repeats a position.}) 38... Ka8 39. R3d4 Bb7 40. Rd1
Rf8 41. Kb2 Ng4 $1 42. Kb3 Nxe3 43. fxe3 Rxc5 44. Rd8+ Rc8 45. Rxf8 Rxf8 46.
Kb4 Bc6 47. Kc5 Rc8 48. Rd8 $5 ({Or} 48. Kb4 Kb7 49. c5 g5) 48... Rxd8 49. Kxc6
Rc8+ 50. Kb5 Kb7 51. c5 g5 $1 52. c6+ Rxc6 53. a8=Q+ Kxa8 54. Kxc6 Kb8 55. Kd6
f5 56. Ke5 Kb7 {Weiss had defeated Zukertort again.  The places at the top
became clear after Winawer had ended his adjourned game on the next day.
Steinitz and Winawer shared the first place. Mason won F 1200 as third prize.
Zukertort and Mackenzie got F 700 each and Blackburne F 400. Zukertort earned
a special prize of F 800 for the best result against the top three.} 0-1

[Event "Wien playoff"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1882.06.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Steinitz, William"]
[Black "Winawer, Szymon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1882.??.10"]

{Two additional games had to decide about the first place.} 1. e4 e6 2. e5 $6
f6 $5 3. d4 c5 4. dxc5 Bxc5 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bf4 $5 {White starts a tactical
turmoil.} Qb6 $5 7. Qd2 $5 {Steinitz continues with a sacrifice festival.} ({
More solid is} 7. Bd3 $1 Bxf2+ 8. Kf1 Bd4 9. Nb5 Bxe5 10. Bxe5 fxe5 11. Qh5+
Kf8 12. Qxe5 {White fights at a small cost.}) 7... Bxf2+ 8. Qxf2 Qxb2 9. Kd2
Qxa1 10. Nb5 Na6 11. Nd6+ Kf8 12. Bxa6 bxa6 13. Qc5 Ne7 {Winawer counters a
mean threat.} 14. Ne2 $1 ({The alternative} 14. exf6 gxf6 ({not} 14... Qxf6 $2
15. Bg5 Qf1 16. Ne2 $1 Qxh1 17. Ne8 $1) 15. Ne2 {leads to the game.}) 14...
Qxh1 15. exf6 gxf6 16. Bh6+ $5 (16. Qh5 $1 Ng6 17. Qh6+ Kg8 18. Ne8 Kf7 19.
Nd6+ Kg8 {draws (Steinitz).}) 16... Kg8 17. Qd4 $2 {Steinitz makes a fatal
blunder.} ({The fantastic line} 17. Ne4 $1 Qxh2 $5 (17... Kf7 18. Nd6+ Kg8) 18.
Qxe7 Qxh6+ 19. Kd3 Qg6 20. Nf4 {(Steinitz)} Bb7 $1 21. Nxg6 Bxe4+ 22. Kxe4 hxg6
23. Qxd7 {leads to equal chances.}) 17... Qxh2 $1 {Black threatens to capture
the bishop with check.} 18. Bf4 ({Steinitz notices} 18. Qxf6 Qxd6+ {(captures
a knight with check)} 19. Ke1 Nf5) 18... Qh5 19. Qxf6 Nd5 20. Qd8+ Kg7 21. Qa5
Nxf4 22. Qc3+ e5 23. Nxf4 Qg5 24. g3 Rf8 25. Ne4 Qe7 26. Nd5 Qe6 27. Nc7 Qh6+ {
Winawer showed an outstanding tactical ability.} 0-1

[Event "Wien playoff"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1882.06.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Winawer, Szymon"]
[Black "Steinitz, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1882.??.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 $5 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 Ne7
8. O-O d6 (8... O-O {was played in Rosenthal-Wisker, London 1870.}) 9. Qe1 $5
O-O 10. f3 h6 $5 11. Be3 Kh7 12. Qd2 f5 13. Rae1 fxe4 $5 {Steinitz plays
provocative moves, because he has to win. Winawer reacts quietly.} 14. fxe4
Rxf1+ 15. Rxf1 Be6 16. Ne2 c5 17. Nf4 Bg8 18. b3 Qd7 19. Rf3 (19. Nd5 $1 Nxd5
20. exd5 {would bring Winawer closer to his goal.}) 19... Rf8 20. Rh3 ({Van
Wijgerden regards} 20. e5 {as winning but} Be6 $1 21. Rg3 $5 Bf5 22. e6 Qc8 $1
23. Bxf5 Nxf5 {gives a fine response.}) 20... Bf7 21. Nd5 h5 $6 22. Nxe7 $6 {
Steinitz provokes. Winawer exchanges.} Qxe7 23. Rf3 Kg8 24. Bg5 Qe5 25. Bh6 Re8
26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Qf4 $2 Qxf4 28. Rxf4 {White wants to create an impregnable
fortress by playing c4. Black prevents this move by making a temporary
sacrifice.} c4 $1 29. bxc4 (29. Bxc4 $2 Bxc4 30. bxc4 Re5 {leads to a hopeless
rook ending.}) 29... Re5 30. Rf1 Rc5 $6 ({My preference goes to} 30... Ra5 $1
31. Kf2 $1 ({Zukertort gives} 31. Rb1 Kf6 $1) 31... Rxa2 32. c5 dxc5 33. Ke3 $1
{(threatens Rxf7+)} Ra3 $1 34. Kd2 c4 35. Be2 Be6 36. h4 a5) 31. Kf2 Bxc4 32.
Ke3 Be6 33. Rb1 Kf6 34. a3 $6 ({Best is} 34. Rb7 $1 a5 35. a3 Rc3 36. Kd4 Rxa3
37. Rxc7 Ra4+ 38. c4) 34... Ra5 35. Ra1 Ke5 36. h3 Ra4 37. c3 Bc4 38. Bc2 Ra6 {
Both sides have missed h4 several times.} 39. g4 $2 (39. h4 $1 Be6 40. Bd3 Ra5
41. g3 Bc8 42. a4 $1 Rc5 43. Ra3 a5 44. Rb3 {might do.}) 39... h4 40. a4 Rb6 $1
{The exchange of rooks wins due to the weakness h3.} 41. Rb1 Rxb1 42. Bxb1 Bf1
43. Kf3 g5 44. Ba2 c6 45. Bf7 Bd3 46. Kf2 Kf4 47. a5 Bxe4 48. Bc4 d5 49. Ba6 c5
50. Bc8 c4 51. a6 Ke5 52. Bd7 d4 53. cxd4+ Kxd4 54. Ke2 Bd3+ 55. Ke1 c3 56. Bc8
Ke3 57. Kd1 Kf2 58. Bf5 Bxa6 59. Kc2 Bf1 60. Kxc3 Bxh3 61. Kd4 Bg2 62. Ke5 h3
63. Kf6 h2 64. Kxg5 h1=Q 65. Kf6 Kf3 66. g5 Kf4 {Steinitz has equalised. The
contestants shared the first and second prize. They got half of F 3500 and the
'Kaiserpreis' of 2000 Austrian Gulden.} 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1883.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Chigorin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Zukertort, Johannes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1883.??.??"]

{Five games per week were played at the Victoria Hall in the Criterion from
noon to 5 and 7-11 PM. A time limit of 15 moves was regulated by connected
stop-clocks. When one clock was stopped, the other started running, and
visa-versa. This design by Thomas Bright Wilson (with advice from Blackburne)
was used in a tournament for the first time. Draws had to be replayed on
Wednesdays and Saturdays. Only the third draw counted as half-a-point. During
the first cycle of the tournament, the players got a holiday for the Derby.
That day platforms for visitors were erected at the Victoria Hall. As a result,
one-hundred spectators could follow the game Steinitz-Zukertort during the
second cycle. The tournament would last from 26 iv until 23 vi 1883.  
Zukertort played an incredible tournament during twenty-three rounds. He
scored twenty-two wins and one unlucky loss. Thereafter, he released the
strain with opiates and lost the last three games. His dynamic style precedes
Alekhine and Kasparov. He knows how to exert pressure on the opponent, his
positional play is solid but not brilliant, and the combinations are
exceptional. The famous win against Blackburne opens quietly, tension grows in
the centre and the firework explodes suddenly.  Steinitz applied his uneven
style. He took great risks against the strongest players and lost several
games. Lesser players were met with his famous positional approach, and
Steinitz crushed them with 17/20. Blackburne played more cautiously than usual
and scored many points with this approach. Chigorin knew how to exploit the
weaknesses of Steinitz. Mason occupied the second place during the first cycle.
Eventually, he shared the fifth and sixth prize with Englisch and Mackenzie.
The many repetitions of draws were unfavourable for Rosenthal. He made 26
valid scores in 45 rounds during the 59 days. A pleasant consolation was the
brilliancy prize for a replay game with Black against Steinitz.   A historic
incident occurred during the final banquet. A toast was made to the best
player of the world. The crippled Steinitz tried to rise, but Zukertort was
already standing. Steinitz remained seated with a red head. This matter was
settled during the first world championship match in 1886. } 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3
Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. d5 Nd6 7. Bxc6 $2 ({Correct is} 7. Be2
e4 8. dxc6 exf3 9. cxd7+ Bxd7 10. Bxf3 $11 {(Robey-Anderssen, London 1862).})
7... dxc6 8. dxc6 f6 $1 9. cxb7 Bxb7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Nf7 $1 12. Qe2 $2 ({
The threatening attack can be stopped by} 12. Nh4 Qd7 13. Qh5) 12... f5 $1 13.
Nb3 f4 $1 14. Bc5 e4 $1 {Black has taken the centre by force.} 15. Nfd4 $2 ({
More resistance offers} 15. Bxe7 {(Chigorin)} Qxe7 16. Nfd2) 15... f3 (15...
Bxc5 16. Ne6 f3 $1 17. Qb5 Qf6 {is even worse.}) 16. Qb5 Qc8 17. Rfd1 Ba6 18.
Qa4 Ng5 19. Nxf3 exf3 20. Rd7 fxg2 21. Rxe7 Nh3+ 22. Kxg2 Nf4+ 23. Kf3 Qh3+ 24.
Ke4 Bb7+ 25. Kd4 Ne6+ 26. Kc4 Rf4+ 27. Nd4 Nxc5 28. Kxc5 Qh5+ 29. Kc4 Rxd4+ {
Zukertort started the tournament with an overwhelming victory.} 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1883.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Steinitz, William"]
[Black "Chigorin, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C25"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1883.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 exf4 4. d4 Qh4+ 5. Ke2 d5 6. exd5 Qe7+ 7. Kf2 Qh4+ 8.
g3 $5 ({The theory of the Steinitz Gambit is} 8. Ke2 Qe7+ $11 {(Winawer-Rosenth
Winawer-Rosenthal, London 1883).}) 8... fxg3+ 9. Kg2 ({Chigorin advices} 9.
hxg3 $5 Qxh1 10. Bg2 Qh2 11. dxc6 Bd6 12. Qf3) 9... Bd6 $1 10. Qe1+ $1 Nce7 $1
11. hxg3 Qxd4 12. Rh4 $2 (12. Nf3 Qf6 13. Bg5 Qg6 14. Bb5+ {keeps the equality
(Chigorin).}) 12... Qf6 13. Ne4 Qg6 14. Bd3 Bf5 15. Nxd6+ cxd6 16. Bb5+ Kf8 $1
17. c4 Nf6 18. Nf3 Bg4 19. Nd4 Nf5 $2 ({Superior is} 19... a6 $1 20. Ba4 Qd3 $1
) 20. Nxf5 Qxf5 21. Bf4 g5 $1 22. Bxd6+ Kg7 23. Rxg4 $1 Nxg4 {White needs a
fine counteraction.} 24. Qc3+ $2 (24. Qe2 $1 h5 25. Rf1 Rae8 $1 26. Bxe8 Rxe8
27. Rxf5 $1 Rxe2+ 28. Kf1 {and Black only has a plus (Chigorin).}) 24... f6 25.
Rf1 Qe4+ 26. Kg1 Qe2 27. Rf3 Rhe8 28. Bxe8 Rxe8 29. Bc5 Qh2+ 30. Kf1 Re2 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1883.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zukertort, Johannes"]
[Black "Blackburne, Joseph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1883.??.??"]

{A replay games.} 1. c4 e6 2. e3 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Be2 Bb7 5. O-O d5 6. d4 Bd6
7. Nc3 O-O 8. b3 Nbd7 9. Bb2 Qe7 10. Nb5 Ne4 11. Nxd6 cxd6 12. Nd2 Ndf6 $6 {
White gains a plus after a timid opening.} (12... f5 {loses no time.}) 13. f3
Nxd2 14. Qxd2 dxc4 15. Bxc4 d5 $6 16. Bd3 Rfc8 17. Rae1 Rc7 18. e4 Rac8 19. e5
Ne8 20. f4 g6 21. Re3 $1 f5 $2 ({Properly defends} 21... Ng7 22. g4 f5 23. exf6
Qxf6) 22. exf6 Nxf6 23. f5 $1 Ne4 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. fxg6 $1 ({White has even
better than} 25. f6) 25... Rc2 26. gxh7+ Kh8 27. d5+ e5 28. Qb4 $3 {The
sacrifices of heavy pieces begin in a legendary combination.} R8c5 ({The
pointe is} 28... Qxb4 29. Bxe5+ Kxh7 30. Rh3+ Kg6 31. Rg3+ {and mate in four 
(Minchin).}) 29. Rf8+ $1 Kxh7 ({Quickly ends} 29... Qxf8 30. Bxe5+ Kxh7 31.
Qxe4+ {(Minchin).}) 30. Qxe4+ Kg7 31. Bxe5+ Kxf8 32. Bg7+ Kg8 33. Qxe7 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1883.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zukertort, Johannes"]
[Black "Steinitz, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1883.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 $5 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O
8. O-O Re8 9. Qd3 $5 Qe7 10. Ndb5 $5 d6 11. Bg5 Ne5 $2 ({Minchin did not like} 
11... Be6 12. f4 {, but} a6 $1 13. f5 axb5 14. fxe6 Qxe6 15. Nxb5 Rac8 {
favours Black.}) 12. Qd2 Be6 13. Qf4 Rec8 14. Qh4 c6 $2 15. f4 $2 (15. Nxd6 $1
{wins a pawn (Minchin).}) 15... Ned7 16. Nd4 h6 17. Nxe6 Qxe6 18. Bxh6 Bxh6 19.
Qxh6 Nxe4 20. Bg4 Qxg4 21. Nxe4 Qf5 22. Rae1 Re8 $2 ({Better defends} 22... Nf6
$1 23. Nxf6+ Qxf6 24. f5 Re8) 23. Re3 $1 Rxe4 24. Rh3 Qf6 25. Qh7+ Kf8 26. Qh8+
Ke7 27. Qxa8 Qd4+ 28. Kh1 Rxf4 29. Re1+ $6 Re4 $1 {Black has a lost position.
He tries a 'Schwindle' under time pressure.} 30. Rxe4+ $4 ({Correct is} 30. Rg1
Qxb2 31. Rb3 $1) 30... Qxe4 31. Qxa7 b6 $1 {Zukertort has no proper defence
against mate. Steinitz scored a lucky win.} 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1883.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Chigorin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Blackburne, Joseph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A02"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1883.??.??"]

1. f4 e6 2. e3 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 Bf6 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. Bd3 Nd5 8. Qe2
Nc6 9. a3 Nxc3 10. dxc3 e5 {Both sides develop strangely, but equality remains.
} 11. O-O-O Qe7 12. Bf5 O-O-O 13. Rhe1 Rhe8 14. Qf2 g6 15. Bh3 Bg7 16. g3 f5
17. e4 fxe4 18. Rxe4 Qf8 19. Re2 exf4 $6 (19... Nb8 $1 {protects d7 and
increases the pressure.}) 20. Rxe8 Qxe8 21. gxf4 Qf8 22. Qd2 Kb8 23. Kb1 d6 $2
24. Ng5 $1 Qf6 25. Nxh7 Qh4 26. Ng5 Bh6 27. Be6 Bxg5 28. fxg5 Rf8 29. h3 Ne5
30. Bc1 Rf2 $2 ({Correct is} 30... Re8 $1 31. Qd4 Qxd4 32. cxd4 Rxe6 33. dxe5
Rxe5) 31. Qd4 Be4 32. Rd2 Rf1 33. Qa4 {White threatens Qe8+.} a5 $2 ({The
fight renews} 33... Nc6 $1 {(intends ..Qe1)} 34. Qa6 $1 Rf8 35. Qe2) 34. Bd5 $1
Rxc1+ 35. Kxc1 Qe1+ 36. Kb2 Ka7 37. Rd4 Bf5 38. b4 c5 39. bxc5 dxc5 40. Rh4 Qd2
41. Rh7+ Ka6 42. Bb7+ Ka7 43. Bd5+ Ka6 44. Bb7+ Ka7 45. Bg2+ Ka6 46. Bf1+ c4
47. Bxc4+ 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1883.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Blackburne, Joseph"]
[Black "Steinitz, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1883.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 $5 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Be2 ({
Nowadays} 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. e5 Ng8 {is played.}) 7... O-O 8. O-O Ne7 $5 9. Bf3 d6
$2 (9... d5 $1 10. e5 Nd7 {gains equality.}) 10. Qd2 Nd7 $5 11. Bh6 Ne5 12.
Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Be2 $1 {White prepares the attack.} f6 14. f4 Nf7 15. Rad1 c6 16.
Bc4 Bd7 17. Bxf7 Rxf7 18. f5 Nc8 {Blackburne shows romanticism.} 19. e5 $5 (19.
Rf3 $1 {charges ordinarily.}) 19... fxe5 ({Not} 19... dxe5 $2 20. Ne6+ $1) 20.
Ne6+ $1 Bxe6 21. fxe6 Re7 (21... Rf6 22. Rf2 $1 Rxe6 23. Rdf1 {White has a
fierce assault.}) 22. Qg5 Qe8 $2 ({Correct is} 22... Nb6 $1 23. Qf6+ Kg8 {
(Steinitz)} 24. h4 Qc7 25. h5 Rg7 26. Rd3 gxh5 27. Rdf3 Rg6 28. Qf8+ Rxf8 29.
Rxf8+ Kg7 30. R1f7+ Qxf7 31. Rxf7+ Kg8 32. Rxb7 Rxe6 33. Rxa7 $11) 23. Rd3 $1
Rxe6 24. Rh3 Qe7 25. Qh6+ Kg8 26. Rf8+ $1 Qxf8 27. Qxh7# 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1883.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Blackburne, Joseph"]
[Black "Chigorin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1883.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 Bb6 {The game has
been opened quietly.} 7. Nbd2 Be6 8. Qe2 Qd7 9. Bb5 a6 10. Ba4 Bxe3 11. fxe3
O-O 12. d4 b5 13. Bc2 Bg4 14. O-O Rae8 15. a4 Ne7 16. axb5 axb5 17. Ra5 c6 18.
Rfa1 Ng6 19. Ra7 Qc8 20. d5 cxd5 21. Qxb5 Bxf3 22. gxf3 dxe4 23. Bxe4 Nxe4 24.
Nxe4 Nh4 25. Qe2 Qf5 26. Rf1 Re6 27. Ng3 Qh3 28. Rf2 f5 29. Qf1 Qxf1+ 30. Nxf1
f4 31. e4 Rg6+ 32. Kh1 Rg5 $2 {The attack has no chance.} ({Correct is} 32...
Rb8) 33. Nd2 Rf6 34. Ra1 Kf7 35. b4 Ke6 36. b5 Kd7 37. Nc4 Rfg6 38. Nb6+ Ke6
39. Nd5 Rf6 40. Ra7 Ng6 41. Nxf6 gxf6 42. b6 Ne7 43. b7 Nc6 44. Ra8 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1883.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Chigorin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Steinitz, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C51"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1883.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. O-O d6 7. d4 exd4 8.
cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 Na5 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bf4 Nxc4 12. Qa4+ Qd7 13. Qxc4 Qf7 14. Nd5
g5 $2 ({The right move} 14... Be6 {was played in the correspondence game
Chigorin-Yakobovich, 1879. Steinitz will score poorly against Chigorin in
games with the Evans Gambit.}) 15. Bg3 Be6 16. Qa4+ Bd7 17. Qa3 Rc8 18. Rfe1 $1
g4 19. Nxb6 axb6 20. Nd2 Be6 $2 ({Correct is} 20... Ne7 {(Steinitz).}) 21. f4
$2 ({White misses} 21. d5 $1 Bd7 22. Qa7) 21... gxf3 22. Nxf3 Ne7 23. e5 fxe5
24. dxe5 d5 25. Rf1 Nf5 $2 ({Properly defends} 25... Nc6 $1 26. Ng5 Qe7 27. Qe3
{(Chigorin) and now} d4 $1) 26. Nd4 Qg6 27. Nxf5 Bxf5 {White can crush the
defence.} 28. Bh4 $2 ({The sacrifices} 28. e6 $1 Qxe6 29. Rxf5 {open the
bastion:} Qxf5 30. Re1+ Kf7 31. Qe7+ Kg8 32. Re5 Qb1+ 33. Be1) 28... c5 $1 29.
Rf3 Kd7 $2 ({The last chance gives} 29... Qe6 $1 30. Qa4+ Qd7 31. Qf4 O-O 32.
Raf1 Bg6 {and a fierce fight.}) 30. Raf1 Rhf8 31. Rg3 Qh6 (31... Qe6 32. Rg7+
Kc6 33. Qa4+ b5 34. Qa7 Rf7 35. Rc1 $1 c4 36. Rxf7 Qxf7 37. Bf2 $1) 32. Bf6 Be6
33. Qa7 Kc7 34. Rb3 Kd7 35. Qxb6 Rc6 36. Qxb7+ Rc7 37. Qa6 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1883.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Chigorin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Zukertort, Johannes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C51"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1883.??.??"]

{A replay game.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bb6 {Zukertort avoids
the theoretical lines of the Evans Gambit.} 5. O-O d6 6. a4 a6 7. c3 Bg4 8. d3
Qf6 9. Be3 Nge7 10. Nbd2 Ng6 $1 {He wants to battle!} ({The quiet} 10... Bxe3
11. fxe3 O-O {leads to an equal position.}) 11. Bg5 Qxg5 12. Nxg5 Bxd1 13.
Bxf7+ Ke7 14. Bxg6 Be2 15. Rfe1 Bxd3 16. Nxh7 d5 $1 17. h4 $6 ({Zukertort
condemns} 17. exd5 Bxg6 18. dxc6 Bxh7 19. cxb7 Rab8 20. Rxe5+ Kf6 21. Rae1 Bf5
{, but} 22. Nf1 $1 Rxb7 23. Ng3 Bd7 24. Nh5+ Kg6 25. Nf4+ Kf6 26. Nh5+ {draws.}
) 17... d4 $1 18. a5 $2 ({Correct is} 18. Rac1 dxc3 19. Rxc3 Nxb4 20. Nf3)
18... dxc3 $1 19. axb6 cxd2 20. Red1 cxb6 21. Rxd2 Rhd8 22. Rb2 b5 23. Re1 Rd4
24. Re3 Rxb4 25. Rd2 Bc4 26. Rf3 Nd4 27. Rg3 Ne2+ 28. Rxe2 Bxe2 29. Bf5 Rg8 30.
Rg6 Bc4 31. Rb6 Rb8 32. Ng5 a5 33. Rg6 a4 34. Rxg7+ Kd6 35. Rd7+ Kc5 36. Ne6+
Bxe6 37. Bxe6 Rxe4 38. h5 Rh8 39. g4 a3 40. Rd2 b4 41. f3 Rc4 42. Rd5+ Kc6 43.
Ra5 b5 44. Ra6+ Kb7 45. Bxc4 Kxa6 46. Bb3 Kb6 47. Kf2 Ra8 48. Ba2 b3 49. Bxb3
a2 50. Bxa2 Rxa2+ 51. Ke3 b4 52. h6 Rh2 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1883.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Steinitz, William"]
[Black "Zukertort, Johannes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "178"]
[EventDate "1883.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. d4 $5 b5 8. Bc2
Bb7 9. d5 Ne7 10. a4 bxa4 $6 (10... Bg7 {continues the development.}) 11. Bxa4+
Nd7 12. h4 h6 13. h5 g5 14. g4 Nc8 15. Be3 Be7 16. Nbd2 O-O 17. Bc2 $6 (17. Nc4
Ncb6 18. Na5 $1 {keeps the initiative on the queenside.}) 17... c6 18. c4 Ncb6
19. Ng1 Qc7 20. b3 Rfc8 21. dxc6 Qxc6 22. Ne2 a5 23. Nc3 a4 $5 24. Nxa4 Nxa4
25. bxa4 Bd8 26. O-O Ba5 27. Qe2 Bxd2 28. Qxd2 Qxc4 29. Bd3 Qe6 30. f3 Nc5 31.
Bxc5 $2 (31. Bc2 {avoids passivity.}) 31... dxc5 32. Rfb1 c4 $1 33. Bc2 $1 c3
$1 34. Qe3 Ba6 35. Rb6 Rc6 36. a5 Rac8 37. Kf2 Qc4 38. Bb3 Qd4 39. Bd5 $5 (39.
Bc2 {is okay.}) 39... Rxb6 40. axb6 c2 41. Qxd4 exd4 42. Rc1 d3 43. Ke3 Rb8 44.
b7 Kg7 45. Kd2 $6 ({The problems are solved by} 45. e5 $1 f6 46. exf6+ Kxf6 47.
Be4) 45... Bxb7 46. Bxb7 Rxb7 47. Kxd3 Rb3+ {Zukertort has a positional
advantage.} 48. Kxc2 $2 ({The active} 48. Kd4 $1 Rxf3 49. Rxc2 Rg3 50. e5 Rxg4+
51. Kd5 Rg1 52. Rc7 Re1 53. Ra7 {seems to draw.}) 48... Rxf3 49. Rg1 Re3 50.
Kd2 Rxe4 51. Kd3 Rf4 52. Ke3 Kf6 53. Rg2 Ke5 54. Rg1 f5 55. Ra1 fxg4 56. Ra5+
Kf6 57. Ra6+ Kg7 58. Ra7+ Rf7 59. Ra4 g3 60. Rg4 Rf4 61. Rxg3 Rh4 62. Kf2 Rxh5
63. Ra3 Rh1 64. Ra6 Rb1 65. Kg3 Rb4 66. Rc6 Re4 67. Ra6 h5 68. Rb6 h4+ 69. Kh3
Rf4 70. Ra6 Rf6 71. Ra8 Kg6 72. Rg8+ Kh5 73. Rh8+ Rh6 74. Rg8 Rh7 75. Ra8 g4+
76. Kg2 Rf7 77. Rh8+ Kg5 78. Rg8+ Kf4 79. Rh8 h3+ 80. Kh2 Kf3 81. Rg8 Rf5 82.
Rg7 Kf4 83. Rg8 Rf7 84. Rg6 Ra7 85. Rf6+ Kg5 86. Rf2 Kh4 87. Rf1 Ra4 88. Rb1
g3+ 89. Kh1 h2 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1883.??.??"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Zukertort, Johannes"]
[Black "Blackburne, Joseph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1883.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 d5 4. Bd3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. Nbd2
cxd4 9. exd4 b6 {They apply the positional rules of classical chess.} 10. c4
Ba6 11. Re1 Rc8 12. Rc1 Na5 $6 13. Ne5 Bb4 14. c5 $5 {The battle for c4 has
ended.} Bxd3 15. Nxd3 Bxd2 16. Qxd2 Ne4 17. Qe3 Re8 18. f3 Nf6 19. Rc2 Nd7 20.
Rec1 bxc5 21. dxc5 Nb8 22. Ne5 f6 $5 23. c6 $1 {Zukertort attacks wonderfully.}
Rc7 $2 ({The pointe is} 23... fxe5 $2 24. c7 $1) ({Fine resistance offers} 
23... d4 $1 24. Qd2 Qc7 25. Nd3 Naxc6 26. Bxd4) 24. Qd2 fxe5 25. Qxa5 Qc8 ({
The game is prolonged by} 25... Qd6 26. b4 $1 a6) 26. Bxe5 Rf7 ({No good is} 
26... Rxc6 27. Qxa7) 27. Bxb8 Qxb8 28. c7 Qc8 29. Qxa7 e5 30. Rc5 e4 31. Rb5
Rff8 32. Rb8 Qd7 33. Rxe8 Rxe8 34. Qa4 Qxa4 35. bxa4 Rc8 36. fxe4 dxe4 37. Kf2
Kf7 38. Ke3 Ke6 39. Kxe4 g6 40. Rc6+ Kd7 41. Kd5 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1883.??.??"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Steinitz, William"]
[Black "Blackburne, Joseph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1883.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. e5 $5 b6 $5 3. f4 Bb7 4. Nf3 f6 5. d4 Nh6 6. Bd3 f5 7. O-O Be7 8.
c4 c5 9. d5 $1 {White conquers the centre.} exd5 10. cxd5 Bxd5 11. Bxf5 Bb7 12.
Bd3 O-O $6 13. Qc2 $1 Nc6 (13... g6 $2 14. Bxg6 $1) 14. Bxh7+ Kh8 15. Bg6 $6 ({
Tension keeps} 15. Nc3 $1 d5 16. Rd1) 15... d5 16. Nc3 c4 17. Qe2 Bc5+ 18. Kh1
Bc8 19. Ng5 Bg4 20. Qe1 Ne7 21. Bc2 Qe8 22. Bd2 Qh5 23. Na4 Nef5 24. Nxc5 bxc5
25. e6 Rae8 26. Bd1 Re7 27. Bf3 Nd4 28. Qe5 $6 Nxf3 29. gxf3 Bxe6 30. Rae1 {
Black has to make one move before the time control.} Rfe8 $2 ({He can equalise
by} 30... Nf7 $1 {(Steinitz)} 31. Nxf7+ Qxf7 32. Qd6 Rfe8) 31. Nxe6 $1 Qxe5 (
31... Nf5 $1 32. Nxg7 Nxg7 33. Qxe7 $1 Rxe7 34. Rxe7) 32. Rxe5 Rxe6 33. Rxd5
Rf6 34. Rg1 Nf5 35. Bc3 Nd4 36. Rxc5 Rxf4 37. Rxc4 Ne2 38. Rxf4 Nxf4 39. Rxg7
Re1+ 40. Rg1+ {Zukertort won before Steinitz. They would play a match for the
world championship.} 1-0

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gunsberg, Isidor"]
[Black "Burn, Amos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C24"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1889.??.??"]

{The world championship match between Steinitz and Zukertort in 1886 had
stimulated the interest for chess in the USA. Ellsworth, Schubert and Steinitz
prepared a proposal for the Sixth American Chess Congress. The main event
would be a double round tournament of twenty players. A world championship
match should follow. When the required sum of $5000 became available in 1888,
the tournament was scheduled for the next year. Steinitz and Chigorin played
their first world championship match in Havana from 20 i until 24 ii 1889.
Steinitz won with 101/2-61/2.   New York 1889 started a month later. Steinitz
withdrew as participant, much to the horror of the organising committee, but
he remained available for organising tasks and as author of the tournament
book. Participants were ten Europeans (Bird, Burn, Blackburne, Chigorin,
Gossip, Gunsberg, Mason, Pollock, Taubenhaus and Weiss) and ten Americans (DG
Baird, JW Baird, Burille, Delmar, Hanham, Judd, Lipschütz, MacLeod, Martinez
and Showalter). Six games per week were played at 8 Union Square from 1-5 and
7-11 PM. A time limit of 15 moves was regulated by stop-clocks. Draws counted
as half a point in the first cycle of nineteen rounds, but had to be replayed
once during the second cycle. The tournament would last from 25 iii until 27 v
1889.   New York 1889 consisted of 38 normal, 8 replay and 4 playoff rounds,
all-together 50 rounds!The star of the event was Max Weiss. He won sixteen and
drew seven games before the first replay round during the second cycle. That
day started with a win in 68 moves. Thereafter the game against DG Baird was
replayed. Weiss achieved a won endgame but lost in 113 moves eventually. His
accuracy was gone and he lost against Blackburne in 57 moves the next day. At
the end Weiss shared the first prize, because Chigorin caught up with him. 
New York 1889 can be regarded as the first candidates' tournament. The winner
had the obligation to start a match against Steinitz within a month. 'Both
masters expressed the desire not to be compelled to play a championship match'.
The Committee decided to cancel the event. Weiss returned to Austria. He won
the Kolisch Memorial, Vienna 1890, without a loss. Thereafter he concentrated
on his work for the Rothschild Bank. His solid chess precedes the style of
Marco, Schlechter and Maróczy.The third prize winner Gunsberg was interested
in a match against Steinitz in New York. First Gunsberg drew a match against
Chigorin in Havana at the beginning of 1890 (111/2-111/2). Then his challenge
was accepted by Steinitz. They played a match at the Manhattan Club later that
year. Steinitz won with 101/2-81/2.  Steinitz extensively wrote about New York
1889 in the International Chess Magazine and The Book of the Sixth American
Chess Congress, New York 1891. His publications showed profound positional
insights and limited tactical wit. A match between Steinitz and Weiss would
have brought together the best positional players of 1889.   The games among
the seven best players are presented.} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Qe2 Nc6 4. Nf3
Bc5 5. Ng5 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. d3 O-O 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. Nce4 Nd4 10. Qd1 Bb6 11. c3
Nf5 12. Qb3 Qe7 13. Bd2 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Kh8 15. O-O-O Nd6 16. Nxd6 cxd6 17. f4 f6
18. Rde1 Qc7 19. Qd1 Bd7 20. Qf3 Bc6 21. Qg3 Rae8 22. Bb3 a5 23. Rhf1 a4 24.
Bc2 Ba7 25. a3 b5 26. Qh3 d5 27. fxe5 fxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Burn, Amos"]
[Black "Chigorin, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A84"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "1889.??.??"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 Nf6 4. e3 d5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. Bd2 O-O 8. Qc2
Ne4 9. O-O Nd7 10. Rfd1 Ndf6 11. Be1 Qe8 12. Be2 Bd7 13. Rac1 Rd8 14. Qa4 Bb8
15. Ne5 Bc8 16. f3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 dxc4 18. Qxc4 Nd5 19. Bf2 Nb6 20. Qb3 Bxe5 21.
dxe5 Qe7 22. Bg3 Qc5 23. Rd4 Rd5 24. Rcd1 Rfd8 25. Bh4 Re8 26. f4 Rxd4 27. exd4
Qd5 28. Qc2 Nc4 29. Bf2 Bd7 30. Qa4 $2 {Burn has gained a better position by
fine manoeuvring. A blunder spoils it.} Nb2 31. Qxa7 Nxd1 32. Bxd1 Qb5 33. Qa4
Qxa4 34. Bxa4 Kf7 35. Kf1 Ra8 36. Bb3 b6 37. Ke2 Bc8 38. Kd2 Ba6 39. c4 b5 40.
c5 b4 41. Ke3 Bf1 42. g4 g6 43. gxf5 gxf5 44. Be1 Rb8 45. Kd2 Bg2 46. Kc2 Ke7
47. Bc4 Kd7 48. Kb3 Bd5 49. Bxd5 cxd5 50. Bxb4 Kc6 51. a4 Rg8 52. Be1 Rg1 53.
Bg3 Rb1+ 54. Kc3 h5 55. Bh4 Rh1 56. Bg3 Kb7 57. Kd2 $2 h4 58. Bf2 Rxh2 59. Ke2
h3 60. Kf3 Rg2 61. a5 Rg8 62. Bg3 Ka6 63. c6 Kxa5 64. c7 Kb6 65. c8=Q Rxc8 66.
Bh4 Rc3+ 67. Kf2 Kb5 68. Kg1 Kc4 0-1

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mason, James"]
[Black "Lipschuetz, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1889.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. O-O Be7 8.
Ne5 O-O 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. Be5 c5 11. c3 Ne8 $6 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qe2 c4 14. Bc2 f6
15. Bg3 f5 16. Nf3 Bd8 17. Ne5 Qg7 18. f3 Bc7 19. e4 $6 {Steinitz calls this
move premature.} f4 $1 20. Bf2 Nf6 $6 ({A plus gains} 20... Bxe5 21. dxe5 Qxe5
22. Bd4 Qg5 23. exd5 Bxd5) 21. exd5 exd5 22. Rfe1 Rae8 23. Ba4 Re7 24. Qd2 a6
25. Qxf4 b5 26. Bc2 Nd7 27. Qd2 Nxe5 28. dxe5 Rxe5 29. Bd4 Rxe1+ 30. Rxe1 Qf7
31. Qh6 Bf4 32. Qh4 Re8 $2 33. Kf1 $2 (33. Rxe8+ Qxe8 34. Bxg6 Qxg6 35. Qxf4 {
wins a pawn.}) 33... Rxe1+ 34. Kxe1 Bd6 35. Qd8+ Qf8 36. Qxf8+ Kxf8 37. h4 Bg3+
38. Bf2 Be5 39. h5 Kg7 40. hxg6 hxg6 41. Bc5 Bc8 42. Kf2 Bf5 43. Bxf5 gxf5 44.
g3 f4 45. gxf4 Bxf4 46. Be3 Bd6 47. Bd4+ Kg6 48. Ke3 Kf5 49. Bb6 Bh2 50. Ke2
Bf4 51. Be3 Be5 52. a3 Bd6 53. Bd2 Bc5 54. Be1 Bd6 55. Bd2 Bc5 56. Be3 Bd6 57.
Kd2 a5 58. a4 bxa4 59. Bb6 a3 60. bxa3 Bxa3 61. Bxa5 Bc5 62. Bc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Blackburne, Joseph"]
[Black "Mason, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1889.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd2 Nxd2 8.
Qxd2 h6 $6 {This move weakens the kingside.} (8... f6 {would strengthen it.})
9. O-O O-O 10. Qe3 $5 {White slowly prepares an attack on the king.} Bxc3 11.
bxc3 Na5 12. Nd2 b6 13. f4 Qe7 14. Rf3 c5 15. Rg3 f5 16. exf6 Qxf6 17. Rf1 cxd4
$6 (17... c4 18. Bg6 Nc6 19. Bh5 Ne7 {frustrates the attack.}) 18. cxd4 Nc6 19.
c3 Ne7 20. Qe1 Nf5 21. Rh3 Nd6 22. Rff3 Bd7 23. g4 Rf7 24. Qg3 {All
preparations for the attack have been made.} Ne8 $2 (24... Qe7 25. g5 e5 $1 26.
dxe5 Nf5 {defends actively.}) 25. g5 hxg5 26. fxg5 Qd8 27. Qh4 Rf5 28. Bxf5
exf5 29. Re3 Kf8 30. Qh8+ Kf7 31. g6+ Kf6 32. Rhg3 1-0

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mason, James"]
[Black "Gunsberg, Isidor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1889.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 d6 5. Be3 Bb6 6. c3 Nf6 7. Nbd2 Qe7 8. a4
Be6 9. Bb5 Bxe3 10. fxe3 a6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. b4 O-O 13. O-O Ng4 $5 {Gunsberg
shows ambition on the kingside.} 14. Qe2 f5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. e4 Bd7 17. Nc4
Nf6 18. Ne3 g6 19. c4 Nh5 20. g3 Bh3 21. Rf2 Ng7 22. Qb2 Ne6 23. Re1 Rf7 24.
Ree2 $2 {White makes the decisive mistake after some pointless moves.} ({Right
is} 24. Ng2 $1 Raf8 25. Ref1) 24... Raf8 25. Ne1 Nd4 26. Rd2 Qg5 27. N3g2 Bxg2
28. Kxg2 Qe3 29. Kf1 {White seems to have protected everything.} Nb3 $1 {This
game won the brilliancy prize of the first cycle.} ({The pointe is} 29... Nb3
30. Rde2 Rxf2+ 31. Rxf2 Nd2+ $1 {(Steinitz).}) 0-1

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Weiss, Miksa"]
[Black "Lipschuetz, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C62"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1889.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. d4 f6 6. O-O Ne7 7. Nh4 exd4 8.
Qxd4 Qd7 9. f4 Qg4 10. Nf3 c5 11. Qe3 Bb7 12. Nc3 Qd7 13. Bd2 O-O-O 14. Rfd1
Qc6 15. Be1 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Rxd5 18. Rxd5 Qxd5 19. Qe8+ Qd8 20. Qxd8+
Kxd8 21. Kf2 Bd6 22. Bd2 Re8 23. Re1 Be4 24. c3 Kd7 25. Ne5+ fxe5 26. Rxe4 exf4
27. Ra4 g5 28. Rxa7 g4 29. Ra4 Rf8 30. h3 h5 31. Re4 Kc6 32. c4 Rb8 33. Bc3 Ra8
34. a3 Rg8 35. hxg4 hxg4 36. a4 Kb7 37. Re6 Rg5 38. Re4 Rh5 39. Bd2 Rf5 40. Bc3
Rh5 41. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Blackburne, Joseph"]
[Black "Weiss, Miksa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "1889.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 O-O 7. Nxd4 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Bc4 Be6 11. Bxd5 $6 {White gives up the pair of
bishops unnecessarily.} Bxd5 12. Nc3 Be6 13. Qe4 c6 14. Bf4 Re8 15. Rad1 Qb6
16. Na4 Qb4 17. Qxb4 Bxb4 18. Re4 $6 Bg4 $1 {Steinitz respects Weiss' 'noble
art' of simplification.} 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. f3 Bf5 21. c3 Be7 22. b3 b5 23. Nb2
Bf6 24. Bd2 $5 Rd8 $1 {The pressure increases on the queenside.} 25. b4 h5 26.
Be1 Rxd1 27. Nxd1 Bc2 28. Ne3 Bb1 29. a3 Kf8 30. Kf2 Bd3 31. g3 Ke7 32. f4 $2 {
Square e4 becomes an entrance for the hostile king (Steinitz). White should
have kept the bastion intact.} Ke6 33. Kf3 Bd8 34. Bf2 a5 35. Nd1 Bc2 36. Ne3
Bb3 37. Ke4 f5+ 38. Kd3 a4 $1 39. Ng2 Bc4+ 40. Kd2 Kd5 41. Bd4 g6 42. Ne3+ $2 (
{The pawn sacrifice} 42. Nh4 $1 Bxh4 43. gxh4 Ke4 44. Be5 Kf3 45. Bd6 Kg4 46.
Ke3 Kxh4 47. Kf2 Kh3 48. Kg1 {leads to a defendable position.}) 42... Ke4 43.
Nxc4 bxc4 44. Ke2 {Black has the advantages of the good bishop and strong king.
The weakness of pawn a3 will become fatal.} g5 $1 45. Be3 gxf4 46. Bxf4 Bf6 47.
Bd2 h4 48. gxh4 Bxh4 49. Be3 Bf6 50. Bd2 f4 51. Be1 f3+ 52. Kf2 Bh4+ 53. Kf1
Bxe1 {Weiss has calculated a long and forced win.} 54. Kxe1 Kd3 55. h4 Kxc3 56.
h5 Kb3 57. h6 c3 58. h7 c2 59. Kd2 f2 60. h8=Q c1=Q+ $1 61. Kxc1 f1=Q+ 62. Kd2
Qf2+ 63. Kd3 Qc2+ 64. Ke3 Qc3+ 65. Qxc3+ Kxc3 66. Ke4 Kb3 67. Kd4 Kxa3 68. Kc3
Ka2 69. Kc2 a3 70. Kc1 Kb3 {Weiss' handling of the endgame was masterly.} 0-1

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Chigorin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Mason, James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1889.??.??"]

1. f4 d5 2. e3 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. b3 c5 5. Bb2 Be7 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
Bd7 9. a3 a6 10. Qe1 b5 11. Qg3 c4 12. Be2 Ne8 13. bxc4 bxc4 14. Nd1 f5 15. Ne5
Bf6 16. Qh3 Qc7 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. g4 Bxb2 19. Nxb2 g6 20. gxf5 gxf5 21. Bf3 Kh8
22. Kh1 Rg8 23. Qh6 Rb8 24. Na4 Qe7 25. Rg1 Nf6 26. Nc5 a5 27. d4 cxd3 28. cxd3
Nd8 29. d4 Nf7 30. Qh4 $2 ({Correct is} 30. Qh3) 30... Ne4 $1 31. Rxg8+ (31.
Qxe7 Nf2#) 31... Rxg8 32. Qe1 Nxc5 33. dxc5 Qxc5 {(time)} 0-1

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Weiss, Miksa"]
[Black "Gunsberg, Isidor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1889.??.??"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 e6 6. c3 f5 7. e5 Ne7 8. O-O O-O
9. Na3 Nbc6 10. Nc4 Nd5 11. g3 Qe8 12. Ne3 Nxe3 13. Bxe3 Ne7 14. Qb3 Kh8 15.
Rad1 h6 16. Be2 Rg8 17. c4 Qf7 18. Rf2 Bf8 19. Bf1 Bg7 20. Bg2 d6 21. exd6 cxd6
22. Re2 Be4 23. Nd2 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 d5 25. Nf3 dxc4 26. Qxc4 Rac8 27. Qb3 Nd5 28.
Bf2 Rc6 29. Rc2 Qb7 30. Rdc1 Rgc8 31. h4 a5 32. a3 Bf8 33. Qd3 Bd6 34. Rxc6
Rxc6 35. Rxc6 Qxc6 36. Kh2 Nf6 37. Be1 Ng4+ 38. Kh3 Kh7 39. Qe2 Kg7 40. Kg2 Kf7
41. Qd3 Qd5 42. Kf1 e5 43. fxe5 Bxe5 44. Ke2 Bf6 45. b3 Ke7 46. Kd1 Kd6 47. Kc2
Qe4 48. Bd2 Nf2 49. Qxe4 fxe4 50. Ne5 h5 51. Nxg6 Nd3 52. Be3 Kd5 53. Kc3 b5
54. b4 axb4+ 55. axb4 Ke6 56. Nf8+ Kf5 57. Nd7 Be7 58. Nc5 Bd6 59. Nxd3 exd3
60. Kxd3 Bxg3 61. Bg5 Bd6 62. Bd2 Be7 63. Be1 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Chigorin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Weiss, Miksa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "1889.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Be7 6. e5 Ne4 7. Re1 Nc5 8.
Nxd4 O-O $6 ({Known is} 8... Nxd4 9. Qxd4 {(Lange-Anderssen, Breslau 1859).})
9. Nc3 $6 ({Aggression in the opening goes on with} 9. Nf5 {(Samuel &
Wagenheim & Wilde - Lasker, Riga 1909).}) 9... Nxd4 10. Qxd4 c6 11. Bf1 d5 12.
Nd1 $6 ({Better is} 12. exd6 {(Steinitz).}) 12... Ne4 13. Bd3 Qa5 14. Qe3 Bc5
15. Qe2 Bg4 16. Qf1 Bxd1 $6 ({Steinitz prefers} 16... f5 $1) 17. Bxe4 Bh5 18.
Bd3 Rae8 19. Bf4 f6 20. exf6 Rxe1 21. Qxe1 Qxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Rxf6 23. Bg3 h6 24.
Kf1 Kf7 25. f3 Re6 26. Rxe6 Kxe6 27. Ke2 Be8 28. Bb8 Bd6 29. Bxa7 Bxh2 30. Bb6
Kd6 31. b4 Ke6 32. Bd4 Be5 33. Ke3 Bxd4+ 34. Kxd4 b6 35. f4 Kd6 36. c3 c5+ 37.
Ke3 Ba4 38. g3 Bd1 39. Bb5 Bg4 40. a3 Bf5 41. Kd2 g5 42. fxg5 hxg5 43. Ke3 Bg6
44. Be2 Bf5 45. Bd1 Bg6 46. Bb3 Bf5 47. a4 d4+ 48. cxd4 cxb4 49. Kd2 Bg6 50.
Kc1 Bf5 51. Kb2 Be4 $2 {An inaccuracy costs a pawn.} 52. Bc4 $1 Bc6 53. Kb3 Bd7
54. Kxb4 Bc6 55. Bb5 Bf3 56. Be8 Be2 57. Bf7 Bd3 58. Bc4 Bf5 59. Bb3 Bd7 60.
Bc4 Bc6 61. d5 Bd7 62. Bb5 Bg4 63. Bc6 Be2 64. Kc3 Ke5 65. Kb4 Kd6 66. Bb5 Bg4
67. Bc4 Bd7 68. Bb3 Be8 69. Ba2 Bd7 70. Bc4 Be8 {Weiss had a lucky escape
because the white king cannot make any progress.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Blackburne, Joseph"]
[Black "Lipschuetz, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D55"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1889.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Bb7 7. Rc1 Nbd7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Ne4 11. Bf4 {These moves of the Exchange Variation
stem from Wittek-Von Minckwitz, Graz 1880).} c5 12. Qe2 f5 $5 13. Rfd1 $6 ({
Better is} 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Rfd1) 13... c4 14. Bxe4 fxe4 15. Ne5 Nf6 16. g4 $6
{Suddenly Blackburne has a highly romantic notion.} Qe8 17. Qf1 Bd6 18. h3 Rd8
19. Qg2 b5 20. Ne2 b4 21. Ng3 Nd7 22. Nxd7 Rxd7 23. Ne2 Bxf4 24. Nxf4 Rdf7 25.
g5 Rf5 26. Kh1 a5 27. Rg1 Bc8 28. Qg3 Qa4 29. b3 $1 cxb3 ({The pointe of the
desperate pawn sacrifice lies in} 29... Qxa2 $6 30. bxc4 dxc4 $2 31. Ra1 Qd2
32. Rgd1) 30. axb3 Qxb3 31. Rc7 a4 $2 {Black misses a grand combination.} ({
The sacrifice} 31... Rxf4 $1 32. exf4 Qxg3 33. fxg3 Ba6 $1 34. Ra7 Bd3 35. Rxa5
b3 36. Rg2 e3 {leads to ab excellent endgame.}) 32. g6 $1 h6 33. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7
34. Nh5+ Rxh5 35. Qc7+ Kf6 36. Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Burn, Amos"]
[Black "Mason, James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C66"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1889.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8.
Nxc6 Bxc6 9. Qe2 Qd7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Be3 a6 12. Rad1 Qc8 13. f4 Bd7 14. f5 Bc6
15. Rf3 Re8 16. Rh3 b5 17. Bd4 Bb7 18. Rf1 $2 ({Correct is} 18. Nd5 $1 Qd8 $1)
18... c5 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Qh5 h6 21. Rf4 c4 22. Be2 Qc5+ 23. Kf1 Rad8 24. Qf3
Rd7 25. Rg4 Kf8 26. Qg3 Qd4 27. Bf3 Qd2 28. Ne2 Qxc2 29. Qf4 Qxb2 30. Kf2 Bd4+
31. Ke1 Qa1+ 32. Kd2 c3+ 33. Kc2 Qxa2+ 34. Kd3 Qc4+ 35. Kc2 Be5 36. Qc1 b4 37.
Kd1 b3 38. Rxh6 b2 39. Rh8+ Ke7 40. Qg5+ Bf6 41. Rxe8+ Kxe8 {(...)} 0-1

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Lipschuetz, Samuel"]
[Black "Gunsberg, Isidor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1889.??.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nc6 $2 5. d5 Nb4 6. Bc4 $2 ({A nice
answer is} 6. a3 $1 c6 $6 7. axb4 Qxa1 8. dxc6 bxc6 9. Nb5 $1) 6... Bf5 7. Bb3
O-O-O 8. Bd2 Qb6 9. a3 Na6 10. Nge2 e5 11. Ng3 Bg6 12. O-O f5 13. Qe2 Qf6 14.
Bc4 Nc5 15. b4 Nd7 16. Nb5 Kb8 17. f4 a6 18. Nc3 $6 ({Better is} 18. fxe5 Nxe5
19. Nd4) 18... exf4 19. Rxf4 Bd6 $6 (19... Re8 {counters.}) 20. Nge4 Qe5 21.
Nxd6 Qxd6 22. Rf2 Re8 23. Qf1 Ngf6 24. Bf4 Ne5 25. h3 Nfd7 26. Rd1 h6 27. Be2
Bh7 28. Na4 g5 29. Bxe5 Nxe5 30. c4 g4 31. hxg4 fxg4 32. Nc5 Qe7 33. Rf4 $2 h5
$2 ({He misses.} 33... Nf3+) 34. Rdd4 Qh4 35. Qf2 Qg5 36. Ne6 Qh6 37. Rd1 Bg8
38. Nc5 Nf3+ $1 {Now he finds it.} 39. Rxf3 gxf3 40. Bxf3 Qd6 41. Ne4 Qf4 42.
d6 Bxc4 43. Qc5 Qf7 $2 ({Correct is} 43... Be2 $1 44. Qxc7+ Ka8 45. Bxe2 Rxe4)
44. Rc1 b5 45. Qc6 $2 (45. Nf6 $1 {opens the long diagonal.}) 45... cxd6 $1 46.
Nc5 dxc5 {White draws.} 47. Qa8+ ({A perpetual results from} 47. Rxc4 Re1+ $1
48. Kf2 Rf1+ $1 49. Kxf1 Qxc4+) 47... Kc7 48. Qc6+ Kb8 49. Qa8+ {Attack and
counteraction end with a repetition of moves.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Chigorin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Lipschuetz, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1889.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 {The Evans Gambit is avoided with the Hungarian
Defence.} 4. d4 d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. h3 a6 7. O-O O-O 8. Be3 Qe8 9. Qe2 Bd8 10.
Rad1 Nd7 11. a3 Kh8 12. Rfe1 Ne7 13. Ng5 Ng6 $2 {The odd manoeuvres end with a
blunder.} 14. Nxh7 $1 Kxh7 15. Qh5+ Kg8 16. Qxg6 c6 17. Qxd6 Kh8 18. dxe5 Nxe5
19. Bc5 Rg8 20. Bb3 Bf6 21. f4 Ng6 22. f5 Be5 23. Qd2 Nf8 24. Qg5 Nh7 25. Qh5
g6 26. fxg6 fxg6 27. Qxe5+ Qxe5 28. Bd4 Qxd4+ 29. Rxd4 Rf8 30. Rf1 Kg7 31. Rxf8
Nxf8 32. Rd8 b5 33. Re8 Nd7 34. e5 Nb6 35. Rg8+ Kh6 36. e6 Ra7 37. Re8 Kh7 38.
e7 Bd7 39. Rb8 Nc4 40. Bxc4 bxc4 41. Rd8 1-0

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Gunsberg, Isidor"]
[Black "Blackburne, Joseph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1889.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. a3 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nge7 7. Nc3 d5 8.
Bb5 O-O 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. O-O Ba6 13. Re1 Rfd8 14.
c3 Qc4 15. Qf3 Bb7 16. Qg3 Rd7 17. Nf3 f6 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. Rxd7 Rxd7 20. Bxa7
$2 {Greed is punished by detention for the bishop.} c5 21. Bb8 $6 Qb3 22. Qh3
$2 Rd1 $1 23. c4 f5 24. Bxc7 Bxf3 25. Ba5 Rxe1+ 26. Bxe1 Qd1 27. gxf3 Qxe1+ 28.
Kg2 Bxb2 29. Qh4 Bd4 30. Qd8+ Kg7 31. Qc7+ Kh6 32. Qg3 Qe2 33. a4 Qxc4 34. Qh4+
Kg7 35. a5 Qe2 36. a6 Bf6 37. Qf4 Qxa6 38. Qc7+ Kh6 39. Qxc5 Qe6 40. Qf8+ Bg7
41. Qd8 Qf6 42. Qc7 Qe5 43. Qc4 Qd4 44. Qc1+ Kh5 45. Qc7 Qe5 46. Qd7 h6 47. f4
Qd4 48. Qc7 Qe4+ 49. Kf1 Qd3+ 50. Kg2 Bd4 51. Qc1 Qe2 52. Kh1 Qf3+ 0-1

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Blackburne, Joseph"]
[Black "Chigorin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D26"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1889.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. Bxc4 Nc6 6. exd4 e6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nc3 Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Rc1 Qa5 11. Qe2 Rd8 12. Rfd1 Bd7 $6 13. d5 $1 {White
starts a characteristic attack for the Queen's Gambit Accepted.} exd5 14. Nxd5
Nxd5 15. Rxd5 Qc7 16. Ng5 Be8 17. Qh5 Bxg5 18. Rxg5 Qd6 19. Bb3 Qf6 20. Rg3 Rd6
21. Re1 g6 22. Qc5 b6 23. Qa3 Na5 $2 24. Rf3 Qd8 25. Bg5 Qd7 26. Ba4 $2 (26.
Bh6 $1 Nxb3 27. Rxb3 g5 28. Rd3 $1 {wins material.}) 26... Re6 $1 27. Rxe6 Qxe6
28. h4 Nc4 29. Qb3 Bxa4 30. Qxa4 f5 31. b3 Ne5 32. Re3 Qd5 33. f3 a5 34. Bf6
Nd7 35. Bb2 Kf7 36. Qf4 Re8 37. Rxe8 Kxe8 38. Bd4 Qe6 39. Kf2 Kd8 40. Qh6 Qd5
41. Ke3 Qe6+ 42. Kd3 a4 43. Qg5+ Kc8 44. Qc1+ Kb7 45. Qc4 Qd6 46. Kc3 axb3 47.
axb3 Ne5 48. Bxe5 Qxe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Burn, Amos"]
[Black "Weiss, Miksa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1889.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e3 c6 6. Bd2 Bd6 7. Qb3 Qc7 8. Rc1
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. Be2 Qb6 11. Qxb6 axb6 12. a3 e5 13. O-O O-O 14. Rfd1 exd4
15. Nxd4 Bg6 16. Be1 Bc5 17. Nf3 Rfd8 18. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Chigorin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Gunsberg, Isidor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1889.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Nc2 d6 8.
Nba3 Bxe3 9. Nxe3 a6 10. Be2 Qg6 11. f3 f5 12. exf5 Nxf5 13. Nxf5 Bxf5 14. O-O
Be6 15. Bd3 Qf6 16. Re1 Ne5 17. Be4 O-O-O 18. c4 Nxc4 19. Bxb7+ Kxb7 20. Qb3+
Kc8 21. Nxc4 Qd4+ 22. Qe3 Qxc4 23. Qxe6+ Qxe6 24. Rxe6 Rhe8 25. Rae1 Rxe6 26.
Rxe6 Kd7 27. Re4 Rb8 28. b3 Rb5 29. Kf2 Rc5 30. Ke1 Ra5 31. Re2 Rh5 32. h3 Ra5
33. Kd1 g5 34. a4 h5 35. Re4 Rd5+ 36. Kc2 a5 37. b4 $6 axb4 38. Rxb4 {Black
has two connected passed centre pawns (Steinitz).} Rf5 39. Kd3 h4 40. Ke3 c5
41. Rb2 Re5+ 42. Kd2 Re8 43. Kc3 $2 ({Better is} 43. Rb7+ Kc6 44. Ra7) 43...
Re3+ 44. Kc4 $2 ({The game is prolonged by} 44. Kd2 Ra3 45. Rb7+ Kc6 46. Rg7
Ra2+) 44... Kc6 45. Rd2 Ra3 46. a5 d5+ $1 0-1

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Burn, Amos"]
[Black "Lipschuetz, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C62"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1889.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 Bd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Re1 O-O 8. c3
Bg4 9. Qd3 Qc8 10. Nbd2 Kh8 11. Nf1 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Nh5 13. Kg2 f5 14. Ng3 fxe4
15. Rxe4 $5 Nf4+ $6 ({A plus keeps} 15... Nf6 $1) 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. Ne2 Bg5 18.
Rg1 Qf5 19. Be6 Qf6 20. Kh1 Bh6 21. Rg4 Rad8 22. Qb5 Rb8 23. Qh5 Ne7 24. d5 Ng6
25. Nd4 Ne5 26. Rg2 c6 27. Re1 a6 $6 28. Reg1 {Black encounters the attack too
passively.} c5 $2 ({A satisfactory defence provides} 28... Rbe8 $1 29. Bf5 Re7
$1 {Square g7 needs overprotection.} 30. Bc2 Qf7 31. Qh4 Qf6 {and a repetition
of moves.}) 29. Nf5 Rfd8 30. h4 $1 a5 31. Nxg7 Bxg7 32. Rxg7 Qxg7 33. Rxg7 Kxg7
34. Qg5+ Kf8 ({Insufficient is} 34... Ng6 35. h5) 35. Qf6+ Ke8 36. Qh8+ Ke7 37.
Qxh7+ Kf6 38. Qh6+ Ke7 39. Qg7+ Ke8 40. h5 Rd7 41. Qg8+ 1-0

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Blackburne, Joseph"]
[Black "Burn, Amos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C29"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1889.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. d3 exf4 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Nxd5 Qxd5 7. Bxf4 Bd6
8. Qd2 O-O 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Be2 Nd4 11. Nxd4 $2 ({Correct is} 11. Bxd6 $1 Qxd6
12. c3) 11... Qxd4 12. Bxd6 Qxb2 $1 13. O-O Qd4+ 14. Kh1 Qxd6 15. Rab1 b6 16.
Rb4 Be6 17. Rh4 Rad8 18. d4 Qe7 19. Rh5 Rd5 20. Rxd5 Bxd5 21. c4 Be4 22. Bd1
Bg6 23. Ba4 Qd6 24. Qe3 Qe6 25. Qc3 Qe2 26. Re1 Qxa2 27. Bc6 a5 28. Kg1 h6 29.
h4 Rd8 30. Bd5 Qa4 31. Qg3 Rd6 32. Qe5 h5 33. Qg5 Rf6 34. Qe5 Qc2 35. Qg3 c6
36. Bf3 Qxc4 37. Qb8+ Kh7 38. Re8 Qxd4+ 39. Kh1 Qxh4+ 40. Kg1 Qd4+ 41. Kh1 Kh6
42. Re5 Rf5 43. Re8 Rc5 44. Rh8+ Bh7 45. g3 Rc1+ 46. Kh2 Qf2+ 47. Bg2 Rc2 48.
Qd6+ f6 49. Qf4+ Qxf4 50. gxf4 g5 51. fxg5+ fxg5 52. Kg1 Rc1+ 53. Kf2 Kg7 54.
Rc8 Bf5 55. Rc7+ Kf6 56. Rb7 b5 57. Rb6 Bd7 58. Ke3 Ke5 59. Rb7 Kd6 0-1

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Weiss, Miksa"]
[Black "Mason, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1889.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d4 exd4 8.
Nxd4 c5 $2 (8... Bd7 {protects the queenside.}) 9. Nc6 Qd7 10. Nxe7 Qxe7 11.
Bg5 Bb7 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Qd7 $2 {White is allowed to further ruin the
black pawn structure.} 14. Re1+ Kf8 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qf3 Rg8 17. Qxf6 Re8 18.
b3 Rg7 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 20. Kf1 Qe7 21. Qxe7+ Kxe7 22. Re1+ Kd7 23. f4 f5 24. Kf2
a5 25. Kf3 Rg6 26. h3 h5 {Black's position seems inviolable.} 27. Re6 $1 Rxe6
28. dxe6+ Kxe6 29. g4 hxg4+ 30. hxg4 fxg4+ 31. Kxg4 {White has a distant
passed pawn.} Kf6 32. f5 c6 33. a4 d5 34. Kf4 c4 35. bxc4 dxc4 36. c3 Kf7 37.
Ke5 Ke7 38. f6+ Kf7 39. Kd6 Kxf6 40. Kxc6 Ke6 41. Kc5 Kd7 42. Kb5 Kd6 43. Kxc4
Kc6 44. Kd4 Kd6 45. c4 Kc6 46. c5 Kc7 47. Kd5 Kd7 48. c6+ {Weiss handled the
endgame well.  He was leading with twelve wins and seven draws. Blackburne
trailed by half-a-point, although he had lost three games.} 1-0

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Burn, Amos"]
[Black "Gunsberg, Isidor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1889.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 $5 ({Usual moves
in the Berlin Defence are} 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 {
(Wemmers-Riemann, 1880).}) 6... Nxb5 7. a4 Nd6 $5 {Black gets a cramped
position for a pawn.} ({Gunsberg did not like it and will play} 7... d6 8. axb5
Nxe5 {against delmar in round 38.}) 8. Bg5 f6 9. exd6 Bxd6 10. Bh4 O-O 11. Nc3
Ne5 12. Re1 Nf7 $6 ({Better is} 12... Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 c6) 13. Qd4 Re8 $2 {
Steinitz criticises this exchange.} 14. Rxe8+ Qxe8 15. Re1 Ne5 16. Nd2 $1 {The
king's knight makes way for the king bishop's pawn.} a6 ({Sound positional
moves are made in} 16... Qf7 17. Nb5 $1 Nc6 18. Qe3 Be5 {but} 19. f4 Bxb2 20.
Nc4 {dominates the black bishop.}) 17. f4 Qf8 18. Nde4 $1 Nf7 19. Nd5 $1 {
White threatens to deliver the drastic sacrifice 20.Nexf6+.} Kh8 20. Nxd6 Nxd6
21. Nxc7 Nf5 22. Qf2 1-0

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Chigorin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Burn, Amos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C38"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1889.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. d4 d6 6. c3 h6 7. O-O {An old
variation of the King's Gambit is played at last (Von Der Lasa-Hanstein,
Berlin 1840).} Qe7 8. Na3 Nc6 9. b4 $1 {Chigorin starts a wondrous attack.} Nf6
$6 ({An appropriate answer is} 9... a6 10. Qa4 Bd7 11. b5 Nd8) 10. b5 Nd8 11.
e5 $1 {The fight for the centre begins.} dxe5 12. Nxe5 Be6 13. Bxe6 Nxe6 14.
Nac4 Nd5 15. Ba3 Qf6 16. Rc1 {White pieces move in the direction of the
hostile king.} h5 $2 ({Properly defends} 16... Nb6 17. Nxb6 axb6 18. Qb3 O-O-O)
17. Qa4 b6 ({It is too late for} 17... Nb6 {due to} 18. Nxb6 cxb6 19. Nc4 Kd7
20. Ne5+ Ke8 21. Rce1) 18. Qa6 Nd8 19. Rce1 Qe6 20. Nc6 Ne3 21. Nxe3 fxe3 22.
Rf3 e2 23. Rf2 Qc4 24. Rexe2+ Ne6 25. Qb7 f5 26. Rxf5 Rd8 27. Qxc7 {White
mates quickly.} 1-0

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Lipschuetz, Samuel"]
[Black "Mason, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1889.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bxc5 8. Bd3
a6 9. a3 b5 10. b4 Ba7 11. Ng5 Nf8 12. Qh5 Qe7 13. Nd1 Bb7 14. Be3 h6 15. Bxa7
Rxa7 16. O-O g6 17. Qh3 Bc8 18. Nf3 Nd7 19. Ne3 Rc7 20. Rae1 Nb6 21. Ng4 Bb7
22. Nh4 g5 23. Nf6+ Kd8 24. Nf3 gxf4 25. Qh4 Kc8 26. Qxf4 Nd8 27. Nd4 Nc4 28.
Nb3 Nxa3 29. Nc5 Rxc5 30. bxc5 Qxc5+ 31. Kh1 Bc6 32. Ra1 Bb7 33. Qc1 Nc4 34.
Bxc4 dxc4 35. Qf4 Qc6 36. Rf2 Qc5 37. Rd1 a5 38. Nd7 Qc7 39. Qe3 Bc6 40. Nf6 a4
41. c3 Nb7 42. Rfd2 Nc5 43. Rd6 Nd3 44. Kg1 Rd8 45. Rxd8+ Qxd8 46. h3 Qf8 47.
Kh2 Qg7 48. g3 Kb7 49. h4 Qf8 50. Rf1 Qc5 51. Qxh6 Nxe5 52. Qf4 Nd3 53. Qd2 b4
54. cxb4 Qd4 55. h5 a3 56. h6 Qb2 57. Qxb2 axb2 58. h7 Nc1 59. h8=Q b1=Q 60.
Ne4 Qxe4 $4 ({Black has defended well. Now he misses} 60... Bxe4 $1 61. Rxf7+
Ka6 62. Qb8 $1 Qb2+ 63. Kh3 Qg2+ 64. Kh4 Qh2+ 65. Kg5 Qd2+ 66. Kh5 Qh2+ {and
perpetual check.}) 61. Rxf7+ Kb6 62. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Blackburne, Joseph"]
[Black "Mason, James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C43"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "178"]
[EventDate "1889.??.??"]

{(replay game)} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. c4 Nf6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. Be3 Be6 11. Rc1 c6 12. Qc2 Nbd7 13. h3
Nb6 14. g4 h6 15. a3 Nfd5 16. Ne4 Nd7 17. Qd2 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qb6
20. Qe2 g6 21. Kh2 Rad8 22. f4 Qd4 23. Rcd1 Bd5 24. Nc3 Qb6 25. f5 Bb3 26. Rb1
Qd4 27. Rf3 Rfe8 28. fxg6 fxg6 $2 ({Right is} 28... Bd6 29. gxf7+ Bxf7) 29.
Bxg6 Rf8 30. Rbf1 $4 {A blunder under time pressure.} Bc4 31. Rxf8+ Bxf8 32.
Qf3 Qxe5+ 33. Kh1 Qg7 34. Bb1 Bxf1 35. Qxf1 Qe5 36. Ne4 Bg7 37. g5 hxg5 38.
Ba2+ Kh8 39. Qf3 Bh6 40. Kg1 Qxb2 41. Nc3 Qc1+ 42. Kg2 Rd2+ 43. Ne2 Rxa2 44.
Qf6+ Bg7 45. Qd8+ Kh7 46. Qd3+ Kh6 47. Qd6+ Kh5 48. Qe6 Rxe2+ 49. Qxe2+ Kg6 50.
Qe8+ Kf5 51. Qd7+ Ke4 52. Qxg7 Qd2+ 53. Kf1 Kf3 54. Qf7+ Qf4 55. Qb3+ Ke4+ 56.
Ke2 Qh2+ 57. Kf1 Qd2 58. Qe6+ Kf4 59. Qc4+ Ke5 60. Qc5+ Ke4 61. Qe7+ Kf3 62.
Qf7+ Qf4 63. Qb3+ Ke4+ 64. Ke2 Qh2+ 65. Kf1 Qd2 66. Qe6+ Kf4 67. Qc4+ Ke5 68.
Qc5+ Qd5 69. Qe3+ Kd6 70. Qxa7 c5 71. Qb8+ Kc6 72. Qe8+ Kb6 73. Qe3 Kb5 74.
Qe8+ Kc4 75. a4 Kd4 76. Kf2 Qf5+ 77. Kg1 c4 78. Qh8+ Qe5 79. Qd8+ Ke4 80. Qc8
Ke3 81. Kg2 c3 82. a5 Qd5+ 83. Kg1 Kd2 84. Qf8 Qd4+ 85. Kg2 c2 86. Qe7 c1=Q 87.
Qxg5+ Kd1 88. Qh5+ Ke1 89. Qe8+ Qce3 0-1

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Gunsberg, Isidor"]
[Black "Mason, James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C49"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1889.??.??"]

{(replay game)} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6
7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. d4 exd4 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Qd3 Ng4 11. Nd1 a5 12. h3 Ne5 13. Nxe5
dxe5 14. Qg3 f6 15. a3 Be6 16. Qc3 Qd4 17. Be3 Qxc3 18. Nxc3 Bd6 19. Na4 Rfb8
20. b3 Rb5 21. Nb2 Rbb8 22. Nd3 a4 23. b4 Kf7 24. Rac1 Bc4 25. Nb2 Be6 26. Nd3
Bc4 27. Red1 g5 28. Rd2 h5 29. Nb2 Be6 30. c4 g4 31. c5 Be7 32. h4 Rd8 33. g3
Rxd2 34. Bxd2 Bb3 35. Kf1 Rd8 36. Be3 Ra8 37. Ke2 Rd8 38. Nd3 Be6 39. Nb2 Bb3
40. Rc3 Ra8 41. Bc1 Be6 42. Nc4 Bxc4+ 43. Rxc4 Rd8 44. Bb2 Ke6 45. Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Lipschuetz, Samuel"]
[Black "Weiss, Miksa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "1889.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Qe2 Nd6 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8.
dxe5 Nb7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bf4 Nc5 11. Rfe1 Ne6 12. Be3 f6 13. Qc4 fxe5 14. Nxe5
Bf6 15. Nd3 Kh8 16. Ne2 Bb7 17. Rad1 Qc8 18. Qg4 d6 19. Ng3 c5 20. c3 Qd7 21.
Nf4 Rae8 22. Bc1 Bc8 23. Nxe6 Rxe6 24. Qxe6 Qxe6 25. Rxe6 Bxe6 {At last Black
is freed from the cramped Berlin Defence.} 26. a3 g6 27. Re1 Re8 28. Be3 Bb3
29. Bd2 $2 Rxe1+ 30. Bxe1 Bg5 $1 31. Ne2 Bc4 {Black wants to invade on the
queenside.} 32. f4 $2 ({More resistance offers} 32. Kf1 Kg7 33. f3 Be3 34. Bh4
Bc1 $1 35. b3 $1 Bxe2+ 36. Kxe2 Bxa3 37. Bg5 $1 {and White has counteraction
for the lost pawn.}) 32... Bh6 33. Kf2 Bxe2 34. Kxe2 Bxf4 35. g3 Bc1 36. b3
Bxa3 37. Bd2 d5 38. Bf4 c6 39. Kd3 Kg8 40. Be3 a6 41. Kc2 Kf7 42. Kb1 d4 43.
cxd4 cxd4 44. Bxd4 Bd6 45. Kc2 Ke6 46. Kd3 Kf5 47. Ke3 Kg4 48. Kf2 Kh3 49. Kg1
h5 50. Bf6 Bc5+ 51. Kh1 Be3 52. Bd8 h4 53. Bc7 hxg3 54. Bxg3 g5 55. Bd6 g4 56.
Bc7 Kh4 57. Kg2 Kg5 58. Kg3 Kf5 59. Bd6 Bd2 60. Kh4 Bf4 61. Bxf4 Kxf4 62. b4
Kf5 63. Kh5 c5 64. bxc5 a5 65. c6 Ke6 66. Kxg4 a4 67. c7 Kd7 68. h4 a3 0-1

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Mason, James"]
[Black "Chigorin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "1889.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. Bxb8 Rxb8 4. dxc5 Qa5+ 5. Nc3 e6 6. e4 Bxc5 7. exd5 Nf6
8. Bb5+ Ke7 9. Nf3 Nxd5 10. Qd2 Nxc3 $4 11. Qg5+ f6 12. Qxc5+ Kf7 13. Be8+ 1-0

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Weiss, Miksa"]
[Black "Blackburne, Joseph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1889.??.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qa5 5. Nf3 c6 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nc4 Qd8 8.
Be2 g6 9. d5 cxd5 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Bg7 12. h4 O-O 13. h5 Nf6 14. Qxd8
Rxd8 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Bd3 $2 (16. Bh6 {exchanges the strong bishop.}) 16...
Be6 $1 17. Bd2 Rac8 18. Ne5 ({The timid} 18. Ne3 $1 Nd5 19. Nd1 {defends the
b-pawn.}) 18... Nd7 $1 19. Nxd7 Rxd7 20. Bc1 Bc4 21. Rh3 Bxd3 22. Rxd3 Rxd3 23.
cxd3 Rc2 24. Rb1 Bd4 25. Bd2 Rxb2 26. Rxb2 Bxb2 27. Be3 a6 28. Kd2 Kf8 29. Kc2
Be5 30. Kb3 Ke8 31. Kc4 Kd7 32. Kc5 Bc7 33. f3 e6 34. a4 b6+ 35. Kc4 Kc6 36.
Bf2 f6 37. Be3 Bd6 38. Bd4 e5 39. Be3 b5+ 40. axb5+ axb5+ 41. Kb3 Kd5 42. Bf2
f5 43. Kc3 g5 44. g4 fxg4 45. fxg4 Bc5 46. Be1 e4 $1 {Steinitz praises this
gallant move.} 47. dxe4+ Kxe4 48. Bd2 Be3 49. Be1 Kf3 50. Kb4 Kxg4 51. Kxb5 Kf3
52. Kc4 g4 53. Kd3 Bf2 54. Ba5 g3 55. Bc7 g2 56. Bh2 Bb6 57. Kd2 Kg4 0-1

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[Round "27"]
[White "Gunsberg, Isidor"]
[Black "Weiss, Miksa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1889.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Qb3 Kh8 $5 {Weiss comes with an innovative
idea that will be applied broadly.} 12. Qxb7 Rf6 13. Qb3 Rb8 14. Qc2 Rg6 15. b3
Bd6 16. Be2 Bh3 17. Bf1 Qf6 18. g3 $6 ({A neutral move is} 18. Qd3) 18... Bxf1
19. Kxf1 Rf8 20. Nxe4 $2 ({Properly defends} 20. Nh4 Rg4 21. Ng2) 20... fxe4
21. Nh4 {Weiss decides the game with a wonderful combination.} Rxg3 $3 22. hxg3
Bxg3 23. Kg2 Bxh4 24. Be3 Qf3+ 25. Kh2 (25. Kf1 Qh3+ 26. Ke2 Bxf2 $1 27. Bxf2
Rxf2+ 28. Kxf2 Qh2+) 25... Be7 ({Quickly ends} 25... Rf5 $1 26. Qe2 Bg3+) 26.
Kg1 Rf6 27. Kf1 Qg4 28. Qd1 Rf3 29. Rc1 Qh3+ (29... Qh3+ 30. Ke2 (30. Kg1 Bd6)
30... Rxe3+ $1 31. fxe3 Qg2#) 0-1

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[Round "28"]
[White "Chigorin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Weiss, Miksa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "1889.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 {The attacker plays an exchange variation
against the defender.} 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bg5 Bg4 8. Nbd2 Nbd7
9. c3 c6 10. Qc2 Qc7 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Nxf3 h6 13. Bd2 Rfe8 14. Rae1 Nf8 15. Nh4
Bf4 16. Nf5 Re6 17. Rxe6 Nxe6 18. Re1 Re8 19. Qc1 Bxd2 20. Qxd2 Nf4 21. Rxe8+
Nxe8 22. Qe3 Kf8 23. Bc2 Nf6 24. Kf1 Ne6 25. g3 Ng5 26. Kg2 Nge4 27. f3 Nd6 28.
Qe5 Nfe8 29. Ne3 Qe7 30. Kf2 Nf6 31. h4 Nd7 32. Qf4 Nf6 33. Bd3 Nfe8 34. Ng4
Kg8 35. Ne5 Nc7 36. Bc2 Ne6 37. Qg4 Nf8 38. Qf4 g5 39. hxg5 hxg5 40. Qc1 f6 41.
Ng4 Qg7 42. Qh1 Kf7 43. Qe1 Nd7 44. Ne3 Qh8 45. Kg2 Qe8 46. Kf2 Qh8 47. Ng2 Qh2
48. b3 Nf8 $6 49. c4 {Weiss has been bored to death.} dxc4 $4 ({Correct is} 
49... g4 $1 50. fxg4 Ne6) 50. bxc4 Nxc4 51. Bb3 b5 52. Qe4 Qh3 53. Qxc6 Qd7 54.
Bxc4+ bxc4 55. Qxc4+ Ne6 56. d5 Nd8 57. Ne3 Nb7 58. Qe4 Nd6 59. Qh7+ Ke8 60.
Qxd7+ Kxd7 61. Ke2 Nb5 62. Kd3 Kd6 63. a4 Nc7 64. Kd4 Na6 65. a5 Nc7 66. Nc4+
Kd7 67. Ke4 Nb5 68. Kf5 Ke7 69. d6+ Kf7 70. g4 Nd4+ 71. Ke4 Ne6 72. Kd5 Nd8 73.
a6 Ke8 74. Na5 Kd7 75. Nb7 Ne6 76. Nc5+ Nxc5 77. Kxc5 Kd8 78. Kc6 Kc8 79. d7+
Kd8 80. Kd6 1-0

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[Round "30"]
[White "Lipschuetz, Samuel"]
[Black "Blackburne, Joseph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1889.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. a3 Nxc5 8. b4
d4 $2 ({Theory will become} 8... Nd7 {(Pillsbury-Lasker, Nürnberg 1896).}) 9.
Nce2 d3 10. Ng3 Qd4 11. c3 Qxc3+ 12. Bd2 Qc4 13. bxc5 Nd4 14. Rc1 Qd5 ({Better
is} 14... Nc2+ $1 15. Qxc2 Qxc2 16. Rxc2 dxc2) 15. Bxd3 Qb3 16. Qxb3 Nxb3 17.
Rc3 Nxc5 18. Ne4 b6 19. Bb5+ Kd8 20. Bc6 Rb8 21. Ng5 Ke7 22. Ne2 Ba6 23. Nd4 f6
24. exf6+ gxf6 25. Ngxe6 Nxe6 26. Re3 Kd6 27. Rxe6+ Kc5 28. Be3 Kc4 29. Kf2
Bxa3 30. Ra1 Bc8 31. Rxa3 Bxe6 32. Nxe6 b5 33. Rxa7 b4 34. Be4 Rhc8 35. Rxh7 b3
36. Rd7 b2 37. Rd4+ Kb3 38. Rd1 Rc2+ 39. Bxc2+ Kxc2 40. Rd2+ Kc3 41. Rxb2 Rxb2+
42. Kf3 Kc4 43. Bd4 Rb3+ 44. Ke4 Rb1 45. Bxf6 Re1+ 46. Kf5 Re2 47. g4 Kd5 48.
h4 Rxe6 49. h5 Re1 50. h6 Rh1 51. Kg6 Ke4 52. f5 Kf4 53. g5 Kg4 54. h7 Rxh7 55.
Kxh7 Kxf5 56. g6 Kg4 57. g7 Kh5 58. Bb2 1-0

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[Round "31"]
[White "Gunsberg, Isidor"]
[Black "Lipschuetz, Samuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1889.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Ne7 $5 5. c3 ({Avoids} 5. Nxe5 $2 c6 6.
Nc4 $1 Ng6 $1) 5... Ng6 6. Nbd2 c6 7. Bc4 Be7 8. Nf1 O-O 9. Qc2 d5 10. Bb3 Nh5
11. g3 Kh8 12. h4 f5 13. Bg5 $2 ({Correct is} 13. exd5 cxd5 14. d4 e4 15. Ne5)
13... fxe4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Ng5 exd3 16. Qxd3 e4 17. Qe2 $2 Nhf4 $1 18. gxf4
Nxf4 (18... Nxf4 19. Qc2 Nd3+ 20. Kd1 Rxf2 {(Steinitz).}) 0-1

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[Round "31"]
[White "Mason, James"]
[Black "Burn, Amos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1889.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. dxe5 O-O 7. Qd5 Nc5 8.
Be3 Ne6 9. c3 f6 10. exf6 Bxf6 11. Bd3 Ne7 12. Qb3 d5 13. Qc2 g6 14. Na3 c6 15.
Rfe1 Qc7 16. Qd2 Bd7 17. Rad1 Rae8 18. Nc2 Nc8 19. Ncd4 Nxd4 20. cxd4 Bg4 21.
Bh6 Bg7 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Re1 Rxe1+ 24. Nxe1 Bxd4 25. Bxg6 Qe5 26. Bc2 Ne7 27.
h3 Bh5 28. Nd3 Qf6 $4 29. Bg5 Qg7 30. Bxe7 Qxe7 31. Nf4 Bxb2 32. Nxh5 Qe5 33.
Ng3 Bd4 34. Nf5 Bb6 35. g3 Kf7 36. Kg2 Qf6 37. Qe2 c5 38. Qh5+ Kf8 39. Qxh7 c4
40. Qxb7 Qe5 41. Qc8+ Kf7 42. Qd7+ Kf8 43. Nd6 Qf6 44. Qe8+ Kg7 45. Nf5+ Kh7
46. Ne7+ Kg7 47. Qg8+ Kh6 48. Nf5+ 1-0

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[Round "32"]
[White "Blackburne, Joseph"]
[Black "Gunsberg, Isidor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[EventDate "1889.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 {Steinitz judges: "At least a valuable move in the
development is lost by adopting this defence".} 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nf3 b6
6. Bd2 Bd6 7. Rc1 O-O 8. Qc2 Bb7 9. h3 Nbd7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 Re8 12. O-O
Rc8 13. Bf5 g6 14. Bd3 c5 15. Qa4 $2 {Black gets a chance on the flank.} c4 $1
16. Bb1 a6 17. Qd1 b5 18. Nh2 b4 19. Ne2 Ne4 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. f4 exf3 22. Nxf3
a5 23. Qe1 Qe7 24. Qh4 Qxh4 25. Nxh4 Nb6 26. Rf6 Bc7 27. Rcf1 Re7 28. R6f2 Be4
{A blockade in the center is the next success.} 29. Nf3 Bd3 $6 30. Re1 Rce8 31.
Nf4 Be4 32. Ng5 Bc6 33. Rc1 h6 34. Nf3 Bxf4 35. exf4 Bxf3 36. Rxf3 f5 37. a3 c3
$1 38. bxc3 Nc4 $6 ({No counteraction allows} 38... b3 $1 39. c4 b2 40. Rb1
Nxc4) 39. cxb4 $1 Nxd2 40. Rd3 Ne4 41. bxa5 Ra8 42. Rc6 Kf7 43. a6 Re6 44. d5
Rxc6 45. dxc6 Rxa6 46. c7 Rc6 47. Rd7+ Ke6 48. Rg7 Kf6 49. Rd7 Rc5 (49... Rc1+
50. Kh2 g5 51. fxg5+ hxg5 52. a4 f4 53. a5 Ng3 {wins elegantly.}) 50. a4 Nc3
51. g4 (51. a5 Nb5 52. a6 Rxc7) 51... fxg4 52. hxg4 Ne2+ 53. Kf2 Nxf4 54. a5
Ne6 55. a6 Rxc7 56. a7 Rc2+ 57. Kg3 Ra2 58. Rb7 Ra3+ 59. Kf2 Kg5 60. Rh7 Nd4
61. Rc7 Kf4 62. Rc4 Ra2+ 63. Ke1 Ke4 64. Rc7 Ke3 65. Rc3+ Kf4 66. Rc4 Ke5 67.
Rc7 Kf6 68. Rh7 Nb5 69. Rxh6 Rxa7 70. Kf2 Kg5 71. Rh8 Kxg4 72. Rb8 Rf7+ 73. Kg2
Nc3 74. Rb4+ Rf4 75. Rb3 Ne4 76. Rb4 g5 77. Rb3 Rf2+ 78. Kg1 Rf3 79. Rb4 Kf4
80. Ra4 g4 81. Kg2 Rf2+ 82. Kg1 Rc2 83. Ra1 Kf3 84. Rf1+ Rf2 85. Ra1 Rg2+ 0-1

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[Round "32"]
[White "Lipschuetz, Samuel"]
[Black "Chigorin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C28"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1889.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. a3 $6 d6 6. Na4 Bb6 7. Nxb6 axb6 8.
c3 Ne7 9. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4 d5 11. exd5 Nexd5 12. Ne2 O-O 13. O-O Qe7 $6 ({
Equality gains} 13... Re8) 14. Qd2 Be6 $6 (14... Nxf4 15. Nxf4 b5 16. Bb3 Qd6 {
is more useful.}) 15. Bg5 Qc5+ 16. Nd4 Ng4 17. Rae1 h6 $6 (17... Qd6 18. Bf4
Nxf4 19. Qxf4 Qxf4 20. Rxf4 Bxc4 21. dxc4 {The endgame is good for White.}) 18.
Bh4 Rae8 19. Bg3 $6 ({Full pressure keeps} 19. b4 $1 Qd6 20. Bg3) 19... Nge3 $2
({Correct is} 19... Nde3 $1 {(Steinitz)} 20. b4 Nxf1 21. Rxf1 Qh5 $1 22. Nxe6
fxe6 23. Rxf8+ Kxf8 24. Bxc7 {with a fierce struggle.}) 20. b4 Nxc4 ({The
point is} 20... Nxf1 21. Kxf1 $1 Qe7 22. Bxd5 Qf6+ 23. Bf3) 21. Qc1 Qe7 22.
dxc4 Nf6 23. Nf5 Qd8 24. Nxg7 $1 Kxg7 25. Be5 Kg8 26. Bxf6 Qd3 27. Qxh6 Qg6 28.
Qh8# 1-0

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[Round "33"]
[White "Chigorin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Blackburne, Joseph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1889.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bg5 Bg4 8.
Nbd2 Nc6 9. c3 Ne7 10. Qc2 Ng6 11. Rae1 Re8 $2 12. Rxe8+ Qxe8 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14.
h3 Be6 15. Kh1 Qf8 16. Re1 Qh6 17. Bf5 Re8 18. Nf1 Nf8 19. Ne3 Re7 20. g3 Ng6
21. Kg1 Qg7 22. Kf1 Qh6 23. Ng1 Kh8 24. Bg4 Qf8 25. Re2 Qc8 26. f4 Bd7 $2 27.
Nxd5 Bxg4 28. hxg4 Rxe2 29. Qxe2 {Pawn g4 is protected.} Kg7 30. Ne3 Ne7 31.
Nf3 Qe6 32. b3 b6 33. Kf2 Kf8 34. Nf5 Nxf5 35. Qxe6 fxe6 36. gxf5 exf5 37. Nh4
Kf7 38. Nxf5 {The standings after thirty-eight normal and three replay rounds:
Chigorin 29 points & 1 replay game, Weiss 26 1/2 & 4 and Gunsberg 26 1/2 & 2.
Five replay rounds were needed in order to complete the second cycle.} 1-0

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[Round "40"]
[White "Burn, Amos"]
[Black "Weiss, Miksa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C29"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "1889.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Qf3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 c5 7. Bb5+ Nc6 8.
c4 Be6 9. Ne2 dxc4 $6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Qxc6+ Bd7 12. Qd5 Be6 13. Qc6+ Bd7 14.
Qd5 $6 ({Better is} 14. Qe4 Rb8 15. Qxc4) 14... Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[Round "41"]
[White "Chigorin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Gunsberg, Isidor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1889.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Be7 6. Ne5 Nc6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. f3 Bh5 11. Bf4 c5 12. Be5 cxd4 13. Bxd4 c5 14. Be5 Bd6
15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Kh1 Bg6 17. b3 Rfe8 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. Re1 $2 ({Correct is} 
19. Qd2 d4 20. Rae1 $1) 19... Rxe1+ 20. Qxe1 Re8 21. Qd2 d4 22. Na4 Nd5 23. Re1
Rxe1+ 24. Qxe1 Nb4 25. Qe2 Nxa2 26. Qc4 Qe5 27. h3 Qe1+ 28. Kh2 Nc1 {Black has
a mate attack.  Chigorin scored a costly loss.} 0-1

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[Round "41"]
[White "Lipschuetz, Samuel"]
[Black "Burn, Amos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C33"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1889.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d5 4. Bxd5 Qh4+ 5. Kf1 g5 {The Gifford Variation.}
6. Nf3 Qh5 7. h4 Bg7 8. Nc3 h6 9. d4 Ne7 10. Bc4 Bg4 11. Be2 $1 {White has to
defend.} Nbc6 12. d5 O-O-O 13. Bd2 Ne5 {A typical fight in the King's Gambit.}
14. Nb5 $2 ({The exchanges} 14. Nxe5 Bxe2+ 15. Qxe2 Qxe2+ 16. Nxe2 Bxe5 17. Bc3
Bxc3 18. Nxc3 {are needed.}) 14... Bxf3 15. gxf3 Kb8 16. c4 c6 17. Nd4 Nxc4 18.
Nxc6+ Nxc6 19. Bxc4 Ne5 20. Be2 f5 21. Bc3 fxe4 22. fxe4 Qg6 23. Bxe5+ Bxe5 24.
Bf3 Rhg8 25. Rg1 Qb6 26. h5 Rc8 $2 ({The capture} 26... Qxb2 {is okay. Black
loses his advantage hereafter.}) 27. Rg2 Rc4 28. Rc1 Rxc1 29. Qxc1 Rc8 30. Rc2
Rxc2 31. Qxc2 a6 32. b3 Qe3 33. Qe2 Qxe2+ 34. Bxe2 Kc7 35. Kg2 Kd7 36. Bg4+ Kd8
37. Kf3 a5 38. Ke2 Bc3 39. Kf3 Ke7 40. Bc8 b6 41. a4 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[Round "42"]
[White "Burn, Amos"]
[Black "Blackburne, Joseph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C66"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1889.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O d6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bd7 7. Nc3 Be7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. Be2 Re8 10. Bf3 Bf8 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bc1 g5 13. g3 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Bg7
15. Qd1 Bc6 16. Re1 Qd7 17. Bg2 Re7 18. Qd3 Rae8 19. Bd2 Ng4 20. f3 Ne5 21. Qf1
d5 22. Rad1 dxe4 $1 23. Bxg5 $2 ({Correct is} 23. fxe4) 23... exf3 $1 {
Blackburne continues the fantastic combination.} 24. Bh1 ({Pointes are} 24.
Rxd7 fxg2) ({and} 24. Bh3 f2+ $1 25. Kxf2 Ng4+ 26. Bxg4 Bd4+ {(Steinitz).})
24... Nd3 $1 25. Rxe7 Bd4+ $1 26. Be3 Rxe7 27. Qxd3 Rxe3 28. Qxd4 Re1+ 29. Kf2
Qxd4+ 30. Rxd4 Rxh1 31. h4 Rc1 32. Ne4 Rxc2+ 33. Kxf3 f5 {Standings at the top
were: Chigorin 30, Weiss 29 1/2 & 1 and Gunsberg 29 1/2. So, the last replay
round and to decide about the first prize.} 0-1

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[Round "43"]
[White "Weiss, Miksa"]
[Black "Mason, James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1889.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. a3 {Lipschütz
played this move against Blackburne in round 30.} Bxc5 8. Qg4 O-O 9. Bd3 f5 10.
Qh3 Bxg1 11. Rxg1 Nc5 12. Bd2 Nxd3+ 13. Qxd3 a6 14. O-O-O b5 15. Ne2 Bd7 16. g4
fxg4 17. Rxg4 Be8 18. Qg3 Bg6 19. Be3 Ne7 20. Nd4 Nf5 21. Nxf5 Rxf5 22. Rd2 Rc8
23. Rg5 $6 {Mason stands slightly better.} Rxg5 {A playoff between Weiss and
Chigorin had to be played.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York plof-1pl"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Weiss, Miksa"]
[Black "Chigorin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1889.??.??"]

{The playoff between Weiss and Chigorin resulted in four draws.} 1. e4 e5 2.
Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nd5 Be7 7. d3 {So far, the players
follow Berger-Taubenhaus, Hamburg 1885.} d6 8. Nxe7 Qxe7 {Despite this
exchange, a lengthy positional fight begins.} 9. c3 h6 10. h3 O-O 11. g4 Nh7
12. Rg1 Nd8 13. Be3 Ne6 14. h4 g5 $5 {Black takes a strong measure after slowe
manoeuvring.} 15. hxg5 hxg5 16. Qe2 Qf6 17. O-O-O Nf4 18. Bxf4 Qxf4+ {
Occupation of f4 compensates the weaknesses.} 19. Nd2 Kg7 20. f3 Be6 21. Bb3
Rh8 22. Rh1 Nf6 23. Kb1 Bd7 24. Rdg1 b5 25. Nf1 a5 26. a3 b4 $1 27. cxb4 $6 {
Black gets the chance to take over the initiative for u useless pawn.} axb4 28.
Rxh8 Rxh8 29. axb4 Rh3 30. Bd1 Bb5 31. Ne3 Kf8 32. Nc4 Rh2 33. Rg2 Rh1 34. Kc2
d5 35. Na3 Bc6 $6 ({The encirclement continues} 35... c6 36. Qd2 Qxd2+ 37. Kxd2
d4) 36. b5 Bb7 37. Rf2 Rg1 38. Qd2 Qg3 39. Rh2 dxe4 $2 40. dxe4 {Black has
calculated a faulty combination.} Rxd1 $1 ({Quickly loses} 40... Ke7 $2 41.
Qb4+ Kd7 42. Rd2+ Ke8 43. Qc5) 41. Rh8+ $1 ({Maybe Chigorin anticipated} 41.
Kxd1 $2 Qxf3+ {(Steinitz)} 42. Kc1 Qf1+ 43. Kc2 Bxe4+ 44. Kb3 Qd3+ {and a fine
endgame.}) 41... Kg7 42. Qxg5+ Kxh8 43. Qxf6+ Kg8 44. Kxd1 Qf2 45. Nc2 ({More
attractive seems to be} 45. Kc1 Qf1+ 46. Kd2 Qf2+ 47. Kc3 {(Steinitz), but}
Qe3+ 48. Kb4 Qd2+ 49. Ka4 Qd4+ 50. Ka5 Qd2+ 51. b4 Qe3 {draws.}) 45... Qf1+ 46.
Kd2 Qxb5 47. b4 Ba6 48. Qd8+ Kh7 49. Qxc7 Qd3+ 50. Kc1 Qxf3 51. Qxe5 Qxg4 52.
Qf5+ ({Little advantage keeps} 52. Qd6 Bc4) 52... Qxf5 53. exf5 Kg7 54. Kd2 Kf6
55. Nd4 Ke5 56. Kc3 f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York plof-1pl"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Chigorin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Weiss, Miksa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1889.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 Nxe4 5. d5 Nb8 6. Bd3 Nc5 7. Nxe5 Nxd3+ 8.
Nxd3 d6 9. O-O Be7 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Nf3 Bf5 12. Nd4 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Bf6 14. Nf5
Nd7 15. Qg3 Kh8 16. Be3 g6 17. Nd4 Nb6 18. Qf3 Bg7 19. Rad1 Qd7 20. b3 Rae8 21.
c4 Nc8 22. Bg5 Ne7 23. Bf6 Ng8 24. Bxg7+ Kxg7 25. Rfe1 a6 26. Qc3 Nf6 27. Nc2
Qd8 28. Rd3 Rxe1+ 29. Nxe1 Kg8 30. Re3 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York plof-1pl"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Weiss, Miksa"]
[Black "Chigorin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1889.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8.
Ne2 Bg4 9. Ng3 Nh5 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nxg3 12. fxg3 Bc5+ 13. Be3 Bb6 14. g4
Qe7 15. Bxb6 cxb6 16. Rf2 Qe6 17. b3 a5 18. a4 f6 19. Qe3 Rab8 20. Raf1 d5 21.
g5 d4 22. Qg3 fxg5 23. Rxf8+ Rxf8 24. Rxf8+ Kxf8 25. Qxg5 Kf7 26. Kf2 Qf6+ 27.
Qxf6+ Kxf6 {The ambitions to play for a win are disappearing.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York plof-1pl"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Chigorin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Weiss, Miksa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1889.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 Nxe4 5. d5 Nb8 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. Nxe5 d6 8.
Bb5+ Bd7 9. Nxd7 Nbxd7 10. O-O Be7 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd2 Nc5 14.
Qg4 a6 15. Bc4 Re8 16. Rfe1 Qd7 17. Qxd7 Nxd7 18. Ne4 g6 19. Bb3 Bg7 20. Kf1
Nf6 21. Nxf6+ Bxf6 22. Ba4 b5 23. Bc2 a5 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Re1 Rxe1+ 26. Kxe1
b4 27. Kd2 bxc3+ 28. bxc3 {The playoff was ended after four draws, according
to the rules. Chigorin and Weiss shared the first and second prize.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1895.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Chigorin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Pillsbury, Harry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1895.??.??"]

{Hastings 1895 was a milestone in the history of super tournaments for three
reasons:  1. All important chess players participated.  2. Super tournaments
became an annual event.  3. Famous games were played. Steinitz - Von
Bardeleben became an evergreen and Pillsbury - Gunsberg decided the tournament
in the last round for a young star.  The local chess club announced prizes of
150, 115, 85, 60, 40, 30 and 20 pounds. A consolation prize was 1 pound per
win for non prize winners. The master tournament was played from August 5
until September 4, 1895. Players lodged in the Queen's Hotel, except for
Pillsbury. He explained: "I want to be quiet. I mean to win this tournament!"
The masters played in the Brassey Institute. Moves were regarded as the
property of the tournament, but the reserve player Van Lennep could break this
rule with his photographic memory. He wrote a long report in Dutch.Lasker had
defeated Steinitz in a world title match during the previous year. Both
players took part. Their main rivals Chigorin and Tarrasch were present. Von
Bardeleben, Blackburne, Burn, Gunsberg and Schiffers had much experience. Bird
had even participated in London 1851. Important young talents were Pillsbury
and Schlechter. Outsiders were Albin, Janowski, Marco, Mason, Mieses, Pollock
Teichmann, Tinsley, Vergani and Walbrodt.   The main prizes went to Pillsbury
161/2/21, Chigorin 16, Lasker 151/2, Tarrasch 14, Steinitz and Schiffers 12,
Von Bardeleben and Teichmann 111/2.  Maróczy became winner of the amateurs
tournament. Lady Edith Thomas, winner of the ladies tournament, was the mother
of George. } 1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d3 Bg4 7. h3
Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nd4 9. Qg3 $1 Nxc2+ $6 {Black plays a doubtful variation.} 10. Kd1
Nxa1 11. Qxg7 {White threatens mate in one and and the capture of a rook.} Kd7
$2 ({Another poor line seems to be} 11... Rf8 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Rf1
{but} Qd4 $1 15. Bxf6 O-O-O $1 16. Kc1 Rg8 17. Qxf7 Bxf6 18. Qxf6 Rxg2 19. Qf3
Rc2+ 20. Kb1 Qb6 21. Na4 Qb4 22. Kxa1 Rxc4 23. dxc4 Qxa4 {provides equal
chances.}) 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. Rf1 Be7 14. Qxf7 $2 ({White wins by} 14. Bg5 $1
Rg8 15. Qxf7 Rxg5 16. Qe6+ Ke8 17. Rxf6 $1 Rg7 18. Qxe5 {(Lasker).}) 14... Kc8
15. Bg5 Rf8 16. Qe6+ Kb8 17. Bh6 Re8 18. Qxe5 Nd7 19. Qh5 Nb6 20. Bd5 a6 $6 ({
The initiative takes} 20... Bb4 $1 21. Kd2 Nxd5 22. exd5 Rg8 23. g4 Qd6 24.
Rxa1 Qh2+) 21. Kd2 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Rg8 23. g4 Bb4+ $2 ({Correct is} 23... Bd6)
24. Nxb4 Qd4 25. Nc2 $2 (25. Bf8 $1 {punishes the blunder.}) 25... Nxc2 26.
Kxc2 Rg6 27. Bd2 Rd6 28. Rf3 Qa4+ 29. Kc1 Qxa2 30. Bc3 Rc6 $2 {The romantic
game comes to a sudden end,} ({Sufficient counteraction gives the queen
manoeuvre} 30... Qa1+ 31. Kd2 Qg1) 31. Qxh7 b5 32. Qe7 Qb3 33. Kd2 a5 34. Rf5
Kb7 35. Rc5 Raa6 36. g5 Rxc5 37. Qxc5 Rc6 38. Qd5 Qa4 $1 39. g6 b4 40. g7 bxc3+
41. bxc3 Qa1 42. g8=Q Qxc3+ 43. Ke2 Qc2+ 44. Kf3 Qd1+ 45. Kg3 Qg1+ 46. Kh4 Qf2+
47. Kh5 Qf3+ 48. Qg4 Qf6 49. Qgf5 Qh6+ 50. Kg4 Qg7+ 51. Qg5 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1895.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Chigorin, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D07"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1895.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. c4 Bxf3 $5 ({The immediate} 3... Nc6 {leads to a
position that occurred three times in Steinitz-Chigorin, Havana 1889.}) 4. gxf3
Nc6 $5 5. Nc3 e6 6. e3 Bb4 7. cxd5 Qxd5 8. Bd2 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Nge7 10. Rg1 Qh5
11. Qb3 Nd8 $6 {White gets the chance to reacj a better endgame.} 12. Qb5+ Qxb5
13. Bxb5+ c6 14. Bd3 Ng6 15. f4 $5 O-O 16. Ke2 Rc8 17. Rg3 ({Even better is} 
17. f5 $1 exf5 18. Bxf5 {(Steinitz).}) 17... c5 18. Rag1 c4 19. Bc2 f5 $1 20.
Bc1 $2 {Lasker lets his advantage slip. The opponent gets the chance to close
the game.} (20. h4 $1 Rf7 21. h5 Ne7 22. f3 {starts a strong attack.}) 20...
Rf7 $1 21. Ba3 Rc6 22. Bc5 Ra6 23. a4 Nc6 24. Rb1 Rd7 25. Rgg1 Nge7 26. Rb2 Nd5
27. Kd2 Ra5 28. Rgb1 b6 29. Ba3 g6 30. Rb5 Ra6 31. Bc1 Nd8 32. Ra1 Nf7 33. Rbb1
Nd6 {Chigorin has bettered his position.} ({The push} 33... g5 $1 {wins,
according to Steinitz. However,} 34. Ba3 $1 gxf4 35. Rg1+ Kh8 36. exf4 Nxf4 37.
Rae1 Ra5 38. Ke3 Nd5+ 39. Kd2 Nf4 {leads to a repetition.}) 34. f3 $1 Nf7 35.
Ra3 g5 $2 {Now this move is a mistake.} 36. Ke2 $1 gxf4 37. e4 $1 Nf6 38. Bxf4
Nh5 39. Be3 f4 40. Bf2 Ra5 41. Rg1+ Kf8 42. Raa1 (42. e5 $1 {keeps the game
open.}) 42... e5 $1 43. Rab1 Ng7 44. Rb4 Rc7 45. Bb1 Ne6 46. Rd1 Ned8 47. Rd2
$2 ({The retreat} 47. Bc2 Nc6 48. Rbb1 {holds the plus (Khalifman).}) 47... Nc6
$1 48. Rb5 ({White avoids} 48. Rxc4 Nd6) 48... Rxa4 49. dxe5 Nfxe5 50. Bh4 $2 (
{Correct is} 50. Rdd5) 50... Rg7 51. Kf2 Rg6 52. Rdd5 Ra1 53. Bd8 Nd3+ 54. Bxd3
cxd3 55. Rxd3 $6 Rag1 56. Rf5+ Ke8 {Black has started a mating attack.} 57. Bg5
({The pointe is} 57. Rxf4 R6g2+ 58. Ke3 Re1#) 57... R6xg5 {Chigorin started
superbly, because he defeated two main rivals.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1895.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pillsbury, Harry"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D55"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1895.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Rc1 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O c5 {This position already occurred in
Steinitz-Anderssen, Vienna 1873.} 11. Re1 c4 $5 12. Bb1 a6 13. Ne5 b5 14. f4 $5
Re8 15. Qf3 Nf8 {Both players follow their preferred strategies.} 16. Ne2 Ne4
17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Qg3 f6 $5 20. Ng4 Kh8 21. f5 Qd7 22. Rf1 Rd8
23. Rf4 Qd6 24. Qh4 Rde8 25. Nc3 $5 Bd5 $5 26. Nf2 Qc6 27. Rf1 b4 28. Ne2 $6 {
The knight should exchange the blockading bishop.} Qa4 29. Ng4 Nd7 {Pawn f6
gets protection.} 30. R4f2 Kg8 31. Nc1 $2 {A passive move allows an attack.} c3
$1 32. b3 Qc6 33. h3 a5 34. Nh2 a4 35. g4 axb3 36. axb3 Ra8 37. g5 $1 Ra3 38.
Ng4 Bxb3 $4 {Tarrasch becomes the victim of greed.} ({Active consolidation by} 
38... fxg5 $1 39. Qxg5 Nf6 40. Rg2 Kh8 41. Ne5 Qd6 {is needed before the pawn
can be captured.}) 39. Rg2 $1 Kh8 40. gxf6 gxf6 $6 ({More resistance is
offered by} 40... Nxf6 41. Nxb3 Rxb3 42. Ne5 Qc7 43. Ng6+ Kg8 44. Nxe7+ Qxe7
45. Kh1 $1 Nd5 46. Rg5 $1 c2 47. Rfg1 Kf8 48. Qxh7 Qxg5 49. Qh8+ Kf7 50. Rxg5
c1=Q+ 51. Rg1 Qxg1+ 52. Kxg1 Nxe3 53. Qc8 {White has won material.}) 41. Nxb3
Rxb3 42. Nh6 Rg7 43. Rxg7 Kxg7 44. Qg3+ $1 Kxh6 45. Kh1 $1 Qd5 46. Rg1 $1 Qxf5
47. Qh4+ Qh5 48. Qf4+ Qg5 49. Rxg5 fxg5 50. Qd6+ Kh5 51. Qxd7 c2 52. Qxh7# {
Tarrasch missed the win in round one, because he overstepped the time limit.
This time he blundered. 'Sea air inhaled during the morning stroll made me
sleepy', the doctor explained.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1895.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Blackburne, Joseph"]
[Black "Steinitz, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C33"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1895.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d4 $6 Bb4 6. Qd3 O-O 7. Nge2 d5 $1
8. exd5 Nxd5 ({Black gains a plus by} 8... Bxc3+ $1 9. bxc3 Na5 10. Bxf4 Nxc4
11. Qxc4 Qxd5 12. Qxd5 Nxd5) 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nce7 $6 {Hereafter, White
can attack.} ({The courageous} 10... g5 $1 {chooses a forwards defence.}) 11.
Nxf4 Bf5 12. Qf3 c6 13. Ba3 Nxf4 14. Qxf4 Be6 15. Bb3 Qd7 16. Qf3 a5 17. Qe2
Rfe8 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Rf3 Rf8 20. Rxf8+ Rxf8 21. Re1 Rf6 22. Qe5 Nd5 23. Qg3
$2 ({Right is} 23. Qb8+ $1 Kf7 {(Gunsberg), and now} 24. c4 $1 Nb4 25. c3 $1
Nc2 26. Rb1 b5 27. Bd6 {White has a strong offensive.}) 23... h6 24. Bd6 b5 25.
Be5 Rf5 26. h4 a4 27. Re4 h5 28. Qe1 Qf7 29. Bd6 Rf6 30. Be5 $6 ({Right is} 30.
Re2 Qg6 31. Bg3) 30... Rg6 {The two old matadors fight it out again.} 31. Re2
$2 ({This poor position can be defended by} 31. Kh2 Qf5 32. Bg3 $1 Nf6 33. Re2)
31... Qf3 $1 32. Rf2 Qxc3 33. Qxc3 Nxc3 34. a3 Rg4 35. g3 Re4 36. Kf1 Nb1 37.
Bd6 Rxd4 0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1895.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B34"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1895.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nxc6 $5 bxc6 6. Qd4 f6 7. Bc4 e6
8. O-O Nh6 $6 {Lasker plays a provocative opening.} 9. Nc3 Nf7 10. Be3 Bg7 11.
Rad1 O-O 12. Qd2 f5 $5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Bd4 d5 $5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Be2 e5 17.
Na4 Qf6 {Schlechter wants to play a quiet game. The world champion does not
cooperate.} 18. Nc5 $2 {The tables turn.} ({Active play by} 18. f4 $1 e4 19.
Qe3 {leads to a favourable blockade of the menacing centre.}) 18... f4 $1 19.
f3 Bf5 20. Bd3 Rae8 21. Rde1 Re7 22. Rf2 Nd6 23. Qc3 Bg6 24. Rfe2 Rfe8 25. Bxg6
hxg6 26. Nd3 Nc4 27. Nf2 Ne3 28. Nd1 d4 29. Qd3 $6 ({The primitive blockade by
} 29. Qc5 {is necessary.}) 29... e4 $1 {Black fully conquers the centre.} 30.
fxe4 Rxe4 31. Nxe3 fxe3 32. Rf1 $6 {Fright induces a bad exchange.} (32. g3 Qe6
33. c3 c5 34. b3 {creates a defence screen.}) 32... Rf4 33. Rxf4 Qxf4 34. Qd1
c5 35. b3 a5 36. Qe1 a4 37. Qa5 Rf8 38. Qe1 Rf5 39. Qd1 Kf6 40. Qe1 Ke6 41. Qd1
Kd5 42. h3 $6 Qe4 43. Qe1 Qf4 44. Qd1 Ke5 45. Qe1 Kf6 46. Qd1 Kg7 47. Qe1 Rf6
48. Qd1 Qg3 $1 {Lasker finds the win at last.} 49. Qd3 Rf2 50. Qe4 Qf4 51. Qe7+
(51. Qxf4 Rxf4 52. g3 axb3 $1 53. axb3 Rf8) 51... Kh6 {The timid Schlechter
started with ten draws and one loss.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1895.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Walbrodt, Carl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1895.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. d4 Bd7 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8.
Qe2 exd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. O-O Be7 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 b5 13. a4 $2 ({Development
with} 13. Rad1 {increases the control of the d-file.}) 13... b4 $1 14. Nd1 $5 (
{The desired} 14. Nd5 c5 15. Nf5 $2 {is punished by} Nxd5 16. Bxg7 Re8 17. Qg4
Bxf5 18. exf5 h5 19. Qg3 Bh4) 14... c5 15. Nf3 Bc6 16. Nd2 d5 17. e5 Ne8 18.
Ne3 Qd7 19. Rad1 d4 20. Nec4 Qe6 21. f4 f5 22. Na5 Bd5 23. Qd3 Kh8 24. Qg3 Ra7
25. Nac4 Rg8 26. Rde1 g5 27. Re2 Bd8 28. Qd3 Rag7 29. g3 gxf4 30. Rxf4 Rg5 31.
Ref2 Ng7 32. Nd6 $6 {Tarrasch has calculated a great combination.} Qxe5 $1 33.
Nxf5 Nh5 $2 {Walbrodt misses a clever rebuttal.} ({Correct is} 33... Rf8 $3 34.
Rxd4 ({the pointe is} 34. Nxg7 Rxf4 35. Rxf4 Qxf4) 34... cxd4 35. Bxd4 Qxf5 $1
36. Rxf5 Rgxf5 {and Black has gained material.}) 34. Rxd4 $1 Nxg3 35. Nxg3
Rxg3+ 36. hxg3 Rxg3+ 37. Kf1 Rxd3 38. Rg4 $3 {Tarrasch got the second
brilliancy prize for this game.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1895.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Von Bardeleben, Curt"]
[Black "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1895.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bf4 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 b6 7. Bd3 c5 8. dxc5
bxc5 9. O-O Nc6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 Be6 12. Ne2 Qb6 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Ng4
$1 {Lasker has equalised easily and takes the initiative.} 15. Bc3 Qd6 16. g3
$6 (16. Ng3 {creates no weakness.}) 16... Bd7 $2 ({An attack in the centre
begins with} 16... Ne5 17. f4 d4 $1) 17. Nf4 Qh6 $6 ({The return} 17... Be6 {
avoids the following disaster.}) 18. h3 Nf6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nxd5 Bxh3 21.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 {White has a nasty surprise.} 22. Qh5 $1 Qh6 23. Qxh6 gxh6 24. Rfd1
Rac8 25. Rc3 Rfd8 26. Rdc1 Rc6 27. Be4 Ra6 28. Rxc5 $2 ({Correct is} 28. a3)
28... Rxa2 29. Rb5 Be6 30. Rc7 a5 $2 (30... Rd2 $1 {(Crouch)} 31. Bf5 Raxb2 32.
Rxb2 Rxb2 33. Bxe6 fxe6 34. Rxa7 Rb4 {utilises the error.}) 31. Bf5 Ra1+ 32.
Kg2 Ba2 33. b3 a4 34. bxa4 Rd2 35. a5 h5 36. a6 Bd5+ 37. e4 Raa2 $1 38. Kf3 $1
{Von Bardelebemn plays less shu than Schlechter. He turns his king into a
strong piece.} Ra3+ 39. Kf4 Rxf2+ 40. Ke5 Bxe4 41. Bxe4 Rxa6 42. Kd4 Rh6 43.
Ke3 Rf1 44. Ke2 Rff6 45. Rc8+ Kg7 46. Rg5+ Rhg6 47. Bxg6 hxg6 48. Rgc5 Re6+ 49.
Kf2 Rf6+ 50. Kg2 Rd6 51. R8c7 Rd2+ 52. Kh3 Rd6 53. R5c6 Rd5 54. Rc2 Rf5 55. Kg2
g5 56. Rf2 Rxf2+ 57. Kxf2 Kg6 58. Kf3 {The world champion lost again. Von
Bardeleben competed with the best.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1895.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gunsberg, Isidor"]
[Black "Steinitz, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C51"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1895.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O d6 $5 8.
cxd4 Bb6 9. Bb2 Nf6 10. d5 Ne7 $5 {Steinitz liked this odd line of the Evans
Gambit.} 11. Nc3 $6 ({The obvious choice of} 11. Bxf6 gxf6 {was made in
Bird-Steinitz, London 1883.}) 11... O-O 12. Qc2 (12. Nd4 {is known from
Defresne-Anderssen, Berlin 1868.}) 12... Ng6 13. Ne2 Bd7 14. Rad1 Re8 15. Ng3
Rc8 16. h3 Qe7 17. Rfe1 Ne5 $1 18. Nd4 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 c6 20. Bb3 $2 cxd5 $2 (
20... c5 $1 21. Rdd1 c4 22. Ba4 b5 {ends the game.}) 21. Qd1 Nc4 22. Bc3 b5 23.
exd5 Qd8 24. Rxe8+ Nxe8 25. Qh5 Ne5 26. Bb2 Nf6 27. Qg5 h6 28. Qd2 a5 29. a3 a4
30. Ba2 Qc7 31. f4 Qc5 32. Kh2 Nc4 33. Bxc4 bxc4 34. Qc3 Ne8 $2 {White has to
lure for chances in such gambits.} 35. Nh5 $2 (35. Re4 $1 {threatens mate in
two.} Kf8 (35... f6 36. Re7 Qc7 37. Nh5 Qd8 38. Rxg7+ $1 Nxg7 39. Nxf6+ {White
has excellent play.}) 36. Rxe8+ $1 Kxe8 37. Qxg7 Kd8 38. Qxf7 Qe3 39. Be5 $1
dxe5 40. d6 $1 exf4 41. Qf6+ Ke8 42. Qg6+ {leads to perpetual check.}) 35... f6
36. Re4 Qxd5 37. Rxe8+ Bxe8 38. Nxg7 Bc6 39. Qg3 Kf7 40. f5 Qxg2+ 41. Qxg2 Bxg2
42. Ne6 Be4 43. Nd4 Rg8 {The ex world champion Steinitz led with 4 1/2 / 5.}
0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1895.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Chigorin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Teichmann, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1895.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 $5 Nc6 3. Nf3 e5 $1 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 $5 {The attacker Chigorin
sometimes opened prophylactic as White.} Be7 6. g3 d5 7. Bg2 dxe4 8. dxe4 Bd6
$6 {Black loses time.} 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nc4 Be6 11. O-O Ne8 $6 ({Better is} 
11... Qe7 12. Nxd6 cxd6) 12. b4 a6 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. a4 f6 15. Ba3 b5 16. axb5
axb5 17. Ne3 Rb8 18. Bc1 Nd8 19. Ra7 Nc6 20. Ra6 Nd8 21. Nd5 Qd7 22. Ne1 c6 23.
Ne3 Qb7 24. Ra1 Bc7 25. Nf5 Bb6 26. Be3 Bxe3 27. Qxe3 Rf7 28. Nd3 Bc8 $2 {
Black lacks time before the control.} 29. Nxe5 fxe5 30. Rxd8 Be6 $2 ({Only a
pawn is lost by} 30... Bxf5 31. Rxb8 Qxb8 32. exf5) 31. Nd6 {Chigorin and Von
Bardeleben could take the lead, because Steinitz lost.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1895.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Janowsky, Dawid"]
[Black "Mason, James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1895.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nd7 $5 8.
c4 Nef6 $5 {Unusual moves have an acceptable result.} 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nc3 N7f6
11. Re1 c6 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Ne5 O-O 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Bc2 Re8 16. Qd3 g6 17. Qh3
Nh5 18. Be3 Bg5 $5 19. Qg4 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Be6 21. Qe2 Qg5 22. Rf1 Rad8 23. Bb3
$1 {Janowski has planned a fine combination.} Bxb3 ({The next complications
are avoided by} 23... f6 24. Nf3 Qg4) 24. axb3 f6 25. Qc4+ Rd5 $1 ({
Unfavourable is} 25... Kg7 $2 26. Qf7+ Kh6 $1 27. Qxe8 $1 Qxe3+ 28. Kh1 Rxe8
29. Ng4+ Kg5 30. Nxe3 Rxe3 31. Rxa7 Rxb3 32. Rf2) 26. e4 $1 Qe3+ 27. Kh1 Qxe4
28. Rae1 $1 Qxd4 29. Nxc6 $1 Rxe1 $1 30. Nxd4 Rxf1+ 31. Qxf1 Rxd4 32. g3 $1 {
White has gained a material plus.} ({Crouch prefers} 32. Qc1 Kf7 33. Qc7+ Ke6
34. g4 Nf4 35. Kg1 {but} Nd5 $1 36. Qc8+ Kd6 37. Qxb7 Rxg4+ {leads to chances
for both parties.}) 32... Rd7 $6 ({Black loses a less important pawn in} 32...
Kf7 $1 33. Qg1 Rd7 34. Qxa7 f5) 33. g4 $1 Ng7 34. Qxf6 b6 35. Kg2 Rd2+ 36. Kg3
Re2 $6 37. h3 $6 ({Better is} 37. Qd8+ Re8 38. Qc7 $1) 37... Re6 38. Qf4 a5 $1
39. Kh4 h5 $1 40. Kg5 Rc6 $2 ({Correct is} 40... hxg4 41. hxg4 Ne8 42. Qc4 (42.
Kh6 $4 Nd6 $1 $19) 42... Kf7 {The fortress cannot be taken.}) 41. Qf3 Re6 42.
Kh6 $2 ({A pawn is won by} 42. Qb7 $1 Kh7 43. Qc7 hxg4 44. hxg4 Kg8 45. Kh6 {
Black suffers from zugzwang.} g5+ 46. Kxg5 {White might be able to capture the
bastion.}) 42... hxg4 43. Qa8+ Ne8 $1 44. Qc8 Kf7 45. Qd7+ Kf6 46. hxg4 Ke5 47.
Kg5 Nd6 48. Qc7 Kd5 49. Kf4 Rf6+ 50. Ke3 Re6+ 51. Kd3 Ne8 52. Qf7 Kd6 53. Kd4
Nc7 54. Qf4+ Kd7 {Lesser talents played a wonderful game.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1895.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Steinitz, William"]
[Black "Bird, Henry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1895.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nd7 5. Nf3 Bd6 $5 6. e4 $1 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Bb4+
8. Nc3 Ndf6 $6 (8... Ngf6 {develops naturally.}) 9. Bd3 Qa5 10. Bd2 Ne7 11. O-O
O-O 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Qc7 14. Ne5 Rd8 15. Qe2 b6 16. b4 $5 Bb7 17. f4 $5 Nf5
$1 18. Qf2 c5 $2 {White's opportunism has success.} (18... b5 $1 19. Rac1 bxc4
20. Nxc4 Nd5 {blockades the centre.}) 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. Qxc5 Qxc5+ 21. bxc5 Be4
({The wild} 21... Ne3 22. Rf2 Nfg4 23. Rd2 Nxe5 24. fxe5 Nxg2 25. Ba5 Nh4 26.
Bxh7+ $1 {favours White.}) 22. Rfd1 $1 Rdc8 23. c6 $2 (23. Ng4 $1 Bxd3 24.
Nxf6+ gxf6 25. Rxd3 {keeps an advantage (Crouch).}) 23... Bxd3 24. Rxd3 Ne4 25.
Bb4 a5 26. Rad1 $1 axb4 $2 ({The refusal of the sacrifice by} 26... f6 $1 27.
Nd7 Rxc6 $1 28. Be1 {leads to equality.}) 27. c7 $1 g5 28. Rd8+ Kg7 29. axb4
Ne3 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Rd4 $1 f5 32. Rd7+ Kh6 33. fxg5+ Kxg5 {Steinitz has
carried out a fine attack.} 34. h4+ $4 {Suddenly the tables turn.} ({White
throws away the win by} 34. Nc6 $1 Kf6 $1 35. Na7 Rg8 36. g3 f4 $1 37. Rd4 $1 (
{Tarrasch continues with} 37. c8=Q $4 Rxc8 38. Nxc8 f3 {and Black wins.}) 37...
Kf5 38. c8=Q) 34... Kf6 $1 35. Nc6 Rg8 $1 {The 65-year-old Bird was alert.} ({
Notice} 35... Rg8 36. Rf7+ Kxf7 37. Nd8+ Kf6 38. c8=Q Rxg2+ 39. Kh1 Nf2#) 0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1895.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Steinitz, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C75"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1895.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Nge7 $6 {Steinitz has developed
a new idea.} 6. c3 Bd7 7. d4 Ng6 8. Re1 Be7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nf1 Qe8 11. Bc2 Kh8
12. Ng3 Bg4 13. d5 Nb8 14. h3 Bc8 15. Nf5 Bd8 16. g4 Ne7 17. Ng3 Ng8 {"Réculer
pour mieux sauter!"} 18. Kg2 Nd7 19. Be3 Nb6 20. b3 Bd7 $6 {Square d7 should
stay open for the queen's knight.} 21. c4 $1 Nc8 22. Qd2 Nce7 23. c5 g6 $6 24.
Qc3 f5 25. Nxe5 $2 {This sacrifice is incorrect.} ({White can win by} 25. g5 $1
Nc8 26. exf5 gxf5 27. Bd2 $1 Qf7 28. Rxe5 $1 Bf6 29. Rxf5 Bxf5 30. Nxf5) 25...
dxe5 26. Qxe5+ Nf6 27. Bd4 fxg4 28. hxg4 Bxg4 $6 ({Best is} 28... Kg8 29. g5
Nexd5 $1) 29. Qg5 Qd7 $2 ({The last chance gives} 29... Nexd5 $1 30. exd5 Qd7
$1 31. Ne4 Qg7) 30. Bxf6+ Kg8 31. Bd1 Bh3+ 32. Kg1 Nxd5 33. Bxd8 Nf4 34. Bf6
Qd2 35. Re2 Nxe2+ 36. Bxe2 Qd7 37. Rd1 Qf7 38. Bc4 Be6 39. e5 Bxc4 40. Nf5 {
The world champions played a remarkable game.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1895.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Steinitz, William"]
[Black "Von Bardeleben, Curt"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1895.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 d5 $6 {
A novelty leads to trouble.} 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Be6 ({Tarrasch notes} 9...
Nxc3 $6 10. bxc3 Bxc3 11. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 12. Qb3+) 10. Bg5 ({Or} 10. Nxd5 Bxd5
11. Qb3 $1) 10... Be7 11. Bxd5 Bxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Re1 f6 15.
Qe2 Qd7 16. Rac1 ({Even better is} 16. Rad1 $1) 16... c6 $2 ({Right is} 16...
Kf7 $1 17. Ne5+ $5 fxe5 18. dxe5 Qe6 19. Qf3+ Kg6 {(Crouch)} 20. Qg3+ Kf7 $11)
17. d5 $1 cxd5 18. Nd4 Kf7 19. Ne6 Rhc8 20. Qg4 g6 21. Ng5+ Ke8 22. Rxe7+ $1
Kf8 ({Or} 22... Kxe7 23. Re1+ Kd6 24. Qb4+ {(Tarrasch).}) 23. Rf7+ $1 Kg8 24.
Rg7+ $1 Kh8 25. Rxh7+ {Von Bardeleben left the board. When his flag had falle,
Steinitz showed the audience} Kg8 26. Rg7+ Kh8 27. Qh4+ $1 Kxg7 28. Qh7+ Kf8
29. Qh8+ Ke7 30. Qg7+ Ke8 31. Qg8+ Ke7 32. Qf7+ Kd8 33. Qf8+ Qe8 34. Nf7+ Kd7
35. Qd6# {Steinitz got the first brilliance prize for this game. The main role
of Von Bardeleben in the tournament had ended.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1895.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Schiffers, Emanuel"]
[Black "Steinitz, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1895.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. Nd5 Nxd5 6. exd5 e4 7. dxc6 dxc6
8. Be2 exf3 9. Bxf3 O-O 10. O-O Bd6 11. d4 f5 12. c4 Be7 13. d5 c5 14. Bd2 Bd6
15. Rc1 Qf6 16. Bc3 Qh6 17. g3 f4 18. Bg4 $2 {This move costs a pawn. Albin
speaks of a blunder. Crouch calla it 'an imaginative move'.} fxg3 19. hxg3 Bxg3
$1 20. fxg3 Rxf1+ 21. Qxf1 ({The pointe is} 21. Kxf1 $2 Bxg4 22. Qxg4 Qxc1+)
21... Bxg4 22. Qf4 Qxf4 23. gxf4 Rd8 24. Be5 Rd7 25. Kf2 Kf7 26. Rg1 h5 27. Kg3
Kg6 28. b3 Kf5 29. Re1 Re7 30. Bc3 Rxe1 31. Bxe1 g6 32. Bc3 Bd1 33. Be5 g5 34.
Bxc7 gxf4+ 35. Kf2 Bc2 36. Bb8 a6 37. Kf3 $6 ({A draw is forced by} 37. Ba7 $1
Bb1 38. a3 Bc2 39. d6 Ke6 40. Bxc5) ({Crouch's analysis} 37. d6 $2 Ke6 38. Kf3
{can be refute by} b5 $1 39. cxb5 axb5 40. d7 Kxd7 41. Bxf4 Bb1 42. a3 Bc2 43.
b4 c4 {Black has two passed pawns.}) 37... Be4+ 38. Kf2 Bb1 {White might draw
due to the bishops of opposite colour.} 39. Bd6 $2 ({Correct is} 39. a3 $1 {e.
g.} Ba2 40. b4 $1 cxb4 41. d6 Ke6 42. axb4 Bxc4 43. Kf3 b6 44. Bc7 a5 45. bxa5
b5 $1 46. a6 b4 47. a7 Bd5+ 48. Kxf4 b3 49. d7 Kxd7 50. Be5 Ke6 51. Bb2 {White
narrowly escapes.}) 39... Bxa2 40. Bxf4 Bxb3 41. d6 Ke6 42. Ke3 Bxc4 43. Kd2
Bb5 44. Kc3 Bc6 45. Kc4 b6 46. Bg3 Bd5+ 47. Kc3 b5 48. Kd3 a5 49. Ke3 a4 50.
Kd3 a3 51. Kc2 b4 {Crouch makes a sympathetic effort to analyse the games from
'the standpoint of the modern master', but he makes too many mistakes. 
Steinitz scored two great wins after three losses. The leaders were Chigorin
and Pillsbury with 9 1/2 / 11. Lasker trailed by one point.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1895.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Pillsbury, Harry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C60"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1895.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bc4 Ne7 8.
Nc3 d6 9. O-O Be6 10. Bb3 O-O 11. Be3 c5 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Qd2 Rb8 14. Rab1 Nc6
15. b3 Qh4 16. f3 Nd4 17. Ne2 Be5 18. f4 $2 {White will lose a pawn.} ({
Correct is} 18. g3) 18... Nxe2+ 19. Qxe2 Bxf4 20. Bxf4 Rxf4 21. Rxf4 Qxf4 22.
Rf1 Qe5 23. Qa6 $1 {Lasker starts brilliant counter-play.} Qd4+ 24. Kh1 Qxe4
25. Qxa7 Qb7 $2 ({The elegant} 25... Rc8 $1 {(threatens ..Qa8)} 26. Qa6 Ra8 27.
Qb5 Kg7 $1 28. a4 Kh6 29. c3 c4 $1 30. bxc4 Rf8 $1 {gives winning chances.})
26. Qa4 c6 27. Qe4 Qd7 28. a4 e5 29. h3 Rb4 $6 30. Qe1 e4 31. a5 d5 32. a6 Qe7
$2 ({Necessary is} 32... Rb8 {(Tarrasch).}) 33. Qg3 $1 e3 34. Ra1 $1 Qf6 35.
Re1 d4 36. a7 Qd8 37. Ra1 Qa8 38. Qd6 Rb7 39. Qxc6 e2 40. Qxb7 {Lasker showed
great persistence.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1895.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Chigorin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Steinitz, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C52"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1895.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. O-O d6 7. d4 exd4 8.
cxd4 Nf6 9. e5 dxe5 10. Ba3 ({Better chances are created by} 10. Qb3 $1 O-O 11.
dxe5 Ng4 12. Ba3 {(Maróczy-Kozmata, corr. 1894).}) 10... Be6 11. Bb5 Qd5 12.
Qa4 O-O-O $2 ({Later Chigorin will improve with} 12... Bd7 $1 {(reversed
colours against the same opponent in St Petersburg 1895).}) 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14.
Bc5 Bb6 15. Qa6+ $2 {White should keep the pressure on c6.} ({He can win with} 
15. Nxe5 $1 Ne4 16. Bxb6 cxb6 {(Lasker)} 17. Nxc6) 15... Kb8 16. Nxe5 Nd7 $6
17. Nc3 $6 ({More resistance is offered by} 17. Nxd7+ Rxd7 18. Nc3) 17... Nxc5
18. Qe2 Qd6 19. dxc5 Qxc5 20. Na4 Qb5 21. Qxb5 cxb5 22. Nxb6 axb6 23. Nc6+ Kb7
24. Nxd8+ Rxd8 {Black has lost the exchange, but the powerful pawns give a
winning compensation.} 25. a3 c5 26. f3 Kc6 27. Rfd1 Ra8 28. Kf2 Ra4 29. Ke3 h5
30. Kd2 b4 31. axb4 Rxb4 32. Rdb1 Rxb1 33. Rxb1 b5 34. Ra1 b4 35. Kc2 Kd5 36.
Rd1+ Kc4 37. Rd8 Bd5 38. h4 Kd4 39. Rb8 Be6 40. Rb7 g6 41. Rb5 b3+ 42. Kb2 c4
43. Rb4 Kd3 44. Rb6 c3+ 45. Kb1 Ke3 {Lasker took over the lead in this round.}
0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1895.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1895.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. d4 Bd7 6. O-O b5 7. Bb3 Nxd4 8. Nxd4
exd4 9. c3 $5 dxc3 10. Qh5 Qe7 11. Nxc3 Nf6 12. Qf3 {Schlechter has shed his
timidity and plays a gambit.} Bc6 $2 ({Mieses misses the solid} 12... c6 13.
Bg5 h6 $5) 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Qd7 15. a4 Rb8 16. axb5 axb5 17. Bg5 ({More
positional pressure is exerted by} 17. Bh6 $1 Qg4 18. Qc3) 17... Be7 18. Bc2
Qg4 19. Qxg4 Nxg4 20. Rfe1 f6 21. Bd2 g6 22. Ra7 Kd7 23. Ba5 Bd8 24. f4 Re8 $2
({An accurate defence gives} 24... f5 $1 25. Rc1 Nf6 26. Bb3 Rc8 27. Rb7 Re8
28. Rxb5 Re4) 25. Rc1 Ne3 26. Bxc7 $1 {Schlechter crowns his attack on the
queenside.} Kc8 $1 27. Bd3 $5 Nc4 28. Bxc4 $2 ({Correct is} 28. Bxb8 Bb6+ 29.
Kh1 Kxb8 30. Rxh7) 28... Bxc7 $1 29. Rxc7+ Kxc7 30. Bxb5+ Kd8 31. Bxe8 Kxe8 32.
Rc2 Rb4 $1 33. Kf2 Rxf4+ {Smart tactics have led to equality.} 34. Ke3 Rb4 35.
Kd3 f5 36. Re2+ Kd7 37. Kc3 Rh4 $6 38. g3 Rg4 39. b4 h5 40. Re6 g5 41. Rf6 f4
42. gxf4 gxf4 43. Rf7+ Ke8 44. Rf5 Rh4 45. Kc4 Rxh2 46. Rxf4 Kd8 $6 47. Rf7
Rh4+ 48. Kb5 Rd4 49. Kc6 Rxb4 50. Rh7 Rh4 51. Kxd6 {A hazardous defence has
resulted in a precarious position.} Kc8 $2 ({Right is} 51... Ke8 $1 52. Rh8+
Kf7 53. Kd7 Kg7 $1 54. Rc8 Kf6 {drawn. The black king will support his pawn.})
52. Rh8+ Kb7 53. Kd7 Rh1 54. d6 h4 55. Rh7 $2 ({White wins by} 55. Ke7 Re1+ 56.
Kd8 Rh1 57. d7 h3 58. Ke8 $1 Re1+ 59. Kf7 $1 {Black lacks one tempo.}) 55... h3
56. Ke8+ Ka6 $3 57. d7 Re1+ 58. Kf8 Rf1+ 59. Ke8 ({The pointe of the defence is
} 59. Ke7 Re1+ 60. Kd6 Rd1+ 61. Kc7 Rc1+ 62. Kb8 Rb1+ 63. Ka8 Rd1 64. Rh6+ Kb5
{White cannot guard his precious pawn.}) 59... Re1+ 60. Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1895.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Bird, Henry"]
[Black "Pillsbury, Harry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C51"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1895.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Bd6 $5 6. d4 Nf6 7. Ng5 O-O 8.
Nxf7 $2 ({Theory is} 8. f4 exf4 9. e5 Bxe5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Bb3 {
(Anderssen-Kiezeritzky, London 1951).}) 8... Rxf7 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10. f4 exd4 11.
e5 Be7 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. O-O d5 14. Nd2 $5 (14. Bb2 {protects pawn c3.}) 14...
dxc3 15. Nf3 Kg8 16. Rb1 b6 17. Be3 Bg4 18. Qa4 Bxf3 19. Rxf3 Qd6 20. Rd1 Rd8
21. Rh3 d4 22. Bc1 Qe6 23. Qc2 d3 $1 {A nice move decides the game.} 24. Rhxd3
Nd4 25. f5 Qe4 26. Ba3 c5 ({Bird has set the trap} 26... Nxc2 $4 27. Rxd8+ Kf7
28. Rf8#) 27. Qf2 Ne2+ 28. Kf1 Rxd3 29. Rxd3 Qxd3 30. Qxe2 Qxf5+ 31. Kg1 Qb1+
32. Kf2 Bd4+ 33. Kg3 Qg6+ 34. Kh3 h5 35. g3 Qg4+ 36. Qxg4 hxg4+ 37. Kxg4 Be3
38. Kf3 Bh6 39. Ke2 c2 {Pillsbury's greatest achievement in this tournament
consisted of relentless wins against lesser opponents.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1895.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Teichmann, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D26"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1895.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 b6 $2 {
Steinitz judges: 'Opposed to the principles laid down in the Modern Chess
Instructor, the two wing pawns on either side ought to be kept unmoved as long
as possible'.} ({Correct is} 7... c5) 8. Qe2 Bb7 9. e4 c5 10. Rd1 cxd4 11. Nxd4
Qc8 12. e5 Nfd7 13. Bf4 Rd8 14. Nxe6 $6 {Lasker makes a premature sacrifice
like he did against Steinitz.} ({Better is} 14. Rac1 $1 Nf8 15. Ncb5 Nc6 16.
Bd3 Ng6 17. Qg4) 14... fxe6 15. Bxe6+ Kh8 16. Rac1 Rf8 $1 {Emanuel had missed
this move.} 17. Qg4 Qe8 18. Bxd7 Rxf4 19. Qxf4 Nxd7 20. Qf5 Nf8 21. Nd5 Bxd5 $2
{Black exchanges his main defender. Hereafter, White simply pushes his wooden
men forwards.} ({Steinitz prefers} 21... Bc5 $1 {and condems} 22. b4 $2 Bxd5)
22. Rxd5 Bc5 23. Rcd1 Qe7 24. g3 a5 25. Kg2 Kg8 26. Qe4 Rc8 27. f4 g6 28. h3
Qf7 29. b3 Qe6 30. g4 Rc7 31. R5d2 Re7 32. Re2 Rf7 33. Rf1 Qc8 34. f5 Qb7 35.
Qxb7 Rxb7 36. Kf3 gxf5 37. gxf5 Kf7 38. Rd1 Ke7 39. Rg2 Kf7 40. Ke4 Rc7 41. Rd3
Rc8 42. h4 Rc6 43. Rdg3 Rc8 44. Rg7+ Ke8 45. Rb7 Rd8 46. Rgg7 Rd4+ 47. Kf3 {
Lasker kept his minimal lead on Pillsbury and Chigorin.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1895.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Chigorin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Tinsley, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1895.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 $5 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Nh3 Nc6 5. d3 Qe7 6. Be3 $5 O-O-O 7. f3 $5
Nf6 8. O-O-O d5 9. Bf2 $2 (9. d4 {avoids the restriction.}) 9... d4 $1 10. Nb1
e5 11. Be1 Qe6 12. b3 h6 13. g3 g5 14. f4 g4 $6 ({The restraint is continued by
} 14... exf4 15. gxf4 g4) 15. fxe5 $1 Nxe5 16. Nf4 Qd6 17. Bg2 h5 18. Kb2 a5
19. Rf1 Be7 20. Bd2 Bc6 21. Rde1 Nfd7 22. Nd5 Bxd5 $6 23. exd5 Rde8 24. Rf5 f6
$2 ({Better is} 24... h4 25. Bf4 Bf6) 25. Qe4 Qc5 26. d6 $1 Bxd6 27. Qa8+ Nb8
28. Rxf6 {Two intruders bother Black.} Rhf8 ({Or} 28... Ref8 29. Rxd6 $1 Qxd6
30. Rxe5 $1 Qxe5 31. Bc6 $1) 29. Ref1 (29. Rxe5 $1 Bxe5 30. Bc6 $1 Bxf6 31.
Qb7+ Kd8 32. Qxb8+ Ke7 33. Qxc7+ Ke6 34. Qd7+ Ke5 35. Bf4# {ends the game.})
29... Rxf6 30. Rxf6 c6 31. Be4 Ned7 32. Bf5 Re5 ({No relief brings} 32... Kc7
33. Qa7+ Kc8 34. Rf7 $1 Rd8 35. Bg5 Qd5 36. Nd2 $1 Qxf7 37. Nc4 Qxc4 38. bxc4)
33. Bxd7+ Kxd7 34. Qb7+ Bc7 35. Bf4 Qe7 36. Bxe5 Qxe5 37. Rf7+ Kd8 38. Rf8+ Ke7
39. Qc8 {Chigorin joined the first place with Lasker.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1895.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Pillsbury, Harry"]
[Black "Burn, Amos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D55"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1895.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 b6 7. Rc1 Bb7 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. Bd3 Rc8 12. e4 Bb7 13. O-O Nd7 14. Qe2 a6
$6 15. Rc3 c6 16. Rfc1 b5 $6 {Burn loses tempi.} 17. Qe3 Rc7 18. Qf4 Rac8 19.
e5 c5 $2 {The right move is played at the wrong time.} ({Necessary is} 19... h6
) 20. Bxh7+ $1 {Pillsbury wins quickly again.} Kxh7 21. Ng5+ Kg8 ({Or} 21...
Kg6 22. Rg3) 22. Rh3 Qe8 23. Qh4 Kf8 24. Nh7+ Kg8 25. Nf6+ Kf8 26. Nxe8 Kxe8
27. Qg5 cxd4 28. Rh8+ (28. Rh8+ Nf8 29. Rxc7 Rxc7 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 31. Qd8#) 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1895.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Blackburne, Joseph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1895.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Qe2 Bd7 12. Ne5 Bd6 13. f4 O-O 14. Bd2
Rad8 15. Kh1 Bc8 16. Rf3 g6 $6 ({Better is} 16... b6 17. Rh3 h6) 17. c4 Bxe5 $2
{He breaks his protection.} ({Von Bardeleben prefers} 17... b6 18. Bc3 Bb7) 18.
fxe5 Nd7 19. Bc3 Nc5 20. Bc2 Bd7 21. b3 Kg7 22. Qe3 Rh8 23. Raf1 Be8 24. Be1
Qe7 25. Rf6 h6 26. Bh4 g5 27. Rxh6 $1 {The game ends nicely.} gxh4 28. Rxh8 {
Tarrasch ends the tournament with six wins.} (28. Rxh8 Kxh8 29. Qh6+ Kg8 30.
Qh7+ Kf8 31. Qh8#) 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1895.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Chigorin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Albin, Adolf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1895.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 $5 Nc6 3. Nf3 e5 4. g3 Bc5 5. c3 Bb6 6. d3 d5 7. Bg2 {Chigorin
plays a forerunner of the King's Indian with White.} d4 8. O-O Bg4 9. Na3 a6 $6
10. Nc4 Ba7 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 h6 13. Nd2 $5 Nf6 14. c4 g5 $6 15. Bg2 Rg8 16.
a3 Ne7 17. Nf3 Ng6 18. Nh2 Qd7 19. Qf3 Qe6 20. Qf5 c6 21. Qxe6+ fxe6 {
Chigorin's exploits are slow, but he has secured a positional advantage.} 22.
b4 Rc8 23. a4 Bb8 24. Bd2 Bc7 25. Bf3 Kd7 26. Ng4 Nxg4 27. hxg4 $6 Nh8 $6 28.
Kg2 Ra8 {A switch of pieces to the queenside begins.} 29. Rfb1 Rgb8 30. Bd1 b6
31. b5 {White has the initiative, but the opponent can exchange attackers.}
axb5 32. cxb5 cxb5 33. Rxb5 Nf7 34. Rb2 Nd6 35. Bb3 b5 $5 36. Rba2 bxa4 37.
Bxa4+ Ke7 38. Rc1 $2 ({The advantage is kept by} 38. Bc6 Rxa2 39. Rxa2) 38...
Ba5 $1 39. Bxa5 Rxa5 40. Rc7+ Kf6 {Chigorin finds a superb solution for the
problems created by the pin.} 41. Rh7 $1 ({The alternative} 41. Bb3 Rxa2 42.
Bxa2 Ra8 {leads to difficulties for the bishop.}) (41. Rc6 $1 Rba8 42. Rxd6
Rxa4 43. Rb2 {is okay.}) 41... Rba8 42. Rc2 Rxa4 43. Rcc7 Rg8 44. Rxh6+ Rg6 45.
Rhh7 Ra3 46. Rcd7 Ra6 47. Kf1 Rg8 48. Rh6+ Rg6 49. Rhh7 Rg8 50. Rh6+ Rg6 51.
Rhh7 {A draw could have been claimed.} Ra1+ 52. Kg2 Ra6 53. Kh3 Ra1 54. Kh2 Ra6
55. Kg2 Rb6 56. Ra7 Rg8 57. Rh6+ Rg6 58. Rhh7 Rg8 {Chigorin, Lasker and
Pillsbury led with 13 1/2 out of 17.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1895.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Pillsbury, Harry"]
[Black "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D55"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1895.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. e3 b6 7. Rc1 Bb7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O c5 11. Bb1 Ne4 12. Bf4 Nxc3 13. Rxc3 c4 {This position
still is part of the theory on the 'Tartakower'.} 14. Ne5 f5 15. Kh1 Nxe5 16.
Bxe5 Bd6 17. f4 {Pillsbury likes to start an attack with this pawn formation
in the central area.} Bc8 18. Qh5 a6 19. Rf3 Ra7 {Schlechter combines
development of the queenside with defence of the other flanl.} 20. Rh3 g6 21.
Qh6 Bxe5 22. fxe5 Rg7 23. Rf3 b5 24. Rc1 Qe7 25. Rcf1 Rff7 26. h4 Be6 27. g4 $5
{White has set the board on fire.} Qd7 $6 ({Black survives in} 27... fxg4 28.
Rf6 $1 Qb4 29. Kg1 $1 {(White threatens to capture the bishop)} Qxb2 30. h5 $1
g3 $1 31. hxg6 hxg6 32. Bxg6 Rxf6 33. Rxf6 Qh2+ $1) 28. gxf5 gxf5 29. Qh5 Rg6
30. Bxf5 Bxf5 31. Rxf5 Rxf5 32. Rxf5 b4 33. Qf3 $6 ({The advantage is kept by} 
33. Kh2 $1 {(protects square h3)} c3 34. bxc3 bxc3 35. Rf2) 33... c3 34. bxc3
bxc3 35. Rf8+ Kg7 36. Rb8 Qe7 $1 37. Qf4 h5 $1 {Schlechter has great
counteraction for the sacrificed pawn.} 38. e6 $1 ({Steinitz prefers} 38. Rc8
$2 Rg4 39. Qf6+ {but} Qxf6 40. exf6+ Kxf6 41. Rxc3 Kf5 $1 {favours Black.})
38... Rxe6 39. Rc8 $2 ({Correct is} 39. Qg3+ $1 Rg6 40. Rg8+ $1 Kxg8 41. Qxg6+
Kf8 42. Qh6+ $1 Ke8 43. Qc6+ {and White draws.}) 39... Re4 40. Rc7 $4 (40. Qg3+
$1 Rg4 41. Qc7 Qxc7 42. Rxc7+ Kf6 43. Rxc3 Kf5 $1 {leads to the rook ending
mentioned before.}) 40... Rxf4 41. Rxe7+ Rf7 $1 42. Re5 c2 43. Rg5+ Kh6 44. Rg1
Rb7 {Lasker won and Chigorin drew. So Lasker became the sole leader.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1895.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Pollock, William"]
[Black "Chigorin, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C51"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1895.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O d6 8.
cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 Na5 10. Bg5 f6 {The had played these moves with reversed
colours.} 11. Bh4 (11. Bf4 Nxc4 12. a4 {occurred in Chigorin-Pollock, New York
1889.}) 11... Ne7 12. Re1 Bg4 $5 ({Black has not played the expected} 12...
Nxc4) 13. e5 $5 {White attacks in the centre.} (13. Be2 O-O 14. d5 {lies in
the line of the Evans Gambit.}) 13... dxe5 14. dxe5 Qxd1 15. Raxd1 Nxc4 16.
exf6 gxf6 17. Bxf6 Kf7 $1 18. Bxe7 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Ba5 20. Rd7 $6 ({White can
draw by} 20. Re4 Bxc3 21. Rxc4 Be5 22. f4 Rhg8+ 23. Kf1 {(Vasiukov).}) 20...
Nb6 $1 21. Rxc7 Rhc8 22. Rxb7 Bxc3 {White has kept the initiative despite the
exchanges.} 23. Ba3+ $2 ({Correct is} 23. Bh4+ $1 Kg6 24. Re6+ Kf5 25. Rh6 Rg8+
26. Bg3 {The bishop can be used as a defender.} Rg7 {(Levenfish)} 27. Rxh7)
23... Kf6 24. Ree7 Rg8+ 25. Kf1 Rad8 $1 26. Rf7+ Kg6 27. Kg2 Nc4 $1 28. Bc5 Rd5
29. Bf8 Nd2 30. Ba3 Rf5 $1 31. Rfc7 Rg5+ 32. Kh3 Bf6 33. f4 Rh5+ {The
counterattack is devastating.} 34. Kg2 Kf5+ 35. Kh1 Nf3 36. Rb5+ Ke6 37. f5+
Rxf5 38. Rc6+ Kd7 39. Rd6+ Kc7 40. Rb1 Rh5 0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1895.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1895.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 h6 10. Bd2 Be6 11. Ne2 c5 12. Bc3 g5 13. Nd2 Kd7 14. f4
Kc6 15. Rf2 Rg8 16. fxg5 hxg5 17. Ne4 Rd8 18. N2g3 Nd4 19. Bd2 $1 Nxc2 20. Rc1
Nd4 21. Bxg5 Rd5 22. Be3 Bg7 23. Bxd4 $5 Rxd4 24. Rxc5+ Kb6 25. Rfc2 Rd5 26.
Rxd5 Bxd5 27. Nc3 Bc6 28. Rf2 {Tarrasch conducts a risky attack.} Bxe5 29. Rxf7
Rd8 30. Nge4 Bxe4 31. Nxe4 Bxb2 32. g4 c5 33. Kg2 c4 34. Rf2 Bd4 35. Rd2 $6 ({
The solid} 35. Rc2 Kb5 36. h4 {keeps the balance of attack and defence.}) 35...
Kb5 36. Nc3+ Kb4 37. Ne2 Bf6 38. Rxd8 Bxd8 39. Kf3 c3 40. Ke4 Kc4 41. Kf5 $2 {
Blunders are made.} ({Pillsbury mentions} 41. Nxc3 $1 {and White draws.}) 41...
Kd3 $4 {Lasker throws away a point.} ({After the game he shows} 41... c2 $1 42.
g5 Bxg5 43. Kxg5 Kd3 44. Nc1+ Kd2 45. Nb3+ Kd1 {and Black wins.}) 42. Nxc3 $1
Kxc3 43. g5 Bb6 44. h4 Bd4 45. h5 b5 46. h6 b4 47. g6 a5 48. g7 a4 49. g8=Q {
Chigorin gained the first place before Lasker.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1895.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Blackburne, Joseph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C62"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1895.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 Bd7 5. Nc3 exd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 $6 7. Qxd4
Bxb5 8. Nxb5 Ne7 9. O-O Nc6 10. Qc3 a6 11. Na3 Qf6 12. Qb3 $6 {The exchange of
queens leads to a better endgame for White.} O-O-O $1 13. c4 Re8 14. Re1 Qg6
15. Bd2 Be7 16. Qc2 Bf6 17. Rab1 Bd4 18. b4 Ne5 19. Re2 $2 {Lasker blunders.} (
{Correct is} 19. Rb3) 19... Nf3+ 20. Kh1 Nxh2 $1 21. Bf4 ({The pointe is} 21.
Kxh2 Qh5+ {and Re2 lacks protection.}) 21... Ng4 22. Bg3 Be5 23. Qd3 Bxg3 24.
Qxg3 Nf6 25. Qh3+ Kb8 26. f3 Nh5 27. Rd2 Re5 28. Kg1 Nf4 29. Qh4 Ne6 30. Rd5
Ng5 31. Qg3 Rxd5 32. cxd5 h5 33. b5 h4 34. Qg4 axb5 35. Nxb5 h3 36. Rb2 hxg2
37. Rxg2 Nh3+ 38. Kf1 Qf6 39. e5 dxe5 40. Rh2 e4 41. Rxh3 Qa1+ 42. Kg2 exf3+
43. Kg3 $2 (43. Qxf3 Qb2+ 44. Kg3 Rxh3+ 45. Kxh3 Qxb5 46. Qxf7 {keeps the
material disadvantage limited to one pawn.}) 43... Qe5+ 44. Kxf3 Qxd5+ {Lasker
fell back to the third place. Chigorin crashed against Janowski. Pillsbury
became the new leader.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1895.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Pillsbury, Harry"]
[Black "Gunsberg, Isidor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1895.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Ne5 dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nd5 9. f4 Be6 10. Qb3 b5 11. Bxd5 Bxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Qxd5 cxd5 {Pillsbury
seeks a draw, because he trusts Schlechter to hold Chigorin.} 14. Nd3 Nd7 15.
Bd2 Rfc8 16. Ke2 e6 17. Rhc1 Bf8 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Rc1 Rxc1 20. Bxc1 Bd6 21.
Bd2 Kf8 22. Bb4 Ke7 23. Bc5 a6 $6 24. b4 f6 25. g4 Bxc5 $6 26. bxc5 Nb8 $2 {A
famous combination starts.} 27. f5 $1 g5 ({Lasker analyses} 27... gxf5 28. gxf5
exf5 29. Nf4) ({and} 27... exf5 28. gxf5 g5 29. Nb4) 28. Nb4 a5 29. c6 $1 Kd6
30. fxe6 $1 Nxc6 ({Or} 30... axb4 31. e7 Kxe7 32. c7) 31. Nxc6 Kxc6 32. e4 $1
dxe4 33. d5+ Kd6 34. Ke3 b4 35. Kxe4 a4 36. Kd4 h5 ({The main line continues
with} 36... Ke7 $1 37. Kc4 b3 38. axb3 a3 $1 39. Kc3 f5 40. gxf5 h5 41. b4 $1
g4 42. b5 h4 43. b6 a2 44. Kb2 g3 45. hxg3 hxg3 46. d6+ Kxd6 47. b7 Kc7 48.
b8=Q+ Kxb8 49. e7 a1=Q+ 50. Kxa1 g2 51. e8=Q+ {(Lasker). A check decides after
a combination of twenty-five moves.}) 37. gxh5 a3 38. Kc4 f5 39. h6 f4 40. h7 {
Pillsbury had won Hastings 1895!} 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1895.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Chigorin, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C79"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "1895.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Nd7 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Ne2
O-O 9. c3 Bf6 10. Ng3 Ne7 11. Bb3 Ng6 12. Be3 Re8 13. Qd2 Ndf8 14. dxe5 dxe5
15. Qxd8 Bxd8 16. Ng5 Bxg5 17. Bxg5 Be6 18. Ne2 Bxb3 19. axb3 Ne6 20. Be3 Rad8
21. Rfd1 f6 22. f3 Kf7 23. Kf2 Ke7 24. g3 Ngf8 25. Ke1 Nd7 26. Nc1 g5 27. Nd3
h5 28. Ke2 Rh8 29. b4 Rdg8 30. Rg1 g4 {The first session of each game is
played from 1 to 5 p.m. Thirty moves have to be made. Analysis is not allowed.
The resumption starts on 7 p.m. Then the players have to make fifteen moves
per hour and continue until move sixty has been reached.} 31. f4 Nd8 32. f5 Nf7
33. Nf2 Nd6 34. Bc5 Nb6 35. Nd1 Nbc8 36. Ne3 $2 {Finally an error happens.} ({
The return} 36. Nf2 {is correct.}) 36... Kf7 37. Nd5 c6 $1 38. Nc7 Nxe4 39.
Rad1 Nxc5 40. bxc5 Rd8 (40... Ne7 $1 41. Rd7 Rd8 42. Rgd1 Rxd7 43. Rxd7 h4 {
increases the advantage (Khalifman).}) 41. Ne6 Rxd1 42. Rxd1 Ke7 43. h4 gxh3
44. Rh1 Kf7 45. Rxh3 Ne7 46. g4 h4 47. c4 Ng6 $1 48. fxg6+ $2 ({White survives
in} 48. Kf3 $1 Nf8 49. Nd8+ Ke7 50. Nxb7 Nh7 51. Rxh4 Ng5+ 52. Kg3 Rb8 53. Na5
Rxb2 54. Rh6 {(Khalifman).}) 48... Kxe6 49. g7 Rg8 50. Rxh4 Rxg7 51. Ke3 Kf7
52. b4 Kg6 53. Rh8 f5 $2 (53... Kg5 $1 54. Kf3 {(Bogoljubow)} e4+ $1 55. Kxe4
Kxg4 $19) 54. gxf5+ Kxf5 55. Rh5+ Ke6 56. Rh6+ Kd7 57. b5 $2 (57. Kd3 {seems
to draw (Steinitz).}) 57... axb5 58. cxb5 cxb5 59. Ke4 Re7 60. Rb6 Kc7 {The
game has been adjourned. Play continues on the next day.} 61. Rxb5 Kc6 62. Ra5
Re8 $1 {Chigorin decides the game with a wonderful zugzwang manoeuvre.} 63. Ra7
Re6 64. Ra5 Re7 $1 65. Ra1 Kxc5 66. Rc1+ Kd6 67. Rd1+ Kc6 68. Rc1+ Kd7 69. Rd1+
Kc8 70. Rd5 Kc7 71. Rc5+ Kd6 72. Rb5 Kc6 73. Rb1 b5 74. Rc1+ Kb6 75. Rb1 Re8 $1
{It is zugzwang again.} 76. Rb2 Kc5 77. Rc2+ Kb4 78. Rb2+ ({Or} 78. Rc1 Ka3 $1
79. Ra1+ Kb2) 78... Kc4 {Chigorin acquired the second place.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Winners group"]
[Date "1895.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Black "Loman, Rudolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1895.??.??"]

{Thirty-two players were allowed to the amateurs' tournament. Géza Maróczy
could participate when an Englishman withdrew. He won his group of eight after
a playoff with Reverend Owen. Maróczy, Loman, Atkins and Cohn participated in
the winners group. Géza won. He had played wild games, but we see his future
steadfast style in an important encounter.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5
Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. a3 Bxc5 8. Qg4 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. Nf3 f6 11. Rf1
$1 {Mar,oczy has set a trap.} Nf8 ({Black avoids} 11... fxe5 $2 12. Bxh7+ $1
Kxh7 13. Qh5+ Kg8 14. Ng5 Qf6 15. fxe5 Qxe5+ 16. Ne2 Nf6 17. Qf7+ Kh8 18. Rxf6
$1) 12. h4 a6 13. Bd2 b5 14. Ne2 f5 15. Qh5 Qe7 16. g4 g6 17. Qg5 Qxg5 18. hxg5
fxg4 19. Nh2 {A beleaguerment begins.} Kf7 20. Nxg4 Be7 21. Rh1 Rd8 22. Rh6 Ke8
23. Kf2 Rd7 24. Rah1 Bd8 25. Ng1 Rf7 26. Nf3 Bb6+ 27. Kg3 Raa7 28. Nf6+ Kd8 29.
Nh4 Rg7 30. Nf3 Bd7 $4 {Loman fails before the first time control.} 31. Nxh7
Nxh7 32. Rxh7 Rxh7 33. Rxh7 Be8 34. Rxa7 Bxa7 35. Nh4 Ne7 36. Kf3 Nf5 37. Bxf5
exf5 38. c3 Ke7 39. Be3 Bb8 40. Bb6 Kf7 41. Ke3 Bc6 42. Kd4 Bb7 43. Nf3 Bc6 44.
Kc5 Bb7 45. Nd4 1-0

[Event "Nürnberg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1896.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Steinitz, William"]
[Black "Schallopp, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1896.??.??"]

{Nürnberg 1896 should have become a German Chess Congress, but the local chess
club took over the organisation and included no minor groups. Thirty-nine
players wanted to participate in the master competition, nineteen were allowed.
When Burn withdrew, Charousek took his place. The contest coincided with the
Bayerischen Landesausstellung.  Nineteen rounds were played in the premises of
the Museum Society from 20 vii until 9 viii. A tempo of thirty moves in two
hours was applied in the morning. Games were resumed in the afternoon with a
time limit of fifteen moves per hour and continued until the end. The main
prizes went to Lasker (3000 M), Maróczy (2000 M), Tarrasch and Pillsbury (each
1250 M), Janowsky (600 M), Steinitz (300 M), Walbrodt and Schlechter (each 100
M). The level and rules were similar to Hastings 1895. A game has been
selected from each round.   Lasker had a better result than in Hastings,
because he won by one point instead of trailing the winner by the same margin.
The world champion was on his way to complete superiority in super tournaments.
Tarrasch regarded five games won by Lasker as 'lucky'. An important example
was Lasker - Chigorin. Tarrasch underestimated the importance of tactics.
Later Lasker was characterised as a 'psychologist', who made errors in order
to confuse the opponent. That was even more naive. } 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3
Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Rc1 {The opening makes a
modern impression.} a6 $6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nh5 $5 11. Be5 Nd7 12. Ne1 $6 Nhf6
$1 13. Bg3 Rc8 14. Nd3 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Nf4 c5 $1 17. Bg4 g5 $2 {Black
overestimates his chances.} ({Equality results from} 17... cxd4 18. Rxc8 Bxc8
$1 19. Qxd4 Nf6) 18. Nh5 $2 (18. Bf5 $1 gxf4 19. Qg4+ Kh8 20. Qh3 Nf6 21. Bh4 {
starts a decisive attack.}) 18... f5 19. Qb3+ Kh8 $1 20. dxc5 $1 fxg4 21. Rfd1
Bf6 $1 22. Qe6 Nxc5 $2 (22... Rxc5 $1 23. Rxc5 Nxc5 24. Qxf6+ Qxf6 25. Nxf6 Nd3
26. Nxg4 h5 {offers a determined resistance.}) 23. Rxd8 Nxe6 24. Rdxc8 Rxc8 25.
Rxc8+ Bxc8 26. Nxf6 Nc5 27. Be5 $1 Kg7 28. Nxe4+ Kg6 29. Nd6 Be6 30. a3 Bd5 31.
Bd4 Ne4 32. Nc8 Bb7 33. Nxb6 h5 34. Nc4 Bd5 35. Ne5+ Kf5 36. f3 gxf3 37. gxf3
Nd2 38. e4+ Nxe4 39. fxe4+ Bxe4 40. Kf2 Kf4 41. Nf7 g4 42. Be3+ Kf5 43. Nd6+
Ke5 44. Nxe4 Kxe4 45. Bg5 Kf5 46. Bd8 Kf4 47. b4 {Steinitz played a fine
positional game.} 1-0

[Event "Nürnberg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1896.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Showalter, Jackson"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1896.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e5 4. Bxc4 exd4 5. exd4 Nf6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Be3 $6 Nbd7 $1 9. Nc3 Nb6 10. Bb3 Nbd5 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Re1 Re8 $2 13. Bxf6 $1
gxf6 ({Tarrasch notices the loss of a piece by} 13... Bxf6 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15.
Rxe8+) 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 {White has impaired the pawn structure of Black.} 15. Bc2
$2 ({The line} 15. Nh4 $1 Bxb3 16. Qxb3 Qc8 17. Rac1 c6 18. Qf3 {keeps the
positional advantage.}) 15... Be6 $1 {Black reassembles the defence of the
kingside.} 16. Qd3 f5 17. Re5 $5 Bf6 18. Rxf5 $5 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 Bg7 $6 ({
Correct is} 19... Kf8) 20. Qxh7+ $6 ({White misses the chance} 20. Ne5 $1 Bxe5
21. Qxh7+ Kf8 22. dxe5) 20... Kf8 21. Bb3 Qf6 22. Qh5 Qg6 23. Qc5+ Re7 24. Nh4
Qd6 25. Qxd6 cxd6 26. Nf5 Re2 27. Rb1 Rd2 28. Rd1 Rxd1+ 29. Bxd1 Rc8 30. Kf1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Nürnberg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1896.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Steinitz, William"]
[Black "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1896.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. dxc5 Bxc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. exd5 Nf6 $1 {Lasker
avoids the exchange of queens.} 7. Bb5+ ({Not} 7. dxe6 $2 Bxf2+ $1) 7... Bd7 8.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. c4 exd5 10. c5 Bc7 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. O-O O-O 13. Nbd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4
Rfe8 15. Be3 Re4 16. Qd3 Rae8 17. Rfd1 h6 18. a3 Qg4 19. b4 g5 $5 {Both
players attack on the flanks.} 20. Qc3 Qf5 21. Qd3 Qg6 22. Qb5 $2 ({Hübner
prefers} 22. g3 $1 Ng4 23. Bd4) 22... Qh5 23. Qxb7 Bxh2+ $1 {Steinitz' greed
is punished.} 24. Nxh2 Rh4 25. f3 ({A subtle defence gives} 25. Qc7 $1 Ng4 $1
26. f3 Nxh2 27. Kf2 {but} d4 $1 28. Bxd4 Rf4 29. Be5 Qh4+ 30. Ke2 Ng4 $1 {
crushes the resistance.}) 25... Rxh2 26. Qc7 Rh1+ 27. Kf2 Qh4+ 28. Qg3 Qxg3+ $1
29. Kxg3 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Rxe3 31. Rc1 Ne8 32. a4 Ra3 33. b5 Rxa4 34. Rb1 Rc4 35.
b6 axb6 36. cxb6 Rc8 37. Kg4 Nd6 38. Kh5 Kg7 39. b7 Rb8 40. Rb6 Nf5 41. f4 gxf4
42. Kg4 Ne3+ 43. Kxf4 Nc4 44. Rb4 Kf6 {Lasker started with three wins.} 0-1

[Event "Nürnberg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1896.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Janowsky, Dawid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1896.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d4 Nxe4 5. dxe5 $5 d5 $5 {The variation was
played in Meijer - D. van Foresst, Utrecht 1886.} 6. Nd4 Bd7 7. Nb3 $6 Be6 $2 (
{Right is} 7... Qh4 $1 8. O-O O-O-O) 8. O-O a6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Be3 $1 {A
disaster threatens for Black. He has to choose a flight forwards.} c5 $1 11. f3
d4 12. Bf4 Ng5 13. h4 Nh3+ 14. gxh3 Qxh4 15. Bh2 Bxh3 16. Rf2 c4 $1 17. Nxd4 $2
({Correct is} 17. N3d2 $1 {(Tarrasch)} O-O-O 18. Qe1 {White has a plus.}) 17...
Rd8 18. c3 c5 19. Qa4+ Bd7 20. Nc6 Qg5+ 21. Kh1 Qc1+ (21... Qh6 $1 {decides
the game.}) 22. Kg2 Rc8 23. Qc2 $2 ({More resistance is offered by} 23. Qxa6
Rxc6 24. Qa8+ Rc8 25. Qe4) 23... Qg5+ 24. Kh1 Bxc6 25. Nd2 Qh4 26. Nf1 Rd8 27.
Ng3 Rd3 28. Raf1 g6 29. Ne4 Be7 30. Re2 O-O 31. Kg2 Rfd8 32. Rff2 g5 33. Bg3
Qh5 34. Nf6+ $2 Bxf6 {Janowsky's courageous counteraction was successful.} 0-1

[Event "Nürnberg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1896.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Winawer, Szymon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C70"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1896.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. Qh5 $5 Ng6 11. Bg5 Qc8 12. Qe2 {The direct approach
had little success.} O-O 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 f5 15. exf5 Rxf5 16. f4 Qf8 17.
g3 Kh8 18. Ne2 Rf7 19. Nd4 $1 c5 20. Ne6 Qc8 $5 ({More solid is} 20... Bxe6 {
(Tarrasch)} 21. Qxe6 Re7) 21. Bxd7 Qxd7 22. Ng5 Re7 23. Qf3 Rae8 $6 ({Better is
} 23... Qe8 $1 24. f5 Ne5) 24. f5 Ne5 $2 ({Correct is} 24... Nf8 $1 25. f6 gxf6
26. Qxf6+ Kg8 27. Qh6 {White only has the better position.}) 25. Qh5 g6 26.
fxg6 Nxg6 {Schlechter has a nasty trick.} 27. Nxh7 $1 Rxh7 28. Qxg6 Rg7 29.
Qh6+ Rh7 $4 {Winawer blunders in time trouble.} 30. Rf8+ 1-0

[Event "Nürnberg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1896.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Black "Pillsbury, Harry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1896.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. Nxe5 Re8 7. Nf3 Nxe4 8.
d4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Be7 ({Theory is} 9... Bf8 {(Rosenthal-Gelbfuhs, Vienna 1873).})
10. d5 Nb8 $5 11. Bf4 a6 12. Ba4 Bf6 $6 13. d6 $1 c6 $2 {Black accepts a
horrible restraint.} ({Right is} 13... cxd6 14. Bb3 Be5) 14. Bb3 b5 15. Qd2 Bb7
16. Ng5 Rf8 17. Ne4 a5 18. a3 Na6 19. Rae1 c5 20. Bd5 Bxd5 21. Qxd5 b4 22. Re3
Bxc3 23. Rxc3 $5 {Maroczy permits himself a joke.} ({Even better is} 23. Bg5 $1
Bf6 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Qf5 {(Tarrasch).}) 23... bxc3 24. Bg5 Nc7 (24... Qb6 25.
Nf6+ $1 Kh8 26. Qf5 g6 27. Qh3 h5 28. Nxh5) 25. Qc4 $1 Qe8 26. dxc7 Qe5 27. Rd1
Rfe8 28. Rxd7 Kh8 29. Qxf7 Qxg5 30. f4 $1 Qg4 31. h3 Qxd7 32. Qxd7 Rxe4 33.
c8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "Nürnberg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1896.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Pillsbury, Harry"]
[Black "Marco, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1896.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Bd6 $6 5. e4 $1 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Be7 7. Bd3 Nf6
8. O-O O-O 9. Nxf6+ Bxf6 10. Bc2 Nd7 11. Qd3 g6 12. Bh6 Re8 13. Rfe1 b6 14. Qe4
Bb7 15. h4 $6 ({Better is} 15. Ne5 {(Tarrasch).}) 15... e5 $1 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17.
Red1 $6 (17. Ng5 Bg7 {keeps the equality.}) 17... Nxf3+ $2 (17... Qe7 {gains a
plus (Tarrasch).}) 18. Qxf3 Qe7 19. Rd7 $1 {This move strikes like a lightning.
} Qe5 20. Rxb7 Qxb2 21. Rd1 Re6 22. Bb3 1-0

[Event "Nürnberg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1896.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Chigorin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D26"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1896.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qe2 c6 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. e4 Rd8 11. Bg5 Nf8 12. e5 Ne8 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Rac1 b6
15. Ne4 Bb7 16. Ba6 Rac8 17. Rd2 Ng6 18. g3 Bxa6 19. Qxa6 Qd7 20. Kg2 Ne7 21.
b4 Nd5 22. a3 Rc7 23. Rdc2 Ne7 24. Qd3 h6 25. Nc3 Qc8 26. Qe4 Qa6 27. a4 Rdc8
28. Qg4 $2 ({Better is the modest} 28. Qe2) 28... Nd5 $1 29. Nxd5 cxd5 30. Rxc7
Rxc7 31. Rxc7 Nxc7 {Everybody expected a win for Chigorin.} 32. Qh4 Qxa4 33.
Qe7 Qc2 $2 (33... Ne8 $1 {gives winning chances.}) 34. h4 $1 a5 35. bxa5 bxa5
36. h5 a4 37. g4 Qc1 38. Kg3 $1 g5 $2 {The tables turn.} (38... a3 $1 39. g5
hxg5 40. Nxg5 Qg1+ {draws (Tarrasch).}) 39. hxg6 fxg6 40. Qd8+ Kf7 ({Tarrasch
analyses} 40... Kh7 41. g5 $1 hxg5 42. Nxg5+ Kg7 43. Qe7+ Kh6 44. Qh7+ Kxg5 45.
Qh4+ Kf5 46. Qg4#) 41. g5 h5 42. Qd7+ $2 ({Right is} 42. Qf6+ Ke8 43. Qxg6+)
42... Kf8 43. Qxa4 h4+ $2 (43... Qb1 44. Qd7 Qf5 {is okay (Tarrasch).}) 44. Kg4
Qh1 45. Qd7 $6 ({Better is} 45. Qc2) 45... Qg2+ 46. Kf4 Ne8 $6 ({White only
wins a pawn in} 46... Qh3 $1 47. Qd6+ Ke8 48. Qc6+ Kf8 49. Qc2 Qf5+ 50. Qxf5+
gxf5 51. Nxh4) 47. Qxe6 Qxf2 48. Qxg6 Qg3+ 49. Ke3 Qg4 50. e6 Nd6 51. Qf6+ Ke8
52. Qh8+ Ke7 53. Qg7+ $1 {Tarrasch regarded the win by Lasker as 'lucky'.} 1-0

[Event "Nürnberg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1896.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Janowsky, Dawid"]
[Black "Schallopp, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D21"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1896.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 Bg4 $2 ({Better is} 5... Be6
6. Nc3 {(Chekhov-Lukin, Yaroslav 1982).}) 6. Bxc4 e6 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. Ne5 Qxd4 $2
(8... Bb4+ $1 9. Nd2 $1 Qxd4 10. Nxc6 Bxd2+ 11. Bxd2 Qe4+ 12. Be3 bxc6 13. O-O
Be2 14. Rfc1 {favours White.}) 9. Nxc6 Qe4+ 10. Be3 bxc6 11. Nc3 Qxg2 12. Bd5
$3 {Janowsky makes an interference sacrifice.} exd5 13. Qxc6+ Kd8 14. Qxa8+ Kd7
15. Qb7+ Ke6 16. Qc6+ Bd6 17. Bf4 $1 {White sacrifices two rooks!} (17. Bf4
Qxh1+ 18. Kd2 Qxa1 19. Qxd6+ Kf5 20. Qe5+ Kg6 21. Qg5#) 1-0

[Event "Nürnberg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1896.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Pillsbury, Harry"]
[Black "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1896.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. dxc5 $5 Nc6 7. a3 Nxc5 8.
b4 Nd7 9. Bd3 a5 ({Lasker improves on} 9... Qc7 $6 {(Esling-Wallace, Melbourne
1895).}) 10. b5 Ncb8 ({More active is} 10... Nd4 $1) 11. Nf3 Nc5 12. Be3 Nbd7
13. O-O g6 $6 14. Ne2 Be7 15. Qe1 Nb6 16. Nfd4 Bd7 17. Qf2 Nba4 18. Rab1 h5 $1
{Tarrasch regards this move as the decisive error.} 19. b6 $5 Nxd3 20. cxd3
Bxa3 21. f5 $1 {The breakthrough begins.} gxf5 22. Nf4 {The critical position
has arisen.} h4 $2 ({The development} 22... Rc8 $1 {is useful.} 23. Ra1 $1 ({
Tarrasch' idea} 23. Qg3 {is replied by} Qe7 $1 24. Qg7 Qf8 25. Qg5 Be7 26. Qg3
h4) 23... Bc5 $1 24. Nxf5 exf5 25. Nxd5 Bxe3 26. Qxe3 Kf8 $1 {stays unclear.})
23. Ra1 $1 Be7 24. Rxa4 $1 Bxa4 25. Ndxe6 $1 fxe6 26. Nxe6 Bd7 ({Tarrasch
analyses the crucial line} 26... Qc8 27. Qxf5 Qc6 28. Bg5 Qxb6+ 29. d4 Kd7 (
29... Qb4 30. Qf7+ Kd7 31. Bxe7 Qxe7 32. Nc5+) 30. Nc5+ Kc7 31. Bxe7 {and
White wins.}) 27. Nxd8 Rxd8 28. Bc5 Rc8 29. Bxe7 Kxe7 30. Qe3 Rc6 31. Qg5+ Kf7
32. Rc1 Rxc1+ 33. Qxc1 Rc8 34. Qe1 h3 35. gxh3 Rg8+ 36. Kf2 a4 37. Qb4 Rg6 38.
Kf3 a3 39. Qxa3 Rxb6 40. Qc5 Re6 41. Qc7 Ke7 42. Kf4 b6 43. h4 Rc6 44. Qb8 Be8
45. Kxf5 Rh6 46. Qc7+ Kf8 47. Qd8 b5 48. e6 Rh7 49. Ke5 b4 50. Qd6+ {Pillsbury
won the beauty prize with this wonderful game.} 1-0

[Event "Nürnberg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1896.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Blackburne, Joseph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C75"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1896.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. d4 Bd7 6. c3 Nf6 7. Nbd2 g6 8. O-O
Qe7 9. Re1 Bg7 10. Nf1 O-O 11. Ng3 Rfe8 $6 12. h3 Qf8 13. Bc2 Rad8 14. d5 $1 {
The black pieces are lacking room.} Ne7 15. c4 Kh8 16. b4 Nfg8 17. Bb2 f5 18.
exf5 Nxf5 19. Ne4 Nf6 20. c5 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Bf6 22. Rc1 Re7 23. cxd6 cxd6 24.
Rc7 Rc8 25. Qc2 Nh4 26. Rc1 Nxf3+ 27. Bxf3 Rxc7 $2 ({A solid move is} 27... Rb8
{(Tarrasch).}) 28. Qxc7 Rf7 29. Qxb7 Bxh3 30. Qxa6 Bg5 31. Rc3 Bd2 32. Rd3 Bc8
33. Qa4 Bg5 34. Rc3 Bd7 35. Qa6 Kg8 36. Qe2 Bd8 37. Bc1 h5 38. Ra3 Bb6 39. Be3
Qb8 40. Bxb6 Qxb6 41. Qd2 Kg7 42. Bxh5 $1 Rf4 ({Or} 42... gxh5 $2 43. Qg5+) 43.
Rg3 Bf5 44. a3 Qd8 45. Bf3 Qh8 46. Qc3 Qd8 47. Be2 Rd4 48. Bd3 Bg4 49. b5 Kh6
50. Qc1+ g5 51. Qc6 Bh5 52. b6 Rf4 53. Qc7 {The world champion had scored 7/9,
halfway the tournament.} 1-0

[Event "Nürnberg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1896.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Janowsky, Dawid"]
[Black "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "1896.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Nc3 Ne8 9. Nd5 Bf6 10. Ng4 d6 11. Rxe8 $6 {Janowsky delivers a positional
sacrifice.} Rxe8 12. Ngxf6+ gxf6 13. b3 Ne5 14. Bb2 c6 $1 15. Ne3 d5 16. Bf5 d4
17. Qh5 Ng6 ({Not} 17... dxe3 $4 18. Qxh7+ Kf8 19. Ba3+ {(Tarrasch).}) 18. Ng4
c5 19. h4 Kh8 20. Nh6 Qc7 21. c3 Bxf5 22. Nxf5 Rg8 23. g3 {So far Lasker has
defended well.} d3 $2 ({Correct is} 23... Qd7 $1 24. Nh6 Rge8 25. cxd4 cxd4 26.
Qg4 Rad8 $1) 24. c4 $1 Qc6 25. Ne3 Rae8 26. Nd5 Ne5 27. Qf5 Rg6 $2 ({Right is} 
27... Kg7 28. Rf1 Re6 {and Black can survive.}) 28. h5 $1 {Janowsky's
coffeehouse chess overcomes.} Rg5 ({Tarrasch regards} 28... Rh6 29. Qf4 Kg7 30.
g4 {as winning for White.}) 29. Qxf6+ Qxf6 30. Nxf6 Re6 31. Ne4 Rg7 32. Nxc5
Re8 33. h6 Rg6 34. Nxd3 $1 f6 35. Nxe5 fxe5 36. Re1 Kg8 37. d4 e4 38. Bc1 e3
39. Bxe3 Rxh6 40. d5 Kf7 41. Rd1 Rg6 42. Kg2 Rc8 43. Kf3 Ke8 44. Rh1 Rc7 45.
Bf4 Rf7 46. Ke4 Ra6 47. a4 Rb6 48. Rb1 a5 49. Kd4 Kd7 50. Kc5 Rg6 51. Kb5 b6
52. b4 axb4 53. Kxb4 Rf8 54. Rh1 Rf7 55. Kb5 Kc8 56. Re1 Kd7 57. a5 bxa5 58. c5
Rf5 59. Be5 Rxf2 60. c6+ Kd8 61. Bd4 Rf8 62. Bc5 Rfg8 63. d6 Rg5 64. c7+ Kd7
65. Re7+ Kc8 66. Kc6 Rxc5+ 67. Kxc5 Kb7 68. Re1 Rg5+ 69. Kd4 Rg4+ 70. Kd5 Rg5+
71. Ke6 1-0

[Event "Nürnberg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1896.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Winawer, Szymon"]
[Black "Steinitz, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C22"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1896.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 O-O 7. O-O-O Re8
8. Bc4 $5 {Winawer brings a novelty.} Bxc3 $5 {Steinitz always accepts a
sacrifice.} 9. Bxc3 Nxe4 10. Qf4 Nf6 ({The wild} 10... Re7 11. Bxg7 $5 Kxg7 12.
f3 d5 {was played in Rollansky-Panno, Buenos Aires 1965).}) 11. Nf3 d6 12. Ng5
Be6 13. Bd3 h6 14. h4 $1 Nd5 ({Interesting is} 14... hxg5 15. hxg5 Ng4 {
(Salmensuu-Norri, Finland 1998).}) 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Rxd5 $1 Bxd5 17. Be4 $1 f6
$2 {Steinitz misses a finesse.} ({Right is} 17... Rxe4 $1 18. Nxe4 Ne5 $11 {
(De Greef-Seybold, corr. 1931).}) 18. Bxd5 fxg5 19. hxg5 Ne5 20. g6 $1 {The
threat 21.Rxh6+ decides the game.} 1-0

[Event "Nürnberg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1896.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Charousek, Rudolf"]
[Black "Pillsbury, Harry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C32"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1896.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 {One attacker tries to sacrifice a pawn but the other one
wants to do the same.} 3. exd5 e4 4. d3 Nf6 5. dxe4 Nxe4 6. Qe2 $5 Qxd5 7. Nd2
f5 8. g4 $5 Be7 9. Bg2 Qa5 10. gxf5 Nf6 (10... Nd6 $6 11. f6 gxf6 {would be
less successful in Winawer-Schallopp (round 19).}) 11. Ngf3 O-O 12. O-O Qc5+
13. Kh1 Nc6 14. Nb3 Qxf5 15. Nfd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Qc5 17. Ne6 Bxe6 18. Qxe6+ Kh8
19. Be3 Qd6 20. Qb3 c6 $6 21. Rad1 $6 {The capture of pawn b7 is okay.} Qc7 22.
Bd2 {White is going to aim his pieces on g7.} Rae8 23. Qg3 Bd6 24. Bc3 Re7 25.
Qh4 Nd5 26. Bxd5 $5 cxd5 27. Qh5 ({Not} 27. Rxd5 $2 Qc4 $1 28. Rd3 Qe4+ 29.
Rff3 Rxf4) 27... Bxf4 28. Qxd5 Rg8 $2 (28... Re2 29. Rd2 $1 Rxd2 30. Bxd2 Bd6 {
draws (Barcza).}) 29. Rd4 Be5 30. Rc4 Qb8 ({Even worse is} 30... Qd6 $2 31.
Qxg8+ $1 Kxg8 32. Rc8+ {(Tarrasch).}) 31. Re1 $2 {White misses the winning
combination.} ({Right is} 31. Re4 $1 Rf8 (31... Rd8 32. Bxe5 $1 Rxd5 33. Bxb8
Rxe4 34. Rf8#) (31... Rge8 32. Bxe5 Rxe5 33. Rxe5 Rxe5 34. Qxe5 $1 Qxe5 35.
Rf8#) 32. Rd1 Bd6 33. Rh4 Be5 34. Bb4 $1 {(Tarrasch).}) 31... Rd8 $2 ({Correct
is} 31... Bf6 32. Rxe7 Bxe7) 32. Qc5 Bd6 33. Rxe7 $1 Bxc5 34. Rxg7 $1 {White
has reached the critical point.} Rd1+ $1 35. Rg1+ $1 Bd4 $1 36. Bxd4+ $1 Rxd4
37. Rxd4 Qf8 $1 {Black threatens 38...Qf3+ and perpetual check.} 38. Rd3 Qe7 {
The threat has become 39...Qe4+.} 39. h3 h5 40. Rdg3 $2 (40. Rf1 $1 Qe4+ 41.
Kg1 Qg6+ 42. Kh2 {avoids the following draw mechanism.}) 40... Qe4+ 41. R1g2
Qe1+ 42. Rg1 Qe4+ 43. R1g2 Qe1+ 44. Kh2 Qe5 45. h4 Qf4 46. Kg1 Qxh4 47. c3 Qf4
48. Rg5 Qe3+ 49. Kh2 Qf3 50. R2g3 Qe2+ 51. Kh3 Qe6+ 52. Kh4 Qe4+ (52... Qe4+
53. Kxh5 Qh7+ 54. Kg4 Qe4+ 55. Kh3 Qh1+ {repeats the positions.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nürnberg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1896.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Schallopp, Emil"]
[Black "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1896.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. a3 Bxc5 {
Maroczy diverts from Pillsbury-Lasker.} 8. Qg4 O-O 9. Bd3 f5 10. Qh3 h6 11. g4
Nd4 12. Nge2 Qh4+ $1 13. Qxh4 Nf3+ 14. Kf1 $2 ({Better is} 14. Kd1 Nxh4 15.
gxf5 Nxf5 16. Nb5) 14... Nxh4 15. gxf5 Nxf5 16. Bxf5 Rxf5 17. Na4 Be7 18. Nd4
Rf7 19. Ke2 Nf8 20. Rg1 b6 21. b4 Bd7 22. Nc3 Rc8 23. Kd3 Kh7 24. Bd2 Ng6 25.
Rxg6 $2 {Schallopp delivers the wrong sacrifice.} ({The right counteraction
brings} 25. Nxd5 $1 exd5 26. e6 Bxe6 27. Nxe6) 25... Kxg6 26. f5+ $1 Rxf5 $1
27. Nxf5 Kxf5 $1 28. Rf1+ Kg6 29. Be3 Rf8 30. Rg1+ Kh7 31. Kd4 Rc8 32. Kd3 Be8
33. Kd2 Bg6 34. Rc1 $2 d4 $1 {Maroczy trailed Lasker by half-a-point.} 0-1

[Event "Nürnberg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1896.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Schallopp, Emil"]
[Black "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C26"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1896.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d3 Nc6 6. Nge2 d6 7. Na4 Bb6 8. O-O
d5 9. Nxb6 axb6 10. Bg5 dxe4 11. dxe4 Qxd1 12. Rfxd1 Bg4 13. f3 Be6 14. a3 Rfd8
15. Kf2 Rxd1 16. Rxd1 Ne8 17. Be3 Rd8 18. Rxd8 Nxd8 19. f4 f6 20. Nc3 Nc6 21.
Nb5 Bc4 22. Bf1 Bxf1 23. Kxf1 {The exchanges have led to a plus for White.} Kf7
24. Ke2 Ke6 25. f5+ Kd7 26. g4 Nd8 27. h4 h6 28. Kf3 Nd6 29. Nc3 N8f7 30. b3
Kc6 31. a4 Kd7 32. g5 $5 {Schallopp wants to win.} hxg5 33. hxg5 Nxg5+ 34. Bxg5
fxg5 35. Kg4 Ke7 36. Nd5+ $6 Kf7 37. Kf3 $2 ({Correct is} 37. Nc3 g6 38. Kxg5)
37... Ne8 38. Ne3 g6 $6 ({Even better is} 38... Nf6 39. Ng4 Nd7 $1) 39. fxg6+
Kxg6 40. Ng4 Kf7 41. Nxe5+ Ke6 42. Nd3 Nf6 43. c4 $2 ({Tarrasch reports the
narrow escape} 43. e5 $1 Nd7 44. Ke4 Nc5+ 45. Nxc5+ bxc5 46. c3 $1 {and White
survives the pawn ending, despite the distant passed pawn.}) 43... Nd7 44. Ke3
Nc5 45. Nc1 Ke5 46. b4 Nxe4 47. Nd3+ Kf5 48. Kd4 c5+ 49. bxc5 Nxc5 50. Nb2 g4
51. Ke3 Ke5 52. Nd1 Ne4 53. Nb2 Nc5 54. Nd1 Nxa4 55. Nf2 Kf5 56. Ne4 Nb2 57. c5
bxc5 58. Nxc5 Nc4+ 59. Kf2 b5 60. Nd3 Ke4 61. Nb4 Kd4 62. Kg3 Ne5 63. Nc2+ Kc3
64. Ne3 b4 65. Kf4 b3 66. Kxe5 g3 67. Ke4 g2 {White's will to win had an
adverse effect.} 0-1

[Event "Nürnberg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1896.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Steinitz, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C60"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1896.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f6 $2 {Steinitz innovates the chess theory after a
long thought.} 4. O-O Nge7 5. d4 Ng6 6. a3 $5 Be7 7. Bc4 d6 8. h3 Bd7 9. Nc3
Qc8 10. Kh2 Nd8 11. Nd5 Bf8 {He has the planned crammed game.} 12. Be3 Ne6 13.
Ng1 c6 14. Nc3 Be7 15. Nge2 Qc7 16. d5 Nd8 17. Ng3 Nf7 18. Nf5 Bf8 19. Qh5 $6 (
{Tarrasch has calculated} 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Bxf7+ Kxf7 21. Nb5 $1 cxb5 22. Qd5+
Be6 23. Qxa8 Be7 {but misses} 24. Qxa7) 19... c5 20. Bb5 Bxb5 21. Nxb5 Qb6 22.
Qe2 Nf4 23. Qc4 a6 24. Nc3 Qd8 25. g3 g6 26. Nh4 Nh5 27. b4 b5 28. Qe2 Be7 29.
Ng2 Ng7 30. Rab1 O-O 31. a4 cxb4 32. Rxb4 Qc7 33. Bd2 bxa4 34. Rfb1 Bd8 35.
Rxa4 a5 36. Qb5 f5 37. Rc4 Qe7 38. Be3 Qe8 39. Qb7 Bf6 40. Ba7 Ng5 41. Nb5 $2
Nf7 $2 ({Steinitz misses the opportunity} 41... Nf3+ $1 42. Kh1 Nd2 43. Nxd6
Qe7 44. Rc7 $1 Qxd6 45. Bc5 Qxc7 $1 46. Qxc7 Rfc8 47. Qb6 Nxb1 48. Be3 Ne8 49.
Qxb1 a4 {and Black has the better position.}) 42. Nc7 Rxa7 43. Qxa7 Qd7 44.
Qxa5 Ng5 45. Qa4 Qf7 46. Rb7 fxe4 47. Qa7 Be7 48. Rc3 $1 Nf3+ 49. Rxf3 $1 exf3
50. Ne3 Qf6 51. Ne6 Nxe6 52. Rxe7 1-0

[Event "Nürnberg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1896.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Chigorin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1896.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 Be6 ({Theory is} 6...
h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 a6 {(Shumov-Urusov, St Petersburg 1853).}) 7. Nbd2 Qe7 8.
Qe2 h6 9. Be3 Bb6 10. Bxe6 Qxe6 11. Nc4 Ne7 12. O-O O-O 13. a4 Nd7 14. a5 Bxe3
15. Nxe3 f5 16. exf5 Nxf5 17. Nxf5 Qxf5 18. d4 e4 $5 {The game really starts.}
19. Nd2 Rae8 $1 20. a6 ({Tarrasch sees} 20. Qc4+ Rf7 21. Qxc7 $2 Qf4 $1 22. Nc4
(22. Nb3 Nc5) 22... Ne5) 20... b6 21. Rae1 d5 22. c4 c6 23. Rc1 Kh8 24. cxd5
Qxd5 25. Qc4 Qg5 26. Qc3 Nf6 27. Nc4 Nh5 28. Rc2 Rf3 $1 29. Ne3 Rc8 30. Kh1
Rff8 31. d5 $2 {Chigorin imagines to carry out a winning combination.} cxd5 32.
Qxc8 Rxc8 33. Rxc8+ Kh7 34. Rc7 d4 35. Rxa7 Qb5 $1 {Black chooses the elegant
refutation.} 36. Kg1 Nf4 $1 37. Rf7 dxe3 38. fxe3 Ne2+ 39. Kh1 Qxa6 40. R7f2
Qc4 $1 41. Re1 Nc1 $1 42. Rd2 Nd3 43. Red1 Qb3 44. Rf1 b5 45. h3 b4 46. g3 Qe6
47. Kg2 Qe5 48. Rb1 Qc5 49. Rf1 Qxe3 {Tarrasch joined the second place.} 0-1

[Event "Nürnberg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1896.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Marco, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1896.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. O-O
Bb7 9. b3 Ne4 10. Ne2 $6 ({Better is} 10. Bb2 {(Bogoljubow-O'Kelly de Galway,
Stuttgart 1939).}) 10... Bd6 11. Bb2 Nd7 12. Rc1 Qf6 13. Qc2 Qh6 14. Ng3 Nxg3
15. hxg3 Nf6 16. Rfe1 Rae8 17. Nd2 Ng4 18. Nf1 f5 19. Re2 ({Not} 19. Bxf5 $2
Nxf2 $1) 19... g6 20. Bc3 Nf6 21. f3 Nh5 22. Be1 Qg5 $6 (22... a6 $1 {prevents
the next move.}) 23. Bb5 $1 c6 $2 {Black gives a lot of wood for a queen.} 24.
Bxc6 $1 Rc8 25. Bxb7 Rxc2 26. Bxd5+ Kh8 27. Rexc2 f4 28. e4 fxg3 29. e5 Ba3 30.
Rd1 a5 31. Bc4 Bb4 32. a4 Bxe1 33. Rxe1 Nf4 34. e6 Re8 35. Re5 Qd8 36. Rd2 Qc7
$6 (36... Nh5 {prolongs the game.}) 37. Nxg3 Rxe6 38. Bxe6 Qc1+ 39. Nf1 {
Lasker kept the lead of 1 1/2 points.} 1-0

[Event "Nürnberg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1896.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1896.??.??"]

{The decisive game of the tournament starts.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4.
Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 Bc5 $5 6. d3 Bg4 $5 7. Be3 Qd6 8. Bxc5 Qxc5 9. Qd2 Bxf3 $5 {
Tarrasch regards this move as a blunder but it is not too bad.} 10. gxf3 Ne7
11. O-O-O Ng6 12. Qe3 $5 {Black exchanges to a passive endgame.} Qxe3+ 13. fxe3
Rd8 14. Ne2 f6 15. Rhg1 Kf7 16. Rdf1 Rhe8 17. Ng3 Nf8 18. f4 {The white pieces
look menacing.} c5 $4 ({But} 18... Nd7 $1 19. Nh5 g6 {counters all threats.})
19. Nh5 $1 g6 20. fxe5 $1 Rxe5 ({The pointe is} 20... gxh5 21. Rxf6+ Ke7 22.
Rg7#) 21. Nxf6 Kg7 22. Rf2 h5 23. Nd5 c6 24. Nf4 c4 25. Rfg2 Rd6 26. h4 cxd3
27. cxd3 Kf7 28. Rg5 Rxg5 29. Rxg5 Rf6 30. e5 Rf5 31. Rxf5+ gxf5 32. d4 Ke7 33.
Kd2 c5 34. Kd3 cxd4 35. exd4 Kd8 36. d5 Kd7 37. Kd4 Kc7 38. b4 Kd7 39. Kc5 Kc7
40. d6+ Kd7 41. Kd5 {Lasker had won the event in the penultimate round.} 1-0

[Event "Nürnberg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1896.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Black "Charousek, Rudolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1896.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Bd3
c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nbd7 11. Nf3 Qa5 12. Bd2 Ne5 13. Ne4 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Qc7
15. Bc3 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 f5 17. Qe2 Bd6 18. h3 e5 19. b4 e4 20. Bc2 b6 21. f3 exf3
22. Rxf3 Bd7 23. Bb3 Kh8 24. Qb2 Bc6 25. Rd3 Rad8 26. Rad1 Bh2+ 27. Kh1 Rxd3
28. Rxd3 Be4 $2 29. Bxg7+ $1 Qxg7 30. Qxg7+ Kxg7 31. Rd7+ Rf7 32. Rxf7+ Kxf7
33. Kxh2 Kf6 34. g4 f4 $5 ({Tarrasch likes} 34... fxg4 35. hxg4 Ke5) 35. h4 Ke5
36. Kg1 Kd4 37. Kf2 Kc3 38. b5 Kd4 39. g5 Ke5 40. Bd1 Kd4 41. Be2 Bg6 42. Bf1
Be4 43. a3 Ke5 44. Bg2 Bd3 45. Bd5 $5 Bg6 $2 {White has manoeuvred brilliantly.
} ({However} 45... Kf5 $1 46. Kf3 Bc2 47. a4 $1 Bd1+ 48. Kg2 Bxa4 49. Bf3 Bb3
50. Be2 Bc2 51. Kf3 {draws.}) 46. Bg8 $1 Ke4 47. h5 Bxh5 48. Bxh7+ Kd4 (48...
Ke5 $1 49. a4 $1 Bd1 50. Bd3 $1 Bxa4 51. g6 Kf6 52. Kf3 Bd1+ 53. Kxf4 Bh5 54.
Ke3 $3 {wins more complexly for White.}) 49. g6 $1 Kxc4 50. g7 Bf7 51. a4 {
Maroczy conquered the second place.} 1-0

[Event "Nürnberg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1896.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Charousek, Rudolf"]
[Black "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C33"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1896.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d5 4. Bxd5 Qh4+ 5. Kf1 g5 6. Nf3 Qh5 7. h4 Bg7 8.
Nc3 c6 ({Theory is} 8... h6 9. d4 c6 10. Bc4 Ne7 {(Zukertort-Winawer, Paris
1878).}) 9. Bc4 Bg4 10. d4 Nd7 $2 ({Correct is} 10... h6 11. Kf2 Qg6) 11. Kf2
$1 Bxf3 12. gxf3 {White's pawn structure has improved.} O-O-O 13. hxg5 {Black
has a last try.} Qxg5 ({Tarrasch analyses} 13... Bxd4+ $1 14. Qxd4 Qxh1 15.
Bxf4 $3 Qh4+ (15... Qxa1 16. Qd6 $1) 16. Bg3 Qxg5 17. Qxa7 Qc5+ 18. Qxc5 Nxc5
19. Bxf7 {and White has a great positional advantage.}) 14. Ne2 $1 Qe7 15. c3
Ne5 16. Qa4 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 Nf6 18. Bxf4 Nd7 19. Qa4 a6 20. Qa5 Nf8 21. Ng3 Ne6
22. Nf5 Qf8 23. Bg3 Rd7 24. Nxg7 Qxg7 25. Qe5 Qxe5 26. Bxe5 f6 27. Bxf6 Rf8 28.
Rh6 Nf4 29. Ke3 Ng2+ 30. Kd2 Rdf7 31. e5 {The young Charousek seemed to be a
promising talent. Unfortunately he died in 1900.} 1-0

[Event "Berlin"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1897.09.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Walbrodt, Carl"]
[Black "Charousek, Rudolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1897.??.??"]

{Berlin 1897 celebrated seventy years of Berliner Schachgesellschaft. Although
it was the only master tournament of that year, the strongest players did not
take part. A group of twenty men started. They played in the Architektenhaus
from 13 ix until 4 x 1897. Von Bardeleben had to withdraw after a short draw.
Englisch left halfway. Eventually the event became a race between Charousek
and Walbrodt.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. Nd5 Nxd5
7. exd5 e4 8. dxc6 dxc6 9. Be2 exf3 10. Bxf3 f5 $5 {This position is known
from Albin - Tarrasch, Hastings 1895.} 11. d4 Bd6 12. Qd3 Qh4 13. g3 Qf6 14. c4
f4 15. c5 Bh3 $1 {Charousek attacks. The prudent Walbrodt defends.} 16. Bg2 (
16. cxd6 $5 Bxf1 17. Kxf1 fxg3 $1 {looks risky for White (Barcza).}) 16... Bxg2
17. Kxg2 f3+ 18. Kh1 Be7 19. Bf4 Rf7 20. Qe4 Rd8 21. Rad1 Bf8 22. Rd3 g5 $6 23.
Be5 $1 Qg6 24. Qxg6+ hxg6 25. Ra3 $1 b6 $1 26. b4 a5 $1 27. bxa5 $6 ({Right is
} 27. cxb6 $1 cxb6 28. Rc3) 27... bxc5 28. dxc5 $6 Bxc5 29. Ra4 Rfd7 (29...
Bxf2 $1 {wins a pawn.}) 30. Rc4 Bxf2 31. Rxc6 Rd1 32. Rc1 Rxc1 33. Rxc1 Be3 $2
(33... c5 {keeps a plus.}) 34. Rf1 g4 35. Bxc7 Rd2 36. a4 Ra2 $6 ({Better is} 
36... g5 $1 37. Bb6 Bd4 38. Bxd4 Rxd4 39. Ra1 Rd5) 37. Bb6 Bd2 $2 ({Annotators
give} 37... Bxb6 38. axb6 Rxa4 39. Rb1 Ra8 40. b7 Rb8 41. h3 $6 {as winning
for White, but} ({a preparation of the desirable move starts with} 41. Kg1 {
but does not seem to win either}) 41... gxh3 {draws.}) 38. a6 Rxa4 39. a7 Kf7
40. Bd4 Ra6 41. Ra1 Ba5 42. Bb6 $1 1-0

[Event "Berlin"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1897.09.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Charousek, Rudolf"]
[Black "Marco, Georg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1897.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O d6 5. c3 Qe7 6. d4 Bb6 7. a4 a6 8. Be3
Ba7 9. Nbd2 Nf6 10. Qc2 O-O 11. h3 h6 12. Bd3 Re8 13. d5 {White controls a
bigger area, but he can do little.} Nb8 14. c4 a5 15. Qc3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Nbd7
17. Rf2 Nc5 18. g4 Bd7 19. b3 Nh7 20. Rg2 g6 21. Bc2 b6 22. Rf1 Kg7 23. Qa1 Rh8
24. Qe1 Rhg8 25. Qg3 Kh8 26. Nb1 Raf8 27. Nc3 Rg7 28. Ne2 Rgg8 29. Nc3 Rg7 30.
Ne1 Rgg8 31. Rgf2 Rg7 32. Nd3 Nxd3 33. Bxd3 h5 34. Nb5 h4 35. Qg2 Rc8 36. Rf3
f6 37. R3f2 g5 38. Ra2 Nf8 39. Nc3 Be8 40. Qb2 Nd7 41. b4 Ra8 42. Nb5 Qd8 43.
Rfa1 Bg6 44. Nc3 axb4 45. Qxb4 Nc5 46. Bc2 Ra5 {Marco scored well during the
first part of the tournament. He drew with the best and defeated the weak.
Charousek had an awful start.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Berlin"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1897.09.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Walbrodt, Carl"]
[Black "Burn, Amos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C26"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1897.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 $6 {Walbrodt plays a passive opening.} d5 4. exd5
Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. Qe2 Bd6 8. Qb5 $6 O-O $1 9. Ne2 ({Not} 9. Bxc6
$2 bxc6 10. Qxc6 Rb8) 9... Ne7 10. O-O c6 11. Qb3 Qc7 ({Even better is} 11...
Be6 {because} 12. Qxb7 $2 {fails due to} Qa5 $1 {(DWS).}) 12. c4 Be6 13. Qc3
Rad8 $4 {Burn misses a simple threat.} (13... Qd7 $1 {keeps a positional plus.}
) 14. c5 $1 Nd5 15. Bxd5 Bxd5 16. cxd6 Qc8 17. Bb2 Qh3 18. Nf4 $1 1-0

[Event "Berlin"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1897.09.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Blackburne, Joseph"]
[Black "Chigorin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1897.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. Nbd2 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. c3 cxd4 $6 7. exd4 {
White will make good use of square e3.} Bd6 8. Bxd6 Qxd6 9. Bb5 $1 O-O 10. O-O
Bd7 11. Re1 Qf4 12. Bxc6 Bxc6 13. Ne5 Nd7 ({More active is} 13... Bb5 $1) 14.
Ndf3 Rfc8 15. Nxd7 Bxd7 16. Ne5 Be8 17. Re3 Qg5 18. Qd3 Rc7 19. Rae1 Rac8 20.
Rg3 Qf5 21. Qe3 Kh8 22. Qd2 h6 23. Ng4 Kh7 24. Ne3 {White attacks on the
kingside, but he has no clear win.} Qe4 $4 ({Correct is} 24... Qf4 25. Rg4 Qf6)
25. Rg4 {The victor of Berlin 1881 started with four wins. Chigorin lost many
games.} 1-0

[Event "Berlin"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1897.09.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Teichmann, Richard"]
[Black "Burn, Amos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1897.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Bd3 c5 9. c3 $5 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Bb4 12. O-O Bd7 13. Bf4 O-O 14.
Qe2 Rac8 15. Be5 Bc6 16. Ng5 Qd5 $1 17. f4 Be7 18. Rf3 $6 {A hard fight begins.
} ({Correct is} 18. f5 $1) 18... h6 $1 19. Rh3 Rfd8 $1 20. Nf3 Ne4 $6 (20...
Nd7 $1 {gains a plus (DSZ).}) 21. Re1 Nd6 22. Rg3 Bf8 23. Nh4 b5 $2 ({Right is
} 23... Bb5 $1) 24. Qh5 $1 f6 25. Qxh6 $1 fxe5 26. dxe5 $4 ({White misses the
win} 26. fxe5 Qxd4+ 27. Kh1 Be4 28. Qxe6+ Nf7 29. Nf5 Bxf5 30. Qxf5 Nxe5 31.
Rf1 $1) 26... Nf5 $1 27. Nxf5 exf5 28. Qh5 ({Annotators regard} 28. Bxf5 $1
Bc5+ 29. Kh1 Qxg2+ $1 30. Rxg2 Bxg2+ 31. Kxg2 gxh6 32. Bxc8 Rxc8 {Annotators
regard} 33. Rc1 $1 {puts the victory in doubt.}) 28... Qd4+ 29. Kh1 Be4 30. Rh3
$5 {Burn overstepped the time limit and played a blunder.} Bxd3 $4 ({He could
have won by} 30... Rc6 $1 31. Qh7+ Kf7 32. Bxe4 Qxe4 $1 33. Qh5+ Ke6 34. Qg6+
Ke7 35. Qg3 Qd4) 31. e6 $1 1-0

[Event "Berlin"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1897.09.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Janowsky, Dawid"]
[Black "Walbrodt, Carl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C87"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1897.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c3 Nf6 7. Re1 Be7 8. d4
O-O 9. Nbd2 b5 10. Bc2 Re8 11. Nf1 Bg4 $1 12. d5 $1 Nb8 13. h3 Bh5 14. g4 Bg6
15. Ng3 Rf8 $5 16. Nh4 $5 Bxe4 $6 {Both players want to battle.} ({However} 
16... Nfd7 {is more solid.}) 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Nf5 Nc5 19. b4 Ncd7 20. Qd2 $6 (
{A fine alternative brings} 20. Bh6 $1 gxh6 21. Qd3 Nf6 22. Nxh6+ Kg7 23. g5 {
(Goldman)} Nbd7 24. Kh2 Rh8 25. Qf5 {and White attacks.}) 20... Bf6 21. g5 Be7
22. Re4 g6 23. Nh6+ ({Or} 23. Rh4 Nb6 $1 {(Tarrasch).}) 23... Kg7 24. Rh4 Rh8
25. Qe3 Nf8 26. Rg4 Nbd7 27. Bd2 Qe8 28. Rf1 f5 $5 29. Bxf5 $5 gxf5 30. Nxf5+
Kg8 31. Nh6+ Kg7 32. Nf5+ Kg8 33. Nh6+ Kg7 34. f4 $1 Ng6 $1 35. Nf5+ {White
takes the perpetual check.} (35. f5 $5 Rf8 $1 36. Qe4 Nb6 37. fxg6 Rxf1+ 38.
Kxf1 hxg6 {draws as well.}) 35... Kg8 36. Nh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Berlin"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1897.09.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Teichmann, Richard"]
[Black "Charousek, Rudolf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1897.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. d4 Nd7 $2 ({Right is} 
6... b5 {(MacDonnell - Wisker, London 1876).}) 7. O-O Be7 8. Ne2 $2 (8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Qd5 {gains an advantage.}) 8... b5 9. Bb3 Na5 10. c3 Nxb3 11. axb3 O-O
12. Ng3 c6 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Re1 Rd8 15. Qc2 Nf8 16. h3 c5 17. Re2 Be6 18. d5 Bd7
19. Ree1 a5 20. Nd2 Ng6 21. Nf5 Bf8 22. g4 $6 {White weakens his kingside.} Nf4
$1 23. Kh2 g6 24. Ng3 Qc8 25. Rg1 h5 26. Bxf4 exf4 27. Ne2 hxg4 28. Nxf4 $2 ({
Better is} 28. hxg4 Bxg4 29. Nxf4) 28... Bg7 $1 29. Ne2 Be5+ 30. Kh1 Kg7 $1 31.
h4 ({Insufficient is} 31. hxg4 Bxg4 32. Ng3 Rh8+ 33. Kg2 Rh2+ $1) 31... Rh8 32.
Kg2 Rxh4 33. Rh1 Qd8 34. Rxh4 Qxh4 35. Rh1 Qf6 36. Qd3 Rh8 37. Rxh8 Kxh8 38.
Nf1 Qh4 39. Nfg3 Qh3+ 40. Kg1 Kg7 41. Qe3 Qh6 42. Qxh6+ Kxh6 43. Nf1 f5 44. Nd2
f4 45. Nc1 Kg7 46. Nd3 Kf6 47. Kg2 Bc8 48. Kg1 Ba6 49. Kg2 b4 50. c4 g5 51. Kg1
Bc8 52. Nf1 Bd7 53. Nh2 Bd4 54. Kg2 Kg6 55. Nf1 Kh5 56. Nd2 Be8 57. Kh2 Bg6 58.
Kg2 Bc3 $1 (58... Bc3 59. bxc3 bxc3 60. Nf3 Bxe4 {shows the pointe.}) 0-1

[Event "Berlin"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1897.09.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Charousek, Rudolf"]
[Black "Suechting, Hugo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1897.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Nf3 c5 4. c3 e6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nbd2 e5 $6 ({
Better is} 7... O-O {(Blackburne - Englisch, Wiesbaden 1880).}) 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9.
e4 $1 d4 $2 {Black errs again.} ({Right is} 9... O-O {(Sämisch - Rosselli,
Baden-Baden 1925).}) 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. cxd4 exd4 12. e5 Nd7 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. Rc1
O-O 15. Re1 Re8 16. Bf4 Qd8 17. Ng5 $2 (17. Bb5 $1 Nf8 18. Nfxd4 {wins a pawn.}
) 17... Ndxe5 18. Qh5 $2 (18. Bxh7+ {still grabs a pawn.}) 18... h6 $1 19. Bh7+
Kf8 20. Be4 $5 ({Black survives in} 20. Bxe5 Qxg5 21. Qxg5 hxg5 22. Rxc6 $1
Rxe5 $1 23. Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. Rxe5 g6 $1 {(Tarrasch).}) 20... Bg4 $1 21. Qh4 hxg5
$6 (21... f5 $1 22. Bxc6 Nxc6 23. f3 $1 {equalises.}) 22. Qh8+ Ke7 23. Bxg5+
Kd7 24. Qxg7 Rg8 25. Bxc6+ bxc6 26. Bxd8 Rxg7 27. Bf6 Nd3 28. Bxg7 Nxe1 29.
Rxe1 c5 30. Bf6 Re8 31. Rxe8 Kxe8 32. f3 Bf5 33. Nd2 Kd7 34. Nc4 Ke6 35. Nxb6
axb6 36. Bd8 b5 37. a3 c4 38. Ba5 Bc2 39. Bd2 Kf5 40. Kf2 Bd3 41. g4+ Kg6 42.
Kg3 f5 43. h4 fxg4 44. fxg4 Be2 45. h5+ Kh7 $2 {Black makes the decisive
mistake.} (45... Kf6 $1 46. Kh4 Bf3 47. Ba5 (47. g5+ Kf5 $1) 47... Bd5 48. Bb6
d3 49. Bd4+ Kf7 $1 50. Be3 Bf3 $1 {stops the advance.}) 46. Kh4 Bd1 47. g5 Kg7
48. g6 $1 Kf6 49. Bg5+ Kg7 50. Be7 {Charousek showed a great fighting spirit.}
1-0

[Event "Berlin"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1897.09.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Burn, Amos"]
[Black "Janowsky, Dawid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D60"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1897.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 a6 9. O-O b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Rc1 c5 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. Bf4 $5
Qc7 15. Qg4 $5 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 Nxe5 $5 17. Qg3 $5 (17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Qh5+ Kg8
19. Bxe5 {(Goldman) keeps a complete equality.}) 17... Bd6 18. Bb1 $6 f6 $6 (
18... Nc4 $1 {gains a plus.}) 19. Qh3 $5 f5 $1 20. e4 $2 g6 $2 (20... Nf3+ $1
21. gxf3 Bxf4 {and Black has positional and material advantages.}) 21. Rxd6 $5
Qxd6 22. Qg3 b4 $1 23. Bxe5 Qd2 24. Rf1 bxc3 25. Bxc3 Qd6 26. Qg5 $2 ({Right is
} 26. Be5 Qf8 27. Bc3) 26... Qf8 $2 (26... Bxe4 $1 27. Bxe4 fxe4 28. Qf6 e5 $1
{wins the game.}) 27. Be5 $2 {White collapses before the time control.} (27.
Qg3 $1 Qd6 $1 28. Be5 Qf8 29. Bc3 {will repeat positions.}) 27... fxe4 28. f4
Rd7 29. g3 c4 30. Kf2 Rad8 31. Rc1 Qc5+ {Burn had lost four times.} 0-1

[Event "Berlin"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1897.09.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Teichmann, Richard"]
[Black "Alapin, Simon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C26"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1897.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bb4 4. d3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Bd2 Be6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8.
Bb5 f6 9. O-O $1 O-O $2 {<->Theorist' Alapin falls into an openings' trap.} ({
Correct is} 9... Nde7 {(Blackburne - Nimzowitsch, Oostende 1907).}) 10. Bxc6
bxc6 11. Nxd5 Bxd2 12. Nxc7 (12. Nxf6+ $1 Rxf6 13. Nxd2 {wins a more important
pawn.}) 12... Qxc7 13. Nxd2 Qb6 14. b3 Rad8 15. Qe2 Rd4 16. Qe3 Bd5 17. Rfe1
Qa5 18. Nf1 Bf7 19. Qd2 Qc5 20. Ng3 Bg6 21. Ne2 Rd7 22. Qc3 Qb6 23. Ng3 Rfd8
24. Re3 Rd4 25. Rae1 R4d7 26. Nf1 Bf7 27. Nd2 Rd4 28. Ne4 R8d5 29. Qd2 Rd8 30.
h3 Bg6 31. Ng3 Qc5 32. Ne2 R4d5 33. Qc3 $4 Qxc3 34. Nxc3 Rc5 35. Ne2 Rxc2 {
Black has regained the pawn.} 36. Nc1 Rd5 37. b4 $2 Rd2 $2 (37... Rb5 38. a3 c5
$1 {gains another pawn.}) 38. R3e2 Rxe2 39. Rxe2 e4 $1 40. Rd2 exd3 41. f3 a5
42. a3 axb4 43. axb4 Rd4 44. Na2 Bf7 45. Nc3 Bb3 46. Kf2 Bc2 47. Na2 Rd7 $2 ({
Right is} 47... f5 $1 48. Nc1 f4) 48. Nc1 Rb7 49. Nxd3 Bxd3 50. Rxd3 Rxb4 51.
Rc3 $2 (51. Rd7 Rb2+ 52. Kg3 Rc2 53. Rc7 {puts the white rook behind the
passed pawn. Theory about rook endings was still poor.}) 51... Rb6 52. Kg3 $6 (
52. Ke3 {fights for the last chance.}) 52... Kf7 53. Ra3 Rb7 54. Rc3 Rc7 55.
Kf4 Ke6 56. Ke4 c5 57. g4 Kd6 58. Rd3+ Kc6 59. Ra3 Rd7 60. h4 c4 61. h5 h6 62.
f4 Kc5 {Janowsky and Marco led. The future winner Charousek trailed by two
points.} 0-1

[Event "Berlin"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1897.09.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Charousek, Rudolf"]
[Black "Janowsky, Dawid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1897.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. c3 Nf6 5. fxe5 dxe5 6. Nxe5 Qe7 7. d4 Bd6 8.
Nf3 Nxe4 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O c5 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Nc6 ({Preferable is} 
12... cxd4 $1 13. cxd4 Bg4 {(Kalendovsky - Slezacek, Brno 1970).}) 13. d5 Ne5
14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Bf4 Bxf4 16. Rxf4 Qe3+ 17. Rf2 Bd7 18. Qb3 b6 19. c4 Qxb3 20.
axb3 a5 21. Bd3 Rfe8 22. Re2 Rxe2 23. Bxe2 Kf8 24. Bd3 h6 25. Rf1 f6 26. Bg6
Ke7 27. Kf2 Kd6 28. Kf3 Rb8 29. Bd3 Re8 30. g4 Re5 31. h3 h5 32. Kf4 h4 $5 33.
Rg1 g5+ $5 34. Kf3 Be8 35. Be4 Bd7 36. Rf1 Ke7 37. Rd1 Kd6 38. Rf1 Ke7 39. Rd1
Kd6 40. Ra1 Re8 41. Rf1 Rb8 42. Ke3 Rf8 43. Bf5 Re8+ $6 ({Right is} 43... Be8
$1) 44. Kd2 Bxf5 45. Rxf5 Rf8 46. Kd3 Rf7 47. Kc2 Rf8 48. Kb1 Ke7 49. Rf1 Kf7
50. Re1 $6 Re8 $1 51. Rh1 ({Not} 51. Rxe8 $4 Kxe8 52. Kc2 f5 $1 {and Black
wins (Tarrasch).}) 51... Re3 52. Ka2 Rd3 53. Ka3 f5 $2 {Janowsky shows too
much optimism.} ({He should have defended by} 53... Ke7 54. Ka4 Kd7) 54. gxf5
Kf6 55. Ka4 Kxf5 56. Kb5 $1 {White throws away pawns for a decisive manoeuvre.}
Rxb3+ 57. Kc6 Rxb2 58. Rd1 Re2 59. d6 Re8 60. Kxb6 g4 61. hxg4+ Kxg4 62. Kxa5
h3 63. d7 Rd8 64. Kb6 {Charousek had started a winning streak of nine games.}
1-0

[Event "Berlin"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1897.09.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Chigorin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Marco, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1897.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 Be7 {We know this opening from the match Chigorin - Tarrasch,
St Petersburg 1893.} 3. g3 d5 4. d3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. Nh3 Nf6 7. Nc3 dxe4 8.
dxe4 O-O 9. Nf4 Nc6 10. O-O Nd4 $1 {Black takes the initiative.} 11. Qd3 c5 12.
Be3 Nc6 13. Qe2 a6 14. Nd3 Nd4 15. Qd1 Rc8 16. Re1 Ba8 17. a3 Qc7 18. e5 Nd7
19. Bxa8 Rxa8 20. f4 Rfd8 21. Bxd4 cxd4 22. Ne4 Rac8 23. Rc1 Nc5 24. Qe2 Na4 $5
25. Qg4 $5 Qc6 ({Marco mistrusts} 25... Nxb2 $6 26. Nxb2 Bxa3 27. Nd3 $1 Bxc1
28. Rxc1) 26. Re2 $2 ({Better is} 26. f5 exf5 27. Qxf5 Qe6) 26... Qb5 $2 ({
Black misses the opportunity} 26... Nxb2 $1 27. Nxb2 d3 $1 28. Nxd3 Rxd3) 27.
Qf3 Nxb2 $5 28. Rb1 Bxa3 29. Nd6 Qa5 $5 30. Nxc8 Rxc8 31. Qb7 $5 Rf8 $1 32.
Nxb2 Bxb2 33. f5 Qa2 34. Rd1 Qc4 35. Rd3 a5 $5 36. Rf2 $5 a4 37. Rdf3 exf5 ({
Marco avoids the trap} 37... a3 $2 38. fxe6 a2 39. Rxf7 $1 a1=Q+ 40. Kg2 {and
White wins (Goldman).}) 38. Rxf5 g6 39. Rf6 Qc8 40. Qxb6 Qb8 41. Qa5 d3 $1 42.
Qxa4 Qxe5 43. R6f4 d2 $1 44. Qd7 Qe1+ 45. Rf1 Qe3+ 46. Kh1 Bc1 $4 ({Annotators
praise} 46... f5 $1) 47. Rxf7 $1 Qe4+ 48. Kg1 Qe3+ 49. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Berlin"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1897.09.27"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Walbrodt, Carl"]
[Black "Suechting, Hugo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1897.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Ne7 9. Nd2 $5 Ng6 10. f4 $6 ({Better is} 10. Qf3 {and White will force a
doubled pawn.}) 10... exf4 11. Bxf4 $6 ({Preferable is} 11. d4 $1) 11... d5 $2
(11... Nxf4 12. Rxf4 c6 13. Bc4 Qa5 {gains a pawn.}) 12. e5 $2 ({Goldman
mentions the pin} 12. Bg5 $1) 12... Ng4 13. d4 f6 $1 14. Qe2 fxe5 15. Bxe5
N6xe5 16. dxe5 c6 17. Ba4 Qb6+ 18. Kh1 Nf2+ 19. Kg1 Bg4 20. Nf3 Ne4+ 21. Kh1
Nxc3 {and Black won quickly.   Walbrodt missed his solidity in this game, but
he won the last six encounters.} 0-1

[Event "Berlin"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1897.09.28"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Charousek, Rudolf"]
[Black "Schiffers, Emanuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1897.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 $5 Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8.
O-O d5 $1 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 $6 {Black allows a blockade of the centre.
} 11. Be3 Bf6 12. Qd2 Be6 13. Rad1 Rc8 14. c3 Re8 15. f4 a6 $6 16. Nxe6 fxe6
17. Bd3 Qe7 18. Bb6 Nb8 $6 (18... Na5 $1 19. Bxa5 Qc5+ 20. Qf2 Qxa5 {exchanges
an attacker.}) 19. f5 Qd6 $2 {Hereafter, Charousek wins technically.} (19...
Nd7 $1 20. Bf2 Bg5 $1 21. Qc2 e5 $5 {gives active counter-play.}) 20. Bf2 Nc6
21. fxe6 Qxe6 22. Bb1 Ne7 23. Qd3 g6 24. Ba2 Kg7 25. Bd4 Nf5 26. Bf2 Qe4 27.
Qxd5 Qxd5 28. Rxd5 Rc7 29. g4 Ne3 30. Re1 Nxd5 31. Rxe8 Rd7 32. Bg3 g5 33. Kf2
h6 34. Bxd5 Rxd5 35. Re2 Kf7 36. Ke3 Ke6 37. Rd2 Rb5 38. Kd3 Rd5+ 39. Kc2 Rb5
40. Rd6+ Ke7 41. b4 Be5 42. Bxe5 Rxe5 43. Rxh6 Re2+ 44. Kb3 Kf7 45. a4 b5 46.
a5 Kg7 47. Rxa6 Rxh2 48. Rb6 1-0

[Event "Berlin"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1897.09.29"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Charousek, Rudolf"]
[Black "Alapin, Simon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1897.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 b6 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. e3 Nf6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Bd3
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. f4 c5 12. Qf3 Ne8 $2 {Charousek strikes in an
elementary way.} 13. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 14. Qh3+ Kg8 15. Qxd7 Nd6 16. Qh3 Ne4 17.
Rd1 c4 $2 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bd2 Qc8 20. f5 Bd6 21. Qh5 Bxe5 22. dxe5 f6 23. e6
Qe8 24. Qg4 Qa4 25. Bb4 $1 Rfd8 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Be7 Rf8 28. Bxf8 Kxf8 29.
Qh5 Qe8 30. Qh8+ {Blackburne and Janowsky led half-a-point before Charousek.}
1-0

[Event "Berlin"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1897.09.30"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Janowsky, Dawid"]
[Black "Marco, Georg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1897.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 f5 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Nb3 Bb6 14. Bg5 h6 15.
Bh4 Bg4 16. Qd3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Ne5 18. Qf5 Nc4 19. Rae1 $1 (19. Bxf6 Rxf6 20.
Qh7+ Kf7 {was played in Janowsky - Marco, Nürnberg 1896.}) 19... Nxb2 $2 (19...
Qd7 $1 20. Bxf6 Qxf5 21. Bxf5 Rxf6 22. Be6+ Kf8 23. Bxd5 Rd8 24. Bxc4 bxc4 25.
Nd4 Bxd4 26. cxd4 Rxd4 27. Re2 Rfd6 28. Rfe1 {defends properly.}) 20. Qg6 Na4
21. Nd2 $2 (21. Nd4 Bxd4 22. cxd4 Nc3 23. Re3 Nce4 24. f3 {wins for White.})
21... Nxc3 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 (22... Qxf6 $5 23. Qh7+ Kf7 24. Bg6+ Qxg6 25. Re7+ {
(Goldman)} Kxe7 $1 26. Qxg6 Rf7 {leads to complications.}) 23. Qh7+ Kf8 24. Bg6
Rxg6 25. Qxg6 Kg8 26. Re6 Qf8 27. Qd3 b4 28. Nf3 a5 29. Ne5 Rd8 30. Ng6 Qf7 31.
Ne7+ Kh8 32. Ng6+ Kg8 33. Re7 Qf6 34. Re5 a4 35. Kh1 c6 36. f3 Bc7 37. Ne7+ Kh8
38. Ng6+ Kg8 39. Ne7+ Kh8 40. Ng6+ {Charousek caught up with Janowsky.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Berlin"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1897.10.01"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Charousek, Rudolf"]
[Black "Caro, Horatio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C60"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1897.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxe7 Ngxe7 7. Nxd4 O-O
8. O-O d5 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nc3 c5 11. Nb3 d4 $2 ({Correct is} 11... c4 12. Nc5
d4) 12. Na4 f5 13. Naxc5 fxe4 14. Qxd4 Qxd4 15. Nxd4 Nf5 16. Nxf5 Bxf5 17. c3
Rab8 18. b4 Rfd8 19. Rfd1 Rd6 20. Kf1 Rbd8 21. Ke1 Re8 22. Rxd6 cxd6 23. Nb7 d5
24. Nc5 Kf7 25. Kd2 Kf6 26. Ke3 Ke5 27. Nb3 Rc8 28. Rc1 g5 29. h3 h5 30. Nd4
Bd7 31. f3 h4 32. fxe4 dxe4 33. c4 g4 $1 34. hxg4 Rg8 35. Rd1 $2 {White has
been playing inaccurately. Now he loses the rest of his advantage.} ({Better is
} 35. c5 Rxg4 36. c6) 35... Rxg4 36. Ne2 Be6 37. Rd4 Bf5 38. Rd5+ Kf6 39. c5
Rxg2 40. c6 Rg7 41. Rc5 h3 42. c7 Bc8 43. Nc3 h2 44. Nxe4+ Kg6 45. Nf2 Re7+ 46.
Kd4 Rf7 47. Nh1 Rf1 48. Ng3 Rg1 49. Rc2 Rxg3 50. Rxh2 Kf7 51. Rh8 Rg8 $4 (51...
Rg4+ {strives for perpetual check.}) 52. Rxg8 Kxg8 53. Ke5 Kf7 54. Kd6 Ke8 55.
a4 Kf7 56. b5 Ke8 57. a5 Bb7 58. a6 Bc8 59. b6 $1 axb6 60. a7 {Charousek led
with Blackburne.} 1-0

[Event "Berlin"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1897.10.02"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Walbrodt, Carl"]
[Black "Blackburne, Joseph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1897.??.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 g6 5. Bf4 c6 6. Be5 Nf6 7. Bxf6 exf6 8.
Nf3 Bb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. a3 Bd6 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. Ne4 Nf8 14. Re1 Ne6
$6 15. Nxd6 $1 Qxd6 16. c3 Bd7 17. Nd2 f5 $6 18. Nc4 Qf8 19. Ne5 Rad8 20. Bc4
Bc8 21. Qb3 Re7 22. a4 Kg7 23. a5 Qe8 24. Qb4 a6 25. Kf1 Ng5 $2 {Black(burne)
has blundered in a passive position.} 26. Nxf7 $1 c5 27. Qxc5 Ne4 28. Rxe4 Rxe4
29. Nxd8 Qxd8 30. Qd5 Qe8 31. f3 Re7 32. Qc5 g5 33. d5 Bd7 34. Qd4+ Kg6 35. Bd3
Kh5 36. Kf2 f4 37. h4 Qf8 38. hxg5 Kxg5 39. Rh1 h5 40. d6 Rf7 41. Qe5+ Bf5 42.
Bxf5 Rxf5 43. Qe7+ Kg6 44. Re1 Rf6 45. Qxf8 Rxf8 46. Re7 Rb8 47. Rc7 b5 48.
axb6 Rxb6 49. d7 {Charousek took over the lead. Walbrodt followed by
half-a-point.} 1-0

[Event "Berlin"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1897.10.04"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Charousek, Rudolf"]
[Black "Chigorin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1897.??.??"]

{Walbrodt won by default. His opponent Albin chose to play lightning chess in
Café Royal. Victory depended on one game.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 b6 $5 4. e3
Nf6 5. Nf3 Bb7 6. cxd5 Nxd5 $5 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Bd3 Nd7 9. O-O (9. e4 Nxc3 10.
bxc3 {occurred in Steinitz - Gunsberg, New York 1890.}) 9... Bd6 10. e4 $1 Nb4
$6 {The exchange of knights is stronger.} 11. Bc4 a5 $5 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Bf4 O-O
14. a3 Na6 15. Qe2 b5 16. Bd3 b4 17. axb4 Nxb4 18. Rfd1 Nb6 $5 19. Ne5 $1 {An
attack on the kingside begins.} Bd6 ({The maze} 19... Qxd4 $6 20. Bc4 $1 Qc5
21. Na4 Nxa4 22. Nd7 {(Földeák)} Qxc4 $1 23. Qxc4 Nxb2 24. Qd4 $1 {favours
White.}) 20. Bb1 Qe7 $6 (20... f6 $1 {counters.}) 21. Qh5 Bxe5 22. Bxe5 g6 $2 (
22... Nc4 $1 23. Na4 Nxe5 24. Qxe5 f6 {makes a useful exchange.}) 23. Qh6 $1 f6
24. Bg3 Rfd8 25. e5 fxe5 26. Bxe5 Nc4 27. Be4 $6 (27. Re1 $1 Rf8 28. Ne4 Nxe5
29. dxe5 {keeps the positional advantage.}) 27... Nd5 ({Not} 27... Nxb2 $2 28.
Bxg6 hxg6 29. Ne4) 28. Bxd5 cxd5 29. Bg3 $6 Rf8 $6 ({Best is} 29... Nxb2 $1 30.
Rdb1 Rdc8 $1) 30. b3 Nb6 $2 {Chigorin blunders at the last move before the
time control.} ({Right is} 30... Nd6) 31. Nb5 $1 Qd7 32. Nd6 Bc6 33. h4 a4 34.
h5 axb3 35. Rxa8 Nxa8 36. hxg6 hxg6 37. Qxg6+ Qg7 38. Qxe6+ Kh7 39. Re1 Qd7 40.
Qe3 Rf6 41. Qg5 Re6 42. Qh4+ Rh6 43. Qg5 Re6 44. Rxe6 Qxe6 45. Be5 Qg6 46. Qh4+
Qh6 47. Qe7+ {Charousek triumphed and boasted about his wonderful play. The
youngsters had prevailed at the end of the tiring event. Unfortunately,
Charousek and Walbrodt would die within a few years.} 1-0

[Event "Wien playoff"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1898.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Pillsbury, Harry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1898.??.??"]

{A large dinner was given at Schottengasse 7 on 26 vii. Many prizes were given.
Several masters stayed until the end of the playoff and then took the train to
Köln. The additional games were played from 27 until 30 vii. Tarrasch won
narrowly and gained 6000 Krone. The value of the Krone was similar to the
Franc and Mark. So Tarrasch won a lot of money. } 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5
Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Be3 Bxe3 6. fxe3 Ne7 $5 7. O-O ({Not} 7. Nxe5 $2 c6 8. Bc4
Qa5+ {(TB).}) 7... c6 8. Bc4 d6 9. Bb3 Ng6 10. Nc3 Qe7 11. Ne2 $5 d5 $5 12.
exd5 Nxd5 13. Qd2 Be6 14. e4 Nc7 15. Ng5 Bxb3 16. axb3 f6 17. Nh3 Ne6 18. Kh1
a6 19. Ng3 Qd7 20. Nf5 Nd4 21. Qf2 Nxf5 22. exf5 Ne7 23. Ng1 h5 $6 24. Ra4 $1
Rh6 $5 25. Ne2 Kf7 $6 ({Right is} 25... h4 $1 26. Rxh4 Nxf5 $1) 26. d4 $1 {The
defence is far from hopeless.} e4 $2 ({An elegant answer gives} 26... Kg8 $1
27. dxe5 fxe5 28. Re4 Rf6 29. Rxe5 g6 30. Ng3 Raf8 $1) 27. Ng3 $1 h4 28. Nxe4
h3 29. g4 Re8 30. Qf3 Rh4 31. Raa1 Kg8 32. Rad1 b6 33. Rfe1 Kh8 34. Nf2 Nd5 35.
Qg3 Rh6 36. Nxh3 Nb4 37. Rxe8+ Qxe8 38. Re1 Qd8 39. c3 Nd5 40. Kg1 g6 41. Nf4
gxf5 42. Nxd5 cxd5 43. gxf5 Rh7 44. Kh1 b5 45. Qg6 1-0

[Event "Wien playoff"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1898.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pillsbury, Harry"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1898.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Qe2 Nd6 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8.
dxe5 Nb7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Re1 Nc5 11. Nd4 Ne6 12. Be3 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 d5 14. Na4 $1
({Pillsbury diverts from} 14. exd6 Bxd6 {(Weiss-Albin, Wien 1890).}) 14... Bb4
$6 ({More active is} 14... Bf5 15. Nc5 Re8) 15. c3 Ba5 16. Qh5 Bb6 17. Re3 Be6
18. Rg3 Kh8 19. Rd1 Qe7 20. b4 Bxd4 $6 ({The immediate} 20... a5 {takes less
risk.}) 21. Rxd4 {White has a dangerous attack.} f6 $2 ({Right is} 21... a5 $1
22. Rh4 $1 (22. Nc5 axb4 23. cxb4 Rxa2) 22... Bf5 $1 (22... h6 $4 23. Qxh6+ $1)
23. Rgh3 $1 g5 $1 24. Qxh7+ $1 {(TB)} Bxh7 25. Rxh7+ Kg8 26. Rh8+ Kg7 27. R8h7+
$1 Kg8 $1 {drawn.}) 22. Nc5 $1 fxe5 23. Qxe5 Qf6 $6 24. Qxf6 Rxf6 25. Re3 Bg8
26. f3 g6 27. Re7 Rf7 28. Re6 a5 29. a4 Kg7 30. Rxc6 Re7 31. Kf2 axb4 32. cxb4
Bf7 33. b5 Rb8 34. Na6 Rb7 35. Nb4 Ra7 36. Ra6 Rxa6 37. Nxa6 Kf6 38. Rd2 c6 39.
b6 Be6 40. Nc5 Bc8 41. a5 {Tarrasch's agony preceeds the teachings about
blockade by Nimzowitsch.} 1-0

[Event "Wien playoff"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1898.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Pillsbury, Harry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1898.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Ne7 9. Bc4 Be6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nh4 Ng6 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14.
f4 Kg7 15. f5 exf5 16. exf5 Rh8 17. fxg6 Rh6 18. Rb1 b6 19. Rb4 Qd7 $2 {
Tarrasch becomes very excited when he notices the decisive combination.} ({
Dull play in the Four Knights continues by} 19... Qe7 {(TB).}) 20. Rxf6 $1 Kxf6
21. Qf3+ Kg7 22. Qxa8 c5 23. Rb1 Rxg6 24. Rf1 Qe7 25. c4 e4 26. Qxe4 Qxe4 27.
dxe4 Rg4 28. Re1 Kf6 29. g3 Ke5 30. c3 Rg7 31. Kg2 Rb7 32. a4 a6 33. h4 b5 34.
axb5 axb5 35. cxb5 Rxb5 36. Kh3 c4 37. Kg4 Rb2 38. h5 Rc2 39. Rh1 Ra2 40. h6
Ra8 41. h7 Rh8 42. Kg5 Kxe4 43. Kg6 Kd3 44. Kg7 Rxh7+ 45. Kxh7 Kxc3 46. Rd1 {
Tarrasch had taken the lead again.} 1-0

[Event "Wien playoff"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1898.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Pillsbury, Harry"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1898.??.??"]

{Many spectators visited the last round on Sunday 30 vii 1898. The previous
five games between Tarrasch and Pillsbury were won by White in this event.
Pillsbury needed a continuation of this trend.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 b6 $5
4. Nf3 Bb7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. e3 Nf6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bb5+ c6 10. Bd3
Nbd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Nh4 g6 13. Qf3 Rae8 14. g3 Ne4 $1 15. Qe2 f5 16. Ng2 Kh8
17. f3 Ng5 18. f4 $6 Ne6 19. g4 $6 Ng7 {Pillsbury has achieved nothing against
a solid defence.} 20. Rae1 $6 {Hereafter, the white position deteriorates.}
fxg4 21. Qxg4 Nf5 22. Kh1 Nf6 23. Qh3 Bc8 24. Nh4 Nxh4 25. Qxh4 Nh5 26. Qxe7
Rxe7 27. Kg2 Rfe8 28. Nd1 Bg4 29. Be2 Nf6 30. h3 Bf5 31. Rh1 Bc2 32. Kf2 Ne4+
33. Kg2 Nd6 34. Bf3 Nf5 35. Kf2 Bxd1 36. Rxd1 Rxe3 37. Bg4 R3e4 38. Bxf5 Rxf4+
39. Kg3 Rxf5 40. Rhe1 Rg5+ 41. Kf4 Rf5+ 42. Kg3 Rg5+ 43. Kf4 Rf5+ 44. Kg3 Ref8
45. Rd2 Rf1 46. Re6 R8f6 47. Re7 Rf7 48. Re8+ Rf8 49. Re7 R8f7 50. Re8+ Rf8 51.
Re7 R8f7 52. Re8+ Rf8 53. Re7 R8f7 {Both players accepted the repetition.
Tarrasch had won the playoff narrowly. He gained 6000 Austrian Kronen. 
Fähndrich, Halprin and Marco wrote the tournament book.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1898.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Steinitz, William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C66"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1898.??.01"]

{Wien 1998 was one of the biggest chess tournaments in the history of chess.
Twenty great masters played double rounds from 1 vi until 25 vii. A playoff
extended the tournament til the end of July. Several participants travelled to
Köln for the chess congress in August 1898. It was a busy summer for chess.
World champion Lasker refused to partake in Vienna, because the number of
players was higher than sixteen. Charousek could not play due to illness. Köln
1898 would become his last international tournament. The tournament celebrated
the reign of fifty years by Kaiser Franz Josef. Main organiser was Adolf Baron
von Rothschild. The players visited his Heugasse palace on 31 May. Rounds were
played in the club house of the Wiener Schachklub at Schottengasse 7. Each
round started at 10 AM. The time limit was thirty moves in two hours. A bell
for adjournment rang at 2 PM. Games were continued from 5 until 9 PM. Then a
minimum of 15 moves per hour had to be made. Analysis of adjourned games was
not allowed. The aging Schwarz left the tournament during round eight. His
games were cancelled at the end of the first cycle.   The games among the top
five have been analysed.   Tarrasch and Pillsbury ended equal after two cycles
and had to play four additional games.   Jan van Reek} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.
Bb5 d6 4. d4 Bd7 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 exd4 8. Nxd4 O-O 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10.
b3 {Schlechter chooses a quiet variation.} d5 11. e5 Ne8 12. Bb2 c5 13. Nde2 c6
14. Ng3 Nc7 15. Qd3 Qc8 16. Nce2 Re8 17. f4 Bf8 18. f5 d4 19. Nf4 Nd5 20. Nxd5
cxd5 21. Qf3 g6 $1 {Steinitz wants to fight and gives a pawn.} 22. fxg6 hxg6
23. Qxd5 Bc6 24. Qc4 Qb7 25. e6 $1 Bd5 26. exf7+ Qxf7 27. Qf1 Bg7 28. Qxf7+
Kxf7 29. Rxe8 Rxe8 30. Rf1+ Kg8 31. Rd1 a5 32. Bc1 a4 33. Bf4 c4 34. bxc4 Bxc4
35. a3 Rc8 36. Rb1 Bf7 37. Ne4 Bd5 38. Ng5 Bf8 39. Rb6 {Black attacks on the
queenside.} Bc6 $6 ({The best chance brings} 39... Bxa3 $1 40. Rxg6+ Kf8 41.
Bd6+ Bxd6 42. Rxd6 Rc5 {but} 43. Ra6 $1 ({not} 43. Nf3 $2 d3 $1) 43... Rxc2 44.
Rxa4 d3 45. Rd4 Rxg2+ 46. Kf1 Rxg5 47. Kf2 $1 {draws.}) 40. Ne6 Bxa3 41. Be5
Be4 42. Bxd4 Bxc2 43. Rb7 Bf8 44. Nxf8 Kxf8 45. Ra7 Rc4 46. Bf6 Be4 47. g4 Bc6
48. h3 Rc2 49. g5 Rg2+ 50. Kf1 Rh2 51. Rh7 Bd5 52. Ra7 Bb3 53. Ke1 Rxh3 54. Kd2
Rh4 55. Kc3 Bf7 56. Be7+ Ke8 57. Bf6 Bd5 58. Re7+ Kf8 59. Ra7 Bc6 60. Rc7 Rh3+
61. Kd4 Be8 62. Ra7 Rh1 63. Kc5 Rd1 64. Bg7+ Kg8 65. Bd4 Rd3 66. Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1898.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Steinitz, William"]
[Black "Pillsbury, Harry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1898.??.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 Ne7 $5 11. Bd3 f5 12. exf6 $6 {The attack on the
kingside misfires.} Nxf6 13. Ne5 Nf5 14. Bxf5 Bxf5 15. g4 $6 Be4 16. O-O $1 ({
Steinitz notices the trick} 16. f3 $2 Nxg4 $1 {(TB = tournament book).}) 16...
Nd7 17. Nxe4 Nxe5 18. Ng5 h6 19. Ne6 $6 Nf3+ $1 20. Qxf3 Rxf3 21. Nxd8 Rxd8 22.
b4 Re8 23. Kg2 Rf6 24. Rfd1 Re4 25. Kg3 $2 ({Right is} 25. h3 $1 Rc6 26. a3 $1
Rc3 27. Kf1) 25... Rc6 26. Rac1 ({The defence collapses in} 26. a3 $2 Rc3 27.
Rdc1 Rd3 28. Rd1 Rexd4 $1) 26... Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Bxd4 28. Bxd4 Rxd4 29. Rxc7 Rxb4
30. h4 a6 31. Rd7 d4 32. Kf4 $1 d3+ 33. Kf5 $1 Rb2 34. Kg6 $1 Rb6+ 35. Kh5 Rf6
36. Rxd3 Rxf2 37. g5 hxg5 38. hxg5 Re2 39. Rd7 b5 40. g6 Kf8 41. Rf7+ Ke8 42.
Rxg7 Kf8 43. Ra7 Rxa2 44. g7+ Kg8 45. Kg6 Rg2+ 46. Kh6 {A counterattack
secured the draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1898.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Janowsky, Dawid"]
[Black "Steinitz, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C33"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1898.??.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Ne7 4. Nc3 c6 5. Qe2 $5 {White pressures in the
centre, but Black gets time to advance on the queenside.} Ng6 6. Nf3 b5 7. Bb3
b4 8. Nd1 Ba6 9. d3 Bc5 $6 (9... Be7 10. h4 h5 {prevents an attack on the
kingside.}) 10. h4 $1 O-O $6 11. h5 Ne7 12. Bxf4 d5 13. Nf2 Qb6 14. Ng4 Nd7 $2
({Necessary is} 14... Bc8 $1) 15. h6 g6 {Black has no proper defence.} (15...
Ng6 16. hxg7 Rfe8 17. Ng5 $1 Nxf4 18. Rxh7 $1 Re6 19. Qf1 {White wins nicely.})
16. Nfe5 $1 Nxe5 17. Nf6+ Kh8 18. Bxe5 Bd4 19. Nxd5+ Bxe5 20. Nxb6 axb6 21.
O-O-O c5 22. Rdf1 f6 23. g4 g5 24. Kb1 Ng6 25. Bd5 Rad8 26. Rf2 Nf4 27. Qd2 Bc8
28. Rhf1 Nxd5 29. exd5 Bxg4 30. Qxg5 Rg8 31. Qh4 f5 32. Re1 Bd4 33. Rf4 Rd6 34.
Rxd4 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1898.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Pillsbury, Harry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "196"]
[EventDate "1898.??.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Bxe3 7. fxe3 Na5 8.
Bb3 Ng4 9. Qd2 Nxb3 10. axb3 f5 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. e4 Bd7 13. h3 Nf6 14. O-O O-O
15. Qe3 a6 16. Nd2 Be6 17. Rf2 Nh5 18. Rxf8+ Qxf8 19. Ne2 Qe7 20. b4 Rf8 21.
Rf1 Rxf1+ 22. Nxf1 b6 23. Nfg3 Nf6 24. Nc3 c5 25. bxc5 dxc5 26. Qg5 Qd6 27. Nf5
Bxf5 28. Qxf5 b5 29. Kh1 g6 30. Qf3 Kg7 31. Nd5 a5 32. Nc3 $6 Qc6 33. Nd5 a4 $1
34. c3 Qd6 35. Nxf6 Qxf6 36. Qd1 Qf2 37. Qa1 $5 Qe3 38. Qa3 $5 Kf6 39. c4 $2 ({
Schlechter could have crowned his odd manoeuvre with} 39. d4 $1 Qc1+ 40. Kh2
Qf4+ 41. Kh1 cxd4 42. Qd6+ {drawn.}) 39... bxc4 40. dxc4 Qc1+ 41. Kh2 Qxc4 42.
Qf3+ Ke7 43. Qg4 Qf1 44. Qc8 Qf4+ 45. Kh1 Qxe4 46. Qxc5+ Kf6 47. Qf8+ Kg5 48.
Qe7+ Kh6 49. Qf8+ Kg5 50. Qe7+ Kh6 51. Qf8+ Kg5 52. Qe7+ Kf4 53. Qh4+ Ke3 54.
Qe1+ Kd4 55. Qc3+ Kd5 56. Qa5+ Ke6 57. Qa6+ Kf7 58. Qa7+ Kg8 59. Qe7 Qf4 60.
Qd7 h5 61. Qb7 Qd4 62. Kh2 e4 63. Qe7 e3 64. h4 Qxb2 65. Qxe3 Qb8+ 66. g3 Qb2+
67. Kg1 $6 Qb1+ $6 68. Kh2 Qc2+ 69. Kg1 $2 {The king should go to h3 (TB).} Kf7
70. Kh1 Kf6 71. Kg1 Kf5 72. Qg5+ Ke6 73. Qa5 Kd6 74. Kh1 Kc6 $1 75. Qd8 ({The
pointe is} 75. Kg1 $2 Qc5+) 75... Kb5 76. Qb8+ Kc4 77. Qc7+ Kb3 78. Qb6+ Ka2
79. Qe6+ Ka1 80. Qe3 Qb2 81. Kg1 a3 82. Kh1 a2 83. Kg1 Kb1 84. Qe4+ Qc2 85.
Qb4+ Kc1 86. Qf4+ Qd2 87. Qc4+ Kd1 88. Qa4+ Ke2 89. Qa6+ Ke3 90. Qe6+ Kd4 91.
Qd6+ Kc3 92. Qa3+ Kc4 93. Qa4+ Kc5 94. Qa7+ $6 (94. Qa3+ {prolonges the game.})
94... Kd6 95. Qb8+ Ke7 96. Qe5+ Kf7 97. Qc7+ Kg8 98. Qc4+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1898.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Janowsky, Dawid"]
[Black "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1898.??.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Be2 $5 Bb4 5. O-O Bxc3 6. dxc3 Nxe4 $5 7.
Nxe5 Nxe5 8. Qd5 O-O 9. Qxe4 Re8 10. Re1 d6 11. Qf4 Bg4 $1 12. f3 Bh5 13. Bd2
Bg6 14. Rac1 Qd7 15. b3 Re7 16. c4 Rae8 17. Bc3 Nc6 18. Bd3 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1
Rxe1+ 20. Bxe1 Qe6 21. Bc3 h6 22. h4 Bxd3 $5 23. cxd3 {Black has been
exchanging too eagerly.} f6 24. h5 Ne7 $6 ({Better is} 24... Qe8 $1 25. Qg4
Qe3+) 25. Kf2 Kf7 26. g4 b6 27. d4 c6 28. Bb4 c5 $6 (28... Nc8 {keeps the
bastion closed (TB).}) 29. d5 $1 Qd7 30. Bc3 Nc8 $2 (30... b5 $1 {gives a
counteraction.}) 31. a4 a5 32. Qe4 Kg8 33. Kg3 Ne7 34. Qe3 Kf7 35. Bb2 Kg8 36.
f4 Kf7 37. f5 Ke8 38. Kf3 Kf7 39. Qe6+ $1 Qxe6 (39... Ke8 40. Bc3 Qd8 41. Bd2
Qd7 42. Bf4 {and Black is forced to exchange.}) 40. dxe6+ Ke8 41. Ke4 Kd8 42.
g5 $1 {A breakthrough breaches the stronghold.} Ng8 ({Or} 42... hxg5 43. Bxf6
gxf6 44. h6) 43. gxf6 gxf6 44. Bc1 Kc7 45. Bd2 Kc6 46. Bf4 Kc7 47. e7 $1 Kd7
48. e8=Q+ Kxe8 49. Kd5 Ne7+ 50. Ke6 {The king slipped through a small opening
in the fortress.} 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1898.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Steinitz, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C66"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1898.??.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 Bd7 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 exd4 8.
Nxd4 O-O 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bd3 Re8 11. h3 {'The founder of positional play'
makes an awful mistake.} Bf8 $2 {Steinitz allows a nasty pin.} ({The problem
is solved by} 11... Be6 12. Bg5 Nd7) 12. Bg5 $1 h6 13. Bh4 Rb8 14. Rb1 g5 $2 ({
Preferable is} 14... Be7 15. e5 $1 Nd5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. exd6 {(Knaak)} Qxd6 $1
) 15. Bg3 g4 $6 16. Bh4 h5 17. hxg4 hxg4 18. f4 Be7 19. Bf2 a5 20. e5 dxe5 21.
fxe5 Nh5 22. e6 $1 Bxe6 23. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 24. Qxg4+ Ng7 25. Qg6 Rb4 26. Rf1 Rf4
27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Bg6 {Tarrasch ended the game with a powerful attack.} 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1898.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1898.??.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8.
Re1 Bd7 9. d4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Bxd7 Qxd7 12. cxd4 Rfe8 13. f3 d5 14. e5
Qe6 $1 {Schlechter moves his pieces to the right squares.} 15. Rb1 b6 16. Rf1
Nd7 17. f4 f5 18. Qf3 a6 19. Ba3 b5 20. Kh1 Kh8 21. Rg1 Rg8 22. Rbf1 a5 23. g4
g6 24. c3 Rab8 25. Rg2 b4 26. cxb4 axb4 27. gxf5 gxf5 $2 28. Rxg8+ Qxg8 29. Rg1
{White has gained control over the open file.} Qf7 30. Bc1 Rb6 $6 31. Bd2 Ra6
$6 32. Bxb4 Rxa2 33. Qg3 {Combinations decide the game.} Nf8 ({Other
variations are} 33... Ra8 34. e6 $1) ({and} 33... Ra6 34. Bd6 $1 cxd6 35. e6 $1
) 34. Be7 $1 Ng6 35. Bf6+ Kg8 36. h4 Kf8 37. Qb3 Ra8 38. Qb4+ {Tarrasch played
a fine game.} ({The pointe is} 38. Qb4+ Ke8 39. Qb7 {(TB).}) 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1898.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Pillsbury, Harry"]
[Black "Janowsky, Dawid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D55"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1898.??.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 Nbd7 7. Nf3 b6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O c5 11. Qe2 c4 (11... Ne4 $1 12. Bf4 a6 {leads to
Euwe-Olland, Amsterdam 1920.}) 12. Bb1 a6 13. Ne5 b5 14. f4 $5 {Pillsbury
plays his favourite move.} h6 15. Bh4 Re8 16. Rf3 $5 {The turning point has
been reached.} Ne4 $2 ({Right is} 16... b4 $1 17. Nd1 a5) 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18.
Bxe4 dxe4 19. Rg3 Nf6 $6 ({Slightly better is} 19... Nxe5 20. fxe5 f6) 20. a4
$1 b4 $5 ({Or} 20... Qb4 21. Ng4 Nxg4 22. Qxg4 Qf8 23. axb5 {(TB).}) 21. Nd1 c3
$5 22. bxc3 bxc3 23. Rxc3 Rec8 24. Ng4 Nxg4 25. Qxg4 f6 26. h4 Rxc3 27. Nxc3
Rc8 28. Ne2 f5 29. Qxf5 Rc2 30. Qg4 Bc8 31. f5 Qf7 32. Nf4 Bxf5 33. Qd1 Qc4 34.
Qh5 $1 Rc1+ 35. Kh2 Qf7 36. Qxh6 Kf8 37. Qd6+ Kg8 38. h5 Kh7 39. Rg5 Bd7 40.
Qg6+ Qxg6 41. hxg6+ Kg8 42. Rd5 Be8 43. Rd8 Kf8 44. Nd5 Rc6 45. Ra8 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1898.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Pillsbury, Harry"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1898.??.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. a4
$5 b4 9. a5 $5 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Qxd4 c6 12. Nd2 $2 ({Right is} 12. Ba4 $1
Bb7 13. Re1 {(TB).}) 12... Ng5 13. Ba4 Bd7 14. Re1+ Ne6 15. Nf3 Be7 16. Qg4 O-O
17. Ne5 Qc7 18. Bf4 Bd6 19. Bg3 f5 20. Qd1 {White has lost the battle but not
the game.} Nc5 $6 (20... f4 21. Nxd7 fxg3 22. Rxe6 Qxd7 23. Qxd5 Qf7 $1 {wins
for Black.}) 21. Nxd7 Qxd7 22. Qxd5+ cxd5 23. Bxd7 Bxg3 $6 ({Better is} 23...
f4 24. Be6+ Nxe6 25. Rxe6 fxg3 26. Rxd6 gxh2+) 24. Bc6 Bd6 25. Bxd5+ Kh8 26.
Bxa8 Rxa8 27. Rad1 Bf8 28. Rd4 g6 29. Red1 Nb7 30. Rd7 Rb8 $6 (30... Nxa5 31.
Rc7 Re8 {keeps a plus.}) 31. R1d5 Kg8 32. Kf1 Nc5 33. Ra7 Rc8 34. g3 Bg7 35. b3
Bf8 36. h4 Rc6 37. Rd8 Rf6 38. Rb8 f4 39. Rb6 Rf5 $2 (39... Rd6 40. Ra8 Kg7 {
draws.}) 40. g4 Rd5 41. Kg2 Rd4 42. Rb8 Rd7 43. Rxd7 Nxd7 44. Rb7 Nc5 45. Rxb4
Bd6 46. Rb6 Be7 47. b4 Na4 48. Rxa6 Bxb4 49. Ra8+ Kf7 50. a6 {Pillsbury came
back from a lost position.} 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1898.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Janowsky, Dawid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1898.??.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Ndb5 d6 {A decisive
error, according to Tarrasch.} 7. Bf4 e5 8. Bg5 a6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Na3 f5 $1
11. Qh5 b5 12. Naxb5 $1 {But this line makes a modern impression.} axb5 13.
Bxb5 Bb7 14. Bc4 $1 {White regains material by a combination.} Qf6 15. Nd5 Qg6
16. Nc7+ Kd8 (16... Kd7 $1 {was a minimal improvement in Kelemen-Varga,
Hungary 2002.}) 17. Qxg6 fxg6 18. Nxa8 Bxa8 19. Bd5 Kc7 20. b4 Be7 21. c3 Bg5
$2 ({Right is} 21... fxe4 22. Bxe4 Nxb4 $1 23. Bxa8 Nc2+ 24. Kd2 Nxa1 25. Bd5
Rf8 $1) 22. h4 Bf6 23. h5 g5 24. f3 Ne7 25. Bxa8 Rxa8 26. Kd2 d5 $5 27. a4 $1
Kb6 28. Kc2 Rc8 29. Kb3 f4 30. Rhd1 d4 31. c4 Rb8 32. a5+ Kc6 33. b5+ Kc5 34.
a6 $2 (34. Kc2 $1 Kxc4 35. Rdc1 $1 g4 36. Kd2+ Kb4 37. b6 {wins easily.}) 34...
Nc8 $1 35. a7 Ra8 36. Ra6 Nb6 37. Rda1 Bd8 38. h6 Bc7 39. Rg1 Bd8 40. Rd1 Be7
41. Rda1 Bd8 42. R1a2 Bc7 43. R2a3 Bd8 44. Ra1 Bc7 45. Rg1 Bd8 46. g3 fxg3 47.
Rxg3 Be7 48. Rg1 Nxc4 $2 (48... Bd8 $1 {keeps the blockade intact.}) 49. Rc6+
Kxb5 50. Rxc4 Rxa7 51. Rc8 Ra3+ 52. Kc2 Ra2+ 53. Kb1 Rf2 54. Ka1 d3 55. Rb1+
Bb4 56. Rb8+ Kc4 57. R8xb4+ Kc3 58. R4b3+ Kd4 59. Rb7 Rxf3 60. Rxh7 Rh3 61. Re1
g4 62. Rd7+ Kc3 63. h7 g3 64. Rg1 Kb3 65. Rxd3+ {The games by Schwarz were
cancelled at the end of the first cycle. Standings at the top were: Tarrasch
and Pillsbury 14, Janowsky 12 1/2 and Steinitz 11 1/2. The local hero
Schlechter had scored 9 1/2 out of 18 games in 19 rounds. His result against
the strongest players was poor.} 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1898.??.??"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Steinitz, William"]
[Black "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1898.??.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 f6 11. Qb3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 ({Theory is} 12. Bxc6 $1 bxc6
13. Qxc3 {(Ranken-Boden, London 1851).}) 12... Ne7 13. O-O c6 14. Bd3 Bg4 $6
15. exf6 Rxf6 16. Ne5 ({Steinitz avoids the complications of} 16. Bg5 Rxf3 $1
17. gxf3 Qd7 {He collects advantages instead.}) 16... Bf5 17. Bxf5 Rxf5 18.
Rae1 Qd6 19. Bc1 $1 Ng6 20. Ba3 Qf6 21. Nxg6 Qxg6 22. Re7 Rf7 23. Re2 Bc7 24.
Rfe1 h6 25. g3 Bd6 26. Re8+ Rxe8 27. Rxe8+ Kh7 28. Bxd6 Qxd6 29. Qc2+ $1 g6 30.
Qe2 Qf6 31. Kg2 g5 $2 {Black commits a fatal weakening.} 32. Re6 Qf5 33. g4 Qb1
34. f3 a5 35. a4 Rg7 $6 ({Or} 35... h5 $1 36. h4 $1 hxg4 37. fxg4) 36. Rf6 $1
h5 37. Qe6 $1 Qc2+ 38. Kg3 (38. Kg3 h4+ 39. Kh3 Rg6 40. Qf7+ Rg7 41. Rh6+ Kxh6
42. Qh5# {ends nicely.}) 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1898.??.??"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Pillsbury, Harry"]
[Black "Steinitz, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C62"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1898.??.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. Nc3 Bd7 5. d4 Nf6 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Qd3 exd4 8.
Nxd4 Bd7 9. O-O Be7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 c6 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. Rfe1 Rfe8 14. Nde2
Rad8 15. Nf4 Bf8 16. Qg3 Kh8 17. f3 Qa5 18. Nce2 Ng8 19. a3 Ne7 20. b4 $5 Qb6+
21. Kh1 Ng6 22. Nh5 Qb5 23. Nef4 a5 24. Nxg6+ $6 hxg6 $4 {Steinitz makes the
'logical' move.} ({Pillsbury has seen} 24... fxg6 $1 25. Nf4 axb4 26. Rb1 {
Steinitz mentions} bxa3 $1 27. Bxg7+ $2 Kxg7 28. Rxb5 cxb5 {and Black wins!})
25. Nf6 gxf6 26. Qh4+ Kg8 27. Bxf6 Bg7 28. Bxd8 axb4 29. Rxd6 Be6 30. axb4 Qxb4
31. Red1 Qc3 32. Be7 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1898.??.??"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Steinitz, William"]
[Black "Janowsky, Dawid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "184"]
[EventDate "1898.??.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb4+ $5 9. Kf1 $5 ({Usual is} 9. Bd2 {(Cochrane-Staunton, London 1841).}) 9...
O-O 10. Qb3 Be7 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Be3 Qd7 13. Rd1 Rad8 14. Ne1 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 f6
16. Nd3 Bf5 17. exf6 Bxd3+ 18. Bxd3 Bxf6 19. h4 $5 Rde8 20. Bc2 Qg4 21. Kg1 $1
Bxh4 $6 22. Rf1 $1 g6 23. Bd1 Qe4 24. Bf3 Rxf3 25. gxf3 Qe7 {Black has
compensation for the exchange.} 26. Qb3 Rd8 27. Rd1 (27. Qxb7 Nxd4 $1 28. Bxd4
Qg5+ 29. Kh2 Qf4+ {draws (TB).}) 27... Na5 28. Qc3 Nc4 29. b3 Nd6 30. Re1 Nf5
31. Bf4 Qf6 32. Be5 Qg5+ 33. Kf1 c6 34. Qa5 Rd7 35. Qxa7 Qd2 $1 36. Rh2 Qd3+
37. Kg1 Qd2 38. Rf1 Bd8 39. Rh3 Qg5+ 40. Kh2 Nh4 41. Rg1 Qd2 42. Rg2 $6 ({A
repetition of moves brings} 42. Kg3 $1 Qg5+ (42... Rf7 $6 {[TB]} 43. f4 $1))
42... Nxg2 43. Kxg2 Qg5+ 44. Rg3 Qf5 45. Qb8 Qf8 46. Qc8 Rf7 47. Qe6 Qe7 48.
Qh3 $1 {White threatens Rxg6+!} Rf8 49. Qh6 $5 Qf7 50. Qe3 Bf6 51. Bxf6 Qxf6
52. Rg5 Qf4 53. Re5 $2 ({More useful is} 53. a4 $1) 53... Qxe3 $1 54. fxe3 Kf7
$1 55. a4 Ra8 $1 56. e4 dxe4 57. Rxe4 Ra6 $1 58. Re5 Rb6 $1 {Black has found
the target.} 59. d5 $1 (59. Re3 Rb4 60. Rd3 Ke6 61. Kf2 Kd5 62. Ke3 g5 {leads
to zugzwang.}) 59... Kf6 60. d6 $1 Rxb3 61. Re8 Rd3 62. Rb8 Rxd6 63. Rxb7 h5
64. a5 Ke5 65. Ra7 $6 Rd8 $6 66. Rg7 $1 c5 $2 ({Correct is} 66... Rd6 $1) 67.
Rxg6 c4 68. a6 Kd5 69. Rg5+ $6 (69. Kf2 c3 70. Ke2 {draws.}) 69... Kd4 70. Rxh5
$2 ({White can still play} 70. Kf2) 70... c3 71. Rh7 Rc8 72. Rd7+ Kc4 73. a7 c2
74. a8=Q Rxa8 75. Rc7+ Kd3 76. Rd7+ Ke2 77. Re7+ Kd3 78. Rd7+ Kc3 79. Rc7+ Kb2
80. Rb7+ Ka1 81. Rc7 Kb1 (81... Ra2 {wins more quickly.}) 82. Rb7+ Kc1 83. Kf2
Ra2 84. Ke3 Ra3+ 85. Kf2 Rc3 86. Ke2 Rc8 87. Rb6 Re8+ 88. Kf2 Re5 89. Rb8 Kd2
90. Rd8+ Kc3 91. Rc8+ Kb3 92. Rc7 Rd5 (92... Rd5 93. Ke3 Rd1 94. f4 c1=Q+ 95.
Rxc1 Rxc1 {leads to a theoretical win.}) 0-1

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1898.??.??"]
[Round "27"]
[White "Pillsbury, Harry"]
[Black "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1898.??.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. d3
O-O 9. a4 b4 10. Nd5 Be6 $6 ({Theory will become} 10... Rb8 {(Tarrasch-Grünfeld
Tarrasch-Grünfeld, Bad Pistyan 19922).}) 11. a5 Nd4 $6 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Nxb4
Bxb3 14. cxb3 Qd7 15. Nc2 c5 16. b4 Rab8 17. bxc5 dxc5 18. Na3 Bd8 19. Nc4 Bc7
20. h3 Ne8 21. f4 f5 22. e5 g6 23. Bd2 Ng7 24. Be1 Ne6 25. Bh4 Rb4 26. g4 $6
Qd5 27. Be7 Rf7 28. Bd6 $6 (28. Bf6 $1 Nxf4 29. Rxf4 Rxf6 30. Qf3 Qxf3 31. Rxf3
{keeps an advantage.}) 28... Bxd6 29. exd6 Rxc4 $1 30. dxc4 Qxd6 31. g5 Nxf4 $1
32. Qf3 Ne6 33. h4 d3 34. Rf2 Qd4 35. Re1 Qxc4 36. Qe3 Nd4 37. Rd1 Ne2+ 38. Kf1
Qxh4 39. Rxd3 (39. Qe8+ Rf8 40. Qe6+ {gives a perpetual by White.}) 39... Nd4
40. Kg1 f4 41. Qe5 f3 42. Qxc5 Ne2+ 43. Rxe2 Qg3+ 44. Kh1 Qh3+ 45. Kg1 Qg3+ {
Black delivers a perpetual.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1898.??.??"]
[Round "28"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Janowsky, Dawid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1898.??.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O
Nh5 $5 9. Be5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 g6 11. Qe2 Bd6 12. Rad1 Ng7 $5 {Even Janowsky has
to defend.} 13. e4 Bxe5 14. dxe5 d4 15. Bc2 c5 16. f4 Bd7 17. Nb1 Qa5 $5 18.
Rd3 $1 b5 (18... Qxa2 $2 19. Na3 $1 Qxb2 20. Rb1 Qa2 21. Qe1 {and the black
queen is lost.}) 19. Ra3 Qb6 20. Nd2 Rab8 21. Rh3 Qa6 22. Rh6 $5 bxc4 23. Qg4
$1 {Schlechter plays for mate.} Qa5 $4 ({Black has to capture everything by} 
23... Rxb2 24. Qh4 Rxc2 25. Rxh7 Nh5 26. Rxh5 gxh5 27. Qg5+ Kh7 28. Qxh5+ Kg7
29. Qg5+ Kh7 30. Rf3 Rc3 $1 {and White has to deliver perpetual check.}) 24.
Nxc4 Qxa2 25. Qh4 Qxc4 ({Or} 25... Nh5 26. Rxh5 gxh5 27. Qg5+ Kh8 28. Qf6+ Kg8
29. Rf3 $1) 26. Rxh7 Nh5 27. Rxh5 Qxf1+ {Black has to give up material.} 28.
Kxf1 gxh5 29. Qg5+ Kh7 30. Qxh5+ Kg7 31. Qg5+ Kh7 32. Qh4+ Kg7 33. Qf6+ Kh7 34.
f5 Rg8 35. Qxf7+ Rg7 36. Qh5+ Kg8 37. f6 Rf8 38. Kg1 Rh7 39. Qg5+ Kh8 40. Bb3
Rb8 41. f7 $4 {White misses the deserved win.} ({Right is} 41. Bc4 Rxb2 42. Qg6
) 41... Rxf7 42. Qh6+ Kg8 43. Bxe6 Bxe6 44. Qg6+ Kf8 45. Qxe6 (45. Qxe6 Rxb2
46. h4 Rff2 {draws.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1898.??.??"]
[Round "28"]
[White "Steinitz, William"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D32"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1898.??.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. b3 Be6 11. Bb2 Qe7 12. a3 a6 13. b4 Ba7 14. Rc1 Rfd8 15.
Na4 Rac8 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. Rxc5 Ne4 18. Rc1 Nd6 19. Nd4 Nc4 20. Nxc6 Rxc6 21.
Qd4 f6 22. Bf3 b5 23. Rfd1 Rcd6 24. Qc3 Bf5 25. Rd4 Be4 26. Be2 Qe5 27. Rcd1
Qg5 28. g3 Qe5 29. Bc1 Qe7 30. f3 Bg6 31. Kf2 Bf7 32. Bxc4 dxc4 33. e4 Qa7 34.
Be3 Rxd4 35. Rxd4 Rxd4 36. Qxd4 Qxd4 37. Bxd4 Kf8 38. Ke3 Be6 39. g4 Kf7 40. h4
g6 41. g5 fxg5 42. hxg5 Bh3 43. Bc3 Ke6 44. Kd4 Bg2 45. f4 Bf3 46. Bd2 Bg2 47.
Bc1 c3 48. e5 Bf3 49. Kc5 Bd1 50. Kb6 Ba4 51. Kxa6 Ke7 52. Kb6 Kd7 53. Kc5 c2
54. Bd2 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1898.??.??"]
[Round "30"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A85"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1898.??.01"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. f3 $5 c5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. O-O
a6 9. a3 Qc7 10. d5 $6 Ne5 11. e4 $5 Bd6 12. f4 $2 {White weakens the centre.}
({Better is} 12. Bf4 $1) 12... Nxd3 13. Qxd3 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 O-O
16. Nc3 Rae8 $1 {Black prepares an attack.} 17. Qf3 Kh8 18. Bd2 exd5 19. Nxd5
Bxd5 20. cxd5 Be5 $1 21. Bc3 Bxc3 $5 (21... Bxf4 22. g3 Bd6 23. Qg4 Be5 24.
Rae1 {and White can defend himself.}) 22. bxc3 c4 23. Qf2 h6 24. Qd4 Re2 25.
Rf3 Rfe8 26. d6 Qc6 27. Rg3 Qc5 28. Qxc5 bxc5 29. Rd1 Re1+ 30. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 31.
Kf2 Rd1 32. Re3 Rxd6 33. Ke2 Rb6 34. Re4 Rb2+ 35. Ke3 {Schlechter has defended
well.} d5 (35... d6 $1 36. Rxc4 Rxg2 37. Ra4 Rxh2 {(TB) can be answered by} 38.
Ke4 $1 Re2+ 39. Kf5 $1 Rc2 40. Rxa6 Rxc3 41. Rxd6 Rxa3 42. Rc6 Rc3 43. Kg6 $1 {
drawn.}) 36. Re5 Rc2 37. Rxd5 Rxc3+ 38. Ke4 Rxa3 39. Rxc5 c3 40. g4 Kh7 41. h4
Kg6 42. h5+ Kf7 43. Rc7+ Kf6 44. g5+ hxg5 45. fxg5+ Kxg5 46. Rxg7+ Kxh5 47. Kd3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1898.??.??"]
[Round "31"]
[White "Janowsky, Dawid"]
[Black "Pillsbury, Harry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C32"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1898.??.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. d3 Nf6 5. dxe4 Nxe4 6. Qe2 $5 Qxd5 7. Nd2 f5 8.
Nh3 $2 ({Known is} 8. g4 $6) 8... Nc6 9. c3 Be6 10. Nxe4 fxe4 11. Nf2 O-O-O 12.
g3 Bc5 13. Bg2 e3 $1 14. Ne4 Nb4 $4 {Pillsbury fails in a won position.} ({
Right is} 14... Rhe8 $1 15. Nf6 $1 Qxg2 $1 16. Qxg2 gxf6 17. Qe2 {(TB)} Nb4 $1
18. O-O Nc2 $1 19. Rb1 Bxa2) 15. cxb4 Bxb4+ 16. Nc3 $1 ({Harry has missed this
move and expected} 16. Kf1 $2 Qd1+ 17. Qxd1 Bc4+ $1) 16... Qc5 17. Bxe3 Bxc3+
18. bxc3 Qxc3+ 19. Kf2 Rhe8 20. Rhc1 Qa3 21. Rab1 b6 22. Bc6 Bd7 23. Rc3 Qa5
24. Rbc1 Bxc6 25. Rxc6 Re7 26. R1c3 Qd5 27. Qc4 Qxc4 28. R6xc4 c5 29. f5 Rd6
30. g4 Kd7 31. Kf3 Rd1 32. g5 Rf7 33. Rf4 Kc6 34. h4 Rd5 35. Kg4 b5 36. h5 b4
37. Rcc4 Kb5 38. Rce4 a5 39. f6 g6 40. hxg6 hxg6 41. Re8 a4 42. Rb8+ Ka5 43.
Re4 Rfd7 44. Rc4 Rd3 45. Rxc5+ Ka6 46. Rc6+ Ka5 47. Ra8+ Kb5 48. Rb6+ Kc4 49.
Rc8+ Kd5 50. Rc5+ 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1898.??.??"]
[Round "33"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Pillsbury, Harry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1898.??.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bd3 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 c6 10. Qh5 g6 11. Qf3 Ne8 12. b3 d5 13. Bb2 Be6 14. Rae1 Ng7
15. R5e2 Bf6 16. Ba3 Re8 17. Nd1 Bd4 18. c3 Bb6 19. Ne3 Qd7 20. h3 c5 21. Bc1
Bc7 22. Ng4 Bxg4 23. hxg4 Re6 $6 {Black should exchange rooks (TB).} 24. c4 d4
25. Be4 Rb8 26. d3 b6 $2 ({Necessary is} 26... Ba5 $1) 27. g3 h5 28. gxh5 Nxh5
{A nice finish is possible.} 29. Bd5 (29. Bxg6 $1 Rxe2 30. Bh7+ $1 {ends the
game.}) 29... Rxe2 30. Rxe2 Kg7 $6 ({The last stand brings} 30... Bd6 31. Bg5
Qf5 32. Qxf5 gxf5) 31. Bg5 f6 ({Or} 31... Bd8 32. Re7 $1 Bxe7 33. Qxf7+ Kh8 34.
Qxg6 $18 {(Tarrasch).}) 32. Re6 $1 Be5 ({The pointe is} 32... fxg5 33. Qe4) 33.
Bd2 Rh8 34. g4 $1 Qc7 35. gxh5 Rxh5 36. Re8 Qd7 37. Rg8+ Kh7 38. Qg2 Qf5 39.
Be4 Rh2 40. Rxg6 Rxg2+ 41. Rxg2 {Siegbert Tarrasch took over the lead from
Harry Pillsbury.} 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1898.??.??"]
[Round "34"]
[White "Janowsky, Dawid"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1898.??.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 h6 9. Bh4 Bg4 $5 10. h3 Bxf3 $2 11. Qxf3 g5 $6 12. Bg3 Nh7 {Tarrasch is
asking for trouble.} 13. Rab1 Qc8 14. Rfd1 Kg7 15. d4 f6 16. Be2 Ne7 17. Qd3
Rb8 18. Bg4 Qe8 19. Qc4 h5 20. Be6 Qc6 21. Qd3 h4 22. Bh2 Rfd8 23. d5 Qa4 24.
g3 Ng6 25. Rb4 Qe8 $6 (25... Qxa2 $5 26. Rdb1 {does not convince for Black.})
26. Rdb1 b6 27. Qa6 Nhf8 28. Bg4 hxg3 29. fxg3 Nd7 30. Qxa7 Rdc8 31. Qa6 Nc5
32. Qe2 Rd8 33. Rf1 Ra8 34. h4 gxh4 35. gxh4 Qf7 (35... Rxa2 36. Qg2 {gives no
pleasure.}) 36. h5 Nf8 37. Bg3 Kh8 38. Bh4 Nh7 39. Bf5 Rg8+ 40. Kh1 Raf8 41.
Rbb1 Qe7 42. Rg1 Rxg1+ 43. Rxg1 Rg8 44. Rg6 Rxg6 45. hxg6 Ng5 46. Qh5+ Kg8 (
46... Kg7 47. Bxg5 fxg5 48. Kg2 {and White conquers pawn g5.}) 47. Bxg5 fxg5
48. Be6+ $1 Nxe6 49. dxe6 Qf6 50. Qh7+ Kf8 51. Kg2 g4 52. Qf7+ Qxf7 53. gxf7 d5
54. Kg3 {Pillsbury took the lead again. The second cycle ended at round
thirty-eight on 25 vii 1898. The best scores had Tarrasch and Pillsbury with
13 1/2, Janowsky 13, Steinitz and Schlechter 12 points. The two leaders had to
play four additional games.} 1-0

[Event "London-B"]
[Site "Single round tournament"]
[Date "1899.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Marshall, Frank"]
[Black "Esser, Johannes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C56"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1899.??.??"]

{Twelve players participated in the second group. Young Frank Marshall won
before Marco and Physick. His journey from Brooklyn was paid by supporters. He
won a prize of 70 pounds and a gold medal.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4.
d4 exd4 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8. Nc3 Qd8 $5 9. Rxe4+ Be7 10. Nxd4
Nxd4 $2 ({Right is} 10... f5 $1 11. Rf4 O-O {(Mortimer-Pillsbury, Monte Carlo
1902).}) 11. Rxd4 Bd7 12. Bf4 Qc8 13. Nd5 Bd8 14. Qh5 O-O 15. Bxc7 $1 {Frank
decides the game in a grand style.} Be6 16. Bxd8 Bxd5 17. Bf6 $1 Qc6 18. Bxg7
$1 Kxg7 19. Qxd5 Qxc2 20. Qe5+ f6 21. Qe7+ Kg6 22. Rh4 Kg5 23. Qg7+ Kxh4 24.
Qh6+ Kg4 25. h3+ Kf5 26. Qxh7+ 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1899.05.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Chigorin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Pillsbury, Harry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C51"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1899.??.30"]

{London 1899 was the fourth super chess tournament among Hastings 1895,
Nürnberg 1896, Wien 1898 and Paris 1900. All important players were invited.
Refusals came from Tarrasch who worked as a medical doctor and Charousek who
suffered from a fatal illness. The businessman Burn had to withdraw at the
opening's day. Fifteen participants played double rounds from 30 v until 10
vii 1899, except for Teichmann. He had to withdraw after his encounters with
Pillsbury, Blackburne, Chigorin and Tinsley due to an eye disease. His
remaining games in the first cycle were declared as lost. Rounds were played
in St Stephen's Hall, near the Westminster Aquarium and Houses of Parliament.
Seven tables, players and kibitzers seemed small in the gray hall. Statues of
statesmen overshadowed them. The time limit was fifteen moves in one hour.
Participants were entertained by the City of London chess club at Crystal
Palace and the Star and Garter Hotel in Richmond, a favourite place of Dickens.
A banquet took place in the International Hall of the Café Monico on 29 vi.  
The double round tournament had a remarkable start. Janowsky won four games
while Lasker only scored two points. The turnaround came in round ten, when
the world champion defeated the leader. Thereafter it became a Lasker show. He
ended 41/2 points before the candidates Janowsky, Maróczy and Pillsbury after
thirty rounds. The runner-up Schlechter became fifth. The world champion had
increased his superiority over the candidates since Nürnberg 1896. Strong
players like Marshall, Marco and Mieses had to play in the single round
tournament. Marshall won. An amount of 1020 pounds for prizes and consolation
money was distributed on 11 vii 1899. Lasker got 250 pounds and a gold medal.
Steinitz won no prize for the first time in his life. He died in poverty the
next year.   The event has been presented in the tournament book by Hoffer and
the chess journals of the day. This information is difficult to obtain for
most chess enthusiasts. Therefore I made a generous selection of thirty-one
games due to the importance of London 1899. } 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4.
b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Bc5 6. O-O d6 7. d4 Bb6 {The text was successfully used as a
defence by the world champion in his famous game Chigorin-Lasker, St
Petersburg 1895.} ({Usual was the offensive} 7... exd4) 8. dxe5 $1 dxe5 9.
Qxd8+ Nxd8 10. Nxe5 {Chigorin has prepared a new line and gained a slight
advantage.} Be6 11. Nd2 Ne7 12. Ba3 f6 13. Nd3 Ng6 14. Rab1 Kf7 15. Bd5 Re8 16.
c4 $6 (16. Rfd1 $1 {occupies the open file with a rook and keeps a plus.})
16... c6 $1 17. Bxe6+ Nxe6 18. Nb3 Rad8 19. Nbc1 $6 {White plays an artificial
move.} ({Again} 19. Rfd1 {is better.}) 19... Rd7 $1 20. c5 Bc7 21. g3 Ne5 $6 {
The exchanges of pieces help White.} (21... b5 $1 {takes the initiative on the
queenside.}) 22. Nxe5+ Bxe5 23. Nb3 g5 24. Rfd1 Red8 25. Rxd7+ Rxd7 26. h3 $6 (
26. Na5 $1 Nd8 27. Nc4 $1 {defends properly (Hoffer).}) 26... Bc7 27. Kf1 b5
28. Bb4 h5 29. Kg2 $6 {White has no plan.} Rd3 30. Rc1 Nd4 $5 {Black wants to
exchange two pieces towards a favourable bishop ending.} 31. Rc3 Rxc3 32. Bxc3
Nxb3 33. axb3 a5 {Black has activated his majority on the queenside.} 34. Kf3
Ke6 35. Ke3 ({The passive} 35. g4 a4 36. bxa4 hxg4+ 37. hxg4 bxa4 38. Bb4 Be5
39. Ba3 Bd4 {brings White a weak f-pawn.}) 35... g4 $1 36. hxg4 hxg4 {White
has a withdrawn pawn and should solve this problem immediately.} 37. Kd3 $2 ({
The active} 37. f4 $1 gxf3 38. Kxf3 a4 39. bxa4 bxa4 40. Bb2 Be5 41. Ba3 Bd4
42. Kf4 {gives White fine survival chances.}) 37... a4 38. bxa4 bxa4 39. Bb4
Be5 40. Ba3 Ba1 41. Bc1 f5 42. Ba3 Ke5 43. exf5 Kxf5 44. Ke3 Ke5 45. f4+ Kd5
46. f5 Be5 47. Kf2 Ke4 {Chigorin was the knight of the Evans Gambit. He
applied the opening fruitfully against Steinitz. His losses in the applied
defensive variation gave the gambit a bad reputation.} 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1899.05.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Steinitz, William"]
[Black "Janowsky, Dawid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D26"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1899.??.30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 b5 7. Bb3 Bb7 8. O-O
c5 9. Qe2 cxd4 10. exd4 Be7 11. Rd1 O-O 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. d5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Re8
15. Ne3 Qb6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Ne5 Rf8 18. Nf5 Bc5 19. Nd7 Qc6 20. Nxf6+ Qxf6
21. Bd5 Rfe8 22. Qc2 Bxd5 23. Qxc5 Bxg2 $4 24. Kxg2 Rac8 25. Qd5 $4 {Several
tactical errors were made in this game. I show the biggest one.} ({Steinitz
could not calculate accurately ar the end of his life.} 25. Re1 $1 {keeps the
knight (Hoffer).}) 25... Re5 26. Qd7 Qxf5 27. Rac1 Qe4+ 28. f3 Rg5+ 29. Kf2
Qh4+ 30. Kf1 Rf8 31. Rc2 g6 32. Rd4 Qh5 33. Rf2 Rf5 34. Kg2 Qg5+ 35. Kf1 Rc5
36. Rg4 Rc1+ 37. Kg2 Qc5 38. Rd4 Rc8 39. Rh4 Qg5+ 40. Rg4 Qf6 41. b4 h5 42. Rd4
R8c2 43. h4 Rxf2+ 44. Kxf2 Rc2+ 45. Kg3 Qe5+ {Janowsky and Cohn led with two
wins.} 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1899.06.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Lee, Francis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1899.??.30"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. h4 h6 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Ngf6 10. Bd2 e6 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. Rhe1 O-O-O 13. Qb3 Bd6 14. Ne2
Ng4 15. Rf1 Ndf6 16. Qa4 Kb8 17. c4 Qe7 18. Nc3 Qc7 19. g3 Qc8 20. b4 e5 21.
dxe5 Nxe5 22. Be3 $1 Nxc4 $2 {Lee misses the next combination.} ({Right is} 
22... a6 $1 23. Rxd6 Nxf3 {and Black keeps the equality.}) 23. Bxa7+ Kc7 24.
Rd4 b5 25. Nxb5+ $1 {Lasker takes the defence by force.} cxb5 26. Qxb5 Na3 27.
Qa5+ Kb7+ 28. Bc5 $1 {White wins despite the exchanges.} Bxc5 29. bxc5 Rxd4 30.
Nxd4 Qd8 31. c6+ Kc8 32. Qa8+ Kc7 33. Qa7+ Kd6 34. Qxa3+ Kd5 35. Rd1 Qb6 36.
Nf3+ Ke6 37. Qd6+ Kf5 38. Qd3+ Kg4 39. Ne5+ {A king's chase ended the game. 
Janowsky led with three points.} 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1899.06.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Blackburne, Joseph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C62"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1899.??.30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 Bd7 5. d5 Nb8 6. Bd3 Be7 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Ne2
c6 9. c4 Na6 10. Ng3 Nc5 11. Bc2 b5 $6 (11... Qb6 {prevents the next move.})
12. b4 $1 Nb7 13. dxc6 Bxc6 14. cxb5 Bxb5 15. a4 Bd7 16. O-O g6 $6 {Black
weakens his position.} 17. h3 h5 18. Be3 a5 19. b5 Rc8 20. Rc1 Nc5 $1 21. Nd2
$6 (21. Ng5 $1 {blockades on the kingside.}) 21... h4 22. Ne2 g5 $5 23. Bxg5
Rg8 $5 24. Bxh4 $5 Bxh3 {Black gave a pawn for the counterattack.} 25. Bg3 Be6
26. Re1 Ng4 27. Nf1 Bg5 28. Rb1 Rh8 29. Nc3 Bf4 $1 {The old master fights back.
} 30. Nd5 $2 ({Right is} 30. Qf3 $1 Qg5 31. Bxf4 exf4 32. Nd5 Qh6 33. Qh3 Qf8 {
and a repetition.}) 30... Qg5 31. f3 Rh1+ $1 {The 'Black Death' strikes!} 32.
Kxh1 Bxg3 33. Nxg3 Nf2+ 34. Kg1 Nxd1 35. Nf5 Bxf5 36. exf5 Qd2 37. Rexd1 Qxc2
38. Rbc1 Qxf5 39. Nb6 Rd8 40. Nc4 Nb7 41. Ne3 Qf4 42. Kf2 Qxa4 43. Rc7 Nc5 44.
Rh1 Rd7 45. Rc8+ Ke7 46. Rhh8 Qd4 {Teichmann left due to an eye injury.
Janowsky had 4 and Lasker 2 points.} 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1899.06.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cohn, Wilhelm"]
[Black "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1899.??.30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Qe2 Nd6 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8.
dxe5 Nb7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nc3 Re8 $5 11. Bf4 Nc5 12. Nd4 Ne6 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14.
Rad1 Rb8 15. b3 Bb4 $6 16. Ne4 $1 Rf8 17. Bg5 Be7 {Black has to retreat after
a tactical slip.} 18. Be3 Rb5 $5 19. f4 d5 20. exd6 cxd6 21. c4 Rbf5 22. g4 $5
Ra5 23. b4 Ra3 24. Qb2 $6 (24. Nxd6 $1 Bxd6 25. c5 Ba6 26. Qf3 Bc4 27. Rxd6 Qe7
{results in a sharp battle.}) 24... Rxe3 $1 25. Rxe3 Rxf4 26. Qe2 d5 27. Nc5
Qb6 28. cxd5 cxd5 {Black has ample compensation for the exchange.} 29. Nd3 $2 (
{Correct is} 29. Rf1 $1 Rxb4 30. Qf3 Bf6 31. g5 $1 Qxc5 32. gxf6 e5 33. fxg7
Rf4 34. Qg3 $1 Rg4 35. Kh1 Rxg3 36. Rxg3 d4 37. Rf8+ Qxf8 38. gxf8=Q+ Kxf8 39.
Kg1 {and White will survive in the endgame.}) 29... Re4 30. Nc5 Rxb4 31. Nxe6
Bxe6 32. Kh1 Bxg4 33. Qd3 Bxd1 34. Rxe7 Bf3+ {Maróczy, a predecessor of Lékó,
played solid chess.  Janowsky led the tournament with 4 1/2 points.} 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1899.06.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cohn, Wilhelm"]
[Black "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1899.??.30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. Nc3 Bd7 6. O-O g6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6
Qxf6 9. d4 Bg7 10. dxe5 $6 ({Better is} 10. d5 Nb8 11. Bxd7+ Nxd7) 10... Nxe5
11. Nxe5 Qxe5 12. Bxd7+ Kxd7 13. Qg4+ $6 {White wants a quick draw by
exchanges.} Qe6 14. Qxe6+ fxe6 15. Ne2 Rhf8 16. c3 a5 17. Rad1 g5 18. Rd3 a4
19. a3 $6 Ra5 20. Rfd1 h5 21. R1d2 Rc5 22. Rf3 $6 Rg8 $6 23. Nd4 Ke7 24. g4 $2
{Cohn strives for more exchanges but he meets a surprise.} Be5 $1 25. Rh3 $6
hxg4 26. Rh6 Bf6 27. Kg2 Re5 28. Re2 Bg7 29. Rh5 Kf6 30. f3 c5 31. Nb5 gxf3+
32. Kxf3 Kg6 33. Rh3 d5 34. Kg4 dxe4 35. Nd6 Rf8 36. Rhe3 Rf4+ 37. Kg3 Bf8 38.
Nc4 Rd5 39. Nb6 Kf5 $5 {Lasker can do what he wants.} 40. Nxd5 exd5 41. Kg2 d4
42. Rh3 d3 43. Rf2 c4 44. Kf1 e3 45. Rff3 Ke4 46. Rxf4+ gxf4 47. Rh8 Be7 $5 48.
Re8 Kf3 49. Rh8 d2 {Cohn was too impressed by the world champion in their
first encounter.  Janowsky led with 5 1/2 points. He would also win in the
next round.} 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1899.06.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Bird, Henry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B34"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1899.??.30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 $5 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 h5 $6 7. Be2 Nf6
8. h3 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Bf3 e6 13. Qd3 a6 14. Rad1 Qc7
15. e5 dxe5 16. Bxe5 Qb6+ 17. Bd4 Qc7 18. Be5 Qb6+ 19. Qd4 Qxd4+ 20. Rxd4 Bxf3
21. Rxf3 O-O 22. a4 Rfc8 $5 23. Rb4 Nd5 $5 24. Nxd5 exd5 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. c3
Rc7 27. Rd3 a5 $5 28. Rbd4 $5 Rc4 $1 29. Rxc4 dxc4 30. Rd7 Re8 $6 {Black
should have remained passive for a moment.} ({Right is} 30... Rb8 $1 31. Rd5 $1
(31. Rc7 b5 $1) 31... b6 $1 32. g4 hxg4 33. hxg4 Kf6) 31. Rxb7 Re1+ 32. Kf2 Ra1
33. g4 Rxa4 34. Rb5 ({Maybe} 34. gxh5 gxh5 35. Rb5 {are the historical moves.})
34... Ra1 35. gxh5 gxh5 36. Rxh5 a4 37. Ra5 Ra2 38. Ke3 Rxb2 39. Rxa4 Rh2 40.
Rxc4 Rxh3+ 41. Ke4 Kf6 42. Rc6+ Ke7 43. c4 Kd7 44. Ra6 Rc3 45. Kd5 Rd3+ 46. Ke5
Rc3 47. Ra7+ Ke8 48. Rc7 Re3+ 49. Kf6 Re6+ 50. Kf5 Kf8 51. c5 Kg7 52. Rb7 Re1
53. c6 Re2 54. c7 Rc2 55. Ke5 Kg6 56. Kd6 Rd2+ 57. Kc6 Rc2+ 58. Kd7 Rd2+ 59.
Kc8 Kf5 60. Rb4 {The shy Schlechter defeated the weaker players with technical
means.} 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1899.06.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bird, Henry"]
[Black "Chigorin, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C51"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1899.??.30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O d6 8.
cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 Na5 {The old battlers play the main variation of the Evans
Gambit.} 10. Bd3 Ne7 11. Nd5 $5 O-O ({Black avoids} 11... Nxd5 $6 12. exd5 O-O)
12. Nxb6 axb6 13. d5 Ng6 14. Qc2 c5 15. Rb1 Bg4 16. Be2 Re8 17. Bb5 $2 {Bird
wants to blockade the queenside.} Bxf3 $1 {A series of gambit moves begins.}
18. Bxe8 Nh4 $1 19. gxf3 ({Or} 19. Bb5 Bxg2) 19... Qf6 $1 20. Bd7 Qg6+ $1 21.
Bg4 Nxf3+ 22. Kh1 Qxg4 23. Qe2 Re8 $1 24. Rxb6 Rxe4 25. Rxd6 h5 $1 26. Rd8+ Kh7
27. Qc2 f5 {Chigorin played an enjoyable game.  Henry Bird was an accountant
who began to play chess in the luxurious coffeehouse Simpson's Divan during
the forties. His many matches and tournaments were played from 1849 until 1899,
spanning half-a-century.  Janowsky had a bye. Maróczy, Pillsbury and Lasker
were closing in.} 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1899.06.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Chigorin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1899.??.30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 e6 6. O-O Nbd7 $5 7. Nc3 Be7 8.
Qe2 O-O 9. Rd1 a6 10. a4 cxd4 11. exd4 Nb6 12. Bd3 Nbd5 13. Ne5 Nxc3 $2 {The
white centre is strengthened.} ({Correct is} 13... Nb4 14. Bg5 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 h6
) 14. bxc3 Qc7 15. c4 Nd7 16. Ng4 Rd8 17. Bc2 Nf8 18. Rb1 Bd7 19. Ne5 Bd6 20.
Nxd7 Rxd7 21. g3 b6 $6 22. a5 $1 {White opens the position by an effective
breakthrough.} bxa5 23. Ba4 Rdd8 24. c5 Be7 25. Bf4 Qc8 26. Qe4 g5 27. Be3 f5
28. Qb7 Ng6 29. Bb3 Kf7 30. Qf3 Kg7 31. Bc4 f4 32. Bd2 e5 33. Bc3 Rf8 34. Qe4
Ra7 35. Rb6 fxg3 36. hxg3 Qh3 37. Bf1 Qh5 38. Be2 Qh6 39. Kg2 g4 40. Qxg4 Bd8
41. Bd2 Rxf2+ 42. Kxf2 Qh2+ 43. Ke3 Bxb6 44. cxb6 Re7 45. d5 Rf7 46. Rf1 Rxf1
47. Bxf1 Qg1+ 48. Ke2 Qxb6 49. Qd7+ Kg8 50. Bh3 Nf8 51. Be6+ Nxe6 52. dxe6 Qb5+
53. Qxb5 axb5 54. Bxa5 Kg7 55. Bb4 {Schlechter showed his careful technics. 
Janowsky took the sole lead with 7 1/2 out of 8. He had reached the summit of
his performance in this tournament.} 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1899.06.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Janowsky, Dawid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1899.??.30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 $5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Qb3 $5 c6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. Bg5 Be7
8. Bf4 Nf6 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O $6 ({Right is} 11. Qc2 $1) 11... Nh5
$1 12. Qc2 $5 {Lasker's moves during this intermezzo might be called
'psychological'. However he used to play opportunistic after he made an error,
according to me.} Nxf4 13. Bxh7+ $5 Kh8 14. exf4 g6 15. Bxg6 fxg6 16. Qxg6 {
White has three pawns for a bishop.} Rf6 17. Qh5+ Kg7 18. Ng5 $6 (18. f5 $1 {
advances an important pawn.}) 18... Nf8 $1 {Black has stopped the attack.} 19.
g3 Bf5 20. Rfe1 Rg6 $6 {Black allows an unfavourable exchange.} ({Better is} 
20... Bd6 $1) 21. Nf7 $1 Kxf7 22. Qxf5+ Bf6 23. Rad1 Qd6 $6 {Black loses his
advantage.} (23... Qd7 $1 24. Qxd7+ Nxd7 {forbids the next move.}) 24. g4 $1
Kg8 25. Re3 Rd8 26. Ne2 Rd7 27. h3 Rf7 28. Qd3 Bh4 29. Re8 Rgg7 30. Kg2 Qd7 31.
Qe3 Re7 32. Rxe7 Rxe7 33. Qf3 Ng6 34. Kf1 Rf7 {Janowsky's sealed move is
played.} 35. f5 Bd8 36. Ng3 Nh4 37. Qf4 Qe7 38. Qe3 Bc7 39. Re1 Qxe3 40. Rxe3
Bb6 41. Ne2 Bc7 42. f3 Kf8 43. Kf2 Re7 44. Rxe7 Kxe7 {The exchanges of the
heavy pieces favour White.} 45. f4 Ba5 46. Nc1 $1 {White wants to play Nd3 and
Kg3.} Bb6 $2 ({Correct is} 46... Kf6 $1 47. a3 $1 Bb6 48. Ne2 Ba5 49. b4 Bd8
50. Kg3 Kg7 $3 51. Nc1 Bf6 52. Nd3 Nxf5+ $1 53. gxf5 Bxd4 54. Nc5 $6 Bb2 55.
Nxb7 Bxa3 56. Nd8 $5 {(it would be check, if the black king had gone to f7)}
Bxb4 57. Nxc6 a5 {drawn.}) 47. Nb3 Kf6 $6 (47... Kd7 $5 48. Kg3 Bd8 49. Nc5+
Kc8 50. Ne6 Bf6 51. b3 {looks bad for Black.}) 48. Kg3 Nxf5+ 49. gxf5 Kxf5 50.
Kf3 Bc7 51. Nc5 b6 52. Nxa6 Bd6 53. a4 Ke6 54. b4 Kf5 55. a5 b5 56. Nc5 Bxf4
57. Nd7 {Janowsky and Lasker had scored the same number of points.} 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1899.06.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Blackburne, Joseph"]
[Black "Pillsbury, Harry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D04"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1899.??.30"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. Be2 Nc6 5. O-O e6 6. a3 Bd6 $6 ({Hoffer
mentions} 6... cxd4 7. exd4 Bd6) 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4 Bd6 9. Bb2 O-O 10. c4 $1
dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. Nbd2 Qe7 13. b5 Na5 14. Be2 Bg4 15. Qa4 b6 16. Bc3 Rfe8 $5
17. Rfd1 Rad8 18. h3 Bh5 19. Bb4 $5 e4 $1 20. Nd4 Bxb4 $2 ({Correct is} 20...
Bxe2 21. Nxe2 Qe5 $1 {(Hoffer)} 22. Bxd6 Rxd6) 21. axb4 Rxd4 $5 {Pillsbury
starts a desperate action.} 22. exd4 e3 $1 23. Bxh5 exf2+ 24. Kh1 $1 Nxh5 25.
Nf1 Qe4 $2 ({Right is} 25... Nc4 26. Qxa7 Qd8 27. Qa2 Ne3 28. Rd3 Nxg2 $1 29.
Qxf2 Ngf4) 26. Qa2 Qf4 27. bxa5 Re3 28. Qd5 g5 29. axb6 axb6 30. Qa8+ Kg7 31.
Qd5 Kg6 32. Rac1 g4 33. Rc6+ f6 34. Re6 Ng3+ 35. Nxg3 Qxg3 36. Rxe3 Qxe3 37.
Qg8+ $1 ({Not} 37. Qc4 $2 Qe1+ 38. Qf1 Qxf1+ 39. Rxf1 g3 $1) 37... Kh6 38. Qxg4
Qe1+ 39. Kh2 f1=Q 40. Rxe1 Qxe1 41. Qf4+ Kg6 42. Qg3+ Qxg3+ 43. Kxg3 Kf5 44.
Kf3 Ke6 45. Ke4 f5+ 46. Kf4 Kd5 47. Kxf5 Kxd4 48. g4 Kc5 49. g5 Kxb5 50. h4 Kc6
51. h5 Kd7 52. g6 hxg6+ 53. Kxg6 {Lasker took the sole lead and would stay
number one until the end of the event.} 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1899.06.14"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Janowsky, Dawid"]
[Black "Pillsbury, Harry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1899.??.30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bb4 4. Nxe5 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. Nf3 Bxc3 7. dxc3 Nxe4
8. O-O Nd7 9. Re1 Ndf6 10. Bd3 Nc5 $6 ({More solid is} 10... Re8) 11. Bg5 h6
12. Bh4 Bg4 13. h3 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 g5 16. Bg3 Nd7 17. Qf5 Kg7 18.
Rad1 Re8 19. f4 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Nf8 21. h4 Qd7 22. Qd3 gxh4 23. Bxh4 Ng6 24. Bf2
f5 25. c4 Kh7 26. Qf3 Rg8 27. Kh2 b6 28. g3 a5 29. Qd5 Rf8 30. Bd4 Qf7 31. Qc6
Rg8 32. Qd5 Rf8 33. a4 h5 34. b3 h4 $2 (34... Ne7 35. Qf3 Ng8 {defends
properly.}) 35. Qf3 $1 Kh6 ({Or} 35... hxg3+ 36. Qxg3 Re8 37. Qh3+ Kg8 38.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 39. Qxf5) 36. gxh4 Rg8 37. Rg1 Nf8 38. Rg5 Ne6 39. Bf6 $1 {Janowsky
finishes the game beautifully.} Ng7 ({The pointe is} 39... Nxg5 40. fxg5+) 40.
Qd5 Qe8 41. Qg2 Qf7 42. Bxg7+ Rxg7 43. Rxg7 Qxg7 44. Qg5+ Kh7 45. Qxf5+ Kh8 46.
Qh5+ Kg8 47. Qg5 {Pillsbury's great start in the tournament had been ruined by
two losses.} 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1899.06.16"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Black "Chigorin, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1899.??.30"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. e4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 e5 10. Bg5 Qe7 11. Kh1 $6 {Maróczy will play too passively in
this game.} Rd8 12. Qc2 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. dxe5 Bxe5 15. Rad1 Re8 16. Be2 $6
Bc7 17. Ne1 Ne5 18. f4 Ng4 19. Bxg4 Bxg4 20. Rd3 Rad8 21. Qf2 Rxd3 22. Nxd3 Rd8
23. Qg3 $6 ({Preferable is} 23. Nc5 Bc8 24. e5) 23... Be6 24. e5 Qf5 25. Nc5 $6
(25. Rd1 Qg4 26. Qe1 Bb6 {leads to a positional horror for White.}) 25... Bxe5
$1 {Chigorin utilises the momentum.} 26. Nxe6 fxe6 27. Qe3 Bxc3 28. bxc3 b6 29.
h3 Rd3 30. Qe2 Rxc3 31. Qa6 Qd5 32. Kg1 Rc2 33. Rf3 Qd1+ {Maróczy missed his
usual accuracy. It was a long and fatiguing tournament.  Lasker had a bye. He
kept the lead of half-a-point on Maróczy and Janowsky, because both players
lost.} 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1899.06.17"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Janowsky, Dawid"]
[Black "Lee, Francis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1899.??.30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bh4 $6 g5 7. Bg3 Ne4 {Lee
has equalised easily.} 8. Nge2 c5 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Nxc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Qa5 12.
Qd2 c4 $4 {Black closes the central area. Janowsky gets a licence to kill on
the kingside.} ({Correct is} 12... Nc6) 13. Be2 Nd7 $6 14. O-O Nb6 15. f4 $1
Na4 16. fxg5 hxg5 17. Qxg5 Nxc3 18. Bh5 Ne4 19. Bxf7+ Kd7 20. Qg7 Qd8 21. Be8+
$1 {White delivers mate in one.  Lasker defeated Chigorin and therefore stayed
the leader.} 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1899.06.19"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Black "Janowsky, Dawid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1899.??.30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 d5 7. exd5 cxd5
8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. O-O Be7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. Nf3 {These move were
already known from Baird-Hanham, New York 1893. Black has a plus.} Rfe8 13. b3
Ne4 14. Bb2 Bd6 $6 (14... Rad8 {will be played in Shurygin-Vavarin, Omsk 1998.}
) 15. Qd4 $1 Bf8 16. Rad1 c6 17. c4 Rad8 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Rc1 Rc8 20. Ne5 Qe6
21. h3 ({Not} 21. Qxa7 $2 Bc5 $1 22. Qd7 Bxf2+ $1) 21... a5 22. Nd3 Qf5 23.
Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rc1 Rxc1+ 25. Bxc1 h6 26. Bf4 g5 $5 ({The immediate} 26... Nc5 $1
{draws more easily.}) 27. Be5 Qe6 28. f3 $1 Nc5 $1 {Janowsky finds the right
defence.} 29. Nxc5 Bxc5 30. Qxc5 Qxe5 31. Qxa5 Qe3+ 32. Kf1 d4 ({Maróczy
mentions the alternative} 32... Qd3+ 33. Kf2 d4) 33. Qa8+ Kg7 34. Qe4 Qc1+ 35.
Qe1 {Black has a subtle escape.} Qc5 $2 (35... Qc2 $1 36. Qe5+ Kg8 37. Qxd4
Qb1+ 38. Kf2 Qxa2+ 39. Kg3 Qxb3 {draws.}) 36. Qd2 Qb5+ 37. Kf2 Qb6 38. Qd3 f6
39. Ke2 Qe6+ 40. Kd2 Qe5 41. b4 Qh2 42. Qe2 Qc7 43. Qd3 $5 Qh2 44. b5 $1 Qxg2+
45. Qe2 Qxh3 46. b6 Qd7 $5 47. Qc4 $1 Kg6 48. Qc7 $6 (48. a4 $1 {wins without
problems.}) 48... Qe6 49. Qc2+ f5 $6 ({White encounters more resistance in} 
49... Kg7 $1 50. Qb3 Qh3 51. b7 Qg2+ 52. Kd3 $1 Qxf3+ 53. Kxd4 Qf4+ 54. Kd5 $1
Qe5+ 55. Kc6) 50. Qb3 Qe5 51. b7 Qb8 52. Kd3 Kf6 53. Qb6+ Ke7 54. Qxh6 Qe5 55.
Qh7+ Ke6 56. Qg8+ Ke7 57. b8=Q Qe3+ 58. Kc4 Qc3+ 59. Kb5 {Maróczy had defeated
a main competitor in a fine queen ending.  Lasker led with 11, Maróczy had 10,
Janowsky, Pillsbury and Schlechter 9 1/2 points at the end of the first cycle.}
1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1899.06.20"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Blackburne, Joseph"]
[Black "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D05"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1899.??.30"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 Nbd7 5. Nbd2 Bd6 6. e4 $5 dxe4 7. Nxe4 b6
$5 ({Theory is} 7... Nxe4 8. Bxe4 O-O {(Halprin-Alapin, Vienna 1898).}) 8. O-O
Bb7 9. Nxd6+ cxd6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. c3 Rfe8 13. Bb5 $5 Bc6 14. Bxc6
Qxc6 15. Qd3 h6 16. Bh4 Rac8 17. Rad1 Nd5 18. Bg3 b5 19. Nd2 N7b6 20. a3 a5 21.
Rc1 a4 22. h4 $5 f5 23. Bh2 Qd7 24. Qg3 f4 25. Qd3 e5 26. c4 $2 {Blackburne
misses a combination.} ({Correct is} 26. Rcd1 exd4 27. Qxd4 Qf5 28. Nf3 Rxe1+
29. Rxe1 Nc4 30. Re2) 26... bxc4 27. Nxc4 e4 $1 28. Qf1 ({The pointe is} 28.
Nxb6 exd3 29. Nxd7 d2 {(Marco).}) 28... Nxc4 29. Rxc4 Rb8 30. Rc2 Kh8 31. Rec1
Qg4 32. f3 Qxh4 33. fxe4 Rxe4 34. Rc8+ Rxc8 35. Rxc8+ Kh7 36. Qb1 Nf6 37. d5 g6
38. Rc7+ Kh8 39. Rc1 Re2 40. Kh1 Ng4 41. Rc8+ Kg7 42. Rc7+ Kf6 {Lasker scored
the fourth win in a series of six. He showed his tactical superiority.} 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1899.06.21"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Bird, Henry"]
[Black "Steinitz, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1899.??.30"]

1. f4 d5 2. e3 e6 3. Nf3 Bd6 4. b3 Qe7 5. Bb2 f6 6. Nc3 a6 7. Bd3 $5 {Bird
takes the initiative in the Bird.} b5 8. Qe2 $6 c5 9. Qf2 c4 10. Be2 Nc6 11.
O-O Nh6 $1 12. Rae1 O-O 13. Bd1 $6 {Steinitz gets the time for a buildup on
the queenside.} Rb8 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. exd4 Qa7 16. Ne2 a5 17. Ng3 a4 18. bxc4 a3
19. Bc3 bxc4 20. Be2 $2 Qa4 $1 21. f5 $5 {Opportunism on the kingside is
needed.} exf5 22. Bf3 Qc6 23. h3 Nf7 24. Rb1 Be6 25. Rfe1 Ng5 26. Nf1 Ne4 $1 {
Steinitz has collected many advantages.} 27. Bxe4 fxe4 28. Rxb8 Rxb8 29. Ne3
Bc7 30. g4 Qd6 31. Kh1 g6 32. Rg1 Kf7 33. g5 Bxh3 34. Qxf6+ Qxf6 35. gxf6 Be6
36. Rf1 Bd8 37. Kg2 Rb5 38. d3 cxd3 39. cxd3 exd3 40. Rd1 Bxf6 41. Rxd3 h5 42.
Kf3 g5 43. Be1 Rb1 44. Bg3 Be7 {It would become the last international
tournament for both players.} 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1899.06.23"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Black "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1899.??.30"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. e3 c5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 a6 8. O-O
b5 9. Be2 cxd4 10. exd4 Bb7 11. b4 Be7 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Bd3 Qb6 14. Ne4 a5 15.
bxa5 Nxa5 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Ne5 Rad8 18. Qc2 h6 {The position is about even.
White wants to exchange.} 19. Be4 $4 ({The natural} 19. Rfd1 Nc6 20. Rac1 {
keeps the equality.}) 19... Bxe5 20. dxe5 ({Or} 20. Bxb7 Bxh2+ $1 21. Kxh2 Qxb7
) 20... Bxe4 21. Qxe4 Nb3 {Lasker wins the exchange.} 22. Qb4 Nxa1 23. Bxa1 Qc6
24. Bd4 Rd5 25. Qb2 Qc4 26. Bc3 Rc8 27. Bb4 Qd3 {Lasker had scored his sixth
win in a row and led 2 1/2 points on Janowsky.} 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1899.06.24"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Mason, James"]
[Black "Tinsley, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1899.??.30"]

1. c4 b6 $5 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. e4 Bb4 5. Bd3 $5 f5 6. Qe2 Nf6 7. f3 fxe4 8.
fxe4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nxe4 $1 10. Qh5+ g6 11. Qg4 Nf6 ({Not} 11... Nxc3 $2 12. Ne2
$1 Nxe2 13. Bxg6+ $1 hxg6 14. Qxg6+) 12. Qh3 O-O 13. Bg5 Qe7 $5 14. Ne2 e5 15.
O-O d6 16. Qh4 Nbd7 17. Ng3 Rf7 18. Ne4 Raf8 19. Rae1 {Two lesser contestants
play an appropriate opening.} c5 $4 (19... Bxe4 $1 20. Rxe4 Qe6 {finishes the
restraint by the pin.}) 20. d5 $1 b5 21. Rf3 bxc4 22. Bxc4 h5 23. Ref1 Kg7 24.
h3 a6 {Black has no useful moves.} 25. Bb3 c4 26. Bxc4 Qd8 27. Kh1 Qe7 28. Bb3
a5 29. c4 Ba6 30. Ba4 Bxc4 31. Nxf6 Rxf6 32. Rxf6 Nxf6 33. Qxc4 h4 34. Qxh4 Ng4
35. Rxf8 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1899.06.26"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Pillsbury, Harry"]
[Black "Janowsky, Dawid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "1899.??.30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Qb3 c6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. Bg5 Nf6 8. e4
$1 {White takes the initiative.} dxe4 $6 (8... h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. e5 Qe6 {is
okay.}) 9. Nxe4 Be7 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. Qe3+ Be6 12. Bc4 O-O 13. Bxe6 Re8 14.
Bxf6 gxf6 15. O-O fxe6 16. Rfe1 Qd5 17. Qh6 Nd7 18. Re3 Re7 19. Rae1 Rae8 20.
b3 Rg7 21. Nh4 Ree7 22. Qf4 Qh5 23. h3 Qd5 24. g3 Kf8 25. Nf3 Ke8 26. Nh4 Kd8
27. Ng2 Kc8 28. Re4 e5 $1 29. dxe5 fxe5 30. Qe3 Ref7 31. Nh4 Rf8 32. Re2 Rgf7
33. Rd2 Qe6 34. g4 Rg8 35. Kf1 h5 36. Nf5 Rxf5 $1 37. gxf5 Qxf5 38. f4 $5 {
Janowsky thinks for half-an-hour on this position.} h4 $2 ({Right is} 38...
exf4 $1 39. Rxf4 Qb1+ 40. Ke2 Qg6 $1 {with chances for both sides (Janowsky).})
39. Rg2 Rf8 40. Rf2 Nf6 41. Rxe5 Qb1+ 42. Kg2 Rg8+ 43. Rg5 Re8 44. Qd4 Nd5 45.
Re5 Rg8+ 46. Rg5 Re8 47. Kh2 Re1 48. Qh8+ Kc7 49. Qg7+ Re7 50. Rg1 Qd3 51. Qh6
Rh7 52. Rg7+ Rxg7 53. Qxg7+ Kb6 54. Qg4 Qh7 55. f5 Qc7+ 56. Kh1 Qe5 57. Qxh4
Qe1+ 58. Kh2 Qe5+ 59. Qg3 Qf6 60. Re2 a5 61. Qf2+ Ka6 62. Re6 Qf7 63. Qe2+ Ka7
64. Qe5 Qh5 65. Qd4+ Kb8 66. Qg4 Qf7 67. Qg6 Qd7 68. Qe8+ Kc7 69. Qxd7+ Kxd7
70. Kg3 b5 71. h4 Nc7 72. Re1 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1899.06.27"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Janowsky, Dawid"]
[Black "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1899.??.30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bf4 Bd6 5. Bg3 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Rc1 Bb7 8. cxd5
Bxg3 $2 9. hxg3 {The attack on the black king begins.} exd5 10. Bd3 h6 11. g4
$1 Re8 $6 ({An appropriate defence brings} 11... Ne4 $1 12. Qf3 Ng5 13. Qf4 Ba6
) 12. g5 $1 hxg5 13. Nf3 c5 $6 (13... Ng4 $1 {holds up the attack (Hoffer).})
14. Nxg5 cxd4 $2 {Black misses a combination.} 15. Rh8+ $1 Kxh8 16. Nxf7+ Kg8
17. Nxd8 Rxd8 18. Nb5 dxe3 19. Nc7 exf2+ 20. Kxf2 Nc6 21. Nxa8 Bxa8 22. Qa4 Ne5
23. Bf5 Ne4+ 24. Kg1 {Maróczy was a fine defender but he had difficulties with
tactical surprises.} 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1899.06.28"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Pillsbury, Harry"]
[Black "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D60"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1899.??.30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 a6 9. a4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. exd4 Nb6 12. Bb3 Nbd5 13. Re1 Re8 $6 {Black
wastes a tempo (Hoffer).} 14. Ne5 {White has a plus in development.} Nxc3 $2 {
Strengthens the white pawn centre.} ({Right is} 14... Nb4 $1 {The black
queen's bishop should go via d7 and c6 to d5.} 15. Qf3 $1 {prevents the plan.}
Nc6 $1 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Rad1 Rb8) 15. bxc3 Nd5 16. Bd2 $6 {White wants to
attack in the centre.} ({An attack on the king starts with} 16. Qh5 $1) 16...
Rf8 17. c4 Nf6 18. Bc3 Nd7 19. Ng4 Nf6 20. Bc2 Nxg4 21. Qxg4 f5 22. Qf3 Bf6 23.
Rad1 Qc7 24. Bb3 Bd7 25. Bb4 Rfe8 26. d5 $5 Kh8 27. a5 $1 exd5 28. cxd5 Rxe1+ (
28... Be5 $1 29. h3 Bd6 {blockades the passed pawn on the sixth rank.}) 29.
Rxe1 Re8 30. Rxe8+ Bxe8 31. Qd1 Qe5 32. d6 Bd7 33. h3 Qd4 34. Qxd4 Bxd4 35. Bd5
({Or} 35. Bc4 $1 h6 36. h4 g5) 35... b6 $1 36. axb6 Bxb6 37. Kf1 Bd4 $2 {
Schlechter's fear for Bc3 is unjustified.} ({Correct is} 37... a5 38. Bc3 h6
39. Ke2 Kh7 40. f4 g5 {drawn.}) 38. Bc4 Bc8 39. Ke2 g5 40. Kd3 Bf6 41. Bc3 $1 {
White has a forced win, because Black has lost too much time.} Kg7 42. Bxf6+
Kxf6 43. Kd4 a5 44. Kc5 a4 45. Kc6 a3 46. d7 Bxd7+ 47. Kxd7 Ke5 48. Ke7 f4 49.
Be6 h6 50. Kf7 h5 51. f3 h4 52. Ba2 Kd4 53. Kf6 g4 54. fxg4 Ke3 55. g5 Kf2 56.
g6 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1899.06.30"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Chigorin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1899.??.30"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bg4 6. Na4 Nge7 $1 7. c3 $6 {
Square d3 becomes a weakness.} a6 $1 8. Bxc6+ Nxc6 9. Nxc5 dxc5 10. O-O Qd7 11.
f5 O-O-O 12. Qe1 f6 13. Qh4 Bxf3 14. Rxf3 c4 15. Qf2 Qf7 16. Rb1 Rd3 17. b4 $2
{Hereafter, White is humiliated.} (17. Rxd3 cxd3 18. b3 {starts the
development of the queenside at last.}) 17... Rhd8 18. a4 b6 19. Ra1 Kb7 20.
Kf1 R8d7 21. Ke1 Qh5 22. Qg3 g6 23. fxg6 hxg6 24. Kf2 f5 25. b5 Na5 26. bxa6+
Kxa6 27. Rxd3 cxd3 28. Qf3 Qh4+ 29. Qg3 Qxe4 30. Qxg6 Qe2+ 31. Kg3 f4+ 32. Kh3
Rd6 33. Qg5 Qe4 34. g3 f3 35. Qh4 Qe2 36. Qh8 Kb7 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1899.07.01"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Pillsbury, Harry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "1899.??.30"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. c4 cxd4 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nc3 Qa5 7. Nxd4 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 e5 $1 {White cannot take advantage of the odd opening.} 9. Qd5 ({Hoffer
analyses} 9. Bb5+ $2 Qxb5 $1 10. Nxb5 exd4 11. Nc7+ Kd8) 9... Qxd5 10. Nxd5 Bd6
11. Bc4 Ne7 12. O-O Be6 13. Rd1 Bxd5 14. Bxd5 Nxd5 15. Rxd5 O-O-O 16. Bd2 Bc7
17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Bc3 f6 {The endgame seems to be a dead draw. Pillsbury
advances his pawns needlessly during the next phase.} 19. Rc1 b6 20. Kf1 Kb7
21. Ke2 a5 22. a4 b5 $5 23. axb5 Rd5 24. Ra1 Rxb5 25. Ra4 Kb6 26. Rh4 h6 27.
Rg4 g5 28. Rc4 f5 $6 ({Difficulties are avoided by} 28... h5 $1 29. h4 g4 30.
e4 Bd6 31. Rc8 Bb4) 29. g4 $1 fxg4 30. Rxg4 {A time control nears.} Kc5 $2 ({
Right is} 30... Kc6 31. h4 Bd8 $1) 31. h4 gxh4 32. Rxh4 Rb6 33. Kd3 Rd6+ 34.
Ke4 Rg6 35. b4+ $1 {Lasker makes a surprising simplification.} axb4 36. Bxb4+
Kc6 37. Bc3 Rg2 {Otherwise the black e-pawn falls.} 38. Rxh6+ Kd7 39. Rh7+ Kd8
40. f3 Re2 41. Bb4 Bb6 42. Be7+ Kc8 43. Bg5 Bc7 44. Rh5 Kd7 45. Rh7+ Kc6 46.
Rf7 Re1 47. Bh6 Re2 48. Kf5 Bd6 49. Ke6 Rg2 50. Bg7 Rg6+ 51. Kf5 Rg3 52. Ke4
Rg5 53. Bf6 Rh5 54. Rg7 Bc5 55. Rg6 Kd7 56. Bg5 Be7 57. Kf5 Bc5 58. Rg7+ Kc6
59. Ke6 Rh3 60. Rf7 Rg3 61. Rf5 Bd6 62. e4 Rh3 63. Be7 Bc7 64. Bb4 Rh6+ 65. Rf6
Rh5 66. Ke7+ Kb5 67. Bd6 Rh7+ 68. Ke6 Bd8 69. Rf8 Bh4 70. Bxe5 Kc6 71. Rc8+ Kb7
72. Rh8 Re7+ 73. Kd6 Rxe5 74. Kxe5 Be1 75. Ke6 {Lasker showed his fine endgame
technics. He had started a new series of wins.} 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1899.07.03"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Showalter, Jackson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1899.??.30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Bd3
Nxd2 9. Qxd2 c5 10. f4 Qa5 11. c4 $5 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 dxc4 13. Bxc4 cxd4 {The
exchanges have quickly led to an endgame.} 14. Nf3 Nc6 15. Bb5 Bd7 16. Bxc6
Bxc6 17. Nxd4 $1 Bxg2 $2 (17... Bd5 $1 {keeps the equality.}) 18. Rhg1 Be4 $6
19. Rxg7 $1 {Black is in trouble.} Ke7 ({Earlier Showalter expected to
imprison the rook, but} 19... Bg6 $2 20. Rg1 $1 O-O-O 21. Ke3 {wins for White 
(Marco).}) 20. Ke3 Bh7 21. Rag1 Rac8 $6 (21... a6 {is necessary.}) 22. Nb5 $1
b6 {If Black captures pawn c2, Nd6 decides the game at once.} 23. Nd6 Rcf8 24.
c4 Rhg8 25. Rxg8 Bxg8 26. h4 Rd8 27. h5 Kf8 28. a4 Bh7 29. a5 Rb8 30. axb6 Rxb6
31. c5 Rc6 32. Kd4 Bc2 33. Rc1 Bb3 34. Rb1 Bd5 35. f5 Bf3 36. fxe6 Bxh5 37.
exf7 Bxf7 38. Rf1 {Again the opponent was no match for Lasker in the endgame.}
1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1899.07.04"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Lee, Francis"]
[Black "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1899.??.30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 g6 8. a4 Bb7
9. Nbd2 Bg7 10. Nf1 d5 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Ng3 Qd6 13. O-O Rfe8 14. h3 Na5 15. Bd2
c5 16. Rfd1 Qc7 17. Qe1 $6 ({Better is} 17. axb5 axb5 18. Bg5) 17... c4 18. d4
$6 (18. axb5 axb5 19. Qe2 $1 {does not lose a pawn.}) 18... Nxe4 19. Nxe4 dxe4
20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Qxe5 22. Be3 Nc6 23. b3 Na5 24. b4 Nc6 25. Rd7 Re7 26.
Rdd1 Rd8 27. Rxd8+ Nxd8 28. axb5 axb5 29. Qd2 Ne6 30. h4 (30. Rd1 $1 {defends
the d-file.}) 30... Bc6 $1 31. Ra6 Rd7 32. Qe1 Bb7 33. Ra5 f5 34. g3 f4 35.
gxf4 Nxf4 36. Bd4 Qf5 37. Qe3 Rxd4 $1 38. cxd4 Qg4+ 39. Kf1 Qg2+ 40. Ke1 Qg1+
41. Kd2 c3+ 42. Qxc3 Qxf2+ 43. Kd1 e3 44. Bb3+ Kg7 45. d5+ Kh6 46. Qe1 Bc8 {
Lasker finished the game pleasurably.} 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1899.07.05"]
[Round "27"]
[White "Steinitz, William"]
[Black "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C29"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1899.??.30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 $5 d5 $1 4. d3 Nc6 5. fxe5 Nxe5 6. d4 Ng6 {The world
champions play an irregular opening.} 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. Nf3 Bg4 10.
Be2 O-O-O 11. c3 $6 (11. O-O $1 {loses no time (Knaak), because the pawn win}
Bxf3 $5 12. Bxf3 Qxd4+ 13. Qxd4 Rxd4 14. Be3 {is okay for White.}) 11... Bd6
12. O-O Rhe8 13. h3 Bd7 14. Ng5 $2 ({Right is} 14. c4 $1) 14... Nh4 15. Nf3
Nxg2 $3 {Two pawns disappear by sacrifices.} 16. Kxg2 Bxh3+ $1 17. Kf2 ({The
pointe is} 17. Kxh3 Qf5+ 18. Kg2 Qg4+ 19. Kh1 Qh3+ 20. Kg1 Qg3+ 21. Kh1 Re4 {
(Hoffer).}) 17... f6 $1 {Black does not capture the exchange but continues the
attack.} 18. Rg1 g5 19. Bxg5 $5 fxg5 20. Rxg5 Qe6 21. Qd3 Bf4 22. Rh1 Bxg5 23.
Nxg5 Qf6+ 24. Bf3 Bf5 25. Nxh7 Qg6 26. Qb5 c6 27. Qa5 Re7 28. Rh5 Bg4 29. Rg5
Qc2+ 30. Kg3 Bxf3 {Lasker got the first brilliancy prize for this game.} 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1899.07.07"]
[Round "28"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Mason, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1899.??.30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 Nf6 $6 {Mason chooses a
passive variation.} 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Bg4 8. Re1 O-O 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Nf1 Re8
11. Ng3 Nf8 12. h3 Bxf3 $2 (12... Be6 $1 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. Bxf5 d5 {avoids the
following disorder of black pieces.}) 13. Qxf3 c6 14. Nf5 Ng6 15. Bg5 Nd5 16.
Nxe7+ Ndxe7 17. Re2 {The two bishops give an advantage in an open position.} f6
18. Bd2 Qd7 19. Bc4+ $5 d5 20. Bd3 Nf8 $6 (20... c5 21. c3 c4 22. Bc2 b5 {
gives some counter-play.}) 21. Rae1 Neg6 22. Bf5 Qf7 23. g3 Rxe2 24. Qxe2 a5
25. h4 b6 26. h5 Nh8 27. h6 Nhg6 28. hxg7 Kxg7 29. Kg2 Ra7 30. Qe8 $5 Qxe8 31.
Rxe8 Kf7 32. Rb8 b5 33. Bh6 Rc7 34. Ra8 a4 35. Bg4 Ne6 36. f4 Ng7 37. f5 Ne7 $2
(37... Nf8 {prolongs the game (Hoffer).}) 38. Bh5+ 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1899.07.08"]
[Round "29"]
[White "Chigorin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Janowsky, Dawid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1899.??.30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Qe2 Nd6 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8.
dxe5 Nb7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nc3 Re8 {This line had its debut in Cohn-Maróczy
during round five.} 11. Qc4 Nc5 12. Ng5 Bxg5 13. Bxg5 Qxg5 14. Qxc5 Re6 $1 {
Janowsky wants to attack immediately.} 15. Rad1 f6 16. Qc4 $6 ({Hoffer prefers
} 16. Qa5) 16... fxe5 17. Ne4 Qf4 18. g3 $6 Qf5 19. Nc5 d5 20. Qc3 Rf6 21. Rd2
e4 22. Qb3 Be6 $5 23. Qb7 $1 Raf8 24. Qxc6 Qg5 25. Rdd1 $2 (25. f4 $1 exf3 26.
Rf2 {creates a fortress before the white king.}) 25... Bh3 $1 26. Qb5 Rxf2 27.
Nxe4 Qf5 $1 {The decision!} 28. g4 ({Or} 28. Qxd5+ Qxd5 29. Rxd5 Rf1+) 28...
Rg2+ 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1899.07.10"]
[Round "30"]
[White "Janowsky, Dawid"]
[Black "Steinitz, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C62"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1899.??.30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 Bd7 5. Nc3 Nge7 $2 6. Bc4 h6 {Steinitz
used to play this strange opening in the 1890's. It stems from De Vere -
Blackburne, Baden-Baden 1870).} 7. Be3 Ng6 8. Qd2 Bg4 9. O-O-O Bxf3 10. gxf3
exd4 11. Bxd4 Nge5 12. Be2 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 c6 14. f4 Nd7 15. Bg4 Nc5 16. Rhg1 Qc7
17. Bh3 Ne6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Ne2 $6 Qa5 20. Rxg7 $4 {Janowsky underestimates
the opposition.} Bxg7 21. Qxg7 O-O-O $1 22. a3 e5 23. f5 Qc5 24. Rf1 Qc4 25.
Qg4 Rhg8 26. Qf3 d5 27. exd5 Qxd5 28. Qxd5 Rxd5 29. Ng3 Rg4 30. f3 Rf4 31. b3
b5 32. Rf2 Kd7 33. Kb2 Ke7 34. Kc1 Kf7 35. Rf1 Rh4 36. Rf2 Kf6 37. Nf1 Rd7 38.
Ne3 h5 39. Rg2 Rg7 40. Rd2 Rd4 41. Rf2 Rg1+ 42. Kb2 Re1 43. Ng2 Red1 44. Kc3 a5
45. Ne3 R1d2 46. Rf1 Re2 47. Nd1 b4+ 48. axb4 axb4+ 49. Kb2 Rdd2 50. Kb1 Rxc2
51. h4 Rcd2 52. Kc1 Rd3 {Steinitz had won his last official game.  Lasker
became first. Janowsky, Pillsbury and Maróczy shared the second place and
Schlechter became fifth.} 0-1

[Event "Paris"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1900.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1900.??.??"]

{A large section of the city was utilised for a fair in Paris 1900. The first
metro line was connected with the central part of the exhibition area.  No
important chess tournaments took place during the exhibitions of Paris 1889 
(well-known from the Eiffel Tower) and Chicago 1993. The chess masters had to
wait until 1900. The tournament was played in the Grand Cercle from 17 v - 20
vi. Time restriction was 30 moves in two hours followed by 15 in one hour.
Draws had to be replayed once.   The division of the prizes was: Lasker 141/2 
(5000 F), Pillsbury 121/2 (2500 F), Maróczy and Marshall 12 (1750 F), Burn 11 
(1500 F), Chigorin 101/2 (1000 F), Marco and Mieses 10 (300 F). Schlechter
also scored 10 points, but he won less games and got no money. The top four
also won Sèvres vases. Samuel Rosenthal wrote the tournament book. The quality
of the analyses is remarkably high. A tradition of world fairs and chess
tournaments had ended.  Lasker and Maróczy had started with four wins in Paris
1900.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. e3 c5 6. Bxc4 a6 7. a4 Nc6
8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qe2 Qa5 12. Rfd1 Rd8 13. Rac1 Nb4 $6 ({
Better is} 13... b6 14. Bf4 Ra7) 14. Ne5 Nfd5 15. Bb3 Rf8 $5 16. Ne4 Qd8 $5 17.
f4 b6 18. Bd2 Bb7 19. Ng3 Rc8 20. f5 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 exf5 $2 ({Correct is} 21...
Bc8) ({Fine's} 21... Bg5 $2 {is crushed by} 22. Nxf7 $1 Rxf7 23. fxe6 Rf8 24.
Bxb4) 22. Nxf5 Bf6 ({The desirable} 22... Bc8 {is refuted by} 23. Rxc8 $1 ({or
} 23. Nxf7 $1)) 23. Bxb4 Nxb4 {Maróczy has moved his pieces backwards. Lasker
takes advantage in a great style.} 24. Nxf7 $1 Rxf7 25. Qe6 Kh8 (25... Bd5 26.
Bxd5 Qxd5 27. Rc8+ Bd8 28. Ne7+ {(Rosenthal).}) 26. Qxf7 Bxd4+ 27. Kh1 Nd3 28.
Rf1 Bxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Qg5+ 30. Kh3 {World champion Lasker became the sole leader.}
1-0

[Event "Paris"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1900.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Marshall, Frank"]
[Black "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D50"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1900.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c6 5. e4 $5 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 c5 $1
8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bd2 Ne4 11. Nf3 Nxc3 $2 {Lasker brings a knight in
trouble.} ({Better is} 11... Nc6 12. Qc2 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 O-O {(after Rosenthal).}
) 12. dxc5 Nxd1 13. Bxa5 Nb2 14. a4 Bd7 15. c6 $3 Bxc6 16. Ne5 Be4 $2 ({
Sufficient counter-play gives} 16... Nd7 $1 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Bc3 Rb8 19. Bxg7
Rg8 {(Marshall).}) 17. Bc3 f6 18. f3 Bc2 19. Kd2 Nxa4 20. Kxc2 Nxc3 21. Nd3 Nd5
22. cxd5 exd5 23. Nc5 b6 24. Bb5+ Kf7 25. Na4 $2 ({A decisive attack starts} 
25. Nb7 $1 {The knight hunt fails:} Rc8+ 26. Kd2 Rc7 27. Nd8+ Ke7 28. Rhe1+
Kxd8 29. Re8# {(Seyboth).}) 25... Nc6 $1 26. Nc3 Rhc8 27. Rhd1 Ne7 28. Kb2 Rc5
29. Bd3 a5 30. Na4 Rc6 31. Rac1 Rb8 32. Rxc6 Nxc6 33. Rc1 $6 Ne5 34. Rc7+ Ke6
35. Bb5 g5 36. Ra7 $6 d4 37. Ra6 {Lasker has defended well so far.} Kd5 $2 ({
A counterattack begins} 37... Kd6 $1 38. Kc1 $1 (38. Kc2 Nc6 $1 39. Kd2 Nb4 40.
Ra7 Rc8 $1 {(if the black king is placed on d5, a fork would follow);}) 38...
Rb7 39. Ra8 Rc7+ $1 40. Kd2 Nc4+ $1 41. Bxc4 Rxc4 42. Nxb6 Rb4 {looks to
promise a draw too.}) 38. Kc2 Rb7 39. Ra8 Nc6 40. Kd2 Nb4 41. Rd8+ Ke5 42. Nb2
Rc7 43. Nc4+ Kf5 44. Rxd4 Rc5 45. Be8 Rd5 46. Ne3+ Ke5 47. Nxd5 Kxd4 48. Nxb4
axb4 49. Bf7 f5 50. Bg8 h5 51. Bf7 h4 52. h3 b5 53. Be8 Kc4 54. Bd7 b3 55. Bxf5
Kb4 56. Bd3 b2 57. Kc2 Ka3 58. Kb1 1-0

[Event "Paris"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1900.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Pillsbury, Harry"]
[Black "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C05"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1900.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 Be7 8. Bd3
Qb6 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nb3 Nxb3 11. axb3 Bd7 12. b4 Rc8 13. Qe2 a6 14. Be3 Qc7
15. Qf2 Nb8 $2 16. Bb6 Qc6 17. O-O $2 (17. Ba5 $1 {ends the game.}) 17... O-O
18. Ra5 f5 19. Kh1 Rce8 20. Bc5 Qc7 21. Bxe7 Rxe7 22. g4 $6 Nc6 23. Raa1 fxg4
24. Qh4 g6 25. Qxg4 Rg7 26. h4 Ne7 27. Nd4 Nf5 28. Bxf5 gxf5 29. Qh5 Qd8 30.
Rg1 Rff7 31. Qh6 Qe7 32. Nf3 Kh8 33. Kh2 Rf8 34. h5 $2 (34. Rg5 {prevents the
next move.}) 34... Rg4 $1 35. Ng5 Rxf4 36. Nf7+ Qxf7 37. Qxf4 Qxh5+ 38. Kg3 Qe2
39. Kh4 $2 ({Better is} 39. Kh3) 39... Rc8 $1 40. Rae1 Qxb2 41. Kh3 Rxc3+ 42.
Rg3 Rc2 $2 (42... Rxg3+ 43. Kxg3 Qc3+ {continues the attack.}) 43. Rh1 $2 (43.
Rg8+ $1 Kxg8 44. Qg5+ Kf7 45. Qf6+ $11 {(Rosenthal).}) 43... Rc8 $4 {Maróczy
is in severe time trouble.} ({He misses the win} 43... Bb5 $1 44. Qh6 Bf1+ $1 {
(Rosenthal).}) 44. Qh6 Qxe5 45. Qxh7+ Kxh7 46. Kg2# {Marshall and Pillsbury
scored big victories in the sixth round.} 1-0

[Event "Paris"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1900.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Pillsbury, Harry"]
[Black "Marshall, Frank"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C43"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1900.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 d5 $5 4. exd5 exd4 5. Bc4 ({An advantage gains} 5.
Bb5+ $1 c6 6. dxc6 bxc6 7. Be2 {(Stein-Bronstein, Tbilisi 1966).}) 5... Bb4+ 6.
c3 Qe7+ 7. Be2 $6 ({Equality keeps} 7. Qe2) 7... dxc3 8. bxc3 Bc5 9. O-O O-O
10. c4 Re8 11. Bd3 Bg4 12. Bb2 Ne4 13. Nbd2 $2 ({Correct is} 13. Nc3) 13...
Nxf2 $1 14. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 15. Kxf2 Qe3+ 16. Kg3 Qxd3 17. Kxg4 Re2 $1 {Marshall
attacks strongly.} 18. Kh3 Nd7 $6 ({Analysts mention} 18... h5 $1 19. Qxe2 $5 (
19. Qb1 Rxd2 $1) 19... Qxe2 20. Re1 Qd3 21. Re8+ Kh7 {as difficult for Black,
but} 22. Kg3 Qf5 {wins easily.}) 19. Rc1 h5 20. Qc2 Nc5 21. g3 $6 ({Slightly
more resistance is offered by} 21. Qxd3 Nxd3 22. Rc2 g5 $1 23. Nxg5 Nb4 24. Rc3
Rxd2) 21... g5 $1 22. g4 Rxd2 23. Qxd3 Rxd3 24. Rc3 f5 25. Kg2 fxg4 26. Nxg5
Rd2+ 27. Kg3 Rxb2 28. h3 Rf8 29. hxg4 hxg4 30. Kxg4 Rff2 0-1

[Event "Paris"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1900.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Pillsbury, Harry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A83"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "1900.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c6 5. f3 exf3 6. Nxf3 e6 7. Bd3 Be7 8.
Ne5 O-O 9. Bxf6 Rxf6 $2 ({Correct is} 9... Bxf6) 10. Qh5 g6 11. Nxg6 $1 Qe8 12.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. O-O-O d5 14. Rde1 Nd7 15. Re3 Rf7 16. Rg3+ Kh8 17. Bg6 Rg7 18.
Rf1 Nf6 19. Qh4 Ng8 20. Qxe7 Rxe7 21. Bd3 Bd7 22. Nb1 Rae8 23. Nd2 e5 24. dxe5
Rxe5 25. Nf3 Re3 26. Ng5 Rxg3 27. hxg3 h6 28. Nf7+ Kg7 29. Nd6 Re7 30. Nxb7 Nf6
31. Nc5 Bg4 32. Rf4 Bc8 33. Ra4 Ng4 34. Ba6 Bf5 35. Rf4 Ne3 36. c3 Kg6 37. Rf2
Be4 38. b3 Bxg2 39. Bd3+ Kg5 40. Rf8 Kg4 41. Rg8+ Kf3 42. Rg6 Ng4 43. Bf5 h5
44. Rg5 Re1+ 45. Kb2 Rh1 46. Bg6 Kxg3 47. Bxh5 Bf3 48. Bxg4 Bxg4 49. Rg6 Rh2+
50. Ka3 Rf2 51. Nd3 Kh4 52. Ne5 Bf5 53. Rxc6 Kg3 54. Rc5 Rd2 55. Nc6 Kf4 56.
Nb4 d4 57. cxd4 Rxd4 58. Ra5 Rd7 59. Nc6 Be4 60. Nxa7 Rd1 61. Nb5 Rd5 62. Kb4
Bd3 63. Nc7 Rxa5 64. Kxa5 Ke5 65. Kb4 Kd6 66. Nb5+ Kc6 67. a4 Kb6 68. Na3 Be2
69. Nc4+ Ka6 70. Kc3 Bd1 71. Nb2 Bh5 72. b4 Be8 73. Kb3 Bc6 74. Kc4 Bd7 75. Kc5
Bg4 76. Nc4 Bd1 77. b5+ Ka7 78. a5 Bf3 79. Ne5 Bb7 80. Nc6+ Ka8 81. Kb6 Ba6 82.
Nb4 Bb7 83. Na6 Bf3 84. Nc7+ Kb8 85. a6 1-0

[Event "Paris"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1900.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Black "Marshall, Frank"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1900.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. c4 c6 8. Nc3
Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bxe5 10. dxe5 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Bf5 13. Ba3 Re8 14. f4
Nd7 $4 {This blunder costs Marshall the second place.} 15. e6 $1 Bxe6 16. Bxe6
Nf6 17. Bb3 Re4 18. Bd6 Rae8 19. Be5 Nd5 20. Rxd5 $1 cxd5 21. Bxd5 Re2 22. Rd1
g5 23. g3 gxf4 24. gxf4 Kf8 25. Bc4 Re4 26. Bb5 Rc8 27. Bd7 Rd8 28. Bf6 Ra8 29.
f5 Rb8 30. Bd4 Ke7 31. Bxa7 Rg8+ 32. Kf2 Rf4+ 33. Ke3 Rc4 34. f6+ Kxf6 35. Bd4+
Ke7 36. Bb5 Rcc8 37. Kf3 Rg6 38. Bd3 Rd6 39. Re1+ Re6 40. Rb1 Rc7 41. Bxh7 Rh6
42. Bf5 Rh5 43. Bg4 Ra5 44. Rb2 f5 45. Bh3 Kd6 46. Rb6+ Ke7 47. Rh6 Rc8 48. Kf4
b6 49. Rxb6 Ra4 50. Kxf5 Rxa2 51. Bf6+ Ke8 52. Kg6 Rca8 53. Rb7 Ra1 54. Re7+
Kf8 55. Rf7+ Kg8 56. Be6 Rg1+ 57. Kh6 Re8 58. Bb3 Re6 59. Rc7 Rge1 60. Bxe6+
Rxe6 61. Kg6 {No game between the top four ended in a draw.} 1-0

[Event "Paris+"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1900.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Marshall, Frank"]
[Black "Burn, Amos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D55"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1900.??.??"]

{Marshall: "Amos Burn was a very conservative player and liked to settle down
for a long session of closed defensive chess. He loved to smoke his pipe while
he studied the board."} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 {"Burn began hunting through his
pockets for his pipe and tobacco."} e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3
b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. h4 g6 $2 {He didn't have his pipe
going."} ({An interesting variation is} 10... c5 11. Bxh7+ Kxh7 12. Ng5+ Kh6
13. Qc2 g6 14. h5 Kxg5 15. f4+ Kh6 16. hxg6+ Kg7 17. Rh7+ Kg8 $1 {
(TEschner-Spassky, Riga 1959).}) 11. h5 Re8 12. hxg6 hxg6 13. Qc2 Bg7 $2 {"He
struck the match, appeared nrevous, the match burned his fingers and went out."
} 14. Bxg6 $1 fxg6 15. Qxg6 Nd7 16. Ng5 Qf6 {"He was puffing away and
lightning up at last. No time left."} 17. Rh8+ $1 {"Burn took it good
naturedly and we shook hands. Then his pipe went out."} 1-0

[Event "Paris+"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1900.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Black "Janowsky, Dawid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C26"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1900.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 d6 5. f4 Nc6 6. f5 $5 Na5 7. Qf3 c6 8. g4
$5 h6 9. h4 {Mieses shows his aggressive mood.} b5 10. Bb3 Nxb3 11. axb3 h5 12.
gxh5 Nxh5 13. Nge2 Qb6 $6 ({Commentators prefer} 13... Qc7) 14. Ng3 Nf6 15. Bg5
Bb7 16. h5 Nh7 17. Bd2 O-O-O 18. h6 g6 $6 19. O-O-O Rhg8 $2 ({Correct is} 19...
Rdg8 $1 {(Schlechter).}) 20. fxg6 fxg6 21. Rdf1 Kb8 22. Qf7 Rh8 23. Qxg6 Rdg8 {
Black seems to win a knight.} 24. Qg7 $3 Bc8 ({The pointe is} 24... Rxg7 25.
hxg7 Rg8 26. Rxh7 Qd8 27. Nh5) 25. Nf5 Bxf5 (25... Rxg7 {is insufficient again.
}) 26. Rxf5 (26. exf5 $1 {is even better.}) 26... Bb4 {Capture fails for the
third time.} 27. Kb1 Bxc3 ({White wins matter in} 27... Rxg7 28. hxg7 Rg8 29.
Rxh7 Qg1+ 30. Nd1 $1 Rxg7 31. Rxg7 Qxg7 32. Bxb4) 28. bxc3 {A celebrated
combination in the history of chess continues.} Nf8 $6 ({More resistance offers
} 28... Rxg7 29. hxg7 Rg8 30. Rxh7 Qg1+ 31. Kb2 Qg6 32. Rh6 $1 Qxg7 33. Rxd6)
29. Rhf1 Ng6 30. Qd7 {The queen has 'en prise' six moves.} Rd8 31. Qe6 Nf4 32.
Bxf4 exf4 33. R5xf4 Qc5 34. Rf7 Qg5 35. Rf8 $1 Qc5 36. Qe7 {Mieses received
the brilliancy prize of 500 F, donated by Rothschild.} 1-0

[Event "Monte Carlo"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1901.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Marco, Georg"]
[Black "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1901.??.??"]

{Fourteen participants played a master tournament from 1 ii until 1 iii 1901
in Monte Carlo. The first round was postponed to 4 ii due to the funeral of
Queen Victoria. When a game ended in a draw, each player got 1/4. A played
could score 1/2, 1/4 or 0 in the replay. The poor Alapin had to repeat eight
out of thirteen games. He complained bitterly.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4
4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bf4
O-O 11. Bd3 Bg4 12. f3 Bh5 13. O-O Bg6 14. Bxg6 hxg6 15. Bg5 Qb6+ $5 {Mieses
seeks the adventure.} 16. Kh1 Qxb2 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qd2 $1 Qb6 19. Nxd5 Qd8
20. Rad1 Kg7 21. Qf4 Ne5 $5 22. Qb4 Rh8 $1 {Black counters again.} 23. h3 $6 (
23. f4 Ng4 24. h3 {(Mieses) keeps a plus.}) 23... Qc8 $1 24. Qe7 Qf5 25. Kg1
Rae8 26. Qxb7 Rxh3 $1 27. gxh3 $2 {Marco panics under time pressure.} ({Right
is} 27. Nc7 $3 Nxf3+ $1 28. Qxf3 $1 (28. Rxf3 $6 Qc5+ 29. Rf2 Rh1+ $1 30. Kxh1
Qh5+ $1 31. Kg1 Qxd1+ {favours Black}) 28... Rxf3 29. Nxe8+ Kf8 30. Rxf3 Qc5+
31. Kf1 Kxe8 {drawn.}) 27... Qg5+ $6 ({Better is} 27... Nxf3+ $1 28. Rxf3 Qxf3)
28. Kf2 $6 ({Or} 28. Kh1 Rh8 29. Kh2 Qh4 30. Nf4 Qxf4+ 31. Kg2 Qg5+ 32. Kf2
Rxh3 33. Ke2 Ng4 $1 {and Black wins.}) 28... Nd3+ 29. Rxd3 Qh4+ 30. Kg1 Qg3+
31. Kh1 Qxh3+ 32. Kg1 Qg3+ 33. Kh1 Rh8# {Mieses got a beauty prize for this
game.} 0-1

[Event "Monte Carlo"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1901.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Von Scheve, Theodor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "1901.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. e3 Bd6 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. e4 $5 dxe4 8.
Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 Nf6 10. Bc2 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. Bd2 c5 14. Bc3
cxd4 15. Bxd4 Nh5 16. Be4 Nf4 17. Qe3 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 O-O 19. b3 Rae8 20. Ne5 $2
f6 $1 21. Nf3 e5 $1 22. Bb2 f5 23. Qc2 Re6 $6 (23... e4 24. Nd4 Nd3 {proceeds
the attack (Schlechter and Von Scheve).}) 24. Bc1 Nh5 25. Qd1 Nf6 26. h3 Bc5
27. Bb2 Rd8 28. Qc2 Ne4 $6 29. Rad1 Rde8 30. Rd5 h6 31. a3 a5 32. Ne1 Nf6 33.
b4 $5 axb4 34. axb4 Bxb4 35. Rb5 Bf8 36. Qxf5 Qxc4 37. Qd3 $2 (37. Rxe5 Rxe5
38. Bxe5 {has to be played.}) 37... Qc7 38. Qb3 Kh8 39. Nf3 Bc5 40. Re1 e4 41.
Nd4 Re5 42. Nc2 $2 Bxf2+ $1 {White loses another pawn.} 43. Kxf2 Rxb5 44. Qxb5
Qxc2+ 45. Re2 e3+ 46. Kg1 Qd1+ 47. Kh2 Qd6+ 48. Kg1 Re4 49. Qf5 Qd1+ 50. Kh2
Qd7 51. Qf3 Qe6 52. g3 Kh7 53. Bxf6 gxf6 54. h4 f5 55. Kg2 b5 56. Qf1 b4 57.
Qa1 b3 58. Qa7+ Qe7 59. Qa5 Qd7 60. Qb6 Qe6 61. Qb7+ Kg6 62. Kh2 Re5 63. h5+
Kxh5 64. Kg2 Rc5 65. Qb4 Qc4 66. Qxc4 Rxc4 67. Rxe3 Rb4 68. Re1 b2 0-1

[Event "Monte Carlo"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1901.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Black "Janowsky, Dawid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C21"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1901.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 $5 Qxd5 5. cxd4 Nc6 6. Nf3 $1 (6. Be3 {
was played in Nielsen - Rosendahl, Copenhagen 1899).}) 6... Bg4 7. Nc3 $5 Bxf3
$5 (7... Bb4 {pins another piece.}) 8. Nxd5 $1 Bxd1 9. Nxc7+ Kd7 10. Nxa8 Bh5
11. d5 Nd4 $1 {Black threatens .. Bb4+ and mate.} 12. Bd3 Bg6 $1 13. Bxg6 hxg6
{A crucial position has arisen.} 14. Bf4 $2 ({The crucial line is} 14. Kd1 $1
Nh6 $1 15. Be3 Nhf5 16. Rf1 $1 Nxe3+ 17. fxe3 Nf5 {(Coleman - Westerinen,
Gausdal 1991)} 18. Rf3 $1 Bd6 19. e4 Nh6 {(Strzemkowski - Banasik, corr. 1987)}
20. Rb3 $1 {White has a sufficient counteraction.}) 14... g5 $2 ({Right is} 
14... Nc2+ 15. Ke2 Nxa1 16. Rxa1 Nf6 {and Black wins.}) 15. Be5 $2 ({A strong
attack brings} 15. Bb8 $1 Nc2+ 16. Ke2 $1 Nxa1 17. Bxa7 $1 Nc2 18. Rc1 Nb4 19.
Nb6+ Ke7 20. Rc7+) 15... Nc2+ 16. Ke2 Nxa1 17. Rxa1 Bd6 $1 18. Bxd6 $2 ({
Better is} 18. Bxg7 Rh4 $1 19. Kd3 $1 f6 $1 {although Black imprisons another
piece.}) 18... Kxd6 19. Rc1 Ne7 20. Rc7 Rxa8 21. Rxb7 Rc8 22. Rxa7 Rc2+ 23. Kf3
Rxb2 24. Ra6+ Kxd5 25. Ra5+ Ke6 26. Rxg5 Nf5 27. g4 Nd4+ 28. Ke4 Rb4 29. Kd3
Kf6 30. Ra5 Ne6 31. f3 g5 $5 32. a4 Rxa4 33. Rxa4 Nc5+ 34. Ke3 Nxa4 35. f4 Nc3
36. fxg5+ Kxg5 37. h3 Nd5+ 38. Kf3 Ne7 39. Ke3 Ng6 40. Kf3 Kh4 41. Ke4 Kxh3 42.
Kf5 Kh4 43. Kf6 Nh8 44. Kf5 Kg3 45. Kg5 Kh3 46. Kf5 Kg3 47. Kg5 Kf3 48. Kf5 Ke3
49. Ke5 Kd3 50. Kf5 Kd4 51. Kf4 Ng6+ 52. Kf5 Ne5 53. Kf4 Nxg4 $1 54. Kxg4 Ke4
55. Kg3 f5 56. Kf2 Kf4 {Two battlers produced a fighting game.} 0-1

[Event "Monte Carlo"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1901.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Janowsky, Dawid"]
[Black "Alapin, Simon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1901.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
f5 9. Qh3 Bxg1 $1 10. Rxg1 Nc5 $5 (10... Qb6 {was played in Atkins - Meyer,
match 1893.}) 11. g4 Nxd3+ 12. cxd3 Nc6 13. gxf5 Rxf5 14. Bd2 a6 15. O-O-O $1
Rf7 16. Ne2 Ne7 17. Nd4 Nf5 18. Nf3 $5 {White should exchange the knights.} a5
19. Kb1 Rc7 20. Ng5 h6 21. Nf3 Qe8 22. Nh4 Qh5 23. Rg4 Nxh4 $6 ({Better is} 
23... b6) 24. Rdg1 $1 Qf5 25. Qg3 Qxg4 $1 26. Qxg4 Nf5 {Alapin has achieved a
fortress.} 27. Qd1 $5 a4 28. Bb4 Bd7 29. Bd6 Rcc8 30. h4 $5 Be8 $5 31. h5 Kh7
32. a3 Ra6 33. Qg4 Rac6 34. d4 $6 Kg8 35. Bb4 Kh7 36. Bc3 Rc4 37. Qh3 R8c7 38.
Rd1 Rc8 39. Rh1 R8c6 40. Qd3 Kh8 41. Qf3 Kh7 42. Rd1 Kg8 43. Rg1 Kh7 44. Qg4
Rc7 45. Ba5 R7c6 46. Bb4 $2 ({Janowsky should play} 46. Bc3 {and offer a draw 
(after Alapin).}) 46... Rxd4 47. Bf8 Rc7 48. Bd6 Rcc4 49. Bf8 Rc7 50. Qf3 Rcc4
51. Qg2 Rxf4 52. Qe2 Rce4 53. Qc2 Bxh5 54. Qc8 Rg4 55. Rxg4 Rxg4 56. Qxe6 Bg6
57. Ka2 Ne3 58. Qb6 d4 59. Qc7 Bc2 {White overstepped the time limit in a lost
position.} 0-1

[Event "Monte Carlo"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1901.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Black "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1901.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 Nc6 $5 3. dxe5 Nxe5 4. Nc3 $5 Bc5 5. f4 Ng6 6. Nf3 d6 7. Na4 $1
({Theory will become} 7. Bc4 {(Keres - Mikenas, Tbilisi 1946).}) 7... Bb6 8.
Nxb6 axb6 9. Bc4 (9. Bd3 {will be played in Tarjan - Hope, Nice 1974.}) 9...
Qe7 10. O-O Nf6 $1 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nxe5 $5 ({Or} 12... Ng4 13. Bg5 Qc5+)
13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. Re1 Ne4 15. Bd5 f5 16. Qd3 $6 (16. Be3 $1 {keeps a
positional advantage.}) 16... Be6 17. Bxe4 O-O 18. Bf4 fxe4 19. Bxe5 exd3 20.
Bxg7 $2 (20. cxd3 Rxa2 21. Rxa2 Bxa2 22. Bxc7 b5 {draws (Schlechter).}) 20...
Kxg7 21. Rxe6 dxc2 22. Re2 $2 {White has missed something.} (22. Re7+ Rf7 23.
Rxf7+ Kxf7 24. Rc1 Rxa2 25. Rxc2 {(Schlechter) might suffice.}) 22... Rxa2 $1
23. Rc1 Rxb2 24. Rexc2 Rxc2 25. Rxc2 c6 26. g4 b5 27. Kg2 b4 28. Rc4 Rb8 29.
Rxb4 b5 30. Kf3 c5 31. Rb1 Kf6 32. Ke4 c4 33. Kd4 Kg5 34. Rg1 Rd8+ 35. Kc5 c3
36. Kxb5 c2 37. Rc1 Rc8 38. Kb4 Kxg4 39. h4 Kxh4 40. Kb3 Kg3 41. Kb2 Kg2 0-1

[Event "Monte Carlo"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1901.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Chigorin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Janowsky, Dawid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1901.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 Nxe4 5. d5 Nb8 6. Bd3 Nc5 7. Nxe5 Nxd3+ 8.
Nxd3 Be7 9. O-O O-O {The main line of the Ponziani leads to a minimal
advantage for White.} 10. c4 $5 d6 11. Nc3 Nd7 12. Re1 Re8 13. Bf4 Nb6 $5 14.
b3 Bf5 15. Qd2 Nd7 $5 16. Rac1 Nf8 17. Re2 Ng6 18. Bg3 h5 $5 19. h3 h4 20. Bh2
Kh7 21. Rce1 Bg5 22. Qd1 Rxe2 23. Qxe2 Bh6 24. Ne4 Qd7 25. Qf3 {White has
gained little advantage despite the provocative moves by Black.} Re8 $1 26. Kf1
({The aggressive} 26. Nf6+ $6 gxf6 27. Rxe8 Qxe8 28. Qxf5 Qe2 $1 {looks
doubtful for White.}) 26... a5 27. a4 b6 28. Re2 f6 29. Ke1 Ne5 30. Bxe5 dxe5
31. c5 $2 {White should make a neutral move.} Bg6 $1 32. c6 $5 (32. cxb6 cxb6 {
also leads to a positional catastrophe.}) 32... Qe7 33. Nb2 f5 34. Nd2 Qc5 35.
Qd3 e4 36. Qc4 Qd6 37. Nd1 Bh5 38. Nf1 Bxe2 39. Kxe2 f4 40. f3 Qg6 41. Nf2 Qxg2
42. fxe4 f3+ 43. Ke1 Bf4 44. Ng4 Qxh3 45. Nfe3 Bxe3 46. Nxe3 Qg3+ 47. Kd1 f2
48. Ke2 Qg1 49. Nf1 Qg2 50. e5 Rxe5+ 51. Kd2 Qxd5+ 0-1

[Event "Monte Carlo"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1901.02.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Gunsberg, Isidor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1901.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 Bd6 $6 5. e4 $1 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Be7 7. Bd3 Nf6
8. O-O Nxe4 9. Bxe4 Nd7 10. Qe2 Nf6 11. Bc2 O-O 12. Bd2 Re8 13. Rad1 g6 $6 {
White gets positional advantages.} 14. Bc3 Bf8 15. Ne5 Bg7 16. f4 Nd7 17. Rf3
Nf8 18. Rg3 Qe7 19. a3 a5 20. Qe1 Qc7 21. h4 $5 {A premature move gets a
passive answer.} f6 22. Nd3 Re7 $6 23. h5 Bd7 24. hxg6 hxg6 $6 25. Qf2 Be8 26.
Rh3 b6 27. Qh4 Rf7 28. d5 $6 exd5 29. cxd5 cxd5 30. Nf2 Rd8 31. Ng4 $2 Rd6 $2 (
{The refutation brings} 31... d4 $1 32. Bb3 $5 dxc3 33. Rxd8 {(Schlechter),
and now} c2 $1 34. Bxc2 Qxd8 35. Bb3 Qd4+) 32. Bb3 Bc6 $2 ({Right is} 32... Bd7
$1 33. Rhd3 Qc5+) 33. Rdd3 Qd8 34. f5 $1 g5 35. Qh5 $1 Be8 ({A disaster in the
centre gives} 35... Re7 36. Ne3 Qa8 37. Qd1 Red7 38. Rd4 $1 Qd8 39. Nxd5 $1
Bxd5 40. Rxd5 Rxd5 41. Rd3 $1) 36. Ne3 $1 Rfd7 37. Nxd5 $1 {A queen sacrifice
crowns the courageous attack.} Rxd5 ({The pointe is} 37... Bxh5 38. Nxf6+ Kh8
39. Rxh5+ {(Schlechter).}) 38. Rxd5 Bf7 39. Rxd7 Qxd7 40. Rd3 Bxb3 41. Rxd7
Nxd7 42. Qe8+ Nf8 43. Qc6 Nh7 44. a4 {This game was the replay of a draw on 21
ii. Schlechter yielded 3/4 of a point for the combined result.} 1-0

[Event "Monte Carlo"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1901.02.22"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Janowsky, Dawid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1901.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 Nxe4 5. d5 Nb8 6. Bd3 Nc5 7. Nxe5 Nxd3+ 8.
Nxd3 Be7 9. O-O d6 10. Qf3 O-O 11. Nd2 Nd7 12. Re1 Re8 13. Nc4 Nf8 14. Nf4 Bf5
15. g4 $2 (15. Be3 {gains a plus.}) 15... Bd7 16. Bd2 Ng6 17. Nxg6 $6 fxg6 $1
18. Na5 $6 {White ruins his position quickly.} Rf8 19. Qe4 Bh4 20. Re2 Qf6 21.
Qg2 Qf3 22. Qxf3 Rxf3 23. g5 Raf8 24. Be3 Bh3 25. Nb3 ({Or} 25. Nxb7 R8f5)
25... R3f5 26. Nd4 Rxd5 27. f4 Re8 28. Nf3 Bg4 29. Nxh4 $6 Bxe2 30. Kf2 Rd3 31.
Ng2 Bg4 {Janowsky had won the decisive game of the tournament. He had defeated
two main competitors with the Ponziani. He won 5000 Francs. 7300 Francs were
shared by Schlechter, Von Scheve, Chigorin, Alapin and Mieses. The other
players got consolation money.} 0-1

[Event "Monte Carlo"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1902.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Black "Pillsbury, Harry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1902.??.??"]

{The second master tournament of Monte Carlo took place from 1 ii to 12 iii
1902. Rules were similar to Hastings 1895. The time restriction was 30 moves
in two hours, followed by 15 in one. Participants could win main, brilliancy
and consolation prizes. A remarkable rule was applied on draws. Players got 1/
4 for a draw. A score of 1/2, 1/4 or 0 could be made in the extra game with
reversed colours. Prince Dadian of Mongrelia and Arnous de Rivière were the
main organisers. The games among Maróczy, Pillsbury, Janowski, Teichmann,
Schlechter and Tarrasch have been selected. Maróczy won the tournament and
gained 5000 francs. The accuracy of his games is remarkable.   The costs for
the organisation were diminished by the gambling of players. Janowski lost
everything. The casino bank gave him the train fare to Paris.  The games among
the six strongest players are presented.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3
Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. Re1 Bg4 9. c3 f5 {This line stems from
Solovtsov-Petrovsky, 1879. It stayed a major opening in super tournaments.} 10.
c4 $5 O-O ({The game is opened for White in} 10... Bxf3 $5 11. gxf3 Nf6 12.
Bxf5 dxc4 {(Gunsberg).}) 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Qxf3
15. gxf3 Bd6 16. Rb1 Rab8 17. Rb5 f4 18. Be4 a6 19. Rb1 {A series of errors
begins in an even endgame.} Rfe8 $2 20. Bd2 $2 (20. Rxb7 $1 Rxb7 21. Bd5+ Kf8
22. Rxe8+ Kxe8 23. Bxc6+ $18) 20... Kf7 $2 ({Correct is} 20... Kh8 $1) 21. Bd5+
$1 Kf6 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Rxb7 Ne7 $2 (23... Na5 24. Rb1 Re2 25. Be1 Rc2 {
offers more resistance.}) 24. Be4 Nf5 25. Ra7 Rb8 26. Rxa6 g5 27. c4 Rb6 28.
Rxb6 cxb6 29. Bc3 Nh4 30. h3 h5 31. c5 bxc5 32. dxc5+ Be5 33. c6 1-0

[Event "Monte Carlo"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1902.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Teichmann, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D05"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1902.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 c5 5. b3 Nc6 6. O-O Be7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Nbd2
Bd7 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Ne8 11. f4 f6 12. Rf3 {White begins an attack on the
kingside. It will have little effect.} g6 13. Rh3 Ng7 14. Qg4 f5 15. Qe2 Qa5
16. c4 a6 17. a4 Qc7 18. Rf3 b5 $5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rff1 Qb6 21. cxb5 Rxa1 22.
Rxa1 Rb8 23. Ra6 Qb7 {Black gets the pawn back.} 24. Bc3 Bxb5 25. Bxb5 Qxb5 26.
Qxb5 Rxb5 27. Ra7 Kf8 28. Kf1 Rb8 29. Ke2 Ne8 30. Ba5 h6 31. Kd3 Bd8 32. Bxd8
Rxd8 33. Nf3 Rb8 34. Kc2 Rb4 35. g3 c4 36. bxc4 Rxc4+ 37. Kd3 Rc7 {The extra
game also ended in a draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monte Carlo"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1902.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Black "Janowsky, Dawid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1902.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 d6 7. d3 Bg4 8. Be3
O-O 9. Ne2 Nh5 10. Nd2 Bg5 11. Bxg5 $6 {A passive opening is followed by a
meek move.} Qxg5 12. f3 Bd7 13. Kh1 Rae8 14. g3 $5 Qh6 15. g4 $6 Nf4 16. Nxf4
Qxf4 17. Rg1 Re6 18. Rg3 Rh6 19. Nf1 b5 20. Bb3 Nd4 $6 (20... a5 $1 {attacks
everywhere.}) 21. c3 Ne6 22. a4 Rb8 23. axb5 Bxb5 24. Bxe6 fxe6 (24... Rxe6 25.
g5 $1 {could lead to a precarious position for the black queen.}) 25. g5 $1 Rh4
({After} 25... Rg6 $6 26. Rg4 {the imprisonment of a black rook might become
dangerous.}) 26. Qb3 Qf8 $5 27. Qxe6+ Kh8 28. Rd1 Be8 ({After} 28... Ba4 $1 29.
Rd2 Rf4 {the pressure on weak pawns compensates the minus pawn.}) 29. Rd2 Bh5
30. Rf2 Rf4 31. Kg2 Qf7 $6 ({More restraint is kept by} 31... Qd8 32. Ne3 Bf7
33. Qh3 c5) 32. Qxf7 Rxf7 33. Ne3 Rff8 $2 {Maróczy has defended well and can
take over the initiative.} (33... a5 $1 {is necessary.}) 34. Rd2 $2 ({He
liberates himself by} 34. b4 $1 c5 $5 35. bxc5 dxc5 36. Nc4) 34... Bf7 35. d4
exd4 36. cxd4 Rb3 37. Kf2 Rfb8 38. Nd1 Bh5 39. Rh3 ({White makes no progress in
} 39. Rc2 R8b7) 39... Bg4 40. Rg3 Bh5 41. Rh3 Bg4 42. Rg3 Bh5 43. d5 Rf8 44.
Ne3 Rfb8 45. Nd1 Rf8 46. Ne3 Rfb8 47. Nd1 Rf8 48. Ne3 {The extra game was
drawn too.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monte Carlo"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1902.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pillsbury, Harry"]
[Black "Teichmann, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D53"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1902.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 a6 $6 7. cxd5 $1 exd5
8. Bd3 c6 {Black has lost a tempo.} 9. Qc2 Nf8 10. Ne5 Ne6 11. Bh4 $1 Nd7 $5
12. Bg3 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Bf6 14. f4 $6 {Pillsbury plays his favourite move. The
exchange of bishops would have kept a plus.} Bxe5 15. dxe5 $5 Qb6 16. Qd2 Nc5
17. O-O O-O 18. Ne2 f6 19. Bc2 fxe5 20. fxe5 Bg4 21. Nd4 Qc7 $6 ({Better is} 
21... Rae8 22. Qc3 Ne6) 22. Rf4 Rxf4 23. exf4 Qe7 $2 (23... Qb6 $1 24. Qf2 Ne4
25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. h3 Rd8 27. hxg4 Rxd4 28. Re1 Qd8 {keeps the equality.}) 24.
h3 Bd7 25. Re1 g6 26. e6 $1 Nxe6 {Pillsbury misses the win.} 27. f5 $2 ({A
reporter notes} 27. Nxe6 $1 Bxe6 28. Qe3 Re8 29. f5 gxf5 30. Bxf5 Kf7 31. Bxe6+
Qxe6 32. Qf3+ $18) 27... Qg5 $1 28. Qxg5 Nxg5 29. fxg6 Re8 30. Rxe8+ Bxe8 31.
h4 Ne4 32. gxh7+ Kxh7 33. Ne6 Kh6 34. Bxe4 dxe4 35. Nc5 Kh5 36. Nxe4 Kxh4 37.
Nd6 Bg6 38. Nxb7 Bf7 39. a3 Kg3 40. Nd6 Bd5 41. Nf5+ Kf4 42. Ne7 Ke3 43. b4 Be4
44. g4 Kd4 45. Kf2 c5 46. Nf5+ Bxf5 47. gxf5 Ke5 ({Or} 47... cxb4 48. f6 b3 $1)
48. Ke3 Kxf5 {Again the extra game had the same result.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monte Carlo"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1902.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Janowsky, Dawid"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D08"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1902.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. a3 a5 6. h3 Bc5 7. Bg5 Nge7 8. Nbd2
h6 9. Bh4 Be6 10. Rc1 $2 ({No time is lost by} 10. Ne4 Ba7 11. Qd3) 10... a4 $1
11. g4 Qd7 12. Bg2 Ng6 13. Bg3 h5 14. gxh5 Rxh5 15. h4 Ncxe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17.
Ne4 Bb6 $1 18. Bxe5 Rxe5 19. c5 Ba5+ 20. Kf1 Bb3 21. Qd3 {Black has a forceful
pressure in the centre.} Ra6 $2 ({The attack is continued by} 21... Qf5 $1 22.
Qb5+ Kf8 $1) 22. Ng5 $1 Bd5 23. Bxd5 Qxd5 24. Rh3 Re7 $2 25. Nf3 $2 (25. Rc4 $1
{wins material.}) 25... Rc6 $2 ({Right is} 25... Kf8 26. Nxd4 Rg6) 26. Rc4 Rd7
27. Rxd4 Qe6 28. Ng5 Rxd4 29. Qxd4 Qd7 30. Re3+ Kd8 31. Nxf7+ Kc8 32. Qxd7+
Kxd7 33. Ne5+ 1-0

[Event "Monte Carlo"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1902.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Pillsbury, Harry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1902.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. a3 cxd4 7. exd4 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 a6 9. O-O Be7 10. Qd3 O-O 11. Bg5 b5 12. Bb3 Qb6 13. Bc2 g6 14. Qe2 Rd8
15. Rad1 Bb7 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Rd5 20. Rd3 Rad8
21. Rfd1 Nf5 22. g4 $6 Nd6 23. b3 $4 Nxe4 {Schlechter blundered a queen.} 0-1

[Event "Monte Carlo"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1902.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Janowsky, Dawid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1902.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 $6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Qb3 c6 6. e4 $5 dxe4 7. Bc4 Qe7
8. a4 Nf6 9. Nge2 Bf5 10. O-O Bg6 11. f4 exf3 12. Rxf3 Qd7 13. Nf4 Bd6 14. Re3+
Kf8 15. Rf3 a5 16. h3 Na6 17. Nxg6+ hxg6 18. Ne4 Re8 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. Bf4
Qxd4+ 21. Be3 Rxe3 22. Rxe3 Rh4 $4 (22... Nc5 23. Qc3 Qxc3 24. Rxc3 {continues
the game.}) 23. Rd1 {The lucky guy was Schlechter this time.} 1-0

[Event "Monte Carlo"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1902.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Black "Teichmann, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "1902.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. d3
Na5 9. Ne2 O-O 10. Ng3 Re8 11. c3 Nxb3 12. axb3 Bf8 13. Re1 c5 14. h3 Qc7 15.
Bg5 Nd7 16. Nf5 h6 17. Bc1 Kh7 18. g4 $6 {White plays a weakening move after a
quiet opening.} g6 19. Ne3 Nf6 20. Rf1 Bg7 21. Ne1 Rf8 $6 22. N1g2 c4 $6 ({The
complications of} 22... Bb7 $1 23. f4 $5 exf4 24. Nxf4 d5 $1 25. Nexd5 Nxd5 26.
exd5 g5 27. Nh5 Bxd5 {favour Black.}) 23. bxc4 bxc4 24. f3 cxd3 25. Qxd3 Bb7
26. Rd1 Rfd8 27. c4 Bf8 28. Nd5 Nxd5 29. cxd5 Rdc8 30. Be3 Qc4 31. Ra3 Qxd3 32.
Rdxd3 Rc7 33. Rdc3 Rac8 34. Bb6 Rxc3 35. Rxc3 Rxc3 36. bxc3 Kg7 37. Bd8 ({
White wins a pawn but not the war in} 37. Ne3 Be7 38. Nc4 a5 $1 39. Nxa5 Ba6
40. Nc6 Kf8) 37... f5 38. Ne3 fxe4 39. fxe4 Kf7 40. Nc4 Ke8 41. Bb6 Kd7 42. Kf2
Be7 43. Kf3 Bc8 44. Kg3 h5 45. Ba5 h4+ $2 {Black creates a horrible weakness.}
({Correct is} 45... Bb7 46. Nb6+ Ke8 47. c4 hxg4 48. hxg4 Bd8 49. c5 $1 dxc5 $1
50. Nc4 Bxa5 51. Nxa5 Bc8) 46. Kf3 Ke8 47. Ke3 Bg5+ 48. Kf2 Be7 49. Kf3 Bb7 50.
Bb4 Kd7 51. Na5 Kc7 52. Ba3 Kc8 $2 (52... Bc8 $1 {prevents the next move.}) 53.
g5 $1 {Maróczy strikes with subtle means.} Kc7 ({No good is} 53... Bxg5 54.
Bxd6) 54. Nxb7 Kxb7 55. Kg4 Kb6 56. Kxh4 Kb5 57. Kg4 Ka4 58. Bc1 Kb3 59. h4
Kxc3 60. Ba3 $1 Kb3 ({A long stand is given in} 60... a5 61. h5 gxh5+ 62. Kxh5
Kd4 $1 63. g6 Bf6 64. Bxd6 Kxe4 65. Be7 $1 a4 66. Bxf6 a3 67. g7 a2 68. Bxe5
Kxe5 69. g8=Q a1=Q 70. Qg7+ {(Maróczy).}) 61. Bxd6 Bxd6 62. h5 a5 63. h6 a4 64.
h7 a3 65. h8=Q a2 66. Qh3+ Kb2 67. Qg2+ Kb1 68. Qf1+ Kb2 69. Qb5+ Kc1 70. Qa6
Kb1 71. Qxd6 a1=Q 72. Qxg6 Kc2 73. Qc6+ Kd3 74. d6 Ke3 75. Kf5 Qf1+ 76. Kxe5
Qf7 77. d7 Qe7+ 78. Qe6 Qxg5+ 79. Kd6 Qd8 80. e5 Qf8+ 81. Kc7 Qc5+ 82. Kb7 {
Maróczy showed patience, accuracy and brilliance in the endgame.} 1-0

[Event "Monte Carlo"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1902.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Pillsbury, Harry"]
[Black "Janowsky, Dawid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "1902.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Be6 7. Bf4 Rb8 8. e3
Nf6 9. Bd3 Bd6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Rc1 O-O 12. Bb1 Ne4 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Nxe4 dxe4
15. Qc2 f5 16. Ng5 Qd5 17. Qc5 Rfe8 18. O-O c6 19. Qa3 Qd7 20. Nxe6 Qxe6 21.
Bc2 Kh8 22. Bb3 Qf6 23. f3 Qg5 24. fxe4 fxe4 25. Rce1 Ng6 26. Qd6 Rbd8 27. Qg3
Qxg3 28. hxg3 Re7 29. Rf5 b6 $2 (29... h6 {creates a valve.}) 30. Rc1 Rd6 $2 {
Black's last moves before the time control are mistaken.} ({Better is} 30...
Red7) 31. Bd5 $1 Rc7 32. Bxe4 h6 ({Or} 32... Re6 33. Rd5 $1 h6 34. Rd8+ Kh7 35.
Bf5 Rxe3 36. g4) 33. Bd3 a5 34. Rcf1 Kg8 35. Bc4+ Kh8 36. a4 Re7 37. R1f3 Rd8
38. Rf7 Rde8 39. Rxe7 Nxe7 40. Kf2 Nc8 41. Bf7 Rd8 42. Bg6 Kg8 43. Ke2 Ne7 44.
Bf7+ Kh7 45. Kd3 Rd6 46. Kc4 Rf6 47. e4 Rd6 48. e5 Rd8 49. Be6 Kg6 50. Rb3 Rb8
51. Kd3 Kg5 52. Ke4 h5 53. Rf3 Kg6 54. d5 cxd5+ 55. Bxd5 b5 56. Bf7+ Kg5 57.
Rb3 Rf8 58. Be6 b4 59. Rf3 Re8 60. Bd7 Rd8 61. e6 Ng8 62. Ke5 Ra8 63. Kd6 Ra6+
64. Bc6 Kg6 65. Re3 Kf6 66. e7 Rxc6+ 67. Kxc6 Nxe7+ 68. Kb5 Nd5 69. Rf3+ Ke5
70. Kxa5 Kd4 71. Kb5 g5 72. Rf5 Ne3 73. Rxg5 b3 74. Kb4 Kd3 75. Kxb3 1-0

[Event "Monte Carlo"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1902.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1902.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nc6 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. Nf1 h6 14. Be3 Bf8 15. Ng3
Qc7 16. a4 Bd7 17. d5 Ne7 18. Nh4 g5 19. Nf3 Ng6 20. Nh2 Qb7 21. axb5 axb5 22.
Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Ng4 Nxg4 24. hxg4 Ra2 25. Bc1 Nf4 $2 ({Correct is} 25... Nh4 $1
26. Nf5 Nxf5 27. gxf5 Qc7 28. Qh5 Qd8) 26. Nf5 c4 27. g3 Ng6 28. Kg2 $1 f6 29.
Rh1 $1 {Suddenly Tarrasch has an attack on a weakness.} Bc8 $1 ({If Schlechter
keeps the pawn by} 29... Kh7 30. Qg1 Nh8 31. Qh2 Bxf5 32. gxf5 b4 33. cxb4 Qxb4
34. Qh5) ({Or} 29... Bxf5 30. gxf5 Nh8 {great positional problems exist.}) 30.
Nxh6+ Bxh6 31. Rxh6 Qg7 32. Rh1 Nf8 33. Bb1 Ra1 34. Be3 Qd7 35. f3 Qb7 36. Qc1
Qe7 37. b3 Qc7 38. Qb2 Qa5 39. bxc4 bxc4 40. Rc1 Nd7 41. Qb4 {White wants to
release the pressure by exchanges.} Qa3 $2 ({Pressure on the queenside is kept
by} 41... Qxb4 42. cxb4 Ba6) 42. Qxa3 $1 ({Avoids} 42. Qxc4 $2 Qb2+ 43. Kh3 Ba6
$1 44. Qb4 Qe2 $1) 42... Rxa3 43. Kf2 Rb3 44. Ke1 Rb2 45. Bc2 Kf7 46. Kd1 Ra2
47. Rb1 Ra3 48. Kd2 Ba6 49. Rb4 Ke7 50. Ra4 Rxa4 51. Bxa4 Kd8 52. Kc2 Kc7 53.
Kb2 Nc5 $5 {The white king penetrates anyway.} 54. Bxc5 dxc5 55. Ka3 Bc8 56.
Be8 Kd8 57. Bb5 Kc7 58. Ka4 Kb6 59. d6 $1 Be6 60. Be8 Bg8 61. d7 Kc7 62. Kb5
Be6 63. Kxc5 Bg8 64. d8=Q+ $1 Kxd8 65. Bb5 {Tarrasch played an impressive
accuracy.} 1-0

[Event "Monte Carlo"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1902.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1902.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bd3 $5 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bb4 6. e5 Ne4 7. O-O $5 {
Schlechter gives a pawn.} ({Known is} 7. Bd2 Nxd2 8. Qxd2 {Blackburne-Mason,
New York 1889).}) 7... Nxc3 8. bxc3 Bxc3 9. Rb1 f5 $2 ({Better is} 9... Nxd4
10. Nxd4 Bxd4 11. Bb5+ c6 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Qxd4 Ba6) 10. exf6 gxf6 11. Be3
Qe7 12. Rb3 Bb4 13. Bd2 Bd6 $6 ({More sense makes} 13... Bxd2 14. Qxd2 Qg7) 14.
c4 $1 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Nd8 {Black's position becomes cramned.} 16. Re1 O-O ({Not} 
16... Bd7 17. Nh4 Ba4 18. Nf5 $1 Qf7 19. Rxe6+ $1) 17. Nh4 $1 f5 {Black has to
prevent Nf5.} 18. Nf3 c6 19. Ne5 Nf7 20. Qh5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Nh8 22. Bb4 c5 23.
Bxc5 $1 {White storms the hostile position with multiple sacrifices.} Qxc5 24.
Rg3+ Ng6 25. Rxg6+ $1 Kh8 ({The pointe is} 25... hxg6 26. Qxg6+ Kh8 27. Re3)
26. Qh6 Rf7 27. Bxe6 Bxe6 28. Rxe6 Rg8 29. Rd6 f4 30. Rd3 Qa5 31. Rdd1 Rg6 32.
Qh3 f3 33. e6 $1 Rxg2+ 34. Kh1 Re7 35. Qxf3 Rg8 36. Qf6+ Reg7 37. e7 1-0

[Event "Monte Carlo"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1902.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Pillsbury, Harry"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1902.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. d3
Na5 9. h3 O-O 10. Ne2 c6 11. Ng3 Qc7 12. Qe2 c5 13. Bd2 Nc6 14. c3 Be6 15. Ng5
Bxb3 16. axb3 h6 17. Nf3 Rfe8 18. Nf5 Bf8 19. g4 Nh7 20. Kh2 Qd8 21. Rg1 Ng5 $6
22. h4 Nxf3+ 23. Qxf3 g5 $4 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. Kg2 Re6 26. Rh1 Bg7 27. Nxg7 Kxg7
28. Rh7+ $1 Kxh7 29. Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Monte Carlo"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1902.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Teichmann, Richard"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1902.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Qe2 Nd6 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8.
dxe5 Nb7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Re1 f6 11. Bf4 fxe5 12. Bxe5 Bc5 13. Bd4 Bxd4 14. Qc4+
d5 15. Qxd4 Bf5 16. Re2 Rf6 $2 ({Better is} 16... Qd6 $1 17. Rae1 Nc5) 17. Rae1
Nd6 18. Ne5 Ne4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 $2 (19... dxe4 20. Qxd8+ Rxd8 {leads to a poor
endgame for Black.}) 20. f3 Bf5 21. Nxc6 $1 {A 'petite combinaison' decides
the game.} Rxc6 22. Re8+ Qxe8 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Qxd5+ Rce6 25. Qxf5 Re1+ 26.
Kf2 R1e2+ 27. Kg3 R8e6 28. Qd5 h6 29. Qd3 c6 30. b4 R6e3 31. Qd4 Re6 32. Qd3
Re7 33. a4 Kf7 34. c4 R2e6 35. c5 Ke8 36. b5 cxb5 37. axb5 Re3 38. Qg6+ Kd8 39.
Qc6 Rd7 40. Qa8+ Ke7 41. c6 1-0

[Event "Monte Carlo"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1902.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C14"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1902.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Qd2 f6 $5 8.
f4 O-O 9. Nb5 $2 {Tarrasch meets a nasty surprise.} a6 $1 10. Na3 ({He has to
avoid} 10. Nxc7 Ra7) 10... c5 11. c3 fxe5 12. dxe5 Nc6 $2 (12... Nxe5 $1 {wins
a pawn due to} 13. fxe5 $2 Qh4+ {(Marco).}) 13. Nf3 Rd8 14. Bd3 b5 15. Bb1 b4
16. Nc2 bxc3 17. bxc3 Nf8 18. O-O a5 19. Ne3 Ba6 20. Bd3 Qc7 21. Bxa6 Rxa6 22.
Rad1 Ra7 23. Qf2 Rb7 24. f5 d4 25. Nc4 exf5 (25... dxc3 $1 26. Nd6 Rb2 27. Qxc5
Qa7 {draws more easily.}) 26. Nd6 Rbb8 27. cxd4 cxd4 28. Qc2 Qd7 29. Nxf5 d3 $1
30. Qc4+ Qe6 31. Qxe6+ Nxe6 32. Nd6 Nxe5 33. Nxe5 Rxd6 34. Rxd3 Rxd3 35. Nxd3 {
The replay on the next day also ended in a draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monte Carlo"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1902.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Teichmann, Richard"]
[Black "Janowsky, Dawid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1902.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. d3
Na5 9. Ne2 Nxb3 10. axb3 Bb7 11. c4 Nd7 12. Ng3 g6 13. Ne1 Bf6 14. f4 exf4 15.
Bxf4 {The notation might be wrong, because White has left pawn b2 unprotected.}
O-O 16. Rc1 c6 {Black leaves pawn d6 unguarded.} 17. Bh6 Re8 18. Qc2 Ne5 19. h3
c5 20. Nf3 Qe7 21. Rce1 Bc8 22. Ne2 bxc4 23. bxc4 Rb8 24. b3 Nc6 25. Bd2 Nb4
26. Bxb4 Rxb4 27. Nf4 Bb7 28. Kh1 Rb8 29. Rb1 Bc6 30. Nd5 Bxd5 31. exd5 Bg7 32.
Qa2 Qb7 33. Ng5 Rf8 34. Rfe1 Be5 35. Nf3 Bg3 36. Re4 Rb8 37. Qe2 $2 {The
players are tired.} (37. Rg4 $1 Be5 38. Nxe5 dxe5 39. Re4 Rxb3 40. Rxb3 Qxb3
41. Qxb3 Rxb3 42. Rxe5 Rxd3 43. Re8+ Kg7 44. Rc8 {leads to a drawn rook ending.
}) 37... Rxb3 38. Rg1 Rb2 39. Re8+ Rxe8 40. Qxe8+ Kg7 41. Rf1 Rb1 42. Ne1 f5
43. Kg1 a5 44. Qe3 Be5 45. Qe2 a4 46. Nf3 Bf6 47. d4 cxd4 48. Qa2 Rxf1+ 49.
Kxf1 Qb4 50. Ke2 a3 {Maróczy became the winner of the tournament. Some
participants lost their money in the casino.} 0-1

[Event "Monte Carlo"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1903.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pillsbury, Harry"]
[Black "Wolf, Heinrich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D63"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1903.??.??"]

{Monte Carlo 1903 was a spectacular event in every phase. When Chigorin
arrived from St. Petersburg, he was not welcome, because he had doubted the
authenticity of spectacular wins by Prince Dadian of Mingrelia. Chigorin got
1500 Francs as payoff. Alapin, Gunsberg and Janowsky got no invitations.
Fourteen men played double rounds from 10 ii until 17 iii 1903. When
participants complained about the noise, the director Arnous de Rivière
answered: "You get used to it!" Tarrasch started poorly but won the tournament.
Moreau lost all twenty-six games.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5.
Nf3 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Rc1 b6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Ne5 $5 Bb7 10. f4 {Pillsbury
applies his favourite setup.} a6 $2 {Wolf reacts too slow.} 11. Bd3 c5 12. O-O
c4 13. Bf5 b5 14. Rf3 Re8 15. Rh3 g6 16. Bb1 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Nd7 $6 18. Bxe7 Rxe7
19. Qf3 Nf8 20. Rf1 Qd7 21. Qf6 b4 22. Na4 $1 Qc7 23. Nc5 Bc8 24. Rh6 a5 25.
Rf4 Rb8 26. Bxg6 $1 Rb6 ({Or} 26... Nxg6 27. Rxg6+ $1 hxg6 28. Rh4 {(Kemeny).})
27. Qxb6 $5 {Pillsbury finds a nice win.} ({But} 27. Ne6 $1 Bxe6 28. Bxh7+ Nxh7
29. Rxh7 Kxh7 30. Rh4+ Kg8 31. Rh8# {is even better (Boyce).}) 27... Nxg6 28.
Qf6 Re8 29. Rf1 Be6 30. Qg5 Kh8 31. Qh5 Nf8 32. Nxe6 Rxe6 33. Rxe6 {Wolf had
taken the place of Chigorin and got a spanking.} 1-0

[Event "Monte Carlo"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1903.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A55"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1903.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. e4 e5 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Bd3 $5 O-O 7. O-O c6 8.
h3 Qc7 9. Be3 Re8 10. Nh4 Nf8 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 Rad8 $2 {Tarrasch shows a
poor grasp of the opening.} ({The centre should be opened by} 12... exd4 $1 13.
Bxd4 Rad8) 13. d5 $1 a6 $6 14. Rc1 N8d7 15. g4 Nc5 16. Bb1 $1 a5 $6 17. Kh1 $6
Nfd7 $2 (17... h6 $1 18. Qf3 Nh7 {fights for square g5.}) 18. g5 $1 f6 19. h4
Bf8 20. Rg1 Be7 21. Qh5 Nf8 22. Rg3 $5 (22. g6 $1 h6 23. Bxh6 gxh6 24. g7 $1
Nh7 25. Rg6 {also breaks the defence.}) 22... Ra8 23. Bxc5 dxc5 24. d6 Qxd6 25.
Ne4 Qd8 26. Rd1 {Tarrasch lost three times in six rounds.} 1-0

[Event "Monte Carlo"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1903.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Marshall, Frank"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1903.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. d3 Nxf3+ 7. Qxf3 c6 8.
O-O d6 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 Bg4 $5 11. Qg3 h5 12. Nd5 $5 Nxd5 $5 (12... Nd7 13.
Nc3 Nf6 {avoids problems but that is not Marshall's style.}) 13. exd5 Qa5 14.
Bb3 cxd5 15. e4 Be6 $2 16. exd5 Qc5+ 17. Kh1 Bg4 (17... Bxd5 {is refuted by}
18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Qxg7 {(Kemeny).}) 18. c3 O-O 19. Rae1 Rae8 20. h3 Bd7 21. Qg5
f5 22. Bd1 Qc8 23. Bxh5 Qd8 24. Qe3 f4 25. Qxa7 Qh4 26. Bxe8 Bxh3 27. Qf2 Bxg2+
28. Kxg2 f3+ 29. Qxf3 Rxf3 30. Kxf3 Qh3+ 31. Ke2 Qg4+ 32. Kd2 Qg2+ 33. Kc1 g5
34. Bg6 b5 35. Be4 Qg3 36. Re2 g4 37. Ref2 Qe3+ 38. Kc2 g3 {Tarrasch announced
mate in five.} (38... g3 39. Rf8+ Kg7 40. R1f7+ Kh6 41. Rh7+ Kg5 42. Rg8+ Kf6
43. Rg6#) 1-0

[Event "Monte Carlo"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1903.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Pillsbury, Harry"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C63"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "1903.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 $5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. exf5 $1 {Pillsbury brings a
novelty.} e4 $1 6. Qe2 (6. Ng5 $1 d5 7. d3 {gains a plus (Leonhardt -
Spielmann, München 1906).}) 6... Qe7 $1 7. Bxc6 bxc6 $5 8. Nh4 d5 {The players
choose the sharpest moves.} 9. d4 $1 a5 10. Bg5 Ba6 11. Bxf6 $5 Qxf6 $5 (11...
gxf6 12. Qh5+ Qf7 {calms the game.}) 12. Qh5+ $1 Kd7 $5 13. Ng6 $1 Qxd4 $1 14.
Nxh8 Bc5 $1 (14... Bb4 $6 15. Qh3 Rxh8 16. Rd1 Qc4 17. Kd2 Bxc3+ 18. Qxc3 Qxc3+
19. Kxc3 {favours White.}) 15. Qh4 Rxh8 16. Rd1 Qb4 17. Qg4 Kd8 18. Qxg7 $2 {
White loses his way in the turmoil.} (18. Qg5+ $1 Kc8 19. Qxg7 ({or} 19. f6)
19... Rd8 20. Kd2 d4 21. Kc1 dxc3 22. Rxd8+ Kxd8 23. Qg8+ {leads to perpetual
check.}) 18... Re8 {A major threat has become 19. .. e3.} 19. Qf6+ Kd7 20. a3
Qb6 21. Rd2 e3 22. fxe3 Bxe3 23. Nxd5 $2 ({The last chance gives} 23. Qf7+ $1
Kd8 24. Nxd5 $1 Bxd2+ 25. Kxd2 cxd5 26. Qxd5+ Kc8 27. Qa8+ Kd7 28. Qd5+ Qd6 29.
Qxd6+ Kxd6 30. g4) 23... Bxd2+ 24. Kxd2 Qf2+ 25. Kd1 Qe2+ 26. Kc1 cxd5 27. Rd1
c6 28. Qh4 Qxg2 29. Qxh7+ Re7 30. Qh4 Qe4 31. Qh8 Qxf5 32. Qa8 Bc8 33. Qa7+ Ke8
34. Qxa5 Qf4+ 35. Kb1 Qxh2 36. Qc5 Bb7 37. b4 Qe2 38. Rh1 Rf7 39. Rh8+ Kd7 40.
Rh6 Rf1+ 41. Kb2 Qe7 42. Qd4 Re1 43. Rh5 Kc7 44. Qf4+ Kb6 45. Qd4+ c5 46. bxc5+
Qxc5 47. Rh6+ Bc6 48. Qf6 Qb5+ 49. Kc3 Qc4+ 50. Kb2 Qb5+ 51. Kc3 Qc4+ 52. Kb2
Qb5+ 53. Kc3 Re3+ 54. Kd2 Re2+ 55. Kd1 Re8 56. Kd2 Qe2+ 57. Kc1 Qe1+ 58. Kb2
Qe5+ 59. Qxe5 Rxe5 60. Rh4 Re4 61. Rh8 Kc5 62. Rc8 Re8 63. Rc7 Kd6 64. Rh7 Bb5
65. Kc3 Ba4 66. Rh2 Re4 67. Rg2 Kc5 68. Rh2 Re3+ 69. Kb2 Bb5 70. Rh8 Re2 71.
Rc8+ Kd4 72. Kb3 Bc4+ 73. Kb2 Bd3 74. Kb3 Bf5 75. Rc7 Re8 76. c3+ Kd3 77. Rc5
Rb8+ 78. Ka4 Be4 79. Rc7 Kc2 80. Rc6 Bd3 81. Rc5 Bc4 82. Ka5 Kxc3 83. a4 Ra8+ {
Pillsbury and Teichmann lost the lead in this round. Instead Tarrasch and
Maróczy shared the lead. Siegbert had started a winning streak of eight games.}
0-1

[Event "Monte Carlo"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1903.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Marshall, Frank"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1903.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. Nxe5 Nf6 $5 5. Be2 $5 Nxe5 6. d4 Bd6 7. O-O
Nc6 8. e5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Bxe5 {Schlechter has given a pawn for an attack.} 10.
Bd3 d6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Bg4 14. Qd2 Qe7 15. Rae1 O-O-O 16. Qe3 b6
17. a4 Kb8 18. a5 Bc8 19. axb6 axb6 20. Nb5 Bb7 21. Be2 Rhe8 22. Qa3 c6 $6 {
Pawn b6 becomes fatally weakened.} 23. Qa7+ Kc8 24. Na3 Kc7 $6 25. Ba6 $1 Rb8
26. Nc4 Nd7 27. Rxe5 $1 {Schlechter continues in gambit style.} dxe5 28. Bxe5+
$2 ({But he forgets to win by} 28. Rd1 $1 f6 29. f4 $1 exf4 30. Bf2 c5 31. Nd6
{and Black has to give his queen.}) 28... Nxe5 29. Qxb6+ Kd7 $2 ({Right is} 
29... Kc8 $1 30. Nxe5 Qc7 $1) 30. Bxb7 Ke6 31. Nxe5 Qxb7 32. Qe3 f6 $2 ({
Better is} 32... Qb6) 33. Nc4+ Kd5 34. Qd3+ Kc5 35. Nd6 Qxb2 36. c3 {White
threatens 37. Qd4# (Kemeny).} Kb6 37. Nc4+ 1-0

[Event "Monte Carlo"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1903.??.??"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Teichmann, Richard"]
[Black "Pillsbury, Harry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B72"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1903.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 d6 7. Be3 Bg7 8.
Qd2 O-O 9. Nxc6 $5 bxc6 10. Bh6 $6 {White loses any openings' advantage.} Rb8
11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. b3 Qa5 13. O-O d5 $5 14. Rad1 $5 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Qxd2 16. Nxd2
Bf5 17. c4 Rfd8 18. Nf3 Ne4 {Black has taken the initiative.} 19. Rxd8 $6 (19.
Ne5 $1 Nc3 20. Rde1 Rd2 21. Bf3 {gives White sufficient counter-play.}) 19...
Rxd8 20. Rc1 $6 ({Preferable is} 20. Re1 $1 Nc3 21. Bf1) 20... c5 $1 21. Kf1
Rd6 22. Ke1 Ra6 23. a4 Rb6 24. Bd1 Re6 25. Be2 g5 26. h3 Bg6 27. a5 $5 h5 28.
Nd2 Nd6 29. Kd1 $2 {The king stands exposed in the middle.} ({Better is} 29.
Kf1 Nf5 30. Nf3) 29... Nf5 $1 30. Bf3 (30. Nf3 g4 31. hxg4 hxg4 32. Nd2 g3 33.
fxg3 Nd4 $1 34. Bf3 Rd6 $1 35. Rc3 Ra6 {makes the problem apparent. Black will
win the a-pawn like he does in the game.}) 30... Nd4 $1 31. Rc3 ({Or} 31. Bd5
Rd6 $1 32. Ke1 Ra6 {and White cannot play the desired Ra1 due to a fork.})
31... Ra6 $1 32. Re3 Rxa5 33. Kc1 e6 34. Kb2 Kf6 35. b4 cxb4 36. Nb3 Nxb3 37.
Kxb3 Ra1 38. Kxb4 Rb1+ 39. Kc5 Rb2 40. Re2 Rxe2 41. Bxe2 Ke7 42. Bf3 Kd7 43.
Bc6+ Kc7 44. Be8 Kd8 45. Bb5 Bd3 46. Bc6 h4 47. Kd4 Bf1 48. c5 Kc7 49. Bf3 a5
50. Kc3 f5 51. Kb3 e5 {Pillsbury achieved the third place.} 0-1

[Event "Monte Carlo"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1903.??.??"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Marshall, Frank"]
[Black "Pillsbury, Harry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D55"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1903.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Ne4 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8.
Bd3 f5 $6 ({Best is} 8... Nxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 {(Spielmann - Wolf, Bad
Pistyan 1922).}) 9. cxd5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 exd5 11. Qc2 c5 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. c4 Kh8
14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. O-O Nc6 16. Bc4 Qc5 17. Rac1 f4 18. Qe4 fxe3 19. Bd5 $2 (19.
Qxe3 {keeps a plus.}) 19... exf2+ 20. Kh1 Qa3 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Qxc6 Ba6 $1 {
Marshall experiences a nasty surprise.} 23. Rc3 ({The pointe is} 23. Rxf2 Rac8
{(Kemeny).}) 23... Bxf1 24. Nd2 ({Or} 24. Rxa3 Be2 {(Kemeny).}) 24... Qa6 25.
Qe4 Bd3 {Maróczy kept the second place by this win. It became a second prize
by a draw in the last round against the conqueror Tarrasch.} 0-1

[Event "Atlantic Ocean"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1904.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chigorin Lasker, Marshall Teichmann"]
[Black "Janowsky Schlechter, Marco Lawrence"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C39"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1904.??.??"]

{Games from Cambridge Springs 1904 are presented in this file. Jan van Reek. A
consultation game was played on the steamship Pretoria of the Hamburg America
Line. It occurred mid April 1904. They started with the opening of the rich
chess patron Rice. He paid 200 Mark per consultation game.} 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4
3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Nf6 6. Bc4 d5 7. exd5 Bd6 8. O-O $2 {This knight
sacrifice is called the Rice Gambit.} ({Usual is} 8. d4 {(Von der
Lasa-Staunton, Brussels 1853).}) 8... Bxe5 9. Re1 Qe7 10. c3 {The consultants
for Black avoid the main refutation.} Bf5 $6 (10... f3 $1 11. d4 Ne4 $1 12.
Rxe4 Bh2+ 13. Kxh2 Qxe4 14. g3 O-O {is very favourable for Black 
(Amsterdam-Marseille, corr. 1900).}) 11. d4 Nbd7 12. dxe5 Nh5 13. e6 $1 fxe6
14. dxe6 O-O-O $5 {The entertainment continues.} 15. exd7+ Rxd7 16. Qe2 Qxh4 ({
They bypass} 16... Qxe2 $1 17. Bxe2 Re8 {with a better ending.}) 17. Qf2 g3 $2
({A neat finish gives} 17... Ng3 $1 18. Qxf4 Be4 $1 19. Qh6 Ne2+ $1 20. Bxe2
Qxe1+ 21. Bf1 Bd3) 18. Qxa7 Rd3 $2 {Finally Black is worse.} (18... Qh2+ 19.
Kf1 Qh1+ 20. Qg1 Qh4 21. Qa7 {results in a repetition of moves.}) 19. Nd2 $1 (
19. Qa8+ $2 Kd7 20. Bb5+ Kd6 21. Qxb7 {seems to win, but} Qh2+ 22. Kf1 Qh1+ 23.
Ke2 f3+ 24. Qxf3 Rxf3 25. Rxh1 Rf2+ 26. Ke1 c6 {turns the tables.}) 19... Rxd2
20. Bxd2 Qh2+ 21. Kf1 f3 $1 22. Qa8+ Kd7 23. Qa4+ c6 24. Re7+ $1 {The Whites
give a rook for a check by a bishop.} Kxe7 25. Bg5+ $1 Kd7 26. Rd1+ Kc7 27.
Qa5+ Kb8 28. Qe5+ Ka8 ({Not} 28... Ka7 29. Be3+) 29. Qxh8+ Ka7 30. Qd4+ b6 31.
Ke1 $1 fxg2 ({The thrills of} 31... Qxg2 32. Bf1 Qc2 33. Be3 c5 34. Qd2 Qe4 35.
Qd3 f2+ 36. Kd2 {lead to a white win.}) 32. Be3 c5 33. Qe5 g1=Q+ 34. Bxg1 Qxg1+
35. Kd2 Qf2+ 36. Be2 g2 ({Or} 36... Nf4 37. Rf1 Qxe2+ 38. Qxe2 Nxe2 39. Kxe2)
37. Qe7+ Kb8 38. Qe3 {The result will have pleased Rice.} 1-0

[Event "Cambridge Springs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1904.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Showalter, Jackson"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D67"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1904.??.??"]

{Cambridge Springs 1904 was a great American chess tournament, fifteen years
after New York 1889. Eight European and eight American chess players
participated. Tarrasch and Maróczy could not take part for professional
reasons. All other top players entered the event. The main contestant was
world champion Lasker. He had not played in a tournament since Paris 1900. 
The Europeans and Marshall travelled first class on the 'Pretoria'. They
arrived on April 16 in New York and travelled to the health resort Cambridge
Springs on April 21. They stayed in the luxurious Rider Hotel. The tournament
was played from April 25 to May 19. Time limits were thirty moves in two hours
and fifteen moves in one hour. Sponsors were W.D. Rider, I.L. Rice, Erie
Railroad Company and subscribers to the Daily Bulletin.  Marshall won one of
the greatest tournaments in the history of chess. He tried to reach the top
but was crushed in matches by Tarrasch in 1905 and Lasker in 1907.   The
tournament remained the only big chess event in Cambridge Springs, because the
driving force Rider died in 1905. His hotel burned to the ground in 1931.
Reinfeld published the tournament book in 1935. } 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6
4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7
Qxe7 11. O-O N5b6 12. Bb3 e5 13. Ne4 exd4 14. Qxd4 Nf6 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Qxf6
gxf6 {Black has a poor endgame due to a passive opening.} 17. Rfd1 a5 18. Rd4
Bf5 $5 {Showalter plays a provocative move.} 19. Rc5 $6 ({The win of a pawn by
} 19. Rf4 $1 Bg6 20. Rxf6 a4 21. Bd1 {tries to take advantage of the incentive.
}) 19... Bg6 20. a4 Rfe8 21. Kf1 Re4 22. Ke2 Rxd4 23. Nxd4 Nd7 24. Rc3 Rd8 25.
h3 c5 26. Nf3 b6 27. Nh4 Be4 $1 28. f3 Bb7 29. Bc4 Ne5 30. Bb5 Kf8 31. Nf5 Bc8
32. Ng3 Ke7 33. Nh5 Bb7 34. Nf4 f5 35. Rc2 Rd6 36. Rd2 h6 37. Rxd6 Kxd6 38. Kd2
Ng6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cambridge Springs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1904.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Janowsky, Dawid"]
[Black "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1904.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Ne2 Ne7 8. Ng3
c6 9. Ba4 Ng6 10. d4 d5 11. exd5 e4 12. Ne5 cxd5 13. f4 exf3 14. Nxf3 $6 ({
Better is} 14. Nxg6 fxg6 15. Qxf3) 14... Bd6 15. Nh1 $1 {Black threatened 15...
Bxg3.} Ne4 16. Bb3 Be6 17. Nf2 Nxf2 $6 18. Rxf2 Qc7 19. Be3 h6 20. Qd3 Rfe8 21.
Raf1 Re7 22. c3 Rae8 23. Bd2 a6 24. Re1 Bf4 25. Bxf4 Nxf4 26. Qd2 g5 $2 {A
positional blunder.} 27. Ne5 f6 $5 28. Rxf4 $1 {Janowski decides the game in
an impressive manner.} ({A strong alternative brings} 28. Nd3 Nxd3 29. Qxd3 Kg7
30. Bc2 f5 {(Aliashov)} 31. g4) 28... gxf4 29. Ng6 Bf7 ({Or} 29... Rd7 30. Nxf4
Qc6 31. Re3 {and a strong attack.}) 30. Nxe7+ Rxe7 31. Rf1 Re3 32. g3 Qe7 33.
Rxf4 Re2 34. Qd3 $6 Kg7 $6 35. Bc2 f5 36. Rf2 Re1+ 37. Kg2 Bg6 38. Qf3 Re3 39.
Qf4 Re2 40. Bxf5 Bxf5 41. Qxf5 Rxf2+ 42. Kxf2 Qd8 43. h4 Qb6 44. Qe5+ Kh7 45.
Qe7+ Kh8 46. Qe8+ Kg7 47. Qd7+ Kh8 48. b3 1-0

[Event "Cambridge Springs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1904.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Marco, Georg"]
[Black "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1904.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. d3 Be7 7. Bg5 O-O 8. h3
Be6 9. Bb3 Nd7 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. Bxe6 Nxe6 14. O-O Ng6
15. g3 Qd7 16. Nf5 Rfe8 17. h4 Ne7 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. Kg2 c6 21.
Nc3 Qb6 22. Qd2 Rad8 23. Rae1 Nc5 24. b3 Qa5 25. a4 Ne6 26. Re2 Qh5 27. f4 f5
28. Rfe1 fxe4 29. Nxe4 Nc7 30. Ng5 h6 31. Ne6 Nxe6 32. Rxe6 Rxe6 33. Rxe6 d5
34. Re7 Re8 35. Qe3 Rxe7 36. Qxe7 Qf5 37. Qe8+ Kh7 38. Qe2 a5 39. h5 Qd7 40. g4
b5 41. Qd3+ Kg8 42. Qg6 bxa4 43. bxa4 c5 44. Kg3 Qe7 45. Kf3 Qe1 46. Qf5 {An
uneventful draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cambridge Springs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1904.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Marco, Georg"]
[Black "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B41"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1904.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. Bf3 Nc6 7. O-O Qc7 8.
Nc3 Ne5 9. Bf4 d6 10. Be2 b5 11. a3 Be7 12. Be3 O-O 13. f3 Bb7 14. Qd2 Rfd8 15.
Rad1 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Rxd5 18. Qc1 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20. Rd3 Qc7 21.
Rfd1 Rad8 22. Ne2 Bc5 $6 (22... Rxd3 {leads to a better endgame.}) 23. Rxd5
Bxd5 24. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 25. Kh1 Qc7 26. Nc3 Bb7 27. Rxd8+ Qxd8 28. Qe3 h6 29. Kg1
Qd6 30. Qd3 Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cambridge Springs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1904.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Marshall, Frank"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1904.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 d5 $5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. O-O Nf6 7. d4 Be7
8. dxc5 O-O 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. b4 h6 12. Bxf6 $6 (12. Bf4 {keeps the
pressure.}) 12... Bxf6 13. Qd2 a5 14. a3 Qb8 15. Rab1 axb4 16. axb4 Ra3 17. Nd4
Qe5 18. Nce2 Bg4 19. f3 Bd7 20. c3 Re8 21. Ra1 Rea8 22. Rxa3 Rxa3 23. Re1 Qc7
24. Nc2 Ra2 25. Ra1 Qa7 26. Qc1 Bf5 27. Rxa2 Qxa2 28. Ncd4 Bd3 29. Qe3 Bxd4 $2
{Black makes a positional blunder.} ({Correct is} 29... Bc4) 30. Nxd4 $1 Qa1+
31. Kf2 Qb2+ 32. Kg3 Bf1 33. Kf4 $1 Qxg2 34. Ke5 $1 Qg6 35. Qf4 Bd3 {White has
moved his king to a strong square.} 36. b5 $2 ({The position of the queen is
improved by} 36. Qh4 $1 {(Lasker)} Ba6 37. Qe7 $1 Bb7 $5 {and now} 38. b5 $1 {
is good for White.}) 36... Bxb5 37. Nxb5 cxb5 38. Kd4 Qc2 39. c6 Qa4+ 40. Ke3
Qa7+ 41. Kd3 b4 $1 42. c7 Qa6+ 43. Kd2 bxc3+ 44. Kxc3 Qc6+ 45. Kd2 f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cambridge Springs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1904.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Showalter, Jackson"]
[Black "Janowsky, Dawid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1904.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
Bg4 9. d3 O-O 10. Nbd2 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. h3 Bh5 13. Nf1 Nf6 $5 (13... Qd6 {
avoids the sacrifice.}) 14. Ng3 Bg6 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Rxe5 Bd6 17. Re3 c5 18.
Rf3 Qc7 19. Be3 Rad8 20. d4 Be5 21. Rc1 Ne4 22. Qe1 Bf6 23. dxc5 Nxc5 24. Bxc5
Qxc5 25. Ne4 Bxe4 26. Qxe4 Rd2 $2 27. Rf5 $2 ({After} 27. Bc2 $1 Qh5 28. Rd3
Re2 29. Rd5 $1 Qh6 30. Qxe2 Qxc1+ 31. Rd1 $1 {Black has no compensation for
the pawn.}) 27... Qb6 28. Bc2 g6 29. Rf3 Rfd8 30. h4 h5 31. Bb3 Kg7 32. g4 $2
hxg4 33. Qxg4 Rh8 34. Qf4 Rxb2 35. Rd1 Rxh4 36. Qd6 Qxd6 37. Rxd6 Rb1+ 38. Kg2
Rg4+ 39. Rg3 Rxg3+ 40. fxg3 a5 41. Rd7 Bxc3 42. Rxf7+ Kh6 43. Rc7 Rc1 44. Kf3
a4 45. Bg8 Rf1+ 46. Kg4 Bg7 47. Rb7 Rf5 48. Be6 Rc5 49. Bd7 Rc2 50. Rxb5 Rxa2
51. Rb6 Rd2 52. Be8 Rd4+ 53. Kh3 a3 54. Rxg6+ Kh7 55. Ra6 Bf8 56. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cambridge Springs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1904.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Marshall, Frank"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C24"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1904.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 dxc3 7. Nxc3 O-O 8.
Bg5 Be6 9. Qb3 $5 ({Less ambition shows} 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. e5 dxe5 11. Qb3) 9...
Bxc4 10. Qxc4 h6 11. Bh4 Nbd7 12. b4 Bb6 13. e5 $5 dxe5 14. Rad1 Qe7 15. Rxd7
$5 {White sacrifices the exchange in order to continue the attack.} Qxd7 16.
Bxf6 gxf6 17. Nd5 Qe6 18. Nh4 Rfd8 19. Nf5 $1 {The prdent Schlechter has taken
great risks in this game.} Rxd5 $6 (19... Kh8 $1 {offers winning chances. 
(Schlechter).} 20. Qg4 Rg8 21. Qh5 Rg7 $1 22. Qxh6+ Rh7 23. Qxf6+ Qxf6 24. Nxf6
Rd8 $1) 20. Qg4+ Kf8 21. Qh3 $2 {White misses a counter.} ({Correct is} 21. Qh5
$1 Qc6 22. Nxh6 {(Schlechter)} Ke7 23. Qxf7+ Kd8 24. Qg8+ Kd7 25. Qf7+ $1 Kc8
26. Nf5 {Black cannot avoid perpetual check.}) 21... Bxf2+ $1 22. Kxf2 {
Suddenly the game is over.} ({The pointes are} 22. Rxf2 Rd1+) ({and} 22. Kh1
Qa6 {(Tarrasch).}) 22... Qb6+ 23. Ke2 Qa6+ 24. Kf2 Qb6+ 25. Ke2 Rad8 26. Qxh6+
Ke8 27. Ng7+ Ke7 28. Nf5+ Kd7 29. Qh3 Qa6+ 30. Kf2 Rd2+ 31. Kg1 Qe6 32. Qg4 Kc8
33. h4 R2d4 34. Qe2 Rf4 35. Rxf4 exf4 36. Qg4 Rd5 37. Ne7+ Kd8 0-1

[Event "Cambridge Springs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1904.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Showalter, Jackson"]
[Black "Marco, Georg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1904.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. e3 e6 3. Bd3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. f4 f5 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Nbd2 Ne4 8. O-O
Be7 9. Bb5 Qb6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 ({Avoids} 10... Qxc6 $4 11. Ne5 Qd6 12. Nxe4 fxe4
13. Qh5+ {(Reinfeld).}) 11. Ne5 g6 12. Rf3 Bd6 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Nc4 Qc7 15.
Rh3 Ba6 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Ne5 Rd8 18. Qa4 Bb5 19. Qb3 Qd6 20. Bd2 ({Showalter
finds} 20. c4 $5 Qd1+ {too risky.}) 20... O-O 21. c4 Qxd2 22. cxb5 cxb5 23.
Qxe6+ Kg7 {White has a nice escape.} 24. Rxh7+ $1 Kxh7 25. Qxg6+ Kh8 26. Qh6+
Kg8 27. Qg6+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cambridge Springs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1904.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Marco, Georg"]
[Black "Janowsky, Dawid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1904.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. O-O Be7 10. Qd3 O-O 11. b3 $5 Ng4 12. Bf4 Bf6 13. h3 Ne5 14. Bxe5
Bxe5 15. f4 Bf6 16. Rad1 Be7 17. g4 $6 Qb8 18. Kh2 Qb6 $6 19. Nd5 $1 cxd5 20.
Bxd7 Rad8 21. Ba4 dxe4 22. Qxe4 Bh4 23. Qd4 d5 24. b4 Qd6 25. Rd2 Qe7 26. c3
Rd6 27. Qd3 c6 $5 28. Qxa6 $5 Re8 29. Bd1 Re6 30. Rf3 Qc7 31. Kg2 h5 32. Qd3
Re4 33. b5 $5 Rxf4 34. bxc6 $2 ({Correct is} 34. b6 $1 Rxf3 35. bxc7 Rxd3 36.
Rxd3 Rc8 37. c4 $1 dxc4 38. Rd7 Kf8 39. Ba4 hxg4 40. hxg4 c3 41. Kf3 c2 42.
Bxc2 Ke8 43. Bf5 g6 44. Re7+ $1 Kxe7 45. Bxc8 Kd6 46. Be6 Kxc7 47. Bxf7 g5 $11)
34... hxg4 35. Rxf4 Qxf4 36. Re2 Rxe2+ 37. Qxe2 Qg3+ $2 (37... gxh3+ $1 {is
nasty.}) 38. Kh1 Qxh3+ 39. Qh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cambridge Springs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1904.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Marshall, Frank"]
[Black "Showalter, Jackson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D08"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1904.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. a3 a5 6. h3 Bc5 7. Bg5 Nge7 8. Nbd2
h6 9. Bh4 a4 10. g4 Be6 11. Qc2 Qd7 12. Ne4 Bb6 13. O-O-O Ng6 14. Bg3 O-O 15.
e3 Rfd8 16. Kb1 Qe8 17. exd4 Bxd4 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Qc3 Nb5 20. Qc1 Rxd1 21.
Qxd1 Rd8 22. Qxa4 Rd4 $4 {Black leaves a knight unprotected.} 23. Qxb5 Bd7 24.
Qc5 Rxe4 25. f3 b6 26. Qf2 Bc6 27. Bd3 Rxe5 28. Bxe5 Nxe5 29. Re1 Qd8 30. Rd1
Nxd3 31. Qe3 Qh4 32. Rxd3 Kh7 33. Qe5 g6 34. Qxc7 Qe1+ 35. Ka2 Qe6 36. Qf4 b5
37. Rd6 Qe8 38. Qd4 1-0

[Event "Cambridge Springs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1904.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Janowsky, Dawid"]
[Black "Marshall, Frank"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "1904.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. a3 Ne4 7. Bd3 Nxc3 8. bxc3
Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 Na5 11. e4 $5 {Janowski wants to attack! Marshall will
counterattack.} dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nxc4 13. Qxc4 Qc7 14. Qd3 Bd7 15. e5 Be7 16. Ng5
Bxg5 17. Bxg5 Rfc8 18. Qg3 Kh8 $1 19. Rfe1 cxd4 20. cxd4 Qc3 21. Qf4 Kg8 22.
Rab1 b6 23. h4 $2 (23. Be7 {protects the a-pawn.}) 23... Qxa3 24. h5 h6 25. Bh4
Rc3 26. Qg4 Rac8 $2 27. Kh2 $2 (27. Ra1 {regains the pawn.}) 27... Qf8 28. Re4
Bc6 29. Rf4 Kh7 30. f3 Bd5 31. Qg3 Bc4 32. Ra1 a5 33. Rg4 Bd3 34. Bf6 $1 gxf6
35. exf6 {Janowski strikes! He threatens 36.Rg7+ Kh8 37.Qf4 and mate.} Rd8 $2 (
{Correct is} 35... Kh8 $1 36. Qf4 e5 $1 37. dxe5 R3c4 $1 38. Qe3 Rxg4 39. fxg4
Bh7) 36. Re1 $2 ({White should havr tried} 36. Qe1 $1 Rcc8 37. Qe3 Bg6 $1 38.
hxg6+ fxg6 39. Qxe6 Qd6+ 40. Qe5 {with chances of survival.}) 36... Kh8 37. Re5
({Tarrasch prefers} 37. Qf4 Rd5 38. Re5 Rxe5 39. Qxe5 $1 Rb3 40. Qe3 Bf5 41.
Qxb3 Bxg4 42. fxg4 Qd6+ 43. Kh3 Qxd4) 37... Bf5 38. Rg7 Rxd4 39. Rb5 Rcc4 40.
Qe5 Qd6 41. g4 Qxe5+ 42. Rxe5 Bxg4 43. fxg4 Rc2+ 44. Kg3 Rd3+ 45. Kf4 Rc4+ 46.
Re4 Rxe4+ 47. Kxe4 Rd7 48. Kf4 a4 49. g5 hxg5+ 50. Kxg5 a3 51. Kh6 Ra7 $1 ({
Marshall notices} 51... a2 52. Rh7+ Kg8 53. Rg7+ Kf8 $4 54. Kh7 a1=Q 55. Rg8#)
52. Rh7+ Kg8 53. Rg7+ Kf8 54. Kh7 Ke8 55. Kg8 a2 56. h6 a1=Q 57. h7 Qxf6 58.
h8=Q Ke7 59. Qh1 Rd7 60. Kh7 Qf5+ 61. Kh6 e5 62. Rg1 Rd8 63. Qb7+ Qd7 64. Qf3
Qe6+ 65. Kh7 Qd5 66. Qa3+ Qd6 67. Qc1 e4 68. Rg2 Qc5 69. Qxc5+ bxc5 70. Rg5 Kf6
71. Rxc5 Re8 72. Rc1 e3 73. Rf1+ Ke5 74. Kh6 f5 75. Kh5 Ke4 76. Ra1 f4 {
Janowski had been trailing Marshall by one point. Now Frank had the undisputed
lead.} 0-1

[Event "Cambridge Springs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1904.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D55"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1904.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Ne5 c5 10. Rc1 Nc6 11. O-O Nxe5 12. dxe5 Ne8 13. Bf4 f5 14. Qc2 $1 g5
$6 ({Correct is} 14... Qd7) 15. Bg3 f4 $2 {Lasker expects to win a piece and
the game.} (15... Ng7 {protects the f-pawn.}) 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. Qg6 $1 Nf6 ({
The pointe is} 17... fxg3 18. Bg8 $1) 18. exf6 Rxf6 19. Qh5 Kg7 20. Qxg5+ $1
Kxh7 21. Bxf4 Rg6 22. Qh5+ Kg7 23. Rfd1 d4 24. Bg3 Rg5 25. Be5+ Kg8 26. Qh8+
Kf7 27. Qh7+ Ke6 28. Bg3 dxc3 29. Rxd8 cxb2 30. Rdd1 bxc1=Q 31. Rxc1 Rd8 32. f4
Rgd5 33. e4 Rd1+ 34. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 35. Kf2 Rd4 36. f5+ Kd7 37. e5 {Lasker had
lost his last chance for the first place. Schlechter won a shared brilliancy
prize for this game.} 1-0

[Event "Cambridge Springs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1904.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Marco, Georg"]
[Black "Marshall, Frank"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C63"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1904.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 $5 4. d3 Nf6 5. a3 $5 Be7 6. Bc4 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5
8. Qe2 Bf6 9. Bxd5 Qxd5 10. Nc3 Qe6 11. Bg5 $6 e4 $1 12. dxe4 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3
fxe4 14. Nd2 O-O 15. O-O Qg6 16. Bh4 Bf5 17. Bg3 Rf7 18. Rfe1 Re8 19. Qb5 Bd7
$6 20. Qc4 $6 (20. Qxb7 {grabs an obvious chance.}) 20... e3 $1 21. Rxe3 Rxe3
22. fxe3 Qxc2 23. Nf3 b5 $5 24. Qxb5 Qxc3 25. Re1 Nd4 26. Qb8+ Rf8 27. Qxc7
Nxf3+ 28. gxf3 Bc6 29. Qe5 Qxe5 30. Bxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cambridge Springs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1904.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Showalter, Jackson"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1904.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d4 exd4 6. Qxd4 Qxd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6
8. f3 Bd7 9. Be3 O-O-O 10. Nd2 Re8 11. Kf2 g6 12. Rad1 h5 13. h4 c5 14. Ne2 b6
15. Rhe1 Bc6 16. Bf4 Bg7 17. Nc4 Nd7 18. c3 Bb5 19. Ne3 Ne5 20. Bxe5 Bxe5 21.
g3 Bg7 22. Nf4 Rd8 23. Nh3 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Kxd8 26. Ng5 Be8 {
Showalter has defended himself with great prudence so far.} 27. f4 c6 $2 ({
Correct is} 27... Ke7 28. Nd5+ Kd6) 28. e5 b5 29. b3 Bf8 30. c4 Be7 31. f5 $1
Bxg5 $1 32. hxg5 Bd7 {Lasker has come close to the win.} 33. e6 $2 ({Fine
analyses} 33. Kf3 gxf5 34. Kf4 Be6 35. g6 $2 fxg6 36. Kg5 Ke7 37. Kxg6 f4 38.
gxf4 h4 39. f5 h3 $1 {and Black wins!}) ({The elegant move} 33. g4 $1 hxg4 {
diverts the h-pawn! And now} 34. e6 $1 fxe6 35. fxg6 Ke7 36. Nxg4 Kf8 37. Ne5
Be8 38. Ke3 Kg7 39. Kf4 Bxg6 40. Nxg6 Kxg6 41. Ke5 Kxg5 42. a4 $1 {and White
wins the pawn ending.}) 33... fxe6 34. fxg6 Ke7 35. Kf3 Be8 36. g7 Kf7 37. Kf4
Kxg7 38. Ke5 Bg6 39. Kd6 Bb1 40. a4 Ba2 41. Kxc6 Bxb3 42. axb5 axb5 43. cxb5
Ba4 44. Kxc5 Bxb5 45. Kxb5 Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cambridge Springs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1904.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Janowsky, Dawid"]
[Black "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1904.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bc5 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. d4 Bd6 7. f4 Ng6 8.
e5 c6 9. Bc4 Bc7 10. exf6 Qxf6 11. O-O $5 {A bold sacrifice stirs up the game.}
d5 12. Bxd5 cxd5 13. Nxd5 Qd6 14. Qe2+ Ne7 $5 ({Janowski prefers} 14... Kf8)
15. Re1 Bd8 16. c4 f6 $5 {Square f7 is vacated for the king.} 17. Bd2 a5 18.
Qh5+ g6 19. c5 $1 Qa6 $2 ({Correct is} 19... Qc6 20. Nxe7 Bxe7 21. Qe2 {
(Janowski)} Qd7 $1 22. d5 Kf7 23. Qc4 Kg7) 20. Qh6 Be6 {Janowski can triumph
in the game.} 21. Nxf6+ $2 ({He analyses} 21. Qg7 Bxd5 22. Qxh8+ Kd7 23. Qxh7
$18) 21... Kf7 22. Ne4 Nf5 23. Qh3 Be7 24. Bc3 Bd5 25. g4 Nh4 26. Nd6+ Kf8 27.
Rxe7 $2 ({White keeps his tactical chances in} 27. Kf2 $1 Bxd6 28. cxd6 g5 29.
fxg5 Ng6 30. Kg1 Qxd6 31. Rf1+) 27... Nf3+ $1 28. Qxf3 Bxf3 29. Rf7+ Kg8 30. d5
Bxd5 31. Rg7+ Kf8 32. Re1 Qc6 33. b4 Rd8 34. Bd4 Rxd6 35. cxd6 Bh1 $1 {Lasker
and Janowsky ended at the second place in the tournament.} 0-1

[Event "Cambridge Springs+"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1904.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Napier, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B34"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1904.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 d6 7. h3 $5 Nf6 8.
g4 O-O 9. g5 Ne8 $5 (9... Nd7 10. h4 Nc5 {organises the counteraction more
quickly.}) 10. h4 Nc7 11. f4 ({The alternative} 11. h5 $5 {continues the
attack faster.}) 11... e5 12. Nde2 d5 $5 {Napier starts a great adventure.} ({
Analysts prefer.} 12... Bg4) 13. exd5 Nd4 $1 14. Nxd4 Nxd5 $1 15. Nf5 $1 {
White wins material.} Nxc3 16. Qxd8 Rxd8 17. Ne7+ $1 ({No use has} 17. Nxg7 Nd5
$1 {(Réti).}) 17... Kh8 $1 ({Not} 17... Kf8 $2 18. Bc5 Ne4 19. Ba3 Nd6 20. Nxc8
Raxc8 21. O-O-O) 18. h5 Re8 19. Bc5 gxh5 $6 (19... exf4 $1 {keeps equality. See
} 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. Bd3 Nd5 $1 22. Rxh7+ $1 Kxh7 23. Bxg6+ Kh8 24. Bxe8) 20.
Bc4 $2 (20. bxc3 $1 Bf8 21. Bb5 Rxe7 22. Bxe7 Bxe7 23. Rxh5 {gains an
advantage.}) 20... exf4 $2 {Napier loses valuable time.} ({The immediate} 20...
Ne4 $1 21. Bxf7 Bg4 {obtains a big edge in} 22. Bxe8 Rxe8 23. Ba3 exf4 24. O-O
Nxg5 $1) 21. Bxf7 Ne4 $1 22. Bxe8 Bxb2 23. Rb1 Bc3+ 24. Kf1 Bg4 $1 (24... Nxc5
25. Bxh5 Kg7 26. Nd5 {is good for White.}) 25. Bxh5 $1 {White gains advantage
by returning the extra rook.} Bxh5 26. Rxh5 Ng3+ 27. Kg2 Nxh5 28. Rxb7 {The
material balance has been restored.} a5 29. Rb3 $1 Bg7 30. Rh3 {White attacks
on the kingside with few means.} Ng3 31. Kf3 Ra6 32. Kxf4 Ne2+ 33. Kf5 Nc3 34.
a3 Na4 35. Be3 {The analyses around move twenty have been improved a century
after the tournament.} 1-0

[Event "Cambridge Springs+"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1904.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Chigorin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Janowsky, Dawid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1904.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 Bb6 7. Qd2 Bg4 8. Ng5
$5 Bh5 9. f3 h6 10. Nh3 Nd4 11. Bxd4 Bxd4 12. Ne2 Bb6 13. O-O-O d5 $5 {
Janowski wants to see action.} 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. d4 $1 O-O $1 16. Rhe1 Bg6 17.
f4 $5 e4 $5 18. Ng3 f5 19. Bb3 $6 {White threatens 20.c4.} ({However, better is
} 19. Nf1 c6 20. Ne3 {and blockade.}) 19... a5 $1 20. a4 $6 ({The pointe is} 
20. c4 $2 a4 $1) ({Best is} 20. a3 a4 21. Ba2) 20... Kh8 21. Kb1 c6 22. Nf1 Bh5
23. Rc1 Nb4 24. Ng3 Bf7 25. Bxf7 Rxf7 26. Red1 Qd5 27. b3 Rd8 28. Ne2 Rfd7 29.
Qe3 Qf7 (29... Nd3 $1 30. cxd3 Qxb3+ 31. Ka1 Rxd4 $1 {ends the game elegantly.}
) 30. Nf2 Nd5 31. Qh3 Bc7 32. Qh4 b5 33. axb5 cxb5 34. g4 Nxf4 35. Ng3 a4 36.
Nxf5 axb3 37. Rd2 b2 $1 38. Kxb2 Qc4 39. Ra1 Qb4+ 40. Kc1 Ng6 41. Qh3 Bf4 42.
Nxe4 Rxd4 43. c3 Rxe4 $1 {Janowski shared the brilliancy prize.} ({Black wins
easily in} 43... Rxe4 44. cxb4 Rxd2) 0-1

[Event "Cambridge Springs+"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1904.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Pillsbury, Harry"]
[Black "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1904.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. Bg5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Bxf6 $1 ({
Eight years ago they played} 7. Qh4 Be7 8. O-O-O $6 Qa5 {in St. Petersburg.
According to a legend, Pillsbury had waited with the application for nine (!)
years. Actually, Napier and Pillsbury had prepared the move. It could be used
as they wished.}) 7... gxf6 (7... Nxd4 8. Bxd8 Nc2+ 9. Kd2 Nxa1 10. Bh4 {costs
a knight.}) 8. Qh4 dxc4 9. Rd1 Bd7 10. e3 Ne5 ({An alternative is} 10... f5 11.
Qxc4 Bg7 {(Dus Chotimirsky - Znosko Borovsky, St. Petersburg 1905).}) 11. Nxe5
fxe5 12. Qxc4 Qb6 13. Be2 Qxb2 14. O-O Rc8 15. Qd3 Rc7 16. Ne4 Be7 17. Nd6+ Kf8
18. Nc4 Qb5 19. f4 exf4 $2 20. Qd4 $1 f6 21. Qxf4 Qc5 22. Ne5 Be8 23. Ng4 f5
24. Qh6+ Kf7 25. Bc4 $1 Rc6 {A great finish follows.} 26. Rxf5+ Qxf5 27. Rf1
Qxf1+ 28. Kxf1 Bd7 29. Qh5+ Kg8 30. Ne5 {Pillsbury showed his last stunt. He
died of syphilis in 1906.} 1-0

[Event "Cambridge Springs+"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1904.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Marshall, Frank"]
[Black "Teichmann, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1904.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Nf3 c6 6. e3 Qa5 {This opening is
named after the tournament of Cambridge Springs.} 7. Nd2 Ne4 $5 ({But the main
variation} 7... Bb4 8. Qc2 {was played several times in tournaments during the
1890's.}) 8. cxd5 $5 ({Theory will become} 8. Ncxe4 dxe4 9. Bh4 {
(Schlechter-Teichmann, round 14).}) 8... Nxd2 ({Teichmann will not have liked
the complications of} 8... Nxg5 $5 9. dxc6 $1 Nf6 10. Bb5 Kd8 11. Nc4 Qc7 12.
d5 bxc6 13. Bxc6) 9. Qxd2 exd5 10. Bd3 Bb4 11. O-O O-O 12. a3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Re8
14. f4 $2 {Positionally incorrect, but bold, consistent and forceful (Tarrasch)
.} Nb6 15. f5 f6 16. Bf4 Nc4 $5 17. Qe2 b5 $5 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. Qh5 Bd7 20. Rf3
$5 {Marshall has to move forwards and forget about the rest.} Qxc3 21. Raf1 Qd3
22. g4 Re7 23. g5 Bxf5 24. gxf6 gxf6 $2 ({The attack is stopped by} 24... g6
25. Qg5 Rf7) 25. Bh6 Bg6 26. Qh4 Qe4 27. Rxf6 $1 {White threatens mate in two.}
Rg7 $2 ({Correct is} 27... Rf7 $1 28. Qxe4 $1 dxe4 29. Rxc6 Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1 Bf7
{and Black survives.}) 28. Qxe4 (28. Qg5 $1 Re8 29. h4 {wins faster.}) 28...
Bxe4+ 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. Rxc6 Rb8 31. Rc7+ Kh6 32. Kf2 Rb2+ 33. Kg3 Rb3 34. Kf4
Bd3 35. Rg1 Rb6 36. Ke5 Be4 37. Rg3 Rb8 38. Rc6+ Kh5 39. Rf6 Rb1 40. Rc6 Rb8
41. Rg7 Re8+ 42. Re6 Rc8 43. Rf6 Bg6 44. Rgxg6 hxg6 45. Kxd5 c3 46. Rf1 Kg4 47.
Ke4 c2 48. Rg1+ Kh3 49. Rc1 g5 50. d5 g4 51. d6 Kxh2 52. Ke5 Rc3 53. e4 Kg3 54.
Kd4 Rc8 55. e5 Kf4 56. d7 Rd8 57. e6 Kf5 58. Kd5 1-0

[Event "Monte Carlo"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "1904.02.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Black "Gunsberg, Isidor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1904.??.??"]

{Six chess masters played double rounds in Monte Carlo from 8 until 18 ii 1904.
The time limit was 16 moves per hour. Marco published the report about the
fourth Monte Carlo tournament in the Wiener Schachzeitung. I have selected one
game per round for analyses.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O
Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. a4 $5 Rb8 $5 11. axb5 axb5
12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Bc2 f5 $5 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Nb3 Bb6 16. Nfd4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 Qd7
18. Bf4 Bf5 19. Rc1 Bxc2 20. Rxc2 Rbc8 21. Qc1 c6 22. Re1 Rfe8 23. Rce2 Rxe2
24. Rxe2 Re8 25. Rxe8+ Qxe8 26. h3 Qe6 27. Qe3 Qxe3 28. Bxe3 Kf7 {White has
the better pawn structure in the endgame, but Black can develop counter- play.}
29. g4 Nd7 30. f4 Nf6 31. Nc1 Bc7 32. Nd3 Bd6 33. f5 Nd7 $2 (33... Ne4 $1 {
gives a counteraction in the centre.}) 34. Kg2 g6 35. fxg6+ Kxg6 36. h4 Nf6 37.
Kf3 h5 $2 {Gunsberg advances on the wrong flank.} ({Right is} 37... Nd7 $1 38.
Nf4+ Kf6 39. Nh5+ Kf7 40. g5 Nf8 41. Kg4 Ne6 $1 42. Kf5 c5 $1 {Pawns are
exchanged on the queenside.}) 38. g5 $1 Nd7 39. Nf4+ Bxf4 40. Kxf4 Kf7 {Black
cannot stop the entree by the white king.} 41. Kf5 Nf8 42. Bf2 Ng6 43. Be1 $1
Nf8 44. Ke5 Ng6+ 45. Kd6 Ne7 46. Bf2 b4 47. b3 {Maróczy showed his fine
technics.} 1-0

[Event "Monte Carlo"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "1904.02.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Swiderski, Rudolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1904.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. O-O Bb7 10. Qe2 Be7 11. Rd1 Qb6 12. Bc2 O-O 13. e4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Rfd8
15. Be3 Qc7 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. Bb1 Qb8 18. f4 Nc5 19. e5 Nd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21.
Bf2 $6 ({Better is} 21. b4 Ne4 22. Qb2) 21... g6 22. Rc3 Qb7 23. h4 $2 Bxg2 $1
{Black punishes a blunder.} 24. h5 Bh1 25. Qg4 Be4 26. Ba2 $5 Bd5 $5 27. hxg6
Bxa2 $4 28. gxh7+ Kh8 29. Rg3 {White mates quickly.} 1-0

[Event "Monte Carlo"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "1904.02.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gunsberg, Isidor"]
[Black "Marco, Georg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1904.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d4 {The Max Lange Attack begins.}
exd4 6. e5 d5 7. exf6 dxc4 8. Re1+ Be6 9. Ng5 Qd5 10. fxg7 $6 ({Preferable is} 
10. Nc3 Qf5 11. Nce4 {(Schallopp-Berger, Breslau 1889).}) 10... Rg8 11. Qh5 $2
({No blunder is} 11. Nc3 Qf5 12. Nce4 {(Petzold-Middleton, Barmen 1905).})
11... O-O-O $1 12. Qxh7 Bf5 13. Qh6 Bxc2 14. Nh7 Bxh7 15. Qxh7 Nb4 16. b3 c3
17. a3 Nc6 18. b4 Be7 19. Re2 Qb3 20. Qd3 Rxg7 $2 21. Bh6 $2 ({He misses the
chance} 21. b5 $1 Qd5 22. f3) 21... Rg6 22. Nd2 Qd5 23. Qh3+ Qd7 0-1

[Event "Monte Carlo"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "1904.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Swiderski, Rudolf"]
[Black "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1904.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Be2
Bd7 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 $5 Nxd4 $6 ({Less passive is} 10... Rc8) 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12.
Qd3 Nd7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. b4 b6 15. Rfd1 a5 16. a3 axb4 17. axb4 Qc7 18. Nd5
Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 f5 $6 21. Qe6 $6 (21. exf5 $1 Rxf5 22. Qd4+ Rf6 23.
Ra8 {gains an advantage.}) 21... Ne5 22. exf5 Rxf5 23. Ra8 Rf8 24. Rxf8 Kxf8
25. c5 $4 dxc5 26. f4 Nf7 27. Bc4 Qxf4 28. bxc5 bxc5 29. Qc8+ Kg7 30. Qxc5 Qe5
31. Qc8 Nd6 32. Qg8+ Kh6 33. Qf8+ Kg5 34. Bf1 Qe3+ 35. Qf2 Qxf2+ 36. Kxf2 Kf4
37. Bd3 Ne4+ 38. Ke2 g5 39. Bc2 h5 40. Bb3 e5 41. Bf7 h4 42. Bc4 Nf6 43. Kf2
Ke4 44. Bf7 Kd3 45. Bg6+ e4 46. Bf5 Kd2 47. Bxe4 Nxe4+ 48. Kf3 Kd3 0-1

[Event "Monte Carlo"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "1904.02.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Marshall, Frank"]
[Black "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D32"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1904.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e4 $5 Nc6 $6 6. exd5 Nxd4 7. Nf3
Nxf3+ 8. Qxf3 Bd6 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. O-O Ne7 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Bd3 f6 13. Bh4 Qc7
14. Rae1 Ng6 15. Qh5 f5 16. Bg5 c4 17. Bc2 Rae8 18. Re3 Rxe3 19. Bxe3 Ne5 20.
Bd4 Ng4 21. h3 g6 22. Qh4 Be7 23. Qg3 Bd6 24. Qh4 Be7 25. Qg3 f4 26. Qf3 Ne5
27. Qe2 Bd6 28. Re1 f3 29. Qe3 Nd3 30. Bxd3 cxd3 31. Qxd3 fxg2 32. Qe3 Bh2+ 33.
Kxg2 Bf4 34. Qe7 Rf7 35. Qh4 Bd2 36. Ne4 g5 $2 37. Nxg5 Qd8 {Marshall should
strike.} 38. Rg1 $2 ({He misses the win} 38. Re5 $1 Bf4 39. Qh6 Bxe5 40. Nxf7)
38... Bxg5 39. Kh1 Rg7 40. Bxg7 Bxh4 41. Bf6+ Kf7 42. Bxd8 Bxd8 43. Kg2 Bc7 44.
f4 Bf5 45. Kg3 Bd6 46. Re1 Bd7 47. h4 h5 48. Kf3 Bg4+ 49. Ke4 Kf6 50. a3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Monte Carlo"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "1904.02.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Marco, Georg"]
[Black "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1904.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 $5 5. Nxe5 Qg5 6. d4 Qxg2 7. Qf3
Qxf3 8. Nxf3 d6 9. Rg1 g6 10. Bd2 Nf6 11. Nc3 Bg7 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Bf4 Nh5 14.
Be3 f6 15. Nd2 $6 ({Preferable is} 15. Rde1) 15... f5 $1 {Schlechter responds
elegantly.} 16. f3 fxe4 17. fxe4 Bh3 18. Ne2 $6 Rae8 19. c3 $2 ({White should
return by} 19. Nc3 $1) 19... Nf6 20. Ng3 Ng4 21. Rde1 Nxe3 22. Rxe3 Bh6 23. Re2
Bg4 24. Ree1 ({Or} 24. Reg2 Be3 25. Re1 Bf3 $1) 24... Rf2 25. Ngf1 Be2 26. Ng3
Bf3 ({Black will harvest by} 26... Bf3 27. Ngf1 Bxe4) 0-1

[Event "Monte Carlo"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "1904.02.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Black "Marco, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C73"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1904.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d4 Be7 8.
Nbd2 exd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. c4 O-O 11. b3 c5 12. Ne2 $6 ({More active is} 12. Nf5
) 12... Ng4 $1 13. h3 Bf6 14. Rb1 Ne5 15. Nf4 g6 16. Nf3 Bg7 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18.
Nd3 Bd4 19. Bb2 Qf6 20. e5 $5 dxe5 21. Nxc5 $1 Bc6 22. Bxd4 exd4 23. Qd2 $2 Qf5
$2 (23... Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Qc6+ {wins a pawn (Marco).}) 24. b4 a5 25. a3 axb4 26.
axb4 Ra3 27. Rb3 Rxb3 28. Nxb3 Rd8 29. b5 Ba8 30. Re1 Qd7 $2 ({Right is} 30...
Qf6) 31. Nxd4 $1 {Maróczy grabs the opportunity.} c6 $2 ({Marco had previously
missed} 31... Qxd4 $2 32. Re8+ $1) ({Later he analysed} 31... c5 $1 32. Nb3
Qxd2 33. Nxd2 Rxd2 34. Re8+ Kg7 35. Rxa8 Rc2 36. Ra4 {and regards the position
as won for White. However} Kf6 37. g4 g5 38. Ra1 Rxc4 39. Rb1 Rd4 40. b6 Rd8
41. b7 Rb8 {seems to hold.}) 32. b6 Bb7 $6 33. c5 Qd5 34. Re7 Ba6 35. Qf4 Qc4
36. Qf6 Qf1+ 37. Kh2 Bc4 38. Nxc6 1-0

[Event "Monte Carlo"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "1904.02.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Marshall, Frank"]
[Black "Swiderski, Rudolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1904.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. c4 $5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. a3 $5 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3
O-O 8. Nf3 $6 ({Better is} 8. Bd3) 8... Re8+ 9. Be2 Ne4 10. Qc2 dxc4 $6 (10...
Bf5 $1 {gains a positional plus.}) 11. Ne5 $1 Bf5 $1 12. Bxc4 $1 Nd6 $1 (12...
Ng3 $5 13. Bxf7+ Kh8 $1 14. Bxe8 Qxe8 15. Qb3 Nxh1 16. Kf1 {leads to equal
play.}) 13. Bxf7+ Nxf7 $6 (13... Kf8 $1 14. Qb3 Rxe5+ 15. dxe5 Nxf7 16. Qxb7
Nd7 {(Marco) slightly favours Black.}) 14. Qxf5 Qf6 15. Qd3 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qxe5+
17. Be3 Nc6 18. Rb1 Rad8 19. Qc4+ Kh8 20. O-O Na5 21. Qa4 b6 22. Bd4 Qe7 23. f4
c5 24. Be5 Qd7 25. Qc2 Nc4 26. Rbd1 Qc6 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Rd1 Rxd1+ 29. Qxd1
Qxg2+ $4 {Again Swiderski breaks down under time pressure.} 30. Kxg2 Ne3+ 31.
Kf3 Nxd1 32. c4 $1 {Marshall led half-a-point before Maróczy and Schlechter.}
1-0

[Event "Monte Carlo"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "1904.02.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Black "Swiderski, Rudolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1904.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 $5 c5 3. f4 $5 Nc6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. d3 d5 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. e5 Nd7 8.
g3 Qc7 9. Bh3 g5 $6 10. Nxg5 $6 (10. O-O gxf4 11. Bxf4 {takes advantage of
black's oddity.}) 10... Bxg5 11. fxg5 Nd4 12. Qf2 Qxe5+ 13. Kd1 O-O 14. Re1 Qg7
15. Ne2 Nxe2 16. Qxe2 b6 17. Rb1 Bb7 18. Bg4 Rfe8 19. h4 Bc6 20. Bf4 c4 21.
dxc4 dxc4 22. Kc1 c3 23. Qe3 cxb2+ 24. Rxb2 Rac8 25. Qa3 Nc5 26. Be5 Qg6 27.
Qe3 Na4 $4 {Swiderski makes his usual blunder.} 28. h5 $1 Qe4 29. Qxe4 Bxe4 30.
Rxe4 Nxb2 31. Kxb2 h6 32. Bf6 hxg5 33. Be2 Rc5 34. Rg4 Kh7 35. Rxg5 Rxg5 36.
Bxg5 Kg7 37. Bd3 f6 38. Be3 f5 39. g4 Rf8 40. g5 e5 41. Bd2 Rh8 42. Be2 Re8 43.
Bc3 Kf7 44. Bc4+ Kf8 45. h6 b5 46. Bb4+ {Maróczy and Marshall shared the lead
by half-a-point on Schlechter.} 1-0

[Event "Monte Carlo"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "1904.02.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Marshall, Frank"]
[Black "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D53"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1904.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. Nf3
a6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O b5 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Qe2 cxd4 13. exd4 Re8 14. Rad1 Nf8 $5
{Maroczy decides for a secure defence of his kingside.} 15. Rfe1 $1 Nd5 $5 16.
Qh5 g6 $5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Qh6 f6 $6 {Black makes an unnecessary weakening.}
19. Ng4 f5 $2 ({Right is} 19... Nxc3 20. bxc3 Bd5) 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Bxf5 $1
Bxa2 $5 ({Not} 21... gxf5 22. Nf6+ Kh8 23. Nxd5) 22. Be4 Ra7 {Marshall cannot
find the decisive line several times.} 23. Ra1 (23. d5 $1 Bb3 24. d6 Qg7 25.
Qg5 Bxd1 26. Nf6+ Kf7 27. Nxe8 Kxe8 28. Rxd1 {wins nicely.}) 23... Bc4 24. Re3
Rd8 25. Qf4 Kh8 26. Ne5 Qg7 27. b3 Bd5 28. Bxd5 Rxd5 29. Rf3 Kg8 30. Rc1 Ra8
31. Ng4 Nd7 32. Nh6+ $2 (32. Rd3 $1 {gives the last winning chane.}) 32... Kh8
33. Nf7+ Kg8 34. Nh6+ Kh8 {Marshall thinks for half-an-hour.} 35. Rfc3 $2 {He
should have repeated the moves.} Rf8 36. Rc8 g5 $1 {Frank had missed this move.
} 37. Rxf8+ Nxf8 38. Qf7 Qxh6 39. Rc8 Rf5 40. Qa7 g4 41. Qb8 Qf6 42. Qg3 Qxd4
43. h3 gxh3 44. gxh3 Qg7 45. Ra8 Rf3 46. Qg4 Rxb3 47. Rxf8+ Qxf8 48. Kf1 Rb1+
49. Ke2 Rb2+ 50. Kd3 Qa3+ {Maróczy had won the tournament before Schlechter.
Marshall became third by one point. The casino had made available 5000 Franks
as prize. A distribution of the money was made by the participants, before
they began. Maróczy got an extra trophy because he had won the event for the
second time.} 0-1

[Event "Oostende"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1905.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Janowsky, Dawid"]
[Black "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D32"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "1905.??.??"]

{An international chess event was played in the Casino of Oostende after the
fourth tournament of Monte Carlo. Fourteen players carried out double rounds
from 12 vi until 18 vii 1905. We follow the games among the top four: Maróczy,
Janowsky, Tarrasch and Schlechter.} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5.
cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e3 Nc6 8. Be2 Be7 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. O-O O-O 11. Rc1 Be7
12. Nd4 Rc8 13. Bf3 Ne5 14. Qb3 Nxf3+ 15. gxf3 Qd7 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Qc2 Nh5
18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. f4 Bg4 20. Re1 Qf6 21. f3 Bh3 22. Red1 Rd6 23. Kh1 Qh4 24.
Rg1 Rh6 25. Qd2 Rd8 26. Qe1 Qf6 27. Qf2 Rg6 28. Nce2 Bd7 29. Rc7 Qb6 30. Rgc1
$2 Bc6 $1 31. Re7 Qxb2 32. Qh4 $2 Nf6 $2 (32... Ng3+ $1 33. hxg3 Rh6 {wins at
once.}) 33. f5 Rh6 34. Qg3 Qa3 35. Qc7 Qd6 36. Rxf7 Ne8 37. Qxd6 Nxd6 38. Re7
Rf8 39. Ng3 Rf7 40. Re6 Nxf5 41. Rxh6 Nxh6 42. Kg2 g6 43. Rc5 Rf6 44. h3 Nf7
45. Nge2 Ne5 46. Nf4 Rd6 47. h4 Kf7 48. Nb5 Rd8 49. Nd4 Ke7 50. Kf2 Kd6 51. Rc1
Re8 52. Rd1 Nc4 53. Rd3 Re5 54. Nb3 a5 55. e4 a4 56. Nc1 b5 57. Rd1 Nb2 58. Rd2
Nc4 59. Rd1 Nb2 60. Rd2 Nc4 61. Rd1 Kc7 62. exd5 Bd7 63. Ncd3 Re8 64. Nb4 $2 (
64. Nc5 $1 Bf5 65. Nfe6+ $1 Bxe6 66. Nxe6+ Kd6 67. Ng5 Re7 68. Ne4+ {gives
enough counter-play.}) 64... Kd6 65. Ne2 Ne3 66. Rd3 Nf5 67. h5 gxh5 68. Nc3
Kc5 69. a3 Nd6 70. Ne2 h4 71. Nf4 Nc4 72. Rc3 Bf5 73. Nc6 h3 74. Rc1 Re3 75.
Rxc4+ bxc4 0-1

[Event "Oostende"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1905.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1905.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. Bd3 a6 8. O-O
Nc6 9. h3 cxd4 10. exd4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 b5 12. Bb3 Nb4 13. Qe2 Bb7 14. Be3 Nbd5
15. Ne5 Rc8 16. Rac1 Qa5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. a3 Bd6 20. Nd7 Rfd8
21. Nc5 Qb6 22. b4 Be7 23. Rc2 Rc6 24. Rfc1 Rdc8 25. Bd2 Qa7 26. Qd3 Bd6 27.
Qe4 Be7 28. f4 g6 29. g4 Nb6 30. Rf1 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oostende"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1905.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1905.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Re1+ Be7 8.
dxc5 O-O 9. Be3 Bg4 10. c3 Ne4 $1 11. Bxc6 $6 bxc6 12. b4 $5 Bf6 $1 {The
gambit slightly favours Black.} 13. Bd4 Re8 14. a4 $5 Bxd4 15. cxd4 ({No good
is} 15. Qxd4 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Qg5+ 17. Kf1 {(Tarrasch), and now} Nxc5 $1) 15...
Bxf3 16. gxf3 $2 ({Right is} 16. Qxf3 Nxc5 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Nd2 $1 {
(Tarrasch).}) 16... Qg5+ 17. Kf1 Nf6 18. Re3 $5 {Black has a great positional
advantage.} Rxe3 $2 ({A prevailing attack results from} 18... Nh5 $1 19. f4
Nxf4 20. Rg3 Qh4) 19. fxe3 Qxe3 20. Ra3 Qf4 21. Qd2 Qf5 22. Rb3 Re8 23. Kg2 Re6
$1 24. Na3 $2 ({Better is} 24. b5 $1 Ne4 $1 25. fxe4 Qxe4+ 26. Rf3 Rg6+ 27. Kf2
Qxb1 28. Qf4 $1 Qc2+ 29. Kf1 h6 $1 {Black has an advantage.}) 24... Nh5 25. Re3
Rg6+ 26. Kf2 h6 27. Re5 Qh3 28. Ke3 Nf6 29. Qe2 Rg2 0-1

[Event "Oostende"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1905.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1905.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. a3 cxd4 6. exd4 Nc6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Bd3
O-O 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 a6 11. Be3 b5 12. Bb3 Bb7 13. Qe2 Na5 14. Ba2 Rc8 15.
Rac1 Nc4 16. Ne5 Nb6 17. Rc2 Nbd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Rfc1 Rxc2 20. Rxc2 Qa8 21.
Bd2 Rc8 22. Rxc8+ Qxc8 23. Bb1 Nf6 24. f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oostende"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1905.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Janowsky, Dawid"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1905.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 e6 4. Bf4 Qb6 $5 5. Qb3 $5 Nf6 6. e3 Nc6 7. h3 Be7 8.
Nbd2 Bd7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Rfc8 11. Ne5 Be8 12. Bg3 Nd7 13. Ndf3 Nf8 14. Rfd1
Na5 15. Qc2 c4 $5 16. Nd2 f6 17. Nef3 Bg6 18. Qc1 h6 $5 19. Nh2 Qd8 $6 {Black
loses the initiative.} 20. Bf3 $1 b5 $2 (20... f5 {prevents the next attack in
the centre (Marco).}) 21. e4 $1 Nc6 22. exd5 exd5 23. Re1 b4 $6 24. Ndf1 $1
bxc3 25. bxc3 Qa5 26. Ne3 $1 Bf7 27. Qd2 Ba3 28. Rab1 Nd7 $6 {A defender moves
away from the king.} 29. Rb7 $1 Nb6 30. Nf5 $1 Qa6 31. Nxh6+ $3 {All defenders
will be eliminated.} gxh6 32. Rxf7 Kxf7 33. Qxh6 Kg8 34. Qg6+ Kh8 35. Qxf6+ Kg8
36. Qg6+ Kh8 37. Re5 $1 {Janowsky got a brilliancy prize.} 1-0

[Event "Oostende"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1905.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Janowsky, Dawid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D60"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1905.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bd3 b6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. O-O c5 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 $2 ({Better is} 11... Ng4 $1 12. Bf4
f6 $1 13. Nxd5 fxe5 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Bg3 Nf6) 12. Bf4 Bb7 13. Qf3 Re8 14. Qh3
Nf8 15. Rad1 Ng6 16. Bg3 Bf8 17. f4 a6 18. Bc2 $6 (18. Bf5 $1 Ra7 19. Nxd5 $1
Bxd5 20. e4 {brings White a winning attack.}) 18... b5 19. e6 $6 fxe6 20. f5
exf5 21. Qxf5 Qe7 $2 ({Right is} 21... Qf6 $1 22. Qh5 Qe6 23. Rf2 Qxe3 24. Nxd5
Bxd5 25. Qxd5+ Kh8 26. Bxg6 hxg6 {White has the initiative.}) 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23.
Qxd5+ Qe6 24. Be4 Rac8 25. Qxe6+ Rxe6 26. Bd5 Rce8 27. Bxe6+ Rxe6 28. Rd8 c4
29. Bd6 Rxd6 30. Rfxf8+ Nxf8 31. Rxd6 Ng6 32. Rxa6 Ne5 33. Rb6 Nd3 34. Rxb5 {
Maróczy had scored 9, Tarrasch 81/2, Janowsky and Schlechter 71/2 points at
the end of the first cycle.} 1-0

[Event "Oostende"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1905.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Black "Janowsky, Dawid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1905.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. O-O d6 7. Be3 b5 8. Bb3
Bg4 9. c3 Qe7 10. Nbd2 Rd8 11. Bd5 Nb8 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 Bb6 14. Bb3 $6 (14.
h3 Bh5 15. Qc2 Nxd5 16. exd5 O-O {keeps the game equal.}) 14... O-O 15. Re1 c5
$1 16. d5 $6 ({Better is} 16. Qc1 $1) 16... Ba5 17. Bc2 Nbd7 18. h3 Bh5 19. Bf4
c4 20. Re3 Bb6 21. Re1 Ne5 22. Bxe5 dxe5 23. g4 $2 {A liberating move has
fatal consequences.} ({Right is} 23. Nf1 $1 {(Fleischmann).}) 23... Nxg4 $1 24.
hxg4 Bxg4 25. Kg2 Rd6 26. Rg1 Rf6 27. Qe1 Rf4 28. Kf1 {Otherwise the white
pieces stay paralysed.} Bxf3 29. Nxf3 Rxf3 30. Rg2 Qh4 31. Kg1 Rh3 0-1

[Event "Oostende"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1905.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1905.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. a4 O-O 11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Qxa8 13. Nbd2 b4 14. Nxe4 dxe4
15. Bxe6 exf3 16. Bd5 Qe8 17. Qxf3 Nxe5 18. Qe4 Ng6 19. cxb4 Qxe4 20. Bxe4 Bxb4
21. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oostende"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1905.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1905.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Bg4 8. c4
O-O 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Be4 $1 Nxc3 $6 ({Preferable is} 11... c6 $1)
12. bxc3 c6 13. Rb1 Qc7 14. Qb3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 b6 16. Qc4 Bd6 17. g3 Rc8 18. Re1
Nd7 19. Bg5 Rab8 20. Bh5 Nf8 {White has a positional plus, but he wants to
attack the king.} 21. Re7 $5 Bxe7 22. Qxf7+ Kh8 23. Bxe7 Qd7 24. c4 $6 ({More
useful is} 24. Re1) 24... Ng6 $6 (24... Rc7 25. Bxf8 Qxf7 26. Bxf7 Rxf7 27. Bd6
Re8 {gains an edge.}) 25. Bxg6 hxg6 26. Re1 Qf5 27. Qxf5 gxf5 28. d5 cxd5 29.
cxd5 Rb7 30. Re2 Rd7 31. d6 Kg8 32. h4 Kf7 33. h5 $1 Rc4 ({The pointe is} 33...
Rh8 $5 34. Re5 Rxh5 35. g4 $1) 34. Kg2 a5 35. Kh3 a4 36. f4 Rc3 37. Rb2 Rb7 38.
Kh4 b5 39. Kg5 $2 (39. Rd2 Ke6 40. Re2+ Kd7 41. Bf8 $1 {gives a sufficient
counteraction.}) 39... b4 40. Rd2 Ke6 41. Kg6 b3 42. axb3 axb3 43. Kxg7 Re3 44.
g4 fxg4 45. f5+ Kxf5 46. Rb2 Rbxe7+ 47. dxe7 Rxe7+ 48. Kh6 Re6+ 49. Kg7 Rb6 50.
h6 Rb7+ 51. Kf8 Kf6 {Janowsky led the tournament. Maróczy trailed by
half-a-point.} 0-1

[Event "Oostende"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1905.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Black "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1905.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bg5 Bg4 8.
Nbd2 Nbd7 9. c3 c6 10. Qc2 Qc7 11. Rae1 Rfe8 12. Bh4 Bh5 13. Bg3 Bxg3 14. hxg3
Bg6 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. a3 Rad8 17. Qb1 Kf8 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Re1 Qb6 20. Rxe8+
Nxe8 21. c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oostende"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1905.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Janowsky, Dawid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1905.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6 7. d4 Nd7 $5 8.
c3 O-O 9. Nbd2 f5 $2 {Janowsky makes a premature move.} 10. exf5 exd4 (10...
Rxf5 11. Ne4 $1 Kh8 12. Bc2 {gives White a strong attack.}) 11. Bxc6 $1 bxc6
12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. N2f3 Bf6 14. Qb3+ $1 Kh8 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Ne6 $1 Bxe6 17.
fxe6 Rb8 {Black faces a ruined position.} ({Insufficient is} 17... Qd5 18. Rd1
{(Tarrasch).}) 18. Qc4 Qd5 19. Qxa6 Be7 20. Qe2 Qxe6 21. Be3 Bd6 22. Bd4 Qf5
23. Ba7 Ra8 24. Be3 Rf6 25. a4 Rg6 26. a5 c5 27. a6 Qe4 28. g3 Be7 29. Qb5 Qc6
30. Qxc6 Rxc6 31. a7 Bd6 32. b4 cxb4 33. cxb4 Kg8 ({Tarrasch analyses} 33...
Bxb4 34. Reb1 Rc4 35. Ra4 c5 36. Bxc5 $1 Rxc5 37. Raxb4 $1) 34. b5 Rc2 35. Reb1
Kf7 36. b6 cxb6 37. Rxb6 Bc7 38. Rb7 Rc6 39. Rab1 Ke6 40. Rb8 {Siegbert caught
up in the competition.} 1-0

[Event "Oostende"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1905.??.??"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Janowsky, Dawid"]
[Black "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1905.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Nf6 7. e3 Be7 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. h3 Be6 12. Rc1 Be7 13. Nb5 Rc8 14. Qe2 a6
15. Nbd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Qd7 17. Be5 Ne4 18. Rcd1 Nd6 $5 19. Qh5 f5 20. Kh1 $5
Nc4 $1 21. Nxe6 Qxe6 22. Bc3 g6 23. Qe2 b5 24. Bb1 $6 Rfd8 $6 (24... f4 $1 {
grabs the initiative.}) 25. Qf3 Ne5 $6 26. Qf4 Nc6 27. a3 $1 Bd6 28. Qf3 {
Schlechter has weakened his position.} Be5 $2 ({Right is} 28... Ne7 $1 29. Ba2
$1 Bxa3 $1 30. Qf4 Rxc3 $1 {Black has to wipe out the dangerous bishop.} 31.
bxc3 Bd6) 29. Ba2 $1 Ne7 30. e4 $1 Bxc3 31. exd5 $1 Qd6 32. bxc3 Qxa3 33. Rd2
Kf8 (33... Kh8 34. d6 $1 Rxd6 35. Qf4 $1 Rf6 36. Qe5 Kg7 37. Rd7 {cracks the
defence.}) 34. Qf4 Qxc3 35. Rfd1 Ng8 36. d6 $1 Rc5 $6 37. Re2 b4 38. Qh4 Rd7
39. Bxg8 Kxg8 40. Re8+ Kg7 41. Re7+ Rxe7 42. Qxe7+ Kh6 43. d7 {Schlechter was
eliminated from the race. Janowsky and Maróczy shared the lead.   Maróczy
became the sole winner, because Janowsky lost from Teichmann in the
penultimate round and Maróczy won in the last rounds.} 1-0

[Event "Scheveningen"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1905.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Black "Leussen, Benjamin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B72"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1905.??.??"]

{The fourth international tournament by the Dutch Chess Federation took place
in the Kurhaus at Scheveningen from 31 vii - 10 viii 1905. Donations by
members covered the costs. The time restriction was 34 moves in two hours and
17 in one. Prizes were won by Marshall 111/2, Leussen 9, Spielmann 81/2, Duras
and Swiderski 8, Loman 71/2 and Leonhardt 7. Eleven games by Marshall and
Leussen against the prize winners were selected. Frank Marshall won the first
prize of f 400. Benjamin Leussen got f 250 and the title 'Master of the Dutch
Chess Federation'. He achieved the greatest success of a Dutchman before Euwe.
The variation of the Sicilian Defence, that made the resort Scheveningen
famous in the chess world, was played by Euwe in 1923.  Marshall won before
Leussen. Their games against the strongest players have been analysed.} 1. e4
c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. Be3 d6 8. Nb3 Be6
9. f4 Nd7 $5 ({Theory will become} 9... O-O 10. O-O Na5 {(Rauzer-Botvinnik,
Leningrad 1933).}) 10. g4 $6 Nb6 11. f5 Bd7 $6 (11... Bc4 $1 12. Bxb6 Bxe2 13.
Bxd8 Bxd1 14. Nxd1 Rxd8 {gains a plus.}) 12. Qd2 Ne5 13. Bxb6 Qxb6 14. Nd5 Qd8
15. Rf1 $1 O-O 16. g5 $1 {White carries out menacing moves.} e6 17. f6 ({Black
survives in} 17. Ne7+ $5 Qxe7 18. f6 Qd8 19. Qxd6 Qb8 20. Qxb8 Raxb8 21. fxg7
Kxg7) 17... exd5 18. fxg7 Kxg7 19. exd5 a5 20. Nd4 Qb6 $6 (20... f6 {
anticipates on the expected white attack.}) 21. c3 Rfe8 22. O-O-O a4 23. a3 Qc5
24. Qf4 Kg8 25. Qh4 $6 ({A more dangerous attack on the h-file starts with} 25.
h4 $1) 25... Qxd5 26. Nf5 Qa2 27. Nxd6 Be6 28. c4 $2 ({Correct is} 28. Qe4 Qa1+
29. Qb1) {Leussen finds an incredible move.} 28... Rec8 $3 29. Ne4 $5 ({White
offers insufficient resistance in} 29. Rf4 Rc6 $1 30. Rfd4 Rb6 $1 31. Nb5 Rf8
$1 32. Rd8 Nxc4 $1 33. Bxc4 Rc6 34. Rxf8+ Kxf8) 29... Nxc4 30. Nf6+ Kf8 31.
Nxh7+ Ke7 32. Rxf7+ Bxf7 33. Qe4+ Ne5+ $1 34. Kd2 Qxb2+ 35. Ke1 Rc1 36. Rxc1
Qxc1+ 37. Kf2 Qb2 38. Nf6 Bc4 39. Kg3 Rh8 40. h4 Qxe2 41. Qxb7+ Ke6 42. Qb6+
Kf5 0-1

[Event "Scheveningen"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1905.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Leussen, Benjamin"]
[Black "Swiderski, Rudolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1905.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Qg4 Ke7 $5
8. Nge2 Qg5 $5 9. Qxg5 fxg5 {Sharp moves led to the exchange of queens.} 10. h4
g4 11. g3 c6 12. O-O-O Nd7 13. Bg2 Nf6 14. Nb1 $1 Bd7 15. c3 {White gains
control over square e1.} Bd6 16. Rhe1 b5 $6 17. Nd2 Rac8 18. Nb3 Nd5 19. Kb1 $1
{Square c1 becomes available.} Rhf8 $6 (19... f5 {can be played at once.}) 20.
Nec1 $1 f5 21. Nd3 f4 22. Ne5 $1 {Subtle prophylactic manoeuvres have led to
white control over the important squares c5 and e5.} Bxe5 $6 23. Rxe5 fxg3 24.
fxg3 Rf5 25. Rde1 Rcf8 26. Nc5 Rxe5 27. Rxe5 Rf5 28. Rxf5 $5 {Exchanges of
pieces begin.} ({A good alternative is} 28. Re2) 28... exf5 29. Bxd5 cxd5 30.
Nd3 Kf6 31. Nf4 Be6 $2 ({Correct is} 31... Bc6 $1 32. Kc2 a5 {Black has closed
the queenside.} 33. Kd2 Ke7 34. Ke3 Kf6 35. Nd3 Bd7 36. Kf4 $1 Be8 37. Nc5 Bc6
38. Nb3 $1 a4 39. Nc5 Be8 40. Na6 Bc6 41. Nb4 Bb7 42. h5 $1 h6 43. a3 $1 {
White has achieved zugzwang.} Ba8 44. Nc2 Bc6 45. Ne3 {White wins a pawn.}) 32.
Kc2 Bf7 33. Kb3 a5 34. a4 Be8 35. axb5 Bxb5 36. Nxd5+ Ke6 37. Nf4+ Ke7 38. c4
Be8 39. Kc3 Bf7 40. d5 {Leussen played a fine endgame.} 1-0

[Event "Scheveningen"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1905.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Black "Marshall, Frank"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1905.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 Bg4 6. d5 $5 {Spielmann
applies a doubtful idea.} Nd7 7. Nc3 $2 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Qf6 9. Qd3 $5 O-O-O 10.
Nd4 $5 ({Or} 10. Bg5 Re8+ 11. Kd2 Qg6) 10... Nc5 11. Qb5 $5 Qe5+ 12. Be3 Qxd5
13. Rb1 Be7 14. Bc4 $5 Qxg2 15. Rf1 Rhe8 16. Kd2 Bh4 17. Rg1 Ne4+ 18. Kd3 {
White seems to have a powerdful attack, supported by a strong king. However
his position collapses like a house of cards.} Nxf2+ 19. Bxf2 Qe4+ 20. Kd2 Qf4+
21. Kd3 Qe4+ 22. Kd2 Bxf2 23. Kc1 Bxg1 24. Bd5 Qe3+ 25. Kb2 c6 26. Bxc6 Re7 27.
Qc4 Kb8 28. Ka3 Rc8 29. Qb4 Rcc7 30. Qa5 Bc8 31. Ka4 Qf4 32. Rxg1 Rxc6 33. Rb1
Rc4+ 34. Ka3 Rxd4 35. cxd4 Qxd4 {Frank Marshall and his wife Carrie had a good
time in the resort Scheveningen.} 0-1

[Event "Scheveningen"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1905.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Leussen, Benjamin"]
[Black "Duras, Oldrich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1905.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Ne2 Bg4 8. c3
Ba5 9. Ng3 Bb6 10. h3 Bd7 11. Bg5 {Little has happened so far.} Ne7 $4 ({
Correct is} 11... h6 $1 12. Bh4 Nb8 $1 (12... g5 $4 13. Nxg5) 13. Bxd7 Nbxd7
14. Nf5 Qe8 $1 {Black has dealt with the nasty pin.}) 12. Bxf6 Bxb5 ({Or} 12...
gxf6 13. Bxd7 Qxd7 14. Qd2) 13. Nh5 $5 (13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. a4 Bd7 15. a5 Bc5 16.
b4 {wins a piece.}) 13... Qd7 14. Nxg7 h6 15. Ng5 Ng6 16. Qh5 Rfb8 17. Qxh6 Kf8
18. Nh7+ ({A nice alternative gives} 18. N7e6+ Ke8 19. Qf8+ $1 Nxf8 20. Ng7#)
1-0

[Event "Scheveningen"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1905.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Marshall, Frank"]
[Black "Swiderski, Rudolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1905.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Be7 8.
Qc2 O-O 9. Nf3 Re8 10. h4 h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. O-O-O Bd6 13. Kb1 Bg4 14. Bf5
Bxf5 15. Qxf5 Qc8 16. Qxc8 Raxc8 17. Rc1 Re6 18. Ne1 Rce8 19. Nd3 Ne4 20. Nxe4
Rxe4 21. Nc5 Bxc5 22. Rxc5 R4e6 23. g3 Rf6 24. Rc2 Rf3 25. Kc1 Re6 26. Kd1 Ref6
27. Rh2 h5 28. Ke2 {Nothing seems to be going on.} Kf8 $4 ({Correct is} 28...
R3f5) 29. Rc3 $1 R3f5 {Black will lose a pawn on the queenside.} ({No relief
brings} 29... a5 30. a4) 30. Ra3 b6 31. b4 c5 32. bxc5 bxc5 33. dxc5 Rc6 34.
Rc3 Rff6 35. Rh1 Ke7 36. Rd1 Ke6 37. Rd4 Rh6 38. Ra4 a6 39. Kd3 Rh8 40. Kd4
Rhc8 41. Rb4 f6 42. Rb7 R8c7 43. Rxc7 Rxc7 44. Rb3 g5 45. Rb6+ Kf5 46. Kxd5
gxh4 47. gxh4 1-0

[Event "Scheveningen"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1905.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Marshall, Frank"]
[Black "Duras, Oldrich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D53"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1905.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Qc2 c6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 Nf6 12. O-O Re8 13. Ne5 h6 $5 14. f4
$5 {Both players sharpen the game.} Nd7 15. Rf3 Nf8 16. Raf1 f6 17. Ng6 Nxg6
18. Bxg6 Rf8 19. f5 Bd7 20. Rg3 Be8 21. Rff3 Bxg6 22. Rxg6 Rf7 23. g4 $2 {
Marshall chooses an all-out attack.} Re8 24. h4 Qe4 25. Qf2 $5 {The exchange
of queens leaves a rook imprisoned.} Qd3 $2 {Duras misses the win.} (25... c5
$1 {starts a counteraction in the central area.} 26. dxc5 (26. g5 cxd4 27. exd4
Rc7 28. gxh6 Rc1+ 29. Kh2 Rc2) 26... Rc8 27. b4 Qxb4 28. g5 Rxc5 29. gxh6 Qb1+
30. Kh2 Rc2 {Black pins the queen with a rook in both variations.}) 26. g5 hxg5
27. hxg5 fxg5 28. Rxg5 Rf6 29. Rh3 Re7 30. Kh2 ({Analysts give} 30. Qh4 Qd1+
31. Kh2 Rh6 $3 32. Qxh6 Qc2+ 33. Rg2 Qxg2+ 34. Kxg2 gxh6 $11) 30... Kf7 $2 ({
Correct is} 30... Qe4) 31. Rxg7+ $1 (31. Rxg7+ Kxg7 32. Qg3+ Kf7 33. Rh7+ Ke8
34. Qb8+ $1) 1-0

[Event "Scheveningen"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1905.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Leonhardt, Paul"]
[Black "Leussen, Benjamin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B24"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1905.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nge2 d6 6. d3 Nf6 7. h3 Bd7 8. Be3
Qb6 9. Rb1 Qa6 10. O-O h5 $6 ({More solid is} 10... O-O) 11. Re1 O-O-O 12. a3
h4 $2 {Black starts a far too optimistic attack.} (12... e5 13. b4 Nd4 {closes
the centre.}) 13. b4 $1 hxg3 ({An insufficient defence gives} 13... Nd4 14.
bxc5 Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2) 14. b5 gxf2+ 15. Bxf2 Qa5 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. e5 $1 dxe5 18.
Qc1 Bxh3 19. Bxc6 Kc7 20. Rb5 Qa6 21. Rxc5 Qxc6 22. Nb5+ Kd7 23. Rxc6 Kxc6 24.
Qe3 Kd7 25. Qxe5 Be6 26. Nf4 Nd5 27. Qxg7 Nxf4 28. Qd4+ Nd5 29. c4 Rh5 30. cxd5
Ke8 31. Nc7+ Kf8 32. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "Scheveningen"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1905.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Leonhardt, Paul"]
[Black "Marshall, Frank"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C70"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1905.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 f5 $5 5. d4 fxe4 $5 ({More usual will
become} 5... exd4 6. e5 Bc5) 6. Nxe5 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Bg5 Na5 $5
10. Bxf6 gxf6 $1 {A counter-attack starts with a risky move.} 11. Qg4+ Kh8 12.
Qxe4 fxe5 13. Qxe5+ Bf6 14. Qxa5 Bxd4 15. Rae1 d6 {The pawn sacrifice has led
to a promising position for Black.} 16. Nd5 $2 ({White pieces are used for the
defence in} 16. Bb3 Qh4 17. Ne4 Be5 18. Ng3) 16... Qg5 $1 17. h4 Qxh4 18. Qd2
Bh3 $1 19. Ne3 ({The pointe is} 19. gxh3 Qg3+ $1) 19... Rg8 20. g3 Bxf1 21.
Kxf1 Bxe3 0-1

[Event "Scheveningen"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1905.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Leussen, Benjamin"]
[Black "Loman, Rudolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1905.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 d6 5. d4 Bd7 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 Nxd4 8.
Nxd4 exd4 9. Qxd4 Bxb5 10. Nxb5 a6 {Loman makes a reliable move in a familiar
position.} 11. Nc3 O-O 12. b3 $5 Nd7 13. Nd5 Bf6 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Qxf6 Nxf6
16. Bb2 Nd7 17. Rad1 {Leussen has a plus in the endgame.} Rfe8 18. f3 Re7 19.
Kf2 Rae8 20. c4 f6 21. g4 Kf7 22. h4 Nc5 23. Bc3 b5 $5 24. Bb4 Nd7 $6 (24...
Ne6 $1 {does not obstruct the protection of d6.}) 25. cxb5 axb5 26. Re2 c5 $2 {
The d-pawn becomes weak.} 27. Be1 $2 (27. Ba5 Re6 28. Bc7 {wins a pawn.}) 27...
Re6 28. Red2 Ke7 29. Kg2 Nb6 $2 ({An excellent defence line is created by} 
29... Ne5 30. Bg3 b4) 30. Bg3 Rd8 31. Bf2 Nd7 32. f4 Rxe4 33. Rxd6 {Black's
defence is hindered by the pin of a knight.} Rxf4 $2 ({More resistance is
offered by} 33... Re2 $1 34. a4 bxa4 35. bxa4 Ra2 36. Kg1 Rxa4 37. Bxc5 Nxc5 $1
38. Rxd8 Rxf4 39. R8d4 Rxd4 40. Rxd4 Nd7 {Black might survive.}) 34. Bxc5 Rxg4+
({Or} 34... Ke8 35. Re6+ Kf7 36. Re7+) 35. Kh3 Nxc5 36. Rxd8 f5 37. R8d5 Ne4
38. Rxf5 h5 39. Re1 {Leussen won this game in his solid positional style.} 1-0

[Event "Scheveningen"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1905.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Marshall, Frank"]
[Black "Leussen, Benjamin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D51"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1905.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qb3 $5 {This will
become a loss of time.} Be7 7. Nf3 c6 8. e3 Ne4 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Bd3 O-O 11.
O-O f5 12. Rae1 Ndf6 13. Qc2 Ng4 $5 14. h3 Nh6 $5 15. Ne5 g5 $5 {Leussen
diverts from his solid play.} ({Less ambition shows} 15... Nf7 16. Nxf7 Qxf7)
16. Qe2 Be6 17. Qh5 Qg7 18. Bxe4 fxe4 19. f3 exf3 20. Rxf3 Rxf3 21. Nxf3 g4 {
Leussen plays well against the future grandmaster.} 22. hxg4 Nxg4 (22... Bxg4
$1 23. Qe5 Bxf3 24. Qxg7+ Kxg7 25. gxf3 Nf5 {leads to a slightly better
endgame.}) 23. e4 Nf6 24. Qh4 Kh8 $6 {Exchanges in the centre are wiser.} 25.
e5 Nd7 26. Qg5 (26. Ne2 $1 Rf8 27. Nf4 {gains a plus.}) 26... Rg8 27. Qxg7+
Rxg7 28. Ne2 Kg8 29. Nf4 Kf7 30. Rf1 Ke7 31. Kh2 Nf8 32. Nh5 Rg6 33. Nf6 Nd7
34. Nxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Scheveningen"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1905.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Loman, Rudolf"]
[Black "Marshall, Frank"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1905.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. Nf3 b5 $5 {Marshall does not seem to take his opponent
seriously.} 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb7 6. Bd3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Qd2 Nf6 9. f3 d5 $5
10. e5 $1 Nfd7 11. f4 Nc6 12. Be2 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 O-O 14. Bf3 e6 15. Qe3 Rc8 16.
O-O-O $6 Qa5 {Black takes over the initiative.} 17. Kb1 b4 18. Ne2 Rc4 19. Nc1
Rfc8 20. Rd2 Qc7 21. Qf2 a5 22. h4 a4 23. Bd1 $6 Bf8 $6 ({A nice opportunity
takes} 23... f6 24. exf6 Nxf6 25. Be5 Ne4 $1) 24. Nd3 Nb8 $2 ({The attack
continues with} 24... Nc5 $1 25. Bxc5 Bxc5 26. Nxc5 Rxc5 27. h5 b3 $1) 25. h5
$1 a3 26. b3 Rc6 27. hxg6 fxg6 $1 28. g4 Qf7 29. f5 $1 {White has the momentum.
} exf5 30. gxf5 Qxf5 31. Qh4 g5 32. Qg3 h6 33. Bg4 Qe4 {Loman has to make one
move before the time control.} 34. Bxc8 $4 ({Correct is} 34. Nf2 $1 Qf4 35.
Qxf4 gxf4 36. Bxc8 Rxc8 37. Rg1+) 34... Qxh1+ 35. Nc1 Bxc8 36. Qd3 Ba6 37. Qg3
Qh4 38. Qf3 Qe4 39. Qh5 Qg6 40. Qf3 Qe6 41. Rf2 Bg7 42. Nd3 Bxd3 43. Qxd3 Rc8
44. Qb5 Nc6 {The strongest player had 'luck'.} 0-1

[Event "Oostende"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1906.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Black "Bernstein, Ossip"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1906.??.??"]

{The second master event of Oostende was carried out from 5 vi until 12 vii
1906. Gunsberg had a difficult task as director.   FIRST PHASE  36
participants were divided in four blocs of nine players. Group A played group
B, and C met D in the first cycle.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 {
The development follows the rule of Tarrasch: the knights are moved before the
bishops.} 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8. Bg5 Ne7 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nh4 c6
11. Bc4 d5 12. Bb3 Ng6 13. Nxg6 hxg6 $5 14. f4 exf4 $6 {Black opens lines.} 15.
Rxf4 Kg7 16. Qf3 Be6 17. Rf1 {The heavy pieces are developed.} f5 18. exf5 Bxf5
19. c4 Be6 20. Qe3 dxc4 21. Bxc4 Bxc4 22. dxc4 f6 23. g4 $5 Qd6 24. Re4 {White
pressures in the centre.} Rh8 $2 (24... Rf7 $1 {gives extra protection on the
seventh rank.}) 25. Rf2 $1 {Black threatened mate in one.} Rad8 (25... Qd1+ 26.
Kg2 Qd6 27. h3 $1 Raf8 28. Rd2 $1 {(Den Hertog and Euwe), or}) (25... Kf7 26.
c5 Qd1+ 27. Rf1 Qd7 28. Qc3) 26. c5 $1 Qd1+ 27. Rf1 $1 (27. Rf1 Qd5 28. c4 $1 {
(Den Hertog and Euwe)} Qd7 29. Re7+ {shows the lack of prophylaxis. This was
the first analysed game I studied fifty years ago.   The lowest three in each
group were removed after nine rounds.}) 1-0

[Event "Oostende"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1906.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Burn, Amos"]
[Black "Perlis, Julius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1906.??.??"]

{SECOND PHASE  24 players continued. Group A played C, and B met D in the
second cycle.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 $5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 b6 $2 {Black
loses time.} 6. Bf4 Bb7 7. e3 Bd6 8. Ne5 Nd7 $6 (8... Nf6 {prevents the next
move.}) 9. Qg4 Bxe5 10. dxe5 Kf8 11. O-O-O Nc5 12. e4 $6 ({Lasker favours} 12.
Bg5 $1 Ne7 13. f4) 12... d4 $1 13. Be3 Ne6 14. Bc4 Bc8 15. f4 Qe7 16. f5 dxc3
17. fxe6 Qb4 $2 (17... cxb2+ $1 18. Kb1 $1 Bxe6 19. Bxe6 {(Lawrence)} h5 $1 20.
Qg5 $1 Qxg5 21. Bxg5 fxe6 22. Rd7 Nh6 {gives the last chance.}) 18. Rd8+ Ke7
19. Bg5+ f6 20. Bxf6+ $1 1-0

[Event "Oostende"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1906.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Marshall, Frank"]
[Black "Janowsky, Dawid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D26"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1906.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 a6 4. Bxc4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. a4 b6 $5 7. Nc3 Bb7 8.
O-O Nc6 $6 (8... c5 {should be played at last.}) 9. Qe2 Nb4 10. e4 $1 Be7 11.
Bg5 h6 12. Bf4 O-O 13. Rfd1 Rc8 14. Ne5 Qe8 15. Rd2 c5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Rad1
Qe7 18. Bg3 $6 ({Frank misses} 18. Nd7 $1 Rfd8 19. Nxc5 Rxd2 20. Qxd2 Qxc5 21.
Be2) 18... Rfd8 19. Bh4 Rxd2 20. Rxd2 g5 (20... Rd8 $1 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Nxf7
$1 Kxf7 23. e5 Bd5 $1 {is playable.}) 21. Bg3 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. h4 Qd4 $2
{'Jan' overlooks tactical points.} 24. hxg5 Nxe4 (24... hxg5 25. Nf3 {costs a
pawn.}) 25. Qh5 Nxg5 {The decisive blow follows.} 26. Bxe6 $1 Qd2 ({Pointes are
} 26... Nxe6 27. Qxf7+ Kh8 28. Ng6# {and}) (26... fxe6 27. Qg6+ {(Marshall).})
27. Bxf7+ Kf8 28. Qxh6+ Ke7 29. Qg7 Bxf2+ 30. Bxf2 Nh3+ 31. Kh2 Qxf2 32. Bd5+
Kd6 33. Ne4+ {The lowest two in each group were eliminated after six rounds.}
1-0

[Event "Oostende"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1906.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Teichmann, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D61"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1906.??.??"]

{THIRD PHASE  Sixteen players went on. Group A played D, and B met C in the
third cycle.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 O-O 7.
Qc2 b6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Rd1 a6 11. O-O Re8 12. Ne5 Nf8 13. f4 $5 c5
$1 14. Qe2 c4 $5 15. Bc2 b5 16. Rf3 (16. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 17. e4 {gains a plus.})
16... Ne4 ({Not} 16... b4 17. Na4 Ne6 $2 {due to} 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Bxh7+ $1)
17. Bxe7 Rxe7 ({Even better is} 17... Nxc3 $1 18. bxc3 Qxe7) 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19.
Rg3 f6 20. Ng4 Kh8 21. Rf1 Qd7 22. Qc2 b4 $1 23. Na4 $5 (23. Ne2 Rc8 24. a3 {
chooses for safety on the queenside.}) 23... Qb5 24. Nc5 Bd5 25. f5 $2 {White
has weakened his kingside by the pawn move.} (25. a3 {defends properly.}) 25...
Nd7 $1 26. Nxd7 Qxd7 $1 27. Qf2 Rc8 28. h4 Qd6 29. Rh3 c3 30. b3 a5 31. Nh2 a4
32. Qc2 axb3 33. axb3 Qa6 {Black conquers on the queenside.   No men were
ousted after the three rounds of the third cycle.} 0-1

[Event "Oostende"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1906.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Leonhardt, Paul"]
[Black "Janowsky, Dawid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1906.??.??"]

{FOURTH PHASE  Sixteen men proceeded. Each contestant played three games
within his group.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Bf4 e5 8. Bg5 a6 9. Na3 Nd4 $6 ({The modern} 9... b5 {was unknown at the
time.}) 10. Nd5 Be6 $6 ({Better is} 10... Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qd8) 11. c3 $1 Nc6 12.
Be2 Bxd5 $6 13. exd5 Ne7 $2 {Janowsky did not have his day.} 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15.
Qa4+ Qd7 16. Bb5 axb5 17. Qxa8+ Nc8 18. Qa5 Be7 19. Qxb5 Qxb5 20. Nxb5 Nb6 21.
O-O-O {Leonhardt won one game but lost two.   Players qualified for the final
on their total score: Maróczy 151/2, Schlechter 15, Bernstein 141/2,
Rubinstein 14, Burn 14 and Teichmann 13. The number of prizes was increased
from six to nine. Therefore the favourites Marshall 13, Janowsky 13 and
outsider Perlis 121/2 qualified as well. The losers of all phases got
consolation money, based on their scores.} 1-0

[Event "Oostende"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1906.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bernstein, Ossip"]
[Black "Teichmann, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1906.??.??"]

{FIFTH PHASE  Nine men played in the final. Maróczy began with two wins.} 1. d4
d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. e3 Nd5 7. Bxc4 Nxf4 8. exf4
Be7 9. d5 exd5 10. Nxd5 O-O 11. O-O Bd6 12. g3 Nf6 13. Ne3 Bh3 14. Ng2 $6 ({
Better is} 14. Re1) 14... Bg4 $6 (14... c6 {keeps a plus.}) 15. Qb3 Ne4 16.
Ngh4 $1 Nc5 17. Qc2 Bxf3 $6 ({Preferable is} 17... Qf6 18. Ng5 g6) 18. Nxf3 h6
19. b4 Nd7 20. Qf5 Nf6 21. Ne5 $1 Qc8 $6 ({The brave} 21... Bxb4 $2 22. Rad1
Qc8 23. Qb1 $1 Bd6 24. Qb3 Bxe5 25. fxe5 Ne4 26. e6 $1 {brings White a strong
attack.}) 22. Qg6 $1 {White attacks the focal point f7.} Bxe5 (22... Qe8 23.
Rae1 Bxe5 24. fxe5 {gives Black little hope.}) 23. fxe5 Nd7 24. Rfe1 Nb6 25.
Bb3 c5 26. bxc5 Qxc5 27. Qe4 Qe7 28. Bc2 g6 29. e6 f5 30. Qe5 Rac8 31. Bb3 Rc5
32. Qd4 Rfc8 33. Rad1 Kh7 34. Re5 Rc1 35. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 36. Kg2 Rc6 37. Re3 Nc8
38. Qd7 Rc7 39. Qa4 Qd6 40. Kh3 Qc6 41. Qd4 $6 Qh1 $1 42. Bd5 $1 {White solves
his recent problems.} Qf1+ 43. Bg2 Qc1 44. Rd3 Qg5 45. Bf3 Qe7 46. Qe5 Nb6 47.
Kg2 Qg7 48. Qd6 Qe7 ({Or} 48... Re7 49. a4 $1 Nxa4 50. Qxe7 $1 Qxe7 51. Rd7)
49. a4 $1 Kg7 50. a5 Na8 51. Qd8 {Bernstein, Teichmann and Burn shared the
fourth til sixth prizes.} 1-0

[Event "Oostende"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1906.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Janowsky, Dawid"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1906.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 e6 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. Qc1 Bd7 8. Nbd2
Rc8 9. Qb1 Nh5 10. Bg3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 h6 12. Nf1 $6 {White loses time.} Bd6 13.
g4 Ke7 $1 14. Qc1 Qa5 15. Qd2 b5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Ng3 b4 $1 {Black has taken
the imitative. He wants to turn c3 into a weakness.} 18. O-O $2 ({Correct is} 
18. c4 dxc4 19. Bxc4) 18... bxc3 19. bxc3 Bd6 20. Ne2 Ne5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22.
Rac1 Rc7 23. f4 Bf6 24. e4 dxe4 25. Bxe4 Rhc8 26. Rfd1 Ba4 $1 27. Re1 $6 ({
Slightly better is} 27. Bc2 Qb6+ 28. Kh2 Rd7 {but Black has a positional
advantage.}) 27... Bxc3 28. Nxc3 Rxc3 29. Rb1 Bc6 30. Bxc6 Qc5+ 31. Kh2 Qxc6
32. Qd4 Rc2 33. Qxa7+ Kf8 34. Qa3+ Kg8 35. Qg3 Rxa2 36. Rec1 $6 Qxc1 37. Rxc1
Rxc1 38. Qd3 Rcc2 39. Qd8+ Kh7 40. Qd3+ f5 41. gxf5 Rxg2+ {Rubinstein won the
third prize. He made a solid debut in the international arena.} 0-1

[Event "Oostende"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1906.??.??"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Janowsky, Dawid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C25"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1906.??.??"]

{Schlechter had started with two draws. So he was trailing Maróczy by 11/2
points. 'Jan' was the opponent in round three.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6
4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. Be3 Bb6 8. O-O O-O 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bxb6
axb6 11. f4 Nd7 12. Bf3 Bb7 13. Qd2 f5 14. exf5 Rxf5 15. Rae1 Rf8 16. a3 d5 17.
Ne2 Qf6 18. c4 Qd6 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Nc3 c6 21. Ne4 $5 Qg6 $1 ({Not} 21... Qxf4
$2 22. Qxf4 Rxf4 23. Nd6) 22. Ng5 h6 $6 23. Ne6 Rf7 24. Nd4 Nf8 25. Re5 Qd6 26.
Bh5 Rf6 27. Rfe1 Rd8 28. h3 Kh8 29. Nf5 Qc5+ 30. Kh1 Bc8 31. b4 Qc4 32. Rc1 Qa6
33. Nxg7 $5 (33. Nd4 $1 {keeps a plus.}) 33... Kxg7 34. Re7+ Kh8 $4 {Janowsky
breaks down.} ({Right is} 34... Kg8 $1 35. Qc3 Rdd6 36. Qg3+ Rg6 37. Bxg6 Rxg6
38. Qe3 {Schlechter regards this position as won for him, but} Be6 $1 39. Rxc6
Qf1+ 40. Qg1 Qxf4 41. Rxb6 Bxh3 $5 42. Rxg6+ Nxg6 43. gxh3 Qf3+ 44. Kh2 Qf4+ {
draws.}) 35. Qd4 Rdd6 36. Rf7 Nh7 37. Re1 Bd7 38. Ree7 Qf1+ 39. Kh2 Qb1 40.
Qxb6 Rxf7 41. Bxf7 Rg6 42. Qd8+ {Schlechter began a winning streak, while
Maróczy started a series of draws.} 1-0

[Event "Oostende"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1906.??.??"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Perlis, Julius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D48"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1906.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
a6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Qe2 c5 11. a4 $5 c4 $5 12. Bc2 b4 13. Nb1 Qc7 14. Nbd2 Rc8
15. b3 c3 16. Nc4 Be7 17. e4 O-O $6 {The black king becomes a target.} 18. e5
Ne8 19. Ng5 Bxg5 $6 ({Preferable is} 19... g6) 20. Bxg5 Bd5 $2 ({More natural
is} 20... a5 $1 21. Rae1 Qc6 22. f4 Ba6) 21. Ne3 $1 Nb8 {Black protects pawn
a6.} 22. Nxd5 exd5 23. Qf3 Qb7 24. Qh3 g6 25. f4 $3 {Schlechter makes a
remarkable decision.} ({He rejects} 25. Be7 $6 {Indeed} Qxe7 26. Qxc8 Ng7 27.
Qg4 Ne6 {ends the white attack.}) 25... f5 26. exf6 Nxf6 27. f5 Qd7 28. Qh4 Ne4
29. fxg6 hxg6 30. Be7 Rf5 31. Rxf5 gxf5 32. Bxe4 dxe4 33. Qf6 Rc6 34. Qf8+ Kh7
35. Qf7+ Kh8 36. d5 Rh6 37. Rf1 c2 38. Bf6+ Rxf6 39. Qxf6+ {Perlis took poor
prophylactic measures. Schlechter had won for the second time.} ({The pointe is
} 39. Qxf6+ Kg8 40. Qg5+ $1 Qg7 41. Qxf5 $1) 1-0

[Event "Oostende"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1906.??.??"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Marshall, Frank"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1906.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Nd5 Bc5 7. d3 Bg4 8. c3
Qd7 $6 ({Better is} 8... Nxd5 9. exd5 Ne7) 9. b4 $1 Bb6 10. a4 a6 11. Be3 $6 (
11. Nxb6 cxb6 12. Bg5 {keeps an edge.}) 11... Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Bxe3 $6 {Black
opens the f-file for his opponent.} ({Right is} 12... O-O $1) 13. fxe3 O-O 14.
a5 Nd8 15. h3 c6 16. Bb3 Be6 17. Ra2 Bxb3 18. Qxb3 Qe6 19. c4 Qh6 20. Re2 Re8 (
20... Ne6 $1 {takes a useful defensive measure.}) 21. Qc3 Rc8 22. Qe1 Rc7 23.
Nh4 g6 $2 ({Correct is} 23... Rd7 $1 24. Nf5 Qh5) 24. Nf3 $1 f6 25. Nh2 $1 Rf8
26. Ng4 $1 Qg7 ({No use has} 26... Qg5 {due to} 27. Qg3 $1 {(threatens Nxf6+)}
Kh8 28. h4 Qh5 29. c5 dxc5 30. Ref2 $1 {and the fortress falls.}) 27. Qh4 Kh8
28. Ref2 g5 29. Qh5 Rcf7 30. Nxf6 $1 {The bastion is taken by force.} Ne6 ({
Alternatives are} 30... Rxf6 31. Rxf6 Rxf6 32. Qe8+ {(Goldman), and}) (30...
Qg6 31. Qxg6 hxg6 32. Nd7 $1 Rxf2 33. Rxf2 Rxf2 34. Kxf2 {White wins.}) 31.
Nxh7 $1 Qxh7 32. Qxh7+ Rxh7 33. Rxf8+ Nxf8 34. Rxf8+ Kg7 35. Rd8 Kf6 36. Rxd6+
{Schlechter had triumphed for the third time in a row. Two draws followed.} 1-0

[Event "Oostende"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1906.??.??"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1906.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 Bd6 4. Bg3 Nf6 5. Nd2 Bxg3 6. hxg3 Qe7 7. f4 $5 Ne4 $5
{An odd opening is played.} 8. Nxe4 dxe4 9. Qd2 Nd7 10. g4 Nb6 11. Be2 Bd7 12.
Nh3 f6 13. Nf2 Bc6 14. c4 O-O-O 15. O-O-O h6 16. Qc2 f5 17. Qc3 Kb8 18. gxf5
exf5 19. g4 Bd7 20. Rdg1 g5 $1 21. Nh3 $5 ({The exchanges by} 21. fxg5 hxg5 22.
gxf5 {(Schlechter)} Bxf5 23. Rxh8 Rxh8 {avoid any danger, but Akiba does not
want to draw!}) 21... fxg4 22. Bxg4 Bxg4 23. Rxg4 Qe6 24. Rhg1 Qxc4 25. Qxc4
Nxc4 26. fxg5 hxg5 27. R4g3 $6 ({Preferable is} 27. Nxg5 Nxe3 28. Rxe4 {
(Lasker).}) 27... g4 28. Nf2 Rh2 29. Nd1 $2 (29. Nxg4 Rxb2 30. Ne5 Rb4 31. Nxc4
Rxc4+ 32. Kb2 {equalises (Schlechter).}) 29... c5 $1 30. R3g2 $2 ({Right is} 
30. b3 Na3 31. R1g2 Rxg2 32. Rxg2 cxd4 33. Rxg4 Re8 34. Kd2 dxe3+ 35. Nxe3 {
and White has better survival chances than in the game.}) 30... Rxg2 31. Rxg2
cxd4 32. exd4 Rxd4 33. Rxg4 $2 Rxd1+ $1 {Black wins a piece.   Schlechter's
score was 21/30 at the end of the penultimate round. He had a bye in the last
round.} 0-1

[Event "Oostende"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1906.??.??"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Bernstein, Ossip"]
[Black "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1906.??.??"]

{The score of Maróczy was 20/29 when the last round began. He had to win for a
share of the first place.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O
6. e3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 a6 $5 9. O-O Bb7 10. Ne5 c5 11. Qf3 Ra7 $5 12.
Rad1 c4 13. Bb1 b5 14. e4 $5 {Maróczy makes provocative moves. Bernstein wants
to exchange.} dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nbd7 $5 16. Nc6 $5 Bxc6 17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 18. Qxc6 Qd5
19. Qb6 $5 {Suddenly he does not swap the queens.} Rd7 20. Rfe1 $6 Bb4 $1 21.
Bd2 Bd6 $1 22. Qa5 $6 Qxd4 {Thank you!} 23. Bc3 Bxh2+ $1 {Géza gets the
desired attack.} 24. Kxh2 Ng4+ 25. Kh1 $2 ({A lesser evil brings} 25. Kh3 Nxf2+
26. Kg3 Qg4+ 27. Kxf2 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Qxd1 29. Be4 Qd6) 25... Qxd1 26. f3 $2 {
Black can decide the game.} Qd5 $4 (26... Re8 $3 27. fxg4 Rxe1+ 28. Bxe1 Re7 {
ends the game.}) 27. fxg4 Rd6 28. Qc7 b4 29. Be4 Rh6+ 30. Kg1 Qb5 31. Bd2 Re6
32. Bf3 Rfe8 $2 ({Correct is} 32... Rxe1+ 33. Bxe1 Re8) 33. Rxe6 {A long tour
in America had exhausted Maróczy before the event began. He had regained his
strength. Now he looked gloomy and resigned.   Schlechter became the sole
winner of a master tournament for the first time. He got 4000 Francs and a
gold medal.} (33. Rxe6 Rxe6 (33... fxe6 34. Bf4 Kh8 35. Be5 Rg8 36. g5 {brings
a strong attack}) 34. Bd5 Qb6+ 35. Qxb6 Rxb6 36. Bxc4 {leads to a poor endgame
for Black.}) 1-0

[Event "Oostende"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1907.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Marshall, Frank"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D32"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1907.??.??"]

{Four annual Monte Carlo tournaments (1901-1904) were followed by three events
in Oostende (1905-1907). The last contest took place in the Casino of Oostende
from 16 v until 14 vi 1907. Tarrasch, Schlechter, Marshall and Janowski had
accepted the invitation for the grandmaster tournament. Lasker and Maróczy
declined and were replaced by Burn and Chigorin. The time restriction was 30
moves in two hours and 15 in one. Tarrasch won the golden medal and 26031/2
francs. Schlechter became second and gained 22771/2 francs. We follow their
race over twenty rounds.   The tournament was meant to be a kind of world
championship, but nobody took it seriously due to the absence of Lasker. The
new term 'grandmaster tournament' for the main group became usual. Rubinstein
and Bernstein won the master tournament of 29 participants. } 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6
3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bxe7 Ngxe7 8. dxc5 d4 9. Ne4
O-O 10. Nfd2 Bf5 11. g3 Qa5 12. Bg2 Bxe4 13. Bxe4 Qxc5 {The players work on
the theory of the Tarrasch.} 14. O-O Rac8 15. Rc1 Qa5 16. Nc4 Qg5 17. Nd6 Rc7
18. Nxb7 Rxb7 19. Bxc6 Nxc6 20. Rxc6 Rxb2 21. Qxd4 Rxa2 22. Qc4 Qd2 23. Rc8 g6
24. Rxf8+ Kxf8 25. Qc5+ Kg7 26. Qe5+ Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oostende"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1907.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Chigorin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1907.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Nd5 Bc5 ({Black has to
avoid the trap} 6... Nxe4 $6 7. Re1 Nf6 8. c3 Nxd5 9. Bxd5 Ne7 10. Bxf7+ $1) 7.
d3 Nxd5 8. exd5 Ne7 9. d4 exd4 10. Nxd4 O-O 11. Bg5 f6 12. Be3 Bxd4 13. Bxd4
Bf5 14. Re1 Ng6 15. Qd2 Qd7 16. Bb3 Rfe8 17. f3 Ne5 18. Re2 a5 19. a4 Re7 20.
Rae1 b6 21. Bxe5 Rxe5 22. f4 Rxe2 23. Qxe2 Kf8 24. Kf2 Re8 25. Qxe8+ Qxe8 26.
Rxe8+ Kxe8 27. Kf3 h5 28. Ke3 h4 29. c3 Ke7 30. Bd1 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oostende"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1907.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Marshall, Frank"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1907.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Nxd2 9. Qxd2 O-O 10. Bd3 c5 11. c4 Qh5 $6 12. c3 Nc6 13. O-O cxd4 $6 {
Black helps the advance of white's d-pawn.} 14. cxd4 e5 15. d5 Nb8 16. Qe3 Nd7
17. c5 Nf6 18. Nxe5 $6 ({Better is} 18. d6 $1 Re8 $1 19. Rfe1 Bd7 20. Qg5 Qxg5
21. Nxg5) 18... Re8 19. f4 Nxd5 20. Qd4 Nxf4 21. Rxf4 Qxe5 22. Qxe5 Rxe5 23.
Re4 Rxe4 24. Bxe4 Rb8 25. Rb1 f5 $1 {Black has great problems in the endgame,
despite the extra pawn.} 26. Bd5+ ({The fine} 26. Bf3 $5 {wins, according to
Tarrasch, but} b6 $1 27. c6 Be6 28. c7 Rf8 $1 29. Rd1 Kf7 30. Rd8 Bc8 $1 {
gives a narrow escape.}) 26... Kf8 27. a4 ({Notice} 27. c6 b5 $1) 27... Ke7 28.
a5 a6 29. c6 Kd6 $1 {Black gains an important tempo.} 30. Bf3 Kc7 31. cxb7 Bxb7
32. Rc1+ {The technical level of the games has strongly improved in a decade.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Oostende"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1907.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Burn, Amos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1907.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. d4 d6 8. a4
Bg4 9. c3 O-O 10. Qd3 Qd7 11. Bg5 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 exd4 13. axb5 Ne5 ({Tarrasch
had planned the line} 13... axb5 $1 14. Rxa8 Rxa8 15. Qd3) 14. Qd1 $2 dxc3 15.
Nxc3 axb5 16. Rxa8 Rxa8 17. f4 Nc4 $1 18. e5 Ne8 $2 ({Probably the players
missed} 18... dxe5 19. Qxd7 Bc5+ $1 {and Black wins a piece.}) 19. Bxe7 Qxe7
20. Nxb5 dxe5 21. Qd5 Nb6 22. Qxe5 Qb4 $1 23. Re1 $2 g6 $2 ({Better is} 23...
Nf6 $1 {White will lose material, e.g.} 24. Nd4 Nbd7 25. Qe3 Re8 $1) 24. Nd4
Ng7 25. Rd1 c5 26. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 27. Nc6 {Tarrasch began a strong attack with
a knight sacrifice.} Qb3 $2 {The black queen goes to a wrong square.} ({
Correct is} 27... Qa4 $1 28. Qe7+ Kg8 29. Rd8+ Rxd8 30. Qxd8+ Kf7 31. Ne5+ Ke6
32. Qxb6+ Kf5 33. g3 Qd1+ {Black draws.}) 28. Qe7+ Kg8 29. Rd8+ Rxd8 30. Qxd8+
Ne8 {A sad necessity.} (30... Kf7 31. Ne5+ Ke6 32. Qg8+ {leads to the loss of
the unprotected queen.}) 31. Qxe8+ Kg7 32. Qe5+ Kh6 33. Ne7 Qd1+ 34. Kf2 Qd4+
35. Qxd4 cxd4 36. Nc6 d3 37. Ne5 d2 38. Ke2 Nd5 39. g3 {Burn made the last
blunder.} 1-0

[Event "Oostende"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1907.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Burn, Amos"]
[Black "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1907.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Nf6 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 Na5 8. Nc3
Be7 9. Ne2 Bb7 10. Ng3 O-O 11. Qe2 Re8 12. Nf5 Nxb3 13. axb3 Bf8 14. Bg5 h6 15.
Bd2 d5 16. Ng3 Qd7 17. Bc3 Bd6 18. Rfe1 Qc6 19. Rac1 a5 20. Bd2 b4 21. c4 bxc3
22. bxc3 dxe4 23. dxe4 Qd7 24. h3 c5 25. Nh4 $2 {White should defend the
queenside.} ({A good start gives} 25. Ra1) 25... Bf8 26. Rcd1 Qe6 27. Qf3 g6
28. Ra1 Red8 29. Bc1 Nh7 30. Qg4 Qxg4 31. hxg4 Rd3 32. Nf3 Rxc3 33. Bd2 Rxb3
34. Bxa5 f6 35. Nd2 Rd3 36. Nc4 Ng5 37. f3 Ne6 38. Reb1 Bc6 39. Rb6 Nd4 40.
Rab1 Be7 41. Nf1 Ba4 42. Rb8+ Rxb8 43. Rxb8+ Kf7 44. Nfe3 Nc6 45. Ra8 Bb5 46.
Be1 Rd8 47. Ra1 Nb4 48. Nb6 Rd3 49. Nbd5 Nxd5 50. Nxd5 Bc6 $2 ({The extra pawn
is kept by} 50... Bd6) 51. Nxe7 Kxe7 52. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oostende"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1907.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Janowsky, Dawid"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C49"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1907.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Ne2 Ne7 8. Ng3
Ng6 9. c3 Ba5 10. d4 c6 11. Ba4 Re8 12. Bb3 h6 13. Re1 Bg4 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. h3
Qxd1 16. Bxd1 Be6 17. Bb3 Bc7 18. Bxe6 Rxe6 19. Be3 Rd8 20. Rad1 Ree8 21. Kf1
b6 22. Ng1 Nf4 23. f3 Nd3 24. Re2 Rd7 25. Red2 Red8 26. b3 c5 27. Ke2 Nf4+ 28.
Bxf4 exf4 29. Nf1 Be5 30. Rxd7 Rxd7 31. Rxd7 Nxd7 32. Kd3 b5 33. Ne2 Bc7 34.
Kc2 g5 35. Nc1 Kf8 36. Nd2 Ke7 37. Nd3 f6 38. a4 a6 39. axb5 axb5 40. Nb1 Kd6
41. Na3 Kc6 42. Kd2 Nf8 43. Nc2 Ng6 44. Ke2 Bd6 45. b4 c4 46. Nd4+ Kb6 47. Nf2
h5 48. Nf5 Be5 49. Kd2 Nh4 50. Nxh4 gxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oostende"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1907.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Chigorin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1907.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. d3 {Chigorin plays
prophylactic with White.} Be7 7. Nge2 d4 8. Ne4 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Nf4 Ne5 11.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. Nd5 Bg4 13. f3 Be6 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. f4 Nc6 16. Qh5 Bf5 $5 17.
g4 $1 g6 18. Qh3 Bd7 19. f5 gxf5 20. Be4 $1 Ne7 ({Better is} 20... Rfe8 $1 21.
Qg3 Qg7) 21. Bh6 (21. Qg3 $1 Qg6 22. gxf5 Qxg3+ 23. hxg3 {gains a pawn.}) 21...
Rfe8 22. gxf5 Kh8 23. Kh1 Rg8 24. Rae1 Rae8 25. Bd2 Bc6 26. Rf4 Rg7 27. Rf3 ({
Easier is} 27. Bxc6 $1 Qxc6+ 28. Qf3 {White draws by exchanges.}) 27... Reg8 {
Chigorin has missed a simple draw and experiences great problems.} 28. Bxc6 $2
({Correct is} 28. Qh6 Bxe4 $1 29. dxe4 Rg6 $1 30. Qh3 Rg4 31. Rg3 $1) 28...
Qxc6 $1 29. Ref1 ({Only a pawn is lost by} 29. f6 $1 Rg3 30. hxg3 Qxf3+ 31. Kh2
Qxf6) 29... Rg4 30. Be1 Nxf5 ({The pin of Rf3 becomes fatal in} 30... Nxf5 31.
Bf2 Rf4 32. Be1 Ne3 33. R1f2 Rfg4 {(Tarrasch).}) 0-1

[Event "Oostende"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1907.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Janowsky, Dawid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1907.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Ne7 8. Nh4
c6 9. Bc4 Be6 $4 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Qg4+ Kf7 13. f4 Ng6 14. f5 $1
exf5 15. Nxf5 h5 16. Qxh5 Rh8 17. Qf3 Nf4 18. Ne2 Bc5+ 19. d4 Nxe2+ 20. Qxe2
exd4 21. Qc4+ Kf8 22. b4 Bb6 23. Qe6 Rh7 24. Rf3 Qe8 25. Qxf6+ Qf7 26. Qg5 d3+
27. Kh1 Bd8 28. Ne7 Qxf3 29. Qg8+ Kxe7 30. gxf3 Rf7 31. cxd3 Rb8 32. f4 Bc7 33.
Qg5+ Kd7 34. Qg4+ Ke7 35. Qh4+ Kd7 36. Qh3+ Ke7 37. Rg1 Rbf8 38. f5 Bb6 39. Rg6
Rf6 40. Rxf6 Rxf6 41. Qh7+ Rf7 42. Qg6 Rf6 43. Qg8 Rf7 44. Qc8 Rf6 45. Qxb7+
Kf8 46. Qxc6 Kg7 47. Qc3 Be3 48. d4 Bg5 49. Qg3 Kh6 50. Qh3+ Kg7 51. b5 1-0

[Event "Oostende"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1907.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D61"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1907.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c5 8.
O-O-O $5 b6 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Ne5 $2 ({Better is} 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bf5) 10...
cxd4 11. exd4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd5 $2 {Schlechter makes his usual error. He plays
too timidly.} ({Risk takes} 12... Bxg2 $6 13. Rhg1 Bb7) ({An attack is started
by} 12... Rc8 $1 13. Kb1 a6 $1) 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Bxd5 Bxd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16.
Qf5 {Standings after one cycle: Tarrasch 3 1/2 and Schlechter 3.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oostende"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1907.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Chigorin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1907.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 c6 11. Ne2 $5 Re8 12. Nd4 Qd6 $1 13. Qf3 Ne4 14.
Be3 Qg6 $1 15. h3 Bd7 16. Ne2 $6 {Chigorin plays too passively.} (16. c4 {
counterattacks in the central area.}) 16... Bd6 17. Rad1 Ng5 18. Bxg5 ({
Positional weaknesses are avoided by} 18. Qg3 Bxg3 19. Bxg6 Be5 20. Bh5) 18...
Qxg5 19. Ng3 Re5 20. Rfe1 Rae8 21. Rxe5 Qxe5 22. Qh5 Qxh5 23. Nxh5 Be5 24. b3
f5 {Schlechter accept a draw in a better position.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oostende"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1907.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Marshall, Frank"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C70"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1907.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 f5 $5 5. d4 fxe4 6. Nxe5 Qf6 $6 ({
Marshall played} 6... Nf6 {against Leonhardt in Scheveningen 1905.}) 7. f4 $6 (
{An advantage grabs} 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. Qh5+ g6 9. Qe2 Qf5 10. f3) 7... Qh4+ 8. g3
Qh3 9. Qe2 Nf6 10. Be3 Bb4+ ({Even better is} 10... Nd8 11. Nc3 Bb4 12. Bd2 b5)
11. c3 Ba5 12. Nd2 O-O 13. O-O-O (13. Bb3+ Kh8 14. Nf7+ Rxf7 15. Bxf7 d5 {
cages a bishop (Tarrasch).}) 13... Ne7 14. Qc4+ Ned5 $2 {Suddenly the fight
ends.} ({Equality is gained by} 14... Nfd5 $1 15. Bc2 (15. Nxe4 $2 b5) 15...
Qe6 16. Qe2 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 d5) 15. Nxe4 $1 Qe6 ({Now} 15... b5 $2 {is refuted by
} 16. Nxf6+) 16. f5 $1 b5 ({White also wins material in} 16... Nxe3 17. fxe6
Nxc4 18. Nxf6+) 17. fxe6 bxc4 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Nxc4 Nxe3 20. Nxe3 dxe6 21.
Nc4 Bb6 22. Nxb6 cxb6 23. Rhe1 Kg7 24. Re3 Ra7 25. Rde1 Re7 26. Bb3 Rfe8 27.
Kd2 f5 28. Re5 Kf6 29. a4 Bb7 30. c4 Be4 31. Bc2 Bg2 32. b4 Rd8 33. Kc3 Rde8
34. Bd3 h5 35. a5 bxa5 36. Rxa5 Bb7 37. c5 Ra8 38. Rea1 e5 39. dxe5+ Rxe5 40.
Bxa6 Bf3 41. Bf1 Rd8 42. Ra6+ Ke7 43. Kc4 h4 44. Rh6 Re4+ 45. Kb5 Rb8+ 46. Rb6
Rxb6+ 47. cxb6 Re5+ 48. Ka6 Re4 49. b5 hxg3 50. hxg3 Re6 51. Bd3 Kd6 52. Rf1
Bg2 53. Rd1 Kc5 54. Rc1+ Kb4 55. Bxf5 Re7 56. Bc8 Re3 57. b7 1-0

[Event "Oostende"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1907.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Burn, Amos"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1907.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bb3 exd4 $2 8.
Re1 d5 9. Nc3 $1 {Burn improves the theory.} Be6 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Rxe4 Be7 12.
Bxe6 fxe6 13. Rxe6 Qd7 14. Qe2 O-O 15. Qe4 $1 Rf6 $1 16. Ng5 $1 g6 17. Bf4 Raf8
18. Re1 $1 Bd8 19. Bg3 Rxe6 20. Qxe6+ Qxe6 21. Nxe6 Re8 22. Kf1 Nb4 {Burn has
played very well after an error by Tarrasch.} 23. Re2 $2 ({He might conquer by
} 23. Nxc7 $1 Rxe1+ 24. Kxe1 Bxc7 25. Bxc7 Nxc2+ 26. Kd2 Nb4 27. a3 Nc6 28. Kd3
Kf7 29. Ke4 Ke6 30. f4) 23... Nxa2 24. Nxd8 Rxd8 25. Bxc7 Rd7 26. Ba5 d3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Oostende"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1907.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Marshall, Frank"]
[Black "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D28"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1907.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. O-O c5 7. Nc3 Qc7 8. Qe2
Nc6 9. a3 b5 10. Ba2 Bb7 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. b4 Bd6 13. Bb2 O-O 14. Rac1 Qe7 15.
Bb1 Rac8 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 f5 18. Bb1 e5 19. Rfd1 e4 $2 {Black opens the
position.} ({Correct is} 19... Bb8 $1 {(Tarrasch)} 20. e4 Nd4 21. Nxd4 Rxc1 22.
Rxc1 exd4) 20. Ba2+ Kh8 21. Ng5 $1 Qxg5 ({Not} 21... Be5 22. Nxh7 $1) 22. Rxd6
Rfd8 23. h4 $3 Qg4 {Schlechter has no proper defence.} ({Points are} 23... Qxh4
24. Bxg7+ $1 Kxg7 25. Qb2+ Kf8 26. Rcxc6 $1 Bxc6 27. Rf6+ $1) ({and} 23... Qe7
24. Re6 $1 Qxh4 25. Rcxc6 $1 Rxc6 26. Bxg7+ $1) 24. Qd2 Rxd6 25. Qxd6 Rd8 26.
Qc7 Ba8 27. Bb3 f4 28. Rxc6 Rf8 29. Qe7 1-0

[Event "Oostende"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1907.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Burn, Amos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1907.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. b3 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Bb2
Bd7 9. c4 Rc8 10. Rc1 cxd4 11. exd4 Bd6 12. g3 Ne7 $6 ({More active is} 12...
Nb4) 13. c5 Bb8 14. b4 Qe8 15. Re1 a6 16. Bc2 Bc6 17. Ne5 Bxe5 $6 18. dxe5 Nd7
19. Nf3 Ng6 20. a4 b6 21. Nd4 $6 {The pawn sacrifice is unneeded.} ({Better is
} 21. cxb6 Nxb6 22. Bd4 Qd8 23. h4 Nc4 24. h5) 21... bxc5 22. bxc5 Ndxe5 23. f4
Nc4 24. Ba1 Qd8 25. Qh5 Qa5 26. f5 exf5 27. Nxf5 Rfe8 28. Rf1 f6 29. Bd4 {Burn
worries about Nxg7.} Re5 $2 (29... Rc7 {(Tarrasch)} 30. Nd6 Nxd6 31. cxd6 Rf7 {
defends well.}) 30. Bxe5 fxe5 31. Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "Oostende"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1907.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Janowsky, Dawid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1907.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Ne7 8. Nh4
c6 9. Bc4 Bg4 10. f3 Be6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. f4 Ng6 14. Nxg6 hxg6
15. Qg4 Qe8 16. f5 exf5 17. exf5 {Tarrasch is familiar with this position.}
Bxc3 $2 {Now the game becomes similar to Tarrasch-Pillsbury, Vienna 1898.} ({
Correct is} 17... Bc5+ 18. Kh1 d5) 18. bxc3 Kg7 19. Rf3 Rh8 20. fxg6 Qe7 ({A
last chance gives} 20... Qc8 $1) ({A similarity to the mentioned game shows} 
20... Rh6 21. Rxf6 $1 Kxf6 22. Rf1+ Kg7 23. Rf7+ Qxf7 24. gxf7+ Rg6 25. Qd7)
21. h4 d5 22. Raf1 Raf8 23. h5 Rh6 24. R1f2 Rhh8 25. Qf5 Qd6 26. g4 Qe7 27. g5
fxg5 28. Qxf8+ Rxf8 29. Rxf8 Qxf8 30. h6+ $1 1-0

[Event "Oostende"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1907.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Janowsky, Dawid"]
[Black "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1907.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8.
Ne1 d5 9. Qe2 Bd7 $5 10. Rb1 ({Or} 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. Qxe5 Re8 13.
Qd4 {(Tarrasch)} Qf6 14. Qxf6 Nxf6) 10... a6 11. Ba4 Ne7 12. Bb3 c5 $5 13. exd5
Nexd5 14. Bxd5 Nxd5 15. Qxe5 Bc6 16. Bb2 Re8 17. Qf5 c4 $5 18. Nf3 Qd6 19. Rfe1
Qf4 20. Qxf4 Nxf4 {Maybe the pawn sacrifices confuse Janowski.} 21. Ne5 $4 ({
Best is} 21. dxc4 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Ne6) 21... Nxg2 $1 22. Re2 Nh4
23. Rbe1 cxd3 24. cxd3 f6 25. Nxc6 Nf3+ 26. Kf1 Nxe1 27. Ne7+ Kf7 28. Rxe1 Rxe7
29. Rb1 b5 30. Ba3 Rc7 31. Rb3 Re8 32. Bb4 Rd7 33. d4 Ke6 34. Ra3 Ra8 35. Ke2
a5 36. Bc5 a4 37. Kd3 Kd5 38. c4+ bxc4+ 39. Kc2 Ra6 40. Rh3 f5 41. Kc3 Re6 42.
Kd2 Rb7 43. Rxh7 Rh6 44. Rxh6 gxh6 45. Kc2 h5 46. h3 Rb8 47. Kc3 Rb1 48. Be7
Ra1 49. Kb2 Rd1 50. Kc3 Rxd4 51. Bg5 Rd3+ 52. Kb4 c3 0-1

[Event "Oostende"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1907.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Chigorin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "1907.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 Bc5 6. d3 Qd6 7. Be3 Bxe3 8.
fxe3 Ne7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe1 Ng6 11. Qg3 Be6 {The players have started another
game of long manoeuvring.} 12. a3 Rae8 13. Rad1 c5 14. Ng5 Bc8 15. Kh1 f6 16.
Nf3 Qb6 17. Rb1 Be6 18. Qe1 Qc6 19. b3 b5 20. a4 Rb8 21. axb5 axb5 22. Ra1 Ra8
23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Qb1 b4 25. Ne2 Qa6 26. h3 Qa2 27. Qd1 Qb2 28. Nc1 Ra1 29. Kg1
Nf8 30. Qd2 Nd7 31. Ne2 Ra2 32. Nc1 Ra1 33. Ne2 Ra2 34. Nc1 Ra6 {Chigorin
likes to play.} 35. Ne2 h6 36. Kf2 Rd6 37. Qc1 Qa2 38. Qb1 Qa8 39. Ng3 Ra6 40.
Rd1 Ra2 41. Ne1 Qa3 42. Kf1 Nb6 43. Ne2 Bf7 44. Qc1 Qa8 45. Ng3 g6 46. Kg1 Kg7
47. Nf3 Nc8 48. Rf1 Nd6 49. Qd1 Ne8 50. Ne1 Qc8 51. Qf3 Qe6 52. Nh1 Ra1 53. g4
Qe7 54. Ng3 Be6 55. h4 Qd7 56. g5 Bh3 57. gxf6+ Kf7 58. Ng2 Qg4 59. Qxg4 Rxf1+
60. Kxf1 Bxg4 61. Ne1 Kxf6 {White's effort to attack has only led to exchanges.
} 62. Nh1 $1 g5 63. Nf2 Bh5 64. hxg5+ hxg5 65. Kg2 g4 66. Kg3 Kg5 67. d4 $1
cxd4 68. exd4 exd4 69. Ned3 Nd6 70. Nxb4 Bg6 71. Nc6 Bxe4 72. Nxd4 c5 73. Ne6+
Kf5 74. Nxc5 Bxc2 75. b4 Ne4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oostende"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1907.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1907.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. c4 e6 5. a3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O b6
9. b3 Bb7 10. Bb2 cxd4 11. exd4 dxc4 12. bxc4 g6 13. Qe2 Na5 14. Rad1 Re8 15.
Ne5 Nd7 16. Ng4 Bf8 17. Ne3 Qh4 $5 {The queen walks into troubles.} 18. g3 Qh3
19. Be4 Bxe4 $6 ({Better is} 19... Rac8) 20. Nxe4 f5 21. Ng5 Qh6 22. f4 Bg7 $2
{Tarrasch seems to be unwell. Did he inhale too much sea air?} ({A disaster
avoids} 22... Rac8 23. Rfe1 Nb7) 23. Nf3 $2 {Schlechter accepts the offer of a
draw.   Top two: Tarrasch 7, Schlechter 6.} ({White should play} 23. Bc3 $1 Nc6
({Tarrasch notes} 23... Nb7 24. Qf3 Rab8 25. Qc6 Nf8 26. Qc7) 24. g4 $1 Nf8 25.
Qg2 Rac8 26. Rf3 {White storms.}) (23. Nf3 Rac8 24. Bc3 Nb7 25. Ne5 {keeps a
plus for White.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oostende"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1907.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Marshall, Frank"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "1907.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 b6
9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Qe2 Qe7 11. Rad1 Rac8 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bf5 Rcd8 14. dxc5 bxc5
15. Nxd5 $2 Nxd5 16. Rxd5 Bxh2+ $1 17. Nxh2 Rxd5 18. Qh5 g6 19. Qh6 f6 20. Bb1
Ba6 21. Re1 Qd7 22. Be4 Rd1 23. Nf3 Rxe1+ 24. Nxe1 Ne5 $2 25. Bxe5 fxe5 26.
Bxg6 $1 Be2 27. Be4 Qg7 28. Qh4 h6 29. f3 Qg5 30. Qf2 Ba6 31. Bd5+ Kh8 32. g3
Rd8 33. e4 Qc1 34. f4 Rf8 35. f5 c4 36. Kh2 cxb3 37. Bxb3 Rd8 38. Nf3 $6 Bb7 $1
39. Qe2 Kg7 40. Bc2 Qb2 41. Ne1 Qc3 42. Qg4+ Kh8 43. Qg6 Qd2+ 44. Ng2 Qg5 45.
Qe6 Qg7 46. f6 Qg5 47. Qe7 Rg8 48. Qa3 Qxf6 49. Qe3 Qg5 50. Qf2 a6 51. Nh4 Bc8
52. Bb3 Rd8 53. Qf7 Qg7 54. Qf2 Rd6 55. Qc5 Rd2+ 56. Kh1 Bb7 57. Bd5 Bxd5 58.
exd5 Qg8 59. Nf3 Qxd5 $2 60. Qf8+ Kh7 61. Qe7+ $1 Kg6 62. Qe8+ Kf5 63. Qh5+ Ke4
64. Nxd2+ Qxd2 65. Qg6+ Kd5 66. Qxa6 $2 ({Better is} 66. Qf7+ Kd4 67. Qa7+ Ke4
{and now} 68. Qxa6) 66... e4 67. Qb5+ Kd4 68. Qb6+ Kd3 69. Qa6+ Ke3 70. Qxh6+
Ke2 71. Qh5+ Ke1 72. g4 e3 73. Qc5 Kd1 74. Qf5 {The game becomes interesting.}
Qf2 $2 ({An elegant win brings} 74... Qd4 $1 75. Qf3+ e2 76. a4 $1 Kd2 77. Qg2
Qd3 $1 {(Black threatens ..Kd1)} 78. g5 Qd4 $1 79. g6 Qh4+ 80. Kg1 Ke3 $1 {The
e-pawn promotes.}) 75. Qb1+ Ke2 76. Qb5+ Kf3 77. Qd5+ Kg3 78. Qe5+ Kxg4 79.
Qe4+ Kh3 80. Qe6+ Kg3 81. Qe5+ Kf3 82. Qd5+ Ke2 83. Qb5+ Kd1 84. Qb1+ Kd2 85.
Qb2+ Ke1 86. Qb1+ Ke2 87. Qb5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oostende"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1907.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Chigorin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C99"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1907.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bd7 14. Nf1 Nc6 15.
Be3 Nb4 16. Bb1 Rfc8 17. Qd2 d5 $6 {Chigorin opens the game.} 18. Ng3 exd4 19.
Bxd4 dxe4 $2 ({Right is} 19... Nxe4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Bxe4 Bc6 {and now} 22.
Bxg7 $1 Kxg7 23. Nd4 $1 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Kh8 25. Nf5 Bf6 26. Qxb4 Qc2 27. Rae1
Qxb2 28. Qc5 $1 {White has a violent attack.}) 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Nxe4 Be7 22.
Neg5 $1 Nc6 23. Bxh7+ Kf8 24. Rad1 Rd8 25. Nxf7 $1 {Schlechter finds a great
decision.} Bf5 ({Or} 25... Kxf7 26. Qd5+ Kf6 27. Ng5 Qf4 28. Ne4+ {(Tarrasch).}
) 26. Nxd8 Rxd8 27. Qxd8+ Nxd8 28. Bxf5 Qb6 29. Ne5 Kg8 30. Nd7 Qh6 31. Rxe7
Qg5 32. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "Oostende"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1907.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Marshall, Frank"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1907.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Qe7 10. Re1 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Rb1 Nd8 14. d4 c6 15.
Bf1 Re8 16. c4 {An interesting position in the Four Knights has arisen.} Bh7 $2
{White gets the chance to ruin the black centre.} ({Correct is} 16... c5 {
(Tarrasch)}) ({or} 16... b6) 17. c5 $1 g5 18. cxd6 $1 Qxd6 19. Bg3 Nxe4 20.
Bxe5 Qd7 21. Bd3 f5 22. Bxe4 fxe4 23. Nd2 Nf7 (23... Qd5 $1 24. Qe2 c5 $1 {
starts a vital counteraction.}) 24. Nxe4 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 Rad8 26. Qf3 Re6 27.
Rbe1 Nxe5 28. Rxe5 Rf8 $4 {Marshall blunders under time pressure.} 29. Qb3 Rf7
30. Qxe6 1-0

[Event "Oostende"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1907.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Burn, Amos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1907.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bg4 9. c3 O-O 10. h3 Bd7 11. d4 Qc8 12. Bg5 Rb8 $6 {A passive move.} 13. axb5
axb5 14. Nbd2 Re8 15. Kh2 Bd8 16. Qc2 h6 17. Be3 Be7 18. Ng1 g5 $2 {Black
weakens the kingside.} ({A counteraction in the central area by} 18... exd4 $1
19. cxd4 Nb4 20. Qc3 c5 {is needed.}) 19. g3 Bf8 20. f4 gxf4 21. gxf4 exf4 22.
Bxf4 Nd8 23. Rf1 Ne6 24. Be3 Bg7 25. Rf2 Nh7 26. Raf1 Re7 27. Qd1 Qf8 28. Ngf3
Be8 29. Nh4 Neg5 30. Ng6 $1 {The game ends with the smothered mate of a queen.}
1-0

[Event "Oostende"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1907.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Burn, Amos"]
[Black "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1907.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d3 Bb7 10. Nbd2 d5 $6 {The advance is premature.} 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxe5
Nxe5 13. Rxe5 Bf6 14. Re1 b4 15. c4 ({Better is} 15. cxb4 $1 Nxb4 16. Ne4 $1)
15... Nf4 16. Ne4 Bxe4 17. dxe4 Qxd1 18. Bxd1 Nd3 19. Re2 Rad8 20. Bb3 Rfe8 21.
Kf1 a5 22. Rb1 Nxc1 23. Rxc1 Rd4 24. f3 Red8 25. f4 g5 26. g3 gxf4 27. gxf4 Re8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Oostende"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1907.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Janowsky, Dawid"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1907.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nd2 $5 Nf6 3. Ngf3 c5 $5 4. dxc5 Qa5 5. a3 Qxc5 6. e3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6
8. O-O Bd6 9. b4 Qc7 10. Bb2 Qe7 $6 ({Better is} 10... Nbd7 $1) 11. c4 O-O 12.
h3 Bxf3 $6 13. Bxf3 Nbd7 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Nb3 Qe6 16. Qe2 Rac8 17. Nd4 Qe5 18.
g3 Qg5 19. Rfd1 a6 20. Bg4 Nxg4 21. hxg4 Nf6 22. Nf5 Rcd8 $2 ({Correct is} 
22... Rfd8 23. Qf3 Bf8) 23. Qf3 Rfe8 24. Rac1 Be5 25. Bxe5 Rxe5 26. Qf4 $1 Qxf4
27. gxf4 Re6 28. g5 Ne8 29. Rc5 g6 30. Nh6+ Kf8 31. Rdxd5 Rxd5 32. Rxd5 Rd6 33.
Rc5 Rd3 34. a4 Rb3 35. Rc4 b5 36. axb5 axb5 37. Rd4 Ke7 38. Ng8+ Kf8 39. Rd8 $2
{Janowski acts opportunistic.} ({He should retreat with} 39. Nh6 Ke7 {and play}
40. f5 $1 Nd6 (40... f6 41. fxg6 hxg6 42. Ng8+ Kf7 43. Nxf6 Nxf6 44. Rf4 $1)
41. e4 $1 {White has excellent winning chances.}) 39... Kxg8 40. Rxe8+ Kg7 41.
Re4 h5 $1 42. gxh6+ Kxh6 43. Kg2 f5 44. Rd4 Kh5 45. Kf3 Rb2 46. Kg3 Rb3 47. f3
Rxe3 48. Rd5 Re2 49. Rxb5 Rb2 50. Rb7 Kh6 51. b5 Rb4 52. b6 Rb2 53. Kh3 Rb4 54.
Rb8 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oostende"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1907.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Chigorin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "1907.??.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 Bg4 6. Be2 Nc6 7. Be3 O-O-O
8. Nd2 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 e6 10. Nb3 Qf5 11. O-O-O Bd6 12. h3 Na5 13. g4 Nxb3+ 14.
axb3 Qa5 15. Kb1 Nd5 16. Na4 Nxe3 17. fxe3 h5 18. Rhf1 Rdf8 19. e4 f6 20. d5
Re8 21. gxh5 exd5 22. Qg4+ Kb8 23. Rxd5 Qb4 24. Nc3 Be5 25. Na2 Qf8 26. Rfd1
Bd6 27. Nc3 a6 28. Ne2 Qe7 29. R1d4 Be5 30. Rd2 Bd6 31. Nc3 Qf7 32. Rf2 Re5 33.
Rf5 Rxf5 34. Rxf5 Be5 35. Nd5 Qd7 36. Nb4 Qd2 37. Nd3 Rd8 38. Rf2 Qa5 39. Qe2
Qb5 40. Rg2 Rd7 41. Qf2 Bd4 42. Qf3 Re7 43. Rg6 Qe8 44. Qg3 Qb5 $2 (44... Qf7 {
continues the manoeuvres.}) 45. Rxg7 Rxg7 46. Qxg7 Qxh5 47. Qg4 Qh6 48. h4 Qd2
49. h5 Be3 50. Qf3 Bg5 51. b4 b6 52. Qg4 Kb7 53. e5 fxe5 54. Qe4+ Kb8 55. Nxe5
Qd1+ 56. Ka2 Qxh5 {Black has regained the pawn, but White can attack with
success.} 57. Nc6+ $1 Kb7 58. Na5+ Kc8 59. Qf5+ Kd8 60. Nc6+ Ke8 61. Qc8+ Kf7
62. Qxc7+ Kg8 63. Qxb6 Qf7+ 64. Ka3 Qf3+ 65. c3 Qf1 66. Qd4 Bf6 67. Qd5+ Kf8
68. Kb3 Qe2 69. Nb8 Kg7 70. Nd7 Qf1 71. Qd6 Bg5 72. Ne5 Bf6 73. Qd7+ Kh6 74.
Qd3 Qg1 75. Qh3+ Kg7 76. Qg4+ Qxg4 77. Nxg4 {and White triumphed. Chigorin won
a tournament game against an old rival.} 1-0

[Event "Oostende"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1907.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Janowsky, Dawid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C87"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "1907.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 Bg4 7. c3 Be7 8. d3
O-O 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nbd2 b5 11. Bb3 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. Nf1 Nc6 14. Ng3 Bg6 15.
Nh4 d5 16. exd5 Qxd5 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Bb3 Qd7 19. Qf3 Rad8 20. Bg5 Qc7 21.
Rad1 Rd6 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Bxe7 Qxe7 24. Qxe4 Qd7 25. f4 exf4 26. Qxf4 Rf6 ({
Avoids} 26... Rxd3 $4 27. Rxd3 Qxd3 28. Bxf7+ $1) 27. Qe3 Qd6 28. d4 $1 {
Hereafter, White has passive play.} cxd4 29. cxd4 Rd8 30. d5 Na5 31. Re2 Rf5
32. Red2 Re5 33. Qd4 Rde8 34. Rf1 Re4 35. Qf2 f5 36. Qf3 R8e5 37. Qc3 Nxb3 38.
Qxb3 Re3 39. Qd1 a5 40. a4 b4 41. Qc2 Kh7 42. Qc6 $1 Qxc6 43. dxc6 Rc5 44. Rff2
Rxc6 {White has sacrificed a pawn for an important exchange.} 45. Rd5 b3 $1 46.
Rb5 $2 Rc4 $2 ({Maybe the players did not see} 46... Rc2 47. Rxb3 $2 Rc1+ $1)
47. Rxa5 Rc2 48. Rf3 Ree2 49. Rxb3 Rxg2+ 50. Kh1 $2 ({Correct is} 50. Kf1 {
(Tarrasch).}) 50... Rgd2 51. Rg3 Rd1+ (51... f4 $1 {wins.}) 52. Rg1 Rd3 53. Rg2
Rd1+ $2 ({Black misses the win} 53... Rxh3+ $2 54. Kg1 Rc1+ 55. Kf2 Rb3 $1 56.
Rb5 Rxb5 57. axb5 Rc5 $1 {(Tarrasch).}) 54. Kh2 Rdd2 55. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 56. Kg3
Rxb2 57. Ra8 g5 58. a5 Rb3+ 59. Kh2 Rb2+ 60. Kh1 Rb7 61. a6 Rb1+ 62. Kg2 Ra1
63. a7 $1 Kg6 64. Kh2 Ra2+ 65. Kg1 f4 66. Kh1 Ra3 67. Kh2 Ra6 68. Kg2 Ra2+ 69.
Kh1 g4 $1 70. Rf8 Rxa7 71. Rxf4 gxh3 72. Rg4+ Kh5 73. Rg3 Kh4 74. Rg6 $1 {
Schlechter survives despite two minus pawns.} Ra1+ 75. Kh2 Ra2+ 76. Kh1 Rg2 77.
Rh6+ $1 gxh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oostende"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1907.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1907.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nd5 Be7 7. d3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. Ne3 b5 10. Bb3 Bb7 11. O-O Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. Nf5 Re8 14. Re1 Bf8 15. Bg5
h6 16. Bd2 Nc6 17. Qe2 d5 $1 {White threatens to attack. Black counters in the
centre.} 18. Rad1 Qc7 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Qe4 Nf6 ({Black gains a plus in} 20...
Nf4 $1 21. d4 $5 g6 22. d5 Nd4 $1 23. cxd4 Bxd5 24. Qe3 cxd4 25. N5xd4 exd4 26.
Qxf4 Qxc2 27. Qxd4 Qc4) 21. Qh4 Nh7 $2 {Schlechter blunders.} ({Correct is} 
21... Nd5 $1 22. Qg3 Kh8 23. d4 cxd4 24. cxd4 Nxd4 25. N3xd4 exd4) 22. Qg3 $1
Kh8 23. d4 $1 cxd4 24. cxd4 Rad8 (24... Nxd4 25. N3xd4 {and the black queen
lacks protection.}) 25. dxe5 Re6 26. Bb3 Rg6 27. Qf4 Ng5 28. Nxg5 Rxg5 29. h4
Rg6 30. Ng3 Nxe5 31. Qxe5 Bd6 32. Qc3 Bxg3 33. fxg3 Qxg3 34. Qxg3 Rxg3 35. Bc3
Rxg2+ 36. Kf1 Rxd1 37. Rxd1 b4 38. Be5 f6 39. h5 $1 {Top two: Tarrasch 10,
Schlechter 9.} (39. h5 fxe5 40. Rd8+ Kh7 41. Bg8+ Kh8 42. Bd5+ {(Tarrasch).})
1-0

[Event "Oostende"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1907.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Chigorin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1907.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. d3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bg4 7. h3 Be6 8. Bb5
a6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. Bg5 Qd6 12. Qd2 Rb8 13. Nd1 Nd7 14. Be3 O-O
15. O-O f6 16. b3 Rf7 17. Qf2 Bb6 18. Nb2 Rbf8 19. Na4 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 c5 21.
Rae1 g6 22. Re2 Kg7 23. Kh1 f5 24. Ng5 (24. exf5 Rxf5 25. Nc3 {keeps the
better pawn structure.}) 24... f4 25. Qd2 Rf6 26. Qc3 h6 27. Nxe6+ Rxe6 28.
Ref2 g5 29. Qa1 Ref6 30. Qd1 Kg6 31. Nb2 h5 32. Qf3 Qe6 33. Rd2 g4 34. Qf2 Kg7
35. Qh4 Rg6 36. Na4 Qd6 37. Nc3 Nf6 38. Rdf2 $2 ({Correct is} 38. Re2 g3 39.
Nd5 Nxd5 40. exd5 Rh8 41. Kg1) 38... g3 $1 39. Rd2 Rh8 40. Nd5 Nxd5 41. exd5
Rg4 $1 {Schlechter decides the game with a nice combination.} 42. hxg4 hxg4 43.
Qxh8+ Kxh8 44. Kg1 Qh6 45. Re1 f3 0-1

[Event "Oostende"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1907.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Marshall, Frank"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1907.??.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Nc3 b6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Be2
Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Rad1 Qc8 12. Bg5 Re8 13. h3 Bb4 14. Qb3 Bxc3
15. bxc3 e5 16. Rfe1 e4 17. Nh2 h6 18. Bc1 Nf8 19. Ng4 Nxg4 20. Bxg4 f5 21. Bh5
Rd8 22. Bf4 Qd7 23. Ra1 Qe7 24. Qd1 Ne6 25. Bc1 Kh7 26. Be2 Rf8 27. Bf1 Rad8
28. Qh5 Qf6 29. a4 g5 30. a5 g4 31. hxg4 fxg4 32. Be3 Nf4 33. Qxg4 Nd3 34. Bxd3
exd3 35. d5 Bc8 36. Qe4+ Bf5 37. Qf4 Rd7 38. axb6 axb6 39. Bd4 Qg5 40. Qxg5
hxg5 41. Re5 Kg6 42. f3 g4 43. f4 Rdd8 {Tarrasch had the advantage during the
game but could not win.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oostende"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1907.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Burn, Amos"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1907.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. a4
Rb8 9. axb5 axb5 10. dxe5 Be6 11. c3 Bc5 $1 12. Qd3 Bb6 13. Bc2 O-O 14. Bf4 Bf5
15. Qe2 Re8 ({The initiative takes} 15... f6 16. exf6 Qxf6) 16. Bd3 Nd6 17.
Bxf5 Nxf5 18. Qd3 Qd7 19. Nbd2 Nfe7 20. Rfe1 Ng6 21. Bg3 Na5 22. b3 b4 $2 23.
c4 {White threatens 24.c5.} Nb7 ({Or} 23... c6 24. e6) 24. cxd5 Red8 25. d6 Bc5
26. Nc4 cxd6 27. exd6 Qc6 28. Rad1 Rd7 29. Nfe5 Nxe5 30. Nxe5 1-0

[Event "Oostende"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1907.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Marshall, Frank"]
[Black "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D32"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1907.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bg5 $5 Be7 7. Bxe7 Ngxe7
8. e3 O-O $6 9. dxc5 Qa5 10. Bd3 Qxc5 11. O-O Be6 12. Rc1 Qb6 13. Na4 Qb4 14.
h3 h6 15. a3 Qd6 16. Nc5 Rab8 17. Qe2 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Rfd1 Nfe7 20. e4 $1
b6 21. e5 Qd8 22. Ne4 $1 Qc8 $2 ({Correct is} 22... Qd7) 23. Nf6+ $1 {Marshall
lights a firework.} gxf6 24. exf6 Ng6 25. Qd2 $1 Qf5 (25... Kh7 26. Qxd5 {
would not be effective with a queen on d7.}) 26. Qxh6 $1 Qxf6 27. Rxc6 $1 Qxb2
28. Rd4 Qb1+ 29. Kh2 Qf5 30. Rg4 {White will capture on g6.} 1-0

[Event "Oostende"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1907.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Burn, Amos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1907.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. e4 e5 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. h3 c6 8. a4
Nxe4 9. Bxf7+ Rxf7 10. Nxe4 exd4 11. Nfg5 Bxg5 $1 ({A great risk is taken by} 
11... Rf5 12. Ne6 $1 Qb6 13. Qg4) 12. Nxg5 Rf6 13. Qxd4 d5 14. Ra3 h6 15. Nf3
Nf8 16. Ne5 Bf5 17. Rg3 $5 {White offers a pawn.} Qb6 ({A violent battle gives
} 17... Bxc2 $5 18. Bxh6 $5 Rxh6 19. Nf7 $1 Qf6 20. Nxh6+ Qxh6 21. Re1 {
(Tarrasch).}) 18. Qh4 Ng6 19. Nxg6 Rxg6 20. Re1 $5 Rf8 21. Rxg6 Bxg6 22. Qg3 c5
23. Re7 Re8 24. Rxe8+ Bxe8 25. Qe5 {Burn avoided the gambit play by Schlechter.
} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oostende"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1907.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Janowsky, Dawid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "1907.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Be7 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Nd7 7. Ne2 O-O 8. Ng3
Nxd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Qxd4 Bf6 11. Qd1 Re8 12. c3 a6 13. Ba4 b5 14. Bb3 Bb7 15.
Bd5 c6 16. Bb3 Nc5 17. Bc2 d5 18. exd5 Qxd5 19. Qxd5 cxd5 20. Be3 Ne6 21. Nf5
Rad8 22. Rad1 g6 23. Nd4 Nxd4 24. cxd4 Rc8 25. Bd3 Re6 26. Rc1 Rec6 27. Rxc6
Rxc6 28. Ra1 Bc8 29. Kf1 Bf5 30. Ke2 $1 Bxd3+ 31. Kxd3 Rc4 32. b3 Rc6 33. a4 $1
b4 $6 {Exchange avoids a weakening.} 34. Bd2 a5 35. Re1 Rc8 36. g4 h6 37. h4
Bxh4 38. Re5 Rd8 39. Bxh6 Kh7 40. Bd2 $1 Bf6 ({Tarrasch has set the trap} 40...
Bxf2 $2 41. Re7 Kg7 42. Ra7) 41. Re1 $1 Rd7 42. Rc1 $1 Kg7 43. Bf4 Bd8 44. Rc6
f6 45. Bd6 Kf7 46. Bc5 g5 $6 ({Better is} 46... Bc7 $1 {After} 47. Kd2 {Black
has the answer} Bf4+) 47. Kd2 $1 Bc7 48. Kc2 $6 (48. Bb6 $1 {increases the
advantage.}) 48... Bd8 49. Kd3 Bc7 50. Ke2 Bf4 51. Ra6 Bc7 52. Kd3 Bd8 53. Rc6
Bc7 54. Kc2 Bd8 $6 55. Kd2 $1 Bc7 56. Bb6 $1 {Tarrasch grabs the second chance
and wins a pawn.} Bxb6 57. Rxb6 Rc7 58. Rd6 Rc3 59. Rxd5 Rxb3 60. Rxa5 Ke6 61.
Rf5 Ra3 62. a5 Ke7 63. Kc2 Ke6 64. Rb5 Kd6 65. Kb2 Ke6 66. Rb6+ Kd5 67. Rxf6
Kc4 $5 (67... Kxd4 68. Rf5 Kc4 {is fine too.}) 68. Rf5 Rb3+ 69. Kc2 Rc3+ 70.
Kd2 Rd3+ 71. Ke2 Rxd4 72. a6 Rd8 (72... b3 $1 73. a7 Rd8 74. Rf7 b2 75. Rb7 Ra8
76. Rxb2 Rxa7 {draws more easily.}) 73. Rxg5 b3 74. Rg7 b2 75. Rb7 Kc3 76. f4
Ra8 77. f5 Rxa6 {The endgame began with complete equality. Tarrasch has made
great progress by collecting advantages. Janowski makes another inaccuracy and
White wins.} 78. Ke3 Ra4 $2 ({Tarrasch analyses the escape} 78... Ra1 $1 79.
Rxb2 Kxb2 80. f6 Rf1 81. g5 Kc3 82. Ke4 Kc4 83. Ke5 Kc5 84. Ke6 Re1+ 85. Kd7
Rf1 86. Ke7 Re1+ 87. Kf7 Kd6 88. g6 Rg1 89. g7 Ke5 {Black draws by one tempo.})
79. Rxb2 $1 Kxb2 80. f6 $1 Ra1 ({A well-known combination from endgame studies
shows} 80... Rxg4 81. f7 Rg3+ 82. Kf2 $1) 81. g5 Rf1 82. Kd4 Kb3 83. Ke5 Kc4
84. g6 $6 {Black can set great difficulties after the inaccuracy by White.} ({
Better is} 84. Ke6 $1) 84... Re1+ 85. Kd6 Rd1+ $6 ({More complicated is} 85...
Rg1 $1 86. g7 Kd4 $1 87. Kc6 $1 Kc4 (87... Rg6 88. Kb5 $1) 88. Kd7 Kd5 89. Ke8
Ke6 90. f7 Ra1 91. f8=N+ $1 {(Tarrasch).}) 86. Ke6 Re1+ 87. Kf7 {Janowski
scored well against the weakest players, but he missed the needed accuracy
versus the top.} 1-0

[Event "Oostende"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1907.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Janowsky, Dawid"]
[Black "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D05"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1907.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nbd2 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. b3 e5 $5 7. dxe5 Nxe5
8. Bb2 Qe7 9. h3 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. Qe2 Ng6 ({The exchange by} 11... Nxd3 $1 {
will set problems. Hereafter, little happens.}) 12. c4 Rae8 13. Rfe1 c6 14.
Rad1 Bb8 15. Bb1 Bc8 16. Qd3 Rd8 17. Qc3 Rfe8 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Nf1 Bd6 20. Qd3
Ne5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Bxe5 Qxe5 23. Ng3 Qg5 24. Qd4 a6 25. Kh2 h5 26. Ne2 Bf5
27. Bxf5 Qxf5 28. f3 Rc8 29. Rc1 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Qd7 31. Qf4 Rc8 32. Rxc8+ Qxc8
33. Nd4 Ne8 34. Qg5 Qc3 35. h4 Qc7+ 36. f4 g6 37. Nf5 Kf8 38. Ng3 Qd6 39. e4
dxe4 40. Nxe4 Qe7 41. Qxe7+ Kxe7 42. Nc5 Nd6 43. Kg3 Kd8 44. Kf3 Kc7 45. g4 Kc6
46. Nd3 Kd5 47. Ne5 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oostende"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1907.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Chigorin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1907.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. e3 Bg4 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Nd7 6. Bd3 Ngf6 7. O-O Bd6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. e4 $5 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 O-O 12. Qc2 $6 {White sacrifices a
pawn.} (12. h3 Bh5 13. Qb3 {is more solid.}) 12... f5 13. Qb3+ Kh8 14. Bc2 Bxf3
15. Qxf3 Qh4 16. g3 Qxd4 17. Rd1 Qc5 18. Qe2 Nf6 19. Be3 Qe5 20. Qd3 Nd5 21.
Bd4 Qe7 22. Re1 Qg5 23. a3 Rad8 24. Kh1 Qh6 25. Qf3 Qd2 26. Qd1 Qg5 {The
exchange of queens leads to a plus without a risk.} 27. f4 Nxf4 $6 {Chigorin
makes a chancy sacrifice.} 28. Be3 $1 Qf6 29. gxf4 Bxf4 30. Qf3 Bxe3 31. Qxe3
Qxb2 32. Rac1 a6 33. Qe7 Qc3 34. Re3 Qc4 35. Rg1 Qd5+ 36. Rg2 Qf7 37. Bb3 $1
Qxe7 38. Rxe7 g6 39. Rxb7 Rb8 40. Rxb8 Rxb8 {Black has three pawns for a piece.
} 41. Rg3 c5 42. Rd3 a5 43. Kg2 Kg7 44. Kf3 Kf6 45. h4 Rb6 46. Bc2 Ke5 47. Bb3
Kf6 48. Bc4 h6 $6 ({The active} 48... Rb1 $1 49. Rd5 Rh1 50. Rxc5 Rxh4 51. Bd3
Ra4 {draws.}) 49. Ke3 g5 $2 {Black weakens his kingside.} 50. h5 $1 Rc6 51. Rd7
{White penetrates the passive hostile position.} Rb6 52. Rh7 Ke5 53. Re7+ Kd6
54. Re6+ Kc7 55. Re5 f4+ 56. Ke4 Rc6 57. Re7+ Kd8 58. Rg7 Rd6 59. Ke5 Rd4 60.
Bd5 f3 61. Kd6 Kc8 62. Rg8# 1-0

[Event "Oostende"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1907.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1907.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Qe2 Qe7 8. Nbd2
Nbd7 9. Re1 Re8 10. e4 $1 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 $1 ({Little is achieved
by} 12. Qxe4 f5) 12... cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxh2+ $5 (13... Nf6 $6 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxf6
Qxf6 16. Nb5 {is better for White.}) 14. Kxh2 Qd6+ 15. Kg1 Qxd4 16. Bg5 Nf8 17.
Rad1 Qc5 18. Bf4 Ng6 19. Bd6 Qg5 20. Qe3 $6 ({Tarrasch prefers} 20. c5) 20...
Qxe3 21. Rxe3 Rd8 22. Red3 f5 23. Bf3 Kf7 24. Rb3 Rd7 25. c5 Ne7 26. Bxe7 $6 (
26. Re3 {keeps the constraint.}) 26... Rxd1+ 27. Bxd1 Kxe7 28. Bf3 {This
intermezzo is very similar to the final of Schlechter-Marshall in round two.}
Kd8 $2 ({Black gains a plus in} 28... Rb8 $1 29. Ra3 $1 ({not} 29. c6 b5 $1) ({
or} 29. a4 e5 30. Bd5 Be6 $1) 29... a6 30. Rb3 Kd7) 29. c6 $1 Rb8 30. cxb7 Bd7
31. Ra3 e5 32. Bd5 Kc7 33. Rxa7 Bc6 34. Bxc6 Kxc6 35. Ra5 $1 ({No win brings} 
35. b4 Kb6 36. Ra5 Rxb7 37. Rxe5 Ra7 38. Rxf5 Rxa2 39. Rf7 Ra7 $1) 35... Rxb7
36. Rxe5 Rxb2 37. Rxf5 Rb7 $6 (37... Rxa2 38. Rf7 g5 $1 39. Rxh7 Kd6 $1 40. Rf7
Ke6 {leads to a defendable position.}) 38. a4 $1 Kd6 39. a5 {Tarrasch misses
his last chance.} Kc6 $2 ({Correct is} 39... Ke6 $1 40. Rg5 Kf6 41. f4 Rb2 {
and the black rook moves behind the passed pawn.}) 40. g3 Rb5 41. Rf7 Rb7 42.
Rf8 Kd6 43. Kg2 Ke6 44. Rf4 $1 Ra7 45. Ra4 Kd6 46. f4 Kc6 47. Kf3 Kb5 48. Ra1
Ka6 49. Rh1 h6 50. Rh5 Rc7 51. Re5 Rd7 52. Kg4 Rf7 53. Kh5 Rd7 54. Kg6 Rc7 55.
Rf5 {Marshall defeated Janowsky in the same round. As a result, Tarrasch won
the tournament with 12 1/2 and Schlechter became second with 12 points.} 1-0

[Event "St. Petersburg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1909.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Duras, Oldrich"]
[Black "Bernstein, Ossip"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1909.??.??"]

{The St. Petersburg Chess Club consisted of the elite. After Chigorin/^s death,
the club decided to organise a memorial tournament. President of the
organising committee was P.P. Saburov, a powerful diplomat. The main event
lasted from 14 ii - 12 iii 1909. The time limits were 37 moves in 21/2 hours,
23 in 11/2 and 15 per hour. A budget of 10,500 Rubles took care of the prizes,
money for points and expenses. Favourites were Emanuel Lasker, Akiba
Rubinstein and Carl Schlechter. The world champion Lasker had not played a
tournament since Cambridge Springs 1904.   The main tournament was dominated
by the race between Rubinstein and Lasker. Akiba took the lead by a win over
Emanuel in round three. Rubinstein/^s rook endings were impressive. At the end
they shared the first place. Lasker refused to play a match of four games.
Spielmann competed with them for a long time, but he had to accept a margin of
31/2 points after a poor finish. Schlechter scored poorly due to a flu.     
The schoolboy Alexander Alekhine won the All-Russian tournament. He got a
magnificent vase of the Imperial porcelain manufacture. Lasker wrote the
tournament book. His claim 'This is a book in which analysis is accurate' can
be easily refuted with the modern means.   New analyses have been added to
selected games. All games between the six best players are presented. Jan van
Reek.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. c4 g6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7
8. Nc3 Bg7 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 O-O 12. O-O Re8 13. Re1 Rb8 14. Rb1
c5 15. Nb3 Bc6 16. Qd3 Qc8 17. Nd2 Nd7 18. b3 Qa6 19. Qc2 Qa5 20. Ne2 $6 (20.
Nd5 {is more active.}) 20... Nf8 21. f3 Ne6 22. Bf2 Bd7 23. Nf1 Nd4 24. Qd3 Nc6
25. Nc1 Qa3 $1 26. Ne3 Nb4 27. Qd2 a5 28. Nd5 Nxd5 29. exd5 $2 ({Equality keeps
} 29. cxd5 $1 a4 {(Lasker)} 30. Qa5 $1) 29... Rxe1+ 30. Bxe1 Bf5 31. Nd3 Bxd3
32. Qxd3 Qxa2 33. h3 a4 34. b4 cxb4 35. Rxb4 Rxb4 36. Bxb4 Qb3 37. Qd2 a3 38.
Bxa3 Qxa3 0-1

[Event "St. Petersburg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1909.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1909.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nc3 cxd4 $5 7. Nxd4 Nc6
$2 {Lasker lacks opening experience.} ({Correct is} 7... Be7) 8. e3 $6 ({
Better is} 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Ndb5 $1 {(Dashkevich-Novikov, Minsk 1955).}) 8...
Be7 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nxd5 Bxd4 12. exd4 Qg5 13. Bxc6 ({Avoids} 13.
Nc7+ $2 Kd8 14. Nxa8 $2 Qxb5 15. Qd2 Re8+ 16. Kd1 Nxd4 $1 17. Qxd4 Qe2+ 18. Kc1
Re4) 13... Bxc6 14. Ne3 O-O-O $2 ({Lasker prefers} 14... Bxg2 15. Rg1 Qa5+ 16.
Qd2 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Be4) 15. O-O Rhe8 16. Rc1 $1 {Rubinstein defends
brilliantly.} Rxe3 $5 17. Rxc6+ $1 bxc6 18. Qc1 $1 Rxd4 19. fxe3 Rd7 20. Qxc6+
Kd8 21. Rf4 $1 f5 22. Qc5 Qe7 ({No use has} 22... Rd1+ 23. Kf2 Rd2+ 24. Ke1
Qxg2 25. Qa5+ {(Lasker).}) 23. Qxe7+ Kxe7 24. Rxf5 Rd1+ 25. Kf2 Rd2+ 26. Kf3
Rxb2 27. Ra5 Rb7 28. Ra6 Kf8 29. e4 Rc7 30. h4 Kf7 31. g4 Kf8 32. Kf4 Ke7 33.
h5 h6 34. Kf5 Kf7 35. e5 Rb7 36. Rd6 Ke7 37. Ra6 Kf7 38. Rd6 Kf8 39. Rc6 Kf7
40. a3 {The rook ending is an easy win.} 1-0

[Event "St. Petersburg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1909.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Black "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C29"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1909.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. d3 $6 ({Theory is} 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Nf3 {
(Loewenthal-Staunton, London 1856).}) 4... exf4 $1 5. Bxf4 Bb4 6. exd5 Nxd5 7.
Bd2 Bxc3 8. bxc3 O-O 9. Nf3 Re8+ 10. Be2 Qe7 11. c4 $1 Nf6 12. Bg5 Nc6 ({More
pressure keeps} 12... Nbd7 $1 13. Qd2 b6) 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. O-O Bg4 15. Qd2 Nd4
16. Rae1 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Rxe1 18. Qxe1 Nxc2 19. Qf2 Nd4 20. Bxb7 Qxf2+ 21. Kxf2
Rb8 22. Bd5 Re8 23. Bf3 Re6 24. Rb1 Rb6 25. Rxb6 axb6 26. c5 $1 {Spielmann
solves his difficulties elegantly.} Kf8 (26... bxc5 $2 27. a4 Nb3 28. Bd5 Na5
29. Ke3 {endangers Black.}) 27. cxb6 cxb6 28. Bd5 Ke7 29. Ke3 Ne6 30. d4 f5 31.
h4 g6 32. Bf3 h6 33. Bd5 g5 34. hxg5 hxg5 35. Bc4 Kf6 36. Bb3 Nf4 37. Kf3 Ng6
38. g3 Ne7 39. Bc4 Nc6 40. Ke3 Nb4 41. Bb3 Ke7 42. Kf3 Nc6 43. Ke3 Kd6 44. Bc2
Ne7 45. Bb3 Nd5+ 46. Kf3 Nc3 47. Ke3 b5 48. Kf3 b4 49. Ke3 Ke7 50. Kf3 Kf6 51.
Ke3 g4 52. d5 $1 Ke5 53. d6 f4+ 54. gxf4+ Kxd6 55. f5 Ke5 56. f6 $1 {The pawn
sacrifices were helpful in the defence.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "St. Petersburg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1909.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Teichmann, Richard"]
[Black "Duras, Oldrich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1909.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
Bg4 9. d3 h6 $5 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Bc2 Nh7 $5 12. a4 c5 13. axb5 axb5 14. Qe2 Ng5
15. Bd1 $6 (15. d4 c4 16. Qe3 {gains the initiative.}) 15... O-O 16. Qf1 Ne6
17. h3 Bh5 18. g3 $2 ({Passivity ends} 18. d4 $1 exd4 19. Qxb5 Nc6 20. Rxa8
Qxa8) 18... Qc7 19. Qg2 c4 20. Be2 Bg6 21. Qf1 Rac8 22. Nh2 f5 23. exf5 $6 (23.
Qg2 {protects the centre.}) 23... Bxf5 24. Ng4 Bg5 25. Ne4 $4 Nb3 26. Nxg5 Nxa1
0-1

[Event "St. Petersburg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1909.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Duras, Oldrich"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1909.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c4 $5 g6 7. d4 exd4 8.
Nxd4 Bd7 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. f3 (12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Be3 {
is more active.}) 12... Nd7 $5 13. Be3 Ne5 14. Bb3 b6 15. f4 Nd7 16. Bd4 Nc5
17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Bc2 a5 19. Qg4 $6 ({The exchanges by} 19. Qd4+ Qf6 $6 20.
Qxf6+ Kxf6 {(Lasker)} 21. Nd5+ $1 Bxd5 22. cxd5 {are good for White.}) 19...
Nxe4 $1 20. Nxe4 f5 21. Qf3 fxe4 22. Bxe4 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Qf6 24. Rf2 $6 ({
Equality keeps} 24. Qc6 $1 Qd4+ 25. Kh1 {(Yusupov).}) 24... Rae8 25. Qd5 Qf5
26. Rd1 Re4 27. g3 Rfe8 28. Kg2 h5 29. b3 Re3 30. Rd4 Kf6 {Black controls the
position.} 31. h3 $2 ({A defence line creates} 31. Rd1 $1 h4 $1 32. Qxf5+ gxf5
33. gxh4 Rh8 34. Rf3 Re2+ 35. Rf2 Re4 36. h3 Rxh4 37. Kg3 Rh7 38. Rd3) 31... h4
$1 32. Qxf5+ gxf5 33. gxh4 Rg8+ 34. Kf1 (34. Kh1 a4 $1) 34... Rxh3 35. Ke2 Re8+
36. Kd2 Rxh4 37. Rg2 Reh8 38. Kc3 Rh3+ 39. Rd3 Rxd3+ 40. Kxd3 Rh3+ 41. Kd4 $6
Rf3 $1 42. Kd5 Rxf4 43. Kc6 Rg4 $1 44. Rf2 Rg7 45. Kd5 Re7 46. Rf1 Kg5 47. Rg1+
Kf4 48. a3 Kf3 49. Rf1+ Kg4 50. Rg1+ Kh3 51. Rf1 Re5+ $1 52. Kc6 Kg2 53. Rf4
Kg3 54. Rf1 Rc5+ $1 55. Kb7 f4 56. Rc1 d5 57. Rg1+ Kf2 58. Rb1 d4 59. Rc1 d3
60. b4 axb4 61. axb4 d2 62. Rc2 Ke3 63. bxc5 d1=Q 64. Rc3+ Kd4 65. cxb6 Kxc3 {
Again Rubinstein won a rook ending with a pawn up.} 0-1

[Event "St. Petersburg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1909.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Teichmann, Richard"]
[Black "Bernstein, Ossip"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C66"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1909.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 d6 5. d4 Bd7 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 exd4 8.
Nxd4 O-O 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. b3 Re8 11. Bb2 Bf8 12. Qd3 g6 {The players chose a
quiet opening.} (12... Qb8 {is played in Speyer-Lasker during the same round.})
13. Rad1 Bg7 14. f3 Qb8 15. Bc1 Qb6 16. Na4 Qb7 17. Nb2 c5 18. Ne2 Bb5 19. c4
Bc6 20. Nc3 Nd7 21. Be3 Nb6 22. Rb1 a5 23. Bf2 a4 $6 {Problems begin for Black.
} 24. Nbxa4 Nxa4 25. bxa4 Qa6 26. Re2 Bxa4 27. Nd5 Ra7 28. Bh4 Bd4+ 29. Kh1 Kg7
30. Bf2 Bxf2 31. Rxf2 Qa5 32. Qd2 f6 $4 {Suddenly Bernstein blunders.} ({Right
is} 32... Qxd2 33. Rxd2 Bc6) 33. Qb2 Rf8 34. g4 $1 h6 35. h4 g5 36. f4 $1 gxh4
37. Nxf6 $1 Rf7 38. g5 Bc6 39. Rg1 Qa3 40. gxh6+ Kxh6 41. Rh2 Bxe4+ 42. Nxe4
Qf3+ 43. Qg2 Qxg2+ 44. Rhxg2 Rxf4 45. Rg6+ Kh7 46. Nf6+ Rxf6 47. Rxf6 1-0

[Event "St. Petersburg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1909.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bernstein, Ossip"]
[Black "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C66"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1909.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O d6 5. d4 Bd7 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bg5 exd4 8.
Nxd4 O-O 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Qd3 c5 $6 ({The preferable} 10... Ng4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 {
will be played in round seventeen (Lasker-Cohn).}) 11. Nf5 $1 Bxf5 12. exf5 Nd7
13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Rae1 Qd8 15. Re2 Nf6 16. Rfe1 Qd7 17. h3 Rfe8 18. Ne4 $1 {
White conquers the centre.} Nxe4 19. Rxe4 Kf8 {Black has no convincing defence.
} 20. f6 $1 gxf6 21. Qe3 f5 22. Qh6+ Kg8 23. R4e3 Re6 24. Rxe6 fxe6 25. Rxe6
Rf8 {Black's weaknesses are obvious.} 26. Qg5+ $6 ({Bernstein can play for a
win with} 26. Qe3 f4 27. Qe4 Rf7 28. c4) ({or} 26. Re3 f4 27. Ra3) 26... Qg7
27. Qxg7+ Kxg7 28. Re7+ Rf7 29. Rxf7+ Kxf7 {Black escapes in a pawn ending.}
30. Kf1 c4 $1 31. Ke2 c5 32. Ke3 d5 33. f3 Kf6 34. Kf4 a5 35. g4 fxg4 36. fxg4
(36. hxg4 $1 a4 $1 37. Kg3 d4 38. Kf4 d3 39. cxd3 cxd3 40. Ke3 c4 41. f4 {
results in a draw.}) 36... a4 37. h4 d4 38. Ke4 Kg6 39. Kf4 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "St. Petersburg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1909.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Duras, Oldrich"]
[Black "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1909.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Bb6 7. h3 Be6 8. O-O
$5 Bxc4 9. dxc4 $2 ({No pawn loses} 9. Bxb6 Bxd3 10. Bxc7 Bxc2 11. Qxd6) 9...
Ba5 $1 10. Nd5 ({Or} 10. Qd3 Bxc3 11. bxc3) 10... Nxe4 11. Qd3 f5 12. c3 O-O
13. Rad1 Bb6 14. b4 Bxe3 15. Nxe3 Qf6 16. Rfe1 Ng5 17. Nxg5 Qxg5 18. b5 Na5 19.
Nd5 e4 20. Qe2 Rf7 21. Rd4 c6 22. Nb4 Rd8 23. Nc2 Qf6 24. Ne3 Qe5 25. Red1 Rf6
26. Qc2 h5 $2 ({Correct is} 26... b6) 27. Qa4 f4 28. Qxa5 b6 29. Qa3 $2 ({
White misses the opportunity} 29. Qxa7 fxe3 30. fxe3 Qg3 31. Qe7 Qxe3+ 32. Kh2
Qf4+ 33. Kh1) 29... fxe3 30. fxe3 Qg3 31. Kh1 Rdf8 32. Qc1 Rf2 33. Rg1 R8f3 $1
{Black threatens ..Qxh3+ and mate.} 0-1

[Event "St. Petersburg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1909.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Teichmann, Richard"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1909.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bg5 Bg4 8.
Nbd2 Nbd7 9. c3 c6 10. Qc2 Qc7 11. Rfe1 Rfe8 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 h6 14. Bxf6
Nxf6 15. Rxe8+ Rxe8 16. Re1 Rxe1+ 17. Nxe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "St. Petersburg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1909.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Teichmann, Richard"]
[Black "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1909.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 a6 8. O-O
b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. a4 c4 11. Be2 $6 ({Equality keeps} 11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8
Bxa8 13. Be2 {(Lasker).}) 11... b4 $1 12. Nb1 Na5 13. Nbd2 Rc8 14. Ne5 Bd5 15.
b3 $6 c3 16. Ndc4 Bd6 17. f3 $2 ({Correct is} 17. Nxa5 Qxa5 18. Nc4 Qc7 19. h3
{(Lasker).}) 17... Bxe5 18. dxe5 Bxc4 19. Bxc4 Qxd1 20. Rxd1 Nxc4 21. exf6 Na5
22. fxg7 Rg8 23. Rd3 Nxb3 24. Rb1 Nxc1 25. Rxc1 Rxg7 26. Rd4 b3 27. Rb4 Rd8 $5
28. Rxb3 Rd2 29. Rcxc3 ({The pointe is} 29. g3 c2 30. Rf1 f6 31. Rb8+ Kd7 32.
Rb7+ Kc8 33. Rxg7 Rd1) 29... Rgxg2+ 30. Kh1 Rxh2+ 31. Kg1 Rdg2+ 32. Kf1 Ra2 33.
Kg1 Rhg2+ 34. Kh1 Rgf2 0-1

[Event "St. Petersburg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1909.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Duras, Oldrich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D26"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1909.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 c5 5. Bxc4 e6 6. Nc3 a6 7. O-O b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. Rd1 Qb6 11. Bc2 Rc8 12. a3 Be7 13. e4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Ne5 15.
Bg5 O-O 16. Nf3 Qc5 17. Be3 Qc4 18. Nxe5 Qxe2 19. Nxe2 Rxc2 20. Nd4 Rc5 $6 (
20... Rxb2 $4 21. Nd3) ({No problems gives} 20... Rc7) 21. Nd3 Rc4 22. f3 Rd8
23. Nb3 Rc2 24. Bc5 Kf8 25. Bxe7+ Kxe7 26. Na5 Rc7 27. Nb4 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Ba8
29. Kf2 Ne8 30. Ke3 Nd6 31. Rd2 f5 32. exf5 $6 ({The advantage keeps} 32. e5
Nf7 33. f4) 32... Nxf5+ 33. Kf2 Bd5 $2 (33... e5 {strengthens the position.})
34. Nxa6 $1 Rc1 ({The pointe is} 34... Ra7 35. Rxd5 Rxa6 36. Rxb5) 35. Nb4 Kd6
36. Nb3 Rh1 37. h3 Rb1 38. g4 Ne7 39. Nd4 Kc5 40. Ne2 $2 ({Right is} 40. Nxd5
exd5 41. Ne6+ Kc4 42. Nxg7 Kb3 43. Nf5 {(Lasker).}) 40... Rh1 41. Kg2 Ra1 42.
Rc2+ Bc4 43. Nc3 Nd5 44. Ne4+ Kd4 $4 ({Correct is} 44... Kb6 {(Lasker).}) 45.
Rxc4+ $1 {White wins a piece.} Kxc4 46. Nd2+ Kd4 47. Nb3+ Ke3 48. Nxd5+ exd5
49. Nxa1 Kd2 50. Nb3+ Ke3 51. h4 g6 52. Kg3 Kd3 53. Kf4 Kc4 54. Nc1 1-0

[Event "St. Petersburg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1909.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Bernstein, Ossip"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1909.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. e3 a6 $6 7. c5 Ne4 8.
Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Qc2 f5 10. Be2 c6 11. O-O O-O 12. Nxe4 $6 fxe4 13. Ne1 e5 {Black
opens a road to the kingside.} 14. Qd2 exd4 15. exd4 Nf6 16. Rc1 Bg4 17. Rc3
Rf7 18. f3 exf3 19. Bxf3 Ne4 20. Bxe4 Rxf1+ 21. Kxf1 Qxe4 22. Re3 Qf4+ 23. Kg1
Rf8 24. Nf3 Bxf3 25. gxf3 {Black has forced a weakness.} h6 26. Qd3 Rf5 27.
Re8+ Kf7 28. Qe3 Qg5+ $6 ({Pressure keeps} 28... Kg6 $1 29. Re6+ Kh5 30. Kg2
Qxe3 31. Rxe3 Rf4) 29. Kf2 Qh4+ 30. Kg2 Rg5+ 31. Kh1 Rg6 $6 ({Correct is} 31...
Qh3) 32. a3 a5 33. b4 a4 34. b5 $6 (34. f4 $1 {keeps a plus (Lasker).}) 34...
cxb5 35. Rb8 Re6 36. Rxb7+ Re7 37. c6 Ke8 38. Rb8+ Kf7 39. Rb7 Ke8 1/2-1/2

[Event "St. Petersburg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1909.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "1909.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. d3 O-O 11. Nbd2 d5 $5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nf1 Bf6 14. g4 $5 Bg6
15. g5 Be7 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Rxe5 Nb6 18. d4 Nd7 19. Re1 Bxg5 20. Bxg5 Qxg5+
21. Qg4 Qd8 $1 22. Ng3 Nf6 23. Qf3 Qd7 24. Kh2 a5 25. a3 Rab8 26. Re5 Rfe8 27.
Rg1 b4 28. Rxa5 bxc3 29. Qxc3 Ne4 30. Nxe4 Rxe4 31. Rd5 Qe7 32. Rc5 Re2 33. Qg3
Qd6 $2 ({Equality keeps} 33... Qf6) 34. Qxd6 $2 ({Spielmann can decide the
game, but he misses the sacrifice} 34. Bxf7+ $1 Bxf7 35. Re5 $1 {(Lasker).})
34... cxd6 35. Rc7 Rxb2 36. Rgc1 Kf8 37. Bc2 Ra2 38. Bxg6 hxg6 39. R1c2 Rxc2
40. Rxc2 Ra8 $1 41. Rc3 Ra4 42. Rd3 Ke7 43. Kg3 {White remains passive.} Ke6
44. Kf3 Kd5 45. Ke2 g5 ({Black avoids} 45... Rxd4 46. Ke3 $11) 46. Rb3 f6 47.
Ke3 Kc4 48. Rd3 d5 49. Kd2 Ra8 50. Kc2 Ra7 $1 51. Kd2 Re7 $1 {White suffers
from restriction.} 52. Rc3+ $2 ({The effect of zugzwang becomes apparent in} 
52. Kc2 $2 Re2+ 53. Rd2 Rxd2+ 54. Kxd2 Kb3) ({Better is} 52. a4 $1 Ra7 (52...
Kb4 53. Rc3 Kxa4 54. Rc5 Rd7 55. Ke3 Kb4 56. Kf3) 53. Ra3 Kxd4 54. a5 Kc4 55.
a6 Kb5 56. Kd3 Rxa6 57. Rxa6 Kxa6 58. Kd4 {and White draws despite two minus
pawns.}) 52... Kxd4 53. a4 Ra7 54. Ra3 Ra5 55. Ra1 Kc4 56. Ke3 $2 ({The last
chance} 56. Rc1+ Kb3 57. Rb1+ Kxa4 58. Kd3 Rc5 59. Kd4 Rc2 60. Rb7 Rxf2 61.
Rxg7 {might give a draw (Levenfish & Smyslov).}) 56... d4+ 57. Kd2 Rf5 58. Ke1
Kb4 59. Ke2 Ka5 60. Ra3 Rf4 61. Ra2 Rh4 62. Kd3 Rxh3+ 63. Kxd4 Rh4+ 64. Kd3
Rxa4 65. Re2 Rf4 66. Ke3 Kb6 67. Rc2 Kb7 68. Rc1 Ra4 69. Rh1 Kc6 70. Rh7 Ra7
71. Ke4 Kd6 72. Kf5 g6+ 73. Kxg6 Rxh7 74. Kxh7 Ke5 75. Kg6 g4 0-1

[Event "St. Petersburg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1909.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Teichmann, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C86"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1909.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Qe2 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 Bg4 11. Rd1 d5 12. e5 Ne4 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 f6 $2 (
{Correct is} 14... Qd7 {(Brinckmann-Vajda, Budapest 1929).}) 15. h3 $1 Bh5 16.
g4 Bf7 17. e6 $1 Bg6 18. Nh4 Na5 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. Bc2 f5 21. Kh1 $1 Bd6 22.
gxf5 Qh4 23. Qf3 gxf5 24. Rg1 $1 f4 25. Rg4 Qh6 26. e7 Bxe7 27. Bxf4 Qe6 {
Black resigned before White could play 28.Rxg7+.} 1-0

[Event "St. Petersburg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1909.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Black "Bernstein, Ossip"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B74"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1909.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Nb3 a6 10. f4 b5 11. Bf3 Bb7 12. e5 ({Spielmann played} 12. Qe2 {
against Dus Chotimirsky previously.}) 12... dxe5 13. Nc5 Qc7 14. Nxb7 $2 ({
More active is} 14. fxe5 Qxe5 15. Qc1 b4 16. N3a4 Qc7 17. Nxb7 Qxb7 18. Nc5)
14... exf4 15. Bxf4 Qxb7 16. Qe2 Rae8 17. a4 $6 b4 $1 18. Nd5 Nd4 19. Nxf6+
Bxf6 20. Qc4 Nxf3+ 21. Rxf3 Bxb2 22. Raf1 Rc8 23. Qb3 Bd4+ 24. Kh1 Rc3 25. Rxc3
Bxc3 {Rubinstein had an outstanding score against the strongest players. Duras
did poorly.} 0-1

[Event "St. Petersburg+"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1909.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C66"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "1909.??.??"]

{Carl Schlechter suffered from a flu during the tournament. His shared eighth
place endangered his match with Lasker. He started well against the world
champion.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O d6 5. d4 Bd7 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Re1
exd4 8. Nxd4 O-O 9. Nde2 $5 a6 10. Ba4 Re8 11. f3 h6 12. Be3 Bf8 13. Qd2 Ne5
14. Bb3 c5 $5 15. Bd5 Rb8 16. Nf4 b5 17. a3 Nxd5 18. Ncxd5 f5 19. exf5 Bxf5 20.
Bf2 Qd7 21. Ne3 Bh7 22. Nfd5 Qf7 23. Rad1 Nc6 24. Bg3 Rbd8 25. Bh4 Rd7 26. Ng4
Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 $2 ({Correct is} 27. Bxe1 Nd4 28. Nge3 Bxc2 29. Nxc2 Qxd5 30.
Bf2) 27... Nd4 28. Nge3 $6 ({White can try} 28. Nde3 g5 {(Lasker)} 29. c3 $1
Ne6 30. Nd5 $1 gxh4 31. Ndf6+ Kh8 32. Nxd7 Qxd7 33. Nf6) 28... Bxc2 29. Nxc2
Nxc2 30. Nf6+ gxf6 31. Qxc2 f5 32. f4 Bg7 33. h3 c4 34. g4 d5 $6 (34... fxg4
35. hxg4 Qxf4 {brings an easy win (Lasker).}) 35. gxf5 d4 $2 ({The win forces} 
35... Qh5 $1 36. f6 Qxh4 37. Re8+ Kf7 38. fxg7 Qg3+ 39. Qg2 Qxg2+ 40. Kxg2 Kxg7
) 36. Qe4 d3 37. f6 Bf8 38. Kh2 d2 39. Rd1 Qh5 40. Qe6+ Kh8 41. f7 $2 ({The
best defence gives} 41. Qe5 $1 Qg6 42. Bf2 Bd6 43. Qe3) 41... Qxf7 42. Bf6+ Bg7
43. Qxf7 Rxf7 44. Bxg7+ Kxg7 45. Rxd2 Rxf4 46. Kg3 {Black has winning chances,
if he cuts off the white king.} Re4 $2 ({Correct is} 46... Rf6 47. Rd7+ Kg6 48.
Kg4 h5+ $1 49. Kh4 Re6 50. Rd4 Re2 51. Rd6+ Kf5 $1 {The black king becomes
active at the cost of a pawn.} 52. Kxh5 Rxb2 53. Rxa6 c3 54. Rc6 Rb3 55. h4 Ke4
$1 $19) 47. Kf3 Re1 48. Rd7+ Kf6 49. Rd6+ Ke5 50. Rxa6 Rb1 51. Rxh6 Rxb2 52.
Ke3 Rb3+ 53. Kd2 Kd4 54. Rd6+ Kc5 55. Ra6 Rxh3 56. Ra8 Rh2+ 57. Kc3 Ra2 58.
Rc8+ Kb6 59. Rb8+ Kc6 60. Ra8 Kc5 61. Rc8+ Kb6 62. Rb8+ Kc6 63. Ra8 Kb7 64. Ra5
Kb6 65. Ra8 Kc6 66. Kd4 $1 ({Schlechter avoids} 66. Ra5 $2 Kc5 67. Ra8 Rxa3+ $1
68. Rxa3 b4+) 66... Kb7 67. Ra5 Rd2+ 68. Kc3 Rd5 69. Kb4 Kb6 70. a4 c3 71. axb5
1/2-1/2

[Event "St. Petersburg+"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1909.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Dus Chotimirsky, Fedor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D32"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1909.??.??"]

{Dus Chotimirsky got a special prize for his wins against the top two.} 1. d4
d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Be6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. O-O c4 $5
{Black plays the sharpest line against the Rubinstein variation.} 9. Bg5 Be7
10. Ne5 Qb6 $2 ({Lasker suggests} 10... O-O) 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nxc4 dxc4 13. d5
O-O 14. dxe6 Qxb2 $6 ({Better is} 14... fxe6 15. Qd7 Kf7) 15. exf7+ Kh8 16. Nd5
Rab8 17. Rb1 Qe5 18. Qa4 c3 19. Rfc1 b5 20. Rxb5 $2 {Rubinstein blunders.} ({
Correct is} 20. Qg4 Nd4 21. e3 c2 22. Ra1) 20... Rxb5 21. Qxb5 Nd4 22. Qe8
Nxe2+ 23. Kf1 Nxc1 24. Nxe7 Qe2+ 25. Kg1 Qd1+ 26. Bf1 Qd8 27. Qxd8 Rxd8 28. Nc6
Rf8 29. Bc4 Ne2+ 0-1

[Event "St. Petersburg+"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1909.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Dus Chotimirsky, Fedor"]
[Black "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1909.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 c6 8. Qc2
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qa5 $2 ({Useful is} 9... Nd5) 10. O-O Nd5 11. Bg3 Nxc3 12. bxc3
Nf6 13. Bd3 h6 14. Ne5 Qd8 15. f4 Nd5 16. Rf3 c5 17. e4 Nf6 18. Bf2 cxd4 19.
cxd4 Bd7 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21. h3 Rac8 22. Qe2 Rc7 23. f5 Nh7 $2 (23... Rfc8 24. e5
Rc1+ 25. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 26. Kh2 Nd5 27. f6 $1 Bf8 28. fxg7 Bxg7 29. Qe4 f5 $1 30.
exf6 Nxf6 31. Qg6 Qf7 {avoids a disaster.}) 24. e5 $1 {White's aggression has
led to a great success.} exf5 ({The pointe is} 24... Ng5 25. f6 $1 {(Lasker)}
Nxf3+ 26. Qxf3 Bd8 27. Qg4) 25. Bxf5 Qd8 26. Rd1 g6 27. Bc2 Qc8 28. Bb3 Rc1 29.
Kh2 Ng5 30. Rfd3 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Bd8 32. h4 Ne6 33. d5 Nf4 34. Qe4 Qg4 35. g3
Bxh4 36. gxh4 Rc8 37. Rd3 Rc1 38. Qf3 Qf5 39. Rd4 g5 40. e6 Qe5 41. Re4 Qd6 42.
e7 1-0

[Event "St. Petersburg+"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1909.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Salwe, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1909.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
Na5 9. Bc2 c5 10. d3 Nc6 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Nf1 Qc7 13. Bg5 Ne8 14. Ne3 Bxg5 15.
Nxg5 Ne7 16. a4 Rb8 17. axb5 axb5 18. Qd2 h6 19. Nf3 Be6 20. d4 Nf6 21. Ra6 Ra8
22. dxe5 $2 {A quiet Ruy Lopez explodes.} Rxa6 $2 ({Matter wins} 22... Nxe4 $1
23. Qd3 Rxa6 24. Qxe4 Ng6 {(Tartakower).}) 23. exf6 gxf6 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. exd5
Kg7 26. Nh4 Re8 27. h3 ({Marco recommends} 27. Qd3 $1) 27... Qd8 28. Re3 Ng6
29. Nf5+ Kf8 $2 (29... Kg8 30. Nxh6+ Kg7 31. Nf5+ Kg8 {gives the last chance.})
30. Re6 $3 Rxe6 31. dxe6 d5 32. Qxh6+ Ke8 33. exf7+ Kxf7 34. Qh7+ Ke6 35. Qxg6
Ra2 36. b4 cxb4 37. Nd4+ Kd7 38. Bf5+ {Schlechter got the first brilliancy
prize for this game.} 1-0

[Event "St.Petersburg All-Russian"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1909.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Gregory, Bernhard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C28"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1909.??.??"]

{The All-Russian tournament was won by Alekhine before Rotlewi.} 1. e4 e5 2.
Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Nd4 $6 6. a3 $1 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Ne6 8. h4 $5
{Alekhine attacks immediately.} h6 ({Avoids} 8... Nxg5 $2 9. hxg5 Ng8 10. g6 $1
{(Alekhine)} fxg6 11. Bxg8 Rxg8 12. Rxh7) 9. Bd2 d6 10. Qf3 $5 Bd7 11. g4 Qe7
12. g5 $1 Ng8 $6 ({Exchanges are made in} 12... hxg5 13. hxg5 Rxh1 14. Qxh1 Ng8
{(Alekhine).}) 13. Rb1 Bc6 14. Nh3 Kd7 $5 15. Qg4 $1 Rf8 16. f4 f5 17. exf5 $1
Bxh1 18. fxe6+ Kc8 $2 ({A defence line creates} 18... Ke8 $1 19. Qg1 Bc6 20.
Qxa7 Rf5) 19. Qg1 $1 c6 20. Qxa7 $5 c5 21. d4 Qc7 22. d5 Ne7 23. Rxb7 $1 Qxb7
24. Ba6 Bxd5 25. c4 $1 Qxa6 26. Qxa6+ Bb7 27. Qxd6 Nc6 28. gxh6 gxh6 29. f5 $1
Rxf5 30. Qd7+ Kb8 31. e7 Nxe7 32. Qxe7 Rhf8 33. Qd6+ Ka8 34. Bxh6 R8f6 35. Qd8+
Ka7 36. Be3 Rf3 37. Bxc5+ Ka6 38. Qb8 1-0

[Event "San Sebastian"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1911.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Black "Bernstein, Ossip"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1911.??.??"]

{Two super tournaments took place in the Gran Casino of San Sebastian. The
first one lasted from February 19 until March 17, 1911. Participants had
achieved one first or two fourth or better prizes in master tournaments.
Capablanca had defeated Marshall. All important players participated with the
exception of Lasker. The time limit was 15 moves per hour.   The European
debut of Capablanca led to a first prize of 5000 francs plus the brilliancy
prize. When the organiser Mieses asked why he did not gamble in the casino
like the rest, he answered: "I don't need this!" Rubinstein and Vidmar shared
the second and third prize. Marshall got the fourth prize.  We follow the
competition between Capablanca and Rubinstein.   Doctor of Law Bernstein
objected against the participation of Capa on formal grounds: the young man
had never participated in a master tournament. Other players were amused when
the drawing of lots resulted in an encounter between the antagonists in round
one.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d4
exd4 8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Re1 ({Lasker played} 10. Qd3 {against Cohn in
St Petersburg 1909.}) 10... h6 11. Bh4 Nh7 $5 {The knight moves offside.} 12.
Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Qd3 Rab8 14. b3 Ng5 15. Rad1 Qe5 16. Qe3 Ne6 17. Nce2 Qa5 $5 {
The exchange of knights is wiser.} 18. Nf5 Nc5 ({A risk is taken by} 18... Qxa2
$6 19. Qc3 Qa3 20. Ned4 $1 Nxd4 21. Rxd4 Bxf5 22. Ra4 Qc5 23. Qxc5 dxc5 24.
exf5) 19. Ned4 Kh7 20. g4 $5 {The young master plays with frivolity.} Rbe8 (
20... Qxa2 $4 21. Ra1 Qb2 22. Reb1) 21. f3 Ne6 22. Ne2 Qxa2 23. Neg3 Qxc2 24.
Rc1 Qb2 25. Nh5 Rh8 $2 ({Correct is} 25... Rg8 $1 {(overprotects g7)} 26. Kh1
$1 {(the king leaves the diagonal a7-b1)} g5 $1 27. e5 $6 ({better is} 27. Red1
) 27... Nf4 $1 28. Nf6+ Kh8 29. Qg1 Bxf5 30. Nxe8 Rxe8 31. gxf5 Rxe5 32. Rxe5
Qxe5 {Black has an advantage.}) 26. Re2 Qe5 27. f4 Qb5 28. Nfxg7 $1 {White
finds a 'petite combinaison'.} Nc5 $2 ({More resistance is given in} 28... Nxg7
29. Nf6+ Kg6 30. Nxd7 f6 31. e5 {(Mieses)}) ({or} 28... Ref8 29. Nxe6 fxe6 30.
e5 Rhg8 31. h3 Rg6 32. Rd2 {White seeems to win in both cases.}) 29. Nxe8 Bxe8
30. Qc3 f6 31. Nxf6+ Kg6 32. Nh5 Rg8 33. f5+ Kg5 34. Qe3+ {Capablanca won the
brilliancy prize of 500 francs for this game.} 1-0

[Event "San Sebastian"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1911.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Teichmann, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1911.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. g3 Be6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O
Be7 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. a3 O-O 11. b4 Be7 12. Bb2 Rc8 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 a5 15.
b5 Qd7 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Rac1 Qe8 18. e3 Bc5 19. Qa4 Qe7 20. Ne2 h6 21. Nf4 b6
22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Bxd5 Bg4 $1 24. Rd2 $2 ({Correct is} 24. Re1 g5 $5 25. Nd3
Rxd5 26. Qxg4) 24... Bxe3 $2 ({White is troubled by pins in} 24... g5 $1 25.
Nd3 (25. Ng2 Bf3 $1) 25... Rxd5 26. Qxg4 Rcd8) 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 $1 ({Avoids} 25...
Bxd2 $2 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. Qd4 $1 {and White threatens 28.Bxf7+ (Mieses).}) 26.
fxe3 Rc1+ 27. Kf2 g5 28. Qd4 Qxd4 29. exd4 gxf4 30. Bc6 Kf8 31. gxf4 Ke7 32.
Rd3 Kd6 33. Kg3 Bf5 34. Re3 Rd1 35. d5 Rd3 36. Rxd3 Bxd3 37. Kg4 Kc5 38. d6 $5
Kxd6 39. Kh5 Ke7 40. Kxh6 Kf6 41. Bd7 Ke7 42. Bc6 Kf6 43. h4 Bf5 44. Be8 Bd3
45. Bc6 Bf5 46. Be8 Bd3 47. Bd7 Ke7 48. Bg4 Kf8 49. Bd7 Ke7 50. Bc6 Kf6 51. h5
Be2 52. Bd7 Bd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Sebastian"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1911.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Marshall, Frank"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1911.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Qb3 e6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
Qb6 $5 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. e3 Bd7 11. Bb5 Bb4 12. O-O ({White gains a plus in} 12.
Bxf6 $1 gxf6 13. O-O Bxc3 14. bxc3 Na5 15. Bd3 Nc4 16. Bxc4 dxc4) 12... Bxc3
13. bxc3 Ne4 14. c4 Nc3 15. a4 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Rxa4 17. Rxa4 Nxa4 18. Ra1 Na5 19.
Ne5 Nxc4 20. Nxc4 f6 21. Rb1 Bc6 22. f3 Kd7 23. Nxb6+ Nxb6 24. Rxb6 Ra8 25. Rb2
Ra1+ 26. Kf2 f5 27. Bg3 Bd5 28. Be5 g6 29. Bg7 h5 30. h4 Ra2 31. Rxa2 Bxa2 32.
e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Sebastian"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1911.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vidmar, Milan Sr"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D04"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1911.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. c3 e6 7. Nbd2 Bd6 8. Qa4
O-O 9. Re1 Qc7 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. e4 $5 Bxf3 12. Nxf3 {Mieses regards this
position as won for Black.} dxe4 ({But Rubinstein finds} 12... Ng4 {too risky.
He is right, considering} 13. exd5 $1 Bxf2+ $6 14. Kf1 Bxe1 15. Qxg4 Ne5 16.
Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Bf4 Qxd5 18. Qh3 Bh4 19. Rd1 Qxa2 20. Qxh4) 13. Bxe4 Nxe4 14.
Qxe4 Ne7 15. Bg5 Ng6 16. Rad1 h6 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Rxe3 Rfd8 19. Red3 Nf4 20.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Sebastian"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1911.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Black "Burn, Amos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1911.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 Be7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Nf1
b5 9. Bc2 d5 10. Qe2 dxe4 11. dxe4 Bc5 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Ne3 Re8 14. O-O Qe7 $2 (
{Correct is} 14... Bxe3 15. Qxe3) 15. Nd5 $1 Bxd5 16. exd5 Nb8 17. a4 b4 18.
cxb4 Bxb4 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Qe4 Bd6 ({Or} 20... Qg6 21. Qxb4 Qxc2 22. Nxe5 $1)
21. Qxh7+ Kf8 22. Nh4 Qh6 23. Qxh6 gxh6 24. Nf5 h5 25. Bd1 Nd7 26. Bxh5 Nf6 27.
Be2 Nxd5 28. Rfd1 Nf4 29. Bc4 Red8 30. h4 a5 31. g3 Ne6 32. Bxe6 fxe6 33. Ne3
Rdb8 34. Nc4 Ke7 35. Rac1 Ra7 36. Re1 Kf6 37. Re4 Rb4 38. g4 Ra6 39. Rc3 Bc5
40. Rf3+ Kg7 41. b3 Bd4 42. Kg2 Ra8 43. g5 Ra6 44. h5 Rxc4 45. bxc4 Rc6 46. g6
1-0

[Event "San Sebastian"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1911.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Bernstein, Ossip"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1911.??.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 $5 7. Qxf3 c6
8. Bd2 Nbd7 9. O-O-O e6 10. Bc4 Qc7 11. Rhe1 O-O-O 12. Bb3 h6 13. Kb1 Nb6 14.
Ne2 Be7 15. c4 Rd7 16. a4 Na8 $1 {Black pieces have to regroup on the
queenside.} 17. Bf4 Bd6 18. Be3 Qa5 19. Rc1 Bb8 20. Red1 Nc7 21. Nf4 Rhd8 22.
Bd2 Qa6 23. Bc3 Qb6 24. Ka2 Na6 25. Nd3 c5 26. a5 Qc7 27. dxc5 Nxc5 28. Nxc5
Rxd1 $2 ({Correct is} 28... Qxc5 29. Rxd7 Rxd7) 29. Rxd1 Rxd1 30. Nxe6 $1 fxe6
31. Qxd1 Ne4 32. Bb4 Nc5 33. Qh5 b6 34. Bd1 Qe7 35. Bf3 Bd6 36. axb6 axb6 37.
Qg6 Be5 38. Ba3 Bf6 39. b4 Qd7 $5 40. bxc5 Qd2+ 41. Kb3 $4 {Rubinstein lets
the win slip.} ({He escapes from the checks in} 41. Kb1 Qe1+ 42. Kc2 Qc3+ 43.
Kd1 Qb3+ 44. Ke1 $1 Qc3+ 45. Ke2 $1 Qxc4+ 46. Qd3 {(Marco).}) 41... Qc3+ (41...
Qc3+ 42. Ka4 $1 Qa5+ 43. Kb3 Qc3+ {leads to a repetition of moves (Tarrasch).})
1/2-1/2

[Event "San Sebastian"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1911.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Marshall, Frank"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D32"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1911.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bxe7 Ngxe7 8.
e3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Be6 $5 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. Qg4 Nf5 12. e4 d4 $1 13. O-O-O $5 ({
The complications of} 13. Nb5 $5 Qa5+ 14. Kd1 d3 $1 15. exf5 Qxb5 16. Qxg7
O-O-O {favour Black.}) 13... Qh4 14. Qxh4 Nxh4 15. Nb5 O-O-O {Marshall worries
too much about ..e5.} 16. e5 $2 (16. f4 a6 17. Na3 e5 18. g3 {is okay.}) 16...
Rhf8 17. Nd6+ Kb8 18. f4 g5 19. Bb5 gxf4 20. g3 $6 ({More resistance is
offered by} 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Rxd4 Nxg2 22. Rf1) 20... Nf3 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22.
Rhf1 fxg3 23. hxg3 Kc7 24. Ne4 Kb6 25. b4 Rf5 26. Nd6 Rff8 27. Ne4 Kb5 28. Nc5
Nxe5 29. Rxf8 Rxf8 30. Nxe6 Rf2 31. Rxd4 Rxa2 32. Nc7+ Kb6 33. Ne6 Rg2 34. Ng5
Rxg3 35. Nxh7 Kb5 36. Kc2 Nc4 37. Rd7 Ra3 38. Rb7+ Nb6 39. Nf6 Kxb4 40. Nd7 Kb5
41. Kb2 Ra4 42. Kb3 c5 43. Ne5 Rb4+ 44. Kc3 a5 45. Rb8 Ka4 46. Kc2 Nd5 47. Rc8
Kb5 48. Nd7 Rc4+ 49. Kb2 Nb6 $5 {The exchange of knights leads to a difficult
endgame.} 50. Nxb6 Kxb6 51. Kb3 Rb4+ 52. Kc3 Kb5 53. Rb8+ Ka4 54. Rc8 Rb3+ 55.
Kc2 Rb5 56. Rh8 Kb4 57. Rh1 a4 58. Kb2 {Black has a complicated win.} a3+ $2 ({
Correct is} 58... Ka5+ $1 59. Kc3 (59. Ka2 c4 60. Rh8 c3 61. Ka3 Rc5 62. Rh1
Kb5 63. Rg1 Rd5 $1 64. Rh1 Kc4 65. Rg1 Rd2 66. Rh1 c2 67. Kb2 a3+ $1 68. Kc1
Rd1+ $1 {(Karpov)}) 59... a3 60. Rh8 Ka4 61. Rh4+ Rb4 62. Rh8 Rb3+ 63. Kc2 Rb5
64. Ra8+ Kb4 65. Rh8 c4 66. Rg8 Ra5 $1 67. Rb8+ Kc5 68. Rc8+ Kb5 69. Rb8+ Kc6
70. Rc8+ Kb7 {(Maiselis).}) 59. Ka2 $1 Ka4 60. Rc1 $1 Ra5 61. Rb1 c4 62. Rb8
Rc5 ({White escapes in} 62... Rd5 63. Ra8+ Kb4 64. Rb8+ Kc3 65. Rg8 Rd3 66.
Kxa3 Kc2+ 67. Ka2 $1 c3 68. Rg1 $1 Rd1 69. Rg2+ Kc1 70. Kb3) 63. Ra8+ Kb4 64.
Rxa3 c3 65. Rb3+ Kc4 66. Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Sebastian"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1911.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1911.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+
8. Nbxd2 d5 $1 {Capablanca knows the theory.} 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Qb3 Nce7 11. O-O
O-O 12. Rfe1 c6 13. a4 Qb6 ({Schlechter played} 13... Ng6 {in round 2.}) 14.
Qa3 Be6 15. a5 Qc7 16. Ne4 Rad8 17. Nc5 Bc8 18. g3 Nf5 19. Rad1 (19. Rac1 $1 {
keeps the initiative.}) 19... Nd6 $1 {Capablanca utilises a 'petite
combinaison'.} 20. Bxd5 Nb5 $1 21. Qb4 ({The pointe is} 21. Bxf7+ $2 Qxf7 {and
f3 falls.}) 21... Rxd5 $1 {Black continues the exchange.} 22. Nd3 Bg4 23. Nde5
h5 24. Nxg4 $2 ({Better is} 24. a6 $1 bxa6 25. Rc1 Bxf3 26. Nxc6 $1 Rd7 27. Ne5
Rxd4 28. Qxf8+ $1 Kxf8 29. Rxc7 Nxc7 30. Nxf3 Rb4 31. Re2) 24... hxg4 25. Nh4
Rfd8 26. Re7 Qd6 $2 ({Black plays for a win in} 26... Qc8 $1 {(Tarrasch)} 27.
Qb3 g5 28. Ng2 Kf8 29. Rde1 Nxd4) 27. Qxd6 Nxd6 28. a6 bxa6 29. Rxa7 Nb5 30.
Rxa6 Nxd4 31. Kf1 g5 32. Ng2 Nf3 33. Rxd5 cxd5 34. Ne1 Re8 35. Nxf3 gxf3 36.
Rd6 Rc8 37. Ke1 Re8+ 38. Kf1 Rc8 {Both contenders missed a winning chance in
this round.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Sebastian"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1911.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Black "Janowsky, Dawid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1911.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Nf3 c5 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. dxc5 O-O 7. a3 Bxc5 8. b4
Be7 9. Bb2 a5 10. b5 b6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nd4 Bd6 13. Be2 Be6 14. Bf3 Ra7 15.
O-O Rc7 16. Qb3 Nbd7 17. Rfd1 Ne5 18. Be2 Qe7 19. Rac1 Rfc8 20. Na4 Rxc1 21.
Rxc1 Rxc1+ 22. Bxc1 Ne4 23. Bb2 $2 {The blunders begin.} Nc4 $1 24. Bxc4 Bxh2+
$1 25. Kxh2 Qh4+ 26. Kg1 Qxf2+ 27. Kh2 Qg3+ 28. Kg1 dxc4 29. Qc2 Qxe3+ 30. Kh2
Qh6+ 31. Kg1 Qe3+ 32. Kh2 Qg3+ 33. Kg1 Qe1+ 34. Kh2 Nf6 $1 35. Nxe6 Qh4+ 36.
Kg1 Qe1+ 37. Kh2 Qh4+ 38. Kg1 Ng4 $1 39. Qd2 Qh2+ 40. Kf1 Qh1+ 41. Ke2 Qxg2+
42. Kd1 Nf2+ 43. Kc2 Qg6+ 44. Kc1 Qg1+ 45. Kc2 Qg6+ 46. Kc1 Nd3+ 47. Kb1 fxe6
48. Qc2 h5 49. Bd4 h4 50. Bxb6 h3 51. Bc7 e5 52. b6 $6 ({Capablanca prefers} 
52. Qxc4+ Kf8) 52... Qe4 $1 53. Bxe5 ({Or} 53. Ka1 h2 $1 54. Qxh2 Qe1+ 55. Ka2
Nc1+ 56. Kb2 Nb3) 53... Qe1+ $2 {Janowski misses the win.} ({Right is} 53...
Qh1+ $1 54. Ka2 Nxe5 {because the b-pawn cannot move.}) 54. Ka2 Nxe5 55. b7 $1
Nd7 56. Nc5 $1 Nb8 57. Qxc4+ Kh8 58. Ne4 Kh7 $2 ({Black survives in} 58... Qe3
$1 59. Qc8+ Kh7 60. Qxh3+ $5 Qxh3 61. Ng5+ Kg6 62. Nxh3 Kf5) 59. Qd3 $1 g6 60.
Qxh3+ Kg7 61. Qf3 $1 Qc1 62. Qf6+ Kh7 63. Qf7+ Kh6 64. Qf8+ Kh5 65. Qh8+ Kg4
66. Qc8+ {Mieses calls it an exciting game.} 1-0

[Event "San Sebastian"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1911.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Burn, Amos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D06"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1911.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 cxd4 4. cxd5 Qa5+ 5. Qd2 Qxd2+ 6. Bxd2 Nf6 7. Nxd4
Nxd5 8. Nb5 Na6 9. e4 Nf6 10. N1c3 e6 11. Rc1 Be7 12. Be2 O-O 13. e5 Nd7 14. f4
Ndc5 15. O-O Rd8 16. Be3 b6 17. Bf3 Bb7 18. Bxb7 Nxb7 19. Ne4 Nac5 20. Nf2 a5
21. Rc3 Rd7 22. Rfc1 Rad8 23. b3 h6 24. Na7 Bf8 25. Nc6 Ra8 26. Kf1 Nd8 27. Nd4
Rb8 28. Ke2 Na6 29. Rc8 Bc5 30. Rxb8 Nxb8 31. Nb5 Na6 32. Ne4 Bxe3 33. Kxe3 Nb4
34. a3 Nd5+ 35. Kf3 Kh7 36. Ned6 Nb7 37. Nxb7 Rxb7 38. Ke4 Rd7 39. g4 g6 40.
Rc6 Kg7 41. Nd6 f5+ 42. gxf5 gxf5+ 43. Kf3 Kf8 44. Rc8+ Kg7 45. a4 Kg6 46. Rg8+
1/2-1/2

[Event "San Sebastian"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1911.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Leonhardt, Paul"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1911.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qe2 $2 {A silly sacrifice starts the 'chess machine'. Hereafter,
black's win seems to occur automatically.} cxd4 10. exd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12.
Rd1 Qg4 13. f3 Qh5 14. Ne4 Qe5 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Qxe5 Bxe5 17. a4 b6 18. a5
Bb7 19. axb6 axb6 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. b3 Bc6 22. Be3 b5 23. Be2 f6 24. Rc1 Ra1
25. Rxa1 Bxa1 26. Kf2 Kf7 27. Ke1 e5 28. Kd2 Ke6 29. Bd3 g6 30. h4 $5 f5 31. b4
e4 $1 32. fxe4 Bxe4 33. Bxb5 Bxg2 {The antagonists cooperate in the exchange
of material.} 34. Ba6 $5 Bf6 35. Bf2 Be5 36. b5 h6 37. b6 g5 38. hxg5 hxg5 39.
Bc8+ Kf6 40. Ke2 Bc6 41. Kf1 Bd5 42. Ke2 Bc4+ $6 ({The advance of the g-pawn by
} 42... g4 43. Be3 g3 44. Bc5 Kg5 {acts on a plan by Tarrasch.}) 43. Kd2 f4 $6
44. Bg4 $6 (44. Bc5 Bb8 45. Bd4+ Kf7 46. Ke1 {does a better job in stopping
the connected pawns.}) 44... Be6 45. Bf3 g4 46. Be4 g3 47. Bc5 Bg4 48. Ke1 f3
49. Be3 Bd6 50. b7 Ke5 51. Bc6 Bb8 52. Kf1 Bh5 53. Kg1 Kf5 {Black seems to win
easily, but White has a remarkable defence.} 54. Bd5 $2 ({Correct is} 54. Kf1
$1 Kg4 55. Bd7+ Kh4 {(Tarrasch)} 56. Ke1 $1 Bg4 57. Bc8 $1 Kh3 58. Kd2 {A
black victory becomes unlikely.} {Notice} Be5 59. Bd4 Bf4+ 60. Be3 g2 61. Bxf4
g1=Q 62. b8=Q Qd4+ 63. Kc2 Qc4+ 64. Kb2 Bxc8 65. Qe5 f2 66. Qh5+ {and White
draws.}) 54... Kg4 55. Be6+ Kh4 56. Bc5 Bg4 57. Bxg4 (57. Bc8 {does not work
due to} g2) 57... Kxg4 58. Kf1 Kh3 59. Bg1 ({Tarrasch mentions} 59. Kg1 $1 g2
60. Kf2 Kg4 61. Kg1 (61. Ke1 Kg3 62. Bg1 Be5 $1 63. Bd4 Bxd4 $3 64. b8=Q+ Kh3
65. Qc8+ Kh2 66. Qc7+ Kg1 $1) 61... Kg3 62. Bd4 f2+ $1 63. Bxf2+ Kh3 64. Be3
Bh2+) 59... Bc7 $1 60. Ba7 Kh2 61. b8=Q g2+ 0-1

[Event "San Sebastian"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1911.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1911.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 9. Ne5 c5 10. dxc5 Qc7 11. Qe2 Bxc5 12. Bg5 Nd7 13. Nxd7 Bxd7 14.
Rad1 Bc6 15. Qh5 g6 16. Qh4 Rfe8 17. Rfe1 Be7 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Qxe7 Rxe7 20.
Be4 Rc8 21. c3 e5 22. Rd6 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 f5 24. Ra4 b6 25. g4 e4 26. gxf5 gxf5
27. Kf1 Kf7 28. Rad4 Re6 $2 29. Rd7+ Re7 30. R4d5 $1 Rxd7 31. Rxd7+ Kg6 32.
Rxa7 Rd8 $1 {Black has lost a pawn by a blunder. He has to sacrifice a pawn in
order to survive.} 33. Ra6 ({The counteraction has sufficient strength in} 33.
Ke2 f4 $1 34. a4 Kf5 $1 {Black gives a pawn again.} 35. Rf7+ Ke5 36. Rxh7 f3+
37. Ke1 Rg8 38. Kd2 Rg1 $1) 33... Rd2 $1 34. Rxb6+ Kg5 35. Ke1 $1 Rc2 36. Rb5 (
{The best chance brings} 36. a4 $1 Kg4 $1 37. a5 Kf3 38. a6 Re2+ 39. Kd1 Kxf2
40. a7 Re1+ 41. Kc2 Ra1 42. Rf6 Rxa7 43. Rxf5+ Ke3 {White has gained a plus})
36... Kg4 $1 37. h3+ $1 Kxh3 38. Rxf5 Rxb2 39. Rf4 Rxa2 40. Rxe4 h5 41. c4 Kg2
42. Rf4 Rc2 43. Rh4 Kf3 $1 44. Kd1 Rxf2 45. c5 Ke3 46. Rxh5 Kd4 {Siegbert
could never beat Akiba.   The scores had become Capablanca 5 and Rubinstein 3,
the maximum gap between them.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Sebastian"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1911.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Black "Duras, Oldrich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1911.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. c4 Be7 5. Nc3 a6 6. b3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Bb2
Nc6 9. Be2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Be2 Qxd1+ 12. Rxd1 Bb7 13. O-O Ke7 14. Ng5 Na7
15. Rc1 Rac8 16. Rfd1 h6 17. Bf3 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 Rhd8 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Kf1 Bd6
21. Ke2 Rc8 22. a4 bxa4 23. Nxa4 Rxc1 24. Bxc1 Ne4 25. Nd2 Nxd2 26. Bxd2 Kd7
27. h3 Kc6 28. Kd3 Nb5 29. f4 e5 {The improved technique led to a new
phenomenon, the draw without a fight or grandmaster draw (Euwe). Capa regarded
chess as too simple. He foresaw a peaceful end of the game. Fortunately he was
wrong.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Sebastian"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1911.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Janowsky, Dawid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1911.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 $5 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 b6 $6 6. e3 $6 ({The centre
can be occupied by} 6. e4 Bb7 7. Bd3 {Janowski plays a ludicrous type of
prophylaxis. He tries to give up the centre without an opportunity for
centralisation.}) 6... Bb7 7. Bd3 d6 8. Qe2 c5 9. Rd1 Nc6 10. O-O Nd7 $6 {The
knight obstructs the support to the centre.} 11. Bf4 a6 12. Bb1 Qc7 $2 ({The
loss of a centre pawn can be avoided by} 12... cxd4 13. exd4 Na5) 13. d5 $1 {
White develops an enormous pressure on d6.} Nd8 ({The variation} 13... exd5 14.
Nxd5 $1 {and 15.Nxe7+ also leads to the loss of pawn d6.}) 14. Qd3 $1 g6 15.
dxe6 Ne5 $5 {Otherwise White simply captures pawn d6.} 16. Bxe5 dxe5 17. Qd7
Nxe6 18. Qxc7 Nxc7 19. Rd7 Bd8 20. Nxe5 Bc8 21. Rd6 Be6 22. Be4 Rc8 23. Bb7 Rb8
24. Nc6 Rxb7 25. Nxd8 Rb8 26. Nc6 Rbe8 27. Nd5 Bxd5 28. cxd5 f6 29. Rd1 Rf7 30.
Kf1 Kg7 31. Ke2 Nb5 32. Re6 Nc7 33. Rxe8 Nxe8 34. e4 Nd6 35. Kd3 g5 36. f3 Rd7
37. g3 Nb5 38. a4 Nd6 39. f4 gxf4 40. gxf4 f5 41. e5 Ne4 42. Ke3 b5 43. axb5
axb5 44. Rg1+ Kf8 45. Rd1 1-0

[Event "San Sebastian"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1911.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Leonhardt, Paul"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C98"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1911.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. Nf1 cxd4 14. cxd4 exd4 15.
Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 $6 ({A plus is kept by} 16. Bf4 $1 Re8 17. N1d2) 16... Re8 17.
Rc1 Qb6 18. Qd2 $2 ({The beleaguerment of pawn d4 starts with} 18. N1d2 $1)
18... Be6 19. Bb1 Ne5 20. N1h2 Nc4 21. Qxd4 Qxd4 22. Nxd4 Nxb2 23. Nc6 g5 24.
Nxe7+ Rxe7 25. Bg3 Nc4 26. Nf3 Rae8 27. Rcd1 d5 28. e5 Nh5 29. Bh2 Ng7 30. g4
Bc8 31. Rxd5 Bb7 32. Rd3 Bxf3 33. Rxf3 Nxe5 34. Bxe5 Rxe5 35. Rxe5 Rxe5 36. Kf1
Ne6 37. Ra3 Nf4 38. Rxa6 Rc5 $1 39. Ra8+ Kg7 40. Re8 Nxh3 41. Kg2 Nf4+ 42. Kf3
Ne6 43. Rb8 Rc3+ 44. Kg2 Rc4 45. Bf5 Nf4+ 46. Kh2 b4 47. Rb7 Ne2 48. Kg2 Rf4
49. f3 h5 50. Kf2 Nc3 51. Ra7 hxg4 52. Bxg4 Kf6 53. a3 $2 {The game ends
suddenly.} b3 $1 54. Rb7 b2 $1 0-1

[Event "San Sebastian"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1911.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1911.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 $5 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. Be2 ({'Theory' will become} 5. g3
) 5... Bd6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Re1 Nge7 8. c3 O-O 9. a3 f5 10. Bf1 Bd7 11. exd5 exd5
12. b4 Rae8 13. Bb2 b6 14. d4 c4 15. Nxc4 dxc4 16. Bxc4+ Kh8 17. Ng5 Bxh2+ 18.
Kh1 Bf4 $2 (18... h6 $1 19. Nf7+ Kh7 20. g3 Bxg3 {refutes the combination.})
19. Nf7+ Rxf7 20. Bxf7 Rf8 21. Bh5 Ng8 22. c4 {White has regained eqaulity.}
Qd8 23. Qf3 $2 ({No pawn is lost by} 23. g3) 23... Qh4+ 24. Qh3 ({The pointe is
} 24. Kg1 Qh2+ 25. Kf1 Nf6 $1 {(Mieses).}) 24... Qxf2 25. Re2 Qg3 26. Qxg3 Bxg3
27. c5 $6 ({Better is} 27. d5 Nce7 28. Rc1) 27... Nce7 28. Bf3 Bb5 29. Rc2 Nf6
30. a4 Bd3 31. Rcc1 Ne4 32. b5 Rf6 33. Bxe4 Bf2 0-1

[Event "San Sebastian"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1911.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Black "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1911.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. c4 c6 5. Qb3 Qc7 6. Nc3 e6 7. Bd2 Nbd7 8. Rc1
Qb6 9. Be2 h6 10. O-O Be7 11. Qxb6 axb6 12. a3 O-O 13. Rfd1 Rfe8 14. Ne1 Bd6
15. f4 Ne4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Bd3 $6 Nf6 18. Bxe4 Nxe4 19. Rc2 $2 ({Better is} 
19. Nd3) 19... Ra4 $1 20. cxd5 exd5 21. Bc1 b5 22. Nd3 f6 $6 ({Schlechter
prefers} 22... Rc4 $1) 23. Nf2 Raa8 24. Nxe4 Rxe4 25. Kf2 g5 26. g3 Kf7 27. Kf3
h5 28. h4 {White has a weak bishop. But it is doubtful whether Black can take
the bastion.} gxh4 $2 ({The positional advantage is kept by} 28... g4+ 29. Kf2
Kg6) 29. Rh1 $1 f5 ({Or} 29... hxg3 30. Rxh5 Kg6 31. Rh3) 30. Rxh4 Kg6 31. Rch2
Rh8 32. b4 $1 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Sebastian"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1911.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Duras, Oldrich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "1911.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 $5 dxc4 $1 6. e3 $5 ({Problems
are avoided by} 6. Qa4+) 6... b5 $1 7. a4 c6 8. Be2 Bb4+ 9. Nfd2 (9. Nc3 {was
played in Rubinstein-Marshall, Warsaw 1908.}) 9... Bb7 10. O-O a6 11. Bxf6 gxf6
({More natural is} 11... Qxf6 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Bxa8 14. Nxc4 $1 {(B.
Lasker)} O-O 15. Ne5) 12. b3 cxb3 13. Qxb3 Be7 14. Nc3 Nd7 15. Bf3 Qb6 16. Rfe1
O-O 17. Rab1 Rab8 18. Ne2 f5 19. Nf4 Kg7 20. Qc3 b4 21. Qb2 Kh7 22. Nc4 Qc7 23.
Qc2 Rg8 24. a5 $6 c5 25. d5 $2 ({Correct is} 25. Bxb7 Qxb7 {and now} 26. d5)
25... Ne5 $1 26. Nxe5 Qxe5 27. Red1 Rbc8 28. Qc4 Qf6 29. g3 e5 30. Ne2 e4 31.
Bg2 Bd6 32. Rf1 Qg5 33. Rbd1 h5 34. f3 $6 exf3 $6 ({What is wrong with} 34...
Qxe3+ 35. Kh1 h4) 35. Rxf3 Rce8 36. Rdf1 Bc8 37. Bh3 Re5 38. Kh1 Kh8 39. Qc2
Bb7 40. Rxf5 Bxd5+ 41. Bg2 Bxg2+ 42. Kxg2 Qxe3 43. Rxe5 Qxe5 44. Rf5 b3 $2 (
44... Qe6 $1 45. Rxh5+ Kg7 {keeps a great advantage.}) 45. Qd3 Qe6 46. Rxh5+
Kg7 47. Rg5+ Kf8 48. Nf4 Qf6 49. Rf5 Qe7 50. Qd5 Bxf4 51. Rxf4 Rh8 $2 {The
tables turn completely.} (51... b2 $1 {(B. Lasker)} 52. Qa8+ Kg7 53. Rg4+ Kh6
54. Qxg8 Qe2+ 55. Kh3 Qf1+ 56. Kh4 Qf6+ 57. Rg5 b1=Q 58. Qf8+ Kh7 59. Qg8+ Kh6
{results in perpetual check.}) 52. Re4 Qf6 53. Qxc5+ Kg7 54. Rg4+ Kh6 55. Rf4
Qb2+ 56. Rf2 Qg7 57. Qe3+ Kh7 58. Qxb3 Rf8 59. Rf5 Qg6 60. Qd5 f6 61. Qe6 Kg7
62. h4 Rb8 63. h5 Rb2+ 64. Kh3 Re2 65. Qxe2 Qxf5+ 66. Qg4+ Qxg4+ 67. Kxg4 Kh6
68. Kh4 f5 69. g4 fxg4 70. Kxg4 Kg7 71. Kg5 Kh7 72. Kf6 {Rubinstein was
'lucky'.} 1-0

[Event "San Sebastian"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1911.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1911.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bxf6 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 gxf6
8. Nf3 Bd7 9. g3 Qe4+ 10. Qe2 Bc6 11. Bg2 Nd7 12. Nh4 Qxe2+ 13. Kxe2 Bxg2 14.
Nxg2 Ke7 15. Rab1 b6 16. c4 Rhd8 17. Rhd1 f5 18. Rb3 Nf6 19. Ne3 Rd7 20. Rbd3
1/2-1/2

[Event "San Sebastian"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1911.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1911.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. d3 Nf6 5. Be2 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bd2 Be6 8. Re1
h6 9. h3 Qd7 10. Bf1 Nh7 11. g4 $6 h5 $1 {Black gains a positional advantage,
but he will make little progress.} 12. Nh2 hxg4 13. hxg4 Ne7 14. Re3 Ng6 15.
Rg3 f6 16. Bg2 c6 17. Ne2 Bxd2 18. Qxd2 Ng5 19. d4 Qe7 20. Re1 c5 21. d5 Bd7
22. c4 Rae8 23. Nf1 Bc8 24. a3 Qc7 25. Qe3 b6 26. Nd2 Ba6 27. a4 Rb8 28. b3 Bc8
29. Bf1 Qe7 30. Ra1 a5 31. Nf3 Bd7 32. Bg2 Kf7 33. Kf1 Rh8 34. Neg1 Rh6 35. Ke1
Nf4 36. Kd2 Nxf3+ 37. Nxf3 g5 38. Rg1 Rbh8 39. Kc2 Kg6 40. Nd2 Qh7 41. Nf1 Kg7
42. Kd2 Be8 43. Bf3 Bg6 44. Kc3 Rh4 {Standings of two stars: Capablanca 7 1/2
and Rubinstein 6 1/2.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Sebastian"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1911.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1911.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 Bf5 6. Bxc4 e6 7. Qe2 Bg4 8. O-O
Be7 9. Rd1 O-O 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Ne5 b5 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Bb3 Nbd7 15.
e4 Qc7 16. Bg5 b4 17. Na4 e5 $6 18. Bh4 ({A plus secures} 18. dxe5 $1 Qxe5 19.
f4 Qb5 20. Re1) 18... exd4 19. Rxd4 Rae8 20. Bg3 Ne5 21. Rd2 g5 $1 22. Rad1 Qa5
23. f3 Rd8 24. Kg2 Rxd2 25. Rxd2 Re8 26. Rc2 Nh7 27. Qe3 Nf8 28. Nc5 Nfg6 29.
Nd3 Rd8 30. Nxe5 Nxe5 31. Rd2 Bf6 32. Bf2 Rxd2 33. Qxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Sebastian"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1911.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Black "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D04"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1911.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 Nf6 4. e3 Nc6 5. dxc5 e5 6. b4 Qc7 7. Bb2 Be6 8. Nbd2
Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Rad8 11. Qc2 Bg4 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 f5
$1 15. Qc4+ $6 ({Better is} 15. Qe3) 15... Kh8 16. Rad1 e4 $1 17. Nd4 Ne5 $1
18. Qb3 Bxe2 19. Nxe2 Ng4 20. Ng3 f4 $2 (20... e3 $1 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. fxe3 Bh4
23. Rd1 {keeps the equality.}) 21. Rxd8 ({Avoids} 21. Nxe4 $2 f3 22. g3 Qe5 23.
Rfe1 Qh5 24. h4 Bxh4 $1) 21... Rxd8 22. Qe6 $1 {Capablanca counters
brilliantly.} fxg3 23. Qxg4 gxh2+ $6 (23... gxf2+ 24. Rxf2 e3 {offers more
resistance (Tarrasch).}) 24. Kh1 Qe5 25. Re1 Rd2 26. Rxe4 Qc7 27. Bc1 Rxf2 28.
Bf4 Qd8 29. Rxe7 $1 {The end is drastic.} Qf8 30. Qxg7+ $1 1-0

[Event "San Sebastian"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1911.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1911.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. Nf3 Ne7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 c6 8.
Ne2 Bf5 9. Bf4 Bxf4 10. Nxf4 Qd6 11. Bxf5 Nxf5 12. Nd3 Nd7 13. c3 Rfe8 14. Qb3
Qc7 15. Rfe1 Nd6 16. Rxe8+ Rxe8 17. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Sebastian"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1911.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D33"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1911.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 Be6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
Rc8 $6 (8... Nf6 {leads to the main line of the Rubinstein variation.}) 9. dxc5
Bxc5 10. Ng5 Nf6 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Bh3 Qe7 13. Bg5 ({Black has a suitable
defence in} 13. e4 dxe4 14. Bg5 Rd8 $1) 13... O-O $6 ({Correct is} 13... Rd8 $1
{(Tarrasch)}) 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 ({Little improvement brings} 14... gxf6 {due to}
15. Nxd5 $1 exd5 16. Qxd5+ Kh8 17. Bxc8 Rxc8 18. e3) 15. Nxd5 Qh6 $2 (15...
Bxf2+ $1 16. Kg2 Qe5 $1 {saves the game (Sorokhtin).}) 16. Kg2 Rcd8 17. Qc1 $3
{A famous move results in the win of a pawn. Rubinstein won a pawn with the
same move against Lasker in St Petersburg 1909.} exd5 ({The pointe is} 17...
Rxd5 18. Qxh6 gxh6 19. Bxe6+) 18. Qxc5 Qd2 19. Qb5 Nd4 20. Qd3 Qxd3 21. exd3
Rfe8 22. Bg4 Rd6 23. Rfe1 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 Rb6 $5 {Black tries to achieve
counteraction for the pawn.} 25. Re5 Rxb2 26. Rxd5 Nc6 27. Be6+ Kf8 28. Rf5+
Ke8 29. Bf7+ Kd7 30. Bc4 a6 31. Rf7+ Kd6 32. Rxg7 b5 33. Bg8 $1 a5 34. Rxh7 a4
35. h4 b4 36. Rh6+ Kc5 37. Rh5+ Kb6 38. Bd5 $2 ({Right is} 38. Bc4 $1 {and}
Rxa2 $2 {fails due to} 39. Rb5+) 38... b3 $2 {Capa misses his extra chance.} ({
An explosion causes} 38... Rxa2 $3 39. g4 $3 ({The pointe is} 39. Bxa2 $4 b3) (
39. Bc4 $2 Rc2 40. Rb5+ Kc7 41. Bg8 $1 a3 42. h5 a2 43. Bxa2 Rxa2 44. h6 Ra6 $1
45. g4 Ne7 46. g5 Rb6 $1 47. Rxb6 Kxb6 48. f4 $1 b3 $1 49. h7 Ng6 50. f5 b2 51.
fxg6 b1=Q 52. h8=Q Qc2+ $11 {(various annotators)}) (39. Rh8 $2 {(Vukovic) is
refuted by} Rd2 $1 40. Rh6 Rc2 41. g4 Kc7 42. g5 Ne7 43. Bc4 $2 b3 44. Re6 Rxc4
$1 45. dxc4 Nf5) 39... Rc2 ({the pointe is} 39... b3 40. Rh6 Rc2 41. g5 b2 42.
Ba2) 40. Rh6 Kc7 41. g5 Ne7 42. g6 $1 Nxd5 43. g7 Ne7 44. Re6 Ng8 45. Re8 Rc6 {
Elegance shows} 46. h5 $1 Nh6 47. Rh8 Rc5 48. f4 $1 Rxh5 49. Rxh6 $1 Rxh6 50.
g8=Q {and White wins.}) 39. axb3 a3 40. Bxc6 Rxb3 41. Bd5 a2 42. Rh6+ {
Standings: Capablanca 8 1/2 / 12 and Rubinstein 8 1/2 / 13.} 1-0

[Event "San Sebastian"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1911.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Black "Teichmann, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "16"]
[EventDate "1911.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Ne7 {The worried Capa only wanted a draw. The result was yielded on move
20. The rest of the game was not archived for chess history.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Sebastian"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1911.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1911.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Bd3 b6 $5 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Bb5+ c6 $1 11. Qf3 $2 Qd5 $1 12. Bxf6 cxb5 $2 {
Rubinstein misses the first chance.} ({An advantage is gained by} 12... Qxf3 $1
13. Nxf3 ({the point is} 13. gxf3 $2 Bxf6 14. Nxc6 a6)) 13. Bxg7 $2 (13. Qxd5
Bxd5 14. Bxe7 Kxe7 15. f3 {leads to equality.}) 13... Qxf3 14. gxf3 Rg8 15. Bh6
f6 16. Nd3 Bxf3 17. Rf1 Rg4 18. Bf4 Rd8 19. c3 e5 20. Be3 e4 21. Nb4 Bd6 22. h3
Rh4 23. Rg1 Kf7 24. Kd2 Rxh3 25. a4 f5 26. Nc6 Rd7 27. d5 f4 28. Bd4 e3+ $2 ({
He blows the second opportunity} 28... Rh2 29. Rg7+ Ke8 30. Rxd7 Kxd7 31. axb5
e3+ $1) 29. fxe3 fxe3+ 30. Bxe3 Rh2+ 31. Kc1 Re2 32. Bh6 Bxd5 33. axb5 a5 34.
Ra4 Re4 35. Rxe4 Bxe4 36. Rg7+ Ke8 37. Rg8+ Kf7 38. Rg7+ {Mieses calls
Rubinstein the 'moral winner' of the tournament, because he had such bad luck.
We better call him the 'Schlemiel'.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Sebastian"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1911.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Vidmar, Milan Sr"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1911.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. dxc5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bxc5 11. a3 b6 12. b4 Be7 13. e4 Rd8 14. Bf4 Bb7 15.
e5 Ne8 16. Bd3 Rac8 17. Nb5 Rd5 18. Nd6 Nxd6 19. exd6 Bxd6 20. Bxd6 Rd8 $1 {
Rubinstein had a bye in the last round. Capablanca needed a draw for the
victory in the tournament. Vidmar could have won the first prize if he had
upset Capablanca, but he showed little ambition.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Sebastian*"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1911.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Teichmann, Richard"]
[Black "Marshall, Frank"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "1911.??.??"]

{The fourth prize went to Marshall. He carried out a classical bishop endgame.
} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. c4 Be7 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. dxc3 Nc6
8. Bf4 Bg4 9. Be2 Qd7 10. Qd2 O-O-O 11. O-O-O h6 12. h3 Be6 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14.
cxd4 Qa4 15. b3 Qa6 16. Kb1 Bf6 17. d5 Bd7 18. Qc2 Rhe8 19. Be3 Qa5 20. Bd4 $2
Bxd4 21. Rxd4 Re5 {Black has the good bishop and controls the open file.} 22.
Qd2 Qb6 23. Rd1 Rde8 24. Bf1 a5 25. Rc1 Kb8 26. Rf4 Bf5+ 27. Kb2 g5 28. Rf3 Bg6
29. Rfc3 Rf5 30. f3 Qc5 31. Rd1 Rfe5 32. Qd4 Qxd4 33. Rxd4 Re1 34. Rc1 R8e3 35.
Rdd1 Rxd1 36. Rxd1 Ka7 $1 37. Rd2 Re1 38. Be2 Kb6 39. Kc3 Kc5 {Black has the
active king as the third advantage, but the game is far from over.} 40. a3 Rc1+
41. Kb2 Rg1 42. Bd1 Re1 $1 43. Be2 ({White has to lose a tempo due to} 43. Kc3
Re3+ 44. Kb2 Bd3 $1 ({avoids} 44... Rd3 $2 45. Rxd3 Bxd3 46. Kc3 Bf1 47. g4 $1
{and White has a fortress})) 43... h5 44. Kc3 Rc1+ 45. Kb2 Rg1 46. Bd1 Re1 $1
47. Be2 h4 48. Kc3 Rc1+ 49. Kb2 Rg1 50. Bd1 Re1 $1 51. Be2 f6 52. Kc3 Rc1+ 53.
Kb2 Rg1 54. Bd1 Re1 $1 55. Be2 c6 $1 {Pawns are pushed on both flanks by means
of a zugzwang mechanism.} 56. Kc3 Rc1+ 57. Kb2 Rb1+ 58. Kc3 b5 $1 {Black
threatens mate in two. White grabs the chance to exchange.} 59. b4+ $1 axb4+
60. axb4+ Rxb4 61. dxc6 bxc4 62. Rd5+ Kxc6 $1 ({Black wins a pawn but not the
game in} 62... Kxd5 $2 63. Kxb4 Kxc6 64. Kxc4 Bf7+ 65. Kd4) 63. Rxd6+ Kxd6 64.
Kxb4 Ke5 65. Kxc4 Bf7+ ({Averbakh analyses} 65... Bb1 $1 66. Bd3 $1 Ba2+ 67.
Kc5 {Euwe tries to improve with} f5 $1 ({he gives} 67... Kf4 {as winning but}
68. Kd6 $1 Kg3 69. Ke7 Kxg2 70. Kxf6 Kxf3 71. Kxg5 {draws}) 68. Bf1 Bf7 69. Kc6
Bb3 {but} 70. Kd7 $1 Kf4 71. Ke7 {attacks the pawns from behind again.}) 66.
Kd3 Kf4 67. Bf1 Kg3 68. Ke3 Bd5 69. Ke2 f5 70. Ke3 Be6 71. Ke2 g4 72. hxg4 $2 (
{Correct is} 72. fxg4 fxg4 73. Ke3) 72... fxg4 73. Ke3 Bd7 $2 ({Black wins by} 
73... gxf3 $1 74. gxf3 Bd7 75. Ke2 Bb5+ 76. Ke1 Bc6 77. f4 Be4 $1 78. Ke2 Bf5
$1 79. Ke3 Bg4 $1 {(Averbakh).}) 74. fxg4 Bxg4 75. Ke4 $2 {The crucial error
is punished by a zugzwang manoeuvre.} ({White misses the escape} 75. Bb5 $1
Kxg2 76. Kf4 $1 Bc8 77. Bc6+) 75... Bc8 $1 76. Ke3 Bd7 $1 {It is still
difficult to analyse this ending, despite the modern means.} 0-1

[Event "San Sebastian*"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1911.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Black "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B29"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1911.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 $5 {Spielmann looks with mistrust at the naughty black
knight. Finally he decides against a knight hunt and makes a prudent move.} 3.
Nc3 d5 $5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bc4 ({'Theory' will become} 5. Bb5+ $1) 5... e6 6.
O-O Be7 7. d4 Nxc3 8. bxc3 O-O 9. Ne5 $5 Qc7 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Re1
cxd4 13. cxd4 $1 Nb4 14. Bg3 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 b6 16. c4 $6 {White's hanging pawns
become a target.} ({The exchange} 16. Nf3 Bxg3 17. hxg3 {keeps the equality.})
16... Ba6 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. Qb3 f6 $6 19. Qa4 $6 {Black keeps the initiative.}
({Better is} 19. c5 $1 {(Mieses)} fxe5 $1 20. Qxe6+ Rf7 $1 21. Qxd6 Qxd6 22.
cxd6 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 exd4) 19... fxe5 20. dxe5 Ba3 $1 21. Qxa3 Bxc4 22. Re4 Qd7
23. h3 Bd5 24. Re2 Qb7 25. f4 Qf7 26. Rec2 Rxc2 27. Rxc2 Qg6 28. Qc3 $2 Bxa2 $1
{A trick gains a pawn.} 29. Bh4 Bd5 30. Be7 Re8 31. Bd6 Qe4 32. Qc7 h6 33. Rf2
Qe1+ 34. Rf1 Qe3+ 35. Rf2 a5 36. Be7 Qe1+ 37. Rf1 Qe3+ 38. Rf2 Kh8 39. Bd8 Qe1+
40. Rf1 Qe3+ 41. Rf2 Qe1+ 42. Rf1 Qg3 43. Rf2 Rf8 44. Qxb6 Rxf4 45. Be7 a4 46.
Kf1 $2 Qxg2+ {The introduction of an important new variation was successful.}
0-1

[Event "San Sebastian*"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1911.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Teichmann, Richard"]
[Black "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1911.??.??"]

{Nimzowitsch shared the fifth place with Schlechter and Tarrasch. He was
working on ideas about hyper modern chess and applied them in another good
game with Black.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O
O-O 7. Qe2 c6 {This position arose in Blackburne-Hanham, New York 1889. Black
has made a solid start but looks for a counteraction.} 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Nh5 10.
Bg3 $6 {The initiative moves to Black. The exchange of bishops is better.} Nxg3
11. hxg3 b5 12. Bd3 a6 13. a4 Bb7 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. axb5 axb5 16. g4 $2 Rfe8 17.
d5 b4 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. Nb1 Nc5 20. Nbd2 Qc8 21. Bc4 g6 ({Black avoids the trap
} 21... Qxg4 $4 22. Bxf7+ Kxf7 23. Nxe5+) 22. g3 $2 Kg7 $1 23. Nh2 Bg5 $1 24.
f3 Qc7 25. Rfe1 Rh8 26. Ndf1 h5 $1 27. gxh5 Rxh5 28. Bd5 Rah8 29. Bxc6 Qxc6 30.
Qc4 Qb6 31. Kg2 Ne6 $1 {Nimzowitsch has shifted the attack to the kingside
after the weakening pawn moves.} 32. Re2 ({The game ends with violence in} 32.
Qd5 Rxh2+ $1 33. Nxh2 Rxh2+ 34. Kxh2 Qf2+ 35. Kh3 Bf4 $1 36. Rg1 Ng5+ {and
mate in two.}) ({Or} 32. Ng4 Bf4 $1 33. gxf4 Nxf4+ 34. Kg3 Rh3#) 32... Nd4 33.
Ree1 Qb7 34. Rxd4 $5 exd4 35. Ng4 Qb6 36. f4 Be7 37. Rd1 f5 38. Nf2 fxe4 39.
Qxd4+ Qxd4 40. Rxd4 d5 41. g4 Bc5 42. Rd1 Rh4 43. Rxd5 Bxf2 44. Kxf2 Rxg4 45.
Ke3 Rc8 46. Kxe4 Rc4+ 47. Kd3 Rcxf4 48. Ne3 Rg3 49. Re5 Kf6 50. Re8 Kf7 51. Re5
Rf6 52. c4 b3 53. Kd4 Re6 54. Rxe6 Kxe6 55. Nd5 g5 0-1

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1911.08.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Vidmar, Milan Sr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1911.??.21"]

{The second Karlsbad event was opened in the Kurhaus on 20 viii 1911.
Twenty-six participants played from 21 viii til 24 ix. It became a
confrontation between the settled stars Teichmann, Rubinstein and Schlechter
versus the young Rotlewi and Alekhine. Rotlewi had taken the place of Condé.
One game has been selected per round.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5
Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. Bxc6 bxc6 $5 7. Nxe5 Qe8 $5 8. Ng4 Nxe4 9. Nh6+ $1 Kh8 $5 (
9... gxh6 10. Qg4+ Kh8 11. Qxe4 Bxc3 12. Qxe8 Rxe8 13. dxc3 {also favours
White (Alekhine).}) 10. Re1 $1 d5 11. d3 Qe5 $2 (11... Nxc3 $1 12. bxc3 Be7 13.
Qh5 $1 Be6 14. f4 $1 {leads to a white attack (Alekhine).}) 12. dxe4 d4 13. a3
dxc3 14. axb4 cxb2 15. Nxf7+ $1 Kg8 16. Rb1 $1 {White gains a winning
advantage.} Rxf7 17. Bxb2 Qg5 18. Qd3 Be6 19. Bd4 Rd8 20. Qe3 Qb5 21. Bxa7 Qa4
22. c3 Bc4 23. Bd4 Ra8 24. Qd2 h6 25. h3 Qb5 26. Ra1 Ra4 27. Qc2 Rxa1 28. Rxa1
Bd3 29. Ra8+ Kh7 30. Qa2 Qh5 31. Qe6 Bf1 32. Ra5 Qd1 33. Kh2 Bxg2 34. Kxg2 Qf3+
35. Kg1 Rf4 36. Ra8 Rf7 37. Qg4 Qd3 38. Rf8 $1 {Schlechter spoke of Alekhine
as a future world champion.} 1-0

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1911.08.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Duras, Oldrich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1911.??.21"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 $5 {The game makes a modern impression by this
move.} 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 Re8 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nd5 Bf8 8. d3 h6 9. b3 d6 10. Bb2
Nxd5 $5 (10... Be6 11. e4 g6 {plays conservative moves.}) 11. cxd5 Ne7 12. e4
c5 13. dxc6 Nxc6 14. d4 Bg4 15. d5 Ne7 16. Qd3 Qd7 17. Nd2 Bh3 18. a4 Bxg2 19.
Kxg2 Reb8 $6 (19... Ng6 $1 {activates a piece.}) 20. Nc4 $1 {White decides to
attack on the other flank.} (20. f4 $5 exf4 21. Rxf4 Ng6 22. Rf5 {dashes on
the kingside.}) 20... b5 $2 21. axb5 Qxb5 22. Ra3 {Black gave help on the
queenside.} Ng6 23. Rfa1 a6 24. Bc1 Rb7 25. Be3 f6 $6 {The black bishop
becomes imprisoned.} 26. f3 Ne7 27. Qf1 Nc8 28. Nd2 Qb4 29. Qc4 Qxc4 30. Nxc4
Rab8 31. Nd2 Rc7 32. Rxa6 Rc2 33. R6a2 Rxa2 34. Rxa2 Be7 35. Kf2 Kf7 36. Ke2
Ke8 37. Kd3 Kd7 38. Kc3 Bd8 39. Nc4 Bc7 40. g4 Bd8 41. Ra6 Bc7 42. h4 Bd8 43.
h5 Bc7 44. b4 Rb7 45. Ra8 Kd8 46. Kb3 Rb8 47. Rxb8 Bxb8 48. b5 Ne7 49. b6 f5
50. gxf5 Ng8 51. Bf2 Kc8 52. Bh4 1-0

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1911.08.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rotlewi, Georg"]
[Black "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D33"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1911.??.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 h6 $5 8.
O-O Be6 9. Be3 Ng4 10. Qd2 c4 11. Ne5 Ncxe5 12. dxe5 Nxe3 13. fxe3 {The triple
pawn controls the central area.} Bb4 14. Rad1 Qg5 15. Bxd5 Rd8 16. Qc1 Qxe5 17.
Bxe6 Qxe6 $2 ({Right is} 17... fxe6 $1) 18. Rxd8+ Kxd8 19. Rd1+ $2 (19. Nd5 $1
{wins the c-pawn before the black king moves.}) 19... Kc8 20. Nd5 Ba5 $2 (20...
Bd6 $1 {places the bishop on the right square for the defence.}) 21. Qxc4+ Kb8
22. Qf4+ Ka8 23. Qd4 $1 {White has a decisive attack.} f6 24. b4 Bd8 25. Rc1 $1
Bb6 26. Nxb6+ axb6 27. Rc7 g5 28. e4 Re8 29. Qd3 h5 30. Rd7 h4 31. b5 hxg3 32.
hxg3 Qxa2 33. Rxb7 Kxb7 34. Qd7+ Kb8 35. Qxe8+ Ka7 36. Qd7+ Kb8 37. Qd8+ Ka7
38. Qc7+ Ka8 39. Qc6+ Ka7 40. Kf2 Qa1 41. Qc7+ Ka8 42. Qxb6 Qe5 43. Qa6+ Kb8
44. b6 Qc5+ 45. Kf1 Qc1+ 46. Kg2 Qc6 47. Qa7+ Kc8 48. b7+ Qxb7 49. Qxb7+ Kxb7
50. Kf3 Kc6 51. Kg4 Kd6 52. Kf5 Ke7 53. e5 fxe5 54. Kxe5 1-0

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1911.08.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Teichmann, Richard"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1911.??.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. a4 Bb7 13. Nf1 Qc7 14. Ng3 g6 15. Bg5
Rad8 16. axb5 axb5 17. Qc1 Rfe8 18. h3 Ra8 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Nh2 Bc8 21. f4 Ne8
22. f5 Bxg5 23. Qxg5 Qe7 24. Qh6 Qf8 25. Qc1 $1 {The peaceful Teichmann wants
to win during this tournament.} Qg7 26. Rf1 $1 g5 $2 {Rubinstein makes a grave
positional error.} ({Better is} 26... Nf6 $1 27. fxg6 Qxg6 28. Nf5 Nh5 $1 29.
Nh6+ $6 Kf8 $1 30. Rxf7+ Ke8 {and White has advanced too far.}) 27. Ng4 Nf6 28.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 29. h4 $1 h6 30. Nh5 $1 Qd8 31. f6 Kh7 32. hxg5 Bg4 33. Ng7 Kg6 34.
Bd1 $1 Qd7 35. Nf5 Bxf5 36. exf5+ 1-0

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1911.08.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "1911.??.21"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bc4 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Qe2 Nbd7 9. Re1 Nb6 10. Bb3 c6 11. a3 $5 Nbd5 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. Ne5 Bd7 14. Rad1
Rad8 15. Qf3 Bc8 {Schlechter defends too passively.} 16. Ne2 Nd7 17. c4 Nxe5
18. dxe5 Nb6 19. Ng3 Rd4 20. Bc3 Rxd1 21. Qxd1 Rd8 22. Qg4 $1 Nd7 23. Nh5 g6
24. Bc2 Bf8 25. Re3 Bg7 $2 26. Nf6+ $2 (26. Nxg7 $1 Kxg7 27. Qg5 $1 Kg8 28. h4
$1 {leads to a positional horror.}) 26... Nxf6 27. exf6 Bf8 28. Be5 Bd6 29.
Bxd6 Rxd6 30. Qg5 Qd8 $1 31. h4 $5 Rd2 $1 32. h5 $2 (32. Rc3 Qd4 33. Qe3 {
makes a necessary retreat.}) 32... Rxc2 33. hxg6 {The young man has proceeded
the attack at all cost.} hxg6 $2 ({Best is} 33... Qd1+ $1 34. Kh2 Qd6+ $1 35.
f4 fxg6 36. Rh3 Qd7 37. f7+ Qxf7 38. Qd8+ Kg7 39. Qxc8 Rxc4 {and Black wins.})
34. Rh3 {White threatens Rh8+!} Qd2 35. f4 $5 (35. Qh4 Qe1+ 36. Kh2 Qe5+ 37. f4
Qh5 38. Qg3 Qf5 39. Qh4 Qh5 {draws (Alekhine).}) 35... Qc1+ 36. Kh2 Rxg2+ $1
37. Kxg2 Qxb2+ 38. Kg3 $5 Qc3+ 39. Kh4 Qe1+ 40. Qg3 Qe4 41. Qg4 Bd7 42. Rf3 Kf8
43. Kg5 Ke8 $2 {The combatants lose their concentration after many hours of
play.} 44. Qh3 $2 ({White misses the encircling manoeuvre} 44. Rh3 $1 Kd8 45.
Rh8+ Kc7 46. Rf8 {and pawn f7 falls.}) 44... Kd8 45. Rc3 e5 46. Qh4 Kc7 47. Rc1
Be6 48. fxe5 Qxe5+ 49. Kh6 Qe3+ 50. Qg5 Qxg5+ 51. Kxg5 c5 $1 52. Re1 $2 {He
blunders a pawn.} ({Right is} 52. Kf4 $1) 52... Bxc4 53. Re7+ Kc6 54. Kf4 a5
55. a4 b5 56. axb5+ Kxb5 57. Ke3 a4 58. Ra7 Kb4 59. Kd2 Bd5 60. Kc1 a3 61. Rd7
Kc3 $1 {Schlechter humiliates his opponent.} 62. Kb1 Kd4 63. Rc7 Be6 64. Rc6
Ke5 65. Rxc5+ Kxf6 66. Ra5 a2+ 67. Kc2 g5 68. Kd3 Kg6 69. Ke4 Kh5 70. Kf3 f5
71. Ra6 Bd5+ 72. Kg3 f4+ 73. Kh3 g4+ 74. Kh2 Kh4 75. Rh6+ Kg5 76. Ra6 g3+ 77.
Kh3 Be6+ $1 {Schlechter began with seven wins.} 0-1

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1911.08.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Marshall, Frank"]
[Black "Duras, Oldrich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1911.??.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nd2 $5 Nf6 3. Ngf3 e6 4. e3 c5 5. b3 cxd4 6. exd4 Bb4 7. Bb2 Qa5 $6
(7... Ne4 $1 {gains a plus.}) 8. c3 $1 Bd6 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. O-O Bd7 11. Qe2 a6
12. Ne5 Ba3 $4 {Grave blunders were made in Karlsbad 1911.} 13. Ndc4 $1 dxc4
14. Nxc4 Bxb2 15. Nxa5 Bxa1 16. Nxc6 Bxc3 17. Ne5 Rd8 18. Qe3 Nd5 19. Qg3 O-O
20. Rd1 f6 21. Ng4 Bb5 22. Bc4 Ba5 23. Bxd5 Rxd5 24. Ne3 Rd7 25. Nc4 Bc7 26.
Qe3 e5 27. d5 Rfd8 28. Qf3 Bc6 $2 29. Ne3 $1 e4 30. Qxe4 Bb6 31. Re1 Rxd5 32.
Nxd5 Rxd5 33. Qc4 Kf8 34. a4 a5 35. Qc2 h6 36. h4 Rc5 37. Qb1 Rc3 38. Qd1 Bc5
39. Qd8+ Kf7 40. Qxa5 Rc2 41. Qc7+ Kf8 42. Qc8+ Kf7 43. Qe6+ Kf8 44. Qf5 Rc3
45. Rd1 Kf7 46. Qf4 Ba7 47. Rc1 Bb8 48. Qd2 Rxb3 49. Rxc6 bxc6 50. Qa2 1-0

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1911.08.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rotlewi, Georg"]
[Black "Burn, Amos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1911.??.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
Na5 9. Bc2 c5 10. d3 {Rotlewi plays a tranquil opening but has offensive
intentions.} Nc6 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ng3 Bf8 14. a4 $5 b4 $1 15. h3
Rb8 16. d4 $5 Qb6 (16... bxc3 $1 17. bxc3 cxd4 18. cxd4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 exd4 {
simplifies.}) 17. d5 $1 Na5 18. cxb4 cxb4 $6 ({Better is} 18... Qxb4 $1 19. Bd2
Qb6) 19. Be3 Qb7 20. Bd3 Nd7 21. Nd2 {White has the initiative on the
queenside.} Nc5 $5 22. Bxc5 dxc5 23. b3 g6 24. Ngf1 $1 f5 $5 {Rotlewi has a
positional advantage.} 25. exf5 $2 (25. Ne3 $1 f4 26. Nec4 {(Forster) occupies
square c4.}) 25... gxf5 26. Ng3 $6 Qf7 27. Qc2 $2 ({Right is} 27. Nc4 Nxc4 28.
Bxc4 {(Forster).}) 27... e4 $1 28. Be2 Qxd5 29. Nh5 $2 {White makes another
strategic error.} (29. Rad1 $1 {fights for control of the centre.}) 29... Qe5
30. Bc4+ Kh8 $1 31. Rad1 Bg7 32. Bf7 Rf8 33. Nc4 $2 Nxc4 $2 (33... Qc3 $1 34.
Qxc3 Bxc3 35. Nxa5 Bxe1 {decides the game immediately.}) 34. Bxc4 Qb2 35. Qxb2
Bxb2 36. Rd6 a5 37. Be6 Bxe6 38. Rxe6 Rbd8 39. Re2 Rd1+ 40. Kh2 Bd4 41. g4 c4
42. gxf5 cxb3 43. R2xe4 b2 44. Re8 Kg8 45. f6 Rxe8 46. Rxe8+ Kf7 47. Re7+ Kf8 {
Rotlewi did not press his attack on the queenside and even lost.} 0-1

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1911.08.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Rotlewi, Georg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1911.??.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. Bf4 Nc6 4. e3 Nf6 5. c3 e6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bd3
Qe7 9. Ne5 Bxe5 $6 ({Preferable is} 9... Nd7 {(Lee - Palmer, Hastings 1904).})
10. dxe5 Nd7 11. f4 f6 12. Nf3 (12. Qh5 g6 13. exf6 $1 Nxf6 14. Qg5 {gains a
plus.}) 12... fxe5 13. fxe5 g6 14. h4 Qg7 15. h5 gxh5 16. Bf4 Ndxe5 17. Nxe5
Nxe5 18. Bxh7+ $6 {Schlechter shows too much optimism.} (18. Rxh5 Nxd3+ 19.
Qxd3 {brings realism.}) 18... Qxh7 19. Bxe5 Rf5 20. Bf4 Bd7 21. Qf3 Qg6 22. Rh3
Kf7 23. O-O-O Bc6 {Black threatens to play .. e5 and win.} 24. e4 $2 ({
Counteraction by} 24. Rdh1 $1 Rh8 25. Qd1 $1 e5 26. g4 $1 Qxg4 27. Qxg4 hxg4
28. Rxh8 exf4 29. R8h7+ {suffices for a draw.}) 24... dxe4 25. Qe3 e5 26. Bh2
Qg5 27. Qxg5 Rxg5 28. Rf1+ Ke6 29. g4 Rh8 30. gxh5 Rgxh5 31. Rxh5 Rxh5 32. Bg1
Bb5 33. Re1 Bd3 34. Bxc5 Rh2 35. Bxa7 Rc2+ 36. Kd1 Rxb2 37. Be3 Kd5 38. Rg1 Kc4
39. Rg5 Kxc3 40. Rxe5 Rb1+ {The series of victories by Schlechter had ended.}
0-1

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1911.09.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Leonhardt, Paul"]
[Black "Burn, Amos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1911.??.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 d6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Bb3 Bg4 10. Be3 h6 $6 (10... Re8 {was played by Teichmann and
Maróczy against Leonhardt before.}) 11. Qd3 Re8 (11... Bxf3 12. gxf3 Qd7 {
brings an alternative.}) 12. Nd2 $1 Qe7 13. Rae1 Rad8 $2 ({Right is} 13... Be6
$1) 14. a3 Qf8 $6 {Burn accepts the passivity.} 15. f4 Bc8 16. h3 Kh8 17. g4
Ne7 18. Kh1 d5 19. e5 $1 Nh7 20. f5 f6 21. e6 c6 22. Bf4 Ng8 {Black has been
pushed back completely.} 23. Na4 Ba5 24. Bc2 Qe7 25. Qg3 b5 26. Nc5 Bb6 27. b4
Nf8 28. a4 a5 29. Ndb3 bxa4 30. Nxa5 Bxc5 31. Nxc6 Bxd4 32. Nxe7 Rxe7 33. Bc7
Be5 34. Rxe5 Rxc7 35. Rxd5 Bb7 36. Qxc7 Bxd5+ 37. Kg1 Re8 38. Bxa4 Re7 39. Qb8
Nh7 40. Rd1 Rb7 41. Qxb7 Bxb7 42. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1911.09.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Leonhardt, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1911.??.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. Bf4 Qb6 $2 {Leonhardt is going to lose quickly.} 4. dxc5
Qxb2 5. Be5 Qb4+ 6. Nc3 e6 7. Rb1 Qxc5 8. Nb5 Na6 9. e3 f6 $6 10. Bd4 Qe7 11.
Nxa7 Nc5 12. Nxc8 Rxc8 13. Bb5+ Kf7 14. O-O Qc7 $6 {Black loses time all the
time.} 15. c4 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Ne7 17. Ne5+ $1 {Schlechter finishes the game with
a fine combination.} fxe5 18. Qf3+ Kg6 ({Or} 18... Ke8 19. Bxc5 Qxc5 20. Bxe6)
19. Bxc5 Qxc5 20. Bxe6 h5 21. Bf7+ {Schlechter and Teichmann competed for the
first place during this phase of the event.} 1-0

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1911.09.04"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Vidmar, Milan Sr"]
[Black "Marshall, Frank"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1911.??.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bb4 7. O-O O-O 8. Bd2
Re8 $4 9. Nxd5 $1 Bxd2 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. Nxd2 e5 12. d5 cxd5 13. cxd5 Nc5 14.
Qc2 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 e4 16. Nxe4 Qg6 17. Nc5 Bf5 18. e4 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 Rxe4 20.
Rac1 Rd8 21. Qb5 b6 22. Qd7 Ree8 23. Rfe1 Rf8 24. Qe7 h6 25. Red1 a5 26. d6 Qg5
27. Qc7 b5 28. Rc5 Qg4 29. f3 Qe6 30. Rxb5 Rc8 31. Qe7 Qxa2 32. d7 Ra8 33. d8=Q
{Vidmar discovered a new opening's trap during this game.} 1-0

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1911.09.05"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Johner, Paul"]
[Black "Rotlewi, Georg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1911.??.21"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bg5 Bg4 8.
Nbd2 h6 9. Bh4 Bf4 10. c3 Qd6 $5 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Rfe1 c5 $5 {Black plays
offensively in a dull position.} 13. Bf5 $6 ({The best answer gives} 13. dxc5
Nxc5 14. Bf5) 13... cxd4 14. Nxd4 $5 {Suddenly White becomes aggressive too.}
Bxh2+ 15. Kh1 Bf4 16. Bxg4 Bxd2 17. Bg3 Bf4 18. Nf5 Qb6 19. Ne7+ Kh8 20. Nxd5
$2 ({The exchanges by} 20. Bxd7 Bxg3 21. fxg3 Nxd7 22. Nxd5 {draw.}) 20... Nxd5
21. Bxf4 $2 (21. Bxd7 Bxg3 22. fxg3 Rad8 23. Ba4 {fights for survival.}) 21...
N7f6 22. Qd2 Nxf4 23. Qxf4 Qxb2 24. Rab1 Qxc3 25. Re3 Qd2 26. Rd1 Qxa2 27. Rd6
Rad8 28. Red3 Rxd6 29. Qxd6 Nxg4 0-1

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1911.09.07"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Rotlewi, Georg"]
[Black "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D32"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1911.??.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 $5 6. Ndb5 d4 7. Nd5 Na6 {
Brinkmann had played this opening in the Hauptturnir of Hamburg 1910. Rotlewi
springs a doubtful novelty.} 8. Qa4 $6 Bd7 9. g3 Bc6 10. Bg2 Ne7 11. O-O Qd7 $6
(11... Nxd5 12. cxd5 Bd7 {gains a plus due to} 13. d6 $2 Qb6 $1 14. Qxa6 bxa6
15. Nc7+ Kd8 16. Nxa8 Qxd6 {and Black wins.}) 12. e4 $1 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bxb5 14.
Qxb5 Qxb5 15. cxb5 Nc5 16. f4 f6 17. b4 Nd3 18. Bd2 Bd6 $2 ({Correct is} 18...
Bxb4 $1 19. Bxb4 Nxb4) 19. Rab1 a5 $2 20. bxa6 Rxa6 21. Rb3 Nxf4 22. gxf4 Rxa2
23. fxe5 fxe5 24. Be1 Rf8 25. Bg3 Rxf1+ 26. Bxf1 g5 27. Rb1 Ke7 28. Re1 Kf6 29.
Bd3 h5 30. Rf1+ Ke7 31. Rf5 Ra3 32. Be2 $2 ({Right is} 32. Bc4 $1) 32... Ra1+
33. Kf2 Ra2 34. Ke1 Ra1+ 35. Kd2 Ra2+ 36. Kd3 e4+ $1 37. Kxd4 Rxe2 38. Rxg5 Rb2
$2 (38... h4 $1 39. Bxh4 Rxh2 40. Rh5+ Kf7 $1 41. Rh7+ Kg6 {battles for a draw.
}) 39. Rg7+ $1 Kf6 40. Rxb7 Rxb4+ 41. Rxb4 Bxb4 42. Kxe4 Bc5 43. Bh4+ Kf7 44.
Ke5 Bg1 45. h3 Bh2+ 46. Kf5 Bd6 47. Kg5 Ke7 48. Kxh5+ Kd7 49. Kg6 Ba3 50. Bf6
Kd6 51. h4 Kxd5 52. h5 Bc1 53. Bg5 Bb2 54. h6 Bh8 55. h7 Ke6 56. Bh6 {Rotlewi
won another fighting game. He approached Schlechter and Teichmann.} 1-0

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1911.09.08"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Black "Duras, Oldrich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1911.??.21"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Ng3 h5 6. h4 e5 $1 ({Alekhine
played} 6... Bg4 {in round ten.}) 7. Nf3 exd4 8. Nxd4 Bd6 9. Qe2+ Kf8 $5 10.
Qd3 g6 $2 {Black ruins his defensive line.} ({Right is} 10... Na6) 11. Bg5 $1
Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. Be2 Nbd7 14. Ne6+ $2 {White gets little for the knight.}
fxe6 15. Qxg6 Bf4 16. Be3 $6 Rh6 17. Qd3 Bxe3 $2 (17... Qa5+ 18. c3 Qe5 {wins 
(Vidmar).}) 18. Qxe3 Ng8 $6 19. O-O-O Ndf6 20. Qc5+ Kg7 21. Rd6 Ne7 22. Qe5 Ng6
23. Nf5+ $1 exf5 24. Qxf6+ Kh7 25. Bc4 Qg7 $2 {Black loses an important tempo.}
({Correct is} 25... Qe7 $1 26. Bg8+ $1 Kxg8 27. Qxe7 Nxe7 28. Rxh6 Nd5) 26. Re1
$1 Nh8 $6 27. Qxg7+ Kxg7 28. Re7+ Kf8 29. Rxh6 Kxe7 30. Rxh8 b5 31. Bd3 Kf6 32.
Rh6+ Ke5 33. Rxc6 Bd7 34. Rh6 Rg8 35. g3 Be8 36. Ra6 f4 37. Rxa7 fxg3 38. fxg3
Bc6 39. Bxb5 $1 Bf3 40. Be2 $1 Bxe2 41. Re7+ Kf5 42. Rxe2 Rxg3 43. b4 Rg4 44.
c3 Rxh4 45. a4 Rh1+ 46. Kb2 h4 47. a5 h3 48. Re8 Rh2+ 49. Kb3 Rh1 50. Rh8 Kg4
51. a6 Ra1 52. b5 Kg3 53. c4 h2 54. c5 Rb1+ 55. Kc4 Ra1 56. Rxh2 1-0

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1911.09.09"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Black "Salwe, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1911.??.21"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 Bd7 $5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O f6 $6 {Black will fight unsuccessfully for e5.} 9. b4 $1 Be7 10. Bf4 {
White overprotects point e5.} fxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 {The first blockader
occupies the centre.} Nf6 13. Nd2 $1 O-O 14. Nf3 Bd6 15. Qe2 $1 Rac8 $6 {Black
should exchange the black coloured bishops, because it removes the principal
blockader.} 16. Bd4 Qc7 17. Ne5 $1 {Two blockaders occupy the centre.} Be8 18.
Rae1 $6 (18. f4 $1 {overprotects e5 and opens a hole for the king's rook.})
18... Bxe5 $2 ({The tactical} 18... Ne4 $1 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Qxe4 Bb5 {starts
a counteraction.}) 19. Bxe5 Qc6 20. Bd4 Bd7 21. Qc2 Rf7 22. Re3 b6 23. Rg3 Kh8
24. Bxh7 $1 e5 $5 ({Or} 24... Nxh7 25. Qg6 $1 {(Vidmar).}) 25. Bg6 Re7 26. Re1
Qd6 27. Be3 d4 28. Bg5 Rxc3 29. Rxc3 dxc3 30. Qxc3 Kg8 31. a3 Kf8 32. Bh4 Be8
33. Bf5 Qd4 34. Qxd4 exd4 35. Rxe7 Kxe7 36. Bd3 Kd6 37. Bxf6 gxf6 38. Kf1 Bc6
39. h4 {Nimzowitsch presents this classical game as a major example of
restraint.} 1-0

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1911.09.11"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1911.??.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Ne6 11. Bc1 c6 12. Bf1 Rd8 13. g3 Qc7 $5 {
Rubinstein has a new idea in the Metger Variation.} 14. Nh4 $5 d5 $1 15. f4 $5
(15. exd5 Rxd5 16. Bg2 Rd8 17. Bb2 {reacts more quietly.}) 15... exf4 16. e5
Ne4 17. gxf4 f5 $1 {Black does not allow the advance f4-f5.} 18. exf6 $6 (18.
c4 {counters properly.}) 18... Nxf6 $6 (18... Nxf4 $1 19. Qf3 Ne6 $1 {gains a
plus.}) 19. f5 $1 Nf8 20. Qf3 Qf7 21. Bd3 Bd7 22. Bf4 Re8 23. Be5 c5 24. Kh1 c4
25. Be2 Bc6 26. Qf4 N8d7 27. Bf3 Re7 $2 {Rubinstein plays too passively.} ({
Right is} 27... Ne4 $1 {There might follow} 28. Re2 Nxe5 29. dxe5 Qc7 30. f6
Nxf6 $1 31. Nf5 Ne4 32. Bxe4 dxe4 33. Nh6+ Kh8 34. Nf7+ {and perpetual check.})
28. Re2 $1 Rf8 29. Rg1 Qe8 30. Reg2 Rff7 31. Qh6 Kf8 32. Ng6+ $1 hxg6 33. Qh8+
Ng8 34. Bd6 $1 {Black cannot defend the g-file.} Qd8 35. Rxg6 Ndf6 36. Rxf6 $1
Rxf6 37. Rxg7 $1 {Teichmann, Schlechter and Rotlewi led by 11/2 points before
Rubinstein.} 1-0

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1911.09.12"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Teichmann, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1911.??.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. O-O Be7 7. e5 Ne4 8.
Nxd4 O-O 9. c4 $5 {Alekhine will have no success with his novelty.} Nc5 10. Bc2
Nxe5 11. Qh5 (11. Bxh7+ Kxh7 12. Qh5+ Kg8 13. Qxe5 {favours Black (Tartakower).
}) 11... Ng6 12. f4 $2 ({Right is} 12. Nc3 $1) 12... d6 13. f5 Bf6 $1 {An
aggressive move decides the game.} 14. Be3 Ne5 15. Nd2 Re8 16. Kh1 $5 Ned3 $1
17. Ne6 $5 Bxe6 18. fxe6 Rxe6 19. Bxc5 g6 20. Qf3 Nxc5 21. Rad1 c6 22. b4 Nd7
23. Ne4 Qe7 24. Qf4 Be5 25. Qh6 Bg7 26. Qf4 Ne5 27. Bb3 Rf8 28. Rfe1 Re8 29.
Rf1 Rf8 30. Rfe1 Re8 31. Rf1 h6 32. h3 Kh8 33. g4 Nxc4 34. Nxd6 Rxd6 35. Qxc4
Rxd1 36. Rxd1 Qe3 37. Kg2 Qe2+ 38. Qxe2 Rxe2+ 39. Kf3 Re7 40. Rd8+ Kh7 41. Rd3
Bb2 42. Bc4 Kg7 43. a4 Rc7 44. Ke4 Re7+ 45. Kf3 Rc7 46. Ke4 b5 47. axb5 cxb5
48. Bd5 Bc3 49. Bb7 Re7+ 50. Kd5 Rd7+ 51. Ke4 Re7+ 52. Kd5 Rd7+ 53. Ke4 Rxb7
54. Rxc3 Rd7 55. Ke5 Rd1 56. Rb3 Rc1 57. Kd6 Rc4 58. Ke5 Rc1 59. Kd6 Rc2 60.
Kd5 Rc4 {The three leaders won their games.} 0-1

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1911.09.14"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Teichmann, Richard"]
[Black "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1911.??.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Qc7 12. Nf1 Nc6 13. Ne3 Bb7 $6 (13... Be6 {
develops the bishop correctly.}) 14. Nf5 Rfe8 15. Bg5 Nd7 $6 (15... h6 $1 {
should be played in order to lift some pressure.}) 16. Bb3 $1 Nf8 $2 ({Better
is} 16... Bf6 17. Bd5 h6) 17. Bd5 $1 {White threatens 18. Bxc6.} Ng6 18. Bxe7
Ngxe7 19. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 20. Ng5+ Kg8 21. Qh5 Nxf5 22. Qxh7+ Kf8 23. Qxf5+ Kg8
24. Qg6 $1 {White prevents .. g6. The defender cannot help his lonesome king.}
Qd7 25. Re3 {Teichmann took a lead of one point on Schlechter and Rotlewi,
cause the former lost as well.} 1-0

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1911.09.15"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Vidmar, Milan Sr"]
[Black "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A83"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1911.??.21"]

1. d4 f5 2. e4 $5 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 g6 $5 {Spielmann plays an interesting
novelty in the Staunton Gambit.} 5. f3 $1 d5 6. fxe4 dxe4 7. Bc4 Nc6 8. Bb5 $5
Bd7 9. Nge2 a6 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. O-O Bg7 12. Nf4 $5 Qd6 13. d5 Bd7 14. Bxf6
exf6 15. Nxe4 $6 (15. Qd4 Qe7 16. Qxe4 Qxe4 17. Nxe4 f5 18. Ng5 {equalises.})
15... Qb6+ 16. Kh1 O-O $6 (16... O-O-O 17. d6 Bc6 {gains a plus.}) 17. d6 $1 c6
$5 18. Nd3 f5 19. Nec5 Rad8 20. c4 Bd4 $6 ({Better is} 20... Bc8 $1 21. Na4 Qd4
22. c5 Be6 $1) 21. Na4 $1 Qa7 ({Not} 21... Qa5 $2 22. b4 $1) 22. c5 $1 b5 $2
23. Qb3+ $6 (23. cxb6 $1 {refutes the last move at once.}) 23... Kh8 24. Qb4
Bg7 25. Nb6 Be6 26. Rae1 Rfe8 27. b3 a5 28. Qh4 Bc3 $2 29. Rxe6 $1 1-0

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1911.09.16"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Rotlewi, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1911.??.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Be7 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 $5 ({Known
is} 7. Bb3) 7... O-O 8. d4 d6 9. h3 $6 ({Better is} 9. O-O Bg4 10. Rd1 {
(Shipman - Pinkus, Baltimore 1948).}) 9... exd4 $1 10. Nxd4 $5 Nxd4 11. cxd4
Bb7 $1 12. O-O Re8 13. Bf4 Bf8 14. Nd2 g6 15. Rfe1 Bg7 16. Rad1 Qd7 17. Qf3 Nh5
18. Nf1 $6 f5 $6 ({The aggressive} 18... Qf5 $1 19. Bc1 Qxf3 20. gxf3 c5 {
takes a positional advantage of the error.}) 19. Bg5 h6 20. Bc1 fxe4 21. Bxe4
Rxe4 22. Rxe4 Nf6 $1 23. Re8+ $1 Rxe8 24. Qxb7 Ne4 $2 {Black gives away a pawn.
} ({Right is} 24... a5 $1) 25. Be3 Qf7 26. Qxa6 Qd5 27. Qa5 Ra8 28. Qxc7 Rxa2
29. Qe7 Ra4 30. Rc1 Ng5 31. Rc8+ Kh7 32. Rc7 Ne6 33. Rd7 Ra1 34. Rxd6 Qc4 35.
Rxe6 Qxf1+ 36. Kh2 h5 37. Qg5 Qh1+ 38. Kg3 Qb1 39. Re7 Kh8 40. Re8+ Kh7 41. Qd5
h4+ 42. Kxh4 g5+ 43. Kg4 {Schlechter lost too. Rotlewi, Rubinstein and
Schlechter trailed Teichmann by two points.} 1-0

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1911.09.18"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Duras, Oldrich"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1911.??.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. e4
dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Nf6 11. Bc2 h6 12. Qe2 b6 13. b3 Bb7 14. Bb2 Qe7 15.
Rad1 Rad8 16. Bb1 c5 17. Rfe1 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Bb4 19. Rf1 Rfe8 20. Kh1 Qc5 21. f3
Qg5 22. Nb5 Nh5 23. Be5 f6 $6 24. Bc7 $6 (24. Rxd8 $1 Rxd8 25. Bc7 Re8 26. a3
$1 Bf8 27. Be4 {counterattacks dangerously.}) 24... Rxd1 25. Rxd1 a6 26. Nd4 $6
(26. Bd6 $1 axb5 27. Bxb4 {gains a plus.}) 26... e5 27. Nf5 g6 28. Ne3 $4 ({
The accurate defence by} 28. Bd6 $1 Nf4 29. Qf1 Rd8 30. Bc2 {continues in the
survival of the fittest.}) 28... Bc5 $1 29. Nf1 Nf4 30. Qc2 Bxf3 31. Rd2 Bc6
32. a3 Qh4 33. Ng3 Be3 34. Re2 Bd4 35. c5 $5 bxc5 36. b4 f5 37. Rd2 Nh5 38. Rd3
Nf6 39. Nf1 Ng4 40. Rxd4 exd4 41. Bg3 Qe7 42. Ba2+ Kh7 43. Qc4 Ne3 44. Nxe3
dxe3 45. Qe2 Bb5 46. Qc2 cxb4 47. axb4 Qxb4 48. Qc7+ Qe7 49. Qc3 Qg7 50. Qa5 f4
51. Be1 Qb7 52. Kg1 Bc6 53. Bc4 Bxg2 54. Bxa6 Qe4 55. Qa2 Rf8 56. Qa5 Qd5 57.
Qb4 Bh3 58. Bb7 f3 $1 0-1

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1911.09.19"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Leonhardt, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1911.??.21"]

1. c4 e6 2. e4 $5 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nd4 5. d3 Ne7 6. Be2 Nec6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Bf4 f6 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nb5 Nxb5 $5 11. cxb5 Nd4 12. Nxd4 cxd4 {The opening has
been refuted by Black, according to Vidmar. Actually White has the initiative.}
13. Qb3 $1 Kh8 14. Rac1 e5 15. Bd2 Qb6 16. Rc2 a6 17. a4 axb5 18. axb5 $2 {A
tactical intermezzo favours Leonhardt.} (18. a5 $1 Qa6 19. Qd5 b4 20. Rec1 {
keeps a plus.}) 18... d5 $3 19. exd5 ({The pointe is} 19. Qxd5 Be6 $1 20. Rc6
$1 Bxd5 $1 21. Rxb6 Bc5) 19... Bd7 20. Rcc1 Bd6 21. Bd1 Qxb5 22. f3 Ra6 23.
Qxb5 Bxb5 24. Bc2 Ra2 25. Rb1 Rc8 26. Rec1 Raa8 27. Ra1 Rxa1 28. Rxa1 Kg8 29.
Bb1 Kf8 30. Ra5 Ba6 31. b4 Bc7 32. Rc5 b6 33. Rc1 Ke7 34. f4 exf4 35. Kf2 Be5
36. Kf3 Rxc1 37. Bxc1 g5 38. Ke4 b5 39. g3 ({Or} 39. Bb2 Kd6 40. Bxd4 f5+ {
(Vidmar).}) 39... fxg3 40. hxg3 Bxg3 41. Kxd4 h5 42. Ke4 h4 43. Be3 h3 44. Bc5+
Bd6 45. Kf3 g4+ 46. Kf2 g3+ 47. Kg1 Bb7 48. Ba2 Bc8 0-1

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1911.09.21"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Rotlewi, Georg"]
[Black "Teichmann, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D61"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "1911.??.21"]

{Rotlewi has neared and trails Teichmann by one point. The decisive fight
starts.} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2
c5 8. O-O-O Qa5 $5 {Teichmann plays an aggressive new move.} 9. cxd5 $1 exd5
10. dxc5 Nxc5 $6 ({Preferable is} 10... Bxc5) 11. Nd4 $6 {White could have
started favourable complications.} (11. Nxd5 $1 Nxd5 12. Rxd5 Be6 13. Bxe7 Bxd5
14. Bxc5 Bxf3 15. gxf3 b6 $1 16. Bxf8 Qe1+ 17. Qd1 Rc8+ 18. Bc4 Rxc4+ 19. Kb1
Qxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Kxf8 21. f4 {leads to a better rook ending for White.}) 11...
Be6 12. Kb1 Rac8 13. Bd3 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Bf5 Rfd8 16. Bxe6 $6 fxe6 (16...
Nxe6 $1 {attacks the centre strongly.}) 17. Qg6 Rd6 18. Rc1 Ra6 19. f3 Rd8 20.
Rc2 $2 (20. Qc2 $1 {retreats a main defender to the attacked flank.}) 20...
Bxd4 21. exd4 e5 $1 22. Qg4 exd4 (22... Ne6 $1 {decides the game at once.}) 23.
Qxd4 Ne6 24. Qe5 b5 $1 25. b3 d4 26. Ne4 d3 27. Rd2 Nd4 28. Rc1 Nc2 29. Qb2
Na3+ 30. Ka1 Nc2+ 31. Kb1 Na3+ 32. Ka1 Nc2+ 33. Kb1 Rc6 34. Rcd1 Rdc8 (34... b4
$1 {(Vidmar) wins more quickly.}) 35. Rxd3 Na3+ 36. Ka1 b4 $1 37. Rd7 ({Or} 37.
Nd6 Rc1+ 38. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 39. Qxc1 Qe5+ 40. Qb2 Qe1+) 37... Qe5 $3 {A queen
sacrifice leads to a fine win.} 38. Rd8+ Rxd8 39. Rxd8+ Kh7 40. Rd1 ({The
pointe is} 40. Qxe5 Rc1+ 41. Kb2 Rb1#) 40... Qxb2+ 41. Kxb2 Rc2+ 42. Ka1 Rxg2
43. Rh1 {White has kept the material equality, but he suffers from a horrible
paralysis.} g5 44. Nf6+ Kg7 45. Ne4 Kg6 46. Nd6 a5 47. Rc1 Rxh2 48. Nc4 $1 Nb5
$1 {Black does not loosen the restraint.} 49. Ne5+ Kg7 50. Ng4 Re2 51. Rc5 Re1+
52. Kb2 Na3 53. Rc7+ Kf8 54. Rc1 Re2+ 55. Ka1 Nc2+ 56. Kb1 Na3+ 57. Ka1 Nb5 58.
Rc5 Re1+ 59. Kb2 Na3 60. Rc1 Re2+ 61. Ka1 Re6 62. Rh1 Kg7 63. Rc1 Kg6 64. Rc6
Rxc6 65. Ne5+ Kf5 66. Nxc6 h5 67. Nd4+ Ke5 68. Ne2 Nc2+ 69. Kb2 Nd4 {Teichmann
had taken a lead of two points on Rotlewi and Rubinstein.   Such an awful
defeat by suffocation can be maddening. Unfortunately, this was what happened
to the poor young Rotlewi, literally. He had played his first and last master
tournament. The tension of a big chess event was too stressful for him and his
nervous condition worsened.} 0-1

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1911.09.24"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Dus Chotimirsky, Fedor"]
[Black "Vidmar, Milan Sr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1911.??.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 e6 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Ne5
Bxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 10. Bd3 $5 ({Dus could have played} 10. Nf3 $5 Qc7 11. Bd3 {
but he chooses a drastic solution.}) 10... Ncxe5 11. Bxe5 Nxe5 12. Bxh7+ $1
Kxh7 13. Qh5+ Kg8 14. Qxe5 f6 15. Qh5 Qb6 16. O-O-O e5 17. g4 $5 d4 18. c4 $2 (
18. g5 dxc3 19. bxc3 {and both sides charge on the king.}) 18... Bd7 19. g5
fxg5 20. Qxg5 Rxf2 21. exd4 cxd4 22. Qxe5 Re8 23. Qg3 Ree2 {Black has made
much progress.} 24. Rhe1 $4 (24. Rhg1 Qh6 {(Vidmar)} 25. Qd3 Qf4 {looks grim
for White.}) 24... Rxd2 $1 {Teichmann drew easily in the penultimate round and
won the tournament.} ({Vidmar has calculated} 24... Rxd2 25. Rxd2 Rxd2 26. Kxd2
Qxb2+ 27. Kd3 Bf5+) 0-1

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1911.09.24"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Duras, Oldrich"]
[Black "Teichmann, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1911.??.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. d3 d6 7. h3 b5 8. Bb3
Na5 9. Bg5 Nxb3 10. axb3 Bb7 11. b4 O-O 12. O-O Nd7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nd2 f5
15. Nd5 Qd8 16. c4 c6 17. Ne3 f4 18. Nf5 Qf6 19. Nb3 Rad8 20. c5 dxc5 21. Nxc5
Bc8 $4 {Teichmann loses his concentration.} ({Correct is} 21... Nxc5 22. bxc5
Bc8) 22. Qb3+ $1 Rf7 23. Ne6 Re8 24. Nexg7 Rd8 25. Nh5 Qg5 26. Nhg7 Qf6 27. Ne6
Re8 28. Nc7 Rd8 29. Qe6 Kh8 30. Nh6 Re7 31. Qxf6+ Nxf6 32. Nxa6 Kg7 33. Ng4
Nxg4 34. hxg4 Bxa6 35. Rxa6 Rxd3 36. Rxc6 Rd4 37. f3 Rxb4 38. Rf2 Ra7 39. Rfc2
Ra1+ 40. Kh2 Ra7 41. Re6 {Teichmann ended the tournament with a defeat, but he
won the event one point before Rubinstein and Schlechter.   Teichmann ended
the tournament with a defeat, but he won the event one point before Rubinstein
and Schlechter.} 1-0

[Event "San Sebastian"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1912.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Marshall, Frank"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1912.??.19"]

{The second super tournament in the Gran Casino was played from 19 ii until 23
iii 1912. Many strong masters participated, but the previous winner Capablanca
turned down the invitation. I have analysed the games among the four prize
winners and grandmaster Marshall.} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 $2
5. cxd5 $1 cxd5 6. Bf4 e6 7. e3 Bb4 8. Bd3 Ne4 $5 9. Qb3 Qa5 10. Bxe4 dxe4 11.
Nd2 O-O 12. Ndxe4 e5 $5 {Black tries to fight back by sacrificing pawns.} 13.
dxe5 Nc5 14. Nxc5 Qxc5 15. O-O Bxc3 $5 16. Rfc1 $1 Be6 17. Rxc3 Bxb3 18. Rxc5
Be6 {The different colour of the bishops has little importance.} 19. e4 Rfc8
20. Be3 b6 21. Rc3 $1 Rxc3 22. bxc3 Rc8 23. Bd4 b5 24. a3 g6 25. Rb1 a6 26. f4
Rc4 27. Kf2 Kf8 28. Ke3 Ke8 29. Rf1 Ra4 30. Bc5 Bd7 31. Rd1 Rc4 32. Bb4 Rc6 33.
h3 h5 34. Kf3 h4 35. Rd5 Be6 36. Rd6 Rxd6 37. Bxd6 Kd7 38. Bc5 Kc6 39. Bf2 a5
40. Bxh4 Kc5 41. Bd8 Kc4 42. Ke3 Kxc3 43. Bxa5+ Kc4 44. g4 Kc5 45. f5 gxf5 46.
Bb4+ Kc6 47. exf5 Bd5 48. h4 Bg2 49. h5 1-0

[Event "San Sebastian"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1912.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Black "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1912.??.19"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 $5 e6 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Ne2 Qb6 7. Bc2 Nf6 8. O-O
$5 (8. e5 $1 {gains a plus (Mieses).}) 8... cxd4 9. cxd4 e5 $5 10. Nbc3 exd4
11. Na4 Qc7 12. e5 $1 {Spielmann shows his art.} Nd7 $1 ({Nimzowitsch avoids} 
12... Qxe5 13. Re1) 13. Bf4 Nc5 $6 ({Better is} 13... d3 14. Bxd3 Ndxe5 15. Nd4
Bd6 16. Nb5 Qe7) 14. e6 $1 Qa5 $1 15. exf7+ Kxf7 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. Kh1 Be6 18.
a3 Qb6 19. b4 Be7 20. Qb1 Kg8 21. b5 Na5 22. Be5 Nc4 23. Bxd4 Qc7 $6 ({
Counter-play gives} 23... Bc5) 24. Bf5 Bf7 25. Qd3 Re8 26. Rfe1 Bf8 27. Nc3
Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Nxa3 29. Bxg7 $3 Bxg7 30. Nxd5 Qa5 {A phase full of errors
begins.} 31. Ne7+ $2 ({Right is} 31. Qe4 $1 Nc2 $1 32. Rd1 $1 Nd4 33. Rc1 $1
Nxf5 34. Qxf5) 31... Kf8 32. Rc1 Nc4 $1 ({Not} 32... Kxe7 $4 33. Qd7+ Kf6 34.
Qd6+ $1) 33. Nd5 Nd6 34. Nc7 Be5 $2 35. f4 $2 Bc4 36. Qe3 Bf6 37. Ne6+ Kf7 38.
Bg4 h5 39. Ng5+ Kg7 40. Bd7 Qd8 41. Ne6+ Bxe6 42. Bxe6 h4 43. Rd1 Qe7 44. Qh3
Rh6 $2 (44... Ne4 {and Black wins easily.}) 45. f5 Rh5 $2 46. Qg4+ Rg5 47. Qf4
$1 Nf7 $2 48. Rd7 Qxd7 49. Bxd7 Ne5 50. Qe4 Rg4 51. Qxb7 Ra4 52. Kg1 Ra1+ 53.
Kf2 Ra2+ 54. Ke3 Kh6 55. Bc6 Kg5 56. Qh7 Ra4 57. h3 Nc4+ 58. Ke2 Kf4 59. Qh6+
Ke5 60. Qc1 Ra2+ 61. Kf3 Ra3+ 62. Kg4 Kd4 63. Kh5 Kc5 64. Qh6 Be7 65. f6 Bd6
66. f7 1-0

[Event "San Sebastian"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1912.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Marshall, Frank"]
[Black "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D33"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1912.??.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be6 8. O-O
h6 9. Bf4 Be7 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Rc1 Bb6 12. Nb5 O-O 13. Qa4 Ne4 14. Nbd4 Bd7
15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Qb3 Re8 17. Ne5 Nd2 $5 18. Bxd2 Rxe5 19. e3 d4 $5 20. Bxc6
bxc6 21. Rxc6 Qd7 22. Qc4 Qh3 $1 23. Rc1 $1 dxe3 24. Bxe3 Rxe3 $1 25. Rxb6 $1
Rxg3+ $1 26. hxg3 axb6 27. a4 Re8 28. b3 Qh5 29. Qc6 Re6 30. Qc8+ Kh7 31. Qc2+
g6 32. Qd3 Qg5 33. Qc4 Rf6 34. Re1 Qd2 35. Qe2 Qc3 36. Qe3 Qb2 37. Rd1 Qc2 38.
Rc1 Qb2 39. Kg2 h5 40. Rc4 Kg7 41. Qd4 $5 Qxb3 42. Qc3 Qxc3 43. Rxc3 {This
game has many tactical subtleties.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Sebastian"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1912.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Black "Marshall, Frank"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1912.??.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Bg4 8.
h3 Bh5 9. Kh1 Qd6 10. g4 $5 Nxg4 $1 11. hxg4 Bxg4 12. Rg1 Qg6 13. Rxg4 $1 Qxg4
14. Nh2 $1 {White has chosen a safe defence.} Qxd1+ 15. Nxd1 f5 $1 16. exf5
Rxf5 17. Be3 Raf8 18. Nf1 Rh5+ 19. Kg2 Rh4 20. Ng3 h5 $4 21. f3 $1 {A rook
becomes imprisoned.} Be7 22. Ne4 Kh7 23. Ndf2 g5 24. Kg3 Kg6 25. b4 Rhf4 $2 {
There was no need to give in directly.} 26. Bxf4 exf4+ 27. Kg2 Bxb4 28. Rb1 Ba5
29. Rxb7 Bb6 30. c4 c5 31. d4 Rf5 32. Nd3 cxd4 33. c5 g4 34. cxb6 cxb6 35. Rxa7
Ra5 36. Nxf4+ Kf5 37. Rxa5+ bxa5 38. Nxh5 gxf3+ 39. Kxf3 Ke5 40. Nd2 Kd5 41.
Nf4+ Kc5 42. Nd3+ Kb5 43. Ke4 Ka4 44. Nc4 Kb5 45. Kxd4 a4 46. Na3+ Ka5 47. Kc5
Ka6 48. Kb4 {Mrshall resigned on move 57.} 1-0

[Event "San Sebastian"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1912.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D33"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1912.??.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Qb6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. O-O Be6 11. Na4 Qa5 12. Be3 Rc8 13. a3 c5 14. Nxc5
Bxc5 15. b4 Bxb4 16. axb4 Qxb4 17. Bd4 O-O 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Rxa7 Rc4 20. e3
Rfc8 21. Ra1 d4 22. exd4 Rxd4 23. Qf3 Kg7 24. Rfb1 Qd6 25. h3 Rc2 26. Rd1 Ra2
27. Rac1 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Sebastian"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1912.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1912.??.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. O-O b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bg4 $6 9. axb5 Nd4 $5 10. Bc4 $5 Bxf3 $2 ({Better is} 10... axb5 11. Rxa8 Qxa8
12. Nxb5 {(Tarrasch)} Qc6 $1 13. Nbxd4 Qxc4 14. h3 Qxd4 $1 15. hxg4 Qxe4) 11.
gxf3 Qc8 12. Kg2 Nh5 13. d3 g5 $5 14. f4 g4 15. f5 Rg8 16. Nd5 Bd8 17. bxa6 c6
18. Ne3 Bb6 19. c3 Qd8 20. cxd4 Qh4 21. Rg1 (21. Qa4 $1 Nf4+ 22. Kh1 {wins
easily.}) 21... g3 $1 22. fxg3 Nxg3 23. Ng4 Rxg4 24. h3 $2 ({White glories by} 
24. Kf3 $1 Nxe4 25. dxe4 Qh3+ 26. Rg3 Rxg3+ 27. hxg3 Qh5+ 28. g4 Qh3+ 29. Ke2
Qxg4+ 30. Kd2) 24... Rg8 $2 (24... Ne2+ $1 25. hxg4 Qg3+ 26. Kf1 Nxg1 {draws.})
25. Kh2 Bxd4 26. Rg2 Ke7 27. Bd2 $4 (27. Qf3 $1 Nh5 28. Rg4 Rxg4 29. Qxg4 Qf2+
30. Qg2 {gains an advantage.}) 27... Nxe4 $1 28. Qf3 Rxg2+ 29. Qxg2 Nxd2 30.
f6+ Kd7 31. Qg7 Nf3+ 32. Kg2 Ng5 {Spielmann showed a great 'Schwindle'.} 0-1

[Event "San Sebastian"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1912.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1912.??.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bd7 8. Be2
$6 Nge7 $1 9. b3 $6 Nf5 10. Bb2 Bb4+ 11. Kf1 Be7 $5 (11... h5 {was played in
Nimzowitsch-Rubinstein, Karlsbad 1911.}) 12. g3 a5 13. a4 Rc8 14. Bb5 Nb4 $6 (
14... O-O 15. Kg2 f6 {keeps the initiative.}) 15. Nc3 Na6 16. Kg2 Nc7 17. Be2
Bb4 18. Na2 Na6 19. Bd3 Ne7 20. Rc1 Nc6 21. Nxb4 Naxb4 22. Bb1 h6 23. g4 Ne7
24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25. Ne1 Rf8 26. Nd3 f6 27. Nxb4 Qxb4 28. exf6 Rxf6 29. Bc1 {
Black has lost his grip on the opponent, but he can retaliate.} Nc6 $6 (29...
e5 $1 30. g5 hxg5 31. Bxg5 Rf7 32. f3 $1 Qxd4 33. Qxd4 exd4 34. Re1 Kf8 {
defends properly.}) 30. g5 $1 hxg5 31. Bxg5 Rf8 32. Be3 Qe7 33. Qg4 Qf6 34. Rg1
$5 Rh8 35. Kh1 Rh4 $2 {This counteraction leads to the downfall of the black
position.} (35... Kf8 $1 {was needed for the protection of pawn g7.}) 36. Qg3
Rxd4 37. Bxd4 Nxd4 38. Qxg7 Qf3+ 39. Qg2 Qxg2+ 40. Rxg2 Nxb3 41. h4 $1 {Black
cannot stop the passed pawn.} 1-0

[Event "San Sebastian"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1912.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Marshall, Frank"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1912.??.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8.
Bg5 Be7 9. Nxd5 Bxg5 10. Nxg5 Qxg5 11. c3 Rd8 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14.
Nxf4 Rb8 15. Qe2 h6 16. Rae1 Rb5 17. Rf2 Bd7 18. d4 Re8 19. Qd2 Rxe1+ 20. Qxe1
Rf5 21. Nd3 Rxf2 22. Qxf2 Bf5 23. h4 Qg6 24. Ne5 Qe6 25. Nxc6 Be4 26. Nxa7 Qa6
27. d5 Qxa2 28. Nb5 Qc4 29. Qd4 $4 Qe2 $1 30. Qf2 {White overstepped the time
limit.} 0-1

[Event "San Sebastian"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1912.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A84"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1912.??.19"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 Nf6 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 d6 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3
Nbd7 9. Qc2 c5 10. dxc5 $6 Nxc5 11. Nf3 Nce4 {Black took the chance to improve
the position of his queen's knight.} 12. O-O Bd7 13. Rfd1 Rc8 14. Bxf6 $6 (14.
Qd3 Ba4 15. Rdc1 {is okay.}) 14... Qxf6 15. Qb3 Rc7 16. Ne1 Nc5 17. Qb4 f4 $1
18. Nd3 fxg3 19. fxg3 Nxd3 20. Rxd3 Qf2+ 21. Kh1 {Black can harvest a pawn.}
Bc6 $5 ({But} 21... Qxe2 22. Rd2 Qxc4 23. Qxc4 Rxc4 24. Rxd6 Rc7 {gives meagre
winning chances (Spielmann).}) 22. e4 $1 Rcf7 23. Re1 a5 24. Qc3 Qc5 25. b4 $5
(25. Rd2 {prevents the next brilliancy.}) 25... Bxe4 $3 {White has to make a
difficult decision.} 26. Rxe4 $2 (26. Bxe4 $1 Rf1+ 27. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 28. Kg2 Rg1+
29. Kf3 Qh5+ {(Mieses)} 30. Kf4 $1 g5+ $1 31. Ke3 Qxh2 $1 32. Qf6 $1 Re1+ 33.
Kd4 Qb2+ 34. Rc3 Rxe4+ $1 35. Kxe4 Qe2+ 36. Re3 Qg4+ {leads to perpetual check.
}) 26... Rf1+ $1 27. Bxf1 Rxf1+ 28. Kg2 Qf2+ 29. Kh3 Rh1 30. Rf3 Qxh2+ 31. Kg4
Qh5+ 32. Kf4 Qh6+ 33. Kg4 g5 $1 {White has no proper defence, although Black
is a rook down.} 34. Rxe6 Qxe6+ 35. Rf5 h6 36. Qd3 Kg7 37. Kf3 Rf1+ $1 38. Qxf1
Qxf5+ 39. Kg2 Qxf1+ 40. Kxf1 axb4 41. axb4 Kf6 42. Kf2 h5 0-1

[Event "San Sebastian"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1912.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1912.??.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Bg4 8.
h3 Bh5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. g4 Bg6 12. Kg2 Rad8 13. Qc1 Qe6 14. Nh4 Be7
15. Nf5 Bg5 16. Qd1 c5 17. b3 Rd7 18. a4 c6 19. a5 Bd8 20. Qf3 Bh7 21. Kh1 g6
22. Na4 gxf5 23. Nxc5 fxe4 24. dxe4 Qe7 25. Nxd7 Qxd7 26. Rfd1 Qe7 27. Qe3 Qh4
28. Rd7 Bg5 29. Qf3 Bf4 30. Kg2 Rb8 31. Rad1 a6 32. Qd3 Kg7 33. Kf1 Bg6 34. Ke2
Bg5 35. Qc3 Bf6 36. Qe3 Kg8 37. Kd3 Bg5 38. Qg3 Bf6 39. Qxh4 Bxh4 40. f3 Kf8
41. Kc4 Ke8 42. b4 Be7 43. Rc7 Bd8 44. Rcd7 Be7 45. Rc7 Bd8 {The first cycle
ended with an entertaining draw.  Spielmann led with the grand score of 8/10.
Nimzowitsch had achieved 61/2 and Rubinstein 5 points. Forgácz had to leave
the tournament due to illness.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Sebastian"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1912.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Marshall, Frank"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D60"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1912.??.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 c5 9. O-O a6 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. b4 Nce4 12. Qxd8 Bxd8 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14.
Bxd8 Rxd8 15. Rfd1 Bd7 16. Rd4 Bc6 17. Rc1 Nf6 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Nd4 Bd5 20.
Bxd5 Nxd5 21. a3 Kf8 22. Kf1 Ke7 23. Nb3 Rd7 24. Rc8 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Sebastian"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1912.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Black "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1912.??.19"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Bd3 Nge7 7. Bf4 $2 Qb6 8.
O-O Qxb2 $1 9. Nbd2 Qb6 {Nimzowitsch' openings experiment led to a disaster.} (
{Even better is} 9... Ng6 $1 10. Rb1 Qxa2 {(Lucena-Lins, joao Pessoa 1976).})
10. Nb3 Ng6 11. Bg3 Be7 12. h4 Qb4 13. a4 a6 $2 ({Black wins a second pawn by} 
13... Nxh4 $1 14. Nxh4 Bxh4 15. c3 Qe7) 14. h5 $1 Nh4 15. Nxh4 Bxh4 16. c3 Qe7
17. Bh2 f5 18. exf6 gxf6 19. Nd4 $5 e5 20. Bf5 Nxd4 $1 21. Bxc8 Rxc8 (21...
Ne2+ $1 22. Qxe2 Rxc8 {keeps a plus.}) 22. cxd4 O-O 23. dxe5 fxe5 $6 ({Right is
} 23... Qe6 $1) 24. Qxd5+ Qf7 $6 25. Qxf7+ Rxf7 26. Bxe5 Rf5 27. f4 Rxh5 28.
Rab1 Be7 29. Kf2 b6 $1 30. Kf3 Rh6 31. Rfd1 Rc4 32. Rd7 Kf7 33. a5 $5 b5 $2 ({
Preferable is} 33... bxa5 $1 34. Re1 $1 {(Nimzowitsch)} Rb6 35. Re3 Ke8 $1 36.
Ra7 Kd8 {and Black seems to survive.}) 34. Re1 Rcc6 35. Bd4 $2 (35. f5 $1 {
wins.}) 35... Rhe6 36. Rh1 h6 37. Rb7 Red6 38. Be5 Re6 39. Ke4 Rc4+ $2 (39...
Rg6 $1 40. Rh2 Rg3 {escapes.}) 40. Kf5 Rc5 41. Rd1 b4 42. Rd8 $1 Rxa5 ({Or} 
42... Rf6+ 43. Ke4 Re6 (43... Rc4+ 44. Kd3 $1) 44. Rd6 $1) 43. Rf8+ $1 {
Nimzowitsch finds an elegant decision.} Kxf8 44. Kxe6 {Aaron becamw a
competitor for the first prize.} 1-0

[Event "San Sebastian"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1912.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Black "Marshall, Frank"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1912.??.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O Bg4 $5 8.
c4 O-O 9. cxd5 f5 10. Nc3 Nd7 $5 11. h3 Bh5 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Bxe4 Kh8 $2 ({
Marshall had been successful with} 13... Nf6 14. Bf5 Kh8 {against Spielmann in
Hamburg 1910.}) 14. Qd3 h6 15. Bd2 Qf6 16. g4 Bf7 17. g5 Qd8 18. gxh6 gxh6 19.
Bxh6 Rg8+ 20. Kh1 Qf6 21. Qe3 Rae8 22. Bg5 Rxg5 23. Nxg5 Bxd5 24. Rg1 Rxe4 25.
Nxe4 Bf4 26. Qf3 Qf5 27. Rae1 Nf6 28. Qg2 Bxe4 29. f3 Ng4 30. Qxg4 Qxg4 31.
Rxg4 Bxf3+ 32. Kg1 Bxg4 33. hxg4 1-0

[Event "San Sebastian"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1912.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Marshall, Frank"]
[Black "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1912.??.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Qb6 7. Na4 Qd8 8.
Rc1 Ne4 9. a3 e6 10. b4 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. e3 $2 Nxb4 $1 13. Nc5 ({The
point is} 13. axb4 Qxb4+ 14. Ke2 Bd7 $1) 13... Nc6 14. Bd3 Nxc5 15. dxc5 Qc7
16. O-O f5 17. Nd4 O-O 18. Nb5 Qe7 19. Nd6 Ne5 20. Qb3 b6 21. Nxc8 Rfxc8 22.
cxb6 axb6 23. Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. Ba6 Rc6 25. h3 Qc7 26. Qa4 Kf7 27. Bb5 Rc1 28.
Rxc1 Qxc1+ 29. Kh2 Qc7 30. f4 Nc4 31. Be8+ Ke7 32. Bb5 Nd6 33. Bc6 g5 34. g3
gxf4 35. gxf4 Nc4 36. Bb5 Nxe3 37. Qd4 Qc2+ 38. Kg3 Qg2+ 39. Kh4 Qf2+ 40. Kh5
Qf3+ 41. Kh6 Qxh3+ 42. Kg7 Qg3+ 43. Kh8 Nc4 44. Qd1 Kf8 0-1

[Event "San Sebastian"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1912.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1912.??.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bc5 5. Nxe5 Nd4 6. Ba4 O-O 7. d3 d5 $5 {
Rubinstein brings a novelty.} 8. Bg5 $5 ({More solid is} 8. O-O {
(Dobrowolny-Prochazka, Brno 1921).}) 8... c6 9. Qd2 Re8 $1 10. f4 b5 11. Bb3 h6
$5 {Rubinstein has given a pawn for an attack in the centre.} 12. Bh4 (12. Bxf6
$2 Qxf6 13. O-O-O a5 {(Mieses)} 14. Bxd5 $5 Rxe5 $1 15. fxe5 Qxe5 16. Bxf7+
Kxf7 17. Nb1 $1 b4 18. c3 bxc3 19. bxc3 Rb8 $1 20. cxd4 Bxd4 {and Black wins.})
12... Nxe4 $1 13. Bxd8 Nxd2 14. Kxd2 Rxd8 15. Ne2 Nxe2 16. Kxe2 Re8 {Black has
the better endgame.} 17. Kf1 $6 ({Preferable is} 17. Kd2 {(Kmoch).}) 17... Bb7
18. c3 f6 19. Ng4 h5 20. Nf2 Be3 21. Bd1 h4 22. g3 a5 23. Bf3 b4 24. Kg2 bxc3
25. bxc3 Ba6 26. c4 Rad8 27. cxd5 cxd5 28. Rhd1 Re7 29. Ng4 hxg3 30. hxg3 Bd4
31. Rac1 Rb7 32. Rc2 Kf7 33. Nf2 Rb2 34. Rxb2 Bxb2 35. Rd2 Bd4 36. Nh3 Ke6 37.
Rc2 $2 ({The last chance gives} 37. Re2+ $1 Kd6 38. f5 $1 Be5 39. Rd2 $1) 37...
Kd6 38. f5 Rc8 39. Bd1 Rxc2+ 40. Bxc2 Ke5 41. g4 Be3 42. Kf3 Kd4 43. Bb3 Bb7
44. Ke2 Ba6 45. Bc2 Bb5 46. a4 Bd7 47. Kf3 Kc3 $5 48. Kxe3 d4+ 49. Ke2 ({The
pointe is} 49. Ke4 Bc6+) 49... Kxc2 50. Nf4 Bxa4 51. Ne6 Bb3 52. Nxd4+ Kb2 53.
Nb5 a4 54. Ke3 a3 55. Nxa3 Kxa3 56. Kd4 Kb4 0-1

[Event "San Sebastian"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1912.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C80"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1912.??.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. a4
$5 Nxd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Nc3 $6 ({Better is} 10. axb5 {(Chigorin-Wemmers,
Berlin 1881).}) 10... Nxc3 11. bxc3 c5 12. axb5 Be7 13. Qf3 $2 (13. cxd4 c4 14.
Ba4 O-O {and White can avoid the coming problems (Tarrasch).}) 13... Be6 14.
Rxa6 $6 (14. cxd4 c4 15. Ba4 O-O 16. b6 Qxb6 17. c3 {only loses a pawn.}) 14...
O-O $1 15. cxd4 c4 $1 16. Ba2 (16. Ba4 $6 Bd7 $1 {(Tarrasch)} 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18.
Ba3 Bxa3 19. Qxa3 Qa5 $1 {and Black wins the white bishop.}) 16... Rxa6 17.
bxa6 Qa5 18. Bb1 c3 $1 {Black has imprisoned a bishop.} 19. Qg3 Rc8 20. f4 Bf5
21. Re1 Bf6 22. Kh1 h6 23. h3 Rb8 24. Be3 Qxa6 25. Rd1 Qa1 26. Qe1 Be4 27. Kh2
Be7 28. Qf1 f5 29. Re1 Bh4 30. g3 Be7 31. Bf2 Bd6 32. Rc1 Kh7 33. Re1 Rb6 34.
Rc1 Ba3 35. Re1 Qb2 36. Qe2 Rb4 37. Rg1 Rb6 38. Re1 Qb5 39. Qh5 $6 Qxb1 $1 40.
Rxb1 Rxb1 41. g4 Bc1 0-1

[Event "San Sebastian"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1912.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1912.??.19"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Bd3 Bxd3 5. Qxd3 e6 6. Nf3 Qb6 7. O-O Qa6 8. Qb3
Ne7 9. Bd2 Ng6 10. Bb4 Bxb4 11. Qxb4 Qb6 12. Qa3 Na6 13. Nbd2 Qb4 14. Qd3 O-O
15. a3 Qb5 16. c4 dxc4 17. Nxc4 Rad8 18. Qc2 Rd5 19. Ne3 Rd7 20. b4 Nc7 21. a4
Qa6 22. Nc4 Nd5 23. Rfb1 b5 24. axb5 Qxb5 25. Nd6 Qb6 26. b5 cxb5 27. Rxb5 Qd8
28. Rba5 Nh4 29. Nxh4 Qxh4 30. Qe4 Qxe4 31. Nxe4 Nf4 32. Rxa7 Rxd4 33. Ng5 h6
34. Nf3 Rd5 35. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Sebastian"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1912.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Marshall, Frank"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "180"]
[EventDate "1912.??.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. b4 $5 cxb4 3. a3 e6 4. axb4 Bxb4 5. c3 Be7 6. d4 d6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8.
Be3 b6 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. d5 exd5 11. exd5 Na5 12. Na3 Nf6 13. O-O O-O 14. Re1 Re8
15. Bd3 Ng4 16. Bf4 Bf6 17. Qc2 Qc7 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19. Bf5 Ne5 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21.
Bxd7 Qxd7 22. Rad1 Rac8 23. c4 Nb7 24. Re3 Nd6 25. Rde1 e4 26. Nd2 Bd4 27. Rh3+
Kg8 28. Nb3 Be5 29. f3 Qa4 30. f4 Bf6 31. Nd2 Qxc2 32. Nxc2 b5 33. Rhe3 bxc4
34. Nxe4 Nxe4 35. Rxe4 Rxe4 36. Rxe4 c3 37. g4 g6 38. g5 $6 Bg7 39. Ra4 $2 {
The game has a poor quality. Both players missed chances.} ({Now White misses} 
39. Kf2) 39... Rc5 $1 40. Rxa7 Rxd5 41. Ra8+ Bf8 42. Ne3 c2 43. Nxc2 Rd1+ 44.
Kf2 Rd2+ 45. Kg3 Rxc2 46. h4 Kg7 47. Rd8 Rc4 48. Rd7 Ba3 49. Rd3 Bb4 50. Kf3
Be1 51. Kg4 Ba5 52. Rd1 Bc7 53. Rf1 Kf8 54. Rf3 Re4 55. Rf1 Ke7 56. Rf3 Ke6 57.
Rf1 Bb8 58. Rf3 Bd6 59. Rf1 Bc7 60. Rf2 Re1 61. Rc2 Bd6 62. Rg2 Rf1 63. Re2+
Kd5 64. Rd2+ Kc5 65. Rc2+ Kb5 66. Kh3 Rf3+ 67. Kg2 Rxf4 68. Kh3 Rf3+ 69. Kg2
Rg3+ 70. Kf2 Rh3 71. Rb2+ Kc6 72. Rc2+ Bc5+ 73. Kg2 Rxh4 74. Kg3 Ra4 75. Rd2
Be3 76. Rd1 Bxg5 77. Kf3 Be7 78. Re1 Kd7 79. Kg2 Ra3 80. Rb1 f5 81. Rb6 Bd6 82.
Kh1 Ra2 83. Rb7+ Ke6 84. Rg7 Kf6 85. Rd7 Be5 86. Rb7 f4 87. Kg1 g5 88. Rb6+ Kf5
89. Rh6 f3 90. Rh7 Bg3 {The standings at the top were Spielmann 12/18,
Nimzowitsch 11/17 and Rubinstein 101/2/17.} 0-1

[Event "San Sebastian"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1912.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1912.??.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 $5 ({The exchanges by} 5. Nxd4
exd4 6. e5 dxc3 7. exf6 Qxf6 8. dxc3 {do not fit Spielmann's style.}) 5... Bc5
6. Nxe5 Qe7 7. Nf3 d5 $1 {Rubinstein sacrifices another pawn for the attack in
the centre.} 8. Nxd4 $6 ({Better is} 8. Bxd5 Bg4 $1 9. d3 c6 10. Bb3 Nd7 {
(Bernstein-Rubinstein, Vilnius 1912).}) 8... dxc4 9. Nf3 Nxe4 10. O-O O-O 11.
d4 cxd3 12. cxd3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bg4 14. d4 Bd6 15. Qd3 Rae8 16. h3 Bh5 17. a4
Bg6 18. Qc4 Qe2 19. Qxe2 Rxe2 {Black has advantages in the endgame.} 20. Ba3
Rc2 21. Bxd6 cxd6 22. Rfe1 $5 Rxc3 23. Re7 Rb8 24. a5 $6 ({The tactics} 24. Rd7
$1 Be4 25. Rxd6 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Rxf3 27. Kg2 {leads to a drawn rook ending.})
24... Kf8 25. Rd7 Bf5 26. Rxd6 Be6 27. Rb1 Rc7 $1 28. Ra6 $2 {Spielmann misses
his last chance in the tournament, when the time control comes near.} ({
Correct is} 28. Re1 $1 Ke7 29. Rd5 $1 h6 30. Rb5 Kd6 {and Black has a
positional advantage.}) 28... Ra8 $1 {White loses the exchange.} 29. Rxe6 fxe6
30. Ng5 Ke7 31. Re1 Kf6 32. f4 Rc6 33. Nxh7+ Ke7 34. Ng5 Kd7 35. Re5 Rf8 36. d5
exd5 37. Rxd5+ Rd6 38. Rb5 Kc6 39. Rb4 Rf5 40. Rc4+ Kd7 41. Ne4 Rc6 42. Ra4 Ra6
43. g4 Rfxa5 44. Rd4+ Kc7 45. Nc3 Rd6 {Spielmann had lost to a main competitor
for the third time in the second cycle.   The standings were Nimzowitsch 12/18,
Spielmann 12/19 and Rubinstein 111/2/18 at the end of the penultimate round.}
0-1

[Event "San Sebastian"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1912.??.??"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A55"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1912.??.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 Nbd7 4. Nc3 e5 5. e4 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 {
Nimzowitsch used to apply this defence. The decisive game of the tournament
has really begun.} 8. Qc2 Bf8 9. b3 c6 10. Bb2 Nh5 $1 11. g3 Nb8 $6 12. Rad1
Qf6 $6 13. Nb1 Bh3 $6 {Nimzowitsch shows too much optimism in his
counteraction.} 14. Rfe1 $6 (14. dxe5 $1 dxe5 15. Nxe5 $1 Qg5 16. Nf3 {gains
an advantage.}) 14... Nf4 $1 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Nxe5 Rxe5 17. Bf1 $1 {White
stops the rebuttal.} Nd7 $1 18. Qd2 Bxf1 19. Rxf1 Nh3+ 20. Kg2 Ng5 21. f4 Qg6
22. fxg5 Rxe4 23. Qxd7 Re2+ 24. Rf2 Qe4+ 25. Kg1 {The next move costs
Nimzowitsch the first prize and 2500 francs.} Bc5 $4 ({Black misses} 25... Rxf2
26. Kxf2 Qc2+ $1 27. Qd2 Bc5+ 28. Kg2 Qe4+ 29. Kh3 f5 {in time trouble (Mieses)
.}) 26. Bd4 $2 (26. Qxf7+ Kh8 27. Bxg7# {ends the game quickly.}) 26... Bxd4
27. Qxd4 Re1+ 28. Rf1 Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 Qh1+ 30. Kf2 Qxh2+ 31. Kf3 f6 32. Qd2 Qh3
33. Qd7 f5 34. Nc3 Qh5+ 35. Kg2 Qxg5 36. Qe6+ Kh8 37. Ne2 Qh5 38. Rd7 Re8 39.
Nf4 Rxe6 40. Nxh5 {Aaron ceded after a few moves.  Rubinstein scored 71/2/9 in
the second cycle and won the tournament with 121/2 points out of 19. Spielmann
and Nimzowitsch followed by half-a-point and Tarrasch by one point. Rubinstein
also won Pistyan, Breslau and Vilna 1912. A match between Lasker and him was
discussed.} 1-0

[Event "St.Petersburg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1914.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1914.??.??"]

{St. Petersburg 1914 was a landmark in the history of chess, because three
players performed at the level of the present top twenty. They were world
champion Lasker, Capablanca and Alekhine.  The invitation procedure was
remarkable. A list of twenty-four 'grandmasters' of chess was made. Anderssen,
Charousek, Chigorin, Kolisch, Mackenzie, Pillsbury, Steinitz and Zukertort had
died. The rest plus the two winners of an All Russian Tournament were invited.
Burn, Teichmann, Weiss and Winawer declined for reasons, such as old age.
Duras, Maróczy and Schlechter could not accept due to tensions of Russia with
Austria-Hungary. Eleven players accepted: young Alekhine, Bernstein, old
Blackburne, Capablanca, old Gunsberg, Janowsky, Lasker, Marshall, Nimzowitsch,
Rubinstein and Tarrasch. The players got an excellent compensation for their
expenses. Lasker got an additional 4500 Rubles for his first tournament in
five years. Capablanca was well paid as well. Prizes or money for draws and
wins had to be earned.The games were played at the club house Liteiny Prospekt
10 from 21 iv - 22 v 1914 in the afternoon and evening. The tempo was 30 moves
in 2 hours, followed by 22 in 11/2 hours and 15 per hour for the rest of the
game. The tournament started with all-play-all preliminaries. Five players
qualified for the doubled rounded finals. The great surprise was the
elimination of Rubinstein.   The tournament celebrated the 10th anniversary of
the St. Petersburg Chess Society. The elite of the city was present on a grand
banquet at the end of the preliminaries. Sergei Prokofiev gave a piano recital.
Five games from the preliminaries and all games from the finals were selected
for analysis. The tournament book by Tarrasch was a helpful source.} 1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 d6 5. d4 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Qd3 exd4 8. Nxd4 g6
$6 {This might be an oversight.} 9. Nxc6 $5 ({Development favourably continues
with} 9. Bg5 $1 Bg7 10. O-O-O {(Alekhine-Brinckmann, Kecskemet 1927).}) 9...
bxc6 10. Qa6 Qd7 11. Qb7 Rc8 12. Qxa7 Bg7 13. O-O O-O {Black has positional
compensation for the pawn.} 14. Qa6 Rfe8 15. Qd3 Qe6 $1 16. f3 Nd7 $1 17. Bd2
$6 (17. Bf4 $1 {(Tarrasch)} Ne5 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 {exchanges a piece.}) 17... Ne5
18. Qe2 Nc4 19. Rab1 Ra8 20. a4 $2 ({Right is} 20. b3 Nxd2 21. Qxd2 Ra3 $1)
20... Nxd2 21. Qxd2 Qc4 $1 22. Rfd1 Reb8 $1 23. Qe3 $6 Rb4 $1 24. Qg5 $6 Bd4+
25. Kh1 Rab8 {Awful restraint is applied on the queenside!} 26. Rxd4 Qxd4 27.
Rd1 Qc4 28. h4 Rxb2 29. Qd2 Qc5 30. Re1 Qh5 31. Ra1 Qxh4+ 32. Kg1 Qh5 33. a5
Ra8 34. a6 Qc5+ 35. Kh1 Qc4 36. a7 Qc5 37. e5 Qxe5 38. Ra4 Qh5+ 39. Kg1 Qc5+
40. Kh2 d5 41. Rh4 Rxa7 42. Nd1 0-1

[Event "St.Petersburg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1914.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C82"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1914.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 f6 13. exf6 Rxf6 14. Nd4 Nxd4
15. cxd4 Bb6 16. a4 Rb8 17. axb5 axb5 18. Qc3 Qd6 19. Be3 Bf5 20. Rfc1 Bxc2 21.
Rxc2 Re8 22. Rac1 Rfe6 23. h3 Re4 24. Qd2 R8e6 25. Rc6 Qd7 26. Rxe6 Qxe6 27.
Qd3 Qe8 28. Qc3 Kf7 29. Qd3 Kg8 30. Qc3 Qe6 31. Ra1 Qe8 32. Kf1 h6 33. Qd3 Kf7
34. Rc1 Kg8 35. Qb3 Qf7 36. Rd1 c6 37. f3 Qf6 38. Qd3 Re7 39. Bf2 Qd6 40. Qc2
Kf7 41. Rc1 Re6 42. Qf5+ Rf6 43. Qe5 Re6 44. Qxd6 Rxd6 45. Ke2 Ke7 46. Kd3 Rg6
47. g3 Rf6 48. f4 Kd7 49. Re1 Rf8 50. Ra1 h5 51. Be3 g6 52. Rf1 Kd6 $2 ({The
prophylactic} 52... Bc7 $1 53. g4 hxg4 54. hxg4 Ke6 {is correct.}) 53. g4 hxg4
54. hxg4 c5 $2 ({Fine prefers} 54... Ke6 55. Re1 Kd7 56. Rh1 Bc7 57. Rh7+ Kc8)
55. dxc5+ Bxc5 56. Bxc5+ Kxc5 57. f5 gxf5 58. gxf5 {The distant passed pawn
decides the game.} Rf6 59. Rf4 b4 (59... d4 60. Ke4 Rd6 61. Rf3 {(Tarrasch)}
Kc4 62. f6) 60. b3 $1 Rf7 61. f6 Kd6 62. Kd4 Ke6 63. Rf2 Kd6 64. Ra2 $1 {
Rubinstein had a poor start.} Rc7 65. Ra6+ Kd7 66. Rb6 1-0

[Event "St.Petersburg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1914.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1914.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 b6
9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Rc1 Qe7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nh4 g6 13. Nhf3 Rad8 14. dxc5 bxc5
15. Bb5 Ne4 16. Bxc6 $2 {White commits a positional error.} Bxc6 17. Qc2 Nxd2
$1 18. Nxd2 d4 $1 19. exd4 $2 {The kingside lies open.} ({A catastrophe avoids
} 19. e4 {(Burn).}) 19... Bxh2+ $1 20. Kxh2 Qh4+ 21. Kg1 Bxg2 $1 22. f3 ({The
combination} 22. Kxg2 Qg4+ 23. Kh2 Rd5 24. Qxc5 Rh5+ 25. Qxh5 Qxh5+ 26. Kg3
Qg5+ 27. Kf3 Qxd2 {apes Lasker-Bauer, Amsterdam 1889.}) 22... Rfe8 23. Ne4 ({
Another pointe is} 23. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 25. Kxg2 Qe2+ 26. Kg3 Rd5)
23... Qh1+ 24. Kf2 Bxf1 25. d5 f5 26. Qc3 Qg2+ 27. Ke3 Rxe4+ 28. fxe4 f4+ 29.
Kxf4 Rf8+ 30. Ke5 Qh2+ 31. Ke6 Re8+ 32. Kd7 Bb5# {This game got the second
brilliancy prize. Nimzowitsch scored badly.} 0-1

[Event "St.Petersburg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1914.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C66"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1914.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bd7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Nf5 $5 Bxf5 9. exf5 O-O 10. Re1 Nd7 $5 11. Nd5 Bf6 12. c3 Nb6 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6
14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Qf3 Rfe8 16. Be3 c5 17. Re2 Re5 18. Rae1 Rae8 19. Qb7 $2 {A
foolish adventure begins.} Qxf5 20. Qxc7 Qe6 21. Qxa7 Nd5 22. Kf1 $2 ({
Properly defends} 22. Qb7 Nf4 23. Rd2 d5 24. g3) 22... Nf4 $1 23. Rd2 {Black
has a decisive attack on the kingside.} Nxg2 $5 ({Faster wins} 23... Qc4+ 24.
Kg1 Nxg2 $1 25. Kxg2 Rg5+ $1 26. Bxg5 Qg4+ 27. Kf1 Qh3+ 28. Kg1 Rxe1#) 24. Kxg2
Qg4+ 25. Kf1 Qh3+ 26. Ke2 Rxe3+ 27. fxe3 Qxe3+ 28. Kd1 Qxe1+ 29. Kc2 Qe4+ 30.
Kb3 Qc6 31. a4 d5 32. a5 Qb5+ 33. Ka3 Rb8 34. Ka2 h6 35. a6 Qb3+ (35... Qb3+
36. Kb1 Re8 {wins easily.}) 0-1

[Event "St.Petersburg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1914.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Black "Bernstein, Ossip"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1914.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 b5 9. Bd3 a6 10. e4 $1 ({The peaceful} 10. Rc1 {drew in
Schlechter-Bernstein, Coburg 1904.}) 10... e5 $6 11. dxe5 Ng4 12. Bf4 Bc5 13.
O-O Qc7 $2 ({Correct is} 13... Qe7) 14. Rc1 f6 15. Bg3 fxe5 16. b4 $1 Ba7 {
White has a noteworthy positional advantage.} (16... Bxb4 17. Nd5 Qd6 18. Nxb4
Qxb4 19. Rxc6 {(Golombek).}) 17. Bxb5 $1 ({Tarrasch finds} 17. Qb3 Qd6 {less
convincing.}) 17... axb5 18. Nxb5 Qd8 19. Nd6+ Kf8 20. Rxc6 Nb6 21. Bh4 $1 Qd7
22. Nxc8 Qxc6 23. Qd8+ Qe8 24. Be7+ Kf7 25. Nd6+ Kg6 26. Nh4+ Kh5 27. Nxe8 Rxd8
28. Nxg7+ Kh6 29. Ngf5+ Kh5 30. h3 {The rook is regained by the mating attack.}
Nc8 31. hxg4+ Kxg4 32. Bxd8 Rxd8 33. g3 Rd2 34. Kg2 Re2 35. a4 Nb6 36. Ne3+ Kh5
37. a5 Nd7 38. Nhf5 Nf6 39. b5 Bd4 40. Kf3 Ra2 41. a6 Ba7 42. Rc1 Rb2 43. g4+
Kg6 44. Rc7 Rxf2+ 45. Kxf2 Nxg4+ 46. Kf3 {Capablanca got the first brilliancy
prize for this game.  The finalists were Capablanca, Tarrasch, Lasker,
Marshall and Alekhine.} 1-0

[Event "St.Petersburg finals"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1914.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D08"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1914.??.??"]

{Capablanca played superior chess in the preliminaries. The arrogant Cuban
expected to win, but amorous escapades weakened his strength. Lasker played
less brilliantly, but his fighting spirit was incredible. His score of 7/8 in
the finals was magnificent.  The finals were played by the five strongest
players.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. a3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Qe7 7. h3
Bxf3 $6 ({More appropriate is} 7... Bh5 8. g4 Bg6 {(Mikenas-Mosionzhik, Riga
1968).}) 8. Nxf3 O-O-O 9. Qd3 h6 10. g3 g6 11. Bg2 Bg7 12. O-O Nxe5 13. Nxe5
Bxe5 14. b4 f5 $2 (14... Qe6 15. c5 Ne7 16. b5 Nd5 {halts the attack.}) 15. c5
$1 Qe6 16. c6 $1 Ne7 17. cxb7+ Kb8 18. Bb2 Rd6 19. Rac1 Rhd8 20. Rc2 f4 21.
gxf4 Bxf4 22. Rd1 Nf5 23. Bc1 $2 (23. Qc4 Qxc4 24. Rxc4 {is needed.}) 23... Ne3
$1 24. Rc5 Qf6 25. Qe4 Nxd1 $2 ({Black gains a plus in} 25... Bh2+ $1 26. Kxh2
Nxd1 27. Bf4 Nxf2 28. Bxd6 Qxd6+ 29. Qe5) 26. Bxf4 Nc3 $2 (26... R6d7 {is
better.}) 27. Bxd6 $1 {Lasker has a brilliancy.} Qxd6 (27... Nxe4 28. Bxc7+
Kxb7 29. Bxe4+ Ka6 30. Ra5# {(Tarrasch).}) 28. Qe5 Qb6 29. Qe7 Qd6 30. Re5 d3
31. exd3 Qxd3 32. Re3 Qd1+ 33. Kh2 Nb5 34. Re6 Nxa3 35. Rf6 1-0

[Event "St.Petersburg finals"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1914.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Marshall, Frank"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1914.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 a6 8. O-O
b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. a4 c4 $5 11. Bc2 b4 {Marshall plays an enterprising Tarrasch
Defence.} 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Qe2 Na5 14. Nxf6+ gxf6 15. e4 $1 Rg8 16. Bf4 b3 $5
17. Bb1 $5 Rc8 18. Bd2 Qb6 19. Rc1 Bb4 20. Bc3 Kf8 21. Qd2 Bxc3 22. Qh6+ Ke7 $5
23. Rxc3 Rg6 $5 24. Qh5 $5 ({Tarrasch finds the consequent move} 24. Qxh7 {too
risky.}) 24... Rcg8 25. g3 Rg4 26. h3 R4g7 27. Qh4 e5 $1 28. dxe5 Rxg3+ 29. Kf1
R3g6 30. exf6+ Qxf6 31. Qxf6+ $2 (31. Qh5 $1 {continues the battle.}) 31...
Rxf6 {The endgame is lost for White.} 32. Nd2 Bc8 33. e5 Rh6 34. Be4 Bxh3+ 35.
Ke2 Bg4+ 36. Ke3 Rh3+ 37. Nf3 Bxf3 38. Bxf3 Nc6 39. Rh1 Rxh1 40. Bxh1 Nxe5 41.
Bd5 Rg4 42. f4 Kd6 43. Be4 Nd3 44. Rxc4 Rg3+ 45. Kd4 Nxf4 46. Rc6+ Ke7 47. Rxa6
(47. Bxh7 $1 {gives the last chance.}) 47... Ne6+ 48. Kc4 Rg4 49. Ra7+ Kd6 50.
Kxb3 Rxe4 51. Rxf7 Nc5+ 52. Kc2 Re2+ 53. Kd1 Re7 54. Rf4 Ra7 55. a5 Rxa5 56. b4
Ne6 57. Rh4 Rd5+ 58. Kc2 h5 0-1

[Event "St.Petersburg finals"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1914.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C32"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1914.??.??"]

1. f4 e5 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. d3 Nf6 5. dxe4 Nxe4 6. Nf3 Bf5 $2 ({Black will
improve with} 6... Bc5 7. Qe2 Bf5 {in Spielmann-Tarrasch, Maehrisch Ostrau
1923.}) 7. Be3 c6 8. Bc4 b5 $6 9. Bb3 c5 $6 10. d6 c4 11. Qd5 Nd7 12. Qxf5 Nxd6
13. Qd5 Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. Nc3 Nf6 16. Qd2 cxb3 17. axb3 b4 18. Nd5 Nf5 19.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Rfe1 Rfd8 21. Bd4 Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Qc5 23. Rad1 Rd5 24. h3 Rad8 25.
c3 h6 26. Qd3 Qd6 27. Qf3 Nh5 28. Re4 Nf6 29. Re3 Nh5 30. Rf1 Nf6 31. Rfe1 Qc5
32. Kh2 Rc8 33. R1e2 Kf8 34. Re5 Rcd8 35. Nf5 Qb6 36. Qg3 Nh5 37. Qh4 Rxe5 38.
fxe5 Rd1 39. Re3 Qg6 40. Qxb4+ 1-0

[Event "St.Petersburg finals"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1914.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Black "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "200"]
[EventDate "1914.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 $5 11. cxd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Bxe6 Nxe6 14. Qf3
Rd8 15. a4 $1 Qd5 16. Qxd5 Rxd5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Ra8+ Nd8 19. Ne4 $1 Rxe5 20.
Rd1 Be7 21. f3 {White has given a pawn for the initiative.} Rf5 $2 (21... c6
22. Bf4 Rd5 23. Rxd5 cxd5 24. Nc3 Bc5+ 25. Kf1 O-O 26. Nxb5 Ne6 {defends
correctly.}) 22. Rc8 ({Tarrasch analyses} 22. g4 Rxf3 23. Kg2 Rb3 24. Nc5 Rb4
25. Nb7 O-O 26. Nxd8 Rxg4+ 27. Kf3 f5 {Black survives.}) 22... O-O 23. Rxc7 Bb4
24. Be3 Ne6 25. Rcd7 Rc8 26. R1d5 Rxd5 27. Rxd5 Rc2 $5 {Lasker avoids
passivity at the cost of material.} 28. b3 Rb2 29. Rxb5 Rxb3 $1 30. Bd2 Bc5+
31. Rxc5 Nxc5 32. Nxc5 {Capablanca has won matter, but it is not enough for a
win.} Rb2 33. Be3 Re2 34. Bf2 f6 35. Kf1 Ra2 36. g4 Kf7 37. Ne4 h6 38. Kg2 Ra3
39. f4 Rb3 40. Ng3 Ra3 41. Nf1 Rd3 42. Ne3 Rc3 43. Kf3 Ra3 44. f5 Ra2 45. Nd5
Rb2 46. Nf4 Ra2 47. h4 Ra5 48. Bd4 Ra3+ 49. Be3 Ra5 50. Nh5 Ra4 51. Ng3 Kg8 52.
Ne4 Kf7 53. Bd2 Ra1 54. Bc3 Rf1+ 55. Nf2 Rc1 56. Bd4 Re1 57. Ne4 Rf1+ 58. Bf2
Ra1 59. Kf4 Ra4 60. Bc5 Rc4 61. Kf3 Rc1 62. Bf2 Ra1 63. Kf4 Ra4 64. Kf3 Ra3+
65. Be3 Ra5 66. Nc5 Ra1 67. Ne6 Ra3 68. Ke4 Ra4+ 69. Bd4 Rb4 70. Kd3 Rb3+ 71.
Ke4 Rb4 72. Kd5 Rb1 73. g5 hxg5 74. hxg5 fxg5 75. Nxg5+ Kg8 76. Ne6 Rd1 77. Ke4
Kf7 78. Ng5+ Kg8 79. Ke5 Re1+ 80. Kf4 Rf1+ 81. Kg4 Rd1 82. Nf3 Rf1 83. Be5 Kf7
84. Kf4 Kg8 85. Ke4 Rd1 86. Ng5 Re1+ 87. Kd5 Rd1+ 88. Ke6 Re1 89. Nh3 Rb1 90.
Nf4 Rb6+ 91. Ke7 Rb5 92. Ng6 Rb6 93. Bd6 Ra6 94. Ke6 Rb6 95. Ne7+ Kh7 96. Nc8
Ra6 97. Ne7 Rb6 98. Nd5 Ra6 99. Nc3 Kg8 100. Ne4 Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "St.Petersburg finals"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1914.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Marshall, Frank"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1914.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. Bd3 $5 c5 $2 (5... dxe4 $1 6. Bxe4
c5 {(Tarrasch-Schiffers, Frankfurt 1887).}) 6. e5 h6 7. Bd2 cxd4 8. Nb5 Bxd2+
9. Qxd2 Nfd7 10. Nd6+ Kf8 11. Qf4 f6 12. exf6 gxf6 13. Nxc8 e5 14. Qf3 e4 $2 ({
Right is} 14... Qxc8 15. Qxd5 Qc6) 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qa3+ Kg7 17. Nd6 Nc6 18.
O-O-O Nde5 19. Ne2 d3 20. f4 $6 (20. Nxe4 {is okay (Tarrasch).}) 20... exf3 21.
gxf3 Qa5 22. Rhg1+ $5 Kh7 23. Rxd3 $2 {Exchange of queens consolidates a big
positional advantage.} Rhg8 $1 24. Rb3 $4 ({Black equalises in} 24. Re3 Rxg1+
25. Nxg1 Qxa3 26. Rxa3 Rg8 27. Nh3 Rg2 {(Tarrasch).}) 24... Rxg1+ {Alekhine
delivers mate in one.} 0-1

[Event "St.Petersburg finals"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1914.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1914.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. O-O b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
b4 9. Nd5 Bg4 10. c3 Rb8 11. Bc4 Nxe4 12. d4 bxc3 13. bxc3 O-O 14. Bxa6 exd4
15. cxd4 (15. Nxd4 $2 Bxd1 16. Nxc6 Qd7 17. Ndxe7+ Kh8 18. Rxd1 {White's minor
pieces are vulnerable.}) 15... Nb4 16. Nxb4 Rxb4 17. Bb5 $6 {White wants to
dominate the rook.} (17. Qe1 $1 d5 18. Ne5 {is fine.}) 17... Bxf3 18. gxf3 $2 (
18. Qxf3 $1 Rxd4 19. Be3 {is better.}) 18... Ng5 19. Ra3 $6 (19. d5 $1 {
restricts the black knight.}) 19... Bf6 20. f4 Ne6 21. Rh3 Rxd4 22. Qh5 h6 23.
Rg3 Kh8 24. Qf5 Bh4 25. Rh3 Qf6 26. Qg4 Bg5 27. Be3 Nxf4 28. Bxd4 Nxh3+ 29. Kh1
Qe6 30. Qf3 Bd2 31. Qd3 Ba5 32. Bc6 d5 33. Rc1 Nf4 34. Qe3 Bd2 $1 35. Qa3 Rb8 {
Capablanca utilised his chances.} 0-1

[Event "St.Petersburg finals"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1914.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Black "Marshall, Frank"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1914.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Be6 $6
8. Nc3 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. d4 Be7 $5 (10... c6 $2 {(Morphy-Löwenthal, New
Orleans 1850) can be refuted by} 11. d5 $1 cxd5 12. O-O-O) 11. Qb5+ $1 Nd7 12.
Bd3 $5 g5 $5 13. h3 O-O ({Avoids} 13... O-O-O $2 14. Qa5 a6 15. Bxa6 $1) 14.
Qxb7 Rab8 15. Qe4 Qg7 16. b3 c5 $2 (16... Nc5 $1 17. Qe3 Bf6 18. O-O Rfe8 {
starts an attack (Tarrasch).}) 17. O-O cxd4 18. Nd5 $1 Bd8 19. Bc4 Nc5 20. Qxd4
Qxd4 21. Nxd4 Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Bf6 23. Rad1 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Kg7 25. Bc4 Rb6 26. Re1
Kf6 27. f4 Ne6 28. fxg5+ hxg5 29. Rf1+ Ke7 30. Rg4 Rg8 31. Rf5 Rc6 32. h4 Rgc8
33. hxg5 Rc5 34. Bxe6 fxe6 35. Rxc5 Rxc5 36. g6 Kf8 37. Rc4 Ra5 38. a4 Kg7 39.
Rc6 Rd5 40. Rc7+ Kxg6 41. Rxa7 Rd1+ 42. Kh2 d5 43. a5 Rc1 44. Rc7 Ra1 45. b4
Ra4 46. c3 d4 47. Rc6 dxc3 48. Rxc3 Rxb4 49. Ra3 Rb7 50. a6 Ra7 51. Ra5 Kf6 52.
g4 Ke7 53. Kg3 Kd6 54. Kf4 Kc7 55. Ke5 Kd7 56. g5 Ke7 57. g6 Kf8 58. Kxe6 Ke8
59. g7 Rxg7 60. a7 Rg6+ 61. Kf5 $1 1-0

[Event "St.Petersburg finals"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1914.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1914.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 d4 {Tarrasch applies his favourite opening. Lasker has
pressure.} 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Qd3 Be6 12. Rd1 Bxb3 13. Qxb3 Qe7 14. Bd2 O-O 15. a4
$1 Ne4 {Black occupies the centre. White encircles.} 16. Be1 Rad8 $6 {The
right square is c8 (Tarrasch).} 17. a5 Bc5 18. a6 $1 bxa6 19. Rac1 $1 Rc8 20.
Nh4 $1 {White exerts great pressure on the c-file and a long diagonal.} Bb6 $2
(20... Ng5 $1 21. Nf5 Qe5 22. Qd5 Qxd5 23. Bxd5 Ne7 24. Nxe7+ Bxe7 25. Rxc8
Rxc8 26. Rxd4 Rc1 27. Kf1 a5 {gives better chances.}) 21. Nf5 $1 Qe5 22. Bxe4
$2 (22. Qf3 $1 Nf6 (22... Nc5 23. b4) 23. Qf4 Qxf4 24. gxf4) 22... Qxe4 23. Nd6
Qxe2 24. Nxc8 Rxc8 25. Qd5 Qe6 26. Qf3 h6 27. Bd2 Ne5 28. Rxc8+ Qxc8 29. Qe4
Nd7 $6 (29... Ng4 $1 {is more active.}) 30. Rc1 Qf8 $6 31. Bxh6 $1 Nc5 32. Qg4
f5 33. Qg6 Qf7 34. Qxf7+ Kxf7 35. Bg5 Nd3 $1 36. Rb1 $1 Ke6 37. b3 Kd5 38. f3
a5 39. h4 Nc5 40. h5 $1 {The battle rages on the whole game.} d3 ({White loses
similar to the game in} 40... a4 $6 41. bxa4 Nxa4 42. Bf6 $1 Nc3 43. Rxb6 $1
axb6 44. Bxg7) 41. Kf1 a4 $6 (41... Ne6 {is necessary.}) 42. bxa4 Nxa4 43. Bf6
$1 Ke6 44. Bxg7 Kf7 45. Be5 Nc5 46. Rd1 1-0

[Event "St.Petersburg finals"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1914.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1914.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. e5 dxc3 7. exf6 Qxf6
8. dxc3 Qe5+ 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Bxe2 d5 11. Bf4 c6 12. c4 Be6 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14.
O-O Bc5 15. Rfe1 O-O 16. Bd3 Rfe8 17. a3 f6 18. Kf1 g6 19. f3 Kf7 20. Rxe8 Rxe8
21. Re1 Rxe1+ 22. Kxe1 Ke7 23. Ke2 Bd6 24. Ke3 Bc5+ 25. Ke2 Bd6 26. Ke3 Bc5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "St.Petersburg finals"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1914.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Marshall, Frank"]
[Black "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A54"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1914.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. e3 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Qc2 Re8 8. O-O
Bf8 9. Ng5 $5 {Marshall wants to attack.} g6 10. f4 exd4 11. exd4 Bg7 12. f5
Ng4 $1 {Lasker wants to win.} 13. Nf3 $1 c5 14. fxg6 fxg6 {White's attack
should restart.} 15. h3 $2 ({A positional advantage brings} 15. Bg5 $1 {
(Tarrasch)} Ndf6 16. dxc5 dxc5 17. Rae1) 15... cxd4 $1 16. Bg5 $2 ({Correct is
} 16. Nd5) 16... Ne3 $1 17. Qf2 ({The pointe is} 17. Bxd8 $2 Nxc2 18. Bxc2 dxc3
) 17... Qb6 $6 18. Nd5 $6 (18. Rae1 {gives a chance.}) 18... Nxd5 19. cxd5 Nc5
20. Rad1 Bd7 21. Qh4 Ba4 22. Bxg6 $5 hxg6 23. Bd8 Qxd8 24. Ng5 Qxg5 25. Qxg5
Bxd1 26. Qxg6 Bc2 27. Qxc2 d3 28. Qd1 a5 29. Qg4 Rf8 30. Rd1 Rae8 31. Qg6 Re2
32. Rf1 d2 33. Rxf8+ Kxf8 34. Qxd6+ Kg8 35. Qd8+ Kh7 36. Qh4+ Bh6 {Although
Lasker scored 3 1/2 /4 in the first cycle of the finals, Capablanca kept the
lead by one point.} 0-1

[Event "St.Petersburg finals"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1914.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "178"]
[EventDate "1914.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bd6 9. Be3 Ne7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Nb3 Ng6 12. Bc5 Bf4+ 13. Kb1 Re8 14. Rhe1
b6 15. Be3 Be5 16. Bd4 Nh4 17. Rg1 Be6 18. f4 Bd6 19. Bf2 Ng6 20. f5 Bxb3 21.
axb3 Nf8 22. Bxb6 $6 Bxh2 23. Rh1 cxb6 24. Rxh2 b5 25. Re1 Nd7 26. Nd1 a5 27.
Rh3 b4 $6 28. Nf2 Nc5 29. Rhe3 a4 30. bxa4 Nxa4 31. e5 fxe5 32. Rxe5 Reb8 33.
Ne4 b3 34. Re2 Nb6 35. cxb3 Nd5 36. g4 h6 37. g5 hxg5 38. Nxg5 Nf6 39. Re7 Rxb3
40. Rg2 Nd5 41. Rd7 $2 Rd3 $1 {White has to give up the exchange or will be
mated.} 42. Rxd5 Rxd5 43. Ne6 Kf7 44. Rxg7+ Kf6 45. Rc7 Rd6 46. Nc5 Kxf5 {If a
pair of rooks are exchanged, Black wins easily.} 47. Rf7+ Ke5 48. Kc2 Rh6 49.
Nd3+ Kd6 50. Rf5 Rb8 51. Kc3 Kc7 52. Rf7+ Kb6 53. Rd7 Rh3 54. Rd4 Rbh8 55. Rb4+
Kc7 56. Kc2 R8h4 57. Rb3 Rh2+ 58. Kc3 R4h3 59. Rb4 Rh5 60. Rg4 R2h3 61. Kc2 Rd5
62. Nf4 Rc5+ 63. Kb1 Rh1+ 64. Ka2 Ra5+ 65. Kb3 Rb5+ 66. Kc3 Kb6 67. Nd3 Rh3 68.
Kc2 Rd5 69. Rb4+ Kc7 70. Rb3 Rh2+ 71. Kc3 Kd6 72. Ra3 Rg2 73. Ra1 Rg3 74. Rd1
Kc7 75. Rd2 Kb6 76. Rd1 Kb5 $1 77. Kc2 Kc4 78. b3+ {This pawn move gives Black
another fifty moves for long-winded actions.} Kb5 79. Rd2 Rh3 80. Rd1 Rh2+ 81.
Kc3 Rd8 82. Rg1 Rh3 83. Rd1 Rdh8 84. Rg1 R8h5 85. Kc2 Rd5 86. Rd1 Rg5 87. Rd2
$2 {Alekhine collapses at last.} Rhg3 $1 88. Nc1 Rg2 89. Ne2 Kb6 $1 {90...Re5
will force the exchange of rooks.} 0-1

[Event "St.Petersburg finals"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1914.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Marshall, Frank"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A85"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1914.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Bd2 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O
Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Ne4 10. Bxe4 fxe4 11. Nd2 Qg5 12. Qe2 d5 13. f3 Nd7 $5 ({Black
avoids the exchanges of} 13... exf3 14. Rxf3 Nd7) 14. fxe4 dxe4 15. Rxf8+ Rxf8
16. Rf1 Rf5 17. Rxf5 exf5 18. Qf2 Nf6 19. h3 Nh5 $6 ({Later Tarrasch prefers} 
19... c6) 20. d5 $1 Bc8 21. Be5 Qe7 22. Bd4 Nf6 23. Qg3 Ne8 24. a3 Qd7 25. b4
c6 26. dxc6 Qxc6 27. Qe5 Kf7 28. c5 bxc5 29. Bxc5 Be6 30. g4 Qc7 31. Qxc7+ Nxc7
32. gxf5 Bxf5 33. Bxa7 Nb5 34. Bc5 Nxa3 {A precise defence has led to equality.
} 35. Kg2 Ke6 36. h4 Nb5 37. Kg3 Nc7 38. Nb1 g6 39. Nc3 Nd5 40. Ne2 Kd7 41. b5
Nc7 42. Nc3 Nxb5 43. Nxb5 Kc6 44. Nc3 Kxc5 45. Kf4 Kd6 46. h5 Ke6 47. hxg6 Bxg6
1/2-1/2

[Event "St.Petersburg finals"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1914.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1914.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d4 exd4 6. Qxd4 Qxd4 7. Nxd4 {
Although Lasker needs a win in oreder to catch up with Capablanca, he plays a
quiet opening.} Bd6 8. Nc3 Ne7 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 Re8 11. Nb3 f6 12. f5 $5 {
Finally Lasker shows his ambition.} b6 13. Bf4 Bb7 $6 ({Better is} 13... Bxf4
$1 14. Rxf4 c5 $1 15. Rd1 Bb7 {and Black will protect the d-file later 
(Capablanca).}) 14. Bxd6 cxd6 15. Nd4 Rad8 $6 ({Square e6 can be controlled by
} 15... Bc8 {(Kasparov).}) 16. Ne6 Rd7 17. Rad1 Nc8 $6 ({Capablanca's first
idea} 17... c5 $1 {is more active.}) 18. Rf2 b5 19. Rfd2 Rde7 20. b4 Kf7 21. a3
Ba8 $2 ({The sacrifice} 21... Rxe6 $1 22. fxe6+ Rxe6 {proceeds with the right
plan.}) 22. Kf2 Ra7 23. g4 h6 24. Rd3 a5 25. h4 axb4 26. axb4 Rae7 27. Kf3 Rg8
28. Kf4 g6 29. Rg3 g5+ 30. Kf3 Nb6 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Rh3 $1 Rd7 33. Kg3 Ke8 34.
Rdh1 Bb7 35. e5 $1 {Lasker finishes the game in a grand style.} dxe5 36. Ne4
Nd5 37. N6c5 Bc8 38. Nxd7 Bxd7 39. Rh7 Rf8 40. Ra1 Kd8 41. Ra8+ Bc8 42. Nc5 {
The hundreds of spectators gave a roaring applause.} 1-0

[Event "St.Petersburg finals"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1914.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1914.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bxf6 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 gxf6
8. Nf3 b6 9. g3 Bb7 10. Bg2 Qe4+ 11. Kd2 $2 ({Elementary is} 11. Qe2) 11... Qg6
$1 12. Nh4 Qh6+ 13. f4 Nc6 14. Qe2 O-O-O 15. Kc1 Kb8 16. Kb2 Na5 17. Bxb7 Nxb7
18. Rad1 Rd5 19. c4 Ra5 20. Ng2 $2 ({The queenside can be defended by} 20. Nf3
Rd8 21. Ka1 Qf8 22. Qd3 Ra3 23. c3) 20... Rd8 $1 21. Ne3 Qf8 $1 22. c5 (22. Rd3
Rxd4 $1 23. Rxd4 Qa3+ 24. Kb1 Qxa2+ 25. Kc1 Qa1+ 26. Kd2 Qxd4+ $19) 22... bxc5
23. d5 c4 $1 24. Nxc4 Qb4+ 25. Ka1 Qc3+ 26. Nb2 Rd6 27. Qc4 {Alekhine finds a
combination.} Rda6 $1 28. dxe6 ({The pointe is} 28. Qxc3 Rxa2+ 29. Kb1 Ra1#)
28... fxe6 29. Kb1 Rxa2 30. Qxa2 Rxa2 31. Kxa2 Qxc2 32. Rc1 Qd2 33. Kb1 Nd6 34.
Rc2 Qb4 35. Rd1 Nb5 36. Rd8+ Kb7 37. Rcd2 e5 38. fxe5 fxe5 39. Kc1 Nd4 40. Rd3
Qe1+ 41. Rd1 Qe4 42. Rd3 Qh1+ 43. Rd1 Qxh2 44. Kb1 Qxg3 45. Rd3 Qe1+ 46. Ka2 h5
47. Re8 Qa5+ 48. Kb1 Qe1+ 49. Ka2 Qe4 50. Rc3 Nb5 51. Rc5 Qb4 0-1

[Event "St.Petersburg finals"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1914.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Marshall, Frank"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1914.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bg4 8. Nd5
Nd4 9. Kh1 $5 ({Theory is} 9. Nxb4 Nxb5 10. Nd5) 9... c6 10. Nxf6+ $5 gxf6 11.
Bh4 Nxb5 12. c3 Ba5 13. a4 Nc7 $1 ({The point of the attack is} 13... Nxc3 $2
14. bxc3 Bxc3 15. Qc1 $1 Bxa1 16. Qh6 $1 $18) 14. b4 Bxb4 15. cxb4 Kg7 16. Qd2
Ne6 17. Ng1 Rg8 18. f4 exf4 19. d4 d5 20. Rxf4 $1 {Alekhine revives the
assault.} ({No advantage gives} 20. e5 Qb6 21. Bxf6+ Kf8 {(Tarrasch).}) 20...
Nxf4 21. Qxf4 Be6 22. Rf1 Kf8 23. Bxf6 Qb8 24. Qh6+ Ke8 25. exd5 cxd5 26. Nf3
Rg6 27. Qh4 Qd6 28. Ne5 Qf8 $1 {Marshall returns the exchange in time.} 29.
Nxg6 hxg6 30. Qe1 Rc8 31. h3 Rc4 32. Qe5 Qxb4 33. Qb8+ Rc8 34. Qxa7 Bf5 35. Kh2
Kd7 36. Rf2 Ke6 37. Bg5 f6 38. Bd2 Qb3 39. Qa5 Be4 40. Bb4 Qc4 41. Bc5 Qb3 42.
Bb4 Qc4 43. Bc5 Qb3 44. Bb4 (44. Qd2 $1 g5 45. a5 {continues the attack.})
44... Qc4 45. Bc5 Qb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "St.Petersburg finals"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1914.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "1914.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d5 $5
8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxe5 Qd6 ({Known is} 9... dxe4 10. Ba3 Re8 11. Nxc6 Qd7 {
(Tarrasch-Marshall, San Sebastian 1911).}) 10. Bf4 Re8 11. Qf3 dxe4 12. dxe4
Rxe5 13. Rfd1 $5 ({Annotators praise} 13. Rad1 Bg4 14. Qg3 {but} Nxe4 $1 15.
Qxg4 Qe6 $1 {equalises (Marchand-Krause, Norway 1916).}) 13... Bg4 $1 {Lasker
leads by one point. Capa needs a win to equalise. However, an attractive woman
has exhausted José during the previous night. He blunders terribly.} 14. Qg3 $4
(14. Rxd6 Bxf3 15. Rxf6 gxf6 16. Bxe5 fxe5 17. gxf3 {gains a plus for White.})
14... Bxd1 15. Bxe5 Qd2 $1 {White loses a piece.} 16. f3 Nh5 17. Qf2 Qxf2+ 18.
Kxf2 Bxc2 19. Rc1 Ba4 20. Bxc7 Rc8 21. Rb1 Bb5 22. Rd1 Kf8 23. Be5 Ke7 24. a4
Bc4 25. Rd4 Be6 26. Rb4 Bd7 27. Rb7 Ra8 28. Ke3 Nf6 29. a5 Ke8 30. Bd4 a6 31.
f4 c5 32. Bxf6 gxf6 33. Rb6 Ke7 34. f5 Bb5 35. g4 Rd8 36. Kf4 Rd1 37. h4 h6 38.
Rb7+ Kf8 39. Rc7 c4 40. g5 hxg5+ 41. hxg5 Rf1+ 42. Kg4 Rg1+ 43. Kf4 fxg5+ 44.
Ke5 Re1 45. Kf6 Rxe4 46. Rxf7+ Ke8 47. Rg7 g4 48. Rg5 Bc6 49. Kg7 Bd5 50. Rg6
Re7+ 51. Kh6 Be4 52. Rxg4 Bxf5 53. Rxc4 Re5 54. Kg5 Bd3+ 55. Kf4 Rf5+ 56. Kg4
Rxa5 57. Rd4 Bb5 58. Kf4 Ra3 59. Ke5 Bd7 60. c4 Kd8 61. Rd2 Kc7 62. Kd4 a5 63.
Rd3 Ra1 64. Kc3 Rc1+ 65. Kb2 Rh1 66. Rd5 a4 67. Rd2 Bc6 68. Ka2 Kb6 69. Rb2+
Kc5 70. Rb1 Rh3 71. Rg1 Kxc4 72. Rc1+ Kb5 73. Rb1+ Kc5 74. Rc1+ Kd6 75. Rd1+
Bd5+ 76. Kb2 a3+ 77. Ka1 Kc5 78. Rc1+ Bc4 79. Rg1 Rh2 80. Rg5+ Kb4 81. Rg1 Ra2+
82. Kb1 Rd2 0-1

[Event "St.Petersburg finals"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1914.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Marshall, Frank"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1914.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O Bd6 8.
Nc3 Nge7 9. Be3 f6 10. Qd2 Bf7 11. Rae1 a6 12. a3 Qd7 13. Nh4 O-O-O 14. f4 Nb8
15. Bg4 Be6 16. f5 Bf7 17. Ne2 Rde8 18. Bf4 Nec6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Nf4 Nd8 21.
c3 Nbc6 22. g3 Na5 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Nhg2 Nc4 25. Qf2 Qb6 26. Nd3 Qb5 27. Re1
$2 (27. Qc2 {keeps the equality.}) 27... Nxa3 $1 28. Rxe8 Bxe8 29. Ngf4 Nc4 30.
Bf3 Bf7 31. Qe2 Qd7 $2 ({Correct is} 31... Nd6 $1) 32. Nc5 Qd6 33. Nce6 g5 34.
Nxd5 Nxe6 35. fxe6 Bxe6 36. Bg4 $1 {Capa's opportunism is punished brilliantly.
} Qxg3+ ({Various annotators mention} 36... Bxg4 $2 37. Qe8+ Qd8 38. Ne7+) (
36... Bd7 $2 37. Qe8#) (36... f5 $2 37. Bxf5 $1) 37. Kh1 Kb8 38. Bxe6 Nxb2 $1 {
The critical point of the game has been reached.} 39. Ne3 $2 (39. Qe3 {wins
easily, according to Tarrasch, but} Qxe3 40. Nxe3 Na4 41. Nd5 h6 $1 42. c4 c5 {
might hold.}) 39... Na4 40. Qd2 Qf3+ 41. Kg1 Qc6 $1 42. d5 Qxc3 43. Qxc3 Nxc3
44. Ng4 a5 45. Nxf6 a4 46. Nxh7 a3 47. d6 cxd6 48. Bb3 Ne4 49. Bd5 $2 ({The
defence} 49. Nf8 $1 b5 50. Ne6 Nd2 51. Ba2 b4 52. Nd4 {gives the last chance,
because the knight reaches the queenside in time.}) 49... b5 $1 50. Nf8 Kc7 51.
Ne6+ Kb6 52. Kg2 b4 53. Kf3 Nd2+ 54. Ke2 b3 55. Kxd2 a2 56. Bxb3 a1=Q 57. Kd3
Qf1+ 58. Kd4 Qxh3 59. Bd5 Qf5 60. Kc4 g4 61. Kd4 g3 0-1

[Event "St.Petersburg finals"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1914.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1914.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bxc5 6. Bd3 f5 7. c3 a6 8. Nbd2
Nge7 9. Nb3 Ba7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Ng6 12. Nbd4 Bb8 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Kh1 a5
15. b3 c5 16. Ba3 Qb6 17. Qd2 Bb7 18. Qg5 Ba7 19. h4 Qd8 20. Qg3 Qe8 21. Nh2
Ne7 22. f4 Rc8 23. Nf3 Kh8 24. Ng5 Ng8 25. Be2 Qe7 26. Rad1 Rfd8 27. Rd2 Nh6
28. Red1 Qe8 29. Kh2 Rc7 30. Kh3 Rdc8 31. Bb2 Bc6 32. Bf3 Rb8 33. Ba3 Ng8 34.
Be2 Nh6 35. Qe1 Rd8 36. Qg3 Rb8 37. Qe1 Rd8 38. Qg3 Rb8 39. Qe1 Rd8 {Lasker's
lead had been reduced to half-a-point.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "St.Petersburg finals"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1914.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1914.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 h6 $2 {He gets insufficient compensation
for the pawn.} 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. exd5 Bb4 7. Bb5+ c6 8. dxc6 Nxc6 9. Nge2 O-O 10.
O-O Rd8 11. Ne4 Qh4 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. f4 Ba6 14. c3 Bf8 15. Qe1 Qh5 16. Rf2 c5
17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. dxc5 Qxc5 19. Nd4 Rd5 20. h3 Rad8 21. Qe3 e5 22. fxe5 Rxe5
23. Qf3 Qe7 24. Nc6 Re1+ 25. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 26. Kh2 Rd7 27. Nd4 Bd3 28. Qg3 Qb1 29.
Qb8+ Kh7 30. Qe8 Rb7 31. Ne6 $1 {Capablanca decides the game with lively play.}
Bb5 ({The pointe is} 31... fxe6 32. Rf8) 32. Qc8 Re7 33. Nf8+ Kg8 34. Nd7+ Kh7
35. Qc5 Qe1 36. Qf5+ Kg8 37. Qxb5 Rxd7 38. Re2 Qd1 39. Re8+ Kh7 40. Qf5+ g6 41.
Qe5 f6 42. Qxf6 Qd6+ 43. Qxd6 Rxd6 44. Re7+ Kg8 45. Rxa7 1-0

[Event "St.Petersburg finals"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1914.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Marshall, Frank"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1914.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 {A tame opening guarantees a
draw and divided first prize.} Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Be6 $6 {The exchange of
queens is solid.} 8. Nc3 Nbd7 {Marshall diverts from his game against
Capablanca.} 9. O-O-O h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 $6 {Marshall starts a doubtful
plan.} (11... O-O-O {is okay.}) 12. d4 Nxg3 13. hxg3 g4 14. Nh4 d5 $2 ({The
correct} 14... Nb6 15. d5 Bd7 {is not conform Marshall's style.}) 15. Qb5 $1
O-O-O 16. Qa5 $1 (16. Nxd5 $2 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Qg5+ 18. Qxg5 hxg5 {concedes a
piece (Tarrasch).}) 16... a6 {Lasker utilises the momentum.} 17. Bxa6 $1 bxa6
18. Qxa6+ Kb8 19. Nb5 Nb6 20. Rd3 Qg5+ ({Kasparov analyses the brilliant
alternative} 20... Nc4 $1 21. Rb3 $1 Qg5+ 22. Kb1 $1 Nd2+ 23. Ka1 Nxb3+ 24.
cxb3 Bd6 25. Qa7+ Kc8 26. Nxd6+ Rxd6 27. Qa8+) 21. Kb1 Bd6 22. Rb3 Rhe8 23. a4
Bf5 24. Na7 Bd7 25. a5 Qd2 26. axb6 Re1+ 27. Ka2 c6 28. Nb5 cxb5 29. Qa7+ {
Emanuel Lasker has won the tournament.} 1-0

[Event "Berlin"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1918.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1918.??.??"]

{Bernhard Kagan organised several chess contests in Berlin at the end of the
Great War. His booklets about the occasions were read by German soldiers in
the trenches and lazarets. Four grandmasters participated in the strongest
event. It took place in the Kerkau-Palast from 28 ix until 11 x 1918. Emanuel
Lasker wrote the tournament book. He had stayed healthy during the war. Akiba
Rubinstein travelled to Berlin in the spring of 1918 and had regained his
strength. Carl Schlechter looked thin and would die of malnutrition two months
later. Siegbert Tarrasch had lost three sons. The times were hard. Lasker's
great result in the second cycle led to the overall victory. He enjoyed the
extra prize of 1000 cigarettes. Tarrasch and Schlechter collapsed at the end
of the tournament. } 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. O-O
b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. d3 Na5 9. h3 O-O 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Nd2 h6 12. Bh4 Nxb3 13. axb3
d5 14. Re1 dxe4 15. dxe4 Nd7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Nf1 Nc5 18. Ng3 g6 19. b4 Ne6
20. Nd5 Qg5 21. Qg4 Qxg4 22. hxg4 f6 23. Ne3 Rfd8 24. f3 Rd6 25. Ne2 Rad8 26.
Nc1 c5 27. bxc5 Nxc5 28. b4 Ne6 29. Nb3 Kf7 30. Kf2 Rc8 31. Rad1 Rcd8 32. Rxd6
Rxd6 33. Rh1 Kg7 34. g3 Bc8 35. Rc1 Bd7 36. Ra1 Bc8 37. c3 Rd3 38. Rc1 Bd7 39.
Ke2 Rd6 40. Ra1 Bc8 41. Na5 Nc7 42. c4 bxc4 43. Nexc4 Rd4 44. Rc1 Nb5 45. Nc6
Rd7 46. N4a5 Rc7 47. Rc5 Be6 48. Nd8 Bg8 49. f4 Rxc5 50. bxc5 exf4 51. gxf4 h5
52. gxh5 gxh5 53. Kf3 Kf8 54. Ndc6 Ke8 55. Kg3 Nc3 56. Kf3 f5 {They played a
solid endgame.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Berlin"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1918.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1918.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. O-O b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3
d6 9. Nd5 Na5 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Nxb3 13. axb3 Qe6 14. Re1 Bb7
15. Qd2 Nd7 16. Qe3 f5 17. exf5 Qxf5 18. Nd2 Nc5 19. f3 Ne6 20. Bg3 Nd4 21.
Rac1 Qg6 22. b4 a5 23. bxa5 Rxa5 24. Ne4 Ra2 25. c3 Nf5 26. Qd2 Nxg3 27. hxg3
Qf7 28. Ra1 Rxa1 29. Rxa1 Ra8 30. Rxa8+ Bxa8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Berlin"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1918.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1918.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bg5 d4 11. Ne4 $5 {Lasker plays a new move.} Be7 12. Bxf6
Bxf6 13. Rc1 Re8 $1 14. Ne1 Bf5 $5 15. Nc5 {So far, Tarrasch has played his
Defence well.} Bc8 $2 ({Correct is} 15... Qb6 $1 16. Nxb7 $1 Nb4 $1 {
(Gofshtein-Graf, Manila 1992).}) 16. Nxb7 $1 Bxb7 17. Rxc6 Qa5 18. a3 Rab8 19.
Rc2 $2 Ba6 (19... Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qd5+ {keeps slight compensation for the pawn.})
20. Nd3 Bxd3 $6 21. Qxd3 Rec8 22. Rfc1 Rxc2 23. Rxc2 h6 24. Be4 Re8 25. b4 Qe5
26. Bf3 Bd8 27. Rc5 Qe7 28. Rb5 Qf6 29. Rf5 Qb6 30. Rb5 Qf6 31. a4 Qd6 32. Qc4
Bf6 33. Bd5 Re7 34. Rc5 Rd7 35. a5 g6 36. h4 Be5 37. Kg2 Kg7 38. Be4 Qe7 39.
Bc6 Rd8 40. Bd5 Qf6 41. Rc6 Qf5 42. Rc5 Qf6 43. Bf3 d3 $6 44. exd3 Bd4 45. Rc6
Qe5 46. Rc7 Qf6 47. b5 g5 48. hxg5 hxg5 49. Qa2 Rh8 50. Bd5 Rf8 51. b6 axb6 52.
a6 g4 53. a7 Qh6 54. Kf1 Qd6 55. Rxf7+ Rxf7 56. Bxf7 1-0

[Event "Berlin"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1918.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A53"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1918.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. c4 Bg4 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. h3 $1 Bxf3 6. exf3 e5 7. Be3 c6 $5
{White has gained a positional plus.} 8. Be2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 Qc7 11.
Rad1 exd4 12. Bxd4 Rfe8 13. f4 Rad8 14. Rd2 a6 15. Rfd1 Nf8 16. Be3 Ne6 17. a4
a5 18. f5 Nc5 19. Bf4 Bf8 20. Bf3 Nfd7 $1 {The pawn sacrifice leads to a
triple pawn for White.} 21. Bxd6 Bxd6 22. Rxd6 Ne5 23. Rxd8 Nxf3+ 24. gxf3 Rxd8
25. Ne4 $1 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 {White's control over the open file has to be
contested.} b6 $2 ({Correct is} 26... Qd7 27. Qxd7 Nxd7 {and Black will create
a fortress.}) 27. Qd4 $1 Nxa4 28. f6 $1 Nc5 $1 29. Nxc5 bxc5 30. Qg4 $1 g6 31.
Qg3 $1 Qd8 ({The pointe is} 31... Qxg3+ 32. fxg3 Kf8 33. Kf2 Ke8 34. Ke3 Kd7
35. Kf4 h6 36. g4 {White wins the pawn ending.}) 32. Qe5 a4 33. h4 h6 34. Kg2
Qc8 35. Kg3 Qd8 36. Kg2 Qc8 37. Qxc5 Qe6 38. Qe7 Qc8 39. c5 g5 40. hxg5 hxg5
41. Qe3 Qe6 42. Qxg5+ Kf8 43. Qg7+ Ke8 44. Qg8+ Kd7 45. Qg4 Ke8 46. Qxe6+ fxe6
47. Kg3 Kf7 48. Kf4 Kxf6 49. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Berlin"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1918.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C28"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1918.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nge2 d6 6. O-O Be6 7. Bxe6 fxe6 8.
f4 exf4 9. Nxf4 Qd7 10. d4 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nfd5 O-O 13. Bg5 $6 (13. Bf4
Rf7 14. Bxe5 dxe5 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Nd5 {keeps an edge.}) 13... Nxd5 14. Qxd5+
Nf7 15. Bxe7 c6 16. Qc4 Qxe7 17. Rad1 Rae8 18. Rd2 Qe6 19. Qd4 a6 20. b3 $6 Re7
21. Rdf2 Rfe8 22. Rf4 h6 23. Qf2 Qg6 24. h4 Ne5 25. Rf8+ Kh7 26. Rxe8 $6 Rxe8
27. Qf4 Ng4 28. Qf7 Re5 29. Qxg6+ Kxg6 {The exchanges have led to a poor
ending for White.} 30. Rd1 Re6 31. Rd3 Kf6 32. Rf3+ Ke7 33. Rf4 $6 (33. Rg3 h5
34. Kf1 {creates more activity.}) 33... Ne3 34. Rf2 b5 35. Re2 Ng4 36. Nd1 d5
$1 37. Nf2 $1 {White sacrifices a pawn for counter-play.} ({Passive is} 37. Nc3
d4 {(Lasker).}) 37... Nxf2 38. Kxf2 dxe4 39. Ke3 Kd6 40. Rd2+ Ke5 41. Rd8 Rg6
42. Re8+ Kd5 43. Rd8+ Ke5 $5 44. Re8+ Kf5 45. Rf8+ Kg4 46. Ra8 Kxh4 47. Rxa6
Kg3 48. a4 bxa4 49. bxa4 Re6 $2 (49... h5 $1 50. a5 h4 51. Rb6 Kxg2 52. a6 h3
53. a7 h2 54. Rxc6 $1 Rg3+ $1 $19 {(John).}) 50. a5 g5 51. Rb6 Re5 52. Rxc6 h5
$2 {Black misses the last opportunity to win.} ({Lasker calculates} 52... Rxa5
53. Rxh6 Rc5 54. Rh3+ Kg4 $1 ({he continues with} 54... Kxg2 55. Rh5 $1 {drawn}
) 55. Kd2 Kf4 56. Rb3 e3+ $1 57. Kd1 g4 58. c3 Rd5+ $1 59. Ke1 Rd2 60. Rb4+ Kg3
61. Re4 Rc2 62. Rxe3+ Kxg2 63. Kd1 Ra2 {and Black wins due to the poor
position of the white king.}) 53. a6 g4 54. Rh6 h4 55. a7 Ra5 56. Rh7 Kxg2 57.
Rxh4 g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Berlin"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1918.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1918.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+
8. Nbxd2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Qb3 Nce7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfe1 c6 13. Ne4 Nb6 14.
Bf1 Nf5 15. Rad1 Be6 16. Qa3 Nc4 17. Qc3 Ncd6 18. Nc5 Bd5 19. Re5 b6 20. Na6 f6
21. Ree1 Rc8 22. Nb4 Qd7 23. Nxd5 cxd5 24. Qb3 Nc4 25. Rc1 Nfd6 26. Bd3 Rfe8
27. Rxe8+ Qxe8 28. Re1 Qd7 29. Bb1 Re8 30. Qd3 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Berlin"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1918.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1918.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be6 $6 8.
O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Rc1 $1 {Rubinstein improves on his game
against Schlechter in Prague 1907.} Bb6 $6 ({Better is} 11... Be7 12. Nd4 {
(Marshall-Rubinstein, Karlsbad 1911)} Rc8) 12. b3 Re8 13. e3 Nb4 14. Nd4 ({
More effective is} 14. a3 $1 {(Adamski-Grabczewski, Lodz 1968).}) 14... h6 15.
Bxf6 Qxf6 16. a3 Nc6 $6 (16... Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. exd4 Nc6 {avoids the
loss of a pawn.}) 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Nxd4 19. exd4 Re7 20. Qg4 Bxd4 21.
Bxb7 {The extra pawn gives no winning advantage.} Rd8 22. Rc6 Qe5 23. Rc8 Rxc8
24. Qxc8+ Kh7 25. Qc2+ g6 26. Bf3 Bb2 27. a4 a5 28. Rd1 Qc3 29. Qxc3 Bxc3 30.
Kg2 Kg7 31. Rd6 Bb4 32. Rd8 Bc3 33. Bd5 h5 34. Bc4 Bb4 35. h4 Be1 36. Rd5 Bb4
37. f3 Be1 38. g4 hxg4 39. fxg4 Ra7 40. h5 gxh5 41. Rxh5 Re7 42. Kf3 Bd2 43.
Rd5 Bb4 44. Bd3 Kf8 45. Rb5 Re1 46. Be4 Bd2 47. Rb8+ Kg7 48. Bd5 Re3+ 49. Kf2
Re7 50. Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Berlin"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1918.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C26"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1918.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nc3 d6 5. Be3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. h3 Qe7 8. O-O
Be6 9. Bb3 Rad8 10. Re1 Bb4 11. Bd2 Bc5 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4
15. c3 Bb6 16. d4 Nd7 17. Qh5 h6 18. Qf5 g6 19. Qg4 Kg7 20. Ba4 f5 21. Qg3 Nf6
22. Qf4 Rh8 23. Qf3 e4 24. Bb3 c6 25. dxc6 bxc6 26. Qe2 d5 27. Bf4 Bc7 28. Bxc7
Qxc7 29. c4 Qb6 30. Rac1 Rc8 31. Qd2 Rhd8 32. Rc3 dxc4 33. Rxc4 Rd6 34. Rec1
Rcd8 35. Qf4 R8d7 36. Rc5 Qb4 37. Rxc6 Rxc6 38. Rxc6 Qxd4 39. Be6 Re7 40. Rc7
Qd1+ 41. Kh2 Qd8 42. Rxe7+ Qxe7 43. Qe5 h5 44. g3 Kh6 45. Qf4+ Kg7 46. Qe5 Kh6
47. b4 h4 48. gxh4 Nh7 49. b5 Qxh4 50. Qg3 Qf6 51. Qf4+ Kg7 52. Qc7+ Kh6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Berlin"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1918.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C28"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1918.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 d6 7. Nd5 g5 8. Bg3
Nxd5 9. Bxd5 Ne7 10. h4 Nxd5 11. exd5 Qf6 12. Qd2 Rg8 13. hxg5 hxg5 14. Ne2 Bd7
15. d4 exd4 16. O-O-O O-O-O 17. Nxd4 Rh8 18. Nb3 Bb6 19. Rxh8 Rxh8 20. Re1 Bf5
21. Qe2 Bg6 22. a4 a6 23. a5 Ba7 24. f3 g4 25. fxg4 Qg5+ 26. Qd2 Qxg4 27. Bxd6
$1 Qc4 $1 28. Bg3 Rd8 $6 (28... Rh1 $1 29. Qd1 Be3+ {starts an attack.}) 29. d6
$1 cxd6 30. Rd1 $4 {Both players experience time pressure.} Be4 $4 (30... Be3
$1 {wins a queen (Lasker).}) 31. Bf2 Bxc2 32. Qxc2 Qxc2+ 33. Kxc2 Bxf2 34. Rf1
Ba7 35. Rxf7 Rg8 36. Nd2 Rxg2 {Black has won a pawn, but the winning chances
are small.} 37. Kd3 Bc5 38. b3 d5 39. Rf5 Bb4 40. Nf3 Rb2 41. Rxd5 Rxb3+ 42.
Kc4 Rb1 43. Nd2 Rb2 44. Nb3 Be7 45. Kc3 Ra2 46. Rh5 Ra4 47. Rh8+ Kd7 48. Rh7
Kd6 49. Nc5 Ra3+ 50. Nb3 Ra2 51. Rh6+ Kd7 52. Rb6 Kc7 53. Re6 Bd6 54. Re4 Rh2
55. Rc4+ Kd7 56. Nc5+ Bxc5 57. Rxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Berlin"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1918.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1918.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Bb6 7. O-O Be6 8. Bb3
h6 9. Qd2 Ba5 10. Qc1 Bxc3 11. bxc3 d5 $5 12. Ba4 Qd6 13. Qb2 $1 O-O $1 14.
Qxb7 Bd7 15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Qa6 dxe4 17. Nxe5 $1 Qxe5 18. Qxc6 Ng4 $1 19. g3
Nxe3 20. fxe3 exd3 21. cxd3 Qxe3+ {Tactical complications have led to an equal
position.} 22. Rf2 Qb6 23. Qc4 Rae8 24. Raf1 Re6 25. d4 Qc6 26. Qd3 f6 27. Rf3
$6 ({Wiser is the timely advance} 27. d5 Rd8 28. c4 Qc5 29. Rd1) 27... Rfe8 28.
d5 Qc5+ 29. Qd4 Qxd4+ 30. cxd4 Ra6 31. R1f2 Re1+ 32. Kg2 Rc1 33. Rb3 Kf7 34.
Rb8 Ra5 35. Rd8 Rc4 36. Rd7+ Kg6 37. d6 cxd6 38. Rxd6 Rca4 39. h4 Ra3 40. Rf3
Rxa2+ 41. Rf2 Rxf2+ 42. Kxf2 Kf5 43. h5 Ke4 44. Rd7 Rg5 45. Rxa7 Kxd4 46. Ra4+
Kd3 47. Rh4 $6 Rf5+ 48. Kg2 Ke3 49. Rg4 Rg5 50. Rh4 f5 {White seems to be
outplayed.} 51. Kh2 $4 ({Lasker regards} 51. Kh3 Ke2 $1 {as won for Black, but}
52. Kg2 Rg4 53. Rh2 $1 Ke3 54. Rh1 f4 55. Re1+ Kd2 56. Re4 Rxg3+ 57. Kf2 Rg5
58. Re7 $1 {saves the game despite the minus of two pawns.}) 51... Rg4 $1 52.
Rh3 Kf3 0-1

[Event "Berlin"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1918.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D32"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1918.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nc3 Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 $6 8.
Bb5 $1 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Be7 10. f4 a6 $2 11. f5 $1 axb5 12. fxe6 Ne5 13. Bf4 $2 (
13. exf7+ Nxf7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 {is reported by Lasker. Now} 15. O-O $1 {gives
White a positional win.}) 13... Ng6 14. exf7+ Kxf7 15. O-O b4 16. Nce2 Re8 17.
Rc1 Rc8 18. Qb3 Qd7 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Bg5 Kg8 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Qxb4 Ne5 23. b3
Nc6 24. Qd2 Nxd4 25. exd4 Re8 26. Nc3 Qg4 27. Rf4 Qe6 28. Rf1 Qg4 29. Rd1 $4 ({
Correct is} 29. Rf4 {(Lasker).}) 29... Bg5 30. Qd3 Be3+ $4 (30... Re3 $1 31.
Qb5 h5 $1 32. Rc1 Kh8 $1 33. Qxd5 Rd3 {and Black wins (Lasker).}) 31. Kh1 Qxd4
32. Qb5 Qe5 33. Rxd5 Qe7 34. Rd7 Qf6 35. Rd1 Rf8 36. Nd5 Qf2 37. Nxe3 Qxe3 38.
h3 b6 39. Qd3 Qf2 $2 ({Simplification by} 39... Qxd3 40. Rxd3 b5 41. Rd5 b4 {
leads to a defendable rook ending.}) 40. a4 h6 41. Qd4 Qe2 42. Kh2 Kh8 43. Rd3
Rf6 44. Re3 Qf1 45. Re8+ Kh7 46. Qe4+ g6 47. Re7+ Rf7 48. Re6 Rf6 49. Qb7+ Rf7
50. Qb8 b5 51. axb5 Qf4+ 52. Qxf4 Rxf4 53. Re7+ Kg8 54. b6 1-0

[Event "Berlin"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1918.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1918.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. dxe6 Bxe6 6. e4 Be7 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8.
Be2 O-O 9. O-O Nb6 10. Qd2 d5 11. exd5 Nbxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Qxd5 Nxd5 14.
Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Rfe1 h6 16. Bc4 Bxc4 17. Rxe7 Bd5 18. Rd1 Rfd8 19. a3 Kf8 20. Rc7
Bc6 21. Re1 Rac8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Ne5 Re8 24. Re3 Rd8 25. Kf1 Be8 26. Ke1 Rd4
27. g3 Ba4 28. b3 Be8 29. f3 Rd6 30. Nd3 b6 31. Kd2 Bb5 32. Kc3 Bd7 33. a4 g5
34. f4 f6 35. Re1 Re6 36. Rxe6 Bxe6 37. Nb2 Ke7 38. Nd1 gxf4 39. gxf4 Kf7 40.
Ne3 Kg6 41. Kd3 Kh5 $2 {Tarrasch neglects the importance of the centre during
his last moves.} 42. Ke4 $1 Bc8 43. Kd5 Kh4 44. Kd6 Kh3 45. Kc7 Be6 $2 (45...
Ba6 46. Kb8 Kxh2 47. Kxa7 Bc8 48. Kxb6 h5 {gives drawing chances.}) 46. f5 Bf7
47. Kb7 h5 48. Kxa7 Kxh2 49. Kxb6 Kg3 50. a5 Kf3 51. a6 {Lasker scored
superiorly in the second cycle and won the tournament.} 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1922.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C66"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1922.??.??"]

{A super tournament was played in the Central Hall of Westminster from 31 vii
until 19 viii 1922. Main competitors were Capablanca, Alekhine, Vidmar, Réti,
Rubinstein, Bogoljubow, Maróczy and Tartakower. World champion Capablanca
participated in his first tournament after he had defeated Lasker in a match.} 
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O d6 5. d4 Bd7 6. Nc3 exd4 7. Nxd4 Be7 8.
Re1 O-O 9. Bf1 $5 Re8 10. f3 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Be6 12. Qf2 $6 ({Better is} 12. Bc4)
12... c6 $1 13. Bd2 Qb6 14. Na4 $6 {An immediate exchange is needed instead.}
Qxf2+ 15. Kxf2 d5 16. e5 Nd7 17. g3 $2 {The young future world champion plays
timidly against the ruling champ.} (17. Bd3 {prevents the next move.}) 17...
Bf5 18. Rac1 b5 19. Nc3 Bc5+ 20. Kg2 Nxe5 {Capablanca has won a pawn.} 21. g4
Bg6 22. Kg3 h5 23. Bf4 f6 24. Bxe5 fxe5 25. Bd3 Bf7 26. g5 g6 27. Re2 Bd6 28.
Kg2 Kg7 29. Rce1 Re7 30. Nd1 Rf8 31. Nf2 Be8 32. b3 Ref7 33. c4 Rxf3 34. cxd5
cxd5 35. Bb1 Bc6 36. Rd1 R3f4 37. Be4 Bc5 38. Nd3 dxe4 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1922.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wahltuch, Victor"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1922.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. Bxf6 $5 Qxf6 5. e4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 {White has
left the theory straightaway.} Nc6 $5 7. Qxf6 gxf6 8. c3 b6 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Bd3
Rc8 11. Nc4 Rg8 12. g3 Nd8 $5 13. Ke2 h6 $1 14. Rhe1 $2 {Wahltuch has missed
the point and loses a pawn.} Bxe4 $1 15. Bxe4 Rxc4 16. Kd3 Rc7 17. Nd4 a6 18.
f4 Bc5 19. Nc2 d5 20. Bf3 f5 21. a3 Be7 22. Nb4 a5 23. Nc2 Nb7 24. Nd4 Nc5+ 25.
Kc2 Ne4 26. Rad1 Bf6 27. Nb5 Rc5 28. a4 Ke7 29. Bxe4 fxe4 30. Re3 h5 31. h3 Bh8
32. Kb3 f5 33. Nd4 Bxd4 34. Rxd4 h4 $1 35. gxh4 e5 $1 36. fxe5 f4 {A
breakthrough decides the game quickly.} 37. Re1 Ke6 38. c4 Kxe5 39. Rxd5+ Rxd5
40. cxd5 f3 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1922.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vidmar, Milan Sr"]
[Black "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1922.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bd2 O-O 6. Nf3 Qe7 7. Bd3 d6 8. Qc2
g6 $6 (8... c5 9. a3 Ba5 {8. .. c5 9. a3 Ba5 avoids an unfavourable exchange.})
9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Nbd7 11. O-O-O $6 e5 $2 (11... c5 12. h4 b5 {counters
towards the king.}) 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. f4 e4 15. Be2 Be6 16. h3 a5
$6 {Too late!} 17. g4 $1 Ra6 18. g5 Nd7 $6 ({Slightly better is} 18... Nh5 19.
Rhg1 Ng7 20. h4 Qf7) 19. h4 Bf7 20. h5 gxh5 21. Bxh5 Bxh5 22. Rxh5 Rf7 23. Rd5
a4 24. Qd1 c5 25. Rh6 Rg6 26. Rxg6+ hxg6 27. Rd6 Nf8 28. Qd5 Qc7 29. Be5 Qa5
30. Kb1 Qe1+ 31. Ka2 Qxe3 32. Rf6 Qb3+ 33. Ka1 Ne6 34. Rxe6 Kh7 35. Re8 Rg7 36.
Qd7 $1 {White delivers mate.} 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1922.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Morrison, John"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1922.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 Ne4 8. c4
f5 9. Nc3 Qe8 10. Qc2 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Qh5 12. Qe2 Na6 $5 13. c5 Nb8 $1 14. b4 Bf6
15. Rac1 Nc6 16. e4 Ne7 17. e5 Nd5 18. Bd2 Be7 19. Ne1 Qf7 20. f4 Rab8 21. Bc4
bxc5 22. bxc5 h6 23. Nc2 g5 24. Rb1 gxf4 25. Rb3 Bc6 26. Bxf4 Nxf4 27. Rxf4 Kh7
$2 {A rarity like snow in the desert occurs. Capablanca has made a losing
blunder!} 28. Ne3 $2 (28. Rxf5 $1 {wins (TB).}) 28... Bg5 $1 29. Rxf5 $5 Bxe3+
30. Qxe3 Qg6 31. Rf2 Bxg2 $1 32. Rxb8 ({Not} 32. Rxg2 $4 Qb1+ $1) 32... Be4+
33. Qg3 Rxb8 34. Qxg6+ Kxg6 35. Rf6+ Kg7 36. Rf4 Bf5 37. Rf3 Rb1+ 38. Kf2 Rb2+
39. Kg3 Rd2 40. Rf4 a5 41. h4 c6 42. Kf3 $2 (42. Ba6 $1 Rxa2 43. Bc8 {counters
timely.}) 42... a4 $1 43. Ke3 Rc2 44. Ba6 Rxa2 45. Bc8 Ra3+ 46. Ke2 Rc3 $2 ({
Correct is} 46... Rg3 $1 47. Bxd7 a3 48. d5 Rg4 49. Rf3 Re4+ {and Black wins.})
47. Bxd7 a3 48. d5 $2 (48. Rf1 Rh3 49. Ra1 Rh2+ 50. Ke3 Rxh4 51. Bxc6 Rh3+ 52.
Kf4 Rh4+ 53. Ke3 {gives a perpetual.}) 48... cxd5 49. c6 Kf7 50. Ra4 Ke7 51.
Ra8 d4 52. Re8+ Kf7 53. Ra8 Be4 54. Ra7 Rc2+ 55. Ke1 a2 56. Kd1 d3 57. Bc8+ Kg6
{Capa had to fight for his fourth win.} 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1922.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vidmar, Milan Sr"]
[Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1922.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nbd2 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. h3
b6 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. e4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 $6 ({Preferable is} 11... Ne5 12. exd5
exd5 13. Nb5 Qc6 14. Nxd6 Qxd6) 12. cxd4 {The quiet Colle has unexpected
subtleties.} Be7 $2 ({Right is} 12... dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nd5 14. Nxd6 Qxd6) 13. e5
$1 Nd7 14. Nf3 a6 $6 15. Ng5 h6 16. Qh5 $1 Nxe5 $5 {Black becomes desperate
already by the attack on his king.} 17. dxe5 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 Qxe5 19. h4 f6 $6
20. Rfe1 Qd4 21. Rad1 Qxb2 22. Bxh6 f5 23. Bf4 Ra7 24. Bb1 Qf6 25. Be5 Qh6 26.
Qxh6 gxh6 27. Bd4 Rb7 28. Re3 Kf7 29. Bd3 b5 30. Rc1 Bd7 31. Be2 Rg8 32. Rc5 a5
33. f4 a4 34. Bh5+ Ke7 35. Rxd5 Bc6 36. Bc5+ Kf6 37. Rd6 Bd5 38. Bd4+ 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1922.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C91"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1922.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 Bg4 11. Be3 ({Known is} 11. Nc3 $1) 11... Na5 12. Bc2
Nc4 13. Bc1 c5 14. b3 Na5 15. Bb2 Nc6 16. d5 Nb4 17. Nbd2 Nxc2 18. Qxc2 Re8 19.
Qd3 h6 $5 20. Nf1 Nd7 21. h3 Bh5 $2 (21... Bxf3 {(Capablanca)} 22. Qxf3 Bf6 23.
Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Qxf6 Nxf6 {draws.}) 22. N3d2 Bf6 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. a4 c4 $5 25.
bxc4 Nc5 26. Qe3 bxa4 (26... bxc4 $1 {counters elegantly.}) 27. f4 $1 Qe7 28.
g4 Bg6 29. f5 $1 Bh7 {White has imprisoned the bishop but weakened his own
pawn structure.} 30. Ng3 Qe5 31. Kg2 Rab8 32. Rab1 f6 33. Nf3 Rb2+ 34. Rxb2
Qxb2+ 35. Re2 Qb3 36. Nd4 Qxe3 (36... Qxc4 $5 37. Rc2 $5 {(Prins)} Qxd5 $1 38.
exd5 Rxe3 39. Ne6 a3 {fights.}) 37. Rxe3 Rb8 38. Rc3 Kf7 39. Kf3 Rb2 40. Nge2
Bg8 41. Ne6 Nb3 $2 (41... Nxe4 $1 42. Kxe4 Rxe2+ {makes an important exchange.}
) 42. c5 $1 dxc5 43. Nxc5 Nd2+ 44. Kf2 $2 (44. Kf4 $1 {will utilise the king
for an attack in the centre.}) 44... Ke7 $2 ({Correct is} 44... Nb1 $1 45. Nxa4
Nxc3 46. Nxb2 Nxe4+ 47. Ke3 Nd6 {(Capablanca).}) 45. Ke1 Nb1 46. Rd3 a3 47. d6+
Kd8 48. Nd4 Rb6 49. Nde6+ Bxe6 50. fxe6 Rb8 51. e7+ Ke8 52. Nxa6 {Capablanca
had scored six wins in a row, and played like a ruling world champion should!}
1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1922.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Yates, Frederick"]
[Black "Atkins, Henry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1922.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nxc6 dxc6 8.
e5 Nd7 9. Qg4 Qa5 10. O-O $1 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qxe5 12. Ba3 $5 {Yates wants to
crush his opponent.} c5 $1 13. Rab1 O-O 14. Rfe1 Qc7 15. Re3 f5 16. Qh4 e5 $6 (
16... Nf6 17. Bc4 Bd7 $1 18. Bxe6+ Bxe6 19. Rxe6 b6 {defends properly.}) 17.
Qe7 e4 $5 18. Bc4+ Kh8 19. Rd1 Qc6 $2 {Black allows a quick mate.} ({Right is} 
19... Qd8 $1 20. Qxd8 Rxd8 21. Bxc5 Re8 22. Bd4 Nf6 {and Black might survive
in the endgame.}) 20. Rd6 Qa4 21. Rg3 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1922.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Black "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D58"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1922.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 {
Tartakower plays his Defence.} 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Qb3 Be6 10. Rd1 c6 {He choses a
solid position.} 11. Qc2 Ne4 $5 {The difficulties begin because Capablanca
accepts the challenge.} 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nxe4 dxe4 $5 (13... Bf5 {leads to
exchanges.}) 14. Qxe4 $1 Qb4+ 15. Nd2 $5 Qxb2 16. Bd3 g6 17. Qf4 Kg7 18. h4 $5
Nd7 19. Ne4 $2 {The knight stands in the way.} ({Better is} 19. h5 $1 g5 20.
Qe4 $1 Nf6 21. Qxc6 Bd5 22. Qb5 {and equality.}) 19... Qxa2 20. h5 g5 21. Qg3
Qa5+ 22. Ke2 f5 $2 (22... Qd5 $1 {stops the white attack.}) 23. Nxg5 $1 hxg5
24. Qxg5+ Kf7 25. h6 Rg8 26. Qh5+ Ke7 27. h7 Rxg2 $1 ({The seemingly solid} 
27... Rh8 28. Qg5+ Kd6 29. Rh6 {(Prins)} Kc7 $1 30. Qg3+ Kb7 31. Qd6 Rae8 32.
d5 $1 {wins for White.}) 28. Kf1 Qd5 29. h8=Q Rxh8 30. Qxh8 Qf3 31. Rd2 Bd5 32.
Ke1 Rg8 33. Qh4+ Kd6 34. Rf1 Be6 35. Rc2 a5 36. Qh2+ Ke7 37. Be2 Qe4 38. Kd2 c5
39. Bd3 $2 (39. Qh7+ Kd8 40. Bh5 $1 {keeps the assault going.}) 39... Qg2 40.
Qh4+ Qg5 41. Qxg5+ Rxg5 42. Rb1 f4 {A great fight ended peacefully.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1922.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Vidmar, Milan Sr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D55"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1922.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Ne4 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8.
cxd5 Nxc3 9. bxc3 exd5 10. Qb3 Be6 $2 {This novelty brings a disaster.} 11.
Qxb7 Nd7 12. Qb4 $6 ({Better is} 12. Qc6 $1) 12... Qf6 $6 (12... c5 13. Qa3 Bf5
{gives counter-play.}) 13. Be2 Rab8 14. Qa3 Rb6 15. O-O Bf5 16. c4 dxc4 17.
Bxc4 Be4 18. Nd2 Bb7 19. Rab1 Qh4 20. Rxb6 Nxb6 21. Ba6 Bd5 22. e4 Qf4 23. Qe3
Qxe3 24. fxe3 Bxa2 25. d5 Re8 26. Ra1 Bxd5 27. exd5 Nxd5 28. Bb5 Rxe3 29. Rxa7
g6 30. Bc6 Nb4 31. Rxc7 Re1+ 32. Kf2 Nd3+ 33. Kg3 Rc1 34. Rd7 Ne5 35. Rd8+ Kg7
36. Bf3 Rc3 37. Ne4 Ra3 38. Rd5 Nxf3 39. gxf3 f5 40. Rd7+ Kf8 41. Ng5 h6 42.
Ne6+ Ke8 43. Rh7 Re3 44. Nd4 Rd3 45. Ne2 g5 46. Rxh6 {Vidmar gave away his
chances.} 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1922.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Atkins, Henry"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1922.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. b3 d6 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Be2
$5 Re8 9. c4 e4 10. Nfd2 c6 11. Nc3 a6 12. Qc2 d5 {The activity takes place on
the flanks.} 13. Rac1 Bf8 14. Ncb1 Bd6 15. Ba3 Bb8 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Rfe1 Nf8
18. Nf1 Ng4 $5 19. Nc3 (19. Qxc8 $1 Bxh2+ 20. Nxh2 Rxc8 21. Nxg4 Rxc1 22. Rxc1
{gives sufficient compensation for the queen (TB).}) 19... Qg5 20. Nd1 h5 21.
Bb4 Qh4 22. Bxg4 Bxg4 23. Nc3 Qg5 24. Kh1 $6 (24. Ne2 h4 25. Nf4 {counters.})
24... h4 25. Nd2 Qf5 $2 26. Kg1 $2 ({White misses the chance} 26. f3 $1 {(TB)}
exf3 27. Qxf5 fxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Bxf5 29. Nxd5) 26... Qg5 27. Kh1 h3 28. g3 Qf5 29.
f4 Ba7 30. Nd1 Rac8 31. Qb2 Rxc1 32. Qxc1 Rc8 33. Qb1 Ne6 34. Qb2 $2 Nxd4 $1 {
Max decides the game in his logical style.} 35. exd4 Bxd1 36. Rxd1 e3 37. Nf3
Rc2 38. Qb1 e2 39. Rd2 Qe4 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1922.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Atkins, Henry"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1922.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Bd3 Bxd3 5. Qxd3 e6 6. Ne2 Qb6 7. O-O Qa6 8. Qd1
c5 9. c3 Nc6 10. Nd2 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qd3 12. Nb3 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 {Black has the
good bishop.} Nge7 14. Bd2 a5 $3 15. Rac1 b6 $1 {Capablanca carries out the
fight for terrain in an original manner.} 16. a4 Kd7 17. Nc3 Na7 $1 18. Kf1
Nec6 19. Ke2 Rc8 20. Be1 Be7 21. Nb1 f5 22. exf6 $5 Bxf6 23. Bc3 Nb4 24. Bd2
Nac6 25. Be3 Na2 26. Rc2 Rc7 27. Na3 Rhc8 28. Rcd2 Na7 29. Rd3 $6 ({Better is} 
29. Bf4) 29... Nb4 30. R3d2 Rc6 31. Rb1 Be7 32. Ra1 Bd6 33. h3 R6c7 34. Rad1
Na2 $1 35. Ra1 Bxa3 36. Rxa2 Bb4 37. Rd1 Rc4 $1 38. Rc1 Nc6 39. Rxc4 dxc4 40.
Nd2 Bxd2 $1 41. Kxd2 Kd6 42. Kc3 Kd5 43. Ra1 g6 44. f3 Rb8 45. Ra3 b5 46. axb5
Rxb5 47. Bf2 Nb4 $1 48. b3 cxb3 49. Kxb3 Nc6+ 50. Kc3 Rb1 51. Ra4 Rc1+ 52. Kd2
$2 {White misses his last chance,} ({Right is} 52. Kd3 $1 Nb4+ 53. Ke3 Rc3+ 54.
Kf4 $3 Nc6 55. Ra2 {The role of the white king changes from defender to
attacker.}) 52... Rc4 $1 53. Ra1 a4 54. Ra3 Na7 55. Ra1 Nb5 56. Rb1 Kc6 $1 57.
Kd3 Rc3+ 58. Kd2 Rb3 59. Rc1+ ({Or} 59. Rxb3 axb3 60. Kd3 b2 $1 61. Kc2 Nc3 62.
Kxb2 Nd1+ 63. Kc2 Nxf2) 59... Kb7 60. Rc2 a3 61. Bg3 ({Black also wins in} 61.
Be3 Ka6 $1 62. g4 Ka5 63. h4 Kb4) 61... Nxd4 62. Rc7+ Kb6 63. Rc4 Kb5 64. Rc8
Nc6 65. Ra8 Rb2+ 66. Ke3 Rxg2 67. Bf2 Nb4 {Capablanca played a fantastic
ending.} 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1922.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D18"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1922.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Ng3 Bg6 11. Nh4 c5 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Qe2 Nfe4
15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Qg4 Nf6 17. Qf3 Qc7 18. b3 Qe5 19. Ra2 Ne4 20. a5 Rfd8 21.
Bb2 Bc3 22. Bxc3 Nxc3 23. Rc2 b5 24. axb6 axb6 25. Rfc1 Na2 26. Re1 b5 27. Bf1
Nc3 28. Qf4 Qxf4 29. exf4 b4 30. g3 Ra3 31. Bc4 Kf8 32. Kg2 Ke7 33. Re5 Rc8 34.
Rd2 Rd8 35. Rc2 Rc8 36. h4 Nd5 37. Rce2 Nc3 38. Rd2 Rc6 39. h5 f6 40. Re3 gxh5
41. f5 e5 42. Red3 Ra7 43. Rd8 Ne4 44. R2d5 Rd6 (44... Nd6 $5 45. Rg8 Nxf5 46.
Rdd8 {(Alekhine)} Rxc4 $1 {also draws.}) 45. Rg8 Ra2 $1 46. Rxg7+ Kf8 47. Rg8+
Kxg8 48. Rd2+ Kg7 49. Rxa2 Rd2 50. Rxd2 Nxd2 51. Bd5 e4 52. f4 $4 (52. g4 hxg4
53. Kg3 {saves the game.}) 52... e3 53. Kg1 Kf8 54. Kg2 Ke7 55. Bg8 Kd6 56. Bf7
Kc5 57. Bxh5 Nxb3 58. Kf3 Kd4 59. Bf7 Kd3 $1 60. Bxb3 Kd2 61. Bc4 b3 62. Bxb3
e2 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1922.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Black "Vidmar, Milan Sr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D64"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1922.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 O-O 7. Rc1 c6 8. Qc2
$5 dxc4 $2 {Black loses a tempo. He should capture after the king's bishop has
moved.} 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O b6 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Bd3 h6 14. Qc7
Qb4 15. a3 $1 {Capablanca decides the game elegantly. He applies a <->petite
combinaison'.} Qa4 ({Capa analyses} 15... Qxb2 16. Rb1 Qxa3 17. Bb5 Qe7 18. Bc6
Rb8 19. Ne5) 16. h3 $5 {Black can do little.} Nf6 17. Ne5 Bd7 18. Bc2 Qb5 19.
a4 Qxb2 20. Nxd7 Rac8 21. Qb7 Nxd7 22. Bh7+ Kxh7 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Qxc8 Nf6 25.
Rc1 Qb4 26. Qc2+ Kg8 27. Qc6 Qa3 28. Qa8+ Kh7 29. Rc7 Qxa4 30. Rxf7 Qd1+ 31.
Kh2 Qh5 32. Qxa7 Qg6 33. Rf8 Qf5 34. Rf7 Qg6 35. Rb7 Ne4 36. Qa2 e5 37. Qxd5
exd4 38. Rb8 Nf6 39. Qxd4 Qf5 40. Rxb6 Qxf2 41. Qd3+ Kg8 42. Rb8+ 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1922.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Reti, Richard"]
[Black "Atkins, Henry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D64"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1922.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Qc2 c6 8. Rc1
b6 $6 9. cxd5 $1 exd5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O Ne4 12. Bf4 f5 13. h3 Nxc3 $6 14.
bxc3 Qe8 15. c4 dxc4 16. Bxc4+ Kh8 17. Ne5 (17. Rfd1 $1 {supports the centre.})
17... Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Qg6 19. f4 $6 c5 $1 20. d5 Rad8 21. Rcd1 b5 22. Qb2 a6 23.
a4 b4 24. Kh2 Bd6 25. Rf3 Qf7 26. Rg3 Rg8 27. Bxd6 Rxd6 28. Qe5 Rgd8 29. Rg5
Bc8 30. e4 $6 {Réti wants to attack.} h6 31. Rg3 fxe4 32. Re3 $5 Bb7 $2 (32...
Bf5 $1 33. g4 Bh7 34. f5 {(TB)} Qd7 $1 35. Qxe4 Bg8 $1 {favours Black.}) 33.
Qxe4 $1 Rxd5 $6 ({Better is} 33... a5) 34. Bxd5 Bxd5 $2 ({Right is} 34... Rxd5
$1 35. Rxd5 Bxd5 36. Qe5 a5) 35. Qe5 $1 c4 36. Re4 c3 37. Rxb4 c2 38. Rc1 Re8
39. Rb8 Rxb8 40. Qxb8+ Kh7 41. Rxc2 Bb3 42. Rc8 Bxa4 43. Rh8+ Kg6 44. Qd6+ Qf6
45. Qd3+ 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1922.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Black "Morrison, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1922.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d4 a6 $5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nxe5 $1 {Black can
save his ass.} (6. Bg5 $6 {has little effect (Chigorin - De Rivière, Paris
1883).}) 6... Nxe4 $4 ({Correct is} 6... c5 $1 7. c3 {(Zalys - Dugal, Quebec
1964)} cxd4 8. O-O Be6) 7. Qe2 $1 ({White improves on} 7. O-O $2 {(Vijzelaar -
Te Kolsté, Hilversum 1903).}) 7... Qxd4 (7... Bf5 8. g4 $1 Qxd4 9. gxf5 O-O-O
10. Nxf7 Bb4+ 11. c3 Nxc3 12. Nxc3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Qxc3+ 14. Kf1 Qxa1 15. Kg2
Rhe8 16. Be3 {also wins for White.}) 8. Nf3 Qd5 9. Nfd2 $1 f5 10. f3 Be7 11.
fxe4 fxe4 12. Nc3 Qf7 13. Rf1 Qg6 14. Qxe4 Be6 15. Qxg6+ hxg6 16. Nf3 O-O-O 17.
Bd2 Bc4 18. Rh1 Bh4+ 19. Nxh4 Rde8+ 20. Kf2 Rxh4 21. Rae1 Rf8+ 22. Kg3 {
Capablanca won by 13/15 before Alekhine, Vidmar, Rubinstein, Bogoljubow, Réti,
Tartakower, Maróczy and Yates. Euwe made a fine debut.   The world champion
had set up a protocol for the world championship. It was discussed after the
tournament. A challenger had to raise $10,000 for a match in the main rule.
Alekhine, Bogoljubow, Maróczy, Réti, Rubinstein, Tartakower and Vidmar signed
the protocol. Rubinstein and Nimzowitsch failed to breach the golden wall.
Alekhine succeeded and also took the title in 1927.} 1-0

[Event "Copenhagen"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1923.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Moller, Jorgen"]
[Black "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1923.??.??"]

{Nimzowitsch had played little since the Great War. His first tournament
success occurred in his new city, Copenhagen. Four masters and two Danes
played double rounds from 3 until 14 1923. We follow the games by Nimzowitsch.
} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Ne7 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8.
O-O Nbc6 9. g4 Bg6 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 h5 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Bg5 Bxc3 14. bxc3
Qd7 15. e6 Qd6 16. Qd4 O-O 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Qxd5 hxg4 19. hxg4 Rf4 20. f3 c6
21. Qe5 Rf6 22. Rae1 Re8 23. Qd4 Rxe6 24. Rxe6 Qxe6 25. Qxa7 Qe3+ 26. Qxe3 Rxe3
27. Rb1 b5 28. Rb3 Re2 29. c4 Rxc2 30. cxb5 cxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Copenhagen"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1923.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Black "Saemisch, Fritz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1923.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 d5 8. Ne5
Qc8 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 ({Slightly preferable is} 10... exd5 $1) 11. e4
Bb7 12. Qa4 c5 13. d5 b5 14. Qb3 exd5 15. exd5 Bd6 16. Bf4 Qc7 ({Sämisch
avoids the trap} 16... g5 $2 17. Ng4 $1 gxf4 18. Nf6+ Kh8 19. Qd3 Kg7 20. Qc3
b4 21. Ne8+) 17. Nd3 a6 18. a4 c4 19. Qa3 Bxf4 20. Nxf4 Nd7 21. axb5 axb5 22.
Qe7 Qd8 23. d6 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Nf6 25. Rfd1 Rxa1 26. Rxa1 Qxe7 27. dxe7 Re8 28.
Ra7 g5 29. Ne2 Nd5 30. Nd4 Nxe7 ({The defensive problems are solved by} 30...
b4 $1 31. Nc6 c3 32. bxc3 bxc3) 31. Nxb5 Nc6 32. Nd6 Nxa7 33. Nxe8 Nb5 34. Nf6+
Kg7 35. Nd5 {Black has to hinder the entrance by the white king timely.} f6 $2
({Right is} 35... f5 $1 36. Kf3 Kf7) 36. Kf3 Kf7 ({It is too late for} 36... f5
{due to} 37. Ke3 Kf7 38. Nc3 $1 Nd6 39. Kd4) 37. Nc3 $1 Nd4+ 38. Ke4 Nb3 39.
Kd5 Nd2 40. h3 $6 f5 41. Nd1 $2 ({Right is} 41. Nb5 $1 Kf6 42. Nd6 $1 {and
wins.}) 41... Kf6 42. Ne3 Ne4 43. Nxc4 Nxf2 44. b4 Ke7 $2 ({Platonov analyses} 
44... Ne4 $1 45. b5 Nc3+ 46. Kc6 Nxb5 47. Kxb5 g4 48. h4 f4 {and Black escapes.
}) 45. b5 Kd7 46. b6 Ne4 47. Ne5+ Kc8 48. Kc6 Nf6 49. Nd3 Nd7 50. b7+ Kd8 51.
Kd6 Nb8 52. Nb4 Nd7 53. Nc6+ Ke8 54. Kc7 1-0

[Event "Copenhagen"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1923.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Black "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D01"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1923.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Bd3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. O-O
Bb7 9. Bb5 O-O 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. f4 Ne8 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qf3 Nd6
15. g4 c5 16. f5 Nc4 17. f6 gxf6 18. Nxc4 dxc4 19. Qf4 $5 cxd4 20. Qxh6 $5 dxc3
21. Rxf6 Qc5 {Nimzowitsch takes no risk.} ({A complicated line like} 21... Rfd8
$5 22. Raf1 cxb2 $5 23. Qg5+ Kf8 24. Qg6 Rd7 25. Qh6+ Ke8 26. Qh8+ Qf8 27.
Rxe6+ Re7 28. Rxe7+ Kxe7 29. Qe5+ {will lead to perpetual check.}) 22. Raf1 $5
Qd5 23. Rg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Copenhagen"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1923.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Black "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1923.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. O-O Bf5 8.
Ng3 Bg6 9. Nce2 Qd7 10. f4 f5 11. a3 Bd6 12. b3 Ng8 13. Bb2 Nce7 14. c4 c6 15.
Qc2 Nf6 16. Rae1 O-O 17. Kh1 Ne4 18. Ng1 b5 19. c5 Bc7 20. Bc1 Ba5 21. Re3 Bc7
22. Ree1 Ba5 23. Re3 Bc7 24. Ree1 Bf7 25. Nf3 Be6 26. Ne5 Qe8 27. Ne2 Rf6 28.
Ng1 Rh6 29. Re3 Kh8 30. Rh3 Ng8 31. Rxh6 Nxh6 32. Nh3 Bxe5 33. fxe5 Nf7 34. Nf4
Nfg5 35. Be3 Bg8 36. Qe2 Ne6 37. Qh5 Nxf4 38. Qxe8 Rxe8 39. Bxf4 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Copenhagen"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1923.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Black "Jacobsen, Egil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D53"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1923.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. Qc2 Nbd7 7. O-O-O c5 8.
dxc5 Nxc5 9. e3 Bd7 10. Kb1 Nfe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Bd3 Nf6 14.
cxd5 exd5 15. Nd4 Rfc8 16. Qb3 b5 17. f3 g6 18. Rhe1 b4 19. Ba6 Rcb8 20. g4 Rb6
21. Bf1 Be6 22. Rc1 a5 23. a4 Nd7 24. Bb5 Nc5 25. Qc2 Rc8 26. h4 Rbb8 27. Qh2
Qc7 28. Qxc7 Rxc7 29. Nc6 Rxb5 30. axb5 Nd3 31. Nxa5 Ra7 32. Nc6 Rb7 33. Nd4
Nxe1 34. Rxe1 Bd7 35. Rc1 Bxb5 36. Rc5 Bd7 37. Rxd5 Kf8 38. Kc2 b3+ 39. Kc3 Ke7
40. h5 Be6 41. Rc5 Kd6 42. Rc6+ Kd7 43. hxg6 hxg6 44. Nxe6 fxe6 45. Rc5 Kd6 46.
Rg5 Rg7 47. f4 Rg8 48. Kxb3 Ke7 49. Kc4 Rc8+ 50. Rc5 Rh8 51. Rc7+ Kf6 52. e4 g5
53. e5+ Kg6 54. f5+ exf5 55. Rc6+ Kg7 56. gxf5 Rh2 57. b4 Rc2+ 58. Kd5 Rxc6 59.
Kxc6 g4 60. e6 g3 61. e7 g2 62. e8=Q g1=Q 63. Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "Copenhagen"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1923.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Black "Moller, Jorgen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1923.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bf4 h6 6. h4 Ng4 7. d5 Nce5 8. Bxe5
dxe5 9. e4 e6 10. Nh2 Qxh4 11. Nxg4 Qxg4 12. Qb3 Be7 13. c5 O-O 14. dxe6 fxe4
15. Nd5 Qg5 16. Qe3 Bxe6 17. Qxg5 Bxg5 18. Nxc7 Bf7 19. Nxa8 Rxa8 20. Bb5 Rc8
21. b4 b6 22. Bd7 Rc7 23. c6 b5 24. Rh3 e3 25. a4 bxa4 26. Rxa4 Bc4 27. fxe3
Bb5 28. Ra2 Be7 29. Rc2 Bxb4+ 30. Kf2 Bd3 31. Rb2 a5 32. Rh5 Kf7 33. g4 Bg6 34.
Rxe5 Bc3 35. Rbb5 Bxe5 36. Rxe5 a4 37. Kf3 Bc2 38. e4 Bb3 39. Rb5 Ke7 40. Rb7
Kd8 41. Rb8+ Ke7 42. Kf4 Rxd7 43. Rb7 Be6 44. cxd7 Bxd7 45. Ke5 Ke8 46. Kd6
Bxg4 47. Rxg7 h5 48. e5 a3 49. e6 {Nimzowitsch played a game full of battle.
Many errors were made, however.} 1-0

[Event "Copenhagen"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1923.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Saemisch, Fritz"]
[Black "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1923.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. Ne5
c6 9. cxd5 ({Usual has become} 9. e4 dxc4 10. Nxc4 {(Kmoch - Romanovsky,
Leningrad 1934).}) 9... cxd5 10. Bf4 a6 $5 11. Rc1 b5 $5 {Nimzowitsch wants to
restraint the flank.} 12. Qb3 $5 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. h3 $2 {Hereafter, the
white queen will stand offside.} ({The aggressive} 14. Ne4 $1 dxe4 15. Rxc6
Qxd4 16. Rd1 Qb4 17. Qxb4 Bxb4 18. Bg5 {takes the initiative.}) 14... Qd7 $1
15. Kh2 $6 ({Better is} 15. Nb1 $1 Nh5 16. Bd2 {and white's queen can move to
f3.}) 15... Nh5 $1 16. Bd2 f5 17. Qd1 $6 {The queen sets an ambush.} b4 $1 18.
Nb1 Bb5 19. Rg1 Bd6 $1 {Black ignores the threat and gives a piece.} 20. e4 $5
fxe4 21. Qxh5 Rxf2 22. Qg5 ({White has no time for} 22. a3 b3 23. Rc3 {due to}
Raf8 24. Rxb3 R8f5) 22... Raf8 23. Kh1 R8f5 24. Qe3 Bd3 25. Rce1 h6 $1 {
Nimzowitsch has fatally restricted the queen. A proper defence against the
threat .. R5f3 is lacking.} ({Notice} 25... h6 26. Bc1 Bxb1) 0-1

[Event "Copenhagen"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1923.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Black "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1923.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Bb2 Bg4 5. Be2 Qc7 6. d4 cxd4 7. exd4 e6 8. O-O
Bd6 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nf6 11. c4 dxc4 12. bxc4 O-O 13. Nc3 Rfd8 (13... Be7 {
brings a complete equality.}) 14. Nb5 Qe7 15. Qe2 Bb8 $6 {The bishop should
have gone to f4.} 16. d5 $1 exd5 17. Qxe7 Nxe7 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. cxd5 Be5 {
Black has to make an extra bishop move.} 20. Rab1 a6 21. Na3 Rab8 (21... Nxd5
$1 22. Rxb7 Nc3 {solves the slight problems.}) 22. Rfd1 b5 23. Nc2 $1 a5 24. a3
Nf5 25. Rd3 Rbc8 26. Bg4 $1 Rxc2 27. Bxf5 {White has achieved a profitable
blockade.} b4 $6 ({Nimzowitsch prefers the blockade} 27... Bd6) ({Best is} 
27... Rc5 $1 28. Rbd1 b4) 28. axb4 axb4 29. d6 $1 {The passed pawn has not
been locked behind bars.} Rc3 $1 ({Not} 29... Bxd6 $4 30. Rxd6 $1) 30. Rxc3
bxc3 $2 {A capture by the bishop keeps the b-file closed (Nimzowitsch).} 31. d7
{White starts a decisive attack.} Kf8 32. Rb4 $1 Ra8 33. g3 Ke7 34. Rc4 Rd8 ({
Or} 34... Ra7 35. Rc8 Rxd7 36. Bxd7 Kxd7 37. Rc4) 35. Kg2 h5 36. h4 Rg8 37. Rc8
Rd8 38. f4 Bd4 39. g4 hxg4 40. h5 Bb6 41. h6 Kf8 42. Rxc3 Kg8 43. Rc8 Kh8 44.
Kg3 Rg8 45. Re8 {This game became a main example in A. Nimzowitsch, Die
Blockade, Berlin 1925.} 1-0

[Event "Copenhagen"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1923.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Black "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1923.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 e6 4. g3 Bd6 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. c4 c6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
e5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. d4 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 e4 12. Nd2 f5 13. d5 Be5 14. Bxe5 Nxe5 15.
Nc4 Qf6 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Rc1 c5 19. Qc2 Ba6 20. Qxc5 Qxc5 21.
Rxc5 Bxe2 22. Re1 Bd3 23. f3 Rae8 24. Kf2 Re7 25. b4 Rd8 26. b5 g6 27. fxe4
fxe4 28. Ke3 Rb8 29. Rec1 Rxb5 30. Rxb5 Bxb5 31. Bxe4 Kf7 32. Kd4 Ba6 33. Rc5
Bb7 34. Bxb7 Rxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Copenhagen"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1923.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Jacobsen, Egil"]
[Black "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1923.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. c4 Bb7 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. e3 d6 8. Rc1
Nbd7 9. Bg3 O-O 10. Bd3 a6 $5 {Special Nimzowitsch manoeuvres begin.} 11. O-O
Nh5 $5 12. Bb1 g6 13. Ne2 Ndf6 14. Nd2 c5 15. Nf4 $5 Ng7 $5 16. Qe2 Nf5 $5 17.
Bxf5 exf5 18. d5 b5 $5 19. b3 Re8 20. Qd3 Ng4 21. Qc2 Bh4 $5 22. e4 Bxg3 23.
hxg3 fxe4 24. Nxe4 Bc8 25. f3 Nf6 26. Nxf6+ $6 {The exchange disharmonises the
white position.} ({Better is} 26. Nf2 Bf5 27. Qd2) 26... Qxf6 27. Qd2 Ra7 28.
Rce1 Rae7 29. Rxe7 Qxe7 30. Kf2 bxc4 31. bxc4 a5 32. Nd3 $6 (32. Rb1 Ba6 33.
Qd3 {gives an appropriate protection of the open files.}) 32... Qf6 33. Qb2
Qxb2+ 34. Nxb2 Bf5 35. Rc1 h5 36. Rc3 {Subtle play is needed in the endgame.}
a4 $2 (36... Rb8 $1 37. Nd1 Kg7 $1 38. Ra3 Kf6 39. Rxa5 Bd3 40. Rb5 Ra8 41. Nb2
Rxa2 {continues the attack.}) 37. Nd1 $2 (37. Re3 Rxe3 38. Kxe3 Bc2 39. Kd2 Bb3
40. a3 {closes the queenside and draws.}) 37... g5 38. Ne3 Bd7 39. Ke2 $6 (39.
Rc2 Rb8 40. Ke2 f5 {leads to poor prospects for White.}) 39... f5 40. Kd2 f4
41. gxf4 gxf4 42. Nd1 $6 (42. Nc2 Kf7 43. Ne1 Kf6 {will also lose for White 
(Nimzowitsch).}) 42... Kf7 43. Nf2 $6 ({Little use has} 43. Rc2 Bf5 44. Rb2 a3
$1 45. Rb3 Rg8 $1) 43... Rg8 44. Ke2 Rxg2 45. Rc1 Bf5 46. a3 h4 47. Rf1 Kf6 48.
Kd1 h3 49. Ke2 h2 50. Ra1 Bd3+ 51. Kxd3 Rxf2 52. Ke4 Kg5 53. Rb1 Re2+ 54. Kd3
Re3+ {Nimzowitsch had won Copenhagen 1923 with a fine score of 8/10.} 0-1

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1923.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D64"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1923.??.??"]

{The third Karlsbad master tournament was played from 27 iv until 22 v 1923.
Alekhine played a number of wonderful wins and losses.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3.
Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 O-O 7. Rc1 c6 8. Qc2 a6 9. a4 $5 Re8 (9...
h6 $1 {will be played in Rubinstein - Sämisch, round 17.}) 10. Bd3 dxc4 11.
Bxc4 Nd5 $6 12. Bf4 (12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. O-O {gains a plus (Winter - Storr Best,
Bromley 1925).}) 12... Nxf4 $1 13. exf4 c5 14. dxc5 Qc7 15. O-O Qxf4 16. Ne4
Nxc5 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. Bd3 b6 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 $2 (19... Kf8 $1 {does not expose
the king (Alekhine).}) 20. Be4 Ra7 $2 ({Better is} 20... Rb8 21. g3 Qf6 22. b4
$1 Bd6 23. Rfd1 {(Alekhine)} e5 $1) 21. b4 $1 Bf8 $1 22. Qc6 Rd7 23. g3 Qb8 $2
({Right is} 23... Qd6 $1 24. Rfd1 $1 (24. Qc4 $2 Kg8 25. Bc6 Rc7 26. Rfd1 {
(Alekhine)} Qxc6 $1 27. Qxc6 Rxc6 28. Rxc6 Bb7 29. Rc3 Bxb4 30. Rb3 Bc5 $11)
24... Qxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 26. Kg2 Bd7 27. Qxb6 {and White has won a pawn.})
24. Ng5 $1 {The decisive combination starts.} Red8 25. Bg6 $3 {The queen gets
an open road to the h-file.} Qe5 ({Alekhine gives} 25... fxg6 26. Qe4 Bd6 27.
Qh4+ Kg8 28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Qh8+ Ke7 30. Qxg7+ Ke8 31. Qg8+ Bf8 32. Qxg6+ Ke7 33.
Qxe6#) 26. Nxf7+ Rxf7 27. Bxf7 Qf5 28. Rfd1 $1 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Qxf7 30. Qxc8 Kh7
31. Qxa6 Qf3 32. Qd3+ 1-0

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1923.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1923.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Bf4 $5 h6 $6 ({Better is} 
6... Bg4 {(Rodriguez Hurtado - Soto, Buenos Aires 1939).}) 7. Qd2 Kh7 8. h3
Nbd7 9. O-O-O b6 $2 (9... c5 {avoids the following disaster.}) 10. e5 $1 Ng8 (
10... Nh5 11. Bh2 $1 {is horrible for Black.}) 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. Be4 Bxe4 13.
Nxe4 Qc8 14. Qc2 Qa6 15. Kb1 Kh8 16. h4 Rad8 17. h5 dxe5 18. dxe5 b5 19. cxb5
Qxb5 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. Nh4 {Bogoljubow meets little resistance.} Nxe5 (21... g5
22. Ng6+ Kh7 23. Nxg5# {ends the game wonderfully.}) 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. Nxg6+
Kg7 24. Nxf8 Rxf8 25. Rh3 Nf6 26. Rb3 Qa6 27. Nc5 Qc6 28. Re1 1-0

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1923.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gruenfeld, Ernst"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D64"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1923.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. e3 O-O 7. Rc1 c6 8. Qc2
a6 9. a3 h6 10. Bh4 Re8 $5 11. Bd3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 b5 13. Ba2 $6 ({Slightly
better is} 13. Be2 $1) 13... c5 14. Rd1 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Qb6 $1 16. Bb1 Bb7 17.
O-O Rac8 18. Qd2 $6 (18. f3 {strengthens the centre.}) 18... Ne5 19. Bxf6 Bxf6
20. Qc2 g6 21. Qe2 Nc4 22. Be4 $1 Bg7 $1 ({Not} 22... Nxa3 $2 23. Qf3 $1) 23.
Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Rc1 e5 25. Nb3 e4 26. Nd4 Red8 27. Rfd1 Ne5 28. Na2 $5 Nd3 29.
Rxc8 Qxc8 30. f3 $2 (30. Nc3 $1 f5 31. f3 {(Alekhine) keeps the game going.})
30... Rxd4 $1 {Alekhine plays a sparkling combination.} 31. fxe4 ({Or} 31. exd4
Bxd4+ 32. Kf1 Nf4 $1 33. Rc1 Qxc1+ 34. Nxc1 Nxe2 35. Nxe2 Bxb2) 31... Nf4 $1
32. exf4 Qc4 $3 33. Qxc4 Rxd1+ 34. Qf1 Bd4+ {Alekhine won a brilliancy prize
in both rounds.} 0-1

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1923.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Treybal, Karel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A84"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1923.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 f5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. f4 Nxe5 8. fxe5
Ne4 9. Nxe4 fxe4 10. Bd2 Qg5 $1 11. Qe2 $1 Be7 12. O-O-O {Both parties develop
smoothly.} Rf8 13. g4 Bd7 14. Kb1 O-O-O 15. Bg2 h5 16. h3 hxg4 17. hxg4 Rh8 18.
Rxh8 Rxh8 19. Be1 Kb8 20. Bg3 Ka8 21. Rc1 Qg6 22. c5 Qe8 23. b4 b5 $1 {White
wanted to start a beleaguerment but Black stops the effort.} 24. cxb6 Qb8 $1 {
Treybal starts a sharp counteraction.} 25. Qa6 $2 ({The modest} 25. a3 $1 axb6
26. Qa6+ Qa7 27. Qxa7+ Kxa7 28. Rf1 Rf8 {draws.}) 25... Qxb6 26. Qxb6 axb6 27.
a3 Kb7 28. Kb2 $2 (28. Rf1 $1 Be8 29. Kb2 c5 30. Kc3 cxd4+ 31. Kxd4 $5 Bg6 {
(Black cannot play ..Rc8)} 32. Kc3 $1 {and White seems to survive.}) 28... Bg5
29. Re1 c5 $1 30. bxc5 ({Or} 30. Kc3 cxd4+ $1 31. Kxd4 Rc8) 30... bxc5 31. dxc5
Bb5 32. Kc3 Kc6 33. Bf4 $5 Bxf4 34. exf4 Kxc5 35. Bxe4 $5 Rh3+ 36. Kd2 dxe4 37.
Rxe4 Rf3 38. f5 exf5 39. gxf5 Rxf5 40. e6 Kd6 41. e7 Re5 42. Rg4 g5 43. a4 Bd7
44. Rb4 Kxe7 0-1

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1923.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C60"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1923.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 $5 4. d4 Nxd4 $5 {Black plays a funny opening.}
5. Nxd4 exd4 6. Qxd4 Qf6 7. Qd3 $6 (7. e5 $1 {gains an advantage.}) 7... Bg7 8.
Nc3 c6 9. Bc4 Ne7 10. Be3 $6 ({Better is} 10. O-O {(Alekhine).}) 10... b5 11.
Bb3 a5 12. a4 $6 b4 $1 13. Nd1 O-O 14. O-O d5 15. exd5 Ba6 16. Bc4 Bxc4 17.
Qxc4 cxd5 18. Qd3 d4 19. Bd2 Rac8 20. Re1 Rc7 21. Rc1 Rfc8 {Black aims his
forces on the weakness c2.} 22. b3 Qf5 23. Re4 Nd5 24. Nb2 $2 (24. f3 {makes a
useful move, while the text costs the c-pawn.}) 24... Nc3 $1 25. Bxc3 Rxc3 26.
Qe2 Bh6 27. g4 Qf6 28. Re8+ Rxe8 29. Qxe8+ Kg7 30. Rf1 Rxc2 31. Nd3 Qf3 32. Ne5
Qd5 33. Nd7 Qd6 34. Rd1 Be3 $1 {Alekhine strikes like a lightning.} 35. Rf1 Bg5
36. Qe5+ Qxe5 37. Nxe5 Bf4 38. Nc4 Rc3 39. Rd1 d3 40. Nxa5 Kf6 41. h4 Ke5 42.
Kg2 Kd4 43. Kf3 Bc7 44. Nc4 Rxb3 45. Ne3 Rc3 46. Rb1 Ba5 47. Nd1 Ra3 48. Ne3
Rxa4 49. g5 Ra3 50. Rg1 b3 51. Rg4+ Kc5 52. Rc4+ Kb5 53. Rc8 Ra1 54. Rb8+ Bb6
0-1

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1923.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D55"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1923.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Ne4 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8.
Qb3 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 c6 $5 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. O-O f5 $2 ({Right is} 11... dxc4 12.
Bxc4 b6 {(Pokorny - Selezniev, Mährisch Ostrau 1923).}) 12. Rac1 g5 $6 ({
Better is} 12... Nf6) 13. Nd2 Rf7 $5 14. f3 $1 e5 $5 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. e4 $1
fxe4 17. fxe4 Rxf1+ 18. Rxf1 exd4 {Black has not developed his queenside and
weakened the other flank.} 19. Qc7 $1 ({Maróczy had hoped for an exchange of
the queens by} 19. Qxd4 Qc5 $1 {Instead White paralyses three black pieces.})
19... Kg7 20. Rf5 dxe4 21. Nxe4 Qb4 ({Or} 21... h6 22. Rf2 $1 a6 23. Re2 $1)
22. Rxg5+ 1-0

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1923.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Black "Gruenfeld, Ernst"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C33"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1923.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. Nf3 g5 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Bg7 7. c3 h6 8. g3 $5
{Spielmann plays a risky gambit.} Bh3 $1 ({They had done} 8... g4 9. Nh4 f3 {
twice in 1923.}) 9. gxf4 $5 ({Chigorin played} 9. Rf2 {against Alapin in
Oostende 1905 and lost.}) ({Spielmann rejects} 9. Re1 {due to} Qd7 $1) 9...
Bxf1 10. Qxf1 gxf4 11. Bxf4 Qf6 12. Bg3 O-O-O 13. Nbd2 Nge7 14. Qh3+ Kb8 15.
Rf1 Qg6 16. Nh4 Qg5 17. Nhf3 Qg6 18. Nh4 Qh7 $1 {Black wants no repetition.}
19. b4 Rdf8 20. b5 Nd8 21. Qd7 Nc8 22. Nf5 Nb6 23. Qe7 Re8 24. Qh4 Qg6 25. Qh3
Bf6 26. Bd3 Bg5 27. Nb3 Ne6 28. Qg2 Rhg8 $6 ({Better is} 28... h5 $1) 29. e5 $1
d5 30. Nc5 $2 (30. Qf3 $1 Nc4 $1 {(Black threatens .. Be3+)} 31. Bb1 Bf4 32.
Qxd5 Nb6 33. Qf3 {offers a fine resistance.}) 30... Nf4 31. Rxf4 (31. Qf3 $1
Nc4 $1 {(Black threatens .. Be3+)} 32. Bb1) 31... Bxf4 32. a4 Bxg3 33. hxg3 Rd8
34. a5 Qh5 35. a6 Qd1+ 36. Kh2 Na4 37. Be2 Qc2 38. Ne7 Nxc5 39. dxc5 Qxc3 40.
Qf2 Qxe5 41. Nxg8 Rxg8 42. axb7 Kxb7 43. b6 axb6 44. cxb6 h5 45. Kg2 h4 46. g4
Qg3+ 0-1

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1923.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Black "Chajes, Oscar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1923.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nd5 Bc5 $6 ({Preferable is} 4... Nf6) 5. Bc4
d6 $6 (5... Nf6 {is better again.}) 6. c3 a6 7. h3 $6 (7. d4 {starts an attack.
}) 7... h6 8. d4 exd4 9. cxd4 Ba7 10. O-O Nf6 11. Bb3 O-O 12. Nc3 Ne7 $5 13.
Be3 Ng6 $6 (13... d5 $1 14. e5 Ne4 {should follow-up the previous move.}) 14.
Qd2 c5 15. dxc5 dxc5 $2 ({Right is} 15... Bxc5) 16. Bxh6 $1 {White wins a pawn.
} c4 (16... gxh6 17. Qxh6 {(threatens Qxg6+)} Nh8 18. Ng5 {and Nd5 ends the
game swiftly.}) 17. Bxc4 Qc7 18. Bd5 Bxh3 19. Qg5 ({Not} 19. gxh3 $4 Qg3+)
19... Kh7 20. gxh3 Ne8 21. e5 gxh6 22. Qh5 Qd8 23. Rad1 Ng7 24. Qg4 Qe7 25. Be4
Rad8 26. Nd5 Qe6 27. Nf6+ Kh8 28. Bxg6 Qxg4+ 29. hxg4 fxg6 30. Nh4 Ne6 31.
Nxg6+ Kg7 32. Nxf8 Rxf8 33. Rd7+ Kg6 34. Re7 Nf4 35. Rd1 Bd4 36. Rxd4 Ne2+ 37.
Kg2 Nxd4 38. f4 h5 39. Nxh5 Rc8 40. Rxb7 Rc2+ 41. Kg3 a5 42. Rg7+ Kh6 43. Rg8
Rc7 44. Nf6 Rg7 45. Rxg7 Kxg7 46. f5 1-0

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1923.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Yates, Frederick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1923.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 $5 {Yates plays
an interesting novelty. The queen's knight will move strange ways.} 7. d5 Nb8
$5 8. O-O Nbd7 9. e4 a5 10. Be3 Ng4 11. Bd4 Nge5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. c5 $5 dxc5
14. Bxc5 b6 15. Bd4 Ba6 16. Re1 Qd6 17. Bf1 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 $5 c5 19. Bxe5 Qxe5
20. Qb3 Rab8 21. Qb5 (21. f4 $1 Qd4+ 22. Kg2 {grabs the initiative.}) 21... f5
$1 22. Rae1 f4 $1 {Black takes over.} 23. Qd7 Rbd8 24. gxf4 $5 Qxf4 25. Qe6+
Kh8 26. f3 Qg5+ 27. Kh1 Rd6 28. Qh3 $2 (28. Qg4 $1 {equalises.}) 28... Be5 $1
29. Re2 Rdf6 30. Nd1 Rf4 31. Ne3 $2 (31. Qg2 $1 Qh5 32. Ne3 {avoids a disaster.
}) 31... Rh4 32. Qe6 Qh5 33. Ng4 {The following combination seems to lead to
perpetual check.} Rxg4 $1 34. fxg4 Rxf1+ 35. Kg2 Qxh2+ 36. Kxf1 Qh1+ 37. Kf2
Bd4+ 38. Kg3 Qg1+ 39. Kh3 Qf1+ 40. Rg2 Qh1+ 41. Kg3 Qe1+ 42. Kh3 g5 $1 {But
Yates wants more!} 43. Rc2 Qf1+ 44. Kh2 Qg1+ 45. Kh3 Qh1+ 46. Kg3 Qd1 $1 {
Another silent move forces the win.} 47. Rc3 $5 Qg1+ 48. Kh3 Qf1+ 49. Kg3 Bf2+
50. Kf3 Bg1+ {White will be mated in two.} 0-1

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1923.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Black "Tartakower, Savielly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A86"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "1923.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 $5 {Tartakower plays a new system in the Dutch
Defence.} 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nh3 $5 {Bogoljubow develops a knight and the
queen to the flank.} d6 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne5 9. Qb3 Nfd7 10. Be3 Ng4 11. Bd2
Nc5 12. Qc2 a5 13. Rad1 Bd7 14. Kh1 Qe8 15. b3 h6 16. f3 Ne5 17. f4 Ng4 18. Nf2
Nxf2+ 19. Rxf2 Kh7 20. Be3 b6 21. a4 Bxc3 22. Bxc5 Bf6 23. Bd4 e5 $2 {The calm
moves are ended by a fault.} 24. dxe6 Bc6 25. Bd5 Bxd4 26. Rxd4 Qxe6 $1 27.
Bxc6 Qe3 $1 28. Rxd6 $1 {The desperado sacrifice nets a pawn.} cxd6 ({Not} 
28... Qxf2 $2 29. Rd7+ Kg8 30. Bd5+) 29. Rf3 Qc5 30. Bxa8 Rxa8 31. Qd2 Re8 32.
Kg2 Re6 33. Rd3 Qa3 34. Kf2 Kg8 35. Qc3 Qc5+ 36. Qd4 Kf7 37. Kf3 Qb4 38. Kf2
Qc5 39. Kf1 h5 40. Kf2 Qc6 41. Qd5 Qc5+ 42. Qd4 Qc6 43. Qd5 Qc5+ 44. Kf1 Ke7
45. Qd4 Qc6 46. Qg7+ Kd8 47. Rd5 Qd7 48. Qd4 Kc7 49. Kf2 Qe7 50. e3 Re4 51. Qc3
h4 52. g4 fxg4 53. Rg5 g3+ 54. hxg3 hxg3+ 55. Rxg3 Qf7 56. Qd3 Qf5 57. Kg2 Re7
58. Qxf5 gxf5 59. Kf3 Kc6 60. Rg5 Rf7 61. Rh5 Rf6 62. Rg5 Rf7 63. e4 fxe4+ 64.
Kxe4 Re7+ 65. Kf3 Re1 66. Kg4 Rg1+ 67. Kf5 Rd1 68. Kg6 Rf1 69. f5 Rf3 70. f6
Kd7 71. Kg7 Ke6 72. Rg1 Rxb3 73. f7 Rf3 74. f8=Q 1-0

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1923.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tartakower, Savielly"]
[Black "Thomas, George"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D01"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1923.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. f3 c6 $5 5. e4 dxe4 6. fxe4 Qa5 ({The
critical line is} 6... Qb6 7. Qd2 e5 {(Juglard - Kouatly, France 1991).}) 7.
Qd2 e5 8. Nf3 Be7 9. Bc4 exd4 10. Qxd4 Qb6 11. Qd2 Qc5 12. Bb3 Ne5 13. Be3 Nc4
14. Bxc5 Nxd2 15. Bxe7 Nxb3 16. axb3 Kxe7 17. e5 $1 {White takes the
initiative in the endgame.} Ng4 18. O-O Bf5 19. Nd4 Bg6 (19... Be6 $1 {blocks
the attack.}) 20. Rae1 Rhd8 21. Rf4 h5 22. h3 Nh6 23. g4 hxg4 24. hxg4 c5 25.
Nf5+ Bxf5 26. gxf5 Rd2 $1 27. f6+ $1 {The confrontation has reached a
highlight.} Ke6 $4 ({Correct is} 27... gxf6 $1 28. exf6+ Kd7 $1 ({Tartakower
analyses} 28... Kf8 $2 29. Rh4 Ng8 30. Rh8) 29. Re7+ Kc6 {and the black king
has escaped from the onslaught.}) 28. fxg7 Ke7 29. Ne4 Rxc2 30. Rh4 Rg8 31.
Rxh6 Rxg7+ 32. Kh1 Rxb2 33. Nd6 Rg6 34. Rxg6 fxg6 35. e6 Rxb3 36. Nc8+ Ke8 37.
e7 Rd3 38. Rf1 Rh3+ 39. Kg2 Rh8 40. Rd1 Kf7 41. Kf3 Rxc8 42. Rd8 Kxe7 43. Rxc8
Kd6 44. Ke4 b6 45. Rg8 Kc6 46. Rxg6+ Kb5 47. Kd3 Kb4 48. Rg1 b5 49. Ra1 c4+ 50.
Kd4 Kb3 51. Rb1+ Ka4 52. Kc3 Ka5 53. Rh1 Kb6 54. Rh6+ 1-0

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1923.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1923.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 Nfd7 $5 ({The theory was} 3... d4 {in those days 
(Hanham - Delmar, New York 1893).}) 4. d4 c5 5. Bb5 $5 Nc6 6. Nf3 a6 $6 {
Alekhine makes provocative moves.} 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. e6 $1 fxe6 9. O-O e5 $1 10.
dxe5 e6 11. Ng5 $5 Qe7 12. f4 g6 13. Qg4 Nb6 14. b3 c4 15. Be3 c5 16. Bf2 h6 $1
17. Nf3 {Bogoljubow withdraws.} ({Alekhine would play} 17. Nge4 $5 dxe4 18.
Nxe4 {and the white offensive continues.}) 17... Qf7 18. Nh4 $6 Rg8 19. a4 $6 {
White should defend instead.} cxb3 20. cxb3 Bb7 21. a5 Nd7 22. Bg3 d4 23. Na4
Bd5 24. Rab1 Rb8 25. Qd1 Rb5 26. Be1 Qe7 27. Qd3 $6 (27. Nf3 {makes a useful
retreat.}) 27... g5 28. Ng6 Qf7 29. Nxf8 gxf4 30. Bg3 $1 Qxf8 31. Rxf4 Qg7 32.
b4 Qg6 33. Qd1 $2 ({Appropriate is} 33. Qxg6+ Rxg6 34. Rc1 $1 {(Maróczy).})
33... Rf8 34. Rg4 Qf5 35. Rb2 Rxb4 36. Rxb4 cxb4 37. Nb2 Bb3 $1 38. Qe2 Qb1+
39. Be1 Rf5 $1 40. Re4 ({Or} 40. Qd2 Bd5 $1) 40... Bd5 41. g4 d3 42. Qd2 Nxe5
43. Rxe5 Rxe5 44. Nxd3 Re4 45. Kf2 Rd4 46. Ke3 Re4+ 47. Kf2 Rd4 48. Ke3 Rxg4
49. Bg3 Qg1+ 50. Qf2 Re4+ 51. Kd2 Qa1 52. Ne5 Rxe5 0-1

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1923.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Teichmann, Richard"]
[Black "Chajes, Oscar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1923.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc1
dxc4 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. Nxc4 Qd8 $5 ({Teichmann diverts from} 10... Qc7 {(Van
Vliet - Mueller, London 1904).}) 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O c5 13. Rd1 Bxc3 $6 ({
Preferable is} 13... cxd4 14. exd4 b6) 14. bxc3 b5 $5 15. Ne5 c4 16. Be2 Bb7
17. Rb1 a6 18. f3 {White wants to control the centre and threaten the
queenside.} Qe7 $2 ({Correct is} 18... Nd7 $1 19. Nxc4 Bd5 {and Black regains
back the pawn.}) 19. a4 $1 {The black pawn structure is ruined.} bxa4 20. Nxc4
Qc7 21. Nb6 Rad8 22. Nxa4 Bc6 23. Nc5 a5 24. Bb5 Ba8 25. e4 h6 26. Qe3 Bc6 27.
Bxc6 Qxc6 28. Ra1 {Black resigned seventy moves later.} 1-0

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1923.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Reti, Richard"]
[Black "Yates, Frederick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D64"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1923.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Rc1 c6 8. Qc2
c5 9. cxd5 $5 exd5 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. dxc5 Qa5 12. Bd3 Qxc5 13. O-O Bd7 14. Nd4
Rfc8 15. Bf5 Rc7 16. Bxd7 Rxd7 17. Qa4 Qc4 18. Rfd1 Bf8 19. Nde2 a6 20. Rd4
Qxa4 21. Nxa4 Rad8 {White's initiative has only led to the blockade of an
isolated pawn.} 22. Nf4 b5 23. Nc5 Rc7 24. b4 a5 25. a3 axb4 26. axb4 Bxc5 $6 (
26... g5 27. Nfd3 Bg7 {equalises.}) 27. bxc5 Kf8 28. f3 Ke8 29. Kf2 Rc6 $6 ({
More useful is} 29... Ke7) 30. Nd3 $1 Rdc8 31. Rb4 Rb8 32. Rcb1 Ra6 33. Rxb5
Ra2+ 34. R5b2 Rbxb2+ 35. Rxb2 Rxb2+ 36. Nxb2 {White has an extra pawn in the
knight ending.} Kd7 37. Nd3 Kc6 38. Ne5+ Kxc5 39. Ke2 $6 (39. Nxf7 $1 d4 40. e4
{plays for a win.}) 39... d4 40. e4 Nh5 41. g3 f5 $1 ({Not} 41... f6 $4 42.
Nd3+ Kc4 43. g4) 42. Nd3+ Kc4 43. exf5 Kc3 44. g4 Nf6 45. Nf4 Kc2 46. g5 Ne8
47. h4 Nd6 48. g6 $5 hxg6 49. fxg6 Nf5 50. h5 Ng3+ 51. Kf2 Nxh5 $4 (51... Nf5 {
draws (Burn).}) 52. Nxh5 d3 53. Nxg7 d2 54. Nf5 1-0

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1923.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Thomas, George"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "1923.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
Kf8 {Tarrasch plays similar to his games versus Chigorin in St Petersburg 1893.
} 9. h4 c5 10. Rh3 Nc6 11. Bd3 Nxd2 $5 12. Kxd2 c4 13. Be2 Ne7 14. Nf3 Bd7 15.
Qf4 b5 16. h5 a5 17. Nh4 Nf5 $5 18. Nf3 $6 (18. Nxf5 $1 exf5 19. g4 $1 {takes
the initiative.}) 18... b4 $1 19. g4 bxc3+ 20. Kd1 Ne7 21. Qe3 Qb6 22. Qxc3 Nc6
23. Kd2 Ke7 24. Rhh1 $1 Qb4 25. Rab1 Qxc3+ 26. Kxc3 Rab8 27. Nh4 $2 (27. Rxb8
Rxb8 28. Ra1 {starts to restore the position.}) 27... Na7 28. Nf3 Nb5+ 29. Kd2
Na3 30. Rxb8 Rxb8 31. Ra1 $1 Ba4 32. Ne1 f6 33. f4 fxe5 34. fxe5 Rf8 $6 35. Rc1
Rf4 $2 {Black misses an elegant victory.} (35... Rb8 36. Ra1 Rb4 $1 37. Bd1 c3+
$1 38. Kxc3 Bb5 $1 {and Black threatens ..Nb1+.}) 36. c3 $1 Rf2 37. Nf3 Bc2 $2
(37... Rg2 38. Nh4 Rf2 39. Nf3 {draws.}) 38. Ke3 Rg2 39. Ne1 Rg3+ 40. Kf2 $2 (
40. Bf3 $1 Be4 41. Kf2 {wins material.}) 40... Rxc3 $1 41. Bd1 Bxd1 $1 42. Rxc3
Nb5 43. Rg3 Nxd4 44. g5 Bxh5 45. gxh6 gxh6 46. Rh3 Bd1 47. Rxh6 Nc6 48. Rh7+
Kd8 49. Ke3 Nxe5 50. Kd2 Ba4 51. Kc3 Bd7 52. Kd4 Nc6+ 53. Kc5 Kc7 54. Nf3 c3 $1
55. Nd4 ({Or} 55. a3 c2 56. Rh1 Be8 57. Rc1 Bg6 58. Ne1 Ne5 59. Kb5 Nc4 60.
Nxc2 Kd6 61. Ka4 e5 {and the connected passed pawns will advance victoriously.}
) 55... Nxd4 56. Kxd4 c2 57. Rh1 Be8 58. Rc1 Bg6 59. Kc5 Kd7 60. a4 Ke7 61. Kd4
Kd6 62. Kc3 Kc5 63. Re1 Be4 64. Rg1 d4+ 65. Kd2 Bf5 66. Rg8 Kb4 67. Rh8 d3 68.
Rh4+ Kc5 69. Rh8 Be4 70. Rb8 Bc6 71. Rb3 Be4 72. Rb5+ Kd4 73. Rxa5 Bd5 $1 74.
Ra7 c1=Q+ $1 75. Kxc1 Ke3 0-1

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1923.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1923.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d5 $5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Be3 e6 7. Nc3 Bb4
8. Ndb5 $1 Qe5 9. a3 Bxc3+ $5 10. bxc3 $5 ({White sacrifices a pawn, although} 
10. Nxc3 {gains a plus effortlessly.}) 10... a6 $5 11. Nd6+ Ke7 $5 12. Nc4
Qxc3+ 13. Bd2 Qd4 14. Bd3 $6 {Rubinstein mishandles the initiative.} (14. c3 $1
Qf6 15. Nb6 Rb8 16. Qh5 $1 Kf8 {and White has an attack for the pawn.}) 14...
b5 $1 15. Na5 Qe5+ 16. Be2 Nxa5 17. Bxa5 Bb7 18. f3 $5 Nf6 19. Bb4+ Ke8 20. O-O
Rd8 21. Bd3 $6 (21. Qe1 $1 {keeps the restraint intact.}) 21... Nd5 22. Ba5 Rd7
23. Re1 Qd4+ 24. Kh1 Nf4 25. Qd2 Nxd3 26. cxd3 h5 27. Rac1 Rh6 28. Bc3 Qxd3 29.
Qf4 Qd6 30. Qg5 $6 (30. Be5 $1 Qd5 $1 (30... Qxa3 $2 31. Bxg7) 31. Bc3 {
maintains counter-play.}) 30... f6 $1 31. Qe3 e5 $1 32. Bb4 Qd4 33. Qb3 Qd5 34.
Qc2 Qd3 35. Qc5 Kf7 $1 36. Rc2 Rh8 37. Rd2 Qf5 38. Rxd7+ Qxd7 39. Qc2 Bc8 40.
Rd1 Qf5 41. Qc7+ Kg6 42. h3 Re8 43. Rc1 Qf4 44. Rc6 Bf5 45. Qd6 h4 46. Bd2 Qg3
47. Rc3 a5 48. f4 Qf2 49. Rf3 Qe2 50. fxe5 Rxe5 51. Rf4 b4 52. axb4 a4 53. Rxh4
a3 54. Kh2 a2 55. Bc3 Qe3 $5 56. Bb2 Qe1 57. Qd4 Re3 58. Qf4 Re4 59. Qg3+ Qxg3+
60. Kxg3 Re2 61. Bd4 Rd2 0-1

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1923.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C33"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1923.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 $1 {Bogoljubow brings an important
novelty in the Bishop's Gambit.} 5. d4 ({Rudolf will try} 5. Bb3 {in their
next game.}) 5... Bb4 $1 6. Qf3 $6 ({A fine alternative gives} 6. e5 Ne4 7. Qh5
$1 g6 8. Qf3 Qh4+ 9. Kf1 $1 {(Westerinen - Pakkanen, Helsinki 1992).}) 6... d5
$1 7. exd5 O-O 8. Nge2 cxd5 9. Bd3 Bg4 10. Qxf4 Bxe2 11. Kxe2 $5 {Spielmann
only moves forwards.} Nc6 12. Be3 Re8 13. Rhf1 Qe7 14. Rf3 Rad8 15. Kf1 Rd6 16.
Qh4 Bxc3 $1 17. Bg5 $2 ({Better is} 17. bxc3 Ne4 {(Spielmann)} 18. Qh3 $1 {
White does not swap the queens.} g6 19. Qh6 $1 {He has counter-play.}) 17...
Bxd4 $1 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxh7+ Kf8 (19... Kf8 20. Rxf6 Rxf6+ 21. Bf5 Rh6 $1 {
leads to a material win (Bogoljubow).}) 0-1

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1923.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Chajes, Oscar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D64"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1923.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Rc1 c6 8. Qc2
a6 9. a3 Re8 10. h3 $5 b5 $2 {Black advances on the queenside. I hold the idea
for a strategic mistake.} ({Right is} 10... Bd6 $1 11. c5 Bc7 {and Black will
liberate his centre by .. e5.}) 11. c5 $1 Nh5 $5 12. Bf4 $1 Nxf4 13. exf4 {
White strongly controls square e5.} a5 14. Bd3 g6 $1 15. h4 $1 Bf6 {Black
cannot prevent the attack on the kingside.} (15... Nf6 16. Ne5 Qc7 17. g4 {
starts a pawn avalanche.}) 16. h5 Nf8 17. g3 Ra7 18. Nd1 {White prepares the
onslaught carefully.} Bg7 19. Ne3 f5 20. Qe2 a4 21. Nc2 Rae7 22. Kf1 Bf6 23.
Ne5 Bxe5 $6 24. Qxe5 $1 Qc7 25. Qf6 Rf7 26. Qh4 Qe7 27. hxg6 $1 Nxg6 28. Qh5
Qf6 29. Be2 Rg7 30. Qf3 Nf8 31. Qe3 Ree7 32. Nb4 Bd7 33. Bh5 Ng6 34. Nd3 Be8
35. Ke2 Kf8 $6 {Later the black king will be missing as a defender on the
kingside.} 36. Kd2 Rb7 37. Bf3 Ke7 38. Rhe1 Nf8 39. Nb4 Kd8 40. Kd3 Rge7 41.
Qd2 Ra7 42. Rh1 Rec7 43. Rh2 Bg6 44. Qe3 Kc8 45. Rch1 Kb7 46. Kd2 Re7 47. Nd3
Nd7 48. Bh5 $1 Ra8 $5 {Exchanges matter little for White. Black has to defend
passively.} 49. Bxg6 hxg6 50. Rh7 Rae8 51. Ne5 $1 Nf8 $5 52. Rh8 Rg7 53. Nf3
Rb8 54. Ng5 Re7 55. Qe5 Qxe5 56. fxe5 Ra8 57. Rg8 $1 b4 $5 ({Or} 57... Rb8 58.
Rhh8 Nd7 59. Rxb8+ Nxb8 60. Rg8 {and pawn g6 falls.}) 58. Rhh8 Ree8 59. axb4
Ka7 60. Kc3 Ka6 61. Nf7 $1 Rec8 62. Nd6 Rd8 63. Rh1 $1 Rd7 64. Ra1 1-0

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1923.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Saemisch, Fritz"]
[Black "Bernstein, Ossip"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1923.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 Bd6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. dxc5 Bxf4 8.
exf4 Qc7 9. g3 Qxc5 10. O-O Nc6 11. c3 Qd6 $6 12. Re1 Bd7 13. Ne5 Rad8 14. Qe2
Bc8 $6 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Ndf3 Rfe8 $2 {Black adds an error to passive moves.}
17. Ng5 Re7 18. Ng4 Ne4 $2 ({Better is} 18... Nxg4 19. Bxh7+ Kf8 20. Qxg4 g6 $1
{but} 21. c4 $1 {charges.}) 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Bxe4 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Rd7 22. Ne5
Nxe5 23. fxe5 Qd8 24. Rxd7 Qxd7 25. Qd3 Qxd3 26. Bxd3 {White has an extra pawn
in the bishop ending. He will win by accurate play.} Kf8 27. f4 h6 28. Kf2 Ke7
29. Ke3 Kd8 30. Kd4 Bd7 31. Kc5 Kc7 32. Bb5 b6+ 33. Kc4 Bc8 34. Be8 f6 35. Kd4
Bb7 36. c4 Bf3 37. b4 Bg2 38. a4 Bf3 39. c5 Bd1 40. cxb6+ axb6 41. a5 bxa5 42.
bxa5 Bf3 43. Kc5 fxe5 44. fxe5 Bg2 45. Bf7 Bd5 46. a6 g5 47. g4 Kd7 48. Kb6 Bf3
49. Bg6 Kc8 50. Be8 Bg2 51. Bc6 1-0

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1923.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Black "Wolf, Heinrich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D26"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1923.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. Bxc4 b5 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. a4
b4 9. Nb1 c5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Re1 $5 (11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Qe2 {was played in
Duras - Capablanca, New York 1913.}) 11... cxd4 12. exd4 Be7 13. Be3 O-O 14.
Nbd2 Nd5 15. Nb3 h6 16. Rc1 Rc8 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Rxc5 $2 ({Right is} 18. dxc5
Nxe3 19. Rxe3) 18... Qd6 $2 (18... Nxe3 $1 19. fxe3 Nxd4 $1 20. Rxc8 (20. exd4
Bxf3 $1) 20... Nxf3+ 21. Qxf3 Qxc8 {wins a pawn.}) 19. Rc1 Rfd8 20. Qe2 Nxe3
21. fxe3 Ne7 22. Nd2 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Nxc8 25. Be4 Qd7 26. Bxb7 Qxb7
27. Nb3 Qc6 $2 ({The active} 27... Qe4 $1 {keeps the equality.}) 28. Nc5 a5 29.
Qf3 $1 Qxf3 30. gxf3 {White has a superior knight ending.} Nb6 $6 ({More
resistance is offered by} 30... Nd6 $1 {But} 31. e4 $1 Kf8 32. Kf2 Ke7 33. b3
$1 {(White prepares e5 and Nb7)} f6 34. f4 g5 35. Kf3 $1 {outplays Black.}) 31.
b3 $1 g5 32. Kf2 f6 33. Ke2 Kf7 34. Nb7 Nxa4 35. bxa4 b3 36. Kd2 h5 37. Nxa5 {
Alekhine led by one point on Maróczy and Bogoljubow.} 1-0

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1923.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1923.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. e3 Nb6 $5 ({Theory is} 
6... Nd5 {(Cohn - Swiderski, Nürnberg 1906).}) 7. Bxc4 Nxc4 8. Qa4+ c6 9. Qxc4
Nd5 10. Be5 ({Slightly better is the immediate} 10. Bg3 $1 {(Tartakower -
Sämisch, Spa 1926).}) 10... f6 11. Bg3 Qb6 12. Qe2 Bb4 13. Rc1 Nxc3 14. bxc3
Ba3 15. Rd1 Qb5 16. c4 $5 Qa5+ 17. Nd2 O-O 18. O-O b6 19. f4 $5 Ba6 {Troubles
are starting on the queenside.} 20. Be1 $2 (20. Nb1 $1 {solves the problems.})
20... Qa4 21. Rf2 $2 (21. Bg3 Qc2 22. Rf2 {gives more counter-play.}) 21...
Rad8 $1 22. Rb1 c5 $1 23. dxc5 Bxc5 24. Nb3 Ba3 25. Nd4 ({Or} 25. Nd2 Qc2 26.
Rb3 Bc5 {and Black wins a pawn as well.}) 25... Bxc4 26. Qg4 f5 27. Qg3 Rf7 28.
h3 Bc5 29. Rd2 Rc7 30. Kh2 Bxd4 31. exd4 Bd5 32. Qe3 Rdc8 33. Qe5 h6 34. Rbb2
Rc3 35. Qe2 Qa3 36. Rd1 Qxb2 37. Qxb2 Rc2 38. Rd2 Rxb2 39. Rxb2 Rc4 40. Bb4 a5
41. Bd6 Kf7 42. a3 Rc6 43. Bb8 Ke8 44. Ba7 Rc7 45. Bb8 Rc8 46. Be5 g6 47. g4
Rc3 48. gxf5 gxf5 49. Rxb6 Rxa3 50. Bd6 Rc3 51. Bc5 h5 52. h4 a4 53. Ra6 Rc2+
54. Kg1 Rg2+ 55. Kf1 Rg4 56. Rxa4 Rxh4 57. Bd6 Rh1+ 58. Kf2 h4 59. Ra7 Rh2+ 60.
Kf1 h3 61. Re7+ Kd8 62. Rh7 Ra2 {Alekhine had lost in the hands of the
tailender Spielmann. He seems to have smashed the furniture of his hotel room.}
0-1

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1923.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Yates, Frederick"]
[Black "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C14"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1923.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Qd2 O-O 8.
f4 f6 9. Nf3 c5 10. Nb5 $2 {Yates starts a foolish adventure.} ({Superior is} 
10. exf6 Qxf6 11. g3 {(Rubinstein - Levenfish, Karlsbad 1911).}) 10... a6 11.
Nd6 cxd4 12. Nxc8 Rxc8 13. Bd3 $2 ({Right is} 13. exf6 Qxf6 14. O-O-O Nc6 15.
Nxd4 {and White has restored a great part of the positional damage.}) 13...
fxe5 14. fxe5 Nc6 15. Qe2 Qb4+ 16. Kf2 Rf8 17. Kg3 Qe7 18. h4 Nc5 19. Rh3 Nxd3
20. cxd3 Rf5 21. Kh2 Raf8 22. Re1 Rf4 23. a3 R8f5 24. b4 Nd8 25. Rc1 Rf8 26.
Qc2 Qf7 27. Qe2 Qf5 28. Rc7 Rg4 29. Kh1 Qf4 30. Qe1 Qe3 31. Qd1 Nc6 32. Nh2 Rg3
33. Rxg3 Qxg3 34. Nf3 Nxe5 35. Nxe5 Qxe5 36. Rxb7 Rf4 37. g3 Rf2 38. Qc1 h6 39.
Qg1 Qe2 {Maróczy joined the lead with Alekhine.} 0-1

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1923.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Saemisch, Fritz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D64"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1923.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Rc1 c6 8. Qc2
a6 9. a4 h6 10. Bh4 Re8 11. Bd3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 c5 13. dxc5 Qa5 14. c6 $1 bxc6
15. O-O Nb6 16. Ba2 (16. Bd3 $1 {gains a plus.}) 16... Bb7 17. e4 c5 18. Bb1
Nfd7 19. Bxe7 Rxe7 20. Rfd1 Rc8 21. e5 Nf8 22. Ne4 $5 Bxe4 $1 23. Qxe4 Qxa4 24.
Rd6 Qb5 25. Bd3 c4 26. Bf1 Nfd7 27. Qd4 Qc5 28. Rd1 Qxd4 29. Nxd4 Rc7 30. Ra1
Nc8 31. f4 Nb8 $6 (31... Ndb6 32. Rxa6 Red7 33. Nb5 Nxd6 34. Nxc7 Ndc8 {
equalises.}) 32. Rd8+ Kh7 33. Rc1 Red7 34. Rxd7 Nxd7 35. Bxc4 g6 36. Nb3 Nb8
37. Kf2 Nb6 38. Be2 Rxc1 39. Nxc1 {White has kept a positional plus despite
the exchanges.} Kg7 40. Ke3 Nd5+ $6 (40... g5 41. g3 f6 {brings exchanges.})
41. Ke4 Nd7 42. Nb3 {Rubinstein threatens the assailable pawn.} Nc7 $2 {
Sämisch misses his last drawing chance.} (42... Nb4 $1 43. Kd4 $5 f6 44. Nc5 $6
Nc6+ 45. Kc4 Na5+ {leads to perpetual check.}) 43. Kd4 $1 Nb6 ({The pointe is} 
43... f6 44. Nc5 $1) 44. Nc5 a5 45. Nb7 a4 46. Nc5 $1 {The a-pawn will fall.}
Ncd5 47. g3 Nb4 ({Or} 47... Nc7 $1 48. Ne4 $1 Nbd5 49. Kc5) 48. Bd1 Nc6+ 49.
Ke4 Kf8 50. Bxa4 Nxa4 51. Nxa4 Ke8 52. Nc5 Kd8 53. Kd3 Kc7 54. h4 h5 55. Ne4
Kb6 56. Ng5 Nd8 57. Kc4 Kc6 58. b4 Kb6 59. b5 Kc7 60. Kc5 Nb7+ 61. Kb4 Nd8 62.
Ne4 1-0

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1923.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Treybal, Karel"]
[Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1923.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 c5 4. c3 d5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O Be7 7. Nbd2 cxd4 8.
cxd4 O-O 9. Nb3 a5 10. Bf4 Qb6 11. a4 Bd7 12. Ne5 Be8 13. Be3 Rc8 14. Nd3 Ng4
15. Bd2 $5 {A capture on d2 brings little advantage, because a5 falls 
(Teichmann).} Qa7 16. h3 Nf6 17. Qe1 Ne4 18. Bc3 $6 b6 19. f3 $6 Nxc3 20. bxc3
Nd8 21. f4 f5 22. Ne5 $2 (22. Qd2 Nf7 23. Rfc1 {strengthens the defence of the
weakness c3.}) 22... Nf7 23. g4 Nxe5 24. fxe5 Bg6 25. gxf5 Bxf5 26. Rf3 Qd7 27.
Nd2 Bg5 {White faces a positional disaster. He gives a pawn in vain.} 28. e4 $5
Bxd2 29. Qxd2 dxe4 30. Re3 Rc4 31. Bxe4 Bxe4 32. Rxe4 Rxa4 33. Rxa4 Qxa4 {A
weakness has succumbed.} 34. Re3 Qc4 35. Qe2 Qd5 36. Qg2 Qxg2+ 37. Kxg2 b5 38.
Re2 b4 39. cxb4 axb4 40. Rb2 Rb8 41. Rb3 Kf7 42. Kf3 g5 43. Ke4 Rb5 44. Rf3+
Ke7 45. Rb3 Kd7 46. Kd3 Kc6 47. Ke4 Rb8 48. d5+ exd5+ 49. Kf5 Kc5 50. e6 Kd6 (
50... Kc4 $1 {wins faster (Teichmann).}) 51. Kf6 Rf8+ 52. Kxg5 Kxe6 53. Rxb4
Rf5+ 54. Kh6 Rf7 55. h4 Ke5 56. Rb8 d4 57. Re8+ Kf4 58. Rd8 Ke3 59. Re8+ Kd2
60. Rh8 d3 61. Rxh7 Rxh7+ 62. Kxh7 Ke3 63. h5 d2 64. h6 d1=Q 65. Kg7 Qd4+ 66.
Kg8 Qd8+ {Bogoljubow joined the leaders, because Alekhine and Maróczy drew
their games.   The super tournament was played in the Helenenhof Imperial
Hotel. Alekhine showed great fighting chess and took the lead. But tailender
Spielmann defeated him in the penultimate round and Maróczy caught up.
Bogoljubow joined the lead in the last round (111/2/17). Réti and Grünfeld
followed by one point (101/2). Nimzowitsch and Treybal scored ten points.} 0-1

[Event "Maehrisch-Ostrau"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1923.07.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1923.??.??"]

{A tournament was played in Mährisch- Ostrau from 1-18 vii 1923. The event was
sponsored by the Witkowitzer Eisenwerke. So a contract of Emanuel Lasker could
be afforded. All players stayed in Hotel Royal. The tournament was opened and
played in Witkowitz, a suburb of Ostrava.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4.
Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Nd2 (6. e5 {leads to the main line.}) 6... Bc5 7. e5
$5 Qe7 8. Qe2 Nd5 9. Nb3 O-O 10. Bd2 a5 11. O-O-O $2 {Tartakower plays
recklessly.} ({Better is} 11. Nxc5 Qxc5 12. c4) 11... Bb6 12. c4 a4 13. Na1 {
Rubinstein can start a dangerous attack.} a3 $2 (13... Nb4 $1 {bings a plus 
(Teichmann).}) 14. Nc2 $1 axb2+ 15. Kb1 d6 16. cxd5 Bf5 17. Bc3 Rfe8 $2 (17...
cxd5 $1 18. Rxd5 Be6 19. Nb4 Bxd5 20. Nxd5 Qe6 {gets payoff for the piece.})
18. g4 Bg6 19. f4 Ra3 20. Bb4 Re3 21. Qd2 Bxc2+ 22. Qxc2 cxd5 23. Bd3 c5 24.
Bd2 Rh3 25. Bb5 Rd8 26. Rde1 g6 27. Bc6 dxe5 28. Rxe5 Qf6 29. Bxd5 Bc7 30. g5
Qb6 31. Bxf7+ Kxf7 32. Qc4+ Kf8 33. Re6 Rxd2 34. Rxb6 Bxb6 35. Qe6 1-0

[Event "Maehrisch-Ostrau"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1923.07.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Reti, Richard"]
[Black "Hromadka, Karel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1923.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. g3 e5 4. Bg2 c6 5. d3 Be7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. b3
Qc7 9. Bb2 Re8 10. Qc2 Bf8 11. Rfd1 {Réti develops his pieces on the flanks
quietly.} g6 12. d4 Bg7 13. c5 {The centre lies under attack.} exd4 14. cxd6
Qxd6 15. Nc4 Qc7 16. Nxd4 Nb6 17. Ne3 a6 18. a4 Be6 $6 {Black allows a bad
exchange.} 19. Nxe6 Rxe6 20. a5 Nbd7 21. Bh3 Rd6 22. Rxd6 Qxd6 23. Rd1 Qc7 $4 {
Black blunders a piece.} ({Right is} 23... Qe7 24. Nc4 Nc5 {(Becker).}) 24.
Bxd7 Nxd7 25. Nd5 $1 Qxa5 26. Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "Maehrisch-Ostrau"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1923.07.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1923.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 $6 ({The direct} 12. d5 {
avoids a weakening.}) 12... Bg6 13. d5 c6 $1 {A series of six black pawn moves
will disarrange the white position.} 14. Bc4 $6 {White spoils time.} ({Wiser is
} 14. Bf1 {(Wolf - Cohn, Nürnberg 1906).}) 14... Rc8 $1 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Bd3
$6 (16. Nh4 $1 {aspires to exchange Bg6.}) 16... Ne6 17. Bc1 Nc5 18. Nd2 h5 $1
{The kingside is weakened.} 19. Ba3 Ne6 20. Nc4 c5 $1 21. Bc1 hxg4 22. hxg4 Nh7
23. Kg2 Nhg5 24. f3 Rcd8 25. Nb2 d5 $1 26. exd5 Rxd5 27. c4 Rd4 $1 {The centre
pawn needs no protection.} 28. Be3 ({A spectacle brings} 28. Rxe5 Qf6 29. Rd5
Bxd3 30. Bxg5 Rxg4+ $1 31. fxg4 Be4+ 32. Kg3 Nxg5 33. Rd6 Qe5+ 34. Kh4 Qh2+ 35.
Kxg5 f6+ 36. Rxf6 gxf6#) 28... Rd6 29. Qe2 e4 $1 30. fxe4 Nxe4 31. Qf3 N4g5 32.
Qg3 Qb7+ 33. Kf1 Rb6 34. Na4 Bxd3+ 35. cxd3 f5 $1 36. Bxg5 ({Or} 36. Nxb6 f4 $1
{(Tartakower).}) 36... fxg4+ 37. Kg1 Nxg5 38. Nxb6 Nf3+ 39. Kf2 Nxe1+ {Akiba
won by successive breakthroughs.} 0-1

[Event "Maehrisch-Ostrau"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1923.07.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Hromadka, Karel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1923.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. d3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3
Nd4 9. Qg3 $1 Qe7 (9... Nxc2+ $6 10. Kd1 Nxa1 11. Qxg7 Kd7 12. fxe5 dxe5 13.
Rf1 {leads to a forceful offensive (Chigorin - Pillsbury, Hastings 1895).}) 10.
fxe5 dxe5 11. Kd1 c6 12. a4 Rg8 $5 (12... Nh5 {has been played in Mieses -
Leonhardt, London 1905.}) 13. Rf1 h6 $6 ({Tartakower likes the prompt} 13...
O-O-O $1) 14. Ne2 O-O-O 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. c3 $1 Bb6 17. a5 $1 Bc7 18. Be3 Kb8
19. Kc2 Ka8 20. Rf3 Nd5 21. Bg1 Nf4 $2 (21... Nf6 $1 {keeps the f-file closed.}
) 22. Qf2 Bb8 23. g3 $1 Nxh3 24. Rxf7 Qd6 25. Qb6 $3 {The attack on the king
is crowned by a queen sacrifice.} Rd7 ({The pointe is} 25... axb6 26. axb6+ Ba7
27. Rxa7+ Kb8 28. Rfxb7+ Kc8 29. Ba6) 26. Bc5 Rxf7 27. Bxd6 Rf2+ 28. Qxf2 Nxf2
29. Bc5 {Rubinstein got the first brilliance prize for this game. He scored
poorly in the event but won two wonderful games.} 1-0

[Event "Maehrisch-Ostrau"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1923.07.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Black "Reti, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1923.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nge2 O-O 8.
O-O Ne8 9. Bf4 $5 {Theory is the exchange of bishops.} Nb4 10. Ng3 Nxd3 11.
Qxd3 c6 12. Rae1 Nd6 13. Nd1 Be6 14. Ne3 Qd7 15. b3 Rfe8 16. Bxd6 $6 {
Spielmann takes positional risks in this game.} Bxd6 17. f4 f6 18. f5 Bf7 19.
Rf3 Qc7 20. Ref1 c5 $1 21. c4 dxc4 22. Nxc4 cxd4 23. Nxd6 $1 Qxd6 24. Rf4 Rad8
25. Ne2 Re3 26. Qd2 Re5 27. Nxd4 Rd5 28. Rd1 g5 29. fxg6 hxg6 30. Qf2 Qc5 31.
h4 f5 32. Kh2 Kh7 33. Rd2 Qd6 34. Nxf5 $4 gxf5 {Suddenly Spielmann collapsed.}
0-1

[Event "Maehrisch-Ostrau"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1923.07.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Selezniev, Alexey Sergeevich"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1923.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c4 Bf5 7. Nc3 Qc8 8. Re1
Bh3 9. Bh1 h6 10. e4 Bg4 11. Be3 Nc6 12. Qd2 Kh7 13. d5 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Ne5 15.
Be2 Qh3 16. f3 $1 {The manoeuvring has led to an equal position.} g5 $6 {Black
weakens the kingside.} (16... c5 {strengthens his pawn structure.}) 17. Nd1 Qd7
18. Nf2 Rg8 $6 {Euwe loses time.} 19. Rac1 c5 20. Nd3 Ne8 21. Kh1 Nc7 22. Rg1
b5 $2 (22... Nxd3 23. Bxd3 Kh8 $1 24. Rgf1 a5 {defends properly.}) 23. Nxe5
Bxe5 24. f4 $1 Bf6 25. cxb5 $1 Rab8 ({Or} 25... gxf4 26. Bxf4 $1 Nxb5 27. Bd3
$1 Be5 28. Bxb5 Qxb5 29. Bxe5 dxe5 30. Qc3 f6 31. Qxc5 Qxc5 32. Rxc5 {and
White has gained a pawn too.}) 26. Bd3 Kh8 27. Qe2 g4 28. a4 a6 29. b4 axb5 30.
axb5 cxb4 31. b6 Na8 32. Rc6 b3 33. Rb1 b2 34. Ba6 e6 35. Qd3 Rgd8 36. Bd4 Qe7
37. Bxb2 exd5 38. Bxf6+ Qxf6 39. exd5 Qe7 40. b7 Nc7 41. Qc3+ Kg8 42. Re1 Nxd5
43. Rxe7 1-0

[Event "Maehrisch-Ostrau"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1923.07.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hromadka, Karel"]
[Black "Gruenfeld, Ernst"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1923.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 {Grünfeld liked to prepare sharp black openings. Hromádka
drew with 2. e5 in their previous game.} d5 3. exd5 Nxd5 4. Bc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6.
O-O Be7 7. d4 Nxc3 8. bxc3 O-O 9. Ne5 Qc7 10. Re1 $2 (10. Bd3 {keeps the white
pawn structure intact (Spielmann - Nimzowitsch, San Sebastian 1911).}) 10...
cxd4 11. Qxd4 Bf6 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. Qe4 g6 14. f4 Bd7 15. Rb1 Rab8 16. Kh1 Rfd8
17. Bd2 Bg7 18. Qe3 b6 19. Qg3 Be8 20. h4 $5 {White makes a flight forwards.}
Rbc8 21. Re2 Nxe5 22. fxe5 Rd5 23. c4 Rdd8 24. h5 f5 25. c3 Bf8 26. Rf1 Rd7 27.
Rf3 Qd8 28. Qh3 Rdc7 29. Rg3 Rd7 30. Bg5 Be7 31. Bh6 $5 Bh4 32. Rf3 Bg5 33.
hxg6 hxg6 34. Bxg5 Qxg5 35. Qg3 Qh6+ 36. Kg1 g5 37. Bxf5 $5 exf5 38. Rxf5 Rxc4
39. e6 Rd1+ 40. Kf2 Rc5 41. Rxc5 bxc5 42. Qg4 Qf6+ 43. Qf3 Kg7 44. e7 Rd3 0-1

[Event "Maehrisch-Ostrau"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1923.07.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1923.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. Qc1 h6 5. h3 b6 6. Nc3 Bb7 7. Qd2 a6 8. Rd1
e6 9. Qc1 d6 10. g3 Nbd7 {Both players apply an eccentric prudence. It will
take many moves until the game really starts.} 11. Bg2 Qe7 12. Nh4 Bxg2 13.
Nxg2 e5 ({The timid Euwe does not dare to play the ambitious} 13... g5 $1) 14.
dxe5 dxe5 15. Be3 Qe6 16. f3 O-O-O 17. Kf2 g5 18. b4 Nb8 19. Qa3 Rxd1 20. Nxd1
Qf5 21. Nc3 Rd8 22. g4 $5 {Suddenly, Lasker takes the initiative. Euwe
complies.} Qxc2 $5 23. Rc1 Qg6 24. b5 a5 $2 ({Better is} 24... Kb7 $1) 25. Bxb6
$1 Nxg4+ $1 ({Not} 25... cxb6 $2 26. Nd5+ Kb7 27. Rc7+ Ka8 28. Nxb6#) 26. hxg4
Qxb6+ 27. Kf1 h5 $5 28. Qb3 $1 (28. gxh5 g4 $1 29. fxg4 Bh6 {allows a raid.})
28... Qe6 $5 29. Qxe6+ fxe6 30. gxh5 {A poor endgame begins for Black.} Rh8 {
He wants to restore his position.} 31. Kf2 Rxh5 32. Ne4 Bf8 33. Kg3 Rh8 34. Ne3
Bb4 35. Nc4 Rd8 $5 36. Kg4 Kb7 37. Kxg5 $2 {White takes a weak pawn too early.}
({Right is} 37. a3 Be7 38. a4 Bb4 39. Nxe5) 37... c6 $1 38. b6 Nd7 39. Kg6 Nxb6
40. Nxe5 Nd5 41. Nxc6 Nf4+ 42. Kg5 Rf8 43. Nxb4 axb4 44. Rc2 Rf5+ $5 45. Kg4
Kb6 46. Nd6 Rf8 47. Rc8 Rf6 48. Kg5 Nd5 49. Rc2 $1 (49. e4 Rxf3 50. exd5 exd5
51. Ra8 b3 $1 {brings too many pawn exchanges.}) 49... Rf8 50. Kg6 Nc3 51. Nc4+
Kc5 (51... Kb5 $1 52. Nd6+ Ka4 {moves towards the a-pawn.}) 52. Ne5 Ra8 53.
Nd3+ Kb5 54. Nc1 Rf8 55. Kg7 Rf5 56. a3 $1 Ka4 $2 {Max lets the opportunity
slip.} (56... Nd5 $1 57. Nb3 $5 bxa3 $1 58. Nd4+ Kb4 59. Nxf5 exf5 60. e4 Kb3
61. Rc1 fxe4 62. fxe4 Nc3 63. e5 Kb2 {draws.}) 57. axb4 Kxb4 58. Na2+ $1 Nxa2
59. Rxa2 {The rook ending is won for White.} Kc3 ({Or} 59... Kb5 60. Rc2 $1)
60. Ra4 $1 Re5 61. e4 Rb5 62. f4 Kd3 63. Kf6 Ke3 64. e5 Rb6 65. f5 1-0

[Event "Maehrisch-Ostrau"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1923.07.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Wolf, Heinrich"]
[Black "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C14"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1923.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Qd2 O-O 8.
f4 c5 9. Nb5 Nc6 10. c3 f6 11. Nf3 fxe5 $2 (11... a6 12. Nd6 cxd4 13. cxd4 {
(Kostro - Bednarski, Polanica Zdroj 1968)} g5 $1 {gives sufficient
counteraction.}) 12. fxe5 a6 13. Nd6 {This position also occurred in Walbrodt
- Lipke, Kiel 1893.} b5 14. Be2 cxd4 15. cxd4 Nb6 16. b3 Bd7 17. O-O h6 18.
Rac1 Rab8 19. Bd3 Nc8 20. Bb1 $1 Nxd6 21. exd6 Qxd6 22. Qd3 Rf5 23. Nh4 Rbf8
24. Nxf5 exf5 25. Rc5 Qf6 26. a3 Ne7 27. b4 Kh8 28. Rd1 Ng6 29. Qg3 Nh4 30. Qe5
Qg5 31. Qg3 Qh5 32. Re1 f4 33. Qf2 f3 34. g3 Ng2 35. Re5 Qg4 36. h3 $1 Qxh3 37.
Qxf3 $1 {Wolf got the second beauty prize.} ({The pointe is} 37. Qxf3 Rxf3 38.
Rc8+ $1) 1-0

[Event "Maehrisch-Ostrau"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1923.07.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Reti, Richard"]
[Black "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1923.??.??"]

{Lasker and Réti share the lead by 61/2/8. The decisive game begins.} 1. Nf3 d5
2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 b5 6. a4 b4 7. Na2 e6 8. Bxc4 Be7 9. O-O
O-O 10. Qe2 Nbd7 $5 {They play a quiet Slav Defence.} 11. b3 a5 12. Bb2 c5 13.
Rfd1 Qb6 14. Nc1 Ba6 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Ne5 Bxc4 17. Nxc4 Qa6 18. Bd4 Rfc8 $5 {
Lasker discontinues the exchanges.} 19. Bxc5 Bxc5 20. Qf3 Be7 21. Nd3 Nd5 22.
Nde5 Bf6 23. e4 Nc3 $1 {A battle begins.} 24. Rd6 Qb7 25. Re1 Bxe5 26. Nxe5 Qc7
27. Nc4 e5 $6 {Emanuel starts a "Schwindel".} 28. Qf5 $1 {Lasker likes to
smoke cigars full of opium during a game. About this time, his wife Martha
prepares one. White threatens 29. Rd7. She has heard rumours and worries. He
says it's alright.} Ne2+ $5 {Lasker plays fast under time pressure.} 29. Kf1 $2
({Tartakower analyses} 29. Rxe2 Qxd6 30. Qxf7+ $1 Kh8 $1 31. Qd5 $1) ({Best is
} 29. Kh1 $1 Nd4 30. Qxe5 Nxb3 31. Nb6 Qc3 32. Qxc3 bxc3 33. Nxa8 c2 34. h3 {
and White gains a pawn (Tarrasch).}) 29... Nd4 $1 30. Qxe5 Nxb3 31. Nb6 Nd2+ $1
32. Kg1 Nc4 $1 33. Nxc4 Qxc4 34. Qf5 Rab8 35. e5 $2 (35. Qxa5 Qxe4 $1 36. Rdd1
$1 {shapes a firm defensive screen against the b-pawn.}) 35... b3 36. e6 fxe6
37. Rdxe6 Rf8 38. Qe5 Qc2 39. f4 b2 40. Re7 Qg6 41. f5 Qf6 42. Qd5+ Kh8 43. Rb7
Qc3 $1 {Lasker had won the crucial game of the tournament.} 0-1

[Event "Maehrisch-Ostrau"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1923.07.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Wolf, Heinrich"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B83"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1923.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. Be2 e6 {This opening
was played in Gossip - Paulsen, Breslau 1889. Max applied it for the first
time in London 1922. Several times it was used in Scheveningen 1923.} 7. Be3
Be7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. f3 $5 Qc7 11. Rfd1 b5 12. Bf1 Bb7 13. Rac1 Na5 14.
Qf2 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Qxc4 {We recognize standard procedures of the Scheveningen.}
16. Nb3 Rac8 17. Bb6 Ba8 $5 {Black prepares an attack on the queenside by a
queen sacrifice.} 18. Na5 Qb4 19. Rb1 d5 $1 20. e5 Nd7 21. Rd4 Nxb6 22. Rxb4
Bxb4 23. Nb3 Nc4 24. Qd4 a5 25. Nxb5 a4 26. c3 $2 ({Right is} 26. a3 $1 Be7 27.
Qa7 axb3 28. Qxe7 bxc2 29. Rc1 Nxe5 30. Nd4 {and White stops the passed pawns.}
) 26... Be7 27. Qa7 axb3 28. Qxe7 bxa2 29. Ra1 Rb8 30. Qd7 Nxe5 31. Qd6 Rxb5
32. Qxe5 Rxb2 33. c4 Rc2 34. Qc7 dxc4 35. Qa5 Bd5 36. Qa4 Rb2 37. Rxa2 Rxa2 38.
Qxa2 c3 39. Qa3 c2 $1 40. Qc3 Bb3 41. Kf2 h6 42. Ke2 Rd8 {This time the pawn
cannot be stopped.} 43. Qc7 Rd1 44. Qb8+ Kh7 45. Qxb3 c1=N+ $1 {Euwe had also
defeated Hromádka with the Scheveningen (in the first round).} 0-1

[Event "Maehrisch-Ostrau"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1923.07.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C32"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1923.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. d3 Nf6 5. dxe4 Nxe4 6. Nf3 Bc5 7. Qe2 Bf5 $5 8.
g4 $2 {Spielmann wants to refute the novelty in Falkbeer's Counter Gambit.} ({
Appropriate is} 8. Nc3 {(Stoltz - Richter, Swinemunde 1932).}) 8... O-O $1 {
But Tarrasch finds the refutation.} 9. gxf5 Re8 $1 10. Bg2 Nf2 11. Ne5 Nxh1 12.
Bxh1 Nd7 13. Nc3 f6 14. Ne4 fxe5 15. Nxc5 Nxc5 16. fxe5 Qh4+ $1 17. Kf1 Rf8 $1
{White has no proper defence.} 18. Kg1 Qd4+ 19. Be3 Qxe5 20. Re1 Nd7 21. Qc4
Kh8 22. Be4 Rae8 23. Bd4 Qf4 24. Re2 Nf6 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. h3 Rg8+ 0-1

[Event "Maehrisch-Ostrau"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1923.07.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Walter, Max"]
[Black "Gruenfeld, Ernst"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1923.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Bf4 e6 7. e3 Bd6 8. Bg3
O-O 9. Bd3 a6 10. Rc1 Qe7 11. Bh4 Qd8 12. Ng5 Be7 13. f4 h6 14. Nf3 Ng4 15.
Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Qe2 Nf5 17. Nd1 Bd7 18. O-O Ba4 19. b3 Bb5 20. Ne5 Bxd3 21. Qxd3
Nxe5 22. fxe5 Qg5 23. Rc7 Rab8 24. Rf3 f6 25. exf6 Rxf6 26. Rc2 Rbf8 27. Nf2
Qg6 28. Rf4 $2 {Walter only thinks about the defence but he makes a technical
error anyway.} ({Better is} 28. Kh1) 28... Nxe3 $1 29. Qxg6 Rxg6 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8
31. Rc8+ Ke7 32. g3 Kd7 33. Rc3 Nf5 34. Rd3 h5 35. Kg2 Kd6 36. Nh3 h4 37. Nf4
Rg5 38. Kh3 hxg3 39. hxg3 Nh6 40. Rd2 e5 41. dxe5+ Rxe5 42. Kg2 Ng4 43. Kf3 Nf6
44. b4 g5 45. Nd3 Re4 46. a3 g4+ 47. Kg2 Re3 48. Nc5 b6 49. Rd3 Rf3 0-1

[Event "Maehrisch-Ostrau"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1923.07.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Black "Pokorny, Amos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1923.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 dxc4 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 c5 6. e3 Nf6 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O
Qc7 9. Qe2 Bd6 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Rac1 Rd8 12. Rfd1 $4 ({Correct is} 12. dxc5 Bxc5
13. Rfd1 {(Nill - Krush, Yerevan 1999).}) 12... cxd4 13. exd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4
Bxh2+ 15. Kf1 Rxd4 16. Ba2 Bd7 17. g3 Bc6 $2 ({The bold} 17... Qc6 $1 18. Nd5
$1 exd5 19. Rxc6 Bh3+ 20. Ke1 bxc6 {will win.}) 18. Bg5 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Bxg3 $6
20. Bxf6 $1 Qf4 21. Rd3 Qxf2+ 22. Qxf2 Bxf2 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Kxf2 h5 {Black
still has winning chances.} 25. Bb1 $6 f5 26. Bc2 Kf6 27. Bd1 Rg8 28. Bf3 {The
long-winded manoeuvre of the white bishop has lost time.} Bxf3 29. Kxf3 $6 (29.
Rxf3 $1 Rg4 30. a5 h4 31. b3 {offers stubborn resistance.}) 29... Rg4 30. b3
Rb4 31. Na2 Rb6 32. a5 Rb5 33. b4 b6 34. axb6 Rxb6 35. Rb3 Kg5 36. Nc3 h4 37.
Rb1 Rd6 38. Rg1+ Kf6 39. Ke3 e5 40. Ra1 f4+ 41. Ke2 Kf5 42. Rh1 Rh6 43. Kf3 Rd6
44. Ke2 Rd4 45. b5 axb5 46. Nxb5 Rb4 47. Nd6+ Ke6 48. Ne8 Rb2+ 49. Kf3 Rb3+ 50.
Kg2 Rg3+ 51. Kf2 h3 52. Re1 Rg2+ 53. Kf3 Rg6 54. Nc7+ Kf5 55. Nd5 e4+ 56. Kf2
Rg2+ 57. Kf1 Rg7 58. Nc3 h2 59. Kf2 e3+ 0-1

[Event "Maehrisch-Ostrau"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1923.07.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Wolf, Heinrich"]
[Black "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1923.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Nge2 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. h3
Ne8 $5 {Lasker plays a new move in the Closed Sicilian Defence. The chances
are about equal.} 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Kh2 Bd7 11. Qd2 Rc8 12. Nd1 Bc6 13. Ng1 $6 d5
$1 {Emanuel becomes active.} 14. c3 Ne6 15. exd5 Bxd5 16. f3 $6 Nd6 17. Nf2 $6
Nf5 {Lasker puts his minor pieces on active positions, while White stays
passive.} 18. Ng4 Qd6 19. Ne2 h5 20. Nh6+ Nxh6 21. Bxh6 h4 $1 {The initiative
changes into an attack.} 22. Bxg7 Nxg7 23. Qf4 hxg3+ 24. Qxg3 e5 $1 25. Kh1
Rfe8 26. Rfd1 Qf6 27. Qf2 Ne6 28. Rd2 Kg7 29. Kh2 Rcd8 30. a3 Rh8 31. Re1 $6 (
31. Qe3 {controls square f4.}) 31... Ng5 32. Ng1 Qf4+ $1 33. Kh1 Bxf3 $1 {
Black takes the fortress by violence.} 34. Bxf3 Nxh3 $1 35. Qe3 Ng5+ $1 {
Lasker attacked beautifully.} 0-1

[Event "Maehrisch-Ostrau"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1923.07.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C33"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1923.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 $1 5. Bb3 $5 {He diverts from the
Karlsbad 1923 game.} d5 $1 {Bogoljubow plays an important novelty in the
Bishop's Gambit.} 6. exd5 cxd5 7. d4 Bd6 {Black has gained an edge, a poor
result for the Knight of the King's Gambit, Rudolf Spielmann.} 8. Nge2 O-O 9.
O-O g5 $5 10. Nxd5 Nc6 {It looks if Black can start a decisive attack by his
pawn majority on the kingside, but that is far from true.} 11. c3 Nxd5 12. Bxd5
Ne7 13. Be4 f5 $5 14. Bd3 b6 $6 ({Preferable is} 14... Be6) 15. Bd2 Ng6 16.
Qb3+ $1 {White has even gained a plus.} Kg7 17. c4 h5 $5 18. Rac1 $6 (18. Rae1
$1 h4 19. Bc3 {takes control over the centre.}) 18... h4 19. c5 $5 bxc5 20.
dxc5 Rb8 21. Qa3 Be5 22. c6 $6 (22. Ba5 $1 Bxb2 23. Bc3+ $1 Bxc3 24. Qxc3+ Qf6
25. Nd4 {gives more counter-play.}) 22... Rxb2 23. Bc3 Qb6+ 24. Kh1 Bxc3 25.
Qxc3+ {White gambles on the power of his passed pawn.} Kh6 26. Bc4 Re8 27. Rfe1
$2 (27. Ng1 $1 g4 $5 {(Becker)} 28. Bb3 Rf2 29. Rxf2 Qxf2 30. Rc2 {offers
strong resistance.}) 27... f3 $1 28. Qxf3 Re3 29. Qd5 h3 30. gxh3 Re5 $6 (30...
Be6 $1 {wins quickly.}) 31. Qd6 Qe3 32. Qd3 Qf2 33. Qg3 Qb6 34. Bf7 Rbxe2 35.
Rxe2 Rxe2 36. Qd6 Be6 $1 {Bogoljubow strikes.} 37. Bxg6 ({The pointe is} 37.
Bxe6 Qe3 $1) 37... Qf2 38. Qg3 Bd5+ {Rudolf lost again in the King's Gambit.  
Lasker won the tournament gloriously. Réti followed by one point. The other
prizes went to Grünfeld, Selezniev, Tartakower, Euwe, Tarrasch and Bogoljubow.
Spielmann and Rubinstein won no prizes. Spielmann complained about his lack of
success in the King's Gambit.} 0-1

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Janowsky, Dawid"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D67"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1924.??.??"]

{A visit of Alekhine to New York led to a contact with Harry Latz of the
Alamac Hotel on New Year/^s Eve. The super tournament New York 1924 was
organized within two months. Main competitors were world champion José
Capablanca and his predecessor Emanuel Lasker. Lasker tried to travel from
Finland, but his ferry stuck in the ice. The 56-years-old Emanuel left the
boat and walked many miles to a railway station. He arrived timely in Hamburg
and met Alekhine, Bogoljubow, Maróczy, Réti, Tartakower and Yates. They
steamed with the SS Cleveland on 28 February and joined Capablanca, Marshall,
Janowsky and Edward Lasker in New York. Only Rubinstein and Nimzowitsch were
missing from the top players.  The tournament was played in two cycles from 6
iii until 18 iv 1924. Fifteen minutes before each round, the number of the
round was drawn in order to lessen the influence of preparation. It had a poor
effect. Geurt Gijssen counted five times White and five times Black in a row
for Yates. The games by Lasker and Capablanca have been analysed.   Lasker got
$1500 for his first prize and generous payment for expenses. He still
complained and was not invited for New York 1927. Capablanca gained $1000,
compensation for costs and an extra fee.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3
Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. h4 $5 f6 $1 {
White wants to attack, bu Black takes over.} 11. Bf4 Nxf4 12. exf4 Nb6 13. Bb3
Nd5 14. g3 Qe8 15. Qd3 Qh5 16. Bd1 Bb4 17. O-O Bxc3 $5 {Capablanca suffers
from influenza and wants to draw quickly.} 18. bxc3 Nxf4 $1 19. gxf4 Qg4+ 20.
Kh1 (20. Kh2 $4 Qxf4+ {costs a rook.}) 20... Qh3+ 21. Kg1 Qg4+ {Lasker started
with a bye.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C66"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1924.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 Bd7 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. O-O exd4 7. Nxd4 Be7 8.
b3 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bxb5 10. Nxb5 Nd7 11. Ba3 a6 12. Nc3 Bf6 13. Qe3 O-O 14. Rad1
Bxc3 $5 ({Capa improves on} 14... Nb6 $2 15. f4 $1 {(Maróczy-Wolf, Monte Carlo
1903).}) 15. Qxc3 Re8 16. Rfe1 ({The initiative is taken by} 16. Bb2 $1 {
Alekhine's} Qg5 $4 {leaves pawn c7 unprotected, but} (16... f6 {creates a fort.
})) 16... Rc8 17. Qh3 Ne5 18. Bb2 Qg5 19. Qg3 Qxg3 20. hxg3 f6 21. f3 Kf7 22.
g4 h6 23. Re2 Nc6 24. Kf2 Re7 25. Bc3 a5 26. Rd5 b6 27. a4 Re6 28. Rd1 Rce8 29.
Red2 Ke7 30. Ke3 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1924.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. e3 Nh5 8.
Bd3 $2 Nxf4 9. exf4 Bd6 10. g3 $6 (10. Qe2+ Qe7 11. Qxe7+ Kxe7 {exchanges a
future attacker.}) 10... O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Qc2 Nf8 13. Nd1 $6 (13. Rfe1 Rxe1+
14. Rxe1 {makes a useful exchange.}) 13... f6 14. Ne3 Be6 15. Nh4 $6 Bc7 16. b4
Bb6 17. Nf3 Bf7 18. b5 $6 ({More helpful is} 18. Rfe1) 18... Bh5 19. g4 Bf7 20.
bxc6 Rc8 21. Qb2 $6 (21. Qd2 {keeps the king closer to his king.}) 21... bxc6
22. f5 Qd6 23. Ng2 Bc7 24. Rfe1 h5 25. h3 Nh7 $1 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Re1 Rb8 28.
Qc1 Ng5 $1 {Lasker benefitted from Black's positional errors and has
accomplished a decisive attack on the kingside.} 29. Ne5 ({The pointe is} 29.
Nxg5 Qh2+ 30. Kf1 fxg5 {(Alekhine).}) 29... fxe5 30. Qxg5 e4 31. f6 g6 32. f4
hxg4 $1 33. Be2 gxh3 34. Bh5 Rb2 $1 35. Nh4 Qxf4 36. Qxf4 Bxf4 0-1

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Black "Lasker, Edward"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1924.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Nc3 c6 6. e3 Qa5 7. Bxf6 Nxf6 8.
Bd3 Bb4 9. Qb3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 O-O 11. O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 b6 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Be2
c5 15. Nc4 Qa6 16. Qb2 Bd5 17. Ne5 Qc8 18. a4 Nd7 19. c4 Be4 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21.
dxc5 bxc5 22. Qe5 Qc6 23. f3 Bg6 24. Rfd1 Rfd8 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Rd1 Rxd1+ 27.
Bxd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1924.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bxf6 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 gxf6
8. Qd2 Nd7 $5 9. c4 Qe4+ 10. Ne2 Nb6 $5 11. f3 Qc6 $2 ({Better is} 11... Qh4+
12. g3 Qh5 13. Nc3 $1 {(Alekhine)} Bd7 $1) 12. c5 Nd5 13. c4 Ne7 14. Nc3 f5 15.
Be2 Rg8 16. O-O Bd7 17. Qe3 b6 18. Rfd1 bxc5 19. d5 $1 {White has driven back
the black pieces and attacks in the centre.} Qd6 20. dxe6 Qxe6 21. Qxc5 Qb6 22.
Qf2 f4 $5 {Alekhine gives a pawn for counter-play.} 23. Rab1 Qxf2+ 24. Kxf2 Bc6
25. Rd4 Ng6 26. Bd3 Nh4 27. Bf1 Ng6 28. Ne2 $2 {White becomes too greedy.} ({
The attack continues with} 28. Nb5 $1 Bxb5 29. Re1+ Kf8 30. cxb5) 28... Ke7 29.
Re1 Rgb8 30. Nxf4+ Kf8 31. Nxg6+ $2 {Capablanca exchanges the wrong pieces.} ({
Minor pieces are kept in} 31. Nd5 $1 Rb2+ 32. Re2 Rxe2+ 33. Bxe2) 31... hxg6
32. Bd3 Rb2+ 33. Re2 Rab8 34. Be4 $5 Rxe2+ 35. Kxe2 Bxe4 36. fxe4 Ke7 37. Rd2
Ke6 38. Ke3 c6 $6 39. h4 (39. c5 $1 Rb5 40. Rd6+ Ke5 41. Rxc6 Ra5 {draws,
according to Alekhine. Notice} 42. Rd6 $1 Rxc5 43. Rd5+ Rxd5 44. exd5 g5 $1 {
and Black holds the pawn ending.}) 39... Rh8 40. g3 Rh5 41. Rh2 Ra5 42. Kf4 f6
43. Rc2 Re5 44. c5 Rh5 45. Rc3 a5 46. Rc2 Re5 47. Rc3 Rh5 48. Kf3 Ke7 49. Kg4
Kf7 50. Rc4 Kg7 51. Rd4 $5 Rxc5 52. Rd7+ Kf8 53. Kf4 Kg8 54. Ra7 Kf8 55. a4 Kg8
56. g4 g5+ 57. hxg5 Rxg5 58. Ra6 Rc5 59. Ke3 Kf7 60. Kd4 Rg5 61. Rxc6 Rxg4 62.
Rc5 Rg5 $1 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Janowsky, Dawid"]
[Black "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B83"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "1924.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. Qd2 a6 10. Rad1 Qc7 11. Nb3 $2 (11. f4 $1 {starts an attack.}) 11...
b5 $1 {Black takes over the initiative.} 12. f3 Rd8 13. Qe1 Ne5 14. Qf2 Rb8 15.
Bd3 Nc4 16. Bc1 Bb7 17. Qg3 Rbc8 18. Rfe1 Nd7 19. f4 Bf6 20. Bxc4 bxc4 21. Nd2
Qa5 22. Ndb1 Nf8 23. Be3 Qb4 24. Bc1 Ng6 25. Qf2 Bh4 $1 26. g3 Bf6 27. a3 Qa5
28. Be3 Qh5 29. Bb6 Rd7 30. Rd2 Bc6 $1 31. Red1 Be7 32. a4 Rb7 33. a5 f5 34.
Qe3 e5 35. Rf1 exf4 36. gxf4 Bf8 37. Nd5 Rf7 38. Nbc3 Re8 39. Qd4 fxe4 40. Qxc4
Bd7 $2 41. Be3 $2 (41. Nxe4 {captures a pawn.}) 41... Nh4 $1 42. Rdf2 Bh3 43.
Nxe4 Qg4+ 44. Ng3 Nf5 45. Rf3 Bxf1 46. Qxf1 Nxe3 47. Nxe3 Qc8 48. Qd3 Qc5 $2
49. Qd2 $2 (49. Ne4 $1 Qxa5 50. Ng5 Qxg5+ 51. fxg5 Rxf3 52. Qd5+ Rf7 {
(Alekhine) leads to great complications.}) 49... d5 50. Kg2 d4 51. Ng4 Bd6 52.
Nf2 Qd5 53. c4 Qxc4 54. Nge4 Qd5 55. Nxd6 Qxd6 56. Nd3 Qd5 57. Kg3 Rf6 58. Kf2
Rh6 59. h3 Rf6 60. Kg3 Rg6+ 61. Kf2 Re3 62. Ne5 Qe4 63. b4 h5 64. Qd1 Rf6 65.
Nd3 g5 66. Nc5 Qd5 67. Nd3 gxf4 68. Nxf4 Qe4 0-1

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1924.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Bb4 8.
Bf3 Nc6 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. Be3 O-O 11. h3 e5 12. Na4 b5 13. Nb6 Rb8 14. Nxc8
Rfxc8 15. a4 Qe7 16. axb5 axb5 17. Ra7 Rb7 18. Rxb7 Qxb7 19. Qd3 h6 20. Rd1 Ra8
21. g3 Qc8 22. Qb3 Be7 23. Kh2 Ra4 24. Qd3 Qe6 25. b3 Ra8 26. Bg2 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Reti, Richard"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1924.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b4 $5 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O d6 8. d3
Nbd7 9. Nbd2 e5 10. Qc2 Re8 11. Rfd1 a5 12. a3 h6 13. Nf1 c5 14. b5 {Réti has
achieved little with his favourite double fianchetto.} ({Exchanges are made in
} 14. Nxe5 $1 Bxg2 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Kxg2 axb4 17. axb4 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 cxb4)
14... Nf8 15. e3 Qc7 16. d4 $5 Be4 17. Qc3 exd4 18. exd4 N6d7 19. Qd2 cxd4 20.
Bxd4 Qxc4 $2 {Black chooses a difficult defence. He will lose the control over
the centre.} 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qb2+ Kg8 23. Rxd6 Qc5 $5 (23... Rac8 24. N1d2
Qc3 {opts for a passive defence.}) 24. Rad1 Ra7 $6 ({Better is} 24... Re7 25.
Ne3 Rae8) 25. Ne3 $1 Qh5 26. Nd4 (26. R1d5 Bxd5 27. g4 Bxf3 28. gxh5 {wins a
queen.}) 26... Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Qe5 28. Nc4 Qc5 ({Or} 28... Qh5 29. Nc6 Rc7 30. f3
$1) 29. Nc6 Rc7 30. Ne3 Ne5 ({Insufficient is} 30... Qh5 31. R1d5 f5 32. Rd4
Re4 33. Nd5) 31. R1d5 {Réti finishes the game elegantly.  Capablanca's defeat
was a sensation, because the world champion had not lost a game since 1916!
His score of 2/5 was disappointing. Lasker had an excellent start with 3/4.} ({
Alekhine analyses} 31. R1d5 Nc4 $1 32. Rxc5 $1 Nxb2 33. Rc2 Na4 34. Nd5 $1) 1-0

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Black "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1924.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. c4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O
Qe8 9. Qe2 Ne4 10. Bxe7 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Qxe7 12. a4 Bxf3 $5 13. Qxf3 Nc6 14. Rfb1
Rae8 15. Qh3 Rf6 16. f4 Na5 17. Qf3 d6 18. Re1 Qd7 19. e4 $1 fxe4 20. Qxe4 g6
21. g3 Kf8 22. Kg2 Rf7 23. h4 d5 $2 ({A fine defence gives} 23... c5 $1) 24.
cxd5 exd5 25. Qxe8+ Qxe8 26. Rxe8+ Kxe8 27. h5 $1 Rf6 (27... gxh5 $2 28. Rh1 {
favours White.}) 28. hxg6 hxg6 29. Rh1 Kf8 30. Rh7 Rc6 ({Not} 30... Rf7 $2 31.
Bxg6 $1) 31. g4 Nc4 $2 ({The surprising} 31... g5 $1 32. fxg5 Rxc3 33. Bf5 Nb3
$1 {saves the game.}) 32. g5 Ne3+ 33. Kf3 Nf5 ({No rescue brings} 33... Nd1 34.
Rh6 Kf7 35. f5 $1 Rxc3 36. fxg6+ Kg8 37. Ke2 $1 Nb2 38. Bf5 {(Alekhine).}) 34.
Bxf5 gxf5 {White has exchanged his strong bishop for a desicive manoeuvre.} 35.
Kg3 $1 Rxc3+ 36. Kh4 Rf3 {Black lacks a serious defence.} 37. g6 $1 Rxf4+ 38.
Kg5 Re4 39. Kf6 $1 {Capablanca has given two pawns for an attack on the king.}
Kg8 40. Rg7+ Kh8 41. Rxc7 Re8 42. Kxf5 Re4 43. Kf6 Rf4+ 44. Ke5 Rg4 45. g7+ Kg8
46. Rxa7 Rg1 47. Kxd5 Rc1 48. Kd6 Rc2 49. d5 Rc1 50. Rc7 Ra1 51. Kc6 Rxa4 52.
d6 {Capa showed inspiration and technics. This game became his turnaround in
the tournament.} 1-0

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Lasker, Edward"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C99"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "206"]
[EventDate "1924.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bd7 14. Nf1 Rfc8 15.
Re2 Nh5 $5 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Nxe5 $1 Bxh3 $1 18. Nxf7 $1 Be6 {Black has fine
compensation for the pawn.} 19. Ng5 Bc4 20. Bd3 Rd8 21. Rc2 Nf4 22. Bxf4 Qxf4
23. Nh3 Qe5 24. Bxc4+ Nxc4 25. Qe2 Rd4 26. f3 Rad8 27. Rac1 Bc5 28. Kh1 Bb4 29.
b3 Nd2 30. Ne3 $6 {Both Laskers miss a combination.} Ba3 $2 ({Correct is} 30...
Nxe4 $1 31. Nf1 $1 Ng3+ 32. Nxg3 Qxg3 33. Rc8) 31. Rd1 Bb4 32. a3 Ba5 33. b4
Bc7 34. f4 $1 Nxe4 $1 35. Kh2 $1 ({Less advantage is gained by} 35. fxe5 Ng3+
36. Kh2 Nxe2 37. Rxc7 Rxd1 38. Nxd1 Rxd1 39. Ng5 {(Alekhine).}) 35... Rxd1 36.
Nxd1 Qe7 37. Rxc7 $2 {This sacrifice has no need.} ({Right is} 37. Ndf2 $1)
37... Qxc7 38. Qxe4 Qc4 39. Qe7 Qc8 40. Ndf2 h6 41. Qa7 $6 ({Alekhine mentions
} 41. Ne4 $1 Re8 42. Qc5 Qxc5 $6 43. Nxc5 Re3 44. Nxa6 Rxa3 45. Nc5 {and White
wins.}) 41... Qe6 42. Qb7 Qd5 43. Qb6 Rd6 44. Qe3 Re6 45. Qc3 Qc4 46. Qf3 Qc6
47. Qd3 Rd6 48. Qb3+ Qd5 49. Qb1 Re6 50. Ng4 $6 Re2 51. Nxh6+ $6 {White takes
great risks.} gxh6 52. Qg6+ Kf8 53. Qxh6+ Ke8 54. Qg6+ Kd8 55. Qg3 Re8 56. Qf2
Rg8 57. Qb2 Qd6 58. Qc3 Kd7 59. Qf3 Kc7 60. Qe4 Rg7 61. Qf5 Re7 62. Ng5 Re3 63.
Ne4 Qe7 64. Nf6 Kb8 65. g3 (65. Nd7+ $1 Kb7 66. g3 $1 Rxa3 67. Qd5+ Kc7 68. Nc5
{draws more easily.}) 65... Rxa3 66. Kh3 Ra1 (66... Qxb4 67. Qe5+ {leads to
perpetual check.}) 67. Nd5 Rh1+ 68. Kg2 Qh7 $5 69. Qxh7 Rxh7 70. Kf3 Kb7 71. g4
Kc6 72. Ke4 Rh8 $6 ({Alekhine regards} 72... Rd7 $1 73. Ne3 a5 74. bxa5 b4 {as
triumphant for Black, but} 75. Nc4 $1 Kb5 76. Nb2 Rd2 77. Nd3 Kc4 78. Nxb4 $1 {
brings a great escape.}) 73. Ne3 Re8+ 74. Kd4 Rd8+ 75. Ke4 a5 76. bxa5 b4 77.
a6 $1 Kc5 78. a7 b3 79. Nd1 Ra8 80. g5 Rxa7 81. g6 Rd7 82. Nb2 Rd2 83. Kf3 Rd8
84. Ke4 Rd2 85. Kf3 Rd8 86. Ke4 Kd6 87. Kd3 Rc8 88. g7 Ke6 89. g8=Q+ Rxg8 90.
Kc4 Rg3 91. Na4 Kf5 92. Kb4 Kxf4 {The draw was a phenomenon at the time.} 93.
Nb2 Ke4 94. Na4 Kd4 95. Nb2 Rf3 96. Na4 Re3 97. Nb2 Ke4 98. Na4 Kf3 99. Ka3 $1
Ke4 100. Kb4 Kd4 101. Nb2 Rh3 102. Na4 Kd3 103. Kxb3 Kd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Black "Yates, Frederick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "1924.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 $5 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. h3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8.
Nd2 Qxc5 9. Nb3 Qb6 10. Be5 e6 11. Nb5 Ne8 12. Bxg7 Nxg7 13. h4 $5 {White
plays a provocative game.} a6 14. Nc3 Nc6 15. Bd3 f5 16. Qd2 Ne5 17. Be2 Nc4
18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. Qd4 Qc7 20. Qc5 $1 Qxc5 (20... Rf7 $1 21. Qxc7 Rxc7 {
activates a rook.}) 21. Nxc5 b6 22. N5a4 Rb8 23. O-O-O b5 24. Nc5 Rb6 25. a4
Nh5 26. b3 $5 cxb3 27. cxb3 bxa4 28. N3xa4 Rc6 29. Kb2 Nf6 30. Rd2 a5 31. Rhd1
Nd5 32. g3 Rf7 33. Nd3 Rb7 34. Ne5 Rcc7 35. Rd4 Kg7 36. e4 $5 fxe4 $6 ({White
seems to have advantages, but} 36... Nf6 $1 37. Nc3 Nd7 $1 38. Nxd7 Bxd7 39. e5
Kf7 {defends solidly.}) 37. Rxe4 Rb5 $2 (37... Kf6 38. f4 Ra7 {keeps the
defence line intact.}) 38. Rc4 Rxc4 39. Nxc4 Bd7 $6 40. Nc3 $1 {This knight
starts a systematic manoeuvre.} Rc5 41. Ne4 Rb5 42. Ned6 Rc5 43. Nb7 Rc7 44.
Nbxa5 {The water wheel movement by the knight has netted a pawn.} Bb5 45. Nd6
Bd7 46. Nac4 Ra7 47. Ne4 h6 48. f4 Be8 49. Ne5 Ra8 50. Rc1 Bf7 51. Rc6 Bg8 52.
Nc5 Re8 53. Ra6 Re7 54. Ka3 Bf7 55. b4 {White makes progress with each move.}
Nc7 56. Rc6 Nb5+ 57. Kb2 Nd4 58. Ra6 Be8 59. g4 Kf6 60. Ne4+ Kg7 61. Nd6 Bb5
62. Ra5 Bf1 63. Ra8 g5 64. fxg5 hxg5 65. hxg5 Bg2 66. Re8 Rc7 67. Rd8 Nc6 68.
Ne8+ $1 Kf8 69. Nxc7+ Nxd8 70. Kc3 Bb7 71. Kd4 Bc8 72. g6 Nb7 73. Ne8 $1 Nd8
74. b5 Kg8 75. g5 Kf8 76. g7+ Kg8 77. g6 {The strangulation has been completed.
} 1-0

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Black "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1924.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 $5 2. Nc3 $5 d5 3. e5 Nfd7 4. d4 e6 5. Nce2 $5 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. f4 Be7
8. Nf3 O-O 9. g3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nb6 11. Bh3 Bd7 12. O-O Rc8 13. g4 $6 {White
begins an unprepared attack.} ({Better is} 13. b3 {and consolidation.}) 13...
f6 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. g5 Be7 16. Kh1 (16. g6 $1 {continues the flight forwards.}
) 16... Nc4 17. Nc3 Bb4 18. Qe2 Re8 19. Qd3 Nd6 20. f5 $6 ({White misses his
last chance for an attack by} 20. g6 h6 21. Ne2 $1) 20... Nxf5 21. Nxd5 Bd6 22.
Bxf5 $2 ({Correct is} 22. Ne3 $1 Qb6 23. Nxf5 exf5 24. Bxf5 Bxf5 25. Qxf5 Nxd4
26. Qd5+) 22... exf5 23. Nf4 $2 Re4 24. Qb3+ Kh8 25. Nh4 Nxd4 26. Qh3 Rc2 27.
g6 Bc6 28. Nf3 h6 29. Ne6 Nxe6 ({An elegant decision brings} 29... Qh4 $1 30.
Qxh4 Rxh4 31. Bf4 Rhxh2+ 32. Bxh2 Rxh2+ 33. Kg1 Ne2#) 30. Bxh6 Rh4 0-1

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Black "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "1924.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d4 $5 exd4 5. Nxd4 Be7 $5 6. O-O a6 7. Nxc6
bxc6 8. Bd3 d6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. f4 Re8 11. Kh1 Nd7 12. Be3 Bf6 13. Qf3 Rb8 14.
Rab1 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Rxb1 16. Rxb1 c5 17. c4 Qe7 18. h3 Nf6 19. Bf2 Bd7 20. e5
dxe5 21. fxe5 Qxe5 22. Bg3 Qe6 23. Bxc7 Bc6 24. Qf5 $2 {Black can win a pawn.}
Qxf5 $2 ({Lasker misses the opportunity} 24... Bxg2+ $1 25. Kxg2 Qc6+ 26. Qf3
Qxc7) 25. Bxf5 Be4 26. Bxe4 Nxe4 27. Rb6 Ra8 28. Rc6 h5 29. Bb6 h4 30. Kg1 Re8
31. Bxc5 Rd8 32. Kf1 $2 ({Right is} 32. Kh2 $1 Rd1 33. Bg1 Ng3 34. Rxa6 {and
Black has to deliver perpetual check some time (Alekhine).}) 32... Rd2 33. a4
Rxc2 34. Bb4 Rf2+ 35. Kg1 ({Terribly ends} 35. Ke1 $2 Rxg2 36. Rxa6 g5 $1 {
(Alekhine).}) 35... Ra2 36. Be1 Rxa4 37. Bxh4 Nd2 38. Bd8 Nxc4 39. g4 Nd2 40.
Rc8 Kh7 41. Ra8 Ra2 42. Kg2 Nb3+ 43. Kg3 Nd4 44. h4 Ra3+ 45. Kf2 Nc6 46. Bc7
Ne7 47. Bd6 Ra2+ 48. Kf3 Nc6 49. Bc7 $6 (49. h5 {makes the h-pawn less
vulnerable.}) 49... Nd4+ 50. Kg3 Ra3+ 51. Kf2 Ra4 52. Kg3 Ne6 53. Bb6 Ra3+ 54.
Kg2 $2 ({The hunt for the white pawn is more difficult after} 54. Kf2) 54...
Nf4+ 55. Kf2 Nd3+ 56. Kg2 Ne5 57. g5 Ng6 58. Bf2 Nf4+ 59. Kh2 Kg6 60. Ra7 a5
61. Bg3 Ra2+ 62. Kh1 Nh5 63. Be5 Ra4 64. Kg2 Rxh4 65. Ra6+ Kxg5 66. Rxa5 Kg6
67. Kf3 f5 68. Bd6 Rd4 69. Bc7 Rc4 70. Bd6 Rc6 71. Bb8 Kg5 0-1

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Black "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1924.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Qb6 5. Qc1 Nc6 6. c3 Bf5 7. dxc5 Qxc5 8.
Nbd2 Rc8 9. Nb3 Qb6 10. Qd2 e6 11. Bd3 Be4 12. Qe2 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Bg5 Bxd3
15. Qxd3 Rfe8 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Rfd1 Red8 18. Qe2 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Rd2 Bf6
21. Rad1 Rc4 22. Nc1 Rdc8 23. Nd3 a5 24. a3 Qc7 25. g3 b5 26. Kg2 Be7 27. Kg1
Bd6 ({The minority attack continues with} 27... b4 $1 28. axb4 axb4 29. cxb4
Qb7 {but Maróczy is happy with a draw.}) 28. Ra1 Qc6 29. Rdd1 h6 30. Qh5 Qc7
31. Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D05"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1924.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 c5 5. b3 Nc6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Nbd2
Qe7 9. Ne5 cxd4 10. exd4 Ba3 11. Bxa3 Qxa3 12. Ndf3 Bd7 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Qd2
Rac8 15. c3 a6 16. Ne5 Bb5 17. f3 $2 ({White gains strong hanging pawns by} 17.
c4 $1 dxc4 18. bxc4 Bc6 19. Qe3) 17... Bxd3 18. Nxd3 Rc7 19. Rac1 Rfc8 20. Rc2
Ne8 21. Rfc1 Nd6 22. Ne5 Qa5 23. a4 $2 ({He protects his weakest pawn in} 23.
Nd3 $1 Nb5 24. Nc5 b6 25. Na4 {but Black keeps an advantage by} Nd6 {(Prins).})
23... Qb6 $1 24. Nd3 $6 (24. b4 a5 25. b5 Nc4 26. Nxc4 Rxc4 27. Ra2 f6 {leads
to a positional horror for White.}) 24... Qxb3 25. Nc5 Qb6 26. Rb2 Qa7 27. Qe1
b6 28. Nd3 Rc4 29. a5 bxa5 30. Nc5 Nb5 31. Re2 $2 {'Boggie' allows a
combination.} Nxd4 $1 32. cxd4 R8xc5 $1 {'Capa' won a fine positional game.}
0-1

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Marshall, Frank"]
[Black "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1924.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Qb3 e6 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. Nf3 Be7 8. e3
Nh5 9. Bg3 O-O 10. Bd3 f5 11. Be5 Nf6 12. Bxf6 Rxf6 13. Rc1 Bd6 14. Na4 Qa5+
15. Nc3 Rb8 16. O-O a6 17. Na4 Bd7 18. Nc5 Qc7 19. Ne5 Be8 20. f4 Qe7 21. a3
Rh6 22. Rf2 g5 23. g3 Kh8 24. Qd1 gxf4 25. Nxc6 bxc6 $2 26. exf4 Qg7 $2 27.
Bxa6 {Lasker has given away a pawn.} Bh5 28. Qd2 Rg8 29. Be2 Be8 30. Qe3 Rf6
31. Bf1 Qe7 32. a4 h5 33. Rg2 h4 34. Nd3 Qa7 35. b3 Rg7 36. Ne5 hxg3 37. hxg3
Qb6 38. a5 Qxa5 39. Nxc6 Qb6 40. Ne5 Rc7 41. Rxc7 Qxc7 42. g4 $1 {Marshall
attacks with great strength.} fxg4 43. Nxg4 Rxf4 44. Qxe6 $2 ({White misses
the win} 44. Bd3 $1 Bh5 45. Nh6 $1 {(Alekhine)} Rf8 46. Nf7+ $1 Rxf7 47. Qh6+
Rh7 48. Bxh7 Qxh7 49. Qf6+) 44... Rxf1+ $1 45. Kxf1 Bb5+ $1 46. Re2 Bxe2+ 47.
Qxe2 Qf7+ 48. Qf2 Kg7 49. Ne3 Bf4 $2 ({Correct is} 49... Bb8 $1 {Black will
exchange the queens and draw.}) 50. Ke2 $1 Qc7 51. Qg2+ Kf8 52. Nxd5 $2 ({Now
White fails to notice} 52. Qxd5 Bxe3 53. Kxe3) 52... Qc2+ 53. Kf3 Bd2 $1 54.
Qf1 Qxb3+ 55. Ke2+ Ke8 56. Qf5 Qc4+ 57. Kxd2 Qxd4+ 58. Ke2 Qc4+ 59. Kf2 Qc5+
60. Kg2 Qd6 61. Kf3 Kd8 62. Ke4 Qe6+ $1 {Lasker escaped after awful blunders.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Reti, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1924.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. Nge2 $5 dxe4 6. a3 Be7 7. Bxf6 gxf6
$5 8. Nxe4 f5 9. N4c3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Bd6 11. O-O-O Qe7 12. Ng3 $5 Qh4 $1 13. Qe1
$1 Nc6 $2 ({Less risks are taken by} 13... O-O) 14. Nxf5 $1 Qf4+ 15. Ne3 Nxd4
16. g3 Qe5 17. Bg2 {White exerts distant pressure by his queen and bishop.} Nc6
$2 ({The ending after} 17... O-O-O {(Alekhine)} 18. Nc4 Qxe1 19. Rhxe1 Nf5 {
offers chances of survival.}) 18. f4 Qg7 19. Nb5 $1 O-O {Black has to lose a
pawn.} 20. Nxd6 cxd6 21. Rxd6 Rfd8 22. Qd2 Be8 23. Rd1 Rdc8 24. f5 $1 e5 25. f6
Qf8 26. Nf5 Kh8 27. Qg5 Rc7 28. Bxc6 Rxc6 29. Rd8 Rcc8 30. Qg7+ $1 Qxg7 31.
fxg7+ Kg8 32. Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Marshall, Frank"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1924.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Nbd2 b6 5. Bc4 O-O 6. Qe2 c5 7. c3 Bb7 8. O-O
d5 9. Bd3 Ne4 $1 10. Bxe4 $6 dxe4 11. Ng5 e5 $1 12. Ngxe4 exd4 13. exd4 Ba6 14.
c4 Qxd4 {Black occupies the centre.} 15. Rb1 $1 Nc6 16. b3 Rad8 17. Bb2 Qd3 18.
Qxd3 Rxd3 19. Nf3 Bxb2 20. Rxb2 {Exchanges have lessened the constraint.} f5
21. Neg5 Re8 22. Nh3 $1 Bb7 23. Nf4 Rd6 24. Nd5 Ne7 (24... Nb4 25. Nxb4 Bxf3
26. gxf3 cxb4 {weakens the white pawn structure, but} 27. Ra1 $1 Rd3 28. a3
bxa3 29. Rxa3 a5 30. c5 {equalises.}) 25. Nc7 Red8 26. Re2 R6d7 27. Ne6 Bxf3
28. gxf3 Rd2 29. Rfe1 Rxe2 30. Rxe2 Rd7 31. Nd8 Kf8 32. Ne6+ Kf7 33. Ng5+ Kg7
34. Ne6+ Kf6 35. Kg2 h6 36. h4 Kf7 37. Nf4 Rd1 38. Re3 $6 ({Okay is} 38. Kg3
Nc6 39. Nd5 $1) 38... Rd4 39. Nd3 $1 ({White has to give a pawn due to} 39. Kg3
$2 g5 $1) 39... Rxh4 40. Ne5+ Kf8 {Black has little winning chances.} ({
Alekhine favours} 40... Kg7 41. Nd7 Ng8 {but} 42. Re6 Rd4 43. Ne5 {is all
right.}) 41. Nd7+ Ke8 42. Ne5 Kd8 43. Nf7+ Kd7 44. Ne5+ Kc7 45. Nf7 Nc6 46. Re6
Rd4 47. Rxg6 Rd2 48. f4 Rxa2 49. Rg7 Nd4 50. Nxh6+ Kc6 51. Nf7 Kd7 52. Ne5+ Ke6
53. Rg6+ Ke7 54. Rg7+ Kf8 55. Rb7 Nxb3 56. Rf7+ Ke8 57. Rxf5 Nd2 58. Rh5 Rc2
59. Rh8+ Ke7 60. f5 Ne4 61. Kf3 Nd6 62. Rh7+ Kf6 63. Ng4+ Kxf5 64. Ne3+ Kg6 65.
Rxa7 Rc3 66. Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Yates, Frederick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C87"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1924.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8.
d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Re8 13. Qd3 Nh7 14. Bxe7
Qxe7 15. Re3 Nf8 16. Nce2 Qf6 17. Qc3 c5 18. Nf3 Qxc3 19. Nxc3 Rab8 20. b3 f6
21. Ne1 Bc6 22. Rd1 Ne6 23. f3 Kf7 24. Kf2 Nd4 25. Ne2 Nxe2 26. Rxe2 Re7 27.
Red2 Rbe8 28. Nd3 Rb8 29. Nb2 Bb5 30. Rh1 Rbe8 31. Nd1 Bc6 32. Ne3 Rb8 33. h4
Ree8 34. Ke2 Rb4 35. Kd1 Rbb8 36. Kc1 Re6 37. Rg1 g6 38. g4 Rh8 39. Rh2 Rhe8
40. Kd2 Rh8 41. a3 Rb8 42. Kc3 Ree8 43. g5 fxg5 44. hxg5 h5 45. Rh4 Kg7 46. Kd2
Rf8 47. Ke2 Rbe8 48. Nf1 Bb5+ 49. c4 Bc6 50. Nd2 a5 51. a4 Re7 52. Ke3 Rfe8 53.
Rf4 Rf7 54. Rh4 Rfe7 {Lasker gave it a try but achieved nothing. Capablanca
had a bye.  At the end of the first cycle, Lasker had scored 7 1/2 out of 10,
Alekhine 6 1/2 and Capablanca 6. Capa had recovered from his cold and chased
the other favourites.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1924.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Bc8 7. Nf3 e6 8. Bd3
Nc6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Bd2 Qb6 11. Qd1 Bd6 12. Rc1 O-O 13. Na4 Qd8 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15.
Rxc5 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Janowsky, Dawid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C87"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "1924.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 Bg4 7. c3 Be7 8. h3
Bh5 9. d3 Qd7 10. Bxc6 $6 Qxc6 11. Bg5 Bg6 12. Nbd2 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nf1
O-O 15. Ne3 Rae8 16. Qb3 Bd8 17. Qd5 $2 Qxd5 18. Nxd5 f5 {Lasker will
experience misery in the endgame.} 19. Nd2 Bf7 20. Ne3 f4 21. Nec4 Bf6 22. a4
Rd8 23. Na3 Rb8 24. Nf3 g5 25. Nh2 h5 26. Nc4 Be6 27. f3 Rfd8 28. Re2 Kf7 29.
a5 Rg8 30. Ra4 Rbd8 31. Rb4 Bc8 32. b3 Rh8 33. Nb2 d5 $1 {The black pieces
need open space.} 34. exd5 Rxd5 35. Rc4 c6 36. b4 $5 Bf5 37. Rd2 Rhd8 38. Kf2
Rb5 $6 (38... Bxd3 {wins a pawn.}) 39. Ke2 Rbd5 $5 {Lasker has been called a
psychologist. The only example of this ability follows.} 40. Kd1 $5 Ke6 $2 {
The donkey fails to capture again.} 41. Kc2 Be7 42. Nf1 c5 43. bxc5 Bxc5 44.
Ra4 R8d7 45. Rd1 Ba7 46. Ra3 g4 47. hxg4 hxg4 48. c4 R5d6 49. Nd2 Be3 $2 ({
Correct is} 49... Rh7) 50. Rh1 gxf3 51. gxf3 Rg7 52. Rh2 Bg1 53. Re2 Rg3 54.
Nd1 Rd7 55. Rb3 Rdg7 56. Nc3 Be3 $2 {The tables are turning.} ({Better is} 
56... Bd4 57. Nd5 Kd6 58. Nf6 Kc6) 57. Nd5 Rg2 58. Rxe3 fxe3 59. Rb6+ Kd7 60.
Nxe3 Kc7 $2 (60... Re2 $1 61. Rxb7+ Kc6 62. Rxg7 Rxe3 {draws (Alekhine).}) 61.
Nxf5 Rh7 62. Nd6 Rhh2 63. N6e4 Rh1 64. Kc3 Rc1+ 65. Kb4 Rd1 66. Nb3 Rxd3 67.
Rxb7+ Kc8 68. Rf7 Rb2 69. Nec5 Rd6 70. Rf5 Re2 71. Ne4 Rd3 72. Rxe5 Rb2 73.
Nec5 Rxf3 74. Re8+ Kc7 75. Re6 Rc2 76. Nxa6+ Kb7 77. Nac5+ Ka7 78. Re7+ Ka8 79.
Na4 Rh2 80. Nbc5 Kb8 81. a6 {"Lasker plays such stupid chess. I can't stand
it!" Janowsky used to say.} 1-0

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1924.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. O-O Be7 $2
8. e5 $1 Nd5 9. Qg4 g6 10. Nd2 f5 11. Qf3 $2 (11. Qh3 $1 Nb4 12. Nc4 Ba6 13.
Bh6 {keeps the advantage from the opening.}) 11... Nb4 12. Nc4 Ba6 $1 13. Bd2
$5 Nxc2 $1 14. Rad1 O-O 15. Nd6 Nd4 16. Qe3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Bxd6 $2 ({Alekhine's
dislikes} 17... c5 18. Bh6 Bxd6 19. exd6 Rf7 20. b4 {but} f4 $1 21. bxc5 Nc6
22. g3 Qa5 $1 {gives counter-play.}) 18. exd6 e5 19. Rfe1 Qf6 20. Bc3 $1 Rae8
21. f4 $1 Qh4 22. Qc4+ Ne6 23. Bxe5 Kf7 $6 24. Re3 Qd8 $6 25. Rb3 Qa5 $2 26.
Rb7 $1 Qc5+ 27. Rd4 $1 {Lasker continues the restriction.} (27. Qxc5 $2 Nxc5
28. Rxa7 Ra8 29. Rxa8 Rxa8 30. a3 Ke6 {draws (Alekhine).}) 27... Rd8 28. b4 $1
Qxc4 29. Rxc4 g5 30. Rxa7 Nxf4 31. Bxf4 gxf4 32. Rxc6 $1 Rg8 33. Kf2 Rg6 34. b5
Ke6 35. Rc2 Rgg8 36. Kf3 Ra8 37. Re2+ Kxd6 38. Rd2+ Kc5 39. Rdxd7 Kxb5 40. Rxa8
Rxa8 41. Rxh7 Ra3+ 42. Kxf4 Rxa2 43. Rg7 Rf2+ 44. Ke5 f4 45. Ke4 Kc5 46. h4 Kd6
47. h5 Rf1 48. Rg4 Rh1 49. Rg5 Rh4 50. Kf5 Ke7 51. Kg6 Kf8 52. Ra5 Rh2 53. Ra2
f3 54. Ra8+ Ke7 55. gxf3 Rg2+ 56. Kf5 Rh2 57. Ra7+ Ke8 58. Kg6 Rg2+ 59. Kf6 Rf2
60. Ra8+ Kd7 61. Ra3 1-0

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C96"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1924.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d3 Nc6 12. Nbd2 d5 13. Nf1 dxe4 14. dxe4 Be6 15.
Bd2 Ra7 16. Ng5 Bc4 17. Ne3 Bd3 18. Bxd3 Qxd3 19. Nf5 h6 20. Re3 Qd8 21. Nf3
Rd7 22. Qc2 c4 23. Nxe7+ $2 Qxe7 24. a4 Rfd8 25. axb5 axb5 26. Ree1 Qe6 27. Be3
Rd3 28. Nd2 Ne7 29. f3 Nh5 30. Nf1 f5 31. Bf2 Qg6 32. Kh2 Qg5 33. Be3 Nf4 $2
34. Ng3 $2 ({White misses} 34. g3 $1 Qh5 $1 35. gxf4 exf4 {(Alekhine)} 36. Bd4
$1 Ng6 37. Rad1 Nh4 38. Rxd3 cxd3 39. Qb3+ $1 Kh7 40. Nd2 Nxf3+ 41. Nxf3 Qxf3
42. Rg1 $1 Qe2+ 43. Rg2 f3 44. Rxe2 fxe2 45. Qf7 Rxd4 46. cxd4 e1=Q 47. Qxf5+ {
and perpetual check.}) 34... Rxe3 $1 35. Rxe3 Nxg2 $1 36. Re2 Nf4 37. Rd2 Rf8
$2 (37... Rxd2+ 38. Qxd2 Qh4) 38. Nh1 $2 (38. Qd1 $1 Qh4 39. Qf1) 38... Qh5 39.
Nf2 Neg6 40. Qd1 Nh4 41. Rd8 Nxf3+ 42. Kh1 Nd3 43. Rxd3 cxd3 44. Qxd3 f4 45.
Qd1 Rf6 46. Ra8+ Kh7 47. Qd5 Ng5 48. Qg8+ Kg6 49. Qe8+ Nf7 50. Qc8 Qf3+ 51. Kg1
Qg3+ 52. Kf1 f3 53. Qg4+ Qxg4 54. hxg4 Kg5 55. Ra5 Nd6 56. Nd3 Kxg4 57. Nxe5+
Kg3 0-1

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Black "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1924.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 e6 7. e3 Be7 8. Bd3
O-O 9. O-O Nh5 10. Be5 f5 $6 ({An interesting alternative gives} 10... f6 $5
11. Ng5 g6 12. Nxh7 fxe5 13. Bxg6 Nf6 14. Nxf8 Qxf8 {(Sammalvuo - Issakainen,
Espoo 1998).}) 11. Rc1 Nf6 12. Bxf6 $6 ({A plus is kept by} 12. Nb5 $1 Nxe5 13.
dxe5 Ne8 14. Nbd4) 12... gxf6 $5 13. Nh4 Kh8 14. f4 Rg8 15. Rf3 Bd7 16. Rh3 Be8
17. a3 Rg7 18. Rg3 $6 Rxg3 19. hxg3 Rc8 ({Black takes the initiative with} 
19... Bf7 $1 20. Kf2 Qg8 $1) 20. Kf2 Na5 21. Qf3 $6 Nc4 22. Qe2 {White has
lost a tempo.} Nd6 23. Rh1 Ne4+ 24. Bxe4 fxe4 25. Qg4 $5 {Capablanca wants to
attack the king.} f5 $2 ({A sharp counteraction starts} 25... Bxa3 $1 26. Qxe6
Bxb2 27. Nxd5 Rc2+ 28. Kg1 Rc6 29. Qxe4 Rc1+ 30. Kh2 Rxh1+ 31. Kxh1 Bc6 32. Qc2
{White will survive.}) 26. Nxf5 $1 {The position is opened by a sacrifice.}
exf5 27. Qxf5 h5 28. g4 Rc6 29. g5 $2 ({White wins by} 29. Nxd5 $1 Bh4+ 30. g3
Rc2+ 31. Kg1 Rc1+ 32. Kg2 {(Alekhine). Contemporaries regard} Rxh1 {as a
proper defence, but} 33. gxh4 $3 Rxh4 34. Qf8+ Kh7 35. Nf6+ Kg6 36. f5+ Kg5 37.
Qg7+ Bg6 38. Qxg6# {refutes this notion.}) 29... Kg8 30. Nxd5 Bf7 31. Nxe7+
Qxe7 32. g4 hxg4 33. Qh7+ Kf8 34. Rh6 Bg8 ({Or} 34... Rxh6 35. Qxh6+ Kg8 36. f5
$1) 35. Qf5+ Kg7 36. Rxc6 bxc6 37. Kg3 {Lasker stands at the edge of the
ravine.} Qe6 $2 ({Correct is} 37... Bd5 $1 38. b4 $1 (38. Qxg4 c5 $1) 38... Qd6
{Black awaits a difficult defence.}) ({Not} 37... Bf7 $2 38. Qa5 $1) 38. Kxg4
$1 {Lasker has missed this elegant move. The rest is easy.} Qxf5+ 39. Kxf5 Bd5
40. b4 a6 41. Kg4 Bc4 42. f5 Bb3 43. Kf4 Bc2 44. Ke5 Kf7 45. a4 Kg7 46. d5 Bxa4
47. d6 c5 48. bxc5 Bc6 49. Ke6 a5 50. f6+ {Lasker's lead on Capablanca was
reduced to one points.} 1-0

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Black "Janowsky, Dawid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1924.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. c4 $5 d4 6. d3 Bd6 7. e3 Nge7 8.
exd4 ({Capablanca prefers} 8. Nbd2 {but it makes little difference.}) 8... cxd4
9. a3 a5 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. Re1 O-O 12. Qc2 Re8 13. b3 h6 14. Rb1 Be6 15. h4 $5 {
It looks like the world champion wants to encircle the opponent.} ({No promise
has} 15. c5 $6 Be7 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 Ra2 {(Alekhine).}) 15... Rc8 $2 (15...
Qe7 $1 {(Alekhine) stops the advance of the queenside.}) 16. c5 $1 Bb8 17. Nc4
$1 f6 18. Bd2 Kh8 $6 ({More useful is} 18... Nge7 $1 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Nd5)
19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Na7 21. Qc1 Nb5 22. Nh2 Qe7 23. Ra1 Rc7 $6 24. Ra5 Bd7 25.
Nb6 Bc6 26. Qc4 Na7 27. Nd5 Bxd5 28. Qxd5 f5 29. Qf3 Qf6 30. h5 Ne7 31. g4 f4
32. Qe4 Nec6 33. Raa1 Rce7 34. Qg6 Qf8 $6 ({An exchange of queens by} 34...
Qxg6 35. hxg6 Nb5 36. Rac1 {prolongs the game.}) 35. Nf3 Re6 36. Nh4 $1 Rf6 37.
Be4 $1 Qg8 38. Bd5 $1 Ne7 39. Qxf6 gxf6 40. Bxg8 Rxg8 41. f3 f5 42. Bxf4 Nec6
43. Ng6+ Kh7 44. Bxe5 Nxe5 45. Rxe5 Bxe5 46. Rxa7 {Lasker had a bye. Therefore,
Capablanca achieved the same number of 9 1/2 points.} 1-0

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Black "Marshall, Frank"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1924.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 c5 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
e3 Nc6 9. Bb5 O-O 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. Rb1 Rac8 13. dxc5 Qxc3 14. Qxd5
Rfd8 15. Qe4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qxc5 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Rb7 Rf8 19. Qf4 Qa5 20. a4 c5
21. Qc4 Rb8 22. Rb5 Rxb5 23. axb5 Rb8 24. Rd1 h6 25. Qxc5 a6 26. Qa7 Rd8 27.
Rf1 Qxb5 28. g3 Qc6 29. Ra1 Rd6 30. h4 Rf6 31. Qb8+ Kh7 32. Qb1+ g6 33. h5 Qf3
34. hxg6+ fxg6 35. Qc2 h5 36. Ra4 Rc6 37. Rc4 Rd6 38. Rd4 Rxd4 39. exd4 a5 40.
Kf1 Qd5 41. Qc7+ Kg8 42. Qb6 Kf7 43. Qa7+ Kf6 44. Qb8 Qh1+ 45. Ke2 Qe4+ 46. Kf1
Qh1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Reti, Richard"]
[Black "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A12"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1924.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. b3 Bf5 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. Bb2 e6 7. O-O Bd6 {Euwe
calls this variation the First New Yorker after this game.} ({He names} 7... h6
{the Second New Yorker.}) 8. d3 O-O 9. Nbd2 $6 ({Euwe prefers} 9. Nc3) 9... e5
$1 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Rc1 Qe7 12. Rc2 $6 {White stays passive.} ({He can
equalize by} 12. e4 $1 dxe4 13. dxe4 Be6 (13... Bxe4 $2 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Nh4
Ndf6 16. Qc2)) 12... a5 13. a4 h6 14. Qa1 Rfe8 15. Rfc1 Bh7 16. Nf1 Nc5 $1 17.
Rxc5 $5 (17. N3d2 b6 {Black keeps a big advantage.}) 17... Bxc5 18. Nxe5 Rac8
19. Ne3 Qe6 20. h3 Bd6 $2 (20... b6 {is far better.}) 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Nf3 $2
(22. N5g4 $1 Nxg4 {(Alekhine)} 23. Bxd5 Qd7 24. Nxg4 {gains complete equality.}
) 22... Be7 23. Nd4 Qd7 24. Kh2 $5 h5 25. Qh1 $5 {Réti follows the
recommendations from the Department of Silly Moves.} h4 26. Nxd5 hxg3+ 27. fxg3
Nxd5 28. Bxd5 Bf6 29. Bxb7 Rc5 30. Ba6 Bg6 31. Qb7 Qd8 32. b4 Rc7 33. Qb6 Rd7 {
White has a miraculous escape.} 34. Qxd8+ $2 ({He misses} 34. Qxa5 $3 Qxa5 35.
bxa5 Bxd4 36. Bb5 $1 Bxb2 ({avoids} 36... Rd8 $4 37. Bxd4 Rxd4 38. a6 Rd8 39.
Bc6) 37. Bxd7) 34... Rxd8 35. e3 axb4 36. Kg2 Bxd4 37. exd4 ({Or} 37. Bxd4 Bf5
38. Bc4 Be6) 37... Bf5 38. Bb7 Be6 39. Kf3 Bb3 40. Bc6 Rd6 41. Bb5 Rf6+ 42. Ke3
Re6+ 43. Kf4 ({The defence is prolonged by} 43. Kd2 Rg6 44. g4 Rh6 45. a5 Rxh3
46. a6 Rh2+ 47. Kc1 Rh1+ 48. Kd2 Rd1+ 49. Ke3 Rb1 50. a7 Bd5) 43... Re2 44. Bc1
Rc2 45. Be3 Bd5 0-1

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Yates, Frederick"]
[Black "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1924.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 f5 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nd6+ Bxd6 11. Qxd6 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qd5 13. Qa3 ({White
keeps a plus in} 13. Bb4 $1 Qxd6 14. Bxd6 Ne4 15. Ba3) 13... Qe4+ 14. Be3 a5
15. O-O-O Qb4 16. Qxb4 axb4 17. Bc4 d5 18. Bb3 Nd7 19. Rhe1 O-O ({The violent} 
19... c5 20. Rxd5 $1 exd5 21. Bxd5 Rb8 22. Bg5+ Kf8 23. Be7+ {leads to
perpetual check.}) 20. f3 Ra6 21. Bd2 c5 22. c4 bxc3 23. Bxc3 Nb6 24. a3 Bd7
25. Be5 Rc8 26. Rd2 Bb5 27. f4 Bc4 28. Bc2 d4 29. f5 Nd7 30. fxe6 Bxe6 31. Bg3
Nf8 32. Re5 Rb6 33. Bh4 Bf7 34. Bg3 Bg6 35. Re7 Re6 $5 {Lasker keeps the game
going.} 36. Rxe6 Nxe6 37. Bxg6 hxg6 38. Be5 Rf8 39. b3 Rf1+ 40. Kc2 Kf7 41. Bg3
Ke7 42. a4 $2 ({A slightly better ending results from} 42. Rd1 $1 Rxd1 43. Kxd1
) 42... Kd7 43. Kd3 Rc1 44. Rc2 Rb1 45. Kc4 Kc6 {Difficulties have arisen for
Yates.} 46. Re2 $2 ({Correct is} 46. a5 $1 Ra1 47. Re2 Rc1+ 48. Kd3 Rc3+ 49.
Kd2 Kd7 50. Re1 Rxb3 51. Ra1 Nc7 52. a6 {and White has sufficient
counteraction for a pawn.}) 46... Rc1+ 47. Kd3 Rc3+ 48. Kd2 Kd7 49. b4 cxb4 50.
Kd1 b3 51. a5 Nc5 52. a6 Na4 53. Re5 b2 {Capablanca had a bye. Lasker
increased his lead to 1 1/2 points.} 0-1

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Lasker, Edward"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1924.??.??"]

1. e4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. Bc4 c5 4. O-O Nc6 5. c3 Qb6 6. Re1 d6 7. Bb3 Nf6 8. d4
cxd4 9. cxd4 O-O 10. h3 Nh5 $2 {The knight becomes an outsider.} 11. Be3 Na5
12. Nc3 Nxb3 13. axb3 Qd8 14. e5 f5 15. Bg5 d5 16. Qc1 Be6 17. Ne2 Rc8 18. Qd2
a6 19. Qb4 Qd7 $5 (19... Rc7 20. Rec1 Rd7 {increases the restrant (Alekhine).})
20. Qxe7 Qxe7 21. Bxe7 Rfe8 22. Bb4 $2 {White allows counter-play.} ({The
advantage is kept by} 22. Bc5 $1) 22... Rc2 $1 23. Bc3 Bh6 24. g3 Bd7 25. Rad1
Bb5 26. Nc1 Ng7 27. Nh2 Ne6 28. Nd3 Bxd3 29. Rxd3 Bc1 30. Nf1 Ng5 31. Kg2 Ne4
32. Rf3 Kf7 33. g4 Ke6 34. Ne3 Bxe3 35. Rexe3 Rc8 36. Kf1 b5 37. gxf5+ gxf5 38.
Rf4 h5 39. Re2 Rc1+ 40. Re1 Rxe1+ 41. Bxe1 Rc1 42. Rh4 Rb1 43. Rxh5 f4 44. Ke2
$4 {White loses the game due to a terrible blunder.} ({Correct is} 44. Rh6+ Kf5
$1 45. f3 Ng3+ 46. Kg2 $1 {(Alekhine)} Kg5 (46... Rxe1 $2 47. Rf6+ Kg5 48. h4+
$1 Kh5 49. Rxf4) 47. Rf6 Rxb2+ 48. Bf2 Nf5 49. Rxa6) 44... f3+ 45. Kxf3 Rxe1
46. Rh6+ Kf5 47. Rxa6 Ng5+ 48. Kg2 Ne6 49. h4 Re4 50. Rb6 Rg4+ 51. Kf1 Nxd4 52.
e6 Re4 53. h5 Rxe6 54. Rb8 Rh6 55. Ke1 Rxh5 56. Kd2 Rh3 57. Rf8+ Ke5 58. b4 Rb3
59. Re8+ Ne6 60. f4+ Kf5 0-1

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1924.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Bf4 c5 4. c3 b6 5. Nbd2 cxd4 6. cxd4 Bb7 7. e3 Bg7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. h3 d6 11. Qe2 a6 12. Rfd1 Qb8 13. Bh2 Qa7 14. a3 Rac8
15. Rac1 b5 16. b4 Nd7 17. Nb3 Nb6 18. Rc2 Na4 19. Rdc1 Qa8 20. h4 Na7 21. h5
Be4 22. Ne1 Bxd3 23. Nxd3 Rxc2 24. Rxc2 Rc8 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. Na5 Nb6 27. Ne1
Qe4 28. Bg3 Rxc2 29. Qxc2 Qxc2 30. Nxc2 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Lasker, Edward"]
[Black "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D52"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1924.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2
Ne4 9. Ndxe4 dxe4 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Be2 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. O-O Bxc3 14. Qxc3
Qxc3 15. bxc3 Re8 16. c5 Nd7 17. Bd6 b6 18. cxb6 axb6 19. Rfd1 Ba6 {The
endgame is level.} 20. Bxa6 $2 (20. c4 Nc5 21. Rac1 {avoids problems.}) 20...
Rxa6 21. a4 $2 ({The pawn gets more protection by} 21. a3) 21... Rea8 22. Kf1
f5 $1 ({Not} 22... Rxa4 $4 23. Rxa4 Rxa4 24. Bc7 $1 {(Alekhine).}) 23. Rab1
R8a7 24. g4 $2 fxg4 25. Rb4 Nf6 26. Bb8 Ra8 27. Rd8+ Kf7 28. Bc7 Rxa4 29. Rxa8
Rxa8 30. Rxb6 Nd5 31. Rb7 Ke6 32. c4 Ne7 33. Rb4 Ra1+ 34. Ke2 Ra2+ 35. Ke1 Nf5
36. Rb6 Kd7 37. Be5 Ra4 38. c5 Ke6 39. Bd6 Kd5 40. Rb7 h5 41. Bf8 g6 42. Rd7+
Kc4 43. Rd1 Ra3 44. Rd8 Nh4 45. Bg7 Nf3+ 46. Ke2 Ra2+ 47. Kf1 Rd2 48. Rxd2
Nxd2+ 49. Kg2 Kxc5 50. h3 gxh3+ 51. Kxh3 g5 0-1

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C33"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1924.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Be2 $6 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. c4 c6 6. d4 Bb4+ $1 ({
Capablanca improves on} 6... cxd5 7. Bxf4 {(Tartakower-Bogoljubow, round 1).})
7. Kf1 $2 ({Superior is} 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 {(Eriksen-Beach, corr. 1942).})
7... cxd5 8. Bxf4 dxc4 9. Bxb8 $5 Nd5 $1 {Black protects Bb4 by a tempo win.}
10. Kf2 ({The tactical pointe is} 10. Bf4 Qf6 $1) 10... Rxb8 11. Bxc4 O-O 12.
Nf3 Nf6 13. Nc3 b5 $5 14. Bd3 ({Or} 14. Nxb5 Ne4+ 15. Kg1 a6) 14... Ng4+ 15.
Kg1 Bb7 16. Bf5 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Ne3 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19. Qd3 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Nd5 21.
Be4 Nf4 22. Qd2 Qh4 23. Kf1 f5 24. Bc6 Rf6 $1 25. d5 Rd8 $1 {White has no
appropriate defence against the threat of ..Rxc6.} 26. Rd1 ({A point is} 26.
Bb7 Re8) 26... Rxc6 27. dxc6 Rxd2 28. Rxd2 Ne6 29. Rd6 Qc4+ 30. Kg2 Qe2+ {
Tartakower was defeated by Capablanca in another wonderful game.} (30... Qe2+
31. Kg3 Qe5+ {wins a rook.}) 0-1

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C17"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1924.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 $5 5. a3 cxd4 $5 {Maróczy seeks for
complications.} 6. axb4 dxc3 7. bxc3 $5 Qc7 8. Nf3 Ne7 9. Bd3 Ng6 10. O-O Nd7
11. Re1 {Black can choose between two captures.} Qxc3 ({No good is} 11... Ndxe5
$2 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Bf4 f6 14. Bxe5 fxe5 15. Qh5+) 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. Qe2 O-O 14.
Qe3 Nb6 15. Qg5 Nc4 16. Bc3 {Lasker applies overprotection as prelude of an
attack on the kingside.} h6 17. Qg4 Ne7 18. Qh5 Bd7 19. g4 $5 Bb5 20. g5 g6 21.
Qxh6 Nb6 $1 22. Ra3 Bxd3 23. cxd3 Nf5 {Maróczy defends well.} 24. Qh3 Qe7 25.
Qg4 Kg7 26. Rea1 Rfc8 27. h4 Na4 $1 28. Bd2 b5 29. R3a2 Rh8 30. Kg2 Rac8 31.
Rh1 Qc7 32. Nd4 $1 Qd7 (32... Qxe5 $5 33. Nf3 Qe2 $1 34. Bc3+ Nxc3 35. Rxe2
Nxe2 {looks interesting.}) 33. Nxf5+ exf5 34. Qd4 Qe6 35. Qxa7 $2 (35. h5 $5 {
renews the attack.}) 35... d4 $1 36. Raa1 Qxe5 37. Rae1 Qd5+ 38. Kg3 Rhe8 $2 ({
Black misses} 38... Nb2 $1 39. Qa3 Rc2 40. Bc1 f4+ 41. Bxf4 Ra8 {and wins.})
39. h5 gxh5 40. Rxe8 Rxe8 41. Rxh5 Nc3 42. Qb6 Ne2+ 43. Kh2 Qe6 $4 ({Correct is
} 43... Re6 44. Qb8 Qe5+ 45. Qxe5+ Rxe5) 44. Qxb5 Qd6+ 45. Kg2 Nf4+ 46. Bxf4
Qxf4 47. Qxe8 Qg4+ 48. Kf1 Qxh5 49. Qe5+ Kg8 50. Qxf5 1-0

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Yates, Frederick"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C91"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1924.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4 Na5 12. Bc2 Nc4 13. Nbd2 $5 Nxe3 $1 ({
Alekhine rejects} 13... Nxb2 14. Qc1) 14. Rxe3 c5 15. Qe1 Nd7 16. h3 Bh5 17.
dxc5 Nxc5 18. Rd1 Rc8 19. e5 Bg5 $2 20. Rc3 $2 (20. Nxg5 $1 Qxg5 21. g4 Bg6 22.
Nf3 Qh6 23. Bxg6 hxg6 24. exd6 Qxh3 25. Ne5 {starts a strong attack.}) 20... b4
$1 21. Rc4 d5 22. Rxb4 Qe7 $2 ({An advantage is gained by} 22... Be7 $1 23. g4
Ne6) 23. Nxg5 Bxd1 $2 ({Correct is} 23... Qxg5 24. Rc1 Ne6) 24. Bxh7+ Kh8 25.
Rh4 $2 {Yates opts for perpetual check against the world champion.} (25. Qxd1
$1 Qxg5 26. Nf3 $1 Qe7 27. Rh4 {would have been unpleasant for Black.}) 25...
Qxg5 26. f4 $1 Qe7 27. Bc2+ Kg8 28. Bh7+ Kh8 29. Bc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Black "Reti, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C14"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1924.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Qd2 O-O 8.
f4 c5 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Bd3 f6 12. exf6 Qxf6 13. g3 Bd7 14. O-O Nxd3
15. cxd3 Be8 16. Rfe1 Bg6 17. Nb5 $6 e5 $1 18. Nc3 ({The pointe is} 18. Nxe5 $2
Nxe5 19. fxe5 Qb6+ {(Alekhine).}) 18... d4 19. Ne4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 exf4 21. Rxf4
Qd6 22. Re1 Rxf4 $6 (22... Qd5 {keeps the initiative.}) 23. Qxf4 Qxf4 24. gxf4
Kf8 25. Re4 Re8 $6 ({Better is} 25... Rd8 26. Ng5 Kg8) 26. Kf2 h6 27. Ne5 Nxe5
28. fxe5 $1 Kf7 ({The problems are solved by} 28... Rd8 29. Kf3 Rd5 30. Kf4 Kf7
$1 31. e6+ Ke7) 29. Kf3 Rd8 30. Rg4 g5 31. h4 $1 Kg6 $2 {Réti misses his last
chance.} ({Correct is} 31... Ke6 $1 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Ke4 ({no use has} 33.
Rxg5 Rh8 $1 34. Rg7 Kxe5 35. Rxb7 Rh3+) 33... Rh8 34. Kxd4 Rh4 $1 35. Re4 a5 {
with counter-play.}) 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Ke4 Kh5 34. Rg1 Kh4 35. e6 g4 36. e7 1-0

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Black "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1924.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. a3 Nf6 3. e3 Be7 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Re8 7. Be2 Bf8 8. O-O
Nc6 9. d4 Bg4 10. d5 Ne7 11. h3 Bd7 12. Nh2 Qc8 13. e4 Ng6 14. f4 exf4 15. Bxf4
Nxf4 16. Rxf4 Be7 17. Raf1 Rf8 18. Qd3 Be8 19. Qg3 Qd8 20. Nd1 Nd7 21. Ne3 Bg5
22. Rg4 f6 {Tartakower tries to attack on the kingside.} 23. Qf2 $2 ({He could
realise his plan with} 23. Nf5 $1 Bg6 (23... h5 $6 24. Rgf4 $1 g6 25. Bxh5 $3)
24. Nf3 Bxf5 25. exf5 Be3+ 26. Kh2) 23... h5 24. Rg3 h4 25. Rg4 Bh5 26. Nf5
Bxg4 27. Nxg4 Qe8 28. Bf3 Ne5 29. Nxe5 Qxe5 30. Nxh4 Bxh4 31. Qxh4 f5 32. exf5
Rxf5 33. Re1 Qxb2 34. Bg4 Qd4+ 35. Kh2 Raf8 36. Qe7 Qf4+ 37. Kh1 Re5 38. Rxe5
dxe5 39. Qxc7 e4 40. Qe7 Qf6 41. Qxb7 $2 ({Better is} 41. Qxe4 Qf1+ 42. Kh2
Qf4+ 43. Qxf4 Rxf4 {but Black will win the endgame (Alekhine).}) 41... Qa1+ 42.
Kh2 Qe5+ 43. Kg1 Rb8 44. Qd7 Rb1+ 45. Kf2 e3+ 46. Ke2 Rb2+ 47. Ke1 Qc3+ 48. Kf1
Qc1+ {Lasker had won the tournament, because his lead had remained 1 1/2
points. Emanuel was the king of chess again.} 0-1

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1924.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Qd2 Qa5 8.
Nge2 Nd7 9. Nc1 Nb6 10. Nb3 Qg5 11. a3 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Be7 13. Bb5+ c6 14. Bd3
Bd7 15. Nc5 O-O-O 16. Nxd7 Rxd7 17. Ne2 c5 18. dxc5 $6 Bxc5 {Black has
pressure on the d-file.} 19. Ke1 f5 20. Rg1 h5 21. g3 Nd5 22. Bb5 Rdd8 23. Rd1
a6 24. Bc4 Nf6 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Nf4 Ne4 27. Rg2 h4 $1 28. Bd3 hxg3 29. hxg3
Rh8 30. g4 Rh1+ 31. Ke2 Rh4 32. Bxe4 fxe4 33. f3 e3 $2 {Pawn e3 becomes a
target.} 34. Nd3 Bd4 35. c3 Bb6 $2 ({Alekhine analyses} 35... Ba7 $1 36. Ne5
Rh1 37. Nc4 Rb1) 36. Ne5 Rh1 37. Nc4 $1 Ba7 38. Nxe3 b5 39. g5 Kd7 40. Nf1 Kd6
41. a4 bxa4 42. Rg4 a3 43. bxa3 a5 44. Rf4 Bc5 45. Nd2 Ke7 46. Ra4 Rg1 47. Ne4
Bb6 48. Rc4 Kd7 49. Nf6+ Kd8 50. Ng4 Rg2+ 51. Kd3 Rg3 52. Ke4 Rg1 53. Rc6 Bc7
54. Ra6 Kd7 55. Ra8 Ra1 56. Nf6+ Kc6 57. Rf8 Re1+ $2 ({The last chance gives} 
57... Rg1 $1 58. Ng4 Re1+ 59. Kd3 Rd1+ 60. Ke2 Rd5) 58. Kd3 Bf4 59. Ne4 Kb5 60.
Rxf7 e5 61. g6 Re3+ 62. Kc2 Re2+ 63. Kd1 Rg2 64. g7 Kc4 65. Nf6 1-0

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Marshall, Frank"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1924.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d4 Bg4 $5 6. dxe5 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1
O-O-O+ 8. Ke1 Bc5 9. h3 Bh5 10. Bf4 f5 $5 (10... Bxf3 11. gxf3 Ne7 {equalises.}
) 11. Nbd2 Ne7 12. Bg5 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Rhe8 14. Rd1 fxe4 15. fxe4 h6 16. Bh4 Bd4
$6 ({Better is} 16... g5 17. Bg3 Ng6) 17. Nc4 g5 18. c3 $1 Ng6 19. cxd4 Nxh4
20. Ke2 Rd7 21. f3 Ng6 22. Ne3 c5 23. dxc5 Nf4+ 24. Kf2 Rxd1 $2 {Marshall
commits another inaccuracy.} ({Correct is the immediate capture} 24... Rxe5 25.
Rxd7 Kxd7) 25. Rxd1 Rxe5 26. Nd5 $1 Nxh3+ 27. Kg3 g4 28. Nf6 h5 29. f4 Rxc5 30.
Re1 Rb5 31. e5 Kd8 32. Nxh5 Ke7 33. f5 Ng5 34. Kxg4 Nh7 35. Nf4 Rxb2 36. Nd5+
Kd7 37. e6+ Kd6 38. e7 Kxd5 39. Re6 Rg2+ 40. Kf4 Rg8 41. e8=Q Rxe8 42. Rxe8 c5
43. Rd8+ Kc6 44. Rh8 {Lasker ended the event with four wins in a row. He had
scored 16/20 or 80%, an incredible achievement. Capa followed with 14 1/2
points.  The top players won many high quality and coffeehouse games. Lasker
found a new answer to the Réti. Alekhine wrote an excellent tournament book.}
1-0

[Event "New York*"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Reti, Richard"]
[Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1924.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bd6 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 Re8 7. Bb2 Nbd7 8. d4
c6 9. Nbd2 Ne4 $6 ({Theory has become the liberating move} 9... e5) 10. Nxe4
dxe4 11. Ne5 f5 12. f3 $1 exf3 $2 ({Correct is} 12... Nxe5 13. dxe5 Bc5+ 14.
Kh1 exf3 15. exf3 Qe7 {and Black can slowly develop hais white squared bishop.}
) 13. Bxf3 $1 Qc7 $6 ({Better is} 13... Nxe5 14. dxe5 Bc5+ 15. Kg2 {(Alekhine)}
Qg5 $1) 14. Nxd7 Bxd7 15. e4 $1 e5 {This crucial move has been played too late.
} 16. c5 Bf8 17. Qc2 exd4 18. exf5 Rad8 19. Bh5 Re5 20. Bxd4 Rxf5 21. Rxf5 Bxf5
22. Qxf5 Rxd4 23. Rf1 {The centre has been opened after a double fianchetto.
Réti scores another success with his system.} Rd8 ({Or} 23... Qe7 24. Bf7+ Kh8
25. Bd5 $1) 24. Bf7+ Kh8 25. Be8 $1 {The white bishop interferes in two lines.
Réti got a silver cup and $75 in gold. He also won $60 in a solving
competition by finding the right solution of the eleven compositions.} 1-0

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Marshall, Frank"]
[Black "Saemisch, Fritz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1925.??.??"]

{Siegbert Tarrasch made a great effort to organise the first important German
chess tournament after the Great War. The best players took part, except for
the top two, Capablanca and Lasker. Their additional financial demands were
not accepted. The tournament was played in the Kurhaus of Baden-Baden from 15
iv until 20 v 1925. A super tournament had been played at the same place in
1870.   Alekhine had an amazing start of 91/2/10. He finished with twelve wins
and eight draws. Rubinstein could not keep up and scored 11/2 points less.} 1.
e4 c5 2. b4 $6 cxb4 3. a3 bxa3 4. Nxa3 d6 ({Black diverts from} 4... d5 {
(Spielmann - Sämisch, Karlsbad 1923).}) 5. Bb2 Nc6 6. d4 Nf6 7. Bd3 e6 8. Nf3
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. c4 b6 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. Rfd1 Re8 $6 (12... Nb4 $1 13. Bb1 d5 {
keeps the plus from the gambit.}) 13. e5 $1 Nd7 14. Nb5 Qb8 $5 {Black remains
passive.} 15. Qe4 Nf8 $5 16. exd6 Bxd6 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Ba3 Qd8 19. Bxf8 Kxf8
$6 ({Better is} 19... f5 $1 20. Qe3 Kxf8) 20. Qxh7 Qf6 21. Be4 Qh6 22. Qxh6
gxh6 23. Ne5 Nd8 24. Bxb7 Nxb7 25. Ra3 f6 $1 26. Ng4 Ke7 $2 (26... Kg7 {
achieves equality.}) 27. Re1 $2 ({The players counted on} 27. Nxh6 $1 f5 $6 {
but} 28. g4 $1 Rh8 $2 29. g5 {favours White.}) 27... Nd6 28. c5 bxc5 $2 ({
Right is} 28... Nb5 {(Wolf).}) 29. dxc5 Nb5 30. Rf3 f5 $2 31. Rxf5 a5 32. Rf6
Ra6 33. Rxh6 a4 34. Rd1 Rf8 35. Ne5 Rf5 36. Rd7+ Ke8 37. Rb7 $1 1-0

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Colle, Edgar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D07"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1925.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Qa4 Bxf3 5. exf3 e6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 Nge7 9. Rb1 Rb8 10. Bd3 $5 ({They played} 10. cxd5 exd5 {in Paris 1925.})
10... dxc4 11. Bxc4 O-O 12. O-O Nd5 13. Qc2 $1 {White has a plus. He starts an
attack.} Nce7 14. Bd3 h6 15. c4 Nb6 $2 (15... Nf6 {defends the kingside.}) 16.
Rd1 Nbc8 $5 17. f4 b6 18. Bb2 c6 19. Qe2 Nd6 20. Qe5 Ne8 21. a4 Rb7 22. Re1 Nf6
{It has been a long way to f6.} 23. Rbd1 $1 Rd7 24. Bc2 a6 25. Qe2 Qb8 $6 26.
d5 $1 {White assaults in the centre and on the kingside.} cxd5 27. Bxf6 $6 (27.
f5 $1 Nxf5 28. Bxf6 gxf6 29. cxd5 {decides the game.}) 27... gxf6 28. Qg4+ Kh8
29. Qh4 Kg7 30. Qg4+ Kh8 31. Qh4 Kg7 32. Qg4+ Kh8 {The repetition of moves has
gained time on the clock.} 33. f5 $1 Nxf5 $2 ({Better is} 33... e5 $1 {
(Alekhine).}) 34. Bxf5 exf5 35. Qxf5 Qd8 36. cxd5 Rd6 37. Qf4 $1 Kh7 38. Qe4+
Kh8 39. Qe3 Kg7 40. Qd3 a5 41. Re3 Rg8 42. Rh3 Qd7 43. Qe3 f5 44. Rg3+ Kh7 45.
Rxg8 Kxg8 46. Qg3+ Kh7 47. Qb3 Kg7 48. h3 Qd8 49. Qg3+ Kh7 50. Qe5 Qd7 51. Rd3
f6 52. Qd4 Qd8 $2 ({Right is} 52... b5 $1 53. axb5 Qxb5 54. Rc3 Qxd5 55. Rc7+ {
(Alekhine), and now} Kg6 $1 56. Qa7 Qe6 57. Rg7+ Kh5 {The win for White is
unclear.}) 53. Qc4 $1 Qd7 54. Rd4 Kg7 55. Qd3 $1 Kf7 56. g4 $1 Kf8 57. gxf5 Qe8
58. Re4 Qh5 59. Rg4 Qf7 60. Qe3 Qh7 61. Rg6 1-0

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1925.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Bb6 5. d4 Qe7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Re1 d6 8. a4
a6 9. h3 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 $1 {The initiative is taken by a new move.} 11. Be3 ({
Preferable is} 11. Bh4 $1 {(Von Feilitzsch - Kraus, corr 1929).}) 11... Qd8 $5
12. Bd3 ({The banal} 12. dxe5 $1 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Bxb6 cxb6 15. Bd5 {
gains a plus.}) 12... Re8 13. Nbd2 Ba7 $5 14. Qc2 $6 (14. Qb3 $1 {controls
square b4.}) 14... exd4 $1 15. Nxd4 Ne5 16. Bf1 d5 $5 17. Rad1 $6 (17. Bf4 $1
Ng6 18. Bh2 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Bf5 20. Bd3 {defends the centre well.}) 17... c5 $1
18. N4b3 Qc7 19. Bf4 Nf3+ $1 20. Nxf3 Qxf4 21. exd5 $2 {Tarrasch loses quickly.
} ({Correct is} 21. e5 $1 Bf5 22. Qd2 Qxd2 23. Rxd2 Ne4 {(Alekhine), and now}
24. Rxd5 $1 Be6 25. c4 $1 {counters in the centre timely.}) 21... Bf5 $1 22.
Bd3 Bxh3 $1 23. gxh3 Qxf3 24. Rxe8+ $2 Rxe8 25. Bf1 Re5 26. c4 Rg5+ 27. Kh2
Ng4+ $1 28. hxg4 Rxg4 0-1

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1925.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxe5 Qe7 6. f4 Nxb5 7. Nxb5 d6 8.
Nf3 Qxe4+ 9. Kf2 Ng4+ 10. Kg3 Qg6 {Rubinstein plays the theory of his line.}
11. Qe2+ $2 ({My preference goes to} 11. Nh4 $1 Qf6 12. h3 g5 13. Qe2+ Kd8 14.
fxg5 Qe5+ 15. Qxe5 Nxe5 16. Rf1) 11... Kd8 12. Re1 $1 {Spielmann improves on
his game against Weenink in Scheveningen 1923, but he keeps a disadvantage.}
Bd7 13. Nbd4 Ne3+ 14. Kf2 Nxc2 15. Nxc2 Qxc2 16. b4 a5 17. Ba3 axb4 18. Bxb4
Qf5 19. Qe3 h6 20. Rac1 $5 Rg8 21. Kg1 g5 22. Qc3 Rc8 23. fxg5 hxg5 24. Kh1 g4
25. Nd4 Qd5 26. Qe3 $6 (26. Ne2 $1 {guards square g3.}) 26... g3 $1 27. Bc3 Ra8
28. Nf3 gxh2 29. Bf6+ Kc8 30. Qc3 Qc5 31. Qd3 Qh5 32. Ne5 $1 Rxg2 $1 33. Kxg2
dxe5 34. Rxe5 Qg4+ 35. Qg3 Qxg3+ 36. Kxg3 Bd6 37. Kxh2 Rxa2 38. Kg1 Rxd2 39.
Rh5 b6 40. Be5 Bc5+ 41. Kf1 Kb7 42. Bg3 Bb5+ 43. Ke1 Re2+ 44. Kd1 Rg2 45. Rc3
Be2+ 0-1

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1925.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Bc5 $5 4. Bg2 d6 5. e3 Nge7 6. a3 a5 7. Nge2 O-O 8.
d4 Bb6 9. O-O Bd7 10. b3 $5 Qc8 $5 11. Bb2 Bh3 12. Qd3 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 exd4 14.
exd4 Qf5 15. Rad1 $1 Rae8 16. Rd2 $6 (16. Rfe1 Qxd3 17. Rxd3 Nf5 {(Levenfish)}
18. Red1 $1 {is preferable.}) 16... Qg5 $1 17. Rfd1 Ba7 18. Nf4 Nf5 19. Nb5 Bb8
20. Nd5 Re6 $5 21. Bc1 $6 (21. Nbxc7 Rh6 {(Alekhine)} 22. h3 $1 {gains an
advantage.}) 21... Qg4 $1 22. Nf4 Nh4+ 23. Kh1 Nf3 $1 24. Nxe6 $5 (24. h3 $1
Rh6 25. Kg2 Rxh3 $1 26. Nxh3 Nh4+ 27. Kh2 Nf3+ {draws (Alekhine).}) 24... fxe6
{White can equalise for the last time.} 25. Rg1 $2 ({Correct is} 25. Kg2 $1 Qh5
26. h3 Nxd2 27. Rxd2) 25... Rf5 26. Rg2 Nxd2 27. Bxd2 Rf3 $1 28. Be3 Ne7 29.
Nc3 Nf5 30. Rg1 $6 Nxe3 31. fxe3 Rf2 32. Qe4 Qxe4+ 33. Nxe4 Re2 34. Ng5 Rxe3
35. Kg2 Ba7 36. Rd1 h6 37. Kf2 Re5 38. Nf3 Re4 39. Re1 Bxd4+ 40. Nxd4 Rxd4 41.
Rxe6 Rd2+ 42. Ke1 Rxh2 43. Re7 Rb2 44. Rxc7 Rxb3 $1 45. Kf2 Rxa3 46. Rxb7 Rc3
47. Ra7 Rxc4 48. Rxa5 Rc7 49. Ra6 Rd7 50. Kf3 Kf7 51. Ke4 Ke6 52. Ra8 d5+ 53.
Kf4 d4 54. Ke4 d3 55. Ra1 d2 56. Rd1 Kf6 57. Kf4 Rd4+ 58. Kf3 Kf5 59. Ke3 Rd7
60. Kf3 Rd3+ 0-1

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1925.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Bb6 $5 6. Bc4 Nge7 $5 7. Nxc6
bxc6 $5 8. Qf3 d5 $1 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Bxb6 axb6 11. O-O O-O 12. Nc3 c6 13. Bd3
Ng6 14. Rfe1 f5 $5 15. Ne2 $6 ({Slightly better is} 15. Rad1) 15... Qf6 $1 16.
Nf4 $2 ({Right is} 16. c3 Ne5 {(Kmoch)} 17. Qh3 $1 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 f4 19. Nd4)
16... Nxf4 17. Qxf4 Qxb2 18. Qc7 Qc3 $1 19. Qxb6 Rxa2 $1 {Black keeps an extra
pawn.} 20. Rab1 f4 $1 21. Re7 Ra1 $1 22. Rc7 f3 23. Ra7 Rxb1+ 24. Qxb1 fxg2 25.
Re7 c5 26. Qd1 Qf6 $1 27. Bxh7+ Kxh7 28. Qh5+ Qh6 29. Qxd5 Qc1+ 30. Kxg2 Rf5
31. Qe4 Qg5+ 32. Kh1 Qg6 33. f3 Rg5 34. Qh4+ Rh5 35. Qf2 Be6 36. Qf1 Bd5 37. c4
Qc2 38. Re2 Bxc4 0-1

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Black "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A82"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1925.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g4 $5 d5 $6 (4... h6 $1 5. f3 d5 {plays for
a win (Tyroler - Araiza Munoz, The Hague 1928).}) 5. g5 Ng8 6. f3 $1 exf3 7.
Qxf3 e6 8. Bd3 {Black has a bothersome position.} g6 $2 ({Better is} 8... Ne7
$1 {(Tartakower)} 9. Nge2 c6 {and Black might survive.}) 9. Nge2 $1 Qe7 $6 (
9... Ne7 10. Rf1 Nf5 11. Bxf5 gxf5 12. Bf4 {brings White a strong attack.}) 10.
Bf4 $1 c6 11. Be5 $1 Bg7 12. Qg3 Na6 13. O-O Bd7 14. Bd6 Qd8 15. Qf4 1-0

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Reti, Richard"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1925.??.??"]

1. g3 e5 2. Nf3 e4 3. Nd4 d5 4. d3 exd3 5. Qxd3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Bb4+ $5 7. Bd2 Bxd2+
8. Nxd2 O-O 9. c4 $1 Na6 10. cxd5 Nb4 11. Qc4 Nbxd5 {The parties have
equalised.} 12. N2b3 c6 13. O-O Re8 14. Rfd1 Bg4 15. Rd2 Qc8 $5 16. Nc5 $1 Bh3
$1 17. Bf3 (17. Bxh3 $2 Qxh3 18. Nxb7 $2 Ng4 19. Nf3 Nde3 $1 20. fxe3 Nxe3 21.
Qxf7+ $1 Kh8 $1 22. Nh4 Rf8 {favours Black (Alekhine).}) 17... Bg4 $1 18. Bg2
Bh3 19. Bf3 Bg4 20. Bh1 $5 {Réti wants to win.} ({Maybe} 20. Bg2 Bh3 21. Bf3
Bg4 22. Bh1 $5 {was played.}) 20... h5 21. b4 a6 22. Rc1 h4 23. a4 hxg3 24.
hxg3 Qc7 25. b5 axb5 26. axb5 Re3 $3 {Réti allows the continuation of a famous
combination.} 27. Nf3 $2 ({The main pointe is} 27. fxe3 $4 Qxg3+ 28. Bg2 Nxe3 {
(Alekhine).}) ({Correct is} 27. Bf3 $1 Bxf3 28. exf3 {(Lasker).}) 27... cxb5
28. Qxb5 Nc3 29. Qxb7 Qxb7 30. Nxb7 Nxe2+ 31. Kh2 Ne4 $3 32. Rc4 ({Or} 32. fxe3
$2 Nxd2 33. Nxd2 Nxc1) 32... Nxf2 $1 33. Bg2 Be6 34. Rcc2 Ng4+ 35. Kh3 Ne5+ 36.
Kh2 Rxf3 $1 37. Rxe2 Ng4+ 38. Kh3 Ne3+ 39. Kh2 Nxc2 40. Bxf3 Nd4 ({A pretty
final shows} 40... Nd4 41. Rf2 Nxf3+ 42. Rxf3 Bd5 {and the sad knight is lost.}
) 0-1

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Torre Repetto, Carlos"]
[Black "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A83"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1925.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nc6 5. d5 Ne5 6. Qd4 Nf7 7. Bxf6 exf6 8.
O-O-O f5 $1 ({He diverts from} 8... Bd6 {(Réti - Mieses, Kosice 1918).}) 9. f3
$1 Qg5+ 10. Kb1 Bd6 $1 11. Nh3 Qf6 ({Even better is} 11... Qe7 $1 12. fxe4 Be5)
12. Qxf6 gxf6 13. fxe4 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Be5 15. g3 d6 16. Bb5+ Bd7 $2 {Black
exchanges his strong bishop.} ({Right is} 16... Ke7 $1 {(Rabinovich).}) 17.
Bxd7+ Kxd7 18. Rhf1 Ke7 19. Rde1 Nh6 20. Nf4 $5 {White delays the capture of
the f-pawn.} f5 21. Nc5 $1 Ng4 22. h3 Nf6 23. Nfd3 Nxd5 24. Nxe5 dxe5 25. Rxe5+
Kd6 26. Rfxf5 Kxc5 27. Rxd5+ Kb6 28. b3 Rae8 29. Rf6+ c6 30. Rd7 h5 31. Rff7
Rb8 32. Rg7 Rhd8 33. Rdf7 Rd5 34. h4 a5 35. Kb2 Ka6 36. Rg5 Rxg5 37. hxg5 Re8
38. Rh7 Re3 39. g4 $1 Rg3 ({Or} 39... hxg4 40. Rh4 g3 41. Rg4) 40. gxh5 Rxg5
41. h6 Rg3 42. Rg7 Rh3 43. h7 b5 44. Kc1 Kb6 45. Kd2 Kc5 46. a3 b4 47. a4 Kd4
48. Rd7+ Ke5 49. Ke2 Ke6 50. Ra7 Kd5 51. Rxa5+ Kd4 52. Ra7 Kc3 53. a5 Kxc2 54.
a6 {Carlos Torres showed his great talent in this game. Unfortunately, he had
to end his chess career due to depressions.} 1-0

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Thomas, George"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1925.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. d3 c5 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. Nbd2 d5 7. O-O O-O 8. Kh1
$6 b6 9. exd5 Qxd5 $1 10. Qe1 Bb7 11. Nc4 Nd4 $1 {Black has an active game.}
12. Ne3 Qc6 13. Bd1 Nd5 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Bf3 Qd7 17. Bxb7 Qxb7
18. c4 {White solves the weakness c2.} dxc3 19. bxc3 {But gets weak hanging
pawns.} Rac8 20. Bb2 Rfd8 21. Rf3 Bf6 22. d4 $2 (22. f5 $1 gxf5 23. Qg3+ Kh8
24. Rxf5 {activates the white position, but Thomas stays a sitting duck in
this game.}) 22... Qd5 23. Qe3 Qb5 24. Qd2 Rd5 25. h3 e6 26. Re1 Qa4 $1 27. Ra1
b5 28. Qd1 Rc4 $1 {The strong squares are occupied.} 29. Qb3 Rd6 30. Kh2 Ra6
31. Rff1 Be7 32. Kh1 Rcc6 33. Rfe1 Bh4 34. Rf1 Qc4 35. Qxc4 Rxc4 36. a3 {White
has to prevent .. b4.} Be7 37. Rfb1 Bd6 $1 38. g3 Kf8 39. Kg2 Ke7 40. Kf2 Kd7
41. Ke2 Kc6 42. Ra2 Rca4 43. Rba1 Kd5 44. Kd3 R6a5 45. Bc1 a6 46. Bb2 h5 $1 47.
h4 f6 48. Bc1 e5 $1 {This breakthrough will lead a lack of control by White
over square b4.} 49. fxe5 fxe5 50. Bb2 ({Or} 50. dxe5 Bxe5 51. Rg2 Rg4 {and
Black conquers pawn g3.}) 50... exd4 $1 51. cxd4 b4 $1 52. axb4 $2 Rxa2 53.
bxa5 Rxb2 0-1

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Saemisch, Fritz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1925.??.??"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 b6 5. Nc3 Bb7 6. Bg5 Ne4 $6 ({Theory
has become} 6... a6 {(Pomar - Ljubojevic, Palma de Mallorca 1972).}) 7. Nxe4
Bxe4 8. f3 Bb7 9. e4 f6 10. Be3 Nc6 11. Nb5 Qb8 $6 12. Qd2 g6 13. O-O-O d6 14.
Bh6 a6 15. Nc3 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 Qa7 $6 17. Nd5 Kf7 ({The intended} 17... O-O-O {
is answered by} 18. Qe3 {and pawn b6 falls.}) 18. c5 $1 bxc5 $6 ({Better is} 
18... b5 $1 {(controls square c4)} 19. cxd6 Nd4 $1 20. Kb1 Bxd5 21. exd5 Nf5 $1
) 19. Nxe7 $1 Nxe7 20. Rxd6 $6 (20. Bc4+ $1 d5 $1 21. exd5 {(Alekhine)} Nf5 $1
22. d6+ Ke8 23. Rhe1+ {leads to a strong attack.}) 20... Bd5 $1 21. Rxa6 $4 ({
Right is} 21. Rxd5 $1 Nxd5 22. Bc4 {and now Alekhine's move} Rac8 $2 {can be
refuted by} 23. exd5 $1) 21... Qb7 22. Rxa8 Qxa8 $2 (22... Rxa8 $1 23. exd5
Rxa2 24. Qxh7+ {(Alekhine)} Kf8 $1 25. Qh6+ Kg8 26. Qd2 Ra1+ $1 27. Kc2 Kg7 $3
28. d6 Nd5 29. d7 $1 Qxd7 30. Bb5 Nb4+ $1 31. Qxb4 cxb4 32. Bxd7 Rxh1 {might
win for Black.}) 23. exd5 Qxa2 24. Qf4 $1 c4 $2 {The tables turn again.} (24...
Qa1+ $1 25. Kc2 Rd8 26. d6 Nd5 27. Bc4 $1 Qxh1 28. Bxd5+ Kg7 {favours Black.})
25. d6 $1 Qa1+ 26. Kc2 Qa4+ 27. Kb1 Qd1+ 28. Qc1 Qxd6 29. Bxc4+ Kg7 30. Rd1 Qc6
31. Re1 Nc8 32. Qc3 Re8 33. Rxe8 Qxe8 34. Qd4 Qe7 35. Bd3 Qc7 36. g4 Kf7 37. h4
Nb6 38. h5 gxh5 39. gxh5 Qc6 40. Be4 Qb5 41. h6 Qb3 42. Bc2 Qb5 43. Qd3 Qxd3
44. Bxd3 Nc8 45. Bxh7 {Alekhine had scored 91/2/10!} 1-0

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Rabinovich, Ilya"]
[Black "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1925.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. e3 d6 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 e5 11. dxe5 Bxf3 $1 12. gxf3 $5 ({Or} 12. exf6 Bxf6 {
(Nimzowitsch).}) 12... Nxe5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Be4 Rb8 15. Rad1 Nd7 16. Nd5 Nc5
17. Bb1 a5 18. Kh1 g6 19. Rg1 Bg7 20. Rg3 c6 21. Nf4 Rb7 22. Qc2 Qf6 23. b3 Re8
24. Ne2 Rd7 25. Rd2 Red8 26. Nf4 Kf8 27. Qd1 h5 28. Qg1 $2 (28. Rg1 {shows
prudence.}) 28... Bh6 29. Ne2 ({Horrible is} 29. Nd3 h4 30. Rh3) 29... d5 30.
cxd5 Rxd5 31. Rxd5 Rxd5 32. f4 Bg7 33. Qc1 Qd6 34. Bc2 Ne4 35. Rg2 h4 36. Ng1
Nc3 37. a4 Na2 38. Qf1 Nb4 39. Be4 Rd1 40. Qc4 f5 41. Bf3 h3 $1 {Nimzowitsch
ends the game brilliantly.} 42. Rg3 Nd3 $1 43. Qc2 Rc1 44. Qe2 Rb1 0-1

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Reti, Richard"]
[Black "Saemisch, Fritz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1925.??.??"]

1. g3 e5 2. d4 $5 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qa4 Bc5 5. Bg2 Nge7 6. Nf3 d6 7. c3 Bd7
8. Qc2 Bf5 $5 9. e4 Bd7 10. Nbd2 Qc8 11. h3 $2 (11. b4 Bb6 12. a4 a6 13. Nc4
Ba7 14. O-O {keeps the equality.}) 11... O-O 12. b4 Bb6 13. Nc4 d5 $1 14. Nxb6
cxb6 $1 {White has been outplayed.} 15. Ba3 dxe4 16. Ng5 $5 Nd4 $1 17. Qd2 Nf3+
18. Bxf3 ({Or} 18. Nxf3 exf3 19. Bxf3 {(Sämisch)} Bb5 $1 20. O-O-O Ba4) 18...
exf3 19. O-O-O Ba4 20. Qd3 Ng6 21. Rd2 Bb5 22. Qc2 Be2 23. h4 h5 24. b5 Rd8 25.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Qf5 Qf6 27. Qxf6 gxf6 28. Ne4 Kg7 29. Nd6 Ne5 30. Kd2 Rd8 $1 31.
Ke3 Ng4+ $1 32. Kf4 Nxf2 33. Rb1 Ng4 34. Nf5+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Black "Reti, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B05"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1925.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. c4 Nb6 6. h3 $6 ({Better is} 6. exd6
exd6 {(Ward - Hall, Bradford 1893).}) 6... Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Nc6 8. Be3 dxe5 9. dxe5
e6 10. a3 $6 (10. Nc3 {proceeds the development.}) 10... Nd7 11. Bf4 $2 (11.
Nc3 Ndxe5 12. Qe2 {makes useful moves.}) 11... g5 $1 12. Bg3 Bg7 13. Nc3 Ndxe5
14. Bxe5 Bxe5 15. Rd1 Qf6 16. Qxf6 Bxf6 17. Na4 Ke7 18. Bd3 Rad8 19. Be4 Rxd1+
20. Kxd1 Na5 21. Bd3 Rd8 22. Kc2 h6 23. Rd1 b6 24. b4 Nc6 25. Be4 Rxd1 26. Kxd1
Kd7 27. Kd2 Bd4 28. f3 Ne5 29. g4 $2 c5 $1 30. bxc5 bxc5 31. Kc2 Nxc4 0-1

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Thomas, George"]
[Black "Saemisch, Fritz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1925.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. e3 d6 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. Rc1 O-O 10. O-O Kh8 11. e4 Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Bb1 Nf4 14. Ne2 Nxe2+
15. Qxe2 a5 16. Rc3 e5 17. Qd2 Rae8 18. d5 Nc5 19. Ne1 Bc8 20. Re3 f5 21. exf5
Bxf5 22. Bxf5 Rxf5 23. Nd3 Nxd3 24. Qxd3 Ref8 25. f3 Qf6 26. Re4 Qg6 27. Rg4 $4
Qxg4 $1 28. fxg4 Rxf1+ 29. Qxf1 Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1 Kh7 31. Ke2 Kg6 32. Kf3 Kg5 33.
Kg3 g6 34. b3 Kf6 35. Kf3 Ke7 36. a3 Kd7 37. Ke4 c6 $1 {Black needs an opening
on the queenside.} 38. g5 $6 ({More resistance is offered by} 38. a4 Kc7 $1 39.
Kd3 cxd5 40. cxd5 Kb7 41. Kc4 Ka6 42. b4 axb4 43. Kxb4 e4 {but Black wins
anyway.}) 38... hxg5 39. Kf3 b5 40. a4 bxa4 41. bxa4 cxd5 42. cxd5 Kc7 43. Kg4
e4 $1 0-1

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Black "Reti, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1925.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 Nfd7 4. Nxd5 ({Best is} 4. e6 $1 fxe6 5. d4 {(Mieses
- Colle, Frankfurt 1930).}) 4... Nxe5 5. Ne3 Nbc6 6. Nf3 Nxf3+ 7. Qxf3 g6 8.
Bb5 Bd7 9. d4 Bg7 10. d5 $2 (10. c3 $1 {keeps the equality (Selesniev).}) 10...
Nd4 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. Qd1 O-O-O 13. O-O Kb8 14. c4 e6 15. Rb1 Rhe8 16. Kh1 c6
17. dxc6 Qxc6 18. b4 Qe4 19. Bd2 Qd3 $1 20. Be1 $6 {Mieses strives for a poor
exchange.} Ne2 $1 21. Qb3 f5 22. f4 Qxb3 23. Rxb3 Nc1 24. Ra3 Bb2 25. Ra4 Rd3
26. Bf2 Red8 27. h3 Ne2 28. Kh2 Nc3 29. Ra5 Ne4 30. Bg1 b6 31. Ra4 Nc3 32. Ra6
Ne2 33. Bf2 Bc1 34. Re1 Bxe3 35. Rxe2 Bxf4+ 36. g3 Rd2 37. Rxd2 Bxd2 $2 (37...
Rxd2 $1 38. gxf4 Rxf2+ 39. Kg3 Rc2 40. c5 Rc3+ 41. Kg2 Kb7 $1 {wins easily.})
38. c5 Kb7 39. b5 Ba5 $1 40. c6+ Kb8 41. c7+ $1 Kxc7 42. Rxa7+ Kd6 43. Rxh7 {
White has liberated his position.} Ke5 44. Rb7 Rd2 45. Kg1 Rd6 $1 46. Be3 Ke4
47. Kf2 e5 48. Rc7 $2 (48. a4 $1 {gives drawing chances.}) 48... Bd2 $1 49.
Bxd2 Rxd2+ 50. Kf1 Rxa2 51. Rc4+ Ke3 52. Rc3+ Kd4 53. Rc6 g5 54. Rxb6 f4 55. h4
f3 56. Ra6 Rb2 57. Ra4+ Kd5 58. hxg5 e4 59. Ra3 Kd4 60. Ra4+ Ke5 61. Ra3 Kf5
62. Re3 Rxb5 63. Re1 Rb4 64. Kf2 Rb2+ 65. Ke3 Kxg5 0-1

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Saemisch, Fritz"]
[Black "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1925.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 d6 6. O-O Be7 7. Nd2 O-O 8.
Kh1 Nbd7 9. c3 a6 $5 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. f4 $5 b6 12. N2f3 Nc5 13. Bc2 e5 $5 ({Or} 
13... Bb7 14. e5 {(Lasker).} Ng4) 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. exf5 e4 16. Nd4 d5 17. Be3
Bd6 $2 (17... h5 $1 {prevents the next advance.}) 18. g4 $1 Nd3 $5 {White
tries to stop an attack on his king.} 19. g5 Nd7 20. Bxd3 exd3 21. Qxd3 Nc5 22.
Qe2 Rfe8 23. Rf3 Qe7 $6 ({More useful is} 23... Re4 24. f6 g6 25. f5 Rae8) 24.
Qg2 Qe4 25. Raf1 Nd3 26. f6 Bc5 $2 ({Necessary is} 26... g6 {(Lasker).}) 27.
fxg7 Bxd4 28. cxd4 Rac8 29. f5 $1 {Black has no proper defence.} Rc6 ({Or} 
29... Kxg7 30. g6 $1 hxg6 31. Qh3 Rc6 32. Qh6+ Kg8 33. Kg1 $1) 30. g6 $1 fxg6
31. fxg6 Kxg7 32. Bh6+ $1 (32. Bh6+ Kxh6 33. Qh3+ Kg5 34. Rg1+ {shows the
pointe.}) 1-0

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Black "Yates, Frederick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1925.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bf4 c6 ({Usual is} 5... O-O 6. e3 c5
$1) 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bg3 N7f6 11. a3 Nxc3 12.
bxc3 Qa5 $2 ({More prudence shows} 12... c5) 13. O-O Nh5 14. Be5 $1 g6 ({The
pointe is} 14... f6 $2 15. Qf5 $1 g6 16. Bxe6+ Kg7 $2 17. Bxf6+ $1 {
(Tartakower).}) 15. h3 Ng7 16. e4 b5 17. Bb3 c5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Qd2 f6 20.
Qh6 $1 Ne8 ({Or} 20... Rf7 21. Bxf6 $1 Rxf6 22. Ng5) 21. Bd4 Be7 22. Rfd1 Qc7
23. a4 bxa4 24. Rxa4 Rf7 25. Qe3 Bf8 26. Rda1 a6 27. e5 $1 Rb8 28. Rc4 $1 Qd8
29. Ba2 fxe5 30. Qxe5 Rxf3 31. Rxc8 $1 Qxc8 32. Bxe6+ Qxe6 33. Qxe6+ Rf7 34.
Be5 Rd8 35. Rxa6 Bc5 36. Ra2 Kf8 37. Qc6 Ba7 38. g4 Kg8 39. Kg2 Re7 40. Bf4 Rf7
41. Qc4 Bb6 42. Ra6 Bc7 43. Ra7 Rdd7 44. Bh6 Rd8 45. Qe6 Rb8 46. Bf4 Ng7 47.
Qxf7+ Kxf7 48. Rxc7+ 1-0

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Saemisch, Fritz"]
[Black "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1925.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 $6 6. Nf3 Bd7 $6 7. Be2
Bc6 8. O-O Rg8 $6 9. c4 Bd6 10. Qc2 f5 $6 {A number of small errors constitute
one big mistakes.} 11. d5 $1 exd5 12. Qxf5 Qd7 13. Qxh7 Qg4 14. Ng5 $1 {The
hostile position is taken by force.} Qxg5 15. Bxg5 Rxg5 16. Bh5 dxc4 17. Rfe1+
{Sämisch scored well in the second half of the event and ended at the third
place.} 1-0

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Black "Reti, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1925.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Bb4
$5 c5 $1 {They follow McCutcheon - Pillsbury, corr 1901.} 9. Bxc5 $1 ({Not} 9.
dxc5 $2 Nxf2 $1 10. Kxf2 Qh4+) 9... Nc6 $2 ({Appropriate is} 9... Nxc5 $1 10.
dxc5 Nd7 {(Spielmann - Nimzowitsch, Goteborg 1920).}) 10. Ba3 $1 Qa5+ 11. c3 $1
Nxc3 12. Qd2 $1 Na4 $6 (12... Ne4 {moves the knight to the centre.}) 13. Qxa5
Nxa5 14. b3 Nb6 15. Nf3 Bd7 16. Bd3 Nc6 17. Ke2 g5 $6 ({Better is the immediate
} 17... Nc8) 18. h3 Nc8 19. g4 N8e7 20. h4 gxh4 21. Rxh4 O-O-O 22. Rah1 Rhg8
23. Rg1 Rh8 24. Bd6 Ng6 25. Bxg6 fxg6 26. Rgh1 h5 27. gxh5 Rxh5 28. Rxh5 gxh5
29. Rxh5 {White has gained a pawn and keeps a positional advantage.} Rg8 30.
Ke3 b6 31. Rh4 Rg7 32. Nh2 $1 {The knight starts a winning manoeuvre towards
f6.} Be8 33. Rh8 Kd7 34. f3 Ne7 35. Bxe7 $1 Kxe7 36. Ng4 Kf7 37. a4 Bc6 38. Rb8
Kg6 39. Nf6 Rc7 40. Kd2 Kf7 41. Rg8 b5 42. a5 b4 43. Rh8 Kg6 44. Rb8 a6 45. Rb6
Kf5 46. Rxa6 Kf4 47. Rb6 Kxf3 48. Rxb4 Ra7 49. Rb6 Bb7 50. b4 Bc8 51. Ne8 Bd7
52. Nd6 Ba4 53. Nb7 Bb3 54. Nc5 Bc4 55. Nxe6 Ke4 56. Kc3 Ra8 57. a6 Rh8 58. b5
{Bogoljubow won the fourth prize.} 1-0

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Black "Carls, Carl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1925.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Ng3 Bg4 6. Qd3 $5 Nbd7 7. h3 Bh5
$2 ({Correct is} 7... Be6 $1) 8. Nxh5 Nxh5 9. Nf3 e6 10. g3 Bd6 11. Bg2 O-O 12.
O-O Qc7 13. b3 Rfd8 14. Bb2 Rac8 15. c4 Be7 16. Qe2 g6 $6 (16... Nhf6 {repairs
the position.}) 17. Nh2 Bf6 18. Bf3 Ng7 $6 (18... Qa5 {is more active.}) 19.
Ng4 Be7 20. Rad1 Nf5 21. d5 $1 exd5 22. cxd5 Bc5 $6 23. d6 $2 {Spielmann
overlooks the overwhelming combination.} ({White wins by} 23. dxc6 $1 Qxg3+ 24.
Bg2 Nh4 25. Qe4 Nxg2 26. Bd4 $1) 23... Bxd6 24. Rxd6 $5 Qxd6 25. Rd1 Qe6 $2 ({
Right is} 25... Qc7 $1 {(Zubarev)} 26. Rxd7 $1 Rxd7 27. Nf6+ Kf8 28. Nxh7+ Kg8
29. Nf6+ Kf8 30. Nxd7+ Qxd7 {and chances for both sides.}) 26. Qxe6 fxe6 27.
Rxd7 $1 Rxd7 28. Nf6+ Kf7 29. Nxd7 Rd8 30. Ne5+ Ke7 31. Kf1 Nd4 32. Be4 Nb5 33.
Ke2 Rc8 34. h4 Nd6 35. Bd3 Nf5 36. Nf3 Kd6 37. Ng5 Rc7 38. Ne4+ Kd7 39. Be5 Rc8
40. Nc5+ Ke7 41. Nxb7 c5 42. Kd2 h5 43. Kc3 Nd4 44. Bxg6 Nc6 45. Bf4 Nb4 46.
Bg5+ Kd7 47. Nxc5+ {Alekhine won the tournament before Rubinstein, Sämisch and
Bogoljubow.} 1-0

[Event "Marienbad"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Haida, August"]
[Black "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1925.??.??"]

{A tournament was played in the luxurious health resort Marienbad from 20 v
until 8 vi 1925. The event became a race between Rubinstein and Nimzowitsch.
We follow their games. Eventually they shared the victory and scored 11/15.
Marshall and Torre followed by one point. The event had a disappointing
technical level. } 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5
Nxd5 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Bd2 O-O 9. Rc1 Nd7 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. Qc2 Rc8 12. O-O Nf6 13.
Rfd1 a5 14. Ne5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 c5 16. dxc5 Qd5+ 17. Nf3 Rxc5 18. Qa4 Qb7 19.
Rxc5 Bxc5 20. Qb3 e5 21. Be3 Bxe3 22. Qxe3 e4 23. Ne5 h6 24. Qd4 Rc8 25. e3 Kh7
26. h3 Rc5 27. b3 Rd5 28. Qa1 Kg8 29. Nc4 Rd3 30. Ne5 Rxd1 31. Qxd1 Qd5 32.
Qxd5 Nxd5 33. Nc4 Kf8 34. Nd6 Nb4 35. a4 Na2 36. Nxe4 Nc1 37. Nd2 Ke7 38. Kf1
Kd6 39. Ke1 Kc5 40. Kd1 Nd3 41. f4 Kb4 42. e4 Kc3 43. e5 g5 44. fxg5 hxg5 45.
h4 gxh4 46. gxh4 Nxe5 47. h5 Ng4 48. Ke2 Kc2 49. Nc4 Kxb3 50. Nxb6 Kb4 51. Kf3
Nh6 52. Kf4 Ng8 53. Ke5 Kb3 54. Nd5 Kxa4 55. Nf6 Kb3 56. Nxg8 a4 57. h6 a3 58.
h7 f6+ 59. Nxf6 a2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Marienbad"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Przepiorka, Dawid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A55"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1925.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nd7 4. e4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O
Qc7 9. h3 Re8 10. Be3 Bf8 11. Kh2 b6 12. Rc1 Bb7 13. Qc2 Rac8 14. Rfd1 Qb8 15.
Qb1 Qa8 $2 {Black has chosen a passive defence.} (15... exd4 16. Nxd4 g6 {
lifts much pressure.}) 16. d5 $1 cxd5 17. cxd5 a5 18. Nd2 Nc5 19. Nc4 Nfd7 20.
b4 $1 axb4 21. Qxb4 Ba6 22. Bf1 $5 Bxc4 23. Bxc4 Qa5 24. Rb1 Be7 25. Bb5 Red8
26. Bc6 Nb8 27. Qxa5 bxa5 28. Rb6 Nbd7 $6 ({More solid is} 28... Kf8) 29. Rb5
$1 Nb8 30. Bxc5 dxc5 31. Bb7 Rc7 32. d6 $5 Rxd6 $2 ({More resistance is
offered by} 32... Bxd6 33. Nd5 Rcd7 {Black will be strangled.}) 33. Nd5 $1 1-0

[Event "Marienbad"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Black "Torre Repetto, Carlos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1925.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. e3 d5 3. c4 Nc6 4. d4 Bf5 5. Qb3 e6 6. c5 Qc8 7. Bb5 Nd7 8. Bxc6
bxc6 9. O-O Be7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Ba5 Bf6 12. Qc3 Re8 13. Ne5 Bxe5 14. dxe5 f6
15. f4 fxe5 16. fxe5 Bxb1 17. Raxb1 Qd8 18. Qd4 Rc8 19. Bc3 Qg5 20. e4 Qg4 21.
Rbd1 Rf8 22. exd5 Qxd4+ 23. Bxd4 exd5 24. Rfe1 Rce8 25. Rd3 Re6 26. g3 Rfe8 27.
Rde3 Kf7 28. Kf2 Ke7 29. R1e2 Rb8 30. Ra3 Rb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Marienbad"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Saemisch, Fritz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1925.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Nxe4 Bxe4 8.
O-O O-O 9. Bf4 d6 10. Qd2 Nd7 11. Rfd1 a5 12. Rac1 Qe8 $5 {Black prepares an
attack on the kingside.} 13. Ne1 Bxg2 14. Nxg2 f5 15. Qc2 g5 $5 16. Bd2 Qh5 17.
f3 Bf6 18. Be1 Rae8 19. Bf2 Qf7 $6 {Sämisch stops the assault.} (19... Rf7 $1 {
brings a rook to the front.}) 20. a3 Qg7 21. b4 axb4 22. axb4 Ra8 $6 23. d5 Qe7
24. dxe6 Qxe6 25. Ne3 Bd8 26. b5 Ne5 27. Nd5 h6 28. Ra1 $1 Rxa1 $6 {White gets
the a-file.} 29. Rxa1 g4 30. f4 Ng6 31. Ra7 Rf7 32. Bd4 $1 Kh7 $6 33. Ra8 Rd7
34. Bb2 h5 35. Qc3 Qf7 36. Ne3 $1 Qf8 37. Nxf5 $1 {Runbinstein finishes his
offensive.} d5 $5 ({The pointe is} 37... Qxf5 38. Rxd8 $1 Rxd8 39. Qg7#) 38.
cxd5 Qxf5 39. Rxd8 Re7 ({Or} 39... Qxd5 40. f5 $1 {(Donaldson and Minev).}) 40.
Re8 Rd7 41. e4 Qf7 42. Rh8+ Nxh8 43. Qxh8+ Kg6 44. f5+ Kg5 45. Bc1# 1-0

[Event "Marienbad"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Michell, Reginald"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1925.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. Nf1 d5 13. exd5 Qxd5 14. Qe2 Bb7 15.
Bb3 Qd7 16. Bg5 Rae8 17. Qd2 h6 18. Bh4 Nh5 19. Bg3 Bd6 20. Ne3 Kh7 21. h3 Nxg3
22. fxg3 f5 23. Rad1 Bb8 24. Nf1 Rd8 25. Qe2 Qd6 26. Bc2 Qf6 27. Kh2 Kh8 28.
Qf2 Ba7 29. Qe2 Rde8 30. Qd2 Nd8 31. Re2 Nf7 32. Qe1 Bb8 33. N1d2 Re7 34. Qf2
Bd6 35. Rf1 g6 36. Kh1 Kg7 37. Nh2 Ng5 38. Ndf3 e4 39. Ng1 Rfe8 40. h4 exd3 41.
hxg5 Qxg5 42. Rxe7+ Rxe7 43. Bxd3 Bxg3 44. Ngf3 Bxf2 45. Nxg5 Bg3 46. Ngf3 c4
47. Bb1 Re2 48. Rd1 Bxh2 49. Rd7+ Kf8 50. Rxb7 Bg3 51. Rd7 Rxb2 52. Rd1 a5 53.
Nd4 Be5 54. Kg1 b4 55. Nc2 Bxc3 56. Kf1 f4 0-1

[Event "Marienbad"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Opocensky, Karel"]
[Black "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1925.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 b6 5. e4 Bb7 6. Bd3 Nc6 $6 ({Correct is} 
6... c5 $1 7. d5 d6 $1 {(Davidson-Colle, The Hague 1925).}) 7. Nf3 Be7 $5 8. a3
d6 9. O-O e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. b4 Nbd7 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Ne2 Ne8 14. Qd2 g6 15. g4
Ng7 16. Ng3 c6 17. Qh6 Rc8 18. Rac1 a6 19. Rfd1 Rc7 20. h4 cxd5 21. cxd5 Rxc1
22. Rxc1 Nf6 23. Nh2 (23. Ng5 $5 Qd7 $1 24. h5 Rc8 {Black has given an
adequate response.}) 23... Kh8 $1 24. Qe3 ({Not} 24. f4 $4 Ng8 $1 {(Gunsberg).}
) 24... Nd7 25. Nf3 Nf6 (25... f5 $1 {ends the passive defence.}) 26. Nh2 Ng8
27. g5 f6 28. Nf3 fxg5 29. hxg5 Bc8 30. Rc6 $5 {White plans an interesting
sacrifice.} Bd7 31. Bxa6 Bxc6 32. dxc6 Qc7 33. b5 h6 34. gxh6 Ne6 35. a4 Bd8
36. Ba3 Qf7 $2 ({Right is} 36... Kh7 $1) 37. Nxe5 $2 ({White grabs his chance
by} 37. Bc8 $1 Qxf3 38. Bxe6 Qxe3 39. fxe3 Bc7 40. Bxg8 Kxg8 41. Ne2 $1 Rf3 42.
Nc3 {and White wins.}) 37... dxe5 38. Bxf8 Qxf8 39. a5 Nxh6 40. axb6 $2 ({
Better is} 40. Ne2 $1) 40... Ng4 $1 41. b7 Nxe3 42. b8=Q Qf3 43. fxe3 Qxg3+ 0-1

[Event "Marienbad"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Przepiorka, Dawid"]
[Black "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1925.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. c4 Bb7 4. Nc3 e6 5. Qc2 c5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. e4 $6 Nc6 $6
(7... Ng4 $1 8. Nd1 Qf6 {gains a plus.}) 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 d6 10. Rd1 Qe7 11. a3
a5 12. Be2 g5 13. Bg3 Nh5 14. Nb5 e5 $5 ({Less risk is taken by} 14... Nxg3 15.
hxg3 O-O-O) 15. Nxe5 $5 Nxg3 16. Nxc6 Bxf2+ $6 (16... Qf6 $1 17. fxg3 Qf2+ 18.
Kd2 Qe3+ {delivers perpetual check.}) 17. Kxf2 Nxh1+ 18. Kg1 Bxc6 19. Nxd6+ Kf8
20. Qc3 Rg8 21. Nxf7 $5 {White chooses for perpetual check.} (21. c5 $1 Bxe4
22. Nxe4 Nf2 23. Nxf2 Qxe2 24. cxb6 {plays for a win.}) 21... Kxf7 22. Bh5+ Ke6
23. Bg4+ Kf7 24. Bh5+ Ke6 25. Bg4+ ({Gunsberg's suggestion} 25. Qh3+ $2 g4 $1
26. Bxg4+ {is refuted by} Kf7 $1 27. Rf1+ Ke8 28. Bh5+ Kd8) 25... Kf7 26. Bh5+
Ke6 27. Bg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Marienbad"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1925.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. a4 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. exd4 Be7 $6 ({Better is} 10... Bd6 $1) 11. d5 $1 exd5 12.
Nxd5 Nxd5 $6 ({Okay is} 12... Be6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bxe6 Qxd1 15. Bxf7+ Kxf7
16. Rxd1 Rhd8) 13. Bxd5 O-O 14. Qf3 Bd6 $5 {Black has lost a tempo.} 15. Re1
Qh4 16. h3 Qb4 17. Rd1 Rb8 $2 {Black misses the last chance.} (17... Be6 18.
Bd2 Bxd5 19. Bxb4 Bxf3 20. Rxd6 Bc6 21. Rxc6 bxc6 22. Bxf8 Kxf8 23. Rc1 Rb8 {
equalises.}) 18. b3 $1 Be6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Qe2 Bc5 21. Qxe6+ Kh8 22. Ba3 $1
Qa5 23. Rd5 $1 Bxf2+ 24. Kh1 Qc3 25. Rc1 Qf6 26. Qxf6 Rxf6 27. Rd7 Be3 $5 ({Or
} 27... b6 28. Bb2 Rg6 29. Rcc7 Rg8 {and a positional horror.}) 28. Rxb7 Rb6
29. Rxb6 Bxb6 30. Rc6 h5 31. Bd6 Rb7 32. b4 a5 33. b5 Kh7 34. g4 hxg4 35. hxg4
Kg8 36. Kg2 Kf7 37. Kf3 Bd8 38. Ke4 Ke8 39. Kd5 g5 40. Ke6 Bb6 41. Rc8+ Bd8 42.
Bc5 Rb8 $1 43. Rc6 $1 Rb7 44. b6 Rb8 45. Rc7 $1 Bxc7 46. bxc7 Rc8 47. Bb6 Ra8
48. Ba7 $1 {Rubinstein had started with four wins.} 1-0

[Event "Marienbad"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Black "Marshall, Frank"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1925.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d3 Nc6 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. e3
Bf5 9. Be2 Nb4 10. Ne5 Nd7 11. Ndf3 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 f6 13. a3 fxe5 14. axb4 d4
15. O-O O-O 16. bxc5 Bxc5 17. b4 Bb6 18. Qb3+ Kh8 19. exd4 Bxd4 20. Ra5 Rc8 21.
Bxd4 Qxd4 22. Qa3 Rc3 23. Qa1 Rc2 24. Rxe5 Qxb4 25. Qxa7 Rxe2 26. Rxe2 Bxd3 27.
Qe3 Bxe2 28. Qxe2 h6 29. Qd3 Qc5 30. g3 b5 31. Kg2 b4 32. f4 Qc6+ 33. Qf3 Qb6
34. f5 $2 (34. Rb1 $1 {saves the game (Gunsberg).}) 34... b3 35. Rb1 b2 36. Qc3
Qb7+ 37. Kg1 Rb8 38. Kf2 Qb6+ 39. Kg2 Qb4 40. Qe5 Qb5 41. Qc3 Qe2+ 42. Kh3 Kh7
43. f6 Qe6+ {Nimzowitsch had scored 50%.} 0-1

[Event "Marienbad"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Reti, Richard"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "1925.??.??"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 e5 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Nc3 c6 7. O-O-O O-O 8.
Nf3 Nbd7 9. h4 Qb6 10. Qd2 Re8 11. Nd4 Ne5 12. Nb3 Nc4 13. Qd4 h6 14. Bf4 Ng4
15. Rhf1 Bf6 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. Nd2 b5 18. Nxc4 bxc4 {White has a poor game
after an openings' disaster.} 19. e4 Bxc3 20. bxc3 dxe4 21. Kb2 Bf5 22. Bh3 h5
23. Bxg4 Bxg4 24. Rd4 c5 25. Rd6 Red8 26. Re1 Bf3 27. Rb6 Rd7 28. Be3 Rc8 29.
Rb5 f6 30. Rxc5 Rxc5 31. Bxc5 Kf7 32. Bd4 Rd5 33. a4 Ke6 34. Ka3 Kf5 {Black
has lost his advantage and starts a dangerous adventure.} 35. Kb4 Kg4 36. Kxc4
Rd7 37. a5 Kh3 38. Kb5 Kg2 39. Kb6 g5 40. Be3 gxh4 41. gxh4 f5 42. c4 f4 43.
Bxf4 Kxf2 44. Re3 Rf7 45. Bg5 Rg7 46. c5 Rxg5 47. hxg5 Kxe3 48. g6 h4 $2 (48...
Kf2 $1 49. c6 bxc6 50. g7 e3 51. g8=Q e2 {and Black might win!}) 49. c6 bxc6
50. g7 h3 51. a6 h2 52. a7 h1=Q 53. g8=Q Kf2 54. a8=Q e3 55. Qa4 $2 (55. Qa5 $1
e2 56. Qe5 Qg2 57. Qc4 Qg4 58. Qcc3 {seems to win for White!}) 55... e2 56.
Qd4+ Kf1 57. Qd3 Kf2 58. Qd2 Qb1+ 59. Kc7 c5 60. Qb3 Qxb3 61. cxb3 Kf1 62. Qd3
Kf2 63. Qc2 Kf1 64. Qc4 Kf2 65. Qxc5+ Kf1 66. Qc4 Kf2 67. Qd4+ Kf1 68. Qd3 Kf2
69. Qd2 Kf1 70. Qd3 Kf2 71. Qd4+ Kf1 72. Qc4 Kf2 73. Qc5+ Kf1 74. Qc4 Kf2 75.
Qd4+ Kf1 76. Qd3 Kf2 77. Qd2 Kf1 78. Qe3 Bg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Marienbad"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Janowsky, Dawid"]
[Black "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1925.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 b6 4. c4 Bb7 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. e3 Qe7 7. Bd3 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 d6 9. O-O e5 10. Nh4 g6 11. f4 h6 12. Bxf6 ({Gunsberg's suggestion} 12.
Nxg6 fxg6 13. Bxg6+ Kd8 14. fxe5 hxg5 15. Rxf6 Nd7 16. Rf7 Qe6 {leads to
complications.}) 12... Qxf6 13. Qg4 e4 14. Bc2 Nd7 15. f5 $4 h5 $1 16. fxg6
hxg4 17. Rxf6 Nxf6 18. Rf1 Rxh4 19. Rxf6 fxg6 20. d5 Bc8 21. Rxg6 Kf7 22. Bxe4
g3 23. Re6 gxh2+ 24. Kh1 Rb8 0-1

[Event "Marienbad"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1925.??.??"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 Nc6 8. Be3
Bd7 9. O-O h5 $2 ({Theory is} 9... O-O) 10. f3 h4 11. Qd2 h3 12. g3 Nh7 $6 13.
Rad1 Nf8 $6 14. Nd5 Ne6 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Nb4 Qc7 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. b4 b6 19.
c5 bxc5 20. bxc5 d5 21. exd5 exd5 22. Qc2 Kf7 23. Bd3 Bf6 24. Bxg6+ Kg7 25. f4
Qd7 26. Rd4 Qe6 27. Kf2 Rab8 28. Bf5 Qf7 29. Qe2 Kf8 30. Re1 e6 31. Bg4 Qg7 32.
Red1 Qe7 33. R4d2 Rb4 34. Kg1 Kg7 35. Bf2 Kf7 36. Qa6 Qc7 37. Re2 e5 38. fxe5
Rxg4 39. exf6 Bb7 40. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "Marienbad"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Haida, August"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D04"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1925.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Be2 Nc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. Nbd2 e6 7. c4 Bd6 8. a3
cxd4 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd4 Bxe2 11. Nxe2 O-O 12. Ng3 Rc8 13. Nf3 Nf6 14. b4 Ne5
15. Bb2 Nc4 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qd4 Qxd4 18. Nxd4 Rfd8 19. Nf3 Bf8 20. Rfc1 h6
21. Ne2 a6 22. g3 g5 23. h3 f6 24. Rc2 Ne5 25. Rxc8 Nxf3+ 26. Kg2 Rxc8 27. Kxf3
Kf7 28. Rd1 Ke7 29. e4 Rc2 30. Rd3 h5 31. g4 hxg4+ 32. hxg4 b6 33. Nd4 Rc4 34.
Nb3 Ke8 35. Nd2 Rc6 {Rubinstein waits for an error.} 36. Ke2 $2 ({Right is} 36.
Nb3 $1 Kf7 37. Rd7+ Be7 38. Ke2 Rc2+ 39. Rd2) 36... Bd6 37. Nf1 Ke7 38. Nd2 Bf4
39. Nb3 Rc2+ 40. Kf3 Be5 41. Ke3 $6 (41. Nd2 {has been suggested by Gunsberg.
Then} Bf4 42. Nf1 Bc1 43. Ne3 Ra2 44. Nc4 b5 {gives Black winning chances.})
41... Ra2 $1 42. b5 axb5 43. Nd4 Bxd4+ 44. Kxd4 Rxf2 45. Rb3 Rf4 46. Rxb5 Rxg4
47. Rxb6 f5 48. Ra6 Rxe4+ 0-1

[Event "Marienbad"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Black "Gruenfeld, Ernst"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1925.??.??"]

1. e3 Nf6 2. f4 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 $1 4. b3 Nbd7 5. Bb2 e6 6. c4 Be7 7. h3 $5 Bxf3
8. Qxf3 O-O 9. g4 $5 Ne4 10. g5 c6 11. d3 Qa5+ 12. Ke2 Nd6 13. Bc3 Qb6 {The
opening favours Black.} 14. h4 $6 Nf5 $1 15. Bh3 d4 $1 16. Bxf5 dxc3 17. Bxh7+
$6 ({Slightly better is} 17. Be4 c2 18. Nd2 Ba3) 17... Kxh7 18. Nxc3 Qa5 19.
Ne4 Rh8 20. g6+ fxg6 21. h5 g5 22. fxg5 Raf8 23. Qg2 Kg8 24. h6 Qf5 25. hxg7
Kxg7 26. Rh6 Ne5 27. d4 Qf3+ $4 ({Right is} 27... Nf3 {and Black wins.}) 28.
Qxf3 Nxf3 29. Rxh8 Kxh8 30. Rf1 Nxd4+ 31. exd4 Rxf1 32. Kxf1 Kg7 33. Ke2 Kg6
34. Kf3 Kf5 ({Or} 34... Bxg5 35. Nd6) 35. c5 b6 36. Nd6+ Kxg5 37. Nc8 Kf6 38.
Nxa7 bxc5 39. Nxc6 cxd4 40. Ke4 Bc5 41. b4 d3 42. Kxd3 Bf2 43. a4 Kf7 44. a5
Ke8 45. a6 1-0

[Event "Marienbad"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Torre Repetto, Carlos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D06"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1925.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 Bf5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Nb4 6. Na3 N8c6 7. Bg2 Be4 8.
O-O e6 9. Nb5 Nd5 10. Bd2 Be7 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 O-O 13. Ne1 Bxg2 14. Nxg2
Bf6 15. e3 Qd5 16. Nf4 Qf5 17. Nh5 Rad8 18. Qe2 Rd7 19. e4 Qg6 20. d5 exd5 21.
Bxf6 gxf6 22. exd5 Nd4 23. Qd1 Rxd5 24. Nf4 Qe4 25. f3 Qe3+ 26. Kg2 Re5 27. Re1
Nf5 28. Qc2 Qc5 29. Qxc5 Rxc5 30. Rac1 Rxc1 31. Rxc1 c6 32. Nh5 Ne3+ 33. Kf2
Nd5 34. g4 Re8 35. Ng3 Re5 36. Rd1 Kf8 37. Nf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Marienbad"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Thomas, George"]
[Black "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C15"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1925.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 dxe4 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Nxc3 f5 7. Bf4 (7. Bc4
{was played in Maróczy-Seitz, Gyor 1924.}) 7... Nf6 8. f3 $5 O-O $1 9. fxe4
Nxe4 10. Nxe4 fxe4 11. Qd2 Nd7 12. Be2 c5 13. O-O cxd4 14. Qxd4 Qb6 15. Be3
Qxd4 16. Bxd4 Nf6 17. Rad1 b6 18. Bc4 Rb8 19. Be5 Rb7 20. Rf4 Kf7 21. Re1 Ke7
$6 {Thomas responds timidly.} 22. Bc3 $2 ({The active} 22. Bb5 $1 a5 $1 23. Bc6
Ra7 24. Rd1 $1 {gains a positional advantage.}) 22... Nd5 23. Rxf8 Kxf8 24. Be5
b5 25. Bb3 Nf6 26. Kf1 Ke7 27. Bxf6+ gxf6 28. Rxe4 e5 29. Rh4 Bf5 30. Ke2 Bg6 {
White has to fear about an imprisonment of his rook and an advance in the
centre.} 31. Bd5 $2 (31. g4 $1 a5 32. c3 {is necessary.}) 31... Rb8 32. c3 f5
$1 33. Bb3 Kf6 34. Bc2 a5 35. Rh3 e4 36. Rh4 b4 37. axb4 axb4 38. Rf4 $6 ({A
chance gives} 38. cxb4 Rxb4 39. b3) 38... Ke5 39. Rf1 b3 40. Bd1 f4 41. Ke1 Bf7
42. g3 f3 43. Bxf3 exf3 44. Rxf3 Bg6 45. Rf4 Be4 46. Kd2 Rd8+ 47. Ke3 Bc2 48.
Rh4 Rd3+ 49. Ke2 Rd7 50. Rh5+ Ke6 51. Rh6+ Ke7 52. Rb6 Ra7 53. c4 Ra4 54. c5
Rc4 55. Rb5 Kd7 56. Ra5 Kc6 57. h3 Bg6 0-1

[Event "Marienbad"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Black "Yates, Frederick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A02"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1925.??.??"]

1. e3 $5 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. f4 d6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Qc1 $5 {Nimzowitsch'
special opening continues with a mysterious prophylactic move. The queen
overprotects b2 and e3. Yates in not impressed.} O-O 7. Bb5 a6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9.
Na3 a5 10. O-O a4 11. d3 Re8 12. h3 Rb8 13. e4 c5 14. Nc4 Ba6 15. e5 Nd5 16.
Ng5 Qc8 17. Qd2 Nb6 18. Ne3 c4 19. dxc4 Nxc4 20. Nxc4 Bxc4 21. exd6 cxd6 22.
Rfb1 Qc5+ 23. Kh2 Bxb2 24. Rxb2 Bd5 25. Rf1 h6 26. Nf3 e5 27. f5 Kh7 28. c4
Bxf3 29. Rxf3 g5 30. Qe3 Qxe3 31. Rxe3 Rec8 32. Rd2 Rb6 33. Kg3 Kg7 34. Red3
axb3 35. axb3 h5 36. Kf3 Rcb8 37. g4 Rxb3 38. gxh5 Rxd3+ 39. Rxd3 Rc8 40. h6+
Kxh6 41. Rxd6+ Kg7 42. Kg4 f6 43. Rd7+ Kf8 44. Kh5 Ke8 45. Ra7 Rxc4 46. Kg6 Rc6
47. h4 gxh4 48. Rh7 Rd6 49. Rxh4 Kd7 50. Rh1 Kc6 51. Rc1+ Kb5 52. Kf7 Rc6 53.
Rxc6 Kxc6 54. Kxf6 e4 55. Kg7 e3 56. f6 e2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Marienbad"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Opocensky, Karel"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1925.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e3 c5 5. Bxc4 Nf6 6. Nf3 a6 7. O-O b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. a3 Nbd7 10. Qe2 Rc8 11. Rd1 Qb6 12. a4 $6 ({The thematic sacrifice} 12.
d5 $1 {counterattacks in the centre.}) 12... c4 $1 13. Bb1 b4 14. a5 $5 Qc6 15.
d5 $1 exd5 16. e4 $1 {White retaliates in the heart of the board.} dxe4 $2 ({
The solid} 16... Qe6 $1 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Nd4 Qe5 19. exd5 Qxe2 20. Nxe2 Nf6 {
favours Black.}) 17. Nd4 $1 Qc7 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Qe5 ({The great
strength of white's attack is shown by} 19... Nxe4 20. Qxe4+ Be7 21. Nf5 $1 Nf6
22. Qe2 $1 {and wins.}) 20. Bb7 Qxe2 21. Nxe2 Rc7 22. Bxa6 Bc5 ({White also
wins by} 22... c3 23. bxc3 bxc3 24. Bf4 $1 Ra7 25. Bb5) 23. Bf4 Ra7 24. Bxc4
O-O 25. Ng3 Rc8 26. Bb5 Nf8 27. h3 h5 28. a6 Ne6 29. Be5 h4 30. Nf5 Ne4 31. Nd6
$6 Bxf2+ 32. Kf1 Nxd6 $6 33. Bxd6 Rc2 34. Rac1 b3 35. Bd3 Be3 36. Bxc2 Bxc1 37.
Bd3 Be3 38. Bc4 Rd7 39. Bxb3 Ba7 40. Ba4 Rd8 41. Be7 Rxd1+ 42. Bxd1 g5 43. Bg4
Nc5 44. Bc8 {Rubinstein kept the lead, despite this loss.} 1-0

[Event "Marienbad"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1925.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. dxc5 bxc5 6. c4 g6 7. b3 Bg7 8. Bb2
O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Nc3 {Both contestants play hyper-modern. They control the
centre by pieces at a distance.} a5 11. Qd2 d6 12. Ne1 Qd7 13. Nc2 Nb4 14. Ne3
Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qb7+ 16. f3 $5 (16. Kg1 {avoids the next pinning festival.})
16... Bh6 $1 17. Ncd1 a4 $1 18. bxa4 Rfe8 $1 19. Bxf6 $2 (19. a3 Nc6 20. Qd3 {
keeps the equality.}) 19... exf6 20. Kf2 $6 ({Slightly better is} 20. a3 Rxa4
21. Kh1) 20... f5 $3 {All black pieces have become very active.} 21. Qxd6 ({
The pointe is} 21. a3 Nc6 $1 22. Qxd6 Bg7 $1 23. Rc1 Bd4) 21... Bg7 $1 22. Rb1
Bd4 23. Kg2 ({Nimzowitsch analyses} 23. Rb3 Re6 24. Qf4 Qa6 {and White
succumbs.}) 23... Bxe3 24. Nxe3 Rxe3 25. Qxc5 Rxe2+ 26. Rf2 Rxf2+ 27. Qxf2 Rxa4
$1 28. a3 Rxa3 29. Qe2 Ra8 30. c5 Qa6 31. Qxa6 Nxa6 32. Ra1 $1 Nc7 $1 33. Rxa8+
Nxa8 {The pinning and unpinning has ended.} 34. Kf2 Kf8 35. Ke3 Ke7 36. Kd4 Ke6
37. f4 f6 38. Kc4 Nc7 {Marshall led with 7 1/2. Nimzowitsch, Rubinstein and
Tartakower followed by half-a-point.} 0-1

[Event "Marienbad"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Marshall, Frank"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1925.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bd3 Bg4 4. Ne2 e6 5. Nd2 Bf5 6. Bxf5 exf5 7. c4 c6 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 Qc7 10. Nc4 Be7 11. Bd2 Nd7 12. Rc1 O-O 13. O-O N7b6 14. Ba5
Qd7 15. Ne5 Qe6 16. Bxb6 axb6 17. Nc3 Rfd8 18. a4 Nxc3 19. Rxc3 Qxb3 20. Rxb3
Rxa4 21. Rxb6 Ra7 22. Rc1 f4 23. Kf1 fxe3 24. fxe3 f5 25. g3 Bd6 26. Nd3 Kf7
27. Nc5 Bxc5 28. Rxc5 g6 29. Ke2 Ke6 30. Rcb5 Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Marienbad"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Black "Saemisch, Fritz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1925.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxd7 $6 Qxd7
8. f3 Nd5 $2 (8... e5 $1 {gains a positional plus.}) 9. e4 $1 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be6
11. a5 g6 12. Qa4 Bg7 13. Bxc4 Bxc4 14. Qxc4 O-O 15. Rb1 Qc7 $6 16. O-O b6 $6 {
Black wastes time.} 17. f4 $1 bxa5 18. f5 $1 Qd7 19. Be3 Kh8 20. Rf3 gxf5 21.
Rxf5 e6 22. Rxa5 Rg8 ({A fine variation brings} 22... f5 23. exf5 Rxf5 24. Rxf5
exf5 25. Qa6 f4 26. Bxf4 Bxd4+ 27. cxd4 Qxd4+ 28. Kh1 Qxf4 29. Qa1+ $1 Kg8 30.
Rb3 {and White wins.}) 23. Rf1 f6 24. Bc1 Bf8 $1 {Black seems to have set a
trap.} 25. Rxf6 $2 Qg7 $2 ({But he misses the cleverness} 25... Qd8 $1 26. Rxf8
Rxf8) 26. Qf1 {Nimzo joined the lead with Marshall.} 1-0

[Event "Marienbad"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Michell, Reginald"]
[Black "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B29"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1925.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 $5 {Nimzowitsch played this move for the first time in
1911.} 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nc3 Nxc3 5. dxc3 b6 $2 {The hyper-modern provocation goes
on.} 6. Bd3 $6 ({Great is} 6. e6 $1 {and White wins quickly 
(Petrosian-Grigoriev, Tbilisi 1945).}) 6... Bb7 7. Bf4 Qc7 8. Bg3 e6 9. O-O Be7
10. Nd2 h5 11. h3 g5 12. Be4 Nc6 13. Re1 $6 (13. Nc4 {preserves more advantage.
}) 13... O-O-O 14. Nc4 b5 15. Nd6+ Bxd6 16. exd6 Qb6 17. Bf3 g4 18. hxg4 hxg4
19. Bxg4 f5 20. Bf3 $2 (20. a4 $1 {keeps the initiative.}) 20... Rh7 $1 21. Kf1
$2 (21. Qd3 $1 b4 $1 {(opens the diagonal a6-f1)} 22. c4 $1 {stuggles for
survival.}) 21... e5 $1 22. Bxc6 Qxc6 23. f3 e4 24. fxe4 Rg8 25. Bf2 fxe4 26.
Qd2 e3 $5 27. Qxe3 Qxg2+ 28. Ke2 Rf7 29. Kd1 Kb8 30. Rg1 Rxf2 $1 31. Rxg2 Rfxg2
32. b3 Rg1+ 33. Kd2 R8g2+ 34. Kd3 Rxa1 35. Qxc5 Rd1+ 36. Ke3 Re1+ 37. Kd3 Be4+
38. Kd4 Rd2+ 39. Ke5 Rd5+ 40. Qxd5 Bh1+ $1 {Nimzowitsch became the sole leader.
} 0-1

[Event "Marienbad"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Janowsky, Dawid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1925.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Qc2 e6 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bd3 c5 7. d5 exd5 8. exd5
b5 9. b3 O-O 10. Nge2 d6 11. O-O bxc4 12. bxc4 Nbd7 13. f4 Re8 14. Ng3 Ba6 15.
Nce4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Nb6 17. Bb2 f6 $2 18. Rf3 Rf8 19. Ng5 $1 fxg5 20. Bxh7+ Kh8
21. Bxg7+ $1 Kxg7 22. Qg6+ Kh8 23. Rh3 Qd7 24. Bg8+ Qxh3 25. gxh3 1-0

[Event "Marienbad"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Gruenfeld, Ernst"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1925.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Qb3 Bd6 7. Bg5 Ne7 8. e4
dxe4 9. Nxe4 O-O 10. Bc4 h6 11. Bd2 Bc7 12. O-O-O b5 13. Bd3 Be6 14. Qc2 a5 15.
Nc5 Bd5 16. Rhe1 Na6 17. Nxa6 Rxa6 18. Kb1 Be6 19. Be4 Nd5 20. Bf5 Bxf5 21.
Qxf5 a4 22. Ne5 a3 23. b3 Ba5 24. Qd3 Bxd2 25. Rxd2 Qd6 26. Rc1 f6 27. Ng4 Ra7
28. Ne3 Nb4 29. Qc3 f5 30. Qc5 Rd7 $2 31. Qxd6 $2 (31. Nxf5 {wins a pawn.})
31... Rxd6 32. Nc2 Nxc2 33. Kxc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Marienbad"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Black "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1925.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 c5 3. Bb2 Nc6 4. e3 Bf5 5. d3 e6 6. Nbd2 Nf6 7. g3 Be7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O Nd7 10. Ne1 Bf6 11. c3 h6 12. f4 Bh7 13. a3 Qb6 14. Kh1 {
Nimzowitsch plays a jolly opening again.} c4 $5 15. dxc4 Qxe3 16. cxd5 exd5 17.
Bxd5 Nb6 18. Ng2 Qd3 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Rf3 Qd7 21. Qe2 Rfe8 22. Re3 Nd5 23.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Qf2 Bxc3 25. Bxc3 Nxc3 26. Re1 Be4 27. Kg1 Bxg2 28. Rxe8+ Qxe8
29. Kxg2 Nd1 30. Qf3 Qe1 31. Nc4 f5 32. h4 Kh8 33. h5 Kg8 34. Qxc6 Qe2+ 35. Kg1
Qxh5 $6 36. Qd5+ Kh7 37. Qd3 Qh1+ $1 38. Kxh1 Nf2+ 39. Kg2 Nxd3 {White seems
to have winning chances, but too many exchanges can be made by Black.} 40. b4
g5 41. fxg5 hxg5 42. Kf3 f4 43. gxf4 Nxf4 44. Kg4 Kg6 45. Ne5+ Kf6 46. Nc6 Nd5
47. Nxa7 Ne3+ 48. Kg3 Ke5 49. a4 Kd5 50. a5 Nc4 51. Nc8 Kc6 52. a6 Na3 53. Kg4
Kc7 54. a7 Kb7 55. Kxg5 Nc2 56. b5 Na3 57. b6 Nc4 58. Nd6+ Nxd6 59. a8=Q+ Kxa8
60. b7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Marienbad"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Reti, Richard"]
[Black "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1925.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nf3 e4 3. Nd4 Nc6 4. Nc2 Bc5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d4 exd3 7. exd3 d5 8. d4
Be7 9. c5 Bf5 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 b6 12. O-O O-O 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 bxc5 15.
dxc5 Ne5 $6 (15... d4 {is preferable.}) 16. Qd4 $6 ({The penetration by} 16.
Qf5 {gains a plus.}) 16... Ng6 17. Bg3 c6 18. Nb4 Rc8 19. h3 $6 Re8 20. Rad1 $6
Nf8 $1 21. Nd3 Qa5 22. Qa4 $6 Qxa4 23. Nxa4 Ne4 24. Bh2 Ne6 25. b4 Nd4 26. Rfe1
Bh4 {Black got the time to place his pieces on favourable squares.} 27. Be5 $2
({Correct is} 27. Kf1 Re7 28. Bf4) 27... Rxe5 $1 {Nimzowitsch delivers the
decisive blow.} 28. Nxe5 Bxf2+ 29. Kf1 Bxe1 30. Rxd4 Bg3 31. Nf3 Re8 32. Rd1
Re6 33. Rc1 Kf8 34. Nc3 Nxc3 35. Rxc3 Re4 36. a3 Ke8 37. Rd3 a6 38. Rd4 f5 39.
a4 Kd7 40. b5 axb5 41. axb5 cxb5 42. Rxd5+ Kc6 43. Rd4 ({Or} 43. Rxf5 b4 {
(Gunsberg).}) 43... Kxc5 44. Rxe4 fxe4 45. Nd2 Kd4 46. Ke2 Bf4 47. Nb3+ Kc4 48.
Na5+ Kc3 49. Nb7 b4 50. Nc5 Kc2 51. g3 Bxg3 {Nimzowitsch had defeated a main
rival.} 0-1

[Event "Marienbad"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Thomas, George"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D53"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1925.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 b5 9. Bd3 c5 10. a4 c4 11. Bb1 Nd5 $5 12. Bxe7 Kxe7 $6 ({Better is} 12...
Qxe7 13. axb5 axb5 14. Nxb5 Qb4+ 15. Nc3 Qxb2) 13. axb5 Nxc3 14. bxc3 axb5 15.
Qd2 Bb7 16. e4 h6 17. O-O Qc7 18. Ne1 Nf6 19. f3 Rhd8 20. Nc2 Nd7 21. Qe3 Qb6
22. f4 Nf6 23. Nb4 Ra1 24. h3 Kf8 25. Kh2 Ba8 26. Qe2 Qb7 $6 27. e5 $1 {White
opens long diagonals despite the black power.} Nd5 28. Nxd5 exd5 $2 ({Right is
} 28... Qxd5 $1 29. f5 $1 Ra3 30. Qg4 {but White has a strong attack.}) 29. f5
$1 Qc7 30. f6 $1 Ra6 31. Kh1 gxf6 32. exf6 Rdd6 33. Rce1 $1 Rxf6 ({Or} 33...
Re6 34. Qg4 $1 Rxf6 {(Gunsberg)} 35. Bh7 $1 {and White wins.}) 34. Rxf6 Rxf6
35. Qe8+ Kg7 36. Qxa8 Qg3 37. Rg1 Qxc3 38. Qxd5 Qe3 39. Qxb5 Qxd4 40. Rc1 Rf2
41. Re1 Qc3 42. Re4 Rf4 43. Re2 Qd4 44. Kh2 Rf1 45. Be4 Qd6+ 46. g3 Qd4 47. h4
Rf2+ 48. Rxf2 Qxf2+ 49. Kh3 Qf1+ 50. Kg4 Qd1+ 51. Kh3 Qf1+ 52. Bg2 Qe2 53. Qd7
Kg6 54. Qg4+ Qxg4+ 55. Kxg4 f5+ 56. Kf4 c3 57. Bh3 {Nimzowitsch led.
Rubinstein followed by half-a-point after the penultimate round.} 1-0

[Event "Marienbad"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Black "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1925.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Be7 5. d4 d6 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. b3
exd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Nd7 $6 11. Nd5 Bf6 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. Qxf6 Nxf6 {
Nimzowitsch has exchanged towards a better endgame.} 14. f3 d5 15. Kf2 Be6 16.
c5 Nd7 17. Bb2 c6 ({Avoids} 17... Nxc5 18. Rac1 b6 19. b4 {(Gunsberg).}) 18.
Rfc1 Bf5 19. Bd4 Nf8 20. b4 a6 $6 {White gets a target.} 21. a4 Bd7 22. Rc2 Ne6
23. Bd3 Nc7 24. Rb2 f6 25. g4 Kf7 26. h4 g6 $2 ({Right is} 26... Ne6) 27. g5 $1
fxg5 28. hxg5 Ne6 29. Rh1 Nxg5 30. f4 Ne4+ 31. Bxe4 dxe4 32. Rxh7+ Ke6 {At
this moment Rubinstein has a won game against Yates.} 33. Be5 $2 ({Nimzowitsch
misses} 33. f5+ $1 gxf5 34. Rd2 Re7 35. Rh6+ Kf7 36. Bf6 {and White wins
material.}) 33... Re7 34. Rh6 Rg8 35. Rd2 Rf7 36. Rd6+ Kf5 37. Bf6 Be6 38. Bg5
Bb3 39. a5 ({Gunsberg prefers} 39. Kg3 Bxa4 40. Rh7 Rgf8 41. Rd7 Bb3 42. Rxb7
$1 {but} Rxh7 43. Rxh7 Rb8 $1 {draws.}) 39... Be6 40. Kg3 Bc4 41. Rh1 Be6 42.
Rh4 Re8 43. Rh1 Rc7 44. Rh2 Rf7 45. b5 axb5 46. a6 bxa6 47. Rxc6 Rc8 48. Rxa6
Rxc5 49. Rb6 Rd5 50. Rc2 Rd3 51. Rxb5+ Bd5 52. Rc3 Rxc3 53. Rxd5+ Ke6 54. Re5+
Kd7 55. Rxe4 Rc6 56. Ra4 Rf8 57. Kg4 Re8 58. Ra7+ Rc7 59. Rxc7+ Kxc7 60. f5 {
Nimzowitsch had won an international tournament for the first time.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Marienbad"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Yates, Frederick"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C91"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1925.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 Re8 11. Nbd2 d5 12. dxe5 $2 Nxe5 13. exd5 Nd3 14. Re2
Nxd5 15. Ne4 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nxe3 17. fxe3 c5 18. Rd2 c4 19. Bc2 Qb6 $2 (19...
Bg5 20. Nxg5 Qxg5+ {wins.}) 20. Bxd3 Qxe3+ 21. Kh1 cxd3 22. Rxd3 Qb6 23. Qb3
Bf8 24. Rad1 Re5 25. Rd7 Rf5 26. Ng3 $2 Qc6 $3 27. R1d5 Rxf3 28. Qd1 Rf2 29.
Ne4 Rxb2 30. Qf3 Qe6 31. Rd1 Re8 32. R7d4 Rxa2 33. Rg1 Qe5 34. Nf6+ Kh8 35. Ng4
Qe6 36. Rf4 f6 37. Nxf6 gxf6 38. Rxf6 Bd6 {Akiba Rubinstein shared the victory
with Nimzowitsch and scored 11/15. Marshall and Torre followed by one point. 
The tournament had a disappointing technical level.} 0-1

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1925.11.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Black "Gruenfeld, Ernst"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1925.??.10"]

{The popularity of chess in Russia was revived by the government of the Soviet
Union during the 1920's. Although Efim Bogoljubow lived in the German Triberg,
he became Soviet champion in 1925. The need of international competition was
felt. Therefore, Krylenko organised a super tournament in Moscow from 10 xi -
7 xii 1925. World champion Capablanca and his predecessor Lasker participated.
} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8.
h3 $5 h6 $5 {Both players prevent a pin of the king's knight by a bishop.} 9.
Re1 a6 10. Ba4 Bd7 11. Bb3 Na5 12. Nh2 $5 Nxb3 13. axb3 Nh7 14. f4 exf4 15.
Bxf4 f5 $6 (15... Qf6 16. Qd2 Rae8 {develops heavy pieces.}) 16. e5 $1 dxe5 17.
Rxe5 Nf6 18. Qe2 Re8 19. Nf3 Nd5 20. Bd2 Qf6 21. Re1 c6 $2 (21... Qb6+ $1 22.
Kh2 Nf6 {reorganises the defensive line.}) 22. c4 Nc7 23. Bc3 $1 Ne6 24. Qf2
Rf8 25. Qb6 Rab8 26. Rxe6 $1 {White opens the e-file.} Qxc3 27. Re7 Be8 28. Qc7
Bh5 29. R1e5 {Bogoljubow had a great start.} 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1925.11.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Torre Repetto, Carlos"]
[Black "Dus Chotimirsky, Fedor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1925.??.10"]

{The Mexican arrived in his summer clothes in Moscow's snow. Napoleon had made
the same mistake before. The organisers bought a coat for Carlos immediately.} 
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b5 $6 3. Bf4 Bb7 4. Nbd2 e6 5. e3 a6 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8.
Qe2 Be7 9. h3 O-O 10. O-O Qb6 11. Bg5 cxd4 12. exd4 Nd5 13. Be4 Bxg5 14. Nxg5
Nf6 15. Bd3 Ne7 16. Nde4 Ned5 17. Rfe1 h6 18. Nxf6+ Nxf6 19. Ne4 Nd5 20. Qd2 d6
21. Ng3 Nf6 22. Re2 Rac8 23. Rae1 Bd5 24. Bb1 Rfd8 25. Re3 a5 26. Ne2 b4 27.
Rg3 $1 Kf8 (27... Nh5 $2 28. Qxh6 $1 {(Bogoljubow)} Nxg3 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Nf4
$1 {gives way to a strong attack by White.}) 28. Nf4 bxc3 29. bxc3 Qc6 30. Qd1
$1 Be4 31. Nh5 Bxb1 32. Nxf6 Bg6 $2 ({Correct is} 32... Bf5 33. Nh5 ({or} 33.
d5 Qc4 $1) 33... g6 $1 34. Nf6 Kg7) 33. d5 $1 exd5 34. Nxd5 Rd7 ({Or} 34... Re8
35. Rxe8+ Rxe8 36. Rxg6 $1 Re5 37. Nf4 $1) 35. Rge3 Rcd8 36. Qf3 Qb7 37. Nf6 $3
Qc8 ({The pointe is} 37... gxf6 38. Qxf6 Bh7 39. Qh8+ Bg8 40. Qxh6# {
(Bogoljubow).}) 38. Re8+ Rxe8 39. Rxe8+ Qxe8 40. Nxe8 Kxe8 41. Qa8+ Ke7 42.
Qxa5 Be4 43. Qb4 f5 44. a4 Rb7 45. Qd4 Rb1+ 46. Kh2 Rb2 47. Qxg7+ Ke6 48. Qxh6+
Kd5 49. Qe3 Kc4 50. Qd4+ Kb3 51. Qxd6 Kxa4 52. h4 Kb3 53. h5 Kxc3 54. h6 Rb7
55. f3 {Carlos Torre began well too.} 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1925.11.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Black "Verlinsky, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1925.??.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 exd5 (7...
Nxd5 $1 {gives more counter-play in the Cambridge Springs.}) 8. Bd3 Be7 9. O-O
O-O 10. Ne5 Qd8 11. f4 Re8 12. Qf3 Nf8 13. Rae1 N6d7 14. Bxe7 Rxe7 15. e4 dxe4
16. Bxe4 Qb6 17. Qf2 Nf6 18. Bf3 Re8 $6 ({Bogoljubow prefers} 18... Be6) 19. d5
$1 Qxf2+ 20. Rxf2 cxd5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Bxd5 {White exerts a lot of pressure.}
Be6 $2 ({Correct is} 22... Re7 $1 23. f5 Nd7 24. Rfe2 Nxe5 25. Rxe5 Rxe5 26.
Rxe5 Kf8 {and Black might survive.}) 23. Bxb7 Rab8 24. Bf3 Bxa2 25. Ra1 Bb3 26.
Rxa7 Ne6 27. Nc6 Rb6 28. g3 Nc5 29. Rd2 g6 30. Ne5 h5 31. Bd5 Bxd5 32. Rxd5 Rc8
33. Nxf7 Rxb2 34. Nd6 Rc6 35. Nf5 Rb1+ 36. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1925.11.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dus Chotimirsky, Fedor"]
[Black "Marshall, Frank"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E51"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1925.??.10"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd2 c5 7. Rc1 $5 cxd4 $1
8. Nxd4 e5 9. Nc2 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Nc6 11. Nb4 $1 Bg4 $2 ({Right is} 11... Nxb4
12. Bxb4 Re8) 12. Qd3 $2 (12. f3 Be6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bxe5 {wins a centre
pawn.}) 12... d4 $1 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. exd4 exd4 15. Bxd4 Ne4 $1 16. a3 $2 (16.
f3 Qa5+ 17. Bc3 Qg5 $1 18. Rc2 Rad8 19. Qxe4 Rfe8 {favours Black.}) 16... Re8
17. Be3 Qf6 18. Be2 Nxf2 $1 {Soviet players were crushed.} 19. Qc3 Nxh1 20.
Qxf6 gxf6 21. Bxg4 Rxe3+ 22. Kf1 Rd8 23. Bf3 Rd2 24. Bxc6 Nf2 25. b4 Rxa3 26.
c5 Nd3 27. Rb1 Nxb4 28. Be4 Rc3 {Marshall ended the game before the time
control on move thirty. So he had ample time for a meal instead of
half-an-hour.} 0-1

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1925.11.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Black "Ilyin Zhenevsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D26"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1925.??.10"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 dxc4 4. e3 c5 5. Bxc4 Nf6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Qe2
O-O 9. dxc5 Qa5 $6 ({More natural is} 9... Bxc5) 10. e4 $1 Qxc5 11. e5 Nd5 12.
Qe4 Ndb4 $2 13. Ng5 $2 (13. Be3 $1 Qa5 14. a3 Nd5 15. Bxd5 exd5 16. Nxd5 {wins
a pawn.}) 13... Bxg5 14. Bxg5 Ne7 $2 (14... Qxe5 15. Qg4 Qf5 {equalises.}) 15.
Bb3 Ng6 16. Be3 Qa5 17. f4 Bd7 18. a3 Nc6 19. Bc2 Nce7 20. Qxb7 Bc6 21. Qb4 Qc7
22. Rab1 Rfd8 23. Rf2 Rd7 24. Bc5 Rb8 25. Qc4 Qb7 26. Ne4 Nh4 27. Bd6 Rc8 28.
Nc5 Bd5 29. Qd3 Rxc5 30. Qxh7+ Kf8 31. Qh8# {Boggie kept on winning.} 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1925.11.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Black "Reti, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1925.??.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 Ne4 6. O-O d5 $6 ({Correct is} 
6... Be7 {(Lange - Paulsen, Leipzig 1864).}) 7. Nxd4 $6 (7. exd6 Bxd6 8. Re1 {
takes advantage of the error.}) 7... Bd7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. f3 Ng5 10. f4 Ne4 11.
Nd2 c5 $6 ({Right is} 11... Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Bc5 {(Tolnai - Jukic, Velden 1994).})
12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Ne2 Ba4 14. b3 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 Bc6 16. c4 $1 f5 17. exf6 gxf6
18. f5 Bd6 19. Bf4 O-O-O 20. Bxd6 Rxd6 21. Rxd6 cxd6 22. Rd1 Kc7 $2 (22... Kd7
23. Ng3 Rf8 24. Nh5 Ke7 {makes the last stand.}) 23. Nf4 Bd7 24. Nd5+ Kc6 25.
Re1 Re8 26. g4 Rf8 27. Rxe4 h5 28. h3 hxg4 29. hxg4 a5 30. Re7 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1925.11.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Marshall, Frank"]
[Black "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1925.??.10"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 a6 5. Bxc4 b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. Nf3 Nf6 ({Not} 
7... b4 $6 8. Ba4+ {(Bogoljubow).}) 8. Bg5 Be7 9. e5 Nfd7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O
O-O 12. Re1 Rd8 13. Qe2 Nf8 14. Qe3 Nbd7 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Ng5 c5 17. d5 $1 h6
18. Nf3 exd5 19. Bxd5 Nb6 $2 ({The pressure is relieved by} 19... Bxd5 $1 20.
Nxd5 Qe6 {(Bogoljubow).}) 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. Ne4 Nc4 22. Qc3 $1 Ne6 $2 (22...
Rc6 {postpones the loss.}) 23. b3 Nb6 24. Nd6 Rxd6 25. exd6 Rd8 26. Rcd1 Nd5
27. Qe5 Ndf4 28. Qe4 Qb6 29. Ne5 Rxd6 30. h4 Nd4 31. Qxf4 Ne2+ 32. Rxe2 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1925.11.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Yates, Frederick"]
[Black "Romanovsky, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C87"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1925.??.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. d4
Bd7 9. Nbd2 exd4 10. cxd4 Nb4 11. Bxd7 Qxd7 12. Nf1 c5 13. b3 d5 $1 {Black
equalises.} 14. a3 Nc6 15. Ne5 Qd8 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. e5 $5 Ne4 $1 18. Ne3 f5
19. f3 cxd4 20. Qxd4 $2 ({Exchanges are properly made by} 20. fxe4 dxe3 21.
exd5 Bc5 {(Bogoljubow)} 22. Qe2 $1 Bd4 23. Bb2 {and the simplification
commences.}) 20... Nc5 21. Qd1 $2 (21. Rb1 $1 {only leaves the initiative to
Black.}) 21... f4 22. b4 fxe3 23. bxc5 d4 24. Qd3 Bxc5 25. Bb2 Rb8 26. Re2 Qd5
27. Bc1 Rb3 28. Qd1 d3 29. Rxe3 d2 0-1

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1925.11.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Black "Ilyin Zhenevsky, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1925.??.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nge2 d6 6. d3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. h3
a6 $6 ({Bogoljubow prefers} 8... Rb8 $1) 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Re8 11. Nd1 Rc8 12.
c3 Qa5 13. g4 $1 Red8 $6 14. f4 Be8 $6 {Black wastes time.} 15. g5 Nd7 16. f5
b5 17. Nf4 b4 18. f6 $1 Bf8 (18... exf6 19. Nd5 $1 fxg5 20. Bxg5 f6 21. Nxf6+ {
also favours White.}) 19. Nf2 $6 (19. fxe7 $1 Nxe7 20. a3 b3 21. Nf2 {
continues the attack forcefully.}) 19... bxc3 20. bxc3 e6 21. h4 $1 {A new
inroad is opened.} Rb8 22. h5 Rb6 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Nd1 $1 Nde5 25. Qf2 Ng4 26.
Qh4 $1 {The attack has reached a decisive strength.} Nce5 $5 (26... Nxe3 27.
Nxe3 Qxc3 28. Ng4 $1 Qd4+ 29. Kh1 {loses for Black.}) 27. d4 $2 (27. Bd2 $1 {
and 28. Bh3 wins (Prins).}) 27... Nxe3 28. Nxe3 Qxc3 29. dxe5 Qxe3+ 30. Kh1 ({
No escape brings} 30. Kh2 $1 Rb2 31. Rae1 Qc3 $1 32. Rc1 Qa3 33. Kh1 $1 {
(Prins) due to} dxe5 34. Rf3 Rb3 $3) 30... dxe5 31. Rf3 exf4 32. Rxe3 fxe3 33.
Qe1 Rb2 34. Qxe3 Rdd2 35. Bf3 c4 36. a3 Bd6 37. Qa7 c3 {Capablanca suffered an
unexpected loss. He went to Leningrad during the event. The 14-years-old
Botvinnik defeated him in a simultaneous display.} 0-1

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1925.11.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ilyin Zhenevsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1925.??.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 Nc6 8. Bb2
Bd7 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qa5 11. Qd2 Rac8 12. Rad1 Kh8 13. Nce2 Qxa2 $5 {
Emanuel Lasker sacrifices his queen and gets sufficient compensation.} 14. Ra1
Qxb2 15. Rfb1 Qxb1+ 16. Rxb1 Rfd8 17. c4 Ne8 18. f4 a6 19. Kh1 Nc7 20. Qe3 Rb8
21. Rd1 Nb4 22. Qc3 a5 23. Ra1 b6 24. Qe3 $4 {White blunders an exchange.} e5
$1 25. Nf5 Bxf5 26. exf5 Nc2 27. Qc3 Nxa1 28. Qxa1 Bf6 29. Qg1 d5 30. cxd5 Nxd5
31. fxe5 Bxe5 32. g4 f6 33. h4 b5 34. Nd4 Ne3 35. Qxe3 Rxd4 36. Bf3 a4 37. h5
a3 38. Qe2 Rbd8 0-1

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1925.11.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Black "Torre Repetto, Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1925.??.10"]

{The scores of the opponents were Torre 6/7 and Bogoljubow 6/8.} 1. d4 Nf6 2.
Nf3 b6 3. c4 Bb7 4. Nc3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Ne4 7. Qd3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 d6 9. h4 $5
Nd7 10. h5 e5 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bd2 Qe7 13. h6 Bf8 14. Qc2 Rg8 ({Black can occupy
the centre by} 14... e4 $1 15. Ng1 f5) 15. Be3 a5 16. Rb1 $5 Rd8 $6 (16... exd4
$1 17. cxd4 Be4 {wins an exchange, but leads to weaknesses on the white
squares (Bogoljubow).}) 17. Qb3 Be4 18. Rd1 g5 $2 {Black opens the kingside.} (
18... exd4 $1 19. cxd4 d5 {closes the centre.}) 19. c5 $1 d5 20. cxb6 cxb6 21.
dxe5 fxe5 22. Rh5 Rg6 23. Kf1 Nf6 $2 {Torre Repetto loses material.} (23...
Bxh6 $1 24. Qb5 $1 {(Bogoljubow)} Rc8 $1 25. Rxh6 Rxh6 26. Bxg5 Rc5 27. Qa6 Rf6
{continues the fight.}) 24. Bxg5 Rxg5 25. Rxg5 Bxf3 26. Bxf3 Bxh6 27. Bh5+ Kf8
28. Rf5 Qe6 29. Bg4 Ke7 30. Bh3 Qd6 31. Qa4 Ne4 32. Rd3 Bg7 33. Bg2 Nf6 34. Qh4
Qe6 35. Rg5 Kf7 36. Rf3 h6 37. Qh5+ Kf8 38. Rxe5 Qd6 39. Rxd5 $1 Kg8 40. Rfd3
$1 Nxd5 41. Bxd5+ Kh8 42. Be4 Qf6 43. Qg6 Kg8 44. Qh7+ {Carlos Torre lost his
lead.} 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1925.11.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Verlinsky, Boris"]
[Black "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D16"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1925.??.10"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 Na6 $5 {Lasker plays
an interesting novelty.} 7. Bxc4 Nb4 8. O-O e6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Ne5 O-O $6 11. e4
$1 Bg6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 {White conquers the centre.} 13. Be3 Qa5 14. Rfd1 Rad8 15.
f3 $6 (15. Rac1 {completes the development.}) 15... c5 16. d5 $5 exd5 17. exd5
a6 18. Qf2 Qc7 19. Rac1 Rfe8 20. g3 Bd6 21. Bf1 $6 {White shall not retreat.} (
{Better is the active} 21. Bg5 $1) 21... b6 $1 22. a5 $5 b5 23. Bg2 $2 ({The
equality is kept by} 23. Ne4 $1 Nfxd5 24. Bxc5 Bxc5 25. Nxc5 $1 {because Black
cannot capture pawn a5.}) 23... Bf8 $1 24. Bf4 ({The pointe of the last move
is shown by} 24. Ne4 Rxd5 $1) 24... Qxa5 25. d6 Qb6 $1 {Lasker utilises the
weakness of the isolated pawn.} 26. Ne4 Nxe4 27. fxe4 Bxd6 28. Bxd6 Rxd6 29.
Rxd6 Qxd6 30. Qxc5 Qxc5+ 31. Rxc5 Rd8 32. Rc3 Rd1+ 33. Bf1 Re1 34. Rc8+ Kh7 35.
Re8 Rb1 36. Rf8 Rxb2 37. Rxf7 Nc6 38. Rf8 a5 39. h4 a4 40. Bh3 Nd4 41. Rc8 Ne2+
{The scores at the top became Bogoljubow 8/10, Lasker 71/2/9 and Torre 7/9.}
0-1

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1925.11.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Rabinovich, Ilya Leontievich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E44"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1925.??.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 $5 {A novelty is played in the
early days of the Nimzo Indian Defence.} Bb7 6. a3 Be7 7. d5 $5 O-O 8. g3 d6 9.
Bg2 Nbd7 10. O-O {White threatens 11. dxe6 Bxg2 12. exf7+.} e5 $6 ({Better is} 
10... Qc8 $1) 11. f4 $6 (11. b4 a5 12. Bb2 {develops the queenside.}) 11... Rc8
12. Nb5 Ra8 13. f5 a6 14. Nbc3 Rc8 15. h3 c6 16. e4 b5 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. cxb5
axb5 19. g4 $6 (19. Be3 $1 {controls the queenside.}) 19... h6 20. Ng3 Nb6 21.
Nd5 $6 ({Preferable is} 21. Qe2 d5 {and White can exchange a lot of wood.})
21... Nbxd5 22. exd5 Qb6+ 23. Kh2 Bb7 24. g5 $6 (24. Qd3 $1 {defends the
central area.}) 24... hxg5 25. Bxg5 Rc4 26. Bxf6 Bxf6 27. Ne4 Rfc8 28. Qh5 $6 (
28. Nxf6+ gxf6 29. Qb3 {combines attack and defence.}) 28... Rc2 $1 29. Rad1
Kf8 30. Rf3 Ke7 31. b3 $2 (31. b4 {gives the last chance (Bogoljubow).}) 31...
b4 $1 {Rabinovich charges.} 32. axb4 Ba6 $1 {Black pieces unify their
strengths.   Rubinstein did poorly in this tournament.} 0-1

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1925.11.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Dus Chotimirsky, Fedor"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1925.??.10"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Bd3 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. e4 $5 Nbd7 7. h3 c5 8. c3
e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. a4 Qc7 11. Na3 c4 $5 12. Nxc4 Nc5 $5 {So far, the world
champion has only scored 50%. A turnaround begins.} 13. Qe2 (13. Ncxe5 $5 Re8 {
brings great pressure by Black.}) 13... Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Rd8 15. Qe2 Be6 16. Na3 (
{Or} 16. Ncxe5 $5 Nd7 $1 17. Nxd7 Bc4 $1) 16... h6 17. Re1 a6 18. Qc2 Bd7 19.
Be3 Bc6 20. Nd2 b5 21. axb5 axb5 22. f3 Nh5 23. Rad1 Bf8 24. Nab1 Bd7 25. Nf1
Nf4 $1 26. Ng3 b4 $1 27. Ne2 g5 28. Nc1 (28. Nxf4 gxf4 29. Bf2 Ra2 $1 {favours
Black (Prins).}) 28... Rdc8 29. c4 $5 b3 $1 30. Nxb3 Ba4 $1 {Black applies a
horrible pin.} 31. N1d2 $2 (31. Bxf4 $1 gxf4 32. Rd3 $1 Qxc4 33. Qxc4 Rxc4 {
brings survival (Prins).}) 31... Bb4 $1 32. g3 Ne6 $1 33. Qd3 Rd8 34. Qe2 Rab8
35. Rf1 Bxd2 36. Nxd2 Bxd1 37. Qxd1 Rxb2 38. Qc1 Ra2 39. Rf2 Rd3 40. Nf1 Raa3
41. f4 Rac3 42. Qe1 exf4 43. gxf4 Nxf4 44. Bxf4 gxf4 45. Qe2 f3 46. Qa2 Rc1 47.
Rxf3 Rxf3 48. Qg2+ Rg3 {Capablanca began to play wonderfully.} 0-1

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1925.11.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Reti, Richard"]
[Black "Romanovsky, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1925.??.10"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 Nc6 7. Bb2 d5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nc3 Bf6 10. Rc1 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 e5 12. Bb2 $6 Qd6 $1 {Black threatens ..
e4.} 13. Ne1 Bf5 14. d3 Rad8 15. Nc2 b6 16. Ne3 Be6 17. f4 Nd4 18. f5 Bg5 19.
Nc4 Bxc4 20. Rxc4 Be3+ 21. Kh1 Qh6 22. Bxd4 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 Bxd4 $6 (23... exd4
$1 {keeps an advantage.}) 24. Be4 Rd8 25. Kg2 b5 26. Qc1 Qxc1 $2 (26... Be3 $1
{avoids the unfavourable exchange of queens (Bogoljubow).}) 27. Rxc1 b4 28. Rc4
Kf8 29. Kf3 Rc8 30. e3 Bc3 {The black bishop stands offside.} 31. a4 $1 Ke7 32.
Bd5 Rc7 33. Rh4 h6 34. Ke4 Kf6 35. Rh5 Rd7 36. g4 $1 {White threatens h4 and
g5.} g6 $5 37. Rxh6 Kg5 38. Rh7 Kxg4 39. Be6 $3 {White breaks a solid defence
by a sublime combination.} fxe6 $1 40. fxg6 $1 ({Not} 40. Rxd7 $4 gxf5#) 40...
Rd8 41. Rxa7 Kg5 42. g7 Kh6 43. a5 Kh7 44. a6 Rd6 45. h4 Be1 46. h5 Bh4 47. h6
{Réti got the second beauty prize for this game. He gained more beauty. A
pretty local girl sat on the first row of the tournament hall and watched the
gentle Réti passionately. She became his wife. Unfortunately, he died four
years later. When the 40- years Réti Memorial was played, she travelled from
Moscow to the Dutch Bladel in 1969.} 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1925.11.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Torre Repetto, Carlos"]
[Black "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1925.??.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 Be7 6. Nbd2 d6 7. c3 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 b6 9. Nc4 Bb7 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfe1 Rfe8 13. Rad1 Nf8 14. Bc1
Nd5 15. Ng5 b5 16. Na3 b4 17. cxb4 Nxb4 18. Qh5 $5 Bxg5 19. Bxg5 $2 ({Right is
} 19. Qxg5 Nxd3 20. Rxd3) 19... Nxd3 20. Rxd3 Qa5 $1 21. b4 $1 Qf5 22. Rg3 h6
$2 ({Black misses the win by} 22... f6 $1 23. Nc4 $1 Re7 $1 24. Nxd6 Qd5 $1)
23. Nc4 $1 Qd5 $2 (23... hxg5 24. Nxd6 Qg6 $1 25. Qxg6 Nxg6 26. Nxb7 Rab8 {
equalises (Bogoljubow).}) 24. Ne3 Qb5 $5 (24... Qxd4 25. Rd1 $1 Qe4 26. Bxh6 $1
Ng6 27. Bg5 {White plays Rh3 and wins less spectacularly (Szosin).}) 25. Bf6 $3
{A telegram had reached Lasker during the game. His drama would be performed!
Distracted, he allowed a windmill.} Qxh5 26. Rxg7+ Kh8 27. Rxf7+ Kg8 28. Rg7+
Kh8 29. Rxb7+ Kg8 30. Rg7+ Kh8 31. Rg5+ Kh7 32. Rxh5 Kg6 33. Rh3 Kxf6 34. Rxh6+
Kg5 35. Rh3 Reb8 36. Rg3+ Kf6 37. Rf3+ Kg6 38. a3 a5 39. bxa5 Rxa5 40. Nc4 Rd5
41. Rf4 Nd7 42. Rxe6+ Kg5 43. g3 {Lasker lost the race for the first prize and
the drama became a tragedy on stage.} 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1925.11.26"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Dus Chotimirsky, Fedor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1925.??.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
Na5 9. Bc2 c5 10. d3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Nf1 Qc7 13. Bg5 Rb8 14. a3 Be6 15. h3
h6 16. Bd2 $6 Nc6 17. Qe2 Bf8 18. a4 b4 19. c4 Nd7 20. Be3 $6 (20. Ne3 {
reorganises the white forces.}) 20... g6 21. N3d2 f5 22. exf5 gxf5 23. Qh5 $5
Nf6 $1 (23... f4 $2 24. Bxf4 $1 Nd4 $1 ({or} 24... exf4 25. Qg6+ Kh8 26. d4 $1)
25. Qg6+ Kh8 26. Bxh6 {equalises.}) 24. Qg6+ Qg7 25. Qxg7+ Bxg7 26. f4 Nd7 27.
Rad1 $2 (27. Rab1 {avoids the next positional disaster.}) 27... Bf7 28. Nb3
exf4 29. Bxf4 Nd4 30. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 31. Kh2 b3 $1 32. Rxe8+ Bxe8 33. Bb1 {White
has a pawn on the first rank.} Ne5 34. Ng3 Bg6 $2 (34... Bxb2 35. Nxf5 Bxa4 $1
36. Nxh6+ Kh8 $1 {wins.}) 35. Rd2 Rb4 $6 36. Ne2 Rxa4 37. Nxd4 cxd4 38. c5 $1
Ra1 $2 ({The retreat} 38... Ra5 $1 39. cxd6 Rb5 {draws.}) 39. cxd6 Nd7 40. Rd1
Bf7 41. Re1 a5 42. Re7 Nc5 43. Be5 $1 Ra4 ({Or} 43... Rxb1 44. Bxd4 $1) 44. Rc7
Ne6 45. d7 Rb4 46. Rc8+ Kh7 47. Rh8+ Kg6 48. Re8 Rb6 49. Bf4 Nxf4 50. d8=Q Rc6
51. Re7 {Lasker came, oversaw and won. He kept trailing behind Bogoljubow.} 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1925.11.26"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Bohatirchuk, Fedor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1925.??.10"]

1. d4 e6 2. e3 f5 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nc3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Nf6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Ne2 d6 8.
Qc2 c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. f3 Qc7 11. Bd2 b6 12. e4 Na5 13. Nf4 Qf7 14. exf5 exf5
15. d5 Ne8 $6 ({Preferable is} 15... Bd7 $1) 16. Rae1 Nc7 17. Rf2 Bd7 18. g4 $5
b5 $2 (18... Rab8 $1 {prepares the desired move.}) 19. cxb5 c4 20. Bf1 Rab8 21.
Ne6 Nxe6 22. dxe6 Bxe6 23. Rfe2 $2 {White misses a combinatory chance.} (23.
Qa4 $1 Nb7 24. Qxa7 {(protects f2)} Bd5 25. Bf4 $1 {grabs a pawn and attacks.})
23... Bd5 24. Qxf5 Qxf5 25. gxf5 Rxb5 26. Bf4 Bxf3 27. Re8 Rxe8 28. Rxe8+ Kf7
29. Re3 Bd5 30. Bxd6 Nc6 31. Re2 Kf6 32. Bh3 Rb1+ 33. Kf2 Rc1 34. Ba3 $1 Rd1
35. Re8 $2 Rd2+ $2 (35... Ne5 $1 {(shuts out the rook)} 36. Bd6 $6 Nd3+ 37. Kg3
Rg1+ 38. Kh4 g5+ {wins like in the game.}) 36. Kg3 $2 (36. Re2 {is forced 
(Bogoljubow).}) 36... Rd3+ 37. Kh4 Ne5 38. Rf8+ Bf7 39. Bc1 h6 {White has no
answer to the threat of .. g5+.} 0-1

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1925.11.28"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D01"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1925.??.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 c6 4. Qd2 Bf5 5. f3 Nbd7 6. e4 $6 ({Better is} 6.
O-O-O) 6... dxe4 7. Qf4 Qa5 8. O-O-O e6 $5 (8... exf3 {is not bad either 
(Levitsky - Rubinstein, Vilnius 1912).}) 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. fxe4 Bg6 11. Bd3 Bb4
12. Nge2 O-O-O {Black exerts pressure on the centre.} 13. e5 Nd5 14. Nxd5 Qxd5
15. Bxg6 fxg6 16. a3 Qxg2 17. Qf7 Qg5+ 18. Kb1 Qe7 19. Qxe7 $2 (19. Qf3 Ba5 20.
Rhf1 {keeps the initiative.}) 19... Bxe7 20. Nf4 Kd7 21. c4 Rhf8 22. Nd3 Kc7
23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. dxc5 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rf5 26. Re1 Rf2 27. Kc1 Kd7 28. Rd1+ Ke7 (
28... Ke8 $1 29. Rd3 (29. Rd6 Rxh2 $1) 29... Rxh2 30. Rb3 Rh4 31. Rxb7 Rxc4+
32. Kd2 Rxc5 33. Rxa7 Rxe5 34. Rxg7 Rd5+ 35. Ke3 Rd7 {wins more quickly.}) 29.
Rd3 Rf7 30. h4 h5 31. Rb3 Kf8 32. Kd2 Kg8 33. Ke3 Kh7 34. Rd3 g5 $1 35. hxg5
Kg6 36. Rd6 Kf5 37. g6 Re7 38. b4 Kxe5 39. Kf3 Kf5 40. b5 cxb5 41. cxb5 Kxg6
42. c6 bxc6 43. bxc6 Kf6 44. Rd1 Rc7 45. Rc1 Kf5 46. a4 g5 47. a5 h4 48. Rc4 e5
49. a6 Ke6 50. Kg4 Kd5 51. Ra4 Rh7 52. Kh3 Kxc6 53. Re4 Kd5 54. Rb4 Rh6 0-1

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1925.11.29"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Yates, Frederick"]
[Black "Torre Repetto, Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1925.??.10"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. h4 Nc6 12. Rh3 cxd4 $5 ({Known is} 12... Qa5 {
(Euwe-Bogoljubow, Budapest 1921).}) 13. cxd4 Bd7 14. Ne2 Qe7 15. Rb1 Na5 16.
Rf3 O-O-O 17. Rf6 Bc6 18. Qf3 Rd7 19. Nc3 Qa3 $1 {Torre counters dangerously.}
20. Nb5 $2 ({The fine combination} 20. Rxf7 Nc4+ 21. Bxc4 dxc4 {(Bogoljubow)}
22. Rxd7 $1 Bxf3 23. Rc7+ $1 Kd8 24. gxf3 {equalises.}) 20... Qxa2 21. Nxa7+
Kc7 $4 (21... Kb8 $1 22. Nxc6+ Nxc6 {favours Black (Bogoljubow).}) 22. Nb5+ Kc8
23. Rb4 Nc4+ 24. Bxc4 dxc4 25. Qc3 Bxb5 26. Rxb5 Rhd8 $2 27. Ra5 Rxd4+ 28. Ke3
Qb1 29. Ra8+ Kc7 30. Rxf7+ Kb6 31. Qa5+ {Torre suffered under the strain of a
chess event. The next year, he had to leave competitive chess due to
depressions.   Scores at the top became: Bogoljubow 121/2/15, Lasker 10/14 and
Torre 9/14.} 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1925.12.01"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Black "Romanovsky, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1925.??.10"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Be3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Ne2 Re8 9. Nbc3 Bg5 10. O-O $5 Bxe3 11. fxe3 Rxe3 12. Qc2 g6 13. Qd2 {White
has taken the initiative at the cost of a pawn.} Re8 14. Nf4 c6 15. Rf2 N8d7
16. Raf1 Nf8 17. Nh5 $5 f5 $1 ({Romanovsky did not trust} 17... gxh5 $6 18.
Rxf7 Be6 19. Rxb7) 18. Nf4 Be6 19. Nxe6 Nxe6 20. d5 Ng7 21. b4 Nd7 22. dxc6
bxc6 23. b5 cxb5 24. cxb5 Nf6 25. Bc4+ Kh8 26. Bd5 Rc8 27. Bc6 Re5 28. Qd4 Qe7
29. Rd2 Rd8 30. Nd5 Nxd5 31. Bxd5 Ne8 32. a4 Nf6 33. Bc6 Qc7 34. Rfd1 Kg7 35.
h3 d5 $1 36. a5 Kf7 37. a6 $2 (37. b6 {(Bogoljubow)} axb6 38. Rc2 $1 Kg7 39.
axb6 {gives enough counter-play.}) 37... Re4 $1 38. Qc5 Kg7 39. Rb2 Rde8 40.
Qf2 R8e7 41. Rbd2 Rf4 42. Qc5 Rc4 43. Qa3 Rce4 44. Bxd5 $2 Qb6+ $1 45. Kh2 Re1
$1 46. Rxe1 Rxe1 47. Qb2 Qg1+ 48. Kg3 g5 49. Rd3 f4+ {The Soviet players also
fought tensely among each other.} 0-1

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1925.12.02"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Black "Zubarev, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D21"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1925.??.10"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 dxc4 4. e4 c5 5. d5 exd5 6. exd5 Nf6 7. Bxc4 Bd6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Bg5 Bg4 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Ne4 Qc7 $5 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14.
h3 Bh5 15. Re1 Rfe8 16. Qb3 a6 17. a4 Bg6 18. Bd3 Qd7 19. Nd2 $1 Re7 $6 20.
Bxg6 fxg6 21. Ne4 $1 Kg7 22. Qc3 Be5 23. Qxc5 Bxb2 24. Ng5 $1 Rae8 $6 25. Ne6+
Kf7 26. Rab1 Be5 27. Qc4 Rc8 28. Qb3 Bb8 $2 ({More competent is} 28... Rc3 $1
29. Qa2 {(Bogoljubow)} Qd6) 29. g3 Qd6 30. Nf4 Rce8 31. Re6 Qd7 32. Rxe7+ Kxe7
33. Qxb7 Bxf4 34. Re1+ $3 {A long and winding road to the win has been
calculated.} Be5 35. d6+ $1 Ke6 36. Qb3+ Kf5 37. Qd3+ Kg5 38. Qe3+ Kf5 39. Qe4+
Ke6 40. Qc4+ Kxd6 41. Rd1+ Ke7 42. Rxd7+ Kxd7 43. Qxa6 {The descending and
ascending queen moves made a wonderful impression. Capablanca got the first
beauty prize.} 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1925.12.02"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Gothilf, Solomon"]
[Black "Saemisch, Fritz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1925.??.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Nxe4
Bxe4 9. Ne1 Bxg2 10. Nxg2 d5 11. Qd3 Nc6 12. Be3 Bf6 13. Rfd1 dxc4 14. Qxc4 Na5
15. Qc2 Qe7 16. Rac1 $1 Rfc8 17. a3 c6 18. Ne1 Qe8 19. Nf3 Nb7 20. Bg5 Be7 21.
Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Rd3 c5 $2 ({Black has defended too passively, but} 22... Rc7 $1
23. b4 Rac8 24. Rc3 f6 {holds the fortress by the same strategy.}) 23. Rc3 Rd8
24. dxc5 Nxc5 25. b4 $1 Nd7 26. Rc7 h6 27. Ne5 $1 Qd6 28. Nxf7 $1 {The
resistance is crushed.} Kxf7 29. Rd1 Qe7 30. Qc6 Ke8 31. Rd6 $1 Kf8 32. Rcxd7
Rxd7 33. Rxd7 Qe8 34. Qd6+ Kg8 35. Re7 {A Soviet player had his day of glory.}
1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1925.12.03"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Saemisch, Fritz"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1925.??.10"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 a6 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
b5 9. Bd3 c5 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. e4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bc5 14. Nb3 $2 ({
Right is} 14. Be3 {(Bogoljubow).}) 14... Bd6 $1 15. h3 b4 $1 16. Nb1 Ne5 17.
Bf4 O-O 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. N1d2 $2 Bxb2 20. Rab1 Bc3 21. Nc4 a5 22. e5 Nd7 23.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 24. Qd3+ Kg8 25. Qxd7 Qxc4 26. Qxb7 a4 27. Nd2 Qxa2 28. Nf3 Qe2 0-1

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1925.12.05"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1925.??.10"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 dxc4 4. e4 c5 5. Bxc4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. Nc3 Bc5 8.
Be3 Nbd7 $5 9. Bxe6 $5 fxe6 10. Nxe6 {José Raul sacrifices a bishop with
notable confidence.} Qa5 $2 ({Better is} 10... Qb6 $1 11. Nxc5 Nxc5 12. O-O Qc6
$1 13. Rc1 Ncxe4 14. Nxe4 Qxe4 15. Re1 {(Capa in postmortem). Now} O-O $1 16.
Bc5 Qd5 17. Bxf8 Kxf8 18. Qxd5 Nxd5 19. Rcd1 $1 Nc7 $1 20. Rd8+ Kf7 21. Rc1 Ke7
22. Rh8 Ne8 {equalises.}) 11. O-O $1 ({Obvious seems to be} 11. Nxg7+ {but
White plays an even finer move.}) 11... Bxe3 12. fxe3 Kf7 13. Qb3 Kg6 14. Rf5
Qb6 $1 ({Not} 14... Ne5 15. Nd5 $1 Bxe6 16. Nf4+ {and Black loses quickly 
(Prins).}) 15. Nf4+ Kh6 16. g4 $2 ({White misses the win} 16. Qf7 $1 g6 17. Ne6
$1 Qxe3+ 18. Kh1 Rg8 19. Rf4 {(Capablanca and Bogoljubow).}) 16... g5 $1 17.
Qxb6 $2 (17. Qf7 $1 Rf8 $1 {seems to win for Black (Bogoljubow), but} 18. Qe7
$1 Qxe3+ 19. Kh1 gxf4 20. Rg1 Qf3+ {only draws.}) 17... axb6 18. Rd1 Rg8 $2 (
18... Ra5 $1 {and also}) ({Bogoljubow's} 18... gxf4 {win for Black.}) 19. Nfd5
Nxg4 $2 (19... Nxd5 $1 20. exd5 {(Prins)} Nc5 21. Rf6+ Kg7 $1 22. Rxb6 Bxg4 {
harasses White.}) 20. Ne7 $1 Rg7 21. Rd6+ Kh5 22. Rf3 $1 Ngf6 23. Rh3+ Kg4 24.
Rg3+ Kh5 25. Nf5 $1 Rg6 {White has avoided a perpetual.} 26. Ne7 $2 ({
Capablanca analyses the terrific} 26. Rh3+ Kg4 27. Kg2 $1 Nxe4 28. Rd5 $1 Nxc3
29. Rh4+ $1 gxh4 30. Nh6+ $1 Rxh6 31. h3#) 26... g4 $2 (26... Nc5 $1 {
(Bogoljubow)} 27. Rf3 $1 Nfxe4 28. Rxg6 $1 hxg6 29. Rf8 g4 $1 {escapes.}) 27.
Nxg6 Kxg6 ({The heroic} 27... hxg6 28. e5 Ne8 29. Re6 Ng7 30. Re7 {(Prins)} Nf5
$5 31. Re8 $1 Nxg3 32. e6 $1 Nf6 33. Rh8+ Kg5 34. hxg3 {loses honourably.}) 28.
Rxg4+ Kf7 29. Rf4 Kg7 30. e5 Ne8 31. Re6 Nc7 32. Re7+ {White will win by 33.
e6.   Capablanca ended the tournament by a sprint of 8/9. Hereafter,
Bogoljubow drew with Lasker and triumphed overall.} 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1925.12.06"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Saemisch, Fritz"]
[Black "Romanovsky, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1925.??.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. Nh4 g6 8. Nc3
Bg7 9. cxd5 O-O 10. O-O d6 11. e4 Ba6 12. Re1 Nbd7 13. f4 $1 {Sämisch goes all
out for the attack.} Re8 14. a4 c4 15. Be3 Nc5 16. Bxc5 bxc5 17. e5 dxe5 $5 {
Romanovsky responds aggressively.} 18. fxe5 Nd7 19. e6 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 fxe6 21.
dxe6 $5 Ne5 22. Rxe5 Bxe5 23. Qg4 {White has sacrificed an exchange for a
vigorous assault.} Qd4 (23... Bc8 24. Rd1 $1 Bd4 ({Boggie's} 24... Bxe6 $4 {is
answered by} 25. Rxd8 Bxg4 26. Rxa8) 25. Bd5 Rb8 26. Nxg6 Qf6 {leads to equal
chances.}) 24. Be4 Bb7 25. Nxg6 $1 Bxe4+ (25... hxg6 26. Qxg6+ {draws.}) 26.
Nxe4 Bg7 27. e7 $1 Qd5 $2 (27... hxg6 28. Qe6+ Kh8 29. Qh3+ {leads to
perpetual check.}) 28. Rd1 $1 h5 $1 ({Or} 28... Qf7 29. Ng5 $1 {(Bogoljubow)}
Qxg6 30. Qxc4+ Kh8 31. Nf7+ Kg8 32. Ne5+) 29. Qf3 $2 (29. Qe2 $1 Bd4 30. Nf4 {
charges strongly.}) 29... Qe6 30. Rd6 Qg4 31. Nf6+ Bxf6 32. Qxf6 Qe4+ 33. Kg1
Qe1+ 34. Kg2 Qe2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1925.12.07"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Rabinovich, Ilya Leontievich"]
[Black "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D52"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1925.??.10"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. Nf3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qb3 Bb4 9. Rc1 e5 10. a3 $5 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 exd4 12. exd4 O-O 13. Bd3 Re8+ 14.
Kd1 $2 {The king walks into the troubles.} (14. Kf1 {keeps the equality 
(Bogoljubow).}) 14... Nf8 15. Bd2 $2 (15. c4 Nc7 16. Qb4 Qa6 17. Kc2 {defends
actively.}) 15... Qc7 16. Ne5 $6 ({Better is} 16. Kc2) 16... Be6 17. c4 Nb6 18.
Re1 c5 19. d5 Bxd5 $1 20. cxd5 Rxe5 21. Rxe5 Qxe5 22. Rxc5 Rd8 23. Ba5 Nfd7 24.
Rc2 Qa1+ 25. Kd2 Re8 26. Be2 Nc5 27. Rxc5 Qd4+ 28. Qd3 Qxc5 {Ten foreign stars,
ten Soviet players and Bogoljubow participated. Capablanca and Lasker were
lured to Moscow by gold. A race between them, like in New York 1924, was
expected before the tournament, but Bogoljubow scored superiorly. Lasker and
Capablanca followed at a distance. The other foreign stars competed at an
equal level with the best Soviet players. Bogoljubow's win was regarded as a
Soviet victory.   Efim would never play in an important Russian tournament
again. He became a German citizen. Bogoljubow and Alekhine were called
renegades.   The event aroused great interest among the citizens. Hundreds of
spectators followed the games in Hotel Metropol and ten thousands watched
demonstration boards downtown.} 0-1

[Event "Dresden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bluemich, Max"]
[Black "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1926.??.??"]

{A big chess event was organised in Dresden from 4 until 14 iv 1926. The
fiftieth anniversary of the local chess club was celebrated! Main contest was
a master tournament, called the Paul Schellenberg Memorial. It became a race
between the world championship's candidates Nimzowitsch and Alekhine. Aaron
triumphed. Some of his wins became classics. Rubinstein competed in the race
until he was beaten by the top two. The fifth prize was won by the problem
composer Von Holzhausen. We follow the games by Nimzowitsch and Alekhine.} 1.
Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 e5 4. e4 Be7 $5 5. O-O d6 {This pawn formation will be
called the Dresden Variation.} 6. c3 Bg4 7. d3 Qd7 8. Re1 Nf6 9. Nbd2 Rd8 10.
Qa4 O-O 11. Qc2 Qc7 12. Nc4 h6 13. Ne3 Bd7 14. Nh4 Rfe8 15. f4 Qb8 16. Nhf5 Bf8
17. Qf2 Bxf5 18. Nxf5 d5 19. Rf1 dxe4 20. dxe4 Qc8 21. Qf3 Qe6 22. fxe5 Nd7 23.
Qg4 Ndxe5 24. Qe2 Qc4 25. Qxc4 Nxc4 {Black has an advantage in development.}
26. b3 Nd6 27. Nxd6 Bxd6 28. Be3 b6 29. Rad1 $2 (29. Rac1 $1 Be5 30. Rf2 Rd3
31. Bd2 Red8 32. Rc2 $1 {restores the white position.}) 29... Be5 $1 30. Bd2
Rd3 $1 31. Rf3 Rd6 32. Kf1 Red8 {Black applies a nasty pin.} 33. Ke2 c4 34.
bxc4 Na5 35. Rff1 Nxc4 {Nimzowitsch plays a fine endgame.} 36. Bf4 $4 ({
Correct is} 36. Bc1 $1 Bxc3 37. Rxd6 Rxd6 38. Rd1 b5 39. Rxd6 Nxd6 40. Kd3 Be5
41. Bh3 {White has lifted the pressure at the cost of a pawn.}) 36... Rxd1 37.
Rxd1 Rxd1 38. Kxd1 Bxf4 {Black wins a piece due to a fork.} 0-1

[Event "Dresden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Saemisch, Fritz"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1926.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. c4 Bb7 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 d6 8.
O-O Nbd7 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Rad1 Qe7 11. Ng5 h6 12. Nh7 $5 Rfd8 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14.
Ne4 c5 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. dxc5 $6 bxc5 $1 {The weakness d6 can be well
defended.} 17. Rd2 Rab8 18. Rfd1 Bc6 19. b3 Qe5 $1 20. Qb2 Qxb2 21. Rxb2 a5 $1
{A minority attack begins.} 22. Rbd2 Kf8 23. Bc2 Ke7 $1 24. f3 a4 25. Kf2 axb3
26. Bxb3 $1 f5 27. Ke2 Rb4 28. Kd3 $6 ({Correct is} 28. Rd3) 28... Ba4 29. Bxa4
Rxa4 30. Rb1 $6 (30. Rc1 Ra3+ 31. Ke2 Rda8 32. Rcc2 {defends the weak pawns 
(Alekhine).}) 30... Ra3+ 31. Ke2 Rc3 32. a4 Ra3 $1 {The a-pawn is more
important.} 33. Rb7+ Rd7 34. Rdb2 Rxa4 35. Rxd7+ Kxd7 36. Rb7+ Kc6 37. Rxg7
Rxc4 38. Rg6 Kd5 $1 39. Rxh6 Rc2+ 40. Kf1 ({No use has the pushy} 40. Kd3 $5
Rxg2 41. e4+ Ke5 42. Rh4 fxe4+ 43. fxe4 {due to} Ra2 44. Rh5+ Kf4 45. Rh4+ Kg5)
40... c4 41. Rh8 c3 42. h4 ({Or} 42. Rc8 f4 $1 43. exf4 Kd4 44. h4 Ke3 45. Kg1
Kxf4 46. h5 Kg5 {(Alekhine).}) 42... Rd2 43. Ke1 Rxg2 44. Rc8 c2 45. h5 Rh2 46.
h6 Rxh6 47. Rxc2 Rh1+ 48. Kd2 Rh2+ 49. Kd3 Rxc2 0-1

[Event "Dresden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Bluemich, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1926.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Bc4 Nc6 7. c3 a6 8. Qe2
Bg4 9. h3 Bd7 10. Nh2 Qc8 11. f4 e5 $2 ({Better is} 11... h6 $1) 12. fxe5 dxe5
13. O-O Nh5 14. Rxf7 $5 (14. Qf3 {gains a big positional advantage.}) 14...
Rxf7 15. Bxf7+ Kxf7 16. Qc4+ Be6 17. d5 Bxd5 18. Rf1+ $6 {White continues to
sacrafice.} ({Alekhine rejects} 18. Qxd5+ Qe6 19. Rf1+ Bf6 20. Qf3 Kg7 {but}
21. Ne4 $1 Bxg5 22. Nxg5 Qf5 23. Qg4 {keeps the attack going.}) 18... Nf6 $2 ({
The pointe should be} 18... Ke6 $1 19. Qg4+ Kd6 20. Nc4+ Bxc4 21. Qxc4 b5 22.
Rd1+ Nd4 23. Qe2 Qf5 24. Nf3 {(Alekhine), but} Kc6 $1 {defends well.}) 19.
Qxd5+ Qe6 20. Qf3 Qf5 21. Bxf6 {Alekhine did not take the opposition seriously.
} 1-0

[Event "Dresden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Johner, Paul"]
[Black "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E50"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1926.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Bxc3 $5 ({
The main line has become} 7... d5) 8. bxc3 d6 9. Nd2 b6 10. Nb3 $6 (10. Qf3 Bb7
11. Qg3 {shows activity on the kingside.}) 10... e5 $1 11. f4 $6 (11. f3 {
defends the centre.}) 11... e4 12. Be2 Qd7 $3 {An elegant queen manoeuvre
begins.} 13. h3 $6 ({Better is} 13. a4 $1 {(Larsen)} Qf5 $1 14. Qe1 Qg6 15. Qh4
) 13... Ne7 14. Qe1 $6 ({Opportunism by} 14. g4 {is needed (Szabo).}) 14... h5
15. Bd2 Qf5 $1 16. Kh2 Qh7 $1 {Nimzowitsch has carried out a splendid
restriction.} 17. a4 Nf5 18. g3 $5 a5 $5 19. Rg1 Nh6 20. Bf1 Bd7 21. Bc1 Rac8
22. d5 Kh8 23. Nd2 Rg8 24. Bg2 g5 $6 {Black advances prematurely.} 25. Nf1 $2 (
{White misses the counterattack by} 25. Rf1 $1 Qf5 26. fxg5 Qxg5 27. Rf4 Nf5
28. Nf1 Rg6 29. Ra2 Rcg8 30. Rb2 $1) 25... Rg7 26. Ra2 Nf5 27. Bh1 Rcg8 28. Qd1
gxf4 29. exf4 Bc8 30. Qb3 Ba6 31. Re2 Nh4 $1 32. Re3 Bc8 33. Qc2 ({No use has} 
33. Qxb6 Qf5) 33... Bxh3 $1 34. Bxe4 ({Or} 34. Kxh3 Qf5+ 35. Kh2 Ng4+ 36. Kh3
Nf2+ 37. Kh2 Qh3#) 34... Bf5 35. Bxf5 Nxf5 36. Re2 h4 37. Rgg2 hxg3+ 38. Kg1
Qh3 39. Ne3 Nh4 40. Kf1 Re8 {Aaron showed us how the Nimzo-Indian Defence has
to be played.} 0-1

[Event "Dresden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1926.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. d3 c5 3. c4 {Nimzowitsch has changed the Alekhine Defence in the
white version of his Dresden Defence.} Nc6 4. Nc3 $5 e6 5. f4 $2 ({Better is} 
5. Bf4 d6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Be2) 5... d5 $1 6. e5 d4 $1 7. Ne4 Nxe4 8. dxe4 g5 9.
Nf3 gxf4 10. Bxf4 {White's pawn centre has been ruined.} Qc7 11. Bd3 Bd7 12.
O-O O-O-O 13. a3 Be8 14. Qe1 Rg8 15. Qh4 h6 16. Bg3 Qb6 17. Rf2 Qb3 18. Rd2 Na5
19. Rc1 Qb6 20. Rf1 Nb3 21. Re2 a5 22. Bf4 a4 23. h3 Na5 24. Bd2 Nc6 25. Qe1 ({
The natural move is} 25. Bf4) 25... Qb3 ({There is no easy rebuttal of} 25...
Qxb2 $5) 26. Qb1 Bg7 27. Bf4 Ne7 28. Bd2 $6 Nc6 $6 (28... Ng6 $1 29. Ba5 Nf4 $1
30. Bxd8 Nxe2+ 31. Bxe2 Qe3+ 32. Rf2 Kxd8 {increases the positional advantage 
(Alekhine).}) 29. Bf4 Na5 30. Nd2 Qb6 31. Qc2 Qc7 32. Nf3 Kb8 33. Qc1 b5 $1 34.
cxb5 c4 35. Bd2 Rc8 $2 ({Nimzowitsch analyses} 35... Bxb5 $1 36. Bxa5 Qxa5 37.
Bxc4 d3 38. Bxb5 dxe2 39. Bxe2 Rc8 40. Qe3 Qc5 41. Qxc5 Rxc5 42. Rb1 $1 {White
tries to survive.}) 36. Bxa5 Qxa5 37. Rc2 $1 Bxb5 38. Bxc4 d3 39. Rc3 d2 40.
Qc2 $5 Bxc4 41. Rxc4 Rxc4 42. Qxc4 Rc8 43. Qe2 Qb6+ 44. Qf2 $6 {New trouble
starts for Nimzowitsch.} (44. Kh1 $1 Qxb2 45. Qd3 Rc1 46. Qd8+ Kb7 47. Qd7+ {
draws easily.}) 44... Qxf2+ $6 (44... Qxb2 45. Qxd2 ({Alekhine favours} 45.
Nxd2 Bxe5 46. Qxf7 Qxd2 47. Qxe6 {but} Qb2 $1 48. Qxh6 Rc2 {gives Black a
strong attack}) 45... Qxd2 46. Nxd2 Bf8 $1 {(Alekhine)} 47. Rf3 $1 Rc2 48. Rd3
Bc5+ 49. Kh2 Kc7 50. Kg3 {seems best to me.}) 45. Kxf2 Rc2 46. Ke2 Rxb2 47.
Nxd2 Bxe5 48. Rb1 Rxb1 49. Nxb1 Kc7 50. Nd2 Kc6 51. Kd3 Kc5 52. g4 Bf4 53. Nb1
Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dresden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Johner, Paul"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1926.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. Bg5 Bb7 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 h6 6. Bh4 c5 7. O-O Be7 8. Nbd2
d6 9. Qe2 O-O 10. c3 Nh5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. a4 Nc6 13. Ba6 Rad8 14. Bxb7 Qxb7
15. Rfd1 Nf6 16. e4 Rd7 17. e5 dxe5 18. Nxe5 Rd5 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. dxc5 bxc5
21. Nf3 Rb8 22. Rxd5 Qxd5 23. Ne5 Rd8 24. Nc4 Qb7 25. Rd1 Rd5 26. Ne3 Rxd1+ 27.
Nxd1 Qb3 28. a5 Qa4 29. a6 Nd5 30. g3 c4 31. Ne3 Nxe3 32. Qxe3 Qxa6 33. Qc5
Qa1+ 34. Kg2 Qxb2 35. Qxc4 a5 36. Qc6 Qa2 37. c4 a4 38. Qa8+ Kh7 39. Qe4+ f5
40. Qxe6 Qc2 41. Qa6 f4 42. c5 Qe4+ 43. f3 Qc2+ 44. Kh3 Qf5+ 45. Kg2 Qc2+ 46.
Kh3 Qb3 47. Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dresden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Black "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1926.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 c5 4. e3 e6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 7. O-O Bd6 8.
d3 Qc7 9. Nc3 a6 10. e4 O-O 11. Re1 d4 12. Ne2 Rad8 13. Bc1 h6 14. g3 Kh7 15.
Bf4 e5 16. Bd2 b5 17. c4 Ng8 18. Nh4 Ne7 19. g4 g6 20. Ng3 Ng8 21. Ng2 f6 22.
h4 Nb8 23. Kh2 Nc6 24. Rh1 Nce7 25. h5 g5 26. Qf3 Rb8 27. cxb5 axb5 28. Rhc1
Ra8 29. Rc2 Qd7 30. Qd1 Rfc8 31. f3 Ra3 32. Bc1 Ra7 33. Ne1 Nc6 34. Bd2 Rca8
35. Nf5 Nge7 36. Nxd6 Qxd6 37. Rac1 Nb4 38. Bxb4 cxb4 39. Qd2 Kg7 40. Kg1 Kf7
41. Rc5 Rxa2 42. Qxb4 Rb8 43. Ng2 Rb7 44. Qe1 Rb2 45. Qa5 Rxb3 $5 {Nimzowitsch
has played a sharp move.} 46. Qa8 $4 (46. Qa2 $1 Qe6 47. Qa8 Qb6 48. Qa2 {
leads to a repetition of positions (Nimzowitsch).}) 46... Rd7 47. Rc6 $1 Rd8 $1
(47... Nxc6 $2 48. Rxc6 $1 Rd8 49. Qb7+ $11) 48. Qa7 (48. Qb7 Rb8 $1 49. Qa7
Ra3 $1 {wins nicely.}) 48... Qa3 49. Qb6 ({Or} 49. Qc7 Rc8 $1) 49... Nxc6 50.
Rxc6 Qe7 51. Rc7 Rd7 52. Rc8 Kg7 53. Qb8 Qf7 54. f4 Rb1+ 55. Kh2 gxf4 56. Rc2
Ra7 57. Nh4 Ra2 58. Qc8 Rc1 {The standings at the top were Rubinstein 4/4,
Nimzowitsch 3 1/2 and Alekhine 3.} 0-1

[Event "Dresden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A44"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1926.??.??"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 d6 3. e4 e5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bd3 Bg5 6. Nf3 Bxc1 7. Qxc1 Nh6 8. h3
f5 $2 ({The erratic play can go on by} 8... O-O) 9. Qg5 $1 O-O 10. Qxd8 Rxd8
11. Ng5 g6 12. f4 exf4 13. O-O Na6 14. Rxf4 Nb4 15. Rh4 Nxd3 16. Rxh6 $2 (16.
cxd3 Kg7 $2 17. Rxh6 $1 {wins material.}) 16... Nxb2 17. Rxh7 Nc4 18. exf5 Bxf5
19. Rxb7 Re8 $2 ({Correct is} 19... Rdb8 $1 20. Rab1 Rxb7 21. Rxb7 Bxc2) 20.
Nh7 Re3 21. Nf6+ Kf8 22. Nh7+ Kg8 23. Nb5 g5 $6 ({The last chance brings} 23...
a6 $1 24. Na7 g5 25. Nxg5 Bxc2) 24. Nf6+ Kh8 25. Rf1 Bxc2 26. Rc1 Na5 27. Rc7
Bg6 28. Nxd6 Rf8 29. Ng4 Re2 30. Rxa7 Rxa2 31. Rxc5 Nb3 32. Rxa2 Nxc5 33. Ne5
Kg7 34. Ra7+ Kh6 35. Rc7 Nd3 36. Nxd3 Bxd3 37. Nf7+ Kh5 38. d6 Bg6 39. d7 Bxf7
40. Rc8 Be6 41. Rxf8 Bxd7 42. Rf7 Ba4 43. Kf2 Kg6 44. Ra7 Bc2 45. Ra6+ Kg7 46.
Ke3 Kf7 47. Kd4 Kg7 48. Ke5 Bd3 49. Ra3 Bc2 50. Rg3 Kg6 51. h4 Kh5 52. Rxg5+
Kxh4 53. Kf4 Bd1 54. g3+ Kh3 55. g4 1-0

[Event "Dresden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1926.??.??"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 $5 Nb4 $5 {They play an
ambitious opening.} 6. Bc4 e6 $6 ({Theory will become} 6... Nd3+ $1 7. Ke2) 7.
O-O N8c6 8. d3 Nd4 9. Nxd4 cxd4 10. Ne2 a6 11. Ng3 Bd6 12. f4 O-O 13. Qf3 Kh8
14. Bd2 f5 15. Rae1 Nc6 16. Re2 Qc7 17. exf5 exf5 {A wondrous knight manoeuvre
follows.} 18. Nh1 $5 ({Better is the prophylactic move} 18. a3 $1 {(vacates a
square for a bishop)} Bd7 19. Rfe1 $1 {(doubles the rooks).}) 18... Bd7 19. Nf2
$1 Rae8 20. Rfe1 Rxe2 21. Rxe2 Nd8 22. Nh3 $1 Bc6 23. Qh5 g6 $6 24. Qh4 Kg7 $6
25. Qf2 Bc5 $6 26. b4 Bb6 $6 27. Qh4 $2 ({Nimzowitsch rejects} 27. Qe1 $1 Be4 {
but} 28. Bb3 $1 {wins material for White.}) 27... Re8 28. Re5 Nf7 $2 (28... h6
$1 29. g4 $1 {(Nimzowitsch), and now} Qd6 $1 {stops the white attack.}) 29.
Bxf7 Qxf7 30. Ng5 $1 Qg8 31. Rxe8 Bxe8 32. Qe1 Bc6 33. Qe7+ Kh8 34. b5 $5 (34.
Ne6 {can be played at once.}) 34... Qg7 $5 ({Nimzowitsch gives} 34... axb5 35.
Ne6 {as the pointe.}) 35. Qxg7+ Kxg7 36. bxc6 bxc6 37. Nf3 c5 38. Ne5 Bc7 39.
Nc4 Kf7 40. g3 Bd8 41. Ba5 Be7 42. Bc7 Ke6 43. Nb6 h6 44. h4 g5 45. h5 g4 46.
Be5 {Rubinstein lost the lead.  Nimzowitsch got a prize for this fine game.
His analyses disappointed me.} 1-0

[Event "Dresden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1926.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 b6 4. h3 Bb7 5. Nbd2 Bd6 $5 6. Bxd6 cxd6 7. e3 O-O
8. Be2 d5 9. O-O Nc6 10. c3 Ne4 $5 11. Nxe4 $6 (11. c4 {keeps a plus.}) 11...
dxe4 12. Nd2 f5 13. f4 g5 14. Nc4 d5 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Kh8 17. a4 $2 {
Alekhine calls the counteraction untimely.} ({He prefers} 17. g3 Rg8 18. Kh2)
17... Rg8 18. Qd2 $2 (18. Kh2 {still is a useful defensive move.}) 18... gxf4
19. Rxf4 Qg5 20. Bf1 Qg3 $1 {Black has an overwhelming attack.} 21. Kh1 Qg7 22.
Qd4 Ba6 23. Rf2 Qg3 24. Rc2 Bxf1 25. Rxf1 Rac8 26. b3 Rc7 27. Re2 Rcg7 28. Rf4
Rc7 29. Rc2 Rcg7 30. Re2 Rg6 $1 31. Qb4 Rh6 32. h4 Qg7 $5 33. c4 Rg6 34. Qd2
Rg3 35. Qe1 $2 Rxg2 0-1

[Event "Dresden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Steiner, Lajos"]
[Black "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1926.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 d6 {Nimzowitsch plays the Dresden
Variation.} 5. h3 Be6 6. d3 Be7 7. O-O h6 8. Nd5 $1 Nf6 9. Nh4 $6 {White shows
too much optimism.} Nxd5 $1 10. exd5 Bxd5 11. Nf5 $5 Bxc4 12. dxc4 g6 $1 {
Black frees his position immediately.} 13. Nxh6 Qd7 14. Qd5 Nd8 $1 15. Be3 f5
16. Ng8 Bh4 17. g3 Qe6 {The white knight stands offside.} 18. Rad1 $2 ({
Nimzowitsch prefers} 18. gxh4 Rxg8 19. Bg5 $1 Qxd5 20. cxd5) 18... Rxg8 19.
gxh4 f4 20. Bxf4 $5 {Otherwise White has great positional problems.} Qxd5 21.
Rxd5 exf4 22. Rxd6 Ke7 23. Rfd1 b6 24. Rd7+ Kf6 0-1

[Event "Dresden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Steiner, Lajos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1926.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 Qb6 5. Qc1 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. c3 d5 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. Bxe4 Bxf4 10. dxc5 Qxc5 11. Bxd5 exd5 12. exf4 {Black has lost a pawn.
He will not recoup from the mishap.} O-O 13. O-O Bg4 14. Nbd2 Rfe8 15. Nb3 Qb6
16. Nfd4 a5 17. f5 Be2 18. Re1 Bc4 19. Qd2 a4 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21. f6 c5 22. Qg5
Qxf6 23. Qxf6 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 gxf6 25. Nxc5 Ra5 26. Nd7 Bxa2 27. Nxf6+ Kg7 28.
Nh5+ Kh6 29. g4 Rb5 30. Re2 Bc4 31. Rd2 Kg5 32. f3 f5 33. h3 Rb3 34. Kf2 a3 35.
bxa3 Rxc3 36. a4 Rc1 37. a5 Ra1 38. Kg3 fxg4 39. hxg4 Rg1+ 40. Rg2 Ra1 41. Rb2
Rg1+ 42. Kf2 Ra1 43. Rb7 Rxa5 44. Kg3 Ra1 45. f4+ Kg6 46. Rg7+ Kh6 47. f5 d4
48. Rd7 d3 49. Nf6 Rg1+ 50. Kf2 Ra1 51. Ne4 Bb5 52. Rd5 Ra4 53. Kf3 Bc4 54. Rd7
Bg8 55. Nf6 Bc4 56. Rxh7+ 1-0

[Event "Dresden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Black "Yates, Frederick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1926.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e4 Bc5 5. Nxe5 O-O 6. Nf3 Re8 7. d3 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Be2 Nf6 {Black has given up a pawn. A poor game follows.} 10. O-O
Bg4 11. Na4 Bd6 12. Be3 Qe7 13. Nd2 Qe5 14. f4 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Qb5 16. b3 Nb4 17.
Nc4 Bf8 18. Nc3 Qd7 19. Ne5 Qe6 20. d4 Nd7 21. a3 Nxe5 22. fxe5 Na6 23. b4 c6
24. Qf3 Rad8 25. Ne2 Nc7 26. Nf4 Qd7 27. Rf2 Nb5 28. Ne2 Qc7 29. a4 Nxd4 30.
Nxd4 Bxb4 31. Nf5 Qxe5 32. Bd4 Rxd4 33. Nxd4 Bc5 34. Rd1 Rd8 35. Kf1 h6 36. Qf5
Qxf5 37. Rxf5 Bxd4 38. Ke2 Kf8 39. a5 Ke7 40. Rd3 b5 41. axb6 axb6 42. Rdf3 f6
43. Rg3 Kf7 44. Ra3 Rd7 45. Ra8 b5 46. h4 b4 47. Rb8 g6 48. Ra5 Be5 49. Rb6 Ke7
50. Ra8 c5 51. Rh8 Bd6 52. Rxh6 Ke6 53. Kd3 Ke5 54. Ke3 Rc7 55. h5 c4 56. Rb5+
Bc5+ 57. Ke2 g5 58. Rh8 Kxe4 59. h6 f5 60. Rxc5 Rxc5 61. Re8+ Kd4 62. h7 c3 63.
h8=Q+ Kc4 64. Qg8+ Kb5 65. Rb8+ 1-0

[Event "Dresden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Von Holzhausen, Walther"]
[Black "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1926.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d5 5. Bb5 dxe4 6. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 a6
8. Nd4+ $6 ({Better is} 8. Ba4 Bd7 9. Nc3 Bxc6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Nxe4 {
(Michel-Ulrich, Bad Elster 1937).}) 8... axb5 9. Nxb5 Bg4+ 10. Ke1 Rd8 11. N1c3
e5 12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nc7+ $2 ({Right is} 14. Be3 $1 {(Santasiere-Kowals
Santasiere-Kowalski, New York 1946).}) 14... Kd7 15. N7d5 Kc6 16. Ne3 Bb4 17.
Bd2 Ne7 18. h4 $6 {Hereafter the restraint becomes fatal.} ({Nimzowitsch
prefers} 18. a3) 18... h5 $1 19. g5 Nf5 20. Nxf5 Bxf5 21. Rg1 Rd4 22. a3 Rhd8
$1 23. axb4 Rxd2 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Nxd1 Bg4 26. Ne3 Bf3 27. c4 b5 28. b3 Rd3
29. Rg3 g6 30. Rg1 Kb7 31. cxb5 Kb6 32. Rg3 Kxb5 33. Rh3 Kxb4 34. Kf1 Rxb3 35.
Kg1 Rb2 36. Nd5+ Kc4 37. Ne3+ Kd3 38. Ng2 Rb1+ 39. Kh2 Ke2 40. Kg3 Rg1 41. Rh2
Kf1 $1 {This type of strangulation is worse than hanging. It's a Spanish'
torture!} 42. Kh3 Bxg2+ {Nimzowitsch had played another beauty for the praxis
of his system!} 0-1

[Event "Dresden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Yates, Frederick"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B03"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1926.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Be3 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Nf3
Nc6 9. h3 O-O 10. Qd2 d5 11. c5 Nc4 12. Bxc4 dxc4 13. O-O Nb4 14. Bh6 Bf5 15.
Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Ne2 Bd3 17. Rfd1 a5 18. Ne5 Qd5 19. Rac1 Nxa2 20. Nf4 Qxd4 21.
Rxc4 Qxe5 22. Nxd3 Qh5 23. Nf4 Qe5 24. Rd4 Nb4 25. Nd5 Nxd5 26. Rxd5 Qf6 27.
Rd7 Rfc8 28. Qe3 Qxb2 29. Rxe7 Rf8 30. Rdd7 Qb1+ 31. Kh2 a4 32. Rxb7 Qf5 33.
Ra7 Qf6 34. Kg1 a3 35. Qxa3 Qxe7 36. Rxa8 Rxa8 37. Qxa8 Qxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dresden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Von Holzhausen, Walther"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1926.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8.
O-O Bd6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Nf6 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bd2
Qc7 15. Bc3 Rfe8 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. a3 Nh7 18. Rd3 Be7 19. Ne5 Bd6 20. Rfd1 Re7
21. c5 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Rd5 23. Rxd5 exd5 24. f4 f5 25. Qh5 Qd7 26. g4 $6 Rf7 27.
g5 $6 hxg5 28. fxg5 Nf8 $1 29. g6 Re7 30. Kh1 $2 Re6 $6 {Alekhine offers a
draw during the pause.} ({It is accepted though} 30... Re6 31. Qxf5 Rxg6 {wins.
}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dresden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Black "Saemisch, Fritz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1926.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bb4 5. d3 d6 6. g3 Bg4 7. Be2 $5 {The
bishop does not go to g2 in the Dresden Variation!} h6 $6 8. Be3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3
Qd7 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Qd2 Nh7 $2 {A knight decentralises.} ({Useful exchanges
are made by} 11... Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Ng4) 12. h3 $1 Bxh3 13. Ng1 $1 ({Or} 13. Bxh6
$1 Bg2 14. Rh2 gxh6 15. Qxh6 {(Nimzowitsch).}) 13... Bg4 14. f3 Be6 15. d4 $1
exd4 16. cxd4 d5 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Qxd5 19. Rd1 Rfe8 20. Kf2 Nf6 21. Rh4
Ne7 22. Bd3 Nf5 23. Bxf5 Qxf5 24. Kg2 Re7 25. Bf2 Rae8 26. Rf4 Qg6 27. d5 Re5
28. Rd4 Rd8 29. Qa5 Nh5 30. Qxc7 Rde8 31. d6 1-0

[Event "Hannover"]
[Site "Hannover"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Black "Duhm, Hans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1926.??.??"]

{When the chess club of Hannover existed fifty years, a master tournament
occurred from 9 until viii 1926. Nimzowitsch and Rubinstein competed for the
first place. The prizes were given in Hotel Luisenhof.} 1. c4 e6 2. e4 c5 3.
Nc3 Nc6 4. f4 d6 5. Nf3 g6 $6 {This odd opening has a predecessor in Mackenzie
- Sellman, New York 1880.} 6. d4 $1 Bg7 7. dxc5 dxc5 $6 ({Preferable is} 7...
Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 dxc5) 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. e5 h5 $1 (9... f6 $1 {counters in the
centre.}) 10. Be3 b6 11. O-O-O+ Ke7 12. Bf2 Nh6 13. Bh4+ Kf8 14. Bd3 Bb7 15.
Be4 Na5 16. Bxb7 Nxb7 17. Rd7 Rb8 18. Rhd1 Kg8 19. Be7 Nf5 20. Ng5 Re8 21. Bf6
Bxf6 22. exf6 Na5 23. Rd8 Kf8 24. R1d7 Nh6 25. Nce4 Nc6 26. Rxf7+ $1 {The
restraint leads to a combination.} Nxf7 27. Nxe6+ Kg8 28. Rxe8+ Kh7 29. N6g5+
1-0

[Event "Hannover"]
[Site "Hannover"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Antze, Oskar Hans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E34"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1926.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 b6 8. Nf3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Qc4 Qc8 12. b4 Qb7 13. Bb2 Rac8 14. O-O c5
$2 {Black weakens the queenside.} 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. b5 Nc7 17. Rab1 $2 (17.
Bxf6 gxf6 18. Rab1 {keeps the advantage.}) 17... Qd5 18. Rfc1 Qxc4 $2 (18...
Ne4 $1 {equalises (Antze).}) 19. Rxc4 Nxb5 $2 20. Bxf6 $1 Nxa3 21. Rg4 $1 {
White refutes the black combination.} g6 22. Rc1 Rc7 23. Ng5 h5 24. Rh4 Rc6 25.
f4 e5 26. fxe5 Rb8 27. g4 1-0

[Event "Hannover"]
[Site "Hannover"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Von Holzhausen, Walther"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D21"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1926.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Ne5 Bh5 5. Nc3 Nd7 6. Nxc4 c6 7. g3 e6 8. Bg2
Ngf6 9. O-O Be7 10. a4 Nb6 11. Ne5 Nfd7 $5 12. g4 $1 Nxe5 13. gxh5 Ned7 14. a5
Nd5 15. e4 Nb4 16. f4 O-O 17. e5 Qc7 18. Be3 f5 $6 19. Qb3 Nd5 $2 ({Right is} 
19... Kf7 $1 {and Black protects the shaky centre.}) 20. Nxd5 exd5 21. Rfc1 $1
Kh8 22. Bxd5 $1 {The black position falls apart.} Qd8 23. Bf3 Rb8 24. d5 Qe8
25. Bxa7 Ra8 26. Qxb7 cxd5 27. Rc7 Rf7 28. e6 Bc5+ 29. Rxc5 Ne5 30. exf7 Nxf3+
31. Kh1 Qf8 32. Qxa8 Qxa8 33. Rac1 1-0

[Event "Hannover"]
[Site "Hannover"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Von Gottschall, Hermann"]
[Black "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1926.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 $5 c5 4. c3 dxe4 5. Bxe4 Nf6 6. Bf3 Nbd7 7. Ne2 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Be3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nb6 11. Nbc3 Qd7 12. Rc1 Rd8 13. Qb3 Nfd5 14. Nxd5
Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Qxd5 16. Qxd5 Rxd5 17. Nc3 Ra5 18. Rfd1 Bb4 19. a3 Bxc3 20. Rxc3
Bd7 21. Rc5 Rxc5 22. dxc5 Bc6 23. f3 f6 24. Kf2 Kf7 25. Rd4 a5 26. g3 $6 (26.
b3 $1 {keeps the queenside intact.}) 26... a4 $1 {Hereafter, the manoeuvring
against weaknesses begins.} 27. f4 h5 28. h3 Rh8 29. Rd1 Kg6 30. Rd4 Kf5 31.
Bd2 Rf8 32. Be1 e5 $1 33. fxe5 fxe5 34. Rh4 g5 $1 35. Rb4 Ke6+ 36. Ke2 e4 37.
Bf2 $2 (37. Bd2 $1 g4 38. hxg4 hxg4 39. Bf4 {closes the defence.}) 37... Rf3
38. Rb6 Ke5 39. Rb4 Kd5 $1 40. h4 gxh4 $2 (40... g4 $1 41. Rb6 e3 42. Bxe3 Rxg3
{gains a weighty advantage.}) 41. gxh4 Rh3 42. Rd4+ Ke5 43. Rd8 Bd5 44. Re8+
Be6 45. Rd8 Kf4 46. Rf8+ Bf5 47. Rf7 Rh2 {Now .. e3 really threatens.} ({Not} 
47... e3 $2 48. Bg1 $1 {(Nimzowitsch).}) 48. Re7 $2 (48. Kf1 $1 Kg4 49. Ke2 {
draws (Jacoby).}) 48... Bg4+ 49. Ke1 Kf3 ({Or} 49... Rh1+ 50. Kd2 Rd1+ 51. Kc3
Rd3+ 52. Kc4 Be2 53. Kb4 e3 {(Hübner).}) 50. Rf7+ Kg2 51. Kd2 $6 ({Better is} 
51. Bd4 $1 Rh1+ 52. Kd2 Rd1+ 53. Ke3 Bf3 54. Rg7+ Kf1 55. Bc3 Rd3+ 56. Kf4 Kf2
57. Re7 Bg2 $1 58. Re5 Rf3+ 59. Kg5 {(Hübner), but} Rxc3 $1 60. bxc3 e3 61.
Kxh5 e2 {wins the game.}) 51... Kf1 $1 52. Ke3 Bf3 53. Bg3 Rxb2 54. Bd6 Rb3+
55. Kd4 Kf2 56. Rg7 e3 57. Bg3+ Kf1 58. Rf7 e2 59. Re7 Bc6 0-1

[Event "Hannover"]
[Site "Hannover"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1926.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. c4 $5 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Bc4 Nxd5 6. Qb3 Qe7+ 7. Ne2
Nb6 8. Nbc3 Nxc4 9. Qxc4 Be6 10. Qa4+ Qd7 11. Nb5 $5 Nc6 12. O-O a6 13. Nbd4
Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Qxd4 15. Nxd4 Kd7 $5 16. b3 Bc5 17. Bb2 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 {A quick
draw resulted, although Aaron tried to hurt himself.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hannover"]
[Site "Hannover"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1926.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bc5 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. g3 d5 8.
Bg2 O-O $5 9. O-O $1 Ba6 10. cxd5 cxd5 {White can take pawn d5.} 11. Qa4 (11.
Nxd5 $5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Bxe2 13. Bxf7+ $1 Rxf7 14. Qxe2 {wins a pawn.}) 11... Bb7
12. Bg5 Rb8 $2 ({Correct is} 12... c6) 13. Rad1 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Bxd5 Bxd5
16. Rxd5 Bb6 17. Qf4 Qe6 18. Rfd1 f5 19. Re5 Qf7 20. Nd5 Rbd8 21. Ne7+ Kh8 22.
Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Nxf5 Rf8 24. Nh4 $1 g5 ({The pointe is} 24... Qxf4 25. Ng6+) 25.
Qxf7 Rxf7 26. Nf5 Kh7 27. g4 Rf6 28. Re7+ Kg8 29. b4 a5 30. b5 c5 31. e4 Kf8
32. Rb7 c4 33. e5 Re6 34. Rb8+ Kf7 35. Nd6+ Kg6 36. Rxb6 1-0

[Event "Hannover"]
[Site "Hannover"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Von Holzhausen, Walther"]
[Black "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "1926.??.??"]

1. e4 Nc6 $5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7+ 7. Qe2
Bf5 8. c3 Be4 9. Nbd2 O-O-O 10. O-O-O Nh6 11. Ne5 $6 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Bg6 {White
has a weakness.} 13. Nf3 Rhe8 14. Qe3 Kb8 15. Qf4 Be4 16. Re1 Qc5 17. Nd2 Bg6
18. Nb3 Qb6 19. Qd4 f6 20. f4 fxe5 21. fxe5 $2 (21. Rxe5 Rxe5 {(Nimzowitsch)}
22. fxe5 $1 Be4 23. Nc5 Nf5 24. Qf2 Qh6+ 25. Qd2 Qxd2+ 26. Kxd2 b6 27. Ne6 Re8
28. Nd4 {defends properly.}) 21... Be4 22. Nd2 c5 23. Qe3 Rxe5 24. Qg3 Qc7 25.
Bd3 Rde8 26. Bxe4 dxe4 27. Nc4 R5e6 28. Qxc7+ Kxc7 29. Ne3 Nf7 30. Kc2 Nd6 31.
c4 Kc6 32. Rhf1 Rh6 33. h3 Rg6 34. Re2 a6 35. Rf4 b5 36. b3 Rg5 37. g4 Rge5 38.
Kc3 a5 39. Ref2 a4 40. bxa4 bxc4 41. Rf8 R5e7 42. Rxe8 Rxe8 43. Nxc4 Nxc4 44.
Kxc4 Ra8 45. Rf7 Rxa4+ 46. Kb3 Rb4+ 47. Kc3 Rb7 48. Rf5 Ra7 49. Kc4 Ra4+ 50.
Kb3 Rd4 51. Re5 Kd6 52. Re8 Rd3+ 53. Kc4 Rxh3 54. Rxe4 Ra3 55. Re2 Ra4+ 56. Kb5
Rxg4 57. a4 Rb4+ 58. Ka5 h5 59. Rh2 Kc6 60. Re2 Rg4 61. Re6+ Kd5 62. Re8 h4 63.
Rd8+ Kc4 64. Kb6 h3 65. Rd1 Kb4 66. Rb1+ Kxa4 67. Kxc5 g5 68. Rh1 Rg3 69. Kd4
g4 70. Ke4 Rg2 71. Kf4 h2 0-1

[Event "Hannover"]
[Site "Hannover"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Black "Antze, Oskar Hans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "1926.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. f4 $5 d6 {Black gives a tame answer.
} (5... c5 $1 {strives for an advantage.}) 6. Nf3 c6 7. O-O d5 8. cxd5 cxd5 9.
Ne5 Qb6 10. Nc3 Rd8 11. b3 Na6 12. Ba3 Bf8 13. Na4 Qb5 14. Qd3 Qa5 $5 15. Rfc1
Bf5 16. Qc3 Qb5 17. Bf1 Ne4 18. Qe1 Qe8 19. e3 b5 $2 ({Right is} 19... f6) 20.
Nc6 $1 Rdc8 21. Bxb5 Bd7 22. Bxa6 Rxc6 23. Bb7 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rd8 25. Nc5 Bc8
26. Bxc8 Rxc8 27. Qa5 e6 28. Nxe4 dxe4 29. Rxc8 Qxc8 30. Bc5 Bxc5 31. Qxc5 $6 (
31. dxc5 $1 {wins faster (Nimzowitsch).}) 31... Qa6 32. Qc2 Qa5 33. Kf2 Qh5 34.
Qxe4 Qxh2+ 35. Qg2 Qh5 36. g4 Qa5 37. Kg3 h6 38. Qf2 Qc7 39. Kh3 f5 40. gxf5
gxf5 41. d5 exd5 42. Qg2+ Kf7 43. Qxd5+ Kf6 44. Qd4+ Kg6 45. Qd2 Kf6 46. Qb2+
Kg6 47. b4 Qc4 48. Qd2 Kh5 49. a4 a6 50. Kg3 Qg8+ 51. Kh2 Qc4 52. Qb2 Qd3 53.
Qg2 Qc4 54. Kg3 Qg8+ 55. Kh3 Qc4 56. Qf3+ Kg6 57. Kh4 $2 Kg7 $2 ({Better is} 
57... Qc2 $1 58. b5 axb5 59. axb5 Qh2+ 60. Qh3 Qb2 {drawn.}) 58. Qb7+ Kg6 59.
Qb6+ Kh7 60. Qf6 Qd5 61. Kg3 Qg8+ 62. Kh2 Qa2+ 63. Kh3 Qd5 64. Qe7+ Kg6 65.
Qe8+ Kh7 66. Kg3 Qb3 67. a5 Qb1 68. Qd7+ Kg6 69. Qc6+ Kg7 70. Qb7+ Kf8 71. Qxa6
Qe1+ 72. Kf3 Qd1+ 73. Qe2 Qd5+ 74. Kf2 Qd8 75. a6 Qh4+ 76. Kg2 Qe7 77. Qf3 Qc7
78. b5 Qg7+ 79. Kf2 Qb2+ 80. Qe2 Qa1 81. b6 {Nimzowitsch showed stamina.} 1-0

[Event "Hannover"]
[Site "Hannover"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Saemisch, Fritz"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C27"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1926.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Qh5 Nd6 5. Qxe5+ {Sämisch plays for a draw.}
Qe7 6. Qxe7+ Bxe7 7. Bb3 Nf5 8. Nf3 c6 9. O-O d5 10. Re1 O-O 11. d3 Bd6 12. Ne2
Na6 13. c3 Bd7 14. Bf4 Rae8 15. Bxd6 Nxd6 16. Ng3 Nc5 17. Bc2 g6 18. Rxe8 Rxe8
19. Kf1 Kg7 20. Re1 Rxe1+ 21. Kxe1 Ne6 22. Ne2 f6 23. Nfd4 Nxd4 24. Nxd4 g5 25.
Ne2 Bf5 26. Kd2 Bg6 27. b3 Kf7 28. d4 Bxc2 29. Kxc2 h5 30. Kd3 Ke6 31. f3 h4
32. g3 hxg3 33. hxg3 f5 34. Ke3 b6 35. Kd3 a6 36. Kc2 a5 37. Kd3 b5 38. Kc2 g4
39. f4 Ne4 40. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hannover"]
[Site "Hannover"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Black "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1926.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bb4 5. d3 d6 6. g3 Bc5 7. Bg2 Ng4 8. O-O
f5 9. Nd5 h6 $6 ({Nimzowitsch prefers} 9... O-O) 10. exf5 Bxf5 11. Nh4 Be6 12.
Ng6 Rg8 13. h3 Nf6 14. Be3 {Black has a surprising defence.} Bxd5 $2 (14... Kf7
$1 15. Nxe5+ Nxe5 16. d4 Nxc4 17. dxc5 dxc5 {resists creatively.}) 15. cxd5 Nd4
16. f4 Qd7 17. b4 Bb6 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Nxe5 Qe7 20. Nc4 Kd8 21. a4 Re8 22. Kh2
Ne2 23. d6 cxd6 24. Re1 $6 (24. Bxb6+ axb6 25. Re1 {wins faster.}) 24... Bxe3
25. Rxe2 Bg1+ 26. Qxg1 Qxe2 27. Nxd6 Re7 28. a5 Rd7 29. Re1 Qd2 30. Nc4 Qxb4
31. a6 $1 Rc8 32. Rb1 Qa4 33. axb7 Rb8 34. Qc5 Rc7 35. Qd4+ Nd7 36. Qxg7 Rc5
37. Qh8+ Kc7 38. Qxh6 Qc2 39. Qd6+ Kd8 40. Rf1 Ke8 41. Rf8+ $1 1-0

[Event "Hannover"]
[Site "Hannover"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Duhm, Hans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D58"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1926.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bd3 Be6 $5 10. O-O Nh7 $2 ({Appropriate is} 10... c5 {(Sämisch).}) 11.
Bg3 Bd6 12. Ne5 Nf6 13. Rc1 c5 14. f4 Bc8 15. Qf3 Bb7 16. Bh4 Be7 17. dxc5 bxc5
18. Rfd1 Nbd7 19. Bc4 $1 Nxe5 20. fxe5 Nd7 21. Bg3 Nb6 22. Bxd5 Nxd5 23. Nxd5
Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Qb6 25. Rc2 Rfd8 26. e4 Qa5 27. b3 Rac8 28. h4 Qa6 29. Kh2 Qb6
30. Rc4 a6 31. Ra4 Rc6 32. Rc4 Qa5 33. Rc2 Re6 34. Rf2 Rf8 35. Qd3 Qb6 36. Qc2
Rc8 37. Rf3 Rec6 38. Qf2 Rf8 39. Rd7 Re6 40. Qd2 Rc8 41. Qd5 Qa5 42. h5 Qxa2 $2
{Black misses a trick.} 43. Bh4 $1 Bf8 44. Rdxf7 1-0

[Event "Hannover"]
[Site "Hannover"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Saemisch, Fritz"]
[Black "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1926.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Ne7 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8.
f3 Bh5 9. Nf4 Bg6 10. Nce2 Bd6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Bf4 b6 13. Qd2 c5 14. c4 dxc4
15. Bxc4 Nbc6 16. dxc5 {Sämisch wants to draw safely, like he did with
Rubinstein.} Bxc5+ 17. Kh1 Qxd2 18. Bxd2 Rfd8 19. Rfd1 Ne5 20. Ba6 Nd3 21. Bxd3
Rxd3 22. Bc3 Rad8 23. Rxd3 Rxd3 24. Nf4 Rd7 25. g3 f6 26. Re1 Kf7 27. b4 g5 28.
bxc5 gxf4 29. cxb6 axb6 30. Bb4 Nf5 31. Kg2 Rd4 32. Re4 fxg3 33. Rxd4 Nxd4 34.
hxg3 Ke6 35. g4 $6 {White weakens his pawns.} b5 36. f4 g6 37. Bc5 Kd5 38. Be7
f5 39. gxf5 gxf5 40. Kf2 Ke4 41. Bd6 Kd3 42. Be5 Ne2 43. Bd6 $2 ({Right is} 43.
a3) 43... Nc3 $1 44. a3 $4 {Suddenly the tournament is decided by a blunder.} (
{Probably} 44. Ke1 Nxa2 45. Kd1 {gives good survival chances.}) 44... Ne4+ {
Nimzowitsch had won the event.} 0-1

[Event "Hannover"]
[Site "Hannover"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Von Gottschall, Hermann"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1926.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nxe5 Re8
8. Nd3 Ba5 $5 9. f3 Nh5 10. Ne2 f5 11. Nf2 Bb6 12. d4 fxe4 13. fxe4 c5 14. c3
cxd4 15. cxd4 Be6 16. Qd3 Qd7 17. Be3 Nf6 18. Nf4 Bf7 19. Rae1 Qa4 20. d5 Bxe3
21. Rxe3 Qxa2 22. Nd1 Re5 23. Nc3 Qxb2 24. Rb1 Qa3 25. Qd4 Rae8 {The uneven
game has led to a white plus.} 26. Rxb7 $4 ({Correct is} 26. Nd3 R5e7 27. Rxb7)
26... Qc1+ 27. Kf2 Ng4+ 28. Kf3 Nxh2+ 29. Kg3 Nf1+ 30. Kf2 Nxe3 31. Qxe3 Qc2+
32. Kg1 h6 33. Rxc7 Rxe4 34. Nxe4 Qxc7 35. Qf3 Qe5 36. Nf2 Qe1+ 37. Kh2 Re3 {
Nimzowitsch (61/2/7) and Rubinstein (6) had produced monster scores.} 0-1

[Event "Semmering"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1926.??.??"]

{The southern road from Wien leads to the Semmering Pass. Grand Hotel Panhans
was built on the Semmering in 1888. The facility was used for a tournament of
eighteen masters from 7 until 29 iii 1926. Nimzowitsch and Tartakower led at
first. Spielmann and Alekhine competed for the first prize later on.
Capablanca, Lasker and Bogoljubow did not take part.} 1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5
Nfd7 4. f4 $5 {This new move brings equality.} e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2
Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. d3 Nb6 10. Ne2 d4 11. g4 $5 f6 12. exf6 gxf6 13. Ng3 Nd5 14.
Qe2 Bd6 15. Nh4 Nce7 16. Bd2 Qc7 {Both parties are manoeuvring their pieces to
strong squares.} 17. Qf2 c4 $1 18. dxc4 $6 (18. Ne4 {controls square c5.})
18... Ne3 19. Bxe3 dxe3 20. Qf3 $1 Qxc4 21. Ne4 Bc7 22. b3 Qd4 23. c3 Qb6 24.
Kh1 Nd5 25. f5 Nf4 26. Rfd1 $6 Kh8 $6 (26... e2 $1 {(Wolf)} 27. Rd2 Qb5 28. Ng3
Qe5 {activates the passed pawn.}) 27. Bf1 exf5 28. gxf5 Be5 29. Re1 {White
wins the pawn.} Bd7 30. Rxe3 Bc6 31. Rae1 Nd5 32. Rd3 Nxc3 $6 ({Better is} 
32... Rg8 $1 {(Nimzowitsch).}) 33. Ng6+ $1 hxg6 34. Qg4 $3 Rf7 $2 {Alekhine
makes the decisive error.} (34... Rg8 $1 35. fxg6 Kg7 36. Rd7+ $1 Bxd7 37.
Qxd7+ Kxg6 38. Bd3 Kh6 39. Qh3+ Kg7 40. Rg1+ $1 Qxg1+ $1 {(Nimzowitsch) leads
to a drawn game.}) 35. Rh3+ Kg7 36. Bc4 Bd5 37. fxg6 Nxe4 38. gxf7+ Kf8 39.
Rxe4 Bxe4+ 40. Qxe4 Ke7 41. f8=Q+ Rxf8 42. Qd5 Qd6 43. Qxb7+ Kd8 44. Rd3 Bd4
45. Qe4 Re8 46. Rxd4 {Alekhine started with only half-a-point from three
rounds.} 1-0

[Event "Semmering"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Treybal, Karel"]
[Black "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1926.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. c3 Bg4 $5 6. f3 Bh5 7. Nh3 e6 8.
Bf4 Nc6 9. O-O Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Na3 Rc8 12. Nc2 Bg6 13. Qe2 a6 14. Ne3 O-O
15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. f4 $5 Ne4 $5 17. Ng4 f5 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. fxe5 Qe7 20. Nf2
Nxf2 21. Rxf2 Kf7 22. Rd1 Rh8 23. g3 Qg5 24. Qd2 $6 Qxd2 25. Rdxd2 {White has
achieved a passive endgame.} Rc4 26. Kf1 b5 27. Ke2 g5 28. Kd3 Rhc8 29. Rc2 $2
(29. g4 $1 {closes the kingside.}) 29... g4 $1 30. Rf1 g5 31. b3 $5 {If White
stays passive, Black will move a rook to h3 and play .. f4 after a thorough
preparation.} R4c7 32. Ra1 Kg6 $1 {Black has prepared a combination.} 33. Rf1 (
{The pointe is} 33. c4 $5 f4 $1) ({The pointe is} 33. a4 $5 f4 34. axb5 axb5
35. Ra6 Kf5 $1 36. Rb6 f3 $1 37. Rxb5 Rxc3+ 38. Rxc3 f2 $1) 33... Rf7 34. Rcf2
Rcf8 35. Ke3 Rh8 {Black threatens .. f4+!} 36. c4 $5 f4+ $1 37. Kd3 bxc4+ 38.
bxc4 dxc4+ 39. Ke4 ({No use has} 39. Kxc4 Rxh2 $1 40. Rxh2 fxg3 {(Tartakower).}
) 39... f3 40. Rd1 Rd7 41. Rc1 Rc7 42. Rc3 a5 43. Rb2 Rf8 44. Ke3 Kf5 45. Rb5
Rh8 46. Rc2 Ra8 47. d5 exd5 48. Rxd5 Re8 49. e6+ Kxe6 50. Rxa5 Kf6+ 51. Kf2 c3
52. Rb5 Rd7 53. Rb6+ Kf5 {Tartakower went on defeating the lesser players.} 0-1

[Event "Semmering"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Black "Treybal, Karel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C74"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1926.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {Spielmann plays the Ruy Lopez!} a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3
Nf6 6. d4 Bd7 7. Bc2 g6 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bd2 Nh6 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. O-O
Nf7 13. Be3 Be7 14. Bb3 Qc8 15. Nbd2 O-O 16. Bd5 Be6 17. b4 f5 $6 ({Better is
the immediate} 17... Ncd8) 18. Qb3 Ncd8 19. exf5 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 c6 $2 ({The
loss of a pawn is avoided by playing} 20... Qxf5 {at once.}) 21. Qb3 Qxf5 22.
Nc4 Ne6 23. Ncxe5 $1 Rad8 24. Nxf7 Rxf7 25. Rad1 h5 26. Rxd8+ Bxd8 27. Re1 Nf4
$2 28. Bd4 $2 (28. Bxf4 $1 Qxf4 29. Re8+ Kg7 30. Rxd8 {decides the game
quickly.}) 28... Bf6 29. Ne5 Bxe5 30. Rxe5 Qd7 31. g3 Nd5 32. Qc2 Rf5 33. Qe2
Kf7 34. h4 b5 35. Qe4 Ne7 36. Qe3 Rxe5 37. Qxe5 Qe6 38. Qc7 Ke8 39. Bc5 Nf5 40.
Qb8+ Kd7 41. Qb7+ Ke8 42. Qxa6 g5 43. hxg5 Kf7 44. Qa8 h4 45. Qf8+ Kg6 46. g4
Qe1+ 47. Kh2 Qe5+ 48. Kh3 Qxc3+ 49. Be3 Nxe3 50. Qg8+ {Spielmann's name stood
not on the first list of Bernstein for the event, because Rudolf had performed
poorly in recent tournaments. Later his name was added. He would score his
best result ever.} 1-0

[Event "Semmering"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Reti, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D71"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1926.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 $5 {A hyper modern variation is born.}
5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb4 7. a3 N4c6 8. d5 Nd4 9. Ne2 Bg4 10. Nbc3 e5 $6 ({
Preferable is} 10... Nf3+ $5 11. Kf1 Nd4 {(Akopian - Svidler, Haifa 1995).})
11. O-O Qf6 $5 (11... Nf3+ $5 12. Bxf3 Bxf3 13. Qd3 Bg4 14. Qb5+ Nd7 15. Qxb7
Bf3 {gives a pawn for the initiative.}) 12. f3 $1 Bd7 13. Be3 c5 14. dxc6 Nbxc6
15. Nd5 $1 Qd6 $2 {Black should make a retreat.} ({Right is} 15... Qd8 {
(Rubinstein)} 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Bf4 Rc8) 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 ({The pointe is} 16...
exd4 $2 17. Bf4 $1 Be5 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. f4 $1 {(Rubinstein).}) 17. f4 $1 O-O
18. Bxd4 exd4 19. e5 Qc5 20. b4 Qc4 21. Rc1 Qa6 22. Nc7 Qxa3 23. Nxa8 Rxa8 24.
Qxd4 Bb5 25. Rfe1 Bf8 26. e6 fxe6 27. Rc7 Qxb4 28. Qe5 Re8 29. Rxb7 Qc5+ 30.
Kh1 Qxe5 31. Rxe5 a6 32. h4 Bd6 33. Re1 Bb4 34. Rc1 Re7 35. Rxe7 Bxe7 36. Rc7
Kf7 37. Be4 h5 $2 38. Bxg6+ $1 1-0

[Event "Semmering"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Black "Yates, Frederick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1926.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 {Spielmann plays the Four Knights!} 4. d4 exd4
5. Nxd4 Bb4 {It has become a Scotch Game.} 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 cxd5
9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 Be7 12. Rae1 Rb8 13. Nd1 Re8 $5 14. h3 Be6 15.
Re2 c5 16. Rfe1 d4 $6 {Yates advances too optimistically in the centre.} ({
Better is} 16... Qd7 $1 {(Spielmann).}) 17. Bf5 Bc4 $1 18. Re5 Bb5 $1 19. b3
Bd6 20. Rxe8+ Bxe8 21. Nb2 $5 Bb5 $5 22. a4 $1 Ba6 23. Bd3 Bxd3 ({The tactics
of} 23... Qa5 $5 24. Re2 Bxd3 25. Nxd3 c4 $1 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Qg4+ $1 Kh8 28.
Qxd4 cxd3 29. Qxf6+ Kg8 30. Re4 Qc5 $1 {bring equal chances.}) 24. Nxd3 h6 25.
Bh4 a5 $2 {Black occupies an important own square.} ({Right is} 25... Rc8 26.
Ne5 Qa5 $1 27. Re2 Bxe5 28. Rxe5 Re8 29. Bxf6 $6 Rxe5 $1 30. Qg3 Rg5 $1 {drawn.
}) 26. Ne5 $1 Rc8 27. Ng4 Be7 28. Rxe7 $1 Qxe7 29. Nxf6+ gxf6 30. Qg4+ Kh7 31.
Qxc8 1-0

[Event "Semmering"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Davidson, Jacques"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1926.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
Qe7 9. e4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 e5 11. Rd1 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nb6 13. Bf1 Rd8 14. h3 Bc7 15.
Be3 Re8 16. Bd3 Nh5 17. Nce2 g6 18. Re1 Nd7 19. Nf3 Bb6 20. Bg5 Qc5 {Little
has happened so far.} 21. Nc3 $2 (21. Nf4 {keeps the status quo.}) 21... Ne5 $1
22. Nxe5 Qxe5 23. Be3 Bc7 $1 {White cannot plug the holes.} 24. Ne2 Qh2+ 25.
Kf1 Bxh3 $5 26. gxh3 Qxh3+ 27. Kg1 Bh2+ 28. Kh1 Nf4 $5 (28... Bf4+ 29. Kg1 Re5
{wins quickly.}) 29. Nxf4 Bxf4+ 30. Kg1 Bh2+ 31. Kh1 Qf3+ 32. Kxh2 Re5 33. Qc5
Rxc5 34. Bxc5 Qh5+ 35. Kg2 Qxc5 36. Re3 Re8 37. Rae1 Qe5 38. R1e2 Re6 39. b3
Rf6 40. Rg3 Kg7 41. Bb1 Rf4 42. Bd3 Rh4 43. Kf3 Qf4+ 44. Kg2 Qc1 45. Kf3 h5 46.
Rc2 Qd1+ 47. Ke3 Rh1 48. Kd4 h4 49. Re3 Re1 50. Rxe1 Qxe1 51. Re2 Qa1+ 52. Kc4
b5+ {Alekhine got a beauty prize for this game.} 0-1

[Event "Semmering"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kmoch, Hans"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D06"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1926.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c5 4. cxd5 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Qxd5 6. Nc3 Qa5 7. e4 Nc6 8.
Bb5 Bd7 9. Qa4 Qxa4 10. Bxa4 e6 11. e5 Nd5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Bb3 Be6 14. O-O
Be7 15. Rd1 O-O-O 16. Be3 Kb8 17. Rac1 Na5 18. Bc2 Nc4 19. Bd4 Rc8 20. Bd3 Bb4
21. Rc2 h6 22. Rdc1 Na5 23. Bc5 Bxc5 24. Rxc5 Rxc5 25. Rxc5 Nc6 26. Bb5 Rc8 27.
Kf1 Ne7 28. Rxc8+ Kxc8 {White has to take care of the advanced pawn e5.} 29.
Nd4 $4 ({The tournament book mentions} 29. Bd3) 29... Ng6 $1 30. Nf3 Bg4 $1 31.
Nd4 ({Insufficient is} 31. Bd3 Bxf3 32. Bxg6 Bxg2+ $1 33. Kxg2 fxg6) 31... Nxe5
32. h3 Be6 33. f4 Nc4 34. b3 Nd6 35. Bd3 Kc7 36. Ke2 Kb6 37. Ke3 Kc5 38. b4+ $5
Kxb4 39. Nxe6 fxe6 40. Kd4 Nf7 41. f5 exf5 42. Bxf5 Nd6 43. Bd7 Nb5+ 44. Kxd5
Nc3+ 45. Ke6 Nxa2 46. Kf7 a5 47. Kxg7 a4 48. Bxa4 Kxa4 49. Kxh6 b5 50. g4 b4
51. g5 Nc3 52. Kg7 Nd5 53. g6 Nf4 54. h4 b3 55. Kh7 Nxg6 56. h5 Ne7 0-1

[Event "Semmering"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E16"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1926.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 $5 {Rubinstein and
Alekhine were exploring the Queen's Indian Defence during the 1920's.} O-O 7.
O-O d5 8. a3 Be7 9. b4 c5 10. bxc5 bxc5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Bb2 Nbd7 13. Ne5 $5 (
13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. Qa4 {proceeds calmly.}) 13... Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Ng4 $1 15. Bc3
Rb8 16. Rb1 $2 ({Better is} 16. cxd5 Bxd5 {Alekhine gives} 17. Ne4 ({but} 17.
e4 Nxf2 18. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 19. Kxf2 Qb6+ 20. Kf3 $1 {is playable too.})) 16... d4
$1 17. Rxb7 $2 {Rubinstein bites in the bait.} ({Correct is} 17. Bb4 $1 Bxg2
18. Kxg2 Qc7 {(Alekhine).}) 17... Rxb7 18. Bxb7 Nxf2 $5 ({Or} 18... dxc3 19.
Ne4 Ne3 $1) 19. Kxf2 dxc3+ 20. e3 cxd2 21. Ke2 Qb8 22. Bf3 Rd8 23. Qb1 Qd6 24.
a4 f5 25. Rd1 Bb4 26. Qc2 Qc5 27. Kf2 a5 28. Be2 g5 29. Bd3 f4 $1 {Alekhine
won another special prize.} 0-1

[Event "Semmering"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A52"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1926.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. e4 Nxe5 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Qe7
$5 {Tarrasch shows ambition by avoiding a further exchange.} 8. Be2 O-O 9. Nd4
d6 10. O-O Na6 11. f4 Nc6 12. Re1 Nxd4 $6 ({The quiet} 12... Bd7 {is more
appropriate.}) 13. cxd4 $1 {Tartakower responds by a pawn sacrifice.} Qxe4 14.
Bf3 Qg6 15. Ba3 Qf6 16. Qd2 c6 17. d5 $1 {White develops an attack.} c5 18. Bb2
Qd8 $5 19. Qc3 f6 20. Re3 Bd7 21. Rae1 Rf7 22. g4 Nc7 23. g5 {All white pieces
take part in the offensive.} Ne8 $2 (23... Qf8 $1 24. Bh5 g6 25. Bf3 Re8 $1 {
lets heavy pieces move to the defence.}) 24. f5 $1 fxg5 $5 (24... Rf8 25. Bh5
Nc7 26. Re7 {also has fatal consequences.}) 25. Bh5 $1 Nf6 26. Bxf7+ Kxf7 27.
Qd2 Ng8 28. Qe2 Bxf5 29. Rf3 Nh6 30. Rxf5+ Nxf5 31. Qe6+ Kf8 32. Qxf5+ Kg8 33.
Qe6+ Kh8 34. Rf1 {Tartakower got a special prize for this game. He and
Nimzowitsch were leading by 8/9! Spielmann followed by 11/2 and Alekhine by 2
points.} 1-0

[Event "Semmering"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vidmar, Milan Sr"]
[Black "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D58"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1926.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Nc3 b6 {
Tartakower plays his favourite move.} 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 c5 10. O-O Nc6 11.
Rc1 Be6 12. Bb5 Rc8 $6 ({Preferable is} 12... Na5 {(Popov - Pfleger, Tallinn
1973).}) 13. Qa4 $1 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Ng4 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Ba6 $1
Rc5 18. b4 Rc6 19. h3 Nf6 20. Ne4 $1 {White exchanges towards a better ending.}
Rxc1 21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. Rxc1 Qxd4 23. exd4 Rd8 24. f4 g6 25. Kf2 Kg7 26. g4 h5
27. Kg3 hxg4 28. hxg4 Kf6 29. Rc7 Rd7 30. Rc6 $1 {Vidmar has set a nasty trap,
just before the time control.} Ke7 $2 ({Kmoch gives} 30... Rd8 $2 {as the
right move, but} 31. Bd3 $1 Ke7 32. f5 gxf5 33. gxf5 Rc8 34. b5 $1 Rxc6 35.
bxc6 Bc8 36. Kg4 {wins for White.}) ({Right is} 30... Re7 $1 31. Be2 Kg7 32.
Bf3 Kf8 33. Kh4 f5) 31. f5 $1 gxf5 32. gxf5 Bxf5 33. Bc8 Bb1 34. Bxd7 Kxd7 35.
Rf6 Bxa2 36. Rxf7+ Kc6 37. Rxa7 Bb3 38. Kf4 Kb5 39. Rb7 Kc4 40. Rxb6 Kxd4 {
White keeps enough material for the win.} 41. Rc6 Bc4 42. Kf3 Kd3 43. Kf2 Kd4
44. Ke1 Bb5 45. Rc5 Be8 46. Kd2 Ba4 47. Kc1 Be8 48. Kb2 Ba4 49. Ka3 Be8 50. Kb3
Bd7 51. Rc1 Bb5 52. Rd1+ Ke5 53. Kc3 Bd7 54. Ra1 Bb5 55. Ra5 Bf1 56. Rc5 Kd6
57. Kd4 Ba6 58. b5 Bb7 59. Rc1 Ba8 60. Rg1 Kc7 61. Kc5 Bb7 62. Rg7+ Kb8 63. Kb6
Bc8 64. Rg8 d4 65. Kc6 {Nimzowitsch was defeated by Grünfeld. So both leaders
lost in this round.} 1-0

[Event "Semmering"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Gruenfeld, Ernst"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D21"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1926.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Ne5 Bh5 5. Nc3 e6 $2 6. g4 $1 Bg6 (6... f6 $5
{(Johner-Von Holzhausen, Berlin 1926)} 7. Qa4+ c6 8. Qxc4 fxe5 9. Qxe6+ Be7 10.
gxh5 {favours White.}) 7. h4 f6 8. Qa4+ c6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Qxc4 Kf7 11. e4 Nd7
12. Be3 Qa5 13. a3 Re8 14. f4 Ne7 15. O-O-O Nc8 16. f5 Nd6 17. Qa2 g5 18. h5 b5
{Black seems to have a solid defensive screen, but White blows it to pieces.}
19. e5 $1 fxe5 20. Bd3 e4 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22. Bxe4 Nf6 23. fxe6+ Rxe6 24. Bg6+
Ke7 25. Bxg5 b4 26. Bf5 Re2 27. Rhe1 1-0

[Event "Semmering"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kmoch, Hans"]
[Black "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1926.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 e6 4. c4 b5 {Although Spielmann plays prudently in
Semmering, he still picks the Blumenfeld.} 5. Bg5 exd5 6. cxd5 h6 $1 7. Bxf6
Qxf6 8. Qc2 d6 9. e4 a6 10. a4 b4 11. Nbd2 Bg4 12. Be2 Nd7 13. O-O Be7 14. Kh1
Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Ne5 $5 16. Be2 g5 17. g3 $6 (17. Nc4 $1 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 {gives a
plus.}) 17... h5 18. f4 gxf4 19. gxf4 Ng4 $1 20. Rf3 $2 ({Right is} 20. e5 dxe5
21. Qe4) 20... Nxh2 $1 21. Rh3 $2 {White collapses quickly.} ({The prosaic} 21.
Kxh2 $1 Qh4+ 22. Rh3 Qf2+ 23. Kh1 Qxe2 {(Spielmann) offers more resistance.})
21... Ng4 22. e5 Qxf4 23. Ne4 Qxe4+ {Alekhine, Spielmann and Tartakower led by
half-a-point before Nimzowitsch.} 0-1

[Event "Semmering"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Vidmar, Milan Sr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1926.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 c5 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O Bd6 8. a3
cxd4 9. exd4 a5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Re1 b6 12. b3 Bb7 13. Bb2 Ne7 14. Ne5 Ng6 15.
Ndf3 Ne4 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Bb5 Qe7 $5 18. Nd7 Rfd8 19. Nxb6 Rab8 {Black has
compensation for the pawn.} 20. Ne5 $2 ({Correct is} 20. Na4) 20... Bxe5 21.
dxe5 Qc5 22. Qd4 Qxb5 23. e6 Nf6 $5 24. Nd7 Rxd7 $1 25. exd7 Qxd7 26. Rac1 h6
27. f3 Re8 28. Rxe8+ Qxe8 29. Kf2 Qb5 30. Qe3 Ba6 $6 ({Better is} 30... Nd7 $1)
31. a4 Qb7 32. Rc5 Nh5 33. g3 Qd7 34. Ke1 $5 Qh3 $1 35. Rxa5 Qxh2 36. Qf2 Qh1+
37. Kd2 Qb1 38. Qd4 $1 Qf1 39. Qxd5 Qe2+ 40. Kc3 Bb7 41. Qxb7 $2 (41. Qxh5 $2
Bxf3 42. Qc5 Qe1+ 43. Kc4 Qe2+ 44. Kc3 Qe1+ {leads to perpetual check.}) 41...
Qe1+ 42. Kc4 Qxa5 43. Bc3 Qf5 44. Qb8+ $5 ({Or} 44. g4 Qf4+ 45. Qe4 Qc7+ 46.
Kd3 Nhf4+ 47. Kc2 Ne7) 44... Kh7 45. a5 Qxf3 46. Qc7 Nxg3 47. Kb4 Nf4 48. Ka3
Ne6 49. Qe5 Ne4 50. Bb4 Qd3 51. Ka4 Nd4 52. Qd5 f5 53. Qc4 Qd1 54. Ba3 Qa1 55.
a6 Nc3+ 56. Kb4 Nc2+ 57. Kc5 Qxa3+ 58. Kb6 Ne3 {Alekhine lost again.
Tartakower was the only winner at the top. He led by 10/13.} 0-1

[Event "Semmering"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Black "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1926.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. Nbd2 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Bd3
O-O 9. O-O c5 10. Rc1 b6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Ng4 14. Bg3 f6 15.
exf6 Bxf6 16. h3 Ne5 17. Be2 Bf5 18. Nf3 Nxf3+ 19. Bxf3 Bxb2 $1 20. Bxd5+ Kh8
21. Rc4 $5 Rc8 22. e4 Bh7 $6 ({Preferable is} 22... Bd7 $1) 23. Qe2 Qf6 24. e5
$6 (24. Ra4 $1 a5 25. e5 {gains a plus.}) 24... Qd8 25. Rd1 Bd4 26. Bf3 Qe7 27.
Bg4 Rce8 28. Bh5 Rd8 29. Kh2 $2 {Tartakower blunders awfully.} ({Better is} 29.
Rcc1) 29... Bxf2 $1 30. Bxf2 Rxd1 31. Bh4 Qe6 32. Qxd1 Qxc4 33. Qd6 Rf1 $6 (
33... Rg8 $1 {wins smoothly.}) 34. e6 Qxh4 35. e7 Qxh5 36. Qd8+ Bg8 37. e8=Q
Qxe8 38. Qxe8 c4 39. g4 c3 40. Qc8 Rf3 41. g5 hxg5 42. Kg2 Rd3 43. Qe8 Rd6 44.
Qc8 Rd2+ 45. Kf3 c2 46. Ke3 Rh2 47. h4 Rh3+ 48. Ke4 Rxh4+ 49. Kf5 Rh1 0-1

[Event "Semmering"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Vidmar, Milan Sr"]
[Black "Gilg, Karl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1926.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. e4
e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. exd5 exd4 11. Ne4 Qb6 $6 ({Preferable is} 11... Nxe4 12.
Bxe4 Nc5 {(Botvinnik - Riumin, Moscow 1931).}) 12. Nxd6 Qxd6 13. Nxd4 Nxd5 $2 (
{Right is} 13... Qxd5 14. Nb5 Ne5 $1 15. Be2 $1 {[Nogueiras - Nikolic, Sombor
1980]} ({not} 15. Nc7 $2 Qxd3 16. Nxa8 Nd5 $1 {[Matlak - Vavra, Czechia 1995]})
) 14. Nf5 $1 Qf6 $2 (14... Qc7 $1 15. Qg4 Qe5 {defends keenly.}) 15. Qh5 h6 16.
Nxh6+ $1 gxh6 17. Qxd5 Ne5 18. Bc2 Qg7 19. Bxh6 $1 Qxh6 20. Qxe5 Be6 21. Rae1 {
A lesser player was conquered quickly.   Spielmann led half-a-point on
Alekhine, Tartakower and Nimzowitsch. Runner-up Vidmar trailed by one point.}
1-0

[Event "Semmering"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Reti, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1926.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. d5 d6 5. Bg2 e5 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bd2 Kh8
9. Qc1 Ng8 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 Nd7 12. Nf3 Qe7 13. O-O Nc5 14. Be3 Bd7 15. Bd4
Rae8 16. b4 Ne4 17. Nxe4 Qxe4 18. Bxg7+ Kxg7 19. Qc3+ f6 20. Nd4 Qe5 21. Rad1
h5 22. Rd3 Nh6 23. Rf4 Bf5 24. Nxf5+ Nxf5 25. Re4 Qxc3 26. Rxc3 {Réti will
lose an even endgame.} Ne7 $6 ({The natural} 26... Rxe4 27. Bxe4 Nh6 $1 28. c5
f5 {gives equality.}) 27. Kf2 Nc8 $6 {Hereafter, the defence of the queenside
becomes difficult.} ({More active is} 27... f5 28. Re6 f4) 28. c5 Rxe4 29. Bxe4
Rf7 30. Ke3 f5 31. Bf3 Kf6 32. Kd4 Rh7 33. h4 Rg7 34. a4 Rf7 35. a5 $1 a6 $2 {
Réti offers little resistance.} ({Better is} 35... Re7 $1 36. e4 fxe4 37. Bxe4
Kg7 38. g4 $1 hxg4 39. Rg3 {(Alekhine)} Re5 $1 40. Rxg4 Ne7 {White has a big
advantage, but it is hard to find a win.}) 36. c6 $1 b5 37. axb6 Nxb6 38. Ra3
Ke7 39. Rxa6 f4 40. g4 hxg4 41. Bxg4 f3 42. Bxf3 Rf4+ 43. Be4 Rxh4 44. Ra7 Kd8
45. Ra3 Rh2 46. Re3 Rh5 47. Rg3 g5 48. Bf3 Rh4+ 49. e4 Rh2 50. Rxg5 Rb2 51.
Rg8+ Ke7 52. Rg7+ Kd8 53. Kc3 Na4+ 54. Kc4 Nb6+ 55. Kb5 Rd2 56. Rg8+ Ke7 57.
Rb8 Rc2 58. Rxb6 {Alekhine continued to chase the leader.} 1-0

[Event "Semmering"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Black "Vajda, Arpad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1926.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Nc6 6. Bb5 Be7 7. Nge2 O-O 8.
O-O Ne4 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Re1 Qg5 $6 {Vajda has a wild idea.} (
11... Nd6 $1 {is ok.}) 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Ng3 f5 14. Qe2 Be6 15. Qa6 Rad8 16.
Qxc6 Bd5 $5 17. Qc5 h5 18. c4 Ba8 19. h4 $1 Qg4 20. d5 Qxh4 $2 ({Better is} 
20... c6 21. d6 $1 ({not} 21. dxc6 $2 e3 $1) 21... g6 22. Rad1 Rd7) 21. Qxc7
Rc8 22. Qe5 Rce8 23. Qd4 Qg4 24. Qd1 Qg5 25. Qxh5 Qxh5 26. Nxh5 f4 27. g3 g5
28. Rad1 Kh7 29. Rd4 Kg6 30. g4 e3 31. fxe3 fxe3 32. c5 Bb7 33. c6 Ba6 34. d6
e2 35. Ng3 Rf3 36. Nxe2 Bxe2 37. d7 Ree3 38. Rxe2 {Spielmann kept the lead.}
1-0

[Event "Semmering"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Black "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C40"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1926.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 $6 {Nimzowitsch plays the Greco Counter Gambit or Latvian
Gambit, a surprising choice for an important game.} 3. Nxe5 Qf6 4. d4 d6 5. Nc4
fxe4 6. Nc3 Qg6 7. d5 $6 {Spielmann plays a novelty.} ({Greco already mentions
the superior} 7. f3 $1) 7... Nf6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Qd4 $6 ({More efficient is} 9.
Qd2 $1 O-O 10. O-O-O) 9... O-O 10. Nd2 $2 {Spielmann allows surprising tactics.
} ({Better is} 10. O-O-O c5 11. Qd2 $1) 10... c5 $1 11. dxc6 Nxc6 12. Qc4+ Kh8
13. O-O-O Bg4 14. f3 d5 $1 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 exf3 17. gxf3 {If
Nimzowitsch wins, he will equalise the score of the leader Spielmann.} Rac8 $2
({But Aaron misses} 17... Nb4 $1 18. Qb3 {(various analysts)} Bf5 $1 19. Ne4 ({
Or} 19. Rg1 Bxc2 $1) 19... Be6 $1 20. c4 Rxf3) 18. Bd3 $1 Bf5 19. Bxf5 Rxf5 20.
Qc4 b5 $1 21. Qg4 Qf7 22. Rhg1 $1 Nb4 $5 23. c3 $1 Nxa2+ 24. Kb1 b4 25. Bd4 $1
{White has a strong attack on the kingside.} Bg5 $2 ({Right is} 25... Bf8 $1 {
(Spielmann)} 26. c4 $1 b3 27. Nxb3 Nb4 28. Bc3 h5 29. Qg6 Qxg6 30. Rxg6 Rxc4 {
and Black battles for survival.}) 26. c4 b3 27. Ne4 Qg6 28. Qxg5 $1 {White
chooses the drastic solution.} Rxg5 29. Rxg5 Qf7 30. Nd6 Qxf3 31. Bxg7+ Kg8 32.
Be5+ Kf8 33. Rf5+ Qxf5+ 34. Nxf5 Rxc4 35. Rd8+ {Spielmann still got the lead. 
Nimzowitsch finished the publication of Mein System after the tournament.} 1-0

[Event "Semmering"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "198"]
[EventDate "1926.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 f6 6. d3 Bd6 7. Ne2 $5 Ne7 8.
Nd2 $5 {Tartakower only wants a quick draw. He will not get his way at all.}
Be6 9. O-O Ng6 10. Nb3 O-O 11. Be3 b6 12. Kh1 Qe7 13. f4 $6 f5 $1 14. fxe5 Nxe5
15. exf5 Ng4 16. Bf4 Bxf5 17. Qd2 Rae8 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Ng3 Be6 20. Rxf8+ Rxf8
21. Rf1 Rxf1+ 22. Nxf1 a5 23. h3 a4 24. hxg4 axb3 25. axb3 Bxg4 26. Qg5 Be6 27.
Ne3 h6 28. Qh4 Qe5 29. Nc4 Qd5 30. Ne3 Qe5 31. Nc4 Qe2 32. Qd8+ Kh7 33. Qxc7
Bd5 34. Qg3 Qxc2 35. Ne5 $2 {Tartakower misses the perpetual check.} (35. Nxb6
$1 Qxb2 36. Nxd5 cxd5 37. Qf3 Qxb3 38. Qf5+ {draws.}) 35... Qd1+ 36. Kh2 Qh5+
37. Kg1 Bxb3 38. Nxc6 Qc5+ 39. d4 Qc1+ 40. Kh2 Qxc6 41. Qxb3 Qd6+ 42. Kh1 Qxd4
{Black has won a pawn at last.} 43. Qc2+ Kg8 44. Qc8+ Kf7 45. Qc7+ Ke6 46. Qc8+
Ke5 47. Qc7+ Kd5 48. Qc2 b5 49. b3 Qh4+ 50. Kg1 Qe1+ 51. Kh2 Qe5+ 52. Kh1 g5
53. Qf2 Qf4 54. Qc2 g4 $2 (54... Qh4+ $1 55. Kg1 Qe1+ 56. Kh2 Kd4 57. Qc6 Qe5+
58. Kh1 h5 $1 {advances the right pawn.}) 55. b4 $6 (55. Qd3+ {is alright.})
55... Qd4 $6 (55... Qxb4 $1 56. Qf5+ Kc4 $1 57. Qxg4+ Kb3 58. Qe6+ Qc4 59. Qxh6
b4 {creates winning chances.}) 56. Qa2+ Qc4 57. Qd2+ Ke4 58. Kh2 h5 59. g3 Qd5
60. Qe2+ Kf5 61. Qe8 Kf6 62. Qh8+ Ke7 63. Qg7+ Kd6 64. Qf6+ Kd7 65. Qg7+ Kc6
66. Qg6+ Kc7 67. Qg7+ Kb6 68. Qf6+ Qc6 69. Qd8+ Ka6 $1 70. Qe7 $5 (70. Qd2 $1 {
protects the second rank.}) 70... Qc2+ 71. Kg1 Qd1+ 72. Kh2 Qd2+ 73. Kh1 Qd4
74. Kg2 Kb6 75. Qe6+ Kc7 76. Qe7+ Qd7 77. Qe5+ Kc6 78. Qc5+ $1 Kb7 79. Qf8 Qd2+
80. Kg1 Qe1+ 81. Kg2 Qe2+ 82. Kg1 Qe5 83. Kg2 Kc7 84. Qf7+ Kd6 85. Qf8+ Kd5 86.
Qc5+ Ke4 87. Qc2+ Ke3 88. Qc5+ Ke4 89. Qc2+ Ke3 90. Qc5+ Qd4 91. Qg5+ Ke4 92.
Qxb5 $5 Qd2+ 93. Kh1 $2 ({Better is} 93. Kg1 $1 Kf3 94. Qf5+ Kxg3 95. Qe5+ Qf4
96. Qe1+ Kh3 97. Qc3+ Kh4 98. Qf6+) 93... Kf3 $1 94. Qf1+ Kxg3 95. Qg1+ Kf4 96.
Qf1+ Kg3 97. Qg1+ Kf4 98. Qf1+ Ke5 {A win is still hard to reach.} 99. Qb5+ $2
Qd5+ $1 {The will has triumphed. Alekhine trailed the leader by half-a-point
at the end of the penultimate round.} 0-1

[Event "Semmering"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1926.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 Qb6 5. Qc1 Ne4 6. Bf4 d5 7. Bd3 Nd7 8. O-O
Bd6 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. c4 O-O 11. Qc2 Nef6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Nc3
Be6 15. Rfd1 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Qb6 17. Rd2 Rac8 18. h3 h6 19. Nd4 a6 20. Rad1 Rfe8
21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Qg6 Rf8 {Spielmann has defended well. Alekhine decides to
make a desperate action.} 23. e4 $2 Rxc3 $1 {Black has gained a big advantage.}
24. bxc3 Nxe4 25. Rd4 Nxc3 26. Rg4 Qxf2+ 27. Kh2 Qf6 28. Qxf6 Rxf6 29. Rc1 Ne4
30. Rc8+ Rf8 31. Rc7 {The offer of a draw was gladly accepted by Alekhine.
Spielmann had won the event.   The top five players built up their score
strangely:   Rounds         1-9   10-17  Spielmann    61/2   61/2    13     I 
Alekhine        6     61/2    121/2  II  Vidmar          51/2   61/2    12   
III  Nimzowitsch  8     31/2    111/2  IV/V  Tartakower     8    31/2    111/2
IV/V} ({Rudolf did not like} 31. Rc7 Rf7 32. Rc8+ Kh7 33. Re8 $1) ({But} 31.
Rc7 g5 $1 32. Rxb7 h5 33. Rxe4 dxe4 {gives winning chances at no risk.})
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch05"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1927.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Model, Abram"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C17"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1927.??.??"]

{The fifth Soviet championship was played in Moscow from 26 ix until 25 x 1927.
Sixteen-years-old Botvinnik made his debut among the twenty-one players. The
youth played well in the Hall of Columns, but the real battle went between the
radiologist Bohatirchuk and bank worker Romanovsky. Romanovsky led by one
point, when the penultimate round began. He lost to Grigoriev and Bohatirchuk
caught up. The leaders played draws in the final round. They shared the first
place with 141/2/21, followed by Duz-Khotimirsky and Model with 13, Botvinnik
and Makogonov with 121/2, Nenarokov with 11, Grigoriev with 101/2 and
Ilyin-Zhenevsky with 10 points. A match for the championship did not take
place, because Bohatirchuk had medical duties. Selected games are presented.} 
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 cxd4 6. axb4 dxc3 7. bxc3 Qc7 8.
Nf3 Ne7 9. Bd3 Nd7 (9... Ng6 {was played in Lasker - Maróczy, New York 1924.})
10. O-O Nxe5 11. Bf4 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 e5 13. Bb5+ Kf8 14. Bg3 Bf5 $6 (14... f6 $1
{ends the white initiative.}) 15. Qe3 f6 16. f4 e4 17. Rxa7 Rxa7 18. Qxa7 Kf7
19. Bf2 Rc8 20. Bc5 Bd7 21. c4 $5 Bxb5 22. cxb5 Qd7 23. b6 Nf5 24. Rd1 Rd8 25.
c3 Nh4 26. Qa2 Ng6 27. Be3 Qe6 28. c4 $5 ({Model mentions} 28. Qe2) 28... d4 $1
29. Rxd4 Rxd4 30. Bxd4 Nxf4 31. Be3 g5 32. b5 Nd3 33. Qc2 $2 {The young
Botvinnik fails tactically.} ({Right is} 33. Qa8 $1 {(Model)} Qd7) 33... f5 $2
({Correct is} 33... Qe5 $1) 34. c5 f4 35. Bd4 $2 (35. Bf2 {saves the day.})
35... Qd5 36. Qc3 Qa2 37. Qa1 Qxa1+ 38. Bxa1 Nxc5 39. Kf2 Ke6 40. Ke2 Kf5 41.
h3 h5 42. Bd4 Nd7 43. Kf2 e3+ 44. Kf3 g4+ 45. hxg4+ hxg4+ 46. Ke2 Ke4 47. Bg7
f3+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch05"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1927.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Model, Abram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A95"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1927.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d5 7. Nc3 c6 8. Qb3
Qe8 9. Bf4 Qh5 10. Rad1 Nbd7 11. h3 h6 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Nd7 $2 ({The
preparations of an attack on the kingside continue with} 13... g5) 14. cxd5
exd5 {The youngsters play a sharp game. Model has missed a subtlety.} 15. Bxd5+
$1 Kh8 ({The first pointe is} 15... cxd5 16. Nxd5 $1) 16. Bf3 $1 {White
returns the pawn immediately and gains a big positional advantage.} ({The
second point is} 16. Bg2 Nxe5 17. dxe5 f4) 16... Qxh3 17. Bc7 Nf6 18. d5 cxd5
19. Nxd5 Be6 20. Bg2 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Qh5 22. Bf3 Ng4 23. Bxg4 Qxg4 24. Qxb7 Qe4
25. Be5 Rae8 26. e3 h5 27. Rb5 Qg4 28. Kg2 Bf6 29. Rb4 Qg6 30. Bxf6 Qxf6 31.
Qf3 g6 32. Rc1 Rf7 33. Rc6 Qg7 34. Ra4 Rc7 35. Raa6 Rxc6 36. Qxc6 Rg8 37. b4
Kh7 38. b5 Qe7 39. a4 Rg7 40. Qd5 h4 41. Qd4 hxg3 42. fxg3 Qf7 43. Qh4+ Kg8 44.
Rd6 Qa2+ 45. Kf3 g5 46. Rd8+ Kf7 47. Qh5+ Kf6 48. Qh6+ Kf7 49. Rd7+ Ke8 50.
Qxg7 g4+ 51. Kf4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch05"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1927.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grigoriev, Nikolay"]
[Black "Bohatirchuk, Fedor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1927.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 f6 6. d3 Bd6 7. Be3 Ne7 8.
Ne2 c5 9. Nd2 Ng6 10. Nc4 Be6 11. Nxd6+ Qxd6 12. Qd2 $6 Nh4 $1 13. Rg1 Bh3 $5 {
Both players are no opening experts.} 14. f4 $2 ({The active} 14. O-O-O $1 Nxg2
15. f4 {begins a counteraction.}) 14... Nxg2+ 15. Kf2 exf4 16. Bxf4 Nxf4 17.
Nxf4 g5 18. Rg3 Bd7 19. Nd5 O-O-O 20. Kg1 Kb8 21. Qc3 Rdf8 22. Rf1 f5 23. Rxg5
Rhg8 24. Rxg8 Rxg8+ 25. Kh1 fxe4 26. dxe4 Bc6 27. Qf3 c4 28. b3 Bxd5 29. exd5
Qg6 30. bxc4 Qxc2 31. Rg1 Rxg1+ 32. Kxg1 Qxc4 33. Qf8+ Ka7 34. Qf2+ b6 35. Qf7
h6 36. h4 Kb7 37. Qf3 Qxh4 38. d6+ $1 {The composer plays strongly in the
ending.} Ka7 39. dxc7 Qg5+ 40. Kh2 Qe5+ 41. Kh3 Qxc7 42. Qf6 Qb7 43. Kg3 Qh7
44. Kh4 h5 $6 (44... Qe4+ $1 45. Kh5 Qe3 {moves the queen to the right square.}
) 45. Qe6 Kb7 46. Qd5+ Ka7 47. Qe6 a5 48. a3 Kb7 49. Qd5+ Kb8 50. Qe5+ Kc8 51.
Qe6+ Kc7 52. Qe5+ Kc6 53. Qe6+ Kb7 54. Qd5+ Ka7 55. Qe6 a4 56. Qe8 Kb7 $6 (
56... Qc2 {plays for a win.}) 57. Qxa4 Qf5 58. Qb4 Qf2+ 59. Kxh5 Qc5+ 60. Qxc5
bxc5 61. Kg4 Ka6 62. Kf4 Kb5 {Bohatirchuk was facing an expert on a queen and
pawn endings.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch05"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1927.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bohatirchuk, Fedor"]
[Black "Model, Abram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1927.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. d3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 {
Bohatirchuk follows Chigorin - Tarrasch, St. Petersburg 1893, because it needs
little preparation.} Qb6 9. Rb1 $6 (9. e5 Nd7 10. Re1 {plays themetically.})
9... Qa6 (9... d4 $1 10. Nd1 e5 {takes the initiative.}) 10. Bg5 $1 dxe4 11.
Nxe4 Qxa2 $2 ({Better is} 11... Nxe4 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. Qxe4 Qxa2 {(Levenfish).}
) 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nd2 f5 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Nc4 $1 {White
applies a terrible blockade.} Qa4 17. Ra1 Qb4 18. Ra5 f6 19. f4 Qb7 20. Rxc5 a5
21. Qe3 a4 22. Kf2 Qc7 23. Rg1 Kh8 24. Qd4 Ba6 25. Ne3 $2 (25. Ra1 {keeps the
advantage.}) 25... Bb5 26. Qc3 Qg7 27. Rg2 Qh6 28. Ke2 Rad8 29. Qa3 e5 $2 {
Black becomes too generous.} 30. fxe5 fxe5 31. Rxe5 f4 32. gxf4 Qxf4 33. Qc3
Rd4 34. Rf5 $1 Rxf5 35. Nxf5 Qe4+ 36. Kd1 Qf3+ 37. Re2 Qf1+ 38. Re1 Qf3+ 39.
Kc1 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch05"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1927.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ilyin Zhenevsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1927.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. g3 dxe4 4. Bg2 Bd7 5. Nh3 Bc6 6. O-O Nd7 $6 {Hereafter,
White has a pleasant game.} ({Better is} 6... Nf6 $1 7. Qe2 Bc5) 7. Nxe4 Ngf6
8. d3 Be7 9. Nf4 O-O 10. Bd2 e5 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Ng2 Qd7 14.
Ne3 Nd5 15. Nc4 f6 16. Be3 Rae8 17. a3 a6 18. Kg2 Bd6 19. f3 f5 20. Bg1 Rf6 21.
Qe2 h5 22. Kh1 h4 23. gxh4 Nf4 24. Qd2 Rh6 25. Be3 Rxh4 26. Bxf4 Rxf4 27. Rae1
Qf7 28. Qg2 Qh5 29. Re3 Re6 30. Rg1 Qh6 31. b4 Rh4 32. Qe2 $6 Qf4 $1 {Black
attacks.} 33. Qg2 $2 ({Right is} 33. Rg2) 33... Rg6 $1 34. Qf2 e4 $1 35. Nxd6
Rxh2+ $1 36. Qxh2 Rh6 37. Re2 Qxf3+ 38. Reg2 Rxh2+ 39. Kxh2 Qh5+ 40. Kg3 cxd6
41. dxe4 Qg4+ 42. Kf2 Qf4+ 43. Ke2 Qxe4+ 44. Kd2 Qd4+ 45. Ke2 Kf7 46. Rg6 Qc3
47. Kd1 d5 48. R6g3 Qd4+ 49. Ke2 Qe4+ 50. Kd2 Qf4+ 51. Ke2 Qh6 52. R1g2 g6 53.
a4 f4 54. Rc3 g5 55. b5 Qh5+ 56. Kd2 cxb5 57. axb5 axb5 58. Rc7+ Kf6 59. Rc6+
Kf5 60. Rc5 Qf7 61. Rxb5 g4 62. c4 f3 63. Rg1 f2 64. Rf1 g3 65. Rxd5+ Kg4 66.
Rd4+ Kh3 {The witty attack by the boy shows the future strength of the boy.}
0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch05"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1927.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Romanovsky, Peter"]
[Black "Dus Chotimirsky, Fedor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1927.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. b3 Nbd7 5. Bb2 e6 6. O-O Bd6 7. c4 c6 8. Na3
$5 h6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nb5 Be7 11. d3 O-O 12. Qd2 Bh7 13. Bh3 Re8 14. Bc3 $6 (
14. Rac1 $1 Rf8 15. Nc7 {seizes the initiative.}) 14... a6 $1 15. Nbd4 Bd6 16.
b4 Qe7 17. Qb2 Rec8 18. a4 g5 $5 19. Bg2 e5 $1 {Black has taken over the game.}
20. Nc2 Rc7 21. Rfc1 Rac8 22. Be1 e4 $1 23. dxe4 dxe4 24. Nfd4 Nd5 25. Bh3 e3
26. Bf5 $2 {White collapses.} ({The exchanges by} 26. Nxe3 Nxe3 27. Rxc7 Rxc7
28. fxe3 {are forced.}) 26... exf2+ 27. Bxf2 Qe5 28. Bxh7+ Kxh7 29. Qb1 Kg8 30.
Rf1 $2 Rxc2 $1 31. Nxc2 Nc3 32. Qb3 Nxe2+ 33. Kg2 Rc3 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch05"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1927.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Bohatirchuk, Fedor"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C17"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1927.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Qg4 Kf8 $6 ({Theory will become} 5...
Ne7 $1) 6. Nf3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Qa5 $2 ({Right is} 7... Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Qa5) 8. Bd2
$1 Nc6 {The players have followed Vilner-Model from round three.} 9. a3 $1 {
Bohatirchuk improves.} f5 ({Insufficient is} 9... Nxe5 10. Qg3 $1 {(Model)} Bd6
11. Ndb5 Bb8 12. Nxd5 $1 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Nc4+ 14. Bxc4 Bxg3 15. hxg3 exd5 16.
Bxd5) 10. Qf4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc5 12. Qf4 Qd8 13. Na4 Be7 14. g4 $5 Nh6 15. Rg1
Nf7 $6 16. gxf5 exf5 17. Qd4 Be6 18. Nc5 Qb6 19. Nxe6+ Qxe6 20. O-O-O Qxe5 21.
Qxe5 Nxe5 22. Bc3 d4 23. Bxd4 Bf6 24. Bg2 g6 25. Bxb7 Rb8 26. Bh1 Kg7 27. Bxa7
Rbc8 28. b3 Rhe8 29. Bd4 Re7 30. Kb1 Ng4 31. Bxf6+ Kxf6 32. Rd2 Rce8 33. Bc6
Re2 34. Rxe2 Rxe2 35. a4 Ke5 36. Rd1 Nxf2 37. Rd5+ Ke6 38. Rd8 Ne4 39. a5 f4
40. Bxe4 {Bohatirchuk had a lifetime score of 4-1 against Botvinnik.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch05"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1927.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Nenarokov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Romanovsky, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1927.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 Be7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. e3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O d6 8. c3
Nbd7 9. Qc2 Re8 10. Rad1 Nf8 11. e4 N6d7 12. Be3 Bf6 {Black plays a passive
game.} 13. Rfe1 Qe7 14. Nf1 e5 15. Ng3 g6 16. d5 Bg7 17. c4 Nc5 18. Bf1 a5 19.
b3 Bc8 20. Nd2 h5 {Counter-play begins.} 21. f3 h4 22. Ne2 g5 23. Nc3 Ng6 24.
Be2 Nf4 25. Bxf4 $6 exf4 {The initiative changes into an attack.} 26. Nb5 h3
27. g4 fxg3 28. hxg3 Be5 29. Nf1 Kg7 30. Kh2 f5 31. Bd3 Rf8 32. exf5 Nxd3 33.
Qxd3 Bxf5 34. Qd2 Bd7 35. Nd4 Qf6 36. Re3 Rae8 37. Nc6 Bxc6 38. dxc6 Rf7 39.
Rde1 Ref8 40. Rd3 Qg6 41. Qe2 g4 $1 42. f4 Bxf4 $1 43. gxf4 Rxf4 44. Kg1 Rf2
45. Qe3 Rg2+ $2 ({Black can win by} 45... Rxf1+ $1 46. Rxf1 h2+ 47. Kxh2 Rxf1)
46. Kh1 Rff2 47. Rd2 g3 48. Rxf2 $2 {White misses the escape.} ({Right is} 48.
Qd4+ Kg8 49. Qh4 $1 Rxd2 50. Qd8+ Kh7 51. Qh4+ {and perpetual check.}) 48...
Rg1+ ({Notice} 48... Rg1+ 49. Kxg1 gxf2+ 50. Kxf2 Qg2#) 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch05"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1927.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Romanovsky, Peter"]
[Black "Ilyin Zhenevsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1927.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 Nge7 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 b6 $5 8.
Bd2 Bb7 9. e4 f5 10. Nd5 h6 $6 {Black weakens the kingside.} 11. Nh4 f4 $6 12.
Qg4 g5 $6 13. Nf5 Nxf5 14. exf5 Kh8 $6 15. Be4 Na5 16. f6 $1 Rxf6 ({The pointe
is} 16... Bxf6 17. Qf5 Rf7 18. Qg6 Qf8 19. Nxf6 Bxe4 20. Nxe4) 17. Nxf6 Bxf6
18. Bxa5 Bxe4 19. dxe4 bxa5 20. Rfd1 d6 21. c5 Be7 22. Rd3 Rb8 23. gxf4 gxf4
24. Rh3 Bf8 25. Kh1 Qf6 26. Rg1 Bg7 27. cxd6 cxd6 28. Rc3 Qf7 29. Rgc1 Rb7 30.
Qc8+ Kh7 31. Rc7 Rxc7 32. Rxc7 Qf6 33. Qf5+ Qxf5 34. exf5 Kg8 35. Rd7 e4 36.
Rxd6 e3 37. fxe3 fxe3 38. Kg2 Bf8 39. Rd8 Kf7 40. Rxf8+ Kxf8 41. Kf3 Kf7 42.
Kxe3 Kf6 43. Kf4 a4 44. b4 axb3 45. axb3 a6 46. b4 Kf7 47. Ke5 h5 48. h4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch05"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1927.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Bohatirchuk, Fedor"]
[Black "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1927.??.??"]

1. f4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 c5 4. b3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bb2 e6 7. O-O a6 8. Bxc6
Bxc6 9. d3 b5 10. Qe2 Be7 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Rf3 $5 {Fedor wants to
attack.} ({Quiet manoeuvring in the Bird continues with} 13. c4) 13... d4 14.
e4 Nd7 15. Rh3 $5 Nxe5 16. fxe5 Bg5 17. Bc1 f5 18. exf6 Qxf6 19. Nf3 Bxc1 20.
Rxc1 g6 $2 {Black helps the attack on the kingside.} ({Levenfish prefers} 20...
Rae8 21. Rf1 e5) 21. Qd2 $1 Rae8 22. Ng5 Re7 23. Rf3 Qg7 24. Rxf8+ Qxf8 25. Rf1
Qe8 26. Qf4 e5 27. Qh4 Bc8 28. Rf6 Rc7 29. h3 Kh8 $2 (29... a5 $1 {keeps the
attack going.}) 30. Qh6 Kg8 31. Nxh7 $1 {Bohatirchuk decides the game.} Rxh7
32. Rxg6+ Kh8 33. Qg5 $1 Qf8 ({Rabinovich mentions} 33... Rf7 34. Qh4+ Rh7 35.
Qf6+ Rg7 36. Qxg7#) 34. Qxe5+ Rg7 35. Rh6+ Kg8 36. Qh5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch05"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1927.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Romanovsky, Peter"]
[Black "Bohatirchuk, Fedor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C79"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1927.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. d4 b5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8.
Qxd8+ Nxd8 9. Bb3 Bd6 $1 10. Bg5 Ke7 $6 {Black worries too much about the
exchange on f6.} ({Preferable is} 10... Bg4 11. Nbd2 Ne6) 11. Nc3 c6 12. Rad1
Nb7 (12... Bg4 $1 {is okay.}) 13. Rxd6 $1 Kxd6 $6 ({Romanovsky regards} 13...
Nxd6 14. Nxe5 Bb7 15. Ng4 h6 16. Nxh6 gxh6 17. Bh4 {asd winning for White, but}
Nde8 $1 18. e5 Kf8 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. exf6 c5 {defends well.}) 14. Rd1+ Kc7 15.
Nxe5 Be6 16. Nxf7 Bxb3 17. axb3 Rhe8 18. Bf4+ Kb6 19. e5 $1 Re7 $1 20. Ng5 Ng4
$1 21. Nf3 Rf8 22. Bg3 Nc5 $6 23. h3 $6 {White has a slight advantage.} Nh6 $6
(23... Rxf3 $1 24. gxf3 Nxe5 {gives the best defence (Romanovsky).}) 24. Rd6
Kb7 25. Nd4 Nf5 26. Nxf5 Rxf5 27. b4 Ne6 $1 {Black fights for the control over
square f4.} 28. Ne4 Kb6 29. Nc3 Kb7 30. Ne4 Kb6 31. Kf1 h6 32. f3 Nf4 33. Bf2+
Kc7 34. Bd4 Nd5 $2 (34... Ne6 35. Bc3 h5 {keeps the line of resistance intact.}
) 35. c3 Nb6 $6 (35... Rfxe5 $5 36. Bxe5 Rxe5 37. Rg6 Re7 {(Romanovsky) is
lost too.}) 36. Nc5 Nc4 37. Nxa6+ Kc8 38. Rxc6+ Kb7 39. Rg6 Nxe5 40. Nc5+ Kc8
41. Rb6 Nc4 42. Rxb5 g6 43. b3 Nd2+ 44. Kf2 Nxb3 45. Rb6 Nxd4 46. cxd4 Rg5 {
Romanovsky had scored an important victory in the race for the first place.}
1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch05"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1927.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Romanovsky, Peter"]
[Black "Grigoriev, Nikolay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1927.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Bd3 Bxd3 5. Qxd3 e6 6. Nf3 Qa5+ 7. c3 Qa6 8.
Qxa6 Nxa6 9. Be3 Ne7 10. Nbd2 Nf5 11. b4 Be7 12. Ke2 Kd7 13. Rhb1 b6 14. a4 Nc7
15. a5 c5 16. bxc5 bxc5 17. Nb3 c4 18. Nc5+ Bxc5 19. dxc5 Nxe3 20. Kxe3 Rhb8
21. Nd4 Na6 22. c6+ Kc7 23. f4 g6 24. g4 Nc5 25. f5 $1 exf5 26. gxf5 Nb3 {Time
pressure has set in.} 27. fxg6 $1 hxg6 ({Not} 27... Nxa1 $2 28. Rf1 $1) 28. Rf1
$1 f5 $1 29. Ra2 $2 (29. exf6 $1 Nxa1 30. Rxa1 g5 $1 31. f7 Kd6 32. Rf1 {leads
to a better endgame for White.}) 29... Re8 30. Nf3 g5 31. Nxg5 Rxe5+ 32. Kf4
Rae8 33. Nf7 R5e7 34. Nh6 Nc5 35. Nxf5 Rf7 36. Kg4 Rg8+ 37. Kh5 Ne4 {
Bohatirchuk caught up.   Romanovsky and Bohatirchuk ended with 14 1/2 out of
21. They did not play a championship match.} 0-1

[Event "Berliner Tageblatt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Reti, Richard"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

{The 'Elite Turnier' Berlin 1928 was played in Café König from 11 x until 29 x.
Mieses organised the event for his newspaper Berliner Tageblatt. He brought
together a strong field despite the budget of 10,000 Marks. Tarrasch had to
retreat due to illness after three rounds. Unfortunately, the local hero
Sämisch could not take his place. Gilliam collected the contemporary comments.
 Berlin 1928 also stands for the Centenary of the Berliner Schachgesellschaft
from 4 until 20 ii and the tournament of the Ehrenpreis der Stadt Berlin from
22 ix until 6 x. The 'Elite Turnier' was the biggest event.    Capablanca
played a superior tournament. His games with Rubinstein were heroic. Spielmann
competed with him but was thrown back to the third place by two losses.
Nimzowitsch won two wonderful endings and became second. He published Die
Praxis meines Systems in 1928. Rubinstein was plagued by depressions, sat
motionless in a corner and overstepped the time limit against Marshall.
Tartakower showed some strange opening moves, Réti would die during the next
summer and Marshall was losing strength. Tarrasch had played his last official
games and got 200 Marks. } 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6.
Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 a6 8. a4 c5 9. O-O Be7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Ba2 b6 13.
e4 Bb7 $2 ({Correct is} 13... cxd4) 14. e5 $1 Ng4 $5 15. Bf4 $1 cxd4 16. Nxd4
Ngxe5 {White plays a preparatory move.} 17. Rac1 $1 ({Becker prefers} 17. Nxe6
fxe6 18. Bxe6+ Kh8 19. Rxd7 Nf3+ 20. gxf3 Qxf4 21. Qe3 {but} Qh4 22. Rxb7 Bc5
23. Qd2 Rxf3 24. Rf1 Raf8 {counterattacks.}) 17... Nf3+ ({Or} 17... Bc5 18. Ne4
$1 Qb8 19. Nb3 $1 Bxe4 20. Rxd7) 18. Qxf3 Bxf3 19. Bxc7 Bxd1 20. Rxd1 Rfc8 21.
Nxe6 $1 1-0

[Event "Berliner Tageblatt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Black "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C03"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nge7 5. c3 Ng6 6. g3 Be7 7. h4 dxe4 8.
Nxe4 b6 9. h5 Nf8 10. h6 g6 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. d5 Na5 13. Bxd7+ Qxd7 14. Bg5 exd5
15. Nf6+ Bxf6 16. Bxf6 Qe6+ 17. Qe2 Rg8 18. Ng5 Qxe2+ 19. Kxe2 Kd7 20. Kf3 Re8
21. Rae1 Re6 22. Nxe6 Nxe6 23. b3 Nb7 24. Re5 c6 25. Rd1 Nd6 26. Re2 b5 27. Kg2
a5 28. Be5 Ra8 29. f4 a4 30. Bxd6 Kxd6 31. b4 Rf8 32. Rde1 Rc8 33. Re5 Re8 34.
Kf2 Re7 35. a3 Rc7 36. Kf3 Rd7 37. g4 Rc7 38. Kg3 Rd7 39. R1e3 Rc7 40. f5 gxf5
41. gxf5 Ng5 42. Re8 Ne4+ 43. Kf4 Rd7 44. Rh8 Nf6 45. Re1 Kc7 46. Rg1 Kd6 47.
Rg7 Ke7 48. Ke3 d4+ 49. cxd4 Rd5 50. Rc8 Rxf5 51. Rc7+ Kd6 52. Rcxf7 Ke6 53.
Re7+ Kd6 54. Ref7 Ke6 55. Re7+ Kd6 56. Re5 Rf1 57. Ke2 Rh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Berliner Tageblatt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Black "Marshall, Frank"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 O-O 5. Qc2 d5 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 c5 8. a3
Bxc3 9. Bxc3 cxd4 10. Bxd4 e5 11. Bc3 e4 12. Be2 Qc7 13. O-O-O dxc4 14. Bb4 Re8
15. Bxc4 Ne5 16. Bb5 Qxc2+ 17. Kxc2 Bd7 18. Bxd7 Nfxd7 19. Nh3 Nd3 20. Bc3 Rac8
21. f3 f5 22. Nf4 N7c5 23. Nxd3 Nxd3 24. Rhf1 Re6 25. fxe4 fxe4 26. Rf5 Rb6 27.
Rb1 Rbc6 28. Kd2 a6 29. Rg5 g6 30. h4 Rf8 31. Kc2 Rf2+ 32. Kb3 Re2 33. h5 Rxe3
34. hxg6 Rxg6 35. Rd5 Rxg2 36. Rd8+ Kf7 37. Rh1 Nxb2 38. Rxh7+ Ke6 39. Rh6+ Ke7
40. Rb8 Nd1 41. Rxb7+ Kf8 42. Rb8+ Ke7 43. Rh7+ Ke6 44. Re8+ Kd5 45. Rd7+ Kc5
46. Rc8+ Kb6 47. Rxd1 Rd3 48. Rb1 Rg5 49. a4 Kb7 50. Rc4 Rg6 51. Kc2+ Rb6 52.
Rh1 Rd7 53. Bd4 1-0

[Event "Berliner Tageblatt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Black "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2
a6 9. O-O Bb7 10. a3 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. b4 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Nb3 14. Rb1 Nxc1 15.
Rbxc1 Be7 16. Ne5 O-O 17. Bf3 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Rac8 $2 (18... Rfc8 $1 {brings the
right rook to the queenside.}) 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. fxe4 g6 21. Nc6 Rc7 22. Nxe7+
Rxe7 23. Rd6 Ra8 24. e5 h5 25. Kg2 Kg7 26. Rcc6 Rea7 27. h4 a5 $1 28. Rb6 axb4
29. axb4 Rc8 30. Rd4 Rc4 31. Rxc4 bxc4 32. Rc6 Ra2 33. Rxc4 Rb2 34. Kg3 Rb1 35.
Kf4 Rb2 36. f3 Rh2 37. Kg3 Rb2 38. f4 f5 39. exf6+ Kxf6 40. Kf3 e5 41. Ke4 exf4
42. Kxf4 Rg2 43. Kf3 Rb2 44. Ke4 g5 45. Rc6+ Kg7 46. hxg5 Rxb4+ 47. Kf5 Rb5+
48. Kf4 Rb1 49. Rh6 Rf1+ 50. Ke5 Rh1 51. e4 h4 52. Kf5 h3 53. e5 h2 54. Ke6 Kg8
55. Rg6+ Kh7 56. Rf6 Kg7 57. Rf2 Kg6 58. Rg2 Kh7 59. Ke7 Kg7 60. e6 Kg6 61. Rf2
Kg7 62. Rd2 Kg6 63. Kd7 Ra1 $1 {Spielmann finds a narrow escape.} 64. Rxh2 Ra7+
65. Kc8 Re7 66. Re2 Kf5 67. g6 Rxe6 68. g7 Rg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Berliner Tageblatt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Marshall, Frank"]
[Black "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e4 cxd4 5. e5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Nh5 8. Qxd4
Nc6 9. Qe4 Bg7 10. Bb5 Qc7 11. Bxc6 Qxc6 12. Qe2 $2 ({Correct is} 12. Nc3)
12... Qc5 13. O-O Nxg3 14. hxg3 g4 15. Nfd2 Qxe5 16. Qxg4 Qxb2 17. c3 O-O 18.
Nb3 Qc2 19. Rc1 Qg6 20. Qe2 d5 21. N1d2 b6 22. a4 Bd7 23. a5 Rfc8 24. axb6 axb6
25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Nf3 Qe4 27. Qb2 Qc4 28. Nbd4 e5 29. Nc2 Rc8 30. Ne3 Qc5 31.
Rd1 Be6 32. Qd2 Qxc3 33. Qxc3 Rxc3 34. Nxd5 Rb3 35. Nc7 Bc4 36. Rd8+ Kh7 37.
Re8 Rb1+ 38. Kh2 Rb2 39. Kg1 Re2 40. Nh4 Rc2 41. Rb8 b5 $6 (41... e4 $1 42.
Rxb6 Rxf2 $1 {ends the battle.}) 42. Ne8 e4 43. Nxg7 $1 Kxg7 44. Nf5+ Kf6 45.
Nd6 Re2 46. Rb7 Ke5 47. Nxb5 Rb2 48. Nd6 Rxb7 49. Nxb7 Kd5 {Black's advantage
has shrunk to restraint of the knight.} 50. Kh2 ({The crucial variation is} 50.
Nd8 $1 Kd6 51. Nb7+ Kc6 52. Na5+ Kd5 {Black has won a tempo.} 53. Nxc4 ({the
pointe is} 53. Nb7 Ba2 $1) 53... Kxc4 54. Kf1 Kd3 55. Ke1 h5 56. Kd1 e3 57.
fxe3 Kxe3 58. Ke1 Ke4 59. Kf2 Kf5 60. Kf3 Kg5 {(Nimzowitsch).}) 50... Ba2 51.
g4 f6 52. Kg3 Kc6 53. Na5+ Kb6 54. Kf4 Kxa5 55. Kxe4 Be6 $1 {Restriction is
applied in time.} 56. Kf4 Kb4 57. Kg3 Kc5 58. Kh4 Bf7 59. f4 Kd6 60. g5 hxg5+
61. fxg5 f5 62. g6 Be6 63. Kg5 Ke5 64. Kh6 Kf6 65. g3 Bg8 66. Kh5 Kg7 67. Kg5
Be6 68. Kh5 Bc8 69. Kg5 Bd7 70. Kh5 Kf6 71. Kh6 Be8 72. g7 Bf7 73. Kh7 Kg5 0-1

[Event "Berliner Tageblatt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Black "Reti, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E22"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qb3 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Qxc3 d5 9. dxc5 Ne4 10. Qc2 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxc5 12. Bd3 Nxd2 13. Nxd2 dxc4 14.
Nxc4 h6 15. O-O Rd8 16. Rfd1 a5 17. b4 Qe7 18. b5 Na7 19. a4 Bd7 20. Nxa5 Be8
21. Bh7+ Kf8 22. Be4 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 Rd8 24. Qb3 b6 25. Nc4 Qc5 26. h3 Nc8 27.
Bf3 Nd6 28. Nxd6 Rxd6 29. Qa3 Qxa3 30. Rxa3 Ke7 31. Kf1 e5 32. Ke1 Bd7 33. Rc3
Be6 34. Bd1 Bd5 35. g3 Rd7 36. h4 Be6 37. Rc6 Rd6 38. Rc7+ Rd7 39. Rc3 f6 40.
Bf3 Bf5 41. Bd1 Be6 42. f4 Rd6 43. Ra3 Bd7 44. Be2 Kd8 45. fxe5 fxe5 46. a5
bxa5 47. Rxa5 Kc7 48. Bf3 Rb6 49. Ra7+ Kd6 50. Be2 Bxb5 51. Bxb5 Rxb5 52. Rxg7
Kd5 53. Kf2 Ke4 54. Rg4+ Kf5 55. Kf3 Rb3 56. Rg8 e4+ 57. Kf2 Rb2+ 58. Kf1 Rb1+
59. Kg2 Rb2+ 60. Kh3 Rb3 61. g4+ Kf6 62. h5 Rxe3+ 63. Kg2 Ke5 64. g5 hxg5 65.
h6 Re2+ 66. Kg3 Re3+ 67. Kg4 Re1 68. Rxg5+ Kf6 69. Rh5 Rg1+ 70. Kf4 Rg8 71.
Kxe4 Kg6 72. Rh1 Rh8 73. Ke5 Rxh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Berliner Tageblatt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. e4 Nc6 4. f4 d6 5. d3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Nf3
Bg4 9. O-O Nd7 10. Ng5 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Nd4 12. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 13. Kh1 Bg7 14. h4 e6
15. g3 a6 16. h5 Bf6 17. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Berliner Tageblatt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Reti, Richard"]
[Black "Marshall, Frank"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E27"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 O-O 6. Qc2 c5 7. e3 Re8 8.
Bd3 d6 9. Ne2 Qc7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ng3 d5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. f3 Nf8 14. e4 cxd4
15. cxd4 Qxc2 16. Bxc2 Kh8 17. e5 Ng8 18. f4 Bd7 19. Bb3 Ne7 20. f5 Bb5 21. f6
Bxf1 22. fxe7 Ne6 23. Kxf1 Nxd4 24. Bxd5 Rxe7 25. Bb2 Rd8 26. Rc1 Rxe5 27. Ba2
Ree8 28. Bxf7 Re7 29. Bd5 h5 30. Bxd4 Rxd5 31. Bxa7 h4 32. Nh1 Rd3 33. Nf2 Rb3
34. a4 b6 35. Bb8 Rb2 36. Nd3 Ra2 37. Bc7 Rxa4 38. Bxb6 Kh7 39. h3 Ra2 40. Ne1
g5 41. Nf3 Ree2 42. Nxg5+ Kh6 43. Nf3 Rxg2 44. Be3+ Kh7 45. Ra1 Rxa1+ 46. Kxg2
Ra4 47. Bf2 Kg6 48. Bxh4 Kf5 49. Be7 Ra7 50. Bd6 Ra6 51. Bg3 Ra2+ 52. Bf2 Kf4
53. Nd4 Ke4 54. Ne6 Kf5 55. Nc5 Kf4 56. Nd3+ Ke4 57. Ne1 Kf4 58. Nf3 Rb2 59.
Nh2 Ra2 60. Ng4 Rb2 61. Ne3 Ra2 62. Nd5+ Ke5 63. Nb4 Ra4 64. Bc5 Ke4 65. Kg3
Ra8 66. h4 Rc8 67. Bd6 Kf5 68. Kh3 Rc4 69. Nd5 Rxh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Berliner Tageblatt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C86"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Qe2 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 c6 12. dxc6 Nxc6 13. h3 Bd7 14. Be3 Qc7 15.
Nbd2 Nd8 16. Nh4 Ne6 17. Nf5 Rfe8 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 Nxf4 20. Rxf4 d5 21.
Raf1 Bxf5 22. Rxf5 dxe4 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 f6 25. Kh1 Rad8 26. Bd5+ Kh8 27.
Bf7 {Spielmann attacks the hostile king.} Rf8 ({Best is} 27... Qh2+ $3 28. Kxh2
Bd6+ 29. Re5 Rxe5 30. Qd1 Rd5+ {(Keidanski).}) 28. Qh5 $1 h6 29. Qg6 Qd6 $2 (
29... Rd2 $1 30. Bd5 Qd7 31. Be4 Qe8 32. Rxf6 Qxg6 33. Rxf8+ Bxf8 34. Rxf8+ Kh7
35. Bxg6+ Kxg6 {draws.}) 30. Bd5 $1 Rd7 31. Be4 $1 (31. Be4 Kg8 32. Re1 $1 Qd2
33. Rff1 $1 Qg5 34. Qh7+ Kf7 35. Bf5 {(Spielmann).}) 1-0

[Event "Berliner Tageblatt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Marshall, Frank"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Nc3 b6 6. e3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8.
Rc1 Bb7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O d6 11. Nd2 Nxc3 12. Rxc3 c5 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Qh5 $6
h6 $1 15. f4 $6 Nd7 16. e4 $6 e5 $1 17. Nf3 Rae8 18. Nh4 $6 ({The critical
line is} 18. f5 Nf6 19. Qh3 Bxe4 $1 (19... Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. Nd2 Bc6 22.
f6 $1) 20. Bxe4 Nxe4 21. Re3 Nf6 22. Nxe5 Qd6 23. Qg3 Qd4 24. Rfe1 Qxb2 {Black
has won a pawn.}) 18... exf4 19. Rxf4 Qg5 20. Qf3 Ne5 21. Qf2 Nxd3 22. Rxd3
Rxe4 23. Rxe4 Bxe4 24. Re3 f5 25. h3 Rd8 26. a3 Rd1+ 27. Kh2 Qf6 28. Qf4 g5 29.
Rg3 Kf8 30. Qb8+ Rd8 31. Qe5 Qxe5 32. Ng6+ Kf7 33. Nxe5+ Kf6 0-1

[Event "Berliner Tageblatt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. e3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nge2 {
Rubinstein plays his favourite move against the Nimzo-Indian Defence.} e5 8. d5
Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 $1 Ne7 10. Qc2 O-O 11. O-O Ng6 12. Ng3 Re8 13. f3 Bd7 14. Bd2 a6
15. h3 b5 16. b3 Qb6 17. Kh2 a5 18. Rab1 b4 19. f4 exf4 $6 ({Black should
remain passive in the centre and play} 19... a4 {on the queenside.}) 20. exf4
Nf8 21. Bc1 Qd8 22. Qf2 a4 23. Bb2 Ng6 24. Rbd1 axb3 25. axb3 {Black has to
seek action on the queenside.} Ra7 $2 ({Correct is} 25... Ra2 $1 {Black has
counter-play in two variations:} 26. Ra1 (26. Bxf6 Rxf2 27. Bxd8 Rxf1 28. Rxf1
Rxd8 29. Ne4 Bc8 30. g4) 26... Ng4+ $1 27. hxg4 Qh4+ 28. Kg1 Rxb2 29. Qxb2 Qxg3
) 26. Rde1 Rxe1 27. Rxe1 Nf8 28. Bxf6 Qxf6 29. Ne4 Qh6 {Now the black queen
stands offside.} 30. f5 Ra3 31. Rb1 Ra6 32. g4 f6 33. Kg3 Bc8 34. Re1 Bb7 35.
Qe2 Nd7 ({Horrible is} 35... Bc8 36. h4 {and 37.g5.}) 36. Nxd6 $1 Rxd6 37. Qe8+
Nf8 38. Re7 g6 39. Qf7+ Kh8 40. Re8 Rd8 41. Qxf6+ Kg8 42. Qe6+ Kg7 43. f6+ 1-0

[Event "Berliner Tageblatt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Black "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Qc2 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 dxc4 8. Qxc4
Nbd7 9. Qc2 Nd5 10. Bd2 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Be6 14. Rab1
Qd7 15. c4 Rab8 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. a4 Bh3 18. Bh1 Bd4 19. Bc3 e5 20. e3 Bxc3 21.
Qxc3 Qc7 22. d4 exd4 23. exd4 Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Berliner Tageblatt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C09"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. dxc5 e6 4. e4 Bxc5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. O-O Nge7
8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. Re1 Bg4 11. Bd3 Ng6 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nce5 14.
Qf5 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 $6 (15. cxd3 {is preferable.}) 15... d4 $2 {The d-pawn
becomes a weakness.} ({Black gains a plus by} 15... Qf6 $1 16. Be3 Bxe3 17.
Rxe3 Qxb2 18. Qxd5 {(Panov).}) 16. Bd2 $1 Qf6 17. Re4 Rad8 18. Rae1 Qc6 19. g3
Rfe8 20. Ba5 Rxe4 21. Qxe4 Nf8 22. Qxc6 bxc6 23. Re7 Rd5 $5 ({Best is} 23... d3
$1 24. cxd3 Rxd3 25. Bxb6 axb6 26. Rb7 {and now} Nd7 $1) 24. Bxb6 axb6 25. Rb7
Nd7 $1 26. Rc7 {White attacks the weak points on the queenside.} Rd6 $2 ({
Correct is} 26... c5 $1 27. Rc8+ Nf8 28. Rb8 c4 29. Nd2 {(Znosko-Borovsky), and
} b5 $1 {saves the game.}) 27. Rc8+ Nf8 28. Nd2 c5 29. Nc4 Re6 30. Rb8 Re1+ 31.
Kg2 g5 32. a4 Ra1 ({Insufficient is} 32... Rc1 33. Nxb6 Rxc2 34. Nd7 d3 35.
Rxf8+ Kg7 36. Rd8 {(Karpov and Zaitsev).}) 33. Nxb6 Kg7 34. Rc8 Ne6 35. Nd7
Rxa4 36. Nxc5 $1 Rb4 ({The pointe is} 36... Rc4 $4 37. Nxe6+) 37. Nd3 $1 Rb5
38. Kf3 h6 39. b4 h5 40. g4 hxg4+ 41. hxg4 f6 42. Rc4 Kf7 43. Nc5 Nd8 44. Nb3 {
Rubinstein overstepped the time limit in a lost position. Capa had defeated
Akiba for the first and only time.} 1-0

[Event "Berliner Tageblatt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Black "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D71"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Qxd5 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Qh5 8.
Qb3 Nc6 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Rd1 Rb8 11. Be3 Nd6 12. d5 Na5 13. Qb4 b6 14. Bf4 Bh3
15. Bxh3 Qxh3 16. Nb5 Qd7 17. Nbd4 Rbc8 18. Be5 Bh6 19. Rd3 Ndb7 20. Nc2 Nc5
21. Rdd1 f6 22. Bc3 Na4 23. Qh4 Nxc3 24. bxc3 Bg7 25. Nb4 e6 26. Qh3 Rfe8 27.
e4 Qf7 28. Nd4 exd5 29. exd5 f5 30. Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Berliner Tageblatt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Black "Reti, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 Be7 8.
Qc2 h6 9. Bh4 O-O 10. Nge2 Ne8 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Ng3 Nd6 13. O-O Nf6 14. Rae1
h5 15. e4 dxe4 16. Ncxe4 Ndxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Rxe4 Qd6 19. Re5 g6 20. Rfe1
Bd7 21. Bc4 Rae8 22. Qb3 Kg7 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Rxe8 Bxe8 25. Qxb7 Qxd4 26. Bf1
Bd7 27. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Berliner Tageblatt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Marshall, Frank"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. Nf3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qb3 Bb4 9. Rc1 e5 $1 10. e4 $6 ({Better is} 10. Bc4 {(Flohr-Winter, Hastings
1935).}) 10... Nxc3 11. bxc3 Ba3 12. Rd1 exd4 13. Rxd4 Bc5 14. Rd2 O-O 15. Bd3
$6 (15. Be2 {gives support to f3.}) 15... Bb6 16. O-O Nc5 17. Qc2 Bg4 $1 18.
Be7 $1 Bxf3 $1 19. Bxf8 $2 ({Relatively best is} 19. gxf3) 19... Nxd3 20. Qxd3
Qg5 $1 21. Qxf3 Qxd2 22. Be7 Re8 23. Rd1 Qxa2 24. Qf5 f6 25. Qd7 Qf7 26. Ba3
Rxe4 27. h3 Re1+ 28. Kh2 Rxd1 29. Qxd1 Qd5 30. Qc2 {Rubinstein thought for
twenty minutes and overstepped the time limit!} 1-0

[Event "Berliner Tageblatt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Reti, Richard"]
[Black "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E34"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. e3 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3
b6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O $6 ({Better is} 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. c4) 11...
c4 $1 {Black conquers the central square e4.} 12. Be2 Bg4 13. Re1 Bh5 14. Nd2
$6 ({Better is} 14. e4 $5 Nxe4 15. Bxc4 $1) 14... Bg6 15. Qd1 b5 16. f3 a5 $6 (
16... Re8 $1 {controls e4 (Grünfeld).}) 17. e4 $1 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. fxe4
Nxe4 20. Qc2 f5 21. Bf3 Qf6 22. Rb1 b4 23. cxb4 $2 {White should exchange his
weak a-pawn.} ({Correct is} 23. axb4 $1 axb4 24. cxb4 Qxd4+ 25. Be3 {(Grünfeld)
.}) 23... Qxd4+ 24. Be3 Qd3 25. Qxd3 cxd3 26. b5 Ne5 27. Bxe4 $2 (27. Bd1 d2
28. Rf1 {builds a defence line.}) 27... fxe4 28. Bd4 Nc4 29. Rxe4 Nxa3 $1 {The
weakling has fallen.} 30. Re7 Rf4 $1 31. Be5 $1 Nxb1 32. Bxf4 Rd8 33. b6 $1 d2
34. Bxd2 Nxd2 35. b7 Rf8 36. h3 Nc4 37. Re6 a4 38. Ra6 Ne5 39. Rxa4 Rb8 40. Rb4
$6 (40. Ra8 Nd7 41. Rxb8+ Nxb8 42. Kf2 {gives practical chances.}) 40... Kf7
41. Kh2 Ke7 42. Rh4 h6 43. Rb4 Nf7 44. Rg4 g5 45. Re4+ Kf6 46. Rb4 Nd6 47. h4
Rxb7 48. hxg5+ hxg5 49. Ra4 Rb3 50. g3 Nf5 51. g4 Nh4 52. Ra5 Rc3 53. Ra8 Ke5
54. Rf8 Ke4 55. Rf7 Rd3 56. Rf8 Ng6 57. Rf5 Rd5 0-1

[Event "Berliner Tageblatt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C72"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. dxe5
Nxe5 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. Nd5 Ne7 12. Bh6 Nxd5 13. exd5 O-O-O 14. c3
Qb5 15. Qd2 Qc4 16. Rfe1 Rde8 17. h3 Bf6 18. Qf4 Qxf4 19. Bxf4 Kd7 20. Kf1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Berliner Tageblatt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Black "Reti, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D61"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. a3 Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Qc2
a6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Re8 11. O-O Ne4 $4 12. Bxe4 $1 dxe4 13. Nxe4 {Capa has
captured a pawn.} f6 14. Bf4 Nf8 15. Nc5 Ne6 16. Qc4 Qd5 17. Qxd5 cxd5 18. Nxe6
Bxe6 19. Rfc1 Rac8 20. Bc7 Bd7 21. Rc3 Bc6 22. Bb6 Bd6 23. Rac1 f5 24. g3 Kf7
25. Nd2 g5 26. Nb3 Re6 27. Na5 Bb8 28. Rb3 f4 29. exf4 gxf4 30. Nxc6 Rexc6 31.
Rxc6 bxc6 32. Bc5 Bc7 33. Rb7 Ke6 34. Kg2 Kf5 35. Kf3 h5 36. b4 fxg3 37. hxg3
a5 38. bxa5 Bxa5 39. Rf7+ Kg6 40. Rf8 Rc7 41. Ra8 Rf7+ 42. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Berliner Tageblatt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. e3 Nf6 4. f4 Ne4 5. Nf3 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 b6 7. Bd3 Bxd2+ 8.
Bxd2 Nxd2 9. Qxd2 Bb7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rae1 Qf6 12. b4 Nc6 13. Ne5 Rad8 14. Nxc6
Bxc6 15. b5 Bb7 16. Rc1 d6 17. a4 g5 $5 {The attack on the kingside will lead
to a disaster.} 18. fxg5 Qxg5 19. Rf2 Rd7 20. Rcf1 Rg7 $2 {This move loses a
pawn.} ({Correct is} 20... Rdf7 $1 {(Rubinstein).}) 21. d5 $1 Bc8 22. dxe6 Bxe6
23. Rf4 $1 Bc8 24. e4 $1 Kh8 25. exf5 Bb7 26. R1f2 Rf6 27. Bf1 Re7 28. Qc3 Re5
29. h4 Qg7 30. Kh2 Qe7 31. g4 Re3 32. Qd4 Qe5 33. Bg2 Bxg2 34. Kxg2 Qxd4 35.
Rxd4 Kg7 36. g5 Rf8 37. h5 Rg8 38. Rg4 Re5 39. h6+ Kf7 40. Kg3 Re1 41. g6+ Kf6
42. gxh7 Rxg4+ 43. Kxg4 Re8 44. Re2 Rh8 45. Re6+ Kf7 46. Kg5 Rxh7 47. Rg6 Kf8
48. f6 c5 49. Rg7 Rxg7+ 50. hxg7+ Kf7 51. Kh6 1-0

[Event "Berliner Tageblatt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Black "Marshall, Frank"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bc4 O-O 5. Nd5 Nxd5 6. Bxd5 c6 7. Bb3 d5 8.
O-O Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. d3 dxe4 11. dxe4 Nd7 12. Qe2 Kh8 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. g4 Bg6
15. Bg5 f6 16. Bd2 Bxd2 17. Nxd2 Nc5 18. f3 Bf7 19. Bxf7 Qxf7 20. Nc4 Ne6 21.
Nd6 Qc7 22. Qf2 Nf4 23. Kh2 Rad8 24. Nf5 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Qc5 Ne6 27.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 28. Qd6 g6 29. Qxe6 Qd2+ 30. Kg3 Qe1+ {Capablanca led at the end of
the first cycle with 4 1/2 / 6 before Spielmann and Nimzowitsch who scored 3 1/
2 points.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Berliner Tageblatt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Marshall, Frank"]
[Black "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 e6 4. Bg5 Qb6 5. Qc2 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nc6 7. e3 d5 8. Nc3
Bd7 9. Bb5 Ne4 10. O-O Nxc3 11. Bxc6 Qxc6 12. Ne5 Qa4 13. Qxc3 Rc8 14. Qd2 f6
15. Nxd7 Kxd7 16. Bf4 Bb4 17. Qd3 a6 18. a3 Be7 19. Rac1 Qb5 20. Qd2 Rxc1 21.
Rxc1 Rc8 22. Rxc8 Kxc8 23. h4 g6 24. h5 Qc4 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. Qd1 Kd7 27. Bg3
b5 28. Qd2 b4 29. axb4 Bxb4 30. Qd1 Bd6 31. Bxd6 Kxd6 32. Qa1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Berliner Tageblatt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Black "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bb5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd6 8.
d4 Bd7 9. e4 exd4 10. cxd4 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 O-O 13. O-O Qe7 14. Qf4
Ne5 15. Be2 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Rac8 17. d5 Rfe8 18. Rfe1 Qd6 19. Qe3 b6 20. Red1
Re7 21. Rac1 Rce8 22. Qc3 Bc8 23. Qc6 $2 Qxc6 24. Rxc6 $5 (24. dxc6 f6 {gives
a positional disadvantage for White.}) 24... f5 $1 25. e5 ({White also loses a
pawn by} 25. Rdc1 fxe4 26. Bh5 g6 27. Be2 Bb7 28. Rxc7 Bxd5) 25... Bb7 26. Rc3
Rxe5 27. h4 Re1+ 28. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 29. Kh2 Re7 30. Kg3 Kf7 31. Kf4 Kf6 32. g4 $2 {
Nimzowitsch further ruins his position.} fxg4 33. Kxg4 Rd7 34. Kf4 Bxd5 35.
Bxd5 Rxd5 36. Rc6+ Rd6 37. Rxc7 Rd4+ 38. Kg3 Ra4 39. Rc2 h5 40. f3 g5 41. hxg5+
Kxg5 42. Rg2 Ra3 43. Re2 h4+ 44. Kg2 Ra4 45. Rc2 Kf4 46. Rb2 h3+ 47. Kxh3 Kxf3
{Black plays a fine rook ending.} 48. Rh2 Ke3 49. Kg3 Kd3 50. Kf3 Kc3 51. Ke3
Rb4 52. Rh7 a5 53. Rh2 b5 54. Rd2 a4 55. Rf2 Rb2 56. Rf5 Kb4 57. Kd3 Rxa2 58.
Rf4+ Kb3 59. Rf3 Rh2 60. Kd4+ Kb2 61. Rf5 b4 62. Kc4 a3 63. Kxb4 a2 64. Rf2+
Rxf2 {Spielmann had achieved the same number of points as the leader
Capablanca, but he had played one more game.} 0-1

[Event "Berliner Tageblatt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Reti, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. Nf3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Ne4 $5 {
Réti sacrifices a pawn in the Cambridge Springs.} 8. dxe6 fxe6 9. Qa4 $5 Qxa4
10. Nxa4 Bb4+ 11. Ke2 b5 12. Nc3 $1 {The pawn is returned.} Nxc3+ 13. bxc3 Bxc3
14. Rc1 b4 15. Kd1 e5 $5 {Réti wants to win and sacrifices again.} 16. dxe5 Nc5
17. Nd4 $5 Ne6 18. Nf3 Nxg5 19. Nxg5 Bg4+ (19... Bf5 $1 20. Bc4 Rd8+ 21. Ke2
Rd2+ {gains a plus.}) 20. Kc2 O-O-O $5 ({Best is} 20... Rd8 21. Bd3 Bxe5) 21.
Bd3 Be2 $5 22. Rhd1 $3 {The exchange of bishops gives a natural defence, but
Akiba offers matter for the initiative.} Rxd3 $2 ({Acceptance by} 22... Bxd1+
23. Rxd1 Rd5 24. f4 Kd7 {brings black defenders to the threatened centre.}) 23.
Rxd3 Bxd3+ 24. Kxd3 Rd8+ 25. Kc4 Rd2 26. Ne4 $5 Rxa2 27. Nxc3 bxc3 28. f4 $5
Rxg2 29. Rxc3 Kd7 ({The crucial move is} 29... Rxh2 $1 {Right is} 30. Ra3 $1 ({
Kmoch and Blümich regard} 30. Rd3 $2 {as winning, but} Rc2+ 31. Kb4 Rb2+ 32.
Kc5 Kc7 33. e6 Rb5+ 34. Kc4 Rd5 $1 35. Ra3 a5 36. e4 Rb5 $1 37. Rd3 Rb4+ 38.
Kc5 Rb5+ {draws}) 30... Kb7 {Otherwise play will be similar to the game.} 31.
e6 $1 Rh6 32. f5 {and White does win.}) 30. Ra3 $1 Ke6 31. Rxa7 h5 32. h4 Rg4
33. Kd4 g6 34. Rg7 Rg1 35. Ke4 Rg2 36. Rc7 Rc2 37. Kd3 Rc1 38. e4 Rd1+ 39. Ke2
Rc1 40. Kd2 Rc4 41. Kd3 Rc1 42. Rg7 Rd1+ 43. Ke3 Re1+ 44. Kd4 Rd1+ 45. Kc5 Rc1+
46. Kb6 c5 ({Or} 46... Rg1 47. Rxg6+ $1 {(Kmoch).}) 47. Rxg6+ Ke7 48. f5 Re1
49. Kc6 Rxe4 50. Kd5 Rxh4 51. Rg7+ Kf8 52. f6 Rf4 53. Ke6 Ra4 54. Rc7 Ra6+ 55.
Kf5 h4 56. Rc8+ Kf7 57. e6+ 1-0

[Event "Berliner Tageblatt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Black "Marshall, Frank"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C49"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Qd6 8.
Kh1 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Qe2 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 c5 13. c4 Rae8 14. Rb1 b6
15. g4 h6 16. Qg3 g5 17. h4 Nh7 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Kg2 f6 20. Rh1 Rf7 21. Rh6
Rg7 22. Qh3 Ree7 23. Be3 Ref7 24. Rh1 Kf8 25. Qf3 Ke8 26. Qf5 Qe7 27. c3 Nf8
28. d4 exd4 29. cxd4 cxd4 30. Bxd4 Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Berliner Tageblatt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Reti, Richard"]
[Black "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A82"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 fxe4 4. Nxe4 d5 5. Ng5 Bg7 6. Bd3 Qd6 7. f4 Bxd4 $4 ({
Correct is} 7... Nf6) 8. Bb5+ c6 9. Qxd4 Qf6 10. Qxd5 cxb5 11. Bd2 Qf5 12. Qb3
h6 13. g4 Qxg4 14. Qf7+ Kd7 15. N1f3 (15. Ba5 $1 {ends the game.}) 15... Nc6
16. O-O-O Kc7 17. Qg7 hxg5 18. Qxh8 Qxf3 19. Qxg8 Bf5 20. Qb3 Qxb3 21. axb3
gxf4 22. Bxf4+ Kb6 23. Rhe1 a5 24. Be3+ Ka6 25. Bc5 Rc8 26. Rd2 Rc7 27. c3 b6
28. Bf2 b4 29. Bg3 Rc8 30. Re3 b5 31. Kd1 bxc3 32. bxc3 Kb6 33. Bf2 Kc7 34. Bh4
Kb6 35. Rd5 $2 a4 $2 (35... Bc2+ $1 {gains an advantage.}) 36. Bf2 Ka6 37. b4
Bg4+ 38. Kd2 Nxb4 $4 39. cxb4 e6 40. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Berliner Tageblatt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 e6 7. Bd3 Bb4 8. Qc2
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Qa5 10. Bd2 Qa6 11. Qxa6 Nxa6 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Bxb4 Nxb4 14. Kd2
Ke7 15. Rhc1 Rhc8 16. Ne5 f6 17. Nd3 Nxd3 18. Kxd3 Kd6 19. f3 Rc6 20. Rxc6+
bxc6 21. Rc1 Rb8 22. b3 Rb5 23. Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Berliner Tageblatt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Black "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E34"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. e3 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3
O-O 9. a4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Ne4 11. Be2 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 dxc4 14. Bxc4 b6
15. Bb5 Qxd2+ 16. Nxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Berliner Tageblatt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Marshall, Frank"]
[Black "Reti, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A47"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. Nbd2 Bb7 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 c5 6. O-O Be7 7. c3 cxd4 8.
exd4 d6 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. Ng5 O-O 11. Nde4 h6 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14.
Bxe4 Bxe4 15. Qxe4 d5 16. Qg4 Kh8 17. Qh5 Kh7 18. f4 f5 19. Bd2 Qd7 20. Rae1
Rf6 21. Re2 Rg6 22. Rfe1 Rf8 23. Qf3 Bd6 24. Kh1 Rff6 25. Qd3 Qc7 26. g3 h5 27.
Qf3 Rh6 28. Rg2 Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Berliner Tageblatt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. e3 Nf6 3. Nf3 c5 4. Nbd2 Nc6 5. c3 d6 6. e4 Qc7 7. a3 Be7 8. Bd3
O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Re1 e5 11. d5 Nd8 12. c4 Nh5 $5 13. Nf1 g6 14. Ng3 Nf4 $5 {
Black enlivens a quiet game.} 15. Bf1 f6 16. Be3 Nf7 17. Qd2 Ng5 $1 {Spielmann
sacrifices a pawn.} 18. Bxf4 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 exf4 20. Qxf4 f5 21. exf5 $5 ({
Kmoch prefers the prudent} 21. e5 dxe5 22. Qxe5 Bd6 23. Qc3) 21... Bxf5 22.
Nxf5 Rxf5 23. Qe4 Re8 24. Qc2 $6 ({More active is} 24. f4) 24... Rg5+ 25. Kh1
Rf8 26. Re4 Bf6 27. f4 Rh5 28. Rae1 Qg7 29. b3 Qh6 30. f3 Bd4 {Spielmann
attacks the hostile king.} 31. Qd2 $2 ({Correct is} 31. Qe2 {(Kmoch)} Rh4 (
31... Rxf4 32. Re8+ $1) 32. f5 Be5 33. Rxh4 Qxh4 34. fxg6 hxg6 35. h3) 31...
Be5 $1 32. h3 Bxf4 33. Qe2 Be5 $1 ({No win brings} 33... Rxh3+ $2 34. Bxh3
Qxh3+ 35. Kg1 Rf5 36. Re8+ Kg7 37. Qe7+ Rf7 (37... Kh6 $4 38. Qxh7+ Kxh7 39.
R1e7+ Kh6 40. Rh8+) 38. Qe2) 34. Qg2 Rhf5 35. f4 ({Kmoch's suggestion} 35. Be2
{is refuted by} Rg5 36. Rg4 Rxg4 37. fxg4 Rf2 $1 38. Qxf2 Qxh3+ 39. Kg1 Bd4)
35... Rxf4 36. Rxf4 Qxf4 37. Be2 Qe3 38. Rf1 Rxf1+ 39. Qxf1 Qg3 40. Qg2 Qxb3
41. Qg4 Qxa3 42. Kg2 (42. Qe6+ Kf8 $1 43. Qc8+ Kg7 $1 {(Kmoch).}) 42... Qe3 43.
h4 Qf4 44. Qxf4 Bxf4 45. Kf3 Bd2 46. Ke4 {Spielmann had taken the lead with 6/
9. Capablanca's score was 5 1/2 / 8.} 0-1

[Event "Berliner Tageblatt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Black "Marshall, Frank"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Nge2 Nbd7 8. Bc2
Nb6 9. b3 e6 10. dxe6 $1 {White starts an attack in the centre. Pawn d6
becomes a weakness.} fxe6 11. O-O d5 $2 ({The modest} 11... Ne8 {protects d6.})
12. Bg5 $3 Qe8 {Otherwise White plays 13.e5.} 13. exd5 exd5 14. cxd5 {Black
has lost a pawn.} Bg4 $2 ({The opportunistic} 14... Ng4 $1 15. Qd2 Qe5 16. g3
h6 17. Bf4 Qh5 18. h4 Ne5 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. f4 {offers the better chances to
White.}) 15. f3 Bf5 16. Bxf5 gxf5 17. Qd3 Rd8 18. Rad1 $1 Nbxd5 19. Qc4 Qf7 20.
Bxf6 Nxf6 21. Qxc5 f4 22. Qxa7 Nd5 23. Nxd5 Rxd5 24. Kh1 Re5 25. Nc3 Re3 26.
Ne4 Re2 27. Rf2 Qd7 28. Rxd7 Re1+ 29. Rf1 Rxf1+ 30. Qg1 Rxg1+ 31. Kxg1 Rc8 32.
h4 b5 33. Rb7 Ra8 34. Ng5 Bd4+ 35. Kh2 Be3 36. Nxh7 Rxa2 37. Nf6+ Kf8 38. Nd5
Ra1 39. Rxb5 Bg1+ 40. Kh3 Bf2 41. Kg4 Rh1 42. h5 Rh4+ 43. Kg5 Bg3 44. Kg6 Ke8
45. h6 Bh2 46. h7 1-0

[Event "Berliner Tageblatt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bf5 3. Bb2 e6 4. g3 h6 5. Bg2 Nd7 6. O-O Ngf6 7. d3 Be7 8. e3
O-O 9. Qe2 c6 10. Kh1 a5 11. a4 Nc5 12. Nd4 Bh7 13. f4 Nfd7 14. Nd2 Qc7 15. e4
dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. dxe4 e5 18. Nf3 exf4 19. gxf4 Rfe8 20. e5 Nc5 $6 {White
gets the chance to change the initiative into an attack.} ({Better is} 20...
Nf8 $1 21. Rad1 Rad8 22. Nd4 Bc5) 21. Nd4 Ne6 22. Rad1 Nxd4 23. Bxd4 Bf5 24.
Be4 Bxe4+ 25. Qxe4 Rad8 26. e6 $1 Bf8 27. Be5 $1 {White advances by a
classical charge.} Qc8 $2 (27... Qe7 $1 28. Rxd8 {(Nimzowitsch)} Rxd8 29. exf7+
Qxf7 {avoids problems.}) 28. f5 $1 fxe6 $2 ({Right is} 28... Rxd1 $1 29. exf7+
Kxf7 30. Rxd1 ({the pointe is} 30. Qc4+ $4 Rd5) 30... Kg8 $1 31. Qc4+ Kh7 {
White has a plus.}) 29. f6 $1 Rxd1 30. f7+ Kh8 31. Rxd1 Rd8 32. Qg6 $1 {
Nimzowitsch goes for a quick mate.} 1-0

[Event "Berliner Tageblatt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Black "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B29"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nc3 Nb4 $6 {Tartakower plays a doubtful
novelty.} 5. Ne4 $5 ({Kmoch prefers} 5. d4 {as the natural answer.}) 5... d6 6.
c3 N4c6 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bf5 9. Ng3 Bg4 10. h3 $2 {Spielmann decides to give
a pawn.} ({Preferable is} 10. exd6 e6 11. Be2) 10... Bxf3 11. Qxf3 dxe5 $1 12.
dxe5 e6 {Pawn e5 will be captured later.} 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. Bc3 Bb4 $1 15. Bxb4
Nxb4 16. Bb5+ N8c6 17. O-O Qxe5 18. Bxc6+ Nxc6 19. Rfe1 Qf6 20. Qb3 Rb8 21.
Rad1 O-O 22. Rd7 Rfd8 23. Red1 h6 24. Ne4 Qe5 25. Qf3 Rxd7 26. Rxd7 f5 27. Nc3
$2 ({The line} 27. Ng3 Qe1+ 28. Nf1 Ne5 29. Qd1 {was regarded as lost for
Spielmann, but} Qxd1 30. Rxd1 Rc8 31. Re1 {offers counteraction.}) 27... Qe1+
28. Kh2 Ne5 29. Qd1 Qxf2 $1 30. Rd6 Re8 31. Kh1 Kh7 32. b3 Re7 33. Rd2 Qe3 34.
Nb5 a6 35. Na3 Qg5 36. Nc2 Nc6 37. Ne1 e5 38. Nf3 Qf4 39. Rd5 e4 40. Ng1 Ne5
41. Ne2 Qf2 42. Nd4 f4 43. Qe2 Qxe2 44. Nxe2 Nd3 45. Nc3 f3 46. Nxe4 Rxe4 {
Spielmann had lost the lead to Capa.} 0-1

[Event "Berliner Tageblatt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Reti, Richard"]
[Black "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D95"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Qb3 O-O 7. Bd2 dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. Ng5 $1 {Réti wants to fight as usual.} Qe8 10. O-O h6 $2 ({Better is} 
10... Nb6 11. Bd3 e5 $1) 11. Nge4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Nb6 13. Bd3 Nd5 14. Nc3 Nxc3
15. Bxc3 Kh7 16. f4 f5 17. a4 Qd7 18. Bb4 b6 19. a5 Rb8 20. axb6 axb6 21. Bc4
c5 $2 22. Bxc5 $1 {Thank you!} Bb7 23. Bb4 Be4 24. Be6 Qb7 25. d5 Rfd8 26. Rfd1
Bf6 27. Rac1 Ra8 28. Bc3 Qa6 29. Rd2 Bxc3 30. Qxc3 Ra7 31. h4 h5 32. Qd4 Qb5
33. Qc4 $2 (33. Rc4 {continues the attack.}) 33... Qxc4 34. Rxc4 Rd6 35. Rdd4
Kg7 36. Rxe4 $1 {White has to sacrifice an exchange, if he wants to make
progress.} fxe4 $6 ({The unexpected} 36... b5 $1 37. Rb4 fxe4 38. Rxb5 (38.
Rxe4 Ra4) 38... Rda6 {defends well.}) 37. Rxe4 Ra1+ 38. Kf2 Rd1 $6 ({Right is} 
38... b5 $1 39. Rb4 Rb6 {and Black keeps his b-pawn.}) 39. Rb4 Rd2+ $6 40. Kf3
Rd8 $5 {Spielmann gives up a pawn. The sacrifice on e6 has little prospect.}
41. Rxb6 Ra8 42. Rb7 Kf8 43. g4 hxg4+ 44. Kxg4 Rg2+ 45. Kf3 Rh2 46. b4 Rxh4 47.
b5 Rh1 48. b6 Rf1+ 49. Kg4 Rg1+ 50. Kf3 Rf1+ 51. Kg4 Rg1+ 52. Kh4 $1 {The king
has to move to an unsafe haven.} g5+ $6 (52... Re8 $1 {prepares the
counteraction, but} 53. d6 $1 exd6 54. Rf7+ Kg8 55. Ba2 $1 Rg2 56. Ra7+ $1 Kf8
57. b7 Rb2 58. Bd5 {responds in style.}) 53. fxg5 Kg7 54. Rxe7+ Kg6 55. Bf7+
Kf5 56. Be8 $1 Rh1+ 57. Kg3 Rg1+ 58. Kf3 Rf1+ 59. Ke2 Rb1 60. b7 Ra3 61. g6 Kg4
62. Rc7 Rb2+ 63. Kd1 Rxe3 64. Bd7+ Kh5 65. Kc1 Reb3 66. g7 Rg2 67. Rc8 ({Kmoch
mentions} 67. Rc8 Rxb7 68. Rh8+ $1) 1-0

[Event "Berliner Tageblatt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D05"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. Nbd2 d5 5. a3 Nbd7 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. b4 Be7 8.
Bb2 O-O 9. c4 dxc4 10. Nxc4 Nb6 $6 (10... b6 11. Be2 Bb7 12. O-O Qb8 {solves
the development of the queen in a better way.}) 11. Nxb6 Qxb6 12. Bd3 Bd7 13.
Bd4 $1 Qc6 14. O-O Qd5 15. Qe2 Rfc8 $2 (15... Ba4 $1 {prevents the rook
manoeuvre to d1 (Kmoch).}) 16. Rad1 $1 Qb3 ({Capablanca sees} 16... Ba4 17.
Bxf6 $1 Bxd1 18. Rxd1 Bxf6 19. Bxh7+ {(Mieses).}) 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Bxh7+ $1
Kxh7 19. Rxd7 Kg8 20. h4 $2 ({The attack and extra pawn are kept by} 20. Nd2 $1
Qxa3 21. Qh5 Rf8 22. Ne4 Qb2 $1 23. Rxb7) 20... Qxa3 21. Ng5 (21. Rxb7 a5 $1 {
and the last pawns on the queenside will be exchanged.}) 21... Bxg5 22. hxg5
Qxb4 23. Qf3 {White threatens mate in two.} Qf8 $1 (23... Rf8 24. Rxb7 Qh4 25.
Rxf7 $1 Qxg5 26. Ra1 a5 {might do, but Capablanca finds a forced way to draw.})
24. Rxb7 a5 25. Rd1 a4 26. Rdd7 a3 27. Rxf7 a2 $1 28. Rxg7+ Qxg7 29. Rxg7+ Kxg7
30. Qf6+ Kg8 31. Qg6+ Kf8 32. Qf6+ {Spielmann failed as a defender, while
Capablanca came back.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Berliner Tageblatt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Black "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 O-O 5. e3 Bxc3 6. Bxc3 Ne4 7. Bb4 c5 8.
dxc5 Nc6 9. Bd3 Nxf2 10. Kxf2 Nxb4 11. Nf3 Qe7 12. a3 Nxd3+ 13. Qxd3 Qxc5 14.
b4 Qe7 15. Rhd1 b6 16. Qd6 Re8 17. Rac1 f6 18. Qc7 Qd8 19. Qd6 Qe7 20. Qc7 Qd8
21. Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Berliner Tageblatt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Black "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. Nf3 Qe7+ 6. Qe2 Qxe2+ 7. Kxe2 Ne7
8. Re1 O-O 9. Kf1 Bf5 10. Bxf5 Nxf5 11. Nc3 c6 12. Bd2 Nd7 13. Re2 Rfe8 14.
Rae1 Kf8 15. Rxe8+ Rxe8 16. Rxe8+ Kxe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Berliner Tageblatt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Black "Reti, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bc5 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. d4 Bd6 $2 ({Correct is
} 6... Bb4 7. dxe5 Nxe4 {(List-Colle, Berlin 1926).}) 7. c5 $1 Bxc5 8. dxe5 Ng8
9. Qg4 Kf8 10. Qg3 Ne7 11. Bc4 Ng6 12. f4 Qh4 13. Nd5 c6 14. Be3 d6 15. Bxc5
Qxg3+ 16. hxg3 dxc5 17. Ne3 b5 18. Be2 Ke7 19. O-O-O Nf8 20. Nf5+ Bxf5 21. exf5
Nd7 22. Rd6 Rac8 23. g4 h6 24. Bf3 c4 25. Bxc6 Nc5 26. Bxb5 Rhd8 27. Rxd8 Rxd8
28. Rd1 $6 (28. g3 $1 Rd3 29. g5 $1 hxg5 30. Rh8 Nd7 31. Ra8 {finishes the
game.}) 28... Nd3+ 29. Kb1 Rb8 30. a4 a6 31. Bxa6 Nxb2 32. Rd4 Nxa4+ 33. Kc2
Rb2+ 34. Kc1 Rxg2 35. Rxc4 Nb6 36. Rc7+ Kf8 37. Rb7 Nd5 38. Bc4 Rg1+ 39. Kb2 $6
(39. Kd2 {wins more quickly.}) 39... Rg2+ 40. Ka3 Rg3+ 41. Ka4 $6 {Réti gets
another chance.} ({Better is} 41. Bb3 $1) 41... Rxg4 $1 42. Bxd5 Rxf4+ 43. Kb5
Rxf5 44. Kc6 Rxe5 45. Rxf7+ Ke8 46. Ra7 $3 {White has sealed a remarkable move.
} (46. Rxg7 Re2 47. Kd6 Rf2 $1 {leads to a theoretical draw (Szen and Berger).}
) 46... Re1 ({Nimzowitsch analyses} 46... Kf8 47. Kd6 Re8 ({the point is} 47...
Rf5 48. Ra8#) 48. Rd7 $3 {Zugzwang.} h5 $1 49. Rf7+ Kg8 50. Ra7+ Kf8 51. Rd7 $1
h4 52. Rf7+ Kg8 53. Ra7+ Kf8 54. Rd7 $1 {The third time becomes fatal.} h3 ({or
} 54... g5 55. Rh7 Re2 56. Rf7+ Ke8 57. Rf5) 55. Rf7+ Kg8 56. Rf3+ Kh7 57. Bf7
$1 {and White wins.}) 47. Kd6 Kf8 48. Rf7+ Ke8 49. Rf2 Kd8 50. Rf8+ Re8 51. Rf7
Re1 52. Rxg7 Re2 53. Rh7 Re1 54. Rxh6 Re8 55. Rh7 Kc8 (55... Re2 56. Rg7 Re1
57. Rb7 Rc1 58. Bb3 $1 {and White wins à la Philidor.}) 56. Rc7+ Kb8 57. Rb7+
Kc8 58. Rb4 Rd8+ 59. Kc6 Re8 60. Ra4 Kb8 61. Kb6 Kc8 62. Bc6 1-0

[Event "Berliner Tageblatt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Marshall, Frank"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A32"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. g3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8.
Qxd2 O-O 9. Nc3 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O Qb6 12. Rfd1 Be6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Na4
Qb5 15. b3 Rae8 16. e3 c5 17. Nc3 Qb8 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Rd8 20. e4 Nxe4
21. Qe3 Nf6 22. Qxc5 Rc8 23. Qa5 Rc2 24. Bf3 Re8 25. Rd3 Rcc8 26. Qa6 h6 27.
Rad1 Rc2 28. Qa5 Qb6 29. Qxb6 axb6 {... The remaining moves are unavailable.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Berliner Tageblatt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Marshall, Frank"]
[Black "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 Nf6 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Qc7 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. e4
d6 9. Re1 cxd4 10. cxd4 e5 11. Qc2 Ne8 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. a3 Be6 14. Nf1 Rd8 15.
Be3 Nd4 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Qxc7 Nxc7 18. Bf4 Bd6 19. Bxd6 Rxd6 20. Rac1 Rd7 21.
Nd2 a6 22. f4 f5 23. Nf3 fxe4 24. Rxe4 Bd5 25. Rxd4 Ne6 26. Rxd5 Rxd5 27. Bc4
Nxf4 28. Rd1 Rfd8 29. Rf1 h6 30. Ba2 Kh7 31. Bxd5 Nxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Berliner Tageblatt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Reti, Richard"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C74"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. c3 a6 5. Ba4 f5 {The Siesta Variation was
named after the Siesta Sanatorium in Budapest.} 6. d4 $5 ({The main line} 6.
exf5 Bxf5 {stems from Capablanca-Marshall, New York 1909.}) 6... fxe4 7. Ng5
exd4 8. Nxe4 Nf6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Qxd4 $2 ({Correct is} 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Qh5+ {
(Steiner-Kmoch, Budapest 1928).}) 10... b5 $1 11. Nxf6+ gxf6 12. Qd5 bxa4 $1
13. Bh6 Qd7 $1 {Capablanca begins a counterattack.} (13... Bd7 14. Qh5# {makes
a false start.}) 14. O-O ({The elegant pointe is} 14. Bg7 Qe6+ $1 15. Qxe6 Bxe6
16. Bxh8 Kf7 {(Becker).}) 14... Bb7 15. Bg7 O-O-O $1 16. Bxh8 Ne5 17. Qd1 Bf3
$1 {The mate attack shows beauty.} 18. gxf3 Qh3 {Réti was crushed again after
an error in the opening. Capablanca had won the tournament 1 1/2 points before
Nimzowitsch.} 0-1

[Event "Berliner Tageblatt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D61"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Qc2 O-O 8. Rd1
h6 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Be5 f6 11. Bg3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 f5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Bd3 Nf6 15.
Ne5 Bd6 16. f4 $2 {A positional mistake leads to weaknesses.} Bxe5 $1 17. fxe5
Ng4 18. Qe2 Qg5 19. Kd2 Bd7 20. Rh4 Rac8 21. Rc1 a6 22. a3 Rc7 23. Rhh1 Rfc8
24. Na2 Bb5 25. Rxc7 Rxc7 26. Bxb5 axb5 27. b3 $2 {A tactical mistake costs
material.} Nxe3 $1 28. Qxe3 Rc2+ 29. Kd3 Rxa2 30. Qxg5 hxg5 31. Rc1 Rxg2 32.
Rc8+ Kf7 33. Rc7+ Kg6 34. Rxb7 Rxg3+ 35. Kd2 f4 36. Rxb5 g4 37. Rb8 Re3 38. Re8
g3 39. Rxe6+ Kh7 40. Rc6 g2 41. Rc1 Re4 42. a4 f3 43. a5 f2 44. a6 f1=Q 0-1

[Event "Berliner Tageblatt+"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C71"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. d4 Bd7 6. dxe5 Nxe5 7. Bxd7+ Nxd7 8.
O-O Be7 9. Nc3 Ngf6 10. Nd4 O-O 11. Nf5 g6 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Bh6 Rfe8 14. Re1
Qe5 15. Qd2 Nc5 16. f3 Ne6 17. Be3 Rad8 18. Nd5 Nd7 19. c3 c6 20. Nf4 Ndf8 21.
Rad1 Qa5 22. a3 d5 23. exd5 Nxf4 24. Bxf4 Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 Rxd5 26. Rxd5 Qxd5 27.
Qe5 Qxe5 28. Bxe5 Nd7 29. Bd6 f6 30. Kf2 Kf7 31. c4 Ke6 32. Bf4 g5 33. Be3 Ne5
34. b3 g4 35. Ke2 gxf3+ 36. gxf3 Kf5 37. Bd4 Nd7 38. Kf2 c5 39. Be3 Ne5 40. Ke2
b6 41. Bd2 $6 a5 $1 42. Bc1 $2 {Tarrasch complained about gall-bladder pains
during the game. The next move might have given him a headache too.} ({Correct
is} 42. f4 $1 Nc6 43. Bc3 $1 Kxf4 44. Bxf6 Kf5 45. Bg7 Kg4 46. Ke3 Kh3 47. Ke4
Kxh2 48. Kd5 {White will survive the endgame.}) 42... a4 $1 43. bxa4 Nxc4 44.
Kd3 Ne5+ 45. Ke2 Ke6 46. f4 Nc4 47. Kd3 Kd5 48. f5 Ne5+ 0-1

[Event "Berliner Tageblatt+"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nf6 7. Nc3 e5 8.
Ndb5 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Na6 10. f3 Bc5 11. Na4 Be7 12. Be3 Bd7 13. Rc1 O-O 14. a3
Rfd8 15. Ke1 Ne8 16. Be2 Nd6 17. Nac3 Nxb5 18. Nxb5 b6 19. b4 Be6 20. Kf2 Rd7
21. Rhd1 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Kf8 23. g3 Ke8 24. f4 f6 25. fxe5 fxe5 26. Bc1 Bc8 27.
Bb2 Bf6 28. Nd6+ Ke7 29. Nc4 Ke6 30. Nxe5 Nc7 31. Bc4+ Ke7 32. Nc6+ Kf8 33.
Bxf6 gxf6 34. Rd8+ Ne8 35. b5 Bb7 36. Rd7 Bxc6 37. bxc6 1-0

[Event "Berliner Tageblatt+"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B29"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Ne5 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Bb5+ Nd7
8. Qe2 e6 9. O-O Bd6 10. Re1 O-O 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Bb4 14. Bd2
Bxd2 15. Qxd2 Rd8 16. Bd3 b6 17. Qf4 Bb7 18. Qh4 g6 19. Re3 Qc6 20. Be4 $2 Qc4
$1 21. f3 Rac8 22. Qf6 Qd4 $1 23. Rae1 Bxe4 24. fxe4 Rxc2 25. h4 Rdc8 26. h5
Rc1 27. Kh2 R1c5 28. hxg6 hxg6 29. Ra3 a5 30. Rb3 b5 31. Kh1 Qxe5 32. Qf1 Qg5
33. Kh2 Qh6+ 34. Rh3 Rh5 35. e5 Rxh3+ 36. gxh3 Rc2+ 37. Re2 Rxe2+ 38. Qxe2 Qf4+
39. Kg2 Qc4 40. Qb2 b4 41. Kf2 a4 42. Ke3 Kg7 43. Qh2 Qc3+ 44. Ke4 b3 45. axb3
axb3 46. Qg1 b2 47. Qf1 Qc6+ 48. Kd4 Qb6+ {Tarrasch retired. His score was
stricken.} 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "1.Internationales Turnier"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Colle, Edgar"]
[Black "Van Nüss, Alfred"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D05"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

{Dortmund 1928 was played in the Kölnischer Hof from 27 July - 4 August. It
was carried out at the occasion of the sixth congress of the Westfälischen
Schachbund. Groups consisted of the master tournament, championship of
Westfalen, main tournaments, minor competitions and daily events.  Sämisch won
the master tournament in a convincing manner. He defeated his main rival Réti
with an opening that would be called the Sämisch Variation. His play under
time pressure was praised! Bogoljubow only shared the fourth prize, because he
played too optimistic against two lesser players. He would win the super
tournament Bad Kissingen during the second half of August. Colle won the
brilliancy prize for his game against Spielmann. The tournament was played in
the early days of hyper modern chess. Indian openings were at an experimental
stage: the Nimzo-Indian, Queen's Indian and King's Indian Defences were
applied. Draws were rare: only 28%! The difference with later tournaments did
not lie in lesser perception, but insufficient technics to draw an even
position: more blunders were made.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 d5 4. Bd3 c5 5.
c3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. O-O Qc7 8. e4 $5 {Colle plays an aggressive version of
his system.} cxd4 9. cxd4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Nf6 12. Bd3 O-O 13. Bg5
Rd8 14. Rc1 Qb6 15. Qe2 Bd7 16. Ne5 Be8 17. Rfd1 Rac8 18. Nc4 Qc7 19. Ne3 $2
Qd7 $2 (19... Qxc1 20. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 21. Nf1 Ra1 {starts a strong attack.}) 20.
Rxc8 Rxc8 21. d5 g6 ({Equality brings} 21... Nxd5 $1 22. Bxe7 Nxe3 23. Qxe3
Qxe7 24. Qxa7) 22. d6 $6 {White overestimates his chances and makes several
weak moves.} Qxd6 23. Bxg6 Qc5 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Bb1 Bc6 26. b3 Qg5 27. h3 h5
28. Qd3 Kf8 29. Kh1 Rd8 30. Qf1 Rxd1 31. Qxd1 Be5 32. Qe2 Bc7 33. Bd3 Bb6 34.
Kg1 f5 35. h4 Qxh4 36. Bb5 Bxe3 (36... f4 $1 37. Nd1 Qg4 38. Qxg4 hxg4 39. Bxc6
bxc6 {and Black wins the endgame.}) 37. Qxe3 Bxb5 38. Qc5+ Qe7 39. Qxb5 Kf7 40.
Qe5 Kg6 $2 {Black allows a repetition of moves in the queen ending.} 41. Qb8 a6
42. Qg8+ Kh6 43. Qh8+ Qh7 44. Qf6+ Qg6 45. Qh8+ Qh7 46. Qf6+ Qg6 47. Qe7 f4 48.
Qf8+ Kg5 49. Qd8+ Qf6 50. Qg8+ Kh6 51. Qc8 Qf7 52. Kh2 Kg6 53. Qc2+ Kf6 54. Qd2
Ke7 55. Qb4+ Kd8 56. Qd6+ Kc8 57. f3 Qf5 58. a4 h4 59. b4 h3 60. gxh3 Qc2+ 61.
Kg1 Qg6+ 62. Kf1 Qb1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "1.Internationales Turnier"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Reti, Richard"]
[Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C87"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6 7. d4 Bd7 8. c3
O-O 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Nf1 Bf8 11. Ng3 g6 12. h3 Bg7 13. Bc2 h6 14. Nh2 Kh7 15. f4
exd4 16. cxd4 Ng8 $6 ({Less passive defends} 16... Qe7) 17. Nf3 d5 18. e5 Nce7
19. f5 $1 Nxf5 20. Nxf5 Bxf5 21. Bxf5 gxf5 22. Qd3 Qd7 23. Nh4 {A
quasi-sacrifice has led to problems for Black. He finds a surprising solution.}
Nf6 $5 (23... Ne7 {defends inactively.}) 24. Nxf5 Ne4 25. Rf1 Re6 26. Ng3 Rd8
27. Nxe4 dxe4 28. Qxe4+ Kg8 29. Be3 Qd5 30. Qxd5 Rxd5 {Black blockades the
centre at the cost of a pawn.} 31. Rac1 c6 32. Rf3 f6 33. exf6 Rxf6 34. Rxf6
Bxf6 35. Rc4 Kg7 36. Kf2 Kg6 37. Kf3 h5 38. g4 hxg4+ 39. hxg4 Rd8 40. Ke4 $6
Re8+ 41. Kd3 Bg5 42. Bxg5 Kxg5 43. d5 Rd8 44. Rc5 Kxg4 45. Kc4 cxd5+ 46. Rxd5
Rc8+ 47. Rc5 Re8 48. a4 Re4+ 49. Kb3 Re6 50. Kc3 Kf4 51. Rc7 b6 52. Ra7 a5 53.
Rd7 Ke3 54. b4 Rc6+ 55. Kb3 axb4 56. Kxb4 Rc1 57. Kb5 Rb1+ 58. Kc6 Rb4 59. Rb7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "1.Internationales Turnier"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Saemisch, Fritz"]
[Black "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Be3 d5 $5 (8... d6 9. f4 a6 {leads to the Scheveningen.}) 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5
exd5 $5 11. Nf3 Bf6 12. c3 Be6 13. Qa4 Qc7 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. Rd2 a6 16. Qd1 Na5
17. Bd4 Be7 18. Be5 Qb6 19. Bd4 Qc7 20. Qc2 Nc4 21. Rdd1 b5 22. Bd3 h6 23. Re1
Bd6 24. g3 (24. b3 $1 Na5 25. Bh7+ Kh8 26. Ne5 {keeps the initiative.}) 24...
Re8 25. b3 Na5 26. Nh4 Nc6 27. Nf5 Bxf5 28. Bxf5 Nxd4 29. cxd4 Qxc2 30. Bxc2
Bb4 31. Rxe8+ Rxe8 32. Bd3 Bc3 33. Rc1 b4 34. Bxa6 Ra8 35. Bb7 Rxa2 36. Bxd5
Ra1 37. Rxa1 Bxa1 38. Kg2 Bxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "1.Internationales Turnier"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Seitz, Jakob"]
[Black "Johner, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8.
Nde2 Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Bd7 10. Ne3 (10. Bf4 {Known is} O-O-O {from
Lasker-Schlechter, London 1899.}) 10... Ne7 11. Bd2 O-O-O 12. O-O-O Bc6 13. f3
Ng6 14. Bc3 Re8 (14... Bd6 $1 15. Nf5 Rd7 {draws easily.}) 15. Nf5 $6 (15. Rhe1
{is a useful centralisation.}) 15... Ne5 16. Bxe5 Rxe5 17. Ne3 Re8 18. Kb1 $6 {
White keeps losing time.} g6 19. Nd5 f5 20. Ng3 h5 $1 21. exf5 h4 22. Ne4 gxf5
23. Nec3 b5 24. Rd2 Bh6 25. f4 b4 26. Nd1 Kb7 27. g3 $2 {The pin on the long
diagonal will become terrible.} Re4 28. c4 Rxc4 29. N1e3 {The tables turn.}
Bxd5 $4 ({Black misses} 29... Re4 30. Rhd1 (30. Nxf5 Re5 $3 31. fxe5 Bxd2 32.
Nfe7 hxg3) 30... Bxd5 {Michel regards this position as even, but} 31. Nxd5 hxg3
32. hxg3 Bg7 $1 {is good for Black. The pointe is} 33. Nxc7 $2 Bd4 $1) 30. Rxd5
Re4 31. Nxf5 hxg3 32. hxg3 Bg7 33. Rdd1 Rxh1 34. Rxh1 Bd4 35. Rh2 Kc6 36. Kc2
Kd5 37. Nxd4 Kxd4 38. Rd2+ Ke3 39. Rd5 c4 $6 40. a3 Kf3 $2 (40... bxa3 41. bxa3
Kf3 42. Rg5 Re3 $1 {defends properly.}) 41. axb4 Kxg3 42. f5 Rf4 43. Kc3 Kg4
44. Rc5 Rf2 $2 ({More resistance offers} 44... Rxf5 $1 45. Rxc4+ Kg5 46. Rxc7
Kf6 $1 47. Rc6+ Ke7 48. Rxa6 Kd7 49. Kc4 Kc7 {but the rook ending seems to be
lost.}) 45. Rxc7 Rxf5 46. Rc6 Rf1 47. Kxc4 Ra1 48. b5 axb5+ 49. Kxb5 Kf5 50.
Rd6 Ke5 51. Rd8 Ke6 52. b4 Ke7 53. Rd4 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "1.Internationales Turnier"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Johner, Paul"]
[Black "Colle, Edgar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D60"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bd3 c6 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Ne4 f6 $1 ({Black improves on} 10... Bxg5 11. Nexg5 h6 12.
Ne4 {(Bogoljubow-Rubinstein, Stockholm 1919).}) 11. Bf4 Nxf4 12. exf4 Nb6 13.
Bb3 Nd5 14. g3 Bb4 15. Qe2 Kh8 16. Rfd1 Qe8 17. a3 Ba5 18. Ne1 Qg6 19. Ng2 Bb6
$6 ({Correct is} 19... Bc7) 20. Nd6 Bd7 $2 (20... f5 21. Rac1 Bc7 {defends
properly.}) {White shall not play the obvious move.} 21. Nxb7 $2 ({The game
decides} 21. f5 $1 exf5 22. Bxd5 cxd5 {(Michel)} 23. Nf4) 21... Rab8 22. Bc2 f5
$2 ({Pressure reliefs} 22... Qh6 $1 23. Nd6 e5 $1 {White cannot capture on e5
due to the weakness of f2.}) 23. Nd6 c5 24. dxc5 Bxc5 25. Nc4 Bb5 26. Bd3 Qf6
27. Ne5 Ba4 28. Rd2 Rfd8 29. Ne1 Qe7 30. N1f3 Qc7 31. Ng5 Qb6 32. Nef7+ 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "1.Internationales Turnier"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kraemer, Adolf"]
[Black "Seitz, Jakob"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B73"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qd2 Re8 11. Rad1 Qc7 12. h3 Rb8 13. b3 Rd8 14. e5 Ne8
15. Bf4 Bf5 16. exd6 exd6 17. Na4 Be5 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. Qc3 Nf6 20. Rfe1 Nd5
21. Qb2 Nf4 22. Bf1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Re8 24. Qc3 h5 25. Nb2 Qe7 26. Nc4 Qg5 27.
Kh2 Nd5 28. Qd2 Qe7 {White oversteps the time limit in an equal position.} 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "1.Internationales Turnier"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Black "Reti, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C28"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Nge2 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5
8. O-O Qa5 9. a3 O-O 10. Be3 Bxc3 11. Nxc3 Nd4 12. b4 Qa6 13. f4 Qc6 14. Qd2 $4
Qxc3 $1 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "1.Internationales Turnier"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van Nüss, Alfred"]
[Black "Kraemer, Adolf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Be3 Qd7 12. Nbd2 Nc5 $6 13. Bc2 Rad8 14. b4 Na4
15. Bxa4 bxa4 16. Qxa4 Nxe5 17. Qxa6 Nxf3+ 18. Nxf3 Ra8 19. Qe2 Ra3 {White
takes the initiative.} 20. Ne5 ({Tactics by} 20. Bd4 Bd6 21. c4 Bg4 22. Ne5 $5
Bxe2 23. Nxd7 Re8 24. Ne5 Bxe5 25. Rxe2 Bxh2+ 26. Kf1 Rxe2 27. Kxe2 Bd6 {give
White a plus.}) 20... Qa4 21. Qb2 $6 ({The attack continues with} 21. Bd4 $1
Bd6 22. Nd3 Re8 23. Qd2) 21... Ra8 22. h3 Rxa2 23. Qxa2 Qxa2 24. Rxa2 Rxa2 25.
Nc6 Bd6 26. Bd4 Kf8 27. Na5 f6 28. Nb3 Ke7 29. Nc5 Bxc5 30. Bxc5+ Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "1.Internationales Turnier"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Black "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38/26"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 Nd7 4. Nc3 Ngf6 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. e3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Bd3 Qa5 9. Qc2 c4 10. Bf5 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Qxc3 14. bxc3
Nb6 $2 ({Better is} 14... h6 15. Bh4 g5 16. Bg3 Nb6 17. Bc2 Ne4 {
(Plachetka-Kovacevic, Vinkovci 1982).}) 15. Bxc8 Nxc8 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Nd2 Nd6
18. Rfe1 f5 19. f3 Re6 20. Kf2 Rae8 21. Nf1 Kf8 22. a4 b5 23. a5 a6 24. Ng3 f4
$2 {Black should allow Ne2-f4.} 25. exf4 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Rxe1 27. Kxe1 Ke7 28.
Nf1 $1 {White keeps the extra pawn.} Nb7 29. Ne3 Kd6 30. Nc2 Nxa5 31. Nb4 Nc6
32. Nxa6 Ne7 33. Kd2 Nf5 34. g3 Ng7 35. Nb4 Nh5 36. Nc2 f5 37. Ne3 Ke6 38. Kc2
Nf6 39. Kb2 h5 40. Ka3 h4 41. Kb4 Nh5 42. Nf1 h3 43. Kxb5 Nf6 44. Ne3 Ne8 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "1.Internationales Turnier"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Colle, Edgar"]
[Black "Kraemer, Adolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Nf6 $5 {The hyper modern approach will lead to a variation of
the Alekhine.} 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 d6 5. c4 Nb6 6. exd6 cxd6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O
9. Nc3 Nc6 10. d5 Nb8 $6 ({Prophylactic strategy continues with} 10... Na5 11.
Nd2 Bf5) 11. Nd4 Na6 $6 ({Better is} 11... e5 12. dxe6 fxe6) 12. Be3 Bd7 13.
Rc1 Rc8 14. b3 Qc7 15. Qd2 Nc5 16. Bh6 e5 17. dxe6 fxe6 $2 ({No matter loses} 
17... Bxh6 18. Qxh6 fxe6 19. b4 Nca4) 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. b4 Na6 20. Ndb5 Qb8 21.
Nxd6 Rcd8 22. c5 Nd5 23. Bb5 Bc8 24. Bxa6 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "1.Internationales Turnier"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Reti, Richard"]
[Black "Van Nüss, Alfred"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
Na5 9. Bc2 c5 10. d4 Qc7 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Nf1 Nc4 13. h3 g6 14. b3 Nb6 15. Bh6
Re8 16. Ng3 Bf8 17. Bxf8 Rxf8 18. Qd2 Ne8 19. Rad1 f6 20. Nh2 Be6 21. d5 Bc8
22. f4 exf4 23. Qxf4 Nd7 24. Rf1 Ne5 25. Ne2 Ra7 26. Rf2 Qa5 27. Bb1 b4 28. c4
Qc7 29. Nf3 Qe7 30. Rdf1 Rf7 31. Nc1 a5 32. Nd3 a4 33. Qe3 Nxd3 34. Bxd3 axb3
35. axb3 Qf8 36. Ne1 Qe7 37. Nf3 Qf8 38. g4 g5 $6 39. e5 $1 {A lightning
thunders under time pressure.} Rfe7 $4 ({Correct is} 39... dxe5 40. Nd2 $1 ({
Réti intended to play} 40. Nxg5 fxg5 41. Qxg5+ Qg7 42. Qd8 Rxf2 43. Rxf2 Qd7
44. Qg5+ Qg7 45. Qd8 {and a repetition of moves.}) 40... Rac7 41. Ne4 {This
blockade plays for a win.}) 40. e6 $1 Rg7 $2 41. Nxg5 h6 42. Ne4 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "1.Internationales Turnier"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Saemisch, Fritz"]
[Black "Johner, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. Nf3 Nxc5 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Qxc3 O-O 9. b4 Nce4 10. Qd4 d5 {A theoretical duel has led to an equal
position.} (10... d6 {will become usual later.}) 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Qxd5 Nxd5
13. Nd2 Nec3 $2 (13... Nxd2 14. Bxd2 f5 {keeps equality.}) 14. e4 Nf6 15. f3
Rd8 $2 ({Correct is} 15... Bd7 {(Michel).}) 16. a4 $1 b5 17. Ra3 Nxa4 18. Bxb5
Nb6 {White has a strong attack on the queenside, but he cannot win at once.}
19. Nb3 $1 {It is necessary to strengthen the assault.} ({After} 19. Bc6 Rb8
20. Rxa7 Bd7 21. Bxd7 Nbxd7 {Black has a counterattack.}) 19... Bd7 20. Ba6
Rab8 $2 {A blunder decides the game.} ({Better is} 20... Ba4 21. Be3 Bxb3 22.
Rxb3) 21. Bf4 Ra8 22. O-O $5 {Sämisch plays cat and mouse with his opponent.} (
22. Bb7 {wins the exchange.}) 22... Bc8 23. Be2 Ne8 24. Rfa1 a6 25. b5 Kf8 26.
bxa6 Nd6 27. Rd1 Ke7 28. Na5 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "1.Internationales Turnier"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Johner, Paul"]
[Black "Reti, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. Nf4 c6 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. cxd5 exd5 {White has gained the tempo a3 compared to the Queen's
Gambit.} 10. Qc2 Re8 11. O-O Nf8 12. b4 Bd6 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. g3 g5 $5 15. Ng2
Qd7 $6 16. f3 Qh3 $6 17. e4 $1 Nh5 $6 18. e5 $6 {Capture on g5 is correct.} Be7
19. Nd1 Ng7 20. Nf2 Qd7 21. Ne3 h5 22. Bc3 Bd8 23. g4 h4 24. Bf5 Nfe6 25. Nh3
Nxf5 26. Nxf5 Ng7 $2 ({Necessary is} 26... f6) 27. Nh6+ Kh8 28. f4 Ne6 29. fxg5
Rf8 30. Qd2 Qe7 31. Rf6 Qe8 32. Rf3 Qe7 33. Raf1 Nxg5 34. Nxg5 Qxg5 35. Rxf7
Re8 36. Re7 $5 ({Even better is} 36. Qd3 $1 Qxh6 37. Bd2 {(Michel)} Qg7 38.
Rxg7 Kxg7 39. Rf7+ $1 Kxf7 40. Qh7+) 36... Qxe7 37. Nf7+ Kg8 38. Qh6 Qxf7 39.
Rxf7 Kxf7 40. Qh7+ Kf8 41. Bd2 Re6 42. Qh8+ Kf7 43. Qxd8 h3 44. Bg5 Rg6 45. Kf2
b6 46. Ke3 Bxg4 47. Qxa8 Rxg5 48. Qxc6 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "1.Internationales Turnier"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kraemer, Adolf"]
[Black "Saemisch, Fritz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Bd3 Ngf6 7. c3 c5 8.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 9. Qa4 $6 {White loses a tempo.} O-O 10. Qc2 h6 11. h4 $6 cxd4 12.
cxd4 e5 $1 13. Bh7+ $6 Kh8 14. Ng5 $2 exd4 15. Bg8 {Krämer gives a fine
example of an unprepared attack.} g6 $6 ({Even} 15... Re8+ 16. Kf1 Kxg8 17.
Qh7+ Kf8 18. Bf4 Ne5 {is possible.}) 16. Bxf7 $6 ({More counteraction offers} 
16. Nxf7+ Rxf7 17. Bxf7 Qe7+ 18. Qe2 Qxf7 19. Bxh6) 16... Qe7+ 17. Kd1 d3 18.
Qd2 Rxf7 19. Nxf7+ Qxf7 20. Qxh6+ Kg8 21. h5 Nf8 22. hxg6 Qc4 23. Qd2 Bg4+ 24.
f3 Re8 25. g7 Bxg7 26. Re1 (26. Re1 Qa4+ 27. b3 Rxe1+ 28. Kxe1 Qd4 $1 $19) 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "1.Internationales Turnier"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Seitz, Jakob"]
[Black "Colle, Edgar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Bb5+ c6 4. dxc6 bxc6 5. Bc4 e5 6. d3 Bc5 7. Be3 Bxe3 8.
fxe3 Qb6 9. Nd2 Bg4 10. Ngf3 Qxe3+ 11. Qe2 Qxe2+ 12. Kxe2 Nbd7 13. Kf2 Bxf3 14.
gxf3 O-O 15. Rae1 Nd5 16. Rhg1 Rab8 17. Bb3 Rb4 18. Nc4 f6 19. Ne3 N7b6 20. Ng2
Nc8 21. Re4 Rb7 22. Rc4 Nce7 23. Ne3 Kh8 24. Rc5 Nf4 25. Rd1 Rd8 26. Ng2 Nxg2
27. Kxg2 Nf5 28. Re1 Nd4 29. Re4 g5 30. Kf2 Rd6 31. Ra5 Kg7 32. Ra3 Kg6 33. Ke3
Re7 34. Kf2 h5 35. Ra5 Rb7 36. Ra6 Kf5 37. h3 Rd8 38. Ra5 Rh7 39. Kg3 Rb7 40.
Kf2 Rdd7 41. Kg3 Rb8 42. Kf2 Kg6 43. Rc5 Rd6 44. Ra5 Rb7 45. h4 Re7 46. Kg2 Kf5
47. Kf2 Rd8 48. Rc5 Rd6 49. Ke3 gxh4 50. Rxh4 Kg6 51. Re4 h4 52. Kf2 Rh7 53. f4
exf4 54. Rxf4 f5 55. Re5 h3 56. Kg1 Kg5 57. Rf2 Kg4 58. Kh1 Kg3 59. Rf1 Rf6 60.
Re3+ Kh4 $4 (60... Kg4 {keeps a plus.}) 61. Rf4+ (61. Kh2 Kg5 62. Rg3+ Kh6 63.
Rfg1 {gains more material.}) 61... Kg5 62. Rxd4 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "1.Internationales Turnier"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Nüss, Alfred"]
[Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nge2 Nf6 6. d3 Be7 7. h3 O-O 8. O-O
e5 9. Be3 b5 10. Qd2 Nd4 11. Bxd4 cxd4 12. Nxb5 Qb6 13. c4 Rb8 14. Rfb1 a6 15.
Na3 d5 $2 {Black has peanuts for two pawns.} 16. exd5 Bf5 17. Nc2 Nd7 18. b4
Qg6 19. Ne1 Bg5 20. Qd1 h5 21. c5 Nf6 22. d6 Rbd8 23. a4 h4 24. Ra2 hxg3 25.
Nxg3 Be6 26. Rc2 Bf4 27. b5 Bxg3 28. fxg3 Qxg3 29. Nf3 Bxh3 30. Qe1 Qg6 31.
Nxe5 Qg5 32. Nc6 Rfe8 33. Ne7+ Kf8 34. Qd2 Qh5 35. Bxh3 Qxh3 36. Qh2 Qe3+ 37.
Kh1 Qf3+ 38. Rg2 Nh5 39. Kg1 Qe3+ 40. Rf2 Qg5+ 41. Qg2 Qe3 42. Rbf1 Rd7 43. Qf3
Nf6 44. Qxe3 dxe3 45. Rxf6 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "1.Internationales Turnier"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Black "Johner, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E21/10"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. c4 Bb7 4. Nc3 e6 5. Qc2 Bb4 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Ne4 8.
Qe3 $5 {'Boggie' gives a new twist to the Queen's Indian.} O-O 9. Nd2 Nf6 10.
b3 d5 11. Bb2 Nbd7 12. Qg5 Re8 13. e3 h6 14. Qg3 Rc8 15. Bd3 Qe7 16. cxd5 exd5
17. O-O Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bb5 Red8 20. a4 ({White keeps a positional
advantage by} 20. Rac1 Nf6 21. Bc6) 20... Nf6 21. Ba3 Qe6 22. Bc4 Bd5 23. Ba6
Rb8 24. b4 c6 25. b5 cxb5 26. Bxb5 Bb7 27. Rfc1 Nd5 28. h3 Rbc8 29. Bc4 Rc6 30.
Bxd5 Qxd5 31. Rxc6 Bxc6 32. Be7 Rc8 33. Bf6 g6 34. Be5 Qe6 35. Rc1 Kh7 36. Bb8
Bxa4 37. Rxc8 Qxc8 38. Bxa7 Qb7 39. Bb8 Qd7 40. Bc7 b5 41. Ba5 Bb3 42. Qb8 f6
43. Bb4 Bc4 44. Qf8 Qf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "1.Internationales Turnier"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Reti, Richard"]
[Black "Kraemer, Adolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 c6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Bg4 ({Less passivity brings} 8... Nbd7 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. e4 Nb6 11. Bb3 Bg4 {
(Anderssen-Barbero, Novi Sad 1990).}) 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nbd7 11. Rd1 e6 12.
e4 Qe7 13. a4 Nb6 14. b3 Rfd8 15. Ba3 Qc7 16. e5 Nxc4 17. bxc4 Ne8 18. Ne4 c5
$2 {Black gives away a pawn.} 19. Nxc5 b6 20. Nb7 $1 Rdc8 21. c5 Qc6 22. Qxc6
Rxc6 23. Rac1 Bh6 24. Rb1 Nc7 25. Rb3 Nd5 26. Rdb1 Bd2 27. Rd1 Bg5 28. Nd6 Bd8
29. Nc4 bxc5 30. dxc5 Ra6 31. Bc1 Be7 32. Ne3 Rxa4 33. Nxd5 exd5 34. Rxd5 Ra1
35. Rc3 Bg5 36. Rd1 Rc8 37. Kf1 Bxc1 38. Rdxc1 Rxc1+ 39. Rxc1 Kf8 40. Ke2 Ke7
41. Kd3 Kd7 42. Kc4 Kc6 43. Ra1 Kb7 44. Rd1 Rc7 45. Rd6 Kc8 46. c6 Re7 47. f4
g5 48. g3 Kc7 49. Kc5 a5 50. Kb5 h5 51. h4 gxh4 52. gxh4 a4 53. Kxa4 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "1.Internationales Turnier"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Saemisch, Fritz"]
[Black "Seitz, Jakob"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E57"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c5 4. e3 e6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 cxd4 7. exd4 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Qc7 11. Qe2 a6 12. Be3 Bd7 13. Rac1 Rac8 14. Ba2
Qa5 15. Red1 Nd8 $2 ({Correct is} 15... Rfd8) 16. Ne5 Be8 $4 17. b4 $1 Qc7 18.
Nd5 $1 {Again Sämisch wins quickly by grave errors of the opponent.} Nxd5 19.
Rxc7 Rxc7 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Qf3 Rc3 22. Ra1 Nc6 23. Qxd5 Nxe5 24. dxe5 h6 25.
Qd4 Rb3 26. Qc4 Ba4 27. Qc7 Re8 28. Qxb7 Bb5 29. h3 Bf8 30. a4 Be2 31. b5 Rxe5
32. bxa6 Bc4 33. Rc1 Re7 34. Qxe7 Bxe7 35. Rxc4 Rb8 36. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "1.Internationales Turnier"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Black "Van Nüss, Alfred"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 $6 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Ne5 Qd6 ({
A pawn costs} 7... Bh7 $2 8. Qf3 Nf6 9. Qb3) 8. d4 Nd7 9. Nxg6 Qxg6 10. Bf4
Qe6+ 11. Be2 Qd5 12. Qd2 Nb6 13. b3 e6 14. c4 Qd7 15. Ne4 Be7 16. Qc3 Nf6 17.
Nc5 Qc8 18. Qg3 Nbd7 19. Qe3 $6 (19. Rd1 {keeps the pressure.}) 19... Nf8 $2 ({
Black can equalise by} 19... Nxc5 20. dxc5 O-O) 20. h5 N8d7 21. Bf3 Bxc5 22.
dxc5 e5 23. Bxe5 O-O 24. Bxf6 Nxf6 25. O-O-O Qc7 26. Rd6 Rfd8 27. Rhd1 Ne8 28.
R6d4 Rxd4 29. Qxd4 Qa5 30. Kb2 Nf6 31. a3 Qc7 32. Qd6 Rc8 33. b4 a5 34. Re1
axb4 35. axb4 Qd7 36. Qxd7 Nxd7 37. Bg4 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "1.Internationales Turnier"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Colle, Edgar"]
[Black "Saemisch, Fritz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 cxd4 6. exd4 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Bg5
Be7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Qe2 Nd5 11. Bxe7 Ncxe7 $1 {Black defends himself properly
with prophylactic means.} 12. Ng5 f5 13. f4 h6 14. Nh3 Qc7 15. Rae1 Rae8 16.
Nc4 Nf6 17. Ne5 Ne4 18. Bb5 Rd8 19. Qc4 Qxc4 20. Bxc4 Nd2 21. Rf2 Nxc4 22. Nxc4
Nc8 23. Rd2 Kf7 24. Ne3 d5 25. g4 Nd6 26. gxf5 exf5 27. Rg2 Rde8 28. Kf2 Re4
29. Reg1 Rg8 30. Kf3 Re6 31. Nf2 Ba6 32. h4 Nc4 33. Nfd1 Nxe3 34. Nxe3 Bd3 35.
Rg3 g6 36. Rd1 Be4+ 37. Kf2 Rc8 38. Nf1 b5 39. Re1 a5 40. a3 b4 {At last Black
can take action in the endgame with a minority attack.} 41. axb4 axb4 42. cxb4
Rb8 43. Rb3 Reb6 44. Ree3 Rxb4 45. Nd2 Kf6 46. Rec3 g5 47. hxg5+ hxg5 48. Rc6+
Kg7 49. Ra3 $2 ({The exchanges} 49. Rxb4 Rxb4 50. fxg5 Rxb2 51. Ke2 {draw 
(Michel).}) 49... gxf4 50. b3 R8b7 51. Ra1 Rxd4 52. Rg1+ Kf7 53. Rh6 Re7 54.
Nf3 Bxf3 55. Rh7+ Kf6 56. Rxe7 Kxe7 57. Kxf3 Kf6 58. Ra1 Ke5 59. Rb1 Rb4 60.
Re1+ Re4 61. Rb1 d4 62. b4 d3 63. b5 Kd4 64. b6 d2 ({The pointe is} 64... d2
65. b7 Re8) 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "1.Internationales Turnier"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Johner, Paul"]
[Black "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D51"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. a3 Be7 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4
O-O 9. Nf3 b5 10. Ba2 a6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Qe2 c5 13. Rfd1 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15.
Bxe7 Qxe7 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Rd4 e5 18. Rd2 Bd3 19. Qd1 e4 $5 20. Ne1 Rad8 $5 (
20... Bc4 21. b4 Bxa2 22. Raxa2 Na4 {draws easily.}) 21. b4 Na4 22. Nxd3 {
Spielmann wanted to attack in a dull position. He seems to have overreached
himself.} exd3 $2 ({But a subtle way to equality is} 22... Qf6 $1 23. Ne5 Rxd2
24. Qxd2 Qxe5) 23. Qb3 Qf6 24. Rc1 g6 25. Rxd3 Rxd3 26. Qxd3 Rd8 27. Qc2 Nc3
28. Bb3 Rc8 29. Re1 Qd6 30. e4 Kg7 31. f3 $2 (31. e5 {keeps the advantage.})
31... a5 32. e5 Qd4+ 33. Qf2 Ne2+ $1 34. Kf1 Qxf2+ 35. Kxf2 Nd4 36. Re3 axb4
37. axb4 Nxb3 38. Rxb3 Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "1.Internationales Turnier"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kraemer, Adolf"]
[Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 g6 8. O-O
Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. a3 Qh4 11. Nd2 Bg4 12. f3 Bd7 13. Bf2 Qe7 14. b4 a6 15. Qb3
Rae8 16. Rfe1 Qd8 17. Rad1 Rxe2 $6 {Black opens the cramped position of the
Alekhine with a positional sacrifice.} ({More solid is} 17... Ne7) 18. Bxe2
Nxd4 19. Qd3 c5 20. Bf1 Be6 21. Rc1 Nd7 22. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 23. Kh1 Ne5 24. Qe4 b6
25. Qf4 Bb2 26. Rcd1 {Bogoljubow plays too optimistic.} Bxa3 $2 ({White's next
move is prevented by} 26... f5) 27. Ne4 $1 g5 $6 ({After} 27... Nd7 28. Rxd6
Bxb4 29. Red1 {White will triumph.}) 28. Nf6+ Kg7 29. Qxg5+ Ng6 30. Nh5+ Kh8
31. Qh6 Rg8 32. bxc5 Bxc5 33. Qc1 Qh4 34. Qc3+ Ne5 35. Rxe5 dxe5 36. Qxe5+ f6
37. Qxe6 Bd4 38. Rxd4 Qxd4 39. Qxf6+ Qxf6 40. Nxf6 Ra8 41. Nd5 a5 42. Nxb6 a4
43. Nxa4 Rxa4 44. Kg1 Ra2 45. Bd3 Kg7 46. h4 h6 47. Kh2 Kf6 48. Kg3 Ke5 49. Be4
Kd4 50. Bd5 Ke5 51. Kh3 Rc2 52. g3 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "1.Internationales Turnier"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Seitz, Jakob"]
[Black "Reti, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 $5 Bb4 6. Nxe5 Qg5 $5 {Black
chooses a little known move in the Ruy Lopez.} 7. d4 ({Theory is} 7. Nf3 Qxg2
8. Rg1 Qh3 9. Rxg7 $5 Bg4 10. Ng1 Bxd1 11. Nxh3 Bxc2 {(Tselikov-Rabinovich,
Moscow 1920).}) 7... Qxg2 8. Qf3 Qxf3 9. Nxf3 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Re8 12.
Nd2 c5 13. a3 cxd4 14. axb4 dxc3 15. bxc3 Bd7 16. f3 Nd5 17. Kf2 $2 {The pawn
sacrifice has little use.} ({Better is} 17. Bb2 Nf4 18. Nb3) 17... Nxc3 18. Bb2
Na4 19. Bd4 f6 20. Rg1 Kf7 21. Nb3 Rad8 22. Nc5 Bc8 23. Nb3 Nb6 24. Bxb6 cxb6
25. Rgd1 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Be6 27. Nd4 Rc8 28. Rb1 g5 29. Rb2 Rc3 30. Ne2 Ra3 31.
Rb1 Ke7 32. Rd1 Ra2 33. Nd4 Rb2 34. b5 a5 35. Kg3 a4 36. Rd3 Rb4 37. h4 gxh4+
38. Kxh4 Bd7 39. c3 Rc4 40. Nc2 Bxb5 41. Re3 Bd7 42. Na3 Rc8 43. Kg3 b5 44. f4
Rxc3 45. Rxc3 b4 46. Rd3 bxa3 47. Rxa3 b5 48. Ra1 b4 49. Rb1 a3 50. Ra1 Be6 51.
f5 Bf7 52. Kf4 a2 53. e5 fxe5+ 54. Kxe5 b3 55. f6+ Kd7 56. Rd1+ Kc7 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "1.Internationales Turnier"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Black "Seitz, Jakob"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. Nf3 Qa5 7. Nd2 dxc4 8.
Bxf6 Nxf6 9. Nxc4 Qc7 10. g3 Be7 11. Bg2 O-O 12. O-O Bd7 {Finally Black
diverts from Eiwe-Seitz, Hastings 1923.} 13. Rc1 Rfd8 14. Qe2 Be8 15. Rfd1 Rac8
16. e4 b5 17. Ne3 b4 18. Na4 Qa5 19. b3 c5 20. Nc4 $1 Qa6 $2 ({Troubles avoids
} 20... Qb5 21. Nxc5 Bxc5 22. dxc5 Qxc5) 21. Nxc5 Bxc5 22. dxc5 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1
Rxc5 24. Qd2 $1 Qb5 25. Qd8 h6 26. e5 Rxe5 27. Nxe5 Qxe5 28. Bc6 Kf8 29. Qc8
Qc5 30. Rd8 Qe7 31. Bxe8 Nxe8 32. Rd7 Qg5 33. Rxa7 Qd2 34. Qb7 Qd1+ 35. Kg2 Nd6
36. Ra8+ 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "1.Internationales Turnier"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Reti, Richard"]
[Black "Colle, Edgar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bc4 c6 $5 5. dxc6 Nxc6 6. d4 $6 (6. Nf3 Bg4
7. O-O {keeps the extra pawn.}) 6... e5 $1 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qxd4
10. Bb5 e4 11. Qe2 Bd6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Be3 Qe5 14. Bxc6 bxc6 ({A fine
alternative is} 14... Bb4 15. Bd2 bxc6) 15. O-O-O Rfb8 16. Qd2 Bb4 $2 (16...
Nd5 17. Bd4 Qf5 {holds a positional advantage.}) 17. Bf4 Ba3 (17... Bxc3 18.
Bxe5 Bxd2+ 19. Rxd2 Rb5 20. Bxf6 gxf6 {is a lesser evil.}) 18. Qd8+ ({White
can play} 18. bxa3 $1 Qa5 19. Nb1 {(Michel)} Qb5 20. Qb4) 18... Rxd8 19. Bxe5
Be7 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Re1 Bb4 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Rxe4 Bc5 {Exchange leads to a
lost rook ending.} 24. Nd1 Rd5 25. Ne3 Rg5 26. Rg4 h5 27. Rxg5+ fxg5 28. Kd2
Kg7 29. Kd3 Kf6 30. Ke4 Ke6 31. g4 hxg4 32. hxg4 Bd6 33. Nc4 Bc7 34. f3 f6 35.
Ne3 Be5 36. b3 Bf4 37. Nf5 Be5 38. Nd4+ Kd6 39. Ne2 Ke6 40. f4 gxf4 41. Nxf4+
Kd6 42. Kf5 Bc3 43. Nh5 Ke7 44. Ng3 Be5 45. Ne4 Bb2 46. a4 a5 47. c3 c5 48.
Nxf6 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "1.Internationales Turnier"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Black "Kraemer, Adolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C29"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. d3 Qe7 $5 {Theoretical
moves have led to a cramped position for Black.} 7. O-O O-O-O 8. Nd5 Nxd5 9.
exd5 Nd4 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. fxe5 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 dxe5 13. Be3 ({Avoids} 13. Qxf7
Bc5+ 14. Kh1 Qxf7 15. Rxf7 Rhf8) 13... f6 14. c4 Kb8 15. Qf2 Qa4 16. a3 {
Krämer decides to counterattack against Spielmann's attack.} Rc8 $5 ({Black
starts a counteraction on the kingside with} 16... Be7 $1 17. b3 $1 Qa5 18. b4
Qa4 19. Qf3 h5) 17. Rfb1 c6 18. b3 Qa5 19. b4 Qa4 20. dxc6 Rxc6 21. c5 Be7 22.
d4 exd4 23. Bxd4 Rd8 24. Kh1 $6 (24. Qg3+ Rc7 25. Bf2 {continues the attack.})
24... Rc7 25. Be3 Rcd7 26. Qe2 Ka8 27. h3 Rd3 28. Re1 Bf8 29. Bf4 g5 $4 ({
Correct is} 29... R3d7) 30. Bc7 Rd2 31. Qe6 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "1.Internationales Turnier"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van Nüss, Alfred"]
[Black "Johner, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 d5 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Qb6 6. Qc1 Ne4 7. Bf4 Bd6 8. Bxd6
Qxd6 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. dxc5 Qxc5 12. Nd2 f5 13. Nb3 Qb6 14. Be2 O-O
15. O-O Ne5 16. Rd1 Bd7 17. c4 Ba4 18. c5 Qc7 19. Rd4 Bc6 20. Qc3 Bd5 21. Rc1
Rf6 $5 {Suddenly Black switches the fight to the kingside.} 22. Nd2 Raf8 $5 {
The change of the battlefield leads to a complete confusion of Van Nüss.} 23.
Rxd5 $2 (23. Nc4 $1 Nxc4 24. Bxc4 Qxc5 25. Bxd5 Qxc3 26. Bxe6+ Rxe6 27. Rxc3 {
draws easily.}) 23... exd5 24. f4 exf3 25. Nxf3 Re8 26. Qd4 Ng4 27. Rc3 f4 $6
28. Qxd5+ Kh8 29. e4 Ne3 30. Qh5 Ref8 31. Bd3 Rh6 32. Qe5 Qd7 33. Qd4 Qxd4 34.
Nxd4 Rg6 35. Bf1 Rd8 36. Rd3 Nxf1 37. Kxf1 Ra6 38. a3 Ra4 39. b4 a5 40. Ke2
axb4 41. axb4 Rxb4 42. Nc2 Rxe4+ 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "1.Internationales Turnier"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Colle, Edgar"]
[Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. dxe5
{Such odd moves were made in the early days of the King's Indian. Actually,
the move is solid.} dxe5 9. Qc2 c6 10. b3 Re8 11. Ba3 Bf8 12. Bb2 Qc7 13. Rad1
Nc5 14. b4 Ncd7 15. c5 a5 16. a3 axb4 17. axb4 b6 18. Na4 bxc5 19. bxc5 Qa5 20.
Nb6 Rb8 21. Nc4 Qa2 22. Ra1 Qb3 23. Qxb3 $6 Rxb3 24. Nfxe5 Nxe5 25. Bxe5 Nxe4
26. Na5 Nxc5 27. f4 Re3 28. Bf3 Ba6 29. Rfd1 Be2 30. Re1 $2 (30. Bxe2 Rxe2 31.
Nxc6 {achieves equality.}) 30... Rxf3 $1 31. gxf3 Bxf3 32. Bd4 Rd8 33. Bf6 Rd2
34. Re3 Bd5 35. Re8 Nd7 36. Bc3 Rd3 $2 (36... Rg2+ 37. Kf1 Rxh2 $19) 37. Rc1 f5
38. Rd8 Be4 39. Nc4 Kf7 40. Rxd7+ Rxd7 41. Ne5+ Ke6 42. Nxd7 Kxd7 43. Rd1+ Bd5
44. Kf2 Bd6 45. Ke3 g5 46. fxg5 Bxh2 47. Bd4 Ke6 48. Kf2 Kf7 49. Ra1 Kg6 50.
Ra7 Kxg5 51. Rxh7 Bd6 52. Rd7 Bb4 53. Rb7 c5 54. Rb5 cxd4 55. Rxd5 Bc3 56. Kf3
Kf6 57. Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "1.Internationales Turnier"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kraemer, Adolf"]
[Black "Van Nüss, Alfred"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bf5 3. d3 Nf6 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O Bd6 8. Qb3
Qc7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Rac1 Qb6 12. Qc2 $6 {The exchange of queens
avoids difficulties.} Rfe8 13. Rfe1 h6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. e4 dxe4 16. dxe4 Bh7
17. Rcd1 Rad8 18. Nd2 Bb4 19. Nc4 Qc7 20. f3 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 b5 22. Nd2 Qb6+ 23.
Kh1 c5 24. a3 Bxc3 25. Qxc3 Rd8 26. Rc1 c4 27. a4 a6 28. axb5 axb5 29. b3 cxb3
30. Nxb3 b4 31. Qc4 Kh8 32. Ra1 Bg8 33. Qe2 Nd7 34. Ra6 $6 Qc7 35. Na5 $2 Nc5 (
35... Nc5 36. Nc6 Nxa6 37. Nxd8 b3 $1 $19) 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "1.Internationales Turnier"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Saemisch, Fritz"]
[Black "Reti, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E24"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

{When this game begins, Réti has scored 5 1/2 / 7 and Sämisch 5 / 6.} 1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 {This variation was named after
Sämisch, because he defeated Réti and Capablanca with it.} d6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3
e5 8. Ne2 {Although the moves seem tame, the two-edged pawn structure of the
Sämisch develops.} Nbd7 9. Qc2 Nb6 10. e4 Qe8 11. f3 Be6 12. d5 Bd7 13. Bg5 Ba4
14. Qb1 Nfd7 15. Be3 c6 16. Ng3 cxd5 17. exd5 $1 e4 $5 {Black wants to stop
the white attack in its tracks.} ({A fine positional choice is} 17... Qc8 $1
18. Bxh7+ Kh8) 18. fxe4 ({Avoids} 18. Bxe4 $2 f5 $1) 18... Ne5 19. Nf5 Nbxc4
20. Bxc4 Nxc4 21. Bd4 {White loses his plus during the next moves.} ({More
pressure exerts} 21. Bf4 $1 Rd8 22. Qd3 b5 23. O-O) 21... f6 22. Ra2 Bd7 23.
Ng3 b6 24. O-O Qg6 25. Qc1 Rae8 26. Qf4 Ne5 27. h3 h6 28. Kh2 Qg5 29. Qxg5 hxg5
30. Bxe5 Rxe5 31. c4 Rc8 {Black has to win a slightly better endgame under
time pressure.} 32. Rc2 Rc5 33. Rc3 Re8 34. Rfc1 Kf7 35. Kg1 Rec8 $6 36. Kf2 $6
({Both players have missed} 36. e5 $1 dxe5 37. Ne4) 36... g6 37. Ke3 f5 $6 38.
Kd4 f4 $2 {Black loses control over the centre.} 39. Nf1 Kf6 40. Nd2 Rh8 $6 ({
The last chance gives} 40... g4 41. hxg4 Bxg4 42. g3 g5 {but} 43. Rh1 $1 {
seems to win for White.}) 41. Re1 Re8 42. Nf3 Rcc8 43. e5+ $1 dxe5+ 44. Nxe5
Bf5 45. Rcc1 Re7 46. Ng4+ Kf7 (46... Bxg4 47. hxg4 Rce8 48. Rxe7 Rxe7 49. a4 $1
Re2 50. a5 $18) 47. Nh6+ Kf6 48. Rxe7 Kxe7 49. Re1+ Kd7 50. Nf7 Rc5 51. Rc1 Ra5
52. Rc3 Ra4 53. Ke5 f3 54. gxf3 Bxh3 55. Kf6 b5 56. c5 Rf4+ 57. Kxg6 Kc8 58. c6
g4 59. fxg4 Bxg4 60. d6 Bh5+ 61. Kxh5 Rxf7 62. Re3 Rf8 63. Kg6 a5 64. Kg7 Rd8
65. d7+ Kc7 66. Re8 b4 67. axb4 axb4 68. Rxd8 Kxd8 69. Kf7 {Sämisch wins an
exciting game and the tournament.} (69. Kf7 b3 70. Ke6 b2 71. Kd6 b1=Q 72. c7#)
1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "1.Internationales Turnier"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Seitz, Jakob"]
[Black "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. Nf3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2
O-O 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. Be2 Re8 11. O-O e5 12. a3 Bf8 13. cxd5 exd4 14. Nb3 Qd8
15. Nxd4 Nxd5 16. Rad1 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Qf6 18. Bf3 Qe5 19. Ne2 Bd6 20. Qxe5 Bxe5
21. Rd2 Be6 22. Nd4 Rad8 23. Rfd1 Bc8 24. Ne2 Rxd2 25. Rxd2 Kf8 26. Kf1 Ke7 27.
Nc3 Rd8 28. Rxd8 Kxd8 29. Be4 h6 30. f4 Bxc3 31. bxc3 {White has to protect
weaknesses in the bishop ending.} Kc7 32. Ke2 Kb6 33. Kd2 Be6 34. Bd3 Kc5 35.
g3 Bc4 36. Bb1 b5 37. Bc2 a5 38. Bb1 Kd6 39. Kc1 c5 40. Kb2 Bf1 41. Be4 Ke6 42.
Kc1 f5 43. Bb7 Kd7 44. Kd2 Kc7 45. Bf3 Kd6 46. Kc2 Bc4 47. Kb2 Bd5 48. Be2 c4
49. Bh5 Be4 50. Bf7 Kc5 51. Bg6 Bd3 52. Bf7 b4 53. cxb4+ axb4 54. axb4+ Kxb4
55. Bh5 c3+ 56. Kc1 {White's position looks horrible, but he can hold his
fortress.} Be4 57. Bd1 Kc4 58. Be2+ Kd5 59. Bd1 Bd3 60. Bf3+ Kd6 61. Bd1 Kc5
62. Bh5 Kd5 63. Bf3+ Kc5 64. Bd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "1.Internationales Turnier"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Black "Saemisch, Fritz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E38"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. e3 b6 8. a3
Bb7 9. Be2 Rc8 10. O-O Bd6 $5 11. Rd1 Bb8 12. Nb5 Qe7 13. b4 a6 14. Nbd4 O-O
15. Bb2 h6 16. Rac1 d6 17. Qb3 Rfd8 18. a4 a5 19. bxa5 bxa5 20. Bc3 Ne4 $1 {
Black equalises with the temporary sacrifice of a pawn.} 21. Nxc6 Bxc6 22. Bxa5
Bc7 23. Bxc7 ({White makes no progress after} 23. Bb4 Nc5 24. Bxc5 dxc5 25. Ra1
) 23... Qxc7 24. Ra1 Nc5 25. Qc2 Ra8 26. a5 e5 27. a6 Be4 28. Qc3 Rxa6 29. Rxa6
Nxa6 30. Nd2 Bc6 31. Nb3 f6 32. Ra1 Ra8 33. f3 Nc5 34. Nxc5 Rxa1+ 35. Qxa1 dxc5
36. Kf2 Kf7 37. h4 g6 38. Qb1 Qb7 39. Qd3 Qd7 40. Qa3 Qe7 41. Qa6 Bd7 42. Qb6
Be6 43. g3 Kg7 44. Ke1 f5 45. Qb8 Bf7 46. Kd2 g5 47. hxg5 hxg5 48. Qb2 Qd6+ 49.
Ke1 Kf8 50. Qb7 f4 51. Qc8+ Ke7 52. gxf4 gxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "1.Internationales Turnier"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Johner, Paul"]
[Black "Kraemer, Adolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

{No further details are known about this game.}  1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "1.Internationales Turnier"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Black "Colle, Edgar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 {This opening has become popular by Steiner-Alekhine, Budapest 1921.
Spielmann chooses the most aggressive approach.} 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6
5. f4 Bf5 6. Nc3 e6 7. Be3 dxe5 8. fxe5 Nc6 9. Be2 Be7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. O-O f6
12. Nh4 $5 ({Known is} 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Qd2) 12... fxe5 13. Nxf5 exf5 14. d5
$1 Nd4 15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Qxd4 Nd7 17. Na4 $5 ({Usual will become} 17. Kh1 {
(Znosk Borovsky - Colle, Paris 1929).}) 17... b5 $5 {Black sacrifices a pawn
for the initiative.} 18. cxb5 Bd6 19. Rae1 Qe7 20. Bd3 $6 (20. Kh1 Ne5 21. Bd1
$1 {consolidates correctly.}) 20... Ne5 21. Kh1 f4 $1 {The attack on the
kingside has to be stopped.} 22. Re2 $2 ({White has to retreat the bishop:} 22.
Be2 $1 Rae8 23. Bh5 g6 24. Bg4 Qh4 25. Be6+ Rxe6 $1 26. dxe6 Ng4 {Now another
temporary withdrawal is needed:} 27. Qg1 $1 f3 $1 28. g3 Qg5 29. e7 $1 Bxe7 30.
h4 $1 Qxb5 31. Rxe7 Qxa4 32. Qc5 {The queen recurs successfully.}) 22... Rae8
23. Nc3 Qh4 $1 24. Ne4 Ng4 {Colle plays beautifuly.} 25. h3 $2 ({The last
chance provides} 25. Qg1 $1 Nxh2 $1 26. Qxh2 Qxh2+ 27. Kxh2 f3+ 28. Nxd6 fxe2
29. Nxe8 exf1=N+ 30. Bxf1 Rxe8 31. Bc4) 25... f3 $1 26. Rxf3 Rxf3 27. Nf6+ Kf7
0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "1.Internationales Turnier"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Van Nüss, Alfred"]
[Black "Seitz, Jakob"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 c5 4. e3 e6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 a5 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O O-O
9. Re1 Kh8 10. b3 Bd7 11. Bb2 Qb8 $2 12. Rc1 $2 ({Both sides miss} 12. dxc5
dxc4 13. Bxc4 Bxc5 14. Na4) 12... b6 13. Qe2 Rd8 14. Bb1 Be8 15. Red1 cxd4 16.
exd4 Bd6 17. g3 Bf8 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Qd3 Qb7 20. Re1 g6 21. Ne5 Bg7 22. f4 Kg8
23. Rf1 Bd7 24. Nxc6 Qxc6 25. Qd2 Qd6 26. f5 Bc6 27. fxg6 hxg6 28. Rce1 Re8 29.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Re1 Re6 31. Rxe6 Qxe6 32. Ne2 Bh6 33. Nf4 Qg4 34. Bc2 Bxf4 35.
Qxf4 Qxf4 36. gxf4 Ne4 37. Kg2 f5 38. Kf3 b5 39. Bc1 Kf7 40. Be3 Ke6 41. Ke2 a4
42. Kd3 Be8 43. Bd1 Kd6 44. Kc2 Kc6 45. Kb2 Kb6 46. Bf3 Kc6 47. Kc2 Kd6 48. Bc1
Bc6 49. Be2 Kc7 50. Bb2 Kb6 51. Bc3 Nf6 52. Be1 Ne4 53. Bh4 Kb7 54. Be7 Be8 55.
Kb2 Bc6 56. bxa4 bxa4 57. Kc2 Kb6 58. Bd8+ Kb7 59. Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Kissingen"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1928.08.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Black "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A52"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1928.??.12"]

{Capablanca lost the world championship in 1927. He returned to tournament
chess the next year. His successor Alekhine avoided him. The other chess stars
took part in Bad Kissingen from 12 until 25 ix 1928. They played in the
Regentenbau.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. e4 d6 $6 5. exd6 Bxd6 6. Be2 f5
$6 7. exf5 Qe7 $2 8. Nf3 $2 {Tartakower has played the Budapest awfully.} ({He
has calculated} 8. c5 $1 Bxc5 9. Qa4+ Nc6 10. Qxg4 Nd4 $5 {but} 11. Qh5+ $1 g6
$5 12. fxg6 {wins for White.}) 8... Bxf5 9. Bg5 Nf6 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Nd5 Qf7 12.
O-O O-O-O 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 c6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qxf6 $2 {Black gets an
unexpected chance.} ({The sacrifice of a piece by} 16. Qxa7 $1 {proceeds the
attack successfully.}) 16... Qxf6 $2 ({Right is} 16... Qg6 $1 {(Euwe).}) 17.
Nxf6 Be5 18. Bg4 Bxf6 $5 19. Bxf5+ Kc7 20. Rad1 $1 Bxb2 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Bxh7
Rd4 23. g3 Rxc4 24. h4 b5 25. Kg2 a5 26. h5 Bg7 27. f4 Bh6 28. Re1 Ra4 29. Bg8
Rd4 30. Re7+ Rd7 31. Rxd7+ Kxd7 32. Kf3 c5 33. g4 c4 34. g5 Bf8 35. h6 a4 36.
f5 Kc6 37. h7 Bg7 38. f6 c3 39. Ke2 Bh8 40. f7 1-0

[Event "Bad Kissingen"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1928.08.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Yates, Frederick"]
[Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C86"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1928.??.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Be7 6. O-O d6 7. c3 O-O 8. d4
Bd7 9. Bb3 Bg4 10. Rd1 Nd7 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nbd2 exd4 14. Nxd4 Bg5 15.
Nf1 Bxc1 16. Raxc1 Re8 17. Ng3 Nc5 18. Bd5 Ne7 19. Bb3 Nc6 20. f3 Nxd4 21. Rxd4
Ne6 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. e5 d5 24. Qe3 c5 25. Rd2 Qa5 26. a3 Re7 27. h4 Rf8 28.
Rf1 Be8 29. f4 Bb5 30. Rf3 Bc6 31. Rff2 Rfe8 32. h5 $1 Rd7 33. h6 {Black has
an advantage on the queenside. White attacks on the kingside.} d4 $6 ({Better
is} 33... g6 34. f5 d4 $1 35. Qg5 Qd8) 34. Qd3 $2 ({Bogoljubow had planned} 34.
cxd4 Red8 $5 {but} 35. Qb3 $1 Bd5 36. Qc3 $1 Qxc3 37. bxc3 {wins a pawn for
White.}) 34... g6 35. c4 $2 ({Correct is} 35. Ne4 Bxe4 36. Qxe4) 35... Qd8 $1
36. Rh2 Rf7 37. Rdf2 b5 $1 {Black has taken over the attack.} 38. b3 bxc4 39.
bxc4 Ref8 40. Qd2 Qb8 41. Nf1 Kh8 42. Rh3 Qb1 43. Kh2 Qe4 44. Rhf3 g5 45. Ng3
Qg6 46. Nh5 Bxf3 47. Rxf3 gxf4 48. Nf6 Qxh6+ 49. Rh3 Rxf6 50. Rxh6 Rxh6+ 51.
Kg1 Rg6 52. Qa5 f3 53. Qxc5 Rxg4+ 54. Kf1 Kg8 55. Qc6 Rg6 56. Kf2 d3 57. Qd7 d2
58. c5 Rg2+ 59. Kf1 f2 0-1

[Event "Bad Kissingen"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1928.08.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Reti, Richard"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D72"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1928.??.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. Ne2 Bg4 $5 8.
f3 Bd7 9. Nbc3 Qc8 $6 {Euwe plays too ultra modern.} 10. O-O Bh3 11. Be3 Bxg2
12. Kxg2 O-O 13. Qc1 Rd8 14. d5 c6 15. Bxb6 axb6 16. Qe3 cxd5 $2 (16... b5 17.
a3 Na6 {proceeds the manoeuvres around the centre.}) 17. Nxd5 Qc5 18. Qb3 Nc6
19. Rac1 Qa5 {The turning point of the game has been reached.} 20. a3 $4 (20.
Rxc6 $1 Rxd5 $1 {(Euwe)} 21. exd5 bxc6 22. dxc6 {gains an advantage.}) 20... e6
21. Ndc3 Rd2 22. Rf2 Rad8 23. Rc2 R2d3 24. Qb5 Rd2 25. Qxa5 bxa5 26. Rxd2 Rxd2
27. Nc1 Bxc3 $1 28. bxc3 Rd1 29. Rf1 Rd7 30. Rf2 (30. f4 $1 {(controls square
e5)} a4 $1 {opens square a5 for the knight manoeuvre to c4.}) 30... Ne5 $1 31.
Nb3 Nc4 32. f4 Rd3 33. Nc5 Rxc3 34. Nxb7 Rxa3 35. Kh3 Rb3 36. Rc2 Rxb7 37. Rxc4
Ra7 38. Ra4 Kf8 39. Kg4 Ke7 40. e5 Kd7 41. Kg5 h5 42. Rc4 a4 43. Kf6 a3 44. Rc1
a2 45. Ra1 Kc6 46. h3 Kd5 47. g4 h4 48. f5 exf5 49. gxf5 gxf5 50. Kxf5 Kd4 51.
Kg5 Kc3 52. Kxh4 Kb2 53. Rxa2+ Rxa2 54. Kg5 Kc3 0-1

[Event "Bad Kissingen"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1928.08.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1928.??.12"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 e6 6. e4 fxe4 7. Ng5 Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Ncxe4 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 Nc6 11. Bd2 Qe8 12. Bc3 Qg6 13. f4 h5 14. h4 Bb4 15.
Ng5 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Nd8 17. Be4 Bxe4 18. dxe4 d6 {The tactical phase begins.} 19.
f5 $1 exf5 20. Qd5+ Nf7 $1 21. exf5 $6 (21. Rxf5 $1 c6 $1 {(Bogoljubow)} 22.
Qe6 $1 Qxe6 23. Nxe6 Rfc8 24. Raf1 Ne5 25. Rxh5 Rab8 {leads to an unclear
position.}) 21... Qf6 22. Rae1 $6 (22. Ne6 $1 Qxc3 {(Tartakower)} 23. Qb3 $1
Qxb3 24. axb3 Rfc8 25. Ra6 {equalises.}) 22... Qxc3 $1 23. Nxf7 $2 {Euwe
breaks down.} (23. Kg2 $1 Qxc2+ 24. Rf2 Qc3 25. Re7 $1 c6 $1 26. Qd1 $1 {
fights for survival.}) 23... Qxg3+ $1 {Max had missed this move.} 24. Kh1 c6 $1
25. Nh6+ Kh7 $1 26. Qg2 Qxg2+ 27. Kxg2 Rf6 28. Ng4 hxg4 29. Kg3 Raf8 30. Kxg4
g6 31. Re7+ Kh6 32. Rxa7 Rxf5 33. Rxf5 Rxf5 34. Ra6 Rb5 35. a4 Ra5 0-1

[Event "Bad Kissingen"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1928.08.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Marshall, Frank"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "1928.??.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 c5 5. c3 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nc6 7. e3 O-O 8.
Bd3 d6 9. O-O h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Rc1 Bd7 12. a3 Kh7 13. h4 Bg4 $6 (13... Bg7
14. h5 e5 15. d5 Ne7 {defends properly.}) 14. Ng5+ $1 hxg5 15. Qxg4 gxh4 16. f4
(16. b4 $1 {attacks on all fronts.}) 16... d5 17. Nf3 e6 18. Ng5+ Bxg5 19. fxg5
Kg7 20. Rf6 $2 {Marshall shows too much ambition.} (20. Qxh4 Rh8 21. Qf4 Qe7 {
(Tartakower)} 22. Ba6 $1 {continues the attack.}) 20... Qd6 21. Rf3 $2 {The
pawn should be captured.} Rh8 22. Rcf1 Raf8 23. Rh3 Ne7 $1 24. Rxh4 Nf5 25.
Rxh8 Rxh8 26. Bxf5 $2 (26. Kf2 $1 {avoids the losing exchanges.}) 26... gxf5
27. Qf4 Qxf4 28. exf4 Rc8 $1 29. Rf3 Rc1+ 30. Kh2 Rd1 31. Rb3 Rxd4 $1 32. Rxb7
Rxf4 33. Rxa7 Rf2 34. b4 Rb2 35. Rb7 Ra2 36. Ra7 Kg6 $1 37. b5 d4 38. b6 Rb2
39. Ra4 Rxb6 40. Rxd4 Rb3 41. Ra4 Kxg5 42. Ra8 f4 43. a4 f3 44. Rg8+ Kh6 45.
gxf3 Rxf3 46. Rg3 Rf5 47. Rg4 Rc5 48. Rb4 Rc3 49. Kg2 Kg6 50. Kf2 f5 51. Ke2 e5
52. Kd2 Ra3 53. Kc2 f4 54. Kb2 Rh3 55. a5 f3 56. Kc2 Rh2+ 57. Kd3 Re2 58. Rb8
Kf7 59. Rb7+ Ke6 60. Rb6+ Kd5 61. a6 e4+ 62. Kc3 Ra2 63. Rb5+ Kc6 64. Rf5 Kb6
65. Kd4 Re2 66. Rf6+ Ka7 67. Kc5 f2 68. Kb5 Rb2+ 69. Ka5 Ra2+ 70. Kb5 e3 71.
Rf7+ Kb8 72. Kb6 Rb2+ 73. Ka5 Rb1 0-1

[Event "Bad Kissingen"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1928.08.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Black "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1928.??.12"]

1. e4 Nc6 $5 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 {Mieses wants to play a quiet game.}
exd5 5. Be3 Bf5 6. Bd3 Nge7 $5 7. Nge2 Nb4 $5 8. Bxf5 Nxf5 9. Bf4 g5 $1 {
Nimzowitsch continues to provoke.} 10. Bd2 Be7 11. Qc1 f6 12. Nd1 Nc6 13. c3
Nh4 $5 14. Ne3 Qd7 15. Qc2 f5 16. f4 $1 {The advance by Black has to be
stopped.} O-O-O 17. O-O-O Rhf8 18. Rdf1 Rde8 19. fxg5 Bxg5 20. Nf4 Ne7 21. Kb1
$2 (21. Nh3 $1 Bh6 22. Nd1 $1 {keeps the control over square f4.}) 21... Bxf4
$1 22. Rxf4 Neg6 23. Rf2 f4 24. Nd1 Qg4 25. Bc1 Nf5 $1 26. Rhf1 Nd6 27. h3 Qg5
28. Re2 Re4 29. Ref2 Rfe8 30. Qd3 $2 {The passivity will become fatal.} (30. g4
{counters on the kingside.}) 30... Nf5 31. Rg1 Ng3 $1 32. Bd2 Qf5 33. a3 Qe6
34. Ka1 Qc6 35. Qf3 h5 36. Ka2 Qc4+ 37. Ka1 $2 Nh4 {The restriction has been
completed. White loses his queen.} 0-1

[Event "Bad Kissingen"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1928.08.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Black "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D63"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1928.??.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Rc1 a6 8. cxd5
$1 exd5 9. Qb3 $5 c6 10. Bd3 Nh5 $2 {Black wastes time.} ({Right is} 10... Ne4
$1 {(Brach - Prokes, Brno 1921).}) 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. O-O Nhf6 13. Na4 Ne4 14.
Bxe4 Qxe4 15. Qb4 Qg6 16. Qe7 f6 17. Rc3 Qe8 18. Qd6 Rf7 19. Rfc1 Qf8 20. Qxf8+
Kxf8 {The underdeveloped queenside can be restricted by White despite the
exchanges.} 21. Ne1 $1 Ke8 22. Nd3 Rb8 23. f3 Re7 24. Kf2 Nf8 25. Rb3 Nd7 26.
g4 b5 $2 {Mieses has become desperate.} (26... Kd8 27. h4 Kc7 28. h5 h6 {
carries on the passive defence.}) 27. Nac5 Nb6 $2 28. Nb4 $1 Bb7 29. Nxb7 Rbxb7
30. Rxc6 a5 31. Rxb6 axb4 32. Rxb7 Rxb7 33. Rxb4 {Capablanca played an elegant
positional game.} 1-0

[Event "Bad Kissingen"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1928.08.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D63"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1928.??.12"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3
a6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O Re8 11. Qb3 h6 12. Bf4 Nh5 $4 13. Nxd5 $1 Nxf4 14. Nxf4
Bd6 {They have followed Marshall - Whitaker, New York 1913.} 15. Ne2 Qb6 16.
Nd2 Qxb3 17. Nxb3 Nf6 18. Nc5 Nd7 19. Ne4 Bf8 20. N2g3 g6 21. Rc2 Rd8 22. Bc4
Nb6 23. Bb3 a5 24. a3 a4 25. Ba2 Kg7 26. Rfc1 Nd5 27. Nc5 Nb6 28. Nd3 Bd7 29.
h4 h5 30. Ne5 Be8 31. Ne4 f6 32. Nd3 Bf7 33. Bxf7 Kxf7 34. Nec5 Ra7 35. Rb1 Nd7
36. Rc4 Nxc5 37. Nxc5 Bxc5 38. Rxc5 Ke6 39. Rbc1 Rd5 40. Rxd5 Kxd5 41. Rc5+ Kd6
42. Kf1 Ra6 43. Ke2 Rb6 44. Rc2 Rb3 45. Kd2 Ke6 46. Kc1 Kf5 47. Rc4 g5 48. hxg5
fxg5 49. Rxa4 Rb5 50. Rb4 Ra5 51. Rxb7 h4 52. Kd2 g4 53. Ke2 c5 54. Rh7 Kg5 55.
f4+ {Bogoljubow, Capablanca and Euwe led by 31/2 points.} 1-0

[Event "Bad Kissingen"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1928.08.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Black "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1928.??.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. e3 b5 6. a4 b4 7. Na2 e6 8. Bxc4
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 $5 ({Capa diverts from the known} 10. Qc2) 10... c5 11.
Bb2 Bb7 12. Nc1 Nc6 13. dxc5 Na5 14. Ne5 Nxc4 15. Nxc4 Bxc5 16. Nd3 Qd5 17. Nf4
$6 {White has developed his game well.} (17. f3 $1 {would have resulted in a
plus.}) 17... Qg5 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Rc1 Rfd8 20. Qh5 Rac8 21. Rfd1 g6 $1 22.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Qe5 $5 Be7 $1 24. h3 Rc5 $1 25. Qa1 Bf6 26. Rd1 $2 ({Right is
the timid} 26. Qb1 {(Tartakower).}) 26... Rd5 $1 27. Rxd5 exd5 28. Ne5 $2 {The
chess machine blunders a knight.} (28. Nb2 d4 $1 29. Qd1 {(Tartakower).} g5 $1
30. Nh5 dxe3 31. Nxf6+ Qxf6 32. fxe3 Bxg2 $1 {and Black wins a pawn.}) 28...
Qd6 29. Nfd3 Ba6 $1 30. Qe1 Bxe5 31. Nxe5 Qxe5 32. Qxb4 Bd3 33. Qc5 Qb8 34. b4
Qb7 35. b5 h5 36. Qc3 Bc4 37. e4 Qe7 38. exd5 Bxd5 39. a5 Qe4 {Spielmann
played an excellent game.} 0-1

[Event "Bad Kissingen"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1928.08.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D29"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1928.??.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 e6 6. O-O a6 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bb3
Bb7 9. a4 b4 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 cxd4 12. exd4 Be7 13. Nc4 O-O 14. Nce5 {
White has the initiative, but he cannot storm the black defence.} Nd5 15. a5
N7f6 16. Bd2 Rc8 17. Bc4 Qd6 18. Bd3 Bd8 19. Ra4 Be7 20. Raa1 Bd8 21. Qe1 Be7
22. Nc4 Qb8 23. Nfe5 Rfd8 24. Qe2 Qa7 $1 25. Be3 Nxe3 $6 {The first inaccuracy
is made.} 26. fxe3 Rf8 27. Nb6 Rc7 28. Rf1 Bd6 $2 {Black commits the first
error.} ({Better is} 28... Be4 29. Bxe4 Nxe4) 29. Rf2 $2 (29. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 30.
Qg4+ Kh8 31. Qh4 f5 32. Nbd7 $1 {wins for White.}) 29... Be7 $2 {He blunders
again.} ({Correct is} 29... Be4) 30. Raf1 Bd8 31. Rf4 $1 Nd5 (31... Be7 32. Bb1
$1 {and White starts a decisive attack.}) 32. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 33. Qh5+ Kg8 34.
Ng6 $1 {Bogoljubow put a lot of pressure on his opponent. He led one point
before Euwe.} 1-0

[Event "Bad Kissingen"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1928.08.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1928.??.12"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bxg2 8.
Kxg2 Bg7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bg5 Nc6 11. Nxc6 dxc6 12. Qxd8 Rfxd8 13. Rad1 Kf8 14.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 15. Bxf6 $2 (15. Rd1 Rxd1 16. Nxd1 {draws easily.}) 15... Bxf6 16.
Rd1 Ke8 17. Rxd8+ Kxd8 18. Nd1 Kd7 19. Kf3 Kd6 20. Ke3 Kc5 21. Kd3 Kb4 {The
inroad by the black king immobilises the white pieces.} 22. f4 $2 ({White
should play} 22. e4 {first and f4 might follow later.}) 22... e5 $1 23. e4 exf4
24. gxf4 {Pawn f4 has become another weakness.} Bg7 $1 25. e5 Bh6 26. Ne3 $1
Bxf4 27. Nc2+ Ka5 ({Capablanca notices} 27... Kc5 $4 28. b4# {naturally.}) 28.
Ke4 Bxh2 29. Nd4 Kb4 30. Nxc6+ Kxc4 31. Nd8 $1 {Euwe has created counter-play
at the cost of material.} Bxe5 $5 (31... h5 $1 32. Nxf7 Kc5 $1 {(Prins)} 33. e6
Kc6 {offers excellent winning chances.}) 32. Kxe5 Kd3 $2 ({Right is} 32... f5
$1 33. Ne6 Kd3 34. Nf8 {(Tartakower)} Ke3 $1 ({not} 34... Kc2 $2 35. b4 $1) ({
the complicated} 34... a5 $2 35. Nxh7 Kc2 36. b4 $1 a4 $1 37. Kd4 Kb2 38. a3 $1
Kxa3 39. Kc3 b5 40. Ng5 Ka2 41. Kc2 {draws}) 35. Ne6 Kf3 $1 36. Ng5+ Kg3 $1 37.
Nxh7 f4 38. Ng5 f3 {and Black will win a pawn ending on the queenside
eventually.}) 33. Nxf7 Kc2 34. b4 Kc3 35. b5 Kb4 36. Nd6 h5 37. Kf4 Kc5 38. Nc8
Kxb5 39. Nxa7+ Kb4 40. Nc8 b5 41. Ne7 Ka3 42. Nxg6 Kxa2 43. Ne5 {The game only
lasted one-and-a half hours. Capa was not interested in analysis and spoke
bored: "Oh, that knight business".} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Kissingen"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1928.08.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Black "Marshall, Frank"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A50"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1928.??.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Bg5 e6 5. Qc2 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 $5 7. e4 O-O $5 8.
e5 $5 Nd5 $1 9. Bg3 $6 (9. cxd5 Bxh4 10. Qe4 f5 11. Qf3 {gains a plus.}) 9...
Nb4 10. Qb3 d5 11. exd6 ({White avoids} 11. a3 $2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Bxg2 {
(Tartakower).}) 11... Bxd6 12. O-O-O $6 ({Black pieces are pushed back by} 12.
Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Nb5 Qe7 14. a3) 12... N8c6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. a3 Nxd4 $1 {Black
utilises his superior development.} (14... Qf4+ 15. Rd2 Rfd8 $1 16. Nh3 Nxd4 $1
17. Qxb4 a5 18. Qa4 Nb3+ $1 19. Qxb3 Qxd2+ {also leads to a strong attack.})
15. Rxd4 $2 ({The forced} 15. Qxb4 c5 16. Qa4 Bc6 17. Qa6 Qf4+ 18. Kb1 Qxf2 19.
Nge2 Rfd8 {brings constraint by Black (Tartakower).}) 15... Qxd4 16. axb4 Qxf2
17. Qd1 Rfd8 18. Qe2 Qf4+ 19. Kc2 a5 $1 20. bxa5 Rxa5 21. Nf3 Ra1 22. Kb3 b5
23. Qe5 bxc4+ 24. Kb4 Qc1 25. Nb5 c5+ {Marshall got the brilliancy prize for
this game.} 0-1

[Event "Bad Kissingen"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1928.08.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E22"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1928.??.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Bxc3+ $5 5. Qxc3 Ne4 6. Qc2 d5 $5 7. e3 c5
$5 8. dxc5 Nc6 $2 {Nimzo goes too far in his provocative moves.} ({Correct is} 
8... Qa5+ 9. Bd2 Qxc5 10. Rc1 $1 Nc6 $1 {(Tartakower).}) 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Bd2 $1
Qe7 11. Rc1 Qxc5 12. cxd5 Qxc2 13. Rxc2 exd5 {Akiba has a positional edge.} 14.
Bb5 $1 Bd7 15. Bxc6 $1 bxc6 (15... Bxc6 16. Nd4 Rac8 17. f3 {also leads to a
white advantage.}) 16. Ne5 Bf5 17. Nxc6 $5 Rfe8 (17... Nxf2 $5 18. Ne7+ Kh8 19.
Nxf5 Nxh1 20. Ke2 {favours White (Rubinstein).}) 18. Rc1 a5 19. f3 Nd6 20. Bxa5
$6 ({Right is} 20. Nxa5) 20... d4 $6 ({White gains less advantage by} 20... Nc4
$1 {(Rubinstein)} 21. Bc3 Rxa2 22. O-O $1) ({or} 20... Bd7 21. Bb4 Rxa2 22.
Bxd6 Bxc6 23. O-O $1 Bb7 24. Ba3) 21. Bb4 $1 Rxe3+ 22. Kf2 Rxa2 23. Bxd6 Rxb2+
24. Kg3 Bd7 25. Nxd4 h5 26. Rhe1 $1 g5 27. h3 Rd3 28. Rcd1 Rc3 29. Re7 Ba4 30.
Ra1 h4+ 31. Kg4 $1 Rc4 32. Be5 {Nimzowitsch lost two times in a row.} 1-0

[Event "Bad Kissingen"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1928.08.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1928.??.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Be7 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 O-O 8. d4
d6 9. h3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. cxd4 Bb7 12. O-O Re8 {Unconsciously the
players have followed Alekhine - Rotlewi, Karlsbad 1911.} 13. Rd1 $6 ({Better
is} 13. Nc3) 13... Bf8 $6 (13... Nxe4 $1 14. Bxe4 Bh4 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 {gains a
plus.}) 14. f3 g6 15. Bg5 Bg7 16. Nd2 c5 17. dxc5 Qc7 18. Nb3 dxc5 19. Qf2 Nd7
20. Rab1 Rac8 21. Be3 Re7 22. Nc1 Re6 23. Ne2 Rd6 24. Rxd6 Qxd6 25. Rd1 Qe7 26.
Bc1 $6 (26. Nc3 {equalises.}) 26... Nf8 27. Kh1 $6 Ne6 $1 28. Bb3 $6 c4 29. Bc2
b4 30. Bb1 $6 {White has played too passively before the time control.} Qc7 31.
f4 $6 c3 32. bxc3 bxc3 33. Bc2 Qc4 $1 34. f5 $6 {The weakening continues.} Nc5
35. f6 Bf8 36. e5 Qe6 37. Bf4 Qxh3+ 38. Kg1 Qg4 39. Be3 Qc4 40. Kh2 Ne6 41. Nc1
Qg4 42. Kg1 h5 43. Ne2 h4 44. Kh2 Qh5 45. Bf4 Bc5 46. Qf1 Nxf4 47. Nxf4 Qxe5 {
Bogoljubow led 11/2 points before Euwe and Capablanca.} 0-1

[Event "Bad Kissingen"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1928.08.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1928.??.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Ne4 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8.
Nxe4 Bxe4 9. Nd2 Bb7 10. Be2 Qg5 11. Bf3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nc6 13. Qg3 Qxg3 14.
hxg3 Ke7 15. g4 h6 16. a3 a6 17. Ke2 Rhb8 18. Ne4 b5 19. c5 d5 20. cxd6+ cxd6 {
Bogoljubow manages to lose this game.} 21. f4 $5 Rc8 22. f5 $6 {Bogoljubow
overestimates his chances.} ({Better is} 22. Rhc1 Na5 23. Nd2) 22... Na5 23.
Kd3 Nc4 24. Rab1 $2 (24. b3 $1 {(Prins)} d5 25. Nc5 Ne5+ 26. dxe5 Rxc5 27. Rhc1
Rac8 28. Rxc5 Rxc5 29. Rf1 {and White will survive.}) 24... d5 25. Nc3 Rc6 26.
fxe6 fxe6 27. g5 hxg5 28. Rh5 Kf6 29. Rh3 Rac8 30. Ne2 a5 31. Rf3+ Kg6 32. g4
$2 Nd6 $6 (32... e5 $1 {decides the game at once.}) 33. Nc3 b4 34. axb4 axb4
35. Nd1 Rc2 $1 36. Rf2 b3 $1 37. Ra1 Ne4 38. Re2 R8c6 39. Rb1 e5 40. Ra1 R6c4
41. Ra5 Nc5+ $1 {Black delivers mate in one.   Capablanca had reduced the lag
to half-a- point.} 0-1

[Event "Bad Kissingen"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1928.08.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1928.??.12"]

1. e3 $5 e5 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. e4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Bxc6 Bxc6
8. e5 Ne4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Ne2 Be7 11. Be3 Qxd4 12. Nxd4 Bd7 13. O-O O-O 14.
Rfe1 c5 15. Ne2 f5 16. exf6 gxf6 $6 17. Nf4 Rf7 $6 18. Rad1 Bf8 19. Rd2 Re8 20.
h3 Bc6 21. Red1 Rc7 $6 22. Nd5 Rf7 23. Bf4 Rc8 24. Ne3 f5 25. Nc4 {White
controls the position.} Rf6 26. Na5 Be8 27. Rd8 Rxd8 28. Rxd8 Kf7 29. Rb8 $5 {
Nimzo wants to gain more than pawn b7.} b6 30. Nc4 Re6 31. Rb7+ Re7 $6 32. Nd6+
Ke6 33. Rb8 $5 Bh6 $3 {Black gives a pawn and gets a fair ending.} 34. Bxh6
Kxd6 35. Bf8 Kc7 36. Ra8 Kb7 37. Rxa7+ Kxa7 38. Bxe7 Kb7 39. Kh2 $1 c4 $2 {
Tarrasch should utilise the feature of the bishops of a different colour.} (
39... Bb5 $1 40. Kg3 Bf1 {counters timely (Averbakh).}) 40. Kg3 Kc8 41. Kf4 Kd7
42. Bb4 Ke6 43. Bc3 Bd7 44. g3 b5 45. Kg5 Kf7 46. h4 Bc8 47. Kh6 Kg8 48. b3
cxb3 49. cxb3 f4 50. gxf4 Bd7 51. Kg5 Kf7 52. f5 Bc6 53. Kf4 Ke7 54. Ke5 Be8
55. Kxe4 Bc6+ 56. Ke5 Be8 57. Kd5 Bf7+ 58. Kc5 Be8 59. Be5 Bd7 60. Kb6 Kf7 61.
f6 Be8 62. f4 Ke6 63. Ka6 Kf7 64. b4 Ke6 65. a4 bxa4 66. b5 1-0

[Event "Bad Kissingen"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1928.08.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Black "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E34"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1928.??.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. Bg5 $5 dxc4 6. Nf3 b5 7. a4 c6 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. g3 {The game has become a real gambit.} a6 10. Bg2 Ra7 $5 11. O-O
Rd7 12. Qc1 $5 O-O $5 13. Qh6 $1 Bxc3 ({Not} 13... Kh8 $2 14. Ne4 Be7 15. Nfg5
$3 fxg5 16. Nf6 $1 Bxf6 17. Be4 {(Tartakower).}) 14. bxc3 Kh8 15. Nd2 f5 $5 16.
Rfb1 (16. axb5 $1 cxb5 17. Nxc4 $1 bxc4 18. Rfb1 Nc6 19. Bxc6 {gains a
positional edge.}) 16... e5 17. Nf3 Rd6 $1 18. Qe3 (18. Qh5 exd4 19. Ng5 $6 h6
$1 20. Nxf7+ Rxf7 21. Qxf7 dxc3 {brings no success.}) 18... e4 19. Nd2 Nd7 20.
g4 $4 Nf6 21. gxf5 Bxf5 $2 (21... Nd5 $1 {decides quickly (Alekhine).}) 22. Qf4
Qd7 23. Bxe4 Nxe4 24. Nxe4 Rg6+ 25. Ng3 $5 Bxb1 26. Rxb1 f5 27. f3 Qg7 28. Kf2
Qf6 29. axb5 cxb5 30. Rd1 Kg8 31. d5 $5 Qxc3 $5 32. d6 Qf6 33. d7 c3 34. Nxf5
$1 {The counteraction becomes danferous.} c2 $2 (34... Qb6+ $1 35. Rd4 c2 36.
Ne7+ Kg7 37. Qe5+ Rgf6 38. Nf5+ Kh8 39. Qe7 Rxf5 40. d8=Q Rxd8 {and the white
rook is pinned.}) 35. Rd6 $1 Qd8 ({Or} 35... Qxd6 36. Nxd6 Rxf4 37. d8=Q+ Rf8
38. Qc7 Rxd6 $1 39. Qxc2 $1 {(Tartakower).}) 36. Qe5 Rxf5 37. Rxg6+ hxg6 38.
Qe8+ Rf8 39. Qxg6+ {Capablanca escaped in a wild confrontation.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Kissingen"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1928.08.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A52"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1928.??.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 Nc6 6. Ngf3 f6 $5 {
Tartakower plays an odd version of the Budapest again.} 7. exf6 Qxf6 8. g3 $5
Qxb2 9. Bg2 d6 10. O-O O-O 11. Nb3 Qf6 12. Ng5 h6 $2 (12... Qg6 13. Qd3 Qxd3
14. exd3 {equalises.}) 13. Ne4 $1 Qf7 14. a3 Ba5 15. Nxa5 Nxa5 16. h3 Ne5 17.
c5 $1 {Black has a lost position.} g5 $5 (17... Ng6 18. cxd6 Nxf4 19. gxf4 {
gives no satisfactory answer either (Rubinstein).}) 18. Bd2 $1 d5 $5 ({The
white attack by} 18... Nb3 19. f4 $1 Nxd2 $1 20. Qxd2 Nc4 21. Qd4 g4 22. f5 $1
gxh3 23. Nxd6 $1 {cannot be stopped.}) 19. Nxg5 $1 hxg5 20. Bxa5 Be6 21. Bc3
Nc6 22. Qd2 Qf5 23. g4 Qf4 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Qxd5+ Kh7 26. e3 Qf3 27. Qxg5 Qxh3
28. Qg7# {Rubinstein finished the tournament by a score of 31/2/4.} 1-0

[Event "Bad Kissingen"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1928.08.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E67"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1928.??.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. h3 c6 10. Be3 Qe7 11. Qb3 h6 12. Rfd1 Kh7 13. c5 Nh5 14. Rd6 f5 15. Qc2
Rf6 16. Rad1 Nf8 17. Bc1 e4 18. Nh2 Qe5 19. b4 $4 {Spielmann blunders a piece.}
({Rigfht is} 19. Be3) 19... Rxd6 20. Rxd6 Qxc3 21. Qd1 a5 22. g4 Nf6 23. Bd2
Qc4 24. Bxh6 Bxh6 25. Rxf6 Bg7 26. Rd6 axb4 27. gxf5 Bxf5 28. Ng4 Bxg4 29. hxg4
Rxa2 {While Capablanca was struggling against Nimzowitsch, Bogoljubow had an
easy day. Boggie led one point before Capa.} 0-1

[Event "Bad Kissingen"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1928.08.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Black "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1928.??.12"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Qc2 O-O 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Bd3 c6 9. Nge2 Re8 10. O-O-O Ne4 11. Bxe4 dxe4 12. h4 $1 Bxg5 $2 {Black opens
the kingside and gets no compensation.} 13. hxg5 Qxg5 14. Nxe4 Qg6 $2 {
Spielmann had a complete off-day.} (14... Qe7 15. N2g3 Nf8 {reorganises the
defence.}) 15. f3 Nf8 16. Nf4 Qf5 17. Rh5 Qd7 18. d5 cxd5 19. Nxd5 Qc6 20. Qxc6
bxc6 21. Ndf6+ $1 gxf6 22. Nxf6+ Kh8 23. Nxe8 Bg4 24. Nc7 Rc8 25. Rg5 Be6 26.
Nxe6 Nxe6 27. Ra5 {Bogoljubow and Capablanca drew their games. So Bogoljubow
won the event.   Bogoljubow won the tournament by playing well and capturing
blundered pieces. Capablanca became second after a poor start. The amateur
world champion Euwe competed with the best players at an equal level.
Rubinstein had a great finish.} 1-0

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "1929.07.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1929.??.31"]

{Twenty-two great masters played in the resort Karlsbad from 30 vii until 28
viii 1929. Only world champion Alekhine did not partake. The female world
champion Vera Menchik did participate. Becker objected and was crushed by her
in round three. Playing hall was the Kurhaus Hotel Imperial. The allowed time
was 30 moves in two hours, followed by 15 in one hour. The first prize of 20,
000 Kronen had an estimated value of  125 pounds.  Spielmann made a great
start of 9/10. Capablanca joined the first place in round thirteen.
Nimzowitsch took the sole lead in the last round. The games among the eight
prize winners have been analysed. Two other encounters were added.   Aaron
expected to become challenger of the world champion and expressed his desire
on his visiting cards. Unfortunately Alekhine crushed him in San Remo 1930 and
Bled 1931. } 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6
7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 cxd5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qd3 Rfe8 13.
Bd2 d4 14. Ne2 Bxd2 15. Qxd2 c5 16. Ng3 Qd5 17. Rfd1 Ne4 18. Nxe4 Rxe4 19. Re1
Rae8 20. Rxe4 Rxe4 21. Re1 Rxe1+ 22. Qxe1 h6 23. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "1929.08.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1929.??.31"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. e3 c5 3. b3 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Bxd4 d6 9. O-O O-O 10. c4 Bd7 11. Nd2 Bc6 12. Qc2 Qc7 13. e4 Rfd8 14. Rad1 e5
15. Be3 Nd7 16. Nb1 Nc5 17. Nc3 Ne6 18. Bg4 Re8 19. Bxe6 Rxe6 20. Rd2 a6 21.
Rfd1 Rc8 22. a4 Bf8 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Qc6 25. Qd3 Qe8 26. Bc1 Rc6 27. Ba3
Qc8 28. Qf3 Be7 29. h3 Qf8 30. Qg4 Qe8 31. R1d3 Qf8 32. Rg3 Qh6 33. Qd1 Qf8 34.
Qd2 Bh4 35. Rgd3 Be7 36. Bb2 Qe8 37. f4 exf4 38. e5 Bf8 39. exd6 Rcxd6 40. Qxf4
Rxd5 41. Rxd5 Be7 42. Bc3 f6 43. Qc7 Qc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "1929.08.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Black "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E21"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1929.??.31"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Bxc3+ $5 5. bxc3 {Nimzowitsch has
executed a provocative exchange.} b6 6. g3 Bb7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O Re8 $5 {The
secret of this rook move will be revealed on move 12.} 9. Re1 d6 10. Qc2 $6 Be4
$1 11. Qb3 Nc6 12. Bf1 $2 {White prepares for Nd2, but Black carries out his
secret plan immediately.} ({Right is} 12. Bg5 Na5 13. Qa4) 12... e5 $1 {Black
attacks in the centre, supported by the king's rook.} 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5
Rxe5 15. Bf4 Re8 16. f3 Bb7 17. Rad1 Nd7 18. e4 Qf6 ({Even better is} 18... Nc5
$1 19. Qc2 f5 $1) 19. Bg2 Ne5 $6 20. Rd2 $6 (20. c5 dxc5 21. Bxe5 Qxe5 22. Rd7
Qh5 23. g4 $1 Qg6 24. Rxc7 {takes advantage of a positional error.}) 20... Re7
21. Red1 Bc6 22. Rf2 Rae8 23. Bf1 h6 24. Be2 Kh8 25. Qa3 Qe6 26. Qc1 $6 f5 $1 (
{Not} 26... Nxc4 $2 27. Bxh6 $1) 27. exf5 Qxf5 28. Qd2 Qf7 29. Qd4 $6 Ng6 $1
30. Bd3 Nxf4 31. Qxf4 Qxf4 32. gxf4 {White has a ruined pawn structure. Black
wins easily.} Rf8 33. f5 Bd7 34. Rdd2 Bxf5 35. Rfe2 Rxe2 36. Bxe2 Re8 37. Kf2
Re5 38. Rd5 g5 39. Rxe5 dxe5 40. c5 $5 bxc5 41. Ba6 e4 42. a4 Kg7 43. a5 exf3
44. Kxf3 Kf6 45. Ke3 Ke5 46. Bc4 Bg4 47. Ba6 h5 48. Bc4 h4 49. Ba6 Bd1 50. Bb7
g4 {A shared prize for the best played game was awarded to this encounter.} 0-1

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "1929.08.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1929.??.31"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. b3 Nc6 5. Bb2 b6 $5 6. Nbd2 Bb7 7. Bd3 cxd4 8.
exd4 Nb4 9. Bf1 $5 Rc8 10. c4 Nc6 11. Bd3 d5 12. O-O Bd6 13. a3 O-O 14. Re1
dxc4 15. bxc4 Bf4 $1 16. Nf1 Na5 {The hanging pawns are vulnerable.} 17. Qe2
Qc7 $5 18. d5 $1 {White has liberated his position.} Nxc4 $5 ({Preferable is} 
18... exd5 $1 19. Bxf6 dxc4 $1 ({not} 19... gxf6 $2 20. cxd5 Bxd5 21. Bxh7+ $1
Kxh7 22. Qd3+ {(Tartakower)}) 20. Bf5 gxf6 21. Bxc8 Rxc8) 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20.
dxe6 fxe6 $6 ({Capablanca misses the elegant} 20... Ne5 $1 21. Nxe5 fxe5 22. g3
fxe6 23. gxf4 Qg7+ 24. Ng3 exf4 25. Qxe6+ Kh8) 21. Nd4 $1 Bd5 22. Nxe6 Bxe6 23.
Qxe6+ Kh8 24. Re4 $5 Ne5 $1 25. Ba6 Rce8 26. Qf5 Bh6 27. Rae1 Rd8 28. Rh4 Qg7
29. Rh3 Rd4 30. Qh5 Rg4 31. Ng3 Bf4 32. Rd1 Bxg3 33. Rxg3 Rxg3 34. hxg3 Qe7 35.
Qf5 $5 {Rubinstein told after this hard game: "Ich konnte nicht soviel
durcheinanderdenken!"} (35. Qf5 Qxa3 36. f4 $1 Ng6 37. Rd7 Qxg3 (37... Qxa6 $4
38. Qh5 $1) 38. Rxa7 {draws.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "1929.08.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E72"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1929.??.31"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Ne2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. d5
Nc5 9. Nbc3 a5 10. h3 b6 11. Be3 Qe7 12. a3 Nh5 13. b4 $1 axb4 14. axb4 Rxa1
15. Qxa1 Na6 16. b5 Nc5 17. Qa7 $1 f5 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. d6 $1 Qxd6 20. Rd1 Qe6
$2 ({Better is} 20... Qe7 21. Nd5 Qf7 22. Qxc7 {(Tartakower)} Qxc7 23. Nxc7 f4
$1) 21. exf5 $2 (21. Qxc7 fxe4 22. Nd5 {seems to win (Tartakower).}) 21... Qxf5
22. Ne4 Nf6 23. g4 $1 Qe6 24. Qxc7 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 Qf6 26. f3 h5 27. Rd6 Qh4 28.
Kg2 hxg4 29. hxg4 Bxg4 30. Rxg6 Bh3+ 31. Kg1 Qe1+ 32. Kh2 Qxe2+ 33. Kxh3 Rxf3+
34. Bxf3 Qxf3+ 35. Rg3 Qh1+ 36. Kg4 Qe4+ 37. Kh3 Qh1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "1929.08.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Becker, Albert"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1929.??.31"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Bb4 4. Bc4 d6 5. Nd5 Nxd5 6. Bxd5 O-O 7. c3 Ba5 8.
d3 c6 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. Bb3 Kh8 11. Qe2 Na6 12. Nh4 Nc5 13. Be3 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bd8
15. Nf5 Qe6 16. b4 b6 17. O-O g6 18. Ng3 f5 19. exf5 gxf5 20. f4 Bd7 21. Rae1
Bc7 22. c4 Rae8 23. Bd2 Kg8 24. Bc3 Qg6 25. Qd1 c5 26. b5 exf4 $5 {Hell breaks
lose before the time control.} 27. Nh5 $1 d5 $1 28. cxd5 $1 Bd8 $2 ({Becker
gives} 28... Bxb5 $2 29. d6 $1) ({Euwe should have played the prudent} 28...
Bd6 $1 29. Rxe8 Bxe8 30. Nxf4 Qh6) 29. Rxe8 Rxe8 30. Nxf4 Qd6 $2 ({Correct is} 
30... Qh6) 31. Qh5 Bf6 32. Rf3 Bxc3 33. bxc3 Qe5 34. Rg3+ Kf8 35. Qh6+ Ke7 36.
Ng6+ hxg6 37. Re3 Qxe3+ 38. Qxe3+ Kf6 39. Qg3 Bxb5 40. c4 Ba4 41. h4 Re5 42.
Qg5+ Kf7 43. h5 gxh5 44. Qxh5+ Kg7 45. Qg5+ Kf7 46. Qf4 Re1+ 47. Kf2 Re7 48.
Qxf5+ Ke8 49. Qc8+ Kf7 50. Qd8 Rd7 51. Qh8 Kg6 52. g4 Rg7 53. Qh5+ Kf6 54. Qf5+
Ke7 55. d6+ Ke8 56. Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "1929.08.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vidmar, Milan Sr"]
[Black "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1929.??.31"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Nf6 6. c4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bxg2 8.
Kxg2 Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. e4 Nc6 11. b3 Qc7 12. Bb2 Qb7 13. f3 Rad8 14. Nc2 Ne8
15. Ne3 Bc5 16. Qe2 f5 17. exf5 Nd4 18. Qd3 Nxf5 19. Nxf5 Rxf5 20. Rad1 Nf6 21.
h3 Nh5 22. Ne4 Qc7 23. f4 Qc6 24. Kh2 Be7 25. Nd6 Rff8 26. Be5 Nf6 27. Qd4 Bxd6
28. Bxd6 Rf7 29. Rd3 Ne4 30. Re1 Nxd6 31. Qxd6 Qxd6 32. Rxd6 Rc8 33. Kg2 Kf8
34. g4 Rc5 35. Kg3 Ke7 36. Red1 Ke8 37. Re1 Ke7 38. Red1 Ke8 39. Re1 Ke7 40.
Red1 Ke8 {Spielmann had won the five previous games. This time he had to
defend.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "1929.08.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Becker, Albert"]
[Black "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1929.??.31"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8.
Be3 Nge7 9. Qd2 Qd7 10. Nf4 Bg6 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Qxc3 Bxd3 13. Nxd3 b6 14. O-O-O
O-O-O 15. Bf4 Ng6 16. Ne5 Ncxe5 17. Bxe5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Rhe8 19. Rhe1 Kb8 20.
Qd3 h5 21. f4 g6 22. Qf3 d4 23. g4 hxg4 24. hxg4 c5 25. f5 gxf5 26. gxf5 Qd5
27. Qf4 Ka8 28. Kb1 Re7 29. c3 a5 30. cxd4 cxd4 31. Rd3 Kb7 32. Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "1929.08.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Black "Becker, Albert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1929.??.31"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nd7 4. Nc3 Ngf6 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. e3 Nd5 7. Bxc4 Nxf4 8.
exf4 Bd6 9. g3 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Qe2 b6 12. Rfd1 Bb7 13. Rac1 a6 14. Bd3 {
Quiet play has led to an even game.} Bb4 $6 ({Cautiousness continues by} 14...
Re8 15. Ne5 Bf8 $1) 15. Ne4 $1 Qd5 $2 ({Right is} 15... Be7) 16. Nfg5 $1 {
White threatens 17.Nxf6+ gxf6 18.Be4 (Becker).} Ne8 {Pawn c7 has to be
protected.} 17. Nxh7 $1 {The king's knight gets indirect protection.} f5 18.
Nhg5 $1 ({Capablanca can win by} 18. Nxf8 fxe4 19. Bc4 {but he chooses for
elegance.}) ({The pointe is} 18. Nhg5 Qd7 19. Qh5 Nf6 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. Qg6+
Kh8 22. Nxe6 $1 Qxe6 23. Rxc7 {(Becker).}) 1-0

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "1929.08.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A02"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1929.??.31"]

1. e3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. f4 d6 5. Qc1 O-O 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 Nc6 8. O-O
e5 9. fxe5 Nxe5 10. d3 $5 Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 Bxf3 12. Rxf3 d5 13. Qf1 Ng4 14. Bxg7
Kxg7 15. h3 Ne5 16. Rg3 $6 f5 17. Qf4 Qf6 $3 {Euwe starts a wonderful
combination.} 18. d4 Nf7 19. Qxc7 $2 {Greed controls the mind of Nimzo.} (19.
Nd2 c6 20. Rf1 {ends the development.}) 19... Rac8 20. Qxb7 Qh4 $2 ({The
pointe should be} 20... Qd6 $1 21. Rf3 {(Nimzowitsch)} Rc7 $1 22. Qb5 Ng5 23.
Rf2 Qg3 {and Black wins.}) 21. Kh2 f4 22. Rf3 $2 ({The realistic} 22. Rg4 $1
Qf2 23. Rxf4 Qxe3 {(Nimzowitsch)} 24. Rf1 Qxd4 25. Na3 {favours White.}) 22...
fxe3 23. Nc3 $5 {Aaron offers the knight as bait. Max bites under time
pressure.} Rxc3 $4 ({Nimzowitsch analyses} 23... Qxd4 $1 24. Raf1 Qe5+ 25. Kh1
Rc7 26. Rxe3 Qxc3 $1 27. Rxc3 Rxb7 {and Black wins.}) 24. Raf1 e2 25. Rxf7+
Rxf7 26. Qxf7+ Kh6 27. Qf8+ {Euwe fumbled one point.} 1-0

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "1929.08.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1929.??.31"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 dxc4 7. Qxc4 O-O 8.
Bg5 c6 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. e3 Qa5+ $6 ({More useful is} 10... Re8 {as preparation
of ..e5.}) 11. b4 Qd5 12. Qc2 h6 13. Bc4 Qd6 14. Bxf6 (14. Bf4 $1 Qe7 15. O-O
Nh5 {(Tartakower)} 16. Be5 $1 {increases the restriction.}) 14... Nxf6 15. e4
Qe7 16. O-O a5 17. Rab1 axb4 18. axb4 Bd7 19. Bd3 Rfd8 20. Qc3 Ne8 21. Qc5 Kf8
22. Ra1 Qxc5 23. bxc5 Ke7 24. Rfb1 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 Bc8 26. Kf1 e5 $2 (26... Nc7
$1 27. Ke2 e5 28. Nxe5 Ne6 $1 29. Nf3 Nxd4+ 30. Nxd4 Rxd4 {releases a lot of
the pressure.}) 27. Nxe5 Rxd4 28. Ke2 f6 $6 (28... Nf6 29. Ra7 Nd7 30. Nxd7
Kxd7 {makes a useful exchange.}) 29. Nc4 Rd8 30. Ra7 Kd7 31. Nb6+ Kc7 32. Ba6
$3 {The game is adjourned.} Nd6 (32... Kb8 $5 33. Nxc8 $1 bxa6 34. Ne7 $1 {
shows the pointe of the combination (Tartakower).}) 33. Nxc8 Kxc8 34. cxd6 bxa6
35. Rc7+ $1 Kb8 36. Rxc6 Kb7 37. Rc7+ Kb6 38. Rxg7 Rxd6 39. Rg6 Kc5 40. Rxh6
Kd4 41. Kf3 a5 42. Kf4 a4 43. Rh5 $2 (43. Rh3 $1 Kc4 44. Ra3 {stops the passed
pawn in time. White will win.}) 43... Ra6 $1 44. Rd5+ Kc3 45. Rd1 a3 46. Kf5 a2
47. f4 a1=Q 48. Rxa1 Rxa1 49. Kxf6 Ra6+ 50. Kf5 Kd4 51. e5 Kd5 52. g3 Ra8 53.
Kf6 Ra6+ 54. Kf5 Ra8 {Euwe accepted the repetition of moves. He had spoiled
half-a-point this time.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "1929.08.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vidmar, Milan Sr"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1929.??.31"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Bd3 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 cxd4 12. cxd4 e5 13. dxe5 O-O 14. e6
Qxe6 15. O-O Nc5 16. Nd4 Qe7 17. Rc1 Bd7 18. Bb1 Rac8 19. Qh5 b6 20. Rfd1 Rfe8
21. h3 Qg5 22. Qxg5 hxg5 {Spielmann had achieved the incredible score of 9/10
and led by two points on Capablanca and Vidmar.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "1929.08.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Black "Vidmar, Milan Sr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1929.??.31"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. d3 d6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8.
Be3 Bxe3 9. fxe3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Qe7 11. Qe1 Ng4 12. b4 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. e4
Bd7 15. h3 Nh6 16. Qe3 Rf6 17. Kh2 Raf8 18. a3 Bc8 19. Ng1 Rxf1 20. Rxf1 Rxf1
21. Nxf1 Qh4 22. Kh1 Ng4 23. Qe2 Nf2+ 24. Kh2 Ng4+ 25. Kh1 Nf2+ 26. Kh2 Ng4+
27. Kh1 Nf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "1929.08.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B37"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1929.??.31"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. e4 Bg7 7. Nc2 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Nd7 10. Be3 Nc5 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. Qd2 Rc8 13. Rad1 Re8 14. Kh1 Qa5
15. f3 Ne6 16. Nb3 Qb4 17. Qc2 Na5 18. Nxa5 Qxa5 19. Rd5 Nc5 20. Bd2 Qc7 21.
Be1 Ne6 22. b3 Nd4 23. Qd2 Nxe2 24. Qxe2 a6 25. a4 b5 26. axb5 Bxc3 27. Bxc3
axb5 28. Qd2 bxc4 29. Qh6 f6 30. Rg5 $1 (30. Rg5 cxb3 31. Bxf6 exf6 32. Rxg6+
hxg6 33. Qxg6+ {leads to a perpetual (Nimzowitsch).}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "1929.08.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E51"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1929.??.31"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. a3 a6 7. b4 b6 8. Bb2 c5
9. dxc5 bxc5 10. bxc5 Bxc5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Be2 Be6 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Nd4 Nb6
15. Na4 Nxa4 16. Qxa4 Qd6 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Bf3 Nd7 19. Rac1 Rf7 $6 20. Bd4
Bxd4 $2 (20... Rff8 {repairs a slight error.}) 21. exd4 $1 Raf8 $2 (21... Nf8
$1 {overprotects pawn e6.}) 22. Bg4 Nb8 23. g3 Rf6 24. f4 $1 Rg6 25. Bh3 Rh6
26. Bg4 Rg6 27. Bh3 Rh6 28. Kg2 $1 Rhf6 29. Bg4 Rg6 30. Bh5 Rgf6 31. Bg4 Rg6
32. h3 $1 Rgf6 33. Rf3 {White expands his territory gradually.} g5 $5 (33... g6
34. h4 Kh8 35. Rfc3 {leads to a slow strangulation.}) 34. fxg5 Rxf3 35. Bxf3
Qe7 36. h4 Qf7 37. Rc3 Nd7 38. Qc6 Rb8 39. Rc2 Rf8 40. Rf2 a5 41. Rf1 Kg7 42.
Qd6 e5 43. Be2 $6 Qe8 44. Bb5 $6 Rxf1 45. Bxd7 Qf7 46. Qxe5+ Kf8 47. Qe2 Rc1
48. Be6 Qc7 49. Qf3+ Ke8 50. Bf7+ $1 {White recovers from his tactical
mistakes.} Qxf7 51. Qe3+ Qe7 52. Qxc1 Qe2+ 53. Kg1 Qd3 54. Kf2 Kd7 55. Qe3 Qc2+
56. Kf3 a4 57. Kf4 Qb1 58. h5 Qb8+ 59. Kg4 Qb3 60. Qf3 Qc4 61. Qf5+ Kd8 62. Qe5
Qb3 63. g6 hxg6 64. hxg6 Qd1+ 65. Kg5 Qc1+ 66. Qf4 {Spielmann's lead decreased
to 1 1/2 points.} 1-0

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "1929.08.14"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1929.??.31"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 Be7 8.
Qc2 Nf8 9. Nf3 Ne6 10. Bh4 Nh5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. O-O g6 13. Ne5 f6 14. Nf3 O-O
15. a3 Ng5 16. Nd2 f5 17. Rae1 Nf6 18. f4 Ne6 19. Nf3 Kg7 20. b4 a5 21. Qb3
axb4 22. axb4 b5 23. Ne5 Bb7 24. Ra1 Ng4 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Nxg4 fxg4 27. f5
Nxd4 28. f6+ Qxf6 29. Rxf6 Nxb3 30. Rd6 Rf8 31. e4 d4 32. Ne2 Rf6 33. Rd8 Rf8
34. Rd6 Rf6 35. Rd8 Rf7 36. Nxd4 Nxd4 37. Rxd4 Kf6 38. Kf2 Ke5+ 39. Ke3 Bc8 40.
Rd8 Be6 41. Ra8 Rc7 42. Ra6 Bc8 43. Ra8 h5 44. g3 Be6 45. Ra6 Bd7 46. Ra5 Be8
47. Ra8 Bf7 48. Ra6 g5 49. Ra1 Bg6 50. Rc1 c5 51. Bxb5 Bxe4 52. Rxc5+ Rxc5 53.
bxc5 Bf5 54. Bd3 Be6 55. Be4 h4 56. Ba8 Bf5 57. Bb7 Bc2 58. Kd2 Ba4 59. Kc3 Bd1
60. Kd2 Ba4 61. Ke3 Bc2 62. Bg2 Bf5 {The lead shrank to one point. Canal beat
Rudolf in the next round and Capablanca managed to join the lead. A
spectacular finale of the tournament followed.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "1929.08.18"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Becker, Albert"]
[Black "Vidmar, Milan Sr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C59"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "217"]
[EventDate "1929.??.31"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.
Be2 h6 9. Nf3 e4 10. Ne5 Bd6 11. d4 Qc7 $6 12. Bd2 O-O {This line was played
in Amsterdam - Elberfeld, corr. 1893.} 13. Na3 $5 Be6 14. O-O Nb7 $6 ({
Preferable is} 14... Bxa3 $5 15. bxa3 c5) 15. Kh1 $6 Rad8 $6 ({Black misses
the opportunity} 15... Bxe5 16. dxe5 Qxe5 {(Becker).}) 16. Nac4 $1 Bxc4 $2 (
16... Bxe5 $1 17. dxe5 Ng4 $1 18. Bxg4 Bxc4 {saves the day.}) 17. Nxc4 Bxh2 $5
{Black starts a desperate action.} 18. g3 Bxg3 19. fxg3 Qxg3 20. Bf4 Qh4+ 21.
Bh2 Nd5 22. Qd2 f5 23. Ne3 $5 Qg5 24. Bc4 f4 25. Bxd5+ cxd5 26. Ng2 $1 f3 27.
Qxg5 hxg5 28. Ne3 $1 {White has blockaded the advance.} Nd6 29. Bxd6 $1 Rxd6
30. Kh2 Rf4 31. Kg3 Rh6 32. Rh1 f2 33. Kg2 g4 34. Rxh6 gxh6 35. Rf1 g3 36. Nxd5
Rf3 37. Nc3 Re3 38. d5 Re1 39. Nxe4 Rxe4 40. Kxg3 Rd4 41. Rxf2 Rxd5 {Becker
needs a lot of time for the rest.} 42. Kf4 Ra5 43. a3 Kf7 44. Ke4+ Ke6 45. c4
Rg5 46. Rh2 h5 47. Rh4 Kd6 48. Kd4 Kc6 49. b4 Rg3 50. a4 Ra3 51. a5 Ra4 52. Kc3
Ra3+ 53. Kb2 Rg3 54. Rxh5 a6 55. Rh6+ Kb7 56. Rb6+ Ka7 57. Rd6 Kb7 58. Kc2 Rh3
59. Rd3 Rh4 60. Kc3 Kc6 61. Rf3 Rh6 62. Kd3 Rg6 63. Ke4 Re6+ 64. Kd4 Rh6 65.
Ke5 Rh4 66. Rf6+ Kb7 67. Kd5 Rh5+ 68. Kd6 Rh4 69. Rf7+ Kb8 70. Kd5 Rh5+ 71. Ke4
Rh4+ 72. Rf4 Rh1 73. Rf6 Ka7 74. Kd5 Kb7 75. Re6 Rh5+ 76. Re5 Rh1 77. Kc5 Rh7
78. b5 Rc7+ 79. Kb4 axb5 80. cxb5 Rh7 81. a6+ Kb6 82. Re6+ Ka7 83. Ka5 Rh5 84.
Rd6 Rg5 85. Rd7+ Kb8 86. Kb6 Rg6+ 87. Kc5 Rg1 88. b6 Rc1+ 89. Kd6 Rd1+ 90. Ke6
Re1+ 91. Kf5 Rf1+ 92. Ke4 Re1+ 93. Kf3 Rf1+ 94. Ke2 Rf8 95. Ke3 Rh8 96. Kd4
Rh4+ 97. Kc5 Rh5+ 98. Kc6 Rh6+ 99. Rd6 Rh8 100. Re6 Rd8 101. Re7 Ka8 102. Kc7
Rb8 103. Re1 Rc8+ 104. Kd7 Kb8 105. Re8 Rxe8 106. Kxe8 Kc8 107. b7+ Kc7 108.
Ke7 Kb8 109. Kd8 {Capablanca and Spielmann kept the joined lead.} 1-0

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "1929.08.19"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1929.??.31"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 O-O 7. Nf3 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 b6 9. Bf4 Nd5 10. Bg3 Ba6 11. Qa4 Qd7 12. Qxd7 Nxd7 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5
Rac8 15. Rc1 f6 16. Bg3 Rfd8 17. e3 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 c6 19. Ke2 Kf7 20. Rc2 Ke8
21. Rfc1 Kd7 22. e4 Ne7 23. f3 g5 24. b4 a6 25. a4 h5 26. h3 h4 27. Bh2 b5 28.
Ke3 Ng6 29. axb5 axb5 30. Ra2 Ra8 31. Rca1 Rxa2 32. Rxa2 e5 33. dxe5 fxe5 34.
Rd2+ Kc7 35. Rxd8 Kxd8 36. g3 hxg3 37. Bxg3 Kd7 38. Kd2 Kd6 39. Bf2 Nh4 40. Ke2
Ng2 41. Bg3 Nh4 42. Bf2 Ng2 43. Bg3 Ke6 44. Bh2 Nh4 45. Bg1 Kf6 46. Bb6 Ke7 47.
Kf2 Ng6 48. Kg3 Nf4 49. Kg4 Nd3 50. Kxg5 Ke6 51. Ba5 c5 52. bxc5 Nxc5 53. h4
Nd3 54. h5 b4 55. h6 Kf7 56. Kf5 b3 57. Bc3 Kg8 58. f4 Nxf4 59. Kxe5 Ne2 60.
Bb2 Kh7 61. Kf6 Kxh6 62. e5 Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "1929.08.19"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Black "Becker, Albert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1929.??.31"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nd2 d5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Ngf3 O-O 6. a3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
O-O c5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. b3 cxd4 11. exd4 Bd6 12. Bb2 Re8 13. Re1 Rxe1+ 14. Qxe1
Qe7 15. Ne5 Nf8 16. f4 Bd7 17. Ndf3 Re8 18. Qa5 Nh5 19. Bc1 Ne6 20. Nxd7 Qxd7
21. f5 Nc7 22. Bd2 Nf4 23. Bxf4 Bxf4 24. Re1 b6 25. Qc3 f6 26. g3 Bd6 27. a4
Rxe1+ 28. Qxe1 Qe7 {Spielmann took the sole lead again, because Capa lost.
Nimzowitsch joined the second place.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "1929.08.19"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Vidmar, Milan Sr"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1929.??.31"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 c5 5. e3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O h6 8. Bf4
d6 9. c3 Nh5 10. Qb3 $5 Nxf4 11. exf4 O-O $1 12. Rad1 ({The greedy} 12. Bxg6 {
is refuted by} c4 $1 13. Qxc4 d5 {(Brinckmann).}) 12... Nc6 13. Bb1 $6 ({Not} 
13. Bxg6 $4 Na5 $1) ({White can avoid a weakening of his pawn structure by} 13.
f5 $1 gxf5 14. dxc5 e6 15. cxd6 Qxd6) 13... cxd4 14. cxd4 e6 $1 {Black gains a
plus by consolidation.} 15. Ne4 Ne7 16. Qa3 $1 Nf5 17. Rd2 Qe7 18. Ng3 Nxg3 19.
fxg3 Rfc8 20. g4 Rc7 21. f5 $1 exf5 22. gxf5 g5 23. Re1 $6 ({The pawn sacrifice
} 23. f6 $1 Qxf6 24. Nh4 Qe6 25. Nf5 {starts a counterattack.}) 23... Qf6 $1
24. h3 Rac8 25. Rdd1 Rc4 $5 26. d5 $5 a5 $1 27. Nd2 $1 Qd4+ $6 ({Best is} 27...
Rd4 28. Ne4 {(Brinckmann), and now} Qe5 $1) 28. Kh1 Qxd5 $2 {Euwe fails under
time pressure.} (28... Rc1 $1 29. Rxc1 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Qxd2 31. Rg1 Bxd5 {keeps
an advantage.}) 29. Be4 $1 Rxe4 30. Nxe4 Qxf5 31. Nxd6 Bxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Rc2+ 33.
Kh1 Qf4 {Black threatens mate in one, but White plays for mate too!} 34. Re8+
$1 Bf8 35. Rxf8+ $1 Kxf8 36. Nf5+ {Vidmar got a beauty prize for this game.} (
36. Nf5+ Kg8 37. Qf8+ $1 Kxf8 38. Rd8#) 1-0

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "1929.08.20"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D55"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1929.??.31"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Ne4 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
cxd5 Nxc3 9. bxc3 exd5 10. Qb3 Rd8 11. c4 Nc6 12. cxd5 Qb4+ 13. Nd2 Qxb3 14.
Nxb3 Nb4 15. Kd2 Nxd5 16. g3 b6 17. Bg2 c5 18. Rhc1 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Bb7 20. a4
Rab8 21. a5 Nxe3 22. Kxe3 Bxg2 23. f3 Rd7 24. Rd1 Rbd8 25. axb6 axb6 26. Ra4 h5
27. Rg1 Bh3 28. g4 Re8+ 29. Kf4 Red8 30. Ke3 Re8+ 31. Kf4 Red8 32. Ke3 Re8+ 33.
Kf4 {Capablanca and Spielmann led by 12/17. Nimzowitsch followed by
half-a-point.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "1929.08.22"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Vidmar, Milan Sr"]
[Black "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1929.??.31"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 Qb6 5. Qc1 Nc6 6. c3 d5 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. Nbd2
cxd4 9. exd4 Nh5 10. Nf1 h6 11. Bd2 Qc7 12. Ng3 Nf4 13. Bxf4 Bxf4 14. Qd1 g6
15. O-O h5 16. Re1 O-O 17. Qe2 Kg7 18. Rad1 Rh8 19. Nf1 h4 20. Ne5 $2 {White
will lose a pawn.} Nxe5 21. dxe5 Rh5 22. g3 Rxe5 23. Qf3 Rg5 24. Kh1 hxg3 25.
fxg3 Bd6 26. Rd2 Bd7 27. Rf2 f5 28. Qe3 Rg4 29. Qe2 Rh8 30. Kg1 Bc6 31. Ne3 Rg5
32. Ng2 f4 33. gxf4 Bxf4 34. Kf1 Rxh2 35. Qf3 d4 36. Be4 Rf5 37. Qg4 Rh1+ 38.
Ke2 Rxe1+ 39. Kxe1 Bg3 40. Bxf5 Qe5+ 41. Kf1 exf5 42. cxd4 Bxf2 43. Kxf2 fxg4
44. dxe5 Bxg2 45. Kxg2 Kf7 46. Kg3 Ke6 47. Kxg4 Kxe5 48. Kg5 Ke4 49. Kxg6 Kd3
50. Kf5 Kc2 51. b4 b5 52. Ke5 Kc3 53. Kd5 Kxb4 54. Kc6 a5 55. Kb6 a4 56. Ka6 a3
57. Kb6 Kc4 58. Ka5 b4 59. Ka4 Kc3 {The top three won their games. Vidmar was
out of the race.} 0-1

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "1929.08.23"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Black "Vidmar, Milan Sr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1929.??.31"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Qc7 8.
g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 f6 12. O-O Be6 13. Nxe5 fxe5 14. Be3
Bc5 15. Bxc5 Nxc5 16. b4 Nb3 17. Ra3 Rd8 18. Qc2 Nd4 19. Nb5 Nxc2 20. Nxc7+ Ke7
21. Nxe6 Nxa3 22. Nxd8 Rxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "1929.08.23"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Black "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1929.??.31"]

1. e3 e5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 e4 $5 4. Nd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d5 $5 {Spielmann plays with
ambition.} 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. N1c3 Nf6 $6 ({No time is lost by} 7... Nxc3 8. Nxc3
{(Nimzowitsch)} Bf5 $1) 8. Qa4 Bf5 9. Nd4 Bd7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Bb5 Qd7 12.
Bxc6 Qxc6 13. Qxc6+ bxc6 {White has reached a better endgame.} 14. b3 $1 O-O-O
15. Bb2 Bb4 16. a3 Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Rd3 $1 {Black restrains the white position.}
18. O-O $5 Rhd8 $2 ({Right is} 18... Rg8 $3 19. f3 Nd5 20. fxe4 Nxc3 21. dxc3 {
(Nimzowitsch)} f6 $1) 19. f3 Nd5 $6 ({A fine alternative brings} 19... exf3 20.
Rxf3 Ne4 $1 21. Rxf7 R8d7 22. Rxg7 Rxg7 23. Bxg7 Rxb3) 20. Bxg7 $1 {The g-pawn
lacks protection.} Rxd2 21. Bd4 f5 22. fxe4 fxe4 23. Bxa7 Rd3 24. b4 Nxe3 (
24... Kb7 $1 {wins a tempo.}) 25. Bxe3 Rxe3 26. Rfe1 Rb3 $2 (26... Rxe1+ 27.
Rxe1 Rd4 $1 {gives the last chance.}) 27. Rxe4 Rd2 28. Re7 h5 29. Rf7 Rbb2 30.
Rg7 Kb7 31. h3 Rdc2 32. Rg5 Kb6 33. Rf1 c5 34. Rf4 c4 35. h4 Ra2 36. Rf6+ Kb7
37. Rb5+ Kc8 38. Rg6 {The white rooks have changed their roles.} Rd2 39. Rc5
Rac2 40. Rg7 Kb8 41. Rcxc7 Rxg2+ 42. Rxg2 Rc1+ 43. Kf2 Kxc7 44. Rg5 c3 45. Rxh5
Rh1 46. Rc5+ Kb6 47. Kg3 Rc1 48. Kf2 Rh1 49. Ke3 Rh3+ 50. Kd4 c2 51. Rxc2 Rxh4+
52. Kc3 Kb5 53. Kb3 Rh3+ 54. Rc3 Rh5 55. a4+ Kb6 56. Rg3 Kb7 57. Rg7+ Kb6 58.
Rg6+ Kb7 59. a5 Ka7 60. Ka4 Kb7 61. Rg7+ Kb8 62. a6 Ka8 63. b5 Kb8 64. Re7 Rg5
65. b6 Rg8 66. Kb5 Rg5+ 67. Kc6 Rg6+ 68. Kc5 Rg8 69. Kd6 Rd8+ 70. Ke6 {
Nimzowitsch and Capablanca shared the lead. Spielmann followed by half-a-point.
} 1-0

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "1929.08.24"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Becker, Albert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D64"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1929.??.31"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 e6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Rc1 c6 8. Qc2
Ne4 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 b6 13. O-O Bb7 14. b4 a5
15. Rb1 axb4 16. Rxb4 Rfc8 17. Nd2 c5 18. dxc5 Rxc5 19. Rfb1 Rxa2 20. Qd4 Ra8
21. Ne4 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Rac8 23. g3 Qd6 24. Bf1 h6 25. h3 e5 26. Qd3 Rd5 27. Qa6
Rc2 28. Qa8+ Kh7 29. R4b2 Rxb2 30. Rxb2 Rd1 31. Qe4+ Qg6 32. Qxg6+ Kxg6 33. Kg2
Kf6 34. e4 Ke7 35. Bc4 Rd4 36. Bd5 g6 37. Kf3 f5 38. Ke3 Nf6 39. Bb7 Rd6 40.
exf5 gxf5 41. Rb5 Nd7 42. Bc8 Re6 43. Rd5 Rd6 44. Rb5 Re6 45. Rd5 Rd6 46. Rb5
Re6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "1929.08.24"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1929.??.31"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 Bd6 $5 8.
Nge2 Nf8 9. Qc2 h6 $6 ({Preferable is} 9... Ng6 $1) 10. Bh4 Qe7 11. a3 $5 Bd7
12. e4 $5 g5 13. Bg3 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bxg3 16. hxg3 Qd6 $2 ({Right
is} 16... O-O-O $1 17. d5 Kb8 $1 18. dxc6 Rc8 {(Euwe).}) 17. O-O-O Be6 18. Nc3
Qc7 ({Not} 18... O-O-O $2 19. d5) 19. Nb5 $1 Qd7 {Time has been wasted by
moves of the black queen.} (19... Qb8 $1 20. d5 cxb5 21. dxe6 Nxe6 22. Qe2 Qc7+
23. Kb1 {leads to a strong white attack.}) ({Or} 19... Qb6 20. Nd6+ Ke7 {(Euwe)
} 21. d5 Rd8 22. Nf5+) 20. d5 $1 cxb5 21. dxe6 Qc8 ({The pointe is} 21... Qxe6
22. Rhe1 Rc8 23. Qxc8+ Qxc8+ 24. Bc6# {(Euwe).}) 22. exf7+ Kxf7 23. Rd6 $1 {
Black suffers from restraint.} Qxc2+ 24. Kxc2 Re8 25. Bxb7 $5 Re2+ 26. Kd3 $5 (
26. Kc3 $1 {wins easily.}) 26... Rxf2 27. Re1 Rf6 28. Bd5+ Kg6 29. Rxf6+ Kxf6
30. Re8 $1 h5 31. Ra8 h4 ({Better is} 31... Ng6 $1 32. Rxh8 Nxh8 33. Kd4 b4 $1
34. axb4 Ng6 35. Kc5 {and White has to work for the win.}) 32. gxh4 gxh4 33.
Rxa7 Ke5 34. Bc6 h3 35. gxh3 Rxh3+ 36. Kc2 b4 $5 37. axb4 Ne6 38. Ba4 Nf4 39.
Re7+ Kd6 40. Rd7+ Ke5 41. Bc6 Rh6 42. b5 Rd6 43. Re7+ Re6 44. Rc7 Kd6 45. Rc8
Re2+ 46. Kc3 Re3+ 47. Kc4 Re2 48. Rd8+ Kc7 49. Rd7+ Kc8 50. Kc5 Rxb2 51. Kb6
Re2 52. Rc7+ Kd8 53. Rd7+ Kc8 54. Rd4 Ne6 55. Bb7+ Kb8 56. Rc4 {Spielmann had
won an important game. He joined the lead with Nimzowitsch at the end of the
penultimate round.} 1-0

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "1929.08.26"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Becker, Albert"]
[Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1929.??.31"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Na5 7. Bb3 c6 8. Nd2
h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Qf3 Qxf3 11. Nxf3 b5 12. Ne2 O-O 13. c3 Nxb3 14. axb3 f5
15. exf5 Bxf5 16. d4 exd4 17. Nfxd4 Rae8 18. Kd2 Bd7 19. f3 Bb6 20. Rhe1 c5 21.
Nc2 Re5 22. c4 Rh5 23. h3 d5 24. Ne3 dxc4 25. bxc4 bxc4 26. Ng3 Rg5 27. Ne4 Rg6
28. Re2 Bb5 29. Kc3 Bc6 30. Nxc4 Bxe4 31. fxe4 Rg3+ 32. Kc2 Rd8 33. e5 Rg6 34.
e6 Re8 35. e7 Rc6 36. Rd1 Bc7 37. Rd7 a6 38. Re4 Bh2 39. Ne3 Kf7 40. Nf5 Re6
41. Kd3 Rxe4 42. Kxe4 h5 43. Kd5 g6 44. Nh6+ Kg7 45. Ke6 Bf4 46. Nf7 Bg3 47.
Nd6 Bxd6 48. Rxd6 Rb8 49. Rd8 {Boggie spoiled a won game.} 1-0

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "1929.08.26"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D65"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1929.??.31"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Rc1 Re8 8. Bd3
a6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O c6 11. Qc2 Nf8 12. Ne5 Ng4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nf3 Be6
15. Ne2 Rad8 16. Qc5 Rd6 17. Ng3 g6 18. b4 Bc8 19. a4 Ne6 20. Qc3 Ng5 21. Be2
h5 22. Nxg5 Qxg5 23. Qc5 Rde6 24. b5 axb5 25. axb5 Qh4 26. Bxg4 Qxg4 27. bxc6
bxc6 28. Qb6 Bd7 29. Qc7 R6e7 30. Rfe1 h4 31. Ne2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Karlsbad*"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "1929.08.22"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Saemisch, Fritz"]
[Black "Gruenfeld, Ernst"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E27"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1929.??.31"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 {Sämisch gains a massive pawn centre and
two bishops in the centre.} Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 d6 6. f3 O-O $5 ({Capablanca had
lost against Sämisch by} 6... e5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Be3 b6 9. Bd3 Ba6 $4 10. Qa4 Bb7
11. d5 {in round sixteen.}) 7. e4 e5 8. Bd3 Nc6 $6 ({Preferable is} 8... Nh5 $1
) 9. Ne2 $1 Nd7 10. O-O b6 $6 {The attack on pawn c4 will take too much time.}
11. Be3 Ba6 12. Ng3 $1 Na5 13. Qe2 Qe8 14. f4 $1 {Sämisch takes the initiative.
} f6 15. Rf3 Kh8 16. Raf1 Qf7 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. d5 $1 Nb7 19. Nf5 Nd6 20. Rh3
g6 21. Nh6 Qg7 22. g4 $2 g5 $2 {Black weakens his pawn structure again.} ({The
immediate} 22... Nc5 23. Bxc5 bxc5 {had to be played.}) 23. Rh5 Nc5 24. Bxc5
bxc5 25. Rf3 Qe7 26. Rfh3 Bc8 {Black lacks a stubborn defence.} 27. Qf2 Ne8 28.
Rf3 Ng7 29. Rhh3 Bd7 30. Rhg3 $1 Be8 31. h4 $1 gxh4 32. Rg2 h3 {Otherwise
White plays 33.Qxh4.} 33. Rxh3 Bg6 34. Rf3 Rab8 35. Qh4 Rb3 36. Rgf2 $6 (36. g5
$1 Ne8 37. Ng4 {opens the bastion at once.}) 36... Rxc3 37. g5 $1 Ne8 $6 ({The
smart defence} 37... Nh5 $1 38. gxf6 Qd6 $1 39. Ng4 Nf4 40. Rxf4 $1 Rxd3 $1 41.
R4f3 Rd1+ 42. Rf1 Bxe4 $1 {counters, but} 43. Re3 $1 {resumes the offensive.})
38. gxf6 $1 Qd8 ({The pointe is} 38... Nxf6 39. Rxf6 Rxf6 40. Rxf6 Rxd3 41.
Rxg6 $1 {(Tartakower).}) 39. Ng4 Rxd3 40. Rxd3 Bxe4 41. Re3 Nd6 42. Nxe5 Bf5
43. Rxf5 $1 {Sämisch chooses a dazzling triumph.} Nxf5 44. Ng6+ Kg8 45. Re7 $1
Rf7 ({Alternatives are} 45... Nxh4 46. Rg7#) (45... hxg6 46. Qh7#) ({and} 45...
Nxe7 46. fxe7 {(Tartakower).}) 46. Rxf7 Kxf7 47. Ne5+ Kf8 48. Qxh7 {Sämisch
got the first beauty prize for this wonderful game.} 1-0

[Event "Karlsbad*"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "1929.08.26"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Black "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E87"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1929.??.31"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Nh3 $5 {
Nimzowitsch plays one of his admirable novelties.} e5 8. d5 a5 $2 ({Right is} 
8... Nh5 $1 9. g4 Nf4 10. Nxf4 exf4 11. Bxf4 Ne5 {(Jaeger-Schusster, Bad
Neuenahr 1957).}) 9. Nf2 b6 10. Qd2 Nc5 11. Bg5 Bd7 12. g4 Qc8 13. h4 Kh8 $6
14. h5 gxh5 $2 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 {Tartakower has opened his position for an attack
on his king.} 16. Rxh5 $6 {Hereafter, endless manoeuvres begin.} ({Best is} 16.
Qh6 $1 Bg7 17. Qxh5 h6 18. g5 {(Lasker).}) 16... Bg7 17. Nh1 f6 18. Qh2 h6 19.
Ng3 Kh7 20. Be2 Rg8 21. Kf2 Rh8 22. Rh4 Qe8 23. Rg1 Bf8 24. Kg2 Nb7 25. Nh5 Qg6
26. f4 Nd8 27. Bf3 Nf7 28. Ne2 Be7 29. Kh1 Kg8 30. Neg3 Kf8 31. Nf5 Rg8 32. Qd2
Rc8 33. Rh2 Ke8 34. b3 Kd8 35. a3 Ra8 36. Qc1 {At this time Spielmann has
spoiled a won game against Mattison, and Capablanca has defeated Maróczy.} Bf8
$2 {Black blunders material.} ({Correct is} 36... Qh7 {(Nimzowitsch). The
white knights function well as blockaders, but White cannot advance on the
kingside. He has to prepare a breakthrough on the other flank.}) 37. Nh4 $1 Qh7
38. Nxf6 Qh8 39. Nxg8 Qxg8 40. g5 exf4 41. gxh6 Qh7 42. Qxf4 Bxh6 43. Qf6+ Kc8
44. Nf5 Bxf5 45. exf5 Kb7 46. Qg6 Rh8 47. Qxh7 Rxh7 48. Rg6 Kc8 49. f6 Rh8 50.
Bg4+ Kd8 51. Be6 Ke8 52. Bxf7+ Kxf7 53. Rhxh6 {Nimzowitsch had won the
tournament with 15/21! Capablanca and Spielmann trailed by half-a-point.} 1-0

[Event "San Remo"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1930.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Monticelli, Mario"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C86"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1930.??.??"]

{The first international tournament occurred in Italy from 16 i until 4 ii
1930. Chess was played in the casino of San Remo during daytime. The playing
hall was used for dancing in the evening. World champion Alekhine defeated
Nimzowitsch by restriction and won the event with 14/15, 31/2 points before
Nimzo! He got 10,000 liras.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O
Be7 6. Qe2 $5 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. a4 Rb8 $5 10. axb5 axb5 11. d4 $1 exd4
12. cxd4 Bg4 13. Rd1 d5 14. e5 Ne4 15. Nc3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Qd7 17. h3 Bf5 18. Ra6
$1 {White will make three threatening moves in a row.} Kh8 $6 19. Ng5 $5 h6 20.
g4 $1 Bg6 21. Nf3 $6 ({Alekhine rejects} 21. e6 $1 Qd6 $1 22. Nxf7+ Bxf7 23.
exf7 Rxf7 {due to} 24. Ba3 $2 ({but} 24. Bc2 $1 Bh4 (24... Nxd4 $2 25. Qd3 $1)
25. Qd3 $1 Bxf2+ 26. Kh1 {favours White.}) 24... Nxd4 $1) 21... Nd8 22. Ne1 c6
23. Nd3 Ne6 24. f4 $1 {The position looks awful and Black despairs.} f5 $4 (
24... Qb7 $1 25. Qa2 (25. Ra2 b4 $1) 25... Ra8 {creates real counter-play.})
25. exf6 Bxf6 26. f5 Nxd4 27. cxd4 Bxd4+ 28. Kg2 Rbe8 29. Qf3 Bf7 30. Nf4 Be5
31. Ba3 Rg8 32. Bc5 Bb8 33. Bf2 Re4 34. Qxe4 1-0

[Event "San Remo"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1930.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yates, Frederick"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C71"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1930.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Nc3 Bd7 6. d3 g6 7. Nd5 b5 8. Bb3
Na5 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bd2 c6 11. Ne3 Nxb3 12. axb3 Nh6 13. b4 $6 ({Correct is} 13.
d4) 13... f5 14. Qe2 Nf7 15. Nf1 $6 {Yates makes a number of passive moves.}
Qe7 16. Ng3 f4 17. Nf1 g5 18. Bc3 h5 19. N3d2 Bg4 20. f3 Be6 21. d4 Bg7 22. Qd3
exd4 23. Bxd4 Ne5 24. Qe2 O-O 25. h3 c5 $1 26. Bc3 cxb4 27. Bxb4 Nc6 28. Bc3
Bxc3 29. bxc3 Qf6 30. e5 $5 Nxe5 31. Ne4 Qe7 32. Nfd2 Bc4 33. Nxc4 Nxc4 34. Rd1
Qe5 35. Qd3 Rf5 36. O-O d5 $1 {We can admire the elegant play by the world
champion.} 37. Qxd5+ Qxd5 38. Rxd5 Rxd5 39. Nf6+ Kf7 40. Nxd5 Rd8 41. Nb4 Rd2
42. Ra1 a5 43. Nc6 Rxc2 44. Nxa5 Ne3 45. Rb1 Rxg2+ 46. Kh1 Rg3 47. Nc6 Rxh3+
48. Kg1 Rg3+ 49. Kh2 Kf6 50. Nd4 g4 51. fxg4 Nxg4+ 52. Kh1 f3 53. Rf1 Rh3+ 54.
Kg1 f2+ 55. Kg2 Rxc3 56. Rh1 Rd3 57. Ne2 Rd2 58. Ng3 Rb2 59. Nxh5+ Ke5 60. Ng3
Nh2 $1 61. Nf1 Nxf1 62. Rh5+ Kd4 63. Kxf1 b4 64. Rh8 Rc2 65. Rb8 Kc3 66. Rb7 b3
0-1

[Event "San Remo"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1930.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C17"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1930.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Bd2 Ne7 6. Nb5 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 O-O 8. c3
b6 $6 ({Theory is} 8... Nbc6) 9. f4 Ba6 10. Nf3 Qd7 11. a4 $1 Nbc6 12. b4 $1
cxb4 13. cxb4 Bb7 ({Exchange by} 13... Bxb5 14. axb5 Nd8 {is necessary 
(Alekhine).}) 14. Nd6 f5 $2 (14... a5 15. b5 Nb4 {offers counter-play.}) 15. a5
$1 Nc8 ({No use has} 15... bxa5 16. b5 $1 Nd8 17. Rxa5 {(Coles).}) 16. Nxb7
Qxb7 17. a6 $1 {The planned restriction of the queenside has been carried out.}
Qf7 18. Bb5 N8e7 19. O-O h6 $6 20. Rfc1 Rfc8 21. Rc2 Qe8 22. Rac1 Rab8 23. Qe3
Rc7 24. Rc3 Qd7 25. R1c2 Kf8 26. Qc1 $1 Rbc8 27. Ba4 b5 28. Bxb5 Ke8 29. Ba4
Kd8 30. h4 Qe8 {This was the most remarkable game of the tournament, because
Nimzowitsch was defeated in his own style.} 1-0

[Event "San Remo"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1930.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vidmar, Milan Sr"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E37"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1930.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 Nc6 $5 {
The mobility in increased by a new move.} 8. e3 e5 $1 9. f3 $5 Nf6 10. cxd5 $6
(10. dxe5 $1 Nxe5 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. e4 {gives White a plus.}) 10... Qxd5 11.
Bc4 Qd6 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Bd2 O-O $1 14. Bb4 c5 $1 15. Rd1 ({Not} 15. Bxc5 $2
Qxc5 16. Bxf7+ Rxf7 17. Qxc5 Nd3+ {(Vidmar).}) 15... Qc6 $1 16. Bd2 $1 Bf5 $5
17. Qxf5 Nxc4 18. Bc1 Rfe8 19. Kf2 $1 Re6 20. Nh3 $2 ({Right is} 20. Qc2 $1 b5
21. b3 Ne5 22. Ne2) 20... Ne4+ $1 {The attack gets a new impulse.} 21. Ke1 ({
The pointe is} 21. fxe4 $4 Rf6) 21... Ned6 22. Qd3 Nxe3 $1 23. Bxe3 c4 $1 24.
Qd5 $1 Rxe3+ 25. Kf2 Qxd5 26. Rxd5 Rd3 $1 27. Rxd3 cxd3 28. Rd1 Nc4 29. Rxd3
Nxb2 30. Rb3 Nc4 31. Rxb7 Nxa3 32. Ng5 a5 33. Nxf7 a4 34. Nd6 Nc2 35. Rb2 $1 a3
$1 36. Rxc2 a2 37. Rxa2 $6 (37. Rc1 $1 a1=Q 38. Rxa1 Rxa1 39. g4 $1 {improves
the pawn structure (Alekhine).}) 37... Rxa2+ 38. Kg3 Kf8 39. h4 $6 {White
weakens his position.} Ke7 40. Ne4 h6 41. Nf2 Ke6 42. Nd3 Kf5 43. Nf4 Ra4 44.
Nd3 Rc4 45. Nf2 Rc6 46. Nh3 Ke5 47. h5 $5 Rc2 48. Nf4 Rd2 49. Nh3 Kd4 50. Nf4
Ke3 51. Ne6 Rd5 52. f4 Rf5 $1 53. Kg4 Rf6 $1 54. f5 Rf7 55. g3 Ke4 56. Nc5+ Kd4
$1 57. Nb3+ Ke5 0-1

[Event "San Remo"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1930.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D67"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1930.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Ne4 b6 $5 {Colle applied this move twice
before.} 12. O-O Bb7 13. Ng3 c5 14. e4 N5f6 (14... Nf4 $1 {will be played in
Portisch-Ljubojevic, Milano 1975.}) 15. Re1 cxd4 16. Bb5 $5 Rfc8 17. Qxd4 Rc5
18. Bxd7 Nxd7 19. b4 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Rc8 21. Rxc8+ Bxc8 22. Qc3 {White has kept
the initiative.} Qd8 23. Nd4 Bb7 24. f3 Nf6 25. Nf1 Ne8 26. Ne3 a6 $5 27. a4 h6
28. h3 h5 $5 29. a5 bxa5 30. bxa5 Qd6 (30... h4 $1 {restricts the kingside.})
31. Nb3 $1 Bc6 $5 32. e5 $1 Qc7 33. Nc5 Bb5 34. f4 Qd8 35. f5 $1 exf5 36. Nxf5
Qg5 37. Nd4 $1 Nc7 ({Not} 37... Qxe5 $4 38. Nxb5 $1) 38. Nf3 Qf4 39. Kf2 Qf5
40. Qd2 {Maróczy is going to make mistakes over-the-board and Alekhine in the
analysis.} Kh7 $2 ({Alekhine regards} 40... Ne6 $1 41. Nb7 {as winning for
White, but} Bc6 42. Nd6 Qf4 {defends well.}) 41. Ne4 $1 Ne6 $2 ({Now he
mentions} 41... Ne8 42. Ng3 Qg6 43. Qd8 $6 {as winning, but} Qc2+ {gives
sufficient counteraction.}) 42. Nd6 Qb1 43. Nxf7 Bc6 44. N7g5+ Nxg5 45. Nxg5+
Kg6 46. h4 $1 Kf5 {Black has to choose a forwards defence.} 47. e6 Qb5 48. Qc2+
$1 Ke5 49. Qc3+ Kd6 50. Qg3+ Kd5 51. Qf3+ Ke5 52. Qe3+ Kf6 53. Qc3+ Kg6 54. e7
$1 Qf5+ 55. Ke3 $1 Be8 56. Qd4 Bb5 57. Qd6+ Qf6 58. Ne4 $1 1-0

[Event "San Remo"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1930.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1930.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nge2 Be6 8.
O-O h6 $1 {Black threatens to start an attack on the kingside.} 9. Bxf6 Bxf6
10. Bb5 Qd6 11. Bxc6+ Qxc6 12. Nf4 O-O-O 13. Nxe6 Qxe6 14. Ne2 $6 ({Better is} 
14. Na4 Rhe8 15. c3) 14... Rde8 $6 ({A plus is achieved by} 14... Rhe8 $1 {
(Spielmann)} 15. Nc1 $1 Qf5 16. c3 Re7) 15. Re1 Qf5 16. c3 h5 17. Qa4 a6 18.
Ng3 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Qd7 20. Qxd7+ Kxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Remo"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1930.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Kmoch, Hans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E51"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1930.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 O-O 5. e3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. a3 $5 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 Ne4 $5 9. Rc1 Nxc3 10. Rxc3 cxd4 11. exd4 Nc6 12. Be2 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Qf6
14. O-O Rd8 15. Rd3 Bd7 16. Re1 $5 ({The solid} 16. d5 {draws.}) 16... Be8 $5 (
{More active is} 16... Na5 17. Ba2 Bb5) 17. Qd2 Ne7 18. Ng5 $1 Nd5 19. Rf3 Qe7
20. Rg3 h6 21. Nf3 Qf6 22. Re4 Ne7 23. Ne5 Nf5 24. Rd3 Rac8 25. h3 $5 Nd6 $5 ({
Or} 25... Bc6 26. Nxc6 bxc6 {(Alekhine).}) 26. Rf4 Nxc4 27. Nxc4 Qg5 28. Rg3
Qd5 29. Ne3 Qc6 30. Kh2 Qc1 $2 ({Right is} 30... Rc7 31. d5 Qd6 32. Rh4 Kf8 33.
Qd4 f5 $1) 31. Qb4 $1 Qc7 ({An alternative brings} 31... Rc7 32. d5 $1 (32.
Rxg7+ $5 Kxg7 33. Rg4+ Kf6 34. Qf8 $1) 32... Qc5 33. Rfg4 g6 34. Qf4) 32. d5 $1
a5 ({The pointe is} 32... exd5 33. Nf5 $1) 33. Qe4 Rd6 34. Qe5 g6 35. Qh5 $1
Rxd5 ({Alekhine has calculated} 35... Kh7 36. Ng4 $1 gxh5 37. Nf6+ Kh8 38. Rg8#
) 36. Nxd5 exd5 37. Qxh6 {The comments were rewritten. Nunn's corrections
showed little relevance.} 1-0

[Event "San Remo"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1930.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1930.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bb4+ $5 5. Nd2 Ne4 $5 6. a3 Nxd2 $6 ({Right
is} 6... Bxd2+ 7. Bxd2 O-O) 7. Bxd2 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 O-O 9. Nh3 $1 d5 $5 10. cxd5
exd5 11. Nf4 c6 12. O-O Qe7 13. b4 $1 a6 14. f3 $6 ({The minority attack
continues with} 14. a4 $1) 14... Nd7 15. e4 $5 fxe4 16. fxe4 dxe4 17. Qa2+ $1
Kh8 18. Ne6 $6 Rxf1+ $6 (18... Rf6 $1 {beats back the white attack and gains
an advantage.}) 19. Rxf1 Nf6 20. Ng5 h6 $2 (20... Bd7 $1 21. Nf7+ Kg8 22. Nh6+
Kh8 {and no smothered mate.}) 21. Qf7 Qxf7 22. Nxf7+ Kh7 23. Nd6 Be6 $6 ({Best
is} 23... Kg8 $1 24. Re1 Kf8) 24. Nxb7 Bd5 25. Re1 Ra7 26. Nc5 a5 27. bxa5 Rxa5
28. a4 $1 Ra8 29. Ra1 Ra5 30. Ra3 $1 Kg6 31. h3 Kf5 32. Kf2 Ne8 $2 (32... g5 {
prolongs the game.}) 33. Bxe4+ $1 Bxe4 34. g4+ $1 Kf6 ({The pointe is} 34...
Kf4 $4 35. Ne6#) 35. Nxe4+ Ke6 36. Ke3 Nd6 37. Kd3 Nxe4 38. Kxe4 h5 39. g5 Rxg5
40. a5 Rb5 41. a6 Rb8 42. a7 Ra8 43. h4 g5 44. hxg5 h4 45. Ra6 Kf7 46. Kf4 h3
47. Kg3 Kg6 48. d5 Kxg5 49. dxc6 Kf5 50. c7 1-0

[Event "San Remo"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1930.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ahues, Carl"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1930.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. e3 Bb7 4. Nbd2 c5 5. Bd3 e6 6. c3 Be7 7. Qe2 $5 Nd5 $5
8. dxc5 bxc5 9. Nf1 Qc7 10. Ng3 Nc6 11. Bd2 g5 $1 {Alekhine wants to upset his
opponent.} 12. c4 Ndb4 13. Bc3 Nxd3+ 14. Qxd3 Nb4 15. Qe2 Rg8 16. a3 Nc6 17.
Nd2 Ne5 18. Qh5 $2 {Suddenly Ahues panics.} ({The prudent play can be
continued with} 18. f3 $1 {(Alekhine).}) {Black has the choice between two
promising variations.} 18... O-O-O $5 ({He could have gained a slight
advantage by the obvious} 18... Bxg2 19. Rg1 Bc6 20. Qxh7 O-O-O {(Alekhine).})
19. O-O $1 f5 20. Qe2 $2 ({White should have tried the odd} 20. b4 $5 g4 $1 21.
Rab1) 20... h5 $1 {The road to the hostile king is opened by a superb
sacrifice.} 21. Nxh5 Rg6 22. f4 gxf4 23. Nxf4 Rh6 24. h3 Rg8 25. Bxe5 Qxe5 26.
Nf3 Qg7 27. Rad1 e5 $1 28. Nd5 Rxh3 29. Qd2 Bxd5 30. cxd5 e4 31. d6 exf3 32.
Rxf3 Rxf3 33. dxe7 Qxe7 0-1

[Event "San Remo"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1930.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Romi, Massimiliano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1930.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 Qc7 7. O-O e5 $6 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Qxe5 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. e4 Nf6 13. h3 $6 Be7 $6 (
13... Be6 $1 14. Qf3 Bxc4 15. Bxc4 Bd6 {prevents Bf4.}) 14. Qf3 $1 Be6 15. Bf4
Qd8 16. Rad1 O-O 17. Bc2 Qc8 18. Nd6 $1 Bxd6 19. Bxd6 Re8 20. e5 Nd5 $1 21. Rd4
g6 22. Rfd1 Qd8 23. Qg3 Kg7 24. Rh4 Rh8 25. Bb4 h6 26. Bd2 Qe7 27. Kh2 Rad8 28.
b4 Qe8 29. Rd4 Qe7 30. Bb3 $6 Nc7 $1 {A rook will be exchanged.} 31. Rxd8 Rxd8
32. Bc2 Nd5 $1 ({Not} 32... Bxa2 $2 33. f4 Rd4 34. f5 $1) 33. f4 Kh7 34. Qf2 b6
35. g4 $1 {Black needs to simplify.} Bc8 $2 ({Okay is} 35... f5 $1 36. exf6
Qxf6 37. f5 Bf7 $1 {Three pieces overprotect the weakness g6.}) 36. Qg3 Rg8 $5
37. a3 f6 $5 38. Re1 fxe5 39. Rxe5 Qf6 ({Or} 39... Qd6 40. g5 h5 41. Qf3 $1)
40. b5 $1 Ne7 41. Bc3 Qf7 42. Bb3 $1 Nd5 43. bxc6 Be6 44. Bxd5 Bxd5 45. Qe3 Rg7
46. Rxd5 Qxd5 47. Bxg7 Kxg7 48. Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "San Remo"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1930.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1930.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Qc7 8.
g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 Be6 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. O-O Qa5 14. Qc2
f6 15. Ne4 Bb4 16. Rfc1 $2 ({Correct is} 16. Rfd1 {(Alekhine).}) 16... Rd8 $1
17. h4 O-O 18. Rd1 Nc4 $1 19. Bh3 $1 Bf7 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1
Qd5 $1 ({Not} 22... Nxb2 23. Qd7 $1) 23. Qc2 Qd4 $1 24. Bf5 $6 (24. Bc1 $1 {
defends the queenside.}) 24... h6 (24... Qxb2 $5 25. Qd3 $1 {gives sufficient
counter-play to White.}) 25. Bc8 Qxb2 26. Qxb2 Nxb2 27. Bxb7 Bd5 28. Bd2 $1 {
Black has gained a big advantage.} Bxe4 $6 (28... Bxd2 $1 29. Nxd2 Nxa4 30. e4
Be6 31. Bxc6 Nc3 {might win (Alekhine).}) 29. Bxb4 Nxa4 30. Bd6 $1 f5 31. Bc8
Nc3 32. Ba6 Nb5 33. Bc5 Kf7 34. f3 Bd5 35. Kf2 g6 36. Ke3 Bc4 37. Bb7 Bd5 38.
Ba6 Bc4 39. g4 $6 fxg4 40. fxg4 Nd6 41. Bxd6 Bxa6 42. Bc5 Bc8 43. g5 hxg5 44.
hxg5 Ke6 45. Bxa7 Kf5 46. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Remo"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1930.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Araiza, Jose"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1930.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. Nge2 dxe4 6. a3 Be7 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8.
Nxe4 b6 $5 9. g3 Bb7 10. Bg2 Qc8 11. Nf4 Nd7 12. Qh5 g6 $2 ({Right is} 12...
O-O $1) ({The suggestion} 12... Bxd4 $2 13. O-O-O $1 e5 $2 {(Johner) is
refuted by} 14. Rxd4 $1 exd4 15. Ng5 g6 16. Re1+ Kf8 17. Qh6+ Kg8 18. Nge6 $1
fxe6 19. Nxe6) 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Qe5 Ke7 15. d5 $1 Nd7 16. Qg5+ f6 17. Qh6 e5
18. d6+ $2 {Alekhine does not take his opponent seriously.} (18. Ne6 $1 {wins
easily.}) 18... Kf7 19. Nd5 cxd6 20. O-O Qf8 $6 ({Better is} 20... f5 21. Rad1
e4) 21. Qd2 Rc8 $6 22. Nxf6 $1 Bxg2 23. Nxd7 Qe7 $2 (23... Qd8 $1 24. Nxb6 Qxb6
25. Kxg2 Qxb2 26. Qxd6 Rhd8 {gives a serious defence (Johner).}) 24. Nxb6 Rc5
25. Kxg2 Qb7+ 26. Kg1 Qxb6 27. b4 Rc6 28. Qd5+ Ke7 29. c4 Rhc8 30. c5 $1 dxc5
31. Qxe5+ Kf7 32. Qd5+ Kg7 33. Qd7+ Kh6 34. Rad1 R6c7 35. Qh3+ Kg7 36. Rd7+ 1-0

[Event "San Remo"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1930.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Colle, Edgar"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D04"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1930.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Bf5 4. Bd3 e6 5. Bxf5 exf5 6. O-O Nbd7 7. c4 dxc4 8.
Qa4 Bd6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nxc4 Nb6 11. Nxb6 axb6 12. Qc2 Qd7 13. Ne5 Qe6 14. Nc4
Be7 15. Bd2 Rfd8 16. a4 Ne4 17. Rfd1 f4 $1 18. Be1 fxe3 19. Nxe3 c6 20. Nc4 Ra6
21. b4 h6 22. Ra3 b5 23. axb5 cxb5 24. Rxa6 bxa6 25. Ne5 Bf6 26. Qxe4 $2 {
Colle makes a wrong calculation.} ({Correct is} 26. f3 $1 Ng5 27. Bg3) 26...
Bxe5 27. f4 $2 (27. g3 Bxd4 28. Rxd4 Rxd4 29. Qxd4 Qxe1+ {(Becker), and Black
has gained a pawn.}) 27... Bxd4+ $1 28. Rxd4 Rxd4 0-1

[Event "San Remo"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1930.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D65"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1930.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Rc1 Re8 8. Qc2
a6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 c6 11. O-O Ne4 $2 (11... h6 {is known since
Schlechter-Berger, Barmen 1905.}) 12. Bf4 $2 (12. Bxe4 $1 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Bxg5
14. Nexg5 {wins a pawn (Becker).}) 12... f5 $4 {Another blunder is made.} ({
The position can be restored by the useful move} 12... Ndf6) 13. Nxd5 $1 Bd6 ({
The pointe is} 13... cxd5 $2 14. Bc7) 14. Bxd6 Nxd6 15. Nf4 Nf6 16. Qb3+ Kh8
17. Rfd1 Qe7 18. Ne5 Be6 19. Bc4 Bxc4 20. Rxc4 Qc7 21. Rc2 Re7 22. Rdc1 Rae8
23. h3 g5 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. Qxd5 Qd8 26. Nxc6 $6 {The world champion encounters
little resistance and becomes too optimistic.} bxc6 27. Rxc6 Ne4 $2 {
Rubinstein fumbles for the third time.} ({A counteraction is started by} 27...
Rd7 $1 28. Rxa6 f4) 28. Qxf5 Rf8 29. Rc8 Rxf5 30. Rxd8+ Kg7 31. f3 Nf6 32. e4
Ra5 33. a3 Rb5 34. b4 a5 35. Rc5 Reb7 36. bxa5 Rxc5 37. dxc5 Rc7 38. a6 Kf7 39.
Rb8 Ke6 40. Rb6+ Ke5 41. Rb7 Rc6 42. a7 Ra6 43. c6 Ne8 44. Re7+ Kf4 45. Rxe8
Rxa7 46. Kf2 1-0

[Event "San Remo"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1930.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Grau, Roberto"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1930.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. a3 $6 c5 3. e3 e5 4. d4 exd4 5. exd4 cxd4 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Nxd4 Bc5
8. Nb3 Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be2 d6 11. O-O Be6 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. cxd5 Ne7 14. Bf3
Qd7 15. Bg5 Qf5 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Nd2 Rac8 18. Qb3 Nf5 {Alekhine waits for the
tactical mistakes by his opponent.} 19. Qd3 $2 ({Right is} 19. Be4 $1 Nd4 20.
Qd3 {(Lachaga).}) 19... Qxb2 $1 20. Qxf5 Qxd2 21. Qd7 Rfd8 22. Qxb7 Rc7 23. Qa6
Rc2 24. Kh1 g6 25. Qa4 Rdc8 26. Rad1 Rc1 27. Qd7 Qf4 28. Qb5 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Bxf2
30. Qe2 Qh4 31. Qa6 Rd8 32. Qb7 Bg3 33. h3 Qa4 34. Qb2 Re8 35. Rb1 Re3 36. Qb8+
Kg7 37. Rf1 Rxf3 38. gxf3 Qc2 {The world champion had won the event with the
incredible score of 14/15.} 0-1

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1931.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stoltz, Goesta"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C71"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1931.??.??"]

{Vidmar's idea to organise an important chess tournament was well received in
Bled and his birthplace Ljubljana. Hans Kmoch accepted the invitation to
manage the event. All rounds, except one, took place in the health resort Bled.
Capablanca could not be invited due to his problems with world champion
Alekhine. Euwe and Sultan Khan had other obligations. Rubinstein reacted too
confused at the request. Fourteen important chess players accepted the
invitation.   The players stayed in Hotel Toplice. Round one started in the
large salon on August 23. The visitors took many liberties for an entrance fee.
An 'amateur' asked Bogoljubow for a light! Round two was carried out in a
quiet room with a view on Lake Bled. Playing conditions remained perfect until
the last round on September 28. The tempo was 35 moves in two hours, followed
by 15 in one. Alekhine had shown a complete superiority again. Therefore, only
his games have been selected. The scores against Alekhine in two cycles were:
Asztalos, Kashdan and Spielmann 1, Bogoljubow, Flohr, Tartakower, Kostic and
Vidmar 1/2, Maróczy, Colle, Stoltz, Pirc and Nimzowitsch 0. Alekhine scored
201/2/26, 51/2 points before Bogoljubow!  His gambit style was humiliating for
the other players. The first prize of 30,000 Dinars was well deserved.
Unfortunately he displayed public drunkenness for the first time. Hopefully it
did not upset the Queen of Yugoslavia and her children, who stayed in the same
hotel.  Kmoch wrote a tournament book with extensive analyses. The German
original could not be published due to the recession, but a Russian adaptation
appeared in 1934. An English translation by Jimmy Adams was published in 1987.
   CYCLE ONE.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. d4 b5 6. Bb3 Nxd4 7.
Nxd4 exd4 8. Bd5 Rb8 9. Bc6+ ({A plus keeps} 9. Qxd4 Nf6 10. O-O {
(Tereshchenko-Gregory, St. Petersburg 1909).}) 9... Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Qxd4
Nf6 12. Nc3 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Bd2 Rfe8 15. Qd3 b4 16. Ne2 ({Less shy is} 16.
Nd5 $1 Nxd5 17. exd5 $1) 16... Qc6 17. f3 $2 ({Correct is} 17. Ng3 {(Kmoch).})
17... d5 $1 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Rae1 Bf6 20. c4 Qc5+ 21. Rf2 Ne3 $1 22. b3 ({
Insufficient resistance offers} 22. Ng3 Bd4 $1 23. Ne4 Rxe4 $1 24. Qxe4 Nxc4
25. Qe8+ Qf8) 22... Rbd8 23. Bxe3 Rxe3 24. Qc2 Bh4 $1 25. g3 Rxf3 26. Ref1 Bg5
27. Kg2 Rxf2+ 28. Rxf2 Qc6+ 29. Kh3 Be3 30. Rf1 Rd5 31. Nf4 Qd7+ 32. g4 Rd4 33.
Qg2 c6 34. Nh5 Bg5 35. Qe2 g6 36. Ng3 h5 37. Ne4 Qxg4+ 38. Qxg4 hxg4+ 39. Kxg4
Rxe4+ 40. Kxg5 Kg7 0-1

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1931.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1931.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 Nf6 $5 3. Bd3 {Alekhine avoids a transfer to the Alekhine.} d6
4. Nf3 e5 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. h3 h6 7. Be3 Be7 8. a4 Nbd7 9. Qd2 a6 10. a5 exd4 11.
Nxd4 Nc5 12. O-O Nxd3 13. cxd3 O-O 14. Na4 c5 $6 ({The pressure is lessened by
} 14... d5 $1 15. Nb6 Rb8 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Rac1 Qd8) 15. Rac1
Qd8 16. Ne2 Bd7 17. Nb6 Rb8 18. Ng3 Kh7 19. d4 cxd4 20. Bxd4 Bc6 21. Rfe1 g6
22. Bc3 Ne8 23. Rcd1 Bf6 24. Bb4 Rg8 25. Nc4 Ba4 26. Ra1 Bb5 27. Nb6 Bc6 28.
Ra3 Qc7 29. Rf3 Rd8 30. Nd5 Bxd5 31. Qxd5 Rd7 32. Bc3 Bxc3 33. Rxc3 Qd8 34. Rf3
Qe7 35. e5 $5 {Contemporaries praise this move.} Nc7 $1 36. Qxb7 dxe5 37. Qc6
f5 38. Rb3 $1 Rgd8 39. Rb6 {But Black can survive.} Rd6 $2 ({After} 39... Qg7
$1 40. Rb7 Rf7 41. h4 h5 42. Rc1 Rdd7 {the black pieces apply consolidation
and are ready for counteraction.}) 40. Qc5 Re6 ({The attractive} 40... e4 {
fails due to} 41. Nxf5 $1 gxf5 42. Qxf5+) 41. Qxe7+ Rxe7 42. Rc1 Red7 43. Kh2
e4 44. Ne2 Nd5 $5 ({Black perishes by restriction in} 44... Rg7 45. Nf4 Rd2 46.
Kg1) 45. Rxa6 e3 46. fxe3 Nxe3 47. Re6 Nd5 48. Rcc6 Ne7 49. Ra6 Rb8 50. Nf4
Rxb2 51. Nxg6 Nxg6 52. Rxg6 f4 53. Rxh6+ Kg8 54. Rag6+ Rg7 55. Kg1 Ra2 56. a6
Rxg6 57. Rxg6+ Kf7 58. Rg4 f3 59. Rf4+ Kg6 60. Rxf3 Rxa6 61. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1931.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Asztalos, Lajos"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1931.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 b6 8.
Bb5+ c6 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. O-O-O a6 $6 ({Correct is} 11... Nd7 {
(Eliskases-Luckis, Montevideo 1941).}) 12. Rhe1 Nd7 13. Kb1 c5 14. dxc5 bxc5
15. Ng3 Nb6 16. Nh5 c4 17. Be4 Na4 18. Qe3 h6 $2 ({The right answer to the
threat 19.Ng7+ Kf8 20.Qh6 gives} 18... Rg8 $1 19. Bxh7 Rxg2) 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20.
Qd4 Rb8 21. b3 Qc6 22. Nxf6+ Bxf6 23. Qxf6 cxb3 {Black is horribly lost.} 24.
axb3 (24. Qxh8+ Ke7 25. Rd7+ $1 Kxd7 26. Ne5+ Kc7 27. Qxb8+ {wins immediately 
(Alekhine).}) 24... Nc3+ 25. Kc1 Rf8 26. Rd3 (26. Nd4 $1 {and Nxe6 wins 
(Alekhine).}) 26... Nd5 27. Qe5 Rc8 28. Re2 Nb4 29. Rd6 Qc5 30. Qxc5 Rxc5 31.
Kb2 Ke7 32. Rb6 a5 33. Ne5 Rfc8 34. Rb7+ R8c7 35. Rxc7+ Rxc7 36. g3 f6 37. Nf3
e5 38. Rd2 Ke6 39. Ne1 Nd5 40. c4 Ne7 41. Ka3 Kf5 42. Rd6 Nc6 43. Nc2 Ke4 44.
Rxf6 Nd4 45. Kb2 a4 46. Kc3 $2 ({White still wins by} 46. Nxd4 exd4 47. bxa4
Rxc4 48. a5 Ra4 49. a6) 46... axb3 47. Nxd4 exd4+ 48. Kxb3 Kd3 49. Rf3+ Ke2 50.
Rf4 Kd3 $1 51. Rf3+ Ke2 52. Rf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1931.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Vidmar, Milan Sr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D55"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1931.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Bd3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Kh8 $6 ({Wiser is} 10... h6 {(Geller-Klovans,
Leningrad 1963).}) 11. cxd5 exd5 12. O-O Bg4 $2 (12... Nd7 13. Rab1 Nf6 {
defends properly.}) 13. Ne5 Bh5 14. Bxh7 $1 g6 15. g4 (15. Bxg6 $1 Bxg6 16.
Qxg6 fxg6 17. Nxg6+ Kg7 18. Nxe7 Kf6 19. Nxd5+ cxd5 20. Rab1 {is even better.})
15... Bxg4 16. Nxg4 Qg5 17. h3 Kxh7 18. f4 Qh4 19. Kh2 Nd7 20. Rab1 b6 21. Rg1
Nf6 22. Ne5 Ne4 23. Rbf1 Kg7 24. Rg4 Qh6 25. f5 $1 {The attack has a terrific
strength.} Qxe3 $1 ({An insufficient defence provides} 25... g5 26. Rxe4 $1
dxe4 27. f6+ $1 Kh8 28. Qxe4 {(Alekhine).}) 26. Qg2 Qd2 (26... Rh8 $2 27. Rxg6+
$1) 27. f6+ $1 Kg8 28. Nxc6 Qxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Rfe8 30. Ne7+ Rxe7 $1 31. fxe7 Re8
32. c4 $1 Rxe7 33. cxd5 Nc3 34. d6 Rd7 35. Rc1 Nb5 $2 ({Blockade applies} 35...
Nd5 $1 36. Kf3 Rxd6 {A win will be difficult to achieve for White.}) 36. Rg5
Nxd6 37. Rd5 $1 Kf8 38. Re1 Rd8 39. Kf3 Rd7 40. Kf4 Kg7 41. Re8 Kf6 42. h4 Kg7
43. a4 Kf6 44. Rc8 Ke6 45. Re5+ Kf6 46. Rc6 Rd8 47. a5 b5 48. Rxb5 Ke6 49. Re5+
Kf6 50. Ra6 Rd7 51. Kg4 Rd8 52. Kf3 Rd7 53. Kf4 Rd8 54. h5 gxh5 55. Rxh5 Rd7
56. Re5 Rd8 57. Rxa7 Nc4 58. Ra6+ Kg7 59. Rg5+ Kf8 60. Ke4 Ke7 61. Rc5 Nd6+ 62.
Kd3 Ke6 63. Rcc6 Kd5 64. Rxd6+ Rxd6 65. Rxd6+ Kxd6 66. a6 ({The last point is} 
66. a6 Kc6 67. d5+ $1) 1-0

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1931.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Colle, Edgar"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1931.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. dxc5 d4 10. Nb5 Bxc5 11. Bg5 Bb6 12. Nd2 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nc4 Bc5
15. Nc7 Rb8 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. Rc1 Re8 18. a3 a5 19. e3 Bf5 20. exd4 Bxd4 21. Re1
Be6 22. b4 $6 axb4 23. axb4 Bxd5 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 25. Bxd5 Rd8 26. Qf3 Nxb4 {
White has to find an incredibly difficult escape.} 27. Bxb7 $2 ({Right is} 27.
Nd6 $1 Qd7 $1 (27... Rxd6 $2 28. Bxf7+ $1) 28. Bxf7+ Kh8 {(Kmoch) and now} 29.
Ne4 $1 Rf8 30. Be6 $1) 27... Nd3 28. Nd6 (28. Rf1 Nxf2 $1 29. Rxf2 Qe6 $1)
28... Rxd6 29. Rc8 Bxf2+ 30. Kf1 Rd8 31. Rxd8 Qxd8 32. Be4 Nc5 33. Kxf2 Qd4+
0-1

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1931.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1931.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 dxe4 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Nxc3 f5 $6 7. f3 $1 {
A novelty offers another pawn.} exf3 8. Qxf3 Qxd4 {Nimzowitsch shook his head
and spoke: "He treats us like patzers!} ({Alekhine finds} 8... Qh4+ 9. g3 Qxd4
10. Nb5 $1 {nasty for Black.}) 9. Qg3 $1 Nf6 ({Quickly loses} 9... Nc6 10. Nb5
Qe4+ 11. Be3 $1 {(Nudelman-Böhm, Stockholm 1976).}) 10. Qxg7 Qe5+ (10... Rg8
11. Qxc7 Nc6 12. Bf4 $1 {(Alekhine).}) 11. Be2 Rg8 12. Qh6 Rg6 13. Qh4 Bd7 14.
Bg5 $1 {White has pressure for a pawn.} Bc6 $2 ({Correct is} 14... Nc6 $1 15.
O-O-O O-O-O 16. Rhe1 h6 $1 17. Bxh6 Ng4 $1 18. Bxg4 Rxg4 {and White only has a
plus (Kmoch).}) 15. O-O-O Bxg2 ({Awful is} 15... Nbd7 16. Rhe1 $1 Be4 17. Bh5
$1 Nxh5 18. Qxh5) 16. Rhe1 Be4 17. Bh5 Nxh5 18. Rd8+ Kf7 19. Qxh5 {Nimzo had
tears in his eyes.} 1-0

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1931.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Pirc, Vasja"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D32"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1931.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 cxd4 $5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. Qxd5
Nc6 8. Bg5 Nf6 9. Qd2 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. e3 $6 ({A plus keeps} 11. Nd5 $1 Qd6
12. e4) 11... O-O-O 12. O-O-O $2 ({Properly defends} 12. Nd5 $1 Qf5 13. Qd3 Qe5
14. Nc3 Bf5 15. Qb5) 12... Bg4 13. Nd5 {This time Pirc is treated as a
'patzer'. Alekhine finds a great combination in the Shara-Hennig Gambit.} Rxd5
$1 14. Qxd5 Ba3 $1 15. Qb3 (15. bxa3 Rd8 16. Qxd8+ Nxd8 $19) 15... Bxd1 16.
Qxa3 Qxf2 17. Qd3 Bg4 18. Nf3 Bxf3 19. Qf5+ Kb8 20. Qxf3 Qe1+ 21. Kc2 Rc8 22.
Qg3+ Ne5+ 23. Kb3 Qd1+ 24. Ka3 Rc5 0-1

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1931.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D28"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1931.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Qe2 a6 8. Rd1
b5 9. dxc5 Qc7 10. Bd3 Bxc5 11. a4 b4 $2 ({Theory will become} 11... bxa4 $1
12. Nc3 Nb4 {(Pirc-Flohr, Sliac 1932).}) 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Nb3 $6 ({Even better
is} 13. b3 Ne5 14. Ne4 {(Flohr-Horowitz, radio match 1945).}) 13... Be7 $6 ({
A proper fight for the square e5 delivers} 13... Bd6 $1 14. e4 Ng4 {
(Johansson-Clarke, Leipzig 1960).}) 14. e4 Nd7 15. Be3 Nde5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 $6 ({
Alekhine prefers} 16... Bb7 17. Rac1 Qb8) 17. Rac1 Qb8 18. Bc5 Bxc5 19. Nxc5
Qb6 20. Qh5 Nd7 21. Be2 g6 22. Qg5 Nxc5 23. Rxc5 a5 24. h4 Ba6 25. Bf3 f6 26.
Qe3 Rad8 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. e5 $1 f5 ({Awful is} 28... fxe5 29. Qxe5) 29. Rc8 $1
{A nice move decides the game.} 1-0

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1931.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E33"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1931.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Nc6 7. Nf3 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 O-O $5 ({More solid is} 8... Qd5 {(Alatortsev-Yudovich, Leningrad 1934).})
9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 $5 11. Bg3 g4 12. Ne5 Qxd4 13. Qxd4 Nxd4 14. Rc1 ({
Alekhine prefers} 14. O-O-O Nf5 15. Bf4 {but} h5 {answers well.}) 14... Nf5 15.
Rxc7 h5 16. e3 Nd5 17. Rc1 f6 18. Ng6 Rd8 19. e4 Nxg3 20. hxg3 Kg7 $1 21. Nf4
Nxf4 22. gxf4 Kg6 23. f3 Bd7 24. fxg4 hxg4 25. Rh4 e5 26. f5+ $6 Kg5 27. g3 Bc6
28. Be2 $4 ({White escapes by} 28. Rxc6 $1 bxc6 29. Be2 Rg8 {(Alekhine)} 30. b4
) 28... Bxe4 29. Rc7 Bf3 30. Bxf3 gxf3 31. Rc3 Kxf5 32. Rxf3+ Kg6 33. Rg4+ Kf7
34. Rh4 Rh8 35. Rb4 b6 36. a4 Rac8 37. a5 bxa5 38. Rb5 Rh2 39. Kd1 Kg6 40. Rxa5
Rxb2 41. Ra6 Rf8 42. Rxa7 Rh8 43. Kc1 Rg2 44. Rd7 e4 45. Rf1 f5 46. Rd5 Rf8 47.
Rd6+ Rf6 48. Rd8 Kf7 49. Rd7+ Ke6 50. Rg7 Ke5 51. Rd1 Rc6+ 52. Kb1 Rc3 53. Rf1
Rf3 54. Rc1 Rb3+ 55. Ka1 Rbxg3 0-1

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1931.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Kashdan, Isaac"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "1931.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 dxc4 8.
Bxf6 Nxf6 9. Nxc4 Qc7 10. Bd3 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rc1 Rd8 13. Qe2 Bd7 14. Ne5
Be8 15. f4 c5 $1 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Ne4 Qa5 18. Ng5 $6 Rac8 19. a3 b5 20. h3 Qb6
21. Kh1 h6 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Ngf3 Bc5 24. Nd4 $2 ({The pawn protects} 24. Re1
Nd5 25. Be4 $1 {due to} Nxe3 $4 26. b4) 24... Bxd4 25. exd4 Qxd4 26. f5 Nh5 $1
27. Qxh5 Qxe5 28. Qg4 exf5 29. Bxf5 Rc4 30. Qd1 Rf4 $6 (30... g6 {avoids
exchanges.}) 31. Rxf4 Qxf4 32. Bd7 $1 Bxd7 33. Qxd7 Qb8 34. Qd4 g6 35. a4 bxa4
36. Qxa4 Qb6 37. Qe8+ Kg7 38. Qe5+ Qf6 39. Qc5 a6 40. b4 Qf1+ 41. Kh2 h5 42.
Qd4+ Kh7 43. Qe5 Qb5 44. Qf6 Kg8 45. Qd6 Qc4 46. Kg1 Kg7 47. Kf2 Qe6 48. Qb8
Kf6 49. Qa7 Qc4 50. Ke3 Ke6 51. Qb6+ Kd7 52. Qb7+ Kd6 53. g3 g5 54. Qb8+ Ke7
55. Qh8 Qc1+ 56. Ke2 Qc4+ 57. Kf2 g4 58. Qxh5 Qd4+ 59. Ke2 Qe4+ 60. Kd1 Qd3+
61. Kc1 Qf1+ 62. Kd2 Qg2+ 63. Kd1 Qf1+ 64. Kd2 gxh3 65. Qc5+ $2 (65. Qe5+ {
delivers perpetual check.}) 65... Ke6 66. Qc7 Kf6 67. Ke3 Qe1+ 68. Kf3 Qe6 69.
Qc3+ Kg6 70. g4 Qf6+ $2 (70... Qd5+ $1 71. Kg3 Qg2+ 72. Kh4 h2 73. Qd3+ Kg7 74.
Qc3+ f6 75. Qc7+ Kg6 {(Alekhine).}) 71. Qxf6+ Kxf6 72. Kg3 Ke5 73. Kxh3 Kd4 74.
Kh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1931.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1931.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Ne2 Qd7 8. h3
Bf5 9. Ng3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Nd2 h5 12. Nf3 h4 13. Nf1 Nh5 14. Qe3 f6 15.
Bh2 g5 16. g4 $2 {This crude activity has a disastrous effect.} ({Correct is} 
16. Qe2 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Ne3 Nf4 19. Qc2) 16... hxg3 17. Bxg3 O-O-O 18.
Qe2 Bd6 19. O-O-O Nf4 20. Bxf4 Bxf4+ 21. Ne3 e5 22. dxe5 fxe5 23. Kb1 d4 24.
cxd4 exd4 25. Ng4 Qd5 26. Nd2 Kb8 27. Qe4 Qf7 28. a3 d3 29. Ne3 Rhe8 30. Qg2
Qh7 31. h4 gxh4 32. Qg4 Bxe3 33. fxe3 Rh8 34. Rh3 Qc7 35. Rxh4 Ne5 36. Qf4 Rhf8
37. Qa4 Rf2 38. Rc1 Qb6 39. Rb4 Qxe3 40. Qb5 b6 41. Re4 Qg5 42. Nc4 Nf3 43.
Qxg5 Nxg5 44. Rg4 Nf3 45. Rd1 b5 46. Na5 Kc7 47. Ka2 Kb6 48. Nb3 d2 49. Rf4 Rd3
50. Nxd2 Rfxd2 0-1

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1931.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1931.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Be7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. h3 Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Bf5 Bxf5 14. Qxf5
g6 15. Qd3 Nd7 16. Rfc1 f5 17. g3 Rf8 18. Na4 Qd6 19. Qa3 Qxa3 20. bxa3 Nhf6
21. Rab1 Rab8 22. Nc5 Nxc5 23. Rxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1931.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Kostic, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D04"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1931.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Bd3 e6 5. Bxf5 exf5 6. Qd3 Qc8 7. O-O Bd6 8.
b3 O-O 9. c4 c6 10. Nc3 b6 $6 ({A weak c-file avoids} 10... Na6 $1) 11. cxd5 $1
Nxd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Bb2 g6 14. Rfc1 Qa6 15. Qc3 Rd8 16. Ne5 Nd7 17. b4 Nf6
$6 ({Equality keeps} 17... b5 $1 {and 18...Nb6 (Alekhine).}) 18. Qb3 b5 19. Rc6
Qb7 20. Rac1 a5 21. Ba3 {Kostic achieves a lost position in one move.} Rac8 $2
(21... a4 $1 22. Qc2 {(Alekhine)} Ra6 23. Rxa6 Qxa6 {is ok.}) 22. bxa5 b4 23.
a6 $1 Qa8 24. Qc2 Rxc6 25. Nxc6 Rd7 26. Bxb4 Qxa6 27. Nb8 Bxb8 28. Qc8+ Qxc8
29. Rxc8+ Kg7 30. Bf8+ Kh8 31. Rxb8 h5 32. Bd6+ Kh7 33. Be5 Ng8 34. h4 f6 35.
Bf4 Ra7 36. Rb5 Nh6 37. a4 Nf7 38. a5 Nd8 39. Bb8 Rd7 40. a6 Nc6 41. Rb6 Nxb8
42. Rxb8 Kh6 43. Rb7 Rd6 44. a7 Ra6 45. f4 Ra2 46. Kf1 g5 47. g3 {Alekhine
scored 11 1/2 out of 13 and had the incredible lead of four points on number
two, Kashdan.} 1-0

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1931.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Stoltz, Goesta"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1931.??.??"]

{CYCLE TWO.} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 c6 5. a4 Bf5 6. Nh4 e6 7.
Nxf5 exf5 8. e3 Nbd7 9. Bxc4 Nb6 10. Bb3 Bd6 11. Qf3 Qd7 12. h3 $1 Nc8 $6 ({
More active is} 12... Nbd5) 13. a5 $1 Ne7 14. Bd2 Rb8 15. g4 $5 {Alekhine
wants activity on both flanks and Stoltz chickens out.} b5 ({Sufficient
counteraction gives} 15... fxg4 $1 16. hxg4 Qxg4 17. Qxg4 Nxg4 18. Rg1 h5 $1
19. f3 Nh6 20. Rxg7 Nef5 {(Alekhine).}) 16. gxf5 Qxf5 17. Qxf5 Nxf5 18. Bc2 $1
Nh4 19. Ke2 O-O 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 c5 22. dxc5 Bxc5 23. Rac1 Bd6 24. Rc6
Rbd8 ({An essential pawn loses} 24... Be5 25. Ra6 Bxb2 26. Rxa7) 25. Ra6 Rfe8
26. Bc6 Re7 27. Rd1 $1 Nf5 28. Bb4 g6 29. Bc5 Bxc5 30. Rxd8+ Kg7 31. Rd5 Bd4
32. Rd7 Re5 33. Kd3 Bxb2 34. Raxa7 Rc5 35. Rxf7+ Kh6 36. Rxh7+ Kg5 37. Raf7 1-0

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1931.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "197"]
[EventDate "1931.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. d3 Be7 7. h3 O-O 8. Be3
b5 9. Bb3 Na5 10. Ne2 c5 11. O-O c4 12. dxc4 bxc4 13. Ba4 Nxe4 14. b4 cxb3 15.
axb3 Bb7 16. Qd3 Qc7 17. Rfd1 d5 18. Bd2 Nxd2 19. Qxd2 d4 20. Ng3 Nc6 21. c3
Rad8 22. Rdc1 d3 23. Qe3 f5 24. Bxc6 Qxc6 25. Qxe5 Bf6 26. Qf4 d2 27. Rd1 Qxc3
28. Ra2 Bxf3 29. gxf3 Rd4 30. Qxf5 Bh4 31. Qe6+ Kh8 32. Qe2 Bxg3 33. fxg3 Rd3
34. Kh2 Rdxf3 35. Qxd2 Qxb3 36. Rg1 h6 37. Rg2 R8f6 38. Rb2 Qa3 39. Rb8+ Rf8
40. Rb6 R3f6 41. Rxf6 Rxf6 42. Rf2 Rxf2+ 43. Qxf2 a5 44. Qc2 Qf8 45. Qa2 Qa8
46. Qa4 Qd5 47. h4 h5 48. Qe8+ Kh7 49. Qa4 Qd2+ 50. Kh3 Qd5 51. Kh2 Qe5 52.
Qc2+ Kh6 53. Qc6+ Kh7 54. Qc2+ g6 55. Qc4 Kg7 56. Kg2 Qb2+ 57. Kh3 Qb7 58. Kh2
Qa7 59. Qa4 Qf2+ 60. Kh3 Qf1+ 61. Kh2 Qe2+ 62. Kh1 Qd2 63. Kg1 Qc3 64. Kh2 Qc5
65. Qd7+ Kh6 66. Qd2+ g5 67. hxg5+ Kg6 68. Qd3+ Kxg5 69. Qd8+ Kf5 70. Qd7+ Ke4
71. Qa4+ Ke3 72. Qb3+ Kd2 73. Qa2+ Kd3 74. Qb3+ Qc3 75. Qd5+ Kc2 76. Qf5+ Kc1
77. Kh3 Qe1 78. Qc5+ Kb2 79. Qb5+ Ka3 80. Qc5+ Ka4 81. Qc6+ Kb4 82. Qb6+ Kc4
83. Qc6+ Kb3 84. Qd5+ Kc2 85. Qa2+ Kd1 86. Qd5+ Kc1 87. Qc5+ Kb1 88. Qb5+ Kc2
89. Qf5+ Kb3 90. Qd5+ Kb2 91. Qb5+ Qb4 92. Qe5+ Qc3 93. Qe2+ Kb3 94. Qxh5 Qc8+
95. Kh2 a4 96. Qb5+ Ka3 97. Qd3+ Kb4 98. Qb1+ Ka5 99. Qe1+ {Alekhine failed to
win a won game.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1931.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Asztalos, Lajos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D60"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1931.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. a3 c5 8. Qc2
b6 9. Rd1 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bb7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxg5 13. Nc3 a6 14. Bd3 h6
15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Be4 Qc7 17. O-O Rac8 18. Qe2 Be7 19. f4 Nf6 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21.
Rd3 Rfd8 22. Rfd1 b5 23. Qf3 Qb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1931.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Vidmar, Milan Sr"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1931.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. O-O dxc4 7. Bxc4 Bd6 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. e4 e5 10. Bg5 Qe7 11. d5 Nb6 12. Bb3 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. h3 Bd7 15.
Qe2 Qg6 16. Nh4 Qg5 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. exf5 cxd5 19. Nxd5 Qxf5 20. Bc2 e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1931.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Colle, Edgar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D51"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1931.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Nf3 c6 6. e4 $5 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Qb6 8.
Bd3 $5 Qxb2 $2 ({Right is} 8... Nxe4 9. Bxe4 Qb4+ 10. Nd2 Qxb2 {(Flohr &
Spielmann - Euwe & Speyer, Amsterdam 1932).}) 9. O-O Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Nf6 11. Bd3
Qb6 12. Re1 Be7 13. Qc2 h6 {Black has to weaken his kingside in order to
continue his development.} 14. Bd2 c5 15. Bc3 cxd4 16. Nxd4 O-O 17. Nf5 $1 Qd8
18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Rab1 $1 {The pressure on both flanks sufficiently
compensates the pawn.} Rd8 20. Re3 b6 21. Qe2 Bb7 22. Rg3 $1 {Black
experiences great danger.} Ne8 $6 ({The last chance gives} 22... Rac8 $1 {
(Alekhine)} 23. Qe3 Kh8 24. Rb5 Rc5 25. Bb4 Nd7) 23. Re1 Kf8 24. Qb2 f6 (24...
Kg8 25. Bb1 $1 f6 26. Qc2 f5 27. Qc1 {ruins Black's kingside.}) 25. Bb4 Nd6 26.
Rge3 Kf7 27. f4 Qd7 28. Qe2 Re8 29. Qh5+ Kg8 30. Qg6 f5 31. Bxd6 Qxd6 32. Bxf5
Qxf4 33. Qh7+ Kf8 34. Bg6 Qd4 35. Bxe8 Rxe8 36. Kh1 Qf6 1-0

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1931.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1931.??.??"]

{This round was played in Ljubliana.} 1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6
5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bb5 Qa5 $5 9. Qb3 Bxf3 $1 10. gxf3 Nxc3
11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Qb7 $4 Nd5+ $1 13. Bd2 Qb6 $1 14. Qxa8+ Kd7 {Nimzowitsch
will lose his queen.} 15. O-O Nc7 $1 16. Ba5 Nxa8 17. Bxb6 Nxb6 18. Rfc1 e6 19.
Rc2 Be7 20. Rac1 Bg5 21. Rd1 Rb8 22. Rc5 Nd5 23. Ra5 Rb7 24. Rd3 Bd8 25. Rb3
Rxb3 26. Rxa7+ Nc7 27. axb3 Bf6 28. Rb7 Bxd4 29. Rb8 Bxb2 30. h3 f5 31. Kf1 Nd5
32. Kg2 Be5 33. Ra8 Nf4+ 34. Kh2 Nd3+ 35. Kg1 Ne1 36. Ra7+ Bc7 {A large
audience attended. They saw how their prof. Vidmar lost.} 0-1

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1931.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Pirc, Vasja"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1931.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 c6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. e4
dxc4 9. Nxc4 c5 10. Bc2 b5 11. Ne3 Bb7 12. e5 Nd5 $5 13. Qd3 f5 14. exf6 $5
N7xf6 15. Qxb5 {The missing pawn should have been sacrificed.} Qc7 $2 ({Payoff
gives} 15... Rb8 $1 16. Qc4 Nc7 $1 17. Rd1 Bxf3 18. gxf3 cxd4 19. Qxd4 Qxd4 20.
Rxd4 Ncd5) 16. Bb3 Nf4 17. Nf5 N6d5 18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Bg5 Nf6
21. Qxc5 Qe8 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23. Ne5 Qh5 24. f3 Qg5 25. Ng4 Rf5 26. Qc1 Rf4 27.
Qe3 Bd5 28. Ne5 Qf6 29. Rac1 h5 30. Rc7 Rf5 31. Rfc1 h4 32. Rc8+ Rxc8 33. Rxc8+
Kh7 34. b3 h3 35. g4 Rf4 36. Qd3+ g6 37. Rc7+ Kh6 38. Qe3 Bxf3 1-0

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1931.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1931.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Ne4 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Nxe4 dxe4 8.
Qe2 b6 9. O-O-O Bb7 10. g3 c5 11. Bg2 cxd4 12. Bxe4 Nc6 13. f4 O-O-O 14. Nf3
Qc5 15. Kb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1931.??.??"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D70"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1931.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. d5 $2 ({Theory will become} 9. O-O-O e5 10. d5 Nd4 {(Enevoldsen-Bolbocha
Enevoldsen-Bolbochan, Dubrovnik 1950).}) 9... Ne5 10. Bg5 c6 11. Rd1 cxd5 12.
exd5 Bf5 13. g4 Bd7 14. d6 f6 15. Bh6 Bc6 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qf4 exd6 18. Be2
Qe7 19. Kf2 g5 20. Qd4 f5 21. h4 fxg4 22. hxg5 {Alekhine has made a number of
bad and provoking moves. Now Bogoljubow takes over.} Qxg5 $2 (22... gxf3 23.
Bf1 Qxg5 {increase the advantage to three pawns.}) 23. Ne4 Qf4 24. Nxd6 Qxd4+
25. Rxd4 Kg6 26. Rh4 Rad8 ({Better is} 26... Bxf3 $1 27. Nxf3 h5) 27. f4 Nd5 $2
({The last winning chance offers} 27... Nc8 28. Ke1 Rxf4 29. Rxf4 Nxd6) 28. Kg3
Nxf4 29. Rxf4 Rxf4 30. Kxf4 Rxd6 31. Kxe5 Rd5+ 32. Ke6 h5 33. Bxg4 $1 hxg4 34.
Rxg4+ Kh5 35. Rg3 Rd2 36. Nf3 $1 Rxb2 37. Nd4 $1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1931.??.??"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Kashdan, Isaac"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1931.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. e5 dxc3 7. exf6 Qxf6
8. dxc3 Bc5 9. Qe2+ Qe6 10. Bc4 Qxe2+ 11. Kxe2 d6 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Kxe3 Be6 14.
Bxe6 fxe6 15. f4 Rf8 16. Rhf1 Kd7 17. Rf3 Rae8 18. Raf1 Rf5 19. g4 Ra5 20. a3
Ra4 21. Rh3 h6 22. g5 hxg5 23. fxg5 Rg4 24. Rh5 e5 25. Rf7+ Re7 26. Rxe7+ Kxe7
27. h4 d5 28. Rh8 c5 29. Ra8 Rxh4 30. Rxa7 Rh3+ 31. Ke2 e4 32. Rxb7+ Ke6 33. a4
d4 34. cxd4 cxd4 35. Rb5 Rh2+ 36. Kd1 Rh1+ 37. Ke2 Rh2+ 38. Kd1 e3 39. a5 Rd2+
40. Kc1 d3 41. cxd3 Rxd3 42. Rb8 Kd7 43. Rh8 Rd5 44. b4 Rd4 45. a6 e2 46. Rh1
Rxb4 47. Re1 Ra4 48. Rxe2 Rxa6 49. Re5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1931.??.??"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D66"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1931.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Rc1
c6 9. Bd3 a6 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 c5 12. a4 Qa5 13. Qe2 cxd4 $1 14. exd4 Nb6
15. Bd3 Bd7 16. Ne5 Rfd8 17. f4 Be8 18. Ng4 Rxd4 $5 ({More prudently responds} 
18... Nfd5 19. Bxe7 Nxe7) 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. Ne4 Rad8 $2 ({
Correct is} 21... f5 22. Nf6+ Kf8 {(Alekhine).}) 22. Nxf6+ Kf8 23. Nh7+ $2 ({
White misses the combination} 23. f5 $1 Rxd3 24. fxe6 Nc8 25. Rxc8 $1 Rxc8 26.
e7+ Kg7 27. Qg4+) 23... Ke7 24. f5 R8d6 25. b4 $1 Qxb4 26. Qe5 Nd7 27. Qh8 $1 {
Alekhine attacks from behind.} Rxd3 $2 ({Forced is} 27... Rc6 $1 28. Rxc6 $1
bxc6 29. fxe6 fxe6 30. Nf6 Bf7 31. Nxd7 Rxd7 32. Qf6+ Kd6 {White only has a
plus.}) 28. f6+ $1 ({The pointes are} 28. f6+ Nxf6 (28... Kd8 29. Qxe8+ $1 Kxe8
30. Rc8#) 29. Qxf6+ Kd7 30. Nf8#) 1-0

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1931.??.??"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Kostic, Boris"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1931.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Nc2 d6 8.
Nd2 O-O 9. Bxc5 dxc5 10. Qf3 Qxf3 11. Nxf3 Bg4 12. Be2 Ng6 13. Ne3 Bxf3 14.
Bxf3 Rad8 15. g3 Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1931.??.??"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D55"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1931.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Ne4 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8.
Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 c6 10. Bd3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. Qd3 c5 14. Qe4 Rb8
15. Bd3 g6 16. Qf4 Bb7 17. Be4 cxd4 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. Qxd4 Rc7 {In the second
cycle Alekhine made 9 points, before Bogoljubow and Stoltz with 8.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bohatirchuk, Fedor"]
[Black "Belavenets, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

{The ninth Soviet championship took place in Leningrad from 7 December 1934
until 2 January 1935. Levenfish wrote the tournament book. Botvinnik could not
partake, because he played in Hastings 1934/35. Fedor Bohatirchuk and Grigory
Levenfish were the main rivals of the absent young star. I have analysed the
games by these two senior players. Leningrad 1934 started as a race between
Bohatirchuk and Alatortsev. Later Fedor gained a lead of one point on the
other players, but he finished poorly. At the end Levenfish and Rabinovich had
won the title. Bohatirchuk and Riumin shared the third place.  Bohatirchuk
devoted his life to cancer research as a radiologist in Kiev. Chess was his
hobby. He wanted to play only one tournament per year. The Stalinists objected.
Fedor survived an interrogation in 1937. Many Ukrainians greeted the Nazis as
liberators in 1941, but got a bad treatment instead. Bohatirchuk joined a
German research institute. His family fled when the Russians returned. Fedor
endorsed the naive Prague Manifesto in 1944. The main subject was freedom and
democracy after Stalin. Maybe he was the only signer who was not executed by
the Stalinists. Fedor defeated Czech chess maters in a simultaneous session
during his visit. Pachman wrote a booklet about it. Although their train was
bombed when they fled, his family managed to reach Bayreuth in the American
section of Germany by foot. Eventually he moved to his daughter in Canada and
became Professor of Radiology in Ottawa.} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4
Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. c3 Qc7 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Ne5
Bxd3 12. Qxd3 e6 13. Qf3 Bd6 14. Nc4 O-O 15. Bd2 Nd5 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. O-O-O b5
18. Rhe1 Rfc8 19. Re4 Nf6 20. Re5 Nd7 21. Re2 Qd5 22. Qxd5 cxd5 23. Kb1 Kf8 24.
g5 Nb6 25. Bf4 Rc6 26. Rd3 Nc8 27. h4 Ne7 28. h5 Nf5 29. Re1 Ke7 30. Rg1 Rc4
31. Bd2 Rcc8 32. Bc1 h6 33. gxh6 gxh6 34. Rdd1 Rg8 35. Kc2 Kd7 36. Bf4 Rg7 37.
Be5 Rgg8 38. Kd3 Ke7 39. Bf4 Kd7 40. f3 Rxg1 41. Rxg1 Rc8 42. Rg2 Kc6 43. Be5
Kd7 44. Bf6 Kc6 45. Rg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Black "Freiman, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Nd2 Bd6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Qc2 Re8 11. Bh4 $5 Be7 12. O-O Nf8 13. a3 Nh5 $6 {Black
loses time.} ({Better is} 13... Ng6) 14. Bxe7 Rxe7 15. b4 Qd8 16. a4 Nf6 17. b5
Rc7 18. Rfc1 Qd6 19. Nf3 Bd7 20. bxc6 Rxc6 $2 ({Levenfish mentions} 20... Bxc6
21. Ne5 {White has a positional advantage.}) 21. Ne5 Ng4 $1 {Black's elegant
counteraction is refuted.} 22. Bb5 Nxe5 ({Or} 22... Rc7 23. Nxg4 Bxg4 24. Ne4
$1 Rxc2 25. Nxd6 Rxc1+ 26. Rxc1) 23. dxe5 Qxe5 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Ne2 Ne6 26.
Qc3 Qxc3 27. Nxc3 Kf8 28. Rab1 Ke7 29. Rb2 Kd8 30. Kf1 Bc8 31. Ne2 Kc7 32. Nd4
Ba6+ 33. Ke1 Nxd4 34. exd4 Re8+ 35. Kd2 Re4 36. Kc3 c5 37. Rd2 Bb7 38. f3 Re3+
39. Rd3 Rxd3+ 40. Kxd3 c4+ 41. Kc3 a5 42. Re1 $1 Kd7 43. Rb1 $1 Bc6 44. Rb6
Bxa4 45. Rb7+ Ke8 46. Ra7 Bd7 47. Rxa5 Be6 48. f4 g6 49. f5 $1 gxf5 50. Ra8+
Ke7 51. Rh8 Kf6 52. Rxh7 f4 53. Rh8 Kg6 54. Rg8+ Kh6 55. Rf8 Kg6 56. Rg8+ Kh6
57. Rd8 Kg6 58. Kd2 Kf5 59. Rg8 Ke4 60. Kc3 Kf5 61. h4 Kf6 62. h5 Bf5 63. h6
Bg6 64. Kd2 Bf5 65. Kc3 Bg6 66. Rd8 Be4 67. Rd6+ Kg5 68. h7 Bxh7 69. Rxd5+ Kg4
70. Re5 f3 71. gxf3+ Kxf3 72. d5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rauzer, Vsevolod"]
[Black "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C76"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. O-O g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Re1
Nge7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Bb3 $5 Kh7 $5 {Black plays 'wait and see'.} 12.
dxe5 dxe5 13. Bc5 $5 (13. Qe2 {continues the development.}) 13... b6 14. Ba3
Na5 15. Bd5 c6 16. b4 Nb7 17. Bb3 Qc7 18. Qe2 c5 19. Nf1 Bb5 20. c4 Bc6 21. Bc2
Nc8 $6 ({Black can solve his positional problems with} 21... cxb4 22. Bxb4 Nc5)
22. Ne3 Ncd6 23. bxc5 bxc5 24. Nd2 Kg8 25. Bb2 Rae8 26. Nd5 Qc8 27. Rab1 Nd8
28. Ba1 Ne6 29. Qg4 Qd8 30. Bc3 Nd4 31. Bd3 Kh7 32. f3 Re6 33. Rb2 f5 34. Qg3
fxe4 35. Nxe4 $6 ({Correct is} 35. fxe4) 35... N4f5 $6 {The tactical
variations are difficult.} (35... Nxc4 $1 {turns the tables.} {Best is} 36.
Bxc4 ({Levenfish' analysis} 36. Nef6+ $2 Rexf6 37. Nxf6+ {is refuted by} Rxf6
38. Bxc4 Nxf3+ $1 39. gxf3 Rxf3 40. Qg2 Rxc3 41. Qxc6 Rxc4) (36. Nxc5 $2 Rxf3
$1 37. gxf3 Qxd5 38. Bxd4 Nxb2 39. Nxe6 Nxd3) 36... Bxd5 37. Bxd5 Qxd5 {and
Black has won a pawn.}) 36. Qf2 Nxc4 $6 37. Bxc4 $6 ({White misses the
opportunity} 37. Ndf6+ $1 Bxf6 38. Bxc4) 37... Bxd5 38. Qxc5 Bxc4 39. Qxc4 Qc8
40. Qxc8 Rxc8 41. Rd1 Rec6 42. Rd3 R8c7 43. Kf2 g5 44. Ba5 Rc2+ 45. Rxc2 Rxc2+
46. Rd2 Rc4 {An interesting confrontation between youth and experience ended
peacefully.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Veresov, Gavril"]
[Black "Bohatirchuk, Fedor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E67"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 Nbd7 4. Nc3 e5 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. h3 Re8 10. Be3 h6 11. Qc2 Kh7 12. Rad1 c6 13. c5 Qe7 14. b4 Nf8 15. Rd6
Bf5 16. Qa4 Rec8 17. Bc1 $4 {Knight c3 lacks protection in the next
combination.} e4 $1 18. Nd4 Ne8 $1 19. Rd1 Nxd6 20. cxd6 Qe8 21. Nxf5 gxf5 22.
Qc2 Rd8 23. Na4 Ne6 24. Be3 Kg8 25. Qd2 Rxd6 26. Qxd6 Rd8 27. Qxd8 Nxd8 28.
Bxa7 Ne6 29. Nb6 Nd4 30. a4 Qe6 31. e3 Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bohatirchuk, Fedor"]
[Black "Riumin, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4
O-O 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Qe1 a6 11. Qg3 Qc7 12. Rad1 b5 $6 13. a3 ({Theory has become
} 13. e5 $1 Ne8 14. Ne4 {(Skold-Hage, Copenhagen 1949).}) 13... Rfc8 14. Nxc6
Bxc6 15. Bd4 Rd8 16. Kh1 Rab8 17. Rd2 Rd7 18. Rfd1 Qb7 19. Bf3 Rbd8 20. Rd3 Kh8
$2 ({Correct is} 20... g6) 21. Nd5 $1 {Bohatirchuk charges in the centre!} Ne8
({Levenfish mentions} 21... exd5 $2 22. exd5 Bxd5 23. Bxd5 Qxd5 24. Bxf6) 22.
Nxe7 Rxe7 23. Qe1 $5 Red7 24. Bc3 d5 $1 25. e5 d4 $1 26. Bxc6 Qxc6 27. Ba5 $1
Nc7 $6 ({The critical line is} 27... Rc8 28. c3 dxc3 $1 29. Rxd7 c2 30. Rxf7 $1
Kg8 $1 {White keeps an extra pawn in} 31. Re7 $1 cxd1=Q 32. Qxd1 Kf8 33. Bb4 $1
) 28. Qf2 h6 29. h3 Kg8 30. Kh2 Kh7 31. R1d2 g6 32. Rd1 Kg7 33. R1d2 Kh7 34.
Rd1 Kg7 35. c3 $1 Re8 36. Rxd4 Rxd4 37. Qxd4 Nd5 38. b3 Kh7 39. Rc1 Kg7 40. c4
bxc4 41. bxc4 Qa4 42. Bd2 Ne7 43. Qd3 Nc6 44. Qe3 Rb8 45. f5 g5 46. fxe6 fxe6
47. h4 Qb3 48. Qe4 Ne7 49. hxg5 hxg5 50. Qg4 Rh8+ 51. Kg1 Kf7 52. Rf1+ Nf5 53.
Rxf5+ exf5 54. Qxf5+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Black "Dubinin, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 d6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bd7 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8.
Qf3 c5 9. Nf5 Bxf5 10. Qxf5 Qd7 11. Qf3 Rb8 12. O-O Be7 13. b3 O-O 14. Bg5 Nd5
$6 ({The simple} 14... Rfe8 {is preferable.}) 15. Nxd5 Bxg5 16. Qg3 Bd8 17.
Rad1 f5 $6 ({Better is} 17... Qe6) 18. e5 $1 {Levenfish starts an attack in
the centre.} Re8 ({The point is} 18... c6 $2 19. Nf6+ $1 Bxf6 20. Rxd6 {
(Levenfish).}) 19. exd6 cxd6 20. Rfe1 Re6 21. Nf4 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Ba5 $6 23. Nd5
$1 Bd8 24. h4 Rb7 25. c4 Kf7 26. Qf3 Kg8 27. Qe2 $1 g6 ({Avoids} 27... Bxh4 $2
28. Qh5 $1) 28. h5 Kf8 29. h6 Bg5 $2 ({White only has a positional advantage
after} 29... Qf7 {(Levenfish).}) 30. Qb2 $1 Kg8 31. f4 $1 Bd8 32. Nf6+ Bxf6 33.
Qxf6 d5 34. cxd5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Black "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O
Nxc3 $6 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Qc2 h6 $6 (10... g6 11. Rb1 b6 {drew in
Najdorf-Reshevsky, New York 1951.}) 11. Qe2 $5 Qc7 12. Bb2 b6 13. Rac1 Bb7 14.
c4 cxd4 $6 ({Levenfish suggests} 14... Rad8) 15. exd4 Nb4 16. Bb1 Bf6 17. Ne5
Rfd8 18. f4 Nc6 $2 ({Better is} 18... Rac8) 19. d5 $1 {Black has helped the
opponent with the opening of the position.} exd5 $6 ({Levenfish analyses} 19...
Nxe5 $6 20. fxe5 Bg5 21. Rcd1 $1 exd5 22. e6 $1) ({More resistance is offered
by} 19... Ne7 $1 20. Qh5 Rf8 21. Ba3 {but White exerts great pressure.}) 20.
cxd5 Rxd5 21. Qe4 Rc5 22. Qh7+ Kf8 23. Rce1 $1 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Bohatirchuk, Fedor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A44"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 e5 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 $1 g6 5. Bc4 Nh6 $6 6. Nf3 f6 7. h3 Nf7 {
Black has accepted a crammed position.} 8. Be3 Bg7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. g4 Nd7 11.
Rg1 Nb6 12. Be2 Bd7 13. a4 Nc8 14. h4 {White has prepared an attack on the
kingside.} Ne7 $2 ({Counter-play on the queenside is created by} 14... a6 15.
a5 Na7 $1) 15. Nh2 Kh8 16. h5 Kg8 17. Nf1 a6 18. f3 Qa5 19. Ra3 Rfc8 20. Ng3 g5
$5 {The action moves to the other flank.} 21. Kf2 Bf8 22. Rga1 h6 23. Qc1 $1 {
Square d2 is vacated for a knight.} Rcb8 24. Nf1 Qc7 25. a5 $1 Re8 26. Nd2 Nc8
27. Nc4 Rb8 28. Na4 Bb5 29. Nab6 Nxb6 30. Nxb6 Bxe2 31. Kxe2 Be7 32. Rb1 Bd8
33. b4 $1 cxb4 34. Rxb4 Qe7 35. Nc4 $1 Rc8 36. Qb1 Qf8 37. Kd3 Bc7 38. Rxb7 Rb8
39. Rab3 Rec8 40. Rxb8 Rxb8 41. Bb6 Qe7 42. Bxc7 Rxb3+ 43. Qxb3 Qxc7 44. Qb6
Qc5 45. c3 {The younger player has won the battle on the queenside.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bohatirchuk, Fedor"]
[Black "Ilyin Zhenevsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B72"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8.
Qd2 Ng4 9. Bxg4 Bxg4 10. Nd5 Rc8 11. c4 Qa5 12. Nc3 a6 13. Rc1 O-O 14. b3 Bd7
15. O-O Rfd8 16. Rfd1 Bxd4 17. Bxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Bc6 19. Qe3 e6 20. Rd3 Rd7
21. Rcd1 Rcd8 22. Qg3 Qc5 23. h3 b5 24. cxb5 axb5 25. Rc1 $2 Bxe4 26. Rdd1 Qf5
$1 27. Qe3 Ba8 28. Ne2 e5 29. Ng3 Qf6 30. Qe2 h5 $2 31. Qxb5 h4 32. Nf1 Qg5 33.
Ne3 d5 34. Rc8 Rxc8 35. Qxd7 Rd8 36. Qg4 Qf6 37. Qe2 e4 $6 38. Ng4 Qg7 $2 39.
Qa6 Qc3 40. Qf6 Rc8 41. Nh6+ Kh7 42. Qxh4 Kg7 43. Ng4 Rc7 44. Kh2 f5 45. Qh6+
Kf7 46. Ne3 Qe5+ 47. Kg1 Bb7 48. h4 Rc8 49. h5 gxh5 50. Qh7+ Qg7 51. Qxf5+ Kg8
52. Nxd5 {Black resigned on move 63.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Black "Savitsky, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 c5 6. d5 b5 $5 7. Bg5 $5 ({White
avoids} 7. dxe6 fxe6 8. cxb5 Be7 {(Szmetan - F. Benko, Mar del Plata 1974).})
7... exd5 8. Nfd2 $5 bxc4 $2 ({The sharp variation} 8... Qb6 9. cxb5 d4 $1 {
leads to an equal fight.}) 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Nxc4 O-O 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nxd5 Bc6
13. O-O Na6 14. Qd2 Rb8 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 17. Rfd1 Qe6 18. b3 Rfd8
19. Qd6 {White controls the board.} Nb4 20. Rd2 Nc6 $5 21. Qxc5 d5 22. Ne3 d4
23. Nf5 $1 Rd5 {Did White commit a blunder? No, he will decide the game with
powerful moves.} 24. Qxc6 $1 Qxf5 25. Rad1 Rbd8 26. Rxd4 $1 Rxd4 27. Rxd4 Rf8
28. Qe4 Qc8 29. Rc4 Qd7 30. Rd4 Qc8 31. Qe7 Qc1+ 32. Kg2 Qc6+ 33. Qe4 Qc8 34.
Rc4 Qb8 35. Rb4 Qc8 36. Rb7 a6 37. Ra7 h5 38. Qc4 Qb8 39. Rxa6 Rc8 40. Qe4 h4
41. Ra4 Re8 42. Qf4 Qc8 43. Qg4 Re6 44. Rc4 Qa8+ 45. Qf3 Qxa2 46. Rxh4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Black "Rabinovich, Ilya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A44"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 e5 3. e4 d6 4. Nd2 f5 5. Ngf3 Nh6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 $2 (
{Correct is} 7... Nxd7) 8. Ng5 $1 Na6 9. Ne6 Nc7 10. Nxc7+ Qxc7 11. Nf3 $5 fxe4
12. Ng5 Nf5 13. Qg4 Qd7 14. Qxe4 g6 15. O-O O-O-O 16. a4 $6 ({More direct is} 
16. b4) 16... Re8 17. Be3 Be7 $2 ({Black gets rid of his bad bishop in} 17...
Bh6 18. Ne6 Bxe3 19. fxe3) 18. Ne6 Bd8 19. b4 $1 Nd4 20. Bxd4 exd4 21. Rab1 Re7
22. bxc5 dxc5 23. Rb5 Qd6 (23... b6 {is met by} 24. c4 dxc3 25. Qc4 $1) 24. Qg4
Kb8 25. Rxc5 $1 Rhe8 ({The pointe is} 25... Rxe6 26. Qxe6 Qxc5 27. Qe5+ {
(Levenfish).}) 26. Qg3 Qxg3 27. hxg3 Rd7 28. Rb1 a6 29. Nxd4 Ka7 30. Rc8 $2 {
White returns the pawn.} ({Better is} 30. Ne6 Bb6 31. Rc3 Rxd5 32. Nc7 $1 Bxc7
33. Rxc7 Rb8 34. Rxh7) 30... Rxd5 31. Rd1 Rde5 32. Rxd8 $5 Rxd8 33. Nc6+ bxc6
34. Rxd8 Kb6 35. Rd7 Ka5 36. Rxh7 Kxa4 37. f4 Rc5 38. Rg7 a5 39. Rxg6 Kb4 40.
Re6 a4 41. Re4+ Rc4 42. Re8 Rc5 43. Re4+ Rc4 44. Re1 $1 a3 45. Rb1+ $2 ({White
wins by} 45. f5 $1 a2 46. f6 Rd4 47. g4 $1 Rxg4 48. f7 Rf4 49. Re4+ $1 Kb5 50.
Rxf4 a1=Q+ 51. Kf2 Qa7+ {(Levenfish)} 52. Ke2 Qe7+ 53. Kf1 Qf8 54. g4) 45...
Kc5 46. Ra1 Ra4 47. Ra2 Kd4 $1 48. Kf2 Ke4 $1 49. Ke2 Ra8 50. Kd2 Rd8+ 51. Kc1
Ra8 52. Kd2 Rd8+ 53. Kc3 Rg8 54. Kc4 Rxg3 55. c3 Kxf4 56. Rxa3 Rxg2 57. Ra6 Rg6
58. Kc5 Ke4 59. Ra4+ Kd3 60. c4 Kc2 61. Ra3 Rg4 62. Rh3 Rf4 63. Kb4 Rf5 64. c5
Rf8 65. Rh6 Rc8 $2 ({Correct is} 65... Rb8+ 66. Kc4 Rc8) 66. Rd6 $2 ({White
misses the win} 66. Ka5 $1 Kb3 67. Kb6 Kc4 68. Kb7 $1 Rg8 69. Kxc6) 66... Rb8+
67. Kc4 Rc8 68. Rh6 Kb2 69. Rg6 Ka3 70. Rg3+ Kb2 71. Rb3+ Kc2 72. Ra3 Kd2 73.
Rd3+ Ke2 74. Rd6 Ke3 75. Kb4 Rb8+ 76. Kc4 Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Panov, Vasily"]
[Black "Bohatirchuk, Fedor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C79"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Re1 g6 8. d4
Bg7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nf1 h6 11. Ng3 Re8 12. h3 Re7 13. Bc2 Qe8 14. Be3 Rd8 15.
dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Qc1 Kh7 18. Bc5 Re6 19. Qe3 Ba4 20. b3 Bc6 21. Rad1
Bf8 22. Rxd8 Qxd8 23. Rd1 Qe8 24. c4 Kg7 25. Bxf8+ Qxf8 26. c5 Re8 27. b4 a5
28. a3 axb4 29. axb4 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Alatortsev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 Be7 8.
Qc2 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nge2 Nf8 11. O-O-O Be6 12. Kb1 O-O-O 13. Ka1 Kb8 14.
Na4 Nd7 15. Rc1 Nhf6 16. Nc5 Rc8 17. Qa4 Bg4 $6 (17... Ng4 $1 {would have been
annoying.}) 18. f3 Nxc5 19. dxc5 Bd7 {Levenfish does not dare to capture pawn
e3 several times.} 20. Rc3 Rc7 21. Rhc1 Bc8 22. Ra3 a6 23. Rb3 Ka8 24. Qb4 Nd7
25. Kb1 Nb8 26. e4 dxe4 27. Bxe4 Rd8 28. Nd4 $6 Qe5 29. Nc2 f5 30. Bd3 Be6 {
Pawn h2 seems to be untouchable.} 31. Re1 Qf6 32. Bc4 Bxc4 33. Qxc4 Re7 34.
Rbe3 Rxe3 35. Nxe3 Rd2 36. Qb4 Qd8 37. a3 a5 38. Qc3 Na6 39. Nxf5 Rd1+ 40. Rxd1
Qxd1+ 41. Qc1 Qd5 42. Ne3 {Capture on g7 brings life to the game.} Qd4 43. Nc4
Qxc5 44. Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bohatirchuk, Fedor"]
[Black "Freiman, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C73"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bb7 $6
8. Nc3 Nf6 9. O-O Nd7 10. Qg4 Qf6 11. Be3 g6 $6 12. Rfe1 Bg7 $2 (12... Be7 {
avoids an immediate disaster.}) 13. e5 $1 dxe5 14. Bg5 {White has a decisive
attack in the centre.} Qd6 15. Rad1 Qb4 16. Re4 O-O 17. Nb3 {Bohatirchuk
shared the lead with Kan and Alatortsev with 5/7. Levenfish trailed by
half-a-point.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Black "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Qc8 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qb3 c5 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. Bg5 Nc6 10. Bxf6 $6 gxf6 11. Ne4 Be7 12. Ned2 Na5 13. Qa4 Qc6 14. Qxc6
dxc6 15. O-O-O O-O-O 16. Ne1 Ba6 17. b3 b5 18. Nc2 Kc7 19. cxb5 cxb5 20. b4 Nc6
21. Bxc6 Kxc6 22. Nb3 Kb6 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rd1 Re8 25. Na5 Bc8 26. a3 Rd8 27.
Rxd8 Bxd8 28. g4 Bc7 29. h3 f5 30. f3 $6 fxg4 31. fxg4 f5 32. Kd2 Bd8 33. Ne3
fxg4 34. hxg4 Kc7 35. Kd3 Kd6 36. Nb3 Bf6 37. Nd4 Bd7 38. Nd1 $2 Bxd4 $1 39.
Kxd4 e5+ {Black gains a pawn.} 40. Ke3 Bxg4 41. Nc3 $1 Bd7 42. Kf3 Ke6 43. e3
$1 Kf5 44. Kg3 Bc6 45. Kh4 Be8 46. Kg3 a6 47. Kh3 Bg6 48. Kh4 h6 49. a4 $1 bxa4
50. Nxa4 Ke4 51. Nc5+ Kxe3 52. Nxa6 Kd4 53. b5 Kd5 $6 {Lisitsin misses the
best chance.} ({Better is} 53... e4 $1 54. Kg3 $1 e3 55. Nc7 $1 Bf7 $1 56. b6
Kd3 57. b7 e2 58. Kf2 $1 Kd2 59. b8=Q e1=Q+ {Black has a strong attack and an
extra pawn.}) 54. Nb4+ Kc5 55. Nc6 e4 56. Ne5 Bh7 ({Or} 56... e3 57. Kg3 Be4
58. Ng4 Kd4 59. Nxe3 $1 {(Levenfish).}) 57. Ng4 Kxb5 58. Nxh6 Kc4 59. Ng4 Kd4
60. Kg5 Bg8 61. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rauzer, Vsevolod"]
[Black "Bohatirchuk, Fedor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C76"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. O-O g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Re1
Nge7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 h6 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Bb3 b6 14. a4 a5
15. Bc4 Qe8 16. b3 Kh8 17. Qe2 f5 18. f3 f4 19. Bf2 g5 20. Nb1 Qg6 21. Na3 g4
22. Kh1 g3 23. Bg1 Qh5 24. Nb5 Ng6 $2 25. Ra2 $2 ({Winning a pawn by} 25. Nxc7
Rac8 26. Nd5 {is okay.}) 25... Nh4 26. Qf1 gxh2 27. Bxh2 Bf6 $2 28. Rd1 $2 Bc8
29. Bd5 Rb8 30. Nxc7 Ng6 31. Rad2 Bh4 32. Be6 Bxe6 33. Nxe6 Rfe8 34. Nc7 Rg8
35. Rd7 Nf8 36. R7d6 Nh7 37. Rc6 Bg3 38. Qg1 Rg6 39. Rdd6 Rxd6 40. Rxd6 Rg8 41.
Nd5 Qh4 42. Rd7 Nf8 $1 ({Black can draw by the perpetual check} 42... Bxh2 43.
Qxh2 Qe1+ {anytime.}) 43. Rf7 Ne6 44. Nf6 Rg7 45. Rxg7 Kxg7 46. Nd7 h5 47. Nxe5
Nc5 {Bohatirchuk is waiting for an error.} 48. Nc4 $2 ({Correct is} 48. b4 $1
axb4 49. cxb4 Nxa4 50. Nd3 Kh7 51. Nxf4 $1 Qxf4 52. Bxg3 Qxg3 53. Qd1 $1 {
(Levenfish). White or Black will deliver a perpetual.}) 48... Kh7 49. Nb2 Nxb3
50. Nd3 Nc5 51. Nb2 Kg8 52. e5 Kf7 53. Nc4 Ke6 54. Nb2 Ke7 55. Nc4 Nd3 {The
games in this tournament are hard battles.} 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bohatirchuk, Fedor"]
[Black "Dubinin, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C19"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 c4 8. g3
Nbc6 9. Bg2 Bd7 10. Rb1 Qc7 11. O-O O-O-O 12. Qd2 h6 13. Qf4 Rdf8 14. Bd2 Nf5
15. h4 Nce7 16. g4 g5 17. Qh2 Nxh4 18. Nxh4 gxh4 19. Qxh4 Ng6 20. Qf6 Qd8 21.
Qxd8+ Rxd8 22. Bf3 h5 23. gxh5 Rdg8 24. Kh1 Ba4 25. Rbc1 Nh4 26. Be2 Nf5 27.
Rg1 Ng7 28. h6 Nf5 29. Rxg8+ Rxg8 30. Bh5 Be8 31. Rg1 Rh8 32. Bg5 Nxh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Yudovich, Mikhail Sr"]
[Black "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. c4 Bb7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 Nd7 7. Bg2 e6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. e4 N5f6 11. Bf4 c6 $6 12. Qa4 Re8 13. Rad1 Bf8 14. Rd2 a5
15. e5 b5 16. Qd1 Nd5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Rc2 Nb6 19. b3 Bb4 20. Bd2 Be7 21. Bf1
Qd7 22. Bd3 Rec8 $6 ({Preferable is} 22... b4 $1 23. Ng5 Bxg5 24. Bxg5 Ba6) 23.
Ng5 $1 g6 $2 (23... h6 $1 24. Qh5 $5 Bxg5 25. Bxg5 hxg5 26. Qh7+ Kf8 {draws 
(Levenfish).}) 24. Qf3 Bxg5 $2 ({Correct is} 24... Rf8 {(Levenfish).}) 25. Bxg5
Rxc2 26. Qf6 $1 {White threatens mate in two.} Qd8 27. Qxd8+ Rxd8 28. Bxd8 $1
Rd2 ({Or} 28... Rc6 29. Bxb5) 29. Bxb5 Na8 30. Rc1 Rxd4 31. Bc6 $1 {The
control of the c-file decides the game.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Black "Bohatirchuk, Fedor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. d4 Nc6 $5 {Bohatirchuk plays an odd opening.} 2. Nf3 d6 $5 3. e4 g6 4. d5
Nb8 $5 5. c4 Bg7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. h3 O-O 9. Be3 e6 10. O-O Re8 11.
dxe6 fxe6 12. e5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Bg5 Qd4 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Ne4 Bg7 17.
Qc2 Bd7 18. Rad1 Bc6 19. h4 Qd8 20. h5 Qh4 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. Rfe1 Rad8 23. Ng3
e4 24. Bxe4 Rxd1 25. Qxd1 Rd8 26. Qc2 Bxe4 27. Rxe4 Qf6 28. Re2 e5 29. Rd2 Rd4
30. Ne2 Rd6 31. Nc3 Rd4 32. Nb5 Rxd2 33. Qxd2 c6 34. Nd6 b6 35. Ne4 Qh4 36. Qd3
Qf4 37. g3 Qf7 38. b3 Bf8 39. Kg2 Qf5 40. f3 Be7 41. Qd2 Kg7 42. Qd3 Kf8 43.
Nf2 Ke8 44. Ne4 Kf7 45. Nf2 Ke8 46. Qe4 Kd7 47. g4 Qg5 48. Qd3+ Kc7 49. Qe2 Bc5
50. Ne4 Qf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Black "Kan, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D66"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 $6 10. a4 b5 11. Bd3 Bb7 $6 ({Theory has become} 11... bxa4 $1
12. Qxa4 {(Vidmar-Lasker, Nottingham 1936).}) 12. O-O b4 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe7
Qxe7 ({Not} 14... Nxf2 $2 15. Bxh7+ $1 Kh8 16. Rxf2 Qxe7 17. Be4 {(Ftacnik).})
15. Bxe4 Rac8 16. Nd2 e5 17. Qc2 Nf6 18. Bf3 Rfd8 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. Nc4 Qc5 21.
e4 Rd4 $6 ({The advance of the e-pawn is stopped by} 21... Nd7 $1) 22. e5 Ne8
23. Rfe1 Rcd8 24. e6 fxe6 25. Rxe6 Nc7 26. Re5 Nd5 27. h3 Rf4 28. b3 Rdf8 29.
Qd2 h6 30. Rce1 Rd4 31. Qc2 Rdf4 32. Qg6 R4f6 33. Qh5 Qd4 34. Re8 Nf4 35. Rxf8+
Rxf8 36. Qe5 Qc3 37. Nd6 $1 {White restarts the attack.} Nxh3+ 38. Kh2 Ng5 $1
39. Bg4 $1 ({Avoids} 39. Nxb7 $2 Rxf3 $1) 39... Qxe5+ 40. Rxe5 Ba8 41. f4 $1
Rxf4 42. Bf5 $1 {White threatens to deliver mate in one. Black has a narrow
escape.} Rxf5 $2 ({Okay is} 42... g6 $1 43. Re8+ Kg7 44. Rxa8 gxf5 45. Rxa6 c5
46. a5 {(Levenfish). The safest defence gives} Rf1 47. Rc6 Ne4 $1) 43. Nxf5 Kf7
44. Nd6+ {Bohatirchuk and Alatortsev led with 7/10. Levenfish trailed by one
point.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bohatirchuk, Fedor"]
[Black "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B29"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8.
Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 10. O-O Rc8 11. Rb1 b6 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. Qa6
cxd4 15. cxd4 Rfd8 16. Rbc1 Qc4 $5 17. Qxa7 Ra8 18. Qb7 Rxa2 19. Ne5 $1 Nxe5
20. dxe5 Re8 21. Qxe7 $1 {White has gained a pawn by a surpriding move.} Raa8
$1 ({The alternative} 21... Rxe7 $2 22. Rd8+ Re8 23. Rxe8+ Bf8 24. Bh6 Qc5 {
(Levenfish) is risky for Black.}) 22. Qd6 Bxe5 23. Qxb6 Rab8 24. Qc5 Rbc8 $1
25. Qa3 h5 26. h3 Rc6 27. c3 Rec8 $1 {The extra pawn means no danger for the
defender.} 28. Qa5 Bf6 29. Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. Bd2 O-O 6. a3 Ba5 $6 7. Bd3 Nd7 8.
Nf3 f6 ({Avoids} 8... c5 $2 9. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 10. Ng5+ Kg6 11. h4) 9. exf6 Nxf6
10. Qe2 Re8 $6 11. g4 $1 c5 ({Not} 11... Nxg4 $2 12. Bxh7+ $1 {(Levenfish).})
12. g5 {Black has a magnificent defence.} Nh5 $2 ({Right is} 12... Nd7 $3 13.
Qxe6+ Kh8 14. O-O-O c4 $1 15. Bf1 Nf8 16. Qe1 Neg6) 13. Ne5 g6 14. dxc5 Nf5 15.
O-O-O $1 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 Qxg5+ 17. Kb1 Nf4 18. Qf3 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 b6 20. Rhg1 Qe7
21. c6 a5 22. Qf3 Qh4 23. Rg4 Qh5 24. Rdg1 Kf8 25. Qf4 Ra7 26. Rg5 Qh3 27.
Nxg6+ hxg6 28. Rxg6 Qh7 29. Qg5 e5 30. Bxe5 $1 Be6 ({Or} 30... Rxe5 31. Qd8+
Re8 32. Rg8+ $1) 31. Qf6+ Bf7 32. Rg8+ Qxg8 33. Rxg8+ $1 Kxg8 34. Qh8# 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Rabinovich, Ilya"]
[Black "Bohatirchuk, Fedor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C73"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 $5 5. O-O d6 6. d4 f6 $6 7. Be3 Ne7
{Bohatirchuk has opted for inactivity.} 8. Qd3 Be6 9. c4 Ng6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. d5
Bg4 12. dxc6 $5 ({More prudent is} 12. Nd2) 12... Bxf3 13. gxf3 Qc8 $1 14. Rfd1
Nh4 15. Qf1 g5 $6 ({Precise is} 15... f5 $1 16. Qh3 f4 17. Qxc8+ Rxc8 18. Bd2
Nxf3+ {(Levenfish).}) 16. Kh1 f5 17. Nd5 f4 18. Bd2 Bd8 ({Or} 18... Nxf3 19. c5
$1 dxc5 20. Ba5 Bd6 21. Nxc7+ $1 Bxc7 22. Rd7 Bxa5 23. Qc4) 19. c5 dxc5 20.
Rac1 Nxf3 21. Ba5 Ra7 22. Rxc5 Qe6 23. Rc3 Nd4 {White has a winning attack.}
24. Qh3 $2 ({Rabinovich misses} 24. Bb6 $1 cxb6 25. c7) 24... Kf7 25. Qxe6+
Kxe6 26. Nb4 Be7 27. Nc2 Nb5 28. Rcd3 Nd6 29. f3 h5 30. b3 g4 31. Kg2 Rg8 32.
Nb4 gxf3+ 33. Kxf3 Nf7 34. Nd5 Bd6 35. Nc3 $6 {Black has the initiative in the
endgame.} ({Wiser is the waiting move} 35. Kf2) 35... Raa8 36. R3d2 Rg4 37. Ke2
Ng5 38. Kd3 f3 39. b4 Rf8 40. Rf1 Rg2 41. Rdf2 h4 42. Nd5 Rf7 43. Ne3 $2 ({
White has survival chances in} 43. Nc3 $1 Nh3 44. Rxf3 Rxf3+ 45. Rxf3 Nf4+ 46.
Kc4 Rxh2 47. a4 $1) 43... Rxf2 44. Rxf2 Rf4 45. Nd5 Rxe4 46. Nxc7+ Bxc7 47.
Bxc7 Rd4+ 48. Kc2 Rc4+ 49. Kb2 e4 50. b5 e3 51. Rf1 e2 52. Re1 axb5 53. Bd8 Nf7
54. c7 Ne5 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Bohatirchuk, Fedor"]
[Black "Alatortsev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qa5 $6 8.
Bd2 Qa4 $2 ({Correct is} 8... Ng6) 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 cxd4 11. Ne2 $1 ({
Rauzer had played} 11. Nf3 {and lost due to blunders against Alatortsev in
round four.}) 11... Nbc6 12. f4 Rg6 $6 13. h4 $1 Bd7 ({The pointe is} 13...
Qxc2 14. h5 Qb2 15. Rc1) 14. h5 Rg8 15. h6 O-O-O 16. Qd3 Rg6 17. h7 Rh8 18.
Nxd4 Nf5 19. Nxf5 exf5 20. Qxd5 Be6 21. Qd3 Rg7 22. c4 $1 Na5 ({Or} 22... Rgxh7
23. Rxh7 Rxh7 24. Qb3 Qa6 25. Qb5 $1 {(Levenfish).}) 23. Bb4 Nxc4 24. O-O-O $1
Qe8 25. Qd4 Nb6 26. Rh3 Rgxh7 27. Bb5 Bd7 (27... Qxb5 $2 28. Rxh7 Rxh7 29. Qd8#
{(Knaak).}) 28. Rc3+ Bc6 29. Rxc6+ $1 bxc6 30. Ba6+ Kb8 31. Qd6+ {Bohatirchuk
had reached his zenith in this tournament. He had defeated two main rivals in
a row and led by one point.} ({Horrible is} 31. Qd6+ Ka8 32. Qc7) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Mazel, Isaak"]
[Black "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e3 O-O 8.
Bd3 d5 9. O-O Be6 10. Qe2 Re8 11. Rd1 Bg4 12. f3 Bd7 13. Bc2 Re5 14. e4 Bxc3
15. bxc3 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Bf4 Re7 18. fxe4 Qe8 19. Re1 Bf5 20. e5 f6 21.
Rad1 fxe5 22. Bxe5 Qg6 23. Qf2 Bg4 24. Bf4 Rf7 25. Rd4 Raf8 26. c5 Be6 27. Qe2
Bg4 28. Qc4 $6 ({Better is} 28. Qe3 Qc2 29. a4) 28... Bf3 $1 29. Bg3 Bd5 $1 {
White is going to lose a pawn.} 30. Qd3 $2 ({He keeps the a-pawn in} 30. Qa4 $1
Qg5 $1 31. Qa6 Re7 32. Rdd1 Rxe1+ 33. Rxe1 Qd2 34. Qe2 Qxc3 35. Bf2) 30... Qxd3
31. Rxd3 Bxa2 32. h3 a5 33. Ra1 Bc4 34. Rdd1 a4 35. Ra3 Bb3 36. Rd4 Re7 37. c4
Rf5 38. Bf2 h6 39. Ra1 Kh7 40. Rd8 Rf4 41. Rc1 Bxc4 42. Rd4 Rxd4 43. Bxd4 Bb3
44. Kf2 Re4 45. Bb2 Bd5 46. Rc3 g5 47. Rd3 Rc4 48. Rc3 Rb4 49. Bc1 Kg6 50. g3
Kf5 51. Re3 Rc4 52. Ba3 Rc2+ 53. Re2 Rc4 54. Re3 Be4 55. h4 $5 gxh4 56. gxh4
Kg4 57. Rg3+ Kxh4 58. Rg7 Rc3 59. Bb4 Rb3 60. Bd2 a3 61. Bxh6 a2 62. Rg1 Rb2+
63. Ke3 Rb1 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Black "Belavenets, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be6 7. c5 g6 8. Bxf6
exf6 9. Be2 Bg7 10. Bf3 f5 11. Nge2 O-O 12. O-O Qd7 13. Rb1 b6 14. cxb6 axb6
15. Qd2 Na5 16. b3 Nc6 17. Rbc1 Rfc8 18. a4 h5 19. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Black "Bohatirchuk, Fedor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. g3 e5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d4 Bd7 6. Nc3 Be7 7. O-O Qc8 8. b3
Bh3 9. Bb2 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 Qd7 $6 ({Better is} 10... O-O 11. Nd5 e4 $1 12. Ng5 {
(Levenfish)} Qf5) 11. Qd2 e4 $2 {Bohatirchuk plays too ambitious.} 12. Ng5 Qf5
13. d5 Ne5 14. Qf4 $1 Qg6 $5 (14... Qxf4 15. gxf4 Ng6 16. e3 {and White wins a
pawn anyway.}) 15. Ngxe4 Nh5 16. Qc1 f5 17. Nd2 Bg5 18. Qc2 Nf4+ $5 {
Desperation!} ({The natural} 18... O-O 19. e3 {gives Black little chances.})
19. Kh1 $1 ({Avoids} 19. gxf4 $4 Bxf4+ 20. Kh1 Qh5) 19... Qh5 20. f3 Qh6 21.
gxf4 Bxf4 22. Rf2 Bxd2 23. Nb5 O-O-O 24. f4 Be3 25. fxe5 Bxf2 26. Qxf5+ Kb8 27.
Qxf2 a6 28. Qa7+ Kc8 29. e6 {Bohatirchuk's lead was reduced to half-a-point.}
1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Bohatirchuk, Fedor"]
[Black "Yudovich, Mikhail Sr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. d4 Ngf6 6. Ng3 e6 7. Bd3 c5 8. c3
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 b6 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. f4 cxd4 13. cxd4 g6 14. Bd2 Re8 15.
Bb5 Bd6 16. Nc6 Bxc6 17. Bxc6 Rc8 18. Qf3 Re7 19. Rac1 Nb8 20. Ba8 Rxc1 21.
Rxc1 Rc7 22. Rd1 Bf8 23. Bc3 Rd7 24. Nf1 Nd5 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. Ne3 Nc6 27. f5
Bg7 28. Qf4 Re7 29. fxg6 hxg6 30. Qg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Veresov, Gavril"]
[Black "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 b6 4. e4 Bb7 5. Bd3 Bb4 6. Qc2 Bxc3+ $5 7. bxc3 d6 8.
f4 e5 9. Ne2 ({Levenfish prefers} 9. Nf3 {(Winter-Colle, London 1927).}) 9...
Nfd7 10. O-O c5 11. Ng3 g6 $5 {The black position seems to be full of holes.}
12. fxe5 dxe5 13. d5 h5 14. Be3 Qe7 15. Rf2 f6 16. Raf1 a5 17. Qa4 Kd8 18. Qd1
Ba6 19. Qe2 Ra7 20. Bc2 Kc8 21. Ba4 Qd6 22. Qd3 Rc7 23. Ne2 Kb7 24. Kh1 Rcc8
25. Ng1 Rcf8 26. Nf3 Ka7 {Black's plan becomes clear. White might have
advantages, but he has no entry to an impregnable bastion.} 27. Nd2 h4 $6 28.
Qe2 Bc8 29. Rf3 {Pawn h4 can be used as a target.} Rh5 $2 ({Levenfish advices} 
29... g5 $1) 30. g4 $3 Rhh8 ({The pointe is} 30... hxg3 31. Rxg3 Rg8 32. Qxh5
$1 {(Levenfish).}) 31. g5 $1 {White opens the position and wins.} Ka8 32. Qf2
fxg5 33. Bxg5 Rxf3 34. Nxf3 Ba6 35. Nd2 h3 36. Qg3 Bc8 37. Rf7 Na6 38. Be7 Qb8
39. Bc6+ Ka7 40. Bf6 Rf8 41. Rxf8 Nxf8 42. Bxe5 {Levenfish was trailing by one
point again.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Kan, Ilia"]
[Black "Bohatirchuk, Fedor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C73"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4 f6 7. Be3 Ne7 8.
Nc3 Ng6 9. h4 Be7 10. h5 Nf8 11. Qd2 Bg4 12. Ng1 Qc8 13. f3 Be6 14. Nge2 Qb7
15. O-O-O O-O-O 16. d5 cxd5 17. exd5 Bf7 18. g4 Nd7 19. Na4 g6 20. c4 gxh5 21.
gxh5 Rdg8 22. Rh2 Nc5 23. Bxc5 dxc5 24. Qa5 f5 25. f4 exf4 26. Rf1 f3 27. Rxf3
Rg4 28. Rb3 Rxc4+ 29. Nec3 Rb4 30. Nxc5 Bxc5 31. Qxc5 Rxb3 32. axb3 Qb6 33.
Qxb6 cxb6 34. Rf2 Bxh5 35. Rxf5 Be8 36. Rf4 h5 37. Rh4 Bf7 38. Kd2 Rd8 39. Rd4
h4 {Bohatirchuk drew after a passive opening. He kept the lead.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Black "Riumin, Nikolay"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D66"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3
a6 9. a4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nd5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. O-O N5f6 13. e4 b5 14. Ba2 b4 15.
e5 bxc3 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Rxc3 Rb8 18. Qc2 Qb4 19. Rb1 Bb7 20. Rc4 Qd6 21. Rc5
Nd7 22. Rc3 Nf6 23. Re1 Ba8 24. Bc4 Rb4 25. b3 Rbb8 26. Re5 g6 27. Ra5 Qb4 28.
Re5 c5 29. dxc5 Ne4 30. Re3 Nxc5 31. h4 Bd5 32. Bxd5 exd5 33. Rxd5 Nxb3 34. Re4
Qb7 35. Qd3 Rfc8 36. Re1 Nc5 37. Qd1 Ne6 38. Rd7 Rc7 39. Rd6 Rbc8 40. Ng5 Rc1
$1 41. Qxc1 Rxc1 42. Rxc1 Nf4 $1 43. Rcc6 Qb1+ 44. Kh2 Qf1 45. Kg3 Ne2+ 46. Kf3
Ng1+ $1 47. Kg3 {Riumin achieved perpetual check with a nice combination.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Bohatirchuk, Fedor"]
[Black "Savitsky, Leonid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. d3 ({A plus is kept by} 
6. c3 $1 O-O 7. d4) 6... d6 7. d4 $6 exd4 8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Nc3 $6
Ng4 $1 11. Qf3 ({Preferable is} 11. h3 Ne5 12. Qh5 $1) 11... O-O 12. Bf4 Qe7 {
Black is ready for an attack on the kingside.} 13. Rae1 $2 ({Exchanges result
from} 13. Bxc6 $1 Nxh2 14. Bxh2 Bxc6 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5) 13... Rae8 14. Qg3
f5 $1 {Black has natural attacking moves.} 15. h3 g5 $1 16. hxg4 gxf4 17. Qxf4
fxg4 18. Qg3 h5 $1 19. e5 h4 20. Qd3 Bf5 21. Qe2 ({The pawn grabbing} 21. Qxa6
g3 22. Nd1 h3 $1 23. Qxc6 {is punished by} Qh4) 21... g3 22. Nd1 gxf2+ 23. Nxf2
Qg5 24. Kh1 Rxe5 25. Qc4+ Be6 26. Rxe5 Qxe5 27. Qxh4 Bxf2 $1 28. Qh6 Rf6 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. e4 dxe4 8.
Nxe4 c5 9. dxc5 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Nxc5 11. Qxd8+ Bxd8 12. Bc2 Bf6 13. Rb1 Bd7 14.
Bg5 Bc6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Nh4 $2 ({Correct is} 16. Ke2 O-O-O 17. Rhd1) 16...
O-O-O 17. Rd1 Rxd1+ 18. Kxd1 Rd8+ 19. Ke2 Rd4 20. Nf3 Rg4 $6 ({Levenfish
rejects} 20... Rxc4 $1 21. Bxh7 f5 22. h4 $1 {but} Ne4 $1 23. h5 Bb5 $1 24. Rh2
Nf6 25. Bxf5 exf5 26. h6 Rh4+ 27. Ke1 Rxh2 28. Nxh2 Bc6 {wins for Black.}) 21.
Rg1 Be4 22. h3 Rf4 23. Ke3 $2 {White collapses.} ({He should have played} 23.
Bb1 Bxb1 24. Rxb1 {and accept the loss of a pawn.}) 23... Rxf3+ $1 {Levenfish
shared the first place with Bohatirchuk and Riumin.} 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Bohatirchuk, Fedor"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Qc7 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
f4 e6 9. Qe1 b5 10. Bf3 Bb7 11. Kh1 b4 12. Nd1 Be7 13. Nf2 Nc5 14. a3 bxa3 15.
Rxa3 O-O 16. Re3 a5 17. Nb5 Qb6 18. Nc3 Rfe8 19. Ng4 Rac8 20. Qg3 Nxg4 21. Qxg4
Nd7 22. Qg3 Bf8 23. f5 exf5 24. exf5 Bxf3 25. Qxf3 Nf6 26. Rd3 d5 27. Bg5 d4
28. Bxf6 Qxf6 29. Ne4 Qh4 30. Rxd4 Rxc2 31. Qd3 Rxb2 32. f6 g6 33. Ng3 Qh6 34.
Rd7 Qe3 35. Qxe3 Rxe3 36. Ra7 h5 37. Rd1 Re5 38. Ra8 h4 39. Nf5 $2 {White
gives away his knight.} ({Correct is} 39. Nf1 $1 g5 40. h3 Ree2 41. Rdd8 Rb1
42. Rxf8+ Kh7 43. Rh8+ Kg6 44. Rhg8+ Kxf6 45. Ra6+ Ke7 46. Ra7+ Kf6 {The black
king has to protect the f-file.}) 39... gxf5 40. h3 f4 41. Rdd8 Rb1+ (41...
Rb1+ 42. Kh2 Ree1 43. Rxf8+ Kh7 44. Rh8+ Kg6 45. Rhg8+ Kxf6 46. Ra6+ Ke7 47.
Ra7+ {Hereafter, the king will move to the a-file.}) 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Black "Ilyin Zhenevsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. Nf3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qd2 N7b6 9. a3 $5 Bb4 $6 {Black answers to the novelty with greed.} ({Wiser is
} 9... Nxc3 10. Qxc3 Qxc3+ {(Chekhov-Panchenko, Irkutsk 1983).}) 10. Rc1 Bxc3
11. bxc3 Qxa3 12. e4 Ne7 13. Bd3 f6 14. Be3 Ng6 15. O-O Qe7 16. Qa2 $1 Nd7 17.
Rb1 {Black has to consolidate his position.} e5 $2 ({It is time for} 17... O-O)
18. Bc1 $1 Ndf8 19. Re1 Bg4 20. Nd2 Nf4 21. Bf1 Be6 22. Qa5 (22. Nc4 $1 {is
great too.}) 22... N8g6 23. Ba3 Qd8 ({Or} 23... Qf7 24. d5 $1 {(Levenfish)}
cxd5 25. Qb5+ Qd7 26. Qxb7) 24. Qxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rxb7 exd4 26. Nc4 Rd7 27. Nd6+
Kd8 28. cxd4 Rxb7 29. Nxb7+ Kc7 30. Rb1 Bc8 31. Nd6 Rd8 32. Nxc8 Rxc8 33. Ba6
Rb8 34. Bd6+ Kxd6 35. Rxb8 Ne6 36. Rb7 Nxd4 37. Rxg7 Ne7 38. Rxh7 Nb5 39. f4
Nc7 40. e5+ fxe5 41. fxe5+ Kd7 42. Bc4 a5 43. h4 a4 44. h5 a3 45. h6 Ncd5 46.
Rg7 Ne3 47. Ba2 {Levenfish became the sole leader.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Mazel, Isaak"]
[Black "Bohatirchuk, Fedor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A38"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 a6 8. O-O
Qc7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 d6 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Na7 13. Rc1 Qb6 14. Qd3 Bd7 15.
Rc2 Rac8 16. Rfc1 Rc5 17. Rxc5 $4 dxc5 $1 18. d6 exd6 19. Rc4 cxd4 20. Rxd4 $2
Nb5 {Bohatirchuk's last games were plagued by blunders.} 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Panov, Vasily"]
[Black "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C76"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. O-O g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Re1
Nge7 9. Be3 O-O 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nbd2 h6 12. Bc2 Qc8 13. Bc5 Re8 14. Nc4 b6
15. Ba3 Kh7 16. Qe2 Ng8 17. Rad1 Nd8 18. Ne3 Ne6 19. Qd2 Bb5 20. Nd5 Rb8 21. b3
c6 22. Ne3 c5 23. Nd5 Rb7 24. Bb2 Bc6 25. Bc1 Rd7 26. Qe2 Qb7 27. c4 b5 28. Bd3
Qb8 29. Be3 Ne7 30. Qc2 b4 31. a3 a5 32. axb4 axb4 33. Ra1 Nd4 34. Nxd4 cxd4 $2
{Black has dealt well with the pressure til this error.} ({Correct is} 34...
exd4) 35. Bd2 Rb7 36. Ra6 Rc8 37. f4 Bxd5 38. exd5 exf4 39. d6 Nd5 $1 {Panov
finds a drastic solution.} 40. d7 $1 Rxd7 41. Bxg6+ $2 fxg6 42. Qxg6+ Kh8 43.
cxd5 Rf8 44. Rae6 $2 ({Right is} 44. Rb6 Qa8 45. Bxb4) 44... Rxd5 45. Re8 Rd6
$1 46. Bxf4 Rxg6 47. Bxb8 {Levenfish kept the first place and scored 12/19. He
had to share the championship title with Rabinovich, who scored six wins and
one loss in the final rounds. Bohatirchuk and Riumin followed with 11 1/2
points.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1936.08.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1936.??.??"]

{Nottingham 1886 was won by Burn. A young man triumphed in a lesser group.
Fifty years later, he had become Councillor Derbyshire, President of the
British Chess Federation. He guaranteed half of the costs for an international
tournament. The other half was raised in a campaign by Rees, Stevenson and Sir
Thomas. The participants stayed at Victoria Station Hotel and partook in a
garden party at Rempston Hall. Eleven foreigners and four Englishmen played at
Nottingham University from 10 until 28 August 1936. Games began in the
afternoon. The time limit was 36 moves in two hours. It should have been 30
moves, but a misprint was left unchanged. Adjourned games were resumed in the
evening.  The games between the eight best players have been analysed anew.
The top eight were champion Euwe, former champions Lasker, Capablanca and
Alekhine, Botvinnik, Fine, Reshevsky and Flohr.   Jan van Reek} 1. e4 e6 2. d4
d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 dxe4 5. Nxe4 $2 ({Right is} 5. Qg4 Qxd4 6. O-O-O {
(Marshall-Chigorin, Monte Carlo 1900).}) 5... Qxd4 6. Bd3 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 Qd8 $2
{Flohr trembles.} ({Alekhine gives} 7... Qxb2 8. Rd1 Nd7 {(Davis-Allain, corr.
1962).}) 8. O-O-O Qe7 9. Nf3 Nf6 10. Rhe1 Nxe4 11. Rxe4 $5 Nd7 $2 {Black
allows a 'petite combinaison'.} 12. Rg4 $2 ({Better is} 12. Qc3 $1 O-O (12...
Nf6 13. Rc4 c6 14. Rxc6 $1) 13. Qxc7 Qc5 14. Qg3 $1) 12... f5 $5 13. Rf4 Nf6
14. Re1 Bd7 $2 (14... g6 {keeps the extra pawn (Alekhine).}) 15. Rxf5 $5 O-O-O
16. Ra5 Kb8 17. Ne5 Be8 18. g3 Nd5 19. Re4 Nb6 $5 20. Qe3 Rd5 21. Ra3 Qc5 $6 {
A poor endgame follows.} 22. Qxc5 Rxc5 23. f4 Rd5 24. Nf3 Bd7 25. Ng5 Re8 26.
c4 Rf5 27. Rd4 Rff8 28. c5 Nd5 29. Bxh7 Bc6 30. Bg6 Re7 31. Nf3 Nf6 32. Ne5 Bd5
33. Re3 Rh8 34. h4 c6 35. Bc2 Rd8 36. Bb3 Rc7 37. Nf3 Re8 38. Ne5 Rec8 39. Bc4
Ka8 40. b4 Rb8 41. g4 b6 42. g5 bxc5 43. bxc5 Nd7 44. Nxd7 Rxd7 45. h5 Rf7 46.
Rxe6 $5 (46. Bxd5 exd5 47. Rh3 {wins more easily.}) 46... Bxe6 47. Bxe6 Rfb7
48. Bb3 Rh8 49. h6 $1 gxh6 50. g6 Rg7 51. f5 Rf8 52. Bc2 h5 53. Rd6 Re7 54. f6
Re1+ 55. Kd2 Rf1 56. f7 h4 57. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1936.08.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1936.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 O-O 8.
Nc3 d6 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. O-O c5 11. Rad1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Rc8 14. Qd3
Nbd7 15. Nf3 Ne5 $5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Qf3 Rab8 18. b3 a6 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4
b5 21. cxb5 Rxb5 22. Rc1 Rbc5 23. Rxc5 Qxc5 24. Rd1 Qb5 $2 (24... Qc7 25. Kg1
h6 {takes no risk.}) 25. Rc1 $1 Rd8 26. Rc7 g6 27. Qf3 Rf8 28. Ra7 a5 29. Qd3
Qc5 30. Ra6 Qb4 31. Ra7 Qc5 32. Qe3 Qd5+ 33. Kh3 $6 ({Better is} 33. f3 {(Euwe)
.}) 33... h5 34. Qc3 Qd1 $6 (34... Qh1 {forces a draw (Euwe).}) 35. Kg2 Qxe2
36. Rxa5 Qe4+ 37. Qf3 Qc2 38. h4 $6 Rc8 $2 ({Correct is} 38... e4 $1 39. Qe3
Rd8) 39. Ra7 $1 Rc7 40. Rxc7 Qxc7 {The exchange of rook has a fatal effect,
because Black cannot stop the a-pawn.} 41. Qa8+ $1 Kg7 42. a4 Qb6 (42... Qc3
43. Qb7 $1 e4 44. Qxe4 Qxb3 45. a5 {and White wins.}) 43. a5 Qxb3 44. a6 Qa3
45. a7 e4 46. Qb8 Qf3+ 47. Kg1 Qd1+ 48. Kh2 Qe2 49. Qe5+ ({The pointe is} 49.
Qe5+ Kh7 50. Qf6 $1) 1-0

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1936.08.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fine, Reuben"]
[Black "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1936.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. O-O
a6 9. Qe2 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. e4 Nbd7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 b4 15.
Na4 Be7 16. Rfd1 Nh5 $5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Rac1 Ndf6 $4 {Lasker makes a grave
positional error.} ({Correct is} 18... Nf4 19. Qe3 Nxd3 20. Rc7 $1 Bc6 $1 21.
Rxc6 N7e5 22. Nxe5 Nxe5 {(Alekhine).}) 19. g3 $1 a5 20. Nc5 Rfc8 21. Nxb7 Qxb7
22. Ne5 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Qxc8 25. Qc2 Qb7 26. Qc6 Qa7 27. Qc8+ Kh7
28. Nc6 Qc5 29. e5+ g6 30. exf6 Nxf6 31. Qb7 Kg8 32. Be2 Nd5 33. Ne5 1-0

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1936.08.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Fine, Reuben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1936.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Na3 c5 4. Nxc4 Nc6 5. b3 f6 6. Bb2 e5 7. g3 Nge7 8. Bg2
Nd5 9. O-O Be7 10. Nh4 O-O 11. Qb1 Rf7 12. Nf5 Be6 13. f4 exf4 14. gxf4 Nb6 15.
Be4 $6 {Botvinnik overestimates his chances.} Bxc4 $6 ({Better is} 15... Nxc4
16. bxc4 {(Alekhine), and now} Qxd2 $1 {ruins the white pawn structure.}) 16.
bxc4 Nxc4 17. Bc3 Nd4 18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. Bxh7+ Kf8 20. Bb4 d3 21. Bxe7+ Rxe7 22.
Qxd3 Qxd3 23. exd3 Nb6 24. Be4 Rd8 25. Rac1 Nd5 26. a3 Red7 27. Kg2 b6 28. Kf3
Nc7 29. Ke3 Na6 30. Rc3 Nc5 31. Rf2 Rd4 32. f5 Ra4 33. Rg2 Rad4 34. Rf2 Ra4 35.
Rg2 Rad4 36. Rc4 R4d6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1936.08.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A92"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1936.??.??"]

{The opponents had played for the last time in 1927. They met again as enemies.
} 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 Ne4 7. Qb3 {Capa
has a new answer to a pet idea of Alekhine.} Bf6 8. Rd1 Qe8 9. Nc3 Nc6 $6 10.
Nb5 Bd8 11. Qc2 $6 {White loses time.} ({The immediate} 11. d5 $1 {gains a
plus (Capablanca).}) 11... d6 12. d5 $5 Nb4 $1 13. Qb3 Na6 14. dxe6 Nac5 15.
Qc2 Nxe6 16. Nfd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Bf6 18. Nb5 $6 Qe7 19. Be3 a6 20. Nd4 Bd7 21.
Rac1 Rae8 22. b4 b6 23. Nf3 $6 Nc3 $1 24. Rd3 $6 f4 $5 {Black wants to win an
exchange.} ({The alternative} 24... Ba4 25. Qb2 $1 Nd1 26. Qd2 Nxe3 27. Rxe3 {
leads to equality.}) 25. gxf4 Bf5 26. Qd2 Bxd3 27. exd3 c5 $2 ({Correct is} 
27... Na4 $1 28. Ng5 $1 Bxg5 29. fxg5 Qd7 30. d4 b5) 28. Rxc3 $1 Bxc3 29. Qxc3
Qf6 $6 {Black has no counteraction in the endgame.} 30. Qxf6 gxf6 31. Nd2 f5
32. b5 a5 33. Nf1 Kf7 34. Ng3 Kg6 35. Bf3 Re7 36. Kf1 Kf6 37. Bd2 Kg6 38. a4 {
Slight incidents took place at this stage.} ({Later Capa gave the win} 38. a4
Rc7 39. h4 h6 40. h5+ Kh7 41. Bc3 Re7 42. Bg2 Rd7 43. Bh3 Rdf7 44. Ke2 Re8+ 45.
Kf3 Ref8 46. Nf1 Kg8 47. Ne3 Kh7 48. Nd5 Rb8 49. Nf6+ $1 {(I added the moves
for Black).}) 1-0

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1936.08.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D59"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1936.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Nxe7 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O Nd7 12. Qa4 a6 13. Rfd1 Nd5 14. Rac1 Rc8
15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Bd3 c5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Qd4 Re8 19. Bf5 Rc7 20. Qf4 Rce7 21.
Nd4 a5 22. Bd3 Re5 23. Bb5 R8e7 24. Qf3 Rg5 25. Qe2 Rg6 26. Bd3 Rf6 27. Bb1 Ba6
28. Qh5 Bb7 29. a3 a4 30. Qg4 Re5 31. Nf3 Re7 32. Nd4 Re5 33. Nf3 Re7 34. Qg3
Ba6 35. Nd4 Rd7 36. Bf5 Rc7 37. Bb1 {The players have to carry out 36 moves in
the afternoon. So they have reached the first time limit. Euwe informs them.}
Qc8 $4 {Capa thinks that he has to make four more moves, gets confused and
blunders.} 38. Nf5 $1 Rg6 39. Nd6 Rxg3 40. Nxc8 Rxg2+ 41. Kxg2 Rxc8 42. Ba2 Rc6
43. Bxd5 Rg6+ 44. Kh1 Nd3 45. Rc2 Rd6 46. Bf3 Rf6 47. Be4 Rd6 48. Bxd3 Bxd3 49.
f3 Bxc2 50. Rxd6 b5 51. Kg2 Bb3 52. Rb6 Bc4 53. Kg3 Kf8 54. Kf4 Ke7 55. Ke5 Be2
56. f4 Bc4 57. Rb7+ Kf8 58. f5 f6+ 59. Kf4 h5 60. e4 Be2 61. e5 fxe5+ 62. Kxe5
Bc4 63. Kf4 h4 64. Kg5 1-0

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1936.08.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E33"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1936.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 a5 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. e3 O-O 11. Be2 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. O-O Bg4 14. h3 Bh5
15. Rfd1 Rfe8 16. Rd5 Bg6 17. Rad1 Bf5 18. R5d2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1936.08.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Black "Fine, Reuben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E03"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1936.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. g3 b5 8.
Qd3 Bb7 9. Bg2 c5 10. O-O c4 11. Qc2 b4 12. Nd1 Rc8 13. Bg5 Qa5 14. Bxf6 Nxf6
15. Ne3 c3 16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qb5 18. bxc3 Rxc3 19. Qb2 Be7 20. Rfc1 Rxc1
21. Rxc1 O-O 22. f3 Bd6 23. N5c4 Bb8 24. a3 Nd5 25. axb4 Nxe3+ 26. Nxe3 Bd6 27.
Rb1 $6 (27. d5 $1 {(Alekhine)} Bxb4 28. dxe6 fxe6 29. Rc7 Rf7 30. Rc8+ {draws.}
) 27... Rb8 28. Qa2 a5 $2 (28... Bxb4 {draws (Alekhine).}) 29. Nc4 Bxb4 30.
Nxa5 Qa6 ({Or} 30... Rc8 31. Nc6 $1 Qxc6 32. Rxb4) 31. Kf1 Rb6 32. Ra1 Bc3 33.
Rc1 Bb2 34. Rc2 g6 $6 (34... h6 {prevents the potential exchange of queens 
(Alekhine).}) 35. Rxb2 Rxb2 36. Qxb2 Qxa5 37. Qb8+ Kg7 38. Kf2 $6 (38. Qe5+ $1
Qxe5 39. dxe5 {leads to a won pawn ending (Alekhine).}) 38... Qa1 39. Qe5+ Kg8
40. Kg2 Qe1 41. Qb8+ Kg7 42. Qb2 Kg8 43. Qc2 Qb4 44. Qd3 Kf8 45. Kh3 Qa5 46. e4
Qh5+ 47. Kg2 Qa5 48. d5 Ke7 49. Qd4 exd5 50. exd5 Kd6 51. Qf6+ Kxd5 52. Qxf7+
Kd4 53. Qxh7 $2 {This pawn capture allows a successful counteraction.} (53.
Qd7+ $1 Ke3 54. Qe6+ Kd3 55. h4 {plays for a win.}) 53... Qa2+ 54. Kh3 Qe6+ 55.
g4 Ke3 56. Qb7 Kf2 $1 57. Qb8 Kxf3 58. Qf8+ Ke2 59. Qf4 Qd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1936.08.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B72"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1936.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6 8.
Nb3 Be6 9. f4 O-O 10. g4 d5 $5 11. f5 (11. e5 d4 $1 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Nxg4
{stems from Levenfish-Botvinnik, Moscow 1936.}) 11... Bc8 12. exd5 Nb4 13. d6
$5 {Alekhine plays a novelty.} ({Usual will become} 13. Bf3 $1 {
(Bondarevsky-Alatortsev, Tbilisi 1937).}) 13... Qxd6 {Botvinnik found the
following perpetual check after a thought of twenty minutes.} ({He mentions} 
13... exd6 14. a3 $1 ({White should not play} 14. g5 $2 Bxf5 15. gxf6 Nxc2+ 16.
Kf2 Qxf6 {(Polugaevsky)}) 14... Re8 {as a sound alternative.}) 14. Bc5 Qf4 $1
15. Rf1 Qxh2 16. Bxb4 Nxg4 17. Bxg4 Qg3+ 18. Rf2 ({White has to avoid} 18. Kd2
$4 Bh6+) ({and} 18. Ke2 $4 Qxg4+ 19. Rf3 Qxb4) 18... Qg1+ 19. Rf1 Qg3+ 20. Rf2
Qg1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1936.08.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1936.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Qd6 7. Bxf6 gxf6 $4
8. Qc2 Nc6 9. e3 Ne7 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3 f5 $2 12. g3 Bd7 13. Ne5 Be6 14. Nd3
O-O 15. Be2 Rad8 16. O-O Bc8 17. Rac1 c6 18. Qc5 Qxc5 19. Rxc5 Kg7 20. b4 a6
21. a4 Kf6 22. Rc2 Ke6 23. b5 axb5 24. axb5 Kd6 25. bxc6 bxc6 26. Nc5 Rde8 27.
Ra1 Be6 28. Rca2 Rb8 29. Ra7 Rb6 30. Bh5 Rfb8 $2 {Lasker's mistakes are easy
to understand.} 31. Bxf7 $1 Rb1+ 32. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 33. Kg2 Nc8 34. Rb7 Rxb7 35.
Nxb7+ Ke7 36. Bxe6 Kxe6 37. Kf3 Ne7 38. Nc5+ 1-0

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1936.08.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B05"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1936.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 c6 6. O-O Bxf3 7. Bxf3 dxe5 8.
dxe5 e6 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. c4 Ne7 11. Bg4 Nd7 12. f4 h5 13. Bh3 O-O-O 14. Be3 Nf5
15. Bxf5 exf5 16. Qf2 Qa5 17. Nd2 Nb6 18. a3 Rd3 19. Rfd1 Be7 20. c5 Nd5 21.
Nc4 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Qa4 23. Rc1 h4 24. b4 h3 25. g3 Rd8 26. Qc2 Qxc2 27. Rxc2
Kd7 28. Kf2 Ke6 29. Bc1 g6 30. Bb2 Ra8 31. Na5 Rb8 32. Kf3 Bd8 33. Nb3 Kd7 34.
Nd4 Ra8 35. Re2 Be7 36. Nb3 Bf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1936.08.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Fine, Reuben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D67"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1936.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 O-O 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Ne4 N5f6 12. Ng3 c5 13. O-O a6 14. Ne5 cxd4
15. exd4 Qd6 16. Qe2 b5 17. Bb3 Bb7 18. Rfd1 Rac8 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1936.08.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D19"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1936.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qe2 Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Rd1 Nd7 12. Bd3 Nf6 13. Ne5 Qc7 14. Bxe4 Nxe4
15. Qc2 Nf6 16. e4 h6 17. Nd3 Be7 18. f3 Rfd8 19. Be3 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1936.08.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D04"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1936.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nbd7 5. Nbd2 Qc7 6. Qa4 g6 7. c4 Bg7 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Qb3 N5b6 10. a4 cxd4 11. exd4 a5 12. Bb5 O-O 13. O-O Nf6 14. Re1 Bf5
15. Nf1 Qd6 16. Qa3 Qxa3 17. Rxa3 Nfd5 18. Ng3 Bd7 19. Rb3 Rfd8 20. Bd2 Nxa4
21. Ra1 Nab6 22. Rxa5 Bxb5 23. Rbxb5 e6 24. b3 Rd7 25. Ne4 Rxa5 26. Bxa5 Nc8
27. Ne5 Bxe5 28. dxe5 Nc7 29. Nf6+ Kg7 30. Nxd7 Nxb5 31. Bd2 Ne7 32. Kf1 Nd4
33. b4 Nd5 34. Nc5 b5 35. Nd3 f6 36. Bc1 $2 (36. f3 $1 {does not lose a pawn.})
36... fxe5 37. Nxe5 Nc2 38. Bb2 Ncxb4 39. Ke2 Kg8 40. g3 Ne7 41. Nf3 Ned5 42.
Ng5 Nc7 43. Ke3 Nc6 44. f4 h6 45. Nf3 Kf7 46. Kd3 Nd5 47. Bc1 Nf6 48. Bb2 Nd7
49. Ba3 $6 ({More solid is} 49. Bd4 $1 {(Alekhine).}) 49... e5 $1 {Botvinnik
gossips: Alekhine lost because he drank a bottle of wine before the evening
session.} 50. Ke3 $2 ({The exchanges by} 50. fxe5 Ndxe5+ 51. Nxe5+ Nxe5+ 52.
Ke4 Ke6 53. h3 {lead to good drawing chances for White.}) 50... Ke6 51. Bb2 Kd5
52. Nh4 Nb6 53. Bc1 Nc4+ 54. Kf2 Nb4 55. Ke2 Na2 56. Bd2 b4 $1 57. fxe5 b3 58.
Kd1 Nxe5 $1 59. Ng2 ({The kamikaze} 59. Nxg6 Nxg6 60. Bxh6 {(Alekhine) has no
effect due to} Nc3+ $1 61. Kc1 Ne5 62. Bg7 Nd3+) 59... Ke4 60. h4 Nd3 61. Ba5
Nb2+ 0-1

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1936.08.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1936.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bxg2 7. Kxg2 g6 8.
c4 Bg7 9. Nc3 Qc8 10. b3 Qb7+ 11. f3 d5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Bb2 O-O
15. Qd3 Rd8 16. Rfd1 Nd7 17. Rac1 Nc5 18. Qb1 Qb7 19. Nc2 Qa6 20. Kf1 Bh6 21.
Nb4 Qb7 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rd1 Rd7 24. Nd3 Nxd3 25. Rxd3 Bg7 26. Bxg7 Rxd3 27.
Qxd3 Kxg7 28. Qd8 b5 29. b4 a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1936.08.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D28"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1936.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 c5 5. Bxc4 e6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Qe2 a6 8. Rd1
b5 9. Bb3 c4 10. Bc2 Nb4 11. Nc3 Nxc2 12. Qxc2 Bb7 13. d5 Qc7 14. e4 e5 15. Bg5
Nd7 16. Be3 Bc5 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. b3 O-O 19. bxc4 Qxc4 20. Nd2 Qc7 21. Qb2 Rfc8
22. Rac1 Nc5 23. Nb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1936.08.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "1936.??.??"]

{Nearly 300 guests had visited the party garden at the home of Derbyshire on
the previous day. Euwe led with 6/7 halfway the tournament. Alekhine had only
scored 4 1/2 / 8. Now, the challenger had to prove himself against the world
champion.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bd3 $5 cxd4 6. O-O f6 $5 {
The attack on the centre seems to be premature.} 7. Bb5 $1 Bd7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9.
Qxd4 fxe5 10. Qxe5 Nf6 11. Bf4 Bc5 12. Nc3 O-O {But Black has developed well.}
13. Bg3 Qe7 14. a3 a5 15. Rfe1 Ra7 $5 16. Na4 Rb7 17. Qc3 Ba7 $1 {Euwe gives a
pawn for active play.} 18. Qxa5 Ne4 19. Qa6 $6 Be8 $6 ({Black misses the
counteraction} 19... Bc8 20. Qxc6 Nxg3 21. hxg3 Rc7) 20. b4 g5 $6 {Euwe
weakens the kingside.} ({Better is} 20... Bh5 $1 {(Alekhine).}) 21. Nc5 $1 Bxc5
22. bxc5 Nxc5 23. Qe2 $6 Ne4 $6 ({Again} 23... Bh5 $1 {is better.}) 24. Qe3 Bg6
25. Ne5 $1 c5 $5 26. Nxg6 hxg6 27. f3 Nxg3 28. hxg3 Kf7 29. a4 Ra8 30. Kf2 Rb2
31. Re2 c4 32. Rh1 $1 Kg8 $2 {Euwe blunders in a sharp position.} ({Correct is
} 32... Qf6 $1 33. Qc5 Kg8 34. Rhe1 Re8 {Alekhine regards} 35. a5 {as winning
for White, but} g4 {gives a proper answer.}) 33. Qe5 $1 Qa7+ $1 34. Kf1 Rb1+
35. Re1 Rxe1+ 36. Kxe1 Qg7 37. Qxe6+ Kf8 38. Qxd5 $1 Qc3+ 39. Kf2 $1 Re8 40. g4
$1 Qe3+ 41. Kg3 Qf4+ 42. Kh3 Re7 $1 43. Qc5 Qf6 44. g3 $1 (44. Re1 $4 Qh8+ 45.
Kg3 Qh4#) 44... Qh8+ 45. Kg2 Qc3 46. Rh7 $1 Qxc2+ 47. Kh3 Qe2 48. Rxe7 Qxe7 49.
Qxc4 Qe1 50. Qc5+ Kf7 51. Kg2 Qa1 52. Qc2 Kf6 53. Qb3 Ke5 54. Kf2 Kf6 55. Qb6+
Kg7 56. Qb4 Qh1 57. Qe1 Qh2+ 58. Ke3 Kh7 59. a5 Qa2 60. Qd2 Qa1 61. Ke2 Kh6 62.
f4 gxf4 63. gxf4 Qa4 64. Kf2 Kh7 65. g5 Qa3 66. Qd7+ Kh8 67. Qc8+ Kh7 68. Qc7+
Kh8 69. Ke2 Qa2+ 70. Ke3 Qb3+ 71. Kd4 Qb4+ 72. Kd5 Qb5+ 73. Kd4 Qa6 74. Qb6 Qc8
75. Qd6 Qc2 76. a6 Qd2+ 77. Ke5 Qc3+ 78. Ke6 Qc8+ 79. Ke7 Kh7 80. Qd7 Qc3 81.
Ke6+ 1-0

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1936.08.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E03"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1936.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Nbd7 5. Qxc4 e6 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 b5 8.
Qc6 Ra7 9. Bf4 Bb7 10. Qc1 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. O-O O-O 13. Nbd2 Qe7 14. Nb3
Bb6 15. Be3 Rc8 16. Qd2 Ne4 17. Qd3 Nec5 18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. Qd1 Ba8 20. Rc1 Rac7
21. b3 Nd7 22. Rxc7 Rxc7 23. Bxb6 Nxb6 24. Qd4 Nd5 25. Rd1 f6 26. Ne1 Bb7 27.
Bxd5 exd5 $5 28. e3 Qe4 29. h4 a5 30. f3 Qxd4 31. Rxd4 Rc1 $4 32. Kf2 Ra1 33.
Rd2 a4 $2 {Sammy plays poorly in time trouble.} 34. Nd3 Rb1 35. Rb2 Rxb2+ 36.
Nxb2 Bc6 37. Nd3 g5 $2 ({Better is} 37... Kf7 $1 38. Nb4 Bb7 39. Nc2 Bc6 40.
Nd4 Bd7 41. Ke2 Ke7 42. Kd3 axb3 43. axb3 {(Fine). A draw is forced by} b4 $1
44. Nc2 Bf5+ 45. e4 dxe4+ 46. fxe4 Be6) 38. hxg5 fxg5 39. Nb4 $6 (39. Ne5 $1
Be8 40. f4 {has been suggested by Timman to me. White wins a pawn by} axb3 41.
axb3 h6 $5 42. Ke2 Kf8 43. Kd3 Ke7 44. Kd4 Kd6 45. Ng4 $1 h5 46. Nf6 Bf7 47.
fxg5 b4 48. g6 Bxg6 49. Nxd5 Bc2 50. Nxb4 Bxb3) 39... axb3 40. axb3 Bb7 41. g4
Kg7 42. Ke2 Kg6 $2 ({Bondarevsky gives} 42... Kf6 43. Kd3 Ke5 44. Nc2 Bc6 45.
Nd4 Be8 46. Kc3 h5 47. gxh5 Bxh5 48. Kb4 g4 49. fxg4 Bxg4 50. Kxb5 Ke4 {drawn.}
) 43. Kd3 h5 44. gxh5+ Kxh5 45. Kd4 Kh4 46. Nxd5 Kg3 47. f4 g4 48. f5 Bc8 49.
Ke5 Bd7 50. e4 Be8 {White has many advantages.} 51. Kd4 $2 ({Right is} 51. f6
$1 Kf3 {(Capablanca)} 52. Nf4 g3 $1 53. Kf5 Bd7+ 54. Kg5 Be6 $1 55. Nxe6 g2 56.
f7 g1=Q+ 57. Kf6 Kxe4 58. f8=Q Qf2+ 59. Ke7 Qa7+ 60. Kd6 Qb6+ 61. Kd7 Qb7+ 62.
Nc7 {and White wins.}) 51... Kf3 52. e5 g3 53. Ne3 Kf4 $2 ({Bondarevsky finds
the great escape} 53... Bf7 54. e6 Bg8 55. b4 Kf4 {drawn.}) 54. e6 g2 55. Nxg2+
Kxf5 56. Kd5 Kg4 57. Ne3+ Kf4 58. Kd4 {Capablanca showed his great ability in
the endgame.} 1-0

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1936.08.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D91"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1936.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. cxd5 Nxg5 7. Nxg5 e6 8.
Nf3 exd5 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 c6 11. O-O Qe7 12. a3 Be6 13. Rc1 Nd7 14. Ne1 Nb6
15. Nd3 Rad8 16. Nc5 Bc8 17. b4 Nc4 18. Nb1 b6 19. Nb3 Ba6 20. Re1 Rfe8 21.
N1d2 b5 22. Ra1 Bc8 23. Bf1 Qd6 24. Nc5 Re7 25. Ndb3 Rde8 26. Qc1 f5 27. Nd3 g5
28. Qc3 f4 29. exf4 gxf4 30. Rxe7 Rxe7 31. a4 a6 32. axb5 axb5 33. Ra8 Re8 34.
Qc1 Rf8 35. Qd1 Bf5 36. Rxf8+ Bxf8 37. Qh5 Qg6 38. Qxg6+ hxg6 39. Nxf4 Bxb4 40.
Bd3 Nd2 41. Nxd2 Bxd2 42. Bxf5 gxf5 43. Ne6 Bc3 44. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1936.08.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D67"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1936.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Ne4 N5f6 12. Ng3 e5 13. O-O exd4 14. Nf5 Qd8
15. N3xd4 Ne5 16. Bb3 Bxf5 17. Nxf5 g6 18. Qd4 Qxd4 19. Nxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1936.08.22"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D18"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1936.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Ne5 c5 10. Na2 Ba5 11. dxc5 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Bc2 13. Rd4 Bc7 14. Nf3 Nc6
15. Rd2 Bg6 16. b4 a5 17. b5 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Bb2 Ne4 20. Re2 Bxb2 21.
Rxb2 Nxc5 22. Nc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1936.08.22"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1936.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. Nc3 a6 7. O-O b5 8. Bd3
cxd4 9. exd4 Bb7 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Rad1 Nbd7 13. Ne5 Nd5 14. Bc1 $6
Nxc3 15. bxc3 Nf6 $1 16. a4 Qd5 17. Nf3 $6 Rfc8 18. Bb2 Ne4 19. Rc1 $2 ({
Better is} 19. Qe3 Ng5 20. Ne1) 19... Ng5 $1 20. axb5 axb5 21. Bxb5 $2 ({
Reshevsky analyses} 21. Ne1 Nh3+ $1 22. Kh1 Nf4 23. Qg4 Bg5 24. Rd1 h5 25. Qg3
h4 26. Qg4 h3 $1) 21... Nxf3+ 22. gxf3 Qg5+ {The old Lasker has been crushed
by a young man.} (22... Qg5+ 23. Kh1 Qg4 $1 {is horrible.}) 0-1

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1936.08.24"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Fine, Reuben"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D53"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1936.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e4 dxe4 8.
Nxe4 Nc6 9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. Qd2 O-O 11. Qe3 Rd8 12. O-O-O Ne7 13. Bd3 Nf5 $6 ({
Better is} 13... Rb8 $1 14. Qe5 Qxe5 15. dxe5 Bd7 16. Be4 Bc6) 14. Qe5 $1 Qxe5
15. dxe5 Bd7 16. Be4 c6 ({Now} 16... Bc6 $2 {gives a poor defence.}) 17. Rd3
Be8 18. Rhd1 Rxd3 19. Rxd3 Kf8 20. Kc2 h5 21. Bxf5 exf5 22. Ng5 $6 (22. c5 $1
b6 23. b4 {continues the restraint.}) 22... Ke7 23. b3 c5 24. h4 Bc6 25. f3 f4
26. Kc3 Re8 27. Rd6 Kf8 28. e6 f6 29. Nh3 Ke7 30. Rd2 Kxe6 31. Nxf4+ Kf7 32.
Nxh5 Rh8 33. Nf4 Rxh4 34. Nd5 Rh5 35. Nf4 Re5 36. a4 $6 g5 37. Nd3 Re3 38. Ra2
g4 $1 39. Kd2 Re7 40. fxg4 Bxg2 41. Nxc5 Bf3 42. Kc3 Bxg4 {White has to stop
the passed pawn.} 43. Rf2 f5 44. a5 Kf6 45. b4 Kg5 46. Nd3 Kh4 47. Rf4 Kg3 48.
Rd4 Bf3 49. Rd8 Be2 50. Rg8+ Kf3 51. Rf8 Ke3 52. Ne1 Ke4 53. Ng2 Bh5 $1 54. Rd8
(54. Nh4 $1 Bf7 55. Rd8 {takes less risk.}) 54... Kf3 55. Nh4+ Kg4 56. Rd4+ {
Does Black have a winning advantage?} Kg5 ({Critical is} 56... f4 $1 57. Ng2
Rf7 58. a6 $1 {(Alekhine)} bxa6 59. b5 axb5 60. Nxf4 $1 Rxf4 61. Rxf4+ Kxf4 62.
cxb5 {Black has the bishop of the wrong colour.}) 57. Ng2 Bf3 58. Nf4 Be4 59.
Nd5 Re5 60. Rd1 Bf3 61. Rg1+ Bg4 62. Kd4 Re4+ 63. Kd3 Re6 64. Ne3 Rd6+ 65. Kc3
Rd8 66. b5 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1936.08.24"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A95"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1936.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d5 7. Nc3 c6 8. Rb1
Qe8 9. c5 Qh5 10. b4 Ne4 11. Qc2 Nd7 12. b5 Bf6 13. Bf4 Qe8 $6 ({More natural
is} 13... Re8 $1 14. Rfd1 e5) 14. Bc7 Rf7 15. Ba5 e5 16. e3 Nxc3 17. Bxc3 e4
18. Nd2 Nf8 19. f3 $1 cxb5 20. fxe4 $1 dxe4 $5 ({Black accepts the pawn
sacrifice and avoids} 20... fxe4 21. Qb3 {(Alekhine).}) 21. d5 $1 Bxc3 22. Qxc3
Bd7 23. Nb3 $6 (23. g4 $1 {continues the attack.}) 23... Rc8 24. g4 g6 25. Qd4
Qe7 26. Rbc1 Be8 27. Rf4 Rd8 28. Rcf1 Qd7 $6 (28... Bc6 $1 29. Bxe4 $1 Ne6 $1
30. dxe6 Rg7 $1 31. Qe5 Bxe4 {defends ingeniously.}) 29. gxf5 gxf5 30. Bh3 Qxd5
31. Rxf5 $6 ({Better is} 31. Bxf5 {(Reshevsky).}) 31... Qxd4 32. Nxd4 Rg7+ 33.
Kh1 Bd7 34. Rh5 Bxh3 35. Rxh3 Rg5 36. Nf5 Rd7 37. Rh4 Rc7 $1 38. Nh6+ Kg7 39.
Nf5+ Kg8 40. Nh6+ (40. Rxe4 Rxc5 41. Ne7+ Kg7 42. Ref4 Ng6 {brings no
advantage (Reshevsky).}) 40... Kg7 41. Nf5+ {The sealed move leads to
perpetual check.  Botvinnik, Capablanca and Euwe share the first place with 8/
11.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1936.08.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Fine, Reuben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1936.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 O-O 6. Be2 Re8 7. O-O d6 8. Ne1
Be6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Qxc3 a5 11. b3 Qd7 12. d3 d5 13. Qc2 Rad8 14. Bb2 Bg4 15.
cxd5 Qxd5 16. Nf3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Nd7 18. Rac1 Nf8 19. Qc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1936.08.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1936.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Bd3 e6 6. cxd5 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 exd5 8.
Nc3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Nbd7 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Re8 14.
Qxe8+ Qxe8 15. Rxe8+ Rxe8 16. Kf1 Nb6 17. Bd2 f6 18. Re1 Rxe1+ 19. Nxe1 {
Nobody offers a draw. The play becomes lighthearted.} Kf7 20. Ke2 Ke6 21. h3
Nc4 22. Bc1 Bc7 23. Kd3 Ba5 $4 24. b4 $1 Bxb4 25. Nc2 Bd2 26. Bxd2 Nb2+ 27. Ke2
Kd5 28. Bc1 Nc4 29. Kd3 Nb6 30. Ne3+ Ke6 31. Nc4 Nc8 32. Na5 Nd6 33. Bf4 {Euwe
played three games against Lasker in his life and lost them all.} 1-0

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1936.08.27"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E34"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1936.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 c5 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 Nbd7 9. Nf3 b6 10. c4 Qd6 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. Be2 Rc8 13. O-O Be4 14. Qc3 O-O
15. Rad1 Rfd8 16. d5 $1 Qf8 $6 {Euwe gets a chance.} ({Better is} 16... exd5
17. cxd5 c4 $1 18. Rd4 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 b5) 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Ne5 $6 ({The
opportunity was} 18. Ng5 $1 {(Alekhine)} Bf5 19. f3 $1 (19. g4 Ne4) 19... h6 $1
20. e4 $1 hxg5 21. exf5 exf5 22. Bd3 {and White has a strong attack.}) 18...
Qe7 19. Nxd7 Nxd7 20. Rd2 Bc6 21. Bg4 Nf6 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rd1 Rxd1+ 24. Bxd1
Qd6 25. Be2 Kf7 26. f3 Ba4 27. Bd3 h6 28. g3 Bc6 29. Kf2 e5 30. Be2 Nd7 31. Qd3
Qxd3 32. Bxd3 e4 $5 33. Bxe4 Bxe4 34. fxe4 Nb8 35. Kf3 Nc6 36. Bc3 g6 37. Kf4
a6 38. a4 Ke6 39. h4 Nb4 40. Kf3 Nd3 41. Bg7 Ne5+ $1 42. Ke2 $5 {Euwe wants to
win.} (42. Bxe5 Kxe5 43. g4 a5 {costs a pawn (Alekhine), but} 44. h5 $1 g5 45.
Kf2 $1 Kxe4 46. Ke2 {draws elementary.}) 42... Nxc4 43. Bxh6 Nb2 44. Bg7 Nxa4
45. g4 b5 46. h5 gxh5 47. gxh5 Kf7 48. Ba1 Nb6 49. Kf3 $6 (49. Kd3 $1 b4 50.
Kc2 {defends properly.}) 49... b4 $6 (49... a5 $1 50. e5 Nd7 51. h6 Nf8 52. Ke4
Ke6 53. Bb2 a4 54. Kd3 {White holds the hard position.}) 50. e5 Nd7 51. Ke4 Ke6
52. h6 Nf8 53. Kd3 Kd5 $6 (53... Kf5 {uses the king for the defence.}) 54. e4+
Kc6 55. Kc4 a5 $2 ({Right is} 55... Nh7 $1 56. e6 Kd6) 56. e6 $2 {The tables
could have turned.} ({Later Euwe finds the win} 56. Kb3 $1 Kb5 57. e6 $1 a4+
58. Ka2 Ng6 59. h7 Kc6 60. Bf6 Kd6 61. e7 Kd7 62. e5 c4 63. e6+ Ke8 64. Kb1 c3
65. Kc2 a3 66. Kb3 {The connected pawns are stopped. Black loses due to
zugzwang.}) 56... Kd6 ({The obvious} 56... Kd6 57. Bg7 Nh7 58. e7 Kxe7 59. Kxc5
Kf7 60. Kb5 Kg6 61. Kxa5 b3 62. Ka4 b2 {draws (Euwe).}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1936.08.27"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Fine, Reuben"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D19"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1936.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qe2 Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Rd1 Nd7 12. Bd2 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qa5 14. Qe2 Bxd2
15. Qxd2 Qxd2 16. Rxd2 a5 17. g3 Nb6 18. Bb3 Rfd8 19. Rc2 Nd5 20. Bxd5 Rxd5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Nottingham+"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1936.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Winter, William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D95"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1936.??.??"]

{Two extra games of the decisive round have been included.} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6
3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. Qb3 O-O 7. Bd2 b6 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Ne5 Bb7 10.
Bb5 a6 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. f4 e6 14. O-O f5 15. Bf3 Rb8 16. Rac1 b5
17. Ne2 Re8 18. Qa3 Bf8 19. Bb4 Bxb4 20. Qxb4 Qb6 21. Rc2 Kf7 22. Nc1 Rbc8 23.
Rff2 Rc4 24. Qe1 Rec8 25. Bd1 Rxc2 26. Bxc2 a5 27. Nd3 Ba6 28. b4 axb4 29. Nxb4
Qa5 30. Bb3 Nf6 31. Rf1 $6 (31. Rb2 {avoids difficulties.}) 31... Ne4 $1 32.
Nxa6 Qxa6 33. Qb4 Rc3 34. Re1 Qc6 35. h3 Rc1 36. Kh2 Qc3 37. Qxc3 Rxc3 38. Re2
{Botvinnik offers a draw. Winter accepts because he is a communist, the story
goes. But let's analyse.} (38. Re2 {Best is} Ke7 $1 39. g4 $1 (39. Bc2 $2 {
(Alekhine)} Nd6 $1 40. Bb3 Nc4 41. Bxc4 dxc4 42. Rb2 Rxe3 43. Rxb5 Re4 {Black
is going to win, because his king is near the centre.}) 39... h6 40. Kg2 Nd6
41. Kf3 fxg4+ 42. hxg4 h5 43. Bc2 Nc4 44. gxh5 gxh5 45. f5 h4 46. fxe6 Nxe3 $1
47. Rxe3 Rxc2 48. Kf4 $1 Rxa2 49. Ke5 {So the winner of the Soviet 'Mark of
Honour' had a draw.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nottingham+"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1936.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A26"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1936.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Bd2 f5 7. Rb1 Nf6 8. b4 O-O
9. b5 Ne7 10. Qc2 h6 11. e3 a6 12. a4 c5 13. bxa6 Rxa6 14. Nge2 ({Not} 14. Bxb7
$2 Bxb7 15. Rxb7 Qa8 $1) 14... Nc6 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5+ Kh7 17. h4 Qe8 18.
Kf1 $2 Ne7 $1 19. a5 ({Avoids} 19. Bxb7 $2 Bxb7 20. Rxb7 Qc6 $1) 19... Nxd5 20.
cxd5 Qf7 21. Qc4 f4 $1 22. gxf4 Bg4 23. Rg1 Bf3 24. e4 exf4 $6 (24... Qe7 $1 {
keeps the initiative.}) 25. Nxf4 Be5 $2 26. Ne6 $1 Raa8 ({The point is} 26...
Rfa8 $2 27. Bxh6 $1 Kxh6 28. Qc1+ Kh7 29. Ng5+) 27. Nxf8+ Rxf8 28. Qb5 $2 (28.
Be3 {protects pawn f2 (Alekhine).}) 28... Bxe4 $1 29. Qxb7 Bxd3+ 30. Kg2 Be4+
31. f3 $6 Bxf3+ 32. Kh3 Bxd5 33. Qxf7+ Rxf7 34. Rgf1 Be6+ 35. Kg2 Bf5 36. a6
Be4+ 37. Kh3 Rg7 {About this time Botvinnik's game has ended. Mikhail watches
the diagrams and expects a win for Capablanca due to the extra exchange.} ({
Actually Bogoljubow can play for a win with} 37... Ra7 $1 {Then} 38. Rb7+ $1
Bxb7 39. Rf7+ Kg8 40. axb7 $1 Ra3+ 41. Kg2 Rg3+ 42. Kf1 Rb3 43. Re7 Kf8 44. Rc7
d5 45. Bxh6+ Ke8 46. Rxc5 Rxb7 47. Rxd5 {draws.}) 38. Rb6 Bf5+ 39. Kg2 Be4+ 40.
Kh3 Re7 41. Bf4 Rf7 42. Bxe5 Rxf1 43. Bxd6 Rf3+ 44. Kh2 g5 45. hxg5 hxg5 46.
Bxc5 {Capablanca and Botvinnik have won the tournament, half-a-point before
Euwe, Fine and Reshevsky.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1936.05.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Black "Kan, Ilia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1936.??.14"]

{Five foreigners (Capablanca, Lilienthal, Flohr, Lasker and Eliskases) plus
five Soviets (Botvinnik, Ragozin, Levenfish, Kan and Riumin) played double
rounds in Moscow's Hall of Columns from 14 v until 8 vi 1936. The event became
a race between the former champion Capablanca and future champ Botvinnik.
Krylenko was main organiser for the third time.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4
4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. f3 c5 7. Nge2 Nc6 $5 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 d5 10. cxd5
Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Bf4 Be7 13. Rc1 Qd7 14. Be4 Rc8 15. Qa4 f5 $5 16. Bd3
O-O 17. Bc4 $1 Kh8 18. Rfd1 Bf6 19. d5 $1 {Weak pawns are exchanged.} exd5 20.
Bxd5 Qe8 21. Nc3 Na5 22. Qxe8 Rfxe8 23. Bxb7 Nxb7 24. Rd7 Nc5 25. Rd5 Rcd8 26.
Rcd1 Rxd5 27. Rxd5 g6 28. Kf2 Kg8 29. Be3 Ne6 30. g3 Rc8 31. Rd6 Bxc3 32. bxc3
Nc5 33. Bd4 Rc7 34. Ke3 Kf7 35. Rd8 Ne6 {The position has become a dead draw.}
36. Ra8 ({Capablanca prefers} 36. Rh8 $5 Nf8 $1 37. Kf4 $2 {in his analysis.
However,} Re7 $1 {gives an advantage to Black.}) 36... Nxd4 37. Kxd4 Ke6 38. a4
Kd6 39. Re8 Kd7 {All games in the first round were drawn.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1936.05.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D58"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1936.??.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bd3 Be6 $6 ({Preferable is} 9... c5 $1 {(Flohr).}) 10. O-O c5 11. Ne5
$1 {White gains an advantage in the centre.} Nfd7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. f4 cxd4 $2
({Better is} 13... Nxe5 14. dxe5 Rd8 $1) 14. exd4 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nc6 16. Rc1
Rac8 17. Bb1 $1 d4 $5 18. Ne4 Rfd8 {The game can be decided.} 19. Nd6 $6 ({
White misses the win} 19. Qd3 $1 Bf5 20. Nf6+ $1 Qxf6 21. Qxf5 Qxf5 22. Bxf5
Rc7 {(Flohr)} 23. Rf2 {The pin becomes fatal.}) 19... Rxd6 $1 20. exd6 Qxd6 21.
f5 Bd7 22. f6 g6 23. Be4 Re8 $2 24. Bxg6 $1 Ne5 25. Bh5 Kh7 26. Qd2 d3 27. Qf4
Qd5 28. Rf2 Bc6 29. h3 Bb7 30. Bg4 Nxg4 31. hxg4 Kg6 32. Rd1 $2 {The attacker
spoils the game under severe time pressure.} ({Right is} 32. Rc7 $1 Re1+ 33.
Kh2 Re2 {(Flohr)} 34. Rxf7 $1 Kxf7 35. Qc7+ {and White wins.}) 32... Ba6 33.
Qf5+ Qxf5 34. Rxf5 Re2 35. Rf2 Re4 36. Rf3 Rxg4 37. Kf2 Rd4 38. Re3 Rf4+ 39.
Rf3 Rd4 40. Rd2 Kg5 41. b3 h5 42. Re3 Rf4+ 43. Rf3 Rd4 44. Kg3 Rg4+ 45. Kf2 Bb5
{Capablanca escaped from a completely lost position.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1936.05.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1936.??.14"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bxg2 8.
Kxg2 Bg7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. e4 Nc6 11. Be3 Qc8 $5 12. b3 Qb7 13. f3 $1 {White
occupies the central areas.} Rfd8 14. Rc1 Rac8 15. Qd2 a6 16. Rfd1 Nxd4 $6 (
16... Ne5 $1 17. Nde2 d6 {shows activity.}) 17. Bxd4 d6 18. a4 Ne8 $5 19. Nd5
Rc6 20. Bxg7 Nxg7 21. h4 Re8 22. Rc3 Nh5 23. Qd4 b5 $2 {He should defend.} ({
Right is} 23... Rec8) 24. cxb5 axb5 25. Rdc1 $1 Rxc3 26. Rxc3 bxa4 27. Rc7 $1 {
Black has ruined his queenside.} Qb5 ({The point is} 27... Qxb3 $2 28. Nxe7+
Kf8 29. Qh8# {(Botvinnik).}) 28. bxa4 Qe2+ 29. Qf2 Qxf2+ 30. Kxf2 e6 31. Nb6
Nf6 32. a5 Rb8 33. Rc8+ $1 {Botvinnik wins by simple means.} Rxc8 34. Nxc8 Ne8
35. a6 Nc7 36. a7 Na8 37. Nxd6 Kf8 38. e5 Ke7 39. Ke3 f6 40. Kf4 h6 41. Nc8+
Kf7 42. Ke4 Kg7 43. Kd4 Nc7 44. Kc5 {Botvinnik gained the first beauty prize.}
1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1936.05.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E22"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1936.??.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qb3 $5 Nc6 5. e3 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. a3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 Bd6 9. Bb5 $5 e5 $1 10. Bxc6 exd4 11. Nxd4 $6 bxc6 12. Nxc6 $2 {White
accepts the challenge.} Qd7 13. Nd4 Qg4 $1 14. O-O {Capa has played too
optimistically.} Ba6 $2 ({The dire attacker misses} 14... c5 $1 15. Nf3 Qh5 16.
Qd1 Rd8 17. Qe2 {and now} g5 $1 18. h3 Bxh3 $1 19. gxh3 Qxh3 {leads to a Black
win (Lisitsin).}) 15. h3 $1 Qh4 16. Nf3 Qh5 17. Re1 $1 Rab8 $2 (17... Rfb8 $1
18. Qa4 Bb7 {does not lose the a-pawn.}) 18. Qa4 Bb7 19. e4 h6 20. Be3 Rfe8 21.
Bd4 $1 Nh7 22. Bxa7 Ra8 23. Qb5 Qxb5 24. Nxb5 Rxe4 25. Rxe4 Bxe4 26. Nd2 Bd3
27. Nxd6 Rxa7 28. N6e4 Nf8 29. Nc5 Bf5 30. Nf3 Ne6 31. Rc1 Kf8 32. Nxe6+ Bxe6
33. Nd4 Rb7 34. b4 Bd7 35. f4 Ke7 36. Kf2 Ra7 37. Rc3 Kd6 38. Rd3 Ke7 39. Ke3
Ra4 40. Rc3 $1 {White prevents .. c5.} Kd6 41. Rd3 Ke7 42. Rc3 Kd6 43. Ne2 g6
44. Rd3+ Ke6 45. Kd4 Ra6 46. Re3+ Kd6 47. Nc3 f5 48. b5 Ra8 49. Kc4 Be6+ 50.
Kb4 c5+ 51. bxc6 Bg8 52. Nb5+ Kxc6 53. Rd3 g5 54. Rd6+ Kb7 55. fxg5 hxg5 56.
Rg6 Rf8 57. Rxg5 f4 58. Nd4 Rc8 59. Rg7+ Kb6 60. Rg6+ Kb7 61. Nb5 Rf8 62. Nd6+
Kb8 63. h4 {Capablanca won a fighting game.} 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1936.05.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Kan, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E33"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1936.??.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bg5 Re8 $6 ({Better is} 
6... h6 $1 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 g4 {(Veresov - Levenfish, Moscow 1940).}) 7. e3 d6
8. Be2 e5 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 h6 11. Bh4 $1 Qe7 12. Rae1 $1 Bd7 13. Nd2 g5 $6
14. Bg3 Kg7 15. f4 $1 e4 16. h3 Nh7 17. fxg5 hxg5 $2 ({Correct is} 17... Qxg5
18. Kh2 Qg6) 18. Nxe4 $1 {The forwards defence collapses.} f5 $5 (18... Qxe4
19. Bd3 Qe7 20. Bxh7 {and White has regained the piece (Botvinnik).}) 19. Nd2
Nf6 20. Bd3 Ne4 21. Bh2 Nd8 22. c5 Nf7 23. cxd6 cxd6 24. c4 Rac8 25. Qb2 Nxd2
26. Qxd2 Nh6 27. Qb4 Rc6 28. Qxb7 Rb6 29. Qxa7 Reb8 30. Qa3 g4 31. c5 Rb2 32.
Bxd6 Bc6 33. d5 Bxd5 34. e4 Qg5 35. h4 Qxh4 36. Re3 Rxa2 37. Qc3+ Kh7 38. Bxb8
fxe4 39. Bxe4+ Bxe4 40. Rxe4 Qd8 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1936.05.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D53"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1936.??.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bf4 O-O 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nf3
Nc6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. e4 Qd8 12. dxc5 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qxc5 14. O-O e5
15. Be3 Qb4 16. Qc2 Bg4 17. a3 Qd6 18. Be2 Rfc8 19. Qa4 a6 20. h3 Bh5 21. Rfd1
Qc7 22. Rac1 Bxf3 23. Bxf3 Bg5 24. Qb3 Bxe3 25. fxe3 Qe7 26. Rd5 Rc7 27. Qb6 $1
Re8 $6 (27... g6 {makes a more useful move.}) 28. b4 Qg5 $2 (28... Rd8 $1 29.
Bg4 g6 $1 30. a4 h5 {chases the bishop in time.}) 29. h4 $1 Qe7 30. Bg4 $1 g6
31. a4 $1 {Black cannot escape from the pin.} Rf8 32. b5 axb5 33. axb5 f5 34.
Bh3 Qa3 35. Qc5 Qa2 36. Rd6 Rfc8 37. Rxg6+ Kf7 38. Qd6 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1936.05.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1936.??.14"]

{Botvinnik and Capablanca shared the lead by 4/6, before the decisive game of
the tournament began.} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. b3
Nc6 7. Bb2 Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. d4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 cxd4 12. Qxd4 Qc7
13. e4 Rad8 14. Rad1 Qb7 (14... a6 $1 15. f3 d6 {creates a hedgehog.}) 15. f3
Ne8 16. Rd2 f5 $6 {Black has chosen for a passive defence.} (16... d6 {
continues this strategy.}) 17. Rfd1 Bg5 18. Rd3 Bf6 $5 19. e5 $1 Be7 20. Qf2
Rf7 21. Qd2 Bb4 22. a3 Bf8 23. Ne2 Nc7 24. Nf4 g6 $6 {Capa slightly weakens
the kingside.} 25. h4 $1 b5 $6 26. cxb5 Qxb5 27. Rc1 $1 {White can broaden the
front after the exchange on the queenside.} Qb7 28. Rxc7 $6 (28. Qa5 $1 {
(Botvinnik)} Rc8 29. Rdc3 d5 30. Nxe6 $1 {decides the game.}) 28... Qxc7 29.
Nxe6 $1 dxe6 30. Rxd8 f4 31. g4 Qe7 32. Kh3 Qb7 ({Or} 32... Qc5 33. Kg2 Qe7 34.
g5 $1) 33. Qd3 Kg7 34. b4 a5 $5 35. b5 $1 {The restriction increases.} a4 36.
g5 Bc5 37. Rd6 $5 (37. Kg2 {wins solidly (Prins).}) 37... Bxd6 38. exd6+ Kf8 {
The tables turn during two hasty moves before the time control.} 39. Bf6 $4 ({
White misses the win} 39. Qc3 $1 Ke8 40. Qc6+ Rd7 41. Be5 $1 {(Botvinnik).})
39... Ke8 40. Be7 $4 {The liberation of the rook has fatal consequences.} (40.
Kg2 Kd7 41. Qc4 {draws (Botvinnik).}) 40... Rf5 $1 41. Qc3 Kd7 42. b6 Qc6 43.
Qg7 Qxf3+ 44. Kh2 Qg3+ 45. Kh1 Qxh4+ 46. Kg1 Qe1+ 47. Kh2 Kc6 48. Qb2 Rd5 49.
Qc2+ Kb5 {Capablanca took the sole lead.} 0-1

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1936.05.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Black "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A12"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1936.??.14"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. b3 Bf5 4. Bb2 e6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O h6 8. d3
Be7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Rc1 a5 11. a3 Re8 12. Rc2 Bh7 13. Qa1 Bf8 14. Re1 Qb6 15.
Bh3 Bc5 16. Rf1 Bf8 17. Rcc1 Rad8 18. Rfe1 Bc5 19. Rf1 Bf8 20. Bg2 Bd6 21. Ne5
Bxe5 22. Bxe5 Nxe5 23. Qxe5 Nd7 24. Qb2 Nf6 25. b4 axb4 26. Qxb4 Qxb4 27. axb4
Ra8 $6 (27... e5 $5 28. cxd5 Nxd5 29. b5 $1 cxb5 30. Rc5 Nf6 31. Rxb5 e4 $1 {
(Prins) keeps equality in the hard way.}) (27... dxc4 $1 28. Nxc4 Nd5 {takes
the easy road.}) 28. Ra1 Nd7 29. Nb3 Kf8 30. Ra5 dxc4 $2 (30... b6 $1 31. Rxa8
Rxa8 32. b5 $1 cxb5 33. cxd5 {brings a plus for White}) 31. dxc4 Nb6 $2 (31...
Bc2 $1 32. Rfa1 $1 Rab8 33. Nd4 Bg6 {offers more resistance.}) 32. Rxa8 $1 Rxa8
33. Na5 $1 Ra7 (33... Rb8 34. Rd1 {hardly differs (Prins).}) 34. Rd1 Ke8 ({Or} 
34... Ke7 35. Bxc6 $1 Nxc4 36. Nxb7) 35. Nxb7 $1 {Capa strikes!} Rxb7 36. Bxc6+
Rd7 37. c5 Ke7 38. Bxd7 Nxd7 39. c6 Nb6 40. c7 Bf5 {The bishop revives at last.
} 41. Rd8 e5 42. Rb8 Nc8 43. b5 Kd6 44. b6 Ne7 45. Rf8 $5 Bc8 46. Rxf7 Nd5 47.
Rxg7 Nxb6 48. Rh7 Nd5 49. Rxh6+ Kxc7 50. e4 Ne7 51. f3 Kd7 52. h4 Ke8 53. Rf6
Ng8 54. Rc6 {Capablanca got the second beauty prize. I studied his endings
during highschool. My clever parents hid my chess set and I went to the
university smoothly.} 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1936.05.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Riumin, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B74"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1936.??.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Be6 10. f4 Na5 11. f5 Bc4 12. Nxa5 Bxe2 13. Nxb7 $2 ({Right is} 
13. Qxe2 Qxa5 {(Alexander-Golombek, Margate 1938).}) 13... Bxd1 14. Nxd8 Bxc2
15. Nc6 Rfe8 16. fxg6 fxg6 $2 (16... hxg6 17. Bg5 Nh7 $1 {(Riumin)} 18. Be3
Bxc3 19. bxc3 Bxe4 20. Nxa7 Reb8 $1 {gives Black a positional advantage.}) 17.
e5 Ng4 18. Bg5 Nxe5 19. Nxe7+ Kh8 20. Ned5 Rab8 21. b3 Bd3 22. Rfd1 Rbc8 23.
Rac1 Bf5 24. Bf6 Nd3 25. Bxg7+ Kxg7 26. Rc2 Nb4 27. Rcd2 Nxd5 28. Nxd5 Bg4 29.
Rf1 Re2 $2 ({Correct is} 29... Re5) 30. Rxe2 Bxe2 31. Re1 Rc2 (31... Re8 32.
Nc3 Bb5 33. Rd1 {and White wins a pawn.}) 32. Nf4 Bb5 $1 (32... Ba6 33. Re7+
Kh6 34. Rxa7 Rxa2 {leads to an awful pin.}) 33. Re7+ Kh6 34. Rxa7 g5 35. Nd5
Rc1+ $2 {Riumin errs again.} (35... Rb2 $1 36. Ne3 Bd3 {offers a strong
resistance.}) 36. Kf2 Rf1+ 37. Kg3 Rd1 38. Ne3 Rd3 39. Kf2 Rd2+ 40. Kg1 $1 Re2
41. Nf5+ $1 Kg6 42. Nd4 Re5 43. Ra5 Bd3 44. Rxe5 dxe5 45. Nf3 Kf5 46. Kf2 h6
47. Ke3 Bf1 48. g3 Ke6 49. Nd2 Bg2 50. Ne4 Kd5 51. Nf2 h5 52. Nd3 h4 53. Ne1
hxg3 54. hxg3 Be4 55. Nd3 Bf5 56. Nb4+ Kd6 57. Kd2 Bc8 58. Kd3 Ke6 59. Nc2 Ba6+
60. Ke3 Kf5 61. a4 Kg4 62. Kf2 Kf5 63. b4 Ke4 64. b5 Bc8 65. Nb4 $1 Kd4 66.
Nc6+ Kc5 67. Nxe5 Kb4 68. Nc6+ Kc5 ({Or} 68... Kxa4 69. b6 Kb5 70. Na7+) 69.
Ke3 Bg4 70. Ne5 Bd1 71. Nd3+ Kb6 72. Nb2 Bb3 73. Kd4 {Capablanca led at the
end of the first cycle by 61/2 points. Botvinnik, Lasker and Ragozin trailed
by one-and-a-half point.} 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1936.05.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kan, Ilia"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C25"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1936.??.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. Na4 Bb6 5. Nxb6 axb6 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 Qf6 8.
Bg5 Qxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Bc4 Ne7 11. O-O Ng6 12. a3 O-O 13. Rad1 Nc6 14. Nxc6
bxc6 15. Bd2 $5 Ra4 16. Bd3 Ne5 17. Bc3 f6 18. f3 Re8 19. Rf2 Bc8 20. Bf1 Ba6
21. Bxa6 Rxa6 22. Bxe5 fxe5 23. Rd3 ({Prins'} 23. c4 $1 {leads to a dead draw
after the many exchanges.}) 23... b5 $1 24. Rfd2 c5 25. Kf2 Ra4 26. Ke3 Kf7 27.
Rd1 Ke6 28. Kd2 $6 (28. c3 {makes a more useful move.}) 28... Rb8 29. Rc3 g5 $1
{Capablanca advances on two fronts.} 30. h3 h5 31. Rh1 Rd4+ 32. Ke2 Rg8 33. Rd3
Ra4 $1 34. Rhd1 g4 35. hxg4 hxg4 36. Ke3 $6 Rh8 $6 (36... gxf3 37. gxf3 {
(Prins)} c4 $1 38. Rd5 b4 $1 {increases the pressure.}) 37. Rb3 Rh2 38. Rd2 Rd4
39. Re2 c6 40. Rc3 g3 {An arbiter told Kan: "Señor Capablanca offers a draw,
if you have sealed 41. f4".} 41. Rd3 $2 ({Right is} 41. f4 $1 Rh4 42. fxe5
Rdxe4+ 43. Kf3 $1 Rhf4+ 44. Kxg3 Rg4+ 45. Kf3 Rxe2 46. Kxe2 Rxg2+ 47. Kf3 Rh2
48. Kg3 {drawn (Capa).}) 41... Rh1 42. f4 Rf1 $1 43. f5+ Kf6 44. c3 Rxd3+ 45.
Kxd3 d5 $1 {A steamroller advances decisively.} 46. b3 c4+ 47. bxc4 bxc4+ 48.
Ke3 Ra1 49. Kf3 Rxa3 50. Kxg3 Rxc3+ 51. Kh4 Rc1 52. g4 Rh1+ 53. Kg3 d4 54. Ra2
d3 55. Kg2 Re1 56. Kf2 Rxe4 57. Kf3 0-1

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1936.05.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Riumin, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1936.??.14"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 Qe8 7. Nc3 Qh5 8. Qc2
Nc6 9. d4 d6 10. Ba3 Rf7 11. Rad1 Bd7 12. d5 $1 Nd8 13. dxe6 Nxe6 14. c5 dxc5
15. Ne5 Nd4 16. Qd3 Ng4 17. Nxg4 fxg4 18. Bxb7 Raf8 19. Bd5 Be6 20. Bxe6 Nxe6
21. Ne4 Nd4 22. Bb2 Rd8 23. Qc4 Qe5 24. Bxd4 cxd4 25. f3 gxf3 $2 {Riumin loses
track in the complications.} ({Correct is} 25... Rd5 $1 {(Botvinnik).}) 26.
Rxf3 $1 Qd5 27. Rxf7 Kxf7 $2 (27... Qxc4 $1 28. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 29. bxc4 Kg6 30.
g4 h5 {gets counter-play for the pawn.}) 28. Rxd4 $1 Qxc4 29. Rxc4 c5 30. Kf2
Rd5 31. Ra4 Rd4 32. Nc3 Rxa4 33. Nxa4 Ke6 34. Ke3 Kf5 35. Kf3 Ke5 36. e3 Bd6
37. Nb2 Kd5 38. Nc4 Bc7 39. Ke2 Ke4 40. Nd2+ Kf5 41. Kf3 Ke5 42. Nc4+ Kd5 43.
Ke2 Ke4 44. Nd2+ Kf5 45. Kf3 Ke5 46. g4 Kd5 47. h3 Bd8 48. Ke2 Bc7 49. Kd3 Bg3
50. Ne4 Be1 51. Ng5 h6 52. Ne4 Bh4 53. Nc3+ Kc6 54. Ke4 Bf6 55. Nb1 Kd6 56. Na3
Ke6 57. Nb5 a5 58. Nc7+ Kd7 59. Nd5 Bb2 60. Nb6+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1936.05.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Riumin, Nikolay"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1936.??.14"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. d4 e6 7. Bd3 Bd6 8.
O-O O-O 9. e4 $6 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Nf6 12. Bc2 h6 13. Qe2 b6 14. Ne5
Bb7 15. Rd1 Rc8 16. Bf4 Bb8 17. Bb3 Qe7 18. Rac1 Nd5 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Bg3 Qg5
21. Qd2 Qxd2 22. Rxd2 Rc1+ 23. Rd1 Rxd1+ 24. Bxd1 f6 25. Nd3 Bxg3 26. hxg3 {
The isolated pawn has become a weakness by the many exchanges.} Kf7 27. Nc1 Ne7
28. Bb3 h5 29. Ne2 Nf5 30. Bc2 Nd6 31. Nf4 $6 g5 $1 32. Nxh5 $2 {The white
knight moves offside.} (32. Ne2 $1 {protects the weak pawn.}) 32... Nb5 33. g4
Nxd4 34. Bd1 Bd5 $1 35. a3 Bb3 $1 36. Bxb3 Nxb3 37. Ng3 Nd2 38. b4 ({Or} 38. a4
a5 39. Ne2 Ke7 40. f3 Kd6 {and White cannot stop the black king.}) 38... b5 39.
Ne2 Nb1 40. Nd4 Nxa3 41. Nc6 Ke8 $1 42. g3 (42. Nxa7 Kd7 {nets a knight 
(Capablanca).}) 42... Kd7 43. Nb8+ Kd6 44. f4 Nc2 {Capablanca played another
distinguished endgame.} 0-1

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1936.05.30"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1936.??.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Qc7 8.
g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 Rd8 12. Qc1 f6 13. O-O Be6 14. Nxe5
Nxe5 15. Ne4 $5 {White diverts from Alekhine - Euwe, Ermelo 1935.} Qa5 16. Bd2
Bb4 17. Bxb4 Qxb4 18. Qf4 Qe7 19. Qe3 a6 $6 ({Best is} 19... b6 $1 {(Levenfish)
.}) 20. Nc5 Bc8 21. b4 Nf7 22. Ra3 $1 Nd6 $6 (22... Ne5 $1 {places the knight
at a more prominent square.}) 23. Rd1 Qxe3 24. Rxe3+ Kf7 25. Red3 Ke7 26. Re3+
Kf7 27. Red3 Ke7 28. f4 Nc4 29. Kf2 Rxd3 30. Rxd3 Rd8 $2 (30... b6 $1 31. Nb3
Nb2 $1 32. Rd2 Nxa4 33. Bxc6 Nc3 {defends perfectly.}) 31. Rxd8 Kxd8 32. Be4 $1
h6 33. Bd3 Nb6 $6 (33... Nb2 $1 34. a5 Kc7 {might suffice for a draw 
(Levenfish).}) 34. e4 $1 Na8 $5 35. Ke3 Nc7 36. a5 $1 {The restriction has
been completed.} Ke7 37. Bc4 Kd6 38. Kd4 Ne8 39. e5+ fxe5+ 40. fxe5+ Ke7 41. h4
Nc7 42. Ne4 Be6 43. Nd6 Bxc4 44. Kxc4 Ke6 45. Nxb7 {Levenfish got the third
brilliancy prize.} 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1936.06.02"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1936.??.14"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. d4 b6 7. Nbd2 Bb7 8. Bd3
c5 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qe2 Rc8 11. Rfd1 Qc7 12. Rac1 Qb8 13. Ne5 $1 Nxe5 $2 ({
Right is} 13... Rfd8 {(Flohr).}) 14. dxe5 Ne4 15. cxd5 $1 exd5 ({The pointe is
} 15... Nxd2 16. d6 $1 {(Flohr).}) 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Bc4 Rcd8 18. Qg4 $1 Bc6
19. Rxd8 Qxd8 20. Rd1 Qa8 21. a4 a6 22. e6 $1 f6 23. Rd7 $1 {Salo decides the
game quickly.} Bxd7 24. exd7+ Kh8 25. Qe6 Qd8 26. Bxa6 f5 27. Be5 c4 28. Bxc4
Bc5 29. g3 Qe7 30. Bc7 Qxe6 31. Bxe6 Be7 32. b4 h6 33. a5 bxa5 34. bxa5 g6 35.
Bd5 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1936.06.02"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kan, Ilia"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B72"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1936.??.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6 8.
Nb3 Be6 9. f4 O-O 10. g4 Na5 11. g5 Ne8 $5 12. Qd2 Rc8 13. Bd4 Nc4 14. Bxc4
Rxc4 15. O-O-O Qd7 16. Qd3 Rc8 17. h4 $1 {White starts an attack on the
kingside.} Bg4 18. Rd2 b6 19. Nd5 $2 (19. Kb1 $1 {prevents a potential pin.})
19... e5 20. Bc3 f5 21. gxf6 Nxf6 22. Nxf6+ Rxf6 {A critical position has been
reached.} 23. Qd5+ $5 (23. h5 $5 Rxf4 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Rdh2 {continues in
gambit style.}) (23. fxe5 $5 Rf3 24. Qd5+ Be6 25. Qxd6 Bh6 26. Nd4 Rh3 {
applies a pin (Botvinnik).}) 23... Rf7 $1 24. h5 gxh5 25. Rg1 Qc6 $1 26. fxe5
dxe5 27. Qxc6 Rxc6 28. Rd5 Rcf6 29. Nd2 Bh6 30. b3 Rf2 31. Kb2 Re2 32. Nc4 Rff2
33. Rd8+ Bf8 34. b4 $6 (34. Be1 $1 Rf4 35. Nxe5 {counters in time.}) 34...
Rxc2+ 35. Kb3 Rg2 36. Rf1 Rcf2 37. Rxf2 Rxf2 38. Nxe5 Be6+ 39. Ka4 Rxa2+ 40.
Kb5 Rc2 41. Rd3 h4 42. Bd4 Bg7 43. Ra3 h3 44. Rxa7 h2 45. Ra8+ Bc8 46. Ra1 Bh3
47. Nf3 Bxd4 48. Nxd4 Rf2 0-1

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1936.06.03"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B58"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1936.??.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Bd7 7. Be3 e6 8.
Qd2 a6 9. f4 Qc7 10. Nb3 b5 11. Bf3 Rb8 12. Ne2 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Ng3 $5 a5
15. Nd4 a4 16. Rae1 Rfc8 17. Rf2 Ne8 18. Nxc6 $6 Bxc6 {Manoeuvres were ended
by an exchange. Hereafter, Black prepares .. d5.} 19. f5 $5 e5 20. Nh5 Qb7 21.
Bg5 f6 22. Be3 Nc7 23. Qd1 $1 Rd8 24. Rd2 {White battles for the control of
the centre.} Kh8 25. a3 Rbc8 26. Bf2 d5 27. exd5 Nxd5 28. Bxd5 $6 (28. Rd3 $1
Nb6 29. Bxc6 Qxc6 30. Qg4 Bf8 31. Rc3 {fights back.}) 28... Rxd5 29. Qg4 Bc5
30. Red1 Bxf2+ 31. Kxf2 Rcd8 32. Rxd5 Rxd5 33. Rxd5 Bxd5 {White has a last
stand.} 34. Qb4 $2 (34. Kg1 $1 Qb6+ 35. Kh1 $1 {reorganises the defence
brilliantly.}) 34... Qa7+ 35. Ke2 Bc4+ 36. Kf3 Qa8+ $5 37. Kf2 Qd8 38. Qc3 ({
Capablanca sees no win after} 38. Ke1 $1 {but} Qa8 $1 39. Kf2 Qa7+ 40. Kf3 {
and now} Qb7+ 41. Kf2 Qb6+ $1 42. Kf3 Qd8 $1 {outmanoeuvres White.}) 38... Qd1
39. Ng3 h6 40. b3 axb3 41. cxb3 Bxb3 42. Nf1 Qb1 43. g4 Bc4 44. Ne3 Qh1 45.
Nxc4 Qxh2+ 46. Ke1 Qg1+ 47. Kd2 Qf2+ 48. Kc1 Qf1+ 49. Kd2 bxc4 50. a4 Qf4+ 51.
Kc2 Qxg4 52. a5 Qxf5+ 53. Kc1 Qf2 54. Qa3 Kh7 0-1

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1936.06.04"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A95"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1936.??.14"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 d5 7. Nc3 c6 8. Qb3
Kh8 9. Ne5 $6 Nbd7 $1 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 {White has lost his opening's advantage.}
11. Rd1 Nb6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Na4 Nc4 14. Nc5 b6 15. Nd3 Bf6 16. Qc2 Bd7 17. e3
Nd6 18. a4 a5 19. b3 Re8 20. Ba3 Ne4 21. f3 Ng5 22. Ne5 Rc8 23. Rac1 Kg8 24.
Qd3 Nf7 25. f4 Be7 26. Bxe7 Qxe7 27. Rc3 Nxe5 28. dxe5 Qb4 $5 29. Rdc1 Rb8 30.
Qd4 b5 $6 {Black weakens the queenside.} 31. Ra1 Ra8 $2 {Several mistakes are
made under time pressure.} ({The tactics of} 31... Qe7 $1 32. axb5 Rxb5 33. Qa7
Reb8 34. Rxc6 $1 R5b7 35. Bxd5+ Kh8 36. Qc5 Bxc6 37. Qxe7 Rxe7 38. Bxc6 Rxb3
39. Rxa5 {slightly favour White.}) 32. axb5 Qxb5 33. Rc5 Qxb3 ({Or} 33... Qe2
34. Bf1 $1) 34. Rxd5 Be6 35. Rd6 c5 $5 36. Qxc5 Rec8 37. Qb6 Rab8 38. Qxb3 Bxb3
39. Bc6 a4 40. g4 $2 (40. Bd7 {wins easily.}) 40... fxg4 41. Kf2 Kf8 42. Kg3 $6
{The sealed move wastes the last chance.   Capablanca missed the opportunity
to increase his lead on Botvinnik. The gap remained one point.} (42. Bxa4 Ra8
43. Rd4 {tries to win (Prins).}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1936.06.05"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1936.??.14"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qe2
Re8 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. b3 a6 11. Bb2 b5 12. Rfd1 Bb7 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7
15. f4 f6 $2 {The trainer of Botvinnik loses quickly.} ({Right is} 15... e6)
16. e6 Nc5 17. f5 b4 18. Na4 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 d4 $2 20. Nc5 Bxg2 $5 21. e4 $1 Rc8
22. Na4 gxf5 23. Kxg2 fxe4 24. Qxe4 f5 25. Qxf5 Rf8 26. Qe4 Qa5 27. Rf1 Qg5+
28. Kh1 Qd2 29. Rad1 Rxf1+ 30. Rxf1 Qc2 31. Qxc2 Rxc2 32. Rc1 Rd2 33. Rc8+ Bf8
34. Rd8 d3 35. Bf6 $1 Rf2 36. Bxe7 d2 37. Nb2 {Botvinnik pursued Capablanca by
half-a- point at the end of the penultimate round.} 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1936.06.08"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Black "Eliskases, Erich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1936.??.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
Nd5 Qd8 9. c3 Ne7 10. Ne3 Be6 $6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 {Capa has gained a plus. If he
draws and Botvinnik wins, the victory in the event will be shared. So José
Raul continues to play <->wait and see what happens'.} 12. Qb3 Qc8 13. d4 exd4
14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15. cxd4 O-O 16. O-O Qd7 17. Rac1 Rab8 18. Rc3 d5 19. Qc2 c6 20.
e5 Rf4 21. Qd1 Rbf8 22. f3 Qd8 23. g3 R4f7 24. f4 Nf5 25. Nxf5 Rxf5 26. h4 g6
27. Kg2 Qe7 28. a3 Qg7 29. Rcf3 Qe7 30. Qc2 Kg7 31. g4 R5f7 32. Kh3 Qd7 33. b4
Rg8 34. Rg1 Kh8 35. Qd2 Rh7 36. Qf2 h5 $5 ({Prins suggests} 36... Rf7) 37. gxh5
Rxh5 {The advance f4-f5 has been prevented.} 38. Rg5 Qh7 39. Qg3 Qh6 $2 (39...
Qf7 {(Prins)} 40. Qg4 Rh6 {protects the weaknesses.}) 40. Qg4 $1 {The
protection of e6 becomes a worry. So Black has to remain passively.} Rg7 41.
Rg3 Kh7 42. Rg2 $1 Kh8 43. Kg3 Kh7 44. Rh2 Re7 45. Rh3 {Botvinnik has drawn
his ending against Levenfish, but Capa continues anyway.} Kg7 $6 (45... Qg7 46.
Kf3 Qf7 {tries to reach the ideal protection, but} 47. Rxh5+ $1 gxh5 48. Qg5 b6
49. Rg3 Rc7 50. f5 $1 c5 51. Qf6 $1 {wins for White.}) (45... Re8 46. Kf3 Re7 {
(Capablanca)} 47. Ke3 $1 Re8 48. Rg3 $1 Rxh4 49. Rxg6 Rxg4 50. Rxh6+ Kxh6 51.
Rxg4 {leads to a won rook ending (Prins).}) 46. Rxh5 Qxh5 47. Qxh5 gxh5 48. f5
$1 exf5 49. Kf4 Re6 50. Kxf5 Rg6 51. e6 $1 Rg4 52. Ke5 Re4+ 53. Kd6 Rxd4 54.
Re3 {Capablanca triumphed by one point before Botvinnik. Capa played highly
accurate and was superior in the endgame. Botvinnik showed great consistency.
The 68-years-old Lasker competed well at first but became too tired during the
second cycle. Public interest was enormous again. Tickets were sold out
quickly and chess players followed the reports throughout the Soviet Union. It
gave people comfort during hard times.   Hereafter, the 48-years-old
Capablanca and 25-years-old Botvinnik shared the victory in Nottingham 1936.
Flohr, Lilienthal and Lasker settled in Moscow. Krylenko was arrested in 1937
for being too absorbed by chess. He died the next year. Lasker migrated to New
York and deceased in poverty.} 1-0

[Event "Bad Nauheim/Stuttgart/Garmisch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D58"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1937.??.??"]

{Euwe (1901-1981) played in a double rounds event with Alekhine, Bogoljubow
and Sämisch. They played two rounds in each of the German cities Bad Nauheim,
Stuttgart and Garmisch-Partenkirchen from 18 until 27 vii 1937. Euwe won
though he allowed mate in one to Boggie. Max had played with his challenger
for the last time before their rematch. He kept his superiority until the
fatal sixth game of the return match. } 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7
5. Nf3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Rc1 Bb7 9. Be2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 c5 11. O-O Nbd7
12. Qe2 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxh4 14. Nc3 Bf6 15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. Ba6 Rab8 $6 17. Bxb7
Rxb7 18. Ne4 cxd4 19. exd4 Rd8 20. Qa6 Nb8 21. Nxf6+ gxf6 22. Qe2 Rbd7 23. Rd3
Rd5 24. Rdc3 Kh7 25. h3 a5 26. a3 Rg8 27. Rc7 Nd7 28. R1c6 Qf8 $1 29. Qc2+ f5
30. Rc8 Qe7 31. Rxg8 Kxg8 32. Qc1 Kg7 33. Qf4 Qd8 34. a4 b5 $6 35. Qg3+ Kf8 $2
({Correct is} 35... Kh7 $1) 36. Rd6 $1 Qa8 37. axb5 Qb7 38. Rxd5 Qxd5 39. b6 $1
{White utilises the wrong placement of the king.} Qc6 40. Qc7 Qxc7 41. bxc7 Nb6
42. Ne5 Ke7 43. Nc4 Nc8 44. Nxa5 Kd7 45. Kh2 Kxc7 46. Kg3 Kd6 47. Kh4 Kd5 48.
Kh5 Kxd4 49. Kxh6 e5 50. Kg5 f4 51. h4 f6+ 52. Kxf6 e4 53. Nb3+ Kd5 54. h5 e3
55. fxe3 fxe3 56. Nc1 {Alekhine attacked with awesome elegance.} 1-0

[Event "Bad Nauheim/Stuttgart/Garmisch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Saemisch, Fritz"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D18"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1937.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Ne5 c5 10. g4 $5 Bg6 11. Na2 Ba5 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. dxc5 Nc6 14. Rb1 Nb4
15. Nxb4 Bxb4 16. Qf3 Qe7 17. b3 Rac8 18. Bb2 Rxc5 19. h3 Nh7 20. Qg3 Nf6 21.
f3 Nd5 22. Bd4 Ra5 23. Bxd5 $2 {White allows an awful invasion for the win of
a pawn.} Rxd5 24. Bxa7 e5 25. e4 Rd2 26. Bf2 Rc8 27. Rbc1 Rcc2 28. Rxc2 Rxc2
29. Kh1 $6 Bc5 $6 {The exchange helps White.} 30. Bxc5 Qxc5 31. Rd1 $2 ({
Correct is} 31. g5 $1 Qd4 32. Rg1 {(Euwe). White draws in} Rc3 33. a5 Rxb3 34.
Rc1 Qxe4 35. fxe4 Rxg3 36. Rc8+ Kh7 37. Rc7) 31... g5 $1 32. Qe1 Rf2 33. Rd2
Rxf3 34. Kg2 Rxb3 35. Qf1 g6 36. Qf6 {Counter-play seems to be strong, but
Black has a great surprise.} Rg3+ $1 37. Kxg3 Qe3+ 38. Qf3 Qxd2 39. Qb3 Qf4+
40. Kg2 Qxe4+ 41. Kf2 Qf4+ 42. Kg2 e4 43. Qxb7 Qf3+ 44. Kh2 Qf2+ 45. Kh1 Qf1+
46. Kh2 e3 {The world champion had a grand start.} 0-1

[Event "Bad Nauheim/Stuttgart/Garmisch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Saemisch, Fritz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C86"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1937.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Qe2 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. a4 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 $5 11. g4 Bg6 12. d3 Na5 13. Bc2 Nd7 14. b4 Nb7 15.
Na3 c6 16. Bb3 Nb6 17. a5 Nd7 18. Be3 Kh8 19. c4 Nf6 20. cxb5 axb5 {A tactical
intermezzo follows.} 21. Nxb5 $1 Qd7 $1 ({Alekhine analyses} 21... cxb5 $6 22.
a6 Qd7 23. axb7 Qxb7 24. g5 $1) 22. a6 Nd8 23. Nc3 Nxg4 $1 24. b5 $1 {White
cannot trust the capture of the knight.} Nxe3 25. fxe3 cxb5 26. Bd5 Ne6 $2 ({
Right is} 26... Nc6 27. Nxb5 Rfb8 $1) 27. Bxa8 Rxa8 28. Qb2 Nc7 29. Kg2 f6 30.
Qb3 Be8 31. a7 g6 32. Ra5 Kg7 33. Rfa1 Bf7 34. Nd5 Nxd5 35. exd5 Be8 36. e4 f5
37. Ra6 g5 $6 38. Qc3 $1 g4 $2 {Black misses the next combination.} 39. Nxe5 $1
dxe5 40. Qxe5+ Kg8 41. d6 Qc8 42. dxe7 Qc2+ 43. Kh1 Qf2 44. Qxf5 1-0

[Event "Bad Nauheim/Stuttgart/Garmisch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1937.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Qb3 Qc8 8. Bd2
Nc6 9. Rc1 Be7 10. Nh4 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Bg2 Qd7 15.
g5 Nh7 16. f4 Na5 17. Qb5 Nc4 18. Bf1 Rc8 19. Rg1 Qxb5 20. Nxb5 a6 21. Nc3 Nxd2
22. Kxd2 Nf8 23. Bg2 Nd7 24. e4 dxe4 25. Nxe4 Bb4+ 26. Ke3 Ke7 27. Nf2 Bd6 28.
Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Nd3 b5 30. Rc1 Rxc1 31. Nxc1 Nb6 32. Nd3 Nc4+ 33. Ke2 Bc7 34. b3
Nd6 35. Ne5 Nf5 36. d5 exd5 37. Bxd5 Nd4+ 38. Ke3 Ne6 39. Nc6+ Kd7 40. Bxe6+
Kxe6 41. Ke4 f5+ 42. gxf6 gxf6 43. Nd4+ Kd6 44. f5 g5 45. Nc2 Ba5 46. b4 Bb6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Nauheim/Stuttgart/Garmisch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D29"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1937.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bb3
Bb7 9. a4 Nbd7 $1 {Alekhine's natural new move will become the standard in
this line.} 10. Rd1 Be7 11. dxc5 O-O 12. Bc2 Bxc5 13. Ne5 b4 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15.
Nd2 f5 $5 {Black chooses for restriction.} 16. Nb3 Bd5 $1 17. Nd4 $1 Bxd4 $6 ({
The active} 17... Qf6 $1 18. Nxf5 $6 b3 19. Bb1 Ne5 20. Ng3 Nf3+ $1 {leads to
wild complications.}) 18. Rxd4 b3 $5 19. Bd3 Nb8 $5 20. Bc4 Nc6 21. Rd2 $1 ({
Avoids} 21. Rd1 $4 Bxc4 {(Euwe).}) 21... Qb6 $5 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Rxd5 Nb4 24.
Rd1 Nc2 $2 {Black makes a positional blunder.} ({Better is} 24... Rac8 25. Bd2
Rc2 26. Qf1 Na2 {(Euwe).}) 25. Rb1 Qc6 26. Bd2 $5 Qxa4 27. Bc3 Qb5 28. Qf3 $1 {
White starts a decisive attack.} Rad8 29. Qg3 Rd7 30. Rd6 Rff7 31. Rbd1 f4 32.
exf4 a5 33. f5 a4 34. f6 g6 35. h4 Rxd6 36. Qxd6 h5 37. Qe6 1-0

[Event "Bad Nauheim/Stuttgart/Garmisch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Saemisch, Fritz"]
[Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1937.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2
O-O 9. Be2 dxc4 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. Nxc4 Qc7 {They had this position in Karlsbad
1929.} 12. O-O Nd5 13. Bd3 g6 14. a3 Be7 15. Rac1 Bd7 16. Ne5 Be8 17. Bc4 Rd8
18. Nd3 Bd6 19. g3 Qe7 20. Rfd1 Bd7 $6 {White will react strongly.} ({Instead} 
20... f5 $1 {takes control over the centre.}) 21. e4 $5 Nb6 22. e5 $5 Nxc4 23.
Ne4 b5 24. b3 $5 {Sämisch accepts all risks.} ({No progress is made in} 24.
exd6 Nxd6 25. Qc5 Be8) 24... Bxa3 25. bxc4 Bxc1 26. Nf6+ Kg7 27. Qxc1 h6 28. c5
$6 Bc8 29. Qf4 a5 30. h4 b4 31. Qe4 Rd5 $2 (31... Ba6 32. Nf4 Rh8 $1 33. Ra1
Qc7 $5 34. Qxg6+ fxg6 35. Nxe6+ Kf7 36. Nxc7 b3 $1 37. Nxa6 Rxd4 38. Rb1 a4 {
looks bad for White.}) 32. Nf4 Rfd8 $2 ({Correct is} 32... Rh8 $1) 33. h5 $1
Rxe5 34. dxe5 $1 Rxd1+ 35. Kg2 Rd8 36. hxg6 Qxc5 37. gxf7 Kf8 38. Qh7 $1 {The
attack has become irresistible.} 1-0

[Event "Bad Nauheim/Stuttgart/Garmisch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C17"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1937.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. Nf3 f6 $5 7. Bb5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Bd7 9. Re1 fxe5 $2 ({Better is} 9... a6 10. Bxc6 bxc6) 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11.
Rxe5 Bxb5 12. Nxb5 Nf6 ({More resistance is offered by} 12... Bxf2+ $1 13. Kh1
Ne7 14. Rxe6 O-O 15. Bg5 Qd7 16. Rxe7 Qxb5 {but} 17. Bh6 $1 {seems to win for
White.}) 13. Rxe6+ Kf7 14. Rxf6+ $1 {Boggie chooses for humiliation.} gxf6 15.
Qh5+ Kg8 16. Bh6 Qd7 17. Nc7 Qf7 ({Or} 17... Rd8 18. Rd1 Qf7 19. Qg4+ Qg6 20.
Qe6+ Qf7 21. Rd3 $1) 18. Qh3 Rb8 19. Re1 Rd8 20. Nxd5 Rxd5 21. Qg4+ Rg5 22.
Qc8+ Bf8 23. Bxf8 h5 24. f4 Kh7 {Black overstepped the time limit in a lost
position.} 1-0

[Event "Bad Nauheim/Stuttgart/Garmisch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Saemisch, Fritz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1937.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc5 7. Bg5 b6 $5 8.
e3 Bb7 9. Be2 Be7 $6 10. O-O Rc8 11. Rfd1 a6 12. Rac1 Na5 $2 13. Ne5 $1 Qc7 14.
b4 $1 {Black's opportunism is punished.} Bxb4 $6 ({Relatively best is} 14...
Qxe5 15. Bf4 Qf5 16. Qxf5 exf5 17. bxa5 bxa5) 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Nxd7 Bd6 ({The
pointe is} 16... Be7 17. Na4 $1 b5 18. Nab6 Nxc4 19. Qb1 $1) 17. Nxf6+ Ke7 18.
Nce4 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 Bxh2+ 20. Kh1 Be5 21. f4 Bg7 22. Qd2 $2 ({White misses the
win} 22. c5 $1 b5 23. c6 $1) 22... Nb7 $1 23. Qe1 Nc5 {Black occupies a
crucial square. Euwe has to start another attack.} 24. Qh4+ f6 25. Nc3 Rhd8 26.
f5 Qe5 27. fxe6 Rxd1+ 28. Bxd1 Nxe6 29. Nd5+ Kf8 30. Bg4 Rc6 $2 ({Correct is} 
30... b5 $1 31. Rf1 Rxc4 32. Nxf6 Bxf6 33. Qxf6+ (33. Rxf6+ $2 Ke8 $1) 33...
Qxf6 34. Rxf6+ Kg7 35. Rxe6 Rxg4 36. Rxa6 Re4 {Black will survive in the rook
ending.}) 31. Bxe6 Rxe6 32. Qxh7 Qg5 33. Rf1 Kf7 34. e4 $1 Rc6 35. Rf5 Qh6+ 36.
Qxh6 Bxh6 37. e5 Rxc4 38. Rxf6+ Kg7 39. Rxb6 Ra4 40. e6 Rxa2 41. e7 Re2 42.
Rxa6 Bg5 43. Ra8 Bxe7 44. Ra7 {Euwe led with 3 1/2 points!} 1-0

[Event "Bad Nauheim/Stuttgart/Garmisch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E36"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1937.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Nbd7 8. e3
O-O 9. Nf3 c6 10. Rd1 Ne8 11. Bg3 Nd6 12. c5 Nf5 13. Bf4 b6 14. b4 bxc5 15.
bxc5 Qa5 16. Bd3 Nh4 17. Nxh4 Bxh4 18. Bd6 Re8 19. O-O e5 20. Bh7+ Kh8 21. Bf5
exd4 22. exd4 Nf8 23. Bxc8 Raxc8 24. Rd3 Bf6 25. Rfd1 Ne6 26. Ne2 $4 Nxd4 $1
27. Rxd4 Bxd4 28. Rxd4 {Euwe has won material.} Qe1# {Surprise!} 0-1

[Event "Bad Nauheim/Stuttgart/Garmisch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Saemisch, Fritz"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D19"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1937.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qe2 Ne4 10. g4 Bg6 11. Ne5 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nd7 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Ba3 Re8
15. Qc2 Nef6 16. h3 Nd5 17. Be2 Qh4 18. Kg2 e5 19. c4 N5f6 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21.
Rh1 Rad8 22. Rad1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 g5 24. Bb2 Ng6 $6 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Bd3 $6 ({
White can win a pawn by} 26. Qb2 {and Black has little compensation.}) 26...
Ne5 27. Bf5 Kg7 28. Rh1 c5 29. Rb1 b6 30. Rc1 Rd8 31. Rd1 Re8 32. Rh1 Rd8 33.
Rd1 Rxd1 34. Qxd1 Nxc4 35. Qd5 Ne5 36. a5 bxa5 37. f4 Ng6 38. Bxg6 Kxg6 39. Qd8
Kg7 40. Qxa5 gxf4 41. exf4 c4 42. Qc3 Qh8 43. Qxc4 Qa8+ 44. Kg3 a5 45. h4 a4
46. h5 Qa7 {Alekhine has neared Euwe by half-a-point.} ({Sämisch thinks for 40
minutes and oversteps the time limit. He misses the forced} 46... Qa7 47. Qc3
$1 Qb6 $1 (47... a3 48. g5 a2 49. Qxf6+) 48. Kg2 $1 Qe6 $1 49. Kf2 $1 Qxg4 50.
h6+ $1 Kg6 51. Qc2+ Kxh6 52. Qxa4 {and White draws.}) 0-1

[Event "Bad Nauheim/Stuttgart/Garmisch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1937.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Nd4 Na5 12. f3 Nc5 13. Bc2 Nd7 14. Nd2 c5 $1 15.
Nf5 f6 16. exf6 Bxf5 17. Bxf5 Rxf6 18. g4 Nf8 19. Bg3 Rf7 20. Nb3 Nc4 $1 21.
Qe2 Bd6 22. Rae1 Bxg3 23. hxg3 Qd6 24. f4 a5 25. Qf2 Rc7 26. Rd1 $6 a4 $1 {
Black has gained an advantage in the Open Ruy Lopez.} 27. Be4 $1 Nb6 28. Nc1
Rd8 29. Bf3 d4 30. cxd4 cxd4 31. Ne2 d3 ({A plus is kept by} 31... d3 32. Nc3
Qc5 {but Euwe is satisfied with the victory in the tournament.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Nauheim/Stuttgart/Garmisch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Black "Saemisch, Fritz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E19"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1937.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2
Nxc3 9. Qxc3 c5 10. Rd1 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 a6 13. b3 Qc8 14. Bb2 f6
15. Qf3 Ra7 16. Rd3 Qb7 17. Rad1 Qxf3+ 18. Nxf3 b5 19. Bd4 Rb7 20. cxb5 axb5
21. e4 Rc8 22. Be3 Kf7 23. g4 Ke8 24. Nd4 Na6 25. R3d2 Ra8 26. h4 b4 27. g5 Nb8
28. Rc1 Na6 29. Rdc2 Bd8 30. f4 Nc7 31. gxf6 gxf6 32. Kf3 Kf7 33. h5 Nb5 34.
Nxb5 Rxb5 35. h6 Be7 36. Rc7 Rd8 37. Ra7 Rh5 38. Rcc7 Rxh6 39. Bb6 Kg6 $6 40.
Rc2 Rb8 41. Rxd7 Re8 $2 {Black should exchange the bishops.} 42. Rg2+ Kf7 43.
Bc5 Kf8 44. Rxe7 Rxe7 45. Bxb4 Rh3+ 46. Rg3 1-0

[Event "Semmering/Baden"]
[Site "Semmering"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Black "Fine, Reuben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D19"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "1937.09.08"]

{Casinos had to spend a part of their income on cultural aims. Than a chess
tournament is relatively cheap and deluxe promotion. That was the base for
many chess events in casinos. When Austrian casinos organised a grandmaster
contest in 1937, chaos ruled. Some men got phony invitations at first. Only
Capablanca was treated with respect. Matters were sorted out, before the
tournament was played from 8 until 27 ix 1937. Eight excellent masters carried
out double rounds. World champion Euwe was chief arbiter. When he left,
Spielmann replaced him. Four rounds were played at the Semmering. They went to
the Hotel Grüner Baum at Baden bei Wien for the rest.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3
Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. Rd1
Qe7 (10... Nbd7 {was played in Bogoljubow - Euwe, Nottingham 1936.}) 11. h3 Bh5
12. e4 Nbd7 13. e5 Nd5 14. Ne4 f6 15. exf6 gxf6 $5 {Fine creates active
counter-play.} 16. Ng3 Bf7 17. Bh6 Rfe8 18. Ne1 $5 Kh8 19. Nd3 Bd6 20. Qf3 Rg8
21. Nf4 Nxf4 22. Bxf4 Bxf4 23. Qxf4 Nb6 24. Bb3 Rad8 25. Re1 Nd5 26. Qh4 $1 ({
No use has} 26. Bxd5 Rxd5 27. Nf5 Qf8) 26... Bg6 27. Ne4 f5 $2 {Black does not
have to give a pawn.} (27... Bxe4 28. Rxe4 {is rejected by Euwe, because the
e-pawn will fall. However} Rg5 $1 29. Rae1 $2 f5 $1 {costs material.}) 28. Qxe7
Nxe7 29. Nc5 Rxd4 30. Rxe6 Nd5 31. Nxb7 Bh5 32. Bxd5 Rxd5 33. Nd6 Rb8 34. Rc1
Rd1+ 35. Rxd1 Bxd1 36. Re7 $5 ({More active is} 36. a5 Bc2 37. Re7 a6 38. Rb7 {
and White keeps his advantages.}) 36... Bxa4 $1 37. Rxa7 Bc2 38. Rc7 $2 {White
loses his positional advantage.} ({Better is} 38. Rb7 $1) 38... Rxb2 39. Rxc6
Kg7 40. Nc4 Ra2 41. Ne3 Be4 42. Re6 Kf7 43. Re5 Kf6 44. Rb5 Ra6 45. Kh2 Ra2 46.
Kg3 $6 ({Euwe praises} 46. f3 Bd3 47. Rc5 Ra4 48. Nd5+ Ke6 49. Kg3 {but} Kd6
50. Rc3 Kxd5 51. Rxd3+ Ke5 52. Rd7 h6 53. Rh7 f4+ 54. Kg4 Ra2 {draws.}) 46...
Ra4 47. Kh2 $5 Rd4 48. f3 Bd3 49. Ra5 Ke6 50. g3 Be2 51. f4 Bd3 52. Re5+ Kf6
53. Nd5+ Kf7 54. g4 fxg4 55. hxg4 Bc4 56. Rf5+ Kg7 57. Ne3 Re4 58. Rg5+ Kf6 59.
Rf5+ Kg7 60. Ng2 Rd4 61. Ne1 Rd5 62. Rxd5 Bxd5 63. Kg3 Kf6 64. Nf3 Be4 65. Ne5
Bc2 66. Kh4 h6 67. Nd7+ Kg7 68. f5 Ba4 69. Nc5 Bd1 70. Kg3 Kf7 71. Kf4 Be2 72.
Ne4 Bd1 73. Nc3 Bb3 74. Ke5 Bc4 {Capablanca could not win, despite great
advantages in the first five games. He was meant to be the star of the event.
So the organisers had no luck.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Semmering/Baden"]
[Site "Semmering"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Eliskases, Erich"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1937.09.08"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 e6 6. O-O c5 7. a4 Nc6 8. Qe2
Qc7 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. h3 b6 $5 (11... Rb8 {is known from Eliskases -
Pitschak, Bad Liebenwerda 1934.}) 12. d5 exd5 13. Bxd5 Bb7 14. e4 Rad8 15. Be3
Nd7 $6 {Black leaves the initiative to the opponent.} ({More active is} 15...
Rfe8 16. Rd2 Nb4) 16. Rd2 Bf6 17. Rad1 h6 $5 18. Bxc6 Bxc6 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20.
Rxd5 a5 {A positional concession has to be made.} 21. Qb5 Nb8 $6 22. Nd2 Rfe8
$2 ({Necessary is} 22... Rxd5 23. exd5 Nd7) 23. Nc4 $1 Rxe4 24. Nxb6 Bd4 25.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Qxc5 $1 {White has won a pawn. Time pressure begins, so Black
starts a counteraction.} Rxe3 $1 27. Rxd4 Re1+ 28. Kh2 Qf6 29. Rc4 Kh7 30. Qd4
Qg6 31. Qd2 Rf1 32. Qc2 f5 33. Nc8 Nd7 {White can put a quick end to the
misery of Black.} 34. Rc6 $2 (34. Rf4 $1 {wins easily (Euwe).}) 34... Qg5 $2 ({
Better is} 34... Rxf2 $1 35. Qxf2 Qxc6) 35. g3 Ne5 36. Rc5 $4 ({Right is} 36.
Kg2 $1 {(Euwe).}) 36... Nf3+ $1 37. Kg2 Ne1+ 38. Kxf1 Nxc2 39. Rxc2 Qh5 40. Kg2
Qd1 41. Rc5 Qxa4 {Reshevsky scored his second win. He was leading one point at
the pack.} ({White resigned although} 41... Qxa4 42. Rxf5 $1 Qc6+ 43. Kg1 ({
Euwe's} 43. Kh2 $6 Qc2 $1 {gives an extra chance}) 43... Qxc8 44. Rxa5 {leads
to a difficult ending.}) 0-1

[Event "Semmering/Baden"]
[Site "Semmering"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Petrovs, Vladimirs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1937.09.08"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bb5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd7 8.
d4 Bd6 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. dxe5 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Bxe5 12. O-O $1 c6 ({The pointe is} 
12... Bxc3 $2 13. Ba3 Bxa1 14. Qe4+ Kd7 15. Qxb7) 13. Ba3 Qa5 14. Bb4 Qd5 15.
Qxd5 cxd5 16. Rfd1 O-O-O 17. a4 Kc7 18. Kf1 h5 19. Bc5 b6 20. Bd4 Rhe8 21. a5
Bxd4 22. cxd4 Kb7 23. Rdb1 Re6 24. Rb2 Rdd6 25. g3 a6 26. axb6 Rxb6 27. Rba2
Rec6 28. h4 Rb5 29. Kg2 Rcb6 30. Kf3 Rb2 $6 31. Rxb2 Rxb2 {White has a plus in
the rook ending.} 32. Ra5 Rb5 33. Ra2 g6 34. Kf4 f6 35. g4 hxg4 36. Kxg4 Rb1
37. Ra5 Rb5 38. Ra1 Rb2 39. Kf3 Rb6 40. Rg1 f5 41. Kf4 Re6 42. Rb1+ Ka7 $5 ({
He could have played} 42... Kc6 43. Rc1+ Kb6 44. Rc5 a5 45. Rxd5 a4) 43. h5
Re4+ 44. Kg5 Rg4+ 45. Kf6 gxh5 46. Kxf5 Rg2 $2 (46... Re4 47. Re1 h4 48. f3 Re8
49. e4 dxe4 50. fxe4 Kb6 {defends stubbornly.}) 47. Ke5 Rg5+ 48. Ke6 h4 49. Rh1
Rh5 50. f4 Kb6 51. f5 Kc7 52. f6 Kd8 53. Rf1 Rh6 54. Kf7 {Petrovs had only
received a small fee. He also lost money in the casino. But the non-prize
winners got extra cash, fortunately.} 1-0

[Event "Semmering/Baden"]
[Site "Semmering"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Eliskases, Erich"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D93"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1937.09.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Be5
Nxc3 9. bxc3 cxd4 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. cxd4 Qa5+ 12. Qd2 Nc6 13. Be2 Rd8 14. Qxa5
Nxa5 15. O-O Be6 16. e4 $2 {White weakens the centre.} ({He should quietly play
} 16. Nd2 Rac8 17. Rfc1) 16... Bg4 $1 17. Rfd1 e6 18. Kf1 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Rac8
20. Rd2 e5 $1 21. d5 Nc4 $1 22. Re2 Nd6 $1 23. Rb1 Rc4 24. g3 Rdc8 25. Bg2 Rc1+
26. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 27. Re1 Rxe1+ 28. Kxe1 f5 29. f3 fxe4 30. fxe4 {Black has a
great advantage because the blockader supports the pawn majority.} b5 31. Kd2
a5 32. Kd3 Kf6 33. Bf3 Ke7 34. h4 $2 {Pawn g3 is severely weakened.} h6 35. Bd1
Kd8 36. a4 bxa4 $6 ({Black misses the win by} 36... b4 $1 37. Bb3 Kc7 38. Bc2
Kb6 39. Bb3 Nb7 40. Kc4 Nc5 41. Bc2 h5 $1 {and zugzwang (Euwe).}) 37. Bxa4 Kc7
38. Bc2 Kb6 39. Kc3 Kb5 40. Kb3 Kc5 41. Ka4 Nc4 42. Bb3 ({Better is} 42. Bb1 $1
{(Euwe), but} g5 $1 43. hxg5 hxg5 44. Bc2 Kb6 45. Bb1 Ne3 46. Bd3 Ng4 $3 47.
Be2 Nf6 48. Bf3 g4 49. Be2 Nxe4 50. Bxg4 Nxg3 51. d6 Ne4 52. d7 Nc5+ 53. Ka3
Kc7 {wins for Black.}) 42... Nd2 43. Bc2 Nf1 $1 44. Kxa5 Nxg3 45. Ka4 Nh5 46.
Kb3 Kd4 47. Kb4 Nf6 48. d6 g5 49. hxg5 hxg5 50. Kb5 g4 51. Bd1 g3 52. Bf3 Ke3
53. Bh1 Kf2 54. Kc6 g2 55. Bxg2 Kxg2 56. d7 Nxd7 57. Kxd7 Kf3 {Euwe discussed
the game extensively in his book Judgement and Planning.   The event
transferred to Baden bei Wien.} 0-1

[Event "Semmering/Baden"]
[Site "Semmering"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fine, Reuben"]
[Black "Petrovs, Vladimirs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1937.09.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. f3 Bb7 $5 ({Theory in the unusual variation is} 3... e6 {
(Flohr - Koenig, Rogaska Slatina 1929).}) 4. e4 e5 $6 5. dxe5 Nxe4 $2 {Petrovs
has idle hopes about this sacrifice.} 6. fxe4 Qh4+ 7. Kd2 Qf4+ 8. Kc2 Bxe4+ 9.
Bd3 Bxd3+ 10. Qxd3 Qf2+ 11. Nd2 Nc6 (11... Qxg2 12. Qe4 {refutes the black
attack.}) 12. Qe4 O-O-O 13. a3 Re8 14. Ngf3 Bd6 15. Re1 Qxg2 16. Qf4 Qg6+ 17.
Kb3 Bc5 18. Ka2 Qc2 19. Nb3 g5 20. Nxg5 f6 21. Qe4 Qxe4 22. Nxe4 Rxe5 23. Bf4
Rf5 24. Rf1 Be7 25. Ng3 Rxf4 26. Rxf4 h5 27. Rh4 f5 28. Rxh5 Rf8 29. Rxf5 Rh8
30. Rh5 Rg8 31. Rd1 a5 32. Nd4 Nd8 33. Ndf5 Bd6 34. Rxd6 1-0

[Event "Semmering/Baden"]
[Site "Semmering"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D93"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1937.09.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 c6 6. Bf4 O-O 7. e3 dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. O-O Nb6 10. Be2 Be6 11. Qc2 Nbd5 12. Be5 Bf5 13. Qb3 Qb6 14. Nd2 Qxb3
15. Nxb3 Rad8 16. Bf3 Bc8 17. Na5 e6 18. a3 Nd7 $2 {This blunder costs an
exchange.} 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Bc7 Bf6 21. Bxd8 Bxd8 22. Nb3 Nb6 23. Nd2 Be6 24.
Rfc1 Nc8 25. Nb3 Nd6 26. Nc5 Bc8 27. b4 Be7 28. Be2 Re8 29. a4 b6 30. Nd3 Nc4
31. b5 Bd7 32. bxc6 Bxc6 33. Nf4 {At last Capa had scored his first win.} 1-0

[Event "Semmering/Baden"]
[Site "Semmering"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fine, Reuben"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C79"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "168"]
[EventDate "1937.09.08"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Qe2 b5 7. Bb3 Na5 8. d4
Nxb3 9. axb3 Nd7 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Rd1 Bd6 13. Bg5 f6 14. Be3 O-O
15. Nh4 g6 16. Qg4 Kh8 17. Qg3 Qe8 18. Nd5 Qf7 19. Nf3 Nc5 20. Bxc5 Bxc5 21.
Ne1 Rfd8 22. Nd3 Bf8 23. c4 c6 24. Ne3 Rd4 25. Qf3 Qe6 26. Ne1 Rad8 27. N1c2
R4d7 28. Rxd7 Rxd7 29. Rd1 Kg7 30. Qe2 Kf7 31. h3 Bc8 32. Rd2 Be7 33. Qe1 Rxd2
34. Qxd2 Qd6 35. Qc3 b4 36. Qe1 Qd3 37. Nxb4 Qxe4 38. Qc3 Bb7 39. Nbc2 c5 40.
b4 cxb4 41. Nxb4 f5 42. Nd3 Ke6 43. Qb3 {Long manoeuvring has led to equality.}
f4 $6 {Black gives up the control over square g4.} 44. c5+ Bd5 $2 ({Preferable
is} 44... Kf6 45. Ng4+ $1 Kg7 46. f3 {but White has taken the initiative.}) 45.
Nxd5 Qxd5 46. Qb6+ Kf5 $1 47. Qxa6 e4 $1 48. Qc8+ $1 {Fine has won a pawn and
proceeds.} Kg5 49. Qg4+ Kh6 50. Qxf4+ Kg7 51. Qe5+ Qxe5 52. Nxe5 Bxc5 {White
continues the attack.} 53. b3 Bd4 54. Nc6 Bb6 55. Nb4 Kf7 56. Nd5 Bd4 57. Kf1
Ke6 58. Ne3 Bc5 59. Ke2 h5 60. Nc2 g5 61. b4 Bd6 62. g3 (62. Kd2 $1 Ke5 63. Kc3
Bb8 64. Ne3 {gives better winning chances.}) 62... Ke5 63. b5 Bc5 64. Ne3 Kd4
$1 65. Nf5+ Ke5 66. Ng7 $1 h4 67. g4 Bb6 68. Nf5 Bc5 69. Ne3 Kd4 $1 {The
victory is hard to achieve for White.} 70. Nf5+ $2 ({Right is} 70. f3 exf3+ 71.
Kxf3 Bb6 {(Fine), and now} 72. Nf5+ $1 ({not} 72. Nf1 $2 Kd3 $1) 72... Ke5 $1
73. Nh6 Bc5 74. Nf7+ Kf6 75. Nd8 Ke5 76. Ke2 $1 Kd5 77. Nf7 Be7 78. b6 $1 Kc6
79. Ke3 Kxb6 80. Ke4 {The white king has reached e4 timely.}) 70... Kc4 $1 71.
Nh6 Kxb5 $1 72. Nf7 Kc4 73. Nxg5 Kd5 74. f3 exf3+ 75. Nxf3 Ke4 $3 76. Nxh4 Kf4
{A famous ending of knight and two pawns versus bishop arises.} 77. Nf5 Bb6 78.
Kd3 Bd8 79. Kd4 Bf6+ 80. Kd5 Bh8 81. Kd6 Be5+ 82. Ke6 Ba1 83. Ke7 Bb2 84. Kf7
Kg5 $1 {Black draws despite two minus pawns.   At the end of the first cycle,
Keres led by 5/7, half-a-point before Fine.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Semmering/Baden"]
[Site "Semmering"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D75"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1937.09.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
Nxc3 $5 9. bxc3 c5 10. Ba3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Qc7 12. Qb3 Bf6 13. Rfd1 Nd7 14. c4
Nc5 15. Qb4 {Both players have made provocative moves but equality has been
achieved.} Ne6 $2 ({Right is} 15... Na6) 16. Nb5 $1 Qe5 17. Rac1 $1 Rd8 (17...
Qxe2 18. Nc3 $1 a5 $1 19. Qb3 Qe5 20. Re1 a4 21. Qb1 $1 Qa5 22. Nd5 {brings a
great positional advantage for White.}) 18. Rd5 $1 Rxd5 19. cxd5 a6 20. Na7 $3
{Black will lose a minor piece.} Nd4 (20... Rxa7 21. Rxc8+ Nf8 22. Qb6 {costs
a rook (Euwe).}) 21. Rxc8+ Rxc8 22. Nxc8 Qxe2 23. h4 Nf5 24. Qe4 {Keres went
on to win in the second cycle.} 1-0

[Event "Semmering/Baden"]
[Site "Semmering"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1937.09.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. Bg2 Bd7 7. Qxc4 Nb4 8.
Qb3 c5 9. Nf3 Bc6 10. O-O cxd4 11. Rd1 Qa5 $6 ({More useful is} 11... Qb6 12.
Nxd4 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Rd8) 12. Nxd4 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Be7 14. a3 O-O 15. Bd2 Nc6 16.
Nxc6 bxc6 17. Qc4 Qb6 18. b4 a5 $6 (18... c5 $1 19. bxc5 Bxc5 {solves the
positional problems.}) 19. Na4 Qb5 $2 ({Better is} 19... Qb7 20. bxa5 c5+) 20.
Qxb5 cxb5 21. Nb6 $1 Ra6 22. bxa5 {White will invade on the queenside.} Bd8 23.
Bb4 Re8 24. Rd6 Bc7 25. Rc6 Nd5 26. e4 Nxb4 27. axb4 Be5 28. Rd1 g6 29. Rc5 Bf6
30. Nd7 Be7 31. Rxb5 Raa8 32. Rb7 Ra6 33. Nb8 Ra8 34. Nc6 Bf8 35. b5 Rec8 36.
a6 Bc5 37. Rdd7 Rf8 38. a7 h5 39. Rb8 Kg7 40. b6 1-0

[Event "Semmering/Baden"]
[Site "Semmering"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Eliskases, Erich"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "1937.09.08"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Qc7 8.
g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 f6 12. O-O Rd8 13. Qc1 Be6 14. Nxe5
Nxe5 15. a5 a6 16. Ne4 Bb4 {They have followed Alekhine - Euwe, Ermelo 1935.}
17. Bd2 Qe7 $6 {Capa exchanged the bishops against Fine in round eight and
drew.} 18. Bxb4 Qxb4 19. Qc5 $1 Qxc5 20. Nxc5 Bc8 21. Rfd1 Ke7 22. b3 Nf7 23.
e4 Rd6 24. Rxd6 Kxd6 25. b4 Kc7 26. Rd1 Rd8 27. Rxd8 Nxd8 28. f4 b6 29. axb6+
Kxb6 30. Bf1 $1 {White has achieved a better endgame.} Ne6 31. Na4+ Kc7 32. Kf2
{Capablanca should give a pawn in order to equalise.} g5 $2 ({Later he finds} 
32... c5 $1 33. f5 Bd7 $1) 33. Ke3 gxf4+ 34. gxf4 Ng7 35. Nc5 Ne6 36. Nxe6+
Bxe6 37. Kd4 $1 Kb6 38. Bc4 $1 Bg4 39. e5 fxe5+ 40. fxe5 h6 41. h4 Bh5 42. e6
Be8 43. Bd3 {Eliskases has sealed a quiet move.} (43. e7 $1 {wins quickly.})
43... Kc7 44. Kc5 Bh5 45. Bh7 $2 (45. Bf5 $1 {or}) (45. Bxa6 {ends the game.})
45... Bg4 $1 46. e7 Kd7 47. Be4 Kxe7 48. Bxc6 Be2 49. Bb7 Kd7 50. Kb6 Kd6 51.
Bxa6 {White has won a pawn but not the game.} Bf3 52. Ka5 Bc6 53. Bb5 Bf3 54.
Bd3 Bc6 55. Bc2 Kc7 56. Ba4 Bf3 57. b5 Kb7 58. b6 Be2 59. Bc2 Bf3 60. Bd3 Bg2
61. Ba6+ {Capablanca blunders after ten minutes.} Kc6 $2 {Capa worries when he
has made the move.} (61... Kb8 $1 62. Kb4 Bb7 $1 63. Bc4 (63. Bxb7 Kxb7 64. Kb5
h5 $1) 63... Bg2 64. Kc5 Kb7 $1 {draws (various analysts).}) 62. Bc8 Bf1 63.
Bg4 Bd3 64. Bf3+ Kd6 65. Bb7 Be2 66. Ba6 Bf3 67. Bf1 Bb7 68. Bh3 Ke7 69. Kb5
Kd6 70. Bg4 $1 {White has achieved zugzwang.} Ke7 71. Kc5 Bg2 72. Bc8 Kd8 73.
Ba6 Bf3 74. Kd6 Bg2 75. Bc4 Kc8 76. Bd5 Bf1 77. Ke6 Be2 78. Kf6 Kd7 79. Kg6 h5
80. Kg5 Kd6 81. Bf7 Kc6 82. Bxh5 {Eliskases sealed the obvious move. He has
reached a theoretical win.} 1-0

[Event "Semmering/Baden"]
[Site "Semmering"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Petrovs, Vladimirs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1937.09.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 Be7 6. Nbd2 d6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. e4
e5 9. Re1 Ng4 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nc4 O-O 12. Qd2 Rae8 13. h3 Ngf6 14. a4 a6 15.
Qc3 g6 16. Ncd2 Rc8 17. Bc4 Nh5 18. Bd5 c6 19. Bc4 Nf4 20. Bf1 c5 {The
critical phase begins.} 21. dxe5 $1 Nxe5 $2 {White gives up the protection of
pawn b6.} ({Right is} 21... dxe5) 22. Nxe5 dxe5 (22... Qxe5 23. Nc4 Qxc3 24.
bxc3 Rc6 25. Rab1 {also leads to misery for Black.}) 23. Nc4 {White threatens
the pawns b6 and e5.} Rc6 24. g3 Nh5 25. Nxe5 Rd6 26. Nc4 Re6 27. e5 f6 28.
exf6 Qxf6 29. Qxf6 Rexf6 30. Re2 a5 31. Bg2 Ba6 32. Bd5+ Kh8 33. Rae1 Rf5 34.
Be6 R5f6 35. b3 Ng7 36. Bd5 Nf5 37. Re6 Nd4 38. Rxf6 Rxf6 39. Re8+ Kg7 40. Ne5
h5 41. Re7+ Kh8 42. Nf7+ Kg7 43. Ng5+ Kf8 44. Ra7 {Keres led by two points on
Fine.} 1-0

[Event "Semmering/Baden"]
[Site "Semmering"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D18"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1937.09.08"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qb3 Qe7 10. Ne5 c5 11. Na2 $5 Ba5 $1 12. Qb5 $5 b6 13. f3 $5 cxd4 {
Capablanca has answered solidly to the new set-up by Ragozin.} 14. e4 $1 ({
White has to continue sharply, cause} 14. exd4 {brings a positional edge for
Black.}) 14... Bg6 15. Bg5 $2 ({Better is} 15. Be2 $1 Rc8 16. Bf4 Rc5 17. Rfc1
$1 a6 18. Rxc5 Qxc5 19. Qd3 {and White will equalise.}) 15... a6 16. Qb3 Qc5
17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Nd3 Qd6 19. Qd1 Rc8 20. b3 Nd7 21. Qe2 Nc5 22. Nxc5 Qxc5 $6 (
{More solid is} 22... bxc5 $1) 23. Bd3 f5 24. Rab1 (24. Rac1 $1 Qa3 25. Rxc8+
Rxc8 26. Bxa6 {brings new chances.}) 24... fxe4 25. fxe4 Bc3 26. b4 Qe5 27. Nc1
a5 28. bxa5 Bxa5 29. Rb5 Rc5 30. Qf3 Rxb5 31. axb5 Bd2 $1 32. Ne2 Be3+ 33. Kh1
Ra3 34. Rd1 h5 35. h3 Rxd3 36. Rxd3 Bxe4 37. Rxe3 dxe3 38. Qf1 Qxb5 39. Qf4
Bxg2+ 40. Kxg2 Qxe2+ {Capablanca had achieved a positive score in the
tournament.} 0-1

[Event "Semmering/Baden"]
[Site "Semmering"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D29"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1937.09.08"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bb3
Bb7 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. a4 b4 11. Nbd2 Qc7 $5 (11... cxd4 12. exd4 Be7 {was played
in Bogoljubow - Rubinstein, Bad Kissingen 1928.}) 12. Nc4 Be7 13. Nfe5 O-O 14.
Bd2 Rac8 15. Rac1 Rfd8 16. a5 $5 Bd5 $6 {Reshevsky wants to neutralise the
inroad, but allows a combination.} 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. e4 Bxc4 19. Bxc4 Qxa5 20.
Ra1 $6 {Keres misses a smart manoeuvre.} (20. d5 $1 exd5 21. Bxa6 $1 Ra8 22.
Bb7 Ra7 23. Bxd5 {gains positional advantages.}) 20... Qc7 21. dxc5 ({Correct
is the simple} 21. Bxa6 Ra8 22. Rdc1) 21... a5 $1 22. Be3 Nxc5 23. Bxc5 $6 ({
Preferable is} 23. Rdc1) 23... Bxc5 24. b3 Bd4 25. Rac1 a4 $1 26. bxa4 b3 $1 {
Reshevsky attacks with a great ability on the queenside.} 27. g3 ({The pointe
is} 27. Bxb3 Qxc1 {(Euwe)} 28. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 29. Bd1 Rxd1+ $1 30. Qxd1 Bxf2+)
27... b2 28. Rc2 Bxf2+ $1 29. Kg2 ({Even worse is} 29. Kxf2 Rxd1 30. Qxd1 Qb6+
{and 31. .. b1Q (Euwe).}) 29... Bd4 30. Bb3 Bc3 31. Rf1 Qb7 32. Ba2 Rd4 $1 33.
Rf3 Rxa4 34. Bb1 ({Or} 34. Rfxc3 Rxc3 35. Rxc3 Rxa2 36. Qc2 b1=Q 37. Rc8+ Qxc8)
34... Rxe4 35. Qd3 Rd4 36. Qe3 Rdc4 37. Kh3 Bd4 38. Qd3 Rxc2 39. Bxc2 Rxc2 40.
Qxd4 Rc8 41. Rd3 h6 0-1

[Event "Semmering/Baden"]
[Site "Semmering"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D18"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1937.09.08"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Nbd7 8. Qe2
Bb4 9. O-O Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Bd3 Nc5 12. Bxe4 Nxe4 13. Qc2 Qd5 14. Ne5 O-O
15. f3 Nc5 16. Nc4 b5 17. axb5 cxb5 18. Bd2 Bxd2 19. Nxd2 Na4 20. Rfe1 h6 21.
b3 Nb6 {The stars concluded the tournament with a grandmasters draw  Keres won
the event by 9/14, before Fine (8), Capablanca and Reshevsky (71/2), Flohr (7),
Eliskases and Ragozin (6) and Petrovs (5).   Some participants travelled to
the Netherlands, when the tournament had ended, because the match for the
world championship started in October 1937. They worked as reporter or as a
second for Alekhine or Euwe.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

{The preparation of a candidates' tournament started in 1936. World champion
Euwe was willing to play a match against the winner. When Alekhine got the
title back in 1937, he accepted a challenge by Flohr. However, Bata Shoes
withdrew as sponsor after turmoil in Sudetenland, and the old idea revived.
The radio company Algemeene Vereeniging Radio Omroep (AVRO) backed the event,
because Euwe was hot news in the Netherlands. Prizes were 1000, 750, 500 and
400 guilders. Participation was nearly identical to the top eight in
Nottingham 1936: Keres had taken the place of Lasker. Levenfish was deeply
disappointed by his absence.AVRO 1938 was played in ten Dutch cities from 6
until 27 xi 1938. Each round the players had to make a journey to the
tournament hall. Most rounds were played in the evening. On those days, the
players did not get a hot meal, a Dutch treat. Adjourned games were resumed in
Amsterdam/^s Krasnapolsky Hotel. According to his wife Olga, Capablanca had a
slight infarction due to exhaustion. The conditions favoured the young players.
   When Keres won AVRO 1938, church bells were ringing and schoolchildren got
a day off in Estonia. World champion Alekhine showed less enthusiasm but did
not exclude a match. His interest went to a contest against Botvinnik. Plans
were made for a fight between Fine and Euwe. World War II terminated these
ideas. Max Euwe wrote the tournament book. Eventually, a match between Keres
and Keres was played in 1939/40.   Jan van Reek} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4
4. g3 $5 c5 5. d5 Ne4 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 exd5 9. cxd5 d6 10. Nf3
O-O 11. Bg2 Nd7 12. O-O Nf6 13. Nd2 Re8 14. e4 b5 15. Re1 Rb8 16. a3 Rb7 17. c4
a6 18. Bf1 Bd7 19. f3 Qc7 20. Qc2 Re7 21. Nb3 a5 22. cxb5 Bxb5 23. Qc3 Bxf1 24.
Rxf1 Rb5 25. Rab1 Qb8 26. Nd2 Reb7 27. Rxb5 Rxb5 28. Nc4 a4 29. e5 $1 {
Alekhine begins an assault during his opponent's time trouble.} dxe5 30. d6 Rb1
$1 ({Not} 30... Nd7 $2 31. Nxe5 $1 Qxd6 32. Qc4 $1 {(Euwe).}) 31. Qxe5 Rxf1+
32. Kxf1 Qb3 33. Qe2 h6 34. Kg2 Qc3 35. Ne3 g6 36. Ng4 Kg7 $2 ({Correct is} 
36... Nxg4 $1 37. fxg4 (37. d7 Ne3+ 38. Kf2 Qd4) 37... Qd4 38. Qe8+ Kg7 39. d7
Qd2+ 40. Kh3 Qd3 $1 {(Euwe).}) 37. Nxf6 Qxf6 38. Qd1 $2 (38. d7 $1 {wins for
White.}) 38... Qd8 39. d7 c4 40. Qxa4 c3 41. Qc6 c2 42. Qc3+ Kh7 43. Qxc2 Qxd7
44. Qa2 Kg8 45. a4 Qc6 46. a5 Qa6 47. g4 g5 48. Kf2 Qd6 49. Kf1 Qa6+ 50. Kg2
Kg7 51. Qb2+ Kg8 52. Qb8+ Kg7 53. Qe5+ Kg8 54. Kf2 Qa7+ 55. Ke2 Qa6+ 56. Kd2
Qc4 57. Qf5 Qd4+ 58. Ke2 Qb2+ 59. Kd3 Qb3+ 60. Ke2 Qb2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A84"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nc3 f5 4. Qb3 Qe7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Nf6 7. g3 d6 8.
Nf3 b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. b4 O-O 12. Bb2 Rac8 13. Rfd1 c5 14. dxc5
bxc5 15. Qd3 Nb6 16. b5 $5 Rfd8 17. a4 d5 18. cxd5 Rxd5 19. Qc2 Rxd1+ 20. Qxd1
Nc4 21. Bc1 e5 $6 (21... Ne4 $1 {takes the initiative.}) 22. Qb3 Bd5 23. Nd2 $1
e4 24. Nxc4 Qe6 25. Bh3 Bxc4 26. Qc2 Bd5 27. a5 $1 Bb7 $2 {Black stays passive
during some moves.} ({Ok is} 27... Ng4 28. Bb2 c4 29. Qc3 Rc7) 28. Bb2 Nd5 29.
Qc4 h5 30. e3 Kh7 31. Rd1 g6 32. Bf1 Rc7 33. Qb3 Rd7 34. Bc4 Kh6 35. h4 f4 $1 {
White threatened to create the magnitude of Ba1 and Qb2.} 36. exf4 $2 ({Pirc
gives the win} 36. Bxd5 Rxd5 37. Rxd5 Qxd5 38. Qxd5 Bxd5 39. gxf4 Kh7 40. Kg2
Kg8 41. Kg3 Kf7 42. f5 $1) 36... e3 37. Bxd5 e2 $1 38. Re1 Qxd5 39. Qxd5 Rxd5
40. f3 Rd1 41. Kf2 {Black survives in the endgame.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fine, Reuben"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C17"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. dxc5 $5 Ne7 6. Nf3 $6 ({Better is} 6.
Bd2 Nbc6 7. Qg4) 6... Nbc6 7. Bd3 d4 $1 8. a3 Ba5 $1 9. b4 Nxb4 10. axb4 Bxb4
11. Bb5+ Nc6 $2 (11... Bd7 $1 12. Qxd4 Bxc3+ 13. Qxc3 Bxb5 {activates the bad
bishop (Euwe).}) 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Ra4 $1 Bxc3+ 14. Bd2 f6 $6 (14... a5 $1 15.
O-O Ba6 {develops the bad bishop.}) 15. O-O O-O 16. Bxc3 dxc3 17. Qe1 a5 $6 ({
Black misses the counteraction by} 17... fxe5 18. Nxe5 Qd2 $1 19. Qxd2 cxd2 20.
Rd1 Rb8) 18. Qxc3 Ba6 19. Rfa1 Bb5 20. Rd4 $1 Qe7 21. Rd6 a4 22. Qe3 Ra7 23.
Nd2 $1 a3 24. c4 Ba4 25. exf6 Qxf6 26. Rxa3 Re8 27. h3 Raa8 28. Nf3 Qb2 29. Ne5
Qb1+ 30. Kh2 Qf5 31. Qg3 {White rooks enter through d7 and f3.} 1-0

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D19"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qe2 Ne4 10. Na2 Be7 11. Bd3 Ng5 12. Ne1 Bxd3 13. Nxd3 Na6 14. Nc3 h6 15.
Rd1 Nh7 16. Ne5 Qc7 17. e4 Rad8 18. Be3 Nb4 19. Rac1 Nf6 20. h3 Qa5 21. Qc4 Nd7
22. Nf3 Nb6 23. Qb3 Qa6 24. Ne5 Nd7 25. Nc4 Nb6 26. Nxb6 axb6 27. d5 exd5 28.
exd5 Nd3 29. Rc2 Nc5 30. Bxc5 Bxc5 31. Ne4 Rxd5 32. Rxd5 cxd5 33. Nxc5 bxc5 34.
Rxc5 d4 35. Rd5 Qe6 36. Qf3 Qb6 37. Rb5 Qa6 38. Qb3 Qd6 39. Rd5 Qe6 40. Qf3 Qc6
41. Rxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Qc2 Be4 8. Qc3
Nc6 9. Be3 d5 10. Nbd2 dxc4 $2 {Capa hated his opponent cause Alekhine avoided
him in tournaments and a championship match. Now he misses  a revenge.} 11.
Qxc4 $2 (11. Nxe4 $1 Nxe4 12. Qxc4 Na5 13. Qc2 {brings a big positional
advantage.}) 11... Bd5 12. Qc3 h6 13. Rfd1 Rc8 14. Bf4 Qe8 15. a3 Na5 16. b4
Nb7 17. Ne1 Bxg2 18. Nxg2 c5 19. bxc5 bxc5 20. Qb2 Na5 21. dxc5 Rxc5 22. Rab1
Qc6 23. Ne1 Nd5 24. Be5 Nc3 25. Bxc3 Rxc3 26. Rdc1 Rc8 27. Rxc3 Qxc3 28. a4
Qxb2 29. Rxb2 Rc1 30. Rb1 Rc3 31. Rb8+ Kh7 32. Rb5 Nc4 33. Nxc4 Rxc4 34. Rb7
Bf6 35. Nd3 Rxa4 36. Rxf7 a5 37. Nc5 Ra1+ 38. Kg2 a4 $6 39. Ra7 a3 40. Nxe6 Bb2
41. Nf4 Bd4 42. Ra4 Bb2 43. e4 g5 44. Ra7+ Kg8 45. Nd5 Bd4 46. Ra8+ Kf7 47. Nb4
Rb1 48. Nc2 Bxf2 $1 1/2-1/2

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 d6 8.
O-O O-O 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. b4 {The battle for the queenside begins.} Bg4
12. Qc2 c6 13. Nh4 cxd5 $6 14. exd5 $1 a5 15. a3 Na6 $6 (15... b5 $1 {fights
back.}) 16. Qb3 Qd7 17. Rfe1 Bh3 18. Bh1 axb4 19. axb4 Nc7 20. Ng2 Bxg2 21.
Bxg2 h6 22. Nf1 Rfc8 23. Ne3 Na6 $6 (23... Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Na6 {inserts a useful
exchange.}) 24. c5 $1 dxc5 25. Nc4 $1 Qd8 26. Nxe5 Nxb4 27. d6 $1 Rxa1 (27...
Qxd6 $2 28. Qxf7+ Kh7 29. Rad1 $1) 28. Qxf7+ {The attack has transferred to
the kingside.} Kh7 $2 ({Correct is} 28... Kh8 $1 29. Rxa1 Qxd6 30. Ng6+ (30.
Qxb7 $6 Qc7 $1) 30... Kh7 31. Ne7 Rd8 32. Bh3 $1 {(Euwe). The best defence
gives} Nc6 $1 33. Bf5+ Kh8 34. Ng6+ Kh7 35. Qxb7 Nd4 $1 36. Bb1 $1 Kg8 37. Ra7
Rd7 38. Ra8+ Kf7 $1 39. Qc8 Nf3+ 40. Kg2 Nd2 41. Nh8+ Ke7 42. Ba2 $1 {Black
has to make the sacrifice} c4 $1 43. Bxc4 Nxc4 44. Qxc4 Qd5+ 45. Qxd5 Rxd5 {
White has an extra pawn in the endgame.}) 29. Rxa1 Qxd6 30. Be4+ $1 Kh8 31.
Ng6+ Kh7 32. Ne7+ ({The final point is} 32. Ne7+ Nxe4 33. Qf5+ $1) 1-0

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 b6 3. c4 Bb7 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 d5 8. Nc3
Nbd7 9. Ne5 Ne4 10. cxd5 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Nxe5 12. d6 Bxg2 13. dxe7 Qxe7 14. Kxg2
Nc6 15. Qa4 Qd7 16. e4 Rfd8 17. Rb1 Rac8 18. Be3 Na5 19. Qxd7 Rxd7 20. Rb4 f6
21. Ra4 Rcd8 22. Rc1 Kf7 23. Rd1 Nc6 24. Rb1 Na5 25. Rd1 Nc6 26. Rb1 Na5
1/2-1/2

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Black "Fine, Reuben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E02"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Bg2 a6 7. Nc3 Be7 8.
Ne5 Rb8 9. Qxc4 b5 10. Qb3 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. Bf4 c5 13. O-O Qc7 14. a4 $6 {
White attacks on the wrong side.} ({Better is} 14. Ne4 $1 Nxe5 $5 15. Qc3 f6
16. Rac1 c4 17. b3) 14... O-O 15. axb5 axb5 16. Ne4 Bb7 ({Fine avoids the
complications of} 16... Nxe5 17. Qc3 f6) 17. Ra7 $5 Qb6 18. Rfa1 Ra8 19. Rxa8
Rxa8 20. Rxa8+ Bxa8 21. Qd3 Bc6 22. Ng5 Bxg5 23. Bxg5 Qb7 24. f3 h6 25. Be7 $2
{White loses time.} ({Correct is} 25. Be3 $1 Bd5 26. Bf2 c4 27. Qd4 Qa6 28. Bf1
{The two bishops will support the defence of the queenside.}) 25... c4 26. Qc3
Nxe5 $1 27. Bc5 Nd7 28. Bd4 e5 $1 29. Bxe5 b4 30. Qd4 Nxe5 31. Qxe5 c3 32. b3 (
{Or} 32. bxc3 b3) 32... Qb6+ 33. Kf1 c2 34. Qb2 Qc5 35. Qc1 Bd5 36. f4 Bxg2+
37. Kxg2 Qd5+ {Fine started with two wins in a row.} 0-1

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D14"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 a6 $6 ({
Theory is} 7... e6) 8. Ne5 Rc8 9. g4 $1 Bd7 10. Bg2 $1 e6 11. O-O h6 12. Bg3 h5
$2 {Black panics.} ({Useful exchanges are made by} 12... Bb4 {(Euwe)} 13. Rc1
Nxe5 14. dxe5 Bxc3 15. Rxc3 Rxc3 16. bxc3 Ne4) 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. gxh5 Nf6 15.
Bf3 Bb4 16. Rc1 Kf8 $5 17. a3 Bxc3 $2 ({Better is} 17... Bd6) 18. Rxc3 Ne7 19.
Qb3 Rxc3 20. bxc3 Qd7 21. Qb6 Nc8 22. Qc5+ Kg8 23. Rb1 b5 24. h6 $1 gxh6 ({The
pointe is} 24... Rxh6 25. a4 bxa4 26. Rb8 {(Euwe).}) 25. Be5 Kg7 26. a4 bxa4
27. c4 Ne7 28. cxd5 Nexd5 29. Kh1 Rc8 30. Rg1+ Kh7 31. Qa3 Rg8 32. e4 Rxg1+ 33.
Kxg1 Qb5 34. exd5 Qb1+ 35. Kg2 Qg6+ 36. Kf1 Qb1+ 37. Kg2 Qg6+ 38. Bg3 Nxd5 39.
Bxd5 exd5 40. Qxa4 h5 41. h4 {Euwe lost the first game against Alekhine after
the world championship match in 1937.} 1-0

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. d4 exd4 8.
exd4 O-O 9. O-O Nf5 10. d5 Ne5 11. b3 a5 12. Bb2 Nd7 13. a3 Nc5 $2 {Black
loses time.} 14. b4 Nd7 15. Qb3 Nd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. Rad1 Bg7 18. Rfe1 axb4
19. axb4 Nf6 20. h3 h5 21. c5 Bf5 22. Nb5 Bd7 23. c6 bxc6 24. dxc6 Bc8 $2 25.
Nxd6 $1 Be6 (25... cxd6 26. c7 $1) 26. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 27. Nf5 $1 ({Euwe mentions
} 27. Qxe6+ $2 Kh7) 27... Qe8 28. Nxg7 Kxg7 29. Rd7+ Rf7 30. Be5 Kg8 31. Rxc7
Rxc7 32. Bxc7 Ra1+ 33. Kh2 Ra7 34. Be5 Rf7 35. c7 Nd7 36. Qc2 Rf8 37. c8=Q 1-0

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fine, Reuben"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C17"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Bd2 cxd4 $6 6. Nb5 $1 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2
Nc6 8. Nf3 f6 9. Qf4 Nh6 10. Nd6+ Kf8 11. Bb5 Nf7 $2 (11... Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Ke7
$1 13. Nxc8+ Rxc8 {and Black regains the piece (Euwe).}) 12. Nxf7 Kxf7 13. Bxc6
bxc6 14. exf6 gxf6 15. Ne5+ Kg7 16. Qg3+ Kf8 17. Nxc6 Qd7 18. Nxd4 e5 19. Nb3
Qf5 20. Qd3 d4 21. O-O Rg8 22. f4 Bb7 23. Rf2 Be4 24. Qd2 Kf7 25. Re1 Rg4 {
Capablanca stages a bold counterattack.} 26. Nc5 $2 ({Correct is} 26. fxe5 $1
Qxe5 27. h3 $1) 26... Bxg2 $1 27. Rxg2 Rag8 $1 28. Ree2 exf4 29. Nb7 Qd5 30.
Rxg4 Rxg4+ 31. Rg2 Rxg2+ 32. Qxg2 f3 33. Qh3 Qg5+ 34. Qg3 Qc1+ 35. Kf2 Qe3+ 36.
Kf1 Qe2+ 37. Kg1 Qd1+ 38. Kf2 Qxc2+ 39. Kxf3 $2 ({Equality is kept by} 39. Kf1
$1 Qb1+ 40. Qe1 Qd3+ 41. Kf2 Qc2+ 42. Kxf3 $1) 39... Qc6+ 40. Ke2 Qxb7 41. b3
Qe4+ 42. Kd2 Qe5 43. Qh3 Qg5+ $2 (43... h5 44. Kd3 Ke7 {plays for a win.}) 44.
Kd3 $1 1/2-1/2

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 O-O 11. Be2 d6 12. O-O Nd7 13. Rfd1 Nf6 14. Nd2 c5
15. dxc5 dxc5 16. Nf1 Rfd8 17. Ng3 Qc7 18. h3 Kf8 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Rd1 Rxd1+
21. Bxd1 Qd6 22. Be2 Ne4 23. Nxe4 Bxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D93"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. Qb3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Rd1 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Qa5 13. O-O Nb6 14. Bd5 Rb8
15. a3 e6 16. Bf3 a6 17. Nde2 Nd7 18. Ne4 Ne5 19. Rc1 Bd7 20. Nd4 Ba4 21. Qc3
Qxc3 22. Nxc3 Nxf3+ 23. gxf3 Bd7 24. Rfd1 Rfd8 25. f4 Be8 26. Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Fine, Reuben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Qb3 c6 7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. e4
dxe4 9. Nxe4 Qf4 10. Bd3 e5 11. O-O Be7 12. Rfe1 exd4 13. Nxd4 O-O 14. Bc2 Nf6
15. Rad1 g6 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Re4 Qc7 18. Qe3 Kg7 19. h4 h5 20. Rf4 $2 Re8 $1
{Fine shows tactical superioruty.} 21. Qxe8 Qxf4 22. Nf3 $6 ({Better is} 22. g3
) ({Chekhover's suggestion} 22. Bxg6 $6 Kxg6 23. Qg8+ {can be refuted by} Kh6
$1 24. Nf3 Qg4 25. Qxf7 Qg7 26. Qe8 Bg4 $1) ({Or} 22. Ne6+ $6 Bxe6 23. Qxa8 {
(Euwe)} Bd4 24. Rxd4 Qxd4) 22... Rb8 $1 23. Qe4 Qxe4 24. Bxe4 Bg4 25. Rd2 Re8
26. Bd3 Rd8 27. b3 Bxf3 28. gxf3 Bxh4 29. Kg2 Bg5 30. Rd1 Bf4 31. Kf1 h4 32.
Kg2 f5 33. Kh3 Kf6 34. Kg2 Rd4 35. Kh3 g5 36. Bc2 Rxd1 37. Bxd1 Bd6 38. Bc2 Ke5
39. Kg2 Bc5 40. Bd3 a5 41. Bc2 f4 42. Bg6 Kd4 43. Bf5 Kc3 44. Bc8 Kb2 0-1

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. a3 Be7 10. b4 c5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. bxc5 Nxc5 14. Nb3 Nfe4
15. Be3 Rc8 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. Bxc5 Rxc5 18. Qb2 Ba6 19. Rfc1 Qc7 20. Rxc5 Qxc5
21. Nd4 Rc8 22. Bh3 Qc3 23. Qxc3 Rxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C73"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d4 Nxe4 8.
Re1 f5 9. dxe5 d5 10. Nd4 $1 c5 $2 ({Theory is} 10... Bc5 {(Flamberg-Salwe,
Lodz 1906).}) 11. Ne2 c6 12. Nf4 g6 13. c4 $1 d4 14. Qa4 Bb7 15. f3 Ng5 16. h4
Nf7 ({Or} 16... Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Qxh4 18. Ng2) 17. e6 $1 {Black loses due to one
error in the opening.} Qxh4 ({The pointe is} 17... Nd6 18. e7 Bxe7 19. Nd5 $1 {
(Euwe).}) 18. exf7+ Kxf7 19. Nd3 $1 Bd6 20. f4 Rae8 21. Qd1 g5 22. Nd2 g4 23.
Nf1 Re4 24. Nf2 Rxe1 25. Qxe1 Re8 26. Qd1 Qh6 27. Nd3 Bc8 28. Bd2 Qh4 29. Qc2
Re2 30. Re1 Rxe1 31. Bxe1 Qe7 32. Qd2 h5 33. Ne5+ Kg7 34. Qe2 h4 35. Nd2 Bd7
36. Nb3 Be8 37. Nc1 Bf7 38. b3 Bh5 39. Ncd3 Kh6 40. g3 h3 41. Qb2 Be8 42. Qa3
Qa7 43. Qa5 Be7 44. Bd2 1-0

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E58"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 b6 10. a4 cxd4 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. exd4 Bb7 13. Re1 Rfd8 14. Bg5
Rac8 15. Qd2 Ne7 16. a5 Ng6 17. axb6 axb6 18. h4 Rd7 19. Ra7 Bc6 20. Rxd7 Bxd7
21. Ne5 Ne8 $6 ({Better is} 21... Bc6) 22. c4 $1 Qb7 23. Nxd7 Qxd7 24. h5 Nf8
25. d5 $6 (25. h6 Ng6 26. Qb2 {continues the attack.}) 25... exd5 26. cxd5 h6
27. Be7 Nd6 $1 28. Re5 Nc4 29. Bxc4 Rxc4 30. Bxf8 Kxf8 31. d6 Rc6 32. Rd5 f6
33. Rd3 Rc8 34. Qb4 b5 35. Rd5 Rd8 36. g3 Kf7 37. Kh2 Qe6 38. Qd4 Rd7 39. Qd3
b4 40. Rd4 Rd8 $2 ({Correct is} 40... b3 {Alekhine takes his time and thinks
for twenty minutes.}) 41. Qg6+ $2 ({He fails to find} 41. Rxb4 $1 Qxd6 42. Qc4+
Ke7 $1 (42... Qd5 43. Rb7+ {(Euwe)} Ke8 44. Qe2+ Qe5 45. Qxe5+ fxe5 46. Rxg7
Rd2 47. Kg2 e4 48. Rg4 $1) 43. Rb7+ Rd7 $1 44. Qg8 $1 Rxb7 45. Qxg7+ Ke8 46.
Qxb7) 41... Kf8 42. Qh7 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. b3 Nf6 4. Bb2 Be7 5. e3 c5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
Nc6 9. d4 b6 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Rc1 Ne4 12. dxc5 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 bxc5 14. Qd2 Qd6
15. Rfd1 Rad8 16. Bf1 Qh6 17. g3 Bc8 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Bg4 20. Be2 Qh5 21.
Bxg4 Qxe5 22. Qe2 Qd6 23. Bf5 Qb6 24. Qf3 g6 25. Bb1 d4 26. e4 a5 27. Rc4 Qd6
28. Bd3 Rb8 29. Rc2 Rb4 30. Bc4 a4 31. Re2 Qf6 32. Qxf6 Bxf6 33. Rd3 Kg7 34.
Kg2 Be7 35. e5 Rfb8 36. Rf3 Rf8 37. Rd3 Rfb8 38. Rf3 Rf8 39. h3 Rb7 40. Rd3
axb3 41. axb3 Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fine, Reuben"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C17"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Bd2 Ne7 6. Nf3 Nf5 $6 {Flohr makes a
premature move.} 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Bd3 Nh4 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 h6 $6 ({Better is} 
10... a6 $1 11. Bf4 Qb6 $1) 11. Na4 Bf8 $1 12. Rc1 Bd7 13. Nxh4 Qxh4 14. c4
dxc4 $2 {Black should not open the position.} 15. Rxc4 Qd8 16. Qh5 Ne7 17. Rd4
g6 18. Qf3 Qc7 $6 ({More resistance is offered by} 18... Nc6 $1 19. Rf4 Qe7)
19. Nc3 Nf5 20. Nb5 Qb6 21. Rxd7 $1 {Fine finds a spectacular decision.} Kxd7
22. g4 ({Even better is} 22. Ba5 $1 Qc6 23. Qd1 Qd5 24. Be4) 22... Nh4 23.
Qxf7+ Be7 24. Bb4 Rae8 25. Bxe7 Rxe7 26. Qf6 a6 27. Rd1 axb5 28. Be4+ 1-0

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E37"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8.
dxc5 Nc6 9. Nf3 Qa5+ 10. Nd2 Nxd2 11. Bxd2 Qxc5 12. e3 dxc4 13. Qxc4 Qxc4 14.
Bxc4 Bd7 15. Bc3 f6 16. f4 Rc8 17. Bb3 Ke7 18. Kf2 Be8 19. e4 Bf7 20. Rad1 Rhd8
21. e5 fxe5 22. fxe5 Bh5 23. Rd6 Rxd6 24. exd6+ Kxd6 25. Bxg7 e5 26. Rc1 Bg4
27. Bh6 Be6 28. Bc2 Rg8 29. h3 Nd4 30. Bd3 Bf5 31. Bxf5 Nxf5 32. Bd2 h5 33.
Bb4+ Kd5 34. Rc5+ Ke4 35. Bc3 Re8 36. g4 hxg4 37. hxg4 Nd6 38. Rc7 Kf4 39. Bb4
Ne4+ 40. Ke2 Ng3+ 41. Ke1 b5 42. Rxa7 Kxg4 43. Rb7 e4 44. Rxb5 Kf3 45. Bd6 Rh8
46. Bxg3 Rh1+ 47. Kd2 e3+ 48. Kc2 Kxg3 49. Kd3 Kf4 50. Rb8 Rd1+ 51. Ke2 Rd2+
52. Ke1 Kf3 53. Rf8+ Ke4 54. b4 Ra2 55. Re8+ Kf3 56. Rf8+ Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Fine, Reuben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C83"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Nd4 Nxe5 11. f3 Nf6 12. Qe2 Nc4 13. Bc2 Qd7 14. b3 Nb6 15.
Re1 O-O 16. Bg5 Rfe8 17. Nd2 Nh5 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. Qe5 g6 20. g4 Ng7 21. b4
Rae8 22. Qf4 Na4 23. Re3 Qd6 24. Qxd6 cxd6 25. Rae1 Rc7 26. Nb1 Bd7 27. Rxe8+
Bxe8 28. Bb3 Nb6 29. Kf2 Kf8 30. Rd1 Ne6 31. Ne2 Bc6 32. Na3 Ke7 33. Nc2 Nc4
34. Ne3 h6 35. h4 Nb6 36. Bxd5 Bxd5 37. Nxd5+ Nxd5 38. Rxd5 Rc4 39. Ke3 Kd7 40.
f4 Kc6 41. Rd1 Kd7 42. Rf1 Ke7 43. Kd3 $5 {Alekhine wants to win.} ({More
prudent is} 43. g5) 43... g5 $1 44. hxg5 hxg5 45. f5 Nf8 46. f6+ $5 Kd7 47. a4
$1 Ng6 48. axb5 Ne5+ 49. Kd2 axb5 50. Nd4 Nxg4 51. Nxb5 Ne5 52. Nd4 g4 53. Kc2
Rc8 54. Nf5 $6 (54. Ra1 $1 {draws.}) 54... Rg8 55. Ng3 Rh8 56. Rf2 Nf3 57. Re2
Rh3 58. Nf5 $2 {White misses a delicate escape.} ({Correct is} 58. Re7+ $1 {
(Euwe)} Kc6 59. Nf5 g3 60. Rxf7 $1 g2 61. Rg7 Rh7 $1 62. f7 $1 Rxg7 63. f8=Q
g1=Q {drawn}) 58... Ne5 59. b5 Rf3 60. Nd4 Rxf6 61. b6 Kc8 62. Nb5 g3 63. Kb3
Rg6 64. Rg2 f5 65. Ra2 Kb7 66. Rd2 f4 67. Nxd6+ Rxd6 $1 68. Rxd6 g2 {Fine did
not want to participate but was forced to keep a contract. As a result, he
played more relaxed and enterprising as usual. Now he had reached his zenith
with the incredible score of 5 1/2 out of 6.} 0-1

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D70"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 $5 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
f4 $5 Nc6 9. d5 Nb8 $5 10. Nf3 c6 11. Qb3 cxd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Nd7 14.
Be2 $6 ({An equal game is kept by} 14. Bc4 Qa5+ 15. Bd2 Qb6 16. Be3) 14... Qa5+
$1 15. Bd2 Qb6 16. Bc3 Bxc3+ 17. bxc3 Qe3 18. c4 Qxf4 19. O-O Qc7 20. Kh1 Nf6
21. Qe3 Bg4 22. Qh6 Bxf3 23. Rxf3 b5 $1 24. cxb5 Qe5 25. Re1 Nxd5 26. Rh3 Qg7
27. Qd2 e6 28. Rd3 Rab8 29. a4 Nb6 30. Qb4 $2 ({Correct is} 30. a5 {(Euwe)} Nd5
31. Rd4) 30... Rbc8 31. a5 Nd5 32. Qb3 Rc5 33. Bf3 Rb8 34. Bxd5 Rcxb5 35. Qa2
exd5 36. Rxd5 Qc3 37. Rf1 Rb2 38. Qa4 Rb1 39. Rdd1 Rxd1 40. Rxd1 a6 41. h3 Rb5
42. Ra1 Kg7 43. Qa2 Qb2 44. Qa4 Rg5 45. Ra2 Qc3 46. Ra1 h5 47. Qa2 Rf5 48. Kh2
g5 49. Qa4 Rf4 50. Qa2 g4 51. hxg4 Qe5 52. g3 Re4 53. Qb1 Re2+ 54. Kh3 hxg4+
55. Kh4 Rh2+ 56. Kxg4 Qe2+ 0-1

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D84"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nxd5 Qxd5 8.
Bxc7 Na6 9. Bxa6 Qxg2 10. Qf3 Qxf3 11. Nxf3 bxa6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Ne5 f6 14. Nd3
Rfe8 15. Nc5 Bf3 16. Nb3 Kf7 17. Rfc1 Rac8 18. Kf1 e5 $6 19. Nd2 Bd5 20. e4 $1
Be6 21. d5 Bh3+ 22. Ke2 Bh6 23. Rc3 Bg4+ 24. f3 Bd7 25. a4 Bf8 $2 (25... Bf4 $1
26. h3 h5 {counters timely.}) 26. Rc4 g5 $2 27. Rac1 g4 28. fxg4 Bxg4+ 29. Kd3
Bd7 30. b3 Bh6 31. Bd6 f5 32. Rc7 $1 Kf6 33. R1c5 Rxc7 34. Rxc7 Bc8 35. Rxa7
Kg6 36. Be7 Bxd2 37. Kxd2 fxe4 38. d6 $2 Kf7 39. d7 $2 Bxd7 40. Rxd7 $4 {Salo
errs three times in time trouble.} ({Euwe regards} 40. Bh4 $1 Ke6 41. Rxa6+ {
as won for White.}) 40... Rxe7 41. Rxe7+ Kxe7 42. b4 {Flohr was demoralised.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C09"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Qe7+ 7. Be2 cxd4 8.
O-O Qc7 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. Nbxd4 a6 11. b3 Nge7 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. c4
Be6 15. Qc2 dxc4 $6 {Pawn c6 becomes a weakness.} ({Better is} 15... Bg4 $1)
16. Bxc4 Bxc4 17. Qxc4 Rab8 18. h3 Rb5 19. Rac1 Rc8 20. Rfd1 Ng6 21. Nd4 $1 Rb6
({Capablanca noticed} 21... Rd5 $2 22. Nxc6 $1 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Qxc6 24. Rxd6 $1
{and White has won a pawn.}) 22. Ne6 $1 Qb8 $1 23. Ng5 ({Keres considers} 23.
Nxg7 $5 Be5 $1 24. Bxe5 Nxe5 25. Qc3 Kxg7 26. f4 Rb5 {as unclear.}) 23... Rb7
24. Qg4 Bf4 25. Rc4 Rb5 $2 ({A disaster is avoided by} 25... Bxg5 26. Qxg5 Re7)
26. Nxf7 $1 {The knight is sacrificed again.} ({A wonderful win brings} 26.
Rxf4 $3 Nxf4 27. Nxf7 $1 Ng6 28. Nh6+ $1) 26... Re8 27. g3 Qc8 28. Rxf4 Qxg4
29. Rxg4 Kxf7 30. Rd7+ Re7 31. Rxe7+ Kxe7 32. Bxg7 Ra5 33. a4 Rc5 34. Rb4 Ke6
35. Kg2 h5 36. Rc4 Rxc4 37. bxc4 Kd6 38. f4 {Keres had won a magnificent game
and occupied the second place with 4/6.} 1-0

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bc4 cxd4 8.
exd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 b6 $6 ({Opening theorists prefer} 10... a6) 11.
Nxd5 $1 exd5 12. Bb5 $1 Bd7 $2 ({Better is} 12... Bb7 13. Qa4 Rc8 14. Bf4 a6 {
(Neikirkh-Sliwa, Sofia 1957).}) 13. Qa4 $1 Nb8 14. Bf4 Bxb5 15. Qxb5 a6 16. Qa4
Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Rac1 Ra7 19. Qc2 Re7 20. Rxe7 Qxe7 21. Qc7 Qxc7 22. Rxc7
{White controls more territory.} f6 $1 {Square e5 has to be controlled.} 23.
Kf1 Rf7 24. Rc8+ Rf8 25. Rc3 $1 g5 26. Ne1 h5 27. h4 Nd7 ({Botvinnik analyses} 
27... Kf7 28. Nf3 $1 g4 29. Ne1 Ke6 30. Nd3 Kf5 31. g3 {White will win the
game.}) 28. Rc7 $1 Rf7 29. Nf3 g4 30. Ne1 f5 31. Nd3 f4 32. f3 gxf3 33. gxf3 a5
34. a4 Kf8 35. Rc6 Ke7 36. Kf2 Rf5 37. b3 Kd8 38. Ke2 Nb8 39. Rg6 Kc7 40. Ne5
Na6 {The game is adjourned.} 41. Rg7+ ({Alekhine says to resign if the sealed
move is} 41. Rg5 {Botvinnik protests against this behaviour.}) 41... Kc8 42.
Nc6 Rf6 43. Ne7+ Kb8 44. Nxd5 Rd6 45. Rg5 Nb4 46. Nxb4 axb4 47. Rxh5 Rc6 48.
Rb5 Kc7 49. Rxb4 Rh6 50. Rb5 Rxh4 51. Kd3 {The endgame has an impressive logic.
} 1-0

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E34"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 c5 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 e5 10. Nf5 Bxf5 11. Qxf5 Nc6 12. e3 O-O 13. Be2 Qe4 14. Qf3
Qc2 $2 (14... Qxf3 15. Bxf3 e4 {draws (Euwe).}) 15. O-O Rad8 16. Bb5 Rd5 17.
Rac1 Qe4 18. Qe2 Rd6 $6 ({Wiser is} 18... Rc8 19. f3 Qg6 20. Bxc6 Rxc6 21. e4
Rdc5) 19. f3 Qf5 20. Bxc6 Rxc6 21. Qb5 Rfc8 22. Qxb7 Qd3 23. e4 Nh5 24. g3 Qe3+
25. Kg2 Qg5 26. Kf2 f5 27. exf5 Qxf5 28. g4 Qf4 29. gxh5 Qxh2+ 30. Ke3 Qf4+ 31.
Ke2 Qc4+ 32. Ke1 Qd3 33. Qb3+ Kh8 34. Rc2 Rf6 35. Rd2 Qf5 36. Qc2 Qf4 37. Qe4
Qg3+ 38. Rff2 Qg1+ 39. Ke2 Rff8 40. h6 1-0

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fine, Reuben"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C86"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Qe2 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bg4 9. c3 O-O 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Qxa8 {A theoretical position has arisen.}
12. Qxb5 $6 ({Better is the old} 12. d3 {(Hromadka-Treybal, Tomsk 1919).})
12... Na7 $1 ({Keres improves on} 12... Na5 $2 13. Bc2 Nxe4 $6 14. Nxe5 $1 {
(Böök-Alexander, Margate 1938).}) 13. Qe2 $6 ({The adventure of} 13. Qa5 $1
Qxe4 14. Qxa7 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Qxb1 16. Qxc7 Qg6+ 17. Kh1 Qd3 18. Kg1 {leads to
equality (Schoisswohl-Caputto, corr. 1958).}) 13... Qxe4 14. Qxe4 Nxe4 15. d4
Bxf3 16. gxf3 Ng5 17. Kg2 Rb8 18. Bc4 exd4 19. cxd4 Ne6 20. d5 Nc5 21. Nc3 Nc8
22. Re1 Kf8 23. Re2 f5 24. Nb5 Nb6 25. b3 Nxd5 $1 26. Nd4 Nb4 27. Bd2 $2 {Fine
plays too optimistic.} ({Correct is} 27. Nxf5 Bf6 28. Bf4 {(Keres).}) 27... d5
$1 28. Bxb4 Rxb4 29. Nc6 ({The pointe is} 29. Rxe7 Kxe7 30. Nc6+ Kd6 31. Nxb4
dxc4 32. bxc4 Nb3 {and Black wins (Keres).}) 29... dxc4 30. Nxb4 cxb3 31. Nd5
Nd3 32. Rd2 b2 33. Rd1 c5 34. Rb1 c4 35. Kf1 Bc5 36. Ke2 Bxf2 $1 37. Ne3 c3 $1
38. Nc2 Ne1 39. Na3 Bc5 40. Kxe1 Bxa3 41. Kd1 Bd6 42. Kc2 Bxh2 43. Rh1 Be5 44.
Rxh7 Kf7 45. Rh1 g5 46. Re1 Kf6 47. Rg1 Kg6 48. Re1 Bf6 49. Rg1 g4 50. fxg4 f4
51. g5 Bd4 52. Rd1 Be3 53. Kxc3 Bc1 54. Rd6+ Kxg5 55. Rb6 f3 56. Kd3 Kf4 57.
Rb8 Kg3 {The tension was back in the tournament.} 0-1

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D95"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qb3 c6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd2 e6 8. Bd3 b6
9. O-O Bb7 10. Rad1 Nbd7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Nf6
15. Bc2 Nd5 16. Rfe1 Re8 17. Bd3 Qd7 18. Qa4 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 a6 20. Rc1 Qd6 21.
Qb3 Rc8 22. a4 h6 23. Be4 Re8 24. Bxd5 cxd5 25. Ne5 Rc8 26. Re1 Re8 27. h3 Re6
28. f4 Qe7 29. Rc1 Kh7 30. Bb4 $1 Qh4 $2 (30... Qd8 {prevents the next
collapse.}) 31. Qf3 Bxe5 (31... Qd8 32. f5 $1 Rf6 33. Nxf7 $1 Qb8 {costs a
pawn.} ({even worse is} 33... Rxf7 $2 34. fxg6+ Kxg6 35. Qd3+ Rf5 36. g4)) 32.
fxe5 $1 f5 33. Rc7+ Kg8 34. Qc3 Rc6 35. Rxc6 Bxc6 36. Kh1 Qf2 37. Qxc6 Qf1+ 38.
Kh2 Qf4+ 39. Kg1 Qxd4+ 40. Kh1 Qxb4 41. Qxg6+ Kh8 42. Qxh6+ Kg8 43. Qg6+ Kh8
44. Qf6+ {Fine led before Keres and Botvinnik. The youngsters went up front at
the end of the first cycle.} 1-0

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Fine, Reuben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. d3 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. h3
c6 9. Nxd4 Bxd4 10. Ne2 Bb6 11. Ng3 Ne8 12. Bb3 Nc7 13. Be3 Ne6 14. c3 g6 15.
Bxe6 Bxe6 16. d4 d5 17. dxe5 Bxe3 18. fxe3 Qg5 19. Qf3 Qxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D83"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Qb3 c5 7. dxc5 $5 Ne4 $1
8. cxd5 Qa5 {The players experiment in the Grünfeld Indian defence.} 9. Nge2 $6
({The natural} 9. Rc1 Nd7 {(Van Scheltinga-Scholl, Wijk aan Zee 1972)} 10. Qc4
Ndxc5 11. b4 Qa3 12. Nb5 Qb2 13. Rc2 Qb1+ 14. Rc1 {leads to repetition.}) 9...
Nxc5 10. Qc4 Nba6 $5 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. Rb1 Rfc8 $1 (12... b5 13. b4 bxc4 14. bxa5
{draws.}) 13. b4 Qd8 14. bxc5 Rxc5 15. Qb3 Qa5 16. Bxa6 $1 ({No good is} 16.
Rc1 $2 {due to} Rac8 17. Kd2 Rxc3 $1 18. Rxc3 Nc5 {(Euwe).}) 16... Rxc3 17. Qb4
Qxb4 18. Rxb4 bxa6 19. Ke2 Rc5 20. Rhb1 h6 21. e4 Rac8 22. Be3 Ra5 23. Rb7
Rxa2+ 24. Kf3 Ba4 $2 ({The adventurous variation} 24... e5 $1 25. Nf5 $5 Bxf5
26. exf5 gxf5 27. d6 e4+ 28. Kf4 Ra5 $1 29. Rd1 Be5+ 30. Kxf5 Bxd6+ 31. Kxe4 {
ends peacefully.}) 25. Rxe7 Ra3 26. Nc6 Bxc6 27. dxc6 Rc3 28. Rbb7 R8xc6 29.
Rxf7 Rf6+ 30. Rxf6 Bxf6 31. Rxa7 Ra3 32. Ke2 Bg7 33. f4 h5 34. e5 Bf8 35. Ra8
Ra2+ 36. Kf3 Kg7 37. Bd4 1-0

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A12"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. b3 Bf5 4. Bb2 e6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O h6 8. d3
Bc5 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 Bh7 13. h3 a5 14. a3 Bb6 15.
Bc3 Nc5 16. Ne5 Rfd8 17. b4 Rxd2 18. Qxd2 Nb3 19. Qe1 Nxa1 20. Bxa1 axb4 21.
axb4 c5 22. b5 Bc7 23. Nd3 e5 24. Qe3 Nd7 25. Bb2 f6 26. Rc1 Bg6 27. Bf1 Bf7
28. Ne1 Nf8 29. Qd3 Ne6 30. Ng2 Nd4 31. Ne3 Ra2 32. Qb1 Ra8 33. Rc3 Qd7 34. Ra3
Rxa3 35. Bxa3 Nf3+ 36. Kg2 Ng5 37. Nf5 b6 38. Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E50"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Be4 9. Bxe4 Nxe4 10. Qc2 f5 11. Ne5 Qe8 12. f3 Nf6 13. Ba3 d6 14. Nd3 c5
15. Nf4 Nc6 16. e4 fxe4 17. fxe4 Na5 18. Qd3 Nh5 19. Nxh5 Qxh5 20. e5 dxe5 21.
dxc5 Rfd8 22. Qe4 Qg6 23. Qe2 $6 e4 $2 (23... Qd3 24. Qxe5 Re8 25. Rad1 Nxc4 $1
26. Rxd3 Nxe5 27. Rd4 b5 {favours Black.}) 24. Rf4 bxc5 25. Bxc5 Nc6 26. Rxe4
Rd2 27. Qxd2 Qxe4 28. Re1 Qxc4 29. Qd6 Rc8 30. Qxe6+ Qxe6 31. Rxe6 Kf7 32. Rd6
a5 33. Kf2 $6 Ne7 $1 34. Bd4 Nf5 35. Rd7+ Ke6 36. Ra7 Nxd4 37. cxd4 Rc2+ 38.
Kf3 Rxa2 39. Rxg7 {White's task has become harder by the exchanges.} Ra3+ 40.
Ke4 h5 41. Rg6+ Kf7 42. Rh6 Ra2 43. Kf3 Ra3+ 44. Kf2 Rd3 45. Rxh5 a4 46. d5 a3
47. Rh7+ Kf6 48. Ra7 Ke5 49. Ra5 Rd2+ 50. Kf3 Rd3+ 51. Ke2 $6 (51. Kg4 $1 Rd2
52. g3 Rxh2 53. Rxa3 Kxd5 54. Ra6 $1 {wins theoretically.}) 51... Rb3 52. Kf2
Rb2+ 53. Kg3 Rb3+ 54. Kh4 Rb2 {The inconclusive manoeuvres by White have not
spoiled the win.} 55. Kh3 $2 ({Correct is} 55. Kg3 $1 a2 56. h4 $1) 55... a2 $1
56. d6+ $5 (56. g4 Kf4 $1 {draws (Euwe).}) 56... Kxd6 57. g4 Kc6 $1 58. Kg3 Kb6
59. Ra8 Kb5 60. h3 Kb4 61. Kf4 Rc2 62. Rb8+ Kc3 63. Ra8 Kb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Qb6 8. Nf3
cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Kf1 $5 Be7 11. a3 Nf8 12. b4 Bd7 13. Be3 Nd8 14. Nc3 a5
15. Na4 Qa7 16. b5 b6 17. g3 f5 18. Kg2 Nf7 19. Qd2 h6 20. h4 Nh7 21. h5 Nfg5
$6 ({Better is} 21... O-O {(Euwe).}) 22. Nh4 Ne4 23. Qb2 Kf7 $2 ({Necessary is
} 23... Nf8) 24. f3 Neg5 25. g4 $1 fxg4 26. Bg6+ Kg8 27. f4 Nf3 28. Bxh7+ Rxh7
29. Ng6 Bd8 30. Rac1 Be8 31. Kg3 Qf7 32. Kxg4 Nh4 33. Nxh4 Qxh5+ 34. Kg3 Qf7
35. Nf3 {The round had began with a celebration of Capablanca's fiftieth
birthday. Suffocation by the archenemy spoiled it.} 1-0

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E29"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nc6 8.
Ne2 d6 9. Ng3 b6 10. Bb2 Ba6 11. e4 Rc8 12. Rc1 cxd4 13. cxd4 e5 14. Qa4 Na5
15. O-O Qe8 16. Qb4 Nc6 17. Qa4 Na5 18. Qb4 Nc6 19. Qd2 Qd8 20. d5 Na5 21. Qb4
Nd7 22. Be2 Nc5 23. Rc3 Rc7 24. Bc1 Bc8 25. f4 f6 26. f5 Qd7 27. Be3 Ba6 28.
Rfc1 Rfc8 29. Bd1 Qe8 30. Be2 Rb8 31. h3 Bc8 32. Bxc5 Rxc5 33. Nf1 Ba6 34. a4
Bc8 35. Nd2 Bd7 36. Ra1 Qd8 37. Nb3 Nxb3 38. Rxb3 Rbc8 39. Rc3 Qc7 40. Kf2 Ra5
41. Rb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fine, Reuben"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C97"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
Na5 9. Bc2 c5 10. d4 Qc7 11. h3 O-O 12. a4 Bd7 13. Nbd2 $6 cxd4 14. cxd4 Rfc8
15. Bd3 bxa4 16. Qe2 Nh5 17. g3 Rcb8 18. Kg2 g6 19. Ra3 exd4 20. Nxd4 Bf6 21.
N2f3 Qb6 22. Qd2 Nc6 23. Nc2 Qa5 24. Qxa5 Nxa5 25. e5 dxe5 26. Nxe5 Be8 27. g4
Ng7 28. Nd4 $2 ({Correct is} 28. g5) 28... Rd8 $1 29. Ndf3 Be7 30. Ra2 Ne6 31.
Bf1 Nb3 32. Be3 Bb4 33. Rb1 a5 34. Kg1 Kg7 35. Be2 f6 36. Nc4 Bb5 37. Kf1 Rac8
38. Nb6 Bxe2+ 39. Kxe2 Rc2+ 40. Kf1 a3 41. bxa3 $1 Rxa2 42. axb4 Rd3 43. bxa5
Rxa5 44. Kg2 Ra2 45. Kg3 Nec5 46. Re1 Ne4+ 47. Kg2 Rc2 48. Na4 f5 49. gxf5 gxf5
50. Ne5 Rd5 51. Nf3 Kf6 52. Rb1 Ra5 $2 ({Black misses the win} 52... f4 53.
Rxb3 fxe3 54. Rxe3 Rxf2+) 53. Rxb3 Rxa4 54. Rb6+ Ke7 55. Nd4 $1 {The flag
falls.} ({Fine has no time left for} 55. Nd4 Rc7 ({or} 55... Rc5 56. Nc6+) 56.
Nxf5+) 0-1

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E02"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Nd2 c5 7. Nxc4 Be7 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O Nb6 11. Qb3 Bd7 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. Ne5 Ba4 14. Qd3
Qe7 15. Be3 Rfd8 16. Bxc5 bxc5 17. Qc3 Nd5 18. Qc1 Qc7 19. Nc4 Bc6 20. Rd1 Nb4
21. a3 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Rd8 23. Qc1 Na6 24. Bxc6 Qxc6 25. Qe1 Qa4 26. Ne3 h6 27.
Rd1 Rd4 28. Rd2 Qa5 29. Nf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Black "Fine, Reuben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E34"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 c5 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 Nc6 9. Rd1 O-O 10. e3 b6 $2 ({An improvement will become} 10... cxd4 $1
11. Nxd4 e5 $1 {(Gligoric-Janosevic, Yugoslavia 1951).}) 11. a3 Bb7 12. dxc5
Qxc5 13. b4 Qh5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Rd7 Rac8 16. Qb2 $1 ({Too risky is} 16. Rxb7
Nxb4 $1 {(Euwe).}) 16... Rfd8 $1 17. Rxb7 Ne5 $1 {Fine has sacrificed for
counter-play.} 18. Be2 $2 (18. Nd4 $2 Qg6 $1 {(Euwe)} 19. f3 Nd3+ {gives Black
a strong attack.}) ({White wins by} 18. Ba6 $3 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Rd1+ $1 ({the
point is} 19... Qe5 20. Qxe5 Rc1+ 21. Ke2 Rc2+ 22. Kf1) 20. Kxd1 Qxf3+ 21. Kd2
Qxf2+ 22. Be2 Rd8+ 23. Kc2 $1 Qxe2+ 24. Kb1) 18... Nxf3+ 19. Bxf3 Qe5 $1 20.
Qxe5 Rc1+ 21. Bd1 $1 Rcxd1+ 22. Ke2 R1d2+ 23. Kf3 fxe5 24. Rxa7 e4+ 25. Kg3 Ra2
26. Ra6 Rdd2 27. Rf1 Rdb2 28. Rxb6 Rxa3 29. b5 Kg7 30. h4 Rab3 31. Kf4 Rxb5 32.
Rxb5 Rxb5 33. g4 Rb4 34. Rc1 Rb2 35. Kg3 Kf6 $6 36. Rc4 Ke5 37. Rc8 Kf6 $6 38.
Rg8 h6 $2 {Dubious moves are crowned by a blunder.} 39. g5+ $1 hxg5 40. Rxg5 $4
({Capablanca misses} 40. h5 $1 Rb1 41. Kg2 $1 g4 42. h6 Rb5 43. h7) 40... Rb8
41. Kh3 e5 42. Rg1 {Draw was agreed upon in the train.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Bb7 8. Bf4
c5 9. Nc3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 Qc8 12. Rfd1 Qb7+ 13. f3 Rc8 14. Ndb5 Qc6
$6 ({Better is the immediate} 14... Ne8) 15. Rac1 Ne8 16. Nd5 $6 {Euwe offers
a piece.} ({A plus is kept by} 16. e4 a6 17. Nd4 $1 Qb7 $1) 16... Bf8 ({Even
better is} 16... exd5 $1 17. cxd5 Qb7 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 19. Rc1 Qd8 20. Bc7 Qc8 21.
Bf4 {(Alekhine).}) 17. Nb4 Qb7 18. Bxb8 Qxb8 19. Rxd7 a5 20. Nc2 Qe5 21. Nc3
Nd6 22. Na3 Nf5 23. Nc2 Nd6 24. Na3 Qc5 25. Rd1 Qb4 26. Qb3 Nxc4 27. Nxc4 Rxc4
28. Rb7 Qxb3 29. axb3 Rb4 30. Na4 Rxb3 31. Rxb6 Rxb6 32. Nxb6 Rb8 33. Nc4 a4
34. Rd2 g6 35. Ne5 Bg7 36. Nd3 Rc8 37. Kf1 Bd4 38. Rd1 e5 39. Ra1 Rc4 40. Ra3
f5 41. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. d4 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O
8. O-O Re8 9. Be3 Bg4 10. Re1 Nd7 11. Qd3 Qc7 12. g3 Nf8 13. Nd2 Qd7 14. d5
Bxe2 15. Rxe2 Ng6 16. dxc6 Qxc6 17. Qc4 Qd7 18. Nf3 Qf5 19. Nd4 Qh5 20. Qd3 Ne5
21. Qf5 Qxf5 22. Nxf5 Bf8 23. b3 Rad8 24. Kg2 g6 25. Nh4 Ng4 26. Nf3 Bc5 27.
Rae1 Nxe3+ 28. fxe3 f5 29. Kf2 Bb4 30. Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Nxd5 exd5 9. g3 Nd7 10. Bg2 Nf6 11. O-O Bd6 12. Nc3 c6 13. b4 a6 14. Re1 Re8
15. Bb2 Bf8 16. Qd3 Be6 17. f3 Nd7 18. Na4 b6 19. Rac1 b5 20. Nc5 Nb6 21. Bc3
Ra7 22. e4 Nc4 23. Ra1 Bxc5 24. dxc5 Rd7 25. Qd4 f6 26. f4 dxe4 27. Qxe4 Rd3 $1
28. Rac1 $2 ({A repetition of moves results from} 28. Qxc6 $1 Bd7 29. Qb7 Bc8
30. Qc6) 28... Rxc3 $1 29. Rxc3 Bf7 $1 30. Rd3 $5 ({White setes a trap,
because the natural} 30. Rxc4 bxc4 31. Qb1 Qd4+ $1 32. Kf1 Rxe1+ 33. Qxe1 c3 {
wins for Black.}) 30... Qb8 $4 ({Reshevsky analyses} 30... Qc8 $1 31. Qxc6
Rxe1+ 32. Kf2 Qe8 33. Qxe8+ Rxe8) 31. Red1 $1 Rxe4 32. Bxe4 Qf8 33. Rd8 Be8 34.
Re1 Kf7 35. Bxh7 Ne5 36. fxe5 Qh8 37. Bc2 $6 Ke7 38. Rc8 f5 $1 39. Bxf5 Qh5 40.
g4 $2 (40. Rc7+ $1 Kd8 41. Ra7 Qxf5 42. Rd1+ Bd7 43. Rdxd7+ Qxd7 44. Rxd7+ Kxd7
45. Kf2 {and White wins the pawn ending.}) 40... Qg5 41. Rc7+ Kd8 42. Rc8+ Ke7
43. e6 $2 (43. Ra8 $1 Qd2 44. Re4 g6 45. Rxe8+ Kxe8 46. Bxg6+ Ke7 47. h4 {
might win.}) 43... g6 $1 44. Rc7+ Kd8 45. Rd7+ Kc8 $1 46. e7 gxf5 47. Rd8+ Kc7
48. Rxe8 Qxg4+ 49. Kh1 Qf3+ 50. Kg1 Qg4+ {The game ends with perpetual check.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
Na5 9. Bc2 c5 10. d4 Qc7 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Nf1 Bg4 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Ne3 Be6 15.
Qe2 Rfe8 16. Ng5 c4 17. b4 cxb3 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. axb3 b4 20. cxb4 Bxb4 21. Bd2
Bxd2 22. Qxd2 Nc6 23. Qc3 Qb6 24. Bd3 Nd4 25. b4 Rec8 26. Nc4 Rab8 27. Ra5 $1
Qxb4 28. Qxb4 Rxb4 29. Nxe5 Nb3 30. Rxa6 Nc5 31. Rc1 $1 Rbb8 32. Bc4 $1 Kh8 $2
({Correct is} 32... Kf8 {(Alekhine).}) 33. Nf7+ Kg8 34. Nd6 Rc7 35. Raa1 Kf8
36. e5 Ng4 37. Re1 g5 38. Ra3 Nh6 39. Rf3+ Kg7 40. Rg3 g4 41. h3 Kh8 42. hxg4
1-0

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E49"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. Ne2 b6 10. O-O Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Bb2 $6 {A doubtful development
is made.} Qd7 $1 13. a4 Rfe8 ({Or} 13... cxd4 14. cxd4 Rfc8 {(Botvinnik).}) 14.
Qd3 $5 c4 $5 15. Qc2 {Kasparov applauds Botvinnik's strategy, but the real
fight has to begin yet.} Nb8 $2 {Capa is going to spend many tempi on the
conquest of one pawn.} ({A wiser choice is} 15... Nc7 $1 16. Ng3 a5 $5 17. Ba3
b5 {Black has the initiative on the queenside and keeps his pieces available
for action on both sides.}) 16. Rae1 Nc6 17. Ng3 Na5 18. f3 Nb3 19. e4 Qxa4 20.
e5 Nd7 21. Qf2 $1 ({Not} 21. Nf5 Nbc5 $1) 21... g6 22. f4 f5 23. exf6 Nxf6 24.
f5 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Re8 26. Re6 $1 Rxe6 ({A fine thrust gives} 26... Kf7 27. Rxf6+
Kxf6 28. fxg6+ Kxg6 29. Qf5+ Kg7 30. Nh5+ Kh6 31. h4 Rg8 32. g4 Qc6 33. Ba3 $1
{(Botvinnik).}) 27. fxe6 Kg7 28. Qf4 Qe8 29. Qe5 Qe7 {A wonderful combination
follows.} 30. Ba3 $3 Qxa3 31. Nh5+ $1 gxh5 32. Qg5+ Kf8 33. Qxf6+ Kg8 34. e7
Qc1+ 35. Kf2 Qc2+ 36. Kg3 Qd3+ 37. Kh4 Qe4+ 38. Kxh5 Qe2+ 39. Kh4 Qe4+ 40. g4
Qe1+ 41. Kh5 {Black has no perpetual check.} 1-0

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Fine, Reuben"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D39"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 dxc4 6. e4 c5 7. e5 $5 ({The
quiet} 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 {leads to a white plus.}) 7... cxd4 8. Qa4+ Nc6 9.
O-O-O Bd7 $1 {Black will sacrifice material.} 10. Ne4 Be7 {Black gives a piece
for a strong centre.} ({Too risky is} 10... Nxe4 $6 11. Bxd8 Rxd8 12. Nxd4) 11.
exf6 gxf6 12. Bh4 Rc8 $1 ({Euwe improves on} 12... Nb4 $2 13. Qxb4 $1 Bxb4 14.
Nxf6+ Kf8 15. Rxd4 {(Fine-Grünfeld, Amsterdam  1936).}) 13. Kb1 Na5 14. Qc2 e5
15. Nxd4 $1 {White has to return the piece.} exd4 16. Rxd4 Qb6 ({The retreat} 
16... Nc6 {can be played too, but the text has remained the usual move.}) 17.
Qc3 $2 {Fine loses track in the complications.} ({Euwe's advice} 17. Rxd7 Kxd7
18. Be2 {has led to mixed results.}) ({My preference goes to} 17. Rd5 Be6 18.
Rh5 $1 Bg4 19. Qa4+ Nc6 20. Rb5 {and White has kept the initiative.}) 17... Bf5
$1 18. g4 $5 Bg6 $1 19. f4 $6 ({Euwe suggests} 19. Bd3 $5 O-O $2 (19... Rc6 $2
{was played in Schmidt-Jovicic, Belgrade 1988.}) ({the refutation brings} 19...
Bb4 $1 20. Nxf6+ Kf8 21. Nd7+ Kg7 22. Nxb6 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Bxd3+ 24. Rxd3 cxd3
25. Nxc8 Rxc8 {Black has a great positional advantage})) 19... Bc5 $1 20. Rxc4
Nxc4 21. f5 ({Or} 21. Qxc4 O-O 22. f5 Be3) 21... Bd4 22. Qb3 Qc6 23. Bg2 Qxe4+
$1 24. Bxe4 Nd2+ 25. Ka1 Nxb3+ 26. axb3 O-O 27. fxg6 hxg6 28. Kb1 Rfe8 29. Bd3
Re3 30. Rd1 Be5 {Euwe started a comeback in the event.} 0-1

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E47"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d6 6. Nge2 e5 7. O-O Re8 8. Ng3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 c5 10. Qc2 h6 11. d5 Nbd7 12. f4 exf4 13. exf4 Nf8 14. Bd2 Bd7 15.
h3 a6 16. a4 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rxa8 Qxa8 19. cxb5 Nxd5 20. Ne4 Qb8 21. f5
Nh7 22. c4 Nb4 23. Bxb4 cxb4 24. Qf2 d5 25. cxd5 Bxb5 26. Qd4 Bxd3 27. Qxd3
Qb6+ 28. Kh1 Nf6 29. Nxf6+ Qxf6 30. d6 Rd8 31. Rd1 b3 32. Qxb3 Qxf5 33. Qb6 Rd7
34. Qd4 Qe6 35. Qd3 Qg6 36. Qb5 Qe6 37. Qc6 Kh7 38. Qc2+ Qg6 39. Qd2 Qe6 40.
Qf4 Qg6 41. h4 Qe6 42. h5 Kg8 43. Rd4 Kh7 44. Kh2 Kg8 45. Rd2 Kh7 46. Rd4 Kg8
47. Rd2 Kh7 {Keres led the field, half-a-point before Fine and Botvinnik.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D83"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. cxd5
Rd8 9. Qa4 Qxa4 10. Nxa4 Nxd5 11. Bb5 Nxf4 12. exf4 Be6 13. b3 Bd5 14. Nf3 Bxf3
15. gxf3 Nc6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Ke2 Bh6 18. Rc4 e5 19. fxe5 Rd2+ 20. Kf1 Rxa2
21. Kg2 Be3 22. Rf1 Rb8 23. Kg3 Bd2 24. Nc3 Bxc3 25. Rxc3 Rb2 26. Rd1 R2xb3 27.
Rxb3 Rxb3 28. Rd6 Rc3 29. Rxc6 a5 30. Kf4 Kf8 31. Rc7 a4 32. c6 a3 33. Kg3 a2
34. Ra7 Rxc6 35. Rxa2 Kg7 36. Ra7 Re6 37. f4 Rb6 38. h3 Rc6 39. f5 gxf5 40. Kf4
Kg6 41. Rd7 Rc4+ 42. Kg3 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D96"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 c6 6. Bf4 dxc4 7. Qxc4 Be6 8.
Qd3 Nd5 9. Bd2 Nb4 10. Qb1 c5 11. dxc5 N8a6 12. e4 Nxc5 13. Bb5+ Bd7 14. O-O
O-O 15. Be3 Bxb5 16. Nxb5 Qd3 $4 17. Nc7 $1 {White wins an exchange.} Nxe4 18.
Nxa8 Rxa8 19. Rd1 Qxb1 20. Raxb1 e6 21. Rd7 b6 22. Rc1 Bf8 23. Ne5 Nd5 24. Nxf7
Be7 25. Ne5 Bf6 26. Nd3 Nxe3 27. fxe3 Bg5 28. Rcc7 Bxe3+ 29. Kf1 Nf6 30. Rxa7
Rc8 31. Rg7+ Kh8 32. Rac7 Rd8 33. Ne5 Re8 34. Rce7 {Botvinnik was out of the
race for first place.} 1-0

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Fine, Reuben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E02"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 Bc6 7. Nf3 Bd5 8.
Qc2 Nc6 9. Qd1 Bb4+ 10. Nc3 O-O 11. O-O Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Qxd4 13. Bxc6 Qxd1 14.
Rxd1 bxc6 15. Na4 Rfd8 16. Bg5 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Nd5 18. a3 h6 19. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B14"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Nf3 Be7 8. c5
O-O 9. Bb5 Ne4 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Qc2 Ng5 12. Nxg5 Qxg5 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. O-O e5
15. dxe5 Qxe5 16. Rfe1 Qf6 17. Rad1 Rb8 18. Qd2 Bg4 19. f3 Be6 20. b3 Qe7 21.
Qe3 Rfe8 22. Ne2 h6 23. Qc3 Qg5 24. Nd4 Bh3 25. g3 Qf6 26. Re3 Bd7 27. Rde1
Rxe3 28. Rxe3 h5 29. Ne2 Qf5 30. Qd3 Qf6 31. Qd4 Qf5 32. Kf2 Qb1 33. Qf4 Rf8
34. Re5 Bh3 35. g4 $4 hxg4 36. fxg4 d4 $2 (36... Qf1+ 37. Ke3 Qe1 {might win.})
37. Kg3 d3 $2 38. Nd4 $1 Qf1 39. Qxf1 Bxf1 40. Nxc6 f6 41. Rd5 Be2 42. Kf2 Kf7
43. Rd7+ Ke6 44. Rd6+ Kf7 45. Nxa7 Bxg4 46. Rxd3 Ra8 47. Rd4 ({Better is} 47.
Nc6 $1 Rxa2+ 48. Kg3) 47... Rxa7 48. Rxg4 Rxa2+ 49. Ke3 Rxh2 50. b4 g5 51. c6
Ke7 52. b5 $2 ({Correct is} 52. Rd4 $1 {(Euwe)} Rh3+ 53. Kd2 $1 Rh2+ 54. Kc3
Rh3+ 55. Kc2 $1 Rh2+ 56. Kb3 Rh3+ 57. Ka4 {White wins.}) 52... Rb2 $1 53. Rc4
Kd8 54. Rc5 g4 55. Kf4 Rb4+ 56. Kg3 Kc7 57. Kh4 Kc8 58. Rh5 Kc7 59. Rh7+ Kc8
60. Rb7 Rc4 61. Kg3 f5 62. Kh4 Rc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D96"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 c6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bg5 e6 8. e4
$1 dxe4 9. Bb5+ Kf8 $5 ({Black could have played} 9... Bd7 10. Ne5 O-O {but he
makes a special choice.}) 10. Nxe4 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nxf6 Qxf6 13. Rc1 Qd8
$5 {Flohr withdrew his pieces. It has resulted in fine prophylaxis, because
White got no entry to the hostile position.} 14. O-O a6 15. Bd3 Nc6 16. Be4 Ne7
17. Rc5 Ra7 18. Rfc1 b6 19. R5c2 Kg7 20. Qa3 Bd7 21. Ne5 Bb5 22. Qb4 Rf8 23. a4
Be8 24. b3 a5 25. Qd2 f6 26. Nf3 Qd6 27. h3 Bf7 28. Qe3 Rd8 29. g3 Rdd7 30. Qe2
Rac7 31. Rxc7 Rxc7 32. Rxc7 Qxc7 33. Qd2 Be8 34. h4 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E42"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8.
Nf4 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nfxd5 exd5 11. Qb3 Nc6 12. Be3 Bf6 13. Rd1 Bg4 14. Be2
Bxe2 15. Kxe2 Re8 16. Kf1 Ne7 17. g3 Qd7 18. Kg2 Rad8 19. Qb5 Nf5 20. Qxd7 Rxd7
21. Rd3 h6 22. h4 Rc8 23. h5 b5 24. g4 Nxe3+ 25. fxe3 a5 26. b4 axb4 27. axb4
Be7 28. Rb1 Rc4 29. Nxb5 Rxb4 30. Rxb4 Bxb4 31. Kf3 g6 32. Rb3 Ba5 33. Ra3 Bd2
34. Ke2 Rb7 35. Nd6 Rb2 36. Ra8+ Kh7 37. Nxf7 gxh5 38. Ne5 Bc1+ 39. Kd3 Rd2+
40. Kc3 Rg2 41. gxh5 Bxe3 42. Ra7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Fine, Reuben"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C76"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c3 g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. dxe5
Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. f4 $5 Bxa4 11. Qxa4+ Qd7 $6 {Alekhine decides to
sacrifice a pawn. He expects to reach a drawn endgame.} ({A natural answer
gives} 11... c6 12. fxe5 Bxe5) ({The alternative} 11... b5 $1 12. Qb3 exf4 13.
Bxf4 Nf6 {(Geller-Smyslov, Sochi 1986) drew in several games.}) 12. Qxd7+ Kxd7
13. fxe5 Ke6 14. Bf4 Rf8 $1 15. Nd2 Bxe5 {Black has protected f7 and regained
the pawn. Nevertheless, the draw is hard to achieve.} 16. Nb3 $1 Bxf4 17. Rxf4
b6 $1 18. a4 $5 (18. Nd4+ {will draw in Portisch-Lenguel, Hungary 1961.}) 18...
Ke5 $2 (18... Nf6 $1 19. a5 Ke5 {draws in Tringov-Kovacevic, Stara Pazova 1988.
}) 19. g3 $1 Nf6 20. Nd2 Nh5 $2 {Alekhine misses the last chance.} (20... Ke6
$1 21. a5 b5 22. Nb3 Nd7 23. Nd4+ Ke7 24. Nc6+ Ke6 25. Nb4 c5 26. Nxa6 Rc8 {
might save the game.}) 21. Rf2 Ke6 22. a5 $1 Ra8 ({The pointe is} 22... b5 23.
Nb3 $1) 23. Raf1 $1 Rhd8 24. Nf3 $1 Ke7 25. axb6 cxb6 26. Ng5 h6 27. Rxf7+ Kd6
28. Nf3 g5 29. Nd4 Re8 30. Rh7 Rh8 31. Rff7 Rxh7 32. Rxh7 Rf8 33. Rxh6+ Nf6 34.
Nf3 Kc5 35. Nd2 g4 36. Rg6 Nd7 37. Rxg4 Ne5 38. Rg5 Kd6 39. Rf5 Rd8 40. Nf3 Nd3
41. Rd5+ Ke7 42. Rxd8 Kxd8 43. b3 Ke7 44. Nd2 a5 45. Kf1 b5 46. Ke2 {Fine had
defeated the world champion for the second time and had achieved the same
number of points as Keres.} 1-0

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D54"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 h6 7. Bh4 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. cxd5 Nxc3 10. Rxc3 exd5 11. Bd3 c6 12. Ne2 Nd7 13. O-O Nf6 14. Nf4 Bg4
15. Qc2 Nh5 16. Nxh5 Bxh5 17. Rc5 Bg4 18. Rb1 Rae8 19. b4 Qg5 20. Kh1 a6 21. a4
f5 22. f4 Qe7 23. Re1 Rf6 24. h3 Re6 25. Qf2 Rxe3 26. Rxe3 Qxe3 27. Qxe3 Rxe3
28. Bxa6 bxa6 29. hxg4 fxg4 30. Kh2 Rd3 31. Rxc6 Rxd4 32. Rxa6 Rxb4 33. Kg3
1/2-1/2

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E19"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2
Nxc3 9. Qxc3 f5 10. Be3 Bf6 11. Qd2 d6 12. d5 e5 13. Ng5 Bxg5 14. Bxg5 Qe8 15.
e4 fxe4 16. Rae1 Nd7 17. Rxe4 Qg6 18. Rh4 Nf6 19. f4 exf4 20. Bxf6 Rxf6 21.
Rhxf4 Raf8 22. Be4 Rxf4 23. Rxf4 Qe8 24. Bf5 Bc8 25. Bxc8 Qxc8 26. Rxf8+ Qxf8
27. Qe3 h6 28. Qe6+ Qf7 29. Qc8+ Kh7 30. Kg2 Qg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 d5 $5 8.
Ne5 $1 Ne4 $2 9. cxd5 exd5 {Capablanca plays a doubtful variation. Euwe
improves the theory.} 10. Nxe4 $1 dxe4 11. Qc2 f5 12. Be3 Na6 13. Rac1 Qd5 14.
Nc6 $1 {White occupies the crucial square.} Bxc6 15. Qxc6 Qxc6 16. Rxc6 Rf6 17.
Rfc1 Rxc6 18. Rxc6 {The black pieces occupy poor positions.} Bd6 {19...Nb4
becomes a threat.} 19. a3 Re8 20. Bf4 Bxf4 21. gxf4 Kf7 ({Euwe prefers} 21...
Re7 $1) 22. e3 Re6 $6 ({Better is} 22... Re7 $1 23. b4 Nb8 24. Rc3 Ke6 25. f3
exf3 26. Bxf3 Kd6 {and Black has activated his pieces.}) 23. Rc4 {Capa stands
at the edge of the ravine.} b5 $2 (23... c5 $1 24. Ra4 b5 25. Ra5 cxd4 26. exd4
{(Euwe). Now} Nc7 $1 27. Rxa7 Rc6 {grabs the last chance.}) 24. Rc3 c6 25. f3
$1 {The decisive blow is delivered.} g6 26. fxe4 fxe4 27. a4 bxa4 28. Rc4 Kf6
29. Rxa4 c5 30. Bf1 cxd4 31. Rxa6 dxe3 32. Rxe6+ Kxe6 33. Bh3+ Kd5 34. Kf1 Kc4
35. Ke2 Kb3 36. Be6+ Kxb2 37. Bg8 a5 38. Bxh7 a4 39. Bxg6 {Euwe finished with
3 1/2 out of 4!} 1-0

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E34"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 c5 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. e3 e5 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. Be2 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. O-O Rfd8
15. a3 Bg6 16. Qc1 Ne4 17. Rd1 Qc5 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Be1 Qe7 20. b4 Nb8 21.
Qb2 f6 22. Rc1 Bf7 23. Qb1 Nd6 24. b5 Nd7 25. Ba5 Nb6 26. Nd2 g6 27. e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Fine, Reuben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Nd4 Nxd4 12. cxd4 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 c5 14. dxc5 {
Paul wants to draw.} Bxc5 15. Rc1 Rc8 16. Rxc5 Rxc5 17. Bb4 Qc7 18. Qd4 Rc1 19.
Bxf8 Kxf8 {Keres had won the tournament, because his Neustadtl score was
better than Fine's. Church bells were ringing and schoolchildren got a day off
in Estonia.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Salzburg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1942.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1942.??.??"]

{The organisers of Salzburg 1942 intended to bring together world champion
Alekhine, former champion Euwe, challenger Keres, former challenger Bogoljubow,
Stoltz and German champion Schmidt, the six strongest players of Germany and
the occupied countries. Euwe had declined the invitation for München 1941 due
to his 'occupational obligations', as manager of a groceries business. This
time he refused to participate, because Alekhine was invited. Euwe mentioned
futile reasons. The real motive was Alekhine's offence of Euwe in his
anti-Semitic articles. Alekhine had written about the 'Jewish clique' around 
Euwe in 1935. The main organiser, Ehrhardt Post, wanted to exclude Alekhine,
but the notorious name stayed on the list. Then, Euwe withdrew due to
'illness'. His place was occupied by Junge. The tournament was originally
planned for January 1942, but it took place from 9-18 June 1942 eventually.
Chess events took place in the wonderful rooms of Mirabell Palace. The
tournament hall was situated near Berchtesgaden, summer residence of Hitler.
Play started at 9 AM. The players had to make 32 moves in two hours.
Thereafter, the tempo became 16 moves per hour.  Once a Czech told me that
each round of Prague 1943 started with a lineup of all participants, who
greeted Hitler. Nevertheless, the Nazi tournaments were not an important
propaganda vehicle.  Duty at the front had become more important. Chess had
been used for propaganda before the war.   No wartime tournament book about
Salzburg 1942 appeared. Only short reports were published in chess journals.
Ken Whyld collected nineteen games from these sources. When Lothar Schmid
loaned him the original scores, he could publish the notation of all thirty
games in 1962. Lachaga published the games with previous annotations in 1974. 
Great fights occurred during the wartime tournament: only 27% of the games
were drawn and the average game lasted more than 50 moves. Alekhine gained his
best result during World War II, although his fighting spirit was more
important than his positional ability. Keres played well, but became second
after the ruling world champion, like he was second after the future champ
Botvinnik in 1941. A great success had the eighteen-years-old Junge. He showed
himself as equal to the grandmasters in all phases in the game. Schmidt played
solid chess. Bogoljubow led after the first cycle, but lost all games of the
second cycle. Stoltz had little success.  Alexander Alekhine moved to Spain in
1943. The chess world did not forget his Nazi articles. He died in 1946 under
suspicious circumstances. Paul Keres travelled to Sweden in 1944. After the
war he returned to his wife and two children in Estonia. A letter to Molotov
spared his life. Klaus Junge's last tournament became Prague 1942. He shared
the first prize with Alekhine. The next year he had to enlist the army. As an
officer of the 12th SS-battalion, he joined the defence of Hamburg in April
1945. The First UK Royal Tank Regiment opposed the defenders on 18 April. A
skirmish took place in Welle on the Lüneburger Heide. Lieutenant Junge got the
chance to surrender, but believed in the final victory, shouted: "Sieg Heil!"
and was shot to pieces. Germany had to wait until Hübner for a new great
talent. The first Junge Memorial, Regensburg 1946, was won by Bohatirchuk.
Paul Schmidt studied chemistry at Heidelberg after the war. He worked in the
chemical industry of the USA. Efim Bogoljubow remained active in the German
chess world. He died from a heart attack in 1952, when he came home from a
simultaneous display. Gösta Stoltz returned to Sweden in 1942. The chess world
held no grudge against him and he was invited for Groningen 1946.Mirabell
Palace became a popular place for weddings. It served as a location for 'The
Sound of Music'. When Julie Andrews and the children descend the steps of the
Mirabell Gardens, they sing: "Do-Re-Mi!"} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4
Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Bc4 Bd6 7. Qe2+ Be7 $5 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. c3 Nd7 10. h3 Bh5 11.
g4 Bg6 12. Nh4 Nb6 13. Bb3 Nd5 14. Bd2 Qd6 15. Nf5 $1 Bxf5 16. gxf5 g6 $6 (
16... O-O-O {does not compromise the kingside (Richter).}) 17. O-O-O O-O-O 18.
Qf3 g5 $6 (18... Rhe8 {is more useful.}) 19. Rhe1 Rhe8 $6 {Sqaure h5 becomes a
horrendous weakness.} ({Necessary is} 19... h5 $1) 20. Re4 (20. Qh5 {utilises
the weakness at once.}) 20... Bf8 21. Rxe8 Rxe8 22. Qh5 Qd7 23. Qxh7 Re4 24.
Qh8 Qd8 25. Qh5 $1 {White wins a pawn.} Qd7 26. Qh8 Qd8 27. Re1 Rxe1+ 28. Bxe1
Kc7 29. Bd2 Qe7 30. Qh5 Qd7 31. Qf3 Bh6 32. h4 Nf4 33. Bxf4+ gxf4 34. Qh5 Bf8
35. Bxf7 c5 36. Be6 Qd6 37. Qf7+ Be7 38. dxc5 Qxc5 39. h5 f3 40. h6 Kb6 41. Bc4
Bd6 42. Bd5 Qc8 43. Qe6 Qf8 44. h7 Ka5 45. Bxf3 Qh6+ 46. Kc2 1-0

[Event "Salzburg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1942.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Schmidt, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C36"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "1942.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. c4 c6 6. d4 $5 cxd5 7. c5 Be7 8.
Bxf4 O-O 9. Nc3 b6 10. b4 a5 $5 11. a3 Ne4 $5 12. Na4 $5 (12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Ne5
{is less aggressive.}) 12... Nd7 13. Bb5 g5 $5 14. Be3 axb4 15. axb4 Rb8 16.
Qe2 g4 $5 17. Nd2 {Both sides seek the confrontation.} bxc5 $6 ({Equality keeps
} 17... Nxd2 18. Bxd2 bxc5 19. bxc5 Bh4+ 20. Kd1) 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Nxc5 Nxc5
20. bxc5 Bf6 21. O-O Bxd4 22. Rad1 Bxe3+ 23. Qxe3 Qe7 24. Bc6 Rb4 ({Black
gives back the pawn, because he does not trust} 24... f5 25. Rd6 Be6 26. Qh6)
25. Rd6 Be6 26. Bxe4 Bf5 27. Rxf5 Rxe4 28. Qg5+ Qxg5 29. Rxg5+ Kh8 30. Rf6 Rc4
31. Kf2 Rg8 32. Rgf5 g3+ (32... Rc8 33. Rxf7 R4xc5 {draws more easily.}) 33.
hxg3 Rc8 34. Rh6 Rc2+ 35. Kf3 R8xc5 36. Rxf7 R5c3+ 37. Kg4 Rxg2 38. Rhxh7+ Kg8
39. Rhg7+ Kh8 40. Kh3 Rf2 41. Rh7+ Kg8 42. Rfg7+ Kf8 43. Ra7 Kg8 44. Rhg7+ Kf8
45. Rgd7 Kg8 46. Kh4 Rh2+ 47. Kg4 Rc4+ 48. Kf3 Rc3+ 49. Ke4 Re2+ 50. Kf5 Rf2+
51. Kg4 Rc4+ 52. Kh3 Rc3 53. Rd5 Rf7 54. Rg5+ Kf8 55. Ra8+ Ke7 56. Kg4 Rc6 57.
Rh8 Rc1 58. Rg6 Rcf1 59. Ra8 R1f2 60. Rgg8 Rg2 61. Ra7+ Kf6 62. Ra6+ Ke7 63.
Kh5 Rf5+ 64. Kh4 Kf7 65. Rb8 Kg7 66. g4 Rf7 67. Raa8 Kg6 68. Rb6+ Kg7 69. Kg5
Rc2 70. Rg6+ Kh7 71. Rh6+ Kg7 72. Raa6 Kg8 73. Ra8+ Kg7 74. Rhh8 Rc5+ 75. Kh4
Kg6 76. Rhg8+ Rg7 77. Ra6+ Kh7 78. Rf8 Rc1 79. Raa8 Rh1+ 80. Kg3 Rg1+ 81. Kh3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Salzburg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1942.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stoltz, Goesta"]
[Black "Junge, Klaus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1942.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 b5 7. Bf3 e5 8. Nde2
Bb7 9. a3 Nbd7 10. g4 $6 h6 11. Ng3 Nb6 12. g5 hxg5 13. Bxg5 g6 14. Nf1 Bh6 15.
Bxh6 Rxh6 16. Ne3 Qc7 17. Qd3 Ke7 18. a4 $6 bxa4 (18... b4 19. Ne2 Rah8 {is
even better.}) 19. Nxa4 Rh4 20. Nxb6 $2 (20. Nc3 $1 Rah8 21. Nf1 {defends the
h-pawn.}) 20... Qxb6 21. O-O-O Rd8 22. Rhe1 Rxh2 {Black has won a pawn.} 23.
Rd2 $2 Qa5 $1 24. Kd1 (24. Kb1 Rxf2 $1) 24... Qa1+ 25. Ke2 Qxb2 26. c4 Qd4 $2 (
{Two extra pawn keeps} 26... Qb6 27. Rb1 Qc7) 27. Qxd4 exd4 28. Rxd4 Rh4 29.
Kd3 Nd7 30. Nd5+ Kf8 31. Bd1 Ne5+ 32. Kc3 Rh3+ 33. Re3 Rxe3+ 34. Nxe3 Ke7 35.
f3 Rh8 36. Rd2 Rh3 37. Kd4 Kd7 $2 (37... Ke6 $1 38. Rb2 Bxe4 39. Kxe4 Rh4+ 40.
f4 f5+ 41. Kd4 Rxf4+ 42. Kc3 Re4) 38. Rb2 Kc7 39. Rf2 Rh1 40. c5 Nc6+ 41. Kc4
Ne5+ 42. Kd4 Re1 43. cxd6+ Kxd6 44. Bb3 Rb1 45. Ba2 Rh1 46. Nc4+ Nxc4 47. Bxc4
Rd1+ 48. Ke3 f6 49. Ra2 Re1+ 50. Kf4 Bc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Salzburg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1942.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Junge, Klaus"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E02"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1942.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Nd2 $6 c6 7. Qxc4 e5 8.
dxe5 $6 ({Two timid moves cause passivity. Better is} 8. Ngf3) 8... Nxe5 9. Qc3
Bd6 10. Ngf3 ({Risk takes} 10. f4 $6 Ned7 11. Bxc6 O-O 12. Bg2 Qe7) 10... Qe7
11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Qc2 O-O 13. O-O Bg4 14. Nf3 Bc7 15. Be3 Rfe8 16. Rfe1 Ba5 17.
Bd2 ({Equality restores} 17. Red1 $1 Nd5 18. Ng5 Nf6) 17... Bb6 18. Bc3 Rad8
19. e3 Ne4 20. Nd4 c5 21. Bxe4 Qxe4 22. Qxe4 Rxe4 23. Nb3 Ra4 24. Nd2 Ba5 25.
Bxa5 Rxa5 26. Nc4 Ra6 27. a3 f6 28. e4 Re6 29. Rac1 Bf3 30. e5 b5 {Black has
developed many threats, but White has a tactical way out of the difficulties.}
31. Nd6 $2 {This move has to be prepared by} (31. Re3 $1 {Then Black has to
respond with} bxc4 32. Rxf3 Rxe5 33. Rxc4 {and White draws.}) 31... a6 32. Rxc5
$2 Rdxd6 $1 {Black has won a piece.} 0-1

[Event "Salzburg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1942.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Schmidt, Paul"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1942.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nd7 6. Bd3 Bg6 7. O-O Ngf6 8. Qe2
Bb4 9. Bd2 Qe7 10. Rac1 Ne4 11. Be1 O-O 12. Nd2 $6 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qa3 14. Nb3
dxc4 15. Bxc4 a5 (15... Nd6 $1 16. Ra1 Rad8 {gains an advantage.}) 16. Rc2 a4
17. Nc1 Nb6 $2 {White grabs the initiative.} 18. Bd3 Nd5 19. c4 $1 Ndc3 20.
Bxc3 Nxc3 21. Qe1 Ne4 22. f3 Nf6 23. Qd2 Rfd8 24. Bxg6 hxg6 25. Nd3 Qe7 26. Rb1
Ne8 27. Qb4 Nd6 28. Nc5 (28. c5 $1 Nb5 29. Ne5 {continues the attack.}) 28...
Qg5 29. Qc3 b5 30. Ne4 Nxe4 31. fxe4 Rab8 32. cxb5 cxb5 33. Qd2 Rdc8 34. Rxc8+
Rxc8 35. d5 Qe5 36. Rxb5 Qxe4 37. Rb4 Qe5 38. d6 Rd8 39. Rxa4 Rxd6 40. Rd4 Rb6
41. Rf4 Rb1+ 42. Rf1 Rxf1+ 43. Kxf1 Qxh2 44. Qd8+ Kh7 45. Qe7 $6 (45. a4 Qe5
46. Qh4+ Kg8 47. Qd8+ $11) 45... Qb8 46. Qxf7 Qb1+ 47. Kf2 Qxa2+ 48. Kg3 Qd5
49. Qf4 g5 50. Qf3 Kg6 51. Qe2 Qe4 52. Qf3 $4 {White saw mate in one. Alekhine
had a lucky win.} 0-1

[Event "Salzburg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1942.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Stoltz, Goesta"]
[Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "1942.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. Bd3 e6 8.
O-O Ngf6 9. Re1 Qc7 10. c4 Be7 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Bd2 Bd6 13. Rad1 Rad8 14. Bc3 b5
15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. b3 Rfe8 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Neg5 Nh7 19. Nxh7 Kxh7 20. Qd2 bxc4
21. bxc4 Nb6 22. Ba5 c5 23. d5 exd5 24. cxd5 Bf6 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. d6 Qc6 27.
Qf4 Re4 28. Qc1 Re6 29. Bb4 $2 ({The Caro-Kann initiative initiative goes on
with} 29. Bxb6 axb6 30. d7 Rd6 31. Rxd6 Qxd6 32. Qd2 Qe7) 29... Nd7 30. Qc2
Rxd6 31. Rc1 Qd5 32. Bd2 Ne5 33. Nxe5 Qxd2 34. Qxd2 Rxd2 35. f4 g5 $2 (35...
Rxa2 36. Rxc5 Bd8 37. Nc4 Rc2 {wins easily.}) 36. Rxc5 gxf4 37. a4 Ra2 38. a5
Bh4 39. Kf1 Rf2+ 40. Kg1 Rd2 41. Kf1 Bf2 42. Rc4 f6 $2 (42... Be3 43. Ng4 Bd4 {
offers winning chances.}) 43. Rxf4 fxe5 44. Rxf2 Rd1+ 45. Ke2 Ra1 46. Ke3 Rxa5
47. Rf7 Kg6 48. Rc7 Kf6 49. h4 Ra3+ 50. Kf2 a5 51. g4 e4 52. Rc5 a4 53. h5 Rf3+
54. Kg2 a3 55. g5+ Ke6 56. h6 gxh6 57. gxh6 Kf7 58. Re5 Re3 59. Re7+ Kg8 60.
Kf2 Rf3+ 61. Kg2 Rf4 62. Ra7 Rf3 63. Re7 Re3 64. Kf2 Rh3 65. Kg2 e3 $4 {
Bogoljubowexpects to win sparkly, but the refutation is terrible.} 66. Kxh3 a2
67. Rg7+ $1 1-0

[Event "Salzburg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1942.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Junge, Klaus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "1942.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 $5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 ({The sacrifice} 
6. Bd2 Qxd4 7. Bxb4 Qxe4+ 8. Be2 {has become popular.}) 6... c5 7. Be3 Qa5 ({
Junge prefers} 7... Qb6 $1 {later.}) 8. Nge2 cxd4 9. Bxd4 Nf6 10. a3 Be7 11.
Ng3 $6 ({More appropriate is} 11. b4 Qd8 12. Be3 {(Alekhine).}) 11... Nc6 12.
b4 Qc7 13. Be3 O-O 14. Be2 b6 15. O-O Bb7 16. Nb5 Qb8 17. Qc1 a6 18. Nc3 Qc7
19. Na4 Nd7 20. Rd1 Nce5 $1 21. f3 a5 22. Qb2 axb4 23. axb4 Bf6 24. Qb3 b5 $1
25. cxb5 Bd5 {Junge has taken over the initiative. Alekhine wants to win and
chooses for strong measures instead of a subtle defence.} 26. Rxd5 $2 ({
Confusion starts} 26. Qa3 $1 Nc4 27. Rac1 $1 Qxg3 $1 28. Bxc4 Qe5 29. Bd4 {
(Junge)} Qf4 30. Bxf6 Nxf6 31. Bd3 {White seems to survive.}) 26... exd5 27.
Rc1 Nc4 $1 28. Bxc4 dxc4 29. Rxc4 Qe5 30. Nc5 Nb6 31. Rc1 Nd5 32. Nge4 ({More
resistance offers} 32. Nf1 Nxe3 33. Nd7 Qd4 34. Nxf6+ Qxf6 35. Qxe3 Ra2 36. Rd1
) 32... Nxe3 33. Qxe3 Ra1 $1 34. Rf1 Rd8 35. Nxf6+ Qxf6 36. b6 $5 (36. Qe4
Rxf1+ 37. Kxf1 Qb2 {is hopeless.}) 36... Rxf1+ 37. Kxf1 Qxb6 38. Qe4 Qb5+ 39.
Kf2 Re8 40. Qd4 Qb6 $1 41. Nb3 Rb8 $1 42. Qxb6 Rxb6 43. g4 Rxb4 {Black wins
the endgame by moving forward carefully.} 44. Nc5 f6 45. Kg3 Kf7 46. Nd3 Rd4
47. Nf4 Rc4 48. h4 Rc5 49. Nh5 g6 50. Nf4 Ke7 51. h5 g5 52. Ne2 Rc4 53. Kf2 Ke6
54. Ng3 Ke5 55. Nf5 Kf4 56. Ne3 Rc5 57. Ng2+ Ke5 58. Ne3 Kd4 59. Nd1 Rc1 60.
Ne3 Rc5 61. Nd1 Kd3 62. Ne3 Re5 63. Nf1 Re2+ 64. Kg1 Ra2 65. h6 Ke2 66. Kg2 Rb2
67. Ng3+ Ke3+ 68. Kh3 Kxf3 69. Nh5 Rb6 {Junge played an impressive game.} 0-1

[Event "Salzburg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1942.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Black "Schmidt, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D56"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1942.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Nf3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 Nd7 12. O-O dxc4 13. Bxc4 e5 14. Bb3 e4
15. Nd2 Kh8 $6 ({Correct is} 15... Nf6) 16. f3 $1 exf3 17. Qxf3 f5 18. h3 a5
19. a3 Rf6 20. Qg3 b6 21. Rfc1 Bb7 22. Qc7 Ba6 23. Nf3 Re8 24. Kh1 $6 ({The
attack continues with} 24. Ba4 Bb5 25. Bxb5 cxb5 26. b4) 24... c5 $1 25. Re1
Bb5 26. a4 Bc6 27. d5 Ba8 28. e4 $2 fxe4 29. Nd2 Qd6 $2 ({Advantage of White's
optimism takes} 29... Qf7 $1 30. d6 Qf8 $1) 30. Qxd6 Rxd6 31. Rxe4 {Black has
great problems under time pressure.} Rd8 $2 ({The impressive} 31... Re5 $3 32.
Rxe5 Nxe5 33. Re3 Bxd5 34. Rxe5 Bxb3 35. Nxb3 c4 36. Nxa5 bxa5 37. Rxa5 Rd1+
38. Kh2 Ra1 {leads to a defendable ending.}) 32. Re6 Nf6 $2 ({The last chance
gives} 32... Rxe6 $1 33. dxe6 Ne5 $1 34. Re3 $1 Rxd2 35. Rxe5 Bxg2+ 36. Kg1 Bc6
37. e7 Rxb2 38. e8=Q+ Bxe8 39. Rxe8+ Kh7 40. Bc4 $1 {and a sharp endgame.}) 33.
Rxd6 Rxd6 34. Nc4 Rxd5 35. Nxb6 Rd8 36. Nxa8 Rxa8 37. Rxc5 {White has won a
pawn and controls the position.} g5 38. Rc6 Kg7 39. Rc7+ Kh8 40. Bc2 Rd8 41.
Rf7 Rd6 42. Kh2 h5 43. Kg3 Rb6 44. Bd3 Kg8 45. Bc4 Ne4+ 46. Kh2 Nd6 47. Rc7+
Kf8 48. b3 g4 49. h4 Ne4 50. Rf7+ Ke8 51. Rf5 Kd8 52. Re5 1-0

[Event "Salzburg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1942.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Stoltz, Goesta"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1942.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qb3 a6 8. Bg5
Nbd7 9. Rd1 Be7 10. a3 Bb7 11. e4 c5 12. e5 $5 Nd5 (12... Bxf3 $1 13. gxf3 c4
14. Qc2 Nd5 {is even stronger.}) 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Ne4 O-O 15. Nd6 Rab8 16.
dxc5 Nxc5 17. Qc2 Nd7 18. Nxb7 Rxb7 19. Bd3 Rc7 20. Qb1 (20. Bxh7+ $2 Kh8 21.
Qb1 g6) 20... h6 21. O-O Nc5 22. Bc2 Rb8 $1 {Black attacks on the queenside.}
23. Rd4 b4 24. axb4 Rxb4 25. Rc1 Rxd4 26. Nxd4 Qg5 27. Nf3 Qf4 {White's
position looks passive, but Keres can start a counteraction.} 28. Rd1 $1 Qb4
29. Rd4 Qb5 30. b4 Na4 31. Bd3 Qb6 32. Qa1 Nac3 33. h3 Nb5 34. Rg4 Rc3 35. Bf1
Rc2 36. Bxb5 $1 Qxf2+ (36... axb5 $2 37. Qa8+ Kh7 38. Qf8) 37. Kh1 Ne3 (37...
h5 $1 38. Rg5 Ra2 39. Qc1 Rc2 40. Rxg7+ Kxg7 41. Qg5+ Kf8 42. Qd8+ {draws
nicely.}) 38. Qxa6 Rc1+ 39. Kh2 Nxg4+ 40. hxg4 Qe3 41. Be2 Qf4+ 42. g3 Qxg4 $6
({Correct is} 42... Qxb4 {(Richter).}) 43. Qd6 {Stoltz breaks under the
pressure of the second time control.} h5 $4 (43... Rc2 44. Qd8+ Kh7 45. Qd3+ {
(Euwe)} Qf5 $1 46. Qxf5+ exf5 {the endgame is hard to win.}) 44. Qd8+ (44. Qd8+
Kh7 45. Ng5+ {wins a queen.}) 1-0

[Event "Salzburg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1942.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Junge, Klaus"]
[Black "Schmidt, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1942.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 $5 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 dxe4 7. fxe4 e5 $1 8.
d5 Ng4 $1 {Schmidt plays a dangerous novelty.} 9. Nf3 O-O ({Great
complications result from} 9... Bc5 {e.g.} 10. Na4 Bf2+ 11. Ke2 b5 12. h3 bxa4
13. hxg4 Bg3 {(Gutman-Bandza, Wiesbaden 1990).}) 10. Qc2 f5 11. exf5 Bxf5 12.
Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nd7 14. Ne4 {Black can take the initiative.} Qe8 $6 ({
Sharper is} 14... Nc5 $1 {(Riedl)} 15. Qc2 ({Great risk takes} 15. Nxc5 $6 Bxc5
16. Ng5 g6 {See} 17. Qh3 h5 18. Ne6 Qf6 19. Qf3 Qh4+ 20. g3) 15... Qd7 {Black
has a plus.}) 15. Be3 Qh5 16. O-O-O Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Rf4 18. Nfd2 b6 19. g3 Rf7
20. h3 a5 21. g4 Qg6 22. Rdf1 Raf8 23. Rxf7 Rxf7 24. Rf1 Bc5 25. Qe2 Rf4 26.
Rf3 Bd4 27. Ng3 Qg5 28. Kc2 Nc5 $6 29. Nde4 $6 ({Difficulties start with} 29.
Nf5 $1 a4 30. Nxd4 Rxd4 31. Rf5) 29... Nxe4 30. Nxe4 Qg6 31. Rxf4 exf4 32. Qf3
Be3 33. Kd3 Qe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Salzburg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1942.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1942.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qh5 7. Be2 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Qd5 9. Nb5 Qd8 {The queen returns home after four moves.} 10. Nc4 Nd5 11.
Ne3 Nc7 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. Nxc7 Kxc7 14. Nc4 f6 15. Bf4+ ({A plus keeps} 15.
Be3 $1) 15... e5 16. Bg3 Be6 17. f4 Bxc4 18. Bxc4 Nc6 19. fxe5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5+
fxe5 21. Rf1 Rd8 22. Ke2 {Black chooses for passivity.} Bd6 $6 ({The active} 
22... Rd4 $1 23. Rf7+ Kb6 $1 24. Be6 Bc5 25. Rxg7 Rf8 {gives sufficient
counteraction.}) 23. Rf7+ Rd7 24. Raf1 g6 25. Rxd7+ Kxd7 26. Rf7+ Be7 27. Bd5
b6 28. c4 a5 29. Kd3 Kd8 $2 (29... Kd6 {is consequent.}) 30. Ke4 Rf8 31. Kxe5
$2 ({A strong attack gives} 31. Rxh7 Rf2 32. Kxe5) 31... Rxf7 32. Bxf7 Bc5 33.
Ke6 Bg1 34. h3 Be3 35. b3 Kc7 36. Bg8 h6 37. Bf7 g5 38. Bh5 Kc6 39. Kf5 Kc5 40.
Kg6 Kd6 41. Bg4 Ke5 42. Kxh6 Kf6 43. Kh5 Bc5 44. Bd7 Be7 45. h4 gxh4 46. Kxh4
Ba3 47. Kg4 Bc1 48. Kf3 Ke5 49. Ke2 Ba3 50. Kd3 Be7 51. g4 Kd6 52. Bf5 Ke5 53.
Bc8 Bg5 54. a3 Be7 55. a4 Bd8 56. Bb7 Be7 57. Bf3 Bd8 58. Be2 Be7 59. Bd1 Bc5
60. Bf3 Kf4 {White cannot win despite the two extra pawns.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Salzburg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1942.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Stoltz, Goesta"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1942.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 d6 7. c3 Bg4 8. Qe2
Be7 9. Rd1 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d3 Nc6 12. h3 Bd7 {An exchange of moves has led
to the Chigorin Variation.} 13. d4 Qc8 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6
17. Nbd2 Nd8 18. Nf1 Ne6 19. Ne3 Nf4 20. Qf1 O-O 21. Rd2 $6 ({Equality remains
by} 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. exd5 Bf5 23. Qe2) 21... Be6 22. a3 Re8 23. Kh2 Qb7 24. Ng1
$5 b4 (24... Rad8 $1 {keeps a positional edge (Alekhine).}) 25. g3 Ng6 26. c4
$5 {Stoltz brings a positional sacrifice.} (26. axb4 cxb4 27. Nd5 {avoids
complications.}) 26... Bg5 27. Re1 $1 bxa3 28. bxa3 Qb2 29. Nf3 Qxa3 30. Rd3
Qa5 31. Ra1 Qc7 32. Nxg5 hxg5 33. Rda3 Bc8 34. Nd5 Qd6 35. Rb1 Rb8 36. Rab3 (
36. Rxb8 $1 Qxb8 37. Qc1 f6 38. Ba4 {is even stronger.}) 36... Rxb3 37. Rxb3
Ne7 38. Rb6 Qd7 39. g4 Nxd5 40. cxd5 Qa7 41. Qb1 Rd8 42. Bd3 a5 $1 43. Qb5 Bd7
({No win results from} 43... a4 44. Qxc5 a3 45. Rc6 Qxc5 46. Rxc5 Bb7 47. Bb1
Ra8 48. Ba2) 44. Qxc5 Rc8 45. Qd6 Bc6 $1 {Alekhine forces a draw, because he
fears the active white pieces.} 46. Qc5 (46. Rxc6 Qxf2+ {also leads to a
repetition of moves.}) 46... Bd7 47. Qd6 Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Salzburg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1942.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C86"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1942.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Qe2 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. Rd1 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Bg5 Bg4 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Nbd2 Rfd8
15. Nf1 Nh5 16. h3 Be6 (16... Bxg5 $1 17. hxg4 Nf4 {is better.}) 17. Ne3 f6 18.
Nh2 g6 19. Bh6 Bf8 20. Bxf8 Kxf8 21. g3 $1 Rxd1+ 22. Bxd1 Rd8 ({The pointe is} 
22... Bxh3 $2 23. Nd5 Qd7 24. g4 $1) 23. a4 Nc4 24. axb5 axb5 25. Nd5 $1 Qb7 ({
If Black accepts the sacrifice by} 25... Bxd5 26. exd5 Rxd5 27. Qe4 Qd8 28.
Bxh5 gxh5 {an awful position results.}) 26. b3 Nd6 27. c4 bxc4 28. bxc4 Bxd5
29. exd5 Ng7 30. Ng4 Qe7 31. Bc2 Nge8 32. h4 e4 33. Ne3 Qe5 $2 (33... f5 {is
correct.}) 34. Ra7 Kg8 35. Ng4 Qd4 $2 (35... Qb2 {avoids a disaster.}) 36. Bxe4
$1 f5 (36... Qxe4 37. Qxe4 Nxe4 38. Nh6+ Kf8 39. Rf7#) 37. Nh6+ (37. Bxf5 $1
Nxf5 38. Qe6+ Kh8 39. Ne5 {wins faster (Alekhine).}) 37... Kh8 38. Bc2 Qf6 39.
Qe6 Qxe6 40. dxe6 Rc8 41. Nf7+ Nxf7 42. exf7 Nd6 43. Bd3 Kg7 44. f8=Q+ Kxf8 45.
Rxh7 Kg8 46. Rd7 Ne8 47. h5 gxh5 48. Bxf5 Ra8 49. Be6+ Kh8 50. Rd5 Nf6 51. Rxc5
Kg7 52. Kg2 Ra2 53. Bf5 Ra3 54. Rc7+ Kh6 55. Rf7 Ra6 56. f4 h4 57. g4 1-0

[Event "Salzburg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1942.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Black "Junge, Klaus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1942.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nc3 e6 7. Qb3 Qc8 8. Bd2
Nc6 9. Rc1 Nd7 10. Na4 Be7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Rb8 13. a3 Qd8 14. Qa2 $1 e5 $6
(14... a5 $1 {counters the threat b4.}) 15. Qxd5 Be6 16. Qe4 Nf6 17. Qc2 exd4
18. Rfd1 dxe3 19. Bxe3 Nd5 20. Bd3 g6 $2 ({Correct is} 20... h6 $1 21. Bf4 $1
Bd6 $1 22. Bxd6 Qxd6) 21. Bh6 $1 Re8 22. Be4 Bf8 23. Bxf8 Kxf8 ({A piece costs
} 23... Rxf8 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Nc3 Ne7 26. Nxd5 Nxd5 27. Qb3) 24. Nc3 $1 {
Black encounters a terrible pin.} Nce7 25. Bxd5 Nxd5 26. Nxd5 Rc8 (26... Bxd5
27. Qc5+) 27. Nc7 Qe7 28. Nxe6+ Qxe6 29. Qd2 1-0

[Event "Salzburg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1942.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Schmidt, Paul"]
[Black "Stoltz, Goesta"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1942.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 b5 7. Bf3 e5 8. Nde2
Bb7 9. Bg5 ({Stoltz played the solid} 9. a3 {against Junge in round one.}) 9...
Nbd7 10. O-O h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Ng3 g6 13. Qd2 h5 14. Rfd1 h4 15. Nf1 b4 16.
Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Qb6 18. a3 b3 19. cxb3 Qxb3 20. Rac1 Bh6 $1 {Creative play
by Black has led to a level game.} 21. Rc3 $1 Qb6 $2 (21... Qa4 22. Ne3 O-O {
completes the development.}) 22. Qc2 Rb8 (22... O-O $2 23. Rb3 Qa7 24. Qc7 {
(Becker).}) 23. Qa4+ Qb5 24. Qxb5+ $1 axb5 25. Be2 b4 26. axb4 O-O 27. Ne3 f5
28. b5 Bc8 $2 ({Correct is} 28... Bxe3 29. fxe3 Kf7 30. Kf2 Kf6 31. Rc7 g5 32.
b4 Rf7) 29. Nc4 Rxb5 ({No use has} 29... Rf6 30. Nb6 $1) ({or} 29... Rd8 30.
Na5 $1) 30. Nxe5 $1 Rxb2 31. Nxg6 Rf6 32. Rxc8+ Kg7 33. Bh5 Rxg6 34. Bxg6 Kxg6
35. Re1 Bd2 36. Re6+ Kg5 37. Kf1 h3 38. gxh3 f4 39. Rg8+ Kf5 40. h4 Rb3 41.
Rg5# {First cycle: Bogoljubow 3 1/2, Keres 3, Alekhine 2 1/2, Junge, Schmidt
and Stoltz 2.  Bogoljubow plays as good as in his best days. Alekhine catches
up.} 1-0

[Event "Salzburg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1942.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1942.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. d4 d5 7. c4 Nc6 8. Nc3
Bg4 9. Be3 Be7 10. h3 Bh5 11. c5 O-O 12. Bb5 Ne4 13. Qa4 $6 {Black parries
this sortie easily.} Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Qd7 16. Rb1 Qf5 17. Qd1 Bg5
18. Bd3 Qe6 19. Qe2 Bxe3 20. fxe3 b6 21. c4 dxc4 22. Bxc4 Qh6 23. Rd1 Rae8 24.
f4 Qh4+ 25. Kf1 Ne7 26. Qg4 Qf6 27. Kf2 $2 ({Better is} 27. e4 bxc5 28. e5)
27... bxc5 28. dxc5 {Black has a decisive combination.} Qc6 $2 ({Bogolubow
overlooks} 28... Nf5 $1 29. Rhe1 Re4 30. Bd5 Nxe3 31. Rxe3 Rxf4+) 29. Rc1 g6
30. Qf3 Qf6 31. e4 Rb8 32. Bb3 Rb4 33. Rhd1 Nc6 34. Rc4 Rxc4 35. Bxc4 Qb2+ 36.
Qe2 Qb4 37. Bd5 Ne7 38. Bb3 Qxc5+ 39. Qe3 Qc6 40. Rc1 Qb7 41. Qd4 c6 42. Qd6 a5
43. Kf3 Qa7 44. h4 a4 45. Bc4 Qa5 $2 {Again Boggie fails tactically.} 46. Qxe7
Qd2 47. Qc5 $1 Rd8 48. Qe3 Qh2 49. Qf2 Qh3+ 50. Qg3 Qd7 51. f5 Qe7 52. fxg6
Qa3+ 53. Kg2 Rd2+ 54. Kh3 Qxg3+ 55. Kxg3 hxg6 56. Rf1 Rd7 57. Rf6 Rc7 58. e5
Kg7 59. Kf4 Rd7 60. Rxc6 Rd4+ 61. Kf3 Rxh4 62. Rc7 Rh3+ 63. Kg4 Rc3 64. e6 1-0

[Event "Salzburg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1942.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Junge, Klaus"]
[Black "Stoltz, Goesta"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D95"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1942.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Qb3 O-O 7. Bd2 e6 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. O-O c5 $5 10. cxd5 cxd4 $6 ({Stoltz played} 10... exd5 {against Böök
in 1947.}) 11. exd4 exd5 12. Nxd5 $6 ({Pressure proceeds by} 12. Bf4 Nb6 13.
Nb5 Ne8 14. Rfe1) 12... Nxd5 13. Qxd5 Ne5 14. Qxd8 $6 (14. Be4 {avoids a
weakening.}) 14... Nxf3+ 15. gxf3 Rxd8 16. Be4 Bh3 $6 (16... f5 $1 17. Bc2 Be6
{keeps a plus.}) 17. Rfd1 Rxd4 18. Be3 Rb4 19. Rac1 Bxb2 20. Rc7 Be5 21. Rxb7
Rxb7 22. Bxb7 Rb8 23. Bd5 a5 24. Bb3 Rc8 $6 ({Difficulties forestalls} 24...
Be6 25. Bxe6 fxe6 {(Junge).}) 25. Rd5 Bc3 26. Rb5 Bd7 ({Satisfactory
counteraction gives} 26... a4 $1 27. Bd5 Rd8) 27. Rb7 Be8 $2 {Black is losing
territory.} ({He survives by} 27... Be6 28. Bxe6 fxe6) 28. Ra7 h5 29. Bb6 h4 $6
30. Kg2 g5 $6 31. Bxa5 Bd4 32. Rc7 Rxc7 33. Bxc7 Kg7 ({Counter-play provides} 
33... Bc6 $1 34. Bd8 g4 35. Bxh4 Bxf3+) 34. Bd5 Kg6 35. f4 g4 36. f3 f5 37. Bd8
Kh5 38. h3 Bc5 39. Bg5 gxh3+ ({Restriction applies} 39... g3 $1 40. Bd8 Ba3 41.
Bb3 Bg6 {but} 42. Be6 {and zugzwang ends the bind.}) 40. Kxh3 Kg6 41. Kxh4 Bb5
42. Kg3 Kg7 43. Bd8 Kg6 44. Ba5 Bd3 45. a4 Kf6 46. Bd8+ Kg6 47. Bc6 Kf7 48. Bb5
Bxb5 49. axb5 Ke8 50. Bc7 Kd7 51. Be5 Be7 52. Kg2 Bc5 53. Kg3 Be7 {White has
no entry on the kingside.} 54. Bd4 Kd6 55. Kf2 Kd5 56. Be3 Bd6 57. b6 Kc6 58.
Ke2 Bb8 ({The pawn ending after} 58... Be7 59. Kd3 Bd8 60. Kc4 Bxb6 61. Bxb6
Kxb6 62. Kd5 {loses at once (Junge).}) 59. Kd3 Kb5 60. Kd4 Kc6 61. Bc1 Bd6 62.
Bd2 $1 Bb8 63. Be3 Kd6 ({The pointe of white's manoeuvre is} 63... Bd6 64. Kc4
$1 {and mutual zugzwang (Junge).}) 64. Kc4 Kc6 65. Kb4 Bd6+ 66. Ka5 Kb7 67. Kb5
Ba3 68. Bd4 $1 Bc1 69. Be5 {The position of the white bishop has been improved.
} Be3 70. Kc4 $1 {Junge played a great endgame.} ({Black notices} 70. Kc4 Kc6
71. b7 Kxb7 72. Kd5) 1-0

[Event "Salzburg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1942.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Schmidt, Paul"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1942.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Nc3 Bb7 8. Qc2
Nc6 $5 9. O-O d5 10. cxd5 Nb4 $1 11. Qb3 Nbxd5 12. Rd1 Qc8 13. Ne5 Nxc3 14.
Qxc3 c5 15. dxc5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Bxc5 17. Qf3 $1 Qc7 18. Bf4 Nd5 19. Rac1 ({
Keres advises} 19. Rxd5 exd5 20. Ng6 {but} fxg6 21. Bxc7 Rxf3 22. exf3 Re8 {is
better for Black.}) 19... Qb7 20. Nd3 Be7 21. Bd2 Rac8 22. Nf4 Rfd8 23. Nxd5
Rxd5 24. Bc3 Rcd8 25. Rxd5 Qxd5 26. Qxd5 Rxd5 27. e4 Rd7 28. Kf3 f6 29. Ke2 Kf7
30. Bd2 f5 31. exf5 exf5 32. Bf4 Bc5 33. Rc4 Ke6 34. Be3 Kd5 35. Rf4 g6 36.
Bxc5 bxc5 37. b3 Kc6 38. f3 h5 39. h4 Re7+ 40. Kd2 Rd7+ 41. Ke2 Re7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Salzburg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1942.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Schmidt, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C86"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1942.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Qe2 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
$5 Bg4 9. c3 O-O 10. Rd1 $5 b4 11. a5 $5 d5 $5 {Both sides seek the
confrontation.} 12. exd5 e4 ({The white pawn structure ruins} 12... Nd4 $1 13.
cxd4 e4) 13. dxc6 Bd6 14. d4 Re8 $2 ({Correct is} 14... exf3 15. gxf3 Bf5) 15.
Be3 $2 ({Alekhine did not like} 15. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 16. Ng5+ Kg6 {but} 17. f3 $1
exf3 18. Qd3+ $1 Bf5 19. Qxf3 {wins.}) 15... exf3 16. gxf3 Bh5 $2 (16... Be6
17. Bxe6 Rxe6 {eliminates the strong bishop.}) 17. Nd2 Ne4 $5 18. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7
19. Qc4+ Kf8 20. fxe4 $2 {Alekhine overlooks a win for the second time.} ({He
analyses} 20. Nxe4 $1 Rxe4 21. fxe4 Qh4 22. e5 Bxe5 {but misses} 23. Qc5+ Bd6
24. Qf5+ Kg8 25. h3) 20... Qh4 21. e5 Bxd1 22. exd6 Qg4+ 23. Kf1 cxd6 $2 (23...
Qh3+ $1 24. Ke1 Bg4 {and Black threatens ..Rxe3+!}) 24. d5 Qh3+ 25. Ke1 Bc2 26.
cxb4 Rxe3+ $2 {Black fails tactically.} ({Correct is} 26... Bg6) 27. fxe3 Qxe3+
28. Qe2 Qh6 (28... Qg5 29. Nf3 Qxd5 30. Qxc2 Qxf3 31. Qf2 {and White wins the
rook ending.}) 29. Ra3 $1 Bf5 30. Re3 g6 31. Qf2 Rb8 32. Nc4 Rxb4 33. Nxd6 1-0

[Event "Salzburg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1942.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Black "Stoltz, Goesta"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1942.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Be2 a6 7. f4 Qc7 8. Bf3
Bd7 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Be7 11. Qe1 O-O 12. Rd1 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 e5 14. Be3 exf4
15. Bxf4 Qb6+ 16. Rf2 Rfe8 (16... Qxb2 {can be answered by} 17. Rb1 ({or} 17.
e5)) 17. b3 d5 $5 18. Be3 (18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Rxd5 Bc6 20. Be3 Qc7 21. Rd1 Bd6
22. g3 Bxe4 {and Black has regained the pawn.}) 18... Bc5 19. Bxc5 Qxc5 20. e5
Bc6 21. Kf1 d4 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Re2 $2 {Boggie has become too old for playing
ten games in a row.} ({Equality keeps} 23. Ne4 Qxe5 24. Nxf6+ gxf6 25. Re2 Qf4+
26. Kg1 Re5 27. Qf2) 23... Ng4 $1 24. Na4 Qa7 25. Rd3 Nxh2+ 26. Kg1 Ng4 27. b4
a5 28. bxa5 Qxa5 29. Qxa5 Rxa5 30. Rxd4 h5 31. e6 fxe6 32. Nc3 Rc5 33. Ne4 Rb8
34. g3 Rb1+ 35. Kg2 Rd5 36. Rxd5 cxd5 37. Nc5 e5 38. a4 Kf7 39. a5 Ra1 40. a6
Ke7 41. c4 dxc4 42. Rb2 Kd6 43. Ne4+ Kd5 44. Nc3+ Kc5 45. Rb5+ Kc6 46. Rb4 Kc5
47. Rb5+ Kd4 0-1

[Event "Salzburg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1942.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Junge, Klaus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1942.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. b3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Qe7 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Bd6 $1 {Black prepares a liberation.} 10. Qc2 e5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12.
Nxd5 cxd5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. h3 $2 {A weakness in Keres' play is the occasional
blunder.} ({Correct is} 14. Bc3 {(Whyld).}) 14... Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Qe5 16. g3
Bxh3 17. Bc3 Qg5 18. Bg2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rac8 20. Qd3 Rc6 21. Rad1 Rd8 22. Bb2
Be7 23. Rc1 Qg6 $5 {Black has to exchange, if he wants to make progress.} 24.
Qxg6 hxg6 25. Bd4 Rdc8 26. Rxc6 bxc6 27. Rc1 Ba3 28. Rc2 c5 29. Bb2 $1 Bxb2 30.
Rxb2 c4 $5 ({A weakening of the pawn structure is necessary, because} 30... Kf8
31. Rd2 Rd8 32. Rc2 {draws.}) 31. Kf3 f6 32. bxc4 Rxc4 33. Rb8+ Kh7 34. Rd8 Ra4
35. Rxd5 Rxa2 36. Rd8 a5 37. Ra8 a4 {The rook ending is drawn.} 38. g4 g5 39.
Kg3 Ra1 40. Kg2 Kg6 41. Ra7 a3 42. Kg3 Kh7 43. Ra8 g6 44. Ra7+ Kg8 45. Kg2 Kf8
46. Kf3 Ke8 47. Ke4 a2 48. Kf3 Kd8 49. Kg2 Kc8 50. Ra3 Kd7 51. Ra7+ Kc6 52.
Ra6+ Kc5 53. Ra8 Kc4 54. Rc8+ Kd3 55. Rd8+ Ke2 56. Ra8 f5 57. gxf5 gxf5 58. Ra7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Salzburg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1942.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Junge, Klaus"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1942.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 $5 3. e3 $5 Nc6 $5 4. exd4 Nxd4 5. Nxd4 Qxd4 6. Nc3 Nf6 7.
d3 e5 {A sharp move from Maderna-Piazzini, Buenos Aires 1940.} 8. Be2 Be7 9.
Be3 Qd8 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 c6 12. d4 Qb6 13. Qd2 O-O 14. O-O-O $5 {
Provocative play continues.} Bb4 15. Bd3 Qa5 16. Kc2 $2 ({The exchanges} 16. a3
{(Opocensky)} Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 18. bxc3 Re8 {lead to a better endgame for
White.}) 16... Bf5 $1 {Black takes over the initiative.} 17. Be5 Bxd3+ 18. Qxd3
Ng4 19. Bg3 Rfe8 20. Rhe1 Qg5 21. Ne4 Qg6 22. Re2 f5 23. Nc3 Rxe2+ 24. Nxe2 Re8
25. Nf4 Qf7 26. Kb1 g5 27. Nh3 h6 28. a3 Bf8 {Alekhine has kept his advantage.}
29. Nf2 $2 ({A counteraction starts} 29. d5 {(Opocensky)} cxd5 30. cxd5 Ne3 31.
Re1 f4 32. Bf2) 29... Ne3 30. Re1 f4 31. Nh3 fxg3 32. hxg3 Qh7 33. Nf2 Re7 34.
Kc1 Qxd3 35. Nxd3 Nxc4 0-1

[Event "Salzburg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1942.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Schmidt, Paul"]
[Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1942.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2
b6 $5 9. Be2 Ba6 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Bf4 Rfc8 ({A better square finds
} 12... Rfd8 $1) 13. a4 $1 dxc4 14. Bxc4 $1 ({The less bold} 14. Nxc4 {was
played in Euwe-Bogoljubow, Rotterdam 1928.}) 14... Bxc4 15. Nxc4 Qa6 (15... Qh5
{leaves the turmoil.}) 16. Nd6 Rd8 17. c4 c5 18. Rfb1 Ne8 19. Nb5 Rac8 20. d5 {
White controls the queenside and centre.} Qb7 $2 ({The right order of moves is
} 20... exd5 21. cxd5 Qb7 {After} 22. e4 Nf8 $1 {Black has a last stand in the
style of Steinitz.}) 21. a5 exd5 22. a6 $1 Qa8 23. cxd5 Qxd5 24. Nxa7 Ra8 25.
Rd1 Qe6 26. Nb5 Ne5 $6 (26... Ndf6 {forestalls an immediate disaster.}) 27.
Rxd8 Rxd8 28. a7 Ra8 29. Qe4 Nc6 30. Qxe6 fxe6 31. Ra6 Nf6 32. e4 e5 33. Bxe5
Nxe4 34. f3 Nd2 35. Bc7 Nc4 36. Bxb6 Nb4 37. Nc7 Nxb6 38. Nxa8 Nxa8 39. Rd6 Kf7
40. Rd8 Nb6 41. a8=Q 1-0

[Event "Salzburg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1942.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Stoltz, Goesta"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D04"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1942.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. e4 dxe4 8.
Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 c5 10. c3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. Bc2 b6 13. Nb3 Ba6 14. Nxc5
$2 (14. Re1 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 {equalises completely.}) 14... Bxf1 15. Qxd8 Raxd8
16. Ne6 $1 fxe6 17. Kxf1 {White has compensation for th exchange, but Keres'
great technic in the endgame assures a quiet victory.} Rd6 18. Be3 Kf7 19. g4
Ke8 20. Ke2 Be5 21. a4 Bf4 22. a5 Bxe3 23. Kxe3 b5 24. Be4 Kd7 25. f3 Rc8 26.
h4 e5 27. Rh1 $6 (27. Bd3 Kc6 28. Rh1 {offers more resistance.}) 27... b4 $1
28. cxb4 Rb8 29. h5 Rxb4 30. Rb1 Rb3+ 31. Ke2 gxh5 32. g5 Rg6 33. Rd1+ Rd6 34.
Rb1 Rd4 35. Bxh7 Ke8 36. Bc2 Rb5 37. a6 Rb6 38. Ke3 Kf8 39. b3 Rxa6 40. Rh1 Ra2
41. Be4 Rb4 42. Bd5 h4 43. Bc4 Rb2 44. Rxh4 R2xb3+ 45. Kf2 Kg7 46. g6 Rc3 47.
Rh7+ Kxg6 48. Bg8 Rb8 0-1

[Event "Salzburg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1942.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Stoltz, Goesta"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B54"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "1942.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. a4 Nc6 8. O-O
Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Qc7 10. Be3 Be7 11. Bxd7+ Nxd7 12. Na3 a6 13. Rfd1 O-O 14. Qc4
Rac8 15. Qxc7 Rxc7 16. b3 f5 $1 {Black takes over the initiative by an attack
in the centre.} 17. Nc4 Rc6 18. exf5 Rxf5 19. Bd4 Rf7 20. Bf2 $6 ({Better is} 
20. Ne3) 20... d5 $1 21. Ne3 Bg5 22. Re1 Nf8 23. Re2 Ng6 24. Rd1 Rfc7 25. c4
Bxe3 26. Rxe3 dxc4 27. bxc4 Rxc4 28. Rxe6 $2 {Black gets two connected passed
pawns.} ({Correct is} 28. a5) 28... Rxa4 29. Rb6 Nf4 (29... Ra2 $1 {creates
danger.}) 30. Kf1 Rac4 31. Be3 g5 32. Rd8+ Kf7 33. h4 gxh4 34. Rh6 Kg7 $2 (
34... Ke7 {keeps an advantage.}) 35. Rxh4 Ne6 36. Rxc4 Rxc4 37. Rd7+ Kg6 38.
Rxb7 Ra4 39. Re7 Nf4 40. Bxf4 Rxf4 41. Re6+ Rf6 42. Re5 Rb6 (42... Rf5 $1 43.
Re4 h5 {easily draws (Richter).}) 43. Ra5 Re6 44. g4 Kf6 45. Kf2 h6 46. Kg3 Kg6
47. f4 Rb6 48. Kh4 Kg7 49. f5 Rc6 50. Ra4 Rb6 51. Ra5 Rc6 52. Rd5 Rb6 $2 ({
Black escapes by} 52... Rc1 $1 53. Rd7+ Kf6 54. Rd6+ Kg7 55. Rxa6 Rh1+ {
(Alekhine).}) 53. Kh5 Rc6 54. Rd7+ Kf8 55. Ra7 Rb6 56. Rh7 Kg8 57. Re7 Kf8 58.
Re6 Rxe6 59. fxe6 a5 60. Kxh6 a4 61. g5 a3 62. g6 a2 63. g7+ Ke7 64. g8=Q a1=Q
65. Qf7+ Kd6 66. Qd7+ (66. e7 $1 Qh1+ 67. Kg7 Qg2+ 68. Kf8 $18) 66... Kc5 67.
Kg6 $2 {Richter mentions the lack of theory about this ending.} ({Nowadays} 67.
Qf7 {is theory.}) 67... Qg1+ $2 ({Black misses the escape} 67... Qe5 $1 68. e7
Qg3+ 69. Kf7 Qf4+ 70. Ke8 Qb8+ {(Alekhine).}) 68. Kf7 Qh1 69. Qc7+ Kb5 70. Qe5+
Ka4 71. Qd4+ Ka3 72. Qd3+ Kb4 73. Qf5 Qc6 74. e7 Qc7 75. Qe4+ Ka3 76. Qd4 Qh2
77. Qc5+ Ka2 78. e8=Q Qf4+ 79. Kg7 Qg3+ 80. Kf8 1-0

[Event "Salzburg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1942.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "1942.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d6 $5 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. d5
g6 9. Qc2 Bg7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Nh5 12. g4 $5 Nhf6 13. h3 h5 14. g5 Nh7 15.
Ne4 Nc5 16. Nxc5 bxc5 17. h4 Qd7 18. Ne1 c6 19. e4 f6 $1 20. gxf6 Bxf6 21. Ng2
Qh3 $6 22. Rae1 Bg7 (22... Bxh4 $2 23. Re3 Qg4 24. Be2 Qg5 25. Rh3 $18) 23. Re3
Rf3 24. Rxf3 Qxf3 25. Be2 Qh3 26. f4 Rf8 27. Rf3 Qd7 28. fxe5 dxe5 29. Rxf8+
Nxf8 30. Qc3 Qd8 31. Qg3 Qf6 32. Bc1 cxd5 33. cxd5 Ba6 34. Bg5 Qb6 35. Bxa6
Qxa6 36. Be7 Nd7 37. d6 Kf7 38. Qf2+ Kg8 39. Qg3 Kf7 40. Qf2+ Kg8 41. Qd2 Kh7
42. Qd5 Qe2 43. Qb7 $2 (43. Qe6 Qb5 44. Kf2 {keeps an advantage.}) 43... Qg4
44. Qxa7 Bh6 45. Kf2 Bf4 46. Bg5 Qg3+ 47. Kg1 Qh2+ 48. Kf1 Qh3 49. Qa6 $4 (49.
Bxf4 exf4 50. Kf2 Qg3+ 51. Kf1 {results in a repetition of moves.}) 49... Bg3
$1 50. Qb7 Qh1+ 51. Ke2 Qxg2+ 52. Kd3 Qf1+ 53. Kc2 Qf2+ 54. Kb1 Qf7 55. a4 Be1
56. Kc2 Bb4 57. Be3 g5 58. Bxg5 Qf2+ 59. Kb1 Qf1+ 60. Bc1 Qd3+ 61. Ka2 Qxd6 62.
Qd5 Qxd5 63. exd5 Kg6 64. Kb2 Kf5 65. Kc2 e4 66. Kd1 Ke5 67. Ke2 Kxd5 68. Bg5
Ke5 69. Bd8 c4 70. bxc4 Kd4 71. a5 Bc5 72. Bg5 Kxc4 73. Bd8 Kb5 74. Bc7 Nf6 0-1

[Event "Salzburg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1942.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Schmidt, Paul"]
[Black "Junge, Klaus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B29"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1942.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 $5 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nxd5 exd5 6. d4 d6 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. O-O Be7 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. Bg5 f6 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Be3 Qa5 14. c3
{Black's isolated pawn creates a lasting advantage for White.} Nc6 15. Qd3 Rd8
16. a4 O-O 17. Qb5 Qc7 18. Rad1 a6 19. Qb6 Bd6 20. Qb3 Qf7 21. Bb6 Rd7 22. Rd3
Re8 23. Rfd1 Ne5 24. Nxe5 Rxe5 25. Be3 Qe6 26. Kf1 Rf5 27. g4 Re5 28. Bf4 Re4
29. Qxd5 Qxd5 30. Rxd5 Rxf4 31. Rxd6 Rxd6 32. Rxd6 Rxg4 33. a5 Rg5 34. Rb6 (34.
b4 Rb5 35. Rd7 {keeps a plus.}) 34... Rxa5 35. Rxb7 h5 36. c4 Kh7 37. Ke2 h4
38. b4 Ra2+ 39. Kf3 Rc2 40. c5 a5 41. bxa5 Rxc5 42. a6 Ra5 43. a7 Kh6 44. Ke4
g5 45. Kd4 h3 46. f3 f5 47. Kc4 g4 48. fxg4 fxg4 49. Kb4 Ra1 50. Kb5 (50. Kc5
g3 51. Rb3 $11) 50... g3 51. Rb6+ {Schmidt sets a last trap.} Kg7 ({Junge
avoids} 51... Kg5 $2 52. Ra6 Rb1+ 53. Kc4 $1) 52. Rb7+ (52. Ra6 Rxa6 53. Kxa6
g2 54. a8=Q g1=Q 55. Qa7+ Qxa7+ 56. Kxa7 $11) 52... Kh6 53. Rb6+ Kg7 54. Rb7+
Kh6 55. Rb6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Salzburg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1942.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Junge, Klaus"]
[Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A96"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1942.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. b3 Qe8 8. Qc2
Nc6 9. Bb2 Qh5 10. Nc3 Bd7 11. Rad1 Rae8 12. a3 Rf7 13. d5 Nd8 14. dxe6 Nxe6
15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Nc5 17. Nd4 f4 $1 18. Bc1 $6 (18. Bf3 Qh3 19. Bg2 Qh5 {
repeats the moves.}) 18... g5 19. Qc3 Bh3 20. b4 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Ne4 22. Qd3 Bf6
23. Ne6 Nc3 24. Rde1 c6 $1 25. gxf4 g4 26. Ng5 $5 Bxg5 27. Qxc3 Bxf4 28. Bxf4
Qxd5+ $5 {Bogoljubow has brought new life to the game with a surprising move.}
29. Kg1 $2 ({Under time pressure, Junge feared} 29. Kg3 $1 Ref8 $1 {but} 30.
Bd2 $1 Rf3+ 31. exf3 Rxf3+ 32. Kh4 Rxc3 33. Bxc3 {is better for White.}) 29...
Rxf4 30. Rd1 Qe6 31. e3 Rc4 32. Qd3 d5 33. b5 $1 Qe5 $6 ({The momentum utilises
} 33... Qe4 34. Qxe4 Rexe4 35. bxc6 bxc6 36. Rb1 Kf7 37. Rb7+ Re7) 34. bxc6
bxc6 35. Rb1 Re7 36. Rb3 Kg7 37. Rfb1 Qe4 38. Qxe4 Rcxe4 39. Rc1 Rc7 40. Rbc3
Re6 41. Rc5 {White blockades a weak pawn.} Rd6 42. Kg2 Kf6 43. Kg3 h5 44. Kf4
Ke6 45. Kg5 Rg7+ $2 ({Black plays for a win by} 45... Ke5 $1 46. Kxh5 Ke4 $1
47. Kh4 (47. Kxg4 $2 Rg6+ 48. Kh5 Kf5) 47... Kf3) 46. Kh4 Kd7 47. Kxh5 Rf6 48.
Ra5 Ke8 49. Rb1 Rgf7 $2 ({Better is} 49... Kd8 50. Rb8+ Kc7) 50. Rb8+ Kd7 51.
Rxa7+ Kd6 52. Rxf7 Rxf7 53. Kxg4 Rxf2 54. h4 Rg2+ 55. Kf3 Rh2 56. Rh8 Ra2 57.
h5 Rxa3 58. h6 Kc5 59. Kf4 Ra7 $2 ({The last opportunity to draw gives} 59...
Ra1 $1 {and 60...Rh1 (Junge).}) 60. Rc8 Kb5 61. Kg5 c5 62. Kg6 Ra6+ 63. Kg7
Ra7+ 64. Kg8 d4 65. e4 c4 66. h7 Rxh7 67. Kxh7 c3 68. e5 Kb4 69. e6 d3 70. e7
d2 71. e8=Q d1=Q 72. Rb8+ Ka3 73. Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "Salzburg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1942.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C34"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1942.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 $5 {Keres trails by half-a-point and wants to win.} exf4 3. Nf3
Nf6 4. e5 Nh5 5. Qe2 $5 Be7 6. d4 O-O 7. g4 $5 fxg3 8. Nc3 $5 ({No result has} 
8. Qg2 d5 9. hxg3 Bg4 10. Nh2 Bf5 11. Nf3 Bg4) 8... d5 $1 9. Bd2 Nc6 10. O-O-O
Bg4 11. Be3 f6 $1 12. h3 Be6 13. Ng5 $1 {White opens the attack with a nice
move.} fxg5 14. Qxh5 g6 15. Qe2 g4 ({Alekhine likes this move, but the forward
defence} 15... h5 $1 {seems better.}) 16. hxg4 Bg5 17. Kb1 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Bxg4
19. Qh6 $5 {Again Keres sharpens the game.} Rf7 20. Bg2 $1 Ne7 $1 {Alekhine
avoids a turmoil.} ({A forced alternative is} 20... Bxd1 $6 21. Bxd5 $1 Bxc2+
22. Kc1 g5 23. Bxf7+ Kxf7 24. e6+ Kg8 25. Kxc2 Nb4+ 26. Kb3 Qe7 $1 {The
position seems to be even, e.g.} 27. Rf1 Nc6 28. d5 Nd4+ 29. Kc4 Nc2 30. Rf7
Qb4+ 31. Kd3 Ne1+ 32. Ke3 Qb6+ 33. Ke4 Qb4+ 34. Ke5 Qd6+ 35. Kf6 Qf4+ $11) 21.
Rdf1 Rg7 22. Qf4 $6 ({The attack continues} 22. Rf6 $1 c6 23. Qf4 {(Richter).})
22... Be6 23. Ne2 Nf5 24. Bh3 $2 ({It is time for} 24. Nxg3) 24... Qd7 25. Rfg1
Rf8 26. Qd2 Nxd4 $1 27. Qxd4 Bxh3 28. Rxg3 Bf5 29. Qxa7 b6 30. Qa3 c5 31. Qb3
Be4 32. Rd1 Qf5 33. Nc3 c4 34. Qa4 Qxe5 35. Re3 Bxc2+ 36. Qxc2 Qxe3 37. Nxd5
Qc5 38. Qc3 h5 39. a3 Rf5 40. Nf6+ Rxf6 41. Qxf6 Qf5+ 42. Qxf5 gxf5 43. Kc2 Kh7
44. Kc3 Rg4 45. Rd7+ Kg6 46. Rd6+ Kg5 47. Rxb6 h4 48. Rb8 h3 49. Rg8+ Kf4 50.
Rh8 Kg3 51. Rh5 h2 {Alekhine has won the tournament.} 0-1

[Event "Salzburg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1942.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Stoltz, Goesta"]
[Black "Schmidt, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E16"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1942.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. Bg2 Be7 7. Qc2 c5 8. e4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. O-O Na6 11. a3 d6 12. b4 Qd7 13. Bb2 Rac8 14. Qd3 Nc7 15.
Rfe1 Ng4 16. f4 Ne8 17. Rad1 Ne5 18. Qb3 Nc6 19. N2f3 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Qc7 21. Bf1
a6 22. Qe3 Nf6 23. Bd3 Ba8 24. h3 Nd7 25. g4 Qb7 26. g5 Rfe8 27. Kh2 Bf8 28.
Qg3 a5 29. h4 axb4 30. axb4 e5 31. Ne2 b5 32. cxb5 d5 33. Nc3 exf4 34. Qxf4
Bxb4 35. Nxd5 Bxe1 36. Rxe1 Nc5 37. Nf6+ gxf6 38. Qxf6 Kf8 39. Qh6+ Ke7 40. Bc4
Rf8 41. Be5 Ne6 $2 42. Qf6+ $2 ({White misses} 42. Bxe6 fxe6 43. Rd1 $1 Rc2+
44. Kg1 Rg2+ $1 45. Kh1 $1 Rd2 46. Qxh7+ Rf7 47. Bf6+) 42... Ke8 43. Bxe6 Rc2+
44. Kh3 fxe6 45. Qxe6+ Qe7 46. Qxe7+ Kxe7 47. b6 Ke6 48. Bc7 Rc4 49. Kg4 Rxe4+
50. Rxe4+ Bxe4 51. Kh5 Kf7 52. Be5 Re8 53. Bd4 Re6 54. Kg4 Bb7 55. Bf2 Bc8 56.
Kh5 Kg8 57. Bd4 Re4 58. Bf6 Rb4 59. Bd8 Bf5 60. g6 Bxg6+ 61. Kg5 Kf7 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D76"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

{Paul Keres returned to his family in Estonia after World War II. Despite his
participation in Nazi tournaments, his life was spared, but he was not allowed
to participate in Groningen 1946. He was invited for the fifteenth Soviet
championship. Other invitees were Botvinnik, Boleslavsky, Smyslov, Flohr and
Ragozin. Qualifiers from the semifinals were Tolush, Bronstein, Levenfish and
Dubinin in Leningrad, Bondarevsky, Lilienthal, Kan, Yudovich and Alatortsev in
Moscow and Kasparian, Makogonov, Ufimtsev, Aronin and Klaman in Tiflis.
Botvinnik was mentioned in the tournament program, but he withdrew in anger,
when the world championship was cancelled in 1947. Goldenov became his
replacement. The Soviet championship took place in Leningrad from 2 ii until 8
iii 1947. Reports were published in Shakhmaty i SSSR.  The games among the
twelve best players of the fifteenth Soviet championship have been analysed.
Keres had an incredible score against the finest opponents. The turning point
was his swift win against Smyslov. Paul was 'rehabilitated'.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4
g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O Nc6 9. d5 Nb8
10. Bf4 c6 11. dxc6 Nxc6 12. Qc1 e5 13. Bh6 Qe7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. b3 Bg4 16.
Qe3 Rac8 17. Rac1 Rfd8 18. h3 Bf5 19. g4 Bd7 20. Rfd1 f5 21. gxf5 Bxf5 22. Ne1
Nd4 23. Nd3 Bxd3 24. Rxd3 Nf5 25. Qe4 Rxd3 26. exd3 Nh4 27. Ne2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 Nbd7 4. Bf4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. h3 O-O 7. e3 c6 8. Be2
a6 9. O-O b5 10. Nd2 Nb6 11. Bh2 Be6 12. b3 h6 13. Qc2 Nfd7 14. a4 b4 15. Na2
a5 16. Rad1 Qc8 17. Nc1 Rd8 18. Nf3 Nf8 19. Bd3 Qb7 20. Ne2 Bd7 21. e4 Be8 22.
Qc1 Nbd7 23. Bf4 Kh7 24. Bc2 e5 25. dxe5 dxe5 26. Be3 Ne6 27. Rd6 Ndc5 28. Rfd1
Qe7 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Rxd8 Qxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kasparian, Genrikh"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 $5 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Nd5 $6 ({Theory will become} 5.
Bb5 $1) 5... Bg7 6. Bg5 Nc6 7. Qc3 O-O 8. Bxf6 exf6 9. O-O-O f5 $1 10. Qc4 fxe4
11. Qxe4 d6 12. Nf3 Bf5 13. Qa4 $5 Rc8 14. Bc4 $2 Bxc2 $1 {The defence line is
crushed.} 15. Kxc2 Na5 16. Nd2 ({No use has} 16. b3 a6 17. Kb1 b5 18. Bxb5 axb5
19. Qxb5 Rc5 20. Qd3 Qa8) 16... a6 ({Even stronger is} 16... Nxc4 17. Nxc4 Rc5
$1 18. Kb1 Qh4) 17. Kb1 b5 18. Bxb5 axb5 19. Qb4 Nc6 20. Qb3 ({Or} 20. Qxb5 Nd4
21. Qd3 Rc5) 20... Ra8 $2 ({Keres misses the win} 20... Nd4 $1) 21. Nb4 $2 ({
A proper defence gives} 21. Ne4 Na5 22. Qf3 f5 23. Nec3 Nc4 {(Romanovsky).})
21... Nxb4 22. Qxb4 Ra4 $1 23. Qb3 Qa5 24. a3 Re8 25. Qf3 b4 26. Nc4 Qa7 27.
Rhe1 Rb8 28. Rxd6 bxa3 29. Qc6 a2+ 30. Kc2 Qxf2+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 Be6 $1 {
Tolush answers to the novelty with his usual aggression.} 8. axb5 $5 Nxc3 9.
bxc3 cxb5 10. Ng5 Bd5 11. e6 $1 fxe6 12. Qg4 h5 $1 13. Qf4 Qd6 14. Qf7+ Kd7 15.
Ba3 Qc7 16. Be2 Nc6 17. Bxh5 $4 ({Correct is} 17. O-O Nd8 18. Qg6 Qf4 19. Bf3 {
and the fight goes on.}) 17... Ne5 $1 18. dxe5 Qxe5+ 19. Kf1 Qxg5 20. Bf3 Qf6
21. Bxd5 Qxf7 22. Bxa8 a5 23. g3 Qf5 24. Kg2 g5 25. h3 Bg7 26. Rad1+ Kc7 27. g4
Qf7 {Smyslov would have a flying start of 7/9.} 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D55"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Ne4 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8.
Qc2 c6 9. Bd3 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 Nd7 11. Nd2 dxc4 12. Nxc4 b6 13. O-O c5 14. Be4 Rb8
15. Qa3 Bb7 16. Bxb7 Rxb7 17. Rfd1 Rc7 18. Rac1 Rfc8 19. e4 Nf6 20. d5 exd5 21.
exd5 Rd7 22. d6 Qd8 23. Qb3 Qf8 24. Qb5 Rcd8 25. Rd3 Ne4 26. Rcd1 Ng5 27. Qc6
f6 28. Re3 Nf7 29. Red3 Ne5 30. Nxe5 fxe5 31. Rd5 Qf7 32. f3 Qe6 33. a4 Rf7 34.
a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Be7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. h3 Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Rab1 Be6 14. b4
Rad8 15. Na4 a6 16. Nc5 Bc8 17. Bf5 Bxf5 18. Qxf5 Nf6 19. Qe5 Ne4 20. Nxe4 dxe4
21. Qxe7 Rxe7 22. Nd2 Nd7 23. Nc4 Nf6 24. a4 Nd5 25. Rfc1 Rc7 26. Rb3 Kf8 27.
f3 exf3 28. gxf3 Ke7 29. Kf2 f6 30. h4 b5 31. Nb2 bxa4 32. Nxa4 Rb8 33. Nc3 Kd7
34. Nxd5 cxd5 35. Rxc7+ Kxc7 36. Rc3+ Kd7 37. Ra3 Rb6 38. Kg3 Ke6 39. Ra5 g6
40. Kf4 h6 41. Kg4 Rd6 42. f4 h5+ 43. Kf3 Rb6 44. f5+ $1 {Keres brings life to
a dull game.} Kxf5 $1 45. Rxd5+ Ke6 46. Ra5 Ke7 47. Ke4 Kd6 48. Rd5+ Kc6 49.
Rd8 Kb5 50. Rg8 Kxb4 51. Rxg6 f5+ $2 {He gives away a pawn.} (51... a5 {is
okay.}) 52. Kxf5 Rxg6 53. Kxg6 a5 54. Kf7 $2 ({Correct is} 54. Kf5 $1) 54...
Kc4 ({Right is} 54... a4) 55. Ke6 a4 56. d5 a3 57. d6 a2 58. d7 a1=Q 59. d8=Q
Qa6+ 60. Kf5 Qa7 {White has a subtle win.} 61. e4 $2 ({The right way is} 61.
Qe8 $3 Qh7+ 62. Kg5 Kd3 $6 63. Qg6+ $1) 61... Qh7+ 62. Ke5 Qg7+ 63. Qf6 Qg3+
64. Qf4 Qg6 65. Qg5 Qe8+ 66. Kf4 Qf8+ 67. Qf5 Qh6+ 68. Kf3 Qd6 69. Qf7+ Kd4 70.
Qg7+ Kc4 71. Qg8+ Kd4 72. Qg1+ Kc4 73. Qc1+ Kb5 74. Qb2+ Kc6 75. Qc3+ Kd7 76.
Qg7+ Kc6 77. e5 Qd4 78. Qg6+ Kc5 79. Qe4 Qd1+ 80. Kf2 Qd5 81. Qe3+ Kc4 $2 ({
Correct is} 81... Kb5) 82. Qe2+ $2 (82. e6 $1 {wins.}) 82... Kd4 $2 ({An
escape brings} 82... Kc5 $1 83. Kg3 (83. Qxh5 Kd4) 83... Kd4 84. Kf4 Qf7+ 85.
Kg5 Qe7+ 86. Kxh5 Kd5 87. e6 Kd6 {Black has stopped the e-pawn.}) 83. e6 $1
Qf5+ 84. Ke1 Kc3 85. e7 Qg6 86. e8=Q Qg1+ 87. Qf1 Qg3+ 88. Qf2 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Black "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D59"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 c5 12. O-O c4 13. Bc2 Nc6 14. Ba4 Bd7
15. b3 Na5 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. Ne5 Qe6 18. bxc4 Nxc4 19. Nd3 Rfd8 20. Re1 Rac8
21. Rc1 a6 22. Nf4 Qd6 23. Qg4 Rc6 24. h4 Qa3 25. Rc2 Qf8 26. Rec1 b5 27. Qh5
Rcd6 28. Nd3 Qe7 29. Nc5 Rb6 30. Re2 Rc6 31. a4 Rb6 32. axb5 axb5 33. Ra2 b4
34. Rb1 Kh7 35. g3 g6 36. Qe2 Rdb8 37. Rb3 Nd6 38. Qf3 Ne4 39. Nxe4 dxe4 40.
Qd1 Qd7 41. Rc2 Rb5 42. Qe2 Ra5 43. Kg2 Ra3 44. Rcb2 Rxb3 45. Rxb3 Qd5 46. Qc2
Rb5 47. Kf1 Qe6 48. Ke1 Rb7 49. h5 Rb8 50. hxg6+ Kxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 f5 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Nb3 Bg4 14. Qd3 Ne4 15.
Nbd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Bd6 {Levenfish plays a sharp variation of the Open Ruy
Lopez.} 17. Nxb5 $6 ({The last cry is} 17. Nc6 $1 Bxh2+ 18. Kxh2 Qd6+ 19. Kg1
Qxc6 20. f3 Bf5 21. fxe4 $5 Bxe4 22. Qe2 {Computer software takes risks for a
win (Crafty-Patzer, 1999).}) 17... Bxh2+ $1 18. Kxh2 axb5 ({Very promising
seems to be} 18... Qh4+ 19. Kg1 Rf5 $1 {(Aarland-Zhukhovitsky, 1967), but} 20.
Nxc7 $1 Nxf2 $1 21. Qxf5 $1 Nh3+ $1 22. gxh3 Qg3+ 23. Kh1 Qxh3+ {leads to
perpetual check.}) 19. Kg1 Bf5 20. Qxb5 Nxc3 21. bxc3 Bxc2 22. Be3 Rf5 23. Qe2
Ba4 24. Bd4 Qd6 25. Qg4 Rf7 26. Qg3 Qf8 $5 ({Vasiliev prefers} 26... Qxg3 27.
fxg3) 27. Rfe1 c5 28. Be5 Qd8 29. Qe3 Qf8 30. Re2 Re8 31. Qg3 Rd8 32. Rb1 d4 $6
33. Rd2 Rfd7 34. cxd4 cxd4 35. Qg4 h5 36. Qe6+ Qf7 37. Qxf7+ Kxf7 38. Rb4 Bc6
39. Rbxd4 Rxd4 40. Rxd4 Rxd4 41. Bxd4 g6 42. Kh2 Ke6 43. Kh3 Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E52"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. e3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. Rc1 a6 10. Ne2 Bd6 11. Ng3 g6 $6 12. Ne5 c5 13. f4 c4 14. Bb1 b5 15. h4
Ne4 $5 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. h5 $1 Bd5 18. Qg4 Qf6 19. Qh3 Ra7 $1 {Smyslov defends
well.} 20. O-O $6 (20. hxg6 fxg6 21. g4 {continues the attack.}) 20... Qd8 $1
21. hxg6 fxg6 22. f5 Qc8 $1 23. fxg6 Qxh3 24. Rxf8+ Kxf8 25. gxh3 Bxe5 26. dxe5
Rg7 27. Bb4+ Ke8 28. Rd1 Rxg6+ 29. Kh2 Bc6 30. Rd6 Nd7 31. Rxg6 hxg6 32. Bd6
Kf7 33. Kg3 Ke6 34. Kf4 Nxe5 35. Bxe5 g5+ 36. Kxg5 Kxe5 37. h4 b4 38. h5 Bd7
39. Bc2 Bf5 40. Bd1 a5 41. Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kasparian, Genrikh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Bg5 Ne4 8.
Bf4 e6 9. Qb3 Qc8 10. Bxe4 dxe4 11. Ng5 Be7 12. Nxe4 O-O 13. Nbd2 Qd7 14. f3
Bf5 15. O-O Rac8 16. Rfe1 Rfe8 17. Qb5 a6 18. Qe2 Na5 19. Nb3 Nc4 20. Nbc5 Qd5
21. b3 Na3 22. Rac1 Qc6 23. Be3 Nb5 24. Bg5 Bxg5 25. Nxg5 a5 26. a4 Nc7 27.
Red1 h6 28. Nge4 Nd5 29. c4 Nb4 30. Qe3 Qb6 31. Rc3 Nc6 32. d5 Nb4 33. d6 Rc6
34. g4 Bg6 35. Kg2 Na2 36. Rcd3 Nb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C15"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 dxe4 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Nxc3 Nc6 7. Bb5 Nge7
8. Nxe4 O-O 9. c3 e5 10. dxe5 $5 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 Nxe5 12. Bf4 N7g6 13. Be3 $6 ({
Better is} 13. Bxe5 Nxe5 14. Kc2 Bf5 15. Rhe1) 13... Bg4+ 14. Kc2 a6 15. Bf1
Bf5 16. f3 Rfe8 17. Re1 Rad8 18. Kc1 Bxe4 19. fxe4 Nd7 20. Bd4 Re7 21. b4 Rde8
22. Bd3 Nf4 23. Kc2 $5 Nxd3 24. Kxd3 f5 25. Rhf1 fxe4+ {Black has won a pawn,
but it is not enough for a win.} 26. Ke3 b6 27. c4 c5 28. Bb2 cxb4 29. axb4 Rc8
30. Rc1 a5 31. bxa5 bxa5 32. Rf5 a4 33. c5 Rb8 34. c6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasparian, Genrikh"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E90"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. h3 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8
Rxd8 9. Bg5 c6 10. Nxe5 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Ng4 Bxg4 13. hxg4 Na6 14. Be2 Nb4
15. Rc1 Bg5 16. Rd1 Bf6 17. Rc1 Bg5 18. Rd1 Bf6 19. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 exd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. e5 Ne4 13. Nc3 Na5 14. Bc2 f5 15.
exf6 Bxf6 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Rxe4 c5 19. d5 Nc4 20. Rb1 Qd7 21. b3
Qf5 22. Qc2 Nd6 23. Re2 Qxd5 24. Ba3 Nb7 25. Rd1 Qc6 26. Ne5 Bxe5 27. Rxe5 Rac8
28. Rde1 Rfe8 29. Qf5 Rxe5 30. Rxe5 Rf8 31. Qg5 Qd7 $2 32. Re7 Qd1+ 33. Kh2
Qd6+ 34. f4 Rf7 35. Re8+ Rf8 36. Re7 Rf7 37. Re8+ Rf8 38. Bb2 Qg6 39. Qd5+ $2 {
Levenfish does not find the win in his remaining time before the control.} ({
Right is} 39. Rxf8+ Kxf8 40. Qe5 $1 Nd8 41. Qxc5+) 39... Qf7 40. Re7 Qxd5 41.
Rxg7+ Kh8 42. Rf7+ Kg8 43. Rg7+ Kh8 44. Rxb7+ Rf6 $1 45. Bxf6+ Kg8 46. Rg7+ Kf8
47. Rc7 c4 48. bxc4 bxc4 49. Be5 Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 Nd5 $2 {Ragozin wants to refute the Anti-Meran by force. He sacrifices
an exchange.} ({The main line} 9... hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 {was made famous by
Junge and Botvinnik.}) 10. Nxf7 Qxh4 11. Nxh8 Bb4 12. Qd2 $5 c5 $5 {Black has
to attack in the centre before his opponent can reorganise his position.} 13.
O-O-O {The crucial position has arisen.} Nxc3 $2 ({Correct is} 13... cxd4 14.
Qxd4 {Best is} Qxd4 ({A good reputation has} 14... Qg5+ 15. f4 Nxf4 {
(Korelov-Sveshnikov, 1972), but} 16. Qd2 $1 {refutes this line.}) 15. Rxd4 Nxc3
16. bxc3 Bxc3 17. Rg4 Bxe5 18. Rg8+ Kd7 19. Be2 {(Fenoglio-Corte, Buenos Aires
1938), but Black awaits a hard defence.}) 14. bxc3 Ba3+ 15. Kb1 Bb7 16. Be2 Nd7
17. Ka1 cxd4 18. cxd4 O-O-O 19. Nf7 Rf8 20. Nd6+ Bxd6 21. exd6 a6 22. Bf3 Bxf3
23. gxf3 Qf4 24. Qxf4 Rxf4 25. Rhg1 Kb7 26. Rg6 Rxf3 27. Rxe6 Rxf2 28. d5 Nc5
29. Re7+ Kb6 30. d7 Rf8 31. Re6+ Kb7 32. Re8 Nxd7 33. Rxf8 Nxf8 34. Rf1 Nd7 35.
Rf7 Kc7 36. Rh7 b4 37. Rxh6 Nb6 38. Rc6+ Kb7 39. Rc5 c3 40. d6 a5 41. h4 a4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Kasparian, Genrikh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D59"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 Be6 12. Qa4 c5 13. Qa3 Rc8 14. Be2 Nd7
15. O-O Qf8 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Nd2 Rab8 18. e4 d4 19. f4 f5 20. e5 Nb6 21. Nc4
Nxc4 22. Bxc4 Qf7 $6 23. b3 Rb4 $2 ({Correct is} 23... Bxc4 24. Rxc4 Qd5) 24.
Qa6 $1 Re8 25. Bxe6 Rxe6 26. Qc8+ Kh7 27. Qxc5 Qb7 28. Qf8 d3 29. Rc8 Qb6+ 30.
Kh1 d2 $5 31. Qxf5+ Rg6 32. Qf8 Rxg2 33. Qg8+ Kg6 34. Qe8+ Kh7 35. Kxg2 Rxf4
36. Rxf4 d1=Q 37. Qg8+ Kg6 38. Qf7+ $6 Kh7 {Kasparian's desperate action has
set great problems.} 39. Qf5+ $2 ({Flohr misses} 39. Qg8+ $1 Kg6 40. Rf6+ $1
Qxf6 41. Qe8+ $1 Qf7 42. Rc6+ Kh7 43. Qxf7 {White has won a rook.} Qg4+ 44. Kf2
Qd4+ 45. Kf3 Qd3+ 46. Kg2 $1 Qe2+ 47. Kg3 Qe1+ 48. Qf2 {The white queen
becomes active.} Qxe5+ 49. Qf4 Qe1+ 50. Kh3 {Black has no perpetual.}) 39...
Qg6+ 40. Qxg6+ Kxg6 41. Rc6+ Kh5 42. Rcc4 Qd2+ 43. Rf2 Qd5+ 44. Kg3 Qxe5+ 45.
Kf3 g5 46. Re2 Qd5+ 47. Ke3 g4 48. Rec2 Kh4 49. Rc5 Qd6 50. Ke4 h5 51. R5c3 Qd8
52. Rc5 Qd6 53. R5c3 Qd8 54. Rc6 Kh3 55. R6c3+ Kh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Bd7 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Qb3 Qd6 12. e3 {Capture on b7 is very
risky.} Bf5 $1 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O b6 15. Nd2 Na5 16. Qa2 c5 17. Nb3 $6 Nxb3
18. Qxb3 Rac8 19. Rac1 Rc7 20. Rfd1 Rfc8 21. Ba6 Rb8 22. Bf1 $2 (22. dxc5 Rxc5
23. Bd3) 22... c4 $1 23. Qb2 b5 24. Re1 a5 25. f3 Re7 26. Ra1 g5 $1 {Black
applies restriction on the queenside and in the centre. He has the same plan
for the kingside. White panics.} 27. e4 $2 ({White can fight in the line} 27.
g4 $1 Bg6 28. Bg2 $1 b4 $1 29. axb4 axb4 30. e4) 27... dxe4 28. a4 b4 29. fxe4
Rxe4 30. Rxe4 Bxe4 31. Bxc4 Rc8 32. Qe2 Bg6 33. Bd3 Bxd3 34. Qxd3 Rxc3 35. Qe4
b3 36. Rf1 Qe6 37. Qxe6 fxe6 38. Rb1 Kf7 39. Kf2 Rc2+ 40. Kf3 b2 41. h3 Ke7 42.
g4 Kd6 43. Ke4 Rh2 44. d5 exd5+ 45. Kd4 Rg2 46. Kc3 Kc5 47. Rf1 d4+ 48. Kb3 Rf2
49. Re1 d3 50. Ka2 Kc4 51. Re8 d2 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D14"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 Qb6 8.
Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. h3 O-O 12. a3 Na5 13. Ne5 Rfc8 14. Rab1 Nc4
15. Bg5 Bd6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Nxc4 Rxc4 18. Ne4 f5 19. Nf6+ Kg7 20. Nh5+ Kh8
21. f4 Qd8 22. Rbc1 Rac8 23. Rxc4 Rxc4 24. Kh2 Qh4 25. Qe2 a6 26. Rg1 Rc8 27.
g4 Rg8 28. gxf5 Rxg1 29. Kxg1 Qxh3 30. fxe6 fxe6 31. Nf6 Be7 32. Ng4 Kg7 33.
Nf2 Qg3+ 34. Kf1 Bh4 35. Nd3 b6 36. Ne5 Qh3+ 37. Kg1 Qg3+ 38. Kf1 Qh3+ 39. Kg1
Bf6 40. Nd7 Bd8 41. Ne5 h5 42. Qg2+ Qxg2+ 43. Kxg2 Bc7 44. Nd3 Bd6 45. a4 Kf6
46. Kf3 Kf5 47. b3 Be7 48. Nf2 Bh4 49. Nd3 a5 50. Ne5 Be1 51. Nd3 Bb4 52. Nf2
Bd2 53. Ke2 Bc1 54. Kf3 Bb2 55. Nh3 Ba3 56. Ng5 Be7 57. Nh3 Ba3 58. Nf2 Bb2 59.
Nd3 Bc3 60. Nf2 Bd2 61. Ke2 Bc1 62. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kasparian, Genrikh"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. g3 $6 dxe4 5. dxe4 Bc5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. h3 e5 8.
Ngf3 Be6 9. O-O Qd7 10. Ng5 O-O-O 11. Nxe6 fxe6 $6 12. c3 h5 13. Qe2 Qd3 14.
Qxd3 Rxd3 15. Nb3 Bb6 16. Kh2 a5 17. a4 h4 18. g4 Nh7 $1 {Bishop c1 has been
restricted.} 19. Be3 $2 {Kasparian applies a drastic solution.} ({Taimanov
condemns} 19. f4 exf4 20. Bxf4 e5 {but} 21. Bd2 $1 Rhd8 22. Be1 $1 g5 23. Rf7 {
gives counter-play.}) 19... Bxe3 20. fxe3 Rxe3 21. Rf7 Rg8 22. Raf1 b6 $1 23.
R1f2 $6 Nd8 24. R7f3 Rxf3 $6 25. Rxf3 Ng5 26. Rf2 Nc6 27. Bf1 $6 Rd8 $5 28.
Ba6+ Kb8 29. Kg2 Ne7 30. Rd2 Rf8 $5 31. Rd7 Ng6 32. Rxg7 Nf4+ 33. Kh1 Nfxh3 34.
Nd2 Rf2 35. Rd7 Nf4 36. Rg7 $6 Ngh3 $1 {Tolush plays plays for mate.} 37. Rd7
Rg2 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C49"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8.
Bg5 Qe7 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. c4 c5 11. Nd2 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Re1 Rb8 14. Nf1 Be6
15. Rb1 Rb6 16. Ne3 Qe7 17. Qd2 Rfb8 18. Rb3 Qd7 19. Qa5 R8b7 20. Reb1 Qc6 21.
Rxb6 Rxb6 22. Rxb6 Qxb6 23. Qxb6 cxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E90"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. Be3
Nc5 9. Nd2 a5 10. Be2 Ne8 11. g4 f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. Qc2 Na6 14. f3 Bh6 $5 15.
g5 $5 f4 16. Bf2 Bxg5 17. h4 Bh6 18. Nde4 Bf5 19. a3 Nf6 20. Nxf6+ Qxf6 21. Bd3
Bxd3 22. Qxd3 Qf5 23. Ne4 Nb8 $6 24. Qb3 $6 ({The opportunity} 24. c5 $1 {is
missed.}) 24... b6 25. O-O-O Nd7 26. Rdg1+ Kh8 27. Qa4 Nf6 28. Nxf6 Qxf6 29.
Qc2 Rg8 30. Kd1 Rxg1+ 31. Rxg1 Rg8 32. Rxg8+ Kxg8 33. Ke2 Qg6 {Makogonov meets
great problems.} 34. Qd3 $2 ({The active} 34. Qxg6+ hxg6 35. b4 a4 36. Kd3 {
might be sufficient in the fight for survival.}) 34... a4 35. b3 axb3 36. Qxb3
e4 37. Kf1 e3 $2 {A fortress is created for White.} 38. Be1 Qf5 39. Kg2 Qg6+
40. Kf1 Qf5 41. Kg2 Bg7 42. c5 Bd4 43. cxd6 cxd6 44. Qc4 Bc5 45. a4 Qg6+ 46.
Kh2 Qf5 47. Qb5 Kf7 48. Qc6 Qc2+ 49. Kh3 Qf5+ 50. Kh2 Kg6 51. Qe8+ Kh6 52. Qe7
Kg6 53. Qe8+ Kh6 54. Qe7 Qc2+ 55. Kh3 Qf5+ 56. Kh2 {The position is repeated
for the third time.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 Nd5 $2 10. Nxf7 Qxh4 11. Nxh8 Bb4 12. Rc1 {Ragozin plays the variation
for the second time and experiences another refutation.} c5 ({Or} 12... Qe4+
13. Be2 Nf4 14. Qd2 $1 Nd3+ 15. Kf1 Nxc1 16. Qxc1 {(Nelsen-Stoker, corr. 1986).
}) 13. dxc5 Nd7 14. Be2 Bb7 ({White takes over the attack in} 14... Nxe5 15.
O-O Bb7 16. Nxb5 Bxc5 17. Ng6 $1 Nxg6 18. Rxc4 Ndf4 19. Rxc5 {(Nielsen-Sveshnik
Nielsen-Sveshnikov, Komerovo 1995).}) 15. Bh5+ Kd8 16. O-O Bxc3 17. Rxc3 Kc7
18. Ng6 Qe4 19. Rg3 Nxc5 20. Bf3 Qf5 21. Qd4 Kb6 22. b4 cxb3 23. axb3 Qc2 24.
Bxd5 Rd8 25. Nf4 Bxd5 26. Rc3 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Qe2 Nc5 12. Nd4 Nxb3 13. N2xb3 Qd7 14. Nxc6 Qxc6
15. f4 Bf5 16. Be3 Qg6 17. Qf2 f6 18. e6 Rfe8 19. Bc5 Qh5 20. Bxe7 Rxe7 21. Qc5
Rxe6 22. Nd4 Rd6 23. Qxc7 Rd7 24. Qc6 Rdd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E51"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Bd6 8. Nf3
Nc6 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. O-O Bg4 12. Bg5 Ng6 13. h3 Bd7 14. Be2 h6 15. Be3
Qe7 16. Rc1 a6 17. Re1 Nh5 18. Bf1 Nhf4 19. Ne2 Qf6 20. Nxf4 Nxf4 21. Kh2 g5
22. Ng1 Qg6 23. g3 Nh5 24. Bd3 Ng7 25. g4 c6 26. dxc6 Bxc6 27. Ne2 Rad8 28. Qc2
Ne6 29. Ng3 Qf6 30. Nf5 Nd4 31. Bxd4 exd4+ 32. Kg1 Qe5 33. Nxd6 Rxd6 34. Qc5
Re8 35. Qxe5 Rxe5 36. f3 Kg7 37. Kf2 Kf6 38. Rc2 Ba4 39. Rc7 Rb6 40. b4 a5 41.
Rb1 Rc6 42. Rxc6+ bxc6 $2 ({Correct is} 42... Bxc6) 43. Rc1 axb4 44. axb4 Re7
45. Ra1 Bb5 46. Bxb5 cxb5 47. Ra5 Rc7 $1 {Black has to give up a pawn.} 48.
Rxb5 Rc2+ 49. Ke1 Rb2 50. Rf5+ Ke6 51. b5 d3 52. Kd1 Ke7 53. Rc5 d2 54. Ke2 Ke6
$2 55. Rf5 $2 (55. h4 $1 gxh4 56. Rh5 Ke7 57. Rxh4 Rxb5 58. Rxh6 {takes
advantage of the error.}) 55... Ke7 56. Kd1 Ke6 57. Rc5 Kf6 $1 {The king has
to return.} (57... Kd7 $2 58. Ke2 Ke8 59. Rc6 Rxb5 60. Kxd2) 58. Rc6+ Kg7 59.
b6 Kh7 60. Rf6 Kg7 61. Rd6 Kh7 62. e5 Kg7 63. Rc6 Kh7 64. Rc7 Kg6 $4 ({Right is
} 64... Rxb6 65. Rxf7+ Kg6 66. Rf5 Rb2 {White plays for a win in} 67. h4 $1
gxh4 68. Rh5 Rb3 $1 69. f4 h3 70. Kxd2 h2 $1 71. f5+ Kg7 72. Kc2 Ra3 73. Kb2
Re3 74. e6 Rg3 75. Rxh2 Rxg4 76. Re2 {Black seems to survive by} Rb4+ $1 77.
Kc3 Rb8 78. Rh2 Kf6 79. Rh5 Rd8 80. Kc4 Ke5 $1 81. Kc5 Rc8+ 82. Kb6 Rc1 {White
cannot make progress.}) 65. b7 $1 ({The pointe is} 65. b7 Kg7 66. e6) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D54"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Be2 Bb7 12. Qa4 c5 13. Qa3 Rc8 14. Nf3 Qf6
15. dxc5 bxc5 16. O-O Qb6 17. Rfd1 Nd7 18. e4 Re8 19. Nd2 Re7 20. Nb3 Rxe4 21.
Bf3 Rb4 22. Bxd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Nf6 24. Rdxc5 Ne4 25. R5c2 Rd8 26. Rf1 f5 27.
Rc6 Qb8 28. Qa6 Rb5 29. Rc2 Rbd5 30. f3 Nd2 31. Nxd2 Rxd2 32. Qe6+ Kh8 33. Rxd2
Rxd2 34. Rc1 Qb6+ 35. Qxb6 axb6 36. b3 Rd6 37. Kf2 Kg8 38. Ke3 Kf7 39. a4 g5
40. Rc4 Ke6 41. g3 h5 42. f4 g4 43. Rd4 Rc6 44. Kd2 h4 45. gxh4 Rc8 46. Rb4
Rd8+ 47. Ke3 Rd1 48. Rxb6+ Kf7 49. a5 Re1+ 50. Kd3 Rh1 51. Rb5 Kf6 52. a6 Ra1
53. Rb6+ Kg7 54. Rb7+ Kh6 55. a7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. a4
Be7 9. Qe2 cxd4 10. exd4 Nb6 11. Ba2 O-O 12. Re1 Nbd5 13. Bg5 Nb4 14. Bb3 Nfd5
15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Bxg5 17. Be4 Bf6 18. Ra3 Rb8 19. Ne5 g6 20. Rd1 Bd7 21.
Qf3 Be8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. d3 Nf6 6. c3 g6 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. Nf1
O-O 9. Ng3 b5 10. Bc2 d5 11. O-O dxe4 12. dxe4 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Re8 14. a4 Rb8 15.
axb5 axb5 16. Be3 Bf8 17. h3 Bd6 18. Nd2 Nd7 19. b4 Nf8 20. Nb3 Ne6 21. Kf1 Rd8
22. Ne2 Bd7 23. f3 Be8 24. Kf2 Bf8 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rd1 Rxd1 27. Bxd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kasparian, Genrikh"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E01"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Nbd7 5. Nc3 c6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nf3 Bd6 8.
Bf4 Bxf4 9. gxf4 O-O 10. Qc2 Re8 11. O-O-O Nf8 12. h4 Ng4 13. e3 h5 14. Bf1 Nh6
15. Bh3 Bg4 16. Bxg4 hxg4 17. Ne5 f6 18. Ng6 Nxg6 19. Qxg6 Qd7 20. Ne2 Qf5 21.
Qxf5 Nxf5 22. Rdg1 Nh6 23. Kd2 Kf7 24. Nc1 Rh8 25. Ne2 Rac8 26. Ng3 Ke6 27. h5
f5 28. Ne2 Ng8 29. f3 $2 {Again Kasparian gives away a pawn when the time
becomes short.} gxf3 30. Rg6+ Nf6 31. Ng3 Rcg8 32. Ke1 Rh6 33. Kf2 Rxg6 34.
hxg6 Ne4+ 35. Kxf3 Nxg3 36. Kxg3 Kf6 37. b4 Kxg6 38. Rc1 Kf6 39. Rc5 Ke6 40. b5
Kd6 41. a4 cxb5 42. axb5 Rh8 43. Kg2 g6 44. Kf3 Rh2 45. Rc8 Rb2 46. Ra8 Rxb5
47. Rxa7 Kc7 48. Ra8 Rb6 49. Ke2 Rd6 50. Kd3 b6 51. Kc3 Rc6+ 52. Kb4 $5 {
Kasparian chooses the active variation.} ({The alternative} 52. Kd3 {draws
easily.}) 52... Re6 53. Ra7+ Kd8 54. Kb5 Ke8 55. Rb7 Rxe3 56. Kc6 Re4 57. Kxd5
Rxf4 58. Ke5 Rf1 59. Rg7 $6 ({An elementary draw brings} 59. Rxb6 Re1+ 60. Kf6
f4 61. Kxg6) 59... Re1+ 60. Kf6 $4 {My hero composer blunders in a rook ending.
} ({Correct is} 60. Kd5 $1) 60... f4 $1 61. Rg8+ ({The pointe is} 61. Rxg6 f3
62. Rg8+ Kd7) 61... Kd7 62. Rf8 Re6+ 63. Kg5 Re4 64. Rf6 b5 65. d5 b4 66. Kg4
g5 67. Rb6 Kc7 68. Rb5 Kd6 69. Kf5 Rd4 70. Kg4 Rc4 71. Ra5 Rc5 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D95"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Qb3 e6 7. Be2 b6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. O-O Bb7 10. a4 a5 11. Rd1 Nbd7 12. Bd2 Re8 13. Na2 Ne4 14. Be1 Bf8 15.
Qc2 Bd6 16. b4 axb4 17. Nxb4 Qf6 18. Qb3 Qe6 19. Bb5 Red8 20. Be2 Ndf6 21. a5
bxa5 22. Nd3 Ba6 23. Rxa5 Bc4 24. Qa4 Rab8 25. Qa1 Nd7 26. Rb1 g5 27. Rxb8 Rxb8
28. Ra8 Rxa8 29. Qxa8+ Kg7 30. Nc1 Nb6 31. Qa1 g4 32. Nd2 Nxd2 33. Bxd2 Qh6 34.
g3 Bxe2 35. Nxe2 Qg6 36. Qe1 Qc2 37. Bc3 Nc4 38. Kg2 Qe4+ 39. Kg1 h5 40. Qf1
Qf3 41. Qe1 Kg6 42. Nc1 h4 43. Qe2 Qxe2 44. Nxe2 h3 45. Kf1 Kf5 46. Be1 c6 47.
Nc3 Bb4 48. Nb1 Bxe1 49. Kxe1 Nd6 50. Nd2 Ne4 51. Nf1 Ng5 52. Nd2 Ke6 53. Ke2
f5 54. Kd3 Kd6 55. Kc3 Kc7 56. Kb3 Kb6 57. Kb4 Ne4 58. Nxe4 fxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D96"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 c6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 $6 7. e4 $1 {
White has an easy game.} Nb6 8. Be3 O-O 9. Rd1 Be6 10. Qc2 Bc4 11. Be2 Bxe2 12.
Nxe2 N8d7 13. Nf4 Qc8 $1 14. O-O e5 {Black plays the liberating move.} 15. dxe5
Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Nd3 Bg7 18. Nc5 Qc7 19. Rd3 Rfd8 20. Rfd1 Rxd3 21. Rxd3
Bf6 $2 {Black has placed his bishop on a wrong square.} ({Better is} 21... Re8
22. f4 Bf8) 22. g3 $1 {Smyslov prepares Bf4.} Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. Qc3 Nd7 ({
Or} 24... Be7 25. Bh6) 25. Nxd7 Qxd7 26. Bxa7 b6 27. Bb8 Bc7 28. Bxc7 Qxc7 29.
Qd4 c5 30. Qd5 b5 31. a3 b4 32. axb4 cxb4 33. Kg2 h5 34. h4 Qb6 35. e5 Kg7 36.
Kf3 Qb8 37. Qd4 Qb7+ 38. Ke3 Kh7 39. Kd3 Qb5+ 40. Qc4 Qd7+ 41. Ke3 Qa7+ 42. Qd4
Qa4 43. Qd5 Qa7+ 44. Ke2 Kg8 45. e6 $1 fxe6 46. Qe4 $1 Qa6+ 47. Qd3 Qb6 $6 ({
More resistance is offered} 47... Qa2 48. Qxg6+ Kf8) 48. Qxg6+ Kf8 49. Qxh5 Qd4
50. Qf3+ Kg7 51. b3 Qb2+ 52. Kf1 Qc1+ 53. Kg2 Qc3 54. Qe3 e5 55. h5 Qc6+ 56.
Kg1 Qc3 57. Qg5+ Kf7 58. Qg6+ Ke7 59. h6 Qxb3 60. h7 Qd1+ 61. Kg2 Qd5+ 62. f3
Qd2+ 63. Kh3 Qd7+ 64. Qg4 Qd1 65. Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E33"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bd2 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. a3
Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Qe7 10. e3 O-O 11. b4 Bg4 12. Be2 e4 13. b5 exf3 14. gxf3 Bxf3 15.
Bxf3 Ne5 16. Be2 Rfe8 17. Qf5 Rad8 18. O-O Ng6 19. Bb4 Qe4 20. Qxe4 Nxe4 21.
Rfd1 f5 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rd1 Rxd1+ 24. Bxd1 b6 25. Bb3 Nc5 26. Bc2 Ne7 27. Kf1
Kf7 28. Ke2 Ke6 29. f3 Ng6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Bf4 Nh5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Be3 Nd7 $5 8.
d5 c6 $5 ({Lilienthal prefers} 8... c5) 9. Bd4 Nhf6 10. e4 O-O 11. h3 Qa5 12.
Bd3 Nc5 13. O-O Nxd3 $6 ({Better is} 13... e5 14. Be3 cxd5 15. cxd5 b6 $1) 14.
Qxd3 e5 15. dxe6 $6 Bxe6 $1 16. Nd2 d5 $6 ({More ambition shows} 16... Rad8 17.
f4 {(Lilienthal)} Bc8 18. f5 g5) 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. exd5 Bf5 $2 {Black does not
capture the centre pawn.} ({Correct is} 18... Nxd5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qd4+ {
(Lilienthal), and now} Kh7 $1 21. Nde4 $1 Nxc3 22. Nf6+ Kh8 23. bxc3 Rad8 24.
Nd7+ f6 $5 25. Qe3 Bxd7 26. Qxh6+ {The great adventures end with a perpetual
check.}) 19. Qf3 Qa6 20. g4 Bd7 21. Nb3 h5 22. gxh5 Bf5 23. h6 Bxh6 24. Nc5 Qc4
25. Rfd1 Nh5 26. b3 Qb4 27. d6 Nf4 28. Nd5 Nxd5 29. Qxd5 b6 30. Nd3 Qa3 31. Bb2
Qa6 32. Qd4 Kh7 33. Nf4 Rad8 34. Nd5 Rxd6 35. Nf6+ Rxf6 36. Qxf6 Qe2 37. Re1
Qb5 38. Rad1 Bxh3 39. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Bc4 c5 7. O-O b6 8. c3
Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Qe2 Nc7 11. h3 Qd7 12. a4 cxd4 13. exd4 Rfe8 14. Rfe1 Ncd5
15. Bh2 Bh6 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Nf6 18. Qh4 Bg7 19. Bf4 Qf5 20. Qg5 Qc2 21.
Qb5 a6 22. Qe2 Qxe2 23. Rxe2 Nd5 24. Bg3 Rec8 25. Ra3 Bh6 26. Ne1 f6 27. Nd3
Kf7 28. f4 b5 29. axb5 axb5 30. Rb3 Rab8 31. Kf2 b4 32. Nxb4 Nxb4 33. cxb4 Rb5
34. Ke3 Rc4 35. Kd3 d5 36. h4 f5 37. Be1 $2 Bxf4 38. Ra3 Bc7 39. Ra7 $4 Rxd4+
$1 40. Kc3 Rc4+ 41. Kb3 Rb8 42. Rxc7 Rxc7 43. Bg3 e5 44. Bxe5 Re8 45. Bxc7 Rxe2
46. g3 Ke6 47. Kc3 Kd7 48. Bf4 Kc6 49. b3 Re4 50. Bd2 Rg4 51. Bf4 h6 52. Bxh6
Rxg3+ 53. Kd4 Rg4+ 54. Ke5 Rxh4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. e3 Nxc5 8.
Bd2 b6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Rc8 11. Nb5 Bxd2 12. Nxd2 Ra8 13. b4 Nce4 14. Nxe4
Bxe4 15. Qb2 Qe7 16. Rac1 Rfc8 17. a3 Bc6 18. Nc3 Rc7 19. Rfd1 Rac8 20. f3 Nh5
21. Bf1 f5 22. e4 fxe4 23. Nxe4 Bxe4 24. fxe4 Qg5 25. Qd2 Nf4 26. g3 e5 27. c5
Ne6 28. Bc4 Qg6 29. cxb6 axb6 30. Bxe6+ Qxe6 31. Rxc7 Rxc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O Nc7 $6 ({
Theory is} 7... Be7) 8. b3 Be7 9. Bb2 e5 $5 (9... O-O 10. Rc1 Bf6 $1 {is an
option.}) 10. Rc1 f6 11. Na4 b6 $2 (11... Na6 $1 12. Ba3 Qa5 13. Ne1 Ncb4 14.
Bxb4 cxb4 {rescues the queenside.}) 12. Nh4 Bd7 ({Not} 12... Bb7 13. b4 $1) 13.
e3 $1 {Keres threatens Qh5+.} O-O 14. d4 $1 exd4 15. exd4 Rc8 16. dxc5 b5 17.
Nc3 f5 ({Or} 17... Bxc5 18. Nxb5 {(Keres).}) 18. Rc2 $1 {Keres carries out a
wonderful attack.} Bxh4 19. Rd2 $1 Rf7 ({The pointe is} 19... Nb8 20. c6 $1)
20. gxh4 $1 Ne6 21. Nxb5 Nxc5 22. Nd6 Re7 23. Nxc8 Qxc8 24. Ba3 Ne4 25. Bxe4
fxe4 26. Bxe7 Nxe7 27. Rxd7 {Keres took the lead from Smyslov and kept the
first place until the end of the tournament.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D54"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Rc1 b6 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Be2 c5 12. Bf3 Bb7 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Ne2
Na6 15. O-O Rfd8 16. Qa4 Nb4 17. Rfd1 a5 18. Rd2 Bc6 19. Qa3 Qa7 20. b3 Rac8
21. h3 d4 22. Bxc6 Rxc6 23. Qa4 Rcd6 24. exd4 cxd4 25. a3 Na6 26. Qxa5 d3 27.
Nf4 Qb7 28. Qc3 Qe4 29. g3 Qf5 30. b4 g5 31. Nh5 f6 32. b5 Nb8 33. Qc4+ Kf8 34.
Qc7 Qd7 35. Qc5 Kf7 36. Qc4+ Kg6 37. g4 Rd4 38. Qc7 f5 39. f3 f4 40. b6 Rd6 41.
Rc3 Na6 42. Qa7 Qxa7 43. bxa7 Ra8 44. Rdxd3 Rxd3 45. Rxd3 Rxa7 46. Rd5 Nb8 47.
Rd3 Kf7 48. h4 Nc6 49. hxg5 hxg5 50. Rd5 Rxa3 51. Rxg5 Nd4 52. Kg2 Ra2+ 53. Kf1
Ra1+ 54. Kg2 Ra2+ 55. Kf1 Ra1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C19"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Nf3 Ne7 8. a4
Nbc6 9. Qd2 f6 10. exf6 gxf6 11. Be2 Ng6 12. O-O Bd7 13. c4 O-O-O 14. Ra3 dxc4
15. Bxc4 Kb8 16. dxc5 Nce5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Qb4 Nxc4 19. Qxc4 e5 20. f4 Rhg8
21. fxe5 Bc6 22. Rg3 Rxg3 23. hxg3 fxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. Bc4 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. c3 b6 $1 8.
Qe2 a6 9. a4 $5 Nh5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 cxd4 12. cxd4 (12. exd4 $6 Nf4 $1 13.
Qe4 $5 Nxg2+ 14. Kf1 Nxh4 15. Qxa8 Bh3+ {leads to great dangers for White 
(Boleslavsky).}) 12... Nc6 13. O-O Nb4 14. Rfc1 Bb7 15. Ne1 Qd7 16. Nd3 Nd5 17.
Bxd5 $6 {This exchange does not gain a pawn for tactical reasons.} Bxd5 18. Nb4
Bb7 19. Nc4 Qe6 20. d5 $5 ({Not} 20. Nxb6 $2 Nf4 $1) 20... Nf4 $1 21. Qd2 Bxd5
$6 {Later Boleslavsky finds the best chance.} (21... Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23.
Nxb6 Bxg2 $1) 22. exf4 Bxc4 23. Nc6 Kh7 24. Nxe7 Qe2 25. Qxe2 Bxe2 26. Rc2 $6 (
26. Nc6 b5 27. f5 {gives counter-play.}) 26... Bg4 27. f5 Bxf5 28. Nxf5 gxf5
29. Rd1 Rfc8 30. Rcd2 Rc4 31. Be7 Rxa4 32. Rxd6 Re8 ({Boleslavsky evaluates} 
32... Bxb2 33. Rxb6 Ra1 34. Rxa1 Bxa1 {as drawn.}) 33. Bf6 Rb4 34. h3 Bxf6 35.
Rxf6 Kg7 36. Rxf5 Rxb2 37. Rd7 Rf8 38. Rd4 Rb1+ 39. Kh2 Re1 40. Rg4+ Kh7 41.
Rgf4 Kg7 42. Rg4+ Kh7 43. Rgf4 {Black's positional advantage does not suffice
for a win.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Kasparian, Genrikh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E00"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Nf3 d5 8. O-O
dxc4 9. a3 Ba5 $5 (9... Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Nd5 {is fine too.}) 10. Qa4 Rd8 11. Rad1
Bb6 12. Be3 Na5 $5 13. Ne5 Bd7 14. Qc2 Be8 15. Ne4 Bb5 $5 16. Bg5 $1 h6 $1 ({
Ragozin finds} 16... Bxd4 17. Rxd4 Rxd4 18. Ng4 {too risky for Black.}) 17.
Bxf6 gxf6 18. Ng4 f5 19. Ngf6+ Kh8 20. Qc1 Qf8 21. Nc3 Be8 (21... Nb3 22. Qf4
Bxd4 {starts counter-play.}) 22. Qf4 Qg7 23. Nh5 Qg6 24. Qe5+ Kg8 25. Nf6+ Kf8
26. d5 Rd6 27. e4 Ke7 28. Nxe8 Rxe8 29. Nb5 {White attacks aggressively.} f6 $2
({Correct is} 29... Rd7 30. dxe6 Qxe6 $1) 30. Qc3 fxe4 ({It is too late for} 
30... Rd7 {due to} 31. b4 $1 cxb3 32. dxe6 Rxd1 33. Rxd1 Nc6 34. Nxc7 $1) 31.
Nxd6 cxd6 32. dxe6 Qf5 33. Qd2 Qe5 34. Qxh6 (34. Bxe4 $1 {ends the game.})
34... f5 35. Bh3 Rf8 36. Qh7+ $2 (36. Rd5 $1 Qxd5 37. Qg7+ Kxe6 38. Qxf8 {
keeps the assault going.}) 36... Kxe6 37. g4 d5 38. gxf5+ Kd6 39. Kh1 Rh8 40.
Qg6+ Kc5 41. f4 Qe8 42. Bg2 Nb3 43. Qg7 {Black has to defend carefully.} Rg8 ({
Useful is} 43... Rf8 $1 44. Rfe1 ({the pointe is} 44. Qxb7 Qf7 $1) (44. Qe5
Qxe5 45. fxe5 Nd4) 44... Rf7 45. Qc3 Ba5 46. Rxd5+ $1 Kxd5 47. Rxe4 Bxc3 48.
Rxe8+ Kd4 49. Rd8+ Ke3 {White has kept a plus.}) 44. Qxb7 Qc6 45. Qe7+ Kb5 46.
Qe5 Rd8 47. Bxe4 Kc5 48. Bg2 Bc7 49. Qe7+ Kb6 50. f6 Nc5 51. f7 Ne6 52. b3 c3
53. Rfe1 Nf8 54. Qb4+ Qb5 55. Qxc3 {Ragozin won a violent game.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bc4 O-O 6. O-O Nfd7 7. Qe2 e6 8.
Re1 Nc6 9. Nb3 e5 10. c3 Qe8 11. h3 a5 12. a4 Nb6 13. Bb5 Bd7 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15.
Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Nd4 Rfe8 17. Bd2 Qe7 18. Bf4 c6 19. Bd3 d5 20. exd5 Qxe2 21. Nxe2
Nxd5 22. Bg3 Be6 23. Bc2 Nb6 24. Nf4 Bc4 25. f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E39"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. Bd2 Nxc5 8.
e3 b6 9. Be2 Ba6 10. O-O d5 11. cxd5 Bxe2 12. Nxe2 Bxd2 13. Qxd2 Nxd5 14. Rfd1
Qf6 15. Qd4 a5 16. Rac1 Qxd4 17. Rxd4 Nb4 18. Nc3 Ncd3 19. Rb1 Rac8 20. a3 $2
Nxb2 $1 21. axb4 Rxc3 22. bxa5 bxa5 23. h3 Rb3 24. Rd2 Rfb8 25. Nd4 R3b6 26.
Nc6 Rxc6 27. Rbxb2 Rcc8 28. Ra2 Ra8 29. Rd7 h5 30. Rb7 Rd8 31. Rc2 a4 32. Rcc7
Rdb8 33. Ra7 Rxa7 34. Rxa7 Rb4 35. f4 h4 36. Kf2 Re4 37. Kf3 f5 38. Rb7 Kh7 39.
Rb8 Kg6 40. Ra8 Kf6 41. Rf8+ Ke7 42. Rg8 Kf7 43. Ra8 g6 44. Rb8 Kf6 45. Rb7 g5
46. Ra7 Rb4 47. g3 $2 g4+ $1 48. Kg2 Rb2+ 49. Kg1 hxg3 50. hxg4 Ra2 51. Ra6 a3
52. g5+ Kf7 53. Kf1 Rf2+ 54. Kg1 a2 55. Kh1 Kg6 56. Kg1 Kh5 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C04"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Nb3 f6 7. exf6 Qxf6 8.
Bg5 Qf7 9. Bh4 e5 10. dxe5 Ndxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Be2 Bd6 13. Bg3 O-O 14. O-O
Bd7 15. Nd4 Rad8 16. Qd2 c5 17. Nf3 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Bc6 19. Rae1 Kh8 20. Bxd6
Rxd6 21. Re5 d4 22. Bxc6 Rxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Ne4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Be7 8.
Be2 O-O 9. O-O e5 10. Nb5 Nc6 11. c4 Ndb4 12. a3 $6 ({Problems are avoided by} 
12. Be3) 12... Qxd1 13. Bxd1 Nd3 14. Nc7 $5 Rb8 15. Nd5 Bd8 16. Nd6 $6 ({
Better is} 16. b4 Nd4 17. Be3) 16... Be6 17. b4 Nd4 18. Be3 b5 19. f4 $2 {
Keres plays too optimistic.} ({Necessary is} 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Bb3) 19... bxc4
$1 20. fxe5 Bxd5 21. Bxd4 Bb6 22. Bxb6 axb6 23. Nf5 Rfe8 24. Ne3 Rxe5 25. Nxd5
Rxd5 26. Bc2 g6 27. Bxd3 Rxd3 $5 28. a4 Rb3 29. Rfb1 Rxb1+ 30. Rxb1 Kg7 31. Rc1
Rc8 32. a5 $5 b5 $1 33. a6 $2 ({Correct is} 33. Kf2 Kf6 34. Ke3 Ke5 35. Kd2)
33... Kf6 34. Kf2 Ke5 35. Ke3 Kd5 36. g4 Re8+ 37. Kd2 {Black has a protected
passed pawn. The a-pawn is a weakling.} Kd4 $2 (37... Ra8 38. Ra1 f5 {gives
excellent winning chances.}) 38. Rf1 $1 Re6 ({The pointe is} 38... Ra8 39. Rf6
$1) 39. Rf4+ Ke5 40. a7 Ra6 41. Rxf7 Ra2+ 42. Kc3 Ra3+ 43. Kb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Black "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D70"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8.
Be3 Bg4 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Rd1 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nc4 12. Qe2 Nxe3 13. fxe3 e5 14. d5
Ne7 15. Bg4 Kh8 16. O-O Ng8 17. d6 cxd6 18. Nb5 Nf6 19. Nxd6 Qe7 20. Bf3 Rad8
21. Nb5 a6 22. Nc3 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Qc4 Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1 Bh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Qc2 c6 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. O-O b6 14. Qd3 Rd8
15. Qe2 Bb7 16. Ba6 Bxa6 17. Qxa6 c5 18. Rfd1 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Nc5 20. Qe2 Rac8
21. h3 Qb7 22. Rac1 Qa6 23. Qxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Kasparian, Genrikh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O Bd7 8. e4
e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Ne1 Nh5 11. Nd3 Qc8 12. Re1 Bh3 13. Bh1 f5 14. f3 fxe4 15.
Nxe4 Bf5 16. Ndf2 Nf6 17. Bg5 Kh8 $2 {Knight e7 should be protected.} 18. Nxf6
Bxf6 19. Bxf6+ Rxf6 20. f4 $1 Qf8 21. fxe5 dxe5 22. Rxe5 Qg7 23. Qe1 Ng8 24.
Qc3 Raf8 25. Re2 h5 26. Rae1 Qf7 27. Ne4 Bxe4 28. Bxe4 Kh7 29. Bg2 Qd7 30. Re6
Rxe6 31. dxe6 Qe7 32. Qd4 Nf6 33. h3 Rd8 34. Qe5 c6 35. Rf1 Rf8 36. c5 Kg7 37.
Rd1 Rd8 38. Rd6 Kg8 39. Bf1 Ne8 40. Rxd8 Qxd8 41. e7 Qd1 42. Qf4 Qe1 43. Qf8+
Kh7 44. Qxe8 $1 (44. Qxe8 Qe3+ 45. Kh1 $1 Qf3+ 46. Bg2 Qd1+ 47. Kh2 {Black has
no perpetual.}) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Nc5 10. Bc2 Bg4 11. Re1 Ne6 12. h3 Bh5 13. a4 Na5 14. axb5 axb5 15.
Qe2 c6 16. Nbd2 Bg6 17. Nf1 Be7 18. Ng3 Bxc2 19. Qxc2 O-O 20. Nf5 Qd7 21. Nxe7+
Qxe7 22. Nd4 Qd7 23. Nf5 c5 24. Qd3 d4 25. cxd4 Nxd4 26. Nxd4 cxd4 27. Re4 Qe6
28. Rxd4 Qxe5 29. Bf4 Qxd4 30. Qxd4 Nb3 31. Qd5 Nxa1 32. Qxb5 Nc2 33. Be5 Rfd8
34. Bc3 Nd4 35. Qe5 f6 36. Qe4 Kh8 37. Kh2 Nb5 38. Bb4 Rab8 39. Bc5 Nd6 40. Qf4
Nb5 41. h4 Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C99"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 a5 15.
Be3 a4 16. Nbd2 Nb4 17. Bb1 a3 $2 18. Qb3 $1 Qa5 19. bxa3 Qxa3 20. Qxa3 Rxa3
21. dxe5 dxe5 22. Nxe5 {White has gained a pawn.} Be6 23. Ndf3 Rc8 24. Nd4 Bc4
25. Rc1 Raa8 26. Nxc4 bxc4 27. Nf5 Bf8 28. Bd4 Nd7 29. Ne3 Ra4 30. Nxc4 Na6 31.
Bd3 Nb4 32. Be2 Rxa2 33. Rxa2 Nxa2 34. Ra1 Nb4 35. Ne3 Nc6 36. Bb2 Nc5 37. e5
Rb8 38. Nc4 Ne6 39. Rd1 Na5 40. Ba1 Nb3 41. Bc3 Rc8 42. Bf1 g6 43. Bb2 Bc5 44.
Rd7 Rb8 45. Bc3 Nbd4 46. Nd2 Rd8 47. Rxd8+ Nxd8 48. Ne4 Ba7 49. Bc4 N8e6 50.
Nf6+ Kg7 51. Nd7 Nc6 52. Kf1 Bd4 53. Bxd4 Nexd4 54. f4 h6 55. Kf2 {The white
pieces are ready for an attack on the kingside.} Ne7 $6 (55... g5 $1 56. fxg5
hxg5 {takes the last opportunity for counter-play.}) 56. g4 Ne6 57. Ke3 Nc7 58.
Nf6 Kf8 59. Kd4 Ne6+ 60. Bxe6 fxe6 61. Kc5 Kf7 62. Kd6 Nc8+ 63. Kc7 Na7 64. Kb6
Nc8+ 65. Kb7 Ne7 66. Kc7 Kf8 67. Kd6 Kf7 68. Kd7 $1 g5 $5 {The zugzwang is
fatal for Black.} ({Notice} 68... h5 69. Nh7 hxg4 70. Ng5+) 69. fxg5 Ng6 70.
Kd6 hxg5 71. Ne4 Nf4 72. Nxg5+ Kg6 73. h4 Ng2 74. Nf3 Ne3 75. h5+ Kf7 76. g5
Nc4+ 77. Kc6 Ne3 78. h6 Nd5 79. Nh4 Nf4 80. g6+ Kg8 81. Kd7 Kf8 82. Kd6 Kg8 83.
Ke7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. b4 a6 13. Rb1 Qe7 14. a4 Nb6 15.
Bd2 Rfe8 16. b5 axb5 17. axb5 c5 18. dxc5 Qxc5 19. Ne2 Ne4 20. Bb4 Qc7 21. Nf4
Qe5 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Qe2 Rec8 24. Rd4 Qe8 25. Rd6 Nc4 26. Rd5 Nb6 27. Rd6 Nc4
28. Rdd1 Nb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A47"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 b6 5. b3 Ba6 6. Bb2 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Nc6 9. O-O Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Bc5 11. Qh4 d5 12. Nd2 O-O 13. c4 Be7 14. Rfd1
Ne4 15. Qg4 Bf6 16. Nxe4 Bxb2 17. Rab1 f5 18. Qe2 fxe4 19. Rxb2 Rf5 20. cxd5
exd5 21. Rc2 Qh4 22. Rdc1 Raf8 23. g3 Qh3 24. Qf1 Qg4 25. Qd1 Qg5 26. h4 Qg6
27. Qf1 h6 28. Qh3 Kh7 29. Rd1 Qf7 30. Qg2 Qe6 31. Rdd2 Rf3 32. Rc7 Qe5 33.
Rcc2 R8f6 34. Rc1 Rg6 35. Kh1 Rgf6 36. Kg1 Qf5 37. Rf1 Qe6 38. Kh2 Qf7 39. Kg1
Qh5 40. Re1 Qg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 d5 6. e3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Be2
cxd4 9. Nxd4 h6 10. Bh4 Be6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Qa4 Bxc3 $6 14. bxc3
a6 15. Qb4 Nc5 16. c4 dxc4 17. Nxe6 Nxe6 18. Bxc4 b5 19. Bb3 Ng5 20. Rxc8 Qxc8
21. f3 Qc7 22. Rd1 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Be1 Qb6 25. Bd2 Ne6 26. Kf2 Nc5 27.
Bc2 Qd6 28. Qd4 Qxd4 $6 {Black creates a passed pawn in the centre.} ({Better
is} 28... Qc7 29. Bb4 Ne6) 29. exd4 Ne6 30. Ke3 Kf8 31. Be4 $1 {White pieces
support the passed pawn.} Nc7 ({Horrible is} 31... Nxe4 32. fxe4) 32. Bb4+ Ke8
33. Bc6+ Kd8 34. Ba5 Kc8 35. Kf4 Nd7 $2 ({Correct is} 35... Ncd5+ 36. Bxd5
Nxd5+ 37. Ke4 Nf6+ 38. Ke5 Kd7 39. Bb4 Kc6 {It will be hard for White to make
any progress with his centre pawn.}) 36. h4 Ne6+ 37. Ke4 Nc7 38. g4 Nb8 39. Bd5
Nxd5 40. Kxd5 Kd7 41. Kc5 Nc6 42. Bd2 Ne7 43. d5 Ng6 44. h5 Nh4 45. Bc3 f6 {
White has to strike immediately.} 46. Kb6 $1 {The decisive attack begins.} Nxf3
47. Kxa6 b4 $5 48. Bxb4 Ne5 49. Kb7 Nxg4 50. a4 {he rook pawn of the wrong
colour rules the game.} Ne3 51. a5 Nxd5 52. Bf8 f5 53. a6 f4 54. a7 Nc7 55.
Bxg7 f3 56. Bd4 Kd6 57. Bf2 Kd7 58. Bg3 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. e3 Bf5 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Nbd7 10. h3 O-O 11. O-O Nb6 12. Nd2 Re8 13. Rfe1 Qd7 14. Rac1 Bf8
15. Qc2 Qe6 16. Qb3 Ne4 17. Ndxe4 dxe4 18. Qxe6 Rxe6 19. Red1 Rc8 20. Rc2 Bb4
21. Ne2 Nd5 22. Bg3 g5 23. a3 Bf8 24. Nc3 Rd8 25. Kf1 f5 26. Nxd5 Rxd5 27. Ke2
Be7 28. Be5 Kf7 29. f3 exf3+ 30. gxf3 Rh6 31. e4 fxe4 32. fxe4 Rb5 33. Rd3 Rh4
34. Re3 Ke6 35. Bb8 Bd6 36. Bxd6 Kxd6 37. Kf1 Rf4+ 38. Kg2 a5 39. b3 g4 40. Kg3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D24"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. a4 Nf6 5. e3 Bg4 6. Bxc4 e6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Be2
Bd6 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nd2 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 e5 12. dxe5 Bxe5 13. Nf3 O-O 14. O-O Re8
15. Nxe5 Rxe5 16. b3 Qd7 17. Bb2 Qe6 18. Nb5 axb5 19. axb5 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Re4
21. bxc6 Qxc6 22. Qf3 Ne8 23. Ra4 Re6 24. Qxc6 Rxc6 25. Ra8 Re6 26. Rb8 b6 27.
Kf1 f6 28. Ke2 Kf7 29. Bd4 Ke7 30. Kd3 Kd7 31. g4 Nd6 32. h4 Re8 33. Rxe8 Nxe8
34. e4 c5 35. Bc3 b5 36. f4 Nd6 37. h5 Ke7 38. Bd2 g6 39. hxg6 hxg6 40. Be3 c4+
41. bxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Kasparian, Genrikh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Qc7 10. Bd2 Ngf6 11. O-O-O e6 12. c4 b5 13. cxb5 cxb5+ 14. Kb1 Qb7
15. Rhe1 Be7 16. Rc1 a6 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Rd8 19. Qe2 Nd5 20. Qg4 Kf8 21.
Ne4 b4 22. Qg3 a5 23. Nd6 Qa6 24. Rc5 Rxd6 $5 {Kasparian expects to gain an
advantage.} 25. exd6 Bxd6 26. Rxa5 $1 Qb6 $2 {He got a a staggering answer and
breaks down.} ({Correct is} 26... Qxa5 27. Qxd6+ Kg8 28. Rxe6 fxe6 29. Qxe6+
Kh7 30. Qf5+ Kg8 31. Qe6+ {and perpetual check.}) 27. Ra8+ Ke7 28. Rxe6+ $1 {
Smyslov plays another surprising move and crushes the opposition.} Kxe6 ({The
pointe is} 28... fxe6 29. Qxg7#) 29. Qg4+ f5 30. Qe2+ Kf6 31. Rxh8 Qd4 32. Re8
Be7 33. Rc8 Kg6 34. Rc1 Qb6 35. h5+ Kf6 36. Qf3 Qb5 37. g4 f4 38. Qe4 Kg5 39.
Bxf4+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. d3 dxe4 10. dxe4 Qxd1 11. Bxd1 Rd8 12. Bc2 h6 13. Nbd2 Be6 14. Nf1 Nd7
15. Be3 Bc5 16. b4 Bxe3 17. Nxe3 Nb6 18. a3 f6 19. Red1 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21.
Rxd8+ Nxd8 22. Kf1 Kf8 23. Ke2 Ke7 24. Nd2 Nb7 25. Bb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Kasparian, Genrikh"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb5 Nf6 6. e5 Nd7 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. d3 $1 O-O 10. Qe1 Rb8 11. b3 Qe8 $1 {A defender moves to the kingside.}
12. Ba3 Ba6 13. Nd1 $1 f5 14. Qa5 Bb7 15. Nb2 ({Avoids} 15. Qxa7 $4 Qc8) 15...
Qd8 16. Qc3 Ba6 17. Na4 d4 18. Qd2 Bb5 19. Nb2 Nb6 20. Nc4 h6 $6 {Does he want
to attack?} 21. Kh1 Kh7 22. Rae1 Rb7 $6 ({Kasparian prefers} 22... Nd5 23. Nd6
$1 Qb6 $1) 23. Rg1 Nd5 $2 ({Better is} 23... Nxc4 24. dxc4 Ba6) 24. Nd6 $1 {
White starts a decisive attack.} Bxd6 25. exd6 Qxd6 26. Re5 ({Or} 26. Nxd4 Nxf4
27. Bxc5 Qxc5 28. Qxf4) 26... Rf6 27. Rge1 Rb6 ({The second variation is} 27...
Nb4 28. Qf2 Rd7 29. Ng5+ hxg5 30. fxg5 Rf8 31. Qh4+ Kg8 32. g6 Rf6 33. Qh7+ Kf8
34. Qh8+ {(Kasparian).}) 28. Nxd4 Ra6 29. Qc1 Nb4 30. Nxe6 Nxc2 31. Qxc2 Rxa3
32. Qb2 Ra5 33. Nxc5 Bxd3 34. Nxd3 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E48"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nge2 Nbd7 7. O-O dxc4 8.
Bxc4 c5 9. a3 cxd4 10. axb4 dxc3 11. bxc3 Qc7 12. Bb3 Nb6 13. Qd4 e5 14. Qc5 $1
Qb8 (14... Qxc5 $6 15. bxc5 Nbd7 16. Ba3 {leads to restriction.}) 15. f4 Bg4
16. Ng3 Nbd7 17. Qa5 Qd6 18. c4 b6 19. Qa3 exf4 20. exf4 Rfe8 21. Bb2 Re3 $6
22. c5 $1 {Tolush liked to roar in rapid games: "Forwards Kasimirovich!"} Qd3 (
{Avoids} 22... bxc5 $4 23. Bxf7+) 23. Bc4 Qd2 24. Qa2 Be6 25. Bxf6 Qxa2 26.
Bxa2 Nxf6 27. c6 Bxa2 28. Rxa2 Rc3 29. b5 Rc5 30. Rd1 Kf8 31. Rad2 a6 $4 32.
bxa6 Rxc6 33. Rd8+ Rxd8 34. Rxd8+ ({The pointe is} 34. Rxd8+ Ke7 35. a7) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Ng3 e6 7. Bd3 c5 8.
O-O Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. c4 Re8 12. b3 b6 13. Bb2 Bb7 14. dxc5 bxc5
15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Qxe5 Qxe5 17. Bxe5 Ng4 18. Bc3 Bf6 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Bc2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "186"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Nbd7 5. b3 Be7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. d4
Bb7 9. Nbd2 c5 10. e3 dxc4 11. bxc4 Qc7 12. a4 Ne4 13. Qb3 Nxd2 14. Nxd2 Bxg2
15. Kxg2 cxd4 16. exd4 e5 17. d5 a5 18. f4 Bd6 19. Ne4 exf4 20. Nxd6 Qxd6 21.
Rxf4 Rfe8 22. Qc3 f6 23. Re1 Rac8 24. Ba3 Qc7 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Qd4 Ne5 27. c5
bxc5 28. Bxc5 Nd7 29. Ba3 Qc2+ 30. Rf2 Qe4+ 31. Qxe4 Rxe4 32. Rb2 $6 ({White
also loses a pawn in} 32. Rf4 Rxf4 33. gxf4 Kf7 34. Bb2 Nb6 35. Bc3 Nxd5 36.
Bxa5 Nxf4+) 32... Rxa4 33. Bd6 Rd4 34. Rb5 a4 35. Kf3 a3 36. Ra5 a2 37. Rxa2
Rxd5 38. Bf4 g5 39. Ke4 Rb5 40. Be3 Kf7 41. Bd4 Kg6 42. Ra6 Nc5+ 43. Bxc5 Rxc5
44. Kf3 $5 Rc2 45. h3 $6 ({Better is} 45. h4 gxh4 46. gxh4) 45... Rh2 46. h4 $1
{Smyslov wakes up timely.} gxh4 47. gxh4 Rxh4 {A difficult theoretical draw
has arisen. Vassily knows what to do.} 48. Ra5 Rh5 49. Ra8 Rb5 50. Kf4 Rb4+ 51.
Kf3 Kg5 52. Rg8+ Kf5 53. Ra8 Rb3+ 54. Kf2 Kg5 55. Ra4 f5 56. Rc4 h6 57. Ra4 Rh3
58. Rb4 Rh4 59. Rb3 Rh2+ 60. Kg3 Rd2 61. Rb4 h5 62. Rg4+ Kf6 63. Ra4 Rd1 64.
Ra8 Rg1+ 65. Kf3 Rg4 66. Rf8+ Kg5 67. Rg8+ Kh4 68. Ra8 Rg1 69. Kf2 Rg6 70. Ra4+
Kg5 71. Kf3 Rc6 72. Rb4 Rc3+ 73. Kf2 Rc2+ 74. Kf3 h4 75. Ra4 Rd2 76. Ra8 h3 77.
Rg8+ Kf6 78. Rh8 h2 79. Kf4 Kg6 80. Ke3 Ra2 81. Kf4 Rb2 82. Kg3 Kg5 83. Rg8+
Kf6 84. Rh8 Ke5 85. Re8+ Kd4 86. Rd8+ Ke4 87. Re8+ Kd3 88. Rd8+ Ke2 89. Kxh2
Kf3+ 90. Kh3 f4 91. Ra8 Kf2 92. Ra1 f3 93. Kh2 Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Re1 Nh5 10. Nf1 Nf4 11. Bxf4 exf4 12. d4 Bd7 13. Bc2 Qf6 14. h3 Rad8 15.
Qd2 Bc8 16. Rad1 h5 17. Qc1 Bh6 18. N1d2 g5 19. e5 Qg7 20. Ne4 dxe5 21. dxe5
Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Qxe5 23. Ng3 Rxd1 24. Qxd1 Qd6 25. Qxd6 cxd6 26. Nxh5 Bg7 27. h4
gxh4 28. Nxf4 Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D60"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. Qb3 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2
a6 9. O-O b5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Rac1 Bb7 12. a4 b4 13. Na2 Bd6 14. Bf4 Bxf4 15.
exf4 a5 16. Ne5 Ne4 17. Qe3 Ba6 18. Bxa6 Rxa6 19. b3 f6 20. Nd3 Re8 21. Rc2 Ra7
22. Rfc1 Nd6 23. Nc5 Nf8 24. Rd1 Qb6 25. Nc1 Rc7 26. Ne2 Ne4 27. f3 Nd6 28. Qf2
Rec8 29. Ng3 Nb7 30. Rdc1 Nxc5 31. dxc5 Qc6 32. Ne2 e5 33. Qg3 Nd7 34. fxe5
fxe5 35. f4 e4 36. Qe3 Qf6 37. Qd2 Qf7 38. c6 Nf6 39. Rc5 Qe7 40. Qd4 e3 $2 {
Black makes the last mistake before the time control.} 41. Rxa5 h5 42. Rac5 Qe8
43. h3 h4 44. Qxb4 Qh5 45. Qb5 Qf5 46. Rd1 Qe6 47. Qd3 Re8 48. Rc2 Qd6 49. Qd4
Rxc6 50. Rxc6 Qxc6 51. Qd3 Qb6 52. Rc1 Qb4 53. Rc7 Re4 54. Kh2 Qd6 55. Rc8+ Kf7
56. Qc2 d4 57. Rc7+ Kf8 58. Rc8+ Kf7 59. Rc6 Qd5 60. Rc5 Qd6 61. Qc4+ Qe6 62.
Qb5 Qd6 63. Qc4+ Qe6 64. Qb5 Qd6 65. Rc6 Qe7 66. Qc4+ Kg6 67. Rc7 Qe8 68. Qc5
Kh7 69. Rc8 Qf7 70. Rd8 Qh5 71. Qxh5+ Nxh5 72. Rxd4 Rxd4 73. Nxd4 Nxf4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 c5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nc3 Nb4 $5 10. Qb1 Nc6 $6 ({Keres prefers} 10... cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nf6) 11.
dxc5 Nxc5 12. Rd1 Qa5 13. Bd2 Nd7 $1 14. Ne4 Qf5 $6 ({Better is} 14... Qh5 $1)
15. Bc3 Rd8 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Rxd4 Nb6 $2 ({Correct is} 17... e5 18. Rd5 f6) 18.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 19. Qd1 (19. Nd6 $1 {(Keres)} Qxb1+ 20. Rxb1 {leads to a favourable
endgame.}) 19... Be7 20. Qd4 Qg6 21. Nc5 Nd5 $1 22. Rd1 $1 b6 ({A positional
horror results from} 22... Nxc3 23. Qd8+ $1 Bf8 24. bxc3 {(Ftacnik).}) 23. Nxe6
$1 {Keres decides the game with an elegant combination.} Bxe6 24. Bxd5 Rd8 25.
e4 Bg4 $6 (25... Bxd5 26. exd5 Bc5 {builds a shaky defence line.}) 26. Rd3 Kh8
27. Qe5 $1 Bf6 ({Or} 27... Bd6 28. Bb3 $1 {(Keres).}) 28. Qc7 Rd7 29. Qc6 Bh3
30. Be6 $1 {This win brought Keres close to an overall victory in the
championship.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Nd7 5. O-O Bd6 6. b3 Qe7 7. c4 c6 8. Qc2 Qf6
9. Bg5 Qg6 10. Bf4 Bxf4 11. gxf4 Nh6 12. Ne5 Qh5 13. Qd3 Nxe5 14. fxe5 f4 15.
Qf3 Qg5 16. Nc3 Nf5 17. Rad1 O-O 18. Kh1 Bd7 19. Rg1 Be8 20. Qh3 Qh5 21. e4
fxe3 22. fxe3 Qxh3 23. Bxh3 Bh5 24. Rdf1 Nxe3 25. Bxe6+ Kh8 26. Rxf8+ Rxf8 27.
Rc1 Rf2 28. Bh3 Rf3 29. Be6 Rf2 30. Bh3 g5 31. cxd5 cxd5 32. Kg1 Rd2 33. e6 g4
34. Bf1 Nf5 35. Ne2 Kg7 36. Rc7+ Kf6 37. Rxh7 Bg6 38. Rxb7 Ne3 39. e7 Rxa2 40.
Nf4 $4 Ra1 41. Kf2 Rxf1+ 42. Kxe3 Rf3+ 43. Kd2 Rxf4 44. Kc3 Re4 45. Rxa7 Rxe7
46. Rxe7 Kxe7 47. Kb4 Bc2 48. Kc3 Bd1 49. b4 Ba4 50. Kd3 Kf6 51. Ke3 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bb3
b4 9. Ne2 Bb7 10. O-O Be7 11. Nf4 O-O 12. Ng5 $1 Qa5 13. h4 $6 ({The adventure
of} 13. e4 $1 Qxg5 14. Nd5 Qh4 15. g3 Qh3 16. Nf4 Qh6 17. Nd5 {ends with a
perpetual.}) 13... c5 14. Re1 $6 Rac8 15. Nfxe6 $5 fxe6 16. Bxe6+ Kh8 17. d5 $5
c4 18. e4 $1 {"Forwards Kasimirovich!"} ({Winning the exchange by} 18. Nf7+
Rxf7 19. Bxf7 {has no use.}) 18... Bc5 $6 (18... Ne5 $1 19. Qd4 Bc5 $1 20. Qxe5
Bxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Ng4+ {refutes the white attack by a forceful counteraction.})
19. e5 $1 Nxd5 $2 ({Correct is} 19... Bxd5 $1 20. exf6 Rxf6 {and Black keeps
an advantage.}) 20. Qh5 N5f6 21. exf6 Nxf6 22. Nf7+ Rxf7 23. Qxf7 Rc7 {The
white queen has been caught in the melee of pieces.} 24. Bd7 $3 {Opening the
e-file has more value than a bishop.} Bxf2+ $5 25. Kxf2 Qc5+ 26. Be3 Qd6 27.
Rad1 Rxd7 28. Qxd7 Qxd7 29. Rxd7 Nxd7 30. Bd4 Bd5 31. Re8+ Bg8 32. Re7 Nf6 33.
Rxa7 b3 34. a4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B58"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3 h6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rad1 Na5 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Rc8 14. Bxa7 b6
15. Qb4 Nd7 16. Bb5 Nc5 17. Be2 Nd7 18. Bb5 Nc5 19. Bd3 Nd7 20. Bf5 Nc4 21. b3
Qc7 22. Qxc4 Qxa7 23. Qb5 Rfd8 24. a4 Rc5 25. Qe2 Nf6 26. c4 Qa5 27. Qd2 Rc7
28. Ra1 g6 29. Bc2 Qxd2 30. Nxd2 Ra8 31. b4 Nd7 32. Bb3 f5 33. f3 Bg5 34. Ra2
Be3+ 35. Kh1 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Black "Kasparian, Genrikh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Bc4 Bd6 7. Qe2+ Qe7
8. Qxe7+ Bxe7 9. O-O Be6 10. b3 Bxc4 11. bxc4 Na6 12. Re1 Kd7 13. Rb1 b6 14.
Rb3 Rhe8 15. Rd3+ Bd6 16. Ba3 Rxe1+ 17. Nxe1 c5 18. Re3 Bf4 19. Re2 Rb8 20. g3
Bd6 21. Re3 b5 $5 22. cxb5 Rxb5 23. Rb3 Ra5 $1 {Kasparian can show his ability
in the endgame at last.} 24. c4 Kc6 25. Nd3 Nc7 26. Nc1 Ne6 27. Ne2 f5 28. f4
g5 $6 ({The preparatory} 28... f6 {is better.}) 29. fxg5 Nxg5 30. Kf2 Ne4+ 31.
Ke3 Bf8 32. Nf4 Bh6 33. d3 Ng5 34. d4 $2 cxd4+ 35. Kxd4 Ne6+ 36. Nxe6 fxe6 {
Black's pawn structure has been prepared.} 37. Kd3 Re5 38. h4 Re3+ 39. Kc2 Re2+
40. Kb1 Re1+ 41. Kc2 Re2+ 42. Kb1 Re4 $6 {Black gives away positional
advantage.} 43. Rd3 $1 Be3 44. Rd8 Bf2 45. Rc8+ Kd7 46. Rh8 Bxg3 47. Rxh7+ Kc6
48. h5 Rxc4 49. Re7 Kd5 50. Rd7+ Ke4 51. h6 Be5 $2 ({Correct is} 51... f4 52.
h7 Rc8) 52. h7 Rc3 {Levenfish has an escape.} 53. Bc1 $2 ({He should play} 53.
Bb2 $1 Rh3 54. Bxe5 Kxe5 55. Rxa7 Kf6 56. a4 f4 57. Kc2 e5 58. a5 e4 59. a6
Rh2+ 60. Kc3 f3 61. Rf7+ $5 Kxf7 62. a7 f2 63. a8=Q Rh3+ 64. Kd2 $1 f1=Q 65.
Qd5+ $1 Kf6 (65... Kg7 $4 66. Qg8+) 66. h8=Q+ Rxh8 67. Qd4+ Kf5 68. Qxh8 Qd3+
69. Ke1 {drawn.}) 53... f4 $2 ({Right is} 53... Rh3 $1) 54. Re7 $2 (54. Bb2 $1
{draws again.}) 54... Rh3 $1 55. Rxe6 Rxh7 56. Ba3 Kd5 57. Ra6 f3 58. Ra5+ Ke4
59. Bc5 Kd3 60. a4 Rh1+ 61. Ka2 Kc4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D18"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Qb3 a5 10. Na2 Be7 11. Qxb7 Rb8 12. Qa6 Ra8 13. Qb7 Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch18"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Lipnitsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E02"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]

{The eighteenth championship took place in Moscow from 10 November until 12
December 1950. It was dedicated to the hundredth birthday of Chigorin. Keres,
Smyslov and Boleslavsky had accepted the invitation to participate. Fifteen
players qualified in the semifinals: Tolush, Alatortsev and Bondarevsky in
Leningrad, Aronin, Petrosian and Liublinsky in Kharkov, Lipnitsky, Geller and
Sokolsky in Kiev, Averbakh, Borisenko and Suetin in Tula and Konstantinopolsky,
Flohr and Mikenas in Tartu. I have analysed the games of the winner Keres and
runner-up Tolush. Alexander Tolush was an adventurous attacker with mixed
results. Once a fan shouted: "Forwards Kasimirovich!"  Dominating players in
Moscow 1950 were Aronin, Lipnitsky and Smyslov at first. Keres and Tolush
scored well in the second half. Paul made a sprint of 61/2/7 but Alexander
could catch up before the last round. The ferocious attacker Tolush got a
winning position against Boleslavsky in the final round but blundered and had
to accept a draw after the adjournment. Keres had a better endgame against
Averbakh, won after the resumption and became the champion.} 1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6
3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 Bc6 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. O-O Nb6 9. Qd3 h6
10. Nbd2 a6 11. b3 Be7 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Rfd1 Bb5 14. Nc4 Nxc4 15. bxc4 Ba4 16.
Rdb1 Bc6 17. Qc3 Ne4 18. Qc2 Nd6 19. Rd1 Qe8 20. a4 Bf6 21. Bf1 Be4 22. Qb3 b5
23. axb5 axb5 24. cxb5 Bd5 25. Qb4 Qxb5 26. Qxb5 Nxb5 27. Ne5 Rxa1 28. Rxa1
Bxe5 29. dxe5 Ra8 30. Rxa8+ Bxa8 31. f3 Kf8 32. Kf2 c5 33. e3 Bc6 34. Be2 Ke7
35. Ke1 Kd8 36. Kd2 Kc7 37. Kd3 Na7 38. Bd1 Nc8 39. Ba3 Kb6 40. e4 Na7 41. f4
Bb5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch18"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d4 Nf6 7. Bd3 Be7 $2 ({
It is usual to accept a pawn by} 7... dxe4 8. Nxe4 Qxd4) 8. e5 Nfd7 9. Qg3 Bf8
10. O-O Qb6 11. Be3 $5 (11. Ne2 {avoids the sacrifice.}) 11... Qxb2 12. Ne2 Qb6
13. c4 $5 Qa6 14. Nf4 dxc4 15. Be2 g6 16. h4 Be7 17. h5 Nf8 ({A daredevil,
unlike Flohr, would try} 17... Nb6 $5 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Nxe6 $5 fxe6 20. Qxg6+
Kd8 21. Qxe6) 18. Rfc1 Nbd7 19. Bxc4 Qa5 20. Rab1 Nb6 21. Bb3 {Tolush attacks
all-over-the-board at the cost of one pawn.} O-O-O $6 (21... Rd8 $1 {keeps the
king in the centre as the guardian of pawn f7.}) 22. Qf3 $1 Nfd7 $2 ({The
collapse is avoided by} 22... Ba3 23. Rc2 Kb8) 23. Ne2 Rhf8 24. Bh6 {The game
is decided.} Nd5 25. Bxf8 Rxf8 26. Bxd5 Qxd5 27. Qxd5 exd5 28. hxg6 fxg6 29.
Rb3 Nb6 30. Rh3 Rf7 31. f4 Nc4 32. Rd1 Bd8 33. g4 Bb6 34. Kh2 Kd7 35. Rf3 Ke6
36. Kg3 c5 37. f5+ $1 gxf5 38. Nf4+ Ke7 39. Nxd5+ Kf8 40. e6 Rg7 41. Rxf5+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch18"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bg5 O-O 8. e3
Bg4 9. Ne5 Bh5 10. f4 Qa5 $2 ({Correct is} 10... Qe8 $1 11. Bd3 Ng4 $1 {
(Petrosian). See} 12. Bxh7+ Kh8 13. Qd3 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 Kxh7) 11. Bd3 h6 $6 ({
Petrosian analyses} 11... Re8 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Bxh7+ Kf8 14. Qf5 $1) ({The
last chance brings} 11... Bg6 $5 12. f5 Bh5 13. g4 $1 Nxg4 14. Nxg4 Bxg4 15.
Qg2 f6 16. Bh6 gxh6 17. Qxg4+ Kh8) 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. g4 $1 {Young Tigran
decides the game with a 'petite combinaison'.} fxe5 14. fxe5 Be7 15. O-O-O Bg5
(15... Bxg4 16. Qg2) 16. gxh5 Kh8 ({The game can be prolonged by} 16... Bxe3+
17. Kb1) 17. Qf2 f5 18. h4 Be7 19. Qf4 {"Backwards Kasimirovich!".} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch18"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E02"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Nd2 c6 7. Qxc4 e5 8.
dxe5 Nxe5 9. Qc3 Bd6 10. Ngf3 Qe7 11. O-O O-O 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Qc2 Bc7 14. e4
Re8 15. b3 Bg4 16. Nc4 Rad8 17. Ba3 Qe6 18. f3 Bh3 19. Rad1 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 h5
21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Rd1 Rd7 23. Rxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch18"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Konstantinopolsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Ne5 Bd7 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. Re1 Be7 10. dxc5 O-O 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Re8 13. Nd2 g5 14. Bg3
Bxc5 15. Nb3 Bb6 16. Qf3 Re6 17. c3 Qe7 18. Nd4 Bxd4 19. cxd4 Re8 20. h3 Ne4
21. Qd3 c5 22. b3 Bc8 23. Nf3 Ba6 24. Qc2 c4 25. bxc4 Bxc4 26. Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch18"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Nc3
Nbd7 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. c5 Nxf4 11. gxf4 Qc7 12. Qd2 b6 $1 {Black takes the
initiative on the queenside.} 13. b4 Ba6 14. Qe3 bxc5 15. bxc5 Rab8 16. Kh1 g6
17. Rg1 Bf6 18. h4 $6 ({Wiser is} 18. Ne5) 18... Rb4 19. Rad1 Nxc5 $1 20. dxc5
Rxf4 21. Rge1 $2 (21. Qd2 {avoids a combination.}) 21... Rd8 $2 ({Both players
miss} 21... d4 $1 22. Rxd4 (22. Nxd4 Rxh4+ 23. Kg1 Qh2+ 24. Kf1 Rg4 25. Qf3
Rxd4) 22... Bxd4 23. Nxd4 Rxh4+ 24. Bh3 Bc8 $1 25. Kg2 e5 $1 26. Nf5 Rxh3 27.
Qxh3 Bxf5) 22. Nb1 e5 23. Qa3 Bc8 24. e3 Rf5 25. e4 Rf4 26. Nbd2 Bg4 27. Rb1
Bxf3 28. Bxf3 Rxh4+ 29. Kg1 Bg5 30. Nf1 Bf4 31. Rb3 Qe7 32. Bg2 Rg4 33. Ne3 Rg5
$2 ({Correct is} 33... Bxe3 34. Rbxe3 d4) 34. exd5 cxd5 35. c6 $1 Qc7 36. Qc5
Bxe3 37. Rexe3 e4 38. Rb7 Qe5 39. Re7 Qa1+ 40. Kh2 Rh5+ 41. Rh3 Re5 42. Rd7 Rc8
43. c7 Ree8 44. Qxd5 Qf6 45. Kg1 h5 46. Re3 Re5 47. Qb7 {Tolush showed his
fighting spirit.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch18"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C75"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 Nge7 $5 7. Bb3 h6 8.
Nh4 $5 Nc8 $1 9. Nf5 g6 10. Ng3 Bg7 {The opening has quieted down. White
brings new life to the game.} 11. O-O $5 exd4 12. f4 $1 dxc3 13. Nxc3 Nb6 14.
f5 Ne5 $6 ({More prudent is} 14... Bd4+ 15. Kh1 g5) 15. Be3 $6 (15. fxg6 fxg6
16. Nh5 $1 {charges.}) 15... Nbc4 16. Bd4 Bb5 $2 (16... O-O $1 17. fxg6 Be6 $1
18. gxf7+ Rxf7 {returns the extra pawn and defends well.}) 17. fxg6 fxg6 {
Black's position should be solid.} 18. Bxc4 $2 {White blunders.} ({A winning
attack is started by} 18. Nd5 $1 c5 (18... Nxb2 19. Bxb2 Bxf1 20. Nxf1 c6 21.
Nf4) 19. Bxc4 Bxc4 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21. Qg4 Qd6 22. Nh5 $1) 18... Bxc4 19. Bxe5
Bxe5 20. Qa4+ $2 {The refutation is simple.} b5 $1 21. Qc2 Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Rf8
23. Nd5 Rxf1+ 24. Nxf1 Kd7 25. Qd3 Qh4 26. a4 Rf8 27. g3 Qh3 28. Nde3 c6 29.
axb5 axb5 30. Ng2 Qe6 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch18"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lipnitsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 b5 6. Bg5 $1 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
Qc2 d6 9. e4 a6 10. a4 b4 11. Nfd2 $1 {White gets a firm grip on his opponent.}
Be7 12. Nc4 Nd7 13. Nbd2 O-O 14. Bd3 a5 15. O-O Ne5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Nc4 Rd8
18. Rac1 Qg5 19. Rfd1 g6 20. Bf1 Bf8 21. b3 Ba6 22. Nd2 Bc8 23. Qb2 Bg4 24. Re1
Ra7 25. Nc4 Re8 26. Ne3 Bd7 27. Bc4 Kh7 28. Qe2 Rb8 29. Red1 Kg7 30. Qb2 Kh7
31. Rf1 Rb6 32. Bd3 Rb8 33. h4 $1 Qxh4 34. Qxe5 Re8 35. Qh2 Qf6 36. Nc4 Qd4 37.
Bb1 Bg4 38. Rfe1 (38. Nd6 $1 Bxd6 39. Qxd6 {is even stronger.}) 38... h5 39.
Ne3 Bd7 40. Bc2 Qb2 $6 41. Red1 $6 ({Best is the instantaneous} 41. Nc4 $1)
41... Bh6 42. Nc4 Qa2 $1 43. f4 Bxa4 $1 {Tolush starts a sharp counteraction.}
44. Bb1 $4 (44. Qg3 $1 {continues the white attack.}) 44... Qxb3 45. Rd3 Qxb1
$1 46. Rxb1 Bc2 47. Rbd1 Bxd3 $6 ({The immediate} 47... Rxe4 $1 {might win.})
48. Rxd3 Rxe4 49. Nd2 Bxf4 50. Qh3 Re2 51. d6 $1 Rxd2 52. d7 Rxd3 53. Qxd3 Bg5
54. Qd5 Kh6 55. Qxg5+ Kxg5 56. d8=Q+ Kh6 57. Qh8+ Kg5 58. Qf8 Rd7 59. Qxc5+ Kh6
60. Qxa5 Kh7 61. Qxb4 Rd5 62. Kf2 Rf5+ 63. Ke3 Kg8 64. Qb8+ Kg7 65. Qc8 Re5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch18"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Alatortsev, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C35"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Be7 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 Ng4 6. O-O Nc6 7. d4 d5 8. exd6
Bxd6 9. Nc3 $5 ({Known is} 9. Re1+ Ne7 {(Thomas-Euwe, Plymouth 1948).}) 9...
O-O 10. Ne2 $6 ({Theory will become} 10. Ne4 {(Filipowicz-Sliwinski, Poland
1964).}) 10... Ne3 $1 11. Bxe3 fxe3 12. a3 Qf6 $1 {Keres has to fight for
equality.} 13. Qd3 $6 ({The tournament book gives} 13. Ne5 Qh6 14. Rxf7 Rxf7
15. Bxf7+ Kh8) 13... Qh6 14. Rae1 Bg4 15. h3 Bh5 16. Nc3 $6 Rae8 17. Nd5 $2 e2
$1 18. Rf2 ({Or} 18. Rxe2 Rxe2 19. Qxe2 Nxd4 $1) 18... Bg3 19. c3 Na5 20. Rexe2
Bxf2+ 21. Rxf2 Nxc4 22. Qxc4 c6 23. Nb4 Bxf3 24. Rxf3 Qc1+ 25. Kh2 Qxb2 26. d5
a5 27. Nd3 Qxa3 28. Rg3 Qd6 29. Qd4 g6 30. c4 cxd5 31. cxd5 f5 32. Nc5 b6 33.
Nb7 Qc7 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch18"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D22"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. Qb3 Bxf3 7. gxf3 b5 8.
Be2 c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nd2 ({My vote goes to} 10. Rg1 Bf8 11. Nd2) 10... Nf6
11. O-O O-O 12. a4 b4 13. a5 Nbd7 14. Nc4 Nd5 15. e4 Qe7 16. Kh1 Nc7 17. f4 Nb5
18. Be3 Nd4 19. Bxd4 Bxd4 20. Rad1 Ba7 (20... Bc5 {prevents the new action.})
21. Nd6 Nc5 22. Qc4 $5 Kh8 ({The exchanges in} 22... Nb7 23. Qxa6 Nxd6 24. Qxd6
Qxd6 25. Rxd6 Bb8 26. Ra6 Rxa6 27. Bxa6 Bc7 {lead to an equal endgame.}) 23.
Rg1 Qh4 24. Qd4 f6 25. Rg4 Qh3 (25... Qh6 26. Qxb4 {is better for White.}) 26.
Rdg1 $1 g6 27. R1g3 Qh6 28. Qxb4 Rab8 29. Qd2 Nb3 30. Qc3 Nd4 $2 {Black
neglects the defence.} (30... Qg7 $1 {guards the seventh rank.}) 31. Bxa6 Rb3
32. Qc7 $1 Qg7 33. Qxg7+ Kxg7 34. Rxb3 Nxb3 35. Rg3 Nc5 36. Bf1 Bb8 37. Nb5 Rd8
38. Rc3 Nxe4 39. Rc6 Rd2 40. Rxe6 Nxf2+ 41. Kg1 Rxb2 42. Re8 $2 {White has
missed several chances.} ({The last opportunity gives} 42. a6 $1 Nh3+ $1 43.
Bxh3 Rxb5 44. Re7+ Kh6 45. a7 Bxa7+ 46. Rxa7 Rb4 47. f5 Rb3 {(Tolush)} 48. Bg2
gxf5 49. Kf2 {White has to avoid the exchange of rooks. His pieces can start a
mating attack on the kingside.}) 42... Nh3+ 43. Bxh3 Rxb5 44. a6 Ba7+ 45. Kf1
Kh6 46. Re7 Bc5 47. Rc7 Ra5 48. Rc6 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch18"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C75"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Nge7 6. d4 Bd7 7. Bb3 h6 8. Nbd2
Ng6 9. Nc4 Be7 10. O-O Bg5 11. Ne3 Bxe3 12. Bxe3 O-O 13. Nd2 Na5 14. Bc2 Bb5
15. Re1 Nc4 16. Nxc4 Bxc4 17. Qf3 Be6 18. b3 Qe7 19. Qg3 c5 20. f4 cxd4 21.
cxd4 exf4 22. Bxf4 Nxf4 23. Qxf4 Rac8 24. Bd3 Rc3 25. Qd2 Rcc8 26. Rac1 Qg5 27.
Qxg5 hxg5 28. Kf2 f6 29. Kf3 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch18"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Konstantinopolsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. b3 Be7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. e3 c5 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O d5 8. d4
cxd4 9. exd4 b6 10. Nbd2 Ba6 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Re1 Na5 13. Bd3 Bb4 14. Re3 Qe7
15. Ne5 Ba3 16. Bxa3 Qxa3 17. Rh3 $5 h6 ({Avoids} 17... Qxa2 $4 18. Bxh7+ $1
Nxh7 19. Qh5) 18. g4 $5 Rfd8 $1 19. Rc2 $2 ({Tolush prefers} 19. Ndf3 $1) 19...
Nc6 20. f4 Nxd4 21. g5 dxc4 $1 ({No win gives} 21... Nxc2 22. gxf6 Qc5+ 23. Kh1
dxc4 24. Qh5 Bb7+ 25. Be4) 22. Rxc4 Bxc4 23. bxc4 Qc5 24. gxf6 Ne2+ 25. Kh1
Nxf4 26. Qg4 g5 {A highly complicated position has arisen.} 27. Ndf3 $2 ({An
impressive alternative brings} 27. Bh7+ $1 Kf8 (27... Kxh7 $4 28. Qxg5 {
(Tolush)}) 28. Nd3 $1 {(protects f2)} Qa5 $1 29. Nxf4 Rxd2 30. Rxh6 Qe5 31. Bf5
Ke8 $1 32. Nxe6 fxe6 33. Qh5+ Kd7 34. Qf7+ Kc6 35. Qxe6+ Qxe6 36. Bxe6 Rf8 {
Black has kept his material advantage.}) 27... Rxd3 28. Nxd3 Nxd3 29. Qh5 Qf2 (
29... Qf2 30. Qxh6 Qf1+ 31. Ng1 Nf2# {ends with a smothered mate.}) 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch18"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Suetin, Alexey"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C59"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.
Be2 h6 9. Nf3 e4 10. Ne5 Bd6 11. f4 Qc7 12. d4 O-O $6 ({Better is} 12... exd3
13. Bxd3 O-O 14. O-O Bxe5 15. fxe5 Qxe5 {(Chigorin-Von Schmidt, St. Petersburg
1879).}) 13. c3 c5 14. Na3 a6 15. Nc2 Rd8 16. O-O Rb8 17. Qe1 Nc6 18. Kh1 Ne7
19. Bc4 Rf8 20. Ne3 cxd4 21. cxd4 Nf5 22. Nxf5 Bxf5 23. Bxa6 {White has gained
a second pawn.} Be6 24. b3 Nd7 25. Bc4 $5 (25. Qxe4 {wins a third pawn.}) 25...
Bxe5 26. fxe5 Bxc4 27. bxc4 Qxc4 28. Ba3 Rfe8 29. Bd6 Rb6 30. Qf2 e3 31. Qf5
Nf8 32. Bc5 $2 ({A winning position is kept by} 32. Rae1 e2 33. Rf2 Rb2 34. Qf3
Ng6 35. Qe3) 32... Rb2 $1 33. Rac1 Qxa2 34. Bxf8 Rxf8 35. Rc8 (35. Rc8 Rxc8 36.
Qxc8+ Kh7 37. Qf5+ {leads to a perpetual.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch18"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B62"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd3 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 a5 $1 10. a3 a4 11. Nd4 h6 $5 12. Bh4 (12. Bxf6 $6 Bxf6 13.
Ndb5 Qb6 14. f4 Rd8 {favours Black.}) 12... Qb6 13. Ndb5 Ng4 $5 14. Bxe7 Nxe7
15. Qxd6 $2 ({A better endgame for White results from} 15. Qd4 $1 Qxd4 16. Rxd4
Nxf2 17. Rg1 d5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Nc7 $1) 15... Nc6 16. Qc7 Qxf2
17. Bd3 Nge5 18. Be2 b6 19. Rd6 {Tolush seems to overwhelm his opponent, but
Geller starts forceful counter-play.} Ba6 $1 20. Rxc6 Qf4+ 21. Kb1 Rfc8 22. g3
Qg5 23. Rxb6 Bxb5 24. Qxc8+ Rxc8 25. Rxb5 f6 26. Rd1 $6 (26. Rb4 $1 Qe3 27. Bb5
{continues the battle in a strong way.}) 26... Qe3 27. Bf1 Kh7 28. Bh3 $4 Rxc3
$1 29. Bxe6 ({The pointe is} 29. bxc3 Qe2) 29... Rc7 30. Rb8 Qxe4 31. Rf1 Qxc2+
32. Ka1 Qe2 33. Rf4 Nd3 34. Bg8+ Kg6 {Aronin led with 6/7. Tolush had scored 4
and Keres 3 1/2 points.} 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch18"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A54"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Qa5 7. Bh4 Be7 8. e3
O-O 9. Bd3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Ne5 $5 {Tolush wants to attack.} ({A normal move is} 
10... Re8) 11. Bxh7+ $1 Nxh7 12. Bxe7 Re8 13. Bxd6 Nxc4 14. Bg3 Qb6 15. Nb3 a5
16. O-O-O a4 17. Nd2 Nxd2 18. Rxd2 Qa5 $2 ({Tolush should have continued with} 
18... a3 19. b3 Nf6 {and keep compensation for the pawn.}) 19. Rd4 $1 b5 20.
Bd6 $1 Be6 21. Rh4 g6 22. Bc5 Qd8 23. g3 Bf5 {Black has lost the initiative on
the queenside.} 24. Qd2 $2 ({White charges in} 24. e4 $1 Be6 (24... g5 25. Rh6
Re6 26. Rxe6 Bxe6 27. h4) 25. f4 Bc4 26. Rd1) 24... Qf6 25. Rd4 Ng5 26. Rd6 Qe5
27. Qd4 Qxd4 28. Bxd4 b4 $1 29. h4 Nh7 $1 30. e4 Bg4 31. Nb1 Bf3 32. Re1 Bxe4
33. a3 Bd5 34. Re3 bxa3 35. bxa3 Rec8 36. Nc3 Bb3 37. Bc5 Nf8 38. Rd2 Ne6 39.
Be7 Nc7 40. Bf6 Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch18"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Be7 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Be2 d5 8.
cxd5 Nb4 9. O-O Nbxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Nb5 c6 12. Qxd5 Nxd5 13. Nd4 Bf6 14.
Rd1 Rd8 15. e4 Nc7 16. Be3 Ne6 17. Nxe6 Bxe6 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rb1 c5 20. b3
Bd4 21. Rd1 Kf8 22. Kf1 Ke7 23. Bxd4 Rxd4 24. Rxd4 cxd4 25. Bc4 Bg4 26. f3 Bh5
27. Ke2 Kd6 28. Kd3 Ke5 29. Bd5 b6 30. Bc6 f6 31. b4 g5 32. a3 Bf7 33. g3 Bb3
34. Bd7 Bd1 35. f4+ gxf4 36. gxf4+ Kxf4 37. Kxd4 h5 {White is still able to
draw despite small inaccuracies during the previous moves.} 38. h4 $4 (38. Kd5
$1 h4 39. Bf5 Bc2 40. Kd4 Kf3 41. Kd5 Ke3 42. Bg6 b5 43. Bh7 Bd3 44. Bf5 Kf3
45. Kd4 Bc4 46. a4 Kg2 47. axb5 Bf1 48. Kd5 Kxh2 49. Ke6 Kg3 50. Kxf6 h3 51.
Bxh3 Kxh3 52. e5 {White has lost material but draws easily.}) 38... Kg3 39. e5
fxe5+ 40. Kxe5 Kxh4 41. Kf4 Bg4 42. Ba4 Kh3 43. Bb3 Kg2 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch18"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. e5 dxc3 7. exf6 Qxf6
8. dxc3 Qe5+ 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Bxe2 d5 11. Bf4 c6 12. Be5 Be6 13. O-O-O f6 14.
Bh5+ $4 {The players seem to think: "Anything draws".} Bf7 $4 ({But} 14... g6
15. Bxf6 Bh6+ $1 16. Kb1 Rf8 {doesn't.}) 15. Bxf7+ Kxf7 16. Bd4 Bd6 17. Rhe1 b5
18. h3 a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch18"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 g6 3. d4 d6 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. e3 f5 7. Nc3 Nh6 $6 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Qxd8+ Nxd8 $6 (9... Kxd8 10. e4 Be6 {minimises the disadvantage.}) 10.
e4 Nhf7 $2 ({Correct is} 10... fxe4 $1) 11. Nd5 Ne6 12. exf5 gxf5 13. Nh4 c6
14. Nxf5 $1 cxd5 15. cxd5 Nd4 16. Nxg7+ Kf8 17. Ne6+ $1 {Keres continues the
brilliant combination.} Bxe6 18. dxe6 Nc2+ 19. Kd1 ({Even better is} 19. Ke2 $1
) 19... Nxa1 20. exf7 Rd8+ 21. Bd2 Kxf7 22. Kc1 Rc8+ 23. Bc3 b5 24. Kb1 Nc2 25.
Bxe5 Rhe8 26. Bd5+ Kf8 27. Bf4 Nd4 28. Bh6+ Ke7 29. Be3 Nc6 30. Rd1 Kf6 31. h4
a6 32. Bg2 Ne5 33. Rd6+ Kf7 34. Bd5+ Ke7 35. Rxa6 Nc4 36. Bf4 Kd7 37. Ra7+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch18"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Suetin, Alexey"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C61"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. O-O c6 6. Bc4 d5 7. exd5 cxd5 8.
Re1+ Ne7 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Qh5 Rc8 12. Na3 Rc6 13. d3 g6 14. Qh4
Re6 15. Rxe6 Qxe6 16. Bd2 Nf5 17. Qh3 Qb6 18. Re1+ Be7 19. g4 Ng7 20. Qg3 Ne6
21. Qb8+ Bd8 22. Bh6 Rg8 23. Qe5 Qc5 24. Bd2 Kd7 25. Nc4 $4 {Suetin has an
incredible moment of chess blindness.} dxc4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch18"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sokolsky, Alexey"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]

1. b4 $5 {Sokolsky liked to play this opening.} e6 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. b5 c5 4. e3 d5
5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. c4 Bd6 7. d3 O-O 8. Nbd2 b6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Qe7 11. a4 a5 12.
bxa6 Rxa6 13. d4 Ra7 14. Ne5 Rfa8 15. f4 cxd4 16. exd4 Bb4 17. Ndf3 Ne4 18. Qb3
Nxe5 19. fxe5 Rc8 20. Rac1 $2 Nd2 $1 21. Nxd2 Bxd2 22. Rc2 dxc4 23. Rxc4 Rxc4
24. Bxc4 Qg5 $1 {The weak points a4, d4 and g2 are difficult to protect.} 25.
d5 $1 Qe3+ 26. Kh1 Qxb3 27. Bxb3 Bxd5 28. Bxd5 exd5 29. Rd1 Be3 30. Rxd5 h6 31.
Rd8+ Kh7 32. Rd3 Bc5 33. h3 ({Pawn a4 is lost, because} 33. Rf3 Rxa4 34. Rxf7
Ra2 35. Bc1 Ra1 {lead to a disaster.}) 33... Rxa4 34. Kh2 Rb4 35. Ba3 Rd4 36.
Rb3 Re4 37. Bb2 Re1 38. Rf3 Bg1+ 39. Kg3 Kg6 40. Bc3 Re4 41. Rd3 Kf5 42. Rf3+
Ke6 43. Rd3 h5 44. Kf3 Kf5 $6 45. g3 Bc5 46. e6 fxe6 47. Bxg7 Ra4 48. Bb2 Rb4
49. Bc3 Rc4 50. Bb2 h4 $2 {Black mistreats his positional advantage.} 51. g4+
Kg5 52. Be5 $1 Rc2 53. Bc7 Kg6 54. Bd8 Bf2 55. Rb3 Kf7 56. Bxb6 Bxb6 57. Rxb6
Rh2 58. g5 Rxh3+ 59. Kg4 Rh1 60. Rb7+ Kf8 61. Rh7 Rg1+ 62. Kf4 Rf1+ 63. Kg4 e5
64. Rxh4 Kf7 65. Rh6 e4 66. Rf6+ {Everything will be exchanged.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch18"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Alatortsev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. O-O c5 8. dxc5
Qa5 9. e4 $5 Qxc5 10. Qe2 Bd7 11. Be3 Qa5 12. Nd2 Rc8 13. Rad1 Bc6 14. Nxc4 Qa6
15. b3 Nbd7 16. f4 Nb6 17. Bxb6 axb6 18. a4 Bb4 19. Rd3 Nd7 20. Rdf3 $5 b5 21.
axb5 Bxb5 22. Nxb5 Qxb5 23. Rd1 Be7 24. Bf1 Nc5 25. Qe3 Qb4 26. e5 Rd8 27. Nd6
$6 Bxd6 28. exd6 Ra3 29. f5 $5 Qxb3 $6 (29... Rxb3 30. Qg5 f6 {plays for a win.
}) 30. Qg5 Qb6 31. Rxa3 Nd3+ 32. Kg2 ({Not} 32. Kh1 $2 Nf2+ 33. Kg1 Nxd1+)
32... Qc6+ 33. Kg1 Qc5+ $4 {Black fumbles the perpetual check.} ({Correct is} 
33... Qb6+) 34. Kh1 $1 Nf2+ 35. Kg2 f6 {Rook d8 misses the protection by the
queen.} 36. Qc1 $1 Qxf5 37. Rf3 Qh3+ 38. Kxf2 Qxh2+ 39. Bg2 Qh5 40. Qc7 Qe8 41.
d7 Qe7 42. Rc3 Kf7 43. Qd6 {Smyslov led with 7 1/2. Tolush and Keres were
catching up with 7 and 6 1/2 points.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch18"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Bf4 Bd7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. f3 d5 12. Qe1 Bb4 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Qxc3
O-O 15. Be5 Nd7 16. Bd6 Re8 17. e5 Rc8 18. Qe3 Bb5 19. Bxb5 axb5 20. Rd4 Qb6
21. Rd3 Qa6 22. Rhd1 Rc6 23. Rc3 Rec8 24. Rxc6 Qxc6 25. Rd2 b6 26. b3 f5 27.
Kb2 Nc5 28. h3 Nb7 29. Bb4 Nc5 30. Qd4 Qe8 31. Re2 Qh5 32. Re3 Qg5 33. Re2 $6 {
Black has a great opportunity.} Qg3 $6 ({The adventure} 33... Qc1+ $1 34. Ka2 (
34. Kxc1 $2 Nxb3+) 34... Na6 35. Bc3 b4 36. Bb2 Rxc2 37. Rxc2 Qxc2 38. Qxb6 Nc5
{(Keres)} 39. Qxb4 Nd3 40. Qc3 Nc1+ 41. Ka1 Nxb3+ 42. Ka2 Nc1+ {ends with a
draw.}) 34. Be1 Qg5 35. Bd2 Qg3 $2 ({Correct is} 35... Qe7) 36. Qb4 $1 Qh2 37.
Qxb5 Qg1 38. Be3 Qd1 39. Rd2 Qe1 40. Qe2 Qg3 41. Bd4 g5 42. a4 Kf7 43. Rd1 h5
44. a5 g4 45. hxg4 fxg4 46. axb6 gxf3 47. Rf1 Ke7 48. Rxf3 Qg4 49. Bxc5+ Rxc5
50. Qf2 Rb5 51. Rf7+ Ke8 52. Rf8+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch18"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D90"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nf6 $6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8.
Bc4 c6 9. a4 a5 10. O-O Na6 11. Be3 Nb4 12. Qb3 Ne8 13. Rfd1 Nd6 14. Bf1 Kh8
15. d5 e5 $2 {Black gives a pawn.} ({Correct is} 15... cxd5 16. Nxd5 Be6) 16.
Bc5 b6 17. Bxb4 axb4 18. Qxb4 c5 19. Qb3 f5 20. Nd2 Bh6 21. Nc4 Nxe4 $5 22.
Qxb6 Qh4 23. Nxe4 fxe4 {Mikenas has made speculative sacrifices. White has to
react prudently.} 24. g3 $1 ({Tolush avoids the confusion of} 24. Qxc5 $2 e3 $1
25. fxe3 Bxh3 26. Rd2 Qg3) 24... Qe7 25. d6 Qf7 26. Qxc5 e3 $5 27. f3 $5 ({The
simple} 27. Qxe5+ {wins easily.}) 27... Qxf3 28. Qxe5+ Kg8 29. Bg2 Qf2+ 30. Kh1
Qxg2+ $5 31. Kxg2 Bb7+ 32. Kg1 Rf2 33. Nxe3 Re2 34. Qe6+ Kh8 35. d7 Rf8 36.
Qe5+ Kg8 37. Qe6+ Kh8 38. Qf6+ $1 Rxf6 39. d8=Q+ Rf8 40. Qd4+ Bg7 41. Qd3 Rff2
42. Qxe2 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch18"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E78"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 c5 7. Be2 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nc6 9. Nc2 Be6 10. Be3 Qc8 11. Rc1 Re8 12. Qd2 Ng4 13. Bg1 Nh6 14. h3 f5 15.
exf5 Bxf5 16. Be3 Bxc2 17. Rxc2 Nf5 18. Bf2 e5 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Ne4 Ncd4 21.
Rc3 Rd8 22. Bd3 Bh6 23. Qd1 Ne3 24. Bxe3 Bxe3 25. Nf6+ Kg7 26. Nd5 Bg5 27. h4
Bh6 28. Be4 Rf8 29. h5 Ne6 30. hxg6 Qc5 31. Re3 Nf4 32. Rxh6 Kxh6 33. Qg4 hxg6
34. Rh3+ Kg7 35. Nxf4 Qb4+ 36. Kd1 Qd6+ 37. Nd5 Rf4 38. Qe2 b5 39. g3 Rff8 40.
Qh2 Rh8 41. cxb5 Qc5 42. Nc3 Rad8+ 43. Kc2 Rxh3 44. Qxh3 Qf2+ 45. Kb3 Qf7+ 46.
Kc2 Qf2+ 47. Kb3 Qf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch18"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Liublinsky, Victor"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. Re1
d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. h3 Qc7 13. Qe2 Be6 14. Nf1 Nd7 15. Ng3
d5 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Nf5 Rae8 18. Ng5 Bxg5 19. Bxg5 f6 20. Bd2 Ne7 21. d4 Nxf5
22. Bxf5 Be6 23. Bxe6+ Rxe6 24. dxe5 Rxe5 25. Qf3 Rfe8 26. Rxe5 Nxe5 27. Qd5+
Qf7 28. Qxc5 Nc4 29. Re1 Rxe1+ 30. Bxe1 Qe6 31. Kf1 Nxb2 32. Qd4 h6 33. Qe3
Qxa2 34. Qe8+ Kh7 35. Qe4+ Kh8 36. Qa8+ Qg8 37. Qxa6 Qc4+ 38. Kg1 Qe4 39. Bd2
Nc4 40. Qc8+ Kh7 41. Qd7 Kg6 42. f3 Qe5 43. Qg4+ Kh7 44. Bf4 Qd5 45. h4 Qd3 46.
Qe6 $4 {White succumbs under the pressure.} b4 $1 ({Black wins a piece in} 
46... b4 47. cxb4 Qd4+) 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch18"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B62"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd3 $5 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 a5 10. a3 a4 11. Nd4 h6 12. Bh4 Bd7 ({The appropriate
aggression shows} 12... Qb6 13. Ndb5 Ng4 $1 {(Tolush - Geller in round seven).}
) 13. Ndb5 Ne5 14. Qd2 Bxb5 15. Bxb5 Qa5 16. Qe2 Rfc8 17. Rd4 $1 Qb6 ({
Thematic is} 17... Rxc3 18. Rxa4 Qd8 19. bxc3 Rxa4 20. Bxa4 Qa5) 18. Rxa4 Rxa4
19. Nxa4 Qa5 20. f3 Ng6 21. Be1 Qc7 22. Bc3 e5 $6 ({Better is the immediate} 
22... d5) 23. Rd1 Nf4 24. Qf2 d5 $1 {The liberating move has to be made.} 25.
exd5 N4xd5 26. Qe1 Nxc3 27. Qxc3 Qb8 28. Qb3 e4 29. g3 Qc7 30. f4 h5 31. Rd4 {
Black has compensation for the pawn.} Qa5 $2 ({Correct is} 31... Bc5) 32. Bc4
$1 Kh7 33. Kb1 Bc5 34. Rd1 Bf2 35. Nc3 e3 36. Ne2 Rd8 37. Rxd8 Qxd8 38. Bd3+
Kg8 39. Qxb7 g6 40. Bc4 Qd7 41. Qxd7 Nxd7 42. a4 Kf8 {Keres played a great
game.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch18"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Sokolsky, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nc6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Qd3 Na5 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. Ne5 Bxb5 14. Qxb5 a6
15. Qe2 $5 Nd5 16. Bd2 Rc8 17. Rad1 Nc6 18. Bc1 $6 Nxc3 $5 19. bxc3 b5 20. Rd3
Qd5 21. Ng4 Rfd8 $6 ({An advantage is gained by} 21... b4 $1) 22. Rg3 b4 $2 23.
Nh6+ $1 Kf8 24. Rxg7 $3 {Tolush has delivered his favourite rook sacrifice.}
Kxg7 25. Qg4+ Bg5 26. c4 $5 (26. Bxg5 Rf8 27. h4 $1 {is fine too.}) 26... Qxd4
27. Qxg5+ Kf8 28. Be3 $6 ({White wins easily in} 28. Qg8+ Ke7 29. Qxf7+ Kd6 30.
Bf4+ Ne5 31. Ng4 {(Tolush).}) 28... Qh8 $1 29. Bc5+ Ke8 30. Ng4 Kd7 $6 ({More
resistance is offered by} 30... Rd3 $1 {but} 31. Nf6+ Kd8 32. Qf4 $1 Qg7 33.
Nd5 $1 Ne5 34. Bb6+ Kd7 35. Nf6+ Ke7 36. Qxe5 Qxf6 37. Bc5+ {wins for White.})
31. Bb6 Rb8 32. Rd1+ Ke8 33. Bxd8 Rxd8 34. Rxd8+ Nxd8 35. Nf6+ Kf8 36. Qc5+ Kg7
37. Nh5+ Kh6 38. h4 Qa1+ 39. Kh2 f6 40. Nf4 {Spassky told me: "Tolush fought
in World War II. He left the trenches to move his bowels. An explosion
followed. All his mates were dead". Alexander remained a fearless fighter.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch18"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C99"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bb7 14. d5 Rfc8 15.
Bd3 Nd7 16. Nf1 Nc5 17. Ne3 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Nc4 19. Nf5 Bf8 20. b3 Nb6 21. Bd2
Nd7 22. Ng5 h6 23. Nf3 Kh7 24. N3h4 Qc2 $5 25. Qe3 $5 Nc5 26. Bb4 g6 $5 27. Qf3
$5 {A pandemonium has started.} Nxe4 $1 (27... gxf5 28. Re2 {imprisons a queen.
}) 28. Rxe4 $6 (28. Nxd6 Ng5 29. Qe3 Bxd6 30. Bxd6 Bxd5 31. Bxe5 {and White
keeps a plus.}) 28... Bxd5 29. Rae1 Rc6 $6 ({The intricacy of} 29... Bxe4 30.
Rxe4 d5 $1 {is mentioned in the tournament book.}) 30. Ng3 Be7 31. Rd1 Be6 $2 (
{Black gains material in} 31... Bxe4 32. Qxf7+ Kh8 33. Qxe7 Qxd1+ 34. Kh2 {but
White will deliver perpetual check.}) 32. Ree1 Rcc8 33. Rd2 Qc7 34. Nhf5 $1
gxf5 35. Nxf5 Bg5 36. Rxd6 $1 Bf4 37. Rxe6 fxe6 38. Ne7 Rf8 39. Qe4+ Kg7 40.
Qg6+ Kh8 41. Qxe6 Kh7 42. Qg6+ Kh8 43. Bd6 Qc3 44. Bxe5+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch18"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. d4 Ne4 8. Qc2
Nxc3 9. Qxc3 Bf6 10. Be3 Nc6 11. Rad1 Rc8 12. Qa3 Na5 $6 ({Better is} 12...
Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxg2 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Kxg2 Qc7) 13. b3 Be7 $6 14. dxc5 f6 15.
Bh3 Kf7 16. Rd2 bxc5 17. Rfd1 d6 18. Ne1 $6 (18. Bf4 {keeps the restraint.})
18... Qb6 19. Qc1 h5 20. f3 $6 h4 21. g4 Nc6 22. Ng2 Nd4 23. Rxd4 $2 cxd4 24.
Bxd4 Qa6 25. g5 fxg5 26. f4 g4 $1 27. Bxg4 h3 28. Qe3 Rh6 29. Ne1 Rg6 30. Qxh3
Qc6 $2 (30... Rh6 {continues the attack.}) 31. Nf3 Qe4 {Black pressures
strongly on diagonals and files.} 32. Qg3 $2 ({White consolidates his position
in the line} 32. Kf2 $1 {(threatens 33.Bh5)} Rh6 33. Qg3 Rch8 34. h3) 32... Kg8
33. Rd3 Rf8 34. Be3 e5 35. Qg2 exf4 36. Bd2 Bd8 37. h3 Re8 38. Kf1 d5 39. Rd4
Qb1+ 40. Be1 dxc4 41. Rxc4 {Keres became the sole leader after four wins in a
row.} (41. Rxc4 Bh4 {is horrible.}) 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch18"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C03"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. c3 f5 $2 {Tigran chooses an odd opening.} 5.
exf5 exf5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. Ne2 Nge7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Qc2 Qe8 10. Bd2 Bd7 11. O-O-O $6
Na5 12. Bf4 b5 $6 13. Rde1 b4 $6 {Black plays hyperactive.} 14. Bxd6 cxd6 15.
cxb4 Nac6 16. a3 a5 $2 17. b5 $1 Nb4 $6 {The sacrafice is incorrect.} 18. axb4
Rc8 19. Nc3 axb4 20. Kd2 $2 (20. Qe2 $1 Rf7 21. Ng5 {keeps a material
advantage (Petrosian).}) 20... Qf7 21. Qb3 bxc3+ 22. bxc3 Rb8 23. Re3 h6 24.
Rhe1 Nc8 25. c4 Nb6 26. cxd5 Rfc8 27. Re7 $1 {White takes the initiative.} Qf6
28. h4 Ra8 29. R7e2 $6 f4 30. Ne5 $2 (30. Rd1 {creates an escape for the king.}
) 30... dxe5 31. dxe5 Qe7 $1 32. Re4 $2 {Keres blunders in time trouble.} ({
The last chance gives} 32. d6+ $1 Be6 $1 33. dxe7 Bxb3 34. Bf5 Rc5 $1 {Black
wins.}) 32... Ra3 33. Qb2 Bf5 34. Qd4 Ra2+ 35. Kd1 Qa3 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch18"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Liublinsky, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 c6 8. Nf3 cxd5
9. cxd5 Nbd7 10. Nd2 Ne8 11. Nc4 a6 12. a4 b6 13. a5 b5 14. Nb6 Nxb6 15. Bxb6
Qe7 16. Bd3 f5 17. O-O Nf6 18. exf5 gxf5 19. f4 $6 e4 $1 20. Bc2 Qf7 21. Qd2
Bb7 22. Rad1 Rac8 23. Bb3 Nd7 24. Be3 Nc5 25. Bc2 b4 26. Ne2 Nd3 $6 27. Bxd3
exd3 28. Qxd3 Bxb2 29. Rf3 h6 30. Kh2 Bg7 31. Qb3 Kh7 32. Bf2 $6 ({The exchange
} 32. Qxb4 Bxd5 {keeps the equality.}) 32... Rfe8 33. Rd2 $6 Rxe2 $1 34. Rxe2
Bxd5 35. Qxb4 Bxf3 36. gxf3 Qd5 37. Re7 Rg8 $6 ({Better is} 37... Qxf3 38. Qd4
Rg8) 38. Bd4 $1 {Tolush plays another spectacular finish.} Qxf3 $4 ({Correct is
} 38... Kg6 $1 39. Bxg7 Rxg7 40. Rxg7+ Kxg7 41. Qc3+ Kg6 42. Qc8 {and Black or
White will deliver perpetual check.}) 39. Qxd6 Qh5 40. Qxa6 Kh8 41. Bxg7+ {
Keres stayed on 10 1/2 points. Tolush and Aronin catched up. The last round
would become very exciting.} ({Elementary is} 41. Bxg7+ Rxg7 42. Qf6 Qg6 43.
Qxg7+) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch18"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Ne2 Ne7 8. c3
Ba5 9. Ng3 c6 10. Ba4 Ng6 11. d4 Be6 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Re1 $6 Bg4 $1 {The fight
begins after a dull opening.} 14. Nf5 d5 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nxe4 17. Bxe4
exd4 18. Nxd4 Bb6 19. Bd2 dxe4 20. Rxe4 Rxe4 21. Qxe4 Bxd4 22. cxd4 Qe7 23. Qg4
Qd6 24. Re1 Qd5 25. b3 h5 26. Qe4 Qxe4 27. Rxe4 f6 28. Kf1 Kf7 29. Ba5 b6 30.
Bc3 Rd8 31. Bb2 Rd6 32. g4 hxg4 33. hxg4 Re6 34. f3 Ne7 35. Bc1 Nd5 36. Bd2 Rd6
37. Ke2 Rd8 38. Kf2 Nc7 39. a4 Ne6 40. Be3 Rd5 {The game is adjourned. Keres
has a plus.} 41. Kg3 Ke7 42. g5 $2 ({Correct is} 42. Kf2 Kd7 43. b4 $1) 42...
f5 $1 43. Re5 Kd6 $1 44. Rxd5+ Kxd5 {Black has conquered the centre. The white
king stands offside.} 45. g6 a5 46. Kh4 Nxd4 47. Bh6 Ne6 48. Be3 c5 49. Kh5 Ke5
50. Bc1 Nd4 51. Bh6 $1 Kf6 52. Bg5+ Ke6 53. Bh6 ({The game is prolonged by} 53.
Bd8 $1 Kd7 $1 54. Bf6 $1 Ne6 55. Be5 Kc6 56. Bxg7 Nxg7+ 57. Kg5 Ne8 $1 58. Kxf5
Kd6) 53... gxh6 54. Kxh6 Nc6 55. g7 Ne7 56. Kh7 Kf7 57. Kh6 Kg8 58. f4 Kf7 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch18"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C81"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Rd1 Nc5 11. c4 d4 $1 12. Nbd2 $2 Bf5 13. Nf1 b4 14. Ng3 Bg6
15. Be3 d3 $1 16. Qe1 Nxb3 17. axb3 O-O 18. h3 Qd7 19. Qd2 Rfe8 20. Re1 a5 21.
Ne2 Bf8 22. Bf4 Bh5 23. Nh2 Bxe2 24. Rxe2 Nd4 25. Re3 Rad8 $6 (25... Red8 {
continues the protection of pawn a5.}) 26. Qxd3 Nf3+ 27. Nxf3 Qxd3 28. Rxd3
Rxd3 29. Rxa5 Rxb3 30. Ra2 Rd8 31. Kf1 Rd1+ 32. Ke2 Rb1 33. Ra8 R1xb2+ 34. Nd2
h6 35. Be3 Ra3 36. Rc8 Ra5 37. c5 Rc2 38. Kd1 Rcxc5 $4 {Tolush misses his
chance for the title.} ({Correct is} 38... Rc3 $1) 39. Bxc5 Rxc5 40. f4 Rc3 41.
Ke2 {The game was adjourned and not resumed.   Aronin drew a slightly better
endgame after 81 moves. Therefore, Keres became the chanpion with 11 1/2
points. Tolush, Aronin and Lipnitsky shared the second place with 11/17.} ({
There might follow} 41. Ke2 c5 42. f5 Ra3 43. e6 $1 fxe6 44. fxe6 {White has
sufficient counter-play for a draw.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Moiseev, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E45"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ba6 6. a3 Be7 7. Nf4 O-O 8. b4
d5 9. b5 Bb7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bb2 c5 12. Be2 c4 13. O-O a6 14. a4 Bb4 15. Qc2
Qd7 16. Rfb1 Re8 17. Ba3 Bxa3 18. Rxa3 Qd6 19. Ra2 a5 20. Qc1 Nbd7 21. Qa3 Qxa3
22. Rxa3 Nf8 23. h4 Rad8 24. Bf3 Ne6 25. Nh5 Nxh5 26. Bxh5 g6 27. Bf3 f5 28.
Ra2 Kg7 29. Kf1 h6 30. g3 Kf6 31. Kg2 Rh8 32. Rh1 Rhe8 33. Rd2 Re7 34. Re2 Ree8
35. Kf1 Rh8 36. Ke1 Rhe8 37. Kd2 Re7 38. Ree1 Ree8 39. Ne2 Rh8 40. g4 Rhg8 41.
Reg1 fxg4 42. Bxg4 Rdf8 43. Bxe6 Kxe6 44. Nf4+ Kd6 45. Rh2 Rf6 46. Rhg2 Bc8 47.
Rxg6 Rgxg6 48. Rxg6 Rxg6 49. Nxg6 Bf5 50. Ne5 Bb1 51. Kc3 Ba2 52. e4 dxe4 53.
Nxc4+ Bxc4 54. Kxc4 h5 55. d5 Ke5 56. d6 Kxd6 57. Kd4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E67"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

{The nineteenth final of the Soviet championship was played in Moscow from 11
xi until 14 xii 1951. Two thousand spectators could follow the games in the
House of Unions. It was the strongest event in a long series.   Four players
were invited: defending champion Keres, world champion Botvinnik, former
challenger Bronstein and Kotov. Four semifinals had been played in the same
year. The fourteen qualifiers were Smyslov (!), Kopylov, Moiseev and Terpugov
in Leningrad, Geller, Petrosian, Averbakh and Boleslavsky in Sverdlovsk,
Aronin, Flohr and Simagin in Lvov and Taimanov, Lipnitsky and Novotelnov in
Tallinn. Boleslavsky could not partake due to illness. His place was taken by
Bondarevsky, number five in Leningrad. The number six Korchnoi made his debut
in the next final.   The championship had an importance for the next cycle of
the world championship. Botvinnik would be the defending champion. Bronstein,
Boleslavsky, Smyslov and Keres were qualified candidates. Kotov was seeded for
the interzonal event. Petrosian, Taimanov, Geller and Averbakh qualified in
the championship. These five Soviet players would take the top places in the
interzonal tournament Stockholm 1952.   Seventeen rounds of nine games were
played in Moscow 1951. Two games have been annotated for most rounds.} 1. d4
Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 Re8 9.
Qc2 c6 10. Rd1 Qa5 11. e4 Nf8 12. d5 c5 13. a4 Nh5 14. Ne1 f5 15. Nd3 Qd8 16.
a5 Nd7 17. f3 Rf8 18. Nb5 Ndf6 19. b4 $6 fxe4 20. fxe4 a6 21. Nc3 cxb4 22. Na4
$6 Qxa5 $1 {Black just grabs the pawns.} 23. Be3 Qc7 24. Bb6 Qe7 25. c5 Bg4 26.
Re1 Rac8 27. Nxb4 Nd7 28. c6 Nxb6 29. Nxb6 Rc7 30. Qb3 $6 Bh6 $4 {Kotov misses
a big chance.} (30... Nf4 $1 31. gxf4 exf4 {gains an edge.}) 31. h3 $1 Bc8 32.
Na8 $1 b5 33. Nxa6 $2 ({Right is} 33. Nxc7 Qxc7 34. Rf1 $1 {and White has won
the exchange.}) 33... Ra7 34. Nc5 $2 ({More resistance is offered by} 34. N8c7
Rxc7 35. Nxc7 Qxc7) 34... dxc5 35. d6+ Qf7 36. Qxf7+ Raxf7 37. Nb6 Be6 38. d7
Nf6 39. Rad1 Nxd7 40. cxd7 Rd8 41. Bf1 c4 42. Kg2 Kg7 43. g4 Bg5 44. Rd6 Bxd7
45. Red1 c3 46. Nxd7 c2 47. Bxb5 cxd1=Q 48. Rxd1 Bf4 49. Rd5 Rc8 50. Nc5 Re7
51. Kf3 Ra8 52. Ba4 Rf8 53. Bd7 Rf6 54. h4 Bg5+ 55. Kg3 Bf4+ 56. Kf3 Bc1+ 57.
Ke2 Ba3 58. g5 Rb6 59. Nd3 Rd6 60. Bg4 Rxd5 61. exd5 Ra7 62. Nxe5 Ra4 63. Kd3
Rf4 64. h5 Bb2 65. h6+ Kh8 66. Nc4 Rd4+ {Bronstein had passed his peak in the
world championship match.} 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. b3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. O-O Ne8 8. Nc3
f5 9. d4 Bf6 10. Qc2 Nd6 11. Rad1 Nc6 12. Qb1 Qe8 13. d5 Ne7 14. dxe6 dxe6 15.
Nd4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nc6 17. Ndb5 Nxb5 18. Nxb5 Bxb2 19. Qxb2 Rf7 20. Rd2 a6 21.
Nd4 Rd8 22. Rfd1 Nxd4 23. Rxd4 Qc6+ 24. f3 Rfd7 25. Rxd7 Rxd7 26. Rxd7 Qxd7 27.
Kf2 Qd6 28. f4 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Terpugov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D07"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Bxf3 7. gxf3 Nb6 $2
({Correct is} 7... Nxc3 8. bxc3 e5 {(Heinig - Schmidt, DDR 1971).}) 8. d5 $1
Nb8 $6 (8... Na5 {is slightly better.}) 9. Bf4 c6 10. Qb3 N8d7 11. Rd1 Qc8 12.
Bh3 $1 g6 13. Na4 f5 14. Nxb6 axb6 15. exf5 Nc5 16. Qxb6 e5 17. dxe6 Ra6 {
Black attacks the queen.} 18. f6 $1 Nxe6 {If he captures, mate in two follows.}
19. Qb3 Kf7 20. O-O c5 21. Rfe1 c4 22. Qb5 {The defending champion had a great
start.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lipnitsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 Nge7 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 d6 8. Rb1
a5 9. a3 Bf5 10. h3 h6 11. b4 axb4 12. axb4 Qd7 13. Kh2 Be6 14. b5 Nd8 15. Nd2
f5 16. Nd5 Bf7 17. Qc2 Nc8 18. Bb2 Ne6 19. Ra1 Nb6 20. Nb4 Nc5 21. Nb3 Nba4 22.
Nxc5 Nxc5 23. Nd5 Be6 24. Bc3 Kh7 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Ra1 Rxa1 27. Bxa1 Bxd5 28.
Bxd5 c6 29. bxc6 bxc6 30. Bg2 Qa7 31. Qb1 Qa6 32. Bc3 Nb7 33. Qb2 Kg8 34. f4
Nc5 35. Qb8+ Kh7 36. Qxd6 Nb7 37. Qe7 Kg8 38. Bxe5 Bxe5 39. fxe5 Qb6 40. e6 f4
41. Qf7+ Kh8 42. Qxf4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Novotelnov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 Be6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Rc1 Bb6 12. Na4 d4 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. a3 h6 15.
Bf4 Bd5 16. Ne1 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Re8 18. Rc2 Qd5+ 19. f3 Re7 20. Nd3 Rae8 21. Bc1
Qb3 22. Re1 Nd5 23. Nf2 Ne3+ 24. Bxe3 Rxe3 25. Rd2 Qb5 26. Nd3 Na5 27. Kf2 Nc4
28. Rc2 R3e7 29. Qc1 Ne3 30. Rc8 Qh5 31. Kg1 Qh3 32. Rxe8+ Rxe8 33. Nf4 Qd7 34.
Qd2 g5 35. Ng2 Nc4 36. Qc2 Qe6 37. Kf2 b5 38. Rd1 Qh3 39. Kg1 Qxg2+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Kopylov, Nikolai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E43"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nf3 Bb7 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O O-O 8. a3
cxd4 9. Na4 Be7 10. exd4 Qc7 11. b4 Ng4 12. g3 f5 13. Re1 f4 14. Bxf4 Rxf4 15.
gxf4 Qxf4 16. d5 exd5 17. Rxe7 Nc6 18. Re1 Rf8 19. Be4 dxe4 20. Qd5+ Kh8 21.
Qxe4 Qf6 22. Qxg4 Nd8 23. Qg3 Bxf3 24. Rac1 Ne6 25. Nc3 Nd4 26. Re3 Bc6 27. Nd5
Qf7 28. Rce1 b5 29. Re7 Qg8 30. Kf1 bxc4 31. Ne3 c3 32. Rc1 c2 33. Nxc2 Qc4+
34. Ke1 Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E91"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. h3 c5 7. Be2 Nc6 8. d5 Na5
9. O-O b6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Be3 Kh7 12. Bd3 e5 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. b3 Nd7 15. Rc1
Ne5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Nd5 Nc6 18. Qd2 Nd4 19. Bxd4 cxd4 20. a4 Bf6 21. Rc2 Be7
22. Qe2 a5 23. Re1 Bc5 24. Kh1 Re8 25. Rec1 Kg7 26. Re1 Qd6 27. f3 Bb4 28. Rec1
Ba3 29. Ra1 Bb4 30. Rac1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B26"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 Rb8 7. Qd2 b5 8. Nd1 b4
9. h3 e6 10. Ne2 Nd4 11. O-O Ne7 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Bh6 O-O 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. f4
e5 16. b3 Qc7 17. a3 Nc6 18. Nb2 f6 19. f5 a5 20. h4 bxa3 21. Rxa3 Nb4 22. Nc4
gxf5 23. Rxa5 fxe4 24. dxe4 Be6 25. Rfa1 Bxc4 26. Ra7 Rb7 27. Rxb7 Qxb7 28.
bxc4 Nc6 29. Kh2 Ra8 30. Rf1 Ra2 31. Rxf6 Qe7 32. Qh6+ Kg8 33. c5 Rxc2 34. cxd6
Qg7 35. d7 Qxh6 36. Rxh6 Nd8 37. Rd6 Kf7 38. g4 Ke7 39. Rd5 Nf7 40. g5 Rc6 41.
Bh3 Rd6 42. Kg2 Rxd5 43. exd5 Nd6 44. h5 Ne4 45. g6 hxg6 46. hxg6 Nf6 47. d6+
Kd8 48. g7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C91"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4
d6 9. c3 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 c6 12. dxc6 Qc7 13. Bg5 Nc4 14. Nbd2 Nxb2 15.
Qb1 Na4 16. Bxa4 bxa4 17. Qb4 Qxc6 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Qxe7 Nd7 20. c4 Rfb8 21.
Rab1 Be6 22. Be3 h6 23. f3 Kh7 24. Qa3 Nb6 25. Rbc1 Nd7 26. c5 a5 27. Nc4 Qb5
28. Qc3 f6 29. a3 Ra6 30. Nb6 Bb3 31. Qd2 Nf8 32. Qe2 Qxe2 33. Rxe2 Ne6 34. Rd2
Ra7 35. c6 Rc7 36. Rd7 Rd8 37. Kf2 Kg8 38. Rxd8+ Nxd8 39. Nd5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B93"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. O-O b5 10. a3 $5 Be7 11. Kh1 O-O 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. Nh4 Bd8 14. Qe1 Nc5
15. Bg5 Be6 16. Nf5 Nh5 $1 17. Qh4 $5 Nf4 $1 {The critical position has been
reached.} 18. g3 $2 ({Right is} 18. Nxg7 $1 {Black should play} Ncxd3 $1 ({the
game Ravinsky-Ilivitzki, Riga 1952 shows the pointe} 18... Kxg7 $2 19. Rxf4 $1
exf4 20. Qh6+ Kg8 21. Bf6 $1 Bxf6 22. e5 $1 Nxd3 23. exf6 Nf2+ 24. Kg1 Nh3+ 25.
Kf1 Bc4+ 26. Ne2 {1-0} Bxe2+ 27. Ke1 $1) 19. Bxd8 Qxd8 20. Qh6 Kh8 21. cxd3 Rg8
22. Rxf4 $1 exf4 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Qxe6 Qxd3 25. Qf6+ Rg7 26. Rd1 $1 Qc2 27.
Rd8+ {and perpetual check follows.}) 18... Bxg5 19. Qxg5 f6 20. Qg4 Nfxd3 21.
cxd3 g6 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. exd5 Kh8 24. Ne3 f5 $6 25. Qd1 Na4 26. Qd2 Qd6 27. Qb4
$6 Qxb4 28. axb4 Nxb2 29. Ra3 Na4 30. Raa1 Nb6 31. Rac1 f4 32. Ng4 Nxd5 33.
Nxe5 fxg3 34. Rxf8+ Rxf8 35. hxg3 Nxb4 36. Rc7 Kg8 37. Rd7 g5 38. d4 a5 39. Rb7
a4 40. Rxb5 a3 41. Ra5 a2 42. Kg2 Rc8 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. b3 Re8 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. Rac1 e5 14. Bf1 exd4
15. exd4 Qd6 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Qc3 Nf8 19. Qc5 Qxc5 20. Rxc5 Red8
21. g3 Ne6 22. Rc2 Rac8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rd2 Ng5 25. Bg2 Ne4 26. Re2 f5 27.
Kh2 Bf8 28. f3 Nf6 29. Bf1 Kf7 30. Rg2 Bd6 31. Bd3 Nh5 32. f4 Nf6 33. Rc2 Re8
34. Re2 Ne4 35. Kg2 h6 36. h4 Kf6 37. Bc1 Bb4 38. Rc2 Be1 39. Re2 Bc3 40. Be3
Re6 41. Kf3 h5 42. Rc2 Rc6 43. a3 Be1 44. Rxc6+ bxc6 45. b4 Nd6 46. Bf2 Bc3 47.
Ke2 Ke6 48. Kd1 Ne4 49. Kc2 Nxf2 50. Kxc3 Kd6 51. a4 Ne4+ 52. Kc2 Nxg3 53. b5
Ne4 54. bxc6 a5 55. Bb5 Kc7 56. Kd3 Nd6 57. Kd2 Nf7 58. Ke3 Nd8 59. Ke2 Ne6 60.
Ke3 Kd6 61. Be2 Kxc6 62. Bb5+ Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D14"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Be7 10. Ne5 O-O 11. h3 Rc8 12. O-O Nd7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Rac1 Rfd8
15. Rfd1 Na5 16. Qb5 Qxb5 17. Nxb5 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Nc6 19. Kf1 Kf8 20. Ke2 Ke8
21. Nc3 Rc8 22. Kd1 Kd7 23. Bg3 h5 24. Ne2 h4 25. Bh2 g5 26. Rc2 Rg8 27. Nc1
Bd6 28. Bxd6 Kxd6 29. Ke2 f6 30. Nd3 b6 31. f3 Re8 32. Rc1 Re7 33. Kd2 Rc7 34.
b3 Re7 35. Ke2 Re8 36. Kd2 Rh8 37. Ke2 Rg8 38. Kd2 Rg7 39. Ke2 Rh7 40. Kd2 Rb7
41. Ke2 Rh7 42. Kd2 Rh8 43. Nf2 e5 44. dxe5+ fxe5 45. Nd1 Rc8 46. Nc3 Ke6 47.
Ne2 Kd7 48. Nc3 Ne7 49. Rg1 Ke6 50. Re1 Nc6 51. Rc1 Nb4 52. a3 Nc6 53. b4 Ne7
54. Re1 Kd7 55. Kd3 Rc6 56. Rg1 Rf6 57. Rc1 Rf8 58. Rd1 Rd8 59. Rc1 Rc8 60. Rg1
Ke6 61. Re1 Nf5 62. e4 Ne7 63. Nxd5 Nxd5 64. exd5+ Kxd5 65. Re4 Ke6 66. b5 Rc5
67. a4 Kf5 68. Rg4 Rd5+ 69. Ke3 Rd1 70. Ke2 Rc1 71. Kd2 Rc5 72. Kd3 Rd5+ 73.
Ke3 Rd7 74. Ke2 Rd4 75. Ke3 Rd1 76. Ke2 Ra1 77. Ke3 Ra3+ 78. Ke2 Kf6 79. Kd2
Ra2+ 80. Ke3 Kg6 81. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Nd7 9. O-O O-O 10. e4 b6 11. Bf4 Bb7 12. Qe2 g6 13. Rfd1 cxd4 14. cxd4 Bf6
15. Rac1 Rc8 16. Ba6 Bxa6 17. Qxa6 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Qa8 19. Bd6 Rd8 20. e5 Bg7 21.
Rc7 Qe4 22. Nd2 Qe1+ 23. Nf1 Nf8 24. Qxa7 Bh6 25. Rxf7 Qb1 26. Qe7 Rc8 27. Rxh7
Nxh7 28. Qxe6+ Kg7 29. Qd7+ Kg8 30. Qxc8+ Kg7 31. Qc7+ Kg8 32. e6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kopylov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d5 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Nc3 (7.
Qxd5 $1 {gives a plus (Florian-Radulescu, Sofia 1947).}) 7... Qxd1+ 8. Nxd1 Nf6
9. Bc4 e6 10. Ne3 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rd1 Nd5 13. Bf1 Rb8 14. Rd3 Rd8 15. Rb3
Bd7 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Be3 Bf6 18. c3 Ra8 19. Ba6 Bc6 20. h3 e5 21. Rc1 Rd7 22.
Be2 Be7 23. Bb5 Rc8 $2 ({Correct is} 23... Bxb5 24. Rxb5 d4 $1) 24. Bxc6 $1
Rxc6 25. Rb8+ Bf8 26. Rd1 f6 27. Rb5 d4 28. cxd4 a6 $6 (28... Bc5 $1 29. Rc1
exd4 30. Bxd4 Rxd4 31. Rcxc5 Rxc5 32. Rxc5 Rd1+ 33. Kh2 Rd2 {forces a draw (TB)
.}) 29. Rb8 Kf7 30. d5 $1 Rc2 31. Rb6 a5 32. Rb5 a4 33. Rc1 Rxc1+ 34. Bxc1 Bd6
35. Be3 Rc7 36. Ra5 Rc2 37. Ra7+ Kg6 38. Ra6 Bb4 39. d6 Rxb2 40. d7 Rb1+ 41.
Kh2 Rd1 42. Rxa4 Be7 43. Ra7 Bd8 $2 {Keres did not have his day.} (43... Kf5 $1
44. d8=Q Bxd8 45. Rxg7 h5 {brings the last drawing chance.}) 44. a4 Rd5 45. g4
$1 h5 46. Kg2 hxg4 47. hxg4 e4 48. Kh3 f5 49. Ra6+ Kf7 50. gxf5 Rxd7 51. Kg4
Bf6 52. Ra7 Rxa7 53. Bxa7 Be5 54. a5 Ke8 55. a6 Kd7 56. Be3 Kc6 57. Kg5 Bc7 58.
Bd4 Bd6 59. Kg6 {Kopylov and Kotov had won two games.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Novotelnov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 c6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bd6 10. Rd1 Qe7 11. Ne2 c5 12. Ng3 a6 13. e4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxg3
15. hxg3 b5 16. Bf1 Bb7 17. f3 Rac8 18. Qf2 Rfd8 19. Bf4 Ne8 20. Nb3 e5 21. Be3
Nf8 22. Bc5 Qf6 23. Bb4 Qh6 24. Bd2 Qg6 25. Qa7 Ba8 26. Ba5 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Qc6
28. Bc3 f6 29. Na5 Qe6 30. a4 Nc7 31. Bb4 Qf7 32. Rc1 Nfe6 33. axb5 axb5 34.
Bxb5 Rd8 35. Bc4 Qd7 36. Qxc7 Qxc7 37. Bxe6+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Moiseev, Oleg"]
[Black "Lipnitsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E02"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 Bc6 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8.
O-O Nb6 9. Qd3 Be4 10. Qb3 Bd5 11. Qc2 Be4 12. Qb3 Bd5 13. Qe3 Rc8 14. Nc3 Bc6
15. Qd3 Bb4 16. Re1 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Be4 18. Qb5+ c6 19. Qc5 Qd5 20. Qa3 a5 21.
Bf1 Nc4 22. Qb3 Bxf3 23. exf3 b5 24. a4 O-O 25. f4 Rb8 26. Bg2 Qd7 27. Bf1 Qd5
28. Bg2 Qd7 29. Bf1 Qd5 30. Bg2 Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Terpugov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 e6 7. e3 Be7 8. h3
a6 9. a4 O-O 10. Bd3 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Qe2 Ne4 13. Rfc1 f5 14. Na2 g5 15. Bc7
Qe8 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Bd8 18. f3 Nf6 19. Nb4 a5 20. Bb5 Nd7 21. Nd3 Qe7 22.
Bh2 Rc8 23. Rxc8 Bxc8 24. Rc1 Bb7 25. Ne5 Nxe5 26. Bxe5 f4 27. Qd2 fxe3 28.
Qxe3 Rf7 29. Rc3 Qb4 30. b3 Rf5 31. Bc7 Bf6 32. Bxb6 Qd6 33. Bc7 Qe7 34. Bd3
Qb4 35. Bxf5 exf5 36. Qe6+ Kg7 37. Be5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E40"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. Ng3 h5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bd3 h4 10. Nf1 h3 11. g3 O-O 12. Nd2 Bg4 13. f3 Bc8 14. b4 a5 15. b5
Nb8 16. O-O c5 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Na4 Ba6 19. Nb3 Bb5 20. Nbc5 Na6 21. Nxa6 Bxa6
22. Rb1 Qc7 23. Bxa6 Rxa6 24. Qd3 Ra7 25. Bd2 Bd6 26. e4 dxe4 27. fxe4 Rd8 28.
Qf3 Bf8 29. Bc3 Re8 30. e5 Nd5 31. Bd2 Qd7 32. Rb3 Rb7 33. Rxb7 Qxb7 34. Nc3
Nxc3 35. Bxc3 Bxa3 36. Bxa5 Bb2 37. Bb6 Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Moiseev, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E56"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. a3
Ba5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qa5 12. Rb1 Qxc5 13. Rb5 Qe7 14. c4 a6
15. Rb2 dxc4 16. Bxc4 b5 17. Be2 Bf5 18. a4 b4 19. a5 Qc5 20. Qa4 Nd5 21. Nd4
Nxd4 22. exd4 Qxd4 23. Bf3 Rad8 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 25. Rxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B62"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd3 Be7 8.
Rd1 O-O 9. Be2 d5 10. exd5 Nb4 11. Qg3 Nfxd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14.
O-O {White has a pawn majority on the queen- side. It has little importance,
now.} e5 15. Bf3 Nf4 16. Ne2 Nxe2+ 17. Bxe2 Bf5 18. Bd3 Qe6 19. b3 Rac8 20.
Rfe1 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Qe7 22. h3 b6 23. Qe4 f6 24. Rd5 Rfd8 25. Red1 Rxd5 26.
Qxd5+ Kf8 $2 (26... Qf7 $1 27. Qxf7+ Kxf7 28. Rd7+ Kg6 29. c4 a6 30. a4 b5 31.
axb5 axb5 32. cxb5 Rc3 {draws in a familiar way.}) 27. c4 $1 g6 28. a4 Rc7 29.
a5 $1 bxa5 30. Qxa5 Rd7 31. Rd5 $1 Qe6 32. Qc5+ Kf7 33. Rxd7+ Qxd7 34. b4 Ke6
35. g3 {The majority has become highly relevant.} Qd1+ $2 (35... h5 $1 36. b5
g5 $1 37. h4 Qd1+ 38. Kh2 Qf1 {counters timely.}) 36. Kg2 Qd7 37. h4 $1 Qb7+
38. Kh2 Qd7 {Black has lost too much time.} 39. Qf8 $1 h5 40. Qg8+ Kf5 41. c5
Qd4 42. Qc8+ Ke4 43. Kg2 Kd3 ({Or} 43... Qxb4 44. c6 Qc4 45. c7) 44. Qa6+ Kd2
45. Qd6 Ke2 46. Qxd4 exd4 47. c6 d3 48. c7 d2 49. c8=Q d1=Q 50. Qe6+ Kd3 51.
Qd7+ Ke2 52. Qe7+ Kd3 53. Qxa7 Qg4 54. Qe3+ Kc4 55. Qc5+ Kd3 56. Qe3+ Kc4 57.
Qc5+ Kd3 58. b5 Qe4+ 59. Kh2 Qa8 60. Qc6 Qa2 61. Kg2 g5 62. b6 gxh4 63. Qf3+
1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lipnitsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Ng3 e6 7. Bd3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. c4 c5 10. b3 b6 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Qd3 Nf8 14. Rad1 Qc7 15.
dxc5 bxc5 16. Ne5 Ng6 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Qc3 a5 19. Rfe1 a4 20. Re3 axb3 21.
axb3 Red8 22. Red3 Rxd3 23. Rxd3 Bc6 24. Rd1 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. f3 Ne8 27.
Qe1 Bf6 28. Bxf6 Nxf6 29. Qe5 Qd2 30. Qxc5 Qxc2 31. Qxc6 Qd1+ 32. Kf2 Qd4+ 33.
Kf1 Qd1+ 34. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Novotelnov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E08"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. Bf4
b6 9. Nfd2 $5 Bb7 10. e4 Rc8 11. Nc3 c5 12. exd5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5
cxd4 15. Qa4 $2 ({Correct is} 15. Qf5 $1 g6 {g6 (a slight weakening has been
forced)} 16. Qd3) 15... Nc5 $1 16. Qxd4 Ne6 $1 17. Qe4 Rc5 $1 18. Be3 Bxd5 19.
Qb1 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Rd5 21. Rd1 Bf6 22. Kg1 Re8 23. a4 h5 24. Nc4 h4 $1 25. Qc2
h3 26. Qe2 $2 (26. Rac1 $1 Qa8 27. f3 Rxd1+ 28. Qxd1 Nd4 29. Kf2 {defends
properly.}) 26... Nd4 27. Qf1 Qc8 $2 {Black misses a combination.} (27... Nf3+
28. Kh1 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Qa8 $1 30. Qxh3 Nd2+ {wins a piece (Averbakh).}) 28. Bxd4
Bxd4 29. Rd2 Qg4 30. Rad1 $2 ({Correct is} 30. Rc1) 30... Bxf2+ $1 31. Qxf2
Qxd1+ $1 {The ferocious attacker Novotelnov had little success in this
tournament.} 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. g3 Nd7
9. Bg5 Ndf6 10. h3 c5 11. Qd2 a6 12. a4 Bd7 13. g4 Nf4 14. Bxf4 exf4 15. Qxf4
b5 16. O-O b4 17. Nd1 Qe7 18. Bd3 Rae8 19. Re1 h5 20. Nh2 Nh7 21. Nf3 Nf6 22.
Nh2 Nh7 23. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
Be6 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 b6 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Na4 Ne4 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Nd2 Nxd2 15.
Qxd2 c4 16. Rfd1 Bb4 17. Qf4 Bd6 18. Qd2 Bb4 19. Qf4 Bd6 20. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. Be2 Qc7 7. O-O Nf6 8. f4
Nc6 9. Be3 Be7 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Qg3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 Bb7 14. Kh1 Rfd8 15.
Bd3 Ne8 16. Rae1 Bf8 17. e5 g6 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Rab8 20. f5 exf5 21. Bxf5
dxe5 22. Bxe5 Bd6 23. Bd3 Rd7 24. Bxd6 Nxd6 25. b3 Re7 26. Rxe7 Qxe7 27. Re1
Qf6 28. Qe5 Kg7 29. g3 Qxe5 30. Rxe5 Kf6 31. Rd5 Ke6 32. Rd4 a5 33. Kg2 f5 34.
Kf3 Ke5 35. Ke3 g5 36. c4 bxc4 37. bxc4 Rb3 38. Rd5+ Ke6 39. Kd4 Rxa3 40. Re5+
Kf6 41. Rd5 Ke6 42. g4 fxg4 43. Rxg5 Ra2 44. Re5+ Kd7 45. Rh5 Rd2 46. c5 Nb5+
47. Kc4 Na3+ 48. Kc3 Rd1 49. Be2 Rb1 50. Bxg4+ Kc6 51. Bf3+ Kb5 52. c6+ Kb6 53.
Rxh7 Nb5+ 54. Kc2 Rb4 55. Rb7+ Kc5 56. c7 Nd6 57. c8=Q+ Nxc8 58. Rc7+ Kb6 59.
Rc6+ Kb7 60. h4 Kb8 61. h5 Rf4 62. Be2 Ne7 63. Ra6 Kc7 64. Rxa5 Nc6 65. Ra8
Nd4+ 66. Kd3 Nxe2 67. Kxe2 Rh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Terpugov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Kopylov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. Bg5 Bg4 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. Bh6 a6 10. O-O b5 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Ng5 h6 13. Bxg4 hxg5 14. Bxd7 Qxd7
15. Qxg5 b4 16. Ne2 Nxe4 17. Qe3 Nf6 18. Rad1 Rh8 19. h3 Rh5 20. Qb3 Re5 21.
Ng3 Qb5 22. Rfe1 c4 23. Qf3 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Qxd5 25. Rxe7 Qxf3 26. gxf3 d5 27.
Rb7 a5 28. Ne2 Re8 29. Kf1 Rh8 30. Kg2 Ra8 31. a3 d4 32. Nxd4 c3 33. bxc3 bxa3
34. Rb3 a2 35. Ra3 Nd5 36. c4 Nf4+ 37. Kg3 Nh5+ 38. Kg4 Rc8 39. Rxa5 Rxc4 40.
c3 Kh6 41. h4 Rxc3 42. Rxa2 Rc4 43. Rd2 f5+ 44. Kh3 Nf4+ 45. Kh2 Kh5 46. Nc2
Ne6 47. Ne3 Rxh4+ 48. Kg1 Ng5 49. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Terpugov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. e3 Nf6 7. Nge2 Ne7 8. d4 c6
9. O-O O-O 10. e4 exd4 11. Nxd4 d5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. e5 Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15.
Bf4 Nd5 16. Bxe4 Nxf4 17. gxf4 Qh4 18. Qf3 Bh6 19. Qg3 Qxf4 20. Rfe1 Re8 21.
Nf3 Re7 22. Kg2 Bg4 23. h3 Bh5 24. Bd5 Rd8 25. Rad1 Kg7 26. Qxf4 Bxf4 27. Bb3
Bxf3+ 28. Kxf3 Rxd1 29. Bxd1 Bxe5 30. b4 f5 31. Ba4 Kf6 32. Rd1 Bc3 33. b5 Re4
34. Bb3 Bd4 35. Bd5 Rh4 36. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C87"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1
O-O 9. Nbd2 exd4 10. cxd4 Nb4 11. Bxd7 Qxd7 12. Nf1 c5 13. a3 Nc6 14. d5 Ne5
15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Ng3 Ne8 17. f4 Bd6 18. Nf5 f6 19. g3 g6 20. Nh6+ Kh8 21. f5
c4 22. h4 Bc5+ 23. Kg2 gxf5 24. Nxf5 Nd6 25. Nxd6 Bxd6 26. Rf1 f5 27. Bh6 Rf7
28. exf5 Rxf5 29. Qc2 Rxf1 30. Rxf1 Rg8 31. Qf5 Qxf5 32. Rxf5 Rg6 33. Bg5 Kg8
34. h5 Rg7 35. Kf3 b5 36. Bh6 e4+ 37. Kxe4 Rxg3 38. Rf6 Bc5 39. d6 Kh8 40. Kd5
1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E71"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Bd3 exd5
9. exd5 Na6 10. Nf3 Nc7 11. O-O b5 12. Qd2 bxc4 13. Bxc4 Qd7 14. Bh6 Bb7 15.
Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Rad1 Rfe8 17. Qf4 h6 18. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 19. Nxe1 Re8 20. Nc2 Re5 21.
Ne3 Qe7 22. a3 a5 23. Ba2 h5 $5 24. Kh2 $5 (24. Qa4 $2 Rxe3 $1 25. fxe3 Qxe3+
26. Kh1 Ne6 $1 27. Rf1 (27. dxe6 $4 Qxh3+) 27... Nd4 {would be risky for White.
}) 24... Ne4 25. Nxe4 Rxe4 26. Qf3 Ba6 27. g3 $1 Qe5 28. Rd2 $2 ({Right is} 28.
Re1) 28... Ne8 29. Bb1 Rd4 $1 30. Rxd4 Qxd4 31. Qe4 Nf6 32. Qxd4 cxd4 33. Ng2
Nxd5 34. Ne1 Kf6 35. Kg2 Nb6 36. Bd3 Bc8 $6 {Black could have exchanged the
bishops at once, instead of 36 moves later!} 37. h4 a4 38. Kf1 Ke5 39. Ke2 Kd5
40. Kd2 Kc5 41. Bc2 Nc4+ 42. Kc1 Bd7 43. Nd3+ Kb6 44. Nf4 Bc6 45. Bb1 Ne5 46.
Kd2 Bb5 47. Bc2 Kc5 48. Be4 Bc4 49. Bc2 Kb5 50. Be4 Bb3 51. Bb1 Ng4 52. Ke1 Kb6
53. Be4 Bc4 54. Bc2 Ka5 55. Be4 Kb5 56. Bc2 Ne5 57. Kd2 Ka5 58. Be4 Kb6 59. Bb1
Bb5 60. Bc2 Kc5 61. Be4 Ng4 62. Ke1 d3 $1 {Black enters the hostile position
at last.} 63. Bxd3 Bxd3 64. Nxd3+ Kc4 65. Nc1 d5 66. Ke2 d4 67. Nd3 f6 68. Kd2
Ne5 69. Nf4 Kb3 70. Kc1 g5 $2 71. hxg5 $2 ({The trick} 71. Nxh5 Nd3+ 72. Kb1 $1
gxh4 73. gxh4 Nxb2 74. Nxf6 Nc4 75. Ne4 Nxa3+ 76. Ka1 Nc2+ {draws.}) 71... fxg5
72. Nxh5 Nd3+ 73. Kb1 Nxb2 74. Nf6 Nc4 75. Ne4 g4 76. Nc5+ Kxa3 77. Kc2 Ne5 78.
Na6 d3+ 79. Kc3 Ka2 80. Nc5 a3 81. Ne4 Kb1 82. Kb3 Kc1 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Lipnitsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. a3 Be7 $5 {Black has lost a tempo.}
6. Nf3 O-O 7. b4 Nbd7 8. Bb2 c6 9. Qc2 Re8 $5 10. Bd3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 a5 12. b5
$1 {White keeps pressure on the queenside.} Nb6 13. Bd3 cxb5 14. Nxb5 Bd7 15.
Ne5 Rc8 16. Qe2 Na4 17. O-O Qb6 $2 (17... Nxb2 $1 18. Qxb2 Qb6 {applies the
right order of moves.}) 18. Rab1 $6 ({Even better is} 18. Nxd7 $1 Nxd7 19. Bc1
$1 Nc3 20. Nxc3 Rxc3 21. Rb1) 18... Nxb2 19. Rxb2 $1 Red8 20. Rfb1 Be8 $6 {
Black has lessened the protection of Be7 on the seventh rank.} (20... a4 $1 21.
Qd2 Bf8 $1 {reorganises the defence timely.}) 21. Qd2 $1 {White threatens 22.
Nc4.} a4 22. Na7 $1 Qxa7 23. Rxb7 Qa8 $2 ({Right is} 23... Qxb7 $1 24. Rxb7
Bxa3 {and the a-pawn gives Black fighting chances (Botvinnik).}) 24. Rxe7 Rb8
25. Rc7 Rxb1+ 26. Bxb1 Nd5 27. Rc1 Qb8 28. Qc2 g6 29. Ba2 Ne7 30. h3 Kf8 31.
Qc7 Rc8 32. Qxb8 Rxb8 33. Rc2 Nf5 34. Nc4 Rc8 35. Rb2 Ne7 36. e4 Rd8 37. Rd2
Bb5 38. Ne3 Nc6 39. d5 Ne5 40. Rb2 Bd3 41. Rb4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E67"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Qc2
exd4 9. Nxd4 Nb6 10. Qd3 Nfd7 11. b3 a5 12. Be3 a4 13. Rad1 Nc5 14. Qc2 axb3
15. axb3 Re8 16. Bc1 c6 17. Bf4 Bf8 18. e4 Nbd7 19. b4 Na6 20. b5 Nb4 21. Qb2
c5 22. Nc2 Nxc2 23. Qxc2 Nb6 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. Rxd5 Be6 26. Rd2 Qa5 27. Rc1 Qa4
28. Qxa4 Rxa4 29. Bf1 Bg4 30. Bxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C99"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bb7 14. Nf1 Rac8 15.
Bb1 d5 16. exd5 exd4 $1 ({Keres improves on} 16... e4 {(Arulaid - Bannik,
Vilnius 1949).}) 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bh4 Nxd5 19. Qd3 $6 ({Preferable is} 19. Bf5 $1
Rcd8 20. Qxd4) 19... g6 20. Bg3 Bd6 $6 (20... Qb6 $1 {exerts more pressure.})
21. Bxd6 Qxd6 22. Qd2 $6 (22. Qxd4 {(Tolush)} Rfd8 23. Be4 $1 {avoids the
following problems.}) 22... Nf4 $1 {Keres has started a brilliant attack. He
offers a bait.} 23. Qxa5 $2 {Geller bites the rotten apple.} ({The defence by} 
23. Be4 $1 {(Tolush)} Rfe8 24. Bxb7 Nxb7 25. Nxd4 {(TB) avoids a disaster.})
23... Bxf3 $1 24. gxf3 Nxh3+ 25. Kg2 Nf4+ 26. Kg1 Nh3+ 27. Kg2 Nf4+ 28. Kg1 Qd5
$1 29. Ng3 d3 $1 30. Ne4 Qf5 31. Qb4 ({Insufficient is} 31. Qd2 {due to} g5 $1
32. Bxd3 Rcd8 33. Re3 Rxd3) 31... Rfe8 $1 {Paul demonstrates subtlety until
the end.   Botvinnik, Keres, Kotov and Taimanov shared the lead by a score of
3/4.} (31... Rfe8 32. Bxd3 Rxe4 $1 33. Rxe4 Qg5+ 34. Kf1 Qg2+ 35. Ke1 Nxd3+ {
finishes the game quickly (TB).}) 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Bxf3
Nc6 9. O-O Nd7 10. Bg2 Nxd4 11. Bxb7 Rb8 12. Bg2 a5 13. e3 Ne6 14. Qc2 Nec5 15.
Rd1 f5 16. Nb5 Rb6 17. Bd2 c6 18. Nd4 Qa8 19. Bc3 Nf6 20. Nb3 Nfe4 21. Bxa5
Nxb3 22. axb3 Ra6 23. b4 c5 24. Ra3 Rb8 25. Rda1 cxb4 26. Bxb4 Rxa3 27. Bxa3
Qb7 28. Rb1 Be5 29. Bf3 Ra8 30. Rd1 Qc6 31. Bg2 Ra5 32. Rc1 Bf6 33. Qb3 Kg7 34.
Rc2 Ra6 35. Qd3 h5 36. h4 Ra4 37. Bf3 Ra6 38. Qd1 Qa4 39. Rc1 Qa5 40. Rc2 Nc3
41. Qe1 Ne4 42. Qxa5 Rxa5 43. Kf1 Kf7 44. Ke2 Ke8 45. Kd3 Nc5+ 46. Kd2 Nb3+ 47.
Kd1 Kd7 48. Bd5 e6 49. Bg2 Ra4 50. Bf1 Kc6 51. Bg2+ Kd7 52. Bf1 Kc6 53. f3 Ra7
54. Rh2 Be5 55. Rg2 Bf6 56. Bd3 Nc5 57. Bc2 Rb7 58. Kc1 Ra7 59. Kb1 Rg7 60. b4
Ra7 61. Ka2 Bc3 62. bxc5 Bb4 63. Kb3 Bxa3 64. cxd6 Bxd6 65. Kc3 Be5+ 66. Kd2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Moiseev, Oleg"]
[Black "Novotelnov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E45"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ba6 6. a3 Be7 7. Nf4 O-O 8. e4
d6 9. Be2 c5 10. e5 Ne8 11. dxc5 dxe5 12. Qxd8 Bxd8 13. Bf3 Nc7 14. cxb6 axb6
15. Bxa8 Nxa8 16. Nd3 Nc6 17. b3 Nd4 18. Rb1 Nxb3 19. Nb5 Nxc1 20. Rxc1 Nc7 21.
a4 Bb7 22. O-O Na6 23. Nxe5 Nc5 24. Rfd1 Bg5 25. Ra1 Ra8 26. Nd6 Bf6 27. f4
Bxe5 28. fxe5 Bc6 29. Nb5 Nd7 30. Rd6 Nxe5 31. Re1 Bxb5 32. cxb5 f6 33. Rxb6
Rxa4 34. Rb1 Kf7 35. Ra6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Kopylov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd2 O-O 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. O-O-O Qe7 13. Kb1 a5 14. f4
Bxc3 15. Bxc3 Ng4 16. Rhe1 Nxe3 17. Bd3 Nxc2 18. Rxe7 Nb4 19. Bxb4 axb4 20. Bc4
Bf5+ 21. Kc1 b5 22. Bb3 c5 23. Rd5 c4 24. Rxf5 cxb3 25. axb3 Ra1+ 26. Kd2 Rb1
27. Kc2 Rg1 28. Re2 f6 29. Rxb5 Rc8+ 30. Kd3 Rd1+ 31. Ke3 Re8+ 32. Kf2 Rxe2+
33. Kxe2 Rb1 34. Rxb4 Rxb2+ 35. Kf3 h5 36. h4 f5 37. Rb7 Kh7 38. Kg3 Kg6 39.
Rb6+ Kf7 40. Kf3 Rb1 41. Ke3 Rb2 42. Kf3 Rb1 43. b4 Rb3+ 44. Kf2 Rb2+ 45. Kg3
Rb3+ 46. Kh2 Ke7 47. b5 Kf7 48. Rb8 Kg6 49. b6 Kf7 50. Kg1 Rb2 51. Kf1 Kg6 52.
g3 Rb3 53. Ke2 Rxg3 54. Rc8 Rb3 55. Rc6+ Kf7 56. Kd2 Ke7 57. Kc2 Rb5 58. Kc3
Kd7 59. Rg6 Rb1 60. Rxg7+ Kd6 61. Kc4 Rc1+ 62. Kb5 Rb1+ 63. Ka6 Ra1+ 64. Kb7
Ra4 65. Rg5 Rxf4 66. Rxh5 Rf1 67. Kc8 Rc1+ 68. Kb8 Ke6 69. b7 f4 70. Ka7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. exf6 $5 gxh4 10. Ne5 Qxf6 11. g3 Nd7 12. Qe2 $1 {Bronstein brings a novelty
in a sharp line.} Nxe5 13. dxe5 Qe7 14. Bg2 Bb7 15. O-O-O Bg7 16. f4 O-O 17.
Rd6 $5 (17. Ne4 $1 {also gives compensation for the minus pawns (Gheorghiu -
Georgescu, Romania 1961).}) 17... Rad8 18. Rhd1 Rxd6 19. exd6 Qd8 20. Ne4 Qa5
21. Kb1 Qb6 22. Qg4 $2 {Bronstein wants revenge for the world championship
match, but he blunders.} ({Right is} 22. d7 Rd8 {(Botvinnik)} 23. Qg4 c5 $1 24.
Nf6+ Kf8 25. Nh7+ {drawn.}) 22... f5 $1 23. Qg6 c5 $1 24. g4 {White has no
time for d7.} Bxe4+ 25. Bxe4 fxe4 26. g5 hxg5 27. fxg5 Qd8 28. Qxe6+ Kh8 29.
Qg4 Qe8 30. g6 $1 Bh6 31. Qxh4 Kg7 $1 32. d7 Qd8 33. Qxe4 Bg5 34. a4 Qe7 35.
Qg4 Qf6 36. Ka2 b4 37. Rg1 b3+ 38. Ka3 Be3 39. Qh5 Bh6 40. Qxc5 $2 Rd8 $2 (
40... Be3 $1 {(Botvinnik)} 41. Qxc4 Qd6+ 42. Kxb3 Bxg1 {decides immediately.})
41. Rd1 Kxg6 42. Qg1+ Kh7 43. Kb4 Rb8+ 44. Kc5 Be3+ 45. Qxe3 Qb6+ 46. Kxc4 Qxe3
47. d8=Q Rxd8 48. Rxd8 Qe6+ 49. Rd5 a5 50. h4 {The world champion stayed on
top.} 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B26"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nc6 3. Nbc3 d6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Be3 Bd7 8. h3
a6 9. O-O O-O 10. Kh2 b5 11. Qd2 b4 12. Nd1 Ne8 13. d4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Rb8 15. a3
bxa3 16. Rxa3 Nc7 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Bh6 Bxh6 19. Qxh6 Rb5 20. Re1 Qa8 21. Qd2
Rfb8 22. Rae3 Ne6 23. b3 Rb4 24. Nc3 Rd4 25. Qc1 Nc5 26. Nd5 e5 27. c3 Nd3 28.
Rxd3 Rxd3 29. Nf6+ Kg7 30. Qc2 Rxg3 31. Nh5+ gxh5 32. fxg3 Qb7 33. Rf1 f6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kopylov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B88"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Bb3
O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. f4 d5 11. e5 Nd7 12. Qd2 Nc5 13. Rad1 a5 14. Qf2 Nxb3 15.
axb3 f6 16. Qg3 fxe5 17. fxe5 Bd7 18. Bh6 Rxf1+ 19. Rxf1 Bf8 20. Ndb5 Ne7 21.
Nd6 Ng6 22. Be3 Bxd6 23. exd6 Bc6 24. Rd1 Qh4 25. Qxh4 Nxh4 26. Bb6 Nf5 27. Bc7
b5 28. Ra1 Kf7 29. Ne2 e5 30. Ng3 Nd4 31. c3 Nxb3 32. Rf1+ Ke6 33. Nf5 d4 34.
cxd4 exd4 35. Nxg7+ Kd5 36. Nf5 Bd7 37. Nh4 Re8 38. Kf2 a4 39. Rd1 b4 40. Nf3
a3 41. bxa3 bxa3 42. Bb6 a2 43. Bxd4 Nxd4 44. Nxd4 Ra8 45. Ne2+ Ke5 46. Ra1
Kxd6 47. Kg3 Be6 48. Nc1 Rg8+ 49. Kf2 Bd5 50. g3 Ra8 51. Ke3 Ke5 52. Nd3+ Kf5
53. Kd4 Be6 54. Nc5 Bf7 55. Nb7 Kg4 56. Nd6 Bg6 57. Nb5 Kh3 58. Ke5 Ra5 59. Kf6
Rxb5 60. Rxa2 Rc5 61. Ra3 Kxh2 62. g4 Rd5 63. Rb3 Rd3 64. Rb4 Kg3 65. Kg5 Rd5+
66. Kh6 Re5 67. g5 Re4 68. Rb3+ Kf4 69. Rb6 Rd4 70. Ra6 Bf5 71. Rb6 Rd1 72.
Rb4+ Be4 73. Ra4 Rd6+ 74. Kg7 Re6 75. Ra5 Re5 76. Ra4 Rxg5+ 77. Kh6 Rg6+ 78.
Kh5 Rg1 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lipnitsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B88"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Bb3 a6 9. f4 Qc7 10. Be3 Na5 11. Qe2 $6 ({Known is} 11. Qf3) ({Later} 11. f5 {
(Ciocaltea - Halic, Rumania 1954) will be played.}) 11... b5 12. f5 $6 (12. a3
{shows prudence.}) 12... Nxb3 13. axb3 b4 $1 14. Na4 e5 15. Nf3 Bb7 $1 16. Nb6
Rb8 {The white centre has become very weak.} 17. Nd5 $6 (17. Nd2 $1 Nxe4 18.
Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Qg4 $1 Rxb6 20. Qxe4 Rc6 21. Qxb4 {fights back.}) 17... Nxd5 18.
exd5 Bxd5 19. Rxa6 O-O 20. Ra7 Rb7 21. Rxb7 $6 ({More active is} 21. Rfa1 $1)
21... Bxb7 22. Qc4 Qa5 $5 23. Qg4 f6 24. Rc1 Rc8 25. h4 $6 {White starts a
counter in a lost position.} d5 $1 26. h5 Bc5 27. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 28. Kh2 e4 29. h6
Qc7+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Novotelnov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D29"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bb3
Bb7 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. a4 Be7 11. Na3 O-O 12. Bd2 cxd4 13. exd4 bxa4 14. Bxa4 Nb6
15. Ba5 Qd6 16. Bxb6 Qxb6 17. Nc4 Qc7 18. Nfe5 Rac8 19. Rac1 Bd5 20. h3 Qa7 21.
b3 Rfd8 22. Na5 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Qxd4 24. Nac6 Qf4 25. Nxe7+ Kf8 26. Qb2 Qg5 27.
Nxd5 Nxd5 28. Bc6 Nf4 29. Kf1 f6 30. Qa3+ Kg8 31. Qe7 Rc8 32. Re1 Qf5 33. Be4
Qh5 34. Bf3 Qe8 35. Qxe8+ Rxe8 36. Nc6 Kf7 37. h4 e5 38. Ra1 e4 39. Be2 e3 40.
g3 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E69"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. e4
exd4 9. Nxd4 a5 10. h3 Nc5 11. Re1 Re8 12. Qc2 a4 13. Be3 c6 14. Rad1 Qa5 15.
Bf4 Bf8 16. Bf1 {So far, the players have followed Donner - Paoli, Venice 1950.
} Nh5 17. Be3 Nf6 18. Bf4 Nh5 19. Bc1 $5 {Petrosian plays for a win.} Ng7 20.
Kh2 Bd7 21. a3 Nge6 22. Be3 Nxd4 23. Bxd4 Nb3 24. Be3 Be6 25. f4 Rad8 $6 (25...
Be7 $1 26. Qf2 Qh5 27. Qe2 Qxe2+ 28. Bxe2 {keeps the equality.}) 26. Qf2 $1 Qa6
$2 (26... Nc5 $1 {(Golovko)} 27. f5 $1 Bc8 {defends properly.}) 27. Bb6 $1 Rd7
{The time for a frontal attack has arrived.} 28. c5 $5 (28. Nd5 $1 Bxd5 29.
cxd5 Qa8 30. e5 Qc8 31. Bc4 {wins wonderfully.}) 28... Bc4 29. Bxc4 Qxc4 30. e5
$1 d5 31. Ne4 $1 dxe4 (31... Be7 32. f5 $1 d4 33. Nd6 Bxd6 34. exd6 Rxe1 35.
Rxe1 {brings White a great positional advantage.}) 32. Rxd7 Bxc5 33. Bxc5 Nxc5
34. Rd4 Qe6 35. Qc2 $1 b6 36. Rd6 Qc8 37. Qc4 h5 $2 38. Rxg6+ $1 Kf8 39. Rf6
Qd7 40. Rd6 Qf5 41. Rf6 Qd7 42. Rd1 Qc7 43. Qe2 h4 44. Qg4 Rd8 45. Rxd8+ Qxd8
46. Rd6 hxg3+ 47. Kxg3 Qc7 48. Qh4 Ke8 49. Qh8+ Ke7 50. Qf6+ Ke8 51. Rxc6 Qd7
52. Qd6 {Petrosian played fine chess but he had started with two losses by
blunders.   Botvinnik and Taimanov shared the lead due to Kotov's loss and
Keres' draw.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D32"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 c5 5. d4 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 c4 8. O-O
Bb4 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Na4 c5 12. a3 Ba5 13. Nxc5 Rb8 14. Qc2 Bc7 15.
Bd2 Ng4 16. Bxg4 Bxg4 17. f4 Qf6 18. Bc3 Bf5 19. Qa4 Bb6 20. Nd7 Bxd7 21. Qxd7
Rfd8 22. Qg4 Re8 23. Rae1 Re4 24. Qh5 Rd8 25. Rf3 g6 26. Qh3 Rde8 27. Ref1 Bc7
28. g4 a5 29. Be1 Bd8 30. g5 Qe7 31. Bd2 Bc7 32. Qh6 f5 33. gxf6 Qxf6 34. Rg3
Qf7 35. Rg2 Bd8 36. Rf3 Qf5 37. Rh3 R4e7 38. Rf3 Rb7 39. Bc3 Qb1+ 40. Rf1 Qf5
41. Rg3 Rb3 42. Qh3 Qxh3 43. Rxh3 Be7 44. e4 dxe4 45. f5 Bf6 46. Re3 g5 47.
Rfe1 Rb5 48. Rxe4 Rxe4 49. Rxe4 Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Moiseev, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B25"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. h3 e5
9. Kh2 Nd4 10. Be3 b5 11. a3 Bd7 12. Ne2 a5 13. c3 Nxe2 14. Qxe2 Qe7 15. Nd2
Bc6 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 cxb4 18. cxb4 Qe6 19. Rfc1 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Ra8 21. Rxa8+
Bxa8 22. Qd1 d5 23. Qa1 Bc6 24. Nb3 d4 25. Nc5 Qc8 26. Bd2 Nd7 27. Nb3 Nb6 28.
Qa7 Qb7 29. Qa5 Qb8 30. h4 Na4 31. Bh3 Bf8 32. Qa6 Qb7 33. Qxb7 Bxb7 34. Bd7
Be7 35. Na5 Ba8 36. Bxb5 Nc3 37. Bd7 Bxb4 38. Nc4 f6 39. f4 exf4 40. Bxf4 Ne2
41. Bd6 Bxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Terpugov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. Qd2
Qa5 9. O-O Re8 10. Bh6 Bh8 11. Ng5 a6 12. f4 Qb4 13. Kh1 Qxb2 14. Rab1 Qa3 15.
e5 dxe5 16. d6 exf4 17. Rxf4 c4 18. Bxc4 Ne5 19. Qe2 Nxc4 20. Qxc4 Be6 21. Nxe6
b5 22. Qc6 Rac8 23. Nc7 exd6 24. Rf3 Qa5 25. Qxa6 Qxc7 26. Nxb5 Qxc2 27. Rbf1
Qe2 28. a4 Rc2 29. Rg1 Ng4 30. Bf4 Nf2+ 31. Rxf2 Qxf2 32. Bg3 Qe3 33. Nxd6
Qxg1+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B11"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. d3 e6 7. g3 Be7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O Na6 10. Qe2 Ne8 11. e5 Nac7 12. h4 b5 13. Nd1 Qd7 14. c4 f5 15. Bf4
Rb8 16. Rc1 Na6 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. d4 Nb4 19. Nc3 Nc7 20. Qd2 Rfc8 21. Bg5 Bf8
22. Bh3 Qf7 23. Rfd1 Qe8 24. Bf1 a5 25. Be3 a4 26. Qe1 Nc6 27. Ne2 Nb4 28. Nc3
Nc6 29. Ne2 Nb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Terpugov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D07"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 f6 6. Bd2 Nge7 7. e3 O-O 8. a3
Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Nf5 10. Qb3 Nce7 11. Bd3 b6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. O-O Be6 14. Rac1 Qd7
15. Bb4 Nd6 16. Qc2 c6 17. Bxh7+ Kf7 18. Bd3 a5 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Nd2 Rfc8 21.
Rfe1 c5 22. dxc5 bxc5 23. e4 d4 24. Nc4 Bxc4 25. Bxc4+ Kf8 26. e5 fxe5 27. Qh7
Qh6 28. Qxh6 gxh6 29. Rxe5 Rab8 30. b3 Rc7 31. a4 Rb4 32. g3 Nc8 33. Bf1 Rxb3
34. Rexc5 Rxc5 35. Rxc5 Nb6 36. Rxa5 Ra3 37. Rf5+ Ke7 38. a5 Ke6 39. Rf4 Rxa5
40. Rxd4 Ra1 41. Rh4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Novotelnov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E45"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ba6 6. a3 Be7 7. Nf4 d5 8. b3
O-O 9. Bb2 c6 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Nh5 Nxh5 13. Qxh5 f5 14. Qe2 Rc8 15.
f3 Qh4 16. g3 Qh3 17. Rad1 dxc4 18. Bxc4 Bxc4 19. bxc4 Rce8 20. f4 Nf6 21. e4
Ng4 22. e5 Be7 23. Rd3 Rc8 24. Qg2 Qh5 25. h3 Nh6 26. Bc1 g5 27. fxg5 Bxg5 28.
Bxg5 Qxg5 29. Ne2 Nf7 30. Nf4 Qh6 31. Qe2 Ng5 32. Kh2 Rfd8 33. Qh5 Qxh5 34.
Nxh5 Nf7 35. Re1 Kf8 36. g4 fxg4 37. hxg4 Ke7 38. Kg3 b5 39. c5 a5 40. Kf4 Rg8
41. Nf6 Rg7 42. Rh1 h6 43. a4 b4 44. Rd2 Rg6 45. Ke3 Rd8 46. Rdh2 Rb8 47. Rf2
Rh8 48. Rhf1 Nd8 49. Rf4 Rg7 50. Rh1 Rg6 51. Ne4 Rhg8 52. Kf3 R8g7 53. Nd2 Rg8
54. Nb3 Nb7 55. Kg3 R8g7 56. Rh2 Rg8 57. Rh4 Rh8 58. Kf3 Rh7 59. Nd2 Nd8 60.
Nc4 Nb7 61. Rh3 Rhg7 62. Ne3 Rh7 63. Rh2 Nd8 64. Ke4 Rf7 65. Nc4 Rxf4+ 66. Kxf4
Nb7 67. Kg3 Kf7 68. Nd2 Nd8 69. Nb3 Nb7 70. Rf2+ Kg7 71. Kh4 Kh7 72. Nc1 Nd8
73. Nb3 Nb7 74. Nd2 Rg8 75. Rf7+ Rg7 76. Rxg7+ Kxg7 77. Kh5 b3 78. Nxb3 Kh7 79.
d5 exd5 80. e6 Kg7 81. e7 Kf7 82. Kxh6 Kxe7 83. g5 Nd8 84. g6 Ne6 85. Nxa5 d4
86. Nxc6+ Kd7 87. Ne5+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd2 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. e3
Nc6 9. a3 Ba5 10. O-O-O Qe7 11. Bd3 Bd7 12. Rhg1 Rfd8 13. g4 g6 14. g5 Nh5 15.
Ne4 Bc7 16. Be2 a5 17. Bc3 Nb4 18. axb4 axb4 19. Nf6+ Nxf6 20. Bxf6 Ra1+ 21.
Kd2 Ba4+ 22. Nd4 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 Qxf6 24. gxf6 Bxd1 25. Rxd1 cxd4 26. exd4 Rxd4+
27. Kc2 Rxd1 28. Bxd1 Bxh2 29. c5 Be5 30. Kb3 Bxf6 31. Bf3 Bd4 32. Kxb4 Bxb2
33. Kc4 Be5 34. Bxb7 f5 35. Kd3 Kf7 36. Ke3 g5 37. Kf3 h5 38. Kg2 g4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Kopylov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4
Nxe4 9. Bxe4 e5 10. O-O O-O 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. Qh5+
Kg8 15. Qxe5 Re8 16. Qc3 Bf5 17. Be3 Qd3 18. Rac1 Rad8 19. Qxd3 Bxd3 20. Rfe1
b6 21. f3 f6 22. Kf2 Kf7 23. h4 c5 24. g4 Rh8 25. Red1 Rd7 26. Rc3 Bf5 27.
Rxd7+ Bxd7 28. Rd3 Be6 29. Kg3 Re8 30. b3 Bc8 31. Bf4 Be6 32. Rd6 Re7 33. Rd8
Rb7 34. h5 Ke7 35. Rb8 Rxb8 36. Bxb8 Kd7 37. Bxa7 Kc7 38. f4 Kb7 39. Bxb6 Kxb6
40. g5 Bf5 41. g6 Kc6 42. Kh4 Be6 43. h6 gxh6 44. Kh5 Kd6 45. Kxh6 Ke7 46. g7
1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Nf6 6. a3 Ba5 7. Rb1 Na6 8. Ng3
Bb7 9. f3 h5 $5 10. e4 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 h4 12. Ne2 h3 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. Bf4 d6 15.
Ng3 O-O-O $2 {Keres castles into trouble.} (15... hxg2 16. Bxg2 Nd7 {takes a
flexible position.}) 16. a4 Nb8 $5 17. a5 Nbd7 18. gxh3 Nh5 19. Be3 f5 20. Nxh5
$2 (20. d5 $1 {closes the centre as preparation of an onslaught.}) 20... Rxh5
21. Bg2 bxa5 22. O-O Nb6 23. Qb3 Ba6 $1 24. Rfd1 Bxc4 25. Qa3 fxe4 26. fxe4 Be2
$2 (26... a4 {(Furman) keeps a plus.}) 27. dxc5 $1 Nc4 28. Qa2 $1 Nxe3 29. Qxe2
$1 Qxc5 (29... Nxd1 30. Qa6+ Kd7 31. c6+ $1 Qxc6 32. Rb7+ Qxb7 33. Qxb7+ Ke8
34. Bf3 {shows the pointe.}) 30. Rd4 e5 31. Qxe3 exd4 32. cxd4 Qg5 {The time
control nears.} 33. Qc3+ (33. Qb3 $1 {wins (Furman).}) 33... Kd7 34. e5 $5 Ke7
$2 (34... Rc8 $1 {(Furman) favours Black.}) 35. Qc7+ Kf8 36. e6 Kg8 37. Qf7+
Kh7 38. e7 Rb8 $5 39. Re1 $5 Qh4 40. Be4+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lipnitsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "177"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f3 c6 5. Be3 Qb6 6. Qc1 Bg7 7. Nge2 O-O 8. Nf4
Qa5 9. Be2 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nd3 Nbd7 12. O-O Re8 13. a4 Nf8 14. b4 Qc7 15.
a5 Ne6 16. Rd1 Nh5 17. Bf1 Qe7 18. Rb1 Kh8 19. Nc5 Nd4 20. Ne2 b6 21. Na4 bxa5
22. bxa5 Ne6 23. Qd2 Bf8 24. Qc3 Qc7 25. Nc1 Nhf4 26. g3 Nh5 27. Nd3 f6 28. Nb4
Nd4 29. Bxd4 exd4 30. Qxd4 Be6 31. Nc5 Qxa5 32. Nxe6 Rxe6 33. Nd3 Rd6 34. Qa1
Qxa1 35. Rxa1 Rad8 36. Ra6 c5 37. Rxd6 Rxd6 38. Ra1 c4 39. Nf2 Rd2 40. Rd1 c3
41. Rxd2 cxd2 42. Nd1 Bc5+ 43. Kg2 f5 44. exf5 gxf5 45. Bb5 f4 46. g4 Nf6 47.
c4 h6 48. Kf1 Nh7 49. h4 Nf8 50. Ke2 Ng6 51. Nc3 Nxh4 52. Ne4 Be3 53. Ba4 Ng6
54. c5 Nf8 55. c6 Ne6 56. Nxd2 Bb6 57. Nb3 Kg7 58. Kd3 Kf6 59. Ke4 Bc7 60. Kd5
a6 61. Nd2 Ng5 62. Bd1 Ke7 63. Nc4 Nf7 64. Nb2 Nd6 65. Be2 a5 66. Ba6 Ne8 67.
Na4 Bd6 68. Ke4 Kf6 69. Nb6 Nc7 70. Bc4 Kg5 71. Bf1 Bc5 72. Na4 Bd6 73. Bc4 Kf6
74. Nc3 Be5 75. Na4 Bd6 76. Kd4 Be5+ 77. Kc5 Ke7 78. Nb6 Bd6+ 79. Kd4 Bb4 80.
Ke5 Bc3+ 81. Kf5 Kd6 82. Na4 Bd4 83. Kg6 Kxc6 84. Kxh6 Ne8 85. g5 Ng7 86. g6
Bf6 87. Kh7 Nf5 88. Bd3 Ng7 89. Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Moiseev, Oleg"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. h3 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. Be3 f5
$5 9. exf5 gxf5 10. Be2 Nf6 11. Qc2 Na6 12. g3 Nb4 13. Qb3 a5 14. O-O-O f4 $5
15. gxf4 Bf5 $5 {Simagin has played <->creative' moves.} 16. Ne1 $5 ({An
alternative brings} 16. Rdg1 $1 exf4 17. Bxf4 Nd7 $1 18. Bg5 Nc5 $1) 16... exf4
17. Bd4 Kh8 18. a3 c5 $1 19. Bxf6 $2 ({Correct is} 19. dxc6 Nxc6 20. Nc2) 19...
Qxf6 20. axb4 axb4 21. Nb5 Ra1+ 22. Kd2 f3 $3 {Simagin finds a fantastic
decision.} ({Normal people play} 22... Rfa8) 23. Nc2 ({Black wins in the lines
} 23. Rxa1 Bh6+ 24. Kd1 fxe2+ 25. Kxe2 Bg6 $1 26. f3 Re8+ 27. Kf2 Qe5 {
(Simagin).}) ({and} 23. Bxf3 Bb1 $1 24. Ke2 Ba2 25. Qc2 Re8+ 26. Be4 b3) ({The
game is prolonged by} 23. Nxf3 $1 Bh6+ 24. Ke1 Bc1 $1 25. Rg1 Rb1 $1 {(TB).})
23... Bxc2 24. Kxc2 fxe2 $1 25. Rxa1 Qg6+ 26. Kd2 ({Or} 26. Qd3 e1=N+ $1 27.
Rhxe1 Rxf2+) 26... Bh6+ 27. Qe3 Rxf2 28. Rhe1 Bxe3+ 29. Kxe3 Qg3+ 30. Kd2 Qf4+
{Simagin was obsessed by chess and could play wonderful games. He was a great
correspondence chess player too.   Botvinnik took the sole lead.} 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. e3 c6 7. Nge2 Nbd7 8. O-O
Nb6 9. b3 d5 10. cxd5 Nbxd5 11. Bb2 Bg4 12. h3 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Nd5
15. Bb2 Qa5 16. Rfc1 Rfd8 17. Rc5 Qb6 18. Rac1 e6 19. R5c4 Rd7 20. h4 h5 21.
Be4 Rad8 22. Bg2 a6 23. Qe1 Qc7 24. Bh3 Nb6 25. Rc5 Bf8 26. R5c2 Nd5 27. Rc4
Nb6 28. R4c2 Nd5 29. Rc4 Nb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3
d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. Nf1 Nd7 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb6 15.
d5 Ne5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. f4 $6 {Suddenly Aronin shows ambition.} Bf6 18. Qh5 g6
19. Qf3 exf4 20. e5 $5 {He gives a pawn for a centre attack.} Bh4 21. Rd1 Bb7
22. Bxf4 Bxd5 23. Be4 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 Qe7 25. Ne3 Rad8 26. Qc6 $6 (26. Bh6 Rxd1+
27. Rxd1 Rd8 28. Rf1 {has more use.}) 26... Bg5 $5 27. g3 $1 Bxf4 28. gxf4 Nc4
$5 29. Nxc4 bxc4 30. Qf6 $2 {White allows a bad weakening.} ({Better is} 30.
Qe4) 30... Qxf6 31. exf6 Rd4 $1 32. Rxd4 cxd4 33. Rc1 Rc8 34. Kf2 Kf8 35. b3 c3
36. Ke2 Rc6 37. Kd3 Rxf6 38. Kxd4 Rxf4+ 39. Kc5 Rf2 40. a4 Rxh2 41. Kb6 {White
has insufficient counter-play.} g5 42. Kxa6 Rb2 43. Rxc3 g4 44. a5 h5 45. Kb6
h4 46. a6 g3 47. a7 Ra2 48. Rc8+ Ke7 49. Rc7+ Kd8 50. Rxf7 h3 51. a8=Q+ Rxa8
52. Rf8+ Kd7 53. Rxa8 h2 54. Rg8 h1=Q 55. Rxg3 Qc6+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E24"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 b6 6. f3 Ba6 7. e4 d5 8. e5
Ng8 9. Nh3 Ne7 10. Bg5 Bxc4 11. Bxc4 dxc4 12. O-O Qd7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. f4 Nc6
15. f5 O-O-O 16. Qg4 h6 17. a4 Qd7 18. Nf4 Rhg8 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Qxe6 Qxe6 21.
Nxe6 Rde8 22. Nf4 Ne7 23. a5 b5 24. a6 c6 25. Rf3 Ref8 26. Raf1 Kd7 27. h4 g5
28. hxg5 Rxg5 29. Ne2 Rxf3 30. Rxf3 c5 31. Rf6 cxd4 32. Rd6+ Ke8 33. cxd4 Rg6
34. e6 Rg5 35. Rb6 Rd5 36. Rb7 Nc6 37. Nc3 Rxd4 38. Nxb5 Rd1+ 39. Kf2 c3 40.
Nxc3 Rd2+ 41. Kg1 Nd8 42. Rxa7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Qe2 Nc5 12. Nd4 Nxb3 13. N2xb3 Qd7 14. Nxc6 Qxc6
15. Be3 Bf5 16. Rfd1 Qg6 17. f3 c6 18. Qf2 Rfe8 19. Re1 f6 20. Bd4 fxe5 21.
Bxe5 a5 22. a4 bxa4 23. Rxa4 c5 24. Rxa5 Rxa5 25. Nxa5 Qb6 26. b4 Qb5 27. Nb3
cxb4 28. Nd4 Qd7 29. Nxf5 Qxf5 30. Qd4 bxc3 31. Bxg7 c2 32. Bh6 Qf7 33. Rc1 Bf6
34. Qg4+ Kh8 35. Rxc2 Qa7+ 36. Kf1 Qa6+ 37. Kf2 Qb6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kopylov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C59"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.
Be2 h6 9. Nf3 e4 10. Ne5 Qd4 11. f4 Bc5 12. Rf1 Bb6 13. c3 Qd6 14. b4 Nb7 15.
Na3 O-O 16. Nac4 Qc7 17. a4 a5 $1 {Bondarevsky plays a new move in the Two
Knights.} (17... a6 {stems from the old Anderssen - De Rivière, Paris 1860.})
18. Rb1 axb4 19. Nxb6 Qxb6 20. Ba3 $5 Qc7 21. cxb4 Nd5 22. g3 $5 Bh3 $5 {
Spassky: "We used to gamble on the next moves by Kopylov. When all failed
several times, the pot became high."} 23. Rc1 $1 Bxf1 $5 {Kopylov: "He
sacrifices his bishop!"} 24. Kxf1 c5 25. bxc5 Rfd8 26. Qc2 Na5 27. c6 f6 $2 ({
Correct is} 27... e3 $1 28. d4 Nf6 $1) 28. Ng6 Qf7 29. c7 Qxg6 30. cxd8=Q+ Rxd8
31. Rb1 Nxf4 32. Qc7 Ne6 33. Qxa5 e3 34. d3 Rxd3 35. Rb8+ Kh7 36. Bb4 $2 Rb3 $2
(36... Qe4 $1 37. Qa8 Rd5 $1 38. Kg1 Qb1+ 39. Kg2 Qe4+ {leads to a perpetual 
(TB).}) 37. Qd5 Rb1+ 38. Be1 Rxb8 39. Qxe6 Re8 40. Qd7 Kh8 41. Bd3 f5 42. a5
e2+ 43. Kg2 Rf8 44. Qe7 Qc6+ 45. Kh3 Rf6 46. a6 Qc8 47. Qb7 Qe8 48. a7 Rf8 49.
Bb5 Qe3 50. a8=Q Rxa8 51. Qxa8+ Kh7 52. Qd5 Kg6 53. Bd3 Qg5 54. Qe6+ {
Botvinnik kept the sole lead despite a fatal blunder against Smyslov.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Novotelnov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Lipnitsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E03"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Qc2 c5 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. O-O Rb8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Rac1
Ba7 15. e3 Rd8 16. Rfd1 Bd7 17. Ne4 Qxc2 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Rxc2 Ba4 20. Rxd8+
Rxd8 21. Rd2 Rc8 22. h3 Bb6 23. b3 Rc1+ 24. Kh2 Bb5 25. Nd4 Ba5 26. Rc2 Rxc2
27. Nxc2 Bd3 28. b4 Bc7 29. Ne1 Bc4 30. Bxb7 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Moiseev, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E55"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. a3
Ba5 9. Qc2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 cxd4 11. exd4 a6 12. Ba2 b5 13. b4 Bb6 14. d5 exd5 15.
Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Ra7 17. Rd1 Qc7 18. Qb2 Nf6 19. Bh6 Bxf2+ 20. Qxf2 Ng4 21.
Qd4 Nxh6 22. Rac1 Qe7 23. Re1 Be6 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Rc6 Nf5 26. Qf2 a5 27.
Rcxe6 Qd7 28. R6e5 axb4 29. axb4 Rc7 30. Qb6 Rb7 31. Qc5 Rc8 32. Ng5 g6 33. Qf2
Rbc7 34. Ne4 Kh8 35. Nc5 Qf7 36. g4 Ng7 37. Qd4 Rf8 38. R5e2 Kg8 39. g5 Qf5 40.
Rg2 Rcf7 {[Moiseyev]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C85"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Nd7 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. b3 Re8 10. Bb2 Bd6 11. Nc4 c5 12. a4 f6 13. Nfd2 Be7 14. f4 exf4
15. Rxf4 Nf8 16. Qh5 Be6 17. Raf1 Qd7 18. Ne3 Bf7 19. Qd1 Bd6 20. R4f2 Ng6 21.
Ng4 Be6 22. Ne3 b5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Nf5 Be5 25. Bxe5 Nxe5 26. h3 Ra2 27. Nf3
Nxf3+ 28. Rxf3 c4 29. bxc4 bxc4 30. Kh1 cxd3 31. Rxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. d4 Bxb3 11. Qxb3 Qd7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. d5 Na5 15.
Qc2 c6 16. dxc6 Qxc6 17. Nbd2 Rac8 18. Rac1 Rfd8 19. Nf1 Nc4 20. b3 Nb6 21. Ne3
d5 22. Ng4 d4 23. Nxf6+ Qxf6 24. Qb2 dxc3 25. Rxc3 Nd7 26. Rec1 Rxc3 27. Qxc3
Qd6 28. Qc6 Nf6 29. Qxd6 Rxd6 30. Nxe5 Nxe4 31. f3 Ng5 32. f4 Ne6 33. f5 Nd8
34. Rc8 Kf8 35. Kf2 Ke7 36. Ke3 Rd1 37. Ra8 Kf6 38. Nd3 Nc6 39. Rxa6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Terpugov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 Nd7 9. g3 e5 10. Bg2 exd4 11. Nxd4 Be7 12. f4 Qd6 13. Nf5 Qf6 14. Nxe7
Qxe7 15. O-O O-O 16. Ne4 Kh8 17. Rfd1 f5 18. Nd6 Nb6 19. Qd4 Be6 20. Qe5 Rab8
21. Nxf5 Qf6 22. Qxf6 gxf6 23. Nd6 Rfd8 24. Kf2 Kg7 25. e4 Rd7 26. Bf3 Kf8 27.
b3 Ke7 28. e5 fxe5 29. fxe5 Rf8 30. Rd4 Rc7 31. Kg2 Bh3+ 32. Kxh3 Rxf3 33. Rf4
Rxf4 34. gxf4 Nd5 35. f5 Nf4+ 36. Kh4 Nd3 37. f6+ Ke6 38. f7 Nxe5 39. Re1 Kxd6
1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Black "Terpugov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C70"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Be7 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 d6 7. c3 Bf6 8. d4
Bg4 9. d5 Na5 10. Bc2 Ne7 11. a4 O-O 12. Na3 c6 13. b4 Nc4 14. Nxc4 bxc4 15.
dxc6 Qc7 16. h3 Be6 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 Nxc6 19. a5 Rad8 20. Qe2 Na7 21. Qe3
Bc8 22. Rfd1 f6 23. Nf3 Rf7 24. Rd2 Bd7 25. Qb6 Bb5 26. Qe3 Rfd7 27. Nh4 g6 28.
f4 d5 29. exd5 Rxd5 30. Rxd5 Rxd5 31. Be4 Rd7 32. fxe5 Qxe5 33. Nf3 Qg3 34. Re1
Kg7 35. Nd4 Qd6 36. Bf3 Ba4 37. Ne6+ Kg8 38. Nc5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Nbd2 c5 6. c3 b6 7. Bd3 Ba6 8. Bxa6
Nxa6 9. O-O Qc8 10. Qe2 d5 11. h3 Qb7 12. Ne5 Rac8 13. a4 Rfd8 $6 (13... Nc7 $1
{defends more accurately.}) 14. Rfb1 Nb8 15. a5 b5 16. dxc5 Rxc5 17. Nb3 Rcc8 {
Black wants to close the position by .. a6.} 18. a6 $1 Nxa6 (18... Qb6 $5 19.
Ra5 b4 20. Rb5 Qe6 21. Rxb4 Nh5 22. Nd4 Qd6 $1 {brings counter- play for a
pawn.}) 19. Nd4 $1 Nc5 $2 ({A new defensive screen is created by} 19... Rd6 $1
20. Nxg6 $1 Rb6 $1 21. Ne5 Nc5) 20. Qxb5 Qxb5 21. Nxb5 a6 22. Na7 Ra8 23. Nac6
Re8 24. Ra5 Nb7 25. Ra3 Ne4 26. Rba1 Bxe5 27. Bxe5 f6 28. Bh2 Nbc5 29. Nb4 Red8
30. Nxa6 Nd3 31. f3 Nd6 32. Nb4 Rxa3 33. bxa3 Nc5 $6 (33... Nxb4 $1 34. Bxd6
Nc6 35. Bc5 {gives little hope.}) 34. Nc6 Rd7 35. Nxe7+ Kf7 36. Nxd5 Nc4 37. e4
Rb7 38. Nb4 Rd7 39. Bg3 Rd2 40. Bf2 Nb3 41. Rb1 Nba5 42. a4 f5 43. Be1 Rb2 44.
Rxb2 Nxb2 45. Kf2 fxe4 46. fxe4 Nxa4 47. Ke3 Nc5 48. Nd3 Ne6 49. Ne5+ Kf6 50.
c4 Nb7 51. Nd3 Ned8 52. Bc3+ Ke6 53. Nf4+ Kd6 54. Bb4+ Kd7 55. Nd5 Nc6 56. Bc3
Ke6 57. Nf4+ Kd7 58. Nd3 Nd6 59. c5 Nc4+ 60. Kf4 Ke6 61. Kg5 Ne3 62. Nf4+ Kf7
63. e5 Nd8 64. Ba5 Nc6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D49"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 axb5 12. exf6 Bb7 13. O-O gxf6 14. Bxb5 Rg8
15. Bf4 Ra5 16. a4 Rxb5 17. axb5 Ne5 18. Bxe5 fxe5 19. Ra7 Qd5 20. Rxb7 Qxb7
21. g3 Bd6 22. Re1 f6 23. Qb3 Kf7 24. Nxd4 Qd5 25. Qxd5 exd5 26. Nf5 Ke6 27.
Nxd6 Kxd6 28. Rc1 d4 29. Rc6+ Kd5 30. Rxf6 Rc8 31. Kf1 Rc2 32. Rf7 Rxb2 33.
Rxh7 Rb1+ 34. Ke2 Rb2+ 35. Kf1 Rb1+ 36. Kg2 e4 37. Rd7+ Kc4 38. h4 Rb2 39. Kf1
Rb1+ 40. Kg2 Rb2 41. Kf1 Rb1+ 42. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Novotelnov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E53"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O b6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. Ne2 Bg4 11. b3 Nbd7 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. Ng3 Rfd8 14. Be2 Nf8
15. Ne5 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Qe6 17. Nd3 Rac8 18. Rfd1 Ng6 19. Rac1 Qa6 20. a3 Ba5 21.
Nxc5 Qxe2 22. Nxe2 Bb6 23. Na4 Ne4 24. Nd4 Bxd4 25. Bxd4 a6 26. f3 Nd6 27. Rxc8
Rxc8 28. Bc5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E67"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. b3
Re8 9. Qc2 c6 10. Rd1 Qa5 11. e4 Nf8 12. d5 c5 13. Ne1 Nh5 14. Bf3 Qd8 15. Qe2
Nf6 16. a3 h5 17. b4 b6 18. Bg2 N8h7 19. Nf3 Rf8 20. Bd2 Ne8 21. b5 Bf6 22. a4
a5 23. bxa6 Rxa6 24. Nb5 Bg4 25. h3 Bd7 26. Ra3 Ng5 27. Nxg5 Bxg5 28. Be1 Qc8
29. Kh2 Bd8 30. Rda1 h4 31. g4 f6 32. f3 g5 33. Bf1 Qa8 34. Qb2 Kf7 35. Bd3 Ke7
36. Bc3 Nc7 37. Be2 Nxb5 38. cxb5 Ra7 39. Bc4 Bc7 40. Qa2 Qb7 41. Kg2 Qa8 42.
Qd2 Rb8 43. Qb2 Kf7 44. R1a2 Rbb7 45. Kf1 Ra5 46. Ke2 Raa7 47. Qa1 Qh8 48. Kd2
Ke7 49. Kc2 Kd8 50. Kb3 Kc8 51. Qb2 Bd8 52. Qa1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kopylov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 e6 5. dxe6 fxe6 6. Bg5 Nc6 7. e3 Be7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. Bd3 Bd7 10. a3 Ng4 11. Bf4 e5 12. Bg3 Nh6 13. Nd5 Bf5 14. Bxf5 Nxf5 15.
Nd2 Rb8 16. Ne4 Qe8 17. O-O Qg6 18. f3 h5 19. Bf2 Rf7 20. Qe2 Rbf8 21. Rad1 h4
22. h3 Bd8 23. Rd3 Nh6 24. Kh2 Rf5 25. Ndc3 Nf7 26. Rfd1 Be7 27. Nb5 Rd8 28.
Qd2 Nd4 29. exd4 exd4 30. Nc7 Ne5 31. Nd5 Qf7 32. Qe1 g5 33. Rb3 Nxc4 34. Nxe7+
Qxe7 35. Nxg5 Ne3 36. Bxe3 dxe3 37. Ne4 d5 38. Rxe3 dxe4 39. Rxe4 Rxd1 40. Qxd1
Re5 41. Rg4+ Kh8 42. Qd2 Re6 43. Qc3+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lipnitsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E33"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 $5 Na5
$5 8. Ne5 $5 (8. cxd5 $1 exd5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. e4 {gains a plus.})
8... Nd7 9. Nxd7 Bxd7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bf4 Bb5 $5 12. h4 $6 (12. Qb1 Bc4 13.
Qb4 b6 14. e4 {leads to equal chances.}) 12... O-O 13. Rb1 Qd7 14. Rh3 $5 {
White would like to attack.} Rfe8 15. Rg3 Nc4 16. Bh6 g6 17. Qc1 Nd6 {The
black knight switches to the kingside.} 18. Qf4 $2 ({Better is} 18. h5) 18...
Ba6 $2 ({Black can win by} 18... Nf5 $1 19. Rxb5 $5 {(Smyslov)} Re4 $1) 19. e3
$2 (19. h5 Re4 20. hxg6 $1 fxg6 21. Qg5 {prolongs the game.}) 19... Nf5 $1 20.
Bxa6 bxa6 21. Rb7 $5 Rab8 $1 22. Rxc7 Rb1+ 23. Ke2 Qa4 {Black mates in two.}
0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Moiseev, Oleg"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E47"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 Re8 $5 6. Nge2 e5 $5 7. dxe5
Rxe5 8. O-O Re8 $5 9. Nd5 $1 Bf8 $5 10. Ng3 $5 ({Even better is} 10. Qc2 $1 g6
11. Bd2 Bg7 12. Bc3) 10... d6 11. Bd2 Nbd7 12. Bc3 g6 13. Qd2 Bg7 14. Rac1 h5
$5 15. f3 c6 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. e4 Be6 18. Ne2 Qe7 19. Rcd1 Rad8 20. Rfe1 d5 $5
{The slightly provocative moves continue.} 21. cxd5 cxd5 22. e5 $5 (22. exd5 $1
Bxd5 23. Bd4 {keeps a plus.}) 22... Ne4 $1 {Keres finds a magnificent counter.}
23. Qc2 (23. fxe4 $2 dxe4 24. Nf4 {(Suetin)} exd3 25. Nxd3 Bg4 $1 26. Rc1 Bf5 {
wins material for Black.}) 23... Nxc3 24. Nxc3 $2 ({Right is} 24. Qxc3) 24...
Qb4 $2 (24... Qg5 $1 25. Qe2 d4 {wins a pawn.}) 25. Nb5 $2 (25. Qf2 {defends
properly.}) 25... Bd7 $1 26. a3 Qf4 27. Nd6 Bxe5 $1 28. Nxe8 Qxh2+ 29. Kf1 Qh1+
30. Kf2 Bd4+ 31. Re3 Qh4+ 32. g3 Qh2+ 33. Ke1 Qg1+ {Botvinnik, Geller and
Smyslov joined the lead. Keres trailed by half-a-point.} 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D04"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. e3 d5 6. Be2 Ne4 7. O-O c5 8. Qc1
cxd4 9. Bxd4 Bxd4 10. exd4 Nc6 11. Qe3 Bg4 12. Nbd2 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 e6 14. Rfd1
Qf6 15. Ne5 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Rac8 17. Ng4 Qf4 18. c3 h5 19. Ne3 Rc7 20. g3 Qf6 21.
Rd3 Rfc8 22. Re1 b5 23. Nc2 Ne7 24. Rf3 Nf5 25. Qd2 Qg7 26. Rd3 a5 27. Ne3 Nd6
28. f3 Qf6 29. Kg2 Nf5 30. Re2 Qg5 31. a3 h4 32. f4 Qh5 33. Nxf5 gxf5 34. gxh4
Rxc3 35. Rg3+ Kh7 36. Rf2 b4 37. axb4 axb4 38. Qe1 Qxh4 39. Qe5 Rg8 40. Rff3
Rc2+ 41. Kf1 Rxh2 42. Qe3 Ra8 43. Rg7+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B84"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Qc7 7. f4 Nc6 8. Be3
e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Qe1 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Nd7 14. Ne4 Bb7 15.
Bh5 O-O 16. Nf6+ Kh8 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. c3 Kg8 19. Rd1 Qc6 20. Bf3 Qc7 21. Bh5
Bd5 22. a3 Rac8 23. Qe3 Bc5 24. Rf2 Bxd4 25. cxd4 Qb7 26. Rdf1 Rc7 27. Be2 Bc4
28. Rc1 Bxe2 29. Rxe2 Rfc8 30. Rc5 Rd8 31. b4 Rcd7 32. Rd2 Rd5 33. Qe4 Qe7 34.
Rxd5 Rxd5 35. Kf2 a5 36. Rc2 f5 37. exf6 Qxf6+ 38. Ke3 axb4 39. axb4 Rd8 40.
Rc6 Kf7 41. Rc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D53"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Nf3 Nxc3
8. bxc3 c5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O b6 12. Rb1 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bb7 14. Be4
Na5 15. Qd3 h6 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Ne5 Rac8 18. Rbc1 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rc8 20. Rc3
Rxc3 21. Qxc3 f6 22. Ng6 Kf7 23. Qd3 Qc8 24. h4 Qc4 25. Qe4 Nc6 26. Nf4 Ne7 27.
h5 Qc1+ 28. Kh2 Qc6 29. Qd3 Nd5 30. Qg6+ Kf8 31. Qd3 Qc7 32. g3 Nxf4 33. gxf4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Bc4 Bd6 7. Qe2+ Qe7
8. Qxe7+ Kxe7 9. O-O Be6 10. Bb3 Bxb3 11. axb3 Na6 12. Nd4 Kd7 13. Nf5 g6 14.
Nxd6 Kxd6 15. Ra4 Nc7 16. d3 Ne6 17. Bd2 f5 18. f3 a6 19. g4 b5 20. Ra5 Rhe8
21. b4 Kc7 22. gxf5 gxf5 23. Raa1 Kb7 24. Rae1 Rad8 25. Kf2 Rd5 26. Rg1 Rc8 27.
Rg3 f4 28. Rh3 h5 29. Rh4 c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kopylov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 Be7 8.
Qc2 Nf8 9. Nf3 Ng6 10. O-O-O Be6 11. h4 Nf8 12. Ne5 N6d7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Kb1
Bxg5 15. hxg5 O-O-O 16. Na4 Qe7 17. Rc1 Kb8 18. Qb3 Rd6 19. Qb4 Qd8 20. Nc5 Bc8
21. Rc3 Ne6 22. Nxe6 Rxe6 23. Bf5 Ree8 24. Bxc8 Qxc8 25. Qd6+ Qc7 26. Qh2 Re6
27. Rcc1 f6 28. Qh3 Qe7 29. Qg3+ Ka8 30. Rh5 g6 31. gxf6 Qxf6 32. Rh6 a6 33.
Rch1 Qf5+ 34. Ka1 Rf8 35. f3 Rxe3 36. Rxh7 Qf4 37. Qxg6 Rfe8 38. Rd1 Re1 39.
Rh1 R1e2 40. a3 Qe3 41. Rd3 Qf2 42. Rb1 Qxg2 43. Qf7 R2e7 44. Qf4 Qg6 45. Rbd1
Re2 46. Ka2 R2e7 47. Rb3 Rf7 48. Qd2 Qe6 49. Rc1 Qe2 50. Qb4 Qe7 51. Qa5 Qc7
52. Rb6 Re6 53. Rc3 Rd6 54. Rcb3 Qc8 55. R6b4 Rdd7 56. Ra4 Rc7 57. Qc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Novotelnov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. d4 d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. h3 O-O 7. d5 Nb8 8. g4 $5
{Novotelnov wants to attack, as always.} c6 9. g5 Ne8 10. a3 a6 11. Be3 b5 12.
Be2 c5 13. a4 $6 b4 $1 {Square c4 will not become a stronghold for White.} 14.
Nb1 f5 15. gxf6 Bxf6 16. Nbd2 Nd7 {Black takes the initiative on the flanks.}
17. Nc4 a5 18. b3 Nb6 19. Nxb6 Qxb6 20. Nd2 Qd8 21. Bb5 $6 (21. Rg1 $1 Bh4 22.
Bg4 {applies accurate positional play.}) 21... Bg5 $1 22. Ke2 $2 {Novotelnov
has <->a stroke of genius'.} ({Better is} 22. Qe2 $1 Bxe3 23. Qxe3) 22... Bf4
23. Qg1 Ra7 24. Qg2 Raf7 25. Rag1 Qh4 26. Bxe8 Rxe8 27. Bxf4 Qxf4 28. Qg3 Ba6+
29. Ke1 Qf6 30. Rh2 Rc8 31. Qg4 Rcc7 $1 {Black has made all preparations for
the advance .. c4.} 32. Nc4 $5 Bxc4 33. bxc4 Qe7 34. Rhg2 Rf4 35. Qe2 Qe8 36.
Rg4 Rcf7 37. Rxf4 Rxf4 38. Rg4 Rf7 {Pawn a4 falls. Black's elegant play has
triumphed.} 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[PlyCount "199"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 g5 5. Bg3 Ne4 6. Nbd2 Nxg3 7. hxg3 Bg7 8.
c3 d6 9. e3 Nc6 10. Bd3 Bd7 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. O-O-O a5 13. e4 a4 14. a3 Na5 15.
Rde1 O-O-O 16. Kb1 Kb8 17. e5 d5 18. g4 Rc8 19. Qd1 c5 20. Bc2 Qe8 21. dxc5
Rxc5 22. g3 Nc6 23. Re3 Ra5 24. Rhe1 Bf8 25. c4 Bc5 26. R3e2 Ne7 27. Ka1 Qd8
28. Rh1 Ba7 29. Qb1 Rc5 30. cxd5 exd5 31. Bf5 Nxf5 32. gxf5 Bb5 33. Ree1 Rc7
34. Rh2 g4 35. Nh4 Qg5 36. f4 gxf3 37. Nhxf3 Qxg3 38. e6 fxe6 39. fxe6 Rhc8 40.
Rxh6 Bf2 41. Reh1 Qg4 42. Rg6 Qf4 43. Rg5 Qd6 44. Qf5 Be3 45. Qxd5 Qxd5 46.
Rxd5 Bc6 47. Rhh5 Bxd5 48. Rxd5 Re7 49. Re5 Bh6 50. Re4 Rc6 51. Rxa4 Rexe6 52.
Re4 Rf6 53. Ka2 Kc7 54. Re7+ Kc8 55. Re2 Rc2 56. Kb1 Rcc6 57. Nd4 Rcd6 58. N2b3
Bg7 59. Ka2 Rf1 60. Nc2 Rf5 61. Rg2 Bf6 62. Nb4 Kd7 63. Rh2 Kc7 64. Nc2 Rg5 65.
Nd2 Re6 66. Nb4 Bg7 67. Kb3 Re3+ 68. Ka2 Re6 69. Kb3 Re3+ 70. Ka2 Re8 71. Kb3
Kb8 72. Nb1 Re3+ 73. Nc3 Reg3 74. Rd2 Rg2 75. Rxg2 Rxg2 76. Nd3 Rh2 77. Kc4 Rd2
78. a4 Ka7 79. Nb5+ Kb6 80. b4 Rc2+ 81. Kb3 Rg2 82. Nc3 Rg3 83. Kc4 Rg4+ 84.
Kb3 Rg3 85. Kc4 Bxc3 86. a5+ Kc7 87. Kxc3 Kc6 88. Kc4 Rg4+ 89. Kc3 Kb5 90. Nc5
Rc4+ 91. Kd3 Rxb4 92. Nxb7 Kc6 93. a6 Kd5 94. Nd8 Rd4+ 95. Ke3 Re4+ 96. Kd3 Rf4
97. a7 Ra4 98. Nf7 Rxa7 99. Ng5 Ra3+ 100. Ke2 {[Beilin]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Lipnitsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B14"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 c5 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 Be7 7. c5 Nc6 8. Bb5
O-O 9. O-O Ne4 10. Qc2 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 Bf6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Bf4 a5 14. a4 Re8
15. Rfe1 Ba6 16. Rab1 Qc8 17. b4 axb4 18. Rxb4 Bd8 19. Rb2 Bc4 20. Reb1 Ba5 21.
Qc2 f6 22. Rb7 Ba6 23. Rb8 Qd7 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. h3 Qe8 26. Rb3 Bc4 27. Rb7 Ba6
28. Rb3 Bc4 29. Rb7 Ba6 30. Rb3 Qd7 31. Qb1 Re8 32. Rb8 g5 33. Bd6 Rxb8 34.
Qxb8+ Qc8 35. Qb3 Qb7 36. Qe3 Qf7 37. Nh2 Bc8 38. Ng4 Kg7 39. h4 h6 40. hxg5
hxg5 41. Qh3 Bd8 42. Qh6+ Kg8 43. a5 Ba6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B26"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 Nh6 7. Qc1 Ng4 8. Bd2
Nd4 9. h3 Ne5 10. Nce2 Qb6 11. f4 {White's opening does not make a serious
impression. Bronstein seeks punishment.} Nxc2+ $5 12. Qxc2 Qxb2 $1 13. Qxb2
Nxd3+ 14. Kf1 Bxb2 15. Rb1 Be6 16. Bc3 $1 {White has to play cautiously.} ({A
risk is taken by} 16. Rxb2 $5 Nxb2 17. Bc3 {(Panov)} O-O $5 18. Bxb2 Bxa2 {
because Black gets four passed pawns.}) 16... Bxa2 $2 (16... Bxc3 17. Nxc3 Bc4
$1 {gives Black a pleasant initiative.}) 17. Rxb2 Nxb2 18. Bxb2 $1 {Smyslov
plays it safe again.} (18. Bxh8 $6 f6 {asks for trouble.}) 18... Rg8 19. Kf2
Bc4 20. Nf3 Bxe2 21. Kxe2 Kd7 22. Rd1 a5 23. Ne5+ $1 Kc7 ({The pointe is} 23...
Ke6 24. f5+ $1) 24. Nxf7 a4 25. e5 a3 26. Ba1 Rge8 27. Ng5 Ra5 28. Ne6+ $1 {A
swarm of light pieces will sting the black king.} Kd7 29. Bd5 a2 30. g4 Rc8 31.
Ng5 Rf8 32. f5 $1 gxf5 33. gxf5 h6 34. Be6+ Kc7 35. exd6+ exd6 36. Ne4 Ra3 37.
Nxd6 Rxh3 38. Be5 Ra8 39. Nc4+ {White delivers mate in one.   Smyslov led by
61/2/9.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Terpugov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Moiseev, Oleg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 d5 4. c4 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. Bd3 b6 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O c5 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. Ba6 Bxa6 13. Qxa6 cxd4 14.
exd4 Nb4 15. Qa4 Rfc8 16. Rfc1 a5 17. a3 Nd5 18. Rc6 Rxc6 19. Qxc6 Rd8 20. Rc1
h6 21. g3 Nb8 22. Qc4 Qb7 23. Ne5 Nd7 24. Ne4 N7f6 25. Nd2 Ne7 26. Qc7 Qxc7 27.
Rxc7 Rxd4 28. Rxe7 Rxd2 29. Nxf7 Nd7 30. Nd8 Kf8 31. Rxe6 Nc5 32. Rxb6 Rxd8 33.
Rb5 Nd3 34. Rxa5 Nxb2 35. Kg2 Rd4 36. h4 Rd2 37. a4 Nd1 38. Rf5+ Ke7 39. Kf1
Ra2 40. a5 Ke6 41. Rf4 Rxa5 42. Re4+ Re5 43. Rd4 Nc3 44. Kg2 Nd5 45. Ra4 Nf6
46. g4 h5 47. Ra6+ Kf7 48. g5 Nd5 49. Kg3 Ne7 50. Ra7 Re4 51. f3 Rd4 52. g6+
Ke6 53. Ra6+ Rd6 54. Rxd6+ Kxd6 55. Kf4 Ke6 56. Kg5 Nd5 57. f4 Nf6 58. f5+ Kd5
59. Kf4 Ne4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D29"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. a4 c4 $5 {Black chooses a rare but playable move.} 10. Bc2 Nbd7 11. e4
Be7 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Nbd2 Re8 14. Rfd1 h6 15. Bf4 Nf8 16. Ne5 Bd6 17. Nf1 Qc7
18. Bg3 N6d7 19. Nxd7 Nxd7 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. Ra3 $1 f6 $6 {Black has beaten
back an attack but faces another. He panics.} ({Better is} 21... Qf4 22. Rg3 e5
) 22. Rg3 Nf8 $2 23. e5 $2 (23. Qh5 $1 {attacks the pawns h6 and b5.}) 23...
Qe7 $2 ({Black misses the last chance} 23... fxe5 $1 24. dxe5 Qc7 25. Rd6 Red8)
24. exf6 Qxf6 25. Ne3 Rad8 26. Ng4 Qf4 27. Qe3 $1 Qxe3 28. fxe3 Kh8 29. Rf1 Re7
30. Ne5 Kg8 31. Ng4 Kh8 32. Ne5 Kg8 33. Rf6 Nd7 34. Nxd7 Rdxd7 35. Rxh6 $1 e5
$6 36. Bf5 exd4 37. Bxd7 Rxd7 38. exd4 b4 39. a5 c3 40. bxc3 bxc3 41. Rh5 c2
42. Rc5 Be4 43. Kf2 Rb7 44. Rgc3 Rb2 45. Ke3 Bh7 46. h4 Kf7 47. Rc7+ Ke6 48.
R3c6+ Kd5 49. Rc5+ Kd6 50. Rxg7 {Averbakh attacked with great elegance.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E26"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 b6 8. e4
d6 9. Ne2 e5 10. O-O Nd7 11. Qa4 Qc7 12. d5 Na5 13. Ng3 O-O 14. Qd1 Re8 15. Nf5
Nf8 16. Ne3 Ng6 17. g3 Qe7 18. Ra2 Bh3 19. Re1 Bd7 20. f3 a6 21. a4 Reb8 22.
Bf1 Qe8 23. Nf5 Qf8 24. Rb2 f6 25. f4 Nh8 26. Qg4 Bxf5 27. Qxf5 Nf7 28. Qh5 Rb7
29. Qe2 Qe8 30. Qd1 Rab8 31. Bd3 b5 32. axb5 axb5 33. cxb5 c4 34. Bc2 Qc8 35.
Ba4 Nb3 36. Be3 Ra8 37. Ra2 Rxb5 38. Bxb3 cxb3 39. Rxa8 Qxa8 40. c4 Rb4 41. Bd2
Qa7+ 42. Kh1 Rb8 43. Qf3 Qd4 44. Qc3 Qf2 45. Qe3 Qxe3 46. Bxe3 b2 47. Rb1 Rb3
48. c5 Rxe3 49. Rxb2 g6 50. c6 Rc3 51. Rb7 Kg7 52. c7 Rc2 53. Kg1 h5 54. h4 Rc4
55. Kg2 Rc2+ 56. Kf1 Rc4 57. Kg2 Rc2+ 58. Kf1 Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B37"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nb5 d6 7. Be2 Nf6 8.
N1c3 O-O 9. Be3 a6 10. Nd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. cxb5 axb5 13. Bxb5 Bb7 14. O-O
e5 15. Be3 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. a4 Bb7 18. Qd2 Qh4 19. f3 h6 20. Qxd6 e4 21.
f4 Bxb2 22. Rad1 Rac8 23. f5 Rfd8 24. Bd7 Rc6 25. Qg3 Qxg3 26. hxg3 Rc3 27. Bb6
e3 28. Bxd8 Rc2 29. Rf3 Bxf3 30. gxf3 Rd2 31. Re1 Rxd7 32. Bb6 gxf5 33. f4 Rd2
34. Bxe3 Rd3 35. a5 Ra3 36. Bb6 Rxg3+ 37. Kf2 Ra3 38. Re8+ Kg7 39. Ra8 Ra4 40.
Ke3 Bc1+ 41. Kd3 Bxf4 42. a6 Ra3+ 43. Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Terpugov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Qb3 Nc6 5. c5 Rb8 6. Bf4 Nge7 7. e3 a6 8. Nc3
Ng6 9. Bg3 Be7 10. Qd1 Qd7 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 O-O 13. O-O f5 14. Rab1 Nh8
15. b4 g5 16. a4 Ng6 17. h3 f4 18. Bh2 a5 19. b5 Nb4 20. Qe2 b6 21. c6 Qd6 22.
Rfe1 Bf6 23. exf4 gxf4 24. Qxe6+ Qxe6 25. Rxe6 Kf7 26. Re2 Rfe8 27. Rbe1 Rxe2
28. Rxe2 Rd8 29. Kf1 Nd3 30. Rd2 Nc5 31. dxc5 Bxc3 32. Rd3 d4 33. cxb6 cxb6 34.
g3 Ne7 35. Ng5+ Kg6 36. Ne6 Rd6 37. Nxf4+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E68"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4
exd4 9. Nxd4 Nc5 10. Nb3 Be6 11. Nxc5 dxc5 12. Qe2 c6 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. Bf4 Rad8
15. Na4 Rd4 16. Rxd4 cxd4 17. c5 b5 18. cxb6 axb6 19. Qc2 b5 20. Qc5 Qb7 21.
Nb6 Ng4 22. e5 Rb8 23. h3 g5 24. Bd2 Nxe5 25. Ba5 d3 26. a4 b4 27. Re1 Qa6 28.
Qd6 Re8 29. Rxe5 d2 30. Bf1 Bxe5 31. Qxd2 Qxa5 32. Qxg5+ Kh8 33. Nc4 Bxc4 34.
Bxc4 f6 35. Qh5 Re7 36. Qg4 Qd8 37. a5 Bxb2 38. a6 Bd4 39. Qf3 Rc7 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Lipnitsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. d4 d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. h3 O-O 7. O-O a6 8. a4
exd4 9. Nxd4 Nb4 10. Nd5 Nbxd5 11. exd5 Nd7 $1 {Tigran plays a quiet line with
some spice.} 12. a5 Bf6 13. c3 ({Or} 13. Ne6 $5 fxe6 14. dxe6 Kh8 $1 15. exd7
Bxd7 16. Bd3 Qe8 $1 {(Petrosian).}) 13... Ne5 14. Bb3 Re8 15. Bc2 Bd7 16. f4
Ng6 17. Qd3 c5 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Nf5 Bxf5 $1 20. Qxf5 d5 21. Bd2 Nf8 22. Qd3 $6
c5 $1 {Black takes the initiative.} 23. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 24. Bxe1 c4 25. Qe2 Qc7 26.
Qf3 Rd8 27. Bf2 d4 28. Qe4 $1 g6 $2 (28... d3 $6 29. Bb6 $1 Qb8 $1 30. Bd1 $11)
({Best is} 28... Qb8 $1 29. cxd4 Re8 30. Qf5 Re2) 29. cxd4 Rb8 30. d5 $2 ({
Right is} 30. Ra2 $1 {(Petrosian).}) 30... Rxb2 31. Rd1 c3 32. d6 $2 (32. Bb6
$1 Qe7 33. Qxe7 Bxe7 34. Re1 {defends properly.}) 32... Qxa5 33. d7 Qc7 $1 34.
Qe8 Bd8 $5 35. Qe4 Bf6 36. Qe8 Rb8 $1 37. Kh1 $6 (37. Bb3 $5 Rxb3 $1 38. d8=Q
Bxd8 39. Rxd8 Qxd8 40. Qxd8 c2 41. Be3 Rxe3 42. Qd2 Re2 $1 {(Petrosian) and
Black wins.}) 37... Rd8 38. Ba4 c2 39. Rc1 Qxf4 40. Be3 Qxa4 {The new leader
became Geller with 7/10.} 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Moiseev, Oleg"]
[Black "Kopylov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E40"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8.
Bxc4 e5 9. a3 exd4 10. axb4 dxc3 11. bxc3 Ne5 12. Bb3 Bf5 13. Nd4 Qc8 14. Ra5
b5 15. Rxb5 Re8 16. f4 Bg4 17. Qc2 Ned7 18. Qa2 Rf8 19. h3 Bh5 20. g4 Nxg4 21.
Rxh5 Ngf6 22. Rg5 Ne4 23. Rg2 Ndf6 24. Kh2 a5 25. bxa5 c5 26. Nf3 Qc7 27. a6
Ra7 28. Bc2 Re8 29. c4 Re6 30. Qb2 Raxa6 31. Ng5 Nxg5 32. Rxg5 Ne8 33. Re5 Rxe5
34. Qxe5 Qxe5 35. fxe5 Nc7 36. Be4 Kf8 37. Bd5 Ne6 38. e4 Ke7 39. Be3 Ra3 40.
Bg1 h6 41. Rb1 Ra2+ 42. Kh1 Ng5 43. Bxc5+ Kd7 44. Rb3 Re2 45. Re3 Rf2 46. Kg1
Rd2 47. Bb6 Ne6 48. c5 Nd4 49. Bxf7 g5 50. Bc4 Rc2 51. Rd3 Rxc4 52. Rxd4+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Novotelnov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E56"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Ba5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qa5 12. c4 Qc3 13. cxd5 Qxa1 14. Qc2
Na5 15. e4 Bd7 16. Bb2 Qa2 17. Nd4 Rfc8 18. Ra1 Rxc5 19. Rxa2 Rxc2 20. Nxc2 Rc8
21. f3 Bb5 22. Ne1 Bxd3 23. Nxd3 Nd7 24. Bd4 b6 25. Nb4 Rc4 26. Be3 f5 27. exf5
Kf7 28. Re2 Kf6 29. g4 Ne5 30. Kg2 g6 31. fxg6 hxg6 32. h4 Nf7 33. Kg3 Nb3 34.
Nc6 Rc3 35. Bf2 Rd3 36. Re3 Rxe3 37. Bxe3 Nd6 38. Bg5+ Kf7 39. Nxa7 Nc5 40. Bf4
Nc4 41. Nb5 Ke7 42. h5 gxh5 43. gxh5 Kf6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D51"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bd3 Be7 8.
Nf3 a6 9. O-O b5 10. a4 b4 11. Nb1 O-O 12. Nbd2 Bb7 13. Qe2 Bd6 14. Rfc1 Qb8
15. Nb3 Ne4 16. Bh4 a5 17. Bb5 Ndf6 18. Nc5 Nxc5 19. dxc5 Bc7 20. Bg3 Ne4 21.
Bxc7 Qxc7 22. c6 Bc8 23. Bd3 Nf6 24. Nd4 e5 25. Nb5 Qe7 26. Qc2 e4 27. Be2 Qe5
28. Qd2 Ng4 29. Bxg4 Bxg4 30. Rc5 Be6 31. Qd4 Qg5 32. Qxe4 dxe4 33. Rxg5 Rfc8
34. Rc5 Ra6 35. Nd4 Kf8 36. Rac1 Ke7 37. h4 Kd6 38. Kh2 g6 39. Kg3 Bd5 40. Kf4
h6 41. Nb5+ Ke6 42. b3 f6 43. Nd4+ Kd6 44. h5 g5+ 45. Kf5 Bf7 46. Kxf6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Moiseev, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[PlyCount "212"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 g6 7. f4 Qc7 8. Bb3
Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nf3 Nbd7 11. Qe2 Nc5 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Nxb3 14. axb3 Ng4
15. Bf4 f6 16. exf6 Qc5+ 17. Kh1 Nxf6 18. Rae1 Nd5 19. Be5 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Bxe5
21. Qxe5 Qxe5 22. Rxe5 e6 23. Rd1 b5 24. Kg1 Ra7 25. Rc5 Raf7 26. Ne5 Rf5 27.
h4 Rf4 28. Rd6 Re4 29. Rb6 Re1+ 30. Kh2 a5 31. Rbxb5 Ba6 32. Rxa5 Bf1 33. Nd3
Re2 34. Rg5 Rxc2 35. Nc5 Rff2 36. Ra8+ Kf7 37. Ra7+ Kg8 38. Ra8+ Kf7 39. Ra7+
Kg8 40. Nxe6 Bxg2 41. Nd4 Rcd2 42. Re7 Bf1+ 43. Kg1 Bd3 44. Re1 Kg7 45. b4 Kh6
46. Rd1 Rg2+ 47. Rxg2 Rxd1+ 48. Kf2 Rc1 49. Rg3 Rxc3 50. Re3 Rc4 51. Rxd3 Rxb4
52. Nf3 Kh5 53. Rd5+ Kg4 54. Rg5+ Kf4 55. Ng1 Rb2+ 56. Ne2+ Ke4 57. Rc5 h6 58.
Rc6 Kf5 59. Kf3 Rb3+ 60. Nc3 Ke5 61. Kg4 Rb4+ 62. Kg3 Rb3 63. Kg4 Rb4+ 64. Kg3
Rb3 65. Rc4 Kf5 66. Rf4+ Ke5 67. Rf3 Rb4 68. Re3+ Kf5 69. Nd5 Rg4+ 70. Kh3 Rd4
71. Ne7+ Kf6 72. Nc6 Rd5 73. Rf3+ Kg7 74. Rg3 Rd1 75. Kg4 Rh1 76. Nd4 Kf6 77.
Nf3 Ra1 78. Kh3 Rb1 79. Rg1 Rb3 80. Kg3 Ra3 81. Rc1 Rb3 82. Rc6+ Kf5 83. Rc5+
Kf6 84. Rd5 Ra3 85. Kg4 Ra6 86. Rd4 Kg7 87. Rd7+ Kf6 88. Kg3 Ra3 89. Rd4 Rb3
90. Kg4 Rb5 91. Rd3 Rb4+ 92. Kg3 Rb6 93. Nh2 Rb7 94. Ng4+ Kg7 95. Kf3 Rf7+ 96.
Ke3 Re7+ 97. Kd4 Rd7+ 98. Ke4 Rxd3 99. Kxd3 h5 100. Nh2 Kf6 101. Nf3 Kf5 102.
Ke3 Kg4 103. Kf2 Kh3 104. Ke2 Kg3 105. Ke3 Kg4 106. Ke4 Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Qc7 7. O-O e6 8. f4
Nc6 9. Be3 Be7 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Rd1 Bd7 12. Qg3 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bc6 14. Bd3 Nh5
15. Qh3 e5 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 exd4 18. Qxh5 g6 19. Qf3 Bf6 20. f5 Rae8 21.
Rde1 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Qa5 23. Rf1 Qxa2 24. h4 Qa5 25. Qe2 Qd8 26. fxg6 hxg6 27. h5
Bg5 28. g3 Be3+ 29. Kg2 Qg5 30. hxg6 fxg6 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32. Qf3+ Kg7 33. Qe4
Qf6 34. Qg4 Qf7 35. Qf3 Qe7 36. Qg4 Qe8 37. b3 a5 38. Qe6 Qxe6 39. dxe6 Kf6 40.
e7 Kxe7 41. Bxg6 d5 42. Kf3 Bc1 43. Bd3 Kd6 44. Ke2 Kc5 45. Bg6 b5 46. Be8 Kb4
47. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D53"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Nf3 Nxc3
8. bxc3 O-O 9. e3 b6 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Qc2 h6 12. Bh7+ Kh8 13. Be4 Bxe4 14. Qxe4
Nd7 15. O-O c5 16. a4 Rab8 17. Rfb1 cxd4 18. cxd4 Rfc8 19. Qd3 Qd8 20. Rc1
Rxc1+ 21. Rxc1 Rc8 22. Rc4 Kg8 23. h3 Rc7 24. Qc2 Rxc4 25. Qxc4 Kf8 26. Kf1 Ke7
27. Qb4+ Ke8 28. Qc3 Kf8 29. Ke2 Qb8 30. Qc6 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Lipnitsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E51"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O h6 8. h3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bd6 10. e4 e5 11. Be3 a6 12. Re1 Bd7 13. Qc2 Re8 14. a3 exd4 15.
Nxd4 Ne5 $6 (15... Nxd4 16. Bxd4 c5 {advances on the queenside.}) 16. Bf1 {
Black's chances are on the flank.} Ng6 $2 {White gains a positional advantage.}
({Better is} 16... c5 $1 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. exf5 Qc7) 17. Rad1 Qe7 18. g3 $1 Nxe4
$5 19. Bc1 f5 20. Bg2 Ne5 $5 21. Nxf5 $5 Bxf5 22. Nxe4 Nf7 23. Qb3 Rab8 24. Bd2
Qe6 $6 (24... Be6 25. Qc2 Bf5 {(Abramov)} 26. f4 $1 c6 $1 {offers more
resistance.}) 25. Qxe6 Rxe6 26. Nxd6 cxd6 27. Bd5 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Kf8 29. Rc1
Nd8 30. Rc7 Be6 ({Or} 30... Rc8 31. Ba5 $1 {(Abramov).}) 31. Bxe6 Nxe6 32. Rd7
Ng5 33. Bxg5 hxg5 34. Rxd6 Rc8 35. Kg2 Rc5 36. Rb6 Rc7 37. Kf3 Rf7+ 38. Kg4
Rxf2 39. Rxb7 Rh2 40. a4 a5 41. Rb5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kopylov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D29"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bb3
Bb7 9. a4 Nbd7 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Qxa8 12. Nc3 b4 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. e4 cxd4
15. Nfxd4 Nc5 16. e5 Nfd7 17. Bf4 Nxb3 18. Nxb3 Be7 19. Rd1 Ba6 20. Nc7+ Qxc7
21. Qxa6 O-O 22. Nd4 Nc5 23. Qc4 Rd8 24. Ra1 Qb7 25. Be3 Bf8 26. h3 Ra8 27.
Rxa8 Qxa8 28. Qxb4 Qe4 29. Qb5 Nd3 30. Nf3 Nf4 31. Qe8 h6 32. Kh2 Nd3 33. Qb5
g5 34. b3 Bg7 35. Qe8+ Bf8 36. Qb8 Kg7 37. Qb5 Kg6 38. Qa4 Qd5 39. Qd4 Qxd4 40.
Bxd4 Kf5 41. Nd2 Bb4 42. Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E19"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2
Nxc3 9. Qxc3 f5 10. b3 Bf6 11. Bb2 a5 12. Qd2 Na6 13. Rfd1 Qe8 14. Ne1 Bxg2 15.
Nxg2 g5 16. Re1 Qg6 17. f3 Bg7 18. e3 d6 19. Rad1 Rae8 20. Re2 Kh8 21. Rf1 e5
22. a3 Qh5 23. Ne1 Qf7 24. Qd3 Nb8 25. Rg2 Nd7 26. a4 Re7 27. Nc2 Qg6 28. b4
exd4 29. exd4 Rfe8 30. bxa5 bxa5 31. Bc3 c5 32. Bxa5 cxd4 33. Nxd4 Nc5 34. Qd1
f4 35. gxf4 Nd3 36. Nc6 Re3 37. Bd2 R3e6 38. Rxg5 Qf7 39. Nb4 Nb2 40. Qc2 Re2
41. Bc3 Rxc2 42. Bxg7+ Qxg7 43. Rxg7 Rxc4 44. Rb7 Rg8+ 45. Kh1 Rg7 46. Rb8+ Rg8
47. Rb7 Rg7 48. Rb5 Nxa4 49. Nd5 Rc8 50. f5 Nc3 51. Rc1 Rgc7 52. Rxc3 Rxc3 53.
Nxc3 Rxc3 54. Kg2 Kg7 55. Rb7+ Kf6 56. Rxh7 Kxf5 57. Kg3 d5 58. Rd7 Ke6 59. Rd8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Novotelnov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 f5 4. b3 Nf6 5. Bb2 Be7 6. Qc2 O-O 7. Nc3 c6 8. Be2 a5
9. h3 Ne4 10. d3 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Bf6 12. d4 Qe8 13. O-O Nd7 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5
Be7 16. a3 b6 17. b4 a4 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Bd4 Bd8 20. Rac1 Bb7 21. f4 Bc7 22.
Bd3 Qe6 23. g4 fxg4 24. Bxh7+ Kh8 25. Bg6 c5 26. f5 Qe7 27. hxg4 Qh4 28. Rf2
Kg8 29. Rh2 Qxg4+ 30. Rg2 Qh3 31. bxc5 Bxe5 32. Qe2 Bxd4 33. exd4 Rf6 34. Qe7
bxc5 35. Bh5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 c5 7. O-O a6 8.
Qb3 Be7 9. d3 O-O 10. Bd2 Qc7 11. a4 b6 12. Na3 Bb7 13. Nc4 Nd5 14. Rfc1 a5 15.
Na3 Bc6 16. Nb5 Qb7 17. Bg5 N5f6 18. e4 Rfd8 19. Bf4 Ne8 20. Nd2 g5 21. Be3 Ne5
22. Bf1 Ng4 23. Nc4 Nxe3 24. fxe3 Bf6 25. Be2 Bg7 26. Rf1 Rd7 27. Rf2 Bxb5 28.
Qxb5 Nd6 29. Nxd6 Rxd6 30. e5 Bxe5 31. d4 Rxd4 32. exd4 Bxd4 33. Raf1 Rd8 34.
Qb3 Qd5 35. Qxd5 Rxd5 36. Bc4 Bxf2+ 37. Rxf2 Rd4 38. b3 Kg7 39. Kf1 Kg6 40. Ke2
Rd6 41. Rf3 f5 42. Rd3 Rxd3 43. Kxd3 Kf6 44. Ba6 Ke5 45. Kc4 f4 46. gxf4+ Kxf4
47. Kb5 h5 48. Kxb6 g4 49. Kxa5 h4 50. Kb6 e5 51. Bf1 g3 52. hxg3+ hxg3 53. a5
e4 54. a6 e3 55. a7 e2 56. Bxe2 g2 57. a8=Q g1=Q 58. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Terpugov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 $5 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. e4 d6 6. Nc3 a6 $5 7. e5 Qd8
8. Bd3 d5 $5 {The world champion does not seem to take his opponent seriously.}
9. Ne2 $1 c5 10. c3 Nc6 11. O-O Bd7 12. Qd2 Qb6 13. Rad1 $6 {This move has
little use.} cxd4 14. cxd4 Be7 15. Nf4 $2 {The debutant collapses completely
under the circumstances.} g5 $1 16. Ne2 g4 $1 17. Ne1 Nxd4 18. Bxa6 $4 Nc6 $1
19. Bc4 Bg5 $1 {Botvinnik, Geller and Smyslov led half-a- point before Keres.}
0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. d5 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. h3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 Nc5 8. Bc2 a5
9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3 O-O 11. g4 Kh7 12. Nf3 Ng8 13. Rg1 Ne7 14. Qd2 c6 15. h4 cxd5
16. cxd5 b5 17. h5 b4 18. Na4 Nxa4 19. Bxa4 gxh5 20. gxh5 Ng8 21. Rg3 f5 22.
exf5 Bxf5 23. Ke2 Rc8 24. Rag1 Rf7 25. Ke1 Be4 26. Bd1 Qe7 27. Qe2 Bf5 28. Rg6
Kh8 29. R6g3 Bh7 30. Qa6 Qd8 31. Nh4 Ra8 32. Qc4 Nf6 33. Ng6+ Bxg6 34. Rxg6 Rc8
35. Qd3 e4 36. Qd2 Ng8 37. Bg4 Rc4 38. Be6 Re7 39. Bxg8 Qxg8 40. Rxh6+ Bxh6 41.
Rxg8+ Kxg8 42. Bxh6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Kopylov, Nikolai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A81"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Nc6 6. Qd2 d5 $5 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8.
Nxd5 Bxd4 9. Nxc7+ $1 {Botvinnik expects to refute the odd line.} Kf7 $1 (9...
Qxc7 $6 10. Bxc6+ Qxc6 11. Qxd4 O-O 12. Nf3 $1 {favours White.}) 10. Nf3 $1 (
10. Nxa8 Bxf2+ $1 11. Kd1 {(Kopylov)} Be3 $5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8+ 13. Ke1 Nd4 14. Rb1
Nxc2+ {gives Black a strong attack.}) 10... Bxb2 $5 (10... Bxf2+ 11. Kxf2 Qxc7
{equalises.}) 11. Rb1 Qxd2+ $5 12. Nxd2 Bc3 13. Rb3 (13. Nxa8 $5 Rd8 {(Kopylov)
} 14. Rd1 $1 Be6 $1 {remains unclear.}) 13... Bxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Be6 15. Nxe6 Kxe6
16. Rxb7 Rhd8+ 17. Kc1 Nd4 18. Re1 Rac8 19. Rb2 Rc5 20. e3 Nb5 21. Rd1 Rdc8 22.
Rd5 $2 (22. Rd2 $1 {consolidates the position.}) 22... Rxd5 23. Bxd5+ Kxd5 24.
Rxb5+ Ke4 $1 25. Rb7 Re8 $1 26. Rxa7 (26. Kd2 Kf3 27. Ke1 Rc8 $11 {(Kopylov).})
26... Kf3 27. a4 Kxf2 28. a5 g5 29. a6 Kxe3 30. Rb7 e5 31. a7 $2 ({Right is} 
31. Rb5 $1 e4 32. Rxf5 Ra8 33. Rf6 {and White draws easily.}) 31... Ra8 32.
Rxh7 f4 33. gxf4 gxf4 34. Kd1 f3 35. c4 Rd8+ 36. Kc2 f2 37. Rf7 Ra8 {The
patriarch was humiliated.} 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C99"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bb7 14. d5 Bc8 15.
Nf1 Bd7 16. N3h2 Rfc8 17. Bd3 Nb7 18. b4 a5 19. Bd2 axb4 20. Bxb4 Nc5 21. a3
Qa7 22. Ng3 Bd8 23. Bf1 Ba5 24. Qf3 Qb6 25. Ng4 Nxg4 26. hxg4 g6 27. Rab1 Qd8
28. Qe3 Qh4 29. Be2 Bxg4 30. Bxb5 Bb6 31. Bc6 Rab8 32. Bd2 Bd7 33. Bxd7 Nxd7
34. Qd3 Bd4 35. Be3 Nc5 36. Qc2 Bxe3 37. Rxe3 Rxb1+ 38. Qxb1 Qd8 39. Nf1 Rb8
40. Qc2 Ra8 41. Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. e3 e5 7. Nge2 Qe7 8. O-O
e4 9. h3 h5 10. Nf4 c6 11. b4 Nbd7 12. Qe2 Re8 13. Ba3 a6 14. Bb2 Nb6 15. c5
Nbd7 16. a4 d5 17. b5 h4 18. Ba3 Nf8 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Rab1 g5 21. Nh5 g4 22.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. Rb6 gxh3 24. Bh1 Qg5 25. Kh2 Bg4 26. Qd2 Re6 27. Ne2 Bxe2 28.
Qxe2 hxg3+ 29. fxg3 Rg6 30. g4 Nd7 31. Rf5 Qh4 32. Rh5 Qd8 33. a5 Nf6 34. Rh4
Qc7+ 35. Kxh3 Bh6 36. Bb4 Bg5 37. Be1 Kg7 38. Rh5 Qd7 39. Kh2 Nxg4+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Lipnitsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Terpugov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C70"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Be7 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 d6 7. c3 Bf6 8. a4
Bd7 9. d4 Na5 10. Bc2 Ne7 11. b4 Nb7 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. dxe5 dxe5
15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Nd8 17. Qh5 Qa2 18. Bd3 Ng6 19. g3 h6 20. Nf3 Qe6 21. Na3
c6 22. Nc2 O-O 23. Ne3 Re8 24. Nd2 Qd6 25. Qe2 Bh3 26. Rd1 Ne6 27. Nb3 Qe7 28.
Qh5 Ng5 29. Nc5 Qf6 30. Nf5 Kh7 31. Bc2 Rd8 32. Nd7 Qe6 33. Bb3 Qe8 34. Nf6+
1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Moiseev, Oleg"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A24"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 e5 7. d3 Nbd7 8. Rb1
Nc5 9. b4 Ne6 10. Ng5 c6 11. b5 Qc7 $6 (11... Bd7 $1 12. Nxe6 fxe6 {avoids the
next complications.}) 12. bxc6 bxc6 13. Nb5 $1 cxb5 $5 14. Bxa8 bxc4 15. Nxe6
$6 ({Better is} 15. dxc4 $1 Nxg5 16. Bxg5 Bh3 17. Bg2 $1) 15... Bxe6 16. Bg2 c3
$1 17. Rb7 Qa5 18. Be3 a6 19. Qc2 Rc8 20. Rfb1 Nd7 $1 {Geller plays for a win.}
21. a4 d5 $1 22. Bb6 Nxb6 23. R7xb6 $2 ({Right is} 23. R1xb6 $1 Bd7 $1 24. Rxa6
$1 Qxa6 25. Rxd7 Qb6 26. Bxd5 Qb2 27. Bxf7+ Kf8 28. Bb3 Rb8 29. Qxb2 cxb2 30.
Ba2) 23... Bd7 $1 24. Rb8 Rxb8 25. Rxb8+ Bf8 26. Bxd5 Qxd5 27. Qxc3 Kg7 28. a5
Bd6 29. Rb6 Bh3 30. e4 Qa2 31. Qb2 Qxa5 32. Qb1 Bc5 33. Rb2 Bd4 34. Ra2 Qb5 35.
Qxb5 axb5 36. Ra5 b4 37. Rb5 Bc3 38. f4 Bd7 39. Rb7 Bc6 40. Rb8 Ba4 41. fxe5 b3
42. Rb7 Bxe5 43. Kf2 b2 44. Ke3 Bc2 {Geller and Smyslov kept the lead.} 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Novotelnov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. f4 Nbd7 10. Qe1 b5 11. a3 Bb7 12. Bf3 Rc8 13. Kh1 Re8 14. Qf2 Bf8 15.
Bd2 d5 16. Nxd5 Rxc2 17. fxe5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Nxe5 19. Nd4 Nd3 20. Nxc2 Nxf2+ 21.
Rxf2 Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Qxd5 23. Bc3 Qc4 24. Raf1 f6 25. Rd1 Re2 26. b3 Qe4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A35"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. e3 d6 5. d4 Bg4 6. Be2 Bg7 7. d5 Nb8 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Qd2 a6 12. Rb1 Nbd7 13. Be2 Ne8 14. b3 e5 15.
dxe6 fxe6 16. Bb2 Qe7 17. Rbd1 Rd8 18. f4 Ndf6 19. Bf3 Nc7 20. g4 b5 21. g5
Nfe8 22. h4 b4 23. Ne4 Bxb2 24. Qxb2 d5 25. Nf2 Qg7 26. Qxg7+ Nxg7 27. Ng4 Nf5
28. Kf2 dxc4 29. bxc4 a5 30. Nf6+ Kg7 31. Nd7 Rf7 32. Nxc5 Rxd1 33. Rxd1 Nxh4
34. Nd7 Nxf3 35. Kxf3 Nd5 36. Nc5 Nc7 37. Ke4 h6 38. Rd6 hxg5 39. fxg5 Kf8 40.
Rc6 Ke8 41. Ke5 Kd8 42. Rb6 Kc8 43. Kd6 Rf2 44. Kc6 Rc2 45. Rb7 Ne8 46. Ra7 Kb8
47. Re7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A53"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. g3 e5 4. Bg2 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Nge2 O-O 8. O-O
Nb6 9. b3 exd4 10. Nxd4 d5 11. cxd5 Nbxd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Bb2 c5 14. Nf5 Bxf5
15. Qxd5 Bd3 16. Qxb7 Bxf1 17. Rxf1 Rb8 18. Qxa7 c4 19. Be5 Rb5 20. Bc7 Qd3 21.
bxc4 Qxc4 22. a4 Bc5 23. Qa6 Rb4 24. Qxc4 Rxc4 25. a5 Bxe3 26. fxe3 Rxc7 27. a6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C03"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. e5 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Ndf3 Bd7 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Bd3
Nge7 9. Bf4 Bb6 10. Bg3 Bc7 11. Qe2 Qb8 12. Kf1 Nf5 13. Bf4 Nfe7 14. Bg3 h6 15.
h4 f6 16. Re1 O-O 17. exf6 Rxf6 18. Bxc7 Qxc7 19. g4 Raf8 20. g5 R6f7 21. gxh6
gxh6 22. Rh2 Rg7 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. Qxe5 Qxe5 25. Rxe5 Nc6 26. Re3 e5 27. Rg2 Rf4
28. Reg3 Rxg3 29. Rxg3+ Kf7 30. Bg6+ Kf6 31. h5 e4 32. Ke2 Ne5 33. Ke3 Rg4 34.
Kd4 Rxg3 35. fxg3 Nxg6 36. hxg6 Bg4 37. c4 dxc4 38. Kxe4 Kxg6 39. Kf4 h5 40.
Ke4 Kf6 41. Kd4 b5 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Moiseev, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E30"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 g5 6. Bg3 Ne4 7. Qc2 Nxg3 8.
hxg3 d5 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 Nd7 11. e3 c6 12. Nf3 Qf6 13. Be2 Nf8 14. b4 Bd7
15. Ne5 Ng6 16. f4 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Qg6 18. Bh5 Qe4 19. O-O dxc4 20. Bxf7+ Ke7 21.
Bh5 Raf8 22. Bf3 Qd3 23. Qxd3 cxd3 24. Be4 d2 25. Rxf8 Rxf8 26. Rd1 a5 27. Rxd2
axb4 28. axb4 Ra8 29. Kf2 Ra3 30. Rb2 Be8 31. g4 Kd8 32. Bf3 Kc7 33. Be2 Rc3
34. Bf3 Bg6 35. b5 Rc2+ 36. Rxc2 Bxc2 37. bxc6 bxc6 38. Ke1 Kb6 39. Kd2 Bb1 40.
Kc3 Ba2 41. Be2 Bd5 42. g3 c5 43. Bc4 Bf3 44. Bxe6 Kc6 45. Kd3 Bg2 46. Bf5 Bf1+
47. Kd2 cxd4 48. exd4 Bg2 49. Ke3 Kd5 50. Bc2 Bh3 51. Bb3+ Kc6 52. Kf3 Bf1 53.
Ke4 Bh3 54. Kf5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 e6 8. axb5
Nxc3 9. bxc3 cxb5 10. Ng5 Bb7 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qg4 Be7 13. Be2 Nd7 14. h4 h5 15.
Qg3 Nb6 16. O-O a5 17. Rb1 b4 18. f4 Qd7 19. Ra1 b3 20. f5 gxf5 21. Nh3 a4 22.
Qg7 O-O-O 23. Bg5 a3 24. Qxf7 Bxg5 25. Nxg5 Qxf7 26. Nxf7 a2 27. Nxd8 Kxd8 28.
Rfd1 Rg8 29. d5 Bxd5 30. Bf3 Ke7 31. Kf2 Bxf3 32. gxf3 Nd5 33. Rd2 Nxc3 34. Ke3
Nd5+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Novotelnov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E07"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 O-O 7. Nbd2 b6 8. b3
Bb7 9. Bb2 Rc8 10. Rc1 c6 11. e3 Qc7 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. f4 Rfd8 15.
cxd5 exd5 16. Qg4 $5 ({Not} 16. Bxd5 $2 Bc5 $1 {(Boleslavsky).}) 16... c5 $2 ({
Better is} 16... Ba6 17. Rfd1 Nc5 18. Bd4 Nd3 19. Rc2) 17. Nf3 Qc6 $4 (17...
Kh8 18. Nd4 Nf8 {avoids a disaster.}) 18. e6 $1 {White threatens mate.} Nf6 19.
exf7+ $1 Kf8 {Capture is punished by a fork.} 20. Qh3 h6 21. Ne5 Qd6 22. Qf5
Rc7 23. g4 Bc8 24. Qg6 Nxg4 25. Nd7+ {Keres delivers mate on the next move.}
1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kopylov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Lipnitsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O g6 6. d3 Bg7 7. e4 O-O 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bf4 Kh7 11. h3 e6 12. Bd6 Rh8 13. e5 Ne8 14. Ne4 Na5 15. Nfd2
Nxd6 16. Nxd6 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Rf8 18. f4 f6 19. Qe2 Nc6 20. Nf3 a6 21. h4 h5 22.
Qe4 Qc7 23. Rae1 Rab8 24. Rh1 Ne7 25. b3 Qc6 26. Re2 fxe5 27. fxe5 Qxe4 28.
Nxe4 Nc6 29. Rf1 Kg8 30. Nd6 Rxf3 31. Rxf3 Nd4 32. Re4 Nxf3 33. Kxf3 Rf8+ 34.
Ke2 Rb8 35. a4 Bf8 36. d4 Bxd6 37. exd6 Rc8 38. d5 Kf8 39. dxe6 dxe6 40. Rf4+
Kg7 41. Rf1 Rd8 42. Rd1 Kf6 43. Ke3 Kf5 44. d7 Ke5 45. Rd2 Kf5 46. Rd6 Ke5 47.
Rd1 Kf5 48. b4 a5 49. b5 Kg4 50. Ke4 Kxg3 51. Ke5 Kxh4 52. Kxe6 g5 53. Ke7 Ra8
54. d8=Q Rxd8 55. Kxd8 g4 56. Kc7 g3 57. Kxb6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. Bg5 Na6 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Qxc3 Nxc5 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Qxf6 gxf6 11. f3 a5 12. e4 b6 13. Rd1 a4 14. Ne2 Rd8
15. Nc3 Ba6 16. Rd6 Rab8 17. Be2 Kf8 18. Kf2 Ke7 19. Rhd1 Rdc8 20. Na2 Rc6 21.
R6d2 Rc7 22. Nb4 Bb7 23. Ke3 Rg8 24. Bd3 Nb3 25. Rc2 Rc5 26. g3 Rgc8 27. Re1
Na5 28. Rec1 Nb3 29. Rd1 Na5 30. Rdc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 e6 8. axb5
Nxc3 9. bxc3 cxb5 10. Ng5 Bb7 11. Qh5 g6 $1 {The same novelty was played in
Geller - Flohr during this round.} 12. Qg4 Be7 13. Be2 Nd7 14. h4 h5 15. Qg3
Nb6 16. O-O a5 $1 17. d5 $6 {The roads parted in the two games.} (17. Rb1 $2 b4
$1 18. f4 Qd7 19. Ra1 b3 {occurred in the other contest. Geller lost.}) 17...
Nxd5 18. Rd1 Qc7 19. Ne4 O-O-O $2 (19... Rg8 $1 20. Bg5 f6 21. Nd6+ Bxd6 22.
exd6 Qd7 {wins the game.}) 20. Bg5 $1 Bxg5 21. Qxg5 a4 $6 (21... f6 $1 22. exf6
Nf4 $1 {conserves a plus.}) 22. Qg3 f5 $2 (22... Bc6 {keeps the defence line
intact.}) 23. Nd6+ $1 Rxd6 24. exd6 f4 $5 25. Qxg6 Qxd6 26. Bf3 Bc6 27. Re1 Re8
28. Bxd5 Qxd5 29. Rad1 $1 Qf5 30. Qxf5 exf5 31. Rxe8+ Bxe8 {Black will lose
due to weaknesses.} 32. f3 Kc7 33. Kf2 Kb6 34. Ke2 Ka5 35. Rb1 a3 $5 36. Kd2 b4
$5 {He tries a desperate action.} 37. cxb4+ Ka4 38. Kc3 a2 39. Ra1 Ka3 40. Kxc4
$1 Kb2 41. Rd1 a1=Q 42. Rxa1 Kxa1 43. b5 Bd7 44. b6 Bc8 45. Kd4 Kb2 46. Ke5 Kc3
47. Kxf4 Kd4 48. Kg5 Ke5 49. Kxh5 Kf6 50. g4 Bb7 51. Kh6 {It became crowded at
the top: Botvinnik, Geller, Keres and Smyslov led.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B25"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Nge2 Rb8 7. O-O e6 8. a3
Nge7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Qd2 b5 11. Bh6 Nd4 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Ne2 e5
15. c3 dxc3 16. bxc3 Bg4 17. f3 Be6 18. f4 f6 19. h3 Nc6 20. Rab1 Qa5 21. Kh2
Nd4 22. Nxd4 exd4 23. Rb4 Qxa3 24. Rxd4 Bg8 25. e5 fxe5 26. fxe5 Rxf1 27. Bxf1
dxe5 28. Rd7+ Bf7 29. Bg2 Re8 30. Rb7 a6 31. Qf2 Re7 32. Rb6 Re6 33. Rxe6 Bxe6
34. Qa7+ Kf6 35. d4 exd4 36. Qxd4+ Kf7 37. Qh8 Qf8 38. Qxh7+ Qg7 39. Qh4 Qxc3
40. Qf4+ Qf6 41. Qd6 Bc4 42. Qc7+ Kf8 43. h4 Bf7 44. Qc1 b4 45. Qc5+ Qe7 46.
Qd4 Kg8 47. h5 g5 48. Bf3 a5 49. g4 a4 50. Be4 Qc7+ 51. Kg2 Qc8 52. Bf5 Qc6+
53. Be4 Qc8 54. Bf5 Qc6+ 55. Be4 Qc8 56. Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Terpugov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E68"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 d6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 e5 8. Rd1
Re8 9. Nc3 c6 10. e4 a6 11. h3 b5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Be3 Qe7 14. cxb5 axb5 15.
a4 Bb7 16. Nd2 b4 17. Ne2 Bf8 18. Nc4 Qe6 19. Nc1 Ba6 20. b3 Bxc4 21. bxc4 Bc5
22. Bxc5 Nxc5 23. a5 Reb8 24. Nb3 Nfd7 25. f4 Qe7 26. f5 Rb7 27. Kh2 Rba7 28.
Rdb1 Rb7 29. Qd2 Na6 30. Rb2 Ndc5 31. Nxc5 Qxc5 32. f6 Nc7 33. Ra4 Na6 34. Qh6
Qf8 35. Qg5 Nc5 36. Ra1 h6 37. Qe3 Kh7 38. Rd2 Ne6 39. a6 Rba7 40. Rda2 c5 41.
h4 Qd6 42. h5 g5 43. Qf2 Nd4 44. Rd2 Kg8 45. Rda2 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D23"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. c4 $5 dxc4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nc3 e5 $1 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. dxe5
Qxd1+ 8. Nxd1 Ne4 9. Bg2 Bb4+ {Black has the initiative but the chances are
about even.} 10. Kf1 Nc5 11. Be3 Be6 12. Nc3 O-O-O 13. f4 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Na4 15.
Rc1 Bd5 16. Bh3+ Kb8 17. Rg1 Rhe8 18. Kf2 Be4 19. Rgd1 $1 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Nxc3
21. Rc1 Nxa2 22. Ra1 Nb4 23. Bxa7+ Ka8 24. Bb6+ Kb8 25. Ba7+ Ka8 26. Be3+ $5 {
Botvinnik has equalised by fine play. His effort to win raises doubt.} Na6 $1
27. Ra4 Bd5 28. Bd7 Rd8 29. Bb5 Be6 30. Bxa6 bxa6 31. Rxa6+ Kb7 32. Ra5 Rd1 33.
Rc5 Rh1 34. Kg2 Ra1 35. Rb5+ Kc6 36. Rc5+ Kd7 37. f5 $5 {Geller reports the
potential imprisonment of white's rook by .. c6 and .. Bd5, but that option
could have been neglected.} Bxf5 38. Rxc4 Ra6 39. g4 Be6 40. Rd4+ Kc8 41. Kf3
Ra5 42. g5 $1 c5 $1 (42... Rxe5 43. Rh4 Bf5 44. Bd4 {brings no advantage for
Black.}) 43. Rh4 c4 44. Rxh7 g6 45. Rh8+ Kc7 46. Rd8 $5 Bd5+ $1 47. Kf2 c3 48.
Rd6 c2 49. h4 Bc4 50. Rd4 Ba6 51. Rf4 $2 (51. Bf4 $1 Kc6 52. Rd6+ {takes no
risks.}) 51... Rxe5 52. Rxf7+ Kc6 53. Rf6+ Kd5 $1 54. Rxa6 $6 ({Better is} 54.
Bf4 $1 Re4 55. Bc1 Rxe2+ 56. Kf3 Re1 57. Bd2 Bd3 {(Geller)} 58. h5 $1 gxh5 59.
Rh6 Re6 $1 60. Rh8 Bg6 {but Black seems to win anyway.}) 54... Rxe3 $1 55. Ra1
Rc3 56. Rc1 Kc4 57. Ke1 Kb3 58. Kd2 Kb2 59. Rxc2+ Rxc2+ 60. Kd3 Kb3 61. e4 Rc4
62. e5 Kb4 {Botvinnik was out of the race.} 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Kopylov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Nc3
e6 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Qd2 Be7 11. O-O-O O-O 12. Ne4 Bf5 13. Nc5 a5 14. b3 Nd7 15.
Bd3 Bxc5 16. dxc5 Ndxe5 17. Bxf5 Qxd2+ 18. Bxd2 exf5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Bc3 Rfe8
21. Rhe1 f6 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 23. Rxe5 fxe5 24. Rd7 Rc8 25. Kd2 h5 26. h4 Kh7 27.
Rd5 Re8 28. Rd7 Rc8 29. Rd5 Re8 30. c6 bxc6 31. Rxa5 Kg6 32. Rc5 f4 33. Rxc6+
Kf5 34. Rxc7 g5 35. hxg5 Rg8 36. Ke1 Rxg5 37. Kf2 h4 38. Rh7 Kg4 39. c5 e4 40.
b4 e3+ 41. Ke2 Kg3 42. c6 Rg8 43. Rf7 Rh8 44. Rg7+ Kh2 45. Kf3 Re8 46. Ke2 Ra8
47. a3 Rxa3 48. Kf3 Ra2 49. Kxf4 e2 50. Re7 Rb2 51. Kf3 Rxb4 52. Rxe2 Rb3+ 53.
Re3 Rb2 54. Rc3 Rxg2 55. Rc4 Rg3+ 56. Kf4 Kh3 57. Rc1 Rg4+ 58. Kf5 Ra4 59. c7
Ra5+ 60. Kf4 Ra4+ 61. Kf3 Ra3+ 62. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A85"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bd2 O-O 8. Qc2
a5 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Ne4 11. O-O-O d5 12. Ne5 Nd7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Be1 dxc4
15. Bxc4 Bd5 16. f3 Bxc4 17. fxe4 Qb5 18. a4 Qb3 19. Qxb3 Bxb3 20. Rd3 Bxa4 21.
exf5 Rxf5 22. Rc3 c6 23. Bg3 Raf8 24. b3 Bb5 25. Kb2 a4 26. Ra1 axb3 27. Kxb3
h6 28. Kb2 Rf1 29. Rxf1 Rxf1 30. Bc7 Rf2+ 31. Rc2 Rf7 32. Bg3 Ra7 33. Rc3 Kh7
34. Bb8 Rb7 35. Be5 Kg6 36. e4 Rf7 37. Kb3 Kh7 38. h4 h5 39. Kb4 Ra7 40. Kb3
Rf7 41. Kb4 Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Lipnitsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. f3 Nd7 8. Be3
e5 9. d5 Nd4 10. Bb1 Qh4+ 11. Bf2 Qg5 12. Ng3 h5 13. h4 Qe7 14. Nge2 c5 15.
dxc6 bxc6 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Bxd4 Ne5 18. Bc2 Nxc4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qd4+ Ne5
21. O-O-O Qf6 22. Qxd6 Be6 23. Qd2 Qe7 24. Qd6 Qf6 25. Qd2 Qe7 26. f4 Nc4 27.
Qd4+ f6 28. f5 Rad8 29. Qf2 Bf7 30. Bb3 gxf5 31. Qg3+ Kh7 32. Bxc4 Bxc4 33.
exf5 Bf7 34. Rxd8 Rxd8 35. Re1 Qd7 36. Ne4 Qd4 37. Qe3 Kg7 38. Qg3+ Kh6 39.
Qf4+ Kh7 40. Qd2 Qc4+ 41. Qc3 Kg7 42. Qxc4 Bxc4 43. Nc3 Rd4 44. g3 Kf7 45. b3
Bd3 46. Re6 c5 47. Rc6 Bxf5 48. Rxc5 Rd3 49. Rc7+ Ke8 50. Nb5 a6 51. Rc5 Bg4
52. Nc7+ Ke7 53. Nxa6 Rxg3 54. Rc7+ Kd6 55. Rf7 f5 56. b4 Ke6 57. Rf8 Ke7 58.
Rc8 f4 59. Rc7+ Kd6 60. Rf7 f3 61. b5 Ke6 62. Rf8 Bf5 63. Nc5+ Ke5 64. Kd2 f2
65. Ke2 Rf3 66. Rxf5+ Kxf5 67. Kf1 Kf4 68. Ne6+ Ke3 69. Ng7 Rf7 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Moiseev, Oleg"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E68"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4
exd4 9. Nxd4 Nc5 10. f3 a5 11. Be3 c6 12. Nb3 Ne6 13. Na4 Ra6 14. Qd3 Bd7 15.
Rfd1 c5 16. Nc3 a4 17. Nc1 Qa5 18. N1e2 Nc7 19. Bd2 Qb6 20. Rab1 Be6 21. Nf4
Nd7 22. Nxe6 Ne5 23. Qf1 fxe6 24. Kh1 Raa8 25. Bg5 Rf7 26. Rd2 h6 27. Bf4 g5
28. Bxe5 Bxe5 29. Qd3 Qa5 30. Bh3 Raf8 31. Bg4 a3 32. Rc2 Rh7 33. bxa3 h5 34.
Bh3 Rhf7 35. Qe3 Bd4 36. Qxg5+ Rg7 37. Qd2 Rxf3 38. Nb5 Qxd2 39. Rxd2 Nxb5 40.
Bxe6+ Kh8 41. Rxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Novotelnov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Terpugov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D49"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 axb5 13. Qf3 Bb4+ 14. Kf1 Qd5
15. Qxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxb5+ Ke7 17. Ke2 f6 18. Nc6+ Kd6 19. Nxb4 Nxb4 20. Bd2 Nxa2
21. Bb4+ Kd5 22. Bd3 Rb8 23. Ba3 Nb4 24. Rhc1 Nxd3 25. Kxd3 Ba6+ 26. Kd2 Rhc8
27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Be7 Bb5 29. Ra5 Rb8 30. Ba3 Rb7 31. Ra8 e5 32. f3 Bf1 33.
Rd8+ Ke6 34. g4 Bg2 35. Rd6+ Kf7 36. f4 exf4 37. Rxd4 g5 38. Rd3 Rc7 39. Bb4
Be4 40. Rd6 Rc2+ 41. Ke1 Bf3 42. Bc3 Bxg4 43. Rxf6+ Kg8 44. h4 Re2+ 45. Kf1 f3
46. hxg5 Bh3+ 47. Kg1 Rg2+ 48. Kh1 f2 49. Bd4 Rg1+ 50. Kh2 f1=Q 51. Rxf1 Rxf1
52. Kxh3 Rf4 53. Bc5 Rf5 54. b4 Rxg5 55. Kh4 Rd5 56. Kg4 Kf7 57. Kf4 Ke6 58.
Kg4 Rf5 59. Bd4 h5+ 60. Kg3 Rg5+ 61. Kh3 Kf5 62. Bc5 Kg6 63. Bd6 Rd5 64. Bc5
Re5 65. Bd6 Re3+ 66. Kh4 Re4+ 67. Kg3 h4+ 68. Kg2 Kh5 69. Kh2 Kg4 70. Kg2 Re2+
71. Kg1 Rb2 72. Bb8 Rxb4 73. Bc7 Rb2 74. Bd6 Kf3 75. Bc7 Rg2+ 76. Kh1 Rg6 77.
Bb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D26"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Qe2 b5 11. Bb3 Bb7 12. Rd1 Nd5 13. Ne4 Nd7 14. Ne5 Rc8 15.
Bd2 N7f6 16. Ng5 h6 17. Ngf3 Qb6 18. Qe1 Qd6 19. a3 Rfe8 20. Ba2 Qb8 21. Bb1
Nb6 22. h4 Nc4 23. Bc1 Qa8 24. Qe2 Be4 25. Re1 Bxb1 26. Rxb1 Qd5 27. g4 Nxe5
28. Nxe5 Nd7 29. Qf3 Nxe5 30. Qxd5 exd5 31. dxe5 Bxh4 32. Re2 f6 33. e6 Rc6 34.
Be3 Rexe6 35. Rd2 Rc4 36. Rxd5 Rxg4+ 37. Kf1 Bg5 38. Bxg5 Rxg5 39. Rxg5 fxg5
40. Rd1 Rc6 41. Rd7 Kh7 42. Ra7 Kg6 43. b3 g4 44. a4 bxa4 45. bxa4 h5 46. a5
Rf6 47. Kg2 h4 48. Rb7 Kh6 49. Rb6 Kh5 50. Kg1 h3 51. Rb7 g6 52. Rb4 Rf5 53.
Ra4 g5 54. Ra2 Rf3 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A12"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. b3 Bf5 5. Bb2 e6 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O h6 8. d3
Bc5 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Qc2 Bh7 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. dxe4 Nf6 14. Ne5 $5
Qb6 15. Nd3 Nxe4 16. Nxc5 Nxc5 17. Qc3 f6 18. Qe3 $1 Nd3 19. Qxe6+ Kh8 20. Bc3
{The quiet play was interrupted by tactics.} Rfe8 21. Qg4 Rad8 22. Qh5 Ne5 23.
Rad1 Bg6 $1 24. Qh4 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Nd3 26. Bd4 $6 (26. Qd4 {draws without
problems.}) 26... Qa5 27. h3 $2 ({Correct is} 27. Bxf6 $1 Re1+ 28. Bf1 Kh7 $1 {
(Furman)} 29. Bxg7 $1 Kxg7 30. Qd4+ Qe5 31. Rxd3 Bxd3 32. Qxd3) 27... Kh7 $1
28. Bf3 Ne1 $6 (28... Qxa2 $1 29. Bh5 $1 Qxb3 30. Bxg6+ Kxg6 31. Qg4+ Kf7 32.
Qh5+ {(Furman)} g6 $1 33. Qf3 Qxd1+ $1 {wins at once.}) 29. Bh1 Nc2 30. Bf3
Re1+ 31. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 32. Kh2 b6 $1 33. Qf4 c5 34. Be3 Nxe3 35. Qxe3 Qxe3 36.
fxe3 Bb1 37. a3 a5 38. Bd1 Kg6 39. Kg2 Kf5 40. Kf3 Ke5 41. a4 g5 42. Ke2 Bf5
43. g4 Bb1 44. Kf3 f5 45. gxf5 Kxf5 46. Kf2 Be4 47. Kg3 Kg6 48. Kf2 h5 49. Kg3
h4+ 50. Kf2 Bf5 51. Kg2 Kf6 52. Kh2 Ke6 $1 {Geller and Keres kept the lead.} ({
The pointe is} 52... Ke6 53. Kg2 Ke5 54. Kh2 Bb1 $1 55. Kg2 Ke4 56. Kf2 Kd3)
0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E55"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Bd2
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. Qe2 c5 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Ne4 13. Rac1 Rc8 14. Rfd1
Nxc3 15. Rxc3 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Qe7 17. Rdc1 Nc5 18. b4 Ne4 19. R3c2 Nd6 20. Ba6
Rxc2 21. Rxc2 e5 22. Nc6 Bxc6 23. Rxc6 Rd8 24. h3 g6 25. Qb2 Kg7 26. Be2 Ne8
27. Qc3 Kg8 28. a4 Kg7 29. a5 bxa5 30. bxa5 Rd7 31. f4 f6 32. fxe5 fxe5 33. Rc5
Kf6 34. Rc6+ Kg7 35. Rc8 Nd6 36. Rc5 Kf6 37. Rc6 Kg7 38. Bg4 Nf5 39. Kh2 h5 40.
Bxf5 gxf5 41. Rc5 h4 42. Kg1 Qd6 43. Rc6 Qd5 44. Rc4 Kg6 45. Rxh4 Qd2 46. Qc6+
Qd6 47. Qa8 Qf6 48. Qg8+ Rg7 49. Qe8+ Rf7 50. Rh8 Kg5 51. a6 e4 52. Qg8+ Rg7
53. Qb8 Kg6 54. Qe8+ Qf7 55. Qc6+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 Ne8 9. Qd2 f5 10. exf5 gxf5 11. f4 Nc7 12. O-O-O d6 13. Bf3 Bd7 14. h3 Na5
15. Qe2 e5 16. Nb3 Nxb3+ 17. axb3 e4 18. Bh5 Ne8 19. Bxe8 Bxe8 20. Qd2 a5 21.
Bd4 a4 22. b4 Bf7 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qd4+ Kg8 25. g4 Bg6 26. g5 Bf7 27. Nd5 Bxd5
28. Qxd5+ Kh8 29. Qd4+ Kg8 30. Qd5+ Kh8 31. c5 Qe8 32. cxd6 Qd7 33. Kb1 a3 34.
Rc1 a2+ 35. Ka1 Rfc8 36. Qe5+ Kg8 37. Rc7 Rxc7 38. dxc7 Re8 39. Qxe8+ Qxe8 40.
Rd1 Kf7 41. Rd8 Qb5 42. c8=Q e3 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Black "Moiseev, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Bb3
O-O 9. f4 Nbd7 10. Nf3 Nc5 11. Qe1 Nxb3 12. axb3 Qc7 13. Kh1 e6 14. Be3 Bd7 15.
Bd4 Bc6 16. Qh4 Nxe4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Ng5 Bxg2+ 20. Kxg2 Qxc2+
21. Qf2 Rac8 22. Rac1 Qxf2+ 23. Kxf2 d5 24. h4 Rc6 25. Rxc6 bxc6 26. Ra1 Rb8
27. Rxa6 h6 28. Nf3 Rxb3 29. Rxc6 Rxb2+ 30. Kg3 Rb7 31. Ne5 Rb3+ 32. Kg2 Rb2+
33. Kf3 Rb3+ 34. Kg2 Rb7 35. Kg3 Kf6 36. Ng4+ Kg7 37. Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B63"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 h6 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. O-O-O a6 10. Be2 Bd7 11. f4 Qb6 12. Bh5 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Qxd4 14.
Rxd4 Rg8 15. g3 Be7 16. Rf1 Bc6 17. f5 Rg5 18. Be2 Bd8 19. Rxd6 Ke7 20. Rdd1
Bc7 21. Bf3 Be5 22. Ne2 Bb5 23. Rfe1 Rgg8 24. Nd4 Bd7 25. Bg2 Bc7 26. Nf3 Rad8
27. Rd2 Bc8 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Rd1 Rg8 30. Bh3 Bd7 31. Nh4 Bc6 32. Bg2 Be5 33.
Bf3 Rg5 34. c3 Rg8 35. Re1 b5 36. Bd1 Bc7 37. Nf3 Bb7 38. Nd4 e5 39. Nc2 Bd6
40. Bf3 Rc8 41. a3 a5 42. Kb1 Bb8 43. Ne3 Ba7 44. Nd5+ Bxd5 45. exd5 b4 46.
axb4 axb4 47. cxb4 Bd4 48. Rc1 Rxc1+ 49. Kxc1 Bg1 50. h3 Bf2 51. g4 Be1 52. b5
Ba5 53. Kc2 Kd6 54. Kd3 Kc5 55. d6 Kxd6 56. Kc4 Bb6 57. b4 Bf2 58. Be4 Bb6 59.
Bc2 Bf2 60. Bb1 Bb6 61. Be4 Bf2 62. Bf3 Bb6 63. Kd3 Bf2 64. Be4 Bb6 65. Ke2 Bd4
66. Kf3 Bc3 67. b6 Bxb4 68. b7 Kc7 69. Ke2 Bc5 70. Kd3 Bf2 71. Kc4 Be1 72. Kb5
Bf2 73. Ka6 Kb8 74. Bd5 Bd4 75. Bxf7 e4 76. Bd5 e3 77. Bf3 Be5 78. h4 Bg3 79.
g5 fxg5 80. hxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Lipnitsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E26"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 d6 8. Ne2
e5 9. O-O Nd7 10. e4 b6 11. Ng3 g6 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qe2 Qe7 14. Rd1 Bb7 15.
Nf1 O-O-O 16. Ne3 Na5 17. Nd5 Qd6 18. Rb1 Bxd5 19. cxd5 Nb8 20. a4 Kc7 21. Bd2
Nb7 22. Rb2 Qe7 23. Rdb1 Rd6 24. Be3 a5 25. Ba6 Nd7 26. Qb5 Nd8 27. Qc4 f5 28.
Rb5 Qf6 29. f4 Re8 30. Bxc5 bxc5 31. Rxc5+ Nxc5 32. Qxc5+ Kd7 33. Qa7+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A97"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. Re1
Qh5 9. e4 fxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Rxe4 Nc6 12. Bf4 Bf6 {They have followed
Winter - Mikenas, Lodz 1935.} 13. Qd2 Kh8 (13... Bd7 $1 14. Rae1 Rae8 {
develops more naturally.}) 14. Rae1 Bd7 15. c5 $1 dxc5 $2 ({Okay is} 15... Nxd4
$1 16. Rxd4 (16. Nxd4 e5) 16... Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Bc6 $1 {(TB).}) 16. dxc5 e5 17.
Nxe5 $1 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Bc6 19. Bxf6 $1 {Keres breaks the hostile defence.} Bxe4
20. Bxg7+ $1 Kxg7 21. Qd4+ Rf6 22. Rxe4 Raf8 23. h4 Kh8 24. Re7 Qf5 25. f4 Qg6
26. Kh2 R8f7 27. Re8+ Kg7 28. Be4 Qg4 29. Bd5 Qd7 30. Qe5 h6 31. Bxf7 Kxf7 32.
Rf8+ Kxf8 33. Qxf6+ Kg8 34. Qg6+ Kh8 35. Qxh6+ Kg8 36. Qg6+ Kh8 37. Qf6+ Kg8
38. h5 Qd1 39. Qg6+ Kh8 40. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Kopylov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Novotelnov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. b3 Be7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. d4
Bb7 9. Nbd2 Rc8 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 Bd6 12. Ne5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Ng4 14. Bh3
Ndxe5 15. Nf3 Nxf3+ 16. exf3 Nf6 17. Bxc8 Qxc8 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qd4 c5 20.
Qxf6 Qd8 21. Qf4 d4 22. Rfe1 Qd5 23. Kg2 f6 24. Re7 Rf7 25. Rce1 d3 26. Qg4+
Qg5 27. Rxb7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D23"]
[PlyCount "228"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qa4+ Nc6 5. e3 e6 6. Ne5 Bd7 7. Nxd7 Nxd7 8.
Qxc4 e5 9. dxe5 Ndxe5 10. Qe4 Qd7 11. Bb5 Bb4+ 12. Nc3 f5 13. Qc2 Qd5 14. Bxc6+
Qxc6 15. Bd2 O-O 16. O-O Rf6 17. f3 Kh8 18. Rac1 Nc4 19. Nb1 Nxd2 20. Nxd2 Qe8
21. a3 Qxe3+ 22. Rf2 Bxd2 23. Qxd2 Qxd2 24. Rxd2 Rf7 25. Rcd1 g6 26. Kf2 Re8
27. f4 Kg7 28. Kf3 Rfe7 29. Rd3 Kf6 30. h3 h6 31. g4 Re2 32. R1d2 R8e3+ 33.
Rxe3 Rxd2 34. b4 Rh2 35. Kg3 Ra2 36. Rc3 c6 37. Kh4 Rf2 38. Kg3 Rd2 39. Kf3 a6
40. Re3 Rd7 41. Rc3 Rd2 42. Re3 Rd5 43. Kg3 a5 44. bxa5 Rxa5 45. Kf3 b5 46. Rc3
Ra6 47. Re3 c5 48. gxf5 gxf5 49. Rb3 Ra5 50. Rc3 c4 51. Ke3 Ra8 52. Kd4 Rd8+
53. Kc5 Rd3 54. Rc1 Rxa3 55. Kxb5 Rxh3 56. Kxc4 Re3 57. Rh1 Kg6 58. Rh4 Rg3 59.
Rh1 Rg4 60. Kd3 h5 61. Ke3 h4 62. Ra1 Kh5 63. Ra8 Rg6 64. Kf3 Rg3+ 65. Kf2 Kg4
66. Rg8+ Kxf4 67. Ra8 Rd3 68. Ra4+ Kg5 69. Kg2 Re3 70. Kf2 Re4 71. Ra8 Rc4 72.
Kg2 Kg4 73. Rg8+ Kf4 74. Ra8 Rc3 75. Ra4+ Kg5 76. Ra8 Rd3 77. Ra4 Rg3+ 78. Kf2
Rg4 79. Ra8 h3 80. Rg8+ Kf4 81. Rh8 Rg2+ 82. Kf1 Kg3 83. Rg8+ Kf3 84. Rh8 Kg3
85. Rg8+ Kf3 86. Rh8 Rg3 87. Rh7 Ke3 88. Rh8 Kf3 89. Rh4 f4 90. Rh8 Kg4 91.
Rg8+ Kf5 92. Rf8+ Ke4 93. Re8+ Kf3 94. Rh8 Ke3 95. Rh7 Kd2 96. Kf2 Re3 97. Rd7+
Rd3 98. Rh7 Kd1 99. Kf1 Rf3+ 100. Kg1 Ke2 101. Ra7 Rd3 102. Re7+ Re3 103. Ra7
Rd3 104. Re7+ Kf3 105. Kh2 Kf2 106. Ra7 Re3 107. Ra1 Re1 108. Ra2+ Kf1 109.
Kxh3 Re3+ 110. Kg4 f3 111. Kg3 f2+ 112. Kh2 Re8 113. Ra1+ Ke2 114. Ra2+ Kf3 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 b6 4. e3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. Bd3 Ne4 7. Qc2 f5 8. O-O
Bxd2 $6 (8... Nxd2 9. Nxd2 {keeps the bishop on b4 as a guardian of the
queenside.}) 9. Nxd2 Qh4 10. f3 Nxd2 11. Bxd2 O-O 12. b4 $1 Nc6 13. c5 a6 14.
Bc3 Ne7 15. Qf2 Qh5 16. Bd2 Rf6 17. a4 Ng6 18. g3 Nh8 19. Be2 Nf7 20. f4 Qg6
21. Rfc1 Be4 $2 22. cxb6 $1 {White is going to win a pawn.} cxb6 23. Bxa6 $1
Rxa6 24. Rc8+ Nd8 25. Rxd8+ Rf8 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 27. Qe2 Ra8 28. a5 bxa5 29. bxa5
Qe8 30. a6 Kg8 31. d5 $5 Bxd5 32. Bc3 Qc8 33. Qd3 Qc5 $5 34. Ra5 Qc4 35. Qxc4
Bxc4 36. a7 d6 37. Bb4 Bd5 $5 38. Bxd6 Rc8 39. Bc5 Kf7 40. Kf2 Ke8 41. Ke2 h6
42. Kd3 g5 43. Rb5 Kd7 44. Kd4 g4 45. Rb8 h5 46. Bb6 Bf3 47. Ke5 Bd5 48. Kf6
Re8 49. Kg5 Rc8 50. Kxh5 Be4 51. Kg5 Bd5 52. Kf6 Re8 53. Bd4 Rc8 54. Be5 Re8
55. Kf7 Rc8 56. Rb6 Bc6 57. Bb8 {Geller and Keres kept the lead. Petrosian
trailed by half-a-point.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Terpugov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D25"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Bxc4 Bg7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. e4 Bg4 8. Be3
Nfd7 9. Be2 Nb6 10. O-O Nc6 11. d5 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Ne5 13. Be2 c6 14. Qb3 cxd5
15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 a5 17. a4 Qd6 18. Rac1 Rfc8 19. Qxb7 Rcb8 20. Qc7 Rxb2
21. Bb5 Ng4 22. Qxd6 exd6 23. Bb6 h5 24. Rc6 Bf8 25. h3 Ne5 26. Rc7 Bg7 27.
Rfc1 Nd3 28. Rd1 Nb4 29. Rd7 Na2 30. Bc6 Re8 31. Be3 Nc3 32. Rf1 Ne2+ 33. Kh1
Rxe3 34. fxe3 Ng3+ 35. Kg1 Nxf1 36. Kxf1 Be5 37. Rb7 Ra2 38. Be8 Kf8 39. Bxf7
Rxa4 40. Bxg6 Ra2 41. Bxh5 a4 42. Bd1 a3 43. Ra7 Bg3 44. Bb3 Rf2+ 45. Kg1 Re2
46. Bc4 Rxe3 47. Bf1 Rb3 48. h4 Kg8 49. Ra4 Kh7 50. Ra7+ Kh6 51. Ra8 Re3 52.
Rh8+ Kg6 53. Rf8 Kg7 54. Ra8 Kf7 55. Ra7+ Kf6 56. Ra8 Rc3 57. Ra4 Ke5 58. Rc4
Rxc4 59. Bxc4 Kd4 60. Ba2 Bxh4 61. Kh2 Kc3 62. Kh3 Kb2 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A53"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. d5 Bf5 5. g3 Be7 6. Nf3 Ne4 7. Nxe4 Bxe4 8. Bh3
c6 9. O-O cxd5 10. Nd2 Bg6 11. Qa4+ Nd7 12. cxd5 f5 13. e4 O-O 14. exf5 Bxf5
15. Bxf5 Rxf5 16. Ne4 Nc5 17. Qc2 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Rf7 19. h4 Qb6 20. b3 Bd8 21.
Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C99"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bb7 14. d5 Bc8 15.
Rb1 Bd7 16. Bd3 Rfc8 17. Nf1 Bd8 18. Ng3 Qa7 19. Rf1 Ne8 20. Kh1 Nb7 21. b4 a5
$6 {Black weakens his queenside.} 22. a3 axb4 23. axb4 Be7 24. Ne2 Bd8 25. Bd2
Bb6 $2 ({Geller does not select the dull} 25... Be7) 26. Nc3 $1 {Suddenly the
quiet Ruy Lopez comes to life. Bronstein shows his talent.} Bxf2 27. Nxb5 Qb6
28. Qe2 $1 Bg3 29. Be3 $1 Qd8 30. Na7 $1 Rc3 31. Qd2 $1 Ra3 32. Nc6 $1 Qf6 33.
Nfxe5 $1 Bxe5 34. Rxf6 Bxf6 35. Bc4 Rc3 36. e5 Rxc4 37. exf6 Nxf6 38. Bd4 Bxc6
39. dxc6 Rxc6 40. Qg5 d5 41. Rf1 h6 42. Qg3 Ne8 43. Qe5 Rd8 44. Qh5 Nf6 45.
Bxf6 Rxf6 46. Rxf6 gxf6 47. Qf3 Rd6 48. Qg4+ Kh7 49. Qc8 Rb6 50. Qc7 {Paul
drew with Tigran. So Keres became the sole leader at last. Geller, Petrosian
and Smyslov followed by half-a-point at the end of the penultimate round.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E19"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2
Nxc3 9. Qxc3 f5 10. Be3 Bf6 11. Qd2 d6 12. Rfd1 Qe8 13. Rac1 Be4 14. Ne1 Bxg2
15. Nxg2 Nd7 16. Qc2 a5 17. Qa4 Nb8 18. Qxe8 Rxe8 19. h4 e5 20. dxe5 Bxe5 21.
Rd2 Nd7 22. Nf4 Bxf4 23. Bxf4 Nc5 24. Kg2 Re4 25. f3 Re7 26. Kf2 Rae8 27. Rc3
Kf7 28. Bg5 Re5 29. Bf4 R5e7 30. Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Lipnitsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. Qb3 e6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. e4 Nxc3 8.
exf5 Nd5 9. a3 Qd6 10. Qxb7 Rb8 11. Qa6 Be7 12. Bb5 Rb6 13. Bxc6+ Rxc6 14. Qd3
exf5 15. O-O O-O 16. Qxf5 Rb6 17. Ne5 Qe6 18. Qxe6 Rxe6 19. Bd2 f6 20. Nf3 Rb8
21. b4 Rc6 22. Rfc1 Rbb6 23. Ne1 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Ra6 25. Nc2 Bd6 26. Kf1 Kf7 27.
Ke2 Rc6 28. g3 h5 29. Kd3 Ra6 30. Kc4 c6 31. Ra1 Rb6 32. Ne3 Nxe3+ 33. Bxe3 Ke6
34. Re1 Kd7 35. Rd1 Ra6 36. Rd3 Bb8 37. d5 cxd5+ 38. Kb5 Rd6 39. Bc5 a6+ 40.
Ka4 Re6 41. Rxd5+ Kc6 42. Rxh5 Bc7 43. Rh7 g6 44. Re7 Rxe7 45. Bxe7 f5 46. Bg5
Bb6 47. Be3 Bd8 48. h4 Bc7 49. Kb3 Kd5 50. a4 Bd8 51. b5 Ba5 52. bxa6 Kc6 53.
a7 Kb7 54. Kc4 Be1 55. Kd5 f4 56. gxf4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Novotelnov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 f5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. e3 d6 6. d4 e4 7. f3 exf3 8. Nxf3 g6
9. O-O Bg7 10. d5 Ne7 11. Nd4 O-O 12. Nce2 g5 13. Nc3 Ng4 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6
c6 16. Ne4 Nc8 17. c5 d5 18. Rxf5 Rxf5 19. Qxg4 Re5 20. Nf2 Qe8 21. Nd3 h5 22.
Qb4 Rxe6 23. Qxb7 Ne7 24. Bh3 g4 25. Bg2 Nf5 26. Nf4 Re7 27. Bxd5+ cxd5 28.
Qxd5+ Rf7 29. Ne6 Ne7 30. Qc4 Qd7 31. Ng5 Qd1+ 32. Kg2 Raf8 33. Nxf7 Rxf7 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 c5 6. O-O Be7 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bb5+ Bc6 10. Qa4 Bxb5 11. Qxb5+ Qd7 12. Ne5 Qxb5 13. Nxb5 Na6 14. Rd1
O-O 15. Nc6 Rfe8 16. Nbxa7 Bf8 17. Bd2 Re6 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. Bc3 Nb8 20. Nxb8
Rxa7 21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22. Rxd5 Rd6 23. Rxd6 Bxd6 24. Rd1 Rxa2 25. g3 Rxb2 26. Rxd6
Rxb8 27. Rc6 g6 28. Rxc5 h5 29. Rc2 Kg7 30. Kg2 Rb5 31. Kf3 Kf6 32. h4 Rf5+ 33.
Kg2 Ra5 34. Kh3 Ra4 35. Rd2 Ke5 36. Rb2 Kf6 37. Rb5 Ra2 38. Kg2 Ra4 39. Kf3 Ra3
40. Kf4 Ra2 41. f3 Re2 42. e4 Re1 43. Rb6+ Kg7 44. Ra6 Rb1 45. Rc6 Rg1 46. Rc2
Kf6 47. Ra2 Kg7 48. Re2 Kf6 49. Re3 Kg7 50. e5 Kf8 51. g4 hxg4 52. fxg4 Kg7 53.
Kg5 Rf1 54. Re4 Rf3 55. h5 gxh5 56. gxh5 f6+ 57. Kg4 Rf1 58. h6+ Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Terpugov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 f5 5. Nf3 Nd7 6. Bd3 Nh6 $5 7. b3 Bd6 8. Bb2
O-O 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. h3 Kh8 11. O-O-O dxc4 12. Bxc4 e5 $1 {Black is able to open
his position for his enclosed bishop.} 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. f4 $1
Bc7 $2 {Black should guard the long diagonal.} ({Simagin prefers} 15... Bf6 $1)
16. g4 $1 Be6 ({Opening lines by} 16... Qxe3+ 17. Kb1 {would be far too risky
for Black.}) 17. Bd3 Rad8 18. Kb1 Qh4 $5 {Black cannot allow an advance by the
h- pawn to the sixth rank.} 19. g5 $1 Ng8 20. Nb5 $1 Bb6 21. Qc3 Rf7 22. Qe5
Bd5 23. Nd6 Rxd6 ({Or} 23... Re7 24. Nxf5 $1 Rxe5 25. Bxe5 $1 {(Simagin).}) 24.
Qxd6 Bxh1 25. Rxh1 Qh5 26. Bc4 Qf3 27. Rd1 Bc5 (27... Re7 28. Qd2 $1 Bxe3 29.
Qd8 $1 Qe4+ 30. Ka1 Re8 31. a3 $3 {wins for White.}) 28. Qd3 Rf8 29. b4 $1 Bxb4
30. Qd4 $1 Qe4+ 31. Qxe4 fxe4 32. Rd7 Ne7 33. Be6 b5 34. h4 $1 {Black cannot
stop the advance of the h- pawn. Simagin scored a fine win.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Kopylov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Nge2 Rb8 7. a4 Nh6 8. O-O
O-O 9. h3 f5 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Qd2 Nf7 12. f4 Bd7 13. Kh2 Bc6 14. Rab1 a5 15. Bg1
Qd7 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Ne2 e5 18. c3 dxc3 19. Nxc3 exf4 20. gxf4 b5 21. exf5
Bxg2 22. Qxg2 Qxf5 23. axb5 Rfe8 24. b6 a4 25. Nxa4 d5 26. b4 Ra8 27. Nc5 Bh6
28. Qg4 Ra2+ 29. Kh1 Nd6 30. Rbe1 Rxe1 31. Rxe1 Rb2 32. b7 Rxb4 33. Qxf5 gxf5
34. Ra1 Nxb7 35. Ra8+ Kf7 36. Ra7 Rxf4 37. Rxb7+ Kg8 38. Kg2 Rh4 39. Bf2 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Moiseev, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Nge2 c6 8. O-O
Nb6 9. b3 d5 10. cxd5 Nbxd5 11. Na4 Nd7 12. Bb2 N5b6 13. Nac3 a5 14. Qc2 Nf6
15. Nf4 Bd7 16. Rfd1 Rc8 17. Nd3 Nbd5 18. Na4 Bf5 19. Qe2 Be4 20. Bf1 Bf5 21.
Ne5 Rc7 22. Bg2 Nb4 23. a3 Na6 24. Bc3 Rc8 25. Nc5 Nd5 26. Nxb7 Qb6 27. Bxa5
Qxb7 28. e4 f6 29. Nc4 Bxe4 30. Bxe4 Qxb3 31. Rdb1 Qa4 32. Bc2 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 h6 $5 6. Be3 c6 $5 {Smyslov
takes risks in order to win.} 7. Qd2 b5 8. Bd3 Ng4 9. Bf4 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11.
Bg3 h5 $1 12. Bh4 $1 f6 13. h3 Bh6 $6 ({Better is} 13... g5 $1 14. Bg3 Nh6) 14.
Qe2 b4 15. Na4 g5 16. Bg3 h4 17. Bh2 Nxh2 18. Nxh2 Nd7 19. Bc4 Bf8 20. Ng4 Nb6
21. Rd1 Qe7 22. Bb3 Rb8 23. O-O Nxa4 24. Bxa4 Rb6 25. Qc4 Qe6 26. Qd3 Qe7 27.
Qd5 Be6 28. Qd3 Bg7 29. Bb3 O-O 30. Ne3 Bxb3 31. Qxb3+ Qf7 32. Nf5 Qxb3 33.
axb3 Rf7 34. Rd8+ Kh7 35. Ra1 Bf8 36. Ra8 Rbb7 37. Rd1 Rbc7 38. Rdd8 Bg7 39.
Kf1 Rfd7 $2 40. Rxd7 Rxd7 41. Rc8 Kg6 42. Rg8 Kh7 43. Rxg7+ $6 (43. Rc8 Kg6 44.
Ke2 $1 {wins easily.}) 43... Rxg7 44. Nxg7 Kxg7 45. g4 $2 (45. Ke2 $1 Kg6 46.
Kd3 f5 47. exf5+ Kxf5 48. Kc4 g4 49. hxg4+ Kxg4 50. Kxb4 e4 51. Kc3 Kf4 52. Kd2
e3+ 53. fxe3+ Kg3 54. e4 Kxg2 55. e5 h3 56. e6 h2 57. e7 h1=Q 58. e8=Q {White
will win the queen ending.}) 45... hxg3 $1 46. fxg3 g4 47. h4 c5 48. Ke2 Kh7
49. Kd3 Kh6 50. c3 ({Not} 50. Kc4 $4 f5 $1 51. exf5 e4 $1 52. c3 a5) 50... a5
51. cxb4 axb4 {Smyslov ended at the fourth place.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C09"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. Ngf3 Bd6 7. O-O cxd4 8.
Nb3 Nge7 9. Bxc6+ Nxc6 10. Re1+ Be7 11. Nfxd4 O-O 12. Bf4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Bf5 14.
c3 Qd7 15. Rad1 Rfd8 16. Qd2 Bg4 17. f3 Be6 18. Nd4 Bc5 19. Be3 Bb6 20. Kh1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 d6 4. h3 c5 5. e3 Qb6 6. Nbd2 Qxb2 7. Bc4 Bg7 8. Rb1
Qc3 9. O-O O-O 10. dxc5 dxc5 11. Bc7 Nfd7 12. Ng5 Qf6 13. Nde4 Qc6 14. Bg3 Nb6
15. Bb5 Qd5 16. Qxd5 Nxd5 17. Rfd1 Nb4 18. Bc4 h6 19. Nxf7 b5 20. Rxb4 bxc4 21.
Rxb8 Rxb8 22. Bxb8 Bf5 23. Be5 Kxf7 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Nxc5 Rc8 26. e4 Rxc5 27.
exf5 Ra5 28. fxg6 Rxa2 29. Rd7 Kxg6 30. Rxe7 Kf6 31. Rh7 Rxc2 32. Rxh6+ Ke5 33.
Ra6 Rc1+ 34. Kh2 Rf1 35. Rxa7 Rxf2 36. Rc7 Kd4 37. Rd7+ Kc3 38. Kg3 Rf5 39. Rc7
Kd4 40. Rd7+ Ke3 41. Rc7 Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Novotelnov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2 Be7 7. Bf4 Nbd7 8.
e3 Nf8 9. Bd3 Ng6 10. Bg3 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Rab1 Nh5 13. b4 Nxg3 14. hxg3 a6
15. Rfc1 Bd6 16. a4 Qf6 17. b5 axb5 18. axb5 Bg4 19. bxc6 bxc6 {The minority
attack led to a weak c-pawn.} 20. Nh2 Be6 21. Rb6 Bd7 22. Nf3 Qd8 23. Rcb1 Qe7
24. Na4 Reb8 25. Rb7 Rxb7 26. Rxb7 Rb8 27. Ra7 Qd8 28. Nc5 Be8 29. Qa4 Qb6 30.
Nd7 Bxd7 31. Rxd7 Bc7 32. Ng5 Nf8 $1 {Wild tactics occur before the time
control.} 33. Rxf7 h6 $2 (33... Bd8 $1 34. Rxf8+ $1 Kxf8 35. Nxh7+ Kg8 {leads
to a great fight (Moiseev).}) 34. Qd1 $2 (34. Qa3 $1 hxg5 35. Qe7 {wins for
White.}) 34... hxg5 35. Qh5 Bd6 $2 (35... Bd8 $1 36. Rxf8+ Kxf8 37. Qh8+ Kf7
38. Qh5+ Ke6 39. Qe8+ Be7 $19 {(Moiseev).}) 36. Rf3 $2 (36. Rxf8+ $1 {brings
perpetual check.}) 36... Qb7 37. e4 Qe7 $2 ({Better is} 37... g6 38. Qxg5 Qe7)
38. e5 Bc7 39. g4 $2 (39. Rxf8+ $1 {draws (Konstantinopolsky).}) 39... Rb4 $4 (
39... Qe6 $1 40. Qxg5 Rb4 {gives a plus.}) 40. Rxf8+ $1 Kxf8 41. Qh8+ Kf7 42.
Bg6+ $1 (42. Bg6+ Ke6 43. Qc8+ Qd7 44. Qg8+ {mates.}) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 b6 7. d4 Bb7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. bxc4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. exd4 Nc6 12. Qe2 $5 Re8 ({No good is} 12...
Nxd4 $2 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Nd5 $1 Qc5 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qg4+ Kh8 17. Qh4 f5 18.
Nxe7 {(Alatortsev).}) 13. Rfd1 Rc8 14. Rac1 Qd6 $5 15. Bb1 Qf4 16. d5 $1 {
Keres takes the initiative after all pieces have been developed.} exd5 17. cxd5
Nb8 $5 18. Rd4 Qd6 19. Rcd1 Bf8 $2 (19... Nbd7 $1 {(TB)} 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Rxe4
Nf6 {protects the kingside.}) 20. Ne4 $1 Nxe4 21. Rxe4 Rxe4 22. Qxe4 Qh6 $2 (
22... g6 $1 23. Qd4 f6 24. h4 $1 {(TB)} (24. Qxf6 $2 Qxf6 25. Bxf6 Bxd5 $1)
24... Rd8 25. Be4 Nd7 26. h5 Qf4 {fights for life.}) 23. Ng5 $1 Bd6 24. h4 Nd7
25. Qf5 Nf6 26. Bxf6 gxf6 ({Or} 26... Qxf6 27. Qxh7+ Kf8 28. Re1 Qh6 29. Qf5 {
(TB).}) 27. Nxf7 $1 Qc1 28. Qxh7+ Kf8 29. Nxd6 Qxd1+ 30. Kh2 Qxd5 31. Nxb7 Qe5+
32. g3 Rc7 33. Qh8+ Kf7 34. h5 Rxb7 35. Qh7+ Ke6 36. Qxb7 Qxh5+ 37. Kg2 {Keres
had won the championship for the third time!} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Kopylov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D86"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Bg5 Na5 10. Bb3 Nxb3 11. axb3 h6 12. Be3 e6 13. O-O b6 14. f3 Bb7
15. c4 Kh7 16. Qd2 Qe7 17. b4 Rfd8 18. c5 Bc6 19. Rfd1 bxc5 20. bxc5 f5 21. Nc3
f4 22. Bf2 Qxc5 23. Nd5 Qd6 24. Nxf4 Be8 25. Ra5 g5 26. e5 Qe7 27. Qc2+ Kg8 28.
Ne2 Rdb8 29. Qe4 c6 30. h4 Rb2 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Rda1 Qb7 33. g4 Qb3 34. Ng3
Qc3 35. Qe3 Qxe3 36. Bxe3 Rb3 37. Kf2 Rb2+ 38. Ke1 Rab8 39. Rxa7 Bf8 40. Ne4
Bg6 41. Nf6+ Kh8 42. Ra8 Bb4+ 43. Kf1 Rxa8 44. Rxa8+ Kg7 45. Ra7+ Kh8 46. Bxg5
Bc3 47. Rd7 Rb1+ 48. Kg2 Rb2+ 49. Kh3 Rb1 50. Be3 c5 51. Kh4 cxd4 52. Kg5 Bc2
53. Bxd4 Bd2+ 54. f4 Rf1 55. Rd8+ Kg7 56. Nh5+ Kh7 57. Bc5 Rd1 58. Nf6+ Kg7 59.
Rd7+ Kh8 60. Bf8 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Lipnitsky, Isaak"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E36"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. a3 Be7 7. Bf4 Be6 8. e3
O-O 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Nf3 c5 11. Ng5 h6 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Qe2 Qb6 14. O-O Bd6 15.
Na4 Qc6 16. Bb5 Qc7 17. dxc5 Bxf4 18. exf4 Rae8 19. g3 e5 20. fxe5 Rxe5 21. Qc2
a6 22. Bd3 Qc6 23. b4 Ng4 24. h3 Ngf6 25. Nc3 Qe6 26. Kg2 Rh5 27. Rh1 Ne5 28.
Rae1 Qc6 29. Rhf1 d4+ 30. Ne4 Nf3 31. Re2 Ng4 32. Qb3+ Kh8 33. a4 Qc8 34. Rh1
Ngh2 35. h4 Qg4 36. Rxh2 Nxh2 37. Kxh2 Rf3 38. Nf6 Rxh4+ 39. Kg2 Qh3+ 40. Kxf3
Qh1# 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Moiseev, Oleg"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D26"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 c5 5. Bxc4 e6 6. O-O cxd4 7. Nxd4 a6 8.
Nc3 Bc5 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. Bd3 b5 12. a3 Bb7 13. e4 Rc8 14. Rd1 Bc7
15. Bg5 Be5 16. Rac1 Bxc3 17. bxc3 h6 18. Bh4 Qb6 19. Nd4 Ne5 20. Bb1 Ng6 21.
Bg3 O-O 22. Kh1 Rfd8 23. f4 Re8 24. Rf1 Qa5 25. h4 h5 26. e5 Ng4 27. Nxe6 Rxe6
28. f5 Rxe5 29. Bxe5 N6xe5 30. f6 Rxc3 31. Rxc3 Qxc3 32. Be4 Qg3 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Terpugov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 $5 4. Bg5 Qb6 5. Nc3 h6 $5 6. Bxf6 exf6 7. e4 a6
$2 ({Right is} 7... b4 $1) 8. a4 $1 bxa4 (8... b4 $2 9. a5 $1 Qc7 10. Na4 $1
Qxa5 11. d6 {leads to a positional horror (Flórián).}) 9. Nxa4 Qc7 10. Be2 d6
11. O-O Be7 12. Nd2 Nd7 13. Bg4 O-O 14. Ra3 Rb8 15. Rg3 Kh8 16. Bf5 Qd8 17. Qg4
Rg8 18. Qh5 Qe8 19. b3 Bf8 20. Qe2 $2 {White retreats one square too far and
loses his winning chances.} ({Right is} 20. Qf3 $1 g6 $6 21. Bxd7 Bxd7 22.
Qxf6+) 20... g6 $1 21. Bh3 f5 $1 22. f4 Nf6 23. Re1 $6 ({Better is} 23. Nc3 $1)
23... fxe4 24. Bxc8 Qxc8 25. Nxe4 Nxe4 26. Qxe4 Bg7 {Black has a positional
advantage because of pressure on the white queenside.} 27. Rd3 $2 (27. Kf1 $1
Rb4 28. c4 Qb7 29. Ree3 Bd4 {(no pin due to move 27)} 30. Ref3 Qd7 31. Qc2 Re8
32. Nc3 Qe7 33. Ne2 {offers a stubborn defence.}) 27... Rb4 28. Qf3 c4 29. Rd2
cxb3 30. cxb3 Qf5 31. g3 g5 $1 32. Qd3 Qxd3 33. Rxd3 gxf4 34. Re7 fxg3 35. hxg3
Rgb8 $1 36. Rxf7 Rxb3 37. Rxb3 Rxb3 38. Kg2 Rb4 39. Rf4 Bd4 $1 {Keres had
renewed his title in a crowded House of Unions. The youngsters Petrosian and
Geller shared the second and third place before the settled stars Smyslov,
Botvinnik and Bronstein.   The tournament was hard-fought. Each player lost at
least two games. The battle continued after the event. Botvinnik was not
invited for the Olympiad Helsinki 1952 due to a plot by other players.} 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch20"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Konstantinopolsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

{Twenty players entered the final of the twentieth Soviet championship from 29
xi until 29 xii 1952 in Moscow. World champion Botvinnik and the Olympians
Keres, Smyslov, Bronstein, Geller and Boleslavsky were placed. Qualifiers were
Taimanov, Moiseev and Bivshev in Leningrad, Kortschnoj, Suetin, Lipnitsky and
Goldenov in Minsk, Tolush, Ilivitzki and Kan in Riga, Konstantinopolsky,
Aronin, Simagin and Kasparian in Sochi.} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4.
Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 c6 8. Bc4 e6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bf4 Be7 $5 (
10... Nb6 {was played in Weenink - Mieses, Scheveningen 1923. The Whites
control a bigger area in each case.}) 11. Rfe1 O-O 12. a3 Rfe8 13. Bg3 Qb6 14.
Qd3 Rad8 15. b4 Nf8 16. Rad1 Bd6 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Rxe4 Bxg3 $6 (18... Qc7 $1 {
makes a vital move at once.}) 19. Qxg3 Rd7 20. c3 Qc7 21. Qg5 $5 {Exchange
would lead to a better endgame.} Qd8 22. Qh5 Qf6 23. a4 b6 24. Rde1 Red8 25. f4
Rb7 26. Qf3 Rc7 27. g4 g6 $6 (27... c5 $1 {starts a timely counteraction.}) 28.
Re5 Kg7 29. Qg3 c5 30. bxc5 bxc5 31. f5 $1 exf5 $6 ({More resistance is
offered by} 31... gxf5 $1 32. Rxf5 Qe7 $1 33. Qe5+ Kg8 34. d5 Ng6) 32. Rxf5 $1
gxf5 33. Qxc7 cxd4 34. Re7 $1 Rd7 35. Rxd7 Nxd7 36. Qxd7 dxc3 37. Bd3 fxg4 38.
Qxg4+ Kf8 39. Qc8+ Kg7 40. Qg4+ Kf8 41. Qb4+ Kg8 42. Kg2 h5 43. h4 Qc6+ 44. Qe4
Qf6 45. Kg3 Kf8 46. Qb4+ Kg7 47. Bc2 a6 48. Qc5 Qf1 49. Qxc3+ Kg8 50. Qe3 Qc4
51. Qe4 Qc3+ 52. Kf2 Qd2+ 53. Kf3 Qc3+ 54. Ke2 Kf8 55. Bd3 a5 56. Qf4 Qb2+ 57.
Kf3 Qc3 58. Qe4 Qf6+ 59. Ke2 Qb2+ 60. Bc2 Qc3 61. Bd1 Kg7 62. Qf4 f6 63. Qe4
Kf8 64. Qa8+ Kg7 65. Qd5 Qb2+ 66. Kf1 Qb1 67. Qxh5 Qd3+ 68. Qe2 Qf5+ 69. Qf3
Qb1 70. Kg2 Qb2+ 71. Kh3 Kf8 72. Qa8+ Kg7 73. Qg2+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch20"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Bivshev, Vasily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E28"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Re8 {This move is
known from Botvinnik - Keres, The Hague 1948.} 7. Bd3 $5 e5 8. Ne2 e4 9. Bb1 b6
10. Ng3 Nc6 11. f3 exf3 12. O-O $5 {Tolush continues in a gambit style.} fxg2
13. Rf2 d5 14. cxd5 Bg4 $2 ({Better is} 14... Qxd5 15. e4 Qd7) 15. Qd3 Qxd5 16.
a4 Qg5 17. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 18. Qxh7+ Kf8 19. Ba3+ $2 (19. Be4 $1 {gains a winning
advantage.}) 19... Nb4 $1 20. Be4 (20. Bxb4+ c5 21. Ba2 Qxe3+ {draws.}) 20...
Qxe3+ 21. Kxg2 Qd2+ $6 ({Black should try} 21... Qxc3 $1) 22. Kf1 $6 Qf4+ $6
23. Kg2 Qd2+ 24. Kf1 $6 Qf4+ 25. Kg1 Qe3+ 26. Kg2 Qd2+ $6 27. Kh1 $1 {At last!}
Qxc3 28. Bxb4+ Qxb4 29. Rf1 Rad8 30. Qh8+ Ke7 31. Qxf6+ Kd7 32. Qc6+ Ke7 33.
Bf5 $2 (33. Qxc7+ {wins for White.}) 33... Bxf5 $4 ({Right is} 33... Qxd4) 34.
Nxf5+ Kf8 35. Qh6+ Kg8 36. Qg7# 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch20"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bivshev, Vasily"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B65"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f4 Qa5 11. Kb1 h6 12. h4 $5 {Bivshev plays an
interesting novelty.} Rd8 {Black keeps the h-file closed.} 13. g4 $6 {But this
move will never be repeated.} e5 $1 14. Qg1 exf4 {A critical position has been
reached.} 15. Bxf6 (15. Bxf4 $5 Bxg4 16. Rd5 $1 {proceeds in an uncompromising
manner.}) 15... Bxf6 16. Nd5 Be5 17. g5 h5 18. Bc4 g6 $5 19. Rd3 Be6 20. Rb3
Rab8 21. Rh2 $6 (21. Qf1 $1 Qc5 22. Rb5 $1 {counters.}) 21... Qc5 22. Qf1 Kg7
23. Rd2 Rdc8 24. Be2 a6 25. c4 $6 {The pawn goes one step too far.} Qa5 26. Rc2
Bxd5 27. exd5 b5 $1 28. Ra3 Qb6 29. Rb3 Qa7 30. cxb5 Rxc2 $1 31. Kxc2 axb5 32.
Kb1 b4 33. Qd1 Ra8 34. a3 bxa3 35. Rxa3 Qb6 $1 36. Rb3 Qf2 37. Qf1 Qxh4 38. Qg1
f3 39. Bxf3 Qa4 40. Qd1 Qa2+ 41. Kc2 Rc8+ 42. Kd3 Rc1 43. Qxc1 Qxb3+ 44. Ke4 {
The pawns b2 and g5 will fall.} 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch20"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Goldenov, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Qd7 $5 5. Qxc4 c5 $5 6. Na3 $5 Nc6 7. Qb5
$5 a6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 $6 {Odd moves are played.} ({Preferable is} 8... axb5 $1 9.
Bxb5 Ne7 10. Bxd7+ Bxd7) 9. Qa4 Rb8 10. Nf3 f6 11. d3 Ne7 12. Nc4 e5 13. Bd2
Nd5 14. Ba5 $5 Be7 15. e4 $6 ({More solid is} 15. O-O O-O 16. Rac1) 15... Nb4
$1 16. O-O-O Qg4 $2 ({Or} 16... Nxd3+ $2 17. Kb1 $1 {(Botvinnik).}) (16... Qb7
$1 17. Kd2 Be6 18. Qb3 O-O 19. a3 Nd5 $1 {counters appropriately.}) 17. Ne1 $1
Bd7 18. a3 Nd5 $1 19. Qc2 {White shifts the orientation of his pieces from the
queenside to the centre.} Rb5 $5 20. f3 Qe6 21. Ng2 O-O 22. Rhe1 Rfb8 $5 (22...
Rc8 23. f4 Nc7 {retreats the knight.}) 23. f4 $1 Bf8 $2 {Black blunders a
piece in the turmoil.} (23... Bd6 $1 24. Nh4 Qe7 $1 25. fxe5 ({or} 25. exd5 $6
cxd5) 25... fxe5 26. Kb1 $1 Nf6 {keeps the fight going.}) 24. fxe5 $1 fxe5 25.
exd5 cxd5 26. Nf4 $1 Qh6 27. Rxe5 dxc4 28. Rh5 Qf6 29. Bc3 Qf7 30. dxc4 g6 31.
Rxd7 $1 {Botvinnik chooses an elegant decision.} Qxd7 32. Nxg6 $1 R5b6 33. Nxf8
Kxf8 34. Rxh7 Qg4 35. Qf2+ {The world champion had a great start.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch20"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Suetin, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D71"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. e3 O-O 8.
Nge2 Nc6 9. O-O a5 $5 (9... e5 10. d5 Ne7 {takes less risk (Hartoch - Koskinen,
Siegen 1970).}) 10. b3 a4 $5 11. Nxa4 Nxa4 12. bxa4 Bf5 13. Ba3 Qd7 14. Rc1 Bh3
15. Bxh3 Qxh3 16. Nf4 Qd7 17. Qb3 Rab8 $6 ({Wiser is} 17... Rfb8 $1) 18. Rc5
Rfd8 19. Rd5 Qe8 20. Rc1 e6 21. Rxd8 Qxd8 22. d5 exd5 23. Nxd5 h5 $6 24. Rd1 $1
Qc8 25. Bb2 Qf5 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Qc3+ Kh6 28. Qd2 Kg7 29. Nxc7 Ne5 30. Qd4 Kg8
31. Qf4 $2 {Taimanov spoils a won position.} ({Ok is} 31. Qd5 $1 {(tournament
book = TB).}) 31... Qc2 $1 32. Rd5 Nd3 33. Rxd3 Qxd3 34. e4 Rd8 35. Nd5 Qd1+
36. Kg2 Qd4 37. h4 $2 {Hereafter, White loses.} (37. Qh4 Ra8 38. Qe7 $1 Qxa4
39. Nf6+ Kg7 40. Qe5 $1 {draws.}) 37... Kg7 38. Kh3 Re8 39. f3 Qa1 40. g4 Qh1+
41. Kg3 Qg1+ 42. Kh3 hxg4+ 43. Qxg4 Qf1+ 44. Kg3 Qg1+ 45. Kh3 Qxg4+ 46. Kxg4
Rc8 47. Nb6 Rc2 48. Nd7 f6 49. h5 gxh5+ 50. Kxh5 Kf7 51. Kg4 Ke6 52. Nb6 Rxa2
53. f4 Rc2 54. f5+ Kd6 55. Kf4 Rc1 56. Ke3 Re1+ 57. Kd4 Rd1+ 58. Ke3 Rb1 59. a5
Rd1 60. Ke2 Rd4 61. Kf3 Ke5 62. Nd5 Rxd5 63. exd5 Kxf5 64. Kg3 Ke5 65. Kg4 Kxd5
66. Kf5 Kc5 67. Kxf6 Kb5 68. a6 bxa6 69. Ke5 a5 70. Kd4 Kb4 71. Kd3 Kb3 72. Kd2
Kb2 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch20"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C05"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 b6 7. Ne2 Ba6 8. Bxa6
Nxa6 9. O-O Nc7 10. Ng3 $5 Be7 $5 11. Nf3 (11. Qg4 $1 g6 12. Nf3 h5 13. Qh3 {
gains a positional plus.}) 11... h5 12. Ne1 g6 13. Nd3 Qc8 14. Be3 c4 15. Nf4
b5 16. Nh3 Qd8 17. Qd2 a5 18. a3 Nb8 $5 19. Bg5 Nc6 20. Rfe1 Bxg5 21. Nxg5 Ne7
22. Qf4 Nf5 23. Nxf5 gxf5 24. Re3 Qe7 25. Rg3 Kd7 $5 26. Nf3 $1 Rh7 27. Rg5 Kc6
$5 28. h4 Rb8 29. Nh2 {Little danger occurs, if Black keeps the position
closed.} b4 $6 ({Prudent is} 29... Rhh8) 30. axb4 axb4 31. Qc1 $5 Rhh8 32. b3
$1 {White starts a threatening attack. The charge lacks sufficient support,
because a white rook and knight are active on the other flank.} bxc3 33. bxc4
dxc4 34. Qxc3 Qb4 35. Qf3+ Nd5 36. Nf1 Qc3 37. Qd1 Qb3 38. Qe1 Qc3 39. Qd1 Qb3
40. Qe1 Qc3 {Tolush was not afraid of anybody.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch20"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E40"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. g3
({Theory is} 8. Nf4 $1 {(Gligoric - Pachman, Saltsjobaden 1952).}) 8... O-O 9.
Bg2 Na5 10. O-O c6 11. Na4 $5 b6 $5 12. Nac3 Ba6 13. Rb1 Rc8 14. Qc2 Bd6 15. b4
Nb7 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Re8 18. Bg5 Be7 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Rfd1 Nd6 21. Nxf6+
Qxf6 22. Nc3 {'Taimanov accepts a draw', Botvinnik claims. 'Mikhail refuses',
Mark writes. Anyway, play goes on after the required 30 moves.} Bc4 23. Qd2 Nb5
24. Ne4 Qg6 25. a4 $2 (25. Rbc1 $1 Bb3 26. Re1 Red8 $1 27. Re3 Be6 $5 28. a4 $1
Nxd4 29. Rd3 c5 30. bxc5 bxc5 31. Nxc5 {defends accurately.}) 25... Rxe4 $1 26.
axb5 ({Not} 26. Bxe4 $2 Qxe4 27. axb5 Bd5 $1 {(TB).}) 26... Re2 27. Qf4 Bxb5
28. Bf3 Re7 29. h4 Rd8 30. Rbc1 Red7 31. d5 $1 cxd5 32. Rxd5 Rxd5 33. Bxd5 Qf6
34. Rc7 $2 ({A chance gives} 34. Qxf6 gxf6 35. Bc4 $1 Bxc4 36. Rxc4) 34... Qxf4
35. gxf4 Be8 36. Bc4 Kf8 37. b5 Rd4 38. Kg2 Rxf4 39. Kg3 Rf5 40. Rxa7 Bxb5 41.
Ra8+ Ke7 42. Ra7+ Bd7 43. Rb7 b5 44. Bd3 Rc5 45. Bxh7 $5 g6 46. Bg8 Rd5 47. h5
Rg5+ 48. Kf4 Rxh5 49. Ke4 Rf5 50. f4 Kd6 {Botvinnik was not amused.} 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch20"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E52"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O Bb7 8. Bd2
dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 $5 10. a3 cxd4 11. axb4 dxc3 12. Bxc3 Ne4 $5 ({A more solid
move is} 12... Nbd7) 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Rfd1 $1 Rc8 $6 ({Preferable is} 14...
Nd7 $5 15. Bb5 Bd5 {(Georgiev - Kurajica, Skopje 2002).}) 15. Be1 Kf8 16. Rd4
Ke7 17. Rad1 Rc7 18. Ne5 f6 19. Bd3 Nd6 (19... Ng5 20. Rc4 Rxc4 21. Nxc4 Nd7 {
avoids the following complications.}) 20. Bxh7 $1 fxe5 21. Rxd6 Bd5 $1 22.
R6xd5 exd5 23. Rxd5 {Geller has a lot of compensation for the exchange.} Rc1
24. Kf1 Nc6 25. Ke2 Rd8 $2 {Black should gain a tempo.} ({Right is} 25... Ke6
$1 26. Be4 Rd8 27. Rxd8 Nxd8 28. f4 Nf7) ({Geller mentions} 25... Rh8 $6 26.
Be4 Rxh2 $2 27. b5 $1) 26. Rxd8 Nxd8 27. Bc3 Ke6 28. Bg8+ $1 Kd6 (28... Kf5 $1
29. h4 $1 {will win for White as well.}) 29. f4 $1 exf4 30. exf4 Ne6 31. Be5+
$1 Kd5 (31... Ke7 32. f5 Ng5 33. Bd5 {lets the bishops dominate the position.})
32. Bxg7 Rc8 33. Bxe6+ Kxe6 34. Kf3 Rc4 35. Bc3 Kd5 36. h4 a5 37. bxa5 Rxc3+ $5
38. bxc3 bxa5 39. h5 Ke6 40. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch20"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lipnitsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Ne4 6. Bxe7 Nxc3 $6 7. Qg4 $5 ({
Exchanging by} 7. Bxd8 Nxd1 {favours White (Lee - Tietjen, London 1900).}) 7...
Qxe7 8. Qxg7 Qb4 $1 9. Qxh8+ Kd7 10. bxc3 ({The risky} 10. Nf3 Ne4+ 11. Ke2 Nc6
{(March Morla - Gaya Yodra, Baleares 2001)} 12. Ke3 Nxd4 $1 13. Bd3 Nf5+ 14.
Ke2 Nd4+ {leads to perpetual check.}) 10... Qxc3+ 11. Ke2 Qxc2+ 12. Kf3 Qc3+
13. Kg4 Qxa1 (13... Qxd4+ 14. f4 Qxa1 15. Bb5+ c6 {also brings a turmoil.}) 14.
Nf3 Qb1 15. Qf8 Qf5+ 16. Kh4 Qe4+ 17. Kh5 Qg6+ 18. Kh4 Nc6 $1 19. Bb5 Qe4+ 20.
Kh5 $6 {The king should retreat.} Qg6+ 21. Kh4 {Black has winning chances.}
Qe4+ $6 ({The game can be continued by} 21... b6 $1 22. Bxc6+ Kxc6 23. Ng5 Kd7
24. Qxf7+ Qxf7 25. Nxf7 Ba6 {and Black has a better endgame.}) 22. Kh5 {They
played an exciting game.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch20"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Goldenov, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D54"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 h6 7. Bh4 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. cxd5 Nxc3 10. Rxc3 exd5 11. Bd3 c6 12. Ne2 Nd7 13. O-O Nf6 14. Qb1 Re8
15. b4 a6 16. a4 Qd6 17. Rfc1 Bd7 18. Ng3 h5 $6 {Black is going to spoil a
quiet game.} (18... Rac8 19. b5 cxb5 {opposes on the c-file.}) 19. b5 $1 cxb5
20. axb5 a5 21. Rc7 $1 b6 22. Nf5 Qb4 23. Qxb4 axb4 24. Nd6 Red8 25. h3 Ra3 26.
Be2 Be6 27. R7c6 Rxd6 $4 {Goldenov becomes confused.} ({He could have tried
the passive} 27... Rb8) ({Best is} 27... b3 $3 28. Rb1 Kf8 $1 29. Rxb6 Ke7 30.
Nb7 Rda8 $1 {and Black has started a dangerous counteraction.}) 28. Rxd6 Bf5
29. g4 Be4 30. f3 Bg6 31. Rc8+ Kh7 32. Rdd8 Bb1 33. Ra8 Rxe3 34. Kf2 Re6 35.
Bd1 Bd3 36. g5 b3 37. Bxb3 Re2+ 38. Kg3 h4+ 39. Kxh4 Rg2 40. Rh8+ Kg6 41. gxf6
Kxf6 42. f4 Kf5 {Taimanov approached the leaders Tolush and Boleslavsky.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch20"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kan, Ilia"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E67"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 e5 8. Rd1
Re8 9. Nc3 c6 10. e4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Qe7 12. h3 Nc5 13. f3 a5 {Black plays his
favourite opening.} 14. g4 ({White defends properly by} 14. Bg5 h6 15. Be3)
14... Nfd7 15. Rb1 Ne5 16. b3 f5 $1 17. exf5 gxf5 18. gxf5 $2 (18. Nxf5 Bxf5 {
(Boleslavsky)} 19. gxf5 $1 Qh4 20. Ba3 $1) 18... Ned3 $1 19. Rxd3 $2 {Kan
accepts the sacrifice.} ({Better is} 19. Nce2 $1 Ne1 $1 {(Boleslavsky)} 20. Qd2
$1 Ncd3 21. Qg5 Nxc1 22. Qxe7 Nxf3+ 23. Nxf3 Rxe7 {and Black only gains a
positional edge.}) 19... Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Qe1+ 21. Bf1 Qg3+ 22. Kh1 Re1 23. Be3
Qxh3+ 24. Kg1 Qg3+ 25. Kh1 Qh4+ $1 26. Kg2 Rxe3 27. Qxe3 Bxd4 28. Qe8+ Kg7 29.
f6+ Bxf6 30. Qe4 Qg5+ {Boleslavsky took the sole lead.} 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch20"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Moiseev, Oleg"]
[Black "Lipnitsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 O-O 10. Re1 Nxc3 $2 {Black strengthens the hostile centre. A
counterattack becomes impossible.} 11. bxc3 b6 12. Qe2 (12. Qc2 {was played in
a training's game Botvinnik - Ragozin, Moscow 1947.}) 12... Bb7 13. Qe4 g6 14.
Bh6 Re8 15. Qg4 Rc8 $2 16. Rxe6 $1 {White decides the game by a double piece
sacrifice.} Bf6 ({The pointe is} 16... fxe6 17. Bxg6 $1) 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Re1
Qd8 19. Qf4 Bg7 20. Ng5 Qd5 21. c4 Qd7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. d5 Nb4 24. Qd4+ f6 25.
Ne6+ Kf7 26. Qg4 Qd6 27. Qh4 Nxd3 28. Qxh7+ Ke8 29. Qxg6+ Kd7 30. Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch20"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C36"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 {Botvinnik chooses the solid Falkbeer.} 4. exd5
Nf6 5. Bb5+ c6 6. dxc6 bxc6 7. Bc4 Nd5 8. d4 $5 (8. O-O $1 {was played in a
training game Ragozin - Botvinnik, Moscow 1947.}) 8... Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3
Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. Qd3 Nd7 13. g3 $5 Nb6 ({Not} 13... fxg3 $2 14. Ng5 $1
gxh2+ 15. Kh1 g6 16. Rxf7 Kh8 17. Rxh7# {(Botvinnik).}) 14. Bb3 $5 c5 $5 15. c4
$2 {Bronstein makes a positional blunder.} ({Right is} 15. Bxf4 $1 Bxf4 16.
gxf4 Bxf3 17. Rxf3 Qc7 {(Botvinnik)} 18. dxc5 $1 Qxc5+ 19. Qd4 {and White has
gained a plus.}) 15... Qf6 16. Ne5 $6 {Capturing on f4 would be better again.}
Bxe5 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. Bxf4 Qh5 19. Rfe1 Rfe8 20. a4 (20. Re3 $1 {sets the trap
} Be2 $4 21. Re1 $3) 20... Be2 $1 21. Qc3 Nd7 22. a5 Nf6 23. Ba4 Re6 24. Kg2 $6
Ne4 25. Qa3 g5 $1 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch20"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Konstantinopolsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E96"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 Nbd7 4. Nc3 e5 5. e4 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
a5 9. Bf1 Re8 $5 10. Rb1 c6 11. b3 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. f3 d5 $5 ({Usual will
become} 13... Nfd7) 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Rxe1 16. Qxe1 Bxd4+ 17. Be3 Qf6 18.
Bxd4 Qxd4+ 19. Kh1 Bd7 20. Rd1 Qf6 21. Qe3 b6 22. Qd4 Qxd4 23. Rxd4 Re8 24. Kg1
Re1 25. dxc6 Bxc6 26. Rd6 Re6 27. Rd8+ Kg7 28. Kf2 Re7 29. Rc8 Bb7 30. Rb8 Rc7
31. Bc4 Nd7 32. Re8 Nf6 33. Rd8 Ba6 $5 34. Bxa6 Rxc3 35. Bd3 b5 $5 36. Ke2 Rc5
37. Ke3 {Black can hold the position, despite some compromising moves.} b4 $2 (
37... Rh5 $1 38. h3 Nd5+ $1 {counterattacks timely, and} 39. Kf2 b4 {secures
the defence of the queenside.}) 38. Bc4 Rh5 39. h3 Re5+ $6 (39... h6 {stalls,
but} 40. Rd6 Re5+ 41. Kd4 {continues the restriction.}) 40. Kd4 Re7 $6 ({
Better is} 40... Rh5 41. Ra8 $1 Ng8 42. Ra7 {, but Black cannot stop the
attack.}) 41. Ra8 Nh5 42. Rxa5 Nf4 43. Kc5 Nxg2 44. Kxb4 h5 45. a4 $5 Nf4 46.
Rb5 Nxh3 47. a5 Ra7 48. Kc5 Nf4 49. Kb6 Re7 50. a6 h4 51. a7 Re8 52. Ra5 h3 53.
a8=Q Rxa8 54. Rxa8 f5 55. Kc5 g5 56. Kd4 h2 57. Ra1 g4 58. fxg4 fxg4 59. Ba6
Kf6 60. Bb7 g3 61. Rf1 Kg5 62. Rxf4 Kxf4 63. b4 Kf5 64. b5 Ke6 65. Bg2 Kd6 66.
b6 Kd7 67. Kc5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch20"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Qc2 Re8 9. Nge2 Nf8 10. O-O c6 11. Rab1 $5 Bd6 $5 ({More natural is} 11... Ng6
{(Lazarev - Fedorenko, Ternopol 1964).}) 12. Kh1 $5 Ng6 13. f3 Be7 $5 {Both
players have lost time.} 14. Rbe1 Nd7 $6 ({Better is} 14... Be6 $1 15. e4 $6
dxe4 16. fxe4 Ng4 $1 {and Black counters.}) 15. Bxe7 Rxe7 16. Ng3 Nf6 17. Qf2
Be6 18. Nf5 Bxf5 $2 {Hereafter, the attack on the king becomes decisive.} (
18... Re8 19. g4 {(Botvinnik)} Qc7 {put defenders on the right squares.}) 19.
Bxf5 Qb6 20. e4 $1 dxe4 21. fxe4 Rd8 22. e5 Nd5 23. Ne4 Nf8 24. Nd6 $1 Qc7 25.
Be4 Ne6 (25... Rxd6 $5 {also loses (Botvinnik).}) 26. Qh4 g6 27. Bxd5 cxd5 28.
Rc1 Qd7 29. Rc3 Rf8 30. Nf5 $1 {Mate in three follows, if Black captures.} Rfe8
31. Nh6+ $1 Kf8 ({Or} 31... Kg7 32. Qf6+ $1 Kxh6 33. Rh3#) 32. Qf6 Ng7 33. Rcf3
{White threatens 34. Qxf7+.} Rc8 34. Nxf7 Re6 35. Qg5 Nf5 36. Nh6 Qg7 37. g4 {
Keres did poorly in this event.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch20"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E99"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Be3 $5 {Taimanov starts a new theoretical line.} f5 11. f3
h5 $6 {Black spoils time.} ({Usual will become} 11... f4 {(Taimanov -
Bronstein, round ten).}) 12. Nd3 f4 13. Bf2 g5 14. c5 $1 Nf6 15. Rc1 g4 16. Qb3
Bh6 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Nxe5 $5 {White could have continued his attack on the
queenside but he opens the centre instead.} ({The alternative brings} 18. Rc2
Rf7 19. Nb5) 18... g3 $1 (18... dxe5 $6 19. d6+ Kh8 20. dxe7 Qxe7 21. Bh4 $1 {
favours White.}) 19. Be1 dxe5 20. d6+ Kh8 21. dxe7 Qxe7 22. Nb5 Be6 $2 (22...
Ne8 $1 23. Bc4 a6 24. Nc3 {throws back an intruder.}) 23. Bb4 Qf7 24. Qc3 gxh2+
25. Kh1 Rg8 26. Qxe5 Qg6 27. Rf2 Bxa2 28. Bc3 Bg5 29. Bf1 Rae8 $5 30. Qc5 $1
Be6 31. Nd6 Ref8 32. Rd2 h4 33. Qe5 Kh7 $2 34. Qxe6 Qh5 35. e5 Ne8 36. Nxe8
Rxe8 37. Qf5+ Rg6 38. Bd3 Reg8 39. Qf7+ Kh6 40. Bxg6 {Taimanov became the sole
leader, half-a- point before Botvinnik, Boleslavsky and Korchnoi.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch20"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Bivshev, Vasily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nf3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Nc7 8. d3
Be7 9. Be3 e5 10. Rc1 Ne6 $5 11. Na4 Qa5 12. Nd2 Qb5 $2 ({Better is} 12... O-O
$1 13. Nc4 Qc7) 13. Nc4 f6 14. Na3 $2 {White selects the wrong positional plan.
} (14. Nc3 $1 Qa6 15. Nd5 $1 {gains a great advantage due to the off-side
queen.}) 14... Qa5 15. Bxc6+ bxc6 {Black can defend the doubled pawns.} 16. Qc2
Rb8 17. b3 Nd4 18. Qd1 Bh3 19. Re1 O-O 20. Bd2 Qa6 21. Nc4 h5 22. f3 Qc8 23. e3
Ne6 24. Bc3 Qe8 25. Qe2 Qg6 26. Nd2 Rbd8 27. Ne4 Bf5 28. Bb2 Rd7 29. Red1 Rfd8
30. Kg2 Bxe4 31. dxe4 Qe8 32. Ba3 Rxd1 33. Rxd1 Rxd1 34. Qxd1 c4 $1 35. Bxe7
Qxe7 36. bxc4 Qa3 $2 {The temporary pawn sacrifice becomes permanent.} (36...
Qb4 $1 37. Qc2 Qe1 38. Qd3 Qb4 39. Qc2 {leads to a repetition of positions.})
37. Qb3 $1 Qxb3 $6 38. axb3 Kf7 39. b4 Ke7 40. c5 Nc7 41. Nb2 Na6 42. Nd3 g5
43. Kf2 Nc7 44. Ke2 Nb5 45. Kd2 Ke6 46. Nb2 g4 47. fxg4 hxg4 48. Nd1 f5 49. Kd3
Nc7 50. exf5+ Kxf5 51. e4+ Kg5 52. Nc3 Ne6 53. Kc4 a6 54. Kb3 Nd4+ 55. Ka4 Kf6
56. Ka5 Nc2 57. Na2 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch20"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. O-O a6 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. d3
e6 9. Ne5 Rc8 10. Nd2 Be7 11. f4 O-O 12. a4 Be8 13. a5 Kh8 14. Qe2 {Simagin
applies Nimzowitsch' strategy of encirclement of the centre.} Nd7 15. c4 $6 Nb8
$5 16. cxd5 $2 {He has spoiled his position in two moves.} exd5 17. e4 f6 18.
Nef3 Nc6 19. Nh4 dxe4 20. dxe4 Nd4 $1 (20... Nxa5 {lets White's attack
undisturbed.}) 21. Qg4 $5 Qd7 22. f5 $5 {White has to move forwards, if he
does not want to lose by passivity.} Nc2 23. Nc4 Nxa1 24. Bxa1 $5 (24. Nb6 Qd8
25. Nxc8 Nxb3 26. Nxe7 Qxe7 27. Ng6+ Bxg6 28. fxg6 h6 {favours Black as well.})
24... Rd8 25. Nb6 Qd3 26. Nd5 Rxd5 $1 {Hereafter, the win becomes simple.} 27.
exd5 Qxd5 28. Re1 Bd8 29. Qh3 Kg8 30. Bc3 Qxb3 31. Qe3 Qd5 32. Qe6+ Bf7 33.
Qxd5 Bxd5 34. Nf3 Kf7 35. Rd1 Bc6 36. Nd2 Be7 37. Nc4 Rd8 38. Rxd8 Bxd8 39. Kf2
h5 40. h3 h4 41. g4 hxg3+ 42. Kxg3 Bc7+ 43. Kg4 Bd7 44. Nb6 Bxb6 45. axb6 g6
46. h4 Bxf5+ 47. Kf4 Ke6 48. Ke3 Bc2 49. Kf4 {Korchnoi still trailed Taimanov
by half-a- point. Botvinnik and Boleslavsky drew their games.} 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch20"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Konstantinopolsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Ilivitzki, Georgi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O e6 8. d3 d5
9. Nbd2 c5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. d4 Nbd7 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Rc1 Re8 14. e3 a5 $1 15.
Re1 a4 16. Nb1 $6 {Hereafter, Black takes the initiative.} (16. Qc2 $1 {
increases the pressure on one of the hanging pawns.}) 16... axb3 17. axb3 Qb6
18. Nbd2 Ra2 $1 19. Qc2 $2 Bc6 $2 {Black misses the opportunity.} (19... Ne4 $1
20. Rb1 Nc3 21. Ra1 Rxb2 $1 {finishes the game.}) 20. Ra1 Rxb2 21. Qxb2 Ne4 22.
Qc2 Nxd2 23. Nxd2 Bxa1 24. Rxa1 Ra8 25. Rxa8+ Bxa8 26. h3 Bb7 27. Kh2 Qf6 28.
Kg1 h5 29. h4 Ne5 30. Qa2 $6 Ng4 31. Nf1 Qc3 32. Qa7 $2 (32. Nh2 $1 Qe1+ 33.
Nf1 Bc6 34. Qd2 Qxd2 35. Nxd2 {defends stubbornly.}) 32... Qxb3 33. Qxc5 Qb2
34. f3 Qf2+ 35. Kh1 d4 $1 36. e4 Ne3 37. Nxe3 dxe3 38. Qb6 Qd2 $1 39. Bf1 Qd1
40. Qxe3 ({Or} 40. Kg2 e2 $1) 40... Qxf1+ 41. Kh2 Ba6 42. g4 hxg4 43. fxg4 Qe2+
44. Qxe2 Bxe2 45. Kg3 Kg7 46. g5 Kf8 47. Kf4 Ke7 48. Ke5 Bd1 49. Kd5 Bb3+ 50.
Ke5 Be6 51. Kf4 Kd6 52. Ke3 Ke5 53. Kf3 Bd7 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch20"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E99"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 $1 ({Aronin played} 11... h5 $6 {in round
ten.}) 12. Bf2 g5 13. Nd3 ({<->Theory' will become} 13. a4 {but the text is
alright.}) 13... Rf6 14. c5 Rh6 15. cxd6 cxd6 16. Nb5 Nf8 $1 17. Be1 $1 {White
does not play the apparent move.} ({The adventure by} 17. Nxa7 $5 Bd7 18. Qb3
Qe8 $1 19. Qxb7 Qh5 20. h4 $1 Neg6 $1 21. Qxa8 Nxh4 22. Bxh4 Qxh4 23. Bd1 $1 g4
$1 24. fxg4 Qh2+ 25. Kf2 Qg3+ 26. Kg1 {leads to perpetual check.}) 17... a6 18.
Na3 $1 b5 19. Nc2 Nd7 $6 (19... Bd7 $1 {prevents a2-a4 and develops a piece.})
20. a4 bxa4 21. Rxa4 Nf6 22. Nf2 Bd7 23. Ba5 Qe8 24. Rb4 Qh5 25. h3 Qf7 {The
black attack has little strength.} 26. Na3 Nh5 27. Rb7 Bc8 28. Rc7 Ng3 29. Re1
Rb8 30. Nc4 Qe8 $6 (30... Rb7 31. Rxb7 Bxb7 {lifts a part of the pressure.})
31. Nb6 $1 Rf6 32. Qc2 Rf8 33. Rc1 Bf5 $6 34. Bd3 Bg6 35. Nd7 Nxd5 36. Bc4 Rb5
37. Nxf8 Bxf8 38. Bxd5+ Rxd5 39. Qc4 Ne2+ 40. Kh2 g4 41. Nxg4 {Taimanov led by
8/10, one-and-a-half point before the pursuers.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch20"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Qc7 4. O-O e6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Qe2 d5 7. e5 Nd7 8. d4
Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. b4 Ne4 11. Nd4 h6 12. f3 Ng5 13. Be3 O-O 14. Nd2 f5 $2 ({
Right is} 14... f6 $1 15. f4 Nf7 $1) 15. f4 Ne4 16. Nxe4 Nxd4 17. Nf6+ $1 Rxf6
18. Bxd4 Rf8 19. g4 Bd7 20. Bd3 g6 21. Kh1 Kh7 22. Rg1 a6 23. a4 Rg8 24. Rg3
Raf8 25. Rh3 Be8 26. Rg1 Bxa4 $5 27. gxf5 exf5 28. Qg2 {Suddenly the attack on
the kingside leads to spectacular tactics.} Be8 $2 (28... Qd8 $1 29. e6 Bh4 $1
{prevents a quick loss.}) 29. Rxh6+ $2 ({The elegant} 29. e6 $1 Qd8 30. Rxh6+
Kxh6 31. Qh3+ Bh4 32. Rg5 {wins for White.}) 29... Kxh6 30. Qh3+ Kg7 31. e6+
Bf6 $2 (31... Rf6 $1 32. Qxf5 Kf8 33. Qh3 Bd8 $1 34. Rg5 Qg7 {reorganises the
defence and brings a black win.}) 32. Qxf5 Bxd4 33. Rxg6+ Bxg6 34. Qxg6+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch20"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Goldenov, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D59"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nf3 Bb7 11. Bd3 Rc8 12. O-O c5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Qa4 $5
Nd7 15. Bb5 Nf6 16. Ne5 cxd4 17. exd4 Ne4 18. Bc6 Bxc6 19. Rxc6 Nf6 20. Rfc1
Rxc6 21. Rxc6 Nd5 22. g3 Qb4 $6 (22... Qb7 {draws effortlessly.}) 23. Qxb4 Nxb4
24. Rc7 f6 25. Ng6 Nd5 $1 ({Not} 25... Nxa2 $2 26. Nf4 $1) 26. Ne7+ Nxe7 27.
Rxe7 Rd8 28. Rxa7 Rxd4 29. Rb7 Rd6 $5 30. Kf1 h5 31. Ke2 e5 32. a4 Kh7 33. b4
Kg6 34. h4 Kh6 35. Ke3 g5 36. hxg5+ Kxg5 37. a5 bxa5 38. bxa5 Rd4 39. a6 Ra4
40. a7 e4 41. Rg7+ Kh6 42. Re7 Kg5 43. Rg7+ Kh6 44. Rc7 Kg5 45. Re7 Kf5 46. Kd2
Kg5 47. Kc3 f5 48. Kb3 Ra1 49. Kc4 h4 $6 (49... f4 {draws without great
problems.}) 50. gxh4+ Kxh4 51. Rg7 $1 {Black seems to be in dire straits.} Kh5
$2 ({But} 51... f4 $1 52. Kd4 e3 $3 53. fxe3 f3 $1 {forces the draw elegantly.}
) 52. Kb5 Kh6 53. Rc7 Kg5 54. Kb6 Kf4 55. Rc5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch20"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Goldenov, Boris"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B54"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e6 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Be3
O-O 9. Qd2 $5 a6 10. Be2 Qc7 11. Rc1 Bd7 12. O-O Rfc8 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. c5 d5
15. Na4 Rd8 16. Nb6 Ra7 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Bd4 Bf5 20. Rc3 Re8 21.
Rb3 $6 a5 22. Rb6 $6 {White has chosen the doubtful occupation of the b-file.}
Bd8 23. Bd3 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 Qc8 25. Rb3 Rae7 26. Qd2 Bc7 $2 ({Better is} 26...
Re2 $1 27. Qf4 Bc7) 27. Bxg7 $1 {Goldenov strikes.} Qf5 $5 ({Kortschnoj wants
more than perpetual check by} 27... Kxg7 28. Qg5+) 28. Bh6 $2 (28. Bd4 $1 {
lets the blockader return.}) 28... Re2 29. Qg5+ Qxg5 30. Bxg5 Be5 31. Rd1 Bxb2
32. Kf1 Rc2 33. Rd2 $2 (33. Re3 $1 Re6 34. Rxe6 fxe6 35. Rd2 {offers more
resistance.}) 33... Rc1+ $1 34. Kf2 Bc3 35. Re2 Be1+ $1 36. Rxe1 ({Or} 36. Kf1
Bd2+ 37. Kf2 Rxe2+ {(TB).}) 36... Rcxe1 37. Rb6 R1e2+ 38. Kg3 Rc8 39. a3 Rc2
40. Be7 Rc3 41. Kf4 Re8 42. Bd6 d4 43. Rxc6 d3 44. Be5 Rc4+ 45. Kf5 Rd8 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch20"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Lipnitsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D53"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Rc1 dxc4 $5 7. Nf3 a6 8.
Bxc4 c5 $6 9. O-O $6 (9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. O-O {gains a plus.}) 9... b5 10. Bb3 Bb7
11. Qe2 cxd4 12. exd4 O-O 13. Ne5 Nb6 14. Rcd1 Nfd5 15. Bc1 Nxc3 $5 16. bxc3
Rc8 17. Rd3 Nd5 18. Bd2 Nf6 19. Rh3 $5 b4 20. Rd1 bxc3 21. Bxc3 Nd5 22. Bd2 Bg5
23. Rg3 Bh4 24. Rh3 Bg5 25. Qd3 f5 $6 {Pawn e6 becomes a weakness.} ({Better is
} 25... g6) 26. Bxg5 Qxg5 27. Rg3 Qe7 28. Qd2 Rc7 29. Nd3 Nc3 $2 {White can
utilise the weakness of e6.} ({Right is} 29... f4 30. Rg4 f3) 30. Nc5 $2 {The
knight goes to the wrong square.} (30. Nf4 $1 Nxd1 31. Nxe6 {breaks the
defensive line.}) 30... Rxc5 $1 31. Rxc3 Rxc3 32. Qxc3 Rd8 $2 (32... Qd7 {
defends properly.}) 33. Qa5 $1 Kf8 $2 (33... Bd5 34. Qxa6 f4 {counters.}) 34.
Bxe6 $1 g6 35. d5 Qd6 36. h3 Bc8 37. Re1 Re8 38. Qc3 Bxe6 39. Qh8+ Kf7 40.
dxe6+ Rxe6 41. Qxh7+ Kf6 42. Qh8+ Kf7 43. Rb1 Re7 44. a4 Qc5 45. Qh7+ {
Taimanov led one-and-a-half points before Geller and Korchnoi.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch20"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kasparian, Genrikh"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. c4 Nf6 6. c5 Be7 7. Bb5+ $5 (7.
Bd3 {stems from Tartakower-Botvinnik, Groningen 1946.}) 7... c6 8. Bd3 O-O 9.
O-O Ne4 10. Qc2 f5 11. b4 Nd7 12. a4 Qe8 13. Nbd2 g5 14. Bb2 a5 15. b5 g4 16.
Ne1 Qh5 17. f3 g3 18. h3 Nf2 $1 19. f4 {White closes the defence.} Nf6 20. Ndf3
N6e4 21. Ne5 Rf6 22. Qe2 Qe8 23. Bc1 Rh6 24. Bc2 Qf8 25. Be3 Qg7 26. Ra3 Ng4
27. Rf3 $2 ({Not} 27. hxg4 $4 Rh1+ 28. Kxh1 Qh6+ {(TB).}) ({Better is} 27. Nxg4
fxg4 28. Bxe4 dxe4 29. f5 Rh4 30. hxg4 {and White has gained a plus.}) 27...
Nxe5 $2 (27... Nh2 $1 {wins the exchange.}) 28. fxe5 Rg6 29. Bf4 Bd8 30. b6 h5
31. Nd3 h4 32. Bc1 Kh8 33. Nf4 Rh6 34. Qe1 Ng5 35. Rfb3 Ne4 36. Rf3 Qf8 {
Kasparian played too shy against the best players. He had two notable
advantages: the blockade of the f-file and the weakness of pawn a5. The game
should have been continued.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch20"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E40"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Nc6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 O-O 7. Bd3 b6 $6 ({
Theory is} 7... e5 $1 8. Ne2 e4 {(Lilienthal - Levenfish, Tbilisi 1937).}) 8.
e4 $1 Ne8 $6 9. e5 f5 10. Nh3 Ba6 11. O-O Na5 12. Bg5 Qc8 13. Qe2 d6 14. Rad1
dxe5 15. dxe5 Qb7 16. Be7 Rf7 17. Bb4 Qc6 18. Ng5 Rd7 19. Qh5 h6 20. Bxf5 $2 {
Smyslov misses the decisive combination.} (20. Be2 $1 Bxc4 21. Bf3 Bd5 22. Bxd5
exd5 23. e6 $1 Nf6 24. Qg6 $1 {and White wins.}) 20... exf5 21. e6 hxg5 $2 ({
The sacrifice} 21... Nd6 $1 22. exd7 hxg5 {leads to a clever escape.}) 22. Rxd7
$1 Qxc4 23. Qf7+ Kh7 24. Qxf5+ Kh6 25. Re1 Qf4 26. Qh3+ Qh4 27. Qxh4+ $2 (27.
Qf3 $1 Bb7 28. Qf7 {wins easily.}) 27... gxh4 28. Bxa5 bxa5 29. e7 Bb7 30. Re5
h3 $2 31. gxh3 $2 ({White misses the new chance} 31. g4 $1) 31... Kg6 32. f4
Kf7 33. Rd8 a4 34. Kf2 a5 35. Rxa8 $6 Bxa8 36. Rxa5 Bc6 37. Re5 Nd6 38. h4 Nb5
39. Rc5 Be8 40. c4 Nxa3 41. Rxc7 Ke6 42. Ke3 Kd6 43. Rc8 Kd7 44. Rc5 Bf7 45.
Kd4 Nxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch20"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Kan, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. d3 Bg7 7. e4 O-O 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Ne1 Ne8 10. Bg5 Nc7 11. Qd2 Nd4 12. Bh6 e6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Nc2 Nxc2
15. Qxc2 Rb8 $6 {Black makes a passive move.} 16. Rad1 $1 Qe7 17. d4 cxd4 18.
Rxd4 Bc6 19. e5 $1 {Botvinnik gives a pawn for the initiative.} Qc5 $1 20. Qd2
Qxe5 21. Bxc6 dxc6 22. Re1 Qf5 23. g4 Qf3 24. Re3 Qf6 25. Rd7 Rfd8 26. Red3
Rxd7 27. Rxd7 Ne8 28. Ne4 Qf3 29. Qd4+ Kg8 30. Ng5 c5 $1 {Black has to return
the extra pawn.} 31. Nxf3 cxd4 32. b3 Rc8 33. Nxd4 Nf6 34. Rxa7 Nxg4 {The
majority on the queenside impresses.} 35. Rb7 Rd8 36. Nf3 Rd1+ 37. Kg2 Ra1 38.
h3 Nf6 39. Ng5 $2 ({Right is} 39. a4 $1) 39... Rxa2 40. Kf3 Rb2 41. Rxb6 h6 42.
Ne4 $1 Nd7 $1 {Exchange would be dangerous for Black.} 43. Rb5 Kf8 $6 (43... f5
$1 44. Nd6 Rd2 $1 45. Nb7 Rc2 {holds the position (Botvinnik).}) 44. Ke3 f5 45.
Nd2 Ke7 46. c5 Nf6 (46... Ne5 $1 {stops the c-pawn (Botvinnik).}) 47. Rb7+ Kd8
48. Nc4 Nd5+ 49. Kd4 $1 Ne7 $2 ({Or} 49... Rxf2 50. Ke5 $1) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch20"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D71"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. e3 a5 $6 {
Korchnoi applies a silly plan at this level.} 8. Nge2 a4 9. O-O O-O 10. Bd2 c6
11. Ne4 N8d7 12. Rc1 Nd5 13. N2c3 a3 14. bxa3 Rxa3 $6 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Bb4 $1
{Taimanov has gained a positional plus.} Ra6 ({The pointe is} 16... Rxa2 $2 17.
Nc3 $1 Ra8 18. Nxd5) 17. Nc3 Nf6 18. Qb3 Be6 19. Nb5 {White has taken over the
attack on the queenside.} Ne8 $2 (19... Rc6 20. Rxc6 bxc6 21. Nc3 {selects the
lesser evil.}) 20. Rc5 b6 21. Rc3 Bd7 22. a4 Nf6 23. Rfc1 h5 24. Bf1 Kh7 25.
Ra1 Bxb5 26. Bxb5 Ra7 27. Rc6 Rh8 28. Rac1 h4 29. Qc2 e5 $6 30. dxe5 Ng4 31.
Qe2 ({Even better is} 31. f4 $1 Nxe3 32. Qd3) 31... Nxe5 32. Rd6 Qa8 33. f4 Nc4
34. Bc6 Qf8 35. Rd7 Qxb4 36. Rxa7 Nxe3 37. Rxf7 Qd4 38. Qf2 Rc8 39. Re1 Kg8 40.
Bd7 hxg3 41. Rxg7+ $1 Qxg7 42. Be6+ Kf8 43. Qxe3 gxh2+ 44. Kh1 d4 45. Qa3+ Rc5
46. Qf3 Qa7 47. Bb3 Qd7 48. Qa8+ Rc8 49. Qe4 Rc3 50. Qe5 Re3 51. Qf6+ {
Taimanov had reached his zenith in the event. He had defeated a main
competitor and led by two point before Botvinnik, Geller and Moiseev.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch20"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E51"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8.
Bxc4 Qe8 $5 9. e4 $1 {Boleslavsky gives a new answer to an eccentric move.} e5
({The critical line goes} 9... Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nxe4 11. Re1 $1 Nxc3 $5 12. Qd3 {
(TB)} Nd5 $1 13. Ng5 (13. Bxd5 Nb4 $1) 13... Nf6 14. Ba3 {and White has the
initiative.}) 10. d5 Nd4 $6 ({My preference has} 10... Ne7) 11. Nxd4 exd4 12.
Qxd4 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qxe4 14. Qxe4 Nxe4 15. Re1 Nd6 ({More active is} 15... Bf5
$1 16. g4 Nd6 $1) 16. Bf1 $1 Bd7 17. Bf4 Rfe8 18. c4 Rxe1 (18... b6 $1 {
defends the queenside.}) 19. Rxe1 Re8 $6 ({Right is} 19... b6 $1) 20. Rc1 $1
Re4 21. Be3 Re8 22. Bf4 Re4 23. g3 Bg4 24. h3 Bf3 25. c5 $1 Ne8 26. Rc3 g5 27.
Bxg5 Bd1 28. Bg2 Re1+ 29. Kh2 Re2 30. Re3 b6 31. d6 cxd6 32. cxd6 Nxd6 33. Rd3
Ba4 34. Rxd6 Rxa2 35. Bh6 Re2 36. Rd4 Bb5 37. Rg4+ Kh8 38. Be3 {One can admire
Boleslavsky's accurate positional play.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch20"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Ilivitzki, Georgi"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. g3 Ne4 $5 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. b3
Nd7 9. Ba3 Bxa3 10. Nxa3 Qe7 11. Nb1 b6 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nc3 Bb7 14. Nxe4 dxe4
15. Nd2 f5 16. Qb2 Rac8 17. Rac1 Ba6 18. Nc4 Rc7 19. Rc2 Rfc8 20. Rfc1 Nf6 21.
f3 Bb7 22. fxe4 Nxe4 23. Nd2 Rxc2 24. Rxc2 Rxc2 25. Qxc2 Qb4 $5 26. Nxe4 fxe4
27. Qc4 Qe1+ 28. Bf1 Bd5 29. Qc8+ Kf7 30. Qc7+ Kg6 31. Qf4 h6 32. h4 Kh7 33. h5
Qa1 34. e3 $2 {Ilivitzki has been bored to death.} (34. Qd2 e5 35. e3 {defends
correctly.}) 34... Qxa2 35. Qf7 Qa3 36. Bh3 Qc1+ 37. Kh2 Qc2+ 38. Bg2 Qc6 39.
b4 a5 40. bxa5 bxa5 41. g4 a4 42. g5 hxg5 43. Qg6+ Kh8 44. h6 Qc7+ 45. Kg1 a3
46. hxg7+ Kg8 {The lead of Taimanov on Botvinnik and Moiseev was reduced to
one point.} 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch20"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E66"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d5 Na5 8. Nd2
c5 9. Qc2 a6 10. O-O Bf5 11. e4 Bd7 12. b3 b5 13. Bb2 bxc4 14. bxc4 Rb8 15.
Rab1 Rb4 $6 16. a3 Rb8 17. Nd1 Qc7 18. Ne3 Rb7 19. Bc3 Rfb8 20. h3 Rxb1 21.
Rxb1 Rxb1+ 22. Nxb1 Qb6 $2 {A counteraction in the centre should start, but
Geller stays passively in this game.} ({Better is} 22... e5 $1 23. dxe6 fxe6
24. Qb2 e5 25. Nd5 Nxd5 26. cxd5 Qb7) 23. Nd2 Ne8 24. Bxg7 Nxg7 25. Kh2 Ne8 26.
f4 Nf6 27. e5 Ne8 28. Qc3 f6 29. e6 Ba4 30. Be4 Ng7 31. Bd3 Nh5 32. Be2 Ng7 33.
h4 Ne8 34. Bd3 Ng7 35. f5 Nb3 $2 36. Qb2 Qa5 37. Nxb3 Qe1 38. Ng2 Qd1 39. Nc1
gxf5 40. Be2 Qd4 41. Qxd4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch20"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Kasparian, Genrikh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Nge2 Ne8 8. Be3
Bg5 9. Qd2 Bxe3 10. Qxe3 Qh4 11. g3 Qh3 12. O-O-O Nd7 13. Ng1 Qh5 14. f4 Qh6
15. Re1 a6 16. Nf3 f6 17. h4 Nb6 18. h5 Bd7 19. Nd1 {Kasparian has reached an
awful position.} f5 $2 {Hereafter, the black resistance collapses.} (19... Nc8
{brings a helper to the defence.}) 20. fxe5 fxe4 21. Qxh6 gxh6 22. Bxe4 Nxc4
23. e6 Bb5 24. b3 Nb6 25. Nh4 Ng7 26. g4 Rf4 27. Nf5 Nxf5 28. gxf5 Kg7 29. a4
Be8 30. Rhf1 Rxf1 31. Rxf1 Kf6 32. Ne3 Bxh5 33. Rh1 Kg5 34. f6 Bf7 35. Rf1 Rf8
36. Rf5+ Kh4 37. exf7 Rxf7 38. Nc4 Nd7 39. Nxd6 Rxf6 40. Nxb7 Rb6 41. Na5 Kg4
42. Rf1 Nf6 43. Nc4 Rxb3 44. Ne5+ {Mark Taimanov led by one point before
Mikhail Botvinnik.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch20"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Moiseev, Oleg"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D93"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nd5 $5 {Botvinnik plays a novelty in the Grünfeld, like his pupil Kasparov
will do some day.} 9. Bg3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 c5 $5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Qe2 Bg4 13. h3
Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Rc8 15. Rac1 Qa5 $5 16. Qe4 Qa3 17. Bb5 Bf6 18. d5 Na5 19. Qc2 c4
20. Qa4 Qxa4 21. Bxa4 a6 22. e4 b5 23. Bd1 e5 $1 {Black nearly equalises.} 24.
dxe6 $6 (24. f4 $1 Rce8 25. fxe5 Bxe5 26. Bxe5 Rxe5 27. Rf6 {keeps the
initiative.}) 24... fxe6 25. Bg4 Rfe8 26. f4 h5 27. Bf3 e5 $5 28. Rfd1 Rcd8 $5
29. fxe5 Bg5 $1 {Botvinnik shows ambition.} 30. Rb1 Rd3 31. e6 $5 Rxc3 32. Rd6
Ra3 33. e7 Kh7 34. e5 Rxe7 35. Rxa6 c3 36. Be4 Rg7 $2 (36... c2 37. Bxc2 Rxg3
38. Rxa5 {draws.}) 37. Rxb5 Nc4 38. Rc6 Be3+ 39. Kh2 $4 {The tables turn
before the time control.} (39. Kh1 $1 Nd2 40. Bd5 $1 {wins (Botvinnik).}) 39...
Nd2 40. Bd3 c2 41. Be2 {White has to control square f1.} Rxa2 42. e6 Ra1 43.
Rxc2 Bg1+ 44. Kh1 Ne4 45. Rb3 Re7 46. h4 Nxg3+ 47. Rxg3 Bd4+ 48. Kh2 Be5 49.
Rc5 Bd6 50. Rd5 Rxe6 51. Rxd6 Rxd6 52. Bf3 Rd4 53. Rh3 Kg7 54. Kg3 Kf6 55. Rh2
Kf5 56. Rh3 Rb1 57. Be2 Rd2 58. Bf3 Rf1 59. Rh2 Rc2 60. Bd5 Rc3+ 61. Bf3 Ke5
62. Rh3 Rcc1 63. Bb7 Rh1 $1 64. Rxh1 Rxh1 65. Bc8 Kf6 $1 66. Bd7 g5 67. hxg5+
Kxg5 68. Bc8 h4+ 69. Kf3 Rc1 70. Bd7 Rc2 71. Be6 Rc7 $1 72. g4 (72. Bh3 Rc3+
73. Ke4 Rg3 74. Ke5 Re3+ 75. Kd4 Kf4 {and}) (72. Ke4 Re7 73. Ke5 Re8 {
demonstrate the effect of zugzwang (Botvinnik).}) 72... Rc3+ 73. Kg2 h3+ 74.
Kh2 Kh4 75. g5 Rc2+ {Botvinnik had a winning streak of four games and trailed
by half-a-point.} 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch20"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E40"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. Bd3 b6 $5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Nge2 O-O 9. b4 Nbd7 10. Qb3 Bb7 11. O-O Re8 12. b5 Bd6 13. h3 Nf8 14. a4 Ne4 $6
({More solid is} 14... c5 $1 15. bxc6 Bxc6) 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bc4 Qf6 17. Ba3
Rad8 $6 ({Better is} 17... Bxa3 18. Rxa3 c5 $1) 18. a5 Ng6 19. axb6 axb6 20.
Bxd6 cxd6 $2 (20... Rxd6 $1 21. Ra7 {(TB)} Rb8 22. Ng3 Rd7 {offers a last
stand.}) 21. Bd5 $1 Bxd5 22. Qxd5 Qe6 23. Nc3 $1 {Black has been outplayed.}
Nf8 24. Qxe6 fxe6 ({Or} 24... Rxe6 25. Nd5 Nd7 26. Ra6 Rb8 27. Rc1) 25. Nxe4 d5
26. Ng5 e5 27. dxe5 d4 28. exd4 Rxd4 29. Ra7 Rd5 30. f4 Rxb5 31. Ne4 Rb8 32.
Nd6 Ra5 33. Rxa5 bxa5 34. f5 Nd7 35. e6 Nf6 36. g4 h6 37. Ra1 Rd8 38. Nc4 Rc8
39. Ne5 Rc5 40. Ng6 Rb5 41. Rc1 Rb8 42. Rc4 Ra8 43. Ra4 Nd5 44. Ne5 Nc3 45. Rc4
Nb5 46. Nd7 Nd6 47. Ra4 Ne8 48. Kf2 Nf6 49. Ne5 Kf8 50. Kf3 Nd5 51. Nc6 g6 52.
Rd4 Rc8 53. Rxd5 Rxc6 54. Rxa5 gxf5 55. gxf5 Ke7 56. Ra7+ {The defending
champion Keres scored poorly in this tournament.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch20"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A89"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nc3 d6 6. d4 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 $1
{The game is sharpened by a novelty.} Na5 9. Qa4 c5 10. dxc6 Nxc6 11. Rd1 Na5
$2 {Kortschnoj moves his queen's knight too many times in the Leningrader.} ({
Best is} 11... Ne4 $1 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Ng5 Nd4 {(Liptay - Bilek, Hungary 1965)
} 14. Rd2 $1 {(Tania-Saleh, Abu Dhabi 2004).}) 12. c5 $1 Bd7 13. Qa3 Ne8 14.
Bg5 Be6 ({Or} 14... Bf6 {(TB)} 15. Bxf6 Rxf6 16. Nd5 {White has a positional
advantage.}) 15. cxd6 Nxd6 16. Rxd6 Qxd6 17. Qxa5 b6 18. Qa4 Bd7 19. Qh4 Bxc3
20. Bxe7 Qe6 21. bxc3 Rfe8 22. Nd4 {Keres showed his claws.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch20"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E85"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. Nge2 Nbd7 8. Qd2
Nb6 9. b3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. Be2 c6 12. O-O d5 13. exd5 Qe7 $6 14. Bf2 cxd5
15. c5 $1 Qxc5 16. Nf5 $1 Qxf2+ $5 ({Black gives a queen for two pieces,
because he wants to avoid} 16... Qb4 17. Nxg7 Kxg7 18. Bd4 $1 {(TB).}) 17. Rxf2
Bxf5 18. Nb5 Rad8 19. Nd4 $2 (19. Rc1 {keeps a big advantage.}) 19... Ne4 $1
20. Qb4 Nxf2 21. Kxf2 Bd7 22. Rd1 Rc8 23. a4 Bf8 24. Qd2 a6 25. h4 Re5 26. Qf4
Rce8 27. h5 $5 Bc5 28. Bd3 Rxh5 29. b4 $5 g5 $5 30. Qf6 Re6 31. Qd8+ Re8 32.
Qf6 Re6 33. Bxh7+ $2 {White should repeat the positions and draw a colourful
game.} Rxh7 $1 34. Qxg5+ Rg7 35. Qd8+ Re8 36. Qc7 Rc8 37. Qxb7 Bxd4+ 38. Rxd4
Rg6 39. a5 Rc2+ 40. Ke3 Re6+ 41. Kf4 Rf6+ 42. Kg5 Rg6+ 43. Kf4 Bc8 44. Qe7 Nd7
45. g4 Nf6 46. Qd8+ Kg7 47. Rd1 Bd7 48. Rh1 Rc8 49. Qe7 Rc4+ 50. Kg3 Bxg4 51.
Re1 Rc3 {Taimanov won because Ilivitzki blundered in the middle game.
Botvinnik had a won game against Bivshev but fumbled in the endgame. So
Taimanov led by one point at the end of the penultimate round.} 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch20"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E40"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Nc6 5. Bd3 e5 6. Nge2 exd4 7. exd4 d5 8. c5
O-O 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 b6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 bxc5 13. dxc5 Ne5 14. Nd4 Ng6
15. Bxg6 fxg6 16. Re1 Bd7 17. f3 g5 18. Bg3 g4 19. c6 Bc8 20. Nb5 Rf7 21. c4 {
Taimanov has to draw this game.} gxf3 $2 (21... a6 $1 22. Nc3 d4 23. Nd5 Nxd5
24. Qxd4 gxf3 25. gxf3 Qf6 26. Qxd5 Kh7 {brings Mark close to the championship.
}) 22. Qxf3 Bg4 23. Qf4 dxc4 24. Qxc4 Qd5 25. Rac1 Rc8 26. h3 Bf5 27. Qxd5 Nxd5
28. Rc5 Nb4 29. Nd4 Bg6 30. Re6 Kh7 31. a3 Nd3 32. Rd5 Nf4 33. Bxf4 Rxf4 34.
Re7 Rf7 35. Rdd7 Rxe7 36. Rxe7 Be8 37. Nf5 $2 (37. Nb5 $1 {wins the game (TB).}
) 37... Kg6 $1 38. g4 Kf6 $2 (38... Bf7 $1 {draws.}) 39. Rxg7 Bxc6 40. Rh7 Be4
41. Rxh6+ Kg5 42. Kf2 $2 ({Right is} 42. Rh5+) 42... Rb8 $2 {Taimanov misses
the draw again.} (42... Rf8 $1 {(TB)} 43. Rh5+ Kg6 44. Ke3 Bxf5 45. gxf5+ Rxf5
46. Rxf5 Kxf5 {and Black escapes.}) 43. Rh5+ Kf4 44. Nd4 Bg6 45. Ne6+ Ke4 46.
Rh6 Rg8 47. Kg3 c6 48. Nf4 Be8 49. Re6+ Kd4 50. Re1 Bf7 51. Re7 Bb3 52. Rd7+
Kc4 53. h4 c5 54. g5 a5 55. g6 Bc2 56. h5 Kb3 57. g7 c4 58. h6 Bh7 59. Nd5 c3
60. Rb7+ Kxa3 61. Rc7 Kb2 62. Nf6 a4 63. Nxh7 a3 64. Nf6 a2 65. Rb7+ Ka1 66.
Nd5 Rc8 67. Nb4 c2 68. Nxc2+ Rxc2 69. Ra7 ({Not} 69. g8=Q $4 Rg2+ $1 {(TB).})
69... Rc1 70. Rxa2+ {Geller ended at the third place. The fight for first
place continued in the next game.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch20"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Suetin, Alexey"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B63"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 h6 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. O-O-O a6 10. f4 Bd7 11. Bc4 h5 12. Kb1 Qb6 13. Rhf1 ({Keres will
play} 13. Nb3 $1 {in a similar position versus Botvinnik (Moscow 1956).}) 13...
Qxd4 14. Qxd4 Nxd4 15. Rxd4 Rc8 16. Bb3 Rg8 17. Rd2 h4 18. f5 Ke7 19. Rdf2 Bh6
$1 {Botvinnik has to win and gives a pawn for the initiative.} 20. fxe6 fxe6
21. Rxf6 Rcf8 22. Rxf8 Bxf8 23. Rf2 Bh6 24. Bc4 Be3 25. Re2 Bg1 26. g3 $5 hxg3
27. hxg3 Rxg3 28. a3 Be8 29. Ka2 Bh5 30. Re1 Bd4 31. Rh1 Rg5 32. Kb3 Be5 33.
Bd3 Bg6 34. Rh4 Rg3 35. a4 Bf6 36. Rh1 Rg4 37. Re1 Be5 38. Nd1 Rf4 39. Nc3 Rf3
40. Nb1 Bg3 {Suetin has made an error in his notation. He missed one move and
plays a blunder.} 41. Rg1 $2 {The young Korchnoi helps the desperate Suetin to
analyse the adjourned position.} ({Right is} 41. Re2) 41... Bxe4 $1 42. Nd2
Bd5+ $1 {Suetin missed this move. Botvinnik has won a pawn but the game is not
decided.} 43. Ka3 Rf2 44. Ne4 Bh2 45. Rg6 Bxe4 46. Bxe4 d5 47. Bd3 {The
bishops of different colour help the defender.} Be5 48. Rg8 Kd7 49. b4 Bf6 50.
Rg1 Rh2 $6 {Botvinnik makes a waiting move.} ({He gives} 50... e5 $1 {as the
best winning effort.}) 51. Kb3 Kd6 52. Rd1 Ke7 $6 53. c4 $1 Rb2+ 54. Ka3 dxc4
55. Bxc4 Rc2 56. Bb3 Bb2+ 57. Ka2 Rf2 58. Bc4 a5 59. bxa5 Bc3+ 60. Kb3 Bxa5 61.
Bb5 b6 62. Kc4 Kf6 63. Kd4 Rf4+ 64. Ke3 Ke5 65. Rh1 Re4+ 66. Kd3 Rg4 67. Rh5+
Kd6 68. Rh8 Ke5 69. Rh5+ Kf4 70. Rh3 Rg8 71. Rh4+ Ke5 72. Rh5+ Kd6 73. Rh4 Rg3+
74. Ke4 Bd2 $1 {A shrewd trap is set. Suetin misses the hidden threat.} 75. Bd3
$2 Bg5 $1 76. Rh5 Kc5 $1 {Black threatens mate in one. Taimanov and other
players mentioned fraud. But the criticism died down, when they saw the final
position.   Botvinnik had defeated Geller, Bronstein and Keres. They were
among the rebels in the previous year.} ({Notice} 76... Kc5 77. Ke5 Rxd3 78.
Rxg5 Rd5+ {and Black wins (Botvinnik).}) 0-1

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Barcza, Gedeon"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E67"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

{Bucharest 1953 was the first informal foreign tournament, in which several
Soviet chess players participated. The marathon lasted from 25 January to 27
February 1953. László Szabó took the lead during the first part of the
tournament. The five Soviet players were on top at the end. Tolush gained the
title of international grandmaster and his pupil Spassky became international
master.   The games of Tolush, Spassky and László Szabó are annotated in the
file. These players produced the highlights in a spectacular tournament.} 1.
Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. Qc2 e5 8. Rd1 Re8
9. Nc3 c6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Ng5 Qe7 12. Nge4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Nf8 $6 (13... Nc5
14. Nd6 Rd8 {keeps the equality.}) 14. Bg5 f6 15. Be3 Bf5 16. Qd2 Red8 17. Qa5
$6 (17. Nd6 Bg4 18. c5 {gains an advantage.}) 17... Ne6 $1 18. Rxd8+ Qxd8 19.
Qxd8+ Rxd8 20. Bxa7 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 f5 22. Bg2 Rd2 {Black gets his pawn back.}
23. Rb1 Rxe2 24. Bf3 Rd2 25. Be3 Rd8 26. Be2 Kf7 27. Rd1 Nd4 28. Bxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Barda, Olaf"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E67"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. h3 e5 8. Be3
exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. O-O c6 11. Qd2 Nc5 12. Rad1 Nce4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qc1 Qa5
15. Rd3 Nc5 16. Ra3 Qb6 17. Rd1 Be6 18. Nb3 Red8 19. Bd4 Qb4 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21.
Na5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Troianescu, Octavio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E87"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Ne8 8. Qd2 f5
9. O-O-O f4 10. Bf2 Nd7 11. Kb1 b6 12. Nge2 Nc5 13. Nc1 a5 14. Be2 Bd7 15. Nd3
Nxd3 16. Bxd3 Kh8 17. Bc2 Bf6 18. g3 Bg5 19. Qe2 Ng7 20. Be1 Be7 21. Ba4 Bxa4
22. Nxa4 Qd7 23. Nc3 Rf7 24. g4 Rg8 25. h4 h6 26. Nb5 Ra8 27. g5 h5 28. Qg2
Rff8 29. Qh3 Qxh3 30. Rxh3 Rfc8 31. Rh2 Kg8 32. Rd3 Kf7 33. Ra3 Ne8 34. Rc2 Bd8
35. Nc3 Ke7 36. Rb3 Kd7 37. Bf2 Rab8 38. Na4 c5 39. Rb5 Rb7 40. Rc3 Rcb8 41.
Rcb3 Kc8 42. Kc1 Bc7 43. Kc2 Bd8 44. a3 Bc7 45. Rd3 Bd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Filip, Miroslav"]
[Black "Sajtar, Jaroslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 Ne5 9. f4 Ng6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. g3 O-O 12. Qd2 d6 13. Bg2 Re8 14. O-O Nf8
15. Rab1 c6 16. Rfd1 Nd7 17. Nxc6 Nb6 18. Na5 Bf5 19. Rbc1 Be4 20. Bh3 Qg6 21.
Bf1 Qh5 22. Nb3 Nxc4 23. Qd4 b5 24. Nd2 Nxd2 25. Rxd2 d5 26. Rb2 a6 27. a4 bxa4
28. Qxa4 Re6 29. Rd1 Rae8 30. Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Golombek, Harry"]
[Black "Milev, Zdravko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d5 6. Nc3 e6 7. O-O b6 8. b3 Bb7
9. Ba3 Re8 10. Rc1 c6 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Rfd1 a6 13. e4 Rc8 14. h3 Nxe4 15. Nxe4
dxe4 16. Qxe4 Qc7 17. Qc2 c5 18. Bb2 cxd4 19. Bxd4 e5 20. Be3 e4 21. Nd4 Ne5
22. b4 f5 23. c5 bxc5 24. bxc5 Qf7 25. Bf4 Nd3 26. Bxd3 exd3 27. Qxd3 Re4 28.
c6 Bxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic"]
[Black "Radulescu, Mihai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
Nf6 9. Bg5 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nc6 13. Nc3 Nxd4 14. Qxb7 Qb8
15. Qxb8 Raxb8 16. Rad1 Ne6 17. Bc1 Rfd8 18. Rfe1 Bb4 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Rd1
Rxd1+ 21. Nxd1 Bc5 22. Nc3 Kf8 23. Kf1 Ke7 24. a3 c6 25. b4 Bd4 26. Ne2 Bb6 27.
a4 a5 28. bxa5 Bxa5 29. Nf4 Nxf4 30. Bxf4 Ne4 31. Bd3 Nc5 32. Bc2 g6 33. Ke2
Ke6 34. Bd2 Bb6 35. a5 Ba7 36. Bb1 f6 37. Ba2+ Kd6 38. Be3 Kd7 39. Bd4 Ke7 40.
Bc4 h6 41. g4 f5 42. gxf5 gxf5 43. h4 h5 44. Kf3 f4 45. Kg2 Kd6 46. Be2 Bb8 47.
Bxh5 Bc7 48. Bg4 Bxa5 49. h5 Ne6 50. Bxe6 c5 51. h6 1-0

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Reicher, Emanoil"]
[Black "Szabo, Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d4 O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Nbd2 Bf5 8. Qb3
Qc8 9. Ne5 Be6 10. Qa3 Re8 11. f4 Na6 12. c5 Bf5 13. b4 Nc7 14. Bb2 Ne4 15.
Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Qb3 Rf8 17. Bf3 Qh3 18. a4 a6 19. Rf2 h5 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Nxg6
Rfd8 22. Ne5 Nd5 23. e3 Qf5 24. Nc4 Kh7 25. Bc1 Rg8 26. Rg2 Qh3 27. Bd2 Nxf4
28. Rf2 Nd5 29. Qd1 f5 30. Qf1 Qxf1+ 31. Kxf1 e6 32. Ke2 Bh6 33. Rb1 Rg7 34.
Rff1 Bg5 35. Rfc1 h4 36. Be1 Bd8 37. Nd6 Bc7 38. Rc2 Bxd6 39. cxd6 Rd8 40. b5
axb5 41. axb5 Rxd6 42. bxc6 Rxc6 43. Rxc6 bxc6 44. Rc1 Rc7 45. gxh4 Kg6 46. Bg3
Rc8 47. Ra1 c5 48. Ra6 cxd4 49. exd4 f4 50. Rxe6+ Kf7 51. Re5 fxg3 52. hxg3 Nf6
53. g4 Rc2+ 54. Ke1 Rc1+ 55. Kd2 Rc4 56. g5 Rxd4+ 57. Kc3 Rd5 58. Rxd5 Nxd5+
59. Kd4 e3 60. Kd3 Kg6 61. Ke2 Kf5 62. Kf3 Ke5 63. h5 Kd4 64. h6 Ne7 65. h7 Ng6
66. Kg4 e2 67. Kh5 Nh8 68. g6 e1=Q 69. g7 Qe5+ 0-1

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sliwa, Bogdan"]
[Black "Stoltz, Goesta"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E40"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nge2 O-O 6. Ng3 Re8 7. Be2 Bf8 8.
O-O d6 9. Bf3 Ne7 10. b4 c6 11. Bb2 d5 12. Qb3 dxc4 13. Qxc4 Ned5 14. a3 Nxc3
15. Qxc3 a5 16. e4 axb4 17. axb4 Rxa1 18. Bxa1 Qb6 19. Rb1 Bd7 20. Qd3 Ra8 21.
d5 Ne8 22. Bd4 Qd8 23. Bc5 Nc7 24. Bxf8 Qxf8 25. dxc6 Bxc6 26. b5 Be8 27. Qc4
Qe7 28. e5 Rd8 29. b6 Nd5 30. Nf5 Qg5 31. Bxd5 Rxd5 32. Nd6 Bc6 33. Qxc6 bxc6
34. b7 Qd8 35. b8=Q Rd1+ 36. Rxd1 Qxb8 37. Nb7 c5 38. Rd8+ Qxd8 39. Nxd8 Kf8
40. Kf1 Ke8 41. Nb7 1-0

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E31"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. d5 d6 7. e3 exd5 8. cxd5
Nbd7 9. Bb5 O-O 10. Nge2 Ne5 11. O-O Ng6 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. Bd3 Nxg3 14. Nxg3 Ne5
15. Be2 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Qh4 17. f4 Ng4 18. Bxg4 Bxg4 19. Qa4 Bc8 $6 (19... Qe7 {
is a solid choice.}) 20. e4 Qg4 21. Qc2 h5 22. Rf2 b5 23. e5 h4 24. Nf1 Bf5 25.
Qd2 dxe5 $2 {Black allows a march in the centre.} 26. fxe5 Bg6 27. Re1 h3 28.
d6 Be4 29. Ne3 Qe6 $6 ({Keres suggests} 29... Qg5 30. Nd5 Qxd2 31. Rxd2 Bxg2 {
but} 32. Nc7 Rad8 33. Rb1 {gives a fine endgame.}) 30. Rf4 Bxg2 31. Nf5 Rfe8 $6
({Longer resistance offers} 31... Rae8 $5 32. Re3 $1 g6 33. Qf2 $1 Qd5 34. Qh4
$1 Qd1+ 35. Re1 Qd2 36. Ne7+ Rxe7 37. dxe7 Re8 38. Rxf7 $1) 32. Re3 Rad8 {An
elegant decision follows.} 33. Nxg7 $1 Rxd6 34. Nxe6 {If Black captures the
queen, it is mate in two. Boris started with a win over a major opponent.} 1-0

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Ciocaltea, Victor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B95"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O
Qc7 (8... Nxe4 $5 9. Bxe7 Nxc3 10. Bxd8 Nxd1 {brings a spicy endgame.}) 9. Qd3
Nbd7 10. Qg3 Ne5 $6 (10... b5 11. a3 Bb7 {is better.}) 11. Rad1 O-O $2 {Black
provokes a pawn storm on his king.} 12. f4 $1 Ng6 13. f5 Ne5 14. Bh6 Ng6 $5 {
Desperation rules} ({Black has no stomach for} 14... Ne8 15. f6 $1 Bxf6 16.
Rxf6 Ng6 17. Rxg6 fxg6 18. Bg5) 15. fxg6 gxh6 16. g7 $2 ({Szabó misses} 16.
gxf7+ Kxf7 (16... Kh8 17. Bg4 Rxf7 18. Bxe6) 17. Bh5#) 16... Re8 $6 (16... Rd8
{keeps square e8 open.}) 17. Kh1 b5 18. a3 Bb7 19. Bf3 Nd7 20. Nd5 $1 exd5 21.
Nf5 $2 ({This time} 21. Bh5 $1 Bg5 22. Bxf7+ Kxg7 23. Bxe8 Rxe8 24. h4 {wins.})
21... Bg5 22. h4 $5 dxe4 23. Bh5 Nf6 24. hxg5 $5 Nxh5 25. Nxh6+ Kxg7 26. Qh4 $5
(26. Qh2 $1 {is even stronger.}) 26... Kg6 27. g4 Ng3+ $1 {Black
counterattacks.} 28. Qxg3 e3+ 29. Kg1 e2 $1 ({The subtle} 29... Re6 $2 {loses
due to} 30. Qh4 e2 31. Nf5 exf1=Q+ 32. Kxf1 Qc4+ 33. Kg1 Qc5+ 34. Rd4) 30.
Rxd6+ Kg7 31. Rg6+ $5 hxg6 32. Qxc7 exf1=Q+ 33. Kxf1 Bd5 34. Qc3+ Kh7 35. b3
Rac8 36. Qh3 Kg7 (36... Rxc2 37. Nxf7+ Kg7 38. Qh6+ Kxf7 39. Qh7+ Kf8 40. Qh8+
Ke7 41. Qg7+ Kd8 42. Qd4 $11) 37. Qd3 Rcd8 38. Qc3+ Kh7 39. Qf6 Rc8 40. Nf5 $1
gxf5 41. Qxf5+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Barcza, Gedeon"]
[Black "Reicher, Emanoil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4
Nxe4 9. Bxe4 Nf6 10. Bc2 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Bb4 12. O-O Bxd2 13. Nxd2 O-O 14. c5 Rd8
15. Nc4 Qc7 16. Qd3 b6 17. Nd6 bxc5 18. dxc5 a5 19. Rfd1 Ba6 20. Qf3 Rab8 21.
Rd2 Nd5 22. Re1 Rb4 23. a3 Rh4 24. Qg3 Rh5 25. Bd1 1-0

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ciocaltea, Victor"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 d6 4. d4 Bg4 $6 5. Bb5 $6 ({An advantage gains} 5.
h3 $1 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 Qf6 7. Qb3 $1 O-O-O 8. d5 Nd4 9. Qd3 Qg6 {(Bagirov-Antoshin,
Baku 1964)} 10. O-O) 5... exd4 6. c3 $5 dxc3 7. Nxc3 Be7 8. O-O a6 9. Ba4 $2 (
9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. h3 {imposes more pressure.}) 9... b5 10. Bb3 Nf6 11. a4 Ne5
12. Bf4 b4 $6 (12... Bxf3 13. gxf3 c6 {brings a positional superiority.}) 13.
Bxe5 dxe5 14. Nd5 O-O 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nd7 $5 ({A plus keeps} 16... c6) 17.
Rfd1 Bd6 18. Ne3 Nc5 19. Bd5 Rb8 20. b3 Ne6 21. Nf5 {White has sufficient
compensation for the pawn.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Milev, Zdravko"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Bf3 $5 {Square d5 gets extra protection.} Nbd7 11. a4 Nb6
12. Nd2 a5 $1 ({Less impressive is} 12... Rc8 $6 13. a5 Nc4 14. Nxc4 Bxc4 15.
Re1 {(Pilnik-Toran, Buenos Aires 1955).}) 13. b3 Nfd7 14. Nd5 $6 ({A slight
advantage keeps} 14. Ndb1 $1 Rc8 15. Qd2 Nc5 16. Na3 f5) 14... Bxd5 15. exd5 f5
16. Be2 Bf6 17. Rc1 Rc8 18. Nc4 $6 (18. c4 Bg5 19. f4 exf4 20. Bxf4 Bxf4 21.
Rxf4 {is stronger.}) 18... Nxc4 19. Bxc4 Bg5 20. Bxg5 Qxg5 21. f4 (21. Bb5 $1
Nc5 {diverts the knight. More effective becomes} 22. f4 exf4 23. Qd2 Ne4 24.
Qxf4 Qxf4 25. Rxf4 Nc3 26. Bd3 g6 27. Re1) 21... exf4 22. Qd2 Ne5 23. Qxf4 (23.
Be2 $1 Ng6 24. Bf3 b6 25. Rce1 {gives counter-play for a pawn.}) 23... Qxf4 24.
Rxf4 g5 25. Rd4 f4 26. Be2 $2 (26. Re1 $1 f3 27. Re3 $1 f2+ 28. Kf1 h5 29. Rde4
Rf5 30. c3 {offers the last chance.}) 26... Rc3 $1 27. b4 b6 28. bxa5 bxa5 29.
Rb1 $5 Rxc2 30. Bd1 Ra2 31. Rb6 g4 $1 32. Rxd6 f3 33. gxf3 gxf3 34. Re6 Rg2+
35. Kf1 f2 $1 0-1

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Golombek, Harry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Bg5 d5 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Ne5 Nxe5 7. dxe5 Ne4 8.
Nxe4 dxe4 9. Qg4 Qc8 10. e6 Qxe6 11. Bb5+ c6 12. Qxe6 fxe6 13. Be2 g6 14. O-O-O
Bg7 15. Bc4 Bc8 16. Rd2 a5 17. Rhd1 b5 18. Be2 e5 19. a4 Ba6 20. Bg4 Kf7 21.
Bd7 Bf6 22. Bxf6 Kxf6 23. Bxc6 Rab8 24. Rd5 b4 25. Rxa5 Bb7 26. Bxb7 Rxb7 27.
Rdd5 Rc7 28. Rac5 Rxc5 29. Rxc5 Ke6 30. Kd2 Rf8 31. Ke2 Ra8 32. b3 Rb8 33. f4
exf3+ 34. Kxf3 Kd6 35. Rc4 Kd5 36. e4+ Kd6 37. Ke3 g5 38. g4 e6 39. Kd3 h5 40.
gxh5 Rh8 41. Rxb4 Rxh5 42. Rb6+ Kc5 43. Rxe6 Rh3+ 44. Kd2 Rxh2+ 45. Kc3 Rh3+
46. Kb2 Kd4 47. a5 Kxe4 48. a6 Rh8 49. b4 Kf5 50. Re7 Kf6 51. Rd7 g4 52. b5 e4
53. Rd2 Ke5 54. a7 e3 55. Re2 Kd6 56. Rxe3 Kc5 57. Re5+ Kb6 58. Rg5 Kxa7 59.
Kb3 Rh1 60. Kb4 g3 61. Rxg3 Kb6 62. Rg6+ Kb7 63. c4 Rh4 64. Re6 Rg4 65. Kc5
Rg5+ 66. Kd4 Rg4+ 67. Re4 Rg1 68. Kc5 Rg7 69. Kb4 Rh7 70. c5 Rg7 71. Ka5 Rh7
72. c6+ 1-0

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Radulescu, Mihai"]
[Black "Barda, Olaf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d5 6. c4 c6 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Qb3 e6 10. e3 Ne8 11. Ne2 Nd6 12. Nf4 b6 13. Re1 Ba6 14. Qa4 Bb5 15. Qd1
Rc8 16. a3 a5 17. b3 Re8 18. Bb2 Re7 19. Rc1 Rec7 20. Bf1 Bxf1 21. Rxf1 Nb8 22.
Qe2 Qe8 23. Rxc7 Rxc7 24. Rc1 Rxc1+ 25. Bxc1 Qc6 26. Bb2 Nd7 27. Nd3 Ne4 28.
Nfe1 Bf8 29. f3 Nd6 30. Qc2 Qxc2 31. Nxc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sajtar, Jaroslav"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A53"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Nf3 Nfd7 7. g3 f6 8.
Be3 Nb6 9. b3 c6 10. Bg2 Kc7 11. O-O Be6 12. Rfd1 N8d7 13. Ne1 Bc5 14. Bxc5
Nxc5 15. Nd3 Nxd3 16. Rxd3 Rhd8 17. Rad1 Rxd3 18. Rxd3 Nd7 19. Kf1 Nc5 20. Re3
Rd8 21. Ke1 a5 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 h6 24. Bd3 Bf7 25. Kd2 c5 26. Kc3 Re8 27.
Be4 b6 28. Rd3 Bh5 29. Rd2 Rd8 30. Bd5 Bg6 31. e4 Re8 32. a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Stoltz, Goesta"]
[Black "Filip, Miroslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Bf4 O-O 8.
e3 Nc6 9. Rd1 Bg4 10. Be2 a5 11. a3 a4 12. Qc2 Nd5 13. Bg3 Qd7 14. O-O Nxc3 15.
Qxc3 Rfc8 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qe6 18. f3 Bh5 19. Bc4 Qc6 20. Bh4 Rd8 21.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. g4 g5 23. Bxg5 Bg6 24. Bxe7 Re8 25. Bf6 Bxf6 26. exf6 h5 27.
gxh5 Bxh5 28. Qd4 Bg6 29. Qf4 Qb6 30. Re1 Qa5 31. Rd1 Qb6 32. Rd4 Qxb2 33. Qh6
Qc1+ 34. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Szabo, Stefan"]
[Black "Sliwa, Bogdan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. h3 Be7 7. Nc3 Bd7 8. Ne2
Qc8 9. c4 h6 10. Be3 Nh7 11. d4 exd4 12. Nexd4 O-O 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. O-O Rb8
15. Qd2 Bf6 16. Rab1 Re8 17. Qc2 c5 18. Bxd7 Qxd7 19. Rfe1 Nf8 20. b3 Re7 21.
Rbd1 Qc6 22. Rd5 Rbe8 23. Bd2 Ne6 24. Be3 Nf8 25. Nd2 Ne6 26. Qd1 Bd4 27. Qg4
Bxe3 28. Rxe3 Nd4 29. Rg3 f5 30. Rxf5 Nxf5 31. exf5 Qd7 32. Qg6 Rf7 33. f6 Re1+
34. Kh2 Qe6 35. Nf3 Re2 36. Qxh6 Qxf6 37. Qh5 Rfe7 38. Ng5 Qh6 39. Qf3 R2e5 40.
Qg4 Qg6 41. f4 Re3 42. Rxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A27"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. d4 d6 6. d5 Nce7 7. Be2 $1 ({White
improves on} 7. e4 f5 {(Tolush-Zogorjansky, Lithuania 1947).}) 7... f5 8. Qc2
Nf6 9. O-O O-O 10. Rd1 h6 $5 11. c5 $5 g5 12. cxd6 cxd6 13. Nd2 f4 14. Nc4 Nf5
15. a4 h5 $6 ({Better is} 15... Bd7 16. Bd3 Ne8) 16. b3 Rf7 17. Ba3 Bf8 18. Bd3
Ne8 19. Re1 $6 (19. Ne4 $1 g4 20. exf4 Nd4 21. Qb1 Rxf4 22. Bc1 Rf7 23. Re1 {
keeps a positional advantage.}) 19... f3 20. gxf3 Nh4 21. Nd2 Bh3 22. Bf1 $2 {
Tolush plays too passive.} Qd7 23. Kh1 Rc8 24. Bb2 Bxf1 25. Rxf1 Qh3 26. Rg1
Nxf3 27. Nxf3 Qxf3+ 28. Rg2 g4 29. Kg1 Ng7 30. e4 Be7 31. Rd1 Bh4 32. Re1 Bg5
33. Rg3 Qf6 34. Rd1 a6 35. Qe2 $2 (35. Rdd3 b5 36. axb5 axb5 37. Ba3 Qd8 38.
Bb4 Qd7 39. Qe2 Bh4 40. Rg2 {creates a defence line.}) 35... Bh4 36. Rg2 Qf3 $1
{Smyslov crowns fine manoeuvring on the open files.} 37. Rc1 $2 (37. Qxf3 Rxf3
$1 38. Rc1 b5 $1 39. axb5 axb5 40. Nxb5 Rxc1+ 41. Bxc1 Rxb3 42. Na3 Rb4 {White
loses his main pawn in the endgame.}) 37... Rxc3 $1 0-1

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Troianescu, Octavio"]
[Black "O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C64"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O Nd4 5. Nxd4 Bxd4 6. c3 Bb6 7. d4 c6 8.
Bc4 d6 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qxd8+ Bxd8 11. Be3 Nf6 12. f3 Nd7 13. Rd1 Bb6 14. Kf2
Bxe3+ 15. Kxe3 Nb6 16. Nd2 Ke7 17. Bb3 Be6 18. Bxe6 Kxe6 19. b3 Rhd8 20. Nf1 a5
21. Ke2 a4 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Ne3 g6 24. g4 h5 25. gxh5 Rh8 26. Kf2 Rxh5 27. Kg2
Rh8 28. Rd1 axb3 29. axb3 Ra8 30. Rd2 Ra3 31. Rb2 f5 32. Kf2 Ra1 33. Ke2 Nd7
34. b4 Nb6 35. Kd3 f4 36. Ng4 Na4 37. Rd2 b5 38. Kc2 Ra2+ 39. Kd3 Ra1 40. Kc2
Ra2+ 41. Kd3 Ra3 42. Rc2 Nb6 43. h4 Nc4 44. Rh2 Ra1 45. h5 gxh5 46. Rxh5 Rd1+
47. Ke2 Rd2+ 48. Ke1 Rd3 49. Rh6+ Kd7 50. Rh7+ Kc8 51. Ke2 Rxc3 52. Rh5 Rb3 53.
Nxe5 Nxe5 54. Rxe5 Rxb4 55. Rf5 Rb2+ 56. Kd1 b4 57. Rxf4 b3 58. Kc1 Rc2+ 59.
Kb1 c5 60. e5 Kd7 61. Rf6 Rd2 62. Rb6 c4 63. e6+ Ke7 64. Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Barda, Olaf"]
[Black "Troianescu, Octavio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E64"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 c5 7. d5 Na6 8. O-O
Nc7 9. e4 Rb8 10. a4 a6 11. Qe2 b5 12. e5 Ng4 13. axb5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15.
Bh6 Re8 16. bxa6 Bxa6 17. Rac1 Rb4 18. Nd1 Qd7 19. Rc2 Qa4 20. Ne3 Reb8 21. b3
Rxb3 22. Rfc1 Rb2 23. Bf1 Rxc2 24. Rxc2 Qd7 25. Ng4 Bd4 26. Bh3 f5 27. Ne3 Rb1+
28. Kg2 Bxe3 29. Qxe3 e5 30. Qg5 Kf7 31. Rc3 Nxd5 32. cxd5 Bf1+ 33. Kf3 Bxh3
34. Qh4 Bg4+ 35. Kg2 Qb5 36. Bc1 h5 37. Qd8 Qb7 38. Qxd6 e4 39. Bg5 Bf3+ 40.
Kh3 Rb6 41. Qxc5 f4 42. Kh4 fxg3 43. fxg3 Qd7 44. h3 Rb1 45. Qc7 Qxc7 46. Rxc7+
Ke8 47. Re7+ Kf8 48. d6 Rd1 49. d7 1-0

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Stoltz, Goesta"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D33"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Qb6 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bg2 Nf6 10. O-O Be7 11. e4 dxe4 12. Be3 Qxb2 13. Nxe4 O-O 14. Bd4
Qa3 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. Qh5 Kg7 18. Rae1 Rb8 19. Bxc6 h6 20. Re4
f5 21. Rh4 Qd6 22. Qf3 Rb6 23. Bd5 Rd8 24. Qc3+ Qf6 25. Qxf6+ Rxf6 26. Bb3 f4
27. Rxf4 Rxf4 28. gxf4 Kf6 29. Rc1 Rg8+ 30. Kf1 Ba6+ 31. Ke1 Re8+ 32. Kd2 Rd8+
33. Ke3 Re8+ 34. Kd4 Rd8+ 35. Ke3 Re8+ 36. Kd4 Rd8+ 37. Kc3 Rd7 38. Kb4 Bb7 39.
Rc5 Bf3 40. Kc3 h5 41. h4 Re7 42. Kd4 Re1 43. Rc7 Re7 44. Rc5 Re1 45. Ra5 Re4+
46. Kd3 Re7 47. Kc3 Re2 48. Rxa7 Kf5 49. Rxf7+ Kg4 50. f5 Rxf2 51. f6 1-0

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Filip, Miroslav"]
[Black "Szabo, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 Re8 8.
Nf3 Nbd7 9. Bd3 Nf8 10. O-O c6 11. Rab1 g6 12. b4 Ne6 13. Bh4 Nh5 14. Bxe7 Rxe7
15. Na4 Rc7 16. Rfc1 Nhg7 17. Qb3 Bd7 18. Nc5 Be8 19. Rc3 Rac8 20. Rbc1 Ng5 21.
Nxg5 Qxg5 22. b5 cxb5 23. Nxb7 Rxc3 24. Rxc3 Rxc3 25. Qxc3 Qg4 26. Nd6 Bd7 27.
Qc7 Nh5 28. Bxb5 Qd1+ 29. Bf1 Qa4 30. Qd8+ Kg7 31. Qe7 Be6 32. Ne8+ Kg8 33. Qd8
Kf8 34. Nc7+ Kg7 35. Nxe6+ fxe6 36. Qe7+ Kh6 37. g4 Ng7 38. Qh4+ Nh5 39. gxh5
g5 40. Qg4 Qxa2 41. Qxe6+ Kxh5 42. Qh3+ Kg6 43. Bd3+ 1-0

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Golombek, Harry"]
[Black "Radulescu, Mihai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. e4
Nf6 9. Nc3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bc5 11. Be3 Bxd4 12. Bxd4 Nc6 13. Bc5 Qxd1 14. Rfxd1
Rd8 15. Rxd8+ Nxd8 16. Rd1 Nc6 17. Nb5 e5 18. Nxa7 Bg4 19. f3 Nxa7 20. Bxa7 h6
21. Be3 Be6 22. a3 g5 23. Rc1 Rd8 24. Bf1 g4 25. Bxh6 gxf3 26. Bg5 Kg7 27. Rc2
Rd4 28. Bxf6+ Kxf6 29. Kf2 Rxe4 30. Kxf3 Rd4 31. Ke3 Rd1 32. Bg2 b5 33. Rf2+
Ke7 34. Bf1 Bd7 35. Bd3 Rc1 36. Rc2 Re1+ 37. Kf2 Rd1 38. Be2 Rd4 39. Ke3 b4 40.
Rd2 bxa3 41. bxa3 Rxd2 42. Kxd2 f5 43. Bf3 Kf6 44. Ke3 Ba4 45. Kd2 f4 46. Bd1
Bc6 47. a4 Kf5 48. a5 Bb7 49. Ke1 f3 50. Kf2 e4 51. Ba4 Ke5 52. Ke3 Kf5 53. Bb5
Ke5 54. a6 Bc8 55. g4 Kd5 56. h4 Ke5 57. Bc4 Bd7 58. a7 Bc6 59. h5 Bb7 60. h6
Kf6 61. g5+ Kg6 62. Be6 1-0

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic"]
[Black "Sajtar, Jaroslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O a6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. Re1 e6 7. b3 d5 8.
Nc3 Nf6 9. d3 Be7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. e5 Nd7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Na4 Rb8 14. Qe2 Nb6
15. Nxb6 Rxb6 16. Qd2 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Reicher, Emanoil"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B62"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. g3 a6 8. Bg2
Bd7 9. O-O Be7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Qe2 $2 Qc7 $2 ({Both players miss} 11... Nxe4
$1 12. Bxe7 Nxc3) 12. Rfd1 O-O 13. Rd2 b5 14. a3 Qb7 15. Bf4 Ne8 16. Nd5 e5 17.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Be3 Qb7 19. f4 f6 20. fxe5 fxe5 21. Bf2 Rd8 22. Re1 Nf6 23. h3
Rd7 24. g4 Rdf7 25. Bg3 Ne8 26. Qe3 h6 27. Ree2 b4 28. axb4 Qxb4 29. c3 Qa4 30.
b4 Qb3 31. Rf2 Rxf2 32. Rxf2 Rxf2 33. Bxf2 Qb1+ 34. Qe1 $2 (34. Kh2 $1 Qc2 35.
Qb6 {is correct.}) 34... Qc2 35. Bf1 Bb7 36. Bc4+ Kh7 37. Bd5 $2 {The weak
player crumbles.} (37. Qe3 $1 Nf6 38. Be1 Bxe4 39. Qf2 Qxf2+ 40. Kxf2 {is
better.}) 37... Bxd5 38. exd5 Nf6 39. g5 hxg5 40. Qe3 Kg6 41. h4 Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sliwa, Bogdan"]
[Black "Barcza, Gedeon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D73"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. c4 dxc4 6. Qa4+ Nfd7 7. Qxc4 O-O 8.
O-O Nb6 9. Qc2 Nc6 10. e3 Bf5 11. Qd2 Qd7 12. Re1 Rad8 13. b3 Bh3 14. Bh1 e5
15. Bb2 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Qxd4 19. exd4 c6 20. Rd1 Rd7
21. Nc3 Rfd8 22. d5 Nxd5 23. Bxd5 cxd5 24. Rd4 Rc8 25. Nd1 Bf5 26. Ne3 Be4 27.
Rad1 Bf3 28. Re1 f5 29. Nc4 Be4 30. f3 Rdc7 31. Nd2 Rc2 32. fxe4 dxe4 33. Nc4
Rxa2 34. Rd2 Rxd2 35. Nxd2 Kf7 36. Kf2 Kf6 37. Nc4 Rd8 38. Ra1 a6 39. Ra2 Rd3
40. Rb2 Ke6 41. Ke2 f4 42. gxf4 Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Ciocaltea, Victor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E69"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4
exd4 9. Nxd4 Nc5 10. h3 Re8 11. Re1 a5 12. Qc2 c6 13. Be3 a4 14. Rad1 Nfd7 15.
Nde2 Qa5 16. Rxd6 Ne5 17. Rdd1 Nxc4 18. Bd4 Qb4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rb1 a3 21. b3
Nb2 22. Nf4 Be6 23. Re3 Rad8 24. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Milev, Zdravko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D87"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 {Spassky has
learned this variation from his trainer Tolush.} 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 O-O 9. O-O
cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. Be3 Bg4 12. f3 Bd7 13. Rb1 e6 $5 14. Qd2 ({Black takes
the initiative for a pawn in} 14. Rxb7 Na5 15. Rb4 Nxc4 16. Rxc4 Bb5) 14... Na5
15. Bd3 a6 16. Bg5 f6 17. Bf4 e5 18. dxe5 fxe5 19. Bg5 Bf6 20. Bxf6 $5 Rxf6 21.
Qc3 Rd6 22. Bc4+ ({A plus keeps} 22. Nc1 $1 Re6 23. Nb3 Nxb3 24. Qxb3 b5 25. f4
) 22... Nxc4 23. Qxc4+ Be6 24. Qc5 b5 25. Nc3 Qb6 26. Qxb6 Rxb6 27. Rfd1 Rc8
28. Nd5 Bxd5 29. Rxd5 Rc2 30. a4 b4 31. a5 Rb7 {The fifteen-years-old Boris
fails in the endgame.} 32. Rd6 $2 ({Correct is} 32. Rb3 Rc3 33. Rxc3 bxc3 34.
Rc5 Rb5 35. Rxc3 Rxa5) 32... b3 $1 33. Rb6 Rd7 $1 34. R6xb3 Rdd2 35. Rb8+ $6 ({
A draw seems to be the result of} 35. g4 $5 Rg2+ 36. Kf1 Rxh2 37. Kg1 Rcg2+ 38.
Kf1 Ra2 39. Kg1 {but} Kg7 $1 40. Rb6 Kh6 $1 41. Rxa6 Kg5 {starts a powerful
attack.}) 35... Kg7 36. R8b7+ Kh6 37. Re7 Rxg2+ 38. Kh1 Rxh2+ 39. Kg1 Rcg2+ 40.
Kf1 Ra2 41. Kg1 Kg5 $1 {Hereafter, Black has many roads to the win.} 42. Rxe5+
Kf4 43. Rc5 Kxf3 44. Rb3+ Kf4 45. e5 Rhe2 46. Rb4+ Kf5 47. Rb1 Rg2+ 48. Kh1
Rh2+ 49. Kg1 Rag2+ 50. Kf1 Rc2 51. Rxc2 Rxc2 52. e6 Kxe6 53. Rb6+ Kf5 54. Rxa6
Ra2 55. Ra8 h5 56. a6 g5 57. Rf8+ Kg4 58. Rf6 h4 59. Rb6 h3 60. Kg1 Kg3 61.
Rb3+ Kh4 62. Rb6 g4 63. Rb4 Rxa6 64. Kh2 Ra2+ 65. Kh1 Re2 66. Kg1 Kg3 67. Rb1
Kf3 68. Rf1+ Ke3 69. Rf8 Rg2+ 0-1

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c4 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Bxf3
Nc6 9. Bg2 Nd7 10. Be3 Nb6 11. Na3 e5 12. dxe5 Bxe5 13. Rb1 Re8 14. Qd2 Qe7 15.
Rfc1 Qe6 16. b3 Rad8 17. Nb5 d5 18. c5 Nc8 19. Bf4 Rd7 20. Rd1 Red8 21. Bxe5
Qxe5 22. Nd4 $5 {Petrosian is happy with a draw.} N8e7 ({Tigran avoids the
complications of} 22... Nxd4 $5 23. Qxd4 Qxe2 24. Re1 Qxa2 25. Rb2 Qa5 26. Rbe2
) 23. e3 Nxd4 24. Qxd4 Qe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Barcza, Gedeon"]
[Black "Filip, Miroslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B76"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Nb3
Nc6 9. Qd2 Be6 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 Ne5 12. O-O-O Qc7 13. Kb1 Rfc8 14. c3 a5
15. Nd4 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Qxc4 17. Nc2 b5 18. Qd3 Qc7 19. Rhe1 b4 20. Bd4 bxc3 21.
Bxc3 Rab8 22. Ka1 Nxd5 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qxd5 Qxc2 25. Qd2 e5 26. b3 a4 27.
bxa4 Rb2 28. Qxc2 Rcxc2 29. Rxd6 Rxa2+ 30. Kb1 Rcb2+ 0-1

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Milev, Zdravko"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C97"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Bd7 13. Nf1 Rfe8 14. dxe5 dxe5 15.
N3h2 Rad8 16. Qf3 Be6 17. Ne3 Nc4 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 e4 20. Qe2 Bd6 21. Ng4
Nd5 22. f6 h5 23. Ne3 Ndxe3 24. Bxe3 Nxe3 25. fxe3 g6 26. a4 c4 27. axb5 axb5
28. Rad1 Qc5 29. Rf1 Qg5 30. Rd4 Qg3 31. Rxe4 Qh2+ 32. Kf2 Bg3+ 33. Kf3 Be5 34.
Qf2 Re6 35. Rxe5 Qxe5 36. Ke2 Red6 0-1

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 e6 7. e3 Bd6 8.
Bxd6 Qxd6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. Be2 Be6 14. Qd4
Qxd4 15. exd4 Rfc8 {Tigran did not spoil the sixteenth birthday of Boris.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Radulescu, Mihai"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E01"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d5 6. Bg2 e5 7. Nf3 d4 8. O-O
Nc6 9. b4 $2 {Black gets an attack on the queen's side.} e4 10. Ng5 Bxb4 11.
Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Bh3 13. Bg2 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 O-O 15. a3 Ba5 16. e3 Qe8 $5 17.
exd4 Rd8 18. Bb2 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Qe4+ 20. f3 Qxd4 21. Qxd4 Rxd4 22. Rc1 Rc8 23.
c5 Rd5 24. Ra2 Rdxc5 25. Rxc5 Rxc5 26. Rb2 b6 27. Nd2 f5 28. f4 Bc3 29. Ra2 b5
30. Nf3 a5 31. Re2 h6 32. Re8+ Kf7 33. Ra8 Ke6 34. h3 Kd5 0-1

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Reicher, Emanoil"]
[Black "Sliwa, Bogdan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C49"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. h3 d6 7. Ne2 a6 8. Bxc6
bxc6 9. Ng3 c5 10. d3 Ne8 11. Be3 Ba5 12. c3 Rb8 13. Qc2 Qf6 14. Bg5 Qe6 15.
Rfd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sajtar, Jaroslav"]
[Black "Barda, Olaf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E40"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d6 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. O-O O-O 8. a3
Ba5 9. f4 cxd4 10. exd4 Bb6 11. Kh1 Ng4 12. g3 f5 13. h3 Nf6 14. Bc2 Bd7 15. b4
a6 16. Bb2 Qe8 17. c5 dxc5 18. dxc5 Bc7 19. Ng1 Rd8 20. Nf3 e5 21. Ne2 Qh5 22.
Bb3+ Kh8 23. Kg2 Ne4 24. Qc2 Rf6 25. fxe5 Rg6 26. Kh2 Ng5 27. Nh4 Nxe5 28. Bd5
Nef3+ 29. Nxf3 Qxh3+ 30. Kg1 Bxg3 31. Nxg3 Qxg3+ 32. Kh1 Nxf3 0-1

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Stoltz, Goesta"]
[Black "O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C64"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O Nd4 5. Nxd4 Bxd4 6. c3 Bb6 7. d4 c6 8.
Ba4 d6 9. Be3 Nf6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8+ Bxd8 12. f3 Nd7 13. Nd2 Bb6 14. Bxb6
Nxb6 15. Bb3 Ke7 16. Nc4 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Szabo, Stefan"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[PlyCount "208"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. d4 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O
8. O-O Qc7 9. c4 Rd8 10. Qc2 Bg4 11. g3 Qc8 12. Nh4 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Na6 14. Bd2
Nc7 15. Rfd1 Bf8 16. Be3 Qe6 17. Rac1 Rd7 18. Ng2 Re8 19. Qc2 Qg4 20. Rd3 Red8
21. Qd1 Qf5 22. Nh4 Qa5 23. a3 b5 24. cxb5 cxb5 25. Qg4 Nd5 26. Bh6 Kh8 27. Bd2
Qa6 28. b4 Qe6 29. Qf3 Nb6 30. Rc6 Qd5 31. Be3 Nc4 32. Rc3 Qxf3 33. Nxf3 Nb6
34. Nd2 f5 35. Rc7 Kg8 36. Rxd7 Rxd7 37. Rc6 f6 38. Nb3 Nd5 39. Ra6 Kf7 40. Kg2
Nb6 41. Nd2 Nd5 42. Nb3 g5 43. Nc5 Re7 44. Bd2 Nb6 45. Kf1 Kg6 46. Bc1 Bh6 47.
Ra5 g4 48. Bxh6 Kxh6 49. Rxb5 Nc4 50. Nb3 Nxa3 51. Rxf5 Nc2 52. Rxf6+ Kg5 53.
Rc6 Nxb4 54. Rc3 h5 55. Nc1 Kf6 56. Rc5 Rd7 57. Ne2 Nd5 58. Ke1 Ke6 59. Ra5 Rf7
60. Nc1 Nb4 61. Ke2 Nc2 62. Nb3 Rf3 63. d5+ Ke5 64. Nd2 Nd4+ 65. Kf1 Rd3 66.
Nc4+ Ke4 67. Ne3 Rb3 68. Kg2 Rb1 69. Ra4 Ke5 70. h3 Nf5 71. Nxf5 Kxf5 72. hxg4+
hxg4 73. Rxa7 Rd1 74. Rf7+ Kg6 75. Rd7 Kf6 76. Rd8 Ke7 77. Rg8 Rd4 78. d6+ Kf7
79. Rd8 Ra4 80. Kf1 Ke6 81. Ke2 Ra2+ 82. Ke3 Ra3+ 83. Kf4 Rf3+ 84. Kxg4 Rxf2
85. Kh4 Rd2 86. g4 Kf6 87. Kg3 Rd3+ 88. Kf4 Rd4+ 89. Kf3 Ke6 90. Kg3 Kf6 91.
Kh4 Rd3 92. Rf8+ Kg7 93. Rd8 Kg6 94. Rd7 Kf6 95. Rd8 Kg6 96. d7 Kg7 97. Kg5 Rd1
98. Kf5 Rf1+ 99. Ke4 Rd1 100. g5 Rd2 101. Kf5 Rf2+ 102. Ke4 Rd2 103. Ke3 Rd1
104. g6 Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Ciocaltea, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A65"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 Re8 $5 8. Qd2
Qa5 9. g4 $5 {Tolush attacks immediately.} e6 $6 10. Be2 $6 ({Both players miss
} 10. Nb5 $1 Qb6 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. O-O-O) 10... exd5 11. exd5 a6 12. h4 Nbd7
13. h5 Ne5 ({More consistency brings} 13... b5 $1 14. hxg6 fxg6 15. Bh6) 14.
hxg6 (14. O-O-O $1 {is even better.}) 14... hxg6 $2 ({A fine counteraction
starts} 14... Nxc4 $1 15. gxf7+ Kxf7 16. Qf4 Nxb2 17. Kd2 Qb4) 15. O-O-O b5 16.
cxb5 c4 17. b6 $2 ({A decisive attack begins} 17. Bh6 $1 Bh8 18. Qf4 axb5 19.
Bg5 Nfd7 20. Qh2 Bg7 21. Qh7+) 17... Qxb6 18. Nh3 $2 (18. Bh6 $1 Bh8 19. Bg5
Bg7 $11) 18... Rb8 19. Rh2 Nfd7 $1 20. Rdh1 Nc5 $1 21. Nf2 {Both sides have
moved their forces to the best squares.} Bd7 $2 ({Black fails to see the
opportunity} 21... Ncd3+ $1 22. Nxd3 cxd3 23. Bd1 Nc4 $1 24. Na4 $1 Qc7 $1 25.
Qxd3 Nxb2+ 26. Qc2 Nd3+ 27. Kd2 Qa5+ 28. Kxd3 Qxd5#) 22. Bh6 $1 Bf6 23. Nfe4
Nxe4 24. Nxe4 Nxg4 $1 25. Nxf6+ Nxf6 {Tolush utilises the momentum.} 26. Bg7 $1
Nh5 $1 27. Rxh5 $1 gxh5 28. Bd4 Qd8 29. Qh6 Re5 30. Rxh5 1-0

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Troianescu, Octavio"]
[Black "Golombek, Harry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 d5 8. Ne5
c6 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. Rc1 Rac8 13. Qd3 h6 14. Bd2 Ne8
15. Rc2 Nd6 16. b3 Bf6 17. Rfc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Barda, Olaf"]
[Black "Stoltz, Goesta"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A53"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Nf3 Nfd7 7. g3 f6 8.
Bg2 c6 9. Be3 Bc5 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. O-O-O+ Kc7 12. Nd2 Be6 13. b3 Nbd7 14. Nde4
Rad8 15. Nxc5 Nxc5 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Barcza, Gedeon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C19"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. a4 Nbc6 8. Nf3
Qa5 9. Bd2 c4 10. g3 Bd7 11. Bg2 O-O-O 12. O-O f5 13. exf6 gxf6 14. Re1 Ng6 15.
Bh6 Rhg8 16. Qd2 Rde8 17. h4 a6 18. Bh3 Nh8 19. Bf4 Nf7 20. Rab1 Re7 21. Bg2
Rge8 22. Red1 Ncd8 23. Qc1 Qxa4 24. Ra1 Qc6 25. Qa3 b5 26. Qxa6+ Qxa6 27. Rxa6
Bc6 28. Nh2 h5 29. g4 e5 30. dxe5 fxe5 31. Bg3 Kb7 32. Raa1 e4 33. gxh5 Rh8 34.
Ng4 Rxh5 35. Bh3 Ng5 36. Bg2 Nf3+ 37. Bxf3 exf3 38. Re1 Rg7 39. Ne5 Rxh4 40.
Nxf3 Re4 41. Nd4 Rxe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ciocaltea, Victor"]
[Black "Milev, Zdravko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e5 7. Nde2 Be6 8.
Bxe6 fxe6 9. O-O d5 10. exd5 exd5 11. Bg5 d4 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. c4
Bc5 15. Ng3 O-O 16. Ne4 Be7 17. Qg4 Nc6 18. f4 exf4 19. Nxf4 Qb8 20. Ne6 Rxf1+
21. Rxf1 Qe5 22. Rf5 Qxe6 23. Rf8+ Rxf8 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 25. Qd7 Rb8 26. a3 a5 27.
c5 a4 28. Nd6 d3 29. Nf7+ Kg8 30. Qd5 Bxc5+ 31. Qxc5 Kxf7 32. Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Filip, Miroslav"]
[Black "Reicher, Emanoil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E80"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 e5 6. Nge2 O-O 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2
Nd7 9. d5 Ne7 10. g3 f5 11. Bg2 Nf6 12. h3 Bd7 13. O-O-O Nc8 14. Kb1 Nb6 15. b3
Nh5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. g4 Nf4 18. Nxf4 exf4 19. Bd4 Be5 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21. c5 Nc8
22. c6 1-0

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Golombek, Harry"]
[Black "Sajtar, Jaroslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O c5 8. b3
a6 9. Bb2 Rb8 10. Qd2 b6 11. Rad1 Bb7 12. d5 Ba8 13. a4 Ne8 14. e4 h6 15. Bd3
e5 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. Ne2 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Bc6 19. Qd2 Kg7 20. Ned4 cxd4 21. Nxd4
Qc8 22. Nxe6+ Kh7 23. Nxf8+ Nxf8 24. Qf4 Kg7 25. e5 dxe5 26. Qxe5+ Nf6 27. Qe7+
1-0

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic"]
[Black "Szabo, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. d4 d6 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Qxd8+ Bxd8 7. h3 Nf6 8.
Nc3 Nd4 9. Bd3 Nxf3+ 10. gxf3 Nh5 11. Ne2 Bf6 12. Be3 Nf4 13. Nxf4 exf4 14.
Bxf4 Bxb2 15. Rb1 Bc3+ 16. Ke2 Ba5 17. Be5 O-O 18. f4 Bd7 19. Bd4 Bb6 20. Bc3
Rae8 21. Rhg1 f6 22. Rg3 Bf5 23. Kf3 Bg6 24. f5 Bh5+ 25. Kg2 Kh8 26. a4 c5 27.
e5 Re7 28. e6 Be8 29. a5 Bc6+ 30. f3 Bc7 31. Rg4 g6 32. fxg6 Be5 33. Bxe5 fxe5
34. Be4 Bxe4 35. fxe4 Rf6 36. gxh7 Rfxe6 37. Rg8+ Kxh7 38. Rb8 Rg7+ 39. Kh2
Ree7 40. Rg1 Rd7 41. Rxg7+ Kxg7 42. Kg3 Kf6 43. h4 Rg7+ 44. Kf3 Rh7 45. Kg4
Rg7+ 46. Kh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sliwa, Bogdan"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E85"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Be3 d6 6. f3 e5 7. Bd3 $2 (7. d5 c6
8. Bd3 {is theory.}) 7... Ng4 $1 {This time Tolush punishes an error in the
opening.} 8. Bd2 (8. fxg4 exd4 {is disastrous too.}) 8... exd4 9. Nb5 Ne5 10.
Qc2 c5 11. O-O-O a6 12. Na3 Nbc6 13. Ne2 Be6 14. Nf4 Nb4 15. Qb3 Nbxd3+ 16.
Nxd3 Nxc4 $1 0-1

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bh4 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 c6 11. Nd2 Nd7 12. Be2 dxc4 13. Nxc4 b6 14. O-O Bb7
15. Bf3 Nf6 16. Ne5 Rac8 17. Rac1 c5 18. Qa3 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 Rc7 20. dxc5 Rfc8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Radulescu, Mihai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 c5 5. e3 cxd4 6. exd4 Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. O-O b5 11. Bb3 Bb7 12. Qd3 Nbd7 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Rfe1 Rad8
15. Qe2 Nb6 (15... b4 16. Na4 {diverts a knight.}) 16. Ne5 Nfd5 $6 {The other
knight should move to d5. Now, Black loses the control over e4 (Euwe).} 17. Ne4
f6 18. Rc1 Qb8 19. Nc5 $1 {The weak pawn on e6 comes under attack.} fxg5 ({No
relief brings} 19... Bxc5 20. dxc5 Nc4 21. Bxc4 bxc4 22. c6 Bc8 23. Bh4 g5 24.
Qg4 fxe5 $2 25. Bxg5 $1) 20. Nxe6 Rd6 $2 ({After} 20... Bb4 21. Red1 Qd6 22.
Nxd8 Rxd8 {the black pieces have found better squares than in the game.}) 21.
Nxf8 Bxf8 22. Qh5 g6 23. Qxg5 Kh8 $6 ({The obvious move is} 23... Kg7) 24. Rc5
$1 ({Another obvious choice seems to be} 24. Nf7+ {but} Kg7 25. Nxd6 Bxd6 {
leads to a solid position for Black (Euwe).}) 24... Qe8 25. Rc7 $1 {The boy
plays superb.} Rd7 $6 ({A lesser evil is} 25... Nxc7 26. Nf7+ Qxf7 27. Bxf7 Kg7
28. Bb3 Rf6) 26. Rxd7 Nxd7 27. Bxd5 Bxd5 28. Nxg6+ Qxg6 29. Qxd5 Nf6 30. Qe6
Bb4 31. Rc1 Bd2 32. Rc8+ Kg7 33. Rc7+ Kh6 34. g3 Ba5 35. Rf7 Qb1+ 36. Kg2 Qe4+
37. Qxe4 Nxe4 38. Ra7 Be1 39. Re7 Bxf2 40. Rxe4 1-0

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Troianescu, Octavio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B93"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Qc7 7. Bd3 e5 8. Nf3
Nc6 9. O-O Be7 10. Kh1 O-O 11. a3 exf4 12. Bxf4 Ne5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Bg5 Be6
15. Qe1 Nh5 $6 16. Bd2 Rae8 17. Qe2 (17. Nd5 {gives a plus.}) 17... Nf6 18.
Rae1 Kh8 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Bxd5 21. Qh5 g6 22. Qxe5+ Qxe5 23. Rxe5 Be6 24.
Bc3 Kg8 25. Bb4 Bxb4 26. axb4 Bd7 27. Rc5 Rc8 28. Be4 b6 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Kg1
Bb5 31. Rf6 Rc4 32. Bd3 Rxb4 33. Rxb6 Rd4 (33... Rxb2 34. c4 Bxc4 35. Rxb2 Bxd3
$11) 34. Kf2 $5 {White makes a valiant attempt to win.} Bxd3 35. Ke3 Rh4 36.
Kxd3 Rxh2 37. Rxa6 Rxg2 38. b4 Rg1 39. c4 Kf8 40. c5 Rc1 $6 41. Kd4 Rb1 42. Ra4
$1 h5 43. c6 Ke7 44. Ke5 {White has made progress in the rook endgame. The
extra pawn has little relevance.} f6+ $2 (44... h4 $1 45. Ra7+ Kd8 46. Kd6 Rd1+
47. Kc5 h3 48. Ra8+ Kc7 49. Ra7+ Kd8 $1 {and Black escapes.}) 45. Kd5 Rd1+ 46.
Kc5 Rc1+ 47. Kb6 g5 ({More resistance offers} 47... h4 $1 48. b5 g5 49. Ra7+
Kd6 50. Rh7 f5 51. c7 f4 52. Kb7 f3 53. c8=Q Rxc8 54. Kxc8 Kc5 55. Rh5 Kb6 56.
Rxg5 h3 57. Rg1 Kxb5 58. Rc1 $1 {White wins the remaining pawns.}) 48. Ra7+ Ke6
49. Ra5 $1 Rc4 50. b5 g4 51. Ra1 h4 52. Kc7 g3 53. b6 g2 54. b7 1-0

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Barcza, Gedeon"]
[Black "O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 Be7 6. Nc3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Qa4+ c6 9. O-O O-O 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Qc2 Re8 12. b3 Bd6 13. Bb2 Qe7 14. Nd2 c5
15. Nf1 cxd4 16. exd4 Rac8 17. f3 a6 18. Qf2 Ba3 19. Rac1 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 g6 21.
Ne2 Nf8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rc1 Rxc1 24. Qxc1 Ne6 25. a3 Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Ciocaltea, Victor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A53"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. d5 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. f3 O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8. Be3 c6
9. Qd2 Kh7 10. g4 Ne8 11. h4 a6 12. Nge2 b5 13. h5 g5 14. dxc6 bxc4 15. Ng3
Nxc6 16. Bxc4 Nd4 17. O-O Nc7 18. Rac1 Be6 19. Nce2 d5 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Nxd4
Nxe3 22. Qxe3 Qxd4 23. Qxd4 exd4 24. Rfe1 Bxc4 25. Rxc4 d3 26. b3 Rac8 27. Rd1
Rxc4 28. bxc4 Rd8 29. Kf1 Be5 30. Ne4 Bf4 31. c5 Kg7 32. c6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Radulescu, Mihai"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C71"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c4 Bg4 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3
Be7 9. Ne2 O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Ng3 d5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. O-O dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nd5
15. d3 Nb4 16. a3 Nc2 17. Rb1 Nd4 18. Qd1 f5 19. Nd2 Qd5 20. b4 Rf6 21. f4 exf4
22. Nf3 Nxf3+ 23. Qxf3 Qxf3 24. Rxf3 g5 25. g3 Bd6 26. gxf4 g4 27. Rf1 Re8 28.
hxg4 fxg4 29. f5 Ref8 30. Bf4 h5 31. Rbc1 Rxf5 32. Bxd6 cxd6 33. Rxf5 Rxf5 34.
Rc6 Rd5 35. Rxa6 Rxd3 36. Ra5 d5 37. b5 Rb3 38. b6 Kf7 39. Rxd5 Kg6 40. Rd6+
Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Reicher, Emanoil"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B59"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
Bg5 O-O 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nd5 Bg5 11. Bc4 Be6 12. h4 Bh6 13. g4 Bf4 14. Qe2 Rc8
15. c3 Ne7 16. Rd1 Ng6 17. h5 Nh4 18. Bd3 Qg5 19. f3 Bg3+ 20. Kf1 f5 21. Rg1
Nxf3 22. Rxg3 fxe4 23. Kg2 exd3 24. Rxd3 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 Qh4 26. Rxf3 Qxg4+ 0-1

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sajtar, Jaroslav"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3
c5 9. a3 $2 ({Szabó prefers} 9. dxc5 bxc5) 9... Bxc3 10. bxc3 $6 c4 11. Bb1 Nc6
12. O-O Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. g4 $6 Bg6 15. Nh4 Bxb1 16. Rxb1 Ne4 17. Ng2 f5 18.
Be1 Qd6 19. Nf4 Ng5 $1 ({Black has no interest in} 19... g5 20. Nh5 Qxa3) 20.
f3 fxg4 21. hxg4 Rae8 22. Bd2 Ne7 (22... Nh3+ $1) 23. Kg2 Ng6 24. Nxg6 Qxg6 25.
Qe1 {White's bishop is very weak. A combination changes the plus into a win.}
Nxf3 $1 26. Rxf3 Qe4 27. Qd1 h5 28. gxh5 Rf5 0-1

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sliwa, Bogdan"]
[Black "Filip, Miroslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E47"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8.
Bxc4 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. e4 Ng6 11. Qd3 Nh5 12. a3 Bd6 13. Nb5 Nhf4 14. Nxf4 exf4
15. Nxd6 cxd6 16. f3 Bd7 17. Qd4 Qh4 18. Bd2 Ne5 19. Be2 f5 20. Bb4 Qf6 21. Kh1
Qh6 22. Rac1 fxe4 23. fxe4 Bg4 24. Bf3 a5 25. Bc3 b5 26. Rc2 Rac8 27. Qd1 Bxf3
28. gxf3 Nc4 29. Rg1 Rf7 30. b3 Ne5 31. Bxe5 Rxc2 32. Qxc2 dxe5 33. Qc8+ Rf8
34. Qc7 g6 35. Qxe5 Qh3 36. Qe6+ Qxe6 37. dxe6 Rc8 38. Rg5 Kf8 39. Rxb5 Rc3 40.
Kg2 a4 41. bxa4 Rxa3 42. Rb7 h5 43. Rf7+ Ke8 44. Rxf4 Ke7 45. Rf7+ Kxe6 46. Ra7
g5 47. h4 gxh4 48. Ra5 h3+ 49. Kf2 h4 50. Rh5 Rxa4 51. Rxh4 Ke5 52. Rxh3 1-0

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Stoltz, Goesta"]
[Black "Golombek, Harry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 Ne4 7. a3 Bxd2+ 8.
Nxd2 Nxd2 9. Bxd2 Qg5 10. Rg1 Qh4 11. Qc2 Qxh2 12. O-O-O Nc6 13. Be4 f5 14. Bf3
Qh4 15. Bc3 Qg5 16. d5 exd5 17. cxd5 Nd8 18. g4 Rf8 19. gxf5 Qxf5 20. Be4 Qxf2
21. Qd3 g6 22. Rdf1 Qh4 23. Rxf8+ Kxf8 24. Rh1 Qg4 25. Rxh7 Ba6 26. Qd4 Qg1+
27. Kc2 Qf2+ 28. Kb3 Nf7 29. d6 1-0

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Szabo, Stefan"]
[Black "Barda, Olaf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Be2 g6 5. Bg5 Bg7 6. Qd2 h6 7. Bf4 Nbd7 8. e5
dxe5 9. dxe5 Nd5 10. Nxd5 cxd5 11. Qxd5 Nxe5 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. O-O-O+ Ke8 14.
Nf3 Nc6 15. Bb5 Be6 16. Rhe1 Rd8 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Rxd1+ 19. Kxd1 Rg8 20.
Bc3 Kd7 21. a3 Bd5 22. f3 a6 23. Bd3 h5 24. Bd2 Nd4 25. c4 Bc6 26. Be3 Ne6 27.
Ke2 g5 28. Bh7 Rg7 29. Bf5 Kc7 30. Kf2 Rg8 31. b4 b6 32. h3 Ng7 33. Bh7 Rh8 34.
Bc2 f6 35. Bxg5 Kd6 36. Be3 Kc7 37. a4 e5 38. Rd1 Ne6 39. b5 Bb7 40. Bxb6+ Kxb6
41. Rd6+ Ka5 42. Rxe6 axb5 43. cxb5 Rc8 44. Be4 Bxe4 45. Ra6+ Kb4 46. fxe4 Rc2+
47. Kg3 h4+ 48. Kxh4 1-0

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Milev, Zdravko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 e6 4. Nf3 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. a4 Bb4 7. Qc2 ({Theory is
} 7. e4) 7... c5 8. e3 h6 9. Bh4 $6 ({The exchanges} 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. dxc5 {
are no option for Tolush.}) 9... Nc6 $6 (9... cxd4 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. exd4 Nc6 {
gains a plus.}) 10. Rd1 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Rxd4 Qa5 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Bxc4
Bd7 15. O-O Bxc3 16. bxc3 O-O-O 17. Rb1 a6 $1 {Hereafter, White can make
little progress on the queen's side.} 18. Bd3 f5 19. Rc4+ Bc6 20. Qb2 Qc7 21.
Be2 Rd6 22. Bf3 Rhd8 23. Qb3 Kb8 24. h3 Rc8 $6 (24... Ka8 $1 {avoids troubles.}
) 25. Bxc6 Rxc6 26. Rb4 b6 27. c4 $1 ({Little advantage gives} 27. Rxb6+ Rxb6
28. Qxb6+ Qxb6 29. Rxb6+ Ka7 30. Rb3 Rc4) 27... Ka7 28. a5 Rb8 29. Qb2 Qd6 $2 (
29... e5 $1 {closes the king's side.}) 30. Qf6 b5 31. cxb5 Rxb5 32. Rxb5 axb5
33. Qxf7+ Rc7 34. Qf6 b4 $1 {Black has started a formidable counteraction.} 35.
Qb2 $2 {A rare phenomenon happens. Kasimirovich retreats!} (35. Qxh6 b3 36. Qf6
{The h-pawn might become dangerous.}) 35... Rb7 36. Qb3 Qd5 37. Qxd5 exd5 38.
Kf1 Ka6 39. Ke2 Kxa5 40. Kd2 Rc7 41. Ra1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Troianescu, Octavio"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C22"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 Be7 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bc4 O-O 7. Nge2 Ng4 8.
Qd2 $6 Bc5 9. Nd1 ({Avoids} 9. O-O $4 Qh4) 9... Qe7 10. f3 $2 ({Correct is} 10.
Qg5) 10... Qh4+ $1 11. g3 Nge5 $1 12. gxh4 Nxf3+ 13. Kf1 d5 $3 {Black regains
the queen and gets the better position.} 14. Kg2 Nxd2 15. Bxd5 Bg4 16. Bxd2
Bxe2 17. Nc3 Bh5 18. Bf4 $2 (18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Rhf1 {limits the disadvantage.})
18... Nd4 19. Na4 Bf3+ 20. Kf2 Bxh1 21. Nxc5 c6 22. Bc4 Ne6 $4 (22... b6 $1 23.
Rxh1 bxc5 $19) 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Ke3 $1 {Suddenly White plays for a win.} Bg2
25. Rg1 Bh3 26. Be5 $2 (26. Rg3 $1 b5 27. Bd3 Bf5 28. h5 $1 {is far stronger.})
26... g6 27. Rg3 b5 28. Bb3 c5 29. c4 $6 (29. Rxh3 c4 30. h5 $11) 29... Bf1 30.
cxb5 c4 31. Bc2 Rad8 32. h5 Bd3 33. Rg2 $2 Rf1 34. Bxd3 Rxd3+ 35. Ke2 Rc1 36.
Rf2 Ra1 $2 37. a3 $2 Rc1 38. hxg6 Rc2+ 39. Kf1 $2 Rxf2+ 40. Kxf2 hxg6 {Spassky
has a won position, after the time control is passed.} 0-1

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Barda, Olaf"]
[Black "Barcza, Gedeon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E87"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. Bd3
Ne8 9. Qd2 f5 10. exf5 gxf5 11. O-O-O a6 12. Nge2 Nc5 13. Bxc5 dxc5 14. Ng3 Qh4
15. Kb1 Nd6 16. b3 Bd7 17. Qe1 b5 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Nxf5 Qxe1 20. Ne7+ Kf7 21.
Rdxe1 Kxe7 22. Bxh7 b4 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 Bf5 25. h4 Ra6 26. Re2 Bxe4+ 27.
fxe4 Raf6 28. Rc2 Kd6 29. g4 Rf4 30. Rhc1 Rxe4 31. Rxc5 Rxg4 32. Rc6+ Kxd5 33.
R1c5+ Ke4 34. Rc4+ Kf3 35. Rxg4 Kxg4 36. Rg6+ Kf3 37. Rxg7 e4 38. Rxc7 e3 39.
Re7 e2 40. Kb2 Kf2 41. a3 e1=Q 42. Rxe1 Kxe1 43. axb4 Kd2 44. h5 Kd3 45. h6 Kd4
0-1

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Sliwa, Bogdan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nh3 Nd7 7. Bc4 e6 8.
Nf4 Bd6 9. h4 Qc7 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Qf3 Ngf6 12. Bg5 Qa5+ 13. c3 O-O-O 14.
O-O-O Rhf8 15. Rhe1 Rde8 16. Kb1 Kb8 17. Bb3 Ka8 18. Re2 Bb8 19. Rde1 Rc8 20.
Bc2 Qb6 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. Rxe4 Bd6 23. Rd1 Qc7 24. g4 Rce8 25. h5 f6 26. Bc1 g5
27. Re2 e5 28. d5 c5 29. c4 Nb6 30. b3 Nc8 31. Bf5 Be7 32. Bxc8 Rxc8 33. Qe4
Rh8 34. f4 gxf4 35. Bxf4 Bd6 36. Bc1 Qf7 37. Rf1 a6 38. Ref2 Qd7 39. h6 gxh6
40. Rxf6 Rcg8 41. R1f5 1-0

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ciocaltea, Victor"]
[Black "Radulescu, Mihai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C43"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Bd3 Bb4+ 6. c3 dxc3 7. O-O cxb2 8.
Bxb2 Nc5 9. Bc2 Ne6 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Ne4 b6 12. Qe2 Bb7 13. Rfd1 Qe7 14. a3 Bc5
15. Ba4 O-O-O 16. Bb5 Kb8 17. Ng3 Rhe8 18. Nf5 Qf8 19. Rd2 d6 20. exd6 cxd6 21.
Qd1 a6 22. Bf1 f6 23. Qa4 Nc7 24. Rad1 g6 25. N5d4 Ne5 26. Nxe5 dxe5 27. Nc6+
Bxc6 28. Qxc6 Rxd2 29. Rxd2 Rd8 30. Rc2 Qd6 31. Qe4 Qd1 32. Rc1 Qd2 33. Rc2
Bxf2+ 34. Kh1 Qe1 35. Qc4 Bc5 36. Rc1 Rd1 37. Rxd1 Qxd1 38. h3 Qe1 39. Kh2 Be3
0-1

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Filip, Miroslav"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E95"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. e4 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
c6 9. Bf1 Re8 10. Rb1 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. f3 a5 13. Be3 Nfd7 14. Qd2 Ne5 15.
Red1 Qe7 16. Nb3 a4 $5 17. Nxc5 dxc5 18. Rbc1 Be6 19. Qc2 Bxc4 20. Nxa4 b5 21.
Nb6 Rxa2 22. Nxc4 bxc4 $1 23. Bxc4 Rxb2 $1 24. Qa4 Qb7 25. Bxc5 Ra8 {Tolush
has built up much pressure.} 26. Qa3 $4 ({White can escape by} 26. Ba6 $3 Qb8
27. Kh1 Nxf3 $1 28. Bd6 Qb6 29. Qxc6 Qxc6 30. Rxc6 Ne5 31. Rc8+ Rxc8 32. Bxc8)
26... Rxa3 27. Rd8+ Bf8 28. Rxf8+ (28. Bxf8 Rxg2+ $1 29. Kh1 Rxh2+ 30. Kxh2
Qb2+ {brings no relief.}) 28... Kg7 0-1

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Golombek, Harry"]
[Black "Szabo, Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. Nbd2
Re8 9. b3 Bd6 10. Bb2 e5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Rfd1 Qb6 14. Bd4 Qa6
15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 Rxe5 17. Qb2 Re8 18. e3 Bg4 19. Rdc1 Rac8 20. h3 Bf5 21.
Nf3 Ne4 22. g4 Bd7 23. Nd2 h5 24. Nxe4 dxe4 25. Rxc8 Bxc8 26. gxh5 Qh6 27. Qe2
Qg5 28. Kh1 Qh4 29. Kh2 Re5 30. f4 exf3 31. Qxf3 Rxh5 32. Qg3 Qe7 33. Rc1 Be6
34. Rc7 Qd8 35. Rxb7 Qd2 36. Rb8+ Kh7 37. Kg1 Qc1+ 38. Kh2 Qb2 39. Kg1 Qb1+ 40.
Kh2 Qxa2 41. Kg1 Qb1+ 42. Kh2 Qc2 43. Kg1 Bxb3 44. Qf4 Bd5 45. e4 Be6 46. Rd8
Qc5+ 47. Kh2 Qe5 48. Qxe5 Rxe5 49. Ra8 a5 50. Bf3 Bb3 51. Kg3 a4 52. Kf4 Rc5
53. e5 g6 54. Ra7 Kh6 55. h4 Rc4+ 56. Kg3 Rc1 57. Ra6 Ra1 58. h5 a3 59. hxg6
fxg6 60. Be4 a2 0-1

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Milev, Zdravko"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A60/02"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Bg2 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Ne2
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. f3 b5 11. a4 b4 12. Re1 Nbd7 13. Nf4 Ne5 14. Nd3 Nfd7 15.
Nf2 c4 16. f4 Nd3 17. Nxd3 cxd3 18. Qxd3 Nc5 19. Qd1 Ba6 20. Bf1 Nxe4 21. Bxa6
Qb6+ 22. Be3 Qxa6 23. Bd4 Bxd4+ 24. Qxd4 Nxg3 25. Nc3 bxc3 26. hxg3 c2 27. Kf2
Rac8 28. Re3 Rxe3 29. Qxe3 Qc4 0-1

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic"]
[Black "Reicher, Emanoil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E95"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Re1
Re8 9. Bf1 c6 10. Rb1 a5 11. d5 Nc5 12. g3 Qe7 13. Nh4 Nfd7 14. Be3 Na6 15. a3
c5 16. Bh3 Rb8 17. Nb5 Nb6 18. Bxc8 Nxc8 19. Bd2 b6 20. Bc3 Rf8 21. Ng2 Nc7 22.
Nxc7 Qxc7 23. Qd3 b5 24. b3 b4 25. axb4 axb4 26. Bb2 Ra8 27. Ra1 Nb6 28. f4 f6
29. g4 Qe7 30. Qf3 Rxa1 31. Rxa1 Ra8 32. Rxa8+ Nxa8 33. h4 Nb6 34. Ne3 Nd7 35.
f5 g5 36. hxg5 fxg5 37. Kf2 Nf6 38. Qh1 Qa7 39. Qb1 Bf8 40. Kf3 Qg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Troianescu, Octavio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E95"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Re1
c6 9. Bf1 Re8 10. d5 c5 11. a3 Rf8 12. b4 h6 13. g3 Kh7 14. Nh4 Ng8 15. Qc2 b6
16. b5 Ndf6 17. a4 Nh5 18. a5 Bf6 19. Ng2 a6 20. axb6 Qxb6 21. Bd2 Bd7 22. Ra4
axb5 23. cxb5 Rxa4 24. Qxa4 Rb8 25. Ra1 Ne7 26. Ne3 Nc8 27. Nc4 Qc7 28. Qb3 Bd8
29. Ra6 Nb6 30. Nxb6 Rxb6 31. Na4 Rxa6 32. bxa6 Bc8 33. Qb5 Nf6 34. Nc3 Bd7 35.
Qb7 Qxb7 36. axb7 Bc7 37. f3 Kg7 38. Bb5 Bxb5 39. Nxb5 Bb8 40. Ba5 1-0

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Sajtar, Jaroslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D86"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. h4 $5 ({Theory is} 9. O-O b6 10. Be3) 9... Na5 10. Bd3 ({Spassky
will play the unimpressive} 10. Bb3 {in future games.}) 10... c5 11. Be3 cxd4
12. cxd4 Nc6 13. e5 Qa5+ 14. Kf1 Rd8 15. h5 Be6 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. Nf4 $5 {
Boris continues with a standard attack in the Grünfeld. It results in a plus
for Black.} Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Rxd4 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Qb3 Qxe5 21. Re1 Qd5 22. Bxg6
Qxb3 23. axb3 Rc8 24. Rh3 Rc6 25. Rf3 Bf6 26. Be4 Rb6 27. Bd3 Kf8 28. Bc4 Rdd6
29. Rfe3 e5 30. Rg3 e6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Stoltz, Goesta"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E40"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d6 5. Nge2 c5 6. dxc5 dxc5 $6 ({Better is} 
6... Bxc5 7. Nf4 Nc6 8. Be2 O-O) 7. Qxd8+ $1 Kxd8 8. Bd2 Ke7 9. a3 Ba5 10. Nf4
Bc7 11. Nd3 Nbd7 12. Be2 a6 13. f4 Rb8 $6 ({Weaknesses are repaired by} 13...
b6 $1 14. Bf3 Rb8 15. e4 Bb7 16. e5 Ne8 17. Bxb7 Rxb7) 14. e4 Rd8 15. e5 Ne8
16. b4 f6 $6 ({Counteraction offers} 16... b6 $1 17. bxc5 bxc5 18. Na4 Bb7 $1)
17. exf6+ Nexf6 18. bxc5 b6 $4 ({A blunder costs material. Correct is} 18...
Nf8) 19. Nb4 $1 Nxc5 (19... Bb7 20. c6 a5 21. cxb7 axb4 22. axb4 Rxb7 $18) 20.
Nc6+ Ke8 21. Nxd8 Kxd8 22. Be3 Bd6 23. O-O Ke7 24. Rab1 Bd7 25. Rb2 Bc6 26. Bf3
Be8 27. Rfb1 Nfd7 28. f5 Be5 29. fxe6 Bxc3 30. exd7 Nxd7 31. Re2 Kf8 32. Bf4
Bd4+ 33. Kh1 Bc5 34. Bxb8 Nxb8 35. Rf1 {Super trio: L. Szabó 6, Tolush 5,
Spassky 4 1/2.  Spassky wrote: Commissar Georgij Gavrilovich read a telegram
of the Soviet Sport Committee during a meeting of the Soviet players: "Stop
fighting each other, make draws, hold Szabó".} 1-0

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Barcza, Gedeon"]
[Black "Golombek, Harry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E24"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. f3 Qc7 7. e4 d6 8. Bd3
Nc6 9. Ne2 O-O 10. O-O Ne8 11. Be3 b6 12. Nf4 e5 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. f4 exd4 15.
cxd4 cxd4 16. Bf2 Nc7 17. Qh5 f6 18. Rae1 g6 19. Qh6 Nxd5 20. cxd5 Na5 21. Bxd4
Nb3 22. Bb2 Nc5 23. Bb1 Qe7 24. e5 fxe5 25. fxe5 Ba6 26. exd6 Rxf1+ 27. Rxf1
Rf8 28. Rxf8+ Qxf8 29. Qc1 Qf7 30. Qe1 Bd3 31. Bxd3 Nxd3 32. Qe6 1-0

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Filip, Miroslav"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Qc2
Re8 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Rd1 c6 11. Ng5 Qe7 12. Nce4 h6 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Nf3 Bf5
15. Qa4 Ne4 16. Bd2 a5 17. Be1 Bf8 18. Nd2 Nc5 19. Qa3 Qc7 20. Qc3 Qb6 21. Nb3
Ne4 22. Qc1 a4 23. Nd2 Nc5 24. Nf3 Bg7 25. Qd2 Ne4 26. Qc1 Rad8 27. Nh4 Be6 28.
Qc2 Nc5 29. Bc3 Kh7 30. e4 f6 31. Bf1 Bf7 32. g3 Bf8 33. Kg2 Be7 34. Nf3 g5 35.
Re1 Bh5 36. Rab1 Bf8 37. Ng1 Bg6 38. b4 axb3 39. axb3 Na6 40. Qe2 Bb4 41. Qc2
0-1

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Radulescu, Mihai"]
[Black "Milev, Zdravko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D75"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O d5 5. d4 O-O 6. c4 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nc3
Nxc3 9. bxc3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qa5 11. Qb3 Nc6 12. Be3 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Rb8 14. Rac1
Bg4 15. Rc5 b5 16. f3 Bd7 17. Bf2 Rfc8 18. Rfc1 Qd2 19. Rd1 Qxe2 20. Bf1 Qe6
21. d5 Qd6 22. Rdc1 a6 23. Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25. a4 b4 26. Bc4 a5 27.
Qe3 Bf5 28. Qa7 Qe5 29. Qa8+ Bf8 30. Qxa5 Qc3 31. Bf1 Qxf3 32. Qxb4 Be4 33. Bc5
Bxd5 34. Qa3 Qh1+ 35. Kf2 Qxh2+ 36. Ke1 Qh5 37. Qe3 e6 38. Bxf8 Kxf8 39. a5 Qf5
40. Qa3+ Kg7 41. a6 0-1

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Reicher, Emanoil"]
[Black "Barda, Olaf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B56"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Bd7 8. h3
Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Qc8 11. Kh2 Ne5 12. Nce2 Nc4 13. Bc1 e5 14. Nb3 b5 15.
Nd2 Nb6 16. b3 Bc6 17. Bb2 Qb7 18. f3 Rfe8 19. c4 bxc4 20. bxc4 Ba4 21. Qb1 Qa6
22. Rc1 d5 23. exd5 Nfxd5 24. Nc3 Ne3 25. c5 Rad8 26. Nf1 Nbc4 27. Nxa4 Nd2 28.
Nxd2 Rxd2 29. Rg1 Qxa4 30. Bc3 Rc2 31. Qe1 e4 32. Qxe3 exf3 33. Qxf3 Rxc3 34.
Qd5 Qa5 35. Raf1 Qc7 36. Rf3 Rxc5 37. Rxf7 Rxd5 38. Rxc7 Rd2 39. Rf1 Bb2 40.
Kh1 Ree2 41. Rg1 Bd4 0-1

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sajtar, Jaroslav"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bf4 Nd7 11. Rc1 c5 12. Nd2 Nf6 13. Qa4 Qe8 14. Qxe8 Rfxe8
15. Bf3 cxd4 16. Nb3 Ba6 17. Rfd1 d3 18. exd3 Rac8 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Be5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sliwa, Bogdan"]
[Black "O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nc6 12. O-O b6 13. Rac1 Bb7 14.
Rfd1 Rc8 15. Qe3 Qf6 16. Bd3 Qh6 17. Bb1 Qxe3 18. fxe3 Ne7 19. a3 Rxc1 20. Rxc1
Rc8 21. Rxc8+ Nxc8 22. e5 Ne7 23. Kf2 Nd5 24. Be4 h6 25. Nd2 Kf8 26. Nc4 Bc6
27. Nd6 Ne7 28. Bd3 Bd7 29. g3 Nc8 30. e4 Ke7 31. Nxc8+ Bxc8 32. Ke3 Bd7 33.
Bc4 Kd8 34. h4 Kc7 35. d5 b5 36. Bb3 Kb6 37. Kd4 a5 38. Bc2 Bc8 39. Bd1 a4 40.
Bc2 Bd7 41. Bb1 Bc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Stoltz, Goesta"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 d5 5. Nc3 Be7 6. a3 O-O 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. exd4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. O-O Nb6 11. Ba2 Bd7 12. Ne5 Rc8 13. Qf3 Bc6 14. Nxc6 Rxc6
15. Rd1 Nfd5 16. Ne4 Nc4 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Bxc4 Bb6 19. Bb5 Rd6 20. Be3 a6 21.
Ba4 f5 22. Rd3 $2 ({Correct is} 22. Bb3) 22... Nxe3 $1 23. fxe3 f4 24. Rad1 e5
$2 25. Qe4 Qe7 26. h3 $2 fxe3 27. Rxe3 Rfd8 28. Bb3+ Kh8 29. Kh1 Bxd4 30. Rf3
Rf6 $2 {The extra pawn is given away.} 31. Bc2 g6 {Young Boris did not have
his future accuracy yet.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Szabo, Stefan"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B62"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Be2 Be7 8.
Qd3 O-O 9. Rd1 Bd7 10. O-O Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Nxe4 $4 ({This move deserves
consideration after the usual} 11... Bc6) 12. Nxe4 Bxg5 13. Qxd6 Bc6 14. Qg3
Bxe4 15. Rxd8 Bxd8 16. Bf3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Rb8 18. c4 Bb6 19. Rd1 Rfd8 20. Kf1
Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1 Rd8 22. Qc2 Bc5 23. Qe4 b6 24. Ke2 g6 25. a3 a5 26. Qc6 Rd4 27.
Qb5 Re4+ 28. Kf1 Kg7 29. b4 axb4 30. axb4 Bd4 31. g3 Re5 32. Qd7 Bc3 33. Qd6
Re4 34. Qxb6 Rxc4 35. b5 Bd4 36. Qd6 e5 37. f4 exf4 38. gxf4 Kh6 39. Ke2 Bg1
40. Qf8+ Kh5 1-0

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B34"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8.
O-O d5 9. exd5 Nb4 10. Nb3 Nfxd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Bd4 Nf4 13. Bxg7 Qxd1 14.
Rfxd1 Nxe2+ 15. Kf1 Kxg7 16. Kxe2 Bf5 17. c3 Rad8 {The Soviets follow orders
of the Kremlin.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Troianescu, Octavio"]
[Black "Ciocaltea, Victor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B28"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bg5 d6 8. Bc4
h6 9. Bd2 Qc7 10. Qe2 Bg4 11. Qd3 Nbd7 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Bxd2+ 14. Nxd2 O-O
15. O-O Rac8 16. c4 Nc5 17. Qe3 b5 18. b4 Ne6 19. f3 Bh5 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Rfc1
bxc4 22. Nxc4 Qb8 23. a3 Rfe8 24. Na5 d5 25. Nb3 d4 26. Qd3 Qb5 27. Nc5 Rxc5
28. Qxb5 Rxb5 29. Rc7 a5 30. bxa5 Ra8 31. Rac1 Raxa5 32. R1c6 Rxa3 0-1

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Barda, Olaf"]
[Black "Sliwa, Bogdan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C75"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 Nge7 7. Bb3 h6 8. Be3
Ng6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. Nf1 O-O 11. Ng3 Re8 12. O-O Bf8 13. Nd2 Nf4 14. Bxf4 exf4
15. Qh5 Qe7 16. Ne2 Qf6 17. g3 g6 18. Qf3 Bh3 19. Rfe1 h5 20. Nxf4 Bg4 21. Qd3
Ne7 22. h3 Bc8 23. Re3 Qg7 24. Rf3 Kh8 25. Qc4 d5 26. Qxc7 dxe4 27. Nxe4 Nf5
28. Ng5 Re7 29. Qb6 Nd6 30. Qxd6 Re1+ 31. Rxe1 Bxd6 32. Re8+ Bf8 33. Rxf8+ 1-0

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E95"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. e4 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
c6 9. Bf1 Re8 10. h3 exd4 11. Nxd4 d5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. exd5 Rxe1 14. Qxe1 Nb6
15. Bg5 Nbxd5 16. Rd1 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Bd7 18. Bc4 Qe8 19. Qxe8+ Bxe8 20. Re1 Rc8
21. Bb3 Kf8 22. Re3 a5 23. Rf3 $5 Ne4 24. Ne6+ $1 Kg8 25. Re3 Nxg5 26. Nxg5 Bh6
27. Rxe8+ $1 Rxe8 28. Bxf7+ Kf8 29. Bxe8 Bxg5 30. Ba4 Bf6 31. c4 Bd4 32. Kf1 b6
33. g3 g5 {Boleslavsky made some fun in an equal endgame.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ciocaltea, Victor"]
[Black "Sajtar, Jaroslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B93"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Qc7 7. Bd3 e5 8. Nf3
Be7 9. O-O Be6 10. Qe2 O-O 11. f5 Bc8 12. a4 b6 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bb7 15.
c4 Nd7 16. Be3 a5 17. g4 Nc5 18. Bc2 f6 19. Kh1 Rac8 20. b3 Bd8 21. g5 fxg5 22.
Nxg5 Bxg5 23. Bxg5 Nd7 24. Rad1 Nf6 25. Bb1 Rb8 26. Rg1 Kh8 27. Be3 Bc8 28. Rg5
Rf7 29. Rdg1 Qd8 30. Qf2 Bd7 31. Qh4 Be8 32. R5g3 Qe7 33. Bh6 Bd7 34. Bxg7+
Rxg7 35. Rxg7 Qxg7 36. Rxg7 Kxg7 37. Bd3 Kf7 38. Qh6 Rg8 39. Qe3 e4 40. Be2
Bxf5 41. Qf4 Bh3 42. Qxd6 e3 43. Qc7+ Kf8 44. Bf3 Rg7 45. Qf4 Rf7 46. Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Golombek, Harry"]
[Black "Reicher, Emanoil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. h3
a6 9. a4 Qc7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Be3 b6 12. Nd2 Rd8 13. f4 Nf8 14. Nc4 Rb8 15. e5
N6d7 16. exd6 exd6 17. f5 g5 18. Kh1 Nh7 19. Qd2 Ne5 20. h4 Nxc4 21. Bxc4 Bxc3
22. Qxc3 f6 23. Be2 Qf7 24. Qd2 Re8 25. Bg1 Bb7 26. c4 Re4 27. Bf2 Rbe8 28. Bd3
R4e7 29. Rae1 Nf8 30. Bg3 Rxe1 31. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 32. Qxe1 Qd7 33. b3 Bc8 34. Qe2
Kg7 35. Kg1 Kf7 36. Qe6+ Qxe6 37. fxe6+ Ke7 38. hxg5 hxg5 39. Kf2 Bxe6 40. dxe6
Nxe6 41. Be2 Nd4 1-0

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Milev, Zdravko"]
[Black "Troianescu, Octavio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O a6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 e5 8.
Qd3 Be7 9. Rd1 Be6 10. c4 Qc7 11. Nc3 h6 12. b3 Nf6 13. Ba3 c5 14. Nd2 O-O 15.
Nf1 Rfb8 16. Ne3 Bf8 17. f3 Qd8 18. Bc1 Ne8 19. Nf5 Kh7 20. Bd2 g6 21. Ne3 Nc7
22. Rf1 Ra7 23. Rab1 Rab7 24. Ne2 Ne8 25. Kh1 Bg7 26. g3 Nf6 27. Bc3 Qe7 28.
Rbd1 Rb6 29. Ba5 Rc6 30. Nc3 Ra8 31. Rd2 h5 32. f4 Bh3 33. Rff2 Re8 34. f5 g5
35. Ncd5 Qb7 36. Nxf6+ Bxf6 37. Nd5 Be7 38. Qf3 g4 39. Qe3 f6 40. Rd3 Kg7 41.
Rd1 1-0

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic"]
[Black "Filip, Miroslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B84"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Qc7 8. Be3
Be7 9. f4 O-O 10. Qe1 b5 11. a3 Bb7 12. Bf3 Nbd7 13. Rd1 Nc5 14. Bc1 Rfd8 15.
Kh1 Rac8 16. Qe2 d5 17. e5 Nfe4 18. Bxe4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Be3 Bd5 21. Qf2
Bc4 22. Rfe1 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Radulescu, Mihai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Qc2 Nbd7 7. Bf4 c6 8.
e3 Nf8 9. Bd3 Ne6 10. Be5 Bd6 11. O-O-O Bxe5 12. Nxe5 Qe7 13. g4 Nc5 14. Be2
Nce4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bd3 Be6 17. f3 Nd6 18. Bxh7 O-O-O 19. Bd3 Kb8 20. Kb1
Rc8 21. Rc1 Qc7 22. h4 f6 23. Ng6 Rhe8 24. g5 Qd7 25. gxf6 gxf6 26. h5 Bf5 27.
Rcd1 Bxd3 28. Qxd3 Qh7 29. e4 Qh6 30. e5 fxe5 31. dxe5 Nc4 32. f4 Rc7 33. e6
Nd6 34. a3 Rh7 35. Ka2 Qg7 36. f5 Qf6 37. Qf3 Kc7 38. Rdf1 c5 39. h6 Qd4 40.
Rh4 Qf6 41. Qf4 Kc6 42. Ne5+ 1-0

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Stoltz, Goesta"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d6 5. Nge2 c5 6. dxc5 dxc5 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8.
Bd2 Ke7 9. Nf4 b6 10. a3 Ba5 11. b4 cxb4 12. axb4 Bxb4 13. Ncd5+ Nxd5 14. Nxd5+
exd5 15. Bxb4+ Kf6 16. cxd5 Bb7 17. Bc3+ Ke7 18. Bb4+ Kf6 19. O-O-O Ba6 20. Rd4
h5 21. Kb2 Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Na6 23. Bc3 Nc5 24. e4 Rhc8 25. f4 a5 26. f5 b5 27. d6
Kg5 28. e5 Kh6 29. d7 Rd8 30. e6 fxe6 31. fxe6 Nxe6 32. Rd6 Kh7 33. Rf7 Kg8 34.
Re7 Nc5 35. Bxg7 Rxd7 36. Rdxd7 Nxd7 37. Rxd7 Re8 38. Bh6 Re6 39. Bg5 Re4 40.
g3 Rb4+ 41. Kc3 Rc4+ 42. Kd3 Rb4 43. Bf6 a4 44. Rg7+ Kf8 45. Be7+ Kxg7 46. Bxb4
1-0

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Szabo, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bb4 6. e4 b5 7. Qc2 $5 ({Usual is
} 7. Be2) 7... Nf6 8. Bg5 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 a6 12. Be2 Bb7
13. h4 g4 14. Nd2 Nh5 $1 {Black has fortified the queen's side and attacks on
the other flank.} 15. Be5 $1 ({Avoids} 15. Bxg4 Nxg3 16. fxg3 Rg8) 15... Rg8
16. Rb1 $1 Qe7 $2 ({Equality keeps} 16... Ra7 $1 17. Qa2 $1 Nd7 18. axb5 cxb5
19. Rxb5 axb5 20. Qxa7 Qa8 21. Qxa8+ Bxa8) 17. Bxc4 $2 ({Substantial advantage
gains} 17. Nxc4 $1 {(threatens 18.Nd6+)} bxc4 18. Qb2) 17... Nd7 $1 {The
errors have led to a black initiative.} 18. Bg3 Nb6 19. axb5 cxb5 20. Bd3 Nxg3
21. fxg3 Qc7 22. Kf2 Rc8 23. Rhc1 e5 24. Nb3 Rg6 $1 25. d5 Na4 (25... f5 $5 26.
exf5 Rf6 27. Qe2 h5 {brings a fine position.}) 26. c4 bxc4 27. Bxc4 Qb6+ 28.
Ke2 Rf6 $1 29. Rf1 {The extra protection of c3 has vanished.} Rxf1 $2 ({A
serious blow delivers} 29... Qb4 $3 30. Rbc1 ({the tactical justification is} 
30. Rxf6 Nc3+ 31. Qxc3 $1 Qxc3 32. Bd3 Bxd5 $1 33. exd5 e4 34. Bxa6 Rb8 35. Rc6
Qxg3 $19)) 30. Kxf1 Qe3 31. Na5 Nb6 32. Qb2 $1 Nxc4 33. Nxc4 Rxc4 34. Qxe5+ $1
Kd8 35. Qd6+ Ke8 36. Qe5+ Kd8 37. Qf6+ $1 {White has perpetual check and is
able to set traps.} Ke8 $2 ({The accurate moves} 37... Kc8 $1 38. Qh8+ Kc7 39.
d6+ $1 Kc6 40. Qe8+ Kxd6 41. Rd1+ Kc5 42. Qe7+ Kc6 43. Qf6+ Kc5 44. Qe7+ {lead
to perpetual check.}) 38. Qh8+ Kd7 39. Rxb7+ Rc7 40. Rxc7+ Kxc7 41. Qe5+ Kb6
42. Qb8+ Ka5 43. Qc7+ Kb4 44. d6 Qd3+ 45. Kg1 Qxg3 46. Qb6+ Kc3 47. Qc5+ Kb3
48. Qd5+ Kc3 49. Qc5+ Kb3 50. Qf5 Qe1+ ({Or} 50... Kb4 $1 51. Qf6 $1 Qd3 52.
Kh2 $1 Kc5 53. Qe5+ Kc6 54. Qe8+ $1) 51. Qf1 Qxh4 52. d7 g3 53. Qd3+ Kb2 54.
Qd4+ Kc2 55. d8=Q ({The pointe is} 55. d8=Q Qh2+ 56. Kf1 Qh1+ 57. Qg1) 1-0

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Barcza, Gedeon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Be2 Nc6 12. O-O e5 $1 13. d5 Bg4 $1 14.
dxc6 Qxd2 15. Nxd2 Bxe2 16. cxb7 Rab8 17. Rfb1 Rfd8 18. Rb2 Ba6 19. Rab1 Rd7 {
The Hungarians showed a lot of respect for each other.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Barcza, Gedeon"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 Bb4 7. O-O O-O 8. e4
Bxd2 9. Nxd2 e5 10. exd5 cxd5 11. cxd5 exd4 12. Nb3 Nb6 13. Be2 Nbxd5 14. Qxd4
Bd7 15. Bg5 Bc6 16. Bf3 h6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Qxd8 Rfxd8 20. Rfd1
(20. Rac1 $1 {still tries something, but Barcza is satisfied with a draw.})
20... Nd5 21. Rd4 Rab8 22. Na5 Rxb2 23. Nxc6 Rc8 24. Nxa7 Rxa2 25. Rdd1 Rxa1
26. Rxa1 Rc5 27. g3 f5 28. Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C64"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 Bb6 7. dxe5 Nxe4 8.
Qd5 Nc5 9. Bg5 Ne7 10. Qc4 Ne6 11. Bh4 d5 12. exd6 Qxd6 13. Nbd2 Nf5 14. Ne4
Qf4 15. Bg5 Nd6 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. Rad1 Qc5 18. Be3 Qxc4 19. Bxc4 Bxe3 20. fxe3
Re8 21. e4 Kf8 22. e5 Re7 23. Nh4 Ng5 24. Nf5 Bxf5 25. Rxf5 Ne6 26. Rdf1 g6 27.
R5f3 Kg7 28. Bxe6 fxe6 29. Rd1 Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Filip, Miroslav"]
[Black "Barda, Olaf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 e5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
d3 Be6 9. a3 O-O 10. b4 f5 11. Be3 Bf6 12. Rc1 Nd4 13. Nd2 c6 14. Bxd4 exd4 15.
Na4 Nxa4 16. Qxa4 Bd5 17. Rc5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qe8 19. Qb3+ Kh8 20. Rxf5 Qxe2 21.
Ne4 Rae8 22. h3 Be7 23. Re5 Qf3+ 24. Kg1 Bd8 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Qc4 h6 27. b5
cxb5 28. Qxb5 Rf8 29. Qc4 Bb6 30. a4 Qf5 31. Qb4 Rc8 32. Kg2 Qd5 33. Rb1 Rc7
34. Qb5 Rd7 35. f4 Rd8 36. Rb2 Qg8 37. Qh5 Qe8 38. Qxe8+ Rxe8 39. Rb5 Rc8 40.
a5 Bd8 41. Rxb7 Bxa5 42. Rxa7 Bd2 43. f5 Be3 44. Kf3 Rf8 45. Kg4 Kg8 46. Kh5
Rf7 47. Ra8+ Kh7 48. g4 Bg1 49. Rd8 Be3 50. h4 Bg1 51. Ng5+ 1-0

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Reicher, Emanoil"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B28"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. d4 cxd4 4. c3 $5 dxc3 5. Nxc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Qe2 $5 Be7
8. Bf4 Nf6 9. Rd1 Nc6 $6 ({Slightly better is} 9... Qc7 {(Nilsson-Wirkner,
corr. 1982).}) 10. e5 $1 Nh5 11. Bc1 (11. Be3 $1 {brings an advantage.}) 11...
d5 12. g4 Qa5 13. Bb3 Qb4 14. gxh5 d4 15. Bd2 dxc3 16. Bxc3 Qg4 $6 {F4 is a
better square for the queen.} 17. Rg1 Qxh5 18. Rxg7 Bd7 19. Nd2 $6 (19. Qe4 {
is excellent.}) 19... Qxh2 20. Qf3 $2 (20. Nc4 Qh1+ 21. Qf1 Qe4+ 22. Qe2 Qh1+ {
delivers perpetual check.}) 20... Nxe5 21. Qxb7 Bc6 22. Ba4 $1 Nd3+ $1 {Black
refutes the combination.} 23. Ke2 Nf4+ (23... Qxf2+ $1 24. Kxd3 Rd8+ 25. Kc2
Qf5+ 26. Kc1 Bxa4 {wins faster.}) 24. Kf1 Qh3+ 25. Ke1 Qh1+ 26. Rg1 $5 Qxg1+
27. Nf1 O-O 28. Qxe7 Bg2 29. Qg5+ Ng6 30. Qf6 e5 $1 ({Avoids} 30... Qxf1+ $4
31. Kd2 Rad8+ 32. Ke3) 31. Ke2 Bxf1+ 32. Rxf1 Qg4+ 33. Ke1 Qxa4 0-1

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sajtar, Jaroslav"]
[Black "Milev, Zdravko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D95"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Qb3 e6 7. Bd2 b6 8. Be2
Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Rfd1 Rb8 11. Rac1 a6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Na4 Re8 14. Rc2 Ne4
15. Bb4 a5 16. Be1 c6 17. Nc3 Nd6 18. Rcc1 f5 19. Bf1 g5 20. Bd2 Ne4 21. Ne1
Bf8 22. Nxe4 fxe4 23. f3 Nf6 24. g3 Bd6 25. Bg2 h5 26. f4 h4 27. Nc2 hxg3 28.
hxg3 Kg7 29. Be1 Rh8 30. Na3 Ng4 31. Nb1 Rh2 32. Rd2 b5 33. Re2 Qf6 34. Nd2
Rbh8 35. Nf1 Rxg2+ 36. Rxg2 Qh6 37. Nh2 Nxh2 38. Qd1 Nf3+ 39. Kf2 b4 40. Qa4
1-0

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sliwa, Bogdan"]
[Black "Golombek, Harry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. e3 Bb7 4. Bd3 c5 5. Nbd2 Nc6 6. c3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Qe2
O-O 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. a3 d5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. c4 d4 13. Rb1 Ng4 14. e4 a5 15. Nf1
Nge5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Ng3 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Qc6 19. f3 Rfd8 20. b3 Be5 21. Rf1
Rac8 22. a4 Bc7 23. Bd2 Rb8 24. Be1 Rd7 25. Rd1 Qd6 26. Rf2 Qb6 27. Ra2 Ba6 28.
Ra3 Be5 29. Ne2 Rdb7 30. Qc2 Qc7 31. Kh1 Ra7 32. Bg3 Bxg3 33. hxg3 Rab7 34. Rd3
Qe5 35. Qd2 Rb4 36. Qf4 Qxf4 37. Nxf4 e6 38. g4 Kf8 39. g5 Ke7 40. e5 h6 41.
gxh6 Rh8 42. Kg1 Rxh6 43. Rd1 Rb8 44. Nd3 Rc8 45. Re1 Kd7 46. Re4 Kc6 47. Rf4
Rc7 48. Rf6 Bb7 49. Ra1 Rh5 50. Re1 Rf5 51. Kf2 Kd7 52. Rxf5 exf5 53. Rh1 Kc6
54. Rh8 Bc8 55. Rd8 Bd7 56. Rb8 f4 57. Rb5 g5 58. Rxc5+ Kb6 59. Rd5 Bf5 60.
Rd6+ Rc6 61. Ke2 Kc7 62. Rd5 Rb6 63. Rb5 Rxb5 64. axb5 Kb6 65. Kd2 Be6 66. Nb2
Kc5 67. Nd3+ Kb6 68. Nf2 a4 69. bxa4 Bxc4 70. Nh3 Bb3 71. Nxg5 Bxa4 72. Nxf7
Bxb5 73. Nd6 Bc6 74. e6 Kc5 75. Nf5 1-0

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Stoltz, Goesta"]
[Black "Ciocaltea, Victor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Qc2 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. h3
Nc6 9. d5 Nb4 10. Qb3 a5 11. Be3 Nd7 12. a3 Na6 13. Bxa6 bxa6 14. Na4 Rb8 15.
Qc2 Ne5 16. Nd2 Bd7 17. Nc3 Rxb2 0-1

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Szabo, Stefan"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
Kh8 9. b4 Bb6 10. a4 a6 11. Nbd2 Qe7 12. Bb3 Be6 13. Nc4 Bxc4 14. Bxc4 Nd8 15.
a5 Ba7 16. d4 g5 17. dxe5 gxh4 18. exf6 Qxf6 19. Nd4 Ne6 20. Nf5 Rg8 21. Kh1
Ng7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Radulescu, Mihai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E76"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qxc5 8. b4
$5 {Tolush brings a novelty.} Qc6 $6 ({The pawn can be captured, because} 8...
Qxb4 9. Na4 (9. Nd5 Qc5 {gives little compensation.}) 9... Qa3 10. Bc1 Qb4+ 11.
Bd2 {draws (Hermann-Kunsztowicz, Bochum 1981).}) 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Nf3 Be6 11. Rc1
Qd7 (11... Bxc4 $4 12. Nd5 {is horrible.}) 12. O-O Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Nc6
15. Ne2 e5 $6 {Black gives way for an attack on the king's side.} 16. f5 Rae8
17. g4 gxf5 18. gxf5 Nd4 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Kh1 Kh8 21. Rg1 Rg8 22. Rg2 b5 $6 {
A poor defence continues.} 23. cxb5 d5 24. e5 $1 Rxe5 25. Rcg1 Ree8 26. Bg5 ({
Better is} 26. Qf4 $1 {because the necessary} Ne4 {is refuted by} 27. Rxg7 $1
Rxg7 28. Rxg7 Kxg7 29. Bxe4 Rxe4 30. Qh6+ Kg8 31. f6) 26... Qd6 27. a3 Ne4 28.
f6 Nxf6 29. Bf5 Qe5 30. Bh4 Bh6 $2 31. Bxf6+ $2 (31. Bg6 $1 {decides
immediately} Bf4 32. Bxf7 {but White applies another combination.}) 31... Qxf6
32. Rxg8+ Rxg8 33. Rxg8+ Kxg8 34. Bxh7+ $1 Kg7 35. Qxf6+ Kxf6 36. a4 Bf8 37. a5
Bd6 $2 ({Correct is} 37... Bxb4 38. b6 Bc5 39. b7 Bd6 40. h4 Ke6 $1 41. h5 Kd7
42. Bf5+ Kc7 43. a6 {(forced)} Kb8 {If Black gives his bishop for the h-pawn,
he may also sacrifice his passed pawns and a theoretical draw becomes evident.}
) 38. Kg2 Ke5 39. Kf3 d3 40. Bxd3 Kd4 41. b6 axb6 42. a6 Bb8 43. h4 Ke5 1-0

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Troianescu, Octavio"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nbd2 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 e6 7. O-O Nge7 8. Re1
O-O 9. c3 b6 10. Nf1 Ba6 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Qa4 Bb7 15.
Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Rad1 Rfc8 17. Ne3 Rc5 18. f4 Nc6 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. Qc2 Rd8 21.
Qe2 Qb7 22. Nc2 b5 23. Rd2 Rc4 24. a3 a5 25. Ne3 Rxe4 26. Bxe4 Bxe4 27. Nc2 d5
28. Nd4 b4 29. cxb4 axb4 30. a4 Qa7 31. Qf2 Rc8 32. b3 Bf8 33. Nb5 Qa6 34. Qe2
Qb6+ 35. Kf1 Rc3 36. Nxc3 bxc3 37. Rc2 Qxb3 38. Rec1 Bb4 39. g4 Bxc2 40. Rxc2
Qxa4 41. f5 exf5 42. gxf5 g5 43. h4 Bc5 44. hxg5 Qf4+ 45. Ke1 Qg3+ 46. Kd1 Qg1+
47. Qe1 Qxe1+ 48. Kxe1 hxg5 49. Ke2 Bd4 50. Ra2 Kg7 51. Kd3 Be5 52. Ra5 Kf6 53.
Rxd5 Kxf5 54. Ke3 f6 55. Rc5 Kg4 56. Rc4+ Kg3 57. Ke4 g4 0-1

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Barda, Olaf"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B62"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Be2 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Qd3 Bd7 10. Rad1 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc6 12. f4 h6 13. Bh4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4
Bxh4 15. Nxd6 Bf6 16. Qf2 Qc7 17. b3 Be7 18. Nc4 Be4 19. Bd3 Bc5 20. Ne3 Qb6
21. Rfe1 Rfd8 22. Kh1 Bxd3 23. cxd3 Rac8 24. Qf3 Qa6 25. Nc4 Qxa2 26. Qxb7 Rb8
27. Qc7 Rdc8 28. Qd7 Qxb3 29. Ne5 Qb7 30. Rc1 Rc7 31. Qa4 Qb4 32. Qd1 Qxf4 33.
Rc4 Qg5 34. Qf3 Qxe5 0-1

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ciocaltea, Victor"]
[Black "Szabo, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. d4 d6 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Qxd8+ Bxd8 7. O-O Nf6
8. Nc3 O-O 9. Bg5 Bg4 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nd5 Bxf3 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 13. gxf3 Rfd8
14. Bd3 Nb4 15. Rfd1 Nxd3 16. Rxd3 Rxd3 17. cxd3 Rd8 18. Rc1 c6 19. Rc3 Kf8 20.
Kf1 Ke7 21. Ke2 Rg8 22. Kf1 Kd6 23. Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Golombek, Harry"]
[Black "Filip, Miroslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bc4 O-O 6. O-O Nxe4 7. Nxe4 d5 8.
Bd3 dxe4 9. Bxe4 c5 10. dxc5 Qc7 11. c3 Qxc5 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Qe2 Nd7 14. Rad1
Nf6 15. Bc2 b6 16. Bd4 Bb7 17. Rfe1 Qf4 18. Qe5 Qxe5 19. Bxe5 Rfd8 20. Bc7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Milev, Zdravko"]
[Black "Stoltz, Goesta"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 Bb6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 d6 8. h3
Ne7 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Nxe5 Nxe4 12. Rxe4 Rd1+ 13. Kh2 Bf5 14. Nd2
Bxe4 15. Nxe4 Rd5 16. f4 Rxb5 17. c4 Rb4 18. a3 Rb3 19. c5 Ba5 20. Nc4 Nc6 21.
f5 Re8 22. Ned2 Bxd2 23. Bxd2 Re4 24. Re1 Rxe1 25. Bxe1 Nd4 26. Bc3 Nxf5 27. a4
Ne7 28. Na5 Rxc3 29. bxc3 b6 30. cxb6 axb6 31. Nb3 Nc6 32. Kg3 f6 33. Kf4 h5
34. Ke4 Kf7 35. Kd5 Ne7+ 36. Kc4 Ke6 37. Kb5 Nd5 38. c4 Nc3+ 39. Kb4 Ne4 40.
Nd4+ Ke5 41. Ne2 c6 42. h4 g6 43. a5 c5+ 44. Kb5 bxa5 45. Nc1 g5 46. hxg5 fxg5
47. Nb3 h4 48. Nxc5 Nxc5 49. Kxc5 g4 50. Kb5 h3 0-1

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A64"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nd2 a6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. a5 b5 13. axb6 Nxb6 14. Nb3 Nc4 15.
Ra4 Nb6 16. Ra2 Nc4 17. Ra4 Ne5 $1 {Black has a slight advantage.} 18. Na5 $1 (
{The immediate advance in the centre with} 18. f4 $6 Neg4 19. e4 $6 {is
defeated by} Bd7 20. Ra3 c4 21. Na5 Qb6+ 22. Kh1 Nf2+) 18... Bd7 19. Ra2 Qc7 ({
Similar is} 19... Bb5 20. Qc2 Qb6 {(Saidy-Gligoric, Lone Pine 1972).}) 20. h3
Bb5 21. b3 Nh5 22. Bd2 f5 23. Qc2 Bd7 24. Re1 Rf8 25. f4 Nf7 26. Kh2 Rae8 27.
Nc6 Bc8 28. e4 Nd8 29. exf5 gxf5 30. Raa1 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Sajtar, Jaroslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc4
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Re1 Nc7 11. Ng5 Bd7 12. a4 Rc8 13. a5 h6 14. Ne4 Na6 15.
Ned2 Be6 16. Rxe6 fxe6 17. Qg4 Nab4 18. Ne4 Nxc2 19. Bxh6 Bxh6 20. Qxg6+ Bg7
21. Qxe6+ Kh8 22. Qh3+ Kg8 23. Qe6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Radulescu, Mihai"]
[Black "Troianescu, Octavio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d3 d5 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1
h6 9. c3 dxe4 10. dxe4 Be6 11. Qe2 Qd7 12. Nc4 Rad8 13. Bf4 b6 14. Nfe5 Nxe5
15. Nxe5 Qc8 16. Nc4 Qa6 17. Ne3 Qxe2 18. Rxe2 Nh5 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Nxf4
21. gxf4 Bf6 22. Rd1 Rd6 23. a4 Rb8 24. Ra1 Kf8 25. c4 Bd4 26. Ra3 Rf6 27. Rf3
a6 28. Bf1 Rb7 29. Kg2 Rd7 30. Rd2 Kg7 31. Bd3 e6 32. Be4 exd5 33. cxd5 a5 34.
h4 Rfd6 35. Rfd3 Re7 36. Bf3 Re1 37. h5 gxh5 38. Rb3 Kf8 39. Rbd3 Ke7 40. b3
Rg6+ 41. Kh2 Rf6 42. Re2+ Rxe2 43. Bxe2 Rxf4 44. Rf3 Rxf3 45. Bxf3 Bxf2 46.
Bxh5 f5 47. Kg2 Bh4 48. Be2 Kd6 49. Bd3 Ke5 50. d6 Bg5 51. d7 Bd8 52. Be2 Kd4
53. Kf3 h5 54. Kf4 h4 55. Bf3 Kc3 56. Bd5 Kd4 57. Be6 Bc7+ 58. Kf3 Kc3 59. Kg2
f4 60. Bf7 Kb4 61. Be6 Bd8 62. Bf7 b5 63. axb5 Kxb5 64. Kf3 h3 65. Kxf4 h2 66.
Bd5 Kb4 67. Kg3 h1=Q 68. Bxh1 Kxb3 69. Bd5+ c4 70. Kf4 a4 71. Ke4 a3 0-1

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Barcza, Gedeon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. d4 Bxb3 11. axb3 Qd7 12. d5 Nd8 13. c4 Nb7 14. Nc3 Rfb8 15.
cxb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Rxa8 17. b4 h6 18. Qd3 c6 19. dxc6 Qxc6 20. Qxb5 Qxb5 21.
Nxb5 Rc8 22. Bd2 Nd8 23. Nc3 Nc6 24. Nd5 Rb8 25. Nxf6+ Bxf6 26. Re3 Kf8 27. Rb3
Ke7 28. b5 Rb7 29. Kf1 Ke6 30. Ke2 Bd8 31. Kd3 d5 32. exd5+ Kxd5 33. Kc2 Nd4+
34. Nxd4 exd4 35. Kd3 Bb6 36. Bb4 h5 37. Bf8 Rb8 38. Bb4 g5 39. Ra3 Bc7 40. Ba5
Bd6 41. Rb3 g4 42. b6 Kc6 43. b7 f5 44. f3 Re8 45. Kxd4 Bc5+ 46. Kc4 Ba7 47.
Bc3 Bb8 48. Bd4 g3 49. Re3 Rd8 50. Re7 1-0

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Reicher, Emanoil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e4 $5 dxe4 8.
Nxe4 Bb4+ 9. Ke2 $1 {Boris springs a surprise.} Qf4 10. Qd3 f5 $5 11. Nc3 Nd7
12. g3 Qg4 13. h3 Qh5 14. Bg2 O-O 15. g4 $1 {White has developed his king in
the entre and opened the king's side. The result is an equal position with
dynamic play.} Qf7 ({The tactical justification is} 15... fxg4 16. hxg4 Qxg4
17. Bh3 Qf4 18. Bxe6+) 16. gxf5 exf5 17. a3 Re8+ 18. Kd2 Bd6 19. Rae1 Nf6 20.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. Re1 Qh5 22. c5 $5 Bf8 23. Bf1 Bd7 24. Qe3 Rd8 25. Bc4+ Kh8 26.
Ne5 Be8 27. Kc2 g5 28. f4 gxf4 29. Qxf4 Qg5 $6 (29... Qxh3 30. Qf2 Bg7 31. Bd3
b6 32. Bxf5 Qh5 {keeps active play.}) 30. Rf1 Qxf4 31. Rxf4 Bg7 32. Bf7 Kh7 33.
Be6 Bg6 34. Nxg6 Kxg6 35. Bxf5+ Kg5 36. Ne2 Nd5 37. h4+ Kf6 38. Rf3 Ke7 $2 (
38... Ne3+ $1 39. Rxe3 Kxf5 40. Kd3 Bf6 {keeps pressure.}) 39. Be4 Bf6 40. Ng3
Nc7 41. Nf5+ Ke6 42. Nd6 b6 43. Bf5+ Kd5 44. Bh3 Rf8 45. Bg2 Kxd4 46. cxb6 axb6
47. Rd3+ Ke5 (47... Kc5 48. b4#) 48. Nc4+ Kf5 49. Nxb6 Nd5 50. Nd7 ({The
exchanges with} 50. Nd7 Rf7 51. Bxd5 cxd5 52. Nxf6 Rxf6 53. Rf3+ Ke5 54. Rxf6
Kxf6 {lead to a won pawn ending for White.}) 1-0

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Sliwa, Bogdan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E26"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. f3
Nc6 9. Ne2 Rc8 $5 {Black keeps the king in the centre.} (9... O-O 10. e4 Ne8 {
is theory.}) 10. e4 d6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 e5 13. d5 Na5 14. O-O g5 15. Be1 Nh5
16. g3 Rg8 17. Nc1 Ba6 $1 18. Nb3 ({Premature is} 18. f4 $6 {due to} Nxf4 $1
19. gxf4 gxf4+ 20. Kh1 Qd7 21. Rg1 Rxg1+ 22. Kxg1 Qh3 23. Ra2 Kd7 {and Black
has abundant compensation for the knight.}) 18... Nxb3 19. Qxb3 Qd7 20. a4 Rb8
21. Kh1 Kd8 22. Qd1 Nf6 23. Ra2 Kc7 24. f4 $5 gxf4 25. gxf4 Ng4 26. fxe5 Nxe5
27. Bg3 {White's advance in the centre seems to have a horrible result, but it
has a tactical finesse.} Rxg3 $1 ({If Black wins a pawn by} 27... Bxc4 28. Bxc4
Nxc4 29. Qd3 Ne5 30. Bxe5 dxe5 31. Raf2 {White takes the initiative.}) 28. hxg3
Qh3+ 29. Rh2 Qxg3 30. Qh5 $2 ({The accurate} 30. Rg2 $1 Qh3+ (30... Qxd3 $4 31.
Qxd3 Nxd3 32. Rxf7+) 31. Rh2 Qg3 32. Rg2 {ends with a repetition of moves.})
30... Rg8 31. Be2 Bc8 32. Qh4 Qe3 33. Rhf2 Rg3 34. Rf3 Rxf3 35. Bxf3 Nxf3 36.
Qg3 Qxe4 37. Qxf3 Qh4+ 38. Kg1 f5 39. Qe2 Qg3+ 40. Qg2 Qe3+ 41. Kh1 Qxc3 42.
Rf3 Qxc4 43. Rg3 {During the free days, László Szabó had participated in an
excursion to a mountain resort and enjoyed the sunshine and snow. He blamed
his defeats in this and the next round to the change in climate. One should
better admire the great play by Sliwa, champion of Poland.} 0-1

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Barcza, Gedeon"]
[Black "Ciocaltea, Victor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. d5
Nc5 9. Qc2 a5 10. Ne1 b6 11. Be3 Ne8 12. Qd2 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. f4 Nf6 15.
Nd3 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 e4 17. Qd2 Nd7 18. Nb5 Nc5 19. Bd4 Bd7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Nd4
Qf6 22. Qe3 Kh8 23. b3 Rg8 24. Rad1 Qg7 25. Rf2 Qf6 26. a3 a4 27. b4 Nb3 28.
Bf1 Nxd4 29. Qxd4 Qxd4 30. Rxd4 Rg6 31. Rc2 Rb8 32. Kf2 Rh6 33. h3 Rg6 34. Rc3
Rbg8 35. Rd1 h5 36. h4 c6 37. dxc6 Bxc6 38. g3 Re6 39. Re3 Kg7 40. Rb1 Rd8 41.
Be2 Be8 42. Rd1 Rc8 43. Rc3 Kf6 44. Ke3 Rc7 45. Kd4 Bf7 46. Rdc1 Be8 47. Bd1
Ree7 48. Bc2 Rg7 49. Bd1 Ke6 50. Be2 Kf6 51. R1c2 Bf7 52. Re3 Rg8 53. Rec3 Rg7
54. Rc1 Rc8 55. Rg1 Be8 56. Bd1 Rgc7 57. Rg2 Rd8 58. Rgc2 Rg7 59. Rb2 Rc8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Golombek, Harry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E41"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. a3 cxd4 6. exd4 Be7 7. d5 exd5 8.
cxd5 d6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Nge2 Re8 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Ng3 Bf8 13. h3 a6 14. a4 Nc5
15. Bc2 a5 16. Bg5 Be7 17. Re1 Bd7 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. axb5 Ncd7 20. Qd3 g6 21.
Qd4 Rc8 22. Ba4 b6 23. Rac1 Rxc1 24. Bxc1 Bf8 25. Rxe8 Qxe8 26. Be3 Bg7 27. Qc4
Nc5 28. Bxc5 Qc8 29. Bb3 Qxc5 30. Qxc5 dxc5 31. Bc4 Kf8 32. b3 Ke7 33. Ne2 Ne8
34. g4 Nd6 35. Bd3 Bb2 36. Kf1 Ne8 37. Bc4 Kd6 38. f4 Nf6 39. Ng3 Bc1 40. f5
Nxd5 41. Ne4+ Ke5 42. Bxd5 Kxd5 43. Nc3+ Kd6 44. Na4 Kc7 45. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Filip, Miroslav"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A93"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. b3 c6 8. Ne5 {
Filip chooses a quiet variation.} Nbd7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nxd7 Bxd7 11. Ba3 Ne4
12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. e3 a5 14. Nd2 a4 15. Nf3 axb3 16. Qxb3 b5 17. a4 b4 $5 18. a5
Rfb8 19. Rfc1 Nc3 20. Bf1 Kh8 21. Ne1 f4 $5 {Black plays 'too creative'.} 22.
exf4 Bf5 23. Nc2 Bxc2 24. Rxc2 c5 $6 25. dxc5 Qxc5 26. a6 Qd4 27. Rb2 h6 28.
Re1 Rb6 29. f5 $1 Rf8 30. Re6 Rbb8 31. f6 (31. Re7 $1 {keeps an advantage.})
31... Rxf6 32. Rxf6 gxf6 33. Qc2 Ne4 34. Rb3 Nc5 $2 (34... Qd2 {is necessary.})
35. Rf3 Rg8 36. Qc1 Kh7 37. a7 Ra8 38. Rf4 Ne4 39. Qc7+ Kg6 40. Rg4+ Kf5 41.
Qd7+ 1-0

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic"]
[Black "Barda, Olaf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97/01"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 c6 8. Be2
a5 9. Bf4 Na6 10. Qd3 b5 11. O-O Qb6 12. Rfd1 Rd8 13. h3 h6 14. Qe3 Kh7 15. Rd2
Qb7 16. g4 Ne8 17. Rad1 Nd6 18. Be5 f6 19. Bg3 Bd7 20. b3 Be8 21. e5 Nc8 22. d5
cxd5 23. Nxd5 fxe5 24. Bxe5 Bc6 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Qc3+ Kh7 27. Nf6+ exf6 28.
Rxd8 Kg7 29. Nd4 Nb4 30. Nxc6 Qxc6 31. R1d7+ 1-0

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Reicher, Emanoil"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 d5 8. Ne5
Qc8 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Qb3 Rd8 12. Bf4 Qe6 13. Rac1 Bd6 14. Nd3 Nc6
15. e3 Ne7 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Qb4 c6 18. Qxd6 Rxd6 19. Rc3 f6 20. Rfc1 Kf7 21.
Nb4 a5 22. Nd3 Ba6 23. Bf1 Bc4 24. b3 Bxd3 25. Bxd3 Ke6 26. R3c2 f5 27. Kg2 g6
28. h4 h5 29. a3 Kd7 30. Ra2 Rf6 31. Kf3 Kd6 32. Rac2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Sajtar, Jaroslav"]
[Black "Radulescu, Mihai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E86"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 e5 6. Nge2 O-O 7. Be3 c6 8. Qb3
Qe7 9. O-O-O a6 10. d5 cxd5 11. cxd5 b5 12. g4 Nbd7 13. Ng3 Nc5 14. Qc2 Bb7 15.
g5 Nfd7 16. b4 Na4 17. Nxa4 bxa4 18. Qxa4 a5 19. b5 Nc5 20. Qa3 Rfc8 21. Kd2 f5
22. gxf6 Qxf6 23. Be2 Qh4 24. Rc1 Bh6 25. Bxh6 Qxh6+ 26. Qe3 Qh4 27. Rhg1 Kh8
28. Rc4 Rf8 29. Nf1 Rf4 30. Rg3 Rc8 31. Rc2 a4 32. Kc1 Qd8 33. Qd2 Rf7 34. Ne3
Re7 35. Nc4 Rf7 36. Kb1 Rf4 37. Qa5 Rc7 38. Nxe5 Qe7 39. Nc6 Bxc6 40. Qc3+ Kg8
41. dxc6 Rf6 42. Bc4+ 1-0

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Sliwa, Bogdan"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D49"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 Ng4 $5 12. Nbxd4 Ngxe5 13. Be4 Rb8 14. O-O
Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Bb7 16. Nc6 Bxc6 17. Bxc6 Qc7 {The players follow
Levin-McCormick, Ventnor City 1939.} 18. Bf4 $5 {Sliwa has a great idea.} Qxc6
19. Rc1 Qb6 20. Bxb8 Qxb8 21. Qd4 Nb6 22. Rc6 Nd5 23. Rfc1 Kd7 $4 ({
Consistency shows} 23... Qf4 $1 24. Qxf4 Nxf4 25. R1c4 g5 26. Rxa6 Bg7 {with a
sharp end game.}) 24. Rxa6 Bd6 25. Ra7+ Kd8 26. Qa4 Nb6 27. Qa6 Nd7 28. Ra8 Ke7
29. Rxb8 Rxb8 30. b3 Rb6 31. Qa5 f5 32. g3 1-0

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Stoltz, Goesta"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E80"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. f3 e5 6. Nge2 O-O 7. Be3 Nbd7 8. Qd2
c6 9. O-O-O a6 10. Bh6 b5 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. g4 Qa5 13. Ng3 exd4 14. Qxd4 b4 15.
Nb1 Qg5+ 16. Qd2 Qxd2+ 17. Rxd2 Ne8 18. f4 Nc5 19. Be2 a5 20. Bd1 Ra7 21. h3
Re7 22. Bc2 a4 23. b3 axb3 24. axb3 f5 25. gxf5 gxf5 26. Rg2 fxe4 27. Nxe4+ Kh8
28. Nxc5 dxc5 29. Rg5 Rxf4 30. Rhg1 Rg7 31. Nd2 Bxh3 32. Bxh7 Rxg5 33. Rxg5
Kxh7 34. Rh5+ Kg6 35. Rxh3 Nd6 36. Re3 Kf6 37. Rf3 Ke5 38. Re3+ Kf6 39. Rf3 Kf5
40. Rh3 Ke5 41. Kc2 Nf5 42. Kd3 Rg4 43. Rf3 Rd4+ 44. Ke2 Rd8 45. Rh3 Nd4+ 46.
Ke3 Nf5+ 47. Ke2 Kf4 48. Rf3+ Kg4 49. Rd3 Nd4+ 50. Kf2 Rf8+ 51. Ke1 Re8+ 52.
Kf2 Kf4 53. Kf1 Re3 54. Rxe3 Kxe3 55. Ke1 Kd3 0-1

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Szabo, Stefan"]
[Black "Milev, Zdravko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Be3 Nc6 9. Kh1 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bd7 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 b5 14.
Rad1 Qb6 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. a3 b4 17. axb4 Ra2 18. Rb1 Bf5 19. Bc4 Ra4 20. b3
Ra2 21. Rbe1 Re8 22. c3 Kf8 23. h3 Rea8 24. Kg1 Rc2 25. Re3 Raa2 26. Bb5 Rd2
27. Bc4 h5 28. b5 Rdc2 29. Rfe1 Rxf2 30. Be2 Rf4 31. Bf3 h4 32. Rxe7 Bxh3 33.
Re8+ Kg7 34. R8e4 Rxe4 35. Rxe4 Bf5 36. Rxh4 Rb2 37. Ra4 Rxb3 38. c4 Bd3 39.
Kf2 Rc3 40. Ra6 Bxc4 41. Rxb6 Rb3 42. Rxd6 Rxb5 43. Ke3 Rb7 44. Rc6 Bb5 45. Rc1
Bd7 46. Kd4 Kf6 47. Re1 Rc7 48. Be4 Rc8 49. Bd3 Rb8 50. Kc5 Rb2 51. Kd6 Bf5 52.
Re2 Rb6+ 53. Kc7 Bxd3 54. Rf2+ Ke5 55. Kxb6 Be4 56. g4 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Troianescu, Octavio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E59"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. a4 Rd8 12. Ba3 b6 13. Qe2 Na5 14. Bd3 Bb7
15. e4 $5 {Tolush moves forward.} cxd4 16. cxd4 Nb3 17. Rad1 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Rxd4
19. e5 $1 {The position has become critical.} Qc6 $2 ({Correct is} 19... Rxa4
$1 20. Bd6 $1 (20. exf6 Qc6 $1 21. f4 Rxa3 22. fxg7 Rxd3 $1 23. Rxd3 Ba6 {is
good for Black}) 20... Qc6 21. f3 Nd5 22. Rc1 Nf4 $1 23. Qe3 Qe8 24. Bc2 Nd5
25. Bxa4 Nxe3 26. Bxe8 Nxf1 27. Bxf7+ Kxf7 28. Rc7+ Kg8 29. Rxb7 Ne3 30. Bb8 {
White might survive the endgame.}) 20. f3 $1 Rxd3 21. Rxd3 Nd5 22. Rd4 Qc3 23.
Bb2 Qb3 24. Rc1 h6 25. Qd2 a5 26. Rg4 Kh8 27. Bd4 Rc8 28. Rxc8+ Bxc8 29. Qb2
Qxa4 30. Bxb6 Qd1+ 31. Kf2 a4 32. Bc5 Qb3 33. Qc1 f5 $2 {Black collapses.} 34.
exf6 Nxf6 35. Rb4 Qa2+ 36. Rb2 Qd5 37. Rb8 {Super trio: Tolush 8 1/2, L. Szabó
and Spassky 7 1/2.  The Soviets are taking over.} 1-0

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Barda, Olaf"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d6 3. d4 Nbd7 4. Bg2 e5 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. O-O Bc5 7. Nc3 c6 8.
Ng5 Qc7 9. Qd3 Be7 10. Nge4 O-O 11. h4 h6 12. g4 $5 Nc5 {It is difficult for
Tolush, when someone plays like him. He refuses to capture the g-pawn twice.}
13. Qg3 $5 Ne6 14. e3 $5 Nh7 15. f4 exf4 16. exf4 f5 17. gxf5 Nd4 $1 {Black
has a positional superiority.} 18. Qd3 Nxf5 19. Qc4+ Kh8 20. Nd5 Qd8 21. Nxe7
Qxe7 22. Bd2 Be6 23. Qc5 Qf7 24. Bc3 $5 Nxh4 {Finally, Black captures a pawn.}
25. Rf2 Bd5 26. Re1 Rae8 27. Re3 b6 28. Qa3 Nf5 29. Ree2 Qg6 30. Be5 Nf6 31.
Nd6 Nxd6 32. Qxd6 Rg8 33. Kh2 $2 Rd8 34. Qa3 (34. Qa3 Ng4+ $19 {Probably,
there was a time scramble.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ciocaltea, Victor"]
[Black "Reicher, Emanoil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C58"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Qe2 Bd6 8.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 c6 11. dxc6 Nxc6 12. Nge4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Rad8 14.
Nd5 Bb8 15. c4 f5 16. Qh4 Nd4 17. d3 f4 18. f3 Rde8 19. Bd2 Re6 20. Qf2 a6 21.
Bb4 Rf5 22. Bc5 Nc6 23. Rfe1 Rg6 24. d4 Nxd4 25. Bxd4 exd4 26. Ne7+ Kf7 27.
Nxf5 Qxf5 28. Qxd4 Rd6 29. Qf2 Rc6 30. Kh1 Bd6 31. Qe2 Bc5 32. Qe8+ Kf6 33.
Rad1 Be3 34. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Golombek, Harry"]
[Black "O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Nbd2 Ne4 8. Qb3
Qb6 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Ne5 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Nc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. e3
Bb7 15. Bc3 Ra7 16. Rfc1 Rfa8 17. a3 e6 18. Rc2 Bf8 19. Rac1 Ba6 20. Rd2 Bc4
21. e4 Rd8 22. exd5 cxd5 23. Bf1 Rc8 24. Bxc4 Rxc4 25. Rd3 b5 26. Rcd1 b4 27.
Bxb4 Bxb4 28. axb4 Rxb4 29. b3 Ra2 30. Rb1 Kf8 31. Kg2 Re2 32. Ra1 Rb2 33. Ra3
Rb7 34. Kf3 Rc7 35. Kg2 Kg7 36. Ra4 g5 37. h3 h5 38. g4 Rb7 39. Ra3 Kg6 40.
gxh5+ Kxh5 41. Rf3 Kg6 42. Ra8 R2xb3 43. Rg8+ Kh7 44. Rxb3 Rxb3 45. Rxg5 Rd3
46. Rg4 f5 47. Rf4 Kg6 48. h4 Kh5 49. f3 Rd2+ 50. Kg3 Ra2 51. Kh3 Ra4 52. Kg3
Kg6 53. h5+ Kxh5 54. Rh4+ Kg5 0-1

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Milev, Zdravko"]
[Black "Barcza, Gedeon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C33"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Qe2 d5 6. exd5+ Be7 7. d4 O-O 8.
Nf3 cxd5 9. Bd3 Bd6 10. O-O Nc6 11. Qd1 Bg4 12. Ne2 Nh5 13. c3 Qf6 14. Qb3 Bf5
15. Bxf5 Qxf5 16. Qxb7 Ne7 17. Ne5 f6 18. Nc6 Ng6 19. Ng3 Nxg3 20. hxg3 Qe4 21.
Qd7 Bb8 22. Bxf4 Bxf4 23. gxf4 Nxf4 24. Rf2 Rae8 25. Kh2 Re6 26. Raf1 g5 27. b4
Ne2 28. Rxe2 Qh4+ 29. Kg1 Rxe2 30. Ne7+ Rxe7 31. Qxe7 g4 32. Rf4 h5 33. Qe6+
Kg7 34. Qxd5 Qe1+ 35. Rf1 Qxc3 36. Qe4 Qxb4 37. Rb1 Qd6 38. Rb7+ Rf7 39. Rxf7+
Kxf7 40. Qb7+ Ke6 41. Qxa7 g3 42. Qa4 h4 43. Qc4+ Qd5 44. Qc8+ Kf7 45. Qc7+ Kg6
46. Qc2+ f5 47. Qc5 Qxa2 48. Qc6+ Kg5 49. Qc1+ Kh5 0-1

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Szabo, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Qc2 Nf6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bg5 O-O 8. e3
Nc6 9. a3 Qa5 10. Ra2 h6 11. Bh4 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. b4 Qc7 14. Nxe4 Qxc2 15.
Rxc2 dxe4 16. Nd2 f5 17. Bc4 Bd7 18. Ke2 Rac8 19. Rhc1 g5 20. b5 Kf7 21. a4 Kf6
22. Bb3 Rxc2 23. Rxc2 Rc8 24. Rxc8 Nxc8 25. Nc4 Be8 26. Kd2 Ke7 27. Ne5 Nd6 28.
g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Radulescu, Mihai"]
[Black "Stoltz, Goesta"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Nxf3+ 6. Qxf3 Be7 7. d3 O-O 8.
O-O d6 9. h3 Be6 10. Bb3 Qd7 11. Bg5 Ne8 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. Bxd5 c6
15. Bb3 Nc7 16. Qe3 Ne6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. f4 exf4 19. Rxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Sliwa, Bogdan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 Be7 6. Nc3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
O-O 9. Qe2 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. e4 Nbd7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Qb8 14. Rfd1 Ne5 15.
Bg3 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Qc8 17. Bd3 Rd8 18. Rac1 Ba6 19. Bxa6 Qxa6 20. e5 Nh7 21.
Bh4 g5 22. Bg3 Rac8 23. Ne4 Qxa2 24. Nd6 Rc7 25. b4 Bxd6 26. exd6 Rxc1 27. Rxc1
Qb2 28. Qc6 Nf8 29. b5 e5 30. Rd1 Qe2 31. Qd5 Nd7 32. f3 Qc2 33. Re1 Qc5+ 34.
Qxc5 bxc5 35. Ra1 f5 36. Rxa7 Kf7 37. Bf2 Ke6 38. Rc7 Kxd6 39. Rc6+ Kd5 40. Rc7
Kd6 41. Rc6+ Kd5 42. Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Filip, Miroslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A84"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Bd2 b6 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. f3 O-O 8. Bd3 c5
9. Nge2 Nc6 10. a3 Ba5 11. O-O-O $5 Rc8 12. g4 cxd4 13. exd4 e5 $1 14. dxe5 $6
Nxe5 15. Bxf5 Bxf3 16. g5 Bxe2 17. Nxe2 Nxc4 18. Nc3 {White has taken a lot of
risk.} Kh8 $4 (18... Nd5 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Nxd5 Bxd2+ 21. Rxd2 Nxd2 22. Nc3
Qxg5 {keeps a material advantage.}) 19. gxf6 Qxf6 20. Bxd7 Rc7 21. Nd5 Bxd2+
22. Rxd2 Qf3 23. Rhd1 $2 (23. Nxc7 Qxh1+ 24. Rd1 {is correct.}) 23... Rc5 24.
Rd3 Qf7 25. Nc3 Qf4+ 26. Kb1 Ne3 27. Rxe3 Qxe3 {White only has a plus.} 28. Rd2
Rd8 29. Re2 Qd4 30. Ba4 Re5 31. Rf2 Qc5 32. Ka2 a6 33. Rd2 Rf8 34. Qd3 b5 35.
Bc2 g6 36. Ne4 Qc4+ 37. Qxc4 bxc4 38. Rd7 Rh5 39. Rd2 Kg7 40. Ng3 Rh4 41. Be4
a5 42. Kb1 Rhf4 43. Bb7 Rb8 44. Rd7+ Kh6 45. Kc2 Rf2+ 46. Kc3 Rxh2 47. Ne4 g5
48. Nd6 g4 49. Nf7+ Kg6 50. Ne5+ Kf5 51. Nxc4 h5 52. Kd4 $6 (52. Nxa5 {seems
obvious.}) 52... Kf4 53. Rf7+ Kg3 54. b4 axb4 55. axb4 Rf2 56. Rg7 h4 57. Ne3
Rf4+ 58. Kc5 h3 59. b5 h2 60. Bh1 Re8 61. Nxg4 Rxg4 62. Rxg4+ Kxg4 63. b6 Re1
64. Ba8 Kf5 65. Bg2 Rg1 66. b7 Rxg2 67. b8=Q h1=Q 68. Qf8+ $4 (68. Qc8+ $1 Kf4
69. Qb8+ $1 Ke4 70. Qb7+ Ke3 71. Qb3+ $11) 68... Ke4 69. Qa8+ Ke3 70. Qa3+ Kf4
$1 71. Qb4+ Kg5 $1 72. Qb5 Qh3 $1 {Sliwa and Filip beat L. Szabó and Spassky
successively.} 0-1

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Qe2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Qc7 9. Nd2 $6 d5 $1 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. e5 Nd7 12. f4 Nc5 13. b3 Ba6 14. c4
Qb6 15. Kh1 $2 (15. N2f3 Ne4 16. Qc2 c5 17. Ne2 {reorganises.}) 15... Rad8 16.
N2f3 Ne4 17. Be3 c5 18. Nc2 f5 19. Bg1 Bh6 $1 {Boleslavsky does his Soviet
duty.} 20. Qe3 ({White avoids} 20. g3 dxc4 21. bxc4 Nd2 $1 22. Nxd2 Rxd2 23.
Qxd2 Bb7+) 20... dxc4 21. b4 $5 c3 $6 (21... cxb4 {is better.}) 22. bxc5 Qa5
23. Rfd1 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Qxa2 25. Nfd4 Rb8 26. Ra1 Qc4 27. Nc6 Re8 28. N6b4 Bb5
29. Rxa7 Nd2 $2 {The comrade fails.} ({Correct is} 29... e6 30. c6 Bxc6 31. Rc7
Nf2+ 32. Qxf2 Bxg2+ 33. Kxg2 Qxc7) 30. Qd4 $1 Bxf4 31. Na3 Qxd4 32. Bxd4 Be2
33. Nd5 Bg5 34. Nxc3 Bd3 35. c6 Nb3 36. Bb6 Bf4 37. Rd7 Ba6 38. e6 Bd6 39. Nab5
Be5 40. c7 Kf8 41. Kg1 h6 42. g3 g5 43. Rd5 Bf6 44. Rd8 Bc8 45. Nd5 Be5 46.
Rxc8 Rxc8 47. Na7 Rxc7 48. Nxc7 Bxc7 49. Bxc7 Nd4 50. Ba5 Nxe6 51. Nc6 h5 52.
h3 g4 53. Bb4 f4 54. Nxe7 Kf7 55. h4 fxg3 56. Kg2 Nd4 57. Kxg3 Ke6 58. Kf4 Nc2
59. Bc5 Ne1 60. Kg3 Nd3 61. Ba3 Ne5 62. Nc8 Nc4 63. Bc5 Ke5 64. Kg2 Ke6 65. Nb6
Nd2 66. Bf2 Ne4 67. Nc4 Kf6 68. Bg3 Ke6 69. Nb2 Nc5 70. Bf2 Ne4 71. Nd3 Kf5 72.
Be3 Nf6 73. Nf4 Ke4 74. Kf2 {Szabó played a fine endgame.} 1-0

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Troianescu, Octavio"]
[Black "Sajtar, Jaroslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B93"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Qc7 7. Bd3 e5 8. Nf3
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Kh1 b5 11. a3 Bb7 12. Qe1 Nbd7 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Nh4 g6 15.
Bg5 Kg7 16. Qd2 Ng8 17. Nf5+ gxf5 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Qg5+ Ng6 20. exf5 Qd8 21.
Qxd8 Raxd8 22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Be4 Nc5 24. Bxb7 Nxb7 25. Rad1 f5 26. Kg1 Kf7 27.
Kf2 Ke6 28. Ke2 Rd6 29. Rf3 Rxd1 30. Kxd1 Rh8 31. h3 Nd6 32. a4 e4 33. Rg3 Rg8
34. axb5 axb5 35. Ne2 Ke5 36. Rc3 Rc8 37. Rg3 Rg8 38. Rc3 Rc8 39. Rg3 Kf6 40.
Ra3 g5 41. Ra6 Ke5 42. Rb6 Rc5 43. Nc3 Nc4 44. Rxb5 Rxb5 45. Nxb5 Ne3+ 46. Kd2
Nxg2 47. b4 f4 48. c3 f3 49. Nd4 e3+ 50. Kd3 Kf4 51. Nc2 e2 52. b5 e1=Q 53.
Nxe1 Nxe1+ 54. Kd2 f2 55. Ke2 Kg3 0-1

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Barcza, Gedeon"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d6 6. c3 Nc6 7. Na3 a6 8. Bf4
Nd5 9. Bd2 Nb6 10. Qc1 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Bh6 Qe7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Nc2 Rd8
15. b3 f6 16. Ne3 Be6 17. Qc2 Nd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Barda, Olaf"]
[Black "Golombek, Harry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. c4 Bb7 4. e3 e6 5. a3 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. Nc3
cxd4 9. exd4 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Re1 Nd7 12. Ne4 N7f6 13. Ne5 Nxe4 14. Bxe4
Rc8 15. Qd3 f5 16. Bf3 Bg5 17. Bd2 Bxd2 18. Qxd2 Qd6 19. Rad1 Ba6 20. Be2 Bxe2
21. Qxe2 Rfe8 22. Qh5 Re7 23. Rc1 Rec7 24. Rxc7 Qxc7 25. Nf3 Nf6 26. Qh4 Qc1
27. h3 Qxb2 28. Rxe6 Qxa3 29. Kh2 Re8 30. Rc6 Nd5 31. Qg5 Qf8 32. Ne5 Rd8 33.
h4 Ne7 34. Rc7 Ng6 35. Rxa7 Nxe5 36. dxe5 Re8 37. f4 b5 38. h5 b4 39. h6 g6 40.
Rb7 Re6 41. Rg7+ Kh8 42. Rd7 Kg8 43. Rd8 Re8 44. Rd7 b3 45. Rg7+ Kh8 46. Rb7
1-0

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D88"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. O-O cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. Be3 Bg4 12. f3 Na5 13. Rc1 Nxc4 14. Rxc4
Bd7 15. Qb3 Qa5 16. Rfc1 Rac8 17. Kf2 Rxc4 18. Rxc4 Rc8 19. Rxc8+ Bxc8 20. d5
e6 21. Nf4 exd5 22. Nxd5 Be6 23. Qxb7 Qxa2+ 24. Kg3 h5 25. h4 Be5+ 26. f4 Qe2
$5 27. Qxa7 $5 Bxd5 28. exd5 Qg4+ 29. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Filip, Miroslav"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D19"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. e4 Bg4 11. Rd1 Qa5 12. e5 Nd5 13. Ne4 f6 14. exf6 N7xf6 15.
h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Rae8 18. Bd3 Nf6 19. Qh4 Qh5 20. Qxh5 Nxh5 21.
g3 Nf6 22. Bf4 Nd5 23. Be5 Rf3 24. Bc4 Ref8 25. Rf1 a5 26. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E19"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2
Nxc3 9. Qxc3 Be4 10. Bf4 d6 11. Rfd1 Nd7 12. Qe3 Bb7 13. Qd3 Nf6 14. Nd2 Bxg2
15. Kxg2 Nh5 16. Qf3 Nxf4+ 17. gxf4 f5 18. Qc6 Rf7 19. Nf3 Qe8 20. Qxe8+ Rxe8 {
The Queen's Indian is very quiet.} 21. a4 a5 22. Rac1 Bf6 23. b3 h6 24. h4 c6
25. e3 Rb7 26. Kh3 Kf7 27. h5 Rg8 28. Nh4 Bxh4 29. Kxh4 Kf6 30. Rg1 g5+ 31.
hxg6 Rbg7 32. Rg3 Rxg6 33. Rxg6+ Rxg6 34. Kh3 $1 {Both sides can do little.}
Ke7 35. Rd1 Rg8 36. Kh2 Kd7 37. Kh3 d5 38. Rc1 dxc4 39. bxc4 b5 $6 40. cxb5
cxb5 41. axb5 (41. axb5 Rc8 $1 42. Ra1 Ra8 43. Kh4 Kc7 44. Kh5 Kb6 45. Kxh6
Kxb5 {draws easily.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Reicher, Emanoil"]
[Black "Milev, Zdravko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. dxe5
Ng4 9. c4 Ngxe5 10. Nc3 Re8 11. Nd4 Nc5 12. Qd2 c6 13. Nc2 a5 14. Rad1 a4 15.
Na1 Qa5 16. Nb1 Qb6 17. Qc2 Bf5 18. e4 Nxe4 19. Bd4 Nf3+ 20. Bxf3 Bxd4 21. Rxd4
Qxd4 22. Bxe4 Bxe4 23. Qc3 Qxc3 24. Nxc3 axb3 25. axb3 Bf5 26. Rd1 Ra3 0-1

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Sliwa, Bogdan"]
[Black "Ciocaltea, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nbd2 c6 7. a4 Qa5 8. h3
Qh5 9. g4 Qa5 10. Nc4 Qd8 11. c3 d5 12. Nce5 Ne4 13. Bf4 Qe8 14. Qc1 g5 15. Bh2
f6 16. Nd3 h5 17. Nfe1 hxg4 18. hxg4 Nd6 19. Bf3 e5 20. dxe5 fxe5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5
22. Qxg5+ Bg7 23. Bxd6 Rf6 24. Bxb8 Rxb8 25. Ng2 Be6 26. Nf4 Bf7 27. Kg2 Qf8
28. Rh1 Qd6 29. e3 Re8 30. Nh5 Bxh5 31. Qxh5 Ref8 32. Qh7+ Kf7 33. g5 Rh8 34.
Bh5+ Kf8 35. Qd3 1-0

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Stoltz, Goesta"]
[Black "Troianescu, Octavio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C17"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Bd2 Ne7 6. Nb5 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 O-O 8. c3
Nbc6 9. Nf3 a6 10. Na3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nf5 12. Nc2 Qb6 13. b3 Kh8 14. g4 Nfe7 15.
Bd3 f6 16. exf6 Rxf6 17. Qe3 Bd7 18. Ng5 h6 19. f4 Nb4 20. h4 Rxf4 21. O-O-O
Raf8 22. Nxb4 Qxb4 23. Bc2 Rxg4 24. Nxe6 Bxe6 25. Qxe6 Rf2 26. Qe1 Qa3+ 27. Kb1
Rgg2 28. Rc1 Qd6 29. Qc3 Qf6 30. h5 Rf3 31. Qc7 b5 32. Rhe1 Ng8 33. Re8 Rff2
34. Qe5 g6 35. Qxd5 gxh5 36. Qxh5 Rh2 37. Rg1 Rf1+ 38. Rxf1 Qxf1+ 39. Qd1 Qxd1+
40. Bxd1 Rd2 41. Bg4 Kg7 42. Be6 Nf6 43. Re7+ Kg6 44. Ra7 Rxd4 45. Rxa6 b4 46.
Rb6 h5 47. Bc4 h4 48. Rxb4 Kg5 49. Rb5+ Kf4 50. Be6 Ng4 51. Rh5 Kg3 52. a4 h3
53. Kb2 h2 54. Kc3 Rd1 55. Bxg4 h1=Q 56. Rxh1 Rxh1 57. Be2 Kf4 58. Kd4 Kf5 59.
Kd5 Rh2 60. Bc4 Rd2+ 61. Kc6 Ra2 62. Kb6 Ke5 63. a5 Rh2 64. a6 Kd4 65. a7 Rh8
66. Be6 Re8 67. Kb7 Re7+ 68. Kb8 Rxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Szabo, Stefan"]
[Black "Radulescu, Mihai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C71"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. d4 Bd7 8. d5
Nb8 9. O-O O-O 10. Bxd7 Nbxd7 11. Ne1 Re8 12. Nd3 Bf8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6
15. f4 exf4 16. Rxf4 g5 17. Rf5 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Rxe4 19. Qf3 Re7 20. h4 gxh4 21.
Rf1 Qe8 22. Kh2 Re3 23. Qg4+ Bg7 24. Rxf7 Qxf7 25. Rxf7 Kxf7 26. Qf4+ 1-0

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Sajtar, Jaroslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D21"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. a3 Nf6 8. b4
Bd6 9. Bb2 O-O 10. h3 Bh5 11. Qe2 Qe7 12. e4 Bxf3 $5 (12... Bf4 {takes less
risk.}) 13. Nxf3 e5 14. d5 Nd4 15. Bxd4 $5 {Tolush plays the most aggressive
moves again.} exd4 16. e5 Rae8 17. e6 $5 fxe6 18. dxe6 {Black has sufficient
compensation for the disturbing pawn on e6.} c6 $2 {He should not give away
pawn d4.} (18... b5 19. Bb3 c5 20. bxc5 Bxc5 {is much better.}) 19. O-O Nd5 20.
Nxd4 Rf4 21. Bxd5 cxd5 22. Rad1 Qf6 23. Qh5 Rd8 24. g3 g6 25. Qxd5 Be7 26.
Qxd8+ Bxd8 27. gxf4 Qxf4 28. Rfe1 Bh4 29. Re2 Bf6 30. Re3 Qg5+ 31. Kf1 Be7 32.
Ne2 Qf5 33. Rd7 Bh4 34. Rf7 1-0

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Ciocaltea, Victor"]
[Black "Filip, Miroslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B86"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Be3 O-O 9. Bb3 Na5 10. f4 Nxb3 11. cxb3 e5 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. exf5 Qa5 14. a3 Qa6
15. g4 exf4 16. Rxf4 Rfe8 17. g5 Bd8 18. gxf6 Rxe3 19. Rg4 Qb6 20. Rxg7+ Kh8
21. Kh1 Bxf6 22. Nd5 Qd4 23. Qxd4 Bxd4 24. Rxf7 Rxb3 25. Rc1 Re8 26. f6 Rxb2
27. Re7 Rf8 28. Rc4 Rb1+ 29. Kg2 Rg1+ 30. Kh3 Bxf6 31. Rxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Golombek, Harry"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. b3
Re8 9. Bb2 c6 10. Rc1 e4 11. Nd2 Nf8 12. b4 h5 $5 13. b5 Bf5 14. bxc6 bxc6 15.
Qa4 Rc8 $5 {Tolush makes his provocations.} 16. Ba3 Bh6 $5 17. Rfd1 Ng4 18. Nf1
Qh4 19. Bxg4 Bxg4 20. Rd2 Qf6 $6 ({A violent struggle gives} 20... Qe7 21. Ng3
f5 $1 22. h3 h4 23. Ngxe4 fxe4 24. hxg4 h3 25. gxh3 Nh7) 21. Ng3 Bf5 22. Nce2
Bd7 23. Nc3 Bf5 24. Nce2 ({White should try} 24. d5 $1 h4 25. Nxf5 Qxf5 26.
dxc6 h3 27. Bxd6) 24... h4 $5 25. Nxf5 gxf5 26. g3 $5 Nh7 27. Kg2 Qg6 28. Qd1
Ng5 29. Nf4 Qh7 $5 30. Qh5 $5 {He only wants a solid defence.} Nf3 31. Rb2 Bxf4
32. Qxh7+ Kxh7 33. exf4 Re6 34. Rb7 {Black has gained a better position by
White's anxiety.} Kg8 ({A slight advantage achieves} 34... h3+ $1 35. Kxh3 Rh6+
36. Kg2 Rxh2+ 37. Kf1 Nxd4 38. Rxf7+ Kg8 39. Re7 $1 {(prevents ..e3)} a5 40. g4
fxg4 41. Rxe4 Nf5) 35. g4 $2 (35. d5 Rh6 36. h3 $1 {is right.}) 35... fxg4 36.
d5 cxd5 37. cxd5 Ree8 38. Rc6 Rb8 39. Rb3 Rxb3 40. axb3 e3 41. fxe3 Rxe3 42.
Kf2 Rxb3 43. Bxd6 Rd3 44. Rc8+ Kg7 45. Bf8+ Kf6 46. d6 Nxh2 47. Be7+ Kf5 48.
Bxh4 Rd2+ 0-1

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Milev, Zdravko"]
[Black "Sliwa, Bogdan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. a4 Be6 13. Nf1 Qc7 14. Qe2 b4 15. Ne3
Rfe8 16. Ng5 Rab8 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Bb3 Bf8 19. Bc4 Qb6 20. Ng4 Nd7 21. Qf3 Nf6
22. Nxf6+ gxf6 23. Qxf6 Nd8 24. Re3 Rb7 25. a5 Qc6 26. Rg3+ Rg7 27. Bh6 Rxg3
28. fxg3 Bxh6 29. Qxh6 bxc3 30. bxc3 Qb7 31. Rd1 Qc7 32. Qh5 Re7 33. Qg4+ 1-0

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Reicher, Emanoil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 Be7 7. Bg2 Be6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Bd2 Qd7 10. Re1 f6 11. Rc1 Rac8 12. Ne4 Rfd8 13. Qa4 Nb6 14. Qc2 Nb4
15. Bxb4 Bxb4 16. Red1 Qf7 17. Nfd2 c6 18. a3 Bf8 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. Qxc5 Bd5 21.
Ne4 Qc7 22. Bh3 Ra8 23. Nc3 Bf7 24. a4 Nd5 25. Ne4 a5 26. d4 g6 27. dxe5 Qxe5
28. Bg2 Kg7 29. e3 Nb4 30. Qb6 Qe7 31. Nc5 Nd5 32. Qxb7 Qxb7 33. Nxb7 Rdb8 34.
Nd6 Ne7 35. Nxf7 Kxf7 36. Bxc6 Nxc6 37. Rxc6 Ra7 38. Rdd6 f5 39. Ra6 Rxa6 40.
Rxa6 Rxb2 41. Rxa5 Kf6 42. Ra7 h6 43. Kg2 Kg5 44. Ra8 Ra2 45. a5 Kh5 46. a6 Kg5
47. h4+ Kg4 48. a7 Kh5 49. e4 fxe4 50. Kh3 1-0

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Radulescu, Mihai"]
[Black "Barcza, Gedeon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d4 e6 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O Nf6 6. a3 Bd7 7. e3 Be7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. b4 Be7 11. c4 dxc4 12. Nxc4 Qc7 13. Bb2 a5 14. bxa5 Nxa5
15. Nxa5 Rxa5 16. Rc1 Rc5 17. Rxc5 Bxc5 18. Be5 Qc8 19. Qa1 Be7 20. a4 Qc4 21.
Nd4 Qxa4 22. Qxa4 Bxa4 23. Bxb7 Nd7 24. Ra1 Nxe5 25. Rxa4 Nd3 26. Ra8 Bf6 27.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 28. Nb3 Bc3 29. Kf1 h6 30. Ke2 Nb4 31. Nc5 Ke7 32. Nd3 Na2 33. Ba6
Ba5 34. Ne5 Bc3 35. Nd3 Ba1 36. Kd2 Nc3 37. Bb7 Nb5 38. Nc5 g5 39. h3 Bc3+ 40.
Ke2 Bb4 41. Nd3 Ba5 42. Nc5 Bc7 43. Nd3 f5 44. Ne1 e5 45. g4 f4 46. exf4 gxf4
47. f3 Kf6 48. h4 Nd6 49. Bc6 h5 50. Nd3 Bb6 51. Bd7 hxg4 52. fxg4 f3+ 53. Kxf3
e4+ 54. Ke2 exd3+ 55. Kxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Sajtar, Jaroslav"]
[Black "Stoltz, Goesta"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E40"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Nc6 5. Bd3 e5 6. Nge2 exd4 7. exd4 d5 8. a3
Be7 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 h6 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Rd1 Qd8 14. Bc4 Bd6
15. Qe4 Re8 16. Qf3 Be6 17. Bxe6 Rxe6 18. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E35"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 c6 10. Nf3 O-O 11. e3 Bf5 12. Be2 Nd7 13. O-O Qe7 14. Rac1
Rfe8 15. Rfe1 Nf6 16. Qc5 Ne4 17. Qxe7 Rxe7 18. Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E26"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. f3
Nc6 9. Ne2 O-O 10. e4 Ne8 11. Be3 d6 12. f4 f5 13. Ng3 Qh4 14. exf5 exf5 15.
O-O g6 16. Rb1 Na5 17. Re1 Qd8 18. Nf1 Nf6 19. d5 Ba6 20. Nd2 $2 ({Correct is} 
20. Qe2) 20... Re8 $2 (20... Nxd5 21. cxd5 Bxd3 {wins a pawn.}) 21. Qf3 Qd7 22.
Bf2 Rxe1+ 23. Bxe1 $2 (23. Rxe1 Re8 {keeps equality.}) 23... Re8 24. h3 Qe7 25.
Bf2 Ne4 26. Bxe4 fxe4 27. Qe3 Nxc4 28. Nxc4 Bxc4 29. f5 gxf5 30. Bg3 Qf6 31.
Rd1 h6 32. Rd2 Kh7 33. Kh2 Rg8 34. Rf2 Rg6 35. Rd2 b5 36. Bf4 a5 37. Bg3 a4 38.
Rf2 Bd3 39. Qf4 Qxc3 40. Qxf5 e3 41. Qd7+ Rg7 42. Rf7 e2 43. Qe6 c4 $2 (43...
b4 $1 44. Rxg7+ Qxg7 45. Qe3 c4 46. axb4 a3 $19) 44. Rxg7+ Kxg7 45. Qe7+ Kg8
46. Qe6+ Kh7 47. Be1 $1 Qg7 48. Bb4 {The white bishop became a hero.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Barda, Olaf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Rb1 a5 6. a3 d6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. d3 h6
9. O-O O-O 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 Be6 12. b5 Nb8 13. Nd2 Qc8 14. Re1 Rd8 15. Na4
Nd7 16. b6 c5 17. Ne4 Nf8 18. Nec3 Bh3 19. Bh1 Bd7 $6 (19... Qd7 {is better.})
20. Nb5 Bc6 21. Na7 Qd7 22. Nxc6 Nxc6 23. Nc3 Nb4 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. Bxd5 Re8 26.
Bd2 Ra6 27. Qc1 Kh7 28. Bc3 Ne6 29. Qb2 Rea8 30. Ra1 Qd8 31. Rxa6 Rxa6 32. Rb1
Qa8 33. Qb5 Qc8 $2 ({A fortress builds} 33... Ra3 34. Rb3 Rxb3 35. Qxb3 Kg8 36.
Qb5 Qc8 37. Qa5 Nd8) 34. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 {A temporary sacrifice decides the game.}
35. Qxa6 $1 bxa6 36. b7 Qb8 37. e4 d5 38. Ba5 dxe4 39. dxe4 h5 40. Bc7 Qxc7 41.
b8=Q Qd7 42. h4 g5 43. hxg5 h4 44. gxh4 Qd3 45. g6+ Kh6 46. Qb3 Qxe4 47. Qe3+
Qxe3 48. fxe3 Kxg6 49. e4 Kh5 50. Kf2 Kxh4 51. Rb8 Kg4 52. Ke3 Bh6+ 53. Kd3 Kf3
54. Rb6 Bf4 55. Rxa6 Be3 56. Rxe6 Bd4 57. Rf6+ Kg4 58. Rf5 1-0

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Troianescu, Octavio"]
[Black "Szabo, Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d3 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nbd2 Nc6 8. c3
d5 9. e5 Nd7 10. d4 e6 11. Re1 cxd4 12. cxd4 f6 13. exf6 Qxf6 14. Nb3 e5 15.
dxe5 Ndxe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Qxd5+ Be6 18. Qd2 Rad8 19. Qc2 Nf3+ 20. Bxf3 Qxf3
21. Nc5 Bd5 22. Ne4 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Qxe4 24. Rxe4 Rd1+ 25. Kg2 Rc8 26. Re7 Rdxc1
27. Rxc1 Rxc1 0-1

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Barcza, Gedeon"]
[Black "Troianescu, Octavio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. O-O c6 8. b3
Re8 9. Qc2 Qc7 10. Bb2 Nf8 11. Rac1 Bf5 12. e4 Bg4 13. Ne1 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 e5 15.
d5 Bh6 16. Rc2 c5 17. Nd3 Qe7 18. Bc1 Bxc1 19. Rfxc1 a6 20. a3 N8d7 21. b4 b6
22. Rb2 Reb8 23. Rcb1 Qd8 24. g3 Ne8 25. f4 f6 26. Qg4 Ng7 27. h4 exf4 28. gxf4
f5 29. Qg5 Qxg5+ 30. hxg5 fxe4 31. Nxe4 Nf5 32. bxc5 Re8 33. Nxd6 Nxd6 34. cxd6
Rac8 35. c5 bxc5 36. Rb7 c4 37. Nf2 Rb8 38. Ng4 Re1+ 39. Rxe1 Rxb7 40. Re8+ Kg7
41. Rc8 1-0

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Barda, Olaf"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 ({Known is} 
7. c4 b5 8. cxb5 a6 {(Sammelius-Cortlever, Beverwijk 1941).}) 7... b5 $1 8. a4
Bb7 9. Nh2 a6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Bxa8 12. Na3 Qd7 13. b3 Na6 14. Bb2 Nc7
15. e4 Bb7 16. Qe2 Ra8 17. Bc1 (17. Ra1 $2 Nxe4 $1) 17... Ra7 18. f4 $6 (18. c4
b4 19. Nc2 {is better.}) 18... e6 $6 (18... Nh5 $1 19. Qd3 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 f5 {
gains a plus.}) 19. c4 b4 20. Nc2 exd5 21. exd5 Ra2 22. g4 Nfxd5 $1 {Boris
opens the position in a remarkable manner.} 23. cxd5 Ba6 24. Qd1 Bxf1 25. Bxf1
$2 (25. Nxf1 Nb5 26. Nfe3 Nd4 27. Nxd4 Bxd4 {(Spassky)} 28. Kh2 $1 Qe7 29. Nc4
{creates a defensive screen.}) 25... Nxd5 $1 26. Qxd5 Rxc2 27. Be3 Qe6 28. Qa8+
Bf8 29. Bf2 Qxb3 30. g5 Rc1 ({Spassky mentions} 30... Qa2 $1) 31. Kg2 Qa3 $2 ({
Correct is} 31... Qd1 $1) 32. Qd5 $2 (32. Qe4 $1 Qa2 33. Ng4 Qe6 {(Spassky)}
34. Nf6+ Kg7 {A repetition of moves follows.} 35. Qa8) 32... Ra1 $1 33. Ng4 Qa8
$1 34. Bc4 Bg7 35. Qxa8+ Rxa8 36. Nf6+ Bxf6 37. gxf6 Ra3 38. Be1 b3 39. Bc3
Ra2+ 40. Kf3 Rc2 0-1

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Ciocaltea, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B91"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Be6 8. Bg2
Be7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. h3 b5 11. a4 b4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bf5 14. f4 Qc7 15. c3
bxc3 16. Nxc3 exf4 17. Bxf4 O-O 18. Kh2 Bg6 19. Rc1 Qb7 20. Re1 Nc5 21. Re3
Rfe8 22. Qe2 f6 23. b4 Nb3 24. Re1 Qxb4 25. Rxe7 Rxe7 26. Qxe7 Re8 27. Qxd6
Qxc3 28. Rxe8+ Bxe8 29. Qe7 Bxa4 30. d6 Qd3 31. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Filip, Miroslav"]
[Black "Milev, Zdravko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
d3 Nc6 9. Be3 h6 10. Qc1 Kh7 11. Rd1 e5 12. Bc5 Re8 13. e3 f5 14. a4 Be6 15.
Qc2 Nd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. e4 Be6 18. Rac1 a5 19. exf5 gxf5 20. d4 exd4 21. Nh4
Bf6 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Nxf5 Bxf5 24. Qxf5+ Kh8 25. Qf4 Re6 26. Qxh6+ 1-0

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Golombek, Harry"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 c5 5. c3 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. b3
cxd4 9. cxd4 Nd5 $5 10. Bb2 f5 11. Ne5 Na6 12. Rc1 Bg5 13. e3 d6 14. Nd3 Qd7
15. a3 Rac8 16. Qe2 Nac7 17. f4 Be7 18. e4 fxe4 19. Bxe4 Ba6 20. Rfe1 Bf6 21.
Qg4 g6 22. Nf2 Ne7 23. Bd3 $2 ({Correct is} 23. Nf3) 23... Bxd3 24. Nxd3 Nf5
25. Nf3 ({Or} 25. Qf3 Qg7) 25... Qb5 26. Nf2 Qxb3 27. Ba1 Nh6 28. Qh3 Qxf3 29.
Qxh6 Nd5 $2 (29... Qxa3 {wins another pawn.}) 30. Qh3 $2 (30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Qh3
{is great.}) 30... Rce8 31. a4 Bg7 32. Rcd1 Qb3 33. a5 bxa5 34. Rb1 Qa2 35. Ne4
Nc7 $2 36. Rb7 $2 (36. Nxd6 {captures a pawn.}) 36... Re7 37. Qh4 Rd7 38. Ng5
Bf6 39. Bc3 Qd5 40. Rbb1 Bxd4+ 0-1

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O a6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. Re1 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8.
d3 e6 9. Nbd2 Nf6 10. e5 dxe5 11. Rxe5 Bd6 12. Re1 O-O 13. Nc4 Bc7 14. Bg5 Qe8
15. Bh4 Nd5 16. Bg3 Nf4 17. Qd2 Nd5 18. Bxc7 Nxc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Reicher, Emanoil"]
[Black "Radulescu, Mihai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Qd7 6. Qxc4 Qc6 7. Nbd2 Qxc4 8.
Nxc4 Nc6 9. Bg2 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Ncxd2 O-O 12. O-O Rd8 13. Nb3 a5 14.
Rfd1 Ne8 15. Rac1 a4 16. Nc5 a3 17. b3 Nb4 18. Nd3 Nxd3 19. Rxd3 Bd7 20. Rc5
Bc6 21. Ne5 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 c6 23. Nc4 Nc7 24. Ra5 Nd5 25. Rd2 Nb4 26. Kf3 Kf8
27. Rxa8 Rxa8 28. e4 Ke7 29. Ke3 f6 30. f4 b5 0-1

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Sliwa, Bogdan"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A55"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. e4 g6 6. h3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. Bd3 c6 11. O-O-O a6 12. g4 Nc5 13. f3 Nfd7 14. Be2 Qa5 15.
Kb1 Qc7 16. Nc2 Be5 17. h4 b5 18. h5 Nb6 19. Rh3 Be6 20. Rdh1 Re7 21. Bg5 Rd7
22. f4 Bxc3 23. Qxc3 Nxe4 24. Qd4 Nxg5 25. fxg5 c5 26. Qf6 Qd8 27. hxg6 Qxf6
28. gxh7+ Kh8 29. gxf6 Nxc4 30. Rh5 d5 31. Bd3 Rad8 32. Rg5 Nd2+ 33. Kc1 Ne4
34. Bxe4 dxe4 35. Ne3 Rd6 36. Rxc5 Bxa2 37. g5 Rd3 38. Rc3 Rxc3+ 39. bxc3 Be6
40. Rh4 Rd3 41. Rxe4 Kxh7 42. Kc2 Rd6 43. Re5 Kg6 44. Kc1 Kh5 45. Kc2 Rd8 46.
Kc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Szabo, Stefan"]
[Black "Sajtar, Jaroslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[PlyCount "191"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb5 Nf6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Qe1 Ba6 10. Kh1 Rc8 11. e5 Ne8 12. Ne2 f5 13. exf6 gxf6 14. b3 Ng7
15. c4 Rb8 16. Ng3 Bd6 17. Bd2 Qc7 18. Nh4 Rbe8 19. Qf2 Bc8 20. Rae1 a5 21. Be3
Qa7 22. Qc2 Bd7 23. Rc1 Rc8 24. Qe2 a4 25. bxa4 Qxa4 26. f5 e5 27. Bh6 Be8 28.
Rb1 Rf7 29. Rb6 Bc7 30. Rb7 Rd7 31. Bxg7 Rxg7 32. Nh5 Bxh5 33. Qxh5 dxc4 34.
dxc4 Qxc4 35. Rd1 Qxa2 36. Qh6 Rf8 37. g3 Qa6 38. Rb2 Ba5 39. Ra2 Qb5 40. Kg2
c4 41. Rd6 c3 42. Rd1 Qc4 43. Rda1 Bb6 44. Ra8 Rgf7 45. Kh3 Bc5 46. R1a4 Bb4
47. R4a7 Rxa7 48. Rxa7 Rf7 49. Ra8+ Bf8 50. Ng6 Qc5 51. Nxf8 Rxf8 52. Ra4 Qe7
53. Rg4+ Kh8 54. Rc4 Rc8 55. Rxc3 c5 56. Rc4 Qg7 57. Qd2 Qf7 58. Qd3 Qe8 59.
Rh4 Qc6 60. Rc4 Rg8 61. Qc2 Qf3 62. Rxc5 Rg5 63. Rc8+ Kg7 64. Rc7+ Kh6 65. Qc1
Qxf5+ 66. Kg2 Qe4+ 67. Kg1 Kg6 68. Rc4 Qd3 69. Rb4 h5 70. Rb8 Rf5 71. Rg8+ Kf7
72. Rc8 Qd4+ 73. Kh1 Rf2 74. Qc7+ Ke6 75. Re8+ Kf5 76. Qh7+ Kg4 77. Qg6+ Kf3
78. Qxf6+ Ke4 79. Rxe5+ Qxe5 80. Qxf2 Qg5 81. Kg2 Qg4 82. h3 Qg5 83. Qc2+ Ke5
84. Qc5+ Kf6 85. Qxg5+ Kxg5 86. Kf3 Kf5 87. Ke3 Ke5 88. Kd3 Kd5 89. Ke2 Ke6 90.
Kd2 Kd6 91. Ke2 Ke6 92. Kd1 Kd7 93. Ke2 Ke6 94. Kf2 Kf6 95. Kg2 Kg6 96. Kf3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Stoltz, Goesta"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D33"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. cxd5 exd5 4. Nc3 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 c4 $5 {Stoltz plays
the Swedish Variation.} 7. Bg2 Bb4 8. O-O Nge7 9. a3 Ba5 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4
O-O 12. Be3 (12. Qa4 Bg4 13. Be3 {is more usual (Axelsson-Stoltz, Orebro 1935).
}) 12... Bb6 13. Rc1 Bf5 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. dxc5 Nd5 16. Bg5 ({A better endgame
results from} 16. Ne5 $1 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Qxd1 18. Rcxd1 Nxe5 19. Rxf5 Ng4 20. Re1
) 16... f6 17. Ne1 Be6 18. Bd2 Qd7 19. Nf3 Rad8 20. Re1 Qf7 21. Qc2 Rd7 22. h3
Rfd8 23. Bf1 b5 $6 (23... Nde7 $1 24. Bf4 Bd5 25. Bxc4 Qh5 26. Qe4 Qxh3 {keeps
equality.}) 24. cxb6 Nxb6 25. Be3 Na5 26. Qc3 Nb3 $2 ({Black has to play the
clumsy} 26... Rd5 27. Nd4 Bc8) 27. Bxb6 axb6 {White wins material with a
'petite combinaison'.} 28. Rxe6 $1 Nxc1 29. Bxc4 $1 Kh8 30. Re1 Qh5 31. Rxc1
Qxh3 32. Qe1 Qh5 33. Kg2 g5 34. Qe6 Rd6 35. Qf5 Qh6 36. Rh1 Qg7 37. Bb3 g4 38.
Nh4 Qb7+ 39. Kh2 Qg7 40. Kg1 Qg5 41. Ng6+ Kg7 42. Rxh7+ $1 (42. Rxh7+ Kxh7 43.
Nf8+ Kg7 44. Qh7+ Kxf8 45. Qf7#) 1-0

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Ciocaltea, Victor"]
[Black "O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Qc7 8. Be3
Nc6 9. O-O Na5 10. Qe2 b5 11. f3 Be7 12. g4 h6 13. a3 Nxb3 14. cxb3 Bb7 15.
Rac1 Qb8 16. Qd2 O-O 17. Nce2 d5 18. e5 Nd7 19. Ng3 Qxe5 20. Rfe1 Bf6 21. Nh5
Rac8 22. f4 Qe4 23. Ng3 Qg6 24. h3 Bh4 25. f5 Qf6 26. Nh5 Qe7 27. Rf1 Rxc1 28.
Rxc1 e5 29. f6 Bxf6 30. Nf5 Qe6 31. Rc7 Ba8 32. Bxh6 Qb6+ 33. Kf1 Qxc7 34. Bxg7
Bxg7 35. Qg5 1-0

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Milev, Zdravko"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B63"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Qb6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. f3 a6 12. g4 b5 13. g5 Nd7 14. f4 Nb6 15.
Qf2 Na4 16. Nxa4 bxa4 17. Bb6 Qb7 18. Na5 Nxa5 19. Bxa5 Bd7 20. Bc3 Rfc8 21.
Qd4 Rxc3 22. Qxc3 Qxe4 23. Bd3 Qxf4+ 24. Kb1 d5 25. Rhf1 Qb4 26. Qxb4 Bxb4 27.
h4 a5 28. a3 Bc5 29. c3 Bc6 30. Rde1 Rb8 31. Ka2 Bd6 32. h5 e5 33. g6 fxg6 34.
hxg6 e4 35. gxh7+ Kxh7 36. Bc2 Kg8 37. Rf5 Re8 38. b4 Be5 39. c4 axb4 40. axb4
Bc3 41. cxd5 Bd7 42. Rff1 Bb5 43. d6 Bxf1 44. Rxf1 e3 45. Bd3 Rd8 46. Bc4+ Kh7
47. Ka3 Rxd6 48. Kxa4 Rd4 49. Kb3 Bd2 50. Rh1+ Kg6 51. Rg1+ Kf6 52. Rg2 g5 53.
b5 Kf5 54. Be2 Be1 55. Rg1 Bf2 56. Rd1 Rxd1 57. Bxd1 Be1 58. b6 Ba5 59. b7 Bc7
60. Kc2 Ke4 61. Be2 Bb8 62. Bd1 Ba7 63. Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Filip, Miroslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D91"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. cxd5 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Qxd5 7. Nf3 c5 8.
e3 Bg7 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. c4 Qe4 11. O-O O-O 12. Qb1 Qe6 13. a4 Bxb5 14. Qxb5 b6
15. a5 Nd7 16. axb6 axb6 17. d5 Qd6 18. Bf4 e5 19. dxe6 Qxe6 20. Rad1 Ne5 21.
Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Bxe5 Qxe5 23. Qxb6 Qe4 24. Rc1 Rfc8 25. Rfd1 Rab8 26. Qf6 Rb4 27.
Qc3 Rcb8 28. h3 Rb1 29. Qf6 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Rb1 31. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 32. Kh2 Qe4 33.
Qc3 h5 34. f3 Qe6 35. Qd3 Kg7 36. f4 f5 37. Kg3 Kh7 38. Kf3 Qb6 39. Qd7+ Kg8
40. Qe8+ Kg7 41. Qe7+ Kg8 42. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Radulescu, Mihai"]
[Black "Sliwa, Bogdan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Qc1 b6 10. d4 Ba6 11. Re1 Rc8 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Nc3 Ncb4 14. Rd1 Qe7
15. e3 f6 16. Ne1 Rfd8 17. a3 Nxc3 18. Rxd8+ Qxd8 19. Qxc3 Be7 20. Qd4 Nc2 21.
Nxc2 Rxc2 22. Be4 Qxd4 23. Bxd4 Rc7 24. a4 f5 25. Bf3 Bb4 26. h4 Bd3 27. Be5
Rc2 28. Rd1 Rd2 29. Rxd2 Bxd2 30. Bb8 a6 31. Bc7 b5 32. axb5 axb5 33. Bd1 Kf7
34. Be5 g6 35. Bd4 Ke7 36. f4 Kd6 37. Kf2 Kc6 38. Bf3+ Be4 39. Bxe4+ fxe4 40.
Ke2 Bb4 41. Bf6 Kd5 42. Bg7 Bd6 43. Bb2 h5 44. Kd2 Bc7 45. Bd4 Ba5+ 46. Bc3 Bb6
47. Bf6 Bc5 48. Bc3 Be7 49. Bd4 Bb4+ 50. Bc3 Bd6 51. Bd4 e5 52. Bxe5 Bxe5 53.
fxe5 Kxe5 54. Kc3 Kf5 55. Kd4 b4 56. Kd5 Kg4 57. Kxe4 Kxg3 58. Kd5 Kxh4 59. e4
Kg5 60. e5 h4 61. e6 h3 62. e7 h2 63. e8=Q h1=Q+ 64. Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Sajtar, Jaroslav"]
[Black "Barcza, Gedeon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D29"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bb3
Bb7 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Nc3 Qc7 11. d5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Bxd5 Bxd5 14. Rxd5
Be7 15. e4 O-O 16. e5 Qc6 17. Rd1 Rfd8 18. Bg5 Qe6 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. a4 bxa4
21. Rd6 Re8 22. Rad1 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Qxe5 24. Qxe5 Rxe5 25. Rxa6 Ree8 26. Rxa8
Rxa8 27. Rd5 Rc8 28. Kf1 Kf8 29. Ke2 Rb8 30. Rxc5 Rxb2+ 31. Ke3 a3 32. Ra5 a2
33. Ra7 Ke8 34. h4 Kd8 35. g4 Kc8 36. f4 Kb8 37. Ra3 Kc7 38. Ke4 Kb6 39. h5 Kb5
40. Kf5 Kb4 41. Ra7 Kb3 42. h6 gxh6 43. Kf6 Rb1 44. Kxf7 a1=Q 45. Rxa1 Rxa1 46.
Kg7 Rg1 0-1

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Barda, Olaf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D33"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 c4 7. Bg2 Bb4 8. O-O
Nge7 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Na4 Nf5 12. b3 Re8 13. bxc4 Ba6 14. Rb1 Bf8
15. Re1 Bxc4 16. a3 Qf6 17. Bb2 Rab8 18. Qd2 Qg6 19. Rbc1 Qh6 20. e3 Rb3 21.
Rc3 Rb5 22. Bc1 Reb8 23. Nb2 Nd6 24. f3 Rb3 25. Nxc4 Nxc4 26. Rxb3 Rxb3 27. Qc2
Rb8 28. e4 Qf6 29. Qd3 g6 30. f4 Bg7 31. e5 Qe7 32. f5 gxf5 33. Bh3 Nd6 34. Rf1
Ne4 35. Bxf5 c5 36. Qf3 Rb6 37. dxc5 Rc6 38. Be3 Bxe5 39. Bxe4 dxe4 40. Qxe4
Bf6 41. Qxc6 1-0

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Golombek, Harry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 c5 5. d5 h6 6. Bh4 e5 7. e3 d6 8. Bd3 b5
$2 ({A serious variation is} 8... e4 $1 9. Bc2 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Bf5) 9. cxb5 g5
10. Bg3 Bb7 (10... Nxd5 11. Nge2 Bb7 {transposes to the game.}) 11. Nge2 Nxd5
12. O-O Nd7 ({Useful exchanges are made in} 12... Bxc3 13. Nxc3 Nxc3 14. bxc3
Nd7) 13. Be4 Bxc3 (13... Nxc3 14. Nxc3 Bxc3 15. Bxb7 {goes very similar.}) 14.
Bxd5 $1 {Boris finds an elegant finish.} Bxd5 15. Qxd5 Bxb2 16. Rad1 Ba3 17.
Qxd6 Qe7 18. Qc6 Rd8 19. Nc3 O-O 20. Nd5 Qe6 21. Qxe6 fxe6 22. Ne7+ Kf7 23. Nc6
Ke8 24. Rd3 Bb2 25. Rfd1 (25. Rfd1 c4 26. Rd6 c3 27. Nxd8 c2 28. Rxd7 cxd1=Q+
29. Rxd1 {is elementary.}) 1-0

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Stoltz, Goesta"]
[Black "Szabo, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A54/12"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. g3 Nbd7 4. Bg2 e5 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
Re8 9. Rd1 Bf8 10. b3 Qa5 11. d5 cxd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Rxd5 Qc7 14. Rd1 Rb8
15. Ng5 Nf6 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 g6 18. a4 a6 19. a5 b5 20. axb6 Qxb6 21. Rb1
Bb7 22. Be3 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Qb7 24. Rd5 Rec8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C61"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

{This game was postponed two days due to the illness of Tolush. His opponent
suffered from a throat infection.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4
5. O-O c6 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. Re1 d6 8. c3 Qb6 9. Qb3 $5 {Szabó exchanges the queens,
though he has to play for a win.} Qxb3 10. Bxb3 dxc3 11. dxc3 Be7 12. Na3 O-O
13. Nc2 Re8 14. Nd4 Bf8 15. f3 d5 $5 16. Bg5 $1 dxe4 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Rxe4
Rxe4 19. fxe4 Bd7 20. Rf1 Kg7 21. e5 $1 Be7 $1 22. Rf3 c5 $6 {At last White
gets a chance in the endgame.} 23. Rg3+ $6 ({The exchange} 23. Nf5+ $1 Bxf5 24.
Rxf5 Kg6 25. g4 {leads to a nasty blockade.}) 23... Kh8 24. Nf3 Rf8 25. exf6
Bxf6 26. Ng5 Be8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Troianescu, Octavio"]
[Black "Reicher, Emanoil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. e3 c5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. a3 a6 8. b4
Ba7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. Rc1 Rd8 12. Bd3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 b5 14. Bd3 Bb7 15.
O-O Rac8 16. Rfd1 Bb8 17. Qe2 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Barcza, Gedeon"]
[Black "Stoltz, Goesta"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[PlyCount "198"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Na4 Be7 11. Be3 Bg4 12. Nd4 Qd7 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Nc3 Rfd8
15. Bd4 Ne4 16. Rc1 Qa6 17. Qd3 Qxd3 18. exd3 Nxc3 19. Rxc3 Bd6 20. Rfc1 Be6
21. Kf1 Re8 22. a3 h5 23. h4 Kh7 24. Re1 Kg6 25. Bc5 Be7 26. Bxe7 Rxe7 27. d4
Rd8 28. Re5 Kh6 29. Ke1 g6 30. Kd2 Kg7 31. Rc5 Red7 32. Bf3 Kf6 33. Be2 Rd6 34.
b4 Rc6 35. Rxc6 bxc6 36. Re3 Bd7 37. Rc3 Rb8 38. Rc5 Ke7 39. Ra5 Rb7 40. Ba6
Rc7 41. Ke3 Be8 42. Bd3 f6 43. Kf4 Kd6 44. Ra6 Rg7 45. f3 g5+ 46. Ke3 Rb7 47.
Kf2 Ke7 48. Ra5 Kd6 49. Rc5 Rb8 50. Ba6 Bd7 51. Rc3 Rg8 52. Bf1 Rb8 53. Be2 Rb7
54. Rc5 Be8 55. Ra5 Bd7 56. Ra6 Ke7 57. Bd1 Kf7 58. Ba4 Rc7 59. Ke3 Be8 60. Kd2
Ke7 61. Bc2 Rb7 62. Bd3 Kf7 63. Bf5 Ke7 64. Ke3 Kd6 65. Kf2 Ke7 66. Ra5 Kd6 67.
Rc5 Rg7 68. Rc2 Bg6 69. Bxg6 Rxg6 70. Rc5 Rg7 71. Ra5 Rb7 72. Ra6 Kd7 73. Kg2
Rc7 74. Ra5 Kd6 75. Kf2 Re7 76. Ra6 Rb7 77. Kg2 Kd7 78. Kh3 Rc7 79. Ra5 Ke6 80.
Rc5 a6 81. Rc3 Kf5 82. hxg5 fxg5 83. Re3 a5 84. bxa5 Ra7 85. Re5+ Kf6 86. f4
gxf4 87. gxf4 Rxa5 88. Rxh5 Ra4 89. Kg4 Kg7 90. Rh3 Rxd4 91. Rc3 Ra4 92. Kf5 d4
93. Rxc6 Rxa3 94. Rd6 d3 95. Kg5 Kf7 96. f5 Rb3 97. Rd7+ Ke8 98. Rd5 Kf7 99.
Kf4 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Barda, Olaf"]
[Black "Ciocaltea, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. f4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 d5 4. b3 e6 5. Bb2 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. Qe1
Ne4 9. d3 Nd6 10. g4 Bd7 11. Qg3 b5 12. Nbd2 Nb4 13. Rfc1 f6 14. a3 Nc6 15. Rf1
Qb6 16. Kg2 c4 17. Nd4 Qa5 18. N2f3 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Rac8 20. b4 Qc7 21. Bc5 Rfe8
22. Nd2 Nf7 23. d4 Bxc5 24. dxc5 a5 25. Bf3 Bc6 26. c3 e5 27. f5 Ng5 28. Kg1
Qb7 29. Bg2 Rcd8 30. h4 Ne4 31. Nxe4 dxe4 32. g5 Kh8 33. h5 Rd3 34. Rad1 axb4
35. axb4 Ra8 36. Qh4 Qd7 37. Rde1 Ra2 38. gxf6 Rdd2 39. Bh3 Qf7 40. Rd1 gxf6
41. Rxd2 Rxd2 42. h6 Rd3 43. Ra1 Rd7 44. Ra6 Rc7 45. Rb6 Rc8 46. Bg2 Qf8 47.
Kf2 Qd8 48. Kg1 Qf8 49. Ra6 Qf7 50. Ra2 Rd8 51. Ra7 Rd1+ 52. Kh2 Qxa7 53. Qxf6+
Kg8 54. Qxc6 Qe7 55. f6 Qd8 56. Qe6+ Kf8 57. Qg4 Rd7 58. c6 Rf7 59. Qe6 Qxf6
60. Qc8+ Ke7 61. Qg4 Kd6 62. c7 Rf8 63. c8=Q Rxc8 64. Qxc8 Qxh6+ 65. Bh3 Ke7
66. Qd7+ Kf8 67. Qf5+ Ke7 68. Qxe5+ Kd8 69. Qe6 Qg7 70. Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Re1 Nc6 7. c3 e6 8.
d3 Be7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nf1 b5 11. Ng3 a5 12. d4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. cxd4
Rfc8 15. Qd3 Qb7 16. Bd2 d5 17. e5 Ne8 18. Rac1 a4 19. b3 axb3 20. axb3 Rxc1
21. Rxc1 Ra2 22. Ne2 b4 23. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Filip, Miroslav"]
[Black "Radulescu, Mihai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A15"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. O-O c5 6. d4 d6 7. d5 Na6 8. Nc3
Nc7 9. e4 a6 10. a4 Rb8 11. Qe2 b6 12. e5 Nfe8 13. Bf4 b5 14. axb5 axb5 15.
cxb5 Bd7 16. Rfe1 Nxb5 17. Nxb5 Bxb5 18. Qd2 Nc7 19. Bh6 Re8 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21.
Re4 Bd7 22. Rae1 dxe5 23. Nxe5 f6 24. Nc4 Bf5 25. R4e2 Nb5 26. d6 e5 27. f4 Nd4
28. fxe5 Nxe2+ 29. Rxe2 fxe5 30. Qd5 Be6 31. Qxe5+ Qf6 32. Bc6 Rf8 33. Qxf6+
Rxf6 34. Ne3 Bh3 35. g4 Rxd6 36. Ba4 Rb4 37. b3 Rf4 38. Rf2 Rdf6 0-1

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Golombek, Harry"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94/12"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. O-O
cxd4 9. Nxd4 a6 10. a4 Qc7 11. Qe2 e5 12. Nc2 e4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Re8 15.
Nd4 Nd7 16. Qc4 Qxc4 17. Bxc4 Nb6 18. Be2 Bd7 19. a5 Nd5 20. Bd2 Rac8 21. Rfc1
Nf4 22. Bc4 Red8 23. Bb4 Bxd4 24. exd4 Be6 25. Bd2 Rxc4 26. Bxf4 Rcxd4 27. h3
f6 28. Rc7 g5 29. Be3 R4d7 30. Rac1 Bd5 31. Bd4 Kf7 32. Kh2 Bc6 33. Rxd7+ Rxd7
34. Bc3 f5 35. Re1 f4 36. Re2 Rd1 37. Re1 Rd3 38. Re2 e3 39. fxe3 fxe3 40. Kg1
Ke6 41. Kh2 Kf5 42. Bb4 h5 43. Bc5 Rd2 0-1

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic"]
[Black "Milev, Zdravko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8.
Nde2 Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Be6 10. Ndc3 O-O-O 11. Be3 Bd6 12. O-O-O Ne7 13. Bf4 Bxf4+
14. Nxf4 Bf7 15. Rxd8+ Rxd8 16. Rd1 Rxd1+ 17. Nxd1 Kd7 18. a3 Kd6 19. Kd2 Nc6
20. f3 Ne5 21. Ne3 g6 22. Nfd5 Bxd5 23. Nxd5 Nd7 24. c4 c6 25. Nf4 b5 26. b3
Ne5 27. Kc3 Nd7 28. Nd3 Ke7 29. f4 Kd6 30. Kd2 a5 31. Ke3 Ke6 32. Nb2 Nb6 33.
a4 bxa4 34. Nxa4 Nxa4 35. bxa4 Kd6 36. Kd2 Ke7 37. Kd3 Ke6 38. Ke2 Ke7 39. Kf2
Ke6 40. Ke3 Kd6 41. Kf3 Kd7 42. h4 h6 43. h5 g5 44. Kg4 Ke6 45. g3 gxf4 46.
Kxf4 1-0

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Reicher, Emanoil"]
[Black "Sajtar, Jaroslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. h3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. Ne5
c5 9. Qf3 Nc6 10. O-O Nb4 11. g4 Rc8 12. a3 Nxd3 13. cxd3 Nd7 14. h4 f6 15.
Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Rac1 e5 17. Bh2 f5 18. dxe5 d4 19. e6 Qe7 20. Nd5 Qxe6 21. Nf4
Qd7 22. Qe2 fxg4 23. e4 Bh6 24. Ng2 Bxc1 25. Rxc1 Rfe8 26. e5 h5 27. Bf4 Qc6
28. Qf1 b5 0-1

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Sliwa, Bogdan"]
[Black "Troianescu, Octavio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E81"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bd3 e5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Be3 Nd7 10. g4 Nc5 11. Qd2 f5 12. gxf5 Nxd3+ 13. Qxd3 gxf5 14. h4 f4 15.
Bf2 b6 16. O-O-O Kh8 17. Ng1 Bd7 18. Nh3 Qc8 19. Qf1 Bxh3 20. Rxh3 Rg8 21. Rh2
Bf6 22. Kb1 Qd7 23. Ne2 Rg7 24. Nc1 Rag8 25. Nd3 a5 26. h5 h6 27. Rc1 Bg5 28.
Be1 Re8 29. Nf2 Ng8 30. Ng4 Nf6 31. Nxf6 Bxf6 32. Bf2 Reg8 33. Rc2 Kh7 34. Qh3
Qxh3 35. Rxh3 Rg2 36. Rh1 Kg7 37. Kc1 Kf7 38. Kd1 Ke7 39. Ke2 Kd7 40. Rcc1 Ke7
41. Rcg1 Rxg1 42. Rxg1 Rxg1 43. Bxg1 Bh4 44. Bf2 Bg3 45. Be1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E99"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

{The game was postponed two days.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5.
e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 {Spassky
offers a draw. If Szabó accepts, the tournament is won by Tolush. Szabó
rejects, becomes too emotional and makes errors.} 12. Bf2 g5 13. b4 Rf6 14. Nd3
Rg6 15. c5 Nf6 16. Qb3 Kh8 17. Rfc1 g4 18. fxg4 Bxg4 19. Bf1 $2 (19. Bxg4 Nxg4
{is better.}) 19... Bf3 20. Qc4 Bxg2 21. Bxg2 f3 22. Ne1 fxg2 23. Nxg2 Bh6 24.
Rc2 Qg8 25. Bg3 $2 {The bishop should move to h4.} Rxg3 $1 26. cxd6 cxd6 27.
Qc7 ({Quickly loses} 27. hxg3 Qxg3 28. Nd1 Ng4 29. Nf2 Be3) 27... Rg7 28. Qxd6
Ng4 29. Kh1 Rd8 0-1

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Szabo, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qxd4 7. Bxb4 Qxe4+
8. Be2 {This variation stems from Marshall-Schlechter, Monte Carlo 1902.} c5 $5
({The most fearless line is} 8... Qxg2 9. Qd6 Nd7 10. O-O-O {(Furman-Kopaev,
Vilnius 1949).}) 9. Bxc5 Qxg2 10. Bf3 Qg5 11. Bd6 Ne7 12. Ne2 Nbc6 13. Rg1 Qf6
14. Nc3 Nd4 $1 15. Be4 $1 {Black worries too much about Bd6.} Ndf5 $2 (15...
Nec6 $1 16. Qd3 Bd7 17. O-O-O O-O-O {continues the development.}) 16. Bxf5 exf5
17. Nb5 O-O $6 ({An awful endgame brings} 17... Qe6+ 18. Qe2 Qxe2+ 19. Kxe2 Be6
20. b3 $1) 18. Qe2 Ng6 ({The pointe is} 18... Re8 19. Be5) 19. Bxf8 Nxf8 20.
Nc7 Rb8 21. Ne8 Qh6 22. Nxg7 Qxh2 23. O-O-O Ng6 24. Nh5 Be6 25. Rh1 Qc7 26. b3
Rc8 27. Qb2 Kf8 28. Qg7+ Ke7 29. Qf6+ Kf8 30. Ng7 Qf4+ 31. Kb2 Qxf2+ 32. Ka1
Qb6 33. c5 Qc6 34. Rxh7 Bd5 35. Qxc6 bxc6 36. Nxf5 Re8 37. Nd6 Re7 38. Kb2 Re2+
39. Ka3 Kg8 40. Rh3 Rc2 41. Rxd5 cxd5 42. b4 Ne5 43. Kb3 Rc1 44. Kb2 Rg1 45. b5
Rg2+ 46. Kb3 Nd7 47. Rc3 d4 48. c6 Nb6 49. Rd3 Rg1 50. Rxd4 Kf8 51. a4 a5 52.
Nc4 Rg3+ 53. Kc2 Rg2+ 54. Kd1 Nxa4 55. c7 Nc3+ 56. Ke1 Re2+ 57. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Ciocaltea, Victor"]
[Black "Golombek, Harry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 Nd7 7. Ng5 Ngf6
8. Qb3 e6 9. Qxb7 Be7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Qa6 e5 12. Be2 Bc5 13. O-O e4 14. Ne1 Rb8
15. Qc4 Qe7 16. c3 Ne5 17. Qa4 Rfd8 18. Qc2 Qd6 19. b4 Bb6 20. c4 Qxb4 21. Rb1
Bxf2+ 22. Rxf2 Qxb1 23. Qc3 e3 24. Rf1 exd2 25. Bxd2 Qb2 26. Qxb2 Rxb2 27. Ba5
Re8 28. Bd1 Nxc4 29. Bc3 Rb1 30. Bb3 Ne3 0-1

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Milev, Zdravko"]
[Black "Barda, Olaf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 d5 5. Bb5 Bg4 6. Qa4 Bd7 7. exd5 Nxd5 8.
Nxe5 Qe7 9. O-O Nxe5 10. dxe5 c6 11. Bd3 Qxe5 12. Nd2 Nb6 13. Qc2 O-O-O 14. Nf3
Qc7 15. Bg5 f6 16. Bh4 Bd6 17. Bg3 Bxg3 18. hxg3 h5 19. Rad1 g5 20. Bf5 h4 21.
g4 Nd5 22. Rfe1 Kb8 23. Nd4 Nf4 24. Re7 Rhe8 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Bxd7 Qxd7 27.
Nf5 Qc7 28. Ne3 c5 29. Qd2 Re6 30. Qd7 a6 31. Kf1 Qe5 32. Kg1 Qe4 33. Rd6 Re8
34. Qf5 Ne2+ 35. Kh2 Qa4 36. Rxf6 Qxa2 37. Rf8 Rxf8 38. Qxf8+ Ka7 39. Qxc5+ b6
40. Qc7+ Ka8 41. Qxb6 Qa1 42. Qd8+ Ka7 43. Nd1 Nf4 44. Qxg5 Qc1 45. Qe7+ Ka8
46. Qe4+ Kb8 47. Qe3 1-0

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. e5 dxc3 7. exf6 Qxf6
8. dxc3 Qe5+ 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Bxe2 d5 11. Bf4 c6 12. Bd3 Be6 13. O-O O-O-O 14.
Rfe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Radulescu, Mihai"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[PlyCount "285"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d3 d5 6. c4 c5 7. Na3 Nc6 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Be6 11. Qh4 dxc4 12. Bxb7 Rb8 13. Ba6 c3 14. bxc3
Qa5 15. Bd3 Qxc3 16. Rb1 Bxa2 17. Nb5 Qa5 18. Rb4 Bd5 19. Ra4 Qd8 20. Rxa7 Bc6
21. Nd4 Ba8 22. Be3 e5 23. Nc2 Qd5 24. f3 Rfc8 25. Rfa1 Qb3 26. Qa4 Bxf3 27.
Qxb3 Rxb3 28. Ne1 Bd5 29. R7a5 Bb7 30. R5a3 Rxa3 31. Rxa3 e4 32. Bb5 Nd5 33.
Bd2 h5 34. Rb3 Bc6 35. Bxc6 Rxc6 36. Rb8+ Kh7 37. Rb7 Bd4+ 38. Kg2 Kg7 39. Rd7
Rc5 40. Bb4 Rb5 41. Nc2 Bf6 42. Bd2 Nb6 43. Rc7 Be5 44. Bc3 Bxc3 45. Rxc3 Nd5
46. Rc6 Rb1 47. Rc5 Rd1 48. Kf2 Nf6 49. Ne3 Rd4 50. h4 Kf8 51. Re5 Ra4 52. Rb5
Ke7 53. Rb7+ Ke6 54. Rb6+ Ke7 55. Rb7+ Kf8 56. Rb8+ Kg7 57. Rb7 Rd4 58. Rb5 Rd8
59. Re5 Kf8 60. Kg2 Rd2 61. Kf2 Rd4 62. Kg2 Nd7 63. Ra5 Ke7 64. Kf2 Ke6 65. Ra8
Ne5 66. Re8+ Kf6 67. Ra8 Ke7 68. Ra5 Ke6 69. Ra8 Nc6 70. Ra6 Kd7 71. Ra2 Ne7
72. Ra6 Nc8 73. Ra5 Nd6 74. Ra7+ Ke6 75. Ra2 Rb4 76. Nc2 Rc4 77. Ne3 Rc5 78.
Ra6 f6 79. Ra8 Nf5 80. Re8+ Ne7 81. Ra8 Nc8 82. Ra4 Nd6 83. Ra8 Rb5 84. Rg8 Rb3
85. Ra8 Rc3 86. Ra4 Rc6 87. Kg2 f5 88. Kf2 Nf7 89. Ra8 Ne5 90. Rg8 Kf7 91. Ra8
Rd6 92. Ra5 Ke6 93. Ra8 Rc6 94. Re8+ Kd6 95. Rd8+ Ke7 96. Ra8 Rc5 97. Ra7+ Ke6
98. Ra8 Rc1 99. Ra6+ Rc6 100. Ra8 Rd6 101. Ra2 Kf6 102. Ra5 Ng4+ 103. Nxg4+
hxg4 104. Ra8 Rd1 105. Ra6+ Kg7 106. Ra7+ Kh6 107. Rb7 Rh1 108. Kg2 Ra1 109.
Kf2 Ra3 110. Re7 Rb3 111. Kg2 g5 112. Re6+ Kh5 113. hxg5 Kxg5 114. Kf2 Ra3 115.
Kg2 Ra8 116. Kf2 Rh8 117. Kg2 Rh6 118. Re8 Kf6 119. Kg1 Rh7 120. Kg2 Re7 121.
Rf8+ Ke5 122. Kf2 Rh7 123. Re8+ Kf6 124. Kg2 Re7 125. Rf8+ Kg6 126. Kf2 e3+
127. Kg2 Re5 128. Ra8 Kf6 129. Ra6+ Re6 130. Ra5 Re4 131. Rb5 Re5 132. Rb6+ Ke7
133. Ra6 Kd7 134. Rb6 Kc7 135. Ra6 Kd7 136. Rb6 Re8 137. Rf6 Re5 138. Rb6 Ke7
139. Ra6 Re6 140. Ra5 Kf6 141. Rb5 Re5 142. Rb6+ Kg5 143. Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Sajtar, Jaroslav"]
[Black "Sliwa, Bogdan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
d5 9. Ne5 c6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Rc1 Nbd7 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Qa4 Qxa4 14. Nxa4
Rac8 15. Rxc8 Rxc8 16. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 c5 5. Be2 Be7 6. Nc3 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. b3
cxd4 9. Nxd4 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Bb2 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Qxd8
Rfxd8 15. Rfd1 {Smyslov was happy with a draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A53"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 {The players have no
ambition for a win.} 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Bg5 Bb4 8. Rc1 Re8 9. e3 c6 10. Be2 Kc7 11.
Bxf6 Nxf6 12. a3 Bxc3+ 13. Rxc3 Bg4 14. Nd2 Bxe2 15. Kxe2 {The marathon lasted
from 25 January to 27 February 1953. L. Szabó took the lead during the first
part of the tournament. The five Soviet players were on top at the end. Tolush
gained the title of international grandmaster and his pupil Spassky became
international master.  Top: Tolush 14, Petrosian 13, Smyslov 12 1/2,
Boleslavsky, Spassky and L. Szabó 12, Barcza 11 1/2, O'Kelly de Galway and S.
Szabo 11.  Most games of the super trio were analysed for the first time.  Jan
van Reek} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Stoltz, Goesta"]
[Black "Reicher, Emanoil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C35"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Be7 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxe4 6. Nxe4 d5 7. Bd3 dxe4 8.
Bxe4 f5 9. Bd3 Qd6 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. c3 Bd7 12. Bc2 O-O-O 13. O-O g5 14. d4 Bf6
15. Bd2 h5 16. h4 gxh4 17. Ne1 Rhe8 18. Qf3 Bxd4+ 19. cxd4 Nxd4 20. Qd1 Ne2+
21. Kh1 Ng3+ 22. Kg1 Qc5+ 23. Rf2 Ne2+ 24. Kf1 Bb5 25. a4 Ng3+ 26. Kg1 Re2 27.
Bxf5+ Nxf5 0-1

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Szabo, Stefan"]
[Black "Barcza, Gedeon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. e5 dxc3 7. exf6 Qxf6
8. dxc3 Qe5+ 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Kxe2 c6 11. Bd3 d5 12. Be3 Be6 13. Rhe1 Bd6 14.
h3 Bc7 15. Kf1 Bb6 16. Bxb6 axb6 17. a3 O-O-O 18. Re3 d4 19. cxd4 Rxd4 20. Rae1
g6 21. Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Troianescu, Octavio"]
[Black "Filip, Miroslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Re1
d6 9. Nf1 Bd7 10. c3 e5 11. Be3 Rc8 12. Qd2 f5 13. Bg5 f4 14. gxf4 h6 15. Bxe7
Qxe7 16. fxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Ne3 Qh4 19. Nd5 Kh7 20. Qe3 Rf7 21. Qg3
Qh5 22. Re3 Rcf8 23. Rf1 g5 24. f3 Rf4 25. Re2 Rh4 26. Kh1 Qg6 27. c4 Rhf4 28.
h3 Qh5 29. Nxf4 exf4 30. Qh2 Bd4 31. Rb1 a5 32. b3 Qh4 33. Bf1 Qh5 34. Bg2 Qe8
35. Bf1 Qe5 36. Rg2 h5 37. Be2 g4 38. hxg4 Be8 39. Qh4 Rf6 40. Rh2 Rh6 41. Kg2
Qd6 42. Rbh1 Bf6 43. Qe1 Qe5 44. gxh5 Qg5+ 45. Kf1 Rxh5 46. Qf2 b6 47. d4 cxd4
48. Bd3 Kh6 49. Rxh5+ Bxh5 50. Qh2 Qe5 51. Qh3 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.08.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A64"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

{Fifteen players participated in the candidates' tournament of 1953. Kotov,
Petrosian, Taimanov, Geller, Averbakh, Gligoric, Stahlberg and Szabo had
qualified in Stockholm 1952. Bronstein, Boleslavsky, Smyslov, Keres and
Najdorf were the best in the previous candidates' tournament. Reshevsky and
Euwe had participated in the world championship of 1948.Eight rounds were
played in the Kirchgemeindehaus in Neuhausen am Rheinfall from 30 viii until
12 ix and the remaining twenty-two rounds in the Kammermusiksaal of the
Kongreßhaus in Zürich from 13 ix until 23 x 1953. So thirty rounds were played
in nearly two months.  Ten Soviet 'state amateurs' took part. Their domination
was challenged by Euwe in the first three rounds. Later Reshevsky became an
important competitor.   Smyslov won the tournament in a grand style. His score
against his main competitors was brilliant. He challenged Botvinnik. Their
match ended with 12-12 in 1954. Reshevsky had the best score against the
weaker players but he only achieved 1/2/4 against Smyslov and Bronstein. The
newcomers in the world championship race, Petrosian and Geller, had to play in
the semi final and final of the Soviet championship in 1951, Stockholm 1952
and this tournament, a total of 84 games!   Euwe's last try: Max Euwe made a
remarkable start, because he gave the Soviet players a hard time.} 1. d4 Nf6 2.
c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O a6
10. a4 Nbd7 11. Nd2 Re8 12. a5 b5 13. axb6 Nxb6 14. Nb3 Qc7 $6 ({Better is} 
14... Nc4 $1 {(O'Kelly-Tolush, Bucharest 1953).}) 15. Na5 Bd7 16. h3 Bb5 17.
Be3 Nfd7 18. Qb3 $1 Nf6 ({Acceptation of the pawn sacrifice by} 18... Bxc3 $6
19. bxc3 Bxe2 20. Rfe1 c4 21. Qb4 Bd3 22. Nc6 {favours White (Euwe).}) 19. Rfc1
Bd7 20. Qd1 Rxe3 $2 {Kotov becomes too generous.} ({Great tactical
complications result from} 20... Rac8 $1 21. b4 Nh5 22. g4 Ng3) 21. fxe3 Bh6
22. Qd3 Re8 ({Insufficient is} 22... Bf5 {due to} 23. e4 $1 Bxc1 24. Rxc1 Bd7
25. e5 {(Euwe).}) 23. Kh2 Rxe3 24. Qxa6 $1 Re5 25. Rf1 Bc8 26. Qb5 Bd7 27. Nc6
Kg7 28. Ra6 Nc8 29. Qb8 Qxb8 30. Nxb8 Bf5 31. Rc6 Re8 32. e4 Bd7 33. e5 Rxe5
34. Nxd7 Nxd7 35. Rxc8 Re3 36. Rc6 Ne5 37. Rxd6 Rd3 38. Rd1 Re3 39. Rc6 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.08.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E26"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. f3
Nc6 9. Ne2 O-O 10. O-O Na5 11. e4 Ne8 12. Ng3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Rc8 14. f4 $5 (14.
c5 bxc5 15. dxc5 d6 $1 {draws.}) 14... Nxc4 15. f5 f6 16. Rf4 $5 b5 $1 {Black
starts a counterattack. Square b6 is opened for the queen.} 17. Rh4 $5 (17.
Bxc4 Rxc4 18. Rh4 {will be played in Mihaljcisin-Ankerst, Vukovar 1966.}) 17...
Qb6 18. e5 $1 {Geller has to go forwards.} Nxe5 19. fxe6 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 ({
Material is lost by} 20. exd7 $2 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Nxc1 {(Euwe).}) 20... Qxe6 $5 ({
Best is} 20... f5 $1 21. exd7 Qc6 $1 22. Qb3+ Kh8 23. Ne4 $1 Qxd7 24. Nc5 Qd5
25. Qxd5 Bxd5 {and Black has an edge.}) 21. Qxh7+ Kf7 22. Bh6 $1 (22. Qh5+ $2
g6 $1 23. Qh7+ Ng7 24. Bh6 Rg8 {and the attack has stopped (Euwe).}) 22... Rh8
$5 {The former world champion makes an astonishing move.} ({The alternative} 
22... Rc3 23. Rf1 Rxg3 24. hxg3 Qe2 25. Rf2 Qe1+ 26. Rf1 Qe2 {ends with a
repetition of moves.}) 23. Qxh8 Rc2 $1 {Square c2 has become available by the
risky rook sacrifice.} 24. Rc1 $2 {Geller misses the right defence.} ({Correct
is} 24. d5 $1 Bxd5 25. Rd1 $1 Rxg2+ 26. Kf1 gxh6 27. Qxh6 {(Euwe).} Bf3 $1 28.
Rd2 {and Black will survive.}) 24... Rxg2+ 25. Kf1 Qb3 26. Ke1 Qf3 {Euwe
became the sole leader.} 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.09.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D72"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb6 7. Ne2 c5 8. d5
e6 9. O-O O-O 10. a4 Na6 11. Na3 exd5 12. exd5 Bf5 13. Nc3 Nb4 14. Be3 Rc8 15.
d6 $5 Bd3 16. Bxb7 $5 {Max gives an exchange for the attack in the centre.} ({
Theory will become his suggestion} 16. a5 Nd7 17. Bxb7 {(Stohl-Ftacnik,
Germany 1996).}) 16... Rb8 17. Bg2 Bxf1 18. Kxf1 Nd7 19. Nc4 Ne5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5
$5 21. Bxc5 Qa5 22. Be3 Rfd8 23. Ne4 $5 Bxd6 24. Nf6+ Kh8 25. Bd4 Be5 26. Nd7
$1 f6 $2 {Euwe has his finest hour.} ({He analyses} 26... Bxd4 27. Qxd4+ Kg8
28. Nf6+ Kf8 $1 (28... Kh8 $2 29. Nd5+ Kg8 30. Ne7+ Kf8 31. Qh8+ Kxe7 32. Re1+)
29. Nxh7+ Kg8 30. Nf6+ Kf8 31. Nd7+ Kg8 32. Rd1 $5 {and White has a plus.}) 27.
Bxe5 fxe5 28. Qd2 $2 {The turning point has been reached.} ({Right is} 28. Qd6
$1 Qa6+ 29. Qxa6 Nxa6 30. Nxb8 Rxb8 31. Re1 {(Euwe)} Nc5 $1 32. Rxe5 Nxa4 33.
Ra5 Nxb2 34. Rxa7 {White has an extra pawn in the endgame.}) 28... Rbc8 $2 ({
Better is} 28... Qa6+ 29. Kg1 Qe6) 29. Kg1 $2 (29. Qd6 $1 {saves the game.})
29... Qc5 30. Bh3 Qe7 31. Qe2 $2 {The errors continue in time trouble.} ({
Right is} 31. Rd1) 31... Rxd7 32. Bxd7 Qxd7 33. Qxe5+ Kg8 34. Qe4 a5 35. h4 Qd5
36. Qg4 Rf8 37. Rd1 Qf3 38. Qc4+ Qf7 39. Qc5 Qf5 40. Qc4+ Qf7 41. Qc5 Qf5 42.
Qc4+ Kg7 43. Qd4+ Qf6 44. Qc5 Rf7 45. Rd2 Qe7 46. Qc3+ Rf6 47. Rd4 Nc6 48. Rd5
Qe6 49. Rc5 h5 50. b3 Kf7 51. Rb5 Qd7 52. Kg2 Qe7 53. Qc4+ Kg7 54. Qd3 Kh6 55.
Rd5 Rf7 56. Rd6 Ne5 57. Qe3+ Kh7 58. Rb6 $2 (58. Rd5 Nc6 59. Qd3 {continues
the game.}) 58... Qc7 $1 {Euwe was stopped by the next challenger. He ended at
the penultimate position and had competed in the world championship for the
last time.} 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament+"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A55"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

{When ten of the fifteen participants come from the Soviet-Uniion, one can
assume crooked play. Actually, the 'Russians' fought hard among each other.
Chancy attacks made the Stalinist Kotov popular.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3
Nbd7 4. Nc3 e5 5. e4 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 Re8 9. Rd1 Bf8 10. Rb1 a5
11. d5 Nc5 12. Be3 Qc7 13. h3 Bd7 14. Rbc1 g6 15. Nd2 Rab8 16. Nb3 Nxb3 17.
Qxb3 c5 18. Kh2 Kh8 19. Qc2 Ng8 20. Bg4 $1 Nh6 $6 (20... Bh6 {exchanges both
bishops.}) 21. Bxd7 Qxd7 22. Qd2 Ng8 23. g4 f5 24. f3 Be7 25. Rg1 Rf8 26. Rcf1
Rf7 27. gxf5 gxf5 28. Rg2 $2 (28. f4 $1 Bf6 29. fxe5 Bxe5+ 30. Bf4 {keeps a
plus.}) 28... f4 $1 29. Bf2 Rf6 30. Ne2 $2 ({White should try} 30. Qe1 $1 Rh6
31. Rg4 Nf6 32. Rh4 $5 Rg6 33. Rg1) 30... Qxh3+ $3 {Kotov delivers a great
sacrifice. White's king is drawn to hostile territory.} 31. Kxh3 Rh6+ 32. Kg4
Nf6+ ({An alternative brings} 32... Rf8 33. Nxf4 Nf6+ 34. Kg5 Rg8+ $1 35. Kf5
Ng4 $1 36. Nh5 Rhg6 {(W. Becker).}) 33. Kf5 Nd7 ({Another option gives} 33...
Ng4 $1 {(Klüver)} 34. Nxf4 Rg8 35. Nh5 Rhg6 36. Qg5 Bxg5 37. Kxg4 Bf4+ 38. Kh3
Rxg2) 34. Rg5 Rf8+ 35. Kg4 Nf6+ 36. Kf5 Ng8+ 37. Kg4 Nf6+ ({The winning move} 
37... Bxg5 {will be played later.}) 38. Kf5 Nxd5+ {Black takes a pawn in order
to avoid a threefold repetition.} 39. Kg4 Nf6+ 40. Kf5 Ng8+ 41. Kg4 Nf6+ 42.
Kf5 Ng8+ 43. Kg4 Bxg5 $1 {The final assault begins.} 44. Kxg5 Rf7 $1 45. Bh4
Rg6+ 46. Kh5 Rfg7 47. Bg5 Rxg5+ 48. Kh4 Nf6 49. Ng3 Rxg3 50. Qxd6 R3g6 51. Qb8+
Rg8 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch 20 Playoff"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

{A match of six games between Botvinnik and Taimanov was played in a concert
hall from 25 i until 5 ii 1953. It decided about the title of the championship.
Mikhail was particularly motivated, because he felt offended by Mark during
the tournament.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. Bd2 O-O 8. O-O-O c5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Kb1 a6 11. Bc1 c4 $1 12. g4 $1 Nb6 13.
h3 Re8 14. Bg2 Bb4 15. Ne5 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Ne4 17. Qc2 Nd6 18. Bd2 a5 19. Be1 f6
20. Nf3 Bd7 21. Rc1 Ba4 22. Qe2 Bb5 23. Bc3 Na4 24. g5 Bd7 25. gxf6 Bf5+ 26.
Ka1 Bd3 27. Qd1 Nxc3 28. bxc3 gxf6 $2 {White can start a winning attack.} ({
Correct is} 28... Qxf6 $1 29. Ne5 Rxe5 $1 30. dxe5 Qxe5 {(Botvinnik).}) 29. Ne1
$2 ({Taimanov misses the chance} 29. Nh4 $1 Ne4 30. Qh5 $1 Nxf2 31. Bxd5+ Kh8
32. Rh2 {and White wins.}) 29... Be4 30. Bxe4 Nxe4 31. Rc2 Kh8 32. Ng2 Rg8 33.
Nf4 Qd7 34. f3 Ng5 35. Rb2 b5 36. Re1 Rae8 37. h4 Ne6 38. Nxe6 Rxe6 39. e4 Rge8
40. Rbe2 b4 41. Qd2 Qe7 42. e5 $5 bxc3 43. Qxc3 Qb4 44. Qb2 $2 (44. Qxb4 axb4
45. f4 {holds the fort (TB).}) 44... fxe5 45. Qxb4 axb4 46. Rxe5 Rxe5 47. Rxe5
$5 Rxe5 48. dxe5 d4 49. e6 Kg7 50. f4 Kf6 51. f5 d3 52. Kb2 h5 (52... h5 53.
Kb1 b3 $1 54. axb3 cxb3 55. Kc1 Ke7 {leads to a fatal zugzwang (Botvinnik).})
0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch 20 Playoff"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bb4 7. a3 Ba5 8. Qc2
O-O 9. Bd2 Bc7 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. Rae1 exd4 13. exd4 Nb6 14. Be2 Bg4
15. Bg5 Qd6 16. Ne5 Bxe2 17. Rxe2 h6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Ne4 Qd8 20. Nc5 Rb8 21.
Rfe1 Qd5 22. Nf3 Bd6 23. Qe4 Rfd8 24. Qxd5 Nxd5 25. g3 Nc7 {A quiet game has
ended.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch 20 Playoff"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A85"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 O-O 6. Bd3 d6 7. Nge2 c5 8. a3
Ba5 9. d5 exd5 10. cxd5 Ng4 11. Nf4 Ne5 12. Be2 Qe7 13. O-O Na6 14. b3 Bd7 15.
Bb2 Nc7 16. Rad1 b5 17. Nb1 Rac8 18. Nd2 Ng6 19. Nh5 Ne8 20. a4 Bxd2 21. Qxd2
b4 22. f4 Rf7 23. Rde1 Qf8 24. Bd3 Rc7 25. e4 fxe4 26. Bxe4 Bg4 27. Bf3 Bxf3
28. Rxf3 Rce7 29. Re6 $1 Nc7 $2 {Black should not give a pawn.} ({Right is} 
29... Nh4 30. Rd3 Rxe6 31. dxe6 Rf5 32. Bc1 Qe7 {with opportunities for both
sides.}) 30. Rxd6 Qe8 31. Bxg7 $1 Re2 32. Qd3 Qe7 33. Rxg6 hxg6 34. d6 Re1+ 35.
Kf2 Qh4+ 36. Ng3 (36. Rg3 $1 {wins quickly.}) 36... Kxg7 37. Kxe1 Ne6 38. Qe4
Nd4 39. Rf2 Qxh2 40. Qe5+ Kh7 41. Nf1 Qh5 42. Ng3 Qh2 43. Qxc5 Rxf4 44. Rxf4 $2
{Taimanov misses the win, because the white queen lacks protection.} ({Correct
is} 44. Qc7+ $1 Kh6 45. Rxf4 Qxg3+ 46. Rf2 Qe3+ 47. Kf1 {(TB).}) 44... Qg1+ $1
45. Nf1 Nf3+ $1 46. Rxf3 Qxc5 47. Rd3 Qf5 48. Rd2 Qe6+ 49. Kf2 Qf5+ 50. Ke2
Qg4+ 51. Kf2 Qf5+ 52. Kg1 Qc5+ 53. Kh2 Qh5+ 54. Kg1 Qc5+ 55. Kh1 Qc1 $1 {White
cannot avoid the repetition of positions.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch 20 Playoff"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E40"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Nf4 O-O 9. Be2 Bf5 $6 ({Known is} 9... Be6 10. Nxe6 fxe6 {(Gligoric - Pachman,
Saltsjobaden 1952).}) 10. g4 $1 {Botvinnik grabs the chance to attack.} Be6 11.
Nxe6 fxe6 12. O-O Qd7 13. f4 $1 Nd8 14. Bd3 Nf7 15. b4 $5 {White delays the
advance on the kingside.} a5 16. b5 Nd6 17. Qf3 a4 18. Ra2 c6 19. bxc6 Qxc6 20.
Rc2 Qd7 21. g5 $1 Nfe8 22. Bxh7+ $5 {An optimistic sacrifice is made.} (22. Bb2
{keeps the positional plus.}) 22... Kxh7 23. Qh3+ Kg8 (23... Kg6 $5 24. Nxd5 $1
Bd8 25. Nb4 $1 {gives exciting play (Botvinnik).}) 24. Nxd5 $1 Bd8 $1 25. g6
Nf6 26. Nxf6+ gxf6 27. g7 $2 (27. d5 $1 {continues the attack.}) 27... Re8 $4 {
Taimanov wastes the winning chance.} (27... Kxg7 $1 28. Rg2+ Kf7 {favours
Black (Botvinnik).}) 28. Qh8+ Kf7 29. Qh5+ Kg8 30. Rg2 Nf7 31. Rf3 $1 Ra5 32.
Qh4 $1 e5 33. Rh3 $1 Qxh3 34. Qxh3 exf4 35. exf4 Bb6 36. Bb2 Rb5 37. Kf1 Ba5
38. Rc2 Rb3 39. Qd7 Rbe3 40. Qxa4 Re1+ 41. Kf2 Bc7 $5 42. Qxe8+ $1 {Botvinnik
led by 3-1.} (42. Rxc7 $4 R1e2+ 43. Kg3 R8e3+ {leads to perpetual check.}) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch 20 Playoff"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E58"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 b6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. a4 c4 {This position occurred in Landau -
Euwe, Netherlands 1939.} 12. Bc2 Bg4 13. Qe1 Re8 $6 {They follow the game
Tolush - Keres, Tallinn 1945.} ({Better is} 13... Bxf3 $1 14. gxf3 Qd7 {
(Taimanov).}) 14. Nh4 $1 Bh5 ({Preferable is} 14... Na5 $1 {(Taimanov -
Bondarevsky, Leningrad 1952).}) 15. f3 Bg6 $2 ({Right is} 15... Na5 $1 {and 16.
.. Nb3.}) 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. e4 $1 dxe4 18. fxe4 {White has won the opening's
duel.} Qd7 19. Bg5 Nh7 20. Be3 Ne7 21. Rf3 f5 22. e5 Nf8 23. h4 Ne6 24. Rd1 Qd5
25. Bc1 $1 Rf8 26. Ba3 $1 Rae8 27. Qg3 {Black is going to lose a pawn after
the manouevre by the queen's bishop.} g5 $5 ({Or} 27... Kh7 28. h5 $1 {
(Taimanov).}) 28. Bxe7 Rxe7 29. Rxf5 Rxf5 30. Bxf5 Nf4 31. Qxg5 Rxe5 32. dxe5
Qxd1+ 33. Kh2 Qd2 34. Be6+ Kh7 35. Bxc4 g6 36. Be6 $1 {Taimanov reduced the
gap to 3-2.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch 20 Playoff"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E50"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 Re8 6. Bd3 d6 7. O-O Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Nbd7 9. e4 e5 10. Nd2 b6 11. Re1 Bb7 12. f3 Nf8 13. Nf1 Ne6 14. Bc2 c5 15.
Ba4 Rf8 16. d5 Nc7 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bh4 g5 19. Bf2 Nce8 20. Ne3 Ng7 21. g4 $5 h5
22. h3 h4 {The position has been closed.} 23. Qd2 Nh7 24. Reb1 Qc7 25. Bd1 Rfb8
26. a4 Bc8 27. Kh2 Nf8 28. Ng2 f6 29. Be2 Ng6 30. Bf1 Bd7 31. Rb2 Ne8 32. Qc2
Qd8 33. Be1 Nc7 34. Bd2 Qe8 35. Kg1 a6 36. Raa2 Ra7 37. Kf2 Rab7 38. Kg1 Ne7
39. Ne3 Ng6 40. Ng2 Kg7 41. Ra3 Nf4 42. Ne3 {Black cannot make any progress. A
draw was agreed upon.   Taimanov had shown a great expertise in the opening,
but it was not enough against the fighting spirit of the world champion.  
Botvinnik had gained his seventh and last gold medal in a Soviet championship.
<->Everybody' had been against him, but the Patriarch had restored the order.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament*"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.08.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E01"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1953.??.30"]

{Sammy versus the Russians. We follow the thirty games among the best six
players with special attention for Reshevsky.} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4
4. Nxd4 e6 5. g3 d5 6. Bg2 e5 7. Nc2 d4 8. O-O $6 ({More active is} 8. f4 $1 {
(Bondarevsky-Dely, Budapest-Leningrad 1959).}) 8... Nc6 9. Nd2 Bg4 10. Nf3 a5
11. Bg5 Bc5 12. e4 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nce1 Qe6 15. Nd3 Be7 16. h3 $1 Bxf3 17.
Qxf3 Qxc4 18. Rfc1 Qe6 19. Qf5 $1 {White is going to make the blockade more
effective.} Bd6 (19... Qd6 {allows the counter} 20. f4) 20. Qxe6+ fxe6 21. a3
Kd7 22. Bf1 a4 23. Ne1 Ra5 24. Rc2 Rc8 25. Rac1 Na7 26. Rxc8 Nxc8 27. Bc4 Be7 {
The white fortress cannot be taken.} 28. Nd3 Nd6 29. f3 Nxc4 30. Rxc4 Bd6 31.
Kf2 Ra6 32. Ke2 g5 33. Kd1 Ra8 34. Ke2 h5 35. Rc1 Rh8 36. Rh1 h4 37. g4 b5 38.
Rc1 Rb8 39. Kd1 Rb6 40. Rc2 Rb8 41. Rc1 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament*"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.08.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E58"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1953.??.30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 b6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bb2 $6 c4 12. Bc2 Bg4 13. Qe1 Ne4 $6 ({
Better is} 13... Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nh5) 14. Nd2 $1 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Bh5 16. f3 Bg6 17.
e4 Qd7 18. Rae1 dxe4 $6 19. fxe4 Rfe8 20. Qf4 b5 21. Bd1 Re7 22. Bg4 Qe8 23. e5
$6 ({The attack continues over a broad front by} 23. Bf3 $1 a5 24. h4 f6 25. g4
) 23... a5 24. Re3 Rd8 25. Rfe1 Re6 $1 {Black deals with the threat e6
drastically.} 26. a4 $5 Ne7 $1 ({Black avoids the trap} 26... b4 $2 27. d5 Rxd5
28. Bxe6 fxe6 29. Qxc4 {(Euwe).}) 27. Bxe6 fxe6 28. Qf1 Nd5 $1 {Petrosian
applies blockade successfully.} 29. Rf3 Bd3 30. Rxd3 $1 cxd3 31. Qxd3 b4 $1 32.
cxb4 axb4 33. a5 Ra8 34. Ra1 Qc6 35. Bc1 Qc7 36. a6 Qb6 37. Bd2 b3 38. Qc4 h6
39. h3 b2 40. Rb1 Kh8 41. Be1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament*"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.09.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1953.??.30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Qc2 Bd7 8.
O-O Bc6 9. Qxc4 Bd5 10. Qc2 Nc6 11. Bc3 Be4 12. Qd1 O-O 13. Nbd2 Bg6 14. Nc4
Be4 15. Ncd2 Bg6 16. Nc4 Be4 17. Ncd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament*"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.09.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E29"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1953.??.30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nc6 8.
Ne2 b6 9. O-O Ba6 10. e4 Ne8 11. Qa4 $6 ({Usual is the adventurous} 11. f4 $5)
({My preference goes to} 11. Qc2) 11... Qc8 12. Be3 $2 {Hereafter, Black takes
the initiative.} ({More active is} 12. e5 $1) 12... d6 13. Rad1 Na5 14. dxc5
dxc5 15. e5 Qc6 16. Qc2 $5 {Exchange leads to a poor endgame.} f5 $1 17. Qa2
Qa4 18. Nf4 Nc7 19. Bc2 Qe8 $5 (19... Qxc4 {is okay (Smyslov and Euwe).}) 20.
Bb3 g5 21. Nh3 h6 22. f3 Qe7 23. Nf2 Rad8 24. Nd3 Qg7 $1 25. f4 Rd7 26. Nc1
Rfd8 27. Rxd7 Rxd7 28. Qe2 $6 Nd5 $1 {The cat-and-mouse game has reached a
highlight.} 29. Bd2 Nxf4 30. Bxf4 gxf4 31. Rxf4 Qg5 $6 (31... Nxb3 32. Nxb3 Rd5
$1 {breaks the white resistance.}) 32. g3 Kh7 33. Kf2 Qd8 34. Qh5 Rg7 35. Qe2
Rd7 36. Qh5 Qg5 37. Qe8 Qe7 38. Qxe7+ Rxe7 39. Ba2 Rd7 40. Ke2 Bb7 41. Bb1 Kg8
42. g4 fxg4 43. Rxg4+ Rg7 44. Rh4 $5 ({Smyslov shows} 44. Rxg7+ Kxg7 45. Ba2 (
45. Bd3 Ba6) 45... Kg6 {and Black wins.}) 44... Rg1 45. Kd2 Kg7 46. Bd3 Bf3 47.
Rf4 Bh5 48. Ne2 Rg2 49. Ke3 Rg5 50. h4 Rxe5+ 51. Kd2 Nb3+ 52. Kd1 Re3 53. Kc2
e5 54. Rf2 e4 {Geller overstepped the time limit in a lost position.} 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament*"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.09.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1953.??.30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Bg5 d6 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. Be2 h6 8. Bh4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. O-O Bd7 11. Qd2 a6 12. Rfd1 Kh7 13. Nb3 Be6 14. Nd5 Bxd5
15. cxd5 Ne5 16. f4 Ned7 17. Bf3 Rc8 18. Rac1 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Qb8 20. e4 Rc8 21.
Bf2 Rc7 22. Rxc7 Qxc7 23. Qc1 Ne8 24. Qxc7 Nxc7 25. Na5 Bxb2 26. Nxb7 f5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament*"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.09.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D42"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1953.??.30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 cxd4 8.
exd4 g6 9. Bg5 Qa5 10. O-O Bg7 11. Ne4 O-O 12. Bc4 Qb6 13. Bxd5 exd5 14. Nf6+
Bxf6 15. Bxf6 Na5 16. Be7 Re8 17. Bc5 Qxb2 18. Rb1 Qc3 19. Rc1 Qb2 20. Rb1 Qc3
21. Rc1 Qb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament*"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.09.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D29"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1953.??.30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bb3
Bb7 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Nc3 Be7 11. e4 b4 $6 {Keres makes a doubtful move.} ({
Better is} 11... cxd4 12. Nxd4 Qc7 {(Smyslov-Keres, Budapest 1950).}) 12. e5
bxc3 13. exf6 Bxf6 ({Awful is} 13... Nxf6 14. Ba4+ {(Alekhine-Letelier,
Carrasco 1938).}) 14. d5 $1 {White attacks in the centre.} e5 $2 ({Black has
to exchange by} 14... cxb2 $1 15. Bxb2 Bxb2 16. dxe6 fxe6 ({Smyslov continues
with} 16... Bxa1 17. exd7+ Kf8 18. Qc4 Qf6 19. d8=Q+ Rxd8 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8 21.
Qxf7#) 17. Qxb2 Qf6 18. Qd2 O-O-O 19. Ng5 Ne5 20. Bxe6+ Kb8 21. Qe3 Ka8 $1) 15.
bxc3 O-O 16. Nd2 Be7 17. Nc4 a5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Qxe5 Bf6 20. Qg3 c4 21. Ba4
Qe7 22. Bf4 Rfd8 23. d6 Qe4 24. Re1 Qf5 25. d7 h5 26. Re8+ Kh7 27. h4 Ra6 28.
Bg5 Rxd7 29. Bxd7 Qxd7 30. Rae1 Rd6 31. Bxf6 Rxf6 32. Qb8 Rf5 33. Rh8+ Kg6 34.
Rd8 Qb5 35. Rd6+ Kh7 36. Rd8 Qc5 37. Re3 Bd5 38. Rh8+ Kg6 39. Qd8 Bf3 40. Rxf3
Rxf3 41. gxf3 {Smyslov outdid another main competitor.} 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament*"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.09.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B62"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1953.??.30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. g3 Be7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O Nxd4 10. Qxd4 h6 11. Bd2 Bd7 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. Qd3 Rac8 14. g4 $5 {
Bronstein brings life to a dull game.} b5 $5 ({Geller avoids the confrontation
by} 14... Nxg4 15. Qg3 h5) 15. a3 a5 16. g5 hxg5 17. Bxg5 b4 18. axb4 axb4 19.
e5 $1 dxe5 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Ne4 Rfd8 22. Nxf6+ gxf6 23. Qf3 f5 24. Qg3+ Kf8
25. Qg5 {White will deliver perpetual check.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament*"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.09.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1953.??.30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Bd2
cxd4 9. exd4 d5 10. cxd5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qxd5 12. Re1 Nbd7 13. Qe2 Qh5 14. a4 a6
15. Reb1 Rfd8 16. Be3 Be4 17. Bf4 Qf5 18. Bxe4 Nxe4 19. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament*"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.09.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E28"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1953.??.30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 b6 $5 8.
e4 $1 Bb7 9. Bg5 h6 10. h4 $1 d6 11. e5 $1 dxe5 12. dxe5 Be4 $2 ({Black
creates a new defence line by} 12... hxg5 $1 13. exf6 g4 14. fxg7 Re8 15. h5 f5
) 13. Rh3 Bxd3 14. Rxd3 Qc7 15. Bxf6 $2 ({White gets a winning attack by} 15.
exf6 hxg5 16. fxg7 Kxg7 17. Qh5 {(Euwe).}) 15... gxf6 16. Qg4+ Kh8 {Keres
still has a strong offensive.} 17. Qf3 $2 ({Correct is} 17. exf6 $1 Qe5+ 18.
Kf1 Qxf6 19. Qe4 Qg6 20. Qxg6 fxg6 21. Re1 {and White has reached a won
endgame.}) 17... Nd7 18. O-O-O Nxe5 19. Qxf6+ Kh7 20. Rd6 Nxc4 21. Nf3 $5 Nxd6
$2 ({The white attack can be ended by} 21... Qxd6 $1 22. Rxd6 Nxd6 $1 {(Euwe).}
) 22. Ng5+ Kg8 23. Qxh6 f6 24. Nxe6 Qe7 25. Rxd6 $2 {The calculations are too
difficult for a human brain with little time.} ({Better is} 25. Qg6+ Kh8 26.
Qh5+ $1 Kg8 27. Rd3 $1 Ne4 {(Euwe)} 28. Qg4+ $1) 25... Rf7 26. Qd2 Re8 27. f4 (
27. g4 $1 {prevents the next move.}) 27... f5 $1 28. Qd5 Kh8 29. Qe5+ Qf6 30.
Kc2 c4 31. Kd2 Kg8 32. Qd5 Qxh4 33. Qxc4 $2 ({A draw is forced by} 33. Rd8 $1
Rxd8 34. Nxd8 {(Euwe).}) 33... Qf2+ 34. Kc1 Qg1+ 35. Kc2 Qxg2+ 36. Kb3 b5 $1
37. Qd4 Qf1 38. Kb4 Qc4+ $2 ({Black misses in time trouble the trick} 38... Rf6
$2 39. Nc5 Rxd6 40. Qxd6 Qc4+ 41. Ka5 Qxc3+ 42. Kxb5 Qb2+ {(Euwe).}) 39. Qxc4
bxc4 40. Kxc4 Rc8+ 41. Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament*"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.09.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A12"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1953.??.30"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. b3 Bf5 5. Bg2 e6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Bb2 Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Nh4 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 d4 $1 {Bronstein prepares a brilliant
positional sacrifice.} 12. Nb1 Bxg4 $5 13. hxg4 Nxg4 14. e4 $2 {Bronstein has
a stronger attack than all thought in 1953.} ({Euwe does not like} 14. Nf3 e5 {
but} 15. e4 f5 16. exf5 Qe8 17. Re1 Qh5 18. Bxd4 {gives a determined
resistance.}) 14... Nxf2 $2 ({The defence line can be crushed by} 14... Ba3 $3
{A diagonal is cleared for the queen.} 15. Bxa3 Qxh4 16. Bd6 e5) 15. Rxf2 Bxh4
16. Rf3 Ne5 17. Rh3 Bg5 18. Na3 Ng6 19. Nc2 Nf4 20. Rh2 d3 21. Ne3 Ne2+ 22. Kh1
f5 23. exf5 exf5 24. Bf3 Ng3+ 25. Kg1 Bf6 26. Bxf6 Qxf6 27. Qe1 f4 28. Ng4 Qd4+
29. Kg2 Rae8 30. Qg1 Qb2 31. Qc1 Qd4 32. Qc3 Qd6 33. c5 Qg6 34. Qc4+ Kh8 35.
Rh3 h5 36. Kh2 Qh7 37. Nf2 g5 38. Qd4+ Kg8 ({A blunder would be} 38... Qg7 $5 {
due to} 39. Qxd3 $1 Qxa1 40. Bxh5 Kg8 41. Bxe8 Rxe8 42. Qg6+ Kf8 43. Rh7 Re7
44. Qh6+ Ke8 45. Rh8+ {and White wins.}) 39. Qc4+ Kh8 40. Qd4+ Kg8 {A draw was
agreed upon after the adjournment.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament*"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.09.19"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1953.??.30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. d3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Rb8 6. f4 d6 7. Nf3 e6 8. O-O
Nge7 9. e5 $1 dxe5 $2 {White should not accept the temporary pawn sacrifice.} (
{Better is} 9... O-O) 10. fxe5 Nxe5 11. Bf4 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Ra8 ({White wins in
} 12... e5 $2 13. Bxe5 $1 Bxe5 14. Qxf7+ Kd7 15. Rae1 {(Euwe).}) 13. Be3 O-O
14. Bxc5 Bd4+ 15. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 16. Kh1 Rb8 17. Ne4 f5 18. Qf4 Bd7 $2 ({Correct is
} 18... Nc6 $1 19. c3 Qxd3 20. Nf6+ Rxf6 21. Bxc6 Ra8 22. Rad1 Qa6) 19. c3 $1
Qb6 20. Nf6+ $1 {Bronstein utilises the meagre protection of Rb8 and Bd7.} Rxf6
21. Qxb8+ Bc8 22. d4 Rf8 23. Rf2 Nc6 24. Qf4 Bd7 25. Re1 Nd8 26. d5 Nf7 27.
dxe6 Bxe6 28. b3 Bd7 29. Qd4 Bc6 30. Qxb6 axb6 31. Bxc6 bxc6 32. Re6 Rc8 33.
Rfe2 Kf8 34. h4 b5 35. a4 bxa4 36. bxa4 Ra8 37. Rxc6 Rxa4 38. Rc7 Ra6 39. Rb2
h6 40. c4 f4 41. c5 f3 42. Kg1 Ra8 43. Rcb7 Ra1+ 44. Rb1 Ra6 45. Rd7 Ra8 46.
Re1 Ra2 47. Re3 Ra1+ 48. Kf2 Ra2+ 49. Kxf3 Rc2 50. Rc7 h5 51. Ke4 Nh6 52. Ra3
Re2+ 53. Kf4 Re8 54. Rh7 Kg8 55. Rxh6 Kg7 56. c6 Kxh6 57. Rc3 g5+ 58. hxg5+ 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament*"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.09.22"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E69"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1953.??.30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4
Re8 9. h3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. Re1 a5 12. Qc2 c6 13. Be3 Nfd7 14. Rad1 a4 15.
Nde2 Qa5 $1 16. Bf1 $6 ({Better is} 16. Rxd6 $5 Ne5 17. Rdd1 Nxc4 {
(Smyslov-Ciocaltea, Bucharest 1953).}) 16... Ne5 17. Nd4 a3 18. f4 Ned7 19. b3
Na6 $1 20. Bf2 Ndc5 21. Re3 Nb4 22. Qe2 Bd7 23. e5 $5 dxe5 24. fxe5 Rad8 {
Bronstein has achieved a grand restraint, but it is hard to utilise the edge.}
25. g4 Ne6 26. Bh4 Nxd4 27. Rxd4 Qc5 28. Rde4 Bh6 $1 29. Kh1 Be6 30. g5 $6 ({
Simpler is} 30. Bxd8 Rxd8 31. Qf2 Bxe3 32. Rxe3 Qd4 33. Qf6 $1) 30... Bg7 31.
Rf4 Bf5 32. Ne4 Bxe4+ ({Not} 32... Qxe5 $2 33. Rxf5 $1 gxf5 34. Nf6+ Bxf6 35.
gxf6 $1 Qxe3 36. Qg2+ {(Euwe).}) 33. Rfxe4 Na6 34. e6 fxe6 35. Rxe6 Rf8 36. Re7
$2 ({The exchanges by} 36. Re8 Rdxe8 37. Rxe8 Nb4 38. Bf2 Rxe8 39. Bxc5 $1 Rxe2
40. Bxe2 Bf8 41. Bxb4 Bxb4 {draw.}) 36... Bd4 37. R3e6 Qf5 $1 38. Re8 Nc5 39.
Rxd8 Nxe6 40. Rxf8+ Kxf8 41. Bg3 Qxg5 $1 42. Qxe6 Qxg3 {Black has gained a
pawn.} 43. Qc8+ Ke7 44. Qg4 ({The pointe is} 44. Qxb7+ $2 Kd8 45. Qa8+ Kc7 46.
Qa5+ Bb6 47. Qd2 Qg1#) 44... Qc3 45. Kg2 Qb2+ 46. Qe2+ Kd6 47. Kf3 ({Or} 47.
Qxb2 axb2 48. Bd3 Ke5 49. Kf3 Bc5 50. Bb1 Kf6 51. Ke4 h5 52. Bc2 g5 53. Bb1 Bd6
54. Bc2 g4 55. hxg4 hxg4 56. Bb1 g3 57. Kf3 Bf4 {and Black wins due to the
distant passed pawns (Euwe).}) 47... Bc5 48. Ke4 Qd4+ 49. Kf3 Qf6+ 50. Kg2 Kc7
51. Qf3 Qb2+ 52. Qe2 Qd4 53. Kf3 h5 54. Kg2 g5 55. Kg3 Qf4+ 56. Kg2 g4 57. hxg4
hxg4 58. Kh1 Kb6 59. Kg2 Kc7 60. Kh1 Bd6 61. Kg1 Kb6 62. Qg2 Bc5+ 63. Kh1 Qh6+
64. Qh2 Qe3 65. b4 $5 Bd4 $1 {Reshevsky lost on time.} (65... Bd4 66. c5+ Ka7
67. Qg2 g3 {would have led to a fatal zugzwang (Euwe).}) 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament*"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.09.23"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1953.??.30"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
O-O 9. Rd1 Nc6 10. Qf4 Qb8 11. b3 Rd8 12. Qxb8 Raxb8 13. Bb2 a6 14. Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament*"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.09.26"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E58"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1953.??.30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 b6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bb2 $6 c4 12. Bc2 Bg4 13. Qe1 Ne4 $6 14. Nd2
Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Bh5 16. f3 Bg6 17. e4 Qd7 18. Rae1 f5 $2 ({Petrosian tried} 18...
dxe4 $6 19. fxe4 Rfe8 {against Reshevsky in round two.}) 19. exd5 $1 Qxd5 20.
a4 Rfe8 21. Qg5 Qf7 22. Ba3 h6 23. Qg3 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 Re8 25. Rxe8+ Qxe8 26. Kf2
{White has a great positional advantage.} Na5 $5 27. Qf4 Nb3 28. Bxf5 $2 ({The
attack can be continued by} 28. Qc7 $1) 28... Bxf5 29. Qxf5 Qxa4 30. Qc8+ Kh7
31. Qf5+ Kg8 32. Qe6+ Kh7 33. Qe4+ Kg8 34. Qa8+ Kh7 35. Qe4+ Kg8 36. Qd5+ Kh7
37. Be7 Nc1 38. Qf5+ Kg8 39. Qf8+ Kh7 40. Qf5+ Kg8 41. d5 Qa2+ $6 ({More solid
is} 41... Qd1 42. d6 Nd3+ 43. Kg3 Nc5) 42. Kg3 Qd2 43. d6 $1 Qe1+ 44. Kg4 Nd3
45. Qd5+ Kh7 46. d7 Qe5 $2 {A critical position has arisen.} ({Correct is} 
46... Ne5+ 47. Kf5 Nxd7 48. Qxd7 Qxc3) 47. Qxd3+ $2 ({Even worse is} 47. d8=Q
$4 Nf2+ 48. Kh4 Qxh2#) ({A win results from} 47. Qd6 $3 Nf2+ 48. Kh4 g5+ 49.
Kh5 {(Langeweg).}) 47... cxd3 48. d8=Q {At the end of the first cycle Smyslov
led with 9 1/2 out of 15. Bronstein and Reshevsky followed by one point.  
Bronstein and Smyslov scored well against the best players. Our hero Sammy
lost an important game against Bronstein.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament*"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.09.27"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1953.??.30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bf4 Nbd7 6. h3 c5 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. d5 a6 11. a4 Ne8 12. Qd2 Ne5 13. Nh2 e6 14. Rad1 Qe7 15. Qc2
Rd8 16. Qb3 Qc7 17. Rd2 exd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Nf6 20. Rdd1 Nc6 21. Bf3
Rfe8 22. Ng4 Nxg4 23. hxg4 Nb4 24. Rd2 Qe7 25. Rfd1 Be5 26. g5 a5 $2 {Black
will remain passive during the rest of the game.} 27. g3 Qe6 28. Kg2 Qe7 29.
Rh1 Qe6 30. Rh4 Rf8 31. Qd1 Bxf4 32. exf4 f6 33. Re2 Qf7 34. gxf6 Qxf6 35. Qe1
Rd7 36. Re6 $5 Qxb2 37. Re7 Rxe7 38. Qxe7 Qg7 39. Qxd6 Qf6 40. Qd7 Qf7 41. Qd6
Qf6 42. Qc7 Rf7 43. Qc8+ Rf8 44. Qd7 Qf7 45. Qd2 Qe6 46. Rh1 $1 {White
delivers a temporary pawn sacrifice for the control over the e-file.} Qxc4 $2 (
46... Re8 $1 {prevents the white plan.}) 47. Qd6 Qd4 48. Qe6+ Kh8 $6 ({A try
gives} 48... Rf7 49. Rxh7 $1 {(Euwe)} Qf6 $1 50. Qxf6 Rxf6 51. Rb7 Re6) 49.
Qxg6 $1 Qg7 50. Qe4 Na2 51. Qc4 Nb4 52. Be4 $1 Rxf4 ({Or} 52... h6 53. Qe6 Rf6
54. Qe8+ Rf8 55. Qe5 Rf6 56. Rd1 Rf8 57. Rd6) 53. Qe6 Rxe4 54. Qxe4 Qd7 55.
Qe5+ Kg8 56. Rh5 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament*"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.09.29"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A08"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1953.??.30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d3 d5 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 dxe4 8.
dxe4 Nc6 9. c3 h6 10. Qe2 Be6 11. Ne1 Qb6 12. h3 Rad8 13. Kh2 Nh7 14. f4 Na5
15. Nef3 Bd7 16. Re1 Qc7 17. Nf1 b6 18. Ne3 Bc6 19. Ng4 Nf6 20. Nf2 Bb7 21. e5
Nh7 22. h4 h5 23. f5 Qd7 24. e6 Qd5 25. exf7+ Qxf7 26. fxg6 Qxg6 27. Ng5 Bxg2
28. Kxg2 e5 29. Qe4 Rf5 30. Nxh7 Kxh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament*"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.10.03"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A53"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1953.??.30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 g5 6. Bg3 Nh5 7. e3 Nxg3 8.
hxg3 Bg7 9. Bd3 Nf6 10. Qd2 c6 11. O-O-O Qa5 12. Kb1 Bd7 13. Nge2 e6 14. Nc1
O-O-O 15. Nb3 Qc7 16. Qe2 Rhe8 17. e4 c5 $2 18. e5 $1 dxe5 19. dxe5 Ng8 20. f4
gxf4 21. gxf4 f6 22. Nb5 $2 ({An advantage is kept by} 22. Bg6 Rf8 23. Ne4 $1
b6 24. Nd6+ Kb8 25. Nf7) 22... Bxb5 23. cxb5 Kb8 24. Rc1 b6 25. Bg6 Rf8 26.
Rhe1 fxe5 27. fxe5 Rd5 28. Be4 Rxe5 29. Qc2 Rd8 30. Red1 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Ne7 32.
Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament*"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.10.10"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1953.??.30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O c6 8. Re1
exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. Bf1 Ng4 11. h3 Qf6 12. hxg4 Qxd4 13. g5 Nd7 14. Bf4 Qxd1
15. Raxd1 Be5 16. Be3 Nc5 17. f3 Be6 18. Rc1 a5 19. Rc2 a4 20. a3 Reb8 21. Rb1
h6 $2 {This sacrifice will not become temporary.} 22. gxh6 f5 23. f4 Bf6 24. e5
$1 Be7 25. exd6 Bxd6 26. Rd1 Bf8 27. Nd5 $1 {Geller experiences a nasty
surprise.} Rd8 $1 ({The pointe is} 27... cxd5 $2 28. cxd5 {and White gets the
piece back with a great advantage.}) 28. Nf6+ Kf7 $2 ({Better is} 28... Kh8 {
but} 29. Re1 Nd3 30. Bxd3 Rxd3 31. Bb6 Bf7 32. g4 $1 {favours White.}) 29. Rxd8
Rxd8 30. Nh7 $1 Ne4 31. Ng5+ Kf6 32. g4 $1 Rd1 33. Nxe4+ fxe4 34. g5+ Kf7 35.
Kf2 Rd7 36. Rd2 Rxd2+ 37. Bxd2 Bc5+ 38. Be3 Bd6 39. Bd4 Kg8 40. Ke3 Bf5 41. c5
Bc7 42. Be2 Ba5 43. Bd1 Be1 44. Bxa4 {Reshevsky and Smyslov led with 13 1/2
out of 21 games. Bronstein followed by one point. The tension grew.} 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament*"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.10.11"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1953.??.30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. e4 Nc6 8.
Bb5 Nxe4 $5 9. O-O $5 ({The usual} 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Qxe4+ Qe7 {draws.}) 9...
Nf6 10. Re1+ Be7 11. Qe5 $2 ({A plus is kept by} 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Qc5 $1)
11... O-O $1 12. Qe2 Re8 13. Bg5 Bg4 14. Rad1 h6 15. Bh4 Ne4 16. Bg3 Nxc3 17.
bxc3 Bf6 18. Qxe8+ Qxe8 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. Rxd5 Rc8 21. Rd3 {White allows a
beautiful combination.} ({Or} 21. Rc5 Be6 {(Euwe)} 22. Bxc6 $6 b6 $1) 21... Nb4
$1 22. Re3 Nxa2 23. h3 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Nxc3 25. Bd7 Rd8 26. Bf5 g6 27. Bd3 Nd1
0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament*"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.10.13"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1953.??.30"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 b6 7. d4 cxd4 8. exd4
d5 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Re1 Nb4 13. Bf1 Ne4 14. a3 Nxc3 15.
Rxc3 Nc6 16. Ne5 $6 {White starts a doubtful plan. He wishes to overwhelm his
opponent.} Nxe5 17. Rxe5 Bf6 18. Rh5 $5 g6 19. Rch3 $2 {Keres has seen a
wonderful combination.} ({The retreat} 19. Rhh3 {lacks glamour.}) 19... dxc4 $1
{Smyslov gives a resourceful answer.} ({He avoids} 19... gxh5 $2 20. Qxh5 Re8
21. a4 $1 Qd6 {(Euwe)} 22. Qh6 $1 Bg7 23. Qxh7+ Kf8 24. Rg3 Bf6 25. c5 $1 {
White has a dashing attack.}) 20. Rxh7 ({The pointe is} 20. bxc4 gxh5 21. Qxh5
Be4 $1) 20... c3 $1 21. Qc1 Qxd4 22. Qh6 Rfd8 23. Bc1 Bg7 24. Qg5 Qf6 25. Qg4
c2 26. Be2 Rd4 27. f4 Rd1+ 28. Bxd1 Qd4+ 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament*"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.10.13"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E35"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1953.??.30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 O-O 10. e3 c6 11. Ne2 Bf5 12. Nf4 Nd7 13. Be2 Rfe8 14. O-O Nf8
15. b4 Ne6 16. Nh5 Qg6 17. Ng3 Rac8 18. Rac1 Ng5 $2 (18... a6 $1 {stops the
minority attack.}) 19. b5 $1 Ne4 ({The point is} 19... cxb5 20. Qb3 $1) 20. Qa5
$1 c5 21. Nxf5 Qxf5 22. dxc5 b6 23. Qxa7 bxc5 24. Bd3 c4 25. Bxe4 Qxe4 26. Rfd1
c3 27. Qd4 $2 Rc4 $1 28. Qxd5 c2 $1 29. Rd2 Qxd5 30. Rxd5 Ra8 31. b6 Rb8 $2 ({
Black misses} 31... Rxa3 $1 32. b7 Rb4 33. Rd8+ Kh7 34. b8=Q Rxb8 35. Rxb8 Rd3
36. Rf1 Rc3 $1 37. g4 $1 {White has slight winning chances (Euwe).}) 32. Rd6
Ra4 33. Rxc2 Rxa3 34. h3 Rb3 35. Rcc6 Rb2 36. e4 h5 37. e5 h4 38. Rd4 R2xb6 39.
Rxb6 Rxb6 40. Rxh4 Rb1+ 41. Kh2 Re1 42. f4 Re3 43. Rg4 Kh7 44. Rg3 Re2 45. h4
Re4 46. Rf3 f6 47. exf6 gxf6 48. Kg3 ({Reshevsky avoids} 48. g4 $6 f5 $1) 48...
Kg6 49. Ra3 f5 50. Ra6+ Kh5 51. Rf6 $4 {Reshevsky blunders terribly.} ({
Schuster analyses the winning manoeuvre} 51. Ra8 $1 Re3+ 52. Kf2 Rb3 53. Rg8)
51... Re3+ 52. Kf2 Ra3 53. g3 ({Or} 53. Rxf5+ Kxh4 54. Rf8 Kg4 $1 {(Euwe).})
53... Rf3+ 54. Ke2 (54. Kg2 Rxg3+ $1 55. Kxg3 {stalemate.}) 54... Rxg3 55.
Rxf5+ Kxh4 56. Kf2 Ra3 57. Rg5 Rb3 58. Rg1 Kh5 59. Ke2 Ra3 60. f5 Ra5 {Smyslov
had won. Reshevsky lost in the previous round and drew this time.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament*"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.10.14"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1953.??.30"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Qc2 Bg4 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8.
e3 Bd6 9. Bd3 Qc7 10. O-O-O h6 11. Bh4 Bb4 12. Kb1 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 O-O 14. h3 Bh5
15. Qc2 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. g4 Bg6 18. Nd2 Nb6 19. Nc4 ({Avoids} 19. Nxe4 $2
Nd5 $1) 19... Nd5 20. Bg3 Qd7 21. Ne5 Qe6 22. Qb3 Bh7 23. Rc1 $1 ({Not} 23.
Qxb7 $2 Nc3+ $1) 23... a5 $2 {Bronstein loses the race for first place.} 24.
Qxb7 $1 Nb4 25. Nc4 c5 26. dxc5 Nd3 27. c6 $1 f5 28. gxf5 Bxf5 29. Rhg1 Bg6 30.
Rc2 Rac8 31. Bd6 Rfe8 32. Qd7 Qf6 33. c7 Bf5 34. Qb5 Bxh3 35. Bg3 Be6 36. Nd6
Nb4 37. Nxe8 Bxa2+ 38. Kc1 Qe7 39. Nd6 Nd3+ 40. Kd2 Rxc7 41. Qe8+ Qxe8 42. Nxe8
Rd7 43. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament*"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.10.14"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1953.??.30"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O O-O 7. Qb3 Bxc3 $6 8.
Qxc3 d6 9. b3 Qe7 10. Bb2 c5 11. d4 Nbd7 12. Rad1 Be4 13. dxc5 Nxc5 $6 14. Qe3
e5 $6 15. Bh3 a5 $6 {Reshevsky had to win with Black of Smyslov, an impossible
task.} 16. Nh4 Rfe8 17. f3 Bg6 18. Rd2 Rad8 19. Rfd1 Qc7 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. Bg2
Nh5 22. Qc3 Nf6 23. e4 Nh5 24. Qe3 Nf6 25. Bh3 Nh7 26. Re2 Nf6 27. Rf1 Nh5 28.
Bg2 Qe7 29. Bc1 Qc7 30. Rd1 Kh7 31. Qf2 Nf6 32. Be3 Nh5 33. Rc2 f5 $2 34. exf5
gxf5 35. g4 Nf4 36. Bxf4 exf4 37. Qh4+ Kg8 38. gxf5 d5 39. cxd5 Qe5 40. Rcd2
Rd6 41. Rd4 Qe3+ 42. Kh1 Re5 43. Qxf4 Qxf4 44. Rxf4 Re2 45. Rg4 Kf8 46. Rg6 Nb7
47. Re6 Rxa2 48. f4 Rb2 49. Rde1 Rxe6 50. dxe6 Nd6 51. e7+ Kf7 52. Bd5+ Ke8 53.
Bc6+ Kf7 54. e8=Q+ Nxe8 55. Bxe8+ Kf6 56. Bg6 {Reshevsky was eliminated. The
standings were Smyslov 15 1/2 out of 23, Reshevsky 14/24 and Bronstein 13 1/2
out of 24.} 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament*"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.10.17"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1953.??.30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bd7 9. Be3 O-O-O 10. O-O-O Ne7 11. h3 Ng6 12. Nb3 Bb4 13. Ne2 Rhe8 14. a3
Bf8 15. Nc3 Be6 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 17. Rd1 Rxd1+ 18. Kxd1 Ne5 19. Bc5 Bd6 20. Bxd6
cxd6 21. Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament*"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.10.17"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E45"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1953.??.30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ba6 6. Ng3 O-O 7. e4 d6 8. Bd2
c5 9. a3 Ba5 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 Bxf1 12. Kxf1 Nbd7 13. h4 Re8 14. f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament*"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.10.18"]
[Round "27"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E76"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1953.??.30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Bd3 Qxc5 8. Nf3
O-O 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. Be3 Qh5 11. h3 Ng4 12. Bd2 Nf6 13. O-O Nd7 14. Rad1 Qa5 15.
Bb1 Qb4 16. Be3 Nb6 17. Nd5 Qxb2 18. Qxb2 Bxb2 19. Nxb6 axb6 20. Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament*"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.10.20"]
[Round "28"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C98"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1953.??.30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Nf1 Rd8 15.
Qe2 Nh5 16. a4 Rb8 17. axb5 axb5 18. g3 g6 19. Kh2 Be6 20. Ne3 c4 21. Rd1 Rxd1
22. Qxd1 Rd8 23. Qe2 Qc8 24. Nd5 $1 Bxd5 ({The point of the temporary pawn
sacrifice ia} 24... Bxh3 $2 25. Nxe5 $1 {(Euwe).}) 25. exd5 Rxd5 26. b3 Nf6 27.
Ng5 Nd8 28. bxc4 Qxc4 29. Qxc4 bxc4 30. Ra4 Nd7 31. Rxc4 Nc5 32. Ne4 Nde6 33.
Nxc5 Nxc5 34. Rb4 Nd3 35. Rb8+ Kg7 36. Be3 e4 37. Re8 Bf6 38. Rc8 $2 {Oh god,
they don't know what they are doing in time trouble.} Nxf2 $1 39. c4 Ra5 40.
Bb3 $2 Ra3 $2 {Reshevsky makes a horrible discovery.} (40... Nd3 {keeps the
extra pawn.}) 41. Bc5 $1 Be7 (41... Rxb3 $2 42. Bf8+ {and mate in two.}) 42.
Bxa3 Bxa3 43. c5 e3 44. c6 Ne4 45. Re8 f5 46. Bc4 Bd6 47. c7 Bxg3+ 48. Kg2 Bxc7
49. Re7+ Kf6 50. Rxc7 f4 51. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament*"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.10.21"]
[Round "29"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E50"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1953.??.30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Qb3
cxd4 9. Qxb4 Nc6 10. Qa3 dxc3 11. Qxc3 Ne4 12. Qc2 f5 13. a3 Rf6 14. b4 Rh6 15.
Bb2 d6 16. Rad1 Qe7 17. Bd3 a5 18. b5 Nb8 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Qe2 Nd7 21. Ne1 e5
22. f3 Bb7 23. Qf2 Rc8 24. Rc1 Qe6 25. f4 e4 26. Nc2 Nc5 27. Nd4 Qf7 28. Qg3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament*"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.10.23"]
[Round "30"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D14"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "1953.??.30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Qb3
Bb4 9. Bb5 Qa5 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. a3 Bxc3+ 12. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 13. bxc3 {Smyslov
had won the tournament, two points before Bronstein, Reshevsky and Keres. 
Smyslov scored 4/5 against the best players in the second cycle. Reshevsky was
beaten by his two main competitors.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch21"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Sokolsky, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

{Twenty players entered the final of the twenty-first Soviet championship from
7 i until 7 ii 1954 in Kiev. Geller, Averbakh, Taimanov and Petrosian were
placed by the previous event. The following people qualified in the semifinals:
Kortschnoj, Kholmov, Suetin and Shamkovich in Vilnius, Lisitsin, Bivshev,
Borisenko and Ilivitzki in Leningrad, Nezhmetdinov, Furman, Bannik and Livshin
in Rostov, Flohr, Lilienthal, Ragozin and Sokolsky in Moscow. The event would
become a race between Averbakh and Kortschnoj.   I have selected one game per
round.} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. d3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. e4
dxe4 8. dxe4 $5 ({Petrosian diverts from} 8. Ng5 {(Rabar - Vasconcellos, Rio
de Janeiro 1952).}) 8... O-O ({Not} 8... Nxe4 $2 9. Ne5 $1 Nc5 10. Bxb7 Nxb7
11. Qf3 {(Konstantinopolsky).}) 9. e5 Nfd7 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. Rd1 Qc8 12. a3 a5
13. Re1 Rd8 14. Qc4 Nc5 15. b3 Bf8 16. Qf4 Rd7 17. Nf1 Qd8 18. Be3 Ne7 19. Qg4
Nf5 20. Bf4 Nd4 21. Nxd4 Rxd4 22. Bxb7 Nxb7 23. h4 $5 ({Petrosian avoids the
draw by} 23. Red1) 23... Nc5 24. Nh2 Qd7 25. Nf3 Rd5 26. h5 $1 Kh8 $6 27. h6 $1
gxh6 28. Kg2 Bg7 29. b4 Nb7 30. Qh4 Rg8 $6 ({More solid is} 30... Qd8 $1 31.
Qh5 Qf8 $1) 31. Bxh6 Bxh6 32. Qxh6 Rg6 33. Qh4 Kg7 $6 {Now, the black king's
rook stands offside.} 34. Re4 Qd8 35. c4 $1 Rd3 36. Qxd8 Nxd8 37. bxa5 bxa5 38.
Rd4 Rxd4 39. Nxd4 Nb7 $6 40. Rb1 $1 Nc5 41. Rb5 Nd3 42. Rxa5 Rg5 43. Ra7 Rxe5
44. Rxc7 h5 45. Rd7 Nc5 46. Ra7 Nd3 47. a4 Re4 48. Nb5 $1 Re2 ({Or} 48... Rxc4
49. Rxf7+ $1 {(Konstantinopolsky).}) 49. Kf3 Rc2 50. Rc7 Ne5+ 51. Ke4 Re2+ 52.
Kd4 Nf3+ 53. Kd3 Rxf2 54. Ke3 Rf1 55. Ke2 Nh2 56. c5 Kg6 57. c6 Rc1 58. Rc8 Kf5
59. c7 Ke4 60. Rd8 {Petrosian started well, but he would score too many draws.}
1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch21"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B64"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 e5 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. h3 $1 ({Boleslavsky played} 11. Be2 {in a
training's game against Geller (Garga 1953).}) 11... Bxf3 12. gxf3 Nd4 13. fxe5
({Even better is} 13. Qg2 $1 Rc8 14. Rg1 {(Novopashin - Mikenas, Gorky 1954).})
13... dxe5 14. Rg1 $5 Nxf3 $5 {Geller never showed modesty.} 15. Qf2 Qb6 16.
Be3 Nd4 17. Rxd4 $1 {Kortschnoj is not shy either.} exd4 18. Bxd4 Qd8 19. Nd5
Ne8 20. Qg3 f6 $2 ({Better is} 20... Bh4 $1 21. Qf4 Kh8 $1 22. c3 {and White
has the initiative.}) 21. Bc4 $1 Rf7 22. Nf4 $1 Bd6 ({Or} 22... Qxd4 23. Bxf7+
Kxf7 24. Qb3+ {(Kortschnoj).}) 23. Bxf7+ Kxf7 24. Qb3+ Ke7 25. Bxf6+ $1 {
Viktor won an aggressive game.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch21"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nge2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. b3
Bf5 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. exd4 Qd7 12. Re1 Rfe8 13. Bb2 Rab8 14. Qd2 Bh3
15. Bh1 h5 16. d5 Bf5 17. Re2 a6 18. a4 Qc7 19. Nd1 Qb6 20. b4 Bg4 21. Bd4 Qc7
22. f3 Bd7 23. Ne3 h4 $5 {White has an advantage in territory.} 24. a5 Nh5 25.
Bxg7 Nxg7 26. Qd4 b6 $1 {Ragozin has set a tactical problem.} 27. Rb2 $2 ({
Correct is} 27. axb6 Qxb6 28. Qxb6 Rxb6) 27... bxa5 $1 28. Rxa5 Rxb4 $1 29.
Rxa6 Rxb2 30. Qxb2 Rb8 31. Qd4 Rb1+ 32. Nf1 Nf5 33. Ra8+ Bc8 34. Qf2 Qxc4 35.
Bg2 ({Or} 35. g4 Ng3 36. hxg3 hxg3) 35... Kg7 36. g4 Bb7 $1 37. Ra2 Nd4 38. Rd2
Nb3 39. Re2 Bxd5 40. Rxe7 Nd4 41. h3 Be6 42. Qe3 Ne2+ 43. Kf2 Nf4 44. Nd2 Nd3+
0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch21"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Black "Suetin, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bf4 Nc6 $5 8. d5
e5 $1 9. Be3 Ne7 $6 ({Theory was improved by} 9... Nd4 $1 10. Nxd4 exd4 11.
Bxd4 Nxe4 $1 {(Lisitsin - Vasiukov, Riga 1954).}) 10. h3 Nd7 11. Qd2 Kh7 12. g4
f5 13. gxf5 gxf5 14. exf5 Nxf5 15. Bd3 Nc5 $2 ({Right is} 15... Kh8 16. Bxf5
Rxf5) 16. Bxc5 dxc5 17. O-O-O Kh8 18. Rhg1 Qd6 19. Ne4 Qe7 20. Rg2 Bd7 21. Rdg1
Rf7 22. Rg6 Rg8 23. d6 $5 {Lisitsin wins by a combination.} cxd6 24. Nxd6 Nxd6
25. Rxh6+ $1 Bxh6 26. Qxh6+ Rh7 27. Rxg8+ Kxg8 28. Bxh7+ Qxh7 29. Qxd6 Qxh3 30.
Qg6+ Kf8 31. Qf6+ Kg8 32. Nxe5 {The attack has netted an extra pawn.} Bf5 33.
Kd2 b6 34. Qf7+ Kh8 35. Ng6+ $5 Bxg6 36. Qxg6 Qf1 37. Qf7 Qb1 38. Qf6+ Kg8 39.
a3 Qf1 40. Qe6+ Kg7 41. Qe2 Qb1 42. Kc3 Qf5 43. Qe7+ Kg6 44. Qd6+ Kg7 45. Qg3+
Kf6 46. b4 cxb4+ 47. axb4 Qb1 48. Qd6+ Kf7 49. Qd7+ Kf6 50. Qd4+ Ke6 51. Qe3+
Kf7 52. c5 bxc5 53. Qxc5 Qa1+ 54. Kd3 a6 55. Ke4 Qe1+ 56. Kf4 Qa1 57. Qd5+ Kf8
58. Kf5 Qb1+ 59. Qe4 Qf1 60. Qa8+ Ke7 61. Qb7+ Kd6 62. Qb6+ Kd7 63. Qd4+ Ke7
64. Qc5+ Kd7 65. Qd5+ Ke7 66. f4 Qh3+ 67. Kg6 Qa3 68. Qc5+ Kd7 69. f5 Qg3+ 70.
Kf7 Qb3+ 71. Kf8 Qb2 72. Qa7+ Kd6 73. Qe7+ Kc6 74. f6 Qh2 75. Qc5+ Kd7 76. Qd5+
Kc7 77. Qd4 Kb7 78. f7 Qh6+ 79. Ke7 Qg5+ 80. Qf6 Qe3+ 81. Qe6 Qg5+ 82. Ke8 Qh5
83. Kd8 Qh8+ 84. Qe8 Qh2 85. Qe7+ Kb6 86. Qc5+ Kb7 87. f8=Q Qd2+ 88. Qfd6 {
Lisitsin became the sole leader.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch21"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A97"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1. c4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. Re1
Ne4 $5 9. Qc2 Qg6 10. Be3 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 Nd7 12. c5 $5 {Averbakh shows ambition.
} Nf6 13. cxd6 cxd6 14. Qb3 Nd5 $1 {Black has equalised.} 15. Bd2 b6 $2 ({
Correct is} 15... Rb8 $1 {(Averbakh).}) 16. Bg5 $1 {White gains the initiative
by moving the queen's bishop again.} Bxg5 17. Nxg5 Bb7 18. e4 $1 fxe4 19. Nxe4
Ne7 $2 (19... Rfd8 $1 {protects the d-pawn.}) 20. Nxd6 Bxg2 $2 {Hereafter,
White makes a witty move.} (20... Bd5 $1 {prevents the loss of another pawn.})
21. Qxe6+ $1 Qxe6 22. Rxe6 Bh3 23. Rxe7 Rad8 24. Ne4 Rxd4 25. Re1 h6 26. Rxa7
Rc8 27. f3 Rc2 $2 28. Nf6+ $1 {Averbakh scored a win after four draws.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch21"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Black "Suetin, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D19"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. e4 Bg4 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. h3 Bxf3 $6 ({Preferable is} 12...
Bh5 {(Flohr - Yanovsky, Saltsjobaden 1948).}) 13. Qxf3 e5 14. d5 Nb6 $6 ({
Better is} 14... Qc5 $1) 15. Bb3 cxd5 16. a5 $1 d4 17. axb6 dxc3 18. bxc3 Bc5
19. bxa7 $5 ({Known is} 19. Rxa7 Rxa7 20. bxa7 Bxa7 21. Bg5) 19... h6 $6 {
Suetin wants to make an improvement, but his plan fails. He had no computer!} (
19... Rxa7 20. Rxa7 Bxa7 {leads to the previously mentioned game.}) 20. Be3 $1
b6 21. Bd5 Rxa7 22. Rxa7 Qxa7 23. Bxh6 $1 Nxd5 24. Qg3 $1 f5 25. Rxd5 fxe4 26.
Be3 Qa1+ 27. Kh2 Bxe3 ({Or} 27... Qxc3 28. Bxc5 Qxg3+ 29. Kxg3 bxc5 30. Rxe5
Rc8 31. Rxe4 c4 32. Re2 c3 33. Rc2 {and White wins (Averbakh).}) 28. Qxe3 Qa2
29. Rd2 Qb3 30. Rd7 Rf7 $5 31. Rxf7 Kxf7 32. Qxe4 Qxc3 33. Qb7+ Kg8 34. Qxb6
Qc2 35. Qd8+ Kf7 36. Qd7+ Kg8 37. Qe6+ Kh7 38. Qf7 Qe4 39. g3 Kh6 40. Kg1 Kh7
41. Kh2 Qe2 42. g4 Qd2 43. Kg3 Qc3+ 44. Kh4 Qd4 45. Qf5+ g6 $5 (45... Kg8 46.
Kh5 e4 47. g5 {also wins for White.}) 46. Qf7+ Kh6 47. Qf6 Kh7 48. Kg5 Qd2+ 49.
f4 $1 exf4 50. Qf7+ Kh8 51. Kh6 {Averbakh had won again.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch21"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. a4
Bd7 9. Nc4 d5 $5 {Black simplifies the position by a new move.} 10. exd5 Nxd5
11. Re1 Qc7 12. Ng5 Nb6 13. Ne3 a5 14. h4 h6 15. Ne4 Nd4 16. h5 g5 $5 17. c3 $1
{White has gained a positional plus.} Nf5 18. Qb3 Nd6 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Qxd5
Nxe4 21. Qxe4 Rab8 22. Qd5 $5 {Geller starts a labourious manoeuvre.} e6 23.
Qa2 Bc6 24. Qc4 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Qc6+ 26. Qe4 $2 ({Konstantinopolsky prefers} 26.
f3) 26... Rfd8 $1 27. Be3 $2 (27. Qxc6 bxc6 28. Re3 {accepts a passive defence.
}) 27... Rd5 28. Rad1 $2 Rbd8 $2 (28... f5 $1 29. Qf3 g4 30. Qe2 f4 $1 {ends
the game.}) 29. Kf1 c4 $1 30. d4 Qxa4 31. g4 Qd7 32. Ra1 a4 33. Re2 b5 34. Rae1
b4 35. f4 gxf4 36. Bxf4 a3 37. Rg2 Qe7 38. Qe3 Qf6 39. Kg1 axb2 40. g5 hxg5 41.
Be5 Rxe5 $1 {Averbakh plays a brilliant finale.} 42. dxe5 Qxe5 $1 43. Qxe5 Bxe5
44. Rxg5+ Kh7 45. Rgxe5 bxc3 46. Rb5 Rd1 $3 {Averbakh and Furman shared the
lead.} (46... Rd1 47. Rxd1 c2 {forces promotion of a pawn.}) 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch21"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E80"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 e5 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8.
Be3 Be6 9. O-O-O+ Nfd7 10. g3 Nc6 11. Bh3 Nd4 $1 {Black secures the centre.
The defence seems to be alright.} 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. f4 c5 14. fxe5 Ke7 15. Nge2
Nf3 $5 16. Rhf1 Rhf8 $5 ({Konstantinopolsky prefers} 16... Nfxe5 $1) 17. Rxd7+
$5 {Borisenko experiences a great surprise.} Kxd7 18. Bxc5 Bh6+ $5 ({Less risk
is taken by} 18... Rf7 $1 19. Nf4 Nxe5 20. Rd1+ Kc6 21. Nxe6 Nxc4) 19. Nf4 $1
Rfc8 20. Bd6 Nxh2 $1 21. Rh1 Ng4 22. Kb1 $5 g5 $5 23. Nd3 Rxc4 $1 24. Nc5+ Rxc5
$2 (24... Kc6 25. Nxe6 Re8 $1 26. Nc7 Rh8 $1 {gives the last chance.}) 25. Bxc5
b6 26. Bd6 Rg8 27. Nb5 $1 a6 28. Nd4 Rc8 29. Rf1 $1 Ke8 30. Nxe6 Rc4 31. Nc7+
Kd7 32. Rf7+ Kc6 33. Nd5 Rxe4 34. Nc3 Nxe5 35. Bxe5 Rxe5 36. Rf6+ Kc5 37. Rxh6
b5 38. Rxh7 b4 39. Nd1 Re1 40. Rd7 Rg1 41. Rd3 Kc4 42. Kc2 Rg2+ 43. Rd2 Rxg3
44. b3+ Kb5 45. Nb2 g4 46. Kd1 Rh3 47. Rg2 Rh1+ 48. Kc2 Ra1 49. Rxg4 Rxa2 50.
Kb1 $1 Ra3 51. Rg3 a5 52. Nc4 Rxb3+ 53. Rxb3 Kxc4 54. Rh3 {Kortschnoj won an
adventurous game.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch21"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Byvshev, Vasily"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B88"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3
O-O 9. Ba2 Bd7 10. Kh1 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qa5 12. Bd2 Qh5 13. f3 Rfc8 14. Rae1 Qc5
15. Qd3 Bc6 16. Be3 Qa5 17. f4 d5 $5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. c4 Bc6 21.
Bd2 Qd8 22. Qc2 Bf6 23. f5 $5 exf5 24. Rxf5 Qd4 25. Bc3 Qh4 26. c5 $5 Rf8 (
26... Bxc3 $5 27. Qxc3 Bxg2+ $1 28. Kg1 Qg4 29. Bxf7+ Kh8 30. Rf2 Bf3+ 31. Kf1
{does not win for Black.}) 27. Rxf6 $2 {Byvshev miscalculates.} gxf6 28. Re3
Rad8 (28... Qf4 $1 29. Rg3+ Kh8 {wins as well.}) 29. h3 ({Or} 29. Rg3+ Kh8 30.
Bb1 (30. Kg1 Qf4 $1) 30... Be4 $1 31. Qc1 Qf4 $1) 29... Rfe8 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31.
Qf5 Be4 32. Qg4+ Qxg4 33. hxg4 Bc6 34. Bc4 Re4 35. Bf1 Rxg4 36. Kg1 Kg7 37. Kf2
h5 38. g3 h4 39. gxh4 Rxh4 40. b4 a6 41. Ke3 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch21"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Black "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E68"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4
exd4 9. Nxd4 Nc5 10. f3 a5 11. Be3 a4 12. Rf2 c6 13. Rd2 $5 ({Averbakh played} 
13. Nc2 {versus  Gligoric in Zürich 1953 and lost.}) 13... Qa5 $6 ({Right is} 
13... Nfd7 $1 {(Konstantinopolsky).}) 14. Nc2 $1 {Pawn d6 is under attack.} Be6
(14... Ne8 15. b4 $1 Qa6 16. Nd5 $1 cxd5 17. bxc5 Bxa1 {gives immense
complications.}) 15. Rxd6 Ne8 16. Rd2 Bxc4 17. Na3 (17. b4 Qa6 18. Bxc5 Bxc3 {
brings another case of confusion.}) 17... Be6 18. Rc1 Nf6 19. Nd5 $1 cxd5 20.
Rxc5 Qb6 21. exd5 Nxd5 22. Bf2 $1 Nf6 23. Nc4 Qb4 24. Bf1 Bh6 $2 ({Better is} 
24... Rac8 $1 25. a3 Qb3) 25. Rd6 Ra6 26. Rxa6 bxa6 27. Rc6 Rb8 28. Rxa6 Bxc4
29. Rxa4 Qxb2 30. Bxc4 Qb1 31. Qxb1 Rxb1+ 32. Kg2 Rb2 33. Kg1 Rb1+ 34. Bf1 Nd5
35. Ra8+ Kg7 36. Bd4+ f6 37. f4 Rd1 38. Ra7+ Kg8 39. Bc5 Rc1 40. Ba3 Rc3 41.
Bb2 Rc2 42. Bd4 f5 43. Rd7 {Halfway, Averbakh and Kortschnoj led by 71/2
points.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch21"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ilivitzki, Georgi"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D76"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. e3
O-O 9. O-O a5 10. b3 Nb4 11. Bd2 Bf5 12. a3 Nc6 13. Qc1 a4 14. bxa4 Nc4 15. Ra2
e5 16. Nxe5 N6xe5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. e4 Be6 19. Bg5 Qd3 20. Nd5 $4 {White
misses a combination.} ({Right is} 20. Rc2 $1 {(Kortschnoj).}) 20... Nf3+ $1
21. Kh1 ({Or} 21. Bxf3 Qxf3 22. Qe3 Qxe3 23. Bxe3 c6 {(Kortschnoj)} 24. Ne7+
Kh8 25. Rc2 Rfe8 26. Bc5 Bf6 {and Black wins a piece.}) 21... Qxe4 22. Nf6+
Bxf6 23. Bxf6 Qf5 $1 24. Ba1 Qh5 25. h4 Rxa4 $1 26. Bxf3 Qxf3+ 27. Kh2 Bd5 28.
Rg1 Bxa2 29. Qb2 f6 30. Qxa2+ Rf7 31. Re1 Rxa3 32. Qc2 Rd3 33. Bb2 Kg7 34. Bc1
Rfd7 35. Be3 b6 36. Qa2 Rd1 37. Qa4 Qd5 38. Rxd1 Qxd1 39. Qf4 Qd6 40. Qg4 Qd5
41. Qf4 c5 42. Qb8 Qb7 43. Qe8 Rd1 44. f3 Qd7 45. Qe4 Rd5 46. Bf4 Kf7 {Viktor
took the lead.} 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch21"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. c4 d6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nd7 10. e3 e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. Bg2 f5 13. Rb1 a5 14. b3 Nc5 15. Ne2
Qd7 16. Qc2 b5 17. cxb5 Qxb5 18. Ba3 Na6 19. Qc4 Qb6 20. Rfc1 Rfb8 21. Nc3 e4
22. Bf1 Rb7 23. Qa4 Nb4 $4 ({Correct is} 23... Bxc3 24. Rxc3 Nb4 25. Bxb4 Qxb4)
24. Bxb4 $1 {White starts a decisive attack,} Qxb4 25. Qd7 $1 Kf8 ({Or} 25...
Bxc3 26. Qxe7 $1 Bg7 27. Rc6) 26. Nb5 $1 Nxd5 27. Qc6 Rab8 28. a3 Qd2 29. Rd1
Qxd1 30. Rxd1 Ne7 31. Qc2 Rxb5 32. Bxb5 Rxb5 33. Qxc7 d5 34. a4 Rxb3 35. Qxa5
Rb2 36. Qd8+ Kf7 37. a5 g5 38. Rxd5 Nxd5 39. Qxd5+ Kg6 40. a6 Rb1+ 41. Kg2 Ra1
42. Qb7 {Kortschnoj kept the lead.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch21"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Nc3 Nxc3 4. dxc3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bf4 d6 7. Qd2 Nc6 8.
O-O-O Bg4 9. exd6 cxd6 10. Be2 Qa5 11. a3 O-O 12. Bh6 Qb6 $6 ({More useful is} 
12... Rac8) 13. h4 $1 Bxf3 14. gxf3 $1 Rfc8 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. h5 $1 Qxf2 $2 (
16... Qc5 $1 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Qh6+ Kf6 19. Qf4+ Qf5 {prevents mate.}) 17. hxg6
hxg6 18. Qh6+ Kf6 19. Qf4+ Kg7 20. Rh2 $1 {The next sacrifice has to be
prepared.} Qc5 21. Rh7+ $1 Kxh7 22. Qxf7+ Kh6 23. Rh1+ Qh5 ({The pointe is} 
23... Kg5 24. f4#) 24. Qf4+ Kg7 25. Rxh5 gxh5 26. Qg5+ Kf7 27. Qxh5+ Ke6 28.
Qg4+ Kf6 29. Bc4 Nd8 30. Qh4+ Kf5 31. Qh7+ Kf4 32. Qxe7 Kxf3 33. Qxd6 a6 34.
Bd5+ Kg4 35. Qf6 Rab8 36. Bf3+ Kg3 37. Be4 Nc6 38. Qg5+ Kf2 39. Qg2+ {Averbakh
caught up with Kortschnoj by drawing.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch21"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E29"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nc6 8.
Ne2 b6 9. e4 Ne8 10. Be3 d6 11. Ng3 $5 Qd7 $5 {A sharp line of the Sämisch is
innovated.} 12. O-O Ba6 13. f4 f5 $2 (13... Na5 14. Qe2 cxd4 15. cxd4 d5 {
leads to useful exchanges.}) 14. Qa4 $1 fxe4 15. Bxe4 Bb7 16. d5 exd5 17. cxd5
Nb8 $6 ({The knight can be activated by} 17... Ne5 $1 {(Konstantinopolsky)} 18.
Qc2 Nc4) 18. Qc2 Nf6 19. Bf5 Qc7 20. c4 b5 $5 21. Ne4 $1 bxc4 $5 22. Nxf6+ gxf6
23. Be6+ Kh8 24. Bd2 Nd7 25. Qf5 Nb6 26. a4 Nc8 {The last attacker will be
activated.} 27. Ra3 $1 Ne7 28. Qh5 Bc8 29. Rh3 Ng8 30. f5 c3 $5 31. Bf4 $5 Bxe6
32. Bxd6 $1 Qf7 33. fxe6 Qxh5 34. Rxh5 Rfc8 35. Rc1 a5 36. Rxc3 c4 37. Ba3 Rab8
38. d6 Rb3 39. d7 Rd8 40. Rxc4 Rxa3 41. Rc8 Ra1+ 42. Kf2 Ra2+ 43. Ke1 {Geller
showed his strength after several defeats.   Averbakh took the lead.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch21"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nc7 7. Qa4 Bd7 8.
Qe4 e6 ({Known is} 8... Ne6 $1 {(Cherepkov - Liublinsky, Moscow 1949).}) 9. O-O
Be7 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 O-O 12. Rd1 Qc8 13. Be3 Ne8 $5 14. Rac1 Nf6 15. Qf4
Bd8 $6 ({Right is} 15... Qb8 {(Konstantinopolsky).}) 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Nb5 $1
Bb6 18. Nd6 Qb8 19. Bxb6 axb6 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Rxc6 Rxa2 22. Qd4 {White's
positional edge looks impressive.} h6 $2 ({But} 22... Qa8 $1 23. Rxb6 (23. Qxb6
Rxb2 $1) 23... Rd8 $1 {starts a counter timely.}) 23. Rdc1 Ra8 24. Nc8 Kh7 25.
Qd3+ g6 26. Nxb6 Ra7 27. Qd4 Kg7 28. Rd6 Re8 29. f4 Kh7 30. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch21"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Black "Ilivitzki, Georgi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D71"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb4 7. d5 O-O 8. a3
N4a6 9. Ne2 e6 10. O-O c6 11. Nbc3 cxd5 12. exd5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Nc6 14. Nec3 Nc7
15. Nxc7 Qxc7 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. h4 h6 $6 ({Right is} 17... Be6 18. Bg5 Qc8 {
(Najdorf - Fine, New York 1949)} 19. Nf6+ Kh8 $1) 18. Bf4 Bf5 19. Rc1 g5 $5 (
19... Bxb2 20. Bxh6 Re8 21. Qb3 $1 Bxc1 22. Rxc1 {also brings a white attack.})
20. hxg5 hxg5 21. Qh5 $1 Bg6 $1 22. Qxg5 Qxg5 23. Bxg5 Bxb2 {White has a
brilliant idea.} 24. Bf6 $3 Bxc1 25. Rxc1 Rad8 $6 (25... Rae8 $1 26. Bc3 Rd8 $1
27. Nf6+ Kg7 28. Nd7+ Kg8 29. Nxf8 Kxf8 {brings the last chance.}) 26. f4 $1
Rd6 27. Kf2 Rxf6 $6 (27... Rfd8 $5 28. Bxd8 Rxd8 29. g4 $1 Bd3 {(Averbakh)} 30.
Nf6+ $1 Kg7 31. g5 {looks bad for Black.}) 28. Nxf6+ Kg7 29. Bxc6 Rc8 30. Ne8+
$1 Kf8 31. f5 $1 Bh7 ({The pointe is} 31... Rxc6 32. Rxc6 bxc6 33. fxg6 Kxe8
34. g7 {(Averbakh).}) 32. g4 $1 bxc6 ({Or} 32... Rxc6 33. Rxc6 bxc6 34. Nf6 Kg7
35. Nxh7 Kxh7 36. g5 {(Averbakh).}) 33. Nd6 Rc7 34. f6 $1 c5 $2 35. Re1 {
Averbakh played a great game and kept the lead by half-a-point.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch21"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Sokolsky, Alexey"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nc7 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. b3
Be7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Rc1 f6 11. Na4 b6 12. Nh4 Bd7 13. a3 Qe8 14. Qc2 Rc8 15. e3
Ne6 16. f4 exf4 17. gxf4 c4 $6 18. Bd5 $6 (18. f5 $1 Ng5 19. Qxc4+ {wins a
pawn.}) 18... Kh8 19. bxc4 b5 20. Nc3 bxc4 21. Qe4 Nc5 $5 22. Qxc4 Qh5 23. Ng2
Na5 24. Qe2 $2 {White gets lost in a complicated position.} (24. Qb4 $1 Nc6 25.
Qc4 {repeats the moves.}) 24... Bg4 $1 25. Bf3 (25. Qb5 Nab3 26. Bxb3 Rb8 {
also favours Black (Konstantinopolsky).}) 25... Bxf3 26. Qxf3 Qxf3 27. Rxf3 Nd3
28. Rc2 Nc4 29. Bc1 $2 (29. Ba1 Rfd8 30. Rf1 Nxa3 31. Ra2 {offers more
resistance.}) 29... Nxc1 30. Rxc1 Nxd2 31. Rf2 Ne4 32. Rfc2 Bxa3 33. Ra1 Bb4
34. Nxe4 Rxc2 35. Rxa7 Rd8 36. h4 h6 37. Rb7 f5 38. Nf2 Bc5 {Averbakh led by
one point on Kortschnoj and one-and-a-half points on Taimanov.} 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch21"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Black "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 Nge7 6. Nge2 d6 7. O-O O-O 8. d4
exd4 9. exd4 Bg4 $5 ({Theory is} 9... Nf5 10. d5 Ne5 {(Botvinnik - Reshevsky,
AVRO 1938).}) 10. f3 Bc8 $5 11. d5 Ne5 12. b3 a6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Be3 Nf5 15. Bf2
Re8 16. Qd2 Rb8 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Bd7 $6 (18... c5 $1 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. f4
c5 $1 {gives sufficient counter-play.}) 19. h3 f5 $6 20. f4 $1 Nf7 21. Rfe1
Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Qf8 23. Kf2 Re8 24. Rxe8 Bxe8 25. Ne2 Nd8 26. Qe3 Kf7 27. b4 Bd7
28. Bf1 Bxd4 29. Nxd4 {The exchanges have favoured White: he controls more
territory.} Bc8 30. Be2 Bd7 31. Bd1 Qg7 32. c5 Qf6 33. Bb3 Kg7 34. cxd6 cxd6
35. Qc3 g5 $5 36. Ne2 Qxc3 37. Nxc3 gxf4 $2 {Black allows a restraint of the
kingside.} (37... Kf6 $1 38. Bc4 Nf7 39. a4 Nh8 $1 40. a5 Ng6 41. Ke3 Ne7 $1 {
activates a knight.}) 38. gxf4 Kf6 39. Bc4 Nf7 40. a4 Ke7 $5 41. h4 $1 Nh8 42.
h5 $1 Nf7 43. a5 Nd8 44. b5 $1 Bc8 ({Or} 44... axb5 45. Bxb5 $1) 45. Ke3 Ke8
46. Kd4 Ke7 47. Bd3 Nf7 48. Na4 axb5 49. Bxb5 Bd7 50. Bxd7 Kxd7 51. Kc4 Kc7 52.
Kb5 Nd8 {Black cannot utilise his knight effectively.} 53. Nc3 $1 Nf7 54. Ne2
Nd8 55. Nd4 Nf7 56. Nxf5 Kd7 57. Kb6 Kc8 58. Ka7 Kc7 59. Nd4 Nd8 60. Nb5+ Kd7
61. Kb6 Ke7 62. Kc7 {Kortschnoj drew. So Averbakh became the champion of the
Soviet union!} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch21"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Livshin, Iosif"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "177"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 Re8 8. Bd2
d6 9. Rb1 a5 10. Ne1 Nd4 11. e3 Ne6 12. a3 c6 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 d5 15. cxd5
cxd5 16. Qb3 Nc7 17. Na4 Ne6 18. Nc2 b6 19. Bc3 Qd6 20. b5 Bb7 21. Bb4 Qd8 22.
Ra1 Rc8 23. Rfc1 e4 24. d4 g5 25. h3 h5 26. Be1 Qd6 27. Qa3 Qxa3 28. Rxa3 Nd7
29. Nc3 Ra8 30. Rxa8 Rxa8 31. Nb4 Nf6 32. Bf1 Bf8 33. Na6 Bd6 34. Be2 g4 35.
hxg4 hxg4 36. Na4 Nd7 37. Bxg4 Bxa6 38. bxa6 Rxa6 39. Nc3 Nf6 40. Be2 Ra8 41.
Nb5 Be7 42. Bd1 Kf8 43. Bb3 Ng5 44. Kf1 Nf3 45. Bc3 Kg7 46. Ke2 Rh8 47. Nc7 Rh2
$5 (47... Ba3 48. Ra1 Rc8 {leads to exchanges.}) 48. Nxd5 Ng4 49. Rf1 Bd6 50.
Nf4 f5 51. Be6 Kf6 52. d5+ Kg5 53. Bd7 Nfe5 54. Ne6+ Kf6 55. Bc8 Rh8 56. Ba6
Kg6 57. Rb1 Rh2 58. Be1 Nxf2 $1 {Livshin finds a remarkable defence.} 59. Nf4+
Kf7 60. Bxf2 Ng4 61. Rxb6 $5 (61. Rf1 {protects the bishop but causes white
inactivity.}) 61... Rxf2+ 62. Ke1 Bc5 63. Rb7+ Kf6 64. d6 $5 Rh2 $5 (64... Bxd6
65. Rb6 {(Konstantinopolsky)} Ke7 {is alright.}) 65. d7 Rh1+ 66. Kd2 Bxe3+ 67.
Kc3 Rh8 $6 (67... Rd1 $1 {draws.}) 68. Nd5+ Ke5 69. Ne7 Bd4+ 70. Kb4 Ke6 71.
Ng8 $1 {The battle rages on.} Rxg8 72. Bc4+ Ke7 73. Bxg8 Ne5 $2 ({Right is} 
73... Be5 $1 74. Be6 $5 e3 $1 75. Bc4 Bxg3 {and Black survives.}) 74. Bc4 Bf2
75. Bb5 Bxg3 76. Kc3 $1 Bh4 77. Kd4 Kd6 78. Rb6+ Kc7 79. Rh6 Bg5 80. Rh7 Nf3+
81. Kd5 e3 82. Rh8 Bd8 83. Rh1 Kb6 84. Be2 Ng5 85. Rc1 $1 f4 86. Rc8 Nf7 87.
Bh5 Bh4 88. Bxf7 f3 89. Bh5 {Taimanov shared the second and third place with
Kortschnoj.} ({Elementary is} 89. Bh5 e2 90. Rc1 $1) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch21"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 Nxe4 11. Qe1 Nf6 12. Nf5 Qa5 13. Nxd6+ Bxd6 14. Rxd6
O-O-O 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qh4 Ne7 17. Rd2 $1 {Although Kortschnoj is trailing
the champ by one-and-a-half points, he brings a novelty and is going to play
for a win.} ({Not} 17. Qxf6 Nd5 $1 18. Nxd5 $4 Qe1#) 17... Qf5 $2 ({Averbakh
prefers} 17... Bc6 18. Qxf6 Nd5 $1 {and Black has counter-play.}) 18. Bd3 Ng6
19. Qf2 Qxf4 20. Bxg6 Qxf2 21. Rxf2 fxg6 22. Rxf6 g5 23. Ne4 Rdf8 24. Rhf1 Rxf6
25. Rxf6 {White has the better endgame.} b6 26. Kd2 Kc7 27. Rf7 Kc6 28. Ke3 Bc8
29. c4 {Youthful spectators supported the young Viktor and began to murmur:
"Averbakh resign!" Yuri straitened his back.} b5 $5 30. c5 $1 b4 $5 31. Kd4 g4
32. Kc4 g3 $5 {The counter goes on.} ({Even better might be} 32... a5 $1 33.
Ra7 g3 $1 34. Nxg3 Rd8) 33. Nxg3 (33. hxg3 $5 {brings a strong alternative.})
33... a5 34. Ne4 Rd8 35. Nd6 $1 Ba6+ 36. Kd4 Rg8 $1 37. g3 Rg4+ 38. Ne4 Bc4 39.
b3 Bd5 $2 {Averbakh misses a tactical opportunity.} ({A last stand brings} 
39... e5+ $1 40. Kxc4 Rxe4+ 41. Kd3 Re1 42. Ra7 $1 Kxc5 43. Rxa5+ Kb6 44. Ra8
Kc5 45. Ra6 h5 {and Black seems to survive.}) 40. Rf4 $1 Rg8 41. Nf6 Rd8 42.
Ke5 Kxc5 43. Rd4 a4 $1 44. bxa4 (44. g4 $1 axb3 45. axb3 Kc6 46. h4 {wins more
easily.}) 44... Ra8 45. Ne4+ Bxe4 46. Rxe4 Rxa4 47. Re2 Ra6 48. Rc2+ Kb5 49. g4
Ra3 50. Kxe6 $2 ({Probably} 50. h4 $1 {wins for White (Averbakh).} Rg3 51. Kf4
Rh3 52. h5 Rh1 53. Re2 $1 Ra1 54. g5 {wins more easily.}) 50... Rh3 $1 51. Kf5
Ka4 52. g5 hxg5 53. Kxg5 Rc3 (53... b3 $1 54. axb3+ Kxb3 {draws.}) 54. Re2 Rc5+
55. Kg4 Rc4+ {White cannot make any progress.   Champion Averbakh ended
one-and-a-half points before Kortschnoj and Taimanov.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch21"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Re1 e5 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. a4 h6 10. Nc4 Be6 11. Nfd2 Qd7 12. Nf1 Rad8 13. a5 Rfe8 14. f4 $2 ({
Better is} 14. Nfe3 $1) 14... Bg4 $1 15. Qd2 {White accepts a great positional
concession.} ({The point is} 15. Bf3 Nd4 16. Bxg4 Qxg4 17. Qxg4 Nxg4 18. Rd1
Nxc2) 15... exf4 16. gxf4 d5 $1 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. c3 Bh3 19. Bf3 Rxe1 20. Qxe1
Nf6 21. Be3 Qxd3 22. Nfd2 Be6 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Ne5 Qf5 25. Nxc6 Re8 26. Bf2 ({
Or} 26. Nxa7 Ng4 27. Qg3 Bd7) 26... Nh5 27. Qe4 Qg4+ 28. Kh1 Bd7 29. Ne5 Bxe5
30. fxe5 Qxe4+ 31. Nxe4 Bc6 32. Kg1 Bxe4 33. Bxc5 a6 34. Bd6 Ng7 35. Ra4 Bc6
36. Rb4 Ne6 37. Rb6 Bb5 38. b3 Ra8 39. c4 Be8 40. Kf2 g5 41. b4 Kg7 42. Be7 Kg6
43. c5 {Lisitsin and Petrosian shared the fourth and fifth place.   Averbakh
seemed to become an engineer but turned into a chess professional due to
successes in the fifties. His greatest success was the Soviet championship
Kiev 1954 after a race with Kortschnoj. Although the greatest stars did not
participate, his score of 76% was highly impressive. The second and third
prizes were shared by Taimanov and Kortschnoj.} 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Black "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

{The social atmosphere in the Soviet-Union relaxed somewhat after Stalin/^s
death. Fear decreased, but life stayed gray. The Soviet Chess Championship
final remained the annual highlight. In 1955 the 22nd final was played. The
twenty participants played in the great theatre hall of the Central Culture
House of the Railways at Moscow from February 11 until March 15. A play-off
lasted from April 5-19. The tournament had an exciting finish. Geller and
Botvinnik lost in the last round. A draw gave Smyslov the right for a play-off.
Geller scored six quiet draws until he won the sudden-death. Botvinnik
participated in a Soviet championship for the last time. He had lost his
superiority in the middle game. Endgame expertise and endurance kept him in
the race. Spassky qualified for the interzonal. His brilliant style impressed
the public.} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7.
O-O Be7 8. a4 a5 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Ra6 11. Rc1 f5 12. Nb5 f4 13. Bc5 Be6 14.
Nd2 Bxc5 15. Rxc5 Nd7 16. Rc1 Nf6 17. Nb3 Bxb3 18. Qxb3+ Kh8 19. Qc4 fxg3 $6
20. fxg3 Rb6 21. e3 Nb4 $2 22. Qxc7 $1 Qxc7 23. Rxc7 Nxd3 24. b3 Nb4 25. Bxb7
Rb8 {Poor defence has cost a pawn.} 26. Bg2 Nbd5 27. Bxd5 Nxd5 28. Rc5 Nxe3 29.
Rfc1 Rf6 30. Rc8+ Rf8 31. Rxb8 Rxb8 32. Re1 Ng4 33. h3 Nf6 34. Rxe5 Rd8 35. Kf2
Rd3 36. Re3 Rd2+ 37. Kf3 h5 38. Na3 g5 39. Nc4 Rh2 $5 40. Re2 $2 ({The active} 
40. Re5 $1 {wins.}) 40... Rxh3 41. Kg2 g4 42. Re6 (42. Nxa5 h4 43. gxh4 Nd5 44.
Re4 Rc3 45. Nc4 {offers some winning chances.}) 42... Kg7 43. Ne3 $6 (43. Nxa5
h4 44. gxh4 Nh5 45. Re4 Rg3+ 46. Kf2 Rf3+ {(Chenkin). A try is} 47. Ke1) 43...
h4 44. gxh4 Rxh4 45. Nf5+ Kf7 46. Re7+ (46. Rxf6+ Kxf6 47. Nxh4 Ke5 $11) 46...
Kf8 47. Re5 Rh3 48. Ng3 Rh7 49. Rf5 Rf7 50. Kg1 Kg7 51. Rxa5 Rb7 52. Rb5 Rxb5
53. axb5 Nd7 54. Kf2 Kf6 55. Ke3 Ke5 56. Ne4 Kd5 57. Kf4 g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 c4 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8.
Qxd2 Nc6 9. Nc3 Nge7 10. O-O O-O 11. b3 cxb3 12. axb3 Be6 13. e3 Qd6 14. Ne1
Rfc8 15. Nd3 b6 16. Rfc1 Na5 17. Qb2 a6 18. Qa3 Qxa3 19. Rxa3 Nac6 20. Kf1 Bf5
21. Ke2 Bxd3+ 22. Kxd3 Nb4+ 23. Kd2 f5 24. Ra4 a5 25. Raa1 Kf7 26. Nb5 Rc6 27.
Rxc6 Nexc6 28. Rc1 Rd8 29. Nc7 Ne7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Ilivitzki, Georgi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D59"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 Be6 12. Qa4 c5 13. Qa3 Rc8 14. Ne5 Kf8
15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Be2 a5 17. O-O Nc6 18. Nxc6 Rxc6 19. Bf3 c4 20. Qxe7+ Kxe7
21. e4 Rd8 22. exd5 Bxd5 23. Bxd5 Rxd5 24. Rc2 Kd6 25. Re1 Re5 26. Kf1 a4 27.
Rec1 Kd5 28. Rd1+ Ke6 29. Rd4 Rec5 30. Ke2 Rb6 31. Ke3 a3 32. bxa3 Ra6 33. Rc3
Re5+ 34. Kd2 Rd5 35. Ke3 Re5+ 36. Re4 f5 37. Rxe5+ Kxe5 38. Kd2 Kd4 39. Rf3 g6
40. h4 h5 41. Kc2 Ra7 42. Rf4+ {Flohr had a slight advantage, but Ilivitsky
defended well.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. d4 b6 8. Nf3
Bb7 9. Be2 Bd6 10. c5 $5 bxc5 11. Qa4+ Bc6 12. Bb5 Bxb5 13. Qxb5+ Nd7 14. O-O
cxd4 15. Bg5 Qg6 16. Rfe1 $2 dxc3 17. Rad1 Rb8 18. Qc6 Rb6 19. Qa4 {White has
sacrificed three pawns. He threatens Ne5.} Rb4 $2 ({The wild complications} 
19... Qh5 $2 20. g4 $1 Qh3 21. Ne5 O-O 22. Re3 Rb4 $1 23. Qxb4 c2 24. Qa4
cxd1=Q+ 25. Qxd1 Qxe3 26. Bxe3 Nxe5 27. Bxa7 Ra8 {lead to a draw.}) (19... f6
$1 20. Rxe6+ Kd8 21. Bc1 Nc5 22. Qxa7 Nxe6 23. Qa8+ Kd7 24. Qxh8 Qc2 {Black
wins.}) 20. Qc6 Rb6 {A repetition of moves is accepted.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Shcherbakov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E64"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O c5 7. d5 Na6 8. Nc3
Nc7 9. Nd2 a6 (9... Rb8 {(Reshevsky-Boleslavsky, Zürich 1953).}) 10. a4 Rb8 11.
a5 Nd7 12. Qc2 b5 13. axb6 Nxb6 14. b3 e6 15. e4 f5 16. Bb2 fxe4 17. Ndxe4 $6 (
{Equality keeps} 17. dxe6 Nxe6 18. Ncxe4 Nd4 19. Qd3) 17... exd5 18. cxd5 Bb7
19. Rad1 Nbxd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Bxg7 Bxe4 $1 {The pointe of Geller's risky
pawn sacrifice follows.} 22. Qb2 $1 Rf7 23. Be5 $1 Bxg2 24. Rxd6 Rd7 ({
Sokolsky prefers} 24... Bxf1 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Kxf1) 25. Rfd1 Bd5 $6 (25...
Bh3 26. Rxd7 Bxd7 27. Qd2 Ne6 28. Qd5 Rb4 29. Qxe6+ Bxe6 30. Rxd8+ Kf7 {Black
has a better ending.}) 26. R1xd5 Nxd5 27. Rxd7 Qxd7 28. Bxb8 Qc6 29. Qc2 Qb6
30. Be5 Qc6 31. Bb2 Qd6 32. Qc4 Kf8 33. h4 h5 34. Qe4 Kf7 35. Ba3 Nb4 36. Qc4+
Kf8 37. Bc1 Qd1+ 38. Kh2 Qd5 $2 (38... Qd4 39. Bh6+ Ke7 40. Bg5+ Kf8 {is a
fine defence.}) 39. Qxd5 Nxd5 40. Ba3 $1 Nb4 41. Kg2 Ke7 42. Kf3 a5 {Otherwise
an exchange decides.} 43. Ke4 Kd6 44. f3 $2 (44. Bxb4 axb4 45. Kd3 Kd5 46. f3
Ke5 47. Kc4 Kd6 48. g4 {White wins the pawn ending easily.}) 44... Nd5 45. g4
hxg4 $2 ({The last attempt is} 45... Nc3+ 46. Kf4 Nb5 47. Bb2 Ke6 48. Kg5 Kf7
49. gxh5 gxh5 50. Ba1 Nd6 51. Kxh5 c4) 46. fxg4 Nc3+ 47. Kf4 Nb5 48. h5 Nd4 49.
h6 Ne6+ 50. Ke4 Ng5+ 51. Kd3 Ke5 52. Bxc5 Nh7 53. Be3 g5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4
Nxe4 9. Bxe4 O-O 10. O-O h6 11. Bc2 e5 12. Be3 Re8 13. Re1 e4 14. Nd2 f5 15. f3
Nf6 16. Bf2 Qc7 17. h3 Bh2+ 18. Kh1 Bg3 19. Bxg3 Qxg3 20. fxe4 fxe4 21. Nxe4
Nxe4 22. Bxe4 Bxh3 $1 23. Qf3 (23. gxh3 Qxh3+ 24. Kg1 Rxe4 25. Rxe4 Qg3+ $11)
23... Qxf3 24. Bxf3 Bf5 $2 (24... Bd7 25. d5 cxd5 26. cxd5 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Re8
$11) 25. d5 c5 26. d6 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Rd8 28. Re5 Bb1 29. Bxb7 Rxd6 30. Rxc5 Rb6
31. Bd5+ Kh8 32. a4 Rxb2 33. Rb5 Rxb5 34. cxb5 Bd3 35. Bc6 Kg8 36. a5 Kf8 37.
a6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Kan, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 d5 4. Nbd2 Nc6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
dxe4 9. dxe4 b6 (9... e5 10. c3 h6 {stops the intended king's side attack in
its tracks.}) 10. e5 Nd7 11. Ne4 (11. Nd4 $1 cxd4 12. Bxc6 Rb8 13. Nb3 Qc7 14.
Nxd4 Nxe5 15. Rxe5 Qxe5 16. Bf4 Qc5 17. Bxb8 {(Levenfish). Now} Bf6 $1 {gives
sufficient counter-play.}) 11... Ba6 12. Bf4 b5 13. c3 Qb6 14. Qc2 Rfd8 15. h4
$1 Nf8 16. h5 Rac8 $2 (16... h6 17. Nd6 b4) 17. h6 Ng6 18. hxg7 {Black allowed
his position to be ruined.} Kxg7 (18... Nxf4 19. gxf4 {opens the g-file.}) 19.
Qc1 Rd3 20. Bg5 $1 Bxg5 ({A pawn loses} 20... Qd8 21. Bf6+ Kg8 22. Nxc5 {
(Levenfish).}) 21. Qxg5 Rxf3 22. Bxf3 Ncxe5 23. Qf6+ Kg8 24. Rad1 Bb7 25. Bh5
Bd5 26. Qg5 (26. Bxg6 $1 Nxg6 27. Rxd5 $1 exd5 28. Nd6 Rf8 29. Re8 Qc7 30. Nf5
$18) 26... Nd7 27. Bxg6 hxg6 28. Qe7 Rc7 29. Qh4 Rc8 30. b3 Kg7 31. Qe7 Nf8 $2
32. Nd6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D77"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 a5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. e4
Nb6 9. h3 c6 10. Nc3 Na6 11. Bf4 Be6 12. Re1 Qd7 13. Kh2 Rfd8 14. Qc1 Rac8 15.
Rd1 Qe8 16. Bh6 Bh8 17. Bf1 Bc4 18. Bxc4 Nxc4 19. Qc2 b5 20. Qe2 Nc7 21. Rac1
Nb6 22. b3 b4 23. Nb1 Nb5 24. Be3 Nd7 25. d5 Nc3 26. Nxc3 Bxc3 27. dxc6 Rxc6
28. Qb5 Rf6 29. Nd4 Nf8 30. Qxe8 Rxe8 31. Nb5 Be5 32. Nc7 Bxc7 33. Rxc7 Re6 34.
Rd4 Ra8 35. Rdc4 f6 36. Kg2 Kf7 37. Rb7 g5 38. f4 gxf4 39. gxf4 f5 40. Kf3 {
Black has a difficult endgame.} Rh6 $2 (40... Ng6 {offers fine resistance.})
41. exf5 $1 Rxh3+ 42. Ke4 Rh1 43. Rcc7 Re8 44. Bc5 Re1+ 45. Kf3 h5 46. Bf2 $2 (
46. Ra7 $18) 46... Rf1 47. Kg2 Ra1 48. Bh4 Rxa2+ 49. Kf3 Rd2 50. Rxe7+ Rxe7 51.
Rxe7+ Kg8 52. Ke3 Rd6 $2 (52... Rb2 53. Bf6 Rxb3+ 54. Kf2 Ra3 55. Rg7+ Kh8 {
and Black seems to survive.}) 53. Ra7 Nd7 54. Rxa5 Rc6 55. Ra7 Rc3+ 56. Kd4 Nc5
57. f6 Nxb3+ 58. Ke4 Rc6 59. Bg5 Nc5+ 60. Kd5 Rc8 61. Bh6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d6 6. b3 a5 7. a4 Nc6 8. Bb2
Bf5 9. Nh4 Bd7 10. Na3 Qc8 11. Nb5 Nb4 12. Re1 c6 13. Na3 Bh3 14. Bh1 d5 15.
Ng2 Nh5 16. c3 Na6 {So far Smyslov played with his pieces 'around the board'.
Now he advances in the centre.} 17. e4 e6 18. e5 f6 19. exf6 Rxf6 20. Bc1 Qf8
21. Ra2 Re8 22. Nh4 Rf7 23. f4 c5 $6 (23... Nf6 {continues quiet manoeuvring.})
24. Nb5 Nc7 25. Nf3 Bg4 26. Qd3 Bf5 27. Qe3 cxd4 $6 (27... b6 {is better.}) 28.
Nbxd4 Bh6 ({The last stand is} 28... Bf6 29. Ba3 Be7 30. Bxe7 Rfxe7 31. Ne5)
29. Ba3 Qg7 30. Ne5 Rf6 31. Bf3 Bh3 32. Rf2 {The blockade of the centre has a
horrible effect.} Nxf4 ({After} 32... Kh8 33. Qe2 {Black cannot defend h5.})
33. gxf4 Bxf4 34. Qe2 h5 35. Bg2 Bxg2 36. Rxg2 Kh7 37. Ndf3 Rg8 38. Bc1 Bxc1
39. Rxc1 Rf5 40. Ng5+ Kh8 41. Re1 Rgf8 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e3 b5 8. a4 c6
9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O Qb6 11. e4 $6 (11. Qc2 Nd5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. b3 {keeps
equality.}) 11... Bb7 $1 12. Qc2 a6 13. Rad1 c5 14. d5 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 O-O $6 (
15... exd5 16. exd5 O-O $1 {is stronger.}) 16. a5 Qc7 17. d6 Qc8 18. e5 Nd5 19.
Qc1 Qc6 20. Rfe1 f6 21. exf6 N7xf6 22. Ne5 Qxd6 23. Ng6 Rf7 24. Bf3 Re8 25. Ne5
Rff8 26. Ng6 Rf7 27. Ne5 Rff8 ({Keres does not like} 27... Rc7 28. Bxf6 gxf6
29. Ng4) 28. Ng6 {Leaders: Geller, Kotov, Petrosian, Simagin and Smyslov 1.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C19"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Nf3 Ne7 8. Bd3
Nd7 $5 {The knight will move to a4.} 9. O-O c4 10. Be2 Nb6 11. Ne1 $1 {White
prepares the activity on the king's side in a special way.} Na4 12. Bd2 Bd7 ({
A piece costs} 12... Qa5 $2 13. Bg4 Nxc3 14. Qf3) 13. g3 O-O-O 14. Ng2 f6 15.
exf6 $6 gxf6 16. Bg4 Ng6 ({Botvinnik misses the attack in the centre by} 16...
e5 $1 {The strategic error is repeated on the next move.}) 17. Re1 Rde8 $6 18.
Qf3 Rhf8 19. Bh6 $1 Rf7 20. Nf4 Qd6 21. Re3 e5 $2 ({Too late! A hard defence
results from} 21... f5) 22. Nxg6 hxg6 23. dxe5 Rxe5 24. Bf4 Rfe7 ({The
tactical point is} 24... Rxe3 25. Qxe3) 25. Bxe5 fxe5 26. Qf8+ Kc7 27. Bxd7
Qxd7 28. Rae1 e4 29. Qf6 Qd6 30. Qxd6+ Kxd6 31. f4 $6 b5 32. Kg2 $2 ({
Necessary is} 32. g4 {(Botvinnik).}) 32... Nxc3 $1 {The advantage changes
hands.} 33. Rxc3 d4 34. a4 dxc3 35. axb5 Kc5 36. g4 $2 ({Correct is} 36. Kf2 $1
Kxb5 37. Ke3 Rd7 $1 38. h4 Rd2 39. Rc1 $1 Rg2 40. Kxe4 Rxg3 41. Kd5) 36... Rd7
37. Re2 $6 ({A last stand gives} 37. f5 gxf5 38. gxf5 Rd2+ 39. Kg3 Rxc2 40. f6
Rd2 41. Rxe4 c2 42. f7 Rd8 43. Re8 Rxe8 44. fxe8=Q c1=Q) 37... Kxb5 38. h4 a5
39. h5 gxh5 40. g5 Rd2 41. Kf2 h4 42. g6 Rxe2+ 43. Kxe2 h3 44. g7 h2 45. g8=Q
h1=Q 46. Qd5+ Kb4 47. f5 Qf3+ 48. Ke1 Qe3+ 49. Kd1 Qf2 $1 {This game shows
Botvinnik's weakness in strategy and strength in tactics.} ({See} 49... Qf2 50.
Qd6+ Ka4 51. Qc6+ Ka3 52. Qd6+ Ka2 {(Botvinnik).}) 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D32"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bg5 f6 $5 (6... Be7 {is
theory.}) 7. Bf4 c4 $2 (7... g5 8. Be3 c4) (7... Be6) 8. e4 $1 Bb4 $6 (8...
dxe4 9. Nd2 Nxd4 10. Bxc4 Be6 {is preferable.}) 9. Nd2 $1 Nge7 10. Nxd5 Nxd5
11. Qh5+ g6 12. Qxd5 Qxd5 13. exd5 Na5 14. O-O-O Bf5 15. f3 g5 16. Bc7 Kd7 17.
d6 b6 18. Nxc4 Nxc4 19. Bxc4 Bxd6 20. Bxd6 Kxd6 21. Kd2 Rac8 22. Rc1 Rc7 23.
Bb3 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rc8 25. Rc3 h6 26. g3 Bd7 27. Bf7 Rf8 28. Bc4 Rc8 29. a3 Bc6
30. Bd3 Re8 31. Bg6 Re7 32. Bf5 Bb7 33. Bc8 Bc6 34. Bg4 Re8 35. Bh5 Re7 36. Rc1
$2 (36. Re3 {keeps the extra pawn.}) 36... Bb5 37. Rc2 Kd5 38. Rc8 Re2+ 39. Kc3
Rxh2 40. Rd8+ Ke6 41. Bg4+ f5 42. Bxf5+ Kxf5 43. Rd5+ Kf6 44. Rxb5 Rh3 45. Kd3
Rxg3 46. Ke4 Rg2 47. Rf5+ Kg6 48. Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kan, Ilia"]
[Black "Ilivitzki, Georgi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6
8. Re1 g6 9. c4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Bg7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Bd2 e6 13. Qd3 Rfd8 14. Qf3
Rdc8 15. b3 Ne8 16. Rad1 Qc6 17. Rc1 Nc7 18. Red1 Rd8 19. Bf4 Rd7 20. Qe3 b6
21. h4 Rad8 22. Rd3 Na6 23. f3 Qc5 24. Kf1 Nb4 25. Rd2 Qxe3 26. Bxe3 Bf6 27. g3
Kg7 28. Ke2 h5 29. Bd4 ({A battle starts} 29. Nb5 Be7 30. Rcd1 Nc6 31. Bf4 a6
32. Nxd6 e5 33. Nf5+ gxf5 34. Rxd7 exf4) 29... Bxd4 30. Rxd4 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 Nf6 4. d3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. c3 Nc6 8. Nbd2
Rb8 9. a4 a6 10. Re1 Ng4 11. Nb3 e5 12. h3 Nf6 13. a5 Be6 14. Nfd2 Ne8 15. f4
$6 (15. Nc4 {keeps the equality.}) 15... exf4 16. gxf4 Qh4 17. Nc4 $1 Bxh3 18.
Be3 Qg3 $6 ({A ferocious struggle begins} 18... f5 $5 19. Bf2 Qh6 20. e5 Bxg2
21. Kxg2 dxe5 22. Bxc5) 19. Qf3 Qxg2+ 20. Qxg2 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Rd8 22. e5 d5 23.
Nb6 d4 24. Bd2 dxc3 25. Bxc3 Nc7 26. Nxc5 Ne6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Nxe4
Bxe4 9. Ne1 Bxg2 10. Nxg2 d5 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Nf4 Qb7 13. Be3 Nd7 14. Rc1 c5
15. Nd3 cxd4 16. Bxd4 Rfd8 17. Qb3 Rac8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. c4 d4 5. a3 Nbd7 6. b4 e5 7. bxc5 Bxc5 8. d3
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nbd2 Rb8 11. Nb3 b6 12. Nxc5 $6 (12. Nh4) (12. a4) 12...
Nxc5 13. Nd2 $6 (13. Rb1 {is less passive.}) 13... Bg4 14. f3 Bd7 15. Ne4 Ba4
16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Qe1 Nb3 18. Rb1 Nxc1 19. Qxc1 Bc6 20. Qd2 Qd6 21. Rb3 Rbc8
22. Ra1 f5 23. a4 e4 $6 (23... f4 $1 {keeps a positional advantage.}) 24. dxe4
$2 ({The defence line should remain closed. Suetin prefers} 24. a5 $1) 24...
fxe4 25. a5 d3 $1 26. e3 exf3 27. Bf1 Be4 28. axb6 axb6 29. Rd1 Rcd8 30. Bxd3
Qg6 31. c5 $5 {White hopes for Bc4+. The answer shatters all illusions.} f2+ $1
32. Kf1 ({A rook loses} 32. Kxf2 Qf7+) 32... Qe6 33. Qc2 Qh3+ 34. Ke2 Qg2 35.
Rf1 Bf3+ 36. Kd2 Qxf1 {Simagin carried out a devastating attack and took the
lead in the tournament.} 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. O-O Ne4 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. Ne1 f5 11. d5 Bxg2 12. Nxg2 e5 $5 13. e4 $5 ({An edge
gains} 13. d6 $1 Bxd6 14. Bb4 Nc6 15. Bxd6 cxd6 16. Qxd6 {(Suetin).}) 13...
fxe4 14. Qg4 Na6 15. Rab1 $5 ({Little advantage gives} 15. Qxe4 Nc5 16. Qe2 a5
{(Suetin).}) 15... Nc5 16. b4 Nb7 17. Qxe4 a5 18. a3 axb4 19. axb4 Nd6 $1 20.
Qe2 (20. Qc2 $1 {forestalls the next move.}) 20... Ra2 21. c5 $5 {White
chooses a forward defence. This results in a weakening of the centre.} bxc5 22.
bxc5 Nf7 23. Rbc1 Qa8 24. Qd3 e4 25. Qxe4 Rxd2 26. Qxe7 Qxd5 27. Ne3 Qh5 {The
threat is ..Ng5(e5) and ..Nf3+. A forward defence is applied again.} 28. g4 $1
Qh6 29. h4 Nd8 $6 (29... Qf4 $1 30. Rc4 Qf3 31. Qe4 $1 Qe2 32. Rd4 Rxd4 33.
Qxd4 {White has equalised.}) 30. Rcd1 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Qf4 32. Rxd7 Qxf2+ 33. Kh1
Qe1+ 34. Kh2 Qe2+ 35. Kg1 Qf2+ 36. Kh1 Nf7 $5 {Boris avoids perpetual check.}
37. Ng2 c6 38. Qe3 Qf1+ 39. Kh2 Qf6 $6 40. Re7 $1 {White takes the initiative.}
Nh6 41. Kg3 Qg6 42. Qe6+ Qxe6 43. Rxe6 Rc8 ({Elegant is} 43... Nf7 $1 44. Rxc6
$6 Ne5 45. Rc7 Rf3+) 44. Ne3 Kf7 45. Rd6 Re8 46. Kf4 Re6 47. Rd7+ Kf8 48. Rc7
Rf6+ 49. Ke4 Re6+ 50. Kd4 Nf7 51. Rc8+ Ke7 $2 (51... Re8 $1 52. Rxc6 Nd8 53.
Rd6 Ne6+ 54. Kc4 Nxc5 $1 {is correct.}) 52. Nf5+ Kf6 53. Rf8 h6 54. Nd6 $2 ({
Suetin analyses} 54. Kc3 $1 Re1 55. Nd6 Re7 56. Kb4 $1 Ke6 57. Rxf7 Rxf7 58.
Nxf7 Kxf7 59. Ka5 Ke6 60. Kb6 Kd5 61. h5 $18) 54... Re7 55. Nxf7 Rxf7 56. Rc8
Rd7+ $1 57. Kc4 Ke5 58. Rxc6 Rd4+ 59. Kb5 Rxg4 60. h5 Rg5 61. Rg6 Rxh5 62. c6
Kf4+ 63. Kb6 Rh1 64. c7 Rb1+ 65. Ka6 Rc1 66. Kb7 Rxc7+ 67. Kxc7 h5 {A
tremendous struggle!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A38"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d3 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bd2 Nc7 10. Qc1 Re8 11. Bh6 Bh8 12. h4 Bg4 13. Qg5 Bf5 14. h5 Bf6 15.
Qe3 Nd4 16. hxg6 hxg6 ({Black avoids} 16... Nc2 $2 17. gxf7+ Kxf7 18. Qxc5) 17.
Rac1 Rb8 18. Nd2 b6 19. Nde4 Qd7 20. Bf4 Bg7 21. Qd2 Rbc8 22. Be3 Red8 23. Kh2
Qe8 24. b3 Ncb5 25. Rh1 Nxc3 26. Nxc3 Qf8 {Petrosian inhibited Geller's energy.
} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shcherbakov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "197"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Qc7 8. Be3
Be7 9. f4 Nc6 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Qg3 Bd7 12. Rad1 Kh8 13. Kh1 b5 14. a3 Rfd8 $6 (
14... Rad8 {is better.}) 15. Bd3 Be8 16. Qh3 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 e5 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19.
exd5 g6 {White exerts a strong pressure on the centre.} 20. fxe5 $6 ({The
force increases} 20. Bc3 $1 Kg8 21. fxe5 dxe5 22. Rde1 Bd6 23. Qe3) 20... dxe5
21. Qh6 $5 Kg8 $1 {Hereafter the game lingers on and on and on.} 22. Bc3 Bf8
23. Qg5 Bg7 24. Be4 Rac8 25. Bb4 Qc4 26. Rfe1 f6 27. Qh4 Rd7 28. Rd3 Rcd8 29.
b3 Qc7 30. Rc3 Qb8 31. d6 Rxd6 32. Bxd6 Rxd6 33. Rh3 h6 34. c4 Bf7 35. Rd3 f5
36. Bd5 Bxd5 37. Rxd5 Rxd5 38. cxd5 Qd6 39. Rd1 e4 40. Qf2 f4 41. Qc2 e3 42. b4
Kh7 43. Qe4 Be5 44. Rc1 Qf6 45. h3 h5 46. Kg1 Kh6 47. Rd1 Kg7 48. Rf1 Qd6 49.
Rc1 Qf6 50. Kf1 Kh6 51. Rd1 Bd6 52. Qd4 Be5 53. Qd3 Bd6 54. Qd4 Be5 55. Qe4 Bd6
56. Qf3 Qc3 57. Qe4 Qb2 58. Qf3 Qxa3 59. g3 Qxb4 60. gxf4 Bxf4 61. d6 Qc4+ 62.
Kg2 e2 63. Re1 Bxd6 64. Rxe2 b4 65. Qe3+ Kg7 66. Qa7+ Kh6 67. Qe3+ Kg7 68. Qa7+
Kf6 69. Rf2+ Bf4 70. Qe3 Kf5 71. h4 b3 72. Qe7 Qd5+ 73. Kg1 Qd1+ 74. Kg2 Qd5+
75. Kg1 Kg4 76. Qe2+ Kg3 77. Rg2+ Kh3 78. Rxg6 Qc5+ 79. Kf1 Qc1+ 80. Kf2 Qc2
81. Rxa6 Bg3+ 82. Kf3 Qf5+ 83. Ke3 b2 84. Rb6 Qe5+ 85. Kd3 Qd5+ 86. Ke3 Qe5+
87. Kd3 Qd5+ 88. Ke3 Qc5+ 89. Kf3 Qf5+ 90. Ke3 b1=Q 91. Rxb1 Qxb1 92. Qxh5 Qb3+
93. Ke4 Qc4+ 94. Ke3 Qc3+ 95. Ke4 Qc2+ 96. Kd5 Qd3+ 97. Ke6 Qd6+ 98. Kf7 Qd7+
99. Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E56"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Ba5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. c4 Ne5 13. Bb2 Nxc4 14. Bxc4
dxc4 15. Qxd8 Rfxd8 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Rfc1 Be6 18. Nd4 Bd5 19. Nf5 Kf8 20. Nd6
b6 21. Nxc4 Rac8 22. Nd6 Rxc5 23. Rxc5 bxc5 24. Nb5 a6 25. Nc3 Bc6 26. Rd1 Rb8
27. Rb1 Rd8 28. Rd1 {Leader: Simagin 2.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 Qc7 7. e3 a6 8. Be2
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. b3 Be7 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Bf3 b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15.
Qe2 d5 16. e4 (16. Nxb5 Bxb5 17. Qxb5 Qc2 18. Rfb1 Bxa3 $1 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20.
Qe2 Qxe2 21. Bxe2 {gives no advantage.}) 16... Qb7 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5
19. Qe5 Bf6 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Qe2 Rfe8 22. Qd2 Bxb2 23. Qxb2 Re4 24. Rad1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Shcherbakov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A24"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 e5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. d3
Nc5 9. f4 c6 10. h3 Ne6 ({The counteraction} 10... Qb6 11. Kh2 Nfd7 {leads to
equality.}) 11. f5 Nd4 12. g4 Ne8 13. Be3 a6 14. Qd2 b5 15. Bg5 Bf6 $6 ({An
attack forestalls} 15... f6 16. Be3 b4) 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 $2 (16... Nxe2+ 17. Nxe2
Nxf6 18. g5 Nd7 19. f6 Qb6+ {White has no immediate decision.}) 17. Nxd4 exd4
18. Ne2 Qb6 ({The tactical point is} 18... c5 19. e5) 19. cxb5 axb5 20. Qh6 $1
Bd7 21. g5 Nh5 22. Nf4 Ng7 23. f6 (23. f6 Ne8 24. Nd5 $1 cxd5 25. Rf4) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. g3 e5 7. dxe5 Ng4 8. Bg2
Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. O-O c6 11. Nc3 Qe7 12. Qc1 Na6 13. Rd1 Rd8 14. Rxd8+ Qxd8
15. Qe3 Qe7 16. Rd1 Bf5 17. h3 h5 18. Kh2 Nb4 19. Qc1 Rd8 20. a3 Na6 21. Rxd8+
Qxd8 22. b4 Nc7 23. Na4 Ne8 24. c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E64"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O c5 6. d4 d6 7. d5 Na6 8. Nc3
Nc7 9. h3 Rb8 10. a4 a6 11. a5 Nd7 12. Bd2 b5 13. axb6 Nxb6 14. b3 e5 15. dxe6
Nxe6 16. Ne1 a5 17. Ra3 $1 {White deals with the threat ..a4.} Bd7 18. Nd5 Nxd5
19. Bxd5 Qf6 20. Nd3 Nd4 21. Bg2 Rxb3 $1 {Black's pieces are slightly exposed.
Several exchanges lead to a dead draw.} 22. Rxb3 Ba4 23. Nc1 Nxb3 24. Nxb3 Qb2
25. Bxa5 Bxb3 26. Qxd6 Bxc4 27. Qxc5 Bxe2 28. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Kan, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nc6 $6 7. Nxc6 $1
dxc6 (7... bxc6 8. e5 Nd5 9. Ne4 {ia also unfavourable for Black 
(Zukertort-Anderssen, Paris 1978).}) 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. e5 Nd7 10. f4 Kc7 11. Be3
b5 12. Ne4 Nb6 (12... f6 13. O-O-O Be7 {begins a modest activity.}) 13. Bc5 $5
Bxc5 14. Nxc5 {Black has been restricted in the endgame.} Nd5 15. O-O Rd8 16.
Rf3 f5 17. exf6 gxf6 18. a4 Kb6 19. Ne4 a5 20. Rd1 Ba6 $2 (20... Bb7 21. c4
bxc4 22. Bxc4 e5 $1 23. Bxd5 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 cxd5 25. Nxf6 e4 {offers more
resistance.}) 21. axb5 cxb5 {The reorganisation of the defence makes progress.
White opens the position, before black's action is ready.} 22. f5 $1 Ne7 ({The
point is} 22... e5 23. Rfd3 Bb7 24. Nxf6 $1) 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. fxe6 Bb7 25. Rd3
$1 Rxd3 26. Bxd3 Bxe4 27. Bxe4 f5 28. Bd3 Kc5 29. Kf2 b4 30. b3 Kd5 31. Ke3 $1
Kxe6 32. Kd4 Kd6 33. g3 h6 34. h3 $1 Ke6 (34... h5 35. h4 {leads to zugzwang.})
35. Kc5 Ke5 36. Kb5 Kd4 37. Kxa5 Kc5 38. Ka4 f4 39. gxf4 Nd5 40. f5 Nf6 41. Ka5
Nd5 42. Ka6 Nf6 43. Kb7 Nd5 44. Bc4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ilivitzki, Georgi"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E65"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. d4 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. e3
Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nd7 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. b3 Qa5 13. Bb2 cxd4 14. exd4 Qf5
15. Kg2 d5 $5 16. g4 $1 Qf6 $6 (16... Qe6 $1 17. Ba3 $1 Qf6 $1 18. cxd5 Nb6 19.
dxc6 Qxc6+ 20. Qf3 Qxf3+ 21. Kxf3 Bxd4 $11) 17. cxd5 Nb6 18. dxc6 Qxc6+ 19. d5
Qb7 20. Qf3 Rac8 21. Rac1 Rc7 $6 (21... Bxc3 22. Bxc3 Nxd5 {is better.}) 22.
Rfd1 Rfc8 23. Na4 $6 (23. d6 $1 Qxf3+ 24. Kxf3 exd6 {and Black has positional
problems.}) 23... Bxb2 24. Rxc7 Rxc7 25. Nxb2 Rc2 26. Nc4 Nxc4 27. bxc4 Rxc4
28. d6 Qxf3+ 29. Kxf3 exd6 30. Rxd6 Ra4 {Black has the active rook.} 31. Rd2
Ra3+ 32. Kg2 Kg7 33. f3 g5 34. Kg3 Kg6 35. Rc2 f6 36. Rh2 (36. Rc6 $1 Rxa2 37.
h4 $1 gxh4+ 38. Kxh4 Ra4 39. Kg3 Ra3 40. Rc7 a5 41. Ra7 Ra1 {(Levenfish)} 42.
Ra6 a4 43. Kf4 {draws.}) 36... h5 37. Rc2 h4+ 38. Kf2 a6 39. Rb2 Rc3 40. Kg2 a5
41. Rf2 Ra3 42. Kf1 Kf7 43. f4 {White worries about the manoeuvre ..Rc3, ..
a4-a3 and ..Rc1-b1-b2.} gxf4 44. Rxf4 Kg6 45. Rf2 $4 (45. Rf2 $4 Rxh3) (45. Rf5
{(Levenfish)} a4 46. Ra5 Rxa2 47. Kg1 {will draw.}) 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Ne8
9. a3 f5 10. b4 Na6 11. Rb1 Nf6 12. Bg5 Qe8 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Ne1 b6 15. Nd3
Nc7 16. Bf3 Ba6 17. Qb3 Qd7 18. a4 Bd8 19. Ra1 Ne8 20. Nb2 Nf6 21. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nd5 $5 Bg7 6. Bg5 Nce7 7. Nxe7 ({
The usual moves are} 7. Nxd4 {and 7.e5.}) 7... Nxe7 8. Bc4 h6 9. Bh4 O-O 10.
O-O $6 ({Simagin wants to continue in a gambit style. He misses the last
chance for the capture} 10. Nxd4) 10... d5 $1 11. exd5 g5 12. Bg3 Nxd5 13. Be5
$2 (13. Nxd4 $2 Nb6 {costs a piece.}) (13. Bxd5 Qxd5 14. Bxc7 Bg4 {takes back
the pawn, but waives the position.}) ({Good development by} 13. Re1 $1 c5 14.
Ne5 Be6 15. Qf3 Nb4 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Qe2 {keeps White in the game.}) 13... c5
$1 14. Re1 Nb6 15. Bd3 Be6 16. Bxg7 ({Keres suggests} 16. Qe2 {in order to
play Qe4. The unpleasant answer is} c4 17. Bg6 Re8) 16... Kxg7 17. Ne5 Qf6 18.
Qe2 Rfe8 19. Bb5 ({No good is} 19. Qe4 c4) 19... Bc4 20. Bxc4 Nxc4 21. Qxc4
Rxe5 22. Qb5 Qb6 23. a4 Rae8 24. Rxe5 Rxe5 25. Qxb6 axb6 26. Kf1 Kf6 27. c4 Re4
28. Ra3 Ke7 29. Rb3 Re6 30. Rf3 f6 31. Rb3 Kd7 32. Rf3 Kc7 33. Rd3 f5 34. Rf3
f4 35. g4 Kb8 36. Rb3 Ka7 37. h3 Ka6 38. Kg2 Ka5 39. Kf3 Kxa4 40. Rd3 Kb4 {
Keres kept the pawn and won.} 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. O-O d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d4 c4 8. b3
cxb3 9. Qxb3 Be7 10. Ba3 O-O 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. e3 Rfc8 14. Ne2 Rc7
15. Nf4 Qd6 16. Ng5 Rac8 17. Qb1 $5 h6 18. Ngxe6 fxe6 19. Bh3 Nd8 20. Qg6 Qe7
21. f3 Qf7 22. Qxf7+ Kxf7 23. e4 g5 {Smyslov has started a risky attack on the
king's side.} 24. Nd3 $6 ({White could charge with} 24. Nxd5 $1 exd5 25. Bxc8
Rxc8 26. e5 Nd7 27. f4) 24... Ke7 25. Rae1 Rc4 26. Nc5 $2 ({A blunder costs a
pawn. Proper consolidation gives} 26. exd5 Nxd5 27. Nc5 Rc6 28. Nb3 {
(Chitsiakov).}) 26... dxe4 27. Nxe4 Rxd4 28. Nxf6 Kxf6 29. Re2 Rc6 30. Rfe1
Rcd6 31. Kf2 Rd2 32. f4 gxf4 33. gxf4 Nc6 34. Kg3 R6d3+ 35. Kh4 Nd4 36. Rxd2
Rxd2 37. Re4 Nf5+ 38. Bxf5 Kxf5 39. Ra4 a6 40. Kg3 Rd3+ 41. Kg2 Rd2+ 42. Kg3
Rd3+ 43. Kg2 Re3 44. Kf2 Rh3 45. Kg2 Rh4 46. Ra5+ Kxf4 47. h3 e5 48. Rd5 Kf5
49. Rd6 Ra4 50. Rxh6 Rxa2+ 51. Kg3 Ra3+ 52. Kg2 b5 53. h4 Kg4 54. Kf2 e4 55. h5
Kg5 56. Rh8 Rf3+ 57. Ke2 Rh3 58. Re8 Kf4 59. Rf8+ Ke5 60. Rh8 Kd4 61. h6 Kc3
62. Kf2 e3+ 63. Ke2 Kb4 64. h7 a5 65. Kd3 a4 66. Ke2 a3 67. Kd3 a2 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. Qc2 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. Nf3 Qa5 {Black
seeks the confrontation.} 8. Bxf6 Rxf6 9. Bd3 cxd4 10. exd4 Nc6 11. O-O Bxc3
12. bxc3 Qc7 13. c5 $1 Ne7 $1 ({In the variation} 13... b6 14. cxb6 axb6 15.
Rfb1 Ba6 {Black has to defend. He wants to attack.}) 14. Qa4 Nd5 15. Rfc1 b6
16. c4 Nf4 17. cxb6 Qb7 $1 {The threat is ..Nxg2.} 18. Ne1 Rg6 $1 {The danger
has become ..Rxg2+.} 19. d5 $1 axb6 20. Qb3 Qc7 21. Bf1 Bb7 {Boris panics due
to the insecurity of his king.} 22. Nd3 $6 ({A wonderful finish is} 22. Rab1 $1
Qc5 23. Qxb6 Nh3+ 24. Kh1 Nxf2+ 25. Kg1 {Black has to be content with
perpetual check, because he cannot deliver a smothered mate.}) 22... Nh3+ $6 (
22... exd5 23. Nxf4 Qxf4 24. cxd5 Qd6 {gains positional advantage.}) 23. Kh1
exd5 24. c5 $1 ({Black hoped for} 24. gxh3 dxc4+) ({or} 24. cxd5 Qd6) 24... Kh8
$2 {Suddenly Black collapses.} ({Correct is} 24... bxc5 25. Rxc5 Nxf2+ 26. Nxf2
Qxc5 27. Qxb7 Qc6) 25. cxb6 Qd6 26. Rc7 Ba6 27. b7 Rg8 28. b8=Q Bxd3 29. g3
Nxf2+ 30. Kg2 Bc4 31. Rc8 Qxb8 32. Qxb8 {Leaders: Geller and Botvinnik 2 1/2.}
1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Na3 Nf5 8. Nc2
cxd4 9. cxd4 Nb4 10. Nxb4 Bxb4+ 11. Bd2 Qb6 12. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 13. Qd2 Qb6 14. O-O
O-O 15. Rfc1 Rfc8 16. Bd3 Qd8 17. Bxf5 exf5 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Rc1 h6 20. Rc5
Be6 21. h4 b6 22. Rxc8 Qxc8 23. Ne1 Bd7 24. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Ilivitzki, Georgi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D58"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. O-O Rc8 13. Qe2 c5 14. Rfc1
Bb7 15. Ne5 Nd7 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. dxc5 Rxc5 18. Rxc5 bxc5 19. Rd1 Qc6 20. f3
Qb6 21. Bc4 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3
d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Qc7 12. Nf1 Nc6 13. Ne3 Re8 14. d4 exd4 $1 {
Kotov brings life to a quiet line of the Closed Ruy Lopez.} ({Theory is} 14...
Bf8 {(Teichmann-Salwe, Bad Pistyan, 1912).}) 15. cxd4 Bf8 16. b3 ({A
positional choice is} 16. d5 Nb4 17. Bb1 a5 18. a3 Na6) 16... Nb4 $6 (16...
Nxd4 $1 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. Qxd4 d5 19. exd5 Bd6 {takes the initiative. If
Geller had lost in this variation, he would have been called arrogant.}) 17.
Bb1 Nxe4 18. Bb2 Bb7 19. d5 c4 20. bxc4 bxc4 21. Bxe4 Rxe4 22. Ng5 Re7 $2 ({
Correct is} 22... Ree8 $1 23. Qg4 Rxe3 24. Rxe3 Nxd5 {(Suetin)} 25. Rh3 Qc8 26.
Qf3 Nf6 27. Qf4) 23. Qh5 h6 24. Nf5 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 hxg5 26. Re3 $1 {White
threatens 26.Rh3 and mate.} Bc8 (26... f6 27. Qg6 Bc8 28. Nh6+ Kh8 29. Bxf6 $1
Nxd5 30. Re8 {(Suetin).}) 27. Bxg7 Bxg7 28. Re8+ Bf8 29. Rxf8+ {If Geller wins,
he is brave.} (29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Qh8#) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kan, Ilia"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E87"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 e5 6. d5 O-O 7. Be3 c5 8. Qd2 Na6
$2 ({Black makes a grave strategic error. White will assault faster on the
king's side. Known is} 8... Ne8 9. Bd3 f5 {(Pachmann-Phillips, Hastings 1954).}
) 9. g4 Nc7 10. h4 a6 11. h5 Bd7 12. Nge2 b5 13. Ng3 bxc4 {White can decide
the game at once, but he postpones the victory.} 14. a4 (14. Qh2 $1 Rb8 15. g5
Nfe8 16. Bxc4 f6 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Qh7+ Kf7 19. Rh6 {is horrible.}) 14... Qb8
15. Bxc4 Qb4 16. b3 Rfb8 17. Rc1 Rb7 18. Bh6 Qa3 19. Rc2 Bxh6 20. Qxh6 Rxb3 21.
Bxb3 Qxb3 22. Kd2 Bxa4 23. Nxa4 Qxf3 24. hxg6 fxg6 25. g5 Qf4+ 26. Kd1 Qf3+ 27.
Re2 Qd3+ 28. Rd2 Qb3+ 29. Ke2 Qc4+ 30. Kf3 Nh5 31. Rxh5 Rf8+ 32. Nf5 Rxf5+ 33.
exf5 Qf4+ 34. Ke2 Qc4+ 35. Rd3 Qe4+ 36. Kd2 Qf4+ 37. Re3 gxh5 38. Nc3 Qf2+ 39.
Re2 Qxf5 40. Qxd6 Qxg5+ 41. Kc2 Qg6+ 42. Qxg6+ hxg6 43. d6 Ne6 44. Rxe5 Kf7 45.
d7 Nd4+ 46. Kd3 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. a4 b4 10. d4 bxc3 ({Keres played} 10... exd4 11. cxd4 Bg4 {with Black
in 1939.}) 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Nxc3 a5 $5 {Smyslov wants to play
and avoids the exchange of queens.} 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Ra6 $5 16. Be3 Bb4
17. Re2 Rd6 18. Qc1 c6 $1 19. Bxc6 Be6 20. Qc2 $6 Qb8 $6 ({An exchange wins} 
20... Bc4 $1 {but White has a bastion.}) 21. Bd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 Rxd5 23. Rc1 Qd6
24. h3 Rd8 25. Qc4 h6 26. Rec2 Qe6 27. Qe2 Qd7 28. Rc7 $6 (28. Bb6 Rd1+ {leads
to exchanges.}) 28... Qxa4 29. Bxh6 $1 Rd1+ ({The wild complications of} 29...
gxh6 30. Qg4+ Kf8 31. Qh5 Be7 32. Qxh6+ Ke8 33. R1c4 Qd1+ 34. Kh2 Bf8 35. Qf6
Qh5 {seem to draw.}) 30. Kh2 Rxc1 31. Qg4 $4 {Keres neglects the strength of
the desperado rook.} ({Correct is} 31. Bxc1) 31... Rh1+ $1 32. Kg3 (32. Kxh1
Qd1+ {Black wins the bishop.}) 32... Rd3+ 33. Be3 Rxe3+ 34. fxe3 Be1+ 35. Kf3
e4+ 36. Kf4 Rf1+ 37. Ke5 Qb5+ 38. Kd4 Qb6+ 39. Rc5 Bb4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O g6 6. d3 Bg7 7. Nbd2 Nf6 8. Nb3
Nd7 9. Ng5 O-O 10. e3 dxe3 11. Bxe3 Bxb2 12. Rb1 Bg7 13. Nxc5 Nxc5 14. Bxc5 Qc7
15. Re1 h6 16. Nh3 Bxh3 17. Bxh3 Rfd8 18. Bg2 e6 19. Be3 Rac8 20. Qd2 Kh7 21.
Bf4 Qd7 22. c5 Bf8 23. Rec1 e5 24. Be3 Rc7 25. Rb3 Nd4 26. Rxb7 $2 Rxb7 27. c6
$2 Rc7 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E65"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d4 c5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. dxc5
dxc5 9. Be3 Qa5 10. Nd5 Ng4 11. Bd2 Qd8 12. h3 Nge5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bg5 f6
15. Bc1 e6 16. f4 Bd6 17. Nc3 Qe7 18. e3 Bd7 $2 19. b3 $2 (19. Ne4 Bc7 20. Nxc5
$1 {wins a pawn.}) 19... Rad8 20. Bb2 Be8 21. Qe2 Qg7 22. g4 e5 23. f5 gxf5 24.
gxf5 Kh8 25. Rad1 Rg8 26. Rd2 Qh6 27. Ne4 Be7 28. Kh2 Rxd2 29. Nxd2 Nd8 30. Bc1
Nf7 31. e4 Ng5 32. Nf3 Nxf3+ 33. Bxf3 Qh4 34. Qe1 Qxe1 35. Rxe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 Nb6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. d3
Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne4 c4 11. dxc4 Na5 12. Qc2 Naxc4 13. Rd1 Qe8 14. a4 a5 15.
Rb1 Bf5 16. Nd4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Nd6 18. Nb5 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Qc6 20. Qxc6 bxc6 21.
Nd4 Rfd8 22. Be3 Rd6 23. Nf5 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Nd5 25. Nxg7 Nxe3 26. fxe3 Kxg7 27.
Rc1 Ra6 28. Rc3 Rb6 29. Rc5 Ra6 30. Kf2 Kf6 31. e4 Ke6 32. Ke3 Kd6 33. Kd4 Kc7
34. e5 Ra8 35. Kc3 Kb6 36. Rc4 c5 37. Rf4 Rf8 38. Kc4 Kc6 39. Rf3 {Simagin has
lost his advantage during a long and complicated manoeuvre of the king. Things
go wrong, when the time control comes close.} f5 $2 (39... Rb8 $1 40. Rxf7 Rxb2
41. Rxh7 Rb4+ 42. Kc3 Rxa4 43. Rxe7 Kd5 {draws.}) 40. exf6 exf6 (40... Rxf6 41.
Rxf6+ exf6 42. g4 {White wins the pawn ending.}) 41. Re3 $1 Rb8 ({The point is
} 41... Kd6 42. Rd3+ Kc6 43. Rd5) 42. Re6+ Kd7 43. Rxf6 Rxb2 44. Kxc5 Rxe2 45.
Rf7+ Ke6 46. Rxh7 Rb2 47. Rh4 Ke5 48. Rg4 Kf5 49. Rc4 Ke5 50. h4 Rb3 51. Rg4
Kf6 52. Kd5 Rc3 53. Rf4+ Kg7 54. g4 g5 55. hxg5 Kg6 56. Rc4 Ra3 57. Kc6 Kxg5
58. Kb5 Kf6 59. Re4 Rb3+ 60. Kxa5 Rb8 61. Ka6 Rb1 62. a5 Kg5 63. Ka7 Rb5 64. a6
Rb3 65. Ka8 {Mikenas played a fine endgame.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. d4 Nf6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bf5 8. Bxf5
gxf5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Qb3 b6 11. Ne5 e6 12. Bd2 Nfd7 13. Nd3 Nc6 14. Ne2 Rc8
15. Rfc1 Ndb8 16. Nef4 Qd7 17. Nh5 f6 18. Rc2 Ne7 19. Rac1 Rxc2 20. Rxc2 Rc8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shcherbakov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Nbd7 {The development of the queen's bishop to b7 instead of e6 is
fashion in the 1950s.} 10. a4 b6 11. f3 Bb7 12. Qd2 Qc7 13. Rfd1 Rac8 14. Bf1
d5 $5 ({Spassky prefers a liberating move to the positional} 14... Rfd8) 15.
Nxd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Qxc2 17. Qxc2 Rxc2 18. Rab1 Rd8 ({An appropriate defence
gives} 18... Bb4 $1 19. Bd3 Rcc8 20. Bf5 Rfd8) 19. d6 $1 (19. a5 $1 b5 20. Bd3
Rcc8 21. Bf5 Ba8 $1 22. Rbc1 Rxc1 23. Nxc1 {is an excellent alternative.})
19... Bf8 20. Nd2 Nf6 $6 ({The complicated line} 20... h6 $5 21. Bd3 Rcc8 22.
Nc4 e4 $1 23. fxe4 Bxe4 $1 24. Nxb6 Bxd3 25. Nxc8 Bxb1 26. Ne7+ Kh7 27. Rxb1
Bxe7 28. dxe7 Re8 29. b4 Rxe7 {leads to a better endgame for White.}) 21. Nc4
b5 22. axb5 axb5 23. Nxe5 Nd5 24. Bd4 Rxd6 25. Bf2 $2 (25. Bd3 $1 Rc7 26. Bxb5
{wins a pawn.}) 25... b4 26. Nc4 Re6 27. Bd3 b3 $1 28. Na5 Rxf2 $1 {Spassky
finds superb moves in a tactical turmoil.} 29. Nxb7 ({White has to accept the
perpetual check by} 29. Kxf2 Bc5+ 30. Kg3 Bd6+ 31. Kf2 {(Suetin).}) 29... Rc2
30. Na5 Ne3 $1 31. Nxb3 Rxg2+ 32. Kh1 Rh6 {White will be mated by ..Rhxh2. 
Top: Geller 3 1/2, Botvinnik and Spassky 3.} 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Black "Shcherbakov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E74"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 Qa5 8. Bd2 e6
9. Nf3 exd5 10. cxd5 Re8 11. O-O Na6 12. Re1 Bg4 13. Bb5 $6 (13. Qb3 {is more
useful.}) 13... Nd7 14. Be2 Rab8 15. a3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 b5 17. Na2 Qb6 18. Rb1 c4
$1 19. Nb4 $2 (19. b3 {tempers the attack.}) 19... Ne5 20. Nxa6 Qxa6 21. Be2
Nd7 22. Bf1 Nc5 23. Qf3 Rb7 24. Bb4 Qb6 25. Bxc5 Qxc5 26. g3 Rbe7 27. Re2 a5
28. Kg2 b4 29. axb4 axb4 30. Rc1 c3 31. bxc3 bxc3 32. Qd3 Rb7 $6 {Allows a
fine move.} 33. e5 $1 (33. e5 $1 {It is premature to accept the draw. Black
can play for a win by} Rc8 $1 {(protects the c-pawn)} (33... Bxe5 $2 34. f4) (
33... Rxe5 34. Rxc3) 34. exd6 Qxd6 35. Kg1 Qc5 36. Bg2 Rcb8 37. Bf3 Rb2 38.
Rcc2 Bd4) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Bf5 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Be7 10. Nge2 Nbd7 11. O-O O-O 12. f3 Re8 13. Bf2 ({The tactics of
} 13. e4 $2 dxe4 14. fxe4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Bxh4 16. Nd6 Re6 17. Nxf7 Qe8 {favour
Black.}) 13... c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Rad1 Ne5 16. Qb5 Qb6 17. Qxb6 axb6 $1 {A
forward defence exerts pressure.} 18. b3 Nc6 19. Nf4 Nb4 20. Nd3 $2 {Botvinnik
plays for a win and loses.} ({The exchanges} 20. Nfxd5 Nfxd5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22.
Rxd5 Rxa2 23. e4 Rxf2 $5 24. Rxf2 Ra8 25. Rxc5 bxc5 26. Rc2 {draws easily 
(Suetin).}) 20... Nxa2 21. Nxa2 Rxa2 22. Rfe1 Bd6 23. h3 Rc2 24. Kf1 Rc3 25. b4
b5 26. Re2 Rb3 27. Be1 Nh5 28. g4 Ng3+ 29. Bxg3 Bxg3 30. Kg2 Bd6 31. Kf2 Rc8
32. Red2 Rc4 33. Nc1 Rbxb4 34. Rxd5 Rb2+ {Geller has made much progress on the
queen's side.} 35. Ne2 $2 {Hereafter, the game is over.} ({More resistance
offers} 35. R1d2 $1 Rxd2+ 36. Rxd2 Bc5 37. Nb3 Bb6) 35... Bb4 36. Kf1 Bc5 37.
Nd4 b4 38. Rd8+ Kh7 39. Rc8 Rc3 40. Ne2 Rxe3 {The world champion was beaten in
the endgame.} 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. b3 Bg7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Nc3
Qc8 9. d4 cxd4 10. Qxd4 d6 11. Nd5 Re8 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Qd2 Bxb2 14. Qxb2 Nd7
15. Rfd1 Nf6 16. Ne1 Rb8 17. Rac1 Qf5 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. Ng2 Ng4 20. f3 Qc5+ 21.
Qd4 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 c5 5. Bxc4 e6 6. O-O a6 7. Qe2 Nbd7 8. a4
cxd4 9. exd4 Nb6 10. Bb3 Be7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Rd1 Nbd5 13. Ne5 Bd7 14. Bg5 Bc6
15. Rd3 $1 Qd6 (15... Nb4 $2 16. Rg3 Qxd4 17. Nxf7 $1 Rxf7 (17... Kxf7 18.
Qxe6+ Ke8 19. Re1) 18. Qxe6 Nbd5 19. Rd1 {(Furman).}) 16. Rad1 Rfd8 17. Rh3 g6
18. Bc1 Rac8 19. Qd2 Nh5 $2 ({Weaknesses on the black squares are protected by
} 19... Bf8 20. Qg5 Bg7 21. Qh4 h5 22. Bg5 Be8) 20. Rxh5 $1 {The position is
opened.} gxh5 21. Ne4 Qb4 22. Qd3 h4 $1 23. Ng5 Bxg5 24. Bxg5 f6 $1 25. Bxd5 $1
Bxd5 ({Black could have tried} 25... Rxd5 26. Bxf6 Qf8 $1) 26. Bxf6 Rf8 27.
Bxh4 $2 ({Mate in one threatens} 27. Ng4 $1 {Black has to return the exchange
and loses.}) 27... Qxb2 28. Nd7 Rc3 29. Qf1 Rfc8 30. Bg5 Bc4 31. Qe1 Qe2 32.
Nb6 Rc6 33. a5 Qxe1+ 34. Rxe1 Bb3 35. h4 Rd3 36. Re4 Rd6 37. Bf6 h5 38. Be5 Rc6
$2 39. Rf4 Rd1+ 40. Kh2 Ra1 $2 ({Correct is} 40... Rxb6 41. axb6 a5) 41. Nd7 (
41. d5 $1 Rxb6 42. Bxa1 {wins immediately.}) 41... Rxa5 42. Rf8+ Kh7 43. Rf7+
Kg6 44. Rg7+ Kh6 45. Nf8 Bc2 46. Bf6 e5 47. dxe5 Ra4 48. Rg8 Rxf6 49. exf6
Rxh4+ 50. Kg3 Rc4 51. f4 Rc7 52. Rh8+ Bh7 53. Ne6 Rc3+ 54. Kh4 Kg6 55. f7 Kxf7
56. Ng5+ Kg6 57. Rxh7 Rb3 58. g4 hxg4 59. Kxg4 Rb4 60. Rd7 Kf6 61. Rf7+ Kg6 62.
Re7 a5 63. Re6+ Kg7 64. Kf5 a4 65. Re7+ Kf8 66. Rc7 Rb6 67. Ne6+ Kg8 68. Kf6 a3
69. Rc8+ Kh7 70. Kf7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ilivitzki, Georgi"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D88"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 cxd4 9. cxd4 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Be3 Bg4 12. f3 Na5 13. Bd5 Bc8 14. Bg5 h6
15. Bh4 a6 16. a4 Bd7 17. Qd2 Rc8 18. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 19. Rxc1 Bxa4 20. Qb4 g5 21.
Bxg5 hxg5 22. Qxa4 e6 23. Ba2 Nc6 24. d5 exd5 25. Bxd5 Qb6+ 26. Kf1 Nb4 27. Qb3
a5 28. Bc4 Qh6 29. h3 Be5 30. Qe3 b6 31. h4 Bf4 32. Nxf4 gxf4 33. Qd4 Qxh4 34.
Qxb6 Qh1+ 35. Qg1 Qh8 {The defence lines remained solid.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kan, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 Nbd7 8.
O-O Be7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 O-O 11. Bf4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Nf6 13. Qe3 Qa5 14. a3
Rfe8 15. h3 Rad8 16. Be5 Nd7 17. b4 Qa4 18. Bc7 Rc8 19. Bg3 b6 20. Rab1 Qc2 21.
Rbc1 Qf5 22. Rfd1 a5 23. Qb3 axb4 24. axb4 Ra8 25. Ra1 Nf6 $2 {Black switches
his activity to the king's side, a fatal strategic choice.} ({Suetin prefers} 
25... b5) 26. Ne5 Rxa1 27. Rxa1 Qe4 28. Qc3 Rc8 29. Kh2 Qe2 30. Ra7 Ne4 31. Qa3
Nd2 32. Ra8 Rxa8 33. Qxa8+ Bf8 34. Nd7 h6 35. Qxf8+ Kh7 36. Qxf7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bb5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd6 8.
d4 Bd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bb2 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Bxd7 dxc3 13. Bxc3 Qxd7 14.
Qd4 f5 15. Qd5+ Qf7 16. Qxb7 f4 17. exf4 Qxf4 18. Qd5+ Qf7 19. Qg5 h6 20. Qg4
Rab8 21. f4 Rb5 22. Bd4 Rb4 23. Qd1 Rd8 24. Be3 Qe6 25. Bf2 $2 Rxf4 {Thank you!
} 26. Qb3 Qxb3 27. axb3 Rdf8 28. Rac1 {White has bad luck:} (28. Bxa7 $2 Rxf1+
29. Rxf1 Bxh2+) (28. Rxa7 $2 Rxf2 29. Rxf2 Rxf2 30. Kxf2 Bc5+) 28... a5 29. Rc2
Rb4 30. Rc3 Rfb8 31. Be1 Rxb3 32. Rxb3 Rxb3 33. Bxa5 Be5 34. Rc1 c5 35. Be1 Bb2
36. Rc2 Bd4+ 37. Kf1 Rb2 38. Rxb2 Bxb2 39. Ke2 c4 40. Ke3 Kf7 41. Ke4 Ke6 42.
g4 Kd6 43. Bh4 Kc5 44. g5 hxg5 45. Bxg5 Kb4 46. h4 c3 47. h5 c2 48. Kd3 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8.
Bg5 a6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Na3 Be6 {This looks like a position from the
Sveshnikov Variation, but White's e-pawn has not moved.} 11. g3 f5 12. Bg2 Bg7
13. Qd2 O-O 14. O-O Qa5 15. Rfd1 {The positional features are good for White.}
Rfd8 $2 {Black moves the wrong rook.} (15... Rad8 $1 16. Nd5 Qxd2 17. Rxd2 e4 {
Now Nd5 cannot attack a rook.} 18. Rad1 Bxd5 19. cxd5 Ne7) 16. Nd5 $1 Qxd2 17.
Rxd2 Rab8 18. Rad1 e4 19. b3 b5 20. cxb5 axb5 21. Nc2 b4 (21... Ra8 22. Nce3)
22. f3 Ra8 23. fxe4 Rxa2 $2 (23... fxe4 $1 24. Ncxb4 $1 Nxb4 25. Nxb4 Bc3 26.
Nc6 Bxd2 27. Rxd2 Re8 28. Bxe4 Ra3 {and Black has a difficult defence.}) 24.
exf5 Bxf5 25. Ncxb4 Rxd2 26. Rxd2 Nxb4 27. Ne7+ Kf8 28. Nxf5 {White has won a
pawn.} Be5 29. Kf2 Ke8 30. e4 f6 31. Bf1 d5 32. Bb5+ Kf8 33. exd5 Rxd5 34. Rxd5
Nxd5 35. Bc4 Ne7 36. Nh4 Bd6 37. Ke3 Kg7 38. Ke4 h5 39. Be6 Bc5 40. Ng2 Bg1 41.
h4 Ng6 42. b4 Ba7 43. b5 Ne5 44. Ne3 Kg6 45. Nd5 Bf2 46. Kf4 Bc5 47. b6 Nc4 48.
b7 Bd6+ 49. Kf3 Na5 50. Bc8 Nc4 51. Nf4+ Kh6 52. Be6 Nd2+ 53. Ke3 Nf1+ 54. Kf2
Nd2 55. Bd5 Nb1 56. Bf3 Nd2 57. Bxh5 Ne4+ 58. Kg2 Nc5 59. Bf3 Be5 60. Bd5 f5
61. Kf3 Bd6 62. Ne6 Nd7 63. Nd4 Kg6 64. Be6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B95"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qf3 $5 h6 $5
8. Bh4 Nbd7 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. Qe2 g5 11. Bg3 Bd7 12. h4 Rg8 (12... g4 $1 {keeps
the position closed.}) 13. hxg5 hxg5 14. Nf3 Qc7 15. Qe3 Be7 16. Be2 b5 17. a3
Rb8 18. Nd4 Qc5 19. b4 $5 Qc7 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21. Nb3 Rc8 22. Rd3 ({The trap} 22.
Kb2 $2 Qxc3+ $1 23. Qxc3 Rxc3 24. Kxc3 Nxe4+ {is avoided.}) 22... g4 23. Kb1
Bc6 24. f3 g3 25. Qh6 Nd7 26. Qh7 Nf6 27. Qh6 Qa7 28. Bd1 Nd7 29. Qh7 Rg6 $2 (
29... Nf6 {will result in a repetition of moves.}) 30. Qh8+ Bf8 31. f4 $1 exf4
(31... Rg7 32. Bh5 Qc7 33. Rhd1 Nf6 34. Nc5 Ke7 35. Nxa6 Qa7 36. fxe5 Nd7 37.
Rxd7+ $1 Bxd7 38. Be2 $1 Qe3 39. Nc5 Bc6 40. Bxb5 $18) 32. Bh5 Rg7 33. Nd4 Ke7
34. Nd5+ $1 Bxd5 ({The point is} 34... exd5 35. Nf5+) 35. exd5 Nf6 (35... Ne5
36. Rdd1 {and Rhe1.}) 36. Re1 e5 37. Nc6+ $2 (37. Nf5+ Kd7 38. Nxg7 Bxb4 $1 39.
Qh6 $1 {wins instantly.}) 37... Rxc6 38. dxc6 Qc7 39. Bf3 Rh7 40. Qxh7 $2 (40.
Rd7+ $1 Qxd7 41. Rxe5+ Qe6 42. Rxe6+ fxe6 43. c7 $1 {seems to win.}) 40... Nxh7
41. Rd7+ Qxd7 42. cxd7 (42. cxd7 Bg7 $1 43. Rd1 Kd8 44. Bc6 Ng5 {gives a
dynamic equality.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 d6 5. e3 e5 6. Nge2 Bd7 7. O-O Qc8 8. Nd5
Nd8 9. d4 c6 10. Ndc3 f5 11. b4 Ne7 12. Ba3 Be6 13. d5 cxd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15.
cxd5 Bd7 16. Rc1 Qb8 17. Qb3 O-O 18. Rc2 Nf7 19. Rfc1 Rc8 20. Rxc8+ Bxc8 21.
Qa4 Kf8 22. f4 e4 23. Bf1 Ke7 24. Qb3 Bd7 25. Bb2 Bxb2 26. Qxb2 Qh8 27. Qa3 Qd8
28. Nd4 Qb6 29. Rc3 Rc8 30. Qc1 Qd8 31. Bb5 Rxc3 32. Qxc3 Qc8 33. Qxc8 Bxc8 34.
Kf2 Nh6 35. h3 Ng8 36. Bc4 Bd7 37. Ke2 Nf6 38. Kd2 Be8 39. Ne2 Bf7 40. Nc3 h5
41. a3 Kd7 42. Kc2 a6 43. a4 Kc7 44. Kb3 Bg8 45. Ka3 Bf7 46. a5 b5 47. axb6+
Kxb6 48. Kb3 Bg8 {Top: Geller 4 1/2, Spassky and Smyslov 3 1/2.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C86"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Qe2 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. d4 Bg4 10. Rd1 exd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. exd5 Na5 13. Bc2 Re8 14. Nc3 Bb4 15.
Qd3 Bh5 16. Bg5 Bg6 17. Qd2 Nc4 18. Qc1 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Qxd5 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21.
Bd3 Re6 22. a4 Rae8 23. axb5 axb5 24. h3 Kg7 25. Nh2 Qg5 $2 ({An appropriate
defence is} 25... Bxd3 26. Rxd3 Kh8 $1 27. Rg3 Nd6) 26. Bxc4 Qxc1 27. Rdxc1
bxc4 28. Ng4 Bd3 29. Ne3 c5 30. d5 Rb6 31. Ra5 Rc8 32. Ra4 $2 ({The lovely
variation} 32. Kh2 $1 Rb2 33. Kg3 f5 34. f3 Re2 35. Kf4 Re8 36. d6 $1 Kf6 37.
Rxc5 R8xe3 38. d7 Ke7 39. Rd5 Kd8 40. Ra1 {leads to a win.}) 32... Rd8 33. Ra7
f5 34. g3 Rdb8 35. Ra4 Kf6 36. d6 (36. Nxc4 $6 Rb1 {brings no luck.}) 36...
Rxd6 37. Nxc4 Re6 38. Ne3 Be4 39. Rd1 Bf3 40. Rc1 Reb6 41. g4 fxg4 42. hxg4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E26"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 d6 8. Ne2
b6 9. O-O {The Sämisch Variation in Rudakovsky-Lisitsin, Moscow 1940.} Qd7 10.
e4 Ba6 11. Bg5 O-O-O $6 12. Ng3 $6 (12. f4 $1 {takes the initiative.}) 12... h6
13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nh5 $6 (14. Qf3 cxd4 15. cxd4 Nxd4 16. Qxf6 Nb3 17. Rad1 Nc5
18. Be2 {is more solid.}) 14... cxd4 15. cxd4 Nxd4 16. Nxf6 Qe7 17. Qa4 Bb7 $1
18. Nh5 (18. Qxa7 $2 Qxf6 19. Qxb6 Rhg8 20. f3 Qg5 21. Qb2 Qe3+ $19) 18... Rhg8
$1 {White has to retreat.} 19. Qd1 $2 (19. Qxa7 $2 Rxg2+ $1 20. Kxg2 Bxe4+ $18)
({The right order of retreat is} 19. Ng3 $1 Kb8 {(pawn a7 needs protection)}
20. Qd1 $1 Qg5 21. Qc1) 19... f5 $1 20. Re1 Qh4 $1 21. f4 e5 22. Rc1 exf4 23.
Bf1 Qxe1 24. Qxe1 $1 Nf3+ 25. Kf2 Nxe1 26. Rxe1 f3 27. gxf3 fxe4 28. fxe4 Rdf8+
29. Ke3 Bxe4 $1 30. Bh3+ Bf5 31. Bxf5+ Rxf5 {Spassky's counterattack was
powerful.} 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kan, Ilia"]
[Black "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E87"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 e5 6. d5 Nh5 7. Be3 f5 8. Nge2 O-O
9. Qd2 Nd7 10. O-O-O Nc5 11. Kb1 fxe4 12. fxe4 Nf6 13. Bxc5 dxc5 14. h3 Ne8 15.
Ng1 Nd6 16. Nf3 Nf7 $6 ({The development should continue with} 16... Qe7) 17.
Bd3 Bh6 18. Qf2 b6 19. Rdf1 Qf6 20. Qe1 Qe7 21. h4 Bg7 22. Qg3 Qd7 23. Be2 a6
24. Nh2 $6 (24. h5 $1 Qg4 25. Qe1 Qf4 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Rh4 Qf6 28. Nh2 Qg5 29.
Bg4 {(Furman and Borisenko).}) 24... Qe7 25. h5 Qg5 26. Qd3 gxh5 27. Nf3 Qg3
28. Rxh5 Bg4 29. Rhh1 Nd6 30. Bd1 (30. Rxh7 Bxf3 31. Rhh1 Bxe4 32. Nxe4 Qxd3+
33. Bxd3 {draws elegantly.}) 30... Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D26"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 c5 5. Bxc4 e6 6. O-O cxd4 7. exd4 Nc6 8.
Nc3 a6 9. Be3 Be7 10. a3 O-O 11. Ne5 Qc7 ({An excellent alternative is} 11...
Bd7 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. d5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Rfd8 {(Sokolsky).}) 12.
Nxc6 Qxc6 13. Ba2 Rd8 14. Rc1 Qd6 15. Qf3 Bd7 16. d5 $1 e5 (16... Nxd5 $2 17.
Nxd5 exd5 18. Bxd5) 17. h3 Rac8 18. Rfe1 h6 19. Bd2 Re8 20. Ne2 Rxc1 21. Rxc1
Rc8 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. Ng3 Qd7 24. Bc3 Bd6 25. Bb1 Qc7 26. Bf5 Bd7 27. Bxd7
Nxd7 28. Nf5 Bf8 29. d6 $1 Bxd6 30. Qg3 g6 31. Nxh6+ Kf8 32. Qf3 Nc5 33. Qf6
Ne4 $1 34. Qh8+ Ke7 {Flohr has defended well.} 35. Ng8+ ({A happy end brings} 
35. Qg7 Qc4 $1 36. Bxe5 Bc5 37. Ng4 Bxf2+ 38. Nxf2 Qc5 39. Bd4 Qc1+ 40. Kh2
Qf4+ {and perpetual check.}) 35... Ke6 36. Nh6 Nxc3 37. bxc3 (37. bxc3 {Flohr
could have tried} Qb8 $1 38. Qh7 Qf8 39. a4 e4 {but he was happy with a draw.})
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 Nge7 6. Nge2 d6 7. d4 exd4 8.
exd4 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. d5 Ne5 11. b3 Bg4 12. f3 Bc8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Be3 a6 15.
Qd2 Nf5 16. Bf2 h5 17. h3 Rb8 18. Nd4 ({White can improve his position with} 
18. f4 Nd7 19. Rae1 Nf6 {before he plays} 20. Nd4 {but Black will also
simplify by} Nxd4 21. Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. Bxd4 Bf5 23. Re1 Qd7 24. Kh2 Re8 {
(Gridstein).}) 18... Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Bf5 20. f4 Nd7 21. Rfe1 Bxd4+ 22. Qxd4 Qf6
23. Qxf6 Nxf6 24. Kf2 Kf8 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Re1 b6 27. Rxe8+ Kxe8 28. Ke3 a5
29. Nb5 Kd8 30. a3 Ne8 31. Nd4 Ng7 32. Bf1 Bd7 33. Nf3 Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bb4 7. O-O O-O 8. Bd2
Bd6 9. b3 Qe7 10. Qc2 e5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nd4 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Qe5
15. f4 Qe7 16. Rac1 Rd8 17. Rc2 Bc5 18. Na4 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Bf5 20. Bb4 Qd7 21.
Rc3 Ne4 22. Rcc1 b6 23. Rfd1 f6 24. Nc3 Nxc3 25. Rxc3 Be4 26. Qd2 Qg4 27. h3
Qg6 28. Qf2 h5 29. Kh2 a5 30. Ba3 b5 31. Bc5 b4 32. Rcc1 Rdc8 33. Bd4 Bc2 34.
Rd2 Be4 35. Rdd1 Qf5 36. Qe2 Qg6 37. Qf2 a4 38. Rxc8+ Rxc8 39. bxa4 Qe8 40. Rd2
Qxa4 41. Qh4 $2 {This blunder costs a pawn.} (41. Rb2 Rc2 42. Rxc2 Bxc2 43. Qd2
{gives an easy draw.}) 41... Rc2 42. Rxc2 Qxc2 43. Qg3 Qxa2 44. Bxf6 Qxg2+ 45.
Qxg2 Bxg2 46. Bd4 Be4 47. Kg3 Kf7 48. h4 g6 49. Kf2 Ke6 50. Ke2 Kf5 51. Kd2 Kg4
52. Bf6 Kg3 53. Be7 Kh3 54. Bf6 Kg4 55. Be7 Bf5 56. Bf6 Kf3 57. Be7 b3 58. Kc3
Be6 59. Bc5 $2 ({Black needs two distant passed pawns for a win. This
essential condition is frustrated by} 59. Kd2 $1 b2 60. Kc2 Kxe3 61. Kxb2 Kxf4
62. Kc3) 59... g5 $3 {A great combination creates two distant passed pawns.}
60. fxg5 ({Easy is} 60. hxg5 h4 61. f5 Bxf5 62. Kxb3 h3 63. Bd6 Kxe3 {
(Botvinnik).}) 60... d4+ 61. exd4 ({The final pointe is} 61. Bxd4 Kg3 62. g6
Kxh4 63. Kd2 Kh3 $1 64. Ke2 h4 65. Bf6 Kg2 {(Botvinnik).}) 61... Kg3 62. Ba3
Kxh4 63. Kd3 Kxg5 64. Ke4 h4 65. Kf3 Bd5+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Black "Ilivitzki, Georgi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c6 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nc3
e6 9. Bf4 Nc6 10. Ne5 Bd7 11. Qd2 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Rc8 13. Rfc1 Qe7 14. Rc2 Ne8
15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Rac1 Nd6 17. b3 Bc6 18. e3 Rc7 19. Ne2 Rfc8 20. Nf4 Bb5 21.
Rxc7 Rxc7 22. Rxc7 Qxc7 23. f3 a5 24. Kf2 a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4
Nxe4 9. Bxe4 O-O 10. O-O h6 11. b3 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Bb2 Qf6 14. Qd2 Nxf3+
15. Bxf3 Be5 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. Rfe1 Qc5 18. Qc3 a5 19. a3 Be6 20. Re5 Qb6 21.
Re3 Qc5 22. Re5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd3 Ne4 7. O-O Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Nxc3 9. Qc2 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Qg5+ 11. Kh1 Qh5 12. Rg1 Qxf3+ 13. Rg2 f5 14.
Qxc3 Qd1+ {An interesting theoretical duel.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shcherbakov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. a4 b6 10. Be3 Bb7 11. f3 O-O 12. Qd2 Qc7 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 ({Spassky played
} 13... Rac8 14. Bf1 d5 $5 {in round four.}) 14. Bf1 Bc6 15. Qf2 Qb7 16. Bc4
Nc5 17. Nxc5 dxc5 18. Qe2 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Ne8 20. Bd5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Bd6 22. Qc4
Qc6 23. Rd1 Nc7 24. Qd3 Rd8 25. Nd5 {White occupies square d5 and has the good
bishop.} Kf8 $6 ({Black can play} 25... Nxd5 26. Qxd5 Qxd5 27. Rxd5 a5) ({Even
better is} 25... c4 $1 26. Qe2 Nxd5 27. Rxd5 Bc7) 26. Qb3 b5 $2 (26... Nxd5 27.
Rxd5 Ke8) 27. Nxc7 Bxc7 28. Rxd8+ Bxd8 29. axb5 axb5 30. Qc3 $1 {White wins a
pawn.} Bb6 31. Qxe5 f6 32. Qc3 c4 33. Kf2 Bxe3+ 34. Kxe3 Qc5+ 35. Qd4 Qg5+ 36.
Kf2 Qc1 37. Qc3 h5 38. Kg3 Kf7 39. b3 g5 40. bxc4 Qf4+ 41. Kf2 b4 42. Qxb4 Qxh2
43. c5 g4 44. Qb3+ Kg7 45. fxg4 h4 46. Qe3 Qe5 47. c6 Kg6 48. Ke1 Qa5+ 49. Kf2
Qe5 50. Kg1 Kg7 51. g5 fxg5 52. c7 Qa1+ 53. Kf2 Qf6+ 54. Ke1 {Top: Geller and
Spassky 4 1/2, Botvinnik and Smyslov 4.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 e5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Re1
exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. Bf1 Ng4 11. h3 Qf6 12. hxg4 Qxd4 13. g5 Nd7 14. Bf4 Qxd1
15. Raxd1 Be5 16. Be3 ({After} 16. Bxe5 dxe5 {black's knight will jump via c5
and e6 to d4 (Simagin).}) 16... Nc5 17. f3 a5 (17... Be6 {was played in
Smyslov-Geller, Zürich 1953).}) 18. Rc1 a4 19. Rc2 Be6 20. a3 f6 21. gxf6 Bxf6
22. Rd1 Be5 23. Ne2 Rad8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 Bb4 5. e5 Ne7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 b6 8. cxd5
Qxd5 9. Nf3 c5 10. c4 Qe4+ 11. Be2 Nbc6 12. dxc5 Nxe5 13. Bb2 Nxf3+ 14. gxf3
Qc6 15. Rg1 Qxc5 16. Bxg7 Rg8 17. Rg3 Nf5 18. Bf6 Qa5+ 19. Kf1 Nxg3+ 20. fxg3
Bb7 (20... Ba6 21. Qc2 Qf5 {is better.}) 21. Bd3 Qh5 22. Qa4+ b5 23. Qxb5+ Qxb5
24. cxb5 Bxf3 25. Bxh7 Rg4 26. Rc1 Ra4 27. Rc7 Be4 (27... Rxa3 {takes a pawn.})
28. Bxe4 Rxe4 29. h4 Kf8 30. Kg2 Kg8 31. h5 Ra4 32. Bb2 Re8 33. Rc5 Kh7 34. Kh3
f5 35. Rc7+ Kh6 36. Bc1+ Kxh5 37. Rg7 Rg4 38. Rxa7 Rc8 39. Bf4 Rc3 40. Be5 Rb3
(40... Re3 41. Bd6 e5 {is missed.}) 41. Rh7+ Kg6 42. Rg7+ Kh6 43. Rxg4 fxg4+
44. Kxg4 Rxb5 45. Kf4 Kg6 46. Ke4 Rc5 47. Bd6 Rc4+ 48. Ke5 Kf7 49. Bb4 Rg4 50.
Kd6 Kf6 51. Kc5 Ke7 52. Kc6+ Kf6 53. Kc5 Ke5 54. a4 Rg8 55. a5 Rc8+ 56. Kb5 Kd5
57. Be7 {Viktor was not so 'terrible' this day.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Kan, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nf3 e4 3. Nd4 Nc6 4. Nxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. e3 Bd6 7. d4 exd3 8.
Bxd3 {White will take advantage of his majority on the king's side.} Qe7 9. Qc2
Be6 10. b3 O-O-O 11. Bb2 h5 12. O-O-O h4 13. h3 Nd7 14. Bf5 Rde8 15. Bxe6 Qxe6
16. Ne2 Rh5 $6 ({Botvinnik prefers} 16... c5 $1) 17. Nd4 Qe4 18. Qxe4 Rxe4 19.
Nf3 g6 20. Rhe1 Nc5 21. Kc2 a5 22. Rd4 f5 23. Re2 g5 24. Rxe4 Nxe4 25. Nd2 Nxd2
26. Kxd2 Rh6 27. e4 Bf4+ 28. Ke1 fxe4 29. Rxe4 c5 30. Bc3 {White steadily
improves his game by exchanges and manoeuvres.} a4 $2 ({The neutral} 30... Kd7
{does not ruin black's position.}) 31. bxa4 Rb6 32. Ke2 Kd7 33. Kd3 Rb1 34. Re1
Rb6 35. Kc2 Rg6 36. Re4 Rd6 37. Re1 Rg6 38. Re2 b6 39. Re4 Rd6 40. Re1 Rg6 41.
Re4 Rd6 42. a3 $1 Rg6 43. a5 Rg8 ({Botvinnik analyses} 43... bxa5 44. Bxa5 Ra6
45. Bd2 Bxd2 46. Kxd2 Rxa3 {(the point of 42.a3)} 47. Rg4) 44. a4 $1 Rf8 45.
Re2 bxa5 46. Kd3 Rd8 47. Re4 Kc6+ 48. Ke2 Kb6 49. Re6+ c6 50. Re7 Ka6 51. Re4
Kb6 52. Re6 Kb7 53. Re7+ Ka6 54. Re4 Kb6 55. Be1 $1 Bc1 56. g3 $1 hxg3 ({The
crucial variation is} 56... Rd4 $5 57. Rg4 $1 hxg3 58. fxg3 Rxg4 59. hxg4 Ba3
60. Bd2 Bb4 61. Bxg5 $18) 57. fxg3 Rh8 58. h4 gxh4 59. gxh4 Bb2 60. Bd2 Bd4 61.
Kf3 Bb2 62. Bg5 Rf8+ 63. Rf4 Rg8 64. Rf5 Bd4 65. h5 Kc7 66. h6 Kd7 67. Kg4 Ke6
68. Rf4 Rb8 69. Re4+ Kf7 70. Re7+ Kg8 71. Kf5 Rf8+ 72. Kg6 Kh8 73. Rh7+ Kg8 74.
Rd7 Kh8 75. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 Ne4 7. Bd3 Nxc3 8. bxc3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. e4 Qc7 12. Qe2 b6 13. Be3 Bb7 14. Bd3 Rfd8 15.
Rfd1 Na5 16. a4 Rac8 17. Ra2 cxd4 18. cxd4 Bb4 19. Rc2 Qe7 20. Rdc1 Ba3 21.
Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. Qc2 Bb7 24. Ne5 Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E59"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Bd3 e5 12. Qc2 Bg4 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5
Qxe5 15. f3 Bd7 16. Re1 Ba4 17. Qb2 Rad8 18. Bf1 b6 19. c4 Qe6 20. Qc3 Nd7 21.
Bb2 f6 22. Rac1 Ne5 23. f4 Nc6 24. Be2 Ne7 25. Bf3 Rd6 26. e4 Rd4 27. e5 f5 28.
Qe3 Rd7 29. h3 Rfd8 30. Kh2 Bc6 31. Be2 Kf8 32. Qg3 Ba4 33. Bc3 h6 34. Qh4 Kg8
35. Qh5 Bc6 36. Bf1 Ng6 37. g3 Ne7 38. Rcd1 Bb7 $1 39. Rxd7 Rxd7 40. Qe8+ $4 (
40. Qe2 Qc6 41. Bg2 {defends the long diagonal.}) 40... Kh7 41. Re2 (41. Be2
Qc6 42. Rg1 Qe4 43. Bf1 Rd1 $1 44. Bg2 Qe2 $19) 41... Rd3 $1 {Black invades a
helpless position.} 42. Rd2 $5 ({Drastically loses} 42. Be1 Bc6 43. Qf8 Qxc4 $1
44. Qxe7 Re3 $1 45. Rf2 Rxe1 $1) (42. Rc2 Rd1 43. Bg2 Bxg2 44. Rxg2 Qxc4 45.
Qxe7 Qf1 $19) 42... Bc6 $1 (42... Rxc3 $4 43. Rd6 {turns the tables.}) 43. Qf8
Rxd2+ 44. Bxd2 Qd7 45. Bc3 Qd1 46. e6 Qc2+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ilivitzki, Georgi"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E45"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ba6 6. Nf4 O-O 7. Bd3 c5 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Qc7 11. Qf3 Nc6 12. c5 Bxd3 13. Nxd3 Na5 14. Bf4 Qc6
15. Qxc6 dxc6 16. Bd6 Rfc8 17. f3 Nc4 18. Bg3 Nd5 19. Rfc1 Na3 20. Nb4 f6 21.
Kf2 bxc5 22. Nxd5 cxd5 23. Bd6 Nc4 24. Bxc5 Nb2 25. Ke3 Na4 26. c4 Nxc5 27.
dxc5 Rxc5 28. cxd5 Rxd5 29. Rc7 Ra5 30. a4 Rb8 31. Rd1 Rb3+ {A dramatic finale
begins.} 32. Kf4 $2 Rf5+ $2 (32... Rxa4+ {wins a pawn.}) 33. Kg3 Rg5+ 34. Kh3
h6 35. Rxa7 Rb2 36. g4 h5 37. Rd3 f5 $4 38. Kh4 Rg6 39. Rd8+ Kh7 40. Raa8 Rh6
41. g5 {Poor Paul loses a rook or is mated.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B63"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 h6 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. O-O-O a6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. f4 Qa5 12. Bc4 Be7 13. Rhe1 Rb8 14. Qd3
Kf8 15. Bb3 Qc5 16. Qf3 a5 17. e5 $5 d5 18. f5 $5 exf5 19. Qh5 Be6 {Simagin is
obsessed by the attack.} 20. g4 $2 {Petrosian responds accurately.} ({The
retreat} 20. Qe2 {is necessary.}) 20... fxg4 21. exf6 Bxf6 22. Ne4 Qe7 23. Nxf6
Qxf6 24. Re5 Rg8 25. Rde1 Rg5 26. Qh4 Qf4+ 27. R5e3 Re5 28. Qg3 Qxg3 29. hxg3
Rxe3 30. Rxe3 Ke7 31. Re2 h5 32. Rh2 Rh8 33. Kd2 Kd6 34. Ke3 Ke5 35. c3 c5 36.
Re2 Bf5 37. Kf2+ Be4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Shcherbakov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nge2 O-O 6. Bg5 c6 7. Qd2 b5 8. cxb5
cxb5 9. a3 Nc6 10. g3 Na5 11. Qc2 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. b4 Nc6 14. Nd5 Bd7 15.
Nxf6+ exf6 16. Bg2 a5 17. O-O axb4 18. axb4 Qb6 19. Qd2 Kg7 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21.
e5 dxe5 $2 ({The strong defence} 21... Re8 $1 22. exf6+ Kxf6 23. d5 Nxb4 $1 {
is missed.}) 22. dxe5 Rd8 23. exf6+ Kh7 24. Qe3 Qxe3 25. fxe3 Nxb4 26. Rd1 Nc2
27. Bc6 Bxc6 28. Rxd8 Nxe3 29. Nd4 Bd5 30. Nxb5 g5 31. Nc7 Bc4 32. Rd4 Ba2 33.
Ra4 Bb1 34. Kf2 Nf5 35. Nd5 Kg6 36. Ra6 g4 37. Ne7+ Kg5 38. Nxf5 Bxf5 39. Ke3
Kg6 40. Kf4 Be6 41. Ke5 Bf5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Bb5 Qa5+ 7. Nc3 e6 8. Be3
Nge7 $1 {The weak centre pawn will be assaulted and conquered.} 9. Bd2 $5 ({
The less ambitious} 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 a6 {will be played in Ciric-Vukic,
Sarajevo 1967.}) 9... Qc7 10. Be2 $5 a6 ({Black avoids} 10... Bxf3 11. Nb5 $1
Qxe5 12. Nd6+ Kd7 13. gxf3) 11. O-O Ng6 12. Na4 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Ncxe5 14. Nb6 Rd8
15. b4 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Bd6 $1 {The development is completed in a remarkable way.
} 17. g3 O-O 18. Rad1 $6 ({A plus gains} 18. c4 $1 dxc4 19. Nxc4 Ne5 20. Nxe5
Bxe5 21. Rad1) 18... Qc6 $1 19. c4 Bc7 20. cxd5 exd5 21. Bc3 Bxb6 22. cxb6 Rfe8
23. Rd3 $6 ({The blockade} 23. Bd4 {forestalls great difficulties.}) 23... Ne5
24. Bxe5 Rxe5 {Is White able to survive despite his weaknesses?} 25. Rfd1 ({An
excellent defence is} 25. Qf4 $1 f6 26. Qd4 Rd6 27. a3 $1 Qxb6 28. Qxb6 Rxb6
29. f4 Rh5 30. Kg2 $1 Rc6 31. Rf2 {Probably White will regain the pawn.}) 25...
Qxb6 26. Rxd5 Rexd5 27. Rxd5 Rxd5 28. Qxd5 Qxb4 29. Qd8+ Qf8 30. Qc7 Qa8 {
Black has won a pawn.} 31. h4 ({A blockade by} 31. Qb6 Qc8 32. a4 {fails due to
} Qc1+ 33. Kg2 Qc6+) 31... b5 32. Qb6 Qc8 33. Kg2 h5 34. a3 g6 35. Kh2 Qf5 36.
Kg2 Qe4+ 37. Kg1 Qe6 38. Qd8+ Kg7 39. Qa5 Qc6 40. Kf1 Kf6 41. Ke2 Ke6 42. Kf1
Kd7 43. Kg1 Kc8 44. Qb4 Qd5 45. Qa5 Qd6 46. Qc3+ Kb8 47. Qe3 f5 48. Qc3 Kb7 49.
Qa5 f4 50. gxf4 Qd1+ 51. Kh2 Qe2 52. Kg2 Qg4+ 53. Kf1 Qxh4 54. Qb4 Qh3+ 55. Kg1
Qg4+ 56. Kh2 Qe6 57. Qc5 Qf6 58. Qb4 Kc6 59. Kg1 Qd6 60. Qe4+ Kb6 61. Kh2 a5
62. Qe3+ Ka6 63. Kh3 b4 64. a4 Kb7 65. Qe4+ Kc7 66. Qa8 Qe6+ 67. Kh2 Qb6 68.
Kg1 Qc5 69. Qg8 Qf5 70. Qc4+ Kd6 71. Qa6+ Ke7 72. Qa7+ Kf8 73. Qa8+ Kg7 74.
Qa7+ Kh6 75. Qb8 Qf6 76. Kg2 h4 77. Kh3 Kh5 78. Qc7 $2 Qc3+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 b6 6. Nf3 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. Na4
cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Re1 d6 11. b4 Nbd7 12. Bb2 Re8 13. Nc3 Rc8 14. Nd2 Qc7 15.
a4 e5 $2 ({The correct advance in the centre is} 15... d5 $1 16. c5 a5 17. Nb5
Qb8 $1) 16. d5 a5 17. Nb5 Qd8 18. bxa5 bxa5 19. Nb3 Nc5 20. Nxc5 Rxc5 21. Rb1
Rc8 22. Bc3 Nd7 $2 (22... Rb8 23. Qd2 {only loses pawn a5.}) 23. Nxd6 Bxd6 24.
Rxb7 e4 25. Qg4 Nf6 26. Bxf6 Qxf6 27. Rxe4 Qa1+ 28. Rb1 Qxa4 {Taimanov ends
the game in an enjoyable way.} 29. c5 $1 Qa3 30. Qe2 Rxe4 31. Qxe4 Qxc5 32.
Qxh7+ Kf8 33. Re1 f6 34. Bf5 Qc1 35. Rf1 Rc5 36. Be6 Qh6 37. Qg8+ Ke7 38. Qf7+
Kd8 39. Qd7# {Top: Geller, Botvinnik and Smyslov 5, Petrosian and Spassky 4 1/
2.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nc3 Nb6 7. Bf4 Bf5 8.
Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. Rfe1 O-O 12. Ng5 h6 13. Nge4 Nbd5 14. Nxf6+
Bxf6 15. Be5 Bxe5 16. Rxe5 Qb6 17. Na4 Qb4 18. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O Nd4 $5 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. e3 Qc7 8.
d3 dxe3 $6 (8... Bc5 $1 9. exd4 Bxd4 {keeps square d4 occupied.}) 9. Bxe3 Be7
10. Nc3 O-O 11. Nb5 Qb8 12. Qa4 a6 13. Nc3 b5 $1 14. cxb5 Bb7 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16.
bxa6 Rxa6 17. Qb5 Qa8 18. d4 Ng4 $5 ({Logical moves are} 18... Rb8 $1 19. Qe2
Rab6 20. Rab1 d5 {The restriction of the queen's side continues.}) 19. Qe2 (19.
Qxd7 $1 Bb4 20. Qb5 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Rxa2 22. Rxa2 Qxa2 {makes sense.}) 19... f5
20. Bd2 Rb6 21. b3 Ba3 22. Bc1 Bb4 23. Na4 Rc6 24. Bb2 (24. d5 exd5 25. Bb2 {
(Suetin).}) 24... Nf6 25. Rac1 {Black has sufficient compensation for the pawn.
} f4 $1 {Boris treats the patriarch as his equal.} 26. Rxc6 Qxc6 27. f3 h5 28.
Bc1 Bd6 29. gxf4 Nd5 30. Nc5 $6 ({Suetin prefers} 30. Kh1) 30... Bxc5 31. dxc5
Qxc5+ 32. Qf2 Qa5 33. Kh1 Nxf4 34. Bxf4 Rxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c4 c6 6. d4 O-O 7. Ne5 dxc4 8. Nxc4
Be6 9. Qd3 Na6 10. Rd1 Qc8 $6 ({Strong is} 10... Nb4 $1 11. Qc3 c5 12. Bxb7 $2
Rb8 13. Bg2 {(Simagin)} cxd4 14. Rxd4 Nfd5) 11. e4 Rd8 12. Qe2 Nc7 13. Nc3 Bh3
14. Bh1 Ng4 $6 (14... Qe6 $1 {forestalls the next move.}) 15. d5 $1 Nb5 16.
Nxb5 cxb5 17. Ne3 Nxe3 18. Bxe3 Qc4 19. Qd2 Rdc8 20. Rdc1 Qa4 21. Bc5 Rc7 22.
b3 Qa6 23. Bb4 $1 (23. Bd4 Rxc1+ 24. Rxc1 Bxd4 25. Qxd4 Qxa2 {costs a pawn 
(Simagin).}) 23... Rac8 24. Rxc7 Rxc7 25. Re1 Be5 26. Bg2 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Qf6 $2
({More resistance offers} 27... Bd6 28. Bxd6 Qxd6 29. Rc1 Rc5) 28. Rc1 Rxc1 29.
Qxc1 g5 30. h4 $2 ({Correct is} 30. f3 $1) 30... h6 $2 ({Geller's plan} 30...
gxh4 31. Qc8+ Kg7 32. Qg4+ Kf8 33. f4 {is refuted by} hxg3 $1) 31. hxg5 hxg5
32. Bd2 Qg6 33. Qc8+ Kg7 34. Qg4 f6 35. Bb4 Kf8 36. f3 Qe8 37. Qe6 Qd8 {A
'petite combinaison' decides the game.} 38. f4 gxf4 39. gxf4 Bd6 ({The point is
} 39... Bxf4 40. Qxf6+) 40. Bxd6 exd6 41. Kf3 Kg7 42. Kg4 b4 (42... b4 43. Kf5
a5 44. e5 dxe5 45. fxe5 fxe5 46. Qxe5+ Kh7 47. d6 {is simple.  Simagin took
the lead by two wins. After six losses, he dropped to the last place.}) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kan, Ilia"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Bc6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8.
Bf4 O-O 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Be2 e6 11. O-O Nb6 12. Qb3 Qe7 13. Ne5 Be8 14. Bf3 c6
15. Rac1 Nfd5 16. Bg3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 f6 18. Nd3 Bf7 19. Qb4 Qxb4 20. cxb4 e5 21.
dxe5 fxe5 22. a3 Nc4 $2 {The first of many mistakes is made in this endgame.} (
{Correct is} 22... Bc4 23. Rfd1 Bxd3 24. Rxd3 a5 $1) 23. Nc5 e4 24. Nxe4 Bb2
25. Rc2 Bxa3 26. Rb1 Bd5 27. Nd2 b5 28. Nxc4 bxc4 29. Ra2 a5 30. b5 Bxf3 31.
gxf3 cxb5 32. Rxa3 b4 33. Raa1 c3 34. Be5 Rfc8 35. Kf1 c2 36. Rc1 a4 37. Bd6 b3
38. Ba3 Rcb8 39. Bb2 a3 40. Rxa3 Rxa3 41. Bxa3 Ra8 42. Bb2 Ra2 43. Bc3 b2 44.
Bxb2 Rxb2 45. Ke2 g5 46. Kd2 Rb4 47. Kxc2 Rh4 48. Rg1 h6 49. Rg2 Kf7 50. Kd3
Kf6 51. Ke2 Rh3 52. e4 h5 53. Ke3 Rh4 54. Kd3 Rh3 55. Ke2 Rh4 56. Kf1 Rf4 57.
Ke2 Rh4 58. Kf1 Rf4 59. Rg3 h4 $2 {The last error.} (59... Rh4 60. h3 Rf4 61.
Ke2 Rh4 62. Ke3 Rf4 {gives a simple draw.}) 60. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3
Ne4 9. Qc2 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 d6 11. Bd3 f5 12. d5 $1 ({The quiet} 12. O-O {was
played in Gligoric-Taimanov, Zürich 1953.}) 12... exd5 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. Nd4
Nd7 15. f3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Qf6 {The pawn is returned right away in order to
complete the development.} 17. Bxf5 O-O-O 18. Qa4 a5 19. Kf2 h5 $6 (19... Qf7
20. e4 Bb7 {is stronger.}) 20. Rab1 $6 (20. e4 Bb7 21. Ne6 {follows later.})
20... h4 $2 ({Better is} 20... Bb7 21. e4 d5 $1 22. Ne6 dxe4 23. fxe4 (23. Nxd8
$6 e3+)) 21. e4 Bb7 22. gxh4 gxh4 23. Ne6 $1 {White seems to win at once.} Ne5
$2 ({Keres analyses} 23... Qxc3 $1 24. Qd1 $1 {plays for a win.} (24. Rhc1 Qd2+
25. Kg1 h3 $1 26. Rxc7+ Kb8 27. Rxb7+ Ka8 $1 28. Bxh3 Qe3+ 29. Kh2 Rxh3+ $1 {
leads to an incredible escape})) 24. Qd4 Rdg8 $2 (24... Qe7 {only loses the
exchange.}) 25. Nxc7+ Kb8 26. Qxb6 Nd3+ 27. Kf1 Nb4 28. Rxb4 axb4 29. Nb5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be3 c5 9. d5 e6 10. Be2 exd5 11. exd5 Qb6 12. O-O Bf5 13. Nh4 Bd7 14. a3 Ne8
15. b4 Nd6 16. Qb3 Rfe8 17. Rac1 $2 {The poor game has a highlight.} c4 $1 18.
Qc2 Rxe3 $1 19. fxe3 Qxe3+ 20. Kh1 Re8 21. Rfe1 Nc7 $2 ({Black overcomes by} 
21... Qf2 22. Nf3 Bxc3 {At the end he wins the game anyway.}) 22. h3 Qf4 23.
Nf3 Nf5 24. Bf1 Ng3+ 25. Kg1 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Nxf1 27. Kxf1 Bxh3 28. Qe4 Qg3 29.
gxh3 Bxc3 30. d6 $2 Bxe1 31. Nxe1 Qxd6 32. Qxc4 Ne6 33. Qe4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Black "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 c6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. O-O Na6 8. d3 b5
9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Rc1 Nd7 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. d4 Nf6 13. c5 Nc7 14. a3 a5 15. Qc2
a4 16. b4 Bc8 17. Ne5 Ra6 18. Qb2 Be6 19. h3 h5 20. Kh2 Nd7 21. f4 f6 22. Nef3
Rh8 23. Nh4 Bf7 24. Rce1 Ra7 25. Qc2 Nf8 26. Qd3 Qd7 27. Nb1 Ra8 28. Nc3 Rd8
29. e3 Rh7 30. Rf2 Kg8 31. Kg1 Rg7 32. Ref1 Nh7 33. Kh2 Nf8 34. Rg1 Qe8 35. Bf1
e5 36. fxe5 fxe5 37. dxe5 Nd7 38. Nf3 g5 39. Ne2 g4 40. Nh4 Nxe5 41. Qc3 Bg6
42. Nd4 Ne6 43. Ndf5 Bxf5 44. Qxe5 Be4 45. Rf6 Ng5 {Lisitsin could not break
the defence.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Ilivitzki, Georgi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D93"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 g6 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Rc1 e6 8. h3 b6
9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Qe7 11. Qb3 Rc8 12. Rfd1 Nbd7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. a4 Bf8 15.
a5 b5 16. Nxb5 $5 cxb5 17. Qxb5 Qb4 18. a6 Qxb5 19. Bxb5 Rxc1 $1 20. Rxc1 Rc8
21. Rxc8 Bxc8 22. Ne5 $1 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Bd7 24. Bd3 Ne8 25. Bb8 Bc8 26. Be2 Bb4
27. Bf3 Nf6 28. Be2 Ne8 29. Bf3 {White has made the positional sacrifice of a
piece for two pawns. He threatens to win a third pawn. Therefore, Black has to
protect the e-pawn.} Be6 30. Be2 Bc8 {It ends with a positional draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. b3 Re8 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. Qe2 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Nd5
15. Rac1 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Nb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shcherbakov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C94"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d3 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 a5 12. Nf1 a4 13. Bc2 Re8 14. Ne3 Bf8 15.
Nf5 Nc5 16. Ng3 g6 17. d4 Ncd7 18. Bg5 h6 19. Be3 c5 20. Nh2 cxd4 21. cxd4 d5
22. Ng4 Nxg4 23. hxg4 Qh4 24. exd5 Nf6 25. dxe5 Rxe5 26. Bd4 Bxg4 27. Qd3 Rxe1+
28. Rxe1 Bd7 {The players fight for the initiative. Shcherbakov sees a great
attack.} 29. Re6 $2 fxe6 30. Qxg6+ Bg7 31. Ne4 Rf8 32. g3 {Does it become an
evergreen? No, Furman finds a refutation.} Qxe4 $1 33. Bxe4 Be8 34. dxe6 Bxg6
35. Bxg6 Rc8 {Top: Geller 6, Botvinnik and Smyslov 5 1/2.} 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C15"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd3 dxe4 5. Bxe4 Nf6 6. Bd3 c5 7. dxc5 Nbd7 8.
Bd2 Nxc5 9. Bb5+ Ncd7 10. Nf3 a6 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O b6 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Qe2 Bb7
15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Bg5 Rfe8 17. c4 Rad8 18. Rfe1 h6 19. Nxf6+ Nxf6 20. Bh4 Bb4
21. Rf1 Qc6 22. Bc2 Be7 23. Bxf6 $6 Bxf6 24. b3 g6 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rd1 Rxd1+
27. Bxd1 e5 28. Ne1 e4 29. Nc2 Qd6 30. Ne3 Qd4 31. Nd5 Bg5 32. g3 f5 33. h4 Bd8
34. Bc2 Kf7 35. Qd1 Qxd1+ 36. Bxd1 {Botvinnik has reached his favourite
endgame with the advantage of two bishops.} Ke6 37. Nf4+ Kf6 38. Kf1 g5 39.
hxg5+ hxg5 40. Nd5+ Ke5 41. a4 Kd4 42. Be2 Bc8 43. Kg2 Bd7 44. Kf1 Be8 45. Kg1
Bf7 {White's king must support the bishop.} 46. Kg2 $2 ({Correct is} 46. Kf1 $1
Be6 $1 {Zugzwang.} 47. Ke1 b5 $1 48. axb5 axb5 49. Kf1 bxc4 50. bxc4 Ba5 51.
Kg2 Bd2 52. Kf1 f4 53. gxf4 gxf4 54. f3 $1 {White holds out.}) 46... a5 $1 47.
Kf1 f4 48. gxf4 gxf4 49. Nxf4 Kc3 50. Bd1 Kd2 51. Bg4 Kc2 $1 52. Be6 ({The
last try is} 52. Ne6 $1 Be7 $1 53. Nd4+ Kc3 54. Nc6 Bc5) 52... Bxe6 53. Nxe6
Be7 54. Nd4+ Kc3 55. Nf5 Bf8 56. Ng3 Kxb3 57. Ke2 Kxa4 58. Nxe4 Kb3 59. Kd3 a4
60. Nd2+ Kb2 61. c5 b5 62. c6 Bd6 63. Ne4 Bb8 64. Nc3 a3 65. f4 Bxf4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D50"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Be7 7. e4 Nc6 8.
Qe3 Nb4 $6 (8... Nxd5 9. exd5 Bxg5 10. f4 {(Flohr-Furman, Kiev 1954).}) 9. Bb5+
Bd7 10. Bxd7+ $6 (10. Qe2 Bxb5 11. Qxb5+ Nd7 12. Qxb4 {(Zak).}) 10... Qxd7 11.
Qd2 exd5 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. exd5 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 $2 ({White has to accept the
weakening} 14. bxc3 Nxd5 15. Ne2) 14... Nxd5 15. Qe5+ (15. Qxg7 O-O-O 16. Ne2
Rhe8 17. Rc1+ Kb8 18. Rd1 Rxe2+ $1 19. Kxe2 Re8+ $19) 15... Kf8 16. Ne2 Re8 17.
Qg5 f6 18. Qd2 Qb5 19. Kf1 Kf7 20. h4 Re5 21. Rh3 Rhe8 22. Re1 {The pins are
killing White.} Qc4 23. b3 Qg4 24. Rd3 Nf4 25. Nxf4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Shcherbakov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. d4 c5 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. O-O
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Nc3 Qa5 11. e3 Rac8 12. Re1 h5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Bg4
15. Qc1 h4 16. Bc3 Qd8 17. Qb2 Ne5 18. Qd2 Qd7 19. f4 Nc6 20. Nb5 Qf5 $2 21.
Bg2 $2 (21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Nxa7 Nxa7 23. Qd4+ {wins a pawn.}) 21... a6 22. Bxg7
Kxg7 23. Nd4 Qd7 24. Nxc6 bxc6 25. c5 d5 26. Qd4+ f6 27. e4 hxg3 28. hxg3 Bh3
29. Bf3 Bg4 30. Bg2 Bh3 31. Bf3 Bg4 32. Bg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
Bg2 d6 9. Nd4 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O O-O 12. Bf4 Nxd4 $6 13. Qxd4 Be6 14.
Rfd1 Re8 15. Be5 Qa5 16. Qd2 Qa6 17. Qd3 Qa5 $5 {Exchange leads to a passive
endgame.} 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Rad8 20. e4 Bxd5 21. exd5 Bb4 22. Bf4 Bd6 23.
Bd2 Qa4 24. Bc3 Qg4 25. Kg2 h5 26. Qf3 Re7 27. Re1 $6 (27. Rd4 Qxf3+ 28. Kxf3 {
brings a desirable endgame.}) 27... Red7 28. Rad1 Qxf3+ 29. Kxf3 Bf8 30. Ke4 g6
31. Kf3 Bg7 32. Bxg7 Kxg7 33. Re5 Kf6 34. Ke4 Rc8 35. Rd2 Rc4+ 36. Kd3 Ra4 37.
f4 Rxa2 38. Kc4 Ra4+ 39. Kb5 Ra1 40. d6 Ra6 41. Red5 Rc6 42. h3 Ke6 43. Re5+
Kf6 44. Red5 Ke6 45. Re5+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ilivitzki, Georgi"]
[Black "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 d4 5. O-O c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. exd4 cxd4 8. d3
Bd6 9. Re1 O-O 10. a3 a5 11. b3 e5 12. Qc2 Nd7 13. Nbd2 f5 14. Bb2 Nc5 15. Rab1
Qf6 16. Ba1 Kh8 17. b4 $2 axb4 18. axb4 Rxa1 $1 19. bxc5 (19. Rxa1 $2 Nxb4 20.
Qb1 Nbxd3 {is horrible.}) 19... Rxb1 20. Qxb1 Bxc5 21. Qb5 Bd6 22. Ra1 Qe7 23.
Re1 Bd7 24. Qb6 Bc5 25. Qb1 Bb4 26. Re2 Be8 27. Ne1 Bh5 28. Bf3 Bxf3 29. Ndxf3
Bxe1 30. Rxe1 Re8 31. Qb5 g6 32. Qb6 Qd7 $2 (32... Kg8 {loses no pawn.}) 33.
Nxe5 $1 Nxe5 34. Rxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Nge7 7. Rb1 O-O 8. b4
Bf5 9. d3 Qd7 10. b5 Nd8 11. Re1 h6 12. Qc2 Bh3 13. Bxh3 Qxh3 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15.
cxd5 Qd7 16. Bd2 f5 17. Rec1 Rf7 18. Rb4 a5 19. bxa6 Rxa6 20. Qb3 c5 21. Rb6
Rxb6 22. Qxb6 e4 23. Ne1 Re7 24. Be3 Nf7 25. dxe4 fxe4 26. Ng2 Qf5 27. Rd1 g5
28. a4 Rd7 29. a5 $2 Ne5 30. a6 $2 {Korchnoi neglects the king's side.} bxa6
31. Qxa6 Qh3 $1 32. Qc8+ Bf8 33. Rc1 Ng4 34. Kf1 Nxe3+ 35. fxe3 Rf7+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. Bd3 e5 5. Na3 Nf6 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. f3 {Simagin makes some odd moves in the opening.} Qe7 10. Qe2 Nc5
11. Bc2 a5 12. Qf2 Ne6 13. Ne2 b6 14. Nc1 Rd8 15. Nd3 Nh5 16. g3 Ba6 17. O-O-O
Rd6 18. f4 $6 {Doubling the rooks on the d-file is less compromising.} exf4 19.
Nxf4 Nexf4 $6 (19... Nhxf4 20. gxf4 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Bxc3 {wins a pawn (Simagin).
} {Then} 22. f5 Nf8 23. h4 {counters.}) 20. gxf4 Rxd1+ 21. Bxd1 Nf6 22. e5 Ne4
23. Qg2 Rb8 24. Nc2 Nc5 25. Bf3 Nd3+ 26. Kb1 c5 27. h4 $1 b5 28. h5 b4 29. hxg6
hxg6 30. cxb4 axb4 31. Bd5 Bb7 32. Bxb7 Qxb7 33. Qxb7 Rxb7 34. Ne1 c4 35. Nxd3
cxd3 36. Rc1 g5 37. fxg5 b3 38. axb3 Bxe5 39. Rc5 Bg7 40. Rd5 Rxb3 41. Bc1 Kh7
42. Ka2 d2 43. Rxd2 Rb5 44. Rg2 Kg6 45. Ka3 Bf8+ 46. Ka4 Rb4+ 47. Ka5 Rc4 48.
Be3 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D50"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Be7 7. e4 Nc6 8.
Qd2 Nxe4 $5 9. Nxe4 exd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Qxd5 O-O $1 12. f3 Nb4 13. Qd6 (13.
Qc5 {(Gligoric-Wade, Belgrade 1954).}) (13. Qc4 Be6 14. Qe2 Bxa2 {is very
risky.}) 13... Qxd6 14. Nxd6 Nc2+ 15. Kd2 Nxa1 16. Bd3 Rd8 17. Ne4 {White
threatens to win Na1 in two moves.} Rxd3+ $1 18. Kxd3 b6 $2 (18... Be6 $1 19.
Ne2 Rd8+ 20. Kc3 Rc8+ 21. Kd2 Rd8+ $1 (21... Nc2 $2 22. Rc1 Nb4 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8
24. Nd6 {and White wins a pawn (Estrin)}) 22. Kc3 $11 ({Note} 22. Kc1 $2 Bxa2))
19. Nh3 Bxh3 ({No relief brings} 19... Ba6+ 20. Kd2 Rd8+ 21. Kc1 Bd3 22. Nf4
Rc8+ 23. Nc3 {(Estrin).}) 20. gxh3 Rd8+ 21. Kc3 f5 22. Ng3 Rc8+ 23. Kd2 Rc2+
24. Kd3 Rxb2 25. Rxa1 Rxh2 26. Nxf5 Rxh3 27. Ke4 g6 28. Nd4 Rh5 29. Nc6 Rh4+
30. Ke5 Rh3 31. f4 Rh5+ 32. Ke4 a6 33. Rd1 Rh2 34. Ke5 Rc2 35. Nb4 Rc5+ 36. Rd5
a5 37. Rxc5 bxc5 38. Nd5 Kf7 39. Nf6 c4 40. Ne4 h5 41. Nd6+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Kan, Ilia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B49"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Be3 b5 9. a3 Bb7 {So far, it is Kan-Flohr (Moscow 1935).} 10. Kh1 Be7 11. f4 d6
12. Bf3 O-O 13. Qe1 Nd7 14. Qg3 Bf6 15. Nde2 Nb6 16. Rad1 Nc4 17. Bc1 b4 18. e5
dxe5 19. Ne4 Be7 20. fxe5 Rad8 21. b3 $5 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 {White sacrifices a
pawn for an attack.} Nb6 $6 (22... Rd8 $2 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Bh6 {loses
directly (Kan).}) (22... Nxa3 $5 23. Nd6 $1 Rd8 24. Bb2 Nb5 25. Nf4 {continues
consequent play.}) 23. Nf6+ $5 ({An assault without a sacrifice starts} 23. Nd6
$1 Rd8 24. Bxc6 Qxc6 25. Nd4 Qc7 26. Bh6) 23... Bxf6 24. exf6 Qxg3 25. Nxg3
bxa3 26. Bxa3 Rd8 27. Rxd8+ Nxd8 28. Ne4 e5 29. fxg7 $5 ({White keeps an
endgame advantage by} 29. Be7 $1 Ne6 30. fxg7 Bxe4 31. Bxe4 Kxg7 {(Kan).})
29... Kxg7 30. Be7 Nc6 31. Nc5 Nxe7 32. Nxb7 Ned5 33. Be2 Nc7 34. c4 f5 35. Kg1
Kf6 36. Kf2 Nd7 37. Ke3 Nb8 38. Na5 Ne6 39. g3 Nd4 40. Bf3 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A35"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 c5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. Nc2 $5 O-O 8.
O-O d6 9. Nc3 Ng4 $5 (9... Bd7 {is the natural move.}) 10. Bd2 Rb8 11. Qc1 a6
12. h3 Nf6 $5 (12... Nge5 13. b3 Re8 14. Kh2 {is also hyper modern.}) 13. Bh6
Bd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Nd5 b5 $2 ({Black should choose the classic advance} 
15... e5 $1) 16. Nxf6 $1 exf6 ({The weakness has to be accepted because of} 
16... Kxf6 $2 17. Qh6 $1 {(Sokolsky).}) 17. cxb5 Rxb5 18. Ne3 Qc8 19. h4 Ne5
20. b3 Be6 (20... Bc6 $1 21. Bxc6 Rc5 {reliefs pressure.}) 21. Rd1 Qb8 22. Qa3
$1 Rb6 23. Rd4 Rd8 24. Rad1 h5 25. Ra4 Qa7 26. Rd2 Rc8 $5 27. Rad4 (27. Rxd6
Ng4 28. Nxg4 Rxd6 29. Qxd6 Rc1+ 30. Kh2 {is also possible.}) 27... Rc3 28. Nd1
Rc5 29. Rxd6 Rxd6 30. Rxd6 Qc7 31. Rd2 $1 ({Sokolsky analyses} 31. Rxa6 $4 Rc1
32. Rd6 Qc2 $18 {and}) (31. Qxa6 $2 Ra5 $11) 31... a5 32. Ne3 Rc1+ 33. Kh2 Qc3
34. Rd8 Nd7 35. Qe7 Qe1 36. Nf1 {Attack and counterattack rage.} Qxf2 ({No
rescue brings} 36... Qb4 37. Rxd7 $1 Bxd7 38. Qxd7 Qe1 39. Qa7 Qxe2 40. Bd5 $1
Kh6 41. Qe3+ Qxe3 42. Nxe3) 37. Qe8 g5 38. Qh8+ Kg6 39. e4 {White will deliver
mate first.  Top: Botvinnik and Smyslov 6 1/2, Geller 6.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C70"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Na5 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 Nxb3 8.
axb3 Ne7 9. O-O Nc6 10. Qd5 Bb7 11. Ne5 Qe7 12. Bf4 Nd8 13. Qd2 Ne6 14. Bg3 d6
15. Nd3 Qd7 $1 ({Risk takes} 15... Bxe4 $6 16. Nc3 Bb7 17. Rfe1 {(Sokolsky).})
16. Nc3 Be7 17. f4 f5 18. exf5 Nd4 19. f6 gxf6 $6 (19... Bxf6 20. Rae1+ Kf7 {
is better.}) 20. Rae1 Nf5 21. Nb4 O-O-O 22. Ncd5 a5 23. Na2 Rde8 24. Nac3 Bd8
25. Ne4 Qf7 26. c4 b4 27. Bf2 Rhg8 28. Re2 h5 29. Ra1 Qg6 30. Bd4 $2 ({A great
final is} 30. Ng3 $1 Rxe2 31. Qxe2 h4 32. Qe6+ Kb8 33. Rxa5 c5 34. Rb5 hxg3 $6
35. Rxb7+ Kxb7 36. Qd7+ {and a perpetual.}) 30... Nxd4 31. Qxd4 f5 32. Nb6+
cxb6 33. Nxd6+ Kb8 34. Nxe8 Rxe8 35. Rd2 Bc7 36. Rad1 Rg8 37. Qf2 Bxg2 38. Qxg2
Qf7 39. Rd7 Rxg2+ 40. Kxg2 Qg6+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "219"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. e5 Ne8 8. Bf4
Nb6 9. h3 c6 10. Qc1 f6 11. exd6 exd6 12. Bd3 d5 13. Ne2 Nd6 14. Ng3 Be6 15. a4
a5 16. b3 Qd7 17. Qd2 Rfe8 18. Rfe1 Nf7 19. h4 Nc8 20. c4 dxc4 21. bxc4 Ncd6
22. Qc2 Bh6 $2 23. Bxg6 $1 Bxf4 24. Nh5 $1 Kh8 25. Nxf4 ({Botvinnik misses the
win} 25. Nxf6 Qe7 26. Nxe8 {(Simagin).}) 25... Bxc4 26. Bd3 $2 (26. Nh5 hxg6
27. Qxg6 $18) 26... Bxd3 27. Qxd3 Qg4 28. g3 Rad8 29. Rad1 Rg8 30. Kf1 Rde8 31.
Rxe8 Rxe8 32. Re1 Rxe1+ 33. Nxe1 Qf5 34. Nc2 Qxd3+ 35. Nxd3 b5 36. Nc5 Nc4 37.
Ke2 (37. d5 $1 cxd5 38. axb5 {is better.}) 37... Nfd6 38. Ne3 Nb6 39. Kd3 $2 ({
The cautious} 39. Nb3 Nb7 40. axb5 cxb5 41. Kd3 {draws.}) 39... bxa4 40. Kc2
Kg8 41. Ne6 Ne4 42. Nf5 Kf7 43. Nd8+ Kg6 44. g4 Nxf2 45. Ne7+ Kg7 46. Nf5+ Kf8
47. g5 fxg5 48. hxg5 Nc4 49. Nxc6 a3 $1 50. Kb1 Ne4 51. Ka1 Nc3 52. d5 a4 ({A
pawn grabs} 52... Nxd5 {(Simagin).}) 53. Nfd4 Nd2 54. Na5 Ke8 55. Nc2 a2 56.
Nc6 Nde4 57. Ne5 Nxg5 58. d6 Ne6 59. Kb2 Ne4 60. Nb4 Nxd6 61. Nd5 Ne4 62. Kxa2
Kf8 63. Ka3 N6c5 64. Nf4 Ke7 65. Ng4 Nc3 66. Kb4 N5e4 67. Nh5 Ke6 68. Ne3 Ke5
69. Ng2 Kf5 70. Ne3+ Ke5 71. Ng7 Kd4 72. Nc2+ Kd3 73. Ne1+ Kd2 74. Nf3+ Kc2 75.
Ne1+ Kb1 76. Nd3 Ka2 77. Nc1+ Kb2 78. Nd3+ Kc2 79. Ne1+ Kd2 80. Nf3+ Ke3 81.
Ne5 Kf4 82. Nd7 Kg5 83. Nf8 h6 84. Nge6+ Kf5 85. Ng7+ Kf6 86. Nh5+ Kf7 87. Nd7
Kg6 88. Nf4+ Kf5 89. Ng2 h5 90. Nh4+ Kg5 91. Nf3+ Kf4 92. Nh4 Kg4 93. Ng6 Nd5+
$1 94. Kxa4 Nf4 95. Nde5+ Kf5 96. Nxf4 Kxf4 97. Ng6+ Kg5 98. Ne5 Nd2 99. Kb4 {
Black has an ingenious win.} Kf5 ({Correct is} 99... Kf4 $1 100. Ng6+ ({the
point is} 100. Kc3 Nf3 $1) 100... Kf5 101. Nh4+ Kg4 102. Ng6 Nf3 $1 103. Kc3
Kg5 $18) 100. Kc3 $1 Ne4+ 101. Kd4 Ng5 102. Nd3 Kg4 103. Ne5+ Kf5 104. Nd3 Kg4
105. Ne5+ Kg3 106. Ng6 Ne6+ 107. Ke3 Nf8 108. Nxf8 h4 109. Ne6 h3 110. Ng5 {
Botvinnik survived by his staying power.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E51"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Bd6 8. Nf3
Nc6 9. O-O e5 10. h3 Bf5 11. d5 Ne7 12. Nd2 c6 13. dxc6 Nxc6 14. Qf3 Bg6 15.
Nde4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bc7 17. Bd5 Kh8 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Nc3 Qe8 20. e4 Qe6 21. Be3
Qb3 22. Qe2 Rfb8 23. Rfc1 Ba5 24. Nd1 Bxe4 25. Bxa7 Bd3 26. Qe3 Rc8 27. Bc5 Re8
28. f3 Rad8 29. Nf2 f5 30. Bb4 f4 31. Qc5 Bxb4 32. axb4 Bb5 33. Rd1 Qxb2 34.
Rxd8 Qxa1+ 35. Rd1 Qb2 36. Re1 h5 $2 37. Qd6 Qc3 38. Rd1 Qc2 39. Ne4 {Black
has weakened his king's side.} Ba4 $2 ({A defence line creates} 39... Bc4 40.
Rd2 Qb1+ 41. Kh2 Bf7 42. Qxc6 Qxb4 43. Rd7 Rf8) 40. Rd2 Qb1+ 41. Kh2 c5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kan, Ilia"]
[Black "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Re1 g6 7. d4 cxd4
8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. c4 O-O 10. Nc3 Qa5 11. Nc2 Rfc8 12. Ne3 Nb6 13. Qe2 Qa6 14. e5
$1 {Hereafter, White can complete his development.} ({A poor ending results
from} 14. Ncd5 Nfxd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Qxe2 17. Rxe2 Rc7) 14... dxe5 15.
b3 Nbd7 16. Bb2 Qe6 17. Rad1 e4 18. Ncd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 f5 21. Qa3
Kf7 22. Qc1 Nf6 23. Qf4 Nxd5 24. Rxd5 Rd8 25. Red1 Rxd5 26. Rxd5 Qf6 27. h4 Rc8
(27... Qa1+ 28. Kh2 Qxa2 29. Rb5 Qa6 30. g4 {brings no advantage.}) 28. Kh2 Qc6
29. Qh6 Kg8 30. Qd2 Qf6 31. g3 Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nf6 3. Nbc3 d6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nc6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bd7 9. Nde2 O-O 10. h3 Rc8 11. Nf4 Na5 12. Ncd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 e6 14. Ne3
Bb5 15. Re1 Qc7 16. c3 Rfd8 17. Qf3 $2 Nc6 $2 ({Keres expects} 17... Bxc3 18.
bxc3 Qxc3 19. Rd1 Qxa1 20. Bd2 Qxa2 $2 ({but} 20... Qb2 {spoils it}) 21. Qf6)
18. Ng4 h5 $2 19. Nf6+ Kh8 20. Bg5 Ne5 21. Qf4 $1 Nd7 ({The pointe is} 21...
Nd3 22. Qh4 Nxe1 23. Rxe1 {(Keres).}) 22. g4 e5 (22... Nxf6 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24.
Qxf6+ Kh7 25. gxh5 Rg8 $1 26. e5 $1 {and White has a strong attack (Keres).})
23. Nd5 exf4 24. Nxc7 f6 25. Nxb5 fxg5 26. Nxd6 Ne5 27. Nxc8 Rxc8 28. gxh5 f3
29. h6 $2 (29. Bf1 gxh5 30. Rad1 {wins easily.}) 29... Bxh6 30. Bf1 Kg7 31.
Rad1 g4 32. Rd5 Bf4 33. Red1 Rh8 34. Rxe5 Bxe5 35. Rd5 Kf6 36. hxg4 {Black
delivers perpetual check.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D19"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. e4 Bg6 11. Bd3 h6 12. Bf4 Re8 13. Rfd1 Bh5 14. e5 Nd5 15.
Bd2 Be7 16. Ne4 Qb6 17. Be3 a5 18. Ng3 Bg6 19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. Qd3 Nf8 21. Ne4
Nb4 22. Qc3 Nd5 23. Qc2 Nb4 24. Qc1 Qc7 25. Nfd2 g5 26. Nc4 Ng6 27. Ncd6 Bxd6
28. Nxd6 Rf8 29. Qc4 Nd5 30. Bd2 Qe7 31. Ra3 Qd7 32. Rb3 b6 33. Rc1 Nge7 34.
Ra3 Ra7 35. h3 {Despite a promising opening, little happened in this game.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. b3 d4 4. e3 c5 5. b4 $5 {Mikenas starts a gambit.} dxe3
6. fxe3 cxb4 (6... Qf6 7. d4 cxd4 8. exd4 Bxb4+ {is okay.}) 7. d4 Nf6 8. Bd3
Nc6 9. Nbd2 g6 10. Bb2 Bg7 11. Qe2 Nd7 12. h4 h6 13. Ne4 $2 {This premature
move is beaten back.} ({A useful move is} 13. O-O) 13... O-O 14. h5 f5 15. Nd6
Nf6 16. Nxc8 Nxh5 $1 {Nc8 will remain untouched during six moves.} 17. Rg1 Ng3
18. Qf2 Ne4 19. Qc2 {Black worries about the capture on the central square e4.}
b3 $1 20. axb3 (20. Qxb3 Rxc8 21. Qxb7 Nc5 $1 22. dxc5 {(Furman and Borisenko)}
Rf7 $1 23. Qb3 Rb8) 20... Nb4 21. Qb1 Nxd3+ 22. Qxd3 Qxc8 {After the exchange
of White's king bishop, the knight is taken at last.} 23. g4 g5 24. gxf5 exf5
25. Ra5 Qd8 26. Rd5 Qe7 27. Re5 $5 {White despairs.} Qb4+ 28. Ke2 Rae8 29. Ra1
g4 30. Nh4 Bxe5 31. dxe5 Rd8 32. Bd4 Nc5 33. Qc3 Qxb3 34. Rxa7 Qxc3 35. Bxc3 f4
36. exf4 Rxf4 37. Ra3 Rxc4 38. Nf5 Re4+ 39. Kf2 Rf4+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 c5 4. d3 Nc6 5. Bf4 e6 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. Bd2 Nf6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Na3 e5 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Nc2 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Rb1 a5 14. a3 a4 15. Nd2
Be6 16. b4 axb3 17. Rxb3 Qc7 18. e3 Rfb8 19. exd4 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 cxd4 21. Qb1
Be7 22. Qb2 Ra7 23. Ra1 Bd7 24. Qb1 Ba4 25. Rb2 Bd7 26. Rb3 Ba4 27. Rb2 Bd7 {
The draw had an unexpectedly high number of moves.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shcherbakov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Ilivitzki, Georgi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 (9. f4 {is theory.}) 9... Be7 10. g4 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Bxe7
Ncxe7 13. Ne4 Qc7 14. c4 $2 ({Suetin recommends} 14. Kb1) 14... b5 15. c5 O-O
16. Kb1 e5 17. Nf5 $2 (17. Nb3 a5 18. Nc1 {is better.}) 17... Bxf5 18. gxf5
Rad8 19. Bd3 (19. f6 Nc3+ $1) 19... Nxf5 20. Qg5 Nd4 21. Nd6 f6 22. Qh4 f5 23.
Qh5 Nf4 24. Qg5 Nde6 25. Qg3 Nxc5 26. Rhg1 Ncxd3 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C36"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Ne7 4. Bc4 d5 $1 {This defence is unusual but solid.
} 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 c6 (7... O-O {is known from Popiel-Schlechter,
Budapest 1896.}) 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Ne5 Be6 10. Bxf4 f6 11. Bxd5 cxd5 12. Nd3 {
Nowadays an equal position often results from the King's Gambit.} Bf7 (12...
Nc6 $1 13. Nc5 Bf7 14. Nxb7 Qb6 15. Nd6 Qxd4+ 16. Qxd4 Nxd4 $11) 13. Qg4 Kh8
14. Bxb8 Rxb8 15. Rae1 Re8 $6 (15... b5 16. Nd1 Qc7 17. Ne3 Bd6 {begins
counter-play.}) 16. Ne5 $1 Rf8 $4 {Averbakh blunders.} (16... Bg8 $1 17. Ng6+
$6 hxg6 18. Rf3 (18. Re3 $2 {(Suetin)} Bf7 $1 19. Rh3+ Kg8 20. Qh4 Be6 $1 21.
Qh7+ Kf7) 18... Bh7 19. Rh3 Bb4 $1 (19... Bd6 $2 20. Rf1 Re7 21. Qxg6 Qg8 22.
Rf5 {and 23.Rfh5.}) 20. Rd1 $1 Kg8 21. Qh4 Bxc3 22. Qxh7+ Kf7 23. bxc3 Rh8 $1
24. Qxh8 Qxh8 25. Rxh8 Rxh8 {Black has reached a favourable rook ending.}) 17.
Nxf7+ Rxf7 18. Qe6 Kg8 19. Nxd5 Bf8 20. Re4 Bd6 21. c4 b6 22. b4 Qf8 23. c5
bxc5 24. bxc5 Bxc5 25. dxc5 Qxc5+ 26. Kh1 Rd8 27. Ne7+ Kf8 28. Nc6 Qb5 29. Rfe1
{Top: Botvinnik, Smyslov and Geller 7, Spassky 6 1/2.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Black "Kan, Ilia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B41"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. g3 d5 6. Nd2 dxe4 7. Nxe4 e5 8. Nb3
Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Nc6 10. Be3 Bg4+ 11. Be2 O-O-O+ 12. Nbd2 Bf5 13. Bd3 Bg6 14. a3
Nf6 15. Nxf6 gxf6 16. Ke2 f5 17. f3 Bg7 18. Raf1 $6 Rhe8 19. h3 $2 b5 20. Ke1
$6 e4 21. fxe4 fxe4 22. Be2 Bxb2 23. h4 f6 24. h5 Bf7 25. Kf2 Nd4 26. Rb1 Bc3
27. Bg4+ f5 28. Bh3 Bxh5 29. Nb3 Bg6 30. Nxd4 Bxd4 31. a4 Re5 32. axb5 axb5 33.
Rb3 Rc5 34. Bxd4 Rxd4 35. Ke3 Rdc4 36. Rhb1 Rxc2 37. Rxb5 R2c3+ 38. Kd4 Rxb5
39. Rxb5 Rf3 40. Re5 Kc7 41. Kd5 Kb6 $2 42. Kd6 f4 43. gxf4 Rxf4 $2 44. Bg2 Bf5
45. Kd5 h5 46. Bxe4 Bc8 47. Kd4 h4 48. Ke3 {Both sides lost pawns.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
$1 {Strengthens the queen's side.} 9. Qc2 Nh5 10. Rd1 $2 (10. O-O-O Nxg3 11.
hxg3 {(Furman and Borisenko).}) 10... Nxg3 11. hxg3 Na6 12. Be2 Bb7 13. Qc1 Bg7
14. O-O Qb6 15. b3 cxb3 16. axb3 O-O 17. e5 c5 $1 {Forestalls 18.Ne4.} 18. Nxb5
cxd4 19. Nbxd4 Rfd8 20. Qe3 Nb4 21. Bc4 Rd7 22. Bb5 $2 ({After} 22. Nb5 Qxe3
23. fxe3 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 g4 $1 25. Nh2 h5 26. Rd7 Bc6 27. Rxa7 Rxa7 28. Nxa7 Bb7
29. Nb5 Bxe5 {White suffers from restriction.}) 22... Rd5 23. Bc4 g4 $1 24.
Bxd5 Nxd5 25. Qd2 gxf3 26. Nxf3 Ba6 27. Rfe1 Qxb3 28. Ra1 Bd3 29. Nd4 Qc4 30.
Nc6 Qxc6 31. Qxd3 a5 32. f4 Nb4 33. Qb3 Bf8 34. Rec1 Qd5 35. Qa4 Nd3 36. Rc7
Nc5 37. Qc6 Qxc6 38. Rxc6 a4 39. Kf2 a3 40. Ra2 Nd3+ 41. Ke3 Nb4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. Bg2 e5 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. O-O e4 10. Ne1 Re8 11. Nc2 c6 12. Qd2 Qe7 13. Nc3 Nf8 14. Rad1 Qe5 15.
Qd4 Qxd4 16. Rxd4 h5 17. Ba1 $6 ({An edge keeps} 17. Rfd1) ({or} 17. Rd6) 17...
Ne6 18. Rdd1 $6 Ng5 19. Rfe1 Bf5 20. Ne3 Nh3+ 21. Kf1 Ng4 22. Nxg4 hxg4 {
Passivity has led to equality.} 23. f3 $2 ({A blunder loses. After} 23. Na4 {
the strong bishop will be exchanged.}) 23... exf3 24. exf3 Rxe1+ 25. Kxe1 Re8+
26. Kf1 gxf3 27. Bxh3 (27. Bxf3 Re3 {costs a piece.}) 27... Bxh3+ 28. Kf2 Bg2
29. g4 f5 30. gxf5 gxf5 31. h4 Bf6 32. Kg3 f4+ 33. Kh2 Bxh4 34. Na4 Bg3+ 35.
Kg1 Bh3 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E59"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O O-O 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Bd3 e5 12. Qc2 Bg4 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5
Qxe5 15. f3 Be6 16. Re1 (16. e4 {led to equality in Botvinnik-Euwe, Amsterdam
1954.}) 16... Rfd8 17. Rb1 c4 18. Bf1 Qc7 19. e4 Nd7 20. Be3 Nc5 21. Rb5 Nb3
22. Qf2 f6 $2 ({Correct is} 22... a6 23. Rh5 Qe7) 23. Bxa7 Rd2 24. Qb6 Qd7 (
24... Qxb6+ 25. Bxb6 Rxa3 26. e5 f5 27. Rb4 {brings a poor einding.}) 25. Rb4
$2 ({The defence line breaks} 25. e5 $1 Rxa7 26. exf6 Ra6 27. Qxb7 Qxb7 28.
Rxb7 gxf6 29. Rxe6 Rxe6 30. Bxc4) 25... Rd6 26. Qf2 b5 27. Be3 Rxa3 28. Qg3
Raa6 29. e5 fxe5 30. Qxe5 Rd5 $2 (30... Ra5 {is necessary.}) 31. Qb8+ Kf7 32.
Bf2 $2 (32. Bxc4 $1 bxc4 33. Rb7 $18) 32... h6 $2 (32... Nd2 {prevents the
threat.}) 33. Bxc4 $1 Rd1 34. Bxb5 Qd2 35. Qf4+ Kg6 36. Qxd2 Rxd2 37. Bxa6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ilivitzki, Georgi"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D29"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 c5 5. Bxc4 e6 6. O-O a6 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bb3
Bb7 9. a4 Nbd7 10. Rd1 Be7 11. dxc5 O-O 12. Bc2 b4 13. c6 Bxc6 14. Ne5 Qc7 15.
Nxc6 Qxc6 16. b3 Rac8 17. Ra2 Rfd8 18. Bd2 a5 19. Be1 Ne5 20. Nd2 Nd5 21. Nf3
Nxf3+ 22. Qxf3 Nc3 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. Qxc6 Rxc6 25. Bxc3 bxc3 {White has a
difficult endgame.} 26. Ra1 Be7 27. Rd1 f5 28. Kf1 Bd6 29. f4 Kf7 30. Ke2 Kf6
31. Rd4 Bb4 32. Rd7 h6 33. h4 g5 34. hxg5+ hxg5 35. Rd1 Rc8 36. Rh1 Rg8 37. Kf3
Rd8 38. Rd1 Rh8 39. Rd7 Rh4 40. Rd8 Rh1 41. Rd1 Rh8 42. Rd7 Re8 43. fxg5+ Kxg5
44. e4 fxe4+ 45. Kxe4 Kf6 46. g4 Kg5 47. Rg7+ Kh6 48. Rf7 Kg5 49. Rg7+ Kf6 50.
Rd7 Rg8 51. Kf4 Ba3 52. Rb7 Bd6+ 53. Kf3 Rh8 54. Rh7 Rxh7 55. Bxh7 Ke5 56. Bc2
Be7 57. Bb1 Bg5 58. Bc2 Kd4 59. Bb1 Kc5 60. Ke2 Kb4 61. Bc2 Ka3 62. Kd1 Kb2 63.
Bg6 Kxb3 64. Bc2+ Ka3 65. Ke2 e5 66. Kd1 Bh6 67. Ke2 e4 68. Bxe4 Kxa4 69. Bc2+
Kb4 70. Kd3 Bg7 71. Bd1 a4 72. Kc2 a3 73. Kb1 {Ilivitsky defnded stubbornly.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. d4 d6 8. c3
Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Qd7 11. Kh2 Nh5 $2 12. f4 (12. dxe5 $1 {starts an
attack, because} dxe5 $4 13. Bxf7+ $1 {fails.}) 12... Nxf4 13. Bxf4 exf4 14.
Rg1 O-O 15. Qh5 Bf6 16. Nd2 Kh8 17. Bd5 Rae8 18. e5 Bd8 (18... dxe5 $2 19. Ne4
Bd8 20. Rxg7 $1 Kxg7 21. Rg1+ Kh8 22. Nf6 $1 Bxf6 23. Be4 {mates (Chitsiakov).}
) 19. Ne4 g6 20. Qf3 Nb8 21. exd6 cxd6 22. Qxf4 f5 23. Ng5 Bxg5 24. Qxg5 Re2 $2
25. Rae1 $1 Ree8 ({The pointe is} 25... Rxf2+ 26. Kh1 f4 27. Qh4 Rxb2 28. Re7)
26. Qh6 $2 (26. h4 {charges.}) 26... Qg7 27. Qf4 Qf6 28. h4 Kg7 29. b3 Re7 30.
c4 Rfe8 31. Rxe7+ Rxe7 32. cxb5 axb5 33. a4 $6 (33. Rc1 {controls the open
file.}) 33... bxa4 34. bxa4 Na6 35. Bf3 Nc7 36. d5 Na6 37. Qg5 $6 Nc5 38. Qxf6+
Kxf6 {Viktor barely survives the ending.} 39. Ra1 Ra7 40. Bd1 Ke5 41. a5 Kxd5
42. Kg3 Ke5 43. Ra3 Ne4+ 44. Kg2 Kd4 45. Be2 d5 46. a6 Nd6 47. Kf3 Nc4 48. Ra1
Ke5 49. Ra4 Nd6 50. Bd3 h6 51. Ke3 g5 52. hxg5 hxg5 53. Kf3 Nc4 54. Bxc4 dxc4
55. Rxc4 Rxa6 56. Rc5+ Kf6 57. Rc3 g4+ 58. Kg3 Kg5 59. Rc5 Ra3+ 60. Kg2 Rd3 61.
Ra5 Kf4 62. Ra4+ Ke5 63. Ra5+ Ke4 64. Ra4+ Rd4 65. Rxd4+ Kxd4 66. f3 g3 67.
Kxg3 Ke3 68. f4 Ke4 69. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 c5 3. b3 Nf6 4. Bb2 e6 5. Bb5+ Nbd7 6. O-O Bd6 7. d4 O-O 8.
Nbd2 Qe7 9. Ne5 a6 10. Bd3 b6 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. c4 Rfd8 13. Rfd1 Ne4 14. Rac1
Nxd2 15. Rxd2 cxd4 16. exd4 $2 ({Correct is} 16. Nxd7 Rxd7 17. Bxd4 dxc4 {(Zak)
} 18. bxc4 $1) 16... dxc4 17. Nxc4 Qg5 18. Ne3 Nf6 19. g3 Ne4 20. h4 Qg6 21.
Ng2 f5 22. Rdc2 b5 23. Qe3 Rf8 24. Nf4 Qh6 25. Bf1 Rad8 26. Bg2 Rd7 27. Re2 Re8
28. Rd1 Rc7 29. Nd3 Qxe3 30. Rxe3 Rc2 31. Rc1 Rec8 32. Rxc2 Rxc2 33. Bf3 Bd5
34. Re2 Rc7 35. Bg2 a5 36. Nf4 $2 ({The last chance is} 36. Ne5 b4 37. Bxe4
fxe4 38. h5 a4 39. bxa4 Bf8 40. g4 Ra7 41. Rc2 Rxa4 42. Rc8 Rxa2 43. Nd7 Ra8
44. Rxa8 Bxa8 45. Nxf8 Kxf8) 36... Bxf4 37. gxf4 Nf6 38. Bxd5 Nxd5 39. f3 Kf7
40. Kf2 Nxf4 41. Rd2 Nd5 42. Kg3 b4 43. f4 Kg6 44. Re2 Rc6 45. Kf3 Kh5 46. Rd2
h6 47. Re2 g6 48. Rd2 a4 49. bxa4 Ra6 50. Re2 Rxa4 51. Rxe6 Rxa2 52. Re2 Nb6
53. Rg2 Nc4 54. d5 Nxb2 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. Be2 Bd6 $5 11. Nd2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bf5 13. O-O Rc8 14. Ra2
$5 Bb8 $5 15. Qa1 Qd6 16. g3 Rfe8 17. Nf3 $5 Bh3 18. Re1 Ne4 $5 {Exciting
moves enliven the game.} 19. Bxg7 $1 Qg6 20. Be5 (20. Bd4 $2 Bxg3 $1 21. hxg3
Nxg3 22. Kh2 Nxe2 23. Kxh3 Qf5+ 24. Kg2 Qg4+ {(Simagin).}) 20... Bxe5 21. Nxe5
Qf5 22. f4 $2 (22. Nd3 $1 Nc3 23. Nf4 Nxa2 24. Qxa2 $11 {(Simagin).}) 22... f6
23. Nf3 Nc3 24. Nh4 $2 (24. Nd4 $1 Qe4 25. Bf3 Qd3 26. Rc2 $1 (26. Kf2 $2 Nxa2
27. Bxd5+ Kg7 28. Qxa2 {(Simagin)} Rxe3 $1 29. Rxe3 Qf1#) 26... Rxe3 27. Rxc3
Rxc3 28. Rd1 Rxf3 $1 29. Rxd3 Rfxd3 30. Kf2 $1 Kf7 31. Qe1 Bd7 {Black has a
positional advantage.}) 24... Qe6 25. Bh5 Nxa2 26. Bxe8 Rc1 $1 {White is
struck by lightning.} 27. Qxc1 Nxc1 28. Bb5 a6 {Boris showed his tactical wit.}
0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d3 c5 6. e4 Nc6 7. Nbd2 d6 8. a4
Ne8 9. Nc4 e5 10. c3 f5 11. b4 cxb4 12. cxb4 fxe4 13. dxe4 Be6 14. Ne3 Nxb4 15.
Rb1 a5 16. Ba3 Nc7 17. Bxb4 axb4 18. Rxb4 Bh6 ({Equality keeps} 18... Na6 $1
19. Rxb7 Nc5 20. Rb4 Rxa4 $1 21. Rxa4 Bb3) 19. Rb6 $1 (19. Rxb7 Bxe3 20. fxe3
Na6 {and ..Nc5.}) 19... Bxe3 $2 ({Correct is} 19... Ne8 20. Rxb7 Qa5 21. Re7
Bf7 22. Qd3 Qxa4) 20. fxe3 Bc4 (20... Ne8 21. Rxb7 Bc4 22. Rf2 {Black has a
new defence line.}) 21. Rxd6 Qe8 22. Re1 Rf7 23. Ng5 Re7 24. Bf1 $1 {White
conquers a second open file.} Bxf1 25. Rxf1 Qxa4 26. Rd8+ Re8 27. Qf3 $1 Qc4
28. Rd7 {Smyslov had a nice revenge for the match of the previous year.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Shcherbakov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A53"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 e5 4. d5 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. Bg5 c6 8. Qd2
cxd5 9. cxd5 Nbd7 10. f3 a6 11. Nh3 b5 12. Nf2 Nb6 13. b3 Qe8 14. O-O Nh5 15.
a4 b4 16. Ncd1 a5 17. Rc1 Bd7 18. Be3 Nc8 19. Rc7 f5 20. Qc2 f4 21. Bd2 Bf6 22.
Rb7 Rf7 23. Ng4 Bxg4 24. Rxf7 Bxf3 25. Bxf3 Kxf7 26. Bg4 Ng7 27. Qc7+ Qe7 28.
Qc6 Qa7+ 29. Nf2 Qb8 30. Be6+ Nxe6 31. Qd7+ Ne7 32. Qxe6+ Kg7 33. Ng4 Ng8 34.
g3 Qc8 35. gxf4 Qxe6 36. dxe6 exf4 37. Rxf4 $2 Re8 38. Rxf6 Nxf6 39. Bh6+ Kh8
40. Nxf6 Rxe6 41. Nd5 g5 42. Bf8 Kg8 43. Be7 Kf7 44. Bd8 Rxe4 45. Kf2 Rd4 46.
Ne3 Rd3 47. Bxa5 Rxb3 48. Ke2 Ke6 49. h3 h5 50. Bd8 d5 51. Kd2 d4 52. Nc2 Rxh3
53. Bxg5 Kf5 54. Be7 b3 55. Nxd4+ Ke4 56. Nb5 h4 57. Nc3+ Kd4 58. Nb5+ Kc4 59.
Na3+ Kd5 60. a5 {Black allows a theoretical draw.} b2 $2 (60... Rh2+ 61. Ke1 h3
62. a6 Rg2 63. a7 Rg8 64. Kf1 h2 65. a8=Q+ Rxa8 66. Kg2 b2 67. Bf6 $1 Rxa3 68.
Bxb2 Rf3 $1 {The bishop is dominated.} 69. Kh1 (69. Bg7 Rg3+) (69. Bh8 Rh3)
69... Rf1+ 70. Kxh2 Rf2+) 61. Bxh4 $1 Rxh4 62. Kc3 Rh2 63. a6 Kc6 64. Kb3 Kb6
65. Nc4+ Kxa6 66. Nxb2 Kb5 67. Nd3 Re2 68. Kc3 Re4 69. Kb3 Kc6 70. Kc3 Kd5 71.
Nb4+ {Top: Geller and Smyslov 8, Spassky 7 1/2, Botvinnik 7.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. d4
Bd7 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. O-O b5 12. Bc2 c5 13. Nb3 Qc7 14. Be3 c4 15.
Nc5 Bc6 16. b4 O-O 17. a4 Rfe8 18. f3 Nh5 19. g3 Qc8 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rxa8
Qxa8 22. Qa1 Qc8 23. Kg2 f5 24. Rd1 Nf6 25. Qb1 f4 $1 26. gxf4 Ng4 $1 27. fxg4
$2 ({White consolidates by} 27. Bd2 $1 exf4 28. Qc1 {The renewed attack} Ne5
29. Bxf4 Nxf3 $1 30. Kxf3 Qh3+ 31. Kf2 Rf8 32. Kg1 Bh6 $1 33. Bxh6 Qg4+ {draws.
}) 27... Qxg4+ 28. Kf1 exf4 $2 (28... Qh3+ $1 29. Ke2 Qg2+ 30. Bf2 exf4) 29.
Bd4 Qh3+ 30. Kg1 Qg4+ 31. Kh1 Qf3+ 32. Kg1 g5 $2 33. Rf1 Bxd4+ 34. cxd4 Qe3+
35. Kh1 Qxd4 36. Qd1 Qe5 37. Rg1 Re7 38. Qg4 $2 ({The attack} 38. h4 {triumphs.
}) 38... h6 39. Rd1 Kg7 40. Qc8 Be8 41. Qd8 f3 42. Qd6 Qxd6 43. Rxd6 Ra7 44.
Kg1 Ra2 45. Ne6+ Kh7 46. Nd4 Bg6 47. Rd5 g4 48. Rxb5 Ra1+ 49. Kf2 Rh1 50. Rb7+
Kh8 51. Nxf3 gxf3 52. Kxf3 Rxh2 53. Ba4 Rh3+ 54. Kg4 Re3 55. Bc6 c3 56. Rc7 c2
57. Bd5 Bxe4 58. Bxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 b6 10. f3 Bb7 11. Qd2 Qc7 12. Rfd1 Rd8 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Nd7 15.
c4 Bf6 16. Bf1 Re8 17. Qf2 g6 18. Nd2 a5 19. Ne4 Bg7 20. Qh4 f5 21. Ng5 Nf8 22.
Qf2 Qe7 23. Ne6 Nxe6 24. dxe6 Qxe6 25. Bxb6 e4 26. Re1 Qe5 27. Rad1 Qxb2 28.
fxe4 Bxe4 29. Qxb2 Bxb2 30. Rxd6 Rab8 31. Bc7 Rb7 32. Bxa5 Ba3 33. Rd8 Bc5+ 34.
Kh1 Rxd8 35. Bxd8 Rb2 36. Bg5 $6 Rxa2 37. Be3 $2 Bxe3 38. Rxe3 Rc2 $2 {
Blunders are made during the time trouble of an interesting game.} (38... Bxg2+
$1 39. Bxg2 Ra1+ $19) 39. Kg1 Kg7 40. g3 Kf6 41. Re2 Rxc4 42. Kf2 Ke5 43. Rb2
Ra4 44. Bg2 g5 45. Bf3 g4 46. Bxe4 fxe4 47. Rb8 h5 48. Re8+ Kf5 49. Rf8+ Kg5
50. Ke3 Ra2 51. Rb8 Rxh2 52. Rb5+ Kg6 53. Rb6+ Kf5 54. Rb5+ Kf6 55. Rb6+ Ke5
56. Rb5+ Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E49"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 c5 9. Bb2 Nc6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be2 Rd8 12. Qc2 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. c4 Nfg4
15. Ng5 Ng6 16. Ne4 Nh4 17. Kf1 Qc6 18. Qc3 f6 19. f3 Ne5 20. Ng3 Be6 21. Kf2
Qa4 22. Rhc1 Rd7 23. Nf1 Nhg6 24. f4 Nf7 25. Qc2 Qxc2 26. Rxc2 Nd6 27. Ng3 Rad8
28. Bc1 Nf5 29. Ne4 b6 30. g4 Re7 $4 31. Nc3 $2 (31. gxf5 Bxf5 32. Rd2 {wins
easier.}) 31... Nd6 32. f5 Nxf5 33. gxf5 Bxf5 34. Rd2 Rde8 35. Nd5 Rf7 36. Bb2
Be4 37. Rad1 Ne5 38. Nc3 Bb7 39. Nb5 Ref8 40. Nd6 Re7 41. Nxb7 Rxb7 42. Bxe5
fxe5+ 43. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Ilivitzki, Georgi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. Qc2 g6 8. e3
Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nbd7 11. O-O O-O {A quiet game continues.} 12. Rab1 a5
13. Qc2 Re8 14. Rbd1 Bf8 15. h3 Qb6 16. Kh1 Rac8 17. Bh2 Bg7 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19.
Bxe5 Ne4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qc3 f6 23. Rc1 Rcd8 24. Qc5 Qa6 25.
Qc4 Qxc4 26. Rxc4 Rd5 27. a4 Ra8 28. b4 axb4 29. Rxb4 Ra7 30. Rfb1 Rd7 31. g4
h5 32. gxh5 g5 33. h4 Kh6 34. hxg5+ fxg5 35. Kg2 Kxh5 36. Rh1+ Kg6 37. Rh8 Rf7
38. Rg8+ Kh5 39. Rh8+ Kg6 40. Re8 b5 $1 41. Rxe4 ({The point is} 41. axb5 Ra2
$1 42. Rxe4 Rfxf2+ 43. Kg3 Rg2+ $11) 41... bxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kan, Ilia"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. c4 Bb7 5. a4 a6 6. axb5 axb5 7. Rxa8 Bxa8 8.
Nc3 Qa5 9. Nd2 b4 10. Nb3 Qb6 11. Na4 Qc7 12. f3 d6 13. e4 g6 14. Bd3 Bg7 15.
O-O O-O 16. Bg5 e6 17. Nd2 Bb7 18. b3 Ba6 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. e5 Nh5 21. exd6
Qxd6 22. Ne4 Bd4+ 23. Kh1 Qc7 24. Qe1 Nd7 25. Qh4 Bb7 26. Re1 Ne5 27. Be2 Rf7
28. Bd8 Qc6 29. Bg5 Rf5 30. Bh6 Nf7 31. Bc1 Nf6 32. Bd3 Qc7 $2 33. Nxf6+ $2 (
33. Naxc5 $1 {wins a pawn.}) 33... Bxf6 34. Qg3 Qxg3 35. hxg3 Rh5+ 36. Kg1 Bd4+
37. Be3 Re5 38. Kf2 Rxe3 39. Rxe3 Bc6 40. Nb6 Nd6 41. Ke2 Bxe3 42. Kxe3 Kf7 43.
g4 h6 44. f4 g5 45. g3 Ke7 46. Bg6 Kd8 47. Kd3 Nb7 48. Na4 Ke7 49. Ke3 Kf6 50.
Be4 Bxa4 51. bxa4 Na5 52. Kd3 Ke7 53. Bg2 Kd6 54. Be4 Kc7 {Keres has gained an
advantage.} 55. f5 $2 {This should wait for emergencies.} exf5 56. gxf5 h5 $1
57. Bd5 Kd6 58. f6 h4 59. gxh4 gxh4 60. f7 Ke7 61. Be6 Nc6 62. Bd5 Ne5+ 63. Kc2
Nxf7 64. a5 Nd6 65. a6 Nc8 66. Bg2 Kd6 67. Kb3 Kc7 68. Bb7 h3 69. Ka4 h2 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. c4 dxc4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. Nc3 Nd7 7. Nf3 Nb6 8. Bb3
Ne7 9. O-O h6 10. Qe2 Ned5 11. Ne4 Be7 12. Bd2 a5 13. a3 Nd7 14. Rad1 O-O 15.
Bc1 Qb6 16. Bc2 Rfd8 17. Ng3 Bg6 18. Bxg6 fxg6 19. Qe4 Nf8 20. Nh4 Bxh4 21.
Qxh4 Rd7 22. Ne4 Qd8 23. Qh3 b6 24. Nd6 Ne7 25. Qf3 Nf5 26. Qxc6 Nxd6 27. exd6
Rxd6 28. Qe4 Rc8 29. Be3 Rdc6 30. Bd2 Qd5 31. f3 Qxe4 32. fxe4 Rd8 33. Be3 Nh7
34. e5 g5 35. Rf2 Nf8 36. Rfd2 Ng6 37. d5 exd5 38. Rxd5 Re8 39. Rd6 Nxe5 40.
Bxb6 Rxd6 41. Rxd6 Nc4 42. Rc6 Re4 43. b3 Nxb6 44. Rxb6 a4 45. Kf2 axb3 46.
Rxb3 Rc4 47. Rb2 Ra4 48. Ra2 Kf7 49. Ke3 Ke6 50. Kd3 Kd5 51. Kc3 Kc6 52. Kb3
Rh4 53. Rc2+ Kb6 54. h3 Re4 55. Rc4 Re2 56. Rg4 Kb5 57. a4+ Ka5 58. Kc4 Rd2 59.
Kc3 Rd1 60. Kc2 Rd5 61. Re4 Rd7 62. Rc4 Rd6 63. Kc3 Rd1 64. Rg4 Rd6 65. Rd4 Rf6
66. Kd3 Rf2 67. Rg4 Rf6 68. Ke3 g6 69. Rd4 Rb6 70. Kf3 Rf6+ 71. Kg3 Rb6 72. Kg4
Rc6 73. Re4 Rb6 74. Rc4 Rd6 75. Kf3 Rb6 76. Rd4 Rc6 77. Rg4 Re6 78. Rc4 Rb6 79.
Ke4 Rb2 80. Rc6 Rxg2 81. Rxg6 Rg3 82. Rxh6 Kxa4 83. Kf5 Kb4 84. h4 gxh4 85.
Rxh4+ Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Bb4 7. e3 Qe7 8. Bd3
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 d6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Nd2 e5 12. Be4 Bxe4 13. Nxe4 g5 14. Nxf6+
Qxf6 15. Bg3 {Black has made adventurous pawn advances.} O-O $2 ({The pawn
charges proceed with} 15... h5 $1 16. f4 h4 $1 17. fxe5 Qg6 18. Qf3 Rd8 19. Be1
dxe5) 16. f4 $1 {A strateguc blunder allowed White to take over the attack.}
exf4 $6 (16... Qe6 17. fxg5 hxg5 18. Qh5 Qg6 19. Qxg6+ fxg6 {gives a poor
ending.}) 17. exf4 Qg6 18. Qf3 Rae8 19. Qc6 Nf6 $2 (19... gxf4 20. Rxf4 Nf6 21.
Qxc7 Ne4 {brings some counter-play for a pawn.}) 20. f5 $1 Qh5 21. Rae1 Qg4 22.
Qxc7 Ne4 23. Qc6 $1 ({Avoids} 23. Bxd6 $2 Rc8) 23... Nxg3 24. Rxe8 Nxf1 25.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. Qc8+ (26. Qc8+ Kg7 27. f6+ Kxf6 28. Qxg4) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bb4 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2
Bd6 $6 {This odd retreat was played by Alatortsev in Moscow 1945.} 9. b3 $1 (9.
e4 {gave Ragozin a good game.}) 9... dxc4 10. bxc4 e5 11. Bb2 Re8 (11... exd4
$1 12. exd4 Re8 {is slightly better.}) 12. Ne4 $1 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 h6 $6 (13... g6
14. Bd3 $1 Qe7 15. c5 Bc7 16. Bc4 $1 {(Suetin)} e4 $1 17. Nd2 Nf6 {gives an
appropriate defence.}) 14. Rad1 exd4 15. Bh7+ $1 ({Petrosian avoids} 15. Rxd4
Nf6 $1) 15... Kh8 16. Rxd4 {Swift development brought White an overwhelming
position.} Bc5 $2 ({The useful} 16... Nf6 {is refuted by} 17. c5 $1 Nxh7 18.
Rxd6 {(Novoletnov).}) ({Correct is} 16... Qc7 $1 17. Rfd1 Be7 {The long
combination} 18. Rxd7 $1 Bxd7 19. Rxd7 $1 Qxd7 20. Ne5 Qe6 21. Bf5 Qf6 22. Ng6+
fxg6 23. Bxf6 gxf5 24. Bxe7 Rxe7 25. Qxf5 Rd8 26. h4 {gains an advantage.}) 17.
Rf4 Qe7 18. Re4 $1 Qf8 19. Rh4 $1 f6 (19... Nf6 20. Rxh6 $1) 20. Bg6 Re7 21.
Rh5 $1 Bd6 22. Rd1 Be5 23. Ba3 c5 24. Nh4 $1 (24. Nh4 Qg8 25. Bh7 $1 Qxh7 26.
Ng6+) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Shcherbakov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Bb7 9. axb5 axb5 10. Rxa8 Qxa8 11. d3 d6 12. c3 Na5 13. Bc2 c5 14. Nbd2 g6 15.
Nf1 Re8 16. Ng3 Bf8 17. Nh4 d5 18. Qf3 Re6 19. Bg5 dxe4 20. dxe4 Bg7 21. Ra1
Qd8 22. Rd1 Rd6 23. Rxd6 Qxd6 24. Nhf5 $2 {This must have been intended as a
sacrifice, but the pointe remains unclear.} gxf5 25. Nxf5 Qe6 26. Qd3 Nc4 27.
Qd8+ Ne8 28. b3 Na3 29. Bd1 Bxe4 30. Be7 Bc6 31. Bg4 Qd5 32. Qxd5 Bxd5 33. Bxc5
Bf8 34. Ne7+ Bxe7 35. Bxe7 Nb1 36. Bd7 Nc7 37. Bd6 Be6 38. Bc6 Nd5 39. Bxb5
Nbxc3 40. Bc4 f6 41. b4 Nf4 42. Ba6 Kf7 43. f3 Ke8 44. Kf2 Kd7 45. Bc5 Bf5 46.
Bf8 Ne6 47. Bh6 Nd5 48. Bd2 Nef4 49. g4 Bd3 50. Bxd3 Nxd3+ 51. Kg3 N3xb4 52.
Kh4 Nc6 53. Kg3 Nd4 54. g5 f5 55. h4 Ne2+ 56. Kf2 Nef4 57. Ba5 Nh5 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E13"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Bb4 7. e3 Qe7 8. Qc2
Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 d6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Be2 Nd7 12. O-O O-O 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. Rac1
c5 15. b4 Qe7 16. bxc5 dxc5 {Top: Geller and Smyslov 8 1/2, Spassky and
Botvinnik 8.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A85"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nc3 f5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Qb3 a5 6. Bd2 b6 7. g3 Bb7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Be4 11. Rad1 a4 12. Qa3 Re8 13. Bh3 d5 14. Ne5 dxc4
15. Nxc4 Nc6 16. f3 Bd5 17. Ne5 Qc8 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Rfe1 Qb7 20. Bg2 Rad8 21.
Bb4 Rd7 22. b3 axb3 23. axb3 Red8 24. Qa1 h6 25. Bc3 Rf7 26. Bd2 Rfd7 27. Bc3
Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O d5 5. d4 Bd6 6. c4 c6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2 O-O
9. Qc1 b6 10. Ba3 Bb7 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Qa3 Qxa3 13. Nxa3 Nbd7 14. Rfc1 Rfc8
15. Ne1 Kf8 16. Nd3 Ke7 17. Rc2 c5 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Rac1 cxd4 20. Nb5 a6 21.
Nxd4 g6 22. Rc7 Rab8 23. Ne5 Rxc7 24. Rxc7 Kd6 25. Nxd7 Nxd7 26. Rc1 Rc8 27.
Rd1 Nc5 28. Kf1 Ne6 29. Nxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E59"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Bd3 e5 12. Qc2 Bg4 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5
Qxe5 15. f3 Bd7 16. e4 (16. Re1 Ba4 $1 {(Furman-Antoshin, round 7)}) 16... c4
17. Be2 Qc5+ 18. Kh1 Rfe8 19. Qb2 Rac8 $6 20. Bf4 $6 (20. Qxb7 $5 Rb8 21. Qa6
Rec8 22. Rd1 Rc6 23. Qa4 Rb3 24. Rd4 {is good for White.}) 20... Nh5 21. Bd2 f5
$5 (21... b5 22. Rad1 f5 {is simpler.}) 22. Qxb7 Bb5 23. Rfe1 {Boris envisions
an attack.} Rc6 $4 (23... Rc7 24. Qd5+ Qxd5 25. exd5 Nf6 26. d6 Rd7 27. Bf4 Nd5
$11) 24. Be3 $1 Qe5 (24... Qxe3 25. Bxc4+) 25. f4 $1 Ng3+ 26. hxg3 Rh6+ 27. Kg1
{Black's assault has stopped.} Qxc3 28. Qxa7 fxe4 29. Qd4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ilivitzki, Georgi"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A97"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. g3 f5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. Re1
d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Qb3 c6 11. e4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Rxe4 Qd8 14. Bf4 Na6
15. Re2 Nc7 16. Rae1 Bf6 17. Qb4 Na6 18. Qb3 Nc7 19. Qb4 Na6 20. Qb3 Nc7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B88"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Bb3 O-O 9. Be3 Bd7 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Qd3 b5 13. a3 (13. Nxb5 $5 Bxe4
{(Szabo-Benko, 1951).}) 13... a5 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Nd7 16. Qe3 b4 17. axb4
axb4 18. Ne2 Ra5 $1 19. c3 $2 (19. Rxa5 Qxa5 {is correct (Mikenas).}) 19...
Bxg2 20. cxb4 $2 {He panics.} ({Keres notices} 20. Kxg2 Qa8+) ({Active play
brings} 20. Rxa5 $1 Bxf1 21. Ra7 Bg5 22. Qe4 Bxe2 23. Bc2 g6 24. Qxe2 {with
near equality.}) 20... Bxb4 21. Rxa5 Bxf1 22. Rb5 Bxe2 23. Rxb4 Ba6 24. Bc2 Qe7
25. Bc3 Rc8 26. Ra4 Bb7 27. Ra7 Bc6 28. Be4 $2 Bxe4 29. Qxe4 Qg5+ 30. Kf2 Nc5
31. Qf3 Rf8 32. Ra8 Nd3+ 33. Ke2 Nf4+ 34. Kf1 Nd5 35. Rxf8+ Kxf8 36. Ke2 Qh4
37. Kd3 $2 Qxh2 38. Kc4 Qc2 39. Qg3 Qa4+ 40. Kc5 Qb3 41. Qh4 Ke8 42. Qg3 g6 43.
Qe1 h5 44. Qg3 Qa4 45. Qg5 Kd7 46. Qg3 Ne3 $1 47. Qf2 Qc4+ 48. Kb6 Nd5+ 49. Ka7
Qa4+ 50. Kb7 Qb5+ 51. Ka7 Kc8 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Shcherbakov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E69"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4
Re8 9. h3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. Re1 a5 12. Rb1 $1 {White lessens the pressure
on the long diagonal. It takes the sting from the opponent's strategy.} Nfd7
13. Be3 c6 14. b3 Ne5 15. Qc2 a4 16. Red1 axb3 17. axb3 Na6 18. Na2 Qe7 19. f4
Nd7 20. Bf2 Nac5 21. Nc3 Nf6 22. Qd2 Ra3 $2 ({Black should not assault, but
consolidate by} 22... Bd7 23. Re1 Red8 24. Rbd1 Ne8 25. b4 Na4) 23. Re1 Nfd7
24. Qc2 Nf8 25. b4 Nce6 26. Nde2 Bd7 27. Qd2 Rea8 28. Red1 Be8 29. b5 {A pawn
is given for activity.} Nc5 $2 ({Black can defend himself by} 29... Rd8 30. f5
Nc7 31. Bd4 Be5 {but his position remains cramped.}) 30. Qxd6 $1 Qxd6 31. Rxd6
Na4 32. Nd1 Ne6 33. e5 Bf8 34. Rd2 Nac5 35. Ndc3 Nb3 36. Rc2 Rd8 37. Ne4 cxb5
38. Nf6+ Kg7 39. Nxe8+ Rxe8 40. cxb5 Nbc5 41. b6 Nd3 42. Bxb7 Nxf2 43. Kxf2
Bc5+ 44. Kg2 Rb8 45. Bd5 Rxb6 46. Rxb6 Bxb6 47. Rc6 Ba7 48. Bxe6 fxe6 49. Nc3
g5 50. Rxe6 h5 51. Nb5 Ra2+ 52. Kf3 Bc5 53. Rc6 Bg1 54. f5 Rf2+ 55. Ke4 Re2+
56. Kd5 Bh2 57. Nd4 Rd2 58. Rc7+ Kh6 59. f6 Bxg3 60. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Black "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O Nc6 5. d3 e6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Re1
Qc7 9. c3 $6 ({Territory gains} 9. e5 Nd7 10. Qe2) 9... b5 10. Nf1 dxe4 11.
dxe4 Bb7 12. Bf4 e5 13. Bg5 Rad8 14. Qc2 Na5 $6 (14... c4 15. Ne3 Rfe8 {builds
slight pressure.}) 15. a4 b4 16. cxb4 Nc6 17. bxc5 Nb4 18. Qc3 Qxc5 19. Ne3 Nd3
20. Qxc5 Bxc5 21. Re2 Bxe4 22. Bxf6 Bxf3 23. Bxf3 gxf6 24. Rd1 {Both sides
have weakened their pawn structure in the transition to the endgame. A
combination can force equality.} Bb6 $2 {A blunder costs a pawn.} ({The
'petite combinaison'} 24... Nxf2 $1 25. Rxd8 Nh3+ 26. Kg2 Rxd8 27. Kxh3 Rd3 28.
Nd5 Rxf3 29. Kg2 Rb3 30. Nxf6+ Kg7 {leads to a level game.}) (24... Bxe3 25.
fxe3 f5 {gives a passable defence.}) 25. Nd5 Nc5 26. b4 Nxa4 27. Nxf6+ Kh8 $6 (
{After} 27... Kg7 28. Nh5+ Kh6 29. Rxe5 Rxd1+ 30. Bxd1 Nc3 31. Bf3 Rb8 {the
black pieces are more active than in the game.}) 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Rxe5 Bd4 30.
Rf5 Nb2 31. Ne4 f6 32. Nc5 Re8 33. Rd5 Bc3 34. b5 Nc4 35. Bh5 Rb8 36. Nd7 Rd8
37. Be2 Ne5 38. Nxf6 Nf3+ 39. Bxf3 Bxf6 40. Rf5 Bd4 41. Bc6 Bb6 42. Kg2 Rd2 43.
g4 h6 44. h4 Kg7 45. Kg3 Bc7+ 46. f4 Rd3+ 47. Kg2 Bd8 48. g5 hxg5 49. hxg5 Bc7
50. Be8 Bb6 51. Rf7+ Kg8 52. Rd7 Ra3 53. Bf7+ Kf8 54. Be6 Ra1 55. Kf3 Rg1 56.
Ke4 Ke8 57. Kf5 Rb1 58. Rd5 Rb4 59. g6 Kf8 60. Rd7 Bd4 61. Rf7+ Kg8 62. Rxa7+
Kf8 63. g7+ Bxg7 64. Rf7+ Kg8 65. Kg6 Bd4 66. Rf5+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kan, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B49"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Be3 b5 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. f4 b4 11. Na4 c5 ({Theory was the wild} 11... Nxe4 $5
12. Bb6 Qd7 13. Bf3 Nd2 14. Rf2 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 {(Thomas-Steiner, Hastings 1932)
.}) 12. c3 Rb8 13. Bf3 e5 $2 (13... bxc3 14. b3 {is okay (Unzicker-Korchnoi,
Buenos Aires 1960).}) 14. fxe5 Qxe5 15. g3 g5 $1 {16.Bf4 has to be forestalled.
} 16. cxb4 Rxb4 17. Rc1 Bh3 18. Re1 Nd7 19. a3 Rb8 20. b4 Rd8 21. Qd5 Be6 22.
Qc6 cxb4 {'Theorist' Simagin likes to attack.} 23. Nc5 $5 ({The exchange wins} 
23. Bb6 {Simagin wants the king.}) 23... h5 $2 (23... Bxc5 24. Bxc5 bxa3 25.
Bxa3 g4 26. Be2 h5 {stays alive.}) 24. Red1 Rh6 25. Bd4 ({Normal people play} 
25. axb4) 25... Qb8 26. Nxa6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d5 6. c4 c6 7. Na3 e6 8. Bf4 b6
9. Qc1 Bb7 10. Bh6 Nbd7 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. b3 Rc8 13. Qb2 Qe7 14. Rac1 Kg8 15.
b4 Rb8 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Rc2 a5 18. b5 Qb4 19. Rfc1 Qxb2 20. Rxb2 Rfc8 21. Rbc2
Rxc2 22. Rxc2 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. Nd2 Kf8 25. Nab1 Ke7 26. Nc3 Ne8 27. f3
Bb7 28. Kf2 Nd6 29. e3 f6 30. f4 f5 31. Bf3 Ne4+ 32. Bxe4 dxe4 33. Nc4 Bd5 34.
Ne5 Nf6 35. h3 Kd6 36. g4 Bb7 37. a3 Nd5 {Top: Smyslov 9, Botvinnik and Geller
8 1/2.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 $1 ({We saw the
passive} 6... Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 {in Furman-Petrosian (round 9).}) 7. Nb3 Ne5 8. e4
Bb4 9. Qe2 a5 $6 (9... d6 10. Bd2 O-O {is less active.}) 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Bd2
O-O 12. a3 (12. f4 Ng6 13. e5 {gains territory.}) 12... Bxc3 13. Bxc3 b6 $6 (
13... d6 14. f4 Ned7 {utilises square d7.}) 14. f4 $1 Ng6 15. Bg2 Ba6 16. Nd2
Rac8 17. h4 $5 (17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Rc1 {keeps a slight positional advantage.})
17... Bxc4 $1 18. Nxc4 Qxc4 19. h5 Qxe2+ 20. Kxe2 Ne7 21. h6 d5 $5 (21... Ne8
$6 22. hxg7 Nxg7 23. Rh6 {looks horrible (Neistadt), but} f5 $1 24. Rah1 fxe4
25. Bxe4 Ngf5 26. R6h3 Rf7 {defends well.}) 22. hxg7 Kxg7 23. exd5 Nexd5 24.
Bxd5 exd5 25. g4 {White has a terrible pin for a pawn.} Rfe8+ $2 ({The pin ends
} 25... Rxc3 $1 26. bxc3 Nxg4 {White harasses by} 27. Rh5 $1 Re8+ $1 28. Kd3
Nf6 29. Rg1+ Kf8 30. Rh6 Re6 31. f5 Rc6 32. a4 Ke7 {but Black has developed a
defence line.}) 26. Kf3 h6 27. Rac1 Kg6 28. f5+ Kg7 29. Bd4 $5 (29. Bxf6+ Kxf6
30. Rxh6+ Ke5 31. Re1+ Kd4 32. Rxe8 Rxe8 33. Rxb6 {wins a pawn.}) 29... Rxc1
30. Rxc1 Re4 31. Rd1 b5 (31... a4 {looks strong, but} 32. Bc3 Rc4 33. Rd4 Rc6
34. Rxa4 Kf8 35. Ra8+ Ke7 36. Bb4+ Kd7 37. Rf8 {gives a fierce attack.}) 32. b3
a4 33. b4 Re8 34. Bb2 Rb8 (34... Rd8 35. Be5 Rd7 36. Kf4 Rd8 37. g5 {White has
completed the restriction.}) 35. Rxd5 Rb6 36. Bd4 Kh7 37. Bxf6 Rxf6 38. Rxb5
Rd6 39. Ke4 Kg7 40. Ra5 Kf6 41. Rxa4 Rb6 42. Kf4 Rb7 43. Ra6+ Kg7 44. Ke5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 a5 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. Nc3 dxe4 14. Nxb5 Bb7 15.
Nc3 Qd7 16. Bf4 Rad8 17. Qe2 Qf5 18. Bxc7 Rxd4 19. Rad1 Rb4 $6 {Keres takes a
risk.} (19... Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Qc5 21. Bg3 Rd8 $11) 20. Bd6 Bxd6 21. Rxd6 Nh5 22.
Nd5 Qe5 23. Rd7 Nf6 24. Nxf6+ Qxf6 25. Qh5 a4 26. Qc5 Rb6 27. Bxa4 Rxb2 28.
Red1 h6 29. Bb3 Bc8 30. R7d6 Be6 31. Bxe6 fxe6 32. R6d2 Rfb8 33. Qe3 Rxd2 34.
Rxd2 Rb4 35. Kh2 Kh7 36. Qg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. e3 d5 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. O-O Bd6 8. b3
Ne4 9. Bb2 O-O 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Qc2 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Nf6 13. Rfd1 Qe7 14. b4 Ne4
15. Be1 c6 16. Qb2 a6 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. a4 Rfe8 19. Bf1 b5 20. a5 Bb8 21. Nd2
Nd6 22. Nb3 Rcd8 23. Bd3 Nc4 24. Qc2 Kh8 25. Nc5 Bc8 26. Bf5 Qc7 27. g3 Rd6 28.
Bd2 Rf6 29. e4 dxe4 30. Bxe4 h6 31. Bc3 Rd6 32. Re1 Ba7 33. d5 cxd5 34. Bxd5
Rdd8 35. Rxe8+ Rxe8 36. Qd3 Bxc5 37. bxc5 Bb7 38. Qf3 Bxd5 39. Qxd5 Rd8 40. Qh5
Kg8 41. Qg4 Ne5 42. Bxe5 Qxe5 43. c6 f5 44. Qb4 Rc8 45. h4 Kh7 46. Rc5 Qe4 47.
Qxe4 fxe4 48. c7 b4 49. Rc6 b3 50. Rxa6 Rxc7 51. Rb6 Rc1+ 52. Kg2 Ra1 53. Rxb3
Rxa5 54. Kf1 Kg6 55. Rb7 Kf6 56. Ke2 Ra3 57. Rb5 Rc3 58. Rb8 Ra3 59. Rf8+ Ke5
60. h5 Ra2+ 61. Kf1 Ra7 62. Kg2 Re7 63. Kh3 Kd6 64. Kg4 e3 65. fxe3 Rxe3 66.
Kf4 Re6 67. Rg8 Rf6+ 68. Ke4 Rf7 69. Ra8 Ke6 70. Ra6+ Ke7 71. Ke5 Rf1 72. g4
Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Ilivitzki, Georgi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D91"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Bg5 d5 4. Nc3 Ne4 5. Bf4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
c5 $6 ({Correct is} 8. cxd5 Qxd5) 8... b6 9. cxb6 axb6 10. e3 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Rxa6
12. O-O Qd7 13. Qe2 Qc6 14. Rfc1 Ra4 15. Ne1 $6 (15. Nd2 {prepares for 16.c4
or 16.e4.}) 15... Nd7 16. Nd3 Rfa8 17. Rc2 e6 18. h4 $6 {Activity is displayed
at the wrong flank.} ({A useful enterprise embarks} 18. Nb4 Qb7 19. Qb5 c5 20.
Nc6) 18... Ra3 19. h5 Qc4 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Qd2 b5 22. g4 Re8 $6 {A centre
attack is wrong.} ({Flank play continues} 22... f5 $1 23. g5 Kf7) 23. Rb1 e5 $6
24. Rb4 Qc6 25. dxe5 Nxe5 26. Nxe5 Bxe5 27. Bxe5 Rxe5 28. Qd3 Re4 29. Rxe4 dxe4
30. Qd8+ Kg7 31. Qd4+ Kg8 32. Qd8+ Kg7 33. Qe7 Qd5 {Botvinnik played
strategically weak until the opponent allowed a trick.} ({White did not give a
perpetual check.} 33... Qd5 34. Qxa3 {Black can by} Qd1+ 35. Kg2 Qxg4+) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E40"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3
O-O 9. Nd2 Re8 10. a4 e4 11. a5 Ne7 12. a6 bxa6 13. f3 exf3 14. Bxf3 Rb8 15.
Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 f5 17. Bd3 Rf8 18. Ra2 Ng6 19. Raf2 Qe7 20. Qa4 c5 21. Qa5
Rb6 22. Qa2 Bd7 23. Qc2 Rbb8 24. Bxf5 Bxf5 25. Rxf5 Qe6 26. Qd3 Rxf5 27. Rxf5
cxd4 $6 28. cxd4 Rc8 29. d5 $2 Qd7 30. Bb2 Rxc4 31. Rf2 Qc8 32. h3 a5 33. Bd4
a6 34. Kh2 a4 35. Qa3 Qd7 36. Rb2 Ne7 37. Qd3 Rc7 $2 38. Qxa6 h6 39. Rb6 Nf5
40. Rb8+ Kf7 41. Qf1 Kg6 42. Qd3 Kf7 43. Bb2 Rc8 44. Rb4 $6 {Funny play was
followed by errors under time pressure.} (44. Rxc8 Qxc8 45. e4 {gives great
chances.}) 44... Kg8 45. e4 Nh4 46. e5 Qf5 47. Qxf5 Nxf5 48. exd6 Rd8 49. g4 $6
(49. Rb7 {keeps an advantage.}) 49... Nxd6 50. Kg3 Ne8 51. Rb5 a3 52. Bxa3 Nf6
53. d6 Ne4+ 54. Kf4 Nxd6 55. Rd5 $2 {The simplest choice is exchange.} Rf8+ {
After the missed chance, the frustrated Geller kept on playing. A second
blunder loses the game.} 56. Rf5 $2 (56. Kg3 Ne4+ 57. Kg2 Rf2+ 58. Kg1 Rf3 {
costs only a pawn.}) 56... g5+ $1 57. Ke5 Nc4+ 58. Ke6 Nxa3 59. Rxf8+ Kxf8 60.
Kf6 Nb5 61. Kg6 Nd4 62. Kxh6 Nf3 63. Kg6 Ke7 64. Kf5 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kan, Ilia"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 b5 6. a4 Bb4 7. Bd2 Qe7 8. axb5
Bxc3 9. Bxc3 cxb5 10. d5 Nf6 11. d6 Qb7 12. Bxf6 ({Known are} 12. b3) ({and} 
12. Qd4) 12... gxf6 13. Qd4 Nd7 14. Be2 Qb6 $6 {Black wants to simplify.} (
14... Qc6 {is okay. Black pressures on the long diagonal and will occupy the
g-file.}) 15. O-O $6 (15. Qxb6 Nxb6 16. Nd4 a6 17. Bf3 Rb8 18. Nc6 Ra8 {White
can choose between a repetition of moves and the risky} 19. Ne7 Ra7 20. Ke2
Rxe7 21. dxe7 Kxe7) 15... Bb7 16. b3 $6 (16. Qd2 Rg8 17. Rfd1 {is better.})
16... Rg8 $1 17. Rfd1 $2 (17. Qh4 Qxd6 18. Rfd1 Qc6 19. Qxh7 Rg6 {leads to a
turmoil.}) 17... Qxd4 18. Rxd4 cxb3 19. Rb4 a6 20. Rxb3 Rc8 21. g3 Nc5 22. Rb4
Kd7 23. Rf4 Kxd6 24. Rxf6 Ke7 25. Rf4 Nb3 26. Re1 Nc1 27. Bf1 Bxf3 28. Rxf3 Rc3
29. Rf4 Nd3 30. Bxd3 Rxd3 31. Rc1 Rd7 32. Ra1 Ra8 33. Rb4 Rb7 34. Rab1 Rc8 35.
Ra1 Rc6 36. Kf1 Kd6 37. Ke2 Kc5 38. Rb2 Kb6 39. Rba2 Ra7 40. Ra5 Rc2+ 41. Kf3
b4 42. g4 Rc5 43. R5a2 a5 44. Rb2 Kb5 45. Rab1 Rc4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E87"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 e5 6. Nge2 O-O 7. d5 $5 Nh5 8. Be3
f5 9. Qd2 a6 $5 (9... Nd7 {was played in round six (Kan-Borisenko).}) 10. O-O-O
b5 $5 11. c5 b4 $5 12. Na4 fxe4 13. fxe4 Nf6 $5 14. cxd6 $5 (14. Qxb4 a5 15.
Qc4 {seems to be alright.}) 14... Nxe4 15. Qxb4 Nf2 $5 ({The normal} 15... Nxd6
{equalises.}) 16. dxc7 $6 ({After} 16. Bxf2 $5 Rxf2 17. dxc7 Qxc7+ {(Suetin)}
18. Kd2 $1 Nd7 19. Ke1 {the king escapes from checks.}) 16... Qxc7+ 17. Nec3
Nxd1 $6 {The juicy rook stands on h1.} 18. Kxd1 a5 19. Qb3 Ba6 20. Nb5 ({
Exchanges by} 20. Nb6 Ra7 21. d6+ Qf7 22. Qxf7+ Rfxf7 23. Bxa6 Rxa6 24. Ncd5
Nd7 25. Ke2 {lead to a balanced endgame.}) 20... Qd7 21. Be2 Qf5 {White is
bothered by Qf5 and Ba6.} 22. Kd2 $2 (22. Nac3 $1 {(protects the squares e4
and b1)} Qd7 23. Qc4 Rc8 24. Qe4 {brings aggressive counter-play.}) 22... Nd7
23. Nd6 Qf6 24. Ne4 Qh4 25. Bf3 Rab8 26. Bg5 $2 Rxb3 27. Bxh4 Rb4 28. Nac3
Rxb2+ 29. Ke3 $2 Nb6 30. Ng5 Nc4+ (30... Nc4+ 31. Ke4 Rf4+ 32. Kd3 Rd2#) 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nd7 5. Qc2 Ngf6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. Bd2 O-O 8.
O-O-O e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nb5 Bb8 11. Bb4 $2 ({Correct is} 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12.
Bc3) 11... Re8 12. Nd6 Bxd6 13. Bxd6 e4 14. Bc7 Qe7 15. Ne5 $6 Nxe5 16. dxe5
Ng4 17. Bd6 Qe6 18. Kb1 Bd7 19. Qd2 Bc6 20. Bc5 Nxe5 21. Bd4 Qf5 22. h3 a6 23.
Rg1 Rac8 24. Ka1 f6 25. g4 Qd7 26. Be2 Bb5 27. g5 Bxe2 28. Qxe2 Nf3 29. gxf6
Nxg1 30. Rxg1 g6 31. h4 Kf7 32. a3 Rg8 33. f3 Rc6 34. h5 g5 35. h6 Qc8 36. Kb1
Qf5 37. fxe4 Qxe4+ 38. Ka2 g4 39. Qh2 Qf5 40. Qg3 Rc2 41. Rh1 Rgc8 $6 (41... b5
42. Rg1 a5 {is stronger.}) 42. Qd6 Qe6 43. Qb4 b5 44. Rh5 R8c4 $2 ({Subtle
play is needed:} 44... Kg6 $1 45. Re5 Qxf6 $1 46. Re4 Qf1 $1 47. Qd6+ Kh5 48.
Qxd5+ Kh4 $1 {The checks are finished.} 49. Bg7 R8c4 50. Re6 Rc5 51. Qd4 Qc4+ {
and Black wins.}) 45. Qb3 $1 Qe4 46. Re5 g3 47. Rxe4 dxe4 48. Bc3 g2 49. Qxc2
g1=Q 50. Qd2 Qg4 51. Ka1 Qg1+ 52. Ka2 Qg4 53. Ka1 Qg1+ 54. Ka2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Shcherbakov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B71"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f4 Nc6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
e5 Nd7 9. exd6 exd6 10. Be3 Be7 11. Qd2 Qa5 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Kb1 d5 14. f5 Bf6
15. Bd4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Rb8 17. Qd2 $2 Nc5 $1 18. g4 (18. Nxd5 Qxd2 19. Ne7+ Kg7
20. Rxd2 Re8 {The knight has troubles.}) 18... Qb4 19. b3 Qxg4 20. h4 Bxf5 21.
Bh3 Qh5 22. Bxf5 Qxf5 23. h5 Ne6 24. Ne2 g5 25. Rde1 h6 26. Qc3 c5 27. Rhf1 Qh7
28. Ng3 d4 29. Qc4 Rb4 30. Qa6 Nf4 31. Re5 Rb6 $2 32. Qxa7 Re6 33. Qxc5 Rxe5
34. Qxe5 d3 35. Nf5 dxc2+ 36. Kxc2 f6 37. Qe4 Kh8 38. Kb2 Qd7 39. Nxh6 $2 Re8
$2 (39... f5 $1 {wins.}) 40. Qc4 $2 (40. Rd1 $1 {would have saved the day.})
40... Qd2+ 41. Kb1 Nd3 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. c4 Bb7 4. Nc3 e6 5. a3 d6 6. e3 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Qc2 O-O
9. O-O Nbd7 10. b4 e5 $6 {Smyslov makes strange moves.} (10... c5 $1 {improves
the pawn structure.}) 11. d5 c6 12. dxc6 Bxc6 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Bb2 Rfd8 15. Qb3
Rac8 16. Rac1 Nf8 17. Nd2 Ne6 18. Nd5 Qd7 19. Nc3 Qb7 20. Bf3 e4 21. Be2 h5 22.
Qa2 Qe7 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. cxd5 Ng5 25. Rc6 h4 {Simagin cannot attack the king.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E57"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 c5 5. Bxc4 e6 6. O-O cxd4 7. exd4 Nc6 8.
Nc3 a6 {Flohr's favourite move.} 9. a3 Be7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Qd3 h6 12. Bh4 Nh5
13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Ne5 Nf6 15. Rad1 b5 16. Ba2 Bb7 17. f4 (17. Rfe1 {avoids
weakening of the king's side.}) 17... Qb6 18. g4 $6 Rad8 19. Bb1 Nc6 $6 (19...
Rd6 {increases the pressure in the centre.}) 20. Nxc6 $6 (20. Nf3 $1 {closes
the long diagonal.}) 20... Qxc6 21. Qh3 Qb6 22. Qd3 g6 23. g5 (23. h3 Qc6 24.
Qg3 {prevents a disaster.}) 23... hxg5 $2 24. fxg5 Nh5 25. Qe3 e5 $1 26. Qxe5
Rfe8 27. Qc5 Qe6 28. d5 Qg4+ 29. Kh1 {Flohr longs for a safe draw.} Rxd5 $2 ({
White can be crushed by} 29... Ng3+ $1 30. hxg3 Qh3+ 31. Kg1 Qxg3+ 32. Kh1 Kg7
$1 33. Qd4+ Re5 {(Suetin).}) 30. Rxd5 Nf4 31. Qg1 $1 Qxg1+ 32. Kxg1 Nxd5 33.
Ba2 $1 Re5 34. h4 Kf8 35. Bxd5 Bxd5 36. Rf4 Be6 37. Kf2 Rc5 38. Rd4 Ke7 39. Ke3
Rc8 40. Kf4 Rc5 {Top: Smyslov 9 1/2, Botvinnik 9.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E13"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 b6 9. Nd2 Bb7 10. f3 Qe7 11. Bd3 e5 12. e4 Nf8 13. Bf2 Ne6 14. g3 O-O 15.
Qe2 Rfe8 16. O-O Ng5 17. Be3 Nfh7 18. h4 Ne6 19. Rae1 Qf6 20. Nb3 a5 21. a4 Qg6
22. Qg2 Nf6 23. Kh2 Nh5 24. f4 exf4 25. gxf4 Qxg2+ 26. Kxg2 f5 27. d5 Nc5 28.
Nxc5 bxc5 29. e5 g6 30. Be2 Nf6 31. Bf3 Nd7 32. e6 Nb6 33. h5 Nxc4 34. hxg6 Ba6
35. Rg1 Kg7 36. Kf2 Rab8 37. Rb1 Nb6 38. Bd2 Bc4 39. Be2 Bxe2 40. Kxe2 Nxd5 41.
c4 $4 {White loses the game by a blunder after the time control.} (41. Rxb8 $1
Rxb8 42. c4 Nb6 43. Bc3+ Kf8 $1 44. Bf6 $1 Re8 $1 45. e7+ Kg8 46. Rh1 Nd7 {and
Black survives.}) 41... Rxe6+ 42. Kf3 Rxb1 43. Rxb1 Nb4 44. Bc3+ Kxg6 45. Rg1+
Kf7 46. Rg7+ Ke8 47. Rxc7 Re4 48. Bxb4 axb4 49. a5 Kd8 50. Rf7 Rxc4 51. a6 b3
52. Rxf5 Ra4 53. Rf7 Rxa6 54. Rb7 c4 55. Ke4 Rc6 56. Kd5 c3 57. Kxc6 c2 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. b3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Bb2 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. d3 Nbd7 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Qc2 Bf8 12. Rfe1 a5 13. Rac1 Bc5 14. Qb1 a4
15. b4 Bf8 16. a3 c5 17. bxc5 Nxc5 $6 (17... Bxc5 {is more appropriate.}) 18.
Bc3 Nfd7 $6 ({A better order of moves is} 18... Rc8 19. Qb2 Nfd7) 19. Bb4 Ne6
20. Bxf8 Rxf8 21. Qb4 Re8 22. d4 Ra5 23. e3 Ba6 24. Qd6 Nef8 25. Bh3 Nb8 26.
Qxd8 Rxd8 27. Ne5 f6 $2 {Another positional flaw culminates in the loss of a
pawn.} (27... Rd6 28. Rc7 f6 {is better.}) 28. Nc6 Nxc6 29. Rxc6 Rb8 30. Rb1
Rb5 31. Bf1 Rxb1 32. Nxb1 Bxf1 33. Kxf1 Ng6 34. Nc3 Ne7 35. Rc7 Kf8 36. Nxa4
Rc8 37. Rb7 Ra8 38. Nxb6 Rxa3 39. Nd7+ Kf7 40. Nc5 Ra1+ 41. Kg2 Ra8 42. h4 Rd8
43. Nd3 Rd6 44. Nf4 Rd8 45. g4 Rd6 46. Kf3 Kf8 47. Kg3 Kf7 48. Nh5 g5 49. hxg5
fxg5 50. Ng7 Kxg7 51. Rxe7+ Kg6 52. Re5 Rd7 53. Re6+ Kf7 54. Re5 Kg6 55. f3 Rd6
56. Kf2 Rd7 57. Kg3 Kf6 58. f4 gxf4+ 59. exf4 Rd6 60. g5+ Kf7 61. f5 Rd7 62.
Kg4 Rd6 63. Kh5 Kf8 64. f6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E68"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4
exd4 9. Nxd4 Ne5 10. b3 Re8 11. h3 c6 12. Be3 a5 13. Re1 a4 14. Nxa4 Rxa4 15.
bxa4 Nxc4 16. Bg5 Qa5 17. Qc2 Qxg5 18. Qxc4 Qh5 19. e5 dxe5 20. g4 Qh6 21. Nf3
Be6 22. Qc1 Qxc1 23. Raxc1 e4 24. Nd2 Bh6 25. Rc2 Bd5 26. Nc4 Ra8 27. Nd6 Rxa4
28. Nxb7 Nd7 29. Nd6 f5 30. gxf5 gxf5 31. Nxf5 Bf8 32. Rb1 Kf7 33. Rb7 Ke6 34.
Ne3 Bd6 35. h4 Nf6 36. Bh3+ Ke5 37. Rg7 Bf8 38. Rg5+ Kd6 39. Rf5 Be7 40. Rg5
Bf8 41. Rd2 h6 42. Rf5 Be7 43. Bf1 Ke6 44. Rc2 Rb4 45. Ba6 Rb1+ 46. Kg2 Rb8 47.
Bc4 Bd6 48. Kh3 Rb1 49. Kg2 Rb8 50. Kf1 Rb4 51. Bb3 Bxb3 52. axb3 Nd5 53. Rh5
Nxe3+ 54. fxe3 Rxb3 55. Rxh6+ Kd5 56. Rd2+ Rd3 57. Ke2 Bf8 58. Rg6 {Too many
mistakes were made in this game for a serious discussion.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Ilivitzki, Georgi"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 d4 5. b4 c5 6. Bb2 Nc6 7. b5 Ne7 8. e3 dxe3
9. dxe3 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Ng6 11. h4 h5 12. Ke2 Ng4 $5 13. Rd1 f6 14. a4 Bd7 15.
Nfd2 $1 O-O-O 16. Nb3 N6e5 17. Na3 Kc7 18. f4 $6 ({Activity on the queen's
side begins} 18. Na5 b6 19. Nb3 Bd6 20. a5) 18... Nf7 19. Nb1 Nd6 20. N1d2 Nf5
21. Nf1 Be7 22. Ba3 b6 23. a5 Bc8 24. axb6+ axb6 25. Bc1 Rxd1 26. Ra7+ Kb8 {
White delivers a perpetual.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Shcherbakov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 c5 6. c3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. O-O
(8. dxc5 $5 {Black will find it hard to regain the pawn.}) 8... Qb6 9. Qb1 e5
$5 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. e4 {Black has started the difficulties, but fails in the
calculations.} Ncxe5 $2 (11... Be6 12. exd5 Bxd5 {is solid.}) 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13.
exd5 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Bf5 15. Ne4 Qxb2 16. d6 $1 Qb6 17. Rfe1 Qc6 18. Be7 c4 $5 (
18... Rfe8 19. Rad1 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Qd7 {brings a positional horror.}) 19. Qf3
Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Bxc3 $2 (20... Rfe8 21. Rf4 Qxf3 22. Rxf3 f5 23. Rb1 Rab8 {gives
the last chance.}) 21. Rc1 f5 22. Re2 Qxf3 23. gxf3 Bg7 24. Rxc4 Rfb8 25. d7
Bf8 26. Rec2 $1 Bxe7 27. Rc8+ Kf7 28. Rxb8 Rxb8 29. Rc8 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. d5 Qa5 $5 {Geller wants
to win!} 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. Qc2 d6 9. Nf3 e5 10. Nd2 Nd7 11. g3 Nb6 12. Bg2 Bxc3
13. bxc3 Qa4 14. Qd3 Bd7 15. O-O O-O-O 16. f4 h5 17. fxe5 fxe5 18. Rxf7 $6 ({
The subtle} 18. Rf6 $1 Kc7 19. Rxf7 h4 20. g4 {keeps the king's side closed.})
18... h4 19. Rg7 hxg3 20. hxg3 Kb8 21. Bf3 Bc8 22. Be4 $6 (22. Bg4 {(Suetin).})
22... Rdf8 23. Bg6 Rh6 24. Qc2 Rfh8 {Black attacks on the flanks.} 25. Kf2 $2 (
{A fine defence gives} 25. Qxa4 Nxa4 26. Kf2 $1 {The pawn is returned for the
king's safety.} Nxc3 27. Ke3 b5 $5 28. Nb1 $1 Rh1 29. Nxc3 Rxa1 30. Nxb5 Rd8
31. Nxa7 Rd7) 25... Rh2+ 26. Ke3 Nxc4+ $1 27. Nxc4 Qxc4 28. Qd3 Qg4 29. Kd2 c4
30. Qe4 Qg5+ 31. Kc2 Qxg3 32. Rf1 R8h4 33. Qf3 Qxf3 34. Rxf3 Rxe2+ 35. Kd1 Rg2
36. Rf1 Rhg4 37. Rf6 Rxa2 38. Bb1 Rxg7 39. Bxa2 Rg1+ 40. Kc2 Rg2+ 41. Kb1 b5
42. Rxd6 e4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 Bf5 7. O-O Qc8 8. c4
Bh3 9. Nc3 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 Nbd7 11. Qc2 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Nd5 Re8 14. e4 c6
15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Rad1 Bg7 17. Rfe1 f6 18. Nd2 Nc5 19. Nf1 Ne6 20. h4 Bf8 21.
Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Be7 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Be2 d5 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. O-O Bf5 10. b3 Qd6 11. Bb2 Rfd8 12. Rc1 Ne4 13. cxd5 Qh6 $2 ({The
natural} 13... Nxc3 14. Bxc3 cxd5 15. Ba5 {(Mikenas)} Rac8 $1 {keeps equality.}
) 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Rxc6 Qg5 16. Bf3 ({Mikenas prefers} 16. g3 Rxd5 17. Qc1 Bd6
18. Rc4 {but the text is alright.}) 16... Rxd5 17. Bd4 Rxd4 18. exd4 Bxc6 19.
Bxc6 Rd8 20. Bf3 $6 (20. d5 Rd6 21. g3 {protects the extra pawn.}) 20... g6 21.
Qc1 $2 (21. Bc6 Rd6 22. g3 {allows the mentioned protection.}) 21... Rxd4 22.
Qxc7 Bc5 23. Qa5 Rb4 24. Qa6 Rd4 25. Qa5 Rb4 26. Kh1 Qe7 27. g3 Bb6 28. Qa6 Rd4
29. Qc8+ Qd8 30. Qc6 $6 {An exchange of queens presents the last chance for a
win.} Rd2 31. Re1 Qd4 32. Qe8+ Kg7 33. Re2 Rxe2 34. Qxe2 Qxf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Kan, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. Qe2 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. c3 ({
Theory will become the more active} 8. e5 Nd7 9. c4 {(Smyslov-Gligoric,
Amsterdam 1964).}) 8... b6 9. e5 Nd7 10. h4 Re8 11. Na3 f6 12. d4 $6 ({The
known} 12. exf6 Bxf6 {(Evans-Berliner, New York 1954) prevents passivity.})
12... cxd4 13. cxd4 fxe5 14. dxe5 Nc5 15. Rd1 Ba6 16. Nb5 Qd7 17. a4 Rac8 18.
Bg5 Bf8 19. Bf1 h6 20. Bf4 Qf7 21. Ne1 $6 {Smyslov allows an invasion after a
phase of quiet manoeuvring.} (21. Qe1 {is better.}) 21... Be7 $6 (21... Nb3 22.
Rab1 Bxb5 23. axb5 Ncd4 24. Qd3 Rc4 {bebins an attack on the queen's side.})
22. Qg4 Rf8 23. Nf3 h5 24. Qh3 Qg6 25. Ng5 Rf5 $6 (25... Rcd8 {keeps a
positional edge.}) 26. b4 Nxb4 ({Correct is} 26... Bxg5 $1 27. hxg5 Ne4 $1 28.
Bd3 Bxb5 29. axb5 Nxe5 30. Bxe5 Rxe5 31. f4 Rf5 32. Rxa7 Rc3 33. Rb7 e5 $1 34.
Bxe4 dxe4 35. Rd8+ Kh7 36. Rbb8 Rc1+ 37. Kg2 Rc2+ {and perpetual check.} 38.
Kf1 $4 Qxg5 $1) 27. Nd4 $1 {White does not want pawn a7 but e6.} Rff8 28. Bxa6
Nbxa6 29. Ndxe6 Rfe8 30. Nxc5 (30. Rxd5 $6 Nb4 31. Rdd1 Ncd3 {Black takes over
the initiative.}) 30... Bxg5 $1 31. hxg5 Rxc5 32. Be3 Ra5 $5 33. f4 Qe4 $6 (
33... Qf7 {builds a defence line.}) 34. Bf2 g6 $2 ({The retreat} 34... Qg6 {is
necessary.}) 35. Qd7 $1 {Black forgot to watch his back.} Rf8 36. Rd4 Qf5 37.
Rxd5 Qxd7 38. Rxd7 Rf7 39. Rd8+ Rf8 40. Rd6 Kg7 41. Bd4 {Smyslov fought a long
positional struggle with its ups and downs. Like many annotators, Romanovsky
did not understand Vasily's style.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bb4 7. a3 Ba5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qc2 Bc7 10. Bd2 a6 11. Rad1 Qe7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Rfe1 Qd8 14. e4 dxe4
15. Nxe4 h6 16. Bc4 (16. Bb4 Re8 17. Nd6 Bxd6 18. Bxd6 {keeps a plus.}) 16...
Nd5 17. Ba2 Re8 18. Nc3 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 N7f6 20. Nxd5 cxd5 21. Ne5 Be6 22. f3
Rc8 23. Qd3 Ba5 24. Ng6 Bxd2 25. Qxd2 Qd6 26. Nf4 Bf5 27. Bb1 Bxb1 28. Rxb1 Rc4
29. Rc1 Kf8 30. b3 Rc6 31. Rxc6 Qxc6 32. Nd3 {Top: Smyslov 10 1/2, Botvinnik
and Geller 9 1/2.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Black "Ilivitzki, Georgi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D71"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. e4 Nb4 7. d5 c6 8. Ne2
e6 9. a3 N4a6 10. Nbc3 O-O 11. O-O Nc7 12. Nf4 cxd5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nfxd5
exd5 15. Nxd5 Nc6 16. Bf4 Bf5 17. Qd2 Qd7 18. Bh6 f6 19. Rfe1 Rae8 20. Bxg7
Kxg7 21. Qc3 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Be6 23. Rd1 Bh3 24. Bf3 Ne5 25. Be2 Qc6 26. Qxc6
Nxc6 27. f4 Rd8 28. Kf2 h5 29. Nc3 Rxd1 30. Bxd1 Kf7 31. Ke3 Be6 32. Nb5 Ke7
33. Bf3 Kd7 34. Nd4 Nxd4 35. Kxd4 b6 36. Be4 Bf7 37. Bd5 Be8 38. h4 Kd6 39. b4
Bd7 40. Be4 Bf5 41. Bf3 Bh3 42. Be2 Be6 43. Bf1 Bc8 44. Bb5 Bf5 45. Ba6 Bg4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E66"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d5 Na5 8. Nd2
c5 9. Qc2 e6 $5 ({Borisenko diverts from the usual} 9... a6) 10. O-O exd5 11.
cxd5 Re8 12. b3 $6 ({A useful move is} 12. e4) 12... b5 $1 {The preparation ..
a6 is unneeded.} 13. Bb2 ({The point is} 13. Nxb5 Bf5 14. e4 Nxe4 $1 15. Bxe4
Bxa1) 13... Rb8 ({Misery invokes the greedy} 13... b4 $2 14. Nce4 Nxd5 15. Bxg7
Kxg7 16. Nc4 Nxc4 17. bxc4 Nb6 18. Rfd1) 14. a3 Bd7 15. Rfe1 Nb7 16. Nce4 Nxd5
17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qb2+ f6 19. Nxc5 dxc5 20. Bxd5 Nd6 21. e4 Rc8 22. Rac1 Nf7
23. Nf3 Be6 24. Rcd1 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 Qe7 26. e5 Red8 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. e6 Nd6 29.
Qc3 Nf5 30. Re4 h5 31. Re1 Rd5 32. Qc2 Qd6 $6 ({Exchanges are the result of} 
32... Nd4 33. Qe4 Nxf3+ 34. Qxf3 Re5) 33. Qxf5 $2 (33. Qe2 $1 Qc6 34. e7 Qe8 {
brings an advantage.}) 33... Rxf5 34. e7 Qd7 35. e8=Q Qxe8 36. Rxe8 Rxf3 37.
Re7+ Kh6 38. b4 Rxa3 39. bxc5 a5 40. Rb7 b4 41. c6 Rc3 42. c7 b3 43. Rxb3 Rxc7
44. Ra3 Ra7 45. Ra4 {The extra pawn in a classical rook ending should suffice
to win.} Kg5 $2 ({Correct is} 45... Kg7 $1 {The main line goes} 46. h4 Kf7 47.
Kf1 Ke6 48. Ke2 Kd6 49. Kd3 f5 $1 50. f3 Kc6 51. g4 Kb5 52. Rd4 a4 53. Kc2 a3
54. Kb1 Ra4 55. Rd6 hxg4 56. Rxg6 gxf3 {(Kopaev).}) 46. f3 $1 Kf5 $6 ({The
last winning chance gives} 46... f5 $1 47. Kf2 Kf6 48. h4 Ke5 49. Ke3 Kd5 50.
g4 fxg4 51. fxg4 Kc5 52. Kd3 Kb5 53. Re4 Rc7 {Levenfish and Smyslov proceed
with} 54. gxh5 gxh5 55. Re8 $1 {and a probable draw.}) 47. g4+ $1 hxg4 (47...
Kg5 48. gxh5 Kxh5 49. h4 {(Botvinnik).}) 48. fxg4+ Ke5 49. h4 Kd5 50. h5 gxh5
51. gxh5 Ke6 ({Botvinnik has calculated the draw} 51... Kc5 52. h6 Kb5 53. Rh4
Rh7 54. Rh5+ Kb4 55. Rh4+ Kb3 56. Rh3+ Kb2 57. Rh4) 52. h6 Kf7 53. Rg4 $1 Kf8
54. Rf4 Ra6 55. Rg4 Ra7 56. Rf4 Kg8 57. Rxf6 a4 58. Rf2 Kh7 59. Ra2 Kxh6 60.
Kf2 Kg5 61. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E26"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. Ne2
b6 9. O-O Qd7 10. e4 Ba6 11. Bg5 O-O-O $6 ({Less risk takes} 11... h5 12. Bxf6
gxf6) 12. Nc1 $1 ({Geller lost with} 12. Ng3 $6 {against Spassky.}) (12. f4 {
is fine.}) 12... Na5 ({The variation} 12... cxd4 $2 13. cxd4 Nxd4 14. a4 Nc6
15. Nb3 {followed by a5 is a part of Geller's homework.}) 13. Nb3 Qa4 ({
Another part of the preparation is} 13... Nxc4 $2 14. a4 cxd4 15. cxd4) 14.
Nxa5 Qxa5 {The exchange of queens leads to a poor endgame.} 15. Qc2 h6 16. Bd2
d5 $6 (16... Kb8 {begins a reorganisation.}) 17. cxd5 c4 18. Be2 exd5 19. e5
Ne4 20. Be1 Ng5 21. a4 Bb7 22. h4 Ne6 23. f4 Bc6 24. f5 Nc7 25. Bg3 Bd7 26. Qd2
Kb7 27. h5 Rc8 28. Qc2 {Black's queen functions as a pawn.} f6 $2 (28... Rce8
29. Bf4 {White will advance the g-pawn and open a new front.}) 29. e6 $1 Bc6
30. Bd6 Ne8 31. Be7 Ka8 32. Rfb1 Rb8 33. Bf3 Qa6 34. Qc1 Qb7 35. Qa3 Nc7 36.
Bd6 Rhd8 37. a5 b5 38. a6 Qc8 39. Bf4 Rb6 40. Qe7 Nxa6 ({The natural} 40... Ne8
41. Ra5 $1 {brings Black in zugzwang!}) 41. Qxg7 Bb7 42. Qxf6 b4 43. Qe5 Qc6
44. cxb4 Nxb4 45. e7 Rg8 46. f6 Qe8 47. Rxb4 Rxb4 48. Qe6 Qc8 49. Qxc8+ Rxc8
50. f7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Kan, Ilia"]
[Black "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 g5 5. Bg3 Ne4 6. Nfd2 Nxg3 7. hxg3 d5 8.
e3 c5 9. dxc5 Bg7 10. c3 Qc7 11. e4 O-O 12. Be2 Rd8 13. exd5 Rxd5 14. O-O Na6
15. Bf3 Rd8 16. c6 bxc6 17. Qc2 Nc5 18. Nc4 Ba6 19. Nba3 Nd7 20. Rfd1 Nb6 21.
Be2 Bf8 22. Qe4 Nd5 23. Nc2 Rab8 24. Bd3 Bg7 25. N2a3 Qe7 26. Rd2 Re8 27. Rad1
Qc7 28. g4 Rbd8 29. g3 Bc8 30. Qf3 Rf8 31. Ne3 Bb7 32. Be4 Rb8 33. Nac4 Nf6 34.
Nd6 Nxe4 35. Qxe4 Ba8 36. Qc4 c5 37. Ne4 Qc6 38. f3 Be5 39. Qxc5 $2 {The older
man succumbs under time pressure.} Qxc5 40. Nxc5 Bxf3 41. Nd7 Bxd1 42. Rxd1
Bxg3 43. Nxb8 Rxb8 44. Nc4 Rb7 45. Rd3 Bf4 46. b4 f5 47. Na5 Rf7 48. gxf5 exf5
49. Nc6 g4 50. c4 h5 51. Rd5 Be3+ 52. Kf1 f4 $4 53. Rxh5 f3 54. Re5 Bf4 55.
Re8+ Kh7 56. Ne5 $2 Bxe5 57. Rxe5 Rf4 58. c5 Kg6 59. c6 Rxb4 60. c7 Rc4 61. Re4
Rc1+ 62. Kf2 Kg5 63. Kg3 Rg1+ 64. Kf2 Rg2+ 65. Ke3 Rc2 66. Re7 f2 67. c8=Q
f1=N+ {The underpromotion is forced.} (67... Rxc8 $2 68. Kxf2 Rc2+ 69. Kg3 Rxa2
70. Rg7+ Kf5 71. Rg5+ $1 Kxg5 $11) 68. Kd3 Rxc8 69. Rxa7 g3 70. Ke2 Nh2 71.
Rg7+ Kf4 72. Rf7+ Kg4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nh6 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2
f5 9. d3 e5 10. Qd2 Ng4 11. Nd5 Ne7 12. Ne1 Bh6 13. e3 Nxd5 14. Bxd5+ Kh8 15.
b4 Bg7 16. Rb1 Nf6 17. Bg2 Re8 18. Nf3 Nd7 19. d4 e4 20. Ne1 cxb4 21. Qxb4 d5
22. cxd5 Nb6 23. Nc2 Nxd5 24. Qb3 b6 25. Rfc1 a5 26. Bf1 a4 27. Qb5 Ba6 28. Qc6
Ne7 29. Qc3 Nd5 30. Qd2 Bxf1 31. Kxf1 Qd7 32. Kg1 Nf6 33. Ba1 Qe6 34. a3 Ra5
35. d5 $6 Rxd5 36. Nd4 Qe7 37. Qb4 Qxb4 38. Rxb4 Ra8 $6 39. Rxb6 Nd7 40. Rb7
Be5 41. Kg2 Kg8 42. Rc6 Re8 $2 43. h4 Rc5 44. Ra6 Nf6 45. Raa7 $2 (45. Rxa4 {
is alright.}) 45... Ng4 46. h5 Rc1 47. Bb2 Rb1 (47... Rd1 $1 {gives
counter-play.}) 48. hxg6 hxg6 49. Rxa4 Rc8 50. Rab4 {Korchnoi has to find the
right counter-attack.} Nxe3+ $2 ({The exquisite} 50... Rd1 51. Ne2 Rc2 52. Bxe5
Nxe3+ $1 53. Kh2 Ng4+ 54. Kg2 Ne3+ {ends with a perpetual check.}) 51. fxe3
Bxd4 52. Rb8 Rxb8 53. Rxb8+ Kf7 54. exd4 g5 55. d5 Rd1 56. Rb7+ Kg6 57. Bc3
Rxd5 58. a4 Rd1 59. Rb3 Rc1 60. Ra3 Rc2+ 61. Kf1 f4 62. g4 e3 63. Be1 Rh2 64.
a5 Rh1+ 65. Ke2 Rh2+ 66. Kf3 Rh3+ 67. Kg2 Rh7 68. a6 Ra7 69. Kf3 Kf6 70. Bc3+
Ke6 71. Bd4 Ra8 72. a7 Kd5 73. Bf6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. e3 Be7 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4
d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bb5+ Bc6 11. Bc4 $1 ({White improves on} 11. Bxc6+ Nxc6 {
(Szabó-Euwe, Zürich 1953).}) 11... O-O 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Qf3 Nd7 14. Bxd5 $5 exd5
15. Ng4 Nf6 16. Bf4 $6 ({Keres prefers} 16. Bg5) 16... Ne4 $1 17. Rfd1 Rc8 18.
Rac1 Qd7 19. h3 f6 20. Ne3 Rfe8 21. Qh5 Nxc3 22. bxc3 Ba3 23. Rc2 Qf7 24. Qf3
$6 {Zak prefers the exchange of queens.} Qg6 25. Rdd2 Qe4 26. Qg3 Red8 27. Qg4
$6 {Now Black's advantages will become more prominent in the endgame.} g5 $1
28. Bg3 Qxg4 29. hxg4 Bc6 30. Rd3 Ba4 31. Re2 Bf8 $2 (31... Bc1 $1 32. Re1 Bb5
33. Rdd1 Ba3 34. Rb1 Ba4 {wins the weak pawn c3.}) 32. Rb2 Kf7 33. Nf5 Ba3 34.
Rbd2 Rc6 35. f4 $1 ({Failure brings} 35. c4 $2 Bb4 36. Rb2 dxc4 37. Rxb4 cxd3
38. Rxa4 d2) 35... Rdc8 36. fxg5 Rxc3 37. gxf6 Kxf6 38. Bh4+ Kg6 39. Ne7+ $6 (
39. Rxc3 Rxc3 40. Re2 $1 {starts a counter.}) 39... Bxe7 40. Rxc3 Rxc3 41. Bxe7
Bd7 42. g5 Kh5 $5 (42... Re3 43. Bd8 Re8 44. Bf6 h6 {wins a pawn and territory.
}) 43. Kf2 Kg4 44. Re2 Bf5 45. Bd6 $6 ({The neutral} 45. Re3 {is more useful.})
45... Be4 46. Be5 $5 Kxg5 47. g3 Ra3 48. Bd6 Rf3+ 49. Ke1 Kg4 50. a4 Rb3 51. a5
$5 b5 $6 ({White has paved the following road to victory:} 51... Kf3 $1 52. Ra2
b5 53. a6 b4 54. Bc5 {(Zak)} Re3+ $1 55. Kd1 b3 56. Rb2 Bc2+) 52. Rf2 Bf3 $2 ({
Correct is} 52... Rb1+ 53. Kd2 Bf3) 53. Rc2 $1 b4 $6 ({Black could have tried} 
53... Rb1+) ({or} 53... Re3+) 54. Rc7 Rb2 55. Rxa7 b3 56. Rb7 Re2+ 57. Kf1 Re6
58. Be5 Ra6 59. Rxb3 Rxa5 60. Rb7 Ra1+ 61. Kf2 Ra2+ 62. Ke3 Re2+ 63. Kd3 h5 64.
Rf7 Ra2 65. Ke3 Bd1 66. Rd7 Ra3+ 67. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Shcherbakov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 Nxe4 $5 11. Qe1 $1 Nf6 12. Nf5 Qc7 $5 (12... Qa5 {
is theory.}) 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nd5 Qd8 {Two knights blockade the central area.}
15. Bd3 $6 ({Mikenas advices} 15. Qe3 $1 {The aim is to control b6.}) 15... Ne5
$1 16. fxe5 fxe5 17. Qb4 $6 (17. Nde3 exf5 18. Bxf5 $11) 17... exd5 18. Nxd6+
Bxd6 19. Qxd6 Qe7 20. Qxd5 Bc6 21. Qa5 O-O 22. Rde1 Rae8 23. Rhf1 f5 24. Qd2
Qe6 25. Rf4 e4 26. Rh4 Rf6 27. Qc3 Bb5 28. Bxb5 axb5 29. Qb3 Qxb3 30. axb3 Kf7
31. Rf4 Ke6 32. g4 $6 ({A second blockade applies} 32. Kd2 Ke5 33. Ke3 Rg8 34.
g3) 32... Ke5 33. Ref1 $2 ({Probably} 33. Rxf5+ Rxf5 34. gxf5 Kxf5 35. Kd2 {
will suffice for a draw.}) 33... Ref8 34. Rxf5+ Rxf5 35. Rxf5+ Rxf5 36. gxf5
Kxf5 37. Kd2 Kf4 38. Ke2 b4 39. c3 h5 40. Kf2 h4 41. cxb4 b5 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. a3 c5 5. bxc5 Bxc5 6. e3 O-O 7. d4 Be7 8. Nbd2
b6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. O-O Ne8 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. c4 Nf6 14. Rc1 Rc8 15.
Qe2 Bb7 16. cxd5 exd5 17. f3 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Bd6 19. Nf1 Re8 20. Ba6 Qb8 21. Bxb7
Qxb7 22. Qc2 h6 23. Qc6 Qe7 24. a4 Ba3 25. Qc3 Bd6 26. Qb3 Qe6 27. Ba3 Bxa3 28.
Qxa3 Rc8 29. Rxc8+ Qxc8 30. Qe7 Qa6 31. Qb4 Qd3 32. h3 h5 33. h4 Qe2 34. Qa3
Qe1 35. Qd3 Qxh4 36. Qa6 Qe1 37. Qxa7 Qb4 38. Qa8+ Kh7 39. Qc6 Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C70"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Na5 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 Nxb3 8.
axb3 Ne7 9. O-O Nc6 10. Qd5 Bb7 11. c4 (11. Ne5 {(Antoshin-Taimanov in round
10).}) 11... Be7 12. Rd1 bxc4 13. bxc4 d6 14. Nc3 O-O 15. Bf4 Qc8 16. Qh5 Qe6
17. Nd5 Bd8 18. Re1 f6 19. Ra3 (19. b3 {keeps an edge.}) 19... Qf7 20. Qxf7+
Rxf7 {White's plus slowly vanishes.} 21. Rb3 Bc8 22. Rc1 Ne5 23. Nd4 Bd7 24.
Bg3 a5 25. f4 a4 26. Ra3 c6 27. fxe5 fxe5 28. Nxc6 Bxc6 29. c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C70"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Na5 6. O-O d6 7. d4 Nxb3 8. axb3
f6 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Nh4 Ne7 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qf3 Qd7 13. Rd1 Qe6 14. Be3 g5 $2 {
The position is ready for a typical Spassky explosion.} (14... h5 15. Nd5 Nxd5
16. exd5 Qg4 {gives a proper defence.}) 15. Nxb5 $1 axb5 ({A fine pointe is} 
15... Rc8 16. Qh5+ Qf7 17. Rd8+ $1) 16. Qh5+ Qf7 17. Rxa8+ Bxa8 18. Rd8+ Kxd8
19. Qxf7 gxh4 20. Qxf6 Rg8 21. f3 h3 22. g3 Ke8 23. Qxe5 Rg6 24. Qxb5+ Bc6 25.
Qb8+ Kf7 26. Qxc7 Rf6 27. Bg5 Re6 28. b4 Kg8 29. Qb8 Ng6 30. Kf2 Ne5 31. b5 Be8
32. Be3 Bd6 33. Qc8 Kf7 34. b6 Rf6 35. Bf4 Bd7 36. b7 Be6 37. Bxe5 Bxe5 38.
b8=Q Bxc8 39. Qxe5 {Top: Smyslov 11, eller 10 1/2, Botvinnik and Spassky 10.}
1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shcherbakov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. h3 Nbd7 8. Bg5
h6 9. Be3 e5 10. Qd2 Kh7 11. Rad1 Qe7 12. Rfe1 Re8 13. Nh2 Nb6 14. Bd3 Be6 15.
b3 Rad8 16. f4 d5 17. fxe5 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Qf2 f5 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Nxe4
Bh4 22. Qf4 g5 23. Qf6 Bxe1 24. Rxe1 Nd5 25. Qf3 Kg7 26. Bd2 Nf6 27. Ng3 Qd7
28. c4 Qxd4+ 29. Be3 Qd3 30. h4 Bc8 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Nh5+ Nxh5 33. Qxh5 Qg6
34. Bd4+ $1 {White wins back the exchange in a poor game.} Rxd4 35. Qxg6+ Kxg6
36. Rxe8 Bf5 37. Nf3 Rd1+ 38. Kh2 Ra1 39. Rg8+ Kf6 $2 {A blunder costs a piece.
} 40. Rf8+ Ke6 41. Nd4+ Ke5 42. Nxf5 Rxa2 43. Ne3 Rb2 44. Rf3 Kd4 45. Nf5+ Kc5
46. Rd3 a5 47. Nd6 b5 48. Nxb5 cxb5 49. Rd5+ Kb4 50. Rxb5+ Ka3 51. c5 Rc2 52.
c6 Kb2 53. Rxa5 Kxb3 54. Rxg5 Rxc6 55. Kg3 Kc4 56. Kf4 Kd4 57. g4 Ra6 58. Rb5
Ra8 59. g5 Rf8+ 60. Kg4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. Na4
cxd4 9. exd4 Bxf3 $6 (9... Be7 {is theory.}) 10. Qxf3 Nc6 11. Be3 Re8 12. a3
Bf8 13. Nc3 Rc8 14. Rac1 Na5 15. Ne2 Nc6 $6 (15... d5 16. cxd5 Qxd5 17. Qxd5
Nxd5 {gains equality.}) 16. Rfd1 e5 17. Bg5 Be7 18. Qh3 h6 19. Be3 Bf8 20. d5
Na5 21. b4 $2 (21. Ng3 $1 e4 22. Be2 {Pawn c4 remains protected.}) 21... e4 $1
22. bxa5 exd3 23. Rxd3 {Black can start a counter.} bxa5 $2 ({The central area
attacks} 23... b5 $1 24. c5 $1 (24. cxb5 Rxc1+ 25. Nxc1 Qxa5 {Black has an
advantage.}) 24... Bxc5 $1 25. Rxc5 Rxc5 26. Bxc5 Rxe2 27. Kf1 Rb2 28. Bxa7
Qxa5 29. Rc3 {White has to fight for equality.}) 24. Ng3 Ne4 25. Qg4 Nxg3 26.
hxg3 Bc5 27. Bxh6 Qf6 28. Be3 Qb2 $2 ({Correct is} 28... Bxe3 29. fxe3 d6) 29.
Rf1 Qc2 30. Bd4 Bxd4 31. Rxd4 Qc3 32. Rf4 Re1 $6 33. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 34. Kh2 Qe7 35.
Qh5 f6 36. Rh4 Rf8 37. Qh7+ Kf7 38. a4 Qe5 39. Rg4 Rg8 40. Qg6+ Kf8 41. Rh4 Qc3
$6 42. Qf5 $1 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. b3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Bb2 c5 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 d5 11. Nd2 Qd7 12. cxd5 Qxd5+ 13. N4f3 Nbd7 14. Nc4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Kan, Ilia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 Bg4 $5 8.
Bd3 Bh5 9. Nge2 Bg6 10. Ng3 Na6 11. Bf5 Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nxh5 Bxh5 14. Qb3
Bg6 15. Bh3 $6 Nb4 {Black takes over the initiative.} 16. O-O Bc2 17. Qa3 O-O
18. Rac1 Rfe8 19. b3 Bg6 20. Rfd1 a5 21. g3 h5 22. Bf1 h4 23. Qb2 Bh5 24. Re1
Bf3 25. a3 Na6 26. Nb1 hxg3 27. hxg3 Nc7 28. Nd2 Bh5 29. Bd3 Ne6 $6 (29... Qd6
30. Kg2 Bg6 {is better.}) 30. Kg2 Nf8 31. Rh1 Bg6 32. Be2 Ne6 33. Rh4 f6 34.
Rch1 Ng5 35. b4 $6 axb4 36. axb4 Kf7 37. b5 $2 {The queen's side is opened for
an attack by Black.} Qa3 38. Qxa3 Rxa3 39. bxc6 bxc6 {Suddenly White is in
troubles.} 40. Nb1 $4 (40. Re1 Rb8 41. f4 Ne6 42. Nf1 {brings a difficult
defence.}) 40... Ra2 (40... Ra2 41. Bh5 Bxh5 42. Rxh5 Rxe3 $1 {White is
crushed (Kan).}) 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Ilivitzki, Georgi"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A35"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. Nc2 O-O 8.
Nc3 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. b3 Nh5 $5 ({Normal people play} 10... d6 {but Simagin
prepares a counter.}) 11. Bb2 f5 $5 12. e3 e6 13. Rb1 ({Little effect has} 13.
Qd6 Rf7 14. Rfd1 Nf6 15. Rab1 Ne8) 13... Na5 $5 14. Nb5 Bxb2 15. Rxb2 Bxg2 16.
Kxg2 a6 17. Nd6 Qc7 18. Qd3 Nb7 19. Rd1 Nxd6 20. Qxd6 Qb7+ 21. f3 Rf7 22. h4
Raf8 23. Ne1 h6 24. Nd3 {Black can start a counterattack.} Nf6 $6 ({He misses} 
24... g5 $1 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. Rh1 Rh7 27. Ne5 g4 28. Rf2 gxf3+ 29. Rxf3 {
(Simagin)} Re8) 25. c5 Nd5 26. Kf2 bxc5 27. Rc2 Rc8 28. Rxc5 Rxc5 29. Qxc5 Rf8
30. Qd4 Qc7 $6 (30... Rc8 {is correct.}) 31. Rc1 Qa5 32. Rc2 Nf6 $2 {Black
collapses.} 33. Ne5 Qd8 34. Nxg6 Rf7 35. Qd6 Rg7 $2 36. Qxa6 Ne4+ 37. fxe4 Qf6
38. Rc8+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D59"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. Rc1
Bb7 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Be2 Rc8 12. O-O c5 13. Qa4 Nd7 14. Rfd1 Nxc3
15. Rxc3 a6 16. Qa3 Kf8 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Rdc1 Nd7 19. Qxe7+ Kxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d3 c5 6. e4 Nc6 7. Nbd2 d6 8. c3
Ne8 9. Qe2 Nc7 10. Nb3 b6 11. Rd1 Ba6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Be3 Kh7 14. Qc2 e5 15. d4
Qe7 16. d5 Nb8 17. a4 Nd7 18. a5 b5 19. Nxc5 $6 (19. Nbd2 c4 20. Nh4 $11) 19...
Nxc5 20. Bxc5 dxc5 21. d6 Qd7 22. dxc7 Qxc7 23. c4 b4 24. Nd2 Rad8 25. Nb3 Bf6
26. Bf1 Bb7 27. f3 Bg5 28. Qf2 Be7 29. Be2 Kg7 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Rd1 $6 {Pawn
a5 is weakened.} Rxd1+ 32. Bxd1 Bc8 $6 ({A pawn but not the game wins} 32...
Bc6 $1 33. Qd2 (33. Nxc5 $4 Qd6) 33... Ba4 34. Kg2 Bxb3 35. Bxb3 Qxa5) 33. Qd2
Be6 34. Be2 Bg5 35. Qd3 f5 36. Kf2 f4 37. g4 h5 38. h3 Be7 39. Ke1 Bh4+ 40. Kf1
Qe7 41. Qd1 Qc7 42. Qd2 Be7 43. Kg2 Qc6 44. Nc1 Qc7 ({Two pawns but not the
game wins} 44... Qa6 45. Nd3 $1 Bxc4 46. Qc2 Bxd3 47. Qxd3 Qxa5 48. Qd7 Qd8 49.
Qxd8 Bxd8 50. b3) 45. Nb3 Bf7 46. Bf1 Kf8 47. Be2 Qc6 48. Nc1 Qc7 49. Nb3 Ke8
50. Qd1 Be6 51. Kf1 Bd8 52. Kg2 Be7 53. Kf1 Kf7 54. Kg2 Kf6 55. Qe1 Qd7 56. Qf2
Qd6 57. Bf1 Qc7 58. Qd2 Qc6 59. Qf2 Bf7 60. Qh4+ Ke6 61. Qf2 Kd6 62. Be2 Kc7
63. Bf1 Kb8 64. Qd2 Kc8 65. Qf2 Qa4 66. Nxc5 Qxa5 67. Nd3 $5 Bxc4 68. Qc2 Qc7
69. Qa4 (69. b3 $6 Be6 70. Qxc7+ Kxc7 {opens the position for the two bishops.}
) 69... hxg4 70. hxg4 a5 71. Qe8+ Kb7 72. Qxg6 Bd6 73. Nc5+ $2 {Korchnoi
breaks down at last.} (73. Qe8 $1 Bf7 74. Qa4 {continues the game.}) 73... Qxc5
74. Bxc4 Qxc4 75. Qxd6 Qe2+ 76. Kg1 Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nd7 5. O-O e5 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. e4 Ne7 8. b3
O-O 9. Ba3 Re8 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. Nc3 $6 Nd4 12. Qd3 c6 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Nd1 $2 (
{Correct is} 14. Ne2 Qa5 15. b4 Qa4 16. f4) 14... Qa5 15. b4 Qb6 16. f4 a5 17.
bxa5 Qxa5 18. Rf3 b6 19. e5 Ba6 20. Qe4 {The white pieces are positioned
miserably.} ({No improvement gives} 20. c4 Bxe5 $1 21. fxe5 Nxe5 22. Qxd4 Rad8)
20... Nxe5 $1 21. fxe5 Rxe5 22. Qxc6 Re1+ 23. Bf1 Bxf1 24. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 25. Kxf1
Qxa3 26. Rb1 d3 27. Rxb6 Rd8 28. Qc7 Qa8 $2 (28... dxc2 $1 29. Qxc2 (29. Qxd8+
Bf8) 29... Qf3+ 30. Nf2 Bd4 31. Rb3 Be3 $1 $19 {(Chenkin).}) 29. Rb7 Rf8 30.
cxd3 Qxa2 31. Rb8 $2 ({The cautious} 31. Nf2 Bd4 32. Qf4 Bxf2 33. Qxf2 Qd5 34.
Re7 Qxd3+ 35. Kg2 {costs a pawn but leads to a defendable position.}) 31...
Qxh2 32. Rxf8+ Bxf8 33. Nf2 Qh5 34. g4 Qd5 35. Qc8 h6 36. Ke2 Qe5+ 37. Kf3 Qd6
38. Qc4 Bg7 39. Ne4 Qh2 40. Qc8+ Kh7 41. Qd7 Qh3+ 42. Kf2 Qh2+ 43. Ke3 Qa2 44.
Nd6 $6 (44. Kf3 {avoids a nasty pin.}) 44... Qd5 45. Ke2 h5 46. gxh5 Qxh5+ 47.
Ke3 Qe5+ 48. Kf3 Qd5+ 49. Ke2 f5 50. Kd2 Qg2+ 51. Kd1 Qf3+ 52. Kd2 Qf2+ 53. Kd1
Qf1+ 54. Kd2 Qf4+ 55. Kc2 Kh6 56. Nf7+ Kh5 57. Qe7 g5 58. Nd6 Qa4+ 59. Kd2 Qa2+
60. Kd1 Qb3+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D58"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. Rc1
Bb7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Bb1 Re8 13. Bg3 Nf8 14. Ne5 a6 15.
Qf3 Bd6 16. Rfd1 b5 17. Nd3 c4 18. Nc5 Bxg3 ({Black gains no advantage by} 
18... Bxc5 19. dxc5 Qc8 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Rxd5 Qe6 22. Rcd1 Rad8 23. Bd6 {
(Mikenas).}) 19. hxg3 Bc8 20. Bf5 b4 21. N3a4 a5 22. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 h6 7. Bh4 Na6 8. a3
Nc7 9. e3 Be7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Nf3 Re8 12. O-O Ne4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Ne5 Nf6 15.
Rae1 c5 16. f4 c4 17. Be2 b5 18. g4 Nd7 19. Bf3 Bb7 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21. h4 $6 (
21. g5 {is better.}) 21... a5 22. g5 Ra6 23. Qg2 f5 24. gxf6 Rxf6 25. Nd1 Qf7
26. Kh2 Bc8 27. Rg1 Re7 28. Nf2 Bf5 29. Bg4 Be4 $6 (29... b4 {continues the
battle.}) 30. Bf3 Bf5 31. Bg4 Be4 {Top: Smyslov 11 1/2, Botvinnik and Geller
11, Petrosian and Spassky 10, Ilivitsky, Keres, Mikenas and Taimanov 9 1/2. 
Smyslov, Botvinnik and Geller are fighting for the championship. Geller,
Petrosian and Spassky seem to take three places in the interzonal
qualification. The fourth place is contested by Ilivitsky, Mikenas and
Taimanov.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Black "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A12"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. b3 Bf5 5. Bg2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. d3
Nbd7 9. Nc3 h6 10. Re1 Bh7 11. d4 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Nd2 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 a5
15. e4 a4 16. Qc2 Bb4 17. Bc3 Qa5 18. Bxb4 Qxb4 19. Rab1 Nf6 $6 20. e5 Nh7 21.
Re3 b5 22. a3 axb3 23. Rexb3 Qa4 24. cxb5 cxb5 25. Qd3 Rfc8 26. h4 Nf8 27. Rxb5
Qxa3 28. Qxa3 Rxa3 29. Rb8 Rac3 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Rb7 Rc2 32. Nf3 Rc8 33. Nd2
Ng6 34. h5 Nf8 35. Kf1 Rc1+ 36. Kg2 Rc2 37. Nf3 Rc8 38. Nh4 Rc4 39. Rb8 $2 Rxd4
40. f4 Ra4 $6 41. f5 $1 exf5 $6 {The game ended in a draw, despite the
confusion at the end.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E26"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. Ne2
b6 9. e4 (9. O-O Qd7 10. e4 {was played in Geller-Lisitsin (round 16).}) 9...
Qd7 10. Bc2 $5 Ba6 11. O-O $5 {White sacrifices a pawn for the initiative.}
Bxc4 12. Re1 e5 13. d5 Ne7 14. Ng3 O-O ({Lublinsko prefers} 14... h6 $1) 15.
Bg5 Ne8 16. Ba4 b5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Nf5 Qc7 19. Bc2 g6 20. Ne3 Ng7 21. Nxc4
bxc4 22. Qe2 Rab8 23. Reb1 $6 ({After the obvious} 23. Qxc4 {Black can
equalise easily.}) 23... Rxb1+ 24. Rxb1 Qa5 25. Qxc4 Qxa3 26. Ba4 {Black has a
temporary advantage.} Ne8 $6 {Lisitsin shows too much respect for the world
champion.} (26... f5 $1 27. exf5 Nxf5 {starts a dangerous counterattack.}) 27.
g3 Nc7 28. Qb3 $5 Qxb3 29. Rxb3 f5 30. Rb7 Ne8 $6 (30... Rf7 {consolidates
correctly.}) 31. exf5 gxf5 32. Rxa7 Nf6 33. Bd7 Ne4 34. Be6+ Kh8 35. Rd7 f4 36.
g4 Nxc3 37. Rxd6 Ne2+ 38. Kf1 Nd4 39. Rc6 Re8 40. Bd7 Rd8 41. Rc7 c4 42. Be6
Nxe6 {Black survives in the endgame.} 43. dxe6 Re8 44. e7 Kg7 45. f3 Kf6 46. h4
Rxe7 47. Rxc4 Re6 48. Ke2 h6 49. Kd3 Rd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D26"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 c5 5. Bxc4 e6 6. O-O cxd4 7. exd4 Nc6 8.
Nc3 a6 9. a3 Be7 10. d5 exd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 O-O 13. Qb3 $1 Qa5 $6 (
13... Qc7 14. Be3 Bg4 {is better.}) 14. Be3 Qb5 15. Qxb5 axb5 16. Rac1 Bd7 $6 (
16... b4 $1 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. axb4 Ba6 19. Rfd1 Bb5 {shows elegance.}) 17. Rfd1
b4 18. a4 Bf6 19. b3 Be6 $2 (19... Rac8 {is necessary.}) 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Nd4
Bxd4 22. Bxd4 Rfd8 ({Insufficient effect has} 22... Na5 $1 23. Rc7 Rf7 24. Rxf7
Kxf7 25. Be5 $1) 23. Bb6 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Ra6 25. Bc7 Ne7 $6 ({Black should try} 
25... e5 $5) 26. Rd7 Ng6 27. g3 Rc6 28. Ba5 Rc3 29. Rxb7 Rxb3 30. Bxb4 Ne5 31.
a5 Nc6 32. a6 h5 33. Bc5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O e5 6. d3 Be7 7. b4 $5 {The
daredevil plays a gambit.} cxb4 8. a3 bxa3 9. Qa4 Bd7 10. Bxa3 Nf6 11. Qb5 $1 {
Pawns e5 and b7 are threatened. Black gives back the wrong pawn.} O-O $2 ({
Suetin prefers} 11... Qc7 12. Bxe7 Kxe7 {However,} 13. e3 {will broaden the
attack to the centre.}) ({The right way to return the pawn is} 11... Bxa3 12.
Nxa3 Qe7 $1 13. Qxb7 Rb8 14. Qa6 Rb6 15. Qa4 O-O 16. Rfb1 Rfb8 {Black has a
plus.}) 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Qxe5 Bxa3 14. Rxa3 $6 (14. Nxa3 {supports the attack
on the queen's side.}) 14... Bc6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Re1 Qb6 17. Nd2 Qb4 $2 ({
Correct is} 17... Rfe8 18. Qa5 c5) 18. Qa5 Qd6 19. Rb3 Rfe8 $6 (19... Rfd8 20.
Rb7 Rd7 {creates a dence line.}) 20. Rb7 Re5 21. Qc7 Qe6 $6 22. Nf3 $1 Rh5 (
22... Rxe2 23. Rxe2 Qxe2 24. Qxf7+) 23. Nxd4 Qe8 24. Reb1 {Mikenas did not
qualify for the interzonal tournament.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Kan, Ilia"]
[Black "Shcherbakov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B62"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Be2 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Qd3 a6 10. Rad1 Qc7 11. Kh1 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 b5 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. a3
Bb7 15. f4 Rac8 16. f5 Qc5 17. Qd2 Qe5 18. Qh6 Kh8 19. Qh3 a5 $2 20. Bd3 $2 (
20. Bg4 $1 Bxe4 21. Nxe4 Qxe4 22. fxe6 fxe6 23. Bxe6 Rc5 24. Bf5 $18) 20... b4
21. axb4 axb4 22. Ne2 d5 23. exd5 exd5 24. Nf4 Bd6 $2 25. b3 $2 ({A grand
combination by} 25. Rde1 $1 Qxb2 26. Ng6+ $1 fxg6 27. Re7 Bxe7 28. fxg6 {
brings victory.}) 25... Rce8 26. Qh4 Rg8 27. Rde1 Qc3 28. Ne2 Qb2 29. Nd4 Be5
30. Nf3 Qc3 31. Bb5 Rc8 32. Bd3 Rce8 33. Bb5 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D71"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
e3 Nc6 9. Ne2 O-O 10. O-O cxd4 11. cxd4 Be6 12. Ba3 Bd5 13. Bxd5 Qxd5 14. Nf4
Qd7 15. Qa4 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 Qf5 17. Rab1 Qe4 18. Nd3 b6 19. Nb4 Nxb4 20. Qxb4 e6
21. Rbc1 h5 22. Qc4 Rd5 23. Qd3 $6 (23. Qe2 {avoids a nasty pin.}) 23... Qxd3
24. Rxd3 e5 25. Bb2 exd4 26. Bxd4 Rad8 27. Rc7 R8d7 28. Rc8+ Kh7 29. Rc4 b5 30.
Rc2 a5 31. a3 Bxd4 32. Rcd2 Kg7 33. exd4 Rc7 34. Kg2 g5 35. h3 f5 36. g4 $6
hxg4 $6 (36... fxg4 37. hxg4 h4 $1 {starts problems.}) 37. hxg4 fxg4 38. Kg3
Rf7 39. Kxg4 Rf4+ 40. Kg3 Kf6 41. f3 Ke6 42. Re3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
Qa4+ Nc6 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 a6 11. O-O Be6 12. Rac1 Bd6 13. Qb3 Ne7 14. Na4 b6
15. Nc3 Rfb8 16. Qd1 Rd8 17. Re1 Ng6 18. g3 Qe7 19. Bf1 c5 20. Bg2 Qa7 21. Nd2
Ne7 22. Qh5 Rac8 23. dxc5 Bxc5 24. Nb3 d4 25. exd4 Bxd4 26. Nxd4 Rxd4 27. Qe2
b5 28. a3 b4 29. axb4 Rxb4 30. Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C70"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Na5 6. O-O d6 7. d4 Nxb3 8. axb3
f6 9. Nc3 {Taimanov plays the variation of Spassky-Taimanov (round 16), but he
lets the advantage slip.} Bb7 10. Qe2 Ne7 11. Rd1 Qc8 12. Nh4 Qe6 13. Be3 Rd8
14. d5 Qd7 15. Qf3 Kf7 16. Ne2 c5 17. Ng3 g6 18. Qe2 Bg7 19. c4 b4 20. Rf1 Rhf8
21. f4 exf4 22. Bxf4 Kg8 23. Nf3 Rde8 24. Qd2 Nc8 25. Bh6 Nb6 26. Bxg7 Qxg7 27.
e5 $1 {A pawn sacrifice brings new life to the game.} dxe5 28. Ne4 Nd7 29. Qf2
Rc8 30. Nd6 Rb8 31. Qh4 h6 32. Nxb7 Rxb7 33. Rxa6 f5 34. Re6 e4 35. Qg3 $2 f4
$1 36. Qxg6 exf3 37. Rxf3 Qxg6 38. Rxg6+ Kh7 39. Re6 Rf6 40. Re7+ Kg8 41. Rf1
Kf8 42. Rfe1 Rf7 43. Re8+ $6 (43. Rxf7+ Kxf7 44. Re4 {brings survival chances.}
) 43... Kg7 44. Rc8 Ra7 45. d6 Ra6 46. Rd1 Rf8 47. Rxf8 Kxf8 48. Kf2 Kf7 49.
Kf3 Ke6 50. Kxf4 Rxd6 51. Rxd6+ Kxd6 52. h3 Ne5 53. Ke4 Ke6 54. g3 Nc6 55. g4
Nd4 56. h4 Nxb3 57. g5 h5 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Ilivitzki, Georgi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Be2 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. Qe1 c5 7. d3 Nc6 {
Pelikan and Kasparian liked to play this opening.} 8. c3 Bg4 9. Nbd2 Qc7 10.
Nb3 b6 11. d4 cxd4 (11... Qd6 $1 {keeps a plus.}) 12. exd4 Ne4 13. Be3 Bxf3 14.
Rxf3 f5 15. Rh3 e6 16. Rc1 Ne7 17. Qh4 Kf7 $5 18. Nd2 Nxd2 $6 (18... h6 19. Nf3
Bf6 20. Qe1 Kg7 {is more solid.}) 19. Bxd2 Ng8 20. c4 $1 (20. Qxh7 $2 Nf6 21.
Qh4 Rh8 22. Qg3 Ne4 23. Qd3 Rxh3 24. gxh3 Rh8) 20... Rac8 $1 {Black has set
another trap.} 21. cxd5 $2 (21. Qf2 Qd7 22. c5 {keeps a positional advantage.})
21... Qxc1+ 22. Bxc1 Rxc1+ 23. Kf2 Bxd4+ 24. Kf3 exd5 25. Qxh7+ Bg7 26. Rg3 $2
(26. Qh4 {is forced.}) 26... Ne7 27. Rxg6 $2 (27. Rh3 Rh8 28. Qxh8 Bxh8 29.
Rxh8 {is less disastrous.}) 27... Nxg6 28. Qh5 Bxb2 29. Bd3 Kg7 30. g3 Rc3 31.
Ke2 Rc6 32. h4 Re8+ 33. Kf1 Re3 34. Qxf5 Ne7 35. Qh7+ Kf8 36. g4 Bg7 37. Kf2 d4
38. g5 Rc3 39. Be2 Rc5 40. h5 Rf5 41. h6 Rxf4+ 42. Ke1 Be5 43. Kd1 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D88"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Bc4 Bg7 8.
Ne2 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O Bg4 12. f3 Na5 13. Bxf7+ $1 Rxf7 14.
fxg4 Rxf1+ 15. Kxf1 Qd7 16. h3 {This position is known from Montiel-Beretta,
Buenos Aires 1946.} Qe6 17. Qd3 Qc4 18. Qd2 $5 {An exchange of queens is fine
too.} Qa6 19. Qc2 Nc4 20. Qb3 Kh8 $6 21. Kg1 Nd2 $6 22. Bxd2 Qxe2 23. Be3 Rf8
24. e5 b5 25. Rc1 a5 {White has slight advantages.} 26. Bg5 $2 ({Correct is} 
26. a3 $1 e6 27. Qc3 b4 28. axb4 axb4 29. Qb3) 26... h6 $4 (26... Qf2+ 27. Kh1
Qxd4 28. Qxb5 (28. Bxe7 $2 Bxe5 29. Bxf8 $2 Qf4) 28... Qxe5 29. Qxe5 Bxe5 30.
Bxe7 {and a draw becomes likely.}) 27. Bxe7 a4 28. Qd1 Qe3+ 29. Kh1 Rf2 30. Qg1
Qf4 (30... Qxd4 $2 31. Bc5 $1) 31. a3 Kh7 32. Bc5 h5 33. gxh5 Bh6 34. hxg6+ Kg7
35. Re1 Qg3 36. Bb4 Be3 37. Qh2 Qg5 38. e6 Bf4 39. Qg1 Qh4 40. e7 Rf3 41. Qh2
$1 {Top: Geller 12, Botvinnik and Smyslov 11 1/2, Spassky 11, Ilivitsky,
Petrosian and Taimanov 10 1/2.  Geller has taken the lead again. Ilivitsky,
Petrosian and Taimanov compete for the third and fourth place in the
interzonal.} (41. e8=N+ $1 Kh8 42. g7+ Kg8 43. Nf6+ Kxg7 44. gxf3+ {wins
nicely.}) (41. Qh2 Bxh2 42. e8=Q Bd6 43. Qd7+ Kxg6 44. gxf3 {Pawn h3 is
protected.}) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

{Great battles were fought in the last round.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4.
Nc3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. Qc2 Na6 $5 {The knight starts on a
provocative journey.} 8. a3 Nc7 9. e3 O-O 10. Bd3 Nce8 11. O-O Nd6 12. b4 g6
13. a4 Nh5 14. Be5 Bg4 15. b5 Qd7 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Nd2 f6 18. Bg3 Nxg3 19.
hxg3 Bf5 20. Rab1 Rab8 21. Na2 Bxd3 22. Qxd3 Qf5 23. Qc3 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 Rc8 25.
Nb4 Nc4 26. Rc1 ({New life to the game brings} 26. g4 $1 Qe6 27. Nxc4 dxc4 28.
Rc1 Rb8) 26... Bxb4 27. Qxb4 Nxd2 28. Qxd2 Qd7 29. Qb4 Kf7 30. a5 Qe7 31. Qb3
Qd6 32. Qb7+ Qc7 33. a6 Ke6 34. Rb1 Kd7 35. Qb3 f5 $6 36. Kf1 (36. g4 $1 fxg4
37. Qd1 {gains an advantage.}) 36... h5 37. Kg1 Rh8 38. Qb4 Rc8 39. Qb2 Rh8 40.
Qb7 Rc8 41. Qb3 Ra8 42. Kh2 Rc8 43. Kh3 Qa5 44. Qd3 Qa2 45. f3 Rc7 46. Kh2 Qf2
47. Rf1 Qb2 48. Re1 {If Geller draws, he will become the champion. If he loses,
a play-of has to be carried out.} h4 $5 (48... Qb5 {is a solid choice.}) 49.
Qf1 h3 $4 (49... hxg3+ 50. Kxg3 Kd6 {brings a draw and the title.}) 50. Kxh3
Qb5 51. g4 Rc8 52. gxf5 gxf5 53. Kg3 Rg8+ 54. Kf2 Qb8 55. f4 Qb2+ 56. Re2 Qb5
57. Qh1 Rg7 58. Qh5 Kc7 59. Rc2 Qxa6 60. Qxf5 Rd7 61. Qe5+ Rd6 62. Qe7+ Rd7 63.
Qc5 Rd6 64. Rb2 Qa4 65. g4 Qa1 66. Qb4 Rd8 67. Qb7+ Kd6 68. Rc2 Qa4 69. Qh7 Rh8
70. Qg6+ Kd7 71. Kg3 Re8 72. Qf5+ Kd6 73. Kf3 Re4 74. Qf8+ Re7 75. Rc1 Kd7 76.
Rb1 Re8 77. Qf5+ Re6 78. g5 Qa3 79. Qf7+ Kd6 80. Qf8+ Re7 81. Qb8+ {Geller
qualified for the interzonal.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D08"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxe7 Ngxe7 7. Nbd2 O-O $6
(7... Nf5 8. Nb3 Qe7 {continues gambit play.}) 8. Nb3 Nf5 9. Qd2 a5 10. Rd1 a4
11. Nbxd4 Nfxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxe5 13. e3 Qf6 14. Be2 Qg6 15. Rg1 Qh6 $6 16. h3 a3
17. b3 Qf6 18. f4 Nc6 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Bd3 c5 21. Kf2 Bb7 22. Rge1 Rad8 23.
Qc2 Qh4+ 24. Kg1 Rfe8 25. Bf1 Rxd1 26. Qxd1 Rd8 27. Qc1 Qg3 28. Re2 g6 29. e4
h6 30. Qxa3 Qxf4 31. Qxc5 Rd1 32. Qf2 Qc1 33. Qf6 Bc8 34. Rf2 Be6 35. Qf4 Qb1
36. Rd2 Rxd2 37. Qxd2 Qxe4 38. Qxh6 Qc2 39. Qe3 Qxa2 40. Be2 Qb1+ 41. Kh2 Qb2
42. Bf3 Kg7 43. Kg3 Kg8 44. Bg4 Bxg4 45. hxg4 Qf6 46. g5 Qd6+ 47. Qf4 Qd3+ 48.
Kh2 Qxb3 49. Qxc7 Qe3 50. Qd8+ Kg7 51. Qd5 Kf8 52. c5 Qf4+ 53. g3 Qf2+ 54. Kh3
Qf1+ 55. Kh4 Qe2 56. Qd8+ Kg7 57. Qd4+ Kf8 58. Kh3 Qf1+ 59. Kg4 $4 {White
tries to win desperately and forgets his defence.} f5+ $1 (59... f5+ 60. gxf6
Qf5+ 61. Kh4 Qh5#) 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Kan, Ilia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. a4 Bb4 7. Be2 Nf6 8. O-O $5
({Previously Flohr played} 8. Qc2 Bb7 9. O-O {against Kotov in Moscow 1948.})
8... O-O ({Kan finds} 8... Bxc3 $5 9. bxc3 Nxe4 10. Qc2 Nf6 {too risky.}) 9.
Qc2 h6 10. axb5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 cxb5 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nd2 $2 (13. Ba3 Re8 14. Nd2 {
is better.}) 13... Nc6 14. Ne4 a5 15. Rd1 Rb8 16. Rb1 Qe7 17. f4 Rd8 18. Bd2
Qa7 19. Nd6 Rxd6 $5 {Black applies a positional sacrifice.} (19... b4 $1 20.
Bxc4 bxc3 21. Rxb8 Nxd4 22. Qd3 Nf5+ 23. Kh1 Nxd6 24. Rxc8 Nxc8 25. Bxc3 Nce7 {
wins a pawn.}) 20. exd6 Qd7 21. Bf3 Qxd6 22. f5 $6 {A pawn is thrown away.} ({
The last cahance is} 22. Be4 f5 23. Bf3) 22... exf5 23. Re1 Be6 24. Qc1 Nce7
25. Ra1 a4 26. Qa3 Qb6 27. Kh1 Nc6 28. Qd6 Rd8 29. Qg3 Kh7 30. Bc1 Na5 31. Bxd5
Bxd5 32. Ba3 Qg6 33. Qh3 Be4 34. Ra2 Re8 35. Ree2 Re6 36. Kg1 Qg5 37. Bc1 $4
Qxc1+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Ilivitzki, Georgi"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d4 c6 7. Nc3 a6 $5 8. e4
b5 $5 {Furman chooses an aggressive novelty, because he fights for his last
interzonal qualification chance.} 9. Qe2 ({Later the improvement} 9. e5 $1 Ne8
10. Qe2 {is found (Donner-Ivkov, Wageningen 1957).}) 9... bxc4 10. Qxc4 {White
has won a slight advantage.} a5 11. Re1 Nfd7 12. Na4 Nb6 13. Nxb6 Qxb6 14. Qc3
Na6 15. Be3 Nc7 16. Rec1 (16. Rac1 Bb7 17. b3 {is less surprising.}) 16... Bd7
17. Qd2 Rfb8 18. Rc2 a4 $6 19. Bf1 $6 ({White has the great combination} 19.
Ne5 Be8 (19... dxe5 20. dxe5 Qb5 21. Qxd7 Bxe5 22. Rb1) 20. Nxc6 $1 Bxc6 21. d5
Qa5 22. Qxa5 Rxa5 23. Rxc6 Bxb2 24. Rb1 Ne8 25. Rxb2 $1 Rxb2 26. Rc8) 19... Qb7
20. Bc4 Bg4 21. Ne1 Be6 22. Nd3 a3 23. Rb1 Ra4 24. b4 Bxc4 25. Rxc4 Ne6 26. Qc2
Qb5 27. Rc1 Raa8 28. e5 dxe5 29. dxe5 Bxe5 30. Nxe5 Qxe5 31. Rxc6 Qb2 $6 ({
Better is} 31... Rxb4 32. Rc8+ Rxc8 33. Qxc8+ Kg7 34. Qc3 {(Zak)} Qxc3 35. Rxc3
Ra4) 32. Rb1 Qe5 33. Qc4 Qf5 34. Rb3 Rd8 35. Kg2 Rd1 36. Rc8+ Rxc8 37. Qxc8+
Kg7 38. Qc6 Rd5 39. Rxa3 $4 (39. Qc3+ f6 40. Rxa3) 39... h5 $4 (39... Qe4+ $1
40. Kf1 Qh1+ 41. Ke2 Qd1#) 40. h4 $2 {Time pressure remains a plague for the
players.} g5 $2 (40... Qe4+ 41. Kh2 Qxb4 {wins a passed pawn.}) 41. Bxg5 Nxg5
42. hxg5 Qxg5 43. Re3 e6 44. a4 Rd4 45. a5 h4 46. a6 Qf5 47. Rf3 Qb1 48. Qb7
h3+ 49. Kh2 {Ilivitsky scored the third win in a row and qualified for the
interzonal.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. c3 e5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Ngf3 Bg4 $2 (6... exd4 7.
Bc4 Qf5 8. cxd4 {(Rauch-Guimard, Buenos Aires 1945).}) 7. Bc4 Bxf3 8. Qb3 $1
Na5 $2 {Botvinnik makes matters worse.} ({Paul will nearly repeat the game in} 
8... Qd7 9. Nxf3 exd4 10. O-O $5 Na5 $2 11. Bxf7+ $1 {(Keres-Christoffel,
Zürich 1961).}) (8... O-O-O $5 9. Bxd5 Bxd5 10. Qd1 {(Schneider-Karlsson, Oslo
1980).}) 9. Qa4+ Qd7 (9... b5 10. Bxd5 bxa4 11. Bxf3 {(Pautrot-De la Rocha,
Zaragoza 1995).}) 10. Bxf7+ $1 {Mikhail is humiliated.} Kd8 11. Qxd7+ Kxd7 12.
Nxf3 exd4 13. Nxd4 c5 14. Nf3 Ke7 15. Bd5 Nf6 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bxf6+ Kxf6 18.
O-O-O Bd6 19. g3 Rhe8 20. Nd2 Bf8 21. Ne4+ Kf5 22. f3 Red8 23. h4 Nc6 24. h5
Be7 25. Rhe1 Ne5 26. Nf2 g5 27. hxg6 {Keres took revenge for the short defeats
against Botvinnik in 1941 and 1948.  Botvinnik did not gain the title.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O c6 6. d4 d5 7. b3 Ne4 8. Bb2
Nd7 9. Nfd2 Ndf6 10. Nc3 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Be6 12. Na4 b6 13. Rac1 Qd7 14. Rfd1
Rac8 15. Qb4 Bh3 16. Bh1 Rfd8 17. Nc3 Bh6 18. Rb1 $6 ({Correct is} 18. e3)
18... Bf5 19. Ra1 Bc2 20. Rf1 Bd2 21. Qa3 b5 22. Nb1 $6 {Korchnoi's position
looks horrible.} Bh6 23. Qa5 Be4 24. Bxe4 Nxe4 25. cxb5 cxb5 26. Na3 a6 27. Bc1
(27. Qxa6 $2 b4 28. Nb1 Rc2) 27... Bf8 28. Nb1 Rc2 $2 ({The restraint continues
} 28... Bg7 29. Be3 Rc6) 29. Qxa6 Rdc8 30. Na3 Rxe2 31. Qxb5 Qxb5 32. Nxb5 Rcc2
33. Be3 Rxa2 34. Rxa2 Rxa2 35. Rc1 Ra8 36. Nc7 Rd8 37. f3 Nd6 38. Nxd5 Nf5 39.
g4 Nxe3 40. Nxe3 Rxd4 41. Rc3 e6 42. Nc4 $5 Bb4 43. Rc2 Rd3 44. Kg2 Rxb3 45.
Rb2 $1 {Viktor escapes in a bright way.} Rxb2+ 46. Nxb2 Bd6 47. Nd3 f6 48. h3
Kf7 49. Kf2 e5 50. Ke3 Ke6 51. Ke2 f5 52. gxf5+ gxf5 53. Kf1 Kf6 54. Kg2 Kg5
55. f4+ exf4 56. Ne1 Bc7 57. Nf3+ Kf6 58. Nh2 Ke5 59. Nf3+ Ke4 60. Ng5+ Ke3 61.
Nf3 h6 62. Ng1 Bb6 63. Nf3 Ke2 64. Nh2 Bg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A26"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d3 e5 8. e4
Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nd7 11. Bg2 a6 12. Be3 Nd4 13. Qd2 c6 14. Kh2 h5 $6 {
An unnecessary weakening.} 15. Ne2 Nxe2 16. Qxe2 Nc5 17. f4 exf4 18. gxf4 Qe7
19. Rae1 a5 20. Kh1 Rfe8 21. f5 Nd7 22. Rg1 c5 $2 {This blunder costs a pawn.}
23. Bf3 Ne5 24. Bxh5 $1 Qh4 (24... gxh5 $2 25. Qxh5 {and Black loses quickly.})
25. Bg4 Bh6 26. fxg6 fxg6 27. Bf2 Qe7 {White has to strike swiftly.} 28. Bg3 $2
({Chenkin analyses} 28. Bf5 $1 Kh7 (28... Kg7 29. Bxg6 $1 Nxg6 30. Qh5 Qe6 31.
Rxg6+ Qxg6 32. Rg1) (28... Qf7 29. Qh5) (28... Qg7 29. Rxg6 $1 Nxg6 30. Rg1)
29. Rxg6 $1 Nxg6 30. Rg1 Rg8 31. Qh5 Qg7 32. Be3 $18) 28... Kh7 29. Ref1 Rf8
30. Kh2 Bg5 31. Kh1 Bh6 32. Bh2 Rxf1 $1 33. Rxf1 Rf8 34. Rxf8 Qxf8 {The
blockader in the centre creates a defendable fortress.} 35. Kg2 Qf6 36. Bg3 Bg7
37. b3 b6 38. Bf2 Nc6 39. Bg3 Ne5 40. Bc8 Qf7 41. h4 Bh6 42. Bg4 Kg7 43. Qd1
Be3 44. Be2 Qf6 45. Qh1 Qe6 46. Qh2 Kf7 47. Be1 Ke7 48. Qg3 Bh6 49. Bc3 Bg7 50.
Bg4 Qf7 51. Bh3 Qf6 52. Bg4 Bh6 {Boris qualified for the interzonal.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E68"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 e5 8. Rd1
Re8 9. Nc3 c6 10. e4 Ng4 $5 11. h3 Nh6 12. Be3 Qe7 13. b4 f5 14. dxe5 $6 ({
Mikenas prefers} 14. d5) 14... Nxe5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. b5 f4 17. gxf4 Qh4 18.
bxc6 bxc6 19. f5 gxf5 20. exf5 Bxf5 21. Ne4 $6 (21. Qd2 Rad8 22. Bg5 Rxd2 23.
Bxh4 Rd4 24. Bxc6 Re6 25. Rxd4 exd4 26. Nd5 {escapes.}) 21... Re6 22. Bg5 Bxe4
23. Qd2 {Black has to proceed the attack.} Rg6 $4 ({The right sacrifice} 23...
Qxg5 $1 24. Qxg5 Rg6 {leads to problems for White (Mikenas).}) 24. Bxh4 Rxg2+
25. Kf1 Bf3 26. Bg3 Rf8 27. Qg5 Nf7 28. Qe7 Bh6 29. h4 e4 30. Re1 Bd2 31. Re2
Ba5 32. Qe6 Kg7 33. Rb1 Bb6 34. c5 Bxc5 35. Rb7 Bxe2+ 36. Kxe2 Bd4 37. Qxe4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Shcherbakov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C15"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd3 dxe4 5. Bxe4 Nf6 6. Bd3 c5 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 Qc7 9. Nf3 $5 c4 10. Be2 Nd5 11. Qd2 Nd7 $1 12. a4 N7f6 13. Qg5 O-O 14.
Qh4 $2 (14. Qe5 Qc6 15. Bg5 {takes the initiative on the king's side.}) 14...
Nxc3 15. Ra3 $2 (15. Bf4 Qc6 16. Bh6 {gives counter-play.}) 15... Nxe2 16. Kxe2
c3 $1 17. Rd1 b6 18. Kf1 Ba6+ 19. Kg1 Be2 20. Re1 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Nd5 22. Re5 f5
23. Bf4 Qd8 24. Qg3 Qf6 25. Kh1 Qg6 26. Qh4 Qe8 27. Ra1 Rf6 28. Ree1 Rg6 29.
Bg5 Qf7 30. Rg1 f4 31. Rg4 Qf5 32. Rag1 Qxc2 33. Bh6 Qf5 34. Rg5 c2 35. Qh5
Rxg5 36. Bxg5 {Petrosian waited for his chance, struck and qualified.} 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E55"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Bd2
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. Qe2 c5 11. a3 cxd4 (11... Bxc3 12. bxc3 Ne4 {
(Taimanov-Averbakh, Moscow 1951).}) 12. Nxd4 Bc5 13. Nb3 Be7 14. Rfd1 Ne5 15.
Ba6 Bxa6 16. Qxa6 Qc8 17. Qb5 {Taimanov tries something, because he needs a
win for the interzonal qualification.} Qc7 18. Nd4 a6 19. Qe2 Rfc8 20. a4 Qc4
21. Be1 Bb4 22. b3 Qxe2 23. Ndxe2 Rd8 24. Nd4 Rac8 25. Rac1 Kf8 26. Kf1 Ke8 27.
Ke2 {Top: Geller and Smyslov 12, Botvinnik, Ilivitsky, Petrosian and Spassky
11 1/2.  Geller and Smyslov had to play a match for the title. Geller,
Ilivitsky, Petrosian and Spassky qualified for the interzonal tournament.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22 Play-off"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D53"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

{Geller and Smyslov played a match of six games for the title of Soviet
champion.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 $5 7.
Bxe7 Qxe7 8. Nxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 c5 $5 10. Ne2 $5 (10. dxc5 Qxc5 11. Nf3 {
provides a slight advantage.}) 10... Nc6 $5 (10... c4 11. Bc2 Nc6 {is alright.}
) 11. dxc5 d4 $1 12. exd4 Nxd4 {White can start a combination.} 13. O-O (13.
Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 14. Qxd4 Re8 15. Qe3 Bg4 $1 16. Qxe7 Rxe7 17. f3 {(Yudovich)}
Bxf3 $1 18. gxf3 Rae8 19. O-O Rxe2 20. Rf2 Re1+ 21. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 22. Kg2 Rc1 23.
b4 a5 {leads to a draw.}) 13... Bg4 14. f3 Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2 Qxc5+ 16. Qf2 Qxf2+
17. Rxf2 Be6 18. Be4 Rab8 19. Rd2 Rfd8 20. Rad1 Rxd2 21. Rxd2 Kf8 22. a3 Ke7
23. Kf2 b6 24. Rc2 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22 Play-off"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D19"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. e4 Bg6 11. Bd3 Re8 {A new move in the Slav Defence leads
to a quick draw.} 12. Bf4 Bh5 13. e5 Nd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Rfc1 a6 16. Qe3 Qb6
17. Nd2 Rec8 18. Nb3 Be7 19. Qh3 Bg6 20. Bxg6 hxg6 21. Qd3 Qb4 22. Bd2 Rxc1+
23. Nxc1 (23. Nxc1 Qb6 {is obvious} ({but even} 23... Qxb2 24. Rb1 Qa3 25. Qxa3
Bxa3 26. Rxb7 Rc8 27. Nb3 Rb8 {draws.})) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22 Play-off"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. Qc2 g6 8. e3
Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nbd7 11. h3 O-O 12. O-O Re8 13. Rab1 a5 14. Qc2 Bf8
15. a3 Nb6 16. Ne5 Nfd7 17. Nd3 Nc4 18. Rbd1 f5 19. Rfe1 Qf6 20. Bh2 Qf7 21. a4
$5 {White has achieved nothing and decides to play for a draw.} Rac8 22. Nb1
Qe7 23. Nd2 Nxd2 24. Qxd2 Ra8 25. Qc2 Nb8 26. Ne5 Qe6 27. Qb3 Bb4 28. Re2 Na6
29. Kh1 Re7 30. Rc1 Bd6 31. Nd3 Bxh2 32. Kxh2 Qd6+ 33. g3 Nb4 34. h4 Nxd3 35.
Qxd3 Qb4 36. Ra1 h5 37. Rc2 Ra6 38. Kg2 Rb6 39. Ra2 Qd6 40. Rc5 Ra6 41. Ra3 Qe6
42. Ra1 Qe4+ 43. Qxe4 fxe4 44. Rb1 Rf7 45. b3 Kf8 46. Rf1 Rf3 47. Rb1 Ke7 48.
b4 axb4 49. Rxb4 b5 50. Rc2 (50. axb5 Ra2 51. bxc6 Rfxf2+ 52. Kg1 $11) 50...
bxa4 51. Ra2 a3 52. Rb3 Rf8 53. Rbxa3 Rxa3 54. Rxa3 Kd6 55. Ra7 Rf6 56. Ra8 Ke7
57. Rg8 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22 Play-off"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D19"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 {Again Smyslov chooses his beloved prophylactic centre strategy.} 9. Qe2
O-O 10. e4 Bg6 11. Bd3 Bh5 12. e5 Nd5 13. Bd2 (13. Nxd5 {(Averbakh-Furman,
Kiev 1954).}) 13... c5 14. Rfd1 cxd4 15. Nxd5 Bxd2 $1 {The position has become
confused.} 16. Qe4 $5 (16. Rxd2 exd5 17. Bf5 {(Gligoric-Smyslov, Belgrade 1956)
.}) 16... g6 $1 (16... Bg6 $6 17. Qxd4 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Nb6 19. Nf6+ $1 {is good
for White.}) 17. g4 $5 ({After} 17. Rxd2 {Black can equalise by} Bxf3 ({or} 
17... exd5)) 17... exd5 18. Qxd4 Bxg4 19. Qxg4 Bh6 20. Bb5 Nc5 21. Bc4 Qc8 22.
Qxc8 Raxc8 23. Rxd5 Rfd8 24. Rad1 Rxd5 25. Bxd5 Kf8 26. Rd4 Rd8 27. b4 Na6 (
27... Na6 28. Bxb7 Rxd4 29. Nxd4 Nxb4 {is obvious.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22 Play-off"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nd2 Bg7 6. Ngf3 O-O 7. O-O Ne4 8. b3
c5 9. Bb2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 dxc4 11. bxc4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nc6 13. Rfd1 Nxd4 14. Bxd4
Qxd4 15. Qxd4 Bxd4 16. Rxd4 Rb8 17. c5 Be6 18. Ra4 a6 19. Rb1 {Smyslov seems
to have a great endgame, but Geller answers cleverly.} Rfd8 $1 ({A pawn loses} 
19... Rfc8 20. Rxb7 Rxb7 21. Bxb7 Rxc5 22. Bxa6) 20. h4 Bd5 21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22.
Rxa6 Rxc5 23. Ra7 Rc2 24. Kf1 Kf8 25. a4 Ra2 26. f3 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22 Play-off"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D18"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. h3 $5 {This time Geller settles for a small advantage, the two bishops.
} O-O 10. Nh4 Be4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Nf3 Qe7 13. Qc2 Nef6 14. a5 a6 15. e4 e5
16. Ra4 c5 17. d5 Qd8 18. Bd2 Bxd2 19. Nxd2 {The advantage has changed into a
control over more territory.} Ne8 20. Be2 Nd6 21. Rfa1 g6 22. R4a3 Qh4 23. Rg3
f5 24. Qa4 Rad8 25. exf5 Qxa4 26. Rxa4 Nxf5 27. Rc3 Nd4 28. Bf1 Rf4 29. Rac4
Nb5 30. Re3 $6 {Geller lets his positional plus slip away.} ({A weakness
creates and attacks} 30. Rxf4 exf4 31. Rc4) 30... Rd4 31. Rc2 Kg7 32. Bc4 Nd6
33. Bb3 Nf5 34. Rec3 Rb4 35. Rc4 Rxc4 36. Rxc4 Nd6 37. Rc1 Rc8 38. Ba4 Nf6 39.
Re1 e4 40. f3 Nxd5 41. fxe4 Nb4 42. e5 Nb5 43. Nc4 Rc7 44. Nd6 Re7 45. Nxb5 Nd3
46. Re3 axb5 47. Bxb5 Nxe5 48. Kf2 Kf6 49. Rc3 Rc7 50. Ke3 Nf7 51. Rd3 Ke7 52.
Bc4 Ne5 53. Rc3 Nxc4+ 54. Rxc4 Kd6 55. Ra4 {The match had resulted in six
draws. Sudden-death became the rule.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22 Play-off"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E89"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 {Geller and his second Bondarevsky have decided
to change from quiet play during the match to activity in sudden-death.} 4. e4
d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. Nge2 c6 8. d5 cxd5 9. cxd5 Ne8 (9... a6 {
(Lokvenc-Geller, Amsterdam 1954).}) 10. Qd2 f5 11. h3 $2 ({Theoretical moves
are} 11. O-O-O) ({and} 11. Nc1) 11... Nd7 12. g3 Nb6 13. b3 f4 $1 14. gxf4 exf4
15. Bd4 ({The pointe is} 15. Bxf4 $2 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Rxf4 17. Nxf4 Qh4+) 15...
Nd7 16. h4 Ne5 $1 17. Bg2 Bd7 18. Bf2 $6 ({White should try} 18. O-O-O) 18...
Rc8 19. Nd4 Qa5 20. Rc1 Nc7 21. Rc2 Na6 22. O-O Nc5 {While White manoeuvred to
castle on the wrong side, Black placed the knights on strong squares.} 23. Nce2
Qxd2 24. Rxd2 {Black sacrifices a pawn for a strong attack.} Nxe4 $1 25. fxe4
f3 26. Nxf3 Nxf3+ 27. Bxf3 Rxf3 28. Bxa7 Rh3 29. Bf2 Be5 30. Nd4 $2 ({The last
fighting chance gives} 30. Rc1 $1 Rf8 31. Bd4 Bxd4+ 32. Nxd4 Rxh4 33. Rc7 Bh3
34. Re7) 30... Bg4 31. Be1 Re3 32. Bf2 Rxe4 33. Re1 Rxe1+ 34. Bxe1 Rc1 {
Smyslov gave up.  Geller had to work hard for the gold medal. He had played 19
games in the semi-final, 19 in the final and 7 in the play-off, 45 games all
together.} ({A convincing variation is} 34... Rc1 35. Kf2 Bf6 36. Kg3 Rxe1 37.
Kxg4 Re4+) 0-1

[Event "Alekhine Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1956.10.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E73"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]

{The tenth anniversary of Alekhine's death was glorified in Moscow 1956.
Botvinnik and Smyslov won by beating the lesser talent. The top eight (of
eighteen players) produced six decided games out of their 28 mutual encounters.
I have analysed these six games.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2
e5 $6 6. d5 $6 ({Best is} 6. dxe5 $1 dxe5 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 {(Czerniak - Perez,
Beverwijk 1955).}) 6... a5 7. Bg5 Na6 8. h3 Qd7 $6 ({Correct is} 8... Nc5 {
(Taimanov).}) 9. Nf3 O-O 10. g4 Ne8 $6 11. Qd2 a4 12. O-O-O a3 13. b3 Nc5 14.
Rdg1 c6 15. h4 Nc7 16. Bh6 cxd5 $2 (16... f6 $1 17. Bxg7 Qxg7 {fights back.})
17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. exd5 $1 {Black has no proper defence.} f6 19. g5 $1 Qf5 20.
h5 Qf4 21. Qxf4 exf4 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Rh4 fxg5 24. Nxg5 N7a6 25. Rh7+ Kg8 26.
Rh6 Bf5 27. Bg4 Kg7 28. Rh7+ Kf6 29. Bxf5 Kxf5 30. Nb5 Nb4 31. Kb1 $1 Nxb3 32.
Nxd6+ Ke5 33. Ngf7+ Rxf7 34. Nxf7+ Kd4 35. Rd1+ Kc5 36. axb3 Re8 37. d6 Kc6 38.
d7 Re2 39. Ne5+ Kc5 40. Nd3+ Nxd3 41. Rxd3 1-0

[Event "Alekhine Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 c5 7. O-O $5 Nc6 8.
a3 $6 {Several non-committing moves will follow.} ({More active is} 8. d3 {
(Taimanov).}) 8... Ne8 9. Rb1 Rb8 10. b4 b6 11. d3 Bd7 12. Be3 Nd4 13. h3 Nc7
14. Kh2 Bc6 $6 {White will win a tempo.} 15. Qd2 Re8 16. b5 $1 Bb7 17. a4 e6
18. Bh6 Bh8 $6 19. Nxd4 $1 cxd4 20. Na2 a5 $6 (20... d5 {counters in the
centre.}) 21. f4 f5 22. Rbe1 Qd7 23. Nc1 Bg7 24. Bxg7 Qxg7 25. Nb3 fxe4 26.
dxe4 e5 27. fxe5 Qxe5 (27... dxe5 28. c5 $1 {also wins for White (Taimanov).})
28. Nxd4 Ne6 29. Nf5 $1 {White brings an elegant semi-sacrifice.} Rf8 ({The
pointe is} 29... gxf5 30. exf5 Qd4 31. Qxd4 Nxd4 32. Rxe8+ Rxe8 33. Bxb7 {
(Taimanov).}) 30. Nh6+ $1 ({Not} 30. Qxd6 $4 Rxf5 $1) 30... Kg7 31. Ng4 Qd4 32.
Qh6+ Kh8 33. Rd1 Qg7 34. Rxf8+ Rxf8 35. Qxg7+ Kxg7 36. Rxd6 Nc5 37. e5 Bc8 38.
Rxb6 Nxa4 39. Rc6 1-0

[Event "Alekhine Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C97"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Bd7 13. Nf1 Rfe8 14. Ne3 g6 15. b4
cxb4 16. cxb4 Nc4 17. Nxc4 bxc4 18. Bd2 c3 19. Bh6 {A theoretical position
occurs.} a5 $5 ({The defender will play} 19... Rab8 {later (Szabo-Gligoric,
Hastings 1956).}) 20. bxa5 Bf8 $6 21. Bxf8 Rxf8 $6 22. Bb3 Ra6 $6 ({Better is} 
22... Rxa5 $5 23. Rc1 $1 {and White has a plus.}) 23. Qd3 $1 Qxa5 24. dxe5 dxe5
25. Nxe5 Be6 26. Nc4 Qb4 27. Rac1 Rc6 28. Rxc3 Rfc8 29. Rec1 Nd7 30. R3c2 Nc5
31. Qc3 Qxc3 32. Rxc3 Nxe4 33. R3c2 Rb8 34. Na5 Rxc2 35. Rxc2 Bxb3 36. Nxb3 Ra8
37. f3 Nf6 38. Rd2 h5 39. Kf2 Ra4 40. Nc1 Kg7 41. Ke3 g5 42. Rd4 Ra3+ 43. Rd3
Ra5 44. Kd4 Nd7 45. Rd2 Kf6 46. Ne2 Ne5 47. Nc3 Kf5 48. Rb2 h4 49. Rb3 Nc6+ 50.
Ke3 Re5+ 51. Ne4 Ra5 52. Rb5+ Rxb5 53. Nd6+ Ke5 54. Nxb5 Nb4 55. Nc3 f5 56. a4
Nc2+ 57. Kd2 Nd4 58. Ne2 Nc6 59. Kd3 Kd5 60. Kc3 Kc5 61. Nc1 Kd5 62. Nd3 Na5
63. Nb4+ Ke5 64. Nd3+ Kd5 65. Nb2 Kc5 66. Kd3 Kd5 67. Ke3 Nc6 68. Nd3 Na5 69.
f4 g4 70. Ne5 g3 71. Kd3 Nb3 72. Nf3 Nc5+ 73. Ke3 Nxa4 74. Nd4 Nb2 75. Nxf5
Nc4+ 76. Kf3 Nd2+ 77. Kg4 Ke4 78. Nxh4 Nf1 79. Nf5 1-0

[Event "Alekhine Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Pachman, Ludek"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bc5 6. e3 O-O 7. Be2 d5 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. O-O Bf5 10. b3 Qe7 11. Bb2 Rfd8 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nb5 Bb6 14. Nd4
Bd7 15. Bd3 g6 16. Nf3 c5 17. Ne5 Be8 18. Qf3 Rd6 19. e4 dxe4 20. Bxe4 Nxe4 21.
Qxe4 Rad8 22. Qf4 Bb5 23. Nc4 $4 {The tables turn.} (23. Ng4 $1 Bxf1 24. Nf6+
Rxf6 25. Bxf6 Qd6 26. Be5 {keeps a plus.}) 23... Re6 24. Rac1 Bc7 25. Qf3 Bc6
26. Qc3 Rd4 $1 27. Ne3 Qh4 28. h3 Qf4 29. Ng4 h5 30. g3 Qe4 31. f3 Qd5 32. Qxc5
(32. Nh6+ Kf8 33. g4 Bf4 {gives no hope to White.}) 32... Bb6 33. Qxd5 Rxd5+
34. Nf2 Rd2 35. Bc3 Rxa2 36. Bb4 Bb5 0-1

[Event "Alekhine Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 cxd4 7. axb4 dxc3 8.
Nxc3 O-O 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 ({More active is} 10... exd5 {(Garcia -
Sanguineti, Buenos Aires 1962).}) 11. Qxd5 exd5 12. Bd2 Bf5 13. Bc3 Na6 $2 {
Najdorf plays too shy again.} ({Right is} 13... Rd8 $1 14. b5 $1 (14. Be2 Nc6
15. b5 d4 $1) 14... b6 15. Bd4 Nd7 {White has a plus.}) 14. Bxa6 bxa6 15. Rxa6
{Thank you!} Bd3 16. Ra5 Bc4 17. Kd2 a6 18. Rc5 Rfd8 19. g4 $5 h6 20. h4 Rd7
21. Rb1 Re8 22. b3 Bb5 23. Rg1 Kh7 24. Bd4 Re6 25. f3 Re8 26. h5 f6 27. Rgc1
Kg8 28. Rc7 Rxc7 29. Rxc7 Rd8 30. Bc5 Ra8 31. Ke1 Bd3 $6 {Black allows an
unfavourable exchange.} 32. Rd7 $1 Bc2 33. Rxd5 Bxb3 34. Rd3 Bc4 35. Rc3 Bb5
36. Bd4 Be8 37. Rc5 Rb8 38. Bc3 Rd8 39. Bd4 Rb8 40. Bc3 Rd8 41. e4 Rd3 $2 ({
The exchange by} 41... Rd6 $1 42. Ke2 Rc6 43. Ke3 Rxc5 44. bxc5 {leads to a
draw (Botvinnik).}) 42. Ke2 Bb5 $5 43. Rxb5 $1 Rxc3 {White has reached a won
rook ending.} 44. Rb8+ Kf7 45. Rb7+ Kf8 46. Rb8+ Kf7 47. Rb7+ Kf8 48. Kf2 Rb3
49. Rb6 Ra3 50. Rb8+ Kf7 51. Rb7+ Kf8 52. Kg3 a5 53. b5 a4 54. Kf4 Rb3 55. b6
$2 {White misses the forced win.} ({Right is} 55. Kf5 $1 Rxf3+ {(Botvinnik)}
56. Kg6 $1 Rf4 57. b6 $1 {The b-pawn advances.}) 55... Kg8 $2 {Black's king
should stay on f8.} (55... Rb5 $1 56. Ra7 Rxb6 57. Rxa4 Rb5 $1 {(Botvinnik)
probably draws.}) 56. Kf5 $1 Rb5+ ({The pointe is} 56... Rxf3+ 57. Kg6 $1) 57.
Ke6 a3 58. f4 $1 a2 $1 59. Ra7 Rxb6+ 60. Kf5 Rb7 61. Rxa2 Kf7 62. Ra5 Rc7 63.
Rd5 Ra7 64. e5 fxe5 65. fxe5 Ke7 66. e6 Ra4 ({Or} 66... Ra6 67. Rd7+ Kf8 68.
Kg6 $1 Rxe6+ 69. Kh7 {(Botvinnik).}) 67. g5 $1 hxg5 68. Rd7+ Kf8 69. Rf7+ Kg8
70. Kg6 g4 71. h6 $1 gxh6 72. e7 Ra8 73. Rf6 1-0

[Event "Alekhine Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 h6 $6 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. O-O-O a6 10. f4 h5 $6 11. Kb1 Bd7 12. Be2 Qb6 13. Nb3 $1 ({He
improves on} 13. Rhf1 Qxd4 {Keres - Petrosian, Amsterdam 1956).}) 13... O-O-O
14. Rhf1 Na5 15. Rf3 Nxb3 16. axb3 Kb8 17. Na4 Qa7 18. f5 $1 Be7 19. fxe6 fxe6
20. Rxf6 $1 {Paul strikes.} Rh7 ({The pointe shows} 20... Bxf6 $2 21. Qxd6+ Ka8
22. Nb6+) 21. Rg6 b5 $6 ({Better is} 21... Rc8) 22. Nc3 Qc5 23. Na2 Ka7 24. Nb4
Rf8 25. Bf3 h4 26. h3 Bc8 27. Nd3 Qc7 28. Nf4 Rf6 29. Bg4 $1 Rxg6 30. Nxg6 Bb7
31. Bxe6 Bd8 32. Bd5 Bxd5 33. Qxd5 Rf7 34. e5 {The relative scores among the
top eight were Taimanov and Keres +2, Botvinnik, Smyslov and Bronstein 0,
Pachman and Gligoric -1 and Najdorf -2.} 1-0

[Event "Dallas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Evans, Larry"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E70"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

{Dallas 1957 was played from 30 xi until 16 xii. The main event was a contest
between eight players. Evans, Larsen and Olafsson were the young talents.
Reshevsky, Gligoric, Szabo, Najdorf and Yanofsky had more experience.
Bronstein got no visa for a visit to Texas. Pal Benko defeated Ken Smith in a
match, as side event. Games were played in Hotel Adolphus, the highest
building of Texas. The time limit was 40 moves in two hours, followed by 20
moves in one hour. A bulletin was published for each round. Kashdan functioned
as commentator. } 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. Qd2 c5
7. d5 e6 8. dxe6 Bxe6 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Be2 Bg4 11. O-O Re8 12. Qf4 Bxf3 13. Bxf3
Nd4 14. Rad1 Re5 15. Rd3 Ne6 16. Qxe5 dxe5 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nd5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dallas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E91"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O c6 8. Rb1
Nbd7 9. b4 Re8 $6 10. d5 $1 c5 11. a3 b6 12. Ne1 Rf8 {Black has lost time.} 13.
Nd3 Ne8 14. a4 f5 15. a5 Ndf6 16. f3 Ba6 $5 17. Qb3 Kh8 $2 (17... f4 {counters
on the kingside.}) 18. Ra1 Nh5 19. Ra3 Nc7 20. exf5 $1 gxf5 21. b5 Bc8 22. f4
$1 Nxf4 {Black has to accept a great weakening.} 23. Nxf4 exf4 24. axb6 axb6
25. Rxa8 Nxa8 26. Bxf4 Nc7 27. Bd3 Ne8 28. Qc2 Nf6 $1 29. Bg5 Qe8 {Square f4
will become a stronghold for White.} 30. Ne2 $1 ({Not} 30. Bxf5 $2 Bxf5 31.
Rxf5 Ng8 32. Rxf8 Qe1+ $1 33. Rf1 Bd4+) 30... Ng4 31. Qd2 Ne5 32. Nf4 Qf7 $6 {
Black should exchange Bd3.} 33. Be2 $5 Bf6 34. Nh5 Bxg5 35. Qxg5 Qg6 36. Qe7
Re8 37. Qf6+ $6 (37. Qc7 {continues the attack.}) 37... Qxf6 38. Nxf6 Re7 39.
Ra1 $1 Kg7 ({Najdorf could have tried} 39... Bb7 $1 40. Nh5 Ng6 41. Ra2 Ne5 42.
Ng3 Rf7 {with a shaky defence.}) 40. Nh5+ Kf7 41. Ra8 Re8 42. Kf2 Bd7 43. Ra7
Rb8 44. Nf4 Kf6 45. Nd3 Ke7 46. Nxe5 dxe5 47. g4 $1 Kd6 48. gxf5 Bxf5 49. Rf7
Bg6 50. Rf6+ Ke7 ({Or} 50... Kc7 51. d6+) 51. Re6+ Kf7 52. Rxe5 Re8 53. Rxe8
Kxe8 54. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Dallas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E21"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. d5 d6 6. Bd2 O-O 7. e3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3
Ne4 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Qc2 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 Nc6 12. Be2 Qe7 13. O-O Rfd8 14. Rad1 d5
15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Qxe5 dxc4 17. Bxc4 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Qxd8 20. Qxc5
b6 21. Qb5 Bxc4 22. Qxc4 Qd1+ 23. Qf1 Qc2 24. Qa1 a5 25. b3 h5 26. h4 g6 27. g3
Qd2 28. e4 b5 29. Qe5 b4 30. Qxa5 Qe1+ 31. Kg2 Qxe4+ 32. Kh2 Qd4 33. Qa8+ Kg7
34. Kg2 Qd6 35. Qe4 f5 36. Qc4 Kf6 37. Kf3 Qd2 38. Qa6+ Kf7 39. Qa7+ Kf6 40.
Qb6+ Kf7 41. Qc6 Kg7 42. Qe6 Qd1+ 43. Kg2 Qd4 44. Qe7+ Kh6 45. Qe3+ Qxe3 46.
fxe3 Kg7 47. Kf3 Kf6 48. Ke2 g5 49. hxg5+ Kxg5 50. Kf3 Kg6 51. Kf2 Kg5 52. Kg2
Kg4 53. Kf2 Kg5 54. Kg2 Kg4 55. Kf2 Kg5 56. Kf3 Kg6 57. Kg2 Kg5 58. Kf1 Kg6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dallas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Yanofsky, Daniel"]
[Black "Olafsson, Fridrik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Rc8 $6 ({The main line is} 9... b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6) 10. Nf3 $1
Qa5 $6 (10... Be7 {leads to a position known from Spassky-Taimanov, Leningrad
1956.}) 11. Kb1 $1 b5 12. e5 $1 {White has started a strong attack.} b4 $2 ({
Best is} 12... Nd5 $1 13. Nxd5 Qxd2 14. Rxd2 exd5 15. Rxd5 dxe5 16. fxe5 Be7 {
The extra pawn e5 will become a target for Black in the endgame.}) 13. exf6
bxc3 14. fxg7 $1 Bxg7 {Olafsson contemplates for half-an-hour.} ({He avoids} 
14... Rb8 15. b3 $1 Nb4 16. a4 Bxg7 17. Qxd6) ({and} 14... Nb4 15. a3 Bxg7 16.
Qxd6) ({Another crucial line is} 14... cxd2 $2 15. gxh8=Q Nb4 16. a3 Nxc2 {
(Kashdan)} 17. Rxd2) 15. Qxd6 Rc7 16. Ne5 Bxe5 $6 ({The game is prolonged by} 
16... Bf8 $1 17. Nc4 $1 Bxd6 18. Nxa5 {(Kashdan)} Be7 19. Nc4) 17. fxe5 Rg8 18.
h4 cxb2 19. Bf6 Rb7 20. Rh3 Qc7 21. Qxc7 Rxc7 22. Rc3 Rg4 23. a3 Ra4 24. Be2
Ra5 25. Bf3 Kf8 26. Bxc6 Rxc6 27. Rxd7 1-0

[Event "Dallas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B39"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Qd2 Qa5 11. Rc1 b6 12. Be2 Bb7 13. f3 g5 14. O-O Be5
15. Rfd1 d6 16. b3 Bf4 17. Nd5 Qxd2 18. Bxd2 Bxd2 19. Rxd2 f6 20. Kf2 Kf7 21.
Ke3 Rac8 22. Rdc2 h5 23. Bf1 Ng7 24. Bd3 e5 25. Nc3 Rhd8 26. Rd2 h4 27. Bf1 Bc6
28. Rcd1 Ke7 29. g3 hxg3 30. hxg3 g4 31. f4 Nh5 32. Be2 Rg8 33. Rxd6 Nxg3 34.
f5 Nh5 35. Re6+ Kf8 36. Rg1 Bd7 37. Rd6 Ke7 38. Rdd1 Nf4 39. Rxg4 Rxg4 40. Bxg4
b5 41. Nd5+ Nxd5+ 42. cxd5 Rc2 43. d6+ Kf8 44. Rh1 Rc3+ 45. Kf2 Rc6 46. Rh8+
Kg7 47. Ra8 a6 48. Ke3 Rxd6 49. Bh5 Kh6 50. Bg6 b4 51. Bf7 Bb5 52. Bd5 Rd7 53.
Kf3 Rg7 54. Rf8 Kg5 55. Ke3 Rc7 56. Rg8+ Kh4 57. Rg6 Rc3+ 58. Kd2 Rd3+ 59. Kc1
Rf3 60. Rxf6 Rf1+ 61. Kd2 Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dallas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E59"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Ba2 e5 12. h3 e4 13. Nh2 cxd4 14. exd4 Na5
$5 15. Bg5 $1 Qxc3 $5 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Ng4 Kg7 {Aggressive moves by Szabo
changed a calm Nimzo-Indian Defence into a turmoil. Najdorf further sharpens
the fight.} 18. Rc1 $5 Qxa3 19. Rxc8 $5 Raxc8 20. Qd2 Rg8 ({Szabo has no taste
for} 20... e3 $5 21. fxe3 f5 22. e4 $1 Rc6 23. exf5 f6) 21. Qh6+ Kh8 22. Qxf6+
Rg7 23. Nh6 $1 Qxa2 24. Nf5 Rcg8 25. Nxg7 Rxg7 26. Qd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dallas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Olafsson, Fridrik"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. Nf4 c6 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. b3 Nc6 12. Bb2 Rc8 13. Nd3 Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15.
Nf4 Na5 16. Rc1 Rxc1 17. Bxc1 Qc7 18. Bd2 Rc8 19. Bxa5 bxa5 20. Bc4 Kh8 21. a4
Bd6 22. g3 Bxf4 23. gxf4 Bd5 24. Qh5 Qd7 25. Rc1 h6 26. Kg2 Qe7 27. Qd1 Qc7 28.
h3 Bb7 29. Kh2 Kh7 30. Qg4 g5 $2 ({Correct is} 30... Bd5) 31. Bxe6 $3 {White
finds the decisive combination.} Qxc1 32. Qf5+ Kg7 33. Qxf7+ Kh8 34. Qf6+ Kh7
35. Bf5+ Kg8 36. Qg6+ Kf8 37. Qxh6+ Ke8 38. Qe6+ Kf8 39. Qf6+ (39. Qd6+ $1 Kg8
40. Be6+ Kh8 41. Qe5+ Kh7 42. Qf5+ Kh8 43. Qf6+ Kh7 44. Qf7+ Kh8 45. Qh5+ Kg7
46. Qxg5+ Kh7 47. Bf5+ Kh8 48. Qh6+ Kg8 49. Be6#) 39... Ke8 40. Qh8+ Ke7 41.
Qg7+ Ke8 42. Qxb7 Rc7 43. Qxe4+ 1-0

[Event "Dallas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yanofsky, Daniel"]
[Black "Evans, Larry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3
d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. a4 Rb8 13. axb5 axb5 14. d4 Qc7 15.
dxc5 dxc5 16. Nf1 Rd8 17. Bd2 g6 18. Qc1 c4 19. b4 cxb3 20. Bxb3 Bd7 21. Bg5
Na5 22. Rxa5 Qxa5 23. Nxe5 Be8 24. Qf4 Nh5 25. Bxf7+ Kg7 26. Bh6+ Kh8 27. Qf3
Qc7 28. Ng4 Bxf7 29. Qxf7 Bd6 30. Qf3 Bf4 31. e5 Bxh6 32. Nxh6 Rf8 33. Qe3 Qb6
34. Qxb6 Rxb6 35. Ne3 Nf4 36. Nhg4 h5 37. Nf6 Nd3 38. Nd7 Nxe1 39. Nxf8 Nd3 40.
Nd7 Re6 41. Kf1 Re7 42. Nf6 Rxe5 43. Nfd5 Kg7 44. Ke2 Nc5 45. Nc7 Ne4 46. Ncd5
Kf7 47. f3 Nc5 48. h4 Re8 49. g4 Ra8 50. Kf2 hxg4 51. fxg4 Rc8 52. Ke2 Ne4 53.
Kd3 Nd6 54. Kd4 Nc4 55. Ng2 Nd2 56. Ke3 Nb1 57. Kd3 Rc6 58. Nge3 Ke6 59. Kd4
Nd2 60. Nf4+ Kf7 61. h5 Nb3+ 62. Kd3 g5 63. Nfd5 Nc5+ 64. Kc2 Ne4 65. Kd3 Nf6
66. Nb4 Rd6+ 67. Kc2 Re6 68. Kd3 Re4 69. Nbd5 Ra4 70. Nb4 Ra1 71. Nc6 Rg1 72.
Ne5+ Ke8 73. Kd4 Rg3 74. Nf5 Rg2 75. Ke3 Rg1 76. Kf2 Rb1 77. Nd4 Ne4+ 78. Ke3
Nxc3 79. Nef3 b4 80. Kd3 Nd5 81. Kc2 Rf1 82. Nxg5 Rf4 83. Ngf3 Rxg4 84. Kb3 Ke7
85. Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dallas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Evans, Larry"]
[Black "Olafsson, Fridrik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d3 d5 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. e4 e5 8. c3
a5 9. Re1 dxe4 10. dxe4 Nd7 11. Qe2 b6 12. Nc4 Ba6 13. Bf1 Qf6 14. Kg2 Qe6 15.
b3 h6 16. Ba3 Rfe8 17. Qc2 Ne7 18. Rad1 a4 19. bxa4 Bxc4 20. Bxc4 Qxc4 21. Rxd7
Bf6 22. Bxe7 Rxe7 23. Rxe7 Bxe7 24. Nxe5 Qxa4 25. Qd2 Bg5 26. Qd5 Qxa2 27. c4
Rf8 28. h4 Qd2 29. hxg5 Qxe1 30. Nxg6 Re8 31. Ne5 Rxe5 32. Qxe5 hxg5 33. Qxg5+
Kf8 34. Qd8+ Kg7 35. Qd4+ Kg8 36. e5 c5 37. Qg4+ Kf8 38. Qf5 Qe2 39. e6 Qxe6
40. Qxe6 fxe6 41. Kf3 Ke7 42. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Dallas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Yanofsky, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Rb1
a5 9. b3 Re8 10. d5 Nh5 11. g3 Nc5 12. Nd2 Bh3 13. Bxh5 gxh5 14. Qxh5 Bxf1 15.
Nxf1 Qf6 16. Ne3 Qg6 17. Qf3 Bh6 18. Ng4 Bg7 19. Ne3 Bh6 20. Nf5 Bxc1 21. Rxc1
Kh8 22. Qe3 Qf6 23. f3 Rg8 24. h4 Rg6 25. Kf2 Rag8 26. Ne2 Qd8 27. g4 f6 28. h5
Rg5 29. Nh6 Rf8 30. Ng1 Qd7 31. Nh3 Qg7 32. Nxg5 Qxg5 33. Qxg5 fxg5 34. Ke3 Kg7
35. Nf5+ Kf6 36. Ng3 Ra8 37. Ne2 Ke7 38. Nc3 Kd7 39. Rb1 Ra7 40. Kd2 Ra8 41.
Ke3 Ke7 42. Ne2 Rf8 43. Nc1 Kd7 44. a3 Ra8 45. Ke2 Kc8 46. Kd2 Kd8 47. Kc2 Ke7
48. b4 axb4 49. axb4 Nd7 50. Rb3 Ra4 51. Kc3 Kd8 52. Rb1 Kc8 53. Kb3 Ra8 54.
Nd3 Kd8 55. c5 Ra6 56. Rc1 Ra8 57. Nf2 Ke7 58. Nh1 Rf8 59. Rc3 Kd8 60. Ng3 Nf6
61. Kc4 Kc8 62. Nf5 Ne8 63. Ra3 Kb8 64. Ra1 Rf6 65. h6 Rf7 66. Rh1 dxc5 67.
bxc5 Nf6 68. c6 Rf8 69. Rb1 b6 70. d6 cxd6 71. Rxb6+ Kc7 72. Kb5 Rb8 73. Rxb8
Kxb8 74. Nxd6 Kc7 75. Kc5 Ng8 76. Nb5+ Kb8 77. Kb6 Ne7 78. c7+ Ka8 79. Nd6 Nc8+
80. Kc6 Na7+ 81. Kd7 1-0

[Event "Dallas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. c5 Ne4 8. Bd2
Nxd2 9. Qxd2 b6 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Nxc3 bxc5 12. dxc5 a5 13. Bb5+ Bd7 14. O-O O-O
$2 {Najdorf makes a grave positional error. He allows a solid white pawn
phalanx on the queenside.} ({Right is} 14... a4 $1 {(Uhlmann-Havansi, Halle
1967).}) 15. b4 $1 Bxb5 16. Nxb5 Na6 17. Nd6 Qd7 18. f4 Rab8 19. f5 exf5 ({Or} 
19... axb4 20. axb4 Nxb4 21. f6 $1 gxf6 {(Belov)} 22. Ra3 $1 {White wins on
the kingside.}) 20. Rab1 axb4 21. axb4 Kh8 22. Qc3 Nc7 23. Nxf5 Ne6 ({The
attack on the queenside is decisive in} 23... f6 24. c6 Qd8 25. Qg3 g6 26. Nd4
Nb5 27. Nxb5 Rxb5 28. c7) 24. Nd6 f6 25. Qh3 $1 Rfd8 26. Rfe1 Nd4 27. Re8+ $1
Qxe8 28. Nxe8 Rxe8 29. b5 Nxb5 30. Qd7 Nc3 31. Rxb8 Rxb8 32. c6 Ne4 33. h4 1-0

[Event "Dallas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E79"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. f4 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nc6 9. Be3 Ng4 10. Bxg4 Bxd4 11. Bxd4 Bxg4 12. Qd2 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 e5 14. fxe5
dxe5 15. Qxe5 Re8 16. Qg3 Bf5 17. O-O Qb6+ $2 ({The right move is} 17... Bxe4
$1 {(Uhlmann-Donner, Wageningen 1957).}) 18. Kh1 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 Rxe4 {Gligoric
knew the game from the zonal tournament of Wageningen, but he has missed a
trick during his preparation.} 20. Rxf7 $1 Kxf7 21. Qf3+ Kg8 22. Qxe4 Qxb2 23.
Rb1 Rf8 24. h3 Qxa2 $2 25. Qe6+ Rf7 26. Rf1 $1 ({Zsabo has avoided the trap} 
26. Rxb7 $2 Qa1+ 27. Kh2 Qf1 28. Rxa7 Qf4+ 29. Kh1 Qf1+) 1-0

[Event "Dallas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Evans, Larry"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D32"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5 a6 8.
Bxc6+ bxc6 9. O-O Bd6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. e4 $5 O-O $5 {Both players want to
fight.} ({Black gains a plus in} 11... dxe4 12. Qa4 O-O 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4
Qd5) 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Nd4 Qd6 $5 14. e5 $1 Qxe5 15. Nxc6 Qxg5 16. Nxe7+ Kh8 17.
Nxc8 $5 ({More solid is} 17. f4 Qh6 18. Nexd5 Rd8 19. Qe2 $1 Bg4 20. Qe5) 17...
Raxc8 18. Qd3 Rfd8 19. Qxa6 $5 {White takes great risks.} d4 20. Ne2 Rc2 $5 21.
Rad1 ({Not} 21. Nxd4 $4 Rxd4 22. Qa8+ Ng8) 21... Qe5 22. Ng3 {The knight is
needed for the defence.} ({See} 22. Nc1 $2 Ng4 23. g3 Qh5 24. h4 Nxf2 $1) 22...
h5 $5 23. Rfe1 Qd5 24. Re2 $2 ({Correct is} 24. Qb6 d3) 24... d3 $1 25. Re3 ({
Or} 25. Red2 Rxd2 26. Rxd2 h4 $1 27. Nf1 Ne4 28. Rd1 Qd4 29. Ne3 Nxf2 $1) 25...
Rxf2 $1 26. Ne4 $1 {Evans seeks confusion.} ({No chance gives} 26. Kxf2 Ng4+
27. Kg1 Nxe3 28. Rd2 Nc4 29. Rd1 d2) 26... Nxe4 $2 ({Larsen misses the win} 
26... Ng4 $1 27. Qxd3 Nxe3 28. Qxe3 Rxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Qxd1 {(Evans).}) 27. Rexd3
$2 ({A wonderful escape brings} 27. Rdxd3 $1 Qg5 28. Rxd8+ Kh7 29. Rh8+ $1 Kxh8
30. Qa8+ Kh7 31. Qxe4+ f5 32. h4 {(Evans).}) 27... Rf1+ $3 {Larsen finds a
brilliant decision.} 28. Rxf1 ({The first pointe is} 28. Kxf1 Qf5+ 29. Kg1 Qc5+
30. Kh1 Nf2+ {(Evans).}) 28... Qc5+ ({The last point is} 28... Qc5+ 29. Kh1
Nf2+ 30. Kg1 Nh3+ 31. Kh1 Qg1+ 32. Rxg1 Nf2# {(smothered mate).}) 0-1

[Event "Dallas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E55"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. Bd3 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Rd1 cxd4 12. exd4 Rc8 13. Bd2 Be7 14. Bg5 h6 15.
Bf4 Nh5 16. Be3 Nhf6 17. Ba6 Qc7 18. Rac1 Bxa6 19. Qxa6 Nb8 20. Qa4 Qb7 21. Ne5
Rfd8 22. h3 a6 23. Qb3 Nc6 24. Na4 Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dallas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Olafsson, Fridrik"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B73"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Be3 Bg7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. f4 d6 8. Be2
O-O 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. O-O Rc8 11. Kh1 a6 12. Bf3 Na5 13. b3 Nc6 14. Rac1 Qc7 15.
Nde2 Qa5 16. Na4 Qxd2 17. Bxd2 Bg4 18. c4 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Nd7 20. Be3 f5 21. Kg2
Nb4 22. a3 Nd3 23. Rcd1 N3c5 24. Nxc5 Nxc5 25. Bxc5 Rxc5 26. a4 b5 27. axb5
axb5 28. Rd5 Rxd5 29. cxd5 fxe4 30. fxe4 Ra8 31. Kf3 Ra2 32. Rb1 Kf7 33. Ke3
Ke8 34. h3 Kd7 35. Kd3 Bf6 36. Ke3 Kc7 37. Rd1 Rb2 38. Rd3 g5 39. fxg5 Bxg5+
40. Kf3 Bf6 41. Ke3 b4 42. Nd4 Kd7 43. Ne2 Ke8 44. Nd4 Kf7 45. Nc6 Bc3 46. Kf3
Kf6 47. Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dallas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yanofsky, Daniel"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B16"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8.
c3 Nd7 9. Nh4 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 Qa5 11. O-O O-O-O 12. Be3 Rg8 13. a4 f5 14. Nf3 Qd5
15. Bg5 f6 16. Bf4 Rg4 17. Bg3 Bh6 18. c4 Qe4 19. Rfe1 Qxe2 20. Rxe2 Nf8 21. b3
Kd7 22. Rae1 Re8 23. Bh4 Rg6 24. Bg3 Rg8 25. h3 Ng6 26. Kf1 Bf4 27. Rd1 Bd6 28.
Bxd6 Kxd6 29. Ne1 Nf4 30. Re3 Rd8 31. Rf3 Ng6 32. Re3 Ke7 33. g3 f4 34. Red3
Rd7 35. Ng2 fxg3 36. fxg3 Kf7 37. Kf2 Ne7 38. Nf4 Rgd8 39. g4 Ng6 40. Nh5 Ne5
41. R3d2 c5 42. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dallas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Olafsson, Fridrik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E49"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 c5 9. Ne2 Qc7 10. Bd3 e5 11. dxe5 Qxe5 12. f4 Qd5 13. O-O Rd8 14. Bc2 Qxd1
15. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 16. Bxd1 Nc6 17. Ng3 Bg4 18. Ba4 Na5 19. e4 Rd8 20. Be3 b6 21.
h3 $2 ({The elegant bishop manoeuvre} 21. Bf2 $1 Rd3 22. Be1 $1 {makes the
rook penetration ineffective.}) 21... Rd3 $1 22. hxg4 Rxe3 23. Nf5 Rxe4 24. Rd1
h6 25. Rd8+ Kh7 26. Bc2 Re1+ 27. Kf2 Rc1 28. Ne3+ g6 29. g5 hxg5 30. fxg5 Nh5
31. Bd1 Kg7 32. Bxh5 gxh5 33. Rd6 Rxc3 34. Nf5+ Kg8 35. Nh6+ Kg7 36. Nf5+ Kg8
37. Nh6+ Kh7 38. Nxf7 Nc4 39. Rh6+ Kg7 40. Nd8 Ne5 41. Rd6 Rxa3 42. Ke2 Re3+
43. Kxe3 Nc4+ 44. Ke4 Nxd6+ 45. Kd5 Nf7 46. Nc6 a5 47. Na7 a4 48. Nb5 Kg6 49.
Kc6 Kxg5 50. Kxb6 Kg4 51. Kxc5 Kg3 52. Kb4 Kxg2 53. Nd4 h4 54. Ne2 Kf3 55. Ng1+
Kg4 56. Kxa4 Ng5 57. Kb4 Nf3 58. Ne2 h3 59. Nc3 Ng5 0-1

[Event "Dallas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E47"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O Bxc3 8.
bxc3 e5 9. Nd2 Qe7 10. Qc2 Bg4 11. Rb1 Rab8 12. f3 Bh5 13. d5 Na5 14. e4 b6 15.
Nb3 Nb7 16. f4 Nd7 17. f5 f6 18. Be3 Ndc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dallas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Black "Yanofsky, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. Ba3 axb4 11. Bxb4 Nd7 12. Ne1 f5 13. Bf3 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Nf5 15.
Nd3 Nf6 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Be4 Bd7 18. a4 Nd4 19. a5 Bf5 20. Re1 Qg5 21. Kh1
Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Nf5 23. Bd2 Qd8 24. Rb1 Rb8 25. Qg4 c6 26. f4 Re8 27. Rbe1 Qc7
28. fxe5 dxe5 29. Nf4 Nd6 30. Ne6 Nxe4 31. Qxe4 Rxe6 32. dxe6 Qd6 33. Bc3 Qxe6
34. h3 Rf8 35. Rb1 Rf4 36. Qe3 Rf7 37. Qe2 h6 38. Re1 Rf5 39. Kh2 Bf8 40. Kh1
Bg7 41. Rb1 Rf7 42. Rb6 e4 43. Bxg7 Rxg7 44. a6 bxa6 45. Rxa6 Rb7 46. Qd1 Qf6
47. Ra8+ Kg7 48. Re8 Re7 49. Rxe7+ Qxe7 50. Qd4+ Kf7 51. Kg1 c5 52. Qd5+ Kg7
53. Kf2 Qh4+ 54. Ke2 Qf4 55. Qxc5 e3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dallas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Evans, Larry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bb4 7. a3 Ba5 8. Qc2
O-O 9. O-O Bc7 10. Bd2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. Ba2 exd4 13. exd4 Nb6 14. Bg5 Qd6
15. Rac1 Nbd5 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Nb5 Qd8 18. Nxc7 Qxc7 19. Rfe1 Bg4 20. Ne5 Rae8
21. Qc5 Qb6 22. Nxg4 Nxg4 23. Bxf7+ Kxf7 $2 24. Qh5+ g6 25. Qxh7+ Kf6 26. Qh4+
Kg7 27. Rxe8 Rxe8 28. Qxg4 Qxb2 29. Qd7+ Kf8 30. Qd6+ Kf7 31. Rf1 Re6 32. Qf4+
Kg7 33. Qc7+ Kf6 34. Qd8+ Kf7 35. Qc7+ Re7 36. Qf4+ Kg7 37. Qd6 Re4 38. d5 cxd5
39. Qd7+ Kh6 40. Qxd5 Ra4 41. f4 Rxa3 42. Qg5+ Kg7 43. Qe7+ Kh6 44. Qh4+ Kg7
45. Qe7+ Kh6 46. Qf8+ Kh7 47. f5 $1 Qd4+ 48. Kh1 Ra1 49. Qf7+ Kh8 50. fxg6
Rxf1+ 51. Qxf1 Kg7 52. Qf7+ Kh6 53. Qh7+ Kg5 54. h4+ Kg4 55. Qe7 Kg3 56. Qg5+
Kf2 57. g7 Qd1+ 58. Kh2 Qg1+ 59. Kh3 Qh1+ 60. Kg4 Qxg2+ 61. Kh5 Qf3+ 62. Kg6
Qb3 63. Qf6+ Kg3 64. Kh7 1-0

[Event "Dallas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Evans, Larry"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E13"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3
Ne4 9. Qc2 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 d6 11. Nd2 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Nd7 13. g4 Nf6 14. f3 Kf8
15. Bd3 Kg7 16. Kf2 Qe7 17. Rh3 d5 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. Be4 c5 20. c4 cxd4 21.
exd4 Qf6 22. Nb3 Rac8 23. Rc1 Rc7 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Qd3 Bb7 26. Rhh1 Ba6 27.
Rc2 Rhc8 28. Rhc1 Qf4 29. Rc3 Qd6 30. Qe2 Qf4 31. Qd3 Rd7 32. Qc2 Rdc7 33. c5
e5 34. g3 Qf6 35. d5 bxc5 36. Nxc5 Kg8 37. Ne4 Qb6+ 38. Kg2 Rxc3 39. Nxc3 Qd4
40. Qb2 Kg7 41. Rc2 Bd3 0-1

[Event "Dallas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. Bd2 b6 10. Qb3 Bb7 11. Rfc1 Ne4 $1 {Black plays a surprising move.} 12.
Nb5 ({The pointe is} 12. Nxd5 Ne5 $1 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. dxe5 Nxd2 15. Nxd2 Qxe5
) 12... Nxd2 13. Nxd2 a6 $2 ({Right is} 13... e6 14. Rc7 Ba6) 14. Nc7 Ra7 15.
Nxd5 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nc3 b5 18. Rd1 Qh4 19. Nf1 Ng4 20. Bxg4 Qxg4 21. Nd5
Qe6 22. Nc3 $6 Qc6 $6 (22... Qxb3 23. axb3 Bc6 {equalises.}) 23. f3 Rc8 24.
Rac1 Qe8 25. a4 Bc6 26. axb5 axb5 27. Nxb5 $6 ({White could have gained an
advantage by} 27. Nd5 $1 Qe6 28. e4) 27... Rb7 28. Nd6 Rxb3 29. Nxe8 Bxb2 30.
Rc2 Rbb8 ({Better is} 30... Bxf3 $1 31. Rxc8 Bxd1) 31. Rdd2 Ba3 32. Nd6 Rc7 33.
Rd3 Bb4 34. Rb3 Rb6 35. Rcb2 Bd5 36. Rxb4 Rxd6 37. Rd4 Rdd7 38. Rbd2 Be6 39.
Rxd7 Bxd7 40. Kf2 Bb5 41. Ng3 h5 42. Rb2 Bd3 43. h4 Kg7 44. e4 Rc1 45. f4 Rc3
46. f5 $5 {White has little winning chances.} gxf5 47. exf5 Kf6 48. Rb6+ Ke5
49. Rb8 Kf4 50. Rg8 Rc2+ 51. Kg1 Be2 52. Rg5 f6 53. Nxe2+ Rxe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dallas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Olafsson, Fridrik"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E65"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. dxc5
dxc5 9. Bf4 Nd4 10. Be5 Nc6 11. Bf4 Nd4 12. Be5 Nc6 13. Bf4 Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dallas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Yanofsky, Daniel"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nh6 7. Be2 O-O 8.
Qd2 Nxd4 9. Bxd4 d6 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. Nc3 f5 12. exf5 Nxf5 13. O-O Bd7 14. Bf3
Bc6 15. Bd5 e5 16. Rae1 Qb6 17. Kh1 Rae8 18. Ne4 h6 19. Rd1 Rd8 20. Qc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dallas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Yanofsky, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C14"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 O-O 8.
Nf3 c5 9. dxc5 Nc6 10. Bd3 f6 11. exf6 Rxf6 12. Qd2 Nxc5 13. O-O Nxd3 14. cxd3
Bd7 15. Rae1 Qb4 16. g3 Be8 17. a3 Qb6+ 18. Kg2 Nd4 19. Re5 Nc6 20. Ree1 Nd4
21. Nxd4 Qxd4 22. Ne2 Qb6 23. Qc3 Bd7 24. Qd4 Qb3 25. Rc1 Bc6 26. Ng1 Bb5 27.
Rfd1 Bc6 28. Nf3 Qa4 29. Rd2 Qa5 30. Rdc2 Raf8 31. Ne5 Be8 32. Qc5 Qxc5 33.
Rxc5 g5 34. Ng4 Rg6 35. Ne5 Rgf6 36. Rc7 gxf4 37. Rxb7 Bg6 38. Rcc7 fxg3 39.
Rg7+ Kh8 40. Nxg6+ Rxg6 41. Rxh7+ Kg8 42. hxg3 a5 43. Rhd7 Rc8 44. Rdc7 Rxc7
45. Rxc7 Rg4 46. Kf3 Rd4 47. Ke3 Rg4 48. Re7 Rxg3+ 49. Kd4 Rg2 50. b4 Kf8 51.
Rxe6 Ra2 52. b5 Rxa3 53. Kxd5 Rxd3+ 54. Kc6 a4 55. b6 Rc3+ 56. Kd7 Kf7 57. Re4
Rd3+ 58. Kc7 Rc3+ 59. Kb8 a3 60. b7 a2 61. Ra4 1-0

[Event "Dallas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Black "Evans, Larry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E68"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 e5 8. Rd1
Re8 9. Nc3 c6 10. e4 a6 11. h3 b5 12. c5 Bb7 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Ne1
Nf8 16. Nd3 Ne6 17. Ne2 Rad8 18. a4 Bc8 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ra3 Bb7 21. Rda1 Ra8
22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Rxa8+ Bxa8 24. f4 Nd7 25. f5 Nef8 26. g4 h6 27. Qc1 g5 28. h4
f6 29. Qa1 Qb7 30. Qa2+ Kh8 31. Ng3 Nh7 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Nh5 Ndf8 34. Bf1 Qc8
35. Nb4 Bb7 36. Qa7 Nd7 37. Qa2 Qg8 38. Qe6 Qc8 39. Nd3 Ndf8 40. Qd6 Qd7 41.
Qb8 Qc8 42. Qa7 Nd7 43. Qa2 Nb8 44. Be2 Qg8 45. Qa5 Na6 46. Kf2 Bf8 47. Qc3 Qc4
48. Nxe5 Qxc3 49. Ng6+ Kg8 50. bxc3 Bxc5 51. e5 fxe5 52. Bd1 Bxe3+ 53. Kxe3 c5
54. Nxe5 Kf8 55. Be2 c4 56. Kd4 Ke7 57. Bd1 Kd6 58. Bc2 Nc7 59. Nf7+ Ke7 60.
Ne5 Kd6 61. Bd1 Bd5 62. Bf3 Bxf3 63. Nxf3 Na6 64. Nd2 b4 65. Ne4+ Ke7 66. Kxc4
bxc3 67. Nxc3 Kd6 68. Kd4 Nb4 69. Ke4 Nc6 70. Nb5+ Ke7 71. Na3 Nd8 72. Nc4 Nf7
73. Kf3 Nh6 74. Ng3 Nf6 75. Ne3 Kf7 76. Ne4 Nxe4 77. Kxe4 Kf6 78. Nd5+ Kf7 79.
Kf3 Kg7 80. Nc3 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dallas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E59"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Ba2 e5 12. h3 e4 13. Nh2 Bf5 14. Bb2 Rad8
15. Qe2 Rd6 $5 16. a4 b6 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Nf1 Qd7 19. Ng3 Be6 20. Bb1 $5 Bb3
21. Rc1 Qe6 22. f3 Bc4 23. Qf2 Bd3 $2 ({The fight for the central squares
continues in} 23... exf3 24. Bf5 Qe8 25. Qxf3 g6 {Black has the initiative.})
24. Bxd3 exd3 25. Rd1 {The queen should blockade on c4.} Qb3 $6 26. e4 $1 R6d7
27. d5 Ne5 28. c4 $1 Nxc4 29. Bxf6 gxf6 {Reshevsky misses the win twice in a
time scramble.} 30. Nh5 $2 ({White could have decided the game by} 30. Nf5 $1
Kf8 31. Qg3 Rb7 32. d6) 30... Rd6 31. Qg3+ Kf8 32. f4 Qc3 33. Kh2 Qd4 34. Qg7+
Ke8 35. Ng3 Ne3 36. Re1 d2 37. Rxe3 Qxe3 38. Qg8+ Kd7 39. Qxf7+ Kc8 40. Qxa7
Qxf4 41. a5 b5 $2 42. a6 $2 ({Sammy overlooks} 42. Qxc5+) 42... R6d7 43. Qa8+
Qb8 44. Qc6+ Qc7 45. Qa8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dallas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Olafsson, Fridrik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D71"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb4 7. d5 c6 8. Ne2
$2 ({Theory is} 8. a3 $1 Qa5 9. Nc3 cxd5 10. Be3 {(Stahlberg-Szabo, Kemeri
1939).}) 8... cxd5 9. exd5 Bf5 10. Qa4+ N8c6 11. O-O Bc2 $1 12. Qa3 ({Not} 12.
Qb5 $2 Bd3 13. Qxb7 Rb8) 12... Nxd5 13. Qc5 Bxb1 14. Bxd5 Bf5 15. Bg5 $6 ({
Better is} 15. Bxc6+ bxc6 16. Qxc6+ Bd7 {but this line favours White (Kashdan).
}) 15... Rc8 16. Rfe1 $2 ({The last chance gives} 16. Qb5) 16... O-O 17. Nc3 h6
18. Be3 Na5 19. Qxa7 Rxc3 $1 {Olafsson finds a convincing win.} ({Szabo
expected to get chances by} 19... Bxc3 20. Red1 $1 {but} Bxb2 21. Bxf7+ Kxf7 $1
22. Rxd8 Rfxd8 {would have won for Black anyway.}) 20. Red1 Rd3 $1 21. Rxd3
Bxd3 22. Bg2 Ba6 $5 23. Bb6 Qd6 {At the end of the first cycle, Larsen led
with 4 1/2 points. Reshevsky, Szabo and Olafsson trailed by half-a-point.} ({
The final pointe is} 23... Qd6 24. Bxa5 Bd4) 0-1

[Event "Dallas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Evans, Larry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E59"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e3 c5 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Bd3 e5 12. Qc2 Qe7 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5
Qxe5 15. f3 Rd8 16. Re1 Bd7 17. a4 Bc6 18. e4 Nd5 19. Bd2 Nf4 20. Bf1 Ng6 21.
Be3 Rd7 22. Rad1 Rad8 23. Rxd7 Rxd7 24. a5 h6 25. Qb3 Nf8 26. Qa3 Ne6 27. Bc4
a6 28. Qc1 Nc7 29. Bf4 Qe7 30. Bxc7 Rxc7 31. Qe3 Rd7 32. f4 Qd6 33. Qg3 Qc7 34.
e5 Rd2 35. e6 fxe6 36. Rxe6 Kf8 37. Qe3 Rd1+ 38. Kf2 Qxa5 39. Qe5 1-0

[Event "Dallas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A61"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 e6 4. c4 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Nd2 Bg7 8. Nc4
O-O 9. Bf4 Ne8 10. Qd2 Bxc3 $5 {Larsen plays a favourite move of Tal.} 11. bxc3
b5 12. Nb2 Qe7 13. a4 $1 bxa4 14. g3 Ng7 15. Bg2 f6 16. h4 Nd7 17. O-O Nh5 18.
Bh6 Re8 19. Rxa4 Ne5 20. Rfa1 Qc7 21. Nd3 Bd7 22. R4a2 Nf7 $6 23. Bf3 {Black
has to defend a passive position.} Nxh6 $2 ({Correct is} 23... Ng7 $1) 24. Qxh6
Ng7 25. Qf4 $1 Bf5 26. Nb2 $1 Rf8 27. Nc4 Ne8 28. Ra6 {Black cannot defend his
weaknesses.} Bc8 29. Rc6 Qe7 30. Nb6 g5 31. Qc4 Nc7 32. Nxa8 Nxa8 33. Qe4 Qf7
34. Rxd6 f5 35. Qe3 f4 36. Qe5 g4 37. Qg5+ Kh8 38. Bg2 fxg3 39. Qe5+ Kg8 40.
fxg3 Re8 41. Qg5+ Kh8 42. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Dallas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Olafsson, Fridrik"]
[Black "Yanofsky, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A75"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Nf3
exd5 9. cxd5 Bg4 10. Nd2 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Nbd7 12. O-O a6 13. a4 Qc7 14. f4 Rae8
15. Qf3 h6 16. Bh4 Nh7 17. a5 f5 18. exf5 Rxf5 19. Nde4 Nhf8 20. g4 $5 Rf7 21.
Qg2 $5 Nf6 $2 {The next simplification introduces a useful development of
white pieces.} 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Nxf6+ Rxf6 24. Ne4 Rf7 25. Rae1 Kg7 26. Qg3
Nh7 $2 {Black allows an offensive.} (26... Qxa5 27. Nxd6 Rxe1 28. Rxe1 Rd7 29.
f5 Qd2 {brings counteraction.}) 27. f5 $1 {White attacks the kingside and pawn
d6.} Nf6 28. fxg6 Rxe4 29. Rxe4 Kxg6 30. Re6 c4 31. Qf4 Qd8 32. h4 Rf8 33. g5
hxg5 34. Qxg5+ Kh7 35. Rfxf6 {Olafsson became the new leader.} 1-0

[Event "Dallas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[PlyCount "171"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. Nf3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Rab1 Ng6 14. h3
Qe7 15. b4 a6 16. a4 Ne4 17. b5 axb5 18. axb5 Ng5 19. Nxg5 Qxg5 20. f4 Qf6 21.
bxc6 bxc6 22. Rfe1 Ba6 23. Ra1 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 Nh4 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. e4 Qg6 27.
g3 dxe4 28. Nxe4 h6 29. Kf2 Nf5 30. g4 Nd6 31. f5 Nxe4+ 32. Qxe4 Qg5 33. Qe3
Qh4+ 34. Kg2 h5 35. Qf2 Qd8 36. Re2 Ra3 37. Re3 Qd5+ 38. Kg3 Ra2 39. Re2 Ra3+
40. Re3 Qxd4 41. Rxa3 Qd6+ 42. Kh4 Qxa3 43. f6 Qc3 44. fxg7 hxg4 45. Kxg4 c5
46. Qf5 Qd4+ 47. Kf3 c4 48. Qe4 Qc5 49. Ke2 Kxg7 50. Kd1 f5 51. Qf4 Qd5+ 52.
Kc1 Qd3 53. Qg5+ Kf7 54. h4 Qc3+ 55. Kb1 Qf3 56. h5 Qd1+ 57. Kb2 Qg4 58. Qd8
Qxh5 59. Qd5+ Kf6 60. Qd6+ Kg5 61. Qd8+ Kg4 62. Qd1+ Kh4 63. Qe1+ Kg5 64. Qd2+
Kg6 65. Qd6+ Kg7 66. Qd4+ Kh7 67. Qd7+ Kh6 68. Qd6+ Qg6 69. Qh2+ Kg7 70. Qc7+
Qf7 71. Qg3+ Kf8 72. Qb8+ Qe8 73. Qb4+ Kf7 74. Qxc4+ Kg6 75. Qf4 Qe2+ 76. Kc3
Qg4 77. Qf1 Kg5 78. Kd2 Qf4+ 79. Ke2 Qe4+ 80. Kf2 Kh4 81. Qd1 Qf4+ 82. Qf3 Qh2+
83. Kf1 f4 84. Qg2 Qg3 85. Qf2 Kh3 86. Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dallas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Evans, Larry"]
[Black "Yanofsky, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E80"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 e5 6. d5 Nh5 7. Be3 f5 8. exf5
gxf5 9. Qd2 Qh4+ 10. Bf2 Qe7 11. g3 O-O 12. O-O-O a6 13. Kb1 Nd7 14. Nge2 b6
15. Nc1 Nc5 16. Nd3 Bd7 17. Be2 Nf6 18. h3 e4 19. Nxc5 bxc5 20. fxe4 $4 Nxe4
21. Nxe4 fxe4 22. Be3 Rab8 23. b3 Qe5 24. Rc1 Qa1+ 0-1

[Event "Dallas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E66"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 d6 6. d4 c5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 e5 10. a3 b6 11. b4 Nb7 12. Nb3 Ne8 $5 13. e4 f5 14. exf5 gxf5 $5
15. Bb2 ({A fine alternative gives} 15. Bd2 {(Hübner-Gligoric, Wijk aan Zee
1971).}) 15... Bd7 16. b5 Qg5 17. f4 Qg6 18. fxe5 $6 Bxe5 $1 ({Avoids} 18...
dxe5 $2 19. d6 $1) 19. Qc2 Nf6 20. Nd1 $2 (20. Rf3 $1 {protects the future
weakness g3.}) 20... Rae8 21. Re1 (21. Bxe5 dxe5 22. Nf2 Nd6 {is similar.})
21... Ng4 22. Bxe5 dxe5 $1 23. Nf2 Nd6 24. Nxg4 Qxg4 25. Rac1 f4 $1 {The white
defence collapses.} 26. Nd2 (26. gxf4 exf4 27. Rxe8 Rxe8 {does not solve the
problems (Cicek and Ivkov).}) 26... fxg3 27. Ne4 Bf5 {Gligoric will utilise
this pin elegantly.} 28. Re3 gxh2+ 29. Kh1 Re7 30. Qe2 ({Or} 30. Rg3 Qxg3)
30... Qxe2 31. Rxe2 Bxe4 32. Bxe4 Rf4 33. Bg2 Kg7 34. Bh3 Kf6 35. Rxh2 h5 36.
Rg2 Rg7 37. Rxg7 Kxg7 38. Rg1+ Kf6 39. Rg8 e4 40. Rh8 e3 41. Rh6+ Kg5 42. Re6
Re4 0-1

[Event "Dallas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Black "Olafsson, Fridrik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D76"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nb6 7. O-O Nc6 8. e3
O-O 9. Nc3 a5 10. d5 Nb4 11. e4 c6 12. a3 Na6 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Qc2 Qc7 15. Na4
Nxa4 16. Qxa4 Rb8 17. Qc2 Rb5 18. Rd1 Qb6 19. e5 $1 Bf5 $2 ({The equality can
be kept by} 19... Be6 20. Be3 c5) 20. Qc4 h5 ({It is too late for} 20... Be6 {
due to} 21. Qh4 $1) 21. Be3 c5 22. Bf1 Nc7 23. a4 Rxb2 24. Bxc5 Qb7 25. Nd4 Be6
26. Nxe6 Nxe6 {White has the advantage of two bishops.} 27. Ba3 Rb6 28. Qd5 Qa7
29. Qe4 Qc7 30. Rac1 Qxe5 31. Qxe5 Bxe5 32. Bxe7 Re8 33. Rd7 Rb2 34. Bc4 Rc8 $2
({Correct is} 34... Bd4 {Black draws by} 35. Ba3 {(Reshevsky)} ({or} 35. Bxe6
Bxf2+ $1 36. Kf1 fxe6 37. Bf6 Ra2 38. Rcc7 Rb8 $1) 35... Rd2 $1 36. Bxe6 fxe6)
35. Ba3 Rb6 36. Bb5 Rxc1+ 37. Bxc1 Rd6 38. Kf1 Rxd7 39. Bxd7 Nc5 40. Bb5 Nb3
41. Be3 Nd4 42. Bc4 Kf8 43. f4 Bf6 44. Kf2 Ke8 45. Bd2 Bd8 46. Ke3 Nf5+ 47. Ke4
Kd7 48. Kd5 Bb6 49. Bb5+ Kc7 50. h3 $3 {Reshevsky makes a great move.} ({No
use has} 50. Ke5 Bd4+) 50... Nxg3 51. Be8 Nf1 52. Be1 $6 ({Better is} 52. Bc3
$1 Ne3+ 53. Ke5 f6+ 54. Ke4 $1) 52... Ne3+ 53. Ke5 Nc4+ $6 (53... Ng2 $1 54.
Bd2 Kd8 55. Bxf7 Bc7+ 56. Ke4 $1 Nh4 {defends properly.}) 54. Kf6 Bd4+ 55. Kxf7
Nd6+ 56. Kf8 Nxe8 57. Kxe8 Be3 58. Bxa5+ Kc6 59. Kf7 Bxf4 60. Kxg6 h4 61. Kh5 {
Reshevsky and Gligoric overtook the lead from Olafsson.} ({White has an easy
win by} 61. Kh5 Bg3 62. Bd8 Kc5 63. Bxh4) 1-0

[Event "Dallas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E69"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4
c6 9. h3 Qb6 10. Re1 exd4 11. Nxd4 Ng4 12. Nce2 Nge5 13. b3 Nc5 14. Be3 a5 15.
Rb1 Re8 16. Nc3 Qc7 17. Bf1 Ne6 18. Bg2 Nc5 19. Bf1 a4 20. f4 Ned7 21. Bg2 axb3
22. axb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dallas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E98"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 11. Bd2 fxe4 12. Nxe4 Nf6 13. f3 Nf5 14. Ndf2 Nxe4
15. Nxe4 c5 16. Bd3 Nd4 17. Rb1 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dallas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E19"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2
Nxc3 9. Qxc3 f5 10. b3 Bf6 11. Bb2 Qe7 12. Rad1 a5 13. Ne1 Bxg2 14. Nxg2 Nc6
15. Qf3 a4 16. e4 $5 e5 $6 (16... fxe4 17. Qxe4 Na5 $1 {gains a plus for White.
}) 17. d5 fxe4 18. Qxe4 Na5 19. d6 $3 {White gives a pawn for the restriction
of his opponent.} cxd6 20. b4 Nc6 21. Ne3 Qe6 22. Nd5 Rab8 23. Rfe1 Bd8 24. a3
b5 $6 {The extra pawn is returned in order to lift the restraint. However,
White keeps a plus.} ({Better is} 24... Ne7 $1 {Black strives for the exchange
of knights.}) 25. cxb5 Rxb5 26. Nc3 Rb7 27. Nxa4 Ra7 28. Qc2 Qf5 $6 {White's
advantage on the queenside becomes more important in the endgame.} 29. Qxf5
Rxf5 30. Nc3 Bb6 31. Ne4 Bd4 32. Bxd4 Nxd4 33. Re3 d5 34. Nd6 Rf8 $2 ({Correct
is} 34... Rf6 $1 35. Nc8 Ra8 36. Ne7+ Kf7 37. Nxd5 Rd6 38. Nc3 Rxa3) 35. Kg2
Ra6 36. Rxe5 Nc2 37. Rdxd5 Rxa3 38. Nf5 Ra2 39. Re7 $2 ({Best is} 39. Ne7+ Kh8
40. Re4) 39... Nxb4 {Najdorf cannot make up his mind if he will play 40.Rxg7+
or 40.Rb5. The flag falls unexpectedly, because he watches his clock from a
wrong angle.} ({He should have played} 39... Nxb4 40. Rb5 Nd3 41. Rxg7+ Kh8 42.
Rf7 $1 Rxf2+ 43. Kh3 {with a big advantage (Kashdan).}) 0-1

[Event "Dallas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Olafsson, Fridrik"]
[Black "Evans, Larry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E66"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Qc2 Rb8 11. b3 b5 12. cxb5 axb5 13. Bb2 b4 14. Nd1 e5 15.
dxe6 fxe6 16. e4 Ba6 17. Re1 e5 18. Ne3 Nc6 19. Nd5 Nd4 20. Bxd4 exd4 21. Bf1
d3 22. Bxd3 Nxd5 23. Bxa6 Bxa1 24. Rxa1 Qf6 25. Rf1 Nc3 26. Bc4+ Kg7 27. Nb1
Nxb1 28. Rxb1 g5 29. Rd1 h6 30. Rd5 Ra8 31. e5 Qf5 32. Bd3 Qe6 33. Rxd6 Qxe5
34. Rg6+ Kf7 35. Bc4+ Ke7 36. Rxh6 Rf6 37. Rh7+ Kd6 38. Bb5 Qe1+ 39. Bf1 Kc6
40. h4 Raf8 41. f4 gxf4 42. Qc4 Qxg3+ 43. Kh1 Kd6 44. Qa6+ Ke5 45. Qc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dallas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Yanofsky, Daniel"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B16"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. Ne2 h5 7. h4 Bg4 8.
c3 Nd7 9. Qb3 Nb6 10. Bf4 Qd7 11. O-O-O Be6 12. Qc2 a5 13. Ng3 Qd5 14. a3 Qa2
15. Qb1 Qxb1+ 16. Kxb1 Nd5 17. Bc1 Bh6 18. Bxh6 Rxh6 19. Be2 Nf4 20. Bf3 O-O-O
21. Rhe1 Ng6 22. Rh1 f5 23. Rde1 Bc4 24. Kc2 e6 25. b3 Bd5 26. Bxd5 cxd5 27.
Ne2 f4 28. Ng1 Kd7 29. Nf3 f6 30. Re2 Rc8 31. Kd3 Ne7 32. c4 Rg6 33. Rh2 a4 34.
c5 axb3 35. Rb2 Nc6 36. Rxb3 Kc7 37. Ng1 e5 38. Ne2 Rd8 39. Rb6 Ra8 40. Rb3 Na5
41. Rb4 Nc4 42. a4 Rxa4 43. Rxa4 Nb2+ 44. Kc3 Nxa4+ 45. Kb3 b5 46. cxb6+ Nxb6
47. g3 f3 48. Ng1 e4 49. Nh3 Kd6 50. Nf4 Rh6 51. Rh1 Rh8 52. Ra1 Rb8 53. Ra6 e3
54. Nd3 exf2 55. Nxf2 Kc6 56. Ra2 Rg8 57. Kc3 Rxg3 58. Kd3 Rg2 59. Ke3 Rh2 60.
Kxf3 Rxh4 61. Ke3 Nc4+ 62. Kd3 Rf4 63. Nd1 Nd6 64. Ne3 Nb5 65. Ra6+ Kd7 66. Rb6
Rxd4+ 67. Kc2 Nd6 68. Kc3 Rf4 69. Nxd5 Rf2 70. Kd3 h4 71. Rb4 Ke6 72. Nxf6 h3
73. Rh4 Ra2 74. Ng4 Nf5 75. Rh8 Ra3+ 76. Ke4 Ng3+ 77. Kf4 Ne2+ 78. Ke4 Kf7 79.
Nf2 Ng1 80. Nxh3 Nxh3 81. Rh6 Nf2+ 82. Kd5 Ng4 83. Rb6 Nf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dallas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Evans, Larry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E65"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 d6 6. d4 c5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. dxc5
dxc5 9. Bf4 Nd4 10. Be5 Nc6 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Bc7 Rd7 13. Bf4 Rd8 14. Ne5 Nxe5
15. Bxe5 Ne8 16. Bxg7 Nxg7 17. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Ne6 19. b3 Rb8 20. Nb5 Ra8
21. f4 Kf8 22. Be4 a6 23. Nc3 f5 24. Bf3 Rb8 25. e3 b6 26. g4 fxg4 27. Bxg4 Kf7
28. f5 gxf5 29. Bxf5 h6 30. Rf1 Kg7 31. Nd5 Rb7 32. Nf4 Nxf4 33. Bxc8 Ne2+ 34.
Kf2 Rb8 35. Bxa6 Nc3 36. Rg1+ Kf6 37. a4 Rd8 38. Kf3 Rd2 39. h4 Rb2 40. h5 Rxb3
41. Rg6+ Kf7 42. Bc8 e5 43. Rxh6 Nd1 44. Rc6 Nxe3 45. Ke4 Kg7 46. Ba6 Rc3 47.
Kxe5 Nxc4+ 48. Kd5 Nb2 49. h6+ Kh8 50. Bb5 Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dallas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Black "Olafsson, Fridrik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E89"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 e5 6. Nge2 O-O 7. Be3 c6 8. d5
cxd5 9. cxd5 Nbd7 10. g4 a6 11. Qd2 b5 ({Usual will become} 11... h5 $1 12. g5
Nh7) 12. Ng3 Ne8 13. h4 f6 14. h5 $1 ({White improves on} 14. Be2 {
(Golombek-Uhlmann, Moscow 1956).}) 14... Rf7 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. O-O-O $6 (16. b4
$1 {encircles the foe.}) 16... Nb6 17. Qh2 b4 18. Nce2 Nc4 19. Qh7+ Kf8 20. Bh6
Qa5 21. Kb1 Nxb2 $6 {Olafsson sacrifices in a difficult position.} 22. Rc1 $2 (
{Right is} 22. Kxb2 Qa3+ 23. Ka1 $1 (23. Kb1 b3 {draws at least for Black 
(Kashdan)}) 23... b3 24. Rd2 Rc7 $1 {Black threatens to move the rook to c2.}
25. Bh3 $1 Rb8 26. Rb1 Rcb7 $1 27. Bxg7+ Nxg7 28. Rdb2 $1 (28. Rbb2 $2 bxa2 29.
Rdc2 Qxb2+ $1 30. Rxb2 Rxb2 {draws}) 28... bxa2 29. Qh8+ Kf7 30. Rxb7+ Bxb7 31.
Qxb8 axb1=Q+ 32. Kxb1 {White has kept an extra piece.}) 22... Na4 23. Qxg6 Nc3+
24. Nxc3 bxc3 25. Bxg7+ Nxg7 26. Rh8+ Ke7 27. Rh2 Rb8+ 28. Ka1 Qa3 29. Rcc2 Qb4
30. Rc1 (30. Rc1 Qa3 31. Rcc2 {leads to a perpetual.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dallas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E65"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d6 6. c4 c5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. dxc5
dxc5 9. Be3 Qa5 10. Nd5 Bf5 11. Bd2 Qd8 12. Bc3 Be4 13. Nxf6+ exf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dallas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Yanofsky, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A24"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 e5 7. O-O Be6 8. d3
Qd7 9. f4 Nc6 10. Nd5 Ne8 11. Be3 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. d4 Bg4 14. fxe5 Rxf1+
15. Qxf1 dxe5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. h3 Be6 18. Rd1 Qf7 19. Nef4 c6 20. Nxe6 Qxe6
21. Bc5 Kh8 22. Nf4 Qxc4 23. Qxc4 Nxc4 24. Rd7 b6 25. Bb4 Rc8 26. Rxa7 Bxb2 27.
Bxc6 Rxc6 28. Ra8 Ncd6 29. Bxd6 Rxd6 30. Rxe8+ Kg7 31. Re7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dallas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Evans, Larry"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Na4
cxd4 9. exd4 Qc7 10. a3 Be7 11. Nc3 d5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Bd2 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Bd5
15. Ne5 Nd7 16. f4 f5 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Qe2 Bf6 19. Bb5 Qf7 20. Rfe1 Rfd8 21.
Rad1 Rac8 22. Rd2 g5 23. fxg5 Bxg5 24. Rdd1 Bf6 25. Qe3 Qg7 26. Qg3 Rc7 27.
Qxg7+ Rxg7 28. Rd2 Bg5 29. Rde2 f4 30. Rxe6 Bh4 31. Re8+ Rxe8 32. Rxe8+ Kf7 33.
g3 fxg3 34. hxg3 Rxg3+ 35. Kh2 Rg5 36. Bd7 Bg3+ 37. Kh3 Bd6 38. Bb4 Rg6 39. Re2
Rh6+ 40. Kg4 Bxb4 41. axb4 Be6+ 42. Bxe6+ Rxe6 43. Rh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dallas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. f4 Nc6 7. Be2 Qb6 8. Nb3
d6 9. Bf3 Nf6 10. Qe2 Be7 11. Be3 Qc7 12. O-O O-O 13. Rad1 b5 14. Qf2 Bb7 15.
Rd2 Nd7 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. a3 Rab8 18. Na2 Ba8 19. Nb4 Nxb4 20. axb4 Nf6 21. Ba7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dallas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Olafsson, Fridrik"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D74"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. d4 Na6 8. e4
Nb6 9. a4 $5 ({The prudent} 9. Nc3 {stems from Vidmar-Tartakower, Karlsbad
1929.}) 9... c5 (9... Bg4 {was played in Szabados-Müller, Venice 1949.}) 10. a5
Nc4 11. Qa4 Nd6 12. e5 Nf5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Qc2 Ne6 15. Rd1 Qe8 $5 16. Nc3 Bd7
17. a6 ({Even better is} 17. g4 $1 Nh6 18. h3) 17... Bc6 18. axb7 Bxb7 19. Nd5
$6 ({A plus is kept by} 19. Qe2) 19... Qb5 $1 20. g4 $6 ({The retreat} 20. Nc3
{has to be played.}) 20... Bxd5 $1 21. gxf5 Rac8 22. Qb1 Qb7 23. Qd3 Be4 24.
Qe3 gxf5 25. Rxa7 f4 $5 26. Rxb7 $2 {Olafsson loses track in a tactical
turmoil.} ({Correct is} 26. Qa3 $1 Qb6 27. Ra4 Rc2 28. Bd2 Bxf3 29. Qxf3 Qxb2
30. Bxf4 Nxf4 31. Rxf4 Qxe5 {White has lost a pawn but might survive.}) 26...
fxe3 27. Rb4 ({The wonderful pointe is} 27. Rxe7 $2 e2 28. Re1 Rfd8 $1 {
(Kashdan).}) 27... Bxf3 28. Bxf3 exf2+ 29. Kxf2 Rc2+ 30. Be2 Bxe5 31. Bh6 Rfc8
32. Rd7 Bd6 33. Rg4+ Kh8 34. b4 f5 $1 35. Rh4 Rb2 36. Kf1 f4 37. Rg4 Rxb4 ({
Kashdan mentions} 37... Rc1+ 38. Kf2 Rcc2 $4 39. Bg7+ Nxg7 40. Rd8+ Ne8 41.
Rxe8#) 38. Bd3 Rb2 39. Be2 Rd2 40. Ke1 Rd5 41. Kf1 Rh5 42. Rg8+ Kxg8 43. Bxh5
Ra8 44. Bf3 Ra1+ 45. Kg2 Kf7 46. Bh5+ Kf6 47. h3 Ra2+ 48. Kf3 Ng5+ 49. Bxg5+
Kxg5 50. Bg4 h5 51. Be6 Ra3+ 52. Kf2 Kf6 53. Bd5 Rxh3 54. Bf3 h4 55. Rd8 Bc5+
56. Ke2 Rg3 57. Rf8+ Ke5 58. Rh8 h3 59. Rh5+ Kd4 60. Rd5+ Kc4 61. Rf5 Be3 62.
Bb7 Rg2+ 63. Kf3 Rb2 64. Ba8 Rb8 65. Bd5+ Kd4 66. Be6 Rh8 67. Rd5+ Kc3 68. Rd1
h2 69. Kg2 h1=Q+ 70. Rxh1 f3+ 0-1

[Event "Dallas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Yanofsky, Daniel"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C97"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Bd7 13. Nf1 Rfe8 14. Ne3 g6 15.
dxe5 dxe5 16. Nh2 Be6 17. Qf3 Rad8 18. Nhg4 Nxg4 19. Nxg4 Bxg4 20. hxg4 Rd7 21.
Kh2 c4 22. Rh1 Qd8 23. b4 Nc6 24. Qe3 $2 {White wants to attack on the
kingside.} ({A better way is} 24. Kg1 Bxb4 25. Qh3) 24... Qc7 $2 ({Strong
counter-play in the centre is started by} 24... Nd4 $1 25. cxd4 exd4 26. Qh3 d3
27. Kg1 h5 28. Bd1 d2) 25. Kg1 f6 $2 {Sammy allows a decisive combination.} 26.
Rxh7 $1 Bf8 ({Kashdan analyses} 26... Kxh7 27. Qh6+ Kg8 28. Qxg6+ {White
delivers mate or captures a rook.}) 27. Rxd7 Qxd7 28. Qf3 Be7 29. a4 Rd8 30.
Be3 Qe6 31. Rd1 Kf7 32. Rd5 Rb8 33. g5 Rb7 34. gxf6 Bxb4 35. axb5 axb5 36. Bg5
Bf8 37. Qd1 b4 38. cxb4 Nxb4 39. Rd8 Nxc2 40. Qxc2 Qc6 41. Rd5 Bc5 42. Rxe5 Bd4
43. Re7+ Rxe7 44. fxe7 Qb5 45. e5 Bxe5 46. Qe4 Bd6 47. g4 c3 48. Qf3+ Ke6 49.
Qf6+ Kd7 50. e8=Q+ Kxe8 51. Qe6+ Kf8 52. Bh6# {Gligoric joined the lead with
Reshevsky.} 1-0

[Event "Dallas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Olafsson, Fridrik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. f4 Be7 11. Be2 b5 12. Bf3 b4 13. Nce2 Qa5 14. Kb1 e5 $2
({Correct is} 14... Rc8) 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Ng3 g6 $5 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Bxh6 Nd7
19. Bg5 f6 20. Be3 O-O-O 21. Qe2 Bb5 22. Qf2 Bc4 23. b3 Be6 24. Ne2 f5 25. Nc1
f4 26. Bd2 Nc5 27. Qe2 Kb7 28. g3 g5 29. gxf4 gxf4 30. Rhg1 Rh7 31. Be1 Rxd1
32. Qxd1 Qb5 33. h4 a5 34. Nd3 Nxd3 35. Qxd3 Qxd3 36. cxd3 Kc7 37. Bf2 Kd6 38.
h5 Bf7 39. Rh1 Bf6 40. Bb6 Kc6 41. Bf2 Kd6 42. Kc1 Be8 43. Kd2 Bf7 44. Bg4 Be8
45. Rc1 Bc6 46. Bc5+ Kc7 47. Ke2 Rh8 48. Kf3 Rd8 49. d4 $1 exd4 50. Kxf4 Re8
51. Bf5 Be5+ 52. Kg5 d3 $1 53. Be3 Bc3 $2 ({Better is} 53... Rg8+ $1 54. Bg6
Bc3 55. Kf4 Rf8+ 56. Bf5 Rh8 57. Rd1 Rxh5 58. Rxd3 Rh1 {and the fight
continues.}) 54. Rd1 Rd8 55. h6 Bb5 56. h7 Kc6 57. Kg6 Kd6 58. Bg5 Rf8 59. Bh6
Rf6+ 60. Kg5 Rf7 61. Kg4 Bh8 62. Bf4+ Kc6 63. e5 Rg7+ 64. Bg5 Kd5 65. e6 Ke5
66. e7 d2 67. Rxd2 1-0

[Event "Dallas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Black "Yanofsky, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E64"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. d5 Na6 8. Nc3
Nc7 9. Bf4 Rb8 10. a4 Nh5 11. Bg5 a6 12. a5 b5 13. axb6 Rxb6 14. Qc2 Rb4 15. b3
Bd7 16. Ra3 h6 17. Bd2 Qc8 18. Ne1 Bh3 19. Nd3 Rb7 20. Rb1 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 e6 22.
e4 exd5 23. Nxd5 Re8 24. N3f4 Nxf4+ 25. Bxf4 Nxd5 26. cxd5 Rb6 27. Ra4 Qb7 28.
Qc4 Rb8 29. Bd2 Rb5 30. g4 Kh7 31. Bf4 Rb6 32. h3 Re8 33. Rd1 Rd8 34. Rd3 Rb8
35. Bg3 Re8 36. Re3 Bd4 37. Re2 Bg7 38. f3 Rd8 39. Rea2 Ra8 40. Rd2 Rd8 41. Rd3
Rb5 42. f4 Re8 43. Rf3 Bd4 44. Qd3 Rb6 45. Bf2 Bxf2 46. Kxf2 Rb4 47. Qxa6 Rxb3
48. Qxb7 Rxb7 49. Rc3 Kg7 50. Kf3 g5 51. Ra6 Rd8 52. Rc6 Rb1 53. e5 dxe5 54.
fxe5 Rxd5 55. R6xc5 Rf1+ 56. Kg2 Rxc5 57. Rxc5 Rf4 58. Kg3 Re4 59. Kf3 Re1 60.
Kf2 Re4 61. Kf3 Rf4+ 62. Kg3 Ra4 63. Rc3 Ra6 64. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dallas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Black "Evans, Larry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E68"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d6 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Qc2 e5 8. Rd1
Re8 9. Nc3 c6 10. e4 a5 11. b3 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. Bf4 Ng4 14. h3 Ne5 15. Be3
Qe7 16. f4 Ned7 17. Re1 f5 $2 {Larry gives Sammy a hand by the opening of the
centre.} 18. Bf2 fxe4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 $2 (19... Qf8 20. Ng5 Nf6) 20. Rxe4 Qf7 21.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. Re1 Qf8 ({Or} 22... Qf7 23. Nxc6 $1 bxc6 24. Bxc6 Rb8 25. Bd5 {
(Kashdan).}) 23. Ne6 Qf7 24. Nc7 Rb8 25. Ba7 Bf8 26. Qe2 d5 27. Qe6 Nf6 28.
Qxf7+ Kxf7 29. cxd5 {Reshevsky and Gligoric kept the lead.} 1-0

[Event "Dallas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E75"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Nf3 h6
9. Bd2 exd5 10. exd5 Bf5 11. Nh4 Bd7 12. O-O Na6 13. Nf3 Re8 14. Bd3 Bg4 15. h3
Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nd7 17. a3 Qb6 18. Qd1 Qxb2 19. Rb1 Qxa3 20. Ra1 Qb2 21. Rb1 Qa3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dallas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Evans, Larry"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. c3 e5 7. d3 Nh6 8. Ne1 O-O
9. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4 Ng4 11. Na3 Nge5 12. Kh1 Qb6 13. Qd2 Be6 14. Nec2 Qa6 $6 {
The queen moves offside.} 15. d4 Nc4 16. Nxc4 Bxc4 17. Rf2 cxd4 18. cxd4 Rfe8
$1 19. Bh6 ({Evans notices} 19. Bxd6 $2 Nxd4 $1) 19... Qa5 20. Qf4 Bxd4 21.
Nxd4 Nxd4 22. Qxd6 Rad8 $2 {Evans calls this move the final error.} ({
Preferable is} 22... Nc6 $1 23. b3 Be6 24. Raf1 Qe5) 23. Qf6 Qe5 24. Bg5 Qxf6
25. Bxf6 Rd6 26. Rd1 Nf5 27. Rxd6 Nxd6 28. Rd2 Nc8 29. b3 Be6 30. e5 b6 31. Bc6
Rf8 32. Kg2 h6 33. Kf3 Kh7 34. Bd7 {Najdorf resigned due to suffocation.} 1-0

[Event "Dallas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E79"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. f4 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nc6 9. Be3 Ng4 10. Bxg4 Bxd4 11. Bxd4 Bxg4 12. Qd2 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 e5 14. fxe5
dxe5 15. Qxe5 Re8 16. Qg3 Bf5 17. O-O Bxe4 $1 ({Reshevsky avoids the slip} 
17... Qb6+ $2 {made by Gligoric in round three.}) 18. Qf2 f5 $1 ({He improves
on} 18... Qc7 $2 19. Nb5 Qb6 $2 20. Qxb6 axb6 21. Nc7 {(Uhlmann-Donner,
Wageningen 1957).}) 19. Rad1 Qf6 20. Nb5 Rad8 21. b3 Bd3 22. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 23.
Rxe1 a6 24. Nc7 Be4 $5 25. Rxe4 Rd1+ 26. Re1 Rxe1+ 27. Qxe1 Qb6+ 28. Qf2 Qxc7
29. Qd4 Qa5 30. h3 Qxa2 31. Qd5+ Kf8 {The game was broadcasted on KLIF. Sammy
took one day off and then started in the championship of the USA.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dallas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Olafsson, Fridrik"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. h3
Nxd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Qxd4 Nd7 11. Qd2 Nc5 12. b3 a5 13. Bb2 a4 14. Nd5 c6 15.
Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qc3+ f6 17. Nf4 axb3 18. axb3 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Qb6 20. b4 Ne6 21.
Nxe6+ Bxe6 22. Rd1 d5 23. cxd5 cxd5 24. Bxd5 Bxh3 25. Rd4 Rd8 26. e4 Be6 27.
Qd2 Rd7 28. Rd3 Qd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dallas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Yanofsky, Daniel"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C97"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Bd7 13. Nf1 Rfe8 14. Ne3 g6 15.
Bd2 Bf8 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Nh2 Be6 18. Qf3 Bg7 19. Nhg4 Nxg4 20. Nxg4 Qe7 21.
Qg3 Bxg4 22. hxg4 Rad8 23. Be3 Rd7 24. Rad1 Red8 25. Qf3 Nc4 26. Bc1 Nb6 27.
Be3 Nc4 28. Bc1 Nb6 29. Rxd7 Rxd7 30. Rd1 Rxd1+ 31. Qxd1 Bf6 32. Qd2 Nc4 33.
Qh6 Bg7 34. Qh3 Bf6 35. Qh6 Bg7 {Reshevsky and Gligoric had won the tournament.
Larsen and Szabo shared the third and fourth prize.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

{The 24th final was played in Moscow from 20 January - 22 February 1957. It
was eagerly followed by hundreds of visitors in a theatre and millions of
listeners to a regular radio program. They were fascinated by the ferocious
attacks by Tal, Tolush and Nezhmetdinov, and the enterprising play by
Bronstein, Keres, Korchnoi, Taimanov, Klaman and Gurgenidze. Even Petrosian
played sharp openings.   A star was born! Tal's play appealed to the men. The
debate about the correctness of his sacrifices stimulated his popularity. His
youthful appearance and hypnotising eyes mesmerised the ladies. The brilliant
victories over Klaman, Gurgenidze and Tolush, incredible draws against
Antoshin and Aronin and technical win over Keres impressed an international
public. A string of successes would lead to the title of world champion in
1960. Tolush became the victim of Tal's success. Alexander Kasimirovich missed
the ability to become the challenger of Botvinnik. Champion of the
Soviet-Union was his highest aim. He had achieved a shared second place in
1950. The championship of 1957 was his last chance to the title. His defeat
against Tal in the last round became the main attraction of the tournament,
and his impressive play in the previous rounds was forgotten. After a defeat
in round one, Spassky was trailing the leaders during the whole tournament. He
played several enjoyable games. } 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5.
O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nd7 10. d4 Nb6 11. a4 bxa4 12. Bxa4
Nxa4 13. Qxa4 Bd7 14. Qc4 Qc8 15. Nbd2 Qb7 16. Nf1 exd4 17. cxd4 Nb4 18. Ne3 c5
19. dxc5 dxc5 20. Nf5 Be6 21. Qe2 Rfd8 22. Nxe7+ Qxe7 23. Bd2 Nd3 24. Red1 Bb3
25. Rdb1 Bc4 26. Qe3 Bb5 27. Bc3 Bc6 28. Nd2 Qh4 29. Rd1 Qf4 30. Qxf4 Nxf4 31.
Be5 Ne2+ 32. Kf1 $6 ({The trouble stays small after} 32. Kh2) 32... Bb5 33. Ke1
Re8 34. Bh2 Nd4 35. Rdc1 Bd3 36. Kd1 Bxe4 37. Nxe4 Rxe4 38. Ra3 Rae8 $2 (38...
Ne6 {keeps the extra pawn.}) 39. Rxc5 Re1+ 40. Kd2 R8e2+ 41. Kd3 Rd1+ 42. Kc4
h6 43. Rd5 Rh1 44. Be5 Ne6 45. Rxa6 Rxf2 46. b4 Rc1+ 47. Bc3 Rxg2 48. b5 Rg3
49. Ra8+ Kh7 50. Rd3 Rxd3 51. Kxd3 Rb1 52. Rb8 Nc7 53. b6 Nd5 54. Bd4 Nxb6 55.
Rxb6 Rh1 56. Ke4 Rxh3 57. Kf5 Rf3+ 58. Kg4 Rf1 59. Kg3 Rd1 60. Be3 Rd5 61. Bc1
f6 62. Rb7 Kg6 63. Kf3 h5 64. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronson, Lev"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A97"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 d6 7. O-O Qe8 8. Re1
Qg6 9. e4 fxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Rxe4 Nc6 ({The valiant} 11... e5 $5 {was
played in Euwe-Bronstein, Zürich 1954.}) 12. Qe2 $1 {A new move supports the
centre.} Bf6 13. Bd2 e5 14. dxe5 dxe5 $6 15. Bc3 Bf5 16. Nh4 Bxh4 17. Rxh4 Rae8
18. Qe3 h6 $6 ({The queen's side consolidates} 18... b6 $1 {(Khalifman).}) 19.
b4 Qf6 20. b5 Nd8 (20... g5 21. bxc6 gxh4 22. cxb7 hxg3 23. hxg3 {is good for
White.}) 21. Bd5+ Kh8 22. f4 $6 {Too soon.} ({The preparation} 22. c5 $1 c6 23.
bxc6 Nxc6 {is useful. Now} 24. f4 $1 {is strong.}) 22... exf4 $1 23. Qd2 ({The
point is} 23. Qxe8 $4 Qb6+) 23... Qb6+ 24. Bd4 Qg6 25. Qxf4 Kh7 26. Qxc7 Bb1 $1
{Tal prepares a counterattack on the first rank.} 27. Be5 Ne6 28. Qd6 $2 ({The
queen manoeuvre} 28. Qa5 Ng5 29. Qe1 Bc2 30. Qc3 {reorganises the defence.})
28... Qf5 $1 29. Bf4 Ng5 30. Qb4 Be4 31. Bxe4 Rxe4 32. Rf1 Re2 33. Qd6 Rxa2 34.
Qd5 Qc2 35. c5 Rd8 (35... Ne4 $1 {wins immediately.}) 36. Bd6 Re8 {White
oversteps the time limit.} (36... Re8 37. Kh1 Rb2 38. Bf4 Re2 39. g4 Rb1 $19)
0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bg5
Bb7 9. e3 Be7 10. Be2 h6 11. Bh4 d5 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. cxd5 Bxc3+ 14. Qxc3 Bxd5
15. O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 ({The
similar} 7... O-O 8. d3 {was played three times in the match Staunton-Von
Heydebrand und der Lasa, Brussels 1853.}) 8. O-O O-O 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. h3 Bb6 11.
d4 Bb7 12. d5 Na5 13. Bc2 c6 14. dxc6 Nxc6 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Nbd2
Ne7 18. Nf1 $6 (18. a4 {keeps the initiative.}) 18... Ng6 19. g3 Qe6 20. Ne3 $2
(20. Kh2 Bc8 21. Ng1 {provides a proper defence.}) 20... Qxh3 21. Rxd6 Bc5 22.
Rxg6 $5 ({The retreat} 22. Rd2 {is answered by} f5 $1 {(Nezhmetdinov).}) 22...
fxg6 23. Nxe5 Kh7 24. Rd1 {White's optimism is punished.} ({Exchange of queens
} 24. Qg4 Qxg4 25. N3xg4 Rad8 26. Nd3 Bb6 {leads to an advantage for Black.})
24... Rxf2 $1 25. Kxf2 ({Super Nezh has calculated} 25. Qxf2 Rf8 26. Qe1 Rf1+
$1 27. Qxf1 Bxe3+) 25... Qh2+ 26. Ke1 Qxg3+ 27. Kd2 Qxe5 28. Nd5 Qg5+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bh4 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4 12. Rxc4 Nd7 13. Bb1 e5 14. Qc2 f5
15. O-O $5 ({The usual} 15. dxe5 {tries to benifit from Black's artificial
defence.}) 15... e4 16. Nd2 Nb6 17. Rc5 Be6 18. a4 Bd5 19. a5 Nd7 20. Rc3 Qb4
21. Ra3 Rac8 22. Ba2 Nf6 23. Nc4 a6 24. Ne5 Qd6 25. Bxd5+ Nxd5 26. Rb3 Rc7 27.
f3 $6 f4 $5 {The battle in the centre favours Black.} 28. Nc4 Nxe3 $1 29. Nxd6
$6 (29. Nxe3 $1 fxe3 30. Qc4+ Qd5 31. Qxd5+ cxd5 32. fxe4 e2 33. Rxf8+ Kxf8 34.
Kf2 {draws more easily.}) 29... Nxc2 30. fxe4 Nxd4 31. Rxb7 Rxb7 32. Nxb7 Rb8
33. Nc5 Rxb2 34. Rd1 Rb5 (34... Nb3 35. Nxb3 Rxb3 {brings no advantage due to}
36. Rd8+ Kf7 37. Ra8 $1) 35. Nxa6 Rxa5 36. Rxd4 Rxa6 37. Kf2 Kf7 38. Rd6 {The
extra pawn has no importance.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f3 Bg7 5. Be3 c6 6. Qd2 Qa5 7. Nge2 b5 8. Nc1
Qc7 9. a3 Nbd7 10. Nb3 a6 11. Bh6 Bxh6 12. Qxh6 Bb7 13. Be2 O-O-O 14. Qe3 e5
15. dxe5 dxe5 16. a4 Qb6 17. Kf2 Kc7 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rhd1 Ra8 20. Rac1 Rhd8
21. g3 Qxe3+ 22. Kxe3 Ne8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. Nc3
d6 9. Nd5 Na5 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. d3 Nxb3 12. axb3 c5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 $6 {
Black is allowed to build a superior position.} Qxf6 15. Nd2 Qg5 16. Re3 f5 17.
exf5 Bb7 18. Ne4 Qxf5 19. Qe2 Qe6 20. Re1 Rf4 21. Qd2 Raf8 22. R3e2 b4 23. Rf1
Qg6 24. Re3 R8f7 25. Qe2 Qe6 26. Rg3 Kh7 27. h3 Rh4 28. Rg4 Rxg4 29. hxg4 (29.
Qxg4 {brings a draw close.}) 29... Qe7 30. Re1 Rf4 31. f3 g6 32. Qe3 Qf8 33.
Kh2 Kg7 34. Kg3 Bc8 35. Rh1 Qe7 36. Kf2 Bxg4 37. Kg1 Bh5 $5 (37... d5 38. Qxc5
Qxc5+ 39. Nxc5 Bc8 {takes less risk.}) 38. g4 $5 Bxg4 39. fxg4 Rxg4+ 40. Kf1
Rf4+ 41. Ke2 d5 42. Nd2 g5 43. Rf1 Qd6 44. Rxf4 exf4 45. Qe8 g4 46. Kf2 a5 47.
c3 $1 bxc3 48. bxc3 Qf6 $4 {A blunder loses a pawn.} ({Correct is} 48... Kf6
49. Qh5 Qe5 50. Qxh6+ Ke7 51. Qh7+ {and perpetual check.}) 49. Qd7+ Kh8 50.
Qc8+ Kh7 51. Qxc5 Qh4+ 52. Ke2 f3+ 53. Kd1 Qf6 54. Qxd5 Qxc3 55. Qf5+ Kh8 56.
Qxg4 Qa1+ 57. Kc2 Qa2+ 58. Kc1 Qa1+ 59. Nb1 Qf6 60. Qc8+ Kh7 61. Qc7+ Kg6 62.
Qg3+ Kh5 ({No relief brings} 62... Qg5+ 63. Qxg5+ Kxg5 64. d4 Kf4 65. Nd2 h5
66. Kc2 h4 67. Kd3 h3 68. Ne4 $1 h2 69. Nf2 $18) 63. Kc2 Qf5 64. Nd2 f2 65. Qg2
Qf4 66. Nf1 a4 67. bxa4 Qxa4+ 68. Kd2 Qb4+ 69. Ke3 Qe1+ 70. Kf3 Qd1+ 71. Ke4
Qa4+ 72. Ke3 Qa7+ 73. Ke2 Qa2+ 74. Nd2 Qe6+ 75. Kxf2 Qb6+ 76. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. Nbd2 d5 7. Ne5 O-O 8. Qf3
Nc6 9. a3 Bd6 10. Qg3 {Tigran plays aggressively.} Ne7 11. Qh3 c5 12. b3 Ne4
13. Bb2 ({Furman has planned} 13. f3 Ng5) 13... Nf5 14. Rfd1 cxd4 15. exd4 Rc8
16. Nef3 $6 Qf6 17. c4 Bf4 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Nf1 Rce8 {Black has taken the
initiative.} 20. g3 Bb8 21. Qg2 Rc8 22. Rac1 Bd6 23. Re1 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Qe7 25.
b4 $2 ({A proper defence line keeps} 25. a4) 25... a5 $1 26. Ne5 (26. bxa5 $6
Bxa3 {is even worse.}) 26... axb4 27. f3 $6 bxa3 28. Ba1 Qg5 29. Re1 Nxd4 30.
f4 $5 {Black can finish the game.} Qe7 $2 ({Wonderful is} 30... Bc5 $3 31. fxg5
Nf3+ 32. Kh1 Nxe1 33. Bxe4 dxe4) 31. Bxd4 Bc5 32. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 33. Ne3 Ra8 34.
Bxe4 $1 a2 $1 35. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 36. Qc2+ Kg8 37. Qxc5 bxc5 38. Nc2 d4 39. Ra1
Be4 40. Ne1 f6 41. Nd7 Ra5 42. Nb6 $2 ({Borisenko and Furman mention} 42. Nxc5
$1 $11) 42... Rb5 43. Rxa2 Rxb6 44. Ra8+ $2 Bxa8 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stoliar, Efim"]
[Black "Khasin, Abram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 e5 5. d3 Nc6 6. Rb1 f5 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bd2 h6 10. b4 Qe8 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Ne7 13. Qc1 e4 14. Ne1 Nxd5 15.
Bxh6 Nc3 16. Rb2 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 a5 18. dxe4 axb4 $6 (18... fxe4 {keeps a pawn
in the centre.}) 19. exf5 Rxf5 20. Rxb4 Qf7 21. Qd2 Nxa2 22. Rh4 Qf6 23. Nd3
Nc3 24. e4 Ra2 $2 (24... g5 $1 25. exf5 gxh4 {exchanges an important attacker.}
) 25. Qh6 $1 Ne2+ 26. Kh1 Rf3 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Nb4 Rxf2 29. Qh8+ Qxh8 30. Rxh8+
Kg7 31. Rxc8 Rxf1+ 32. Bxf1 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B29"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nxd5 exd5 6. d4 d6 7. Bg5 $5 Qa5+ 8.
c3 cxd4 9. Bd3 $5 dxc3 10. O-O Nc6 $5 (10... cxb2 {(Keres-Winter, Warsaw 1935).
}) 11. Re1 Be6 12. bxc3 h6 13. Bh4 g5 $5 14. Bg3 (14. Qb3 $1 gxh4 15. Qxb7 Rc8
16. exd6 {starts a fine attack.}) 14... Bg7 15. exd6 $6 Bxc3 16. Rxe6+ $5 fxe6
17. Bg6+ Kd7 18. Rb1 b5 19. Qe2 b4 $6 ({An advantage gives} 19... g4 $1 20.
Ne5+ Bxe5 21. Bxe5 Nxe5 22. Qxe5 Rhf8 23. Re1 Rf6 $1 24. Bf7 $1 Qxe1+ $1 25.
Qxe1 Rxf7) 20. Bf7 Rae8 $5 ({Disappointment brings} 20... Nd8 $6 21. Bg6 Rg8
22. Ne5+ Bxe5 23. Qxe5 Rxg6 24. Qh8) 21. Rd1 d4 22. Bxe8+ Rxe8 23. Qd3 Qf5 $4 {
Chess is too difficult for mankind.} 24. Qa6 $4 ({The error utilises} 24. Ne5+
$1 Nxe5 25. Qb5+ $1 Kxd6 26. Qxe8) 24... e5 $1 25. h3 Qc2 26. Rf1 d3 27. Kh2
Kxd6 28. Qc4 d2 29. Qe2 Kc7 30. Rd1 a6 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 d6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Bd2 c5 8. Qc2
Nc6 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. h3 cxd4 11. exd4 Rc8 12. g4 Ne7 13. gxf5 Nxf5 14. d5 Nh5
$6 ({Wiser is} 14... g6 15. dxe6 Bxe6) 15. dxe6 Bxe6 16. Ng5 Bd7 17. Be4 Kh8
18. Bd5 $5 Nf6 $6 ({A great defence gives} 18... Bxc3 $1 19. Qxc3 Nf6 {Now} 20.
Nf7+ {fails due to} Rxf7 21. Bxf7 Qf8) 19. Nf7+ Rxf7 20. Bxf7 Bc5 21. Qd3 Qf8
22. Bd5 Nd4 $2 ({A counterattack begins} 22... Nxd5 23. Nxd5 b5 $1) 23. Bxb7
Rb8 24. Be3 Bf5 25. Qd2 Nc2 26. Bxc5 dxc5 27. Bg2 Nd4 28. Ne2 Ne6 29. Ng3 Bg6
30. Qd6 Qc8 31. Rhe1 Rb6 32. Qe7 Ng8 33. Qxa7 Rb4 34. b3 Nf4 35. Be4 Bxe4 36.
Rxe4 Nxh3 37. Qd7 Qf8 38. Qxh3 {Top: Seven players scored a point.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 d6 8.
O-O e5 9. Qc2 h6 10. h3 Nc6 11. a3 Re8 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Be2 Bd7 14. Nd4 c5 15.
Nf5 Qf8 16. Rae1 d5 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Rc1 Rad8 19. Nc4 b5 20. Na5 c4 21. Rfd1
Bc8 22. Rd4 Nb6 23. Rcd1 Rxd4 24. exd4 Ng6 25. Ne3 Nf4 26. Bf3 Re6 27. Nc6 Bb7
28. Ne5 Bxf3 29. Nxf3 Nbd5 30. Nxd5 Nxd5 31. Qf5 Qd6 32. Ne5 Nf6 33. a4 a6 34.
axb5 axb5 35. Ra1 Qd5 36. Ra7 b4 $2 {Solid positional play ends with a blunder,
when the time limit nears.} (36... Re8 37. Qf4 Rf8 {is correct.}) 37. Rc7 g6
38. Qf4 Qe4 39. Qxe4 Nxe4 40. Rxc4 b3 41. Rc8+ Kg7 42. Rc7 Rf6 43. f3 Ng3 44.
Kf2 Nf5 45. d5 Nd6 46. g4 Rf4 47. Ke3 Ra4 48. Rc6 Nb7 49. Rb6 Nc5 50. Rb5 Kf6
51. Nc6 ({White misses the win} 51. d6 $1 Kxe5 52. d7 Ra8 53. Rxc5+ Ke6 54. Rc8
{but the extra pawn still guarantees victory.}) 51... Rc4 52. h4 h5 53. g5+ Kf5
54. Na5 Rc2 55. Nxb3 Nxb3 56. Rxb3 Ke5 57. Rb7 Kxd5 58. Rxf7 Rxb2 59. Rf6 Rh2
60. Rxg6 Rxh4 61. Rf6 Rh1 62. Kf4 h4 63. Rh6 h3 64. Kf5 h2 65. f4 Kd4 66. g6
Kd5 67. g7 Rg1 68. Rxh2 Rxg7 69. Rd2+ Kc6 70. Kf6 Rg1 71. f5 Rf1 72. Ke6 Re1+
73. Kf7 Rf1 74. f6 Re1 75. Kg7 Rg1+ 76. Kf8 Rf1 77. f7 Rg1 78. Rd4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B97"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. f5 $2 Bh6 $1 {Bannik mishandled the Poisoned
Pawn Variation.} 12. Qxh6 Qxc3+ 13. Qd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Ke7 15. Rb3 $6 Nd7 16.
Rg3 $6 Nc5 17. Bd3 $6 Bd7 18. fxe6 fxe6 {Compensation for the extra pawn has
disappeared in the endgame.} 19. Rg7+ Kf8 20. Rg3 Kf7 21. Rf3 Rhg8 22. g3 Raf8
23. Rhf1 Ke7 24. Ke3 Be8 25. Rf4 Bg6 26. R4f2 Rf7 27. Ne2 Rc8 28. Nf4 Rff8 29.
g4 Nd7 30. Kd2 Be8 31. h3 Rg8 32. Rb1 Rc7 33. Ne2 Rg5 34. Nd4 Ra5 $2 35. Rxb7
$1 {White has regained the pawn.} Rc8 36. Ra7 Rxa2 37. Rxa6 Rxa6 38. Bxa6 Rc7
39. Bd3 Nc5 40. Rf1 Ra7 41. Rb1 Ra4 42. Ke3 Bg6 43. Rb6 Ra1 44. Nb5 $6 Bxe4 $6
({An attack on the king's side starts} 44... Rh1 $1 45. Nxd6 Rxh3+ 46. Kd4 Nxd3
47. cxd3 Rg3) 45. Bxe4 Re1+ 46. Kf2 Rxe4 47. Nxd6 Rd4 48. Rc6 Rd5 49. Nc4 Kf7
50. Kf3 Nd7 51. Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E57"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
cxd4 9. exd4 Bxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Qa5 12. Qe2 Qxc3 13. Bd2 Qc2 14. Bd3
Qa4 15. Rfc1 $5 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Qxd4 17. Bb4 Bd7 $5 (17... Re8 $6 18. Rd1 Qb6 19.
Bb5 Rd8 20. Bc5 Qc7 21. Qe5 Qa5 22. Bd6) 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. Bb5 Bxb5 20. Qxb5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Aronson, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. e3 Bg4 4. Bb5 $1 e6 5. Nbd2 Bd6 $6 (5... Nge7 $1 {is
correct.}) 6. c4 dxc4 $2 ({Destruction of the pawn structure avoids} 6... Qd7)
7. Bxc6+ bxc6 {White has a strategically won game.} 8. Qa4 Ne7 9. Qxc4 O-O 10.
O-O Rb8 11. a3 Bh5 12. b4 Rb5 13. e4 Bf4 14. a4 Rb6 15. Ba3 f5 16. Rfe1 Bf7 17.
Rad1 e5 18. Qc5 Bxd2 19. Nxd2 Bh5 20. f3 Qxd4+ 21. Qxd4 exd4 22. b5 Re8 23. Nc4
Rbb8 24. Na5 fxe4 25. Bxe7 exf3 26. Nxc6 f2+ 27. Kxf2 Bxd1 28. Rxd1 Ra8 29.
Rxd4 a6 30. Rd7 axb5 31. axb5 Ra2+ 32. Kf3 Rb2 33. Nd4 Rd2 34. Bc5 Rd3+ 35. Kf4
g5+ 36. Kf5 Rd2 {Black is mated while he captures material.} 37. Kf6 $1 Rxg2
38. Nf5 Rxh2 39. Rg7+ Kh8 40. Kf7 (40. Kf7 Ra8 41. Rg8+ Rxg8 42. Bd4+ Rg7+ 43.
Bxg7#) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Stoliar, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E55"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. Qd3 Qe7 10. Rd1 a6 11. a4 Ba5 12. b3 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 b6 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15.
Ba3 Bb7 16. Qe5 Rfc8 17. Nd4 Qc7 18. Qxc7 Rxc7 19. Rac1 {A quiet Nimzo-Indian
comes to life by a blunder.} Rac8 $2 {The rook stands vulnerable on c8.} (19...
Rd8 {is okay.}) 20. a5 b5 $6 ({More resistance offers} 20... bxa5 21. Bxc5 Rxc5
22. Nxe6 $1 Re5 $1 (22... fxe6 $2 23. Bxe6+ Kf8 24. Bxc8 Rxc8 25. Rxc8+ Bxc8
26. Rd8+) 23. Nf4 Kf8) 21. Bxb5 $1 axb5 22. Nxb5 Rd7 23. Nd6 Nxb3 24. Nxc8 Nxc1
25. Rxc1 Rd3 26. Bb4 h5 27. h3 Nd5 28. Be1 Ra3 29. Nd6 Ba6 30. Ne4 Kh7 31. Nc5
Bb5 32. g3 Ra2 33. Rb1 Bc4 34. e4 Nc7 35. Rc1 Bb5 36. Nb7 Na6 37. Nd6 Bd3 38.
Nxf7 Kg8 39. Ng5 Bc2 40. Nf3 Nc5 41. Nd4 Nd3 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khasin, Abram"]
[Black "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A55"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. e4 Be7 $5 6. Be2 c6 7. O-O O-O 8.
Be3 h6 9. Qc2 Re8 10. Rfd1 Qc7 11. d5 Ng4 12. Bc1 Nf8 13. h3 Nf6 14. Be3 Bd7
15. Rac1 c5 16. a3 Ng6 17. b4 b6 {Black has a cramped position, but he can
defend himself.} 18. Rb1 Nh5 $5 19. bxc5 bxc5 20. Nb5 Qc8 21. Nxe5 $1 Nxe5 22.
Bxh5 a6 $1 23. Nc3 Nxc4 24. Bc1 Bf6 25. Be2 Ne5 26. Na4 Rb8 27. Nb6 Qb7 28. Bf4
Bb5 $5 29. Bxb5 axb5 30. Bxe5 Bxe5 31. Rxb5 Bd4 $1 ({If Black regains a pawn by
} 31... Qa6 32. Rdb1 Qxa3 {White wins with} 33. Nc4 Qa7 34. Rxb8 Rxb8 35. Rxb8+
Qxb8 36. Nxe5 dxe5 37. Qxc5 Qb1+ 38. Kh2 Qxe4 39. Qc8+ Kh7 40. d6 Qf4+ 41. Kg1)
32. a4 Qe7 33. Nc4 Rbd8 34. Nd2 f5 35. exf5 Qe2 36. Rf1 Re5 37. Rbb1 ({White
keeps an advantage with} 37. f6 $1 Rg5 (37... Rxd5 $2 38. Qg6 Rg5 39. f7+ Kf8
40. Qh7 Kxf7 41. Rb7+ Ke6 42. Ne4) 38. Qe4 Qxe4 39. Nxe4 Rxd5 40. fxg7) 37...
Rf8 38. Qd1 Qxd1 39. Rbxd1 Rexf5 40. Nf3 (40. Nf3 Bf6 41. Rfe1 Rf4 42. Re6 Rd8
43. a5 Ra4 {gains equality.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Bg5 Qa5 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8.
e3 Bb4 9. Qd2 Rg8 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc5 12. Qd2 Qb6 13. Kf2 f5 14. g3 d6 15.
Be2 a5 16. Na4 Qc7 17. Nxc5 dxc5 18. Qc3 Ke7 19. h3 Bd7 20. g4 e5 21. Qxe5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B99"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Bd3 b5 11. Rhe1 b4 $5 12. Nce2 Nc5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Qe3
$6 O-O 15. Ng3 a5 $6 (15... e5 $1 16. fxe5 Bxe5 {conquers the centre.}) 16. e5
dxe5 17. fxe5 Be7 18. Nh5 Ba6 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. Kb1 a4 21. Nb5 $2 ({White has
to take the difficult endgame} 21. Qg3 g6 22. Nf6+ Bxf6 23. exf6 Qxg3 24. hxg3)
21... Qa5 22. Nd6 b3 23. cxb3 axb3 24. a3 Nd7 $1 25. Nc4 ({The consequent} 25.
Qg3 g6 26. Nxf7 {is refuted by} Bxa3 $1) 25... Qb5 26. Rd4 Rc8 27. Qd3 Rac6 28.
Nd6 ({No success has the violent} 28. Rg4 Nf8 $1 29. Rxg7+ Kh8 30. Rxf7 Rxc4
31. Qe3 Ng6 32. Rxe7 Qc5) 28... Qxe5 29. Rd1 Bxd6 30. Rxd6 Rxd6 31. Qxd6 Qxh5
32. Qxd7 Qf5+ 33. Qd3 $2 ({Aronin and Simagin analyse} 33. Ka1 Qc5 34. Qd8+
Rxd8 35. Rxd8+ Qf8 36. Rxf8+ Kxf8 37. Kb1 e5 38. Kc1 e4 39. Kd2 f5 {and Black
wins.}) 33... Rd8 $1 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d3 Bd6 7. Nbd2 Be6 8.
Qe2 Qe7 9. Nc4 Nd7 10. O-O O-O 11. b3 Bxc4 12. dxc4 Rfd8 13. Rd1 Nf8 14. Bb2
Ng6 15. g3 Ba3 16. Bc3 Bb4 17. Bxb4 Qxb4 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rd1 Rxd1+ 20. Qxd1
Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E31"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. d5 d6 7. e3 e5 8. Qc2 Nbd7
9. Nge2 Nf8 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. Nxc3 Ng6 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. Bd3 Ne7 14. f4 exf4 15.
exf4 f5 16. O-O Nxg3 17. hxg3 O-O 18. Rae1 Bd7 19. Re2 Kh8 20. Rfe1 Ng8 21. Nd1
Qf6 22. Qc3 a6 23. Qxf6 Nxf6 24. Ne3 Ng8 25. b4 Rac8 26. Rb1 b5 27. cxb5 axb5
28. bxc5 Rxc5 29. Reb2 Re8 $2 {Even the great Keres can blunder in the endgame.
} (29... Rb8 30. Bxf5 Bxf5 31. Nxf5 Rxd5 {is correct.}) 30. Bxf5 (30. Nxf5 $1
Rxd5 31. Bxb5 {gains more advantage.}) 30... Rxe3 31. Bxd7 Rxg3 $2 ({The last
chance gives} 31... Rxd5 32. Rxb5 Rxb5 33. Rxb5 Nf6 $1) 32. Rxb5 Rc2 33. Bh3
Rxa3 34. Rb8 Rxh3 35. gxh3 Rd2 36. Rd8 Kh7 37. Rxd6 Ne7 38. Rd7 Nf5 39. Rb6 Ne3
40. Rbb7 Nf5 41. Rb6 Ne3 42. d6 Nf5 43. Kf1 Nd4 44. Ra7 Ne6 (44... Nf3 45. Ra3
{and Black cannot deliver perpetual check.}) 45. f5 Nc5 46. f6 {Top: Tal and
Furman 2.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E56"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
cxd4 9. axb4 dxc3 10. bxc3 Qc7 11. Qe2 Bd7 12. e4 $5 dxe4 13. Bxe4 Nxe4 14.
Qxe4 {The game was drawn in Tal-Furman, Tbilisi 1956.} f6 15. Rd1 Rfd8 16. Be3
e5 17. Qd5+ Kh8 18. Qd6 ({Turmoil creates} 18. Qf7 e4 19. Nd4 Ne5 20. Ne6)
18... Qc8 $5 (18... Qxd6 19. Rxd6 Be8 $11) 19. b5 $2 ({The initiative grabs} 
19. Ng5 $1 fxg5 20. Bxg5 Be6 $1 21. Bxd8 Nxd8 22. Qf8+ Bg8 23. c5 a6 24. b5)
19... Bh3 $1 {Again Tal starts a devastating attack.} 20. Qa3 $2 {A victim of
Tal cannot think straight anymore.} ({The last chance gives} 20. bxc6 Rxd6 21.
Rxd6) 20... Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Qg4 22. Ne1 Qxd1 23. gxh3 Qxe1+ 24. Kg2 Nd4 25. cxd4
exd4 26. Bf4 Qe4+ 27. Kg3 h5 28. Qd6 Kh7 29. Qd7 Re8 30. h4 Qg6+ 31. Kf3 Re1
0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C05"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Ng8 5. Bd3 b6 6. c3 Ne7 7. Ne2 Qd7 8. Nf3
Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Qd3 Nb8 $5 {Another knight retreats.} 11. Ng5 $5 h6 12.
Nh7 $5 Nbc6 13. Nxf8 Rxf8 14. b4 f6 15. exf6 Rxf6 {The pressure on black's
position lessens.} 16. Bf4 Ng6 17. Bg3 Nce7 18. O-O Nf5 19. c4 $5 {White
changes from a centre to a flank strategy.} Nxg3 20. hxg3 dxc4 21. Qxc4 O-O-O
22. Rfc1 Rf7 23. a4 Kb8 24. a5 Qd5 25. axb6 cxb6 26. Qd3 Qf5 27. Qe3 e5 28. Rc4
e4 29. Nc3 Ne7 30. Rc1 $5 ({Little advantage gives} 30. Nxe4 Nd5 31. Qd3 Re7
32. Nc5 Qxd3 33. Nxd3 Rc7 $1 34. Rxc7 Nxc7) 30... Nd5 31. Nxd5 Qxd5 32. Qc3 Qd7
33. Qc2 Re7 34. b5 $5 e3 $1 {Black's last weakness disappears.} 35. fxe3 Rxe3
36. d5 Re7 37. Qd2 Kb7 38. Qb4 Rf7 39. Qa4 Kb8 40. Qa6 Rf6 41. Rc6 Rd6 42. Qa3
Rxd5 43. Rc7 Qxc7 44. Rxc7 Kxc7 45. Qxa7+ Kc8 46. Qa8+ Kc7 47. Qc6+ Kb8 48.
Qxb6+ Kc8 49. Qc6+ Kb8 50. Qb6+ Kc8 51. Qc6+ Kb8 52. b6 R8d7 53. g4 R5d6 54.
Qb5 Kb7 55. g5 hxg5 {A stubborn defence was needed after a passive opening.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aronson, Lev"]
[Black "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E28"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 O-O 7. Bd3 d6 8. Ne2
b6 9. e4 Bb7 10. d5 Nbd7 11. O-O Ne5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Ng6 14. Bg3 Nh5 15. f4
Nxg3 16. Nxg3 e5 17. f5 Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. O-O O-O 8. Rb1
Ne8 9. a3 Nc7 10. b4 Ne6 11. h3 Ned4 12. d3 Rb8 13. Kh2 Bd7 14. Be3 Nxe2 15.
Nxe2 Nd4 16. f4 b5 17. cxb5 Bxb5 18. Bxd4 cxd4 19. a4 Bd7 20. Qb3 Qb6 21. f5 g5
22. h4 h6 23. hxg5 hxg5 24. Bf3 Be5 25. Kg2 Kg7 26. Rh1 Rh8 27. Bh5 Be8 28. Qa2
Rc8 29. Qd2 Bf6 30. b5 Rc5 31. a5 $2 {The effort to change the attack into an
attack on the queen's side has a fatal result.} Qb7 32. b6 axb6 33. axb6 Bb5
34. Qa2 $6 d5 {Black takes over the attack.} 35. Bf3 Rxh1 36. Rxh1 Bxd3 37. Qa3
$6 ({Some resistance offers} 37. e5 $1 Bxe5 38. Qa3 g4 $1 39. Qxd3 gxf3+ 40.
Qxf3 Qxb6 41. Ra1) 37... dxe4 38. Qxd3 exf3+ 39. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 40. Kxf3 Rxf5+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Khasin, Abram"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Bb4 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Qd3 Nc6 9. a3 $6 {Keres forces a weakening of his own position.} Bxc3 10. bxc3
O-O 11. f4 d5 12. e5 Ne4 13. Bf3 $2 ({After} 13. c4 {a weak pawn will be
exchanged.}) 13... Nc5 14. Qe2 Na4 15. Bd2 Bd7 16. Nb3 Ne7 17. Qf2 Rac8 18.
Rfe1 Nxc3 19. Re3 Ne4 $5 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Nd4 Bc6 22. Bb4 Rfe8 23. Bd6 Qb6 $2
({Now White becomes active.} 23... Qd7 $1 {keeps the advantage intact.}) 24.
Rb3 $1 Qa7 25. c4 Nf5 26. Nxc6 Qxf2+ 27. Kxf2 Rxc6 28. c5 e3+ 29. Ke1 Nd4 30.
Rb2 Rd8 $2 ({Right is} 30... b6 $1 31. cxb6 Nc2+ 32. Rxc2 $1 Rxc2 33. Rb1 Rxg2
34. Rb3 g5 35. fxg5 Rc8 36. Bc7 Kg7 $1 37. h4 h6 38. gxh6+ Kxh6 39. Rxe3) 31.
Rd1 Nb5 32. Rb3 Nxd6 33. cxd6 Rc2 34. Rxb7 Rxg2 {White can strike in the rook
ending.} 35. Rd3 $2 {A crucial tempo is lost.} ({The attack continues} 35. Rdb1
$1 Kf8 ({no relief brings} 35... Rg1+ 36. Ke2 Rxb1 37. Rxb1 g5 38. Kxe3) 36.
Rd7 $1 Rc8 37. Rc7 Rd8 38. Rbb7 f5 $1 (38... f6 39. f5 $1) (38... Rxh2 39.
Rxf7+ Kg8 40. f5 $1 exf5 41. e6) 39. Kf1 $1 e2+ 40. Ke1 Kg8 {White has a
superior position. Black is outmanoeuvred in the variation} 41. h3 Kf8 42. a4
h6 43. h4 h5 44. a5 Ra8 45. Rb6 Rh2 46. Rbc6 Ke8 47. d7+ Ke7 48. Rc8 Kxd7 49.
R6c7#) 35... Rxh2 36. Rdb3 $5 Rc2 37. Re7 Rd2 38. Rbb7 g5 $5 ({Less
spectacular draws} 38... h5 $1 39. Rxf7 Rg2 40. Kf1 e2+ 41. Kxg2 e1=Q 42. Rxg7+
) 39. Rxf7 gxf4 $1 40. Rg7+ Kh8 41. Rxh7+ Kg8 42. Rbg7+ Kf8 43. Rg4 f3 44. Rh8+
Kf7 45. Rh7+ Kf8 46. Rh8+ Kf7 47. Rf4+ Kg7 48. Rxd8 Re2+ 49. Kf1 Rf2+ 50. Ke1
Re2+ 51. Kd1 Rd2+ 52. Kc1 f2 53. Rd7+ Kg8 54. Rdf7 e2 55. Kxd2 e1=Q+ 56. Kd3
Qd1+ 57. Ke3 f1=Q 58. Rxf1 Qb3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E65"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d6 6. c4 c5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. dxc5
dxc5 9. Be3 Qa5 10. Qa4 Qxa4 11. Nxa4 b6 12. Rad1 Bb7 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxb7
Rab8 15. Bf4 Nh5 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. Bf3 Rfd8 18. b3 Ng7 19. e3 Kf8 20. Rxd8+
Rxd8 21. Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Bxd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. O-O d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9. c4 Nf6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Bg5 O-O 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Qe2
({A plus keeps} 14. Qc2 $1 h6 15. Rfd1 Qc7 16. Rac1) 14... Bb7 15. Rfd1 Qa5 16.
Qc2 h6 17. b4 $5 Qe5 18. Re1 Qh5 19. Be4 Bxe4 20. Nxe4 Nd5 21. a3 Rac8 22. Qd2
Rc6 23. Rac1 Rfc8 24. Rc5 Qh4 25. g3 Qe7 26. Qd4 Qd7 27. Rec1 Rxc5 28. Nxc5 Qb5
29. Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 c6 6. Be3 O-O 7. Qd2 a6 8. g4 b5
9. g5 $5 Nh5 10. Nge2 e5 11. O-O-O $5 Nd7 12. c5 $5 {This aggression is odd
for Tigran.} dxc5 13. dxc5 Qa5 14. Qc2 (14. Qd6 $5 Nb8 {is even wilder.}) 14...
Re8 ({Avoids} 14... b4 $6 15. Qa4 $1) 15. Bh3 Nf8 16. Bg4 Bxg4 17. fxg4 Nf4 18.
Nxf4 exf4 19. Bxf4 Qb4 $5 (19... Bxc3 20. bxc3 Qa3+ {is okay.}) 20. Bd6 Ne6 21.
e5 $2 ({White misses} 21. h4 $1 Nxc5 22. h5 $1) 21... Nxg5 22. Rde1 Bxe5 23.
Rxe5 Qf4+ 24. Kb1 Rxe5 25. Qg2 Rae8 $1 {Black keeps the slaughter going.} 26.
Bxe5 Rxe5 27. Qxc6 Qxg4 28. a3 Qf5+ 29. Ka1 Rxc5 30. Qxa6 Ne6 31. Rd1 Qe5 32.
Rd7 $5 Qxh2 $5 33. Qa8+ Kg7 34. Qe8 Ng5 35. Rd8 Qg1+ $2 ({Correct is} 35... Qe5
36. Qf8+ Kf6 37. Rd6+ Kf5 {(Taimanov).}) 36. Ka2 Kh6 37. Nxb5 $2 ({White
should play the pleasant} 37. Ne2 $1 Qf2 38. Qf8+ Kh5 39. Nf4+ $1 Qxf4 40. Qxc5
) 37... Ne6 38. Nd4 Rc1 39. Nxe6 Ra1+ 40. Kb3 Qb6+ 41. Kc2 Qxe6 $4 (41... fxe6
42. Qf8+ Kg5 43. Qe7+ Kg4 {is favourable for Black.}) 42. Qxe6 ({Ruling
champion Taimanov notices} 42. Qxe6 fxe6 43. Rd1 Rxd1 44. Kxd1 {and White wins
the pawn ending. After his second defeat, he is out of the championship's race.
}) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Stoliar, Efim"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 a6 $5 {This equalises easily,
but both sides can do little, hereafter.} 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. c4 e5 8. Qd3 Qc7 9.
O-O Nf6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Rfd1 Rd8 13. h3 Be6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Rac1
Qb7 16. b3 Be7 17. Qe2 f6 18. Ne1 Bf8 19. Nc2 g6 20. Ne3 Qf7 21. g4 Kg7 22. Kh2
Kh8 23. Rd3 Qb7 24. Rcd1 Be7 25. Na4 Qb4 26. Qc2 Kg7 27. Qc1 Rac8 28. Kg2 Bf7
29. Qd2 Qxd2 30. R1xd2 Be6 31. f3 Kf7 32. Kf2 Rh8 33. Kg2 h5 $1 {The
initiative is taken.} 34. Rc2 hxg4 35. fxg4 Rcd8 36. Rf2 Rh7 37. Nc3 Rdh8 38.
Nf1 Kg7 39. Ne2 Rh4 40. Ng1 a5 41. Ne3 R4h7 42. a3 Rb8 43. Rb2 Kf7 44. b4 Bd7
45. Rdb3 a4 {Black has too few pieces for an attack on both flanks.} 46. Rd3
Ke6 47. Rbd2 Bc8 48. Ne2 Bb7 49. Kg3 Rbh8 50. Ng1 Bf8 51. Rd1 Rd7 52. Nf3 Bh6
53. g5 $5 Bxg5 54. Nxg5+ fxg5 55. c5 $5 Rhd8 $6 ({A positional advantage keeps
} 55... d5 56. Ng4 Rf8) 56. Rxd6+ Rxd6 57. Rxd6+ Rxd6 58. cxd6 Ba6 59. Nd1 Kxd6
60. Nc3 c5 61. Nxa4 cxb4 62. axb4 Kc6 63. Nc5 Bf1 64. Ne6 Kb5 65. Nxg5 Kxb4 66.
Kf2 Bc4 67. Nf3 Be6 68. Ng5 Bc4 69. Kg3 Kc5 70. Nf3 Kd6 71. Kh4 Be6 72. Ng1 Bc8
73. Nf3 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D92"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 c6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 g6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. e3 Bg7 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Nh5 10. Be5 f6 11. Bg3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Be6 13. Qb3 Na5 14. Qb4 Bf7 15.
Rfd1 e6 16. e4 Rb8 17. Qa3 $5 b5 $5 {A tame life of the Slav Defence comes to
life.} ({The solid} 17... Nc6 {closes the position.}) 18. b4 Nc4 19. Qxa7 {
Proper consolidation is needed.} Be8 $6 {The support to the centre is
decreased.} ({Correct is} 19... Re8 $1 {(threatens 20..Re7)} 20. Bxc4 Ra8 21.
Qc5 bxc4 {(Khalifman).}) 20. Bxc4 Rf7 21. Qa3 ({Black's pawn structure weakens
} 21. Qa6 $1 Rb6 22. Qa5 dxc4 23. a4) 21... bxc4 22. exd5 exd5 23. Qb2 g5 $6 (
23... Rfb7 24. a3 Bc6 {consolidates.}) 24. Qd2 Rxb4 $2 (24... Rfb7 $1 25. a3
Qd6 {is correct.}) 25. Nxd5 Rb8 26. Ne3 Rc8 27. Rac1 Rfc7 28. Rc3 Bg6 29. Rdc1
Bf7 30. d5 Bf8 31. a3 Bc5 32. Rxc4 Bxa3 33. Rxc7 Rxc7 34. Rxc7 Qxc7 35. Qd4
Qc1+ 36. Kh2 Qb2 37. Qe4 Bf8 38. Nd4 h5 39. Ndc2 Qb7 40. Nd4 Qb2 41. Ne6 Qxf2
42. Nf5 h4 43. Nxf8 hxg3+ 44. Kh3 Qg1 45. Kxg3 Kxf8 46. Qe7+ {This win became
very important for the final standing.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Qc2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Nc6 7. a3 Bxd2+ 8.
Nbxd2 Ne7 9. Rc1 c6 10. e3 Bf5 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Nc8 13. O-O O-O 14. Qf5
Nd6 15. Qf4 Nfe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Ne5 f5 18. h4 Qe7 19. g3 Rae8 20. Nd3 Rf6
21. Kg2 Qd8 22. Rc2 Nd6 23. Qf3 Qe7 24. Nf4 Rf7 25. Nd3 Nc4 26. Nf4 Qd7 27. Re1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D58"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "172"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Nf3 b6 8. Qc2
Bb7 9. O-O-O $5 Nbd7 10. Rg1 c5 $1 11. Be2 $6 {Exchanges are better, but
Tolush wants to attack.} Ne4 $5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 cxd4 15.
exd4 f5 16. Kb1 Nf6 17. f3 $6 e5 $6 ({The solid} 17... Rfd8 {is avoided.}) 18.
d5 e3 19. Nb3 f4 20. g3 Rac8 21. Qg6 b5 22. Na5 $1 {Tolush has his way. The
white chessmen are invading everywhere.} Ba8 $2 ({Sufficient resistance offers
} 22... bxc4 $1 23. d6 Qf7 24. Bxc4 Rxc4 25. Qxf7+ Kxf7 26. Nxc4 Nd7 {with a
two-edged endgame.}) 23. gxf4 e4 $5 24. Rg3 $2 ({A big advantage gives} 24.
Qxh6 $1 exf3 25. Bxf3 bxc4 26. Nc6 Bxc6 27. dxc6) 24... bxc4 25. Nc6 $2 Bxc6
26. dxc6 Rxc6 27. Rdg1 Rf7 28. Qxh6 c3 29. f5 Qb7 30. b3 c2+ 31. Kc1 Qe7 32. b4
exf3 $2 ({Korchnoi misses the win} 32... Kf8 $1) 33. Bxf3 Rc7 $2 ({A slight
advantage keeps} 33... Rb6 34. a3 Ne4 $1 35. Qxe3 Nxg3 36. Qxe7 Rxe7 37. Rxg3)
34. Bd5 $1 Nxd5 35. Rh3 $1 {Suddenly White has a strong attack again.} Rf8 36.
Qh7+ Kf7 37. Rxg7+ Ke8 38. Rxe7+ Rxe7 39. Qh5+ Kd8 40. f6 $1 Nxf6 {White has a
winning position, but it is difficult to score the point.} 41. Qa5+ $6 ({
Tolush does not see the forced win} 41. Qh6 $1 Nd7 42. Rxe3 Rf1+ 43. Kxc2 Rf2+
44. Kb3 Rxh2 $1 45. Qg5 $1 Rhh7 46. Qg8+ Kc7 47. Rc3+ Kd6 48. Qg6+ Ke5 49. Re3+
) 41... Ke8 42. Qb5+ Nd7 43. Qe2 Rf2 $1 44. Rh8+ Nf8 45. Qb5+ Kf7 46. Qh5+ Ng6
47. Rh7+ Kf6 48. Rxe7 Nxe7 49. Qh6+ Ng6 50. Qxe3 Rxh2 51. Qg3 $2 ({The last
clear win is} 51. Qd4+ $1 Kf7 52. Qxa7+ Ne7 53. Qg1 Rh6 54. Kxc2) 51... Rh7 52.
Qd6+ Kf5 53. Kxc2 Ne5 54. Qc5 Rd7 55. b5 Ke6 56. a4 Nf7 57. Kb3 Nd6 58. Kb4 Rb7
59. Qc6 Ke7 60. Ka5 Rd7 61. Ka6 Kd8 62. Qc5 Nc8 63. a5 Rc7 64. Qg5+ Kd7 65.
Qd5+ Nd6 66. Qd4 Ke6 67. b6 axb6 68. Kxb6 Rc4 69. Qe3+ Kd7 70. Qh3+ Ke7 71.
Qh7+ Kd8 72. Qg8+ Kd7 73. Qh7+ Kd8 74. Qd3 Ke7 75. Qe3+ Kd7 76. Qh3+ Ke7 77. a6
Nc8+ 78. Kb7 Nd6+ 79. Kb8 Rb4+ 80. Kc7 Rc4+ 81. Kb6 Nc8+ 82. Kb7 Nd6+ 83. Ka7
Rb4 84. Ka8 Rb5 85. Qg4 Kf6 86. Qd7 Ke5 {White cannot break through the
barriers.  Top: Tal 3, Furman 2 1/2.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O
8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Bg5 c6 11. Ne2 Bg4 12. c3 Bd6 13. h3 Bxe2 14. Qxe2
Re8 15. Qf3 h6 16. Be3 {Exchanges give little advantage.} Nd7 17. Bc2 Ne5 18.
Qf5 g6 19. Qf4 h5 20. Qa4 Nc4 $5 21. Qxc6 Rc8 22. Qb7 Rc7 23. Qb5 Nxe3 24. fxe3
Rxe3 25. Rad1 Rc5 26. Qb7 Re7 27. Qa6 $2 (27. Qb3 {keeps equality.}) 27... Ra5
28. Qd3 Qb6+ 29. Kh1 Bc7 $1 30. Rf3 Rxa2 31. Qxd5 Rxb2 {White tries to solve
his problems in a grand manner.} 32. Rxf7 $1 Rxf7 33. Rf1 Bf4 $1 34. Rxf4 Qc7
$6 ({The subtle} 34... Qb7 $1 35. Be4 Qc7 36. Rf6 Kf8 37. Qg5 Rf2 $1 38. Qh6+
Ke7 39. Rxf7+ Rxf7 40. Qg5+ Rf6 41. Bxg6 Qxc3 42. Bxh5 a5 {might win.}) 35. Rf6
$1 Kf8 36. Qg5 $1 Rxf6 37. Qxf6+ Qf7 38. Qh8+ Ke7 39. Qe5+ Qe6 40. Qg7+ Kd6 41.
Qd4+ Qd5 42. Qf6+ Kc5 43. Qe7+ Qd6 44. Qxa7+ Kc4 45. Qf7+ Kxc3 46. Qxg6 Qd4 47.
Qc6+ Kd2 48. Be4 Ke3 49. Bg6 h4 50. Qc1+ Qd2 51. Qxd2+ Rxd2 52. Bh5 Kf4 53. Kh2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E63"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. Bg5
Rb8 9. Rc1 Bg4 10. Qd2 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nd7 12. Nd5 Re8 13. Be3 e5 $5 14. dxe5
dxe5 $5 15. Rfd1 ({A slght advantage of the provocative moves takes} 15. Bg5 $1
f6 16. Be3 Nf8) 15... Nd4 16. Bg2 c6 17. Nc3 Qe7 18. Ne4 Nf6 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20.
h4 Rbd8 21. Qe1 h5 22. Bd2 e4 23. Ba5 Rb8 24. Bc3 Red8 25. Rd2 $6 ({Trouble
prevents} 25. e3 $1 Nf3+ 26. Bxf3 exf3 {(Khalifman).}) 25... e3 $1 26. fxe3
Qxe3+ 27. Qf2 $2 {White allows a sharp combination.} ({Annihilation precudes} 
27. Kh2 $1 {(Moiseev).}) 27... Nxe2+ $1 28. Rxe2 Qxc1+ 29. Re1 Bxc3 $1 30. Rxc1
Bd4 {White loses material.} 31. Rc2 Bxf2+ 32. Kxf2 Kg7 33. b4 Rd4 34. a4 Rbd8
35. Ke2 Rd3 36. b5 axb5 37. axb5 cxb5 38. cxb5 Rb3 39. Bxb7 Rxb5 40. Rc7 Re8+
41. Kf2 Rf5+ 42. Kg1 Re1+ 43. Kg2 Re2+ 44. Kg1 Rb5 45. Kf1 Rd2 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C64"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 Bb6 6. Nxe5 $1 (6. O-O {is
usual.}) 6... Qe7 $6 ({Theory becomes the violent} 6... Nxe5 7. dxe5 Nxe4 8.
Qg4 Bxf2+ 9. Kd1 Qh4 10. Qxg7) 7. Bf4 $6 (7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. O-O {makes an effort
to win.}) 7... d6 8. Nxc6 Qxe4+ 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Kxe2 a6 11. Ba4 Bd7 12. Nd2
Bxc6 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. Nc4 Ba7 15. Kd3 c5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. f3 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D28"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 c5 5. Bxc4 e6 6. O-O a6 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bd3
cxd4 9. exd4 Bb7 10. a4 bxa4 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Nxa4 Nc6 (13... Nbd7 {
gives extra control over square c5.}) 14. Rfd1 $6 ({The initiative takes} 14.
Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nc5 Qe7 16. Qe4) 14... Nb4 15. Bb1 Nd7 16. Bf4 Nd5 17. Bg3 g6 18.
Nc3 Qb6 19. Ne4 N5f6 20. Nc3 Nd5 21. Ne4 N5f6 22. Nc3 Rfc8 {Keres wants to
play.} 23. Ba2 Bb4 24. Qd3 (24. d5 $1 exd5 25. Nxd5 Nxd5 26. Bxd5 {The
weakness has disappeared.}) 24... a5 25. Rab1 a4 26. Ne5 Qa6 27. Nxd7 Nxd7 28.
Nb5 $2 (28. Qe3 {avoids a nasty pin.}) 28... Nf6 29. f3 Bd5 30. Bxd5 Nxd5 31.
Rbc1 Rxc1 32. Rxc1 Rc8 33. Rc4 Kg7 34. Qc2 Rxc4 35. Qxc4 Be7 36. h3 Bf6 37. Be5
$2 (37. Bd6 {is correct.}) 37... Bxe5 38. dxe5 Qb6+ 39. Kh2 Qf2 $1 40. Qc1 Ne3
$1 {White has been outmanoeuvred during the last moves.} 41. Qg1 Qxb2 (41...
Qxg1+ 42. Kxg1 Nd1 43. Kf1 Nxb2 {also wins.}) 42. Qxe3 Qxb5 43. Qc3 h5 44. Kg3
Qb3 45. Qc5 a3 46. Qe7 Qe3 47. Qf6+ Kg8 48. Qd8+ Kh7 49. Qa5 Qb3 50. Qc7 Kg7
51. Qe7 Qc3 $1 52. Qf6+ Kg8 53. Kh4 a2 54. Kg5 Qc8 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khasin, Abram"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "185"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Nc3 d4 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. Nxc5 Qxc5 14. Rc1
Qb6 15. Qc2 h6 16. Rfd1 Bg4 17. Rd2 Rac8 18. Rcd1 Rfe8 19. h3 Ne5 20. Qb3 Qxb3
21. axb3 Nxf3+ 22. Bxf3 Bxf3 23. exf3 Re6 24. Rxd4 Rc2 $6 (24... Rb6 25. b4 Rc2
{simply draws.}) 25. Rd8+ Kh7 26. R1d2 Re2 27. Rxe2 Rxe2 28. Rd7 f6 29. Rxb7
Rxb2 30. Kg2 a5 31. Rb5 Ra2 32. h4 a4 33. bxa4 Rxa4 34. g4 Ra7 35. f4 Rc7 36.
Kg3 Ra7 37. Rd5 Ra3+ 38. f3 Ra7 39. g5 hxg5 40. fxg5 Ra1 41. Kg4 Ra4+ 42. f4
fxg5 43. hxg5 Kg6 44. Rd6+ Kf7 45. Rb6 Ra7 46. Kh5 Ra5 47. Rb7+ Kg8 48. Kg6
Ra6+ 49. Kh5 Ra5 50. Re7 Kh7 51. Rd7 Rb5 52. Kg4 Rb4 53. Kf5 Rb5+ 54. Ke4 Kg6
55. Rd6+ Kh5 56. Rd5 Rb4+ 57. Kf5 g6+ 58. Ke5 Rb8 59. Rd6 Re8+ 60. Re6 Rf8 61.
Rf6 Re8+ 62. Kd5 Kg4 63. Re6 Rf8 64. Rf6 Re8 65. Rf7 Re1 66. Rf8 Re2 67. Kd6 $6
Re4 68. f5 Kxg5 69. f6 $6 {White gives away his pawns, but it results in a
theoretical draw.} Re1 70. Kd5 Kf5 71. Kd4 Re6 72. f7 Re7 73. Ra8 Rxf7 74. Ra1
Re7 75. Rf1+ Kg5 76. Rg1+ Kh6 77. Rh1+ Kg7 78. Rg1 Re6 79. Kd5 Re2 80. Kd4 Re8
81. Kd5 Re3 82. Kd4 Re2 83. Kd5 Re7 84. Kd4 Re6 85. Kd5 Kf7 86. Rf1+ Rf6 87.
Rg1 Rf4 88. Ke5 Rf2 89. Rg4 Rf5+ 90. Ke4 Kf6 91. Rf4 Kg5 92. Rxf5+ gxf5+ 93.
Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Aronson, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A86"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. c4 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nc3 d6 6. d5 O-O 7. Nh3 c6 8. Nf4 Qe8
9. h4 e5 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. Nxe6 $6 (11. Qb3 {will become theory.}) 11... Qxe6
12. Bf4 Na6 13. Qxd6 Qxc4 14. Qd2 Rad8 15. Qc1 Ng4 16. O-O Nc5 17. Bg5 Rde8 18.
Bd2 Ne6 19. b3 Qc5 20. e3 Rd8 21. Be1 Ne5 $6 (21... Rd3 22. Na4 Qe5 {increases
the pressure.}) 22. Na4 Qxc1 23. Rxc1 Nd3 24. Rc2 Nxe1 25. Rxe1 Rfe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. h4 Nc6 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Ne7 $6 (7...
Nd4 $1 {will become theory.}) 8. h5 c6 $5 9. h6 Bf8 10. Bg5 Nfg8 $5 11. Qd2 c5
$2 {Black gets his ideas from the silly moves department.} 12. f4 $1 f6 13.
fxe5 $1 fxg5 14. Qxg5 $2 {The win changes hands in one ply.} ({Tarasov analyses
} 14. Nb5 $1 dxe5 (14... Nf5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Qc3) 15. d6 Kf7 16. Nc7 $18)
14... Nc6 $1 15. Qxd8+ Nxd8 16. Nb5 Rb8 17. Nxd6+ Bxd6 18. exd6 Nf7 19. Nf3 Nf6
20. e5 Nxd5 21. Bc4 Be6 22. O-O-O Nf4 23. Bxe6 Nxe6 24. Rde1 Kd7 {The passed
pawns are blockaded.} 25. Rh4 Rbe8 26. Kd2 Nfg5 27. Nxg5 Nxg5 28. b4 Ne6 29.
bxc5 Nxc5 30. Rf4 Rhf8 31. Ref1 Ne4+ 32. Ke3 Rxf4 33. Rxf4 Ng5 34. Rg4 Rxe5+
0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C16"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "189"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. Bd2 Ba6 6. Qg4 Bf8 $5 ({Tolush does
not like} 6... Bxf1 7. Qxg7 Bxg2 8. Qxg2) 7. Nb5 Bb7 $6 {The second bishop
retreats too.} (7... Qd7 {is more active.}) 8. Nf3 Qd7 9. Bd3 a6 10. Nc3 Nc6
11. a3 O-O-O 12. b4 Nce7 $5 13. Nh4 Kb8 14. Qe2 Ka7 15. O-O Ng6 16. Nf3 Nh6 17.
a4 $5 Ra8 $5 ({Black mistrusts} 17... Bxb4 18. Nb5+ $1 axb5 19. Bxb4) 18. Na2
f5 19. Nc1 Nf7 20. Nb3 Kb8 $2 {The prophylactic play goes too far.} (20... Be7
{is a natural move.}) 21. Rfb1 Kc8 22. Re1 Qd8 23. c4 $1 dxc4 24. Bxc4 Qd7 25.
d5 $1 Bxd5 26. Bxa6+ Rxa6 $5 (26... Kd8 27. Bc4 {is horrible.}) 27. Qxa6+ Bb7
28. Qb5 $2 (28. Qe2 $1 Qd5 29. Nbd4 $18) 28... Qxb5 29. axb5 Bxf3 30. gxf3
Nfxe5 31. Nd4 Kd7 32. Ra8 Nc4 $2 ({Black escapes with} 32... Bc5 $1 33. Rxh8
Bxd4 34. Rxh7 Nxf3+ 35. Kh1 Nxe1 36. Bxe1) 33. Nxe6 $2 (33. Rxe6 $1 Nxd2 34.
Ree8 {The threat of mate in one decides the game.}) 33... Be7 34. Rxh8 Nxd2 35.
Nd4 Nxh8 36. Rd1 Nc4 37. Nxf5+ Nd6 38. Nxg7 Nhf7 39. f4 Bf8 40. Nf5 Nh6 41. Nd4
$2 {The tables turn.} (41. Ne3 $1 Ke6 42. Rd5 {keeps equality.}) 41... Bg7 42.
Nc6 Nhf5 43. Kg2 Bf6 44. Kf3 h5 45. Rd2 Ke6 46. Rd1 Bc3 47. Rg1 Bf6 48. Rd1
Nxb5 49. Nd8+ Ke7 50. Nc6+ Ke6 51. Nd8+ Bxd8 52. Rxd8 {Black shall not allow
the exchange of all pawns.} Nbd6 53. Rh8 h4 54. Rh7 c5 55. bxc5 bxc5 56. Ke2
Kd5 57. Kd3 c4+ 58. Kc3 Ne4+ 59. Kb4 Kd4 60. Rd7+ Ned6 61. Ra7 Ke4 62. Ra3 Kd5
63. Ra5+ Kd4 64. Ra7 Ke4 65. Ra3 Kxf4 {Steady progress is made.} 66. h3 Nd4 67.
Ra8 Ke4 68. Rh8 N4f5 69. Kc3 Kd5 70. Rh5 Kc5 71. f3 Nb5+ 72. Kd2 Nbd4 73. Kc3
Ne2+ 74. Kd2 Neg3 75. Rh8 Nd4 $6 ({Better is} 75... Kd4 $1) 76. Rc8+ Kb4 77.
Rb8+ Nb5 78. Rf8 Nf1+ 79. Ke2 Ng3+ 80. Kd2 c3+ 81. Kd3 Nh1 $1 82. Kc2 $6 ({
Strong resistance offers} 82. Rb8 $1 Nf2+ 83. Ke3 Nd1+ 84. Kd3) 82... Na3+ 83.
Kc1 Nf2 84. Rb8+ Kc4 85. Rc8+ Kb3 86. Rb8+ Ka2 87. Rc8 Kb3 (87... c2 $1 88. Rd8
Nxh3 89. Rd4 Ng1 $19) 88. Rb8+ Kc4 89. Rc8+ Kd4 90. Rd8+ Ke3 91. Re8+ Kf4 $1 (
91... Kxf3 $2 92. Re3+ $1) 92. Rd8 {Black is also able to win with his king on
the other flank.} Ke3 (92... c2 93. Rf8+ Kg3 $19) 93. Re8+ Kd4 94. Rd8+ Kc4 $4
{Tolush fails to see a third repetition of positions.} 95. Rc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Stoliar, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. e3 Be7 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. b3
O-O 9. Bb2 Ne4 10. Ne2 c5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Nf4 Ndf6 14. Ne5 cxd4
15. Bxd4 Rxc1 16. Qxc1 Bd6 17. Qa1 Qe7 18. Nf3 Rc8 19. h3 Bb4 20. Ne2 Bc5 21.
Rc1 Bxd4 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. Qxd4 Qa3 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Nd2 Qe7 26. Nc3 Bb7 27.
b4 h6 28. a4 a5 $4 29. b5 $1 {Pawn b6 is doomed.} Qb4 30. Nc4 Ne8 31. Nxb6 Qxd4
32. exd4 Nd6 33. Nd7 f5 34. Nc5 Kf7 35. h4 g6 36. g3 Ke7 37. Kf1 Ba8 38. Ke2
Nc4 39. Nb3 Kd6 40. Nd2 Nb6 41. Ke3 Ke6 42. g4 Bd5 43. Kf4 Kf6 44. gxf5 gxf5
45. Nf1 Bb3 46. Ne3 Bxa4 (46... Nxa4 47. Ncd5+ Kg6 (47... Ke6 48. b6 $1) 48.
Nxf5 Bxd5 49. Ne7+ Kh5 50. Nxd5 $18) 47. Nxa4 Nxa4 48. Nd5+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. g3
Nbd7 9. Bg2 Nb6 10. O-O a5 11. a4 Re8 12. f3 $5 c5 {White wants an attack on
the king and Black counters in the centre.} 13. g4 $5 h6 14. b3 Bd7 15. dxc5
Bxc5 16. Qd3 Rc8 17. Bd2 Bc6 18. Nd4 Nbd7 19. Rad1 Ba7 ({The immediate} 19...
Ne5 $1 {gains a slight advantage.}) 20. Nce2 Ne5 21. Qb1 Ng6 22. Nf5 $5 Qc7 $6
(22... b5 $1 {starts a counterattack.}) 23. Qb2 Kh7 24. Kh1 Bb8 25. Neg3 Ne5 $2
(25... Ne7 {is correct.}) 26. f4 Nd3 $2 ({More resistance offers} 26... Ned7
27. g5 hxg5 28. Nxg7 Kxg7 29. fxg5) ({or} 26... Nexg4 27. h3) 27. Qd4 Nb4 28.
g5 hxg5 29. fxg5 Nh5 (29... Nh5 {O dear! White will not capture the knight at
once, but plays} 30. Qh4 {and gains the chess piece.}) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. g3 Ne7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 Bxc3 6. dxc3 d6 7. O-O Nbc6 8.
Nd4 Na5 9. b3 e5 {Bronstein plays a strange opening, but it equalises easily.}
10. Nc2 Be6 11. Ne3 Qd7 12. Nd5 Rae8 13. Ba3 b6 14. Qd2 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Bh3 16.
c4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 f5 18. Rac1 Nb7 19. b4 f4 20. c5 bxc5 21. bxc5 dxc5 22. Bxc5
Rf6 {Top: Tal 4, nine players 2 1/2.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nd7 10. d4 Nb6 11. Be3 Bf6 12. Nbd2 Na5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Bxb6 cxb6
15. Bd5 Bb7 16. b4 Nc6 17. c4 Qb8 18. Rc1 Nxb4 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Qb3 Nc6 21.
cxb5 Na5 22. Qb2 Rfc8 23. a4 h6 24. Rxc8+ Rxc8 25. Rc1 Rxc1+ 26. Qxc1 axb5 27.
axb5 Qd7 28. Qb1 Bg5 29. Nf1 Nc4 30. Ng3 Be7 31. Nf5 $1 {White takes the
initiative in an equal game.} Bc5 32. Qa2 Qe6 33. Qa8+ Kh7 34. h4 $1 Na3 35.
Qc6 Qa2 36. Kh2 Bxf2 37. Nxe5 {The white pieces are well placed.} Qe6 $2 ({
Counteraction with} 37... Bg1+ $1 38. Kxg1 Qa1+ 39. Kf2 Qxe5 40. Qd5 Qf4+ {is
needed.}) 38. Nd7 $1 Bc5 $6 (38... Qxc6 39. bxc6 Nb5 {prolongs the game.}) 39.
Qxc5 $1 Qxd7 40. Qxa3 Qxb5 41. Qa1 $1 (41. Qa1 f6 42. Qa7 {is hopeless.}) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronson, Lev"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E75"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Qd2
exd5 9. exd5 Qb6 10. O-O-O Na6 11. Bh6 Bd7 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Nf3 Rae8 14. Rhe1
Bg4 15. Qf4 Nb4 16. a3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Na6 18. Bd3 Nb8 $5 19. Qg3 Nbd7 20. f4 a6
21. Qf3 Qd8 22. Kd2 Qb6 23. Kc2 Qc7 24. g4 b5 $2 {Black should not have
postponed exchanges during the last moves.} 25. g5 Nh5 26. cxb5 c4 27. Bf5 Nc5
28. Bg4 $2 {Now White should exchange.} Nd3 $2 (28... Rxe1 $1 29. Rxe1 Nd3 {
and Black wins the f-pawn.}) 29. Rxe8 Rxe8 30. Bxh5 gxh5 31. Ne4 Qa5 32. Qe3 {
A great combination loses.} Qa4+ ({After} 32... Kf8 $1 33. Qd4 $1 Qa4+ 34. Kd2
Rxe4 35. Qxe4 Qxd1+ 36. Kxd1 Nf2+ 37. Kc2 Nxe4 38. bxa6 {the passed pawn
cannot be halted.}) 33. Kd2 c3+ ({The variation} 33... Kf8 $1 34. Qd4 Rxe4 {
has been mentioned.}) 34. Nxc3 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Qe2 a6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d3 g6 7. Bd2 Bg7 8.
Bc3 Bg4 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Qe3 b6 11. Ne5 Rc8 12. a4 a5 13. f4 Be6 14. O-O Qc7 15.
Rae1 Ne8 16. Nef3 f6 $2 17. f5 $1 gxf5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Nh4 Bg6 20. Nxg6 hxg6
21. Qe6+ Kh7 22. Qxe7 (22. Rf3 $1 Nd6 23. Rh3+ {is awful.}) 22... Rf7 23. Qxc7
Nxc7 24. Ne4 $2 (24. Nc4 Rb8 25. Ne5 $1 {wins a pawn.}) 24... Rcf8 25. Nd6 Rd7
26. Nc4 Nd5 27. Bd2 Rff7 28. Re6 Rc7 29. Rfe1 Bh6 30. Bxh6 Kxh6 31. Re8 Kg7 32.
Rb8 Rfe7 $2 (32... Rb7 {protects the b-pawn.}) 33. Rxe7+ Rxe7 34. Kf2 f5 35.
Nxb6 $2 ({Consolidation should start with} 35. h4 $1 {The b-pawn can be taken
later.}) 35... Nb4 36. Nc4 Nxc2 37. Nxa5 Nb4 38. Rd8 Ra7 39. Nc4 Rxa4 40. Rd7+
Kf6 41. h4 Nxd3+ 42. Rxd3 Rxc4 43. Rd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Black "Khasin, Abram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 d5 4. Nbd2 Nc6 5. g3 Bd6 6. Bg2 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
Qc7 9. c3 Bd7 10. Qe2 f6 11. a3 a5 12. a4 Rae8 13. Nf1 d4 14. N1d2 e5 15. Nc4
Nc8 16. Nfd2 Be7 17. Qf1 Rd8 18. f4 Be6 19. f5 Bf7 20. Qf3 Nd6 21. Nxd6 Rxd6
22. c4 Nb4 23. Re2 Nc2 24. Rb1 Ne3 25. Nf1 Qd7 26. b3 Nd1 {Black delays the
exchange of Bg2.} 27. Re1 Nc3 28. Rb2 Rb6 29. Qg4 Ra8 30. Bf3 Raa6 31. Bd1 Rb4
32. Rg2 Nxd1 33. Qxd1 Rab6 34. Nd2 ({Many exchanges result from} 34. Bd2 Rxb3
35. Bxa5 Rb1) 34... Ra6 35. g4 h6 36. h4 Kf8 37. Kf2 Ke8 38. Reg1 Kd8 39. Ba3
Rbb6 40. Nf3 Rc6 41. Bc1 Rc8 42. Bd2 Kc7 43. Qe1 b6 44. Ke2 Raa8 45. Qg3 Bd6
46. g5 $1 {Finally the attack begins.} Rg8 $2 (46... hxg5 47. hxg5 Rh8 48. Rh2
Rxh2+ 49. Qxh2 Rf8 {A secure fortress exists.}) 47. Qf2 $2 (47. gxh6 {will be
played later.}) 47... Rh8 48. Qg3 Rag8 $2 (48... hxg5 {is correct.}) 49. gxh6
gxh6 50. Qxg8 $1 Rxg8 51. Rxg8 Bxg8 52. Rxg8 {A charming sacrifice triumphs.}
Qf7 53. Rg6 h5 54. Nh2 Bf8 55. Nf1 Qh7 $5 {Otherwise the h-pawn falls.} 56.
Rxf6 Be7 57. Rh6 Qg8 58. Rg6 Qh7 59. Bg5 Bxg5 60. Rxg5 Kd8 61. Ng3 b5 $5 62.
axb5 a4 $5 63. bxa4 Qa7 64. Rg8+ Kd7 65. Rg7+ Kd6 $1 66. Rg6+ $1 {A stalemate
trap is avoided.} Kd7 67. Ra6 Qb8 68. f6 Qg8 69. Ra7+ Ke6 70. Rg7 Qh8 71. Nf5
Kxf6 72. b6 Qe8 73. b7 Qxa4 74. b8=Q Qc2+ 75. Ke1 Qc1+ 76. Kf2 Qd2+ 77. Kg1
Qe1+ 78. Kh2 Qf2+ 79. Rg2 Qf4+ 80. Ng3 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B65"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f4 h6 11. Bh4 Qa5 12. e5 dxe5 13. Qxe5 Qxe5 14. fxe5
Nd5 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Bb5 $5 (16. Bd3 {is theory.}) 16... Rb8 $2 {Black begins
a long manoeuvre.} ({Far stronger is} 16... a6 17. Bd3 Bd7 (17... b5 18. Be4
Ra7 19. Rhe1 Rc7 {(Keres)}) 18. Bh7+ Kxh7 19. Rxd7 Nc6 20. Rxb7 Nxe5 {returns
to the theory.}) 17. Rhe1 b6 18. g3 Rb7 19. Ne4 Rc7 20. Nd6 Rc5 $2 (20... Bd7 {
loses no time.}) 21. b4 Rc7 22. Kb2 Bd7 23. Kb3 Bxb5 24. Nxb5 Rb7 25. c4 Rfb8
26. Rd6 a6 27. Nd4 Rc8 28. Rd1 Kf8 29. a4 Rbc7 $2 {Black blunders in a lost
position.} ({Keres analyses} 29... Ke8 30. b5 a5 (30... axb5 31. axb5 {opens
the a-file.}) 31. Nc6 Nxc6 32. Rxc6 Rxc6 33. bxc6 Rc7 34. Rd6 Ke7 35. c5 bxc5
36. Kc4 f6 37. Kxc5 fxe5 38. Rd1 {and White wins.}) 30. Nb5 $1 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 h6 7. Bh4 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Nf3 c6 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. O-O e5 14. Qb1 e4
15. Nd2 Nf6 16. Rfc1 Bf5 17. f4 Rfe8 18. a3 Be6 19. b4 Bxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C05"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Ngf3 c5 6. c4 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
dxc5 O-O $5 9. Nb3 Nc6 $5 10. Be2 ({Less opportune is} 10. Qxd5 $6 Ndxe5 11.
Qxd8 Nxf3+) 10... Nxc5 11. O-O Bg4 12. Be3 Ne6 $5 13. Rc1 Re8 14. Rc2 $2 (14.
Re1 Rc8 15. a3 $11) 14... Bf5 15. Rd2 Be4 16. Bd3 Qb8 $1 {Pawn e5 is lost.} 17.
a3 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. f4 Qf5 20. g4 Qf6 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. Qe1 Rad8 $5 23.
Bxa7 Rxd2 24. Qxd2 Qg6 25. Qg2 f5 26. gxf5 Qxf5 27. Nd4 $2 (27. Be3 Rd8 28. Nc1
Nd4 {Black has a strong attack.}) 27... Bc5 $1 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Stoliar, Efim"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B28"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Qc7 5. Be2 Nf6 6. O-O Nc6 7. a3 Nd4 8. h3
Be7 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Nxe2+ 11. Qxe2 b6 12. Rab1 Bb7 13. Bg5 Rfe8 14. Nh2 h6
15. Bh4 $2 Nxe4 $1 16. Bxe7 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Rxe7 18. Qb2 Qc6 19. f3 b5 20. a4 e5
21. axb5 axb5 22. Qxb5 Qxb5 23. Rxb5 $2 (23. cxb5 {regains equality.}) 23...
Bc6 24. Rb3 f5 25. Re1 Kf7 26. Kf2 Ree8 27. Nf1 Ra2+ 28. Re2 Rea8 29. Ng3 f4
30. Nf1 g5 31. Rb1 R8a3 32. Rc1 Ke6 33. Rd2 h5 34. Ke2 Kf5 35. Rb1 Rxd2+ 36.
Nxd2 Rxc3 37. Rb8 g4 38. hxg4+ hxg4 39. Rf8+ Ke6 40. fxg4 Bxg2 $2 {Black
blunders before the time control.} (40... Ke7 41. Rh8 Rc2 {is correct.}) 41. g5
Bh3 (41... Bh3 42. g6 Bg4+ 43. Kf2 Rc2 44. g7 Rxd2+ 45. Kg1 Rd1+ 46. Kf2 Rd2+
$11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bb4 $6 (4... Nf6 {is preferable.}) 5. e5 b6
6. Bd3 Qd7 7. Bd2 Bb7 8. O-O Bf8 9. a3 f5 10. exf6 gxf6 11. Qe2 O-O-O 12. Rfe1
Re8 13. Bf5 Nd8 14. a4 Nh6 15. Bh3 a6 16. Na2 Kb8 17. Nb4 Bxb4 18. Bxb4 Qg7 19.
a5 b5 20. b3 Rhg8 21. c4 Bc6 $1 {Black keeps the queen's side closed.} 22. g3
Nf5 23. cxb5 Bxb5 24. Qc2 Nc6 25. Bc5 Qd7 26. Bf1 $6 ({A big positional
advantage holds} 26. b4 Nd6 27. Rac1 Ne4 28. Nd2) 26... Bxf1 27. Rxf1 Nd6 28.
Bxd6 cxd6 29. Rfc1 Kb7 30. Qd2 Rc8 31. Rc2 Na7 32. Rac1 Rxc2 33. Rxc2 Nb5 34.
Qf4 Qe7 35. Qc1 Qd7 36. Qf4 Rg7 37. Kg2 Rf7 38. Qh6 Qe8 39. Qe3 Re7 40. Re2 Qg6
41. Nh4 Qh5 {Tal lost his score of 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 b6 5. O-O Bb7 6. b3 Be7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Nbd2
Nc6 9. a3 cxd4 10. exd4 Rc8 11. Re1 Bd6 $5 {Boris makes a strange move in a
boring position.} 12. c4 Ne7 13. Ne5 Bb8 14. Be2 $5 d5 15. Bf3 Nf5 16. Rc1 Qe7
17. Qc2 Bd6 18. Nd3 $2 {Another odd move costs a pawn.} Bxa3 19. c5 Bxb2 20.
Qxb2 Ba6 21. Qc3 bxc5 22. Nxc5 Bb5 23. g3 Rfd8 24. Bg2 Nd6 25. Qa5 Qc7 26. Qa3
Qb6 27. Ra1 Nf5 28. Nf3 Nxd4 29. Nxd4 Rxc5 30. Qxa7 Qxa7 31. Rxa7 Be8 32. Rb7
Rdc8 33. Bf1 R5c7 34. Rxc7 Rxc7 35. b4 Rb7 36. b5 Ne4 37. f4 Kf8 38. Rc1 Nd6
39. Rc5 Ke7 40. Bd3 h6 41. Kf2 Bd7 42. f5 $5 {White tries something is despair.
} (42. Ke3 f6 {Black advances in the centre and attacks on the queen's side.})
42... Ne8 43. fxe6 fxe6 44. Rc2 Nc7 45. Nc6+ Bxc6 46. bxc6 Rb3 47. Bh7 Kf7 48.
h4 g6 49. h5 gxh5 50. Rc1 Kg7 51. Ra1 Rc3 52. Bd3 Rxc6 53. Ra7 e5 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Qg4 f5 8. Qg3
Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Ne2 Nb8 $5 {Black takes his time in a closed French
Defence.} ({Active alternatives are} 10... O-O-O) ({and} 10... c5) 11. Nf4 {
Both players make simple tactical errors.} Qf7 $2 (11... Nc6 $5 12. Nxe6 $1
Qxe6 13. Qxg7 O-O-O 14. Qxh8 Qg6 {is popular in correspondence games.}) ({A
quiet choice is} 11... Kf7 {(Khachian-Akobian, Yerevan 1999).}) 12. c4 $2 (12.
Nxe6 $1 Qxe6 13. Qxg7 {finishes the game (Tolush).}) 12... Ne7 13. cxd5 Nxd5
14. Ne2 b5 15. Qb3 $1 Qd7 $2 {Black spoils time.} (15... c6 {is right.}) 16.
Rb1 $1 c6 17. a4 a6 18. c4 Nb6 (18... bxc4 19. Qxb8+ $1) 19. axb5 axb5 20. cxb5
O-O 21. Ba3 Rd8 22. Bc5 Na4 23. Bd6 Ra5 24. O-O $5 cxb5 25. Nf4 Re8 26. d5 $1
exd5 27. Rfc1 Nb6 28. Rc7 Qd8 29. Qc3 $1 Ra4 {A nice finale has become
possible.} 30. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 31. e6+ $1 Kh6 32. Qh3+ Kg7 33. Be5+ {Tolush
played with full energy after two lengthy draws.  Top: Tal 4 1/2, Spassky,
Petrosian, Aronin and Tolush 3 1/2.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Aronson, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E75"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Qd2 a6
9. Nf3 Qa5 10. O-O b5 11. cxb5 axb5 12. Bxb5 exd5 13. exd5 Bb7 14. Rad1 Ba6 15.
Bxa6 Rxa6 16. Bh6 Nbd7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Rfe1 Nb6 19. Re7 Re8 20. Qe2 Rxe7 21.
Qxe7 h6 22. Rd3 Nbd7 23. h3 Qb4 24. Rd2 Qc4 25. Qe3 Nb6 26. b3 Qb4 27. Ne1 Ra8
28. Nc2 Qh4 29. Rd3 Qh5 30. Qe7 Qf5 31. Rf3 Nfxd5 32. Nxd5 Qxd5 33. Ne3 Qe6 34.
Qb7 d5 35. Ng4 h5 36. Re3 Qd7 37. Qxb6 hxg4 38. Qxc5 Rxa2 39. Qd4+ f6 40. hxg4
g5 41. Rf3 Qe6 42. Rf5 Kg6 43. Qxd5 Ra1+ 44. Kh2 Qe8 45. Qd6 Qh8+ 46. Kg3 Rh1
47. Rd5 Rb1 48. Rxg5+ Kxg5 49. Qf4+ Kg6 50. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B99"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. g5 Nd7 13. f5 Nc5 14. Rg1 b4 15.
Nce2 e5 16. f6 exd4 17. fxe7 d3 18. cxd3 b3 19. axb3 Nxd3+ 20. Kb1 Ne5 21. Qc3
Qxe7 22. Qb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 e5 6. Nge2 O-O 7. Bg5 Nc6 8. d5
Nd4 $5 {Gurgenidze brings a novelty.} 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Nb5 $5 ({Theory will
become} 10. Qxd4 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Qd2) 10... h6 11. Bh4 c5 $1 12. Bd3 (12.
dxc6 $2 bxc6 13. Nxd4 Qa5+ 14. Qd2 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Nxe4+ $1 {(Gurgenidze).})
12... a6 13. Na3 g5 14. Bf2 Nd7 15. O-O Ne5 16. Bg3 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 f5 18. b4 f4
19. Be1 Be5 20. Rb1 h5 21. Rf2 Rf6 22. Rfb2 b6 23. Nc2 Rg6 24. Bf2 g4 25. Kf1
gxf3 26. gxf3 Ra7 27. a4 Rag7 28. Ne1 Qd7 29. bxc5 bxc5 30. Rb8 Kh7 31. Ke2 Qh3
32. Ra8 Rg1 $2 33. Bxg1 Rxg1 34. Rxc8 $2 ({Black has planned} 34. Kd1 Bg4 $5 {
The refutation is} 35. Rb3) 34... Qxc8 35. Kf2 Qg8 36. Qb3 Rh1 37. Ke2 Qg1 38.
Qb7+ Kh6 39. Qf7 Qe3+ {After four losses, Gurgenidze won twice.} 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khasin, Abram"]
[Black "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. O-O Qc8 8. Re1
Re8 9. d5 e5 10. e4 a5 11. Be3 Na6 12. a3 Bh3 13. Bh1 Ng4 14. Bd2 f6 15. Qe2
Nh6 16. Nb5 Nf7 $2 {A comedy of errors begins.} 17. Bxa5 f5 18. Bd2 f4 19. Rec1
Rf8 20. b4 Qd7 21. Nc3 Bg4 22. Nd1 Bh6 23. c5 fxg3 24. hxg3 Bxf3 25. Bxf3 dxc5
26. Bxh6 Nxh6 27. Bg2 b6 28. Qb2 Qe7 29. Bh3 cxb4 30. Be6+ Nf7 31. axb4 h5 32.
Rc3 c5 33. Rca3 Nc7 34. Rxa8 Nxa8 35. bxc5 bxc5 36. Nc3 Kh7 37. Nb5 Ng5 38. Ra7
Qxa7 39. Nxa7 Nc7 40. Qb7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. c4 d6 6. O-O Bd7 7. Nc3 Qc8 8. e4
Bg4 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qd2 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 h5 12. Nd5 Nh7 13. Bg2 e6 14. Nc3 e5 15.
d5 Ne7 16. c5 h4 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Rfc1 ({Advantage of black's odd opening
takes} 18. Nb5 Qd7 19. Qb4 $1) 18... hxg3 19. hxg3 Qd7 20. Rc2 f5 21. Bh3 Nf6
22. f3 Kf7 23. Rac1 Rh8 24. Bg2 a6 25. Nd1 Rac8 26. Nf2 Rxc2 27. Rxc2 Rc8 28.
Nh3 Nh7 29. Rxc8 Nxc8 30. Qb4 Bf6 31. Bf1 Ne7 32. Kg2 Kg7 33. Qc4 Qc8 34. Qxc8
Nxc8 35. Bd3 fxe4 36. fxe4 Bd8 37. Be2 Nb6 38. b3 Nd7 39. Bg4 Bb6 40. Bxd7 Bxe3
41. Kf3 Bc1 42. Bc8 Ng5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C63"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 fxe4 6. dxe4 d6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Bc4 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Qd3 Nb4 11. Qe2 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Qd7 13. Kh2 Nc6 14. f4 Nd4
15. Qd3 c6 16. Ne2 Nxe2 17. Qxe2 O-O-O 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. f4 Bd6 20. f5 Qe7 21.
Bg5 Bc7 22. Rad1 Kb8 23. c3 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Bxd8 26. Kg2 a5 27. Qe3
b5 28. Be2 Kb7 29. Qd3 Bb6 30. Be3 Nd7 31. Bxb6 Nxb6 32. Qe3 a4 33. Kg3 Nd7 34.
h4 h6 35. Bf3 Qd6 36. Be2 Nf6 37. Bf3 b4 38. cxb4 Qxb4 39. Qe2 Qd4 40. Kg2 Kb6
41. Qc2 Nd7 42. Be2 Nc5 43. Kf3 Kc7 44. Qc4 $2 ({Black makes no progress in} 
44. Bf1 $1 Qg1 45. Bg2 $1 Kd6 46. Qd2+) 44... Qg1 45. Bf1 Kd6 46. Qe2 Qh1+ 47.
Bg2 Qb1 $5 {Capture of pawn h4 is finr too.} 48. Qd2+ Qd3+ $1 49. Qe3 Qd4 $1
50. Qe2 Nd3 $1 51. Bf1 ({Loss of the b-pawn postpones} 51. b3 axb3 52. axb3 Qc3
53. Qd1 Kc5) 51... Nxb2 52. Kg4 Nd1 53. Bg2 Nf2+ 54. Kg3 (54. Kh5 Nd3 {and the
white king has to retreat.}) 54... Nd3 55. Qd2 c5 56. Kh2 Nf4 57. Qa5 Qf2 58.
Qd8+ Kc6 59. Qc8+ Kb6 60. Qb8+ Ka5 61. Qa7+ Kb4 62. Qxg7 (62. Qb6+ Ka3 {ends
checking.}) 62... Qxh4+ 63. Kg1 Ne2+ 64. Kf1 Ng3+ 65. Kg1 Qf4 66. Bh3 Ne2+ 67.
Kg2 Qe3 68. Kh2 Qf2+ 69. Qg2 Qxg2+ 70. Kxg2 Nf4+ 71. Kh2 Nh5 {Tolush kept on
trucking.} 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C17"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Bd2 Ne7 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 b6 8. b4 $5
{A novelty opens the position.} Qc7 9. Nf3 Nd7 (9... cxb4 $1 10. Bxb4 a5 11.
Bd2 (11. Bd6 $2 Qc3+) 11... Ba6 {(Tal).}) 10. Be2 Nc6 11. O-O O-O 12. bxc5 bxc5
13. dxc5 Ncxe5 (13... Nxc5 $1 14. Bd3 Ba6 {is okay.}) 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Qd4 f6
16. f4 Nc6 17. Qe3 Rd8 18. Rad1 {Tal becomes too optimistic.} e5 $2 (18... Rb8
{is a solid move.}) 19. fxe5 fxe5 20. Bb5 Bb7 (20... d4 $2 21. Qe4 $1 Bb7 22.
Bc4+ Kh8 23. Rf7 Rd7 24. Rdf1 $1 $18) 21. Qg3 Rd7 ({Only a pawn forfeits} 21...
Rf8 $1 22. Rxf8+ Rxf8 23. Bxc6 (23. Rxd5 $2 Nd4 $1) 23... Qxc6 24. Bxe5 Qxc5+
25. Bd4 Qe7 26. Bxa7 {(Pishkin).}) 22. Rf2 Re8 23. h3 Ba8 (23... d4 24. Bc4+
Kh8 25. Rdf1 $1 Qc8 26. Rf7 {loses quickly.}) 24. Ba4 Bb7 25. Kh1 Ba8 26. Rf5
e4 (26... d4 27. Bb3+ Kh8 28. Rdf1 Qd8 29. Rf7 Rxf7 30. Rxf7 Rg8 31. Bd2 {
(Nezhmetdinov).}) 27. Qxc7 Rxc7 28. Rfxd5 e3 29. Rd7 e2 {The last try is
crushed.} 30. Bb3+ Re6 31. Bxe6+ Kf8 32. Bxg7+ {White delivers mate in one. 
Tal began to score poorly.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A26"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 d6 8. Rb1
a5 9. a3 Re8 10. Nd2 Bg4 11. h3 Be6 12. Kh2 h6 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 d5 15. b5
Ne7 16. cxd5 Nfxd5 17. Bb2 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 Bd5 19. Nc4 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E31"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. d5 Bxc3+ ({An effort to
refute the Leningrad Variation starts with} 6... Nxd5 $5 7. Bxd8 Nxc3 8. Qb3
Ne4+ 9. Kd1 Nxf2+ 10. Kc2 Kxd8 {A tactical plus gives} 11. Qg3 $1 Nxh1 12. Qxg7
Re8 13. Nh3 Nc6 14. e3 f5 15. Be2 {(Yrjola-Havansi, Kuopio 1992).}) 7. bxc3 e5
8. Qc2 d6 9. e3 Qe7 10. Nf3 Nbd7 11. Nd2 e4 12. O-O-O O-O 13. g4 g5 14. Bg3 Ne5
15. h3 Ng6 16. Be2 Re8 17. Rdg1 Bd7 18. h4 Rab8 19. hxg5 hxg5 {Spassky makes
no progress with the attack, although he has placed his pieces well. A
sacrifice opens the king's side and centre.} 20. Rh5 $3 Nxh5 21. gxh5 Nf8 22.
Nxe4 Qxe4 23. Qxe4 Rxe4 24. Bxd6 Rbe8 25. Rxg5+ Kh8 26. Bxc5 {White has four
pawns for a rook, learns a body-count.} f6 27. Rg3 b6 28. Bd4 Nh7 29. Kd2 Rg8
30. Rg6 Be8 {Simplification will give White little advantage. Boris decides to
force matters again.} 31. Bd3 $3 Bxg6 32. hxg6 Rxd4 $1 33. cxd4 Nf8 34. c5 bxc5
35. dxc5 Nd7 $1 36. c6 Nb6 {A critical position has arisen.} 37. e4 ({The
relatively best move is} 37. d6 $1 {but} Rd8 38. d7 Nxd7 $1 39. cxd7 Rxd7 {
will draw eventually.}) 37... Kg7 38. Ba6 Kxg6 39. a4 Kf7 40. a5 Na8 $1 41. Bc4
Rd8 ({The adjourned position was not resumed, because} 41... Rd8 42. f4 Ke7 43.
e5 fxe5 44. fxe5 Nc7 45. d6+ Rxd6+ 46. exd6+ Kxd6 {draws.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Stoliar, Efim"]
[Black "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
d3 Nc6 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Nxd4 Bxd4 11. Bxd4 Qxd4 12. Qc2 c6 13. e3 Qg7 14. Ne4 e5
15. Nc5 Nd5 16. Qc4 Rd8 17. Rfd1 b6 18. Nb3 Bb7 19. d4 Ne7 20. Qa4 a5 21. Rac1
Rd6 22. dxe5 Qxe5 23. Rxd6 Qxd6 24. Nd4 Rd8 25. Qc4 Qf6 26. Qe2 Nd5 27. a3 c5
28. Nf3 Nc7 29. h4 Ba6 30. Qc2 Bd3 31. Qc3 Qxc3 32. Rxc3 Be2 33. Rc2 Rd1+ 34.
Kh2 Bd3 35. Rd2 Rxd2 36. Nxd2 c4 37. Kg1 b5 38. Bf1 Bc2 39. Bg2 Kf8 40. Kf1 b4
41. axb4 axb4 {White withstands the attack on the queen's side.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D93"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bf4 Bg7 6. e3 O-O 7. Rc1 Be6 8. Ng5
Bf5 9. Be2 h6 10. Nf3 Be6 11. Nd2 Nbd7 12. O-O dxc4 13. Nxc4 Nh5 14. Bxh5 Bxc4
15. Be2 Bxe2 16. Nxe2 e5 17. Bg3 exd4 18. Nxd4 Nf6 19. Qb3 Qb6 20. Rc4 Ne4 21.
Qc2 {Top: Tal and Tolush 4 1/2, Petrosian, Spassky and Aronin 4.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C05"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 cxd4 8. cxd4
Qb6 9. Nb3 a5 10. Rb1 g6 11. Be2 h5 12. O-O a4 13. Na1 Ne7 14. Nc2 Nf5 15. Ne3
Nb8 16. Nxf5 exf5 17. Be3 Nc6 18. b4 Be7 19. Bf2 Bd7 20. b5 Nd8 21. Bh4 Bxh4
22. Nxh4 Ne6 23. Rb4 a3 24. g3 Qa5 25. Qd2 Rc8 26. Rfb1 O-O 27. Ng2 Rfd8 28.
Ne3 Nc7 29. Qd1 Qb6 30. Qb3 Qa5 31. Qa4 Qxa4 32. Rxa4 Ra8 33. Rxa8 Rxa8 34. b6
Ne6 35. Bf3 Nxd4 36. Bxd5 Ne2+ 37. Kf2 Nc3 38. Rc1 Nxd5 39. Nxd5 Kf8 40. Rc7
Bc6 41. Nb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aronson, Lev"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B37"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc2 d6 7. Be2 Be6 8. O-O
Rc8 9. Ne3 Nd4 10. Bd3 Nh6 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Ned5 Bd7 13. Bg5 f6 14. Be3 Nc6 15.
c5 Nf7 16. Qb3 e6 17. Nf4 dxc5 18. Bxc5 Re8 19. Be3 Na5 20. Qd1 a6 21. Qe2 Qe7
22. Rfd1 Ne5 23. Rac1 b5 24. b3 b4 25. Na4 Nxd3 26. Nxd3 Bb5 27. Bc5 Qb7 28.
Qe3 Bxa4 29. bxa4 Nc6 {The game really begins.} 30. Bd6 e5 (30... a5 $1 31. Nc5
Qf7 {is solid.}) 31. Nc5 Qf7 $2 {Black starts a faulty combination.} ({Correct
is} 31... Qb6 32. Qb3+ Kh8 33. Qf7 Nd4) 32. Nxa6 Qxa2 33. Nc7 Red8 34. Rxc6 Bf8
35. Qc1 $2 (35. Qb6 $1 Qxa4 36. Rf1 {wins immediately (Aronson).}) 35... Qxa4
36. Rd2 b3 37. Rc4 Qa5 38. Rc5 Qb4 39. Rc4 (39. Nd5 $1 Rxc5 40. Bxc5 b2 41.
Rxb2 Qxc5 42. Qxc5 Bxc5 43. Rc2 Bd4 44. Nxf6+ {and White has an extra pawn.})
39... Qa5 40. Nb5 $4 Bxd6 $4 {The last blunder is made under time pressure.} (
40... Ra8 $1 41. Rb2 Qxb5 {and Black has an extra pawn.}) 41. Rxc8 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C05"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Ndf3 Nc6 7. Nh3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 f6 9. Nf4 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Qe7 11. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 12. Qd2 Ke7 $1 13. exf6+ gxf6
14. Rc1 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Kd6 16. Bb5 e5 17. Nh5 Rf8 18. Rhe1 e4 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20.
Nh4 f5 21. Nf4 Rb8 22. b3 c5 23. dxc5+ Nxc5 24. g3 Rb4 25. Rc2 Bd7 26. Rec1 Rc8
27. Nhg2 d4 28. Ne1 a5 29. Rc4 Rxc4 30. Rxc4 Ne6 31. Rxc8 Bxc8 32. Nxe6 Bxe6
33. Ng2 Kc5 34. Nf4 Bf7 35. h3 Kd6 36. Ne2 Ke5 37. Nf4 Be8 38. Ne2 Bb5 39. Nf4
Ba6 40. Ng2 Bb5 41. Nf4 Be8 {Black has a positional advantage, but it is not
sufficient to win.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C76"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. a3
Nge7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Qe8 11. Bb3 Kh8 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Nh4 f6 14. g3 Bh3
15. Re1 Rd8 16. Qe2 f5 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 fxe4 19. Nxe4 Nd5 20. Bg5 {
Nezhmetdinov gambles.} Nd4 $2 21. cxd4 Bxd4+ 22. Kh1 Ne3 23. Bc2 Ng4 24. Nf3
Qc6 25. Bxd8 Rxf3 $1 26. Qxf3 Nf2+ 27. Qxf2 Bxf2 28. Bf6+ Kg8 29. Bb3+ Kf8 30.
Rad1 $1 Bxe1 31. Rd8+ Qe8 32. Rxe8+ Kxe8 33. Bc3 Bxc3 34. Nxc3 Ke7 35. Kg1 c5
36. a4 {time} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Qe2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 Qc7 8. Bg5
d6 9. h3 Bd7 10. Nbd2 a6 11. Ba4 h6 12. Be3 e5 13. Rac1 Rae8 14. Rfe1 Qd8 15.
Nf1 Qe7 16. Bb3 Kh7 17. Qd2 Ng8 18. d4 Nf6 19. Ng3 Na5 20. dxe5 dxe5 21. Qe2
Nxb3 22. axb3 Bc6 23. Nd2 Rd8 24. Rcd1 Rfe8 25. f3 b5 26. Ndf1 Bf8 27. Bf2 Rxd1
28. Rxd1 Rd8 29. Rxd8 Qxd8 30. Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Stoliar, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Bg4 12. f3 Bh5 $6 (12... Be6 13. Bg5
Qb6+ 14. Kh1 Nd7 {is solid (Grünfeld-Blümich, Krakow 1938).}) 13. Bg5 Ne7 14.
Kh1 Qd6 15. Re1 $6 (15. Nb5 $1 Qb6 16. Re1 Nc6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 {is good for
White.}) 15... a6 16. Qd2 Rfe8 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Bf4 Qc6 19. Be5 Bg6 20. Qf2
Nd7 21. Bg3 Nc5 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. Ne2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Khasin, Abram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. b3 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Ba3
Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Re8 10. Nc3 {Khasin starts a bad combination.} Bd7 $2 (10... e4
11. Nd4 a6 {is correct.}) 11. Nxe5 $1 Rxe5 12. Bxb7 Bc6 13. Bxa8 Bxa8 14. Rd8+
Re8 15. Rad1 Nc6 16. Rxe8+ Nxe8 17. Nd5 Bf8 18. Bxf8 Kxf8 19. c4 Na5 $2 20.
Nxc7 $1 Nxc7 21. Rd7 $1 Na6 22. Rxa7 Bb7 23. b4 $1 Nxb4 24. Rxa5 Nc6 25. Rb5
Nd8 26. a4 Bc6 27. Rb8 Ke7 28. a5 Ne6 29. a6 Kd6 30. a7 Nc7 31. h4 h5 32. f3
Na8 33. Kf2 Kc5 34. Rf8 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. O-O Qe8 8.
c3 e5 9. Qc2 h6 10. Bh4 Nh5 11. g4 Nhf6 12. h3 h5 13. Nh2 hxg4 14. hxg4 Nb6 15.
Be2 Bd7 16. Rae1 Qc8 17. Qd1 Bc6 18. f4 exf4 19. exf4 Re8 20. Bf3 Rxe1 21. Rxe1
Qd7 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. g5 Bg7 24. Bxc6 Qxc6 25. Ng4 Re8 26. Ne3 Kf8 27. Nf3 $2
Na4 28. d5 Qb5 29. Nd4 Nxb2 30. Nxb5 Nxd1 31. Rxd1 Rxe3 32. Kf2 Re4 33. Kf3 Rc4
34. Rd3 $2 a6 35. Nd4 Ra4 36. f5 gxf5 37. Nxf5 Be5 38. Ne3 Bf4 39. Nc2 Bxg5 40.
a3 Bf6 41. Ke2 Be5 42. Rd2 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nd7 10. d4 Nb6 11. Be3 exd4 $5 12. cxd4 d5 $5 {Black opens the
Closed Ruy Lopez, a risky enterprise.} 13. Nc3 $1 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Bf5 $2 ({Now,
Black could play} 14... Na5 {followed by} 15. Bc2 Nac4) ({Another choice is} 
14... Nd5 15. Bg5 $1 {(Euwe).}) 15. d5 $1 Na5 $6 {Hereafter, this knight
remains off-side.} (15... Bxe4 $5 16. Bxb6 cxb6 17. Rxe4 Na5 18. Bc2 Nc4 {is
slightly better.}) 16. d6 $1 {Tal starts a strong attack with a temporary gift.
} cxd6 17. Bxb6 Qxb6 18. Ng3 Be6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Rxe6 Bf6 $6 ({The pawn
sacrifice} 20... Rae8 $5 21. Qd5 Qc6 22. Rxd6+ Qxd5 23. Rxd5 Bf6 {results in
pressure on the queen's side as compensation.}) 21. Rxd6 Qb8 22. Nh5 $1 Bxb2
23. Rb1 Nc4 24. Rd7 Ra7 25. Rxb2 $1 Nxb2 26. Qd5+ Kh8 27. Qd4 $1 Rxd7 28. Qxd7
Rg8 29. Ng5 h6 30. Nf7+ Kh7 {A series of forced moves has led to a won attack
on the king.} 31. h4 $2 ({White wins with} 31. Qf5+ $1 g6 32. Qd7 $1 gxh5 33.
Ng5+ Kg6 34. Qe6+ $1 Kxg5 35. g3 $1 {Tal misjudged the line} h4 36. f4+ Kh5 37.
Qf5+ Rg5 38. g4# {In his mind, the g-pawn comes from the second rank and can
be captured en passant.}) 31... Qc8 $1 32. Nf6+ $1 Kg6 33. Nxg8 Qxd7 34. Ne5+
Kh7 35. Nxd7 Kxg8 36. Nc5 a5 37. Kf1 Nd1 38. Ne4 b4 39. Ke2 Nb2 40. Kd2 a4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A08"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. Nbd2 Nge7 6. Bg2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1
O-O 9. Nf1 dxe4 10. dxe4 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 b6 12. c3 Ba6 13. Bf4 Rfd8 14. Rd2 Kf8
15. Rad1 Rxd2 16. N1xd2 Rd8 17. Bf1 Bxf1 18. Kxf1 Na5 19. Ke2 Nec6 20. Nb3 Nc4
21. Rxd8+ Nxd8 22. Bc1 Nc6 23. Nfd2 Nd6 24. f4 e5 25. Na1 f5 26. exf5 exf4 27.
gxf4 Nxf5 28. Nc2 Ke7 29. Ne4 Nd6 30. Kf3 Nxe4 31. Kxe4 Ke6 32. c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E59"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Bd3 e5 12. Qc2 Re8 13. e4 c4 14. Bxc4 exd4
15. cxd4 Na5 16. Bd3 Qxc2 {The trainer and his pupil were peace-loving.    Top:
Tal and Tolush 5, Petrosian, Spassky and Aronin 4 1/2.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Qc2 Be7 6. Bf4 c5 7. e3 c4 $1 8.
Nc3 Qa5 9. Be2 b5 10. O-O b4 11. Qa4+ $6 ({Konstantipolsky prefers} 11. Na4 Bd7
12. Nc5 Bxc5 13. dxc5) 11... Qxa4 12. Nxa4 Ne4 13. Rfd1 (13. Rac1 Bb7 14. Bd1
Nd7 15. Bc2 Rc8 16. Rfd1 {is a subtle choice.}) 13... Nd7 {White has to attack
in the centre.} 14. b3 $2 ({Correct is} 14. Nd2 $1 f5 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Nc5 $1
Nxc5 17. dxc5) 14... Nb6 $1 15. Nxb6 axb6 16. Rdc1 Nc3 17. Bf1 b5 18. Nd2 ({
The last chance gives} 18. bxc4 dxc4 19. a3) 18... Rxa2 19. Rxa2 Nxa2 20. Ra1
Nc3 21. e4 O-O 22. f3 Be6 23. Ra7 Re8 24. Bg3 dxe4 25. fxe4 Bg5 26. Nf3 Be3+
27. Bf2 Bxf2+ 28. Kxf2 Nxe4+ 29. Ke3 Bd5 30. Ne5 Nd6 31. Rd7 Nf5+ 32. Kf4 Be6
33. Rb7 f6 34. Nf3 g5+ 35. Nxg5 fxg5+ 36. Kxg5 Nxd4 37. Kf6 Bf7 38. bxc4 h6 39.
Rb6 bxc4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C75"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 Nge7 7. O-O Ng6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. a3 Kh8 11. Re1 exd4 12. cxd4 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Rc1 d5 $2
15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Rxc6 Bd6 17. Bg5 Qd7 18. Rc3 h6 19. Bh4 Rab8 20. b4 Bg4 21.
Bg3 Nf4 22. Qc1 Qf5 23. Qc2 Qh5 $2 (23... Rfe8 24. Bxf4 Rxe1+ 25. Nxe1 Qxf4 26.
Nef3 {Black still has the initiative.}) 24. Rce3 Ra8 25. Ne5 Bf5 26. Qc3 Bxe5
$2 27. Rxe5 Ng6 28. R5e3 Qg5 29. Nf3 Qf6 30. Qxc7 Be4 31. Qd6 Qf7 32. Ne5 Nxe5
33. Qxe5 Rac8 34. f3 Bf5 35. Qd6 Rc2 36. Re7 Qh5 37. Be5 Rg8 38. Rxg7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E55"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. Qd3 a6 10. a4 Re8 11. Rd1 cxd4 12. exd4 Nb6 13. Bb3 Bd7 14. Ne5 Bc6 15.
Bg5 Be7 16. a5 Nbd5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khasin, Abram"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E47"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. a3 Ba5 $5 7. Nge2 cxd4 8.
exd4 d5 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 h6 11. Bf4 Bc7 12. Bxc7 Qxc7 13. Ba2 Rd8 14. Rc1
Nc6 15. b4 Qb8 16. Qc2 a6 17. Rfd1 Ne7 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Bd7 20. Ng3 Ba4
21. Re1 Bc6 22. Qg4 Qd6 23. Rcd1 Kh8 24. Nh5 Rg8 25. Nf4 a5 26. Bb1 axb4 $2 (
26... Ba4 27. Rc1 axb4 28. axb4 Rac8 {is solid.}) 27. axb4 $2 (27. Rxe6 $1 fxe6
28. Ng6+ Kh7 29. Nxe7+ g6 30. Bxg6+ Kh8 31. Qh5 $1 $18) 27... Qxb4 28. Nd3 Qd6
29. Ne5 Rgf8 30. h4 Kg8 31. Re3 f5 32. Qe2 Nd5 33. Rg3 Nf4 34. Qd2 Nh5 35. Rg6
$2 Be8 36. g4 Bxg6 37. Nxg6 fxg4 38. Nxf8 Rxf8 {Black has two extra pawns.} 39.
Qc2 Nf6 40. Qg6 Qd5 41. Rc1 Qd7 42. Ba2 Ra8 43. Bb3 Qxd4 44. Bxe6+ Kh8 45. Bf5
b5 46. Rc7 Qd1+ 47. Kg2 Qd5+ 48. Kg1 Qg8 49. Rb7 Ra1+ 50. Kh2 Re1 51. Bxg4 Re4
52. Bf3 Rxh4+ 53. Kg2 Nd5 $2 54. Qd6 Nf4+ 55. Kg3 Rh3+ 56. Kxf4 $2 (56. Kg4 $1
h5+ 57. Kxf4 Qc4+ 58. Kg5 $1 Qc1+ 59. Qf4 Qg1+ 60. Bg4 $11) 56... Qc4+ 57. Be4
Rh4+ 58. Kg3 {"Forwards, Kasimirovich!"} Rg4+ 59. Kxg4 Qxe4+ 60. f4 Qxb7 61.
Qd8+ Kh7 62. Qd3+ Kg8 63. Qb3+ Kh8 64. Qe6 Qg2+ 65. Kh4 b4 66. Qd6 Qe4 67. Kg4
Kh7 68. Qb8 Qg6+ 69. Kf3 {Tolush took the lead.} 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A57"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. c4 Bb7 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 d6
9. e4 bxc4 10. Nfd2 Nbd7 11. Nxc4 Rb8 12. Bd2 Nb6 13. Na5 Ba8 14. Na3 Nfd7 15.
Rb1 e6 16. Nb5 Nc8 17. Qa4 $2 Ne5 $1 18. Nc4 exd5 19. exd5 Nxc4 20. Qxc4 Nb6
21. Qd3 Nxd5 22. Bxd5 Bxd5 23. Qxd5 Rxb5 24. Bg5 Bf6 $2 (24... Qb6 {keeps the
extra pawn.}) 25. Bh6 Re8 26. Qxd6 Bd4 27. Qxd8 Rxd8 28. b3 Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Be3 Ne5 10. Qe2 Nc4 11. Bc1 d6 12. b3 Ne5 13. Bb2 Bd7 14. Rad1 O-O 15.
f4 Nc6 16. Nf3 Rad8 17. Kh1 Bc8 18. Ne1 b5 19. g4 $6 {White changes from
prophylaxis to weakening.} b4 20. Na4 d5 21. Bxf6 $2 (21. e5 Nd7 22. c3 {is
correct.}) 21... Bxf6 22. e5 Be7 23. Rd3 f6 ({Makarichev suggests} 23... g5)
24. exf6 Rxf6 25. f5 {Mikenas has ruined his position.} exf5 $6 (25... d4 $1
26. fxe6 Rxe6 {White faces a positional disaster.}) 26. Rxd5 Rxd5 27. Bxd5+ Kh8
28. gxf5 Bxf5 29. Nf3 Nd8 30. Re1 Be6 31. Bxe6 Nxe6 32. Qe4 g6 33. Nb2 Qc3 34.
Nd3 $6 ({White has to retreat with} 34. Na4 $1) 34... Qxc2 35. Nde5 Qf2 $2 (
35... Qxe4 36. Rxe4 Bd6 {keeps the extra pawn.}) 36. Ng4 Qxf3+ 37. Qxf3 Rxf3
38. Rxe6 Bc5 39. Rxa6 Rf4 40. Ne5 Rf1+ 41. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C85"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nc3 Bg4 8.
d3 Nd7 9. Qe2 Bd6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nc5 12. Ne2 Ne6 13. Qg3 Qf6 14. c3 h5
15. h4 O-O-O 16. f4 Bc5+ 17. Kh1 Qg6 18. Qxg6 fxg6 19. Rf3 Be7 20. g3 Rhf8 21.
Kg2 Rd7 22. b4 Rfd8 23. f5 gxf5 24. exf5 Nf8 25. d4 exd4 26. Nxd4 c5 27. bxc5
Bxc5 28. Be3 Re8 29. Ne6 Bxe3 30. Rxe3 Rd2+ 31. Kg1 {The endgame is still
drawn, despite Nezhmetdinov's eccentric play.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E80"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 e5 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. d5 Ne7 8. Be3 c5
9. Qd2 a6 10. g4 Bd7 11. h4 h5 12. g5 Nh7 13. Nc1 f6 14. Be2 fxg5 15. hxg5 O-O
16. a4 Qa5 17. Ra3 Rae8 18. Nb3 Qd8 19. a5 Rf7 20. Nc1 Nc8 21. Nd3 Bf8 22. Kd1
Be7 23. Rg1 Ref8 24. Kc2 ({A flimsy advantage gives} 24. f4 $5 exf4 25. Nxf4
Rg7 26. Ne6 $5 Bxe6 27. dxe6 Na7 28. Nd5 Qc8 29. Rb3 Nc6) 24... Rxf3 $5 25.
Bxf3 Rxf3 {Again White can do little.} 26. Nf2 b5 27. axb6 Nxb6 28. b3 a5 29.
Ncd1 a4 30. Nb2 axb3+ 31. Rxb3 Na4 32. Nbd3 Nb6 33. Nb2 Na4 34. Nbd3 Nb6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Aronson, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A67"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f4 $5 {An
aggressive Ben-Oni is played.} Bg7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Nf3 Na6 10. O-O Nc7 11. a4 b6
12. Re1 a6 13. Rb1 Rb8 14. Bd2 Re8 15. h3 $6 ({Later Spassky prefers} 15. b4 {
After} Nd7 16. b5 {the queen's side is closed, before the attack in the centre
begins.}) 15... b5 $1 16. axb5 Nxb5 17. Bxb5 axb5 18. b4 Nd7 19. Qc2 Qc7 20.
Kh2 Ba6 21. Nd1 Rbc8 22. Rc1 Qb7 (22... Nb6 $1 23. Ne3 Bb7 {is an excellent
alternative.}) 23. Qb1 Rc7 24. Ne3 Nf6 $6 {Black shall do nothing, like White.}
25. e5 $1 {Spassky is enabled to carry out his only plan. He is allowed to
charge with his pawns in the centre.} dxe5 (25... Nxd5 $2 26. exd6 Rcc8 27.
Nxd5 Qxd5 28. bxc5 Rxe1 29. Rxe1 {loses immediately. Spassky analyses} Rxc5 30.
Re8+ Bf8 31. d7 Qxd7 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. Bb4 Qd6 34. Ne5 Kg8 35. Qg1 $18) 26. d6
$1 Rcc8 ({Doubtful is} 26... exf4 $6 27. Nf5 $1 Rxe1 28. Rxe1 gxf5 29. dxc7
Qxc7 30. Qxf5 c4 31. Bc3) 27. fxe5 Nd7 28. Ng4 Qd5 $6 ({The defence reorganises
} 28... c4 $1 29. Qa1 Qc6 30. Nh6+ $1 Kf8 $1 31. Bg5 Bb7 32. Be7+ Rxe7 33.
dxe7+ Kxe7) 29. Rcd1 Qe6 $2 ({Correct is} 29... Bb7 $1 30. Bh6 Qc4) 30. Bh6 Bb7
(30... Bh8 {is refuted by} 31. Ng5 Qf5 32. Qa2) 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. Qc1 Bxf3 33.
Qh6+ $1 {The attack decides the game.} Kh8 $2 ({Only material loses} 33... Kg8
34. Nf6+ $1 Nxf6 35. exf6 Qxf6 36. d7 Bc6 37. Rxe8+ Rxe8 38. dxe8=Q+ Bxe8 39.
Qe3) 34. Nf6 $1 Nxf6 35. exf6 Qxf6 36. d7 Bc6 37. dxe8=Q+ {White delivers mate
in two.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Stoliar, Efim"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nc7 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. b3
Be7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Rc1 b6 11. Ne1 Qd7 12. Nd3 f6 13. b4 $1 Nxb4 14. Nxb4 cxb4
15. Nb5 Qxb5 16. Rxc7 Bd6 17. Rc6 Be7 18. Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e4 Nc6 6. Nge2 O-O 7. a3 d6 8. Rb1
Ne5 9. d3 Bg4 10. h3 Bf3 11. O-O Nfd7 12. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 13. Kg2 Nde5 14. Ng1 Nxg1
15. Rxg1 e6 16. Be3 Qd7 17. Qd2 f5 18. f4 Nc6 19. Kh2 Nd4 $1 20. Qg2 b5 $6 ({
The preparatory move} 20... a6 {keeps a plus.}) 21. cxb5 Nxb5 22. exf5 gxf5 23.
Nxb5 Qxb5 24. g4 fxg4 25. Qxg4 Qd7 26. d4 Kh8 27. dxc5 dxc5 28. Rbd1 Qf7 29. b3
Rg8 30. Qf3 e5 $6 (30... Rac8 31. Rc1 e5 {is stronger.}) 31. Bxc5 Rae8 32. Rg4
exf4 33. Kh1 $6 ({The crucial variation is} 33. Rxf4 Qc7 34. Qf2 Rd8 35. Rxd8
Rxd8 36. Kg1) 33... Be5 34. Bf2 Rxg4 35. hxg4 Rg8 36. Bd4 Qf6 37. Bxe5 Qxe5 38.
Rf1 Rf8 39. Rc1 Qe3 40. Qxe3 fxe3 41. Re1 Rf4 {Top: Tolush 6, Spassky and Tal
5 1/2.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B59"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. f4 a5 10. Kh1 $6 ({Theory is} 10. a4 {(Grynfeld-Boleslavsky, Warsaw
1947).}) 10... a4 $1 11. Nd2 exf4 $1 12. Nc4 $6 (12. Rxf4 d5 $1 {gives Black
an easy game.}) 12... Nxe4 $1 13. Nxe4 d5 $1 14. Bxf4 $6 (14. Ned6 $1 dxc4 15.
Bxf4 {is slightly better.}) 14... dxe4 15. Qxd8 Bxd8 16. Nd6 Nd4 $1 17. Bc4 Be6
18. Bxe6 fxe6 {Accurate calculation is needed.} 19. Be5 $6 ({White will
probably survive in} 19. c3 $1 Ne2 {(Klaman)} 20. Be5 Rxf1+ 21. Rxf1 Bc7 22.
Re1 Bxd6 23. Bxd6 Rd8 24. Rxe2 Rxd6 25. Kg1) 19... Nxc2 20. Rxf8+ Kxf8 21. Rf1+
Kg8 22. Rf7 $2 (22. Nxe4 {(Klaman).}) 22... Bf6 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Rxf6 e3 25.
Rxe6 Rd8 26. Kg1 Rxd6 27. Rxd6 e2 28. Re6 e1=Q+ 29. Rxe1 Nxe1 30. Kf2 Nd3+ 31.
Ke3 Nxb2 32. Kd4 Kf7 33. Kc3 Nd1+ 34. Kb4 Ne3 35. Kxa4 Ke7 36. Kb5 Kd7 37. Kb6
Kc8 38. Kc5 Nxg2 39. Kd6 Nh4 40. h3 Ng6 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aronson, Lev"]
[Black "Khasin, Abram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E31"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. d5 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. e3
O-O 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. Nf3 Qa5 12. Qc2 Nb6 13. O-O Qa4 14. Qe2 Bd7
15. Nd2 Bc6 16. f4 Qa5 17. g4 Na4 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. g5 hxg5 20. fxg5 f5 21. Qh5
Qxc3 22. Qg6+ Kh8 $4 (22... Qg7 23. Qxe6+ Kh8 $1 24. Bxf5 Qxg5+ 25. Bg4 Rg8 {
is alright.}) 23. Qh6+ Kg8 24. Qxe6+ Kg7 25. Bxf5 Rxf5 26. Rxf5 Qxa1+ 27. Nf1
Kh8 28. g6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. d4 d6 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8.
Nf3 e4 9. Ng5 Ke8 10. f3 h6 11. Nh3 exf3 12. Bxf3 Nbd7 13. Nf4 Nc5 14. b3 Kf7
15. Nd3 Nxd3+ 16. exd3 Bc5 $1 17. Rf1 Bd4 18. Bd2 Re8+ 19. Kd1 f4 20. Kc2 Bh3
21. Rfe1 fxg3 22. hxg3 Bf2 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Ne4 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 Bxg3 26. Rg1 Bf2
27. Rh1 ({Tactics take place in} 27. Bg6+ $1 Kg8 28. Rh1 Re6 29. Bh5 Bf5 30.
Rf1 Rf6 31. Bc3 Rf8 32. Rxf2 Bxd3+ 33. Kxd3 Rxf2 {The result is a two-edged
position.}) 27... Rxe4 $1 {Black gets a better endgame, but it is not enough
for a win.} 28. dxe4 Bg2 29. Rc1 Bxe4+ 30. Kc3 Bg2 31. Kd3 g5 32. Be3 Bxe3 33.
Kxe3 c5 34. Rd1 Bc6 35. a3 a5 36. Rd8 h5 37. Kf2 h4 38. Ra8 Kf6 39. Kg1 g4 40.
Kh2 Kg5 41. Rg8+ Kf4 42. Rh8 Kg5 43. Rg8+ Kf4 44. Rh8 h3 45. Rf8+ Ke3 46. a4
Kd4 47. Rf5 Kc3 48. Rxc5 Kb4 49. Rg5 Kxb3 50. Rxa5 Kxc4 51. Rg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 Nf8 9. Nge2 Nh5 $2 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. h3 g6 12. O-O-O Ng7 13. e4 dxe4 14.
Bxe4 Bf5 $2 ({An immediate disaster prevents} 14... f5 15. Bf3 Nd7) 15. d5 $1
Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Qxe4 17. Nxe4 cxd5 18. Nf6+ Kd8 19. Nxd5 {White wins the endgame
with a surprising easiness.} Rc8+ 20. Nec3 Ke8 (20... Nd7 21. Kb1 $1 Rc6 22.
Rd2 $18) 21. Kb1 $1 Nfe6 22. Nb5 Rd8 23. Nxa7 Kf8 24. Nb5 Ne8 25. Nb6 Kg7 26.
Rxd8 Nxd8 27. Rd1 Nf6 28. Nd6 Ne6 29. a4 Rb8 30. a5 Kf8 31. Ne4 $1 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Black "Stoliar, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nf3 e5 6. d3 Nge7 7. h4 h6 8. Bd2 d6
9. a3 a6 10. Rb1 Rb8 11. b4 cxb4 12. axb4 b5 13. c5 d5 14. Qc1 Be6 15. O-O Qd7
16. Re1 f6 17. Nh2 h5 18. Rb2 O-O 19. Bh6 Kh7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Qd2 Ra8 22. Ra1
f5 23. e3 f4 24. exf4 exf4 25. Ne2 fxg3 26. fxg3 Bh3 27. Nf4 Bxg2 28. Qxg2 Nf5
$2 29. Qxd5 Qxd5 30. Nxd5 Kh6 31. Nf1 Rad8 32. Nf4 Ra8 33. Ne6 Rf6 34. Nc7 Ra7
35. Nd5 Rff7 36. Nb6 Ne5 37. Rd1 $2 (37. Ra3 {is stronger.}) 37... Nd4 38. Kg2
a5 39. Nc8 Ra6 40. Nd6 Rc7 41. Ra2 $2 (41. Ra2 Rca7 $1 {gives sufficient
counteraction.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nde2 Nf6 8.
O-O Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Kh1 O-O 11. Qe1 b5 12. a4 $6 b4 13. Nd1 Bb7 14. b3 d5 15.
e5 Ne4 16. Bb2 f5 $6 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Bxf6 Rxf6 20. Ne3 a5 21.
Rd1 Raf8 22. c4 bxc3 23. Qxc3 Ba6 24. Rd2 $2 (24. Nc4 {is correct.}) 24... Bxe2
25. Rxe2 Rxf4 26. Rc1 Qf7 $1 27. g3 Rf2 28. Rxf2 Qxf2 29. Rf1 Qe2 30. Rxf8+
Kxf8 31. h4 Ne7 32. Ng2 Qf3 33. Qxa5 Nf5 $6 {This move allows perpetual check.}
({Risk under time pressure takes} 33... Qxg3 $5 34. b4 $1) 34. Qd8+ Kf7 35.
Qd7+ Kf6 36. Qd8+ Kf7 37. Qd7+ Kf6 38. Qd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Rb1
Ne8 9. a3 Nc7 10. b4 Ne6 11. d3 Rb8 12. Nd5 Ned4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bg5 Re8 15.
Qd2 b6 16. Rfe1 f6 17. Be3 Bd7 18. b5 e6 19. Nc3 f5 20. f4 Qf6 21. a4 Nf3+ $5
22. Bxf3 Qxc3 23. e5 Qxd2 24. Bxd2 dxe5 25. fxe5 Bc8 26. Bc3 Bb7 27. Kf2 Kf7
28. a5 Bxf3 29. Kxf3 Red8 30. Ke2 Rd7 31. axb6 axb6 32. Ra1 Ke8 $2 ({The
counteraction} 32... g5 $1 33. Ra6 Kg6 34. Rea1 f4 {keeps equality.}) 33. Ra6
Kd8 34. Rea1 Kc8 35. Ra7 Rxa7 36. Rxa7 Rb7 37. Ra6 Kc7 38. d4 cxd4 39. Bxd4 Rb8
40. Kd3 g5 {A subtle winning effort starts.} 41. g4 $1 ({The attempt} 41. Ra7+
Rb7 42. Ra8 Rb8 43. Rxb8 Kxb8 44. Bxb6 Bxe5 45. Bd4 Bxd4 $1 46. Kxd4 f4 {draws.
}) 41... fxg4 $1 42. Ke4 Bf8 43. Ra7+ Rb7 44. Ra8 Rb8 45. Bxb6+ $1 Kb7 46.
Rxb8+ Kxb8 {White has opened the queen's side and kept his centre pawn.} 47.
Bd8 ({The critical variation} 47. Be3 Be7 48. c5 h5 49. c6 Kc7 50. Bd2 h4 51.
Ba5+ Kc8 52. b6 Bc5 {draws.}) 47... h6 48. Kd4 Kc8 49. Ba5 h5 50. Bd2 Be7 51.
Ke4 ({No success has} 51. c5 h4 52. Be3 g3 53. hxg3 h3 54. Bg1 g4 55. c6 Kc7
56. Ke4 Bg5 $1) 51... h4 52. Ke3 $6 Bc5+ 53. Ke2 g3 54. hxg3 h3 $1 55. Kf1 g4
56. Ba5 $2 Kd7 $2 (56... Bd4 57. Be1 Kb7 {is missed before the second time
control.}) 57. Bc3 Kc7 58. Ba5+ Kc8 59. Bc3 Kb7 60. Bb2 Kc7 61. Bc3 Kb6 62. Be1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E69"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4
c6 9. h3 Qb6 10. d5 Nc5 11. Qc2 cxd5 12. cxd5 Bd7 13. Be3 Rac8 14. Nd2 Qa6 15.
Rfc1 b5 16. Bf1 Qb7 17. b4 Na4 18. Qd3 Nxc3 19. Rxc3 Rxc3 20. Qxc3 Rc8 21. Qd3
Ne8 22. Nb3 f5 23. Na5 fxe4 24. Qb3 $5 Qc7 (24... Qa8 $1 25. Nc6 Bxc6 26. dxc6+
Kh8 {is an excellent reply.}) 25. Nc6 $1 a6 $4 (25... Bxc6 26. dxc6+ Kh8 {is
okay.}) 26. Ne7+ Kh8 27. Nxc8 Qxc8 28. Rc1 Qb7 29. Bg2 Nf6 30. Bg5 h6 31. Bxf6
Bxf6 32. Bxe4 Bxh3 33. Qf3 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C63"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. exf5 Nd4 $5 ({Spassky diverts from
the usual} 5... e4 {(Pillsbury-Tarrasch, Monte Carlo 1903).}) 6. Nxe5 Bc5 7.
O-O O-O {This position is known from Cohn-Dus Chotimirsky, Karlsbad 1907.} 8.
Nf3 c6 $5 (8... Nxb5 9. Nxb5 d5 {provides more compensation for the pawn 
(Smailbegovic-Maric, Sombor 1957).}) 9. Nxd4 Bxd4 10. Bd3 d5 11. Ne2 Be5 12.
Ng3 Ne4 $1 13. Bxe4 dxe4 {White exchanges to the endgame.} 14. d3 $6 (14. Nxe4
$2 Bxh2+ $1 15. Kxh2 Qh4+ 16. Kg1 Qxe4 {Black starts an attack on the king's
side.}) (14. Qe2 $1 Bxg3 15. fxg3 Bxf5 16. Qe3 {keeps a plus.}) 14... exd3 15.
Qxd3 Qxd3 16. cxd3 Bxg3 17. hxg3 Bxf5 18. d4 Rad8 19. Be3 Rd5 20. Rfc1 Rb5 21.
b3 Rd8 22. Rc4 Rbd5 23. Rac1 Kf7 24. Ra4 a6 25. Rc5 Bd3 26. Ra3 Rxc5 27. dxc5
Bb5 28. b4 Rd1+ 29. Kh2 Bc4 30. Bf4 Rf1 31. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A35"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. e3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be2 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8.
O-O Nxd4 9. exd4 d5 10. c5 Be6 ({A fine alternative is} 10... b6 11. b4 a5 {
(Bai Min - Yu Jihong 1987).}) 11. Bf3 Qd7 12. Bf4 Rfd8 13. Be5 Ne4 14. Nxe4 (
14. Bxg7 $1 Nxc3 15. Qb3 Kxg7 {keeps some advantage.} 16. Qxc3) 14... dxe4 15.
Bxe4 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Qb5 17. Qc2 Rac8 18. Rfc1 Rd4 19. b3 Rcd8 20. h3 Rd2 21. Qc3
Qe2 22. Qf3 Bd5 23. Qxe2 Rxe2 24. Bd3 Rxe5 {Petrosian has regained the pawn.
It looks like a dead draw, but he keeps on playing.} 25. Rc3 Bc6 26. b4 a6 27.
Rac1 Red5 28. Bc4 Rd4 29. a3 e6 30. R3c2 h5 31. Rb2 Rd2 32. Rxd2 Rxd2 33. Re1
Rc2 34. Bb3 Rc3 35. Re3 Rc1+ 36. Kh2 h4 37. Rd3 Rf1 38. Rd2 $2 (38. f3 {avoids
difficulties.}) 38... Ra1 $1 39. Ra2 Rxa2 40. Bxa2 Kg7 {The king cannot be
stopped.} 41. f4 Kf6 42. g3 (42. g4 $2 g5 $1 43. fxg5+ Kxg5 44. Kg1 Kf4 45. Kf2
Ke4 46. Ke2 Bd5) 42... Kf5 43. Bb1+ Be4 44. Ba2 Bd3 45. Kg2 Ke4 {Black has
conquered the centre.} 46. gxh4 ({The alternative} 46. Bb3 $1 Ke3 $1 47. gxh4
Kxf4 48. Kf2 Bb5 {leads to a position, similar to the game.}) 46... Kxf4 47.
Kf2 {Petrosian can win by a complicated prophylactic manoeuvre.} Ke5 $2 ({
First black's bishop should go to a strong square with} 47... Bc2 $1 48. Bc4
Ba4 49. Ba2 ({If white's bishop leaves the diagonal a2-g8 with} 49. Be2 {Black
wins by} f5 $1 50. h5 (50. Bf3 Bc6 $1) 50... gxh5 51. h4 e5 52. Bxh5 e4) 49...
Ke5 50. Bc4 f5 51. Ke3 Bc6 52. Kf2 Bd5 53. Be2 Kf4 $1 {A counterattack is
allowed.} 54. a4 e5 55. b5 axb5 56. axb5 e4 57. c6 $1 bxc6 58. b6 e3+ 59. Ke1
c5 60. Ba6 Kg3 $1 {Black loses the bishop, but his pawns proceed.}) 48. Bb3 $1
Kd4 (48... f5 $1 {is more to the point, but} 49. h5 $1 gxh5 50. h4 f4 51. Bd1
Kf5 52. Bxh5 e5 53. Bf7 e4 54. Bd5 Kg4 55. Bxb7 e3+ 56. Kg2 {draws.}) 49. Bd1
e5 50. h5 gxh5 51. Bxh5 f5 52. h4 f4 (52... e4 53. Be2 $1 $11) 53. Bd1 $2 ({
Tarasov misses the escape} 53. Be2 $1 Bf5 {Exchange is risky for Black!} 54. h5
e4 55. h6 Kc3 56. b5 $1) 53... e4 54. h5 Ke5 55. h6 Kf6 56. Bb3 e3+ 57. Kf3
Be4+ 58. Ke2 Kg6 59. Be6 Kxh6 60. Bd7 Kg5 61. a4 Kf6 62. b5 axb5 63. axb5 Ke5
64. Bg4 Kd5 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D32"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e4 $5 dxe4 6. d5 f5 7. Bf4 Bd6 8.
Bb5+ $5 ({The immediate} 8. Nh3 {is known from Burn-Tarrasch, Oostende 1905).})
8... Kf7 9. Nh3 Nf6 10. Bc4 a6 11. a4 Re8 ({A useful move is} 11... h6 $1 {
(Bronstein-Marjanovic, Kirovakan 1978).}) 12. Qd2 Qe7 13. a5 Nbd7 14. Ng5+ Kg6
$5 {Furman is not shy either.} 15. Ne6 h6 16. g4 $5 {White opens the front
before the black king.} fxg4 17. O-O-O Ne5 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. Nxe4 $1 Nxe4 20.
Qc2 Qf6 ({More confusion gives} 20... Bxe6 $1 21. dxe6 Qg5+ 22. Kb1 Rad8 $1 23.
Rd7 $1 Qf5 24. Bd3 Qxe6 25. Bxe4+ Kf6 26. Bf5 Qc6 27. Rhd1 Bd4) 21. Rhe1 $1
Bxb2+ $1 22. Kb1 Bxe6 $2 ({Mutual chances are maintained in} 22... Kf7 $1 23.
Rxe4 Be5 24. Rxg4 Bxe6 25. dxe6+ Kg8 26. f4 Bd4) 23. dxe6 Bd4 24. Rxe4 Kg5 {
Tolush sacrificed on his favourite square g7 in round 5. Now it is g4.} 25.
Rxg4+ $1 Kxg4 26. Qe4+ {Tolush led by one point.  Top: Tolush 7, Petrosian,
Spassky and Tal 6.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Qa5 10. Rb1 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 O-O 13. Bd3 {White
has reached a fine endgame.} Rd8 14. Rhc1 Nc6 15. Ke3 f6 16. h4 Na5 17. g4 Bd7
18. Rc5 b6 19. Rc7 Bc6 20. g5 Rdc8 $6 ({Antoshin prefers} 20... Rd7) 21. Re7
Re8 22. gxf6 $1 Rxe7 23. fxe7 Re8 24. Ne5 Bb7 25. Rc1 Rxe7 26. Bb5 g6 27. f3
Kg7 28. Kf4 a6 29. Bd7 b5 30. Rc7 Kf6 31. Kg4 h6 {Korchnoi has been outplayed.}
32. h5 $2 (32. Nd3 $1 Bc8 $1 33. Nc5 Bxd7 34. Nxd7+ Kg7 35. Nc5 $1) 32... gxh5+
$2 ({Correct is} 32... g5 $1 33. a3 Kg7 34. Kg3 Ba8 35. Ra7 Nc6 $1 36. Rxa8
Nxe5 37. dxe5 Rxd7 38. Rxa6 Kf7 {and Black draws the rook ending.}) 33. Kxh5
Kg7 34. a3 Kh7 (34... Ba8 35. Rc8 Bb7 36. Rb8 Kh7 37. Ng6 Rf7 38. Bxe6 Rxf3 39.
d5 {(Antoshin).}) 35. d5 Rg7 36. dxe6 Rg5+ 37. Kh4 Rxe5 38. e7 Kg6 39. e8=Q+
Rxe8 40. Bxe8+ Kf6 41. Kg3 Ke5 42. f4+ Kd6 43. Rd7+ Kc5 44. f5 Bc6 45. f6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C63"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 Nd4 5. Ba4 Nf6 6. exf5 Bc5 7. d3 O-O 8.
O-O d5 $5 9. Nxe5 Bxf5 10. Bg5 Qd6 11. Re1 c6 {Black has good compensation for
the pawn.} 12. Bh4 Rae8 13. Bg3 Qd8 14. Ne2 Rxe5 $5 15. Bxe5 Bg4 {Again Tolush
has set the board on fire.} 16. Qd2 ({Boleslavsky studies} 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. c3
Bb6 18. d4 Ne4 19. Rf1 Bc7 20. Qe1 ({He proceeds with} 20. Qd3 $2 Bxh2+ $1 21.
Kxh2 Qh4+ 22. Kg1 Nxf2 23. Rxf2 Qxf2+ 24. Kh2 Rf6) 20... Qh4 21. f4 Qh6 22. Bd1
{White keeps a plus.}) 16... Nxe2+ 17. Rxe2 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Ne4 $1 19. Rf1 Rxf2
20. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 21. Kf1 Qf8 $1 22. dxe4 Bd4+ 23. Qf3 Bxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Aronson, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D06"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. Bf4 e6 6. e3 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. c5
Bxg3 9. hxg3 b6 10. Qa4 Ne7 11. b4 a5 12. b5 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 Nd5 15.
Rc1 e5 16. dxe5 Qe7 17. Nb3 Rad8 18. Be2 Qxe5 19. Nd4 Nb4 20. O-O bxc5 21. Nxf5
Qxf5 22. Qxa5 Qe5 23. Qa3 Rd5 24. Bc4 Rdd8 25. Be2 Rd5 26. Bc4 Rdd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B99"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Qg3 Nc5 11. Re1 h6 12. Bh4 O-O 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Ne8
15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Ne4 f5 $6 ({Better is} 16... b6 17. Nxc5 Qxc5) 17. exf6 Nxf6
18. Nxc5 Qxc5 19. c3 $6 ({The capture} 19. Nxe6 Bxe6 20. Rxe6 Rac8 21. Bd3 {
gives a plus.}) 19... Qd5 20. Kb1 Ne4 21. Qe3 Nf2 22. Rg1 Ng4 23. Qe4 Qxe4+ 24.
Rxe4 e5 25. Bc4+ Kh7 26. Ne6 Rf6 27. Rxg4 Bxe6 28. Bxe6 Rxe6 29. Rf1 Rg6 30.
Rxg6 Kxg6 31. Kc2 Rd8 32. Rf2 Rd6 33. Rd2 Rf6 34. Kd3 Kf5 35. Ke2 Ke4 36. Rd7
Rg6 37. g3 b5 38. Rd3 h5 39. Re3+ Kf5 40. Rf3+ Ke4 41. Re3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Khasin, Abram"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E63"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. h3
Rb8 9. Be3 b5 10. cxb5 axb5 11. Nd2 Qe8 12. Rc1 Bd7 13. Ncb1 Rc8 14. Na3 Nd8
15. Nb3 e5 16. dxe5 Qxe5 17. Bd4 Qe7 18. Nb1 $6 b4 19. N1d2 Bb5 20. Nc4 Ne6 21.
Ne3 $6 c5 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Rc2 c4 24. Qc1 $1 {White chooses a vibrant defence
after hesitant play.} cxb3 25. Rxc8 {If Black attacks accurately, White has a
narrow escape.} Nd4 $2 ({Right is} 25... bxa2 $1 26. Rxf8+ Nxf8 (26... Bxf8 $6
{(Khalifman)} 27. Nd5 $1) 27. Bd5 $1 Bxe2 28. Re1 Qxb2 29. Qxb2 Bxb2 30. Bxa2
Bf3) 26. Rxf8+ Bxf8 27. Qb1 Bxe2 28. Re1 bxa2 29. Qxa2 Nf3+ 30. Bxf3 Bxf3 31.
Qb3 Bc6 $2 ({More prospects offers} 31... d5 $1 32. Nxd5 Bxd5 33. Qxd5 Qxb2)
32. Nc2 $1 Bh6 33. Nxb4 Bd2 34. Nxc6 Bxe1 35. Qe3 d5 ({No future has} 35... Qe6
36. Qxe6 fxe6 37. b4) 36. Ne7+ Kf8 37. Nxd5 $2 (37. Qxe1 Qxe7 38. Qxe7+ Kxe7
39. Kf1 $18) 37... Qf5 38. Qh6+ Ke8 39. Qe3+ Kf8 40. Qh6+ $2 ({Correct is} 40.
Qxe1 Qxd5 41. b4) 40... Ke8 41. Qe3+ Kf8 {Black claimed the draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Black "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B34"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. h4 $5 {Klaman sits in his uniform
on the stage. He unfolds his strategy early.} h5 $5 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Nb3 Nf6 8.
Bg5 d6 9. f3 Be6 10. Qd2 Nd7 11. O-O-O Bxb3 12. cxb3 Rc8 13. Kb1 Qa5 14. a3 Qb6
15. b4 Bxc3 $2 (15... Qd4 16. Qxd4 Nxd4 {is right.}) 16. Qxc3 O-O 17. Be3 Qd8
18. Be2 a5 19. b5 Nce5 20. Qd4 Nc5 21. f4 Ng4 $6 (21... Ne6 22. Qd5 Nd7 {
avoids an immediate disaster.}) 22. Bxg4 hxg4 {Klaman carries out the intended
attack on the strategic aim.} 23. h5 $1 Ne6 24. Qd5 g5 25. fxg5 Nc7 26. Qf5 e6
27. Qf1 Qd7 28. a4 e5 29. Qf6 Ne8 30. Qxe5 Qc7 31. Qc3 Qxc3 32. bxc3 Rxc3 33.
Rhe1 Ng7 34. Rxd6 Rfc8 35. h6 Ne8 36. h7+ Kxh7 37. Rh6+ Kg8 38. Bd4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Ne2 e6 5. Nf4 h6 6. c3 c5 7. dxc5 Nc6 $5 8. Bd3
Qc7 9. O-O Be4 10. Nd2 g5 $5 11. Bxe4 dxe4 12. Nh5 Qxe5 13. Nc4 $1 Qxc5 14. Qe2
g4 $5 15. Ng3 f5 16. Rd1 Ne5 $6 (16... b5 $5 {(Mikenas)} 17. Na3 a6 {continues
the use of pawns as a screen.}) 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Qc4 Ne7 $6 19. Nh5 f4 $2 20.
Nxf4 Kf7 21. Be3 b5 22. Qe2 Qf5 23. Rd2 Bg7 24. Rad1 a6 25. g3 Be5 26. Rd7 Kf6
27. Ng2 Nd5 28. Nh4 Qh5 29. Bc1 Qe8 $2 30. R1xd5 $1 exd5 31. Qxg4 {(time)} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 b5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
Qc2 d6 9. e4 a6 10. a4 b4 11. Nbd2 Nd7 12. Bd3 Be7 13. Nc4 O-O 14. O-O Re8 15.
Nfd2 g5 16. Rfe1 Bf8 17. Rad1 Ra7 18. a5 Qd8 19. e5 $5 {White sacrifices a
pawn in order to utilise the blockade.} Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Rxe5 21. Rxe5 dxe5 22.
Nc4 Qf6 23. Qe2 Bd6 24. b3 Kf8 25. Nb6 Qd8 26. Qf3 Bd7 27. Nxd7+ Rxd7 28. Qh3
h5 $6 (28... Kg7 29. Qf5 Kf8 30. Qh3 $11) 29. Qxh5 Qf6 30. Bxa6 $6 (30. Qg4 {
keeps an advantage.}) 30... Ra7 31. Bd3 Rxa5 32. Qe2 Ra3 33. Qc2 Kg7 34. Bc4
Ra8 35. h3 Rh8 36. Re1 g4 37. hxg4 $2 ({Correct is} 37. Re3 gxh3 38. Rxh3 Rxh3
39. gxh3 Qg5+) 37... Qh4 38. Qe4 $4 {Petrosian misses mate in one!} (38. Kf1
Qxg4 39. Kg1 Qh4 40. Kf1 Qh1+ 41. Ke2 Qxg2 {only loses a pawn.}) 38... Qh1# 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C17"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Bd2 Ne7 6. Nb5 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 O-O 8.
dxc5 $5 Nbc6 $5 {Black sacrifices a pawn for the initiative.} 9. Nf3 b6 $5 10.
cxb6 Qxb6 11. O-O-O $5 {Both players seek the confrontation on the queen's
side.} Rb8 12. b3 Qc5 13. Nbd4 a5 14. Kb1 a4 15. Bd3 h6 16. Rhe1 Rb6 17. Bf1
Ba6 18. Bxa6 Rxa6 19. Re2 Rb8 20. Nxc6 Nxc6 21. Nd4 Na5 22. f4 Ra7 23. Qc1 Nc4
{Bronstein's attack looks manacing, but Spassky is able to protect his king.}
24. Ka1 $1 Na3 25. Qb2 Nb5 26. Nxb5 Qxb5 27. Re3 Rc7 28. Red3 Qc5 29. R3d2 Rbc8
30. Kb1 Qa7 31. g3 Rc3 32. Re1 a3 $6 {Closure of the position helps the
defence.} 33. Qc1 Qc5 34. Qd1 Kh7 35. Ree2 g6 36. Rd4 Rf3 (36... Rxg3 $1 37.
hxg3 Qc3 38. Qc1 Qxd4 39. Rd2 Qc5 $11) 37. Rd3 Rxd3 38. cxd3 Qd4 39. Qd2 Rc3
40. Qe3 Qb4 41. Rd2 h5 42. h3 Qb7 43. Qf2 Kg7 {White has a plus, but it is not
enough for a win.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Stoliar, Efim"]
[Black "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
d3 c6 9. Qc2 a5 10. Be3 Na6 11. a3 Nd7 12. Rab1 Nf6 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 Nc7
15. Bd4 Bg4 16. Be5 Ne6 17. Qb2 Nd5 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. h3 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Qd7 21.
Bg2 Rfd8 22. h4 Bxe5 23. Qxe5 Qd6 24. Qxd6 Rxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E95"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. c4 d6 2. d4 e5 3. Nf3 Nd7 4. Nc3 Ngf6 5. e4 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
exd4 9. Nxd4 Nc5 10. f3 Nh5 11. Be3 Be5 12. g3 Bg7 $6 ({Consistent play
proceeds with} 12... Nxg3 $1 13. hxg3 Bxg3 14. Qd2 $1 Bxe1 15. Rxe1 Ne6) 13.
Qd2 Re8 14. Rad1 Ne6 15. Bf1 Nf6 16. Qf2 Bd7 17. Rd2 Qc8 18. Nd5 b6 19. Bg2 c6
20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. Red1 Nc5 22. Nb3 Nb7 23. Bd4 Qd8 24. f4 Bg4 25. Rf1 Bxd4 26.
Nxd4 Bd7 27. e5 $1 Rc8 {Black has lost many tempi.} 28. f5 $2 (28. Rfd1 $1 Bg4
{Otherwise, Black loses a pawn.} 29. Nxc6 Qd7 30. Nxa7 Bxd1 31. Nxc8 $18) 28...
Rxe5 29. fxg6 fxg6 30. Qf7+ Kh8 31. b4 Qe7 32. Rdf2 Nd8 {The intruders are
chased away.} 33. Qf4 Ne6 34. Qh6 Rh5 35. Qe3 Re5 36. Qh6 Rh5 37. Qd2 Nxd4 38.
Qxd4+ Qe5 39. Qxe5+ Rxe5 40. Rf8+ Rxf8 41. Rxf8+ Kg7 42. Ra8 Kf6 43. Rxa7 Be6
44. Bxc6 {Top: Tolush 7 1/2, Spassky and Tal 6 1/2.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb2 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. Qe2+ Be7 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. Bxc6 bxc6 {Black has a positional
advantage, but it is difficult to utilise.} 12. Rfe1 Bd6 13. Qd3 Qd7 14. Nh4
Rae8 15. h3 Bh5 16. Kf1 Bg6 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Rxe8 Rxe8 19. Re1 Re5 20. Na4 Qb7
21. c4 Qe7 22. Rxe5 Qxe5 23. Nc3 d4 24. Ne4 Be7 25. g4 f5 26. Ng3 fxg4 27. hxg4
Bh4 28. Ne2 Bg5 29. Kg2 Kg7 30. f3 a5 31. Ng3 Bf4 32. Ne2 Bg5 33. Ng3 Qf4 34.
Nf1 f5 35. gxf5 gxf5 36. Qe2 Bh4 37. Qe6 Qg5+ 38. Kh3 Qh5 39. Kg2 Qg5+ 40. Kh3
Qh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Aronson, Lev"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 d5 4. Nbd2 Nc6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1
O-O 9. c3 b6 10. Nf1 dxe4 11. dxe4 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Ba6 13. Bf4 Rad8 ({Black
could have tried} 13... Nxe4 $5 14. Nh4 f5 15. Nd2 Bd3 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4
fxe4 18. Re1 e5 {but he wants a dead draw.}) 14. Ne5 Rxd1 15. Rxd1 Rd8 16.
Rxd8+ Nxd8 17. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Bd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Qd2 g6 7. b3 Bg7 8. Bb2
Bxb2 9. Qxb2 Nf6 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Be2 Nh5 $1 {Spassky starts a battle for the
initiative, after he has equalised.} 12. O-O Nf4 13. Rfe1 e5 14. Bf1 Bg4 15. b4
Ne6 16. b5 Na5 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 Rc8 19. Red1 Qc7 20. h4 b6 21. Rac1 Nb7 22.
Qd2 Rcd8 23. g3 Nbc5 24. Qe3 ({Sources mention the unlikely move} 24. Qb2)
24... Qb7 25. Re1 $2 ({The bishop goes to a strong square in} 25. Nd2 $1 f5 26.
exf5 gxf5 27. Bg2 Qg7 28. Bd5 $1) 25... f5 26. exf5 gxf5 27. Bg2 Qg7 28. Nh2 f4
29. Qc3 Nd4 30. Rcd1 Kh8 31. Be4 $6 ({More resistance offers} 31. Rd2 Nf5 32.
Nf1) 31... fxg3 32. fxg3 Nxe4 33. Rxe4 {A jolly combination uses white's
weaknesses.} Rf3 $1 34. Nxf3 Qxg3+ 35. Kf1 Nxf3 36. Qe3 ({No escape gives} 36.
Re3 Rf8 $1 37. Ke2 Qg2+ 38. Kd3 Rf4) 36... Nh2+ $6 ({Completely convincing is} 
36... Rg8 $1 37. Ke2 Qh2+ 38. Kxf3 Rg3#) 37. Ke2 Qg2+ 38. Kd3 Ng4 39. Rxg4 Qxg4
40. Rg1 Qxh4 41. Kc3 Rc8 42. Qd3 Qh2 43. Rg4 Qf2 44. Kb3 Rf8 45. Rg3 Rf7 46.
Rh3 Qf6 47. Qd5 Qg6 48. Rf3 Rxf3+ 49. Qxf3 Kg7 50. Qb7+ Qf7 51. Qg2+ Qg6 52.
Qb7+ Qf7 53. Qg2+ Kh6 54. Qh2+ Kg7 $4 ({Correct is} 54... Qh5 $1 55. Qd2+ Kg7
56. Qxd6 Qf3+) 55. Qg2+ {Like his trainer in round four, Boris has missed a
threefold repetition of positions.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Khasin, Abram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Bg5 d6 5. e3 $5 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 a6 10. O-O Bd7 11. Rb1 Ne8 $5 12. Qc2 Nc7 13. a4 Qe8 14. Bh4 (14. e4
$1 {begins an attack.}) 14... Rc8 15. Ra1 f5 16. Bg3 b6 17. Rfd1 Qf7 18. Nf3 h6
19. Rab1 Nb7 20. Qb3 Na8 21. Ne1 g5 22. Rbc1 Bf6 23. Nd3 e5 24. dxe6 $6 ({Slow
play continues with} 24. f3) 24... Bxe6 25. Qa3 Bxc4 26. f4 $2 ({Correct is} 
26. Bf3) 26... g4 27. e4 Bd4+ 28. Bf2 Bxf2+ $2 (28... b5 $1 29. axb5 axb5 {
gives an overwhelming attack.}) 29. Nxf2 Bxe2 30. Nxe2 Rce8 31. Ng3 fxe4 32. f5
$1 Kh7 33. Nxg4 Rg8 $2 (33... Nc7 34. Qe3 Qg7 35. h3 Qg5 {defends properly.})
34. h3 Rg5 35. Qe3 d5 36. Qf4 {White has pulled a 'Schwindle'. The commentator
at that time missed the chances for Black.} Rxg4 $5 ({The pointe is} 36... Nc7
37. Nxh6 $1) 37. hxg4 Qc7 38. Qe3 Qe5 39. g5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E13"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Bb4 7. e3 c5 8. Be2
cxd4 9. exd4 Nc6 10. O-O Rc8 11. Rc1 Ne7 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. a3 Bd6 14. d5 Ng6
15. Re1 f5 16. Bf1 O-O 17. Qd4 Re8 18. Rcd1 Bf8 19. Qe3 Qf6 20. dxe6 dxe6 21.
Rd7 Re7 22. Rxe7 $6 (22. Red1 {keeps active play.}) 22... Qxe7 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24.
Qxe5 Qg5 25. Qe2 $2 (25. Nb5 $1 Rxc4 26. Qb8 Bd5 27. Nc3 Qf4 28. Qxf4 Rxf4 29.
Nxd5 exd5 $11) 25... Bg7 26. Nb5 Rd8 27. Rd1 f4 28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. Nxa7 f3 30.
gxf3 Bxb2 31. Nb5 Qg5+ 32. Bg2 Qc1+ 33. Qf1 Qf4 34. Qd3 Bc6 35. Qd8+ Kg7 36.
Qd3 Bf6 37. h3 h5 38. Nc3 $4 Qc1+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Stoliar, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. O-O
Qc8 9. Bg5 c5 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 d6 12. e4 Nbd7 13. Re1 Qb8 14. Bf1 a6 15. a4
Re8 16. Ra3 Qc7 17. Nd2 Bc8 18. Nc4 h6 19. Bf4 g5 $5 20. Bc1 Ne5 21. Nxe5 dxe5
22. Bc4 Bd6 23. Qd3 Kg7 24. Nd1 Ng8 25. Ne3 Ne7 26. Qe2 f6 27. h4 Rg8 $6 (27...
Bd7 28. Qh5 $6 b5 $1 {is better.}) 28. Qh5 Bd7 $2 (28... Rh8 29. Ng4 Ng6 {
keeps the strong bishop.}) 29. Ng4 $1 Bxg4 ({Now} 29... Rh8 $2 {is refuted by}
30. Nxf6 $1 Kxf6 31. Rf3+) 30. Qxg4 Qc8 31. Qh5 Qd7 32. Qe2 Qb7 33. Kg2 Ng6 34.
hxg5 hxg5 35. Rh1 a5 36. Qg4 Qc8 37. Qe6 Qxe6 38. dxe6 Rgd8 39. Rd3 Bc7 40.
Rhd1 Rxd3 41. Rxd3 Rd8 42. Rxd8 Bxd8 43. Bd5 Kf8 44. Kf3 Ke7 45. Kg4 Kd6 46.
Bc4 Ne7 $2 ({The bastion stays closed by} 46... Nf8 $1 47. Kf5 Ke7 {Then} 48.
f4 gxf4 49. gxf4 Bc7 50. fxe5 Bxe5 {holds.}) 47. f4 exf4 48. gxf4 Nc6 {White
opens the bastion.} 49. e5+ $1 fxe5 50. fxg5 e4 ({No escape gives} 50... Nd4
51. g6 $1 Nxe6 52. Bh6 Bf6 53. Kf5 Bg7 54. Bxg7 Nxg7+ 55. Kf6 Nh5+ 56. Kf7) 51.
g6 Bf6 52. Bh6 e3 53. Bf8+ Kc7 54. e7 Ne5+ 55. Kh5 Bxe7 56. Bxe7 Nxc4 57. g7 e2
58. Bh4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bxc4 e6 6. O-O c5 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Rd1 Qb6 11. a4 b4 12. Nb1 cxd4 13. exd4 Nd5 14. Be3 Be7 15.
Nbd2 O-O 16. a5 Qa7 17. Nc4 Rac8 18. Bd2 Rfd8 19. Re1 Nf8 20. Nce5 Bf6 21. Rad1
Rc7 22. Ng4 Ng6 23. Nxf6+ gxf6 24. g3 Qa8 25. Nh4 $6 ({White has to resign to} 
25. Kg2) 25... Nde7 26. Nxg6 hxg6 27. Qe3 Bh1 28. Kf1 $4 (28. f3 {only costs a
pawn.}) 28... Qg2+ 29. Ke2 Nd5 30. Rxh1 ({A piece loses} 30. Qh6 Qf3+ 31. Kf1
Qxd3+) 30... Nxe3 31. Bxe3 e5 32. dxe5 Rxd3 33. Rhg1 Rxe3+ 34. Kxe3 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d3 Be6 10. Bc2 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Nbd2 d5 13. exd5 Qxd5 14. Qe2 Bc5 15.
Ne4 Nxe4 16. dxe4 Qd6 17. b4 Bb6 18. g4 Bg6 19. Bb3 Ne7 20. Bg5 c5 21. bxc5
Bxc5 22. Nh4 Kh8 23. Rad1 Qc7 24. Qf3 f6 25. Be3 Rad8 26. Bxc5 Qxc5 27. Nf5 Qc7
28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Rd1 Be8 30. g5 Rxd1+ 31. Qxd1 Nxf5 32. exf5 Qd7 33. Qf3 fxg5
$2 {Time pressure takes its toll.} (33... Qc6 $1 34. Bd5 Qd6 {keeps a plus.})
34. Qa8 h5 35. Be6 Qc6 $2 (35... Qe7 36. Qxa6 g4 {offers more resistance.}) 36.
Qb8 $2 (36. Qd8 {wins immediately.}) 36... Kh7 37. Qxe5 Qf3 $2 ({A fierce
battle develops in the line} 37... Bd7 $1 38. Bf7 $1 Qf6 39. Bg6+ Kh6 40. Qe2
g4 $1 41. hxg4 Qg5 42. Bxh5 Bxf5 $1) 38. Bd5 Qd1+ 39. Kg2 Bd7 40. f6 Bxh3+ 41.
Kxh3 Qf1+ 42. Bg2 Qxf2 43. Qxg5 gxf6 44. Be4+ Kh8 45. Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Bb4 8.
Bd2 $5 Nc6 ({The crucial variation is} 8... Bxc3 $1 9. Bxc3 Nxe4 10. Bb4 d6 11.
Bf3 Nc5 12. Qd2 O-O 13. Rfd1 Nbd7 {(Velimirovic-Djuric, Belgrade 1998)} 14. Nb3
{with equal chances.}) 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bd3 Be7 11. Qf3 O-O 12. Rae1 e5 13. Qe2
d6 14. Kh1 Bg4 $5 15. f3 Bh5 16. Bxa6 d5 $2 ({Correct is} 16... Qb6 $1 17. Bc4
Qxb2 18. Bb3 {(Khalifman)} Qa3 $1) 17. exd5 cxd5 18. g4 {Black's position
seems to collapse.} Bxg4 $1 (18... Bg6 19. g5 Nd7 20. Nxd5 {gives no chance.})
19. fxg4 d4 20. Qc4 $2 ({Tal misses the opportunity} 20. Bd3 $1 dxc3 21. Bxc3
Rxa2 22. Qxe5 Qc6+ 23. Be4 $1) 20... Qb6 21. Rxe5 dxc3 22. Bxc3 Qxa6 23. Qxa6
Rxa6 24. Rxe7 Nd5 25. Rd7 Nxc3 26. bxc3 Rxa2 27. Rf2 Ra4 28. h3 h5 29. g5 Rc4
30. Rf3 Kh7 31. Rd4 Rc7 32. c4 Re8 33. Rc3 Re5 34. h4 Kg6 35. Kg2 Kf5 36. Kf3
f6 37. Rf4+ Ke6 38. gxf6 gxf6 39. Re4 Rg7 40. Rxe5+ fxe5 41. c5 Rf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ $5 5. Nbxd2 Nf6 6. e3 Nc6 7. cxd5
exd5 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. Qb3 O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 $2 {Square c5 becomes a horrible
weakness.} 11. Qa3 Qb8 12. O-O a5 13. Ne5 Qb6 14. Rfc1 Rfb8 15. b3 Be8 16. Rc2
Rd8 17. Rac1 Rd6 18. b4 $5 Qxb4 19. Qxb4 axb4 20. Rb1 Ra4 21. Nd3 Nd7 22. Rxb4
Ra7 23. Nc5 $2 {White loses his winning advantage.} (23. Nb3 {is correct.})
23... Nxc5 $1 24. Rb8 Kf8 25. dxc5 Re6 26. Nb3 Ke7 27. Nd4 Re5 28. h3 Kd7 29.
Rb4 f6 30. Rb8 Bg6 31. Rcb2 Re8 32. Rxe8 Bxe8 33. f4 Ra5 34. Rc2 Ra4 35. Kf2
Rb4 36. a3 Rb1 37. Ra2 Kc8 38. a4 Bd7 39. a5 Kb7 40. a6+ Ka7 41. f5 Rb8 42. g4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 $5 Nf6 4. d4 d6 $5 (4... Nxe4 5. d5 Nb8 6. Nxe5 Qe7
7. Qd4 d6 {draws in the Ponziani.}) 5. d5 $5 Nb8 6. Bd3 g6 7. h3 Nbd7 8. Be3
Bg7 9. Nbd2 Nh5 10. g3 O-O 11. Qe2 $5 c6 12. c4 c5 $5 13. O-O-O $5 a6 14. h4 $6
{White has concentrated his pieces in the central area. Black lures on the
flanks. The last move is too hasty.} ({Petrosian prefers} 14. Rdg1 b5) 14...
Nf4 $1 15. gxf4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Qf6 17. Rdg1 $6 ({Tigran considers the position
as strategically won, but} 17. e5 $1 Qxf4 18. exd6 b5 19. Rde1 {leads to a
two-edged situation.}) 17... Qxf4 18. h5 b5 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Kd1 $5 {
Opportunism starts.} Qf6 21. Ng5 {Odd moves are made. Black refuses to capture
the b-pawn.} ({White does not carry out the useful manoeuvre} 21. b3 Qa1+ 22.
Bb1) 21... Re8 22. Rh4 Nb6 {White's game becomes untenable.} 23. Bc2 $2 ({The
desperate counterattack} 23. e5 $5 Rxe5 24. Nde4 Rxe4 $1 25. Rxe4 Bd7 {leads
to a glorious positional advantage for Black.}) 23... Nxc4 24. e5 $5 {Now this
action comes too late.} Rxe5 25. Nde4 Qe7 ({Petrosian observes} 25... Rxd5+ 26.
Ke1 Qxb2 $2 {and its refutation} 27. Nf6+ $1 Qxf6 28. Qe8+ Bf8 29. Rh8+ {and
mate.}) 26. f4 Rxd5+ 27. Ke1 Bf5 28. Rgh1 Rd2 29. Qf3 f6 ({A wonderful escape
for White would be} 29... Rxc2 $4 30. Rh8+ $1 Bxh8 31. Rxh8+ Kg7 32. Rh7+ {and
the rook is untouchable.}) 30. Kf1 fxg5 31. Nf6+ Qxf6 32. Qxa8+ Kf7 33. Rh8
Bd3+ {Tolush kept the lead despite his first loss.  Top: Tolush 7 1/2, Tal,
Bronstein, Kholmov, Spassky and Petrosian 7.} 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E41"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd2 Nc6 8. a3
cxd4 $6 9. axb4 dxc3 10. bxc3 Qc7 11. Qb3 b6 12. c4 Nf6 13. Bc3 Bb7 14. Qb2 Qe7
15. Be2 O-O $2 {A blunder costs Black an exchange and the game.} 16. b5 $1 Na5
17. Bb4 Qc7 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. O-O Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Nd7 21. Rfd1 Nc5 22. Qc3 Rc8
23. Ra3 Qe7 24. Rxa5 $5 bxa5 25. Qxa5 h6 26. Bc6 Kh7 27. g3 g6 28. Qa3 Rc7 29.
h4 Kg7 30. Qc3+ Kh7 31. Qe5 f6 32. Qd4 Kg7 33. Qc3 h5 34. Qa3 Kf7 35. Kg2 Kg7
36. Rd4 Kf7 37. Qb4 Rc8 38. Qb1 a5 39. Qa2 Qc7 40. Qa3 Qb6 41. Rd6 Kg7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C97"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "185"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Bd7 13. Nf1 Rfe8 14. Ne3 g6 15.
dxe5 dxe5 16. Nh2 Rad8 17. Qf3 Be6 18. Nhg4 Nxg4 19. hxg4 Qc6 $6 ({Theory is} 
19... Nc4 {(Gligoric-Reshevsky, Zürich 1954).}) 20. Qg3 f6 21. g5 Kh8 22. b3
Rf8 23. Nd5 $1 {The positional sacrifice of a pawn is made.} Bxd5 24. exd5 Qxd5
25. gxf6 Bxf6 26. Bh6 Rfe8 27. Be4 Qe6 28. Qf3 Qe7 29. Rad1 Bg7 30. Be3 Rf8 31.
Qh3 Kg8 32. Qg4 Bf6 33. Rxd8 Rxd8 34. Rd1 Nb7 35. Bxb7 Rxd1+ 36. Qxd1 Qxb7 37.
Qd6 Kf7 38. Bxc5 h5 39. c4 bxc4 40. bxc4 Qb1+ $2 {A check before the time
control is made.} ({Correct is} 40... e4 $1) 41. Kh2 Qb7 42. Be3 e4 {Now, this
move comes one tempo too late.} 43. c5 Be7 44. Qb6 Qd5 45. c6 Bd6+ 46. g3 h4
47. c7 hxg3+ 48. Kg2 $1 Qd1 $1 {Black threatens to deliver perpetual chck.} 49.
Qxd6 $1 {White gains a piece.} Qxd6 50. c8=Q gxf2 51. Qb7+ Ke6 52. Qxe4+ Kd7
53. Qb7+ Ke6 54. Qb3+ Kd7 55. Kxf2 Qh2+ 56. Kf3 Qh3+ 57. Ke4 Qf5+ 58. Kd4 Kc6
59. Kc3 Qe5+ 60. Kc2 Qe4+ 61. Kc1 Kd7 62. Kd2 Qg2+ 63. Kd3 Qc6 64. Kd4 Qf6+ 65.
Kc4 Qc6+ 66. Kd3 Qb5+ 67. Kd4 Qc6 68. Bf4 Qf6+ 69. Ke3 Qc6 70. Kd4 Qf6+ 71. Be5
Qf2+ 72. Kd5 Qf7+ 73. Kc5 Qe7+ 74. Kd4 Qh4+ 75. Kd5 Qh1+ 76. Kc5 Qc1+ 77. Kb4
$1 ({A piece costs} 77. Kb6 $2 Qc6+) 77... Qc6 78. Qf7+ Kc8 79. Qf8+ Kd7 80.
Qc5 $1 {At last White is able to offer the exchange of queens.} g5 81. a4 a5+
82. Qxa5 Qe4+ 83. Ka3 Qe3+ 84. Bc3 Qc1+ 85. Kb3 Qb1+ 86. Ka3 Qc1+ 87. Kb4 Qb1+
88. Kc5 Qg1+ 89. Kb5 g4 90. Ka6 g3 91. Qd5+ Ke7 92. Qb7+ Ke8 93. Qb8+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E54"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Bd7 9. dxc5 Bc6 10. Nb5 a6 11. Nbd4 Bxc5 12. b3 Bd5 13. Bxd5 Qxd5 14. Bb2 Nbd7
15. Rc1 Rac8 16. Ne2 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. a4 b6 11. f3 Bb7 12. Qd2 Qc7 13. Rfd1 Rfc8 14. Rac1 Bc6 15.
Bf1 Rd8 16. Qf2 Qb7 17. Bc4 Rdc8 18. Bd3 Rd8 19. Qd2 h6 $6 ({A proper defence
gives} 19... Nc5 $1) 20. Qe2 Nf8 21. Bc4 Ne6 22. Qf2 Rab8 23. Rd2 d5 $5 24.
exd5 Nxd5 25. Bxd5 Bxd5 26. Nxd5 Rxd5 27. Rxd5 Qxd5 28. Bxb6 e4 $6 ({After} 
28... Rc8 $1 29. Be3 Qc4 30. a5 Nf4 31. Bxf4 exf4 $1 {Black exerts a lot of
pressure for the pawn.}) 29. fxe4 Qxe4 30. a5 Qe5 31. Qg3 $6 Bd6 $6 {Exchange
causes a weakness.} 32. Qxe5 Bxe5 33. Rb1 Kf8 34. c3 Ke7 35. Nd2 Bd6 36. b4 Bf4
37. Nf3 Rc8 38. Rb3 Kd7 39. g3 Bd6 40. Nd2 f5 41. c4 Be7 42. Kf2 Bg5 43. Be3
Bd8 44. Rd3+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Khasin, Abram"]
[Black "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C56"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8.
Nc3 Qa5 9. Nxe4 Be6 10. Bd2 Bb4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. c3 Qd5 {Finally a new move
is made in a spectacular opening. The result is a quick draw.} 13. cxb4 O-O 14.
Bc3 Rad8 15. Nc5 Bc8 16. Re4 Ne6 17. Qxd5 Rxd5 18. Nxe6 Bxe6 19. a3 Rg5 20. Re5
Rxe5 21. Bxe5 c6 22. Rd1 Re8 23. h3 Bd5 24. Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 Qe7 7. Nd3 Nxe4 8.
O-O Nxc3 9. bxc3 {Hereafter, the game equalises.} ({A plus keeps} 9. dxc3 $1 {
(Botvinnik-Veresov, Moscow 1940).}) 9... Ne6 10. Kh1 Bd6 11. f4 O-O 12. Bb3 b6
13. Qg4 Bb7 14. Bb2 Rae8 15. Rae1 f5 16. Qh5 Rf6 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. Rxe5 Kh8 19.
Kg1 Ref8 20. Rfe1 $2 (20. Qe2 {avoids trouble.}) 20... Qd6 21. Bxe6 dxe6 22. d3
Rg6 23. R1e2 Qc6 24. Qh3 Qa4 25. Qe3 Qxa2 26. Qc1 Re8 27. Ba3 h6 28. c4 c5 29.
h3 Rd8 30. Bb2 ({Material loses} 30. Rxe6 $2 Rxe6 31. Rxe6 Rxd3 $1) 30... Rd6
31. R5e3 Qa4 32. Be5 {Black makes little progress. A sacrifice opens up the
position.} Qc6 33. Bxd6 Rxg2+ 34. Kf1 Rg6 ({An interesting alternative is} 
34... Rg1+ $1 35. Kxg1 Qh1+ 36. Kf2 Qxc1 37. Rxe6 Qh1) 35. Rh2 Qxd6 36. Rf2 Qc6
37. Ke2 a6 38. Re5 b5 39. Qe3 $2 ({Counteraction gives} 39. cxb5 $1 Qxb5 40.
Qe3 Rg1 41. Qxc5 Qb1 42. Qc3) 39... bxc4 40. dxc4 Rg1 41. Kd2 $2 ({An
immediate defeat forestalls.} 41. Rh2 Ra1 42. Qc3 Rc1 43. Kf2) 41... Qa4 42.
Qc3 Be4 (42... Be4 {If the king tries to escape with} 43. Ke2 {Black answers}
Qe8 {and the queen will move to h5.  Three straight wins gave Kholmov a shared
lead.}) 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. Nd5
Na5 9. Nxe7 Qxe7 10. Re1 O-O 11. d4 ({Klaman played the quiet} 11. d3 {in
round one.}) 11... Nxb3 12. axb3 c5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Qd3 h6 15. Nh4 Rd8 16.
Qf3 g6 $5 ({Black can play a neutral move like} 16... Ra7 {The opening of the
king's side is a risky affair.}) 17. Qe3 ({White notices} 17. Bxh6 $2 Ng4)
17... g5 $5 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 Nd5 20. Qe4 Nf6 21. Qe2 $5 Qd7 22. Be3 Rdc8
$6 ({No risk takes} 22... Qxf5 {(Mikenas)} 23. Bxc5 Rdc8 24. b4 Nd7) 23. Qf3
Kh7 24. Qh3 Kg7 25. Rad1 Qc7 26. Qg3 Nh5 27. Qf3 Nf6 28. h4 $1 e4 29. Qe2 {The
attack on the king has begun.} gxh4 (29... Rh8 $1 {keeps the defence closed.})
30. Qd2 Ng8 $2 ({A narrow escape in a seemingly hopeless position gives} 30...
Kh7 $1 31. Bxh6 Rg8 32. Bg5 Rad8 $1) 31. Bf4 Qe7 32. Qc3+ Kh7 33. Rd6 Rd8 34.
f6 Qc7 35. Qe5 Rxd6 36. Qxe4+ $1 Kh8 37. Bxd6 Qc8 38. Re3 Ra7 39. Qxh4 Rd7 40.
Qg4 Nxf6 41. Be5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Aronson, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 Ne8 $6 {This
retreat allows an attack on the king's side.} 8. h4 $5 {Petrosian's play in
this tournament is unusually sharp.} f5 9. Bg5 Bf6 10. exf5 gxf5 $2 (10... Bxf5
{activates a bishop.}) 11. Qd2 Nd7 12. O-O-O c5 13. Rdg1 e4 14. Nh2 Bxg5 $6 (
14... Ne5 15. f4 Nf7 {is stronger.}) 15. hxg5 Ne5 16. f4 exf3 17. Nxf3 Qe7 18.
Rh4 Rf7 19. Rgh1 Rg7 20. Bd3 Bd7 21. Ne2 $6 b5 $6 {Black loses a pawn.} ({
Correct is the preparatory move} 21... Rb8) 22. cxb5 Rb8 23. Nc3 Nxf3 24. gxf3
Qxg5 25. Qxg5 Rxg5 26. Rxh7 Rg1+ 27. Rxg1+ Kxh7 {White has an extra pawn in
the endgame.} 28. a4 Nf6 29. Kc2 Re8 30. Kd2 Rb8 31. b3 Kh6 32. Bc4 Nh7 33. f4
Nf8 34. Ne2 Ng6 35. Rb1 Kg7 36. b4 cxb4 37. Rxb4 a6 38. Bd3 axb5 39. axb5 Ne7
40. Nc3 Nc8 41. Ra4 Kf6 42. Ra1 Nb6 43. Ke3 Rb7 44. Kd4 Be8 45. Rh1 Nc8 46. Rh8
Bd7 47. Kc4 Ne7 48. Rh1 Nc8 49. Kb4 Kg6 50. Rg1+ Kf6 51. Be2 Be8 52. Rg8 Kf7
53. Rh8 Bd7 54. Bh5+ Ke7 55. Rh7+ Kd8 56. Rh8+ Kc7 57. Bg6 Rb8 58. Rh7 Kd8 59.
Bf7 Ne7 60. Rh8+ Kc7 61. Rxb8 Kxb8 62. Nd1 Nc8 63. Be6 Nb6 64. Ne3 Kc7 65. Nxf5
Nxd5+ 66. Bxd5 Bxf5 {Tigran has kept the advantages after many exchanges.} 67.
Ka5 Bd3 68. b6+ {Petrosian shared the lead after a poor start in the
tournament.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Bg4 12. h3 Be6 13. Rc1 Qd7 14. Kh2 Ne5 15.
Qa4 Qxa4 16. Nxa4 Nc4 17. Bf4 (17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Bd4 e5 19. Bc3 {keeps a plus.}
) 17... g5 18. b3 Bd7 (18... gxf4 $1 19. bxc4 {easily draws.}) 19. bxc4 gxf4
20. Nc3 dxc4 21. Bxb7 Rab8 22. Nd5 Bd8 23. Nc6 ({The battle} 23. Bc6 $5 Bxc6
24. Nxc6 fxg3+ 25. fxg3 Nxd5 26. Nxb8 Bg5 27. Rb1 c3 28. Nc6 Re8 29. e4 Rxe4
30. h4 Bd2 31. Rb8+ Kg7 32. Rb7 c2 33. Rbxf7+ Kg8 {ends in perpetual check.})
23... Rxb7 24. Nxd8 fxg3+ 25. fxg3 Ng4+ 26. hxg4 Rxd8 27. Rxc4 Be6 28. Nf6+ Kg7
29. Rc2 Rdb8 30. Nh5+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Stoliar, Efim"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 a6 5. b3 b6 6. Bb2 Bd6 7. Be2 Bb7 8. d4
Nbd7 9. O-O Qe7 10. Rc1 O-O 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bd3 Rfe8 13. Nd2 Nf8 14. Re1 Ng6
15. g3 Qd7 16. Bf1 h5 17. Bg2 h4 18. e4 hxg3 19. hxg3 dxe4 20. Ndxe4 Nxe4 21.
Nxe4 Bb4 22. Re3 Bd5 23. Qh5 Rad8 $4 (23... c6 $1 {overprotects a weak point.})
24. Nf6+ $1 {White wins the exchange.} gxf6 25. Bxd5 Kg7 (25... Rxe3 26. Qxg6+
$1 Kf8 27. Qh6+ Kg8 28. Bc6 Re1+ 29. Rxe1 Qxc6 30. d5 $1) 26. Bc6 Rh8 27. Qxh8+
Nxh8 28. Bxd7 Rxd7 29. Bc3 Bd6 30. Kg2 Ng6 31. Rh1 Ne7 32. Re4 Ba3 33. Reh4 Nd5
34. Bd2 Bb4 35. Bh6+ Kg6 36. Kf3 f5 37. Be3 Bf8 38. Rh8 Bg7 39. Rg8 f4 40. gxf4
f5 41. Rg1+ Kh7 42. Re8 Bf6 43. Rf8 a5 44. Bc1 Re7 45. Be3 Kh6 46. Rfg8 Kh7 47.
R8g3 Rg7 48. Rh1+ Kg8 49. Rh5 Ne7 50. d5 Kf7 51. d6 cxd6 52. Rxg7+ Kxg7 53.
Bxb6 Kg6 54. Rh1 Nc6 55. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E59"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Bb2 e5 12. h3 (12. Be2 {is usual.}) 12...
Bf5 13. Bb5 e4 14. Nh4 Be6 15. c4 cxd4 16. exd4 Rad8 $2 ({Correct is} 16... a6
17. d5 axb5 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. Qg4+ Kh8 21. Qxe4 bxc4 {(Taimanov).
}) 17. d5 Ne5 18. Qb3 Bd7 19. Qg3 $1 Rfe8 20. Bxd7 Rxd7 21. Nf5 {White has
taken the initiative in the centre and on the king's side.} Ng6 $2 ({Black has
to choose the forwards defence} 21... Nh5 $1 22. Qh4 $1 ({An attack similar to
the game} 22. Qg5 g6 23. Nh6+ Kf8 24. Ng4 Nd3 25. Qh6+ Ke7 26. Qg5+ Kf8 {leads
to perpetual check.}) 22... Nxc4 23. Rac1 g6 24. Ng7 $1 Nxg7 25. Qf6 Nxb2 $1
26. Rxc7 Rxc7 27. Qxb2 Rd7 {gives White a plus.}) 22. Qg5 $1 Qf4 $6 ({Some
counteraction gives} 22... Qb6 {but} 23. Rab1 Rc8 24. Rfc1 {protects the rear.
White will go on with the attack.}) 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Qxf6 Qe5 25. Nh6+ Kf8 26.
Ng4 Qd6 27. Qf5 Rc7 28. Rac1 Qf4 29. Qh5 f5 30. Nf6 Ree7 31. c5 Rg7 32. d6 Rc8
33. Nxh7+ Kg8 34. Nf6+ Kf7 35. Nd5 Qe5 36. Ne7 Rh8 37. Qxf5+ Qxf5 38. Nxf5 Rgg8
39. Ng3 Nf4 40. Rc4 Rh4 41. Rb4 {Top: Petrosian and Kholmov 8, Bronstein,
Keres, Spassky and Tolush 7 1/2, Tal and Aronin 7.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. a3 b5 10. Be2 Ke7 11. b4 Bd6 12. Bb2 Bb7 13. Nbd2 Nbd7 14. Nb3
Rac8 15. Nfd4 Nb6 16. Na5 Bd5 17. Rac1 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Rc8 19. Rxc8 Nxc8 20. f3
Bc7 21. e4 Ba8 22. a4 $5 {White brings life to a drawn game.} bxa4 23. Bxa6 Nb6
24. g3 Nfd7 25. Ndc6+ Kf8 26. Kf2 Nb8 27. Nxb8 Bxb8 28. Bd4 Bc7 29. Nc4 Nxc4
30. Bxc4 Bd6 31. b5 e5 32. Bc3 f6 33. Ke2 Bc5 34. Kd3 Ke7 35. Bg8 h6 36. Kc4
Kd6 $2 {One slip is fatal.} ({Correct is} 36... Bd6 37. Bb4 f5 $1 38. Bh7 a3 $1
) 37. Bb4 $1 Bxb4 38. Kxb4 f5 39. Bh7 f4 40. gxf4 exf4 41. Kxa4 g5 42. h3 h5
43. Bf5 g4 44. hxg4 h4 45. g5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Aronson, Lev"]
[Black "Stoliar, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D04"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. e4 dxe4 8.
Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 Bg4 10. c3 Nd7 11. h3 Be6 12. Re1 Re8 13. Bf4 Qa5 14. Qe2 Qh5
15. Bc2 Bd5 16. Be4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Qd5 18. Qxd5 cxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Nc2
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 d5 10. exd5 exd5 11. Ba3 Be6 12. Qe2 Qa5 ({'Theory' will become} 
12... Qc7 {(Vasiukov-Kotov, Kiev 1957).}) 13. O-O Qxc3 14. Rab1 $5 dxc4 $5 ({
Black can refuse the gift with} 14... O-O-O $1 15. Bb2 Qa5) 15. Bf5 O-O-O 16.
Bb2 Qd2 17. Bxe6+ fxe6 18. Qxe6+ Qd7 19. Qxc4 Qd5 20. Qa4 $6 (20. Qh4 $1 Qxa2
21. Qh3+ Nd7 22. Nd4 {gives a violent attack.}) 20... Rhe8 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22.
Ne3 Qe4 23. Qb3 Nd4 24. Qb6 Qc6 25. Qb2 Kb8 26. a4 Rd7 $6 ({The opportunity} 
26... Nf3+ $1 27. Kh1 Nd2 28. Rbc1 Qxa4 {is missed.}) 27. Rfc1 Qe4 28. h3 f5
29. Rc5 Rg8 30. Kh1 f4 31. Ng4 f3 32. Rh5 $4 ({Correct is} 32. g3) 32... fxg2+
33. Kh2 Qf4+ 34. Kg1 Rxg4 35. hxg4 Nf3+ 36. Kxg2 Qxg4+ 37. Kf1 Qxh5 38. Qh8+
Ka7 39. Kg2 Qg4+ 40. Kf1 Nd2+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd5 6. d4 cxd4 7. O-O Bg7 8. cxd4
O-O 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 d6 11. exd6 Qxd6 12. a4 Bf5 (12... a6 $1 13. Ba3 Qc7
14. Bxc6 Qxc6 $1 15. Bxe7 Re8 {is better.}) 13. Ba3 Qc7 14. Re1 Bf6 15. Qd2
Rad8 16. Bxc6 $1 bxc6 17. Qh6 Rfe8 18. Ng5 Bxg5 19. Qxg5 Be6 20. Bc5 Rd5 21.
Qh4 Rh5 22. Qg3 Qd7 23. Rab1 Kg7 24. Rb8 Rxb8 25. Qxb8 a5 26. c4 h6 27. Qb3 Rg5
28. Kh1 Kh7 29. Qc3 Rh5 30. Ba3 Qc7 31. g3 Qd7 32. Kg1 Kg8 33. Bb2 f6 34. Ba3
Bf7 35. h4 e5 $2 (35... e6 36. f4 g5 37. hxg5 hxg5 {defends correctly.}) 36.
dxe5 Rxe5 37. Rxe5 fxe5 38. Qxe5 Bxc4 39. Bb2 Bd3 40. Qf6 $2 (40. Qh8+ Kf7 41.
Qf6+ Kg8 42. h5 $1 Be4 $1 43. Qh8+ Kf7 44. Qg7+ Ke8 45. Qe5+ Qe7 46. Qxa5 {
wins a pawn.}) 40... h5 41. Kh2 Bf5 42. Bd4 Bc2 43. Bc5 Qd5 44. Qf8+ Kh7 45.
Qe7+ Kg8 46. Qa7 Bf5 47. Qb8+ Kh7 48. Bd6 Qd4 49. Qc7+ Kg8 50. Qd8+ Kh7 51.
Qe7+ Qg7 52. Qe3 Qd7 53. Qc5 Kg8 54. Bf4 Qd5 55. Qe7 Qd7 (55... Bh3 $1 {draws
immediately.}) 56. Qe1 Kf7 $2 (56... Qd4 {is difficult to find under time
pressure.}) 57. Qxa5 c5 58. Bg5 Qc6 59. Qa7+ Qd7 60. Qa8 Qd4 61. Be3 Qe4 62.
Qa7+ Ke8 ({More subtle is} 62... Qe7 $1) 63. Qb8+ $6 (63. Bxc5 Bh3 $1 64. f3 $1
{tries to win.}) 63... Kd7 64. Qb5+ Qc6 65. Qc4 Qe4 66. Qf7+ Qe7 67. Qd5+ Qd6
68. Qg8 Qc6 69. a5 Kc7 (69... c4 $1 $11) 70. Qf7+ Kb8 71. Qf8+ Kb7 72. Bxc5 Ka6
73. Bb6 Qf3 74. Qf7 Be4 75. Qxf3 {At last the queens are exchanged. White
cannot win, despite the two extra pawns.} Bxf3 76. Kg1 Be4 77. Kf1 Bb1 78. Ke2
Bc2 79. Ke3 Bb1 80. Kf4 Bc2 81. Kg5 Bb1 82. f4 Bc2 83. g4 hxg4 84. Kxg4 Bb1 85.
Kg5 Bc2 86. f5 Bxf5 87. h5 gxh5 88. Kxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 7. c3 O-O 8. Be3
b6 9. Qc1 $6 ({'Theory' will become} 9. d4) 9... Ba6 10. Rd1 f5 $1 11. e5 $2 (
11. Qd2 {corrects the error.}) 11... Bxe5 $1 {Black charges at an early stage.}
12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. d4 $1 (13. Bxa8 $2 Qxa8 {is horrible.}) 13... Nd3 14. Rxd3
Bxd3 15. Bxa8 Qxa8 16. dxc5 f4 17. Bxf4 bxc5 18. Qe3 $2 (18. Nd2 $1 Nf5 19. Qd1
Nh4 20. f3 Qd5 21. Kf2 {creates a vulnerable defence line.}) 18... c4 19. Qd4
Qb7 20. b4 Nf5 21. Qe5 Be4 $2 (21... Nh4 $1 22. gxh4 Qf3 23. Nd2 Qxf4 24. Qxf4
Rxf4 {gains a big positional advantage, despite the exchanges.}) 22. Nd2 Bh1
23. f3 $2 (23. Kf1 $1 Qg2+ 24. Ke2 {is correct.}) 23... Bxf3 24. Rf1 Bd5 25. g4
d6 26. Qe2 g5 $1 27. Bxg5 Qg7 28. h4 $2 (28. Nf3 Qxc3 29. gxf5 Rxf5 30. Be3
Qg7+ 31. Ng5 Rxg5+ 32. Bxg5 Qxg5+ {and the game stays a fight.}) 28... Qxc3 $1
29. Qf2 Qh3 (29... Qh3 30. Nf3 Ne3 $1 {is devastating.}) 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D28"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Qe2 Nbd7 8. Rd1
b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. a4 bxa4 12. Rxa4 Qb6 13. Nbd2 Qc6 14. b3 Ne5
15. Be4 $6 ({Pressure keeps} 15. Bb2 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Rd8 17. Qc2) 15... Nxe4 16.
Nxe4 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 $6 (17. Qxf3 {is correct.}) 17... Be7 18. Ba3 Bxa3 19. Rxa3
{White will reach the draw by many exchanges.} O-O 20. Kg2 Qb6 21. Rd6 Qc7 22.
Rd4 f5 23. Ng3 Rac8 24. Raa4 Qe5 25. Rac4 a5 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Qd2 h6 28. Ra4
Rc5 29. b4 Rd5 30. Qc2 axb4 31. Rxb4 Rc5 32. Qb2 Qxb2 33. Rxb2 Rc7 34. Ne2 e5
35. Kg3 g5 36. h3 Rg7 37. Rb5 Ba6 38. Rb8+ Kh7 39. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Khasin, Abram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E64"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. d5 Na6 8. Nc3
Nc7 9. a4 Rb8 10. Bf4 a6 11. a5 b5 12. axb6 Rxb6 13. Ra2 Bd7 14. e4 Qb8 15. Qe2
Nh5 16. Be3 Rb4 17. h3 e5 18. Ne1 Be8 19. Bf3 Nf6 20. Bc1 Qc8 21. Kh2 Na8 $6
22. Nc2 Nb6 $2 ({Correct is} 22... Rb3) 23. Nxb4 cxb4 24. Nb1 Nxc4 25. b3 Bb5
26. Rc2 Ne3 $1 27. Rxc8 Nxf1+ 28. Kg1 Rxc8 $2 (28... Bxe2 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30.
Bxe2 Nxg3 31. fxg3 Nxe4 32. Bxa6 f5 {is less disastrous.}) 29. Qd1 Bd3 30. Bg5
Bxb1 31. Qxb1 Rc3 32. Bg2 h6 33. Bc1 Nxg3 34. fxg3 Rxg3 35. Bd2 a5 36. Be1 Rg5
37. Kh2 Nd7 38. h4 Rg4 39. Bh3 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Qe2 O-O 7. e5 Ne8 8. d4
Nc7 9. Ba4 cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. h3 Rb8 12. Bc2 b6 13. Bd2 Ba6 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15.
Qxd3 Qd7 16. Nc3 Nb4 17. Qe2 Rbc8 18. a3 Nc6 19. b4 Ne6 20. Qd3 f6 $1 {Black
solves his minor problems with an attack in the centre.} 21. exf6 Bxf6 $5 22.
Ne2 Bg7 23. Rac1 {Spassky still has to make one good move on the queen's side.}
a5 $2 (23... a6 $1 24. Qxa6 (24. Rc2 b5) 24... Ncxd4 25. Nfxd4 Nxd4 26. Nxd4
Bxd4 $11) 24. b5 $1 Nb8 $2 {The knight enters a prison.} ({Correct is} 24...
Na7 $1 25. a4 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Rc8) 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Nf4 Rc4 $5 27. Nxe6 Qxe6 28.
Re1 Qd6 29. g3 $1 Nd7 $2 (29... Rc8 30. Bf4 Qd7 {and Black only faces
positional difficulties.}) 30. Bf4 Qf6 31. Bg5 Qf8 32. Rxe7 Nf6 33. Qe2 h6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 Nf5 8. Bd3
h5 9. Qh3 cxd4 10. Nf3 $5 {Tal chooses wild play in the French.} (10. Bxf5 exf5
11. cxd4 {keeps advantage in a quiet variation.}) 10... Nc6 $6 ({A novelty
will become} 10... Qc7 $1 11. Rb1 dxc3 {(Tal-Korchnoi, Riga 1958).}) 11. g4 $1
Nfe7 12. gxh5 Qc7 13. Bf4 Ng6 $1 14. Qg4 Nxf4 15. Qxf4 dxc3 16. Qg5 Qe7 17.
Qxg7 Qf8 $6 ({The crucial variation is} 17... Rxh5 $1 18. Rg1 Qf8 19. Qf6 Rh6)
18. Qg5 Qh6 19. Rg1 Qxg5 20. Rxg5 Bd7 21. Ke2 $6 (21. h6 $1 Ke7 22. h7 {(Tal).}
) 21... Ke7 22. Ke3 Raf8 23. Rag1 Be8 24. Nd4 {Black has a forced draw in a
difficult endgame.} f5 $2 ({Correct is} 24... f6 $1 25. Rg7+ $5 Bf7 26. Nxc6+
bxc6 27. f4 $1 Rxh5 28. Bg6 {(Tal)} Rh3+ 29. Kd4 Rh4 $1 30. Ke3 Rh3+ {with a
repetition of moves.}) 25. Nxc6+ $1 Bxc6 26. Kd4 f4 27. Rg7+ Rf7 28. Rg8 Rxg8
29. Rxg8 Rf8 30. Rxf8 Kxf8 31. h6 b6 32. Kxc3 {Black is helpless in the
endgame.} Kg8 33. Bg6 a5 34. Kd4 Kf8 35. c3 Kg8 36. h7+ Kg7 37. Bf7 Bd7 38. Bg8
Bc8 39. Kd3 Bd7 40. Ke2 Kh8 41. Kf3 b5 42. Kxf4 d4 43. cxd4 b4 44. axb4 a4 45.
d5 a3 46. dxe6 a2 47. exd7 a1=Q 48. d8=Q {White wins by one tempo.} Qc1+ 49.
Kf5 Qb1+ 50. Ke6 Qg6+ 51. Kd7 {Petrosian lost the lead.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E79"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nc6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. O-O a6 11. Qd2 Rc8 12. Rac1 Qa5 $6 13. Nb3 Qb4 $2 {The
queen went to prison voluntarily.} 14. Qd1 $1 {White threatens 15.a3. Black
has to lose material.} Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Bxb2 16. Rb1 Qa3 17. Bc1 Bxc1 18. Qxc1
Qxc1 19. Rbxc1 a5 20. Nc3 b6 21. Rfd1 Rb8 22. Nd4 Rfc8 23. Nd5 Kf8 24. Rb1 Nxd4
25. Rxd4 Rc6 26. Rd2 Bf5 27. Rb5 e6 28. Nc3 h5 29. Rdb2 d5 30. c5 Rbc8 31. cxb6
$1 Rxc3 32. b7 Rb8 33. Rxa5 d4 34. Ra8 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A54"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Nxd4 d5 $6 {Black will be able to
exchange a lot, but White keeps advantages.} 6. Bg5 $1 dxc4 7. e3 Be7 8. Bxc4
O-O 9. Qc2 c5 10. Nf5 Bxf5 11. Qxf5 Nc6 $1 12. O-O $1 ({The attacker Tolush
prefers useful development to the two-edged} 12. Bxf6 $5 Bxf6 13. Qxc5 Rc8 14.
Rd1 Nd4 15. Qd5 Nc2+ 16. Ke2) 12... Qd7 13. Qf4 Qg4 14. Nd5 Qxf4 15. Nxe7+ Nxe7
16. Bxf4 {The two bishops exert pressure in the endgame.} Ng6 17. Bd6 Rfd8 18.
Rfd1 Rac8 19. f3 Ne8 20. Bg3 Ne7 21. e4 Kf8 {Black moves his pieces towards
the central area.} (21... Rd4 22. Bb3 Rcd8 23. Bf2 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 25.
Bxd1 b6 {leads to a nasty endgame, despite the exchanges.}) 22. Rac1 Nc6 23.
Bd5 b6 24. a3 Nf6 25. Bxc6 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Rxc6 27. e5 $1 Ne8 28. Rd7 {White
has a dangerous attack in the centre.} a6 (28... Rc7 $4 29. e6 $1) 29. Rb7 Nc7
30. f4 g6 {Forestalls 31.f5.} 31. Bh4 Nd5 32. Bg5 Ke8 33. Kf2 h5 $2 (33... f6
$1 34. exf6 Nxf6 35. Kf3 Nd7 {stops white's advance.}) 34. Kf3 b5 $2 ({The
last chance gives} 34... f5 $1 35. exf6 Nxf6) 35. Ke4 Nc7 36. Rb8+ Kd7 37. Rd8+
Ke6 38. h3 c4 39. g4 hxg4 40. hxg4 {Black has no acceptable defence against
the threat of mate in two.} f5+ 41. exf6 c3 (41... Rc5 42. Kd4 Rc6 43. Rh8 $18)
42. f5+ gxf5+ 43. gxf5+ Kf7 44. Rd7+ Kg8 45. bxc3 Rc4+ 46. Ke5 {Top: Tolush
and Kholmov 8 1/2, Tal, Bronstein, Keres and Petrosian 8, Spassky 7 1/2.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. d4 Bxb3 11. axb3 Qd7 $6 ({Better is} 11... exd4 12. cxd4 d5 {
(Aronin-Averbakh, Moscow 1948).}) 12. d5 Nd8 13. c4 c6 14. Nc3 cxd5 $2 ({
Counteraction gives} 14... Nb7 $1 15. Be3 Rfb8 16. Qd3 Bd8) 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16.
Qxd5 Nc6 17. Bd2 Qb7 18. Rec1 b4 19. h4 h6 20. g3 Rfd8 21. Kg2 Qc8 22. Be3 Bf8
23. Nh2 Ne7 24. Qd3 f5 25. f3 Kh8 26. Rd1 fxe4 27. Qxe4 Ng8 28. Ng4 Qe6 29. Qd5
Qg6 30. Qd3 Qe6 31. Qd5 Qg6 32. Qd3 $2 Qe6 $2 {Black fails to claim a draw.}
33. Nf2 Ne7 34. Ra5 $2 ({Correct is} 34. Bb6) 34... Nf5 35. Ne4 Be7 $2 ({Misses
} 35... d5 $1 36. cxd5 Rxd5 37. Rxd5 Qxd5 38. Qxd5 Nxe3+) 36. Bf2 Rf8 37. h5
Bd8 38. Ra4 Qf7 39. g4 Nh4+ 40. Bxh4 Bxh4 41. Qe3 Be7 42. Ra5 Qe6 43. Rad5 Rad8
44. R1d3 Rde8 45. Nxd6 Bxd6 46. Rxd6 Qe7 47. Rd7 Qg5 48. Qxg5 hxg5 49. Re3 Rd8
50. Re7 Rd2+ 51. Kg3 Rxb2 52. R7xe5 Rc2 53. Rxg5 Rc3 54. Rge5 Rd8 55. Rxc3 bxc3
56. Re3 {Kholmov lost the lead.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C16"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 5. Qg4 f5 6. Qg3 b6 7. a3 Bf8 8. Nf3 Ba6
9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. h4 $6 ({An edge keeps} 10. O-O c5 11. Bf4) 10... c5 11. Bg5
Nh6 12. h5 Nf7 13. O-O-O Nxg5 14. Qxg5 Nc7 15. g4 fxg4 16. Qxg4 O-O-O 17. Ng5
cxd4 18. Ne2 Bc5 19. f4 Rdf8 20. Rh3 Be7 21. Nxd4 Bxg5 22. Qxg5 Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E69"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 e5 7. d4 Nbd7 8. e4
c6 9. h3 Qb6 10. Re1 exd4 11. Nxd4 Ng4 $1 12. hxg4 Bxd4 13. Qd2 $1 Bg7 14. b3 (
{Risk for a pawn takes} 14. Qxd6 $6 Nc5 15. Qd1 Be6) 14... Ne5 15. g5 f5 ({A
new move will become} 15... f6 {(Larsen-Judit Polgár, Monaco 1994).}) 16. Na4
Qd8 17. Bb2 fxe4 18. Rxe4 Bf5 19. Rd4 Nf7 20. f4 Re8 21. Qf2 h6 22. gxh6 Nxh6
23. Bf3 Ng4 24. Bxg4 Bxg4 25. Rd2 Bxb2 26. Nxb2 Qf6 27. Re1 Kf7 28. Nd1 Rxe1+
29. Qxe1 Re8 30. Qf1 Qa1 {A fierce battle for the initiative has led to
equality.} ({White defends himself well in} 30... Qf5 31. Qf2 Qb1 32. Qf1) 31.
Ne3 Qc3 32. Rd3 Qa5 33. Qf2 $1 Qh5 34. Nxg4 Qxg4 35. Re3 Rh8 36. Qe2 Qh3 37.
Qg2 Qh5 38. Qe4 Qh2+ 39. Kf1 Qh1+ 40. Qxh1 Rxh1+ 41. Kg2 Ra1 42. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Black "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 e5 6. Nge2 c6 7. Bg5 Qa5 8. Qd2
O-O 9. d5 cxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2 Nxd5 12. cxd5 f6 13. Be3 Nd7 $6 (13...
Na6 14. Nc3 Nc7 {creates a new defence line on the queen's side.}) 14. Nc3 a6
15. g4 b5 $2 ({Wiser is} 15... f5 {(De Souza Mendes - Fischer, Mar del Plata
1959),}) ({or} 15... b6) 16. Be2 Bb7 17. b4 f5 18. g5 Rfb8 19. a4 bxa4 20. Rxa4
f4 21. Bf2 Bf8 22. Rha1 Be7 23. b5 axb5 24. Rxa8 Bxa8 25. Bxb5 Nf8 26. h4 Bb7
27. Bc6 Bc8 28. Nb5 Bh3 29. Ba7 Rc8 30. Bb6 Bd7 31. Ra7 (31. Bxd7 $1 Nxd7 32.
Bc7 {crowns the great manoeuvres.}) 31... Bxc6 32. dxc6 Rxc6 33. Rxe7 $2 (33.
Ba5 $1 Rc5 34. Nc3) 33... Rxb6 34. Nc3 Rb2+ 35. Kd3 Rf2 36. Nd5 Rxf3+ 37. Kc4
Ra3 38. Nf6+ Kh8 39. Rf7 Ra8 40. Kd5 Rd8 {A naive commentator writes about a
sacrifice of two pawns for the breakthrough.} 41. Kc6 $1 f3 42. Kd5 $1 Ra8 43.
Ng4 Rd8 44. Rxf3 Kg7 45. Nh6 Rd7 46. Rf1 $1 Re7 47. Rc1 $1 Rd7 48. Rc8 $1 {
Repeated zugzwang wins black pawns.} Re7 49. Kxd6 Rd7+ 50. Kxe5 Re7+ 51. Kd5
Rd7+ 52. Kc6 Rd4 53. Rc7+ Kh8 54. Re7 Rd1 55. Nf7+ Kg8 56. Nh6+ Kh8 57. Rf7
Rc1+ 58. Kd6 Rd1+ 59. Ke7 Rd7+ 60. Ke8 $1 (60. Kxf8 $4 Rd8+ 61. Ke7 Re8+ 62.
Kd6 Re6+ {The desperado rook delivers perpetual check on the e-file.}) 60...
Rxf7 61. Nxf7+ Kg7 62. Ke7 h5 63. gxh6+ Kg8 64. Ng5 Kh8 65. e5 {The subtle
endgame play by Bukhati brings into mind the studies of his younger brother
David.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. e5 $5 {This move originates from Keres-Fuderer, Goteborg
1955.} ({Later} 10. f5 {will become popular.}) 10... dxe5 11. fxe5 Nfd7 12. Bc4
$1 ({Keres improves on} 12. Ne4 {(Tal-Tolush, Leningrad 1956).}) 12... Be7 $6 (
{Better is} 12... Bb4 13. Rb3 Qa5 14. O-O O-O {(Tringov-Fischer, Havana 1965).}
) 13. Rb3 $6 ({Exciting is} 13. Bxe6 $1 {(Bilek-Fischer, Stockholm 1962)} Bxg5
14. Bxf7+ Kxf7 15. O-O+ Bf6 $1) 13... Bxg5 14. Qxg5 {A critical position in
the Poisened Pawn Variation has been reached.} Qe7 $2 ({Crucial is} 14... Qc5
$1 15. Bxe6 $5 {Tolush prefers} O-O $1 ({The greedy} 15... Qxd4 $2 {is
punished by} 16. Qxg7 Rf8 17. Nd5 Qa1+ $2 18. Kd2 Qxh1 19. Bxd7+ Nxd7 20. e6
Nc5 21. e7 Ne4+ 22. Ke2 Bg4+ 23. Qxg4 Qd1+ 24. Kxd1 Nf2+ 25. Kc1 Nxg4 26. Rxb7
Rg8 27. h3 Rg5 28. Nc7+ $18) 16. Nf5 Qxe5+ 17. Ne4 $1 fxe6 18. Ne7+ Kh8 19. Qh4
g5 $1 {and Black wins.}) 15. Qxg7 Qf8 $6 ({The passive} 15... Rf8 {is
necessary.}) 16. Qg5 Rg8 17. Qf4 Nc5 (17... Rxg2 $2 18. Ne4 {has no use.}) 18.
O-O $1 Qg7 19. Rf2 Nbd7 (19... Nxb3 20. Bxb3 Nd7 21. Ne4 {White has a winning
attack.}) 20. Nd5 $3 {Lightning strikes in the darkness.} Nxb3 (20... exd5 21.
Bxd5 Nxe5 22. Re3 {is a poor alternative.}) 21. Nc7+ Ke7 (21... Kd8 22. Ndxe6+)
22. Bxb3 Qxe5 23. Qxf7+ Kd6 24. Ndxe6 Nf6 25. Rxf6 Qe1+ 26. Rf1 Qe3+ 27. Kh1
Bxe6 28. Nxe6 Rac8 29. Qxb7 {Keres took over the lead of Tolush.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Khasin, Abram"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A54"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Nxd4 d5 $6 6. Bg5 $1 dxc4 7. e3 c5
({We saw} 7... Be7 8. Bxc4 O-O {in the previous round (Tolush-Klaman).}) 8.
Ndb5 a6 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. O-O-O+ Nbd7 11. Nd6 Bxd6 12. Rxd6 Ke7 13. Rd2 Nb6 $2
({A fight starts} 13... b5 $1 14. Nd5+ Kf8 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Be2) 14. e4 Ke8 $6
(14... h6 15. Be3 Nfd7 16. a4 a5 {is less disastrous.}) 15. e5 Nfd7 16. Rd6 h6
17. Be3 Kd8 18. a4 Re8 19. a5 Rxe5 20. axb6 Ke7 21. Rd5 Rxe3 22. fxe3 Nxb6 23.
Rxc5 Be6 24. Be2 Rd8 25. Rd1 Rxd1+ 26. Kxd1 Kd8 27. Bf3 Nd7 28. Ra5 Kc7 29.
Nd5+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Black "Aronson, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B34"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. h4 $5 {Klaman plays his
speciality.} Nf6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Nb3 d6 8. Be2 Be6 9. h5 $5 O-O $6 ({A
counteraction begins} 9... Nxh5 10. Nd5 Nf6 11. Bh6 Bxh6 12. Nxf6+ exf6 13.
Rxh6 d5 $1) 10. Bg5 Rc8 11. Qd2 Ne5 12. Nd4 Bc4 13. Bxf6 exf6 $2 ({A defence
gives} 13... Bxf6 14. hxg6 fxg6 15. Qh6 Rf7) 14. f4 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Nc6 16. O-O-O
f5 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. e5 $1 {The attack on the king has become decisive.} Re8 (
18... Qa5 19. Nb3 Qb4 20. Nd5 Qa4 21. g4 {and White threatens 22.Qh2.}) 19.
Ndb5 d5 20. Rxd5 Qb6 21. Nd6 Qb4 22. g3 Red8 23. Rhd1 Rxd6 24. Rxd6 Bf8 25. Nd5
Qc5 26. Nf6+ Kg7 27. Qh2 Qe3+ 28. Kb1 Bxd6 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E54"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Bd7 9. dxc5 Bc6 10. Nb5 a6 11. Nbd4 Bxc5 12. Bd2 Bd5 13. Rc1 Be7 14. Qb3 Nbd7
15. Bb4 Bxb4 16. Qxb4 Qb6 17. Qxb6 Nxb6 18. Bxd5 Nbxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 d6 8.
e6 $5 Bxe6 9. axb5 Ne5 10. Nd4 Bd7 {This sharp variation of the Berlin Defence
is known from Didier-Pillsbury, Paris 1900.} 11. f4 Ng6 12. Nc3 Be7 13. Nd5 {
White controls the centre for a pawn.} f5 $5 ({Black has no stomach for} 13...
O-O 14. f5 Ne5 15. f6 Bxf6 16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. Bh6 Re8 18. Qh5) 14. b6 $2 {
Boris sacrifices a second pawn.} ({He should win back a pawn with} 14. Qd3 c6
15. bxc6 bxc6 16. Ne3 {and keep the initiative.}) 14... cxb6 15. Bd2 O-O 16.
Bc3 Rf7 17. Re1 Bf8 18. Qh5 Ne7 19. Ne3 h6 20. Rad1 Rc8 21. Nf3 Qc7 22. Bd4 Be8
23. c3 Rf6 $2 {Black returns a pawn.} ({Instead he should move forwards with} 
23... Qc6 24. Qh4 a6 {in the slow style of Petrosian and Karpov.}) 24. Qh3 Re6
25. Nxf5 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Nxf5 27. Qxf5 Bf7 28. Qg4 Re8 29. Rxe8 Bxe8 30. f5 Qf7
31. f6 Qg6 32. Qxg6 Bxg6 33. fxg7 Bxg7 34. Kf2 Bf8 35. Ke3 Kf7 36. g4 Bc2 37.
h3 Be7 38. Kf4 Bd1 39. Be3 d5 40. Bd4 Bd6+ 41. Be5 Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Stoliar, Efim"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B41"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bd2 O-O 8. e5
Ne8 $2 ({'Theory' will become the active} 8... Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Ne4) 9. Nc2 Be7 10.
Bd3 Nc6 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. f4 f6 $5 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. O-O b6 15. Ne4 b5 $1 16.
cxb5 axb5 17. Kh1 (17. Bxb5 $2 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Qb6+) 17... Bb7 18. a3 Na5 19. Nd4
Qb6 $6 (19... Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 Nc4 {is stronger.}) 20. Nf3 (20.
Nxf6+ Rxf6 $1 21. Nxb5 Nb3 22. Be3 Bc5 23. Rae1 {gains a pawn.}) 20... Nc4 21.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 22. Bb4 Rfd8 23. Ne5 Ne3 24. Rg1 (24. Bxh7+ Kxh7 25. Qh5+ Kg8 26.
Qf7+ $11) 24... Nf5 25. Qh5 Qd4 $1 ({Tal notices} 25... g6 26. Nxg6 hxg6 27.
Qxg6+ Bg7 28. Bxf5) 26. Bxf5 exf5 27. Qxf5 Qe4 (27... Be4 28. Qg4 Qxb2 29. Rae1
Bxe5 30. Rxe4 Bf6 31. Rd1 {and White continues the attack.}) 28. Qxe4 Bxe4 29.
Bd6 Rac8 30. Rge1 Bb7 31. Rac1 Bxe5 32. fxe5 (32. Bxe5 $1 Rxc1 33. Rxc1 Rc8 34.
Rxc8+ Bxc8 35. Kg1 {and White might be able to create two distant passed pawns.
}) 32... Rxc1 33. Rxc1 Rc8 34. Rxc8+ Bxc8 35. Kg1 Kf7 36. Kf2 Ke6 37. Ke3 Bb7
38. g3 Kd5 39. b3 Bc6 40. Kd3 Ke6 $4 (40... h5 {maitains the status quo.}) 41.
Kd4 Bf3 42. a4 Bd1 {Black is lost.} 43. axb5 $4 (43. a5 $1 Bxb3 44. Kc5 {wins
easily.}) 43... Bxb3 44. Kc5 (44. Kc5 Bd1 45. Kb6 Be2 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A23"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. d3 Bc5 8. Nb3
Bb4 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Nc6 11. Bg2 Bf5 12. O-O O-O 13. Bf4 Rc8 14. Qd2 Re8
15. Rfe1 h6 16. a4 exd3 17. exd3 Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 Qb6 19. Qd1 Na5 20. Nd4 Bd7 21.
Be3 Qb2 22. Nb5 $2 {This adventure costs a pawn.} a6 $1 23. Nd6 Rc6 24. Bf4 Qb6
25. Qb1 Rxd6 26. Qxb6 Rxb6 27. Bc7 Re6 28. Rxe6 fxe6 29. Bxa5 Bxa4 30. Kf1 Nd7
31. Ke2 Bb5 32. Ke3 Ne5 (32... b6 33. Bb4 Ne5 {is even stronger.}) 33. Bf1 Kf7
$2 {White gets the necessary tempo to restore his position.} (33... Ng4+ 34.
Ke2 (34. Kd4 Nxf2) 34... Nxh2 $1 35. Bh3 Kf7 36. Bc7 h5 {might win.}) 34. h3 $1
Nc6 35. Bb6 Ba4 36. f4 Bb3 37. Kd2 e5 38. fxe5 Nxe5 39. Bg2 Ke6 40. Ke3 Kd6 41.
Kd2 Ba4 42. h4 Bb5 43. Bf1 Bd7 44. c4 Be6 45. Kc3 Nc6 46. Bg2 Ne7 47. Kb4 Kc6
48. Bd4 Nf5 49. Bf2 Nd6 50. Bd4 Nf5 51. Bf2 Ne7 52. Bd4 g6 53. Be3 h5 54. Bg5
Nf5 55. Bh3 {Top: Keres 9, Kholmov, Bronstein, Petrosian, Tal and Tolush 8 1/2,
Spassky 8.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Khasin, Abram"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E55"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
b6 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Rd1 Qe7 11. Bd2 Nbd7 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Ne4 14. Be1 Rfd8
15. b4 cxd4 16. Rxd4 e5 17. Rdd1 Nf8 18. Ba6 Ng6 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 {White can
exchange, but he finds an enjoyable finish.} 20. h4 $5 Nf6 21. h5 Nxh5 22. Nxe5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Aronson, Lev"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Bxc6 bxc6 $5 6. Nc3 d6 7. d4 exd4
8. Nxd4 c5 9. Nde2 Bb7 10. O-O g6 11. Bf4 Qe7 12. f3 Bg7 13. Qd2 O-O 14. Bh6
Rfe8 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Rad1 Bc6 17. Rfe1 Qe5 18. Qf4 Nd7 19. b3 a5 20. Qxe5+
Rxe5 21. Nf4 Nb6 22. Nd3 Ree8 23. e5 $6 c4 $1 24. bxc4 Nxc4 25. exd6 cxd6 26.
Rxe8 Rxe8 27. Kf2 g5 28. Ne2 Rb8 29. Nd4 Bd7 30. Re1 Kf6 31. h3 h6 32. f4 Nb2
33. fxg5+ hxg5 34. Nxb2 Rxb2 35. a3 Be6 36. Re3 Bd5 37. Re2 Rb1 38. Re3 Rc1 39.
Re2 Rd1 40. Nf3 Kf5 41. Re3 Kf4 {Keres has a slight advantage in the adjourned
position.} 42. g3+ Kf5 43. c3 $1 ({White has no luck in the variation} 43. Rd3
Rxd3 44. cxd3 Bxf3 45. Kxf3 g4+ $1 46. hxg4+ Kg5 47. Kf2 $5 Kxg4 48. Kg2 a4 49.
Kf2 d5 50. Kg2 d4 51. Kf2 f6 $1 {and Black wins.}) 43... Kf6 {The critical
position.} 44. Nd4 $2 ({Counteraction gives} 44. h4 $1 gxh4 45. gxh4 Ra1 46.
Rd3 Ke6 {and White might escape with} 47. h5 $1 Rxa3 48. h6 Ra2+ 49. Kg3 Rb2
50. c4 $1 Bxf3 51. Rxf3 Rb1 52. Kf4 Rh1 53. Kg5 Rg1+ 54. Kh5) 44... Bc4 45. Nc6
a4 46. Na5 Be6 47. h4 g4 $2 48. Re1 $2 ({White misses} 48. c4 $1 Rc1 49. Re1 $1
Rc2+ 50. Re2 Rc3 51. Re3) 48... Rd5 49. Nb7 Ke7 50. Re4 Rf5+ 51. Rf4 Rxf4+ 52.
gxf4 Bd5 53. Na5 f5 54. c4 Be4 55. c5 dxc5 56. Nc4 Bd5 57. Ne3 Be6 58. Nd1 Bf7
59. Nc3 Be8 60. Ke3 Kd6 61. Ne2 Kd5 62. Ng3 Kc4 63. Nxf5 Kb3 64. Kd2 Kxa3 65.
Kc3 Ka2 66. Ne3 g3 67. f5 Kb1 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 {This variation arises three times in this round.} 10. Qg3 $5
({The main line is} 10. g4 {(Tolush-Aronin).}) 10... h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. fxg5 Rg8
13. Be2 $1 ({Less impression makes} 13. Qe1 $6 {(Mikenas-Spassky).}) 13... Ne5
$1 14. g6 $5 Rxg6 $1 ({The centre slightly weakens} 14... Nxg6 {(Tal-Fischer,
Zürich 1959).}) 15. Qh3 b5 16. a3 Bb7 17. Rhf1 $6 (17. Rhe1 {is correct.})
17... Nxe4 $1 18. Bh5 $5 Nxc3 19. Nxe6 $1 {Bannik shows great courage.} Qc4 $5
({Even the acceptation} 19... fxe6 20. Qxe6 $1 Nxd1 21. Bxg6+ Nxg6 22. Qxg6+
Kd7 23. Bxe7 Ne3 24. Rf7 Bd5 {can be played.}) 20. Bxg6 Ne2+ $2 ({Black keeps
on grabbing with} 20... Nxd1 $1 21. Bxf7+ Nxf7 22. Rxf7 Kxf7 23. Qf5+ Ke8 24.
Ng7+ Kd8 25. Qf8+ Kc7 26. Qxe7+ Kb6 27. Qxd6+ Ka7 {The king has found a
shelter.}) 21. Kb1 Bc8 $4 ({Correct is} 21... Nxg6 22. Ng7+ Kf8 23. Bxe7+ Kxg7
24. Bf6+ Kh7 25. Bg5 Rh8 $1 26. Qd7 Rf8 27. Qxb7 hxg5 {and the fight continues.
}) 22. Ng7+ Kf8 23. Bxe7+ Kxg7 24. Bf5 Nf4 25. Rxf4 Qxf4 26. Bxc8 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Stoliar, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. Ne5
Nbd7 9. Ndf3 Be7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 Bf6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nc4 $5 Re8 14. Ne3
Nf8 15. Ng4 Be7 16. Ne5 Bf6 17. f4 c5 18. e3 b5 $5 19. g4 $5 Qb6 20. g5 Bxe5
21. dxe5 d4 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. exd4 Rad8 24. Qf3 Qxf3 25. Rxf3 cxd4 26. Bd2 Ne6
27. Ra3 Rc8 28. f5 Nc5 29. Re1 g6 30. f6 a6 31. h4 Na4 32. Bb4 Nxb2 33. e6 fxe6
$2 ({Equality keeps} 33... Rxe6 $1 34. Rxe6 fxe6 35. Rxa6 Nc4 36. Rxe6 d3 37.
Re7 d2 38. Rd7 Ne5 39. f7+ Nxf7 40. Bxd2) 34. Rxa6 Nd3 35. Ra7 Nxb4 36. f7+ Kh8
37. fxe8=Q+ Rxe8 38. Rf1 Nc6 39. Rc7 Ne5 40. Rc5 Nc4 41. Rf7 d3 42. Rd7 e5 43.
Rxd3 e4 44. Rd7 Ne5 45. Rdc7 Nf3+ 46. Kg2 Nxh4+ 47. Kh3 Nf5 48. Rc8 Rxc8 49.
Rxc8+ Kg7 50. Rc5 Nd4 51. Rd5 Nf3 52. Kg3 b4 53. Kf4 Ng1 54. Ke3 h5 55. gxh6+
Kxh6 56. Rb5 Kg7 57. Rxb4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Qe2 $5 {This old move
in the Open Ruy Lopez is known from Minckwitz-Von Schmidt, Leipzig 1865.} Nc5
7. Bxc6 bxc6 $5 ({The main line goes} 7... dxc6) 8. d4 Ne6 9. dxe5 Be7 10. Nc3
O-O 11. Be3 Rb8 12. b3 f5 13. Rad1 Qe8 14. Nd4 f4 $5 15. Nxe6 dxe6 $6 (15... f3
$1 16. gxf3 Qg6+ 17. Ng5 Bxg5 {is better.}) 16. Bc1 c5 $2 ({Consistent play
continues with} 16... f3 $1 17. gxf3 c5) 17. f3 Qh5 18. Bb2 c4 19. Qxc4 Qxe5
20. Na4 Qa5 21. Bc3 Bb4 22. Bxb4 Rxb4 23. Qc6 Rb5 24. c3 Rh5 25. Rf2 h6 26. Re2
Qg5 $5 27. Qxc7 e5 $1 {Black has set great problems by making opportunistic
moves under time pressure.} 28. Rd5 $2 ({White has to play the subtle} 28. Qc4+
$1 Kh7 29. Qc5 $1 Qh4 30. h3) 28... Qh4 29. Rexe5 $2 ({The variation} 29. h3 $1
Bxh3 30. Rexe5 $1 Bxg2 $1 31. Rxh5 Qg3 $5 32. Rdg5 $1 hxg5 33. Qc4+ Rf7 34.
Qc8+ Rf8 {ends in perpetual check.}) 29... Qxh2+ 30. Kf1 Qh1+ 31. Kf2 Rh2 32.
Rg5 hxg5 33. Rxg5 Rxg2+ $4 (33... Rh7 $1 {wins.}) 34. Rxg2 Qh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E87"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 c5 8. Qd2 Ne8
9. Bd3 f5 10. exf5 gxf5 11. O-O-O a6 12. Nge2 b5 13. Rdg1 Nd7 14. cxb5 e4 $5
15. fxe4 fxe4 16. Nxe4 axb5 17. Bxb5 $5 ({An advantage keeps} 17. Ng5 $1 Ndf6
18. Kb1) 17... Rxa2 18. N2c3 Ra7 19. Rf1 Ndf6 20. Nxf6+ Nxf6 21. Kc2 Ng4 22.
Bg5 Rxf1 23. Rxf1 Qb6 $2 {Boleslavsky remains remarkably aggressive.} ({It is
time to equalise with} 23... Bxc3 $1 24. Qf4 Be5 25. Bxd8 Bxf4 26. Rxf4 Ne3+
27. Kd2 Nxd5 28. Bc4 Be6 29. Re4 Bf7 30. Rg4+ Kf8 31. Rh4 Kg7 32. Rg4+) 24. Qe2
Ne5 25. Qh5 Rf7 26. Rxf7 Nxf7 27. Bd3 Nxg5 28. Qe8+ Bf8 29. Qxc8 c4 30. Be2
Qb3+ 31. Kb1 Nf7 32. Qxc4 Qb6 33. Qg4+ Bg7 34. Kc2 Qd8 35. Ne4 Qc7+ 36. Kb1 Qb6
37. Bb5 Qd4 38. Qc8+ Bf8 39. Qc4 Qg1+ 40. Qf1 Qxh2 41. Nf6+ Kg7 42. Ne8+ Kg8
43. Nf6+ Kg7 44. Bd3 Be7 45. Ne8+ Kg8 46. Bf5 Ne5 47. Be6+ Kh8 48. Nxd6 Qh4 49.
Qa6 Bxd6 50. Qxd6 Qe4+ 51. Ka1 Kg7 52. g4 Qf4 53. Qc7+ Kh6 54. Bf5 Qd4 55.
Qxh7+ Kg5 56. Qh5+ Kf4 57. Qh2+ Kg5 58. Qh5+ Kf4 59. Qh6+ Kg3 60. Qd6 Kh4 61.
Qd8+ Kg3 62. Qa5 Kf4 63. Ka2 Nc4 64. Qb4 Kg5 65. d6 Qd5 66. d7 Ne3+ 67. b3 Nxf5
68. gxf5 Qxd7 69. Qc5 Qb7 70. b4 Qa6+ 71. Kb2 Qe2+ 72. Kc3 Qe1+ 73. Kb3 Qd1+
74. Kc4 Qe2+ 75. Kd4 Qg4+ 76. Kd5 Qg2+ 77. Kd6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B99"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Qg3 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. fxg5 Rg8 13. Qe1 $6 {Hereafter,
White has to remain on the defence.} hxg5 14. Bg3 Ne5 15. Nf3 b5 16. a3 Bd7 17.
Qd2 Rb8 18. Qd4 {Wins of a pawn are unfavourable.} (18. Nxg5 $2 Nh5 19. Bh4 Qd8
$1) (18. Bxe5 $2 dxe5 19. Nxg5 Nd5 $1 20. Nxd5 exd5 21. h4 d4) 18... Nfg4 19.
h3 Nxf3 20. gxf3 Ne5 21. Be2 (21. f4 $1 Nc6 22. Qe3 b4 23. axb4 Nxb4 {gives
more active play.}) 21... a5 22. Nb1 $2 (22. Na2 $1 {is necessary in oreder to
discourage 22...b4.}) 22... b4 23. axb4 axb4 24. b3 $6 (24. Rd2 {is a better
defensive move.}) 24... Bb5 25. Bxb5+ Rxb5 26. Bxe5 dxe5 27. Qd3 Ra5 28. Kd2 (
28. Qc4 $1 Rc5 29. Qd3 {diverts the attack.}) 28... Ra2 29. Ke2 $2 {White
panics and gives away a pawn.} (29. Rh2 {is useful.}) 29... Qxc2+ 30. Qxc2
Rxc2+ 31. Rd2 Rc8 32. Ra2 Kf8 33. Nd2 Rc3 34. Ra7 Bc5 35. Rd7 Re3+ 36. Kd1 Kg7
37. Rg1 Ra8 $1 {Black returns the extra pawn for a devastating attack.} 38.
Rxg5+ Kf6 39. Rg2 Bd4 40. Rc7 Bc3 41. h4 Ra1+ 42. Kc2 Ra2+ 43. Kd1 Rd3 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Bb4 8.
Bd2 Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bd3 a5 11. Qe2 d5 12. a3 Be7 13. exd5 exd5 14. Rae1
Be6 15. f4 O-O 16. f5 Bc5+ 17. Be3 Bxe3+ 18. Qxe3 Bd7 19. Na4 Ng4 20. Qf4 Qa7+
21. Kh1 Nf6 22. Qd6 Rfd8 23. Qc5 Qc7 24. Qd4 Re8 25. Nc5 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Re8 27.
Rxe8+ Bxe8 28. Kg1 Qe7 29. Kf1 h5 30. Be2 Bd7 31. Bd3 {The double blockade
brings not enough advantage for a win.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B61"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Qa5 9. Bxf6 ({A fine choice has become} 9. f4) 9... gxf6 10. O-O-O Rc8 11.
f4 Rg8 (11... Bg7 12. Kb1 Qc5 {is okay (Szabó-Stein, Tallinn 1969).}) 12. g3 e6
$6 ({The pointe of} 12... f5 {(Kveinys-Dragomarezkij, Mikolajki 1991) is} 13.
e5 Bg7) 13. Bh3 (13. Qxf6 $2 Bg7) 13... Qc5 14. Qd2 b5 15. Rhe1 b4 16. Ne2 Qc4
17. Kb1 Qxe4 $5 18. Nd4 ({An advantage gains} 18. f5 $1 e5 19. Nf4 Qc6 20. Nd5)
18... Qb7 19. Qd3 $1 Be7 $6 ({A proper defence gives} 19... Rh8 $1 20. Nf5 d5
21. Bg2 $1 Bc6 22. Bxd5 Bxd5 23. Qxd5 Qxd5 24. Rxd5) 20. Qxh7 Rf8 21. Bg4 Qc7
22. Ka1 f5 $2 (22... Qc5 {is a useful move.}) 23. Bxf5 $1 {A great combination
begins.} exf5 $2 ({Better is} 23... b3 $1 24. Bd3 bxa2 25. f5 e5 26. Qg7 Qb6
27. f6 Qxd4 28. Ba6) 24. Rxe7+ $1 Kxe7 25. Re1+ Kd8 26. Qh4+ f6 27. Qh6 Qa5 28.
Nb3 $1 (28. Qxf8+ $2 Kc7 29. Qxf6 $2 b3 $1 {turns the tables.}) 28... Qd5 29.
Qxf8+ Kc7 30. Qxf6 Re8 31. Rc1 $1 Ba4 32. Qd4 Qb7 33. Rd1 Re6 34. Qc4+ {Tal
was in his element again.} (34. Qc4+ Kd7 35. Nc5+) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. b3 a5 7. a4 Bd7 8. Bb2
Qc8 9. Re1 Bh3 10. Bh1 h6 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. Nc4 Re8 13. e4 Ng4 14. d5 Bxb2 15.
Nxb2 Nce5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Qd2 Kh7 ({Trouble avoids} 17... g5 $1) 18. f4 $1
Nd7 $2 (18... Ng4 {saves the bishop.}) 19. Nd3 Nf8 20. f5 $1 gxf5 21. Nf2 fxe4
22. Rxe4 Ng6 23. g4 Ne5 24. Nxh3 Rg8 25. Nf2 Nxg4 26. Nxg4 Rxg4+ 27. Bg2 Rg7
28. Rf1 f6 29. Rf3 c6 30. Rg3 Rxg3 31. hxg3 Qf8 32. Qe3 Re8 33. Bh3 cxd5 34.
Bf5+ Kh8 35. Rh4 e6 36. Rxh6+ Kg7 37. Rh7+ Kg8 38. Qf3 exf5 39. Qh5 Re1+ 40.
Kf2 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 ({Aronin played the usual} 11... Nxf6
{in round six.}) 12. a3 {White acts cool.} ({'Theory' becomes} 12. f5 {
(Gligoric-Fischer, Bled 1959).}) 12... Nc5 13. f5 Rb8 14. fxe6 fxe6 15. g5 $5
fxg5 16. b4 g4 $5 {All means are used in the battle for the initiative.} 17.
Qxg4 Nb3+ $1 18. Nxb3 Qxc3 19. Qh5+ Kd8 20. Bh3 Bd7 21. Rd3 Qf6 $2 ({The black
queen stays available in} 21... Qc4 22. e5 Rc8 23. Qe2 d5 24. Kb1 Re8 {for a
compact defence line.}) 22. Kb1 Qg6 23. Qe2 $1 Rf8 24. Rhd1 Rb6 (24... Rb7 25.
Nc5 $1 dxc5 26. Qd2 $18) 25. Qe3 Rc6 26. Qa7 Rc7 27. Qb6 Qxe4 28. Nc5 Qc6 {The
black queen has returned too late to the defence.} 29. Nxe6+ $1 Kc8 ({Black is
crushed in} 29... Bxe6 30. Rxd6+ $1) 30. Qxc6 Rxc6 31. Nxf8 Bxf8 32. Rf1 Bh6
33. Rf7 {Top: Keres 10, Bronstein, Tal and Tolush 9 1/2, Kholmov and Spassky 9
(the leaders won, except Kholmov).} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Aronson, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B39"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 e5 $5 10. Be2 O-O 11. h4 f5 $2 (11... d6 {is correct.}) 12. h5
f4 13. Bxd4 exd4 14. Nd5 (14. hxg6 $1 hxg6 (14... dxc3 $4 15. Qd5+ Kh8 16.
Rxh7#) 15. Nd5) 14... g5 15. Bg4 $1 Re8 16. Qf3 h6 ({It is too late for} 16...
d6 {due to} 17. O-O Bxg4 18. Qxg4 Rxe4 19. h6 Bxh6 20. Rfe1 Re5 21. Rxe5 dxe5
22. Qe6+ Kg7 {(Aronin and Simagin)} 23. Qxe5+ $18) 17. O-O d6 18. Bf5 Re5 19.
g4 Bd7 20. Qd3 Bc6 21. b4 Re8 22. a4 a5 23. b5 Bd7 (23... Bxd5 24. cxd5 {and
White will utilise the c-file.}) 24. Bxd7 Qxd7 25. f3 Qd8 26. b6 Rc8 27. Nc7
Re7 28. Rab1 Qd7 29. Rb5 Re5 30. Nd5 Rc5 31. Rfb1 {White threatens 32.Rxc5
dxc5 33.Rb5.} Rexd5 $5 32. exd5 Rc8 33. Re1 Re8 34. Re4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C76"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Be3
Nge7 $5 9. dxe5 $5 (9. d5 {aims at a bigger advantage.}) 9... dxe5 10. Bc5 b6
11. Ba3 b5 12. Bc2 O-O 13. Nbd2 a5 $6 14. Bc5 a4 15. b3 axb3 16. axb3 Rb8 17.
b4 Qe8 18. Nb3 Nd8 19. Be3 Ne6 20. Nc5 Bc8 $6 21. Nxe6 $6 (21. Qe2 {profits
from the weakening moves.}) 21... Bxe6 22. Bc5 Rd8 23. Qc1 f5 $2 (23... f6 24.
Ra7 Rd7 {gives an acceptable defence.}) 24. exf5 gxf5 25. Re1 e4 26. Nd4 Bc4
27. f3 Nd5 $5 {In an epic desperation, Nezhmetdinov sacrifices two exchanges
at once.} 28. Bxf8 Qxf8 29. Ne6 Qe7 30. Nxd8 Qxd8 31. fxe4 Nxc3 32. e5 Qd4+ 33.
Qe3 Bxe5 34. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 35. Kh1 Nd5 36. Rad1 Bc3 37. Bxf5 $5 Bxe1 38. Be6+ Kg7
39. Rxe1 Kf6 40. Bxd5 Bxd5 41. Kg1 c6 42. Kf2 h5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E54"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
b6 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. e4 Nbd7 12. Bf4 ({Furman didn't like} 12. e5
Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nh5) 12... a6 13. h3 b5 14. Bd3 b4 $1 15. Na4 Qa5 16. b3 Be7 17.
Rac1 Rac8 18. Nd2 Ne5 19. Bb1 Bc6 (19... Rfd8 $1 {gains a minimal advantage.})
20. Nb2 (20. Bxe5 $6 Qxe5 21. Qxa6 {is risky.}) 20... Bb5 21. Ndc4 Nfd7 22.
Rfd1 Bf6 $2 {Black misses a lucent combination.} 23. Rxd7 $1 Nxd7 {Borisenko
and Furman analyse:} (23... Nxc4 24. Nxc4 Rxc4 25. bxc4 Bxd7 26. e5 Be7 27. Qd3
) (23... Bxc4 24. Nxc4 Rxc4 25. Rxc4 Nxd7 26. Bd6) (23... Rxc4 24. Nxc4 Nxd7
25. Nxa5 Bxe2 26. Bd6) 24. e5 Bxc4 25. Qc2 $6 ({More advantage brings} 25. Rxc4
$1 Bxe5 26. Bxe5 Rxc4 27. Nxc4 Qb5) 25... g6 $6 ({Black might survive in} 25...
Rfd8 $1 26. Qxh7+ Kf8 27. Nxc4 Rxc4 28. bxc4 Nxe5) 26. exf6 Nxf6 27. Nxc4 Qb5
28. Qb2 Nh5 29. Bh6 Rfd8 30. g4 f6 31. gxh5 Qxh5 32. Bf4 e5 33. Bg3 Qxh3 34.
Qe2 h5 35. Bxg6 h4 36. Qh5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A60"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 Be7 $6 7. g3 O-O 8.
Bg2 Ne8 $5 9. O-O Nd7 10. Nd2 Bf6 11. Nde4 Be7 $5 {Black's mad moves are
provocative instead of prophylactic.} 12. f4 $5 Ndf6 $5 13. Nf2 Ng4 14. Nxg4
Bxg4 15. h3 Bd7 16. e4 Bf6 17. Re1 Bd4+ 18. Kh2 Nc7 19. Ne2 Bf6 20. Ng1 Re8 21.
Nf3 Bb5 22. e5 Be7 $1 23. b3 dxe5 24. Nxe5 f6 25. Nc4 Bxc4 $6 (25... Bd6 26.
Be3 Qd7 {is preferable.}) 26. bxc4 Bd6 27. Be4 f5 28. Bd3 Qf6 29. Rb1 Rxe1 30.
Qxe1 Re8 31. Qd2 b6 32. Bb2 Qf8 $2 (32... Qf7 33. Qc2 Rf8 {loses no pawn.}) 33.
Re1 ({A pawn wins} 33. Qc2 $1 {because} g6 $2 34. Qc3 {leads to a disaster.})
33... Rxe1 34. Qxe1 Qf7 35. Be5 Ne8 36. Qb1 g6 37. Qb2 Qd7 38. Qa3 Qe7 39. Qb2
Qd7 40. Bc2 Bf8 41. Qa3 Nd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B14"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 d5 5. a3 cxd4 6. exd4 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bf4
Nc6 9. Rc1 Ne4 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4 12. Rxc4 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qd5 14. Qc2 f5
15. O-O Bd7 16. Rd1 $6 Rac8 $1 17. Be3 Na5 18. Rxc8 (18. Rc3 $6 Rxc3 19. bxc3
Nc4 {is pleasant for Black.}) 18... Rxc8 19. Qe2 Bd6 20. Ne5 Ba4 21. Re1 Bxe5
22. dxe5 Rd8 23. b4 $2 ({Keres does not play} 23. Bc2 $1 {due to} Bxc2 24. Qxc2
Nc6 25. f4 Qb5 {but} 26. Rc1 Rd3 $1 27. Bc5 {gives a satisfactory answer.})
23... Bc6 $1 24. f3 Qxd3 25. Qxd3 Rxd3 26. bxa5 Rxa3 27. Bxa7 Rxa5 28. Bd4 Ra2
29. Rb1 Rd2 {If the rooks are exchanged, the extra pawn has little value.
Black uses his rook for restriction.} 30. Bc3 Rc2 31. Bd4 Kf7 {Euwe has
thoroughly analysed this position.} 32. h4 $5 (32. Rb2 Rc1+ 33. Kf2 f4 34. Ke2
{and the restriction increases}) (32. h3 $1 f4 33. Rb2 Rc1+ 34. Kh2 $1 g5 35.
Ba7 Kg6 36. Bb8 Kf5 37. Bd6 h5 38. Bb8 Bd5 39. Bd6 g4 40. hxg4+ hxg4 41. fxg4+
Kxg4 42. Bb8 b5 $1 43. Bd6 (43. Rxb5 Rc2) 43... Re1 44. Bb8 b4 45. Bd6 b3 46.
Rd2 f3 $1 47. Rd4+ Re4 48. Rxe4+ Bxe4 49. gxf3+ Kxf3 50. Ba3 Ke2 $19) 32... Kg6
33. Rb4 h6 34. Rb2 Rxb2 $1 35. Bxb2 Kh5 36. Ba3 Kxh4 37. Bf8 Kg3 $1 38. Bxg7 h5
39. Bh6 Bxf3 $1 {This sacrifice is the point of the previous rook exchange.}
40. gxf3 Kxf3 41. Kf1 b5 42. Bd2 h4 43. Bb4 h3 44. Kg1 Ke2 {Tal took over the
lead from Keres.} 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Khasin, Abram"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. c4 Nb6 7. exd6 cxd6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nc3 N8d7 $5 {This strange move stems from Becker-Kluger,
Tatatovaros 1935.} 11. b3 Nf6 12. Rc1 h6 13. Nd2 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Nbd7 $2 (14...
d5 $1 15. c5 Nbd7 {is necessary.}) 15. Qf3 Rb8 16. Qg3 Kh7 17. d5 Qa5 18. dxe6
fxe6 19. Qh3 e5 20. Nf3 Kg8 21. Nh4 Rf7 22. Nf5 Bf8 23. Rfd1 b5 $5 {
Opportunism becomes the method.} 24. Nxb5 d5 25. Nbd6 d4 26. Nxf7 Kxf7 27. Bxd4
exd4 28. Nxd4 Re8 29. Nb5 Kg8 30. a3 Ne5 31. b4 Qb6 32. Qb3 Kh8 33. Nd4 Ne4 34.
c5 Qg6 35. h3 Qf6 36. Qe3 Ng6 37. Qf3 Nf4 38. Kh1 $2 (38. Kh2 Qe5 39. Kh1 {is
correct.}) 38... Qh4 $2 (38... Ne2 $1 39. Qxf6 gxf6 {takes advantage of the
error.}) 39. Rc2 g6 40. Kg1 Ng5 41. Qg3 Qh5 42. f3 Re4 43. Kf1 Nd5 44. Nf5 Nxf3
45. Rxd5 Nd4 46. Rxd4 Qxf5+ 47. Rf2 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 $1 5. Bf4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. e4 dxe4
8. Ng5 Qa5 9. Nxe4 Bg7 10. Bd2 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qd5 12. Qf3 Nd7 ({Bronstein avoids
} 12... Qxd4 $5 13. Bb5+ $1 Kf8 14. Rd1) 13. Ng5 Qxf3 14. Nxf3 O-O 15. O-O-O
Nb6 16. Bg5 Be6 17. Bxe7 Rfc8 18. a3 Nd5 19. Bb4 a5 20. Be1 Bf8 21. Kb2 b5 $1
22. Bd3 b4 23. a4 Rab8 24. Bd2 Nb6 {Weaknesses on the queen's side are under
attack.} 25. Ra1 $2 (25. Bb5 $1 Bc4 26. Bxc4 Rxc4 27. Kb3) 25... Nc4+ 26. Bxc4
Rxc4 27. Be3 ({The last chance gives} 27. Rhe1 $1 Rbc8 28. Rac1 Bd5 29. Re3
Bxf3 30. Rxf3 Rxd4) 27... Rbc8 28. Rac1 Bf5 29. Ne1 Bg7 30. Nd3 Bxd4+ 31. Bxd4
Rxd4 32. Rhd1 Rcd8 33. Rd2 Kg7 34. Rcd1 h5 35. Kc1 $2 b3 $1 36. Nb2 bxc2 37.
Rxd4 cxd1=Q+ 38. Rxd1 Rc8+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Ne5 e6 10. Bf4 Nd7 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qd2 a5 13. Rfd1 Ba6 14. Rac1 Re8
15. Na4 Bb5 16. Nc3 Ba6 17. Na4 Bb5 18. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Stoliar, Efim"]
[Black "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A26"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Rb1
a5 9. a3 Re8 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 e4 $1 12. dxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Rxe4 14. Nd2 Re8
15. b5 Nd4 16. e3 Ne6 17. Bb2 Bxb2 18. Rxb2 Qf6 19. Rb1 Nc5 20. Nb3 Bf5 21. Rc1
Nd3 22. Ra1 Nb2 $6 ({Equality keeps} 22... Qc3) 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Qf3 Qc3 $2 ({
Correct is} 24... Nxc4 25. Qxb7 Ra3 26. Nd4 Bd3 27. Rd1 Ra2 28. Qf3) 25. Qxb7
Re8 26. Qc6 Re7 27. Nd4 $2 (27. b6 $1 cxb6 28. Qxb6 Kg7 29. Rc1 {breaks the
defence line.}) 27... Bd3 28. Qa8+ Kg7 29. Qd8 Bxf1 30. Qxe7 Bxc4 31. h4 Qe1+
32. Kh2 Qxf2 33. h5 Bd5 34. e4 Qxd4 35. exd5 Nc4 36. h6+ Kxh6 37. Qxf7 Ne3 38.
Qf8+ Kg5 39. Qe7+ Kh6 40. Qf8+ Kg5 41. Qe7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A84"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nc3 f5 $5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
b6 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Nb5 Ne8 12. Rfc1 Nc6 13. Ne5 Na5 $5 14. Nd3 Nc4
15. Qd1 g5 $5 {Spassky makes provocative moves, but the game remains even.} 16.
Bg3 a6 17. Nc3 Ned6 18. b3 Na5 19. f3 Nc6 20. Ne5 f4 21. Nxc6 Bxc6 22. Bf2 fxe3
23. Bxe3 Nf5 24. Bf2 Qd7 25. Na4 Bxa4 26. bxa4 b5 27. Rab1 Rab8 28. Qd3 bxa4
29. Qxa6 Bf6 30. Bb5 Qf7 31. Qxa4 Ra8 32. Qc2 Bxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg2 Bb4+ 8. Bd2
Bxd2+ 9. Nbxd2 O-O 10. O-O c5 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Nd4 Re8 14. b4
Nce4 15. e3 Qd7 16. a4 Rac8 17. b5 Bb7 18. a5 Nc3 19. Qb3 Rc5 20. Bf1 Rec8 21.
axb6 axb6 22. Ra7 R5c7 23. N2f3 Nce4 24. Ne5 Qd6 25. Nec6 g6 $2 {The opening
of the long diagonal creates a serious weakness.} 26. Qb2 Re8 27. Qb4 Nc5 28.
Rd1 h5 29. Nb3 Ra8 30. Rxa8+ Bxa8 31. Nbd4 Bb7 32. Bg2 Rc8 33. Ra1 Kg7 34. Qc3
Re8 35. Re1 Kg8 36. h3 Nfe4 37. Qc2 Ra8 38. Rd1 Ra3 39. Ne2 Bxc6 $2 {Chess
clocks are ticking.} 40. Bxe4 $2 ({A substantial advantage gains} 40. bxc6 $1
f5 (40... Qxc6 $2 41. Bxe4 dxe4 42. Rd8+) 41. Rd4) 40... Bxb5 41. Bxd5 {Top:
Tal and Bronstein 10 1/2, Keres and Tolush 10, Spassky and Kholmov 9 1/2.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E79"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. f4 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nc6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. O-O a6 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Qd2 Re8 13. Rfe1 e5 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15.
Bf3 exf4 16. Bxf4 Nd7 $5 17. Bg4 ({More interesting is} 17. Bxd6 $5 Ne5 $1 18.
Be2 Qh4 19. Rcd1 Rcd8) 17... Qa5 18. b3 Rcd8 19. Bxd7 Rxd7 20. Nd5 Qxd2 21.
Bxd2 Bd4+ 22. Kf1 Kg7 23. a4 f5 24. exf5 Rf7 25. f6+ Bxf6 26. Nxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Aronson, Lev"]
[Black "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8.
Be2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. Qd2 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Bd7
15. Rad1 Bc6 16. Bd3 e6 17. Qe2 Qb6 18. Kh1 h5 $2 ({A correct counteraction
begins with} 18... Bxc3 19. bxc3 Qa5) 19. Qxh5 Qxb2 {Black has missed a
combination.} 20. Nd5 $1 exd5 21. exd5 f5 $2 ({More resistance offers} 21...
Rfe8 22. dxc6 bxc6 23. Bh7+ Kf8) 22. dxc6 bxc6 23. Qxg5 Qf6 24. Qh5 Rf7 25. g4
fxg4 26. Bg6 Re7 27. Qxg4 Re6 28. Be4 Kf7 29. g3 Rc8 30. Kg2 Rc7 31. Rh1 Re5
32. Rh5 Rxh5 33. Qxh5+ Ke7 34. Re1 Kd8 35. Bc2 Kc8 36. Bf5+ Kb7 37. Rb1+ Ka6
38. c5 Qe5 39. cxd6 Qxd6 40. Qe2+ Ka5 41. Qe1+ Ka6 42. Rb3 c5 43. Ra3+ Kb5 44.
Qa5+ Kc6 45. Qa6+ Kd5 46. Qd3+ Bd4 47. Qe4+ Kc4 48. Be6+ Kb4 49. Qb1+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 Bb6 7. d5 Ne7 8. Bd3
d6 9. Na3 c6 10. c4 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Bg5 Nd7 13. g4 f6 14. Bd2 Nc5 15. Bc2
Bg6 16. Qe2 a5 17. Kh2 Qc7 18. Rg1 Rae8 19. Rg2 Kh8 20. Rag1 Bf7 21. Be3 Nd7 $1
22. Qd2 Bxe3 23. fxe3 Nc5 24. Nh4 g5 25. Nf5 Nxf5 26. gxf5 h5 27. Nb1 b5 28.
cxb5 cxb5 29. a3 b4 $6 30. axb4 axb4 31. Qxb4 Rb8 32. Qc3 Qb6 33. Nd2 Qxb2 34.
Qxb2 Rxb2 35. Nc4 Rxc2 36. Rxc2 Nxe4 37. Nb6 Kg7 $2 ({A fortress builds} 37...
Rb8 38. Rc6 Kg7 39. Ra1 Rb7) 38. Ra1 $1 {Bannik springs a surprise.} Rb8 39.
Ra7 Rxb6 40. Rcc7 Rb2+ 41. Kg1 Rb1+ 42. Kg2 Rb2+ 43. Kf3 Nd2+ 44. Ke2 Ne4+ 45.
Kd1 Kg8 46. Rxf7 Ra2 47. Rg7+ Kf8 48. Raf7+ Ke8 49. Re7+ Kf8 50. Rc7 Ra8 51.
Rh7 Kg8 52. Rcg7+ Kf8 53. Rg6 Ra1+ 54. Kc2 Rf1 55. Rh8+ Kf7 56. Rhg8 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d3 e5 5. O-O Ne7 6. e4 Nbc6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8.
exd5 Nxd5 9. Nc4 h6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Bd2 Nb6 12. Na5 Nxa5 13. Bxa5 c6 14. Bc3
Qc7 15. a4 Bf5 16. Nh4 Be6 17. Nf3 Bd5 {Keres avoids a repetition of moves.}
18. a5 Nd7 19. Nd2 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Nf6 21. Nc4 Nd5 22. Bd2 Re6 23. Qc1 Kh7 24.
Be3 e4 25. Bc5 f5 26. Qd2 a6 27. dxe4 fxe4 28. Rad1 Bf8 29. Bd4 Bg7 30. Bc5 Bf8
31. Bd4 Bg7 {The repetition is agreed.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A35"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. d4 d6 6. d5 Na5 7. Bd3 Nf6 8. a3 e5
9. Nd2 b6 10. h3 O-O 11. g4 Bd7 12. Qc2 a6 13. g5 Ne8 14. Nde4 b5 15. b3 Rb8
16. Bd2 bxc4 17. bxc4 Nb3 18. Rb1 Nxd2 19. Kxd2 Rxb1 20. Qxb1 Bf5 21. Ke2 f6
22. gxf6 Nxf6 23. Ng3 Bd7 24. Qb3 Qc8 25. Qb6 Ne8 26. h4 $2 ({A proper defence
gives} 26. Nce4 $1 Bxh3 27. Nxd6 Nxd6 28. Qxd6) 26... Bg4+ 27. Ke1 Bf3 28. Rg1
Qh3 29. Be4 Qh2 30. Rf1 Bg4 31. Qb2 Qxh4 32. Qb6 Qf6 33. f3 Bc8 34. Qc6 Qd8 35.
Kd2 Bh6 36. Rh1 Kg7 37. Rb1 Bd7 $1 38. Qxa6 Qg5 39. Rb7 ({No use has} 39. Nf1
Bh3) 39... Qxe3+ 40. Kc2 Rf7 41. Qa7 Nf6 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Stoliar, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. f4 d6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Bf3 Qc7 13. Qe2 Qb7 14. Bf2 Rac8
15. Bh4 Kh8 16. Rad1 Ng8 17. Nd5 b5 18. f5 bxc4 $2 (18... Be5 {is necessary.})
19. Nxe7 Rce8 20. Rxd6 Be5 ({Some confusion brings} 20... Nxe7 21. f6 Nf5 22.
fxg7+ Kxg7 23. Rxc6 Nxh4 24. Rxc4) 21. Rxc6 Nxe7 22. Rxc4 Qxb2 23. Qxb2 Bxb2
24. Bf2 gxf5 25. Rb1 fxe4 26. Rxe4 Bf6 27. Bc5 Rg8 28. Rbe1 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. f4 b5 7. a3 Bb7 8. Bd3
b4 9. axb4 Bxb4 10. Ra4 $5 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Nf6 12. Rc4 Qa5 13. Nb3 Qb6 14. Ba3
d6 15. Qe2 Nbd7 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Nd5 18. Kd2 Rc8 19. Rxc8+ Bxc8 20. Rf1 f5
21. Bd6 g6 22. g4 Qd8 23. Kc1 Qg5+ 24. Kb2 Qxg4 25. Qxg4 fxg4 {Black increases
the effect of the beleaguerment by exchange.} 26. Rg1 Ne3 27. Kc1 Bb7 $6 ({A
stronger defence brings} 27... Nb6 28. Rg3 Ned5 29. c4 Ne7 30. Rxg4 Rf8) 28.
Kd2 Ng2 $2 ({The last chance gives} 28... Nf5 29. Rxg4 Nxd6 30. exd6 O-O $1)
29. Nd4 $1 Nf8 30. Rb1 $1 Bf3 31. Nxf3 gxf3 32. Rb7 Nd7 33. Be4 Nh4 34. Bc6 f2
35. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C85"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. d4 exd4 8.
Nxd4 c5 9. Nf3 d6 10. e5 dxe5 11. Qxd8+ Bxd8 12. Nxe5 Be7 13. Nc3 Bf5 14. Nc6
Bd6 15. Re1+ Kf8 $5 16. Bg5 Bxc2 17. Rac1 Bf5 18. Na5 $6 (18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Ne4
{keeps an advantage.}) 18... Ng4 19. Nc4 $6 (19. h3 {loses no pawn.}) 19...
Bxh2+ 20. Kh1 Bd6 $6 (20... f6 $1 21. Be3 Bd6 {is better.}) 21. Nxd6 cxd6 22.
Be7+ Kg8 23. Kg1 Ne5 24. Bxd6 Nd3 25. Nd5 g6 26. Be5 Nxe5 27. Rxe5 Kg7 28. Rxc5
Rhe8 29. Ne3 Be6 30. a3 Red8 31. Rc7 Rd6 32. b4 Rb8 33. Rec5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Khasin, Abram"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E55"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3 d5 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
b6 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Rd1 Qe7 11. Bd2 Nbd7 12. Rac1 Rfd8 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 Ne4
15. Be1 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Ne5 17. Ba2 {White preserves his bishops by retreat.}
Rac8 18. Bb1 Ng6 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. f3 Nf6 21. e4 Nh5 22. g3 Nf6 23. Ba2 h6 $6 (
23... Rd8 24. Bb4 Qe8 {makes a solid stand.}) 24. Bb4 Qe8 25. Bd6 e5 $2 (25...
Rd8 26. e5 Nd5 {is correct.}) 26. Nf5 $1 Qa4 27. Bb4 Ne8 28. Qd3 Rc7 ({Black
loses too much ground in} 28... Ba6 29. Qd7 $1 Qxd7 30. Rxd7) 29. Bb3 Qc6 30.
Bd5 Qa4 31. Bb3 Qc6 32. Bd5 Qa4 33. b3 Qa6 34. Bc4 b5 35. Bxb5 Qb6+ 36. Kg2 Nf6
37. Bc4 Rd7 38. Qc2 $2 (38. Qxd7 $1 Nxd7 39. Rxd7 Nh8 40. Bc3 {gains a
positional win.}) 38... Rxd1 39. Qxd1 Nxe4 $1 40. Bxf7+ Kxf7 41. Qd7+ Kf6 42.
Qxg7+ Kxf5 43. g4+ Ke6 44. Qxg6+ Nf6 45. Qf5+ Kf7 46. Qxe5 Qe6 47. Qc7+ Qd7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4
Bd6 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Qc2 Ne5 ({More bite has} 10... a5) 11. O-O-O $1 Qe7 $6 ({A
violent confrontation starts} 11... a5 $1 12. Nb5 $5 Nxf3 $5 13. Nxd6 Qxd6 14.
gxf3 axb4 15. Bxf6 gxf6) 12. Nb5 $1 Ned7 {Black has to make a concession.} 13.
Nxd6 Qxd6 14. Qc3 Re8 15. g4 $1 Qf8 $1 16. Bd3 Nb6 $5 ({White keeps the
initiative in} 16... e5 17. Bf5 $1 (17. g5 Ng4 $1) 17... e4 18. g5 exf3 19.
gxf6 Nxf6 20. Qc2 Bxf5 21. Qxf5 Ne4 22. Rhg1) 17. g5 Na4 {White has a
positional advantage.} 18. Qc2 $6 (18. Qd4 $1 Nxb2 19. Kxb2 dxc4 20. gxf6 cxd3
21. Rxd3 {Black cannot advance his e-pawn.} g6 22. Ne5 {is excellent for White.
}) 18... Nxb2 19. Kxb2 dxc4 20. gxf6 cxd3 21. Qxd3 e5 $1 22. Ng5 $6 {Tal plays
too optimistic.} ({Wiser is} 22. Rhg1 g6 23. Qd6 Qxd6 24. Rxd6 Bf5) 22... g6
23. h4 Bf5 24. e4 Bg4 25. h5 $1 Rad8 $2 ({Tal has analysed} 25... Red8 $1 26.
hxg6 Rxd3 27. gxh7+ $1 Kh8 28. Rxd3 {and expects equality.} Qe8 $1 ({Aronin
continues with} 28... Be6 $2 29. Rg1 Qh6 30. Nxe6 fxe6 31. f7 Qxh7 32. Rg8+ $1
Rxg8 33. fxg8=Q+ $11) 29. Rc1 Be6 30. Rc7 Qb5 {and Black wins.}) 26. hxg6 Rxd3
27. Rxd3 hxg6 28. Rh7 {Aronin can set a new difficulty.} Rc8 ({White narrowly
escapes in} 28... Re6 $5 29. Nxe6 $1 Bxe6 30. Rg7+ Kh8 31. Rd1 Bg4 32. f3 $1
Bh3 33. Rh1 Qc8 34. Rxf7 Kg8 35. Rg7+ Kf8 36. Rh7 Be6 37. Rg7 $11) 29. f3 Rc6
30. Rxf7 Qxf7 31. Nxf7 Kxf7 32. fxg4 Kxf6 33. Rd7 Rb6 34. Kc3 Kg5 35. a4 a6 36.
Kc4 Kxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E80"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 e5 6. d5 Nh5 7. Be3 f5 8. exf5
gxf5 9. Qc2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nd7 11. Nge2 $5 Nc5 12. Kb1 a5 13. Ng3 Nf4 14. Nb5 $1
Bd7 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Nh5 Be5 $6 (16... Bxb5 17. cxb5 Be5 18. g3 Qg5 {is
better.}) 17. g3 $1 fxg3 18. f4 $1 Be8 19. hxg3 Bh8 20. Be2 $6 ({The attack
continues with} 20. g4) 20... Bg6 21. Rdg1 Qd7 22. g4 Rae8 23. Ka1 $2 Na4 $1 {
Black has taken over the attack.} 24. a3 Re3 25. Rg3 Nxb2 (25... Rxg3 $1 26.
Nxg3 Nxb2 {is preferred after the game.}) 26. Rxe3 Nxc4+ 27. Rc3 Qxb5 28. Ka2
Qxd5 $4 29. Bxc4 Bf7 30. gxf5 {Top: Tal, Bronstein and Tolush 11, Keres 10 1/2,
Korchnoi and Spassky 10.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C76"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Bg5 Nge7 10. Qd3 h6 11. Be3 b6 12. Rd1 Qc8 13. Bb3 Bg4 14. Nbd2 O-O 15.
h3 Be6 16. Nf1 Rd8 17. Qe2 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Bxb3 19. axb3 Qe6 20. b4 f5 21. Bc1 f4
22. Kh2 a5 23. b5 Nd8 24. N1d2 Nf7 25. Qc4 Qxc4 26. Nxc4 Kf8 27. Kg1 Ke8 28.
Kf1 Rd8 29. Rxd8+ Kxd8 30. Ke2 Kd7 31. b3 Nc8 32. Kd3 Na7 33. Na3 Bf8 34. c4
Bc5 35. Ke2 g5 36. Nb1 Nc8 37. Bb2 Ke6 38. Nfd2 Ncd6 39. f3 $2 {White loses
too much time.} ({Correct is} 39. Nc3 Bd4 40. Na4) 39... Nb7 40. Na3 Bb4 41.
Nc2 Nc5 42. Nxb4 axb4 43. Bc1 Kd6 44. Nb1 $5 (44. Bb2 Nd8 45. Ba1 Nde6 46. Bb2
Nd4+ 47. Bxd4 exd4 {Black wins the knight ending. White should have accepted
the offer of draw during the first session.}) 44... Nxb3 45. Bb2 Nd8 46. Kd3
Nb7 47. Nd2 N7c5+ 48. Kc2 Na5 49. Ba1 Na4 50. Kd3 b3 $1 51. Bc3 Nxc3 52. Kxc3
Kc5 53. Nxb3+ Nxb3 54. Kxb3 Kd4 55. Kb4 Kd3 56. Kb3 Kd2 57. Kb4 Kc2 58. c5 Kd3
0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d3 Nf6 7. g3 Bb4 8. Bd2
d4 9. Nb1 Bxd2+ 10. Nxd2 Qa5 11. a3 Nbd7 12. Qe2 h5 13. h4 Ng4 14. Bh3 Ndf6 15.
O-O O-O-O $2 ({Boleslavsky praises} 15... e5) 16. Nc4 Qc7 17. e5 $1 Ne8 18. a4
$1 f5 19. exf6 Nexf6 20. b4 Rhf8 $6 (20... Rhe8 21. b5 Rd5 {is solid.}) 21. b5
Kb8 22. bxc6 Qxc6 23. Bg2 Qc7 $6 ({Robust is} 23... Nd5 24. Rab1 Rd7) 24. Rab1
Nd5 25. Qxe6 Rxf2 $5 26. Rxf2 Qxg3 27. Rf3 Qh2+ 28. Kf1 b6 29. a5 $1 Nf4 {
Black has sacrificed a rook for a counterattack. White gives a similar answer.}
30. Rxb6+ $1 axb6 31. Qxb6+ Kc8 32. Qc6+ Kb8 33. Qb5+ Kc7 34. Rf2 Rd5 35. Qb6+
Kc8 36. Qc6+ Kd8 37. Qa8+ Ke7 38. Qb7+ Rd7 39. Qe4+ Ne6 40. Re2 Kf8 41. Qxe6 (
41. Qxe6 Qf4+ 42. Bf3 $1 Qxf3+ 43. Ke1 Qg3+ 44. Kd1 Nf2+ 45. Kc1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nh6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 f5 9. exf5 Bxd4 10. Bxd4 ({More popular will become} 10. Bxh6 Rxf5 11. O-O
{(Pachman-Sanguinetti, Portoroz 1958).}) 10... Nxf5 $1 11. Bc5 d6 12. Ba3 Nfd4
13. O-O Bf5 14. Rc1 Qd7 15. Nd5 Rf7 16. b3 Raf8 17. Bb2 e5 18. b4 $5 Be6 19.
Bd3 $2 ({Equality brings} 19. b5 {(Kan)} Nxe2+ 20. Qxe2 Bxd5 21. cxd5 Ne7)
19... Bg4 $1 20. f3 $2 ({A disaster avoids} 20. Qd2 e4 $1 21. Bxe4 Ne2+ 22. Kh1
Nxc1 23. Bxc1) {The harmonious development of black's pieces allows a great
finale.} 20... Bxf3 $1 21. gxf3 Nxf3+ 22. Kh1 Qh3 23. Rf2 (23. Qe2 Nxh2 $1)
23... Ne1 $1 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A78"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nd2 Na6 11. Re1 Nc7 12. a4 b6 13. Qc2 Ng4 $1 {Tal has
prepared a novelty.} 14. h3 $2 {The new move has an instant success.} (14. Bxg4
Bxg4 15. Nc4 {is correct (Hort-Pribyl, Luhacovice 1971).}) 14... Nxf2 $1 15.
Kxf2 Qh4+ 16. Kf1 Bd4 17. Nd1 Qxh3 $5 {Tal plays for the public.} ({The crowd
loves it, but} 17... Bxh3 $1 18. Bf3 Bg4 19. Ne3 Bxe3 20. Rxe3 Nxd5 {is more
accurate.}) 18. Bf3 Qh2 19. Ne3 ({White is crushed in} 19. Nf2 Nxd5 $1 20. exd5
Ba6+ 21. Be2 Rxe2 22. Rxe2 Bxe2+ 23. Kxe2 Qxg2) 19... f5 20. Ndc4 fxe4 21. Bxe4
Ba6 22. Bf3 Re5 23. Ra3 Rae8 24. Bd2 (24. Rd3 Rf5 25. Ke2 Rxf3 $1 26. Kxf3 Nxd5
) 24... Nxd5 25. Bxd5+ Rxd5 26. Ke2 Bxe3 27. Rxe3 Bxc4+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Bd3 c5 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Qb6 8. Nf3
cxd4 9. cxd4 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. O-O Bd6 12. Nf4 O-O 13. Re1 Bd7 (13... Re8 {
is more prudent.}) 14. Nxe6 Rfe8 15. Bf5 Re7 $2 ({The correct move} 15... Bb4 {
has been played in Arulaid-Tal, Vilnius 1955.}) 16. Bg5 $1 Rae8 17. Nxg7 $1
Rxg7 18. Bxd7 Rxe1+ 19. Qxe1 Nxd7 20. Qe6+ Rf7 ({Already known is} 20... Kh8
21. Bh6 Rg6 22. Qxd7 Rxh6 23. Re1 Ne7 24. Rxe7 Bxe7 25. Qe8+ Kg7 26. Qxe7+ Kg8
27. Ne5 {(Karker-Jarkowski, corr. 1956).}) 21. Qxd6 Nxd4 22. Qxd5 Nxf3+ 23.
gxf3 Qxb2 24. Re1 Nf8 25. h4 Qc2 26. Re7 Qg6 27. Kh2 b5 28. Rxa7 Qe6 29. Qd4
Rxa7 30. Qxa7 Qf7 31. Qa8 Kg7 32. Be3 Qc7+ 33. Kg2 Ne6 34. Qd5 Qc4 35. Qxc4
bxc4 36. h5 Kf6 37. Kf1 Ke5 38. Ke2 Kd5 39. Kd2 Ng7 40. h6 Nf5 41. Kc3 Nh4 42.
a4 Nxf3 43. a5 Ne5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
Re8 9. Re1 Bg4 10. Be2 Nc6 11. b3 $2 (11. Bd2 Ne4 12. h3 Be6 13. Qb3 {keeps a
positional equality.}) 11... Ne4 $1 12. Nxe4 (12. Nxd5 Bxh2+ $1 13. Nxh2 Bxe2
14. Qxe2 Qxd5 {brings blockades.}) 12... dxe4 13. Nd2 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Nb4 15. Nc4
Re6 16. h3 Rg6 17. Rf1 b5 18. Nxd6 cxd6 19. a4 Nd3 20. f3 d5 21. fxe4 dxe4 22.
axb5 axb5 23. Bd2 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 h6 $2 ({Tolush misses his best chance.
Material gains} 24... Nf4 $1 25. exf4 Qxd4+ 26. Kh2 Qxa1 27. Qxe4 h6) 25. Kh1
Qd5 26. b4 Kh7 27. Ra7 Rc6 28. Kg1 Rg6 29. Be1 f5 30. Bd2 f4 31. exf4 e3 $6 (
31... Qxd4+ 32. Qe3 Nxf4 33. Qxd4 Ne2+ 34. Kf2 Nxd4 {Black has a better
endgame.}) 32. Bxe3 Qe4 33. f5 Rg3 $2 (33... Qxf5 34. Re7 Qxh3 35. Bd2 $11) 34.
f6 Rxe3 35. Rxg7+ Kh8 36. Qa2 Re1+ 37. Kh2 Qf4+ 38. g3 Qf2+ 39. Qxf2 Nxf2 40.
Re7 $2 ({The great win} 40. Rg6 $1 Kh7 41. f7 Re2 42. f8=N+ $1 (42. f8=Q $2
Nd3+ 43. Kg1 Re1+ 44. Kg2 Re2+ 45. Kf1 Re1+ $11) 42... Kh8 43. Kg2 {is hard to
find under time pressure.}) 40... Rd1 $2 (40... Nd3 $1 41. d5 Kg8 {gives the
last chance.}) 41. Re8+ Kh7 42. f7 Rd2 43. f8=Q 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Bg5 O-O 7. Nd2 Nbd7 8. Be2
Rb8 9. O-O Ne8 10. a4 a6 11. a5 Nc7 12. Nc4 Qe8 13. Na4 Na8 $5 {Korchnoi
accepts passivity.} 14. c3 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Bh6 Bg7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. b4
cxb4 19. Qd4+ f6 20. cxb4 Bd7 21. Nc3 Rc8 22. Rac1 Qd8 23. f4 Qc7 24. Bd3 Qb8
25. Rfe1 Kg8 26. e5 fxe5 27. fxe5 Bf5 28. Bc4 Rc7 29. g4 $5 Qc8 $1 30. Ne4 Bxe4
31. Rxe4 Qb8 32. Rce1 b5 $1 {A temporary sacrifice provides an excellent
defence.} 33. axb6 Qxb6 34. Qxb6 Nxb6 35. Bxa6 dxe5 36. Rxe5 Rf4 37. g5 Rxb4
38. Bf1 Rg4+ 39. Kh1 Rf4 40. Bh3 Kf8 41. Rb1 Nc4 42. Be6 Kg7 43. Re2 Nd6 44.
Rbe1 Nf7 45. Bxf7 Kxf7 46. Re5 Rd7 47. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E40"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 O-O 8. b4
b6 9. Nge2 c5 10. b5 a6 11. O-O axb5 12. Bxb5 Bb7 13. Ng3 g6 14. Bb2 Nc6 15.
Nce2 Na7 16. Bd3 c4 17. Bc2 b5 18. f3 Nc6 19. e4 dxe4 20. fxe4 Ng4 21. Rf4 Ne3
22. Qd2 Nxc2 23. Qxc2 Qb6 24. Kh1 b4 $6 25. axb4 Nxb4 26. Qxc4 Rxa1+ {The
exchanges help White.} ({Correct is} 26... Nd5 $1 27. exd5 Qxb2) 27. Bxa1 Ba6
28. Qb3 Bxe2 29. Nxe2 Qa6 30. Qd1 Bg5 31. Rf1 Qc4 32. Bc3 Nd3 33. Rf3 Be3 34.
Qf1 Nf2+ $2 35. Rxf2 Bxf2 36. Qxf2 Rb8 37. h3 Ra8 38. d5 Kf8 39. Qe3 Ra2 40.
Ng3 Ra3 41. Bg7+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Stoliar, Efim"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 c5 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. a3 d6 8. Rb1
Ne8 9. b4 Nc7 10. O-O Ne6 11. d3 Ned4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Ne2 b6 14. Nxd4 Bxd4
15. Bb2 Bxb2 16. Rxb2 Bb7 17. f4 e6 18. f5 exf5 19. exf5 Bxg2 20. Rxg2 Qf6 21.
Rgf2 Qd4 22. Kg2 Rae8 23. Rf4 Qe3 24. R1f2 Re5 25. Qf1 g5 26. R4f3 Qd4 27. h4
Rfe8 28. Qc1 Re3 29. hxg5 Rxd3 30. Qh1 $2 (30. Rf4 $1 Qe3 31. Qxe3 Rexe3 32.
R4f3 Rxa3 33. Rxe3 Rxe3 34. Ra2 {draws easily.}) 30... Rxf3 31. Rxf3 Qd2+ 32.
Kh3 Qxg5 33. Qd1 Qh5+ 34. Kg2 Re3 35. bxc5 Rxa3 $1 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Khasin, Abram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 Bb4 8. Bg5
c5 9. dxc5 Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1 {This opening is known from Donner-Euwe, Winterswijk
1942.} Bc2 11. Rd4 Nc6 12. Rxc4 a5 13. Nd3 Bxa4 ({Theory has become} 13... Bxd3
14. exd3 Ne5) 14. Nxb4 axb4 15. Nxa4 Rxa4 16. e4 Ra1+ 17. Rc1 Rxc1+ $2 {Black
exchanges his only active piece.} (17... Ra2 18. Rb1 Nd7 {is correct.}) 18.
Bxc1 O-O $6 (18... Ke7 {keeps the king available.}) 19. Be2 Nd4 20. Be3 Nc2+
21. Kd2 Nxe3 22. Kxe3 Nd7 23. Rc1 Rc8 24. Kd4 b6 $2 (24... Rd8 25. Ra1 Rc8 26.
Ra4 Nxc5 27. Rxb4 Rc7 {gives a difficult defence.}) 25. c6 $1 e5+ (25... Nc5
26. Rxc5 bxc5+ 27. Kxc5 {loses quickly. Maybe Black has missed this variation
on his last move.}) 26. Kd5 Nf6+ 27. Kd6 Rd8+ 28. Kc7 Rd2 29. Kxb6 Ne8 30. Rd1
Rxe2 31. Rd8 Kf8 32. c7 Rc2 33. c8=Q Rxc8 34. Rxc8 Ke7 35. Rc4 g6 36. Rxb4 f5
37. Kc6 Ke6 38. Kc5 fxe4 39. fxe4 Nf6 40. Rb6+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Aronson, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D74"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 c5 8. e4
Nf6 9. e5 Nd5 10. Qe2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 {
This game was the only quick draw in a round full of violent fights.  Tolush
lost his leading position.  Top: Bronstein and Tal 12, Keres 11 1/2, Spassky
and Tolush 11.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Stoliar, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A84"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 f5 5. Nc3 Nh6 6. Bd2 Bd6 7. Qc2 a5 8. Ne5 O-O
9. f4 Nd7 10. O-O-O Nf6 11. h3 Nf7 12. g4 Ne4 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. g5 Nxe5 15.
dxe5 Be7 16. h4 Bd7 17. Kb1 b5 18. cxb5 $2 ({White allows an attack on his
king.} 18. c5 {keeps his left flank closed.}) 18... cxb5 19. Bc1 $6 ({A
serious defence organises} 19. Rc1 Rc8 20. Qd1 Rxc1+ 21. Qxc1 Qb6 22. h5 Rc8
23. Qd1) 19... Qb6 20. Bh3 Rac8 21. Qf2 Rc7 22. Bd2 b4 23. Rc1 Bc5 24. h5 a4
25. Qg3 Bb5 26. Bf1 Bxf1 27. Rhxf1 Qb5 28. Qe1 a3 29. Qd1 Qd3+ 30. Rc2 Be7 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Aronson, Lev"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 b5 6. O-O Nf6 7. Re1 O-O 8. e4 Bb7
9. a4 a6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Bxa8 12. Na3 b4 13. Nc4 Nbd7 14. Bg5 Nb6 15.
Nxb6 Qxb6 16. Nd2 h6 17. Be3 Bb7 18. Nc4 Qc7 19. Qd3 Ng4 20. Ra1 Nxe3 21. Qxe3
Ra8 22. Rxa8+ Bxa8 23. e5 $1 Bb7 24. exd6 exd6 25. Qf4 Qe7 $1 26. Qe3 ({White
avoids} 26. Qxd6 $2 Qe1+ 27. Bf1 Bd4 28. Qf4 Bxd5) 26... Qd8 27. Qf4 Bf8 28. h4
h5 29. Kh2 Qe7 30. b3 Ba6 31. Be4 Bxc4 32. bxc4 Bh6 33. Qf3 Kg7 34. Kg2 f5 35.
Bd3 Kf6 36. Qd1 Qe5 37. f4 $2 ({Correct is} 37. f3 $1 f4 38. g4 $1) 37... Qe3
38. Qa1+ Kf7 39. Qa7+ Qe7 40. Qb8 $5 {If White exchanges the queens, he does
not draw. First Black moves his bishop to d4. Thereafter, his king moves to c3.
The white king has to protect his pawns on the king's side. If the white
bishop has moved to d3, ..b3 becomes the decisive breakthrough.} Bg7 41. Qc8
Bd4 42. Kf1 Qe3 43. Qe6+ {Black has to strive for the formerly mentioned won
endgame.} Kg7 $3 ({The white bishop leaves its prison in} 43... Qxe6 $2 44.
dxe6+ Kxe6 45. Ke2 d5 46. cxd5+ Kxd5 47. Bb5) 44. Qxe3 Bxe3 45. c3 $5 bxc3 46.
Ke2 Bg1 47. Bc2 Kf7 48. Kf1 Bd4 49. Ke2 Ke7 50. Bd1 Kd7 51. Ba4+ Kd8 52. Bb3
Kc7 53. Ba4 Kb6 54. Be8 Ka5 55. Bxg6 Kb4 56. Bxf5 Kb3 57. Kd1 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Bf4 Bd7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. f3 e5 $6 ({Theory is} 11... d5 {
(Liublinsky-Aronin, Moscow 1949).}) 12. Bg3 b5 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 Be7 15. Kb1
Qc7 16. h4 O-O-O 17. hxg5 hxg5 18. Rxh8 Rxh8 19. a4 Qb7 20. axb5 axb5 21. Na2
$1 {White has taken the initiative over the whole board.} Nh5 22. Bf2 Nf4 23.
Nb4 Bd7 24. Qc3+ Kd8 25. g3 Ne6 26. Nd5 Ke8 27. Qb4 Qc6 28. c4 bxc4 29. Bxc4
Rh2 30. Be3 g4 $6 31. fxg4 Bd8 32. Rc1 Nc5 33. Nc3 $2 ({White misses the
elegant win} 33. Qb8 $1 Nxe4 34. Bb3 Nc5 35. Nf6+ Ke7 36. Rxc5 $1 dxc5 37.
Qxe5+ Be6 38. Bxc5+) 33... Qb6 34. Bxc5 dxc5 35. Qxb6 Bxb6 36. Bb5 c4 37. Rc2
Rh1+ 38. Ka2 Rg1 39. Bxd7+ Kxd7 40. Nd5 Bd4 $2 ({Black escapes with} 40... Bd8
41. Rc3 Rg2 42. Rxc4 Rxg3 43. b4 Rxg4 44. b5 f5) 41. Rxc4 Rxg3 42. b4 Kd6 43.
b5 Rg2+ 44. Kb3 Rb2+ 45. Ka4 Ra2+ 46. Kb4 Rb2+ 47. Ka5 Ra2+ 48. Ra4 Rg2 49. b6
Rb2 ({It is too late for} 49... Rxg4 {due to} 50. b7 Rg8 51. Ka6 Rb8 52. Nb6)
50. Rb4 Rg2 51. Rc4 Ra2+ 52. Kb5 Rb2+ 53. Nb4 Bxb6 54. Kxb6 Rg2 55. Nd5 Rb2+
56. Rb4 Rg2 57. Ne3 Re2 58. Rb3 f6 59. Rd3+ Ke6 60. Kc6 Re1 61. Rd6+ Kf7 62.
Nf5 Rxe4 63. Rd7+ Kf8 64. Kd5 Ra4 65. Ke6 Ra6+ 66. Nd6 e4 67. Kxf6 Kg8 68. Rd8+
Kh7 69. g5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. Nbd2 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. c3 cxd4 7. cxd4 O-O 8.
h3 d6 9. Bc4 e5 $6 ({Correct is} 9... Qb6 10. Qb3 Qxb3) 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nxe5
Nh5 $1 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bh2 Bxb2 14. Rb1 Bc3 15. Rb3 Ba5 16. Rd3 Qg5 17. g4
Nf6 18. O-O h5 $6 {Black should have exchanged the knight.} 19. Bf4 $2 ({If
Bronstein plays} 19. Nf3 $1 Qc5 20. Qc1 Be6 $1 21. Bxe6 Qxc1 22. Bxf7+ Rxf7 23.
Rxc1 hxg4 24. hxg4 Nxg4 25. Rxc6 Nxh2 26. Nxh2 {he wins a pawn and nears the
championship.}) 19... Qh4 20. Qa1 Bxd2 21. Bg3 Qg5 22. Rxd2 hxg4 23. Qe5 $2 ({
Active piece play brings} 23. h4 Qf5 24. Be5 Nh5) 23... Qxe5 24. Bxe5 Ne4 25.
Rd4 Ng5 26. f4 $1 Nf3+ 27. Rxf3 gxf3 28. f5 g5 29. e4 Kh7 $2 (29... Re8 $1 30.
Bf6 Rb8 {gives correct prophylaxis.}) 30. Bf6 $2 ({The narrow path} 30. Bd6 $1
Rd8 31. Bxf7 Rb8 $1 32. Kf2 c5 33. Bxc5 Rxd4 34. Bxd4 Rb4 {draws.}) 30... Rb8
31. Rd6 c5 32. Be7 Re8 33. f6 Rb2 34. e5 Bxh3 35. e6 f2+ 36. Kh1 Bxe6 37. Bd3+
Kh6 38. Kg2 c4 39. Bf1 Kg6 40. Ra6 Rh8 41. Kg3 Rh1 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Khasin, Abram"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Nc2 ({The
main line} 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Nc2 {occurred in Bannik-Furman (round 13).}) 7...
Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Qa5 9. f3 $6 ({Theory will become} 9. Qd3) 9... d5 10. cxd5 exd5
11. e5 $2 (11. exd5 Qxc3+ 12. Bd2 Qe5+ 13. Qe2 Qxe2+ 14. Bxe2 Nxd5 15. Bc4 Be6
16. Nd4 {White has sufficient compensation for the pawn.}) 11... Qxc3+ 12. Kf2
Nfd7 13. Ba3 Nc6 14. Bd6 Ndxe5 15. Ne3 Be6 16. Rc1 Qa5 17. f4 d4 18. fxe5 dxe3+
19. Kg3 Rd8 20. Qe1 Qd2 21. Rd1 Qxe1+ 22. Rxe1 f6 23. Rxe3 Kf7 24. Be2 Bxa2 25.
Rf1 h5 26. h4 Nd4 27. exf6 Rxd6 28. Re7+ Kg6 29. Bd3+ Kh6 30. fxg7 Rg8 31. Rxb7
Bd5 32. Ra7 Nc6 33. Rc7 a5 34. Rf5 Nb4 35. Bb1 Rxg7+ 36. Rxg7 Kxg7 37. Rxh5 a4
38. Rh7+ Kf6 39. h5 a3 40. Kf4 a2 41. Bxa2 Bxa2 42. g4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A23"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. d3 Bc5 8. Nb3
Bb4 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Bf5 11. dxe4 dxe4 12. Bg5 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nbd7 14. Nd4 Bg6
15. Qb3 Qb6 16. Rfd1 h6 17. Bf4 Rfd8 18. Bh3 Bh5 19. c4 Bg4 20. Bg2 Nc5 21.
Qxb6 axb6 22. h3 Ne6 23. hxg4 $5 {Korchnoi wants to fight.} Rxd4 24. Rxd4 Nxd4
25. Be5 $5 Nxe2+ 26. Kf1 Nxg4 27. Bb2 Nxg3+ 28. fxg3 Ne3+ 29. Kf2 Nxg2 30. Kxg2
Ra4 31. Kf2 Rxc4 {Keres has a better endgame with four pawns for a bishop.} 32.
Ke3 b5 33. Bd4 f5 34. Rb1 b4 35. Rb2 b5 36. Be5 Kf7 37. Rf2 Kg6 $6 (37... g6 {
keeps a plus.}) 38. Rd2 Kf7 39. Rd5 Rc2 40. Bd4 $6 Rxa2 $6 (40... g6 41. Rxb5
Rxa2 42. Rxb4 Ra3+ 43. Kf2 g5 {gives an easy defence.}) 41. Rxf5+ Kg6 42. Re5
Ra3+ 43. Kf4 Rf3+ 44. Kg4 h5+ 45. Kh3 b3 46. Rxe4 Rd3 47. Bf2 Kf5 48. Rb4 g5
49. Rxb5+ Kf6 50. Rb4 h4 51. Kg4 Ke5 52. gxh4 gxh4 53. Kxh4 Rf3 54. Bg3+ Kd5
55. Kg4 Rc3 56. Bf4 Kc5 57. Rb8 Kc4 58. Be5 Re3 59. Kf4 Rxe5 $1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B66"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Bf4 Bd7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. f3 d5 12. Qe1 Bb4 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Qxc3
O-O 15. Rd2 Qe7 16. Be5 Rfd8 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. exd5 Rxd5 20. Rxd5
Bxd5 {White has achieved something.} 21. Bd3 f5 22. Kd2 Kf8 23. Ke3 Ke7 24. Rd1
Bc6 25. c4 a5 26. Bc2 a4 27. Rd4 (27. g3 $1 Rc8 28. f4 {keeps a plus.}) 27...
e5 $1 28. Rh4 f4+ 29. Ke2 Rg8 30. Kf2 Rd8 31. Ke2 Rg8 32. Kf2 Rd8 33. Ke2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C64"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O Nd4 5. Nxd4 Bxd4 6. c3 Bb6 7. d4 c6 8.
Bc4 d6 9. a4 Nf6 10. dxe5 Nxe4 11. exd6 O-O 12. Bd3 Nxd6 13. Bf4 Nf5 14. Na3
Bc7 15. Bxc7 Qxc7 16. Qf3 Nh6 17. h3 Be6 18. Rfe1 Rad8 19. Nc2 c5 20. Be4 Rd2
21. Rad1 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Bb3 23. Qd3 Bxa4 24. Bxh7+ Kh8 25. Be4 Re8 26. Qc4 $2 {
Suddenly Nezhmetdinov collapses.} b5 $1 27. Qd5 Qf4 28. Bd3 c4 29. Qc6 Rd8 30.
g3 Qb8 31. Be2 Bxc2 32. Rxd8+ Qxd8 33. Qxb5 Bd3 34. Bh5 Qe7 35. Kg2 Nf5 36. Bf3
Nd6 37. Qb8+ Kh7 38. Kh2 Ne4 39. Qf4 Nxf2 40. Bd5 Nxh3 41. Qh4+ Qxh4 42. gxh4
Nf2 43. Bxf7 Nd1 44. b3 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B65"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f4 h6 11. Bh4 Qa5 12. Qd3 Rd8 13. Be2 Bd7 14. Qg3 $5
{Spassky increases the tension.} Bc6 15. Bf3 e5 $5 16. f5 b5 17. Kb1 b4 $5 18.
Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Qc7 {Black has weak pawns on d6 and h6. His
open files on the queen's side give compensation.} 21. h4 a5 22. Qe1 Rdc8 23.
Qd2 a4 24. Be2 $6 ({Great complications are started by} 24. Rxd6 $1 b3 25. cxb3
axb3 26. a3 {The combination} Be7 27. Rd7 Qc2+ 28. Qxc2 bxc2+ 29. Kc1 Rxa3 $1
30. bxa3 Bxa3+ 31. Kd2 c1=Q+ 32. Rxc1 Bxc1+ 33. Kd3 {leads to a better endgame
for White.}) 24... Ra5 $6 ({Now, Black shies away from} 24... b3 25. cxb3 axb3
26. a3 Ra4) 25. Rxa5 Qxa5 26. g4 Qc5 27. Ba6 Ra8 $6 (27... Rc7 28. g5 Bd8 29.
gxh6 gxh6 30. Qxh6 Qxc2+ {is stronger.}) 28. Bb7 Rb8 29. g5 $1 {White starts
an attack on the king.} Rxb7 30. gxf6 gxf6 31. Qxh6 b3 $6 ({An easier defence
gives} 31... Qd4 32. Rh3 Qf2 33. Qc1 Rc7) 32. cxb3 Qd4 33. Rc1 Rb8 34. Qxf6
Qxe4+ 35. Ka1 Qe3 36. Rd1 $6 ({A plus keeps} 36. Rb1 axb3 37. Qxd6 Rc8 38. Qd1
Kg7) 36... Rc8 37. Qg5+ Qxg5 38. hxg5 axb3 39. axb3 e4 40. Rxd6 Rc5 41. Rd8+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D54"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 h6 7. Bh4 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 c6 11. Nf3 Nd7 12. Nd2 Re8 13. Be2 Nf6 14. Bf3 e5 15.
dxe5 Qxe5 16. Qxe5 Rxe5 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Nc4 Re7 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Nd6 Be6 21.
Nb5 {Black has a positional problem, resulting from a passive opening.} d4 $1 (
{This solution is more pleasant for Black than} 21... a6 22. Nd4 Rc8 23. Rxc8+
Bxc8 24. Kd2 Rc7) 22. Nxd4 Bxa2 23. b3 Rd8 24. O-O Rxd4 $1 25. exd4 Bxb3 26.
Rc8+ Kh7 27. Rd8 a5 28. d5 a4 29. f4 ({The alternative} 29. d6 Re4 30. Rc1 b5
31. d7 Rd4 {does not win either.}) 29... Re2 30. d6 Rd2 31. Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Nc6 8.
Nde2 b5 9. O-O Bb7 10. a3 Be7 11. h3 $5 O-O 12. g4 $5 {White starts a slow
motion attack on the king.} b4 $6 {Black exchanges a strong pawn.} 13. axb4
Nxb4 14. Bf4 d6 15. Qd2 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 Rac8 17. Ng3 Qc6 $2 ({Difficulties are
avoided by} 17... e5 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nf5 Bg5 21. Qe2 Bf4) 18. g5
Nd7 19. Nce2 $1 {Suddenly a black knight has gotten into troubles.} a5 {The
seriousness of the problems are illustrated by} (19... Qc4 20. b3 $1 Qb5 21.
Nd4 Qc5 22. Be3) (19... Nxc2 20. Rac1 Qc4 21. b3 Qc6 22. Nf1 $1) 20. c3 $1 Na6
21. Rxa5 Ne5 22. Raa1 Nc5 23. Qc2 Ba6 24. Nd4 Qb7 25. b4 Ncd3 $2 (25... Bd3 26.
Qc1 Na6 {is correct.}) 26. Bxe5 Nxe5 27. b5 $1 Bxb5 28. Rab1 Rc5 29. Bf1 {
Black loses a piece.} Bxg5 30. Rxb5 Qd7 31. Qb3 Rc7 32. Rb6 Qe7 33. Rb8 g6 34.
Nge2 Kg7 35. Rxd8 Qxd8 36. Bg2 Bh4 37. f4 Nc4 38. Rd3 Qa8 39. Nb5 {(time)  Tal
could take the lead, because Bronstein lost.  Top: Tal 12 1/2, Bronstein,
Keres and Tolush 12, Spassky and Kholmov 11 1/2.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D91"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. cxd5 Nxg5 7. Nxg5 e6 8.
Nf3 exd5 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 c6 11. O-O Qe7 12. a3 Nd7 13. b4 Nb6 14. Qb3 Be6 15.
Rfe1 f5 16. Bf1 g5 $5 17. Ne2 Nc4 18. Ra2 Rae8 19. b5 $6 Bd7 $6 ({An advantage
brings} 19... cxb5 20. Qxb5 a6 21. Qb3 b5) 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Qb4 g4 22. Nd2
Nxd2 23. Qxd2 Bh6 24. g3 Rf6 25. Rb1 Re6 26. Rb3 Bc8 27. Qd3 Qf7 28. h4 gxh3
29. Bxh3 R6e7 30. Rb8 Kg7 31. Rab2 Bg5 32. Qc2 Qh5 33. Bg2 $1 ({White avoids} 
33. Bxf5 $2 Rxe3 $1 34. fxe3 $2 Bxe3+ 35. Kg2 Bxf5 36. Qxf5 Qxf5 37. Rxe8 Qf2+)
33... Qg6 $2 34. Qc5 $2 ({A pawn wins} 34. Bxd5 cxd5 35. Rxc8) 34... Ba6 35.
Rxe8 Qxe8 36. Nf4 Bxf4 37. gxf4 Qd7 38. Bh3 Kh6 39. Kh2 Bd3 40. Rb8 Qe6 $2 41.
Rc8 $1 {White utilises the second chance.} Bb5 42. Bxf5 $1 Qf6 43. Rg8 Bf1 44.
Rg5 Be2 45. Qc2 Bh5 46. Bxh7 Rg7 47. Qf5 Qxf5 48. Bxf5 Rc7 49. Be6 Re7 50. Bh3
Bf7 51. Rg1 Rb7 52. Rc1 Be8 53. Rc5 Kg6 54. Bc8 Rb8 55. Bg4 Kf6 56. Kg3 Rb7 57.
Ra5 Bg6 58. Ra6 Be8 59. Kf3 Ke7 60. f5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Khasin, Abram"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Qxd5 exd5 12. Bf4 Bf5 13. O-O-O O-O-O
14. Bb5 a6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Rhe1 Rhe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Black "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1
d6 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 Nf5 12. Nc3 f6 13. g4 Nfe7 14. exf6 Bxf6 $6 ({
Correct is} 14... Rxf6) 15. Bh6 $1 Bg7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 {Black has positional
weaknesses.} 17. Qd2 a6 18. Rac1 Bd7 19. Ng5 Rf6 20. f4 Qb8 21. Ne2 Nd8 22. Nf3
Bb5 23. Ne5 Bxe2 24. Rxe2 Qd6 25. Qe3 Rc8 26. Rxc8 Nxc8 27. Rc2 Ne7 28. Bf1
Ndc6 29. a3 b5 30. b4 Rf8 31. Nd3 Kg8 32. Rf2 Nd8 33. Nc5 Nec6 34. Bd3 Qe7 $2
35. Nxa6 Qf6 36. Bxb5 Nxd4 37. g5 Qg7 38. Bd3 Nf5 39. Bxf5 Rxf5 40. Qb6 Rf8 41.
Nc5 Qd4 42. Nd7 Qd1+ 43. Rf1 Qg4+ 44. Kh1 Qe2 45. Qf2 Qxf2 46. Rxf2 Rf5 47. Ne5
Nf7 48. Nd3 e5 49. fxe5 Rxf2 50. Nxf2 Nxe5 51. a4 Kf7 52. a5 Nc6 53. a6 Na7 54.
Kg2 Ke6 55. Kf3 Kd6 56. Kf4 Nb5 57. Ng4 Kc6 58. Nf6 Nc7 59. Ke5 d4 60. Kxd4
Nxa6 61. Kc4 Nc7 62. Nxh7 Ne6 63. h4 Kd6 64. b5 Kc7 65. Nf6 Kd6 66. Ne4+ Kc7
67. Kd5 Nf4+ 68. Ke5 Ng2 69. h5 gxh5 70. g6 Ne3 71. g7 Ng4+ 72. Kf4 Nh6 73. Kg5
Ng8 74. Kxh5 Kb6 75. Nc3 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C63"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 $5 4. Nc3 Nd4 5. Bc4 d6 6. d3 Nf6 7. O-O ({A
slight advantage brings} 7. Nxd4 $1 exd4 8. Ne2 fxe4 9. dxe4 Nxe4 10. Qxd4 Nf6
11. Bg5 {(Abramovic-Kovacevic, Novi Sad 1985).}) ({More risk takes} 7. Ng5 $5
Qe7 8. Bf7+) 7... Nxf3+ 8. Qxf3 f4 9. d4 c6 10. Qd3 g5 11. a4 Qb6 12. Rd1 Qxd4
13. Qxd4 exd4 14. Rxd4 Ng4 15. Be2 Ke7 16. a5 Bg7 17. Rd1 Be6 18. Na2 h5 19.
Nb4 Ne5 {Unconventional play brought Black a promising position.} 20. Nd3 $6 ({
The counteraction} 20. h4 $1 Bh6 21. hxg5 Bxg5 22. Nd3 Nxd3 23. Rxd3 Bc4 24.
Rd2 {keeps equality.}) 20... Nxd3 21. Bxd3 Be5 22. Ra4 b5 23. axb6 axb6 24.
Rxa8 Rxa8 25. f3 b5 26. c3 Bb3 27. Re1 Bc4 $6 {Exchange decreases the tension.}
28. Bxc4 bxc4 29. g3 Ra1 30. Kf2 Ra2 31. Re2 Kf6 32. Rc2 Ra1 33. Kg2 h4 $6 {A
weakness is created.} 34. gxh4 gxh4 35. Kh3 Kg5 36. Rg2+ Kh5 37. Rg1 Rb1 38.
Rd1 Bg7 39. Rg1 Bh6 40. Kg2 Bg5 41. Rd1 Be7 42. Kf2 Bd8 $2 ({Black holds the
fort in} 42... Ra1 43. Ke2 Bg5) 43. Ke2 Bb6 44. h3 Ba7 45. Bxf4 Rxb2+ 46. Rd2
Rxd2+ 47. Kxd2 d5 48. Bd6 Bb6 49. Ke2 Ba5 50. Be5 Bb6 51. Bf6 Bc5 52. Bd8 $2 ({
White wins the weak pawn in} 52. e5 $1 Kg6 53. Bxh4 Kf5 54. f4) 52... Bd6 53.
Ke3 Be5 54. Ba5 Kg5 55. Bd8+ Kh5 56. Ba5 Kg5 57. Bb4 Bf4+ 58. Kd4 Bg3 59. exd5
cxd5 60. Kxd5 Kf4 61. Kxc4 Kxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D32"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 d5 5. d4 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 a6 8. O-O
Bd6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Bg4 12. Rc1 Ba7 ({More counteraction gives
} 12... Qd6 $1 {(Goldenberg-Mikenda, Luxemburg 1981).}) 13. Nd4 Bd7 $1 14. Nxc6
Bxc6 15. Bf3 Ne4 16. Ne2 Ng5 17. Nd4 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 Qg5 20. Rc5
Rfe8 21. Rfc1 Re6 22. h3 Qg6 23. a4 Qe4 {Black equalises accurately.} 24. Qg4
Rg6 $1 25. Qxe4 dxe4 26. b4 Bd7 27. Rc7 Rc6 $1 28. R1xc6 Bxc6 29. a5 Rd8 30.
Kh2 f6 31. g4 Rd7 32. Rc8+ Kf7 33. Kg3 Rd5 34. Rh8 Kg6 35. Kf4 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Black "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Bf5 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 h6 8. Nd2
O-O 9. e4 dxe4 10. Ndxe4 Nbd7 11. Qe2 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Nf6 13. Rd1 Nxe4 14. Bxe4
Bxe4 15. Qxe4 Bg5 16. b3 Bxc1 17. Raxc1 Qa5 18. Rc2 Rad8 19. Rcd2 Rd7 20. Qe5
Qb6 21. h4 Rfd8 22. Kf1 Qb4 23. Qe4 a5 24. Rd3 a4 25. g4 axb3 26. axb3 Qe7 27.
h5 Qg5 28. Kg2 Kh8 29. Kg3 f5 30. Qf4 Qf6 31. f3 fxg4 32. fxg4 Qe7 33. Re3 Qb4
34. Rdd3 Qd6 35. Re5 Rf8 36. Qe4 Rdf7 37. Kh3 $2 ({White may continue his
risky play with} 37. c5 Qc7 38. Qe3 Kg8) 37... Rf2 38. c5 Qb8 39. Rg3 Qa8 40.
Rxe6 Qa1 41. Rg2 $4 ({A disaster avoids} 41. Qe1 Qb2 42. Qg1 Qxd4 43. Re7 Qxc5
44. Rxb7) 41... R8f3+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. d3 f6 6. e4 d4 7. Nh4 Be6 8. f4 Qd7
9. Nd2 O-O-O 10. f5 Bf7 11. Bf3 Nge7 12. Bh5 Bg8 {Black controls more
territory in the closed position.} 13. b3 Kb8 14. a4 Nb4 15. Rf2 Nec6 16. Rg2
Bd6 17. Nc4 Bc7 18. g4 $5 h6 $5 {The worry about the advancing g-pawn has no
need.} 19. Ng6 Rh7 20. h4 Ba5 21. Rh2 Na6 22. Nxa5 Nxa5 23. g5 hxg5 24. hxg5
Nb4 25. Qf3 Rc8 26. Ba3 Nxc2 $6 {Spassky starts a risky enterprise.} ({A
positional plus keeps} 26... Nac6 27. gxf6 gxf6) 27. Rxc2 Nxb3 28. Raa2 b6 29.
Bg4 Na5 30. Bc1 $6 ({Sharp play goes on with} 30. Rh2 Rxh2 31. Rxh2 Qxa4 32.
Bb2 Nc6) 30... Bxa2 31. Rxa2 Nb3 32. Qd1 Nxc1 33. Qxc1 c4 34. dxc4 Qc6 35. Bf3
Qxc4 36. Qxc4 Rxc4 37. Nf8 Rc1+ 38. Kg2 Rhh1 $6 ({A fight continues} 38... Rh8
39. Ne6 fxg5 40. Kg3) 39. gxf6 gxf6 40. Nd7+ Kc7 41. Nxf6 Kd6 42. Be2 Rh8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Stoliar, Efim"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 e6 4. b3 a5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Be2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Bb2
Qe7 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. d4 dxc4 11. bxc4 e5 12. Rae1 Re8 13. Ng5 h6 14. Nf3 Bc7 15.
Ne4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Nf6 17. Qc2 Nd7 18. Nd2 a4 19. d5 e4 20. Rd1 Nc5 21. Rfe1 Bf5
22. Nf1 Ba5 23. Ng3 Bg6 24. Bc3 Bxc3 25. Qxc3 Red8 26. f4 f6 27. Qb4 Qd6 28. a3
Rab8 29. h4 b6 30. h5 Bh7 31. Rf1 Qc7 32. Rd4 Rd6 33. dxc6 Qxc6 34. Rxd6 Qxd6
35. Rd1 Qc7 36. Qb5 Kf8 37. Rd4 Ke7 38. Bd1 Ra8 39. Bc2 Ne6 40. Rd5 Nc5 41. Qb1
Kf8 42. Nxe4 Bxe4 43. Bxe4 Re8 44. Bg6 Rxe3 45. Qd1 Ke7 46. Rd4 Nb3 47. Rd5 Nc5
48. Rd4 Re6 49. Bf5 Rd6 50. Qe2+ Kd8 51. Bg6 Qe7 52. Rxd6+ Qxd6 53. Qe8+ Kc7
54. Bf5 Kb7 55. Qf7+ Qc7 56. Qd5+ Ka7 57. g3 Qe7 58. Kf2 Kb8 59. Bc2 Qe8 60.
Bd1 Kc7 61. Bf3 Qd7 62. Qxd7+ Kxd7 63. Ke3 Kd6 64. Bd1 Nb3 65. Kd3 Kc5 66. Bg4
Na5 67. Be6 Nb7 68. Kc3 Nd6 69. Kd3 Nb7 70. Kc3 Na5 71. Kd3 Nb3 72. Bd7 {White
fought for a win a long time.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E66"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Qc2 Rb8 11. b3 b5 12. Bb2 e5 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. cxb5 axb5 15.
Nce4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxb2 17. Qxb2 Bb7 18. b4 Nc4 19. Qc3 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 d5 21.
Bg2 cxb4 (21... Qe7 $1 {keeps the initiative.}) 22. Qxb4 Qd6 23. Rab1 Qxb4 24.
Rxb4 Nd6 25. Bh3 Kf7 26. a4 bxa4 27. Rxa4 Ra8 28. Rfa1 Rxa4 29. Rxa4 Re8 30.
Ra7+ Re7 31. Rxe7+ Kxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A53"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. g3 {
Tarasov follows Bronstein-Panno, Amsterdam 1954.} (7. Ng5 Ke8 8. Nb5 Bd6 {
brings no advantage.}) 7... Bc5 8. Ng5 (8. Bg2 {keeps a plus.}) 8... Ke7 9. Bg2
h6 10. Nge4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 a5 13. Nc3 c6 14. O-O (14. a3 $1 {
avoids problems.}) 14... Nb6 15. b3 Rd8 16. Be1 $1 Bc5 17. Ne4 Bd4 18. Rc1 Bf5
19. e3 Bb2 20. Rb1 Ba3 21. Bc3 f6 22. Rbd1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 {White has regained
equality.} Nd7 24. f4 Bg4 25. Re1 Bb4 26. Rc1 Bxc3 27. Rxc3 Bf5 28. c5 Bxe4 29.
Bxe4 exf4 30. gxf4 $2 (30. exf4 {is correct.}) 30... Ke6 31. Kf2 g5 32. a3 f5
33. Bf3 Nf6 34. Rd3 Ke7 35. Rd2 Rd8 {White has ruined his king's side.} 36. Ke2
$2 ({Exchanges are required:} 36. Rxd8 Kxd8 37. fxg5 hxg5 38. Kg3 $1 Ke7 39. h4
g4 40. Bg2 Nh5+ 41. Kf2 Ke6 42. b4 axb4 43. axb4 {White seems to survive.})
36... g4 $1 37. Bg2 Rxd2+ 38. Kxd2 Ke6 39. Kd3 h5 40. Kd4 h4 41. h3 {Bronstein
joined the leaders.} (41. h3 gxh3 42. Bxh3 Ne4 43. Bf1 Nf2) 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Aronson, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D07"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 $6 ({Theory is} 4... e5 5. Nc3 Bb4 {
(Steinitz-Chigorin, Vienna 1898).}) 5. Nc3 Qa5 6. d5 $1 O-O-O 7. Bd2 Bxf3 8.
exf3 ({A fine choice is} 8. gxf3 Ne5 9. e4 {(Ojanen-Johannessen, Leipzig 1960).
}) 8... Nb4 $4 ({Correct is} 8... Nd4 $1 {(Tesor-Baier, corr. 1979).}) 9. a3
Nxd5 10. Na4 {Top: Tal, Bronstein and Tolush 13, Keres 12 1/2, Kholmov and
Spassky 12.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E43"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Na4
cxd4 9. exd4 Ne4 $5 {Keres provokes.} ({Theory is} 9... Be7 {(Petrosian-Keres,
Göteborg 1955).}) 10. c5 $1 bxc5 11. a3 Ba5 12. Nxc5 Nxc5 13. dxc5 Bc7 14. Bg5
Qe8 ({White also has the better position in} 14... f6 15. Bd2 Qe8 16. Nd4 {
(Borisenko-Muhutdinov, Sverdlovsk 1957).}) 15. Nd4 Nc6 16. Bf6 $5 Bd8 ({The
pointe is} 16... gxf6 $2 17. Qg4+ Kh8 18. Qh4 f5 19. Bxf5 exf5 20. Qf6+ Kg8 21.
Nxf5) 17. Qh5 $2 (17. Bxd8 Qxd8 18. Bb5 {keeps a positional advantage.}) 17...
g6 18. Qh4 d6 19. Rfc1 $2 ({Correct is} 19. Bb5) 19... Nxd4 20. Qxd4 Qc6 21.
Bf1 dxc5 22. Qf4 Bxf6 23. Qxf6 Rad8 24. Rc2 Rd5 25. Rac1 Qd6 26. Qf3 Rd8 27.
Qe3 Re5 28. Qg3 Qd4 {(time)} (28... Qd4 29. b4 $5 cxb4 30. Rc7 $5 Ba6 $1 31.
Bxa6 Qd1+ 32. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 33. Bf1 Ree1 $19) 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Aronson, Lev"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
Qe7 9. Bd2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 e5 11. Ng5 Bc7 12. Rae1 h6 13. Nge4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Nb6
15. Bb3 Bf5 16. Qc5 Qd7 17. Bc2 Rfe8 18. f4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 exd4 20. exd4 Nd5 21.
Bxd5 Qxd5 22. Qxd5 cxd5 23. Rxe8+ $2 Rxe8 24. Re1 $2 Rxe1+ 25. Bxe1 Bxf4 {
Errors have cost White a pawn.} 26. Kf2 Kh7 27. h3 Kg6 28. Kf3 Bc1 29. b3 h5
30. Bg3 Kf5 31. Bf2 g5 32. g4+ Kg6 33. Bg3 a6 34. Bh2 Bb2 35. Bg1 f5 36. Be3
Bc3 37. Bg1 Bb2 38. Be3 Ba3 39. Bd2 Bd6 40. Be3 fxg4+ 41. hxg4 h4 42. Bd2 Bf4
43. Bb4 Kf7 44. Kg2 Be3 45. Bc3 b5 46. b4 Ke6 47. Kh3 Kd6 48. Kg2 Kc6 49. Kh3
a5 $5 50. bxa5 b4 $5 51. Bxb4 Bxd4 {Black returned the pawn for a breakthrough.
} 52. Bd2 Bf6 53. a4 Kb7 54. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C64"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O Nd4 5. Nxd4 Bxd4 6. c3 Bb6 7. d4 c6 8.
Ba4 d6 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qxd8+ Bxd8 11. Be3 Nf6 12. Nd2 Ng4 13. Bc5 Be7 14. Bxe7
Kxe7 15. Bb3 Be6 16. Rad1 Rhd8 17. Bxe6 Kxe6 18. Nc4 Nf6 19. f3 Ne8 20. Kf2 Nd6
21. Nxd6 Rxd6 22. Rxd6+ Kxd6 23. Rd1+ Ke6 24. Ke3 g6 25. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 ({More active is} 5. Qa4+) 5...
a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 Bb4 $1 8. Bg5 ({Ribli likes} 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Rd1 {
(Ulibin-Tunik, St. Petersburg 1998), but} Be7 $1 {is okay for Black.}) 8... O-O
9. Rc1 {Bronstein wants to win.} ({Therefore, he avoids the exchanges of} 9.
Ne4 Be7 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6) 9... Be7 10. e3 Nd5 11. Bxe7 Ncxe7 12.
Ne4 b5 13. b3 cxb3 14. Qxb3 a5 15. Ne5 b4 16. Nc5 Qe8 17. Rfe1 Ra7 18. e4 Nb6
19. d5 $6 {Hereafter, Black is better.} ({The confrontation continues with} 19.
f4) 19... exd5 20. exd5 Qd8 21. Red1 Qd6 22. f4 Nd7 23. Ncxd7 Bxd7 24. Qe3 Nc8
25. Nc6 Ra6 26. Bf1 Ra8 27. Qc5 Bxc6 28. Qxc6 Ra7 29. Bh3 Ne7 30. Qc5 Rfa8 31.
Re1 Qxc5+ 32. Rxc5 Kf8 33. Rec1 Rd8 34. Bg2 a4 35. Rb5 b3 36. axb3 a3 37. Ra1
Nf5 38. b4 Nd4 $6 (38... Rda8 $1 {keeps a plus.}) 39. Ra5 Rb7 40. R5xa3 Rxb4
41. R3a2 Rdb8 {Bronstein was out of the race for the championship.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E63"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. Qd3
Bf5 9. e4 Bg4 10. d5 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nd4 12. Qd1 c5 13. dxc6 Nxc6 14. Be3 Nd7 15.
Rc1 Qa5 16. Bd2 Nde5 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. Bc3 e6 19. Ne3 b5 20. cxb5 axb5 21. a3 Qb6
22. Kh1 Rfd8 23. Qd2 Na5 24. Bxa5 Qxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Khasin, Abram"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E75"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Qd2
exd5 9. exd5 Qb6 10. O-O-O Re8 11. Bh6 Bh8 12. f3 Nbd7 13. g4 Ne5 14. h4 Qb4
15. a3 $6 (15. Nb5 Qxd2+ 16. Rxd2) 15... Qb3 16. Qc2 Qxc2+ 17. Kxc2 a6 ({The
confusion of} 17... Bxg4 $1 18. fxg4 Nfxg4 19. Bxg4 Nxg4 20. Bf4 Nf2 {is
avoided.}) 18. Nh3 Bd7 19. a4 Bg7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Nf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A58"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. c4 c5 6. d5 b5 $5 {Black gives a
pawn and waits for a mistake.} 7. cxb5 d6 8. Nc3 a6 9. bxa6 Bxa6 10. O-O Nbd7
11. Qc2 Qc7 12. Rd1 Rfb8 13. h3 Nb6 14. Nd2 Nfd7 15. Rb1 Nc8 $6 (15... Qa7 {is
less passive.}) 16. b3 $1 Qa5 17. Bb2 c4 18. Ba1 cxb3 19. Nxb3 Qc7 20. Nd4 Rxb1
21. Qxb1 Rb8 22. Qc1 $5 {Viktor chooses the attack.} Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Bxe2 24. Kh2
$1 Ba6 25. Qh6 Nf8 $2 ({The correct order of moves is} 25... f6 26. Rh4 Nf8)
26. Ra4 $1 Qb6 27. Ne4 f6 {White delivers the decisive blow.} 28. Bxf6 $1 exf6
29. Nxf6+ Kf7 30. Rf4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C64"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O Nge7 $5 5. c3 O-O 6. d4 Bd6 $5 {Klaman,
a member of the Leningrad 'rifle school of chess', chooses for provocation.} 7.
Be3 Ng6 8. dxe5 Ncxe5 9. Nxe5 Bxe5 10. f4 Bf6 11. Qh5 d6 12. Nd2 Ne7 $5 13. f5
d5 $5 ({The exchange} 13... Bd7 14. Bxd7 Qxd7 {is avoided.}) 14. Rad1 Bd7 15.
Bxd7 Qxd7 16. Nf3 Rae8 17. Qh3 $2 (17. Bf2 $1 {keeps the initiative.}) 17...
Qc8 18. e5 Nxf5 19. exf6 $2 {White overestimates his chances.} ({Correct is} 
19. Bc5 Be7 20. Rxd5 c6 21. Bxe7 Rxe7 22. Rd3) 19... Nxe3 20. Qg3 g6 21. Qg5
Qg4 22. Qxg4 Nxg4 23. Rxd5 Ne3 24. Rd7 Nxf1 25. Kxf1 Re6 26. Rxc7 Rb8 27. Nd4
Rxf6+ 28. Ke2 Kf8 29. b4 Ra6 30. b5 Rxa2+ 31. Kf3 a6 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "171"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O d6 5. d4 Bd7 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8.
Re1 exd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Qf3 Bg4 11. Qg3 O-O 12. Bg5 Qd7 13. h3 Be6 14. Rad1
Rad8 15. e5 Ne8 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. exd6 cxd6 18. Nd5 Qd7 19. Nf4 Bf5 20. Qg5 Bg6
21. h4 Nf6 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. Qxd5 h6 24. h5 Bh7 25. Re3 Rfe8 26. Rde1 Kf8 27. c3
a6 28. a4 Rxe3 29. Rxe3 Re8 30. Rxe8+ Kxe8 31. Nf3 Qc6 32. Qd4 Kf8 33. Qa7 Be4
34. Qb8+ Ke7 35. Nd4 Qe8 36. Qc7+ Qd7 37. Qb6 Qd8 38. Qa7 Qc8 39. f3 Bd5 40. a5
g6 41. hxg6 fxg6 42. Kf2 Qc5 43. Qb8 Qxa5 44. Qh8 Qa1 45. Qxh6 Qxb2+ 46. Kg3
Bf7 47. Qh4+ Kd7 48. Qh3+ Kc7 49. Qh8 Qa2 50. Qf8 Qd5 51. Qe7+ Kb6 52. f4 Ka7
53. Kh4 Qh5+ 54. Kg3 Qd5 55. Kh4 Bg8 56. g4 Qc5 57. Qf6 a5 58. Qxg6 Bc4 59. Qe8
Bd3 60. Qe3 Bc4 61. f5 a4 62. Qe8 a3 63. Qa4+ Kb6 64. Nb3 Qd5 65. Nd2 Bb5 66.
Qd4+ Qxd4 67. cxd4 Kc6 68. Kg5 Kd7 69. Kg6 Ba4 70. f6 a2 71. f7 Bc2+ 72. Kg7
a1=Q 73. Nf3 Qa8 74. f8=Q Qxf8+ 75. Kxf8 Ke6 76. g5 b5 77. Nh4 b4 78. g6 Bxg6
79. Nxg6 {Poor play has led to an interesting ending.} Kf5 $5 ({White draws in
} 79... Kd5 80. Ne7+ Kxd4 81. Nf5+ Kc5 82. Ke7 d5 83. Ne3 d4 84. Nd1 d3 85. Ke6
Kd4 86. Kf5 d2 87. Kf4 Kd3 88. Kf3) 80. Ne7+ Ke6 81. d5+ $1 Kf6 82. Nc8 Ke5 83.
Ke7 b3 84. Nxd6 Kxd5 85. Nb5 b2 86. Na3 {The Tartar handles a horse well.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Stoliar, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E49"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 O-O 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Bd3 c5 9. Ne2 b6 10. O-O Re8 11. f3 Ba6 12. Bc2 Nc6 13. Rf2 Qc7 14. g4 cxd4 15.
cxd4 Bxe2 16. Rxe2 Rac8 17. Qd3 g6 18. Ba4 Red8 19. Bd2 Qb7 20. Bb5 Nb8 21. Qb3
Ne8 22. Be1 Nd6 23. Bh4 Rf8 24. Bd3 Rfe8 25. Rd1 Kg7 26. Bg3 Nc4 27. e4 Kg8 28.
a4 Nd7 29. e5 Nf8 30. f4 Ne6 31. Bb1 Na5 32. Qe3 Nc4 33. Qf2 Na3 34. Ba2 Qd7
35. Rd3 Nc4 36. f5 Ng5 {Boris attacks on the king's side.} 37. Bf4 Ne4 38. Qh4
Qxa4 $2 (38... gxf5 39. Rxe4 fxe4 40. Qg5+ Kf8 41. Qh6+ {ends peacefully.}) 39.
f6 $1 Qb4 40. Rb3 Qf8 {This loses a queen.} ({A knight costs} 40... Ncd2 41.
Qh6 Qf8 42. Bxd2) 41. Bh6 Nxe5 42. Bxf8 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

{The journalists only have eyes for Tolush, who won quickly in the previous
round. They forget Tal's gallant win over Tolush last year.} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3
g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. f3 e5 6. Nge2 Nbd7 7. Bg5 c6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. d5 $1 c5 $2
({Counteraction gives} 9... Nb6 $1 10. b3 (10. Nc1 cxd5 11. cxd5 Bd7 {
(Robatsch-Persitz 1955).}) 10... cxd5 11. Nxd5 Nbxd5 12. cxd5 Bd7 {(Salas
Romo-Fischer, Santiago 1959).}) 10. g4 a6 ({Interesting is} 10... h6 $1 11.
Bxh6 $6 Nxe4 $1 12. Nxe4 Qh4+ 13. N2g3 Bxh6 {(Peixoto-Mecking, Rio de Janeiro
1965).}) 11. Ng3 Re8 ({The consistent} 11... b5 {costs a pawn.}) 12. h4 Qa5 13.
Bh6 Nf8 14. h5 Qc7 15. Bd3 b5 $5 16. O-O-O $1 {Now, Tal has even better than
the win of a pawn.} bxc4 17. Bb1 $1 Bh8 18. Rdg1 Rb8 19. Nf5 $1 N6d7 20. Bg5 {
White threatens 21.Ne7+.} Bg7 21. Nxg7 Kxg7 22. Bh6+ Kg8 23. f4 $1 exf4 24.
Qxf4 Qd8 $5 25. hxg6 $5 ({Tal does not like the blockade} 25. Qxd6 Rb6 26. Qf4
Ne5) 25... Nxg6 26. Qh2 Nde5 27. Bf4 $6 Nf8 $6 {Exchange lessens the pressure.}
28. Qh6 Neg6 29. Bg5 f6 30. e5 $3 {The opening of a diagonal decides.} Rxe5 31.
Bxg6 Rb7 ({Quickly ends} 31... hxg6 32. Qh8+ Kf7 33. Rh7+ $1 Ke8 34. Bh6) 32.
Ne4 $1 fxg5 33. Rf1 Rxe4 (33... Nxg6 34. Nf6+ Kh8 35. Qxh7+ Rxh7 36. Rxh7#) 34.
Bxe4 Rg7 35. Rf6 Bxg4 36. Rhf1 Nd7 37. Rxd6 Qe7 38. Rxa6 Kh8 39. Bxh7 $1 Nb8
40. Bf5+ Kg8 41. Be6+ Bxe6 42. Rxe6 {The champion Tal got a roaring applause.
During his interviews, Tal saw Tolush slowly walk to the exit into oblivion. 
Top: Tal 14, Keres and Bronstein 13 1/2, Spassky and Tolush 13.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E58"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

{The twenty-fifth championship of the USSR was played in Riga from 12 i until
14 ii 1958. Tal defended the title in his home town. Bronstein was second the
previous time. The rest had to succeed in semifinals. Petrosian, Geller,
Bannik, Boleslavsky, Kotov and Furman qualified in Kiev, Averbakh, Polugaevsky,
Gipslis, Gurgenidze, Korchnoi and Borisenko in Sverdlovsk, Spassky, Krogius,
Taimanov, Suetin and Tolush in Leningrad. Aronin qualified but could not
partake. Borisenko had to withdraw after nine rounds. Four places were at
stake for the interzonal tournament Portoroz 1958.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3
Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qc7 10. cxd5
exd5 11. a4 Re8 12. Ba3 c4 13. Bc2 Ne4 14. Qe1 Qd8 15. Bxe4 Rxe4 16. Nd2 Re8
17. f3 $6 (17. e4 $1 {makes the freeing move.}) 17... Qa5 18. Bb2 b5 19. axb5
Qxb5 20. Ba3 Na5 21. Qe2 Bd7 22. Rfb1 Nb3 23. Nxb3 cxb3 24. Qxb5 Bxb5 25. Rxb3
Bc4 26. Rb7 Rxe3 27. Rab1 h5 28. Rb8+ Re8 29. Bd6 $6 ({More active is} 29. Rxa8
Rxa8 30. Rb7) 29... a5 $1 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. Rb8 Rxb8 32. Bxb8 Kf8 {White
cannot be achieve the draw easily, despite the bishops of a different colour.}
33. Kf2 $2 ({Right is} 33. Bd6+ $1 Ke8 34. h4 $1 Kd7 35. Bf8 $1 g6 36. Kf2 Kc6
37. Ke3 Kb5 38. Kd2 Bf1 39. g3 Kc4 40. Kc2 {The king protects the queenside
and the white bishop takes care of the other side.}) 33... Ke7 34. Ke3 Kd7 35.
Ba7 Kc6 36. Bc5 Kb5 37. Kd2 Bf1 38. g3 Kc4 39. Kc2 Bg2 40. f4 Bh3 $3 {The
bishop blockades the h-pawn.} 41. Bf8 g6 42. Bd6 a4 43. Be7 Bf5+ 44. Kb2 Kd3
45. Bd6 Ke4 46. Ka3 Kf3 47. Kxa4 Kg2 48. Be7 Kxh2 49. Bh4 Bd3 50. Kb4 f6 $1 51.
Kc5 Bc4 52. Kd6 g5 $1 53. fxg5 fxg5 54. Bxg5 Kxg3 55. Ke5 h4 56. Bf4+ Kg2 57.
Kf5 h3 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 d5 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. a3
cxd4 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. axb4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nb6 12. Bb3 dxe3 13. Bxe3 Nbd5 14. Bc5
Re8 15. Re1 Rxe1+ 16. Qxe1 b6 17. Bd4 Bb7 18. Rd1 Qe8 $5 19. Be5 Qb5 $5 20.
Bxf6 gxf6 $2 ({Right is} 20... Nxf6 21. Qe7 Bd5 $1 22. Bxd5 Nxd5 23. Qb7 Rd8 {
(Tal).}) 21. Qe4 $1 Qxb4 22. Nd4 f5 23. Qe5 Ne7 24. Qf6 Bd5 25. Nc6 Qxb3 26.
Nxe7+ Kf8 27. Re1 Be6 28. Nxf5 {Tolush was defeated by Tal in the last round
of the previous championship. He had no luck again.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B94"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Bc4 Qa5 8.
Qd2 e6 9. O-O-O b5 10. Bb3 $5 ({Spassky diverts from the wild} 10. Bxe6 $5 {
(Tal - Kolarov, Reykjavik 1957).}) 10... Bb7 ({The pointe is} 10... b4 $5 11.
Nd5 $1) 11. Rhe1 Be7 12. f4 Nc5 13. e5 $2 ({Right is} 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. e5 {
(Kortschnoj - Polugaevsky, Sochi 1958).}) 13... dxe5 $2 (13... b4 $1 14. exf6
bxc3 {utilises the error (Lehmann - O'Kelly, Zevenaar 1961).}) 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 $6
(14... gxf6 15. fxe5 fxe5 {is okay (Spassky).}) 15. fxe5 Bh4 16. g3 Be7 17.
Bxe6 $1 O-O ({Not} 17... fxe6 $2 18. Nxe6 $1) 18. Bb3 Rad8 19. Qf4 b4 20. Na4
h6 $2 ({Right is} 20... Nxb3+ $1 21. axb3 g6) 21. Nxc5 $1 Qxc5 ({Or} 21... Bg5
22. Qxg5 $1 hxg5 23. Nxb7) 22. h4 Bd5 23. Nf5 Bxb3 24. axb3 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rc8
26. Qe4 Bf8 27. e6 fxe6 28. Qxe6+ Kh8 29. Qe4 Qc6 30. Qd3 Re8 31. h5 Be7 32.
Nxe7 Rxe7 33. Qg6 Qe8 34. g4 Re1 35. Qxe8+ Rxe8 36. Rd4 a5 37. Kd2 Re5 38. c4
bxc3+ 39. bxc3 Rg5 40. c4 Kg8 41. Rf4 g6 {Spassky got a brilliancy prize.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B65"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f4 h6 11. Bh4 Qa5 12. Qg1 $5 Bd7 13. g4 {"Forwards
Kasimirovich!"} Bc6 14. Be1 $6 {"Not backwards, Kasimirovich!"} ({Better is} 
14. g5 hxg5 15. Bxg5) 14... Qc7 15. Bd3 d5 16. e5 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. h4 $5
b5 19. Bg3 $6 (19. g5 h5 20. g6 {opens the kingside.}) 19... b4 20. Ne2 Bd5 21.
Rxd5 $5 {Tolush has no inhibitions.} exd5 22. Qd1 Rfd8 23. Nd4 Qc4 24. Kb1 Bc5
25. Bf2 a5 26. g5 h5 27. e6 $5 fxe6 28. g6 $6 ({More resistance is offered by} 
28. b3 $1 Qa6 $1 29. Qxh5 a4 $1 30. g6 axb3 31. Qh7+ Kf8 32. Nxe6+ Ke7 33.
Qxg7+ Kxe6 34. Qe5+ Kd7 35. Qxd5+ Bd6 36. Qxb3 Kc7 $1) 28... a4 $4 {Taimanov
fails at the decisive moment.} (28... Rdc8 $1 29. Qxh5 Bxd4 $1 30. Qh7+ Kf8 31.
Qh8+ Ke7 {and Black wins because pawn g7 is protected.}) 29. Nxe6 $1 d4 30. f5
d3 31. Bxc5 b3 32. cxb3 axb3 33. axb3 Qa6 34. Ba3 d2 35. Nxd8 Qd3+ 36. Ka2 e3
37. Rh2 Qxd8 38. f6 gxf6 39. Qxh5 Ra7 40. Rh1 Qd3 41. Qc5 Rxa3+ 42. Qxa3 d1=Q
43. Rxd1 Qxd1 44. Qe7 {Tolush had lost of Tal, but he stayed a valiant
attacker.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. c4 Bb7 12. Nc3 c6 13. a3 Qc7 $5 (13... Rb8 {stems
from Matanovic - Smyslov, Belgrade 1956.}) 14. Bg5 Rae8 $6 (14... h6 $1 {would
be a more useful move.}) 15. Rc1 Qb8 $5 {Black has accepted passivity.} 16. Ba2
Kh8 $2 ({Right is} 16... c5 $1 17. dxc5 dxc5 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Nxb5 Bxe4) 17.
b4 $1 c5 18. bxc5 exd4 19. c6 $1 {Geller starts a decisive attack.} dxc3 20.
cxb7 Qxb7 21. cxb5 Qxb5 22. Rxc3 Nc5 23. Rce3 $1 Ne6 (23... Nfxe4 $5 24. Bxe7
Rxe7 25. Ng5 d5 26. Bxd5 Rd7 27. a4 $1 Nxa4 28. Nxf7+ $1 Rfxf7 29. Rb3 {wins
for White.}) 24. e5 $1 Ng4 $5 ({Or} 24... dxe5 25. Rxe5 {and 26. Bxe6.}) 25.
hxg4 Nxg5 26. exd6 Nxf3+ 27. gxf3 Bg5 28. a4 Qd7 29. Rxe8 Rxe8 30. Rxe8+ Qxe8
31. d7 Qf8 32. Qe2 Qe7 33. Qd3 h6 34. Bc4 a5 35. Bxf7 Bh4 36. Kg2 Bf6 37. Bc4
Qd8 38. Qd5 Bg5 39. Qf7 {Geller made a dashing start in the event.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E87"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 c5 8. g4 Ne8
$5 9. h4 f5 10. gxf5 $5 (10. exf5 gxf5 11. g5 {was played in Kotov - Najdorf,
Zürich 1953.}) 10... gxf5 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. Bd3 e4 $6 {Boleslavsky becomes
desperate already.} 13. fxe4 Qe7 14. exf5 Qxe3+ 15. Qe2 Qg3+ 16. Kd2 Nc7 17.
Qh2 Qxh2+ 18. Rxh2 Nd7 19. Ne4 $6 ({Better is} 19. Rg2 $1 Kh8 20. Nf3 $1) 19...
Kh8 20. Rg2 $2 ({Boleslavsky prefers} 20. Rb1 b5 21. b3) 20... b5 $1 21. Nf3 $6
(21. Nxd6 bxc4 22. Bxc4 {keeps a plus.}) 21... bxc4 22. Bxc4 Rab8 23. Rb1 Rxf5
24. Nfg5 Ne5 25. Bb3 $2 {Hereafter, Tal even loses.} (25. Nxd6 Rf4 $5 26. Bb3
c4 27. Nxc4 Nxc4+ 28. Bxc4 Rxc4 29. Nf7+ Kg8 30. Nh6+ Kh8 {leads to perpetual
check.}) 25... c4 26. Bc2 Nxd5 27. Nxd6 Rf6 28. Nf5 Rd8 29. Ke1 Nf4 30. Rg3
Ned3+ 31. Bxd3 Nxd3+ 32. Rxd3 Rxd3 33. Nxg7 Kxg7 34. Ke2 h6 35. Ne4 Re6 36.
Rg1+ Rg6 37. Rc1 Rg2+ 38. Nf2 Rd4 39. Kf3 Rg6 40. Ne4 Re6 41. Rg1+ Kf8 42. Rg4
Ra6 43. h5 Ra5 44. Rf4+ Ke7 45. Rg4 Rxh5 46. Kf4 Kf7 47. Ke3 Rd3+ 48. Kf4 Rh2
49. Ke5 Re2 50. Rf4+ Ke7 51. Kf5 Rd4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A76"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Qc2 Na6 11. Bf4 Nb4 12. Qb1 Nxe4 $6 {Tal delivers an
ingenious but dubious sacrifice.} 13. Nxe4 Bf5 14. Nfd2 Nxd5 {Averbakh
experiences the torture by a pin.} 15. Bxd6 $2 (15. Bg5 $5 Qxg5 16. Nxg5 Bxb1
17. Bc4 $1 {brings White an advantage.}) 15... Nf6 $1 16. Bf3 Nxe4 17. Nxe4
Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Qxd6 19. Qc2 Re7 20. Bf3 Rae8 21. Rad1 Bd4 22. a4 b6 23. b3 Re5
24. Rd2 h5 25. Re2 Rxe2 26. Bxe2 h4 27. Kh1 Qf4 28. g3 Qf6 29. Qd1 Rd8 30. Bg4
$2 Bxf2 $1 31. Qe2 Rd2 $1 32. Qe8+ ({The pointe is shown by} 32. Qxd2 Qc6+ {
and mate (Tal).}) 32... Kg7 33. gxh4 Qd4 34. Bh3 Qd3 35. Bg2 Rd1 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 c6 5. e4 b5 6. Qc2 Na6 $5 7. Be2 g6 8.
Bg5 Bg7 9. O-O-O $5 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Nc7 12. h4 Qb8 $6 13. f4 Ne6 14.
e5 {Spassky takes the initiative.} Nd5 15. f5 $1 Nxg5 16. hxg5 gxf5 17. Qxf5
Qc8 18. Qe4 Qe6 19. Rxh7 Rxh7 20. Qxh7 Qg6 21. Qg8+ Bf8 22. Qxg6 fxg6 23. Ne4
$6 (23. Bf3 e6 24. Rh1 {continues the attack.}) 23... Kf7 24. Bg4 Rd8 25. Nc5
Nf4 26. e6+ Kg8 27. Nd7 Nd3+ 28. Rxd3 $1 cxd3 29. Kd2 Bg7 30. Kxd3 c5 31. dxc5
Bxb2 32. Ke4 Rc8 33. Kd5 Kg7 34. Be2 b4 $2 {Black exposes his rook.} (34... a6
{(Bulletin)} 35. c6 Ba3 {keeps the queenside closed for the white pieces.}) 35.
Ba6 $1 Rc7 36. Nb8 $1 Bc1 37. Nc6 $1 Bxg5 38. Nd4 Kf6 39. Nb5 Bf4 40. Nxc7 Bxc7
41. Kc6 Bh2 42. Kd7 g5 43. c6 g4 44. Bc4 g3 45. fxg3 Bxg3 46. c7 Bxc7 47. Kxc7
a5 48. Kd7 a4 49. Bd3 {Boris won a fighting game.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be6 $5 6. e3 c5 $2 {White
will ruin the hostile pawn structure.} 7. Bb5+ Nc6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Nge2 a6 10.
Bxc6+ bxc6 11. O-O Rg8 12. Kh1 f5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Nf4 Bd6 15. Nce2 $1 Qb6 16.
Rc1 Kd7 $5 {Boris reorganises his defence.} 17. Qc2 Rgc8 18. Rfd1 Rab8 19. Rd2
Bb4 20. Rd3 Bd6 21. Rb3 Qa7 22. Rd3 Qb6 23. b3 a5 24. Rd4 Qd8 25. Rcd1 Rb4 26.
Kg1 Qf6 27. R4d2 a4 28. Rc1 axb3 29. axb3 Ke8 30. Nd3 Rg4 31. Ndf4 $1 h5 $6 32.
h3 Rg5 33. Qd1 h4 34. Rdc2 Kd7 35. Nd4 $6 (35. b4 $1 Bxb4 36. Rxc6 $1 Rxc6 37.
Qa4 {revives the attack.}) 35... Rcg8 36. f3 Qg7 37. Ndxe6 fxe6 38. Qf1 Qe5 39.
Re1 d4 40. Qa6 Rc8 41. Rc4 c5 42. Kf2 Rcg8 43. Qb7+ Bc7 44. g4 fxg4 45. hxg4
Rb8 46. Qa6 Rb6 47. Qa2 h3 48. Qc2 h2 49. Kg2 h1=Q+ 50. Kxh1 Rb8 51. Kg2 Rh8 $6
52. b4 $1 Qg7 $1 53. Rg1 $6 dxe3 54. Qd3+ $2 {Furman collapses suddenly.} (54.
Kf1 $1 Qa1+ 55. Kg2 Qg7 {draws.}) 54... Rd5 $1 55. Qxe3 Qb2+ {The
counterattack led to a win at last.} 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. a3 a6 6. Rb1 Rb8 7. b4 cxb4 8. axb4
b5 9. cxb5 axb5 10. Nf3 d5 11. Qb3 Nf6 12. d3 O-O 13. Bf4 Rb6 14. Rc1 Bb7 15.
O-O d4 16. Nb1 Nd5 17. Bd2 e6 18. Rc5 Re8 19. Na3 Bf8 $6 20. Rxb5 Rxb5 21. Nxb5
Ndxb4 $2 {Averbakh blunders material.} (21... e5 $1 {really wins back the pawn.
}) 22. Rb1 Qb6 23. Bxb4 Nxb4 24. Nbxd4 Rb8 25. Nc2 Bxf3 26. Bxf3 Bc5 27. Rf1
Nxc2 28. Qxc2 Bf8 29. Kg2 Qc5 30. Qa4 h5 31. Rd1 Rb2 32. Ra1 Qb4 33. Qe8 Qe7
34. Qa8 Rc2 35. Rb1 Rc7 36. Rb8 Kg7 37. Qa1+ Kh7 38. Be4 Bg7 39. Qa4 Qc5 $2 {
Black will lose another pawn.} 40. Rb5 Ra7 41. Rxc5 Rxa4 42. Rxh5+ $1 Kg8 43.
Rb5 Ra2 44. Bf3 Ra7 45. h4 Bf6 46. h5 g5 47. e3 Kg7 48. d4 Rd7 49. d5 exd5 50.
Bxd5 Bd8 51. Kh3 Ra7 52. e4 f6 53. Kg4 Bc7 54. f4 gxf4 55. gxf4 Ba5 56. Rc5 Bb6
57. Rc6 Bd4 58. h6+ Kxh6 59. e5 Kg7 60. Rxf6 Rd7 61. Be6 Ra7 62. Kf5 Be3 63.
Rg6+ Kh7 64. Rg3 Bf2 65. Rf3 Be1 66. Rf1 Bb4 67. Bc4 Rc7 68. Bd5 Kg7 69. Rg1+
Kh7 70. Ke6 Ra7 71. f5 Ra6+ 72. Kf7 Ra7+ 73. Kf6 Ra6+ 74. Be6 Bf8 75. Kf7 Bh6
76. f6 Ra7+ 77. Ke8 Ra8+ 78. Ke7 Be3 79. Bf5+ Kh6 80. Rg4 Bc5+ 81. Kd7 Ra7+ 82.
Kc6 Ba3 83. e6 Ra6+ 84. Kb7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A42"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Be3 e5 6. d5 Nce7 7. g4 $5 f5 $5 {
The battlers wish to fight.} 8. gxf5 gxf5 9. Qh5+ Kf8 $1 10. Bh3 $1 Nf6 11. Qf3
a6 $6 {Black prepares a lengthy manoeuvre for the exchange of queens.} 12. exf5
Qe8 13. Nge2 Qh5 14. Qxh5 Nxh5 15. Bg5 Nxf5 16. Ng3 $1 Nd4 $6 ({The
threatening bishop is driven away by} 16... h6 $1 17. Bd2 Nd4) 17. Bxc8 Rxc8 $6
({Better is} 17... Nxg3 18. fxg3 {(Averbakh)} Rxc8 19. Rf1+ Ke8) 18. Nxh5 Nf3+
19. Ke2 Nxg5 20. Rag1 Bh6 21. h4 Nf7 22. Ne4 c6 23. Kd3 $1 cxd5 24. cxd5 Bf4
25. Ng7 Ra8 $5 26. Nf5 Rd8 27. Rg4 $1 {Black has been outmanoeuvred.} Rg8 28.
Rxg8+ Kxg8 29. Rg1+ Kh8 30. Rg7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. a4 Nc6 5. O-O Nf6 6. Re1 g6 7. c3 Bg7 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. Na3 Rc8 11. Bg5 a6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Nc4 d5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6
15. exd5 cxd5 16. Ne5 Qc7 17. f4 Rb8 18. Qd2 Rb6 19. Re3 a5 $6 20. b4 $1 Rc8
21. b5 Be8 22. Rae1 Qd6 23. Qd1 $5 Rb7 24. Qf3 (24. Nb3 $1 {takes advantage of
a weakness.}) 24... Rbc7 25. Ng4 Bg7 26. f5 $2 {Gurgenidze misses a trick.} ({
Better is} 26. Kh1) 26... Rxc3 $1 27. f6 $6 ({Correct is} 27. Rxc3 Bxd4+ $1 28.
Rce3 $1) 27... Rxe3 28. Qxe3 Bxf6 29. Nxf6+ Qxf6 30. Nf3 e6 31. Rc1 Qd8 32.
Rxc8 Qxc8 33. Qd2 Qd8 34. h4 f6 35. Nd4 $2 (35. Qd4 $1 {creates a flexible
defence (Tal).}) 35... Qb6 $1 36. Kf1 e5 $1 37. Nf3 d4 38. Qc2 Bf7 39. h5 Kf8
40. Qc8+ Ke7 41. Nd2 gxh5 42. Ne4 Bd5 43. Ng3 Be6 44. Qh8 Qc5 45. Qxh7+ Kd8 46.
Qh8+ Kd7 47. Qg7+ Kc8 48. Qh8+ Kb7 49. Qg7+ Qc7 50. Qxc7+ Kxc7 51. Nxh5 f5 52.
Ng7 Bc4+ 53. Ke1 f4 54. Ne8+ Kd7 55. b6 Ba6 56. Nf6+ Ke6 57. Ne4 Kd5 58. Nf6+
Kc5 59. Nd7+ {Geller and Spassky led by 41/2/6, half-a- point before Tal and
Boleslavsky.} 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Suetin, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E87"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 c5 8. g4 Ne8
9. h4 f5 10. gxf5 gxf5 11. exf5 Bf6 $5 {Black diverts from Tal - Boleslavsky 
(round three), but the position stays poor.} 12. Bd3 $1 Ng7 ({Or} 12... Bxh4+
13. Kd2 Ng7 14. f6 $1 Qxf6 15. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 16. Ne4 Qd8 17. Bg5) 13. Qe2 $1
Bxh4+ 14. Kd2 Bxf5 15. Ne4 {Suetin still has little chance.} Be7 $6 (15... Na6
$1 16. Rd1 $1 Qa5+ 17. Kc1 Be7 18. Nc3 Rf7 {gives counter-play.}) 16. Nh3 $1 b5
$5 17. Rag1 $1 bxc4 18. Bc2 $5 Qa5+ 19. Nc3 Bxc2 20. Kxc2 Na6 ({No use has} 
20... Rf7 21. Nf4 $1 exf4 22. Qh2 $1) 21. Bh6 Nb4+ 22. Kb1 Rf7 23. Ng5 Bxg5 24.
Rxg5 Rb8 25. Bxg7 Rxg7 26. Rxg7+ Kxg7 27. Qe4 $1 Rh8 28. Qf5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C97"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Bd7 13. Nf1 Nc4 14. Ne3 Nxe3 15.
Bxe3 Be6 16. Nd2 Rfe8 17. f4 $5 Rad8 (17... exf4 $1 18. Bxf4 cxd4 19. cxd4 Nh5
$1 {brings life to the game.}) 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. d5 Bd7 20. c4 Rb8 21. a4 $1 b4
22. a5 Rf8 23. Ba4 Bxa4 24. Rxa4 Rbd8 25. Qf3 Rd6 26. Nb3 Nd7 27. Raa1 Rg6 28.
Rf1 Bd6 ({More active is} 28... Bg5) ({or} 28... Qd6 $1 29. Qh5 h6 {and 30. ..
Bg5.}) 29. h4 Qd8 30. h5 Rf6 31. Qg4 {Petrosian meets defensive problems and
counters by sacrificing an exchange.} Rf4 $5 32. Bxf4 exf4 33. Nd2 Ne5 34. Qxf4
$2 (34. Qh3 f3 35. Rf2 {accepts the challenge.}) 34... Nxc4 35. e5 Nxe5 $6 ({
Preferable is} 35... Nxd2 $1) 36. Ne4 h6 37. Rae1 $2 (37. b3 $1 {gains an
advantage.}) 37... Bb8 38. Rd1 c4 39. d6 Nd3 $1 40. Qg4 Ba7+ 41. Kh1 f5 $1 42.
Nf6+ $1 Kh8 $1 43. Qxc4 Nxb2 44. Qxa6 Nxd1 45. Qxa7 Qxd6 46. Qd7 Qxf6 47. Qxd1
Rb8 48. Rf3 Ra8 $2 (48... Rb5 $1 49. Qa4 $5 {(Khalifman)} Qh4+ $1 50. Kg1 Qd4+
51. Kh2 Re5 $1 52. Qc6 Qh4+ 53. Rh3 Qf4+ 54. Rg3 Re3 55. Qg6 Qe5 $1 56. a6 Re4
$1 {and Black wins.}) 49. Qe1 Rxa5 50. Qxb4 Re5 51. Qf4 Kh7 52. Kh2 Rd5 53. Rf1
Qg5 54. Qf3 Re5 55. Kg1 Rc5 56. Qf2 Re5 57. Qf3 Ra5 58. Kh2 Kh8 59. Kg1 Ra2 60.
Qd5 Rc2 61. Qa8+ Kh7 62. Qf3 Rc1 63. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 64. Kh2 Qc7+ 65. Kh3 Qe5 66. g4
fxg4+ 67. Kxg4 Qg5+ 68. Kh3 Qf6 69. Qe4+ Kg8 70. Qe8+ Qf8 71. Qxf8+ Kxf8 72.
Kg4 Kf7 73. Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C19"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. a4
b6 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bd3 Nbc6 11. O-O c4 12. Be2 f6 $1 ({Theory is} 12... f5) 13.
Re1 O-O ({Or} 13... fxe5 $5 14. dxe5 O-O 15. Ba3 $1) 14. Ba3 Rf7 15. Bd6 $1 Qd8
16. Bf1 Nf5 17. Ba3 fxe5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Rxe5 Bxa4 20. Rxe6 Qd7 21. Re5 Bc6
22. Qh5 g6 23. Qg5 Qd8 24. Qg4 Qd7 25. g3 Re8 26. Rae1 Rxe5 27. Rxe5 Nd6 28.
Qh4 Nf5 29. Qg5 Ng7 30. h4 Rf5 31. Qe3 Rxe5 32. Qxe5 h5 33. Qf6 Qe6 34. Qf8+
Kh7 35. Qb8 Qd7 36. Bd6 a5 $4 {Tal advances in time troubles.} ({Right is} 
36... Ne8 $1 37. Be5 Qb7 38. Qd8 Qd7 39. Qg5 {(Bannik). White has a plus.}) 37.
Be5 $1 Ne8 ({The point is} 37... b5 38. Qf8 a4 39. Bh3 $1) 38. Qxb6 a4 39. Qc5
Kg8 40. Bh3 $1 Qxh3 41. Qxc6 Kf7 42. Qb7+ Kf8 43. Qxd5 Qc8 44. Qb5 Qa8 45. Qc5+
Kf7 46. Qxc4+ Kf8 47. d5 a3 48. Qc5+ Kf7 49. c4 a2 50. Ba1 Qa6 51. Qd4 Nf6 52.
d6 {Even Tal can fail under time pressure.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E80"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 e5 6. Nge2 Nfd7 7. Be3 Bh6 $5 8.
Bf2 $5 O-O 9. h4 c5 10. d5 Re8 $2 (10... Nb6 {Black should seek a
counteraction on the queenside by} 11. b3 a5) 11. g4 Na6 $6 12. g5 Bg7 13. Ng3
Nc7 14. Be3 Nf8 15. Qc2 Rb8 16. a3 b6 17. b4 f5 18. gxf6 Bxf6 19. Qh2 h5 20. b5
Nh7 21. Ra2 Kh8 22. Rg2 Qe7 23. Bd3 Bd7 24. Kd2 Rg8 25. Nge2 Rbe8 26. Rhg1 Qf7
27. Kc2 Bc8 28. Nc1 Ref8 29. Be2 Bd7 30. Bd2 Qe7 31. Nd3 Be8 32. f4 Bf7 33.
fxe5 dxe5 34. Nd1 a6 35. Bc3 Re8 36. a4 Rgf8 37. Rf1 Bg7 38. Bxh5 $1 {
Bronstein combines.} axb5 ({The pointe is} 38... gxh5 39. Rxg7 Kxg7 40. Bxe5+)
39. axb5 Nxb5 40. cxb5 c4 41. Nb4 gxh5 42. Rxg7 Kxg7 43. Nc6 Qd6 44. Nxe5 Nf6
45. Rxf6 Qxf6 46. Nd7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B98"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nc6 10. Be2 Bd7 11. f5 $5 O-O 12. g4 $5 b5 13. a3 Rfc8 {Spassky
and his trainer Tolush seek the attack as usual.} 14. Kb1 Qb7 $6 (14... Rab8 $1
{gets all heavy pieces ready.}) 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. e5 $1 dxe5 17. Nb3 Be8 ({
More solid is} 17... Rf8 $1) 18. Bd3 Rab8 $6 {The preparations last too long.}
({Better is} 18... b4 $1) 19. Qh3 {White threatens point h7.} Bg6 $2 (19... g6
20. Bxf6 Bxf6 {defends properly.}) 20. Bxg6 hxg6 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 ({Or} 21... gxf6
22. g5 $1 f5 23. Qh6) 22. g5 $1 Bxg5 23. Ne4 $1 Bh6 24. Nbc5 Qa7 25. Rd7 $1 Rc7
26. Qxe6+ Kh8 27. Qxc6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Nf5 8. Bd3
h5 9. Qh3 cxd4 10. Nf3 $6 ({Preferable is} 10. Bxf5 exf5 11. Qg3 {
(Adams-Rubinow, New York 1946).}) 10... Qc7 $1 11. Rb1 $6 dxc3 12. g4 $2 (12.
O-O $1 {shows the right prudence.}) 12... Ne7 $1 13. gxh5 Nbc6 14. Bf4 Ng6 $1 {
The knight reenters the fight brilliantly.} 15. Bg3 Ngxe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Kf1
Bd7 18. Qh4 f6 $2 (18... Bc6 $1 19. Qd4 f6 20. Rg1 O-O-O $5 21. Qxa7 Rxh5 {
wins for Black.}) 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Rxb7 Rb8 $5 21. Rxb8+ Qxb8 22. Qg4 Kf8 23.
Rg1 g5 $1 24. hxg6 Kg7 25. h4 a5 26. Rg3 Qb1+ 27. Kg2 Qb7 28. h5 d4+ 29. Be4
Bc6 30. Bxc6 Qxc6+ 31. Kg1 Qd5 32. Qf4 Qe5 33. h6+ $4 {Kortschnoj prevails
under time pressure.} (33. Qf3 Qd5 34. Qf4 {draws (Kortschnoj).}) 33... Rxh6
34. Qxh6+ Kxh6 35. g7 Qxg3+ $1 {Tal fell back to a score of 50%.} 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E54"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
b6 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Rd1 cxd4 11. Rxd4 Qe7 12. Bd2 Nbd7 13. Be1 $5 e5 14. Rh4 $2 {
An unprepared attack begins.} (14. Rdd1 e4 15. Nd4 Qe5 16. Nd5 $1 {keeps the
equality.}) 14... e4 15. Nd4 Ne5 {How does White save his king's rook?} 16. Nf5
$2 ({Tolush prefers} 16. Bb3 $5 {but} Nd3 {improves black's position.}) (16.
Ba6 Bxa6 17. Qxa6 Ng6 18. Rh3 {gives a lesser evil.}) 16... Qc5 $1 17. Na4 Qa5
18. Ne7+ (18. Bxb4 Qxb4 19. b3 Ng6 20. Rh3 Bc8 {is awful as well (Tolush).})
18... Kh8 19. Bb3 Bxe1 20. Qxe1 Nf3+ $1 21. gxf3 Qg5+ 22. Kh1 Qxh4 23. Qg1 Qh5
24. Rc1 Qxf3+ 25. Qg2 Rad8 26. Qxf3 exf3 27. Rc7 Rd2 28. Rxb7 Rxf2 29. h3 Ne4
30. Nf5 Rg2 {Spassky celebrated his 21st birthday. He led by 7/9.} 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E69"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4
c6 9. h3 Qa5 10. Re1 Re8 11. a3 exd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. Bf1 a6 14. Bd2 $6 {The
bishop should move to e3 at once.} Qb6 15. Be3 c5 16. Nb3 Be6 17. Nd2 Nc6 18.
b4 Ng4 $1 19. hxg4 Bxc3 20. Rc1 Bg7 21. Nb3 Rad8 22. Nd2 Qc7 23. Rb1 Ne5 24.
Be2 b5 $6 {Black allows exchanges.} 25. cxb5 axb5 26. Bxb5 Bxg4 27. Be2 Qd7 28.
Bxg4 Nxg4 29. Kg2 h5 30. Bg5 Bd4 $5 31. Re2 $6 ({Better is} 31. Rf1 $1 f6 32.
Bf4 g5 33. f3) 31... f6 32. Bf4 g5 33. f3 $2 Nf2 $4 ({Right is} 33... gxf4 $1
34. fxg4 Qxg4) 34. Rxf2 $4 {The tables turn twice in two plies.} ({The valiant
} 34. Qb3+ $1 d5 35. Be3 Qh3+ 36. Kxf2 Qh2+ 37. Ke1 Qxg3+ 38. Kd1 {leads to
the win of a piece.}) 34... Bxf2 35. Kxf2 gxf4 36. gxf4 Qa7 37. Qb3+ c4+ 38.
Qe3 Qxe3+ 39. Kxe3 d5 $1 40. Rg1+ Kf7 41. Ke2 c3 42. Nb3 dxe4 43. Rc1 exf3+ 44.
Kxf3 Rd3+ 45. Kf2 c2 46. Nc5 Rd2+ 47. Kf3 Re1 48. Rxe1 Rd1 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 c6 8.
Qc2 Nf8 9. Nf3 Ng6 10. O-O-O $1 Be6 11. h4 Nf8 12. Rhe1 $5 N8d7 13. Kb1 h6 14.
Bf4 Rc8 15. Rg1 b5 $5 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Bd6 18. Bf5 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 Qd7 20.
Qxd7+ Kxd7 21. Bxf6 gxf6 {White has reached a better endgame.} 22. Kc2 f5 23.
g3 Rhg8 24. Kd3 Rg4 25. Rc1 Rc7 26. Rc2 Rg8 $2 (26... f4 $1 27. exf4 Bxf4 {
annuls a defect.}) 27. Ne2 Rg6 28. Ra1 Rg8 29. Nc1 Re8 (29... c5 $1 {partly
lifts the pressure.}) 30. Kd2 Bb4+ 31. Ke2 Bd6 32. Nd3 Rg8 33. a4 a6 34. axb5
axb5 35. Ra6 Rgc8 36. Rc1 Ke6 37. Rg1 Rg8 38. Rga1 Rgc8 39. Rb6 Rd8 40. Rba6
Rdc8 41. Ra8 Kf6 42. R1a7 Rxa8 43. Rxa8 Kg7 44. Kd2 Kf6 45. Rh8 Kg7 46. Rd8 Be7
47. Re8 Bd6 48. Nc5 f4 $5 ({The passive} 48... Ra7 49. Rc8 Bxc5 50. dxc5 Ra6
51. Kc3 h5 52. b3 $1 f6 53. Kb4 Kg6 54. Rb8 Ra7 55. Rb6 Rc7 56. Ka5 {leads to
a white win.}) 49. gxf4 $2 h5 50. Nd3 Be7 $1 51. f5 Bxh4 52. Nf4 Bxf2 53. Nxh5+
Kh7 54. Nf6+ Kg7 55. Nh5+ Kh7 56. Ke2 Bh4 57. Kf3 Bg5 58. Kg4 f6 $2 {Black
allows a zugzwang position.} ({Right is} 58... Bh6 $1 59. Nf6+ Kg7 $5 60. Ng8
f6 $1 61. Nxh6 Kxh6 62. Re6 Kg7 63. b4 Kf7 {and Black holds the fortress.}) 59.
b4 $1 Ra7 60. Re6 Rf7 61. Kf3 Kh6 62. Nf4 Rc7 63. Ng6 Ra7 64. Ne7 Ra3 65. Nxc6
Rb3 66. Ne7 Rxb4 67. Nxd5 Rb1 68. Nxf6 Bxf6 69. Rxf6+ Kg5 70. Rf8 b4 71. Ke4 b3
72. Rg8+ Kf6 73. Rg6+ Kf7 74. Rb6 b2 75. Rb7+ Kf6 76. d5 Rd1 77. Rb6+ {Geller
had scored his fourth win.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C91"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. Qd3 $5 Bxf3 11. gxf3 $5 Na5 12. f4 $5 Nxb3 $1 13. axb3 Nd7
14. Na3 $6 exd4 15. cxd4 c5 16. d5 Bf6 17. Nc2 Re8 18. b4 c4 19. Qd1 $6 a5 $1
20. Ra3 g6 21. Rg3 Bg7 22. f5 {Tolush shows his usual aggression, but his
positional problems increase.} axb4 23. Nxb4 Qf6 24. Nc6 Nc5 25. fxg6 hxg6 26.
Rf3 Qh4 27. e5 Bxe5 28. Rxe5 $5 Qg4+ 29. Kf1 dxe5 30. d6 e4 31. Ne7+ Rxe7 $1
32. dxe7 exf3 33. Qd8+ {White has set a last trap.} Kh7 $1 ({Not} 33... Kg7 $4
34. e8=N+ $1) 34. e8=Q Qh3+ 35. Ke1 Nd3+ 36. Kd2 Qh6+ 37. Kc3 Qxc1+ {The
fighter Tolush scored poorly in his last Soviet championship.} 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. e3 Ne4 $5 5. Bh4 d5 6. c3 c6 7. Nbd2 Nd6 8.
Be2 Nd7 9. O-O Nf5 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bf4 g5 $6 12. Bd3 $1 e6 13. Bxf5 exf5 14. Bd6
Nf8 15. Ba3 Be6 16. Rc1 Ng6 17. c4 Kf7 18. Ne1 Rc8 19. Nd3 Rc7 20. Nc5 Bc8 21.
cxd5 cxd5 22. Qa4 b6 23. Na6 Bxa6 24. Qxa6 Qc8 25. Rxc7+ Qxc7 26. b3 Qd7 27.
Rc1 Rd8 28. Qa4 $6 f4 29. Qxd7+ Rxd7 30. g4 Bf8 $6 (30... Nh4 $1 31. h3 f5 $1 {
grabs the initiative.}) 31. Bxf8 Kxf8 32. Kf1 Ke7 33. Ke2 fxe3 34. fxe3 Nh4 $5
35. Nf3 Nxf3 $2 ({Right is} 35... Ng6 $1) 36. Kxf3 Kd6 37. Rc8 $1 Rf7 38. Rd8+
Ke6 39. e4 $1 dxe4+ 40. Kxe4 Ke7 $2 {Furman blunders before the time control.}
({The active} 40... h5 $1 41. h3 hxg4 42. hxg4 Rh7 $1 {gives fine drawing
chances.}) 41. Ra8 Ke6 42. d5+ Kd6 43. Re8 Rc7 44. Re6+ Kd7 45. Rc6 $1 {
Petrosian waited patiently for the errors to come and then scored his fourth
win.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. g3 b5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bb7 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O
Bb4 9. e5 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nd5 12. Qg4 Kf8 13. f4 h5 14. Qf3 Nc6 15.
f5 Nxd4 16. cxd4 Qc7 17. c4 $6 (17. Ba3+ $1 {can be played at once due to} b4
$2 18. Bxb4+ $1) 17... bxc4 18. Ba3+ Kg8 19. Bd6 Qa7 20. Bc5 Qc7 $6 ({Better is
} 20... Qb7 $1) 21. Rac1 Qc6 22. Kg1 exf5 23. Rxc4 Rc8 24. Rfc1 Nb6 25. Qxc6
Rxc6 26. Rb4 Rhh6 27. Rcb1 Nd5 28. Rb8+ Kh7 29. R1b7 Rc7 30. Rxc7 Nxc7 31. Rd8
Ne6 32. Rxd7 Nxc5 33. dxc5 Re6 34. Rd5 f6 $6 ({Black has a difficult rook
ending, but} 34... g5 $1 {solves his problems.}) 35. exf6 Rxf6 36. Rd6 $1 Kg6
37. Rb6 Kf7 38. Kf2 Re6 39. c6 Re4 40. Rxa6 f4 41. Ra5 fxg3+ 42. hxg3 h4 $6 ({
Better is} 42... Rc4 $1 {(Khalifman).}) 43. Rc5 hxg3+ 44. Kxg3 Re8 45. Kf4 Ra8
$2 (45... g5+ $1 46. Kf5 (46. Rxg5 Rc8) 46... g4 $1 47. a4 g3 48. Rc1 g2 {
saves the day.}) 46. Ke5 Ke7 47. Rd5 Ra7 48. a4 g5 49. a5 g4 50. Rb5 $2 ({
White misses the subtle win by} 50. Rc5 $1 Kd8 (50... Ra8 51. Rb5 $1) 51. Kd6
Rg7 52. Rf5 $1 Rg6+ 53. Kd5 $1) 50... g3 51. Rb7+ Rxb7 52. cxb7 g2 53. b8=Q
g1=Q 54. Qc7+ Ke8 55. Qc8+ Ke7 56. Qc7+ Ke8 57. Kd6 Qd4+ 58. Kc6 Qe4+ 59. Kb6
Qb4+ 60. Ka6 Qa4 $2 (60... Qa3 $1 {draws.}) 61. Kb7 $2 (61. Ka7 $1 {wins.})
61... Qb4+ $2 (61... Qb3+ $1 {draws.}) 62. Qb6 Qe7+ 63. Kc8 Qe4 64. Qb5+ Kf8
65. a6 Qe6+ 66. Kc7 Qe7+ 67. Qd7 Qc5+ 68. Qc6 Qe3 69. Kb7 Qe7+ 70. Kc8 Qe3 71.
Qf6+ Kg8 72. Qd8+ Kh7 73. Qc7+ Kh6 $6 (73... Kh8 $1 {and White wins in 54
moves!}) 74. a7 Qe4 75. Qb6+ $1 {Black cannot avoid the promotion of the pawn
or the exchange of queens.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D29"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bb3
Bb7 9. Nc3 cxd4 10. exd4 Be7 11. Ne5 O-O 12. Nxf7 $5 {Furman brings a new and
startling sacrifice.} Rxf7 $5 ({The acceptation by} 12... Kxf7 $6 13. Bxe6+ $1
Ke8 14. d5 {favours White.}) 13. Qxe6 Qf8 14. Re1 Nc6 15. Bf4 Rd8 16. Rad1 Bd6
17. Qf5 $6 (17. Be5 $1 Bc8 18. Qxf7+ {equalises.}) 17... Ne7 18. Bxd6 Nxf5 19.
Bxf8 Kxf8 20. Bxf7 Kxf7 21. d5 $6 {The passed pawn will be blockaded and
eliminated.} ({Better is} 21. Ne2 $1) 21... h6 22. Re5 Nd6 $1 23. f3 b4 24. Na4
Nc4 25. Re2 Nxd5 26. b3 Na3 27. Nc5 Bc6 28. Red2 $2 (28. Nxa6 Bb5 29. Red2 Bxa6
30. Rxd5 Rxd5 31. Rxd5 {survives.}) 28... a5 29. Nd3 Re8 30. f4 Nc3 31. Rf1 $2
Bb5 32. Rf3 Kg8 33. h4 $2 Rd8 34. f5 Nab1 35. Rdf2 Rxd3 36. Rf4 Rd2 37. Rxd2
Nxd2 38. Kf2 Nxa2 39. g4 Nc3 40. g5 Nde4+ 41. Ke3 Nd5+ 42. Kxe4 Nxf4 {White
had no success with his wonderful idea.} 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Suetin, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D86"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. h4 Na5 10. Bb3 $5 ({Earlier, Boris played} 10. Bd3 {(Spassky -
Sajtar, Bucharest 1953).}) 10... c5 11. h5 Nxb3 12. axb3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bg4 $5
14. f3 $1 Bd7 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Be3 Bb5 17. Nc3 Qd7 18. Qd2 Rac8 $2 19. g4 $2 (
19. Rxa7 Ba6 20. Nd5 {wins (Bulletin).}) 19... f6 20. Nd5 Kf7 21. Kf2 Rh8 22.
Kg2 Rxh1 23. Rxh1 Rh8 24. Rxh8 Bxh8 25. Qc1 Bg7 26. Qh1 Qc8 27. Nf4 g5 $6 28.
Qh5+ Kg8 29. Nd5 Qd8 30. Qh2 $1 Bc6 $6 31. Nc7 Bd7 32. d5 b6 33. Kh3 Qc8 34.
Qc2 e5 35. Qc4 Kh7 36. d6 Kg6 37. Kg3 Qb7 $6 38. Nd5 $1 Bf8 $2 ({The shrewd} 
38... Be6 $1 39. Qc7 Qxc7 40. dxc7 Kf7 41. Bxb6 axb6 42. Nxb6 Bf8 43. c8=Q Bxc8
44. Nxc8 Bc5 45. b4 {draws.}) 39. Nxf6 $2 {Spassky makes an opportunistic move.
} (39. Ne7+ $1 Bxe7 40. Qg8+ $1 Kh6 41. dxe7 Qc6 {(Bulletin)} 42. Qb8 $1 Kg6
43. Qxa7 {makes an effort to win.}) 39... Kxf6 40. Qg8 Bh6 $4 ({Right is} 40...
Bg7 $1) 41. Qh7 $1 Bf8 42. Bxg5+ $1 Kxg5 43. Qg8+ Kh6 44. Qxf8+ Kh7 45. Qe7+
Kh8 46. Qxe5+ Kg8 47. Qg5+ Kh8 48. Qd8+ Kh7 49. Qe7+ Kh8 50. g5 Qc8 51. Qf6+
Kg8 52. Qg6+ Kh8 53. Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Gipslis, Aivars"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D32"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 d5 5. d4 Be7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Be2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. b3 Be6 11. Bb2 Qe7 12. Nb5 a6 13. Nbd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Ba3
15. Qc1 Bxb2 16. Qxb2 Rac8 17. Rac1 h6 18. Bd3 Qd6 19. h3 Nd7 $6 (19... Ne4 $1
{(Batuyev) brings positional compensation for the isolated pawn.}) 20. Nf5 $1
Bxf5 21. Bxf5 g6 22. Bg4 h5 $6 ({Better is} 22... Rxc1 23. Rxc1 f5 $1) 23. Bf3
Ne5 24. Be2 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Rd8 26. Rd1 Qf6 27. Qd4 Qe7 28. Qb6 Rd7 29. b4 Nc6 $6
30. Bxa6 $1 Nxb4 31. Bb5 Rc7 $2 (31... Qd6 $1 32. Qd4 Nc6 {consolidates.}) 32.
a3 Nc2 33. Rxd5 Nxa3 34. Qd4 $1 {Petrosian has collected enough advantages for
a win.} Rc8 35. Bd3 b5 $5 {Black might draw if White takes pawn b5. Tigran
finds a fine trick instead.} 36. Bxg6 $1 fxg6 37. Rd7 Qf8 38. Qd5+ Kh8 39. Qe5+
Kg8 40. Qe6+ Kh8 {Petrosian defeated all weaker players, drew with the rest
and qualified.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Bb7 12. b4 $5 {Tal takes the initiative by a
novelty.} cxb4 $1 13. cxb4 Nc4 14. Nbd2 d5 $1 {Geller counters immediately.}
15. exd5 exd4 16. Nxc4 $5 ({Prudent but unlike Tal would be} 16. a3) 16... bxc4
17. Qxd4 Bxb4 18. Rb1 $1 {Otherwise Black captures pawn d5.} Bxe1 19. Rxb7 Re8
$5 ({An interesting alternative gives} 19... Ba5 $5 20. d6 Rb8) 20. d6 Qc8 21.
Bg5 $5 {Tal has left a rook <->en prise'. Can we take the last move seriously?}
({More natural is} 21. Rc7 {(Tal).}) 21... Re2 $5 ({Yes,} 21... Qxb7 22. Bxf6 {
(Khalifman)} Re2 $1 23. Bxh7+ Kh8 $1 24. Kf1 Bxf2 $1 25. Qg4 gxf6 26. Bf5 Rg8
$1 27. Qf4 $1 Kg7 28. Kxe2 {leads to a sharp fight.}) 22. Rc7 Qe6 23. Nxe1
Rxe1+ 24. Kh2 Rd8 $1 25. Bxf6 gxf6 $4 (25... Qxf6 $1 26. Qxf6 gxf6 27. d7 {
gives each side about equal chances in a hard endgame (Tal).}) 26. Re7 $1 Qxd6+
27. Qxd6 Rxd6 28. Rxe1 Rd2 29. Rc1 Rxf2 30. Be4 Rxa2 31. Rxc4 a5 32. Rc8+ Kg7
33. Rc7 {Geller had passed his zenith in the zonal event. Tal, Spassky and
Bronstein did better in the qualification process.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Suetin, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. d4 e5 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Bb5 Qc7 8.
Nbd2 Bd7 9. Nf1 a6 10. Be2 Nd8 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Ne3 Bc6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. a4 g6
15. Bc4 Ne6 16. g3 Rd8 17. h4 O-O 18. a5 Rfe8 19. Nd2 Bg7 20. Nd5 Qb8 21. h5
Nc7 22. Ne3 Qc8 23. Nf3 Bb5 24. b3 Ne6 25. Nd5 Bc6 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. O-O-O Bb5
28. Rh4 Bxc4 29. bxc4 Nc7 30. Nb6 Rxd1+ 31. Qxd1 Qd8 32. Qxd8 Rxd8 33. Kc2 Ne8
34. Rh1 Nf6 35. Re1 Ng4 36. Re2 f5 37. exf5 gxf5 38. Nh4 f4 39. Nd5 fxg3 40.
fxg3 Rf8 $2 {Black errs before the time control.} 41. Nf5 $1 Rf7 (41... Kh8 42.
Nd6 Rf3 {fails due to} 43. Nxb7 Bf8 44. Nb6 Rxg3 45. Nd7) 42. Nd6 Rd7 43. Ne4
Rf7 44. Nxc5 e4 $5 45. Nxe4 Ne5 46. c5 Nc6 47. Nd6 Rd7 48. Re8+ Kh7 49. Nb6 Rc7
50. Nd5 Rd7 51. g4 Nxa5 52. Re6 Nc6 53. Nb6 Rc7 54. Nd5 Rd7 55. Nf6+ $6 Bxf6
56. Rxf6 Ne5 57. g5 Rc7 58. Ne4 Rc6 59. Rd6 Rxd6 $5 60. cxd6 b6 $1 61. Nd2 $2 (
{Right is} 61. Nf6+ $1 Kg6 62. d7 Nc6 63. Ne4 Kf5 64. Kb3 $1 {and White will
win.}) 61... Kg6 62. Nc4 Nd7 63. Kd3 b5 64. Na5 $1 Kxg5 65. Ke4 Kf6 66. Kd5 Kf5
$2 (66... Kf7 $3 67. Kc6 $6 Ke6 $1 {draws.}) 67. Nb3 Nb8 68. Nd4+ Kf6 69. Kc5
$1 Nd7+ 70. Kc6 Nf8 71. Nb3 Ke5 72. Nc5 a5 73. d7 Nxd7 74. Nxd7+ Ke4 75. Nc5+
1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Qc7 7. O-O Bb7 8. Qe2
Nc6 9. Nxc6 dxc6 $5 10. a4 b4 11. Nd1 c5 12. Ne3 Ne7 13. b3 (13. Nc4 $1 {
applies a favourable blockade.}) 13... Nc6 14. Bb2 Bd6 15. h3 Be5 16. Bxe5 Nxe5
17. f4 Nc6 18. e5 Nd4 19. Qh5 O-O-O 20. Nc4 Nxb3 $5 21. Nd6+ $2 {Krogius takes
the wrong road.} (21. Rab1 $1 g6 22. Qg5 Nd4 23. Nd6+ Rxd6 $1 24. exd6 Qxd6 {
gives Black enough compensation for the exchange.}) 21... Rxd6 22. exd6 Qc6 $1
23. d7+ Kc7 $1 24. Qe5+ Kxd7 25. Qxg7 Nxa1 26. f5 $2 ({Better is} 26. Rxa1 Rd8
27. Qxf7+ Kc8 28. Qg7 c4 $1 {but Black has a strong attack.}) 26... Qxg2+ $1
27. Qxg2 Bxg2 28. fxe6+ fxe6 29. Kxg2 c4 30. Be4 Nxc2 31. Bxc2 b3 32. Be4 Kd6
33. Rc1 Kc5 34. Kf3 Kb4 35. Ke3 c3 36. Rb1 Ka3 37. Ra1+ Kb2 38. Rb1+ Ka2 39.
Rg1 c2 40. Kd2 Rd8+ 41. Kc1 Rc8 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B66"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. Be2
Bd7 9. O-O Rc8 $5 10. Rad1 Be7 11. Nb3 O-O 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qh6 Kh8 14. Qh5
Rg8 15. f4 Rg6 16. Kh1 Qb6 17. a3 Rcg8 18. Bf3 Bf8 $1 19. Ne2 $6 {White
neglects the threat of .. Rh6.} (19. Qh4 $1 {takes less risk.}) 19... f5 $2 ({
The aggressive} 19... Rh6 $1 20. Qxf7 Qd8 21. Nc5 $1 Rg7 22. Nxe6 Rxf7 23. Nxd8
Nxd8 {(Bronstein) gains a plus for Black.}) 20. exf5 Rh6 21. Qxf7 Qd8 22. fxe6
Bxe6 23. Qxb7 Qh4 24. Kg1 $1 Ne7 25. Nbd4 Bc8 26. Qb4 Bg7 27. Qe1 $2 (27. Be4
$1 Qxh2+ 28. Kf2 Qh4+ 29. g3 {keeps a winning advantage.}) 27... Qxh2+ 28. Kf2
Bf6 $2 ({Better is} 28... Bxd4+ 29. Rxd4 Nf5 $1) 29. Ke3 $1 Nf5+ 30. Nxf5 Bxf5
31. Rh1 $2 {The exchanges equalise for Black.} ({Right is} 31. Qb4 $1) 31...
Qxh1 32. Qxh1 Rxh1 33. Rxh1 Bxb2 34. Kd2 Bxa3 35. Ra1 Bc5 36. Rxa6 Re8 37. Ra8
Be3+ 38. Kd1 Rxa8 39. Bxa8 Bg4 {Petrosian, Spassky, Tal, Gurgenidze and
Bronstein had became the main rivals.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D71"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
e3 Nc6 9. Ne2 Bd7 10. O-O Rc8 11. Rb1 b6 12. Qd3 O-O 13. Ba3 Bf5 $5 {A
provocation of centre pawns begins.} ({Mikenas suggests} 13... cxd4) 14. e4 Bg4
15. f3 Be6 16. d5 Na5 17. c4 {The pawns have been lured forwards.} Bd7 18. Bb2
Bxb2 19. Rxb2 e5 20. f4 Qe7 21. Qc3 Rce8 22. Nc1 $1 f5 $2 {Black applied
prophylaxis but changes to an open battle.} (22... f6 $1 {overprotects the
centre and keeps the defence closed.}) 23. Nd3 $1 exf4 24. e5 $1 fxg3 25. hxg3
Qg5 $6 ({Preferable is} 25... Qg7 $1 26. Re1 Nb7) 26. Nf4 $1 Nxc4 $5 (26... Qe7
27. Re2 Qg7 28. Rfe1 {gives poor prospects to the defender.}) 27. e6 $5 Nxb2
28. exd7 Rd8 29. Ne6 Qf6 $6 30. Qxf6 Rxf6 31. Nxd8 Rd6 32. Nb7 Rxd7 33. d6 Nc4
34. Bd5+ Kg7 35. Bxc4 Rxb7 36. Re1 Rb8 37. d7 {Geller was out of the race.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Black "Suetin, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. a3 Nc6 6. Rb1 e6 $5 7. b4 cxb4 8.
axb4 d5 9. b5 Ne7 $5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Qa4 O-O 12. Nf3 Nf5 $1 13. O-O $5 d4 14.
Nd1 Re8 15. Re1 Ne4 (15... a6 $1 16. bxa6 Rxa6 {gains a plus.}) 16. d3 $1 Nc3
$6 17. Nxc3 dxc3 {The passed pawn becomes weak.} 18. Bg5 Qb6 19. e4 Nd4 20. Be3
Nxf3+ 21. Bxf3 Qf6 22. Bg2 Bg4 $4 {The tournament has been exhausting.} 23. d4
$2 (23. e5 $1 {(attacks two pieces)} Qe6 24. Bxb7 {wins an important pawn.})
23... Bf3 24. e5 Qf5 25. Bxf3 Qxf3 26. Rbc1 Rac8 $5 27. Qb3 h5 28. h4 Kh7 29.
Rxc3 Rxc3 30. Qxc3 f6 31. Bd2 Qf5 32. Bf4 fxe5 33. Bxe5 Rc8 34. Qe3 Bh6 35. Qa3
Rf8 36. Rf1 Rf7 37. Qa2 ({Suetin hoped for the complications of} 37. Qxa7 $6
Be3 $1 38. Qa2 Qf3) 37... Qf3 38. Re1 Kg8 39. Qe2 Qxe2 40. Rxe2 Rd7 41. Rc2 Kf7
42. Rc8 Bd2 43. Kg2 a6 44. bxa6 bxa6 45. Rc6 a5 46. Rf6+ Ke7 47. Rxg6 Bc3 48.
Rh6 a4 49. Ra6 Bxd4 50. Bb8 Rb7 51. Bd6+ Kd7 52. Ba3 Rb3 53. Rxa4 Rd3 54. Bc1
Ke6 55. Ra5 Rd1 56. Be3 {Averbakh neared the top four.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Bg2 Qc8 $6 5. h3 Bd7 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. e4 e5 8.
Bg5 Be7 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nd4 $6 (10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. f4 {keeps a plus.}) 10...
O-O 11. g4 $5 Nd5 $5 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. f4 Nc4 14. Qc1 $5 c5 15. Nde2 b5 16. b3
Nb6 17. Qd2 b4 18. Nd1 (18. Qxd6 $5 Ng6 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Qxd5 Bb5 {and Black
attacks at the cost of a pawn.}) 18... d5 19. Nf2 Ng6 20. O-O Bb5 21. Rfe1 Qc7
$6 ({Right is} 21... Bxe2 $1 22. Rxe2 Qc7 23. e5 Nh4 {and Black has the
initiative.}) 22. exd5 Bxe2 23. d6 $1 Rad8 24. Ne4 $1 Qd7 25. Rxe2 f5 26. Nxc5
Qxd6 27. Qxd6 Rxd6 28. Ne6 Rf6 29. gxf5 Rxf5 30. a3 Ra5 31. a4 Nd7 32. Rf1 {
White has achieved a better endgame.} Nf6 $2 (32... Rf5 $1 {activates a rook
and blockades the f-pawn.} 33. Rff2 Nf6 34. Be4 Nxe4 35. Rxe4 a5 {creates a
bastion.}) 33. f5 $1 Nh4 $2 (33... Re5 $1 34. Rxe5 Nxe5 35. a5 $1 g6 {gives
the last chance.}) 34. Rf4 $1 Nxg2 35. Rxg2 Nh5 36. Rxb4 Rxf5 37. Rb8+ Kf7 38.
Nxg7 Nxg7 39. Rb7+ Kf6 40. Rbxg7 Rd1+ 41. Kh2 h5 42. R7g6+ Ke5 43. Ra6 {
Taimanov played a minor role in the championship.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E87"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 c5 8. g4 Ne8
9. h4 a6 $5 (9... f5 $5 {appeared to be doubtful as well in this tournament.})
10. Bd3 b5 $5 11. Qd2 $5 bxc4 $6 (11... b4 $1 12. Nd1 f5 {counters timely.})
12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. h5 Nb6 14. Bd3 a5 15. hxg6 fxg6 16. Qh2 Nf6 17. Nh3 Qe7 18.
Ne2 $6 ({Kotov suggests} 18. Ng5 $1 h6 19. Ne6) 18... Rb8 19. Ng3 c4 20. Bc2 $6
(20. Be2 $1 {protects pawn f3.}) 20... Nbxd5 $1 {Spassky likes to make a piece
sacrifice in the centre under precarious conditions.} 21. exd5 Rxb2 22. Ng5 h6
$5 ({Even better is} 22... e4 $1 {(Kotov)} 23. O-O-O exf3 $1) 23. N5e4 Nxd5 24.
Bxh6 ({Kotov expresses doubt about} 24. Bc1 $6 Rxc2 $1 25. Qxc2 Nb4 $1) 24...
Nb4 25. Bg5 Qc7 $4 (25... Nxc2+ $1 {(Kotov)} 26. Qxc2 Rxc2 27. Bxe7 Rxf3 28.
Rb1 Bxg4 {favours Black.}) 26. Qh7+ Kf7 27. Rh6 $1 Nxc2+ 28. Kf1 Nd4 ({Or} 
28... Ke8 29. Qxg6+ Rf7 30. Nh5 $1) 29. Qxg6+ Kg8 30. Qh7+ Kf7 31. Nxd6+ Qxd6
32. Rxd6 Ne6 33. Nf5 Rh8 34. Nh6+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Gipslis, Aivars"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O Qc7 8. Re1
$5 Nc6 $5 9. Nxc6 Qxc6 $2 ({Right is} 9... dxc6 $1 10. e5 c5 $1 {(Tomilova -
Kucherova, Essentuki 2003).}) 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 $1 {Chess can be so easy if
Tal stars.} Nf6 12. Bd2 $1 Nxd5 13. exd5 Qc5 (13... Qxd5 14. Be4 Qxe4 15. Rxe4
Bxe4 {(Khalifman) and} 16. Bxb4 $1 {decides.}) 14. Be4 f5 15. Bf3 Bxd5 16. Bxb4
$1 Bxf3 (16... Qxb4 17. Qxd5 Ra7 {(Khalifman)} 18. Qe5 $1 {also wins for White.
}) 17. Qxf3 Qc8 18. Bc3 Kf7 19. Rad1 Be7 20. g4 Rf8 21. gxf5 Kg8 22. Qg2 Bf6
23. Bxf6 Rxf6 24. Rxd7 $1 Qxd7 25. Qxa8+ Rf8 26. Qxa6 {The participants had
played seventeen games at the end of the penultimate round. Petrosian and Tal
led by 111/2, Bronstein had scored 11, Averbakh and Spassky 101/2, Gurgenidze,
Polugaevsky 10 points.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E26"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

{The games Petrosian - Averbakh and Bronstein - Kortschnoj ended in draws
during the first session of the last round. Then the decision depended on two
other games.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 Nc6 7.
Bd3 e5 8. Ne2 e4 9. Bb1 b6 $5 10. Ng3 $1 Ba6 11. f3 $1 ({Spassky avoids the
exchanges of} 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Bxc4 {because he wants to win.}) 11...
Bxc4 12. Nf5 O-O 13. Nd6 $1 Bd3 $1 {Tal returns the pawn.} ({The complications
of} 13... Na5 $6 14. fxe4 Nb3 15. e5 $1 {are even too wild for him.}) 14. Bxd3
exd3 15. Qxd3 cxd4 16. cxd4 Ne8 $1 17. Nf5 {Black has consolidated his
position.} d5 18. a4 Nd6 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. Ba3 Nb4 21. Qb3 a5 22. O-O Rfc8 23.
Rac1 Qe6 $5 24. Bxb4 (24. e4 $1 dxe4 25. Qxe6 fxe6 26. fxe4 Nd3 27. Rxc8+ Rxc8
28. d5 exd5 29. exd5 Nc5 $1 {only gives a plus to White.}) 24... axb4 25. Kf2
Qd6 26. h3 Kf8 27. Rc2 Rxc2+ 28. Qxc2 g6 29. Rc1 Qd7 30. Qc6 $5 Qxc6 31. Rxc6 {
A draw seems to be forced.} Ra6 $6 (31... Rxa4 32. Rxb6 Ke7 {draws (according
to various annotators),}) ({and} 31... b5 $1 32. axb5 Ra2+ 33. Kg3 Ra5 {gains
a plus.}) 32. a5 $1 b3 33. axb6 b2 34. b7 b1=Q 35. Rc8+ Kg7 36. b8=Q Ra2+ 37.
Kg3 Qe1+ 38. Kh2 Qxe3 39. Rg8+ Kf6 $6 ({White seems to have a sharp attack, but
} 39... Kh6 $1 40. Qf8+ Kh5 41. Qxf7 Rxg2+ $1 42. Kxg2 Qe2+ {leads to
perpetual check.}) 40. Qd6+ Qe6 41. Qf4+ Qf5 42. Qd6+ Qe6 43. Qg3 Qe3 44. h4 $1
{Square g5 becomes a stronghold.} Re2 45. Qd6+ Qe6 {The game is adjourned.} 46.
Qf4+ (46. Qd8+ $2 Qe7 47. Qxd5 Rxg2+ $1 {draws.}) 46... Qf5 47. Qh6 Ke7 (47...
Qxf3 $4 48. Qg5+ {utilises the strong square.}) 48. Qf8+ Kf6 49. Qg7+ Ke7 50.
Ra8 Qd7 51. Qf8+ Kf6 52. Ra6+ Re6 53. Qh8+ Ke7 54. Ra8 $1 Re1 ({Not} 54... Re2
$2 55. Kg1 $1 Re6 56. Qb8 Kf6 57. g4 $1 {and White has a decisive restraint.})
55. Kg3 h5 $1 56. Kf2 $1 Re6 57. Rc8 Rd6 $2 (57... Rb6 $1 58. Qf8+ Kf6 {gives
a more active defence.}) 58. Qf8+ $6 {Spassky misses an important opportunity.}
({Chechover gives the winning restriction} 58. g4 $1 hxg4 59. Qf8+ Kf6 60. fxg4
{e.g.} Re6 61. Rc3 Re4 62. Rf3+ Ke6 63. g5 Qe7 64. Qc8+ Kd6 65. Qc5+ Kd7 66.
Qxd5+ Ke8 67. Qxe4 $1) 58... Kf6 59. Re8 $2 ({The chance} 59. g4 $1 {is gone.})
59... Re6 60. Qh8+ Kf5 61. Qh6 $1 Kf6 $1 62. Qh8+ Kf5 63. Rd8 $6 (63. Qh6 Kf6
64. Rg8 Ke7 65. Qg5+ Rf6 66. Ra8 {continues the attack.}) 63... Qc6 64. Rc8 Qa6
65. Kg3 $2 {The tables are turning.} Qd6+ 66. Kh3 Re1 $1 67. g3 $2 (67. g4+ $1
hxg4+ 68. fxg4+ Kf4 69. Rc3 {offers proper resistance.}) 67... Rg1 $6 (67...
Qa6 $1 68. g4+ Kf4 69. Qh6+ Kxf3 70. Rc3+ Ke4 {decides the game.}) 68. f4 Re1
69. Rc2 $6 (69. Re8 Rxe8 70. Qxe8 Qe6 {looks gloom for White.}) 69... Qe6 70.
Rf2 Rh1+ 71. Kg2 Qe4+ 72. Rf3 Kg4 73. Qc8+ f5 ({Suddenly White is lost
completely due to} 73... f5 74. Qc3 Rf1 $1 {This result had a dramatic effect:
Tal had become the champion and Spassky failed to qualify.}) 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Suetin, Alexey"]
[Black "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B94"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Be2 h6 8.
Be3 Qc7 $6 ({Better is} 8... e6 {(Spikiene - Malinova, Leningrad 1962).}) 9.
O-O e5 $6 {Gurgenidze needs a win. So he makes sharp moves in a passive
position.} 10. Nb3 b5 11. a4 b4 12. Na2 Nxe4 13. Nxb4 Ndf6 14. f3 Nc5 15. Nxc5
dxc5 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Bb7 18. Qc4 Be7 19. b4 O-O 20. b5 Kh8 $5 {Black
should exchange but he tries to start an attack on the kingside.} 21. Rad1 axb5
22. axb5 Rae8 23. Qb3 Qb6 24. Bc4 Bg5 $6 25. Rd7 {White takes the easy road to
advantage.} Bxe3+ 26. Qxe3 f5 27. Rfd1 f4 28. Qd2 $1 Bc8 29. Rd6 Qc7 $6 30. b6
$1 Qb7 31. Bb5 Re6 32. Rxe6 Bxe6 33. Qd6 Rf6 34. Qc7 {Gurgenidze had missed
the qualification.   The championship had been a competition between nine
young stars. Tal prolonged his championship of the Soviet union by a score of
121/2/19. Qualification places were taken by Petrosian (12), Bronstein (111/2)
and Averbakh (11 points). The losers were Spassky and Polugaevsky (101/2),
Geller (10), Korchnoi (91/2) and Taimanov (9 points), although Geller and
Spassky had been leaders.   Tal still had great ability and stamina. His odd
way of life became apparent after he adjourned his game against Boleslavsky.
He went downtown with a girlfriend at night, suffering from insomnia. When a
policeman stopped them, Tal had left his papers at the hotel, naturally. So
they had to go to the station. The cops were analysing the adjourned position.
Tal joined them until the morning. This anecdote also shows his immense
popularity in his hometown.   Averbakh and Bronstein missed further
qualification by half-a-point in Portoroz 1958. The old hands Smyslov and
Keres were waiting for Tal and Petrosian in the candidates' tournament of 1959.
Tal won again. He defeated world champion Botvinnik in 1960. Youth had
prevailed.} 1-0

[Event "Zuerich"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Bhend, Edwin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

{Ten foreign grandmasters and six Swiss masters played in Zürich's Kongreßhaus
from 18 v until 8 vi 1959. We follow the race between the future world
champions Mischa Tal and Bobby Fischer.} 1. d4 c5 2. d5 d6 3. e4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7
5. Be2 Na6 6. O-O Nc7 7. Nc3 f5 $5 8. Bd3 fxe4 9. Nxe4 Nh6 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Qd2
Nf7 12. c4 b5 $5 13. Rae1 Rb8 14. b3 e6 15. Nfg5 Nxg5 16. Bxg5 Qd7 17. Nc3 $5
b4 $1 18. dxe6 Nxe6 19. Nd5 Bb7 20. Be4 Nxg5 21. Qxg5 Kh8 $1 22. Bxg6 $5 {Tal
brings a surprising sacrifice.} Bxd5 $1 23. Re7 ({The pointe is} 23. Qh5 $2 Bg8
$1) 23... Qd8 24. Rfe1 Bf7 $1 ({A great risk is taken by} 24... hxg6 $5 25.
Qxd5 Bf6 26. Qd2 g5 27. Rxa7) 25. Bc2 $2 (25. Bxh7 $1 Kxh7 26. R1e3 Bg6 27.
R3e6 Bf7 28. Re3 {leads to a perpetual.}) 25... Rb7 26. h4 Rxe7 27. Rxe7 h6 28.
Qf5 Bg8 29. Qe4 d5 30. cxd5 Qxd5 31. Qg6 Qd4 32. Qg3 Rf7 33. Re4 Qb2 34. Bd3
Bd4 35. Re2 Qc1+ 36. Kh2 Qf4 37. Re8 Qxg3+ 38. fxg3 Kg7 39. Bc4 Rf8 40. Re7+
Kf6 41. Rxa7 Bxc4 42. bxc4 Kf5 43. Re7 Ra8 44. Re2 Ra3 45. Kh3 h5 0-1

[Event "Zuerich"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Walther, Edgar"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B99"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Nbd7 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. Bd3 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Rhe1 Bb7 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. g4 Nd7
15. g5 Nb6 $2 {Black is lost.} ({He should try} 15... b4 $1 16. Nd5 $5 exd5 17.
exd5 {(Euwe)} Kf8 $1) 16. f5 $1 e5 17. f6 $1 gxf6 ({Bobby had missed the
tactical} 17... exd4 $2 18. Nd5 $1) 18. gxf6 Bf8 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Kd8 21.
Nc6+ $1 Bxc6 22. dxc6 Qxc6 23. Be4 Qb6 24. Qh5 Kc7 25. Bf5 Rd8 26. Qxf7+ Kb8
27. Qe6 Qc7 28. Re3 Bh6 29. Rc3 Qb7 30. f7 Bg7 31. Rcd3 ({Best is} 31. Rg3 $1
Bf8 32. Rg8 {(Euwe).}) 31... Bf8 32. Qxe5 $5 dxe5 33. Rxd8+ Ka7 34. R1d7 h5 35.
Rxb7+ Kxb7 36. c3 Kc7 37. Ra8 Kd6 38. Rxa6+ Ke7 39. Re6+ $6 Kxf7 40. Rxe5 b4
41. cxb4 Bxb4 42. h3 Kf6 43. Rb5 Bd6 44. Be4 Re8 45. Rf5+ Kg7 46. Bf3 Re1+ 47.
Kc2 Rf1 $1 48. Rd5 $6 Rf2+ 49. Rd2 Rxd2+ 50. Kxd2 h4 51. Kd3 Kf6 52. Kc4 Ke7
53. Kb5 Kd7 54. a4 $2 ({Fontana found} 54. b4 $1 Kc7 55. Ka5 $1 Kb8 56. b5 Ba3
57. b6 Kc8 58. Ka6 Kb8 59. Bg2 {and wins.}) 54... Kc7 55. b4 Kb8 56. a5 Ka7 $1
57. Kc4 Bg3 58. Kb3 Be1 59. Ka4 Bd2 60. Bh5 Be1 61. b5 Bf2 62. Be2 Be3 63. Kb3
Bd2 64. b6+ Kb7 65. Ka4 Kc6 66. Bb5+ Kc5 67. Be8 Be1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Bhend, Edwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bg7 $2 6. e5 $1 Ng8 7. Bf4 Nc6
8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bc4 f6 $5 10. e6 $1 {Bobby strikes violently.} dxe6 $6 ({Euwe
suggests} 10... d6) 11. Qf3 $1 Qb6 12. O-O Nh6 $6 13. Na4 $1 Qd4 $6 14. Bxh6
Bxh6 15. Qxc6+ Kf7 16. Rae1 Rb8 17. Bxe6+ Kg7 18. Bd5 Bg5 19. Re4 Qd2 20. Rxe7+
Kh6 21. Rxa7 Bf5 22. c4 Rbd8 23. Nc5 Rhe8 24. Ne6 Bxe6 25. Bxe6 Be3 26. Rd7
Bxf2+ 27. Rxf2 Qe1+ 28. Rf1 Qe3+ 29. Kh1 Rxe6 30. Rxh7+ Kxh7 31. Qc7+ Kh6 32.
Qxd8 Qe2 33. Qd1 Qxb2 34. Qc1+ Qxc1 35. Rxc1 Re2 36. a3 Ra2 37. c5 Rxa3 38. c6
Ra8 39. c7 Rc8 40. Kg1 Kg5 1-0

[Event "Zuerich"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kupper, Josef"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B96"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 b5 $5 8.
Qf3 $6 (8. e5 $1 {will be played by Gligoric against Bhend in round 14.}) 8...
Bb7 9. Bd3 Be7 $1 10. O-O-O $5 {Kupper takes great risks against Tal.} Qb6 11.
Rhe1 Nbd7 12. Nce2 Nc5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. g4 Na4 $1 {Fighting chess is played.}
15. c3 b4 16. Bc2 Nxb2 $5 17. Kxb2 bxc3+ 18. Kxc3 O-O $5 {Black develops
quietly!} 19. Rb1 Qa5+ 20. Kd3 Rac8 21. Qf2 $1 (21. Rec1 $6 Bxd4 22. Rxb7 Bb6
$1 23. Rb1 {(Euwe) can be answered by} Rc6 $1) 21... Ba8 22. Rb3 $2 ({Right is
} 22. g5 $1 Bd8 23. Rec1 e5 {(Tal).}) 22... e5 $1 23. g5 exd4 24. Nxd4 ({Or} 
24. gxf6 Rxc2 $1 25. Kxc2 Qxa2+ {(Tal).}) 24... Bxd4 0-1

[Event "Zuerich"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Olafsson, Fridrik"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E93"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. Bg5
h6 9. Bh4 a6 $5 ({Usual is} 9... g5 10. Bg3 Nh5) 10. Nd2 Qe8 $5 11. g4 $5 Nh7
$1 12. Qc2 Ng5 $5 13. h3 $1 (13. Bxg5 hxg5 14. h4 {has little effect.}) 13...
Nc5 14. O-O-O Bd7 15. f3 Na4 16. Nxa4 Bxa4 17. b3 Bd7 18. Bf2 c5 19. h4 Nh7 20.
Be3 b5 21. Nb1 $2 {The knight gets offside.} (21. Bd3 $1 {prevents .. f5.})
21... f5 $1 22. gxf5 gxf5 23. exf5 Bxf5 24. Qd2 e4 25. Rdg1 exf3 $2 ({Correct
is} 25... Ra7 $1) 26. Bxh6 $2 {Olafsson misses a chance.} (26. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7
27. Bxh6+ Kh8 28. Bxf8 Qxf8 29. Bxf3 {might win (Ståhlberg).}) 26... Ra7 27.
Bxg7 Rxg7 28. Rxg7+ Kxg7 29. Bd3 bxc4 30. Rg1+ $6 (30. Bxc4 Bxb1 31. Kxb1 {
offers more resistance.}) 30... Kh8 31. Qc3+ Qe5 32. Qxe5+ dxe5 33. Bxf5 Rxf5
34. bxc4 Nf6 35. Nd2 f2 36. Rh1 e4 37. Kd1 e3 38. Nf1 Re5 39. Ke2 Nh5 40. Kf3
e2 0-1

[Event "Zuerich"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B77"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. f3 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. Qd2 Qa5 12. O-O-O b5 13. Kb1 b4 14. Nd5 Bxd5
15. exd5 Qb5 16. Rhe1 a5 17. Qe2 Qxe2 18. Rxe2 a4 19. Bc4 Rfc8 20. Bb5 Ra5 21.
Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Bc6 a3 23. b3 Kf8 24. c4 $1 {Tal solves a positional problem
superbly.} bxc3 $2 25. Kc2 Ra7 26. b4 e6 $6 (26... Rb8 {stops the dangerous
pawn.}) 27. b5 exd5 $2 ({Necessary is} 27... Ke7) 28. b6 $1 Re7 29. Rxe7 Kxe7
30. Re1+ $1 Be5 ({Or} 30... Kf8 31. b7 Rb8 32. Re8+ $1 {(Euwe).}) 31. b7 Rb8
32. f4 Ke6 33. fxe5 dxe5 34. Rb1 $1 Kd6 35. Rb6 d4 36. Ra6 f5 37. Ra8 Kc7 38.
Bd5 e4 39. Rxa3 $1 e3 40. Kd3 g5 41. Kxd4 1-0

[Event "Zuerich"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Kupper, Josef"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B88"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Be7 8.
O-O Nxd4 $5 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. Kh1 b6 11. f4 $1 Bb7 12. f5 e5 $5 (12... d5 $5 13.
e5 Nd7 14. f6 $5 gxf6 15. Bh6 Nxe5 {starts an adventure.}) 13. Qd3 h6 $6 14.
Rf3 $5 Rc8 15. Rh3 $5 {The rook manoeuvre shows optimism.} Kh7 $6 (15... Rxc3
$1 16. Qxc3 Nxe4 17. Qe1 d5 {(Euwe) gives a sufficient counteraction.}) 16. Be3
Qd7 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Nxd5 $6 19. exd5 Bf6 $6 ({Necessary is} 19... f6 $1 {
(Euwe), but White has a winning positional advantage anyway.}) 20. Bxh6 $1 {
Bobby crushes the defence.} gxh6 21. Qe3 Bg7 22. f6 $1 Rh8 23. Rf1 Qb5 24. Qf3
Rc4 25. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "Zuerich"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Unzicker, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bd2 O-O 8. e5
Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Ne4 10. Qc2 d5 11. exd6 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 Qxd6 13. Rd1 $6 ({Theory is
} 13. O-O-O) 13... e5 $1 14. Nf3 Qg6 15. Bd3 ({Not} 15. Qxe5 $2 Nc6 $1 16. Qe3
Bg4 $1 17. Bd3 Qf6 18. O-O Rfe8) 15... e4 $1 16. Bb1 $5 f5 17. Nh4 Qe6 18. g3
Nc6 19. Rd5 Qf7 20. O-O Be6 21. Rd6 Bxc4 22. Rfd1 Be6 23. Bc2 Rae8 24. Ng2 Qf6
{White is in a predicament.} 25. Qxf6 $2 (25. Qc5 $1 Qe7 $1 {(Euwe)} 26. a3 $1
{keeps the restraint as compensation for the pawn.}) 25... Rxf6 26. a3 Ne5 27.
Nf4 Bf7 28. Rxf6 gxf6 29. Rd6 Nf3+ 30. Kh1 Rc8 31. Bd1 Rc1 32. Rd8+ Kg7 33. Kg2
Ne1+ 34. Kh3 Nd3 35. Be2 Nxf4+ 36. gxf4 Rc2 {Fischer took the lead in the
tournament.} 0-1

[Event "Zuerich"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Blau, Max"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. O-O g6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 Nf6 10. f3 O-O 11. Nc3 Rac8 12. b3 e6 13. Rc1 Rfd8 14. Qd2 d5
15. cxd5 exd5 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Rfd1 Qe7 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Rxd5 20. Qf2
Qd7 21. Rxd5 cxd5 22. Rxc8+ Qxc8 23. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Nievergelt, Erwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 h6 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. O-O-O a6 10. f4 Bd7 11. Be2 h5 12. Kb1 Qb6 13. Nb3 O-O-O 14. Rhf1
Be7 (14... Na5 15. Rf3 Nxb3 16. axb3 {stems from Keres - Botvinnik, Moscow
1956.}) 15. Rf3 $5 Rdg8 $1 16. Bf1 Kb8 17. Rd3 Bc8 18. a3 h4 19. Qe1 $5 Rg4 $1
20. Nd5 $5 {White opens the position by a temporary sacrifice.} exd5 21. exd5
Ne5 $1 22. fxe5 fxe5 23. Na5 Bd8 (23... Ka7 $1 {prevents the next move.}) 24.
Nc6+ $1 Ka8 25. Rb3 Qc7 26. Rc3 $5 {Exchange on d8 brings a plus for Black.}
bxc6 27. Rxc6 Qb7 28. Rxd6 Ra4 29. Rd3 $2 (29. Qxe5 {brings mutual chances.})
29... Bc7 30. Rf6 Bd8 $6 ({Better is} 30... e4 $1 31. Rc3 Be5 32. Rfc6 {(Tal)}
f5 $1 33. Rb3 Qd7) 31. Rc6 e4 $4 {The tables turn.} ({Right is} 31... Re8 $1)
32. Rb3 Ba5 33. Qe3 Qa7 34. Qh6 $3 {The queen is taboo due to mate in three.}
Rd8 35. Bxa6 Bd2 36. Qf6 Qd7 37. Bxc8 {Tal played incredible games against the
Swiss players.   Fischer, Tal, Keres and Barcza shared the lead.} 1-0

[Event "Zuerich"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B11"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "183"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. d3 e6 7. a3 Bc5 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qg3 Bd4 11. Bh6 Ne8 12. Bg5 Ndf6 13. Bf3 Qd6 14. Bf4 Qc5
15. Rab1 dxe4 16. dxe4 e5 17. Bg5 $5 Bxc3 18. bxc3 b5 $6 ({Better is} 18... Qe7
$1) 19. c4 $1 a6 20. Bd2 Qe7 21. Bb4 Nd6 22. Rfd1 Rfd8 23. cxb5 cxb5 24. Rd3
Qe6 25. Rbd1 Nb7 26. Bc3 Rxd3 27. cxd3 Re8 28. Kh2 h6 29. d4 Nd6 30. Re1 Nc4
31. dxe5 Nxe5 32. Bd1 Ng6 33. e5 Nd5 34. Bb3 Qc6 35. Bb2 Ndf4 36. Rd1 a5 37.
Rd6 Qe4 38. Rd7 Ne6 39. Bd5 Qe2 40. Bc3 b4 $1 {Larsen has defended well.} 41.
axb4 axb4 42. Bxb4 Qxe5 43. Ba5 Qxg3+ 44. Kxg3 Re7 45. Rd6 Nef4 46. Bf3 Ne6 47.
Bb6 Ne5 48. Bd5 Rd7 49. Rxd7 Nxd7 {Fischer has the pair of bishops, cannot
accept the draw and goes on endlessly.} 50. Be3 Nf6 51. Bc6 g5 52. Kf3 Kg7 53.
Ba4 Nd5 54. Bc1 h5 55. Bb2+ Kh6 56. Bb3 Ndf4 57. Bc2 Ng6 58. Kg3 Nef4 59. Be4
Nh4 60. Bf6 Nhg6 61. Kf3 Nh4+ 62. Kg3 Nhg6 63. Kh2 h4 64. Kg1 Nh5 65. Bc3 Ngf4
66. Kf1 Ng7 67. Bf6 Nfh5 68. Be5 f6 69. Bd6 f5 70. Bf3 Nf4 71. Ke1 Kg6 72. Kd2
Nge6 73. Be5 Nc5 74. Ke3 Nce6 75. Bc6 Kf7 76. Kf3 Ke7 77. Bb7 Ng6 78. Bc3 Ngf4
79. Ba6 Nd5 80. Be5 Nf6 81. Bd3 g4+ 82. Ke2 Nd7 83. Bh2 gxh3 84. gxh3 Kf6 85.
Ke3 Ne5 86. Be2 Ng6 87. Bf1 f4+ 88. Kf3 Ne5+ 89. Ke4 Ng5+ 90. Kxf4 Nef3 91. Bg3
hxg3 92. fxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D42"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. e4 Qh5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Bf4 b6 $6 ({More active is} 12...
Rd8 $1 {(Tal - Karolyi, Tallinn 1985).}) 13. a3 Rd8 14. b4 Be7 15. Rc1 Bb7 16.
Qe2 h6 $6 ({Preferable is} 16... Kf8 $1 17. Rfd1 e5 18. Bg3 f6) 17. Ba6 Bxa6
18. Qxa6 Nd4 19. Nxd4 Rxd4 20. Qb7 Re8 {Several black pieces are misplaced.}
21. Bg3 $6 (21. Qxa7 Rxe4 22. Qd7 {continues the attack.}) 21... Qb5 $1 22. h3
({Perpetual check results from} 22. Qxa7 Rxe4 23. Rc7 Rd8 $1 24. f3 Qxf1+ $1 {
(Tal).}) 22... Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dueckstein, Andreas"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8.
Bg5 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Rad1 O-O 11. Rfe1 Qa5 12. Bh4 $6 {White wastes time.}
Rfd8 13. Qd3 Qh5 14. Re3 $5 Rac8 15. Bxf6 $6 ({Better is} 15. h3) 15... Bxf6
16. Nd4 g6 17. Nce2 d5 18. Ng3 Qe5 19. c3 $2 (19. Qe2 $1 dxe4 20. Nxc6 Rxd1+
21. Qxd1 bxc6 22. c3 Qd5 23. Qb1 {gives fighting chances.}) 19... dxe4 20. Qe2
({White will lose a pawn by} 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 Qd5 $1 22. f4 Qxa2) 20...
Qd6 21. Rd2 Bg5 22. Nb3 Qe5 0-1

[Event "Zuerich"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Keller, Dieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. a4 Qb6 8. Bxf6
gxf6 9. Be2 a6 10. O-O Bb7 11. d5 cxd5 12. exd5 b4 $2 ({Theory is} 12... Nd7 {
(Trifunovic - Van den Berg, Amsterdam 1950).}) 13. a5 Qc7 14. dxe6 $1 {Tal
starts a great adventure.} bxc3 15. Nd4 $1 Rg8 $1 (15... fxe6 16. Bh5+ Ke7 17.
Re1 Bd5 18. bxc3 $1 {brings a winning attack.}) 16. Qa4+ $1 Kd8 17. g3 Bd5 ({Or
} 17... cxb2 18. Rad1 Bd5 19. exf7 Qxf7 20. Bxc4 $1) 18. Rfd1 $2 {White moves
the wrong rook.} (18. Rad1 $1 cxb2 19. exf7 Qxf7 20. Bxc4 $1 Bxc4 21. Ne6+ $1
Ke7 22. Qb4+ $1 {wins.}) 18... Kc8 $2 (18... cxb2 $1 19. Rab1 c3 20. exf7 Qxf7
21. Bf3 $1 Rg5 $1 {favours Black.}) 19. bxc3 $2 (19. Qe8+ $1 Kb7 (19... Qd8 20.
exf7) 20. bxc3 {wins (Unzicker).}) 19... Bc5 $1 20. e7 $1 Nc6 $2 (20... Nd7 $1
21. Bxc4 Bxc4 22. Qxc4 Ne5 {defends properly.}) 21. Bg4+ $2 ({The complex} 21.
Nf5 $1 Qe5 22. Bxc4 Bxf2+ 23. Kf1 Qxf5 24. e8=Q+ $1 Rxe8 25. Rxd5 {wins for
White eventually.}) 21... Kb7 22. Nb5 $1 Qe5 $1 23. Re1 Be4 $2 ({Hübner advices
} 23... Qg5 $1 24. Red1 Rae8 25. Rab1 Rxe7) 24. Rab1 $1 Rxg4 25. Rxe4 Qxe4 $1
26. Nd6+ Kc7 27. Nxe4 Rxe4 28. Qd1 Re5 $2 (28... Bxe7 $1 29. Qd5 Re5 {is
needed.}) 29. Rb7+ $3 {Lightning strikes the black king.} Kxb7 30. Qd7+ Kb8 31.
e8=Q+ Rxe8 32. Qxe8+ Kb7 33. Qd7+ Kb8 34. Qxc6 1-0

[Event "Zuerich"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Unzicker, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C97"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Bd7 13. Nf1 Rfe8 14. Ne3 g6 15.
dxe5 dxe5 16. Nh2 Rad8 17. Qf3 Be6 18. Nhg4 Nxg4 19. hxg4 Qc6 20. g5 $5 Nc4 (
20... Bxg5 $5 21. Nd5 $1 {shows the pointe of the novelty.}) 21. Ng4 Bxg4 22.
Qxg4 f6 $6 23. gxf6 {White ruins the black pawn structure.} Bxf6 24. a4 Nb6 25.
axb5 axb5 26. Be3 Ra8 27. Red1 Kh8 $6 28. b3 Bg7 29. Qh4 Bf6 30. Bg5 Bxg5 31.
Qxg5 Rxa1 32. Rxa1 Nd7 33. Bd1 $1 {The critical position has been reached.} Nf6
$2 ({Not} 33... Qxe4 $2 34. Bf3 Qf4 35. Qxf4 exf4 36. Bc6 Re7 37. Ra8+ Kg7 38.
Ra7 {(Fischer).}) ({Black should safeguard the queenside by} 33... Qb6 $1) 34.
Ra7 $1 Qd6 35. Be2 $1 Re7 ({Black has to lose a pawn due to} 35... b4 $2 36.
Ra6 $1) 36. Rxe7 Qxe7 37. Bxb5 Kg7 38. Be2 Qc7 39. Qe3 Qa5 40. g3 Qa3 41. Kg2
Qa5 42. Qd3 Qb6 43. Qc4 Qc6 44. Bd3 Qb6 45. b4 cxb4 46. cxb4 Ng4 47. Qc5 Qxc5
48. bxc5 Kf7 49. f4 Ke7 50. Kf3 Nf6 51. Bb5 Ke6 52. Bc4+ Ke7 53. c6 Ne8 54.
fxe5 h6 55. Ke3 Nc7 56. Kd4 h5 57. Ke3 g5 58. Be2 h4 59. gxh4 gxh4 60. Bc4 Ne8
61. Kf4 Kd8 62. Kg4 Kc7 63. Bf7 Ng7 64. Kxh4 Kxc6 65. Kg5 1-0

[Event "Zuerich"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Walther, Edgar"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
O-O Nf6 9. f4 d5 10. Qf3 Bb7 {The players have followed Winawer - Paulsen,
Berlin 1881.} 11. Bd2 $6 c5 $1 12. exd5 c4 $1 13. Be4 $6 exd5 14. Bf5 $5 (14.
Bxd5 $2 Qc5+ 15. Be3 Bxd5 16. Rae1 {fails due to} Qc6 $1 {(Gligoric).}) 14...
Bc5+ 15. Kh1 g6 16. Rae1+ Kf8 17. Na4 d4 $5 18. Qh3 Kg7 19. Nxc5 Qxc5 20. Re5
Qc6 21. Rf3 Rhe8 22. Rg3 c3 $1 23. bxc3 dxc3 $2 (23... Qb6 $1 {ends the game.})
24. Rxc3 Qb6 25. Be3 Qb1+ 26. Bg1 Be4 $5 27. Bxe4 Nxe4 28. Rf3 Rxe5 29. fxe5
Rd8 {White has a narrow escape.} 30. g3 $4 ({The sacrifice} 30. Rxf7+ $1 Kxf7
31. Qxh7+ Ke6 32. Qxg6+ Kxe5 33. Qh5+ {forces perpetual check.}) 30... Qb7 $1 {
Fischer and Tal shared the lead by 61/2/8.} 0-1

[Event "Zuerich"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Barcza, Gedeon"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "190"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 e5 7. dxe5 Nfd7 8. O-O
Nc6 9. c4 dxe5 10. Ne1 Nd4 11. Nc3 c6 12. Nd3 f5 13. e3 Ne6 14. Na4 Qe7 15. Qc1
Re8 16. f3 h5 17. Qe1 Ng5 18. f4 e4 19. Bxg7 Qxg7 20. Ndc5 Nxc5 21. Nxc5 Nf7
22. Rd1 b6 23. Na4 Be6 24. Qc3 Rad8 25. Qc2 $6 {White should exchange the
heavy pieces.} g5 $1 26. Rf2 h4 $1 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Qb2 Qg6 29. Bf1 $6 gxf4 $6
(29... hxg3 $1 30. hxg3 gxf4 31. exf4 c5 {gains a positional advantage.}) 30.
exf4 Nh6 31. Rg2 $1 Kf7 32. gxh4 Qf6 33. Qxf6+ Kxf6 34. Be2 Bf7 35. Nb2 Rd4 36.
h3 Ng8 37. Kf1 Ne7 38. h5 Rd2 39. Bd1 Rd8 40. Ke1 c5 41. Rd2 Rd4 42. a3 Nc6 43.
Rg2 $6 Nd8 44. Kf2 Ne6 45. Ke3 Rd8 46. Rg3 $2 (46. h4 $1 Rh8 47. Rg5 $1 Nxg5
48. hxg5+ Kg7 49. h6+ Kg6 50. Be2 {creates a fort.}) 46... Rh8 47. Na4 Bxh5 48.
Bxh5 Rxh5 49. Nc3 Nxf4 $1 50. Nxe4+ $1 fxe4 51. Kxf4 Rh4+ 52. Ke3 Kf5 $1 53. b4
a5 54. bxc5 bxc5 55. a4 Rh7 56. Kf2 Rb7 $2 (56... Kf4 $1 57. Rg4+ Ke5 58. h4
Kd4 {gives fine winning chances (Gligoric).}) 57. h4 Kf4 58. Rh3 Kg4 59. Rh1
Kf4 60. Rh3 Ke5 61. h5 Kd4 62. h6 Rh7 63. Rh1 Kd3 64. Rh5 e3+ 65. Ke1 Rb7 66.
Rd5+ Kxc4 67. Rh5 Rh7 68. Ke2 Kb4 69. Rh4+ c4 70. Kxe3 Kb3 71. Kd2 c3+ 72. Kc1
Rf7 73. Rd4 $1 Rf6 74. Rd8 Rf1+ 75. Rd1 Rxd1+ 76. Kxd1 Kb2 77. h7 c2+ 78. Ke2
c1=Q 79. h8=Q+ Kb3 80. Qe8 Qc4+ 81. Kd2 Qd5+ 82. Ke2 Kc2 83. Qc8+ Kb2 84. Qb8+
Kc3 85. Qc8+ Kd4 86. Qh8+ Kc4 87. Qc8+ Kb4 88. Qe8 Qc4+ 89. Kd2 Qd4+ 90. Ke2
Qb2+ 91. Kd3 Qc3+ 92. Ke2 Qc2+ 93. Ke3 Ka3 94. Qb5 Qxa4 95. Qxa4+ Kxa4 {Bobby
fought to the last pawn.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Olafsson, Fridrik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O h6 $6 ({Better is} 11... Bg4 12. f3
Be6 {(Physick - Blackburne, London 1900).}) 12. Bf4 d4 $2 ({Right is} 12... Bg4
$1 {(Steiner - Becker, Vienna 1937).}) 13. Nb5 $1 {Hereafter, Black suffers
from a terrible case of restriction.} Nd5 14. Bg3 Be6 15. Re1 Qd7 16. h3 a6 $6
17. Nd6 Nf6 18. Qf3 Kh8 19. Rad1 Nh7 20. Bxh7 Kxh7 21. c3 dxc3 22. Ne4 Qc8 23.
Qxc3 Ne7 24. Nc5 Nf5 25. Bc7 $1 b5 ({Even worse is} 25... Qxc7 $2 26. Nxe6 Qxc3
27. Nxf8+ {(Gligoric).}) 26. Nxe6 fxe6 27. Qc6 Ne7 28. Qxe6 Qxc7 29. Qxe7 Qb6
30. Re3 Rad8 31. Rd7 Rxd7 32. Qxf8 Rd1+ 33. Kh2 Rd8 34. Qf5+ Kh8 35. Re6 Qc7+
36. g3 Qd7 37. Qe5 Qd2 38. Kg2 Rf8 39. Qe2 Qd5+ 40. Kg1 Rc8 41. Qe4 Qd2 42. Qe5
Rf8 43. Qe2 Qc1+ 44. Kg2 Qc8 45. b4 Qb7+ 46. Kg1 Qc8 47. Qe3 Kg8 48. h4 Kh8 49.
Re7 Qg4 50. Kg2 Qf5 51. Qd4 Qf3+ 52. Kg1 Rf7 53. Re6 Kg8 54. Rxa6 Re7 55. Qd8+
Kf7 56. Qd2 Kg8 57. Rd6 Qf8 58. Rd5 Re8 59. Rxb5 Qf6 60. Ra5 Kh8 61. Qd5 Rf8
62. Qd2 Qf3 63. Rd5 Qxa3 64. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Zuerich"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Blau, Max"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A32"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Bd2 Nc6 7. Nc2 Bc5 8.
Be3 Bxe3 9. Nxe3 O-O 10. g3 d5 $5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nexd5 Nxd5 $5 ({More
active is} 12... Be6 $1) 13. Qxd5 Qb6 14. Qb5 $1 Qxb5 15. Nxb5 Nb4 16. Rc1 Bf5
$6 17. Nd4 $2 (17. Bg2 Nc2+ 18. Kf1 {keeps an advantage (Trifunovic).}) 17...
Nxa2 18. Rc7 Be4 19. f3 Rfd8 $1 20. e3 Bd5 21. Bh3 Nb4 22. O-O a5 23. Bg2 a4
24. Rfc1 Nd3 25. R1c2 g6 26. Kf1 b5 $1 27. Nxb5 Rab8 28. Nc3 $6 (28. Nd4 $1
Rxb2 29. Ke2 Nc1+ 30. Kd1 {defends the queenside correctly.}) 28... Be6 29. Ra7
Nxb2 30. Nxa4 $2 {Tal can choose from three lines.} Nd1 $5 ({Best is} 30... Nd3
$1 31. Nc3 Rdc8 32. Ke2 Nb4) ({An exchange is won by} 30... Nxa4 31. Rxa4 Bb3)
31. Rc1 Rd2 32. Kg1 Nxe3 33. Bf1 $2 (33. Bh1 $1 {gives the last chance.}) 33...
Ra2 34. Ra6 Nxf1 35. Kxf1 Bc4+ 0-1

[Event "Zuerich"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Nievergelt, Erwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B88"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Be3 Bd7 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Qe2 b5 $5 13. Nxb5 {Both
parties make several mistakes in the rest of the game. I only mention the
first.} e5 $2 ({Correct is} 13... Bxb5 14. Qxb5 Nxe4 {(Prins - Unzicker,
Saltsjobaden 1952).}) 14. fxe5 dxe5 15. Be3 a6 16. Nc3 Nxe4 17. Rxf7 Rxf7 18.
Bxf7+ Kh8 19. Qc4 Bg5 20. Nxe4 Bxe3+ 21. Kh1 Qd7 22. Bh5 Bb5 23. Qb3 Qd4 24.
Nd6 Qxd6 25. Qxe3 Bc6 26. Bf3 e4 27. Be2 Rd8 28. h3 h6 29. Rd1 Qf6 30. Rxd8+
Qxd8 31. Bxa6 Qd5 32. a3 h5 33. b4 Qd1+ 34. Kh2 h4 35. Qf4 Qa1 36. b5 Bd5 37.
b6 e3 38. b7 Bxb7 39. Qf8+ Kh7 40. Bd3+ g6 41. Qf7+ Kh8 42. Qxg6 {Tal led by
81/2/10. Fischer had 8 points.} 1-0

[Event "Zuerich"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Nbd7 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Bg2 $5 Bb7 13. Rhe1 O-O-O $6 {
Long castling is premature.} 14. a3 Nb6 15. Rd3 $6 (15. f5 $1 {(Barcza)} e5 16.
Nb3 {gains an advantage.}) 15... Kb8 16. Red1 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5
19. Qf1 Bc5 20. Bxd5 Rxd5 21. Ne2 Rxd3 22. Rxd3 h5 $6 ({Wiser is} 22... Rc8)
23. gxh5 $1 Rxh5 24. Qg2 Rh8 25. Rc3 Rc8 $2 {Black should not allow exchanges.}
({Correct is} 25... Qb6) 26. b4 $1 Be3+ 27. Kb1 Qb6 28. Rxc8+ Kxc8 29. Qf3 {
White will win the endgame easily.} Kd8 30. h4 $1 Ke7 31. h5 f5 32. h6 Bd4 33.
Nxd4 Qxd4 34. Qh1 ({Or} 34. Qg2 Qh8 35. Qg7) 34... Qh8 35. h7 Kf8 36. Qa8+ Kg7
37. Qxh8+ Kxh8 38. c4 Kxh7 39. c5 {The sixteen-years-old talent played far
from perfect.} 1-0

[Event "Zuerich"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Dueckstein, Andreas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nc3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3
Ne4 9. Qc2 d6 10. Bd3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 f5 12. d5 exd5 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. Nd4 Qf6
15. f3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Nd7 17. Bxf5 Nc5 $1 ({Keres encountered} 17... O-O-O {
twice.}) 18. Nb5 Qg7 19. Bg6+ $5 Kd7 20. Bf5+ Be6 (20... Kc6 $1 21. O-O-O Bc4
$1 {equalises.}) 21. Bxe6+ Nxe6 22. Nd4 Nc5 $2 {Black allows a raid.} ({Right
is} 22... Qe5 $1) 23. Qf5+ $1 Ke7 24. Qd5 Qf6 25. O-O-O Raf8 26. e4 Qf7 27.
Nf5+ Kd7 28. Qxf7+ Rxf7 29. Rxh6 Rxh6 30. Nxh6 Rh7 31. Ng4 Ke6 32. Kd2 b5 33.
Re1 a5 34. Ke3 Rh8 35. f4 b4 36. f5+ Kf7 37. cxb4 axb4 38. Kd4 b3 39. axb3 Rb8
40. Kd5 Rb4 41. Ne5+ $1 {Black seems to have a chance.} Kf6 $6 ({But} 41...
dxe5 42. Kxc5 Rxb3 43. Rh1 $1 {(Barcza)} Rd3 $1 44. Rh7+ Kf6 45. Rh6+ Kf7 46.
Re6 {also wins for White.}) 42. Nc6 $1 Rxb3 43. e5+ dxe5 44. Kxc5 Kxf5 45. Nxe5
Rxg3 46. Re2 Ra3 47. Kd4 Ra4+ 48. Nc4 Kf4 49. Kd3 g4 50. Re3 Ra1 51. g3+ Kf5
52. Re5+ Kf6 53. Re4 Kg5 54. Ne3 Ra3+ 55. Kd4 Kh5 56. Ke5 Ra8 57. Kf6 1-0

[Event "Zuerich"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Barcza, Gedeon"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 e5 4. e4 Nc6 5. O-O d6 6. d3 Nge7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Nh4
Be6 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nd4 11. c3 Ndf5 12. Nxf5 Nxf5 13. Bd2 Bh6 14. b4 Bxd2
15. Qxd2 Ng7 16. Rae1 f5 17. d4 e4 18. f3 exf3 19. Bxf3 Qd7 20. c4 Rae8 21. c5
Qd8 22. Kg2 Qf6 23. Bd1 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 Re8 25. Rxe8+ Nxe8 26. h4 $6 ({Better is
} 26. Qe3 {(Barcza).}) 26... Qe7 27. Bf3 Nf6 28. Qc3 h6 29. Qd3 Kg7 30. c6 $6 (
{Correct is} 30. Qb5 b6 31. Kf2) 30... b6 31. Qa3 $2 (31. Kf2 Qf7 32. Qb3 Ne4+
33. Kg2 {defends properly.}) 31... g5 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Kf2 g4 34. Bg2 Nh5 $1
35. Qxa7 Nxg3 $2 (35... f4 $1 36. gxf4 g3+ {wins (Barcza).}) 36. Kxg3 Qe3+ 37.
Kh2 Qf4+ 38. Kh1 g3 39. Qa6 $1 Qh6+ 40. Kg1 Qe3+ 41. Kh1 Qh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C99"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bb7 14. Nf1 Rac8 15.
Bd3 Nc6 16. Ne3 Rfe8 $5 (16... Nb4 {was played in Zagorovsky - Geller, Gorky
1954.}) 17. Nf5 Bf8 $6 ({Superior is} 17... Nxd4 18. N3xd4 exd4) 18. Bg5 Nd7
19. Rc1 Qb8 20. Bb1 Nxd4 21. N3xd4 Rxc1 22. Bxc1 exd4 23. Nh6+ $1 gxh6 24. Qg4+
Kh8 25. Qxd7 Bd5 26. Qf5 (26. Bf4 $1 Be6 27. Qc6 {keeps the initiative.}) 26...
Re5 27. Qf3 f5 28. Bf4 Re8 29. Qh5 Bxe4 30. f3 Bc6 31. Rc1 Bd7 32. Bxh6 Re6 33.
Bxf8 Qxf8 34. Qh4 Qf6 $6 35. Qxf6+ Rxf6 36. Kf2 $6 (36. Rc7 $1 Be6 37. b3 {
(Fischer)} Rf8 $1 38. Kf2 {leads to problems for Black.}) 36... Kg7 $1 37. Rc7
Rf7 38. Ke2 f4 $2 (38... Kf6 39. Ra7 b4 $1 {equalises.}) 39. Ra7 Kf6 40. Rxa6
Re7+ 41. Kf2 Be6 $5 42. Rxd6 Ke5 43. Rc6 Bd5 44. Rh6 Rc7 45. Rh5+ Kd6 46. Rh6+
Ke5 47. Rh5+ Kd6 48. Rf5 $2 (48. b3 $1 Rc1 49. Be4 Bxe4 50. fxe4 {wins the
game (Fischer).}) 48... Rc1 49. Bd3 Rd1 50. Ke2 Rg1 51. Kf2 Rd1 52. Ke2 Rg1 53.
Rg5 Bxa2 54. Bxb5 Rb1 55. Kd3 h6 $6 ({Better is} 55... Rxb2 56. Kxd4 Bb1) 56.
Rh5 Rxb2 57. Kxd4 Rxg2 58. Rxh6+ Ke7 59. Ke4 Rg5 60. Ba6 Bf7 61. Bc8 Rg6 62.
Rh7 Kf8 63. Bg4 Rg7 $2 (63... Rb6 $1 64. Kxf4 Kg8 {(Barcza)} 65. Rh4 Rb4+ {
probably draws.}) 64. Rh6 Rg6 65. Rxg6 $1 Bxg6+ 66. Kxf4 Kg7 67. Kg5 $1 {White
wins because the black king cannot reach f6, but he has to treat the f-pawn
like a treasure.} Bd3 68. f4 Be4 69. h4 Bd3 70. h5 Be4 71. h6+ Kh8 72. Bf5 Bd5
73. Bg6 Be6 74. Kf6 Bc4 75. Kg5 Be6 76. Bh5 Kh7 77. Bg4 $1 Bc4 78. f5 Bf7 79.
Bh5 Bc4 80. Bg6+ Kg8 81. f6 {The f-pawn will queen eventually.   The Soviets
feared Bobby after his win against the great Keres.} 1-0

[Event "Zuerich"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Donner, Jan Hein"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 e5 8. dxe5
Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Bg5 Qxd1 11. Raxd1 c6 12. b3 Be6 13. Na4 Nd7 14. Rd6 ({
Slightly better is} 14. Rd2 $1) 14... h6 15. Be3 Rfd8 16. Rc1 $6 (16. Rfd1 Bf8
17. R6d2 {(Barcza) should be obvious.}) 16... Bf8 $1 17. Rdd1 g5 18. Bd2 Ba3
19. Ra1 f6 20. Bc1 Be7 21. Bb2 Kf7 22. Rd2 $2 (22. Nc3 {defends the d-file.})
22... Nc5 $1 {Black will conquer the open d-file.} 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Nxc5 Bxc5
25. Bc3 Bd4 $1 26. Bxd4 Rxd4 27. Kf1 Rd2 28. Ke1 Rb2 29. Be4 f5 30. Bb1 a5 $1
31. Kd1 a4 32. bxa4 $6 ({Preferable is} 32. Bc2 a3 33. c5) 32... e4 $6 (32...
Bxc4 {cashes at once.}) 33. Bc2 $6 (33. c5 {avoids a capture.}) 33... Bxc4 34.
Kc1 Rxa2 35. Rb1 b5 36. Rb4 Ra1+ 37. Kb2 Re1 38. a5 Rxe2 39. Kc1 e3 40. fxe3
Rxe3 41. a6 Re8 42. Bb3 Bxb3 43. Rxb3 Ra8 44. Ra3 Ke6 0-1

[Event "Zuerich"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C87"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Nf6 6. d4 Bd7 7. O-O Be7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Re1 Re8 10. a3 Bf8 11. b4 d5 $5 (11... g6 {was played in Suetin - Bykov,
Leningrad 1957.}) 12. Bxc6 Bxc6 13. Nxe5 Nxe4 $6 ({Better is} 13... dxe4 {
(Tringov - Medina Garcia, Büsum 1968).}) 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Qg4 $2 (15. Nxc6 $1
bxc6 16. Qg4 {gains a positional advantage.}) 15... Bd5 $1 16. Qg3 b5 17. Bf4
Rc8 18. f3 exf3 19. Ng4 $6 ({Better is} 19. Nxf3) 19... Kh8 $1 20. gxf3 f6 21.
h4 Qd7 22. Ne3 Bf7 23. Kf2 c6 24. h5 $6 Bxh5 25. Rh1 {Tal has set a trap.} Qf7
$1 ({The combination} 25... Bf7 $2 26. Rxh7+ $1 Kxh7 27. Rh1+ Kg8 28. Ng4 {
(Barcza)} Bg6 $1 29. Nxf6+ $1 {leads to a typical Tal turmoil.}) 26. Qh3 Bg6
27. Qg4 Kg8 28. Qg1 Qe6 29. Qc1 Bd6 30. Ng2 Rcd8 31. Bxd6 Qxd6 32. Nf4 Bf7 33.
Qd2 Re7 34. Rag1 Rde8 35. Qd3 g6 36. Qf5 Kf8 37. Qg4 g5 38. Nd3 ({Or} 38. Rxh7
Qxf4 39. Qxf4 Re2+ $1) 38... Re2+ 39. Kf1 Bg6 40. Nf2 Qe7 41. Qg3 h5 42. Kg2 h4
{Tal and Fischer shared the lead by 10 points. Gligoric followed by
half-a-point.} 0-1

[Event "Zuerich"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Donner, Jan Hein"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A70"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Bd3
O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a4 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nbd7 13. Bf4 Qc7 14. Qe2 Rfe8 15.
Bh2 $5 Rac8 16. Bc4 Ne5 17. f4 $6 Nxc4 18. Qxc4 Nd7 {Donner has played some
odd moves in the Benoni.} 19. Rfe1 $2 ({But} 19. a5 $1 {defends well. Tal
intended to play} b5 {The follow up might be} 20. axb6 Qxb6 $1 {and Black has
an edge.}) 19... Qb6 $1 20. Rab1 Qb4 $1 21. Qf1 {The exchange of queens is
awful too.} c4 $1 22. Re2 b5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Kh1 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Qxc3 26. Rxb5
Qd3 27. Qe1 c3 28. Rb1 Nc5 0-1

[Event "Zuerich"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Keller, Dieter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C92"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nd7 10. d4 Nb6 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Qh5 Bf6 14. Nd2 Qe7
15. Nf1 Be6 16. Ne3 g6 17. Qf3 Bxb3 18. axb3 Bg7 19. b4 c6 20. g3 {Tal has
defeated Donner and Fischer starts to play for a win like a madman.} ({Solid is
} 20. Bd2 $1 {(Keres).}) 20... Qe6 21. h4 f5 $1 22. h5 f4 23. Nf1 gxh5 24. Qxh5
Rf6 25. Nh2 Rg6 26. Nf3 $2 ({Necessary is} 26. Kg2) 26... fxg3 27. fxg3 Rxg3+
28. Kh2 Qg4 29. Qxg4 Rxg4 30. Rg1 Rxg1 31. Kxg1 Na4 32. Kf1 c5 33. b3 Nxc3 34.
bxc5 Nxe4 35. c6 Nc5 36. Be3 Nxb3 37. Ra2 a5 38. Rg2 Kh8 39. Ng5 Rf8+ 40. Ke1
Nd4 41. Bxd4 exd4 42. Ne6 Re8 43. c7 Be5 44. Kd2 Rc8 45. Rg5 Bxc7 46. Rxb5 Bd6
47. Kd3 Ra8 48. Rb6 Bg3 49. Rb7 a4 50. Ng5 a3 51. Rxh7+ Kg8 52. Rh1 a2 53. Ra1
Be5 54. Ne6 Ra3+ 55. Ke4 Bf6 56. Kf5 Kf7 57. Ng5+ Bxg5 {Tal took the sole lead
again.} 0-1

[Event "Zuerich"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B99"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Qg3 h6 11. Bh4 Rg8 12. Be2 g5 13. fxg5 Ne5 14. g6 Nxg6 $5
(14... Rxg6 {was played in Bannik - Petrosian, Moscow 1957.}) 15. Rhf1 Nxh4 16.
Qxh4 Rg6 17. Bd3 Ng4 $1 18. Qh5 Ne5 ({Fischer needs to win, but he avoids the
risky} 18... Bg5+ 19. Kb1 Ne3 20. e5 $1) 19. Nf3 Qc5 $1 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. Qxe5
dxe5 22. g3 Bd7 23. Be2 Bc6 24. Bh5 Rf6 25. a3 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Bxd8 27. Rxf6 Bxf6
28. Kd2 Bg5+ 29. Kd3 Bc1 30. Nd1 Bb5+ 31. c4 Ba4 32. Nc3 Bc6 33. Nd1 Kf8 34. h4
Ba4 35. Nc3 {Tal had won the event before Gligoric and Fischer.   Eight
grandmasters participated in Zürich 1959: five of them would play in the
candidates' tournament during the autumn. Tal did not take the six Swiss
players seriously, but defeated five of them. His win against Nievergelt was
highly entertaining. When he tried to treat Gligoric similarly, he lost
quickly. The players got 60 Francs for a win, 25 for a draw and 10 for a loss,
so Tal earned 695 Swiss Francs. The tournament got a lot of attention in the
press due to the race between Tal and Fischer.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch27"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

{The 27th championship was played in the Chigorin Club of Leningrad from 26 i
until 26 ii 1960. Petrosian and Smyslov were exempt of the preliminaries. The
rest had to qualify in the semifinals. The final became a competition between
Kortschnoj, Geller and Petrosian. Spassky played creative but unproductive
chess.  All games by Kortschnoj and one extra encounter per round have been
selected.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. Bf4 e5 7. Be3
Nf6 8. N1c3 Be6 ({Best is} 8... a6) 9. Nd5 $1 Bxd5 10. exd5 Ne7 11. c4 a6 12.
Nc3 Nf5 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Bd3 Nd4 $6 ({The active} 14... e4 $1 15. Nxe4 $5 Nxe4
16. Bxe4 Bxg5 17. Bxf5 Qa5+ 18. Kf1 O-O {brings counter-play for a pawn.}) 15.
Be3 Nd7 $6 {Passivity has become black's fate.} 16. O-O O-O 17. f4 Nc5 18. b4
Nxd3 19. Qxd3 a5 20. a3 axb4 21. axb4 Qb6 22. Nb5 Bf6 23. fxe5 dxe5 24. Bxd4
exd4 25. c5 Qd8 26. Rxa8 Qxa8 27. Nxd4 Re8 28. Nf5 Qa2 29. d6 Re2 30. Qf3 Qd2
31. Qxb7 h5 32. Ne7+ Bxe7 33. dxe7 Kh7 34. Qf3 Qd4+ 35. Kh1 Rxe7 36. Qxh5+ Kg8
37. Qd1 Qc4 38. Re1 Re6 39. Qb1 Kf8 40. Rxe6 fxe6 41. b5 Qxc5 42. b6 Qc8 43. b7
Qb8 44. Qb6 Ke7 45. Qc6 Qe5 46. h3 Qe1+ 47. Kh2 Qe5+ 48. g3 Qe2+ 49. Qg2 Qb5
50. h4 Kd7 51. Qf2 Ke7 52. Qf3 Qb2+ 53. Kh3 Qb5 54. h5 e5 55. Kh4 Qb4+ 56. Qg4
g5+ 57. Kxg5 Qxb7 58. Qf5 Qd5 59. h6 Qg8+ 60. Kh4 Qc4+ 61. g4 Qd4 62. Kh5 e4
63. Qg5+ Kf7 64. h7 Qh8 65. Qg6+ Kf8 66. g5 {The future champion started with
a loss.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch27"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sakharov, Yury"]
[Black "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Na6 6. e3 Bg4 7. Bxc4 e6 8. O-O
$5 {White slightly diverts from earlier games.} Be7 9. h3 Bh5 10. Qe2 Nb4 11.
Rd1 a5 $5 ({Usual will become} 11... O-O) 12. g4 Bg6 13. e4 h5 $2 ({Right is} 
13... O-O) 14. g5 $1 Nh7 ({Or} 14... Nd7 15. d5 e5 16. d6 $1) 15. h4 ({Even
stronger is} 15. d5 $1) 15... Qc7 16. Ne5 Nf8 17. Bf4 Bd6 18. Bg3 O-O-O 19.
Rac1 Kb8 20. Bb3 Qe7 21. d5 $1 f6 $5 {Black tries to fight back.} 22. Nxc6+ $3
bxc6 (22... Nxc6 23. Bxd6+ Rxd6 24. dxc6 Rxc6 25. Qe3 {gives a strong white
attack.}) 23. dxc6 Kc8 24. c7 Rd7 25. Bxd6 Rxd6 26. Rxd6 Qxd6 27. Nb5 Qb6 28.
Qd2 Nc6 29. Rxc6 $1 {Sakharov received a beauty prize.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch27"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Be2 Nxd5 5. d4 g6 6. c4 $1 {The knight is
driven back by a new move.} Nb6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. c5 $1 Nc8 9. d5 $5 {Bronstein
smells blood.} c6 10. Qb3 b6 11. Bf3 O-O 12. Be3 cxd5 $5 ({But} 12... bxc5 $1
13. Bxc5 Na6 $1 {solves the defensive problems.}) 13. Bxd5 Nc6 14. Rd1 Qc7 15.
Nb5 Qb7 16. Nd4 Rb8 17. Ngf3 e5 $2 ({Right is} 17... e6 $1) 18. Bxf7+ $1 {
White crushes the resistance.} Rxf7 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 ({The pointe is} 19... Qxc6
20. Ng5 Be8 21. Nxf7 Bxf7 22. Rd8+ Bf8 23. Bh6 $1) 20. Rd8+ Bf8 21. Nxe5 bxc5
22. Bh6 c4 23. Qxb7 Rbxb7 24. Nxf7 Rxf7 25. Rxc8 Bxg2 26. Rg1 Bb7 27. Rxf8+
Rxf8 28. Bxf8 Kxf8 29. Rg5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch27"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E52"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O d5 8. Qb3
$5 Nc6 (8... dxc4 9. Qxc4 Bd6 {equalises at once.}) 9. Rd1 a6 10. a3 Bd6 11.
Qc2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Qe8 13. Ng5 (13. Bd3 $1 Rd8 14. b4 {takes the initiative.})
13... h6 14. Nge4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Na5 16. Ba2 Qb5 17. Nc3 Qh5 18. h3 Rad8 19. b4
Nc6 20. Qe4 e5 21. d5 Ne7 22. Qg4 Qxg4 23. hxg4 e4 24. Bb2 Be5 25. Rac1 Bxc3
26. Rxc3 Bxd5 27. Rxc7 Bxa2 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Rxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch27"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nei, Iivo"]
[Black "Liberzon, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. g3 Na6
9. Bg5 $5 f6 10. Be3 f5 {Black begins an adventure.} 11. exf5 gxf5 $5 12. Nxe5
$1 f4 $1 13. gxf4 (13. Bc1 $5 Bxe5 14. Bxh5 Qe7 15. O-O {brings no advantage
either.}) 13... Nxf4 14. Nd3 Ng2+ 15. Kd2 Qh4 16. Rg1 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Bf5 18. Qe1
Qe7 ({Naturally, Black has to avoid} 18... Qxh2 $2 19. Nf4 Nc5 20. Rh1 Bxc3+
21. Kxc3 Ne4+ 22. Kd4 $1 Qf2 23. Qxf2 Nxf2 24. Rh2) 19. Nf4 Kh8 20. Bg4 Nc5 21.
Bxf5 Rxf5 {Black has an ample compensation for the pawn.} 22. Nd3 $2 ({Better
is} 22. b4 $5 Bxc3+ 23. Kxc3 Re5 $1) ({or} 22. Kc2 {(Simagin).}) 22... Raf8 23.
Nd1 (23. Nxc5 Rf2+ 24. Kc1 dxc5 25. Nd1 Qh4 $1 {also wins for Black.}) 23...
Nxd3 24. Kxd3 c6 $1 25. dxc6 d5 $1 {The centre files are opened.} 26. Kc2 Qe4+
27. Kc1 Qxc4+ 28. Kd2 d4 $1 29. Qg3 dxe3+ 30. Qxe3 Rd8+ 31. Ke1 Re5 {White
loses everything.} 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch27"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sakharov, Yury"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B99"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Be7 10. g4 b5 11. Bg2 Bb7 12. Rhe1 Nb6 $5 ({The aggressive} 12...
b4 13. Nd5 $5 exd5 14. exd5 Kf8 {was played in Bernstein - Fischer, New York
1957.}) 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. g5 Be7 15. h4 b4 16. Nce2 g6 $5 17. Kb1 d5 18. e5 Na4
$6 ({More natural is} 18... a5) 19. h5 Qb6 20. Rh1 O-O-O 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. Rh6
Kb8 23. Rdh1 Rhf8 24. Rh7 a5 25. Rg7 Ba6 26. Rhh7 $6 {White's edge on the
kingside has no use.} Bc5 $1 27. Nb3 Rd7 $5 (27... Bxe2 28. Qxe2 Bd4 29. Nxd4
Qxd4 30. Qb5+ Kc8 31. Qc6+ {draws.}) 28. Bf1 Rb7 29. Nec1 Bxf1 30. Qxf1 Bd4 $1
31. Nd3 $2 ({Appropriate is} 31. Nxd4 Qxd4 32. Nd3 {(Kortschnoj).}) 31... Bxb2
$3 {Kortschnoj plays a fantastic combination.} 32. Nxb2 Nc3+ 33. Ka1 a4 34. Nc1
(34. Nd2 b3 35. Rh3 bxc2 36. Qc1 a3 37. Nb3 axb2+ 38. Qxb2 Qxb3 $1 {wins too.})
34... Qd4 35. Rh2 a3 $1 36. Nbd3 Nd1+ 37. Kb1 Nc3+ 38. Ka1 Ne2+ $1 39. Kb1 Nxc1
40. Qxc1 b3 $1 41. cxb3 ({Or} 41. axb3 a2+ $1) 41... Qxd3+ 42. Qc2 Qd4 $1 43.
Qd2 Qg1+ 44. Kc2 Rc7+ 45. Kd3 Qb1+ {The event had really begun for Viktor.} 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch27"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Nei, Iivo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. e3 Ne4 8.
Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Qxe4 Qb4+ 11. Nd2 Qxb2 12. Qb1 Qc3 13. Bd3 c5 $5 14.
Ke2 Qa5 15. Nf3 cxd4 16. exd4 Nf6 17. a4 O-O 18. Qb5 Qd8 19. a5 Rb8 20. Rhd1
Bd7 21. Qg5 Bc6 22. Ne5 Be4 23. Qe3 Bxd3+ 24. Rxd3 Qc7 25. Kf1 Rbd8 26. a6 Nd7
27. Rc3 b6 28. Nf3 Nf6 29. h3 Rc8 30. Rac1 Rfd8 31. Ne5 Qd6 32. Qf3 Rc7 33. g4
h6 34. h4 Rdc8 35. Rd1 b5 $6 36. g5 $1 hxg5 $6 37. hxg5 Nh7 $6 38. Qh1 $2 (38.
g6 $1 fxg6 39. cxb5 $1 {utilises the errors.}) 38... Nxg5 39. f4 f6 $2 (39...
Qb4 $1 40. Re3 Rxc4 $1 41. fxg5 Rxd4 42. Rde1 Rf4+ 43. Kg1 Qd2 44. Qg2 Qxg2+
45. Kxg2 Rf5 {draws.}) 40. fxg5 fxe5 41. g6 $1 Qf8+ 42. Ke2 {Nei made the last
blunder.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch27"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 b6 6. c3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
cxd4 $5 9. exd4 $5 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Ncxe7 $5 11. Re1 Bb7 12. Bf1 f5 $5 13. Ne5 (13.
c4 $5 {will be played in Balashov - Lebredo, Cienfuegos 1975.}) 13... Qc7 14.
Rc1 Rae8 15. c4 Nf6 16. Qb3 d6 17. Nef3 Ng6 18. c5 Bd5 19. Qa3 dxc5 20. dxc5
Ne4 $6 ({Better is} 20... Rd8 $1) 21. Nxe4 fxe4 22. Nd2 Qf4 23. Qe3 bxc5 24.
Rxc5 Qf6 25. Rc2 Ne5 26. Qg3 $1 (26. Nxe4 $6 Qg6 $1 {(Petrosian)} 27. Ree2 Bc4
28. Re1 Bd5 {leads to a perpetual.}) 26... Qf5 27. Rc7 Rf7 28. Rxf7 Nxf7 29. b3
{White has the better pawn structure.} Ne5 $2 {Black blunders a pawn.} (29...
Rf8 $1 {holds the position.}) 30. f3 $1 e3 31. Rxe3 Nc6 32. Ne4 Rf8 33. Ng5 Qf6
$6 34. Nxe6 $1 Re8 ({Or} 34... Bxe6 35. Rxe6 Qxe6 36. Bc4) 35. Nxg7 $1 Rxe3 36.
Nf5+ Kf8 37. Nxe3 Qd4 38. Qf2 Bf7 39. h3 Nb4 40. a3 Na2 41. Nc4 Qxf2+ 42. Kxf2
Nc1 43. b4 Na2 44. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch27"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D79"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Ne5 e6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bf4 Nd7 12. Na4 Ba6 13. Rc1 Qa5 14. b3 Rfc8 15.
Bd6 $2 (15. Re1 $1 {avoids the loss of a pawn.}) 15... Bb5 $1 16. Nc3 Qb6 $1
17. Bc5 Nxc5 18. dxc5 Qxc5 19. Nxd5 $1 Qa3 20. Nc3 Bxc3 21. Rxc3 Qxa2 22. Bf3
Rd8 23. Qc1 Rac8 24. Qe3 Qd2 25. Qc5 Qd4 26. Rfc1 Qxc5 27. Rxc5 a6 {The inroad
on the queenside will be slow.} 28. Kg2 Kf8 29. R1c3 Ke7 30. e4 Kd6 31. e5+ Kc7
32. Re3 Kb6 {A supporter has reached the flank.} 33. Rcc3 Rd2 34. Re4 $5 Rcd8
35. Rf4 R8d7 36. h4 R2d4 37. Be4 c5 38. Kh3 a5 39. Kg4 h6 40. f3 Bc6 41. Re3 (
41. Bxc6 Kxc6 42. Rxd4 Rxd4+ 43. f4 Kb5 {brings no relief for White.}) 41...
Bxe4 42. fxe4 $5 a4 $5 43. bxa4 c4 44. Rf1 Rd3 $5 45. Kf3 Ka5 46. Rxd3 cxd3 47.
Ke3 d2 48. Rd1 Kxa4 49. Rxd2 Rxd2 50. Kxd2 Kb3 $1 51. Kd3 h5 $1 {The pawn
ending has led to zugzwang by opposition.} 52. Ke2 Kc2 53. Ke3 Kc3 54. Kf3 Kd3
{Petrosian led half-a-point before Bronstein and Kortschnoj.} 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch27"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Suetin, Alexey"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B96"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 h6 8. Bh4
Qb6 9. a3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. Nb3 Be7 12. Bf2 Qc7 13. Be2 b5 14. O-O O-O 15.
Rad1 Rfd8 16. Bg3 Rac8 (16... Bc8 $5 {avoids the next combination (Artsukevich)
.}) 17. e5 $1 dxe5 18. fxe5 Nxe5 19. Qd4 Nc6 20. Bxc7 Nxd4 21. Bxd8 Nxe2+ 22.
Nxe2 Bxd8 23. Nc3 $6 (23. Rxf6 $1 Bxf6 24. Rxd7 Bxb2 25. Rd6 Rxc2 26. Kf2 Bxa3
27. Rxa6 {equalises.}) 23... Bc6 24. Rd6 Be7 25. Rd2 Kf8 26. Na2 $6 ({Better is
} 26. Rfd1) 26... Bd8 27. Nb4 Bb7 28. Nd3 $2 (28. Kh1 Ke7 29. c3 Bb6 30. Nd4 {
defends the centre against the combined strength of the black pieces.}) 28...
Bb6+ 29. Kh1 Ne4 30. Re2 Ke7 31. Rfe1 f5 32. Nbc1 h5 33. Nb3 h4 34. Nd2 Rxc2
35. Nxe4 Rxe2 36. Rxe2 Bxe4 37. Nf2 Bd5 38. Kg1 g5 39. Rc2 g4 40. Kf1 Bc4+ 41.
Ke1 Bd4 42. Rd2 Be3 43. Rd1 g3 44. hxg3 hxg3 45. Nd3 Kf6 46. b4 f4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch27"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Black "Sakharov, Yury"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C74"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 f5 6. exf5 Bxf5 7. O-O Bd3 8. Re1
e4 $5 9. Bc2 Kd7 $5 {Sakharov innovates the Siesta Variation.} 10. Bxd3 exd3
11. Nd4 ({Gurgenidze played} 11. Qa4 $5 {in 1961. !}) 11... Qh4 12. Nxc6 bxc6
13. Qf3 Nh6 14. Qxd3 Be7 15. Qg3 $6 (15. h3 $5 Rhf8 16. Qf1 {plays for a win.})
15... Rae8 16. d4 Bg5 $1 17. Bd2 Qxg3 18. hxg3 Rxe1+ 19. Bxe1 Bc1 20. a4 Bxb2
21. Ra2 Rb8 $1 22. Kf1 Bc1 23. Nd2 Bxd2 24. Bxd2 Nf7 25. Ke2 $5 (25. c4 $1 {
keeps the equality.}) 25... d5 $1 {White should avoid the next blockade.} 26.
Ra1 $2 ({Right is} 26. Bf4 $1 Nd6 27. Be5 g6 28. Bxd6 $1 Kxd6 29. Kd3) 26...
Nd6 $1 27. Ra2 Rb1 28. f3 Nc4 $1 29. g4 Rb2 30. Rxb2 Nxb2 31. a5 Nc4 32. Bf4
Nxa5 33. Be5 g6 34. f4 Nc4 35. Bg7 Ke6 36. Kd3 a5 {White exceeded the time in
a lost position.} 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch27"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 O-O 8.
e3 d6 9. b4 $5 Nbd7 10. Bb2 Ne4 11. Qc2 f5 12. Be2 Ng5 $1 13. c5 {The fronts
are becoming visible. Black's prospects look more promising.} Be4 14. Qc3 Bd5
15. c6 $5 Ne4 16. Qc1 Ndf6 17. O-O Qe8 18. b5 Qh5 19. Qd1 Qh6 20. a4 $2 {White
loses an important tempo.} ({Right is} 20. Qd3 $1 Ng4 21. h3 {and Black cannot
play} Rf6 $2 {due to} 22. hxg4 fxg4 23. Nh2 Nxf2 24. Rxf2 Rxf2 25. e4 $1 g3 26.
Ng4 $1) 20... Ng4 $1 21. h3 Rf6 $1 {An avalanche of sacrifices begins.} 22.
hxg4 {Otherwise Black plays .. Rg6 (Simagin).} ({Notice} 22. Bd3 $5 Rg6 $1 23.
hxg4 fxg4 24. Bxe4 Bxe4 25. Ne1 Qh4 $1 26. f4 Rh6) 22... fxg4 23. Nh2 Nxf2 $1
24. Rxf2 g3 25. Ng4 gxf2+ 26. Nxf2 Qxe3 27. Qe1 Raf8 28. Bf3 Rxf3 $1 29. gxf3
Qxf3 30. Kf1 Bc4+ 31. Kg1 Qg3+ 32. Kh1 Bd5+ 33. Ne4 Rf1+ $1 {Simagin won
brilliantly.} 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch27"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sakharov, Yury"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B66"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 a6 7. Qd2 Bd7 8.
Be2 e6 9. O-O Nxd4 $5 10. Qxd4 Bc6 11. Bf3 Rc8 12. a4 Be7 13. Rfd1 h6 14. Bxf6
$6 Bxf6 $1 {The pawn sacrifice will payoff.} 15. Qxd6 Qxd6 16. Rxd6 Bxc3 $1 17.
bxc3 Ke7 18. Rd3 Rc7 19. c4 a5 {White should counter immediately.} 20. c5 $2 ({
Better is} 20. e5 $1 Bxf3 (20... Bd7 21. Rb3 Rb8 22. Be2) 21. Rxf3 Rxc4 22. Rb3
Rd8 23. Rxb7+ Rd7 24. Rxd7+ Kxd7 25. Kf1 Kc6 26. Ra3 Kd5 27. Rf3 $1 {and White
will survive in the rook ending.}) 20... Bd7 $1 21. Rb3 Rb8 22. Be2 Rxc5 $1 23.
Bd3 Bc6 24. Kf1 g5 25. f3 Rd8 26. Ke2 f5 27. exf5 exf5 28. Kf2 Kf6 29. c4 $2 {
White weakens the queenside again.} Rd4 30. Ra2 Rd6 31. Be2 f4 32. Rc3 Rd4 33.
Rb3 Re5 34. Rc3 Ke7 $1 {The king might go to square c5.} 35. c5 $5 Bd5 $1 36.
Rb2 ({Or} 36. Ra1 Rd2 37. Re1 Bc6 $1) 36... Rxa4 37. Bd1 Rd4 38. Be2 Bc6 39. h4
gxh4 40. Bf1 Kf6 41. Be2 Kg5 42. Rc1 Re3 43. Bb5 Rb4 44. Rxb4 axb4 45. Bxc6
bxc6 46. Rc4 Rb3 47. Ke2 Rb2+ 48. Kd3 $5 Rxg2 49. Rxb4 h3 {Averbakh played a
clever endgame.} 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch27"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E25"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. f3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
dxc5 f5 9. e4 $5 fxe4 10. Qc2 exf3 $5 {Viktor shows greed.} ({The usual moves
will become} 10... O-O) ({and} 10... e3) 11. Nxf3 Qa5 12. Bd3 Nc6 $6 ({Mpre
natural is} 12... Qxc5) 13. O-O Qxc5+ 14. Kh1 Bd7 15. Ng5 Ne5 16. Ne4 Qc7 17.
Bg5 Rf8 $2 (17... Nf7 $1 18. c4 $1 Nxg5 19. Nxg5 Ne3 20. Bg6+ $1 hxg6 21. Qxg6+
Kd8 22. Nf7+ {brings great complications.}) 18. c4 $1 Ne7 $6 19. c5 Bc6 20.
Nd6+ Kd7 21. Qc3 $6 (21. Bxe7 $1 Kxe7 22. Qc3 {wins at once.}) 21... Nxd3 22.
Bxe7 Bxg2+ $1 23. Kxg2 Nf4+ 24. Rxf4 Rxf4 25. Rd1 Qc6+ 26. Kg3 Qa4 27. c6+ $2 {
White misses the win.} (27. Rb1 $1 Rg4+ 28. Kh3 Kxe7 29. Qf3 $1 Rh4+ 30. Kg3
Rg4+ 31. Qxg4 Qxa3+ 32. Kh4 {still triumphs.}) 27... bxc6 28. Qxg7 $5 Rf3+ $1
29. Kxf3 Qxd1+ 30. Ke3 Qc1+ 31. Kd3 $2 (31. Kf3 $1 Qd1+ 32. Ke3 Qb3+ 33. Kd2 c5
34. Nb7 $1 Qxb7 35. Bxc5+ Kc6 36. Qg2+ {survives by perpetual check.}) 31...
Qb1+ $1 32. Ke3 Qg6 $1 33. Qb2 Kxe7 34. Qb7+ Kxd6 35. Qxa8 Qg1+ 36. Kd3 Qf1+
37. Kc2 Qc4+ 38. Kb2 Qd4+ 39. Kc2 Kd5 40. Qe8 Qe4+ 41. Kc3 Qe5+ 42. Kb3 Kd4 43.
Qe7 a5 44. Qa7+ Kd3 45. Qxh7+ Qf5 46. Qc7 Qb5+ 47. Ka2 Kc2 48. Qh7+ Qf5 49. Qb7
Qd5+ 50. Ka1 Qb5 51. Qh7+ Qd3 {Viktor could start a series of victories by a
lucky but spectacular win.} 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch27"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. h3 e5 8. d5 Ne7
9. e4 Ne8 10. Be3 f5 11. Qd2 c5 12. Ng5 Nc7 13. O-O-O Rb8 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6
f4 16. gxf4 Nxe6 17. Qxd6 Nxf4 18. Qxd8 Rbxd8 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Bf1 b6 21. Nd5
Nexd5 22. cxd5 Kf7 23. Kc2 Ke7 24. Kb3 Kd6 25. Ka4 Nh5 26. h4 Rf8 27. Bh3 Nf6
28. f3 Nh5 29. Bg4 Nf6 30. b4 cxb4 31. Bd2 Nd7 $2 (31... a5 $1 32. Be3 Nxg4 33.
fxg4 Rf3 34. Bxb6 Ra3+ {draws.}) 32. Bxb4+ Nc5+ 33. Bxc5+ bxc5 34. Rb1 $1 Rf7
35. Rb8 Bf6 $5 36. Re8 $1 {The passed d-pawn becomes dangerous.} Bxh4 $2 ({The
last chance gives} 36... Be7 $1 37. Rc8 $1 Bxh4 38. Rc6+ Ke7 39. d6+ Kf8) 37.
Re6+ Kc7 38. Rc6+ Kb7 39. Bc8+ $1 Kb8 40. d6 Rf8 ({Or} 40... a6 41. Bxa6 Rxf3
42. Kb5 $1) 41. Ba6 $1 Ka8 42. Kb5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch27"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Sakharov, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C36"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bb5+ c6 6. dxc6 bxc6 7. Bc4 Nd5 8.
O-O Bd6 9. Nc3 $1 {Spassky plays a strong novelty.} Be6 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Bb3 O-O
12. d4 Nd7 $6 (12... a5 $1 {will become an improvement (Filipowicz - Puig,
Leipzig 1960).}) 13. Qe2 $1 g5 $6 (13... a5 $1 14. c4 $1 a4 $5 15. cxd5 cxd5
16. Bc2 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Rc8 18. Bxf4 Nf6 {gives counter-play for a pawn.}) 14. c4
$1 N5b6 15. h4 h6 $1 16. hxg5 hxg5 17. Nfxg5 $1 {Boris smashes the black
defence line by a knight sacrifice.} Bxg5 18. Bxf4 $1 ({Annotators recommend} 
18. Qh5 $2 Bf6 $1 19. d5 $1 {but} Bd4+ 20. Nf2 cxd5 21. cxd5 Nxd5 22. Bxd5 Bxd5
23. Qxd5 Ne5 $1 24. Qe4 Nd3 $1 {favours Black.}) 18... Bf6 ({Or} 18... Bxf4 19.
Rxf4 f5 20. Qh5 $1 fxe4 21. Qg6+ Kh8 22. Qh6+ Kg8 23. Qxe6+) 19. Rad1 Bf5 20.
Be5 $6 (20. Bh6 $1 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 {wins at once.}) 20... Bxe4 21. Qxe4 Bxe5 22.
dxe5 Qg5 $5 23. Rf5 $1 Qg7 24. Qf4 Rfe8 25. Rg5 Nxe5 26. Rxg7+ Kxg7 27. Rd6 Ng6
28. Qf6+ Kg8 29. Bc2 Nxc4 30. Rd7 {Spassky played the King's Gambit with great
success in those days.} ({A pointe is} 30. Rd7 Nce5 31. Bxg6 $1) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch27"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Liberzon, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. a3 b5 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Nb3
Nf6 9. O-O Be7 10. f4 d6 11. Qf3 Bb7 12. Be3 Rd8 13. Qh3 Bc8 14. Qg3 O-O 15.
Rae1 Kh8 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 e5 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Be3 Be6 20. Qf3 Bc5 21. Kh1
Bxe3 22. Rxe3 Rd4 23. Qe2 Nd7 $6 24. Rg3 $6 ({A plus is gained by} 24. Nd5 $1
Bxd5 25. exd5 {(threatens Bxh7)} g6 $1 (25... Nf6 $2 26. Rxf6 $1) 26. c3 $1
Rxd5 27. c4 $1) 24... Nc5 25. Qe3 f6 26. Bxb5 $2 {White collapses quickly.} Qb7
27. b4 $2 Nxe4 28. Nxe4 Rxe4 (28... Rxe4 29. Bxa6 Qxa6 {leaves Rf1 en prise.})
0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch27"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C36"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bb5+ c6 6. dxc6 bxc6 7. Bc4 Nd5 8.
O-O Bd6 9. Bb3 {Lutikov has not learned of Spassky's new move in the previous
round.} O-O 10. c4 Nf6 11. d4 c5 12. d5 Bg4 13. Nc3 Nbd7 $5 ({Geller diverts
from} 13... a6 {(Ragozin - Botvinnik, Moscow 1947).}) 14. Nb5 Be5 15. Qd3 a6
16. Nc3 Bd6 17. Bd2 Qc7 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Rae8 20. Qd3 Bh5 21. Rfe1 Bg6 22.
Qc3 Nf6 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Re1 $2 (24. Bc2 {shows more caution.}) 24... Rxe1+
25. Bxe1 Qe7 26. Bc2 Qe2 $1 27. Bxg6 hxg6 28. b3 $5 ({White has to lose a pawn
due to} 28. h3 $6 Ne4 29. Qb3 Be5 $1) 28... Qxa2 29. Qd3 Ng4 30. h3 Ne3 31. Bd2
Qa1+ 32. Kf2 Nf5 33. Qe4 Qf1+ $1 {Efim consolidates his advantage.} 34. Kxf1
Ng3+ 35. Ke1 Nxe4 36. Ba5 $2 (36. h4 $1 {hampers the advance of black pawns on
the kingside.}) 36... g5 $1 37. Ke2 Kh7 38. Ne1 f5 39. Nd3 g4 $1 40. hxg4 fxg4
41. b4 cxb4 42. Nxb4 ({Or} 42. Bxb4 Bxb4 43. Nxb4 a5) 42... f3+ $1 43. gxf3
gxf3+ 44. Kxf3 Nd2+ 45. Ke2 Nxc4 46. Nc6 Kg6 47. Bd8 Kf5 48. Kd3 Ne5+ 49. Kd4
Nxc6+ 50. dxc6 Ke6 51. Bg5 Ba3 $5 {Geller has to play the ending carefully.} (
51... a5 $2 52. Kc4 a4 53. Bd2 a3 54. Kb3 {makes the a-pawn too vulnerable.})
52. Bf4 Bb4 53. Kc4 Be7 54. Kb3 g5 55. Bg3 Bc5 56. Kc4 Be3 57. Kb4 Bb6 $1 58.
Kc4 Ke7 $1 59. Be5 Be3 60. Kb4 (60. Kd5 Bf4 $1 {also wins for Black.}) 60...
Bf4 61. Bd4 Kd6 62. Ka5 Kxc6 63. Kxa6 g4 64. Bf2 Kd5 65. Kb5 Ke4 66. Kc4 Kf3
67. Bh4 Be3 68. Kd3 Bf2 69. Be7 g3 70. Bd6 g2 71. Bh2 Bb6 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch27"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B44"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. Bf4 Ne5 $6 7. c4 ({The
best answer to the strange novelty is given by} 7. N1a3 $1 Nf6 8. Bxe5 dxe5 9.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Rd1+ {(Boleslavsky).}) 7... a6 8. N5c3 Nf6 9. Be2 Be7 10. O-O
O-O 11. Nd2 b6 12. Be3 Bb7 13. f4 Ng6 14. Qb3 Nd7 15. f5 Bg5 16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17.
fxg6 Qxd2 18. gxf7+ Rxf7 19. Rxf7 Kxf7 20. Rd1 Qe3+ 21. Kh1 Qc5 22. Na4 $1 Qa5
$2 {Taimanov misses Geller's impressive response.} (22... Qc6 $1 23. Bf3 Ne5 $1
24. Nxb6 Rf8 $1 {gives Black counter-play for a pawn.}) 23. c5 $3 Re8 ({A
pointe is} 23... Nxc5 24. Rf1+ Kg8 25. Qf3 {(after Geller).}) 24. Nxb6 Nxb6 ({
Or} 24... Nxc5 25. Qf3+ Kg8 26. Rf1 $1) 25. cxb6 Bxe4 26. Bf3 Bxf3 27. Qxf3+
Qf5 28. Rxd6 Rc8 29. Qxf5+ exf5 30. h3 Rb8 31. a4 Ke7 32. Rc6 a5 33. b4 axb4
34. a5 b3 35. Rc3 Kd6 36. Rxb3 Kc6 37. Re3 f4 38. Re7 Kb5 39. Ra7 g5 40. b7 h5
41. a6 {Geller had won three games in a row and neared the leaders by one
point.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch27"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. a3 $5 (12. Bf4 $1 {was played in
Szily - Paoli, Trencianske Teplice 1949.}) 12... Re8 13. Rd1 Ne4 14. Be3 Nd6 $5
15. Qf4 $6 Ne4 $1 {The white queen has been put in danger.} 16. Nb5 $2 {
Polugaevsky choses the wrong forward defence.} ({The valiant} 16. d6 $1 Nxc3
17. bxc3 Re4 18. Qg5 $1 f6 19. Qg3 Rg4 20. Qh3 {seems to draw.}) 16... Bxb2 17.
Ra2 Bg7 18. Bc4 Nf6 $1 19. Nd6 Nh5 20. Nxb7 Qc8 $1 21. Qd6 $5 (21. Nd6 $5 Qb8
$1 22. Qxf5 $1 gxf5 23. Nxe8 Qxe8 24. Bxa6 Qa4 25. Be2 Nf4 $1 {also favours
Black.}) 21... Nb8 $1 22. Bb5 Rxe3 $1 23. fxe3 Bf8 24. Qd8 Qxb7 25. Bc4 Nc6 $1
26. Qh4 Na5 27. Bf1 Qb3 28. Rad2 Qxe3+ 29. Kh1 Be7 30. Qa4 Qc3 31. d6 Bf6 32.
d7 Rd8 33. Re2 Kg7 34. Kg1 Qb3 35. Qxb3 Nxb3 36. h3 Ng3 37. Re3 Nxf1 38. Rxb3
Bc2 {Kortschnoj and Petrosian led by a score of 71/2/10.} 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch27"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A17"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bxc3 7. dxc3 b6 8.
Bd3 Bb7 9. Qe2 Be4 10. Rd1 Nc6 11. Ne1 d6 12. Bxe4 Nxe4 13. f3 Nf6 14. e4 Ne8
15. f4 Qe7 16. Qf3 Rd8 17. b3 Qb7 18. g4 Ne7 19. Be3 $4 Nf6 $1 {White has to
lose a pawn.} 20. Ng2 Qxe4 21. Qe2 h5 22. h3 hxg4 23. hxg4 Qg6 24. g5 Ne4 25.
Rd3 Ng3 26. Qd1 Qh7 27. Kf2 Ne4+ 28. Kg1 f6 29. Qg4 Qf5 $6 (29... Kf7 $1 30.
Rad1 Rh8 {wins quickly.}) 30. Qxf5 Nxf5 31. Re1 fxg5 32. Bc1 $1 Nfg3 $2 33.
fxg5 $2 e5 $2 ({Black misses the correct} 33... d5 {again.}) 34. Rde3 d5 35.
cxd5 Rxd5 36. Rxe4 Nxe4 37. Rxe4 Rd1+ 38. Re1 Rxe1+ 39. Nxe1 Rd8 40. Kf2 Rd1
41. Be3 Kf7 42. Nf3 Ke6 {Petrosian led 1/2 point before Kortschnoj.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch27"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Bc4 b5 $1 {
Polugaevsky has prepared a sharp novelty.} ({He diverts from the usual} 7...
Be7) 8. Bb3 Be7 9. Qf3 $5 {Lutikov gives the sharpest answer.} Qc7 10. O-O Nbd7
11. Rad1 O-O 12. e5 $2 {White expects to start a wild attack.} dxe5 $1 (12...
Bb7 13. exd6 Bxd6 14. Qh3 b4 {slightly favours Black.}) 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Qxa8
Bb7 15. Bxe6+ Kh8 16. Rxd7 $2 ({Right is} 16. Qxb7 Qxb7 17. Bxd7 b4 {and Black
assaults.}) 16... Nxd7 17. Qxb7 Qxb7 18. Bxe7 Re8 19. Bd5 Qc7 20. Bh4 Nb6 21.
Be4 Nc4 22. Re1 Nxb2 23. Re3 Qd7 24. h3 Qd4 25. Kh2 b4 26. Ne2 Qc4 27. Ng3 Nd1
28. Rf3 Nc3 29. Re3 Nxe4 30. Rxe4 Qxc2 31. Rxb4 Qxf2 32. Rg4 Qxa2 33. Nf5 Qe6
34. Nxg7 Qxg4 $1 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch27"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Black "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D48"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
a6 9. e4 c5 10. d5 e5 11. b3 c4 12. bxc4 Bb4 $5 13. Bb2 $5 bxc4 14. Bc2 $1 Rb8
15. O-O Qa5 16. Ne2 $5 (16. Qe1 {will be played in Vukic - Ciric, Zemun 1980.})
16... c3 $1 17. Bc1 Qc7 18. Ng3 O-O 19. Nh4 Nb6 20. Nhf5 Bxf5 $2 ({Better is
the immediate} 20... Nc4) 21. Nxf5 Nc4 22. Bg5 Ne8 23. Qd3 Rb6 ({More useful is
} 23... f6 $1) 24. Bb3 $1 {White fights on both flanks.} Nb2 $2 (24... Ned6 $1
25. Ne7+ Kh8 26. Nc6 Nd2 {continues the battle.}) 25. Qf3 Kh8 26. Rac1 Qd7 ({Or
} 26... Nd6 27. Nxg7 $1 Rg8 28. Nh5 $1) 27. Rxc3 $1 Rg6 28. Bc1 Bxc3 29. Qxc3
Na4 30. Qb4 Nd6 31. Bxa4 Qc8 32. Ba3 Rd8 33. Rc1 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch27"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 {Tigran wants to draw.} Nxc3
6. dxc3 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 f6 8. Be3 e5 9. Bc4 Nd7 10. Nd2 Bc5 11. Ke2 Bxe3 12. Kxe3
Nb6 {Petrosian kept the lead.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch27"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. Ne2 d5 3. e5 c5 4. d4 Nc6 5. c3 e6 6. Nd2 Nge7 $5 7. Nf3 cxd4 $6 ({
Preferable is} 7... Nf5 $1 {(Rossetto - Garcia, Fortaleza 1963).}) 8. Nexd4 $1
Ng6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bd3 Qc7 11. Qe2 f6 $5 12. exf6 gxf6 13. Nd4 Kf7 $1 14. f4
c5 15. Qh5 $2 (15. Nb5 Qb6 16. c4 {keeps a plus.}) 15... cxd4 $1 {Tigran
starts a devastating counteraction.} 16. Bxg6+ hxg6 17. Qxh8 dxc3 $1 18. Qh7+
Bg7 19. Be3 (19. O-O cxb2 20. Bxb2 Ba6 {also wins for Black.}) 19... cxb2 20.
Rd1 Ba6 21. f5 exf5 22. Qh3 Qc2 23. Qf3 Bc4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch27"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. e4 O-O 7. Bf4 a6 8. a4 Nh5
9. Bg5 Qb6 10. Qc1 e5 11. a5 Qc7 12. Be2 Nd7 13. g3 Rb8 14. Nh4 Ndf6 15. Ng2 b6
16. axb6 Rxb6 17. O-O Re8 18. Bd2 Bd7 19. Bd1 Reb8 20. b3 Bc8 21. Ra3 Qd7 22.
f3 Ne8 23. Qc2 Qh3 24. Be2 Nhf6 25. Nd1 Qd7 26. Nf2 Qe7 27. Bd3 Qf8 28. Ba5
R6b7 29. Bc3 Nh5 30. Be2 Nhf6 31. Rb1 Re7 32. Nd3 Nd7 33. Rf1 f5 $6 34. b4 Rf7
35. bxc5 dxc5 $2 ({Better is} 35... fxe4 $1 36. fxe4 Rxf1+ 37. Bxf1 Nxc5) 36.
exf5 gxf5 37. f4 $1 Qe7 $2 38. fxe5 Nxe5 39. Nxe5 Bxe5 40. Bxe5 Qxe5 41. Re3
1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch27"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qa4+ Nbd7 $6 5. Nc3 e6 6. e4 c5 $6 7. d5 $1
exd5 8. e5 $1 d4 9. Bxc4 $5 dxc3 10. exf6 Qxf6 11. Bg5 Qc6 (11... Qf5 {lost in
Lundin - Lasker, Vienna 1951.}) (11... Qb6 $1 {seems to be better, but} 12. O-O
$1 f6 13. Rfe1+ Kd8 14. bxc3 $1 fxg5 15. Nxg5 Kc7 16. Rad1 $1 Nf6 17. Nf7 Rg8
18. Ne5 {wins for White.}) 12. O-O-O $3 {Taimanov plays a great move.} cxb2+
13. Kxb2 Be7 14. Rhe1 f6 ({The pointe is} 14... Qxa4 15. Rxe7+ Kf8 16. Rxf7+
Kg8 17. Rfxd7+) 15. Bb5 Qb6 16. Kc1 fxg5 17. Bxd7+ Kf8 18. Rxe7 $1 Kxe7 19.
Qe4+ Kd8 20. Bf5+ Kc7 21. Qe5+ Kc6 22. Rd6+ Kb5 23. Qb2+ ({White mates by} 23.
Qb2+ Ka6 24. Qa3+ Kb5 25. Nd4+ $1 cxd4 26. Bd3#) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch27"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A64"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 e6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 d6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nd2 a6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. h3 Rb8 13. Nc4 Nb6 14. Na3 Bd7 15. a5
Nc8 16. Nc4 Qc7 17. Re1 Bb5 18. Qb3 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Nd7 20. Qh4 b6 21. axb6 Rxb6
22. Ra4 Ne7 23. Qc4 Qb7 24. Ne4 Nf6 25. e3 Nf5 26. Nd2 Nd7 27. Rd1 Rb5 28. Ra2
a5 29. Qa4 Rb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch27"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E55"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
b6 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Rd1 Nbd7 $5 11. d5 $1 Bxc3 $2 (11... exd5 {avoids the next
problems.}) 12. dxe6 $1 Ba5 13. exd7 Qc7 14. e4 Nxd7 15. Ng5 Rad8 16. Bxf7+ $6
{Polugaevsky strikes and Petrosian fails.} (16. Qh5 $1 Nf6 17. Bf4 $1 Qe7 (
17... Qxf4 18. Qxf7+ $1) 18. Bxf7+ $1 Kh8 19. Qh3 Bxe4 20. Bb3 {gains an edge.}
) 16... Rxf7 17. Ne6 $6 Qc8 18. Nxd8 Ba6 $2 {White gets the time to support
the e-pawn.} ({Right is} 18... Qxd8 19. e5 $1 Qe8 20. e6 $1 Rf6 21. e7 (21.
exd7 Qxe2 22. d8=Q+ Rf8) 21... Rg6 22. f3 Kf7 $1 23. Qc4+ Kxe7 {and Black has
acquired an advantage by a daring defence.}) 19. Qe3 Re7 20. Qb3+ c4 21. Qa3
Nc5 22. Be3 Rxe4 23. Bxc5 Qxc5 24. Qf3 {Petrosian and Kortschnoj had achieved
10/14. Geller followed by half-a-point.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch27"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D22"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. O-O a6 7. Qe2 Nc6 8. Rd1
Bd6 9. h3 Bh5 10. e4 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 e5 12. Qg3 Qe7 $6 ({Preferable is} 12... O-O
$1 13. d5 Nd4) 13. d5 Nd4 14. Nc3 g6 $2 15. Bg5 $1 {The pin becomes fatal.} Qd8
16. Qh4 Be7 17. f4 Nc2 (17... Ng8 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Qf2 $1 f6 20. fxe5 fxe5 21.
d6 $1 {brings White a decisive advantage.}) 18. fxe5 Nd7 ({Or} 18... Nxa1 19.
d6 $1 cxd6 20. exf6) 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Qxe7+ Kxe7 21. d6+ Kf8 22. dxc7 Nxe5 23.
Rac1 Nb4 24. Nd5 Nbc6 25. Nb6 Ke7 26. Bd5 Rac8 27. Bxc6 bxc6 28. Rc5 f6 29.
Nxc8+ Rxc8 30. Ra5 Rxc7 31. Rxa6 Rb7 32. b3 h5 33. Kf2 h4 34. Ke3 g5 35. Ra8 c5
36. Rc8 Ra7 37. Rd2 Ra5 38. Rc2 c4 39. bxc4 Ra3+ 40. Ke2 Rg3 {Spassky had an
off-day.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch27"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C61"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. O-O c6 6. Ba4 Bc5 7. c3 Ne7 8.
d3 O-O 9. Nd2 dxc3 10. bxc3 d5 11. d4 Bb6 12. Ba3 Re8 13. Bc2 Bc7 14. e5 Nf5
15. Qb1 g6 16. Re1 Rb8 17. Nf3 Be6 18. Qc1 f6 $4 ({Correct is} 18... Nh4 19.
Qf4 Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3 Qh4) 19. g4 $1 Ng7 20. Qh6 $1 {Black has no adequate
defence against the threat exf6 Qxf6 and Ng5.} Rf8 21. Bxf8 Qxf8 22. exf6 Qxf6
23. Ng5 Re8 24. Qxh7+ Kf8 25. Qxg6 Qf4 26. Nh7+ Kg8 27. Nf6+ Kf8 28. Qxg7+ $1
1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch27"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nb5 Qb8 6. g3 a6 7. N5c3 e6 8.
Bg2 Nf6 9. O-O Be7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Rd8 12. Nd2 b5 13. h3 Bb7 14. f4 d5 15.
e5 Ne4 16. Ncxe4 dxe4 17. Qe2 Qa7+ 18. Kh2 e3 19. Nf3 b4 20. Rfe1 Bc5 21. Rad1
a5 22. Ng5 h6 23. Ne4 Nd4 24. Bxd4 Bxd4 25. Nd6 Ba6 26. Qh5 Bc3 27. Bxa8 {
Kortschnoj touched bishop a6 and ceded. Geller could take the lead.} (27. Bxa8
Bxe1 28. Rxe1 Rxa8 29. Qf3 e2 {brings chances for both parties.}) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch27"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C36"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Bd6 5. Nc3 $5 Ne7 6. d4 O-O 7. Bd3 Nd7 $5
8. O-O h6 $6 {Bronstein weakens his kingside.} ({Spassky prefers} 8... Nf6 $5
9. Ne5 Nfxd5 10. Nxd5 Nxd5) 9. Ne4 $1 Nxd5 10. c4 Ne3 11. Bxe3 fxe3 12. c5 Be7
13. Bc2 Re8 14. Qd3 e2 $6 ({Right is the direct} 14... Nf8 $1 {(Spassky).}) 15.
Nd6 $5 (15. Rf2 {allows} Nf8 $1 16. Ne5 Be6) 15... Nf8 $2 ({Boris expected} 
15... exf1=Q+ 16. Rxf1 Bxd6 17. Qh7+ Kf8 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Qh8+ Ke7 20. Re1+
Ne5 21. Qxg7 {and an unclear position.}) 16. Nxf7 $3 exf1=Q+ 17. Rxf1 Bf5 ({
The pointe is} 17... Kxf7 18. Ne5+ Kg8 19. Qh7+ $1 Nxh7 20. Bb3+ Kh8 21. Ng6#)
18. Qxf5 Qd7 19. Qf4 Bf6 20. N3e5 Qe7 21. Bb3 $1 Bxe5 22. Nxe5+ $1 {
'Kronsteen' ends the game quickly in a scene of 'From Russia with love'.} Kh7
23. Qe4+ $1 {I had the pleasure to analyse this game with Boris at my home.} ({
Notice} 23. Qe4+ g6 24. Rxf8 $1 Rxf8 25. Qxg6+ Kh8 26. Qxh6+ Qh7 27. Ng6#) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch27"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D32"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. Be2 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. b3 a6 11. Na4 Ba7 12. Bb2 Ne4 13. Rc1 Bg4 $5 ({Known is} 
13... Be6 {(Gufeld - Lenchiner, Kiev 1958).}) 14. Nc3 Be6 $5 15. Bd3 Nf6 $6 (
15... Ng5 $1 {exchanges a potential attacker.}) 16. Ne2 $1 Rc8 17. Nf4 Re8 $2 (
17... Ne4 $5 {closes the centre.}) 18. Ng5 $1 d4 19. Qc2 $2 {White should
first make a preparatory move.} (19. Nfxe6 $1 fxe6 20. Qc2 $1 Ne5 21. Bxh7+ Kh8
22. Qe2 $1 {gains an advantage.}) 19... Ne5 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. Qb1 Rxc1 22. Rxc1
Nfg4 23. Nfxe6 fxe6 24. Bg8 $2 (24. Nh3 $1 dxe3 25. f3 e2+ 26. Kh1 Rf8 27. Be4
Qd2 28. Bc3 Qf4 $1 29. Nxf4 Nf2+ {leads to perpetual check.}) 24... g6 $4 {
Krogius misses the opportunity to win and loses instead.} ({Correct is} 24...
d3 $1 25. Bxe5 Qxg5 {and Black wins a piece.}) 25. Nf7+ Nxf7 26. Bxf7 Qh4 27.
Qxg6 Qxf2+ 28. Kh1 Qxb2 29. Qh5+ Kg7 30. Qxg4+ Kxf7 31. Rc7+ Re7 32. Qh5+ Kf6
33. Qh6+ Kf5 34. g4+ Kxg4 35. Qf4+ Kh5 36. Rxe7 Qb1+ 37. Kg2 Qg6+ 38. Kh3 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch27"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Liberzon, Vladimir"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B93"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. O-O b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. Qe1 g6 12. Qh4 Bg7 13. Kh1 O-O 14. fxe5 dxe5 15.
Bh6 Nh5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Ng5 Ndf6 18. Rf3 h6 19. Nh3 Rad8 20. Raf1 Qd6 21. Nd1
$6 (21. g4 $1 {keeps the initiative.}) 21... Qb6 22. Ne3 $6 Rd4 $1 23. Nf2 Qd8
24. Kg1 Nf4 $1 25. g3 Ne6 26. c3 Ng5 27. Rxf6 $5 Qxf6 28. Be2 Rd6 29. Nfg4 {
The white attack lacks strength.} Qe7 30. Qxh6+ Kg8 31. Qh4 Bxe4 32. Qh6 f5 33.
Nc4 $2 {Geller remained half-a-point ahead of Kortschnoj and Petrosian.} 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch27"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

{The decisive game of the tournament was played in the penultimate round.
Although Geller led, he did not play prudently in the following great battle.} 
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 Bf5 6. Nc3 dxe5 7. fxe5 e6 8. Nf3
Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O f6 $5 ({Theory is} 10... Nc6 11. Be3 $1 f6 12. exf6 Bxf6
{(Feldman - Kortschnoj, Leningrad 1953).}) 11. Bf4 $6 (11. Be3 $1 {transposes
to the theoretical line.}) 11... Nc6 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. d5 $6 ({Better is the
humble retreat} 13. Be3 $1) 13... Na5 14. Ne5 Bxe5 $6 {Kortschnoj expects to
win a pawn.} ({Better is} 14... exd5 15. cxd5 Qe7 $1) 15. Bxe5 Naxc4 16. Bxc4
Nxc4 17. Bxg7 $1 {But Viktor had missed this move.} Ne3 18. Qe2 Nxf1 19. Bxf8
Nxh2 $1 {The desperado knight reminds of a bandit rook in the famous match
game Tarrasch - Lasker, Düsseldorf 1908.} 20. Bc5 Ng4 21. dxe6 Qh4 22. e7 Qh2+
23. Kf1 Qf4+ 24. Kg1 (24. Ke1 Qg3+ 25. Kd2 Qf4+ 26. Ke1 {draws (Kortschnoj).})
24... Re8 25. Qf3 Qh2+ 26. Kf1 Qh5 27. Qd5+ $2 {Geller spoils his championship.
} (27. Kg1 $1 Qh2+ 28. Kf1 Qh5 {draws by a repetition of positions.}) 27... Kg7
28. Qd4+ Kg6 29. Ne2 Qh1+ 30. Ng1 $6 (30. Qg1 $1 Qxg1+ 31. Kxg1 b6 $1 32. Ba3
Ne3 $1 {(Kortschnoj)} 33. Rc1 $1 c5 $1 34. b4 Nc2 35. g4 Be4 36. Nc3 Nxa3 37.
Nxe4 Rxe7 38. Nd6 cxb4 {leads to the win of pawns.}) 30... b6 $1 31. Qd8 Nf6
32. Ba3 Be4 33. Qd2 c5 34. b4 c4 35. b5 Bd3+ {Petrosian drew against Bagirov.
Therefore Viktor Kortschnoj took the lead.} 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch27"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Sakharov, Yury"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. d3 e6 7. Bd2 (7. g3 Bb4
8. Bd2 d4 9. Nb1 {leads to an opening, applied by Fischer in 1959.}) 7... Be7
$5 8. g3 O-O 9. Bg2 Na6 10. Qe2 Nb4 11. Bc1 Qa5 12. O-O dxe4 ({Simagin has no
stomach for} 12... d4 13. Nb1 Nxa2) 13. dxe4 Qa6 14. Re1 Qxe2 15. Rxe2 e5 16.
a3 Na6 17. f4 Nd7 18. f5 Rfd8 19. Kh2 b5 20. h4 Nb6 21. b3 Nc5 22. Be3 a5 23.
Rf1 Ncd7 24. Bc1 $6 ({Better is} 24. a4 b4 25. Nb1) 24... a4 25. b4 Nc4 26. Rf3
Nf6 27. Kh3 h5 28. Rd3 Rab8 29. Bf3 Rd4 30. Nb1 $6 (30. Re1 Rbd8 31. Red1 {
guards the d-file.}) 30... c5 $1 31. Rxd4 cxd4 32. Re1 Rc8 33. Bg5 g6 34. fxg6
fxg6 35. Be2 Kf7 $1 {White has positional problems.} 36. Bxf6 $2 (36. c3 $1 Ke6
37. cxd4 exd4 38. Bf4 {secures the white position properly.}) 36... Bxf6 37.
Bd3 Ke7 38. Rd1 Nb2 39. Rf1 Nxd3 40. cxd3 Bg7 41. g4 hxg4+ 42. Kxg4 Bh6 43. h5
gxh5+ 44. Kxh5 Bf4 45. Rd1 Rh8+ 46. Kg4 Rh2 47. Kf3 Kf6 48. Kg4 Rc2 49. Kh5 Rc1
$1 50. Rxc1 Bxc1 51. Kg4 Kg6 52. Kh4 Be3 53. Kg4 Bg5 54. Kg3 Kh5 55. Kf3 Bf4
56. Ke2 Kg4 57. Nd2 Bxd2 $1 {White loses by zugzwang.} 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch27"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Black "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. exd5 cxd5 6. g4 Bg6 7. Bb5+ Nc6 8.
Ne5 Rc8 9. d4 e6 10. Qe2 Bb4 $5 (10... Bd6 {was played in round twelve 
(Gurgenidze - Liberzon).}) 11. h4 Qb6 $6 ({Theory will become} 11... Nge7 $1
12. h5 Be4 {(Grefe - Commons, Oberlin 1975).}) 12. a3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Nge7 14.
h5 Be4 15. f3 f6 16. Nxc6 $6 (16. h6 $1 fxe5 17. fxe4 g6 18. exd5 exd5 19. Qxe5
Rf8 20. Rb1 {gains an edge.}) 16... bxc6 17. Ba6 Bxf3 $1 18. Qxf3 Qxa6 19. h6
Rg8 20. hxg7 Rxg7 21. Qxf6 Rg6 $1 {A crucial position has been reached. White
plays for a win but loses.} 22. Qh8+ $2 (22. Qf3 Rg7 23. Qf6 {leads to a
perpetual.}) 22... Kd7 23. Qxh7 c5 24. g5 cxd4 25. Rh6 Rf8 $1 26. Rh1 d3 27.
cxd3 Qxd3 28. Bd2 Rf2 $1 29. O-O-O Rxd2 30. Rxd2 Qxc3+ 31. Rc2 Qxa3+ 32. Kb1 e5
33. Rb2 Qd3+ 34. Rc2 Rb6+ 35. Kc1 Qe3+ 36. Rd2 Ra6 $2 37. Rh3 $2 (37. Qh3+ $1
Qxh3 38. Rxh3 {escapes.}) 37... Rc6+ 38. Kd1 Qg1+ 39. Ke2 Qg2+ 40. Ke3 d4+ {
Bagirov became fourth.} 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch27"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Suetin, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Nd4 Qd7 12. f3 $5 Nc5 13. Bc2 f6 14. exf6 Bxf6
15. Nxe6 Qxe6 16. Qxe6+ Nxe6 {The fight starts in the endgame. Black controls
more territory.} 17. Bb3 Rad8 18. Rd1 Ne7 19. Nd2 $6 ({More active is} 19. Re1
$1 Rd6 20. a4) 19... Kf7 20. Rf1 c5 $1 21. f4 c4 22. Bd1 Nc6 23. Nf3 d4 24.
Ng5+ Bxg5 25. fxg5+ Ke7 26. Re1 Kd6 27. cxd4 Nexd4 28. Bd2 Rde8 29. Rc1 Kd5 30.
b3 Rxe1+ 31. Bxe1 Ne5 32. bxc4+ bxc4 33. Rb1 Rc8 34. Bc3 Nb5 35. Ba1 c3 36. a4
{Black seems to be close to a win.} Nd6 $4 ({But White survives in} 36... Na3
$1 37. Rc1 Kd4 38. Be2 a5 39. Ba6 Rc5 40. Rd1+ $1) 37. Bb3+ $1 Ke4 38. Re1+ Kf5
$6 (38... Kd3 $1 39. Rxe5 c2 40. Bxc2+ Rxc2 41. Rd5+ Ke2 {fights for survival.}
) 39. Bc2+ Ke6 40. Bb3+ Kf5 41. Bc2+ Ke6 42. Re3 Ndc4 43. Rxc3 Rd8 44. h3 g6
45. Bb3 Kf5 46. Kh2 Rc8 47. Rc2 Rc6 48. Re2 Rb6 49. Bc2+ Ke6 50. Bd4 Rd6 51.
Bc3 Rb6 52. Kg3 Kd5 53. Kf4 Nc6 54. Re1 Rb7 55. Be4+ Kc5 56. Rc1 Rb3 57. Bg7
Nb4 $2 {Black succumbs.} 58. Bf8+ Kd4 59. Rd1+ Nd3+ 60. Rxd3+ Rxd3 61. Bg7+ {
Kortschnoj had triumphed in the last three rounds and became the champion.
Petrosian and Geller also won in the last round and shared the second and
third place. Spassky had played his famous <->From Russia with love' game.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch28"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E27"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

{Twenty players entered the final of the twenty-eighth Soviet championship
from 11 i until 11 ii 1961 in Moscow. Former world champion Smyslov and the
medal winners of the previous event Kortschnoj, Geller and Petrosian were
placed. Sixteen participants qualified in the semifinals.   Tal and Botvinnik
prepared their return match. Keres did not partake, because he was qualified
for the candidates' event. The tournament was highly important for other
players as a zonal event.   I have selected two games per round.} 1. d4 Nf6 2.
c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 O-O 6. f3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. e3 Bf5 9. Ne2
Nbd7 10. Nf4 $5 ({Usual is} 10. Ng3) 10... c5 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Re8 13. O-O
Rc8 14. Rb1 Qa5 $2 {The following tactics favour White.} 15. Rxb7 $1 Nb6 16. g4
$1 h6 17. h4 cxd4 18. g5 $1 dxe3 $2 ({Better is} 18... hxg5 19. hxg5 Rxc3 20.
Bd2 Rxd3 21. Bxa5 Rxa3 22. Bxb6 axb6 23. gxf6 dxe3 24. Nxd5 e2 25. Re1 Rxf3 {
and Black draws by the many exchanges.}) 19. gxf6 Rxc3 20. Qg6 $3 ({The pointe
is} 20. Qg6 fxg6 21. Rxg7+ Kf8 22. Nxg6#) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch28"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd2 c6 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Be2
Nc6 9. O-O Ne4 10. Rc1 Bf5 11. Qb3 e5 $1 {Black does not protect the b-pawn.}
12. Qxb7 $5 (12. dxe5 Nxd2 13. Nxd2 d4 $1 14. Nd5 dxe3 15. fxe3 Be6 {is okay
too.}) 12... Nxd2 13. Nxd2 exd4 14. Qxc6 dxc3 15. bxc3 Rc8 16. Qa4 Bxc3 17. Nb1
$6 Bb2 $5 {Black utilises a passive move by giving a pawn for the initiative.}
18. Rxc8 Qxc8 19. Qxa7 Qc2 20. Qa6 $6 (20. Bf3 $1 Bd3 21. Re1 {defends
accurately.}) 20... Bc1 $1 21. g4 $5 {White begins a counteraction.} Be4 22. f3
Qxb1 23. fxe4 Qxe4 24. Bf3 Bxe3+ 25. Kh1 Qe6 26. Qb7 Rd8 27. a4 d4 28. a5 Qc4
29. Be2 $2 ({Right is} 29. Bg2 $1) 29... d3 $1 30. Qe7 Rf8 $1 31. Bf3 Bc5 32.
Qd7 ({Or} 32. Qe5 d2 $1 33. Be2 Qa4 34. Qxc5 Qe4+ 35. Bf3 d1=Q) 32... d2 33.
Rd1 Bb4 34. Qa4 Qc3 35. Bd5 Rd8 36. Qa2 Qe5 37. Bf3 Bxa5 38. Qc4 Re8 39. Qd3
Qf4 40. Kg2 Re3 41. Qd5 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch28"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D28"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bd3
cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Bg5 Nd5 $6 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Be4 Nf6 14. Bxb7
Qxb7 15. d5 $1 {White gives a pawn for the initiative.} Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17.
Rfd1 Qb7 18. Ng5 O-O 19. Qd3 g6 20. Qh3 h5 21. g4 $5 Qe7 22. Qg2 $1 Nc6 $1 {
Black returns the extra pawn.} 23. gxh5 Rad8 24. Kh1 Qf6 $5 (24... Ne5 $1 {
equalises.}) 25. hxg6 fxg6 26. Qxc6 Qxg5 27. Qxe6+ Kg7 28. Rac1 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1
Rf7 $6 (29... Rxf2 30. Rd7+ Kf8 31. Qd6+ Ke8 {draws, but looks dangerous in
practice.}) 30. Qe2 Qf4 31. Rd2 Rc7 32. Qe3 Qxe3 33. fxe3 Kf6 34. Kg2 $5 Ke5
35. Kf3 {White has an extra pawn in the ending.} Rf7+ 36. Kg4 Rf1 37. Rg2 Kf6
$6 (37... Rf5 $1 38. Rc2 Ke4 39. Rc6 Rf2 $1 {holds the position.}) 38. h4 b4
39. Rc2 a5 40. b3 Rg1+ 41. Kf3 Rh1 42. Rc6+ Kg7 43. Ra6 Rh3+ 44. Ke4 $1 Rxh4+
45. Kd3 Rh5 46. e4 Kf7 $6 47. Kd4 Rb5 48. e5 g5 49. Rf6+ $6 Ke7 $1 50. Rg6 Rb8
51. Kc5 {Black has a complicated escape.} Rc8+ $2 ({Right is} 51... Rf8 $1 52.
Kb5 Rf5 53. Kxa5 Rf7 54. Rh6 Rf4 $1) 52. Kb5 Rc2 53. Kxa5 Rxa2+ 54. Kxb4 Rg2
55. Kc5 g4 56. b4 g3 57. b5 Rc2+ 58. Kb6 g2 59. e6 Kd6 60. Ka6 Ra2+ 61. Kb7 Rb2
62. b6 Ke7 63. Kc7 Rc2+ 64. Kb8 Ra2 65. b7 Rb2 66. Kc7 Rc2+ 67. Kb6 Rb2+ 68.
Kc6 $1 Rc2+ 69. Kd5 $1 Rd2+ 70. Kc4 $1 Rd8 ({The pointe is} 70... Rb2 71. Rxg2
$1) 71. Kc5 {Kortschnoj made a great start in the event.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch28"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Bb4 8. e5
Nfd7 9. Qg4 Bf8 10. f4 g6 $5 11. b3 Na6 12. a3 Nc7 13. h4 h5 14. Qe2 Be7 15.
Bb2 a6 16. Nd1 a5 $5 17. O-O a4 18. b4 Nb5 19. Ne3 Qb6 20. Qd3 O-O-O 21. Kh2
Qa7 22. Rac1 Nb6 23. Rfd1 Kb8 24. Qe2 d4 $2 {Doubling of rooks on the d-file
would have prepared the pawn advance.} 25. c4 $1 {White opens the position.}
dxe3 $2 (25... Nc7 26. c5 dxe3 27. cxb6 Qxb6 28. dxe3 Nb5 {activates the black
queen.}) 26. cxb5 Rxd2 27. Rxd2 exd2 28. Qxd2 cxb5 29. Bd4 $1 Rc8 30. Rxc8+
Kxc8 31. Qe3 Bd8 32. Qc3+ Kb8 33. Qc5 Qa6 34. Qf8 Kc8 35. Qxf7 Nd7 36. Qxg6 Bb6
37. Bb2 Bd8 38. Qxh5 Qb6 39. Qf3 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch28"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bh4 Na6 10. Nd2 Qd7 11. a3 Nh7 12. f3 f5 13. b4 axb4 $6 (13... Ng5 $1 {
moves on the right flank.}) 14. axb4 Rb8 15. Rb1 Nf6 16. Bf2 Qe7 17. c5 Kh7 18.
cxd6 cxd6 19. O-O f4 $6 {Black plays passively.} (19... Nh5 {is okay.}) 20. Nc4
Nc7 21. Nb6 g5 22. Ra1 Rg8 23. Kh1 Bd7 24. Nxd7 Qxd7 25. Na4 Bf8 26. Nb6 Qg7
27. g4 $5 h5 $6 (27... fxg3 28. hxg3 g4 $1 {gives counter- play.}) 28. h3 Rh8
29. Kg2 Kg8 30. Rh1 hxg4 31. hxg4 Rxh1 32. Qxh1 Nd7 33. Qc1 Nxb6 34. Bxb6 Na8
35. Ba7 Rd8 36. Bb5 Be7 37. Bf2 Kf7 38. Qc2 Rh8 39. Rh1 Rxh1 40. Kxh1 Qh8+ 41.
Kg2 Qb8 42. Bd7 Nc7 43. Qc1 Na6 44. Qh1 Kg7 45. Bf5 Qh8 46. Qb1 Qe8 47. Qh1 Qh8
48. Qa1 $1 Qb8 $2 ({Not} 48... Nxb4 $2 49. Qb1) ({Right is} 48... Qe8 $1 {and
the beleaguerment continues.}) 49. Qa4 $1 Kf8 50. Qd7 $1 Nxb4 51. Qe6 Qc7 52.
Bh7 Ke8 53. Bg6+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch28"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd2 Nc6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bb5 Nxc3 9. Bxc3 Qd5 10. Qe2 Bg4 11. O-O a6 12. Ba4 Rfd8 13. Rfc1 Rac8 14. h3
Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Qxf3 16. gxf3 Nb8 $1 {A piece retreats if it avoids a weakening
of the pawn structure, Steinitz taught us.} 17. Rc2 Rd5 18. Rac1 c6 19. Bb3 Rh5
$5 20. Kg2 Nd7 21. a4 e6 22. Bd2 Rd8 23. f4 c5 $6 {Opening of the position
helps White.} 24. dxc5 Rxc5 25. Bb4 Rxc2 26. Rxc2 Bf8 27. Bxf8 Kxf8 28. Rc7 b6
29. Bc4 a5 30. Rc6 Rb8 31. Bb5 Rb7 32. Kf3 Ke7 33. e4 Nf6 34. Rc8 Nd7 35. e5 g5
$6 36. Rg8 $6 (36. Bc6 $1 Ra7 37. Bxd7 Rxd7 38. fxg5 {takes the initiative.})
36... gxf4 37. Kxf4 Nf8 38. Ke4 Rc7 39. Rg3 $2 Rc2 40. f4 $6 {Errors are made
before the time control.} ({Better is} 40. Rc3 Rxf2 41. Rc8 f5+ 42. exf6+ Rxf6
43. Rc7+) 40... Rxb2 41. Rc3 Rb4+ 42. Ke3 $6 (42. Kf3 $1 Ng6 43. Rc7+ Kf8 44.
Rc4 Rb3+ 45. Kg4 $1 {defends subtly.}) 42... Ng6 43. Rc8 f5 44. Rc7+ Kf8 45.
Bc4 $5 {White gives a pawn for a counteraction.} Rxa4 46. Bxe6 Re4+ 47. Kd2 $1
Nxf4 48. Bxf5 Re2+ 49. Kc3 $5 {He keeps his king in the central area.} Nd5+ 50.
Kd3 Rxe5 $1 51. Rc8+ Kg7 52. Be4 Nf4+ 53. Kd4 Re7 54. Rb8 Ne2+ 55. Kd3 Nc1+ 56.
Kd4 Ne2+ 57. Kd3 Nc1+ 58. Kd4 Nb3+ 59. Kd5 Nc5 60. Bb1 Nd7 61. Rd8 Nf6+ 62. Kc6
Re6+ 63. Kb7 $2 {Smyslov gets a winning position at last.} (63. Kb5 $1 Re3 64.
Bc2 $1 {stops the advance of the pawns.}) 63... b5 $1 64. Ra8 a4 65. Ra5 Nd5 $1
66. Rxb5 Nc3 67. Rg5+ Kh6 68. Rg1 a3 69. Bd3 Re3 70. Bc4 Re4 71. Bg8 Re7+ 72.
Kb6 Rg7 $1 73. Rc1 Rxg8 74. Rxc3 Ra8 $1 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch28"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A55"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. e4 e5 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Be3
Re8 $6 9. d5 $1 Ng4 10. Bd2 Ngf6 $5 11. b4 c5 12. a3 a5 13. bxa5 Rxa5 {Furman
will make little progress, because Spassky defends a fortress.} 14. Ne1 Rf8 15.
Nc2 Ne8 16. Ne3 g6 17. Bg4 Ng7 18. Qc2 Ra6 19. a4 Bg5 20. Bh3 $5 f5 $1 21. exf5
gxf5 22. f4 $5 exf4 ({A material win by} 22... Bxf4 $2 23. Nxf5 Nxf5 24. Bxf5
Rxf5 $1 25. Qxf5 Bxd2 26. Qf7+ Kh8 27. Ne4 {allows a white attack.}) 23. Ned1
$2 (23. Nxf5 $1 Ne5 24. Nxg7 Bxh3 25. Ne6 Bxe6 26. dxe6 Qe8 $1 {brings chances
for both players.}) 23... Ne5 $6 24. Nb2 $6 Nh5 $6 25. Kh1 $6 Qf6 $6 26. Ne2 $6
f3 $1 {Black finds the right move at last.} 27. gxf3 Bxd2 28. Qxd2 Qh4 {Furman
misses a fine trick.} 29. Ng1 $2 {Hereafter, White is lost.} ({Right is} 29.
Qe1 $1 Qxh3 30. Ng1 Ng3+ 31. Qxg3+ Qxg3 32. hxg3 f4 $1 {and the black attack
only continues.}) 29... Nf4 30. Qf2 Qh6 $1 31. Qd2 Rf6 $1 32. Bg2 Rb6 33. Rf2
Qh4 34. Bf1 Rg6 35. Nd1 Qg5 $1 36. Ne2 Ned3 $1 37. Ng3 Nxf2+ 38. Qxf2 h5 39. a5
Rb3 40. Qe1 h4 $1 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch28"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Qd2 Be6 $5 {Polugaevsky tries a new move against Geller's
favourite opening.} 11. f4 exf4 $6 ({Theory will become} 11... Nbd7 12. f5 Bc4
{(Ilinsky - Savon, Novgorod 1961).}) 12. Rxf4 $1 Nbd7 13. Nd4 Ne5 14. Nf5 Rac8
15. Raf1 Rfe8 16. Bd4 Bf8 $6 ({More useful is} 16... b5) 17. Bd3 Nfd7 18. Rh4
Ng6 $6 ({Better is} 18... Nc5 {and .. Ncxd3.}) 19. Rh3 Nde5 20. Qd1 b5 21. Qh5
h6 22. Rg3 Kh7 23. Nd5 $6 Bxd5 24. exd5 Nxd3 25. cxd3 Qb7 {Polugaevsky misses
baffling defences.} ({Exciting is} 25... Nf4 $5 26. Nxg7 $1 ({not} 26. Rxf4 $2
Re1+ 27. Kf2 Rf1+ $1 28. Kxf1 Qc1+) 26... Ne2+ $5 27. Qxe2 Rxe2 28. Nh5 Qe7 29.
Nf6+ Qxf6 30. Bxf6 {and White has a plus.}) 26. Kh1 Rc2 27. Ne3 Rd2 28. Ng4 Qd7
$2 ({Right is} 28... Rde2 $1 29. Be3 $1 {(Geller)} Rxb2 $1 30. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 31.
Nf6+ Kh8 32. Nxe8 Qe7 $1 {and Black fights back.}) 29. h4 Qe7 30. Re3 Qd7 ({Or
} 30... Re2 $5 31. Rf6 $1 Kg8 32. Nxh6+ $1 gxh6 33. Rxg6+ $1 {and White
crushes the defence.}) 31. Qxh6+ Kg8 32. Rxe8 {It's fine to look at this game
after 45 years.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch28"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D83"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Qb3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Nbd7 8.
Nf3 Nb6 9. O-O Nxc4 10. Qxc4 c6 11. Be5 Bh6 12. Rfd1 Be6 13. Qb4 b6 14. Qa4 Qe8
15. Rac1 Nd5 16. Nd2 Qd7 17. Qa3 Rac8 18. Ne2 a5 19. Nc4 Qa7 20. b3 Rfd8 21. h3
Qa6 22. Qb2 f6 23. Bg3 Bf7 24. Kh2 Rd7 25. Nc3 Nxc3 26. Qxc3 Rcd8 27. Rc2 e5 $6
{Both players are luring for errors. Black commits one.} ({Better is} 27... a4)
28. Rcd2 e4 29. d5 $1 {White takes the initiative.} Bxd5 30. Qxf6 Bg7 31. Qg5
Rf8 ({Kholmov prefers} 31... a4 $1) 32. Qg4 Rdf7 33. Nd6 Re7 34. Rxd5 $1 cxd5
35. Qg5 Bf6 $2 (35... Qa7 $1 36. Qxd5+ Kh8 37. Nxe4 a4 {brings a counteraction.
}) 36. Qxd5+ Kh8 37. Nxe4 Bg7 38. Nd6 Qa8 39. Qb5 Qa7 40. Nc4 {The flag fell.
White has a big positional advantage.   This game will have great consequences
for the final standings.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch28"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d5 Na5 8. e4
c5 9. Re1 e5 10. a4 Ne8 11. b3 Bd7 12. Bd2 b6 13. Bf1 Qc8 14. Nh4 Nb7 15. Bd3
a6 16. Qe2 Nc7 17. Ng2 Nd8 18. Ne3 Ne8 19. Reb1 a5 20. Bb5 Bh6 $4 {Gufeld
makes a fatal blunder.} ({Correct is} 20... f5) 21. Nf5 $1 gxf5 22. Bxh6 Ng7
23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qh5 $1 f6 ({Black has to lose a pawn due to} 24... fxe4 25.
Qg5+ Kh8 26. Qe7) 25. Bxd7 Qxd7 26. exf5 Nf7 27. Re1 Nh6 28. g4 Rg8 29. Kh1 Qe8
30. Qh4 Nf7 31. Ne4 Qe7 32. c4 Ng5 33. Re3 Nxe4 34. Rxe4 Kf8 35. Rae1 Qg7 36.
R1e3 Ra7 37. Rh3 Qg5 38. Qh6+ Qxh6 39. Rxh6 Rf7 40. Kg2 Kg7 41. Rh4 Re8 42. Re3
Rh8 43. f4 h6 44. fxe5 fxe5 45. Reh3 e4 46. Re3 Re7 47. Kg3 b5 48. axb5 a4 49.
bxa4 Ra8 50. Kf4 Rxa4 51. g5 {We follow the rise and fall of Boris Spassky in
Moscow 1961. He is rising at this stage of the tournament.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch28"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Qc7 8. f4
Nbd7 9. Kh1 b5 10. Bf3 Bb7 11. a3 Rc8 12. Qe1 Ba8 13. Be3 Be7 14. Rd1 O-O 15.
e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 Nxe5 17. Bxa8 Rxa8 18. Bf4 Bd6 19. Ndxb5 axb5 20. Rxd6 Qxd6
21. Bxe5 Qd8 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Qh4 f5 24. Qg3+ Kh8 25. Qe5+ f6 $1 26. Qxe6 Qd2
27. Qxf5 Rae8 28. g3 Re5 29. Qf2 Qd7 30. Kg1 Qe6 31. Kg2 Kg7 32. Rd1 Re8 33.
Qf3 Re7 34. Rd4 h5 35. Rd2 $2 {White allows a direct attack.} h4 $1 36. Rd4 $4
{The right defence cannot be calculated accurately under time pressure.} (36.
gxh4 $1 Kh6 37. Qf4+ Kh7 38. Rd3 Rf5 39. Qd2 Qc6+ 40. Kg1 {offers a proper
resistance.}) 36... h3+ $1 37. Kg1 Re1+ 38. Kf2 Rf1+ $1 {Black delivers mate
in one.} 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch28"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Qc7 8. f4
Be7 9. Kh1 O-O $5 {Polugaevsky likes to play sharp lines of the Sicilian
Defence.} 10. Qe1 b5 11. Bf3 Bb7 12. e5 $1 dxe5 ({The alternative is} 12... Ne8
{(Ermenkov - Ghinda, Albena 1977).}) 13. fxe5 Nfd7 14. Qg3 Kh8 ({Or} 14... Bxf3
15. Nxf3 f5 {(Vogt - Garcia Martinez, Cienfuegos 1975).}) 15. Bf4 Nc6 16. Nd5
$5 {Gufeld tries to crush the opponent.} exd5 17. Nf5 $4 ({Right is} 17. e6 $1
{(Panov)} Qd8 18. Nf5 Bf6 19. exd7 Qxd7) 17... g5 $3 18. e6 ({A point is} 18.
Bxd5 Nd4 $1 {(Haba-Mainka, Prague 1990).}) 18... Qxf4 19. Qxf4 gxf4 20. exd7
Rad8 21. Bxd5 Rxd7 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch28"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Stein, Leonid"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

{Leonid Stein was the revelation of the tournament. He conquered the future
world champion beautifully.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+
6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Nf5 8. Bd3 h5 9. Qf4 Nc6 10. Ne2 $5 ({Theory is} 10. Nf3 {
(Pietzsch, - Stoltz, Helsinki 1952).}) 10... Nce7 $6 ({An improvement will
become} 10... Nfe7 $1 {(Stein - Lein, Kiev 1964).}) 11. Ng3 Ng6 12. Qd2 Bd7 13.
Rb1 Rb8 14. O-O c4 $5 ({The retreat} 14... Nfe7 $1) 15. Be2 Nxg3 16. fxg3 h4
17. Bg4 hxg3 18. hxg3 Qe7 $6 (18... Ba4 $1 {stops the next move (Euwe).}) 19.
a4 $3 Bxa4 20. Ra1 b5 21. Ba3 Qd7 22. Rf2 Rb7 23. Raf1 Qd8 24. Qd1 Rh6 $2 {
Petrosian misses a fine chance.} ({Right is} 24... b4 $3 25. cxb4 $1 ({the
pointe is} 25. Bxb4 Qg5 $1 {and White cannot play Bc1}) 25... c3 $1 26. Bxe6
fxe6 27. Qg4 Nxe5 $1 28. Qxe6+ Re7 29. Qa6 Qd7 30. dxe5 Qc6 {and Black seems
to draw.}) 25. Bc1 Rh7 ({Or} 25... Rh8 26. Bh5 $1 {and 27. Rxf7!}) 26. Bxe6 $1
{Stein ends the game by a sacrifice.} (26. Bxe6 fxe6 27. Qg4 {wins for White 
(Euwe).}) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch28"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. d4 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e3 Be7 8. Bb5+
c6 9. Bd3 c5 $5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 $5 11. dxc5 Qxc5 $5 ({Theory will become} 11...
Bxc5 12. Bb5+ Ke7 {(Lein - Sunye Neto, Hastings 1980).}) 12. Bd2 Nc6 13. Rc1
Qd6 $2 ({Better is} 13... Qd5 $1 14. Qc2 Rc8 15. Bc3 Qh5 $1) 14. Qc2 Rc8 15.
O-O h6 (15... Ne5 16. Qa4+ Bc6 17. Bb5 {also favours White.}) 16. Rfd1 O-O 17.
Bc3 Qb8 18. Qa4 $1 {White gains a positional advantage.} Rfd8 19. Qe4 g6 20.
Qg4 h5 ({Not} 20... Kh7 $2 21. Bxg6+ $1 fxg6 22. Qxe6 {(Petrosian).}) 21. Qh3
f5 22. Bc4 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Kf7 24. e4 Qf4 25. Re1 Qg4 26. exf5 $1 Qxc4 27. fxg6+
{Tigran has a decisive attack.} Ke8 ({Petrosian has calculated} 27... Kxg6 28.
Rxe6+ Kf7 29. Rxc6 $1 Qxc6 30. Ne5+) 28. g7 e5 29. Qxh5+ Kd7 30. Rd1+ Bd6 31.
Bxe5 Nd4 32. Nxd4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch28"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 d5 $5 7. Bg5 $5 {
Spassky gives a new answer to a rare move.} c6 8. Re1 Ne4 $5 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10.
Nd2 e3 $6 ({Better is} 10... Qxd4 11. Nxe4 Qe5) 11. Bxe3 Bxd4 12. Bxd4 Qxd4 13.
c3 Qc5 14. Ne4 Qb6 15. Qd2 Bf5 16. Ng5 Rd8 $2 ({Right is} 16... f6 $1) 17. Qf4
$1 e5 $5 ({Not} 17... Qxb2 $2 18. e4 $1) 18. Qxe5 h6 19. e4 Bc8 {The sharpness
of the next move surprises.} 20. Nxf7 $1 ({Because} 20. Nf3 Qxb2 21. Rad1 $1 {
gains a positional advantage.}) 20... Kxf7 21. Re3 Kg8 ({The pointe is} 21...
Qxb2 22. Rf1 $1 Nd7 23. Rf3+) 22. Bf1 Rd7 23. Qe8+ Kg7 24. Rf3 Qc5 25. Rd1 $1
h5 26. Rxd7+ Nxd7 27. Rf7+ Kh6 28. Qh8+ Kg5 29. h4+ {Spassky won four games in
a row, scored 51/2/7 and led by one point on the field.} ({Bronstein evades} 
29. h4+ Kg4 30. Rf4#) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch28"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 Na5 7. a3 a6 8. Bd3
Nc4 9. Bxc4 Qxc4 10. Qd3 Qc7 $6 {Exchange would help Black.} 11. Nde2 b5 12.
Bf4 Qc6 13. Nd4 Qb7 14. O-O d6 15. Nb3 e5 16. Bg5 Be6 17. Na5 Qc7 18. Nd5 Bxd5
19. Qxd5 Rc8 20. Qd2 h6 21. Be3 Nf6 22. f3 Be7 23. c4 Bd8 24. b4 bxc4 25. Rac1
c3 26. Qd3 O-O 27. Rc2 Qd7 28. Nc4 d5 29. exd5 Qxd5 30. Qxc3 Be7 31. Rfc1 Qb5
32. Qb3 Rcd8 33. a4 Qd5 $5 (33... Qxb4 {would be okay.}) 34. b5 $1 e4 $5 35.
bxa6 exf3 36. Qb7 Qe6 37. Qxf3 Qxa6 38. Nb6 Rfe8 39. Rc6 Qa5 40. Bf2 Bf8 41.
Kh1 Nd5 42. Rf1 Nb4 43. Rc7 f6 44. Bg1 Rd6 $2 ({Correct is} 44... Nd3 $1) 45.
Qb3+ $1 {Suddenly Black has no good move.} Kh8 (45... Rde6 46. Re1 $1 Bd6 47.
Rc8 $1 Rxc8 48. Rxe6 {wins for White.}) 46. Qf7 $1 Rde6 47. Rc8 $1 Qe5 48. Nd7
Rxc8 49. Nxf8 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch28"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Stein, Leonid"]
[Black "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Bb7 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Nbd2 $6 {The exchange of
queens draws.} Qc7 14. Nh2 Rad8 15. Qf3 Bc8 $6 (15... Rd6 {keeps a plus.}) 16.
Ndf1 Nc4 17. Ng3 g6 $5 18. b3 Na5 19. Bh6 Rfe8 20. Nhf1 Kh8 21. Bg5 Ng8 22.
Bxe7 Qxe7 23. Ne3 Qf6 24. Qe2 Bb7 25. Rad1 Ne7 26. Rd3 Rxd3 27. Qxd3 Nec6 $6 {
A defender deserts.} ({Better is} 27... Qe6) 28. Nd5 Qd6 29. Qf3 Kg7 ({Not} 
29... f5 $2 30. exf5 $1 Ne7 31. fxg6 $1 Bxd5 32. Qh5 Nxg6 33. Rd1) 30. Rd1 Rd8
31. Qg4 {White threatens 32. Nf5+.} Qe6 $2 (31... Kh8 $1 32. Qh4 Qf8 $1 {
defends against the main dangers.}) 32. Qg5 $1 Kh8 33. Qh6 f6 34. Rd3 $1 Qf7
35. Rf3 Rd6 36. Qe3 $1 Ne7 37. Qxc5 Rd7 38. Nxf6 Rd2 39. Nd5 Nf5 40. Nxf5 Rxc2
41. Nh6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch28"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Cherepkov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. O-O Be7 7. e5 Ne4 8.
Nxd4 O-O 9. c4 Nc5 10. Bc2 d6 $5 (10... Nxe5 {was played in Alekhine -
Teichmann, Karlsbad 1911.}) 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. exd6 Bxd6 13. Qh5 g6 14. Qh6 Be6
15. Nc3 Bxc4 16. Rd1 f5 17. Bg5 Qd7 18. Qh4 Qf7 19. Rd4 Be6 20. Rad1 Rfe8 21.
Bf4 Be7 22. Bg5 $6 {Lutikov runs into tactical problems.} ({Better is} 22. Qg3
$1 Bxa2 23. Nxa2 Qxa2 24. Bxf5 Ne6 25. Bxe6+ Qxe6) 22... Bxg5 23. Qxg5 Bxa2 24.
Nxa2 Ne6 $1 25. Qd2 Nxd4 26. Qxd4 Qxa2 27. Bd3 $1 Re4 $5 28. Bxe4 fxe4 29. Qxe4
Qxb2 30. h4 $6 ({Preferable is} 30. Qe6+ $1 Kh8 31. Qe7 $1) 30... Rf8 $1 31. f3
Qf6 32. Qc4+ Rf7 33. Qxa6 Qxh4 34. Qxc6 Kg7 35. Qd5 Qf4 36. Rd4 Qe3+ 37. Kh2
Re7 38. Re4 $6 (38. Rc4 $1 {stops the extra pawn.}) 38... Rxe4 39. fxe4 Qf4+
40. g3 Qd6 $1 {Black has a won but wearisome ending.} 41. Qg5 h6 42. Qc1 c5 43.
Qc4 h5 44. Kg2 Kf6 45. Qf1+ Ke6 46. Kh3 Qc6 47. Qc4+ Ke5 48. Kh2 Qd6 49. Qa4
Qd2+ 50. Kh3 Qe1 51. Qe8+ Kd4 52. Qd8+ Ke3 53. Qg5+ Ke2 54. Kh2 Qf2+ 55. Kh1
Qf3+ 56. Kh2 Qf2+ 57. Kh1 c4 $1 58. e5 Qc5 59. Qxg6 Qxe5 60. Qc2+ Kf3 $1 61.
Qg2+ Kg4 62. Kh2 c3 63. Qh3+ Kf3 64. Qf1+ Ke3 65. Qe1+ Kd4 66. Qd1+ Kc5 67. Qa1
Qe2+ 68. Kh3 Kb4 69. Qb1+ Kc4 70. Qb6 Qe4 71. Qa6+ Kb3 72. Qb6+ Kc2 73. Qf2+
Kd3 74. Qf1+ Qe2 75. Qf5+ Kd2 76. Qf4+ Qe3 77. Qd6+ Ke2 78. Qg6 Qf3 79. Kh2 Kd2
80. Qh6+ Kd1 81. Qd6+ Ke1 (81... Ke1 82. Qb4 Kf2 83. Qb6+ Qe3 84. Qf6+ Ke2 85.
Qa6+ Qd3 86. Qe6+ Kd1 87. Qc6 c2 88. Qa4 Ke2 89. Qa2 Qd2 {and White cannot
halt the queening of the c-pawn.}) 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch28"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Khasin, Abram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 O-O 10. Re1 Nf6 11. Bg5 $1 b6 12. Qe2 Bb7 ({Avoids} 12... Nxd4 $2
13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Rad1 $1 Qc5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Qe4) 13. Rad1 Nb4 14. Bb1 Rc8
15. Ne5 Nbd5 16. Qd3 Nxc3 $6 {Black strengthens the hostile centre.} ({A
novelty will become} 16... g6 $1 17. Bh6 Re8 {(Ciocaltea - Hort, Sarajevo 1964)
.}) 17. bxc3 Qd5 $2 ({Right is} 17... g6 $1 18. Bh6 Re8) 18. Qh3 $1 {
Polugaevsky finds a lovely combination.} (18. f3 {gains a substantial
positional edge, but the text leads to a win of matter.}) 18... Rxc3 $1 19. f3
$1 h6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Be4 Qxe4 22. Rxe4 Bxe4 23. Nd7 Bc2 24. Nxf6+ gxf6 25.
Rc1 Kg7 26. d5 $1 exd5 27. Qg4+ Kh8 28. Qd4 Rfc8 29. Qxf6+ Kg8 30. Qxh6 d4 31.
h4 d3 32. h5 R3c5 33. Re1 $1 Rd8 ({Or} 33... Rd5 34. Re4 $1 d2 35. Rg4+ Bg6 36.
hxg6 d1=Q+ 37. Kh2) 34. Qf6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch28"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 c6 7. Bd3 Qc7 8. O-O
e5 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. a4 Re8 11. Qd2 b6 12. Rad1 a6 13. Ra1 $5 {Furman might have
been annoyed by the passive black moves.} Bb7 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Bh6 Qd6 16.
Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qe3 b5 18. Bf1 Qb4 19. Nd1 Qe7 20. Nd2 Nc5 21. Nc3 Rad8 22. b4 $2
({More solid is} 22. axb5 cxb5 23. f3) 22... Ne6 $1 23. Na2 Nd4 {Black has
conquered the centre.} 24. Qc3 $6 (24. Bd3 bxa4 25. Reb1 $1 {defends precisely.
}) 24... bxa4 25. Bd3 Nh5 26. Nc4 Nf4 {Petrosian occupies another strong
square.} 27. Bf1 c5 $1 28. bxc5 Qxc5 29. Nc1 Bc6 30. Qa3 $2 Qxa3 31. Nxa3 Nxh3+
$1 32. Kh2 Nxf2 33. Bd3 Nb3 $5 34. Rb1 Nc5 35. Rb6 Ncxd3 36. cxd3 Nxd3 37. Nxd3
Rxd3 38. Rxc6 Rxa3 39. Rc7 Re6 40. Ra7 Ra2 41. Re3 Rf6 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch28"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Ne4 7. Nxe4 Bxe4 8.
Bf4 O-O 9. Bd3 Bb4+ 10. Kf1 $5 {The king departs on a long and winding road.}
Bxd3+ 11. Qxd3 Be7 12. h4 $1 f5 13. Ke2 $5 d6 14. g4 $1 {White attacks.} Nd7 ({
The pointe is} 14... fxg4 $2 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. hxg5 g6 17. Qe4) 15. Rag1 fxg4
16. Rxg4 Nf6 17. Rg5 Qd7 18. h5 Ne8 19. Rg2 b5 $2 (19... c5 $1 {counterattacks
in the central area.}) 20. c5 dxc5 21. h6 $1 Rf5 22. Be5 c4 23. Qe4 Qd5 24. Qg4
c3 25. b3 b4 26. e4 Qb5+ 27. Ke3 Rf7 28. hxg7 Nf6 29. Bxf6 Rxf6 30. Rxh7 $1
Rxf3+ $1 31. Kxf3 $1 Qd3+ 32. Kf4 Bd6+ 33. Kg5 Kxh7 {Spassky sees the right
move but plays....} 34. Kh5 $4 (34. Kf6 $1 Qxd4+ 35. Kf7 {ends the game.})
34... Qb5+ 35. Kh4 Be7+ 36. Kh3 Qg5 $1 37. Qxg5 Bxg5 38. Rxg5 Rd8 39. f4 $2 {
Boris has lost his concentration.} (39. f3 $1 {protects pawn e4.}) 39... Kg8
40. Rc5 Rxd4 41. Rxc7 Rxe4 42. Kg4 e5 43. a3 Rxf4+ 44. Kg5 a5 45. Kg6 Rg4+ 46.
Kf6 Kh7 47. g8=Q+ Kxg8 48. Kxe5 Rg1 $1 49. Kf6 Rf1+ 50. Ke5 Rb1 {Hereafter,
Spassky had to battle for the interzonal qualification. Standings were:
Petrosian and Geller 7/10, followed by Spassky and Smyslov 61/2.} 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch28"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e4 O-O 5. Bg5 d6 6. Qd2 c5 7. d5 Qa5 8. Bd3 a6
9. Nge2 $5 e5 $2 ({Better is} 9... Nbd7 10. O-O b5 $1 {(Roth - Postl, Austria
1994).}) 10. O-O Nbd7 11. a3 Nh5 12. f3 $1 Bf6 13. Bh6 Ng7 14. g3 Rb8 15. Kh1
Qc7 ({Not} 15... b5 $2 16. cxb5 axb5 17. b4 $1 cxb4 18. axb4 Qxb4 19. Be3 $1 {
(Petrosian).}) 16. b3 $1 Be7 17. Rab1 Kh8 18. Rb2 Nf6 19. b4 Ng8 20. Be3 f5 $5
{Black tries to achieve counter-play.} 21. bxc5 dxc5 22. Rfb1 Nf6 23. Rb6 Bd6
24. Bh6 Rf7 25. Ng1 f4 $2 ({Petrosian prefers} 25... Nd7) 26. gxf4 Nd7 ({Avoids
} 26... exf4 $2 27. Rxd6 $1) 27. fxe5 Bxe5 28. Re6 b5 29. cxb5 c4 {Gufeld
commits harakiri.} 30. Rc6 Qd8 31. Bxc4 Qh4 32. Rc1 Nh5 33. Bg5 Ng3+ 34. Kg2
Nxe4 35. Nxe4 Qxh2+ 36. Kf1 Rxf3+ 37. Nxf3 Qh1+ 38. Kf2 {Petrosian and Geller
kept the lead.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch28"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B61"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 a6 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. O-O-O e6 10. Kb1 Qb6 11. Nb3 O-O-O 12. f4 $5 h5 13. Be2 Be7 14.
Bf3 h4 15. Rhe1 Bf8 16. Re3 Kb8 17. a3 Be8 18. Rd3 Rc8 19. Na2 Be7 20. c4 $5
Na7 21. Rc1 Ba4 22. Na5 $2 {Simagin overestimates his position.} Rc7 $2 (22...
Rc5 $1 23. e5 Rxa5 24. Qb4 Qxb4 25. axb4 Rxe5 $1 {favours Black.}) 23. b4 Be8
$2 ({Right is} 23... Rhc8 24. Nc3 Be8) 24. e5 $1 fxe5 25. fxe5 d5 26. cxd5
Rxc1+ 27. Nxc1 exd5 28. Bxd5 Qg6 29. e6 Nc8 30. Qf4+ Bd6 31. Qd4 Bb5 32. Nxb7
Bxd3+ 33. Nxd3 fxe6 34. Be4 e5 35. Qd5 Qg8 36. Qc6 Qb3+ 37. Nb2 Rf8 38. Bf3
Rxf3 39. gxf3 Qg8 40. Na5 Qg1+ 41. Ka2 Qb6 42. Qe4 h3 43. Nbc4 Qb5 44. Kb3 Kc7
45. Qc2 Qd5 46. Kb2 Kd8 47. Qf5 Qd4+ 48. Ka2 Qf2+ 49. Kb3 e4 50. Nc6+ Kc7 51.
Qh7+ Be7 52. Qxe4 Bd6 53. N6e5 Ne7 54. Nf7 Nc6 55. Nfxd6 Qxf3+ 56. Qxf3 Nd4+
57. Kc3 Nxf3 58. Ne4 Nxh2 59. Ng5 Kc6 60. Nxh3 Nf3 61. Nf4 Ng5 62. Nd3 Ne6 63.
a4 Kd5 64. Na5 Nc7 65. Nb3 Kc6 66. Kc4 Kb6 67. Nbc5 Ka7 68. Ne5 Kb6 69. Ned7+
Ka7 70. Nf6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch28"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E24"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. f3 Nc6 7. e4 O-O 8. e5
Ne8 9. f4 cxd4 10. cxd4 b6 11. Nf3 Ba6 $6 ({Better is} 11... d5 $1) 12. Bd3 f5
$5 13. d5 $6 (13. Qa4 $1 Bb7 14. O-O {gains a plus.}) 13... Na5 14. d6 Rc8 15.
O-O g6 $5 {Simagin does not want to capture the c- pawn, but Bronstein forces
him.} 16. c5 $5 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Rxc5 18. Be3 Rd5 $1 19. Qa6 Nc6 20. Rfc1 Ng7 {
The critical position has arisen.} 21. Rxc6 $5 Ra5 $2 ({Right is} 21... dxc6
22. Qxa7 c5) 22. Qxa5 $1 bxa5 23. Rc7 $1 {White has a win, because the black
queen cannot protect pawn d7 in the long run.} h6 24. Rb1 Ne8 25. Rxa7 g5 26.
Bb6 Qb8 27. Rxd7 Qc8 28. Re7 Qc2 29. Rf1 Qc6 30. Bf2 Ng7 31. fxg5 hxg5 32. Nxg5
Qd5 33. Nf3 f4 34. Rc7 Nf5 35. Rb1 Ne3 36. h3 Qd3 37. Rbc1 Nd5 38. R7c6 Ne3 39.
R6c3 Qb5 40. Bxe3 fxe3 41. Rxe3 Qb6 42. Rcc3 Kg7 43. Kh2 Kh6 44. Re4 Qb2 {The
d-pawn cannot be stopped.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch28"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Khasin, Abram"]
[Black "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O a6 10. Qd2 Bd7 11. f3 Qc7 $5 (11... Rc8 {drew in Petrosian - Pilnik,
Gothenburg 1955.}) 12. Rac1 Rfb8 $5 13. Rfd1 Qd8 14. a4 Rc8 15. b3 Nxd4 16.
Bxd4 Be6 17. f4 $1 {White has an active position and takes the initiative.} Nd7
18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. f5 $1 gxf5 20. Qg5+ Kh8 21. exf5 f6 22. Qh5 $6 Bg8 23. Kh1
Ne5 24. Bf3 Rab8 25. Bd5 Qb6 26. Bxg8 Rxg8 27. Nd5 Qf2 $6 (27... Qxb3 $1 28.
Nxe7 Rg5 {fights back.}) 28. Qh3 Rg7 29. Rf1 Qb2 30. Nf4 $1 Rbg8 31. Rce1 Qd2
32. Re2 Qb4 33. Ng6+ $1 Nxg6 34. fxg6 Qc5 35. Re4 Qc8 36. Rf5 $1 Qe8 37. gxh7
Rxh7 38. Rh4 {The attack becomes highly dangerous.} Rgg7 $2 (38... Rxh4 $1 39.
Qxh4+ Kg7 40. Qe4 b6 {tries to survive.}) 39. Rfh5 $1 Qg8 40. Qd7 $1 Rxh5 41.
Rxh5+ Rh7 42. Rxh7+ Qxh7 43. Qe8+ Qg8 44. Qxe7 Qg5 45. Qe1 Qf4 46. h3 b6 47.
Qg1 b5 48. cxb5 axb5 49. axb5 d5 50. b6 d4 51. b7 d3 52. Qd1 d2 53. Qxd2 $1
Qxd2 54. b8=Q+ Kg7 55. b4 f5 56. b5 f4 57. Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch28"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A56"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bd3 Ne8 8. h3 Nd7
9. Qe2 a6 10. a4 Rb8 11. Bd2 Nc7 12. Nd1 ({More natural is} 12. O-O $1) 12...
b6 13. Ne3 Nf6 14. g4 $5 g6 15. Rg1 Bd7 16. Nf1 b5 17. b3 $5 bxa4 18. bxa4 Rb2
19. Ne3 Nce8 20. Nd1 Rb7 21. a5 Ng7 22. Qe3 Rb3 23. Bc3 h5 $5 {Black counters
on both wings.} 24. g5 Nh7 25. Bc2 Rb7 26. h4 f6 $1 27. gxf6 Nxf6 28. Ng5 $2 (
28. Qd3 Ng4 29. Rh1 {guards a weakness.}) 28... Ng4 $1 {A long combination
begins.} 29. Qg3 Bxg5 30. hxg5 Qxg5 31. f3 h4 32. Qg2 h3 $1 33. Qxh3 Ne3 34.
Rxg5 Nxc2+ 35. Kd2 Bxh3 36. Kxc2 Kh7 37. Rg3 Bc8 {Polu has gained a positional
advantage.} 38. Nb2 Nh5 39. Rh1 Rbf7 40. Na4 Rxf3 41. Rxf3 Rxf3 42. Bd2 Rf2 43.
Nc3 Kg7 44. Nd1 Rf7 45. Bg5 Bg4 46. Nc3 Rf2+ 47. Kb3 Kf7 48. Nb5 $5 Rf3+ 49.
Ka2 axb5 50. cxb5 Bc8 51. a6 Ke8 52. Rb1 Kd7 53. b6 Bxa6 54. b7 Bc4+ {Black
will exchange the rooks and win the b-pawn.} 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch28"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. bxa5 c5 11. dxc6 Nxc6 $5 12. a6 $5 bxa6 13. Rb1 Be6 14. Be3
Re8 15. Rb6 Qc7 16. Qa4 Bd7 ({Black can lift pressure from his position by} 
16... Nd4 $1 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Bxd4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Bxd4) 17. Qb3 Reb8 18. Rb1
Rxb6 19. Bxb6 Qc8 20. Qd1 Bf8 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. cxd5 Na7 23. a4 Qe8 24. Rb4 a5
$1 25. Rc4 ({The pointe is} 25. Bxa5 Nc8) 25... Nc8 26. Bc7 Be7 27. Qb3 Bd8 28.
Nd2 $1 Bg5 29. Nb1 Kg7 30. Nc3 Be7 31. h3 h5 32. Nd1 Bd8 33. Nb2 Bxc7 34. Rxc7
{Black has an active defence.} Ne7 $2 (34... Qd8 $1 35. Qb7 Ra7 $1 36. Rxc8
Rxb7 37. Rxd8 Rxb2 38. Rxd7 Rxe2 39. f3 Ra2 {survives.}) 35. Qb6 Rb8 $6 ({Or} 
35... Nc8 36. Qb7 Ra7 37. Qb8 $1 Rxc7 38. Qxc7 Bxa4 39. Ba6 $1 Bd7 40. Qxa5 f5
41. Qc7 $1 {and the fortress will be taken.}) 36. Qxd6 Nc8 37. Qa3 Rb4 38. Nc4
Qd8 39. Rc5 Rxa4 40. Qb2 f6 41. Qb7 Rb4 42. Qc7 Qe7 43. Rxa5 Kh6 44. Ra8 Rb1+
45. Kh2 Qb4 $5 46. Qxd7 Qe1 47. Rxc8 Qxf2 48. Rh8+ Kg5 49. Rxh5+ $1 (49. Rxh5+
gxh5 50. Qf5+ $1 Qxf5 51. exf5 Re1 52. d6 $1 {wins.}) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch28"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E54"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Qe7 9. a3 Ba5 10. Qc2 Bd7 11. Bd2 Nc6 $5 ({Black scores better by playing} 
11... Bc6 $1 {Bc6! (R. Byrne - Reshevsky, New York 1959).}) 12. Rad1 cxd4 13.
exd4 Rac8 14. Qd3 Bxc3 $5 15. Bxc3 Nd5 16. Bd2 Qf6 $5 17. Ng5 $5 Qg6 18. Qh3 h6
$5 {Geller wants to attack. Smyslov counters.} 19. Bxd5 hxg5 $1 20. Ba2 Nxd4 $1
21. Qg4 $1 {Smyslov has missed this move.} Nf5 $6 (21... Nc2 $1 22. Bc4 Bc6 23.
Bxg5 Be4 {selects a forward defence.}) 22. Bxg5 Bb5 23. Rfe1 Nh6 $2 (23... Rc2
$1 24. h4 Rxb2 25. h5 Qh7 26. Bb1 Bc6 {chooses the sharpest resistance.}) 24.
Qf4 Rc5 25. h4 Bc6 26. b4 Rf5 27. Qg3 Qh5 28. Rd4 Rb5 29. Qf4 e5 $5 (29... Rf5
30. Qg3 Rb5 31. a4 $1 {also leads to a strong white attack.}) 30. Rxe5 Rxe5 31.
Qxe5 Re8 32. Qf4 Qe2 33. Bc4 Qe1+ 34. Kh2 Re4 35. Rd8+ Kh7 ({Or} 35... Be8 36.
Rxe8+ $1 Rxe8 37. Bxh6 {(Geller).}) 36. Bd3 {A fine attacking game has been
played.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch28"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Qb6 4. Qe2 $5 e6 5. O-O Nf6 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nc3 Be7 8.
Nxd5 exd5 9. d4 cxd4 ({Or} 9... c4 10. Ba4 Qb4 11. Bxc6 dxc6) 10. Bg5 $6 (10.
Rb1 $1 {(overprotects b2)} O-O 11. Bf4 {(overprotects e5) applies prophylaxis.}
) 10... Bxg5 11. Nxg5 h6 12. Nf3 O-O 13. Rad1 $2 ({Right is} 13. Qd3 Re8 14.
Qb3 a6 15. Bc4 $1 Qxb3 16. Bxb3 {and White will equalise.}) 13... Re8 14. c3 $5
d6 $1 {Black worries about the central area and develops his bishop.} (14...
dxc3 15. Rxd5 $1 {leads to white counter-play (Lilienthal).}) 15. cxd4 Bg4 $1
16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. h3 Bxf3 18. gxf3 dxe5 19. dxe5 Qb4 20. Qe3 Re6 21. f4 f6 22.
Kh1 Rf8 $1 {Kortschnoj finds the progress of his attack more important than a
pawn.} 23. b3 fxe5 24. fxe5 Rf4 25. f3 Qf8 $1 26. Rde1 Qf7 27. Kh2 d4 28. Qe2
Rh4 29. Qg2 Rg6 {Seven players were battling for the four interzonal places:
Petrosian 10, Geller 91/2, Polugaevsky 9, Kortschnoj, Stein, Smyslov and
Spassky 81/2.} 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch28"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Khasin, Abram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Be7 7. f4 $5 O-O 8.
e5 Ne8 $6 ({Better is} 8... Nd5 $1 9. Nxd5 exd5) 9. Nf3 f6 10. Bd3 fxe5 11.
fxe5 d6 12. exd6 Nxd6 13. O-O Qb6+ 14. Kh1 Bd7 15. Qe1 Rae8 $5 16. Be3 Qc7 $6
17. Qg3 Qa5 {Black has lost time.} 18. Qh3 $6 (18. b4 $1 Qh5 19. b5 Nb8 20. Nd4
{gains more advantage.}) 18... g6 19. Rad1 Bc8 20. Bh6 Rf7 21. Ne4 Nxe4 $6 ({
The adventurous} 21... e5 $1 22. g4 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Be6 {equalises.}) 22. Bxe4
Rd8 23. Bd2 Qc7 24. Bd3 Rd5 25. Qg4 Ne5 $2 ({Right is} 25... Bf6 $1) 26. Nxe5
Rxf1+ 27. Rxf1 Qxe5 28. Qf3 Qg7 29. Bh6 $1 {White takes advantage of the
blunder by a bold move.} Rf5 30. Bxf5 Qxh6 31. Bg4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch28"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. O-O Be7 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. b3
Ne4 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Rc1 c5 $6 (10... f5 $1 {creates a solid centre.}) 11. cxd5
Nxc3 $5 12. Bxc3 Bxd5 13. Qe2 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nc5 15. Bb1 Bb7 16. b4 Ne4 17. Bb2
Rc8 18. Rcd1 Qe8 $1 19. Qf3 $6 {Simagin has the initiative but he missed a
tactical counteraction.} Nd6 $2 ({Right is} 19... f5 $1 20. a3 $5 (20. Nxe6 $5
Nc5 $1) 20... Bf6 $1 {and Black has achieved equality.}) 20. Qg3 $1 g6 21. Qe5
$1 {White threatens 22. Qg7+!! Kxg7 23. Nf5+ Kg8 24. Nh6# (Kotov).} f6 22.
Qxe6+ Qf7 23. Qxf7+ Rxf7 24. a3 Nc4 25. Bc1 a6 26. Ba2 b5 27. Nb3 Bf8 28. Na5
Ba8 29. Nxc4 bxc4 30. Bb2 Kg7 31. Bc3 Be4 32. Rd4 Bd3 33. Rd1 a5 34. bxa5 Bxa3
35. Bb1 Be2 36. Re1 Bd3 37. Bxd3 cxd3 38. Rxd3 Bf8 39. g3 Rfc7 40. Bd2 Rc2 41.
Rd7+ Kg8 42. Ra1 {The fall of Polugaevsky had begun.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch28"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bb5+ $5 Bd7
$5 8. a4 c5 9. Ne2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. Rb1 O-O 12. O-O Na5 13. d5 Bxb5 14.
axb5 Nc4 15. Qa4 Nb6 16. Qb3 Rc8 17. Qa2 Rc4 18. Qxa7 Rxe4 19. Ng3 Ra4 20. Qxb7
Nxd5 21. Bb2 Bxb2 22. Rxb2 Qd6 23. Rc1 Kg7 24. Rd2 $2 (24. Qc6 {protects the
b-pawn adequately.}) 24... e6 25. Ne2 Rb8 26. Qc6 Qe5 $1 27. h3 Re4 28. Kf1
Rxb5 29. Ng3 Reb4 30. Re2 Qf4 31. Rce1 Rb2 32. Qc1 Rxe2 33. Nxe2 Qf6 34. Qd2
Rb4 35. Qd3 Qb2 36. Rd1 Nf4 37. Nxf4 Rxf4 38. Qe2 Qf6 39. g3 Rf5 40. h4 Qc3 41.
Qe4 Qf6 42. Rd2 Rb5 43. Kg2 Rb2 44. Qd4 Rxd2 45. Qxd2 Qe5 {Black has an extra
pawn in the ending.} 46. f3 $5 Qd5 47. Qc3+ e5 48. Qb2 Qd4 49. Qb7 $5 Qd2+ 50.
Kg1 Qc1+ 51. Kg2 Qc2+ 52. Kg1 Qf5 53. Kg2 Qc2+ 54. Kg1 Qd1+ 55. Kg2 Qd2+ 56.
Kg1 Qd6 57. Kg2 Qe6 58. Qc7 Qa2+ 59. Kf1 Qd5 60. Ke2 Kf6 61. Qb6+ Ke7 62. Qc7+
Ke6 63. Qb6+ Qd6 64. Qb7 Kf6 65. Qb5 Kg7 66. Kf2 f5 $1 {The action starts at
last.} 67. Kg2 $6 (67. Ke2 {prevents the next invasion.}) 67... Qd2+ {White
should control square e1.} 68. Kh3 $2 (68. Kf1 $1 Qe3 69. Qd7+ Kh6 70. Qd1 $1
e4 71. fxe4 fxe4 72. Kg2 $1 {stops the advance.}) 68... Qe1 $1 69. Kg2 Kh6 $1
70. Qe8 Qe2+ 71. Kg1 Kh5 $1 72. Qe7 h6 73. Qb7 f4 $1 74. gxf4 Kxh4 75. Qg7 Qe1+
76. Kg2 Qg3+ 77. Kf1 Qxf3+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch28"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E55"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. Qe2 a6 10. a3 cxd4 11. axb4 dxc3 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Bb2 e5 $1 {
Petrosian's novelty improves the theory.} 14. e4 Nb6 15. Bd3 Bg4 16. Ra5 Nh5
17. g3 Rad8 18. Qe3 f6 19. Rc5 Qd7 {Petrosian has improved the position of his
pieces.} 20. Be2 $2 (20. Rd1 $1 {suffices for equality.}) 20... Bh3 $1 21. Ra1
$5 ({The crucial variation is} 21. Rd1 $6 Qxd1+ 22. Bxd1 Rxd1+ 23. Ne1 Rfd8 24.
Ba3 R8d3 25. Qe2 R3d2 26. Qe3 Ra2 $1 27. Bc1 Bg4 $1 28. h3 Re2 29. hxg4 Nxg3 $1
{and Black wins.}) 21... Nf4 $1 22. Rca5 Qg4 23. Bc1 Rd6 24. R5a2 Rfd8 25. Ne1
Nxe2+ 26. Qxe2 Qxe2 27. Rxe2 Rd1 28. f3 Nc4 29. Kf2 R8d3 30. Rc2 Rd7 31. g4 g5
32. Rca2 h5 33. gxh5 Be6 34. Re2 Rh7 35. Ng2 Rxh5 36. h4 gxh4 37. Re1 Rxe1 38.
Nxe1 Rh7 39. Nc2 h3 40. Be3 Rd7 41. Re1 Kh7 42. Ke2 Nb2 43. f4 Nd1 44. f5 Bc4+
45. Kf3 Rd3 46. Rh1 Bb3 47. Rxh3+ Kg8 {Petrosian made a great step towards the
championship.   Six players competed at the top: Petrosian 111/2, Geller 101/2,
Korchnoi and Spassky 10, Stein and Smyslov 91/2.} 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch28"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A55"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. c4 Nbd7 4. Nc3 e5 5. e4 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Be3
b6 9. Qc2 Ng4 10. Bd2 Bb7 11. Rad1 Qc7 12. h3 Ngf6 13. Be3 Rfe8 14. Rd2 Bf8 15.
Rfd1 Rad8 16. a3 Qb8 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. b4 Be7 19. c5 $5 bxc5 20. bxc5 Bxc5 21.
Rxd7 $5 (21. Bxc5 {continues the exchanges.}) 21... Nxd7 22. Rxd7 Bxe3 $5 23.
Rxd8 Bxf2+ 24. Kxf2 Qxd8 25. Na4 Qe7 26. Qc5 Bc8 27. Qxe7 Rxe7 28. Nc5 g6 29.
Nd2 Be6 30. Ke3 Kg7 31. Bd3 f6 32. Ba6 f5 33. Bb7 Kf6 34. Kd3 Rc7 35. Ba6 Bc8
36. Bc4 Ke7 37. Ba2 Kd6 38. Na4 Rd7 39. Kc3 Ba6 40. Nb2 Ke7 41. Bb1 $6 Kf6 42.
exf5 $6 gxf5 43. g4 e4 $1 {Black has been allowed to start an attack in the
centre.} 44. Nbc4 $6 (44. gxf5 e3 45. Nf3 $1 {defends actively.}) 44... Bxc4
45. Nxc4 Re7 46. Kd4 c5+ $1 47. Ke3 fxg4 48. hxg4 Kg5 49. Bxe4 Kxg4 50. Kd3 Kf4
51. Ba8 h5 {The h-pawn becomes highly dangerous.} 52. a4 h4 53. Nd2 h3 54. Ne4
Re8 55. Bc6 Rc8 56. Bb7 Rb8 57. Bc6 h2 58. Nc3 c4+ 59. Kc2 Ke3 60. Bh1 Rf8 61.
Nd1+ Kd4 62. Kd2 Rf1 {Spassky utilised his chances well.} 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch28"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E83"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Qd2 Bd7 $5 {
Taimanov has developed a new plan: he prepares an advance on the queenside.} 8.
Nge2 a6 $5 9. Nc1 e5 10. Nb3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Qb8 $6 12. Be2 b5 $5 13. Nxc6 Bxc6
14. Nd5 Bd7 15. Bd4 Qd8 16. O-O bxc4 17. Bxc4 Bb5 18. Rfc1 Bxc4 19. Bxf6 Bxf6
20. Rxc4 Rb8 21. Rb1 c5 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. b3 Rb6 24. Rd1 Qe5 25. Rc3 Rc8 26.
Qc2 a5 27. Rd5 Qe7 28. h3 $5 {Black gets the opportunity to err.} a4 $2 29.
bxa4 Ra8 30. e5 $1 dxe5 31. Rcxc5 Qh4 $6 (31... Re6 {defends passively.}) 32.
a5 Qe1+ 33. Kh2 Rb1 34. Rxe5 Qg1+ 35. Kg3 h5 36. h4 Rb4 37. Rc8+ Rxc8 38. Qxc8+
Kg7 39. Qc3 Qd4 40. Qxd4 Rxd4 41. Re4 Rd6 42. Ra4 Ra6 43. Kf4 Kf8 44. g3 f6 45.
Ke4 Ke7 46. Kd5 Kd7 47. Kc5 Kc7 48. Kb5 Rd6 49. Rc4+ Kb7 50. a6+ {Petrosian
came close to the championship.   The five players at the top were: Petrosian
121/2, Korchnoi and Spassky 11, Geller and Stein 101/2.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch28"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 e5 6. d4 $1 {A novelty brings
White a good game.} cxd4 7. cxd4 exd4 8. Bf4 Nge7 $6 {Restriction of a centre
pawn is allowed.} 9. Bd6 $1 O-O 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Re1 b6 12. h4 $6 (12. Ng5 $1 {
aims at the weak point f7.}) 12... Bb7 13. h5 Nc8 14. Bg3 Ne5 15. h6 $1 Nxf3+
16. Nxf3 Bxh6 17. Qxd4 Bg7 18. e5 Bc6 19. Bxc6 dxc6 20. Qc4 Qd5 21. Qxd5 $6
cxd5 22. Red1 Ne7 {Black keeps the extra pawn.} 23. Rd3 h6 24. Rad1 Rac8 25.
Nd4 Rc5 26. f4 Rec8 27. Bh4 g5 $5 28. fxg5 Ng6 $6 (28... h5 {retains a plus.})
29. gxh6 Bxe5 30. Nf3 Bxb2 31. Rxd5 Rc4 32. Bg5 Bc1 33. Bxc1 Rxc1 34. Kf2 Rxd1
35. Rxd1 Kh7 36. Rh1 $2 {Bad moves are made under time pressure.} ({The
counter by} 36. g4 $1 Rc2+ 37. Kg3 $1 Kxh6 38. Rd7 Rxa2 39. Rxf7 Ra5 40. g5+
Rxg5+ {draws.}) 36... f6 37. a4 Rc2+ 38. Kg3 Ra2 39. Kg4 Ne7 40. Re1 {Geller
had come close to qualification by this win.} 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch28"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bd3 Qc7 8.
O-O Nxd4 9. Bxd4 Bc5 10. Be2 d6 11. Bxc5 $5 Qxc5 12. Qd3 b5 13. Rad1 Ke7 $5 14.
a3 Bb7 15. Rd2 Rac8 16. Rfd1 Rhd8 {Spassky wants to draw.} 17. Qd4 $2 (17. Bf3
Kf8 18. Qd4 {achieves this goal.}) 17... Qxd4 18. Rxd4 e5 $1 19. Rb4 $5 {Pawn
e4 needs protection.} d5 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5+ Bxd5 22. c3 f5 23. Kf1 Bc6 24.
g3 Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1 f4 $1 26. Ke1 ({The pointe is} 26. gxf4 a5 $1 27. Rb3 Bd5 28.
Rxb5 Bc4+) 26... g5 27. Be2 Rd8 28. a4 $1 a5 29. Rb3 bxa4 30. Rb6 {The
liberation of the rook gives counter-play.} Bd7 31. f3 $2 (31. Bb5 $1 {brings
the exchange of bishops. The rook ending seems to be defendable.}) 31... fxg3
32. hxg3 h5 33. Rg6 Rb8 34. Rxg5 Kf6 35. f4 Rxb2 36. Rxe5 a3 37. Bc4 a2 38.
Bxa2 Rxa2 39. Rxh5 a4 40. Ra5 Be6 {Petrosian and Kortschnoj had qualified.
Spassky and Stein shared the critical fourth place, Smyslov and Polugaevsky
followed by half-a-point.} 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch28"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E55"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

{Petrosian and Geller drew their games quickly in the last round. They gained
the first and third places.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5
6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. Qd3 Qe7 10. a3 Ba5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Qc2
Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Bd7 14. b4 Na4 $6 (14... Rac8 $1 15. bxc5 Qxc5 16. Ne5 Bb5 17.
Bb2 Bxc4 18. Rfc1 Qe7 19. Nxc4 b5 {draws, but Polugaevsky needs to win.}) 15.
Qe5 Nb6 16. Ba2 Bc6 17. Bb2 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Rac8 19. Rfc1 Rfd8 20. f4 h6 21. f5
$1 Nbd7 22. Qb5 Rxc1+ 23. Rxc1 Nf8 24. fxe6 fxe6 25. Bd4 Nd5 26. Qf1 Ng6 27.
Qh3 Ngf4 $2 {Polu misses a fantastic escape.} ({Right is} 27... Ndf4 $1 28. Qg4
h5 29. Qf3 Rxd4 $1 {(the d-file had to be opened for this move)} 30. exd4 Ne2+
31. Qxe2 Qg5+) 28. Qg4 $1 h5 29. Qf3 Nd3 30. Rf1 Rf8 31. Qxh5 Rf5 32. Qe2 Ne5
33. f4 Nc6 34. Bb2 Qf7 35. Bb1 Rh5 36. Rf2 Nce7 37. Rg2 Nf5 38. Bxf5 Qxf5 39.
e4 Nxf4 40. exf5 Nxe2+ 41. Rxe2 {Korchnoi played like a bulldozer. He won his
last four games and became second.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch28"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Stein, Leonid"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C64"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

{The fourth place is at stake in this game.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4.
c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 $5 6. e5 Ne4 7. O-O d5 8. exd6 O-O {This gambit stems from
Wülfling - Lange, Düsseldorf 1864. Boris plays risky.} 9. dxc7 $5 Qf6 $6 ({
More realistic is} 9... Qxc7) 10. Bxc6 bxc6 $5 11. cxd4 Bd6 12. Re1 Bf5 13. Nc3
Rfe8 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Bg5 Bxf3 16. Rxe8+ Rxe8 17. Qxf3 Qxf3 18. gxf3 Bxc7 19.
Rc1 Bb6 (19... Re6 20. Bd2 $1 {also favours White.}) 20. Rxc6 Bxd4 21. Be3 Bxb2
22. Bxa7 {Stein has an extra pawn in the endgame.} Re1+ 23. Kg2 Kf8 24. Rc7 Ke8
25. Be3 Rd1 26. a4 Bd4 27. Bg5 (27. a5 Bxe3 28. fxe3 Ra1 {might draw.}) 27...
h6 28. Bc1 Bb6 29. Rc2 Rd5 30. Rb2 Bc7 31. Be3 Kd7 32. Rb5 Rd3 33. Rb4 h5 (
33... Ra3 {avoids the exchange of rooks.}) 34. Rd4+ $1 Rxd4 35. Bxd4 g6 36. Bc3
Kc6 37. h3 Kc5 38. Kf1 Kc4 39. Bd2 Bd8 40. Ke2 g5 41. f4 g4 {Bondarevsky
joined Spassky and found the win for White. Boris resigned. So Stein had
qualified and Spassky was out. Boris had lost his last two games like in Riga
1958.   Petrosian had become champion of the Soviet union for the second time.
He qualified in Stockholm 1962, won Curaçao 1962 and defeated Botvinnik in
Moscow 1963. A long road led to the world championship.   Kortschnoj, Stein
and Geller joined him on the journey to the interzonal tournament Stockholm
1962. Former world champion Smyslov and future world champion Spassky were out
of the race for the world championship.} ({Some talk appeared in the press, but
} 41... g4 42. hxg4 hxg4 43. a5 Kb5 44. Ke3 Bxa5 (44... f5 45. Kd4) 45. Bxa5
Kxa5 46. Ke4 {wins simply (Abramov).}) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch29"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kots, Yury"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C87"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

{Baku 1961 was the 29th Soviet championship. It was played in the oil capital
from 16 November - 20 December. Bondarevsky had become Spassky's trainer,
after Boris' failure in Moscow 1961. Spassky and Smyslov started with 31/2/4.
Boris defeated his rival in round five. Another important win was scored
against Polugaevsky in round 8. Lev came back with a sprint of 7/8! A string
of three victories was the basis of the first gold medal for Boris.  Jan van
Reek} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 Bg4
8. h3 Bh5 9. d3 Qd7 10. Nbd2 ({Known is} 10. Bxc6 Qxc6 {(Lasker-Janowsky, New
York 1924).}) 10... g5 $1 {Black starts an attack immediately.} 11. g4 Bg6 12.
Nf1 h5 13. N3h2 hxg4 14. hxg4 O-O-O 15. Bxc6 ({White managed to survive in} 15.
Qe2 Rh3 16. f3 Rdh8 {(Campora-A. Petrosian, Sarajevo 1986).}) 15... Qxc6 16.
Bxg5 Qd7 17. Be3 Nxg4 $5 (17... d5 $1 18. f3 Rh3 {charges without a piece
sacrifice.}) 18. Qxg4 $6 ({More resistance offers} 18. Nxg4 $1 f5 19. exf5 Bxf5
20. f3 Rdg8 21. Nfh2 Bh4 22. Bf2 Bxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Qe7) 18... f5 19. exf5 Bxf5 20.
Qe2 $6 {White wastes time.} ({Better is} 20. Qf3 Rdg8+ 21. Ng3 Bxd3) 20...
Rdg8+ 21. Ng3 Bh4 22. Qf3 (22. Nhf1 Qc6 23. Rad1 Bxg3 24. Nxg3 Rh1#) 22... Bxd3
23. Bd2 Bxg3 24. Qxd3 Qh3 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch29"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C26"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Be6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 Bf6 9. Ne4 O-O 10. d3 Be7 11. a3 $5 {Smyslov plans a slow advance.} Nb6 12.
b4 Bg4 13. c3 a6 14. h3 Bh5 15. Nc5 Rb8 16. Bb2 Bd6 17. Qb3 Nd7 18. d4 Re8 19.
Re3 exd4 $6 ({Equality keeps} 19... Bxc5 20. bxc5 b6 $1 21. cxb6 Nxb6 22. Nxe5
Nxe5 23. dxe5 Nd7 24. Qc2 Nxe5) 20. cxd4 Rxe3 21. Qxe3 a5 ({Material costs} 
21... Nb6 22. Nxb7 $1 Rxb7 23. Qe4) 22. b5 Ne7 23. Re1 Nd5 24. Qb3 N5f6 25. Nd3
Nb6 26. Nfe5 a4 27. Qc2 Bg6 28. Nxg6 hxg6 29. Ne5 Nbd5 $2 (29... Qe8 30. Qe2
Qe6 {avoids a catastrophe.}) 30. Qxa4 b6 31. Nd3 (31. Qb3 $1 {wins immediately.
}) 31... Bf8 32. Ne5 Qd6 33. Nc6 Re8 34. Re5 Ne7 35. Qc4 Nf5 36. Rxe8 Nxe8 37.
Ne5 Qe7 {White finishes the game neatly.} 38. Nxf7 $1 Qe1+ 39. Bf1 Nxg3 40.
Ne5+ Kh7 41. fxg3 Qxg3+ 42. Kh1 {Spassky led and stayed on top for the rest of
the tournament.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch29"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E42"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8. d5
exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. g3 Bc5 11. Na4 Bf8 12. Bg2 d6 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Be3 Ne5 15.
Bd4 Bg4 16. f3 Bd7 17. Nac3 g6 18. b3 Nh5 $5 {Black's activity leads to a plus
for White.} 19. Qd2 f5 20. f4 Nf7 21. Bf2 Bg7 22. Nd4 Rc8 23. b4 Qf6 24. Rac1
g5 25. Nce2 gxf4 26. gxf4 Qg6 27. Rxc8 Bxc8 28. Kh1 Qh6 $6 {White brings a
temporary sacrifice.} 29. Ne6 $6 (29. Rc1 $1 {starts an attack.}) 29... Bxe6
30. dxe6 Qxe6 31. Nd4 Qd7 32. Bh3 Nh6 33. Nxf5 Nxf5 34. Qd5+ Kh8 35. Bxf5 Qc7
36. Qf3 Qf7 37. Be4 b6 38. Bh4 Rf8 39. Qd3 (39. f5 $1 Nf6 40. Bc6 {is better.})
39... Nxf4 40. Qxd6 Qc4 41. Bg2 Ng6 42. Rxf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch29"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Gipslis, Aivars"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Nge2 Nf6 7. h3 O-O 8. O-O
Nd4 9. Nxd4 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nd7 11. f4 f5 $6 {White gets a target.} ({A neutral
move is} 11... Qa5) 12. Kh2 Kh8 13. exf5 gxf5 14. c3 dxc3 15. bxc3 Qa5 16. Be3
$1 Nc5 ({The pointe is} 16... Bxc3 $2 17. Nxc3 Qxc3 18. Rc1 Qg7 19. Rc7) 17.
Bd4 e5 18. Be3 Be6 19. Rb1 Rad8 20. d4 Ne4 21. Rxb7 Qxa2 22. Rb4 Bd5 23. Rg1
Ba8 24. Ra4 Qb2 25. Rb4 Qa2 26. Ra4 Qb2 27. Rxa7 Nxc3 28. Nxc3 Qxc3 29. Qh5 $5
exd4 $4 {Gipslis has missed something.} (29... Qxe3 30. Qg5 Rg8 31. Rxg7 e4 {
is correct.}) 30. Rxg7 $1 (30. Rxg7 Kxg7 31. Rc1 Qxc1 32. Bxd4+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch29"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Ba6 7. b3 c6 8.
Bg2 d5 9. O-O O-O 10. Rc1 Nbd7 11. a4 Rc8 12. Na3 Qe7 13. Qb2 c5 14. Nb5 Nb8
15. Ne5 {Black feels pressure and starts to exchange towards tranquility.} dxc4
16. bxc4 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Bb7 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. a5 Nbd7 20. Nxd7 Nxd7 21. axb6
axb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch29"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Savon, Vladimir"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. d3 f6 $5 6. e4 d4 7. Nh4 Be6 8. f4
Qd7 9. Nd2 O-O-O 10. a4 ({More active is} 10. f5 $1 Bf7 11. Bf3 {
(Petrosian-Spassky, Moscow 1957).}) 10... Bd6 11. Nc4 Bc7 12. Bd2 Nge7 13. f5
Bxc4 $1 14. dxc4 Ba5 15. Rf2 $6 (15. Bc1 $5 {keeps the strong bishop.}) 15...
Bxd2 16. Rxd2 Kb8 17. Qf3 Qc7 18. Bf1 Nc8 19. g4 $2 {Black gets a target on
the kingside.} Nd6 20. Rg2 Qf7 21. Qe2 g6 22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Nf3 g5 24. Rf2 Qe6
25. Ne1 Rh6 26. b3 Qe7 27. Nd3 Ne8 28. Bg2 Nc7 29. Re1 Ne6 30. Rf5 Rdh8 31. h3
Nb4 32. Ref1 Nxd3 33. Qxd3 Nf4 $1 {The positional humiliation has been
completed.} 34. R1xf4 gxf4 35. Kf2 Qc7 36. Qd2 Rg8 37. Ke2 Rg5 38. Rxg5 fxg5
39. Kf3 Qb6 40. Bf1 Qb4 41. Qxb4 cxb4 42. Kg2 d3 43. Bxd3 Kc7 44. Bf1 Kd6 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch29"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 a5 $5 10. d4 exd4 $5 11. cxd4 a4 12. Bc2 Nb4 {So far, the players
follow Thomas-Stolz, Warsaw 1935. Spassky's new move hinders the development
of the black queenside.} 13. d5 $1 Nd7 14. Na3 Bf6 $2 {Black loses a pawn
without payoff.} (14... Nxc2 15. Qxc2 b4 16. Nb5 Ne5 $1 {is better.}) 15. Nxb5
Nc5 16. Nbd4 Ba6 17. Re3 Nxc2 18. Qxc2 Re8 19. Nc6 Qd7 20. e5 $1 Be7 {Keres
has waived the battle for the centre.} 21. Bd2 Bf8 22. Bb4 h6 23. Rd1 Bb7 24.
Nfd4 Ra6 25. Bxc5 dxc5 26. e6 $1 {Spassky continues the attack in an elegant
manner.} fxe6 ({An exchange costs} 26... Qxd5 27. Re5 $1 Qxa2 28. e7 cxd4 29.
exf8=Q+ Rxf8 30. Nb4 Qb3 31. Qxb3 axb3 32. Nxa6 Bxa6 33. Rxd4) 27. Ne5 Qd6 (
27... Qxd5 28. Ndf3 Qxa2 29. Ra3 {wins the queen.}) 28. Nxe6 Bxd5 29. Rxd5 $1
Qxe6 30. Ng6 Qf7 31. Rxe8 Qxe8 32. Nxf8 Kxf8 33. Qxc5+ Kg8 34. Qxc7 Qe1+ 35.
Kh2 Qxf2 $1 36. Qc4 Kh7 37. Qe4+ ({The forced variation} 37. Qxa6 $2 Qf4+ 38.
Kg1 Qe3+ 39. Kf1 Qf4+ 40. Ke2 Qe4+ 41. Kd2 Qxg2+ $1 42. Qe2 Qxd5+ 43. Qd3+
Qxd3+ 44. Kxd3 g5 {draws.}) 37... Rg6 38. Rb5 Qg3+ 39. Kh1 Qf2 40. Rb4 a3 41.
bxa3 Qf1+ 42. Kh2 Qf6 43. Qb1 h5 44. Rb5 Qf4+ 45. Kh1 Kh6 46. Qd1 Rg5 47. a4
Rf5 48. Rb3 (48. Rxf5 Qxf5 49. Qd2+ Kg6 50. Qd6+ Kh7 51. Qc7 $18) 48... Rc5 49.
Rb6+ g6 50. Rb1 Rc3 51. a5 Ra3 52. Qd5 Qc7 53. Qd2+ Kh7 54. Rc1 Qxa5 55. Qd6 $2
({The win} 55. Qd7+ $1 Kh6 56. Qd6 Rxa2 57. Qf4+ Kg7 58. Rc7+ {is missed this
time.}) 55... Rc3 56. Qd7+ Kg8 57. Rd1 Qe5 58. a4 Re3 59. Qc8+ Kg7 60. Qb7+ Kh6
61. Qb4 Re2 62. a5 $6 Ra2 63. Qf8+ Kg5 64. h4+ Kxh4 65. Qd8+ Kg4 66. Qg8 Ra1 $1
67. Qxg6+ Kh4 68. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 69. Kh2 {Finally Keres escapes.} Qh1+ $1 70. Kxh1
{stalemate.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch29"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Qc2 c6 6. Nc3 Bg4 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3
Nbd7 9. Bd3 Bh5 10. O-O-O Nf8 11. h3 Ne6 12. g4 Nxg5 13. Nxg5 Bg6 14. Bxg6 hxg6
15. Kb1 Bb4 16. Ne2 Qe7 17. Nf4 Bd6 18. Nd3 Ne4 19. Nxe4 Qxe4 20. Qe2 O-O-O 21.
f3 Qe7 22. e4 dxe4 23. fxe4 Bc7 24. Nc5 Bb6 25. Nb3 a5 26. Qc2 Rhe8 27. Rhe1 a4
28. Nc1 Rxd4 29. Rxd4 Bxd4 30. Qxa4 Rd8 31. Nb3 Be5 32. a3 Kb8 33. Rc1 Bd4 34.
Ka2 Bb6 35. Rc4 Qg5 36. Qb4 Kc7 37. a4 Qe5 38. a5 Be3 39. a6 b6 40. Rc3 Bg5 41.
Qc4 Qe6 42. Qxe6 $6 (42. Qa4 Bf6 43. Rc4 {keeps the initiative.}) 42... fxe6 {
Black has a better ending by his active bishop.} 43. Rf3 Ra8 44. Rf7+ Kd6 45.
Rxg7 (45. a7 $1 Be3 46. h4 b5 47. Rxg7 Rxa7+ 48. Rxa7 Bxa7 49. Na5 Be3 50. b4
$11) 45... Rxa6+ 46. Kb1 Ra4 47. Rxg6 Bf4 48. Nc1 Rxe4 49. Nd3 Bg3 50. Rg8 Re2
51. g5 Rg2 52. Rh8 (52. g6 $1 Bh4 53. Nf4 {gives a fine alternative.}) 52... c5
53. g6 Bh2 54. Rg8 Ke7 55. h4 e5 56. h5 e4 57. Ne1 ({Or} 57. h6 $5 exd3 58. h7
Be5 59. g7 Rxg7 60. h8=Q Rg1+ 61. Rxg1 Bxh8 62. b3 $11) 57... Rg1 58. h6 Be5
59. g7 Rxe1+ 60. Kc2 Bxg7 61. hxg7 Rg1 62. Rb8 Rxg7 63. Rxb6 Rg2+ 64. Kc3 e3
65. Kd3 e2 66. Kd2 Kd7 67. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch29"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. b4 Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. c4 c6 8. Na3
Nbd7 9. Rc1 a5 10. b5 a4 11. d3 e5 $1 12. bxc6 ({Unfavourable is} 12. Nxe5 $6
Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Qe7 14. Bb2 Qxe2) 12... bxc6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nc2 e4 15. dxe4
dxe4 16. Nd2 Rb8 17. Ba3 Re8 18. Ne3 Ne5 19. Nxg4 Nexg4 20. Nc4 e3 $1 21. f3
Nf2 {Confusion rules on the kingside.} 22. Qxa4 Nd5 23. f4 Nc3 24. Qc2 Qd4 25.
Ne5 Bxe5 26. fxe5 Rec8 27. Bf3 Qd2 28. Kg2 Qd7 29. Bd6 Nce4 30. e6 $6 ({White
draws by} 30. Bxb8 $1 Rxc2 31. Rxc2 Qh3+ 32. Kg1 Nxg3 33. hxg3 Ng4 34. Bxg4
Qxg3+ 35. Kh1 Qh4+ 36. Kg2 Qxg4+ 37. Kh2 $11 {(Euwe).}) 30... Qxe6 31. Bxb8
Rxc2 32. Rxc2 g5 33. Kg1 $2 ({The escape} 33. Ba7 $1 Qh3+ 34. Kg1 Nxg3 {is
missed.}) 33... Nd2 34. Rfc1 Nxf3+ 35. exf3 Nd3 36. Rc6 Qxa2 37. R6c2 Qa4 38.
Rc8+ Kg7 {(White overstepped the time limit in a lost position). Spassky
defeated the co-leader.} 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch29"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B96"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 b5 $1 8. e5
{Polugaevsky plays his variation.} dxe5 9. fxe5 Qc7 10. exf6 Qe5+ 11. Ne4 $6
Qxe4+ 12. Ne2 Nc6 13. Qd2 h6 $1 {Black improves on Nezhmetdinov-Polugaevsky,
Solnecnoje 1959).} 14. Be3 Bb7 15. Ng3 Qe5 16. fxg7 Bxg7 17. Bd3 Nb4 18. O-O
Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Rd8 20. Qe2 h5 $6 ({The risky} 20... Qxb2 $5 21. Qf2 f5 22. Nxf5
O-O 23. Ne7+ Kh7 24. Qg3 Qxc2 {plays for a win.}) 21. Rae1 $2 ({Correct is} 21.
Qf2 $1 Qxe3 22. Qxe3 Bd4 23. Qxd4 Rxd4 {(Polugaevsky).}) 21... h4 22. Qf2 Rd7
$1 23. Ne2 h3 24. gxh3 Rxh3 25. Ng3 Qd5 26. Bb6 Be5 27. Rxe5 Qxe5 28. Re1 Qg5
29. Be3 Qg4 30. Rf1 f5 31. Bf4 Rd1 32. c3 Rh4 33. Bc7 f4 34. Qxf4 Qxf4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch29"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C63"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 $5 4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Nxe5 dxe4 7. Nxc6
Qd5 $5 8. c4 Qd6 9. Nxa7+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Nb5 (11. Qh5+ $5 g6 12. Qe5+
Kf7 13. Nb5 {is even sharper.}) 11... Nf6 12. O-O c6 13. Nc3 Bc5 14. d4 exd3
15. Re1+ Kf7 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Rxe3 Rad8 18. Qf3 ({White has to avoid} 18. Qd2
Rhe8 19. Rae1 Rxe3 20. Rxe3 Qd4 21. b3 $4 Qxc3 $1 22. Qxc3 d2 {(Smyslov-Bronste
Smyslov-Bronstein, blitz game 1952).}) 18... Rhe8 19. Ne4 Qd4 20. Nxf6 Rxe3 21.
fxe3 Qxf6 22. Kf2 Ke6 23. Qxf6+ gxf6 24. Ke1 $1 Rg8 $2 ({More counteraction
for a pawn gives} 24... h5 $1 25. Kd2 h4 $1) 25. g3 Rg5 26. Rd1 Rh5 27. h4 Rf5
28. Rxd3 Rf3 29. g4 Rh3 30. h5 Rg3 31. Rb3 Rxg4 32. Rxb7 Rxc4 33. Rxh7 Rc2 34.
h6 Rxb2 35. Ra7 Rh2 36. h7 c5 37. a4 Kd5 {The win is difficult to find.} 38.
Rf7 $2 ({A decisive tempo gains} 38. Rc7 $1 Kd6 39. Rf7 $1 Ke6 40. Rb7 $1 c4
41. a5) 38... c4 $1 39. a5 c3 40. Kd1 Kc4 41. a6 c2+ 42. Kc1 Kb3 43. Rb7+ Kc3
44. Rc7+ Kb3 45. a7 Rh1+ 46. Kd2 Rd1+ $1 47. Ke2 Rd8 48. e4 Kb2 49. Rb7+ Kc3
50. Rb8 c1=Q 51. Rxd8 Qh1 $1 52. Rc8+ Kb3 (52... Kb3 53. h8=Q (53. a8=Q Qg2+
54. Ke3 Qg3+ 55. Kd4 Qe5+) 53... Qg2+ $1 54. Ke3 Qg3+ 55. Kd4 Qe5+ {leads to
perpetual check.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch29"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E44"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 d5 8. b4
O-O 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Qc2 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. b5 a6 14. bxa6 Bxa6
15. e4 Qd6 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. Qe2 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch29"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Bf5 $5 4. Nf3 g6 5. d5 $5 {White gains territory.}
Bg7 6. Nd4 Bd7 7. e4 O-O 8. Be2 e6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 exd5 11. cxd5 Re8 12. f3
c5 13. Nb3 a6 14. a4 b6 15. Nd2 $1 Bc8 $5 {The bishop has returned in three
moves. Overprotection of d6 is the intention of the last move.} 16. Nc4 Ra7 17.
O-O Rb7 18. Kh1 (18. Qc2 $1 {prepares f3-f4.}) 18... g5 19. Bf2 Ree7 20. Bg3
Rbd7 21. f4 $5 (21. Qb3 $1 {wins a pawn.}) 21... Nxe4 $1 22. Nxe4 Rxe4 23. fxg5
hxg5 24. Bd3 Rd4 25. Qf3 Bb7 26. Qf5 Bxd5 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Ne3 {Black has a
last resort.} Bb7 $2 ({The strong bishop eliminates} 28... Rxd3 $1 29. Qxd3 Be6
30. Rae1 Kg8) 29. Nf5 Qf6 30. Nxd4 Qxd4 31. Rad1 Qxb2 32. Rf2 Qd4 33. Bc2 Qc3
34. Bf5 Qb3 35. Rdf1 Rd8 36. Bc2 Qd5 ({Nicely ends} 36... Qe6 37. Bg6 f6 38.
Re2 Qxe2 39. Rxf6+ Bxf6 40. Qf7#) 37. Bg6 Rd7 38. Bxd6+ Ke8 39. Qg8+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch29"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3
Ne4 9. Qc2 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 d6 11. Bd3 Nxg3 12. fxg3 $5 {White accepts a slight
weakening for pressure on the f-file.} g4 13. Nh4 Qg5 14. O-O $5 Qxe3+ $5 15.
Kh1 Nd7 $1 {Black has to castle on the queenside.} ({Disaster brings} 15... O-O
$2 16. Bh7+ Kg7 17. Rxf7+ $1 Kxf7 18. Qg6+ Ke7 19. Qg7+ Rf7 20. Ng6+) 16. Rf4
$1 Rg8 17. Raf1 O-O-O 18. R1f2 Qe1+ 19. Rf1 Qe3 20. Rxf7 Rdf8 21. Qe2 Qxe2 22.
Bxe2 h5 23. Kg1 Be4 24. Rxf8+ Nxf8 $5 (24... Rxf8 25. Rxf8+ Nxf8 26. h3 c5 $1 {
presents an acceptable alternative.}) 25. Kf2 Ng6 26. Ke3 Bc6 27. Rf6 Nxh4 28.
gxh4 g3 $5 (28... Bxg2 {is okay.}) 29. hxg3 Rxg3+ 30. Kf4 Rxg2 31. Bxh5 Rxa2
32. Rxe6 a5 $6 (32... Rf2+ 33. Kg5 Rg2+ 34. Kf4 Rf2+ {gives a perpetual.}) 33.
Bg4 Kd8 34. h5 Rh2 $2 {An exchange of moves becomes fatal.} (34... Bd7 $1 35.
Rg6 Bxg4 36. Kxg4 Rh2 37. h6 a4 {Black will survive.}) 35. h6 Bd7 36. Kg3 $3
Rh1 37. Bf3 {An endgame study composer will comment: "The rook is dominated on
the h-file".} Rg1+ (37... Bxe6 38. Bxh1 Bg8 39. Be4 a4 40. h7 Bxh7 41. Bxh7 a3
42. Bb1 {White is just in time.}) 38. Bg2 $1 Rc1 39. h7 Rxc3+ 40. Kh2 Bxe6 41.
h8=Q+ Ke7 42. d5 {Boris had scored three points more than Polu.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch29"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C71"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. d4 b5 6. Bb3 Nxd4 7. Nxd4 exd4 8. c3
$5 d3 $5 {Spassky avoids the gambit.} 9. a4 Bd7 10. O-O Nf6 11. Qxd3 Be7 12.
axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. Bg5 h6 (14... Qxe4 $1 15. Qxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe7 Nc5
17. Bxd6 cxd6 {easily draws.}) 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. f4 Qc6 17. Nd2 ({More
interesting is} 17. e5 $1 dxe5 18. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 19. fxe5 Qc5+ 20. Kh1 Qxe5 21.
Qxd7+ Kg6 $1) 17... O-O 18. Nf3 b4 19. e5 dxe5 20. fxe5 Be7 21. Nd4 Qb6 22. Kh1
bxc3 23. bxc3 c5 24. Bc2 g6 25. Rb1 Qd8 26. e6 Bxe6 27. Nxe6 Qxd3 28. Bxd3 fxe6
29. Bc4 $5 Rf6 30. g3 Kf7 31. Rb6 h5 32. Kg2 Bf8 33. Rc6 g5 34. h3 h4 35. Bb3
Be7 36. Bc4 Bd8 37. gxh4 gxh4 38. Rxc5 Bb6 39. Re5 Ke7 40. Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch29"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Khasin, Abram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qb6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Na4 Qa5 13. Qc2 Be6 14. Rfc1
Rac8 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. Qxc5 Qxc5 17. Rxc5 Ne4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Kf1 Rb8 $2 ({
Correct is} 19... f6 $1 20. Be3 Rfd8) 20. b3 Rb5 21. Rac1 Rfb8 22. Bf4 Rxc5 23.
Rxc5 Rc8 24. Ke1 Kf8 25. Ra5 Ra8 26. Ra6 Bd5 27. Kd2 Ke7 28. Kc3 Kd7 29. Kd4 f6
30. Kc5 g5 31. Be3 Kc7 32. g4 Kb7 33. Ra4 Rd8 34. Kb4 a6 35. Ka5 c5 $5 36. Bxc5
Kc6 37. Be7 Rb8 38. Rd4 {Polugaevsky shows his great ability in the endgame.}
Re8 $2 ({Black's last chance is} 38... Rb5+ $1 39. Ka4 (39. Kxa6 Rb8) 39... Rb7
40. Bxf6 Rf7 41. Bxg5 Rxf2) 39. Bxf6 Rf8 40. Bxg5 Rxf2 41. Rd2 Rxh2 42. Kxa6
Rg2 43. Bf4 e3 44. Rc2+ Kd7 45. g5 Be4 46. Rb2 Kc6 47. Bxe3 Bd3+ 48. Ka5 Kb7
49. a4 Rxe2 50. Rxe2 Bxe2 51. b4 Bd1 52. b5 Be2 53. Kb4 Kc7 54. Kc5 Bf1 55. a5
Kb7 56. a6+ Ka7 57. Kc6+ Kb8 58. Kb6 Bg2 59. Ka5 Kc7 60. Bf4+ Kc8 61. b6 Bf3
62. Kb4 Bg2 63. Kc5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch29"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E83"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Nge2 a6 8. a3 $5
{White decides to attack on the queenside.} Bd7 9. b4 Re8 10. g3 b5 11. cxb5
axb5 12. Bg2 e5 13. d5 Ne7 14. O-O c6 15. Qd3 cxd5 16. exd5 Qb8 17. Kh1 h6 18.
Bg1 h5 $5 19. Ra2 h4 $5 20. gxh4 Qb7 (20... Bf5 $1 21. Qxb5 Nfxd5 22. Qxb8
Rexb8 {starts an attack.}) 21. f4 e4 $2 (21... Nf5 22. fxe5 dxe5 {is correct.})
22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Nf5 24. Ng3 Nxg3+ 25. hxg3 Rac8 26. Rc2 Rc4 $1 27. Rxc4
bxc4 28. Qf3 Qc8 $2 (28... Bh3 $1 29. Rf2 f5 30. Bb1 Bg4 {continues the
counteraction.}) 29. Rc1 $2 (29. f5 $1 {utilises the error.}) 29... Bg4 30. Qg2
c3 31. Bd3 Qa8 $1 32. b5 ({The pointe is} 32. Ra1 c2 $1) 32... Qxa3 33. Rb1 {
Black has sufficient compensation for the pawn.} c2 $2 (33... Bf3 $3 34. Qxf3
c2 $1 35. Rf1 c1=Q 36. Rxc1 Qxc1 {saves the game.}) 34. Qxc2 $1 ({Maybe, Black
expected} 34. Bxc2 $4 Bf3) 34... Rc8 35. Qb3 Qa5 36. Be4 Rc3 37. Qb4 Qa2 38.
Rb2 Qa1 39. Rb1 Qa2 40. Rb2 Qa1 41. Rb1 $4 {Again Spassky misses a win.} (41.
Rb1 $4 Qa2 $1 {and Black can claim a draw.}) (41. Kh2 $1 Rxg3 42. Kxg3 Bxb2 43.
Be3 $18) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch29"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A27"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 f5 4. d4 e4 5. d5 exf3 6. dxc6 fxg2 7. cxd7+ Qxd7 8.
Qxd7+ Bxd7 9. Bxg2 c6 10. O-O Nf6 11. Be3 Be6 12. b3 Bd6 13. Rad1 Be5 14. Bd4
Bxd4 15. Rxd4 Rd8 16. e3 Ke7 17. Ne2 g6 18. Nf4 Bf7 19. Rfd1 Nd7 20. Kf1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch29"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C73"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d4 Be7 8.
dxe5 Nxe4 $1 9. Nbd2 Nxd2 10. Bxd2 Bg4 11. Bc3 d5 12. h3 Bh5 13. Qd3 c5 14. Ba5
c4 15. Qe3 Qd7 16. Nd4 O-O 17. e6 $1 fxe6 18. Qxe6+ $2 ({Equality keeps} 18.
Nxe6 Rf7 19. Nxc7 Rb8 20. Qe5 Rf5 21. Qe6+ Qxe6 22. Nxe6 Rf6 23. Nd4 Rxb2 24.
Bc3 {with blockades.}) 18... Qxe6 19. Nxe6 Rfc8 20. Rae1 ({Material costs} 20.
Nxc7 $2 Bd8 $1 21. Nxa8 Bxa5 22. b4 Bd8) 20... Bd6 21. Bc3 Bg6 22. f4 $5 Bxc2
23. f5 $5 Re8 24. g4 Re7 25. g5 {Black has a positional advantage in the
centre.} Rae8 (25... Be4 $1 26. Bd4 c6 {is even better.}) 26. f6 gxf6 27. gxf6
Rd7 28. f7+ Rxf7 29. Rxf7 Kxf7 30. Ng5+ Kf8 31. Bg7+ Kxg7 32. Rxe8 a5 33. Kf2
a4 34. a3 Kf6 35. Nf3 c5 36. Rd8 Ke6 37. Re8+ Kd7 38. Re2 Bf5 39. h4 Kc6 40.
Ne5+ Kb5 41. Nf7 Bh2 42. Kg2 Bc7 43. Re7 Kc6 44. Ne5+ Kd6 45. Rf7 Be4+ 46. Kf2
Ba5 47. Ra7 Bd2 ({Another road to the win goes by} 47... c3 48. bxc3 Bxc3) 48.
Nf7+ Kc6 49. Ra6+ Kb7 50. Rxa4 Bf4 51. Nd8+ Kb6 52. Ne6 Be5 53. Ra8 Bf5 54. Re8
Bxb2 55. Rb8+ Ka5 56. Nc7 $5 c3 57. Nxd5 c2 58. a4 Kxa4 ({The last trap} 58...
c1=Q 59. Ra8# {is avoided.}) 59. Nb6+ Kb3 60. Nd5+ Ka2 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch29"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Vladimirov, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. c4 e5 8.
O-O Bc5 9. Nd2 Qh4 $6 ({Useful development gives} 9... Nf6 10. Qa4 Qc7) 10. Qa4
Rb8 11. a3 Nf6 12. Nf3 Qh5 13. b4 Bb6 14. c5 Bc7 15. Bb2 $6 (15. Bg5 $1 {
attacks the kingside.}) 15... O-O 16. Qc2 Re8 17. Rad1 Qg4 18. h3 Qh5 19. Rfe1
a5 20. Bc3 g5 $4 {Vladimirov has no ability for solid play.} ({An acceptable
defence provides} 20... d5 $1 21. cxd6 Bxd6 22. Ba6 $1 axb4 23. Bxc8 Rbxc8 24.
Rxd6 bxc3 25. Qxc3 c5 $1) 21. Be2 Qg6 22. Qb2 axb4 23. axb4 g4 24. Nxe5 Bxe5
25. Bxe5 gxh3 26. Bf3 {White threatens to capture a rook or a knight.} Rxb4 27.
Qxb4 Rxe5 28. Qb8 Rg5 29. g3 Kg7 30. Kh2 Ba6 31. Rd6 Rxc5 32. Qb2 Rb5 33. Qc3
Qg5 34. e5 Ng4+ 35. Bxg4 Kf8 36. e6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch29"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B82"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. f4 d6 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Kh1 b5 {Polugaevsky could apply his variation against Nezhmetdinov.
This time he plays a similar line.} 10. a3 Bb7 11. Qe2 Be7 12. Bd2 O-O 13. b4 (
13. Rae1 $1 Nc5 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Nxd3 {(Shamkovich)} 16. Qxd3 Nd7 17. Qg3)
13... Nb6 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Nfd7 16. Rae1 Rad8 $1 17. Rf4 $6 ({The sacrifice
} 17. Bxh7+ $2 Kxh7 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. Re3 {is refuted by} Nxe5 $1 20. Rh3 f6 21.
Nxe6 Bxg2+ $1 22. Kg1 Bxh3 23. Nxc7 Bg4 $1 24. Qh4 Rxd2) ({The initiative keeps
} 17. Qh5 g6 18. Qh3 Nxe5 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Qxe6+ Kg7) 17... Nc4 18. Ndxb5 $5
axb5 19. Nxb5 Qc6 $1 ({Avoids} 19... Qxe5 $2 20. Bxc4) 20. Bxc4 $5 Nxe5 $1 21.
Bc3 Nxc4 22. Rg4 e5 23. Qxc4 h5 $1 24. Rge4 Qg6 25. R4e2 Bd5 {Black has built
a strong attack.} 26. Qc7 $2 ({According to analysts, Black wins by} 26. Qd3 $1
Qc6 $1 {due to the threats ..Bc4 and ..Bxg2+. However,} 27. Qg3 $1 h4 $1 28.
Qxe5 Bf6 29. Qe3 Qxb5 30. Bxf6 gxf6 31. Qf4 {gives White sufficient positional
and material compensation for the bishop.}) 26... Bh4 27. Rg1 Rc8 28. Qxe5 Bc4
29. Re4 (29. Nd6 Bxe2 30. Nxc8 Rxc8 $19) 29... Bf6 30. Qf4 Bg5 31. Qe5 Bxb5 32.
Qxg7+ Qxg7 33. Bxg7 Rfe8 34. Rxe8+ Rxe8 35. Bd4 Re2 36. h3 Rxc2 37. Re1 Bc6 {
Polugaevsky showed himself as the master of counterattack.} 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch29"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 d6 3. e4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Nc3 Na6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8.
O-O Nf6 9. a4 O-O 10. Bg5 Nc7 11. Qd3 h6 12. Bf4 Nh5 13. Bd2 Na6 14. Qe2 Nb4
15. Rac1 e6 16. dxe6 Qxe6 $5 17. Nb5 {Tal is allowed a trick.} Rfc8 ({The
first pun is} 17... Nd5 $5 18. Rce1 Ndf4 19. Bxf4 Nxf4 20. Qe3 g5) 18. Nfd4 $5
{Now Polu rallies.} cxd4 19. Bxb4 Rc4 20. Bxd6 a6 21. Na3 (21. Nc7 $2 Qxd6 22.
Nxa8 Rc8 {(Khalifman).}) 21... d3 $1 22. Qf3 $1 d2 (22... Rxa4 23. e5 d2 24.
Qxb7 Rd8 25. Rcd1 Bxe5 26. Bxe5 Qxe5 {is more aggressive.}) 23. Rcd1 Rxe4 24.
Rxd2 Bxb2 25. Qb3 Rd8 26. Qxb2 Rxd6 27. Rxd6 Qxd6 28. Qxb7 Rxa4 29. Qc8+ Kg7
30. Nc4 Qd4 31. Ne3 Nf6 32. g3 Ne4 33. Qg4 Qe5 34. Qe2 Rd4 35. Qxa6 Nd2 36. Rd1
Nf3+ 37. Kg2 Rxd1 38. Nxd1 Qe4 39. Ne3 Nd4+ 40. Kg1 Nf3+ 41. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch29"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Khasin, Abram"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 c5 5. d5 exd5 6. cxd5 d6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bb5
Qa5 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 10. Nge2 Ne5 11. O-O Bxc3 12. Nxc3 f6 13. Bf4 O-O 14. Ne4 Qd8
15. Qd2 Re8 16. f3 f5 17. Nf2 Bd7 18. Rfc1 b5 19. Nd3 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Qb6 21. h4
a5 22. a3 c4 23. Qd2 Rac8 24. Kf2 Rc7 25. Qd4 $5 Qxd4 $6 26. exd4 Bc8 27. Bxd6
Rd7 28. Bc5 Rxd5 29. a4 $1 {White wins a pawn in the endgame.} b4 30. Rxc4 f4
31. Rcc1 Bd7 32. Re1 Rh5 33. Rxe8+ Bxe8 34. Re1 $1 Bxa4 35. Ra1 Bc6 36. Rxa5 b3
37. Ra3 Bd5 38. Bd6 Rh6 $1 39. Bxf4 Rc6 40. Ra8+ Kf7 41. Ra7+ Ke6 42. Rxg7 {
White has to fight for a draw, despite the three extra pawns.} (42. Rxg7 Rc2+
43. Ke3 $1 Rxb2 44. Rg8 $1 Rc2 45. Rb8 $1 Rxg2 {Black threatens .. b2 and ..
Ba2.} 46. Rb6+ Kf7 47. Bd6 Rg6 48. Kd3 Rh6 49. Bc7 Rxb6 50. Bxb6 Bxf3 $11)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch29"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. a3 b5 7. Be2 Bb7 8. O-O
Nf6 9. Bf3 d6 10. Re1 Nbd7 11. a4 $6 {White's action on the queenside will
have a poor result.} b4 12. Na2 Ne5 $1 13. Bg5 ({The pointe is} 13. Nxb4 $2 d5
$1) 13... Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Be7 15. Bd2 a5 16. Qd3 O-O 17. c3 d5 18. Nb5 $6 ({
Less problems causes} 18. e5 $1 bxc3 19. Nxc3 Ne4 20. Nxe4 dxe4) 18... Qc6 19.
cxb4 dxe4 {White's position looks confused.} 20. Qf1 $2 ({Correct is} 20. Qe2
$1 Qc2 21. Qd1 $1) 20... Qc2 21. Bc3 Qxa4 22. b3 Qxb3 23. Reb1 Qc2 24. bxa5 Ba6
25. Qe1 Nd5 26. Nd4 Qd3 27. Nc6 Bd6 28. Ne5 Qe2 29. Qxe2 Bxe2 30. Nd7 Bc4 31.
Bd4 (31. Nxf8 Bxa2 32. Rxa2 Nxc3 $19) 31... Rfc8 32. Nb6 Nxb6 33. Rxb6 Bc7 34.
Rc6 Bxa2 35. Rxa2 Bxh2+ 36. Kxh2 Rxc6 37. Rb2 Rc4 38. Be3 f5 39. Bb6 Ra4 40.
Rb5 Kf7 41. Rc5 Kf6 42. g3 g5 43. Rc7 R8xa5 44. Bxa5 Rxa5 45. Rxh7 e3 46. fxe3
Ra2+ 47. Kg1 Re2 48. Ra7 Rxe3 49. Kf2 f4 50. gxf4 gxf4 51. Ra5 e5 52. Ra8 Kf5
53. Ra7 Rd3 54. Ke2 Ke4 55. Ra4+ Rd4 56. Ra3 f3+ 57. Kf2 Rd2+ 58. Ke1 Rb2 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch29"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E45"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ba6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 d5 8.
Qf3 O-O 9. Be2 c5 10. dxc5 Nbd7 11. cxd5 ({Taimanov avoids the adventure of} 
11. cxb6 $5 Bxc4 12. bxa7 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Rxa7) 11... Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Nxc5 13. b4
Nb3 14. Rb1 Nxc1 15. Rxc1 Nxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch29"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Shianovsky, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Be3 d6 6. f3 c6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O
b5 9. Bh6 {Black shall attack on the queenside.} bxc4 $2 ({This variation had
its debut with} 9... Qa5 10. h4 $2 b4 $1 11. Nb1 c5 $1 {(Tarasov-Buslaev,
Tbilisi 1956).}) 10. h4 d5 11. h5 Bxh6 12. Qxh6 g5 13. Nh3 Bxh3 14. gxh3 Kh8
15. Rg1 Rg8 16. e5 Ne8 17. h4 Nc7 18. Rxg5 ({A favourable endgame results from
} 18. hxg5 Qf8 19. Qxf8 Rxf8 20. Bh3) 18... Ne6 19. Rxg8+ Qxg8 20. Bh3 Nd7 21.
Bxe6 fxe6 22. Ne2 $1 {White threatens Rg1 and Nf4-g6+.} Qf8 23. Qxe6 Qxf3 24.
Nc3 Qe3+ 25. Rd2 Rg8 $5 26. Qxd7 Rg2 27. Qe8+ Kg7 28. Qxe7+ Kg8 29. Qe8+ Kg7
30. h6+ Kxh6 31. Qf8+ Kh5 32. Qf5+ Kh6 33. Ne2 Rf2 (33... Rxe2 34. Qg5+ $18)
34. Qg4 c5 35. Qg5+ Qxg5 36. hxg5+ Kxg5 37. dxc5 h5 38. c6 h4 39. Nd4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch29"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Vladimirov, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B94"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. f4 Qc7 8.
Qf3 g6 9. O-O-O Bg7 10. Be2 h6 11. Bh4 e5 $5 {Black takes a risk in an unusual
variation. White answers in style.} 12. Ndb5 $1 axb5 13. Nxb5 Qa5 14. Nxd6+ Kf8
15. Bc4 $5 (15. Qb3 Qxa2 16. Qxa2 Rxa2 17. Nxc8 exf4 {is less interesting.})
15... exf4 16. Nxf7 Qc7 17. Bb3 (17. Nxh8 Bxh8 {discontinues the attack.})
17... Ne5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Rd8+ Ne8 20. c3 {Again Vladimirov chooses a clumsy
advance of the g-pawn.} g5 $2 ({Correct is} 20... Bf6 $1 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Rhd1
Bg4 $1 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Qxg4 Rxe4) 21. Qh5 $1 Qe7 22. Bf2 Bg4 23. Rxe8+ (23.
Qxe8+ $1 Qxe8 24. Bc5#) 23... Rxe8 24. Qxg4 Be5 25. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch29"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. d5 d6 7. Nge2 e6 8. Ng3 h6
9. Bd2 exd5 10. exd5 Ng4 11. Be2 Qh4 12. Qb3 f5 13. Bxg4 fxg4 14. Nce4 Nd7 15.
O-O-O ({Avoids} 15. Nxd6 $6 Qe7+ 16. Nde4 Nf6 17. Qe3 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Qf6) 15...
Qe7 16. Rhe1 Ne5 17. Bc3 Rb8 18. Qc2 Bd7 19. Kb1 b5 20. cxb5 Bxb5 $2 ({Correct
is} 20... Rxb5) 21. Nxc5 $1 Rfc8 $1 (21... dxc5 $2 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. Qxg6+ Qg7
24. Qe6+ {(Lutikov).}) 22. Ne6 $2 {Averbakh collapses.} ({Great confusion
starts} 22. Bxe5 $1 Rxc5 23. Qxc5 $1 Bd3+ $1 24. Ka1 dxc5 25. Bxb8 Qb7 26. Be5
Qxd5) 22... Bd3 $1 23. Rxd3 Nxd3 24. Nxg7 ({Lutikov analyses} 24. Qxd3 Rxc3 25.
Qxg6 Rxb2+ 26. Kxb2 Qb7+ 27. Ka1 Rc1#) 24... Qxe1+ 25. Bxe1 Rxc2 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch29"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C87"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 Bg4 8. h3
Bh5 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. d4 exd4 11. cxd4 O-O 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. Qc2 c5 $5 {He
liberates his position with force.} 14. dxc5 d5 15. e5 Bg6 16. Qc3 Ne4 17. Nxe4
dxe4 18. Nd4 Qd5 19. Nb3 a5 20. Be3 Qd3 21. Rac1 Red8 22. Nd4 Rd5 23. Ne2 Qxc3
24. Rxc3 Rxe5 {Black has won the pawn back, but White has a better endgame.}
25. Rd1 Bf6 26. Ra3 Ree8 27. b3 Bf5 28. Ra4 h5 29. Nf4 h4 30. Nd5 Be5 31. Bf4
Bxf4 32. Nxf4 Kf8 33. Rd5 g6 34. c6 Ra6 35. Rc5 Rd8 36. Nd5 Rd6 37. Raxa5 Rxa5
38. Rxa5 Rxc6 39. Kf1 Ke8 40. Ke2 Kd7 41. Kd2 Rd6 42. Kc1 $5 Re6 43. a4 Re5 44.
Nb6+ Ke6 45. Rxe5+ Kxe5 46. Nc4+ Kd4 47. Kd2 Be6 48. a5 $5 f5 $2 ({The
intended attack prevents} 48... Bc8 $1 49. Na3 Ba6) 49. a6 f4 50. a7 Bd5 51.
Ke2 g5 52. g3 $3 {White creates chaces in a brilliant way.} hxg3 $2 ({Ample
counteraction provides} 52... g4 $3 53. gxf4 gxh3 {(Flohr)} 54. Ne3 h2 55. Nxd5
h1=Q 56. a8=Q Qf3+) 53. fxg3 e3 54. gxf4 gxf4 55. Nxe3 $1 fxe3 56. h4 Bb7 57.
h5 Ke5 58. b4 Kf5 59. Kxe3 Bc6 60. Kd4 Kf6 61. h6 Kg6 62. Ke5 {Super duo:
Boris and Polu 10 1/2 out of 15. Lev has closed the gap.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch29"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be2 e5 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Nd2 Nf4 12. O-O Nd7 13. Bg4 $1 Nf6 14. Bxc8 Qxc8 {
White has gained a lasting plus.} 15. f3 Kh8 16. a3 b6 17. b4 h5 18. Bf2 Bh6
19. bxc5 bxc5 20. Ne2 Ne8 21. Ng3 Ng7 22. Qc2 g4 23. Nf5 Nxf5 24. exf5 Rg8 25.
Kh1 gxf3 26. g3 Nh3 27. Nxf3 Rg4 28. Be1 e4 $6 ({A stronger defence brings} 
28... Qa6 29. Bd2 Bxd2 30. Qxd2 Kh7) 29. Bd2 Bg7 30. f6 $1 {Polugaevsky
attacks subtly.} Bxf6 31. Bc3 exf3 $2 ({Better chances provides} 31... Bxc3 32.
Qxc3+ Kg8 33. Nh4 Qd7) 32. Bxf6+ Kg8 33. Rxf3 Ng5 34. Rf5 Nh7 35. Raf1 Nxf6 36.
Rxf6 Rg7 37. Rxd6 h4 38. Rc6 Qh3 39. Qg2 Qg4 40. Rf4 Qd1+ 41. Qf1 Qd2 42. Rxh4
Re8 43. Rch6 Kf8 44. Re6 Rxe6 45. dxe6 Ke8 46. Qf3 Qc1+ 47. Kg2 Qb2+ 48. Kh3
Qb6 49. exf7+ Rxf7 50. Qa8+ Kd7 51. Qd5+ Ke7 52. Re4+ Kf8 53. Qa8+ Kg7 54. Rg4+
Kf6 55. Qh8+ Ke7 56. Re4+ Kd6 57. Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch29"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E65"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. c4 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. dxc5
$5 {Spassky avoids Tal's Ben-Oni.} dxc5 9. Be3 Be6 10. Bxc5 Qa5 11. Ba3 Bxc4
12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Rac8 14. Qf4 ({Risky is} 14. Bxe7 $6 Nd5 15. Qh4 Nxe7 16.
Qxe7 b5 17. a3 Rfe8 {(Foisor-Arakhamia, Juniors 1985).}) 14... g5 ({A draw
forces} 14... Nh5 15. Qe3 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Qxc3 17. bxc3 Rc7 {(Morovic-Bowden,
London 1985).}) 15. Qe3 Rc7 16. Rad1 Re8 17. Rd4 b5 $2 ({Correct is} 17... h6
18. Rfd1 b5) 18. Qxg5 h6 19. Qd2 $1 b4 20. Nb1 Nd5 21. Rg4 h5 22. Rg5 Rc5 23.
b3 $1 {Tal suffers a tactical defeat.} Nc3 ({The pointe is} 23... bxa3 24. Qxa5
Rxa5 25. bxc4) 24. Rxc5 Qxc5 25. Nxc3 bxc3 26. Bxc5 cxd2 27. bxc4 Rb8 28. Bxa7
Rb2 29. e3 Rxa2 30. Bc5 e5 31. Bf3 h4 32. Rd1 hxg3 33. hxg3 Rc2 34. Be2 Rb2 35.
Bd3 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch29"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C73"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4 f6 7. c4 Ne7 8. Be3
Ng6 9. h3 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. g4 a5 12. d5 Qe8 13. dxc6 Qxc6 14. Qd5+ Qxd5 15.
cxd5 Bd7 16. O-O-O Kf7 17. Rd2 Rh8 18. Rc2 h5 19. Rg1 hxg4 20. hxg4 Rh3 21. Ne1
Nh4 22. Ne2 Bd8 23. Rc3 a4 24. Bd2 Rh2 25. Be3 Rb8 26. Ng3 Rc8 27. Ba7 c5 28.
dxc6 Rxc6 29. Rxc6 Bxc6 30. Nc2 Bd7 31. Nf1 Rg2 32. Rxg2 Nxg2 33. Nfe3 Nf4 34.
f3 Ke6 35. b3 Ne2+ 36. Kd2 Ng1 37. Nf5 Nxf3+ 38. Ke3 Nh2 39. Nxg7+ Kf7 40. Nf5
axb3 41. axb3 Be7 $5 42. Bb8 $2 (42. Nb4 Nxg4+ 43. Kf3 Nh2+ 44. Kg2 $11) 42...
Nxg4+ 43. Kf3 d5 $1 {Boris closes the trap.} 44. Nxe7 ({The pointe is} 44. Kxg4
dxe4 45. Ba7 Kg6 46. Nce3 Bb4 47. Bb6 Bd2 {Black wins material.}) 44... dxe4+
45. Kxe4 Kxe7 46. Ne3 Nf2+ 47. Kf3 Nh3 48. b4 Ng5+ 49. Kg3 Ke6 50. Kg4 Ne4 51.
Kh5 Be8+ 52. Kg4 Nf2+ 53. Kf3 Nd3 54. Ba7 Bh5+ 55. Kg3 Nxb4 56. Kh4 Be2 57. Kg3
Nd3 58. Ng2 f5 59. Bb8 f4+ 60. Nxf4+ Nxf4 61. Kf2 Kd5 62. Ke3 Bh5 63. Kd2 Ne6
64. Bxe5 Kxe5 65. Kc3 Kd5 66. Kd3 Bg6+ 67. Kc3 Nc5 68. Kb2 Kc4 69. Ka1 Kc3 70.
Ka2 Nb3 71. Ka3 Bb1 72. Ka4 Nd4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch29"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Kots, Yury"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B41"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. g3 d5 6. e5 Nc6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bg2
Qc7 9. Qe2 a5 10. c4 Ba6 11. b3 Bc5 12. O-O Ne7 13. Bb2 O-O 14. Nd2 a4 15. Rab1
Rfb8 16. Rfc1 Nf5 17. Bh3 axb3 18. axb3 Nd4 19. Bxd4 Bxd4 20. Nf3 Bc5 21. Qc2
dxc4 22. bxc4 h6 23. Bf1 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 Rb8 25. Ra1 Qb6 26. Bd3 Bc8 27. Qe2 Bd7
28. Rf1 Be8 29. Qe4 Kf8 $5 30. Qh7 Qb3 31. Ne1 Bb4 32. Ng2 Qc3 33. Qe4 Rd8 34.
Bb1 Bc5 35. Nf4 Qd4 36. Qe2 $6 Bb4 37. Bc2 Qc3 38. Rd1 Rxd1+ 39. Bxd1 Qd4 40.
Bb3 Bc5 41. Kg2 Bd7 42. Ba4 Bb6 43. Nh3 Ke7 44. f4 Qa1 45. Bc2 Bd4 46. Nf2 c5
47. Be4 Ba4 48. Bf3 Bb3 49. Ne4 Qc1 50. Nd2 Ba4 51. Ne4 Bb3 52. Nd2 Ba2 53. Qd3
g5 54. Kh3 gxf4 55. gxf4 Kf8 56. Nb3 $4 (56. Qh7 $1 Qxd2 57. Qh8+ Ke7 58. Qf6+
Kf8 {leads to perpetual check.}) 56... Qxf4 $4 (56... Bxb3 57. Qxb3 Qxf4 $19)
57. Nxd4 Qxd4 58. Qxd4 cxd4 59. c5 d3 60. Bd1 Ke7 61. Kg3 Bb1 62. Bf3 d2 63.
Bd1 Kd7 64. Ba4+ Kc7 65. Kf4 Bd3 66. Ke3 Bb5 67. Bd1 Kc6 68. Kd4 Bf1 69. Ba4+
Kc7 70. Ke3 Bb5 71. Bd1 {Spassky became the sole leader again.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch29"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Gipslis, Aivars"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. a3 b5 8. Nxc6
Qxc6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Rc8 11. Bd4 Qc7 12. Qd2 (12. f4 $1 {shows more
ambition.}) 12... e5 $1 13. Be3 Nf6 14. f3 Bc5 15. Rfd1 Bxe3+ 16. Qxe3 Qc5 17.
Qxc5 Rxc5 18. Rd6 Ke7 19. Rb6 Rb8 20. a4 Rc6 21. Rxc6 dxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch29"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Shianovsky, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O c6 6. a4 $5 d5 7. b3 Ne4 8. Bb2
c5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Nbd2 Bf5 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Qa5 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qd5 Qc7
$6 (14... Qb4 15. Ba3 Qc3 16. Qxb7 Qxe5 {keeps equality.}) 15. Bxe4 {White has
captured one pawn and threatens to take another.} Rad8 $2 {Black moves the
wrong rook.} ({Correct is} 15... Rfd8 $1 16. Qxb7 Qxb7 17. Bxb7 Rab8 18. Bg2
Rd2 19. Rac1 Rxc2) 16. Qxb7 Qxb7 17. Bxb7 Bxc2 18. Rfc1 Bxb3 19. Rxc5 Rd7 20.
Bc8 Rd5 21. Rxd5 Bxd5 22. Rc1 Bf3 23. a5 Rd8 24. Bd4 Rd5 25. Bb7 Rxd4 26. exd4
Bxb7 27. Rc7 Bf3 28. Rxa7 e6 29. a6 Bh6 30. Rc7 Bd2 31. a7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch29"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 c5 8. Bb2
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Nc3 Qc7 12. Qe2 Bd6 $2 (12... a6 {avoids
troubles.}) 13. Nb5 Bxb5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qg4+ $2 (15. cxb5 $1 Rac8 $1 16. Qh5
f5 17. g4 $1 {starts a ferocious attack.}) 15... Kh8 16. Qh4 Bxh2+ 17. Kh1 f5
18. Qf6+ Kg8 19. Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch29"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Savon, Vladimir"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c4 e5 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. d3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Rb1 a5 10. Ne1 Be6 11. Nc2 d5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Ne4 (13. Ne3 $1 {keeps
equal chances.}) 13... Qb6 $1 14. Ne3 Nxe3 15. Bxe3 Nd4 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Qc2
Rac8 18. Nd2 Qa6 19. a4 b6 20. Nc4 Qa7 21. Qd2 Qc7 22. h4 Rce8 23. b3 Re7 24.
Bf3 f5 25. Kg2 Bf6 26. Rh1 Ref7 27. Rbg1 Bd8 28. Qh6 Qe7 29. Qc1 Bc7 30. Re1
Qf6 31. Qh6 Rd8 32. Nd2 Qg7 33. Qxg7+ Kxg7 34. Reg1 Rb8 35. Nc4 Re7 36. Re1 Kf6
37. Bc6 Rc8 38. Bb7 Rd8 39. Bc6 Bc8 40. Bf3 Rg7 41. Reg1 Re7 42. Kf1 h5 43. Ke1
Bd7 44. Kd2 Rb8 45. Kc2 Ree8 46. Ra1 Kg7 47. Rhg1 Re6 48. Rae1 Ree8 49. Ra1 Re6
50. Rae1 Rbe8 51. Kd2 Rf6 52. Kc2 Kf8 53. Nd2 Rfe6 54. Nc4 Kg7 55. Kd2 Rb8 56.
Kc2 {This position occurs for the third time. Nevertheless, the 'Sitzkrieg' of
long manoeuvring in a closed game continues.} Kf6 57. Ra1 Re7 58. Kd2 Ree8 59.
Na3 Re6 60. Nc4 b5 61. axb5 Rxb5 62. Ra3 Ra6 63. Rga1 f4 64. gxf4 Bxf4+ 65. Kc2
Bc7 66. Be4 Be8 67. Rg1 Kg7 68. Raa1 Bd8 69. Rh1 Rb4 70. Bd5 a4 71. bxa4 Raxa4
72. Rxa4 {White overstepped the third time control in a defendable position.}
0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch29"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Bd7 $5
8. Bd3 Bc6 9. c3 Nd7 10. Qe2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rad1 Nf6 13. c4 $5 {
Polugaevsky needs a win, but Keres draws easily.} Bxe4 14. Bxe4 c6 15. Bb1 Qc7
16. Ne5 Rad8 17. Rd3 c5 18. dxc5 Qxc5 19. b3 Rxd3 20. Nxd3 Qc7 21. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch29"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeni"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. e4 {Vasiukov provokes.} Nc6 2. Nf3 e5 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nd4 5. Nxd4 {But
Spassky wants to draw.} exd4 6. e5 dxc3 7. exf6 Qxf6 8. dxc3 Qe5+ 9. Qe2 Qxe2+
10. Bxe2 d5 11. Bf4 c6 12. O-O-O Be6 13. Rhe1 O-O-O 14. Bd3 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Rxd6 {
Super duo: Boris 14 1/2 and Polu 14.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1961.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E98"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1961.??.03"]

{Tal played a fine tournament in Bled after he had lost the world title. A
thrilling race with Fischer was the highlight. The event lasted from 3 ix
until 3 x 1961.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7.
O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 11. exf5 Nxf5 $1 12. f3 Nf6 ({Bobby
will play} 12... Nd4 {in the match versus Reshevsky during the next month.})
13. Nf2 Nd4 14. Nfe4 Nh5 $5 {Fischer shows ambition.} 15. Bg5 Qd7 16. g3 h6 17.
Be3 c5 $5 {He decides to sacrifice a pawn.} ({More solid is} 17... Qf7) 18.
Bxd4 exd4 19. Nb5 a6 $1 20. Nbxd6 d3 $1 21. Qxd3 ({Fischer analyses} 21. Bxd3
Bd4+ 22. Kh1 Nxg3+ $1 23. Nxg3 Qxd6) 21... Bd4+ {A critical position has been
reached.} 22. Kg2 ({White can fight for an advantage by} 22. Rf2 $1 Nf6 23.
Nxf6+ Rxf6 24. Ne4) 22... Nxg3 $1 23. Nxc8 $1 ({The alternative is} 23. Nxg3
Qxd6) 23... Nxf1 24. Nb6 $1 Qc7 $1 25. Rxf1 ({Not} 25. Nxa8 $2 Qxh2+ 26. Kxf1
Qg1#) 25... Qxb6 26. b4 $1 Qxb4 ({The point is} 26... cxb4 $2 27. c5 $1 Bxc5
28. Nxc5 Qxc5 29. Qxg6+ Kh8 30. Qxh6+ Kg8 31. Kh1 $1 {(Fischer).}) 27. Rb1 Qa5
28. Nxc5 $1 Qxc5 29. Qxg6+ Bg7 30. Rxb7 Qd4 $1 31. Bd3 Rf4 32. Qe6+ Kh8 33. Qg6
{The game ends by a perpetual.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1961.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivkov, Borislav"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "1961.??.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8.
Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Nd5 Rd7 $1 {Tal gives an appropriate answer to an unusual move.}
10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. c5 Nc6 12. Bb5 Rd8 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. O-O Bg4 15. Be3 Rab8
16. b3 Bg7 17. h3 Bxf3 18. gxf3 f5 19. Rad1 Kf7 20. Bg5 $2 ({Right is} 20. Bd2
$1 Rd3 21. Ba5) 20... Bf6 21. Bxf6 Kxf6 22. Rfe1 Rd4 $1 23. Rxd4 exd4 24. exf5
$2 ({The counter by} 24. f4 $1 {(Khalifman)} Rb5 $1 25. f3 $1 Rxc5 26. Rd1 fxe4
27. fxe4 g5 $1 {brings a difficult defence for White.}) 24... gxf5 25. f4 $1 d3
26. Kg2 d2 27. Rd1 Rd8 28. Kf3 Kg6 29. b4 Kh5 30. Kg3 Kg6 31. f3 Kh5 32. a3 Rd4
33. Kf2 Kh4 34. Kg2 Rd3 35. Kf2 h5 36. Kg2 Rxa3 37. Rxd2 Rb3 38. Ra2 (38. Rd7
$5 Rxb4 39. Rxc7 Rb2+ 40. Kf1 Kxh3 {shows similarity to the game.}) 38... Rxb4
39. Rxa7 Rb2+ 40. Kf1 Rc2 $1 41. Rxc7 Rxc5 42. Kf2 Kxh3 43. Rg7 h4 44. Rg5 Ra5
45. Rh5 Ra2+ 46. Ke3 Kg2 $1 47. Rxh4 Ra3+ 48. Ke2 Rxf3 49. Rh5 Rxf4 50. Rg5+
Kh3 51. Ke3 Rf1 52. Ke2 Kh4 $1 53. Rg6 Rc1 54. Kf3 Rc4 55. Ke3 c5 56. Kf3 Rg4
57. Rc6 c4 58. Rc5 Kg5 59. Rc6 Re4 60. Rc8 Kf6 61. Rc5 Ke6 62. Kg2 f4 63. Kf3
Rd4 64. Rc7 Kd5 65. Rc8 Rd3+ 66. Kxf4 c3 67. Rc7 Kd4 68. Rc8 Rd2 0-1

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1961.09.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1961.??.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 Nf6 $6 {Tal makes a
surprising error.} 7. Ndb5 $1 Qb8 8. Bf4 Ne5 $2 ({Better is} 8... e5 $1 9. Bg5
a6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Na3 Bxa3 12. bxa3 Ne7 {(A. Ivanov - I. Ivanov, Long Beach
1989).}) 9. Be2 $1 Bc5 ({No use has} 9... a6 10. Qd4 d6 11. Rd1 $1 axb5 12.
Bxe5) 10. Bxe5 $1 Qxe5 11. f4 Qb8 12. e5 $1 {Tal is licked.} a6 ({Or} 12... Ng8
13. Ne4 Be7 14. Qd2) 13. exf6 axb5 14. fxg7 Rg8 15. Ne4 Be7 16. Qd4 Ra4 17.
Nf6+ Bxf6 18. Qxf6 Qc7 19. O-O-O Rxa2 20. Kb1 Ra6 21. Bxb5 Rb6 22. Bd3 e5 23.
fxe5 $1 {White wins easily.} Rxf6 24. exf6 Qc5 25. Bxh7 Qg5 26. Bxg8 Qxf6 27.
Rhf1 Qxg7 28. Bxf7+ Kd8 29. Be6 $1 Qh6 30. Bxd7 Bxd7 31. Rf7 Qxh2 32. Rdxd7+
Ke8 33. Rde7+ Kd8 34. Rd7+ Kc8 35. Rc7+ Kd8 36. Rfd7+ Ke8 37. Rd1 b5 38. Rb7
Qh5 39. g4 Qh3 40. g5 Qf3 41. Re1+ Kf8 42. Rxb5 Kg7 43. Rb6 Qg3 44. Rd1 Qc7 45.
Rdd6 Qc8 46. b3 Kh7 47. Ra6 {Fischer had beaten Tal for the first time.} 1-0

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1961.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Donner, Jan Hein"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A35"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1961.??.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 c5 6. Nf3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8.
Nc2 Ng4 9. Bd2 a6 10. O-O b5 $6 {Bobby does not seem to take Jan Hein
seriously.} 11. h3 Nge5 12. cxb5 axb5 13. b3 $5 d5 14. Nxb5 Ba6 15. a4 Bxb5 16.
axb5 Rxa1 17. Nxa1 Na7 18. Bb4 d4 19. f4 Nd7 20. Qd3 Qb6 21. Rc1 Nxb5 22. Rc6
Qb8 23. Nc2 $1 Re8 24. e3 e5 {White has the advantage.} 25. Ra6 $2 (25. Bd5 $1
Nf8 26. Qc4 {keeps the edge.}) 25... Nc7 26. Bd6 $2 ({Better is} 26. Rd6) 26...
Nc5 $5 27. Bxc5 e4 $1 28. Bxe4 Nxa6 29. exd4 Nxc5 30. dxc5 Qc8 31. c6 Qxh3 32.
b4 Bf8 33. Bg2 Qg4 34. Kf2 Qe6 35. Bd5 Qf6 36. Qd4 Qe7 37. Qc4 h5 38. b5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1961.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Olafsson, Fridrik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1961.??.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. a3 $5 Nf6 8.
f4 d6 9. Qf3 Be7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Bd7 12. Rae1 $5 b5 13. Qg3 Kh8 14. Nxc6
Bxc6 15. e5 $1 Ng8 ({No good is} 15... dxe5 $6 16. fxe5 Nh5 17. Qh3) 16. Qh3
Nh6 17. f5 $5 {Tal starts one of his great adventures in the Sicilian Defence.
The sacrifices are doubtful but his opponent fails to find the refutation.}
Nxf5 18. Rxf5 $5 exf5 19. Bxf5 g6 20. Bd4 Kg8 $2 {Olafsson blunders à tempo.} (
{He misses the hidden resource} 20... Qd8 $1 21. exd6+ $1 Bf6 22. Qh4 Bg7 $1 {
favours Black.} ({Tal gives} 22... Kg7 $2 23. Bd7 $1)) 21. e6 Bg5 ({Or} 21...
f6 22. Bxg6 $1 {(Tal)} hxg6 23. Qh6 Be8 24. Re3) 22. exf7+ $1 Rxf7 23. Bxg6 $1
Rg7 (23... Re7 $5 24. Re6 $1 {wins wonderfully.}) 24. Qe6+ Kh8 25. Be8 $1 h6
26. Bxc6 Qxc6 27. Ne4 Re8 28. Qg6 Ree7 29. h4 ({Tal avoids} 29. Nxg5 Rxe1+ 30.
Kf2 Re2+ $1 {drawn.}) 29... Qd5 30. Bxg7+ Rxg7 31. Qxd6 Qxd6 32. Nxd6 Bxh4 33.
Re8+ Rg8 34. Nf7+ Kg7 35. Rxg8+ Kxg8 36. Nxh6+ Kh7 37. Nf5 Bg5 38. b3 {Black
overstepped the time limit.} 1-0

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1961.09.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Olafsson, Fridrik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1961.??.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 8.
O-O d6 9. Nb3 Qc7 10. Be2 O-O 11. f4 a5 {They have followed Kofman - Gufeld,
Kiev 1960.} 12. a4 $5 Nb4 13. Rf2 e5 $5 {Pawn d6 becomes vulnerable, when
Black counters.} 14. Bf3 Bd7 15. Rd2 Rfd8 16. Kh1 Bc6 17. Qg1 Nd7 18. f5 b6 $6
({Preferable is} 18... gxf5 19. exf5 e4 $1 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. Nxe4 Bxb2) 19.
Rad1 Nc5 20. Nb5 $1 Qe7 21. Nxd6 Nxc2 22. Nxc5 (22. Bxc5 bxc5 23. Qxc5 Bxa4 $1
24. Qxc2 Rab8 {leads to equality.}) 22... Nxe3 23. Qxe3 bxc5 24. Be2 $6 (24. b3
$1 c4 $1 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. Nxc4 {keeps a plus.}) 24... Bxa4 25. b3 Be8 26. Bc4
a4 $1 27. Bd5 $1 Rxd6 $1 28. Bxa8 Rd4 29. fxg6 hxg6 30. bxa4 Bxa4 31. Ra1 $5
Qf8 $2 {Black misses a combination.} ({Right is} 31... Qd8 $1 32. Bd5 Bc6 $1)
32. Bd5 $1 Bh6 33. Rxd4 $1 Bxe3 34. Rdxa4 Qh6 35. Rf1 Bf4 36. g3 Qh3 37. Raa1
Bxg3 38. Ra8+ 1-0

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1961.09.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E55"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1961.??.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. Qd3 b6 10. d5 $5 {Geller has prepared a daring novelty.} Bxc3 11. dxe6
$1 Ne5 $5 ({Mortals play} 11... Ba5 12. exd7 Qxd7 {The magician of Riga has
another mind.}) 12. exf7+ $1 Kh8 13. Qxc3 Nxf3+ 14. gxf3 b5 $5 15. Bxb5 Bh3 16.
Re1 Qb6 $5 (16... Ne4 17. Qe5 Qa5 $1 18. b4 Qxb5 19. fxe4 Qxb4 20. Bb2 Rxf7 {
takes less risk.}) 17. Bf1 $5 {Geller ducks the battle.} (17. Bd3 $1 Rxf7 18.
Kh1 Rd8 19. Rg1 Qd6 20. Rg3 {fights on vigorously.}) 17... Ne4 $1 18. fxe4 Qg6+
19. Kh1 Qxe4+ 20. Kg1 Qg4+ 21. Kh1 Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1961.09.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Parma, Bruno"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B97"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1961.??.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 {Fischer has taken the poisoned pawn.} 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Be2
Nc6 $5 12. Nb3 $5 Bg7 13. f5 O-O 14. O-O Ne5 15. Nd4 b5 16. Kh1 Bd7 17. Bh5
Rac8 18. Rb3 Qc5 ({The alternative is} 18... Qa5) 19. Nce2 $1 Nc4 20. Qc1 e5 $6
({Black should play} 20... Qe5 $1 21. Rg3 Kh8 {due to} 22. Rxg7 $2 Kxg7 23. Rf3
exf5 $1 24. exf5 Rg8 $1 25. Rg3+ Kh8 $1) 21. Rg3 Kh8 22. Rxg7 $1 {Parma starts
a strong attack.} Kxg7 23. Rf3 Rg8 24. Rg3+ Kf8 ({Not} 24... Kh8 $2 25. Qh6
Rxg3 26. Nxg3) 25. Qh6+ Ke7 26. Qxh7 exd4 $2 ({Right is} 26... Rgf8 $1 27. Rg7
Kd8 28. Bxf7 exd4 29. Be6 Kc7 30. Rxd7+ Kb6 $1 31. Rb7+ Ka5 32. Bxc8 Rxc8 {and
Black survives.}) 27. Qxf7+ Kd8 28. Rxg8+ Kc7 29. Nf4 Qa3 30. Nd5+ Kb8 31. h3
Ne3 32. Rxc8+ Kxc8 33. Nxe3 $2 ({White misses the win by} 33. Qf8+ $1 Kb7 {
(the king cannot go to c7)} 34. Nxe3 Qxe3 35. Qxd6) 33... Qxe3 34. Bf3 Qc1+ 35.
Kh2 Qf4+ 36. Kg1 Qc1+ 37. Kh2 Qf4+ 38. Kg1 Qc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1961.09.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Matanovic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E24"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1961.??.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 d6 6. f3 e5 7. e4 O-O 8. Bg5
$5 ({More solid is} 8. Bd3 {(Sämisch - Grünfeld, Karlsbad 1929).}) 8... Re8 9.
Ne2 h6 10. Be3 c5 11. d5 Nh5 12. g4 Nf4 13. Qd2 $1 g5 $2 {Hereafter, White
penetrates the kingside.} ({Right is} 13... Ng6 14. h4 Qf6 $1) 14. Ng3 Qf6 15.
h4 Na6 16. Ra2 Kf8 17. hxg5 hxg5 18. Qc1 $1 Ke7 19. Nh5 Qg6 20. Rah2 Rg8 21.
Ng3 Nc7 22. Rh7 Qf6 23. Qd2 Bd7 24. R1h6 Rg6 25. Nh5 Rxh6 26. Nxf6 Rxf6 27. Rg7
Rh8 28. Rxg5 Ne8 29. Qf2 Rh1 30. Bxf4 Rxf4 31. Rh5 Rxh5 32. gxh5 Nf6 33. Qh2
Rxf3 34. h6 Nh7 35. Qg2 Rf4 36. Qg7 Rxe4+ 37. Kd2 Bf5 38. Bd3 Nf6 $6 ({Black
prolongs the resistance by} 38... Rg4 $1 39. Bxf5 Rxg7 40. hxg7 Nf6 41. Bh7 $1)
39. Bxe4 Nxe4+ 40. Ke1 Nf6 41. Qh8 a5 1-0

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1961.09.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bertok, Mario"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A79"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1961.??.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. e4 d6 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nd2 Na6 11. f3 Nd7 12. Nc4 Ne5 13. Bf4 Nxc4 14. Bxc4 Nc7 15.
Qd2 a6 16. a4 Rb8 17. a5 b5 18. axb6 Rxb6 19. Ra5 Rb4 20. Ra4 $4 Bxc3 0-1

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1961.09.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C72"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1961.??.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. c3 Qf6 $2 ({
Usual is} 7... Nf6) 8. g4 $1 Bg6 9. d4 $1 Bxe4 10. Nbd2 Bg6 ({Slightly better
is} 10... Bxf3 $1 11. Nxf3 e4 {(Hartston - Aijala, Oerebro 1966).}) (10... Bd3
11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Re1 O-O-O 13. Re3 $1 {brings White an edge (Smyslov -
Medina, Tel Aviv 1964).}) 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Bd6 ({Or} 13...
O-O-O 14. Qe2 Kb7 15. Ndc4 $1) 14. Nxg6 Qxg6 $6 ({Preferable is} 14... hxg6 15.
Ne4 Qe5 16. Nxd6+ Qxd6 17. Qe2+ Ne7 18. Rd1 Qf6) 15. Re1+ Kf8 16. Nc4 h5 17.
Nxd6 cxd6 18. Bf4 d5 $6 (18... Rd8 {(Tal)} 19. g5 Ne7 {lengthens the game.})
19. Qb3 hxg4 20. Qb7 gxh3+ 21. Bg3 Rd8 22. Qb4+ {Fischer and Tal had scored 41/
2/6. They joined the leaders Najdorf and Petrosian.} 1-0

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1961.09.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Darga, Klaus"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1961.??.03"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. Nc3 e5 8. dxe5
Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Bg5 Qxd1 11. Raxd1 c6 12. Rd2 Be6 13. b3 Rfe8 14. Na4 Ng4
15. Nc5 h6 16. Nxe6 Rxe6 17. h3 hxg5 18. hxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1961.09.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Trifunovic, Petar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1961.??.03"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Bb5+ Nc6 9. Ne5 Bd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Rc8 12. Bf4 a6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Bd3
Re8 15. Qf3 Bb4 16. Bg5 Qd6 17. Bf5 Bxc3 18. Bf4 Qf8 19. bxc3 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1
Re8 21. Be5 Ne4 22. c4 Nd6 23. cxd5 Nxf5 24. Qxf5 Bxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1961.09.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Matanovic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C97"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1961.??.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Bd7 13. Nf1 Rfe8 14. Ne3 g6 15.
Bd2 Bf8 16. b4 cxb4 17. cxb4 Nc4 18. Nxc4 bxc4 19. Rc1 exd4 {The players have
followed Bradvarevic - Gligoric, Sombor 1957.} 20. Nxd4 $5 d5 21. exd5 Rxe1+
22. Bxe1 Qd6 23. Ne2 (23. Nf3 $1 {sets the trap} Qxd5 $4 24. Bc3 $1 {and White
wins a piece (Keres).}) 23... Re8 $1 24. Nc3 Qe5 $1 25. Ba4 Bxa4 26. Qxa4 Bd6
27. g3 Qg5 $1 28. Qc2 Bxb4 29. Bd2 Qh5 30. Qa4 $1 ({White has to give a pawn
due to} 30. Kg2 Bxc3 31. Bxc3 Qxd5+) 30... Qxh3 $1 31. Re1 Rxe1+ $6 {Black
releases the pressure by exchanges.} (31... Rb8 $1 32. Qd1 $1 {(Keres)} Qf5 $1
{keeps the winning chances.}) 32. Bxe1 Bc5 33. Qxc4 Qxg3+ $1 34. Kf1 Qh3+ $5
35. Ke2 Qh5+ 36. Kf1 Qh1+ 37. Ke2 Qh5+ 38. Kf1 Bf8 39. Qxa6 Nxd5 40. Nxd5 Qxd5
41. a4 $1 f5 42. Bc3 f4 (42... Be7 {draws as well.}) 43. Qf6 $1 Qh1+ 44. Ke2
Qe4+ 45. Kd2 f3 46. Qh8+ Kf7 47. Qf6+ $1 Ke8 48. Qe5+ Qxe5 49. Bxe5 Bc5 50. Kd3
$1 g5 $5 51. Ke4 g4 52. Bg3 h5 53. a5 $1 Kd7 54. Kd5 $1 Ba7 55. Ke4 Kc8 56. Kf5
$1 Bb8 57. Kg5 ({Bobby escapes by} 57. Kg5 Bxg3 58. Kxh5 Bxf2 59. Kxg4) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1961.09.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Udovcic, Mijo"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A32"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1961.??.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 Nc6 7. e3 O-O 8.
Be2 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. O-O Bd6 12. Rc1 Qe7 13. Bf3 Bf5 14. g3
Rac8 15. Re1 Rfe8 16. a3 Qd7 17. b4 h5 $1 18. Ne2 ({The pointe is} 18. Bxh5
Nxh5 19. Qxh5 Bg4 20. Qg5 Re5 21. Qf4 Rh5 22. Qd4 Bf3 {(Khalifman).}) 18... h4
19. Nd4 Be4 20. Qe2 Re5 21. Red1 hxg3 22. fxg3 c5 23. bxc5 Bxc5 24. Qa6 Ree8
25. Be2 Qh3 26. Bf1 Qh5 27. Qe2 Qh6 28. a4 Qg6 $6 ({Better is} 28... Qh7 $1)
29. Bh3 $1 Bd3 30. Qf3 Rc7 31. Qf4 Qh5 32. Bg2 (32. Qxc7 $2 Qxh3 33. Ba5 $1 Ng4
34. Rd2 Ba3 35. Rcd1 Rxe3 36. Qd8+ Kh7 37. Qh4+ Qxh4 38. gxh4 Be4 {brings a
decisive attack.}) 32... Rcc8 33. h3 Ne4 34. g4 Qg6 35. Be1 Qa6 36. Bh4 Bxd4
37. exd4 Nc3 38. Rxc3 Rxc3 39. Bxd5 Qg6 40. Be1 $2 ({Correct is} 40. Re1) 40...
Rc2 41. Bg3 Be4 42. Bxe4 Rxe4 43. Qf3 Ree2 44. d5 Red2 45. d6 Qf6 46. Qa8+ Kh7
47. Qe4+ Qg6 48. Qf3 Rc3 49. Qxc3 Rxd1+ 50. Kf2 Qe4 51. Qe3 Qc2+ 0-1

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1961.09.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bisguier, Arthur"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D42"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1961.??.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. e3 c5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. a3 cxd4 10. exd4 Nf6 11. Be3 b6 12. Rc1 Bb7 13. Qe2 Ng4 14. Bf4 Nxd4 15.
Nxd4 Qxd4 16. Qxg4 $2 ({Right is} 16. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 17. Qxg4) 16... Qxd3 17.
Rfd1 Qg6 18. Qxg6 fxg6 19. Rd7 Bc5 20. Be3 Bc6 21. Rc7 Rfc8 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23.
Nb5 Bd7 24. b4 Bxe3 25. Rxc8+ Bxc8 26. fxe3 Bd7 $1 {Bobby threatens to
imprison the knight.} 27. Nd6 ({The pointe is} 27. Nxa7 Kf7 {etc.}) 27... Kf8
28. e4 e5 29. Kf2 Bc6 30. Nc4 Bxe4 31. Nxe5 Ke7 32. Nc4 Ke6 33. Ne3 Ke5 34. Ke2
Kd4 35. Kd2 Bc6 36. g3 Bd7 37. Nd1 Ke4 38. Ne3 Kf3 39. Kd3 g5 40. Kd4 Be6 41.
Ke5 Kxe3 42. Kxe6 Kf3 43. Kf5 Kg2 44. Kxg5 Kxh2 45. g4 b5 46. Kf5 Kg3 47. g5
g6+ 0-1

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1961.09.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C85"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1961.??.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nc3 Bg4 8.
h3 Bh5 9. Qe2 Qc8 10. d3 h6 11. Nd1 Nh7 12. g4 Bxg4 13. hxg4 Qxg4+ 14. Kh2 Qh5+
15. Kg1 Qg4+ 16. Kh2 {Fischer and Tal led by 61/2 points.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1961.09.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Bertok, Mario"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1961.??.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Bc4 Na5 $6 (
{Usual is} 7... O-O) 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Nb5
Qxd1 13. Raxd1 Nc6 14. c3 a6 15. Nc7 Rb8 16. Bc5 Be5 ({Or} 16... Bf5 17. g4 $1
Bc2 18. Rc1 $1 Be4 19. f3 Rbc8 20. Nxa6) 17. Nd5 Be6 18. Bf3 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Bf6
20. Rfd1 Rfc8 21. Bb6 Ne5 22. Be2 e6 23. R5d2 Rc6 24. Bd4 Kg7 25. b3 h5 26. h3
Rcc8 27. c4 Nc6 28. Bb6 h4 29. Bf3 Bc3 $2 30. Rd7 Ne5 31. Bxb7 $1 {A <->petite
combinaison' decides the game.} Nxd7 32. Rxd7 Rg8 33. c5 a5 34. c6 e5 35. Ba7
Rbe8 36. c7 Bd4 37. Bxd4 exd4 38. Rxd4 Rc8 39. Rc4 Kf6 40. Kf1 Ke6 41. Bxc8+
Rxc8 42. Ke2 Kd7 43. Kf3 Re8 44. c8=Q+ {Bobby: "When I play with God, I will
draw by the Bc4 Variation as White".} 1-0

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1961.09.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E98"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1961.??.03"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Ne8 10. Nd3 f5 11. f4 exf4 12. Bxf4 fxe4 13. Nxe4 Nf5 14. Bg5 Nf6
15. g4 Nd4 16. Ndf2 Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1961.09.19"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Germek, Milan"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E81"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1961.??.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Be3 d6 6. f3 Nbd7 7. Nh3 c5 8. d5
Ne5 9. Nf2 e6 10. Be2 exd5 11. cxd5 a6 12. f4 Ned7 13. a4 Qe7 14. Qd2 Ne8 $6 {
Bobby has a passive position and starts to make odd moves.} ({Better is} 14...
b6) 15. O-O Rb8 16. Rfe1 f5 17. Bd3 Qf6 18. Rab1 Kh8 19. Rec1 Qe7 20. b4 cxb4
21. Rxb4 fxe4 22. Nfxe4 Nef6 $6 23. Nxf6 Nxf6 24. Bxa6 $1 Bf5 $2 {Black is
horribly lost.} 25. Bf1 $2 (25. Ba7 Ra8 26. Rxb7 {wins immediately.}) 25...
Rbc8 26. Bd4 Qc7 27. Re1 Kg8 28. h3 Rfe8 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Bb6 Qe7 31. Bf2 Rc8
32. Rc4 Rxc4 33. Bxc4 Qc7 34. Bb3 h5 35. Kh2 $2 Ng4+ $1 36. hxg4 Bxc3 37. Qc1
hxg4 38. Qe3 {Fischer escaped against a weak player.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1961.09.19"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E98"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1961.??.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 11. exf5 Nxf5 12. f3 Nf6 13. Nf2 Nd4 14. Nfe4 Nh5 15.
Bg5 Qd7 16. g3 c5 (16... h6 {was played during round one in Gligoric - Fischer.
}) 17. Nb5 Nxb5 18. cxb5 Nf6 19. Qd2 Qc7 20. Rfc1 Nxe4 21. fxe4 Bh3 22. b4 b6
23. a4 h5 $6 24. a5 $1 Kh7 25. axb6 axb6 26. bxc5 bxc5 $2 {White gets a strong
passed pawn.} ({Better is} 26... Rxa1 27. Rxa1 dxc5 $1) 27. Ra6 Qf7 28. Qe3
Rxa6 29. bxa6 Rb8 30. Ra1 Qa7 31. Qd2 $2 ({White can win by} 31. Qc1 $1 Rb2 $2
32. Bf1 $1 Bxf1 33. Qxb2 {(Gligoric).}) 31... Rb2 $3 {Tal finds a wonderful
way-out.} 32. Qxb2 c4+ 33. Kh1 Qf2 34. Rg1 Bg4 35. Rg2 ({The aggressive} 35. a7
$5 Bxe2 36. Qxe2 Qxe2 37. a8=Q Qxe4+ 38. Rg2 Qe1+ {also leads to a perpetual 
(Tal).}) 35... Qe1+ 36. Rg1 Qf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1961.09.20"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Donner, Jan Hein"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E69"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1961.??.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4
c6 9. h3 Qb6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. a3 $5 Qc5 12. Qe2 Qe7 {The queen goes to its
standard position.} 13. Be3 Nc5 14. Qc2 Nh5 15. b4 Ne6 16. Rad1 f5 17. exf5
gxf5 18. Ne2 f4 $5 (18... a5 $1 {counters on both flanks.}) 19. Bc1 Ng5 20.
Nxg5 Qxg5 21. g4 Nf6 22. Nc3 Be6 23. Qe2 Rad8 24. Rfe1 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 h5 26. f3
hxg4 27. hxg4 Nxg4 $1 28. Rd6 $1 Qe7 29. Rxe6 Qxe6 30. fxg4 e4 $1 {Tal plays
chess of the highest level.} 31. Nxe4 $2 (31. Qxe4 $1 Qf6 32. Nd1 f3 33. Bh3
Qa1 {(Tal)} 34. g5 $1 Qxc1 35. Be6+ Rf7 36. Bxf7+ Kxf7 37. Qxf3+ Kg6 {draws.})
31... Bd4+ 32. Kf1 $6 (32. Kh2 Qh6+ 33. Bh3 f3 $1 {(Tal)} 34. Qd1 $1 Be5+ 35.
Ng3 Qe6 $1 36. Qd2 Bf4 $1 {looks grim for White.}) 32... f3 $1 33. Bxf3 Qxg4
34. Nf6+ Rxf6 35. Qe8+ Kh7 36. Qe7+ Qg7 37. Qxg7+ Kxg7 38. Ke2 b6 39. Bd2 c5
40. bxc5 $6 (40. b5 $1 {followed by an advance by the a-pawn (Tal), but it is
doubtful whether White can stop the invasion successfully.}) 40... bxc5 41. a4
Rb6 42. Bd5 Kf6 43. Kd3 Ke5 44. Be1 Rb3+ 45. Kc2 Ra3 46. a5 Ba1 47. Bf7 Ke4 48.
Bg6+ Kd4 49. Bf7 Ra2+ 50. Kb3 Rb2+ 51. Ka3 Kd3 52. Bg3 Rb4 53. Bd6 Bd4 54. Bd5
Kc2 55. Be4+ Kc3 56. Bd5 Rb3+ 0-1

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1961.09.20"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Trifunovic, Petar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1961.??.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 exd4 $6 8.
Re1 $1 d5 9. Nc3 $1 Be6 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Rxe4 Be7 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Nxd4 $1 (
13. Rxe6 Qd7 14. Qe2 O-O {drew in Burn - Tarrasch, Oostende 1906.}) 13... O-O
14. Qg4 Nxd4 15. Rxd4 Qc8 16. Re4 Rf6 $6 {Trifunovic defends passively.} (16...
e5 $1 17. Qxc8 Raxc8 18. Rxe5 Bf6 {gives Black a sufficient counter-play.}) 17.
Be3 Qd7 18. Rd1 Qc6 19. Bd4 Rg6 20. Qe2 Rd8 21. g3 Qd5 22. Re1 $1 c5 $1 ({Not} 
22... Qxa2 $2 23. b3 $1) 23. Bc3 Rd6 24. Be5 Rd8 25. Bf4 $1 c4 $1 {Black gives
a pawn for an active defence.} (25... Kf7 26. a4 $1 c4 $1 {defends solidly.})
26. Rxe6 Rxe6 27. Qxe6+ Qxe6 28. Rxe6 Bf6 29. Rxa6 Rd1+ $2 (29... Bxb2 $1 30.
a4 b4 $1 31. Rc6 Ra8 32. Rxc4 Bc3 $1 {holds the game.}) 30. Kg2 Bxb2 (30... Rb1
$1 31. a4 $1 b4 32. Rc6 Rxb2 33. Rxc4 Bc3 34. Bd6 $1 {(Fischer).}) 31. Rb6 Ra1
32. Rxb5 Rxa2 33. Rc5 Ra4 34. Be5 $2 Bxe5 35. Rxe5 Ra2 36. Re2 Kf7 37. Kf3 Kf6
38. Ke4 $1 g5 39. Kd4 Kf5 40. f3 c3 $1 41. Rf2 Ra3 42. Kc4 h5 43. Kb4 Ra8 44.
f4 Ke4 $1 45. fxg5 Ke3 46. Rg2 Kd4 47. Re2 Rb8+ 48. Ka4 Rg8 49. h4 Rf8 50. Re7
Rf3 51. Rd7+ Kc4 52. Rc7+ Kd4 53. Rd7+ Kc4 54. Rc7+ Kd4 55. Kb3 Rxg3 56. Rd7+
Ke4 57. Rh7 Kd4 58. Rxh5 Rg1 59. Rh8 Rb1+ 60. Ka4 Ra1+ 61. Kb5 Rb1+ 62. Kc6 Rg1
63. Rd8+ Kc4 64. Re8 Kb4 65. Kd5 Rd1+ 66. Ke6 Re1+ 67. Kf7 Rf1+ 68. Kg6 Rf2 69.
h5 Rxc2 70. h6 Rh2 71. h7 c2 72. Rc8 Kb3 73. Kg7 1-0

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1961.09.23"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Pachman, Ludek"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1961.??.03"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d4 e5 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Nd5 $5 Be6 10. Ng5 Bf5 11. h3 h6 12. g4 Bc8 $1 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Ne4
Qh4 15. Nc3 $2 (15. Ng3 $1 {uses the knight as a defender.}) 15... f5 16. Nd5
fxg4 $1 17. Nxc7 gxh3 $2 {Fischer thinks that anything wins.} (17... Rb8 $1 {
charges without the sacrifice.}) 18. Bd5+ Kh8 19. Nxa8 Ne7 20. Be3 h2+ $2 (
20... Bf5 {continues the attack properly.}) 21. Kh1 Bh3 22. Nc7 Nf5 23. Ne6 Rf6
24. Nxg7 $2 (24. Qa4 $1 {makes a strong effort to win.}) 24... Nxe3 25. fxe3
Rxf1+ 26. Qxf1 Bxf1 27. Rxf1 Kxg7 28. Rf7+ {A strange game had been played.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1961.09.23"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Parma, Bruno"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1961.??.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8.
Be2 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. b3 Rfc8 13. O-O a6 14. f4 $1 b5
15. f5 $1 Bd7 16. fxg6 $5 (16. e5 $6 b4 $1 {occurred in Dornieden - Hecht,
Berlin 1959.}) 16... hxg6 17. c5 $1 Be6 $5 {This move leads to the sacrifice
of an exchange.} ({More solid is} 17... dxc5) 18. Bf3 $1 dxc5 19. e5 $1 Ng4 20.
Bxa8 Bxe5 $2 {Parma miscalculates the tactics.} (20... Rxa8 $1 {(Tal)} 21. Bf4
c4 {gives Black active play.}) 21. Bd5 $1 Nxe3 ({Or} 21... Rd8 $1 22. Qe2 $1
Nxe3 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Kh1 $1) 22. Bxe6 Rd8 23. Qf2 $1 Nf5 24. Qe2 Bd4+ 25. Kh1
fxe6 26. Qxe6+ Kg7 27. Ne4 Qc7 28. Ng5 Rf8 ({Tal has built his defence by} 
28... Rh8 29. Qf7+ Kh6 30. Rxf5 $1 gxf5 31. Qxf5) ({and} 28... Ng3+ 29. hxg3
Rh8+ 30. Nh3) 29. Qxf5 $1 {Mischa and Bobby joined the lead again.} 1-0

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1961.09.24"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Darga, Klaus"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E91"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1961.??.03"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 Bg4 7. O-O Nfd7 8. Be3
Nc6 9. d5 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Na5 11. Be2 Ne5 12. Qa4 c6 13. Rac1 cxd5 14. Nxd5 e6
15. Nc3 a6 16. Rfd1 Qc7 17. b3 Rfd8 18. Qb4 Nac6 19. Bb6 Nxb4 20. Bxc7 Rd7 21.
Bxd6 Nbd3 22. Bxd3 Rxd6 23. Bf1 Rxd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1961.09.24"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Udovcic, Mijo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1961.??.03"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 c6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. e5
Ne8 9. Be3 Qb6 10. Qd3 Qa5 11. Ng5 f6 12. Nxh7 Kxh7 13. e6 f5 14. exd7 Bxd7 15.
d5 Nf6 16. Bf3 Rac8 17. Rfe1 cxd5 18. Nxd5 Bb5 19. Qd1 Ba4 20. Nc3 e5 21. Nxa4
Qxa4 22. c3 Qa6 23. Qb3 b6 24. a4 Ng4 25. Bxg4 fxg4 26. fxe5 Bxe5 27. Qe6 Qc4
28. Qxc4 Rxc4 29. a5 bxa5 30. Rxa5 Rb8 31. Rxa7+ Kg8 32. Bc1 g3 33. hxg3 Bxg3
34. Re6 Rg4 35. b4 Be5 36. Bd2 Kf8 37. b5 g5 38. Rg6 Rxb5 39. Bxg5 Rb1+ 40. Kf2
Rb2+ {Fischer could not defeat a weak player in an awful game.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1961.09.25"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1961.??.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. e3
Nc6 9. Bb5 Qa5 10. Bxc6+ $5 ({The adventurous} 10. Bxf6 Qxb5 {was played in
Sanguinetti - Ader Hausman, Santiago 1959.}) 10... bxc6 11. Bxf6 Bxc3+ $6 ({
Preferable is} 11... gxf6 12. O-O Rg8) 12. bxc3 Qxc3+ 13. Nd2 gxf6 14. Rc1 Qd3
15. Rxc5 Rg8 $1 16. Qc2 Qxc2 17. Rxc2 Rxg2 18. Rxc6 {White has an edge in the
endgame.} Rb8 19. h4 Be6 20. Kf1 Rg6 21. Nb3 Rb4 22. f3 $6 (22. Ra6 $1 Rb7 23.
Ke2 {keeps a plus due to the continuing restriction of weak pawns.}) 22... a5
$1 23. Rc2 Bf5 24. Rch2 $2 ({Right is} 24. Rd2 a4 25. Nc1) 24... a4 25. Nc5 a3
26. e4 dxe4 27. fxe4 Bg4 28. Kf2 ({No use has} 28. Nb3 {due to} Bf3 $1) 28...
Rxd4 29. Ke3 Rc4 30. Nd3 Be6 31. Rf1 Rg3+ 32. Rf3 Rxf3+ 33. Kxf3 Rc3 34. Ke3 f5
$1 35. Rf2 fxe4 36. Kxe4 Rc4+ 37. Ke5 Ke7 38. h5 Ra4 39. Nc5 Rh4 40. Nxe6 Rxh5+
$1 41. Kd4 Kxe6 42. Rf3 Rh4+ $1 43. Kc3 f5 44. Kb3 f4 45. Kc4 Ke5 46. Rxa3 f3+
47. Kd3 Rf4 {Fischer showed his superior technics.} 0-1

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1961.09.25"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Bisguier, Arthur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1961.??.03"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Na6 6. Nc3 Nc7 7. Nge2 Ne7 8. Nf4
Nf5 9. Be3 Ne6 10. Nxe6 Bxe6 11. Bd3 Nxe3 12. fxe3 Qh4+ 13. g3 Qg5 14. Qd2 h5
15. O-O-O h4 16. Qf2 O-O-O 17. Ne2 hxg3 18. hxg3 Be7 19. Qf4 Rh6 $6 {Bisguier
allows a weakening.} 20. Rxh6 Qxh6 21. Qxh6 gxh6 22. Rf1 Bg5 23. Kd2 Kd7 24.
Nf4 Ke7 25. b4 $1 {Tal has gained the initiative.} Rc8 26. Be2 Rg8 27. Nh5 Bh3
28. Rc1 Be6 29. b5 Rc8 30. Nf4 Kd7 31. bxc6+ bxc6 32. Nd3 Be7 33. Bd1 Rg8 34.
Ba4 Rxg3 35. Bxc6+ Kd8 36. Nf4 Bg5 $2 (36... Bb4+ $1 37. Ke2 Bg4+ 38. Kf2 Rf3+
39. Kg2 Rxe3 40. Nxd5 Re1 $1 41. Rxe1 Bxe1 {weakens the centre attack by an
exchange of rooks.}) 37. Rc5 Bxf4 38. exf4 Rg2+ 39. Ke3 Rg3+ 40. Ke2 Rg2+ 41.
Kf3 Rxa2 42. Bxd5 Rd2 43. Ke3 Rd1 44. Bxe6 fxe6 45. Rc6 Kd7 46. Rd6+ Ke7 47.
Ke2 $1 {White develops two connected passed pawns. They cannot be stopped.} Ra1
48. d5 $1 exd5 49. f5 $1 Ra2+ 50. Kf3 Ra3+ 51. Kg4 Ra4+ 52. Kh5 Ra1 53. Kxh6
Rh1+ 54. Kg7 Rg1+ 55. Kh6 Rf1 56. Re6+ Kd7 (56... Kf7 57. Rf6+ Ke7 58. Kg7 Rg1+
59. Rg6 Rxg6+ 60. Kxg6 {and White wins.}) 57. Rd6+ Ke7 58. f6+ Ke8 59. Re6+ Kd7
60. Re7+ Kc6 61. f7 {Tal showed great technics as well. The young men kept the
lead.} 1-0

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1961.09.28"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B11"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1961.??.03"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. d4 dxe4 7. Qe3 Nbd7 8.
Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Qxe4 Nf6 10. Qd3 Qd5 11. c4 Qd6 12. Be2 e5 13. d5 e4 14. Qc2 Be7
15. dxc6 Qxc6 16. O-O O-O 17. Be3 Bc5 18. Qc3 b6 19. Rfd1 Rfd8 20. b4 Bxe3 21.
fxe3 Qc7 22. Rd4 a5 23. a3 axb4 24. axb4 h5 25. Rad1 Rxd4 26. Qxd4 Qg3 $5 {
Keres chooses an active defence.} (26... h4 $6 27. Qd6 $1 {leads to passivity
for Black.}) 27. Qxb6 Ra2 28. Bf1 (28. Kf1 $1 Qe5 29. Qd6 Qc3 $1 30. b5 Qxe3 {
and Black survives.}) 28... h4 29. Qc5 Qf2+ 30. Kh1 g6 31. Qe5 Kg7 32. c5 Qxe3
33. c6 Rc2 34. b5 Rc1 35. Rxc1 Qxc1 36. Kg1 e3 37. c7 e2 38. Qxe2 Qxc7 39. Qf2
g5 40. b6 Qe5 41. b7 Nd7 42. Qd2 Nb8 43. Be2 Kf6 44. Bf3 Ke6 45. Bg4+ f5 46.
Bd1 Kf6 47. Qd8+ Kg6 48. Qg8+ Kh6 49. Qf8+ Kg6 50. Qg8+ Kh6 51. Qf8+ Kg6 52.
Qb4 Nc6 53. Qd2 Nd8 54. Bf3 Nxb7 55. Bxb7 Qa1+ 56. Kh2 Qe5+ {Fischer could not
break the solid defence by Keres.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1961.09.28"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Germek, Milan"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A61"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1961.??.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Bg5 Bg7 8. e3
h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Nd2 Nxg3 12. hxg3 O-O 13. Nc4 Qe7 14. Bd3 Nd7 15.
O-O Ne5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Re1 Bd7 18. Rb1 g4 $1 19. Ne2 b5 $1 20. b3 Rfc8 21.
Nf4 c4 $5 22. bxc4 bxc4 23. Bc2 $6 ({Better is} 23. Rb7 $1 {(Makarichev).})
23... Rab8 24. Qe2 Qc3 $1 25. Rec1 $2 (25. a4 $1 a5 26. Rec1 {defends the
queenside properly.}) 25... Qa3 $1 26. Kh2 a5 $1 27. Re1 Rb4 $1 {Black has
conquered the flank.} 28. Ne6 $2 fxe6 29. Qxg4 Re8 30. Bg6 Re7 31. Qh4 Bf8 {
Tal took the lead.} 0-1

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1961.09.29"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E81"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1961.??.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 e5 8. d5
Nh5 9. Nge2 f5 10. Qd2 Nc5 11. Bc2 fxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Nf6 14. O-O Bf5
15. Nc3 Bxe4 16. fxe4 Ng4 17. Rxf8+ Bxf8 18. Bg5 Be7 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Rf1 a6
21. Rf3 Rf8 22. Rxf8+ Qxf8 23. h3 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1961.09.29"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Pachman, Ludek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1961.??.03"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h6 5. g4 Bd7 6. h5 c5 7. c3 e6 8. f4 Qb6 9.
Nf3 Nc6 10. Na3 cxd4 11. cxd4 O-O-O 12. Nc2 Kb8 13. Bd3 Nge7 14. Rb1 Na5 15.
Bd2 Rc8 16. b4 Nc4 17. b5 Nxd2 18. Nxd2 g6 19. Nb3 Bxb5 20. Nc5 Rxc5 $4 ({
Right is} 20... Qa5+) 21. dxc5 Qa5+ 22. Qd2 Qxd2+ 23. Kxd2 Bxd3 24. Kxd3 Nc6
25. hxg6 fxg6 26. Nd4 Nxd4 27. Kxd4 Kc7 28. f5 gxf5 29. gxf5 Kc6 30. fxe6 Bxc5+
31. Kd3 b6 32. Rbf1 h5 33. Rf7 a5 34. Rh4 Rh6 35. Rf6 Rh8 36. Rf5 Rg8 37. Rhxh5
Rg3+ 38. Ke2 d4 39. Rf3 Rg2+ 40. Kd3 Rxa2 41. Rf7 {Tal led by one point before
Fischer.} 1-0

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1961.09.30"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1961.??.03"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bc4 Bf5
8. Qe2 e6 9. Bg5 Bg4 10. O-O-O Be7 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nd5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14.
Kb1 $5 ({Bobby diverts from the known} 14. Rhe1 {(Matanovic - Petrosian, Kiev
1959).}) 14... Rd8 15. Qe4 b5 $5 16. Bd3 a5 $5 {Tigran dreams about a charge
on the king.} 17. c3 Qd6 18. g3 b4 19. c4 Nf6 20. Qe5 c5 $5 ({The exchange by} 
20... Qxe5 21. dxe5 Nd7 22. f4 Nc5 {draws (Fischer).}) 21. Qg5 h6 $1 {Fischer
encounters a nice trap.} 22. Qxc5 $1 ({The pointe is} 22. Qxg7 $2 Ke7 $1 23.
dxc5 Qc6 $1 24. Bg6 Rdf8 25. Bxf7 $2 Qe4+ $1 26. Ka1 Rh7 {and Black wins 
(Fischer).}) 22... Qxc5 23. dxc5 Ke7 24. c6 $1 Rd6 25. Rhe1 $1 Rxc6 26. Re5 Ra8
27. Be4 {Petrosian offers a draw, Fischer refuses and Petrosian blunders.} Rd6
$2 (27... Nxe4 28. Rxe4 Rd8 {draws easily.}) 28. Bxa8 $1 ({Petrosian had
expected} 28. Rxd6 $2 Kxd6 29. Rxe6+ fxe6 30. Bxa8 Kc5 31. b3 Nd7 32. Kc2 Kd4 {
and a draw.}) 28... Rxd1+ 29. Kc2 Rf1 $1 30. Rxa5 Rxf2+ 31. Kb3 Rh2 $6 (31...
Kd6 $1 32. c5+ Kc7 $1 {defends actively on the queenside.}) 32. c5 Kd8 33. Rb5
$1 ({Not} 33. Ra7 Nd7 $1 34. c6 Nb6 {(Fischer).}) 33... Rxh3 34. Rb8+ Kc7 35.
Rb7+ Kc6 $6 {Other king moves lengthen the game.} 36. Kc4 $1 {Fischer had
scored 31/2/4 against the <->Russians'. Actually he had played against an
Ukrainian, an Armenian and two grandmasters from Baltic states. "It are all
Russians to me!" Fischer said during the days of the Cold War.} 1-0

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1961.09.30"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E65"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1961.??.03"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d6 6. c4 c5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. dxc5
dxc5 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Be3 Qa5 11. Bd2 Qb4 12. Qb3 Be6 13. Nd5 Qxb3 14. axb3 Rad8
15. Be3 {Tal led by half-a-point on Fischer. The last round became decisive.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1961.10.03"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Ivkov, Borislav"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1961.??.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Qc2
O-O 9. e3 Ne4 10. Nxe4 $5 {Unknown terrain has been reached fast.} Bxh4 11. Nc3
Re8 12. O-O-O Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Bd3 Qf6 15. Qe2 Nd7 16. Rhg1 Nf8 17. g4 Bg6
18. Bf5 Qe7 19. Ne5 Bf6 20. f4 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Rad8 $6 (21... b5 $1 {avoids
passivity.}) 22. Qf2 Ne6 23. h4 b5 24. h5 Bh7 25. Qc2 $1 Nf8 $1 26. Rg3 $6 (26.
Ne2 $1 c5 27. Nc3 $1 {gains an edge.}) 26... Kh8 27. Rdg1 d4 28. exd4 Rxd4 29.
g5 $6 Bxf5 $1 30. Qxf5 Qe6 31. Qc2 Rxf4 32. Qd2 $6 Qxe5 33. gxh6 g6 $1 {The
attack has stopped and Black even gained a pawn.} 34. hxg6 Nxg6 35. Nd1 $6 Rd4
36. Qg2 $6 {White pieces have abandoned the defence.  If Fischer wins and Tal
draws, they will share first place.} Qf4+ $2 (36... Red8 $1 {brings a dire
black attack.}) 37. Kb1 Rd2 $6 38. Qxc6 $1 Qf5+ 39. Ka1 Rc8 40. Ne3 $1 Rxc6 41.
Nxf5 Rf6 42. Ne3 Rd3 43. a3 a6 44. Kb1 Re6 45. Nf5 Rd5 46. Ne3 Rde5 47. Ng4 Rg5
48. Rc1 $6 Ne7 $1 {The h-pawn will fall.} 49. Rd1 f5 50. Rd8+ Rg8 51. Rxg8+
Nxg8 52. Re3 Rd6 53. Ne5 Nxh6 54. Rg3 Kh7 55. Rc3 Kg7 56. Rc6 Rxc6 57. Nxc6 Nf7
{Black has no real winning chances.} 58. Kc2 Kf6 59. Nb4 a5 60. Nc6 a4 61. Nd4
Nd6 62. b3 Ke5 (62... f4 $1 63. bxa4 bxa4 {prolongs the game.}) 63. Nxf5 $1
Nxf5 64. bxa4 bxa4 65. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1961.10.03"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1961.??.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5
Be6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Qd3 Nc6 12. Nd5 Bg5 13. Rfd1 Kh8 14. c3 f5 15.
Bf3 Bxd5 16. Qxd5 fxe4 17. Qxe4 Qe7 18. Qd5 Rf6 19. Nd2 Bxd2 20. Rxd2 Qc7 21.
Re1 Raf8 22. Re3 g6 23. Be4 Kg7 24. Rf3 Rxf3 25. Bxf3 Rf6 26. Be4 Qf7 27. Qb3
Qxb3 28. axb3 Nd8 29. b4 Kf7 30. Rd5 Ke8 31. b5 axb5 32. Rxb5 Rf7 33. Rb6 Kd7
34. Bd5 Rf4 35. g3 {Tal has a plus in the endgame.} Ra4 $2 {Black blunders
positionally.} 36. Bxb7 $1 Ra1+ 37. Kg2 Kc7 38. Ra6 $1 Rb1 39. Bd5 Rxb2 40.
Ra7+ Nb7 41. Kf3 Kb8 42. Ra6 Kc7 43. Ra8 Nc5 44. Ra7+ Nb7 45. h4 Kb8 46. Ra6
Kc7 47. Ra8 Rb5 48. c4 Rb3+ 49. Kg4 {White penetrates on both flanks.   Tal
won the tournament. He had increased his lead on Fischer to one point during
the last round. Petrosian, Keres and Gligoric followed at two points.   The
tournament occurred in Grand Hotel Toplice. When a quick draw was played, the
arbiter Vidmar addressed the audience and reprimanded the rascals.} 1-0

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 1"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pachman, Ludek"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E84"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1962.??.??"]

{Che Guevara was the founding father of the Capablanca Memorial. The late José
Capablanca had been born near Havana Fortress and became a world champion
during the twenties.   Che came to Cuba as a guerilla, when the island was
ruled by Batista and the mob. He was on his way to a big hotel, the Havana
Hilton. It was opened in 1958, as another gambling hall. Revolutionaries took
over the building within a year. The new government occupied one floor of the
enormous hotel and renamed it Habana Libre.   When the political situation had
stabilised, Che warmed up the government for a chess event. It became the best
paid and one of the largest tournaments of the world. He could cover the costs
as director of the National Bank and Minister of Industries.   Twenty-two
players from Europe, Latin America and Cuba conducted the first contest in
Habana Libre from April until May 1962. Fidel and Che visited the occasion
each day.   The first event was the beginning of a tradition. A Capablanca
Memorial would be held almost every year. Although some powerful grandmasters
played in the candidates' tournament, Curaçao 1962, three Soviet stars were
available: Spassky, Polugaevsky and Smyslov.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4.
e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Qd2 a6 8. Nge2 Rb8 9. Nc1 e5 10. Nb3 exd4 11.
Nxd4 Re8 $5 12. Be2 Bd7 13. O-O b5 $6 14. Rfd1 bxc4 $2 (14... Nxd4 15. Bxd4 c5
$1 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qxd6 Qxd6 18. Rxd6 b4 $1 19. Rxd7 bxc3 20. b3 a5 {
exchanges towards a draw.}) 15. Bxc4 {White controls the centre.} a5 16. Rac1
Ne5 17. Bf1 Rb7 18. b3 Qb8 19. Kh1 c5 $2 (19... Qa8 {protects a weakness.}) 20.
Nc2 Rb6 21. Bg5 Be6 22. Ne3 $1 {Najdorf occupies the centre.} Nfd7 23. Ncd5 Rb7
24. Qxa5 Nc6 25. Qd2 Nd4 26. Bc4 h6 27. Bh4 g5 28. Bg3 Ra7 29. Nc3 Ne5 30. Bxe6
fxe6 31. Nc2 Nec6 32. Nxd4 Nxd4 33. Ne2 Qa8 34. Nxd4 cxd4 35. Rc2 e5 36. Rdc1
d5 37. exd5 Qxd5 38. Rc8 Ra8 39. Rxe8+ Rxe8 40. Qd3 Ra8 41. h3 Re8 42. Kg1 e4
43. fxe4 Qxe4 44. Qxe4 Rxe4 45. Re1 Rxe1+ 46. Bxe1 Kf7 47. Kf2 Ke6 48. Ke2 {
White blockades the d-pawn and pushes the queenside pawns.   Najdorf began
with two losses. That was a surprising start in hindsight.} 1-0

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 1"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Ivkov, Borislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A38"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1962.??.??"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 d5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bb2 Nxc3 $5 10. Bxc3 e5 $1 11. Rc1 Be6 12. d3 b6 13. Qd2 Rc8 {The
development has led to equality.} 14. Ng5 Bd7 $5 15. f4 $1 Nd4 $5 16. e3 $1 Nf5
17. Ne4 exf4 $6 (17... Bb5 $1 18. Rcd1 f6 $1 {defends well.}) 18. Rxf4 $1 Bc6
19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Bh3 f6 21. Qc3 Qd5 $6 22. Rcf1 $1 {Smyslov wins a pawn.} Rcd8
23. Bxf5 gxf5 24. Rxf5 Qxd3 25. Rg5+ $6 ({Preferable is} 25. Qxd3 Rxd3 26. Nxf6
$1) 25... Kh8 26. Qxd3 Rxd3 27. Rxf6 Rd1+ $1 28. Kf2 Rdd8 $1 29. Rgf5 $1 {
White cannot capture the bishop.} Rxf6 30. Nxf6 Kg7 31. Nh5+ Kg8 32. Ke1 Rd3
33. Re5 Kf7 34. Nf4 Rd6 35. e4 a5 36. Ke2 a4 37. bxa4 Bxa4 38. Nd5 Bb5+ 39. Ke3
Bc4 40. a3 $5 b5 41. Rf5+ Kg7 42. Nf4 Rc6 43. Nd3 Bxd3 44. Kxd3 Ra6 $5 45. Rxc5
Rxa3+ 46. Kd4 Ra2 47. h4 {So far, Ivkov has resisted skilfully.} Rg2 $2 (47...
b4 $1 48. Rb5 Rg2 $1 49. Rxb4 Rxg3 {fights for a draw.}) 48. Rxb5 Rxg3 49. Rg5+
$1 Rxg5 50. hxg5 Kg6 51. e5 Kxg5 52. Kd5 {The pawn ending is won for White.}
1-0

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 1"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ciocaltea, Victor"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B82"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1962.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nb3 Nf6 8. f4
d6 9. O-O Be7 10. Qf3 O-O 11. Be3 b5 12. Rae1 Bb7 13. Bf2 Rac8 14. Qh3 Nb4 $1
15. Nd4 Rfe8 16. a3 Nxd3 17. cxd3 Nd7 18. Rc1 Qd8 19. b4 Bf6 20. Nce2 e5 $5 21.
Nf5 Nf8 22. Bh4 $5 Bxh4 23. Nxh4 $6 (23. Qxh4 {, followed by the exchange of
queens, draws easily.}) 23... Qb6+ $1 24. Kh1 Rxc1 25. Nxc1 d5 $5 26. fxe5 dxe4
27. Nf5 $6 ({More solid is} 27. Qf5 Qe6 28. Qxe6 Rxe6 29. d4) 27... Rxe5 {
Black has the initiative.} 28. dxe4 $2 (28. d4 $1 Re8 29. Qe3 {closes the
position and creates a bastion.}) 28... Bxe4 29. Nd3 Rxf5 $1 30. Rxf5 Qe6 {
White has great problems in the open.} 31. Rf3 Qc4 32. Kg1 Qd4+ 33. Kf1 h6 $4
34. Ke2 $4 (34. Re3 $1 Ng6 35. Ne1 Qc4+ 36. Kf2 f5 37. Qh5 {gives a white plus.
}) 34... Bxf3+ 35. Qxf3 Ne6 36. Kd2 Qd6 37. h3 g5 38. Kc3 Qd4+ 39. Kc2 Qc4+ 40.
Kd1 $2 Qb3+ 41. Kd2 Qa2+ {Polugaevsky wins another pawn.   He had a lot of
success with his accurate positional play.} 0-1

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 1"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Milev, Zdravko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1962.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. e3 c6 8.
Bd3 Nf8 9. Qc2 Ne6 10. Bh4 g6 11. O-O Ng7 12. b4 a6 13. Rab1 Bf5 14. a4 O-O 15.
Bxf5 $5 Nxf5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. b5 axb5 18. axb5 Qa5 $5 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Rfc1
Rfc8 21. Rb2 Qd8 $2 (21... Nd6 22. Ra2 Qd8 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 {nearly brings
equality. A similar method drew in Flear - Spassky, France 2002.}) 22. Na4 $1
Ra7 23. Nc5 Qf8 $6 24. Nd3 Rac7 25. Rb6 Be7 26. Nc5 Bxc5 27. Qxc5 Qe7 $6 (27...
Qxc5 28. Rxc5 f6 {loses no time.}) 28. Ne5 $1 Qxc5 29. Rxc5 Ne7 {Polugaevsky
has achieved the intended restriction by a minority attack.} 30. g4 f6 31. Nd3
g5 $6 32. Ra5 Kf7 33. f3 Re8 34. Kf2 Nc8 35. Rb8 Ne7 36. Rb6 Nc8 37. Rb8 Ne7
38. Rxe8 Kxe8 39. Nc5 Rc8 40. Ra7 Rb8 41. Kg3 Kf7 42. h4 h6 43. h5 Rb2 44. f4
$1 Rb8 ({The pointe is} 44... gxf4+ 45. exf4 Rb4 46. f5 $1 Rxd4 47. Ra8 Rd1 48.
Ne6 $1) 45. f5 Rd8 46. Kf3 Rc8 47. Rd7 Ra8 48. Rd6 Rc8 49. Ke2 (49. e4 $1 {
wins more quickly.}) 49... Rc7 50. Kd3 Nc8 51. Rd8 Ne7 52. Kc3 Rc8 53. Rd6 Rc7
54. Kb4 Rc8 55. Rd7 Rb8+ 56. Nb7 Ke8 57. Rc7 Ra8 58. Kc5 1-0

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 1"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Guimard, Carlos"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1962.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. c3 d6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bc4 e5 8. O-O
h6 9. Bh4 Qe8 10. dxe5 $5 dxe5 $5 {Najdorf plays provocatively.} ({More solid
is} 10... Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Qxe5) 11. a4 a5 12. Qb1 $5 Kh8 13. Qa2 Nh5 14. g4 $5
Nhf6 ({The aggressive option brings} 14... e4 $5 15. gxh5 exf3 16. Nxf3 Qe4 17.
Be2 Ne5) 15. g5 Nh7 16. gxh6 Bxh6 17. Ne4 f6 18. Rfd1 $6 ({More useful is} 18.
Bb5) 18... g5 19. Bg3 Nb6 20. Bb5 $6 Qh5 $1 {Black has taken over the
initiative.} 21. Ne1 Bg7 $1 22. Nc5 f5 $1 23. f4 gxf4 24. exf4 exf4 25. Bxf4
Ng5 $1 {White's heavy pieces are passively placed.} 26. Bxg5 $1 ({He will be
crushed in} 26. Bxc7 $2 Qg4+ 27. Kf1 Qh3+ 28. Ke2 Ne4 $1 29. Bxb6 Qxh2+ 30. Kd3
Rd8+ $1 31. Bxd8 Nxc5+ 32. Kc4 Qe5 $1 33. Rd5 Be6 $1 34. Kxc5 Bf8+) 26... Qxg5+
27. Kh1 Qh5 28. Rd2 f4 29. Ne6 Bxe6 30. Qxe6 f3 31. Rf2 Rf7 $4 (31... Be5 32.
Nd3 Bg3 $1 {charges.}) 32. Qe4 $4 (32. Be8 $1 {turns the tables.}) 32... c6 33.
Bf1 $6 Raf8 $1 34. Qc2 $2 Nd5 $1 {Najdorf has developed his queenside.} 35. Qd3
Bh6 {White exceeded the time in a lost game.} 0-1

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 1"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Black "Ivkov, Borislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D28"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1962.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bc4 Nf6 8. O-O
a6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. a3 $5 b5 12. Bd3 Bb7 $6 ({More solid is} 12...
cxd4 13. exd4 O-O) 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. b4 Be7 15. Bb2 O-O 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4
f5 $1 18. Bc2 Bf6 19. Bb3 $1 Qe7 20. Bxf6 Rxf6 21. Rac1 Kh8 $5 22. Rc5 Rd8 23.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Qd2 Qxd2 25. Nxd2 {White has advantages in the endgame.} e5 26.
Kf1 g6 27. Ke1 {Black has to find an elegant manoeuvre.} e4 $2 ({The active} 
27... Rd6 $1 28. Nf3 Kg7 $1 29. Nxe5 $5 Nxe5 30. Rxe5 Kf6 31. Re8 Bxg2 {
equalises.}) 28. g4 $1 Kg7 29. Bd5 $1 Rd6 $5 {Black loses a pawn anyway.} 30.
gxf5 gxf5 31. Bxc6 Rxc6 32. Rxf5 Rc3 33. Re5 Kf6 34. Nxe4+ $1 Bxe4 35. Rxe4
Rxa3 36. Ke2 a5 37. bxa5 Rxa5 38. Kf3 Ra7 $6 (38... Ra4 $1 39. Re8 Rh4 40. Kg3
Rc4 {gives more resistance.}) 39. Rb4 $1 Rb7 40. Ke4 Ke6 41. f4 Kd6 42. Kd4 Kc6
43. f5 Rd7+ 44. Ke5 Kc5 45. Rb1 Re7+ 46. Kf4 b4 47. e4 Rb7 48. e5 b3 49. f6 Kc6
50. e6 {Najdorf had beaten a strong grandmaster. He tried to catch up with the
Soviets.} 1-0

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 1"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Pietzsch, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1962.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Bg4 7. d4 b5 8. Bb3
Be7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 exd4 11. Qg3 Qd7 $5 {Spassky turns the opening into a
counter- gambit.} 12. Qxg7 O-O-O 13. Qxf7 Kb7 14. Be6 Qe8 15. cxd4 $6 (15. Bh6
$1 {gains an advantage.}) 15... Nxd4 16. Nc3 Rf8 17. Qxe8 Rdxe8 18. Bg4 Nxg4
19. hxg4 b4 20. Nd5 Bh4 21. Bh6 $5 (21. g3 $1 Rxe4 22. Kg2 Rxg4 23. Nxb4 {
nearly equalises.}) 21... Ne2+ 22. Kh2 Rxf2 23. Kh3 Rxf1 24. Rxf1 Bd8 $1 25.
Rf7 $6 (25. Nxb4 Rxe4 26. Nd3 {is alright.}) 25... Rxe4 26. Rf8 $5 Kc6 $1 27.
Ne3 Be7 28. Rf7 d5 29. Nf5 Bc5 30. Rxh7 d4 31. Bd2 Ng1+ $5 32. Kg3 Re2 33. g5
Rxd2 $1 34. g6 Ne2+ 35. Kg4 Nc3 $5 {Pietzsch succumbs under the pressure.} 36.
g7 $2 (36. Kh3 $1 Bf8 $1 37. Rf7 Nd5 $1 38. Rxf8 Nf4+ 39. Kg3 Nxg6 40. Rf6+ Kd5
41. Rxg6 Rxb2 {brings mutual chances.}) 36... Rxg2+ 37. Kf3 Rg5 38. Kf4 Rg1 39.
bxc3 dxc3 40. Rh1 c2 $1 41. Rxg1 Bxg1 42. g8=Q c1=Q+ 43. Kg4 Qd1+ 44. Kg5 Qd2+
45. Kf6 Qb2+ 46. Ke7 Qe5+ 47. Kd8 Qxf5 48. Qxg1 Qf8# 0-1

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 1"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "1962.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 d5 8. Bb2
Nbd7 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Qe2 Ndf6 11. Na4 c5 12. Ne5 cxd4 $5 (12... dxc4 13. bxc4
Qe8 {was played in Smyslov - Polugaevsky, Moscow 1961.}) 13. exd4 Nd7 14. Rfd1
Rc8 15. Rac1 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nc5 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. Be4 Qg5 $1 20.
Bxd5 exd5 21. Rc3 d4 22. Rc4 b5 23. Rc2 Qf5 24. h3 h6 $2 ({Correct is} 24...
Rfd8) 25. g4 Qg6 26. Rcd2 Bb4 $6 {Black is going to lose a pawn and terrain.}
27. Rxd4 Rc2 28. Qxb5 a5 29. Bc1 Rxa2 30. Be3 Qe6 31. Qd5 Qg6 32. Rc4 Rc2 33.
Rxc2 Qxc2 34. Rc1 Qg6 35. Rc6 Qb1+ 36. Kg2 Kh7 37. h4 Be7 38. h5 Bg5 39. f4 $2
(39. Bxg5 hxg5 40. Rc5 $1 {will win.}) 39... Be7 40. Rc1 Qb2+ 41. Kf3 Qa2 $2 ({
Better is} 41... Qh2) 42. Qd3+ Kh8 43. Qf1 $2 (43. Rc7 $1 {regains the edge.})
43... Qb2 $5 44. Rc7 Bd8 45. Rd7 Bh4 46. Rd3 Rb8 47. Bd4 Qc2 48. Qe2 Qc6+ 49.
Qe4 Qc1 50. Kg2 Rc8 51. Bg1 Rc2+ 52. Kh1 Rc8 53. Kg2 Rc2+ 54. Kh1 Rc8 55. Qe3
Qb1 56. Qd4 $4 Rd8 $1 57. Qxd8+ Bxd8 58. Rxd8+ Kh7 59. Kg2 Qxb3 60. Bd4 a4 61.
f5 Qd1 62. Kg3 a3 63. Rd7 a2 $1 64. e6 fxe6 65. fxe6 Qxd4 66. Rxd4 a1=Q {Black
has a decisive material advantage.} 67. Re4 Qa3+ 68. Kf4 Qe7 69. Ke5 Qc5+ 70.
Kf4 Qc7+ 71. Kf3 Qe7 72. Kf2 Kg8 73. Kg3 Kf8 74. Kg2 Ke8 75. Kf3 Qf6+ 76. Kg3
Ke7 $1 77. Re3 Qf1 78. Re4 Qd3+ 79. Kf4 Qh3 80. Ke5 Qg3+ 81. Kd4 Qf3 82. Kd5
Qc3 {White loses the e-pawn and the game.   Polugaevsky began by 8/9 and then
scored three losses in a row.} 0-1

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 1"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Pachman, Ludek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D59"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1962.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Be2 Be6 12. Ne5 c5 13. O-O Rd8 $6 ({Theory
is} 13... Nd7 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 {(Marthaler - Prameshuber, Graz 1961).}) 14. Rc1 f6
$2 ({Correct is} 14... Qd6 $1 15. Qc2 cxd4 16. exd4 Nd7) 15. Ng6 $1 Qd6 16.
dxc5 bxc5 17. Nf4 $1 {White exerts a strong pressure on d5.} Bf7 18. Qc2 Nd7
19. Rfd1 {Spassky threatens 20. Nxd5!} d4 $1 20. Bc4 Bxc4 $6 (20... Ne5 $1 21.
Bxf7+ Nxf7 22. b4 cxb4 23. Rxd4 Qb8 24. Nd5 Qb7 $1 {gives more resistance.})
21. Qxc4+ Kh7 22. b4 Rac8 23. Ne6 $1 Ne5 24. Qc2+ d3 25. Nxd8 Qxd8 26. Qb2 c4
$5 27. h3 Qb6 28. a4 g5 29. Kf1 Kg7 30. Qd4 c3 $5 ({Or} 30... Qxb4 31. f4 $1
Nf7 32. Rxd3 $1) 31. Rxd3 $1 Nxd3 32. Qd7+ $1 {The scores of the main
competitors had become Spassky 81/2/11, Polugaevsky and Najdorf 8.} (32. Qd7+
Kg6 33. Qxd3+ {and White wins the endgame.}) 1-0

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 1"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Guimard, Carlos"]
[Black "Ciocaltea, Victor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1962.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8.
dxe5 dxe5 9. Re1 h6 10. Bh4 Qe8 11. Bf1 Nh5 12. Nc4 Kh8 13. Qd2 f6 14. Rad1 Nc5
15. Qc3 b6 16. Nfd2 Ne6 17. Ne3 f5 18. Nd5 f4 19. f3 g5 20. Bf2 c6 21. Nb4 Nd4
22. Nc4 c5 23. Nd5 Qd8 24. Qd2 g4 25. c3 g3 26. cxd4 cxd4 27. Rc1 Rg8 28. Red1
Qh4 29. h3 gxf2+ 30. Qxf2 Ng3 31. Nd6 Bf6 32. Rc7 Be6 33. Nf7+ Bxf7 34. Rxf7
Raf8 35. Nxf6 Rxf7 36. Nxg8 Rc7 37. b3 Kxg8 38. Bc4+ Kf8 39. a4 Qe7 40. Qd2 Qc5
41. Kh2 Qa3 42. Qc1 Qc5 43. Qa1 h5 44. Bd3 h4 45. b4 Qc3 46. Qa2 {This game
has an interesting finale.} Qxd3 $1 47. Qd5 (47. Rxd3 $2 Rc1 {leads to a quick
mate.}) 47... Qc2 48. Qxe5 $5 Qxd1 49. Qh8+ {Guimard aims at perpetual check.}
Kf7 50. Qh7+ Ke6 51. Qg8+ Rf7 52. Qg6+ Ke7 53. Qg5+ Rf6 54. Qg7+ Ke8 55. Qg8+
Kd7 56. Qd5+ Kc7 57. Qe5+ Kb7 58. Qd5+ Rc6 59. Qd7+ Ka6 $1 ({Ciocaltea avoids
the perpetual in} 59... Ka6 60. b5+ Ka5 61. Qxa7+ Kb4 62. Qe7+ Rc5 {and Black
wins.}) 0-1

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 1"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Garcia, Gilberto"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A23"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1962.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Qd1 exd5 8.
Bg2 Be6 $5 ({Theory is} 8... d4 {(Ravinsky - Panov, Moscow 1946).}) 9. e3 Qd7
10. Nge2 Bh3 11. Bxh3 Qxh3 12. Nf4 Qf5 13. O-O O-O-O 14. Qb3 $6 (14. Qd3 Qxd3
15. Nxd3 {about equalises.}) 14... g5 $1 15. Nfxd5 Rxd5 $1 16. e4 $2 ({Correct
is} 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. e4 $1 Qxe4 18. Rd1 Nc7 19. Bxg5) 16... Qh3 17. Qxd5 Nxd5
18. Nxd5 Nd4 19. f3 Ne2+ 20. Kf2 Qxh2+ 21. Ke3 Nxg3 22. Re1 Qc2 23. b4 f5 24.
Ba3 f4+ 25. Kd4 Bg7+ {Leading were Spassky, Najdorf, Gligoric and Smyslov 131/
2/18, Polugaevsky 13.} 0-1

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 1"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Cobo Arteaga, Eldis"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1962.??.??"]

{Najdorf led half-a-point before Spassky, Smyslov and Polugaevsky. So Miguel
had to win against the best Cuban player.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. e4
e5 5. Nf3 g6 6. d5 Bg7 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Nh5 10. Nd2 Ndf6 11. f3 Nxg3
12. hxg3 h5 13. Qc2 Bh6 14. O-O-O b6 15. Bd3 Bd7 16. Ne2 Qe7 17. Kb1 O-O-O 18.
b4 c5 19. bxc5 dxc5 20. Qb2 Rde8 21. Bc2 Kb8 22. Qa3 Qd6 23. Ba4 g4 24. Bxd7
Qxd7 25. Qd3 gxf3 26. Qxf3 $2 (26. gxf3 {keeps a plus.}) 26... Bg5 $1 27. Nb3
Ng4 28. Rd3 Rh6 29. Qf1 Be3 30. Nc3 Bd4 31. Rf3 f5 32. Qe2 Bxc3 33. Rxc3 fxe4
34. Qxe4 $4 {Cobo misses a trick.} Nf2 35. Qe3 Qh7+ $1 {Black wins an exchange.
} 36. Kb2 Nxh1 37. Qg1 Rf6 38. Qxh1 Rf2+ 39. Ka3 Qb7 40. Nc1 Qa6+ 41. Kb3 b5
42. Qxh5 Qa4# {Final standings became: Najdorf 161/2/21, Spassky and
Polugaevsky 16, Gligoric and Smyslov 151/2, Ivkov had 141/2. Coba, the first
Cuban, followed at the twelfth place with 10 points.   The flamboyant Najdorf
added a grand epilogue to the tournament. He gave a blind simultaneous display
to members of the government, like Fidel Castro, Raoul Castro, Osvaldo
Dorticos, Alberto Bayo, Osmani Cienfuegos and Ernesto Guevara. Fidel got a
draw.} 0-1

[Event "Beverwijk"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1963.01.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]

{The 25th Hoogovens tournament was played in Beverwijk from 7 until 27 i 1963.
Great efforts had been made to organise a magnificent jubilee event. Many
former winners took part and most competitors were top hundred players. The
Soviet stars were Averbakh and Bronstein. People worried about the fate of the
Dutchmen but they had underrated the abilities of Jan Hein Donner.} 1. Nf3 g6
2. g3 Bg7 3. d4 c5 4. c3 Nf6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Na6 7. Na3 d6 8. Re1 Ne4 9. Ng5
Nxg5 10. Bxg5 h6 11. Be3 Kh7 12. Qd2 Qa5 13. Nc2 Qc7 14. b4 Bf5 15. bxc5 dxc5
16. Bf4 Qa5 $6 17. Bxb7 cxd4 $1 18. e4 $2 ({Right is} 18. Nxd4 Rad8 19. Qc1 $1)
18... dxe3 19. Nxe3 Rad8 20. Qc1 Be6 21. Bxa6 Qxa6 22. Nd1 Rd3 23. Be5 Qc6 24.
Bxg7 Bh3 $4 {Averbakh allows mate in two! <->Russians' appear to be humans too.
} 25. Qxh6+ {Playing hall was the Kennemertheater. There a bulletin was
conceived, stencilled and sent to the subscribers each round by
<->simultaneous master' Withuis.} 1-0

[Event "Beverwijk"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1963.01.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Donner, Jan Hein"]
[Black "Matanovic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E27"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 O-O 6. f3 d6 $5 7. e4 e5 $6 {
Black gets a passive position.} 8. Ne2 Nbd7 9. Ng3 Re8 10. Be3 Nf8 11. Qd2 Qe7
12. Kf2 c5 13. Be2 Ng6 14. a4 Qc7 15. a5 Ne7 $2 {Hereafter, Donner makes
favourable exchanges.} 16. Bg5 $1 Nd7 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Nf5 Re8 19. dxe5 dxe5
20. Rhd1 Nf8 21. Nd6 Re7 ({Not} 21... Rd8 $2 22. Nb5 $1 {(Donner).}) 22. Nb5
Qc6 23. Qd8 Re8 24. Qc7 $1 {White threatens 25. Qxc6 bxc6 26. Nc7. Black has
to lose a pawn (Euwe).} Qf6 25. Qxc5 Ne6 26. Qe3 a6 27. Nd6 Re7 28. Kg1 Qg5 29.
Qxg5 Nxg5 30. c5 Ne6 ({Or} 30... Rc7 31. Nb5 $1 Rd7 32. Nc7 $1 Rb8 33. c6 $1 {
(Donner).}) 31. c6 $1 bxc6 32. Nxc8 Rxc8 33. Bxa6 Ra8 34. Bc4 Nc5 35. a6 Rc7
36. Kf2 Kf8 37. Ke3 Ke7 38. g3 f6 39. f4 Rca7 40. Ra5 Nd7 41. Be2 h6 42. Rb1 g5
43. fxg5 hxg5 44. h4 gxh4 1-0

[Event "Beverwijk"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1963.01.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pilnik, Herman"]
[Black "Donner, Jan Hein"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. Nf3 e5 8. O-O Ne8
9. a3 a5 $5 ({Black does not play the usual} 9... f5 {but he has to face
inactivity anyway.}) 10. Rb1 Na6 11. Bd2 f5 12. Ne1 Nf6 13. f3 f4 14. Nd3 g5
15. g4 $5 fxg3 $2 {Donner makes a strategic error. He should not open the
kingside.} 16. hxg3 Nh5 17. Kg2 h6 18. Rh1 Nf6 19. Nf2 Nc7 20. Rh2 Rf7 21. g4
$5 {Pilnik seems to err as well, but he will utilise holes in the black
position.} Nh7 22. Nh1 $1 Nf8 23. Ng3 Ng6 24. Nf5 Bxf5 25. exf5 Nf4+ 26. Kh1 $5
Ne8 27. Ne4 Nf6 28. Qc2 b6 29. Re1 Nxe4 30. Qxe4 Qf8 31. Bd1 a4 32. Bc2 Bf6 33.
Kg1 Re7 34. Kf2 Raa7 35. Reh1 Bg7 36. Bc3 Ra8 37. Ke1 Qf6 38. Kd1 Rea7 39. Kc1
Re7 40. Kb1 Rea7 41. Ka2 Kf8 42. Rb1 Kg8 43. Bd2 {The game was adjourned and
resumed after the sixth round. White has a great positional advantage.} Kf8 44.
Bxf4 $1 exf4 45. Qe6 Re7 $1 ({Black fears} 45... Qxe6 $6 46. dxe6 $1) 46. Qxf6+
Bxf6 47. Rxh6 Kf7 48. Rbh1 Re2 $1 49. Rg6 $1 Rg8 {The critical position has
been reached.} 50. Kb1 $2 {White loses a valuable tempo.} ({Right is} 50. Rh7+
Rg7 51. Rxf6+ $1 Kxf6 52. Rh6+ Kf7 53. Bxa4 Rf2 54. Bd7 Rxf3 55. Rxd6 Rh3 56.
f6 Rgh7 57. Be6+ $1 Kxf6 58. Bf5+ Ke5 59. Re6+ Kd4 60. Re4+ Kd3 61. Re7+ Kxc4
62. Bxh7 {White has won a piece.}) 50... Rf2 51. Rh7+ Rg7 52. Rxf6+ $2 {Pilnik
applies this idea too late.} ({Correct is} 52. Rh3 $1 Rxg6 53. fxg6+ Kf8) 52...
Kxf6 53. Rh6+ Kf7 54. f6 $5 Rg8 55. Bf5 Rf8 56. Be6+ $5 Ke8 57. Rg6 Rxf3 58.
f7+ Ke7 59. Rxg5 Rg3 60. Kc2 f3 61. Kd2 f2 $1 62. Rf5 ({The pointe is} 62. Ke2
Rf3 63. Kf1 Rh8 64. Rh5 Rxh5 65. gxh5 Rf6 $1 {Zugzwang.}) 62... Rxg4 63. Rxf2
Rxc4 64. Rg2 b5 65. Kd3 Rh4 66. Re2 b4 67. axb4 Rxb4 68. Kc2 Rfb8 69. Kc1 Rb3
70. Re4 R8b4 71. Re2 a3 72. bxa3 Rb1+ {Donner had an impressive start of 5/6.}
0-1

[Event "Beverwijk"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1963.01.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Pilnik, Herman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E71"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 c6 6. Be3 a6 7. Nf3 b5 8. e5 Nfd7
9. exd6 exd6 10. Bg5 Nf6 11. Qe2+ Kf8 12. Qc2 h6 13. Bf4 Qe7+ 14. Be2 Bf5 15.
Qd1 bxc4 16. O-O Nd5 17. Bd2 Be6 18. Na4 Nd7 19. Bxc4 Kg8 20. Re1 N7f6 21. Rc1
Kh7 22. Ba5 Ra7 23. Nd2 Rb8 24. Bf1 Qd7 25. Nc4 Ng8 26. Nab6 Nxb6 27. Nxb6 Qc7
28. Nc4 Qd7 29. b3 Ne7 30. Qd2 Nd5 31. Be2 h5 32. Bf3 Bh6 33. Ne3 Nxe3 34. fxe3
Bd5 35. Bxd5 cxd5 36. Qd3 Qb5 37. Qxb5 axb5 38. b4 Re8 39. Kf2 Rae7 40. Rc3 h4
41. Bc7 Ra8 42. Bxd6 Re6 43. Be5 f6 44. Bh2 Rxa2+ 45. Re2 Ra7 46. Rc5 $6 ({
Better is} 46. g4) 46... Ra3 $1 47. g3 $2 {The other <->Russian' is human too.}
({Right is} 47. Kf1 $1 Bxe3 48. g4 $1) 47... Rexe3 $1 48. Rxe3 Bxe3+ $1 49. Kg2
Ra2+ 50. Kh1 Bxd4 51. Rxd5 Be5 $1 52. Bg1 hxg3 53. Bb6 Rh2+ 54. Kg1 Rxh3 55.
Rxb5 Rh2 56. Be3 g5 57. Rd5 Kg6 58. b5 Rb2 59. b6 Kf5 60. Bd4 Rb1+ 61. Kg2 Kf4
62. Bxe5+ fxe5 63. Rd6 Rb2+ 64. Kf1 e4 65. Rf6+ Ke3 66. Kg1 Kd4 67. Rg6 e3 68.
Re6 Kd3 69. Rd6+ Ke4 70. Re6+ Kf4 71. Kf1 g2+ 72. Kg1 Kf3 73. Kh2 Rb1 74. Rf6+
Kg4 75. Kxg2 e2 0-1

[Event "Beverwijk"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1963.01.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Parma, Bruno"]
[Black "Pirc, Vasja"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 Qa5 9. O-O d6 10. h3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 $6 ({Known is} 11... Be6 {(Ciric -
Parma, Ljubljana 1960).}) 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd5 Bxb2 $6 ({Black should try} 
13... Bh4) 14. Nxe7+ Kg7 15. Rb1 Qc3 $6 (15... Qa3 {also protects pawn d6.})
16. Qxd6 Qf6 17. Qxf6+ Bxf6 18. Bd5 Rb8 19. Nc6 Rb6 20. Nxa7 Bd7 21. c4 Ra6 22.
Nxb5 Rxa2 23. Nd6 Ra7 24. c5 Rc7 25. Rfc1 Be5 26. Nb5 Bxb5 27. Rxb5 Re8 28. Rc4
h5 29. h4 Bf6 30. g3 {The world champion of the youth played a solid game.
Parma competed with the best and gained the grandmaster title.} 1-0

[Event "Beverwijk"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1963.01.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Gereben, Erno"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. c3 Nd7 11. Nbd2 Bf6 $5 12. Nf1 Nc5 $5 (12... Na5 13. Bc2 c5 {
drew in Fuchs - Milic, Gotha 1957.}) 13. Bd5 Ne7 14. Bxb7 Nxb7 15. Ne3 Ng6 16.
d4 c6 17. Ng4 Re8 18. d5 Be7 $6 ({Preferable is} 18... cxd5 19. Qxd5 Nc5) 19.
dxc6 Na5 20. Ne3 Qc8 21. Nd5 {White blockades with the right piece.} Qxc6 22.
b3 Nb7 23. Be3 Nc5 24. Bxc5 Qxc5 25. Rc1 Bd8 26. Qd2 h6 27. Red1 a5 28. g3 Qc6
29. Qd3 Nf8 30. h4 Ne6 31. b4 Qb7 32. a3 Ra6 33. Rb1 axb4 34. axb4 Bc7 35. Ra1
Rea8 36. Rxa6 Rxa6 37. Kg2 Bb8 38. Rd2 Ra3 39. Qb1 Kh7 40. Ra2 Qa6 41. Rxa3
Qxa3 42. Qd3 Qa6 43. h5 {The game is adjourned.} Ba7 44. Qe2 Qb7 45. Nh4 Nc7 $2
{Black exchanges his strong knight.} (45... Qc6 {continues the status quo.})
46. Nxc7 Qxc7 {Gereben has set a fine trap.} 47. Qf3 $1 (47. Qxb5 $2 Qxc3 48.
Qb7 Bxf2 $1 49. Nf5 Qe1 50. Qxf7 Qxe4+ $1 51. Kxf2 Qc2+ {leads to perpetual
check.}) 47... Bb8 48. Nf5 Qd8 49. Ne3 Kg8 50. Qg4 Ba7 $6 (50... Kh7 {does not
lose a pawn, but} 51. Qe2 Qe8 52. c4 {starts a decisive attack on the
queenside.}) 51. Nf5 Qf6 52. Qd1 $1 Bb8 53. Qd5 Qd8 54. Qxb5 Kh7 55. Qb7 Bc7
56. Ne3 Kg8 57. Nd5 Bb8 58. Ne7+ Kh7 59. Nc6 Qc7 60. Qxc7 Bxc7 61. Ne7 {The
passed pawn has become unstoppable.} 1-0

[Event "Beverwijk"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1963.01.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gereben, Erno"]
[Black "Van den Berg, Carel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. e4 Nge7 7. c3 d5 8. Qe2 b6
9. Re1 a5 10. Nbd2 Ba6 11. e5 $5 {The battle of the centre starts.} h6 12. Nf1
Ra7 13. h4 Rd7 14. Bf4 $6 g5 $1 {A pawn sacrifice weakens the support of pawn
e5 and opens square g6.} 15. hxg5 Ng6 $1 16. Qd2 Nxf4 17. gxf4 hxg5 18. fxg5 $6
{White plays an ambitious move.} ({A more solid defence of the centre gives} 
18. Nxg5 Bh6 19. Rad1) 18... d4 $1 19. c4 Qc7 20. Qe2 Bb7 21. Ng3 Ne7 $1 22.
Ne4 Ng6 $1 23. Qd2 ({The desirable} 23. Nd6+ {is met by an orgy of sacrifices:}
Rxd6 $1 24. exd6 Qxd6 25. Qd1 Nf4 26. Bh1 Rxh1+ $1 27. Kxh1 Nh3 28. Kg2 Nxg5)
23... Nxe5 24. Nxe5 Bxe5 25. g6 $6 f6 26. Qe2 Kd8 27. Qg4 Rg7 28. f4 $2 (28.
Qxe6 $5 Rxg6 29. Kf1 {offers more resistance.}) 28... Bxf4 29. Nxf6 Be3+ 30.
Rxe3 Qh2+ 31. Kf1 dxe3 32. Ne4 Bxe4 33. dxe4 Rf8+ 34. Ke2 Rf2+ 35. Kxe3 Rxg2
36. Rd1+ Ke7 {The 'theorist' Van den Berg won the title of international
master in this event, a fine achievement in those days.} 0-1

[Event "Beverwijk"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1963.01.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Van Scheltinga, Theo"]
[Black "Trifunovic, Petar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd2 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. a3
Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Ne4 $2 ({Right is} 9... d6) 10. Bxe4 Bxe4 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Qd6 $1
{White threatens 13. Qe5!} Bxf3 $6 {Black opens the g-file. He has no defence
against the ensuing attack.} 13. gxf3 Qb6 14. Qg3 $1 f6 15. Rg1 g6 16. h4 e5
17. f4 Qe6 18. fxe5 fxe5 19. Qxe5 Qxe5 20. Bxe5 Nc6 21. Bc3 Rae8 22. Rd1 Ne5
23. Bxe5 Rxe5 24. Rxd7 Rb8 25. Rg5 Rxg5 26. hxg5 Rxb2 27. Rxa7 Rc2 28. f4 Rxc4
29. Kd2 Re4 30. a4 c4 31. a5 c3+ 32. Kxc3 Rxe3+ 33. Kb4 Re4+ 34. Kb5 Rxf4 35.
Rc7 Rg4 36. Rc5 h6 37. a6 Rg1 38. a7 Rb1+ 39. Kc4 Ra1 40. Rc8+ Kg7 41. a8=Q {
Van Scheltinga worked at the Hoogovens but got no time off. Times were
different.} 1-0

[Event "Beverwijk"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1963.01.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Black "Donner, Jan Hein"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c6 7. Qc2 g6 8. e3
Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. b4 {A minority
attack starts. White has a plan.} Nd7 14. b5 Nb6 15. bxc6 bxc6 16. Rac1 Be7 17.
Rc2 Bd6 18. Nb1 Rc8 19. Rfc1 Qf6 20. Nbd2 Rc7 21. g3 Rec8 22. Kg2 Qe7 23. e4
Bb4 24. h4 Qd8 ({Even better is the immediate} 24... c5 $1) 25. e5 $1 c5 $1 26.
dxc5 Rxc5 27. Rxc5 Rxc5 28. Rxc5 Bxc5 29. Nb3 Be7 30. Nbd4 Qc8 $6 ({Superb is} 
30... Qd7 $1 31. Qe2 {(Averbakh)} Nc4 32. e6 {and Black exchanges.}) 31. Qb5
Kf8 32. Nc6 Qb7 $2 (32... Qd7 $1 33. Nfd4 Ba3 $1 {stops the attack on the
queenside.}) 33. Nfd4 a6 34. Qa5 Ke8 35. Nxe7 Kxe7 36. Qc5+ Ke8 37. e6 $1 {
White has staged a decisive attack with few means.} Nc8 (37... Nc4 38. exf7+
Kxf7 39. Nc6 Qd7 40. Nb4 {brings no relief (Averbakh).}) 38. exf7+ Kxf7 39. Nc6
$1 Kg7 40. Qd4+ $1 Kh6 $2 41. Qf6 $1 {Donner and Bronstein were trailing the
leader Parma by 11/2 points.} 1-0

[Event "Beverwijk"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1963.01.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Donner, Jan Hein"]
[Black "Langeweg, Kick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A61"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Nd2 Bg7 8. Nc4
O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 a6 $6 11. a4 $1 g5 $6 {Black weakens his kingside by an
unfit advance.} 12. Bg3 Ne8 13. e4 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Be2 b6 $6 (15... Nd7 $5
{keeps the initiative.}) 16. O-O Ra7 17. Bg4 Raf7 18. Bxf5 Rxf5 19. Qe2 Kh8 20.
Rae1 Bd4 21. Qh5 R5f6 $6 22. Ne4 $1 Ng7 23. Qh3 $6 ({Even better is} 23. Qe2 $1
Rg6 24. Nexd6) 23... Rg6 24. Bxd6 Rf5 25. Qg3 Nd7 26. Nc3 Bxc3 27. bxc3 Rxd5
28. Be7 $6 (28. Bc7 $1 Qc8 29. Rb1 {charges with great power on the queenside.}
) 28... Qg8 29. Qc7 Qb8 30. Qxb8+ Nxb8 31. Rd1 Rxd1 32. Rxd1 Nc6 33. Bd6 Nf5
34. Bc7 b5 35. axb5 axb5 36. Nd6 Nxd6 37. Bxd6 {Donner lost advantage in the
transition towards the endgame.} c4 $6 ({Better is} 37... b4 $1 38. Bxc5 bxc3
39. Rc1 {Black loses a pawn, but he can try to survive on the kingside.}) 38.
Kf1 Re6 39. Bc5 Kh7 40. Rd7+ Kg6 41. Rb7 Re5 $5 42. Be3 $1 {The game was
adjourned and Langeweg resigned.} (42. Be3 Na5 43. Rb6+ Kh7 44. h4 Nb3 45. g4 {
gives White a strong attack.}) 1-0

[Event "Beverwijk"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1963.01.20"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Langeweg, Kick"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Qb3 $6 Nc6 $1 {Black gains a positional plus at an
early stage of the game.} 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. g3 d5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O d4 8. Nb1 $5 a5
9. d3 e5 10. Na3 $6 (10. Bg5 {stems from Sliwa - Euwe, Varna 1962.}) 10... Nd7
11. Qd1 Be7 12. Nc2 Nc5 13. b3 Bg4 14. Rb1 f5 15. Ba3 e4 $5 {Bronstein makes
natural attacking moves.} 16. Bxc5 $2 ({Right is} 16. dxe4 $1 d3 $1 17. Ne3
dxe2 18. Qxe2 fxe4 19. Nxg4 exf3 20. Bxf3 Nd4 21. Bd5+ Qxd5 22. Qxe7 Qf3 {and
Black attacks.}) 16... Bxc5 17. Nfe1 Qe7 18. f3 Bh5 $6 (18... exf3 19. Bxf3
Rae8 {wins easily.}) 19. Qc1 $2 {Hereafter, White gets a castigation.} ({The
serious response is given by} 19. fxe4) 19... e3 $1 20. a3 Ra6 21. b4 axb4 22.
axb4 Nxb4 23. Nxb4 Bxb4 24. Nc2 Bc3 25. Rxb7 f4 26. g4 Be8 27. Qb1 Rh6 28. Nb4
Qh4 29. h3 Qg3 30. Kh1 Rxh3+ 0-1

[Event "Beverwijk"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1963.01.21"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Pilnik, Herman"]
[Black "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6
8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O e5 11. Re1 exd4 12. Nxd4 g6 13. Nb5 $5 (13. c3
{was played in Kroone - Müller, The Hague 1928.}) 13... Qb6 $6 ({Better is} 
13... c6 $1 14. Nc7 Rb8 {because White has no advantageous combination.}) 14.
a4 $1 Nc5 15. a5 Qc6 16. Bc4 a6 17. Nc3 Be6 18. Bd5 $1 Bxd5 19. Nxd5 {White
has a positional advantage.} Qd6 20. Qd4 Ne6 21. Nf6+ Kh8 ({Avoids} 21... Kg7
$4 22. Ne8+ $1) 22. Qh4 $5 Kg7 23. Ng4 h5 24. Qf6+ Kh7 25. Rad1 Qf4 26. Rxe6
Qxg4 $2 (26... Rad8 $1 27. Ree1 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Qxg4 {brings sufficient
counter-play.}) 27. Rd7 $1 Kg8 28. Ree7 Rae8 29. h3 Rxe7 $1 ({Not} 29... Qc4 $2
30. Qxg6+ $1 fxg6 31. Rg7+ Kh8 32. Rh7+ Kg8 33. Rdg7# {(Pilnik).}) 30. hxg4
Rxd7 31. gxh5 Rd1+ (31... gxh5 $2 32. Qg5+ Kh8 33. Qxh5+ Kg7 34. Qg4+ {and
Black loses a rook.}) 32. Kh2 Rd6 33. Qe7 gxh5 $2 {Black misses his last
chance.} ({The positional manoeuvre} 33... Rfd8 $1 34. hxg6 fxg6 35. Qxc7 R8d7
{establishes resistance on both flanks (Belov).}) 34. Qxc7 Rfd8 35. Qxb7 Rg6
36. b4 Kg7 37. b5 Rdd6 38. b6 Rd2 39. Qe4 Re6 40. Qf4 Rd7 41. c4 Kf8 42. c5 {
Pilnik played well in the second half of the tournament. He would defeat Parma
in the next round.} 1-0

[Event "Beverwijk"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1963.01.23"]
[Round "13"]
[White "O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic"]
[Black "Donner, Jan Hein"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D55"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Qc2 g6 $5 13. Rc1 Na6 $1 {
Donner has found a creative solution for the protection of c5.} 14. a3 $5 ({
The pawn win by} 14. Bxa6 Bxa6 15. Qxc5 Qb7 {favours Black (Euwe).}) 14... c4
15. Be2 Bf5 16. Qc3 Nc5 17. Nd4 $2 (17. O-O {is necessary.}) 17... Nd3+ $1 18.
Bxd3 Bxd3 19. Nc6 Qe4 20. Qe5 Rfe8 21. Qxe4 dxe4 22. Rc3 $2 (22. Kd2 $1 Re6 23.
Nb4 {will lift pressure by the exchange of minor pieces.}) 22... a5 23. a4 Ra6
24. Nd4 Rb6 25. Nb5 Re5 26. Ra3 h5 27. h4 Rf5 28. g3 Kg7 29. Rh2 Kf6 30. Kd2
Ke5 31. b3 Rbf6 32. Ke1 Kd5 33. Nd4 $2 ({Right is} 33. bxc4+ $1 Bxc4 ({Euwe's} 
33... Kxc4 $2 {is answered by the liberating} 34. f4 $1) 34. Nd4 {and the
fight continues.}) 33... c3 $3 {Donner ends the game brilliantly.} 34. Nxf5
Rxf5 35. Ra1 Kc5 36. Rd1 Rd5 37. f4 exf3 38. Rf2 Be2 ({Simplification towards
a pawn ending by} 38... Be2 39. Rxd5+ Kxd5 40. Rxe2 fxe2 41. Kxe2 Kc5 42. Kd3
Kb4 43. Kc2 f5 $1 {leads to a fatal zugzwang.}) 0-1

[Event "Beverwijk"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1963.01.24"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 d5 3. Nf3 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 c5 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. e4 O-O 8. Re1
Qc7 9. e5 Nd7 10. Qe2 b5 11. h4 a5 12. Nf1 Ba6 13. N1h2 $5 (13. Bf4 {was
played in Tan - Larsen, Beverwijk 1960.}) 13... b4 14. h5 Rfc8 15. h6 $1 g6 16.
Bf4 Qd8 17. Ng4 {The overprotection of e5 looks grotesque.} a4 18. Qd2 c4 19.
dxc4 Bxc4 20. Bg5 a3 21. b3 Ba6 22. Rac1 Na7 23. Bxe7 Qxe7 24. Ng5 Nb5 $2 (
24... Rc6 $1 {overprotects e6.}) 25. Bxd5 $1 {A prophylactic explosion
unleashes the white power.} Rd8 ({The pointe is} 25... exd5 26. e6 $1 fxe6 27.
Rxe6 Qc5 28. Rce1 $1 {and 29. Re7 follows.}) 26. Bxa8 Nxe5 27. Qxd8+ Qxd8 28.
Rxe5 Nc3 29. Bf3 f5 30. Nxe6 Qd2 {Donner became the sole leader, half-a- point
before Bronstein, Ivkov and Parma.  A variety show ('Bonte Avond') occurred in
the evening. It was a highly popular spectacle at that time.} 1-0

[Event "Beverwijk"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1963.01.25"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Black "Pilnik, Herman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. h3 O-O 7. Nf3 a6 8. a4 Nbd7
9. Be2 Rb8 10. g4 Ne8 11. Rb1 {Pilnik has chosen a passive opening. Averbakh
will go forwards in slow motion like he did in the torture of Donner.} Nc7 12.
Be3 Re8 13. Qd2 a5 $5 14. Bd3 Na6 15. Ne2 Nb4 16. b3 Nf8 17. Kf1 Ng6 18. Re1
Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Nh4 20. Neg1 Ng6 21. Ne2 Nh4 22. Neg1 Ng6 23. Kg2 Ra8 24. Qd2 Bd7
25. Ne2 Bh4 26. Ng3 Bxg3 $5 27. fxg3 $1 f6 28. Ref1 Rf8 29. Rf2 b6 30. Qd3 Ra7
31. Bc1 Qc8 32. Ne1 Be8 33. Nc2 Raf7 34. Ne3 Ne7 35. Nf5 Qc7 36. Rhf1 Bd7 37.
Qe2 Bc8 38. h4 Kh8 39. Kh2 Ng8 40. Bd2 Bxf5 $6 41. gxf5 g6 $2 {Averbakh grabs
the opportunity.} 42. g4 gxf5 43. exf5 h6 44. Rg2 Rh7 45. Kg1 Qd7 46. Qe4 Ne7
47. g5 fxg5 48. f6 $1 Ng8 49. hxg5 hxg5 50. Bxg5 Qh3 51. Rf3 $2 ({Correct is} 
51. Qf3) 51... Qh1+ 52. Kf2 Rff7 $2 {Pilnik misses the chance.} (52... Rh2 $1
53. Rxh2+ Qxh2+ 54. Kf1 Qh1+ {draws.}) 53. Qg6 Ne7 54. fxe7 Rxf3+ 55. Kxf3 Qf1+
56. Rf2 Qd1+ 57. Kg3 Qg1+ 58. Rg2 Qe1+ 59. Kg4 Qd1+ 60. Kf5 1-0

[Event "Beverwijk"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1963.01.26"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Van den Berg, Carel"]
[Black "Donner, Jan Hein"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nb3 a6 $5 9. a4 Nf6 10. Re1 Qc7 11. Nbxd4 Nxd4 $2 ({Better is} 11... Bd7) 12.
Qxd4 Bc5 13. Qh4 $1 {The queen has moved to a fine square.} Be7 14. b3 Nd5 $5
15. Bg5 $1 Nb4 16. Re4 Nc6 ({Not} 16... f6 $2 17. Bf4 e5 18. Nxe5 $1 fxe5 19.
Bxe5 Bxh4 20. Bxc7+ {and the black line has been taken.}) 17. Rae1 h6 18. Rg4
Bxg5 19. Rxg5 g6 20. Rg3 Qe7 21. Qf4 g5 22. Qe3 {White has an excellent
attacking position.} Bd7 23. Ne5 O-O-O 24. Qb6 Nxe5 25. Rxe5 Bc6 26. Bxa6 $1
Rd1+ 27. Bf1 Qd6 {Everybody expects a quick win by White. But the time
pressures.} 28. Rge3 $4 {Now Black wins immediately.} ({Correct is} 28. Qa5 Qd2
29. Rd3 Qxa5 30. Rxa5 Rxd3 31. Bxd3 {and White has an extra pawn in a long
endgame.}) 28... Rxf1+ $1 29. Kxf1 Bxg2+ {Donner led half-a-point before Ivkov
and one point before Bronstein and Parma at the end of the penultimate round.}
0-1

[Event "Beverwijk"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1963.01.27"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Ivkov, Borislav"]
[Black "Pilnik, Herman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A56"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. h3 O-O 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. a3 a6
9. Be3 Rb8 10. Qc2 Nh5 11. b4 b6 12. Rb1 Rb7 13. b5 a5 $5 {Pilnik plays his
usual closed opening.} 14. Ne2 $1 g6 15. g4 $1 Ng7 16. Ng3 f5 $2 {Black helps
the white attack.} 17. gxf5 gxf5 18. Nxf5 Nxf5 19. exf5 Kh8 20. h4 e4 $6 21.
Qxe4 ({Or} 21. Ng5 Ne5 22. Ne6) 21... Ne5 22. Bh3 Nxf3+ 23. Qxf3 Bxh4 24. Qh5
Qe7 25. Qh6 $6 Re8 {Ivkov has to win but loses.} 26. Kd2 $2 (26. O-O $1 {26.
0-0! continues to play for victory.}) 26... Bxf2 $1 27. Rbe1 (27. Rb3 $1 {
draws.}) 27... Bxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Qe5 29. Qf4 Qb2+ 30. Kd3 Qxa3+ 31. Kc2 Qa4+ 32.
Kd3 Qb3+ 33. Kd2 Rbe7 34. Bd4+ cxd4 35. Qxd4+ Re5 {When Ivkov gave up,
Robatsch offered a draw to Donner. Jan Hein accepted and became the tournament
winner.   The tournament ended with the traditional pea-soup. Special
attention got the winner Jan Hein Donner (12/17) and number two David
Bronstein (111/2/17).   Beverwijk 1963 was a great social event. 348 players
participated in many groups. The ladies' group was won by women's world
champion Nona Gaprindashvili with 9/9.} 0-1

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 2"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B39"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]

{Many saw the Soviets as rulers of Cuba, but that was only true for the Soviet
chess grandmasters. Kortschnoj, Geller and Tal ruled the second Capablanca
Memorial.} 1. c4 g6 2. e4 c5 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7.
Nc3 Ng4 8. Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 e5 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O d6 $5 12. Qd2 a6 13. Rfd1
Be6 14. Bf1 Rc8 15. b3 Bg4 16. Be2 Be6 17. Rac1 Qa5 18. Bf1 Rc7 $6 ({More
active is} 18... f5 $1) 19. Ne2 $1 Qxd2 20. Rxd2 Nxe2+ $6 (20... b5 {gives
counter-play for a pawn.}) 21. Bxe2 Rc6 22. Rcd1 Rd8 23. c5 $1 Bf8 24. b4 Rdc8
25. b5 Rxc5 $1 26. Bxc5 dxc5 27. bxa6 bxa6 28. Bxa6 Rc7 29. Rc2 c4 $6 (29...
Ra7 $1 30. Bc4 Bxc4 31. Rxc4 Rxa2 {regains a pawn.}) 30. Kf1 Ba3 $5 31. Rb1 $6
(31. Rd3 $1 Be7 32. a4 {averts the black plan.}) 31... c3 32. Bd3 Rc8 33. Ke2
Kg7 $2 (33... Bb2 $1 34. a4 Ra8 35. Bb5 Bb3 36. Rxc3 Bxc3 37. Rxb3 Bd4 {might
draw.}) 34. Ba6 Rc7 35. Kd3 Bb2 36. Rbxb2 $1 cxb2 37. Rxb2 Ra7 38. Bc4 Rd7+ 39.
Kc3 Bxc4 40. Kxc4 Rd4+ 41. Kb5 Rxe4 {Black has won back the pawn, but White
wins the rook ending.} 42. a4 Rd4 43. a5 Rd8 $5 44. Kc6 f5 45. a6 Kf6 46. a7
Ra8 47. Kb7 Re8 48. a8=Q Rxa8 49. Kxa8 e4 50. Kb7 Ke5 51. Kc6 Kd4 52. Rb4+ 1-0

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 2"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cobo Arteaga, Eldis"]
[Black "Ivkov, Borislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 Qc7 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 dxc3 12. Qd3 Bd7 13. Be3 Nf5 14. Bf2
$5 d4 $1 {Ivkov answers a novelty by a sharp move.} 15. Ng3 $6 ({Preferable is
} 15. Nxd4 $1 Ncxd4 16. Bxd4 {(Schwarz).}) 15... O-O-O 16. Nxf5 exf5 17. Bh4 $6
Rde8 18. Kf2 $6 Rg4 $1 19. g3 $2 ({The retreat} 19. Bg3 $1 Rxe5 $1 20. fxe5 f4
21. Re1 Nxe5 22. Qh7 fxg3+ 23. hxg3 {brings mutual chances.}) 19... Rxe5 $3 {
Cobo endures a rook sacrifice.} 20. fxe5 Nxe5 21. Qd1 ({Insufficient is} 21.
Qe2 Qc5 $1 {(Pachman)} 22. Be7 $5 Qxe7 23. Bg2 Qc5 $1) 21... Rxh4 $1 22. gxh4
Ng4+ 23. Ke1 ({Or} 23. Kg1 d3 $1 24. cxd3 Qf4 $1 25. Qe2 Qd4+ {(Zeuthen &
Jarlnaes).}) 23... Qf4 $1 24. Qe2 Bb5 $1 25. Qg2 Qe3+ {Ivkov had achieved a
brilliant offensive.} 0-1

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 2"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pachman, Ludek"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E35"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 O-O 10. e3 c6 11. Nf3 Nd7 12. Be2 $5 Re8 13. O-O b6 $6 {Black
weakens the queenside.} ({Prudent is} 13... Nf8 $1) 14. Rfc1 Bb7 15. b4 Qe6 16.
Qb2 f5 $5 {Kortschnoj starts an unprepared attack.} 17. Bd3 g5 18. Rc3 Qf6 19.
a4 g4 20. Nd2 f4 21. a5 Rad8 22. axb6 axb6 23. Ra7 Rb8 24. Nf1 Nf8 25. Qc2 Ne6
$2 {The following exchanges will be bad for Black.} ({Better is} 25... fxe3 26.
fxe3 {and now} Ne6) 26. Bf5 $1 fxe3 27. Bxe6+ Rxe6 28. Rxe3 Rxe3 29. Nxe3 $1 {
Black has been outplayed.} Qxd4 $5 30. Qg6+ Qg7 31. Qe6+ Qf7 32. Qxh6 Re8 33.
Qg5+ Kf8 34. h3 $5 gxh3 35. Nf5 $1 Re1+ 36. Kh2 Qc7+ 37. g3 $1 Re6 38. Nh6 Ke8
39. Qg8+ Kd7 40. Nf5 $1 Re2 41. Rxb7 $1 {All Soviet stars lost games.} (41.
Rxb7 Qxb7 42. Qf7+ Kc8 43. Nd6+ {is horrible.}) 1-0

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 2"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Trifunovic, Petar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C32"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. d3 Nf6 5. dxe4 Nxe4 {They play a line of the
Falkbeer.} 6. Be3 Qh4+ 7. g3 Nxg3 8. hxg3 $2 ({An improvement will become} 8.
Nf3 $1 {(Spassky - Matanovic, Belgrade 1964).}) 8... Qxh1 9. Qe2 Bb4+ $1 (9...
Qxd5 10. Nc3 Qd7 11. Bh3 {gave counter-play in Horne-Radojcic, Hastings 1951.})
10. c3 Bd6 11. Bg2 Qh6 12. Bd4+ Kd8 $1 13. Nf3 Bg4 14. Qf2 $5 Re8+ 15. Kf1 Nd7
16. Nbd2 Qg6 17. Kg1 f6 18. Rc1 b6 19. b4 a5 20. Nh4 Qd3 21. Ndf3 Re2 22. Qf1
axb4 23. Rd1 Rxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Rxa2+ 25. Kg1 Qxf1+ 26. Kxf1 g5 {Tal lost three
games. His defeat versus the tailender Calero was a great surprise.} 0-1

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 2"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Trifunovic, Petar"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 g5 5. Bg3 d6 6. Nbd2 Nh5 7. e3 Bg7 8. c3
f5 9. Bc4 Qe7 10. Ng1 $5 Nf6 11. f4 $6 {White's position becomes passive.} ({
More active is} 11. Ne2) 11... Nc6 12. Ngf3 Bd7 13. Qe2 O-O-O 14. O-O-O Nh5 15.
Rhe1 Rhe8 16. Bb5 a6 17. Bd3 Kb8 18. Kb1 Bf6 19. fxg5 hxg5 20. Bf2 g4 21. Ng1
e5 22. d5 Na7 23. e4 Nf4 24. Qe3 $2 {Trifunovic makes another positional error.
} ({Correct is} 24. Bxa7+ Kxa7 25. Qf2+ Kb8 26. Bc2 fxe4 27. Nxe4) 24... Nc8
25. Bf1 Bg5 26. Qg3 Rh8 27. h3 Nh5 28. Qd3 g3 $1 29. Bxg3 Nxg3 30. Qxg3 Bh4 31.
Qe3 Bxe1 32. Rxe1 Qg7 33. Kc1 Ne7 34. c4 Rhg8 35. Ngf3 fxe4 36. Nxe4 Nf5 37.
Qd2 Ng3 38. Bd3 Nxe4 39. Bxe4 Qxg2 40. Qxg2 Rxg2 41. Nxe5 Rh2 42. Nxd7+ Rxd7
43. Bd3 Rg7 44. Re8+ Ka7 45. Be2 Rxh3 46. Kd2 a5 47. Bd3 Rg2+ 48. Be2 Kb6 49.
Re7 Kc5 50. Rxc7+ Kd4 51. Re7 Rd3+ 52. Kc1 Re3 53. Rxe3 Kxe3 54. Bd1 b6 55. c5
bxc5 56. Ba4 Kd3 57. Bb5+ c4 58. b3 Kc3 0-1

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 2"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "174"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Bd2 $5 {Geller brings a modest novelty.} Nd7 11. Nc3 Nc5 12.
Bd5 b4 13. Ne2 Bf6 14. Be3 Ne7 15. Bc4 $5 Ne6 16. Ng3 Ng6 17. c3 bxc3 18. bxc3
d5 $1 19. Ba2 Bc6 20. Qc2 Qd7 21. d4 $5 exd4 22. cxd4 dxe4 23. Nxe4 Be7 24.
Red1 $6 (24. Bc4 {gains a plus.}) 24... Bxa4 25. Bb3 Bxb3 26. Qxb3 c6 27. Nc5
Nxc5 28. dxc5 Qc7 29. Qb6 Qc8 30. Nd4 Ne5 31. Bf4 Nd7 32. Qxc6 Nxc5 33. Rac1
Rd8 34. Qf3 Qb7 35. Nf5 Bf8 36. Qg4 Ne6 $6 ({Better is} 36... Rxd1+ 37. Rxd1
Ne6) 37. Rxd8 Rxd8 {Geller can force perpetual check.} 38. Bc7 $2 (38. Nh6+ $1
Kh8 39. Rc7 $1 Nxc7 40. Nxf7+ Kg8 41. Nh6+ {draws (Khalifman).}) 38... h5 $3 ({
Avoids} 38... Nxc7 $2 39. Nh6+ Kh8 40. Nxf7+ Kg8 41. Nxd8 {(Khalifman).}) 39.
Nh6+ Kh7 40. Qf5+ Kxh6 41. Bxd8 Nxd8 42. Re1 Be7 43. h4 Qb4 44. Re4 Qd6 45. Qf3
Bf6 46. Rf4 Qc6 47. Qxc6 Nxc6 48. Rc4 Nd4 49. Ra4 Ne6 50. Rxa6 Bxh4 {Black has
a decisive advantage.} 51. g3 Bf6 52. Ra4 Bd4 53. Kg2 Kg5 54. Ra5+ Bc5 55. Kh3
f5 56. Ra6 Kf6 57. f4 Kf7 58. Kh4 Bf2 59. Ra2 Be1 60. Ra7+ Kf6 61. Ra6 Bf2 62.
Kh3 Be1 63. Kh4 g6 64. Kh3 Bd2 65. Ra2 Bb4 66. Ra4 Bd6 67. Ra6 Bc7 68. Rc6 Kf7
69. Ra6 Bd8 70. Ra4 Be7 71. Rc4 h4 $1 72. g4 Bd6 73. gxf5 gxf5 74. Kxh4 Kf6 75.
Kg3 Nxf4 $1 76. Rc6 Ke5 $1 77. Kf3 Ne6 78. Ra6 Nd4+ 79. Ke3 f4+ 80. Kd3 Ne6 81.
Ke2 Bc5 82. Kf3 Nd4+ 83. Kg4 Ke4 84. Ra4 f3 85. Ra1 Nc2 86. Rc1 f2 87. Kg3 Ne1
{Tal defeated the strongest players.} 0-1

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 2"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Robatsch, Karl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nc3 c6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
Bb4 9. O-O Qe7 $6 ({Theory is} 9... O-O) 10. Rc1 O-O 11. a3 Bd6 12. c5 Bc7 13.
e4 dxe4 14. Bxe4 e5 $6 ({Better is} 14... Bf4 15. Rb1 Nf6) 15. d5 $1 Nxc5 16.
dxc6 Rd8 $2 ({Right is} 16... Nxe4 $1 17. Nd5 $1 Qd8 18. cxb7 Bxb7 19. Nxc7 Rc8
) 17. Nd5 Qd6 18. Nxc7 Qxc7 19. Rxc5 Rxd1 20. cxb7 $1 Rxf1+ 21. Kxf1 Qxb7 22.
Bxb7 Bxb7 23. Nxe5 Rd8 24. b4 Rd1+ 25. Ke2 Ra1 26. Ra5 a6 27. g3 Bg2 28. Nd3
Bf1+ 29. Kd2 Kh7 30. Rxa6 Rb1 31. Kc2 Ra1 32. b5 Be2 33. b6 1-0

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 2"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Letelier Martner, Rene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C75"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 Nge7 7. Bb3 h6 8. Nh4
g5 $2 {Letelier whets Tal.} ({Known is} 8... exd4) 9. Qh5 $1 Rh7 10. Bxg5 exd4
11. f4 $6 (11. Nf3 Qc8 12. h3 {keeps an edge.}) 11... Qc8 $1 12. f5 $1 dxc3 13.
Nxc3 Ne5 14. Bf6 Ng8 $6 ({Better is} 14... Nd3+ $1 15. Kd2 Ng8 16. Bd4 {
(Khalifman)} c5 $1) 15. Bxe5 dxe5 16. Ng6 $5 {Tal wants to have fun.} Bd6 $1
17. Bxf7+ $5 Kxf7 18. Nd5 $5 Kg7 $5 19. O-O Nf6 20. Nxf6 Kxf6 21. Nxe5 $1 Qe8
22. Nxd7+ Rxd7 23. e5+ $5 {He wants to deliver mate.} Bxe5 24. Qxh6+ Kf7 25.
Rae1 Rd5 $2 ({Right is} 25... Rad8 $1 26. Kh1 $1 {and White can charge,
because e3 comes available.}) 26. Qh7+ Kf6 27. Re4 Bd4+ 28. Kh1 ({The point is
} 28. Kh1 Qxe4 29. Qg6+ Ke5 30. Qe6# {Tal had a lot of pleasure.}) 1-0

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 2"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]

1. g3 g6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 e5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d4 d6 7. d5 Ne7 8. e4 Bg4
9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nd7 11. h4 h5 12. Bg5 a5 13. Qc2 Bh6 14. O-O-O Ng8 $6 15.
Qd2 Nc5 16. g4 Qf6 17. Rh3 hxg4 18. Bxg4 Qf4 $4 {A case of chess blindness
occurs.} 19. Qxf4 $4 (19. Bxf4 Bxf4 20. Re3 $1 {wins material.}) 19... exf4 20.
Nb5 Na6 21. c5 $1 {White has a won position anyway.} Bxg5 22. hxg5 Rxh3 23.
Bxh3 dxc5 24. e5 c6 25. Nd6+ Kf8 26. Nxb7 cxd5 27. Rxd5 Nb4 28. Rd7 Ne7 29. e6
c4 30. Bf1 Nxa2+ 31. Kb1 c3 32. exf7 c2+ 33. Kxc2 Nb4+ 34. Kb3 Kxf7 35. Bc4+
Kf8 36. Rd6 Nbc6 37. Rf6+ Ke8 38. Bb5 Rb8 39. Rxc6 Nxc6 40. Bxc6+ Ke7 41. f3
Rh8 42. Nxa5 Rh5 43. Kc4 Rxg5 44. b4 Rg1 45. b5 Kd6 46. b6 g5 47. Be4 g4 48.
fxg4 Rxg4 49. b7 Kc7 50. Nc6 Rg8 51. Kb5 Rf8 52. Nb4 Kd6 53. Bf3 1-0

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 2"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Bd2 Qd7 $5 (10... Nd7 {occurred in Geller - Tal, round twelve.
}) 11. Nc3 Nd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Ne2 c5 14. Ng3 g6 (14... d5 $1 {draws in
Matulovic - Kholmov, Skopje 1967.}) 15. c3 dxc3 16. bxc3 d5 $5 17. e5 (17. d4 {
will equalise in Ciric - Donner, Beverwijk 1967.}) 17... Ne8 18. axb5 axb5 19.
Rxa8 Bxa8 20. Bh6 Ng7 21. d4 Rc8 $6 (21... c4 $1 22. Bc2 b4 {counters timely.})
22. f4 $5 cxd4 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. f5 $1 Bd8 $2 (24... f6 $1 25. cxd4 Rc3 26. Qg4
$1 Kh8 (26... Rxb3 $2 27. exf6+ Bxf6 28. Nh5+) 27. e6 Qe8 {defends accurately.}
) 25. cxd4 Qc6 26. f6+ Kf8 27. Ne2 $1 Ba5 28. Rf1 Qd7 29. Nf4 $1 Kg8 {Black
has no proper defence.} ({Or} 29... Bb6 $5 30. Qd2 Ke8 31. Qb4 Rc4 $5 32. Bxc4
Bxd4+ 33. Kh1 bxc4 34. e6 $1 fxe6 35. Nxe6 $1) 30. e6 $1 fxe6 31. Qg4 $1 Qf7
32. Nxe6 h5 33. Qf4 $1 Bd2 (33... Qxe6 34. f7+ Kh7 35. f8=N+ {and White wins
material.}) 34. Qxd2 Qxe6 35. Bc2 $5 Kh7 36. Qg5 $1 Rxc2 37. f7 Rc8 38. f8=Q
Rxf8 39. Rxf8 Bc6 40. h4 Kg7 41. Rf3 {Geller joined the lead with Kortschnoj.}
1-0

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 2"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E87"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. Qd2 f5
9. O-O-O Nd7 10. Bd3 Ndf6 11. exf5 gxf5 12. Nge2 a6 13. h3 $5 (13. Rhg1 {was
played in Luczynowicz - Uhlmann, Krynica 1956.}) 13... f4 14. Bf2 Bd7 15. Rhe1
Rf7 16. Kb1 Bf8 17. Qc2 c5 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Nc1 Qc7 20. Na4 c5 21. Nc3 Rb8 22.
Nb3 Rb4 23. Nd2 Be6 24. Bh4 Qb8 25. Ka1 Be7 26. Rb1 Ne4 $4 {Kortschnoj has
been waiting for an error.} 27. Bxe7 Nxd2 28. Bxd6 $1 Qxd6 29. Qxd2 Rd7 30.
Rbd1 Qb8 31. Qe2 Bf7 $2 32. Bxh7+ {Kortschnoj led.} 1-0

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 2"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Pachman, Ludek"]
[Black "O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. b3
Bg4 9. Bb2 Bd6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Rc1 Ba7 13. Nd4 Bxe2 $5 ({O'Kelly
averts from} 13... Bd7 {(Kholmov - Tal, Moscow 1957).}) 14. Ncxe2 $1 Nxd4 15.
Nxd4 Qd7 16. Ne2 Ne4 $6 ({Preferable is} 16... Ng4 $1 17. Bd4 Bxd4 18. Nxd4
Rac8) 17. Nf4 $1 Rfd8 $5 18. Qf3 Qf5 19. Rfd1 g6 $6 (19... d4 $5 20. Bxd4 Bxd4
21. Rxd4 Rxd4 22. exd4 Rd8 {pressures on the extra pawn.}) 20. h4 h5 $5 21. Rc7
$1 b5 22. Nxh5 $5 Qxf3 23. gxf3 gxh5 24. fxe4 Bb6 $1 25. Rc6 $1 dxe4 26. Rxd8+
Bxd8 27. Rh6 $1 {White has a big advantage.} Kf8 28. Rxh5 Rc8 29. Rh8+ Ke7 30.
h5 f6 ({Or} 30... Rc2 31. h6 $1 Rxb2 32. h7) 31. h6 Kf7 32. h7 {Pachman
trailed by half-a-point. Geller fell back due to draws.} ({The pointe is} 32.
h7 Kg7 33. Bxf6+ $1) 1-0

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 2"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Garcia, Gilberto"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E34"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 O-O 7. Nf3 c5 8. Bd2
Bxc3 9. bxc3 Nc6 10. Be2 Qd6 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. O-O Rac8 13. Qb1 Rfd8 14. Rd1 a6
15. Bf1 e5 $5 {Garcia should accept the complications.} 16. dxe5 $6 ({Better is
} 16. Qxb7 $5 cxd4 17. exd4 e4 18. Ne1 Ng4 19. Be3) 16... Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5
18. f3 $2 (18. Qxb7 $1 Ba4 $1 19. Re1 Ne4 20. f4 Qe8 21. Bc1 {defends actively.
}) 18... Ba4 $1 19. Qxb7 Bxd1 20. Rxd1 Rc7 21. Qxa6 Rcd7 22. Qe2 Qb8 23. Kf2
Qxh2 24. a4 Nh5 25. Qe1 Qh4+ 26. Kg1 Qxe1 27. Rxe1 Rxd2 {Kortschnoj still led
before Pachman.} 0-1

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 2"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Letelier Martner, Rene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8.
Bb3 h6 9. N5f3 Be7 10. c3 c5 11. Nh3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 O-O 13. O-O Re8 14. Rd1 Bd7
15. Nf4 e5 $2 {Letelier overestimates his chances.} 16. Qxe5 Bf8 $1 ({Not} 
16... Bb4 $2 17. Nde6 $1 fxe6 18. Nxe6 Qe7 19. Nc5+) 17. Qa5 $1 Qc7 18. Nd3 Re4
$5 19. Nf3 Bg4 20. Nde5 $5 Rxe5 $2 (20... Bxf3 $1 21. Nxf3 Bc5 {gives counter-
play.}) 21. Qxe5 Qxe5 22. Nxe5 Bxd1 23. Bxd1 Re8 24. Nd3 Nfd5 25. Kf1 Bd6 26.
g3 {Geller will win without difficulties.   Kortschnoj played a short draw
against Bobotsov. Pachman made a lengthy draw versus Barcza. The concluding
standings became: Kortschnoj 161/2/21, Tal, Geller and Pachman 16, Barcza and
Ivkov 151/2.   The event was played from August until September 1963.
Kortschnoj gave a simul at the end. He was advised to draw against Ché, but
Viktor the Terrible just won.} 1-0

[Event "Los Angeles"]
[Site "First Piatigorsky Cup"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B18"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]

{The principal organizer was Jacqueline Piatigorsky - de Rothschild. She spent
her youth in the luxury of Palais de Talleyrand and Château de Ferrières.
After her emigration from France to the USA, she represented her new country
as a chess player. Her husband was the renowned cellist Gregor Piatigorsky 
(1903-1976). He was born in Ekaterinoslav, then a pogrom region. His musical
career had to start in nightclubs, due to poverty. He achieved great success
but communist life lacked freedom. When he waded towards Poland, he survived
gunfire. Later he could play chamber music with the pianist Artur Rubinstein
and the violist Jascha Heifetz. Affluence allowed them to establish the
Piatigorsky Foundation. World champion Petrosian and Keres represented the
USSR in the first Piatigorsky Cup. Fischer and Reshevsky were invited for the
USA. When Bobby did not get the requested appearance fee of $2000, his place
was taken by Benko. Eight grandmasters played double rounds in the Ambassador
Hotel from 2 until 30 vii 1963.   Gligoric had the best start, but Petrosian
and Keres won. They got $5,250 prize money during the banquet at the Beverly
Hills Hotel on Sunset Boulevard.   Rounds were played in different rooms of
the Ambassador. This place had a glamorous history. The Oscar was introduced
in its Cocoanut Grove in 1930. The lobby was used as meeting place of Mrs.
Robinson and Junior in the Graduate. It was closed after Robert Kennedy was
gunned down in the kitchen. Nowadays it functions as a movie studio. } 1. e4 c6
2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Bc4 e6 7. N1e2 Nf6 8. Nf4 Bd6 9.
Bb3 Nbd7 10. Qf3 Qc7 11. h4 O-O-O 12. h5 Bf5 13. Nxf5 Qa5+ 14. c3 Qxf5 15. Qd3
Qxd3 16. Nxd3 h6 17. Rh4 Rhe8 18. Be3 Nd5 19. O-O-O Nxe3 20. fxe3 Nf6 21. Rf1
Re7 22. Nf2 Bg3 23. Rh3 Bd6 24. Bc2 e5 25. Nd3 exd4 26. exd4 Re2 27. g4 Rde8
28. Bd1 R2e3 29. Rxe3 Rxe3 30. Rf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Los Angeles"]
[Site "First Piatigorsky Cup"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benko, Pal"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Be7 6. Nc3 Bb7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
Ne4 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. Rd1 Qc8 11. Ne1 Bxg2 12. Nxg2 c5 13. d5 exd5 14. Rxd5 Nc6
15. Bd2 Bf6 16. Bc3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Re8 18. Ne3 Rxe3 $1 19. fxe3 Qe8 20. Qc2 $5 (
20. Rd3 Ne5 21. Rd5 Ng4 22. Rd3 Ne5 {forces a draw.}) 20... Qxe3+ 21. Kh1 Ne5
22. Rf1 Re8 23. Rf4 f6 24. Qe4 $2 (24. Kg2 Ng6 25. Rf2 Ne5 26. Rf4 {is okay.})
24... Ng6 $1 25. Qxe3 Rxe3 26. Rxd7 $6 Nxf4 27. gxf4 Rxe2 28. Rxa7 Rf2 29. Rb7
Rxf4 30. Rxb6 Rxc4 31. Rb3 Kf7 32. Kg2 g5 33. Kf3 Ke6 34. Ra3 h5 35. Ke2 Rh4
36. Ra6+ Ke5 37. a4 c4 38. Rc6 Rxh2+ 39. Ke3 Rh3+ 40. Kd2 Rd3+ 41. Kc2 h4 42.
Rxc4 Rd8 0-1

[Event "Los Angeles"]
[Site "First Piatigorsky Cup"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. c4 c6 12. c5 Qc7 13. cxd6 Bxd6 14. Bg5 exd4 15.
Bxf6 $5 gxf6 ({The pointe of the new move is} 15... Nxf6 $4 16. e5) 16. Nxd4
Nc5 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. exf5 Rad8 19. Qh5 $2 ({Right is} 19. Qg4+ Kh8 20. Bc2)
19... Be5 $2 ({Black wins by} 19... Bh2+ $1 20. Kh1 $5 (20. Kf1 Be5 21. Nc3
Bxc3 22. bxc3 Qh2) 20... Nd3 21. Rf1 Be5 {(Domnitz-Reshevsky, Netanya 1973).})
20. Nc3 Rd4 21. Re3 Bf4 22. Re2 Bd2 23. Nd1 Bg5 24. g3 Qd6 25. Ne3 Bxe3 26.
Rxe3 Kg7 $2 ({Correct is} 26... Nxb3 $1 27. axb3 c5 {(tournament book).}) 27.
Bc2 $1 {White keeps his dangerous bishop.} Qd5 28. a3 Rd2 29. Qg4+ Kh8 30. Rd1
Rxd1+ 31. Qxd1 Qxd1+ 32. Bxd1 {Black has no chance in the endgame.} Rd8 33. Bf3
Rd3 34. Re8+ Kg7 35. Bxc6 Rb3 36. Re7 Rxb2 37. Bd5 Kh6 38. Bxf7 Kg5 39. Be6
Nxe6 40. fxe6 Kf5 41. Rxh7 Kxe6 42. Ra7 Ra2 43. Rxa6+ {The world champion had
a poor start.} 1-0

[Event "Los Angeles"]
[Site "First Piatigorsky Cup"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Panno, Oscar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E76"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 c5 6. d5 O-O 7. Bd3 e6 8. Nge2
exd5 9. exd5 Nh5 10. O-O f5 11. Bd2 Re8 12. Qc2 Nd7 13. h3 Nf8 14. Rae1 Bd7 15.
Kh2 a6 16. a3 Nf6 17. Ng1 Qc7 18. Nf3 b5 19. Rxe8 Rxe8 20. Re1 Rb8 21. Nd1 bxc4
22. Bxc4 Bb5 23. Bc1 Qb7 24. Ba2 h6 25. Ne3 Qd7 26. Nc4 Kh8 27. Qd1 Ne4 28.
Nfd2 Nf6 29. Qf3 Re8 30. Rxe8 Nxe8 31. Nf1 Qe7 32. Bd2 Nh7 33. b4 cxb4 34. Bxb4
Nhf6 35. Nfd2 Kh7 36. Bb3 Bf8 37. a4 Bxc4 38. Bxc4 Qb7 39. Ba5 Nc7 40. Nf1 Bg7
41. Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Los Angeles"]
[Site "First Piatigorsky Cup"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Benko, Pal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D81"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Be6 6. Qb5+ Nc6 7. Nf3 Nd5 8.
e4 Ndb4 9. Qa4 Bd7 10. Qd1 e5 11. a3 exd4 12. Nb1 Na6 13. b4 Naxb4 $1 14. axb4
Bxb4+ 15. Bd2 Qe7 16. Bd3 Bxd2+ {Black has created passed pawns by giving a
piece.} (16... O-O {was played in Yudovich-Belavenets 1937.}) 17. Nbxd2 Nb4 18.
Qe2 c5 19. O-O O-O 20. e5 Kg7 $6 (20... a6 $1 {starts an immediate advance on
the queenside.}) 21. Ne4 Bc6 22. h4 $6 a6 $1 23. Rfc1 b6 24. h5 Rad8 25. Qd2 h6
26. Re1 b5 27. Nd6 $5 Bxf3 28. gxf3 Qg5+ $1 ({An interesting alternative brings
} 28... Nxd3 $5 29. Qxd3 Rxd6 30. exd6 Qxd6) 29. Qxg5 hxg5 30. Be4 gxh5 $5 31.
Rec1 {The passed pawns are lacking support.} f6 $2 ({A powerful counteraction
by} 31... f5 $1 32. Nxf5+ Rxf5 $1 33. Bxf5 Rd5 34. Re1 Kf8 35. Be4 Rxe5 36.
Reb1 Ke7 {looks nasty for White, but} 37. Rxb4 $1 cxb4 38. Rxa6 {is alright.})
32. Nf5+ Kf7 $6 ({The last chance gives} 32... Kh8 $1 {but} 33. e6 $1 Rfe8 34.
e7 Rd7 {and now} 35. Rxc5 {seems to win for White.}) 33. Rxc5 fxe5 34. Rb1 Na2
35. Rc7+ Kf6 36. Ra7 Nc3 37. Rxa6+ Kf7 38. Rba1 g4 39. Bc2 gxf3 40. Bb3+ Nd5
41. Re1 Rg8+ 42. Kf1 Rg5 43. Rxe5 1-0

[Event "Los Angeles"]
[Site "First Piatigorsky Cup"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Olafsson, Fridrik"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[PlyCount "172"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. c4 c6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. O-O Ngf6 7. Nc3 e6 8.
h3 Bh5 9. d3 Bc5 10. e4 O-O 11. Bf4 Nb6 12. Qe2 Rc8 13. Rac1 a6 14. g4 Bg6 15.
Bg3 Nfd7 16. Nh4 Re8 17. Kh1 d4 18. Nb1 e5 19. Nf5 f6 20. f4 Bxf5 21. gxf5 Bd6
22. fxe5 Bxe5 23. Bf2 Qe7 24. Nd2 Qb4 25. Nf3 Na4 26. Rc2 Rc5 27. Rxc5 Ndxc5
28. Rc1 b6 29. Rc2 Nb7 30. Nxe5 fxe5 31. Rc7 Nd8 32. Qg4 Qf8 33. Bh4 Nc5 34. f6
Nf7 35. Re7 Rxe7 36. fxe7 Qe8 37. Bf6 g6 38. Bf1 a5 39. Be2 Nd6 40. Qg5 Nf7 41.
Qc1 Nd6 42. Qg5 Nf7 43. Qg4 Qc6 44. Qg3 Ne6 45. Bd1 a4 46. Qf2 b5 47. Qc2 Qd7
48. Qd2 Nc7 49. Bg4 Qc6 50. Qe1 Ne8 51. Bh4 h5 52. Be2 Qe6 53. Qg3 Kh7 54. a3
Ng7 55. Kh2 Kh6 56. Qf3 g5 57. Be1 Qxe7 58. Bb4 Qe6 59. Bf8 Kh7 60. Qf1 Qg6 61.
Qf3 h4 62. Qf2 Kg8 63. Be7 Qe6 64. Bb4 Qb3 65. Bf1 Ne6 66. Qf5 Nf4 67. Qc8+ Kh7
68. Qf5+ Kg7 69. Be7 Qe6 70. Qxe6 Nxe6 71. Be2 Nh6 72. Bd1 Kf7 73. Bb4 Nf4 74.
Bd2 Kf6 75. Bxf4 gxf4 76. Kg2 Nf7 77. Kf3 Kg5 78. Kf2 Nd6 79. Bg4 Kf6 80. Bd7
Ke7 81. Bc6 Kd8 82. Kf3 Kc7 83. Bd5 Kb6 84. Kg4 Kc5 85. Kxh4 Nc4 86. Kg4 Ne3+
0-1

[Event "Los Angeles"]
[Site "First Piatigorsky Cup"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Panno, Oscar"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[PlyCount "221"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. g3 d6 7. Bg2 e5 8. O-O
Bxc3 9. Bxc3 e4 10. Ne1 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Qb3 c6 13. Nc2 Na6 14. Bd2 Re8 15.
Rfe1 Bf5 16. Ne3 Nxe3 17. Bxe3 Be6 18. Qa3 Qxa3 19. bxa3 Bc4 20. Rab1 b5 21.
Rb2 Nc7 22. Bf4 Nd5 23. Bd6 Re6 24. Bc5 Nc3 25. Rc2 Na4 26. Bb4 a5 27. Bd2 Nb6
28. Bh3 Ree8 29. Bf4 Bd5 30. Bd6 Nc4 31. Bc5 e3 32. Bd7 Red8 33. Bf5 Nd6 34.
Bxd6 exf2+ 35. Kxf2 Rxd6 36. Bd3 g6 37. e4 Be6 38. d5 cxd5 39. exd5 Bxd5 40.
Bxb5 Be6 41. Ba4 Bf5 42. Rb2 Kg7 43. Re7 Rf6 44. Ke3 Rd8 45. Rbb7 g5 46. Bb3
Bg6 47. Rbd7 Rxd7 48. Rxd7 Rf5 49. Ra7 g4 50. a4 h5 51. Bc4 Rf3+ 52. Kd4 h4 53.
gxh4 Rh3 54. Rxa5 Rxh4 55. Kc3 Rxh2 56. Re5 Kf6 57. Re1 Rh5 58. Rg1 Rg5 59. Kd4
g3 60. Bd5 Rg4+ 61. Ke3 Ke5 62. Kf3 Bh5 63. Bxf7 Rf4+ 64. Kxg3 Rf3+ 65. Kg2
Rxf7 66. Re1+ Kd4 67. Rb1 Be2 68. Rb3 Bc4 69. Ra3 Kc5 70. Kg3 Kb4 71. Rf3 Rg7+
72. Kf4 Bxa2 73. Ke5 Kxa4 74. Rf2 Bc4 75. Rb2 Bb3 76. Kd4 Kb4 77. Rd2 Rg4+ 78.
Ke3 Kc5 79. Rd8 Bd5 80. Rc8+ Kd6 81. Re8 Rh4 82. Kd3 Bf7 83. Rf8 Be6 84. Rd8+
Ke5 85. Re8 Rh3+ 86. Kd2 Kd5 87. Re7 Bf5 88. Rf7 Ke5 89. Rf8 Be4 90. Rb8 Kd5
91. Ra8 Kd4 92. Ra4+ Ke5 93. Ra5+ Kf4 94. Rc5 Rd3+ 95. Ke2 Rd4 96. Rc3 Ra4 97.
Kd2 Ra2+ 98. Kd1 Bf5 99. Rc5 Bd3 100. Rc8 Ke3 101. Re8+ Kd4 102. Rc8 Bc4 103.
Re8 Bb5 104. Re6 Bd3 105. Re7 Be4 106. Rd7+ Ke3 107. Rc7 Rb2 108. Rc8 Rb1+ 109.
Rc1 Bf3+ 110. Kc2 Rb8 111. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Los Angeles"]
[Site "First Piatigorsky Cup"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 b5 $5 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O d6 8.
Re1 Nd7 $5 9. a4 bxa4 $5 {Adventurous play by Black has led to a plus for
White.} 10. Nxa4 Ngf6 11. Bd2 Be7 12. Nb3 O-O 13. Na5 Qc7 14. Nxb7 Qxb7 15. f4
d5 16. exd5 Qxd5 17. Qe2 Qc6 18. Kh1 Bd6 19. Nc3 Nc5 20. Bc4 Rfb8 21. b3 Bf8
22. Be3 g6 $6 {Black wants to control a long diagonal but White will contest
it immediately.} 23. Bd4 $1 Bg7 24. Ra5 Nfd7 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Qe3 Qc7 27. Rea1
Rb6 28. h3 Rc8 29. Na4 Nxa4 30. R5xa4 Nc5 31. Ra5 Kg8 32. Rd1 Rd6 33. Rxd6 Qxd6
34. Be2 Rc6 35. Ra1 Qb8 $6 {Najdorf leaves the long diagonal without
protection.} 36. Rd1 $6 (36. Qd4 $1 {gains a plus (Tournament book).}) 36...
Rc8 37. Rd4 a5 38. Qd2 Qb6 39. Bf3 Rb8 40. h4 $6 {The positional advantage is
lost.} (40. g3 $1 Kg7 41. Kh2 {strengthens the kingside before White strives
to exchange.}) 40... h5 41. Kh2 Kf8 42. Rc4 Ke7 43. Kg3 Rc8 44. Qe3 Nd7 45. Rd4
Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Los Angeles"]
[Site "First Piatigorsky Cup"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Olafsson, Fridrik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B14"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. a3 cxd4 7. exd4 Be7 8. c5
Ne4 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 O-O 11. b4 a6 12. Bf4 f6 13. Rd1 Kh8 14. Be2 Bd7 15.
O-O g5 16. Bc1 b5 17. Ne1 f5 18. f4 g4 19. Be3 Bf6 20. Nc2 Qc7 21. Ra1 Ne7 22.
Bd2 Rfb8 23. Rfb1 Bg7 24. Ra2 Ng8 25. Na1 Nf6 26. Nb3 Ne4 27. Qe3 Bf6 28. Bd3
Bc6 29. Na5 Rc8 30. Be1 Qg7 31. Nb3 h5 32. Rd1 Qh6 33. Na5 Qg7 34. Bxe4 fxe4
35. Nxc6 Rxc6 36. a4 Rb8 37. Bc3 Kh7 38. Rf1 Kg6 39. axb5 Rxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Los Angeles"]
[Site "First Piatigorsky Cup"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D58"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O c5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Rc1
Nd7 15. b4 c4 16. Be2 Nf6 17. Rb1 Ne4 18. Qd4 Rfd8 19. Rfc1 Rd6 20. a4 Rf6 21.
Rf1 a6 22. Bd1 Rd8 23. b5 axb5 24. axb5 Nc5 25. Qh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Los Angeles"]
[Site "First Piatigorsky Cup"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A23"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 d5 6. cxd5 Qb6 7. Nb3 cxd5 8. Bg2
Bf5 9. d3 Bb4 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Rc1 Nc6 14. c4 Rad8 15.
Nd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 {Black has a weak pawn centre. This position occurs in later
correspondence games.} exd3 $2 ({Right is} 16... Qe7 $1 17. cxd5 Rxd5 {
(Jezek-Sapundjiev, corr. 1973).}) 17. cxd5 $1 Qd7 $6 (17... Qd6 18. exd3 Rfe8 {
avoids the next weakening.}) 18. Bxf6 $1 dxe2 19. Qxe2 gxf6 20. Qb2 Kg7 21. Qd4
Bh3 22. Rfd1 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 a6 24. d6 Rc8 25. Qd5 Rc6 26. Rxc6 bxc6 ({The
alternative} 26... Qxc6 27. Qxc6 bxc6 {(tournament book)} 28. Kf3 f5 29. Rc1 $1
Rc8 30. Kf4 Kf6 31. d7 $1 {also leads to a white win.}) 27. Qa5 Ra8 28. Rd4 Ra7
29. Qh5 Qe6 30. Qg4+ Qxg4 31. Rxg4+ Kf8 32. Rc4 Ke8 33. Rxc6 Ra8 34. a4 a5 35.
Rb6 Rc8 36. d7+ Kxd7 37. Rxf6 Ke7 38. Rf5 Ra8 39. Rh5 Ke6 40. Rxh7 Rb8 41. Rh5
1-0

[Event "Los Angeles"]
[Site "First Piatigorsky Cup"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C71"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c4 Nf6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. d4
Nxd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Bxd7+ Nxd7 11. Qxd4 Bf6 12. Qe3 O-O 13. Bd2 Re8 14. Nd5
c6 15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. f3 d5 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. e5 d4 19. Qf4 Nd7 20. Qxd4 Nxe5
21. Bc3 Qxd4+ 22. Bxd4 Rad8 23. Rfd1 Rd5 24. Bc3 Nd3 25. Rd2 Nf4 26. Rxd5 Nxd5
27. Ba5 Re2 28. Re1 Rxe1+ 29. Bxe1 f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Los Angeles"]
[Site "First Piatigorsky Cup"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E81"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 Nbd7 $5 7. Bg5 c5 8.
d5 $5 Ne5 9. Ng3 h6 10. Bd2 h5 11. Be2 e6 12. f4 ({Or} 12. O-O h4 13. Nh1)
12... Neg4 $1 13. h3 Nh6 14. O-O exd5 15. cxd5 Re8 16. Bf3 Nd7 17. Nge2 Rb8 18.
a4 a6 19. Rb1 f5 ({The natural} 19... b5 $6 20. axb5 axb5 21. b4 {favours
White (tournament book).}) 20. b4 cxb4 21. Rxb4 Nc5 22. e5 $1 {This
breakthrough in the centre is known from the Benoni.} Nd3 $1 ({Petrosian likes
the complications of} 22... dxe5 $6 23. fxe5 Nd3 24. Bxh6 $1 Nxb4 25. Bxg7 Qb6+
26. Kh1 Kxg7 27. e6 $1 {because White has two passed pawns.}) 23. Rd4 dxe5 24.
Rxd3 e4 25. Re3 exf3 26. Rxe8+ Qxe8 27. Rxf3 b5 28. axb5 axb5 29. Qb3 Nf7 30.
Re3 Qf8 (30... Qd8 31. d6 {(Petrosian) looks bad but} Rb7 $1 32. Nxb5 Qb6 33.
Nec3 Kh7 34. Qd5 Bxc3 35. Nxc3 Qxd6 {saves.}) 31. Na2 Nd6 32. Bb4 Qd8 33. Bc3
Nc4 34. Bxg7 Kxg7 35. Qc3+ Kf7 ({Not} 35... Qf6 $4 36. Re7+ $1) 36. Rd3 Qb6+
37. Kh2 Bd7 38. Ng1 Qf6 {The matadors fought a great battle.  Gligoric led at
the end of the first cycle. Keres trailed by half-a-point and Petrosian by one
point.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Los Angeles"]
[Site "First Piatigorsky Cup"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Be7 5. a3 d6 6. Qc2 O-O 7. Be2 Re8 8. O-O
Bg4 9. d3 Bf8 10. b3 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bb2 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Qd5 14. b4 Rad8 15.
Rfd1 a6 16. Rac1 Rd6 17. Rd2 Rh6 18. Qd1 Bd6 19. e4 Qe6 20. Ne1 Bxe2 21. Rxe2
Be7 22. Rb2 Rd8 23. a4 Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Los Angeles"]
[Site "First Piatigorsky Cup"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Benko, Pal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 Be7 $6 12. c3 e5 $6 ({Usual will
become} 12... O-O {(Peters-Berry, USA 1976).}) 13. Nf3 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 e4 15. Ne5
Rf8 $2 (15... O-O $1 16. Be3 $1 Bf5 {(Rublevsky-Beliavsky, Polanica Zdroj 1996)
has become the theory.}) 16. Be3 Nd7 17. Nxd7 Bxd7 18. Bd4 g6 19. b4 Rc8 20.
Bb3 f5 $5 21. Bg7 Rf6 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Rac1 Rxc3 24. Bd5 b6 25. Bg8 Rxc1 26.
Rxc1 Be5 27. Bc4 Bd6 28. Rb1 $1 Bc8 29. a3 a5 30. bxa5 bxa5 31. a4 Bb4 32. Bb5+
Kd8 33. Rd1+ Kc7 34. Rc1+ Kd8 35. Rc6 Bb7 36. Re6 Be7 37. g3 Bc5 38. Re8+ Kc7
39. Rh8 h5 40. Rh7+ Kb8 41. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "Los Angeles"]
[Site "First Piatigorsky Cup"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A65"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Bg5 h6
9. Be3 exd5 10. cxd5 b6 $5 11. g4 $5 h5 $6 {Stopping the attack costs a
weakness.} 12. g5 Nfd7 13. f4 Ba6 14. a4 Bc4 $1 15. Bh3 Re8 16. O-O $1 {Keres
wants to revenge an earlier loss.} Na6 ({Gligoric rejects} 16... Bxc3 $6 17.
Nxc3 $1 Bxf1 18. Qxf1 Nf8 19. Re1 Nbd7 {due to the passive position.}) 17. e5
$5 {Petrosian takes risks.} Nxe5 $2 ({Later he finds} 17... dxe5 $1 18. f5 e4
19. fxg6 fxg6 20. Be6+ Rxe6 $1 {Then} 21. dxe6 Ne5 $1 {will be unpleasant for
him.}) 18. fxe5 Bxe5 19. Rf3 Nc7 $6 20. Qd2 Qe7 21. Bg2 a6 22. Rb1 b5 23. axb5
axb5 24. b3 Bxe2 25. Nxe2 b4 26. Rbf1 Ra1 27. Nc1 Nb5 28. Rxf7 $1 Qxf7 29. Rxf7
Kxf7 30. Bf1 Nd4 31. Kg2 Nf5 32. Bd3 $1 Kg7 ({No hope brings} 32... Nxe3+ $1
33. Qxe3 Kg7 34. Qe4 $1 {(Dolmatov).}) 33. Bxf5 gxf5 34. Qd3 Rf8 35. Bd2 f4 36.
Kf3 Ra7 37. Qe4 Ra3 38. Qc4 Ra7 39. Qc2 Re7 40. Nd3 Bd4 41. Qc4 Be3 42. Bxe3
Rxe3+ 43. Kf2 Rh3 44. Kg1 Rf5 45. Qe4 Rxg5+ 46. Kf1 Rg6 47. Nxf4 Rf6 48. Kg2 {
The stars began to win. Petrosian defeated a main competitor.} 1-0

[Event "Los Angeles"]
[Site "First Piatigorsky Cup"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Benko, Pal"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D55"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Rc1 Bb7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Be2 {Benko plays a timid opening.} Qe7 11. O-O Rd8 12.
Qc2 Nd7 {Petrosian gives quiet answers.} 13. Rfd1 g6 14. Qb1 $5 c6 15. b4 a5
16. a3 b5 $6 17. Qb3 $2 {Hereafter, Black can attack.} ({White takes the
initiative by} 17. Re1 $1 Nb6 18. e4 $1) 17... Nb6 $1 18. Ra1 Ra7 19. Ra2 Rda8
20. Rda1 Bc8 21. Bd3 Bg4 22. Nd2 Bg7 23. h3 Be6 24. Qc2 axb4 25. axb4 Rxa2 26.
Nxa2 Nc4 27. Nb3 Qg5 28. Kf1 Bf8 29. Qc1 $2 ({The critical line is} 29. Re1 $1
Bf5 $1 30. Bxf5 Qxf5 31. Qxf5 gxf5 32. Re2 $1 Ra4 33. Nc5 Bxc5 34. dxc5 f4 $1
35. exf4 d4 36. Nc1 $1 Rxb4 37. Nd3 {and White blockades.}) 29... Bf5 $1 30.
Bxf5 Qxf5 31. Qc3 Ra4 32. Kg1 Qc8 33. Nac1 $6 Bxb4 34. Qd3 Bd6 35. Rb1 h5 36.
Qe2 Qf5 37. Nd3 Ra3 38. Nbc1 Kg7 39. Nb3 h4 40. Nbc1 Qe4 41. Qc2 Bc7 42. Nb3
Bd6 43. Ra1 Nxe3 $1 44. fxe3 Qxe3+ 45. Kh1 Rxa1+ 46. Nxa1 Qxd4 47. Nb3 Qc4 48.
Qb1 Qc3 49. Nbc1 c5 50. Ne2 Qf6 51. Qxb5 c4 52. Ng1 cxd3 53. Qxd3 Qe5 54. g3
Qxg3 55. Qd4+ Qe5 0-1

[Event "Los Angeles"]
[Site "First Piatigorsky Cup"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Panno, Oscar"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E19"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 Ne4 8. Qc2
Nxc3 9. Qxc3 f5 10. b3 Bf6 11. Bb2 d6 12. Rad1 Nd7 13. Ne1 Bxg2 14. Nxg2 Qe8 {
This position is known from Petrosian-Botvinnik, Moscow 1963.} 15. Qc2 g5 $5
16. d5 $2 (16. f4 $1 Qg6 17. Rfe1 {will be played by Petrosian in the next
round.}) 16... Bxb2 17. dxe6 $5 (17. Qxb2 e5 {and Black controls (tournament
book).}) 17... Qxe6 18. Qxb2 Rae8 19. e3 Qh6 $1 20. f4 {Potential control over
square e4 has to be given up.} g4 21. Rd5 Qe6 22. Rfd1 Nf6 23. R5d3 Rf7 24. Qd4
Rd7 25. Nh4 a6 26. Rc1 Kf7 27. Qb2 Red8 28. Qe2 c6 29. Rcd1 a5 30. Qc2 Ne4 {
White can defend the fortress.} 31. Rd4 $2 ({Right is} 31. Rc1 $1 {because} d5
$6 32. cxd5 Rxd5 33. Rxd5 Rxd5 34. Qxc6 Rd1+ 35. Kg2 Rd2+ 36. Kg1 {will lead
to a draw (Dolmatov).}) 31... d5 $1 32. cxd5 Rxd5 33. Rxd5 Rxd5 34. Rxd5 Qxd5
35. Kf1 Ke6 36. Ke1 Nc5 37. Kf2 Qd3 38. Qb2 Ne4+ 39. Kg2 Nc3 40. Qc1 c5 41. h3
Qe2+ 42. Kh1 Ne4 {Keres and Olafsson led with 7 1/2 points.} 0-1

[Event "Los Angeles"]
[Site "First Piatigorsky Cup"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C87"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]

{Keres had contracted flu after the tenth round. Benko and Panno resigned
their adjurned games against him. Paul stayed ill during the next two rounds,
but he does not use it as an excuse for his losses.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5
a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. d4 Nd7 9. Nbd2 f6 10. Nc4
Nb6 11. Na5 Bd7 12. Qd3 $5 ({Theory is} 12. c4 O-O 13. c5 Nc8 14. Be3 {
(Krogius-Antoshin, Leningrad 1957).}) 12... O-O 13. Be3 Kh8 14. Rad1 exd4 $6 (
14... Qe8 {keeps the position closed.}) 15. Nxd4 c5 16. Nf5 Re8 17. b3 Bf8 18.
Bc1 Be6 19. Ne3 $6 (19. c4 {continues the restriction in a more convincing
manner.}) 19... Qd7 20. a4 c6 21. Nac4 Nxc4 22. Nxc4 Rad8 23. Nb6 Qb7 24. a5 d5
$1 {The liberating move has been played.} 25. Bf4 $6 (25. Qf3 $1 {is wiser.})
25... c4 $1 26. Qd2 cxb3 27. cxb3 d4 28. b4 Bb3 29. Rb1 Qf7 30. Bc7 $2 {Keres
plays for the gallery.} ({The solid} 30. Rb2 $1 Bc4 31. Nxc4 Qxc4 32. f3 {
reorganises the defence.}) 30... Qxc7 31. Rxb3 f5 $1 32. Qd3 ({The pointe is} 
32. exf5 $2 Qf4 $1 33. Qd1 Rxe1+ 34. Qxe1 d3 {(Reshevsky).}) 32... fxe4 33.
Rxe4 Rxe4 34. Qxe4 c5 35. bxc5 Qxc5 36. g3 Qxa5 37. Qd3 Qe1+ 38. Kg2 a5 39. Qf3
Qe6 40. Rb5 Bb4 ({Reshevsky notices} 40... d3 $1 {but lacks time for
calculation.}) 41. Nd5 Qd7 42. Qd3 Qc6 43. f3 Bd2 44. Ne7 Qe8 45. Nd5 a4 46.
Rc5 Be3 47. Qf5 d3 48. Rc3 Bd4 49. Rxd3 Qe2+ 50. Kh3 g6 51. Qe4 Qxe4 52. fxe4
Bb2 53. Nb4 Rxd3 54. Nxd3 Kg7 $5 {Only accuracy is needed in the endgame.} 55.
Kg4 Kf6 56. Kf3 a3 57. Nb4 Ke5 58. Ke3 Bd4+ 59. Kd3 Bc5 60. Na2 Bg1 61. h3 h5
62. Nb4 Bc5 63. Na2 Bf2 64. g4 h4 65. Nb4 Bc5 66. Na2 g5 67. Nc3 Ba7 68. Na2
Kf4 69. Nc3 Bb8 70. Kc2 Be5 71. Nd5+ Kg3 72. Kb3 Kxh3 73. Ne3 Kg3 {Keres had
suffered his second loss against Reshevsky.} 0-1

[Event "Los Angeles"]
[Site "First Piatigorsky Cup"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E19"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. d4 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8.
Qxc3 O-O 9. O-O f5 10. b3 Bf6 11. Bb2 d6 12. Rad1 Nd7 13. Ne1 Bxg2 14. Nxg2 Qe8
15. Qc2 g5 16. f4 Qg6 17. Rfe1 Rf7 18. e4 fxe4 19. Qxe4 Qxe4 20. Rxe4 Re8 21.
Rde1 Rfe7 22. fxg5 Bxg5 23. Nf4 Bxf4 24. Rxf4 Nf8 25. Rg4+ Rg7 26. Rge4 Rg6 27.
b4 Nd7 28. Kg2 c6 29. R4e3 c5 30. dxc5 bxc5 31. bxc5 Nxc5 32. Rd1 e5 33. Rd5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Los Angeles"]
[Site "First Piatigorsky Cup"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nc3 f5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 d6 7. O-O c5 8. b3
Nc6 9. Bb2 e5 $6 {Black loses control over d5 temporarily.} ({I prefer} 9...
cxd4 $1 10. exd4 d5) 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nd5 Be6 12. Ng3 g6 13. f4 Nxd5 14. cxd5
Bxd5 15. fxe5 Be6 $2 {Keres collapses quickly.} ({Correct is} 15... Qg5 $1 16.
Qe2 {An important square for the knight has been occupied.} Bf7 17. Rad1 Rae8)
16. Ne2 $1 Qe7 17. Nf4 $1 Nd8 18. Qf3 Rc8 19. Rad1 a6 20. Bc4 $1 Bxc4 21. bxc4
Nf7 22. e6 Ng5 23. Qd5 Rc6 24. Qe5 Nxe6 25. Qh8+ Kf7 26. Qxh7+ Ke8 27. Qxe7+
Kxe7 28. Nxg6+ Ke8 29. Nxf8 Nxf8 30. Rxf5 b5 31. cxb5 axb5 32. h4 Ra6 33. a3
Bxa3 34. Bxa3 Rxa3 35. Rxc5 1-0

[Event "Los Angeles"]
[Site "First Piatigorsky Cup"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Olafsson, Fridrik"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nc6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Re1 a6 12. a4 Bd7 13. Qe2 Nb4 14. Ne5 Be8 15.
Rad1 Rc8 16. Bb3 Kh8 17. Qf3 Bc6 18. Qh3 Nfd5 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Qg3 Nf6 21. Qh4
Bd5 22. Nxd5 Nbxd5 23. Rd3 Rc7 24. Rf3 Rd8 25. g4 $1 g5 $1 {Olafsson accepts
the offer of a draw under slight time pressure.   Petrosian and Olafsson
shared the lead. Keres trailed by half-a-point.} ({The tournament book gives} 
25... g5 26. Qxg5 Rg8 27. Qh4 Nxg4 $1 28. Nxf7+ Qxf7 29. Rxf7 Rxf7 30. Kf1
Rxf2+ 31. Qxf2 Nxf2 32. Kxf2 {and White has a plus.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Los Angeles"]
[Site "First Piatigorsky Cup"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Olafsson, Fridrik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D81"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qb3 c6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bg5 Na5 8.
Qd1 Bg7 9. e3 Ne4 $5 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Nd2 Qd5 12. Bh4 Nc6 $2 ({Correct is} 
12... Bd7) 13. Bc4 $1 Qf5 14. Qc2 {Black loses a pawn.} O-O 15. Qxe4 Qh5 16.
Bg3 e5 17. d5 Bf5 18. Qh4 Qxh4 19. Bxh4 Nb4 20. Ke2 b5 21. Bxb5 Nxd5 22. Bc6
Nb4 23. Bxa8 Bd3+ 24. Kf3 Rxa8 25. g4 f5 26. gxf5 gxf5 27. Rac1 e4+ 28. Kg2 f4
29. exf4 Nd5 30. Rhe1 Nxf4+ 31. Kh1 Bxb2 32. Rc7 Re8 33. Rg1+ Ng6 34. Bg5 a5
35. h4 Kh8 36. h5 Nf8 37. Re7 Rxe7 38. Bxe7 Ne6 39. Rg4 Ng7 40. Nxe4 Be2 41.
Rf4 Nxh5 42. Rf5 a4 43. Kg1 h6 44. Ra5 Bd1 45. Bb4 Kh7 46. Nc3 Bxc3 47. Bxc3
Nf4 48. Bd2 Ne2+ 49. Kf1 Nd4 50. Rd5 Nc2 51. Rd7+ Kg6 52. Bxh6 {Keres had
defeated a main competitor.} 1-0

[Event "Los Angeles"]
[Site "First Piatigorsky Cup"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Panno, Oscar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E02"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Bg2 a6 7. Nc3 Rb8 8.
Qxc4 b5 9. Qb3 Bb7 10. O-O c5 11. Be3 Be7 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Qd1 O-O 14. Qxd8
Rfxd8 15. Rfd1 Kf8 16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Rbc8 18. Rxd8+ Bxd8 19. Rc1 Ncd7 20.
Nd3 Bb6 21. Bd2 Ke8 22. f4 Ba5 23. Kf3 Bd8 24. g4 Nb6 25. g5 Nfd7 26. Be3 Be7
27. Bd4 f6 28. h4 Kf7 29. b3 Ba3 30. Rg1 Nd5 31. Nxd5 exd5 32. f5 Bd6 33. e4
dxe4+ 34. Kxe4 Nb8 $2 {Black should not retreat.} ({Equality is kept by} 34...
Rc2 35. Kd5 Rd2 36. Kxd6 Rxd3 37. Kd5 Ne5) 35. gxf6 gxf6 36. Rc1 {Black is
losing control over the centre. Exchange of rooks has to be avoided.} Re8+ $2 (
{Right is} 36... Nc6 $1 37. Nf4 $1 (37. Kd5 Ne7+ $1) 37... Re8+ 38. Ne6 Ne7 39.
h5 $1 {Black faces great difficulties.}) 37. Kf3 $1 Rd8 38. Be3 Ke7 39. Nf4 Rg8
40. Nd5+ Kf7 41. Bf4 Rd8 42. Bxd6 Rxd6 43. Rc7+ Nd7 ({The exchange by} 43...
Rd7 44. Ke4 Rxc7 45. Nxc7 Ke7 46. Kd5 Kd7 47. Ne6 Ke7 48. Nc5 {leads to a
white win (Reshevsky).}) 44. Ke4 $1 Ke8 45. h5 Kd8 46. Rc2 h6 47. b4 Nb6 48.
Nxb6 Rxb6 49. Rg2 Rd6 50. Rg6 Ke7 51. Rxh6 Rd2 52. Rh8 Rxa2 53. h6 Rh2 54. Kd5
Kf7 55. Ra8 Rxh6 56. Ra7+ Kg8 57. Rxa6 Rh7 58. Kc5 Re7 59. Rd6 Re4 60. Rd5 Re5
61. Rxe5 fxe5 62. Kd5 {Petrosian had taken the sole lead.} 1-0

[Event "Los Angeles"]
[Site "First Piatigorsky Cup"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E55"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. Qd3 a6 10. a4 Qc7 11. Bb3 $6 ({Better is} 11. Na2 Ba5 12. e4) 11... Rd8
12. Bc2 b6 13. Na2 a5 14. Nxb4 axb4 15. Re1 e5 16. Qb3 Bb7 17. dxc5 $6 e4 $1
18. c6 Bxc6 19. Nd4 Ng4 20. h3 $2 (20. g3 Nde5 21. Rd1 {keeps a poor game
going (Keres).}) 20... Qh2+ 21. Kf1 Nde5 22. hxg4 Bd5 23. Qxd5 Rxd5 24. Bxe4
Rad8 25. f3 R5d6 26. a5 bxa5 27. Rxa5 Re8 28. Nf5 Rdd8 29. Bb1 Nc4 30. Ra1 g6
31. b3 Nd2+ 32. Kf2 gxf5 33. Bxf5 Qh4+ 34. Ke2 Rxe3+ 35. Kxe3 Qxe1+ 0-1

[Event "Los Angeles"]
[Site "First Piatigorsky Cup"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. a3 a6 6. Rb1 Rb8 7. b4 cxb4 8. axb4
b5 9. cxb5 axb5 10. Nf3 e5 11. e4 Nge7 12. O-O O-O 13. Re1 $6 {White makes a
useless move.} d6 14. h3 h6 15. d3 Be6 16. Nh4 $6 d5 $1 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Ne4
$6 (18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Be3 {is preferable.}) 18... Ndxb4 $1 19. Ba3 Qa5 20. Ra1
Qd8 $5 21. Qd2 Nd5 $2 ({Black gains a plus in the complications of} 21... Nxd3
$1 22. Bxf8 Nxe1 23. Qxd8 Rxd8 24. Bxg7 Nxg2 25. Bf6 Nxh4 26. Bxd8 Nxd8 27. Ra8
Kg7 28. Rxd8 Nf3+) 22. Bxf8 Qxf8 23. Rec1 Nd4 24. Nc5 Qe7 25. Kh2 b4 26. Ra6
Nc3 27. Nxe6 Nxe6 28. Rca1 Nc7 29. Rc6 N7b5 30. Re1 Rd8 31. Rc4 Na3 32. Rxc3
bxc3 33. Qxc3 Qd6 34. Qa5 Nc2 35. Rb1 Nd4 36. Rb6 {Petrosian and Keres won the
tournament.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 3"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E41"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

{MEMORIAL 3 1964  The Soviet protagonists were Smyslov and Taimanov from
August until September 1964. They competed with Uhlmann. The American Evans
could participate, cause he also worked as a reporter. The Dutch giant Donner
partook for the first time.   Honorary President of the Tournament Committee
in 1964 and 1965 was General Bayo, who invaded Cuba from the Granma and was a
fine chess player.   An anecdote happened, when a waiter brought a cup of
coffee, spoon and sugar to Hugo Santa Cruz. The concentrated player took a
bishop and began to stir.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 d5 6.
cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd2 Nc6 $5 {Taimanov plays an uncommon line of his beloved
Nimzo-Indian.} 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Nf6 10. a3 Ba5 11. Bc1 $5 Qe7 12. Ne4 cxd4 13.
exd4 Nd5 $5 {Some pieces have moved more than once.} 14. b4 Bb6 15. Bb2 Qd8 16.
Rc1 Nce7 17. Re1 Bc7 $5 18. Ne5 Nf5 $6 ({Better is} 18... f6 $1 19. Nc4 Nf4)
19. g3 f6 20. Nf3 Re8 21. Nc3 Nfe7 22. Qc2 h6 $2 {White will utilise square h7.
} ({Preferable is} 22... g6) 23. Nh4 Bd7 $6 ({He should try} 23... Nxc3 24.
Bxc3 Bb6) 24. Bh7+ $1 Kf8 (24... Kh8 25. Ng6+ $1 Kxh7 ({or} 25... Nxg6 26. Bxg6
{and White wins material}) 26. Nxe7+ f5 27. Ncxd5 exd5 28. Qxc7 Rxe7 29. Rxe7
Qxe7 30. Qxb7 {wins for White.}) 25. Nxd5 Nxd5 26. Qc5+ Kf7 27. Bg6+ Kg8 28.
Bxe8 Bb6 $1 {O'Kelly seems to have counter-play. But..} 29. Bxd7 $1 Bxc5 30.
Bxe6+ {White wins a rook, two minor pieces and a pawn for a queen.} 1-0

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 3"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cobo Arteaga, Eldis"]
[Black "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D98"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg7 6. e4 O-O 7. Nf3 Bg4 8.
Be2 Nfd7 9. Be3 Nb6 10. Qd3 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Nc6 12. O-O-O e5 13. dxe5 Qxd3 14.
Bxd3 Nxe5 15. Be2 Nec4 16. Bxb6 $5 (16. Bd4 {draws easily.}) 16... Nxb6 17. Nd5
Na4 18. b3 Nc5 19. Nxc7 $5 Rac8 20. Nd5 Nxb3+ $5 21. Kb1 Nd4 22. Rxd4 $6 (22.
Ne7+ $1 Kh8 23. Nxc8 Nxe2 24. Nxa7 Nc3+ 25. Kc2 Nxd1 26. Rxd1 {draws.}) 22...
Bxd4 23. Ne7+ Kg7 24. Nxc8 Rxc8 {White should exchange the rooks.} 25. Rd1 $2 (
25. Rc1 Rxc1+ 26. Kxc1 Bxf2 {gives little winning chances for Black.}) 25...
Bxf2 26. Rd7 b5 27. Rb7 a6 28. Bd1 Rc3 29. f4 Re3 30. Bb3 Rxe4 31. Rxf7+ Kh6
32. f5 Bd4 33. fxg6 hxg6 34. Rd7 a5 35. Rb7 $5 Re5 36. a4 $6 b4 $6 37. Rb5 Re2
38. Bd5 Rxh2 39. Rxa5 b3 $1 40. Rb5 b2 41. Be4 Re2 42. Bd3 Rd2 43. Be4 g5 44.
a5 g4 $5 45. a6 $1 Re2 46. Bb7 Re1+ 47. Kc2 Ra1 48. Kd3 Ra5 $5 49. Rb4 Ra4 50.
Rb5 g3 $1 51. Be4 ({The pointe is} 51. a7 Rxa7 52. Kxd4 Rxb7 $1 53. Rxb7 g2)
51... Bf6 52. Bb7 Rxa6 $1 0-1

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 3"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Robatsch, Karl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 c5 4. c4 Nc6 5. O-O d5 6. d4 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
dxc5 O-O 9. Qc2 Ndb4 $5 10. Qe4 Na6 11. Be3 Nxc5 12. Qc2 Nb4 13. Qc4 Na4 14.
Qb3 Qe8 15. Ne5 Nd5 16. Bd4 b6 $6 ({Better is} 16... Nc5 $1 17. Qc4 b6) 17. Nc3
$1 {White gains a plus.} Nc5 18. Bxc5 Bxc5 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Bxd5 Rb8 $2 {
Robatsch misses the counter-play.} (20... Bh3 $1 21. Bxa8 Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Qxe5
23. Bf3 Rd8 {brings a counteraction for a pawn.}) 21. Nc6 Rb7 22. Qf3 a5 $2 23.
Nxa5 $1 {Smyslov wins a second pawn. The game becomes hopeless for Robatsch.}
Re7 24. Bc6 Qd8 25. Nb3 Ba6 26. Rfd1 Qc7 27. e3 Re6 28. Nxc5 bxc5 29. Bd5 Rf6
30. Qe4 Rd6 31. Qf4 Rfd8 32. Bxf7+ Kh8 33. Rxd6 Rxd6 34. Bc4 Bxc4 35. Qxc4 Rd2
36. b4 Qe5 37. Rf1 {The favourites Taimanov, Uhlmann and Smyslov were winning
games.} 1-0

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 3"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Evans, Larry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D92"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 c5 7. dxc5 Be6 8. Nd4
Nc6 9. Nxe6 fxe6 10. e3 Qa5 11. Qa4 Qxc5 12. Qb5 Qxb5 13. cxb5 Na5 14. Be2 Rac8
15. O-O Nc4 16. b3 Nd2 $5 ({Theory is} 16... Nd6 {(Ragozin - Mikenas, Moscow
1940).}) 17. Rfd1 Nde4 18. Na4 $1 g5 $1 19. Bc7 $5 ({More solid is} 19. Bg3
Nxg3 20. hxg3) 19... Ne8 $5 (19... Nxf2 $1 20. Kxf2 Ne8+ 21. Kg1 Rxc7 22. Rxc7
Nxc7 23. Rc1 Be5 {is alright.}) 20. Ba5 $5 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rxf2 22. Bg4 Rxa2 $5
23. Bxe6+ Kf8 24. Bxd5 N8d6 25. b6 axb6 26. Bxb6 Ra1 $5 27. Rxa1 Bxa1 28. Kf1
Ke8 29. Be6 h6 30. Ke2 Be5 31. h3 Kf8 32. Ba5 Kg7 33. Bd8 b5 34. Nb6 Nc5 35.
Bg4 Nxb3 36. Nd7 $2 ({Right is} 36. Bxe7) 36... Bf6 $1 37. Be6 Nc4 38. Nxf6 $2
{Portisch blunders near the time control.} (38. Kd3 $1 Ne5+ 39. Kc2 Nc6 40.
Kxb3 Nxd8 41. Bf5 {survives.}) 38... Kxf6 39. Bd7 Nc1+ 40. Kd1 Na2 41. Kc2
Nxe3+ 42. Kd3 Nxg2 43. Bxb5 Nf4+ 44. Ke3 Nc3 45. Bd7 Ncd5+ 46. Kf3 Ng6 47. Kg3
h5 48. Ba5 Ne5 49. Bc8 h4+ 50. Kf2 Nf4 51. Bd8 Nf7 52. Bb6 e6 53. Bd4+ Kf5 54.
Ba6 Nxh3+ 55. Ke3 Nf4 0-1

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 3"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Donner, Jan Hein"]
[Black "Pachman, Ludek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E50"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Qc2 d6 7. Bd2 e5 8. dxe5
Nxe5 $5 (8... dxe5 {drew in Luckis - Foguelman, Buenos Aires 1952.}) 9. Nxe5
dxe5 10. a3 Bxc3 (10... Be7 $1 11. Be2 Be6 {equalises.}) 11. Bxc3 Qe7 12. Be2
c5 13. O-O b6 14. Rae1 Bb7 15. f4 $5 Be4 16. Bd3 $5 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 e4 18. Qc2
Rad8 19. Rd1 h6 20. h3 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Rd8 22. Kh2 Rxd1 23. Qxd1 Qe6 $5 24. Qd8+
$1 Kh7 {White has gained a plus.} 25. b3 {Donner pressures.} b5 $2 {Pachman
fumbles.} (25... Nd7 {makes a proper waiting move.}) 26. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 27. cxb5
Qxb3 28. Qxf6 ({Even better is} 28. Qe7 $1 Kg7 29. Qxc5) 28... Kg8 $1 29. Qxh6
c4 (29... Qxe3 $1 30. Qg5+ Kf8 31. Qe5 $1 Kg8 32. f5 {wins for White.}) 30. f5
$5 Qxb5 31. Qg5+ Kf8 32. Qd8+ Kg7 33. Qd4+ $1 f6 34. Qxa7+ Kh6 $6 (34... Kf8 $1
35. Qa8+ Kg7 36. Qc8 $1 Qe5+ 37. Kg1 Qa1+ 38. Kf2 Qb2+ 39. Kg3 Qxa3 40. Qc7+
Kh6 41. Kf4 $1 c3 42. Qf7 {prolongs the game.}) 35. Qf7 $1 Qe5+ 36. Kg1 $1 (36.
Kg1 Qa1+ 37. Kf2 Qb2+ 38. Kg3 Qe5+ 39. Kg4 {escapes from the checks.}) 1-0

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 3"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Letelier Martner, Rene"]
[Black "Evans, Larry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B96"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 h6 8. Bh4
Qb6 9. a3 Nbd7 $5 ({Usual is} 9... Bd7) 10. Bf2 $1 Qc7 11. Bd3 b5 $5 {Evans
makes provoking moves.} 12. O-O Bb7 13. Kh1 $6 ({More active is} 13. Qf3) 13...
Be7 14. Bg3 $5 O-O 15. Qe2 Nc5 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Nfd7 18. Rae1 $5 Rad8 19.
Nf5 $2 ({Correct is} 19. Nf3) 19... exf5 20. e6 Qc6 $1 21. exd7 Nxd3 22. cxd3
Rxd7 23. Rxf5 Rxd3 $1 {Letelier undergoes a <->petite combinaison'.} 24. Rg1
Qd7 25. Re5 Bf6 26. Rc5 $2 Rxg3 $1 {Evans scored well in the third event.} ({
The pointe is} 26... Rxg3 27. hxg3 Qh3#) 0-1

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 3"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Robatsch, Karl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Re8 11. Ne1 Nf8 12. Nd3 g5 13. Bg3 Ng6 14. a3 Nf4 15. b4
b6 16. Rb1 Qd7 17. f3 N6h5 18. Bf2 Nxe2+ 19. Nxe2 f5 20. exf5 Qxf5 21. Nc3 Nf4
22. Ne4 Nxd3 23. Qxd3 Qg6 24. bxc5 bxc5 25. Nxc5 $1 Qxd3 26. Nxd3 {White still
meets a lot of resistance.} Bf5 27. Rb3 $5 a5 $1 28. a4 Rab8 29. Rfb1 Rxb3 30.
Rxb3 Rc8 31. c5 $1 Bxd3 $2 {Robatsch spoils a better game.} (31... e4 $1 32.
Nb2 dxc5 33. Nc4 exf3 34. Nd6 Bc2 35. Rxf3 Rd8 {and Black gains a plus.}) 32.
Rxd3 dxc5 33. d6 $1 c4 34. Rd1 c3 35. Bb6 c2 36. Rc1 Bf6 37. Bc7 Kf7 38. Rxc2
Ke6 39. Rc5 Bd8 40. Rxa5 Bxc7 41. dxc7 Rxc7 42. Ra6+ Kf5 43. Rxh6 Rc2 44. h3
1-0

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 3"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Pachman, Ludek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. a4 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 $5 10. Nbd2 Ke7 11. Nxc4 Bd7 12. Nfe5 Rhd8 13. Nd3 Bd6 $2
14. Nxd6 $1 Kxd6 15. Rd1 Be8 16. Be3 Nd5 17. Nf4 Ke5 $5 {Pachman tries a
forwards defence.} 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Bb6 Rd7 20. Ra3 $1 {Black cannot avoid
the loss of a pawn.} f5 21. Re3+ Kf6 22. Rxd5 Rxd5 23. Bxd5 Bf7 24. Bg2 Re8 25.
Rxe8 Bxe8 26. f4 g5 27. Kf2 gxf4 28. gxf4 Ke6 29. a5 Kd6 30. e4 fxe4 31. Bxe4
Bg6 32. f5 Bf7 33. Ke3 Bd5 34. Bb1 Ne5 35. b4 Ng4+ 36. Kf4 Nxh2 37. Bc5+ Kd7
38. f6 Ke6 39. Be7 h6 40. Bf5+ Kf7 41. Ke5 Bc4 42. Bc8 Nf3+ 43. Kd6 Nh4 1-0

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 3"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A61"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Nh5 10. e3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Bg7 12. Nd2 a6 13. a4 Nd7 14. Be2 b6 $5 ({
Lajos played} 14... Ne5 {in Osmanagic - Portisch, Sarajevo 1962.}) 15. Nce4 Nf6
16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Bg4 $2 (17. Ne4 $1 Qe5 18. Nc3 {keeps the restraint of the
queenside.}) 17... O-O 18. Bxc8 Raxc8 19. Ra2 c4 $1 {Portisch meets little
restriction} 20. O-O $2 (20. Ne4 $1 Qg6 21. Nc3 {creates a barrier.}) 20... Qg6
$1 21. e4 f5 $1 22. Qe2 b5 23. axb5 axb5 24. g4 fxe4 25. Nxe4 $5 Rce8 26. f3 h5
27. Qd2 hxg4 28. Qxg5 Qxg5 29. Nxg5 Ra8 (29... Re2 $1 30. Ne6 Bxb2 $1 {wins
elegantly.}) 30. Rfa1 Rxa2 31. Rxa2 b4 32. Ne6 b3 33. Ra4 Rc8 34. Nxg7 Kxg7 35.
Kf2 Kf6 36. fxg4 Ke5 37. Ke3 Kxd5 38. Ra5+ Rc5 39. Ra6 c3 40. bxc3 Rb5 0-1

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 3"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Darga, Klaus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E55"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
b6 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Rd1 cxd4 11. exd4 Nbd7 12. Bd3 Rc8 13. Bd2 Be7 14. Rac1 Nd5
15. Ba6 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Bxa6 17. Qxa6 Rc7 $5 (17... Nf6 $1 18. Qxa7 Ra8 19. Qb7
Rxa2 {arose in Donner - Unzicker, Scheveningen 1963.}) 18. d5 $1 exd5 19. Rxd5
Bf6 $2 ({Correct is} 19... Qc8 $1 20. Qxc8 Rfxc8) 20. Qd3 $1 Qc8 21. Ng5 Bxg5
22. Rxg5 f6 23. Rh5 g6 {The kingside has been weakened.} 24. Qd5+ Kg7 25. Rh3
Nc5 26. Re1 Qd7 27. Qg5 Kg8 28. Qh4 g5 $5 29. Rg3 Ne6 30. Qb4 Ng7 31. Rge3 $1
Qd5 32. Qa3 h5 33. h3 Rff7 34. Qa4 h4 35. Rd1 Qf5 36. Rf3 Qg6 37. Rd6 Nh5 38.
Qe8+ Kh7 39. Rd8 Qg7 40. Qe4+ Kh6 41. Qa8 Kh7 42. Qe4+ Kh6 43. Qa8 Kh7 44. Rf5
Rfd7 $2 {The positional edge can be transformed into a material gain.} ({Right
is} 44... Rcd7 $1 {and} 45. Rxg5 $2 Qxg5 46. Rh8+ Kg6 47. Qe4+ f5 $1 48. Qe6+
Rf6 49. Qxd7 Qc1+ 50. Kh2 Qf4+ {draws by perpetual check.}) 45. Rxg5 $1 Qxg5
46. Rh8+ Kg6 47. Qe4+ Qf5 ({Or} 47... f5 48. Qe8+ Rf7 49. Rg8+) 48. Rh6+ $1
Kxh6 49. Qxf5 Rd1+ 50. Kh2 Rcd7 51. Bxf6 Nxf6 52. Qxf6+ Kh5 53. Qf5+ Kh6 54.
Qf4+ Kg7 55. Qg5+ Kf7 56. Qxh4 R1d2 57. g4 Re2 58. Qh7+ Ke8 59. Qg8+ {Smyslov
had subdued a stiff resistance.} 1-0

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 3"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Donner, Jan Hein"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d5 Na5 8. b3 c6
$5 9. Bb2 cxd5 10. cxd5 Qb6 11. Qd2 Bd7 12. O-O Rac8 13. Nd4 Rc7 14. Rfc1 Rfc8
15. Nd1 Rxc1 16. Rxc1 Rxc1 17. Qxc1 Qc5 18. Nc2 Qc8 19. Qd2 b6 20. e4 Nb7 21.
Nd4 Nc5 22. f3 Qa6 23. Bc3 Qd3 24. Qxd3 Nxd3 25. Bf1 Nc1 26. Nc6 $6 {Donner
manages to lose a pawn.} ({Better is} 26. a3) 26... Nxa2 27. Bd2 $2 (27. Nxa7
$1 Nxc3 28. Nxc3 Ng4 29. Nab5 {regains the pawn.}) 27... e6 28. Bc4 exd5 29.
exd5 a5 30. Be3 b5 $1 31. Bxb5 Nxd5 32. Ne7+ Kf8 33. Nxd5 Bxb5 34. Kf2 Nb4 35.
Nxb4 axb4 36. Ke1 Bc6 37. Ke2 Bd5 38. Bd2 Bxb3 39. Bxb4 Ke7 40. Nc3 Bc4+ 41.
Ke3 Kd7 42. Ne2 Bxe2 $5 43. Kxe2 Be5 44. Be1 Ke6 45. h3 Kf5 46. Kf2 h5 47. Bd2
Ke6 48. g4 Kd5 49. Ke2 Kc4 50. Be1 Bf4 51. Ba5 d5 52. Be1 d4 53. Ba5 Bd6 54.
Be1 Bb4 55. Bh4 Kc3 56. Be1+ Kb3 57. Bf2 Kc4 58. Bh4 Bf8 59. Kd2 Bh6+ 60. Kc2
d3+ 61. Kd1 {The fortress provides Donner high hopes about the adjourned game.}
Kd4 62. Bf2+ Kc3 63. Bb6 d2 64. Bf2 Kd3 65. Bb6 Bf4 66. Bf2 Be5 67. Bg1 h4 $1
68. Bf2 Bc3 $1 69. Bg1 ({Or} 69. Bxh4 Ke3) 69... Bd4 $1 70. Bxd4 ({The pointe
is} 70. Bh2 g5 71. Bc7 Ke3) 70... Kxd4 71. Kxd2 Ke5 72. Ke3 g5 $1 {Smyslov
caught up with Uhlmann at the top.} ({Black wins the pawn ending by} 72... g5
73. f4+ gxf4+ 74. Kf3 f6 $1) 0-1

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 3"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Wade, Robert"]
[Black "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D91"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. cxd5 Nxg5 7. Nxg5 e6 8.
Qd2 h6 9. Nf3 exd5 10. h4 $5 ({Preferable is} 10. e3 {(Uhlmann - Olafsson,
Marianske Lazne 1961).}) 10... c6 11. h5 $5 g5 12. e3 Be6 13. Ne5 $5 Nd7 $1 14.
Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Bd3 O-O 16. Bc2 $5 f5 17. Ne2 $5 b6 18. f4 g4 $1 19. Rd1 $2 {
Wade makes another anti-positional move.} (19. O-O-O {completes the
development.}) 19... c5 $1 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. b4 $5 cxb4 22. Qxb4 Rab8 23. Qa4
Qe7 24. O-O (24. Kf2 $1 {protects pawn e3.}) 24... Rb2 25. Bd3 Bf7 26. Ng3 ({Or
} 26. Kf2 Qh4+ 27. g3 Qh2+ 28. Ke1 Bc3+ $1) 26... Qxe3+ 27. Kh2 Bf6 28. Nxf5 $2
Qh3+ $1 {Black delivers mate in one.   Smyslov, Uhlmann and Taimanov lost no
games during the tournament.   Smyslov and Uhlmann won the event by 16/21.
Taimanov (151/2), Evans (141/2) and Portisch (14) trailed. Donner shared the
ninth place.} 0-1

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Zonal tournament"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

{Moscow 1964 was a zonal tournament for three tickets in Amsterdam 1964. It
took place from February 18 to March 10. Spassky had his usual winter throat
infection and started poorly with 1/2 out of 3 games. The story of the event
was his comeback. He was free and qualified, while the other players still had
to fight. Bronstein qualified without great problems. Stein had a bad start
but ended with plus one.} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6.
O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 O-O 9. e4 Nc6 10. Qe3 d6 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Qe2 Ne5 13.
b3 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 a6 15. Bb2 Rfd8 16. Rac1 Rab8 {Black remains passive. The
rook can go to c8 in one move.} 17. Rc2 Rbc8 18. Bg2 Bc6 19. Rcd2 Rb8 20. Rc1
Qb7 21. a4 a5 $6 {This commitment weakens the queenside.} 22. Ba3 Nd7 $5 {A
temporary sacrifice eliminates the weakness d6.} 23. Bxd6 Bxd6 24. Rxd6 Nc5 25.
Rcd1 Qc7 ({Avoids} 25... Rxd6 26. Rxd6 Nxb3 $4 27. Qd1 {(Suetin).}) 26. e5 $1
Bxg2 27. Nb5 Qe7 28. Kxg2 Nxb3 29. Qf3 Nc5 30. Nd4 $1 Rxd6 31. exd6 Qf6 32. Qc6
({A better rook ending brings} 32. Nc6 Qxf3+ 33. Kxf3 Rb7 34. Ne5 Rb8 35. Rb1
$1 f6 36. Nc6 Rb7 37. Rb5 $1 Nxa4 38. Nxa5 Rd7 39. Rb4 bxa5 40. Rxa4 Rxd6 41.
Rxa5 Rd3+ 42. Ke4 Rd2 43. Ke3 Rc2) 32... e5 33. Qc7 $4 {Suddenly Korchnoi
makes a terrible blunder.} (33. Ne2 $1 Qe6 34. Qc7 Nd7 35. Nc3 {keeps a
positional advantage.}) 33... Na6 34. Qa7 exd4 35. c5 bxc5 36. Qxa6 Rd8 37. Rb1
h5 38. Rb6 Qe6 39. Qxa5 Qd5+ 40. Kg1 d3 41. Rb1 Qxd6 0-1

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Zonal tournament"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E40"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd2 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. Qc2
e5 9. e4 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Rae1 Nf8 (11... exd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5 {is more active.
}) 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Ng6 14. Nd2 ({When the position is closed with} 14. d5
Nf4 15. Bd2 N6h5 {White has a plus.}) 14... Nf4 15. g3 exd4 16. Bxd4 Nxd3 17.
Qxd3 Nd7 18. Re3 Ne5 19. Qe2 Qd7 20. f3 a5 21. b3 Rad8 22. Re1 f6 23. Qf1 a4
24. b4 c5 25. Ba1 cxb4 26. axb4 Rc8 27. b5 Qe6 28. Rc1 f5 29. exf5 Qxf5 30. Bd4
Rf8 31. Rec3 (31. Rec3 Nxf3+ 32. Nxf3 Bxf3 33. Bxb6 Qh5 {leads to a slight
advantage for Black, but the players are happy with a draw.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Zonal tournament"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Suetin, Alexey"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B75"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 d6 8. f3
Qb6 9. Bb5 Qc7 10. g4 $5 (10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 a6 {is 'theory'.}) 10... a6 $5
11. Ba4 e6 12. Qd2 O-O 13. Bb3 ({Little advantage gains} 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14.
O-O-O d5) 13... b5 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15. O-O-O a5 16. a4 b4 17. Ne2 Ba6 18. Nd4 Qc7
19. Bh6 $1 Bc4 $1 {The threat 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.Bxc6 is countered (Mikenas).} 20.
Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Kb1 {Black has to fight back.} Rad8 {This loses a tempo.} ({
Correct is} 21... Bxb3 $1 22. cxb3 d5 $1 23. g5 Nh5 24. exd5 exd5 25. Nb5 Qf4
26. Qxf4 Nxf4 27. Rd4 Ne6 28. Rxd5 Rh8) 22. h4 h5 $5 ({It is too late for} 
22... Bxb3 23. cxb3 d5 {due to} 24. h5 $1) 23. gxh5 Nxh5 24. Rhg1 Rh8 25. Qg5
Rc8 26. f4 $6 (26. Bxc4 Qxc4 27. Rd2 {keeps an advantage.}) 26... Qd8 27. f5 $1
Qxg5 28. hxg5 gxf5 $6 ({Better is} 28... Nf4 $1 29. Bxc4 Rxc4 30. f6+ Kg8 31.
Nb3 Rh2) 29. exf5 Nf4 30. fxe6 fxe6 31. Bxc4 Rxc4 32. Rgf1 e5 33. Nf5+ Kg6 34.
Nxd6 Rc6 35. b3 {Geller misses an elementary fork.} Kxg5 $4 (35... Rh2 $1 36.
Nc4 Rc5 37. Nxe5+ Rxe5 38. Rxf4 {only loses a pawn.}) 36. Nf7+ Kg6 37. Nxh8+
Kg7 38. Rd8 Rc7 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Zonal tournament"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. a4 Nc6 8. Qe2
cxd4 9. Rd1 Be7 10. exd4 Nd5 11. Nc3 Ncb4 $6 ({Antoshin prefers} 11... O-O) 12.
Ne5 $1 O-O 13. Ne4 Nb6 14. Ra3 $5 f6 15. a5 $1 Nxc4 $6 (15... fxe5 16. axb6
exd4 17. Rh3 {is more consistent.}) 16. Nxc4 Nd5 17. Rb3 ({Even better is} 17.
Rg3 $1 Qc7 18. Bh6 Rf7 19. Rc1 {(Antoshin).}) 17... Qc7 18. Nc3 Bd7 $5 ({A
pawn saves} 18... Rb8 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Nb6 Bd6 21. Rc3 (21. Nxd5 $2 Qf7) 21...
Qf7) 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Nb6 Rae8 21. Nxd5 Bd6 $3 {The turning point of the game
has been reached.} 22. Qf3 $2 ({Exchanges with} 22. Qxe8 $1 Qc2 23. Qh5 $1 Qxb3
24. Bf4 g6 25. Qf3 Qxf3 26. gxf3 Bxf4 27. Nxf4 {lead to a better endgame for
White.}) 22... Qxa5 23. Ne3 Ba4 24. Bd2 $2 (24. Rxb7 Bxd1 25. Qxd1 {is better.}
) 24... Bxh2+ $1 25. Kh1 ({The point is} 25. Kxh2 Qc7+) 25... Qd8 26. Nf5 Bc7
27. Bh6 $5 Rf7 28. Rc1 Bxb3 29. Qxb3 g6 $1 30. Ne3 f5 31. Kg1 Qd7 32. Nd5 Qe6
$1 {Black threatens 33...Qe1+.} 33. g3 f4 34. Qxb7 fxg3 35. fxg3 Bf4 $1 {All
whiter pieces are under attack.} 0-1

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Zonal tournament"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Be7 8. Be3
Qc7 9. f4 O-O 10. g4 $1 Nc6 $2 ({White has to counterattack in the centre
immediately with} 10... d5 $1 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Bf3 Nc6 {
(Hort-Pachman, Champ. Czechoslovakia 1959).}) 11. g5 Nd7 12. f5 $1 {Black
meets great problems.} Nde5 $6 ({The retreat} 12... Qd8 {prevents f5-f6. Black
has decent chances in:} 13. fxe6 (13. g6 Nxd4 14. gxh7+ Kh8 15. Qxd4 Ne5) 13...
Bxg5 14. Bxg5 Qxg5+ 15. Kh1 Nde5) 13. f6 $1 Bd8 14. fxg7 $6 (14. Bd3 Nxd4 15.
Bxd4 {is stronger (Sutovskij-J. Polgár, Tilburg 1996).}) 14... Re8 $2 ({
Correct is} 14... Kxg7 $1 15. Qd2 b5 {(Sax-Stean, Moscow 1977)} 16. a3 $1) 15.
Qd2 b5 16. Bh5 Ne7 17. b3 ({Kholmov does not like} 17. Ndxb5 $1 axb5 18. Nxb5
Qc6 19. Nxd6 Bb7 {but} 20. Rxf7 $1 Nxf7 21. Bxf7+ Kxg7 22. Qd4+ {crushes the
defence.}) 17... N7g6 18. a4 bxa4 19. Rxa4 Bb7 20. Nf3 Qe7 21. Nxe5 dxe5 22.
Rc4 Kxg7 23. Na4 Kg8 24. Bxg6 hxg6 25. Qc3 $1 Bd5 $5 ({Black avoids} 25... Qd6
26. Bc5 Qb8 27. Qf3 Qc7 28. Bd6 $1) 26. exd5 exd5 27. Rc6 $1 Qd7 ({The pointe
is} 27... d4 28. Qc4 dxe3 29. Rxg6+ $1 Kf8 30. Qh4) 28. Bf2 $1 Ba5 29. Rxg6+ $2
({This time} 29. Nb6 $1 {wins at once.}) 29... fxg6 30. Qxa5 Rf8 31. Nc3 Qg4+
32. Bg3 Qd4+ 33. Rf2 Rac8 34. Qxd5+ Qxd5 35. Nxd5 Rxf2 36. Kxf2 Rxc2+ 37. Ke3
Kf7 38. Kd3 Rc5 39. Ne3 $2 (39. Ke4 Ke6 40. Nb4 $1 a5 41. Nd3 {wins the e-pawn.
}) 39... Ke6 40. h4 Rb5 41. Kc4 Ra5 42. Kc3 Rc5+ 43. Nc4 e4 44. Bf2 ({Antoshin
warns for} 44. Kd4 Rb5 45. Nd2 $4 Rd5+) 44... Rd5 45. Bd4 Rf5 46. Ne3 Rf7 $6 ({
More resistance offers} 46... Rf4 $1 47. Bf6 Rxh4 48. Kd4 $1 Kf7 49. Kd5 {but
Black loses too much terrain.}) 47. Kb4 Rb7+ 48. Ka4 Rd7 49. Bc5 Rd2 50. Ka5
Ra2+ 51. Kb6 Ke5 52. b4 Kf4 53. Nd5+ $1 Kf3 ({The points are} 53... Kg4 54. Nc3
$1) ({and} 53... Ke5 54. Ne7 $1) 54. Ka7 Rd2 55. Ne3 Ra2 56. h5 $1 {A
breakthrough decides the game.} a5 ({Kholmov analyses} 56... gxh5 57. g6 Rd2
58. Nf5 Rd8 59. g7 Rg8 60. Bf8 e3 61. Nh6 e2 62. Nxg8 e1=Q 63. Nf6 Qg1+ 64. Kb7
$18) 57. b5 $1 {Kholmov has scored two wins and Geller lost twice.} 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Zonal tournament"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Stein, Leonid"]
[Black "Suetin, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O a6 8. a3
Bd6 9. Kh1 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Be5 11. Qd3 O-O 12. f4 Bxc3 13. bxc3 d5 14. e5 Ne4 15.
c4 Qxc4 16. Qxc4 dxc4 17. Bxc4 Bd7 18. Bd3 Bc6 19. Be3 Rac8 20. Rfe1 Nc3 21.
Bd4 Bb5 22. Bxc3 Rxc3 23. Bxb5 axb5 24. Reb1 Rxc2 25. Rxb5 Rfc8 26. h3 R8c7 27.
Rab1 Rc1+ 28. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 29. Kh2 Rc7 30. a4 Kf8 {Stein began quietly.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Zonal tournament"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E19"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2
Nxc3 9. Qxc3 f5 10. d5 Bf6 11. Qc2 Na6 12. Be3 c6 13. dxe6 dxe6 14. a3 c5 15.
Ne1 Qe7 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Rb1 Nb8 $1 18. b4 cxb4 19. axb4 Nc6 20. Nd3 Rac8 21.
Qa2 Qf7 22. c5 $1 b5 23. Qa6 e5 $1 24. Qxb5 f4 $1 {Bronstein has taken the
initiative. Kholmov defends well and delivers a perpetual check.} 25. gxf4 Qg6+
26. Kh1 Qe4+ 27. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Zonal tournament"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Stein, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D93"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Rc1
Rd8 $6 ({The exchanges} 8... dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qxc5 {lead to an equal position 
(Kan-Tal, Riga 1954).}) 9. Qa4 Qxc5 10. b4 Qc6 11. Qxc6 bxc6 12. Bc7 Rd7 13.
Ba5 Ne4 $5 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Ng5 c5 $1 16. Nxe4 cxb4 {Black offers a pawn for
counteraction.} 17. Bxb4 (17. Nc5 {is answered with} Nc6 $1 18. Nxd7 Bxd7 19.
Bc7 Rc8 20. Bf4 Bc3+) 17... Na6 18. Bc3 Bb7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Nc3 Rad8 21. f3
Rd2 22. Be2 Nb4 23. Nd5 Rb2 24. Nxb4 Rxb4 25. Kf2 Rd2 26. Rb1 Rxb1 27. Rxb1 Ba6
28. Rc1 Rxa2 29. f4 Bb7 30. Kf1 a5 ({Stein avoids the trap} 30... Bxg2+ $2 31.
Kxg2 Rxe2+ 32. Kf3 Rxh2 33. c5 Rd2 34. c6 Rd8 35. c7 Rc8 36. Ke4 $18) 31. c5
Bc6 32. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Zonal tournament"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C85"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Nd7 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. Nc4 Bf6 $6 (9... f6 {is more solid.}) 10. Bd2 Re8 11. a4 $5 Nf8 12.
a5 b5 13. Ne3 $6 (13. axb6 cxb6 14. b4 {keeps some pressure (Geller).}) 13...
c5 14. b3 Be6 15. Bc3 Ng6 16. Nd2 Qd7 17. g3 $6 {A slight weakening helps
Black.} Bh3 18. Ng2 Be7 19. Re1 Rad8 20. Ne3 Bg5 21. Qf3 f6 22. Qe2 Nf8 23. f3
Ne6 24. Qf2 Nd4 25. Ndf1 Qf7 26. f4 Bh6 27. Bxd4 cxd4 28. Nf5 Qg6 ({No
advantage brings} 28... Bxf5 29. exf5 exf4 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. g4 $1) 29. Nxh6+
Qxh6 30. Nd2 c5 31. Rac1 Rd7 32. Qf3 Qg6 33. f5 Qg5 34. Qf2 Rc8 {Both playersd
wish to open the queenside.} 35. Kh1 Rdc7 36. c3 dxc3 37. Rxc3 Rd8 38. Nf3 Qg4
39. Ng1 h5 40. Nxh3 Qxh3 41. Qe2 $1 {The adjourned position is resumed after
one hour. White stays passive.} (41. Rxc5 $2 Rcd7 $19 {(Geller).}) (41. b4 $2
c4 $1 42. dxc4 Rxc4 43. Rxc4 bxc4 44. Qe2 Rd4 $19) 41... Rd4 42. Kg1 Kh7 {
White has to apply the principles correctly.} 43. Rec1 $2 (43. Rd1 $1 {
overprotects d3, and} Qg4 44. Kf2 $1 {protects the queen.}) 43... Rcd7 44. Rd1
Qg4 45. Qxg4 ({The point is} 45. Kf2 Rxe4 $1 {(Panov).}) 45... hxg4 46. Rxc5
Rxe4 $1 47. Kf2 ({No relief brings} 47. dxe4 Rxd1+ 48. Kf2 Rh1 $1 {(Panov), or}
) (47. Rc6 Rb4 48. Rxa6 Rxb3 49. Rb6 Kh6) 47... Rb4 48. Rc3 Kh6 49. Ke3 Kg5 50.
Rc6 $5 ({The alternative} 50. Rf1 Rbd4 51. Ke2 b4 {also loses a pawn.}) 50...
Rxb3 51. Rxa6 Kxf5 52. Rb6 Ra7 53. Rf1+ Kg6 54. Ra1 Rd7 55. Rd1 Rd4 56. a6 Ra4
57. Rd2 Rba3 58. Rxb5 Rxa6 {The game is adjourned for the second time.} 59. Rb4
R6a4 60. Rbb2 Kg5 61. Ke2 g6 62. Ke3 Ra1 63. d4 $5 R4a3+ 64. Ke4 Re1+ 65. Kd5
e4 $1 66. Re2 Rxe2 67. Rxe2 Kf5 68. Rf2+ Rf3 69. Re2 e3 70. Re1 g5 71. Re2 Kg6
$1 72. Ke6 f5 {The critical position of the rook ending has arisen.} 73. Ra2 ({
Longer resistance offers} 73. d5 $1 f4 74. d6 Rf1 75. d7 Rd1 {(Geller). A nice
finish is} 76. Ke7 f3 $1 77. Rxe3 f2 78. Re6+ Kg7 79. Rd6 f1=Q 80. Rxd1 Qf6+
81. Ke8 Qf8#) 73... f4 74. d5 e2 $1 (74... e2 75. Rxe2 Re3+ {is clear. Spassky
had a throat infection and started poorly.}) 0-1

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Zonal tournament"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "192"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. b3 a5 $5 6. O-O a4 7. bxa4 $5 dxc4 8.
Qc2 Qa5 9. Qxc4 Qxa4 10. Qd3 $5 Nbd7 11. Nc3 Qa5 12. Bb2 Be7 13. Ne4 O-O 14.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Rfb1 $6 (16. Qe3 Rd8 17. Rfb1 Ng4 18. Qb6 {ends
the provocation.}) 16... e5 $1 17. Qc2 e4 18. Ne1 Re8 19. d3 e3 $1 {Black has
gained a plus, but White will defend well.} 20. f4 $5 Ra7 21. Nf3 Be6 22. Rb2
Bd5 23. Rab1 Re7 24. a4 Ne8 25. Rb4 Nd6 26. Ne5 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Qd5+ 28. Kg1 c5
29. Rb6 f6 30. Nf3 Ra5 31. Qc3 $1 Ra8 ({Lilienthal mentions} 31... Rxa4 $2 32.
Rxd6 $1 Qxd6 33. Qb3+) 32. a5 Rc7 33. Qb3 c4 $6 ({Black keeps a plus with} 
33... Qxb3 34. R1xb3 Rd7 {(Lilienthal).}) 34. dxc4 Nxc4 35. Rxb7 Rxb7 36. Qxb7
Qxb7 37. Rxb7 Rxa5 38. Rc7 Nd6 39. Rc3 Ra1+ 40. Kg2 Ra2 41. Rxe3 Nc4 42. Re4
Nd2 43. Re7 Nxf3 44. Kxf3 h5 $1 {A theoretical draw has been reached.} 45. h3
Ra3+ 46. Re3 Ra1 47. Rd3 Rf1+ 48. Kg2 Re1 49. Rd8+ Kf7 50. Kf2 Ra1 51. Rh8 Ra5
52. Kf3 Rb5 53. Rd8 g5 54. Rd3 Kg6 55. e4 gxf4 56. gxf4 Rb1 57. Re3 Rb4 58. Rc3
Ra4 59. Ke3 Kg7 60. Rc7+ Kh6 61. f5 Ra3+ 62. Kf4 Ra4 63. Rc6 Kg7 64. Rc7+ Kg8
65. Rc3 Kg7 66. Rg3+ Kf7 67. Rd3 Kg7 68. Rd7+ Kg8 69. Ke3 Ra3+ 70. Rd3 Ra4 71.
Rc3 Kg7 72. Rc7+ Kg8 73. h4 Kf8 $5 74. Kd3 ({No use has} 74. Rh7 Kg8 75. Rxh5
Kg7) 74... Ra1 75. Kd4 Rd1+ 76. Kc5 Rd2 77. Ra7 Rd1 78. Kc4 Rd2 79. Kc5 Rd1 80.
Rb7 Rd2 81. Rb4 Ke7 82. Rd4 Rc2+ 83. Kd5 Ra2 84. Rd1 Ra5+ 85. Kd4 Ra4+ 86. Ke3
Ra3+ 87. Rd3 Ra1 88. Rb3 Rh1 89. Kd4 Rd1+ 90. Rd3 Ra1 91. Kc5 Ra5+ 92. Kb4 Ra1
93. Rd4 Rc1 94. Rc4 Rb1+ 95. Kc5 Ra1 96. Rb4 Rc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Zonal tournament"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Stein, Leonid"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Be3 Bg4 16. Qd3 Rae8 17. Nd2 Re6 18. a4 bxa4 $6 19. Rxa4 f5 {Stein has
prepared a novelty in this risky variation of the Marshall.} 20. Qf1 $1 ({
Boris had a great success in} 20. f4 $2 Bxf4 $3 21. Bf2 $2 (21. Bxd5 cxd5 22.
gxf4 Rg6 23. Rxa6 Be2+) 21... Rxe1+ 22. Bxe1 Re8 {(Novopashin-Spassky,
Leningrad 1963).}) 20... f4 $1 21. Qxh3 Bxh3 22. Rxa6 fxe3 23. Rxe3 Rxe3 $1 24.
fxe3 Be7 {Spassky will experience a prepared move in this position later.} 25.
Rxc6 $6 ({Stronger is} 25. e4 $1 Bg5 26. exd5 Bxd2 27. dxc6+ Kh8 28. Ra1 g6 {
and Boris barely survived in Parma-Spassky, Banja Vrnjacka 1965.}) 25... Bg5 $1
26. Bxd5+ Kh8 27. Bg2 Bxe3+ 28. Kh1 Bxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Bxd2 30. b4 g5 31. g4 Be1
32. d5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Zonal tournament"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Suetin, Alexey"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B41"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Bd3 e5 $1 {Black
continues his development in a natural way.} 7. Nb3 d5 $1 8. N1d2 Nc6 9. O-O
Be7 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Bc5 Be6 12. Re1 Qc7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nc4 f6 15. Be4 Rd8
16. Qh5+ Bf7 17. Qf3 O-O 18. Ne3 Nxe3 19. Rxe3 Rd6 20. Rd3 Rfd8 21. Rad1 g6 22.
h3 Rxd3 23. Rxd3 Rxd3 24. Qxd3 Nb4 25. Qc3 Nxa2 26. Qc8+ Kg7 27. Nc5 b6 28.
Nxa6 Nb4 29. c3 Nxa6 30. Qxa6 f5 31. Bc6 Qd8 32. Qe2 Qd6 33. Ba4 e4 34. Qe3 Bc4
35. h4 b5 36. Bc2 Bd3 37. Bb3 Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Zonal tournament"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Stein, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. c4 c6 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Ne5
e6 9. Nc3 Nfd7 10. Nf3 {Bronstein has no aspiration. Stein tries to keep the
game going.} Nc6 11. a3 Nb6 12. Bg5 f6 13. Be3 g5 14. h3 h6 15. Bc1 f5 16. e3
Bd7 17. b3 Be8 18. Bb2 Rc8 19. Rc1 Bh5 20. Ne2 Nd7 21. Qd3 Bg6 22. Qd1 Bh5 23.
Qd3 Bg6 24. Qd1 Qe7 25. Ne1 Bh5 26. Nf3 Qd6 27. Qd3 a6 28. Rfe1 Ne7 29. Qd2 Bf6
30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Zonal tournament"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C96"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 {Keres made this move popular. Black
prepares an opening of the Closed Ruy Lopez.} 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14.
Nf1 exd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Ne5 17. f4 $5 ({Less ambitious is the previous
} 17. Qd1 {(Kholmov-Novopashin, Leningrad 1963).}) 17... Nc6 18. Qf2 Bh4 $1 {
Black gains potential counter-play on the long diagonal a8-h1.} 19. g3 Bf6 20.
Rd1 $1 Qc7 21. Kh2 Bb7 22. Bb1 Rfe8 23. Be3 Rac8 24. Bb6 Qb8 25. Ne3 Ba8 26.
Nd5 Bd8 27. Bxd8 Rcxd8 28. a4 {Most pieces operate from a long distance.} Ne7 {
An attack on the blockader has a high priority.} 29. Ne3 $6 ({A positional
plus keeps} 29. Nb4 $1 Qc8 30. axb5 axb5 31. Bd3) 29... d5 $1 {A freeing move
liberates.} 30. e5 d4 31. Ng2 Qb6 32. axb5 axb5 33. Ra3 g6 $6 ({Pressure
remains with} 33... b4 34. Rad3 Be4 35. R3d2 Bxb1 36. Rxb1 Rd5 37. Rbd1 Red8)
34. Nh4 b4 35. Rad3 Rd7 36. R3d2 Qc5 37. Ba2 Nc6 38. Nf3 h6 39. Kg1 Qa7 40. Bb1
Qb7 41. Kh2 Na5 42. Nxd4 {Black has ruined his kingside and lost a pawn.} Qb6 (
{Boleslavsky analyses} 42... Nc4 $1 43. Re2 ({His main variation is} 43. Rc2 $2
Red8 $1 44. Rxc4 Rxd4 $1 45. Rcxd4 Rxd4 {and Black survives}) 43... Qb6 44. b3
Na3 45. f5 $1 Nxb1 46. e6 $1 fxe6 47. Rxe6 Qd8 48. Qf4 Rxe6 49. fxe6 g5 50.
exd7 $1 gxf4 51. Ne6 fxg3+ 52. Kxg3 Qb8+ 53. Kh4 {is far stronger.}) (42... Qb6
{Kholmov should have resumed the game. A great attack starts} 43. Qe2 $1 {
(threatens 44.Nb5)} Red8 44. e6 $1 fxe6 45. Bxg6) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Zonal tournament"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Suetin, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. f4 b5 8. Nxc6
Qxc6 9. Be2 b4 $6 ({An excellent move is} 9... Ba3 {A solid answer gives} 10.
Nxb5 axb5 11. bxa3 Qxe4 12. Qd4 Nf6 13. Qxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxb5 {(Malmdin-Bjuhr,
Swedish corr. 1969).}) 10. Bf3 $1 bxc3 11. e5 cxb2 12. Rb1 $1 Bb4+ $1 ({Black
improves on} 12... Qc3+ $6 13. Bd2 Qa3 14. Bxa8 {(Ivkov-Szabó, Sarajevo 1963).}
) 13. Kf2 Qc3 14. Bxa8 f6 15. Be4 $1 {Overprotection of pawn c2 frees the
queen for other tasks.} Nh6 ({Boleslavsky analyses the forced line} 15... fxe5
$6 16. Qh5+ g6 17. Bxg6+ $1 hxg6 18. Qxh8 Qxc2+ 19. Kg3 exf4+ 20. Bxf4 Qd3+ 21.
Kh4 Be7+ 22. Bg5 Bxg5+ 23. Kxg5 Qf5+ 24. Kh4 g5+ 25. Kh5 Kf7 (25... Qf7+ 26.
Kxg5) 26. Rhf1 Nf6+ 27. Qxf6+ $1 $18) 16. exf6 Qxf6 17. Qh5+ Nf7 18. c4 $1 {
White prevents d7-d5.} g6 19. Qe2 Bc3 20. Bf3 O-O 21. Rhd1 g5 $1 22. Qd3 $1 {
Boris brings new life to the game.} gxf4 23. Bd4 Bxd4+ 24. Qxd4 Ne5 25. Rxb2
Nxc4 $1 26. Qxf6 Rxf6 27. Rb8 Rf8 28. Rc1 d5 29. Be2 Nd6 30. Rc6 Ne4+ 31. Ke1
Bd7 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. Rxa6 Ke7 34. Ra8 Kd6 35. a4 Bc6 36. Ra7 Nc5 37. a5 {
Black has chances in the centre.} d4 $6 (37... Nd7 $1 {restricts the rook.} 38.
g3 fxg3 39. hxg3 d4) 38. Bf3 e5 $6 ({More resistance offers} 38... Bb5 39. Rxh7
e5 40. Rh6+ Kc7 41. Rh5 Kd6 42. g3 fxg3 43. hxg3) 39. Bxc6 Kxc6 40. Rxh7 e4 41.
a6 $1 (41. a6 {The simple pointe is} Nxa6 42. Rh6+ Kb5 43. Rxa6 Kxa6 44. h4)
1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Zonal tournament"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A54"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. d4 O-O 7. d5 Nb8 8. e4
Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 (9... Bh5 {is less passive.}) 10. Qxf3 c6 11. h4 a5 12. Qe2 Nfd7
$5 13. Bh3 Na6 14. Kf1 $5 Nc7 (14... Nac5 15. Kg2 a4 {gives an active
alternative.}) 15. Kg2 Rb8 16. Be3 cxd5 17. cxd5 Nc5 18. Rab1 Qe8 $6 ({
Consistency shows} 18... b5 19. b4 axb4 20. Rxb4 N5a6 21. Rb3 b4) 19. Rhd1 Rd8
20. b4 axb4 21. Rxb4 N7a6 22. Rb2 Ra8 23. Qc4 Kh8 24. a4 g6 25. Bh6 Rg8 26. a5
Bd8 27. Ra1 Qe7 28. Be3 Rf8 29. Nb5 f5 $1 {At last Spassky becomes active.} 30.
exf5 $6 (30. f3 $1 {keeps the centre intact.}) 30... gxf5 31. Bg5 Qd7 32. f4
Qg7 33. Nxd6 exf4 34. Rab1 Bxg5 35. hxg5 f3+ 36. Kxf3 Qe5 37. Nb5 ({Tal warns
for} 37. Nxb7 $4 Ne4 $1) 37... Rad8 38. Qc3 Rxd5 39. Qxe5+ Rxe5 40. Nd6 Rd5 41.
Nxb7 (41. Nxb7 Rd3+ 42. Kg2 Ne4 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Zonal tournament"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Stein, Leonid"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 $5 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. exd6 Nxd6 7. Nc3 Nc6
8. Qf4 Bf5 9. Bb5 $1 Qe7+ 10. Be3 Nxb5 11. Nxb5 Qb4+ 12. Qxb4 Bxb4+ 13. c3 Ba5
$2 ({Correct is} 13... Bd6 14. Nxd6+ cxd6 15. O-O-O Be6 16. Rxd6 Bxa2 {
(Matulovic-Kholmov, Sochi 1968).}) 14. b4 Bd3 $1 15. a4 a6 16. O-O-O $2 ({
White wins a pawn by} 16. Nbd4 $1 Bb6 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Bxb6 $1 cxb6 19. O-O-O
O-O-O 20. Ne5 Be4 21. Nxf7 Bxg2 22. Rxd8+ $1 Rxd8 23. Nxd8 Bxh1 24. Ne6 {
(Kholmov).}) 16... Be2 $1 {The highlight of a theoretical duel has been
reached.} 17. bxa5 ({Easily draws} 17. Rde1 $1 Bxf3 18. gxf3 axb5 19. axb5 Nd8
20. bxa5 Ne6) 17... axb5 18. Rde1 Bxf3 19. axb5 Bd5 ({Black can play for a win
with} 19... Nxa5 $1 {(Tal)} 20. gxf3 O-O) 20. bxc6 Bxc6 21. Bg5+ Kf8 22. Be7+
Kg8 23. Bb4 b6 (23... Bxg2 $2 24. Rhg1 {and White starts an attack.}) 24. axb6
cxb6 25. Kb2 h5 26. f3 h4 27. Re3 h3 28. g4 Kh7 29. c4 Ra4 30. Kb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Zonal tournament"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Suetin, Alexey"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B18"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. N1e2 Nf6 7. Nf4 Nd5 $5
{The players leave the theory fast.} 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. Be2 Nf6 10. Qd3 e6 11. Bd2
Nbd7 12. O-O-O Qc7 13. Bf3 O-O-O 14. Qb3 Bd6 15. Kb1 Bf4 16. Be1 $5 {White
avoids exchange.} g5 17. Nf1 g4 18. Be2 Bh6 19. f3 gxf3 20. Bxf3 Bf4 21. g3 Bd6
22. Ne3 Nd5 23. Nc4 Be7 24. Ba5 N5b6 25. Ne3 Bg5 26. Ng4 Rhe8 27. Nf2 c5 28.
Bg2 cxd4 29. Rxd4 Nc5 30. Rxd8+ Rxd8 31. Qf3 Bf6 32. Nd1 Rd7 33. Nc3 Qe5 34.
Bxb6 axb6 35. Rd1 Rxd1+ 36. Nxd1 Qe1 37. a3 Kd8 38. h4 Ke8 39. h5 Be5 40. g4
Qd2 41. Bf1 Bf4 $1 42. Nc3 $1 Ke7 43. Be2 $2 ({Correct is} 43. Qe2 {(Tal).})
43... Qc1+ 44. Ka2 Be5 $1 45. Nd1 $5 {White sacrifices a pawn in despair.} ({
Horrible passivity brings} 45. Bd3 Bxc3 46. bxc3 Nxd3 47. Qxd3 Qf4 48. Qd1 Qc4+
49. Kb2 e5) 45... Qxc2 46. Bb5 Qd2 47. Kb1 Bf4 48. Nc3 Qc1+ 49. Ka2 Be5 50. Nd1
f6 51. Qe2 Bd4 52. Nf2 Bxf2 53. Qxf2 Qg5 54. Be2 Qd5+ 55. Kb1 Qe4+ 56. Ka2 Kd6
57. Bf3 Qc4+ 58. Kb1 Qd3+ 59. Ka2 e5 60. g5 $5 fxg5 61. Bxb7 $5 Qc4+ 62. Kb1
Qf4 {Bronstein plays it safe.} 63. Qg1 Qf5+ 64. Ka1 g4 65. b4 Nb3+ 66. Kb2 Nd4
67. Qd1 Qf2+ 68. Kb1 g3 69. Qd3 Qe1+ 70. Kb2 Qe2+ 71. Kc3 Kc7 72. Qe4 Qc2+ 73.
Qxc2 Nxc2 74. Be4 Ne3 75. Kd3 g2 76. Bxg2 Nxg2 77. Ke4 Kd6 78. a4 Nf4 79. a5
bxa5 80. bxa5 Nxh5 81. a6 Nf6+ 82. Kf5 Nd5 83. a7 Nb6 0-1

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Zonal tournament"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 Nxc3 8. bxc3
Qd5 9. g3 Bb7 10. Bg2 Qd7 11. Ba3 $1 e6 $6 12. Bxf8 Kxf8 13. O-O g6 14. Nh4 c6
$2 {Simagin advices the exchange of bishops.} 15. f4 Qe7 $6 (15... Kg7 16. Qg4
c5 {is better.}) 16. Qd2 Kg7 17. f5 exf5 18. Rxf5 $1 Bc8 19. Rf6 Ra7 20. Raf1
Be6 21. Qg5 Qe8 {The next three moves by White win against any defence.} 22.
Be4 Rg8 23. Ng2 $1 Kh8 24. Nf4 Re7 25. axb5 axb5 26. Qh6 Nd7 27. Bxc6 b4 28. d5
Bg4 29. e6 $1 {Black has been overwhelmed.} Qf8 ({Clearly ends} 29... fxe6 30.
Nxg6+ $1 Rxg6 31. Rf8+) 30. Qxf8 Nxf8 31. h3 g5 32. d6 Rxe6 33. Nxe6 Bxe6 34.
cxb4 Kg7 35. Be8 c3 36. Bxf7 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Zonal tournament"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Stein, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D87"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. O-O Na5 10. Bd3 c5 11. Be3 b6 12. Qd2 Nc6 $5 13. d5 $1 Ne5 14. Rad1
e6 15. Nf4 Qe8 $6 (15... Nxd3 $1 16. Qxd3 exd5 17. Nxd5 Be6 {avoids
difficulties.}) 16. Rfe1 Nxd3 17. Nxd3 exd5 18. exd5 Qd8 {Black has wasted
valuable time.} 19. c4 Ba6 20. Bh6 $1 Bxh6 21. Qxh6 Bxc4 22. Ne5 Bb5 $1 (22...
Bxa2 $2 23. Rd2 $1 Bb3 24. Re3 Bc2 25. Rh3 {ends quickly.}) 23. Re3 Qf6 24. h4
$1 {White has a great attack for only one pawn.} Rae8 $2 ({A proper defence
gives} 24... Rad8 $1 25. h5 Ba4 {Black seems to survive in} 26. Rd2 Rfe8 27.
hxg6 hxg6 28. f4 Qg7) 25. Rde1 Qg7 26. Qf4 f6 27. Nc6 Bxc6 28. dxc6 Re5 ({
Black ;oses in} 28... Rxe3 29. Rxe3 f5 30. Rd3 Qa1+ 31. Kh2 Qf6 32. c7 Rc8 33.
Rd7) 29. Rd1 Qc7 30. Rxe5 fxe5 31. Qe4 Rd8 (31... Qf7 32. f3 Re8 33. h5 $18)
32. Rxd8+ Qxd8 33. Qxe5 Kf7 34. c7 Qd1+ 35. Kh2 Qd7 36. f4 Qg4 37. f5 Qxh4+ 38.
Kg1 Qh6 39. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Zonal tournament"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Suetin, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B99"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 $5 8.
Qf3 Be7 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 $6 12. h4 $6 ({Theory proceeds
with} 12. f5 Ne5 13. Qh3 O-O {(Gligoric-Fischer, Bled 1959).}) 12... b4 $1 13.
Nce2 Bb7 14. Ng3 d5 15. Bg2 dxe4 16. Nxe4 O-O-O $1 17. Rhe1 $2 ({Equality keeps
} 17. f5 Ne5 18. Qe2 Qb6 19. Nb3) 17... h5 $1 18. f5 Ne5 19. Qb3 Qb6 20. c3 Bd5
21. Qc2 hxg4 22. cxb4+ Kb8 23. a3 Rxh4 24. Re2 g3 25. Kb1 Rc8 26. Qd2 Bc4 27.
Re3 Bd5 28. b3 Rh2 29. Qe2 Nc6 30. Nc2 Na7 31. Rxg3 Nb5 {White has regained a
pawn at the cost of terrible pins.} 32. a4 $5 (32. Kb2 Qc7 {Black threatens 33.
..Qxg3 and 33...Qxc2+ 34.Qxc2 Rxc2+ 35.Kxc2 Bxe4+.}) 32... Rxc2 $1 33. Kxc2
Nd4+ 34. Rxd4 Qxd4 35. Nc3 Bxg2 36. Rxg2 Rh3 37. Qe1 $2 ({No piece loses} 37.
Rg8+ Ka7 38. Ra8+ Kxa8 39. Qg2+ Ka7 40. Qxh3 Bxb4 {but Black wins anyway.})
37... Rxc3+ $1 38. Qxc3 Qe4+ 39. Kc1 Qxg2 40. Qd3 Qc6+ 41. Kb2 {Standings
after one turn: Bronstein 4, Kholmov 3 1/2, Geller and Suetin 3, Korchnoi,
Stein and Spassky 2 1/2.  Bronstein leads. Stein and Spassky are trailing.} 0-1

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Zonal tournament"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. Nb3 Be7 12. Na5 Bd5 13. Bd2 Nc6 14. Nxc6
Bxc6 15. Nd4 Bd5 16. f3 Bc5 17. Nc2 Ke7 {The players take no risks.} 18. Kf1
Nd7 19. e4 Bb7 20. a4 bxa4 21. Rxa4 Rhc8 22. Bc3 f6 23. h4 Nb6 24. Ra5 Bd6 25.
Ne3 Bf4 26. Bd4 Nd7 27. Nc4 Bc6 28. Na3 Bb7 29. Nc4 Bc6 30. Na3 Bb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Zonal tournament"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Suetin, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A39"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "180"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Qh4 $5 Rb8 $6 {White is allowed to take the
initiative.} ({The theory will be improved with} 10... Be6 $1 11. Bxb7 Rb8 12.
Bd5 Bxd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Bxb2 {(Smyslov-Geller, Santiago 1965).}) 11.
Bh6 Qa5 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 f6 15. Rfd1 Bf5 16. Qf4 Qb4 17. Qe3
Rfe8 18. b3 a5 19. h4 Qc5 20. Qf4 Bd7 21. Rac1 a4 22. Qd2 axb3 23. axb3 Qb6 24.
b4 Rbc8 25. Ra1 Red8 26. Ra3 Bc6 27. Re3 Bxd5 28. cxd5 Rd7 29. Re4 Qa7 30. Kg2
Qa4 31. Rc1 Rxc1 32. Qxc1 Qb5 $1 33. Qc4 Qxc4 34. Rxc4 f5 35. f4 Kf6 $6 (35...
e6 $1 36. dxe6 Re7 37. Rd4 Rxe6 {equalises.}) 36. Kf3 e6 37. e4 Ke7 38. b5 exd5
39. exd5 b6 40. Rc6 Rb7 41. g4 h5 42. g5 Kd7 43. Ke3 Rb8 44. Kd2 Rb7 45. Kc2
Rb8 46. Kd3 Rb7 47. Kc3 Rb8 48. Kb3 Rb7 49. Rc1 Rb8 50. Ra1 Re8 $2 ({White
makes no progress in} 50... Kc7 $1 51. Re1 Kd7 52. Re6 Rg8 53. Rf6 Ke7 54. Kb4
Rg7 $1) 51. Ra7+ Kc8 52. Ra8+ Kd7 53. Ra7+ Kc8 54. Rg7 Re3+ 55. Kc2 Re4 56.
Rxg6 Rxf4 {White has to strike immediately.} 57. Rg8+ $2 ({Better is} 57. Rxd6
Rxh4 58. Rxb6 Rg4 59. Rc6+ Kb7 {(Konstantinopolsky)} {Now} 60. Rg6 $1 h4 61.
Kc3 $1 h3 62. d6 h2 63. Rh6 Rxg5 64. Rxh2 f4 65. Kc4 {brings a great advantage.
}) 57... Kd7 58. Rb8 Kc7 59. Ra8 Rg4 $1 (59... Rxh4 $4 60. g6 Rg4 61. g7 $1)
60. Kd3 Rg3+ 61. Ke2 Rg4 62. Kf3 Kd7 63. Rb8 Kc7 64. Ra8 Kd7 65. Rb8 Kc7 66.
Rf8 Kd7 67. g6 $5 {At last White makes a choice.} (67. Rf7+ Ke8 68. Rb7 Rxh4
69. Rxb6 Kd7 70. Rb7+ Kc8 71. Rh7 Rg4 72. Rxh5 Kc7 {does not win either.})
67... Rxg6 68. Rxf5 Rg4 69. Rxh5 Rb4 70. Rh7+ Ke8 71. h5 Rxb5 72. Ke4 Rb1 73.
Kf5 Kf8 74. h6 Kg8 75. Rd7 b5 76. Rxd6 b4 77. Ke4 b3 78. Kd3 Rc1 79. Rb6 Rd1+
80. Kc4 Rc1+ 81. Kd4 Rd1+ 82. Kc5 Rc1+ 83. Kd6 Rb1 84. Rb7 Kh8 85. Ke6 Kg8 {
Finally the critical position has been reached.} 86. d6 (86. h7+ Kh8 87. Ke5
Re1+ $1 (87... b2 $4 88. Kd6 {and zugzwang}) 88. Kd6 Rb1 $11) 86... b2 $1 87.
d7 Re1+ 88. Kf6 Rf1+ 89. Ke7 Re1+ 90. Kd8 b1=Q 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Zonal tournament"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B83"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Be3 Nc6 9. f4 Bd7 10. Qe1 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Qg3 g6 13. Qe3 Qa5 14. e5 $1 {
Kholmov pressures in the centre.} dxe5 15. fxe5 Nd7 16. Rad1 Bc5 17. Bxc5 Qxc5
18. Qxc5 Nxc5 {White has a minimal advantage in the endgame.} 19. Bf3 (19. Bb5
$1 Rfd8 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. a3 {keeps a plus.}) 19... Rac8 $6 {Black should
exchange.} 20. Rd4 ({Better is} 20. Bxc6 Rxc6 21. a3) 20... Rfd8 21. Rf4 Be8
22. Rf2 Kg7 23. h4 b6 24. Kh2 Nd7 25. Re2 Rc5 26. Rfe4 Rdc8 27. Kg3 b5 28. Kf4
Nb6 29. Rd4 Rc4 30. Rxc4 Nxc4 31. Nd1 Rd8 32. Re1 Rd4+ 33. Kg3 Rd2 34. b3 Na3
35. c3 Kf8 ({The effort} 35... Rxa2 36. Nf2 $1 Rb2 37. Ng4 Rxb3 38. Nf6 Kf8 39.
Rd1 Nc4 40. Rd8 Nxe5 41. Rxe8+ Kg7 42. Ne4 {steers toward equality.}) 36. Nf2
$1 Rxa2 37. Ng4 a5 38. Rd1 Ke7 39. Nf6 Rc2 40. Ng8+ Kf8 41. Nf6 Ke7 42. Ng8+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Zonal tournament"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D55"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Rc1
c6 9. Qc2 Nd7 10. cxd5 cxd5 ({The defence reorganises} 10... exd5 $1 11. Bd3
Be7) 11. Bd3 Nb6 12. O-O Bd7 13. e4 $1 Rc8 (13... dxe4 $6 14. Bxe4 Rb8 {is
ugly.}) 14. e5 Be7 15. Qe2 Nc4 $1 16. g3 Qb6 17. Rc2 Rc7 18. Rfc1 Rfc8 19. Nb1
a6 20. h4 Qa5 21. a3 Qb6 22. Kh2 Na5 23. Rxc7 Rxc7 24. Rxc7 Qxc7 25. Qd1 Nc4
26. Qb3 Bb5 27. Nc3 {The next move costs a pawn.} Nd2 $2 (27... Nxa3 28. Nxb5
Nxb5 29. Bxb5 axb5 30. Qxb5 $11) 28. Nxd2 Bxd3 29. Nxd5 exd5 30. Qxd3 Qc1 31.
b4 a5 32. bxa5 Qxa3 33. Qxa3 Bxa3 {Black sets his hopes on the strength of the
bishop.} 34. f4 Bb4 35. Nb3 h5 36. f5 g6 37. f6 Kf8 38. Kg2 Ke8 39. Kf3 Bc3 40.
g4 Be1 41. gxh5 gxh5 42. Nc5 Bxa5 43. Nxb7 Bb4 44. Nd6+ $1 Kf8 {Even exchange
loses.} 45. Nf5 Be1 46. Ng7 Bxh4 47. Nxh5 Ke8 48. Nf4 Kd7 49. Nxd5 Be1 50. Ke4
Bd2 51. Ne3 Bc1 52. Nf5 Ba3 53. d5 Bb4 54. Ng7 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Zonal tournament"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 7. Rb1 O-O 8. d3
h6 $5 9. b4 f5 {Both players have their strategic aims. White charges on the
queenside and Black on the other flank.} 10. b5 Nb8 11. Nd2 Nd7 12. a4 Nf6 13.
e3 c6 14. bxc6 bxc6 15. Ba3 Ne8 $5 (15... Be6 {continues the development.}) 16.
Rb3 (16. Ne2 {prevents the next advance.}) 16... f4 17. Nde4 g5 18. Re1 Rf7 (
18... g4 {goes on with the march.}) 19. Bf3 Rf8 20. Bg2 Be6 21. Rb7 Bc8 22. Rb3
{This position occurs for the third time. Could Black have claimed a draw?} Be6
23. Qe2 Kh8 24. Reb1 Nf5 25. Rb7 Bc8 26. R7b3 g4 $1 27. Qd2 fxg3 $6 (27... Rf7
{is a useful move.}) 28. fxg3 h5 29. Nd1 Bh6 30. Qe1 Be6 31. Rb7 Neg7 $6 ({
Yudovich advices} 31... Bc8) 32. Nec3 Ne7 {Kholmov has underestimated the
power of Rb7.} 33. d4 $1 exd4 34. exd4 Nef5 35. d5 $1 cxd5 $5 ({Insufficient is
} 35... Bc8 {due to} 36. dxc6 $1 Bxb7 37. cxb7 {(Yudovich).}) 36. Nxd5 Bxd5 37.
Bxd5 Nd4 38. Qe7 $1 Qa5 $2 (38... Qxe7 $1 39. Rxe7 Ngf5 40. Bxa8 Nxe7 41. Bxd6
Rxa8 42. Bxe7 Re8 43. Bf6+ Bg7 {Black has survival chances in the endgame.})
39. Bb4 Qxa4 40. Qxd6 Ndf5 41. Qg6 $1 Qe8 42. Qxe8 Rfxe8 43. Bc3 h4 $2 44. Rf7
$1 {Finally Boris is back on 50%.} 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Zonal tournament"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Suetin, Alexey"]
[Black "Stein, Leonid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C96"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 d6 7. Re1 Be7 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 ({The
usual} 14. Nf1 {was played in Kholmov-Geller (round four).}) 14... a5 15. Bd3
Rb8 16. Be3 a4 17. d5 $2 {Pawn d5 becomes weak.} ({Correct is} 17. Nc1 {
(Kursunsky-Zakharian, Riga 1975).}) 17... Nb4 $1 18. Nc1 f5 $1 19. exf5 Nxd5
20. Ba7 Rb7 21. Be4 Rxa7 22. Bxd5+ Kh8 23. Nd3 Nf6 24. Nb4 Nxd5 25. Qxd5 Bb7
26. Qd3 (26. Qxb5 Bxf3 27. gxf3 Qc8 {brings a positional horror.}) 26... a3 27.
bxa3 Qa8 28. Re3 Bxf3 29. gxf3 Bg5 30. Re4 Rxa3 31. Qxd6 Rxf3 32. Rae1 R3xf5
33. R1e2 Qa7 $2 (33... Bf4 $1 {keeps the advantage.}) 34. Nd3 Be7 35. Qd5 Bf6
36. Qxb5 Qf7 37. Qb4 Be7 38. Qb3 Rg5+ 39. Kh2 Qg6 40. f4 $1 {White has
defended well in the last phase.} exf4 41. Ne5 $2 ({Yudovich gives the
spectacular escape} 41. Rxe7 f3 42. Nf4 $1 Qd6 43. Qxf3 Rxf4 44. R7e6) 41...
Rxe5 $1 42. Rxe5 Bd6 43. Qf3 Bxe5 44. Rxe5 h6 45. Re2 Qb1 46. Rf2 Rf6 47. Qa8+
Kh7 48. Qf3 Qf5 49. a4 Rf7 50. Rd2 Ra7 51. Qd1 Rc7 52. Qb3 Qe4 53. Rf2 Rc4 54.
a5 Ra4 55. Qb6 $6 (55. Qc3 {is better.}) 55... Ra1 $1 56. Rg2 Qe5 $1 57. Qg6+
Kh8 58. h4 f3+ 59. Rg3 f2 0-1

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Zonal tournament"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C72"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. c3 Nf6 8. d4 b5
9. Bb3 Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Nbd2 d5 $5 {Boris plays his favourite move in the
Ruy Lopez. The opening of the centre sharpens the game.} 12. g4 Bg6 13. dxe5 ({
Bondarevsky prefers} 13. Nxe5 $1 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bd5)
13... Nxe4 14. Nb1 Qc8 $6 ({Stronger is} 14... Qe8 $1 15. Bxd5 Rd8 16. Bxc6
Qxc6 17. Nd4 Qd7) 15. Nd4 $6 ({Relatively best is} 15. Qxd5 Na5 16. Qd1 h5 17.
Nh2) ({No future has} 15. Bxd5 $2 Rd8 16. a4 Na5 $1) 15... Nxe5 16. f4 c5 17.
fxe5 cxd4 18. cxd4 Qd7 19. Nd2 f6 20. Rc1 Kh8 21. Bf4 $2 ({White has to try} 
21. Nxe4 Bxe4) 21... fxe5 22. Bxe5 Bg5 $1 23. Rc7 {Spassky has prepared a
wonderful surprise.} Qxc7 $3 24. Bxc7 Be3+ 25. Kg2 Nxd2 26. Rxf8+ Rxf8 27. Bxd5
Rf2+ 28. Kg3 Nf1+ 29. Kh4 h6 30. Bd8 Rf8 0-1

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Zonal tournament"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D32"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nc6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 {White will beleaguer the isolated pawn with little success.} Bd6 9. O-O
O-O 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. b3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Be5 13. Bb2 Qa5 14. a3 Rac8 15. b4 Qd8 16.
Qb3 Qd6 17. h3 Qe6 18. Rfe1 Rfd8 19. Rad1 Ne7 20. Ne2 Bxb2 21. Qxb2 Ng6 22. Nd4
Qe5 23. Rc1 Ne7 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Rc1 Rxc1+ 26. Qxc1 g6 27. Qc5 b6 28. Qc1 Kg7
29. Nb5 a6 30. Nd4 Ne4 31. Be2 a5 32. Bd3 axb4 33. axb4 Nf6 34. f4 Qd6 35. Qc3
h5 36. g4 hxg4 37. hxg4 Kg8 38. g5 Ne4 39. Bxe4 dxe4 40. Qc2 Qxb4 41. Qxe4 Qd6
42. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Zonal tournament"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Stein, Leonid"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4
Qc7 9. Qe1 O-O 10. Qg3 $5 Qb6 $5 {A furious fight for a place at the
interzonal tournament has started.} 11. Be3 $1 Qxb2 12. Bf2 Qb4 13. e5 dxe5 14.
fxe5 Ne8 ({Bondarevsky mentions} 14... Nfd7 $2 15. Nd5 $1 exd5 16. Nf5 g6 17.
a3) 15. Bd3 Qa5 16. Ne4 Nd7 17. Nf3 g6 $6 ({Better is} 17... f5 18. exf6 Ndxf6)
18. Bd4 Ng7 19. Nf6+ Bxf6 20. exf6 Nh5 21. Qh4 Qd8 $2 (21... e5 {halts the
attack.}) 22. Rae1 Ndxf6 23. Ng5 e5 ({No escape brings} 23... h6 24. Bxf6 hxg5
25. Qxg5 Nxf6 26. Rxf6 {(Bondarevsky).}) 24. Bxe5 h6 25. Bxf6 hxg5 26. Qxg5
Nxf6 27. Rxf6 Qd4+ 28. Kh1 Qg4 29. Qh6 Bf5 30. h3 ({A pawn wins} 30. Bxf5 gxf5
31. Rf1 {but Stein wants the king.}) 30... Qd4 ({Keene tries to save the day
with} 30... Qb4 {but} 31. Re5 Bxd3 32. cxd3 Qb1+ 33. Kh2 Qxd3 34. Rg5 Rac8 35.
Rgxg6+ $1 {wins.}) 31. Rxf5 $1 {A sacrifice of the exchange opens the kingside.
} gxf5 32. Re3 Qg7 33. Qh4 Qa1+ 34. Kh2 Rfe8 35. Rg3+ Kf8 36. Qh6+ Ke7 {The
king is hunted in the open field.} 37. Re3+ Kd7 38. Bxf5+ Kc7 39. Qf4+ Kc6 40.
Qc4+ Kd6 41. Qb4+ Kd5 42. Rd3+ Ke5 43. Qd6+ $1 {The humiliation goes on.} Kxf5
44. Rf3+ Kg5 45. Qf4+ Kh5 46. g4+ Kg6 47. Qxf7+ {Black will be mated quickly.}
1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Zonal tournament"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Nxd5 exd5 9. e3 Be6 10. Be2 Be7 11. Bd2 a6 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. exd4 O-O 14. Qb3
Re8 15. O-O Bd6 {Geller has set a trap in an equal position.} 16. Bb4 ({
Bronstein avoids} 16. Qxb7 $2 Bxh2+ $1 17. Kxh2 Qd6+ 18. g3 $1 Reb8 19. Bf4
Qxf4 20. gxf4 Rxb7) 16... Bc7 17. Bf3 Qg5 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. Bd2 Qe7 20. Rfe1
Rd7 21. Rc1 Qf6 22. Qd3 Bd6 23. a3 h6 24. Bb4 Bf4 25. Bd2 Bb8 26. Bb4 h5 27.
Bd2 g6 28. Qe3 Ba7 29. Bc3 Bb8 30. Bd2 Rdd8 31. Ba5 Rc8 32. Rxc8 Rxc8 33. Bc3
h4 34. h3 Bf4 35. Qe2 Bd6 36. Qe3 Bf4 37. Qe2 Qg5 38. Bg4 Bxg4 39. Qxg4 Qxg4
40. hxg4 Bd6 {Black has a plus in the endgame.} 41. Re3 Kg7 42. Kf1 b5 43. Ke2
a5 44. Kd3 b4 45. axb4 axb4 46. Bd2 Bf4 47. Re1 Bxd2 48. Kxd2 b3 49. Re5 $5 ({
More quickly draws} 49. Rc1 Re8 50. Re1) 49... Rc2+ 50. Ke3 Rxb2 51. Rxd5 Rc2
52. g5 b2 53. Rb5 Kf8 54. Rb7 Ke8 55. d5 Kd8 56. d6 Kc8 57. Rb5 Kd7 58. Rb6 Ke6
59. Kf3 Rd2 60. Ke3 Rc2 61. Kf3 Kd7 62. Ke3 Rc5 63. Rxb2 Rxg5 64. Rb7+ Ke6 65.
Re7+ Kxd6 66. Rxf7 Rxg2 67. Rh7 g5 68. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Zonal tournament"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Suetin, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D32"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 Bd6 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 Be6 11. Bb2 Qe7 12. a3 Rfd8 13. Na4 Bd6 14. b4 Ng4
$5 {The players fight for their last chance.} 15. Rc1 Nce5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17.
Qd4 f6 18. Nc3 Nc6 19. Qh4 Be5 ({The simplification} 19... d4 20. exd4 Nxd4 {
is avoided.}) 20. Bd3 f5 21. Qxe7 Nxe7 22. Na4 Bxb2 23. Nxb2 Rac8 24. Na4 Rxc1
25. Rxc1 d4 $2 ({Correct is} 25... b6 26. Rc7 Rd7) 26. exd4 $2 {White misses a
combination.} (26. Rc7 $1 dxe3 27. Nc5 $1 b6 28. Nxe6 Rxd3 29. fxe3 Kf7 30.
Nxg7 Kxg7 31. Rxe7+ Kg8 32. Rxa7 Rxe3 {White has won a pawn.}) 26... Rxd4 27.
Bf1 Kf7 28. g3 f4 29. Nc5 Bd5 30. Nd3 g5 31. b5 Be4 32. Nb4 $6 {Hereafter
White gets a passive position.} ({Better is} 32. Nc5) 32... Ke6 33. gxf4 gxf4
34. Nc2 Rd8 35. Bh3+ Kf6 36. Ne1 Rd4 37. Bg2 Nf5 38. Bxe4 Rxe4 39. Nf3 Ra4 40.
Rc7 Rxa3 41. Kg2 Ra2 42. Rxh7 $6 (42. Ne1 {is prudent.}) 42... Ne3+ $1 43. Kh3
Rxf2 44. Nh4 b6 45. Rxa7 Rb2 46. Ra8 Nd5 47. Rf8+ Ke5 48. Ng6+ Ke4 49. Re8+ Kd4
50. Rd8 Kc5 51. Rf8 Rf2 52. Rf5 Kd4 53. Rf8 Rf1 54. Nh4 Kc4 55. Kg4 Rg1+ $6 (
55... Kxb5 56. Nf3 Kb4 57. h4 b5 58. h5 Rh1 {continues the battle.}) 56. Kf5
Kxb5 57. Nf3 Rd1 58. h4 Rh1 59. Ke4 Nc3+ 60. Kxf4 Kc4 61. Kg5 Ne4+ 62. Kg6 b5
63. h5 b4 64. Rc8+ Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Zonal tournament"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Stein, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D87"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. O-O b6 10. Be3 Na5 11. Bd3 c5 12. Rc1 Nc6 13. Bb5 Bb7 14. Bxc6 ({
White has to play} 14. dxc5 {if he wants to win.}) 14... Bxc6 15. d5 Bb7 16. c4
e6 17. Re1 Re8 18. Qd2 exd5 19. exd5 Qd7 20. Nc3 Re7 21. Bg5 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Re8
23. Ne4 Ba6 24. Nf6+ Bxf6 25. Bxf6 Rxe1+ 26. Qxe1 Bxc4 27. Qe5 Bb5 28. Qb8+ Qe8
29. Be5 Qxb8 30. Bxb8 Bc4 {A draw is useful for both players.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Zonal tournament"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Nge2 h5 7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4
Nge7 9. h3 Nxd4 10. exd4 Nf5 11. Ne4 $1 {Geller charges.} O-O $1 {Black reacts
quietly.} (11... Nxd4 $2 12. Bg5 Qd7 13. Bf6 $18) (11... Bxd4 $6 12. g4 hxg4
13. hxg4 Nh4 14. Rxh4 $1 $16) 12. O-O Nxd4 13. Bg5 f6 14. Qxd4 fxg5 15. Qd5+
Kh8 16. Nxg5 Qf6 17. h4 c6 18. Qd2 Bf5 ({Some problems gives} 18... Qxb2 19.
Qxd6) 19. b3 Rad8 20. Rad1 Qc3 21. Be4 Qxd2 22. Rxd2 Bc3 23. Rd3 Bb4 24. f3
Rde8 25. Rfd1 Bxe4 26. Nxe4 d5 27. cxd5 cxd5 28. Rxd5 Rxf3 29. R1d4 a5 30. Rd8
Rxd8 31. Rxd8+ Kg7 32. Kg2 Rf7 33. Ng5 Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Zonal tournament"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Stein, Leonid"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C16"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. Bd3 c5 6. dxc5 Qc7 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. O-O
{Bronstein has been lured into a sharp opening.} Bxc3 9. bxc3 Nxc5 10. Ba3 $5
Bd7 11. Rb1 $5 b6 12. Re1 Rc8 $1 13. Bf1 $5 Na4 $5 ({Polugaevsky mentions} 
13... O-O $1 14. c4 Rfd8) 14. Qc1 Qxc3 $2 ({Correct is} 14... Nxc3 $1 15. Bxe7
Kxe7 16. Rb3) 15. Ba6 $1 Rc5 $5 (15... Qxc2 16. Bxc8 Qxc8 17. Qg5 {is horrible
for Black.}) 16. Bd3 $1 {This subtlety has great strength.} (16. Bxc5 Nxc5)
16... Nc6 17. Rb3 Qa5 18. Qg5 {Black has been outplayed all over the board.}
Kf8 $1 (18... O-O 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Bb4 $1 Nxb4 21. Qh5+ Kg8 22. Ng5 {ends
fatally for Black, because ..Qxe1# has been prevented (Polugaevsky).}) 19. c3 (
19. Bb5 $1 {wins quickly.}) 19... h6 20. Qd2 d4 21. cxd4 $6 (21. Nxd4 $1 Nxd4
22. Bb4 Nxb3 23. axb3 {gains a queen.}) 21... Qxd2 22. Nxd2 Nxd4 23. Rb4 Nf5
24. Ne4 $6 (24. Bc2 $1 Rxc2 25. Rc4+ $18) 24... Rd5 $1 25. Bc2 (25. Rxb6+ $1
Kg8 26. Rb8+ Kh7 27. Rb3 Rd8 28. g4 {is better.}) 25... Kg8 $1 26. Rc4 Bb5 $2 (
{A disaster avoids} 26... b5 27. Rc7 Nb6 28. Bb3) 27. Rc7 $2 ({The game
finishes} 27. Rc8+ $1 Kh7 28. Rc7 Rd7 $2 29. Rxd7 Bxd7 30. g4 Nd4 31. Nf6#)
27... Rd7 $1 28. Rxd7 Bxd7 29. Rd1 Bc6 30. Nd6 g6 31. Nxf5 gxf5 32. Rd6 Bb5 33.
g4 $6 fxg4 34. Rd4 Nc5 35. Rxg4+ Kf8 36. Bc1 Ke7 $2 37. h4 Bd3 38. Bxd3 Nxd3
39. Ba3+ Ke8 40. Rc4 Rg8+ 41. Kf1 Nc5 $5 {Bronstein takes the draw happily.}
42. Bxc5 bxc5 43. Rxc5 Rg4 44. Ra5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Zonal tournament"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Suetin, Alexey"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "177"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 h6 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a3 Bb7 13. Bc2 Nb8 14. b4 Nbd7 15. Bb2
Nb6 16. Re3 $5 a5 17. Qe2 Na4 $5 18. Qxb5 ({Polugaevsky prefers} 18. Bxa4 $1
bxa4 19. b5) 18... Nxb2 19. bxa5 (19. Qxb7 Qd7 20. b5 Rab8 21. Qa6 Qxb5 {
brings equality.}) 19... Rb8 20. Qxb2 Bxe4 21. Qc1 Bxf3 22. Rxf3 e4 23. Rxf6 $5
{Suetin has great ambitions.} Qxf6 24. Bxe4 d5 $1 {Spassky gives a pawns
temporarily for defensive reasons.} 25. Bxd5 Rb5 26. Bf3 Rxa5 27. a4 Qa6 28.
Qc2 c5 29. dxc5 Bxc5 30. Qb3 Qa7 31. Ne4 Bf8 32. Qc4 Kh8 33. Bd1 Rae5 34. Bc2
Qb7 35. Ng3 Qb2 36. Ra2 Qc1+ 37. Kh2 Re1 38. Qd3 g6 39. Bb3 Bg7 40. Re2 $2 ({
Correct is} 40. Rc2) 40... R8xe2 41. Nxe2 {All black pieces should attack the
king.} Rh1+ $2 (41... Be5+ 42. g3 Rh1+ 43. Kg2 Qf1+ 44. Kf3 Rh2 {(Polugaevsky).
}) 42. Kg3 Qg5+ 43. Kf3 Qh5+ 44. g4 $6 Qxh3+ 45. Ng3 Rh2 (45... Rc1 $1 46. Bc2
Qh4 {offers better chances.}) 46. Qe3 Qg2+ 47. Ke2 Qa8 48. Bxf7 Qxa4 49. Qe8+
Qxe8+ 50. Bxe8 Be5 51. Kf3 Kg7 52. c4 Bd4 53. Ne4 Rh1 54. c5 Re1 55. c6 Be5 56.
Nc5 Bd6 57. Bd7 Kf7 58. Nd3 Ra1 59. Nc5 Ke7 60. Ne4 Ra3+ 61. Kg2 Bc7 62. Bc8
Ra8 63. Bd7 Rf8 64. Kf1 Bb6 65. Kg2 Rf4 66. f3 Rf8 67. g5 hxg5 68. Nxg5 Be3 69.
Bg4 Bb6 70. Ne4 Ra8 71. Bd7 Bc7 72. Nc3 Ra5 73. Ne4 Ra2+ 74. Kf1 Bf4 75. Ke1
Ra5 76. Kd1 Kd8 77. Ke2 Kc7 78. Nc3 Be5 79. Ne4 Ra2+ 80. Kd3 Ra3+ 81. Kc4 Bf4
$6 (81... Rxf3 $1 82. Be8 Rf8 83. Bxg6 Kxc6 {wins theoretically, if the fifty
moves rule is not applied.}) 82. Nc3 Kd8 83. Bg4 g5 84. Nd5 Bd6 85. Kd4 Ra4+
86. Kd3 Ra1 87. Ke4 Re1+ 88. Kd4 Be5+ 89. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Zonal tournament"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Suetin, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 b6 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 c5 8.
Bd3 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. b4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nc6 12. a3 f5 13. Qb3+ e6 14. Rac1 Kh8
15. Nc4 d6 16. b5 Ne7 17. Ng5 Bd5 18. f4 Qd7 19. Qb4 Rad8 20. Be2 Bf6 21. Nf3
h6 22. a4 g5 $1 23. Qd2 Rg8 24. Nb2 Rg6 25. Nd3 Rdg8 26. Nfe1 Be4 27. Nf2 Ba8
28. Nfd3 Nd5 29. Bh5 $5 {The confrontation has started at last.} R6g7 ({Black
can play for a win with} 29... gxf4 $1 30. Nxf4 $1 (30. Bxg6 $2 fxe3 31. Qe2
Rxg6) 30... Nxf4 31. Rxf4 Rxg2+ $1 32. Nxg2 Rxg2+ 33. Qxg2 Bxg2 34. Kxg2 e5)
30. Bf3 Qe8 31. Nb4 Nxb4 32. Qxb4 gxf4 33. exf4 Bh4 34. Rc2 Bxe1 35. Qxe1 Bxf3
36. Rxf3 Qa8 37. Qxe6 Qxf3 38. Qxh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Zonal tournament"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Stein, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E75"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Nf3 h6
9. Be3 exd5 10. exd5 Bf5 11. O-O Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bd3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Nd7
15. Qh3 Ne5 16. Rad1 ({Play continues with} 16. Be2 $1 Qd7 17. Qh4 {because
the black queen cannot go to g4.}) 16... Qd7 {Draw is a useful result for
Stein. Exchange of the queens brings him toward his goal.} 17. Qxd7 Nxd7 18.
Rfe1 Rfe8 19. Bc1 Kf8 20. h3 h5 21. Kf1 Bd4 22. g3 Ne5 23. Be2 Nd7 24. Kg2 Re7
25. Bf1 Rae8 26. Bh6+ Bg7 27. Rxe7 Rxe7 28. Bf4 Be5 29. Be3 Bf6 30. b3 b6 31.
Re1 Kg7 32. Bd2 Rxe1 33. Bxe1 Bd4 34. Bd3 Ne5 35. Be2 Nd7 36. Bd2 Bb2 37. Bg5
Bf6 38. Bc1 Bd4 39. Bf4 Be5 40. Be3 Bc3 41. Bf4 Be5 42. Bd2 Bd4 43. g4 hxg4 44.
hxg4 f5 45. g5 Kf7 46. Kf1 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Zonal tournament"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Ne5 $5 Qc8 10. Bg5 Qe6 {This position stems from Eliskases-Najdorf,
Buenos Aires 1947.} 11. Rc1 c5 $2 ({The prudent answer} 11... c6 {was played
in Van Scheltinga-Donner, Beverwijk 1964.}) 12. Nd3 $1 cxd4 ({A centre pawn
costs} 12... Nbd7 13. Nf4 Qf5 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Ncxd5) 13. Bxf6 {
Korchnoi collapses completely.} Bxf6 $2 ({Black can fight after} 13... dxc3 $1
14. Bxc3 $1 Rd8 {(Moiseev).}) 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Nf4 Qd6 16. Nxd5 Bg5 17. f4 Bd8
18. Nc3 Na6 19. Bxa8 Qb8 20. Nd5 Qxa8 21. Qxd4 Nc5 22. b4 Ne6 23. Qd3 Re8 24.
e4 {Spassky has qualified for the interzonal tournament.} 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Zonal tournament"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 c6 7. Qc2 b6 8. b3 Bb7
9. Bb2 Na6 $5 10. Rd1 Qc8 $5 11. e3 c5 12. Qe2 dxc4 $5 {Black brings life to a
dull game.} 13. bxc4 Rd8 14. Nc3 Ne4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 f6 18.
Nf3 Nc7 19. a4 Bf8 20. h4 Qb7 21. Kg1 Qe4 22. Nd2 Qc2 23. Ra2 cxd4 24. Rc1 ({
The instant} 24. exd4 $2 {is punished by} Rxd4 $1) 24... Qf5 25. exd4 Bb4 26.
Nf3 Rac8 27. Kg2 h5 $6 {An unnecessary weakening.} 28. Bc3 Bf8 29. Rd2 Qg4 30.
Rd3 Rd7 31. Re3 Qf5 32. Re4 Rd6 33. Rd1 Rc6 34. Rf4 $5 {White wants to charge.}
Qg6 35. Nd2 Qc2 $5 {Black counterattacks.} 36. Qxh5 $5 Qxc3 37. Ne4 Qc2 (37...
Qxc4 $1 38. Ng5 $1 Qd5+ $1 39. Kh2 fxg5 40. Qf7+ Kh8 41. Qh5+ {results in
perpetual check.}) 38. d5 $1 ({White avoids the repetition.} 38. Qg6 Kh8 39.
Qh5+) 38... exd5 39. cxd5 Rd6 $1 {White has a strong attack for a piece.} 40.
Rd2 Qc1 $1 ({The blunder} 40... Qb1 $2 {makes} 41. Qf5 $1 {decisive.}) 41. Qg6
$1 Re8 $5 ({F6 and g7 are protected by} 41... Ne8 $2 {but} 42. Ng5 fxg5 43.
Qf7+ Kh7 44. hxg5 Rc4 45. Rd3 $3 Qc2 46. Rdd4 {wins.}) 42. Nxd6 Bxd6 43. Rc2 $1
Qb1 $2 (43... Qxc2 $1 44. Qxc2 Bxf4 45. gxf4 Nxd5 {leads to a defendable
endgame (Baranov).}) 44. Rxf6 Be5 45. d6 Bxf6 46. dxc7 Rc8 47. Qf5 Rxc7 48.
Qd5+ Rf7 49. Rc8+ {The players made an exhibition of the last game.} 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Zonal tournament"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Stein, Leonid"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. e5 dxc3 7. exf6 Qxf6
8. dxc3 Qe5+ 9. Qe2 {Stein needs a draw.} Qxe2+ 10. Bxe2 d5 11. Be3 Bd6 12. O-O
O-O 13. Rfe1 Bf5 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15. cxd3 Rfe8 16. Bd2 f6 17. Kf1 Kf7 18. h3 h5
19. Rxe8 Rxe8 20. Re1 Rxe1+ 21. Kxe1 Ke6 22. Ke2 b5 23. b3 a6 24. Kf3 c6 25. g4
hxg4+ 26. hxg4 Be5 27. Ke3 f5 28. f3 Bf6 29. Be1 Ke5 30. Bg3+ Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Zonal tournament"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Suetin, Alexey"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. exd6 Nxd6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8.
Qf4 Bf5 9. Bb5 Qe7+ 10. Kf1 $5 Be4 11. Bxc6+ ({The alternative} 11. Ba4 O-O-O
12. Nxe4 Nxe4 {was played in Zakharov-Krutikhin, Novosibirsk 1962.}) 11... Bxc6
12. Ne5 $1 O-O-O $5 (12... Qe6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Qf3 {is mentioned by Karpov.
Black may continue with the risky} Nc4 15. Bf4 O-O-O) 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Qa4 $1
Nb5 15. Be3 Qb4 {Poor Kholmov has to win but suffers in a dangerous position.}
16. Qa6+ $1 (16. Qxb4 Bxb4 17. Nxb5 cxb5 18. c3 {draws easily.}) 16... Kb8 17.
Qxc6 {Suetin wants to win.} ({The exchanges} 17. Nxb5 Qxb5+ 18. Qxb5+ cxb5 {
lead to an equal endgame (Baranov).}) 17... Nd4 18. Bxd4 ({A favourable
endgame brings} 18. Qa6 $1 Bc5 19. a3 Qb7 20. Qxb7+ Kxb7 21. Rc1 Bb6 22. g3 {
(Klovans-Harman, corr. USSR 1985).}) 18... Qxd4 {Suetin finishes the game with
perpetual check.} 19. Rd1 $5 (19. Qb5+ Qb6 {brings little advantage.}) 19...
Qxd1+ 20. Nxd1 Rxd1+ 21. Ke2 Rxh1 22. g4 Rxh2 23. Qe8+ Kb7 24. Qb5+ Kc8 25.
Qe8+ {Final standings: Spassky 7, Bronstein and Stein 6 1/2, Kholmov 6, Suetin
and Korchnoi 5 1/2, Geller 5.  Spassky, Bronstein and Stein have qualified for
the interzonal tournament.  Seven of the twelve best players of the world
played in a zonal tournament. It showed Boris as a comeback kid.  Jan van Reek}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch32"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

{The thirty-second championship was an interesting tournament due to the
presence of Kortschnoj, Bronstein and Tal. Many Soviet stars did not partake.
The event was played in Kiev from 26 xii until 26 i 1965. Bronstein made a
great start. Later Kortschnoj took over.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5
5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 cxd4 8. Bd3 Qa5 9. Ne2 Ng6 $5 (9... O-O {was
played in Bhend - Kupper, Zürich 1961.}) 10. h4 $6 ({More prudent is} 10. Bd2
$5 dxc3 11. Bxc3 {(Vehi Bach - Djurhuus, Biel 1993).}) 10... Nc6 11. h5 Ncxe5
12. Qxd4 Nxd3+ 13. cxd3 e5 14. Qe3 d4 15. Qg3 $6 {Tal plays too risky in the
French Defence.} (15. Qf3 $1 Ne7 16. Bd2 dxc3 17. Bxc3) 15... Ne7 16. Qxg7 Rg8
17. Qf6 dxc3 $1 18. O-O Qc7 19. d4 $1 Bg4 20. f3 Nd5 21. Qh4 Be6 22. dxe5 Qxe5
23. Re1 Rc8 24. Rb1 b6 25. Rb5 a6 26. Rb3 Qg7 $1 27. Qf2 Rc4 28. h6 Qf6 29.
Nxc3 $2 Nxc3 $2 (29... Rxc3 $1 30. Bb2 Rxg2+ $1 31. Qxg2 Qd4+ 32. Kf1 Qd3+ {
decides the game (Khalifman).}) 30. Rxb6 Qd8 31. Rxa6 Rg6 32. Qb2 Ke7 $1 33.
Ra7+ Kf6 34. Re4 $2 (34. Be3 $1 {fights properly (Bronstein).}) 34... Qd1+ 35.
Kh2 Rxe4 36. Qxc3+ Re5 $1 ({He avoids the trap} 36... Qd4 $2 37. Qxd4+ Rxd4 38.
Bb2 $1 Rxh6+ 39. Kg1 Rhh4 40. Ra4 Ke5 41. g4 {drawn.}) 37. Bf4 Qe2 $1 38. Bxe5+
Qxe5+ 39. Qxe5+ Kxe5 40. Ra5+ Kd4 41. Rh5 Bd5 42. Kh3 f5 $1 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch32"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D32"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nc6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bc5 9. O-O O-O 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. b3 Bb7 12. Bb2 Rc8 13. Bd3 Bd6 14. Qf3
Re8 15. Rfd1 Be5 16. Na4 Bxb2 17. Nxb2 c5 18. Rac1 Qe7 19. Qf4 Nh5 20. Qg4 g6
21. Na4 Ng7 22. Bb5 Red8 23. Bf1 Ne6 24. Nb2 Qf6 25. Rd2 $6 ({Better is} 25.
Na4 d4 26. Bc4) 25... d4 $1 26. Nc4 Rd5 27. Rcd1 $1 {The rook will be
vulnerable at this place.} Rg5 28. Qh3 Bf3 $1 {White has no time for Kh1,
because Rd1 lies under attack.} 29. Re1 Rg4 $1 30. Ne5 Ng5 $1 31. Qxg4 Bxg4 32.
Nxg4 Qd6 33. exd4 Qf4 34. Ne3 cxd4 35. Rc2 Re8 36. Rc5 Ne4 37. f3 Nd2 38. Nd5
Rxe1 39. Nxf4 Rxf1# 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch32"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. h3 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Nd7 7. Bc4 Ngf6 8.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 e6 11. Qd3 b6 12. Bg5 c5 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. dxc5
bxc5 15. Qg3 Qc7 16. Bf4 Qb6 17. Qe3 Bd5 $6 ({Better is} 17... Rad8) 18. b3
Rfc8 19. Rad1 Bxc4 20. Nxc4 Qa6 21. Nd6 Nd5 22. Qf3 Nxf4 $2 23. Nxc8 Nxh3+ 24.
Qxh3 Qxc8 25. Qf3 c4 26. Rd6 cxb3 27. cxb3 Bf8 28. Rc6 Qe8 29. Rc7 Rc8 30. Rxa7
Bc5 31. Rb7 Bd4 32. Qe4 e5 33. a4 Qe6 34. a5 Qd6 35. b4 Rc3 36. b5 Ra3 37. a6
Qf6 38. Qe2 e4 $1 39. Rd1 $2 ({Correct is} 39. Rb8+ Kg7 40. Re8) 39... e3 $1 {
Lutikov faces difficult tactics.} 40. Rxd4 $2 ({Not} 40. f3 $2 Ra2 $3) ({An
advantage is kept by} 40. Rc7 $1) 40... Qxd4 41. g3 $2 (41. fxe3 $1 Ra1+ 42.
Kf2 Qf6+ {draws.}) 41... exf2+ 42. Kh2 f1=N+ 43. Qxf1 Ra2+ 44. Kh3 Qd5 45. g4
Qb3+ {Bronstein had won three games in a row.} 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch32"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Ng3 e6 7. Bd3 c5 8.
O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. Nf3 $5 ({Theory is} 10. Nb3) 10... O-O 11. Qe2 b6 12.
Bf4 Bb7 13. Rad1 Nd5 14. Bg5 Qc7 15. Nh5 $1 Kh8 {Black prepares the advance of
the f-pawn.} 16. Be4 f6 17. Bh4 Bd6 18. c4 Ba6 $1 19. Nxg7 $1 {Tal opens the
attack by a sacrifice.} Kxg7 20. Nd4 Nc5 21. Qg4+ Kh8 22. Nxe6 Nxe6 23. Qxe6
Rae8 {Black has to return the piece.} 24. Qxd5 Bxh2+ 25. Kh1 Qf4 $1 {A
counterattack on the kingside begins.} 26. Qh5 Qxe4 27. Rfe1 Qg6 28. Qxg6 hxg6
$2 {Black blunders a pawn.} (28... Rxe1+ $1 29. Rxe1 hxg6 30. Kxh2 Bxc4 {
exchanges to a drawn endgame (Klovan).}) 29. Bxf6+ $1 Kg8 30. Rxe8 Rxe8 31.
Kxh2 Bxc4 32. Rd7 Re6 33. Bc3 Bxa2 34. Rxa7 Bc4 35. Kg3 Bd5 36. f3 Kf8 37. Bd4
b5 38. Kf4 Bc4 39. Kg5 Ke8 40. Ra8+ Kf7 41. Ra7+ Ke8 42. b4 Bd5 43. Ra3 $1 {
The f-pawn needs protection.} Kf7 44. g4 Re2 45. Bc5 Re5+ 46. Kh6 Re6 (46... g5
$2 47. Bd4 $1 {costs the black g-pawn.}) 47. Rd3 Bc6 48. Rd8 Re8 49. Rd4 Re6
50. f4 Ke8 51. Kg7 Be4 52. Bb6 $1 Bf3 53. Rd8+ Ke7 54. Rd3 Be2 55. Bd8+ Ke8 56.
Rd2 Re3 57. Bg5 Bd3 58. f5 $1 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch32"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8.
O-O b5 9. Nxc6 Qxc6 10. a3 Bb7 11. Qe2 Qc7 $6 12. f4 d6 $6 {Tal's new moves
are no success.} ({More active is} 12... Bc5 $5) 13. Bd4 Be7 14. e5 dxe5 15.
fxe5 Bc5 16. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 17. Rf2 Nd7 18. Be4 Qc7 19. Qh5 g6 $6 ({Preferable is} 
19... Nc5 20. Bxb7 Nxb7) 20. Qh4 Qc4 $2 21. Rd1 f5 $5 {Tal makes a desperate
move.} 22. exf6 O-O-O 23. f7 Rhf8 24. Bxb7+ Kxb7 25. Qxd8 $1 {Lutikov strikes
graciously.} Rxd8 26. Rxd7+ Rxd7 27. f8=Q Qd4 28. Qf3+ Ka7 29. Qe4 Qb6 30. Kf1
Qd6 31. g3 g5 32. Qe3+ Ka8 33. Ne4 Qd1+ 34. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch32"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Bg5 Bb7 12. Nbd2 h6 13. Bh4 Nh7 $5 14. Bg3 $1 Bf6
15. Qe2 Ng5 (15... Qe7 $1 {occurred in Penrose - Wade, Ilford 1968.}) 16. Rad1
Re8 17. dxe5 Nxf3+ 18. Nxf3 dxe5 19. Nh4 $1 Bxh4 20. Qg4 Nf6 21. Rxd8 Nxg4 22.
Rxa8 Bxa8 23. Bxh4 Nf6 {White has a plus by the two bishops.} 24. f3 Nd7 25.
Bf2 Bc6 26. Rd1 Nb6 $2 ({Right is} 26... Kf8 27. c4 {(Khalifman)} b4 $1 28. c5
Ke7) 27. Bxb6 cxb6 28. Rd6 Rc8 29. Re6 $1 {Tal is going to win a pawn.} fxe6
30. Bxe6+ Kf8 31. Bxc8 a5 32. Kf2 Ke7 33. b4 axb4 34. cxb4 Kf6 35. Ke3 g5 36.
g3 Be8 37. f4 gxf4+ 38. gxf4 Bc6 39. Kf3 Be8 40. a3 Bh5+ 41. Bg4 Be8 42. Kg3
Bf7 43. Bd7 Bc4 44. Kf3 Bf1 45. Bc8 Bc4 46. Ke3 Bf7 47. Bd7 Bc4 48. h4 Ke7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch32"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bd6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. b3 Nd7 8.
Nc4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 Bxc4 11. bxc4 Nc5 12. Qe3 Qe7 13. O-O O-O 14. g3
Rfe8 15. Kh1 f5 16. Nd2 fxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Qd6 19. Kg2 Re6 20. a4 a5
21. Rfe1 Rae8 22. h4 b6 23. f3 Qb4 24. Qe2 Qc3 25. Rf1 R6e7 26. Ra2 Qb4 27. Qe1
Qc5 28. Rf2 Re6 29. Re2 Kf7 30. Re4 Qd6 31. Ra1 Ke7 32. Qe2 Kd7 33. Re1 c5 34.
h5 g6 35. hxg6 hxg6 36. Kg1 Qc6 37. f4 exf4 38. Qg4 fxg3 39. Re5 {The players
blitz under time pressure.} Qd6 $4 40. Rd5 Ke7 41. Qg5+ Kd7 42. Rxe6 Rxe6 43.
Qxg3 Ke8 {Kortschnoj took a big lead on Bronstein.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch32"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E54"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. e3 Bb4+ 4. Nc3 c5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8.
Bxc4 Qe7 9. a3 Ba5 10. Qe2 Bd7 11. Bd2 cxd4 $5 12. exd4 Bc6 $2 (12... Nc6 {
will be played in Sanguinetti - Szabo, Lugano 1968.}) 13. d5 $1 Bxc3 14. Bxc3
Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Bxd5 16. Bb4 Qd8 17. Bxf8 Qxf8 {White has gained material.} 18.
Rac1 Nc6 19. Rfd1 a5 20. Ng5 Qe7 21. Ne4 a4 22. Rc3 h6 23. Rg3 f5 24. Nc3 Bb3
25. Rd2 f4 26. Rf3 e5 27. Qe4 Re8 28. Rfd3 $2 (28. Ne2 {keeps the advantage.})
28... Nd4 $1 29. h3 Qf7 30. Kh2 Bc4 31. Rxd4 exd4 32. Qxd4 f3 33. gxf3 b5 34.
Qg4 Re6 35. f4 Kh7 36. Qf3 Qf5 37. Nd5 Re4 38. Ne3 Rxf4 39. Nxf5 Rxf3 40. Nd4
Rf6 41. Nc2 Rf3 {Kortschnoj drew for the second time.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch32"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "185"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. O-O
O-O 9. a3 b6 10. Qc2 g6 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Rd1 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Rb8 14. Bc2 Qb6 15.
Rb1 $5 Ba6 16. b3 f5 17. Bb2 Bf6 18. Qe1 Bxb2 19. Rxb2 Qa5 20. Qxa5 Nxa5 {
White has the better pawn structure.} 21. Rbb1 Rfd8 22. Ne5 Rxd1+ 23. Bxd1 Rd8
$6 ({Better is} 23... Bb5 24. Rc1 Rd8 $1) 24. b4 $1 cxb4 25. axb4 Nc4 26. Nc6
Rd7 27. Ra1 Bb7 28. Nxa7 Rd2 29. Bb3 Bd5 30. Bxc4 Bxc4 31. Nc6 Rb2 32. h4 Bb5
33. Nd4 Rxb4 34. Nxe6 {The extra pawn is offered.} Rxh4 $6 ({Refusal by} 34...
Kf7 $5 35. Ng5+ Ke7 36. Ra7+ Bd7 37. Nxh7 Rxh4 38. Nf8 Kxf8 39. Rxd7 Ra4 {
draws.}) 35. Ra8+ Kf7 36. Ng5+ Kg7 37. f4 Bc6 38. Ra6 Bd5 39. Rd6 Bg8 40. Rd8
Rh5 41. Rd7+ Kf6 $5 {Black gives an exchange for liberation from the restraint.
} 42. e4 $1 fxe4 43. Nxe4+ Kf5 44. Ng3+ Kxf4 45. Nxh5+ gxh5 46. Kh2 Be6 47.
Rxh7 Kg4 48. Re7 Bf5 49. Rg7+ Kf4 50. g3+ Kf3 51. Rg5 Bg4 52. Re5 Kf2 53. Re8
Be2 54. Rf8+ Bf3 55. Rf7 Ke3 56. Kg1 Be4 57. Rf8 Bd3 58. Ra8 Bf5 59. Ra5 Bg4
60. Kg2 Bf3+ 61. Kf1 Be2+ 62. Ke1 Bg4 63. Ra3+ Ke4 64. Kf2 Bd1 65. Ra5 Bg4 66.
Ra8 Kf5 67. Rd8 Ke4 68. Rf8 $1 {White wants to cross the third rank with his
king.} Bh3 $2 (68... Kd3 $1 69. Re8 Kd4 70. Ke1 Kd3 {prevents this plan.}) 69.
Ke2 $1 Bg4+ 70. Kd2 Bf5 71. Rf7 Bg4 72. Rf4+ Ke5 73. Ke3 $1 Be6 74. Rf8 Bh3 75.
Ra8 Kf5 76. Ra5+ Kg6 ({Or} 76... Kg4 $2 77. Kf2) 77. Kf4 h4 78. Ra6+ Kg7 79.
gxh4 Bf1 80. Rb6 Be2 81. Kg5 Bd1 82. Rb7+ Kg8 83. Kh6 Bf3 84. Rb3 Be4 85. Rg3+
Kf7 86. Kg5 Bc2 87. Kf4 Bg6 88. Rg5 Kf6 89. h5 Bf5 90. h6 Bg6 91. Rg3 Bb1 92.
Rg7 Bg6 93. Ra7 {Tal was plagued by illness during the event. His encounters
had to be postponed halfway the championship. Some games were played in his
hotel room. Things went better after the torture by Viktor the Terrible. Tal
finished with 71/2/10.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch32"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vasiukov, Evgeni"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C19"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. a4 Nbc6 8. Nf3
Bd7 9. Be2 f6 $5 10. exf6 gxf6 11. dxc5 Qa5 12. Qd2 Qxc5 13. Ba3 Qa5 {It looks
like Kortschnoj plays a risky French Defence, bit it is alright.} 14. O-O O-O
15. Rfd1 Rf7 16. c4 Qxd2 17. Rxd2 Rc8 18. a5 Ng6 $5 {Black wants counter-play.}
19. a6 b6 20. Rad1 Nf4 21. Bf1 e5 $5 {He even sacrifices a pawn.} 22. cxd5 Na5
23. g3 Nh3+ $5 24. Kg2 Nc4 25. Bb4 $6 (25. Bxc4 $1 Rxc4 26. Bb2 {plays for an
advantage.}) 25... e4 $5 26. Nd4 Nxf2 $5 27. Re1 ({Not} 27. Kxf2 $2 e3+) 27...
Nxd2 28. Bxd2 Ng4 29. Rxe4 Ne5 {Black has the initiative.} 30. Bb4 Rg7 31. h3
Be8 32. c4 $2 {White blunders a pawn.} Bg6 33. Re1 $2 (33. Re3 $1 Nxc4 34. Rc3
Be4+ 35. Kf2 Bxd5 36. Nf5 Rd7 37. Ne7+ Rxe7 38. Bxe7 Kf7 39. Bb4 {and Black
only has an extra pawn.}) 33... Bd3 $1 34. Ne6 Rd7 35. Bc3 Bxc4 36. Bxe5 Bxd5+
37. Kg1 fxe5 38. Rxe5 Bxe6 39. Rxe6 Rc1 40. Kg2 Rd2+ 41. Be2 Kf7 42. Re4 Rc6
43. Kf1 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch32"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A12"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 e6 7. c4 Bd6 8. d4
O-O 9. Nc3 Qe7 10. Qc1 Rac8 11. Re1 c5 12. cxd5 Bxf3 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Bxf3
Nce4 15. Bxe4 Nxe4 16. Qe3 Nxc3 17. Bxc3 exd5 18. Qd4 Qg5 19. Bd2 {Black
cannot keep the material equality.} Qf6 $2 ({More counter-play gives} 19... Qf5
20. e4 Be5 21. Qxd5 Qf6 22. Rad1 Rfd8) 20. Qxd5 Be5 21. Rad1 Rfd8 22. Qe4 Rd4
23. Qb1 h5 24. Be3 Rg4 25. Qd3 a6 26. Qd7 Rc3 27. Qd8+ Kh7 28. Qxf6 Bxf6 29.
Rc1 Kg6 $2 30. Bf4 {Kortschnoj had started the tournament by an incredible
score of 10/11.} ({White can continue the imprisonment of the rook by} 30. Bf4
Rxc1 31. Rxc1 Bg5 32. e3) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch32"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Liavdansky, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B83"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. f4
Nc6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Qe1 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Bd3 $5 g6 $5 13. Rd1 a6 14. Kh1
Rc8 15. Qg3 b5 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 $5 Nh5 $6 ({A fine alternative gives} 17...
Qxd4 $1 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. Rxd4 Bxd4 21. Rxf8+ Rxf8 22. h4 e5) 18.
Qg4 Qc7 19. Qh3 Ng7 20. Qh6 $6 ({Preferable is} 20. Ne4) 20... Qb7 21. Rd2 Rcd8
22. Rf4 $2 ({The white queen should withdraw by} 22. Qf4 $1) 22... Nf5 $1 23.
Bxf5 exf5 24. e6 $5 f6 25. Rh4 Bd6 26. Bb6 $5 {Tal seems to have another
overwhelming attack in the Sicilian Defence.} Bf4 $2 ({But} 26... Rfe8 $3 27.
Bxd8 Rxe6 28. Kg1 Bf8 $1 29. Qf4 Bc5+ 30. Kf1 Be3 {wins for Black.}) 27. Qxf4
Rxd2 $2 ({Right is} 27... g5 $5 28. Bxd8 gxf4 29. e7 Re8 30. Rxf4 b4 31. Nd1 {
(Khalifman)} Rxe7 32. Bxe7 Qxe7 33. Rf1 f4) 28. Qxd2 Qxb6 29. e7 $1 Re8 30. Nd5
Bxd5 31. Qxd5+ Kg7 32. Rxh7+ $1 Kxh7 33. Qf7+ Kh6 34. Qxe8 Qf2 35. Qh8+ Kg5 36.
h4+ Kg4 37. e8=Q Qf1+ 38. Kh2 Qf4+ 39. Kg1 Qc1+ 40. Kf2 Qf4+ 41. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch32"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O
Be7 9. b3 d6 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Rc1 Rd8 12. Qd2 Rb8 13. Rfd1 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 b5 15.
Nb1 Bb7 16. c4 e5 17. Qe3 b4 18. Nd2 Nd7 19. Nf3 Bc6 20. Rc2 a5 21. Ne1 Qb6 22.
Qxb6 Rxb6 23. Nd3 f6 24. Bc1 Ra8 25. Be3 Nc5 26. Bxc5 dxc5 27. f4 Rd8 28. Rcd2
Rb7 $2 29. Kf2 $2 {The quiet draw has an exciting moment.} ({White can win a
centre pawn by} 29. fxe5 Rbd7 30. Bh3 Rd4 31. Be6+ Kh8 32. Bd5 {(Khalifman)})
29... Rbd7 30. Ke2 Rd4 31. fxe5 Bxe4 32. Nf4 Rxd2+ 33. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 34. Kxd2 Bb1
35. Kc1 Bf5 36. Bd5+ Kh8 37. Be6 fxe5 38. Bxf5 exf4 39. gxf4 Bd6 40. h3 Bxf4+
41. Kd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch32"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Osnos, Viatcheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. Bg5 Bb7 4. e3 h6 {Black plays an irregular opening.} 5.
Bxf6 $5 exf6 6. Bd3 g6 7. c4 Bg7 8. Nc3 f5 9. O-O O-O 10. Rc1 Nc6 11. Re1 Re8
12. Bf1 Kh8 13. g3 Rb8 14. Bg2 a6 15. h4 Na5 16. b3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Nc6 18. h5
Ne7 19. Ne2 c6 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. Nf4 Kh7 22. Rcd1 Qc7 23. e4 $1 {White has a
plus since the opening. The resistance collapses suddenly.} Rf8 $4 24. Qd3 $6 (
{White keeps a big advantage anyway, but} 24. exf5 Nxf5 25. Nxg6 $1 Kxg6 26.
Qg4+ Kf6 27. Be4 Ne7 28. Bh7 Qd6 29. Rd3 {decides the game at once.}) 24... Qd6
25. e5 Qc7 26. d5 cxd5 27. cxd5 Qc5 28. Rc1 Qa5 29. d6 Ng8 30. e6 Rfe8 31. a3
Qxa3 32. exd7 Rxe1+ 33. Rxe1 Rd8 34. Bc6 Qc5 35. Qd5 Qc3 36. Re8 Nf6 37. Qc4
Qa1+ 38. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch32"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Petersons, Andrejs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D25"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8.
O-O Be7 9. e4 Nb6 10. Be2 O-O 11. Be3 Bg6 $5 12. Bd3 Nfd7 13. Bf4 Bd6 $5 {
Black is asking for troubles.} 14. e5 $1 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Be7 16. Rad1 Re8 17. Qe4
c6 18. Rd3 Nd5 19. Bc1 Nf8 20. h4 Nxc3 21. bxc3 Qd5 22. Qg4 {White makes
troubles.} f6 $5 (22... Qxa2 $5 23. Bh6 {(Bulletin)} Ng6 $1 {defends more
aggressively.}) 23. exf6 Bxf6 24. Ng5 Qf5 $2 (24... Bxg5 25. Bxg5 e5 $1 26. Bf6
Qd7 $1 27. Qxd7 Nxd7 28. Bxe5 Nxe5 29. dxe5 Rxe5 30. Rd7 Rb8 31. Rfd1 Kf8 32.
Rc7 Re7 33. Rdd7 Rxd7 34. Rxd7 a5 35. Rc7 Re8 $1 {reaches a drawn rook ending.}
) 25. Qe2 h6 26. Ne4 Be7 27. Rf3 Qd5 28. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 29. Rg3+ Kf7 30. Qg4 Red8
({Or} 30... Rec8 31. c4 $1 Qa5 32. Qg7+) 31. Qg7+ Ke8 32. Qxe7+ $1 {White
delivers mate in two.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch32"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Sakharov, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 e6 7. d3 Bc5 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 a5 11. a3 Qc7 12. c4 Rfd8 13. Rc1 Qb6 14. Qc2 Be7 15.
Rb1 h6 16. Rfc1 Nh7 17. e3 Bf6 18. d4 Be7 19. c5 Qc7 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 b5
22. cxb6 Qxb6 23. Bc3 Rdc8 24. Ne1 Nhf6 25. Nd3 Ne8 26. Bf1 Nd6 27. Nc5 Qc7 28.
Be1 Nb6 $5 ({Better is} 28... Nxc5 29. bxc5 Ne4) 29. Nb3 $1 Ndc4 30. Qd1 e5 31.
Na5 $1 exd4 32. Nxc4 dxc4 33. Qxd4 c5 34. bxc5 Bxc5 35. Qg4 Bf8 36. Bc3 {White
has gained a positional advantage.} Na4 37. Bd4 c3 $1 38. Bg2 Rab8 $5 39. Ra1
Rb4 40. Be4 Rd8 $5 41. Qf5 g6 42. Qf6 Rbxd4 $1 43. exd4 Bg7 44. Qf3 Rxd4 45.
Rab1 Qe7 $5 {Black chooses a surprising defence.} 46. Rb8+ Kh7 47. Rb7 Rxe4 $1
48. Rxe7 Rxe7 49. Qc6 Nb2 50. Rxc3 $1 {White has to return material if he
wants to make progress.} Bxc3 51. Qxc3 Nd1 $2 (51... Rb7 52. Qc6 Rb4 {saves
the knight.}) 52. Qd2 Nxf2 53. Qxf2 h5 54. Qf6 Rb7 55. Qc3 Rb1+ 56. Kf2 Kg8 57.
Ke3 Rb5 58. Ke4 Rf5 59. Qd3 Kh7 60. g4 $1 hxg4 61. hxg4 {Black should guard f7
with his rook.} Rg5 $2 ({Best is} 61... Rf2) 62. Qd7 Kg7 63. Kf4 Ra5 64. Qd4+
Kh7 65. Qc4 Kg8 66. Qc8+ Kh7 67. Qf8 $1 Ra4+ ({Or} 67... g5+ 68. Ke4 Kg6 69.
Qg8+ $1) 68. Kg5 Ra5+ 69. Kf6 Ra6+ 70. Kxf7 Ra7+ 71. Kf6 Ra6+ 72. Kg5 Ra5+ 73.
Kh4 Ra7 74. Qc5 Rb7 75. Kg5 {Kortschnoj is going to stop the hard labour by
drawing in the last three rounds.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch32"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. f5 Ne5 13. Qh3 O-O 14. g5 $5 (14.
Nce2 {was played in Gligoric-Fischer, Belgrade 1959.}) 14... b4 $2 ({Correct is
} 14... fxg5 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Nxe6 Qd7 17. Nd5 Qxe6 18. Qxe6+ Bxe6 19. Nxe7+
Kf7 20. Nf5 {(Kholmov).}) 15. gxf6 Bxf6 16. Rg1+ Kh8 17. Qh6 $1 ({This move is
even better than} 17. Nce2) 17... Qe7 18. Nc6 $3 {Square e5 has to be vacated
for the advance of the white e-pawn.} Nxc6 19. e5 $1 Bg5+ ({Alternatives lose
as well:} 19... Bxe5 20. f6 $1 Bxf6 21. Bd3 Bg5+ 22. Rxg5 f5 $1 23. Rdg1 $1 Ra7
24. Ne2 Ne5 25. Nf4 {(White threatens Nh5)} Qf7 26. Be2) ({and} 19... Nxe5 $1
20. Ne4 Ng6 $1 21. Nxf6 Qxf6 22. fxg6 Qg7 23. Qxg7+ Kxg7 {(Kholmov)} 24. gxh7+
$1 Kh8 25. Rxd6) 20. Rxg5 f6 21. exd6 Qf7 22. Rg3 bxc3 23. Bc4 $1 cxb2+ 24. Kb1
Nd8 25. Rdg1 Ra7 26. d7 $1 Rxd7 27. fxe6 Nxe6 28. Bxe6 Rd1+ 29. Rxd1 Bxe6 30.
Kxb2 Rb8+ 31. Ka1 Bxa2 32. Rgd3 Qe7 33. Kxa2 Qe6+ 34. Rb3 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch32"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nd7 10. d4 Bf6 11. a4 Na5 12. Bc2 Nb6 13. axb5 axb5 14. Nbd2 c5 15.
dxc5 dxc5 16. Qe2 c4 17. Nh2 Bg5 18. Rd1 Qf6 19. Ndf3 Bxc1 20. Rdxc1 Be6 21.
Ra3 Nb7 22. Rca1 Rxa3 23. Rxa3 Qf4 24. Qe1 Nd7 25. Ra6 $5 {The rook goes
strange ways.} Nbc5 26. Rc6 Ra8 27. Qd1 Nb3 $4 28. Bxb3 Qxe4 $5 ({Or} 28...
cxb3 29. Rxe6 $1) 29. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 30. Qxd7 Qd5 31. Qe7 cxb3 32. Ng4 h6 33.
Nfxe5 Rf8 34. Nd7 {Tal caught up with Bronstein.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch32"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. Bf4 O-O 5. Nbd2 d6 6. e4 Nc6 7. Bc4 Bg4 8. Qc2
d5 $1 9. Be2 Nxe4 $2 (9... dxe4 $1 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 e5 $1
13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bxe5 15. O-O Re8 $1 {equalises.}) 10. Nxe4 Bf5 11. Bd3
dxe4 12. Bxe4 e6 13. Bxf5 exf5 14. O-O Qd5 15. Rfe1 Rfe8 $6 ({The immediate
protection of the c-pawn by} 15... Rac8 {is more useful.}) 16. Qb3 $1 Qxb3 17.
axb3 Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 Rc8 19. d5 Nb8 20. Bxc7 $1 Rxc7 21. Re8+ Bf8 22. Rxb8 Kg7
23. Ra8 Rc5 24. Rd8 Rb5 25. b4 Be7 26. Rd7 Kf8 27. Kf1 $6 ({Better is} 27. Nd4
$1 Rb6 28. Kf1) 27... Ke8 28. Rc7 Bd6 29. Rc8+ Ke7 $6 ({The right move is} 
29... Kd7 $1) 30. Ra8 a6 31. Nd4 $1 Rb6 ({The pointe is} 31... Rxd5 32. Ra7 {
If the black king stood on d7, pawn b7 could be held.}) 32. Ke2 Bxh2 33. g3 f4
34. g4 f3+ 35. Nxf3 Bf4 36. Kd3 Bc1 37. b3 Rf6 38. Ke2 Kd6 39. c4 Ba3 40. b5
Kc7 41. bxa6 bxa6 42. Ne5 Kb7 43. Re8 h5 44. gxh5 gxh5 45. Nd3 Rb6 46. c5 Rxb3
47. d6 {Kortschnoj won by a monster score of 15/19. Bronstein (13) ended on
the second place after his win in the last round. Tal (121/2). The former
champion Stein (12) became fourth.} 1-0

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 4"]
[Date "1965.08.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lehmann, Heinz"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]

{MEMORIAL 4 1965  The fourth event was held from 25 August until 26 September
1965 in Havana. It was the most interesting installment, cause Fischer
participated in a strong field. He accepted the invitation for a fee of $3000.
Bobby had visited Havana in 1956. He won a simultaneous display  at the
Capablanca Chess Club (+10, =2). This time he got no visa. When he suggested
to play by telex, the Cubans reacted eagerly, although the connection would
cost them $10,000.   No tournament book with analysed games has been published.
So, I made a broader choice. Selected wins, one draw and all losses by the
five best players are given.   Fischer plays in the Marshall Chess Club. The
moves are relayed. An arbiter makes the moves. The first session could last 8
instead of 5 hours.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2
Nbd7 7. O-O e6 8. f4 b5 9. Bf3 Bb7 10. e5 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 dxe5 12. fxe5 Ng4 13.
Qe2 b4 14. Ne4 Ngxe5 15. Nxe5 $5 (15. Bg5 {occurred in Rubinetti - Najdorf,
Buenos Aires 1964.}) 15... Nxe5 16. Ng5 $2 {The tables turn in the risky line.}
(16. Bf4 $1 Ng6 $1 17. Rad1 Qb6+ 18. Be3 Qc6 {(Soloviev) attacks and defends
well.}) 16... Qb6+ 17. Kh1 Qb5 18. Qe1 $6 {Exchange prolongs the game.} Be7 19.
b3 $6 O-O 20. a4 Qc5 21. Qe2 Rac8 22. c4 bxc3 23. Ba3 Qc7 24. Bxe7 Qxe7 25.
Qxe5 Rc5 26. Qe2 Rxg5 27. Qxa6 Qb4 28. Rfb1 Rd8 29. a5 h6 30. Qc4 Qxc4 31. bxc4
c2 32. Rc1 $2 {White ceded before 32. .. Rxa5! followed.} 0-1

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 4"]
[Date "1965.08.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tringov, Georgi"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C95"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. c4 c5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 $1 (12... dxe5 {is known from
Penrose - N. Littlewood, Bath 1963.}) 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Qe2 $5 b4 $1 15. Bg5
Nd7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Ba4 Rd8 18. Bc6 Rb8 19. a3 $6 ({More useful is} 19. Nd2
Nf8 20. Nf3) 19... Nf8 20. axb4 Ne6 $1 {Black threatens a fork by 21. .. Nd4.}
21. Bd5 $6 (21. b5 $1 Nd4 22. Qh5 Nc2 23. Nc3 Nxe1 24. Rxe1 {defends actively.}
) 21... Nf4 $1 22. Qf3 Rxb4 23. Ra2 $6 Rb6 24. Kh2 Rf6 $1 25. Qe3 Rg6 $1 {The
rook moves in steps.} 26. Rg1 Bxh3 $1 27. gxh3 Rxg1 28. Kxg1 Qg5+ 29. Kf1 Qg2+
30. Ke1 Qg1+ 31. Kd2 Qxb1 32. Qb3 Qxe4 $1 {Top five: Smyslov, Fischer and
Kholmov 1, Ivkov and Geller 1/2.} 0-1

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 4"]
[Date "1965.08.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 Be7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Nf1
b5 9. Bb3 d5 10. Qe2 dxe4 11. dxe4 Be6 $6 {This quiet Ruy Lopez was popular in
the nineteenth century.} (11... Bc5 {was played in Tarrasch - Teichmann,
Hastings 1895.}) ({My preference has} 11... Na5 {(Bronstein, L. - Grinberg,
Caseros 1974).}) 12. Bxe6 fxe6 {Black has a minor weakness.} 13. Ng3 Qd7 (13...
Qe8 $1 14. Be3 Nh5 {counteracts.}) 14. O-O Rad8 15. a4 Qd3 $1 16. Qxd3 Rxd3 17.
axb5 axb5 18. Ra6 $1 {White has the initiative.} Rd6 19. Kh1 $1 (19. Be3 $6 Nd4
$1 {lifts the restriction.}) 19... Nd7 20. Be3 Rd8 21. h3 h6 22. Rfa1 Ndb8 23.
Ra8 Rd1+ 24. Kh2 Rxa1 {Smyslov offered a draw. Fischer refused.} 25. Rxa1 Nd7
$6 ({Smyslov misses the last opportunity to play} 25... b4 26. cxb4 Bxb4) 26.
b4 $1 Kf7 27. Nf1 Bd6 28. g3 Nf6 29. N1d2 Ke7 30. Ra6 $1 Nb8 31. Ra5 $1 c6 32.
Kg2 Nbd7 33. Kf1 {Bobby activates all pieces.} Rc8 $2 (33... Rb8 $1 34. Ke2 Rb7
35. Ne1 c5 $1 36. Nd3 c4 {advances a backward pawn.}) 34. Ne1 $1 Ne8 35. Nd3 $1
Nc7 36. c4 $1 bxc4 37. Nxc4 Nb5 (37... Ra8 38. Rxa8 Nxa8 39. Na5 Nb8 40. Ba7
Kd7 41. Nc4 {costs e5 (Fischer).}) 38. Ra6 Kf6 39. Bc1 $1 Bb8 40. Bb2 c5 41.
Nb6 Nxb6 42. Rxb6 c4 43. Nc5 c3 {When the adjourned game should be proceeded,
Bobby was phoned for congratulations.   Top five: Fischer 2, Ivkov and Kholmov
11/2, Smyslov and Geller 1.} (43... c3 44. Bc1 Nd4 45. Nd7+ {and White wins
material.}) 1-0

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 4"]
[Date "1965.08.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E55"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. Qe2 b6 10. Rd1 cxd4 11. exd4 Bb7 12. Bd2 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Qc7 14. Ne5 $5
Ne4 15. Bb4 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Rfd8 17. f3 Nc5 18. b3 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Rxd8+
Qxd8 21. Qe3 Qd1+ 22. Kf2 Bd5 $5 23. Be2 $1 Qc2 24. Qd2 Qxd2 25. Bxd2 Nd7 26.
Bc3 Kf8 $6 (26... f6 {makes an opening for the king.}) 27. Bb4+ $1 Ke8 28. Bd6
Kd8 29. Ke3 f6 $1 30. exf6 Nxf6 $5 31. Bf8 g6 32. Kf4 Ke8 33. Bd6 Bc6 34. Ke5
Kd7 $2 {The top five: Fischer and Kholmov 21/2, Smyslov and Ivkov 2, Geller 11/
2.} (34... Kd7 35. Kxf6 $1 Kxd6 36. Kg7 {wins easily.}) 1-0

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 4"]
[Date "1965.08.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bilek, Istvan"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E54"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
b6 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Rd1 Qc8 11. Bd2 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nc6 13. Nf3 Qb8 14. a3 Be7 15.
Ba6 $5 Bxa6 16. Qxa6 Ne5 17. Qe2 Rc8 18. e4 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 Bd6 20. g3 Be5 21.
Bf4 Bxf4 22. gxf4 $1 Qb7 23. f5 $2 ({Better is} 23. Rd4) 23... Rc5 $1 24. fxe6
fxe6 25. Rd6 $2 Rf8 26. Qh3 $2 (26. Qg2 $1 Qe7 27. Rad1 Ng4 $1 {also brings a
strong black attack.}) 26... Rg5+ 27. Kf1 Ng4 28. Rd2 Qf7 29. Qg3 Nxf2 $1 {Top
five: Smyslov, Fischer, Kholmov and Ivkov 3, Geller 21/2.} ({The pointe is} 
29... Nxf2 30. Qxf2 Qh5) 0-1

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 4"]
[Date "1965.08.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Cobo Arteaga, Eldis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B37"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. e4 Bg7 7. Nc2 d6 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O a6 10. Re1 $5 Bd7 11. Bf1 $5 Rc8 12. Bd2 Ne5 13. b3 b5 $5 14. cxb5
axb5 15. Nb4 e6 $5 16. Nxb5 $2 Qb6 $2 (16... Nfg4 $1 17. h3 $5 Nxf2 18. Kxf2
Bxb5 19. Bxb5 Qb6+ {wins a pawn.}) 17. Na3 $5 Neg4 18. Nd3 d5 19. h3 $2 (19. e5
Ne4 20. Nc4 $1 dxc4 21. Rxe4 {fights.}) 19... Nxe4 $1 20. hxg4 Bxa1 21. Qxa1
Nxd2 22. Ne5 Qd6 23. g5 Nxf1 24. Rxf1 {Black has gained an exchange.} f5 $6 (
24... Bc6 $1 {prepares .. f5.}) 25. gxf6 Be8 26. f7+ Bxf7 27. Nb5 Qe7 28. Re1
$5 Qf6 29. Nd4 {A double blockade gives compensation. White proceeds with
opportunistic moves.} Rfe8 30. Re3 $5 Rc7 31. Ng4 Qg7 32. Rf3 $5 Rec8 33. Qb2
e5 34. Nb5 Rc1+ 35. Kh2 Be6 $4 ({The defence} 35... e4 $1 36. Nf6+ Kh8 37. Rh3
Bg8 {wins the game.}) 36. Nf6+ Kh8 37. Qxe5 Rf8 38. Nd4 $2 Rxf6 $2 39. Qxf6 {
Black overstepped the time control.} 1-0

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 4"]
[Date "1965.08.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E66"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 a6 10. Qc2 Rb8 11. b3 b5 12. Rb1 bxc4 13. bxc4 Rxb1 14. Ncxb1 Qb6 $5
15. Nc3 Bf5 16. e4 Bd7 17. Ba3 Bh6 18. f4 Ng4 19. Qd3 Bg7 20. Ne2 f5 21. h3 Nh6
$6 ({Better is} 21... fxe4 $1 22. Nxe4 Nf6) 22. Rb1 Qc7 23. Bb2 Bxb2 24. Rxb2
Rb8 $6 {Exchange on e4 is preferable again.} 25. Rxb8+ Qxb8 26. Qc3 Qb4 27.
Qxb4 cxb4 28. e5 $1 {A critical position has arisen.} Nxc4 $6 (28... dxe5 $1
29. fxe5 Nxc4 $1 30. Nxc4 Bb5 31. Na5 $1 Bxe2 32. Nc6 Kf8 33. Nxb4 {favours
White.}) 29. Nxc4 Bb5 30. exd6 exd6 31. Nxd6 Bxe2 32. Kf2 Bd3 33. Nb7 $1 Kf8 (
33... Bc4 $5 34. d6 Bxa2 35. d7 Nf7 36. d8=Q+ Nxd8 37. Nxd8 a5 {makes a last
try.}) 34. d6 Bb5 35. Ke3 Ke8 36. Kd4 Kd7 37. Bd5 Bc6 38. Kc5 Bxb7 39. Bxb7 Ng8
(39... a5 40. Bc6+ Kd8 41. Bd5 $1 Kd7 42. Bb3 $1 {leads to a fatal restraint.})
40. Bxa6 Nf6 41. Bb5+ Kd8 42. Bc6 1-0

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 4"]
[Date "1965.08.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tringov, Georgi"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B97"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. e5 {Tringov chooses a direct approach in the Poisoned Pawn
Variation.} dxe5 11. fxe5 Nfd7 12. Bc4 Bb4 $1 {Fischer brings a fine novelty.}
({Theory is} 12... Be7) 13. Rb3 Qa5 14. O-O O-O 15. Nxe6 $2 ({Better is} 15.
Bf6 $1 gxf6 $1 16. Qh6 Qxe5 {(Byrne - Zuckerman, New York 1966).}) 15... fxe6
16. Bxe6+ Kh8 17. Rxf8+ Bxf8 18. Qf4 Nc6 19. Qf7 Qc5+ 20. Kh1 Nf6 $3 {Bobby
plays a wonder move.} 21. Bxc8 ({Or} 21. exf6 Bxe6 22. Qxe6 Rd8) 21... Nxe5 22.
Qe6 Neg4 {Top five: Fischer and Smyslov 4, Ivkov, Geller and Kholmov 31/2.} ({
The pointe is} 22... Neg4 23. Bxb7 Nf2+ 24. Kg1 Nh3+ 25. Kf1 Qf2#) 0-1

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 4"]
[Date "1965.09.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivkov, Borislav"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 e6 7. e3 Bd6 8.
Bxd6 Qxd6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. Rc1 Rac8 12. a3 a6 13. Bb1 Na5 14. Ne5 Nc4
15. Nxc4 Rxc4 $6 ({Better is} 15... dxc4) 16. e4 $1 Qf4 (16... Qb6 $6 17. e5 $1
Rxd4 18. Qe2) 17. g3 Qg4 18. f3 Qh5 19. e5 Ne8 20. Bd3 Rc8 21. f4 Qxd1 22.
Rfxd1 Nc7 23. Kf2 f6 24. Ke3 fxe5 25. dxe5 Bb5 26. Bc2 Bc4 27. b3 Bb5 28. a4
Be8 29. Bd3 Bh5 30. Rg1 Rfd8 31. Kd4 Bg4 32. Rc2 Ne8 33. Rgc1 g6 34. a5 Kf7 35.
Na4 Rxc2 36. Rxc2 Bf5 37. Nb6 $1 Bxd3 38. Kxd3 g5 $2 39. fxg5 Kg6 40. h4 Kf5
41. Kd4 $6 {Smyslov chooses the hard way.} (41. Rf2+ $1 Kg4 42. Rf7 Kxg3 43.
Rxh7 {wins.}) 41... Kg4 42. Rc8 Rxc8 43. Nxc8 Ng7 44. Nd6 Nf5+ ({Or} 44... Kxg3
45. Nxb7 Kxh4 46. Nc5 Kxg5 47. Nxa6 h5 48. Nc5) 45. Kc5 Nxg3 46. b4 $1 Ne4+ 47.
Kd4 $5 Nd2 48. Nxb7 Nf3+ 49. Kc5 Nxe5 50. b5 $1 Nd7+ 51. Kc6 d4 52. Nd6 d3 53.
Ne4 Kf4 54. Nc3 Ne5+ 55. Kc7 d2 56. bxa6 Ke3 57. a7 Kd3 58. Nd1 Kc2 59. a8=Q (
59. a8=Q Kxd1 60. Qe4 Kc1 61. Qxe5 d1=Q 62. Qa1+ {leads to a won pawn ending.})
1-0

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 4"]
[Date "1965.09.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Jimenez Zerquera, Eleazar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D76"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. e3
O-O 9. O-O Re8 $5 10. h3 Rb8 11. Qe2 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nd4 a6 14. Rd1 Qe7
15. Bd2 c5 16. Nf3 Nc6 17. Be1 Be6 18. b3 Rbd8 19. Rac1 Rxd1 20. Nxd1 Nd5 21.
Nb2 Nb6 22. Bc3 Bxc3 23. Rxc3 Bd5 24. Rc1 Qf6 25. Nd3 Nd4 26. Nxd4 Bxg2 27.
Kxg2 cxd4 28. Qf3 Qxf3+ 29. Kxf3 dxe3 30. fxe3 f5 31. Rc5 Re7 32. g4 fxg4+ 33.
hxg4 Kf7 34. e4 Nd7 35. Rc7 Ke8 36. Kf4 b6 37. g5 Rf7+ 38. Ke3 {White has the
initiative.} h5 $4 ({Correct is} 38... Rf1 $1 39. e5 Ke7) 39. gxh6 Rh7 40. Ne5
$1 {The top five: Fischer, Ivkov and Kholmov 41/2, Smyslov and Geller 4.} 1-0

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 4"]
[Date "1965.09.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic"]
[Black "Ivkov, Borislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. Rb1 Ne7 6. d3 O-O 7. h4 h6 8. e3 c6
9. Nge2 Be6 10. b3 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. e4 $5 Be6 14. Be3 Qa5+
15. Qd2 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Rd8 17. Bh3 Bxh3 18. Rxh3 Na6 19. Rd1 Rd7 20. h5 g5 21.
g4 $1 (21. Nc1 $1 {protects the weak pawn before f4 is played.}) 21... Bf8 22.
Nc1 Ba3 23. Kc3 $6 b6 24. Kc2 Rad8 25. Kb1 Bxc1 26. Bxc1 $5 Nc5 $1 {The top
five: Ivkov 51/2, Smyslov, Fischer and Kholmov 5, Geller 41/2.} (26... Nc5 27.
Re3 $5 Nxd3 28. Re2 Nxc1 29. Rxd7 Rxd7 30. Kxc1 Rd4 {leads to a minus pawn in
a rook ending.}) 0-1

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 4"]
[Date "1965.09.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivkov, Borislav"]
[Black "Wade, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D63"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 O-O 7. Rc1 a6 8. a3
h6 9. Bh4 c6 10. Bd3 b5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. O-O Bb7 13. a4 $5 b4 14. Nb1 Ne8 15.
Bg3 Nd6 16. Nbd2 Qa5 $2 17. Nb3 $1 {Black loses two tempi.} Qd8 ({The queen
has to retreat, because} 17... Qxa4 $2 18. Rc7 Bd8 19. Rxd7 $1 Qxd7 20. Nc5 {
costs material.}) 18. Nfd2 Nf6 $6 ({Better is} 18... Rc8) 19. Nc5 Bc8 20. Bf4
Nf5 21. Nf3 Bd6 22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. Bxe5 Nd7 24. Bf4 a5 25. Nb3 Ra7 26. Qc2 Nh4
27. Bc7 Qg5 28. f4 Qg4 29. h3 Qg3 30. Qf2 Qxf2+ 31. Kxf2 $1 Ba6 32. Bb5 $6 (32.
Bxa6 Rxa6 33. Bxa5 {grabs a pawn.}) 32... Nf6 33. Rc6 Ne4+ 34. Kg1 Rc8 $6 (
34... Rfa8 {prolongs the game.}) 35. Rfc1 Bxb5 36. axb5 a4 37. b6 Raxc7 38.
Rxc7 Rb8 39. Rc8+ {Top five: Ivkov 61/2, Smyslov and Fischer 6, Geller and
Kholmov 51/2.} 1-0

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 4"]
[Date "1965.09.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Donner, Jan Hein"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]

{The Cuban revolution still had the support of European intelligentsia. Donner
was a member of a Solidarity Committee.} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2
Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Qc2 Be7 $6 ({Theory is} 
9... Nd7 {(Fuster - Szabo, Budapest 1947).}) 10. Rd1 Nd7 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Qxc3
a5 $2 ({Preferable is} 12... Bf6 $1 13. Qc2 Qe7 {(Smyslov).}) 13. Be3 Ra6 14.
Nd4 a4 $6 ({The alternative is} 14... Bb4 15. Qc2 Qf6) 15. Rac1 Qa5 16. Qxa5
Rxa5 17. Rxc8 $1 Rxc8 18. Bxb7 $1 {Donner has beared one of his short losses. 
Smyslov had scored seven wins and two losses! Top five: Smyslov, Fischer,
Ivkov 7, Geller 61/2, Kholmov 6.} ({White wins in} 18. Bxb7 Rc7 19. Nc6 Rxb7
20. Nxa5 Rc7 21. Rc1 Rxc1+ 22. Bxc1 {(Smyslov).}) 1-0

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 4"]
[Date "1965.09.10"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Ivkov, Borislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C96"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]

{The game had to be postponed for two days, because Hurricane Betsy disrupted
the teletype connection.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7
6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. dxc5 dxc5 13.
Nbd2 f6 14. Nh4 $1 {Fischer makes a slight improvement.} Nb6 15. Nf5 Rf7 16.
Nxe7+ ({More ambition shows} 16. Qg4 $1 {(Zakharov - Romanishin, Tbilisi 1974).
}) 16... Rxe7 17. Qf3 Be6 18. Nf1 Rd7 19. Ne3 c4 20. Nf5 Na4 $1 21. Bxa4 bxa4
22. Be3 Rd3 23. Qg4 Qd7 24. Bc5 Rc8 25. Be7 $5 Bxf5 26. Qxf5 Nc6 27. Bc5 Nd8
28. Qxd7 Rxd7 29. Rad1 Rd3 30. Ba3 Nc6 31. Rxd3 cxd3 32. Rd1 Rd8 33. Kf1 $5 ({
Analysts prefer} 33. f3 {but the text is okay.}) 33... g6 34. g4 $5 f5 $1 35.
gxf5 gxf5 36. exf5 $2 {Bobby lacks the required accuracy.} (36. f3 $1 fxe4 37.
fxe4 Na5 38. Bc5 Rd7 39. Ke1 Kf7 40. Kd2 {draws.}) 36... e4 $1 37. Ke1 $6 (37.
Bc5 $1 Ne5 38. Be3 $1 {presents more resistance.}) 37... Ne5 $1 38. Bc5 Nf3+ $1
39. Kf1 Kf7 40. Kg2 Rg8+ 41. Kh1 Rg1+ 42. Rxg1 Nxg1 43. Be3 Nf3 44. Kg2 d2 45.
Bxd2 Nxd2 46. Kg3 Kf6 47. Kf4 h5 48. Ke3 Nf3 49. Kxe4 Ng5+ 50. Kf4 Nxh3+ 51.
Kg3 Ng5 52. Kh4 Kxf5 53. Kxh5 Ne4 {Top five: Ivkov 8, Smyslov 71/2, Fischer
and Geller 7, Kholmov 61/2. Ivkov led.} 0-1

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 4"]
[Date "1965.09.09"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Robatsch, Karl"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B86"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. a3 Be7 8. Ba2
O-O 9. O-O b5 10. f4 Bb7 11. f5 e5 12. Nde2 Nbd7 13. Ng3 Rc8 14. Be3 $5 (14.
Bg5 {occurred in Olafsson - Fischer, Bled 1959.}) 14... Nb6 15. Bxb6 Qxb6+ 16.
Kh1 Qe3 $1 {Fischer lames the hostile position.} 17. Nd5 $5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Bd8
$5 19. a4 $5 Bb6 20. axb5 axb5 21. Ra6 b4 22. Nh5 $1 Nxd5 23. Qg4 $2 ({Right is
} 23. exd5) 23... g6 $1 24. exd5 Rxc2 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. Nf6+ Kg7 27. Nh5+ Kh6
$1 {Fischer avoids perpetual check, takes over the attack and wins.} 28. Nf6
Rf2 $1 29. Raa1 Ra8 $1 30. Qxb4 Kg7 31. Qxd6 Qe2 32. Ne8+ Rxe8 33. Rfe1 Qb5 {
It was hot in the Ballroom of Habana Libre. A backroom of the Marshall Chess
Club might have been cooler .   Top five: Ivkov 9, Smyslov 81/2, Fischer 8,
Geller 71/2, Kholmov 7.} 0-1

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 4"]
[Date "1965.09.12"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Parma, Bruno"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C93"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 h6 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Nf1 Bd7 13. Ng3 Na5 14. Bc2 Nc4 15. a4
$5 c5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. dxc5 dxc5 19. Nh5 $5 {Parma wants to
exchange towards a draw.} Nxh5 20. Qxd7 Nd6 21. Qg4 Nf6 22. Qh4 Re6 23. Nd2 c4
24. Nf1 $2 (24. Qg3 $1 {supports the queenside from a distance.}) 24... b4 $1
25. cxb4 Nb5 $1 26. Bd2 (26. f3 Qa2 27. Qf2 Bxb4 28. Rd1 {saves pawn b2.})
26... Qa2 $1 27. Qg3 Qxb2 28. Ba4 Nd4 $6 29. Qc3 Qa2 30. Qa1 $6 Qxa1 31. Rxa1
Ra6 32. b5 Nxb5 33. Ng3 c3 34. Bc1 c2 35. Bb2 Nd4 36. Bxc2 $5 {Otherwise the
c-pawn decides.} Rxa1+ 37. Bxa1 Nxc2 38. Bxe5 Nd7 {Top five: Ivkov 10, Smyslov
91/2, Fischer 9, Geller 81/2, Kholmov 71/2.} 0-1

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 4"]
[Date "1965.09.13"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Ciocaltea, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. Nf1
h6 9. Ng3 O-O 10. O-O b5 11. Bc2 a5 12. h3 Bd7 13. d4 $5 a4 14. Be3 Qe7 15. Qd2
Kh7 16. Rad1 Rg8 17. Bb1 Be8 18. a3 Na5 19. Ba2 Nc4 20. Bxc4 bxc4 21. dxe5 dxe5
22. Qe2 Bc6 $6 23. Rfe1 $6 Nxe4 24. Qxc4 Qe6 25. Qxe6 fxe6 26. Nxe4 Bxe4 27.
Bc1 ({The adventure} 27. Nxe5 Bxe5 28. Bd2 Bf5 29. Rxe5 Rgd8 30. Re2 Bd3 31.
Bg5 $1 Bxe2 32. Rxd8 Rxd8 33. Bxd8 {draws.}) 27... Bd5 $2 {Black blunders a
pawn.} ({Right is} 27... Bxf3 28. gxf3 Rad8) 28. Nxe5 Bxe5 29. Rxe5 Rad8 30.
Be3 Kg7 $6 31. c4 $1 Bxc4 32. Rxd8 Rxd8 33. Rc5 Bb3 34. Rxc7+ Kf6 35. Bxh6 g5
36. Bg7+ Kg6 37. Bc3 Rd1+ 38. Kh2 Rd5 39. Rg7+ Kh6 40. Re7 Rd6 41. Re8 Rd7 42.
Kg3 {Top five: Ivkov 11, Smyslov 101/2, Geller and Fischer 91/2, Kholmov 8.}
1-0

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 4"]
[Date "1965.09.14"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Ivkov, Borislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qxc4 Bc6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Nc3 Bd6 9. d3 O-O 10. e4 a5 11. Re1 Ne5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Be3 Ng4 14. Bc5 b5 $2
{Hereafter, Kholmov has a positional edge. He is going to win the game slowly
but steadily.} ({Right is} 14... Bd6) 15. Nxb5 Bxb2 16. Rad1 Bxb5 17. Qxb5 Bd4
18. Qc4 Bxc5 19. Qxc5 Nf6 20. d4 Nd7 21. Qc3 Nb6 22. Rb1 Qd7 23. Rec1 Ra7 24.
Bf1 Rd8 25. Rd1 Raa8 26. Rb5 h6 27. Qc2 Ra7 28. Rd2 Nc8 29. Rc5 Ne7 30. Qc3 Qd6
31. a4 Qb6 32. Rb5 Qd6 33. Bg2 Qc6 34. Qb3 Qd7 35. Qe3 c6 36. Rc5 Qb7 37. Bf1
Qb1 38. Rdc2 Rad7 39. Rc1 Qb6 40. R1c4 g6 41. Qc3 Qb1 42. Rxa5 Rb7 43. Qf3 Qe1
44. Rac5 Ra8 45. a5 Rba7 46. Ra4 Rb8 47. Qe3 Qd1 48. Rac4 Rxa5 49. Rc1 Qa4 50.
Rxa5 Qxa5 51. Qxh6 Qb4 52. Qe3 Rd8 53. Rc4 Qb1 54. h4 Ra8 55. Rc1 Qb2 56. Rd1
Ra2 57. Kg2 Nc8 58. Bc4 Ra4 59. Be2 Ra2 60. Bd3 Nd6 61. h5 gxh5 62. e5 Ne8 63.
Rb1 Qd2 64. Qf3 Rb2 65. Ra1 Ra2 66. Rb1 Rb2 67. Rxb2 Qxb2 68. Qxc6 Kf8 69. Bb5
Nc7 70. Qxc7 Qxb5 71. Qc5+ Qxc5 72. dxc5 Ke7 73. Kf3 Kd7 74. Ke4 Kc6 75. Kd4 {
Kholmov neared the leaders. The top five: Smyslov 111/2, Ivkov 11, Fischer 101/
2, Geller 10, Kholmov 9.} 1-0

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 4"]
[Date "1965.09.15"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Ivkov, Borislav"]
[Black "Perez Perez, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E63"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d6 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. h3
Rb8 9. Be3 b5 10. cxb5 axb5 11. d5 Na5 12. b4 Nc4 13. Ba7 Rb7 14. Bd4 e5 15.
dxe6 fxe6 16. Qb3 e5 17. Be3 d5 $1 ({Perez Perez betters} 17... Kh8 {(Marovic
- Sofrevski, Zagreb 1961).}) 18. Rad1 c6 19. Bc5 Re8 20. a4 bxa4 21. Qa2 $6 Kh8
(21... Bf8 $1 {gains an advantage.}) 22. e4 $1 Nb6 23. Ng5 d4 $2 {Black allows
a fork.} ({Okay is} 23... h6 24. exd5 cxd5 25. Nge4 Nxe4 26. Nxe4 Rd7) 24. Nf7+
Rxf7 25. Qxf7 Nfd7 $6 26. Bxb6 Nxb6 27. Qa7 Be6 $2 {Black makes the decisive
mistake.} (27... Bd7 $1 28. Nxa4 Nxa4 29. Qxa4 c5 $1 30. Qa5 c4 {escapes by
exchanges.}) 28. Nxa4 Nxa4 29. Qxa4 Bc4 30. Qxc6 Bxf1 31. Bxf1 Rf8 32. b5 Qa5
33. Qa6 Qc3 34. Qa2 Qf3 35. Qe2 Qf6 36. Rb1 d3 37. Qb2 Qf3 38. Bg2 Qf6 39. b6
Bh6 40. b7 d2 41. b8=Q Qxf2+ 42. Kh2 {Top five: Smyslov and Ivkov 12, Fischer
11, Geller 101/2, Kholmov 91/2.} 1-0

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 4"]
[Date "1965.09.17"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Jimenez Zerquera, Eleazar"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B95"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Qd2 a6 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. Bf3 $5 (11. f3 $1 {was played in Palmiotto -
Paoli, Reggio Emilia 1957.}) 11... Qc7 12. g3 $6 {White wastes time.} Nbd7 13.
Bg2 Rac8 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd1 Nc5 16. Nc3 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 Nd7 18. Nce2 Nb6 19.
c3 g6 20. Rab1 Nc4 21. Qc2 Nb6 22. Qc1 Qe7 23. Nc2 Bg5 24. Ne3 Nc4 25. f4 $1
Bh6 26. Nxc4 Rxc4 27. Qe3 e5 28. b3 Rcc8 29. Qd3 exf4 30. gxf4 Re8 31. Qxd6
Bxe4 32. Ng3 $4 {Top five: Smyslov and Ivkov 13, Fischer 12, Geller 111/2,
Kholmov 101/2.} (32. Ng3 Qxd6 33. Rxd6 Bxb1 {grabs a rook.}) 0-1

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 4"]
[Date "1965.09.19"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. e4 d6 5. f3 c6 6. Be3 a6 7. Bd3 b5 8. cxb5 $5
{Geller plays a quiet move in the Sämisch Variation.} axb5 9. Nge2 O-O 10. b4
Nbd7 11. O-O Bb7 12. Qd2 e5 13. Rfd1 exd4 14. Nxd4 Ne5 15. Bf1 Nfd7 16. a4 Nb6
17. Qc2 bxa4 18. Nxa4 Nxa4 19. Rxa4 Rxa4 20. Qxa4 Qe7 21. Qb3 Ra8 22. Nc2 Bc8
23. Nd4 Bd7 24. h3 Rb8 25. Qa3 d5 26. exd5 cxd5 27. Nc2 Bxh3 $2 ({Correct is} 
27... Be6) 28. Bc5 $1 {Geller plays an intermediate move.} (28. gxh3 $2 Nxf3+
29. Kf2 Qh4+ 30. Kxf3 Qh5+ 31. Kg2 Qxd1 {brings no advantage.}) 28... Qg5 29.
f4 $1 Qh5 30. Rxd5 Bf5 31. Ne3 $2 (31. Qa7 $1 {starts a strong attack. See} Nc6
$6 32. Qxb8+ $1 Nxb8 33. Rd8+) 31... Ng4 32. Nxg4 Qxg4 33. Qa7 Re8 34. Qc7 h5
35. Rd8 Rxd8 36. Qxd8+ Kh7 37. Be3 Bh6 $4 {Fischer blunders a pawn.} 38. Qf6 $1
Bg7 39. Qxf7 Qd1 40. Qc4 h4 41. Qe2 Qa1 42. Kh2 Bd4 43. Bf2 Bxf2 44. Qxf2 Kg7
45. b5 Be4 46. b6 Bb7 47. Qe2 Kf6 48. Qd3 Ke7 49. Qc4 Kf6 50. Qd3 Ke7 51. Qe3+
Kd6 52. Be2 Qb2 53. Bf3 $1 {Geller triumphs by a combination.} Bxf3 54. Qe5+ $1
Qxe5 55. fxe5+ Kxe5 56. gxf3 Kd6 57. f4 $1 {White wins the pawn ending.   Top
five: Smyslov and Ivkov 131/2, Geller 121/2, Fischer 12, Kholmov 11.} 1-0

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 4"]
[Date "1965.09.20"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C98"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Nf1 Be6 15.
Ne3 Rad8 16. Qe2 c4 17. Ng5 h6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. b4 $2 ({Better is} 19. b3 $1)
19... Nd4 $1 {Kholmov brings a semi-sacrifice.} 20. cxd4 exd4 21. a3 d3 22.
Bxd3 Rxd3 {Black has gained a positional advantage.} 23. Ng4 Kh7 24. e5 Nxg4
25. Qe4+ g6 26. Qxg4 Rf5 27. Qe4 Qd7 28. Be3 Qd5 29. Qxd5 Rxd5 30. f4 g5 31. g3
gxf4 32. gxf4 Rf8 33. Kg2 Kg6 34. Rg1 Rd3 35. Kf3+ Kf5 $1 36. Rg7 Bd8 37. Rb7 (
{Not} 37. Rh7 $2 Bg5 $1 38. fxg5 Kg6+) 37... Rg8 38. Rb8 ({Or} 38. a4 Bh4 $1
39. Rf7+ Kg6 40. Ra7 Kh5) 38... Rg7 39. a4 h5 40. axb5 axb5 41. Rxb5 {The
counteraction seems to be successful, but Kholmov decides the game.} Bh4 $1 42.
Ke2 Rg2+ 43. Kf1 Rh2 44. Kg1 Re2 45. Bb6 c3 46. Kf1 Rh2 {Fischer seemed to be
out of the race.} 0-1

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 4"]
[Date "1965.09.20"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Pachman, Ludek"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
Nc6 9. Qf4 O-O 10. Rd1 Qb8 11. Qxb8 Raxb8 12. Bf4 Rbc8 13. Ne5 d6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6
15. Bxd6 Bxd6 16. Rxd6 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Rxc4 18. Rad1 g5 19. f3 Kg7 20. Kf2 g4 21.
R1d4 {Pachman drew quickly against the best.   Top five: Ivkov 141/2, Smyslov
14, Geller 131/2, Fischer and Kholmov 12.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 4"]
[Date "1965.09.22"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Jimenez Zerquera, Eleazar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 e5 5. Bg2 Ne7 6. Nf3 Nbc6 7. b4 a6 8.
Bb2 Nf5 9. a3 Be7 10. O-O Be6 11. d3 O-O 12. Rc1 f6 13. Na4 Qd7 14. Nd2 Nh6 15.
Ne4 Qc8 16. Nec5 Bxc5 17. Nxc5 Bh3 18. Bd5+ Kh8 19. Re1 Nd8 20. d4 c6 21. Bf3
exd4 22. Qxd4 Ne6 23. Qh4 Ng5 24. Bh1 Nf5 25. Qc4 Nd6 26. Qf4 Ndf7 27. Rcd1 Ne6
28. Nxe6 Bxe6 29. Rd3 Ng5 30. Qh4 Kg8 31. f4 Nh3+ 32. Kf1 Bg4 33. Bf3 h5 34.
Bxg4 hxg4 35. Qh5 Qe6 36. Qg6 Rad8 37. Red1 $4 ({Correct is} 37. Bc1) 37... Qe3
$3 {The Cuban Jimenez makes a sparkling move and triumphs.} 38. Ke1 ({Or} 38.
Rxe3 Rxd1+ 39. Kg2 Rg1#) 38... Qg1+ 39. Kd2 Rxd3+ 40. exd3 Qxh2+ 41. Kc3 Qxg3
42. Bc1 Nxf4 43. Bxf4 Qxf4 44. Re1 Qg5 45. Qe4 Qe5+ 46. Qxe5 fxe5 47. Rxe5 Rf4
48. Kd2 Kh7 49. Ke3 Rf3+ 50. Ke2 Kh6 51. Re4 Kg5 52. Re7 g6 53. Rxb7 Rf6 54.
Rh7 g3 55. Rh1 Kg4 56. Rg1 Re6+ 57. Kd2 Kh3 58. Rh1+ Kg2 59. Rh4 Kf3 {Top five:
Ivkov 15, Smyslov and Geller 14, Fischer and Kholmov 13.   Ivkov came close to
victory.} 0-1

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 4"]
[Date "1965.09.23"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Garcia, Gilberto"]
[Black "Ivkov, Borislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]

{The Cuban tailender should be an easy prey for the leader.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6
3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. b3 $5 O-O 7. Qc2 Nc6 8. a3 Bb6 9. Bb2 Re8
10. Nc3 d4 $1 11. Rd1 e5 12. e4 $2 Ng4 13. Na4 Ba5+ 14. b4 Nxb4 $1 15. axb4
Bxb4+ 16. Rd2 Bd7 17. Bc1 b5 $2 {Ivkov misses the win for the first time.} (
17... d3 $1 18. Bxd3 Bxa4 19. Qxa4 Bxd2+ 20. Nxd2 Qxd3 {ends the game.}) 18.
Nb2 Rc8 19. Be2 Be6 20. O-O bxc4 21. Nxc4 Qc7 22. Qa4 Bxd2 23. Bxd2 Bxc4 24.
Rc1 Qc6 25. Rxc4 Qxe4 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Qd7 Rf8 28. Bf1 Nf6 29. Qc7 Nd5 30. Qd7
Nf4 31. h3 Qb1 32. Be1 $4 ({Right is} 32. Bxf4 exf4 33. Qxa7) 32... e4 $1 33.
Qf5 Ne6 34. Bd2 g6 35. Qf6 exf3 36. g4 d3 $4 {Ivkov makes the only losing move
in the penultimate round, but he still leads.} 37. Bc3 $1 {Mate cannot be
avoided.   Top five: Ivkov 15, Smyslov and Geller 141/2, Fischer 14, Kholmov
131/2.} 1-0

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 4"]
[Date "1965.09.26"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Ivkov, Borislav"]
[Black "Robatsch, Karl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C98"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]

{Geller played a short draw vs. O<->Kelly in the final round. We follow the
games of the other top players.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5.
O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2
Nc6 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Nf1 Be6 15. Ne3 Rad8 16. Qe2 c4 17. Nf5 $5 Bxf5 18. exf5
Rfe8 19. Ng5 Nb8 20. Be3 Nbd7 21. a4 Nc5 22. Bxc5 Bxc5 23. axb5 axb5 24. b4 Bb6
25. Red1 $2 ({Preferable is} 25. Ne4 {(Ivkov - Mecking, Sousse 1967).}) 25...
Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Qc6 $1 {Black conquers square e4.} 27. Nf3 e4 28. Nd4 Qd5 29.
Ra6 Bxd4 30. Qxd4 Qxd4 $6 31. cxd4 Rb8 32. Kf1 Nd5 33. Bxe4 Nxb4 34. Ra7 Kf8
35. d5 $2 {Ivkov loses again.} (35. f6 $1 gxf6 36. Bxh7 Nd5 37. Rd7 Nf4 38. g3
{fights for survival.}) 35... Rd8 $1 36. f6 gxf6 37. f3 ({Not} 37. Rb7 Nxd5 38.
Rxb5 $2 Nc3) 37... Nxd5 38. Rb7 f5 39. Bb1 b4 40. Kf2 f4 41. Bxh7 b3 42. g4 Nc3
43. Rb4 Rd2+ 44. Ke1 Rd1+ 45. Kf2 Rc1 $1 46. h4 Kg7 47. Bf5 b2 $1 48. h5 b1=Q
49. Bxb1 Nxb1 50. Ke2 Rc2+ 51. Kd1 Na3 52. Ra4 Ra2 53. g5 c3 54. h6+ Kh8 55.
Ra8+ Kh7 56. Rf8 c2+ 57. Kd2 Ra1 58. Rxf7+ Kg8 {Ivkov ended at the same level
as Geller.} 0-1

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 4"]
[Date "1965.09.26"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Ciocaltea, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C72"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 exd4 8. c3
d3 9. Qxd3 Nf6 10. Re1 $5 (10. a4 {was played in Tal - Ciocaltea, Kislovodsk
1964.}) 10... Be7 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Nf1 Ne5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Bg5 Be6 $6 (14...
c5 $1 {develops the queenside.}) 15. Qf3 Nd7 16. Be3 Bd6 17. Ng3 Nc5 18. Nf5
Nxb3 19. axb3 a5 20. Red1 Bxf5 21. exf5 Qh4 22. g3 Qf6 23. Qe4 g6 24. fxg6 hxg6
25. c4 bxc4 26. bxc4 {Black suffers from restriction.} Rab8 $2 (26... Rfb8 $1 {
keeps the a-pawn protected.}) 27. Rxa5 Rxb2 28. c5 $1 Be7 29. Rd5 Rd8 (29...
Rfb8 $1 30. Rxe5 R8b4 31. Bd4 Rxf2 $1 32. Ra8+ Kg7 33. Rxe7 Rf1+ 34. Kg2 Rxd4
35. Rxf7+ $1 Qxf7 36. Qxd4+ Qf6 37. Qd7+ Qf7 38. c6 {also leads to the gain of
a black pawn.}) 30. Rxd8+ Bxd8 31. c6 Be7 32. Rxe5 Rb4 33. Qd5 Qd6 34. Bf4 Rd4
35. Qf3 Qb4 36. Kg2 Kg7 37. Rd5 Rxd5 38. Qxd5 Bd6 39. Bxd6 cxd6 40. c7 Qc3 41.
Qb7 {Kholmov neared the leaders by a strong finish.} 1-0

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 4"]
[Date "1965.09.26"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Pietzsch, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E67"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Qc2 c6 10. Rd1 Qe7 11. Ng5 Ne8 $5 (11... Nc5 {occurred in Primavera -
Wade, Venice 1950.}) 12. e4 Nc7 13. Be3 h6 14. Nf3 Ne6 15. Rab1 f5 $1 16. Nh4
$5 Qf7 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Bh3 $2 ({Necessary is} 18. f4 $1 exf4 19. gxf4) 18...
f4 $1 {Knight e6 supports the advance of the f-pawn.} 19. Qg6 $2 ({Better is} 
19. Bxe6 Qxe6 20. Bc1) 19... Ng5 $1 20. Bxd7 Bxd7 21. Qxf7+ Rxf7 22. gxf4 exf4
23. Bd4 (23. Bd2 Bg4 24. Rdc1 Rd8 25. Be1 Rd3 {overwhelms the white position.})
23... Bg4 24. Rd2 Rd7 $1 {Fischer won the last three games and ended equal
with Geller and Ivkov.} 0-1

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 4"]
[Date "1965.09.26"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Doda, Zbigniew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. g3 Qa5 $5 7. Bd2 O-O 8.
e3 Qb6 $5 9. a3 Be7 10. b4 Nc6 11. c5 Qd8 {The long retreat has not led to
problems.} 12. Bg2 Ne5 $6 (12... e5 $1 13. Ndb5 d6 {liberates.}) 13. O-O d6 14.
cxd6 Bxd6 15. Qe2 a6 16. Rfd1 Qe7 $2 (16... Ng6 $1 {avoids restriction.}) 17.
e4 $1 Bb8 $5 18. h3 Ba7 19. Be3 Bd7 20. f4 $1 Nc6 21. e5 $1 Ne8 22. Nb3 Bxe3+
23. Qxe3 Nc7 24. Qc5 Qxc5+ 25. Nxc5 Bc8 26. N3a4 a5 27. Nb6 Ra7 28. Nxc8 Rxc8
29. Nxb7 $1 {Smyslov has made the decisive move.} Rxb7 30. Bxc6 Rb6 31. Bd7
Rcb8 32. Rac1 Nd5 33. b5 g6 34. a4 h5 35. Bc6 h4 36. Bxd5 exd5 37. Rxd5 hxg3
38. Kg2 f6 39. Kxg3 fxe5 40. fxe5 Kf7 41. Rc7+ Ke6 42. Rdc5 Kf5 43. Rf7+ Ke4
44. Rf4+ {Smyslov has won the tournament!   Thirteen grandmasters played among
the twenty-two participants of Havana 1965. The final standings became: 1.
Smyslov (151/2/21), 2-4 Ivkov, Geller and Fischer (15), 5. Kholmov (141/2), 6.
Pachman (13), 7. Robatsch (121/2), 8. Donner (12), 9. Bilek (111/2), 10. Parma
11.   The first prize was $2500 and the numbers 2-4 got $1500 each. So Ivkov
lost $1000 by his poor finish.   Fischer was twenty-two at the time and
competed at the same level as the best grandmasters of the Soviet-union. So he
had made great progress since Curacao 1962.   The Olympiad of 1966 was carried
out in Habana Libre. This time Fischer and his team were allowed to visit Cuba
by the US State Department.} 1-0

[Event "Santa Monica"]
[Site "Second Piatigorsky Cup"]
[Date "1966.07.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D59"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

{Although ten world class grandmasters participated in double rounds, we will
follow the race between Spassky and Fischer. It precedes their Match of the
Century.  Spassky played his most impressive tournament. He defeated his main
competitors Fischer and Larsen. Solid and resourceful play led to an overall
victory. Fischer started poorly but became second due to a score of 71/2/9 in
the second cycle. Larsen showed his fighting spirit. World champion Petrosian
had passed his peak. The organisational talents of Jacqueline even met the
needs of Bobby.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O
7. e3 b6 8. Rc1 Bb7 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Qa4 c5 13. Qa3
Rc8 14. Be2 Nd7 15. O-O Qf8 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Rc2 Qd6 18. Rfc1 Qb6 19. Nd2 Re8
20. Nb3 {Spassky calls 'the hanging pawns' a convenient target.} d4 $1 {He
solves the problem with a pawn sacrifice.} 21. Nxc5 Nxc5 22. Rxc5 dxe3 23. fxe3
Re7 ({Even better is} 23... Rad8 {(Spassky).}) 24. Rb5 Qxe3+ 25. Qxe3 Rxe3 26.
Rxb7 Rxe2 27. Rcc7 Rd8 28. Rd7 Rc8 29. Rbc7 {The matadors played their first
game after the world championship match.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Santa Monica"]
[Site "Second Piatigorsky Cup"]
[Date "1966.07.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. Be3 Nc6 8. O-O
Re8 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qxd8 Nxd8 11. Nb5 Ne6 12. Ng5 Re7 13. Nxe6 Bxe6 14. f3 c6
$5 15. Nc3 Rd7 16. Rfd1 Bf8 17. Kf2 b6 18. b3 Rb7 $5 {Fischer wants to attack
on the queenside.} 19. Na4 Nd7 20. Nb2 b5 21. cxb5 cxb5 22. Rdc1 a5 23. Nd3 Ba3
24. Rc6 b4 $5 25. Rb1 a4 26. Nc5 Nxc5 27. Rxc5 axb3 28. axb3 f6 29. Bc4 Bxc4
30. bxc4 $5 (30. Rxc4 Rd8 31. Ke2 Rbd7 32. Rc2 Rd3 {(Reshevsky)} 33. Rd2 $1 {
offers no winning chances to both parties.}) 30... b3 $1 31. Rb5 Rxb5 32. cxb5
b2 33. b6 Kf7 34. Ke2 Ke6 35. Kd3 Rc8 36. Bd2 Rc6 37. Ba5 {White threatens tp
blay 38.b7!} Rc5 38. Bc3 Rb5 39. Kc2 Rxb6 40. Bxb2 Rxb2+ 41. Rxb2 Bxb2 42. Kxb2
Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Santa Monica"]
[Site "Second Piatigorsky Cup"]
[Date "1966.07.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. c4 c6 12. c5 Qc7 13. cxd6 Bxd6 14. Bg5 exd4 ({
Less risk is taken by} 14... Bb7 $1 15. Nc3 exd4 16. Qxd4 c5 {(Lehmann-Hartoch,
Amsterdam 1963).}) 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qxd4 Ne5 $5 {Thisvariation has been
analysed in Chess Review, but Portisch has not seen it yet.} 17. Nbd2 Rd8 18.
Qe3 $5 Nd3 $1 19. Qh6 Bf4 20. Qxf6 Rd6 21. Qc3 Nxe1 22. Rxe1 Qd8 23. Re2 Rg6
24. Kh1 Be6 25. Bxe6 fxe6 (25... Rxe6 $1 {will be successful in Billar-Sarosy,
corr. 1977.}) 26. g3 Bh6 27. Kg2 Rc8 28. e5 Qd5 29. Ne4 Bg7 30. b3 Rf8 31. Qc2
Rf4 32. Ned2 c5 33. Re3 Qc6 $2 (33... Bf8 34. Ne4 Be7 {(Portisch) keeps an
advantage for Black.}) 34. Ne4 c4 35. bxc4 bxc4 36. Ned2 Bh6 37. Rc3 Rg7 38.
Rd3 Qa8 39. Nxc4 Qc6 40. Na3 Qxc2 41. Nxc2 Ra4 42. Rd8+ Kf7 43. a3 Rg6 44. h4
Bf8 45. Ng5+ Ke7 46. Ra8 h6 $2 (46... h5 $1 {stops the white h-pawn.}) 47. Nh7
Bg7 48. Ra7+ Ke8 49. h5 $1 Rgg4 50. f3 $2 ({Bobby misses the win} 50. Ne3 $1
Bxe5 51. Nxg4 Rxg4 52. f4 $1 {(Portisch).}) 50... Rgc4 51. Rxg7 Rxc2+ 52. Kh3
Rxa3 53. f4 Rf2 54. Nf6+ Kf8 55. Rg4 a5 56. Ne4 Rc2 57. Rg6 Re3 58. Nd6 Rcc3
59. Rxe6 Rxg3+ 60. Kh4 Rg1 61. f5 Rc2 62. Re8+ Kg7 63. f6+ Kh7 64. Re7+ Kg8 65.
Kh3 Rc3+ 66. Kh4 Rc2 67. Kh3 Rc3+ 68. Kh2 Rcg3 69. f7+ Kg7 70. Nf5+ Kf8 71.
Nxg3 Rxg3 72. Ra7 Re3 $1 {draws.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Santa Monica"]
[Site "Second Piatigorsky Cup"]
[Date "1966.07.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Unzicker, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
Bg5 h6 16. Bd2 Bg7 17. Rc1 c5 18. d5 Nb6 19. Bd3 Qc7 20. Nh2 Na4 21. Rb1 c4 22.
Bc2 Nc5 23. Ng4 Kh7 24. Qf3 Nxg4 25. hxg4 $1 Qe7 26. b3 cxb3 27. axb3 Bf6 28.
Nf1 Bg5 29. Ne3 Bc8 $6 ({Better is} 29... Kg8 30. g3 Rec8) 30. g3 Nd7 31. Qe2
Nf6 $6 {The knight gets in the way of a bishop.} 32. f3 h5 $2 ({The
prophylactic} 32... Kg7 33. Rf1 Nd7 34. Kg2 Bb7 {tries to restore the previous
errors timely.}) 33. Kg2 Qd8 34. Rh1 Kg8 35. Rbf1 $1 {White prepares 36.f4.}
Bh6 36. Nf5 $1 {Spassky finds the most elegant win.} Bxd2 37. Qxd2 gxf5 ({Or} 
37... Nh7 38. Qh6 Qf6 39. g5 Qh8 40. Nxd6 {(Spassky).}) 38. Qh6 $1 fxe4 39.
fxe4 Bxg4 ({Both players mention the main point} 39... Nxg4 40. Qxh5 Ne3+ 41.
Kg1 {and Black is hopeless.}) 40. Rxf6 Qe7 41. Qg5+ Kf8 42. Bd1 Bxd1 43. Rxd1
Rec8 44. Rdf1 Rxc3 45. Qxh5 Rc2+ 46. Kh1 {Boris showed his combinatory talent.}
1-0

[Event "Santa Monica"]
[Site "Second Piatigorsky Cup"]
[Date "1966.07.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivkov, Borislav"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 $5 d5 $5 7. Ne5 c6 8.
e4 Be6 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Ne2 Nc6 11. Nf4 Bf5 12. c3 Be4 $6 13. Bh3 (13. f3 $1
Bf5 14. g4 Bc8 15. Nfd3 {utilises Fischer's opportunism.}) 13... Qc7 14. Nfd3
Bxd3 15. Nxd3 e6 16. Bf4 Qd8 17. Re1 Re8 18. Bg2 Nd7 19. h4 h5 20. Bf3 b5 21.
a3 a5 22. Qe2 $6 Rc8 23. Bd6 $2 Qb6 24. Be5 $2 {White spoils his position.} ({
Wiser is the retreat} 24. Bf4) 24... Ndxe5 25. Nxe5 Nxe5 26. dxe5 b4 27. axb4
axb4 28. Qe3 Qxe3 29. Rxe3 bxc3 30. bxc3 Rc5 31. Be2 Rec8 32. Ra3 Bf8 33. Rb3
Be7 34. Kg2 $6 ({More resistance is offered by} 34. Kf1 $1 Bd8 35. Ba6 Ra8 36.
Bb7 Ra1+ 37. Re1 Rxe1+ 38. Kxe1 Ba5 39. Kd2 d4 40. f4) 34... Bd8 35. Ba6 Ra8 {
Black will eventually win pawn c3. Now he threatens to gain an extra
positional advantage.} 36. Rf3 $2 (36. Be2 $1 Ba5 37. f4 Rac8 38. g4 $1 {gives
counter-play.}) 36... Bc7 $1 37. Rb5 Rc4 38. Bb7 Ra3 39. Re3 Kg7 40. Bc8 Raxc3
41. Re1 Rc2 42. Bd7 0-1

[Event "Santa Monica"]
[Site "Second Piatigorsky Cup"]
[Date "1966.07.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. Na4
cxd4 9. a3 Be7 10. exd4 d6 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. b4 Re8 13. Bb2 Bf8 14. Nc3 g6 15.
Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 d5 17. Bd3 dxc4 18. Bxc4 Bg7 19. Qe2 a6 20. b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Santa Monica"]
[Site "Second Piatigorsky Cup"]
[Date "1966.07.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Donner, Jan Hein"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Be3 Bg4 16. Qd3 Nxe3 $5 ({Usual is} 16... Rae8 17. Nd2 Re6) 17. Rxe3 c5 18. Qf1
$5 ({They played} 18. Bd5 Rad8 19. Nd2 {in the Capablanca Memorial 1965.})
18... Qh6 19. Nd2 Rad8 20. Nf3 Bxf3 $2 ({More natural is} 20... c4 $1 21. Bc2
f5 22. Ne5 Bh3 23. Qe2 f4 {(Rimpineva-Kupila, corr. 1983).}) 21. Rxf3 cxd4 $6
22. cxd4 Qd2 $6 23. Rd3 Qg5 24. Rc1 Rc8 25. Rdc3 Rxc3 26. bxc3 Ba3 27. Rc2 Rc8
28. c4 bxc4 29. Bxc4 Qf5 {Fischer touches the bishop and has to play the text
move.} 30. Bd3 $2 ({Donner suggests} 30. Qb1 $1) 30... Rxc2 $1 31. Bxf5 Rc1 32.
Qxc1 Bxc1 33. Kf1 h6 34. Ke2 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Santa Monica"]
[Site "Second Piatigorsky Cup"]
[Date "1966.07.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B64"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 e5 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 Qa5 13. Kb1 Rad8 14. Bxf6
Bxf6 15. Nd5 $1 Qxd2 16. Rxd2 exf4 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 {White has the better
endgame.} 18. Be2 Rfe8 19. Rf1 Re4 20. Bf3 Re7 21. a3 Ne5 22. Bd5 Ng4 23. Rxf4
$1 Ne3 (23... Nxh2 $6 24. Rd3 $1 {favours White (Spassky).}) 24. Bb3 Re5 25.
Rd3 Kf8 26. g4 b5 27. a4 a6 28. Rc3 $6 (28. axb5 axb5 29. Kc1 $1 d5 30. Kd2 {
keeps the initiative.}) 28... d5 $1 29. Rd4 Ke7 30. h3 Nc4 31. Rcd3 Rd6 32. Rd1
Ne3 33. R1d3 Kd7 34. Rf4 Nc4 35. Rf1 Kc6 36. Kc1 Rd8 37. Rfd1 h5 38. gxh5 Rh8
39. Rg3 Rxh5 40. Rg8 Rxh3 41. Rc8+ $2 ({The right plan is} 41. axb5+ axb5 42.
Bxc4 dxc4 43. Rc8+ Kb7 44. Rcd8 $1 {(Spassky).}) 41... Kb7 42. Rf8 Rxf5 43.
Rxf7+ Kb6 44. Rd7 Ne3 45. Re1 Rhf3 46. Rd6+ Ka5 47. axb5 Kxb5 48. Kd2 Re5 49.
Kc1 a5 50. Rd8 Rf4 51. Rb8+ Kc6 52. Ra8 Kb7 53. Rd8 ({Not} 53. Rxa5 $2 {due to}
Nc4 $1 54. Bxc4 Rxe1+ 55. Kd2 Re5 56. Bxd5+ Kb6) 53... a4 54. Ba2 Rf2 55. Kb1
Kc7 $2 {Black suffers from time trouble.} (55... f5 $1 $19 {(Larsen and
Spassky).}) 56. Ra8 Nc4 57. Rd1 Nb6 58. Ra7+ Kc6 59. b3 Ree2 60. Rc1 Re4 61.
Rd1 Rb4 62. Kb2 Rb5 63. Kc1 Rc5 64. Rd2 Rf1+ 65. Rd1 Rf2 66. Rd2 Rf1+ 67. Rd1
Rf4 68. bxa4 Nxa4 69. Re1 Nc3 70. Re6+ Kb5 71. Rb7+ Ka5 72. Bb3 Rb5 73. Rc7 d4
74. Kb2 Rf1 75. Rcc6 f5 76. Ka3 Ra1+ 77. Kb2 Rb1+ 78. Ka3 Ra1+ 79. Kb2 Rb1+ 80.
Ka3 Ra1+ {Black has to deliver perpetual check.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Santa Monica"]
[Site "Second Piatigorsky Cup"]
[Date "1966.07.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Na4
cxd4 9. exd4 ({Reshevsky played} 9. a3 {versus Spassky in round three.}) 9...
Be7 10. Re1 d6 11. b4 Nbd7 12. Bb2 Re8 13. Nc3 Bf8 $5 ({Theory is} 13... Rc8 {
(Taimanov-Georgy, Moscow 1955).}) 14. d5 $1 e5 $5 ({Later Spassky will play
the prudent} 14... exd5 15. Rxe8 Qxe8 16. cxd5 a6 {against Gheorghiu in Moscow
1967.}) 15. Nd2 g6 16. Nb3 Nh5 17. g3 Ng7 $5 18. c5 $5 dxc5 19. bxc5 Nxc5 $2 ({
A sound alternative brings} 19... bxc5 20. Bb5 f5 $1) 20. Bb5 Nd7 21. Ne4 Kh8
22. Bc6 $1 Qc7 23. Rc1 Bxc6 24. dxc6 Nc5 25. Nexc5 ({Spassky prefers} 25. Nbxc5
bxc5 26. Qd7 Re7 27. Qd5 $1) 25... bxc5 26. Qf3 $2 ({A strong attack results
from} 26. Nxc5 Qxc6 27. Nd7 $1 Qb5 28. Bxe5 $1) 26... Rac8 27. Nxc5 Qxc6 28.
Qxf7 Bxc5 $1 29. Rxe5 Bxf2+ $1 30. Qxf2 Qxc1+ 31. Bxc1 Rxe5 32. Bb2 {Boris
found an elegant escape.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Santa Monica"]
[Site "Second Piatigorsky Cup"]
[Date "1966.07.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Unzicker, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5
Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nd5 Nd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qd3 Rc8 13. c3 Bg5 14. Rad1 g6 15.
Kh1 Bh6 16. Ne3 $2 ({Correct is} 16. f4 $1 {(Unzicker).}) 16... Nf6 17. Bf3 Rc6
18. Qe2 Qb6 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Rcc8 21. Qc2 Nd7 22. Be2 f5 23. f3 Kg7 24.
Nd2 Qc7 25. a4 Bg5 26. Nc4 h5 27. Qb3 Rcd8 28. Qa3 Nf6 29. Qb4 h4 30. Qb6 Qe7
31. Na5 Rd7 32. Nc4 Nh5 33. Rfe1 Bf4 34. Nd2 $2 (34. Bd3 Qg5 35. Re2 {
fortifies properly.}) 34... Qg5 35. Nf1 Rh8 36. Bd3 Rf7 $2 ({Black wins by} 
36... Ng3+ $1 {Unzicker's defence} 37. Kg1 $1 (37. Nxg3 hxg3 38. h3 Rxh3+ 39.
gxh3 g2+ 40. Kg1 Qg3) {is refuted by} 37... Nxf1 38. Bxf1 h3 39. g3 Bxg3 $1 40.
hxg3 Qxg3+ 41. Kh1 Qxf3+ 42. Kh2 Qf4+ 43. Kh1 g5) 37. Re2 Qf6 38. Kg1 Re8 39.
Bc2 Bh6 40. Ree1 Nf4 41. Kh1 Rc8 42. Qf2 Nh5 43. Kg1 Bf4 44. Bb3 Rc5 45. Ba2
Qg5 46. Qc2 Rc8 47. Bb1 Re8 48. Re2 Qd8 49. Ree1 b5 50. axb5 axb5 51. Qf2 Bg5
52. Bd3 Qb8 53. Ra1 Nf4 54. Bc2 Qb7 55. Rad1 Bd8 56. Qd2 Bb6+ 57. Kh1 Rh8 58.
Ne3 Nh5 59. h3 Ba7 60. Kh2 Qb6 61. Bd3 Ng3 62. b4 Rhf8 63. c4 f4 64. Ng4 bxc4
65. Bxc4 Rb8 66. Rb1 Rc7 67. Ba2 $2 ({Correct is} 67. Qa2 Qd4 68. Qa4 Qxc4 69.
Rbc1 Qxc1 70. Rxc1 Rxc1 71. Qxa7+ Kf8 72. Qxb8+ $11) 67... Rbc8 68. Rec1 Rxc1
$2 {Bobby misses the win again.} (68... Qa6 $1 69. Rxc7+ Rxc7 70. b5 Qxb5 $1)
69. Rxc1 Ne2 $2 (69... Rxc1 $1 70. Qxc1 Ne2 71. Qe1 Nc3 $1 {still wins 
(Unzicker).}) 70. Re1 Nc3 71. Bb1 Nxb1 72. Rxb1 Rc4 73. Qe1 g5 74. Rc1 Qc7 75.
Rxc4 Qxc4 76. Nxe5 $1 Qxd5 77. Ng4 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Santa Monica"]
[Site "Second Piatigorsky Cup"]
[Date "1966.07.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C82"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 Bf5 12. Nb3 Bg4 13. Nxc5 Nxc5 14. Re1 Re8
15. Be3 ({Fischer diverts from} 15. Bf4 {(Euwe-Eliskases, Mar del Plata 1947).}
) 15... Ne6 16. Qd3 g6 17. Bh6 Ne7 $6 ({More solid is the immediate} 17... Bf5)
18. Nd4 Bf5 19. Nxf5 Nxf5 20. Bd2 Qh4 21. Qf1 (21. Qf3 $1 Nfg7 (21... Ng5 $6
22. Bxg5 Qxg5 23. Qxd5) 22. g3 Qh3 23. Qg2 {(Rogachevsky-Sakharov, corr. 1973)
will lead to a favourable endgame.}) 21... Nc5 22. g3 Qc4 23. Qg2 $6 (23. b4 $1
Qxf1+ 24. Kxf1 {keeps a plus.}) 23... Nd3 24. Bxd3 Qxd3 25. Bg5 c6 26. g4 Ng7
27. Re3 Qd2 28. b3 $2 ({Correct is} 28. f3 Qxg2+ 29. Kxg2) 28... b4 29. Qh3 $4
{Bobby breaks down.} ({Commentators regard} 29. f3 $1 Qxg2+ 30. Kxg2 {as drawn,
but} bxc3 $1 31. Rxc3 Rxe5 {wins a pawn.}) 29... bxc3 30. Qh6 Ne6 {Larsen had
defeated a main competitor.} 0-1

[Event "Santa Monica"]
[Site "Second Piatigorsky Cup"]
[Date "1966.07.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. c4 c6 7. Nbd2 Bf5 8. b3
Ne4 9. Bb2 a5 10. Nh4 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Bc8 $5 ({Theory is} 11... Be6 $1) 12. e4
dxe4 13. Bxe4 Bh3 14. Rfe1 Nd7 15. Bh1 Re8 16. Nf3 h6 17. d5 $1 e5 18. Re3 $5 (
{Suddenly, Spassky expects to have better than the exchanges of} 18. dxe6 Rxe6
19. Rxe6 Bxe6 20. Bxg7 Kxg7) 18... a4 19. b4 $6 ({Right is} 19. dxc6 bxc6 {and
now} 20. b4) 19... a3 20. Bc3 Nb6 $1 21. Nxe5 Rxe5 22. Rxe5 $2 ({The following
problems are avoided by} 22. Bxe5 Nxc4 {(Spassky)} 23. Qe2 Nxe3 24. Qxe3 cxd5
25. Rd1 $1) 22... Nxc4 23. Qf4 Nxe5 24. Bxe5 cxd5 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Qe5+ Qf6
27. Qxf6+ Kxf6 28. Bxd5 Rd8 29. Bxb7 Rd2 30. b5 Be6 31. Be4 Rxa2 $2 {Najdorf
lacks time and fails.} ({Black wins by} 31... Rb2 32. Rb1 ({Spassky gives} 32.
Bd3 Ke5 $1) 32... Bxa2 33. Rxb2 axb2 34. b6 Bd5 $1 {(Najdorf).}) 32. Rxa2 Bxa2
33. b6 Bc4 34. b7 a2 35. b8=Q a1=Q+ 36. Qb1 {The tournament became a race
between Spassky and Larsen.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Santa Monica"]
[Site "Second Piatigorsky Cup"]
[Date "1966.07.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivkov, Borislav"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E18"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Nxe4
Bxe4 9. Ne1 Bxg2 10. Nxg2 d6 11. e4 Nd7 {Boris declines the offer of a draw.}
12. Be3 Qc8 13. Nf4 c6 14. Rc1 Re8 15. Nd3 c5 16. f3 Qa6 17. a4 Bf6 18. Nf2 $6
({Active resistance is offered by} 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. b4 $1 {(Spassky).}) 18...
cxd4 19. Bxd4 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 Nc5 21. Qxd6 Qxa4 22. Qd1 Qb4 23. Qc2 Red8 24. Rfd1
h6 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Rd1 Rxd1+ 27. Nxd1 {White has exchanged many pieces.}
Qe1+ 28. Kg2 a5 $1 {Black continues the restriction.} 29. h4 $2 (29. Nf2 $1 Qe3
30. Qd1 $1 {keeps the black king away from the centre (Ivkov).}) 29... Kf8 $1
30. h5 ({It is too late for} 30. Nf2 Qe3 31. Qd1 {due to} Ke7 $1) 30... Ke7 31.
Nf2 Qe3 32. Qd1 f6 33. Kf1 Nb3 34. Kg2 Nd2 35. Nh3 Nxc4 36. Nf4 $2 Qxf4 $1 0-1

[Event "Santa Monica"]
[Site "Second Piatigorsky Cup"]
[Date "1966.07.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A72"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Nf3 h6
9. Bh4 exd5 10. cxd5 g5 11. Bg3 b5 $2 ({Theory is} 11... Nh5) 12. Nd2 ({The
drastic} 12. Bxb5 Nxe4 $1 13. Nxe4 Qa5+ 14. Qd2 Qxb5 15. Nxd6 Qxb2 16. Qxb2 $1
Bxb2 17. Rb1 Bc3+ 18. Kd1 {favours White (Portisch-Szabo, 1959).}) 12... a6 13.
O-O Re8 14. Qc2 Qe7 15. Rae1 Nbd7 16. a4 b4 17. Nd1 Ne5 18. Ne3 Ng6 $2 (18...
Bd7 {continues the development.}) 19. Nec4 $1 Nf4 20. Bxf4 gxf4 21. e5 dxe5 22.
Bf3 $1 Qf8 23. Nxe5 Bb7 24. Ndc4 Rad8 25. Nc6 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Re8 27. Rd1 Rc8 28.
h3 Ne8 29. N6a5 Rb8 30. Qf5 Nd6 31. Nxd6 {Fischer was defeated for the second
time.} 1-0

[Event "Santa Monica"]
[Site "Second Piatigorsky Cup"]
[Date "1966.07.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D87"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. Rc1 Rd8 12. Qe1 e6 13. f4 Na5 14. Bd3 f5 15.
Rd1 (15. Qf2 b6 16. Rfd1 {was played in Cuellar-Jimenez, Santiago 1965.}) 15...
b6 16. Qf2 cxd4 17. Bxd4 $1 {White exchanges an important defender.} Bxd4 18.
cxd4 Bb7 19. Ng3 Qf7 $6 (19... Qg7 {fills a gap.}) 20. d5 $1 fxe4 21. dxe6 Qxe6
22. f5 $1 Qf7 ({No good is} 22... gxf5 $2 23. Nxf5 $1 Qf6 24. Qe3 $1 {(Spassky)
.}) 23. Bxe4 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rf8 $1 25. Bb1 $1 Qf6 $6 {The queen remains
somewhat exposed on the f-file.} 26. Qc2 Kh8 27. fxg6 hxg6 {White has reduced
the number of guards during the first stage of the attack.} 28. Qd2 $6 ({The
witty} 28. Nh5 $1 Be4 $1 (28... Qf7 29. Qc3+ Kh7 30. Qg3 Bc8 31. Rc1 {brings a
strong attack}) 29. Nxf6 Bxc2 30. Nd7 Bxd1 31. Nxf8 {hails despite exchanges.})
28... Kg7 29. Rf1 Qe7 30. Qd4+ Rf6 31. Ne4 Bxe4 32. Bxe4 Qc5 33. Qxc5 Rxf1+ 34.
Kxf1 bxc5 35. h4 Nc4 36. Ke2 Ne5 37. Ke3 Kf6 38. Kf4 Nf7 39. Ke3 {Black seems
to be outplayed.} g5 $6 ({A chance gives} 39... Nh6 $1 {(Gligoric).}) 40. h5 $1
Nh6 41. Kd3 {Hereafter, the white king walks through the defence line.} Ke5 42.
Ba8 Kd6 43. Kc4 g4 44. a4 Ng8 45. a5 Nh6 46. Be4 g3 47. Kb5 Ng8 48. Bb1 Nh6 49.
Ka6 Kc6 50. Ba2 {Fischer suffered his third defeat in a row.} 1-0

[Event "Santa Monica"]
[Site "Second Piatigorsky Cup"]
[Date "1966.07.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Donner, Jan Hein"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E44"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 d5 8. b4
Bb7 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. f3 Qg5 12. Qc2 Rc8 13. e4 Qe7 14. Be3 Nd7
15. Be2 c5 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. b5 a6 18. O-O axb5 19. Bxb5 Ba6 20. a4 h6 21. Qc3
Bxb5 22. axb5 Qd6 23. Rfd1 Rxa1 24. Qxa1 Qc7 25. Qc3 Qb7 {Spassky and Larsen
led with 6/9 at the end of the first cycle.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Santa Monica"]
[Site "Second Piatigorsky Cup"]
[Date "1966.07.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bd3 a6 8.
O-O Ne5 9. h3 b5 10. f4 Nc4 11. Bxc4 Qxc4 12. Qd3 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. Qxc4 dxc4
15. f5 Nxe5 16. fxe6 Bxe6 17. Rae1 Nd7 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Bd4 O-O-O 20. Rxe6 Nc5
21. Rc6+ Kb7 22. Rxc5 Rxd4 23. Rcf5 Bd6 24. Rf7+ Kc6 25. Rxg7 b4 26. Na4 Rd5
27. b3 Be5 28. Re7 c3 29. Re6+ Bd6 30. Re4 Rf8 31. Rxf8 Bxf8 32. Kf2 Bd6 33.
Re2 Rf5+ 34. Ke3 a5 35. Rf2 Re5+ 36. Kf3 Rf5+ 37. Ke2 Re5+ 38. Kf1 h5 39. Re2
Rf5+ 40. Rf2 {Fischer had only scored 3 1/2 points.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Santa Monica"]
[Site "Second Piatigorsky Cup"]
[Date "1966.08.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Nd7 10. d4 Nb6 11. Nbd2 exd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. Bc2 Be6 14. e5 Qd7 15.
Nb3 Bf5 16. Bg5 {A theoretical position has arisen.} Rfe8 $2 ({Known is} 16...
Bb4 17. Re2 Rfe8 {(Spassky-Tal, Moscow 1959).}) ({A five option gives} 16...
Bxc2 17. Qxc2 Nc4) 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 {Black has lost the control over the c-file.}
18. Rc1 $5 Nb4 $1 19. Nc5 $1 Bxc2 20. Qd2 Qe8 21. Qxb4 a5 22. Qc3 Bg6 23. Nh4
Na4 24. Qb3 Nxc5 25. Rxc5 c6 26. Rec1 Re6 27. f4 f5 28. a4 bxa4 29. Qxa4 Rb8
30. Qa3 Qd8 31. Nxg6 hxg6 32. Rxc6 Rxc6 33. Rxc6 Qh4 34. Rxg6 Kh7 35. Rg5 Rb4
36. Qf3 Kh6 37. g3 Qxh3 38. Qxd5 1-0

[Event "Santa Monica"]
[Site "Second Piatigorsky Cup"]
[Date "1966.08.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. Rd1 Ke7 11. Nb3 Bb6 12. Bd2 Rd8 13. Bc3 Bd7 14. Rac1
Be8 15. h3 Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1 Rd8 17. Rxd8 Kxd8 18. Kf1 Ke7 19. Ke2 g6 20. Nfd4
Nxd4+ 21. Bxd4 Bxd4 22. Nxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Santa Monica"]
[Site "Second Piatigorsky Cup"]
[Date "1966.08.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E45"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ba6 6. Ng3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d5 8.
Qf3 O-O 9. e4 $5 dxe4 $1 ({Fischer played} 9... dxc4 $5 {against Saidy in the
previous year.}) 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Qd7 $1 {Fischer has shown his
improvement.} 12. Ba3 $5 ({The pointe is} 12. Qxa8 Nc6) 12... Re8 13. Bd3 f5
14. Qxa8 $2 ({Correct is} 14. Qe2 {(Fischer).}) 14... Nc6 15. Qxe8+ Qxe8 16.
O-O Na5 17. Rae1 $6 ({White keeps his strong bishop by} 17. Rfe1 Bxc4 18. Bc2
$1) 17... Bxc4 18. Bxc4 Nxc4 19. Bc1 c5 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. Bf4 h6 22. Re2 g5 23.
Be5 $6 ({Portisch suggests} 23. Be3 Qb5 $1 24. f3 $1 Kf7 25. Bf2 $1 e5 26. Rfe1
Ke6 {White has a fortress. According to me, Black will win by a pawn advance
on the kingside.}) 23... Qd8 24. Rfe1 Kf7 25. h3 f4 26. Kh2 a6 27. Re4 {White
has no proper defence.} Qd5 $1 28. h4 Ne3 $1 29. R1xe3 fxe3 30. Rxe3 Qxa2 31.
Rf3+ Ke8 32. Bg7 Qc4 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. Rf8+ Kd7 35. Ra8 Kc6 0-1

[Event "Santa Monica"]
[Site "Second Piatigorsky Cup"]
[Date "1966.08.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Unzicker, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B91"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Ra7 12. Be3 Be6 13. Qd3 Nd7 14. Nd2 Qc8 15.
c4 Rc7 16. b3 Nc5 17. Qe2 Qb8 18. Rfc1 Rfc8 19. a4 Qb7 20. Qd1 h6 21. h4 Qb8
22. Rcb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Santa Monica"]
[Site "Second Piatigorsky Cup"]
[Date "1966.08.04"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Ivkov, Borislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. Nbd2 Bd6 6. Bg2 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nh4
b6 $5 9. f4 dxe4 10. dxe4 Ba6 11. Re1 c4 12. c3 Na5 $6 ({Ok is} 12... e5 13. f5
Bc5+ {(Dvoretzky-Michalchiskin, Tbilisi 1980).}) 13. e5 Bc5+ 14. Kh1 Nd5 $2 ({
Ivkov mentions} 14... Rc8) 15. Ne4 Bb7 16. Qh5 Ne7 17. g4 Bxe4 $2 ({A disaster
is avoided by} 17... Ng6 18. Nxg6 fxg6 $1) 18. Bxe4 g6 19. Qh6 Nd5 $6 20. f5 $1
Re8 21. fxg6 fxg6 {Fischer forces his third win in a row.} 22. Nxg6 $1 Qd7 ({Or
} 22... hxg6 23. Qxg6+ Kf8 24. Bh6+ Ke7 25. Qg7#) 23. Nf4 Rad8 24. Nh5 Kh8 25.
Nf6 Nxf6 26. exf6 Rg8 27. Bf4 Rxg4 28. Rad1 Rdg8 29. f7 $1 1-0

[Event "Santa Monica"]
[Site "Second Piatigorsky Cup"]
[Date "1966.08.04"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E55"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. Qe2 Qe7 $5 10. a3 Ba5 $2 {Black should have exchanged at once.} 11. Bd2
Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Ne4 13. Rfc1 Nxc3 14. Rxc3 b6 15. Rac1 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Bb7 17. Bb5
Qd6 18. Bc6 $1 {White conquers the c-file.} Bxc6 19. Rxc6 Qe5 20. h3 Nf6 21.
R6c2 Nd5 22. Nc6 Qf6 23. Qg4 Ne7 24. Nd4 ({Reshevsky feared} 24. Qd4 $5 Nxc6
25. Qxf6 gxf6 26. Rxc6) 24... Rac8 25. Rxc8 Nxc8 ({Both players notice} 25...
Rxc8 $2 26. Rxc8+ Nxc8 27. Qe4 $1 {and White has a decisive attack.}) 26. Qg3
g6 27. Rc7 ({Best is} 27. Qb8 $1 Qd8 {(Spassky), and now} 28. Qb7 $1 a5 (28...
e5 29. Nf3 $1 Re8 30. Nxe5 $1) 29. Rc7 {with a positional horror for Black.})
27... a5 28. Rc6 h5 29. a4 h4 30. Qg4 Kg7 31. b3 Rd8 32. Qe4 Nd6 33. Qf3 $2 (
33. Qc2 {keeps an advantage.}) 33... Qxf3 34. Nxf3 Ne4 $1 35. Nxh4 Rd1+ 36. Kh2
Nxf2 $6 ({Black misses} 36... Nd2 $1 37. Kg3 $5 Nxb3 38. Rxb6 Nc5 39. Nf3 (39.
Rb5 $2 Rd5 $1) 39... Nxa4 40. Ra6) 37. Nf3 Rd3 38. Rxb6 Ne4 $2 (38... Rxe3 {
most easily draws (Spassky).}) 39. Ne5 Rxe3 40. Nc4 Rc3 41. Nxa5 Nc5 {The game
is adjourned.} 42. Nb7 Nxb3 43. a5 Nd2 $2 ({Spassky has found the elegant
escape} 43... Nd4 $1 44. a6 Ra3 45. Nd6 Ra2 46. Nc8 e5 $1 47. a7 e4 48. Rb8 e3
49. a8=Q Rxa8 50. Rxa8 e2 51. Ra1 Nc2) 44. a6 Nf1+ $6 45. Kg1 Ne3 46. Nd6 $2 ({
Later Boris will notice the potential win} 46. Rb5 $1 Rc8 (46... Nd5 47. a7 Ra3
48. Ra5 Rxa5 49. Nxa5 Nc7 50. Nc4 Na8 51. Kf2) 47. a7 Ra8 48. Ra5) 46... Ra3
47. Nb5 Ra1+ 48. Kf2 Nc4 49. Rc6 Ne5 50. Rd6 Nc4 {Spassky woke up after three
quiet draws.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Santa Monica"]
[Site "Second Piatigorsky Cup"]
[Date "1966.08.07"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Donner, Jan Hein"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E68"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4
c6 9. Rb1 $6 a6 10. b4 $6 exd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 12. h3 Ne5 13. Qe2 b5 14. cxb5 cxb5
15. Rd1 Bb7 16. f4 Nc4 17. Qd3 Rc8 18. Kh2 Qc7 19. Rb3 Re7 20. Re1 Rce8 21. Nc2
Qc8 22. Ne3 $4 Nxe3 23. Rxe3 Nxe4 $1 {Black can win material, because bishop
c1 lacks sufficient protection.} 24. Bxe4 Bxe4 25. Qxd6 $6 Rd7 26. Qc5 Rc7 27.
Nxe4 Rxc5 28. Nxc5 Bd4 {Fischer had scored four wins in a row, an incredible
achievement at this level.} 0-1

[Event "Santa Monica"]
[Site "Second Piatigorsky Cup"]
[Date "1966.08.07"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D25"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Nc3 e6 7. Bxc4 Nbd7 8.
O-O Be7 9. e4 $1 O-O 10. Be3 Bg6 {Black has to make solid waiting moves.} 11.
Bd3 c6 $1 12. a3 Rc8 13. Re1 Bh5 $5 14. Rc1 a5 15. Be2 Bg6 16. Nd2 Ra8 $5 {
Spassky avoids the creation of defects.} 17. Qb3 Qb8 18. Bf3 h6 19. g3 Rc8 20.
Bg2 b5 $5 {Action starts at last.} 21. e5 $5 a4 22. Nxa4 $1 bxa4 23. Qxb8 Raxb8
24. exf6 Nxf6 25. Nc4 $1 {White has kept a plus.} Nd5 26. Ne5 Nxe3 27. Rxe3
Rxb2 28. d5 $6 ({Best is} 28. Nxg6 fxg6 {(Larsen)} 29. Bxc6) 28... Rc2 29. Rxc2
Bxc2 30. Nxc6 Kf8 31. dxe6 fxe6 32. Nxe7 $6 (32. Nd4 {draws (Larsen).}) 32...
Kxe7 33. Bd5 e5 $1 {Larsen has to solve new problems with three minutes left.}
34. Be4 $6 ({A nasty variation brings} 34. Rxe5+ $2 Kd6 35. Bb7 Kxe5 $1 36.
Bxc8 Kd4) ({Better is} 34. Bb7 $1 Rc5 35. f4 Kd6 36. fxe5+ Rxe5 37. Kf2 $1)
34... Bb3 35. Bb7 $2 (35. Re1 {(Spassky) prevents the next entry.}) 35... Rc1+
$1 36. Kh2 Ra1 37. Rxe5+ Kd6 38. Re3 Rxa3 39. g4 Ra2 40. Kg3 Rb2 41. Re1 a3 42.
Be4 a2 43. f4 Rd2 {The top had become Spassky 8 1/2, Fischer 7 1/2 and Larsen
7. Bent regarded himself as ousted in the race for first place.} 0-1

[Event "Santa Monica"]
[Site "Second Piatigorsky Cup"]
[Date "1966.08.08"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Unzicker, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Bc2 O-O 11. Nbd2 f5 12. Nb3 Qd7 13. Nbd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 c5 15.
Ne2 (15. Nxe6 Qxe6 16. f3 Ng5 17. Bxg5 Bxg5 18. f4 {achieves little 
(Chajes-Tarrasch, Karlsbad 1923).}) 15... Rad8 16. Nf4 Qc6 17. a4 Bc8 18. axb5
axb5 19. Qh5 g6 20. Qh6 Rf7 21. f3 Bf8 22. Qh3 Ng5 23. Qg3 Ne6 24. h4 Nxf4 25.
Bxf4 h5 26. Bg5 Re8 27. f4 Kh7 28. Bd1 Be6 29. Kh2 Ra8 30. Bf3 Rfa7 31. Rxa7+
Rxa7 32. Qf2 Rd7 33. Ra1 c4 34. Ra5 Bc5 35. Qe2 Bf7 36. Kh3 $2 ({A plus is is
kept by} 36. Ra1 $1 Ra7 37. Rd1 {Now Black gains an edge (Unzicker).}) 36...
Ra7 37. Rxa7 Bxa7 38. Be7 Qb6 39. Bg5 Qe3 40. Qd1 Qg1 41. Qxg1 Bxg1 42. Be7 Be3
43. g3 Bc1 44. Ba3 Kg7 45. Kg2 d4 $1 46. cxd4 $1 {White has to accept the loss
of a piece.} c3 47. bxc3 Bxa3 48. d5 Kf8 49. Kf2 Ke7 50. Ke2 Bc5 51. Ke1 Kd8
52. d6 (52. Ke2 Kc7 $1 53. Bg2 Kb6 {allows the black king to move towards the
queenside (Unzicker).}) 52... Kd7 53. Bb7 Bc4 54. Bg2 Bb6 55. Bb7 Ba5 56. Kd2
Bb6 57. Ke1 {The critical position has arisen.} Be3 (57... g5 $3 {starts the
right plan.} 58. fxg5 $1 (58. hxg5 Be3 59. g6 h4 $1 60. gxh4 Bxf4 61. h5 Bxe5)
58... Ke6 $1 59. Bf3 Kxe5 60. Bxh5 Kxd6 61. Bf3 Ke6 {and Black has excellent
winning chances.}) 58. Bf3 Ke6 59. Bb7 Kd7 60. Bf3 Bf7 61. Ke2 Ba7 62. Ba8 Bc4+
63. Ke1 Be6 {Fischer claimed a draw, because 64.Bf3! would repeat a position
for the third time.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Santa Monica"]
[Site "Second Piatigorsky Cup"]
[Date "1966.08.08"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C93"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 h6 10. d4 Re8 11. Be3 Bf8 12. Nbd2 Bb7 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 dxe5
15. Qf3 c5 16. c4 Qe7 17. a4 b4 18. a5 Red8 19. Bc2 Rac8 20. Red1 Nh7 21. Nf1
Qe6 22. b3 Be7 23. Qf5 Nf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Santa Monica"]
[Site "Second Piatigorsky Cup"]
[Date "1966.08.10"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A72"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Nf3 h6
9. Bh4 exd5 10. cxd5 g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. Nd2 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Nd7 14. Nc4 Qe7 15.
Ne3 $5 Nf6 16. Qc2 Re8 17. Bb5 (17. f3 {will be played in Donner-Gligoric,
Eersel 1968.}) 17... Rd8 18. Be2 Re8 19. f3 Nh7 $5 20. g4 Nf8 21. a4 Ng6 22.
Kf1 $5 Rb8 23. Bb5 ({Larsen prefers} 23. g3 Ne5 24. Kg2) 23... Rd8 24. Nf5 Bxf5
25. exf5 $6 (25. gxf5 Ne5 26. a5 {takes no risk (Larsen).}) 25... Ne5 26. Ne4
a6 27. Be2 Nd7 28. Re1 Nf6 29. Nc3 Qd7 30. a5 $2 (30. g3 $1 b5 31. b3 Re8 32.
Kg2 {creates a defence line.}) 30... Re8 $1 31. Kf2 Qc7 32. Ra1 c4 33. Kg3 Re3
{White cannot stop the attack.} 34. Qd2 ({An interesting variation is} 34. Ra4
Rbe8 35. Bxc4 Qe7 36. Bf1 Nxd5 $1 37. Nxd5 Qe5+ 38. Kf2 Qxd5 39. f6 Bxf6 40.
Bc4 Qc5 $1 41. Qg6+ Bg7 42. Bxf7+ Kf8 43. Kg3 Re1 44. Ra1 R8e2 45. Kh3 Qf2)
34... Rbe8 35. Rhe1 h5 36. Bf1 Nxg4 $1 37. Rxe3 Rxe3 38. Kh3 Qe7 39. g3 Bxc3
40. bxc3 Rxf3 41. Re1 Re3 42. Rxe3 Qxe3 43. Qxe3 Nxe3 {Experts debated if
Larsen or Fischer was the best of the West before the event began. Bobby won
this title.} 0-1

[Event "Santa Monica"]
[Site "Second Piatigorsky Cup"]
[Date "1966.08.10"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D59"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Rc1
Bb7 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Be2 Rc8 13. O-O c5 14. Qa4 Nd7
15. Qa3 Kf8 16. Ba6 $6 Bxf3 $1 {Boris strikes on the kingside.} 17. gxf3 ({Not
} 17. Bxc8 $4 Qg5 $1 {(Spassky).}) 17... Qg5+ $6 ({Better is} 17... Rd8 {
(Spassky).}) 18. Kh1 Qh5 19. Bxc8 Qxf3+ 20. Kg1 Qg4+ 21. Kh1 Qf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Santa Monica"]
[Site "Second Piatigorsky Cup"]
[Date "1966.08.11"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nb5 d6 6. Bf4 e5 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Bg5
Be6 9. N1c3 a6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Na3 Nd4 12. Bc4 $6 ({Theory is} 12. Nc4 {
(Olafsson-Solin, Prague 1954).}) 12... b5 $6 (12... d5 $1 13. Nxd5 Rc8 $1 {
starts an attack in the centre (Najdorf).}) 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Ne2 Nc6 15. Ng3
Qd7 16. c4 Nd4 17. O-O b4 $6 {Najdorf creates a weakness.} ({Fischer gives} 
17... Bg7) 18. Nc2 Nxc2 19. Qxc2 h5 20. Rfd1 h4 21. Nf1 Rg8 $2 {Black loses
time in his counterattack.} ({Bobby prefers} 21... h3 $1 22. g3 Qc6) 22. a3 $1
h3 23. g3 bxa3 24. Rxa3 Qc6 25. Qe2 f5 26. c5 $1 Qxe4 ({The pointe is} 26...
dxc5 27. Qh5+ Ke7 28. Rad3 $1 {(Fischer).}) 27. Qxe4 fxe4 28. cxd6 Bh6 29. Ra5
Kd7 30. Rxe5 Bg7 31. Rxe4 Bxb2 32. Ne3 a5 33. Nc4 Rgb8 34. Rh4 Kc6 35. Rh7 Bd4
36. Rc7+ Kd5 37. d7 a4 38. Nb6+ Rxb6 39. Rc8 Rd6 40. Rxa8 Rxd7 41. Rxa4 e5 42.
Kf1 Rb7 43. f4 Ke6 44. fxe5 Rf7+ 45. Ke2 Rf2+ 46. Kd3 Bxe5 47. Re1 $1 1-0

[Event "Santa Monica"]
[Site "Second Piatigorsky Cup"]
[Date "1966.08.11"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Ivkov, Borislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E66"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Qc2 Rb8 11. b3 b5 12. Bb2 e6 $1 13. Rab1 Re8 {So far, they
follow the Ivkov-Ciocaltea, Capablanca Memorial 1965.} 14. e4 Bd7 15. Rfe1 Bh6
$2 ({Correct is} 15... bxc4 16. bxc4 Ng4 $1 17. Nd1 {(Biedermann-Mross, 1938).}
) 16. dxe6 Bxe6 17. Nd5 Bg7 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. e5 $1 Bf5 $1 (
20... dxe5 $2 21. Qc3 b4 22. Ne4 $1 {would be bad for Black (Spassky).}) 21.
exf6 Bxc2 22. Rbc1 Bf5 23. Bd5 h6 $2 ({Correct is} 23... Be6 $1 24. Bxe6 Rxe6)
24. Ne4 $2 {Spassky misses a great chance.} (24. Re7 $1 {delivers an
impressive stroke.} Be6 (24... Rxe7 25. fxe7 Re8 26. cxb5 axb5 27. b4 $1 cxb4
28. Rc7) 25. Ne4 Bxd5 26. cxd5) 24... Bxe4 25. Rxe4 Rxe4 26. Bxe4 Rc8 27. Kf1
Nc6 28. Re1 bxc4 29. bxc4 Ne5 30. Bd5 Rf8 $1 {Fischer and Spassky had an equal
score of 10 points.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Santa Monica"]
[Site "Second Piatigorsky Cup"]
[Date "1966.08.14"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 {Spassky plays the Marshall if he wants to draw with Black.} 9. exd5 Nxd5
10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. g3 $5 {Bobby plays a deviant move.} Nf6 $5 (12...
Bd6 13. Re1 Qd7 {stems from Uhlin-Samuelsson, Stockholm 1964.}) (12... Bf6 {
was played in O'Kelly-Fischer, Capablanca Memorial 1965.}) 13. d4 Bd6 14. Re1
Bg4 15. Qd3 c5 {Black will survive despite the next exchanges.} 16. dxc5 Bxc5
17. Qxd8 Raxd8 18. Bf4 h6 19. Na3 g5 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. Rxe3 Rd2 $1 22. Nc2 Re8
23. Rxe8+ Nxe8 24. Ne3 Bf3 25. Bc2 Nd6 26. b3 Kf8 27. a4 Ne4 28. Bxe4 Bxe4 29.
axb5 axb5 30. b4 Rb2 31. g4 Kg7 32. Kf1 Kf6 33. Ra5 Rb1+ 34. Ke2 Rb2+ 35. Kf1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Santa Monica"]
[Site "Second Piatigorsky Cup"]
[Date "1966.08.15"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 Bf5 8. h3
e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Ne1 Bc8 11. e4 Nd7 12. Nd3 f5 13. Bd2 Nf6 14. Kh2 c6 15. f3
Kh8 16. Rc1 b5 $1 17. cxb5 cxd5 18. exd5 Nfxd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Nb4 Be6 21.
Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Bb4 Bxa2 23. Rc6 Bg8 24. Bxd6 Re8 25. Re1 Rc8 26. Bb4 Rb8 $1 27.
Qxd8 Rexd8 28. Bc3 e4 {The world champion had done his duty. His challenger
could win the event.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Santa Monica"]
[Site "Second Piatigorsky Cup"]
[Date "1966.08.15"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Donner, Jan Hein"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C86"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 $5 {Spassky needs to win and
wants to play.} b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. c3 d5 9. d3 d4 $1 10. Rd1 $5 Be6
11. Nbd2 Re8 $2 {White gets pressure in the centre.} ({Better is} 11... Qd7 12.
Bxe6 Qxe6) 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Nb3 dxc3 14. bxc3 Bd6 15. d4 Nd7 16. Bg5 $1 Qc8
17. c4 Nxd4 18. Nbxd4 exd4 19. e5 Bf8 20. Rxd4 c6 21. Rh4 $1 {The attack
switches to the kingside.} Be7 22. Bxe7 Rxe7 23. Ng5 h6 24. Ne4 Qc7 25. Nd6 Rd8
$2 ({The immediate} 25... Qb6 {(Spassky) does not lose a tempo.}) 26. Rd1 Qb6
27. Rhd4 Rf8 28. Kh1 $2 {This time White loses a move.} ({Right is} 28. Qe4 $1
Qc5 29. Qh4 g5 30. Qxh6 Qxe5 31. Rg4 Rg7 32. Re4 Qf6 33. Qxf6 Nxf6 34. Rxe6)
28... Qc5 29. f4 Nb6 30. Ne4 Qa3 31. Qg4 $1 {A critical position has emerged.}
bxc4 $2 ({A draw might bring} 31... Kh7 $1 32. R4d3 $1 {(Spassky)} Qxa2 $1 33.
Qh4 Rd7 34. Rxd7 Nxd7 35. Ng5+ Kh8 36. Nxe6 Rg8 37. Qe7 Nb6) 32. Nf6+ $1 Kh8
33. Rd8 Rc7 34. Qg6 $1 gxf6 35. Qxf6+ $1 {Boris Spassky had won the tournament
half-a-point before Bobby Fischer.} 1-0

[Event "Santa Monica+"]
[Site "Second Piatigorsky Cup"]
[Date "1966.07.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B39"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

{Larsen ended at third place. He defeated the world champion twice! The first
win was highly spectacular.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Be3
Bg7 6. c4 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8. Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Qd2 d6 11. Be2 Bd7 12. O-O
O-O 13. Rad1 Bc6 14. Nd5 Re8 $6 ({Preferable is} 14... Nc5 15. f3 a5 {
(Porath-Larsen, Amsterdam 1964).}) 15. f4 $1 Nc7 $5 16. f5 Na6 17. Bg4 (17. b4
$1 {is even better (Larsen).}) 17... Nc5 18. fxg6 hxg6 $6 (18... fxg6 $1 {
(Petrosian)} 19. Qc2 {brings White less advantage.}) 19. Qf2 Rf8 20. e5 $3 {
Larsen starts a fantastic action.} (20. Qc2 e6 21. Bxc5 exd5 $1 22. exd5 dxc5
23. dxc6 Bd4+ 24. Kh1 bxc6 {draws.}) 20... Bxe5 21. Qh4 (21. Bxc5 $2 dxc5 22.
Nf6+ exf6 $1 23. Rxd8 Raxd8 {favours Black.}) 21... Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Ne6 $2 ({
Correct is} 22... e6 $1 23. Qxd8 Rfxd8 24. Rxe5 dxe5 25. Bxc5 {with chances
for both sides (Petrosian).}) 23. Rf3 $1 Bf6 $2 ({The last stand is given by} 
23... f5 $1 24. Rh3 $1 Ng7 $1 25. Bf3 $1 Kf7 $1 26. Rb5 $1 Rh8 $1 27. Bd5+ Ne6
{(Larsen). Now} 28. Bh6 Rb8 29. Qg5 {carries on the battle.}) 24. Qh6 Bg7 25.
Qxg6 $1 {Larsen does not retreat the queen for a repetition of moves but
sacrifices!} Nf4 $5 ({The pointe is} 25... fxg6 26. Bxe6+ Kh7 27. Rh3+ Bh6 28.
Bxh6 Rf5 29. Rxf5 gxf5 30. Bf7 Qb6+ 31. Kh1) 26. Rxf4 fxg6 27. Be6+ Rf7 28.
Rxf7 Kh8 ({Or} 28... Be5 29. Rf5+ Kh8 30. Rfxe5 {(Larsen).}) 29. Rg5 $1 b5 30.
Rg3 1-0

[Event "USSR team championship"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A26"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

{Many team championships were played in the Soviet union. The event of 1966 
(24 ix until 5 x) was a special case, because eight top ten grandmasters were
among the first board player. They all played each other. Glenn Giffen regards
their games as a tournament within an event of eleven teams. Most encounters
were quick draws, but Botvinnik fought like a lion. I have analysed the six
decided games. } 1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. d3 Ne7 6. e4 O-O 7.
Nge2 Nbc6 8. O-O Be6 9. Nd5 Qd7 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Bh6 c5 13. Bxg7
Kxg7 14. Qd2 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Bh3 16. Bxh3 Qxh3 17. f4 Qd7 18. f5 f6 19. h4 Qe7
20. Rf3 Qe5 21. Kg2 Rac8 22. b3 b5 23. a4 c4 24. axb5 cxd3 25. Rxa7+ Rf7 26.
Rxf7+ Kxf7 27. fxg6+ hxg6 28. Qxd3 Rc3 29. Qe2 Rc7 30. b6 Rb7 31. Qa6 Qe7 32.
Kh2 Kg7 33. Rd3 g5 34. hxg5 Kg6 35. Rxd4 Qe5 36. Qd3 fxg5 37. Kg2 Rxb6 38. Qe3
Rxb3 39. Qxb3 Qxd4 40. Qf3 Qb2+ 41. Qf2 Qe5 42. Qe2 Qd4 43. Kf3 Qf6+ 44. Ke3
Qc3+ 45. Kf2 Qf6+ 46. Kg1 Qa1+ 47. Kg2 Qd4 48. Qf3 Qb2+ 49. Qf2 Qe5 50. Qe1 g4
51. Qb4 Qf6 52. Qa3 Kh5 53. Qe3 Kg6 54. Qe2 Kg5 55. Qf2 Qe5 56. Qe3+ Kg6 57.
Kf1 Qf6+ 58. Ke2 Qb2+ 59. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR team championship"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Nxe5 $5 Bxf2+ 6. Kxf2 Nxe5 7. e4 c5
8. d3 (8. Kg2 {was played in Longer-Nikolac, Sarajevo 1951.}) 8... d6 9. h3 h5
$6 ({Botvinnik prefers} 9... O-O) 10. Be2 Nh7 11. Kg2 h4 12. g4 Ng5 13. Be3 Bd7
14. Qd2 Ne6 15. b4 b6 16. Rab1 Bc6 17. Rhf1 Bb7 18. Kg1 Nc6 19. Nd5 Ncd4 20.
Bd1 f6 $2 {Keres ruins his position.} ({He should have played} 20... O-O {at
last.}) 21. Kh2 Bc6 22. a4 a5 23. bxa5 bxa5 24. Qf2 $1 Ra7 25. g5 $1 O-O 26. g6
$1 f5 ({Or} 26... Be8 27. Qg1 $1 f5 28. exf5 Rxf5 29. Rxf5 Nxf5 30. Qg4) 27.
Rb8 $1 {White wins the queen or delivers mate.} 1-0

[Event "USSR team championship"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A26"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. e4 O-O 7. Nge2 Nbc6 8. O-O
f5 9. Nd5 Kh8 $5 10. Be3 Be6 11. Qd2 Qd7 12. Rae1 Rae8 13. f4 exf4 $6 ({Better
is} 13... fxe4 14. dxe4 Bg4) 14. Nexf4 Bg8 15. Nxe7 Nxe7 16. Bh3 b5 $5 17. b3 (
17. Bxa7 $2 c5 $1 {favours Black.}) 17... c5 18. d4 Qc6 19. cxb5 Qxb5 20. dxc5
dxc5 21. Rc1 Rd8 22. Qe2 Qxe2 23. Nxe2 c4 $2 ({Correct is} 23... Rfe8 24. Bxc5
Nc6) 24. bxc4 Nc6 $6 25. Bg5 fxe4 $5 {Tigran seems to be desperate.} 26. Bxd8
Rxd8 27. Bg2 Nd4 28. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 29. Kh1 e3 30. Rfe1 Bc5 31. Bf3 Be6 32. Kg2
Rd2+ 33. Re2 Bf5 34. Rc3 $4 ({Right is} 34. Rce1) 34... Be4 $1 ({The pointe is
} 34... Be4 35. Rcxe3 Bxe3 36. Rxd2 Bxf3+ 37. Kxf3 Bxd2 {and Black has won a
piece.}) 0-1

[Event "USSR team championship"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 g6 6. f4 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O
exf4 9. Bxf4 Bg4 $5 {Black prepares an attack that proves to be fatal.} 10. Qd2
Re8 11. Rae1 Rb8 $6 (11... d5 $1 12. cxd5 Nxd5 {leads to counter-play in the
centre.}) 12. Bg5 Bxf3 $2 ({Botvinnik analyses} 12... Qd7 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Ng5
{and White attacks f7, but} Qd8 15. Nce4 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Be6 17. Qf4 Qe7 18. Qh4
h5 {gives a proper defence in my view.}) 13. Bxf3 Ne5 14. Qf4 {Black has to
give a pawn. Otherwise he will lose the king's knight.} h6 15. Bxh6 Bxh6 16.
Qxh6 c6 17. Kh1 Re6 18. Qd2 Kg7 19. b3 Qh8 20. d4 Neg4 21. e4 Qh3 22. Kg1 Rh8
23. Re2 c5 24. dxc5 dxc5 25. Nd5 Nxd5 26. Bxg4 Qxg4 27. cxd5 Rxe4 28. Qc3+ Rd4
29. Qxc5 Qxe2 30. Qxd4+ Kg8 31. Rf2 Qe1+ 32. Kg2 Rh5 33. d6 Qe6 34. Rd2 Qd7 35.
Kg1 b6 36. Rc2 Kh7 37. Rc7 Qf5 38. Qf4 Qxf4 39. gxf4 Kg7 40. Rxa7 Rd5 41. d7
Kf6 42. Kf2 Ke7 43. Ke3 Kd8 44. Ke4 Rh5 45. a4 Rxh2 46. Ke5 Ke7 47. d8=Q+ Kxd8
48. Rxf7 Rb2 49. Kd6 Ke8 50. Re7+ Kd8 51. Rb7 Rd2+ 52. Kc6 Rd4 53. Rxb6 Rxf4
54. Rb8+ Ke7 55. a5 1-0

[Event "USSR team championship"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Stein, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 c5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. e3 e6 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Ne2 d4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. exd4
Qxd4 15. Qxd4 Bxd4 16. Rd1 Bg7 17. Be3 Bxb2 18. Rab1 Bc3 19. Bxb7 Bxb7 20. Rxb7
a5 21. Rd3 Rac8 22. Bh6 Bg7 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Rb5 Rc7 25. Rxa5 Rb8 26. Kg2 Rb2
27. Rf3 h5 28. Rf4 Rd7 29. h3 Rc2 30. g4 hxg4 31. hxg4 Rdd2 32. Kg3 Rc3+ 33.
Kg2 Rc1 34. a4 Rc8 35. Kg3 Rc1 36. Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR team championship"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. d4
Nc6 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bf4 Bf5 12. Nd2 Bb6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4
Qxd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR team championship"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nc3 c6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. O-O Qe7 10. c5 Bc7 11. b4 e5 12. e4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 exd4 14. Re1 Ne5 15.
Qxd4 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Be6 17. Bg4 O-O 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Qc4 Rf4 20. Ne4 Rd8 21.
g3 Rf5 22. Re2 Qf7 23. Rae1 Kh8 24. Qc2 Rf3 25. Nd2 Rfd3 26. Nc4 Qf5 27. Ne3
Qf6 28. Ng2 Rc3 29. Qb1 e5 30. Nh4 Rcd3 31. f4 g5 32. fxe5 Qe6 33. Ng2 R3d5 34.
Qb2 Re8 35. Ne3 Rxe5 36. Ng4 Qxg4 37. Rxe5 Bxe5 38. Rxe5 Rxe5 39. Qxe5+ Kh7
1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR team championship"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E19"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2
Nxc3 9. Qxc3 d6 10. b3 Nd7 11. Bb2 Nf6 12. Rfd1 c5 13. Ne1 Bxg2 14. Nxg2 cxd4
15. Rxd4 Qc7 16. Rad1 Rfd8 17. Qf3 Rac8 18. Ne3 Qc6 19. Qxc6 Rxc6 20. Kg2 Kf8
21. f4 Rc7 22. Kf3 Rcd7 23. R4d3 Ne8 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR team championship"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C49"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Qe7 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Rb1 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nd2 Be6 13. c4 Rfb8 14. Qe2
c5 15. Rb3 Rb6 16. Rfb1 Rab8 17. Nf1 Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR team championship"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 c5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. O-O Nge7 7. e3 O-O 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Re1 Nxd4 12. exd4 Qb6 13. Bxd5 exd5 14. Nxd5
Qxd4 15. Qxd4 Bxd4 16. Nc7 Rb8 17. Nb5 Bb6 18. Bh6 Rd8 19. Bg5 f6 20. Bf4 Ra8
21. Nc7 Bxc7 22. Bxc7 Rd7 23. Ba5 b6 24. Bc3 Kf7 25. Rad1 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Be6 27.
a3 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR team championship"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Nxd5 exd5 9. d4 O-O 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bg5 f6 12. Rc1 Bb6 13. Bf4 Be6 14. Ne1
Re8 15. Nd3 Bf7 16. Re1 Rc8 17. a3 Qe7 18. Bd2 d4 19. Qa4 Qd6 20. Qb5 Red8 21.
a4 Be8 22. Qf5 Ne7 23. Qf4 Qxf4 24. Nxf4 Bxa4 25. Bxb7 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Kf7 27.
Ba6 Bb3 28. Bc4+ Bxc4 29. Rxc4 Ng6 30. Nd3 Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR team championship"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Stein, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. c3 Bf5 7. Be2 c6 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. h3 Rfe8 11. Bf4 Ne4 12. Rad1 Qxb3 13. axb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR team championship"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Bg5 c5 5. e3 Qa5 6. Qd2 d6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Rac8 12. Bxb7 cxd4 13. exd4 Rxc4 14. Nd5
Qxd2 15. Nxe7+ Kh8 16. Bxd2 Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR team championship"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Nxe4
Bxe4 9. Ne1 Bxg2 10. Nxg2 d5 11. Qa4 dxc4 12. Qxc4 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Be3 Nd7
15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. Rac1 Rfd8 17. Bxc5 Nxc5 18. Ne3 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Qc2
1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR team championship"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Nxe4
Bxe4 9. Ne1 Bxg2 10. Nxg2 d5 11. Qa4 Qd7 12. Qxd7 Nxd7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Nf4
Nf6 15. Rd1 Rfd8 16. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR team championship"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Stein, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A32"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 Nc6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
e3 O-O 9. Be2 d5 10. O-O Bd6 11. Rc1 Qe7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bf3 h5 14. Ne2 Bd7
15. Bc3 Ng4 16. g3 h4 17. Nf4 Ne5 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. Nd3 Bd6 20. Re1 Rad8
1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR team championship"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. Bd2 Qc7 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Qe2 e6 14. Ne5
Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd5 16. f4 c5 17. c4 Nb4 18. Bxb4 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 cxb4 20. Ne4 Be7
21. Nd6+ Kb8 22. Nxf7 Rf8 23. Nd6 Rxf4 24. g3 Rf8 25. Qg4 Qd7 26. Kb1 Bg5 $6
27. Nb5 $6 (27. c5 $1 {gains an advantage.}) 27... Rf1 28. Kc2 Rxd1 29. Qxd1
Qxd1+ 30. Kxd1 Be3 31. Ke2 $2 ({Botvinnik mentions} 31. b3 $2 Bc5 $1) ({Right
is} 31. Kc2 $1 Bf2 32. g4 Bg3 33. Nd4 Bxe5 34. Nxe6 {drawn.}) 31... Bc1 32. b3
Bb2 33. Nd6 Bxe5 34. Ne4 Kc7 35. g4 Kc6 36. Kd3 b5 37. cxb5+ Kd5 $1 38. g5 hxg5
39. Nxg5 Bf4 40. Ne4 Bh6 41. Nf2 Bg5 42. Ng4 Bf4 43. Nf2 Bd6 44. Ng4 Bc5 45. h6
gxh6 46. Nxh6 e5 47. Nf5 e4+ 48. Ke2 Ke5 49. Nh4 Kd4 50. Nf5+ Kd5 {Black
postpones ..Kc5.} 51. Nh6 Be7 52. Ng4 Bg5 53. Nf2 Kd4 54. Nd1 Bc1 55. Nf2 Kd5
56. Ng4 Bg5 57. Nf2 Bf6 58. Ng4 Bd4 59. Nh2 Bc5 60. Nf1 Kd4 61. Nd2 Bb6 62. Nc4
$2 ({Right is} 62. Nf1 Kc3 63. Ng3 e3 64. Kd1 $1 Kb2 65. Ne2 Kxa2 66. Kc2 {and
Black cannot make progress (Botvinnik).}) 62... Kc3 63. Kd1 Bd4 64. Ke2 e3 65.
Na5 Kb2 66. Nc6 Bc5 67. Ne5 Kxa2 68. Nd3 Be7 0-1

[Event "USSR team championship"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D54"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Be2 c5 12. Bf3 Rd8 13. Ne2 Bb7 14. O-O Nd7
15. Nf4 Nf6 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Qa4 d4 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR team championship"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D53"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 c6 8. Bd3
O-O 9. O-O Nd7 10. Qe2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. d5 cxd5 13. Bxd5 Nb6 14. Bb3 Qe7
15. Ne4 Bd7 16. Rfd1 Bc6 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Rd2 Rad8 19. Rad1 Rxd2 20. Rxd2 g6
21. h3 Kg7 22. Qd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR team championship"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bd7 9. Bf4 O-O-O 10. O-O-O Bd6 11. Bxd6 cxd6 12. Rd2 Nh6 13. Rhd1 Kc7 14.
f3 Rhe8 15. b3 f5 16. a4 Bc8 17. Kb2 fxe4 18. Nxe4 Nf7 19. c4 d5 20. cxd5 Rxd5
21. Ne2 Rxd2+ 22. Rxd2 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR team championship"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Stein, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. dxc3 Qxe2+
8. Bxe2 Nc6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bxe7 Kxe7 11. Nd4 Nxd4 12. cxd4 Bd7 13. Kd2 Rhe8 14.
Bf3 Bc6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Rhe1+ Kf6 17. Re3 Rxe3 18. fxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR team championship"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stein, Leonid"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 c5 7. d5 Qa5 8. Bd3 $6
(8. Qd2 {favours Black (Geller).}) 8... g5 9. Bg3 Nxe4 $1 10. Bxe4 Bxc3+ 11.
bxc3 Qxc3+ 12. Kf1 f5 13. Ne2 $6 ({Geller recommends} 13. Rc1 Qf6 14. h4 {The
best answer} g4 $1 {will be played in Spassky-Fischer, Belgrade 1992.}) 13...
Qf6 14. Bc2 f4 15. h4 Rf8 16. hxg5 hxg5 17. Nxf4 $6 ({Or} 17. Qe1 fxg3 18. Nxg3
Qd4 19. Rh7 Rxf2+ 20. Qxf2 Qxa1+) 17... gxf4 18. Bh2 Nd7 19. g3 Ne5 20. Qh5+
Kd8 21. gxf4 Ng4 22. Re1 Rh8 23. Bh7 {Efim better on Buisguier - Perez Perez,
trecht 1961 with his next move.} Qg7 $1 {Geller showed the use of preparation.}
(23... Qg7 24. Bg3 Nf6 {wins material.}) 0-1

[Event "USSR team championship"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stein, Leonid"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Na4 Bb6 11. b3 Bf5 12. Bb2 Be4 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. Qd2 Qe7
15. Rfc1 Rfe8 16. Qf4 h6 17. Bf1 Bxf3 18. exf3 Nh7 19. Bb5 Ng5 20. Qg4 Qe6 21.
Qxe6 Rxe6 22. f4 Ne4 23. Rd1 Rd6 24. a3 Rad8 25. b4 d4 26. Rd3 Na7 27. Ba4 b5
28. Bb3 Nc6 29. Rc1 b6 30. Re1 Nf6 31. Bd1 Nd5 32. Bf3 Kf8 33. Rc1 Nde7 34. Kf1
R8d7 35. h4 Nd8 36. h5 f5 37. Re1 Ndc6 38. Red1 Kf7 39. Be2 Rd5 40. R3d2 Rd8
41. Bf3 R5d6 42. Be2 Rd5 43. Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR team championship"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stein, Leonid"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Nbxd2 Bb7 7. Bg2 O-O 8.
O-O c5 9. Rc1 Nc6 10. Nb1 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 cxd4 13. Qxd4 d5 14. cxd5
Qxd5+ 15. Qxd5 Nxd5 16. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR team championship"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Qb3 Bg7 7. cxd5 O-O 8.
Nge2 Na6 9. g3 Qb6 10. Qxb6 axb6 11. Bg2 Nb4 12. O-O Rd8 13. d6 $1 exd6 (13...
Rxd6 {was played in Spassky-Petrosian, Moscow 1966.}) 14. Bg5 $1 Re8 15. a3 Nc6
16. Rfe1 Bg4 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nd5 Bd8 19. Nec3 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Ra5 $4 {
Botvinnik blunders dreadfully.} ({Judovic analyses} 20... Nxd4 $1 21. Re8+ Kg7
22. Nxb6 Rb8 23. Nc4 Bd7) 21. Ne3 $2 (21. Re8+ $1 Kg7 22. Ne3 $1 Bd7 23. Bxc6
Bxe8 24. Bxe8 {decides the game at once.}) 21... Bd7 22. Nc4 Ra8 ({Or} 22...
Ra6 23. Nb5 $1) 23. d5 Nd4 24. Nxd6 Rb8 25. Nce4 f6 26. Nc4 Kf8 27. h3 Nb3 28.
Bf1 b5 29. Ncd6 f5 30. Re3 fxe4 31. Rxb3 Ke7 32. Nxe4 Rc8 33. g4 Rc1 34. Kg2
Re1 35. f3 Rd1 36. d6+ Kf7 37. Bxb5 Be6 38. Rc3 Rd4 39. Rd3 Rxd3 40. Bxd3 Bd5
41. Nc5 b6 42. Be4 Be6 43. Nd3 Bb3 44. f4 Ke6 45. f5+ 1-0

[Event "USSR team championship"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bc4 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Ne4 b6 12. a3 Bb7 13. Qd3 Rc8 14. Nfg5 Bxg5
15. Bxg5 f6 16. Bd2 Qd7 17. Rad1 Nce7 18. Ba2 Rfe8 19. Bb1 Ng6 20. Qg3 f5 21.
Qd6 Rcd8 22. Qxd7 Rxd7 23. Ng5 Rde7 24. Ba2 h6 25. Nf3 Rc7 26. Rc1 Rxc1 27.
Rxc1 Rc8 28. Rxc8+ Bxc8 29. h4 Bb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR team championship"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. a5 d6 10. c3 Rb8 11. Bc4 bxc3 12. Nxc3 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Nd4 15.
Qd1 c6 16. Ne2 Nb5 17. d3 d5 18. exd5 cxd5 19. Bxb5 Rxb5 20. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR team championship"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D55"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Be7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Rd1 dxc4 10. Bxc4 e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. Ne4 Nf5 13. Qe2 Nd6 14. Nfd2 Be7 15.
O-O Bf5 16. Bd3 Bxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 5"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1967.??.??"]

{MEMORIAL 5 1967  The fifth memorial was held in August and September 1967. It
became a battle among Larsen and the Soviets Taimanov, Smyslov and Polugaevsky.
Founder Ché Guevara was hiking in the woods of Bolivia. The event shrank from
twenty- two to twenty participants in his absence.   Donner arrived at the
airport of Havana with the author Harry Mulisch. He was interviewed for the
newspaper Granma. Later the journalist named the Graduate Donner a doctor in
three sciences. They went to the exhibition Moved Movement. Donner gave a
swing to a painting, like could be done in a similar exposition at home.
However, it was ruined. He was arrested and interrogated. The playful Mulisch
told about the embarrassment in Holland. Donner had been stripped of all
doctorates. So, Jan Hein was punished sufficiently and became a free man again.
They visited Fidel who told them about his preference for baseball: "Chess has
too many rules!"   Games of the Capablanca Memorial were analysed in the Chess
Informant.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7.
Qd2 c6 8. Nf3 e5 9. O-O Re8 10. Rad1 Qc7 $6 {This new move leads to a passive
game.} 11. d5 cxd5 12. cxd5 Nc5 13. Rc1 a5 14. Qc2 Bd7 15. Nb5 Bxb5 16. Bxb5
Rec8 17. Nd2 a4 18. b4 axb3 19. axb3 Qd8 $6 ({Better is} 19... Qb6 20. Be2 Qb4
$1 21. Qc4 Qxc4 22. Rxc4 Ncd7) 20. Qb1 Qb6 $6 21. Be2 Qd8 (21... Qb4 {is too
late due to} 22. Rc4) 22. b4 Na4 23. Qd3 h6 24. Be3 h5 25. Nc4 Ng4 26. Bd2 Nf6
27. h3 Kh7 28. f4 exf4 29. Bxf4 Ne8 30. Qg3 Qe7 31. Bf3 Rd8 32. Bg5 Bf6 $6 ({
Preferable is} 32... Bd4+ $1 33. Kh1 f6) 33. Bxf6 Nxf6 34. e5 dxe5 35. Nxe5 Nb6
36. d6 $1 Qxd6 37. Bxb7 Rab8 38. Rc6 Qd4+ 39. Kh1 Rxb7 40. Rcxf6 1-0

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 5"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jimenez Zerquera, Eleazar"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B68"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1967.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Nf3 b5 11. e5 b4 12. exf6 bxc3 13. Qxc3 gxf6 14. Bh4 a5
15. Kb1 Nb4 $5 {Taimanov plays a new move in a sharp line of the Sicilian
Defence.} 16. a3 Rc8 $1 17. Qd2 Nd5 (17... Nxc2 $2 18. Rc1 {takes too much
risk.}) 18. c4 Nb6 19. Qxa5 Nxc4 20. Qxd8+ Kxd8 21. Bf2 $6 (21. Bxc4 $1 Rxc4
22. Rxd6 $1 {(Informator)} Rxf4 $1 23. Rd3 {brings a plus.}) 21... Rg8 22. Rc1
d5 23. Bxc4 Rxc4 24. g3 Rxc1+ 25. Rxc1 Bd6 26. Bd4 Ke7 27. Bc5 $6 Ra8 28. Ka2
$6 (28. Bd4 $1 {blockades.}) 28... Bxc5 29. Rxc5 Kd6 30. b4 e5 31. Kb2 h5 32.
Kb3 Bg4 33. Ne1 d4 34. fxe5+ $2 (34. Kb2 {makes a waiting move.}) 34... fxe5
35. Nd3 Be6+ 36. Kb2 f6 37. Rc1 h4 38. Nc5 Bd5 39. Rf1 hxg3 40. hxg3 Ke7 41. a4
Rg8 42. a5 $6 Rxg3 43. a6 Rg2+ 44. Kb1 d3 45. a7 Ra2 46. Nxd3 Rxa7 47. Kc2 $2
Be4 48. Re1 Bf5 0-1

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 5"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Donner, Jan Hein"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D72"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1967.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb6 7. Ne2 O-O 8. O-O
e6 9. a4 $5 a5 10. Na3 $5 Qe7 11. Bf4 Rd8 12. Qc1 Na6 13. Nc4 $6 Nxc4 14. Qxc4
e5 $1 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. Nc3 $6 ({Better is} 17. Qc3 $1 Qxc3 18.
Nxc3) 17... c6 18. Rfd1 Be6 19. Qe2 Bb3 20. Rd2 Rd4 21. Rxd4 Qxd4 22. e5 Nc5 {
Pawn a4 has become a weakness.} 23. Ne4 $4 Qxe5 {Donner just blundered a pawn.}
0-1

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 5"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E56"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1967.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Ba5 10. Qd3 a6 11. dxc5 Qxd3 12. Bxd3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Na5 $5 (13...
Nd7 14. a4 Nxc5 {was played in Landau - Alexander, London 1938.}) 14. Rb1 Bd7
15. c4 Ba4 16. c6 $1 ({The immediate} 16. Bd2 {will be answered by} Nb3 $1)
16... Bxc6 17. Bd2 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Nc6 19. Bc3 ({Not} 19. Rxb7 $2 Rfd8 $1) 19...
Rab8 20. Rfd1 Rfc8 21. f4 Kf8 22. Kg2 Ke7 23. f5 e5 $1 24. Bc2 Rc7 25. Kf3 Rd8
26. Rxd8 Kxd8 27. Ba4 Nd7 28. h4 g6 29. fxg6 hxg6 30. h5 $2 {Taimanov blunders
like Donner.} gxh5 31. Rh1 e4+ $1 32. Kf4 Ne7 33. Ba5 $5 b6 34. Bxd7 bxa5 35.
Ba4 Ng6+ 36. Kf5 Rc5+ 37. Kf6 Ne5 $1 38. Bb3 $2 {White remains passively.} (38.
Bd1 $1 Nxc4 39. Bxh5 Nxa3 40. Bxf7 Nb5 41. Rh7 $1 {counterattacks.}) 38... Ke8
$1 39. Kg7 Ng4 40. Rd1 Rg5+ 41. Kh8 Nf6 42. Ba4+ Ke7 {This encounter would
become the decisive game of the tournament.} 0-1

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 5"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Westerinen, Heikki"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1967.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. h3
Be7 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Nde2 $5 ({More direct is} 10. f4 {(Szabo - Clarke, Hastings
1960).}) 10... g5 $5 11. Qd2 Ne5 12. b3 $5 Qa5 $1 13. f4 $5 gxf4 14. Bxf4 h5
15. O-O-O $5 ({More solid is} 15. g5 Nh7 16. h4) 15... hxg4 16. hxg4 O-O-O 17.
Kb1 Kb8 18. g5 Nh5 {Black has gained a positional advantage.} 19. Bh2 Be8 20.
Bg1 Bc6 $6 21. Nd4 Bd7 22. Nf3 Bc8 $6 {Polugaevsky has lost his plus.} 23. Qd4
Nc6 24. Qd2 d5 $5 25. Bh2+ Ka8 26. exd5 Bb4 27. Qe3 exd5 28. Na4 {They fight
for the initiative.} Rhe8 29. Qd3 Bg4 30. c3 Bf8 31. Rhe1 Bg7 32. Rxe8 Rxe8 33.
Re1 ({Not} 33. Qxd5 $2 Qxd5 34. Rxd5 Re2 $1 35. Nh4 Bh3 $1) 33... Rxe1+ 34.
Nxe1 d4 $2 {Polu allows a mating attack.} ({Correct is} 34... Be6) 35. Nc2 $1
dxc3 $6 (35... Bf5 $5 36. Qf3 Qb5 37. c4 $1 Qa5 38. Qxc6 $3 Qe1+ 39. Kb2 d3+
40. Ka3 Bf8+ 41. c5 {also wins for White.}) 36. Bxc6 $1 bxc6 37. Qd6 Qb5 38.
Qd8+ Kb7 39. Qe7+ Ka8 40. Qd8+ Kb7 41. Qb8+ Ka6 42. Nb4+ 1-0

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 5"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1967.??.??"]

1. f4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. Be2 Nc6 5. O-O d6 6. d3 $5 e6 7. a4 ({Larsen
will play} 7. Na3 $1 {against Fischer in Denver 1971.}) 7... Nge7 8. c3 d5 9.
Na3 b6 10. e5 h5 $6 11. Nc2 Nf5 12. b4 Bf8 $6 13. Rb1 Be7 14. d4 cxb4 15. cxb4
a5 16. b5 Nb4 17. Nxb4 Bxb4 18. Rb3 Bd7 19. Bd2 Be7 20. Qc2 O-O 21. Rc1 Rc8 22.
Rc3 Rxc3 23. Qxc3 Bb4 24. Qb2 Be7 25. Bd3 Ng7 26. Be1 Qb8 27. Bh4 Bxh4 28. Nxh4
Rc8 29. Kf2 Rxc1 30. Qxc1 Qd8 31. Nf3 Nf5 32. h3 Qc8 33. Qb2 $5 Kg7 34. g4 hxg4
35. hxg4 Nh6 36. Kg3 Ng8 37. Ng5 Qc7 38. Qa3 Bc8 39. Nf3 Qb7 $2 {Black gives
up the control over d6. The white queen gets an easy entry.} 40. Qd6 $1 Bd7 41.
Kf2 Bc8 $6 42. Qd8 $1 Bd7 43. Ke2 Bc8 44. Kd2 {The restriction has become
decisive.   Larsen scored very well.} ({See} 44. Kd2 Nh6 {(White threatened 45.
g5)} 45. Qg5 Kh7 46. Nh4 Ng8 47. f5 exf5 48. gxf5 Qe7 49. fxg6+ Kg7 $1 50. Qf4
$1 {and the white pressure becomes too strong.}) 1-0

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 5"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Bednarski, Jacek"]
[Black "Donner, Jan Hein"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1967.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Bc4 Bd6 7. Qe2+ Be7
8. Qh5 O-O 9. Nf3 $5 Be6 10. Bb3 $5 Na6 11. O-O Nc7 12. Re1 Qd7 13. h3 a5 14.
c3 a4 15. Bc2 g6 16. Qh6 Rfe8 17. Qd2 Bd5 18. Qd1 b5 19. Bf4 Ne6 20. Bg3 a3 21.
b4 Bd6 22. Nd2 $6 (22. Bxd6 Qxd6 23. Be4 {would be wiser.}) 22... Bxg3 23. fxg3
f5 24. Bb3 Ng5 25. Qc2 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Re8 27. Rxe8+ Qxe8 28. Bxd5 cxd5 29. Nf1
$2 {Hereafter the Black pieces enter.} (29. Kf2 $5 {checks the opponent.})
29... Ne4 $1 30. Qb3 Qc6 31. Qxa3 Nxc3 32. Qa7 $5 Kg7 $6 33. Kh2 $6 (33. Qc5 $1
{makes a last try.}) 33... Qc4 $1 34. Ne3 Qxb4 35. Qb6 Qe7 36. Nc2 Qe4 37. Nb4
f4 38. Qd6 fxg3+ 39. Qxg3 Qxd4 40. Nc6 Qf6 41. Qc7 Ne2 $5 42. Na7 Qf2 43. Qe5+
Kh6 {Donner was full of sympathy for Cuba, but doubted communism because he
could not find any rum in Havana.} 0-1

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 5"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E43"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1967.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 Ne4 7. O-O f5 8. Bxe4
fxe4 9. Nd2 Bxc3 10. bxc3 O-O $5 (10... Qg5 {was played in Gligoric - Andersen,
Copenhagen 1965.}) 11. Qg4 $1 Rf5 12. d5 $5 ({Not} 12. Nxe4 $2 h5 $1 {
(Informator).}) 12... Rg5 13. Qf4 ({Or} 13. Qxe4 exd5 14. Qf3) 13... exd5 14.
cxd5 Bxd5 15. c4 Bc6 16. Nxe4 Rg6 17. Bb2 Na6 18. f3 Nb4 19. Bc3 Nd3 20. Qf5
Qh4 $1 21. Nf6+ $5 ({Better is} 21. Rad1 Rf8 22. Bf6 $1 gxf6 23. Rxd3) 21...
gxf6 22. Qxd3 Rh6 23. h3 Kf7 $1 {The king vacates g8 for a heavy piece.} 24.
Rf2 $2 (24. Be1 $1 Qh5 25. h4 Rg8 26. Rd1 Rhg6 27. Rd2 {offers stubborn
resistance.}) 24... Rg8 $1 25. Kf1 Rxg2 $3 26. Rxg2 Qxh3 27. e4 Rg6 {Larsen
had bested another strong player.} 0-1

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 5"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Pachman, Ludek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C66"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1967.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. c3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Re1 O-O 8. Bg5
$5 h6 9. Bh4 Bd7 10. Nbd2 Qe8 11. Nf1 a6 12. Ba4 Nd4 $2 {Pachman shows too
much optimism.} 13. cxd4 Bxa4 14. Qc1 exd4 $5 15. Qxc7 Qd7 16. Qb6 Ng4 17. b3
Bb5 18. Nxd4 Bxd3 19. Rad1 Ne5 $6 ({A dangerous knight disappears by} 19...
Bxf1 $1 20. Rxf1 Rfe8 {(Smyslov).}) 20. f4 a5 {Black threatens .. Ra6.} 21. Ne2
$1 Bxe2 22. Rxe2 Ra6 23. Qf2 Ng4 24. Qf3 Qc8 25. h3 Nf6 26. Ne3 $1 Re8 27. Bxf6
Bxf6 28. Nd5 Bg7 29. f5 Be5 30. Rf1 gxf5 31. exf5 Kh7 32. Kh1 Rc6 33. Qh5 Rf8
34. Ree1 {Black has no proper defence.} Qd8 (34... Rc5 $1 35. Rxe5 $1 dxe5 36.
Nf6+ Kg7 37. Ng4 Rh8 38. f6+ Kf8 39. Nxe5 Rc7 40. Rd1 {(Smyslov).}) 35. f6 $1
Rc5 36. Re4 $1 {White threatens Rh4.} 1-0

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 5"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Schmid, Lothar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A53"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1967.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Nc3 Nc6 $6 5. d5 Ne5 $5 (5... Nb8) 6. Nxe5
dxe5 7. g3 Qc8 8. Bg2 g6 9. c5 $1 Bg7 10. Qa4+ Bd7 11. c6 bxc6 12. dxc6 Bh3 13.
O-O h5 $5 14. f3 Be6 $5 15. Be3 h4 16. Rfd1 a6 $6 {Schmid plays passive moves.}
({Preferable is} 16... hxg3 17. hxg3 a5) 17. Rd2 Rb8 18. Rad1 hxg3 19. hxg3 Bh6
20. Bxh6 Rxh6 21. Qa5 e4 22. g4 $1 exf3 23. exf3 Rb6 24. Rd8+ $1 {Taimanov
ends the game quickly.} Qxd8 25. Rxd8+ Kxd8 26. Na4 $1 Nd5 27. Nxb6 cxb6 28.
Qxa6 Bc8 29. c7+ $1 1-0

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 5"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Jimenez Zerquera, Eleazar"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B16"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1967.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8.
Bf4 Nd7 9. O-O Nb6 10. c4 $5 {White controls more territory.} Bxf3 11. gxf3 $6
(11. Bxf3 $1 Nxc4 12. Qb3 Nb6 {drew in Albert - Schwarm, Bayern 1996.}) 11...
c5 (11... Rg8+ $1 12. Kh1 Qd7 {gains a plus.}) 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Qc2 f5 14. Kh1
Qh4 $1 15. Bg3 Qf6 16. b4 $5 Bd4 ({The pointe is} 16... Bxb4 17. c5 Nd5 18.
Qa4+ Kf8 19. Bd6+ Kg7 20. Rg1+) 17. c5 $5 {White has to play va banque.} O-O $2
({Avoids} 17... Bxa1 $2 18. Bb5+ $1 Nd7 19. Bxd7+ Kxd7 20. c6+ $1 bxc6 21. Rd1+
Bd4 22. Qc5 $1) ({Right is} 17... f4 $1 18. Bh4 $1 Qxh4 19. Rad1 Rg8 $1 20.
cxb6 Bxf2) 18. Rad1 Nd5 19. Qc4 Bb2 20. Bd6 $1 Rfd8 21. f4 $1 Rac8 22. Qb3 Rxd6
$6 {Smyslov panics due to horrible restraint.} 23. cxd6 Nxf4 24. Qg3+ Ng6 25.
d7 Rd8 26. f4 Qe7 27. Qd3 Nf8 28. Rg1+ Kh8 29. Qd6 Qxd6 30. Rxd6 Ba3 ({Or} 
30... Rxd7 31. Rxd7 Nxd7 32. Bh5 $1) 31. Bh5 $1 Ng6 32. Bxg6 hxg6 33. Rd4 Bb2
34. Rd2 Bf6 35. Rc1 Kg7 36. Rc7 b6 37. Rxa7 Kf8 38. Rd3 g5 39. fxg5 Bxg5 40. a4
e5 41. Rd5 f6 42. Rc7 Ke7 43. a5 bxa5 44. bxa5 e4 45. a6 Bh4 46. a7 e3 47. a8=Q
{Smyslov was beaten by Cuban's Jimenez Zerquera, a repeat of the previous year.
Larsen won (15/19), ahead of Taimanov (131/2), Smyslov (13), Polugaevsky (12),
Filip and Gligoric (111/2), Donner and Bednarski (10).   Ché Guevara was
liquidated as a guerrilla  in Bolivia shortly after the fifth event.} 1-0

[Event "Venice"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Donner, Jan Hein"]
[Black "Canal, Esteban"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1967.??.??"]

{A colourful Dutch grandmaster was Jan Hein Donner (1927-1988). His father was
Minister of Justice. Now this position is held by his nephew Piet Hein. Jan
Hein's greatest victory was Venezia 1967. A meeting of FIDE had taken place in
the Casino Municipale di Venezia or Palazzo Vendramin Calergi, built in 1509.
An international chess tournament followed from 21 x until 5 xi 1967. I have
analysed Donner's games.Donner appears to be a solid positional player in his
games. Still he regards chess as a game of hazard. "The chances might be equal
and the players have everything under control. But who controls himself?" he
tries to argue. Obviously he was lucky against Petrosian.  Donner talked on
Dutch television about the first prize, a large golden gondola with twelve
jewels. "I donate it to the Medical Committee Viet Nam. They will buy medicine
for it, but I don't mind if it is a machine gun, because the Americans have to
be kicked out of Viet Nam!" he exclaimed. A scandal was born. He lost his
chess column in Elseviers Weekblad immediately. Donner never got his prize.
 His games are presented.} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6.
O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Re1 d6 9. e4 fxe4 10. Bxe4 $5 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Qd7 $5 12. b3
Rb8 13. Be3 Ne7 $6 14. Bd2 Nc6 $6 15. Bc3 Nd8 $6 {Black has no plan.} 16. Qd3
Qf7 17. Re3 Qf5 18. d5 {White occupies the centre.} Bh6 $2 (18... e5 {offers
serious resistance.}) 19. Nd4 Qf7 20. Rf3 Qe7 21. Nxe6 Nxe6 22. Nf6+ $1 Kh8 23.
dxe6 Bg7 24. Nd5 {The game ended quickly.} 1-0

[Event "Venice"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Donner, Jan Hein"]
[Black "Paoli, Enrico"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1967.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Qb3
a5 9. Be2 Bb4 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3 O-O 12. O-O Re8 13. cxd5 exd5 14. b4 axb4
15. axb4 Rxa1 16. Rxa1 Qd6 17. Ne1 b5 $2 {Paoli weakens the queenside.} 18. Nd3
Bb7 19. Ra7 Qb8 20. Qa1 Nb6 21. Nc5 Bc8 22. Qa5 g6 23. h3 Kg7 24. Nd3 Be6 25.
Bg4 Nc4 26. Qc7 Qc8 27. Qxc8 Bxc8 28. Rc7 Bxg4 29. hxg4 Re6 30. Nc5 Rf6 31. Nd7
Re6 32. Nb8 {White has staged an invasion.} Re4 $2 ({The last chance brings} 
32... Nb6 $1 33. Rxc6 Rxc6 34. Nxc6 Nc4 $1) 33. Nxc6 Rxg4 34. Nd8 1-0

[Event "Venice"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lengyel, Levente"]
[Black "Donner, Jan Hein"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1967.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O d5 7. Nbd2 Ne4 8. b3
Bf5 9. Bb2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Be4 11. Rfd1 a5 12. Qf4 a4 13. Qe3 axb3 14. axb3 Rxa1
15. Bxa1 Qb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Venice"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Donner, Jan Hein"]
[Black "Kupper, Josef"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E45"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1967.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ba6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 d5 8. b3
O-O 9. Be2 dxc4 10. bxc4 Nc6 11. a4 Na5 12. Ba3 Re8 13. Nb5 c6 14. Nd6 Re7 15.
O-O Ne8 $6 (15... c5 $5 {was played in Kramer-Lengyel, Leipzig 1960. The text
gives White an easy game.}) 16. Nxe8 Rxe8 17. Qc2 Qc7 18. Rfd1 Rad8 19. Qc3 c5
20. dxc5 bxc5 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Rb1 f6 23. Bf1 Nb7 24. Qc2 Qd7 25. h3 Kh8 26.
Be2 Qc7 27. Qe4 Rd6 28. Bd3 f5 29. Qe5 Rc6 30. Qc3 Rb6 31. Rd1 Kg8 32. Bf1 Rd6
33. Qe5 Bxc4 $2 {Kupper gives away a pawn.} ({Correct is} 33... Rc6) 34. Bxc5
Rc6 35. Qxc7 Rxc7 36. Bxa7 Bxf1 37. Kxf1 Rc4 38. Rd7 Na5 39. Bd4 g6 40. Rg7+
Kf8 41. Rxh7 Nc6 42. Bf6 Rxa4 43. Rg7 e5 44. Rxg6 Ra1+ 45. Ke2 Kf7 46. Rh6 Ra2+
47. Kf3 Ra3 48. g4 f4 49. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Venice"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zinser, Sylvain"]
[Black "Donner, Jan Hein"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1967.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O c6 8. Rb1
Nbd7 9. d5 c5 10. Ne1 Ne8 11. g4 f5 12. f3 fxg4 $6 (12... f4 {is less
opportunistic.}) 13. fxg4 Qh4 14. Ng2 Qh3 15. Rxf8+ Nxf8 16. g5 h6 17. Qf1 $2 (
17. Qd2 $1 hxg5 18. Qxg5 {avoids the exchange of the dard square bishops.})
17... hxg5 18. Bxg5 Nh7 19. Bd2 Bh6 20. Bxh6 Qxh6 21. Qc1 Ng5 22. Qe3 Nf6 23.
Rf1 Kg7 24. Bd3 Bd7 25. h4 Nh3+ 26. Kh1 Qxe3 27. Nxe3 Nf4 28. Bc2 Rh8 29. Rf2
g5 30. Nb5 Ne8 31. Nxa7 Ng6 $6 32. Nf5+ $6 ({White misses the chance} 32. h5 $1
Rxh5+ 33. Rh2) 32... Bxf5 33. Rxf5 Nxh4 {Zinser makes an ugly discovery.} 34.
Rf2 (34. Rxg5+ Kf6 35. Rg3 Nf3+ 36. Kg2 Ne1+ {costs the bishop.}) 34... Nf6 35.
Nb5 Ng4 36. Re2 Nf3+ 37. Kg2 Nd4 38. Nxd4 exd4 39. Kg3 Ne5 40. Bb3 Rh4 41. a3
Rf4 42. Ba2 d3 0-1

[Event "Venice"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Donner, Jan Hein"]
[Black "Pachman, Ludek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1967.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 Bb4 8. e4
Bxe4 9. fxe4 Nxe4 10. Bd2 Qxd4 11. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12. Qe2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Qd5+ 14.
Kc2 Na6 15. Nxc4 O-O-O 16. Qe5 {This move was rare in these days.} f6 17. Qxd5
cxd5 18. Na3 Nb4+ 19. Kd2 Kd7 20. Rc1 Rc8 21. Rc3 Rxc3 (21... b6 {will be
played in Kramnik-Lautier, Linares 1994.}) 22. bxc3 Nc6 23. Be2 Rc8 24. Rb1 b6
25. Nb5 Ke7 26. g3 Rd8 27. Nd4 Na5 28. Kc2 g6 29. Nb3 Nxb3 30. Rxb3 {The draw
becomes evident.} d4 ({Black has to try} 30... Kd6 $1 {if he wants to play for
a win.}) 31. a5 $1 dxc3 32. axb6 axb6 33. Kxc3 Rd6 34. Ra3 f5 35. Ra7+ Rd7 36.
Ra6 Rd6 37. Bb5 Kf6 38. Ra7 h5 39. h4 e5 40. Rb7 f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Venice"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Magrin, Antonio"]
[Black "Donner, Jan Hein"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E52"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1967.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Ne2
$5 Bd6 $5 9. Ne5 $6 c5 {Black has an easy game.} 10. f4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nbd7 12.
Nxd7 Qxd7 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. Bd2 Ne4 15. Be1 Bc5 16. Rf3 $6 {The effort to
attack has no effect.} Bxd4 17. exd4 Bb7 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Rg3 f6 20. Bf2 Rf7
$5 21. Qe2 Bd5 22. Rc1 Qd6 23. Qd2 Rd8 24. a3 h6 25. Rgc3 Bb7 {Black has
avoided the exchange of rooks on the c-file.} 26. Qe3 Rdd7 27. h4 Qd5 28. Qg3
Qf5 29. Be3 Kh7 30. Kh2 Qh5 31. Kg1 Rfe7 32. Bf2 Qf5 33. Be3 Qb5 34. Qf2 Rf7
35. Kh2 Kg8 {The turning point has been reached.} 36. Qc2 $2 ({The defence is
better organised by} 36. b4 Qh5 37. Qg3 g5 38. Bf2) 36... Qh5 37. Qf2 g5 $1 38.
g3 Rg7 $1 39. Rg1 gxh4 40. g4 Rxg4 41. Rcc1 Rg3 42. f5 Rdg7 43. Qf4 e5 44. dxe5
Rg2+ 45. Rxg2 Rxg2+ 46. Kh3 Rg3+ 47. Kh2 Qe2+ 48. Bf2 Rg2+ 49. Kh3 Rxf2 50.
Qg4+ Qxg4+ 51. Kxg4 fxe5 52. Rc7 Be4 {Donner defeated the weaklings and drew
with the strongest players so far.} 0-1

[Event "Venice"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Donner, Jan Hein"]
[Black "Evans, Larry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1967.??.??"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 Bg7 6. d5 Na5 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
d6 9. Qc2 Bg4 10. b3 a6 11. Bb2 Rb8 12. e4 Bxf3 $1 13. Bxf3 b5 $1 14. cxb5 axb5
15. Be2 b4 16. Nd1 Nd7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Ne3 e5 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. Rad1 Ne5 21.
Qd2 Nf7 22. f4 Nc6 23. f5 $1 exf5 ({Better is} 23... Nd4 $1 {(Informator).})
24. exf5 Nd4 25. f6+ Kh8 26. Bc4 Ne5 27. Nd5 Rb7 28. Rde1 Rbf7 29. Qg5 Ne6 $6 (
{Correct is} 29... Nf5 $1) 30. Qh4 Nd4 31. Qg5 Ne6 32. Qh6 Nd4 $2 ({Black
survives in} 32... Qa8 33. Ne7 $5 Rxf6 34. Bxe6 Qe8 35. Rxf6 Rxf6 36. Nd5 Rxe6
37. Nc7 Nf3+ $1 38. Kf2 Qf7 39. Rxe6 Nd4+) 33. Ne7 $1 Nxc4 $2 ({Only a pawn is
lost in} 33... Rxf6 34. Rxe5 $1 Rxf1+ 35. Bxf1 Rxf1+ 36. Kxf1 dxe5 37. Nxg6+
Kg8 38. Nxe5) 34. Nxg6+ Kg8 35. Ne7+ Kh8 36. bxc4 Re8 37. Re4 Qd7 38. Qh5 Rxf6
39. Rxf6 Rxe7 40. Qh6 Rf7 41. Rxd6 Qc8 42. Qg5 Nf3+ 43. gxf3 Rg7 44. Qxg7+ Kxg7
45. Re7+ Kh8 46. Rdd7 b3 47. Rxh7+ Kg8 48. Rdg7+ {Evans commented on Donner:
'Very interesting but always wrong'. This applied on Hein's cultural theories
and not on their games. Donner described Evans as a gambler from Las Vegas. 
Donner led with 7 points. World champion Petrosian had 6. They met in the next
round.} 1-0

[Event "Venice"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Donner, Jan Hein"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1967.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nb6 $6 ({Theory is} 8... Bc5) 9. Bd3 Bd7 10. Qe2 Rc8 11. Ndb5 $1 {Petrosian
threatens 12.Qf2 and 13.Nxa7. Donner panics.} Na5 $2 ({Horrible seems to be} 
11... a6 $1 12. Qf2 Na8 13. Nd4 {(Petrosian), but} Bc5 $1 14. Nxc6 Bxe3 15.
Nxd8 Bxf2+ 16. Kxf2 Kxd8 {isn't so bad.}) 12. Nxa7 Ra8 13. Nab5 Nac4 14. Bc1 $6
(14. Bxb6 Nxb6 15. O-O {gives Black no compensation.}) 14... Bb4 15. O-O Na4 $2
{Donner 'sacrifices' another pawn.} 16. Bxc4 dxc4 17. Qxc4 Bc5+ 18. Kh1 Nxc3
19. Nxc3 Qb6 20. Ne4 Be7 ({No relief brings} 20... Bb5 21. Qxc5 Qxc5 22. Nxc5
Bxf1 23. Nxb7) 21. Qe2 O-O 22. b3 $6 Bc6 23. Bb2 Rfd8 24. Nd6 $2 {White needs
to play consolidating moves, but he gives away a pawn.} Qc5 25. a4 Bxd6 26.
exd6 ({Finally Petrosian has noticed} 26. Ba3 $4 Qxa3 $1) 26... Qxd6 27. Rad1 {
Hereafter, the heavy pieces will be exchanged.} ({Better appears to be} 27. Qg4
Qf8 28. Rad1 {(Petrosian), but} Be4 29. c4 Rxd1 30. Qxd1 Rd8 31. Qe1 Bf5 {also
draws.}) 27... Qe7 28. Qe5 f6 29. Qe3 Rd7 30. Rxd7 Qxd7 31. h3 Qd5 32. Rf2 Rd8
33. Kh2 Qf5 34. Bd4 h5 35. Rd2 Qe4 36. Qf2 Rd5 37. Be3 Rxd2 38. Qxd2 e5 39.
fxe5 Qxe5+ 40. Bf4 Qd5 41. Qxd5+ Bxd5 42. c4 Be4 43. a5 g5 44. Bc7 h4 45. Bd8
Kf7 46. Kg1 Bc2 47. b4 Bd3 48. c5 Bb5 {The draw was accepted on move 63. The
remaining moves were not kept, but the result is clear. Tigran Petrosian was
shocked by the mistakes.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Venice"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Donner, Jan Hein"]
[Black "Tatai, Stefano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E66"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1967.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 a6 10. Qc2 e5 $5 11. b3 Ng4 12. e4 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Bb2 Bd7 15.
Rae1 b5 16. Nd1 $1 Nb7 $5 (16... f4 $1 17. h3 Nh6 {prevents f2-f4.}) 17. h3 Nf6
18. f4 $1 e4 19. Ne3 $1 h5 $2 (19... Qe7 {is more prudent.}) 20. g4 hxg4 21.
hxg4 Nxg4 22. Nxg4 fxg4 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Nxe4 {Black has passive pieces and
an open kingside.} Qh4 $2 ({A defence can be organised by} 24... Bf5 $1 25.
Qc3+ Kg8 26. Qg3 bxc4 27. bxc4 Na5 28. Nf2 Ra7 $1 29. Be4 Rg7 {Black tries to
survive.}) 25. Ng5 Rae8 26. Ne6+ $1 Bxe6 27. dxe6 Nd8 28. f5 g3 29. Bd5 Qh2+ {
Otherwise White will attack with his queen.} 30. Qxh2 gxh2+ 31. Kh1 Kf6 32. Re4
Rg8 33. Ref4 Rg5 34. Be4 Rh8 35. Re1 Rhg8 36. Re2 Rh5 37. Rxh2 Rxh2+ 38. Kxh2
Ke5 39. Rh4 Re8 40. Kg3 b4 41. Kf3 d5 42. Bxd5 Kxf5 43. Rh5+ Kf6 44. Kf4 Nxe6+
45. Bxe6 Rxe6 46. Rxc5 1-0

[Event "Venice"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Calapso, Remo"]
[Black "Donner, Jan Hein"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1967.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. h3 e5 7. dxe5 Nxe5 8.
Bb5+ Nc6 9. Be3 Be7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Nbd2 a6 12. Be2 Bf5 13. Nb3 Qc7 14. O-O
Rad8 15. Nbd4 Bc8 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Qa4 Bb7 18. Bf4 Qc8 19. Rfe1 Ne4 20. Be3 c5
21. Nd2 $6 ({The equality is kept by the natural move} 21. Rad1) 21... f5 22.
f3 f4 23. Bxf4 Rxf4 24. fxe4 dxe4 25. Bc4+ $2 ({Correct is} 25. Rf1 Rxf1+ 26.
Nxf1) 25... Kh8 26. Nf1 Rdf8 {The white defence has become a mess.} 27. Red1 ({
Or} 27. Rad1 Bh4 28. Re2 Bf2+ 29. Kh2 e3 $1 30. Nxe3 Qb8 $1 31. Kh1 Bxe3 32.
Rxe3 Bxg2+ $1) 27... Bh4 28. Qd7 Bf2+ 29. Kh1 Qa8 30. Bd5 Bxd5 31. Rxd5 e3 32.
Re5 Re4 33. Qe6 Rxe5 34. Qxe5 Qe8 35. Qxe8 Rxe8 0-1

[Event "Venice"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Donner, Jan Hein"]
[Black "Janosevic, Dragoljub"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A77"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1967.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 d6 6. e4 O-O 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O
exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. Nd2 b6 $6 11. f3 Ba6 $2 (11... a6 $1 12. a4 Nbd7 {
corrects the previous error.}) 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. Nc4 $1 Qd7 14. a4 $1 Nc7 15.
Bf4 $1 Bf8 16. g4 $5 Rad8 17. Qd2 b5 $5 {Donner writes in his column about the
dubious style of Janosevic. Jan Hein shows positional superiority.} 18. axb5
Nxb5 19. Nxb5 Qxb5 20. Qd3 Rd7 21. Ra3 Rb8 22. Rfa1 Rbb7 23. Bd2 Rdc7 24. Ba5
$1 {Black has been outwitted. He will lose a pawn.} Rc8 ({The natural} 24...
Rd7 25. Bc3 Ne8 26. Ra5 Qb3 27. R1a3 {leads to the loss of a queen.}) 25. Bc3
Ne8 26. Rxa7 Rxa7 27. Rxa7 Bh6 28. e5 dxe5 29. Bxe5 Bf8 30. Qe4 Qb3 31. Kf2 Rd8
32. Qf4 f5 33. gxf5 Qc2+ 34. Kg3 Qxf5 35. Qxf5 gxf5 36. Ne3 f4+ 37. Kxf4 Bh6+
38. Ke4 Bxe3 39. Kxe3 Rxd5 40. Ke4 Rd2 41. Kf5 Rf2 42. Ke6 $1 {Donner does not
bother about a pawn. He plays for zugzwang.} Rxf3 43. Re7 Rf8 44. h4 c4 45. h5
h6 46. Bc3 1-0

[Event "Venice"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Robatsch, Karl"]
[Black "Donner, Jan Hein"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "18"]
[EventDate "1967.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8.
Bd3 Nbd5 9. N1f3 Bb4+ {Donner had won the event with 11/13, one point before
Petrosian and Evans.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 6"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Stein, Leonid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E96"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]

{MEMORIAL 6 1968  The event looked like the Ché Memorial after the death of
the founding father.   They had planned sixteen participants, but three
players did not show up and Diaz was added. When Donner arrived four rounds
too late, the schedule was altered.  The Soviet stars were Kholmov, Stein and
Antoshin. They did not spare each other.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4
d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Re1 c6 9. Bf1 a5 10. Rb1 Re8 11. a3 $6
exd4 $1 {Stein equalizes.} 12. Nxd4 Nb6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Qc7 15. Rc1 a4 16.
Rc2 Nfd7 17. f4 Nc5 18. Rd2 Ne6 19. Nxe6 Bxe6 20. f5 $5 gxf5 $6 ({More
accurate is} 20... Bxc4 21. fxg6 fxg6 22. Rxd6 Bb3 23. Qd2 $11) 21. exf5 Bxf5
22. Bg3 $1 Rxe1 23. Qxe1 Nd7 24. Bxd6 Qb6+ 25. Kh1 Nf6 26. c5 Qb3 27. h3 $6 (
27. Qh4 $1 Ng4 28. Re2 $1 {increases the control.}) 27... Re8 28. Re2 Rxe2 29.
Qxe2 Qc2 $1 30. Be5 $2 (30. Bf4 $1 Qxe2 31. Bxe2 Bc2 32. Bf3 Nd7 33. Be3 Bf8
34. Ne4 Bxe4 35. Bxe4 Nxc5 36. Bxc5 Bxc5 37. Bc2 {seems to survive.}) 30...
Qxe2 31. Bxe2 Bc2 32. Bxf6 Bxf6 33. Bg4 Bg5 34. Bd1 Bxd1 35. Nxd1 Bc1 36. Kg1
Kg7 37. Kf2 Kf6 38. Ke2 Ke5 39. Kd3 Kd5 $2 (39... Kf4 $1 {will conquer the
kingside.}) 40. Nc3+ Kxc5 41. Nxa4+ Kd5 42. Nc3+ Ke5 43. Kc2 Be3 44. b4 Bd4 45.
b5 $2 ({Right is} 45. Ne2 $1 Ke4 46. Ng3+ $1) 45... Bxc3 $1 46. bxc6 $5 ({The
pointe is} 46. Kxc3 cxb5 47. Kb4 f5 48. Kxb5 Kf4 49. a4 Kg3 50. a5 Kxg2 51. Kb6
f4 52. Kxb7 f3 53. a6 f2 54. a7 f1=Q 55. a8=Q Qf3+) 46... Ba5 47. cxb7 Bc7 48.
Kd3 Kd5 49. a4 Kc6 50. Ke4 Kxb7 51. Kf5 Bd8 52. Kg4 Bf6 53. Kh5 Bg7 54. g4 Kb6
55. h4 Ka5 56. g5 hxg5 57. hxg5 Kxa4 58. g6 f6 59. Kg4 Kb5 60. Kf5 Kc5 61. Ke6
Bh8 $1 0-1

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 6"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
O-O g6 9. Qe2 $5 Bg7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Rae1 Nd7 12. b3 e5 13. Na4 Re8 14. Rd1 Qc7
$2 ({The time is ripe for} 14... d5 $1 15. c4 d4) 15. Bc4 Nf6 16. Bg5 Bb7 $6 {
The bishop moves offside.} ({Better is} 16... Be6 17. Bxe6 Rxe6) 17. Qf3 Qe7 $2
(17... Nxe4 $1 18. Qxe4 d5 19. Qh4 dxc4 20. Qxc4 Bc8 {brings some liberation.})
18. Qd3 d5 $5 {Black tries to liberate his game, but the effort comes too late.
} ({Ivkov prefers} 18... Red8 {but} 19. Nb6 $1 Rab8 20. Qe3 {increases the
restraint.}) 19. exd5 cxd5 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Qxd5 Rad8 23. Qc4
Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Qd3 Qa5 27. Kf1 e4 $2 28. Qxe4 Qd2 29. g3
Bd4 30. Qe2 Qc1+ 31. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 6"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Damjanovic, Mato"]
[Black "Stein, Leonid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B60"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. f4 Rc8 $5 8.
Nb3 a5 $5 (8... Ng4 $1 {occurs in Mosionzhik - Stein, Riga 1968.}) 9. Bb5 $1
Ng4 $6 {Stein starts a great adventure.} 10. h3 $6 (10. f5 {attacks Ng4
elegantly.}) 10... Ne3 $1 11. Qe2 Nb4 $1 12. Bd3 h6 13. Bh4 g5 $5 14. fxg5 hxg5
15. Bxg5 Ng4 $5 16. Bb5 $2 (16. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 17. exd5 a4 18. Nd2 {keeps the
advantage.}) 16... Nxc2+ $1 17. Qxc2 Bxb5 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. Qd2 Bg7 20. Nd5 Rc4
21. Bxe7 $1 Qxe7 $5 {Stein loves to attack.} 22. Nxe7 Rxd4 23. Qxd4 $2 {
Damjanovic fails.} (23. Qe2 $1 Kxe7 24. O-O {leads to exciting complications.})
23... Bxd4 24. Nd5 Nf2 25. Rf1 Nxe4 26. O-O-O Be5 27. Rfe1 f5 28. Rd3 Kf7 29.
g4 Nf2 30. Rf3 Nxh3 31. Nb6 Bf4+ 32. Kb1 Be6 0-1

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 6"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bf4 O-O 7. Qd2 a6 $5 (
7... Re8 {was played in Kashdan - Koltanowski, London 1932.}) 8. O-O-O b5 9. f3
b4 $6 ({Preferable is} 9... c5 $1 10. Nf5 Bxf5 11. exf5 Nc6) 10. Nd5 $1 Nxd5
11. exd5 a5 12. Bc4 Bb7 13. Nf5 Nd7 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Rhe1 Qd8 16. Bg5 f6 17.
Be3 Ne5 18. Bb5 Ba6 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. f4 Ng6 21. Qd3 Ra8 22. Bd2 Rf7 23. g3 Qd7
24. Re2 Re7 25. Rxe7 Nxe7 26. Re1 Re8 27. c3 {Kholmov has a superior position.}
Qa4 $2 (27... bxc3 28. Bxc3 a4 29. Qe4 h5 30. Kc2 Kf7 {avoids an immediate
loss.}) 28. Qc4 $1 Kf8 29. cxb4 axb4 30. Bxb4 Nxd5 $4 31. Bxd6+ $1 1-0

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 6"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Drimer, Dolfi"]
[Black "Stein, Leonid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "179"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O g6 8.
Be3 Bg7 9. Qd2 Nc5 10. f3 O-O 11. Kh1 Bd7 12. Nb3 Nxb3 13. cxb3 Be6 14. Rfd1
Qa5 15. Bc4 Rfc8 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. a3 Nd7 18. Bd4 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Rc6 20. Rac1
Qg5 21. Ne2 Nc5 22. Rc3 e5 23. Qd2 Qxd2 24. Rxd2 a5 25. Kg1 Rac8 26. b4 axb4
27. axb4 Na4 28. Ra3 Nb6 29. Ra7 R8c7 30. Rd3 Nc4 31. Rc3 Nxb2 32. Rxc6 Rxc6
33. Rxb7 Rc2 34. Kf2 Kf7 35. h4 Na4 36. Kf1 Rb2 37. Rb8 Nc5 38. b5 Rb3 39. Ke1
e6 40. Kd1 d5 {Stein has made his moves patiently but achieved little.} 41.
exd5 $6 (41. Rc8 $1 Nd7 42. exd5 exd5 43. Nc3 $1 d4 44. Ne4 Ke7 45. Rg8 {keeps
the equality.}) 41... exd5 42. Rb6 d4 $1 43. Ng3 $5 {Stein waited for a
blunder.} Rb1+ $1 44. Ke2 Rb2+ 45. Kf1 d3 46. Rd6 Ke7 47. Rd5 Ke6 48. Rd8 Rxb5
{He has won a pawn.} 49. Ne4 Nxe4 50. fxe4 Rb4 51. Rxd3 Rxe4 52. g3 Kf5 53. Rd7
h5 54. Kf2 Ra4 55. Rd6 $1 Ra2+ 56. Ke3 Ra3+ 57. Kf2 Ra5 58. Rb6 Ra8 59. Ke3 Re8
60. Ra6 Re6 61. Ra4 e4 62. Kf2 Rb6 63. Ra5+ $5 (63. Ke3 $1 Rb3+ 64. Kf2 Kg4 65.
Rxe4+ Kh3 66. Re1 Rxg3 {likely wins for Black.}) 63... Kg4 64. Rg5+ Kh3 65. Ke2
Rf6 66. Ke1 $1 e3 67. Kd1 Ra6 68. Ke1 Kg2 69. Ke2 Ra2+ 70. Kxe3 Ra3+ 71. Kf4
Rf3+ 72. Ke5 Rxg3 73. Kf6 Rxg5 $1 74. hxg5 h4 75. Kxg6 h3 76. Kf7 h2 77. g6
h1=Q 78. g7 Qh7 79. Kf8 Qf5+ 80. Ke7 Qg6 81. Kf8 Qf6+ 82. Kg8 Kg3 83. Kh7 Qf7
84. Kh8 Qh5+ 85. Kg8 Kg4 86. Kf8 Qf5+ 87. Ke7 Qg6 88. Kf8 Qf6+ 89. Kg8 Kg5 90.
Kh7 {Stein had won at last.} 0-1

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 6"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Suetin, Alexey"]
[Black "Zinn, Lothar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. d4 Bxb3 11. axb3 exd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. e5 Ne4 14. Nc3 f5 15.
exf6 Bxf6 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Rxe4 Qd5 18. Rg4 Rad8 19. Be3 h5 (19... Nb4 {lost
in Suetin - Padevsky, Debrecen 1961.}) 20. Rf4 Nb4 21. Qd2 c5 22. Rc1 {A
theoretical position has arisen.} Qxb3 $2 (22... Nc6 $2 {was played in Fischer
- Bobotsov, Leipzig 1960. was played in Fischer - Bobotsov, Leipzig 1960.}) ({
Better is} 22... cxd4 $1 23. Nxd4 a5 $1 {and Black has gained counter-play.})
23. Rxc5 $1 Rc8 24. Rff5 Nd3 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Bg5 $1 Bxg5 27. Qxg5 Qe6 ({The
pointe is} 27... Nxb2 $2 28. Qg6 $1) 28. Ne5 Nxe5 29. Rxe5 Qb3 30. Kh2 Qd3 31.
Qe7 Qg6 32. d5 Qf7 33. Qg5 Qf6 34. Qxf6 gxf6 35. Re6 {White wins the rook
ending.} Kf7 36. Rxa6 Rc2 37. Ra7+ Kg6 38. Ra3 Rd2 39. Rb3 Rxd5 40. Kg3 Kf5 41.
Kf3 h4 42. Rb4 Kg5 43. Rg4+ Kh5 44. Ke3 Re5+ 45. Kd3 Rd5+ 46. Kc3 Rc5+ 47. Kb3
Re5 48. g3 hxg3 49. fxg3 Re2 50. Kc3 b4+ 51. Kb3 Rh2 52. Rf4 Kg6 53. h4 Rg2 54.
g4 Rh2 55. h5+ Kg5 56. Rxb4 f5 57. gxf5 Kxf5 58. Rd4 Ke5 59. Rd8 Rxh5 60. Kc4
1-0

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 6"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Garcia Martinez, Silvino"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bf4 O-O 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O d5 $5 ({Antoshin played} 8... b5 {in round six.}) 9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. exd5
Qxd5 11. Nb3 Qc6 $5 12. Be2 Qa4 $5 13. Bxc7 Nc6 14. Bd6 Bxd6 15. Qxd6 Qxa2 16.
Qa3 Qxa3 17. bxa3 Bf5 18. Bf3 Rac8 19. Rd2 Rfe8 20. Rhd1 h6 21. Bd5 Be6 22. f4
Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Re2 24. R1d2 Rxd2 25. Kxd2 Rc7 26. c4 Kf8 27. Kd3 Ke7 28. Nc5 Nb8
29. g4 Nc6 30. h4 Nb8 31. h5 Nc6 32. Ne4 g6 $2 ({Right is} 32... Nd8 $1) 33.
Nd6 Nd8 34. f5 $1 gxh5 (34... gxf5 35. Nxf5+ {costs a pawn.}) 35. gxh5 $2 (35.
f6+ $1 Ke6 36. Ne8 Rc8 37. Rd6+ $1 Ke5 38. Rd4 $3 {(threatens mate in one)}
hxg4 39. Re4+ Kf5 40. Nd6+ {wins a rook.}) 35... Rc6 36. c5 b6 37. Re5+ Kf6 $2
(37... Kd7 $1 {prevents the next penetration.}) 38. Re8 $1 bxc5 39. Ne4+ Kxf5
40. Rxd8 Kg4 41. Rf8 f5 42. Rg8+ $2 (42. Nf6+ $1 Kh4 43. Kc4 {wins for White.})
42... Kh4 43. Ng3 f4 44. Nf5+ Kxh5 45. Ke4 c4 46. Kxf4 c3 47. Rg1 Rc4+ 48. Ke3
c2 49. Kd2 c1=Q+ 50. Rxc1 Rxc1 51. Kxc1 Kg5 52. Ne3 h5 53. Kd2 Kf4 54. Kd3 Kf3
55. Nf5 Kf4 56. Ne7 Ke5 $2 (56... Kg4 $1 57. Ke3 h4 $1 {probably draws.}) 57.
Ke3 $1 Ke6 58. Ng6 Kf5 59. Nh4+ Ke5 60. Nf3+ Kd5 61. Kd3 Kc5 62. Nh4 Kd5 63.
Ng6 Kc5 64. Kc3 Kb5 65. Kb3 Ka5 66. a4 Kb6 67. Kb4 Kc6 68. Ka5 Kb7 69. Nh4 Ka7
70. Kb4 Kb6 71. Kb3 Kc6 72. Kc4 {White wins by zugzwang.} 1-0

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 6"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Jimenez Zerquera, Eleazar"]
[Black "Suetin, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C04"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Bb5 Ncb8 $5 {The
manoeuvre à la Steinitz costs time.} 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 b6 9. c3 Ba6 10. Ba4 ({
Even stronger is} 10. Bxa6 $1 Nxa6 11. Qe2) 10... Bd3 $5 11. Nf1 Bg6 12. Bc2 c6
13. Ng3 a5 14. Ne2 $5 Na6 15. Nf4 Bxc2 16. Qxc2 Rc8 17. Qe2 Nc7 18. Bd2 O-O 19.
g3 c5 20. Rac1 a4 21. h4 Re8 22. Kg2 Nf8 23. Rh1 Qd7 24. Rce1 b5 25. Nh2 {Both
players have been operating slowly.} b4 26. Nh5 bxc3 27. bxc3 Red8 28. Ng4 Ne8
29. Bg5 Rb8 ({Action shows} 29... cxd4 $1 30. cxd4 Rc4) 30. Qd2 Rb7 $2 (30...
cxd4 31. Nxg7 $5 Nxg7 32. Nh6+ Kh8 33. Nxf7+ Kg8 34. Nh6+ {draws.}) 31. Bf6 $1
{The Russians' killer hunts a new prey.} gxf6 32. Ngxf6+ ({Ivkov gives} 32.
exf6 $1 Bd6 33. Qh6 Ng6 34. Qg7+ $3 Nxg7 35. fxg7 $1 f5 36. Nh6#) 32... Bxf6
33. Nxf6+ Nxf6 34. exf6 e5 35. Qh6 $2 (35. Qg5+ $1 Ng6 36. h5 $1 Re8 37. Qh6 $1
Nf4+ $1 38. gxf4 Qg4+ 39. Kf1 {(White has prevented .. Qg6)} Kh8 40. Rh4 $3 Qg8
41. Rxe5 $1 {leads to a white win.}) 35... Qg4 36. Rxe5 Kh8 37. Rg5 $2 {Suetin
gets lucky.} (37. Rhe1 $1 Qg6 38. Qxg6 hxg6 39. Re7 $1 {makes a bold try.})
37... Qe4+ 38. Kh2 Ne6 39. h5 Rb2 40. Rf1 Rg8 41. Re5 Qf3 0-1

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 6"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Suetin, Alexey"]
[Black "Damjanovic, Mato"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C62"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Bg5 f6 $6
8. Bf4 f5 $5 (8... Ne7 {occurred in Englund - Abersten, Gothenburg 1901. White
has an advantage anyway.}) 9. exf5 Bxf3 $2 ({Better is} 9... Qe7+ 10. Kd2 $5
Qf6 11. Re1+ Be7 12. Bg5 Qxd4+ 13. Nxd4 Kf7) 10. gxf3 Qf6 11. Qe4+ Kd7 12. Qxb7
Re8+ 13. Be3 Qxf5 14. Nc3 Qc5 ({Or} 14... Qxc2 15. O-O Nf6 16. Rae1 Qd3 17. Nb5
$1 {(Ivkov).}) 15. O-O-O $1 Qc6 16. Qxa7 Nf6 17. Qa4 Qxa4 18. Nxa4 g6 19. c4
Bg7 20. Rd3 Nh5 21. c5 $1 Rhf8 22. cxd6 cxd6 23. Nb6+ Ke6 24. Re1 Be5 25. Bd4
Nf4 26. Rb3 Kf5 27. Bxe5 Rxe5 28. Rxe5+ dxe5 29. a4 Rd8 30. Kc2 Ne2 31. Rd3
Nd4+ 32. Kb1 Rb8 33. a5 Rb7 34. Ra3 Nc6 35. Nc4 {Kholmov led half-a-point on
Suetin and Stein at the end of the penultimate round.} 1-0

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 6"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Donner, Jan Hein"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D01"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 c6 7. Nf3 Be7 8.
O-O Nbd7 9. Rad1 O-O 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Qxe4 Rfd8 14.
c4 Nf6 15. Qe2 c5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Ne5 Qc7 18. g3 h6 19. f4 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rd8
21. Kg2 Rd6 22. Rxd6 Qxd6 23. Qd3 Qxd3 24. Nxd3 {Kholmov controls more
territory in the knight ending. So he continues.} Kf8 25. Kf3 Ke7 26. Nc5 b6
27. Nd3 Nd7 28. b4 Kd6 29. Ke4 h5 30. Ne5 f6 31. Nd3 Kc6 32. Kd4 a5 $6 ({
Donner should nothing by} 32... Kd6) 33. a3 axb4 34. axb4 b5 35. cxb5+ $5 (35.
c5 Nb8 {leads nowhere.}) 35... Kxb5 36. Kc3 Kc6 37. Kc4 Nb6+ 38. Kd4 Nd7 39.
Ne1 Kb5 40. Nc2 Kc6 41. Ke4 Kd6 42. Nd4 g6 43. Nb5+ Kc6 44. Nc3 Kd6 45. Kd4 e5+
$5 {Black takes action.} (45... Kc6 46. b5+ Kb6 47. Kc4 {also brings white
chances.}) 46. fxe5+ Nxe5 47. Ne4+ Kc6 $1 48. h3 Nd7 49. Nc3 Nb6 $2 50. b5+ Kd6
51. h4 $2 ({White misses the chance} 51. Ne4+ $1 Ke7 52. Kc5 $1) 51... Ke6 52.
Ne4 Nc8 53. Kc5 Ke5 54. Nd2 g5 55. Nc4+ {Time controls were forty moves in two
hours and sixteen in one hour. Donner overstepped the second limit.   Kholmov
won by 12/14! Suetin and Stein trailed by half-a-point.} (55. Nc4+ {and right
is} Ke6 {and White lacks winning chances due to} 56. b6 $5 Nxb6 $1) 1-0

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 7"]
[Date "1969.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Garcia, Gilberto"]
[Black "Suetin, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B44"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]

{MEMORIAL 7 1969  The number of participants had gone down to sixteen. It
became a battle among Kortschnoj, Suetin, Gligoric, Donner and Uhlmann from
viii - ix 1969.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4
7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. O-O O-O 11. Qe1 $5 (11. Bf4 $1 {11.
Bf4! occurred in Spielmann - Beutum, Vienna 1928.}) 11... d6 12. f4 Nd7 13. f5
$6 {Black loses the control over square e5.} f6 $2 14. Qg3 ({Or} 14. fxe6 Ne5
15. e7 Re8) 14... exf5 15. Bh6 Rf7 16. Rxf5 $2 (16. exf5 {keeps the kingside
strained.}) 16... Qxc3 17. Raf1 Qd4+ 18. Kh1 Kh8 $1 19. Rg5 $5 {The daring
attack by the desperado rook makes a strong impression.} g6 $1 (19... fxg5 $2
20. Rxf7 gxh6 21. Qf3 {gives a white counter.}) 20. Ra5 Qc3 21. Ra4 Nc5 22.
Qxd6 Qxd3 23. Qxd3 Nxd3 24. c5 Nxc5 25. Rc4 Ba6 0-1

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 7"]
[Date "1969.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Parma, Bruno"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E50"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 d5 7. a3 cxd4 8. axb4
dxc3 9. bxc3 Qc7 10. Qb3 Nbd7 $5 ({Theory is} 10... Bd7 {(Kortschnoj - Tal,
Wijk aan Zee 1968).}) 11. Bb2 dxc4 12. Qxc4 Qxc4 13. Bxc4 {White has gained a
better position.} Nb6 $2 (13... b6 $1 {and 14. .. Bb7 develops well.}) 14. Be2
Nbd5 15. O-O Bd7 16. b5 $1 Rfc8 17. c4 Ne7 $6 ({Preferable is} 17... Nb6) 18.
Ne5 $1 a6 19. Ba3 Ng6 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. Bf3 axb5 22. Bxb7 bxc4 23. Bxa8 Rxa8
24. Bd6 Rc8 25. Ra7 Bb5 26. Ra5 Bd7 27. Rc1 Ne4 28. Bb4 c3 29. f3 Rc4 30. Ra8+
Kh7 31. Rb8 1-0

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 7"]
[Date "1969.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Suetin, Alexey"]
[Black "Donner, Jan Hein"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. e5 dxe5 8. fxe5
Ng4 9. Be4 f5 $2 10. Bxc6 $5 {The line favours White.} (10. Bd5+ $1 {won in
Janata - Trapl, Luhacovice 1968.}) 10... bxc6 11. h3 Nh6 12. Bf4 Nf7 13. Qd2
Be6 14. O-O-O Bd5 15. Ng5 e6 $6 (15... Rb8 {makes a last effort to achieve
counteraction.}) 16. h4 h5 17. Rh3 Qe7 18. Nxf7 Kxf7 19. Na4 Kg8 20. Nc5 Kh7
21. Bg5 Qe8 22. Qe2 Rf7 23. c4 Be4 24. Rhh1 Bf8 25. Nxe4 fxe4 26. Qxe4 Rf5 27.
g4 hxg4 28. Qxg4 Bh6 29. Qe4 Qd7 30. Rdg1 Rg8 31. Qe3 Bxg5 32. hxg5+ Kg7 33.
Rh6 Kf8 34. Qa3+ Ke8 35. Qxa7 Qf7 36. Rhh1 Rf2 37. Kb1 Rf8 38. a3 Kd7 39. Ka1
Qf3 40. d5 exd5 41. e6+ Kxe6 42. Qxc7 dxc4 43. Re1+ Re2 44. Rxe2+ Qxe2 45.
Qxc6+ Kf7 46. Rh7+ {This would remain Donner's only loss.} 1-0

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 7"]
[Date "1969.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 Nd7 10. b4 f5 11. Nb3 ({Usual has become} 11. c5 $1 {(Geller -
Zaitsev, Moscow 1969).}) 11... fxe4 12. Nxe4 Nf6 13. Ng3 Nf5 14. Nxf5 Bxf5 15.
Be3 h5 $5 {Black takes the initiative on the kingside.} 16. f3 Qd7 17. Qd2 b6
18. a4 $1 {White counters on the queenside.} Rae8 19. a5 e4 $1 20. axb6 exf3
21. Bxf3 axb6 22. Ra7 $2 {Kortschnoj underestimates the attack on the king.} (
22. Nd4 $1 Ne4 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Ne6 Bxa1 25. Nxf8 Rxf8 26. Rxa1 {weakens the
offensive by exchanging.}) 22... Ne4 $1 23. Qc1 ({The simplification by} 23.
Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Rxf8+ Rxf8 25. Nd4 {loses due to} Qg4 $1 26. h3 Qg3) 23... Bg4
24. Bxg4 Qxg4 $1 {Gligoric can take all risks.} 25. Rxc7 Be5 $1 26. Bd4 ({The
alternative} 26. Rxf8+ Rxf8 27. Qe1 Rf3 $1 28. Rc8+ Kf7 29. Rc7+ Kf6 30. Bh6
Rf2 {also wins for Black.}) 26... Rxf1+ 27. Qxf1 Rf8 28. Qa1 Qf4 29. g3 Nxg3 $1
0-1

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 7"]
[Date "1969.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Suetin, Alexey"]
[Black "Jimenez Zerquera, Eleazar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. f4 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qf3
O-O 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. Ndb5 Qb8 11. g4 a6 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 b5 14. g5 Nd7 15.
Bd3 Bb7 $5 {Black has a dangerous position.} (15... b4 16. Nd5 $1 exd5 17. exd5
{happened in Tal - Larsen, Bled 1965.}) 16. Qh3 $1 Rd8 ({The alternatives} 
16... Rc8 $2 17. Rhg1 Nf8 18. Bxg7 $1 Kxg7 19. Qh6+ Kg8 20. e5 {and}) (16...
Nc5 $2 17. Bxg7 $1 Kxg7 18. Qh6+ Kg8 19. e5 $1 {(Suetin)} Nxd3+ 20. Rxd3 Bg2 $1
21. f5 $1 exf5 22. Nd5 $1 {followed by 23. Nf6+ win for White.}) 17. Rhg1 e5 (
17... b4 18. e5 g6 19. Bxg6 $1 fxg6 (19... hxg6 20. exd6) 20. Qxe6+ Kf8 21. f5
$1 {opens the bastion.}) 18. Nd5 $1 Bxd5 19. exd5 g6 20. f5 $5 {Suetin choses
the prettiest moves like Tal.} exd4 21. fxg6 hxg6 22. Bxg6 $1 Nf8 $2 (22...
fxg6 $1 23. Qe6+ {(Suetin)} Kg7 24. Qxe7+ Kg8 25. Qe6+ Kg7 26. Rxd4 Qa7 $1 27.
Rf1 $1 Nf8 {defends stubbornly.}) 23. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 24. g6+ Kg7 25. Rdf1 Bf6
26. Rxf6 $1 ({White delivers a pretty mate in} 26. Rxf6 Kxf6 27. g7 d3 28.
g8=N+ Ke5 29. Qe3+ Kxd5 30. Ne7+ Kc4 31. Rg4#) 1-0

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 7"]
[Date "1969.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
O-O 9. b3 Qa5 10. Bb2 Rb8 11. a3 Rd8 12. b4 Qc7 13. Rc1 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 b6 15.
Rfd1 d6 16. e4 Bb7 17. Qe3 Ba8 (17... Qxc4 $5 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Qg4 {wins
a pawn under poor conditions.}) 18. h3 Qb7 19. f4 Rbc8 20. Rd2 Qb8 21. Ne2 b5
22. Rdc2 bxc4 23. Rxc4 Bb7 24. Qb6 Rxc4 25. Rxc4 Rd7 26. Qd4 d5 27. exd5 Bxd5
28. Bxd5 Rxd5 29. Qc3 Rd1+ 30. Kh2 Qb7 31. Rc8+ $4 ({Right is} 31. Ng1 Qb6 32.
Rd4) 31... Bf8 32. Rc6 ({Or} 32. Ng1 Qb6) 32... Nd5 33. Qc2 Ne3 34. Qe4 Rd6 35.
Nd4 Nc4 36. Bc3 Nxa3 37. Qg2 Rd5 38. f5 Nb5 39. fxe6 fxe6 40. Rxe6 Nxc3 41. Re3
Qb6 0-1

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 7"]
[Date "1969.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Donner, Jan Hein"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5
f6 9. Bc1 Nc6 10. O-O f5 11. d5 Ne7 $5 ({Theory is} 11... Nd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 {
(Reshevsky - Berliner, New York 1960).}) 12. Ng5 Nf6 13. b4 $2 (13. f3 $1 c6 {
(Borges Mateos-Vazquez, Santa Clara 2000)} 14. Be3 {keeps a plus.}) 13... h6 $1
{Donner takes over the initiative.} 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 fxe4
17. Qc2 c6 18. Qxe4 d5 19. Qg4 Rf6 $1 {The attack on the weakling begins.} 20.
Bb2 Qd6 21. f4 $5 {Uhlmann tries a counterattack.} Rxf4 22. Rxf4 exf4 23. c5
Qc7 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Rf1 Rf8 {But the rebuttal has cost a pawn.} 26. g3 g5 27.
Bd3 Qe5 28. Kg2 Nf5 29. Bxf5 Qxf5 30. Rxf4 ({Or} 30. Qxf5 Rxf5 31. Re1 Kf8 32.
e7+ Ke8) 30... Qc2+ 31. Kf1 Rxf4+ 32. gxf4 Qc1+ 33. Ke2 Qxf4 34. Qh3 Qxb4 35.
a3 Qe4+ 36. Kd1 d4 37. Qb3 Qh1+ 38. Ke2 Qg2+ 39. Ke1 Qg1+ 0-1

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 7"]
[Date "1969.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Cobo Arteaga, Eldis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D55"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Qb3
c6 9. O-O-O Nd7 10. e4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 b5 12. Be2 $5 (12. Bd3 {occurred in Kotov
- Stolberg, Moscow 1940.}) 12... a5 $5 13. e5 $1 a4 14. Qc2 Be7 15. h4 $5 b4 $5
{Both men play ambitious moves.} 16. Nxa4 Ba6 ({More aggression shows} 16...
Qa5 $1 17. b3 c5 18. d5 $1) 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. b3 Qa8 $6 (18... Qc7 $1 19. Nd2
c5 {gains an edge.}) 19. Kb1 c5 $6 (19... Rc8 $1 {prepares the advance.}) 20.
dxc5 Nxc5 21. Nxc5 Bxc5 22. a4 $1 ({Not} 22. Qxc5 $2 Rxa2 23. Qxb4 Rc8 $1)
22... Rc8 23. Rc1 Rac6 24. Qd2 Qa7 $6 25. Rc4 Bxf2 $2 {This liberating move
fails, but the position has become difficult anyway.} 26. Rxc6 Rxc6 27. Qd8+
Kh7 28. Ng5+ $1 {Kortschnoj strikes decisively.} hxg5 29. hxg5+ Kg6 30. Qd3+
Kxg5 31. Qf3 $1 {A quiet move forces the win.} Qd4 32. Qxc6 Bg3 33. Qf3 Bxe5
34. Qh5+ Kf6 35. Qh4+ g5 36. Qxd4 Bxd4 37. a5 Ke5 38. Kc2 f5 39. Kd3 Kd5 40. a6
e5 41. Rh7 1-0

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 7"]
[Date "1969.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Suetin, Alexey"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. a3 Nd7 10. d4 Bf6 11. Be3 $5 ({Suetin will try} 11. d5 {against Lukacs
in Dubna 1979.}) 11... Rb8 12. Nbd2 Nb6 13. Rc1 Bg4 14. d5 Na5 15. Ba2 Nac4 $1
16. b3 $6 Nxe3 17. Rxe3 $2 ({Right is} 17. fxe3 $1) 17... Bg5 $1 18. Re1 ({Or} 
18. Rd3 f5 {(Gligoric).}) 18... Bxf3 $1 19. gxf3 Bf4 20. Rc2 Qg5+ 21. Kh1 f5
22. Rg1 Qh5 23. Rg2 {White faces a positional disaster.} Kh8 24. b4 Rf6 25.
exf5 Rh6 26. Nf1 Qxf5 27. Qe2 c6 $5 28. dxc6 d5 $1 29. Ng3 Bxg3 $2 ({
Preferable is} 29... Qc8 30. Qd3 Qxc6) 30. fxg3 Rxc6 31. Rd2 Rxc3 $6 32. Bxd5
Rxa3 33. Be4 Qf6 34. Rg1 Nc4 35. Rd7 Re3 36. Qd1 Rf8 37. Re1 Rxe1+ $6 38. Qxe1
Nd6 39. Bd5 h6 40. Qa1 Nc4 41. Ra7 $2 ({The blockade} 41. Be4 {nearly
equalises.}) 41... Qd6 $1 42. Be4 Qxb4 43. Rxa6 Rd8 {Black has a strong passed
pawn.} 44. Ra8 Qf8 45. Rxd8 Qxd8 46. Qa7 Nd2 47. Qb7 Nxe4 48. fxe4 Qd1+ 49. Kg2
Qe2+ 50. Kh3 Kh7 51. Qd5 h5 $1 52. Qb7 ({The point is} 52. Qxe5 Qf1+ 53. Kh4
Qf6+ $1) 52... Qf1+ 53. Kh4 Kh6 $1 {Gligoric had defeated both Soviet players,
but would draw too many games.} 0-1

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 7"]
[Date "1969.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Suetin, Alexey"]
[Black "Cobo Arteaga, Eldis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C93"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 h6 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Nf1 Bb7 13. Ng3 Na5 14. Bc2 Nc4 15.
Bd3 Nb6 16. Bd2 c5 17. d5 Bc8 18. Nh2 g6 $5 (18... Na4 $5 19. Rb1 Bd7 {lost in
Tal - Gligoric, Belgrade 1968.}) 19. f4 $1 exf4 20. Bxf4 Kh7 21. Rf1 Qe7 22.
Qd2 Bg7 23. Rae1 Nbd7 24. Nf3 $1 Ng8 $4 (24... c4 25. Bc2 Ne5 {closes the
centre.}) 25. Nf5 $1 {Suetin crushes the resistance.} gxf5 26. exf5 Qf8 27. f6+
Kh8 28. fxg7+ Kxg7 29. Bxh6+ $1 Nxh6 30. Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 7"]
[Date "1969.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Rodriguez, Jo"]
[Black "Donner, Jan Hein"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. b4
c6 9. Ng3 g6 10. Bd3 Re8 11. O-O b6 $5 (11... Bd6 {was played in Reshevsky -
Jimenez Zerquera, Havana 1952.}) 12. Rb1 Na6 $5 13. b5 $1 Nb8 14. a4 c5 15.
dxc5 bxc5 16. Be2 a5 $6 17. Bf3 $1 {White beleaguers the d-pawn.} Be6 18. Rb2
Ra7 19. Rd2 Rd7 20. Bb2 d4 $1 21. exd4 cxd4 $2 22. Nce4 $2 (22. Nce2 $1 d3 23.
Nf4 Bc4 24. Qa1 $1 Qc7 25. Nxg6 $1 {wins a pawn.}) 22... Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Bc5 24.
Bc6 $6 Nxc6 25. bxc6 Rd5 26. Ne4 Bb6 27. c7 $5 Bxc7 28. Bxd4 $2 Bxh2+ $1 29.
Kxh2 Qh4+ 30. Kg1 Qxe4 31. Bb6 Qb4 32. Rxd5 Bxd5 33. Qd4 h6 34. Qc5 Re5 35.
Qxa5 $4 Qxa5 $4 (35... Qg4 $1 36. f3 Bxf3 $1 37. Rxf3 Rxa5 38. Bxa5 Qxa4 {wins
material.}) 36. Bxa5 Bxg2 37. Kxg2 $2 {Probably time pressure raged.} (37. Bc7
$1 Rg5 38. f4 $1 Rg4 39. Ra1 {seems to draw.}) 37... Rxa5 38. Ra1 Kf8 39. Kf3
Ke7 40. Ke4 Kd6 41. Kd4 Kc7 42. Ke4 Rf5 43. f3 Kb6 44. Rh1 h5 45. Ra1 Ka5 46.
f4 Kb4 47. Ra2 Ra5 48. Rf2 Kxa4 49. f5 Rxf5 50. Rxf5 gxf5+ 51. Kxf5 f6 $1 0-1

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Capablanca Memorial 7"]
[Date "1969.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Garcia Martinez, Silvino"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C05"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]

{Suetin led half-a-point before Kortschnoj and Gligoric.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3.
Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 c4 8. Ne2 b5 9. g4 Nb6 10. Bg2 h5
11. gxh5 Rxh5 12. Ng3 Rh8 13. Be3 Ne7 14. Qd2 Rb8 15. b4 Ng6 16. Bf2 a5 17. a3
Ra8 18. O-O Nh4 19. Bh1 g6 20. Ng5 Be7 21. Rfe1 Bd7 22. Nf1 Kf8 23. Be3 Ra6 24.
Bf2 Kg7 25. Rac1 Bc6 26. Ng3 Qa8 27. Qe2 Rh6 28. Qg4 Qh8 29. Re2 Bd7 30. Be3
Kf8 {Kortschnoj has started a beleaguerment.} 31. Rf1 $6 {This rook should
protect the c-pawn.} axb4 32. axb4 Ra3 33. Bd2 Ke8 34. Ref2 Na4 35. Qd1 $2 (35.
Rc1 {keeps the pawn.}) 35... Nxc3 36. Qc1 Bxb4 37. f5 $1 gxf5 38. Nxf7 Kxf7 39.
Bxh6 Be7 40. Bg5 Na2 41. Rxa2 $2 (41. Qf4 Ng6 42. Qg4 $1 Ke8 43. Bxe7 fxg4 44.
Bxa3 {gives more resistance.}) 41... Rxa2 42. Bxe7 Kxe7 43. Qg5+ Kf7 44. h3 Ra3
45. Rf2 b4 46. Rf4 b3 $1 47. Rxh4 Qg7 48. Rh7 Qxh7 49. Bf3 Ra8 {Suetin and
Kortschnoj triumphed by 11/15, ahead of Gligoric (101/2), Uhlmann and Donner 
(91/2).} 0-1

[Event "Vidmar mem 1"]
[Site "Ljubljana"]
[Date "1969.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stupica, Janesz"]
[Black "Planinc, Albin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A71"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]

{LJUBLJANA 1969 Milan Vidmar sr was a chess grandmaster and Dean of Ljubljana
University. He died in 1962. The first Vidmar Memorial became Ljubljana 1969.
Albin Planinc was a little known player who would dominate the event in vi
1969. I have analysed his games.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5.
cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Bb5+ Kf8 12.
Be2 a6 13. a4 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Nd7 15. Nd2 Ne5 16. g4 Rb8 17. f3 $5 {White has a
plus.} (17. g3 {was played in Uhlmann - Espig, Berlin 1968.}) 17... Qf6 18. Qb3
b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Nxb5 $5 Bd7 21. Ra5 Kg8 22. g3 Kh7 23. O-O $6 Rb7 24. Nb1
$6 c4 $1 25. Bxc4 $2 (25. Qa4 $1 Rhb8 26. N1a3 {tries to save the knight.})
25... Qd8 26. Ra7 Qb6+ 27. Kh2 Rxa7 28. Nxa7 Qxa7 29. Qc2 Nxc4 30. Qxc4 Bxb2
31. Qc2 Be5 32. f4 Rc8 33. Qd3 Qa2+ 34. Nd2 Rc2 35. Rf2 gxf4 36. gxf4 Bxf4+ 0-1

[Event "Vidmar mem 1"]
[Site "Ljubljana"]
[Date "1969.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Planinc, Albin"]
[Black "Matanovic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C33"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 {He plays the Kings Gambit!} exf4 3. Bc4 Ne7 4. Nc3 c6 5. Qf3 $5
({Theory is} 5. Qe2 {(Kolisch - Rosenthal, Paris 1864).}) 5... Ng6 6. d4 Bb4 7.
Nge2 O-O $2 {Black castles into unsafety.} ({Better is} 7... Nh4 {(Pirttimaki
- Lampen, Helsinki 2000).}) 8. O-O Qf6 $6 {Hereafter, a classical attack on
the f-file will be decisive.} ({The pawn sacrifice} 8... d5 $5 {counters.}) 9.
e5 $1 Qe7 10. Bxf4 Nxf4 11. Nxf4 d5 12. exd6 Qxd6 13. Nfe2 Be6 $5 {Black has
no proper defence.} 14. Ne4 $1 Qe7 15. Bxe6 Qxe6 16. Nf4 Qe7 17. c3 Bd6 18.
Rae1 $1 Qd8 19. Qh3 Be7 20. Nh5 Nd7 21. Qg4 g6 22. Qxd7 $1 {Matanovic
encounters a humiliation.} gxh5 ({Or} 22... Qxd7 23. Nef6+ $1) 23. Qh3 h4 24.
Rf5 Kh8 25. Ref1 Qd7 26. Qd3 Qe6 27. Re5 Qd7 28. Rxe7 $1 {Planinc had defeated
his first grandmaster. More sensation was to follow.} ({The pointe is} 28. Rxe7
Qxe7 29. Nf6) 1-0

[Event "Vidmar mem 1"]
[Site "Ljubljana"]
[Date "1969.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Robatsch, Karl"]
[Black "Planinc, Albin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d4 Nxd4 8.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 9. Nxe5+ Kg8 10. Qxd4 c5 11. Qd1 Qe8 12. Ng4 Nxg4 13. Qxg4 Qxe4 14.
Qxe4 $1 {This unusual variation has been played in Franz - Moehring,
Annaberg-Buchholz (9), 1965.} ({That game went on by} 14. Qh3 $6) 14... Bxe4
15. Rd1 Re8 16. Be3 d6 17. Nc3 $5 Bxc2 18. Rd2 Bf5 19. Bf4 Kf7 20. a3 c4 (20...
c4 21. Bxd6 {nearly equalises.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vidmar mem 1"]
[Site "Ljubljana"]
[Date "1969.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Planinc, Albin"]
[Black "Damjanovic, Mato"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B35"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 a5 9. f3 d5 10. exd5 Nb4 11. Nde2 a4 12. Nxa4 Nfxd5 13. Bf2 $5 (13. Bd4 {
is known from Kostro - Szilagyi, Polanica Zdroj 1969.}) 13... Rxa4 $2 14. Bxa4
Bxb2 15. Rb1 Qa5 16. O-O Bf6 17. Bb3 Be6 18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. Rxb7 Qxa2 20. Ra7
Qc4 21. Qd3 Nb4 22. Qd2 Nc6 23. Ra3 Bf5 24. c3 Bh4 25. Bxh4 $2 Qc5+ $1 26. Nd4
Nxd4 27. Qxd4 Qxa3 28. Re1 Be6 {Planinc got and returned an exchange.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vidmar mem 1"]
[Site "Ljubljana"]
[Date "1969.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Barcza, Gedeon"]
[Black "Planinc, Albin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. b3
Re8 9. Ba3 e4 10. Nd2 Nf8 11. Qb1 Bf5 12. Bd1 c5 13. d5 N6d7 14. Bb2 Qg5 15.
Bc2 Nf6 16. Ne2 $1 {White battles for the centre.} N8d7 17. Ng3 Qh4 18. f3 Qh6
19. Ndxe4 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Qxe3+ 21. Kh1 Qh6 22. Qc2 Ne5 23. Rae1 Re7 24. Re2 Qh4
25. Rfe1 Rae8 26. Nf1 Nh5 27. g3 Qh3 28. f4 Ng4 29. Bxg7 $2 {Barcza misses a
combination.} ({Right is} 29. Kg1 $1 Bxb2 30. Qxb2) 29... Rxe4 $1 30. Kg1 ({
The pointe is} 30. Rxe4 Rxe4 31. Rxe4 Qxf1#) 30... Rxe2 31. Rxe2 Rxe2 32. Qxe2
Kxg7 33. Qe7 Ngf6 34. Qxd6 Ne4 35. Qe5+ Nhf6 36. Ne3 Nd2 37. Qb2 Nf3+ 38. Kh1
Nd4 39. b4 Ne4 40. bxc5 f6 41. Qxb7+ Kh6 42. Qe7 Nxg3+ 0-1

[Event "Vidmar mem 1"]
[Site "Ljubljana"]
[Date "1969.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Planinc, Albin"]
[Black "Tringov, Georgi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be3 c6 6. a4 O-O 7. Be2 Qc7 $5 8.
Nd2 e5 9. d5 cxd5 10. exd5 Na6 11. O-O Nb4 12. Nc4 Bf5 13. Rc1 Qd7 $5 14. Qd2
b6 $6 ({More useful is} 14... Rfc8) 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 $6 16. Bg5 Qe7 $5 {Black
makes a big concession.} 17. Ne3 Bc8 18. Ne4 a5 19. c3 Na6 20. Bxa6 $6 {
Planinc does not find the positional kill.} (20. b4 $1 {leads to an awful
restriction.}) 20... Rxa6 21. Nc4 Bf5 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Nxf6+ Qxf6 24. Qe2 Rda8
25. b4 Qd8 26. bxa5 $6 {The advantage evaporates.} bxa5 27. Na3 Bd7 28. Nb5
Bxb5 29. axb5 R6a7 30. c4 Qb6 31. c5 dxc5 32. Qxe5 Rd7 33. d6 Rad8 34. Rxc5
Rxd6 35. Rcd5 Qxb5 36. Rxd6 Qxe5 37. Rxd8+ Kg7 38. h3 h5 39. Ra8 Qc3 40. Ra7 h4
41. Rdd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vidmar mem 1"]
[Site "Ljubljana"]
[Date "1969.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Planinc, Albin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A79"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]

{The best Yugoslavian grandmaster met the untitled 25-years-old. Gligoric
presented a lesson in positional play.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5
5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nd2 Na6 11. f3 Nc7 12.
a4 b6 13. Nc4 Ba6 14. Bg5 Qd7 15. Qd2 Rab8 16. b3 Nh5 $1 {Standard moves in
the Ben-Oni have led to a white plus.} 17. g4 $5 Bd4+ 18. Kh1 Ng7 $6 ({More
active is} 18... Nf6) 19. Be3 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 f5 $6 {Black opens his kingside.}
21. Qg5 $1 Bxc4 22. bxc4 Rf8 $2 (22... Qe7 $1 {(Gligoric)} 23. Qxe7 Rxe7 24.
gxf5 gxf5 {gives White a better endgame.}) 23. gxf5 gxf5 24. Rg1 Rbe8 25. Rg3
f4 26. Rg4 Qe7 27. Rag1 Qxg5 28. Rxg5 Rf7 29. Bf1 Ree7 30. Bh3 Rf6 $6 {White
has positional and tactical edges.} 31. e5 $1 Rh6 ({The pointe is} 31... dxe5
32. Ne4 $1) 32. exd6 Rxd6 33. Ne4 Nce8 34. Nxd6 Nxd6 35. Be6+ Kf8 36. R1g4 Nxe6
37. dxe6 Rxe6 38. Rxf4+ Ke8 39. Rg7 Re7 40. Rxe7+ Kxe7 41. Rh4 h6 42. Kg2 Nf5
43. Re4+ Kf6 44. Kf2 Nd6 45. Ke3 Nxe4 46. Kxe4 Ke6 47. f4 h5 48. h4 a6 49. f5+
Kf6 50. Kf4 Kf7 51. Ke5 Ke7 52. f6+ 1-0

[Event "Vidmar mem 1"]
[Site "Ljubljana"]
[Date "1969.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Forintos, Gyozo"]
[Black "Planinc, Albin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. d3 f5 6. e4 Nf6 7. Nge2 O-O 8. O-O c6
9. exf5 $5 gxf5 $6 ({Preferable is} 9... Bxf5) 10. d4 $1 Nbd7 11. Qc2 Qe8 12.
d5 e4 13. f4 $2 ({Correct is} 13. f3 $1) 13... Nc5 14. Be3 Nd3 $1 {Black has a
positional advantage.} 15. Qd2 c5 16. Rab1 a6 17. Kh1 b5 $1 18. b3 Ng4 19. h3
Nf6 20. a4 Bd7 21. Nc1 Nh5 22. Kh2 Qg6 23. N3e2 bxc4 24. bxc4 Nb4 25. a5 Ba4
26. Rxb4 $2 {White gives away material.} cxb4 27. Qxb4 Bc2 28. Rg1 Rab8 29. Bb6
Rfc8 30. Bf1 Bd3 31. Nxd3 exd3 32. Nc1 Bd4 $1 33. Rg2 Nf6 34. Bxd3 Ng4+ $1 35.
Kh1 Qh5 36. h4 Nf2+ 37. Rxf2 Bxf2 38. Kg2 Bc5 39. Qd2 Bxb6 40. axb6 Rxb6 41.
Ne2 Rcb8 42. c5 Rb2 0-1

[Event "Vidmar mem 1"]
[Site "Ljubljana"]
[Date "1969.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Planinc, Albin"]
[Black "Byrne, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C72"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. Re1 g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Bg5
$1 {Planinc attacks.} ({The quiet} 8. c3 {was played in Michell - Capablanca,
Hastings 1919.}) 8... Nge7 9. Nc3 f6 10. Be3 Na5 $5 11. dxe5 fxe5 12. Bxd7+
Qxd7 13. Nd5 Nc4 $5 14. Bh6 $1 {White revives the offensive.} Nxd5 $1 (14...
O-O 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. b3 {brings a positional plus for White.}) 15. Bxg7 Nde3
$1 16. fxe3 Qxg7 17. Qd5 Nb6 18. Qxb7 Kd7 {Suddenly, White seems to be in
troubles.} 19. Rf1 $1 Rhb8 20. Nxe5+ $1 {Planinc escapes by a perpetual.} Qxe5
21. Rf7+ Ke8 22. Qxc7 Rc8 23. Qb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vidmar mem 1"]
[Site "Ljubljana"]
[Date "1969.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Unzicker, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Planinc, Albin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Be7 8. c3
O-O 9. Re1 h6 $5 {Planinc played this move twice in 1969.} 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. d4
Bf8 12. d5 Na5 13. Bc2 c6 14. dxc6 Bxc6 15. Nf1 Qc7 16. Ng3 d5 $1 {Black takes
the initiative.} 17. Qe2 Rad8 18. Nd2 g6 19. Ndf1 Nc4 20. Ne3 Nxe3 21. Qxe3
dxe4 22. Nxe4 Nd5 $5 23. Qg3 Re6 24. Bb3 f5 25. Qh3 Qe7 26. Ng3 Kh7 27. Nf1 Qf6
{Unzicker has played passively.} 28. Qg3 $2 ({But} 28. a4 $1 {(Parma)} bxa4 29.
Bxa4 Bxa4 30. Rxa4 {counters timely.}) 28... Ree8 29. Bd2 e4 30. Ne3 Ne7 31.
Rad1 g5 32. Qc7 $5 Rd7 33. Qb6 Nc8 $1 {The white queen has to move offside.}
34. Qa5 f4 35. Ng4 Qf5 $5 36. h3 $2 (36. Qxa6 $1 Rc7 $1 37. Bd5 $1 Qxg4 38. h3
Qd7 39. Bxf4 gxf4 40. Bxe4+ Bxe4 41. Rxd7+ Rxd7 42. Rxe4 $1 Rxe4 43. Qxc8 Rd1+
44. Kh2 Ree1 45. g3 fxg3+ 46. Kxg3 Bd6+ 47. Kg2 {tries to survive.}) 36... h5
37. Nh2 Bb7 38. Bc1 Rg7 39. Bc2 Bc5 40. Nf3 $5 Nb6 (40... g4 $1 {wins at once.}
) 41. Nd4 Qf6 42. b3 g4 $1 43. hxg4 hxg4 44. Ba3 g3 $1 45. Rd2 Bxd4 46. cxd4
Qh6 47. Qc3 b4 48. Bxb4 Nd5 49. Qf3 Nxb4 50. Bxe4+ Kh8 51. d5 Nxd5 {Planinc
had defeated another grandmaster.} 0-1

[Event "Vidmar mem 1"]
[Site "Ljubljana"]
[Date "1969.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Planinc, Albin"]
[Black "Parma, Bruno"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C33"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. e5 $6 d5 $1 5. Bb5+ $5 (5. Bb3 {was played
in De Riviere - Dubois, Paris 1855.}) 5... c6 6. exf6 cxb5 7. Nf3 $6 Qxf6 $1 8.
Nc3 Qd8 $6 (8... Nc6 $1 {would be a strong retort.}) 9. Qe2+ Be7 10. Qxb5+ Nc6
11. Qxd5 Be6 12. Qe4 O-O 13. O-O Qb6+ 14. d4 {Planinc had little success with
the Kings Gambit this time.} ({Parma offers a draw kindly, because} 14. d4 Bf6
15. Bxf4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 17. Kh1 Rad8 {gains an edge.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vidmar mem 1"]
[Site "Ljubljana"]
[Date "1969.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Puc, Stojan"]
[Black "Planinc, Albin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 {Puc avoids the battle.} Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6.
a3 d6 7. h3 Be6 8. Nd5 Bxd5 9. exd5 Nb8 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Qe2 $5 c6 12. dxc6
bxc6 13. d4 e4 14. Nh2 d5 15. Bb3 Bd6 16. f4 $6 exf3 17. Nxf3 Qc7 {A
positional player would have continued with Black.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vidmar mem 1"]
[Site "Ljubljana"]
[Date "1969.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Planinc, Albin"]
[Black "Musil, Vojko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B89"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Be7 8.
Qe2 O-O 9. O-O-O a6 10. Bb3 Bd7 11. f4 Qc7 12. g4 $5 {He goes forwards at any
time.} Nxd4 13. Rxd4 e5 $1 14. Rc4 Qd8 15. g5 Ng4 16. Nd5 Nxe3 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7
18. Qxe3 Be6 19. f5 $6 {Planinc never retreats!} ({Normal people play} 19. Rc3
Bxb3 20. Rxb3 {and draw.}) 19... Bxc4 20. Bxc4 Kh8 21. Rg1 Rac8 22. Bb3 f6 $6
23. g6 h6 {The bishop has become highly dominant.} 24. Rg3 Rfd8 25. Rh3 Qf8 $1
{The black queen is needed as guard of h6. So she cannot be used as an
attacker.} 26. Qb6 Qe7 27. Qe3 Qf8 28. Be6 Rc5 29. b4 $5 Rc7 30. a4 Re8 31. Qb6
Rec8 $5 32. Bxc8 Qxc8 33. Qf2 Qd7 34. Qd2 Qxa4 $2 ({Right is} 34... Rc4 $1) 35.
Kb2 $1 Kg8 $5 36. Rd3 $1 Kf8 37. Rxd6 Rxc2+ 38. Qxc2 Qxb4+ 39. Qb3 ({The
pointe is} 39. Qb3 Qxd6 40. Qf7#) 1-0

[Event "Vidmar mem 1"]
[Site "Ljubljana"]
[Date "1969.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Bajec, Ivo"]
[Black "Planinc, Albin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A76"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Qc2 Bg4 11. Bf4 a6 12. Rfe1 $5 b5 $1 13. Bd1 $5 Ra7 14. h3
Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Rae7 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. g4 $6 {Suddenly, White becomes active on
the kingside. Black counters elsewhere.} Nfd7 $1 18. Bg2 c4 19. Bg3 Nc5 $1 20.
Bh4 f6 21. a3 Nbd7 22. Re2 $2 (22. f4 $1 Nd3 23. Rxd3 $1 cxd3 24. Qxd3 {stops
the invasion by the knights.}) 22... Ne5 23. Kh1 Ned3 24. f3 Qd7 25. Bf1 a5 26.
Red2 b4 27. axb4 axb4 28. Ne2 g5 29. Bg3 f5 $1 30. Qxc4 Nxb2 $2 (30... fxe4 $1
31. Nd4 $1 Bxd4 32. Qxd4 Nb3 {continues the attack.}) 31. Rxb2 $1 Bxb2 32. Qxb4
fxe4 $5 {Black charges.} 33. Qxb2 exf3 34. Nd4 Ne4 35. Nf5 h5 $5 {The
onslaught looks desperate, but Black has no choice.} 36. Nxe7+ Rxe7 37. Bh2 $6
(37. Kh2 $1 hxg4 38. Ra1 $1 {leads to a white assault.}) 37... Qa7 38. Bg1 Ng3+
$1 39. Kh2 Nxf1+ 40. Rxf1 Re2+ $3 {Planinc escapes wonderfully.} 41. Kh1 Qxg1+
$1 42. Kxg1 Rxb2 43. Rxf3 $5 hxg4 44. hxg4 Kg7 45. Re3 Rd2 46. Re7+ Kf8 47. Rd7
Rxd5 48. Kf2 Ke8 49. Rb7 Re5 50. Kf3 d5 51. Ra7 Kd8 52. Rb7 Re7 $5 53. Rb5 $1
Re5 (53... Rd7 54. Ke3 Ke7 55. Kd4 {draws.}) 54. Rb7 Kc8 55. Ra7 Kd8 56. Rb7 {
A threefold repetition of positions occurs.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vidmar mem 1"]
[Site "Ljubljana"]
[Date "1969.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Planinc, Albin"]
[Black "Gheorghiu, Florin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B61"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]

{Planinc leads by half-a-point. The tailender Stupica is defeated by the
runner-up Gligoric. So Planinc needs a victory.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4
4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nc6 7. Qd2 Bd7 8. O-O-O b5 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. Qe1
Qa5 11. Kb1 $1 (11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Kb1 {occurred in Jimenez - O'Kelly de Galway,
Havana 1965.}) 11... h6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. f4 O-O-O $5 14. h4 $5 e6 15. Rh3 $5 {
The rook moves towards the hostile king.} b4 $1 16. Ne2 Bxe4 17. Nd4 f5 $5 ({
More solid is} 17... Bb7 18. Rb3 d5) 18. Ra3 Qc5 19. Bxa6+ Kd7 20. Rb3 Bg7 21.
Qxb4 Bxd4 22. Qxd4 Bxc2+ 23. Ka1 {Gheorghiu has been begging for a draw though
he has fine play. Planinc goes on.} Bxd1 $2 (23... Qxd4 $1 24. Rb7+ $1 {(Parma)
} Ke8 25. Rxd4 Be4 26. Rb6 Ke7 {keeps the advantage for Black.}) 24. Rb7+ $1
Kc6 25. Qxd1 Rb8 (25... d5 $1 26. Qa4+ Kd6 27. Bd3 $1 Qc1+ 28. Bb1 {wins for
White.}) 26. Qa4+ Kd5 27. Qb3+ Kc6 28. a3 $1 Qa5 29. Qc2+ Qc5 30. Qa4+ Kd5 31.
Qb3+ {Planinc became the sole winner. He had scored a grandmaster result, but
he only became a master as an untitled player.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "1.Schachtage"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Westerinen, Heikki"]
[Black "Gereben, Erno"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C97"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

{When the match Spassky - Fischer was planned, Dortmund competed for the
organisation, but it became Reykjavik 1972. Enthusiasm remained and the second
Open German was played in the Westfalenpark from 17 May - 2 June 1973. Hecht,
Andersson and Spassky shared the first place. Immediately after this event,
the 1. Internationale Dortmunder Schachtage took place on the Tanzinsel of the
Westfalenpark from 3 - 9 June. Westerinen won. The Schachtage became an annual
event. An open tournament was added in1975. It became usual to organise
several tournaments in one event, like in Dortmund 1928. The number of
participants grew to hundreds. A tradition of Rheinland-Westfalen continued,
because Dortmund is situated near Düsseldorf where the first Schachbund was
founded in 1861.    The first Dortmunder Schachtage took place on a Tanzinzel
of the Westfalenpark from 3-9 vi 1973. The decisive game of the tournament has
been analysed.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Bd7 13. Nf1 Rfc8
$5 14. d5 $5 {White wants to start long manoeuvres in the Closed Ruy Lopez.} c4
15. N3h2 Be8 16. f4 $5 Nd7 17. Ne3 exf4 18. Nf5 Ne5 19. Bxf4 f6 20. Re3 Nb7 21.
Rg3 Bf8 22. Ng4 Kh8 23. Qd2 Nc5 24. Rf1 Bg6 25. Be3 Re8 26. b4 $5 Ncd3 $2 {
White is allowed to close the left flank.} (26... cxb3 $1 27. axb3 a5 $1 {
gains counter-play on the queenside.}) 27. a4 Qb7 28. a5 Rac8 29. Bd4 Rc7 $2 {
Black succumbs under the pressure.} ({Better is} 29... Qd7) 30. Bxd3 Nxd3 31.
Nxf6 $1 {The kingside is opened by sacrifices.} gxf6 32. Bxf6+ Rg7 ({Or} 32...
Kg8 {(Hüttemann)} 33. Rxg6+ $1 hxg6 34. Qg5) 33. Rxg6 $1 hxg6 34. Qh6+ Kg8 35.
Bxg7 Bxg7 36. Qxg6 {Heikki Westerinen won with 7/9, half-a-point before
Andersson and Parma.  The Schachtage became an annual event. Dortmund lies
near Düsseldorf where the first Schachbund was founded in 1861.} ({Notice} 36.
Qxg6 Qa7+ 37. Kh2 Ra8 38. Nh6+ Kh8 39. Nf7+ Kg8 40. Ng5 $1) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Averkin, Orest"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

{Once the communists wanted to rule the world. They had to limit their
ambition to the chess world. When the anti-communist Fischer took the title,
they were humiliated. Taimanov, Petrosian and Spassky were reprimanded, due to
their lost matches. The apparatchik wanted the crown back. They yearned for a
Russian Bobby. A highlight of their program was the 41st Soviet Championship.
All chess stars were 'invited': Spassky, Karpov, Tal, Korchnoi, Petrosian,
Polugaevsky, Smyslov, Geller, Taimanov, Keres, Kuzmin, Savon, Tukmakov and
Stein. Some grandmasters protested, but Baturinsky, a KGB colonel, made it
perfectly clear: All future favours depended on the result in the tournament.
So everybody accepted. The chain-smoker Stein died before the tournament began.
He was replaced by Beliavsky, the youth world champion. The winners of the
four semi-finals, Grigorian, Rashkovsky, Sveshnikov and Averkin completed the
list. The championship was held in the Central Culture House of the Railways
at Moscow from 2-26 October 1973.Spassky won the gold medal in a grand style.
His quick victories may seem easy, but they are not. Boris does not have a
computer-like style with an immense memory and fast calculation. He has to
find the combinations during the game. It became his last great success,
because the necessary effort became too exhaustive in future tournaments.} 1.
Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Ba3 $1 O-O 8.
d4 Nd7 9. Bd3 c5 10. O-O b6 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. Bb2 $6 {A slight advantage keeps
12.Rad1.} cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc5 $1 14. Rad1 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Rc8 16. Rfe1 Qd7 17. Qb3
Ba6 18. d5 Bc4 19. Qa3 Qd6 20. Qxd6 exd6 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Nd4 Rc5 23. a4 Ra8
24. f3 Kf8 25. Kf2 Ba6 26. Rc1 Ke8 27. Rxc5 dxc5 28. Nb5 Kd7 29. e5 Bxb5 30.
axb5 a5 {The game ended in the prescribed number of thirty moves for a draw.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Qc7 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Be3 Bb4 9. Na4 O-O 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. f4 ({Previously they played the
adventurous} 11. Nb6 $5 Rb8 12. Nxc8 Rfxc8 13. Bxa6 Re8 {Geller-Tal, Leningrad
1971).}) 11... Rb8 12. Bd3 Be7 13. c4 d6 14. Rc1 c5 15. b3 Bb7 16. Nc3 Rbd8 17.
Bb1 Rfe8 18. Qf3 Bc6 19. Qh3 h6 20. f5 exf5 21. Qxf5 Qd7 22. Qf3 Qg4 23. Rcd1
Bf8 24. h3 Qh4 $6 ({Black should simplify by} 24... Qxf3 25. Rxf3 Rb8 26. Bxh6
Nxe4) 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. exd5 Re7 27. Bf4 Qh5 28. Qxh5 $6 (28. Qc3 Ne4 29. Qa5 {
continues the attack.}) 28... Nxh5 29. Bh2 Re2 30. Rfe1 Rb2 31. g4 Nf6 32. Bf4
Re8 33. Rxe8 Nxe8 34. Bd2 Be7 35. Bc3 Re2 36. Re1 Rxe1+ 37. Bxe1 Bd8 38. a3 a5
39. Bf5 Nf6 40. Kg2 Kf8 41. Kf3 Ke7 42. Bc3 {White cannot take the fortress.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Savon, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O g6 6. d3 Bg7 7. e4 O-O 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Rb1 Ne8 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Ne2 e5 12. b4 d6 13. bxc5 dxc5 14. Nexd4 cxd4
15. Bd2 Nc7 16. Ne1 Ne6 17. Bb4 Re8 18. f4 exf4 19. gxf4 Qc7 20. Qg4 Nc5 21.
Bxc5 bxc5 22. Rb2 Rab8 23. Rbf2 Bc8 24. Qg3 Rb1 25. h4 h5 26. Nf3 Rxf1+ 27.
Bxf1 Bh6 28. Nd2 Kh7 29. Kh2 Bg4 30. e5 f5 31. Qg2 Rb8 32. Kg3 {The position
is balanced. Black collapses quickly.} Rd8 $6 {The control of the open file
ends.} 33. Nf3 Rd7 $6 {The rook should return to the open file.} 34. Rb2 Qa5 $6
(34... Re7 {provides better prophylaxis.}) 35. Qd2 $1 Qc3 $6 (35... Qd8 {is
preferable.}) 36. Bg2 Rd8 $2 ({Black surrenders the seventh rank. Kotov
suggests} 36... Bxf3 37. Bxf3 Qxd2 38. Rxd2 Bf8 39. Rb2 Kg7 {and Black has a
difficult ending.}) 37. Rb3 Qa1 38. Rb7+ Kh8 39. Qe1 $1 Qc3 40. e6 Qxe1+ 41.
Nxe1 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. h3 b6 8. c4
Ne4 9. Bh4 Bb7 10. Nfd2 Ndf6 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. f3 Nf6 13. Nc3 d5 14. Rc1 c6 15.
Qb3 Qd7 16. f4 e6 17. Rfd1 Ba6 18. Rc2 Bxc4 19. Bxc4 dxc4 20. Qxc4 Rac8 21.
Rdc1 b5 22. Qb3 Nd5 23. Ne4 h6 24. Bf2 a5 25. a3 a4 26. Qd3 f5 27. Nc5 Qd6 28.
Qd2 Rf7 29. Nd3 Kh7 30. Ne5 Rfc7 31. Qe2 Bxe5 32. fxe5 Qe7 33. e4 fxe4 34. Qxe4
Qg5 35. Kh1 Qf5 {Keres' quiet treatment of the King's Indian gained a minimal
advantage.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kuzmin, Gennadi"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
a4 c5 16. d5 c4 17. Bg5 Bg7 (17... Be7 $5 18. Be3 Qc7 19. Ra3 Nc5 $11 {
(Ciocaltea-Spassky, Bath 1973).}) 18. Qd2 Nc5 19. Nh2 h5 20. Nf3 Qc7 21. Ra3
Rab8 $6 {Black takes a slight risk by leaving the a-file to White.} 22. Bh6 Bh8
23. Rea1 Bc8 24. axb5 axb5 25. Qe1 Bd7 26. R1a2 Rec8 27. Kh1 Nh7 28. Ra7 Qd8
29. Be3 Be8 $6 30. Qa1 Bf6 31. R2a5 Bd7 {Black's advantage is not decisive,
because he is unable to open up a second front.} 32. Qe1 Qe8 33. Ra1 Bd8 $1 34.
Nd2 Bb6 {The initiative on the queen's side is neutralised.} 35. R7a2 Qe7 36.
Qe2 Qf6 37. Ra3 Qh4 38. Nf3 Qe7 39. Nd2 Kg7 40. Re1 Ra8 41. Raa1 h4 {Boris
started the tournament with a quiet draw in the Breyer.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Grigorian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

{Games from the 41st USSR-championship are presented in this file. Jan van
Reek.} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 e6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O
Be7 8. d4 O-O 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Be3 Qb6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Bxc5 Qxc5 13. a3 Bg4
14. Qd3 Qc4 15. Rfd1 Rac8 16. h3 Qxd3 17. Rxd3 Be6 18. Ng5 Rfd8 19. f4 Ne7 20.
g4 g6 21. Rad1 Rc2 22. R1d2 Rxd2 23. Rxd2 Rc8 24. Kf2 Rc4 {Pressure by the
Catalan bishop on the isolated pawn has little effect. White decides to open
the centre.} 25. e4 $1 dxe4 26. Nxe4 b6 27. Kg3 Kg7 28. Ng5 Bc8 29. Bf3 Rc7 30.
Ne4 h6 31. Nd6 Bd7 32. Bd1 Nc8 33. Ne4 Be6 34. Nc3 Ne7 35. Kf3 a6 36. Rd6 Nc8
37. Rd8 b5 38. Be2 h5 39. Ke3 hxg4 40. hxg4 Kf6 41. Bd3 Ke7 42. Rh8 Nb6 43. f5
gxf5 44. gxf5 Bc4 45. Rb8 Nd5+ 46. Nxd5+ Bxd5 47. Kf4 f6 48. Ke3 Rd7 49. Be4
Kd6 {Black drew by an accurate defence.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. d4 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
b4 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Bb7 11. Nd2 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. b3 Nf6 14. Bf3 Nd5 15.
Bb2 c5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 {The Meran has resulted in a quiet position.} 17. Nc4 Qe7
18. Rc1 Rac8 19. Rc2 Rfd8 20. Qa1 f6 21. Rfc1 Nb6 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. h3 Bf8 24.
Na5 $6 {White does not exchange and accepts the challenge.} Qe4 $1 25. Nc6 Rd5
$1 26. Ne7+ $1 ({Polugaevsky mistrusts} 26. Bd4 Rg5 27. g3 Bd6 $1) 26... Bxe7
27. Rxc8+ Nxc8 (27... Kf7 28. R8c4 $1 {White has to suppress the counterattack
immediately (Sveshnikov).}) 28. Rxc8+ Kf7 29. Rc7 Rd2 30. Qc1 Qd3 31. Qc5 Qd8
32. Bd4 Rd1+ 33. Kh2 {The initiative has changed hands several times.} Kf8 34.
Rc8 Bxc5 35. Rxd8+ Kf7 (35... Ke7 $4 36. Bxf6+ $1) 36. Ra8 {Accurate tactical
play was needed after a slow start.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rashkovsky, Nukhim"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 b6 $6 {A doubtful
novelty.} 7. Bb5+ $1 c6 8. Bc4 b5 9. Bb3 Bb7 10. Nf3 e6 (10... Bg7 11. Bxf7+ $1
Kxf7 12. Ng5+ Ke8 13. Ne6 {(Kotov)} Qa5 14. Nxg7+ Kf7 15. Nf5 Ke8 16. Ng3 $1
Qxc3+ 17. Bd2 Qxd4 {and White has considerable compensation for a pawn.}) 11.
O-O Bg7 12. Ba3 Na6 13. Qe2 Qb6 14. Bd6 $1 c5 15. e5 c4 $6 16. Bc2 Nc7 17. Ng5
Rd8 18. a4 a6 19. axb5 Nxb5 $5 ({Smyslov wants to dislodge Bd6. The
consequence of} 19... axb5 20. Bc5 Qc6 21. Ne4 {is suffocation.}) 20. Bc5 Qc7
21. Qxc4 Bf8 22. Ne4 Bxe4 23. Bxe4 Bxc5 24. Qxc5 Qxc5 25. dxc5 Nxc3 26. Bb7 Ke7
27. Rxa6 Rd7 28. Bf3 Rc7 29. c6 Rb8 30. Rc1 (30. Rfa1 $1 {saves time.}) 30...
Rb3 31. h4 f6 32. exf6+ Kxf6 33. Rca1 Nd5 $1 34. Ra7 Rxc6 35. Rxh7 Rbc3 36.
Raa7 Rc7 {Black has exchanged a lot.} 37. Bxd5 $2 (37. Rhxc7 Rxc7 38. Ra5 {
keeps a big advantage.}) 37... Rxh7 38. Rxh7 exd5 {The passed pawn will become
strong.} 39. h5 Rc1+ 40. Kh2 gxh5 41. Rxh5 Ke6 $1 42. Kg3 d4 43. Rh8 (43. Kf3
Re1 $11) 43... Kd5 44. f3 Rf1 $1 45. Kf4 Re1 $1 {The white king is restricted.}
46. g4 d3 47. Rd8+ Kc4 48. g5 Rg1 49. Ke4 Re1+ 50. Kf5 Kc3 51. g6 Rg1 52. Rc8+
Kd4 53. Kf6 Ke3 54. Rd8 Rf1 55. g7 Rxf3+ 56. Ke5 Rg3 57. g8=Q Rxg8 58. Rxg8 d2
{Leaders: Karpov and Tukmakov 1.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B83"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. Be3 Be7 8. f4
Bd7 9. Nb3 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. Qe1 (11. Bf3 {is theory in the Scheveningen.})
11... a6 12. a4 Nb4 13. Bd1 d5 14. e5 Ne4 15. a5 Rac8 16. Bb6 Qc4 17. Rf3 $6 {
White avoids exchanges and wants to capture the queen.} f5 $2 (17... f6 $1 18.
Nxe4 Qxe4 19. Qxe4 dxe4 20. Rf2 {is better for Black.}) 18. Kh1 $1 Rce8 $2 (
18... Nxc3 $2 19. bxc3 $1 Nc6 20. Be2 Qe4 21. Qd1 {and 22.Nd2 achieves the aim.
}) (18... Rfe8 $1 19. Nd2 Qc6 20. Ncxe4 dxe4 21. Rc3 Qd5 {avoids a disaster.})
19. Nxe4 dxe4 (19... Qxe4 20. Qf2 $1 {Black cannot capture c2, because his
queen's rook has left the c-file.}) 20. Rc3 Qd5 21. Bc5 $1 {White threatens 22.
Bxe7 Rxe7 23.Rc5 and 24.Qxb4 or 24.Rxd5.} b6 22. axb6 Qb7 23. Na5 Qb8 24. Bxe7
Rxe7 25. Rb3 Nd5 26. g3 Ree8 27. Nc4 g5 28. Nd6 gxf4 29. c4 f3 30. cxd5 exd5
31. Qc3 Bb5 32. Qd4 Re7 33. Rxb5 axb5 34. Bb3 Kh8 35. Bxd5 Rg7 36. Ra7 f4 37.
e6 Qxa7 38. bxa7 fxg3 39. hxg3 f2 40. Nf7+ Kg8 41. Qxf2 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 e6 7. Be2 Nc6 8. Be3
Be7 9. O-O Bd7 10. Nb3 Na5 11. f4 $6 (11. Nxa5 Qxa5 12. Qd2 {is theory.}) 11...
Nxb3 12. cxb3 Bc6 13. Qc2 Rc8 14. Bf3 Qa5 15. Rfd1 O-O 16. Qf2 d5 17. exd5 exd5
{The critical position.} 18. Qd2 $6 {White loses a tempo.} (18. Bd4 $1 Ne4 19.
Qe3 Rfe8 20. Bb6 Bc5 21. Qxc5 Qxc5+ 22. Bxc5 Nxc5 23. Bxd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Nxb3
25. Rad1 $11) 18... Bb4 19. Bd4 Ne4 20. Qe3 Rfe8 21. Nxe4 ({It is too late for
} 21. Bb6 $2 {due to} Nxc3 22. Qxe8+ Rxe8 23. Bxa5 Nxd1 24. Bxb4 Nxb2 {and
Black has won a pawn.}) 21... dxe4 22. Bg4 Rcd8 23. Kh1 (23. Bb6 Bd2 $1 {
(Polugaevsky)}) 23... Rd5 24. f5 $2 {White ruins his position.} (24. Rac1 {is
correct.}) 24... Bc5 $1 25. Bxc5 Qxc5 26. Qxc5 Rxc5 27. Rac1 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Re5
29. Kg1 Kf8 30. Kf2 e3+ 31. Kg3 Ke7 32. Re1 Kf6 33. Kf4 h5 $1 34. Bh3 ({No
material loses} 34. Bf3 Rxf5+ 35. Kxe3 Re5+ 36. Kd2 Rxe1 37. Kxe1 Bxf3 38. gxf3
Ke5 {but Black wins easily.}) 34... Re4+ 35. Kf3 Rb4+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grigorian, Levon"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E38"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. a3 Bxc5 8. b4
Be7 9. Bb2 b6 10. e3 Bb7 11. Be2 Rc8 12. O-O a5 13. b5 Nb8 14. Nd2 $6 {White
plays the Nimzo-Indian too quietly.} d6 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. e4 Nbd7 17. f4 Rfd8
18. Kh1 Nc5 19. Bf3 Nfd7 20. Ne2 e5 21. g3 Bf6 22. Nc3 exf4 23. gxf4 Ne6 24.
Bg2 Nd4 25. Qd3 Nc5 26. Qe3 Re8 27. Nd5 $1 {Exchanges release the pressure.}
Bxd5 28. Bxd4 Bxd4 29. Qxd4 Bb7 30. Rde1 Re7 31. Re3 f6 32. h4 $6 {The pawn
structure is weakened.} Rce8 33. f5 Re5 34. Rf4 Qe7 35. Rg4 Rxf5 36. Reg3 Ne6
37. Qxb6 Rf4 38. Qe3 Rxg4 39. Rxg4 Nc5 40. Qg3 Bc8 41. Rf4 Qe5 42. Kh2 {
Although White's position has been blockaded horribly, there is hope.} a4 43.
Nb1 $2 ({A counteraction on the king's side begins} 43. Rf3 Qd4 44. Qf2 Qb2 45.
Rg3 Bb7 46. h5 $1 Re5 47. h6 g6 48. Kg1) 43... Be6 44. Nc3 Nd3 45. Rf3 Bxc4 46.
Nxa4 Bxb5 47. Nb6 Ne1 48. Rf5 Qxg3+ 49. Kxg3 Bc6 50. Bh1 Nd3 51. Nc4 Ne5 {
Leaders: Spassky, Karpov, Smyslov, Tukmakov and Polugaevsky 1 1/2.} 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. c4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Bd2 Nh5 10. g3 f5 11. exf5 Nxf5 $1 {Geller brings a novelty in the
King's Indian.} 12. Ne4 (12. g4 $2 Nd4 13. gxh5 Nxe2+ 14. Qxe2 Bg4) 12... Nf6
13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Bd3 Bg7 16. Kg2 b6 17. h4 Bd7 18. Rh1 Qe7 19. h5
g5 20. Bc2 Rf7 21. Qd3 g4 $6 {The weakening of this pawn is unnecessary,
because g4 can be answered by ..Nh4+.} 22. Nh2 Nd4 23. Bd1 Raf8 24. Bxg4 Bxg4
25. Nxg4 Rf3 26. Qd2 Qf7 $1 27. Rh4 $6 (27. Nxh6+ Bxh6 28. Qxh6 Rxf2+ $11) (27.
Raf1 $1 {is useful.}) 27... Kh7 28. Rf1 b5 29. b3 bxc4 30. bxc4 Ra3 31. Nh2 Qd7
32. Nc3 Qf5 33. Nb5 Rd3 {The odd exchanges are accepted.} 34. Nxd4 Rxd2 35.
Nxf5 Rxf5 36. a4 Ra2 37. Nf3 Rxa4 38. Rb1 Rf7 39. Re4 Ra2 40. Rb7 Bf8 41. c5
dxc5 42. Rxe5 c4 $6 (42... Bd6 {makes life easier.}) 43. Re6 Rg7 44. Ne5 c3 45.
Rc6 Bd6 46. Ng4 $1 Rxg4 47. Rxd6 Rg7 48. Rc6 Rf7 49. Rbxc7 Raxf2+ 50. Kh3 Rxc7
51. Rxc7+ Kg8 52. Rxc3 Rf5 53. Rc8+ Kf7 54. Rc7+ Kf8 {White won a pawn in the
endgame but it did not suffice to win.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Kuzmin, Gennadi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E54"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
a6 9. a3 Ba5 10. dxc5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qa5 12. a4 Nbd7 13. c6 bxc6 14. Qc2 c5 15.
e4 Qc7 16. Re1 Ng4 17. Kh1 Re8 18. h3 Ngf6 19. e5 Nd5 20. Ng5 Nf8 21. f4 Bb7
22. Ne4 Ng6 23. Qf2 Nb6 24. Bf1 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 Qc6 26. Qc2 Nd5 27. a5 Red8 28.
Kh2 Rab8 29. Rea4 Nge7 30. Bd3 Nf5 31. Bxf5 exf5 32. Qxf5 Nxc3 33. Rc4 {Kuzmin
defended well in a quiet Nimzo-Indian.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Savon, Vladimir"]
[Black "Rashkovsky, Nukhim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B96"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. Qe2 b5 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. Rhe1 Be7 12. Kb1 Nc5 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nd5
15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Qg4 O-O-O 18. Nb3 Nxd3 19. Rxd3 Kb8 20. Qxg7 $5
Rhg8 21. Qh6 Rxg2 22. Qxh7 Qb4 23. Rc1 Rc8 $2 (23... Qf4 {is stronger.}) 24.
Rd4 Qe7 25. Rf4 Rc7 26. Qh8+ Ka7 27. Qh3 Qg5 28. Qe3+ Ka8 29. Qb6 $2 ({White
misses the win} 29. h4 $1 Re2 30. Qb6) 29... Rc6 30. Qe3 Rc4 31. Nd4 Rxh2 32.
c3 Qg6+ 33. Ka1 Ra4 34. c4 Bxc4 35. a3 Bd5 36. Rf2 $2 (36. Nc6 Bxc6 37. Qc5 Bb7
38. Qf8+ Ka7 39. Qc5+ {forces a draw.}) 36... Rxf2 37. Qxf2 Qg5 38. Re1 Qe7 39.
Nc2 Re4 40. Nb4 Bb7 $2 (40... Qc5 $3 $19) 41. Qd2 $2 (41. Rxe4 {rescues White.}
) 41... Rc4 42. Rf1 Qc7 43. Qe3 Qc5 44. Qxc5 Rxc5 45. Rxf7 Rxe5 46. b3 Re3 47.
Kb2 a5 48. Nc2 Rd3 49. Rc7 Be4 50. b4 Rd2 $2 (50... a4 {keeps a winning
advantage.}) 51. bxa5 Kb8 52. Kc1 $1 Rxc2+ 53. Rxc2 Bxc2 54. Kxc2 Kb7 55. Kb3
Ka6 56. Kb4 e5 57. a4 {The pawn ending is drawn.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Averkin, Orest"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B44"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3
Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. Be3 Rb8 {Restrictions of the queen's side and
centre are the advantages of the Taimanov. The outsider Na3 is a handicap.} 12.
Rc1 Qa5 13. f4 {This natural continuation is the first new move.} Rfd8 ({More
actively defends} 13... Nb4 $1 14. Nc2 Bc6) 14. Qd2 Be8 15. Rfd1 Nb4 16. Qe1 b5
17. Kh1 Rdc8 (17... Bc6 $1 {is useful.}) 18. cxb5 axb5 {Both players have
carried out their plans. Black has a spearhead on the queen's side, and White
has aimed many pieces on the central area. Spassky takes the initiative in the
critical position.} 19. e5 $1 dxe5 20. fxe5 Nd7 $2 (20... Nfd5 $1 21. Nxd5 exd5
22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rxd5 Qc7 24. Rd1 Qxe5 {(Keres and Nei).}) 21. Naxb5 Nxe5 22.
Bf4 Ned3 $2 (22... Bf6 $2 23. Nd6 Rd8 24. Nce4 {allows a charge of the knights.
}) (22... Nbc6 $1 23. a3 f6 24. b4 Qa8 25. Qg3 Rb7 {forestalls a disaster.})
23. Bxd3 Nxd3 24. Rxd3 Bxb5 25. Rg3 $1 Rb6 {Black has developed the resource
26.Qe5 f6, but the last move enables another combination.} (25... Ra8 26. Qe5
g6 27. Bh6 Bf8 28. Bxf8 $18) 26. Bc7 $1 Rxc7 27. Qe5 g6 28. Qxc7 Bh4 29. Rf3
Be8 30. Rxf7 Bxf7 31. Rf1 Be8 32. Qc8 Kg7 33. Qxe8 Bf6 34. Ne4 e5 35. Nxf6 {
Spassky showed his superiority in the middle game.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O Bc5 10. f3 Ng5 11. Be3 O-O 12. f4 Ne4 13. Nd2 {An aggressive
novelty. Preferable moves are 13...f5 and 13...Ne4.} f6 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Qe2
Bg4 16. Qf2 Qd5 $2 ({Keres recommends} 16... Qe8) (16... Bb6 17. h3 Bd7 {is an
alternative.}) 17. Nxc6 $1 Ba3 $6 (17... Bxe3 18. Ne7+ Kf7 19. Nxd5 Bxf2+ 20.
Rxf2 Rad8 21. Ne3 $18) ({Tactical chances gives} 17... Bd6 $5 18. exd6 Qxc6 19.
dxc7 Qxc7 20. f5) 18. exf6 Rxf6 19. Ne5 Qxe5 $5 {Exchanges lead to a lost
endgame.} 20. fxe5 Rxf2 21. Bxf2 Bxb2 22. Rae1 Bf5 23. Bc5 g6 24. e6 {Keres
has lost the exchange.} ({Stronger is} 24. g4 $1 Bxg4 25. Rxe4 Be6 26. c4 {
Sveshnikov misses the first of many winning lines.}) 24... Bxe6 25. Rxe4 Bxa2
26. Ra4 Bd5 27. Rxa7 Rc8 28. Re1 Bf6 29. Ra4 Rb8 30. Rf4 Bg5 31. Rb4 Rd8 32.
Rd4 Bf6 33. Rd3 c6 34. Ra3 Rd7 35. Ra7 Rxa7 36. Bxa7 Kf7 37. Kf2 h5 38. Rd1 Be5
39. h3 h4 40. Be3 Ke6 41. Kg1 Bf6 42. Bd4 Be7 43. Re1+ Kf7 44. Ra1 Be4 45. c4
Ke6 46. Ra6 Kd6 47. Ra5 Kd7 48. Be3 Bd8 49. Re5 Bf5 50. Bf2 Bf6 51. Re1 Be6 52.
Rc1 Kd6 53. Ba7 Bg5 54. Rc3 Ke5 55. Kf2 Ke4 56. Ke2 Bf4 57. Be3 Be5 58. Rc1 Bb2
59. Rc2 Bf6 60. Kd2 Bd8 61. Bf2 g5 62. Kc3 Ba5+ 63. Kb3 Kd3 64. Bc5 Bd2 65. Ba3
g4 66. Bc1 Be1 67. Bg5 gxh3 68. gxh3 Bxh3 69. Rc1 Ke2 70. Bxh4 Bd2 71. Rg1 Bf5
72. Bg5 Be1 73. Bf6 Be4 74. Bc3 Bf2 75. Rg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E54"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nc6 9. a3 Ba5 10. Ba2 a6 11. Ne2 cxd4 12. Nexd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Bc7 14. Bd2 Bd6
15. Rc1 Bd7 16. Bb1 Rc8 17. Qb3 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Qb8 19. h3 Rc8 20. Rxc8+ {This
draw is remarkable, because it breaks the required minimum of thirty moves.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. b4 Bf8 14. a4 a5 $5 {
(Razuvaev-Furman, Baku 1972)} 15. bxa5 Rxa5 16. Rb1 Ba6 17. axb5 Rxb5 18. Ra1
Rb6 19. Bb3 h6 20. Ba3 (20. Qc2 {(Matanovic-Karpov, Bath 1973).}) 20... c5 21.
dxc5 Nxc5 22. Bxc5 dxc5 23. Bc4 Bb7 24. Qc2 Qc7 25. Ra7 Re7 26. Qa2 Qb8 27. Ra1
Rd7 28. Bb3 g6 $2 ({Trouble shoots} 28... Re7 29. Nc4 Rb5) {Tal starts a
firework.} 29. Bxf7+ $5 ({Later he prefers} 29. Qa5 {but then follows} Bc6 $1
30. Nxe5 Rxd2 31. Bxf7+ Kh8 32. Nxg6+ Kg7 33. Nxf8 Rb1+ 34. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 35. Kh2
Qb8+ 36. Qc7 Qxc7+ 37. Rxc7 Kxf8 38. Rxc6 Kxf7) ({Much stronger is} 29. Nc4 $1
Re6 30. Bc2 Bc6 31. Ra6 $1 {and Black has been outplayed.}) 29... Rxf7 30. Nc4
Re6 31. Ncxe5 Rxe5 32. Nxe5 Bd5 33. exd5 Rxa7 34. Qxa7 Qxe5 35. Rd1 ({Black
consolidates in} 35. c4 Ne4) 35... Ne4 36. Qb6 Bd6 37. Qd8+ Kf7 38. Qd7+ Kf8 {
The game ends in a repetition of moves.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Averkin, Orest"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Na3 g6 5. Nxc4 {An odd development of the
knight does not lead to sharp play.} Bg7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 c5 8. Be2 Nc6 9. O-O
Bf5 10. a3 Bd3 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Bxd3 Qxd3 13. Nce5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qd5 15. Qc2 Ne4
16. Nc4 Bxb2 17. Nxb2 Rc6 18. d3 Nf6 19. Rfd1 Rfc8 20. h3 Qe6 21. Qc4 Qe5 22.
Rd2 Ne8 23. Qh4 Qe6 24. Qc4 Qe5 25. Qh4 Qe6 {Moves are repeated.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Rc1 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. e3 Bb7 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O Nxc3 13. Rxc3 c5 14. Qe2 Bxf3
15. Qxf3 cxd4 16. exd4 Nf6 17. Re1 Qd6 18. Rd1 Rad8 19. Bb3 Rd7 20. g3 Rfd8 21.
Ba4 Rc7 22. Bb3 Rcd7 23. Ba4 Rc7 24. Bb3 Rcd7 25. Ba4 Rc7 26. Bb3 Rcd7 27. Ba4
Rc7 28. Bb3 Rcd7 29. Ba4 Rc7 30. Bb3 Rcd7 {The players ridiculed the thirty
moves rule.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 Nf6 6. N1c3 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8.
Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. c3 O-O 13. Nc2 Bg5 ({Later} 
13... Rb8 $1 {will become an improvement in the Sveshnikov.}) 14. a4 bxa4 15.
Rxa4 a5 16. Bc4 Rb8 17. b3 Be6 18. Qa1 g6 19. O-O Qd7 20. Rd1 f5 21. exf5 gxf5
22. b4 axb4 23. cxb4 Kh8 24. b5 Bxd5 $2 ({Black worried about} 24... Ne7 25.
Ra7 Rb7 26. b6 {but} Nxd5 27. Bxd5 Bxd5 28. Rxd5 Rfb8 {is an edequate answer.})
25. Rxd5 Ne7 {White brutally wins a pawn.} 26. Qxe5+ $1 dxe5 27. Rxd7 Nc8 28.
Rc7 Bd8 29. Rc6 Nb6 30. Rb4 Nxc4 31. Rcxc4 Bb6 32. Kf1 Rfd8 33. Ke2 $2 (33. Ne3
f4 34. Ng4 Bd4 35. h3 {keeps an advantage.}) 33... Ba5 34. Rb3 Rd2+ 35. Ke3 f4+
36. Ke4 Rxf2 37. Kxe5 Rxg2 38. Nd4 Rxh2 39. Rc6 Bb6 40. Ne6 f3 41. Rxf3 Rh5+
42. Kf6 Rxb5 43. Rd6 Rb2 44. Ke7 Ba5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. a3
Be7 9. b4 c5 10. bxc5 bxc5 11. cxd5 ({A slight advantage gained} 11. Rb1 $1 {
(Furman-Polugaevsky, Moscow 1969).}) 11... cxd4 12. e4 $1 exd5 13. e5 Ne4 14.
Nxd4 Nd7 15. N2f3 Re8 $6 ({Keres prefers the prophylactic move} 15... Ndc5 $1)
16. e6 $1 fxe6 17. Nxe6 {White has taken the initiative.} Qb6 $6 {This natural
move causes trouble.} (17... Qc8 $1 18. Bf4 Ndc5 19. Nc7 Rd8 20. Nxa8 Nxd3 21.
Qxd3 Ba6 {and Black wins back the sacrificed material.}) 18. Nfg5 Bxg5 19. Nxg5
Ndc5 20. Rb1 Qc7 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 $6 ({Keres judges} 21... dxe4 $1 22. Bc4+ Kh8
23. Bb2 {as good for White, but} Nd3 24. Bxd3 exd3 25. Qxd3 Be4 26. Rbc1 Bxd3
27. Rxc7 Bxf1 28. Bxg7+ Kg8 29. Kxf1 {leads to a narrow escape.}) 22. Bb2 Rad8
$2 ({The appropriate defence is} 22... Re6 $1 23. Bd4 Ba6 $1) 23. Bd4 Bc8 24.
Re1 Qa5 25. Re3 Ba6 26. Qg4 Re7 $6 {Keres transforms the initiative in the
centre into an attack on the king's side.} ({A disaster prevents} 26... g6 $5)
27. Bxg7 $1 Rxg7 28. Qe6+ Rf7 29. Bxa6 Qd2 30. Be2 Rd6 31. Qe5 Rb6 32. Rd1 Qa2
33. Qxd5 Qxd5 34. Rxd5 Nxf2 35. Bf3 Rb2 36. h3 Rc7 37. Kh2 Rb1 38. Rd2 Rf1 39.
Ree2 Nh1 40. Bd5+ Kg7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kuzmin, Gennadi"]
[Black "Grigorian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bc4 Nb6 8.
Bb3 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. exd4 Nc6 11. Re1 $6 (11. d5 {is the usual move.}) 11...
Bg4 $1 ({The trap} 11... Nxd4 $2 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Bh6 Re8 14. Nd5 Bf6 15.
Nxe7+ {is avoided.}) 12. Be3 Na5 13. h3 Nxb3 14. axb3 Be6 15. Bf4 Nd5 16. Be5
Bh6 17. Ne4 f6 18. Nc5 Bf7 19. Bg3 b6 20. Ne6 Bxe6 21. Rxe6 Qd7 22. Re1 Rfc8
23. Nh2 Rc6 24. Ng4 Bf8 25. Ne3 Rd8 26. Nxd5 Qxd5 27. Rxa7 Qxd4 28. Qf3 Qd5 29.
Rc7 $5 {Draw is forced in a surprising way.} Qxf3 30. gxf3 Rxc7 31. Bxc7 Rd2
32. Bxb6 Rxb2 33. Bc5 e5 34. b4 Bxc5 35. bxc5 Rc2 36. Ra1 Rxc5 37. Kg2 Rc7 38.
Ra6 Kf7 39. Kg3 g5 40. Kg2 Kg6 41. Kg3 Kf5 {Black has many advantages, but he
will be unable to conquer the fort.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. c4 g6 2. e4 e5 3. d4 Nf6 $1 {Tal moves to unknown territory after a few
moves. Polugaevsky reacts adequately.} 4. Nf3 $1 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Nbxd2 d6
7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Nxe5 Qe7 $6 ({Slightly better is} 8... Qd4 9. Nd3 Nc6 $1) 9. f4
Nbd7 10. Nxd7 Bxd7 11. e5 O-O-O $6 (11... Nh5 $1 12. Qf3 Bc6 13. Qf2 g5 14.
fxg5 Qxe5+ 15. Qe2 Qxe2+ 16. Bxe2 Bxg2 $11) 12. Be2 Bc6 $2 ({Tal advises} 12...
Ng4 13. Bxg4 Qh4+ 14. g3 Qxg4 {The ending looks defendable for Black.}) 13.
exf6 Qe3 14. Rf1 Bxg2 15. Rf2 Bh3 16. Qc1 Rhe8 17. Nf1 Qe6 18. Qc3 Bg4 19. Ng3
h5 20. Rd1 h4 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 {Black exerts great pressure on e2.} 22. f5 $1 {
The refutation is elegant.} gxf5 23. Qd3+ Kc8 24. Nxf5 Qxf6 25. Ne3 Bxe2 26.
Rxe2 Qg7 27. Nd5 Qg1+ 28. Kd2 Qg5+ 29. Kc2 Re6 30. Qf3 b5 31. Rg2 Qe5 32. Rg8+
Kb7 33. Nc3+ c6 34. cxb5 Qxh2+ 35. Kb3 {Tal often had great difficulties with
Polugaevsky's accuracy.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rashkovsky, Nukhim"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. e3
g5 $5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. Nd2 $5 Nxg3 ({Taimanov does not like} 10... Nxc3 $2 11.
bxc3 Bxc3 12. Rc1) 11. hxg3 cxd4 12. exd4 Nc6 13. Bb5 Kf8 14. Bxc6 Qe7+ 15. Kf1
$6 {Time is lost.} bxc6 16. Kg1 Rb8 17. Qc2 Bg4 18. Nf3 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Qf6 20.
Qd3 Ba5 21. b3 Bb6 22. Rd1 Kg7 23. Kg2 Rhe8 $6 (23... h5 $1 {takes the
initiative.}) 24. Rd2 Ba5 25. Rc1 Re6 26. Rdc2 Rb4 $2 (26... Bxc3 {simply
draws.}) 27. Ne2 Rb8 28. Qa6 $1 Bb6 29. g4 $1 Kg8 30. Ng3 $1 Qxd4 31. Nf5 Qf6
32. Rxc6 $1 Rbe8 $6 ({Taimanov analyses} 32... Rxc6 $5 33. Rxc6 Qb2 $1 34.
Nxh6+ Kf8 {Now} 35. Rxb6 $1 Rxb6 36. Qc8+ Kg7 37. Nf5+ Kh7 38. Ne7 Qg7 39. Qf5+
Kh8 40. Qd7 {will continue the attack.}) 33. Rc8 h5 34. Qb5 Qe5 $2 (34... Kf8
35. Qxd5 h4 {costs only a pawn.}) 35. Qd7 Bxf2 $5 36. Rxe8+ ({Taimanov hoped
for} 36. Kxf2 $4 Qh2+ 37. Kf1 Qh1+ 38. Kf2 Re2+ 39. Kg3 Qh2#) 36... Rxe8 {If
White captures the bishop, Black gives perpetual check.} 37. Nh6+ Kg7 38. Qxf7+
Kh8 39. Nf5 Bh4 40. Qxh5+ Kg8 41. Kh3 {Rashkovsky carried out a fantastic
attack.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Savon, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. f4 Qc7 11. f5 Bc4 12. a4 Nbd7 13. a5 b5 14. axb6 Nxb6 15.
Kh1 Rfc8 16. Ra2 Rab8 17. Bg5 {Black should counterattack in the Boleslavsky
Variation.} Bxe2 $2 ({He misses the chance} 17... Nfd5 $1 18. Bxc4 Nxc3 19.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 20. Qh5+ Kg8 21. bxc3 Bxg5 22. Qxg5 Qc4 {and a violent battle.}) 18.
Qxe2 Qc4 19. Qf3 Nbd7 ({It is the right time for the thematic advance} 19... d5
$1 20. Nd2 dxe4) 20. Rfa1 d5 21. exd5 Bb4 22. Nd2 Qd4 23. Be3 Qh4 24. Bf2 Qh6
25. Nde4 Bxc3 26. bxc3 $2 (26. Be3 Qh4 27. Nxc3 {keeps the advantage.}) 26...
Nxe4 27. Qxe4 Qd2 28. Be1 Nf6 29. Qxe5 Qxd5 30. Qxd5 Nxd5 31. Rxa6 Nxc3 32. Bg3
Rb1+ 33. Rxb1 Nxb1 34. Rb6 Na3 35. c3 Nc4 36. Rb5 f6 37. Bf4 Ne5 38. Bxe5 fxe5
39. Rxe5 Rxc3 40. h3 Kf7 {Leader: Polugaevsky 2 1/2.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C81"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. c4 bxc4 12. Bxc4 Bc5 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Qb8
15. Bb3 Qb6 $5 {A novelty brings equality.} 16. Qxb6 cxb6 17. Na3 Rfd8 18. Nc2
Na5 19. Nb4 Nc4 20. Bxc4 dxc4 21. Nxa6 $1 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 h6 23. Nb4 Ra4 24. a3
c3 25. bxc3 $6 ({Slightly better is} 25. Nc2 $5 Bb3 26. Nfe1) 25... Rxa3 26. h3
Rxc3 27. Rd8+ Kh7 28. Rb8 Bxh3 29. Rxb6 Be6 30. Nd4 Rc1+ 31. Kh2 Nxf2 32. Nxe6
fxe6 33. Rxe6 h5 {Confusion starts in time trouble.} 34. g3 Rb1 35. Nd5 Rb2 36.
Rb6 Re2 37. Nf4 Ng4+ 38. Kg1 Rxe5 39. Kg2 Nf6 {White overstepped the time
limit.} 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E54"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
cxd4 9. exd4 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Qe2 Nbd7 12. Rac1 Rc8 13. Ne5 Qc7 $6 ({A level
game gave} 13... Be7 {(Menchik-Milner Barry, Margate 1939).}) 14. Bb5 Qd6 15.
Rfd1 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Qd5 17. f4 Qd6 18. c4 Qc7 19. Ba4 a6 20. Bc2 g6 21. Qe1 Kg7
22. Ba4 h6 23. Bh4 b5 $2 {Black should play a waiting move.} 24. cxb5 Qd6 25.
bxa6 Bxa6 26. d5 $1 Rxc1 (26... exd5 $2 27. Nxd7 Nxd7 28. Be7 $1) 27. Rxc1 Bc8
28. Bxd7 $6 ({Kotov analyses the win} 28. Nxf7 $1 Rxf7 (28... Kxf7 29. dxe6+
Qxe6 30. Bb3 Nd5 31. Qxe6+ Kxe6 32. Rc6+) 29. dxe6 Re7 30. Rxc8 $1 Qd4+ 31. Qf2
Qa1+ 32. Qf1 Qd4+ 33. Bf2) 28... Nxd7 29. dxe6 Qxe6 30. Nc4 Ba6 31. Qxe6 fxe6
32. Bg3 $2 (32. g3 $1 Rc8 33. Rd1 Rxc4 34. Rxd7+ Kg8 35. Rd2 {White keeps the
extra pawn.}) 32... Rc8 33. Rd1 Bxc4 34. Rxd7+ Kf6 35. a3 Bd5 36. h3 $2 (36.
Bh4+ {or 36.Be1 =.}) 36... Rc1+ 37. Kf2 Rc2+ 38. Ke3 Rc3+ 39. Kf2 Rxa3 40. Bh4+
$2 (40. Rh7 Kf5 $1 41. Rxh6 Ra2+ 42. Ke3 Bxg2 43. Rh8 Ra3+ 44. Kf2 Bd5 $1 45.
Rf8+ Ke4 46. Bh4 Rxh3 47. Bg3 $1 {loses only one pawn.}) 40... g5 41. fxg5+
hxg5 42. Bg3 Ra2+ 43. Ke3 Rxg2 44. Bc7 Ra2 45. Rh7 $2 (45. h4 $1 {is the last
chance.}) 45... Ra8 $1 46. Kf2 Kg6 47. Rd7 Ra3 48. Rd8 Rf3+ 49. Kg1 Rxh3 {
Black has won the pawn anyway and does not have an h-pawn.} 50. Rb8 Rc3 51. Bd6
Rc2 52. Rf8 Rc6 53. Be5 g4 54. Rf6+ Kg5 55. Rf8 Bf3 56. Bf4+ Kg6 57. Kf2 Rc2+
58. Kg3 Rg2+ 59. Kh4 Re2 60. Bg3 e5 61. Rb8 e4 62. Rb5 Re3 63. Rb6+ Kf7 64. Kg5
Rd3 65. Kf5 e3 66. Rd6 Rb3 67. Rd7+ Ke8 68. Ke6 e2 69. Re7+ Kf8 70. Kf6 Bd5 71.
Bh4 Rf3+ 72. Kg6 Bf7+ $1 (72... Bf7+ 73. Kg5 Kxe7 74. Kxg4+ Rf6) 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grigorian, Levon"]
[Black "Savon, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

{By forfeit.}  1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E54"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nc6 9. a3 Ba5 10. Qd3 a6 11. Rd1 b5 12. Ba2 Bb6 13. h3 Bb7 14. dxc5 Qxd3 15.
Rxd3 Bxc5 16. b4 Be7 17. Rb1 Rfd8 {Nothing happened.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kuzmin, Gennadi"]
[Black "Averkin, Orest"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O
Bc5 $5 {Black wants to play actively, but restriction follows.} 9. Nxc6 dxc6
10. Na4 $1 Ba7 (10... Be7 $6 11. e5 $1 {is worse.}) 11. c4 b5 12. e5 Nd7 13.
cxb5 axb5 14. Nc3 Ba6 15. Ne4 O-O 16. Bf4 Nxe5 17. Qc2 f6 18. Nc5 $1 {White
has sacrificed a pawn for a blockade and a pin.} Bc8 ({A proper defence gives} 
18... Bxc5 $1 19. Qxc5 Rad8 ({stronger than Kuzmin's} 19... Qa7 $6) 20. Rfe1
Bb7) 19. b4 Rd8 20. Rad1 $1 {White has to pick the right rook.} Bxc5 21. Bxe5
$1 Bd6 ({The point of move twenty is} 21... Bxf2+ $2 22. Qxf2 fxe5 23. Qf7+ $1)
22. Bxd6 Rxd6 23. Rxd6 Qxd6 24. Rd1 Qe7 25. Bxc6 Rb8 26. Bxb5 Bb7 27. Qc5 Qxc5
28. bxc5 {Kuzmin has reached a won ending by subtle prophylaxis.} Bf3 29. Rb1
Kf8 30. a4 g5 31. Kf1 Ke7 32. Ke1 Rd8 33. a5 f5 34. Rc1 Rb8 35. Bd3 Kd8 36. Kd2
Rb3 37. Bc4 Rb2+ 38. Rc2 Rxc2+ 39. Kxc2 e5 40. Kc3 Kc7 41. Bd3 e4 42. Bc4 f4
43. gxf4 gxf4 44. Bd5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E86"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. Nge2 c6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. d5 cxd5 10. cxd5 a6 11. Ng3 ({Tigran plays a quiet move instead of} 11.
g4) 11... b5 12. Be2 h5 $5 {Efim has a lot of confidence.} 13. Bg5 Qb6 14. Nf1
Nh7 15. Be7 Re8 16. Bh4 f5 17. Bf2 Qd8 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Ne3 Qf6 20. O-O Qg6
21. Kh1 Ndf6 22. a4 f4 $5 (22... b4 $1 23. Na2 a5 {is safe.}) 23. Nc2 Bf5 24.
Nb4 bxa4 25. Rxa4 Ng5 26. Rxa6 Rxa6 27. Nxa6 e4 $5 28. Qxf4 exf3 29. gxf3 $6 ({
White can play for a win with} 29. Bxf3 Bd3 30. Ra1 Nfe4 31. Nxe4 Nxe4 32. Bg1
Bxb2 33. Ra2) 29... Rxe2 $1 30. Nxe2 Bd3 (30... Bd3 31. Rg1 Bxe2 32. Rxg5 Bxf3+
$1 33. Qxf3 Qxg5 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B96"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Rhe1 Qb6 $5 12. Nb3 $1 ({The sacrifice} 12.
Nxe6 $2 fxe6 13. Qh3 e5 {is even too wild for the Najdorf (Geller-Polugaevsky,
Portoroz 1973).}) 12... b4 13. Na4 Qc7 ({Geller mentions} 13... Qc6 $2 14. Na5
Qxa4 15. Nxb7 Rb8 {It is refuted by} 16. e5 $1 dxe5 17. fxe5 Nd5 18. Bc4 Rxb7
19. Rxd5 $1) 14. Nd4 Be7 15. Qh3 Nc5 (15... O-O-O {will be hot later.}) 16.
Nxc5 dxc5 17. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 18. Bc4 $1 {White has made a real sacrifice.} ({No
advantage gives} 18. e5 Nd5 19. Qxe6 Qd7) 18... Rd8 $2 (18... e5 $2 19. fxe5
Nxe4 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 {keeps the e-file closed, but} 21. Bb3 Bc6 22. Rxe4 $1 Bxe4
23. Ba4+ Kf7 24. Rd7 {wins.}) ({Black stays alive in} 18... Bc8 $1 19. Bxe6
Bxe6 20. Qxe6 Qc8 21. Qc4 Qc6 22. e5 Ng8 23. Bxe7 Nxe7 24. g3) 19. Qxe6 Rxd1+
20. Rxd1 Rf8 21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22. Qg8+ Bf8 (22... Rf8 23. Bf7#) 23. g3 $1 Bc8 $6 (
23... Qe7 $2 24. e5 Rh6 25. Bf7+ Qxf7 26. Rd8+ Kxd8 27. Qxf7 $18) (23... Bc6 $1
24. Qxh7 (24. Bxa6 Qf7) 24... Bb5) 24. e5 Rb6 {Spassky chooses for the
positional solution.} 25. Qxh7 (25. Rd8+ $1 Kxd8 26. Qxf8+ Kd7 27. Qxg7+ Kd8
28. Qg8+ Kd7 29. Qxh7+ Kd8 30. Qh8+ Kd7 31. f5 $1 {(Geller).}) 25... Be6 26.
Qg6+ Qf7 27. Qe4 $1 Qc7 (27... Bxc4 28. Qa8+) 28. h4 Bxc4 29. Qxc4 Qc6 30. b3
g6 31. Qe2 Qe6 32. h5 Rb7 $6 33. Qe4 $1 Rg7 34. hxg6 Qxg6 35. f5 {White
utilised passed pawns in a centre strategy.} (35. f5 Qxg3 36. Qc6+ Kf7 37. Qe6#
) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Rashkovsky, Nukhim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Nc6 5. d3 Be7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Ng5 O-O 8. f4
a6 9. a4 Rb8 10. Qe1 Nd4 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. Qf2 b5 13. axb5 axb5 14. Bxf7+ Rxf7
15. Nxf7 Kxf7 16. Nd5 Bb7 17. Nxe7 Qxe7 18. Bg5 Rf8 19. Qh4 Kg8 20. Rf2 Ne6 21.
Bxf6 gxf6 22. Raf1 Nf4 23. g3 Qg7 24. Kh1 Ng6 25. Qh5 c4 26. Qe2 cxd3 27. cxd3
Qe7 28. h4 Qe6 29. h5 Ne7 30. g4 h6 31. Rg2 Rf7 32. Qf2 Nc6 33. Qf5 Qxf5 34.
gxf5+ Kf8 35. Kg1 Nb4 36. Rf3 {A sacrifice of the exchange had no decisive
result.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E41"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 b6 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. O-O cxd4 8.
exd4 O-O 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Nxc3 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Be4 Ba6 13. Re1 Qd6 14. Nxd5
exd5 15. Bc2 Rac8 16. Be3 Na5 17. Bd2 Nc6 18. Bc3 Rfe8 19. Qg4 Rcd8 20. h3 Bc4
21. Qf5 g6 22. Qf3 a5 23. Re3 b5 24. b3 b4 25. axb4 axb4 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27.
bxc4 bxc3 28. c5 Qb8 29. Qxc3 Qf4 30. Re1 Rxe1+ 31. Qxe1 Nxd4 32. Qe3 Qxe3 33.
fxe3 Ne6 34. Bb3 Nxc5 35. Bxd5 Nd3 36. Kf1 Kg7 37. Ke2 Ne5 38. h4 Kf6 39. Bb7
Nc4 40. g3 Nd6 41. Bc6 Ke5 42. Kf3 h6 43. Ba4 f5 44. Bc6 Ne4 $4 {Has this move
been played?} 45. Be8 $4 {Leaders: Spassky, Polugaevsky and Karpov 3.} (45.
Bxe4 fxe4+ 46. Kg4 $18) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C75"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 Nge7 7. Bb3 h6 8. Nh4
Na5 9. Bc2 c5 10. dxc5 dxc5 11. Qf3 Ng6 $6 12. Nf5 ({White can make a doubled
pawn for the first time by} 12. Nxg6 $1 fxg6 13. O-O Qf6 14. Qg3 Be7 15. Rd1
Bc6 16. Nd2) 12... Qf6 13. Nd2 Ne7 14. O-O g6 15. Nxe7 Bxe7 16. Qe3 Rd8 17. b3
Qg5 18. Qe2 Bb5 19. c4 Bd7 20. Nb1 {Keres makes an incredible move.} Qh5 $2 {
A doubled pawn can be created for the second time.} (20... Qh4 21. Nc3 Nc6 22.
Nd5 Nd4 23. Qd1 $11) 21. Qxh5 gxh5 22. Nc3 Nc6 23. Nd5 Nd4 24. Bd1 h4 25. f4
Bd6 26. Bh5 Be6 27. fxe5 Bxe5 28. Bf4 Bg7 29. Nc7+ Kd7 30. Rad1 Rhg8 31. h3 Kc6
32. Nd5 Rgf8 33. Be3 Rd7 34. Bf2 f5 35. Bxh4 fxe4 $2 (35... b5 {gives some
counteraction on the queen's side.}) 36. Rxf8 Bxf8 37. Be8 {White wins the
exchange by a pin.} b5 38. Re1 Kb7 39. Bxd7 Bxd7 40. Rxe4 Nf5 41. Bf2 Kc6 42.
Nf6 {Keres had a bad day.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Averkin, Orest"]
[Black "Grigorian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8.
Nb3 b6 9. e4 Bb7 10. Re1 d6 11. a4 Nd7 12. a5 bxa5 13. Nd5 Nb6 14. c3 e6 15.
Ne3 a4 16. Nd2 Ne5 17. Nf3 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Qe7 19. Bg2 Rac8 20. h4 h5 21. Nc2
Rfd8 22. Qe2 Bc6 23. Bg5 Bf6 24. f4 Bxg5 25. hxg5 e5 26. Qf2 Re8 27. Nb4 f6 28.
gxf6 Qxf6 29. Rad1 Rf8 30. Re2 Bb7 31. Bh3 Rcd8 32. f5 Kg7 33. Kh2 gxf5 34.
Bxf5 $2 Bxe4 $1 35. Rxe4 Qxf5 36. Qg2 Qf2 37. Rd2 Qxg2+ 38. Rxg2 a5 $2 39. Nc6
Rc8 40. Nxa5 a3 41. bxa3 Rxc3 42. Rd2 Rf6 43. Nb7 Nc8 44. a4 Rc7 45. Rb4 Kf7
46. a5 Ke7 47. a6 Rc6 48. Ra4 Na7 49. Kh3 Kd7 50. Rb4 Re6 51. Rd5 e4 $6 52.
Rxh5 Rxa6 53. Rh7+ Kc6 54. Nd8+ Kc5 55. Rb1 Re8 56. Rc7+ Kd4 57. Rxa7 Rxa7 58.
Nc6+ Kd3 59. Nxa7 e3 60. Nb5 {The players kept throwing pawns at each other.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Kuzmin, Gennadi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B39"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Qd2 Qa5 11. Rc1 b6 12. Be2 Bb7 13. f3 Be5 14. b3 Bd6
15. Nd5 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 f5 17. Bd3 f4 18. Bf2 O-O 19. e5 Bxe5 20. Nxe7+ Kg7 21.
Nd5 Nc5 22. Rhe1 Rae8 23. Rxe5 Rxe5 24. Bd4 d6 $1 (24... Rfe8 $2 25. Re1 d6 26.
Nxf4) 25. Re1 Bxd5 26. cxd5 Rd8 {Geller has a lot of fun.} 27. b4 (27. g3 Rf8
$11) (27. Bb5 Kf7 $11) 27... Nd7 28. Rc1 Nf6 29. Bxe5 dxe5 30. Rc7+ Kh6 31.
Rxa7 Nxd5 32. a3 Ne3 33. Ke2 $6 Nd5 $6 ({Black did not trust} 33... Nxg2 $5 {
in time pressure.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bb4 7. O-O O-O 8. a3
Bd6 9. Qc2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qe7 11. h3 e5 12. Ba2 a5 13. a4 Bb4 14. Rd1 b6 15.
dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. Bd2 Rad8 18. Be1 Ng6 19. Nf3 Ne5 20. Nd4 Ng6 21. Nf3
Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. Nxe5
Nxe5 9. dxe5 c6 10. c3 Bc5 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Be3 Bf5 13. Nd2 Qb6 14. Nxe4 Bxe4
15. Rfe1 Rad8 16. f3 Bf5 17. Rad1 Bxe3+ 18. Qxe3 Qxe3+ 19. Rxe3 Rd7 20. Kf2
Rfd8 21. Re2 c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Qc2 c5 8.
Nc3 Qc7 9. d4 b5 10. Bf4 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Nd2 $1 Rb8 14. Rc1
Bb7 15. Bxb7 Rxb7 16. Nb3 Qc6 17. Ne4 Qxc2 18. Rxc2 O-O 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 $6 ({
The natural} 19... Nxf6 20. Rc6 Ra7 21. O-O Rd8 22. Rd1 Kf8 {is an acceptable
defence.}) 20. O-O Ne5 21. Rd1 f5 22. Rd6 Ra8 {Polugaevsky has gained
positional advantages. Spassky stands firm.} 23. Na5 ({A better continuation
seems to be} 23. Nc5 Rc7 24. b4 a5 {However} 25. bxa5 $2 Rac8 $1 {is refuted by
} (25... Rxa5 26. Rd8+ Kg7 27. Nxe6+) 26. a6 Nd7 $1 27. Rxd7 Rxd7 28. Nxd7 Rxc2
29. a4 b4 30. a7 Rc8 $19) 23... Rd7 24. Rxd7 Nxd7 25. Rc7 Nf6 26. Nc6 Nd5 27.
Rb7 Rc8 28. Rb8 Rxb8 29. Nxb8 a5 30. Nc6 a4 31. Kf1 Kf8 32. Ke1 Ke8 33. Kd2 Kd7
34. Ne5+ Ke7 35. a3 f6 36. Nc6+ Kd6 37. Nd4 Nc7 38. Kc3 Kc5 39. b4+ Kd6 40. Kd3
Kd5 41. f4 Kd6 42. e4 fxe4+ 43. Kxe4 f5+ 44. Kd3 Kd5 45. Ne2 Ne8 46. Nc3+ Kc6
47. h3 h5 {Boris acted as the 'unmoveable mountain'.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rashkovsky, Nukhim"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. g3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d5 6. Bg2 e5 7. Nf3 d4 8. O-O
Nc6 9. e3 Be7 10. exd4 exd4 11. Bf4 O-O 12. Ne5 Qb6 13. Qb3 $6 Qxb3 $6 (13...
Na5 $1 14. Qxb6 axb6 15. Nd2 Nh5 $1 {gives a slight advantage.}) 14. axb3 {
Blck has to neutralise the pressure on the queen's side.} Bd7 $2 ({The blockade
} 14... Nb4 $1 {is needed.}) 15. Rd1 Rfd8 16. Na3 Nh5 $6 ({A subtle defence
gives} 16... Bc5 17. Nd3 Bf8) 17. Nxd7 Bxa3 $2 ({The last chance is} 17... Rxd7
18. Bh3 Rdd8 19. Bc7 Rdc8 $1 20. Bxc8 Rxc8 21. Bf4 Nxf4 22. gxf4 Rd8 {Black
has positional compensation for the pawn.}) 18. Rxa3 Nxf4 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Ne5
Ne6 21. Nxc6 Rd7 22. b4 Rc8 23. b5 Nd8 24. Rxa7 Rxa7 25. Nxa7 Rxc4 26. b3 $1
Rc7 (26... Rb4 27. Nc6 Nxc6 28. bxc6 Rxb3 29. Rxd4 $18) 27. Rxd4 Ne6 28. b6 Rb7
29. Rb4 Nd8 30. Rc4 Kf8 31. Rc8 Ke7 32. Nc6+ {This was the fifth defeat in a
row for the youth world champion.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Savon, Vladimir"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B44"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Nd4
Bd7 9. Be2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nb3 Rc8 12. Bf4 Ne5 13. Nd2 Bc6 14. Re1 Ng6 15.
Bg3 Qb6 16. Qb3 Qa7 17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. h3 h6 19. a3 b6 20. Bf1 Qb7 21. Bh2 Nf8
22. Rc1 {The leaders: Spassky, Polugaevsky and Karpov 3 1/2.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A12"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. b3 Bg4 4. e3 e5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nxd7 8.
O-O Ngf6 9. Nc3 a6 10. d3 Bb4 11. Bb2 O-O 12. a3 Bd6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4
15. dxe4 Qe7 16. Nd2 b5 17. Re1 Nc5 18. Re3 Rac8 19. Rc1 Ne6 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21.
b4 Bb8 22. g3 Rd8 23. Qc2 Qd7 24. Nf3 Ba7 25. Re2 Qd1+ 26. Kg2 f6 27. Qxd1 Rxd1
28. Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C03"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O c4 8. Re1
Be7 9. c3 Nf6 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. b3 cxb3 13. axb3 c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5
15. Ba3 Bxa3 16. Rxa3 d4 17. cxd4 Qxd4 18. Nc4 Qa7 19. Bf3 Rb8 20. Qd6 Re8 21.
Rxe8+ Nxe8 22. Qe5 Be6 23. h3 Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Averkin, Orest"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D55"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Rc1
c6 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. Ne4 exd4 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Qxd4 Qe7
15. Qe5 Re8 16. Qxe7 Rxe7 17. Rfd1 Bg4 18. b4 Kf8 19. h3 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Rd7 21.
Rxd7 Nxd7 22. Be2 a5 23. b5 c5 24. f4 b6 25. Rd1 Ke7 26. f3 Rc8 27. h4 Nf8 28.
Kf2 Rd8 29. Rxd8 Kxd8 30. Kg3 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. c4 Bd6 8. Kh1
Nc6 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. Be3 e5 11. c5 Be7 12. f3 O-O 13. Nd2 a5 14. Qc2 Nd7 15.
Rfd1 Rd8 16. Bf1 Nf8 17. Nc4 Be6 18. Qc3 Bxc4 19. Bxc4 h6 20. g3 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1
Rd8 22. Rxd8 Bxd8 23. a3 Bg5 24. Bf2 Ng6 25. h4 Bf6 26. Qd2 Be7 27. b4 axb4 28.
axb4 Nf8 29. Kg2 Qd7 30. Qxd7 Nxd7 31. Kf1 Kf8 32. Ke2 Bd8 33. Kd2 b6 34. Kc3
bxc5 35. bxc5 Ba5+ 36. Kb3 Ke7 37. Bf1 Bd2 38. Kc4 h5 39. Be2 g6 40. Bd1 Nf8
41. Kd3 Bc1 42. Ba4 Kd7 43. Bb3 Ne6 44. Be3 Bb2 45. Kc2 Ba1 46. Kd3 Ke7 47. Ba4
{White gained the initiative by the pair of bishops, but it was not enough for
a win.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grigorian, Levon"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. e3 c5 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O d5 8. cxd5
Qxd5 9. Nc3 Qf5 10. d3 b6 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. a3 Rfd8 13. Qc2 Rac8 14. Ne4 Na5 15.
Ned2 Nd7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. b4 Nc6 18. Qb2+ Kg8 19. Nc4 cxb4 20. axb4 b5 21.
Ncd2 Nce5 22. Nd4 Qf6 23. Ne4 Bxe4 24. dxe4 a6 25. f4 Nc4 26. Bxc4 bxc4 27. e5
Qb6 28. Qa2 Qxb4 {The position is equal.} 29. e6 $5 {Grigorian tries to sir up
the fight, but it remains even.} Nf6 30. Qxa6 Qd6 31. Qa2 fxe6 32. Rxc4 Qd5 33.
Ra4 Qxa2 34. Rxa2 Ng4 35. Nxe6 Rd6 36. Ng5 Nxe3 37. Re1 Nd5 38. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. c3 Bb7 4. a4 a6 5. e3 Nc6 6. d4 e6 7. b4 Be7 8. Nbd2 Na7
9. Bd3 O-O 10. e4 d6 11. O-O c5 12. bxc5 dxc5 13. Bb2 Nc6 $6 (13... c4 14. Bc2
{is okay (Botvinnik).}) 14. e5 (14. axb5 axb5 15. Bxb5 Qb6 16. c4 {is
preferred by Botvinnik, but} cxd4 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. Nxd4 Qb6 {equalises.})
14... Nd5 15. axb5 axb5 16. Qb1 cxd4 17. cxd4 h6 18. Bxb5 Qb6 19. Be2 Rxa1 20.
Bxa1 Qa7 21. Nc4 Rb8 22. Bb2 Ba6 23. Qc2 Qb7 {The extra pawn has little value
due to the blockade.} 24. Ba1 $6 (24. Nfd2 $1 Na5 25. Nxa5 Qxb2 26. Qxb2 Rxb2
27. Bxa6 Rxd2 28. Nc6 {keeps a slight advantage.}) 24... Ncb4 25. Qd2 Rc8 26.
Ne3 Nxe3 27. Qxe3 Bxe2 28. Qxe2 Rc2 29. Qd1 Qc6 30. h3 Nd5 31. Qd3 Qa4 32. Nd2
Ra2 33. Nb3 Nb4 34. Qb1 Nd5 35. Rc1 Qa8 36. Rc8+ Qxc8 37. Qxa2 Qc4 38. Qb1 Qe2
39. Qc1 Bg5 40. Qf1 $2 (40. Qb2 $1 Qf3 41. Nc5 $1 Ne3 $1 42. Qb8+ Kh7 43. Qb1+
Kg8 (43... g6 $2 44. Qb7 $1) 44. Qb8+ $11) 40... Qf3 $1 41. h4 {The adjourned
position is lost. Karpov punished an error.} (41. h4 Be3 $1 42. Qg2 Qd1+ (42...
Bxf2+ 43. Qxf2 Qxb3 44. Kh2 $6 Qd3 $1 45. Bb2 Ne3 46. Kh3 h5 $1 47. Qf3 Qd2 $19
{(Botvinnik)}) 43. Kh2 g5 $1 44. Nc5 Qxa1 45. fxe3 Nxe3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kuzmin, Gennadi"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. b4 a5 15.
bxa5 Rxa5 16. Rb1 Ba6 17. axb5 Rxb5 18. Ra1 Rb6 19. Bb3 h6 20. Qc2 ({Tal played
} 20. Ba3 {in round two, and Tukmakov escaped narrowly.}) 20... Bb7 21. Ra5
exd4 22. cxd4 Bxe4 ({A stronger defence gives} 22... d5 $1 23. e5 Bb4 24. Ra7
Ne4 25. Nxe4 dxe4 (25... Bxe1 $2 26. Nc5 $1) 26. Nd2 Re7) 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24.
Rxe4 Rxe4 25. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 26. Qxe4 Nf6 27. Qc2 Qd7 $2 {This allows an attack
on the king.} (27... Kg8 $1 28. Ra7 Nd5 29. Qf5 Rb5 {(Kuzmin).}) 28. Qc4+ Kg6
29. Be3 Rb8 30. d5 Qe7 31. Ra7 Rc8 32. Ra4 Qe8 33. Bd4 Qe4 34. Qa6 Rb8 35. Bxf6
Qb1+ 36. Kh2 Kxf6 37. Qc6 Kg6 38. Qxc7 Rb7 39. Qc8 Be7 40. Nd2 Qb5 41. Qe6+ Bf6
42. Rg4+ Kh7 43. Ne4 Be5+ 44. f4 Bd4 45. Qf5+ ({Kuzmin shows the forced win} 
45. Qf5+ Kh8 46. Qc8+ Kh7 47. Rh4 Qd7 (47... Qe2 48. Qe8) 48. Ng5+ Kg6 49. Qc2+
Qf5 50. Ne4 $1 Rb2 (50... h5 51. Rxh5 $1) 51. Qd3 {He carried out a pleasing
attack.}) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 e5 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. O-O Be7 6. c3 a5 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Qc2
b6 9. b3 Bb7 10. a3 Re8 11. Rd1 Bc5 12. Nf1 e4 13. Ne1 Qe7 {Is Petrosian
familiar with the right of a double step for white pawns?} 14. d4 Bd6 15. a4
Qe6 16. Ne3 Ne7 17. Qd2 c5 18. N1c2 Rad8 19. b4 cxb4 20. cxb4 Nc6 21. Ba3 axb4
22. Nxb4 Na5 23. Rdb1 Rc8 24. Nbc2 Bc7 25. Bb4 Bc6 26. Qe1 Ra8 27. Qf1 Bd7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C73"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8.
Nf3 Nf6 9. O-O Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Re1 Bb7 12. h3 Nd7 13. Nd5 Bf6 14. Rb1 Rb8
15. b3 Re8 16. Bf4 {White has the usual pressure in the Deferred Steinitz.
Black waists a tempo on a weakening move.} h6 $6 ({The immediate} 16... Be5 17.
Nxe5 Nxe5 {looks natural.}) 17. Qd2 Be5 $1 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Bg3 Qd7 20. Rbd1
Bxd5 21. Qxd5 ({More pressure exerts} 21. exd5 $1 f6 22. Qa5 Rb6 23. c4) 21...
Qe6 22. Bxe5 Qxe5 23. Qc6 Qe7 ({Later Keres prefers} 23... Qc3 24. Re2 Qa5) 24.
Re3 (24. e5 $1 Rb6 25. Qa4 dxe5 26. Rd7 $1 Qe6 27. Rxc7 {and White has the
initiative (Keres).}) 24... Rb6 25. Qa4 f6 {The way that Boris lets the
advantage slip, shows too much respect for Keres.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Savon, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb5
d5 9. Nc3 Bf5 10. O-O e6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Na4 O-O 14. Bxc6 bxc6
15. Nc5 a5 16. a4 Rfb8 17. Rc1 Bg4 18. b3 Nd7 19. h3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Rb4 21. Rfd1
h6 22. Nxd7 Qxd7 23. Rd3 Qb7 24. Qe3 Rb8 25. Rcc3 Qb6 26. Kh2 Qc7 27. Qc1 R8b6
28. Qe3 Qe7 29. g3 Qb7 30. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Rashkovsky, Nukhim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B39"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. c4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Qd2 Qa5 11. Rc1 b6 12. Bd3 ({Geller drew with} 12. Be2
{against Kuzmin in the previous roud.}) 12... Bb7 13. Bb1 Rc8 14. b3 f5 15.
exf5 gxf5 16. Nd5 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Nc5 18. Rhe1 e6 19. Nc3 Ne4+ 20. Bxe4 Bxc3+
21. Rxc3 Bxe4 $6 ({Black has no difficulties after} 21... fxe4 $1) 22. Bd4 ({
Tal's suggestion} 22. g4 $6 {can be answered by} Rg8 23. g5 e5) 22... Rf8 ({
Tal hoped for} 22... Rg8 $6 23. Rh3 $1 Rxg2 24. Rxh7) 23. g4 h6 {White has
tactical chances.} 24. h4 Rg8 25. Rg3 $6 ({More pressure exerts} 25. f3 $1 Bb7
$1 ({Tal's move} 25... Bc6 {is less appropriate.}) 26. gxf5 Rg2+ 27. Ke3 $5 Rc6
$1 {Square c6 had to remain open.} 28. f6 d6 29. Rd3 Kf7 30. a3 e5 31. Bc3 Kxf6
$14) 25... Kf7 26. g5 hxg5 27. hxg5 f4 28. Rgg1 Bf5 29. Be5 b5 30. Rc1 bxc4 31.
Rxc4 Rxc4 32. bxc4 Rc8 33. Rc1 Rc5 34. Bxf4 Ra5 35. Ra1 Ra4 36. Be3 Rxc4 37.
Bxa7 Ra4 38. Bb8 Kg6 39. f4 d6 40. Ke3 Ra3+ 41. Kf2 Ra6 42. a4 e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Grigorian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B99"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Bd3 b5 11. Rhe1 Bb7 12. Qg3 $6 b4 13. Nd5 exd5 14. exd5
Kd8 {Again a wild Najdorf is played. White has sacrificed the knight for an
attack in the centre.} 15. Qe3 Re8 16. Nf5 Nxd5 17. Qe2 N7b6 18. Qh5 $1 Bxg5 ({
Avoids} 18... g6 $2 19. Nxe7 Nxe7 20. Qxh7) 19. Qxg5+ f6 20. Rxe8+ Kxe8 21.
Nxg7+ Kf7 22. Qh6 Rg8 23. Re1 Nxf4 $1 (23... Rxg7 $2 24. Qh5+ Rg6 25. Qxh7+ Rg7
26. Qh5+ Kf8 27. Re8# {(Geller).}) 24. Nf5 Nxd3+ 25. Kb1 Nxe1 26. Qxh7+ Ke6 {
The critical position.} 27. Nd4+ $6 ({A stronger variation is} 27. Qxc7 Be4 28.
Nxd6 {but} Nd5 $1 29. Qf7+ Kxd6 30. Qxg8 Nxc2 {brings Black close to equality.}
) 27... Ke5 28. Qxc7 Be4 29. Qxb6 Rxg2 30. Kc1 Rxh2 31. Qxb4 $2 Nxc2 $2 ({Both
players miss} 31... Rxc2+ $1 32. Kd1 Nd3 $1 33. Qb6 Nxb2+ {(Geller).}) 32. Nxc2
Rxc2+ 33. Kd1 f5 34. Qa5+ d5 35. b4 Bd3 36. a4 f4 37. Qd8 f3 38. Qh8+ Ke4 39.
Qh4+ Ke3 40. Qg5+ Kd4 41. Qf6+ Ke3 {A hard fight ends in a perpetual check.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C98"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. d5 Nd8 14. a4 Rb8 15. axb5
axb5 16. b4 c4 ({A quick draw followed after} 16... Nb7 {in Spassky-Korchnoi,
Kiev 1968.}) 17. Nf1 Ne8 18. N3h2 {All pieces have retreated. Hereafter, they
will move forwards. White controls more territory on the king's side.} f6 19.
f4 Nf7 20. Nf3 g6 21. f5 Ng7 22. g4 Bd7 23. Be3 Ra8 24. Qd2 Qb7 25. Rac1 $5 {
Karpov avoids exchanges, because he wants to win. Spassky accupies the a-file
immediately.} Ra2 26. Ng3 Rfa8 27. h4 Bd8 28. Kh1 Bb6 29. Rg1 Bxe3 30. Qxe3 Qa7
31. Qd2 Be8 $2 {Square e8 is blocked for Ng7.} 32. g5 Qe7 33. Rcf1 fxg5 {
Otherwise White will open files.} 34. hxg5 Qd7 35. Nh2 Qd8 36. f6 {Black has
to give put the knight. If it goes to h5, disaster follows.} Bd7 37. fxg7 Qxg5
{The capture of the knight has allowed a counteraction.} 38. Qg2 ({The exchange
} 38. Qxg5 Nxg5 39. Bb1 {is followed by} Rb2 40. Nh5 $1 Bh3 $1 41. Rxg5 Bxf1
42. Ng4 Bg2+ 43. Kg1 Rxb1+ 44. Kxg2 Ra2+ 45. Kf3 Rf1+ 46. Ke3 Re1+ {and
concludes in a perpetual.}) ({Karpov prefers} 38. Qf2 Qe7 39. Nf5 gxf5 40. exf5
{but} e4 $1 41. Ng4 Qg5 {starts counter-play.}) 38... Rb2 39. Rb1 $2 ({White
takes over the initiative by} 39. Qf2 Qe7 40. Ra1) 39... Rba2 40. Qe2 Qh4 {
Suddenly Black has an advantage in the adjourned position.} 41. Rbf1 Bh3 42.
Rf2 Ng5 43. Qe3 Bg4 44. Rgf1 Kxg7 45. Bd1 $5 {Karpov has to strive for
exchanges.} Bxd1 46. Rxd1 Ra1 47. Rdf1 Rxf1+ 48. Rxf1 Ra2 49. Rf2 Ra1+ 50. Rf1
Ra2 51. Rf2 Ra1+ 52. Rf1 Rxf1+ 53. Ngxf1 Qxe4+ 54. Kg1 Qxe3+ 55. Nxe3 Ne4 56.
Nd1 {Black has winning chances.} Nf6 ({More promising is} 56... Kf6 $1 {but}
57. Kg2 Kg5 58. Kf3 Nf6 59. Ne3 e4+ 60. Kf2 $1 Kf4 61. Nhf1 Ke5 62. Ng3 g5 63.
Ngf5 Nxd5 64. Nxd5 Kxd5 65. Nd4 {seems to hold.}) 57. Ne3 h5 58. Nf3 Ne4 59.
Nd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D59"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Rc1 Bb7 11. Bd3 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. O-O Nd7 14. Qe2 Rab8
15. b3 Nb4 16. Bc4 Nb6 17. Nd2 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 Nxc4 19. Nxc4 Ba6 20. h3 Rxd1+ 21.
Rxd1 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Kuzmin, Gennadi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nd5 Nxd5 7. cxd5 Nd4 8.
Nxd4 exd4 9. b3 Be7 10. Bb2 c5 11. O-O d6 12. e3 dxe3 13. fxe3 f5 14. e4 Bf6
15. d4 Bxd4+ 16. Bxd4 cxd4 17. Qxd4 Qb6 18. Qxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rashkovsky, Nukhim"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D87"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Bc4 Bg7 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Rc1 Rd8 12. f4 Na5 ({The immediate} 12...
Bg4 {is usual.}) 13. Bd3 Bg4 $5 {Black wants to counterattack.} 14. f5 $6 ({
Black's plan becomes less effective in} 14. h3 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 cxd4 16. cxd4 Qb6
17. Rb1 {because} Bxd4 $2 {fails.}) 14... cxd4 15. cxd4 Qb6 $1 16. Rb1 Bxd4 $3
17. Rxb6 Bxe3+ 18. Kh1 axb6 $5 {Black has made an exceptional positional
sacrifice.} 19. Qb1 Rac8 $6 ({The enterprising} 19... Bxe2 $6 20. Bxe2 Rd2 {is
spoiled by} 21. Bb5 Nc6 22. Qb3 Bf2 23. a4 $1) (19... Nc6 {gives pressure on
a2.}) 20. e5 $1 Nc4 21. e6 $1 f6 (21... Nd2 $2 22. exf7+ Kf8 23. Qb2 $1 Nxf1
24. Qh8+ $18) 22. fxg6 Ne5 (22... Nd2 $2 23. Qb4 $1 Rxd3 24. Qxe7 $18) 23.
gxh7+ Kh8 24. Bb5 Rd2 25. Qb4 $1 ({Analysts praise} 25. Ng3 $2 Rcc2 26. Ba4 $2
{The great refutation is} Bh3 $1 ({and not} 26... Rxa2 $2 27. Rxf6 $1) 27. Rg1
Ng4) 25... Bxe2 26. Bxe2 Rxe2 27. Qxe7 Rf2 $1 28. Rd1 Bc5 29. Qxb7 Re8 30. h3
Rxa2 31. Rf1 Rf2 32. Ra1 $2 ({The quiet} 32. Rxf2 Bxf2 33. g4 {will draw.})
32... Re2 33. Ra7 Re7 34. Qb8+ Kxh7 35. Rxe7+ Bxe7 36. Qxb6 Ng6 37. Kh2 Nf4 38.
Kg3 Nxe6 {White has lost to many pawns and loses the game eventually.} 39. Kf3
Re5 40. h4 Bc5 41. Qb7+ Kh6 42. Qc8 Nd4+ 43. Kf4 Kg7 44. Kg4 Be7 45. Kf4 Ne6+
46. Kf3 f5 47. Qd7 Nf8 48. Qc7 Ng6 49. g3 Rc5 50. Qa7 Ne5+ 51. Kf4 Kf6 52. Qa8
Rc4+ 53. Ke3 Re4+ 54. Kf2 Nf7 55. Qa1+ Kg6 56. Qa5 Nh6 57. Kf3 Bd6 58. Qd5 Nf7
59. Qa2 Kf6 60. Qa1+ Be5 61. Qa6+ Nd6 62. Qa8 Rg4 63. Qh8+ Ke6 64. Qh6+ Ke7 {
A vigorous novelty was followed by a lengthy battle.} 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Savon, Vladimir"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. d5 d6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Re8
9. Nd2 Na6 10. Kh1 Nc7 11. a4 b6 12. f4 exd5 13. cxd5 {At last the Ben-Oni
pawn structure becomes evident.} Ba6 14. Re1 Bxe2 15. Rxe2 Ng4 16. h3 Qh4 17.
Qf1 f5 18. Nf3 Qh5 19. e5 dxe5 $2 ({Good chances gives the sacrifice} 19...
Rad8 20. Kg1 dxe5 $1) 20. fxe5 Nxe5 21. d6 Nxf3 22. dxc7 Nd4 ({The variation} 
22... Ne5 23. Bf4 g5 24. Bxe5 Bxe5 25. Rae1 {also loses.}) 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24.
Qc4+ Kh8 {Both players have taken great risks.} 25. Bf4 $2 ({The accurate} 25.
Bd2 $1 Qh4 26. Qf7 {wins.}) 25... Qh4 26. Rf1 ({Now} 26. Qf7 {can be answered
by} Re1+ 27. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 28. Kh2 Nf3+ 29. gxf3 Qf2+ $11) 26... Qe7 27. Nb5 Nxb5
28. Qxb5 Qe6 29. Rd1 Bd4 30. b4 Kg7 31. bxc5 bxc5 32. Qb7 Rc8 33. Bg3 g5 34.
Re1 Qd7 35. Bd6 Kg6 $2 {Things go wrong under time pressure.} ({Correct is} 
35... Bf6) 36. Qd5 $2 ({This time} 36. Qa6 $1 {wins.}) 36... Rxc7 $2 (36... Re8
$1 37. Rxe8 Qxe8 38. Bg3 Qe3 39. Qg8+ $11) 37. Re6+ Kg7 38. Qxf5 Qd8 39. Bxc7
Qxc7 40. Qxg5+ Kf7 41. Qf5+ Kg7 42. Re4 Bf6 43. Rg4+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A10"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. e3 d6 7. Be2 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Bg3 Nh5 10. Qc2 $2 ({Correct is} 10. dxc5 Nxg3 11. hxg3 dxc5 12. Qc2 {
(Bagirov-Balashov, Riga 1970).}) 10... g4 $1 11. Nh4 cxd4 12. exd4 Nc6 $1 ({
The greedy} 12... Bxd4 $2 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. Qxf5 Nf6 15. h3 {helps White.}) 13.
d5 Nd4 14. Qd2 e5 15. dxe6 $6 ({Less problems gives} 15. f3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 f5
17. fxg4 fxg4 18. Ne4) 15... Bxe6 16. Rd1 Qg5 17. f4 gxf3 18. Nxf3 Qxd2+ 19.
Rxd2 Nxe2 $6 (19... Nxg3 20. hxg3 Nxe2 21. Kxe2 Bxc4+ {wins a pawn.}) 20. Nxe2
Bxc4 $2 (20... Nxg3 21. Nxg3 Rac8 {keeps a big advantage.}) 21. Bxd6 Rfe8 22.
b3 Ba6 23. Kd1 $1 Nf6 24. Ng3 Ng4 25. Nf5 Bc3 26. Rc2 Rac8 {Smyslov seems to
be in problems, but he finds an incredible escape.} 27. Re1 $3 Bxe1 28. Ne7+
Kh7 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Nxc8 {The rooks have been exchanged.} Bf2 31. Bb8 b6 32.
Nd6 Ne3+ 33. Kd2 Nxg2 34. Bxa7 Kg7 35. a4 Bc5 36. Nc4 Bb4+ 37. Ke2 b5 38. axb5
Bxb5 39. Nd4 Ba6 40. Nc2 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. a4 Qa5 6. Bd2 Qb6 7. Nf3 Bf5 8. e3
Qxb2 9. Bxc4 Bc2 10. Qc1 Qxc1+ 11. Rxc1 Bg6 12. d5 Nbd7 13. a5 Rb8 14. e4 cxd5
15. exd5 Rc8 16. Bb5 e6 17. Ne5 exd5 18. O-O Kd8 19. Nxd7 Nxd7 20. Nxd5 Ba3 21.
Rxc8+ Kxc8 22. Be3 a6 23. Ba4 Bf5 24. Rd1 Ne5 25. Bf4 f6 26. Nb6+ Kb8 27. Nc4
Bb4 28. Nxe5 fxe5 29. Bxe5+ Ka8 30. Bc7 Rc8 31. Bd8 Ba3 32. h3 Rc1 33. Rxc1
Bxc1 34. Bb6 Kb8 35. f3 Bf4 36. g4 Be6 37. Bc2 Bg8 38. Kf2 Bc7 39. Ke3 h6 40.
f4 Bxb6+ 41. axb6 Bd5 42. h4 Kc8 43. Kd4 Bf3 44. g5 hxg5 45. fxg5 Kd7 46. Ke5
a5 47. Ba4+ Ke7 48. Bb5 Kf7 49. Kf5 Ke7 50. Kg6 Kf8 51. Kh7 Kf7 52. Bc4+ Kf8
53. Bb5 Kf7 54. Bc4+ Kf8 {The last of many blunders is made.} 55. Bb5 $4 ({
Zugzwang is used in} 55. Bb3 $1 Be4+ 56. g6 Bf3 57. Ba4 Be4 58. h5 Bd5 59. Kh8
$1 Bc4 60. Bc6 $1) 55... Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Averkin, Orest"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B96"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. Qe2
Nbd7 9. O-O-O b5 10. f5 {Tukmakov's version of the Najdorf.} b4 11. fxe6 bxc3
12. exd7+ Bxd7 $6 (12... Nxd7 $1 13. Qc4 cxb2+ 14. Kb1) 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Qc4 {
Black's pawn structure has been destroyed.} Qxc4 $2 {The endgame is bad.} ({
More chances are offered by} 14... cxb2+ 15. Kb1 Qb7) 15. Bxc4 Bh6+ 16. Kb1 Bf4
$6 (16... cxb2 {is useful.}) 17. b3 Ke7 18. Rd3 Rhg8 19. g3 Be5 20. Rhd1 Rac8
21. Bxa6 Rc7 22. Bc4 Rg4 23. Bd5 h5 24. a4 h4 25. a5 hxg3 26. hxg3 f5 27. exf5
Rc5 28. Bf3 Rxg3 29. a6 Ra5 30. Bb7 Rxd3 31. Rxd3 Kd8 32. Nf3 Kc7 33. b4 $4 (
33. Nxe5 dxe5 34. Rxc3+ {wins a second pawn.}) 33... Ra3 34. Nxe5 dxe5 35. Rd5
f6 36. b5 Bxf5 37. Rc5+ Kb6 38. Rc6+ Kxb5 39. Rxf6 Bh7 40. Re6 Bg8 41. Rxe5+
Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Averkin, Orest"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 e6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
a6 9. Re1 b5 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. d4 bxc4 12. bxc4 c5 13. cxd5 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd5
15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Rac1 Nb6 17. Bf3 Rc8 18. Qb1 Qd7 19. Bxd5 Nxd5 20. Rxc8 Rxc8
21. Rc1 Rxc1+ 22. Qxc1 Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B44"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3
Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Be3 Bd7 12. f4 Qb8 13. Bf3 Ra7 14. Qe2 Rc8 15.
Rac1 Be8 16. Kh1 Nd7 17. Rfd1 Rac7 18. Bg4 Nf8 19. Qf2 Rb7 20. Qf1 Nb4 21. Nab1
Nc6 22. Be2 Rbc7 23. Nd2 Nd7 24. a3 Na7 25. Nf3 Nc5 26. b4 Na4 27. Nxa4 Bxa4
28. Re1 b5 29. Nd2 h6 30. Qg1 bxc4 31. Nxc4 Bb5 32. Bb6 Rb7 33. Be3 Rbc7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. h3 Qc7 8. Bf4
Nh5 9. Be3 e5 10. a4 a5 11. Qd2 Nd7 12. Rad1 Nhf6 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Bc4 b6 15.
Qd6 Ra7 16. Qa3 Ba6 17. Nd2 Rb8 18. Qa2 Nf8 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. Qc4 Ra7 21. Nf3
h6 22. Rd2 Ne6 23. Rfd1 Bf8 24. Ne2 Kg7 25. Ng3 Rab7 26. b3 Re8 27. Rd3 Bb4 28.
c3 Bf8 29. b4 axb4 30. cxb4 b5 31. axb5 Rxb5 32. Bd2 Reb8 33. Rc1 Nf4 34. Bxf4
$2 exf4 35. e5 fxg3 36. exf6+ Kg8 37. fxg3 Rxb4 38. Qxc6 Qxg3 39. Rd2 Rb1 40.
Qc2 $4 Rxc1+ 41. Qxc1 Bc5+ $1 42. Kh1 Be3 43. Qd1 Bxd2 44. Qxd2 Rb1+ 45. Ng1
Qe1 {Geller collapsed before the time control.} 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Grigorian, Levon"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Qa4 Nfd7 8. Na3
Nb6 9. Qc2 Bf5 10. Qc3 Be4 11. c5 N6d7 12. Bf4 b6 13. cxb6 Qxb6 14. Be3 $2 c5
15. dxc5 $2 Qxb2 $1 16. Qa5 Qxe2 17. Rac1 Nc6 18. Qc7 Nde5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20.
Bxe4 dxe4 21. Qxe7 Qh5 22. h4 Rae8 23. Qb7 Nf3+ 24. Kg2 Nxh4+ $1 25. gxh4 Qg4+
26. Kh1 Qxh4+ 27. Kg2 Qg4+ {Top: Spassky 5 1/2, Kuzmin, Karpov, Polugaevsky
and Korchnoi 5.} 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C97"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. b3 Bf8 14. Nf1 g6 15. Bg5
Bg7 {So far the players follow Ciric-Portisch, Amsterdam 1967.} 16. Qd2 cxd4 $6
({Black should play} 16... Bb7 {or}) (16... exd4 17. cxd4 Bb7) 17. cxd4 exd4 ({
It is too late for} 17... Bb7 {due to} 18. d5) 18. Nxd4 Nc6 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20.
Ng3 $6 ({Pressure keeps} 20. Rac1) 20... Bb7 $6 ({After} 20... Nd7 {White has
to exchange the queens.} 21. Qd5 (21. e5 $2 Bb7 $1 22. Be4 d5 23. Rac1 Qe6 24.
Rc7 Bxe5 25. Rxb7 Bxg3) 21... Qxd5 22. exd5) 21. Rac1 Rac8 22. Bb1 Qb6 $2 ({
Correct is} 22... Qd7 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rd1 Ne8 {and Black protects his weak
pawn.}) 23. Be3 Qd8 24. Rxc8 Qxc8 25. Qxd6 Nxe4 26. Bxe4 Bxe4 27. Rc1 $1 Qa8
28. Nxe4 Rxe4 29. Qd7 $1 Re8 30. Rc7 Rf8 {White controls the board.} 31. Ra7 $1
(31. Bc5 $2 Qe4 32. Bxf8 $4 Qe1+ $19 {(Kotov).}) 31... Qe4 32. Rxa6 Be5 33. Rc6
Qb1+ 34. Rc1 Qxa2 35. Qxb5 Qb2 36. Qd3 Ra8 37. Qb1 $1 (37. Rb1 $4 Ra1 $19)
37... Qa3 38. b4 Qa4 39. b5 Bd4 40. Bxd4 Qxd4 41. b6 Rb8 42. Rc6 Rb7 43. Qb3
Kg7 44. g3 Re7 45. Qf3 Re1+ 46. Kg2 Re5 47. Qf6+ Kh6 48. b7 Qd5+ 49. Qf3 Qb5 (
49... Qxf3+ 50. Kxf3 Rb5 51. Rc7 Kg7 52. Ke3 Kf6 53. Kd4 Ke6 54. Kc4 Rb1 55.
Kc5 $18) 50. Qf4+ Kg7 51. Rb6 $1 ({The pointe is} 51. Rb6 Qxb6 52. Qxe5+ f6 53.
Qe7+ Kh6 54. Qe3+) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kuzmin, Gennadi"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 {Kramnik will use the Berlin Defence as a drawing line against
Kasparov many years later.} 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. Ne2 Ne7 11. h3 Ng6 12. Ned4 Be7 13.
Re1 Nh4 14. Nxh4 Bxh4 15. g4 Be7 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. gxf5 f6 18. exf6 gxf6 19. Bf4
Rg8+ 20. Kf1 Rd8 21. Rad1 Rd7 22. c4 Rg7 23. Rxd7 Kxd7 24. Rd1+ Ke8 25. Ke2 Bf8
26. Kf3 Rd7 27. Rxd7 Kxd7 28. Kg4 c5 29. Kh5 c6 30. Bd2 Ke8 31. Bc3 Kf7 32. a4
a6 33. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O O-O 8. Qe2
c5 9. dxc5 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bxc5 11. e4 $1 Nbd7 12. e5 $1 Bxf3 $2 (12... Nd5 13.
Nxd5 exd5 {and it remains a quiet variation.}) 13. gxf3 Nh5 14. Rd1 Qe7 15. f4
g6 {Black wants to play the blockading Nf5-g7, but White charges.} 16. f5 $1
exf5 17. e6 $1 Ndf6 18. exf7+ Kg7 19. Qxe7 Bxe7 20. Nb5 Rac8 21. Bb3 a6 22. Nd4
Rxf7 23. Be3 Ng4 24. Bxf7 $6 (24. Ne6+ $1 Kh8 25. Bxb6 {keeps a big positional
advantage.}) 24... Kxf7 25. Rac1 Rc5 26. Kg2 Nhf6 $6 {Now White regroups.} (
26... Nxe3+ 27. fxe3 {causes a weakness.}) 27. Bd2 $1 Rd5 28. Be1 a5 29. Nf3
Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Ne4 31. Nd2 Nd6 32. b3 Ne5 33. Nb1 Ke6 34. Nc3 Nef7 35. f3 Bd8
36. Bf2 Nc8 37. Nb5 Ncd6 38. Nd4+ Kd7 39. Bg3 Be7 40. Kf1 Bf6 41. Nb5 Be7 42.
h4 Ke6 43. Nd4+ Kd7 44. Kg2 Bf6 45. Nb5 Be7 46. a4 {Black's mobility has been
confined.} h6 ({In the alternative} 46... Ke6 47. Nd4+ Kd7 48. h5 Bf6 49. Nb5
Be7 50. hxg6 hxg6 51. Bf2 Bd8 52. f4 {Black cannot defend the weak pawns b6
and g6 eventually.}) 47. h5 $1 gxh5 ({The pointe is} 47... g5 48. Bf2 Bd8 49.
Nxd6 Nxd6 50. Bd4 Ke6 51. Bg7 Nf7 52. Bxh6 $1) 48. Bf2 Bd8 49. Nd4 f4 50. Ne2
Kc6 51. Nxf4 h4 52. Ng6 Nb7 53. f4 Bf6 54. Rc1+ Nc5 55. Kh3 Nd6 56. Bxc5 bxc5
57. Nxh4 h5 58. Nf3 Kd5 59. Rd1+ Bd4 60. Nd2 Ke6 61. Kg3 Nf5+ 62. Kf3 h4 63.
Nc4 Bc3 64. Kg4 Bb4 65. Rd3 {The tournament has begun for Petrosian too. After
seven draws, he beats the leader.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Rashkovsky, Nukhim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B96"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. Bd3
Nbd7 $6 ({Later Rashkovsky finds the proper order of moves} 8... b5 9. Qe2 b4
10. Nd1 Nbd7) 9. Qe2 b5 10. O-O-O Bb7 ({Now} 10... b4 $6 {can be answered by}
11. Nd5 exd5 12. exd5+ Be7 13. Rhe1 {and White has a strong attack.}) 11. Rhe1
Be7 12. e5 $1 ({Savon played the quiet} 12. Kb1 {in round two.}) 12... dxe5 13.
fxe5 Nd5 14. Bxe7 $5 Nxc3 15. Qg4 $1 ({Keres' suggestion} 15. bxc3 Kxe7 16. Qg4
{is met by} Bd5) 15... Nxd1 16. Nxe6 $1 {Spassky keeps on capturing.} Qc6 $2 {
Black should go on capturing.} (16... fxe6 $1 17. Bd6 Qb6 $1 18. Qxe6+ Kd8 19.
Bf5 Bc6 20. Qe7+ Kc8 21. Qxg7 Rd8 22. Rxd1 Qe3+ 23. Kb1 Qe2 24. Rc1 Qd2 25.
Qxh7 {and a dynamic equality.}) 17. Nxg7+ Kxe7 18. Qg5+ f6 19. exf6+ Kd8 20.
f7+ Kc7 21. Qf4+ {Boris scored a wonder-working victory.} (21. Qf4+ Kb6 22. Re6
$18) (21. Qf4+ Qd6 22. Ne6+ Kc6 23. Be4+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Savon, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. b3 Bg7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Nc3
d5 9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. d4 cxd4 13. Qxd4+ Qxd4 14. Nxd4
Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Rc8 16. Rac1 Nd7 17. Rfd1 Nf6 18. e3 a6 19. a4 Ne4 20. Nc6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kuzmin, Gennadi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B93"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Qc7 7. a4 g6 8. Nf3
Bg4 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Bg7 12. O-O O-O 13. Bd2 e6 14. Ne2 Rac8 15.
Kh1 e5 16. Nc3 exf4 17. Bxf4 Nb4 18. Bd2 Nd7 19. Qg3 Qc6 20. Bg5 Rce8 21. Rad1
Ne5 22. Qh4 Nexd3 $2 ({Kotov prefers} 22... Re6 {and ..f6.}) 23. cxd3 Qd7 24.
Bf6 a5 $6 {Black should exchange. Now White gets time to strengthen the centre.
} 25. d4 $1 Re6 26. e5 d5 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Rf6 h6 (28... Rxf6 29. exf6+ {is
even worse.}) 29. Rdf1 Rxf6 30. Rxf6 Re8 31. Ne2 $5 ({A pawn wins} 31. Rd6 {
but White wants more.}) 31... Nc6 ({After} 31... Qxa4 $2 32. Ng3 $1 {the
threat 33.Nf5+ is too strong.}) 32. Rd6 Qf5 33. Ng3 Qd3 34. Rxd5 Re6 35. Qf4 $2
(35. Qg4 Kf8 36. Qf4 $18) 35... Re7 $2 (35... Qc4 $1 36. Rd7 Nxe5 $1 37. Rxb7
Qxa4 $11) 36. Kh2 Kg8 37. Qxh6 Qc4 38. Ne4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Averkin, Orest"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E07"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 Nbd7 7. b3 c6 8. Ba3
b6 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nc3 Ba6 11. Rc1 Rac8 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Qd2 Rc7 14. Qb2 Rfc8
15. Rfd1 Ne4 16. Nxe4 Rxc1 17. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 18. Qxc1 dxe4 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. dxe5
Bxe2 21. Bxe4 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E88"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 c6 8. Bd3 cxd5
9. cxd5 Ne8 10. Qd2 f5 11. Nge2 f4 12. Bf2 Na6 13. O-O-O Bd7 14. Kb1 Nec7 15.
Nc1 b6 16. Bc2 Rf7 17. Nd3 Qe8 18. Rc1 Rc8 19. b4 Nb5 20. Nxb5 Bxb5 21. Nb2
Rfc7 22. a4 Bd7 23. Bd3 b5 24. a5 Bf6 25. Rxc7 Rxc7 26. Rc1 Rxc1+ 27. Kxc1 Qc8+
28. Kb1 Qb7 29. Qc3 ({Sources give the unlikely} 29. Qc1) 29... Kf7 30. Bf1 Be7
31. Ka2 Nc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rashkovsky, Nukhim"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E91"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 c6 7. O-O a6 8. Re1 b5
9. e5 Ne8 10. Bg5 Ra7 {Tigran's opening is provocative.} 11. h3 Rb7 12. cxb5
axb5 13. Rc1 Qa5 14. d5 c5 $6 ({Black should play} 14... b4 $1 15. dxc6 Nxc6
16. Ne4 Bf5 17. Nxd6 $1 exd6 18. Rxc6 dxe5) 15. Bxb5 Rxb5 $4 {Petrosian
blunders terribly.} ({Correct is} 15... f6 16. exf6 exf6 17. Rxe8 Rxe8 18. Bxe8
fxg5) 16. Nxb5 Qxb5 17. Bxe7 $1 Nd7 18. e6 Ndf6 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. Ng5 fxe6 21.
Nxe6+ Kg8 22. Qf3 Bh6 23. Nc7 Nxc7 24. Qxf6 Bf8 25. Rcd1 Qd7 26. Re3 Bb7 {
Rashkovsky offers a draw in a won position due to time trouble.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Savon, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nfxd7 8.
d5 Na6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 ({Savon played} 10. f5 {against Hort in Petropolis
1973.}) 10... Nc7 11. Rd1 b5 $1 12. Nxb5 Nxb5 13. Qxb5 Rb8 14. Qe2 ({A slight
advantage keeps} 14. Qa4 Bxb2 15. Bxb2 Rxb2 16. Rab1) 14... Bxb2 15. Bxb2 Rxb2
16. e5 $2 ({The cautious} 16. Rd2 Qa5 17. c4 {leads to exchanges.}) 16... Nb6
17. Ng5 dxe5 18. fxe5 {Black takes over the attack in the centre.} Nxd5 $1 19.
e6 ({Kotov analyses} 19. Qe4 e6 20. Qh4 h5 21. c4 $2 Rxg2+ $1 $19) 19... f6 20.
Nxh7 $1 Kxh7 21. Qc4 Kg7 22. Rxd5 Rxc2 $1 23. Rxd8 Rxc4 24. Rd7 Re8 25. Rxa7 f5
26. Re1 $2 ({White has to play the endgame actively with} 26. a4 $1 Kf6 27. a5
Kxe6 28. Ra6+ Kf7 29. Rc6 Ra8 30. a6 Ra7 31. Re1 $1) 26... Rc2 $1 27. Kf1 Kf6
28. Re2 Rxe2 29. Kxe2 Kxe6 30. Ra6+ {Black makes a wise move in the rook
endgame.} Kd5 $1 31. Rxg6 Ra8 32. h4 Rxa2+ 33. Kf3 e5 34. Rg8 Ra3+ 35. Kf2 c4
36. h5 Ra6 $1 37. Rd8+ Ke4 38. Rc8 Kd3 39. g4 ({More resistance offers} 39.
Rd8+ $1 Kc3 40. Re8 e4 41. g4 fxg4 42. Rxe4 Rh6 43. Re5 (43. Rxg4 Rxh5 44. Ke2
Rd5 $19) 43... Kd4 44. Rg5 c3 45. Ke2 Re6+ 46. Kd1 Kd3 47. Rd5+ Kc4 48. Rg5
Rd6+ 49. Kc1 Rf6 $1 50. Rg6 (50. Rxg4+ Kb3 51. Rg1 Ra6 $19) 50... Rf1+ 51. Kc2
Rf2+ 52. Kc1 Rh2 {Then Black changes the g- and h-pawns and reaches a
theoretical win.}) 39... fxg4 40. Kg3 Rd6 41. Kxg4 c3 42. Kg5 c2 43. h6 Rd7 44.
Kg6 {Korchnoi played a great rook ending.} ({After} 44. Kg6 Kd2 45. h7 Rxh7 46.
Kxh7 c1=Q 47. Rxc1 Kxc1 {Black wins with the last pawn.}) 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 dxc6 7. Bf4 {
Smyslov plays a new move in a rare variation. He has a slight initiative.} Nd7
8. Nd2 e5 9. Bg3 Bd6 10. Nc4 Bc7 11. Qf3 O-O 12. O-O Qe7 13. c3 Nc5 14. Bc2 a5
15. Rfd1 f6 16. Ne3 g6 17. h4 $6 {White tries to start an attack.} ({A minimal
advantage keeps} 17. Bh4 Be6 18. h3) 17... Be6 18. h5 a4 19. Bh4 Qg7 20. Ng4 $2
(20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Bg3 $11) 20... gxh5 $1 {Spassky outwits Smyslov tactically.
This has happened several times in their games.} 21. Nxf6+ ({The exchanges} 21.
Ne3 Bg4 22. Nxg4 hxg4 23. Qf5 Qg6 {lead to a poor endgame for White.}) 21...
Kh8 22. Qe3 Bb6 $1 23. Nxh5 Qg6 24. Qg5 Qxg5 25. Bxg5 Bg4 {A fork crowns the
combination.} 26. Nf6 (26. Bf6+ $1 Kg8 27. Be7 Bxh5 28. Bxf8 Rxf8 29. Rd2 {
prolongs the game.}) 26... Bxd1 27. Rxd1 h6 $1 28. Bh4 Bd8 29. Rxd8 Raxd8 30.
b4 Rd2 31. bxc5 Rxc2 32. Nd7 Rf4 33. Bf6+ Rxf6 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B36"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8.
Be3 Bg7 9. f3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. Nd5 Qxa2 13. Nxe7+ Kh8 14. Bd4
Rae8 15. Qc3 Nh5 16. Bxg7+ Nxg7 17. b3 Qa6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. cxd5 Qb6 20. Kd1 f5
21. Bd3 Kg8 22. Rc2 fxe4 23. fxe4 Nh5 24. Re1 Nf6 25. e5 $2 Ng4 $1 26. e6 Ne3+
27. Kc1 Nxc2 28. Bxc2 Rc8 29. Qd3 Qa5 30. Kd1 Rf5 31. b4 Qa1+ 32. Kd2 Rxc2+ 33.
Qxc2 Rxd5+ 34. Ke2 Re5+ 35. Kf3 Qxe1 {The youth world champion scored his
first win.  Top: Spassky 6 1/2, Korchnoi and Karpov 6.} 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 b6 5. Nc3 Bb7 6. f3 Nc6 7. e4 e6 8. Be3
Qb8 9. Qd2 Bc5 10. Be2 O-O 11. Rd1 Ne5 12. Ndb5 a6 13. Nd6 Bc6 14. a3 Ne8 15.
Nxe8 Rxe8 16. b4 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Qc7 18. O-O Rac8 19. Rc1 d6 {White starts an
attack in the centre.} 20. Nd5 $1 exd5 (20... Bxd5 $5 21. cxd5 Qb7 22. f4 Ng6
23. dxe6 fxe6 24. Bh5 {results in a positional problem.}) 21. cxd5 b5 $2 {A
blunder costs a pawn.} ({Khalifman analyses} 21... Qb7 22. dxc6 Rxc6 {The
d-pawn is weak.}) 22. f4 Nc4 23. Bxc4 bxc4 24. Rxc4 Qd7 25. Rxc6 Rxc6 26. dxc6
Qxc6 27. Rc1 Qb7 28. Qd4 h6 29. Rc4 Qb5 30. h3 a5 31. bxa5 Qxa5 32. Qxd6 Rd8
33. Qb4 Qa7+ 34. Kh2 Qe3 35. e5 Rd3 36. Qb1 Rd8 37. a4 h5 38. Qe4 Qb6 39. Rc6
Qd4 40. Rc4 Qb6 41. Rb4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Grigorian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. d5 N8d7 7. Bg5 Nf6 8.
Nc3 g6 9. a4 a5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxf6 exf6 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 13. O-O Be7 14. Nb5
O-O 15. c3 f5 16. Re1 Nc5 17. Nd2 Bf6 18. Nc4 Ra6 19. Qc2 Qd7 20. f4 Rc8 21.
Re3 Kg7 22. Kh1 Bd8 23. Rae1 Ne4 24. b3 Rc5 25. Rd3 Rxb5 26. axb5 Qxb5 27. Nb2
Nc5 28. c4 Qb4 29. Rde3 Bf6 30. Rb1 Ne4 31. Rd1 Qc5 32. Re2 b5 33. cxb5 Qxb5
34. Na4 Ra8 {White exerts some pressure.} 35. g3 $2 ({A beautiful finale is} 
35. g4 $1 Rc8 $1 36. Qd3 Qxd3 37. Rxd3 Bh4 38. Kg2 fxg4 $1 39. Rxe4 Rc2+ 40.
Kf1 Rc1+ {Black delivers a perpetual check.}) 35... Rb8 36. Rd3 $2 ({The last
chance is} 36. Re3 Bd4 $1 37. Rxe4 fxe4 38. Qxe4 Bf6 39. Rd3) 36... Rc8 $1 37.
Qxc8 Qxd3 38. Qc4 Qd1+ 39. Kg2 Bd4 40. Qc2 Qg1+ 41. Kh3 Qf1+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Averkin, Orest"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. b3 Bb7 4. Bb2 e6 5. e3 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. Nc3
c5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. d4 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Nc6 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Qxd8
Rfxd8 15. Bb2 Nb4 16. Rfd1 Nxa2 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Ra1 Nb4 19. Rxa7 Bd5 20. Nd4
h6 21. Rc7 Ra8 22. Bf1 Bd6 23. Rc1 Be5 24. Ra1 Rxa1 25. Bxa1 Bf6 26. Bc4 Bxc4
27. bxc4 Kf8 28. Kf1 Ke7 29. Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C87"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. d4
Nd7 $5 9. Be3 $1 {White secures a slight plus in the deviant Ruy Lopez.} Bf6
10. Nbd2 Re8 $5 11. d5 Ne7 12. b4 $1 g6 (12... Ng6 13. g3 b5 14. Bb3 Nb6 {
continues in the style of Staunton.}) 13. c4 c6 14. Rc1 Bg7 $2 (14... cxd5 15.
cxd5 {(Geller).}) 15. c5 $1 dxc5 16. bxc5 ({A great alternative is} 16. d6 $1
b5 17. Bb3 c4 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. Nxc4) 16... cxd5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Bg5 Ne7 19.
Ne4 h6 20. Nd6 $1 hxg5 {One sacrifice comes after another.} 21. Nxf7 $3 Qa5 ({
The greedy} 21... Kxf7 22. Nxg5+ Kf6 23. Nh7+ Kf7 24. Bb3+ {leads to mate.})
22. N7xg5 Rf8 23. Bxd7 Qxa2 24. Re2 Qa3 25. Re3 Qb4 (25... Qa2 26. Rc2 Qd5 27.
Rd3 {(Geller).}) 26. Bxc8 Raxc8 27. Qd7 Nf5 ({A wonderful final is} 27... Rfe8
28. Qe6+ Kh8 29. Nf7+ Kh7 30. N3g5+ Kg8 31. Nh6+ Kh8 32. Qg8+ Nxg8 33. Nhf7#)
28. Qe6+ Kh8 29. Qxg6 {Geller won in his grand style.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Grigorian, Levon"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O c5 7. d5 exd5 8. Nh4
O-O 9. Nc3 Re8 10. Nf5 Na6 $6 11. Bg5 Rb8 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Bxd5 Bc6 14. Bxc6
dxc6 15. Qa4 Nb4 16. a3 b5 17. cxb5 cxb5 18. Nxb5 Nbd5 19. Nc3 Qe5 20. Bxf6
Nxf6 21. Qc2 h5 $6 22. Rad1 c4 23. e3 Red8 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rd1 Rxd1+ 26.
Qxd1 Qf5 27. f3 h4 28. g4 Qc8 29. Qd4 Qb7 30. g5 Nh7 $6 31. Ne4 $6 Nf8 32. Qxc4
Qxb2 33. Nd6 Ne6 34. Qc8+ Nf8 35. Qc4 Ne6 36. Qc8+ Nf8 37. Nf5 $6 Qe5 $6 38. f4
Qe4 39. Kf2 h3 40. Nh4 g6 41. Nf3 Qd3 42. Qxh3 $2 Qc2+ 43. Kg3 Qc1 44. a4 Qxe3
45. f5 Qc5 {Leaders: Spassky, Korchnoi and Karpov 6 1/2.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c6 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 Bb4 $5 5. Nxe5 O-O $5 6. Nd3 Bxc3 7. dxc3
Nxe4 8. Be2 ({The more ambitious} 8. Nf4 {stems from Korchnoi-Malich,
Kapfenberg 1970.}) 8... d5 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Be3 Nd7 11. Qb3 Ndf6 12. O-O Re8
13. Rfe1 Qf5 14. Bf1 b6 15. Qa4 Bd7 16. f3 c5 17. Qd1 Ng5 18. Qd2 h6 19. h4 Ne6
20. Qf2 Bc6 21. Qg3 Bb5 22. Nf2 Bxf1 23. Kxf1 Rad8 24. Ng4 Nxg4 25. Qxg4 Qxg4
26. fxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kuzmin, Gennadi"]
[Black "Rashkovsky, Nukhim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B93"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Qc7 7. a4 g6 8. Nf3
Nbd7 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qe1 b6 12. Kh1 Bb7 13. Qh4 e5 14. f5 $5 Nc5 $2
({Correct is} 14... gxf5 15. exf5 Rae8) 15. Bg5 Ncd7 16. Nd2 Nh5 17. Bc4 Kh8
18. f6 Ndxf6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Rxf6 b5 21. g4 Nxf6 22. Qxf6+ Kg8 23. Nd5 Bxd5
24. Bxd5 Qxc2 25. Nf3 Qf2 26. axb5 (26. Bxa8 {is good enough.}) 26... Rac8 27.
Bc6 $2 ({An attack on both wings results from} 27. bxa6 $1 Rc2 28. Rg1 Rxb2 29.
h4) 27... axb5 28. Bd5 b4 29. b3 Rc7 30. g5 Rfc8 31. Ng1 Qxf6 32. gxf6 h6 33.
Bc4 Rxc4 34. bxc4 Rxc4 35. Ra8+ Kh7 36. Rf8 g5 37. Rxf7+ Kg6 38. Rd7 Rxe4 39.
Rxd6 Kf7 40. Nf3 b3 41. Rb6 g4 42. Nh4 b2 43. Kg2 b1=Q 44. Rxb1 Kxf6 45. Kg3
Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E41"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 b6 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. O-O cxd4 8.
exd4 Bb7 9. d5 Ne5 10. Bf4 Nxd3 11. Qxd3 exd5 12. cxd5 O-O 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Nxc3
Re8 15. Bd6 Ng4 16. Qg3 Nh6 17. Rfe1 Nf5 18. Qf4 Qf6 19. Be5 Qg6 20. Qa4 a6 $2
{Blacks setes a trap.} 21. Bf4 $2 (21. Qxd7 Re7 22. Bb8 $3 ({the trap is} 22.
Qa4 $2 Rae8)) 21... b5 22. Qb4 Rec8 23. Qe4 h5 24. Qd3 Rc4 25. Re4 Nh4 26. Bg3
Rxe4 27. Nxe4 Nxg2 28. Kxg2 h4 29. Rd1 hxg3 30. hxg3 Rc8 31. f3 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Savon, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B39"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Qd2 d6 11. Be2 Bd7 12. O-O O-O 13. f4 Bc6 14. f5 $5 ({
Flohr played the quiet} 14. Bf3 {versus Larsen in Nordwijk 1969.}) 14... Nc5
15. Bf3 a5 {When Spassky has an advantage in the Sicilian Defence, the win is
not self-evident, as it seemed in the previous games.} 16. Bh6 $6 ({A
positional plus keeps} 16. Nd5 $1) 16... Qb6 ({Risk takes} 16... Bxh6 17. Qxh6
Qb6 18. Qe3 Qxb2 19. e5 $5 (19. Rab1 Qa3 20. e5 dxe5 21. Qxe5 Nd7 22. Qe3 Qc5
23. Qxc5 Nxc5 $11) 19... Bxf3 20. Qxf3 {plays for a win.}) 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18.
Kh1 f6 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Nd7 21. a4 Ne5 $1 22. Qc3 Qb4 {Both parties want
to exchange.} 23. Qxb4 axb4 24. b3 b6 25. Rae1 Rh8 26. Re3 Rag8 27. Bd1 Kf7 28.
Rh3 Kf8 29. Kg1 gxf5 30. Rxf5 Rg5 31. Rf2 h5 32. Rh4 Kg7 33. Re4 h4 34. Kf1 $6
{White chooses the wrong waiting move.} h3 $1 35. g4 $6 ({Avoids} 35. g3 $2
Rxg3 $1) ({It is difficult to find} 35. Kg1 {under time pressure.}) 35... Rh4
36. Rff4 $6 (36. Re3 $1 Kf7 37. Rf4 $1 {repairs the position.}) 36... Ng6 37.
Rf3 f5 $1 38. Re6 $2 ({A fortress builds} 38. Rd4 Rhxg4 39. Rxg4 fxg4 40. Rg3
Ne5) 38... Rhxg4 $1 39. Ke1 Rg1+ 40. Kd2 R1g2+ $6 ({Black wins by} 40... R5g2+
41. Re2 Rh1 42. Rxf5 (42. Rxh3 Rxd1+ 43. Kxd1 Rxe2 44. Kxe2 Nf4+) 42... Rhxh2
$19) 41. Re2 Kf6 42. Kc1 Rxe2 43. Bxe2 Rg2 44. Bd3 Ne5 ({The king enters the
centre masterly by} 44... Ke5 $1) 45. Rxh3 Nxd3+ 46. Rxd3 Rxh2 47. Re3 f4 48.
Re6+ Kg5 49. Rxe7 f3 50. Kd1 Rb2 51. Ke1 Rxb3 52. Re6 Rb1+ 53. Kf2 b3 54. Rxd6
b2 (54... b5 $1 {wins masterly, but the text is good enough.}) 55. Rxb6 Rh1 $1
56. Kxf3 b1=Q 57. Rxb1 Rxb1 58. Ke4 Kf6 59. Kd4 Ra1 60. Kc5 Rxa4 61. Kb5 Ra1
62. Kc6 Ke7 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 d5 4. Qe2 $5 {Chigorin opened similarly with 1.e4 e6
2.Qe2!? c5 3.g3 against Tarrasch in St. Petersburg 1893.} dxe4 5. dxe4 b6 $6 ({
Swift development continues with} 5... Nc6) 6. Nc3 Bb7 7. Bf4 a6 8. Rd1 Nd7 9.
g3 Be7 10. Bh3 h5 $2 ({Black misjudges the position. He has to play} 10... Ngf6
{at once.}) 11. Ne5 Ngf6 {Two pieces are sacrificed for the second time in
this round.} 12. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 13. Bxe6+ $1 Kf8 (13... Kxe6 14. Qc4+ Nd5 15.
Rxd5 $1 Bxd5 16. Qxd5+ Kf6 17. Qf5#) 14. O-O ({Later Tal finds} 14. e5 $1 Bxh1
15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 17. f3 h4 18. g4) 14... Qc8 15. Rxd7 $1 Nxd7 16.
Rd1 Bc6 17. Nd5 Qb7 (17... Ra7 $5 18. Qf3 $1 Bf6 19. Bd6+ Ke8 20. Nxf6+ gxf6
21. Qf5) 18. e5 Ke8 {Mischa plays for the gallery, like his mother, the
actress.} 19. Bf7+ ({The forced win is} 19. Bxd7+ Qxd7 20. e6 Qxd5 $5 21. Rxd5
Bxd5 22. Qe5 $1 Bc6 23. Qc7 Bb5 24. c4 $1 Ba4 25. b3 {(Tal).}) 19... Kxf7 20.
e6+ Kf8 21. Nxe7 Nf6 $1 22. Bd6 Ke8 23. Nf5 Be4 24. Nh4 Rd8 ({Complete
consolidation gives} 24... g5 $1 25. Be5 Ke7 $1 26. Qe3 Rad8 27. Re1 Rhg8) 25.
f3 Qc6 26. fxe4 Rxd6 27. Rxd6 Qxd6 28. Nf5 Qc6 29. Qxa6 Kd8 ({Black wins by} 
29... Rg8 30. Qa7 Qxe6 31. Nxg7+ Rxg7 32. Qxg7 Qd6 $1 {(Tal).}) 30. Qa7 Qxe6
31. Qb8+ Qc8 32. Qd6+ Qd7 33. Qb8+ Qc8 34. Qd6+ ({Black accepts perpetual
check. Who will dare to play} 34. Qd6+ Nd7 35. Nxg7 Qb7 36. e5 Rh7 37. Ne6+ Kc8
38. Nf8 Rg7 39. e6 Nb8 40. Ng6 Qf3 41. Ne7+ Rxe7 42. Qxe7 Qd1+ {under time
pressure?}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B96"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qe2
Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. f5 b4 11. fxe6 bxc3 12. exd7+ Nxd7 $1 {Polugaevsky
improves on Averkin in round seven.} 13. Qc4 cxb2+ 14. Kb1 Qxc4 15. Bxc4 Ne5
16. Bd5 Rb8 17. Bf4 f6 18. Rhe1 Be7 $6 (18... a5 19. Nc6 Nxc6 20. Bxc6+ Kf7 21.
Bd5+ {ends in perpetual check.}) 19. Re3 Bd8 20. h3 Bd7 21. Rb3 Bb6 22. Nf5
Bxf5 23. exf5 Ke7 24. Kxb2 Bc5 25. Re1 a5 26. Re4 Rb4 27. a3 Rxb3+ 28. cxb3 Rc8
29. b4 axb4 30. axb4 Bb6 31. Kb3 Rc7 32. Ka4 Rc2 33. Kb5 Bf2 34. Ka6 Kd7 35.
Bxe5 dxe5 36. Rg4 Kd6 37. Bb7 Rc7 38. b5 Rc3 39. Bf3 Ra3+ 40. Kb7 Ra7+ 41. Kb8
Re7 {Polugaevsky defended well in the endgame.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 Nc6 7. Be2 e5 8. Nb3
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 Nb4 11. Kh1 Be6 12. f5 Bd7 13. Bg5 Bc6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15.
Bc4 Rc8 16. Qe2 Qc7 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Nd2 $5 Nxc2 19. Rac1 Nd4 20. Qg4 $2 Qe7
21. Nf3 b5 22. axb5 axb5 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. Bxd5 Nc2 $1 25. h4 Ne3 26. Qh5 Rxc1
27. Rxc1 Nxd5 28. exd5 e4 29. Re1 Re8 30. Qg4 Bxb2 31. Re3 h6 32. Nd2 Qa7 33.
Rxe4 Qa1+ 34. Kh2 Rxe4 35. Nxe4 Be5+ 36. g3 Qa2+ 37. Kh3 Qxd5 38. Qf3 Kf8 39.
Qe3 Bd4 40. Qf4 Qe5 41. Qf3 d5 42. Nd2 b4 43. Nb3 Bc3 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Nc3 Na5 11. Ba2 b4 12. Ne2 c5 13. c3 c4 14. Ng3 cxd3 15. Bg5
h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Re3 bxc3 18. bxc3 Qc7 19. Rxd3 Rad8 20. Ne1 g6 21. Nc2 Bg7
22. Ne3 Kh8 23. Rb1 Bc8 24. Rb2 Nb7 25. Nd5 Qd7 26. Nb6 Qc7 27. Nxc8 Rxc8 28.
h4 Nc5 29. Rd5 h5 30. Rbd2 Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 d6 4. Bb2 e5 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 Bg4 8. Nd5
Nf6 9. Re1 Nxd5 10. Bxd5 O-O 11. c3 Bf6 12. h3 Bh5 13. Qe2 Qd7 $2 {A blunder
costs a pawn.} 14. Nxe5 $1 Nxe5 15. Qxh5 Nd3 16. Re3 $1 Nf4 $5 ({The pointe is
} 16... Nxb2 $6 17. Rb1) 17. Qg4 $1 Qxg4 18. hxg4 Nxd5 19. exd5 b5 20. Rb1 Rfb8
21. d3 a5 22. c4 Bxb2 23. Rxb2 bxc4 24. dxc4 Re8 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Kf1 {The
rook ending is highly subtle.} h6 $1 ({After} 26... Kf8 27. Re2 Ra8 28. g5 $1
a4 29. bxa4 $1 Rxa4 30. Rc2 {the white king moves to the queen's side
undisturbed.}) 27. Re2 Ra8 28. Re7 $1 a4 ({The alternative} 28... Kf8 {is
refuted by} 29. Rb7 a4 30. b4) 29. Rd7 axb3 30. axb3 Ra6 31. Ke2 $2 ({Keres
presents the win} 31. Rd8+ $1 Kh7 32. Ke2 Rb6 33. Kd2 $1 {The black king
cannot protect pawn d6.}) 31... Kf8 32. Rb7 Ra2+ 33. Ke3 Rb2 34. g3 Ke8 35. f4
Rg2 36. Kf3 Rc2 37. f5 (37. g5 hxg5 38. fxg5 g6 {has no use.}) 37... Rc1 38.
Ke3 Rg1 39. Kf2 Rc1 40. Kf3 Rf1+ 41. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Grigorian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. d4 Be7 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Qc2 Qe7 $6 10. a3 Bb6 11. Nbd2 Nf6 $2 {The knight moves away from
the centre unforced.} ({After} 11... O-O $1 12. e4 Nf6 13. e5 Nd5 14. b4 Bd7 {
Black is able to develop the queen's side.}) 12. Nc4 Bc7 13. b4 O-O 14. b5 Na5
15. Nce5 {White controls the board.} Bd6 $2 ({Polugaevsky advices} 15... a6 {
It is difficult to find a proper defence. I suggest} 16. a4 Bd6 17. Bd2 Qc7 $1
18. Qxc7 Bxc7 19. Bb4 Re8 20. Rac1 Bxe5 21. Nxe5 axb5 22. axb5 Nb3 $1 23. Rc4
Nd5 24. e4 Nxb4 25. Rxb4 Nc5 26. Rc1 b6) 16. Bd2 b6 17. Ng5 (17. Bxa5 bxa5 18.
Nc6 {is strong too.}) 17... Bb7 18. Bxb7 Nxb7 19. Nc6 Qe8 20. Bc3 h6 21. Bxf6 {
The threat of mate costs a pawn.} hxg5 22. Bxg5 f6 23. Be3 Qh5 24. Qc4 Kf7 25.
Kg2 Rh8 26. h4 Qf5 27. Rad1 Rhc8 28. a4 Na5 29. Qd3 Qxd3 30. Rxd3 Nxc6 31. Rxd6
Ne5 32. Bf4 Rc2 33. Rc1 Rxc1 34. Bxc1 Ke7 35. Rd4 Rc8 36. Ba3+ Kf7 37. Bd6 Nc4
38. Bb4 Rc7 39. h5 e5 40. Rd8 Nb2 41. Bd6 Rb7 (41... Rc4 42. a5 Rd4 43. Rd7+
Ke6 44. Rxg7 Rxd6 45. h6 Rd8 46. h7 Rh8 47. Rxa7 Nc4 48. axb6 Nxb6 49. Ra6 $18)
42. e4 Nxa4 43. f4 exf4 (43... Nc3 44. f5 $1 Nxb5 45. Rf8#) 44. gxf4 g5 45. e5
gxf4 46. h6 Ke6 47. Re8+ Kf5 48. e6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Rashkovsky, Nukhim"]
[Black "Averkin, Orest"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Ba6 7. b3 d5 8.
Bg2 c5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nc3 O-O 11. dxc5 Nc6 12. Rc1 Nxc3 13. Rxc3 bxc5 14.
Qxd8 Rfxd8 15. Rxc5 Rac8 16. O-O Nd4 17. Rxc8 Nxe2+ 18. Kh1 Rxc8 19. Re1 Nc3
20. a3 Bb7 21. Nd2 Bxg2+ 22. Kxg2 Nd5 23. Nc4 Kf8 24. Ne3 Nxe3+ 25. Rxe3 Ke7
26. b4 a5 27. bxa5 Rc1 28. a6 Rc6 29. Rb3 Rxa6 30. h4 h5 {Top: Spassky and
Korchnoi 7 1/2, Karpov and Polugaevsky 7.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Savon, Vladimir"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Nb3 cxd4 7. Nbxd4 Be7
8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. c4 Nb4 11. Be3 Qc7 12. a3 N4c6 13. Qc2 Nxd4 14. Nxd4
Bd7 15. b4 Nc6 16. Nb3 Rfd8 17. Rad1 Be8 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Rd1 Rxd1+ 20. Qxd1
h6 21. g3 Nb8 22. Qd4 Nc6 23. Qd1 Nb8 24. Qd4 Nc6 25. Qd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Kuzmin, Gennadi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 O-O 6. d3 Re8 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Be2 Qd6 11. O-O Ncb4 12. Qb1 c5 13. Nd2 Nc6 14. Rd1
Be6 15. a3 Rac8 16. Bf3 Qe7 17. Ne4 Red8 18. Bd2 f5 19. Ng3 a5 20. Qc2 g6 21.
Qa4 Qc7 22. Rac1 Qb6 23. Qh4 $1 Nde7 ({The point is} 23... Qxb2 $2 24. Rb1 Qxa3
25. Rxb7 Bf7 26. Nxf5 $1) 24. Bc3 Bb3 25. Re1 $1 Rd6 ({Black notices} 25...
Rxd3 $2 26. Bxc6 Nxc6 27. Nxf5 $1) 26. Qg5 Qd8 $2 ({The correct retreat is} 
26... Rf8) 27. e4 {Suddenly White exerts great pressure in the centre and on
the king's side.} h6 $5 ({Black does not like} 27... f4 28. Nf1 Rxd3 29. Be2
Rd4 30. Bg4 Rc7 31. Bxd4 Qxd4 32. Qf6) 28. Qxh6 f4 29. Ne2 $2 {The knight will
hinder his own pieces.} ({Correct is} 29. Nf1 {and the knight will go to d2.})
29... Qf8 30. Qg5 Qf6 31. Qxf6 Rxf6 32. Bd2 b6 33. Rc3 Be6 34. h3 Rd8 35. Bc1
Bf7 36. Bg4 Rfd6 37. g3 fxg3 38. fxg3 Rxd3 39. Rxd3 Rxd3 40. Kf2 Bb3 41. Bg5
Rd8 42. Ke3 Kg7 43. Nc3 Rf8 44. Be2 Nc8 45. Rf1 Rxf1 46. Bxf1 Nd6 47. Nd5 b5
48. h4 Bc2 49. Nc7 Nd4 50. Bd3 Bxd3 51. Kxd3 Kf7 52. Bd2 b4 53. axb4 axb4 54.
Nd5 c4+ 55. Ke3 Nc2+ 56. Ke2 $4 {Poor Smyslov collapses.} ({An easy draw is
the result of} 56. Kf3 c3 57. bxc3 b3 58. Bc1 Nc4 59. g4 b2 60. Bxb2 Nxb2 61.
h5 g5 62. Nb6) 56... Nxe4 57. Nxb4 Nxb4 58. Bxb4 Nxg3+ 59. Kf3 Nf5 60. Bc3 Ke6
61. Kg4 Kf6 62. Bd2 Nd6 63. Bb4 Nf7 64. Ba5 Nh6+ 65. Kf3 Kf5 66. Ke3 Ng4+ 67.
Kd2 Ke4 68. Kc3 Kd5 69. b3 cxb3 70. Kxb3 Ke4 71. Kc4 Ne3+ 72. Kc5 Ng2 73. Bd8
Kf3 74. Kd5 e4 75. Ke5 e3 76. Kf6 Nf4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Nc2 Bxe3 8.
Nxe3 Qe5 9. Nd2 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Ndc4 Nxe3 12. Nxe3 Be6 13. Qa4 O-O 14. Bc4
Rad8 15. O-O Qe4 16. Bb5 Qxa4 17. Bxa4 Ne5 18. Bc2 Nc4 19. Rfd1 Nxe3 20. fxe3
g6 21. a3 Kg7 22. Rd4 c5 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rd1 Rb8 25. Be4 Kf6 26. Kf2 Ke5 27.
Bf3 b5 28. Rd2 b4 29. cxb4 cxb4 30. Rd4 bxa3 31. bxa3 Rb5 32. Rd3 Rb2+ 33. Kg3
Ra2 34. h3 Kf6 35. Kf4 g5+ 36. Kg3 a5 37. h4 $2 gxh4+ 38. Kxh4 a4 $1 39. Bd1 $2
Rxg2 40. Rd6 $2 Ke5 41. Rd4 Bb3 42. Bxb3 axb3 43. Rb4 Rb2 44. a4 Rb1 {White
blundered in a simple ending. Is the game really lost?} ({Rosenberg analyses} 
44... Rb1 45. Kg3 Kd5 46. a5 Kc5 47. Rb7 Kc4 48. a6 Ra1 49. a7 Ra5 $1 50. Rxf7
(50. e4 $2 f6 $1) 50... b2 51. Rb7 Kc3 52. Rc7+ ({His move} 52. e4 {is refuted
by} Rxa7 $1) 52... Kb3 53. Rxh7 b1=Q 54. Rb7+ Ka2 55. Rxb1 Kxb1 56. e4 Rxa7 {
Black wins by one tempo.}) 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Bd2 Nh5 10. Rc1 f5 11. exf5 Nxf5 $1 {Spassky plays the King's Indian
similar to Geller in round two.} 12. Ne4 Nf4 13. Re1 Nxe2+ 14. Qxe2 b6 15. b4
h6 $5 {Boris wants to charge.} 16. Bc3 Bd7 17. Qd3 g5 18. Nfd2 g4 19. Nf1 Qe7
20. c5 Qf7 21. cxd6 $6 ({More control over the board keeps} 21. c6 Bc8 22. a4
Nd4 23. Ne3) 21... cxd6 22. b5 Nd4 23. Bxd4 exd4 24. Qg3 $2 (24. Qb3 {is a
stronger defence.}) 24... Qxd5 25. Nxd6 Rad8 26. a4 Rf6 27. Ne4 Rf7 28. Nd6 Rf6
29. Ne4 Rff8 30. Nd6 h5 $1 31. Ne4 Rc8 32. Rcd1 Rce8 {Black has positional
advantages, but the game is far from over.} 33. Qc7 $2 {White breaks down
tactically.} Bxb5 $1 34. Nc3 $4 ({Only a pawn costs} 34. axb5 Rxe4 35. Rxe4
Qxe4 36. Qxa7 Qe2 37. Rd2 Qxb5) 34... Qf5 $1 {The refutation is horrible.} 35.
Rxe8 Qxf2+ 36. Kh1 Bxe8 37. Qc4+ Qf7 38. Nd5 Bxa4 39. Nf6+ Bxf6 40. Qxa4 Bg7
41. Nd2 Bh6 42. Qxd4 Bxd2 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Averkin, Orest"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A35"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 a6 8. O-O
Bd6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Ba7 12. Na4 Ne4 13. Rc1 Qd6 14. Nc3 Nf6 15.
Qd3 Bg4 16. Rfd1 Rad8 17. Ng5 Ne5 $6 (17... d4 $1 18. Nce4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Qg6 {
solves black's problems.}) 18. Qc2 $1 g6 19. h3 Bxe2 20. Nxe2 h6 21. Qc7 Bb8
22. Qxd6 Bxd6 23. Nf3 Nxf3+ 24. gxf3 Ne8 25. Kg2 Nc7 26. Ba3 $6 ({White keeps
the pressure on the isolated pawn by} 26. Nc3 Be7 27. Na4 Ne6 28. Nb6 $1 {After
} d4 $1 29. Bxd4 Ba3 30. Rb1 Nxd4 31. exd4 Bd6 {the extra pawn has little
value.}) 26... Ne6 27. Bb2 Be7 28. Rc2 Rc8 29. Rdc1 Rxc2 30. Rxc2 Rd8 31. Nd4
Bd6 32. Nxe6 fxe6 33. f4 Kf7 34. Be5 Ke7 35. Kf3 Bxe5 36. fxe5 Rf8+ 37. Kg4 Kd7
38. f4 g5 39. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Rashkovsky, Nukhim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 c6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. c3 d6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. dxc5
dxc5 9. Qc2 b6 10. Re1 Bb7 11. a4 Qc7 12. Bf1 Nc6 13. Nc4 Ng4 14. h3 Nge5 15.
Nfxe5 Nxe5 16. Bg5 h6 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Bh4 Qc7 19. Bg3 Be5 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21.
Qd2 Kg7 22. Qd7 Rab8 23. Rad1 Rfc8 24. Qd2 Qc7 25. Qe3 {It is too exhausting
to play complex games in each round. Extra rest is essential in a long
tournament.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Grigorian, Levon"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E80"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Nf6 5. f3 c6 6. Be3 O-O 7. Qd2 e5 8. Nge2
Nbd7 9. O-O-O a6 10. Kb1 Re8 11. Nc1 b5 12. d5 cxd5 $2 ({This line of the
Sämisch Variation is playable with} 12... b4 $1 13. Na4 cxd5 14. cxd5 Rb8) 13.
Nxd5 $1 Rb8 14. cxb5 axb5 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Qxd6 Qa5 17. Be2 Re6 18. Nb3 Qa4
19. Qa3 $5 Qxa3 20. bxa3 {White controls the queen's side.} Be7 21. Rd5 Nb6 22.
Rxb5 Ba6 23. a4 $5 ({The simple choice is} 23. Rxb6 Rexb6 24. Bxb6 Rxb6 25.
Bxa6 Rxa6 26. Rd1) 23... Bxb5 24. axb5 Na4 25. Rc1 Ba3 26. Rc7 Re7 27. Rc4 Ra8
28. b6 Rb7 29. Rc6 Rab8 30. Kc2 Kg7 31. Na5 Rxb6 32. Bxb6 Nxb6 33. Bc4 Nc8 34.
Rc7 Nd6 35. Bb3 Rb5 36. Ra7 Bc5 37. Ra6 Bb4 {This loses a second a second pawn.
} ({Correct is} 37... Nb7) 38. Nc6 Rc5+ 39. Kd1 Bc3 40. Nd8 Nb5 41. Nxf7 Bb4
42. Nd8 Nc3+ 43. Ke1 Nb5+ (43... Nxa2+ 44. Kf2 {is even worse.}) 44. Kf2 Nd4
45. Ne6+ Nxe6 46. Rxe6 Bc3 47. Re7+ Kh8 48. Kg3 Bd2 49. Bd5 Bf4+ 50. Kh3 Rc3
51. g3 Bd2 52. Rxe5 Rxf3 53. Re7 Rd3 54. Rb7 Re3 55. a4 h5 56. Kg2 Bc3 57. Rb3
Re2+ 58. Kf3 Rc2 59. Rb8+ Kg7 60. Rc8 g5 61. h3 h4 62. gxh4 gxh4 63. a5 Rh2 64.
a6 Bd4 65. a7 Bxa7 66. Rc7+ Kh8 67. Rxa7 Rf2+ 68. Ke3 {White does not take the
desperado rook.  Top: Spassky 8 1/2, Korchnoi 8, Karpov and Polugaevsky 7 1/2.}
1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E35"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 O-O $1 10. e3 Bf5 $1 {A novelty speeds up development.} 11.
Ne2 (11. Qxc7 $6 Nc6 12. Nf3 Rfe8 {Black has the initiative (Rosenberg).})
11... Rc8 $1 12. Nf4 c5 $5 13. dxc5 ({Korchnoi does not like} 13. Nxd5 $6 Qd6)
13... Qxc3+ 14. bxc3 Rxc5 15. Rd1 Nd7 16. Nxd5 {At last a pawn sacrifice is
accepted.} (16. Rxd5 Rd8 $1 17. c4 g5 {looks suspicious.}) 16... Kf8 17. Rd4
Nb6 18. Nxb6 axb6 19. a4 Rxc3 20. Bb5 Rc1+ 21. Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Kxd1 Be4 23. Rg1
Bc6 24. Ke2 Bxb5+ 25. axb5 Ra2+ 26. Kf3 Rb2 27. Rc1 Rxb5 28. Rc7 g6 29. Rxb7
Kg7 30. g4 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kuzmin, Gennadi"]
[Black "Savon, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C96"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Nbd2 Bf6 13. Nf1 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nc6 15.
Be3 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nde5 17. Bb3 Bd7 18. Ng3 g6 19. Rc1 Rc8 20. Qd2 Qa5 21. Nxc6
Qxd2 22. Bxd2 Nxc6 23. Bc3 Bxc3 24. Rxc3 Nd4 25. Rec1 b4 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27.
Rxc8+ Bxc8 28. Bc4 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. b3 Bd6 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Be2
dxc4 9. bxc4 e5 10. O-O exd4 11. exd4 Re8 12. a4 Nf8 13. Re1 Bf5 14. g3 Bb4 15.
Qb3 a5 16. Ba3 Bxa3 17. Qxa3 Bg4 18. d5 $2 (18. Rad1 $2 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Rxe1+ 20.
Rxe1 Qxd4 {and White also loses a pawn (Taimanov).}) 18... cxd5 19. cxd5 Nxd5
20. Rad1 Qe7 21. Qxe7 Nxe7 22. Nb5 {White threatens to regain the pawn.} Ne6 $2
({Later Taimanov prefers} 22... Nc6 {The pointe is} 23. Nc7 $2 Rxe2 $1 {White
has a difficult defence.}) 23. Nd6 Red8 24. Nxb7 Rxd1 25. Bxd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 c5 $1 ({The text
is slightly better than Spassky's} 6... a6 {in round five.}) 7. Qc2 b6 8. O-O
Bb7 9. Nc3 Be7 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Qc8 13. e4 O-O 14. f3 Qb7 15.
Be3 Rac8 16. Rac1 Rc4 17. Qe2 Rfc8 18. Ncb5 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rxc1 20. Bxc1 {The
preperation resulted in a quick draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8.
Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Bxf6 ({Karpov played} 10. Nd5 {in round three.}) 10...
gxf6 11. Nd5 f5 12. Bd3 Be6 13. Qh5 Bg7 14. O-O h6 $5 ({Later the standard
move in the Sveshnikov will become} 14... f4 {but the text is okay.}) 15. c3 $1
O-O 16. Nc2 fxe4 $6 (16... Qg5 {is the logical sequence of move 14.}) 17. Bxe4
f5 $2 {Black misses a brilliant retort.} ({Correct is} 17... Rc8) 18. Nf4 $3
Bd7 (18... exf4 19. Bxc6 {gives a positional disaster.}) 19. Bd5+ Kh7 20. Qg6+
Kh8 21. Nh5 Qe7 (21... Qg5 $5 22. Qxd6 Rad8 23. Nxg7 {costs material.}) 22. Nb4
Nxb4 23. Bxa8 Rg8 24. cxb4 {Despite this fiasco, the Sveshnikov became popular
for Black.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Nd2 Nc6 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. f4 d5 10. b3 Be7 11. Bb2 a5 12. c4 {A pawn battle for the centre
has started.} O-O 13. Qc2 ({Karpov has calculated} 13. e5 Nd7 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7
15. Qh5+ Kg8 16. Rf3 f5 17. Rh3 {and Black can draw by} Rd8) 13... h6 14. Kh1
Qb6 15. Rae1 $5 {White plans a risky sacrifice.} Ng4 16. exd5 cxd5 17. cxd5
Nf2+ 18. Rxf2 (18. Kg1 $4 Nh3+ 19. Kh1 Qg1+ 20. Rxg1 Nf2#) 18... Qxf2 19. Re2
Qxf4 20. Re4 Qd6 21. Nc4 Qxd5 22. Rg4 ({The solid} 22. Nb6 {wins back the
exchange.}) 22... e5 23. Rg3 Ra6 $6 (23... Qe6 24. Nxe5 Bf6 {plays for a win.})
24. Nxe5 Bf6 ({Now Karpov notices} 24... Re6 25. Bc4 Rxe5 26. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 27.
Bxd5) 25. Bc4 Qd6 {Time pressure starts with tactics.} 26. Nxf7 $1 Rxf7 27.
Bxf6 Be6 28. Rd3 Qc7 29. Rd8+ Qxd8 $1 ({Black has no stomach for} 29... Rf8 30.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 31. Bxg7+ $3 Kg8 $1 {The new cobination} 32. Qg6 $5 Bxc4 33. Bf6+
Kf8 34. Qxh6+ Ke8 35. Qh8+ Kd7 {ends in equality.}) 30. Bxd8 Bxc4 31. h3 Bf1
32. Qe4 a4 33. bxa4 Rd6 34. Ba5 Rdf6 35. Be1 Ba6 36. Kh2 Bb7 37. Qc4 Rc6 38.
Qb3 Rg6 39. Bg3 Rg5 40. Qc4 Bd5 41. Qc8+ Rf8 42. Qc2 h5 43. a5 (43. a5 h4 44.
Bxh4 Rxg2+ 45. Qxg2 Bxg2 46. Kxg2 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B68"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Nf3 b5 11. e5 b4 12. exf6 bxc3 13. Qxc3 gxf6 14. f5 $6
({The modest} 14. Bh4 {is usual.}) 14... d5 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Nd4 $2 (16. Bd2 {
is a more solid move.}) 16... Qa5 17. Qxa5 Nxa5 18. Bh4 $6 (18. Bd2 Nc6 19. Be2
$1) 18... e5 $1 19. Nb3 Nxb3+ 20. axb3 Be6 $1 {Spassky's successful strategy
has led to an occupation of the centre.} 21. Be2 O-O 22. Rhf1 a5 23. Bb5 Rac8
24. Bd3 Rc6 25. Bf5 Bxf5 26. Rxf5 Rfc8 $1 27. Rd2 d4 $1 {Black threatens ..d3.}
28. Kd1 Rb8 29. g4 h6 30. Rdf2 Rbb6 31. Kd2 a4 $1 32. bxa4 Rxb2 33. Kd3 Kg7 34.
Rxe5 $5 {Otherwise, White has no chance.} fxe5 35. Bxe7 Rc3+ 36. Ke4 d3 $2 (
36... Re3+ 37. Kd5 d3 38. Ke6 dxc2 {wins, because White has no perpetual check.
}) 37. Bf6+ $2 ({A marvellous escape begins with} 37. Bd6 $1 Kg6 $1 (37... dxc2
38. Bxe5+ Kg6 39. Bxc3 c1=Q 40. Bxb2 $11) 38. Rf6+ $3 Kxf6 39. Bxe5+ Kg5 40.
Bxc3 Rxc2 41. Kxd3 Rxh2 42. a5 Kxg4 {It subtly ends with} 43. Kc4 h5 44. a6 h4
45. Kb5 Re2 (45... Ra2 46. Ba5) 46. a7 Re8 47. Kc6 h3 48. Be5 $1 $11) 37... Kg8
38. Bxe5 Rb4+ 39. Kd5 Rxc2 40. Rf1 d2 41. Rd1 Rxg4 42. a5 Ra4 43. a6 $1 Kh7 $1
(43... Rxa6 $2 44. Bf4 Raa2 45. Bxh6 $11 {(Kotov).}) 44. Bb8 Ra1 $1 45. a7 Rxd1
46. a8=Q Re1 {The last stage reminds of the triumphal pawn avalanches in the
games by Philidor.} 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 14. O-O h6 15.
Qe2 Qb6 16. Bd2 Kf8 17. Rac1 Rd8 18. Rc2 g6 19. Rfc1 Be7 20. Bc4 Rc8 21. Bxd5
Rxc2 22. Rxc2 Bxd5 23. Rc8+ Kg7 24. Rxh8 Kxh8 25. Bxh6 Qc7 26. b3 Qc3 27. h4 ({
White can play for a win with} 27. Ne1) 27... a5 28. Bg5 Bxf3 29. Qxf3 Bxg5 30.
hxg5 Qe1+ 31. Kh2 Qxe5+ 32. Qg3 Qb2 33. Qb8+ Kg7 34. f4 Qxa2 35. Qe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Grigorian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 e5 6. Nc3 Ne7 $6 ({The
natural} 6... Nc6 {was played in Keres-Panno, Petropolis 1973.}) 7. d3 Nbc6 8.
a3 h6 9. Rb1 a5 10. O-O g6 {Keres starts an attack on the queen's side
tactically.} 11. b4 $1 axb4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Nd4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. axb4 b5
$2 ({Correct is} 15... b6) 16. Qb3 c4 $6 17. dxc4 Rc8 18. c5 dxc5 19. bxc5 Rxc5
20. Bf4 Bd6 $6 21. Bxd6 ({Keres analyses} 21. Qd3 $1 Rc4 (21... Bxf4 22. Qxd4)
(21... O-O 22. Bxh6) 22. Bxd6 Qxd6 23. Rxb5) 21... Qxd6 22. Qd3 O-O 23. Qxd4
Rc4 24. Qe3 $2 ({A winning advantage keeps} 24. Qd3 Re8 25. f3) 24... Re8 $1
25. Rxb5 ({White notices} 25. f3 Qxd5 $1) 25... Rcxe4 26. Qd3 (26. Qxh6 Re1 27.
Rb1 R1e5) 26... Qf4 27. g3 Rd4 $1 28. Qb3 (28. Qxg6+ fxg6 29. gxf4 Rd8 $1 30.
Rb6 R8xd5 31. Rxg6+ Kh7 $11 {(Keres).}) 28... Qf5 29. Kg2 Rd2 {Poor Paul
lacked the finishing touch.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Rashkovsky, Nukhim"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E96"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Re1
c6 9. Bf1 a5 10. h3 Re8 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Na4 Bf8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Qc7 15.
Bxf6 Nxf6 16. c5 Be6 17. Qc2 Rad8 18. Bc4 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Rd7 20. Nb6 Rdd8 21.
Na4 Rd7 22. Nb6 Rdd8 23. Na4 Rd7 24. Nb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Savon, Vladimir"]
[Black "Averkin, Orest"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B44"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N5c3 a6 8. Na3
Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. Be3 Rb8 12. Rc1 Qa5 13. Qc2 Rfc8 14. Qb1 Ne5 15.
Bd2 Ng6 16. Nc2 b5 17. b4 Qb6 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Be3 Qb7 20. Nd4 d5 21. exd5
Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Qxd5 23. Bf3 Qd6 24. a3 Ne5 25. Be2 Nc4 26. Bxc4 bxc4 27. Ne2 Qa6
28. Qb2 Ra8 29. Ra1 Bc6 30. Nc3 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C69"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 Bg4 {Further
exchanges are avoided.} 7. c3 Bd6 8. Be3 Qe7 9. Nbd2 O-O-O 10. Qc2 exd4 $5 {
Geller wants to play actively.} 11. cxd4 Re8 12. e5 $5 Bb4 ({Smyslov hoped for
} 12... fxe5 $6 13. dxe5 Bxe5 14. Rfe1) 13. h3 Be6 14. Ne4 Qf7 15. a3 Bb3 $5
16. Qb1 $6 ({The tactics} 16. Neg5 $1 fxg5 17. Nxg5 Qd5 18. Qf5+ Qd7 19. Qxd7+
Kxd7 20. axb4 {give a fine ending.}) 16... Bf8 17. Ned2 Bd5 18. b4 Qg6 19. Qb2
$6 {White should exchange the queens.} Ne7 20. a4 Nf5 21. Rfe1 fxe5 22. dxe5
Be7 23. Re2 Rhf8 24. Bc5 $2 ({Correct is} 24. Qc3 Nxe3 25. Qxe3) 24... Bxc5 25.
bxc5 {A grand combination begins an attack on the king's side.} Nd4 $1 26. Qxd4
Rxf3 $1 27. Ne4 ({Geller regards} 27. Qg4+ Qxg4 28. hxg4 Rc3 {as hopeless for
White}) 27... Rxh3 28. Ng3 Rh5 29. Rae1 Rg5 30. Rb2 $5 {A counter is started
in desperation.} Rg4 31. Qc3 h5 32. Reb1 h4 33. Rxb7 hxg3 34. f3 Qh6 35. Rxc7+
Kxc7 36. Qa5+ Kd7 37. e6+ Kxe6 38. Qe1+ Kf6 {White exceeded the time limit.} (
38... Kf6 39. Qxe8 Qh2+ {will quickly mate.}) 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 a6 6. O-O d6 7. c4 Be7 8. b3
O-O 9. Bb2 Nc6 (9... b6 {was known in this rare variation.}) 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11.
Qc2 Nd7 $5 12. e5 $1 dxe5 $6 ({No weakness creates} 12... Nxe5 13. Bxh7+ Kh8)
13. Bxh7+ Kh8 14. f4 $2 (14. Be4 {keeps an advantage.}) 14... f5 $1 {Black
tracks down the bishop in an incredibly funny way.} 15. Bg6 Rf6 16. Bh5 Rh6 17.
g4 ({The shrewd point is} 17. Bf3 Bc5+ 18. Kh1 Rxh2+ 19. Kxh2 Qh4#) 17... g6
18. Nd2 (18. fxe5 gxh5 19. gxf5 Qg8+ 20. Kh1 Bb7 {is unfavourable too.}) 18...
gxh5 19. g5 Rh7 20. Nf3 Kg8 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Qb6+ 23. Kg2 c5 24. Kh3 Qc6
25. Rad1 Bb7 26. Rd3 Rd8 27. Rfd1 Rxd3+ 28. Rxd3 Qh1 29. Qe2 Be4 30. Rd1 Bf3
31. Rxh1 Bxe2 32. Re1 Bf3 33. Rf1 Bc6 34. Rg1 Bd8 35. Bd6 Rd7 36. Bxc5 Kg7 37.
b4 Bc7 38. Re1 Be4 39. Be3 e5 40. fxe5 Bxe5 41. b5 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Kuzmin, Gennadi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E55"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. Qe2 a6 10. a3 Ba5 11. Bd3 b5 12. b4 cxb4 13. axb4 Bxb4 14. Nxb5 Bb7 15.
Ba3 Bxa3 16. Nxa3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 e5 18. Nc2 a5 19. Rfb1 Qe7 20. Bf5 Rfc8 21.
dxe5 Nxe5 22. Qe2 Rcb8 23. Nd4 (23. Rxb8+ Rxb8 24. Rxa5 $2 g6 $1 $19) 23...
Rxb1+ 24. Bxb1 g6 25. h3 Rc8 26. Bc2 Ra8 27. Qb5 Qc7 28. Ra3 Kg7 29. f4 Ned7
30. Nc6 $2 {The initiative changes hands.} (30. Qc6 $1 Qxc6 31. Nxc6 Rc8 32.
Ba4 Ne4 33. Nxa5 Ndc5 34. Bc2 {Black blockades the extra pawn.}) 30... Qd6 31.
Rd3 Qc5 32. Qxc5 Nxc5 33. Rc3 Nfd7 34. Ne5 a4 35. Nc4 Rb8 36. Kf2 Nf6 37. Nd2
Rb5 38. Ke2 Nd5 39. Ra3 Rb4 40. g3 f5 41. g4 fxg4 42. hxg4 h6 43. g5 h5 44. f5
gxf5 45. Bxf5 Rb2 46. Ke1 h4 47. e4 Nf4 48. Kd1 Nfd3 49. e5 $2 ({No sacrifice
is needed, because} 49. g6 Kf6 50. Rc3 Nf2+ 51. Ke1 Rxd2 52. Rxc5 Nd3+ 53. Kxd2
Nxc5 54. e5+ Kg7 55. Kc3 {draws.}) 49... Nxe5 50. Rc3 Rb5 51. Rh3 Rb4 52. Rc3
Rf4 53. Bc2 Ned7 54. Ke2 Rg4 55. Kf2 Rxg5 {A draw can still be reached.} 56.
Nf3 $2 (56. Rh3 Rg4 57. Nf3 a3 58. Nxh4 a2 59. Ra3 Rxh4 60. Rxa2 {White has
lost a piece but draws the game.}) 56... Rg4 57. Bf5 Rb4 58. Kg2 Kf6 59. Bc2
Ne6 60. Kh3 Nf4+ 61. Kh2 Ne5 62. Nxe5 Kxe5 63. Rc5+ Kd6 64. Ra5 Rb2 65. Ra6+
Kc5 66. Ra5+ Kb6 67. Rxa4 Rxc2+ 68. Kh1 Rf2 69. Ra3 Kc5 70. Kg1 Rg2+ 71. Kh1
Rg3 72. Ra4 Rf3 73. Re4 Kd5 74. Re8 Kd4 75. Ra8 Ke3 76. Kg1 Rg3+ 77. Kh1 Kf3
78. Ra3+ Kf2 79. Ra2+ Kf3 80. Ra3+ Kg4 81. Ra4 Rd3 82. Ra1 Kg3 83. Rg1+ Kf3 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C09"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Qe7+ 8.
Qe2 Qxe2+ 9. Kxe2 Bxc5 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Be3 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Bxb6 axb6 14.
Nbd4 Nge7 15. Rhe1 O-O 16. Kf1 Rfc8 17. c3 Rc7 18. a4 Kf8 19. Ne5 Rd8 20. g4
Bg6 21. Rad1 Nxd4 22. Rxd4 Nc6 23. Rd2 f6 24. Nxg6+ hxg6 25. Red1 Rcd7 26. Bc4
$6 ({The pressure in the better endgame continues} 26. f4) 26... d4 27. cxd4
Rxd4 28. Rxd4 Nxd4 $1 29. f4 g5 30. fxg5 fxg5 31. Kf2 Ke7 32. Rd2 Kf6 33. Ke3
Ke5 34. Bf1 Rd6 35. Bg2 b5 36. axb5 b6 37. Bf1 Rd8 38. Rf2 Rd6 39. Rd2 Rd8 40.
Rf2 Rd6 41. Rf7 Nc2+ 42. Ke2 Nd4+ 43. Ke3 Nc2+ 44. Ke2 Nd4+ 45. Kd3 Nf5+ 46.
Kc3 Ne3 47. Bc4 g6 48. Rc7 Ng2 49. Re7+ Kf4 50. Bf1 Ne3 51. Rf7+ Kg3 52. Bd3 $6
Nd5+ 53. Kc4 Nf4 $6 ({Black can play for a win with} 53... Kxh3 54. Rf3+ Kh4 $1
) 54. Be4 Kxh3 55. Bc6 Kxg4 56. Rb7 Kf5 57. Rxb6 g4 58. Ra6 g3 59. Ra3 g2 60.
Rg3 Rd2 61. b3 Rc2+ 62. Kb4 Ke5 63. Rg5+ Kd6 64. Rg4 {Top: Spassky 9 1/2,
Korchnoi 8 1/2.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Averkin, Orest"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 a5 6. Na3 Nf6 7. Bf4 Nfd7 8. Qc1
O-O 9. Bh6 e5 10. O-O Re8 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. e3 Nc5 13. exd4 exd4 14. Nb5 Nc6 {
White begins a risky attack.} 15. Qf4 $6 (15. Re1 Rxe1+ 16. Qxe1 Nxd3 17. Qe2
Nc5 18. Nfxd4 Nxd4 19. Qe5+ Qf6 20. Qxc5 $11) 15... Nxd3 16. Qxc7 Nxb2 17. c5
Qf6 (17... d3 $1 {starts a counterattack in the centre.}) 18. Rab1 $2 ({
Correct is} 18. Rae1) 18... Na4 19. Qd6 Rd8 20. Qxf6+ Kxf6 21. Rbc1 Rb8 $2 {
Hereafter, Black's advantage slowly withers away.} ({The extra pawn gains
value by the sharp} 21... Be6 $1) 22. Rfd1 Bg4 23. h3 Bxf3 24. Bxf3 d3 25. Rc4
$1 Ne5 26. Rxa4 Nxf3+ 27. Kg2 Ne5 28. Nd6 b6 29. f4 Nc6 30. Rxd3 bxc5 31. Ne4+
Ke7 32. Rxd8 Rxd8 33. Nxc5 Rd2+ 34. Kf3 f5 35. Nb3 Rd3+ 36. Kf2 Rd5 37. Ke3 Kd6
38. Rc4 Rb5 39. Nd4 Nxd4 40. Rxd4+ Kc6 41. g4 Rb2 42. Rc4+ Kb6 43. gxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Savon, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B39"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Rc1 d6 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O a5 13. a3 Bd7 14. b4 axb4
15. axb4 Nd4 16. Ra1 Nf3+ 17. Qxf3 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Bxc3 19. Rb1 Qc7 20. Bf1 Bg7
21. Qd1 Ra8 22. Bd4 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 b6 24. Ra1 Rxa1 25. Qxa1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Grigorian, Levon"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E37"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 e5 $5 {
Korchnoi plays a new and sharp variation.} 8. cxd5 Qxd5 9. f3 Nd6 10. dxe5 Qxe5
11. e4 Nc6 12. Bd3 Be6 13. Ne2 Qa5+ 14. Kf2 O-O-O 15. Nf4 {White has set a
nice trap.} Nd4 ({Black loses by} 15... Nb4 $2 16. axb4 $1 Qxa1 17. e5 Ne8 18.
Nxe6 fxe6 19. Rd1 $1 Rd5 20. Be3 Qa2 21. Bc4) 16. Qc3 Qxc3 17. bxc3 Nb3 18.
Nxe6 fxe6 19. Rb1 Nxc1 20. Rhxc1 Rd7 21. e5 Nf7 22. Be4 c6 23. f4 g5 24. g3
gxf4 25. gxf4 Rd2+ 26. Ke3 $6 (26. Kg3 Rg8+ 27. Kh3 $11) 26... Rxh2 27. Rh1 Ra2
28. Ra1 Rxa1 29. Rxa1 h5 30. Rg1 h4 31. Rg6 Nd8 32. f5 exf5 33. Bxf5+ Kc7 34.
Rg7+ Kb6 35. Bh3 Kc5 36. Ke4 a5 (36... Kc4 37. e6 c5 {plays for a win.}) 37. e6
Nxe6 {Top: Spassky 10, Kuzmin, Korchnoi and Polugaevsky 9.} (37... Nxe6 38.
Bxe6 h3 39. Rg1 h2 40. Rh1 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E19"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2
Nxc3 9. Qxc3 c5 10. Rd1 d6 11. Qc2 Nc6 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. b3 a5 14. Bb2 Qc7 15.
Qc3 Bf6 16. Qd2 Bxb2 17. Qxb2 a4 18. e3 h6 19. Rd2 axb3 20. axb3 Rxa1+ 21. Qxa1
Ra8 22. Ra2 Rxa2 23. Qxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kuzmin, Gennadi"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Be3 Bb4 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Na4 O-O $5 ({Black wants to improve on} 10... Bb7 11.
c4 Bd6 12. f4 Nxe4 13. c5 {(Kuzmin-Furman, Baku 1972.}) 11. c4 Bd6 12. f4 Nxe4
13. Bd3 Nf6 14. c5 Be7 15. Bd4 Nd5 $2 {White starts a shootout.} ({The series
of sacrifices avoids} 15... h6 16. Nb6 Rb8) 16. Nb6 $1 Nxb6 (16... Rb8 17.
Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. Bxg7 $1 Bxc5+ 20. Kh1 Kxg7 21. Qg5+ Kh7 22. Nxd5
exd5 23. Rf3 {is nearly identical to the game.}) 17. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 18. Qh5+ Kg8
19. Bxg7 $1 Kxg7 {Black also has to accept the third sacrifice.} 20. Qg4+ Kh7 (
20... Kf6 21. Qg5#) 21. Rf3 {Kuzmin made a devastating attack on the king.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. c4 c5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 a6 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bb4+ 10. Bc3 Bd6 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Bc7 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Qc2 Re8
15. Bd4 Qd6 16. g3 Bg4 $6 (16... a5 17. Rfc1 Bd7 {(Zaitsev).}) 17. Bxg4 Nxg4
18. Nf3 Qh6 19. Qf5 Qe6 20. Qxe6 Rxe6 {The attack on the king's side has been
parried easily.} 21. Rac1 f6 22. Rc2 {The weaknesses on the queen's side have
become a nuisance.} Ne5 ({A solid defence line creates} 22... a5 $1 23. Rfc1
Ra6) 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24. Rfc1 Rc8 25. Rc5 Rd6 26. R1c2 Kf7 27. Kf1 Ke6 28. Ne1 d4
$5 (28... Ba1 29. Ra5 Ra8 30. Nd3 d4 31. Rcc5 $1 {also loses a pawn.}) 29. f4
$1 d3 30. Rd2 Bb2 31. Rxd3 Ra8 32. Rxd6+ Kxd6 33. Nd3 a5 34. Rc4 Ba3 35. Ra4
Bc5 36. Nxc5 Kxc5 37. b4+ Kc4 38. Rxa5 Rb8 39. a3 Kd3 40. Kf2 Rb7 41. Rc5 Ra7
42. Rxc6 Rxa3 43. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Rashkovsky, Nukhim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D56"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 Nxc3 10. Rxc3 c6 11. Bd3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. O-O b6 14. Bd3 c5
15. Bb5 Rd8 16. Bc6 Rb8 17. Qc2 Bb7 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. b4 Na6 21.
a3 Rc7 22. h3 Rxc3 23. Qxc3 Nc7 24. Nd4 Nd5 25. Qc4 Qb7 26. Rc1 a6 27. Qc6 Qxc6
28. Rxc6 Kf8 29. a4 Rb8 $6 (29... Ke7 {avoids difficulties.}) 30. b5 axb5 31.
axb5 Rb7 32. Rc8+ Ke7 33. e4 {Black encounters slight problems.} Nc7 ({
Accurate moves are} 33... Nb4 34. e5 Rd7 35. Nc6+ Nxc6 36. bxc6 Rd1+ 37. Kh2
Rc1) 34. e5 $1 f6 $4 35. Nc6+ (35. Nc6+ Kd7 (35... Kf7 36. Nd8+) 36. Rd8#) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. e3 b6 6. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 7. Qd2 Qxd2+
8. Nfxd2 c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. Nc3 Ke7 11. Be2 Bb7 12. Bf3 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 Nc6 14.
Ke2 Rhd8 15. Rhd1 d6 16. b3 Rd7 17. Nd2 Nb4 18. Nde4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Rc8 20. Nc3
Rcd8 21. Rac1 Nc6 22. f4 {After five wins and a loss in the last six games,
Spassky has a quiet round.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C97"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. Nf1 g6 14. Ne3 Bf8 15. b4
cxb4 16. cxb4 Nc6 17. Bb2 $1 {A Closed Ruy Lopez is brought to life.} Bb7 ({
Acceptation by} 17... Nxb4 $2 {causes the catastrophe} 18. Bb3 $1 Bb7 (18...
Nxe4 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5) 19. Rc1 Qb8 20. Ng5 Re7 21. dxe5 dxe5 22. Bxf7+ $1
Rxf7 23. Qb3 Qe8 24. Rc7) 18. Rc1 Qb6 19. Bb3 Bg7 $6 (19... Bh6 {forestalls
the next move.}) 20. Ng5 $1 Nd8 21. dxe5 dxe5 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. exd5 Qd6 24. Ne6
$5 (24. Qd2 h6 25. Ne4 Nxe4 26. Rxe4 f5 27. Ree1 Kh7 28. Qc3 {keeps a
positional advantage.}) 24... fxe6 25. Bxe5 Qxb4 ({Now, Black has to take the
pawn. The alternative} 25... Qe7 $2 {loses by} 26. dxe6 Kh8 27. Rc7 Qxb4 28.
Bc3 Qf4 29. Rxg7 Kxg7 30. Qd7+) 26. dxe6 Nxe6 $1 {Black returns the piece at
once.} (26... Nh5 $2 27. e7+ Nf7 28. Bxf7+ Kxf7 29. Qd5+ Kxe7 30. Bxg7+) 27.
Bd6 Qh4 {White controls the board.} 28. Rxe6 $6 (28. Bxe6+ Kh8 29. Rc6 {
continues the domination.}) 28... Rxe6 29. Bxe6+ Kh8 30. Qf3 Rd8 31. Be5 Nh5
32. Bxg7+ Nxg7 33. Bc8 a5 34. Rc6 Qe7 35. g3 b4 36. Qf4 Rf8 37. Qd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Kuzmin, Gennadi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E44"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Bb7 6. a3 Be7 7. d5 O-O 8. Ng3
Re8 (8... d6 {is usual.}) 9. Be2 Bf8 10. O-O exd5 11. cxd5 c6 12. Bf3 Na6 13.
b4 Nc7 14. e4 Bd6 15. Bb2 Be5 16. d6 $5 Ne6 17. Na4 Ng5 18. Bxe5 Rxe5 {The
game develops slowly.} 19. Nb2 $5 ({Development goes on with} 19. Re1) 19...
Ngxe4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Qd4 Qe8 22. Nd3 $2 (22. Nc4 $1 Rd5 $1 (22... Re6 $2 23.
Bg4) 23. Qxe4 Qxe4 24. Bxe4 Rd4 25. Bf5 Rxc4 26. Bxd7 $11) 22... Re6 23. Nf4
Rxd6 $1 24. Qxe4 Qxe4 25. Bxe4 Rd4 26. f3 d5 27. Rad1 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 dxe4 29.
Rd7 Ba6 30. fxe4 g6 31. e5 Re8 $6 (31... Bb5 {guards the extra pawn.}) 32. Rxa7
Bc4 33. Rb7 $6 (33. Rc7 {saves an important tempo.}) 33... b5 34. Rc7 Rxe5 35.
Rxc6 Re4 36. g3 Re1+ 37. Kf2 Ra1 38. Ra6 Ra2+ 39. Kg1 Kg7 40. h4 h6 41. Kh1 Bb3
42. Kg1 Bc4 43. Ng2 g5 44. Ne3 Be6 45. hxg5 hxg5 46. Kf1 Kf6 47. Ng4+ Kf5 48.
Nf2 Ke5 49. Kg1 Bd5 50. Ng4+ Kd4 51. Nh6 Ke3 52. Rf6 Ra1+ 53. Rf1 Rxf1+ 54.
Kxf1 Kf3 $2 (54... Be6 $1 {and Black wins.}) 55. Nf5 Be4 56. Nd6 f5 57. Kg1
Kxg3 58. Nxb5 f4 59. Nc3 Bd3 60. a4 f3 61. Nd1 Kf4 62. Nf2 Bc2 63. b5 Bxa4 64.
Nh1 Ke3 65. Kh2 Kf4 66. Kg1 Bxb5 (66... Bxb5 67. Kf2 Bd7 68. Ng3 Bg4 69. Nh1
Bh3 70. Ng3 Bg2 71. Nh5+ {White holds the fortress.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Grigorian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 e6 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Nc6 9. Bc4 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Qa5 11. d5 $5 Bxd2+ 12. Nxd2 Ne7 $1 13. O-O exd5
14. exd5 O-O 15. Re1 Nf5 16. Bb3 Nd6 17. Ne4 Qb4 18. Qf3 Re8 19. a3 Qa5 20. Re3
Nxe4 21. Rxe4 Rxe4 22. Qxe4 Bd7 23. h3 Qc3 24. Qb1 Qc5 25. Bc2 Qxd5 26. Bxh7+
Kh8 27. Be4 Qd4 28. Ra2 Re8 $6 29. Bxb7 Rb8 30. Qe4 Qd1+ 31. Kh2 Be6 {The
tactics are complicated.} 32. Rb2 $6 ({The extra pawn keeps} 32. Qf4 $1 Rd8 (
32... Rxb7 $2 33. Rd2 Qh5 34. Rd8+ Kh7 35. Qe4+)) 32... Qd6+ 33. g3 Qxa3 34.
Qe5 Rd8 35. Be4 Kg8 36. Rb8 Qe7 37. h4 a5 38. Qh5 f5 39. Rxd8+ Qxd8 40. Bxf5
Bxf5 41. Qxf5 a4 42. Qc2 Qa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E42"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. c5 Ne4 8. Bd2
Nxd2 9. Qxd2 Nc6 10. a3 Ba5 $5 11. b4 Bc7 12. g3 b6 $5 {Both players seek a
confrontation.} 13. Bg2 bxc5 14. dxc5 Rb8 15. Rb1 O-O 16. O-O Be5 ({The valiant
} 16... Ne5 $1 17. a4 Nc4 {restricts the white queen.}) 17. Rfd1 Qc7 18. Qd3 a6
19. Na4 Rd8 20. Nb6 $1 Bb7 21. Qd2 Bf6 22. Nf4 g6 23. Nd3 Bg7 24. a4 Nd4 25. b5
$5 ({White's attack on the queen's side and black's counterattack in the
centre are repulsed by} 25. f4 Nf5 26. Ne5 $5 a5 $1) 25... axb5 26. axb5 e5 27.
Rdc1 Ne6 28. Nb4 e4 29. Qa2 ({Geller prefers} 29. Na4 {but} Qa5 $1 30. c6 Qxa4
31. cxb7 Rxb7 32. Nxd5 Rxb5 33. Rxb5 Qxb5 34. Bxe4 {leads to exchanges.}) 29...
Nxc5 30. Na4 Ra8 {The critical position is complicated.} 31. Rxc5 ({Analysts
advice} 31. Qc2 Rdc8 $1 (31... Rxa4 $2 32. Qxa4 $1 Bh6 33. Qa7 Bxc1 34. Rxc1
Rc8 35. Nc6 $1 Nd3 36. b6) 32. Nxc5 Qe7 33. Nc6 Bxc6 34. bxc6 Rxc6 35. Rb7 Qxb7
36. Nxb7 Rxc2 37. Rxc2 Ra1+ 38. Bf1 d4 39. Rc8+ Bf8 40. Rd8 d3 $11) 31... Qa5
32. Na6 {Spassky played cold-bloodedly.  Top: Spassky 10 1/2, Polugaevsky,
Kuzmin, Petrosian and Korchnoi 9 1/2.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Rashkovsky, Nukhim"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. O-O Rb8 7. a4 a6 8. a5
Ne4 9. Qc2 Nd6 10. Ne5 Be7 11. Rd1 O-O 12. Na3 Nf6 13. Naxc4 Nxc4 14. Qxc4 Bd7
15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Bf4 Bd6 17. Bg5 Be7 18. Bf4 Bd6 19. Be5 Ne8 20. h4 c6 21. h5
h6 22. Be4 f6 23. Bf3 Rd8 24. Bxd6 Nxd6 25. Qb3 Qf7 26. Rac1 Rd7 27. e3 Rfd8
28. Rc5 Kh8 29. Qc2 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Savon, Vladimir"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8.
Be2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe3 Be6 11. Bd2 Qb6 12. b3 Rfc8 13. Rac1 Qxe3 14. Bxe3
Nd7 15. Nd5 Kf8 16. Nf4 Nc5 17. Nxe6+ fxe6 18. f3 a5 19. Rb1 Bc3 20. Rfd1 e5
21. Bxc5 Rxc5 22. g3 Bd4+ 23. Kg2 e6 24. Bd3 Ke7 25. h4 Rc7 26. h5 g5 27. Kh3
h6 28. Kg4 Kd7 29. a3 Kc6 30. Rd2 Rf7 31. Ra2 b6 32. Rd1 Kb7 33. Rdd2 Raf8 34.
Be2 Rc7 35. Rdc2 Rfc8 36. Bd3 Rc6 37. Kh3 Rg8 38. Kg4 Rc7 39. Be2 Bc5 40. Bd3
Rf8 41. Be2 Rfc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. O-O Bg7 7. d3 Nf6 8. Bxc6
Bxc6 9. Qe1 e6 10. f5 Qb6 $6 (10... O-O {is more useful.}) 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. e5
dxe5 13. Nxe5 O-O 14. Nc4 Qd8 15. Qxe6+ Kh8 16. Bg5 Qd4+ 17. Be3 Qh4 18. Rf4
Qh5 19. Qe5 $6 (19. Qd6 Ng4 20. Rxf8+ Bxf8 21. Qg3 {keeps a slight edge.})
19... g5 $1 20. Rf5 $6 {White expects to win, but a nasty surprise follows.} (
20. Rff1 Ne4 $1 21. Qc7 Nxc3 22. bxc3 Bxc3 23. Rac1 Qg4 24. Qg3 {gives a
better defence.}) 20... Ne4 $3 21. Rxf8+ Rxf8 22. Qc7 Rf7 23. Qb8+ Rf8 24. Qc7
Rf7 $6 (24... Nxc3 25. bxc3 Bxc3 {plays for a win, but Polu is happy to draw.})
25. Qb8+ Rf8 26. Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Averkin, Orest"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Qd8 9. dxc5 Nd7 10. a3 Nxc5 11. Bc2 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Bf6 13. Be3 b6 14. Ra2 Bb7
15. Ng5 Ne5 16. b4 Ncd7 17. Ba4 h6 $2 {White wins a pawn.} 18. Bxd7+ $1 Ke7 19.
Nxf7 Kxf7 20. Ba4 Rhd8 21. Rad2 Rxd2 22. Rxd2 a5 23. bxa5 Rxa5 24. Bb5 Be4 25.
Bxb6 Ra8 26. Rd1 Bd3 27. Bc5 Bxc4 28. Bxc4 Nxc4 29. g3 Bb2 30. Rd3 e5 31. Kg2
Ke6 32. h4 g5 33. h5 e4 34. Rb3 Kd5 35. Bb4 Bd4 36. Nc3+ Ke5 37. Nb5 Bb6 38.
Nd6 Nxd6 39. Bxd6+ Kxd6 40. Rxb6+ Ke5 41. Rxh6 Rxa3 42. Rh8 Kf6 43. Rg8 Ra2 44.
h6 Ra7 45. Kh3 Rh7 46. Kg4 Rxh6 47. Rxg5 Rh1 48. Rf5+ Kg6 49. Ra5 Re1 50. Ra6+
Kf7 51. Ra2 Ke6 52. Kf4 Kd5 53. Rd2+ Kc4 54. g4 Kc3 55. Rd8 Re2 56. g5 Rxf2+
57. Kxe4 Rg2 58. Kf5 Rf2+ 59. Ke6 Re2+ 60. Kf6 Rf2+ 61. Kg7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Bd2 Nd7 10. Ne1 f5 11. Nd3 Nf6 12. f3 Kh8 13. Rc1 c5 14. g4 Bd7 15. a3
a5 16. b3 Nc8 17. Kh1 Nb6 18. Nf2 Rf7 19. gxf5 gxf5 20. f4 exf4 21. Bxf4 Qe7
22. Bg5 Qf8 23. exf5 Bxf5 24. Bd3 Bxd3 25. Nxd3 Bh6 26. Bxh6 Qxh6 27. Nb5 Rd8
28. Qf3 Nc8 29. Nf4 Rg8 30. Qc3 Rfg7 31. Rce1 Qh4 32. Qb2 h5 $2 {When the time
control approaches, blunders are made.} 33. Ne6 Rg6 34. Re2 $2 ({White wins by
} 34. Qc3 $1 {and 35.Rf4 or 35.Rf4.}) 34... Kh7 35. Qc2 Kh8 36. Nbc7 Ne7 $2 (
36... Qh3 37. Ref2 Qg4 38. Qb1 Ne4 39. Qb2+ Nf6 40. Qb1 $11) 37. Qb2 $2 Kh7 $2
(37... Nf5 $1 38. Qc3 Ng3+ {Black wins.}) 38. Nf8+ $2 (38. Qb1 Kh8 39. Nf4 R6g7
40. Nce6 {achieves a big positional advantage.}) 38... Rxf8 39. Rxe7+ Kg8 40.
Qe2 Ng4 41. Ref7 Rc8 $2 (41... Rxf7 42. Qe8+ Kh7 43. Rxf7+ Rg7 44. Rxg7+ Kxg7
45. Ne6+ Kh6 46. Qf8+ Kg6 47. Nf4+ Kg5 48. Qe7+ Nf6 $11 {(Taimanov).}) 42. Ne8
Ne5 43. Rf8+ Kh7 44. Nf6+ Rxf6 45. R8xf6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 (
7... Be7 $2 8. Nxe6 $1) 8. Bb3 a5 $5 ({The greedy} 8... Qxd4 $2 {is punished by
} 9. N1f3 {and Ne5.}) 9. a4 $5 h6 10. N5f3 c5 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Be5 O-O 13. O-O-O
c4 $1 {Black starts an attack on the king.} 14. Bxc4 Nxa4 15. Nh3 Nb6 16. g4 $5
a4 $1 {Capture of the g-pawn is too risky.} 17. g5 hxg5 18. Nhxg5 a3 19. b3 Bb4
$1 {Tal, Keres and Nei have analysed this position deeply.} 20. Rdg1 $2 ({They
advise} 20. c3 $1 Bxc3 21. Qd3 Bb2+ ({the pointe is} 21... a2 $2 22. Kc2 $1
Nxc4 23. bxc4 a1=Q 24. Rxa1 Bxa1 25. Bxf6 {and White threatens mate}) 22. Kb1
$1 ({they also find} 22. Kc2 $6 g6 $1 23. Nxe6 $1 Nfd5 $1 24. Nxd8 Nb4+ 25. Kd2
Nxd3 26. Bxd3 Nd5 $1) {An equal endgame reaches} 22... Nbd7 $1 ({their move} 
22... g6 $2 {can be refuted by} 23. Bxe6 $1) 23. Bd6 Qa5 $1 24. Bxf8 Kxf8 25.
Rhg1 Qc3) 20... a2 $1 21. Kb2 Nxc4+ 22. Qxc4 Nd5 23. Ne4 ({An attempt to
revive white's attack by} 23. Bxg7 {fails due to} Bc3+ 24. Qxc3 Nxc3 25. Bxf8
Kxf8 26. Kxc3 Qd5) 23... f6 24. Bf4 Ba3+ 25. Ka1 Nxf4 26. h4 Rf7 27. Rg4 Qa5 (
27... Qa5 28. Rxf4 Bb2+ {ends horribly.}) 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Averkin, Orest"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. c4 Bb7 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 c5 6. O-O cxd4 7. exd4 Be7 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. b3 d5 10. Bb2 Nc6 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Qe2 Rc7 13. Rfd1 Qa8 14. a3 a5
15. Rc2 Rfc8 16. Rdc1 Nb8 17. Ne5 Nbd7 18. Ndf3 dxc4 19. bxc4 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 {
Beliavsky starts an adventure.} Bxg2 $5 21. d5 $1 exd5 22. Kxg2 dxc4+ 23. Qf3
Qxf3+ 24. Nxf3 b5 25. a4 $1 Rc5 26. Bf1 Nd5 27. Bd4 Nf4+ 28. Kh1 Rf5 29. Bb2
bxa4 30. Rxc4 Rxc4 31. Rxc4 Ne6 32. Rc8+ Nf8 33. Kg2 a3 34. Ba1 Rd5 35. Bc4 Rd1
$2 ({Black survives by} 35... Rd8 36. Rc7 Rd7 $1 37. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 38. Ne5+ Ke6
39. Nxd7 Nxd7 40. Bxg7 Nc5) 36. Bd4 h5 37. Bb3 Rb1 38. Ba2 Rb7 $2 {
Unfortunately, God has placed a time control before adjournment.} ({The forced
move is} 38... Rb4) 39. Ne5 Bf6 40. f4 Bxe5 41. fxe5 Rd7 42. e6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 c6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Bd3 d5 5. e5 c5 $5 6. c3 Bg4 7. Nbd2 Nc6 8. h3
Bd7 9. O-O e6 10. Re1 Nge7 $2 11. dxc5 Qc7 12. Qe2 a5 13. a4 Nb8 14. Nb3 Na6
15. Be3 O-O 16. Bg5 Rfe8 17. Nh2 $5 h6 18. Bf6 $5 Nxc5 19. Nxc5 Qxc5 20. Ng4
Kf8 21. Qd2 Ng8 22. Qf4 g5 23. Qf3 Bc6 24. Bxg7+ Kxg7 {The unnatural play is
punished.} 25. Nxh6 $1 f5 (25... Kxh6 26. Qxf7) 26. exf6+ Nxf6 27. Re5 Rf8 28.
Rxg5+ Kh8 29. Qg3 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Grigorian, Levon"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E38"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc5 7. Bf4 O-O 8.
e3 d5 9. Rd1 Qa5 10. a3 Be7 11. Nd2 e5 12. Nb3 $5 {Grigorian brings a novelty
in the Nimzo-Indian.} Qc7 ({Geller advices} 12... Qb6 $1 {This move will
become theory.}) 13. Bg3 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Nb4 $6 {A witty sacrifice.} ({Correct is
} 14... Bd7) 15. Qe2 Nc2+ 16. Qxc2 Qxc4 17. Bxe5 b6 18. Nd4 Rd8 19. b3 Qc5 $6 (
19... Qa6 $1 20. Nc6 Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1 Qxa3 22. b4 Bf8 23. O-O {brings Black near
equality.}) 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Ne4 $1 Qxa3 22. Nxf6+ gxf6 23. O-O {White has
gained a positional advantage.} Qc5 24. Qe4 Bd7 25. Rc1 Qe5 26. Qb7 Qb8 $5 27.
Rc7 $5 Qxb7 28. Rxb7 Bc8 29. Rc7 Bd7 {Spassky comes close to his second defeat.
} 30. f3 $2 ({Better is} 30. Rfc1 $1 {The appropriate response might be} Kf8 $1
31. f3 Ke8 $1 32. Nc6 $1 Rdc8 33. Nxa7 Rxc7 34. Rxc7 Be6 35. Nb5 Ra1+ 36. Kf2
Rb1 37. Nd4 Bxb3 {Black's defence will be difficult.}) 30... a5 $1 31. Rfc1 b5
$1 {An elegant counterattack equalises the game.} 32. Ra1 a4 33. bxa4 bxa4 34.
Ra3 Rac8 35. Rxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Rashkovsky, Nukhim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. e4 O-O 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Re8
9. h3 exd5 10. exd5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Rxe4 12. Bd3 Re8 13. Bg5 Qb6 14. Rb1 Bd7 15.
a3 a5 16. b3 Qc7 17. Qd2 a4 18. Bh6 axb3 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rxb3 Bc8 21. Qb2+
Kg8 22. Nd2 f5 $2 23. Nf3 $2 (23. Bxf5 $1 gxf5 24. Rg3+ $18) 23... Nd7 24. Ng5
Nf8 25. Qd2 Qe7 26. f4 Qe3+ 27. Qxe3 Rxe3 28. Kf2 Re7 29. Ra1 Nd7 30. Nf3 Kf8
31. Nd2 Nf6 32. a4 Ra5 33. Bc2 Ke8 34. Kf3 Kd8 35. Rbb1 Ra6 36. a5 Ra7 37. Rg1
Ra6 38. Nb3 Bd7 39. Rgb1 Ra7 40. Nd2 Bc8 41. Nf1 Ra6 42. Rb6 h6 43. Rxa6 bxa6
44. Rb1 {Consolidation is needed.} g5 $2 ({The right defence is} 44... Kc7 $1
45. Rb6 Re1 46. Ne3 Bb7 47. Rb1 Rxb1 48. Bxb1 Bc8) 45. Ng3 g4+ 46. hxg4 fxg4+
47. Kf2 Ne8 $2 48. Bg6 Rg7 49. Bxe8 Kxe8 50. Ne4 Ke7 51. Rb8 Bd7 52. Kg3 Rg6
53. Rb7 Kd8 54. Rb6 {Top: Spassky 11, Karpov, Kuzmin, Polugaevsky, Petrosian
and Korchnoi 10.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C93"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 h6 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Nf1 Bd7 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15.
Qf3 Be6 (15... c5 {(Keres-Spassky, Riga 1965).}) 16. Rd1 Qe7 17. Ne3 Rad8 18.
Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 Qd7 21. Qxd7 Nxd7 22. Kf1 Nc5 23. Bc2 Be7 24.
Ke2 Bg5 25. Be3 Bxe3 26. Kxe3 Kf8 27. g3 Ke7 28. h4 a5 29. a3 Rd6 30. Rd1 Rxd1
31. Bxd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Kuzmin, Gennadi"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Be7 10. h4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc6 $5 (11... Qa5 {(Tal-Mititelu,
Bath 1973).}) 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Qxd6 Qb6 (13... Qa5 14. Qd2 Rd8 15. Qd3 b5 {is
even stronger.}) 14. Qf4 $6 Qb4 $6 ({A weakness causes} 14... Bxc3 15. bxc3 O-O
) 15. Qe3 Qa5 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Qxa2 18. Qa3 Qxa3 19. bxa3 O-O-O 20. Bc4
exd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D91"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. cxd5 Nxg5 7. Nxg5 c6 $5
8. Nf3 $5 {Tigran wants to play a quiet Grünfeld, after he has won three games
in a row.} cxd5 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 Nc6 11. O-O e6 12. Rc1 Qe7 13. Na4 Rd8 14. a3
e5 15. Bb5 e4 16. Nd2 Bd7 17. Rc5 a6 18. Be2 $5 {Odd moves allow a strange
response.} Nxd4 $1 19. exd4 Bxd4 20. Rc7 ({The pointe of the sacrifice is} 20.
Rxd5 Bxa4 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Qxa4 e3 $1 {(Yudovich). White keeps the equality
with} 23. Nf3 exf2+ 24. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 25. Kxf2 Qc5+ 26. Kg3) 20... Qg5 21. Nxe4
Qe5 {Viktor the Terrible has turned the game into a fight.} 22. Ng5 $2 (22.
Rxd7 $1 Rxd7 23. Ng5 {keeps a plus.}) 22... Qxc7 23. Qxd4 Bxa4 24. Qxa4 Qe7 25.
Qh4 f6 26. Nxh7 Qxh7 27. Qxf6 Qg7 28. Qe6+ Qf7 29. Qg4 Rd7 (29... Rd6 $1 30.
Qg3 Rad8 {gives play.}) 30. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Savon, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. b3 Bg7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Nc3
Na6 9. Rc1 Rc8 10. d4 d5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. cxd5
Qxd5 15. Qxd5 Bxd5 16. Rfd1 e6 17. Nd4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Rfd8 19. Nb5 Rxd1 20. Rxd1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Nb3 b5 8.
Be3 Ng6 9. f4 Be7 10. g3 O-O 11. h4 Re8 12. Qd2 Na5 13. h5 Nf8 14. h6 g6 15.
Qd4 f6 16. Nd5 Nxb3 17. axb3 Bb7 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Bf3 e5 20. fxe5 Qxe5 21.
Qxe5 Rxe5 22. Bd4 Re6 23. O-O Bxe4 24. Bxf6 Bxf3 25. Rxf3 Rae8 26. Bc3 g5 27.
Rf5 Rg6 28. Bb4 g4 29. Raf1 Ne6 30. Rf6 Rxf6 31. Rxf6 Nd4 32. c3 Nf3+ 33. Kf2
Ne5 34. Bd6 Nd3+ 35. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C93"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 h6 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Nf1 Bd7 13. Ng3 Na5 14. Bc2 Nc4 15. Bd3
Nb6 16. Nh2 c5 17. d5 a5 18. Rf1 Rb8 19. Be3 Na4 20. Rb1 c4 21. Bc2 Nc5 $2 22.
Bxc5 $1 dxc5 23. a4 $1 b4 {Pawn c4 will be lost eventually.} 24. Ra1 b3 $2 {
Black seems to achieve an ample positional advantage, but the result will be
the loss of pawn b3.} 25. Bb1 Bc8 26. Nf3 Nd7 27. Nf5 Nb6 28. Ne3 Ba6 29. Qe2
g6 ({If Black plays} 29... Be7 {in order to move the bishop to g5, he leaves
pawn e5 unprotected.}) 30. Nd2 Qg5 31. Ra3 Qh5 32. f3 Qg5 33. Ndxc4 Nxc4 34.
Nxc4 Bxc4 35. Qxc4 Qe3+ 36. Kh1 Bd6 37. Rxb3 Rxb3 38. Qxb3 Rb8 39. Qc2 h5 40.
Ba2 Kg7 41. Bc4 h4 42. Qf2 Qxf2 43. Rxf2 f5 44. Kh2 f4 45. Kg1 Kf6 46. Kf1 Ke7
47. Rc2 Kd8 48. Ke2 Kc7 49. Kd3 g5 50. Bb5 Kb6 51. Rc1 Rc8 52. Ra1 Rb8 53. Kc4
Rc8 54. Ra3 Rb8 55. Rb3 Kc7 56. Bc6 Rxb3 57. Kxb3 Kb6 58. Kc4 Bf8 59. Bd7 Bd6
60. Bc8 Bf8 61. d6 $1 {White exchanges rooks and offers a pawn for an entrance
of his king.} Kc6 (61... Bxd6 62. Kd5 Bc7 63. Ke6 Bb8 64. Kf5 Bc7 65. Kxg5 Bd8+
66. Kf5 Bc7 67. Ke6 Bb8 68. Kd5 Bc7 69. Bd7 Bb8 70. Bb5 Bc7 71. Bf1 Bb8 72. g4
fxg3 73. Bg2 Bc7 74. b3 Bb8 75. f4 exf4 76. e5 {(The Chess Player, no. 167)} c4
$1 77. bxc4 Kc7 78. Ke4 Kd7 79. Kxf4 Bc7 80. Bd5 {and White will win some day.}
) 62. Bb7+ $1 (62. Bb7+ $1 Kxb7 63. Kxc5 {The white pawns will become
unstoppable.}) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Kuzmin, Gennadi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A22"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 Bxc3 6. dxc3 d6 7. Qe2 $5 a6 8.
Nf3 b5 $1 {Kuzmin reacts sharp to the novelty on move 7.} 9. c5 ({Korchnoi
does not like} 9. cxb5 axb5 10. Qxb5 Ba6) 9... Bb7 10. cxd6 cxd6 11. Nh4 d5 $1
{Black realizes the liberating move.} 12. Bg5 h6 $6 ({Stronger is} 12... d4 $1
13. cxd4 exd4 14. O-O Re8) 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. exd5 Nd7 15. O-O Rfe8 16. a4 bxa4
17. Rxa4 Nb6 18. Ra5 e4 $1 19. d6 $5 (19. Bxe4 $6 Bxd5 20. f3 Bc4) (19. f3 $1
Nxd5 20. fxe4 Qb6+ 21. Qf2 Qxf2+ 22. Rxf2 Ne3 $1 23. Nf5 Nxg2 24. Nd6 Bxe4 25.
Re2 Re6 26. Nxe4 Rae8) 19... Rad8 20. Nf5 Nc8 21. Qe3 Nxd6 22. Qb6 Nxf5 $6 ({
No risk takes} 22... Bc8) 23. Qxb7 Rb8 24. Qd5 g6 25. Bxe4 Rbd8 26. Qc6 Re6 27.
Qa4 Nd4 28. Bg2 Ne2+ 29. Kh1 Rd2 30. Qa1 Rb6 31. Ra2 h5 32. c4 Rbxb2 33. Rxb2
Rxb2 34. c5 Kg7 35. c6 Rc2 36. Be4 $6 (36. Qxa6 {is the last try for a win.})
36... Rc5 37. Qxa6 Nd4 38. Qa3 Qe5 {The fighters shared the second place.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Rashkovsky, Nukhim"]
[Black "Grigorian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 c5 4. d5 Nf6 5. Nc3 b5 6. e5 b4 7. exf6 bxc3 8. bxc3
Nd7 9. Qa4 exf6 10. Bf4 Qb6 11. Bxc4 Bd6 12. Ne2 O-O 13. O-O Bxf4 14. Nxf4 Qd6
15. Bd3 Nb6 16. Qe4 f5 17. Qf3 c4 18. Bc2 g6 19. Rfd1 Bb7 20. Qg3 Rfd8 21. Bxf5
Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Qxd6 Rxd6 24. Bc2 Rad8 {Champion: Spassky 11 1/2.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Savon, Vladimir"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. O-O
a6 9. Qe2 b5 10. Bb3 ({Fashion was} 10. Bd3 {(Fine-Lasker, Nottingham 1936).})
10... Bb7 11. Rd1 ({Simple equality gives} 11. dxc5 {(Tartakower-Foltys, Lodz
1938).}) 11... Qc7 12. Bd2 Nbd7 13. Rac1 Rac8 14. e4 b4 15. Na4 Nxe4 16. Bxb4
Qf4 17. dxc5 Ndxc5 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. Bxc5 Rxc5 20. Rxc5 Nxc5 21. Bc2 g6 22. Qd2
Qxd2 23. Rxd2 Rb8 24. b3 Kf8 25. Ne5 Bd5 26. f3 Rb7 27. Kf2 Ke7 28. Ke3 a5 29.
Nd3 Nxd3 30. Rxd3 Rc7 31. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. a4 Qc7 11. Nd2 Nc5 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. a5 Ne6 14. Nb3 b5 15.
axb6 Rxb6 16. Be3 Rb4 17. Be2 Bb7 18. f3 d5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Nd4 21. Nxd4
exd4 22. c3 $6 (22. Bf2 $1 Bxd5 23. Rxa6 Bd6 24. g3 Bc5 25. b3 Qb7 26. Ra1 {
keeps a slight edge.}) 22... dxc3 23. bxc3 Qxc3 24. Bxa6 Bc5 25. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 26.
Kh1 Bxa6 27. Rxa6 Rd4 28. Qa1 Qxd5 29. Ra5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B83"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. f4
Nc6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Nb3 a6 11. a4 b6 12. Bf3 Qc7 13. Qe2 Be8 14. g4 $5 {
Petrosian has opened square d7 for his king's knight in the Scheveningen.
Spassky answers aggressively.} Nd7 15. g5 Nc5 16. Bg2 f6 17. h4 Bf7 18. f5 Kh8
19. Rad1 Rae8 $6 (19... Nxb3 20. cxb3 Ne5 {is better.}) 20. fxe6 Bxe6 21. Nd5
Qb8 $2 ({Maybe Tigran blunders due to the pressure. He needs a win for a
divided first place. Correct is} 21... Bxd5 22. exd5 Ne5) 22. Nxe7 Rxe7 {The
game nears the end, despite the sharp position.} 23. Nd4 $2 ({Boris could have
won a pawn by} 23. Nxc5 dxc5 24. Bf4 $1 Ne5 25. Qxa6 {but he is perfectly
happy with a draw.}) 23... Nxd4 24. Bxd4 fxg5 25. hxg5 {Spassky has achieved
an undivided first place.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 c6 5. g3 Nf6 6. h3 Nbd7 7. Bg2 e5 8. Nge2
b5 9. O-O O-O 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. b3 Qe7 12. a3 a5 13. Qc1 Re8 14. Rd1 Ba6 15.
Nd4 b4 16. axb4 axb4 17. f4 $1 bxc3 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Nxc6 Qb7 20. Rd6 Bb5 21.
Na7 Bd7 22. Rb6 Qc7 23. Nb5 Bxb5 24. Rxb5 Bf8 25. Qf1 Nh5 26. Kh2 Ng7 27. Rxa8
Rxa8 28. Qc4 $6 Qxc4 29. bxc4 Ra2 30. c5 Rxc2 31. c6 Ne6 32. Rxe5 Bd6 $6 33.
Rd5 Bc7 34. Rd3 Be5 35. Rd5 f6 36. Bd4 $1 Bxd4 37. Rxd4 Kf8 38. Rc4 Nc7 39. g4
g5 40. Kg3 Ke7 41. e5 $1 {White secures the draw nicely.} fxe5 42. Be4 Rc1 43.
Bxh7 Kd6 44. Kh2 Kd5 45. Bg8+ Kd6 46. Bh7 Kd5 47. Bg8+ Kd6 48. Bh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 d6 8. d5
Nxd2 9. Nxd2 O-O 10. O-O Kh8 11. Qc2 Nd7 12. b4 Bf6 13. Nde4 Bxc3 14. Nxc3 Qe7
15. a3 Nf6 16. Rfd1 e5 17. e4 c6 18. Qd3 cxd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. cxd5 Qd7 21.
Rac1 Rac8 22. Bf1 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Averkin, Orest"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8.
O-O e6 9. Ng5 h6 10. Nh3 Bd6 11. Nf4 Bxf4 12. Bxf4 O-O 13. Bb3 a5 14. c4 Re8
15. Re1 Qb6 16. c5 Qb5 17. Bc2 Bxc2 18. Qxc2 b6 19. Bd6 a4 20. Rac1 Qb4 21.
Red1 bxc5 22. a3 Qb7 23. dxc5 Ra5 24. Rd4 Rb5 25. Rb1 Ra8 26. Rc4 Qa6 27. Ne2
Nd5 28. Nd4 Rb7 29. Rc1 N7f6 30. Qe2 Re8 31. Be5 Nd7 32. Bg3 N7f6 33. R4c2 Qxe2
34. Rxe2 Ne7 35. Bd6 Nfd5 36. Kf1 Ra8 37. Rc4 Ra6 38. Ke1 Nc8 39. Bg3 Na7 40.
Kd1 Nb5 41. Nf3 Ndc7 42. Kc1 f6 43. Rce4 Rba7 44. Bxc7 Nxc7 45. Rd2 e5 46. Rd8+
Kh7 47. Rc4 Ne6 48. Rd6 Re7 49. Ne1 Nd4 50. Nc2 Nb3+ 51. Kd1 Ra5 52. Rxc6 Rd7+
53. Ke1 Rd5 54. Nb4 Rdxc5 55. R4xc5 Nxc5 56. Kd2 Kg6 57. Ke3 Rb5 58. f3 Kf5 59.
Rc7 Kg6 60. Re7 h5 61. h4 Rb8 62. Ra7 Rb5 63. Ra8 Kf5 64. Rh8 g6 65. Rc8 g5 66.
g3 gxh4 67. gxh4 Ne6 68. Ra8 Rc5 $2 69. Rxa4 Rc4 $4 70. Nd5 $1 {Tal was an
indefatigable battler, like Korchnoi.} (70. Nd5 $1 Rxa4 71. Ne7# {a mate with
three self-blocks.}) 1-0

[Event "Vidmar mem 2"]
[Site "Ljubljana/Portoroz"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Planinc, Albin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A50"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

{LJUBLJANA/PORTOROZ 1973 It took four years until the second Vidmar Memorial
happened. They played in the city of Ljubljana and the seaside resort of
Portoroz in iv 1973. Albin Planinc was born in the Slovenian Brise on 18 iv
1944. There he lived with his mother in a small house. He worked in a bicycle
factory but wanted to become a professional player. His games were the most
interesting ones. But, Portisch won the tournament in a solid style.} 1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 g6 $5 {He makes
a new move in a rare opening. Planinc likes a fianchetto of the bishops.
However, White has a plus.} 8. e4 Bg7 9. Bb5+ c6 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Nd7 12.
Bf4 e6 $6 (12... c5 $1 {makes a liberating move.}) 13. Bd6 Re8 14. Rad1 Nf6 15.
e5 Nd5 16. Nd2 f6 17. Bf3 fxe5 18. Bxe5 Rf8 19. Rfe1 Qd7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. c4
Nf4 22. Qc3 Kg8 23. Ne4 Qe7 24. c5 Rad8 25. g3 (25. Nd6 $1 {(Gligoric)
proceeds the attack in the centre.}) 25... Nd5 $1 26. Qa3 Bc8 27. Bg2 e5 28.
dxe5 Qxe5 29. f4 $6 ({Better is} 29. Qxa7 $5 Bg4 {(Gligoric)} 30. f4 $1) 29...
Qc7 30. Ng5 bxc5 31. Qxc5 Qb6 32. Qxb6 axb6 33. Bxd5+ Rxd5 34. Rxd5 cxd5 35.
Re7 d4 $1 36. Kf2 Bf5 {Black gives a pawn for the counter.} 37. Nxh7 Rd8 38.
Nf6+ Kf8 39. Re5 d3 40. Rd5 Ra8 41. g4 $1 Kf7 $1 42. gxf5 Kxf6 43. fxg6 Rxa2+
44. Ke3 Kxg6 45. h4 Rh2 46. Kxd3 Rxh4 47. Ke4 Rh1 48. Rd6+ Kf7 49. Rxb6 Ra1 {
Planinc had become a grandmaster in 1972 and could defend against anybody.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Vidmar mem 2"]
[Site "Ljubljana/Portoroz"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Ciocaltea, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. e3 e6 6. Nc3 exd5 7. Nxd5 Bb7 8.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 9. Nf3 Be7 $5 {The Rumanian plays a fine novelty.} 10. bxa6 Nxa6 11.
Be2 O-O $1 12. Bd2 (12. Qxd7 $5 Nb4 $1 13. O-O Bc6 {leaves the initiative to
Black.}) 12... Qe6 13. O-O Nc7 $5 ({An alternative gives} 13... Be4 14. Bc3 d5)
14. a3 Be4 15. b4 Bf6 $2 (15... d6 $1 {defends the centre.}) 16. Rc1 $1 Rxa3
17. Rxc5 Ra1 18. Bc1 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Be5 20. Bg4 f5 21. Be2 Kh8 22. Qc2 Ra2 23.
Qc4 Bd6 24. Bf3 h6 $2 (24... Na6 $1 25. Qxe6 dxe6 26. Rc6 Bxb4 27. Rxe6 Nc5 {
prolongs the game.}) 25. Rxc7 $1 1-0

[Event "Vidmar mem 2"]
[Site "Ljubljana/Portoroz"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Puc, Stojan"]
[Black "Planinc, Albin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O
8. O-O Re8 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 d6 11. f4 Bb7 $5 12. Kh1 (12. Ne2 $1 {gains an
advantage (Georgiev - Shchekachev, Hallsberg 1991).}) 12... Bxc3 13. bxc3 c5
14. Re1 Re6 15. c4 Qe7 16. Qf3 Re8 17. Rab1 $2 Bxe4 $1 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qg3+
Kh8 20. f5 $2 {Planinc strikes for a sudden death in the Scotch Game.} Bxg2+ $1
0-1

[Event "Vidmar mem 2"]
[Site "Ljubljana/Portoroz"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Planinc, Albin"]
[Black "Minic, Dragoljub"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B96"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. e5 Bb7 11. Qh3 dxe5 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Qxe6+ Be7 14. Bxb5
axb5 15. Nxb5 Qc6 16. Nd6+ Kd8 17. fxe5 Kc7 18. Qxe7 $5 {Planinc plays a
novelty after a lengthy theoretical line in the Sicilian Defence.} Rxa2 $1 19.
Rd4 $2 {The game is over after two moves!} ({Right is} 19. exf6 $1 Ra1+ 20. Kd2
Qd5+ 21. Kc3 Qa5+ 22. Kd3 {drawn (Nisipeanu - Shirov, Las Vegas 1999).}) 19...
Ra1+ 20. Kd2 Qxg2+ 21. Kc3 Qf3+ 22. Kb4 Ra4+ $1 23. Kxa4 Bc6+ 24. Kb4 Rb8+ 25.
Kc4 Nd5 26. Ne8+ Rxe8 27. Qd6+ Kb7 28. Rxd5 Qxh1 29. Ra5 Qe4+ 30. Kb3 Rxe5 31.
Bd8 Qf3+ 32. c3 Qf7+ 33. c4 Re3+ 34. Kb4 Qf8 35. Qxf8 Nxf8 36. Rf5 Rf3 37. Rh5
Ne6 38. Be7 h6 39. Bd6 Rd3 40. Be5 Re3 41. Bg3 Be8 42. Ra5 Re2 43. b3 g5 44.
Rf5 h5 45. c5 Re4+ 46. Kc3 Kc6 47. Bd6 Re3+ 48. Kc4 Rxb3 49. Re5 Rf3 50. Kb4
Bd7 51. Re2 Nd4 52. Ra2 Kd5 53. Ka5 Rb3 54. Rd2 Kc4 0-1

[Event "Vidmar mem 2"]
[Site "Ljubljana/Portoroz"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Quinteros, Miguel"]
[Black "Planinc, Albin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A50"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. c4 b6 2. Nc3 Bb7 3. d4 Nf6 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 g6 8.
e4 Bg7 9. Bb5+ Nd7 $5 ({Planinc played} 9... c6 {against Gligoric in the first
round.}) 10. O-O O-O 11. Bf4 a6 12. Bd3 Re8 13. Rad1 c5 14. a4 e6 15. Rfe1 h6
16. h4 Qc8 $5 17. Qd2 h5 18. Bh6 Bh8 $5 19. d5 $6 (19. e5 $1 {keeps a
positional edge.}) 19... c4 $1 20. dxe6 $5 cxd3 $1 {Naturally, Planinc accepts
the challenge of a piece sacrifice.} 21. exf7+ Kxf7 22. Qa2+ $1 Ke7 23. Rxd3
Nc5 $1 24. Bg5+ Bf6 $5 (24... Kf8 25. Bh6+ {repeats the moves, but Planinc
wants more.}) 25. Bxf6+ Kxf6 26. Rd6+ Kg7 27. Ng5 $1 {Quinteros continues the
attack.} Qc7 $2 ({Better is} 27... Re7 28. c4 Qe8 $1) 28. Red1 $2 (28. Qd2 $1
Qe7 29. Qd4+ Kh6 30. f4 $1 {wins.}) 28... Re7 29. e5 $5 Rf8 30. e6 $2 {
Quinteros misses a spectacular finish.} ({Right is} 30. Qb1 $1 Rf5 31. Rxg6+ $1
Kxg6 32. Rd6+ Qxd6 33. exd6 Rd7 34. Qxb6 Rd5 35. c4 R7xd6 36. Qc7 Rd7 37. Qb6+
{drawn.}) 30... Bc6 31. Qc4 Rf5 32. Qd4+ Kg8 33. Rd8+ Be8 34. Nf7 $2 Nxe6 $1
35. Nh6+ Kh7 36. Qe3 Nxd8 0-1

[Event "Vidmar mem 2"]
[Site "Ljubljana/Portoroz"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Csom, Istvan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
Nc6 9. Qf4 O-O 10. Rd1 Qb8 11. Qxb8 Rfxb8 $5 12. Bf4 Rd8 13. Nb5 Na5 $2 {Black
reacts too shy.} ({Right is} 13... d5 $1 14. Nc7 Rac8 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5
Rxd5) 14. Bd6 $1 Kf8 15. Bxe7+ $5 Kxe7 16. Nd6 Ne8 $2 ({Alright is} 16... Ne4
$1 17. Nxb7 Nxb7 18. Nd2 Nxd2 19. Rxd2 Rab8) 17. Nxb7 Nxb7 18. Ne5 Rab8 19.
Rxd7+ $1 Rxd7 20. Nc6+ Kf8 21. Nxb8 Rc7 22. Na6 Re7 23. b4 Nbd6 24. Rc1 e5 25.
e3 e4 26. Bf1 Rb7 27. c5 bxc5 28. bxc5 Nc8 29. a4 Rb2 30. Rd1 Ne7 31. Bb5 Ng8
32. c6 Rc2 33. Rd8 Ke7 34. c7 1-0

[Event "Vidmar mem 2"]
[Site "Ljubljana/Portoroz"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Smejkal, Jan"]
[Black "Planinc, Albin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E69"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4
exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. h3 Nc5 11. Re1 a5 12. Qc2 c6 13. Be3 a4 14. Rab1 Bd7 15.
b4 $5 {Black gets a hard pressure on pawn e4.} axb3 16. axb3 Qe7 $1 17. Rbd1 $2
(17. f3 {(Karkanaque - Cunningham, Luzern 1982) is better.}) 17... Nfxe4 18.
Bf4 f5 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. f3 g5 $1 21. Bc1 Bxd4+ 22. Rxd4 {They overlook some
tactics.} Qe5 $2 (22... Qg7 $1 23. Bb2 Nxg3 24. Rxe8+ Bxe8 25. Rxd6 Qe7 {
favours Black.}) 23. Bb2 $2 (23. Rdd1 $1 Qc3 {(Minic)} 24. Qxc3 $1 Nxc3 25.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Rxd6 {draws.}) 23... Ra2 $1 24. Qc1 Qxg3 25. Re2 ({Or} 25. fxe4
Rxb2 $1) 25... c5 26. Rd1 f4 $5 ({The simple} 26... Nf6 {is missed. Planinc
plays an exciting finale instead.}) 27. fxe4 f3 $1 28. Rd3 Rf8 $1 29. Rf2 Bxh3
$1 30. Rdd2 Rf4 31. Qc3 Rxb2 $1 32. Rxb2 Bxg2 33. Rxg2 f2+ $1 34. Rbxf2 Qxc3
35. Rxf4 h6 36. Rf5 Qxb3 37. Rd5 Qxc4 38. Rxd6 $2 Qc1+ 0-1

[Event "Vidmar mem 2"]
[Site "Ljubljana/Portoroz"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Planinc, Albin"]
[Black "Tatai, Stefano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C19"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. Bd3
b6 9. O-O Ba6 10. Ng5 Bxd3 11. cxd3 cxd4 12. Qh5 $5 {Planinc starts a stunt.} (
{Alright is} 12. cxd4) 12... g6 13. Qf3 Nec6 $1 14. Re1 $5 {Nimzowitsch would
have loved this move!} ({More soliod is} 14. Bd2 $1 dxc3 15. Bxc3) 14... Qe7 $2
{The enemy shows fear.} ({Not} 14... Nxe5 $2 15. Rxe5 $1) ({but} 14... dxc3 $1
15. Qf6 Rg8 $1 16. Nxh7 Nd7 17. Qh4 Rc8 {competes.}) 15. c4 $1 h6 $5 ({The
pointe is} 15... dxc4 $6 16. Ne4 $1) 16. cxd5 $1 hxg5 17. dxc6 Na6 18. Qg4 Rh5
19. Qxd4 Rd8 20. Qc4 Nc7 21. a4 Qc5 22. Ba3 $2 Qxc4 23. dxc4 Rh4 24. Bd6 Rc8
25. Rec1 a5 26. g3 Rd4 27. Rab1 $2 {Planinc fails in the ending.} ({Right is} 
27. c5 $1) 27... Na8 28. c7 Nxc7 29. Rxb6 Nd5 $1 30. Ra6 Rdxc4 31. Rxc4 Rxc4
32. Rxa5 Nb6 33. Rb5 Nc8 34. Rb8 Kd7 35. Rb7+ Ke8 36. Bb4 Na7 37. Re7+ Kf8 38.
Bd6 Nc8 39. Rc7+ Nxd6 40. exd6 Rd4 41. d7 Ke7 42. d8=Q+ Kxd8 43. Rxf7 Rxa4 44.
Kg2 Ra5 45. Kh3 Ke8 46. Rf6 Ke7 47. Rxg6 Kf7 48. Rh6 Ra4 49. f3 Rb4 50. g4 e5
51. Rh7+ Kf6 52. Rh8 Kf7 53. Rh7+ Kf6 54. Rh6+ Kf7 55. Ra6 e4 56. Ra7+ Kg6 57.
Ra6+ Kg7 58. fxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vidmar mem 2"]
[Site "Ljubljana/Portoroz"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivkov, Borislav"]
[Black "Osterman, Rudolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A35"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d6 7. Be2 Nf6 8. d5
Nb8 9. O-O Na6 10. Re1 Bd7 11. Bf1 O-O 12. Bf4 Re8 13. Rc1 Nc7 14. h3 a5 15.
Qd2 Na6 16. Bh6 Nc5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Re3 Ra6 19. Rce1 e5 20. dxe6 fxe6 21. Nb5
$6 {Black gets the opportunity to solve his crammed position.} Bxb5 $1 22. cxb5
Ra8 23. Rd1 Nd5 $2 ({More active is} 23... Nce4 $1) 24. Ree1 Rc8 25. Ng5 Nb4 ({
Or} 25... Qf6 26. Nxe6+ $1 Rxe6 27. Rxe6 Qxe6 28. Bc4 {and White wins a pawn.})
26. a3 $1 Nc2 27. Qxc2 Qxg5 28. Rxd6 a4 29. Qc3+ Kh6 $2 30. Re5 $1 Qf4 31. Rxc5
1-0

[Event "Vidmar mem 2"]
[Site "Ljubljana/Portoroz"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Ivkov, Borislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D87"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. Qc1 Rd8 12. Rd1 Bd7 $5 ({Known is} 12... Na5
) 13. Bf4 Qa5 14. Bh6 cxd4 15. cxd4 Rac8 16. Qf4 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Be8 18. Bb3 Qh5
$6 19. Qxh5 gxh5 {White has a plus.} 20. d5 $1 Ne5 21. f4 Ng6 22. g3 h4 $1 23.
Rac1 hxg3 24. hxg3 Bd7 25. Kf2 Bg4 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Rc1 Rxc1 28. Nxc1 {He
keeps an edge despite the exchanges.} Kf8 29. Nd3 f6 30. Ke3 h5 31. f5 $5 Ne5
32. Nc5 b6 33. Ne6+ Kf7 34. Nc7 Kf8 35. Nb5 a5 36. Nc7 Bh3 37. Ne6+ Ke8 ({Not} 
37... Kf7 $2 38. d6 $1) 38. Ba4+ $5 (38. Ng7+ Kd7 39. Nxh5 {allows the counter}
b5 $1) 38... Kf7 39. Bb5 Bg4 40. Nc7 Bd1 41. Na8 Ng4+ 42. Kf4 Bc2 43. Nxb6 Nf2
44. e5 $5 ({The forthright} 44. Nc4 Nxe4 45. Nxa5 {(Gligoric)} Nc3 $1 46. Bc4
Ke8 {draws.}) 44... Nh3+ 45. Ke3 fxe5 46. Be2 Bxf5 47. Bxh5+ Kf6 48. a3 Ng5 49.
Be2 Bh3 50. Bf3 $1 Nf7 51. Nc4 a4 $2 {Ivkov breaks at last.} ({Right is} 51...
Nd6 $1 52. Nxa5 Bd7 {cause White cannot advance the a-pawn.}) 52. Bd1 Bg2 53.
Nb6 e6 54. dxe6 Kxe6 55. Bxa4 Nd6 56. Bd7+ Kf6 57. a4 $1 Ke7 58. Bg4 Bc6 59. a5
Kd8 60. Be6 Bb5 61. Bd5 Kc7 62. g4 Kb8 63. g5 Ka7 64. Be6 $1 Ka6 65. g6 $1 Ne8
66. Nc4 Nf6 (66... Bxc4 67. Bxc4+ Kxa5 68. Ke4 $1 {leads to a theoretical win
for White (Gligoric).}) 67. Bc8+ 1-0

[Event "Vidmar mem 2"]
[Site "Ljubljana/Portoroz"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Suetin, Alexey"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. Bf4 O-O 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. O-O e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5
15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Qd2 Bd7 17. Rae1 Kh8 18. Bb1 Ng4 19. Ng3 Qd6 20. f3 Nf6 21.
Rd1 Qc5+ 22. Qf2 b6 23. Rc1 Qd6 24. Qd4 Rae8 25. Bd3 Kg8 $2 26. Ne4 $1 Qe5 27.
Qxe5 Rxe5 28. Nxf6+ Rxf6 29. Rc7 Bf5 30. Bxf5 Rfxf5 31. Kf2 $2 {Suetin should
have captured the pawn.} Rf7 32. Rc8+ Rf8 33. Rxf8+ Kxf8 34. Re1 Rh5 $1 {
Portisch has to avoid the pawn ending.} 35. Rc1 Rxh2 36. Rc8+ Ke7 37. Rc7+ Kd6
38. Rxg7 a5 39. Kg1 $5 Rh6 40. Rg8 Ke5 41. Rc8 Kd4 42. Rc3 b5 43. Kf2 b4 44.
Rc7 (44. Rc1 $1 Kd3 45. Rd1+ {forces a draw.}) 44... Kd3 45. f4 Ke4 46. Ra7 d4
$5 47. Rxa5 Rc6 48. Ra7 Rc2+ 49. Kg3 Rxb2 50. Re7+ Kd5 51. Rxh7 Rxa2 52. Rb7
Kc4 53. Rc7+ Kd3 54. Rb7 Kc3 55. Rc7+ Kd2 56. Rb7 d3 {The rook ending has
become tempo play.} 57. f5 $2 (57. Rxb4 $1 Kc3 58. Rb1 $1 d2 59. f5 Kc2 60. Rf1
Ra4 $1 61. f6 $1 d1=Q 62. Rxd1 Kxd1 63. f7 $1 Ra8 64. Kf4 Rf8 65. g4 {draws.})
57... Ke2 58. Rxb4 d2 59. Rb1 Ra4 60. Rh1 Re4 61. Ra1 Kd3 $2 (61... Rc4 $1 62.
Rb1 Rc1 63. Rb2 Rf1 {just succeeds for Black.}) 62. Rd1 $2 (62. f6 $1 Re1 63.
Ra3+ Ke2 64. f7 Rf1 65. Rf3 {merely escapes.}) 62... Re1 63. Rxd2+ Kxd2 64. Kf4
Kd3 65. f6 Kd4 66. Kf5 Kd5 67. g4 Rf1+ 68. Kg6 Ke6 69. g5 Rf5 70. Kh6 Kf7 {
Portisch had to work hard for his wins.} 0-1

[Event "Vidmar mem 2"]
[Site "Ljubljana/Portoroz"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Planinc, Albin"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C34"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 g5 5. h4 g4 6. Ng1 Qf6 7. Nc3 Ne7 $5 8.
Nge2 Bh6 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. g3 Nbc6 11. gxf4 O-O-O {They play the King's Gambit in
the old- fashioned style, but the line is new.} 12. Bg2 Qg7 $6 {Black loses
his plus.} ({Better is} 12... Rde8 $1) 13. d5 Ne5 $1 14. Qe3 Kb8 15. Qf2 g3 $5
16. Qg1 $5 {Planinc avoids the endgame.} Ng4 17. Rh3 Qf6 18. Rxg3 Rhg8 19. Bd2
Ng6 20. Bh3 Qxh4 21. O-O-O Ne7 22. Be1 Qh5 23. Kb1 Nf6 $2 {White begins to
miss opportunities.} 24. Qd4 (24. Bxd7 $1 Nxd7 25. Bf2 a6 26. Qh1 {leads to a
superior endgame.}) 24... Bxh3 25. Qxf6 Nc8 26. Bf2 Bd7 27. Rdg1 Rge8 28. Nd4
Bf8 29. Nf3 Qh6 30. Qd4 (30. Qxh6 $1 Bxh6 31. f5 $1 {brings a horrible
restraint in the endgame.}) 30... Be7 31. Be3 Bf6 32. e5 $1 Bh8 33. Qd3 Qh5 34.
Rg5 Qh6 35. R5g2 Qh5 36. Ne4 Ka8 37. Bd2 (37. Rh2 $1 Qxf3 38. Ng5 {catches a
queen.}) 37... Qf5 38. Rg5 Qh3 39. Nf2 Qh6 40. Rh1 Qf8 41. Rxh7 dxe5 42. fxe5
f6 43. Rgh5 Bg7 44. Qg6 fxe5 45. Rxg7 Qxf3 46. Rxd7 Qxf2 47. Bc1 Qb6 48. Qf5 a6
49. Rxd8 Rxd8 50. Qxe5 Qd6 51. Qe4 $6 Nb6 52. c4 Nxc4 53. Rh7 Nb6 54. Bf4 Qxd5
55. Qxd5 Nxd5 56. Bxc7 Nxc7 57. Rxc7 {Planinc overlooked incredible chances.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Vidmar mem 2"]
[Site "Ljubljana/Portoroz"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Parma, Bruno"]
[Black "Planinc, Albin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 {The Planinc
Variation occurs.} 7. d3 Be7 8. a4 O-O 9. Re1 Re8 10. Bd2 $5 Bf8 11. axb5 axb5
12. Rxa8 Bxa8 13. Nc3 Na5 14. Ba2 b4 15. Ng5 b3 $1 16. cxb3 Bb4 17. Nd5 Nxd5
18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Qh5 $6 {Parma plays like Planinc!} ({More solid is} 19. Nxf7
$1 Bxf7 20. Bxb4 Nc6 21. Bc3) 19... Bxd2 20. Qxh7+ Kf8 21. Qh8+ Ke7 22. Rxe5+
Kd6 23. Qxe8 ({Not} 23. Rxe8 $2 Qxg5 24. Qh3 Nc6 $1) 23... Qxe8 24. Rxe8 Bxg5
25. b4 Nb3 $1 {Black has reached a fine endgame.} 26. g3 Bc1 27. h4 Bxb2 28. g4
Bc3 29. b5 Be5 30. h5 f6 31. Rh8 Nd4 32. Bxd5 Kxd5 33. Rd8 Kd6 34. Rb8 Nf3+ $2
{The kingside pawns should be stopped.} ({Right is} 34... Ne6 $1) 35. Kg2 Ne1+
36. Kf1 Nxd3 37. Rg8 $1 Bf4 38. Rxg7 Ne5 39. Rg8 $6 Bg5 40. Ke2 Kc5 $6 41. Rc8
Kxb5 42. Rxc7 d5 43. Rh7 d4 44. h6 d3+ 45. Kf1 d2 46. Ke2 Nxg4 47. Rb7+ Kc6 48.
h7 $1 Kxb7 49. f4 $1 Bxf4 50. h8=Q f5 51. Qd4 Bh6 52. Qc5 Ka6 53. Qb4 ({Avoids
} 53. Qxf5 $4 d1=Q+ $1) 53... Be3 54. Qd6+ Kb5 55. Qd7+ Kb4 56. Qxf5 Nf2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Vidmar mem 2"]
[Site "Ljubljana/Portoroz"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Planinc, Albin"]
[Black "Razuvaev, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. b4 Bd7
$5 (8... a6 {occurred in Planinc - Marangunic, Zagreb 1972.}) 9. a4 Qe7 10. b5
Na5 11. Re1 a6 12. Na3 axb5 13. axb5 c5 14. Nd2 {Planinc tries to battle on
the queenside, but little happens in the Ponziani.} Be6 15. c4 Bh6 16. Nab1 b6
17. Nc3 Nh5 $6 18. Nf1 Bxc1 19. Rxc1 Nb7 20. Ne3 Ra3 21. Ned5 $1 Bxd5 22. Nxd5
{White controls the centre.} Qd8 23. Ra1 Ra5 24. f4 Nf6 25. Ne3 Qe7 26. Rxa5
Nxa5 27. Rf1 Kh8 28. Qc2 h6 29. Bf3 Ra8 30. Ra1 Kh7 31. Qc3 Rg8 32. Ra2 exf4 $5
33. gxf4 g5 34. fxg5 Rxg5+ 35. Bg2 Qe6 36. Rf2 Ng4 37. Nxg4 Qxg4 38. Qc2 Kg8
39. Kf1 Qh4 40. Bf3 Qh3+ 41. Ke2 {The initiative has died down.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vidmar mem 2"]
[Site "Ljubljana/Portoroz"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Razuvaev, Yuri"]
[Black "Osterman, Rudolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. O-O b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nc3
Bb7 9. Ne5 c6 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nd5 12. Nc3 Bf6 13. Qb3 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Nxc3
15. bxc3 Qc8 $5 (15... Re8 {was played in Bolbochan - Guimard, Mar del Plata
1966.}) 16. Ba3 Re8 17. Rfe1 Na6 18. Rad1 Nc7 19. f4 Qf5 $2 20. Be4 $1 Qg4 ({
The pointe is} 20... Qh3 21. f5 $1 Nd5 (21... Rxe5 22. Rd7) 22. Bd6 {and
restraint.}) 21. Qc2 g6 22. Qg2 Nb5 23. Bb2 Rad8 24. Qf3 Qe6 $5 25. a4 Nc7 26.
c4 $1 {White starts a decisive attack.} Qxc4 27. f5 $1 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Nd5 29. e6
Qc5+ 30. Bd4 Qf8 $5 (30... Qe7 31. Re1 Rf8 32. Bxd5 cxd5 33. f6 $1 Qb4 34.
exf7+ {also brings a white win.}) 31. Rf1 f6 32. fxg6 h6 33. Qg4 Qd6 34. Qh4
Qxe6 35. Bxd5 cxd5 36. Qxh6 Qe7 37. Rxf6 Ba6 ({Black notices} 37... Ba6 38.
Qh8+ $1 Kxh8 39. Rf8#) 1-0

[Event "Vidmar mem 2"]
[Site "Ljubljana/Portoroz"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Planinc, Albin"]
[Black "Osterman, Rudolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 d4 4. Nce2 Ng4 5. f4 g6 $5 6. Nf3 c5 7. h3 Nh6 {The
Alekhine has taken an odd turn, but the position is alright for Black.} 8. d3
Nc6 9. g4 f6 10. exf6 exf6 11. Bg2 Bg7 12. O-O O-O 13. c4 Nf7 14. Ng3 Bd7 15.
a3 a5 16. b3 b6 17. Ra2 $1 a4 $5 18. bxa4 Na5 $6 (18... Re8 19. Re1 Rxe1+ 20.
Qxe1 Rxa4 {proceeds the slow manoeuvres.}) 19. f5 $1 g5 20. h4 $1 h6 21. hxg5
hxg5 22. Nd2 Nc6 $6 {Black loses more time.} 23. Bd5 $1 Ra7 24. Nde4 Ne7 25.
Bxf7+ Rxf7 26. Rh2 Bc6 27. Qf3 Bxe4 $2 {Osterman further weakens his position.}
28. Nxe4 Nc6 {Time pressure will have ruled.} 29. Qh3 (29. Bxg5 $1 fxg5 30. f6
Bh8 31. Qf5 {wins for White.}) 29... Rae7 30. Re1 Re8 31. Kf2 Kf8 32. Qg3 Ne5
33. a5 Qc7 34. Kg1 bxa5 35. Rhe2 a4 36. Bd2 Rb8 37. Bxg5 fxg5 38. f6 Kg8 39.
Nxg5 Rxf6 40. Rxe5 Rbf8 41. Qg2 Rf1+ 42. Rxf1 Qxe5 43. Ne4 Rf4 44. g5 Rxf1+ 45.
Qxf1 Qb8 46. Qf5 Qb1+ 47. Kg2 Qb2+ 48. Nf2 Qb7+ 49. Kh3 1-0

[Event "Vidmar mem 2"]
[Site "Ljubljana/Portoroz"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Suetin, Alexey"]
[Black "Smejkal, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A88"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d4 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O c6 8. Rb1
Ne4 9. Bf4 h6 10. Qc2 Nxc3 11. bxc3 $6 {White loses his advantage in the
opening.} g5 12. Bc1 e5 13. Ba3 Rf7 14. Rfd1 e4 15. Nd2 Qc7 16. e3 Nd7 17. f3
exf3 18. Bxf3 Nf6 19. Qd3 Be6 20. Rf1 d5 $1 21. cxd5 cxd5 22. Rbc1 Rc8 23. Be2
Qa5 24. Bb4 Qa4 25. Qc2 Qe8 26. Qd3 a6 27. Bd1 Bd7 28. Bb3 $2 (28. c4 $1 b5 29.
c5 $1 {lifts the restraint of the queenside.}) 28... b6 $1 29. Rfe1 a5 $1 30.
Ba3 a4 $1 31. Bd1 Bb5 $1 32. Qb1 f4 33. gxf4 gxf4 34. Nf3 $2 ({Better is} 34.
c4 $1 dxc4 35. e4) 34... Ne4 $1 {Suetin overstepped the time limit. Black had
a decisive positional advantage. Portisch won the event by 121/2/17,
one-and-a-half point ahead of the pursuers. Planinc scored 9 points. He made
many draws because several opponents escaped.} 0-1

[Event "Vidmar mem 3"]
[Site "Portoroz/Ljubljana"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Planinc, Albin"]
[Black "Mariotti, Sergio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]

{PORTOROZ/LJUBLJANA 1975 The third Vidmar Memorial happened in vi 1975 two
years after the second. It became a biannual tradition. Planinc took part
again. His games stayed fascinating.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6
5. Be2 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. O-O d6 8. f4 h5 $2 {Black plays a poor novelty.
Planinc gives a tranquil answer.} 9. h3 Nbd7 10. a4 b6 11. f5 e5 12. Ne6 $2 {
Suddenly, Albin makes a silly move.} fxe6 13. fxe6 Qc5+ $2 (13... Nc5 $1 14.
Nd5 Qc6 15. Rxf6 gxf6 16. Bxh5+ Kd8 {refutes the sacrifice.}) 14. Kh2 Nb8 15.
Rxf6 $3 gxf6 16. Bxh5+ Kd8 17. Bf7 $6 (17. Qf3 $1 Be7 18. Be3 Qc6 19. Qg4 $1 {
wins the game.}) 17... Ra7 18. Qf3 Rxf7 $1 {An exchange is given as relief.}
19. exf7 Nd7 20. Be3 Qc4 21. Nd5 $1 {White resumes the attack.} Bb7 22. b3 Qc6
23. Qg4 $2 (23. Qf5 $1 {(threatens Nxf6)} Kc8 24. Nxb6+ $1 {wins at once.})
23... Qc8 $1 24. Bxb6+ $2 (24. c4 $1 Bxd5 25. exd5 {keeps pressure on the
black position.}) 24... Nxb6 25. Qg8 $5 Bxd5 26. Qxh8 Ke7 27. exd5 Qxc2 28. Rf1
Nxd5 29. Rf3 Nf4 30. Qg8 d5 31. h4 d4 32. h5 Nxh5 33. Rh3 Qf5 34. Qh8 Qf4+ 35.
g3 Qf2+ 0-1

[Event "Vidmar mem 3"]
[Site "Portoroz/Ljubljana"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Black "Planinc, Albin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. O-O Na6
9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 c6 11. Nd2 Qb6 12. Rb1 Nh7 13. Kh1 h5 14. Be7 Re8 15. Bxd6
cxd5 16. c5 Nxc5 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. Nxd5 Rd8 19. Rc1 Qf8 20. Nc4 Ng5 21. Ncb6
Rb8 22. Qa4 Ne6 23. Qxa5 Nd4 24. Bc4 Be6 25. Ne3 Nc6 26. Qc3 Bxc4 27. Nexc4 Rd4
28. a3 Rbd8 29. f3 Bh6 30. Rce1 Qe7 31. Nd5 Qh4 32. g3 $2 (32. Nce3 $1 {wins a
poor game.}) 32... Qh3 33. Rf2 h4 34. g4 Bf4 35. Rg1 Bg3 $1 36. Rfg2 Rxc4 $1
37. Qxc4 Bxh2 $1 38. Rf1 $2 (38. Rxh2 $1 Qxf3+ 39. Rhg2 Qh3+ 40. Rh2 Qf3+ {
draws.}) 38... Bf4+ 39. Kg1 Rxd5 $1 40. exd5 Be3+ 41. Rff2 Nd4 $1 42. d6 {
Planinc has two exchanges less but a won position. He misses the victory.}
Nxf3+ $2 (42... Bxf2+ $1 {(Pirc)} 43. Rxf2 Nxf3+ 44. Rxf3 Qxf3 45. d7 Qd1+ {
wins for Black.}) 43. Kf1 Nd2+ 44. Rxd2 Qh1+ 45. Ke2 Bxd2 46. Kxd2 Qxg2+ 47.
Kc3 Qg3+ 48. Kb4 e4 $2 (48... Qe3 $1 49. Qc8+ Kg7 50. d7 Qb6+ 51. Kc4 Qa6+ {
leads to perpetual check.}) 49. Qd4 Qe1+ 50. Ka4 b5+ 51. Kxb5 Qf1+ 52. Kb6 Qf4
53. Kc6 Qg5 54. d7 Qd8 55. Qb6 Qf6+ 56. Kb7 Qe7 57. Kc8 {Planinc had lost two
won games.} 1-0

[Event "Vidmar mem 3"]
[Site "Portoroz/Ljubljana"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Musil, Vojko"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Ngf6 7. O-O Qb6
8. Qa4 Qc6 9. Qxc6 bxc6 10. Re1 e6 11. e5 $6 {Black gets the better
development.} Nxe5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Rxe5 Nd5 14. c3 O-O-O 15. Re1 e5 $5 16. g3
$6 (16. Rxe5 $6 Nf4 $1 17. Nd2 $1 Bd6 {seems to favour Black.}) 16... f6 17.
Nd2 Bc5 18. Nc4 h5 19. Ne3 Kc7 20. Nxd5+ cxd5 21. Be3 Kc6 22. Rad1 g5 23. Kg2
d4 24. cxd4 exd4 25. Bd2 Rde8 26. Kf1 (26. b4 $1 Bd6 27. a4 {counters.}) 26...
Kd5 27. Ba5 $2 ({White misses the last opportunity to play} 27. b4 $1) 27...
Rxe1+ 28. Kxe1 Rb8 29. b3 Ke4 30. Ke2 g4 31. Rd3 f5 32. Bd2 Rc8 33. f3+ gxf3+
34. Rxf3 Bd6 35. Rf1 Rc2 36. Kd1 Rxa2 0-1

[Event "Vidmar mem 3"]
[Site "Portoroz/Ljubljana"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Velimirovic, Dragoljub"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A77"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nd2 Nbd7 11. a4 a6 12. Qc2 Ne5 13. Ra3 $5 Qe7 14. a5 Bd7 15.
Rb3 Rab8 16. Rb6 Bg4 17. f3 Bc8 18. Kh1 Qc7 $5 19. f4 $5 {Portisch attacks.} ({
More solid is} 19. Nc4 Nxc4 20. Bxc4 Nd7 21. Qa4) 19... Ned7 20. e5 $1 dxe5 21.
fxe5 Qxe5 22. Nc4 Qd4 23. Rd6 Ng4 24. Bxg4 Qxg4 25. Qf2 f5 $2 (25... Re7 $1 {
keeps more control over e6.}) 26. Bf4 $1 g5 27. Re6 $1 Rxe6 {Which rook should
be taken?} 28. Bxb8 $2 ({Right is} 28. dxe6 $1 gxf4 29. e7 $1 {and White has a
decisive attack.}) 28... Bd4 29. dxe6 $2 {Now this rook should not be touched.}
(29. Qg3 $1 {(Velimirovic)} Rf6 $1 30. Qxg4 fxg4 31. Rxf6 Nxf6 {fights on.})
29... Bxf2 30. exd7 Bxd7 31. Ne5 Qd4 32. Rd1 Qb4 33. Nxd7 Bd4 34. Be5 Qxb2 35.
Bxd4 cxd4 36. Nd5 Qe2 37. Rc1 Kf7 38. h3 d3 39. Rc7 Ke6 40. N7b6 d2 $1 0-1

[Event "Vidmar mem 3"]
[Site "Portoroz/Ljubljana"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Planinc, Albin"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Bd3 h6 11. Qh3 Nb6 12. Bh4 e5 13. Nf5 Bxf5 $2 ({The
right move} 13... g6 $1 {will be played in Timman - Kavalek, Amsterdam 1975.})
14. Qxf5 $1 ({Planinc improves on} 14. exf5 $2 {(Timman - Browne, Wijk aan Zee
1975).}) 14... g6 15. Qh3 Qc8 16. f5 gxf5 17. exf5 Nbd7 18. Be4 Qc4 19. Rhe1
Rc8 20. Kb1 b5 21. Ka1 $2 ({Better is} 21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22. Bb7 Rb8 23. Qf3) 21...
b4 $1 22. Nd5 Nxe4 $5 23. Nxe7 Rc5 24. Qd3 Qxd3 25. cxd3 Ng5 26. d4 Kxe7 $2 (
26... Rc2 $1 27. Nd5 Rxg2 {equalises.}) 27. dxc5 Nxc5 28. Rd5 f6 29. Bf2 Nge4
30. Be3 h5 31. Red1 Nd7 32. Rc1 Nec5 33. Rcd1 Ne4 34. Rc1 Ndc5 35. Rc4 Rg8 36.
Rxb4 $2 ({Right is} 36. g3) 36... Rxg2 37. a3 Rxh2 38. Bxc5 Nxc5 39. Rb6 Ne4
40. Rxa6 Kd7 41. Rd1 h4 42. Ra4 Nd2 43. Ra7+ Kc6 44. Rf7 Ne4 45. Rc1+ Kd5 46.
a4 Nc5 47. Rd1+ Kc4 $4 {The king enters a mating net.} ({Correct is} 47... Ke4
$1 48. Rxf6 Nxa4 49. Rfxd6 Nxb2 50. R1d2 Rxd2 51. Rxd2 Kxf5 $1 {drawn.}) 48.
Rxf6 $1 Ne4 49. Rh6 h3 50. Rh4 d5 51. Rf1 Kb3 52. f6 Nxf6 53. Rf3+ Kc2 54. Rxf6
e4 55. Rc6+ Kb3 56. Rc3+ Kxa4 57. Rhxh3 Rd2 58. Ka2 d4 59. Rb3 $1 {Portisch
was not invincible for the great Yugoslavian attackers. Velimirovic and
Planinc defeated him.} 1-0

[Event "Vidmar mem 3"]
[Site "Portoroz/Ljubljana"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Garcia Martinez, Silvino"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bd6 6. c3 Bg4 7. d4 f6 8. h3
Bh5 9. dxe5 $6 (9. Nbd2 {brings the Barendregt Variation.}) 9... fxe5 10. Qb3
$2 Bxf3 $1 11. gxf3 Ne7 12. Be3 ({Not} 12. Qxb7 $2 O-O {(Pirc)} 13. Qb3+ Kh8)
12... Qd7 13. Kh2 Ng6 $6 14. Rg1 $6 (14. Qxb7 $5 O-O 15. Qb3+ Kh8 16. Nd2 Nf4
17. Bxf4 Rxf4 18. Rg1 Bc5 {will win more difficult for Black.}) 14... O-O-O $1
15. Rg3 Be7 16. Na3 Bh4 17. Rg4 Rhf8 18. Kg2 Rf6 19. Nc4 h5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21.
Rxh4 Rg6+ 22. Kh1 Nxf3 23. Rxh5 Qd3 24. Rf5 Ne1 $1 0-1

[Event "Vidmar mem 3"]
[Site "Portoroz/Ljubljana"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Garcia Martinez, Silvino"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B79"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Qa5 11. h4 Rfc8 12. O-O-O Ne5 13. Kb1 b5 $2 14. Ncxb5
Qa6 15. Nc3 $5 {Karpov takes an advantage of the sacrifice by a solid new move.
} Nc4 16. Qd3 Rab8 17. Bc1 ({Even stronger is} 17. g4 $1) 17... Rb4 18. h5 $1
Qb7 ({Or} 18... gxh5 19. a3) 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Bh6 Bxh6 21. Rxh6 Kg7 22. Rdh1
$1 Qb6 ({The pointe is} 22... Nh5 23. R6xh5 gxh5 24. Nd5 $1) 23. Nde2 e6 24. g4
Kf8 ({Or} 24... Nh5 25. gxh5 Kxh6 26. hxg6+ Kxg6 27. e5+ f5 28. exf6+ Kxf6 29.
Qh7) 25. Rh8+ Ke7 26. Rxc8 Ne5 27. Qd1 Bxc8 28. g5 Nfd7 29. a3 Rxb3 30. cxb3
Nxf3 31. Nf4 Qf2 32. Nxg6+ fxg6 33. Rh7+ Kd8 34. Qxd6 Qd4 35. Qe7+ {White will
win a queen by a fork.} 1-0

[Event "Vidmar mem 3"]
[Site "Portoroz/Ljubljana"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. Bd2 e6 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. c4 O-O-O 14. c5 $5 Rg8
$5 {They show aggression on the flanks.} 15. b4 g6 16. Rb1 gxh5 17. Kf1 Rg4 18.
Rb3 Kb8 19. Nxh5 Nxh5 20. Rxh5 Nf6 21. Re5 $5 {Karpov starts a grand attack.}
Bg7 22. b5 $1 Nd5 23. b6 axb6 24. cxb6 Qd6 25. Re4 Rxe4 26. Qxe4 f5 27. Qc2 Bf6
28. Qc4 $1 Rg8 29. Qa4 $1 h5 30. Bb4 $1 Nxb4 31. Rxb4 Rg4 32. Rc4 Rg8 $2 ({
Better is} 32... Bh8 $1 {(Hort)} 33. Qa7+ Kc8 34. Qa8+ Qb8 35. Qa3 Kd7 $1 {and
the white queen cannot enter the fortress.}) 33. Ne1 {Time pressure rules the
finale.} (33. d5 $3 exd5 34. Qa7+ Kc8 35. Qa8+ Qb8 36. Rxc6+ bxc6 37. Qxc6+ Kd8
38. Qxf6+ {decides the game tremendously.}) 33... Kc8 34. Nd3 Rg4 35. Nc5 $2 (
35. Qa8+ $1 Qb8 36. Rxc6+ $1 bxc6 37. b7+ Kc7 38. Nc5 {still wins (Hort).})
35... Rxd4 $1 36. Rxd4 Bxd4 37. Nxb7 $6 (37. Qa8+ Qb8 38. Qxb8+ Kxb8 39. Nxe6
Bxb6 40. Ng7 {draws easily.}) 37... Kxb7 38. Qa7+ Kc8 39. b7+ Kd7 40. b8=Q+
Bxa7 41. Qxa7+ Kd8 42. Kg1 c5 43. Qa4 Qd5 (43... Qd4 $1 {(Hort) sets the ambush
} 44. Qxd4+ $4 cxd4 45. f4 d3 46. Kf2 e5) 44. Qa5+ Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vidmar mem 3"]
[Site "Portoroz/Ljubljana"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mariotti, Sergio"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Be3
Ne5 9. h3 b5 10. f4 Nxd3 11. cxd3 Bb7 12. Qb3 Rb8 13. f5 e5 14. Nc2 Be7 15. Ba7
Ra8 16. Bf2 O-O 17. Rfd1 Qd7 18. a4 d5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. Bh4 d4
22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Nb1 g6 24. Rf1 Bg5 25. Nba3 Bf4 26. fxg6 hxg6 27. Qxb5 $2 ({
Right is} 27. Nxb5 $1 Ba6 28. Nba3) 27... Qxb5 28. Nxb5 Ba6 {Black has a won
endgame.} 29. Ra1 (29. Nc7 $5 {(Pirc) can be refuted by} Bxd3 $1 30. Nxa8 Bxc2
31. Nb6 Bxe4) 29... Rc8 30. Rxa6 Rxc2 31. Nd6 Bg3 32. Ra1 Rd2 $1 (32... Rxb2 $6
33. Nc4 Rb3 34. Rd1 {acts too prudently.}) 33. b4 Rxd3 34. Rb1 Re3 35. b5 d3
36. Nc4 Rxe4 37. Nd2 Re2 38. Nf1 ({Or} 38. b6 Rxd2 39. b7 e4) 38... Bf2+ 39.
Kh2 Bb6 40. Ng3 Rc2 41. Rd1 d2 42. Ne4 Ba5 43. b6 Rb2 44. Nxd2 Bxd2 45. b7 Bf4+
{Karpov's mentor played ambitious chess.} 0-1

[Event "Vidmar mem 3"]
[Site "Portoroz/Ljubljana"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qb3 dxc4 7. Qxc4 O-O 8.
e4 Na6 9. e5 Ne8 10. Be2 c6 11. O-O Nec7 12. Be3 b5 13. Qd3 f6 $6 {Ribli asks
for troubles.} 14. Rac1 Be6 15. Qd2 Qd7 16. Bh6 Rad8 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. b3 b4
19. Na4 Bd5 20. Qe3 Qc8 21. Bc4 Ne6 22. Bxd5 Rxd5 23. Rc4 Rfd8 24. Re1 $6 (24.
Rfc1 $1 {gains an advantage.}) 24... f5 25. Rec1 c5 26. dxc5 Rd1+ 27. Ne1 Qc6
28. h3 $6 f4 $1 {Black takes the initiative.} 29. Qf3 $6 Qxf3 $1 30. gxf3 Rxc1
31. Rxc1 g5 32. Kf1 Kg6 33. Rc4 Rd4 34. Rxd4 Nxd4 35. Nd3 Kf5 36. Kg2 $2 {
White should return his extra pawn.} (36. Nab2 $1 Nxf3 37. Nc4 $1 {gives
counter-play.}) 36... Nc6 $1 37. h4 gxh4 38. Kh3 Nxe5 39. Nxe5 Kxe5 40. c6 $5
Kd6 41. Kxh4 Kxc6 42. Kg5 Nc5 $5 43. Nb2 e5 $1 {Ribli has won a pawn in the
knight ending.} 44. Kh6 Kd5 45. Kxh7 Kd4 46. Kg6 Nd3 $1 47. Nc4 {The pawn
ending is lost too.} Nxf2 48. Kf5 Nd3 49. a3 e4 $5 50. fxe4 bxa3 51. Nxa3 f3
52. Nc2+ Kc3 53. Ne3 Kxb3 54. Kg4 f2 55. Kf3 a5 56. e5 ({Or} 56. Ke2 a4 $5 57.
Kxd3 a3) 56... Nxe5+ 57. Kxf2 a4 58. Ke2 a3 59. Kd1 a2 60. Nc2 Kb2 61. Na1 Nc4
({Not} 61... Kxa1 $4 62. Kc1 {drawn.}) 62. Nc2 Ne3+ {The last pawn will queen.}
0-1

[Event "Vidmar mem 3"]
[Site "Portoroz/Ljubljana"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Planinc, Albin"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. O-O Bb4 8.
Qd3 Nc6 9. Kh1 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Bc5 11. Qd3 b5 12. Bf3 $5 {Planinc strives for
active piece play.} Rb8 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Rad1 b4 $5 (14... O-O {brings equality.
}) 15. Ne2 d6 {World champion Karpov has to accept a repetition of moves.} 16.
Bf4 Rb6 17. Be3 Rb8 18. Bf4 (18. c3 bxc3 19. Nxc3 $1 O-O 20. Rc1 {makes a
winning attempt.}) 18... Rb6 19. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vidmar mem 3"]
[Site "Portoroz/Ljubljana"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Mariotti, Sergio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O Qf6 $5 {Mariotti likes this old opening.}
5. c3 Nge7 6. b4 (6. d4 {was played in Williams - Harrwitz, London 1852.}) 6...
Bb6 7. Na3 g5 $6 ({More prudent is} 7... O-O) 8. d4 $1 g4 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. dxe5
Qxe5 11. Qxg4 $5 {Karpov chooses the most aggressive line.} Qxc3 12. Rb1 Rg8
13. Qh5 Qg7 14. g3 c6 $2 (14... Qg6 {(Mariotti)} 15. Qxg6 Rxg6 {tries to
defend a complicated position.}) 15. Bd3 d6 16. Nc4 Bg4 17. Qh4 $1 Nc8 18. e5
$1 dxe5 19. Bh6 Bd8 ({Or} 19... Qh8 20. Bg5 $1 {(Mariotti).}) 20. Bxg7 Bxh4 21.
Bxe5 f5 22. Na5 1-0

[Event "Vidmar mem 3"]
[Site "Portoroz/Ljubljana"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D09"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. g3 Be6 6. Nbd2 Qd7 7. Bg2 f6 $5 {
Ljubojevic plays a novelty in the Albin Counter-gambit. Gligoric actsprudently.
} 8. exf6 Nxf6 9. O-O Bh3 10. Nb3 O-O-O 11. Bg5 Qg4 12. Qd2 Bd6 13. Bxf6 gxf6
14. Qh6 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Rhe8 16. Rad1 {White has made no greedy captures.} Bf8 $4
({Right is} 16... Rxe2 17. Nbxd4 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 Qf5 {and White has a plus (Pirc)
.}) 17. Qxh7 Rxe2 18. h3 $1 Qd7 {Black has to exchanges the queens.} 19. Qxd7+
Rxd7 20. Nfxd4 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 Rxb2 22. Rfe1 $1 Rd8 23. Ne6 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Bd6 25.
h4 $1 Kd7 26. Ng7 Ke7 27. Nf5+ Ke6 28. Nxd6 cxd6 29. h5 Rxa2 30. h6 Kf7 31.
Rxd6 Kg6 32. h7 Kxh7 33. Rxf6 Kg7 34. Rd6 Rb2 35. c5 a5 36. c6 bxc6 37. Rxc6 a4
38. Ra6 Ra2 39. g4 a3 40. Kg3 Ra1 41. Kf4 Kf7 42. Kf5 Ke7 43. g5 Ra2 44. f4 Ra1
45. Kg6 1-0

[Event "Vidmar mem 3"]
[Site "Portoroz/Ljubljana"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Velimirovic, Dragoljub"]
[Black "Planinc, Albin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 Nf6 4. f3 Nc6 $5 {Planinc plays his version of an
obscure opening.} (4... d6 $5 {occurred in Chigorin - MacLeod, New York 1889.})
5. c3 e5 6. d5 Nb8 7. Be3 Na6 8. Ne2 c6 9. dxc6 dxc6 10. b4 Qd7 11. Bc4 b5 12.
Bb3 c5 13. a4 cxb4 14. axb5 Nc5 15. cxb4 Nxb3 16. Qxb3 Qxb5 17. Nbc3 $5 Qxb4
18. Qa2 Bc6 19. Rb1 Qa3 20. Qc4 Rc8 21. Kf2 Bd7 22. Qxc8+ $4 {Velimirovic
makes an absurd move.} (22. Qd3 {equalises.}) 22... Bxc8 23. Rb8 Kd7 24. Nb5
Qb3 25. Ra1 a6 26. Rc1 Bd6 27. Nxd6 Qxb8 28. Nc4 Ke6 29. g4 Bd7 30. g5 Nh5 31.
Nb6 Bb5 32. Nc3 Nf4 33. Rb1 Qc7 34. Nbd5 Nxd5 35. exd5+ Kf5 36. Rc1 Rc8 37. Ne2
Bxe2 0-1

[Event "Vidmar mem 3"]
[Site "Portoroz/Ljubljana"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Mariotti, Sergio"]
[Black "Velimirovic, Dragoljub"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B73"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8.
O-O d6 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Bf3 e5 13. fxe5 ({The more
enterprising} 13. Be3 {occurred in Kopa - Leussen, Barmen 1905.}) 13... dxe5
14. Be3 Qxd2 15. Bxd2 {Actually the endgame is equal, but Black also won in
later games.} Nd7 16. Be3 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 Bf8 18. Nd5 Bc5 19. Kf2 Kf8 20. Rd2
Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Bxe3+ 22. Kxe3 Nb6 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. b3 Ke7 25. Rd1 Rxd1 26.
Bxd1 {They play a bishop versus knight ending.} f5 $1 27. g3 Nd7 28. Bf3 b6 29.
exf5 gxf5 30. g4 f4+ 31. Ke4 Ke6 32. b4 h6 33. h3 b5 34. Kd3 $5 Nb6 35. a3 $2 (
{Velimirovic regards this position as lost for White, but} 35. c3 $1 Nc4 36.
Bc6 Nd6 37. h4 {avoids the loss of a pawn and draws.}) 35... Nc4 36. Bc6 Nxa3
37. h4 a6 38. Bb7 Nc4 39. Bxa6 Nd6 $1 {The bishop has been restricted.} 40.
Bxb5 $5 (40. c4 e4+ 41. Kc3 bxc4 42. Bxc4+ Nxc4 43. Kxc4 f3 {also wins for
Black.}) 40... Nxb5 41. c4 Nd6 42. c5 e4+ 43. Kd4 e3 44. Kd3 Nb5 45. g5 hxg5
46. hxg5 Kf5 47. g6 Kxg6 48. c6 Kf5 49. c7 Nxc7 50. b5 Nxb5 {Karpov had been
proclaimed as world champion in iv 1975. He won the Vidmar Memorial by 11/15,
one point ahead of Gligoric. Planinc showed uneven play and scored 61/2 points.
} 0-1

[Event "Euwe Jubilee"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1976.05.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Browne, Walter"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]

{One Euwe Jubilee and ten Memorials have been analysed.  The Euwe Jubilee was
played in Amsterdam from 14-21 May 1976. A quartet of grandmasters played
double rounds. The occasion was Euwe's 75th birthday. A circus tent full of
glitter and mirrors stood at the Museumplein, where the general public could
drink beer and follow the games. Ten-years-old Short gave a simultaneous
display in the tent. The quartet played on the fourth floor of the Van Gogh
Museum. Literary Cafe on Tour, the museum and city of Amsterdam sponsored the
event. World champion Karpov won. } 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5.
O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d6 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12.
Bc2 Re8 13. b4 Bf8 14. a4 Nb6 15. a5 Nbd7 16. Bb2 Rb8 17. Rb1 Ba8 18. Ba1 g6
19. c4 bxc4 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 dxe5 22. Bc3 Bc6 23. Qe2 Bb5 24. Nxc4 c5 25.
bxc5 Rc8 $5 ({The obvious} 25... Bxc5 {was played in Browne-Smejkal, Wijk aan
Zee 1976.}) 26. Bb3 Rxc5 27. Bb4 Rc6 28. Bxf8 Rxf8 29. Qa2 Bxc4 30. Bxc4 Qc7
31. Bf1 Rd8 32. Rb6 Rdd6 33. Rxc6 Rxc6 34. Bd3 Nh5 35. g3 Ng7 36. Rb1 Ne6 37.
Kg2 Nc5 38. Bc2 Rd6 {Nothing has happened in the game so far.} 39. Qc4 $2 {
Browne is plagued by time pressure.} ({He misses} 39. Qa3 $1 Rd2 $1 40. Rb2 $1
Qc6 41. Bb1 Rxb2 42. Qxb2 Qd6 {and equality.}) 39... Qxa5 40. Rb8+ Kg7 41. Rc8
Ne6 42. Qb3 Rd8 43. Qc3 Qxc3 44. Rxc3 Rd7 45. Ra3 Nc5 46. Kf3 Kf6 47. Ke3 Ke7
48. Ra5 Kd6 49. Bd3 Ra7 50. Bc4 Kc6 51. f4 f6 52. fxe5 fxe5 53. Bd5+ Kb6 54.
Ra1 a5 55. Rb1+ Kc7 56. Rb5 Nd7 57. Kd3 a4 58. Kc2 Ra6 59. Rb7+ Kd6 60. Rb1 a3
61. Bc4 Ra7 62. Rd1+ Kc5 63. Ba2 Nf6 64. Re1 Kd4 65. g4 Nxe4 66. Rd1+ Ke3 67.
Re1+ Kf4 68. Rf1+ Kg3 69. Re1 Ng5 70. Rxe5 Nxh3 71. Re3+ Kh4 72. Kb1 Nf2 73.
Be6 Nxg4 0-1

[Event "Euwe Jubilee"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1976.05.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Olafsson, Fridrik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 g6 7. Nxd5 Qxd5 8.
O-O Bg7 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Bd7 $5 {Black has encountered this move in
Olafsson-Garcia Gonzales, Las Palmas 1974.} 11. Nd4 $5 Qd6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13.
Bxc6 Qxc6 14. Rc1 Qe6 15. Bxc5 Bxb2 16. Rb1 Bg7 17. a4 Rfd8 18. Be3 b6 19. Qd2
Rd5 20. Rb5 $2 {Timman had refused the early offer of a draw. Now he misses
the loss of a pawn by a simple manoeuvre.} Rxb5 21. axb5 Qb3 $1 22. Rc1 Qxb5
23. Qa2 e6 24. Rc7 a5 $1 25. Rb7 a4 26. Rxb6 Qa5 27. Rb1 a3 28. d4 h5 29. h4
Qa4 30. Rc1 Bxd4 31. Bxd4 Qxd4 32. e3 Qb2 33. Rc2 Qxc2 $1 0-1

[Event "Euwe Jubilee"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1976.05.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Olafsson, Fridrik"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Re1 Bb7 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. a3 Be7 13. Bc2 Rc8 14. Qd3 g6 15.
Bh6 Re8 16. Rad1 Bf8 17. Bg5 Be7 18. Bh6 Bf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Euwe Jubilee"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1976.05.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Browne, Walter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Bd3 h6 11. Qh3 Nb6 12. Rhf1 Bd7 13. Bh4 $6 Rc8 $6 ({The
complications of} 13... e5 $1 14. Nf5 g6 $1 15. Nxe7 Bxh3 16. Bxf6 Be6 {favour
Black.}) 14. Qg3 $5 e5 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Rxf5 Qe7
19. Rdf1 Rc6 20. a4 $5 {Jan plays another provocative move.} Bg5+ $6 ({The
obvious} 20... Rxc3 $1 21. bxc3 Nxa4 {(Timman) is answered by the sacrifice}
22. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 23. Qg7 Rf8 24. Rxf6 {and mutual chances.}) 21. Kb1 O-O 22.
Nd5 Nxd5 23. exd5 Rb6 24. Qxe5 Qxe5 25. Rxe5 Bf6 26. Rxf6 $1 Rxf6 27. c4 Rf4 $2
(27... Rc8 $1 28. c5 $1 Kf8 {(Timman)} 29. d6 a5 $1 30. Ka2 Re8 {disorganises
the white attack timely.}) 28. a5 f6 29. Re6 Rc8 30. d6 Rd8 31. c5 f5 32. Re7
Rb4 33. Kc2 Kf8 34. Kc3 Rg4 35. Rxb7 Rxg2 36. Bc4 Rxh2 37. Rf7+ Ke8 38. Rxg7
Rh3+ 39. Kd4 f4 40. Rg8+ Kd7 41. c6+ 1-0

[Event "Euwe Jubilee"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1976.05.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Browne, Walter"]
[Black "Olafsson, Fridrik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. c4 d6 8. Nc3
Nge7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 e5 11. Nh4 Ng6 12. Nxg6 fxg6 13. Be3 Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Euwe Jubilee"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1976.05.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2
e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Rad1 Bd7 11. h3 b5 12. b4 a5 13. a3 Qb8 14. Bg5 Kh8 15. Rb1 a4
16. Rbd1 Qb7 17. Qd3 Rab8 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nb1 Rfd8 20. c4 c6 21. dxc6 Bxc6
22. Nc3 bxc4 23. Qxc4 d5 24. exd5 Nxd5 25. b5 Nxc3 26. bxc6 Nxe2+ 27. Qxe2 Qxc6
28. Nxe5 Qe6 29. f4 Kg7 30. Qe4 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Rb2 32. Rd7 Bxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Euwe Jubilee"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1976.05.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Browne, Walter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. f4 e5 8. Nf5
Nc5 9. Ng3 Qb6 10. Rb1 Be7 11. Be3 exf4 12. Bxf4 Ncxe4 13. Ngxe4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4
Qb4+ 15. Qd2 Qxe4 16. O-O Qc6 17. Bf3 Qb6+ 18. Be3 Qc7 19. Bd4 O-O 20. Qc3 Qxc3
21. bxc3 Rb8 22. Ba7 Ra8 23. Bd4 Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Euwe Jubilee"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1976.05.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Olafsson, Fridrik"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4
c6 9. Rb1 Qb6 10. b3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. Nde2 a5 13. Be3 Qc7 14. f3 Ne8 15.
Nd4 Qe7 16. Qd2 Nc7 17. Rfe1 Re8 18. Rbd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Euwe Jubilee"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1976.05.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Olafsson, Fridrik"]
[Black "Browne, Walter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3
O-O 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O Ne4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Rc1 Rfd8 13. Qa4 c5 14. Rfd1 a6
15. dxc5 Nxc3 16. Rxc3 bxc5 17. Bf1 Nf6 18. Qh4 h6 19. h3 {White starts to
make useless moves.} a5 20. Nh2 Qd6 21. Rb3 Bc6 22. Rbd3 Rab8 (22... Re8 $1 23.
Ng4 Ne4 {gains a plus.}) 23. R3d2 Rb6 24. Ng4 $1 Nxg4 25. Qxg4 Qf6 26. e4 d4
27. Rc1 Qe7 $2 ({Correct is} 27... Qe5) 28. Qf5 Bxe4 29. Qxc5 Qf6 30. Qxa5 Rbd6
31. Re1 Qf4 32. Rde2 f5 33. Qd2 Qh4 34. f3 d3 35. Re3 Rc6 $2 {Browne blunders
in time trouble.} 36. fxe4 Rc2 {Olafsson overstepped the time limit.} (36...
Rc2 {The game might have continued with} 37. Qd1 $2 {(Browne).} ({White should
have played} 37. Qa5 $1 d2 38. Rd1 fxe4 39. Rxe4 $1 {and win}) 37... d2 $1 38.
Qxc2 dxe1=Q 39. Rxe1 Qxe1 {leads to an obscure position.}) 0-1

[Event "Euwe Jubilee"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1976.05.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E30"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 c5 5. d5 d6 6. e3 exd5 7. cxd5 Nbd7 8. Bd3
$5 {Timman plays an optimistic new move.} Qa5 9. Nge2 Nxd5 $5 {Karpov accepts
the challenge.} 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 c4 $1 12. Bf5 $5 f6 ({Theory will become
} 12... N7b6 $1) 13. Nd4 $6 Ne7 $6 ({Black gains advantage in the critical line
} 13... Ne5 $1 14. f4 {(Timman)} Ng6 $1 15. Bxc8 Rxc8 16. f5 Ne5 $1 17. Qh5+
Ke7 18. e4 Nxc3 $1 19. Bd2 Qa3 20. Qh3 Nd3) 14. Bxd7+ Bxd7 15. Bf4 O-O 16. Bxd6
Rfe8 17. Rb1 b6 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. Nb5 Rc8 20. Nd6 Rc7 21. Rb4 Be6 22. Qf3 Qd5
23. Qxd5 Bxd5 24. Rd1 Be6 25. Rd4 Red7 26. f3 Kf8 27. Nb5 Rc5 28. a4 a6 29. Na3
Rxd4 30. exd4 Rc6 31. Nc2 a5 $6 (31... Ke7 $1 {avoids the next problems.}) 32.
Rb2 Ke7 33. d5 $1 Bxd5 34. Nd4 Rc5 35. Rxb6 h5 $2 36. Kf2 $2 (36. Ra6 $1 {and
37.Nb5 wins a pawn.}) 36... Kd7 37. h4 Kc7 38. Re6 Kd7 $1 39. Rb6 Kc7 40. Re6
Kd7 41. Ra6 Bb7 42. Rb6 (42. Ra7 $5 Kc8 43. Nb5 Kb8 44. Rxa5 {imprisons a rook
(Timman).}) 42... Kc7 43. Re6 Kd7 44. Rb6 Kc7 45. Re6 {The world champion took
the sole lead.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Euwe Jubilee"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1976.05.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Browne, Walter"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Be3 Bd7 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bc6 11. Qe1 O-O 12. Qg3 g6 13. Qe3 Qa5 14. e5 dxe5
15. fxe5 Nd7 16. Bf3 {They have followed Garcia Martinez-Gligoric, Havana 1967.
} Bxf3 17. Rxf3 Bc5 18. Re1 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Qb6 $6 20. Qxb6 Nxb6 {Black has
reached a passive endgame.} 21. Ne4 Rac8 22. c3 Rc7 23. b3 Nd5 24. c4 Nb4 25.
Nd6 a6 26. Re2 Rd8 27. a3 Nc6 28. Rd3 b6 29. b4 a5 30. c5 bxc5 31. bxc5 Nb8 $5
(31... Rb7 $1 32. Rc3 Rb1+ 33. Kf2 Rdb8 {gives counter-play.}) 32. Rc3 Rc6 $6 (
{Böhm regards the position as lost for Black, but} 32... f5 33. Kf2 Nc6 {
restores the defence line.}) 33. Rd2 Na6 34. Rdc2 Rd7 $2 ({Right is} 34... f6
$1 35. Nb7 Rd5 36. exf6 Kf7 37. Rf3 a4 38. Rc4 Nxc5 39. g4 Rc7 $1) 35. Kf2 Rdc7
36. Ne4 Rc8 37. Ke3 Rb8 38. Rd2 Nc7 39. Nf6+ Kg7 40. Rd6 Nb5 41. Rxc6 Nxc3 42.
Rb6 Rd8 43. Rd6 Rc8 44. c6 g5 45. Kd4 Na4 46. c7 Kg6 47. Ne8 1-0

[Event "Euwe Jubilee"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1976.05.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Olafsson, Fridrik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3
Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Be3 Bb7 12. Qb3 $6 Nd7 $1 13. Rfd1 Nc5 14. Qc2
Bf6 15. Rac1 Be5 16. Nab1 Qh4 17. g3 Qf6 18. f4 Bd4 19. Qd2 e5 $6 (19... Bxe3+
20. Qxe3 Rfd8 {keeps a plus.}) 20. Nd5 Qd8 21. Nbc3 Kh8 22. f5 Nd7 23. Bf3 Bc5
24. Kg2 f6 $2 ({Correct is} 24... Bxe3 25. Qxe3 Nd4) 25. Ne2 $1 a5 26. Ndc3 $1
Rf7 27. Nb5 $1 {Black cannot protects pawn d6.} Qb8 28. Nxd6 Re7 29. Nb5 Bxe3
30. Qxe3 Nc5 31. Nec3 Ba6 32. Rd2 Bxb5 33. Nxb5 Rd7 34. Rxd7 Nxd7 35. Rd1 Nc5
36. Qd2 Qf8 37. Qd6 Qxd6 38. Rxd6 Rc8 39. g4 Kg8 40. h4 Kf8 41. g5 Ke7 42. Kg3
a4 43. Rd2 $6 ({Advances over the whole board are created by} 43. b3 $1 axb3
44. gxf6+ gxf6 45. axb3) 43... Na5 44. Na3 Nc6 $2 (44... Ncb7 $1 45. Be2 Nd6 {
establishes strong pressure on the queenside.}) 45. Nc2 Rd8 46. Rxd8 Kxd8 47.
gxf6 gxf6 48. Ne3 Nb4 49. a3 Nbd3 50. Kg4 Ke7 $6 51. Kh5 $1 Kf7 52. Kh6 Kg8 53.
Nd5 Nd7 54. Bh5 Nxb2 55. Be8 Nc5 56. Nxf6+ Kf8 57. Bb5 Nbd3 58. Bc6 {Karpov
had won the tournament. Browne became second. Plafsson and Timman shared the
last place.} 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 1"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]

{The Interpolis tournament in Tilburg foreruns the super events of Bugojno and
Linares. Rennings was a director of the insurance company and Vael a PR-man.
They travelled the world in order to contract the players and led the contest.
The first installment was organised around world champion Karpov. Twelve
grandmasters came to Tilburg in the autumn of 1977.} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3
g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Rad1 Bd7
11. Ne1 Ng4 12. Bxg4 Bxg4 13. f3 Bd7 14. f4 Bg4 15. Rb1 c6 16. h3 Bd7 17. fxe5
$1 ({Tolya played} 17. dxc6 {in a previous game.}) 17... dxe5 18. d6 $5 {Tolya
seems to have big plans.} Nc8 19. Rd1 Nb6 20. b3 Be6 21. Ne2 Nd7 22. Nf3 f6 23.
c4 Kh8 24. Kh1 Bg8 25. Ng3 c5 26. Bh6 a6 27. Rf2 $6 (27. h4 $1 b5 28. h5 $1 {
fights.}) 27... b5 $1 28. Bxg7+ Kxg7 29. Nf1 $6 (29. Qd3 {protects the
attacked pawn.}) 29... bxc4 30. bxc4 Bxc4 31. Ne3 Bg8 32. Nd5 Bxd5 33. Qxd5 Qb6
34. Rdf1 (34. Nd2 $1 {leads to a blockade of the passed pawn.}) 34... Rac8 35.
Ng5 $5 {The world champion becomes frivolous.} fxg5 36. Qe6 $1 Kh6 37. Rf7 Qb5
38. Kh2 Rce8 39. Qg4 Qxf1 40. Rxf1 Rxf1 41. Qxd7 Rff8 42. Qc6 Rd8 43. Qxc5 Rf6
44. Qxe5 Rdxd6 45. a4 Rde6 46. Qd5 Re8 47. a5 Rf4 48. Qc6 Rexe4 49. Qxa6 Ra4
50. Qb6 Rf8 51. Qb5 Ra1 ({Timman suggests} 51... Ra2 {but} 52. Qd5 $1 Rff2 53.
Kg3 {is okay for White.}) 52. h4 $1 gxh4 (52... Rf5 53. hxg5+ Rxg5 54. Qb4 {
not win for Black (Kovacevic).}) 53. Qe5 Rff1 {White delivers perpetual check.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 1"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Ne5 8. e4
Bb4 9. Qe2 a5 10. Be3 Qc6 11. f3 O-O 12. Nd4 Qa6 13. Ndb5 {Miles has chosen a
doubtful opening.} d5 $2 ({He should play} 13... Qc6 {and suffer.}) 14. Nc7 $1
(14. cxd5 $2 {occurred in Miles - Nunn, BBC TV 1976.}) 14... Qd6 ({Analysts
prefer} 14... Qc6 15. Nxa8 Nxc4 {but} 16. Rc1 {looks poor for Black.}) 15. Nxa8
dxe4 16. fxe4 Nxe4 17. Rd1 $1 Qc6 {Black has lost a tempo.} 18. Bg2 Nxc4 19.
Bd4 Bxc3+ 20. bxc3 f5 21. O-O Ncd6 22. Nb6 e5 23. Nxc8 Rxc8 24. Bxe5 Qc5+ 25.
Bd4 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 1"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B58"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8.
Bg5 Be6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. Qxd5 Qb6 $5 13. Qb3 $1 Nd4
14. Nxd4 exd4 $6 {Black's pawn structure will be ruined.} ({Preferable is} 
14... Qxd4 $5) 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. Bc4 Rfc8 17. Bb3 b5 18. f4 Rc7 19. Rae1 $6 (
19. Rad1 {prevents .. d3.}) 19... Re8 $6 ({The best answer is} 19... d3 $1 20.
c3 b4 $1) 20. Re2 d3 $5 {Counter-play costs a pawn this time.} 21. cxd3 Bd4+
22. Kh1 Rec8 23. h4 Rc1 24. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 25. Kh2 h5 26. e5 dxe5 27. fxe5 Rc5 28.
e6 fxe6 29. Rxe6 Kf8 30. Rb6 Bxb2 31. Rxb7 Bf6 32. g3 Bc3 33. Kg2 b4 34. Rd7
Re5 $2 35. d4 $2 (35. Rf7+ $1 Ke8 36. Rxg7 Re2+ 37. Kf3 Bxg7 38. Kxe2 {gives
fine chances despite the bishops of a different colour, because White can
create two distant passed pawns.}) 35... Re7 36. Rd8+ Re8 37. Rd5 Re3 38. Rf5+
Ke8 39. d5 Re5 40. Rf3 Re2+ 41. Kf1 Re5 42. a4 $5 Ke7 43. Bc4 Re4 44. Rf4 $5
Rxf4+ 45. gxf4 Bf6 $1 46. a5 Kd6 47. a6 Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 1"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Miles, Anthony"]
[Black "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. d4 c5 8. Nf3
cxd4 9. Bg5 Qf5 10. cxd4 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Nc6 12. Bxb4 Nxb4 13. Rb1 $1 Qa5 $5 ({
Known is} 13... Nc6 {(Tal - Sosonko, Wijk aan Zee 1976).}) ({A novelty will
become} 13... Nc2+ $1 14. Kd2 Nxd4 $1 15. Nxd4 Qxf2+ {(Kostin - Kruglov,
Moscow 1995).}) 14. Qd2 Nc6 15. Bd3 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 b6 17. Rhc1 $1 Ba6 $2 ({
Right is} 17... Bb7) 18. Be4 Bb7 $6 ({Or} 18... Rc8 19. c5 {(Sosonko).}) 19. c5
f5 $5 20. Bxc6+ Bxc6 21. cxb6 Bxf3 22. b7 $1 Kd7 23. bxa8=B Bxa8 24. Rc5 Bxg2
25. Rg1 Be4 26. Rxg7+ Kd6 27. Ra5 Rb8 28. Ra6+ Kd5 29. Rd7+ Kc4 30. Ra4+ Kb5
31. Raxa7 f4 32. Kc3 Kb6 33. Rdc7 Rg8 34. a4 Rg2 35. Kb4 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 1"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E56"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nc6 9. a3 Ba5 10. Qd3 a6 11. dxc5 Qxd3 12. Bxd3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Rd8 14. Bc2 Bd7
$6 ({A natural answer gives} 14... Rd5 15. a4 Rxc5 16. Ba3 Rd5 {(Hübner).}) 15.
a4 Na5 16. Ne5 Be8 17. Ba3 Rd5 $6 (17... Nd7 {makes more sense.}) 18. f4 Rdd8
19. Bb4 Nc6 20. Nc4 Nd5 21. Rab1 Rab8 22. Rfc1 Kf8 $6 (22... f6 {opens the
position a little.}) 23. Kf2 f6 24. g3 {Andersson has played a passive opening.
He has done nothing to lift the restraint. Hereafter he has to undergo a
suffocation.} Bg6 $6 (24... f5 {is better but looks worse.}) 25. Bxg6 hxg6 26.
e4 $1 Nde7 27. Ba3 Rd7 28. Rc2 Kg8 29. Ke2 Nc8 30. Rcb2 Kh7 31. h4 Kg8 32. Ke3
Kh7 33. g4 Kg8 34. Rg2 N8e7 35. h5 Rbd8 36. Nd6 Na5 37. Kf3 gxh5 38. gxh5 Nc8
39. Bb4 Nc6 40. h6 Nxd6 41. cxd6 Kh7 42. hxg7 Rxg7 43. Rxg7+ Kxg7 44. c4 e5 45.
c5 Rd7 46. Bc3 Kf7 47. f5 Ke8 48. Rh1 Rf7 49. Rh6 Nb8 50. Be1 Nd7 51. Bf2 Nf8
52. Ke3 Kd7 53. Bh4 Nh7 54. Kd3 Kc6 55. Kc4 b6 56. cxb6 Kxd6 57. Kb4 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 1"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Olafsson, Fridrik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. e4 e5 5. Nge2 c6 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. O-O
O-O 9. b3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. h3 Nc5 12. Re1 a5 13. Rb1 a4 $5 ({Usual is} 
13... Nfd7) 14. Bf4 $5 axb3 15. axb3 Nh5 16. Be3 Nf6 17. Qc2 Qe7 18. Rbd1 $5 {
Timman postpones b4 again.} Bd7 19. Bf4 Nh5 $2 20. Be3 $2 {Both players miss a
<->petite combinaison'.} (20. Nxc6 $1 Bxc6 21. Bxd6 {wins material (Timman).})
20... Ra3 21. Bc1 Ra1 22. b4 Na6 $2 (22... Rxc1 $1 23. Qxc1 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Nb3
25. Qd1 Nxd4 26. Qxd4 Qe5 {makes a number of exchanges.}) 23. Qb2 Rxc1 24. Qxc1
Nxb4 25. Qb1 c5 26. Ndb5 Be5 27. Qc1 Qf6 28. Ne2 Bxb5 29. cxb5 Qe6 30. Qd2 $2 (
30. g4 $1 Ng7 31. f4 $1 {starts an avalanche.}) 30... Ra8 31. Nc1 Ra3 32. Re3
Rxe3 33. Qxe3 Nc2 34. Qg5 Nd4 35. b6 Kg7 36. Kh2 Qc4 37. Nd3 Qb3 38. Qd2 c4 $6
(38... Kg8 {clears a square for the bishop.}) 39. Nxe5 dxe5 40. Rc1 Nf6 41. f4
$1 {Timman tries to win for the third time.} Nd7 42. fxe5 Qd3 43. Qf2 Nxe5 44.
Rf1 Ndc6 $2 ({Right is} 44... Qc3 $1 45. Qf6+ Kg8 {and the rook cannot go to
a1.}) 45. Qf6+ Kf8 46. Ra1 $1 Ke8 47. Ra8+ Kd7 48. Ra7 Kc8 49. Qh8+ Kd7 50.
Rxb7+ Kd6 51. Qf8+ Ke6 52. Rc7 $1 Qe2 53. Rxc6+ Nxc6 54. Qc8+ Kd6 55. Qc7+ Kc5
56. e5 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 1"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 g6 6. d3 Bg7 7. Bd2 b6 8. Qa4+
Bd7 9. Qh4 Bc6 10. Bg2 e6 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. Rc1 Na6 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Bc3 f6
$1 {Karpov avoids a quick draw.} 15. a3 $5 Ke7 16. O-O Rhc8 17. Nd2 Nc7 18. b4
$6 (18. e4 $1 Bb7 19. e5 $1 Bxg2 20. exf6+ Bxf6 21. Bxf6+ Kxf6 22. Kxg2 {
equalises.}) 18... Bxg2 19. Kxg2 cxb4 20. Bxb4+ Kd7 {Black has fine chances on
the queenside.} 21. Bc3 Nd5 22. Bb2 $2 (22. Ba1 $1 Bh6 23. e3 Bxe3 24. fxe3
Nxe3+ 25. Kf3 Nxf1 26. Rxf1 $1 Rc2 27. Ke3 {gives White counter-play.}) 22...
Bh6 23. e3 Bxe3 $1 24. fxe3 Nxe3+ 25. Kf3 Nxf1 26. Nxf1 (26. Rxf1 $4 Rc2 {
costs a piece, because the bishop is placed on b2.}) 26... Rxc1 27. Bxc1 Rc8 $1
{The rook has a free entrance.} 28. Bb2 Rc2 $1 29. Bxf6 Ra2 30. Ke3 Rxa3 31.
Nd2 b5 32. Ne4 b4 $2 (32... a5 {keeps the pawns going.}) 33. Kd4 a5 34. Kc4 Ra2
35. h4 Kc6 36. Bd4 $2 (36. Kb3 $1 Rg2 37. Bd8 Kb5 38. Nd6+ Ka6 39. Ne4 {stops
the passed pawns.}) 36... Re2 37. Be5 Re1 38. Bf6 Rb1 39. Be7 e5 40. g4 Rc1+
41. Kb3 Kd5 42. Bg5 ({Or} 42. Bd8 Kd4 $1 43. Bxa5 Kxd3) 42... Rb1+ 43. Kc2 Rh1
44. Kb3 Rh3 45. Nf6+ Kd4 46. Nxh7 Rxd3+ 47. Kc2 a4 48. Be7 Rc3+ 49. Kb1 Rc7 {
Karpov played a competent endgame.} 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 1"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B58"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3 h6 8. O-O
Be7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 a6 11. Re1 b5 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. a4 $1 {Smyslov makes a new
move. Gligoric gives a capable response.} b4 $1 14. Ne2 Re8 15. Ng3 Bf8 16. Qe2
Qc7 17. Rad1 Nd8 18. Qd2 Qb6 19. c4 bxc3 20. Qxc3 Rc8 21. Bc4 Ne6 22. a5 Qc7 {
All games ended in a draw during this round. Numerous short draws occurred
during the Tilburg tournaments.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 1"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Qe2 Bc5 10. Be3 O-O 11. Rd1 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 Ne7 13. Nbd2 Nf5 14. Qe2 Nxd2
$5 15. Qxd2 c6 16. a4 Qb6 17. axb5 axb5 18. c3 b4 $5 19. Bc2 bxc3 20. bxc3 Rxa1
21. Rxa1 Rb8 22. h3 Ne7 23. Rb1 Qa7 24. Rxb8+ Qxb8 25. Qd4 $1 Qb2 $6 {Black
has made a risky move. Now White can play for a win.} 26. Bd3 $1 (26. Bxh7+
Kxh7 27. Qh4+ Kg8 28. Qxe7 Qc1+ 29. Kh2 Qf4+ {draws (Ftacnik).}) 26... Bf5 $2 (
{Better is} 26... Qc1+ 27. Kh2 Ng6 28. Bxg6 hxg6 {but White takes the
initiative by} 29. Qh4 $1) 27. Qa7 $1 Qc1+ 28. Bf1 Ng6 29. Nd4 $1 {White wins
an important tempo.} Be6 ({The pointe is} 29... Bd3 30. e6 $1) 30. Qb8+ Nf8 31.
Nxc6 g6 32. Qb4 Kg7 33. Qd4 g5 $5 34. Nb4 Ng6 35. Nxd5 Bxd5 36. e6+ $1 Kh6 37.
Qxd5 fxe6 38. Qd4 e5 39. Qe3 $2 Qa1 $2 ({Under time pressure, the players miss
the elegant escape by} 39... Qxe3 40. fxe3 Nf8 $1 {and the knight goes to c5 
(Ftacnik).}) 40. g3 Kg7 41. c4 h6 42. c5 Ne7 43. Qe4 Qd4 44. Qxd4 exd4 45. Bg2
Kf6 46. Kf1 Ng6 47. Ke2 Ne5 48. Be4 Ke7 49. f4 gxf4 50. gxf4 Nd7 51. c6 Nc5 52.
Bd5 Kd6 53. f5 d3+ 54. Ke3 d2 55. Ke2 (55. Kxd2 $4 Kxd5 56. c7 Ne4+ {draws.})
55... Nd3 56. Kxd2 Nf4 57. Bh1 Nxh3 58. f6 Ng5 {The white king will enter on
the kingside and decide the game.} 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 1"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. f4
Nc6 9. Be3 a6 10. Qe1 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. a3 Bb7 13. Qg3 Rc8 $1 {Andersson
played this move in Biel 1976.} 14. Kh1 $5 g6 15. Bd3 Nh5 16. Qe3 Qd7 17. Be2
Nxf4 $5 18. Qxf4 e5 19. Qg3 $1 {White is going to win an exchange.} exd4 20.
Bg4 Qc7 21. Bxc8 dxc3 22. Bxb7 cxb2 23. Rab1 Qxb7 24. Qd3 Qc6 25. Rxb2 Bg5 $2 {
Andersson lets the restriction slip.} ({Correct is} 25... Rc8 $1 26. Rb4 Kg7 $1
27. Qb3 Bf6) 26. Rb4 $1 Re8 $6 (26... Rc8 $1 27. Rd4 Qxc2 28. Qxc2 Rxc2 29.
Rxd6 {(Timman)} Re2 30. Rxa6 Rxe4 31. g3 Be7 $1 {brings drawing chances for
Black.}) 27. c4 $1 Re5 ({The pointe is} 27... Qxe4 28. Qxe4 Rxe4 29. cxb5 Rxb4
30. axb4 axb5 31. Rd1 Bf4 32. Rd5 {(Ftacnik).}) 28. cxb5 axb5 29. Rd4 Re6 30.
Rd5 Bf6 31. Qxb5 Qxb5 32. Rxb5 Rxe4 $1 33. Rb4 $1 Re7 34. a4 Kg7 35. Rb6 Rd7
36. a5 Bd8 37. Rb5 Ra7 38. Ra1 Ra6 39. g4 Kf6 40. Kg2 Ke6 41. Re1+ Kd7 42. Rb7+
Kc6 43. Rxf7 Rxa5 44. Rxh7 Ra2+ 45. Kf3 Bg5 46. h4 Ra3+ 47. Kg2 Bf4 48. Re6 g5
49. hxg5 Bxg5 50. Rf7 Ra8 51. Rg6 Be3 52. Kf3 Bd4 53. Ke4 Bb2 54. g5 Re8+ 55.
Kf5 Re5+ 56. Kg4 Re1 57. Rf2 Bd4 58. Rd2 Be5 59. Rh6 $1 Kd7 60. Rf2 Rg1+ 61.
Kf5 Bd4 62. Rf4 Be5 63. Rh7+ Kc6 64. Rg4 Rf1+ 65. Ke6 Re1 66. g6 {Karpov had a
lead of half-a-point on Tony Miles.} 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 1"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 b6 7. e5 $5 {Balashov
brings a sharp novelty.} ({Known is} 7. Bd3) 7... Ng4 8. Bg1 c5 9. h3 Nh6 10.
d5 $5 {The advance in the centre continues.  A broad pawn centre has developed.
} Nf5 11. Bf2 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nd7 13. Qe2 Bb7 (13... e6 $1 14. dxe6 fxe6 15.
O-O-O Bb7 {is okay.}) 14. O-O-O {A crucial position has arrived. Timman loses
a tempo.} Qb8 $2 ({Better is the tough confrontation by} 14... e6 $1 15. g4 $1
(15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Qb5 $2 Bxf3 17. Rxd7 Qg5+ 18. Kb1 Bh6 $1) 15... Nd4 16. Nxd4
cxd4 17. Bxd4 Nxe5 $1) 15. g4 $1 Nd4 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxe5 18. Bg2 {
Balashov has gained an ample positional advantage.} Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Qd6 20. Re1
Rfe8 21. Nb5 Qg3 $5 ({Not} 21... Qc5 $2 22. b4 $1) 22. Qe3 $1 Qh2 $1 23. Qf4
Qxf4+ ({The pointe is} 23... Qxg2 24. Rd2 Qxh3 25. Rh2 {(Ftacnik).}) 24. Rxf4
Rac8 25. Nxa7 Ra8 26. Nc6 Rxa2 27. Rxe7 $1 {White delivers the decisive blow.}
Ra1+ 28. Kd2 Rxe7 29. Nxe7+ Kf8 30. Nc6 Rg1 31. Rf2 Ba6 32. b3 Nc5 33. Ne5 Ke7
34. g5 Bc8 35. Rxf7+ Ke8 ({Or} 35... Kd6 36. Nc4#) 36. Rf2 Bf5 37. d6 Be4 38.
b4 Rxg2 39. Rxg2 Bxg2 40. bxc5 bxc5 41. h4 Bh3 42. Ke3 Bf5 43. c3 Kd8 44. Kf4
Ke8 45. Nc4 Kd7 46. Ke5 {Karpov won the tournament by 8/11, Miles became
second (7) and Timman was thrown back to the shared third place with Hort,
Kavalek and Hübner.    The number of draws might seem high in the days before
Rentoro, the boss of Linares. Actually, the organisers were pleased with
decided games at this level. Hundreds of visitors from the Netherlands,
Belgium and Germany visited each round.} 1-0

[Event "Vidmar mem 4"]
[Site "Ljubljana/Portoroz"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Jelen, Iztok"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A19"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]

{LJUBLJANA/PORTOROZ 1977 Stars were Larsen, Hort and Savon in vi 1977. Planinc
partook for the fourth and last time in the Vidmar Memorial.} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3
e6 3. e4 c5 4. e5 Ng8 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Qe4 Bb4 8. Bd2 d6 9. Qg4 dxe5
$5 (9... Nxe5 10. Qxg7 Qf6 11. Qxf6 Nxf6 {equalised in Rogoff - Csom, Biel
1976.}) 10. Qxg7 Qf6 11. Qg3 Nh6 12. O-O-O Nf5 13. Ne4 $1 ({Seirawan played
the quiet} 13. Qh3 {against Hort in Bad Kissingen 1981.}) 13... Bxd2+ 14. Rxd2
Qe7 15. Qc3 Bd7 16. Nf3 O-O-O 17. c5 f6 18. g4 Nfd4 19. Bg2 Kb8 20. Rhd1 {Hort
attacks.} Rhg8 $2 (20... Qg7 21. g5 fxg5 $1 22. Nd6 Rhf8 23. Nxd4 exd4 {
defends properly.}) 21. g5 $1 f5 ({Or} 21... fxg5 22. Nxe5 $1 Nxe5 23. Qxd4)
22. Nf6 $1 {White threatens Nxe5!} Rxg5 $5 23. Nxg5 Qxf6 24. f4 Qh6 25. Kb1 Rg8
26. Bxc6 Bxc6 27. Qe3 exf4 28. Qe5+ Kc8 29. Nf7 Qg7 30. Nd6+ Kb8 31. Qxg7 Rxg7
32. Rxd4 e5 33. Nxf5 Rg5 34. Rd8+ Kc7 35. Ne7 1-0

[Event "Vidmar mem 4"]
[Site "Ljubljana/Portoroz"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Planinc, Albin"]
[Black "Sigurjonsson, Gudmundur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2
e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Rad1 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nd7 12. Be2 f5 13. f4 $5 ({The tranquil} 
13. g3 {drew in Spassky - Parma, Juan 1969.}) 13... a6 14. g4 $5 {Planinc has
wilder plans.} g5 $2 ({More solid is} 14... exf4 15. Bxf4 Ne5) 15. exf5 exf4
16. Bd4 Bxd4+ 17. Qxd4 {Black has nearly lost.} Kf7 $6 {Hereafter, the
kingside lies wide open.} (17... Ne5 18. Ne4 h6 19. h4 $1 gxh4 20. Rxf4 N7g6 $1
21. Rf2 Nh8 {resists harder.}) 18. Ne4 h6 19. h4 Rg8 20. hxg5 hxg5 21. Rd3 $1
Nc8 22. Rh3 Nf6 23. Rh6 $1 Nxe4 24. Rh7+ $1 Kf8 25. Qxe4 Rg7 26. Rh8+ Rg8 27.
Rxg8+ Kxg8 28. Qe6+ Kf8 29. Qh6+ Kf7 30. Qg6+ Kf8 31. f6 {White captures the
pawns on the kingside and triumphs.} 1-0

[Event "Vidmar mem 4"]
[Site "Ljubljana/Portoroz"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Sax, Gyula"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nf3 e5 6. O-O Nge7 7. a3 O-O 8. Ne1
d6 9. Nc2 Be6 10. Ne3 Qd7 11. Rb1 $5 Rac8 12. d3 Nd4 13. b4 $5 ({Quiet is} 13.
Ned5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5) 13... cxb4 14. Rxb4 b6 15. Ned5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bg4 17. Re1
Kh8 18. a4 Bh3 19. Bb2 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Nc6 21. Rb5 Ne7 22. Nxe7 Qxe7 23. Ba3 e4
24. f3 f5 $4 25. dxe4 $1 Rfd8 26. exf5 Rxc4 27. fxg6 hxg6 28. h4 Qe3 29. Rb3
Qe8 30. a5 b5 31. Qd2 d5 32. Qg5 Rc3 33. Bb2 $1 d4 34. Rxb5 Re3 35. Kf1 Qd7 36.
h5 Rde8 37. g4 Qc6 38. Qd5 Qc7 39. hxg6 R3e5 40. Qf7 1-0

[Event "Vidmar mem 4"]
[Site "Ljubljana/Portoroz"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Planinc, Albin"]
[Black "Barle, Janez"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 g6 4. Ngf3 Bg7 5. g3 dxe4 6. dxe4 b6 7. Bg2 $5 Ba6 8.
c4 e5 $6 ({Better is} 8... Qd3 9. Qb3 Qxb3 10. axb3 {(Meier - Kalinitschew,
Germany 1998).}) 9. O-O Ne7 10. b4 O-O 11. Bb2 Qc7 12. Qc2 c5 13. b5 Bc8 14.
Rfd1 f6 15. Nf1 $1 a6 16. Ne3 $1 axb5 17. cxb5 Be6 18. a4 Bh6 19. Nd5 $1 {
White occupies the hole on d5.} Bxd5 $2 (19... Nxd5 20. exd5 Bf5 {keeps a
strong bishop.}) 20. exd5 Qd6 21. Bh3 $1 Nd7 22. Be6+ Kh8 23. Qe4 Nc8 24. h4 $5
Ra7 25. h5 $1 {Planinc attacks the king directly.} gxh5 26. Qf5 Qe7 27. Qxh5
Qg7 28. Bxd7 Rxd7 29. Nxe5 fxe5 30. Bxe5 Qxe5 31. Qxe5+ Bg7 32. Qh5 Bxa1 33.
Rxa1 Rfd8 34. Qe5+ Kg8 35. Rd1 Nd6 36. Qg5+ Kh8 37. Re1 Nf7 38. Qf6+ Kg8 39.
Re4 Rxd5 40. Rg4+ Kf8 41. Qg7+ {Planinc started by 3/4. Old times seemed to
revive.} 1-0

[Event "Vidmar mem 4"]
[Site "Ljubljana/Portoroz"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sigurjonsson, Gudmundur"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Nb6 5. a4 c6 $5 {Larsen carries out a
provocative Alekhine Defence.} ({Usual is} 5... a5) 6. a5 $1 Nd5 7. Be2 g6 8.
O-O Bg7 9. c4 Nc7 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Be3 Nba6 13. Qc1 (13. Ne4 $1
Qe6 14. Qb1 {further enlarges the white territory.}) 13... Bg4 14. Rd1 Ne6 15.
Ne4 (15. d5 $1 {starts a centre attack.}) 15... Qc7 16. Neg5 Nxg5 17. Bxg5 e5
18. dxe5 Rfe8 $5 (18... Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Bxe5 {recaptures the pawn.}) 19. Bf6 $5
Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Bxf6 21. exf6 Qe5 22. b4 $1 Rac8 $5 23. Rb1 Qxf6 24. Qb2 Qxb2 25.
Rxb2 Rc7 26. b5 Nc5 27. bxc6 bxc6 28. Kf1 Kf8 29. g3 Re5 30. Rd6 Re6 31. Rd8+
$6 {The exchange of rooks preserves a plus.} Ke7 32. Rbb8 Nb7 $1 33. Re8+ Kd6
34. Rxe6+ fxe6 35. a6 Nc5 36. Rd8+ Ke5 37. Bg4 Nxa6 38. f4+ Kf6 {Sigurjonsson
has lost a pawn.} 39. Rd6 $2 (39. Ke2 Nc5 40. Ke3 {keeps compensation.}) 39...
Nc5 $1 40. Bf3 a5 $1 41. Rd8 Ra7 $1 42. Bxc6 a4 {White has regained the pawn,
but the a- pawn decides the game.} 0-1

[Event "Vidmar mem 4"]
[Site "Ljubljana/Portoroz"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Planinc, Albin"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C34"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 g5 5. h4 g4 6. Ng1 ({Even wilder is} 6. Ng5
h6 {(Anderssen - Amelung, Berlin 1862).}) 6... Bh6 $1 {Gligoric improves the
theory.} 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Nge2 f3 $1 9. Nf4 f2+ $5 10. Kxf2 g3+ $5 11. Kxg3 Nf6
12. Be2 Rg8+ {Black has set up a strong attack.} 13. Kf2 Ng4+ $5 14. Bxg4 $5
Bxg4 15. Qd3 Bg7 16. Be3 Qd7 {Both sides have made direct moves.} 17. Nce2 (17.
Ncd5 $1 O-O-O 18. b4 $1 {(Kaliksteyn - Kaiumov, Tashkent 1990) is preferable.})
17... O-O-O 18. Ng3 f5 $5 19. Nxf5 Rdf8 20. Nxg7 Qxg7 21. Ke1 Nb4 22. Qc3 $5
Qe7 $1 23. Qxb4 Rxf4 $1 24. Kd2 $2 {Planinc miscalculates the lines in a
critical position.} (24. Bxf4 $2 Qxe4+ {(Bukic)} 25. Kd2 Qxg2+ 26. Kc3 Qf3+ {
leads to mate.}) ({The correct variation is} 24. e5 $1 Re4 25. Kd2 $1 {and the
fight continues.}) 24... Qxe4 25. Rag1 Bf5 26. Qb3 Rg3 $1 27. Rh2 Rf2+ $1 {
Planinc was losing his ability to continue his concentration during the whole
game.} ({The pointe is} 27... Rf2+ 28. Bxf2 Rxb3 29. cxb3 Qd3+ 30. Ke1 Bg4 {
and mate follows.}) 0-1

[Event "Vidmar mem 4"]
[Site "Ljubljana/Portoroz"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Rc1 Rd8 12. Qd2 Ne5 13. Bd5 e6 14. dxe5 exd5
15. Bg5 Re8 16. exd5 Bxe5 {The position is about even.} 17. f4 $5 ({Gligoric
had played} 17. Ng3 {versus Savon in the fifth round and lost as well.}) 17...
Bg7 $5 (17... Bd6 {blockades the centre pawn.}) 18. d6 Qc6 19. Be7 b5 20. f5 $5
(20. Ng3 f5 $1 {keeps the defence closed.}) 20... Bxf5 21. Rxf5 $5 gxf5 22. Ng3
$1 c4 23. Kh1 $5 ({Solid is} 23. Nxf5 Qc5+ 24. Qf2 Qxf2+ 25. Kxf2 Bf8 26. Re1
a6 $1 27. d7 Rxe7 28. Nxe7+ Bxe7 29. Rxe7 Kf8 30. Re5 Rd8 31. a4 $1 {drawn.})
23... Rxe7 $5 ({Less risk is taken by} 23... Qc5 24. Rf1 Rxe7 25. dxe7 Qxe7 26.
Nxf5 Qf6) 24. dxe7 Bh6 25. Qd8+ Qe8 26. Qd6 $2 {Gligoric misses an elegant
move.} ({Correct is} 26. Rd1 $1 Bg5 27. Qd5 Bxe7 28. Nxf5) 26... Bxc1 27. Nxf5
f6 $1 28. Qd5+ Kh8 29. Nd6 Qg8 $1 30. Qxb5 Bf4 $1 31. e8=Q Rxe8 32. Nxe8 Qe6 $1
{Black counters vigorously.} 0-1

[Event "Vidmar mem 4"]
[Site "Ljubljana/Portoroz"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sigurjonsson, Gudmundur"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Ndb5 a6 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Nd4 Ne5 10. Nb3 Qc7 11. Be2 $5 e6 12. a4 b6 13. Qd4 Rb8 14. O-O Be7
15. f4 Ng6 16. Qd1 $6 O-O 17. Bd3 Bb7 18. Qe2 Ra8 19. Rae1 Rfe8 20. g4 $6 d5 $1
21. e5 Ne4 {Black takes over the initiative.} 22. Bd4 Bb4 23. Rf3 $6 {White
overestimates his chances again.} Bc6 24. Ref1 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Bxa4 26. Bxa6 Nc5
27. Bb5 Bxb5 28. Qxb5 Rec8 29. Re3 (29. c4 $1 {corrects a ruined pawn
structure.}) 29... Qc6 30. Qxc6 Rxc6 31. f5 Nf8 32. Ref3 Rc7 33. Ra1 Rxa1+ 34.
Nxa1 Nfd7 35. Nb3 Ra7 36. Rf1 Ra2 37. Ra1 Rxa1+ 38. Nxa1 exf5 39. gxf5 g6 {
White endures positional problems.} 40. fxg6 $2 ({Better is} 40. f6 $1 g5 41.
Nb3 h5 42. Nd2 Kh7 43. Nf1 $1 {and the knight goes to e3.}) 40... fxg6 $1 41.
Kg2 Kf7 42. Kf3 Ke6 {The black king has become active in the centre and
conquers a pawn.} 43. Kf4 Ne4 44. c4 g5+ 45. Ke3 Nxe5 46. cxd5+ Kxd5 47. Bxe5
Kxe5 48. Nb3 Nd6 49. Kf3 h5 50. Nc1 g4+ $1 51. Kf2 ({The point is} 51. Kg3 Nf5+
) 51... h4 52. Nd3+ Kd4 53. Ke2 Nf7 54. Nf4 Ne5 0-1

[Event "Vidmar mem 4"]
[Site "Ljubljana/Portoroz"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O a6 7. h3 Nbd7 8. e5
$5 Ne8 9. Bf4 c5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Qd2 Ne6 12. Bh2 Bd7 (12... dxe5 $5 13. Qxd8
Nxd8 14. Nxe5 {slightly favours White (David - Leszner, Warsaw 1987).}) 13.
Rad1 Bc6 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. Qxd5 Qb6 16. Qb3 Qxb3 17. axb3 Rc8 18. Bc4 dxe5 19.
Nxe5 Nd6 20. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 {White has gained a plus.} 21. c3 Rfd8 22. Nd3 Kf7
23. Rfe1 Nf5 24. Ne5+ Bxe5 25. Bxe5 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Rc5 27. Re1 Rb5 28. b4 Rd5
29. c4 Rd3 30. Kf1 Nd4 $1 31. Bxd4 Rxd4 32. b3 Kf6 33. Re3 e5 34. Ke2 e4 35.
Rc3 Ke5 {The rook ending has become about even.} 36. Rg3 Rd6 37. b5 Kd4 $1 38.
bxa6 Rxa6 39. h4 Ra2+ 40. Ke1 Rb2 41. h5 gxh5 42. Rh3 e5 43. Rxh5 $5 Rxb3 44.
Rxh7 Rb1+ 45. Kd2 Rb2+ 46. Ke1 e3 47. Rd7+ Kxc4 48. fxe3 b5 $5 {An exchange of
pawns draws.} 49. Rd2 $1 Rb1+ 50. Kf2 $4 (50. Rd1 $1 {(Larsen)} Rb2 51. Rd2 Kc3
52. Rxb2 Kxb2 53. Kd2 {draws.}) 50... b4 51. Kf3 (51. Rd8 b3 52. Rc8+ Kb4 53.
Rb8+ Kc3 54. Rc8+ Kb2 $1 55. g4 Rc1 {wins for Black.}) 51... b3 52. Ke4 Rg1 $1
53. Kxe5 Kc3 54. Rf2 b2 55. Rxb2 Kxb2 56. e4 Kc3 57. Kd6 Rd1+ 58. Ke6 Kd4 59.
g4 Rg1 60. e5 Ke4 61. Kf6 Rf1+ 62. Ke6 Ra1 63. Kf6 Ra6+ 64. e6 Kd5 65. g5 Rxe6+
{Gligoric scored poorly in the second half.} 0-1

[Event "Vidmar mem 4"]
[Site "Ljubljana/Portoroz"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Barle, Janez"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. exd6 $5 Bg4 8.
Be2 e6 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nc3 Qxd6 11. O-O Be7 12. Qb3 Qb4 $5 13. Nxd5 Qxb3 14. Nc7+
Kd7 15. axb3 Kxc7 {The exchanges have led to equality.} 16. Be3 Rad8 17. Rfc1
Kb8 18. g4 Bg6 19. Bb5 Nb4 20. Ne5 a6 21. Bf1 Nd5 22. Bg2 Bf6 23. Bd2 Bxe5 24.
dxe5 h5 25. Ra4 hxg4 26. hxg4 Rd7 27. Rd4 Nb6 $6 ({Better is} 27... Rc8 {(Hort)
.}) 28. Rxd7 Nxd7 29. Bb4 Nb6 30. Bd6+ Ka8 31. f4 Rc8 32. Rxc8+ Nxc8 33. Bc5 (
33. Bf8 $1 Bc2 34. Bxg7 {(Hort)} Bxb3 35. Kf2 {also gains an advantage.}) 33...
Bc2 34. b4 Bd1 35. Bh3 Kb8 36. f5 Kc7 37. Kf2 Bc2 38. fxe6 fxe6 39. Bg2 b6 40.
Bf8 g6 41. Ke3 Na7 42. Kf4 Nc6 $5 ({Preferable is} 42... Kd7 $1 43. Kg5 Nb5 $1)
43. Bd6+ Kd7 44. Bf1 $1 b5 $2 {Black gives up the control over c5.} ({Right is
} 44... Ne7 $3 45. Bxa6 Nd5+ $1 46. Kg5 Bd1 47. Bb5+ Kd8 48. Bd3 Ne3 {and
Black defends a bastion.}) 45. Kg5 $1 Be4 46. Kf6 Nd4 47. Bc5 $1 Nf3 48. Bh3 $1
Nh4 49. g5 Bd5 50. Bg4 {Black is going to lose a pawn.} Nf3 51. Bxf3 Bxf3 52.
Kxg6 Ke8 53. Kf6 Bg4 54. g6 Bf5 55. g7 Bh7 56. Kxe6 Bg8+ 57. Kd6 Kf7 58. e6+
Ke8 59. Bd4 {Hort could take the lead, because Larsen and Savon lost.} 1-0

[Event "Vidmar mem 4"]
[Site "Ljubljana/Portoroz"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Jelen, Iztok"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]

1. Nf3 b6 2. g3 Bb7 3. Bg2 c5 4. c4 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bxg2 8.
Kxg2 Nc6 $5 9. Nc2 Rc8 10. Ne3 Nf6 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Rb1 e6 13. b3 d5 14. cxd5
Nb4 15. Ba3 a5 16. Qd2 Ng4 17. Ncd1 Nxe3+ 18. Nxe3 Bc3 19. Qd1 Re8 20. Bxb4
axb4 21. Qd3 Rc5 22. dxe6 Qa8+ 23. Kg1 Rxe6 24. Rbd1 Qxa2 25. Qd8+ Kg7 26. Nd5
Qxb3 27. Ne7 $1 {The attack on the king starts.} Qc4 $5 28. Qg8+ Kf6 29. Qh8+
$1 Kg5 $1 30. Qf8 $1 Rxe2 31. Ng8 h5 $2 ({An unclear position brings} 31... Kg4
$1 {(Larsen)} 32. Nh6+ Kh3 33. Nxf7 Qg4) 32. Nh6 Bd2 33. Nxf7+ (33. Qh8 $1 {
triumphs at once.}) 33... Kg4 34. Rxd2 $2 (34. Qd8 $1 Qxf7 35. f3+ Kf5 36. Qd3+
{wins.}) 34... Rxd2 35. f3+ Kh3 36. Qc8+ $1 {A wonderful draw seems to occur.}
Qg4 $1 37. Ng5+ $1 Rxg5 38. fxg4 Rg2+ 39. Kh1 Rc5 40. Qd8 $4 (40. Qd7 Rxh2+ 41.
Kg1 g5 $5 42. gxh5+ g4 43. Qd8 Rg2+ {leads to perpetual check.}) 40... Rxh2+
41. Kg1 g5 $1 42. Rb1 {The lead was joined by Larsen and Hort, half-a-point
before Savon.} (42. Rb1 Rcc2 43. Qd5 Rcg2+ {wins (Larsen).}) 0-1

[Event "Vidmar mem 4"]
[Site "Ljubljana/Portoroz"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Savon, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. b3 Be7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O d5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nc3 Nd7 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. Qc2 c5 12. Rad1 Rc8 13. Qb1 Nf6 14. Ng5 h6
15. Bxd5 exd5 16. Nf3 Qd7 17. Nh4 Ne4 18. Ng2 Bf6 19. f3 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 Nf6 21.
e3 Qd6 22. d3 b5 23. e4 Rfe8 24. Ne3 g6 25. f4 Qc6 26. e5 d4 27. Ng2 Nd5 28.
Rde1 f5 29. exf6 Qxf6 30. Qd2 Kg7 31. g4 Rxe1 32. Rxe1 Rf8 33. Re4 Rf7 34. h4
Re7 35. g5 hxg5 36. hxg5 Qf5 37. Qc2 Qc8 38. Kf2 (38. Rxd4 $1 Ne3 $1 39. Qc3 $1
{neutralises the black initiative.}) 38... Rxe4 39. dxe4 Nc3 40. f5 Qc6 41. f6+
Kf7 42. Kf3 Qe6 43. Nf4 Qe5 44. Qd3 a6 45. a4 Qxg5 46. e5 Qg1 47. axb5 axb5 48.
Nh3 Qh1+ 49. Kg4 Qg2+ 50. Qg3 Qe2+ (50... Qxg3+ $1 51. Kxg3 d3 52. Ng5+ Ke8 53.
e6 d2 54. f7+ Ke7 55. Nh7 {seems defendable (Larsen).}) 51. Qf3 Qxf3+ 52. Kxf3
d3 53. Ng5+ Ke8 54. Ke3 c4 55. bxc4 bxc4 56. Kd2 Nd5 57. Ne4 Kf7 {Nothing
changed at the top.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vidmar mem 4"]
[Site "Ljubljana/Portoroz"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Planinc, Albin"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 a6 7. Be2 Nf6 8. f4
Be7 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Qg3 Nxd4 13. Rxd4 Bc6 14. e5 Ne8 15.
Bd3 g6 16. Kh1 Rd8 17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. exd6 $2 Rxd6 $2 (18... Nxd6 19. Bxe4 Nxe4
20. Rxe4 Qxc2 {takes advantage of the slip.}) 19. Rxe4 Ng7 20. Rc4 Qa5 21. Qe1
Qd8 22. Qf2 b5 23. Rd4 Rxd4 24. Bxd4 Qd5 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Qa7 Qd6 27. b3 Bf6
28. a4 Bd4 29. Qb7 Rb8 30. Qf3 $2 ({Better is} 30. Qe4 bxa4 31. bxa4 Rb4 32. a5
Bb6 33. Qa8 Bxa5 34. Qxa6) 30... bxa4 31. bxa4 Rb4 32. h4 Rxa4 33. h5 Ra5 34.
g4 gxh5 $2 35. g5 $1 Ra1 36. Rxa1 Bxa1 37. Qe4 a5 38. Qxh7+ Kf8 39. Qe4 Bd4 40.
Kg2 a4 41. c3 $2 Bxc3 42. Bc4 Qd2+ 43. Kh3 Bd4 44. g6 Qc3+ 45. Qd3 fxg6 46.
Qxc3 Bxc3 47. Bxe6 Ke7 48. Ba2 Bd2 49. Kg3 a3 50. Kf3 Kf6 51. Bb1 h4 52. Kg4 h3
53. Kxh3 Bxf4 {Larsen won by 91/2/13, half-a-point before Hort and Savon.
Planinc scored 51/2 points and had partook in the Vidmar Memorial for the last
time. He lacked the required concentration.} 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Eslon, Jaan"]
[Black "Pacheco, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]

{The Spanish city of Linares lies in Andalusia on the crossing of railroads to
Madrid in the North, Granada in the South and Sevilla in the West. Metal
mining was its main activity. Linares lead had an unsurpassed quality.
Industry became a main activity.   A dull existence changed when a series of
tournaments started in 1978. The first Ciudad de Linares was a master
tournament. We find the name of the Swedish master Jaan Eslon (1952-2000)
above the Argentine Debarnot, the Columbian Castro Rojas and seven Spanish
players. Jaan had moved to Valencia in the previous year and participated in
local tournaments. Nine rounds were played from 30 xi until 8 xii 1978. I have
analysed one Eslon game. } 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. c4 Nb6 6.
exd6 cxd6 7. h3 Bg7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Rc1 e6 $5 11. Be2 d5 12. c5 Nd7
$6 ({Black should have taken the risk of} 12... Nc4 $5 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. O-O
Qa5) 13. O-O Ne7 14. Bf4 a6 15. Bd3 Nf6 16. b4 Nc6 17. a3 Re8 18. Bh2 Nh5 19.
Bb1 Bh6 20. Rc2 Bf4 21. Ne2 $6 Bxh2+ 22. Nxh2 Ng7 $6 23. Rd2 Na7 $6 {
Noncommital chess is played on both sides.} 24. Qb3 b5 $6 25. f4 $6 ({An
attack is started by} 25. cxb6 Qxb6 26. Ng4 Qd8 27. Qf3) 25... Nc6 26. Nf3 f6
27. g4 Bd7 28. g5 f5 $2 29. Ne5 Nxe5 30. dxe5 Bc6 31. Nd4 $1 {Blockade can be
applied after a blunder.} Qd7 32. Bd3 Nh5 33. Be2 Ng7 34. Bf3 Red8 35. h4 Kf8
36. Rh2 a5 37. h5 axb4 ({The natural} 37... a4 38. Qc2 Kf7 39. hxg6+ hxg6 40.
Rh7 Rh8 41. Qh2 Rxh7 42. Qxh7 {will lead to the fall of pawn g6.}) 38. axb4 Kf7
39. Qb2 Rh8 40. Ra1 Rxa1+ 41. Qxa1 Ra8 42. hxg6+ hxg6 43. Ra2 Rxa2 44. Qxa2 Ne8
45. Qa6 Bb7 46. Qb6 {Pawn b5 cannot be defended.} 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 2"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]

{No <->Russians' participated in the second Interpolis tournament in Tilburg,
because Karpov and Korchnoi played a match and the replacements, proposed by
the Soviet chess authorities, were not accepted. The participation was strong,
nevertheless.} 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7.
Be2 Bg4 8. O-O c4 $5 {Hort plays an ambitious new move.} 9. h3 Bf5 10. b3 {
Larsen delivers the standard response.} Bb4 11. Bb2 Ne4 $5 (11... Bxc3 12. Bxc3
b5 $1 {continues the restriction of the centre.}) 12. Nxe4 $1 dxe4 13. Bxc4 $1
{White sacrifices a piece for the attack.} exf3 14. Qxf3 Qf6 15. d5 $1 Qxb2 $2
(15... Ne5 $1 16. Bb5+ {(Larsen)} Kf8 $1 {defends accurately.}) 16. dxc6 Qe5
17. cxb7 Rd8 18. Rad1 Rxd1 ({The pointes are} 18... O-O 19. b8=Q $1) ({and} 
18... Bd6 19. Rxd6 $1 {(Larsen).}) 19. Rxd1 O-O 20. Rd5 $1 Qa1+ 21. Kh2 Be6 22.
Qf4 Bxd5 23. Bxd5 Qf6 24. Qxb4 Qd8 25. Qc5 Qb8+ 26. g3 Rd8 27. a4 g5 28. e4 Re8
29. b4 h5 30. Kg2 Kg7 31. Bc6 Re6 32. b5 f6 33. Qf5 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 2"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e4 Bb7 5. d3 c5 6. g3 Nc6 $5 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Rc8 11. b3 $5 a6 $5 (11... Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bc5 13. Qd1 d6
{plays more actively.}) 12. Bb2 Qc7 13. Rc1 Qb8 $5 14. Re1 Rfd8 15. Nc2 $5 d6
16. Qe2 Ba8 17. Rcd1 Nd7 18. Rd2 Na7 19. Nd4 Ne5 20. Red1 Bf8 $6 {Black plays
too passively.} ({Better is} 20... Nec6 $1 21. Nxc6 Nxc6 $1) 21. f4 $1 Nec6 22.
Nxc6 Bxc6 23. f5 b5 24. fxe6 fxe6 25. Qg4 Re8 26. cxb5 axb5 27. Ne2 Rc7 28. Nf4
Rf7 29. Kh1 $5 b4 30. Qe2 Bb5 31. Qe3 Nc6 32. Bh3 Nd8 33. a4 $1 bxa3 34. Bxa3
d5 $2 {There is no need to give the exchange.} (34... e5 $1 35. Nd5 Ne6 {
defends properly.}) 35. Bxf8 Rfxf8 36. exd5 exd5 37. Qc3 Qe5 $6 (37... d4 38.
Rxd4 Bc6+ {counters.}) 38. Qxe5 Rxe5 39. Bg2 Nc6 40. Rxd5 Rfe8 41. Kg1 Nb4 42.
Rxe5 Rxe5 43. Rd4 Nc6 44. Rd5 Kf8 45. Kf2 Ke7 46. Rxe5+ Nxe5 47. h3 g5 48. Ne2
h5 49. Nc3 Bd7 50. Ke3 h4 51. g4 Nxg4+ $5 52. hxg4 Bxg4 53. Ne4 Be6 54. b4 g4
55. Kf4 g3 56. Ng5 Bc8 57. Ke5 Bg4 58. b5 Be2 59. b6 Kd7 60. Ne6 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 2"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 c6 8. e4 d5
9. Qc2 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Bb7 $1 {Black gains equality by a subtle novelty.} 11. Bd3
$5 Nbd7 12. O-O-O $6 (12. O-O {gives a solid position.}) 12... Nxe4 13. Bxe4
Nf6 14. Rhe1 O-O {Black has an easy game.} 15. h4 a5 16. Bc3 Bb4 17. Bxb4 $2 (
17. Bd3 {defends more prudently.}) 17... axb4 18. Ne5 Nxe4 19. Rxe4 c5 20. dxc5
$5 {White tries to stay in the game by tactics.} Bxe4 $1 21. Qxe4 ({Or} 21.
Rxd8 Bxc2) 21... Qf6 $1 22. cxb6 $1 Qxf2 $1 23. Qd4 $1 Qxa2 {The highlight has
been reached.} 24. Nd7 ({Hort regards} 24. c5 $1 Qg2 $1 25. Rd2 {as drawn} (25.
c6 $5 Ra2 26. Rd2 Rxd2 27. Qxd2 Qg1+ 28. Kb2 Ra8 $1 {wins for Black.}) {but}
25... Qf1+ 26. Rd1 Qb5 $1 {attacks.}) 24... Qa1+ $1 25. Qxa1 Rxa1+ 26. Kc2 Rxd1
27. Kxd1 ({Insufficient is} 27. Nxf8 Rd8 $1 28. c5 Kxf8 29. c6 Rc8 30. c7 Ke7 {
(Ftacnik).}) 27... Rd8 28. c5 Rxd7+ 29. Ke2 Rb7 $1 ({Not} 29... Kf8 $4 30. c6
Ke7 31. b7 $1) 30. Kd3 Kf8 31. Kc4 Ke8 ({No use has} 31... Ke8 32. Kb5 Kd8 $1
33. c6 Re7 $1) 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 2"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O O-O 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Ba2 e5 12. Qc2 Bg4 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Ne1 $5
{Portisch has prepared a new move.} (14. Nxe5 Qxe5 {leads to Geller - Kotov,
Zürich 1953.}) 14... Rad8 15. f3 Be6 16. c4 Qa5 $2 {Black makes a premature
attack.} ({My preference has} 16... Rd7 17. Bb2 Rfd8) 17. Bb2 Rd2 $6 18. Qc1 $1
(18. Qc3 $2 Qxc3 19. Bxc3 Rxa2 $1 {was expected by Sosonko.} 20. Rxa2 Nxc4 $1 {
slightly favours Black.}) 18... Nd3 $6 (18... Rxb2 $1 19. Qxb2 Nxc4 {gives
some compensation.}) 19. Qc3 $1 Qxc3 20. Bxc3 Rxa2 21. Rxa2 Bxc4 22. Rd2 $1 Nd5
23. Nxd3 (23. Bxg7 {wins at once.}) 23... Nxc3 24. Kf2 f5 25. Rc1 Ne4+ 26. fxe4
Bxd3 27. Rxc5 Bxe4 28. Rc7 Bc6 29. Kg3 Re8 30. Kf4 h6 31. Kxf5 Rxe3 32. Rd8+
Kh7 33. Rcc8 $1 Be4+ 34. Kf4 Re2 35. Rh8+ $1 Kg6 36. Rhe8 Bd3 37. Rxe2 Bxe2 38.
Rc7 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 2"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Bd3 Qxc5 8. Qe2
O-O 9. Be3 Qa5 10. O-O Bg4 11. Qf2 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nc6 13. Ne2 Nd7 14. c3 $4 Nde5
$1 15. fxe5 Nxe5 16. Qh3 Nxd3 17. Qd7 Qa6 18. Qxe7 Rae8 {Black has gained a
big advantage.} 19. Qh4 d5 $1 20. Ng3 f5 21. e5 f4 $1 22. Bxf4 Qb6+ 23. Kh1
Nf2+ 24. Rxf2 Qxf2 25. Rf1 Qxb2 26. Qg5 {Timman won the second prize.} 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 2"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Browne, Walter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Re1 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nbd7 13. Bd3 Rc8 14. Rc1 Qc7
15. Bh4 $1 ({Portisch improves on} 15. c4 {(Portisch - Karpov, Bugojno 1978).})
15... Qc6 $6 (15... Qd6 $1 {prevents the next move (H. Olafsson-Thorhallsson,
Reykjavik 1996).}) 16. c4 Nh5 $2 {Browne makes a tactical and positional
mistake.} ({More useful is} 16... Rfd8) 17. d5 $1 Qc5 ({Not} 17... exd5 $2 18.
Nd4 $1) 18. Ng5 Nhf6 ({Avoids} 18... Ndf6 $2 19. Nxh7 $1) 19. dxe6 fxe6 20.
Nxe6 Qc6 21. Bf1 Rfe8 22. Nd4 Rxe1 23. Qxe1 Qe4 24. Qxe4 Nxe4 25. f3 Nd2 26.
Be2 Ne5 27. Rc2 Nb1 28. Nb5 Ba6 29. a4 Bxb5 30. axb5 Na3 31. Ra2 $2 Naxc4 $2 (
31... Nexc4 $1 32. Be7 Nxb5 33. Rc2 Ncd6 $1 {draws.}) 32. Bg3 Rc5 33. Rc2 g5
34. Bf2 $2 Na3 $2 (34... Rxb5 $1 35. Bxc4+ $2 Nxc4 {favours Black.}) 35. Rxc5
bxc5 36. Bxc5 {Blunders were made under time pressure.  Portisch shared the
lead with Miles.} 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 2"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. d3 Qf6 8. Be3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qxf3 10. gxf3 Bd6 11. Kh1 f6 $5 12. Nd2 Ne7 13. Rg1 Kf7 14. Nc4
Ng6 15. Rg3 Nh4 16. f4 {White prevents .. g5.} exf4 17. Nxd6+ cxd6 18. Bxf4 d5
$1 {Spassky takes the initiative.} 19. Bd2 Rae8 20. f3 g5 21. Rf1 Ng6 22. Kg1
Nf4 23. Bxf4 gxf4 24. Rg2 Rhg8 {White has to play carefully.} 25. Rxg8 $2 (25.
h4 $1 Rxg2+ 26. Kxg2 Rg8+ 27. Kf2 Rg3 28. Rg1 {draws, since} Rh3 29. Kg2 Rxh4
$4 {leads to a disaster for Black.}) 25... Rxg8+ 26. Kf2 dxe4 27. dxe4 $2 ({
The last chance gives} 27. fxe4 $1 Rg3 28. Ke2 Rxh3 29. Rxf4 Rh2+ 30. Kd1 $1
Ke6 31. Rf5 $1) 27... h4 $1 28. Rd1 Ke6 29. b4 Rg3 30. Rh1 b5 31. c3 Kd6 32. a3
Ke6 33. Rh2 Kd7 34. Rh1 Kc7 35. Rg1 a5 $1 36. Rh1 ({The pointe is} 36. bxa5
Rxg1 $1 37. Kxg1 Kb7) 36... a4 37. Rg1 Kd6 38. Rxg3 (38. Rh1 Ke6 $1 39. Rh2 Ke5
40. Rh1 f5 41. exf5 Kxf5 {leads to zugzwang.}) 38... hxg3+ 39. Kf1 Ke5 40. Kg2
f5 41. exf5 Kxf5 42. Kf1 Ke5 43. Kg2 Kd5 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 2"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D25"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. O-O Bd6 8.
h3 Bh5 9. e4 e5 10. Be2 O-O 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nd4 Bxe2 ({They had played} 12...
Bc5 13. Nb3 Qxd1 14. Bxd1 Bb6 {in Lone Pine 1978.}) 13. Qxe2 Ng6 14. Rd1 $5 ({
Known is} 14. Nf5) 14... Qc8 15. Bg5 Be5 16. Qe3 Nh5 $1 {Miles has nearly
equalised by clever play.} 17. Qf3 Nhf4 18. Nf5 Re8 19. h4 h6 20. Bxf4 Nxf4 21.
Rd2 Qe6 22. Rad1 Ng6 23. h5 Ne7 $1 24. Nd4 Qb6 25. Nde2 Qe6 26. g3 Nc6 27. Kg2
Rad8 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Rxd8+ Nxd8 30. Qd3 Qd6 $6 (30... Qe7 $1 31. f4 Bxc3 32.
Nxc3 Ne6 {defends the centre properly.}) 31. Qxd6 Bxd6 32. f4 c6 $6 (32... Ne6
33. e5 Bc5 {develops active piece play.}) 33. e5 Bc7 34. Nd4 g6 $5 {Otherwise
Black has no counter-play.} 35. hxg6 fxg6 36. Kf3 Kf7 37. Ke4 h5 $5 38. f5 $5
gxf5+ 39. Kxf5 {White seems to have won the battle for the centre.} Ke7 $2 ({
But a counteraction can be started by} 39... Bb6 $1 40. Nce2 a6 41. Ke4 ({the
pointe is} 41. Kg5 Ne6+ $1) 41... Bxd4 42. Nxd4 Kg6 $1 {and Black envelops the
centre.}) 40. Nce2 $1 Nf7 41. Nf3 Nh6+ 42. Ke4 Ng4 43. Nf4 Nf2+ 44. Kf5 $1 {
Portisch does not have to worry about the queenside. He wants to capture pawn
h5.} Nd1 45. Nxh5 $1 Nxb2 46. g4 $1 Nc4 47. g5 Ne3+ 48. Ke4 Nd5 49. Nf6 Ke6 $5
50. Nd4+ Kf7 51. Nxd5 cxd5+ 52. Kxd5 Bd8 53. Nf3 Be7 54. Ke4 Kg6 55. Kf4 b5 56.
Nh4+ Kf7 57. g6+ Ke6 58. g7 Kf7 59. Nf5 Ba3 60. e6+ Kg8 61. Kg5 {Miles lost
for the second time in a row. Portisch was on his way to win the event.} 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 2"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dzindzichashvili, Roman"]
[Black "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]

1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. c4 c5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. a3 a5 6. d3 d6 7. Nf3 e5 8. O-O Nge7
9. Ne1 O-O 10. Nc2 Be6 11. Rb1 d5 12. b3 h6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 b6 15. Nc3 f5
16. Ne3 Ra7 17. Ned5 Rd7 18. Bb2 Kh7 19. Re1 Bf7 20. Ba1 Re8 21. Nxe7 $6 Nxe7
22. Qc2 Rxd3 $1 {Tactics favour Black.} 23. Bd5 Rxd5 24. cxd5 Nxd5 25. Rbd1 Qa8
$1 26. Rd2 Re7 27. Red1 Nf6 $5 28. Rd6 h5 $2 ({The solid} 28... Qb8 29. Na4 Re6
30. Rd8 Qb7 {gains a plus.}) 29. Rxb6 h4 30. Qe2 h3 31. Qf1 e4 32. Qxh3+ Nh5
33. Qh4 Qa7 34. Nb5 Rd7 $5 35. Nxa7 Rxd1+ 36. Kg2 e3 37. fxe3 Rxa1 38. Rd6 Rxa3
39. Nc6 Rxb3 40. Nd8 Be8 41. Qe7 Rb2+ 42. Kg1 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 2"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bc4 $5 dxe5 $2 {Sosonko
errs after the novelty.} ({Better is the adventurous} 6... Nf4 {(Hauwert -
Knoppert, Haarlem 1991).}) 7. Nxe5 Nxe5 8. Bxe5 e6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Bd7 11.
O-O Bd6 (11... Qh4 12. Qf3 $1 Bc6 13. Bb5 $1 {also favours White.}) 12. Qg4 Rg8
(12... Qc7 $1 13. Qxg7 $6 O-O-O $1 {fights back.}) 13. Rae1 g6 14. f4 h5 15.
Qh3 Qe7 16. f5 $1 gxf5 17. Rxf5 Rg6 18. Rf2 $1 Qg5 19. Bd3 O-O-O 20. Rxf7 {
Boris attacks joyfully.} Rdg8 ({Or} 20... Rgg8 21. Rxe6 $1 Bxe6 (21... Kb8 22.
Qf3 $1) 22. Qxe6+ Kb8 23. Be4 $1) 21. Bxg6 Qxg6 22. Rf6 Qxc2 23. Qxh5 Bc6 24.
Rf2 Qd3 25. Qe2 {Sosonko has no resistance against the brilliant play by
Spassky.} 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 2"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Miles, Anthony"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Bf4 Bb7 5. e3 Be7 6. h3 O-O 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bd3 Nbd7 $5 10. O-O a6 11. Ne5 Re8 12. Qf3 Bd6 13. Ng4 Ne4 $5 14. Bxd6
cxd6 $2 ({Correct is} 14... Nxd6 15. Nxd5 {(Miles) and now} h5 $1 16. Nh2 Qg5
17. e4 Bxd5 18. exd5 Nf6) 15. Rfc1 Qg5 16. Ne2 Rac8 17. Qf4 Qxf4 18. Nxf4 g6
19. f3 Nef6 $2 (19... Ng5 $1 20. Nf2 Ne6 {builds the right defence line.}) 20.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 21. Kf2 Kf8 22. g4 $1 Ke7 23. h4 b5 24. h5 Nd7 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rh1
Nf8 27. hxg6 hxg6 28. Ke2 Kf6 29. Kd2 Kg7 30. Rc1 Rxc1 31. Kxc1 Kf6 32. Kd2 b4
33. Kc2 a5 34. Bb5 $1 {White conquers the queenside.} Ne6 35. Nxe6 fxe6 36. Kb3
Kg5 37. Ka4 e5 38. Kxa5 exd4 39. exd4 Kf4 40. Bd7 Ke3 41. Kb6 Ba8 42. Ka7 Kxd4
43. f4 {Portisch won the tournament by 7/11 before Timman (61/2), Miles,
Hübner and Dzindzichashvili (6).} 1-0

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1978.02.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1978.??.26"]

{Bugojno was a sleepy Bosnian town in the quiet Yugoslavia of Marshall Tito.
Great chess was played from 26 ii until 16 iii 1978. Main player was world
champion Karpov. A series of five biannual events had started. Principal
sponsor Slavko Radic produced typewriters and metal parts. Chess gave prestige
to Bugojno. Television devoted half-an-hour per day to the event.   One game
per round plus an extra game have been selected for each tournament.} 1. e4 c5
2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Rb8 4. f4 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bg2 b5 7. a3 Qa5 $5 8. O-O b4 9.
Ne2 c4 $5 10. d4 cxd3 11. cxd3 Qb6+ 12. Kh1 $6 (12. d4 $1 {closes the diagonal
for Bg7 and keeps the material equality.}) 12... bxa3 13. Rxa3 Bxb2 $1 14. Bxb2
Qxb2 15. Qa1 $6 (15. Ra1 Nf6 16. Nd2 {gives more counter- play.}) 15... Nf6 16.
Ned4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 a6 18. Rc1 O-O 19. Qxb2 Rxb2 20. Rb3 Rxb3 21. Nxb3 Bb7 22.
Rc7 $2 {This move leads to imprisonment of a rook.} ({Right is} 22. e5 Bxg2+
23. Kxg2 Nd5 {(Ljubojevic)} 24. Kf3 $1 {and White counters.}) 22... Rb8 $1 23.
Nc5 ({Or} 23. Na5 Bd5 $1) 23... Bc6 24. h3 (24. Bh3 $1 e6 $1 25. Nxa6 Ra8 26.
Nb4 Ne8 $1 {is insufficient too.}) 24... a5 25. g4 Ne8 $1 26. Ra7 d6 27. Nd7
Rb7 28. Rxb7 Bxb7 29. Nb6 Ba6 30. d4 Nc7 31. d5 Bb5 32. Bf3 a4 33. Bd1 a3 34.
Bb3 Na6 35. e5 Nb4 36. Nc8 Ba4 37. Bc4 dxe5 38. fxe5 Kf8 39. Nb6 Bb5 $1 {
Spassky started with a loss but would make a comeback.} 0-1

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1978.02.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Miles, Anthony"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1978.??.26"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 d5 5. d4 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 Bd6 8. O-O
O-O 9. b3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 $5 11. Qxd4 Re8 12. Bb2 Be5 13. Qd2 Bg4 $1 14.
Bxg4 Bxh2+ $2 {Ljubojevic choses for adventure.} ({Correct is} 14... Nxg4 15.
h3 Nf6 {(Brunner - Timman, Biel 1995).}) 15. Kxh2 Nxg4+ 16. Kh3 $1 ({The
retreat by} 16. Kg1 $2 Qh4 17. Rfe1 d4 $1 18. Nd1 Qh2+ 19. Kf1 dxe3 20. Nxe3
Qh1+ 21. Ke2 Qxg2 {wins for Black.}) 16... Qg5 17. Qd4 $1 Qh5+ 18. Kg3 Nh6 19.
Rh1 Nf5+ 20. Kf4 Qg6 21. Qxd5 Re6 {The white king has been lured forwards. He
can use the g-pawn as shelter.} 22. Qxf5 $2 (22. g4 $1 Ne7 {(Ljubojevic)} 23.
Qxb7 Re8 24. Qb5 $1 Nc6 25. Kg3 {leads to safety.}) 22... Rf6 23. g4 Rxf5+ 24.
gxf5 Qg2 25. Raf1 g5+ 26. fxg6 fxg6 27. e4 Rf8+ 28. Ke3 Qf3+ 29. Kd2 Rd8+ 30.
Kc2 Qd3+ 31. Kc1 Rc8 32. Rd1 Qxe4 $2 (32... Rxc3+ $1 33. Bxc3 Qxc3+ {saves the
game (Ljubojevic).}) 33. Rd8+ $1 Kg7 34. Rd7+ Kf6 35. Rhxh7 Qe1+ 36. Kc2 Qxf2+
37. Kb1 Qf1+ 38. Rd1 Qg2 39. Nd5+ Kg5 40. Bf6+ {The queen will be won by a
fork.} 1-0

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1978.02.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1978.??.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 e5 7. Nh3 Nge7 8. O-O
Nd4 9. f5 $5 gxf5 10. Qh5 $1 (10. Bg5 f6 $1 11. Qh5+ Kd7 {favours Black 
(Trapl-Pribyl, Trinec 1972).}) 10... h6 ({Hort avoids the complications of} 
10... Nxc2 $5 11. Rb1 Nd4 12. Ng5 $1) 11. Rf2 $1 Be6 12. Be3 ({Or} 12. exf5
Bxf5 13. Bxb7 {(Casper - Foisor, Zinnowitz 1983).}) 12... Qd7 13. Raf1 O-O-O
14. Nd5 fxe4 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Bxd4 cxd4 17. Rxf7 $1 Qe8 $1 ({Not} 17... Bxf7
18. Rxf7 Qe8 19. Bxe4) 18. Bxe4 Rf8 19. Bf5 $1 Qxf7 20. Qxf7 Rxf7 21. Bxe6+
Rfd7 22. Rf7 Kc7 23. Bxd7 Rxd7 24. Rxd7+ Kxd7 25. Kg2 Ke6 26. Kf3 d5 $2 ({
Black hopes to gain an advantage, but he should have played} 26... Kf5 $1 27.
g4+ Ke6 28. Ng1 d5 {(various commentators).}) 27. Kg4 $1 Kf6 28. Kh5 $1 Bf8 29.
Ng1 b5 30. Ne2 a5 31. g4 a4 32. h4 b4 33. b3 a3 34. Ng3 e4 $5 35. g5+ $1 ({
Premature is} 35. dxe4 $2 dxe4 36. Nxe4+ Ke5 $1 37. Nf2 {(Timman), and now} Kf4
$1 38. Kg6 Kf3 $1) 35... hxg5 36. hxg5+ Ke6 {Hereafter, the e-pawn should be
captured.} 37. Kg4 $2 Bg7 $2 (37... e3 $1 38. Ne2 {(Timman)} Bg7) 38. Nh5 $2
Bf8 39. g6 e3 40. Kf3 {The blunders under time pressure and in later analyses
reach a highlight.} Kf5 $4 ({Right is} 40... Bh6) 41. g7 1-0

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1978.03.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivkov, Borislav"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D99"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1978.??.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Bg4 8.
Be3 Nfd7 9. Qb3 Nb6 10. Rd1 Nc6 11. d5 Ne5 12. Be2 Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 Bh5 14. Rg1
Qb8 $6 {Timman plays an odd novelty.} 15. f4 $5 Bxe2 16. Nxe2 c6 $5 17. dxc6
bxc6 18. h4 $1 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Qxd8 20. h5 Rb8 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. Rxg6 $1 {Ivkov
elaborates his advantage by a positional sacrifice.} Nd5 $1 23. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7
24. Bd4+ Nf6 25. Qc3 Qh8 $2 {Black puts his queen offside.} ({Better is} 25...
Kf8 $1 {(Ivkov)} 26. Ng3 $1 a5 $1) 26. Ng3 Kf8 27. Bxa7 Rb7 28. Bd4 $1 Rd7 29.
Be5 Qh4 30. Qxc6 Rd8 31. Qc7 Ke8 32. Qc6+ Kf8 33. Qb6 Ke8 $2 (33... Ra8 {
prolongs the game.}) 34. Bc7 $1 Nd7 35. Qb7 e6 36. Bxd8 Kxd8 37. Qa8+ Ke7 38.
Qa3+ Ke8 39. Qa8+ Ke7 40. Qa3+ {So far, Timman had won and lost two games.} 1-0

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1978.03.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1978.??.26"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 c6 8. Bd3
Re8 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Nf8 11. h3 Be6 12. Kb1 $5 Rc8 ({Best is} 12... Qa5 {
(Luczak - Zoltek, Lodz 1980).}) 13. Ng5 $1 b5 $2 ({Correct is} 13... Bd7 $1 14.
Be5 h6 15. Nf3 c5 $1 {(Timman).}) 14. Be5 $1 h6 15. Nxe6 Nxe6 16. g4 Nd7 17. h4
$5 b4 18. Ne2 Bxh4 $5 (18... Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qc7 {also counters.}) 19. f4 c5 20.
Ba6 $1 Be7 $2 (20... Nxe5 $1 21. dxe5 b3 $1 22. Qxb3 Rb8 23. Qa3 Rb4 {brings
counter-play.}) 21. Bxc8 Qxc8 22. Ng3 $1 f6 $5 23. Rxh6 $1 {Timman choses the
prettiest win.} Nef8 ({Jan has calculated} 23... gxh6 24. Qg6+ Ng7 25. Nf5 $1)
24. Rh3 $1 c4 25. Nf5 fxe5 26. fxe5 Qc6 27. Rdh1 Ng6 28. Nd6 Ndf8 29. Nxe8 Qxe8
30. Rh5 Qc6 31. Qf5 a5 32. e6 Qxe6 33. Qxd5 a4 34. Rc1 c3 35. bxc3 bxc3 36.
Rxc3 Qxd5 37. Rxd5 Ne6 38. Kc2 Kf7 39. Ra5 Ng5 40. Rc6 Ne4 41. Rxa4 Nf6 42. Ra7
Nd5 43. Rxg6 Kxg6 44. e4 Nb4+ 45. Kb3 Bf8 46. Rb7 {Timman had bested the world
champion.} 1-0

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1978.03.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1978.??.26"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Bd3
Ng4 9. Bd2 Qxc5 10. Qe2 Nf6 11. a3 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nc6 14. Be3 Qa5 15.
O-O Nd7 16. Bd2 Qb6+ 17. Kh1 Nc5 18. Rab1 Nxd3 19. cxd3 e6 20. Ne2 Rfe8 21. Bc3
Rac8 22. Qg3 f5 23. h4 d5 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. h5 Ne7 26. e5 Ng8 27. hxg6 hxg6 28.
Qg5 Re7 29. Ng1 Kf8 30. Nh3 Rc2 31. Rf3 Rh7 $1 {Black takes the initiative.}
32. Rg1 $2 (32. Qxg6 Rg7 33. Qh5 Rgxg2 34. Ng5 Rh2+ {leads to mutual chances.})
32... Rh6 33. d4 $2 Ke8 $1 34. Rc3 Qxb2 35. Rxc2 Qxc2 36. Kh2 Kd7 37. Rf1 Qc3
38. Rf3 Qxd4 39. Rb3 b6 40. Qg3 Ne7 41. Rd3 Qa4 42. Rf3 Rh5 43. Qf2 Rh8 44. Rc3
Rc8 {Timman had beaten two Soviets in a row! Ljubojevic used a dirty trick in
this round. His opponent Bukic forgot to record one move. Ljubo did the same
and won on time at move forty in a lost position.} 0-1

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1978.03.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1978.??.26"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. Bd3 Qa5+ $6
{Black loses time.} 8. Bd2 Qc7 9. Bxg6 hxg6 10. Qe2 e6 11. Ne4 O-O-O 12. g3 c5
$2 {White gets the chance to conquer the centre.} ({Right is} 12... Ndf6 $1)
13. Bf4 Qc6 14. O-O-O c4 15. Nc3 $1 Nh6 {Black cannot stop the d-pawn.} 16. d5
$1 exd5 17. Rxd5 Bc5 18. Rhd1 f6 19. Rd6 $1 {Spassky ends the game wonderfully.
} Bxd6 20. Rxd6 Qc5 21. Rd5 ({The final point is} 21. Rd5 Qc6 22. Nb5 $1) 1-0

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1978.03.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Vukic, Milan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E82"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1978.??.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. Nh3 e5
9. d5 Bc8 10. Ng1 $1 {Portisch plays a fine novelty.} ({Known is} 10. g4 Nh5 $1
11. Qd2 {(Bobotsov - Vukic, Sarajewo 1971) and} Qh4+ $1 12. Qf2 {leads to
equality.}) 10... Nh5 11. Qd2 f5 12. O-O-O f4 13. Bf2 Bf6 14. Nge2 Bh4 15. Bg1
a5 16. Kb1 Na6 17. a3 $6 {White weakens the queenside.} Bd7 18. Bc2 Qe8 $6 19.
g3 $1 Be7 ({The pointe is} 19... fxg3 20. hxg3 Bxg3 21. Rxh5 {(Bulletin).}) 20.
g4 Nf6 21. h4 Rb8 22. b3 Kg7 23. Ka2 h6 $6 24. Rb1 Ra8 25. Rb2 g5 $5 26. h5 $6
{White should have opened the kingside.} Kh8 27. Nc1 b5 $6 {The counterattack
on this flank fails.} 28. cxb5 Bxb5 29. Nxb5 Qxb5 30. Bd3 Qb7 31. Rc2 Rfc8 32.
Rh2 Kg7 33. Kb2 $1 Nb8 34. Bc4 Kf8 $6 {Vukic loses time.} ({Better is the
manoeuvre} 34... Nbd7 35. Na2 Nc5 $1) 35. Na2 $1 c5 $6 {The d-pawn becomes
weak.} 36. dxc6 Rxc6 37. Qd3 Nbd7 38. Nc3 $1 Nc5 39. Bxc5 Rxc5 $6 ({Black
should play} 39... dxc5 {give up the c-pawn and acquire counter-play.}) 40. Bd5
$1 Nxd5 41. Nxd5 Rac8 42. Rc3 {White will play Rhc2, exchange the rooks and
win the endgame because of the great positional advantage.} 1-0

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1978.03.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1978.??.26"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 b6 7. Nc3 Bb7 8. Ne5
Na6 9. Bg5 c5 10. e3 Ne4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Qa4 Rfe8 $5 {Timman
improves the theory.} (13... Qe8 $2 14. Bxe4 Qxa4 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Nxa4 {was
played in Ivkov - Hübner, round six.}) ({Very solid is} 13... Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nc7
{(Kozlov - Sott, Pardubice 1999).}) 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Qxa6 cxd4 16. exd4 Qe6
17. Qb5 Red8 18. Rfc1 Ng5 $1 19. Nc6 $2 {Hübner imagines to win quickly but
will be smashed rapidly.} (19. Bxd5 Rxd5 20. Qc6 Re8 {leads to a plus for
White.}) 19... Bxg2 20. Nxd8 ({Or} 20. Kxg2 Qh3+ 21. Kh1 Nf3) 20... Qe4 $1 21.
h3 Nf3+ (21... Nf3+ 22. Kxg2 Nxd4+ {does not mate but wins a queen.}) 0-1

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1978.03.09"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1978.??.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Bf3
Qc7 9. g4 $5 {Karpov has a score of plus one and is going to play for a win.}
Nb6 10. g5 Nfd7 11. a4 g6 {Black fortifies the kingside.} 12. Qd3 Bg7 13. Nde2
Nc5 14. Qe3 Nc4 15. Qf2 Qa5 $5 16. O-O O-O 17. Ra2 $5 Qb4 $6 (17... f5 $1 {
grabs the initiative.}) 18. Qe1 {Ljubojevic has advanced too far.} Bd7 $2 {The
bishop occupies a square of retreat.} ({Better is} 18... Qb6 $1 19. Kh1 f5 $1
20. gxf6 Bxf6 21. b3 Na5 {and Black might survive.}) 19. Kh1 Qb6 20. b3 Na5 21.
Nd1 $1 Bc6 ({Or} 21... Nc6 22. a5 Qb5 $5 23. Ndc3 Qb4 24. Bd2 Bxc3 25. Bxc3 $18
) 22. b4 Nxe4 23. Be3 Nc5 24. bxa5 Qb1 25. Ra3 (25. Nc1 $1 {wins more quickly 
(Ljubojevic).}) 25... Qxc2 26. Qd2 Bxf3+ 27. Rxf3 Qe4 28. Kg2 Nxa4 29. Bd4 $1
e5 30. Rxa4 exd4 31. Nxd4 Rac8 32. Nc3 Qe8 33. Rb4 Qd7 34. Kg3 Rc5 35. Nb3 Rf5
36. Nd5 h5 37. h3 Re8 38. Qd3 Qc6 39. Ne3 Rb5 40. Rxb5 axb5 41. f5 Re5 42. h4
Kh7 43. Nd4 Qc1 44. Ng2 b4 45. Ne2 Qc6 46. fxg6+ fxg6 47. Nef4 Rf5 48. Ne3 Rxf4
49. Rxf4 Be5 50. Qc4 Qd7 51. Nd5 Qf7 52. Nf6+ Kg7 53. Nxh5+ {Karpov had
started a final sprint.} 1-0

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1978.03.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1978.??.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 c6 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 cxd5 14. exd5 Nc4 15.
Nd2 Nb6 16. Nf1 Ne8 $6 17. a4 g6 $2 ({Appropriate is} 17... Nxa4 18. Bxa4 bxa4
{(Romanishin - Karpov, Moscow 1976).}) 18. axb5 axb5 19. Bh6 Ng7 20. Bd3 {Two
bishops rule the open position.} b4 $5 21. cxb4 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Bg5 23. Bxg5 Qxg5
24. Ra7 {A bishop has been exchanged but now White reigns on the queenside.}
Qf4 $5 25. Be4 Qxf3 26. Bxf3 {Another exchange helps White.} Rb8 27. Ne3 Ne8
28. g4 Nc8 29. Ra3 Nc7 30. Be2 Nb6 $6 ({Better is} 30... Rxb4 $1 31. Rc3 Rb7
32. Ba6 $1 Nxa6 33. Rxc8+ Kg7 34. Nc4 {(Tal)} Rd7 35. Nb6 Rb7 36. Rc6 Nc7 $1)
31. Ra5 Nc8 32. Ba6 Ne7 33. Bc4 Nc8 34. b5 h6 35. Kg2 Kg7 36. Kf3 Kf6 37. Ke4
Kg5 $5 38. h4+ $5 {Tal shows his tactical wit.} Kf6 $6 ({The brave} 38... Kxh4
$5 39. f4 $1 Nb6 $1 40. b3 Nd7 41. Kf3 Ra8 42. b4 exf4 43. Kxf4 h5 44. g5 Kh3 {
starts grand complications.}) 39. g5+ $1 hxg5 40. Ng4+ Ke7 41. hxg5 Ne8 42. Ra6
Rb7 43. Rc6 Na7 44. Ra6 Nc8 (44... Nxb5 45. Bxb5 Rxb5 46. Ra7+ Kd8 47. Rxf7 {
also favours White.}) 45. Ra3 $1 Nb6 46. Kd3 Nc7 47. Nf6 Nd7 48. Nxd7 Kxd7 49.
Ra5 Kc8 50. Kc3 Rb8 51. Kb4 Kb7 52. Ra3 Rh8 53. Rf3 Rh7 54. Ka5 Rh4 55. b3 Rf4
56. Rxf4 exf4 57. b6 Ne8 58. Bb5 Ng7 59. Bd7 f3 60. Bg4 Nh5 61. Bxf3 Nf4 62.
Bg4 Nd3 63. f3 1-0

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1978.03.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1978.??.26"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Ne5 Bf5
8. c3 e6 9. g4 Bg6 10. h4 {White gets wonderful results by this line.} h5 $2 ({
Better is} 10... Bd6 $1 11. Qe2 c5 12. Bg2 $1 cxd4 $1 13. h5 d3 14. Qe3 Qc7 15.
hxg6 Bxe5 {(Haba - Burmakin, Pardubice 2003).}) 11. g5 Nd5 12. Nxg6 fxg6 13.
Qc2 Kf7 14. Rh3 Ne7 15. Bc4 Nf5 16. Rf3 Qd7 17. Rxf5+ $1 {Karpov choses the
prettiest win.} gxf5 18. Qxf5+ Ke7 19. Qe4 Re8 20. Bf4 Kd8 21. Qe5 Rg8 22.
O-O-O g6 23. Re1 Bg7 24. Qb8+ Ke7 ({No use has} 24... Qc8 25. Qxa7) 25. Rxe6+
$1 {Karpov finishes a wonderful game.} ({The pointe is} 25. Rxe6+ Qxe6 26. Qc7+
Qd7 27. Bd6#) 1-0

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1978.03.13"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1978.??.26"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. d4 Ne4 8. Nd5
Nc6 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. Ne1 f5 11. Nd3 d6 12. N3f4 Bc8 $1 ({Not} 12... Qd7 13. Ne6
$1 {(Larsen).}) 13. f3 $5 Nf6 14. e4 fxe4 15. fxe4 (15. Qa4 $1 Bd7 16. Ne6 Bxe6
17. Qxc6+ Kf7 18. fxe4 {leads to pressure by White.}) 15... Rb8 $1 16. Qa4 Bd7
17. Ne6 $1 Bxe6 18. Qxc6+ Qd7 $5 19. Nc7+ Kf7 20. Qxd7 Bxd7 {Black threatens
to attack the queenside.} 21. Nd5 $2 (21. b3 $1 {can be played, because Black
cannot move his knight. White keeps a positional plus.}) 21... Ke8 $1 22. Kh1
$6 (22. Rb1 {offers more resistance.}) 22... Nxd5 23. cxd5 c4 $1 24. a4 Rf8 25.
Rd1 $6 (25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. Bf1 Rb4 27. a5 Ke8 $1 {wins because the b-pawn will
fall.}) 25... Bg4 26. Re1 c3 27. bxc3 Bxc3 28. Bf4 Bxa1 29. Rxa1 Rb3 30. Rc1
Rd3 31. Kg1 Rd1+ 32. Rxd1 Bxd1 33. a5 Be2 34. h4 Kd7 35. Be3 a6 36. Bh3+ Kc7
37. Bg5 Bf3 38. e5 Re8 39. exd6+ Kxd6 40. Bf1 Ra8 41. Bd3 Bxd5 42. h5 gxh5 43.
Be3 Ke5 44. Bb6 Bb7 45. Be2 Rf8 46. Bc7+ Kd4 47. Bb6+ Kc3 48. Bc5 Rf5 49. Bf2
Kd2 0-1

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1978.03.14"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "1978.??.26"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 a6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
d6 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 Be7 11. e4 O-O 12. h3 (12. Qe3 {was played in Hübner -
Gligoric, Tilburg 1977.}) 12... Qb8 13. Nd2 $1 Bc6 14. a4 Re8 15. Kh2 Bf8 16.
f4 $1 a5 $6 {Hereafter, Black cannot play his b-pawn.} 17. Qe3 Qb7 18. Ne2 Rad8
19. Nd4 e5 20. Nxc6 Qxc6 21. f5 $1 {Endless manoeuvring begins.} h6 22. Rf2 Qb7
23. Qd3 Nc5 24. Qc2 Rc8 25. Re1 Qa7 26. Ref1 Qb7 27. Re2 Rc7 28. Nb1 Na6 29.
Nc3 Nb4 30. Qb1 Be7 31. Rd1 Qb8 32. Ba3 Nc6 33. Nb5 Rd7 34. Red2 Red8 35. Qd3
Na7 36. Nc3 Nc6 37. Bb2 Nd4 38. Nb1 Nc6 39. Qe2 Rb7 40. h4 Nd7 41. Na3 Nc5 42.
Qe3 Rbd7 43. Nb5 Na7 44. Na3 Nc6 45. Kh3 Re8 46. Nb5 Qd8 47. Bf3 Qb8 48. Bh5
Na7 49. Na3 Qd8 50. Bf3 Bf6 51. Nb5 Nc8 52. Rg1 Na7 53. Rd5 Qe7 54. Rgd1 Nc8
55. Bc1 Qd8 56. Qc3 Nb7 57. Bg2 Ne7 58. R5d3 Nc6 59. Be3 Be7 60. R3d2 Bf8 61.
Kh2 Nc5 62. Bf2 Be7 63. Qf3 Bf8 64. Bh3 Qf6 65. Kg2 Red8 66. Nc3 Nb4 67. Rb2
Re8 68. Qe3 Rb7 69. Kh2 Qd8 70. Nb5 Qf6 71. Rbd2 Rd8 72. g4 $1 g5 73. fxg6 fxg6
74. g5 hxg5 75. hxg5 Qh8 76. Kg2 Rh7 77. Nxd6 $1 {White decides the game at
last.} Rh5 78. Nf7 Rxd2 79. Qxd2 Nxe4 ({Or} 79... Kxf7 80. Bxc5 $1 bxc5 81.
Be6+ $1 Kxe6 82. Qd7#) 80. Qd8 Qg7 81. Rd7 Nc6 82. Nh6+ Qxh6 83. Be6+ Kh8 84.
gxh6 Nxd8 85. Rxd8 {White wins a piece.   Karpov and Spassky led at the end of
the penultimate round, half-a-point before Timman.} 1-0

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1978.03.16"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1978.??.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
cxd4 9. exd4 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Bd3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qc7
15. c4 Rfe8 16. Qe2 h6 $5 (16... Qc6 {was played in Gligoric - Portisch,
Lugano 1968.}) 17. Bd2 Bxf3 $5 18. Qxf3 e5 $1 {The confrontation in the centre
has begun.} 19. Qg3 $6 (19. d5 $1 Nc5 20. Bc2 e4 {leads to a mutual battle 
(Bulletin).}) 19... exd4 20. Rxe8+ $2 (20. Bf4 $1 Qc6 21. Bxh6 Nh5 22. Qh3 {
minimises the problems.}) 20... Nxe8 21. Bf4 Qc6 22. Bf5 Rd8 23. h3 ({Portisch
had planned} 23. Bc7 $4 {but that move costs a piece.}) 23... Nc5 24. Rd1 Qf6
25. Bb1 Qe6 26. Kh2 Kf8 27. Be5 Qxc4 28. Qf4 Ne6 29. Qe4 Qd5 30. Qe2 Nd6 31. a4
Nc4 32. Bg3 Nc5 33. Ba2 d3 34. Qe1 Qd4 35. f3 Ne3 36. Rd2 Re8 37. Qc1 Nxa4 38.
Kh1 Nc5 39. Bf2 Qe5 40. Bb1 Kg8 0-1

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1978.03.16"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B74"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1978.??.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Nb3 Be6 10. f4 b5 $6 {Tony asks for troubles by his novelty.} 11. f5
$1 b4 12. fxe6 bxc3 13. exf7+ Kh8 14. bxc3 Ne5 15. Bd4 $1 Nxe4 16. Bf3 Nxf3+
17. Qxf3 Nf6 18. Rad1 Qc8 19. Bxf6 $1 {Spassky finds a lovely combination.}
Bxf6 20. Rxd6 $1 Rxf7 21. Rc6 Qe8 22. Qe4 Rd8 23. g3 Bg7 24. Qe6 Rxf1+ 25. Kxf1
Bf6 26. Nc5 Bxc3 27. Ne4 Bd4 28. c3 Bb6 29. Ke2 Qd7 $6 ({Better is} 29... Qf8
$1 30. h3 Qf5) 30. Qxd7 Rxd7 31. c4 Rd4 $6 32. Ng5 h6 $2 (32... Rd7 33. c5 {
strongly favours White.}) 33. Rc8+ {Karpov and Spassky had won their games
easily and triumphed one point before Timman.} 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Black "Castro, Oscar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]

{The change from a master event to a small grandmaster tournament took place
in  Linares 1979. Twelve participants played from 30 xi until 12 xii. The
victor of the previous year, Eslon, became fifth at 21/2 points of the new
winner Larry Christiansen. Star player of the event was Viktor Kortschnoj,
runner-up of the world championship. Although he defeated Christiansen, he did
not triumph in the contest. Two games by Christiansen have been analysed. } 1.
d4 f5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 d6 5. Nc3 c6 6. e4 Nh6 $5 7. exf5 Nxf5 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O Kh8 $6 {Black loses time.} 10. g4 Nh6 11. h3 Na6 $6 ({Better is} 
11... Nf7 12. Be3 e5) 12. Re1 Nf7 13. Bf4 $1 e6 14. Qd2 c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16.
Rad1 {Christiansen demonstrates his solid style.} Qa5 $2 ({Black has to
conquer e5 by} 16... e5 $1 17. Be3 Qa5) 17. Nb5 $5 Qxd2 18. Rxd2 e5 19. Be3 Ne4
20. Rdd1 Bd7 21. Nd2 a6 22. Nxe4 axb5 23. Nxd6 Be6 24. cxb5 Rxa2 25. Nxf7+ Bxf7
26. Bxb7 Rxb2 27. b6 h5 28. Rb1 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 e6 7. c4 Bc5 8. Nb3
Bb6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Bd7 13. Ba3 O-O-O 14. c4
Bc7 15. Rab1 Be8 16. Rxd8+ Nxd8 17. Nd4 Bc6 18. Bxc6 Nxc6 19. Nxc6 bxc6 {The
lesser player hopes for a quick draw, but the star goes on.} 20. Rd1 h5 21. h3
f5 22. Be7 Re8 23. Bg5 Bb6 24. Kg2 Kc7 25. Bd2 Bc5 26. Bc3 e5 27. h4 g6 28. e3
Kb6 29. Rb1+ Ka6 30. Kf3 Bd6 31. Ke2 e4 32. Rd1 Be5 $5 33. Bd4 ({Christiansen
avoids the risky} 33. Bxe5 $5 Rxe5 34. Rd6 Rc5 35. Rxg6 Rxc4) 33... Bc7 34. Kd2
Rd8 35. Kc2 Bb6 36. Rd2 Ba5 37. Rd1 Rd7 38. Rf1 c5 39. Bc3 $2 (39. Bxc5 Rd2+
40. Kb3 Rd3+ 41. Kb2 {achieves the desired draw.}) 39... Bb4 40. Rb1 Ka5 41. a3
Bxc3 42. Rb5+ Ka4 43. Kxc3 Rd3+ 44. Kb2 $2 ({The subtle manoeuvre} 44. Kc2 $1
Rxa3 45. Kb2 Rd3 46. Kc2 Rd7 47. Kc3 $1 {seems to hold the game.}) 44... Rd2+
45. Kc3 Rxf2 46. Rxc5 Ra2 47. Rc6 Rxa3+ 48. Kd4 Rd3+ 49. Ke5 Rxe3 50. Rxg6 Rf3
51. c5 Kb5 52. c6 Kb6 53. Kd6 Rd3+ 54. Ke5 e3 55. Kxf5 Rd5+ 56. Kf4 Re5 $1 {
Kortschnoj decides the game with a nice combination.} 57. Kxe5 e2 58. Kd6 e1=Q
59. Kd7 Qd1+ 60. Kc8 Qc2 61. Rf6 Qxc6+ 62. Rxc6+ Kxc6 63. g4 hxg4 64. h5 g3 65.
h6 g2 66. h7 g1=Q 67. h8=Q Qg4+ {Kortschnoj defeated his main rival but lost
two other games.} 0-1

[Event "Montreal"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]

{Super tournaments with Soviet participation became regular events in the mid
seventies. Kavalek, assisted by the movie makers Passer and Forman, organised
the "Tournament of Stars". An amount of $110,000 became available for Montreal
1979. Ten Grandmasters stayed in the Meridien Hotel and played in the Quebec
Pavilion from 10 iv until 6 v. The inactive Fischer and rebellious Korchnoi
were not among them. The games of the winners Karpov and Tal have been
selected. Karpov was world champion at that time. Tal had a period of good
health. It allowed him to play his best chess.  Jan van Reek} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4
e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6
10. Bg5 a5 11. Nc3 Na6 12. Rac1 Bd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Qb5 Nb4 15. Qxb7 Bd6 16.
Ne5 Rb8 17. Qa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4
Re8 9. f3 c6 10. Kh1 d5 $6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Bg5 dxe4 13. fxe4 Nbd7 $2 (13...
h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Bc4 Rf8 16. Nd5 Bg7 17. e5 $5 {leads to a fierce battle 
(Taimanov-Estevez, Brno 1975).}) 14. Ndb5 Re5 $1 {This wild move gives
counter-play.} 15. Bf4 Nxe4 $5 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. Nxe4 Qh4 18. h3 $1 Qxe4 19.
Qb3 $1 {Tal finds the best move after a long think.} Nf6 20. Bc4 Qh4 $1 21.
Bxf7+ $2 {The most obvious move is not the ideal one in this case.} ({Best is} 
21. Rae1 Bg3 {(Tal)} 22. Re8+ $1 Nxe8 23. Rxf7) 21... Kh8 22. Rf3 Bf5 23. Nc3
Ne4 24. Nxe4 Bxe4 25. Qc4 $1 Rd8 ({No relief brings} 25... Bxb2 {due to} 26.
Rd1 $1 Bf6 27. Rd4 $1 b5 28. Qb4 a5 29. Qd2) 26. Raf1 Kg7 27. Be6 Rd2 $2 28.
Qc5 Bxf3 29. Qxe5+ Qf6 30. Qxf6+ Kxf6 31. Bg4 Rxb2 32. Rxf3+ 1-0

[Event "Montreal"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Qb3
Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Be2 c6 12. O-O Nd7 13. Rfe1 Re8 14. e4 Nf8
15. Rad1 Ne6 16. e5 Be7 17. Rd2 Bg5 18. Rdd1 Be7 19. Rd2 Bg5 20. Rdd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nge2 e5 7. O-O Na6 $5 {
Timman brings a doubtful novelty.} 8. Re1 c6 9. h3 Re8 10. Bg5 h6 $6 ({
Preferable is} 10... Qb6 11. Rb1 {(Karpov)} Be6 12. Qd2 Nc7) 11. Be3 Qc7 $6 (
11... Qe7 {puts the queen on a better square.}) 12. Qd2 Kh7 13. Rad1 Bd7 14. g4
Rad8 15. Ng3 Bc8 16. f4 b5 17. a3 b4 18. axb4 Nxb4 19. Nce2 exd4 $2 ({Pawn d6
is less exposed after} 19... exf4 20. Bxf4 a5 21. c3 Na6) 20. Nxd4 a5 21. c3
Na6 {Black has weaklings obn a5 and d6.} 22. Qc2 $6 (22. Nxc6 Qxc6 23. e5 d5
24. exf6 Bxf6 25. Ra1 {wins a pawn at once.}) 22... Bd7 $6 ({The position can
be reconstructed by} 22... Nd7 $1 23. Ra1 Ndc5) 23. Nf3 Re7 24. Bf2 Be8 25. Qd3
$1 Qb7 26. Ra1 $1 Nc7 ({Avoids} 26... Qxb2 $4 27. Reb1) 27. Rxa5 Rdd7 28. b4
Ne6 29. Be3 c5 30. f5 Nd8 31. b5 Kh8 32. Bf2 Qc7 33. Ra4 Qb8 34. c4 Ra7 35.
Rxa7 Rxa7 36. e5 dxe5 37. Nxe5 Ra2 38. Bxc5 1-0

[Event "Montreal"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 $5 Bg7
8. Qb3 O-O 9. Bg5 Nb6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nf3 Bg7 $6 ({More alert is} 11... Bf5
12. Be2 Qd6 13. O-O Rfd8) 12. Be2 e6 $5 {Karpov gives a pawn for activity.} 13.
dxe6 Bxe6 14. Qb5 a6 15. Qb4 Nd5 $5 16. Qxb7 $5 Rb8 $1 17. Qxa6 Rxb2 18. Nxd5
Qxd5 19. O-O Ra8 20. Qd3 Raxa2 21. Rxa2 Qxa2 22. Re1 Bf8 23. Bf1 $1 Bb4 ({
Tolya avoids the mousetrap} 23... Rxf2 $4 24. Be2 $1 {(Larsen).}) 24. Rc1 Rxf2
$1 25. d5 $1 Rxf1+ $5 {Again Karpov solves his problems with a sacrifice.} ({
Best is} 25... Bf5 $1 26. Qd4 Qb2 $1) 26. Qxf1 Qxd5 27. Kh1 Be7 28. Rd1 Qb7 29.
Rb1 Qa7 30. Ra1 Qc5 31. Nd2 Kg7 32. Re1 Qd4 33. Qe2 Bf6 34. Ne4 Bh4 35. Rd1 Qe5
36. Qf3 h5 37. Qc3 Qxc3 38. Nxc3 Bf6 39. Ne4 Be5 40. Kg1 Bf5 41. Nc5 Bc7 42.
Na6 Bf4 43. Nb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nxc6 Bxc6 9. Qe2 Nf6 $5 10. e5 $1 Nd5 ({A flexible responce gives} 10... b4 $5
11. Nd1 Nd5 12. Bxa6 d6) 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. a4 Qa5 13. Rd1 b4 14. Bf4 Qb6 15.
Be4 $6 (15. Qg4 {keeps the plus (Khalifman).}) 15... Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Rc8 17. Rd2
Bc5 18. Rad1 O-O $1 19. Rxd7 ({Restriction is applied in} 19. Bg3 f5 $1 20. Qf3
Qc6 21. Qxc6 dxc6 22. Bf4 Be7 23. Rd7 Rfd8 {Black liberates himself.}) 19...
Bxf2+ 20. Kf1 Bc5 {White's control over the position can be challenged.} 21.
Rb7 ({A lasting advantage seems to give} 21. Qb7 Qxb7 22. Rxb7 Rfd8 23. Rbd7 {
(Tal), but} Rxd7 24. Rxd7 Bf8 $1 25. Rd2 f6 {equalises.}) 21... Qa5 22. b3 Rcd8
23. Rdd7 Rxd7 24. Rxd7 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Ke2 h6 27. Bd2 Qc7 28. g4 a5 29.
h4 Be7 30. h5 Bg5 31. Qa8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. h3 a6 11. a4 Ne4 12. Ra3 Nd7 13. Nxe4 Rxe4 14. Nd2 Re8 15.
Nc4 Ne5 16. Ne3 Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Nc6 8. Qc2
Qa5 9. a3 Bxc5 10. Rd1 Be7 11. Nd2 Bd7 $2 ({Spassky diverts from} 11... e5) 12.
Be2 $5 {Karpov decides for torture.} ({His line} 12. Nb3 Qb6 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14.
Nxd5 exd5 15. Rxd5 {nets a pawn.}) 12... Rfc8 13. O-O Qd8 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Nf3
$1 h6 16. Ne5 Be6 17. Nxc6 Rxc6 18. Bf3 Qb6 19. Be5 $1 Ne4 20. Qe2 Nxc3 21.
Bxc3 Rd8 ({The pointe is} 21... Bxa3 22. Bxg7 $1) 22. Rd3 Rcd6 23. Rfd1 R6d7
24. R1d2 Qb5 25. Qd1 b6 26. g3 Bf8 27. Bg2 Be7 28. Qh5 $1 a6 29. h3 Qc6 30. Kh2
Qb5 31. f4 f6 (31... f5 $4 32. Qg6 {ends horribly.}) 32. Qd1 Qc6 33. g4 $1 {
Black will have to lose pawn d5.} g5 $2 ({Counter-play for a pawn gives} 33...
Bf7 $1 34. Kh1 Re8 35. e4 $1 Bd6 36. exd5 Qc7 37. f5 Rde7) 34. Kh1 a5 35. f5 $1
Bf7 36. e4 $1 Kg7 37. exd5 Qc7 38. Re2 b5 $2 ({Correct is} 38... Bd6) 39. Rxe7
$1 Rxe7 40. d6 Qc4 41. b3 1-0

[Event "Montreal"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bf4 Be7 8. e3
O-O 9. Be2 c5 10. Ne5 Nc6 11. O-O cxd4 12. exd4 a6 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Na4 Nxe5 15.
Rxc8 Bxc8 16. Bxe5 Nd7 17. Bg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O a6 9. f4 Qc7 $5 ({Usual is} 9... Bd7) 10. Be2 $5 Nxd4 (10... Bd7 {
transposes to a branch of the main line.}) 11. Qxd4 b5 $6 12. e5 $1 dxe5 13.
fxe5 Nd5 14. Bxe7 Nxc3 ({Avoids} 14... Nxe7 15. Nxb5 $1) 15. Bf3 $1 {White has
reached a won position with seemingly simple means.} Nxd1 $2 (15... Bb7 $2 16.
Bd6 Bxf3 17. bxc3 $1) (15... Kxe7 $2 16. Qh4+ f6 17. exf6+ gxf6 18. Qh6) (15...
Ne2+ $1 16. Bxe2 Qxe7 17. Bf3 Bb7 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Qd6 {(Tal). Black faces a
positional disaster.}) 16. Bd6 Qc4 17. Qb6 $1 Nf2 18. Bc6+ Bd7 19. Bxd7+ Kxd7
20. Qb7+ Kd8 21. Qxa8+ Qc8 22. Qa7 1-0

[Event "Montreal"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Rc8 10. Kb1 Be7 11. g4 {The players have followed
Tseitlin-Mista, Olomouc 1977.} O-O $5 12. Be3 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 $5 b5 14. g5 Ne8
15. h4 Nc7 $2 {The knight is needed on the kingside.} ({Better is} 15... b4 16.
Ne2 a5) 16. Ne2 Rb8 17. Ng3 Re8 18. f4 Bf8 19. f5 d5 $5 20. g6 $6 ({Tal prefers
} 20. f6 $1 e5 21. fxg7 Bxg7 22. Bc5) 20... fxg6 21. fxg6 e5 $1 22. gxh7+ Kh8
23. Bf2 Be6 24. Qa5 (24. Bh3 $1 Bxh3 25. Rxh3 d4 26. Nf5 {keeps a positional
plus.}) 24... Qd7 {Black has gained counter-play.} 25. Bd3 d4 26. Ne2 b4 27.
Nc1 Qc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bf4 Bd6 8. Bg3
O-O 9. e3 c5 10. Bd3 Re8 11. O-O Bxg3 12. hxg3 Nbd7 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. b4 d4 15.
exd4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 cxd4 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Ne5 19. Qxd8 Rexd8 20. Rad1 Kf8
21. Rfe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Qe2+ Be7 7. dxc5 Nf6 8.
Nb3 O-O 9. Be3 Re8 10. Nf3 a6 11. Bxd7 Nbxd7 12. O-O Nxc5 13. Nfd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8.
Be2 O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. Be3 Qa5 11. Qb3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nc6 13. Rad1 Qb4 14. h3
Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Rfc8 $6 (15... Qxb3 16. axb3 Rac8 17. e5 Rfd8 {completes a timid
opening.}) 16. Qxb4 Nxb4 17. e5 Rc7 18. Rc1 Rac8 19. Rxc7 Rxc7 20. Rb1 Nxa2 21.
Ra1 $1 Nb4 22. Rxa7 h5 $6 23. Bf4 $1 ({Little advantage brings} 23. Rxb7 Rxb7
24. Bxb7 Nc2) 23... Nd3 24. Bg5 Rd7 25. Rxb7 Rxd4 26. e6 fxe6 27. Rxe7 Rd6 ({
The pawn sacrifice} 27... Nf4 $1 28. Bxf4 Rxf4 29. Rxe6 Kf7 {draws.}) 28. Be4
e5 29. Rc7 Bf8 30. Be3 Nf4 31. Rc8 Kg7 32. g3 Ne6 33. Kg2 Be7 34. Rb8 Bg5 35.
Rb7+ Kf6 36. Ba7 Bd2 $6 (36... h4 {exchanges a pawn.}) 37. Rb3 Ba5 38. h4 $1 {
White starts a beleaguerment.} Nd4 39. Rb7 Ne6 40. Be3 Bc3 41. Rb3 Bd4 42. Bh6
Ng7 43. Bg5+ Kf7 44. Rb7+ Kg8 45. Be7 Ra6 46. Bd5+ Kh7 47. Bg5 Rd6 48. Be4 Kg8
49. Rb8+ Kf7 50. Rc8 Ne6 51. Bh6 Bc5 52. Ra8 Rd8 53. Ra5 Rd6 54. Bb1 Bd4 55.
Ra8 Bc5 56. Ba2 Kf6 57. Rc8 Bd4 58. Re8 Ra6 59. Bc4 Rc6 60. Bd3 Kf7 61. Ra8 Rd6
62. Be4 Bc5 63. Kf1 Rd1+ 64. Kg2 Rd6 65. Bb1 Bd4 66. Ra3 Nc7 67. Ba2+ Ke8 68.
Rf3 Ne6 69. Bb1 Nc5 70. Rf8+ Ke7 $2 {Black collapses.} ({Right is} 70... Kd7 $1
71. Rg8 e4 {(Geller).}) 71. Rg8 e4 72. Bf8+ {Karpov had defeated the leader
Ljubojevic.} 1-0

[Event "Montreal"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Kavalek, Lubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 h6 8. a3 a6
9. b4 Ba7 10. Bb2 Bf5 11. Nh4 Bd7 12. Rc1 Ne8 13. Nd5 g5 $6 14. Nf3 f5 15. Nd2
Nd4 16. c5 c6 17. Nb6 $1 Bxb6 18. cxb6 Qxb6 19. Nc4 {White controls the dark
squares.} Qa7 20. e3 Ne6 21. d4 exd4 22. exd4 d5 23. Ne5 Nf6 24. Re1 Ng7 25. a4
Qb6 26. Ba3 Rfe8 27. Qd3 Qd8 28. Re2 Ng4 29. b5 axb5 30. axb5 Nxe5 31. dxe5 f4
32. bxc6 bxc6 33. Bd6 Ra4 34. Rb2 Qa8 35. Bf1 Ra2 36. Rxa2 Qxa2 37. Qc3 fxg3
38. hxg3 Qa7 39. Bd3 Ne6 $2 {Black needs to protect his kingside, but blunders
in time trouble.} ({Correct is} 39... Nf5 $1 40. Bxf5 (40. Bc5 Qc7 41. Re1 g4)
40... Bxf5 41. Qxc6 Qf7) 40. Bg6 $1 Ra8 41. Qf3 Be8 42. Qf6 Bxg6 43. Qxg6+ Ng7
44. e6 Qd4 45. Qf7+ Kh7 46. Bf8 {Karpov and Tal Have been successful with the
pragmatic approach: wins with Black and short draws with Black.} 1-0

[Event "Montreal"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kavalek, Lubomir"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. c4 bxc4 12. Bxc4 Bc5 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Qb8
15. Bb3 Na5 16. Nbd2 Qa7 17. Nd4 Nxd2 18. Qxd2 Qb6 19. Bc2 $1 c5 $1 ({The
pointe is} 19... Nc4 $2 20. Qe2 $1 Qxb2 21. Rab1 Qa3 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Qh5 {
(Kholmov).}) 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. Bxf5 Rad8 22. b3 Rfe8 23. Re1 c4 24. Qg5 Qc7 $1 (
24... cxb3 $2 25. axb3 Nxb3 26. Rab1 {Again the win of a pawn is doubtful 
(Kholmov).}) 25. e6 $1 f6 26. Qh4 g6 27. e7 $1 ({Avoids} 27. Qxf6 $4 Rf8 $1)
27... Rd6 $1 {Karpov defends superbly.} (27... Rxe7 $2 28. Qxf6 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1
gxf5 30. Re7 {is wrong for the third time (Geller).}) 28. Qg3 $2 ({Kavalek
wants more than a draw by} 28. Re6 $1 Rxe6 29. Bxe6+ Kg7 30. Bxd5 Qe5 31. Rd1
c3 $1) 28... Rxe7 29. Bxg6 $2 {He proceeds with the wrong plan.} hxg6 30. Qxg6+
Kf8 31. Qh6+ Rg7 $1 32. Re3 f5 33. Qh8+ Rg8 34. Qe5 Qd7 35. Rf3 Qe6 36. Rxf5+
$2 ({The las chance gives} 36. Qxe6 $1 Rxe6 37. Rxf5+ Ke7 38. bxc4 (38. Rxd5 $2
cxb3 39. Rxa5 $2 b2) 38... Nxc4 39. Rxd5) 36... Ke7 $1 37. Qf4 Nc6 38. bxc4
dxc4 39. Rb1 Rb8 40. Rc1 Nd4 41. Re5 {Karpov scored his first win with Black.}
0-1

[Event "Montreal"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Nc6
8. Be3 e6 9. a4 b6 10. Nd2 Bb7 11. Nc4 O-O-O+ 12. Kc1 Be7 13. f3 f5 14. exf5
exf5 15. Kc2 Rd5 16. Be2 Rhd8 17. Rhd1 Rxd1 18. Bxd1 h6 19. a5 b5 20. a6 bxc4
21. axb7+ Kxb7 22. Be2 Ne5 23. f4 Nd3 24. g3 Bf6 25. Bh5 Rd7 26. Bg6 Re7 27.
Kd2 Kc6 28. Bxf5 Nxb2 29. Bg4 Nd3 30. Bf3+ Kb6 31. Rb1+ Kc7 32. Bd5 Bxc3+ 33.
Kxc3 Rxe3 34. Rb7+ Kd6 35. Kxc4 Nb4 36. Rxa7 Nxd5 37. Ra6+ Ke7 38. Kxd5 Re2 {
Karpov had the lead before Tal and Portisch after the first cycle.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Bc5 6. Bg2 d6 7. O-O O-O 8. d3
h6 9. e3 a5 10. Nc3 Ne7 11. h3 c6 12. b3 Re8 13. Bb2 Bb6 14. Re1 Bd7 15. Kh2
Ng6 16. Nd2 Be6 17. Na4 Bc7 18. d4 Rb8 19. Rc1 b5 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Bxe5 dxe5
22. Nc5 Bd6 23. cxb5 cxb5 24. Qe2 Qe7 25. Nxe6 Qxe6 26. Rc6 Rec8 27. Rd1 Rxc6
28. Bxc6 b4 29. Rc1 Be7 30. Qc4 Qd6 31. Ne4 Nxe4 32. Bxe4 g6 33. Kg2 Kg7 34.
Bd5 f5 35. e4 f4 36. Qd3 Rb6 37. Rc8 fxg3 38. fxg3 Qd7 $2 {Both players miss a
combination.} ({Correct is} 38... Bd8) 39. Qc4 $2 ({Chandler notes} 39. Rg8+
Kh7 40. Qe3 $1 Bd8 41. Rh8+ $1) 39... Rf6 40. Rc7 Qd6 41. h4 Rf8 42. Ra7 h5 43.
Qc6 Qxc6 44. Bxc6 Rc8 $1 45. Ra6 Bc5 46. g4 hxg4 47. Kg3 Rf8 48. Rxa5 Bf2+ 49.
Kxg4 Rf4+ 50. Kh3 Rxh4+ 51. Kg2 Bd4 52. a4 bxa3 53. Rxa3 Rg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. b3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Bb2
Nbd7 9. Nbd2 Qe7 $5 10. Rc1 Rad8 11. Qc2 c5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Qc3
$1 Rfe8 15. Rfd1 d4 $5 {The former world champions seek the confrontation.} 16.
exd4 cxd4 17. Qa5 $6 ({Better is} 17. Nxd4 $1 Qe5 18. N4f3 Qh5 {(tal).}) 17...
Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Nc4 $2 ({Right is} 19. Qc5 $1 Qd7 20. Qb5) 19... Rd5 $1 {
Black wins.} 20. Qd2 ({Tal had prepared} 20. Ba3 Qe6 $1 21. Qxa7 Bxh2+ $1 22.
Kxh2 Rh5+ 23. Kg1 Rh1+ $1 24. Kxh1 Qh3+ 25. Kg1 Qxg2#) ({White loses in} 20.
Qa3 Bxh2+ 21. Kxh2 Ng4+ 22. Kg3 Qf6 23. f3 g5 24. fxg4 Qf4+ 25. Kh3 Qf2) 20...
Bxh2+ 21. Kxh2 Rh5+ (21... Ng4+ 22. Kg3 Nxf2 $1 23. Qxf2 Qc7+ 24. Kg4 Qh2 {is
fine too.}) 22. Kg1 ({Or} 22. Kg3 Ne4+ 23. Bxe4 Qh4+ 24. Kf3 Qxe4+ 25. Kg3 Qh4#
) 22... Ng4 (22... Ng4 23. Re1 Rh1+ $1 {and mate in three.}) 0-1

[Event "Montreal"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2
e5 9. d5 Nb8 10. Rad1 Nbd7 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Kh8 13. a4 Ng8 14. Be2 a6 15.
a5 Qe7 16. b4 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. f4 Qf6 19. fxe5 Qxe5 20. Bd4 Qxd4+ 21. Qxd4
Bxd4+ 22. Rxd4 Ne5 23. Bh5 Ne7 24. Ne2 Rf6 25. Nf4 Rg8 26. Rb1 Rh6 27. Kf2 N7g6
28. Bxg6 Nxg6 29. Ne6 Ne5 30. b5 Rhg6 31. Nf4 Rg3 32. bxa6 bxa6 33. Rb3 Rxb3
34. cxb3 Rb8 35. b4 Rc8 36. Ne6 Kg8 37. Ke3 c6 38. Kf4 Ng6+ 39. Kxf5 Ne7+ 40.
Kg5 Nxd5 41. Kh6 Rb8 42. Rg4+ Kf7 43. Re4 Ke7 44. Nd4+ Kd7 45. Rg4 Ne7 46. Rg7
Re8 47. Kxh7 c5 48. bxc5 dxc5 49. Nf3 Kc6 50. Rg5 Nd5 51. Ne5+ Kb5 52. Nf7 Re7
53. Kg6 Rd7 54. Ne5 Rd6+ 55. Kf5 Ne7+ 56. Ke4 Rd4+ 57. Kf3 Nd5 58. Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Be7 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Be2 d5 9. O-O Bd6 10. b3 Qe7 11. Bb2 dxc4 $1 12. bxc4 $2 ({Correct is} 12. Bxc4
$1 Ng4 13. g3 Nxh2 $1 14. Kxh2 Qh4+ 15. Kg1 Bxg3 16. fxg3 Qxg3+ {drawn.}) 12...
Rb8 $1 13. Qc1 {The players have followed Sande-Svenneby, Norway 1977.} Ng4 $1
14. g3 Re8 $1 15. Nd1 $2 ({An immediate disaster is avoided by} 15. Bf3 Ne5 16.
Be2 Bh3 17. Rd1) 15... Nxh2 $1 {The knight sacrifice introduces an incredible
humiliation.} 16. c5 ({Timman had calculated} 16. Kxh2 Qh4+ 17. Kg2 Qh3+ 18.
Kg1 Bxg3 19. fxg3 Qxg3+ 20. Kh1 Re4 $1 21. Rf4 {He notices the horrible} Bh3 {
too late.}) 16... Nxf1 $1 17. cxd6 Nxg3 $1 18. fxg3 Qxd6 19. Kf2 Qh6 20. Bd4
Qh2+ 21. Ke1 Qxg3+ 22. Kd2 Qg2 23. Nb2 Ba6 24. Nd3 Bxd3 25. Kxd3 Rbd8 26. Bf1
Qe4+ 27. Kc3 c5 28. Bxc5 Qc6 29. Kb3 Rb8+ 30. Ka3 Re5 31. Bb4 Qb6 0-1

[Event "Montreal"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd2 Bg4 6. Be2 Bxe2 7. Ncxe2 $5
Qb6 8. Nf3 Nbd7 9. O-O e6 10. c4 $1 Be7 ({Avoids} 10... Qxb2 $6 11. Nc3) 11. b4
$1 O-O 12. a4 c6 ({Not} 12... Bxb4 $4 13. a5) 13. Qc2 Qc7 14. Rfe1 b6 15. a5
Rfb8 16. a6 b5 17. c5 {The queenside is closed and the battle shift to the
other side.} ({The exchange} 17. Bf4 $1 Bd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 {should precede} 19.
c5) 17... Nd5 18. Nc1 Re8 19. Nd3 Rad8 20. g3 Bf6 21. Re4 Nf8 22. h4 Rd7 23.
Kg2 Red8 24. g4 Re8 25. g5 Bd8 26. Nfe5 Rde7 27. Bf4 Qc8 28. Bg3 f6 29. Nf3 Rf7
30. Qd2 fxg5 $5 31. Nxg5 $2 ({The balance of action and counter-action is kept
by} 31. hxg5 $1 Ng6 $1 {(Larsen)} 32. Nfe5 Nxe5 33. Nxe5 Rf5) 31... Rf5 32. Ra3
Ng6 33. Nf3 Ref8 34. Nfe5 Nxe5 35. Rxe5 Rf3 {Larsen has overtaken the attack
on the kingside.} 36. Ra1 $2 ({Better is} 36. h5 $1 Bc7 37. Rg5) 36... Bxh4 $1
37. Qe2 ({The pointe is} 37. Bxh4 Rxd3 $1 38. Qxd3 Nf4+ {(Larsen).}) 37... Bxg3
38. fxg3 Qd7 39. Qxf3 Rxf3 40. Kxf3 Nxb4 41. Rd1 Qxd4 42. Re4 Qd5 43. Nf2 Qh5+
44. Kg2 Nd5 45. Rxe6 h6 46. Rd3 Kh7 47. Rf3 b4 48. g4 Qg5 49. Kg3 Qc1 50. Nh3
Qc4 51. g5 h5 52. Re8 h4+ 53. Kg2 b3 54. Rb8 Qe2+ 55. Nf2 Ne3+ 0-1

[Event "Montreal"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 Bg4 7. dxe5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 fxe5 9. Rd3 Bd6 10. Nbd2 Nf6 11. b3 O-O-O 12. Bb2 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 Nxe4 14.
Re3 Nf6 15. Nxe5 Rhe8 16. h3 Nd5 17. Re4 Re6 18. Rae1 Rde8 19. a3 Nf6 20. R4e3
Nd5 21. Re4 Nf6 22. R4e3 Nd5 {Karpov and Tal shared the lead before Portisch.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Bf4 Bb7 5. e3 Be7 6. Nc3 Nh5 7. Bg3 d6 8. Bd3
Nd7 9. O-O g6 10. h3 $5 {Spassky appears to be asking for trouble.} (10. Be4 {
is a slid move.}) 10... Nxg3 11. fxg3 O-O 12. Rc1 Bf6 13. Rc2 Bg7 $1 14. Rcf2
Qe7 15. Kh2 $6 (15. g4 {is more useful.}) 15... a6 16. Qe2 Rae8 17. Bb1 c6 18.
a3 f5 19. e4 $6 c5 20. exf5 $2 {The opening of the e-file favours Black.} exf5
21. Qxe7 Rxe7 22. dxc5 bxc5 $1 23. Rd1 ({The pointe is} 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. cxd5
Rb8 {(Karpov).}) 23... Bxc3 24. bxc3 Rf6 $1 25. Rfd2 Re3 $5 26. Ng1 ({Or} 26.
Rxd6 Rxd6 27. Rxd6 Bxf3 28. gxf3 Ne5 {(Karpov).}) 26... Kf7 $5 27. Rxd6 Rxd6
28. Rxd6 Ke7 29. Rd3 Re1 30. Ba2 Rc1 31. Nf3 Bxf3 $1 32. Rxf3 Ne5 33. Re3 Kf6
34. Bb3 a5 {A positional stalemate!} 35. Ba4 $5 (35. a4 g5 36. Ba2 h5 37. Bb3
f4 {lets Black strike on the kingside.}) 35... Nxc4 36. Re8 Rxc3 37. Rc8 Ne3
38. Bb5 c4 39. Kg1 Rc2 40. Bc6 c3 41. Bf3 g5 42. g4 f4 0-1

[Event "Montreal"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. O-O-O e6 14. Ne4
O-O-O 15. g3 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Nf6 17. Qe2 c5 $6 ({Theory is} 17... Bd6) 18. dxc5
Bxc5 19. Rh4 $5 Kb8 $2 ({Correct is} 19... Qe7 20. Rc4 Kb8 21. Ne5 {(Tal)} Rhf8
) 20. Bf4 Bd6 21. Rxd6 Rxd6 22. Ne5 $3 {The magician of Riga shows genius.} Ka8
({Tal has calculated} 22... Nd5 23. Nxf7 $1 Nxf4 24. Rxf4 Rf8 25. Nxd6 Rxf4 26.
Nb5 $1 Qc4 27. Qe5+) 23. Nc4 Ne8 24. Rg4 $1 Qe7 ({Or} 24... Rg8 25. Nxd6 Nxd6
26. Qd3 Rd8 27. Rxg7 {(Tal).}) 25. Nxd6 Nxd6 26. Rxg7 Nf5 27. Rg4 Rd8 28. Be5
f6 29. Bc3 e5 30. b3 a6 31. Kb2 Qe6 32. Qc4 Qe8 33. Rg6 Rc8 34. Qa4 $1 Qd8 35.
Qe4 $1 Nd6 36. Qd3 Qc7 37. Bb4 Nb5 38. Rxf6 a5 39. Bd6 Nxd6 40. Rxd6 e4 41. Qd2
1-0

[Event "Montreal"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. d3 e6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8.
Qg3 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Bf4 Qb6 11. Rab1 O-O 12. Bf3 e5 13. Bd2 dxe4 14. dxe4 a5
15. Rfd1 a4 16. Qh4 Qc5 17. Be3 Qe7 18. a3 Rfd8 19. Be2 Nc5 20. Bf1 Ne6 21. f3
b5 22. Na2 Qb7 23. Nb4 c5 24. Nd3 Qc7 25. c3 c4 26. Nb4 Bf8 27. Qf2 Bc5 28.
Bxc5 Nxc5 29. Be2 Kg7 30. g3 h6 31. h4 h5 32. Qe3 Rac8 33. Kf1 Ra8 34. Ke1 Rac8
35. Bf1 Ra8 36. Bh3 Nb3 37. Ke2 Rxd1 38. Rxd1 Rd8 39. Na6 Qa5 40. Nb4 Rxd1 41.
Kxd1 Qd8+ 42. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 e4 6. Nd4 Re8 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nc2
Bxc3 9. dxc3 Ne5 10. b3 h6 11. Be3 b6 12. a4 Bb7 13. a5 c5 14. axb6 axb6 15.
Qd6 Re6 16. Qd2 d5 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. Ra1 Qb8 19. cxd5 Nxd5 20. Bxe4 Rd6 21.
Bxd5 Bxd5 22. Bf4 Bxb3 23. Qe3 Qd8 24. Qxe5 Rd1+ 25. Kg2 Rxa1 26. Nxa1 Qa8+ 27.
f3 Qxa1 28. h4 Qe1 29. h5 Bd1 30. Qe8+ Kh7 31. Qe4+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Nbd2 Nc6 11. Nb3 Re8 12. Re1 Bg4 13. Qc2 Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Qe2+ Be7 7. dxc5 Nf6 8.
Nb3 O-O 9. Nf3 Re8 10. Be3 a6 11. Bd3 Ba4 12. Nfd4 Nbd7 13. O-O-O $5 ({Less
drive shows} 13. O-O {(Larsen-Portisch, Tilburg 1978).}) 13... Nxc5 $5 14. Nf5
Bf8 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Qf3 Bxe3+ 17. Nxe3 Rc8 18. Bf5 Rc5 $5 19. Rd4 Bc6 $5 20.
b4 $1 {Tal pushes pawns before his king!} Rb5 (20... Rc3 $2 21. Kb2 $1) 21. a4
Rb6 22. a5 Rb5 (22... Rxb4 $6 23. Rxb4 d4 24. Qd1 dxe3 25. Qxd8 Rxd8 26. fxe3 {
favours White (Tal).}) 23. Qf4 $1 b6 $1 24. Bd3 bxa5 25. Bxb5 axb5 26. Rhd1
axb4 27. Kb2 Qc8 $6 ({Better is} 27... Qa5 $1 28. Ra1 Qb6 29. Rxb4 Ne4 30. c3
Qc5 {and Black has counter-play.}) 28. Rxb4 Ne4 29. Rd3 Nc5 30. Ra3 Na4+ 31.
Kc1 Bd7 $2 ({Correct is} 31... Qe6) 32. Qd6 $2 ({The elementary} 32. Nxd5 Re2
33. Qc7 {wins a pawn.}) 32... Bc6 33. Rd3 h6 $2 ({Fine resistance is offered by
} 33... Re6 $1 34. Nf5 $1 Kh8 $1 35. Qg3 Qf8) 34. Rf4 Qe6 35. Qxe6 fxe6 36. Ng4
$1 e5 37. Rf5 Nc5 38. Rc3 Bd7 39. Rxe5 {Tal had scored an important win. He
took the lead and Portisch lost the race for the first place.} 1-0

[Event "Montreal"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. d4
O-O 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Be3 c4 11. b3 cxb3 12. Qxb3 Na5 13. Qb1 Bg4 14. a4 Rc8 15.
Qa2 Nc4 16. Bf4 Qd7 17. Rfb1 f6 18. Qb3 b6 19. h4 Bf5 20. Rc1 Be4 21. Nd2 Bxg2
22. Kxg2 Na5 23. Qb5 Qxb5 24. axb5 Bb4 25. Nf1 Kf7 26. Bd2 Bxd2 27. Nxd2 Ke6
28. Kf3 Kd7 29. Ke3 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Ra8 31. Kd3 a6 32. bxa6 Rxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Kavalek, Lubomir"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. c4 bxc4 12. Bxc4 Bc5 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Qb8
15. Bb3 Na5 16. Nbd2 Qa7 17. Nd4 Nxd2 18. Qxd2 Qb6 19. Bc2 c5 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21.
Bxf5 Rad8 22. Re1 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nf5 $5 Qf6 $5 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. Ne3
O-O 8. g3 $6 Ne5 $6 9. f4 $1 N5g6 10. Bg2 c6 11. O-O d5 12. Kh1 Bxe3 13. Bxe3
dxe4 14. Qc1 $1 {Pawn b2 gets protection.} Bf5 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 $5 16. Bxe4 Rfe8
17. Re1 b6 18. c3 Nf5 19. Bf2 h5 $6 ({Better is} 19... Rac8 $1 20. Qc2 Nd6) 20.
Qc2 $1 Nge7 21. Bf3 g6 22. Re5 Nd5 23. Rae1 Rxe5 24. Rxe5 Ng7 $2 {Withdrawal
causes passivity.} 25. c4 Ne7 26. Qa4 g5 $5 27. Qa3 $1 Ne6 {Karpov has started
a counteraction.} 28. Bxh5 $2 ({Ljubojevic utilises the momentum in} 28. Bxb6
$1 h4 29. gxh4 Qxf4 30. Re4 Qc1+ 31. Bg1 Ng6 32. Qe3) 28... Rd8 $1 29. Re2 gxf4
30. Qf3 Kf8 31. Qe4 fxg3 $1 32. hxg3 Qh6 33. Qh4 Rd1+ 34. Kg2 Ng6 35. Bxg6 Qxg6
36. c5 $2 {A positional blunder.} b5 $1 37. Qh8+ Ke7 38. Qe5 Rd5 39. Qe3 Qb1
40. Qa3 Rh5 $1 41. Qxa7+ $2 ({The last chance brings} 41. Be1 $1 Qh7 $1 {
(Chandler)} 42. Qf3) 41... Kf6 $1 42. Bg1 Rf5 $1 43. Rf2 Qe4+ 44. Kf1 Nd4 $1 {
Black's counterattack has become too strong.} 45. Rxf5+ ({The crucial
variation is} 45. Qa5 Nf3 $1 46. Qc3+ Kg6 47. Qc1 Qd3+ 48. Kg2 Qd5 $1 49. Kf1
Nd2+ $1 50. Ke1 Qe4+ 51. Kd1 Nf3 52. Qc3 b4) 45... Qxf5+ 46. Bf2 Qd3+ 47. Kg1
Qd1+ 48. Kh2 Qe2 49. Kg1 ({Or} 49. Kg2 Qf3+ 50. Kf1 Qh1+ 51. Bg1 Nf3) 49...
Nf3+ 50. Kg2 Nd2 {This sensational game brought Karpov back to the lead.} 0-1

[Event "Montreal"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kavalek, Lubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e4 Nc6 6. d3 Be6 7. Nge2 Qd7 8. Nd5
f5 9. Rb1 Nf6 10. Bg5 O-O 11. O-O Nh5 12. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O g6 6. b3 Bg7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Nc3
Na6 9. d4 d5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. cxd5 Qxd5 14. Qxd5
Bxd5 15. Rfd1 {Karpov and Tal had triumphed in the tournament.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 3"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]

{The <->Russians' were back in the third Interpolis tournament: World champion
Karpov, Smyslov and Romanishin were sent by the authorities. The nine other
participants had high rankings as well.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4
Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 h5 11. O-O-O
Ne5 12. Bb3 Rc8 13. Bg5 Rc5 14. Rhe1 b5 15. f4 Nc4 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. Bxf6 $1 {
Karpov plays a novelty after forty-five minutes of thought.} ({Theory is} 17.
e5 {(Zuidema - Sosonko, Netherlands 1976).}) 17... Bxf6 18. e5 $1 Bg7 (18...
Bxh4 19. Rh1 {and}) (18... dxe5 19. Nf3 $1 {favour White (Karpov).}) 19. e6 $1
Bc8 {Exchange on e6 has a similar effect.} 20. exf7+ Rxf7 21. Ne6 Bxe6 22. Rxe6
Qa5 $1 23. Qe3 $5 (23. Rxg6 Kf8 $1 24. g3 Bxc3 25. Qxc3 Qxc3 26. bxc3 {only
brings a plus.}) 23... Bxc3 $2 {Sosonko makes the decisive mistake.} ({Right is
} 23... Rcf5 $1 24. Rxg6 Rxf4 25. a3 Rg4 {and Black defends properly.}) 24.
bxc3 {Black has exchanged his main defender.} Qxa2 ({Losing variations are} 
24... Kf8 25. Rdxd6 $1 exd6 26. Re8+ Kg7 27. Qd4+) ({and} 24... Qa3+ 25. Kd2)
25. Rxg6+ Kf8 26. Qe4 $1 ({Not} 26. Qxc5 $2 Qa1+ 27. Kd2 Qxd1+ $1) 26... Qa6
27. Rd5 Rf6 28. Rxc5 Rxg6 29. Rxh5 d5 30. Rxd5 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 3"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. Nc3 a6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Bg4 6. Nd5 $5 e6 7. Ne3 Bh5 8. g4
$1 Bg6 9. d3 h5 $5 10. g5 h4 $1 {Black has played a lively opening.} 11. h3 Be7
12. Ng4 f6 13. c3 $6 {Hereafter Black wins a pawn.} (13. Be3 $1 {followed by
Qd2 gains a plus.}) 13... fxg5 14. Be3 (14. Qb3 Na5 15. Qxe6 $4 Bf7 16. Qf5 g6
{catches a queen (Krnic).}) 14... Nh6 $1 15. Qd2 Nf7 16. O-O O-O 17. b4 cxb4
18. cxb4 Rc8 19. a3 Bf6 20. Rab1 Bh5 21. Nxf6+ gxf6 22. b5 Bxf3 23. Bxf3 Nce5
24. Bg2 g4 25. f4 gxf3 26. Bxf3 Ng5 27. Bg2 Rf7 28. Kh1 axb5 29. Rxb5 Qe7 30.
Rbb1 Rg7 31. Rf4 Rf8 $5 (31... Ng6 32. Rg4 Ne5 $1 33. Rf4 {a repetition of
positions.}) 32. Rbf1 Ng6 33. R4f2 e5 34. Rf5 Rff7 35. Qa2 Ne6 36. Bf3 Ngf4 37.
Bg4 $5 {Both parties play for a win.} Kh8 (37... Nxd3 $5 38. Bh5 (38. Rh5 Nef4
$1) 38... Nef4 $1 39. Bxf4 Nxf4 40. R5xf4 $1 exf4 41. Rxf4 {leads a drawn
endgame.}) 38. Kh2 Rg8 39. d4 Rh7 40. d5 Ng5 $2 ({Right is} 40... Nc5 $1) 41.
Bxf4 exf4 42. Qb2 $1 Rh6 ({Not} 42... Nxe4 $2 43. Re1 $1) 43. R5xf4 Qe5 44. Qc2
Re8 $6 (44... Qd4 $1 45. Bf5 Ra8 46. Qb3 b6 $1 47. Kg2 Qa4 {finds counter-play.
}) 45. Bf5 Kg7 46. Kh1 Rhh8 47. Rg4 Rh5 48. Rg2 Re7 49. Qc1 Qd4 50. Qf4 Qe5 51.
Qxe5 Rxe5 52. Rb1 Re7 53. Rb6 Rh8 54. Rxd6 Ra8 55. Rb6 Rxa3 56. d6 Re5 57.
Rxb7+ Kh6 58. d7 (58. Rb8 $1 Rd3 59. Rg8 $1 {wins at once.}) 58... Rd3 59. Rb8
Rxf5 60. exf5 Rxd7 61. Rh8+ Kg7 62. Rxh4 Rd3 63. Ra4 $1 {Romanishin notices
the trap.} (63. Rh5 $2 Kf8 64. h4 Rh3+ 65. Rh2 Rxh2+ 66. Kxh2 Nf7 {creates a
fortress.}) 63... Rxh3+ 64. Rh2 Rxh2+ 65. Kxh2 Nf7 66. Ra7 Kf8 67. Kg3 Nd6 68.
Kg4 Ke8 69. Ra5 Nc4 70. Ra8+ Ke7 71. Kh5 Ne5 72. Kh6 Kf7 73. Kh7 Nc6 74. Ra6
Ne5 75. Ra7+ Kf8 76. Rb7 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 3"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. O-O b6 10. Be3 Bb7 11. f4 e6 12. f5 Na5 13. Bd3 exf5 14. exf5 Re8 $5
(14... Qe7 {stems from Kertesz - Stanciu, Bucharest 1974.}) 15. Qd2 Be4 $2 ({
Joksic prefers} 15... Qd5 16. Nf4 Qc6) 16. Bg5 $1 f6 17. Bxe4 Rxe4 18. Qd3 $1
Qd5 (18... Rxe2 19. Qxe2 fxg5 20. Qe6+ Kh8 21. f6 {also favours White (Joksic).
}) 19. Bd2 g5 $5 20. Ng3 Rh4 $5 ({This move avoids a quick loss by} 20... Ree8
21. Bxg5 $1 {but it means a positional resignation.}) 21. Rae1 Rf8 ({Not} 21...
c5 22. Bxg5 $1) 22. Ne4 Nc4 23. Bc1 c5 24. Qf3 $1 {Black has made four natural
moves but loses quickly. White threatens 25. Nxf6+!} Kh8 (24... Rd8 25. Nxg5 $1
fxg5 26. Bxg5 {also wins for White.}) 25. Nxg5 $1 Qd6 26. g3 fxg5 27. gxh4 g4
28. Qxg4 Bxd4+ ({Or} 28... cxd4 29. f6 $1 Bxf6 30. Re6) 29. cxd4 Rg8 30. Bg5 {
Spassky won brilliantly.} 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 3"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]

1. c4 b6 2. b3 Bb7 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Be2
Bd6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Rc1 Nbd7 11. O-O Rc8 12. Re1 Qe7 13. Bf1 c5 14. d4 Rfd8 15.
g3 a6 16. Nh4 Qe6 17. Ne2 Re8 18. Bg2 Rc7 19. Rc2 a5 20. Bc3 c4 21. Nf4 Qe7 22.
Nf5 Qf8 23. Nxd6 Qxd6 24. Qb1 Ne4 25. Rec1 Ba6 26. Be1 Ndf6 27. h4 Qd8 28. bxc4
Rxc4 29. Rxc4 Bxc4 30. Nd3 Nd7 31. Nb2 Ba6 32. Qc2 {The players were accurate
until now.} Qa8 $2 ({Right is} 32... Qe7 $1 {and Black can play the defensive
move .. Rc8.}) 33. Qc6 $1 Qxc6 34. Rxc6 Rc8 35. Rxc8+ Bxc8 36. Bf1 Kf8 37. f3
Nd6 38. Bd3 Bb7 39. Kf2 Bc6 40. g4 h6 41. Ke2 Ke7 42. Nd1 Ke6 43. Nf2 Bb5 {The
following exchange favours White.} 44. Bxb5 Nxb5 45. Nh3 Kd6 46. Kd3 Nf8 47.
Nf4 Ne6 48. Ne2 Kc6 49. e4 f6 $6 (49... a4 $1 {looks odd but prevents a2-a4.})
50. Bd2 Kd6 $6 51. a4 $1 Nbc7 52. Nc3 Kc6 53. h5 $1 {White has achieved his
positional aims.} Kd6 54. Be3 Kc6 55. f4 dxe4+ 56. Kxe4 Kd6 57. Bc1 Kd7 58. Ba3
Ke8 59. d5 Nd8 60. Kd4 Kd7 61. Kc4 Ne8 62. Ne4 Nf7 63. Bf8 Nd8 ({Or} 63...
Nfd6+ 64. Bxd6 Nxd6+ 65. Nxd6 Kxd6 66. Kb5 {and White wins the pawn ending 
(Larsen).}) 64. Ng3 $1 {Larsen led by 31/2/4. He started optimistic in the
next round against Karpov.} 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 3"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Ng3 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8.
O-O Qb6 9. b3 $5 Bg4 ({Larsen will play} 9... a5 {in round seven.}) 10. Bb2 a5
11. a4 Nbd7 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Rad8 14. Qe2 Rfe8 15. Rfe1 {White has gained
a slight advantage.} Nf8 16. Qc4 Ne6 17. Rxe6 $5 {The world champion trails by
one point on Larsen and wants to win.} fxe6 18. Qxe6+ Kh8 19. Re1 Qb4 20. h4
Qd6 21. Qh3 e6 $2 {Hereafter, Black becomes the defender.} ({The analysts in
the press room regard the position as better for Black. Later they will change
their mind and regard Karpov as a genius. Actually they miss} 21... Nd5 $1 {
and Black plays for a win.}) 22. h5 gxh5 23. Re5 Re7 24. Qh4 Rf8 25. Nxh5 Nxh5
26. Rxh5 Bf6 27. Qe4 Rd8 $1 28. Rxa5 Bxd4 29. Bc1 Rf7 30. Rh5 Bf6 31. Be3 Bd4 {
Larsen offers a draw. Karpov refuses.} 32. Bg5 Rg8 33. Kf1 c5 34. Bc1 Qa6+ 35.
Kg1 b5 $2 ({Better is} 35... Qd6 36. Rh6 Qd5 $1 37. Qxd5 exd5 38. Bxd5 $6 Rxf2
$1) 36. Bf4 bxa4 37. Be5+ $5 Bxe5 38. Qxe5+ Rgg7 ({Not} 38... Rfg7 $4 39. Rxh7+
$1 Kxh7 40. Qh5#) 39. Rg5 axb3 $4 (39... Qb6 40. bxa4 {(Larsen)} Qc7 $1 41. Be2
Qe7 42. Rxg7 Rxg7 {resists well.}) 40. Qb8+ {Karpov, Larsen and Sax shared the
lead.} 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 3"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Qe7 7. a3 O-O 8.
d3 a5 9. Be2 a4 10. O-O d6 11. Nd2 Bg4 12. f3 Bd7 13. Ne4 Ne8 14. Qe1 f5 15.
Nc3 Nf6 16. Bd2 Na5 17. Bd1 b6 18. Nxa4 $5 e4 $5 19. Bxa5 $2 (19. fxe4 $1 fxe4
20. b4 Nxc4 21. dxc4 Bxa4 22. Bxa4 Rxa4 {keeps the equalty.}) 19... Rxa5 20.
Nc3 exd3 21. Qd2 Re5 22. Re1 f4 23. e4 Be6 $1 24. Qxd3 $2 (24. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 25.
cxd5 Bxd5 $1 26. Qxd3 {brings useful exchanges.}) 24... Nd7 $1 25. Ba4 Nc5 26.
Qf1 Qh4 27. Bc2 Rh5 28. h3 Rg5 $1 29. Qf2 {Smyslov has no satisfactory defence.
} (29. Kh2 Nd7 $1 30. Nd5 Ne5 $1 31. Re2 Rg3 32. Rf2 c6 $1 33. Nxb6 Bxh3 $1 34.
gxh3 Rf6 {wins beautifully.}) 29... Rg3 30. Re2 Bxh3 31. Qf1 Bxg2 32. Qxg2 Rf6
33. e5 Rh6 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 3"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Na6 6. e4 Bg4 7. Bxc4 e6 8. Be3
Bb4 9. Qd3 $5 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Qa5 $5 ({Smyslov diverts from} 10... Nd7 {(Gerusel
- Hort, Halle 1967).}) 11. Rg1 O-O 12. e5 $5 Ne8 ({Not} 12... Nd7 $2 13. Bh6 $1
{(Hort).}) 13. Ke2 $5 Bxc3 ({Better is} 13... Be7 $1) 14. Qxc3 Qd8 15. Qb3 Rb8
16. Rg4 Nac7 17. Rag1 b5 ({Avoids} 17... Kh8 $6 18. Qa3 $1 {(Hort).}) 18. axb5
cxb5 19. Bd3 f5 20. exf6 Qxf6 21. Be4 Nd5 22. Bg5 Qf7 23. Bh6 Kh8 24. Rxg7 Nxg7
25. Rxg7 Qxg7 $2 (25... Nf4+ $1 26. Kd2 $1 Qxg7 27. Bxg7+ Kxg7 {does not lose
a pawn.}) 26. Bxg7+ Kxg7 27. Bxd5 exd5 28. Qxd5 Rbe8+ $2 (28... Rf6 {tries to
stop the passed pawns.}) 29. Kf1 b4 30. Qd7+ Kh8 31. Qxa7 Rxf3 32. d5 Kg8 33.
Qd4 Rf7 34. Qxb4 Rd8 35. Qg4+ Kf8 36. Qd4 Rd6 37. b4 h6 38. Qc5 Rfd7 39. b5 Kf7
$2 40. b6 $1 Rxd5 41. Qc8 $1 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 3"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Sax, Gyula"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. O-O Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. c4 $5
Bg7 15. Qd2 e4 16. Be2 bxc4 17. Nxc4 O-O 18. Rac1 Rb8 19. b4 Rb5 20. Ne3 f4 $1
21. Bxb5 ({The last cry in this line of the Sveshnikov is} 21. Nc2 $5 Rxd5 22.
Qxf4 {(Kosteniuk - McShane, Hastings 2003).}) 21... fxe3 22. Qxe3 axb5 23. Qxe4
Ng6 24. f4 Re8 25. Qd3 Qe7 $5 26. Qxb5 Nxf4 27. Kh1 Bh6 $5 (27... Nxg2 $1 28.
Kxg2 Qe4+ 29. Rf3 Qg4+ 30. Rg3 Qe4+ 31. Rf3 Qg4+ {draws (Hübner).}) 28. Rc3 Qe2
29. Qxe2 Rxe2 30. Rc6 Rxa2 31. Rxd6 Bf8 32. Rd8 Rd2 33. h3 Ne6 $2 ({The smart} 
33... Rd4 34. b5 Rxd5 $1 35. Rxf8+ Kxf8 36. Rxf4 Rxb5 {draws.}) 34. Rd7 Nd4 35.
Rdxf7 $2 (35. Rfxf7 $1 {threatens another pawn.}) 35... Bxb4 36. Rb7 Bd6 37.
Ra1 Rf2 $1 38. Ra8+ Rf8 39. Rxf8+ Bxf8 40. Kg1 (40. g4 $1 Ne2 41. Rd7 Ng3+ 42.
Kg2 Ne4 43. Kf3 {(Hübner)} Ng5+ $1 44. Kg3 Bd6+ $1 {seems to draw.}) 40... Ne2+
41. Kf2 Nc3 42. Rd7 Ne4+ 43. Ke3 Nf6 44. Rd8 Kf7 45. Kd4 ({Or} 45. d6 Bh6+ $1
46. Kd4 Bg5 $1) 45... Be7 46. Rb8 Bd6 47. Rb7+ Kg6 48. Kc4 h5 49. Kb5 Bg3 50.
Kc6 Ne4 51. Rb3 Be5 52. Re3 Kf5 53. Rf3+ Kg5 54. Kd7 Bf4 55. Ke6 h4 56. Ra3
Nc5+ 57. Ke7 Ne4 58. Ra5 Bc7 59. Ra7 Bg3 60. Ra5 Kg6 61. Rb5 Nc3 62. Rc5 Ne4
63. Ra5 Bd6+ 64. Ke6 Bg3 65. Ra1 Nc5+ 66. Ke7 Ne4 67. Rf1 Bd6+ 68. Kd7 Bg3 69.
Kc6 Kg5 70. Rf8 Kg6 71. Kb5 Kg5 72. Kc4 Nd6+ 73. Kd4 Nf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 3"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Be2 $5 {Tolya
starts a game of long manoeuvring.} Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. d4 Re8 9. Re1 Bf5 10. Be3
Nd7 11. h3 Be4 12. Nd2 f5 $5 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. c4 Qc7 15. Bf1 Bh2+ 16. Kh1 Bf4
17. Qd2 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Nf6 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. Rd2 h6 21. g3 Qa5 22. b3 Rd7 23.
Bg2 Red8 24. Red1 Qg5 25. Kg1 a6 26. Re2 Kf8 27. Qc3 Qf5 28. a4 Kg8 29. Qe3 Re8
30. Kf1 Qa5 31. Qd2 Qxd2 $6 {Now the game really begins. Hort should have
avoided the exchange of queens.} 32. Rexd2 e3 33. Re2 exf2 34. Rxe8+ Nxe8 35.
Kxf2 a5 {White has the strong centre and an active bishop.} 36. Ke3 Kf8 37. Rb1
Ke7 38. g4 Kd8 39. b4 Re7+ 40. Kd3 axb4 41. Rxb4 Kc7 42. Rb1 Nf6 43. a5 Nd7 44.
Ra1 Nb8 45. h4 Na6 46. Rb1 Nb8 47. Bf3 Nd7 48. Ra1 Re8 49. Rf1 ({No good is} 
49. a6 $2 {due to} Ra8 $1 50. a7 Nb6 {and .. Nc8 (Parma).}) 49... Re7 50. Bg2
Nb8 51. Rf4 Nd7 52. Rf1 Nb8 53. Be4 Na6 54. Rb1 Nb8 55. Bf5 Nd7 56. Ra1 g6 $2 {
Has Vlastimil been bored to death?} (56... Nb8 {repeats a known move.}) 57.
Bxd7 Rxd7 58. Rf1 $1 Kb8 ({Slightly better is} 58... Kd8 59. Rf6 Ke7 60. g5
hxg5 61. hxg5 Rd6 62. Rxd6 Kxd6 63. Ke4 f5+ 64. gxf6 Ke6 {but} 65. c5 $1 Kxf6
66. d5 {brings a forced win for White (Gligoric).}) 59. Rf6 $1 Ka7 60. h5 Ka6
61. g5 $1 hxg5 62. h6 Kxa5 63. h7 Rd8 64. Rxf7 b5 65. cxb5 Kxb5 ({Or} 65...
cxb5 66. Rg7 Rh8 67. d5 $1) 66. Rb7+ $1 Ka6 67. Rg7 Rh8 68. Ke4 Kb5 69. Kf3 Kc4
70. Rd7 Kd3 71. Kg4 Rxh7 72. Rxh7 Kxd4 73. Rd7+ {Karpov had scored an
important win.} 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 3"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. d3 d5 6. c4 dxc4 $5 (6... b4 {
stems from Averbakh - Nikitin, Alma-Ata 1968.}) 7. dxc4 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 b4 $2 ({
Better is} 8... bxc4 9. Ne5 $5 {(Smyslov)} Bxg2 10. Kxg2 Nbd7 11. Nxc4 Nb6 $1)
9. Bf4 c5 10. Ne5 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 Be7 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Nb3 Rc8 14. Na5 Ne8 15. a3
f6 16. Nd3 Kf7 $2 (16... e5 $1 17. Bd2 bxa3 18. Rxa3 Nd6 {saves the day.}) 17.
axb4 cxb4 18. Ra4 Nd7 19. b3 g5 20. Bd2 Rab8 21. Bxb4 Bxb4 22. Rxb4 Rb6 23. Ra4
e5 24. b4 e4 25. c5 Rb5 26. Nc1 Ne5 27. Na2 f5 28. Nc3 Rbb8 29. Rd5 Kf6 30. Nb3
Nc7 31. Rd6+ Kf7 32. Nd4 e3 33. Nxf5 exf2 34. Kxf2 a6 35. Ne4 Re8 36. Nxg5+ Kg8
37. e4 a5 38. Rxa5 Rxb4 39. Ra2 Rc4 40. Nh6+ Kg7 41. Ra7 Rc2+ 42. Kf1 Rxc5 43.
Ne6+ Rxe6 44. Rxe6 Nf7 45. Re7 {Smyslov demonstrated how to play chess. Karpov
led by half-a-point before Romanishin at the end of the penultimate round.} 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 3"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Kavalek, Lubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4
Re8 9. h3 c6 10. Be3 b6 11. Qc2 Ba6 $5 12. b3 exd4 13. Nxd4 Rc8 14. Qd2 Bb7 15.
Rfe1 a6 16. Rad1 b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Nc2 $1 Qa5 $5 {Black gives a pawn for
counteraction.} 19. b4 Qa8 20. Qxd6 c5 $1 21. Qd2 ({Black had planned} 21. bxc5
Bf8 {(Gligoric).}) 21... cxb4 22. Nxb4 Nc5 $2 (22... Nxe4 $1 23. Nxe4 Bxe4 24.
Bxe4 Rxe4 25. Qxd7 Rxb4 {equalises by exchanges (Gligoric).}) 23. Bxc5 Rxc5 24.
Ncd5 Nxd5 25. Nxd5 Kh8 26. Rc1 Qa3 27. Rxc5 Qxc5 28. Rc1 Qd6 29. Qd3 Bxd5 30.
Qxb5 Rxe4 31. Bxe4 Be6 32. Qc5 Qd2 33. Qc2 Qa5 34. h4 h5 35. a4 Kh7 36. Kg2 Bd4
37. Rb1 Kg7 38. Rb5 Qe1 39. Rb1 Qa5 40. Rd1 Be5 41. Bf3 Bf6 42. Kg1 Qa7 43. Bd5
Bd7 44. Bb3 Bg4 45. Rc1 Qb7 46. Qd3 Bf3 47. Qb5 Qa7 48. Qb4 Bd4 49. Qd2 Ba8 50.
Qf4 Bb6 51. Rc8 Bd4 52. Rxa8 {Portisch ended at the third place.   Karpov
played against Smyslov during the last round and gained a plus. Tolya left the
tournament hall and went to a nearby bank. Forty-five minutes later he
returned and Vasily lost quickly. Karpov won the tournament (71/2/11) before
Romanishin (7) and Portisch (61/2).} 1-0

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1980.05.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Kurajica, Bojan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1980.??.??"]

{The second Bugojno super tournament was played from 3 until 24 v 1980. 
Tito's death on 4 v, a day after the first round, caused an interruption. The
number of participants remained twelve.} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4.
Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 Bf5 6. Bd2 c6 7. Bc4 e6 8. Qe2 Bb4 9. O-O-O Nd5 $5 {A
razor-sharp opening has been chosen.} 10. Nxd5 Bxd2+ 11. Nxd2 cxd5 12. Nb3 $1
Qxa2 $5 (12... Qd8 13. Bb5+ Kf8 $1 {gives an option (Polgár-Magem Badals,
Pamplona 1999).}) 13. Bxd5 Nc6 14. g4 Bg6 15. Bxc6+ bxc6 16. f4 O-O 17. h4 h6
18. h5 Bh7 19. g5 Bf5 $1 ({Not} 19... Rab8 $2 20. g6 fxg6 21. Qxe6+ Kh8 22.
hxg6 Bg8 23. Rxh6+ $1) 20. gxh6 gxh6 21. Rhg1+ Kh7 22. Rg3 ({The critical line
} 22. Qe5 $1 Rg8 23. Qf6 Raf8 24. Rxg8 Rxg8 25. Qxf7+ Rg7 26. Qf8 Rg2 $1 27.
Qf7+ {leads to a perpetual.}) 22... Rg8 23. Rdg1 Rxg3 24. Rxg3 a5 $4 {Black
commits a terrible blunder.} ({Correct is} 24... Qa4 $1 {(Ivkov).}) 25. Qe5 $1
Rg8 26. Rxg8 Kxg8 27. Qxa5 Qxa5 28. Nxa5 {Suddenly White has a won endgame.}
Be4 29. Kd2 Kg7 30. c4 Kf6 31. Ke3 Bh1 32. b4 Kf5 33. b5 cxb5 34. cxb5 f6 35.
Nc4 Kg4 36. Nd6 Ba8 37. b6 Kxh5 38. f5 e5 39. dxe5 fxe5 40. b7 Bxb7 41. Nxb7 {
The players were driven to Dubrovnik for a holiday. Gligoric went to the
funeral in Belgrade. Round two was played after one week of national mourning.}
1-0

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1980.05.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1980.??.??"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. b3 Nf6 6. Bb2 O-O 7. Nh3 d6 8. O-O
Bd7 9. e3 Ne4 10. Qc1 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 e5 12. f4 Rb8 13. Nf2 b5 $5 14. fxe5 $5 {
The players bring life to the game.} b4 $1 15. e6 bxc3 $5 {Black accepts the
challenge.} ({The quiet} 15... fxe6 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 {equalises.}) 16. exd7 cxd2
17. Qxd2 Bxa1 18. Bxc6 (18. Qxd6 $1 Ne5 19. Rxa1 Nxd7 20. Rd1 Nf6 21. Qxc5 Qb6
22. Qxb6 axb6 23. a4 {gains a plus for White.}) 18... Be5 19. Ng4 Qg5 20. Nxe5
Qxe5 (20... dxe5 $1 {moves the vulnerable pawn from the d-file.}) 21. e4 Rb6
22. Qd5 Qe7 23. Rd1 Rd8 24. Qxd6 Qxd6 25. Rxd6 Kf8 26. Kf2 Ke7 27. e5 Ra6 $1
28. Ke3 Rxa2 29. Ba4 Rxh2 30. Ra6 Rg2 {Polugaevsky decides to force a draw.}
31. Kf4 Rd2 32. Rxa7 R8xd7 33. Bxd7 Rxd7 34. Ra5 Rd3 35. Rxc5 Rxb3 36. g4 h5
37. gxh5 gxh5 38. Rc7+ Ke6 39. Rc6+ Ke7 40. Ke4 h4 41. Rh6 Rh3 42. c5 {Only
draws were played in the second round, but a battle raged in this game.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1980.05.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1980.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. a3 Be7 7. Bd3 b6 8. O-O
Bb7 9. b4 dxc4 10. Nxc4 Nbd7 11. Bb2 Rb8 12. Qe2 c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Rfd1 cxb4
15. axb4 Bxb4 16. Nfe5 Qe7 17. Rxa7 Rfc8 18. Bd4 Bc5 19. Bxc5 Qxc5 20. Ra5 Qb4
21. Rb1 Qf8 22. Nxd7 Nxd7 23. Ra7 Nc5 24. Nd2 g6 25. Bc4 Qd6 26. Raa1 Rd8 27.
Nf3 Bxf3 28. gxf3 $2 {Hort starts to fumble under time pressure.} Qe5 29. Qe1
Qg5+ 30. Kh1 Rxb1 31. Rxb1 Qf5 32. Kg2 e5 33. Rd1 Rb8 34. Qe2 Kg7 35. Bd5 Rb4
$1 36. Rc1 $4 (36. e4 {could have stopped the black attack. Then, Larsen would
have had a positional advantage.}) (36. Rc1 {Black can win by} Rh4 $1 37. Qd2
Nd3 $1 38. Rc3 Qh3+ 39. Kg1 Rh5 $1 40. f4 exf4 41. exf4 Qxh2+ 42. Kf1 Nxf4) 0-1

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1980.05.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "180"]
[EventDate "1980.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 Ne4 7. O-O f5 8. d5
Bxc3 9. bxc3 Na6 10. Nd4 Nac5 11. Bxe4 fxe4 12. Ba3 O-O 13. Bxc5 $2 ({Better is
} 13. dxe6 d6 14. Bxc5 dxc5 15. Ne2 {with equality.}) 13... bxc5 14. Ne2 exd5
$1 15. Rb1 Qc8 16. cxd5 Ba6 17. Re1 Bd3 18. Rb2 Rb8 {Black has started an
attack.} 19. Rxb8 Qxb8 20. Qd2 Qb5 21. Nf4 Rb8 22. f3 Qb2 23. Rd1 Qxd2 $2 (
23... Bc2 $1 24. Rc1 Bb1 {24. Rc1 Bb1 preserves more advantage (Timman).}) 24.
Rxd2 Bc4 25. fxe4 Rb1+ 26. Kf2 Ra1 27. d6 $1 {White counterattacks timely.}
cxd6 28. Rxd6 Rxa2+ 29. Kf3 Bb5 30. Rd5 Ra5 31. Nd3 Bc6 32. Rd6 $2 ({Not} 32.
Rxc5 $2 Rxc5 33. Nxc5 a5 $1) ({Right is} 32. Re5 $1 d6 33. Re7 $1 Ra2 34. Nf4)
32... c4 33. Nb2 Rf5+ $1 34. Kg3 Rc5 35. Rd4 Bb5 36. e5 $5 {Gligoric tries a
final trick.} Kf7 $2 ({Timman analyses} 36... a5 $1 37. e6 dxe6 38. Rd8+ Kf7
39. Ra8 $6 {but} Rg5+ 40. Kf2 Rxg2+ $1 {gives a crushing reply.}) 37. Kf4 a5
38. Nd1 a4 39. Nf2 Bc6 {Many forced moves follow.} 40. Ne4 Bxe4 41. Kxe4 Ke7
42. Rd2 a3 43. Ra2 Ra5 44. Kd4 Ra4 45. Kc5 Ke6 46. Kb5 Ra8 47. Kxc4 Kxe5 48.
Kb3 Ke4 49. Rxa3 Rxa3+ 50. Kxa3 Kxe3 51. Kb4 h5 52. h4 Kf2 53. Kc5 Kxg2 54. Kd6
Kg3 55. Kxd7 Kxh4 56. c4 g5 57. c5 g4 58. c6 g3 59. c7 g2 60. c8=Q g1=Q 61. Qc3
Qg3 62. Qc1 Qg4+ 63. Kc7 Qg7+ 64. Kb6 Qf6+ 65. Ka7 Qe5 66. Qg1 Kh3 67. Qh1+ Kg4
68. Qd1+ Kf4 69. Qf1+ Kg5 70. Qg2+ Kf6 71. Qf3+ Ke7 72. Qa3+ Qd6 73. Qf3 Qd4+
74. Kb7 h4 75. Qh5 Kd6 76. Qg6+ Kc5 77. Qc6+ Kb4 78. Qg2 Qc4 79. Kb6 Qc5+ 80.
Kb7 Qd4 81. Kc6 Qc3+ 82. Kd7 Qd3+ 83. Ke6 h3 84. Qh2 Kc3 85. Qe5+ $2 Kc2 $2 86.
Qh2+ $2 Kd1 87. Qh1+ Kd2 88. Kf6 Qe3 $2 {The queen ending with a rook pawn is
drawn. Nowadays, the flawless moves are known.} 89. Kf5 $4 ({Right is} 89. Qh2+
$1 Kd3 90. Kg6) 89... Qf2+ $1 90. Ke5 Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1980.05.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Kurajica, Bojan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1980.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. c4 g6 8. Nc3
Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Re1 Qc7 11. Rc1 b6 $5 12. f3 Bb7 13. Qd2 Nbd7 14. Bf1 Rfc8
15. Red1 Ne8 16. b4 Bf8 {Black has to wait and see in a passive position.} 17.
Nb3 $1 Nef6 18. Ne2 Be7 19. Kh1 Rd8 20. Bf4 Ne5 21. c5 $1 {Tal gives a pawn
temporarily.} dxc5 22. Qc3 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Nfd7 24. bxc5 $1 f6 $5 25. Ned4 Nf8 (
25... Nxc5 26. Nxc5 Qxc5 27. Nb3 {also favours White.}) 26. Nxe6 $1 {Tal
sacrifices a piece briefly.} ({The more prosaic} 26. c6 Rd8 27. a4 {gains a
plus as well.}) 26... Nxe6 27. Bc4 Bc8 28. Bd5 Rb8 29. Nd4 bxc5 30. Nxe6 Bxe6
31. Bxe6+ Kg7 32. h3 Rd8 33. Bd5 Bd6 34. Be3 g5 35. Bc4 Qb6 36. Be2 Nf7 37. Qc2
Rb8 38. Qa4 Qb2 39. Bc4 $2 (39. Bxa6 Rb4 40. Qa5 Qc2 41. Rc1 Qb2 42. Bd3 {wins
a pawn.}) 39... Qe5 $4 ({Right is} 39... Qc3 $1 40. Bxf7 Qxe3 41. Qd7 Be5 $1 {
(Khalifman).}) 40. Bg1 {The black a-pawn will fall.   Kurajica overstepped the
time limit.} 1-0

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1980.05.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Kavalek, Lubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1980.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8.
Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Nd5 Rd7 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. c5 Re7 12. O-O-O Nc6 13. Bc4 Bg4 14.
Bd5 Nd8 15. h3 Bxf3 16. gxf3 c6 17. Bc4 Ne6 18. Rd6 Bg5 $5 19. Bxe6 Bxe3+ 20.
fxe3 Rxe6 21. Rxe6 $5 fxe6 {The exchanges have led to a better rook ending for
White. Black has counter-play.} 22. Kd2 Rd8+ 23. Ke2 Kg7 24. b4 Kh6 25. Rb1 Rd7
26. a4 a6 27. b5 axb5 28. axb5 cxb5 29. Rxb5 Kg5 30. c6 bxc6 31. Rxe5+ Kh4 $5 {
Larsen and Timman regard this move as the decisive mistake.} (31... Kf6 32. Rc5
Rb7 33. Rxc6 Rb2+ 34. Kd3 Rh2 {draws indeed.}) 32. Rxe6 Rc7 33. f4 c5 $2 {But
the losing move is made now.} (33... Kxh3 $1 34. f5 gxf5 35. exf5 Kg4 {draws,
because the black king will stop the connected passed pawns.}) 34. f5 $1 gxf5
35. exf5 c4 36. f6 c3 37. Kd1 Kg5 38. e4 Kg6 39. Kc2 Rc8 40. e5 h5 41. Re7 1-0

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1980.05.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "1980.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. e4
e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Nd2 Qa5 11. Qc2 h5 $5 12. h4 $5 {White reacts solidly to the
new move.} Bd7 13. g3 O-O-O $5 {Long castling does not expose the king.} 14. a4
Ng4 15. Nb3 $6 {The knight goes to the wrong flank.} ({Better is the immediate
} 15. f3 $1) 15... Qc7 16. f3 Nh6 17. a5 Rdf8 $1 18. Qa2 $6 f5 $1 19. Bg5 fxe4
$5 20. fxe4 $6 ({An option gives} 20. Bxe7 exd3 {(Larsen)} 21. Bxf8 Rxf8 22.
Nd2 $1 Nf5 23. Kf2) 20... Neg8 21. Rf1 Rxf1+ 22. Kxf1 Nf7 23. Be3 Nf6 24. Ke2
Ng4 25. Bg1 Rh6 26. Qa3 Rf6 27. Rf1 Rxf1 28. Kxf1 g5 29. Nxc5 $1 {White is
tired of the passive defence.} dxc5 30. Bxc5 gxh4 31. gxh4 $6 {He should
continue the counteraction.} (31. Bxa7 $1 Qd6 32. Qxd6 Nxd6 33. Bc5 $1 h3 $5
34. Bxd6 h2 35. Kg2 Nf2 36. Kxh2 Nxd3 37. Kg2 {brings sufficient chances.})
31... Kb8 $1 32. Bg1 Qd6 33. Qxd6+ Nxd6 34. Ke2 a6 35. Bc5 Kc7 36. Bb6+ Kc8 37.
Bc5 Nf7 38. Be7 Nh8 39. Kf3 Ng6 40. Bg5 Kc7 41. c5 Bb5 42. Bc2 $2 (42. c4 $1 {
offers stubborn  resistance.}) 42... Nf8 $1 43. Be7 Nd7 44. Bd6+ Kc8 45. Bb3 $2
Ndf6 $2 (45... Bd3 $1 {wins more quickly (Larsen).}) 46. c4 Be8 47. Bc2 Kd8 48.
Bf8 Nd7 49. Bd6 Bg6 50. c6 $5 bxc6 51. dxc6 Ndf6 52. c5 Ne8 53. Bd3 Nc7 54. Kg3
Bf7 55. Be2 Be6 56. Bd3 Bc8 57. Bc4 Ne6 58. Bb3 Ke8 59. c7 Nd4 60. Bd5 Nb5 61.
Bc6+ Kf7 62. Bd5+ Kf6 63. Bc6 Ke6 64. Bd5+ Kd7 65. Bxe5 Nxe5 66. Kf4 Nd3+ 67.
Ke3 Nxc5 68. Bf7 Nxe4 69. Bxh5 Nf6 70. Bg6 Nxc7 {Larsen had scored plus four.
He led the tournament before Timman.} 0-1

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1980.05.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1980.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
a6 9. e4 c5 10. d5 c4 11. dxe6 cxd3 12. exd7+ Qxd7 13. O-O {Karpov finds this
move after a few minutes of contemplation. It is regarded as a novelty but has
been played before.} Bb7 14. Re1 $5 {Here we have the real novelty.} Bb4 $5 15.
Ne5 Qe6 16. Nxd3 Bxc3 17. Nf4 $1 Qd7 18. bxc3 Nxe4 19. Qxd7+ Kxd7 20. Ba3 $1 {
White has achieved a slight advantage.} Rhe8 $5 21. Red1+ Kc7 22. f3 Nf6 23.
Bd6+ $1 Kb6 24. c4 Rac8 25. cxb5 axb5 26. a4 $1 {White disrobes the hostile
king.} Rcd8 $2 ({Right is} 26... Red8 $1 27. axb5 Ne8 28. Bf8 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 {
(Khalifman)} g5 $1 {and Black will survive.}) 27. axb5 (27. Rac1 Rd7 28. Bc7+
$1 Ka7 29. Rxd7 Nxd7 30. axb5 {also wins.}) 27... Rd7 28. Rd4 Red8 29. Rad1 Rc8
30. Be5 Re7 31. Rd6+ $1 Kxb5 32. Rb1+ Kc4 33. Rd4+ Kc5 34. Nd3+ {Karpov had
scored his second win.} 1-0

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1980.05.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "1980.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Nf3 Re8 13. Nbd2 Bf8 14. Ng5 $1 Re7
15. d5 Na5 $1 ({Known is} 15... Nb8) 16. Bc2 c6 17. b4 Nc4 18. Nxc4 bxc4 19.
dxc6 Bxc6 {Tal and Karpov have studied this position.} 20. a4 Bb7 21. Nf3 h6
22. Qe2 Qc7 23. Nd2 Rc8 24. Ba3 {Karpov refuses to accept a draw.} d5 $5 25. b5
$1 d4 $5 26. cxd4 ({Timman rejects} 26. Bxe7 $2 Bxe7 27. Qf3 d3 28. Bb1 Qa5)
26... exd4 $5 27. Nxc4 $1 axb5 $5 28. axb5 $6 {Timman misses a favourable
opportunity.} (28. Nd6 $1 Qxc2 29. Nxc8 Qxc8 30. Bxe7 Bxe7 31. Qxb5 {gains an
advantage.}) 28... Qxc4 29. Qxc4 Rxc4 30. Bd3 Rc3 31. Bxe7 Bxe7 32. Ra7 Rxd3
33. Rxb7 Bc5 34. Rb1 Rc3 35. b6 Bd6 36. g3 d3 37. Kg2 g5 38. Ra7 Kg7 39. Ra4
Be5 40. Ra5 Bb8 41. b7 $6 {White resumes the adjourned position sharply.} (41.
Ra8 {takes no risk (Timman).}) 41... d2 42. Rd1 Rb3 43. Ra4 Rb2 44. Rd4 Rxb7
45. R1xd2 h5 46. Ra4 Rb5 47. Rdd4 Bc7 48. Rab4 Re5 49. Rdc4 (49. f4 $1 {
equalises (Timman).}) 49... Bd6 50. Ra4 Rb5 51. Rc2 Be5 52. Rac4 Rb7 53. Rc5
Re7 54. Ra5 $4 {White breaks down and will err twice.} Nxe4 $1 55. Re2 Bf6 56.
f3 $2 Nc5 $1 57. Rxe7 Bxe7 58. Ra7 Bd6 59. Ra8 h4 $1 60. gxh4 gxh4 61. Kf2 Ne6
62. Ra1 Bg3+ 63. Ke3 Nf4 64. Rh1 Kf6 65. Ke4 Ke6 66. Kd4 Kf5 67. Kc3 Ne6 68.
Kd3 Kf4 69. Ke2 Ng5 {Karpov had eliminated Timman in the race for the
tournament win.} 0-1

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1980.05.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kavalek, Lubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B64"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1980.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nb3 e5 12. g3 Bg4 13. Re1 a5 $1 14. a4 $5
Rc8 (14... Nb4 $1 {gains a plus (Timman).}) 15. Nd5 Be6 16. Kb1 Bxd5 $6 (16...
Nb4 $1 17. Nxb4 axb4 18. Qxb4 Qc7 {gives sufficient counteraction for a pawn.})
17. exd5 Nb4 18. c3 Na6 19. Bb5 Nc7 20. Qd3 exf4 21. gxf4 Nxb5 22. Qxb5 Ra8 $2
{Kavalek loses by two passive moves.} ({Right is} 22... Bh4 $1 23. Rd1 {
(Karpov)} (23. Re4 Qf6 $1) 23... Qe7 $1) 23. Re4 Qc8 24. Rhe1 b6 $6 ({The last
chance brings} 24... Qf5 25. Ka2 {(Karpov)} Rfc8 $1) 25. Nd2 $1 Qh3 26. Nc4
Qxh2 27. Nxd6 Rad8 28. Nc4 Kh7 29. d6 Qh3 30. Rd1 Rd7 31. Ka2 Rfd8 32. Qc6 h5
33. Nxb6 Qf3 34. Nxd7 Qxd1 35. Nxf6+ gxf6 36. Rd4 Qe2 37. d7 Kg7 38. f5 h4 39.
Qc7 Qe7 40. Rg4+ Kf8 41. Rxh4 Qxd7 42. Qxd8+ {Karpov and Larsen had scored 7
points at the end of the penultimate round.} 1-0

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1980.05.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1980.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8. d5
exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. d6 $5 {This forward defence will become a usual variation.
} Bf8 11. g3 Re6 12. Bg2 Rxd6 13. Qc2 Nc6 14. O-O Re6 15. Nf4 Re8 16. b4 d6 17.
Bb2 Bd7 18. Ncd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Rc8 20. Qb3 Re7 21. Rad1 b5 22. Bg2 Re8 23. Bd5
Re7 24. Bg2 Ne5 $1 {Karpov returns the pawn for active play.} 25. Rxd6 Nc4 26.
Rdd1 Qe8 27. Bd4 Bc6 28. Bc5 Re5 29. Bxf8 Kxf8 30. Nd5 ({Best is} 30. Bxc6 $1
Rxc6 31. Nd3) 30... Kg8 31. h4 h6 32. Bf3 $2 {Both players miss a combination.}
Bd7 $2 (32... Qe6 $1 33. Nf4 Nd2 $3 34. Nxe6 Nxf3+ $1 35. Qxf3 Bxf3 36. Rd8+
Rxd8 37. Nxd8 Re8 {wins a piece (Zaitsev).}) 33. Nf4 Bf5 34. Nd3 Re7 35. Bg2 $2
({Correct is} 35. Nf4 $1 {(Timman).}) 35... Be6 36. Qb1 Nxa3 $6 (36... Bg4 $3
37. f3 Bf5 {wins quickly.}) 37. Qa1 Nc2 38. Qb2 Bf5 39. Kh2 $2 (39. Nc5 $1 Ne1
40. Bd5 Bh3 $6 {(Karpov)} 41. Qd2 $1 Bxf1 42. Kxf1 {equalises.}) 39... Rc4 40.
Bd5 Rd4 41. Nf4 Rxb4 42. Bb3 Rxf4 $1 43. gxf4 Re2 44. Kg3 Bg6 45. Bxc2 Bxc2 46.
Rd6 f6 47. Qd4 Qg6+ 48. Kh2 Qg4 49. Rg1 Qxh4+ 50. Kg2 Re7 51. f5 Be4+ 52. Kf1
Qh3+ 53. Ke1 Bxf5+ 54. Kd2 Kh7 55. Qf4 b4 56. Rg3 Qh5 57. Qf3 Qxf3 58. Rxf3 Bc8
59. Rf4 Rb7 60. Kc2 a5 61. Kb2 a4 62. Ra6 Bd7 {"Karpov won in his
old-fashioned shitty way", Timman wrote full of envy.} 0-1

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1980.05.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "192"]
[EventDate "1980.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 Be6 5. d3 Qd7 6. a3 g6 7. b4 Bg7 8. Bb2 Nh6
9. h4 f5 10. b5 Nd8 11. Nf3 Ng4 12. h5 gxh5 $6 13. Rxh5 Bf7 14. Rh1 c6 15. Nh4
O-O 16. a4 $1 Be6 17. Qd2 d5 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. f3 $2 Bh6 $1 20. f4 Nf7 21. Nf3
e4 $6 (21... d4 $1 22. Nd1 Bd5 {gains a plus.}) 22. Nd4 Bg7 23. Nd1 a6 24. Bh3
Nfh6 25. Bxg4 Nxg4 26. Ne3 Nxe3 27. Qxe3 Rfe8 28. dxe4 dxe4 29. Rd1 Qf7 $6 ({
Correct is} 29... Rad8 $1) 30. Nxe6 Rxe6 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. Rd5 axb5 33. Qd4+
Kg8 34. axb5 e3 35. Kf1 Re4 36. Rd8+ Rxd8 37. Qxd8+ Re8 38. Qd6 Rc8 $2 39. Kg2
$4 (39. Rh6 $1 Qa2 40. Qe6+ {wins (Larsen).}) 39... Qc4 40. Kh3 Rf8 41. Re1
Qxb5 42. Qe6+ Rf7 43. Qxe3 Rf6 44. Qf3 Rh6+ 45. Kg2 Re6 46. Kf1 Qc6 47. Qxc6
bxc6 48. Rd1 Kf7 49. Kf2 h5 50. Rh1 Kg6 51. Rc1 Kf6 52. Rc5 Kg6 53. Rc2 Kf6 54.
Rc5 Kg6 55. Ra5 Kf6 56. Ra8 Kg7 57. Rd8 Kf7 58. Rh8 Kg6 59. Rg8+ Kh6 60. Kf3
Re7 61. Rd8 Re6 62. Kf2 Kg7 63. Rd7+ Kg6 64. Ke1 Kh6 65. Rd8 Kg7 66. Kd2 Rg6
67. Rd7+ Kh6 68. Rf7 Rd6+ 69. Ke1 Kg6 70. Re7 Kf6 71. Re8 Re6 72. Rg8 Re4 73.
Rh8 Kg6 74. Kd2 Re6 75. Rg8+ Kh6 76. Ke1 Re7 77. Kf2 Re6 78. Kf3 Re7 79. Rd8
Re6 80. Rd2 Kg6 81. Kg2 c5 82. Kf2 c4 83. Rc2 Rc6 84. Rc3 h4 85. gxh4 Kh5 86.
Kg3 Rc8 87. e3 Rc5 88. Rc2 c3 89. Kf3 Rc8 90. Rc1 c2 91. Ke2 Kxh4 92. Kd3 Rd8+
93. Kxc2 Kg3 94. Ra1 Kf3 95. Ra5 Kxe3 96. Rxf5 Rd4 {Karpov had won the
tournament by 8/11. Larsen had scored 71/2 and Timman 61/2 points.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 4"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Kavalek, Lubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1980.??.??"]

{The usual twelve players participated in the fourth Interpolis tournament.} 1.
Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. c4 d5 6. Qa4 $5 Bd6 7. Ng5 $6 Bd7 (
7... O-O $1 8. cxd5 Nd4 {gains a plus (H. Olafsson - Petursson, Neskaupstad
1984).}) 8. cxd5 Nb4 $5 9. Qd1 Nfxd5 $6 (9... h6 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Bh3 12.
Re1 O-O {gets sufficient compensation for the pawn (Simic - Gligoric,
Arandjelovac 1991).}) 10. d4 $1 Bc6 $2 ({Accurate is} 10... Nf6 $1 {(Jurek -
David, Karvina 1985).}) 11. a3 $1 Na6 12. Qb3 Be7 13. dxe5 Bxg5 14. Bxg5 Qxg5
15. Bxd5 Bxd5 16. Qxd5 O-O 17. Nc3 Qe7 18. Ne4 b6 19. f4 Rad8 20. Nd6 Nc7 21.
Qb3 Ne6 22. e3 Rxd6 23. exd6 Qxd6 24. Rad1 Qc6 25. Qd5 Qb5 26. f5 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 4"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1980.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. e3 Nge7 7. Nge2 O-O 8. O-O
Bd7 9. h3 Rb8 10. Qd2 $5 {Ribli plays a timid opening.} Be6 11. Nd5 Qd7 12. Kh2
f5 13. f4 b5 14. Rb1 bxc4 15. dxc4 e4 $1 16. b4 $2 ({Right is} 16. Nxe7+ Nxe7
17. Qc2) 16... Na5 $3 {White cannot avoid the loss of a pawn.} 17. Nd4 ({A
pointe is} 17. Qc2 Nxc4 $1) 17... Nxc4 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Qc2 Bxd4 20. exd4 Nb6
21. Bb2 Nd5 22. a3 Ne3 23. Qc3 Nxf1+ 24. Bxf1 Bd5 25. Bc4 Qe6 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 4"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1980.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Qe2 Nxe5 7. Bxe4 dxe4
8. Qxe4 Be6 9. Qxe5 Qd7 10. O-O O-O-O 11. Be3 Bb4 12. Nc3 $2 ({Correct is} 12.
c3 $1 {(Georgiev - Salov, Leningrad 1987).}) 12... f6 13. Qg3 Bxc3 $1 14. bxc3
h5 $1 {Black has a strong attack for a pawn.} 15. h4 g5 $1 {Larsen storms the
kingside.} 16. f3 (16. hxg5 $5 h4 17. Qh2 h3 18. g3 {(Nun - Finegold, Prague
1990)} fxg5 $1 19. Bxg5 Rdg8 {gives Black a bold attack.}) 16... Rdg8 17. Rf2
Qc6 18. Bd2 g4 19. f4 Bc4 20. d5 $2 ({White should have tried} 20. f5 {and
suffer.}) 20... Bxd5 21. f5 Re8 22. a3 Re4 23. Re1 Rhe8 24. Rxe4 Rxe4 25. Kh2
Qc5 26. Bf4 Re1 27. Bd2 Ra1 28. Qe3 Qd6+ 29. Rf4 b6 30. c4 Bxc4 31. Qd4 Qxd4
32. Rxd4 Bb5 33. Bh6 Rxa3 34. Bg7 Bd7 35. Rf4 Ra5 36. Bxf6 Bxf5 37. c3 Be6 38.
Kg3 Rd5 39. Re4 Kd7 40. Be5 Rd2 41. Kf4 Rxg2 42. Kg5 Rc2 43. Kxh5 g3 44. Bxg3
Rxc3 45. Be5 Rc4 46. Re3 Bd5 47. Ra3 Ke6 48. Bg3 Kf5 49. Kh6 a5 50. Kg7 Kg4 51.
Kf6 a4 52. Re3 Bf3 53. Be1 Rc1 54. Re7 Kh3 55. Bd2 Rc4 56. Re3 Kg2 57. Be1 Rc1
58. Bd2 Rd1 59. Bc3 c5 60. Re7 b5 61. Be5 a3 62. Rh7 b4 63. h5 b3 64. h6 b2 65.
Rg7+ Kf2 66. Bg3+ Ke3 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 4"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1980.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Qxe2+ 8.
Bxe2 Be7 9. Nc3 c6 10. O-O-O Na6 11. Nd4 Nc7 12. Rde1 Ne6 13. Nxe6 Bxe6 14. f4
d5 15. Bf3 Kd8 16. Ne2 Re8 17. Ng3 g6 18. Ne2 Bd7 19. c4 dxc4 20. dxc4 Ng8 21.
Nc3 f6 22. Bh4 Bd6 23. Rxe8+ Kxe8 24. Ne2 Be6 25. b3 Bf5 26. Kb2 Rd8 27. Bf2 $4
{Timman blunders horribly.} ({Right is} 27. g4 $1 Bd3 $5 {(Donner)} 28. Nd4 g5
29. Ne6 $1 {and White has gained a plus.}) 27... Bxf4 $1 28. g4 ({O dear!} 28.
Nxf4 Rd2+) 28... Be5+ 29. Kc1 Be6 30. Bxa7 Ra8 31. Bd4 Rxa2 32. Re1 Kf7 33.
Bxe5 fxe5 34. h3 Nf6 35. Nc3 Rh2 36. g5 Nd7 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 4"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1980.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Rc1 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qxd2+ 12. Nxd2 e6 13. Nb3 $5 Rd8 14.
Bg5 f6 15. Be3 f5 $6 ({Better is} 15... Bf8 16. Bc4 Nc6 {(Johansen - Hort,
Martigny 1986).}) 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Bb5 Nd7 18. O-O Nf6 19. Bg5 Bd7 20. Bc4 b6
21. Nd2 Re8 22. Nf3 Bc6 23. Ne5 Bd5 24. Bb5 Rec8 25. a4 Ne4 26. Bf4 Bf8 27. f3
$1 Nf6 28. Bg5 Kg7 29. Ba6 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Bd6 $1 {Black has closed the defence.}
31. Nc4 Bb4 32. Ne3 Re8 33. Bb5 Rf8 34. Bf4 Kg6 35. Kf2 Bb7 36. Rc7 Rf7 {
Hübner nullifies the entry.} 37. Rc2 Rf8 38. Bc4 Re8 39. Bb3 Re7 40. h4 h6 $6 {
The pawn could go the fifth rank at once.} 41. g3 {Karpov's patience in a
better endgame will be rewarded again.} Ba3 $2 (41... h5 $1 {brings a pawn to
a safe square.}) 42. Nc4 $1 Bd5 43. Ba2 $1 Bxc4 ({Or} 43... Bb4 44. Ne5+ Kg7
45. Nc6 $1) 44. Bxc4 h5 45. Bb3 Kf7 46. Rc6 Bb2 47. Ke3 Nd5+ 48. Bxd5 exd5+ 49.
Be5 Re6 50. Rc7+ Re7 51. Rc2 Ba3 52. Kf4 a6 53. Kxf5 b5 54. Rc6 b4 55. Rb6 Ke8
56. g4 Kd7 57. gxh5 Rf7+ 58. Kg4 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 4"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "1980.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Rhe1 $5 a5 $1 14.
Qe2 O-O 15. Kb1 Qb6 16. Ne5 a4 17. c4 $5 {Hübner miscalculates but has a fluke.
} (17. Nf5 $1 exf5 18. Nxd7 Nxd7 19. Qxe7 Nf6 20. Qb4 {keeps the equality.})
17... a3 $1 18. b3 Qxd4 $1 19. Bb4 Qxe5 20. Qxe5 Nxe5 21. Bxe7 Rfe8 22. Bb4 $6
(22. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 23. Ne4 Kg7 24. c5 $1 {gains sufficient compensation for the
pawn.}) 22... Ned7 23. Ne4 b6 24. Nd6 Reb8 25. f3 b5 26. Bc3 bxc4 27. Nxc4 Nd5
28. Bd2 Nc5 29. Ne5 Ra6 30. Rc1 Rb5 31. Rc4 Nf6 32. g4 Nfd7 33. Bc3 $6 (33.
Nxd7 Nd3 34. Re3 {defends well.}) 33... Nb6 $1 34. Rd4 Nd5 35. Bd2 f6 36. Ng6
e5 37. Rc4 Nd3 ({Hübner has another fluke, because} 37... Nxb3 $5 38. axb3
Rxb3+ 39. Ka1 Rxf3 40. Rb1 $1 Rf2 41. Rb8+ {brings no decision.}) 38. Ree4 c5
39. Ra4 Rbb6 40. Rxa6 Rxa6 41. Rc4 Ra7 42. Nh4 Nb6 43. Rc3 Rd7 44. Be3 Rd5 45.
Nf5 Kf7 46. Ng3 $6 (46. Bc1 $1 Nxc1 47. Kxc1 {attacks the a- pawn for a useful
exchange.}) 46... Nd7 47. Ne4 g6 48. hxg6+ Kxg6 49. Ng3 Ne1 50. Bc1 Rd1 $1 51.
Ne4 Nd3 52. Kc2 Rxc1+ 53. Kxd3 Ra1 $6 (53... Rxc3+ 54. Nxc3 f5 $1 {introduces
a dangerous offensive.}) 54. Rc2 Rf1 55. Ke3 Re1+ 56. Kd3 Rb1 57. Nxc5 $2 ({
Right is} 57. Ke3 $1 Rb2 58. Rd2 $1) 57... Nxc5+ 58. Rxc5 Rb2 59. Rc2 {White
tries to hold a difficult rook ending.} f5 $2 (59... Kg5 $1 60. Rxb2 axb2 61.
Kc2 f5 $1 62. Kxb2 e4 $1 63. fxe4 fxg4 {wins subtly.}) 60. Rc6+ Kg5 61. gxf5 h5
62. f6 Kg6 63. Kc3 Rxa2 64. Kb4 Kf7 65. Ka4 Rf2 66. Kxa3 Rxf3 67. Kb4 $2 (67.
Rc1 $1 h4 68. Ka4 $1 {draws (Donner).}) 67... h4 68. Rc8 Rf1 $1 69. Rc2 ({The
pointe is} 69. Rh8 Rh1 $1 {(Larsen).}) 69... Kxf6 70. Kc5 Kf5 71. b4 h3 72. b5
Rb1 73. b6 Kf4 74. Re2 e4 75. Kd4 e3 76. Kc5 ({Or} 76. Rxe3 Rb4+ 77. Kc5 Kxe3
78. Kxb4 h2 79. b7 h1=Q {and Black will deliver a decisive check on b1 (Larsen)
.}) 76... Kf3 77. Rh2 Kg3 78. Re2 Rb3 79. Kc4 Rxb6 80. Rxe3+ Kg2 81. Re2+ Kf3
0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 4"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "1980.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 c5 6. O-O Be7 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2
cxd4 9. exd4 d5 10. Nbd2 Nc6 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Re1 Re8 13. Ne5 Bf8 14. Ndf3 Nxe5
15. Nxe5 Rc7 $2 16. c5 $1 {Karpov takes advantage of a blunder.} bxc5 17. Bb5
$1 c4 (17... Ree7 18. dxc5 {brings White a winning attack on the queenside.})
18. Bxe8 Nxe8 19. Bc3 Rc8 20. Qf3 Nd6 21. Bb4 Qc7 22. h3 h6 23. Bc5 Nf5 24.
Bxf8 Kxf8 25. Qc3 Nd6 26. Qd2 Kg8 27. Rc2 a5 28. Rec1 Ba6 29. Qd1 Qa7 30. Nf3
Bb7 31. Qe1 Qa6 32. Ne5 Rc7 33. Qd2 Rc8 34. Qf4 a4 35. bxa4 Qxa4 36. Rb2 Qa7
37. Rcb1 Ba8 38. Nxc4 dxc4 39. Qxd6 Kh7 40. Rc1 Bd5 41. Qf4 Qa3 42. Rbc2 f6 43.
Qd2 Ra8 44. Rb2 f5 45. Rc3 Qd6 46. f3 Ra4 47. Qe3 Ra5 48. Kh1 Qa6 49. a3 Qd6
50. Rb1 Qc7 51. Ra1 Qb8 52. a4 Qb4 53. Rca3 Kg6 54. Qc1 Qb6 55. Qc3 Qa7 56. Qb4
Ra6 57. Rd1 Ra5 58. Rb1 Kf7 59. Qb6 Qxb6 60. Rxb6 f4 61. Rb5 Ra7 62. a5 Kg6 63.
a6 Kh5 64. Kg1 Kh4 65. Kf2 g6 66. Rb8 Kg5 67. Ra5 Kh5 68. Rb6 Kh4 69. Rd6 h5
70. Rb6 g5 71. Rb8 Rc7 72. a7 c3 73. Rb1 Ba8 74. Rc1 Rc4 75. Ke2 Rb4 76. Kd3
Rb2 77. Rc2 g4 78. hxg4 hxg4 79. Kxc3 Rb1 80. fxg4 Kxg4 81. Kd2 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 4"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1980.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
a4 c5 16. d5 c4 17. Bg5 h6 18. Be3 Rb8 $5 19. Qd2 h5 20. Ng5 Nh7 21. Nxh7 Kxh7
22. Rf1 Kg8 23. Kh1 Bg7 24. axb5 axb5 25. f4 exf4 26. Bxf4 Qe7 27. Bg5 Qe5 28.
Bf4 Qe7 29. Bg5 Qe5 30. Rf3 Ra8 31. Raf1 Rf8 $2 ({Necessary is} 31... f6 $1)
32. Nxh5 $3 {Spassky experiences a nasty surprise.} gxh5 33. Rf5 Qe8 34. e5 $1
{The magician of Riga sacrifices again.} dxe5 ({Or} 34... Ra6 35. Bf6 $1) 35.
Bh6 Ra6 36. Bxg7 Kxg7 37. d6 $1 f6 38. Rg5+ Kf7 39. Bg6+ Ke6 40. Bf5+ Kf7 41.
Qd1 Rh8 42. Bg6+ Ke6 43. Bxe8 Rxe8 44. Qxh5 Rd8 45. Rg7 Kxd6 46. Qf7 {Spassky
lost the shared lead. So Karpov became the sole leader.} 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 4"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kavalek, Lubomir"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E88"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1980.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. f3 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 c6 8. Qd2 cxd5
9. cxd5 Na6 10. Bd3 Nh5 11. Nge2 f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. O-O Nc5 14. Bc2 a5 15. f4
e4 $1 {Timman improves on the game Ghitescu - Szabo, Miskolc 1963.} 16. Nd4 Nf6
17. h3 Bd7 18. Rab1 Qe8 19. Rfd1 Kh8 20. b4 axb4 21. Rxb4 Rc8 22. Ncb5 $2 {
Kavalek starts an incorrect combination.} ({Better is} 22. Rb6 Qd8 23. Rdb1 Qc7
) 22... Qe7 23. Ne6 $2 {The queen's knight should return.} Nxe6 24. dxe6 Bxe6
25. Nxd6 $2 Nd5 $1 26. Rxb7 (26. Nxc8 Qxb4 27. Qxb4 Nxb4 {refutes Kavalek's
tactics (Donner).}) 26... Qxd6 27. Bb3 Rcd8 28. Qa5 Qc6 29. Ra7 Qc3 30. Qxc3
Bxc3 31. Bc5 Nxf4 32. Rf1 Ne2+ 33. Kf2 Bxb3 34. Bxf8 Bd4+ 35. Kxe2 Bc4+ 36. Ke1
Rxf8 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 4"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1980.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 Nc6 8. Rg1
d5 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Be3 $5 {Karpov has the ambitions
to win. He sacrifices a pawn.} Be7 13. Qd2 Bxh4 $5 {This move will not be
repeated.} (13... Nxd4 14. Bxd7+ Qxd7 15. Qxd4 Bf6 {calms the game (Marjanovic
- Cebalo, Vrbas, 1982).}) 14. O-O-O Bf6 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. gxf5 a6 17. Bxc6+ bxc6
18. Bc5 Rb8 $1 19. b4 $1 {Spassky should make a surprising king move.} Rb5 $2 (
19... Kd7 $1 20. c4 $1 Kc7 {manoeuvres the king to a shelter on the queenside.}
) 20. Rge1+ Kd7 21. c4 $1 Rxc5 $5 22. bxc5 Bg5 23. f4 Qf6 24. cxd5 $1 (24. fxg5
$4 Qa1+ 25. Kc2 Qxa2+ 26. Kc1 Qa1+ 27. Kc2 Qa4+ 28. Kc1 Rb8 $1 {favours Black!}
) 24... Qa1+ 25. Kc2 Qxa2+ 26. Kd3 {Black has no perpetual check.} Qxd2+ 27.
Rxd2 Bxf4 28. Ra2 cxd5 29. Rxa6 h5 30. Kd4 h4 31. Kxd5 Rb8 32. f6 gxf6 33. Rxf6
Bg3 34. Rxf7+ Kd8 35. Rf8+ {Karpov kept the lead.} 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 4"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1980.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. Bd3 e6 8.
O-O Ngf6 9. c4 Be7 10. b3 a5 11. Bxg6 hxg6 12. Bd2 b5 13. Qe2 Qb6 14. Bg5 O-O
15. Rad1 Rfe8 16. Ne5 Rad8 17. Be3 Qa6 18. Rc1 bxc4 19. Qxc4 Qxc4 20. Rxc4 Nxe5
21. dxe5 Nd5 22. Bc5 Nb4 23. Ne4 Bxc5 24. Rxc5 Rd5 25. a3 Nd3 26. Rxc6 Nxe5 27.
Rc3 Nd3 28. g3 f6 29. Rd1 Red8 30. Kf1 g5 31. h3 Kf7 32. Rc7+ Kg6 33. Nc3 Rf5
34. Rd2 Rd4 35. Nd1 e5 $4 {Larsen often made suicidal moves against Spassky at
the end of the game.} 36. Ne3 Rf3 37. Nc2 Re4 38. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 4"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E30"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1980.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 c5 7. Qc2 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Nc6 9. e3 Nxd4 10. exd4 b6 11. Be2 Bb7 12. O-O Be7 13. Rad1 Rc8 14. Qa4 a6
15. d5 exd5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nxd5 Bxb2 18. Bg4 Rc5 19. Bxd7 Be5 20. Bh3 b5 21.
Qb4 Bd6 22. Ne3 Qc7 23. g3 Bf3 24. Rd4 bxc4 25. Nxc4 Rb8 26. Qd2 Rxc4 27. Rxd6
Rc2 28. Qf4 Rxa2 29. Rc1 Qb7 30. Rd7 Qb2 31. Qxf7+ Kh8 32. Rf1 Be2 {Larsen and
Hort are playing a lively game. The remaining time has become short on the
clocks.} 33. Re1 $4 Bh5 $4 (33... Ra1 $1 {wins for Black.}) 34. Qf4 Ra1 35.
Qxb8+ Qxb8 36. Rxa1 Qe5 37. Rc1 Bf3 38. Bf1 $1 {Hort overstepped the time
limit.   Donner worked as a host grandmaster during the event.   Karpov won
the tournament by a score of 71/2 before Portisch (7) and Timman (61/2).} 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1981.??.??"]

{The grocery stores' tycoon Luis Rentero Suárez contracted world champion
Karpov and the grandmasters Larsen, Kavalek, Ljubojevic and Gligoric in
Bugojno 1980 for the third contest. He was able to realise his ideal of a
strong grandmaster tournament. Twelve grandmasters played in Linares from 17 -
31 i 1981. The tempo of 40 moves in 21/2 hours followed by 16 in 1 hour was
applied, if Karpov participated in the 1980's. Christiansen played the best
tournament of his life. Eventually Karpov won due to a better Sonneborn-Berger
score. Later the number of won games would become the criterion for shared
leads. Ljubojevic stayed in Linares and married a local beauty, like Hannibal
once did with Princess Imilce. Ljubo prepared the next event. } 1. d4 d5 2. c4
e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nge2 Re8 9. Qc2
Nf8 10. h3 c6 11. g4 {Christiansen is not intimidated by his opponent and
plays his own game.} Bd7 12. O-O-O Rc8 13. Kb1 b5 14. Nf4 $1 a5 15. Bf5 a4 {
Both sides advance towards the hostile king.} 16. Nd3 Bxf5 $5 17. gxf5 N8d7 $2
(17... Ne4 $1 18. Bxe7 Nxc3+ 19. Qxc3 Qxe7 {makes useful exchanges for the
defender.}) 18. Rhg1 Bf8 19. Rg2 c5 $6 ({Preferable is} 19... Kh8 20. Rdg1 a3)
20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Nxc5 Rxc5 22. Qd3 Kh8 $6 (22... b4 $5 {counterattacks.}) 23.
Ne4 $1 {A brilliant combination decides the game.} Rxe4 24. Qxe4 Qc8 25. Qd3
Ne4 26. f3 Nxg5 27. Rxg5 Be7 28. f6 $1 Bxf6 29. Rxd5 h6 30. Rxc5 Qxc5 31. Rc1 {
It looked like Spassky handled the white pieces with such verve.} 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Quinteros, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1981.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. g3 d5 6. Bg2 e5 7. Nf3 d4 8. O-O
Nc6 9. e3 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Be7 12. exd4 exd4 13. Bf4 O-O 14. Nd2 h6 15.
Re1 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Nb3 Rad8 $6 (17... d3 {advances the passed pawn at
the right time.}) 18. c5 Qc7 19. Rc1 Rd7 20. Bg2 Rfd8 21. Qd3 $5 Re7 22. Rxe7
Qxe7 23. Rd1 (23. Bxc6 $1 bxc6 24. Rc4 $1 {strikes at the centre pawn.}) 23...
Qe6 24. Kf1 Rd7 25. Qe2 Qf5 $1 26. Kg1 Re7 27. Qf1 Ne4 28. Nxd4 Nxd4 29. Rxd4
Nxc5 30. Rd8+ Kh7 31. Qd1 b6 32. Rd4 Rd7 $6 (32... a5 $1 {prevents the next
move (Bukic).}) 33. b4 $1 Rxd4 34. Qxd4 Ne6 35. Qd7 $1 a5 36. a3 axb4 37. axb4
{The resistance has become shaky.} Kg6 $2 (37... Qf6 $1 38. Qa7 Nd8 {tries to
establish a new defence line.}) 38. Qd6 Qb1+ $6 39. Kh2 Qf5 ({The pointe is} 
39... b5 $2 40. Qe5 Qxb4 41. Be4+) 40. Qxb6 h5 41. h4 Kf6 42. Bh3 Qe4 43. Bxe6
fxe6 44. Qc5 e5 45. b5 Qb7 46. Qd6+ $1 Kf5 47. b6 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kavalek, Lubomir"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "1981.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Nd2 Bg7 5. Ngf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. Re1
Nh5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Nf3 h6 12. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1981.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d3 Be7 8. a3
Be6 9. b4 a6 10. Bb2 Qd7 11. Ne4 f6 12. Qc2 Bh3 13. O-O Bxg2 14. Kxg2 g5 $5 15.
d4 $6 g4 $1 16. Nh4 exd4 17. Nf5 $1 O-O-O 18. Rfd1 {Black takes over the
initiative.} Nc4 $1 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Nc5 Nxb2 21. Qxb2 h5 22. Rac1 Rd5 23.
Qc2 Qd6 24. Nd3 h4 25. Nf4 f5 $6 ({Stronger is} 25... hxg3 26. hxg3 Rg5) 26.
Nxd5 Qxd5+ 27. f3 Kb8 28. Qd3 Qe6 29. fxg4 fxg4 30. Rf1 hxg3 31. hxg3 Qd5+ 32.
e4 $1 Qe6 33. Rce1 Qd6 34. Rh1 Rd8 35. Qc4 d3 36. Qc5 $2 ({The cautious} 36.
Qc3 {counters the threats.}) 36... d2 $1 37. Rd1 ({The pointe is} 37. Qxd6
dxe1=N+ $1) 37... Qd3 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1981.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Rc1
c6 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. Bb3 exd4 13. exd4 Nb6 ({Usual is} 
13... Re8 {(Gligoric-Spassky, Soviet Union 1865).}) 14. Ne5 $1 Nd5 $2 ({Better
is} 14... Bxe5 15. dxe5 {(Taimanov-Lenguel, Tallinn 1975)} Qe7) 15. Nxd5 cxd5
16. Qd3 g6 $2 ({More resistance is offered by} 16... Bxe5 17. dxe5 Be6 {
(Kharitonov).}) 17. Rfe1 Bf5 18. Qb5 Bg5 19. Rc5 b6 20. Rxd5 Qe8 21. Qf1 $1 Qc8
{Gligoric has no proper defence.} ({Or} 21... Be6 22. Nxg6 $1 fxg6 23. Rxe6 $1
{(Bukic).}) 22. Rd6 Kg7 23. f4 Be7 24. Rc6 Qd8 25. Qf2 Bh4 26. g3 Bf6 27. Rd1
Rc8 28. Rxc8 Qxc8 29. d5 Bg4 30. Re1 Bh3 31. d6 Qb7 32. Rd1 b5 33. Bd5 Qa6 34.
Bg2 $1 Be6 35. a3 Bd8 36. Kh1 Bb6 37. Qe2 Qa4 38. Bd5 Bh3 39. Nxf7 $1 Rxf7 40.
b3 Qxa3 41. Qe5+ Kh7 (41... Kf8 42. Qh8#) 42. Bxf7 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1981.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4
Nf6 15. Qe2 Qd5 16. c4 Qf5 17. Ne5 c5 18. g4 Qe4 19. Qxe4 Nxe4 20. Be3 Rc8 21.
Kb1 O-O 22. f3 Nf6 23. f4 Ne4 24. dxc5 Bxc5 25. Bxc5 Nxc5 26. Rd4 Rfd8 27. Rhd1
Rxd4 28. Rxd4 a5 29. b3 Kf8 30. Kb2 Ke8 31. Kc3 f6 32. Nd3 Ke7 33. a3 Nxd3 34.
Kxd3 Rg8 35. Ke4 g5 36. hxg6 Rxg6 37. Kf3 Rg8 38. c5 Rc8 39. b4 axb4 40. axb4
b6 41. cxb6 Rb8 42. Ke4 Rxb6 43. Kd3 f5 44. gxf5 exf5 45. Ke3 Kf6 46. Kf3 Kg6
47. Kg3 Kh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1981.??.??"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
d6 9. e4 O-O 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Bb2 a6 12. Rfd1 Qc7 13. Qe3 Rfe8 14. Rac1 Bf8 15.
Nd4 Rad8 16. Re1 Qb8 17. Qe2 g6 18. Rcd1 Bg7 19. Qc2 Nc5 20. Kh1 Qa8 21. f3 Qb8
22. Qf2 Ba8 23. Ba1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Quinteros, Miguel"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1981.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bxg2 9. Kxg2 O-O 10. e4 Na6 $5 ({More solid is} 10... Nc6 {(Botvinnik-Lilientha
Botvinnik-Lilienthal, Moscow 1936).}) 11. Be3 Rc8 12. b3 Nc5 13. f3 d6 14. Qd2
a6 15. Rac1 e6 16. Rfd1 Qc7 17. Nde2 Rfd8 18. Bg5 Qb7 $2 {A tactical phase
begins.} 19. Qf4 $6 (19. e5 $1 Ng4 $1 {(Kharitonov)} 20. Bxd8 Nxe5 21. Qe3 Rxd8
22. b4 $1 {gains an advantage.}) 19... Nh5 20. Qh4 f6 21. Be3 f5 $1 22. exf5
exf5 23. Bg5 Re8 $5 24. Rxd6 b5 $1 25. Ng1 $4 ({Right is} 25. b4 $1 Nd7 26. c5)
25... Bxc3 $1 26. Rxc3 Ne4 $1 {Christiansen strikes back.} 27. Rcd3 (27. fxe4
Rxe4 $1 {wins material.}) 27... Nxd6 28. Rxd6 bxc4 29. bxc4 Qb2+ 30. Bd2 Qxa2
31. Qd4 Qxc4 32. Qxc4+ Rxc4 33. Rxa6 Rc2 34. Rd6 Re1 35. f4 Nf6 36. Nf3 Re2+
37. Kf1 Rf2+ $1 38. Kxf2 Ne4+ 39. Ke3 Nxd6 40. Kd3 Ra2 41. Be3 Ne4 42. Bd4 Kf7
43. g4 Ra3+ 44. Ke2 fxg4 45. Ne5+ Ke6 46. Nxg4 Kf5 {Larry took the lead.} 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1981.??.??"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Be7 8. d4
O-O 9. e4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Bf6 12. Bb2 b6 13. Rb1 Bb7 $5 ({My
preference goes to} 13... Ba6 $1 14. Re1 Rc8) 14. d5 $1 exd5 15. exd5 Na5 16.
Ne5 Bxe5 $6 ({Another fatal line is} 16... Rc8 $6 17. Re1 Nc4 18. Nxc4 Rxc4 19.
d6 {(Berg-Velikov, Pernik 1984).}) ({Byrne and Mednis analyse} 16... Qd6 17.
Nc6 $1 Nc4 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qd3 Nd6 {and White has an advantage.}) 17. Bxe5
Rc8 ({Not} 17... Nc4 $2 18. Bxg7 $1) 18. Rc1 Qd7 19. Bc3 Ba6 20. Re1 Nb7 21.
Qd4 f6 22. Bb4 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Qxc8 25. h4 Bb5 26. d6 Nc5 27. Qd5+
$1 Kf8 28. Qe4 $1 {Christiansen has found a beautiful decision.} Kf7 ({The
point is} 28... Nxe4 29. d7+) 29. Qe7+ Kg6 30. h5+ Kxh5 31. Qf7+ {Lajos
started with 1 out of 5. Larry had scored 4 1/2 points!} 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1981.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. h4 h6 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. O-O-O Ngf6 14. Ne4
O-O-O 15. g3 Nc5 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. Qc4 Bd6 18. Qa4 Kb8 19. Ne5 Nd5 20. f4 Nb6
21. Qb3 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Nd5 23. c4 Ne7 24. Be3 c5 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Rd1 Rxd1+
27. Qxd1 b6 28. Qd3 (28. g4 $1 Nc8 29. Qf3 {keeps a plus.}) 28... g6 $1 29.
hxg6 fxg6 30. a3 a5 31. b3 h5 32. Qe4 Nf5 33. Bf2 Qd7 {Black has improved his
position.} 34. a4 Kc7 35. Kc2 Qd8 $1 36. Kc1 $2 (36. Qh1 $1 {prevents the next
move.}) 36... g5 $1 37. fxg5 Qxg5+ 38. Kc2 $2 ({Right is} 38. Kb2 $1 Ne7 39.
Qe3 $1) 38... Ne7 39. Qh7 ({No use has} 39. Qe3 Qf5+ $1 40. Kc3 Ng6) 39... Kd7
40. Qe4 Qf5 41. Qd3+ Kc6 42. Qxf5 exf5 $1 43. Be3 Ng6 44. e6 $1 Kd6 45. Bg5
Kxe6 46. Kd2 f4 $1 47. gxf4 h4 48. Ke3 h3 49. Kf3 Kf5 50. Kg3 Nxf4 $1 51. Bd8
Ne2+ 52. Kxh3 Nd4 53. Bxb6 Nxb3 54. Bd8 Ke4 55. Kg4 Kd3 56. Kf4 Kxc4 57. Ke4
Kc3 58. Bf6+ Kc2 59. Be5 c4 60. Ke3 c3 61. Bf6 Nc5 62. Ke2 ({Or} 62. Bd8 Kd1 $1
63. Bxa5 c2 64. Bd2 Nb3 {(Karpov).}) 62... Kb3 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1981.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Qd2 e5 $5 8.
dxe5 $1 dxe5 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. fxe5 Ng4 11. Bg5 Rd7 $1 12. Bb5 h6 $6 (12...
Ngxe5 $1 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Nd5 Kg7 15. O-O-O f6 $1 {can be played.}) 13. Bd2 $6
({Better is} 13. Bf4 $1 g5 $1 14. Bd2 $1 {(Seres-Oppenrieder, corr. DDR 1988).}
) 13... Rd8 14. Nd5 Ncxe5 15. Nxc7 Rb8 16. h3 $6 (16. c3 {consolidates the
position.}) 16... Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Nf2 $1 18. Rf1 Bxb2 $1 19. Rb1 Bd4 20. Nd5
Nxh3 21. Bxh6 Be6 22. Rd1 Be5 23. f4 $6 ({More useful is} 23. Rh1 $1 {(Timman).
}) 23... Bg7 $6 (23... Kh7 $1 24. fxe5 Kxh6 {gains a plus.}) 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25.
Rd3 g5 $2 (25... Rbc8 $1 26. f5 $1 Bxd5 27. Rxd5 Rxd5 28. exd5 gxf5 $1 29. Rxf5
f6 {equalises.}) 26. Rg3 $1 Bxd5 27. exd5 Rxd5 28. Bd3 Rh8 29. Rff3 Nxf4 30.
Rxf4 Rh2 31. a4 b6 32. Rc4 Rh1+ 33. Kd2 Ra1 34. Rf3 Rd7 35. Rf5 f6 36. Kc3 Rf7
37. Rd5 Rg1 38. Rc8 g4 39. Rh5 f5 40. Bxf5 g3 41. Rh7+ {The champ had restored
the rank order.} 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Black "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1981.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Bf4 Bb7 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Qb3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 O-O 8.
e3 d6 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. h3 Qe7 11. Rd1 Rfd8 12. O-O c5 13. b4 cxd4 14. exd4 a5
15. a3 axb4 16. Qxb4 Ne8 17. Rfe1 Ndf6 18. Nd2 b5 19. Qxb5 Rdb8 20. Qg5 Rxa3
21. Ra1 Rba8 22. Rxa3 Rxa3 23. Rb1 Bc6 24. Be3 h6 25. Qf4 Qd7 26. h4 Qc8 27. d5
$6 {Christiansen plays too risky in an effort to win.} exd5 28. Bd4 Qe6 $1 29.
Bf3 Ra6 30. Rb8 Kh7 31. Bxf6 Nxf6 32. Rd8 Bb7 33. cxd5 $6 Bxd5 34. Qd4 $2 Ra3
$2 ({Ribli misses the win} 34... Qe1+ $1 35. Kh2 Ra2 36. Qd3+ g6 37. Qd4 Qe5+
$1 38. Qxe5 dxe5) 35. Bxd5 Nxd5 36. Qe4+ Qxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Garcia Gonzales, Guillermo"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1981.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8. Nc3
Be7 9. Rd1 a6 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. e4 Qc7 13. Qe3 Rfe8 14. Nd4 Bf8 15.
Rac1 Rad8 16. Qe2 Qb8 17. Re1 g6 18. Rcd1 Bg7 19. Qc2 Ba8 20. Qb1 Nc5 21. Re2
Ng4 22. h3 Nf6 23. Kh2 h5 24. h4 Rc8 25. Kg1 Ng4 26. f3 Ne5 27. Rdd2 Qa7 28.
Kh1 Red8 29. f4 $2 {White commits a fatal weakening of the kingside.} Ng4 $1
30. Nd1 e5 $1 31. Nf3 b5 32. cxb5 axb5 33. Ng5 b4 $1 34. Nf2 Bb7 35. Nxg4 hxg4
36. f5 $5 f6 37. Ne6 Nxe6 38. fxe6 {White will lose the lonely pawn.} Ba6 39.
Rf2 Qe7 40. Bf1 Bxf1 41. Qxf1 Qxe6 42. Qb5 Rb8 43. Qc6 Bf8 44. Rc2 Rdc8 {The
world champion led by one point.} 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Bellon Lopez, Juan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1981.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. c4 Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Qe2 Re8 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. Be3 b6 12. Rac1 Bb7 13. f4 Bf8 14. Kh1 Nbd7 15.
b4 Rac8 16. Nb3 Qb8 17. Bd2 g6 18. Rf1 Qa8 19. a3 Bg7 20. a4 d5 $1 {Black
liberates his position elegantly.} 21. cxd5 Nxe4 $1 22. Bxe4 exd5 23. Nxd5 Bxd5
24. Bxd5 Qxd5 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rf3 b5 27. axb5 axb5 28. h3 Bf8 29. Rd3 Qc4 30.
Na5 Re8 $1 31. Nxc4 Rxe2 32. Rxd7 bxc4 33. b5 Re6 34. Bc3 Rb6 35. Rd5 Rd6 36.
Rd4 Rxd4 37. Bxd4 Bd6 38. g3 Kf8 39. Kg2 Ke7 40. Kf3 Ke6 41. Be3 Kd5 42. Ke2
Bc5 43. b6 Bd6 44. Kd2 Bb4+ 45. Kc2 Kc6 {Black has a plus. Accurate steps by
the white king are needed.} 46. Kb2 $1 f5 ({The pointe is} 46... Ba5 47. Ka3 $1
) 47. Bf2 h5 48. h4 Kb7 49. Ka2 $1 Ba5 50. Ka3 $1 Bc3 51. Ka4 Bd2 52. Ka3 Ba5
53. Ka4 Bd2 54. Ka3 Kc6 55. Ka4 Bc3 56. b7 Kxb7 57. Kb5 Bd2 58. Kxc4 Kc6 59.
Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1981.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nc4 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Qxe2+ 8.
Bxe2 Be7 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. O-O-O Be6 11. f4 h6 12. Bh4 O-O-O 13. Ne3 Nd4 14. Rde1
Nxe2+ 15. Rxe2 Rde8 16. Rhe1 Bd8 17. Bxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1981.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O d5 8. Qc2
c6 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nc3 Re8 12. a3 h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Ne5 Bd6
15. f4 Be6 16. Kh1 Qc8 17. f5 Bd7 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. e4 dxe4 20. Nxe4 Nd5 21.
Rae1 Bf8 22. Qb3 Qc7 23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. dxc5 Nf6 25. Qc3 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Rd8 27. b4
axb4 28. axb4 Qd7 29. Qc2 Qd4 30. b5 Ng4 31. h3 Ne5 32. bxc6 bxc6 33. f6 gxf6
34. Qf5 Kg7 35. Rf1 Ng6 36. Bxc6 Ne7 37. Qf3 Nxc6 38. Qxc6 Rd5 39. Qe8 Rxc5 40.
Qe2 h5 41. h4 Rc3 42. Kh2 Qc5 43. Rd1 Qe5 44. Qf2 Rc4 45. Kg2 Re4 46. Rd2 f5
47. Qf3 Kg6 48. Rf2 Re3 49. Qf4 Qe4+ 50. Kh2 f6 51. Qb8 Qd5 52. Rg2 Re4 53. Qc8
Kf7 54. Qh8 Kg6 55. Qc8 Re7 56. Rf2 Ra7 57. Qe8+ Kg7 58. Qxh5 Ra1 59. Qf3 Qe4
60. Qxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1981.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Qxe2+ 8.
Bxe2 Be7 9. Nc3 c6 10. b4 Nbd7 11. O-O Nf8 12. b5 Ne6 13. bxc6 bxc6 14. Bh4 h6
15. Rab1 g5 16. Bg3 Nh5 17. Rfe1 O-O 18. Nd2 Nxg3 19. hxg3 d5 20. Bg4 Bd6 21.
Na4 Nd4 22. Bxc8 Rfxc8 23. c3 Ne6 24. Rb7 g4 25. Kf1 Kf8 26. d4 Rc7 27. Reb1
Rac8 28. Rxc7 Rxc7 29. Rb8+ Kg7 30. Nb3 h5 31. Nac5 Bxc5 32. dxc5 Ng5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Black "Garcia Gonzales, Guillermo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1981.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. a3
Be7 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 c5 11. Qe2 Ne4 12. cxd5 exd5 {So far, they have
followed the quiet game Malich-Ivkov, Halle 1963.} 13. Rfd1 Bf6 $5 14. Ne5 Bxe5
15. dxe5 Qe7 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Nc4 Ba6 18. Rd5 Rfd8 19. Rad1 Nf8 $1 20. Rd6
Rxd6 21. exd6 $5 Qe6 22. Qh5 $6 {White wants to bring new life to the game.}
Bxc4 23. bxc4 f6 ({The adventurous} 23... Qxc4 $1 24. Bxg7 $1 Kxg7 25. d7 Nxd7
26. Rxd7 Qe6 {leads to a difficult position.}) 24. Rd5 Rd8 25. Qd1 Rd7 26. a4
a5 $6 27. h3 Ng6 28. Bc3 Nf8 29. Qb1 $5 Rxd6 30. Rxd6 Qxd6 31. Qxe4 Qd1+ 32.
Kh2 Qd6+ ({Not} 32... Qxa4 $2 33. Qd5+ Kh8 34. Qf7 {(Kharitonov).}) 33. f4 Kf7
34. Be1 Qe6 35. Qd3 {Karpov would have exchanged the queens and get fine
chances. Christiansen plays tactically.} Qd7 36. Qc2 Ke7 37. Bg3 Kf7 38. e4 Qd4
39. e5 fxe5 40. fxe5 Kg8 $5 41. Qb3 h5 $1 42. e6 $1 {The bishop needs more
territory.} (42. Qxb6 h4 43. Bxh4 $1 Qxh4 44. Qxc5 Qf4+ {favours Black.}) 42...
Nxe6 $2 {Black plays the obvious move.} ({Right is} 42... h4 $1 43. e7 $1 hxg3+
44. Qxg3 Kf7 45. exf8=Q+ Kxf8 {and White cannot win the queen ending.}) 43.
Qxb6 Qxc4 44. Qxa5 h4 $6 ({The last chance gives} 44... Qe4 $1 {but} 45. Qb5 $1
Kh7 $1 46. a5 h4 47. Bd6 Nf4 48. Qf1 $1 Nd3 49. Qf3 {wins for White.}) 45. Qa8+
$1 Kh7 46. Be5 Qe2 47. Qd5 Nd4 48. Bxd4 cxd4 49. Qxd4 Qe1 50. Qf4 Kg6 51. Qc7
$1 Qb4 52. a5 Qa3 53. Qb6+ Kh7 54. a6 $1 ({The pointe is} 54. a6 Qg3+ 55. Kh1
$1 Qe1+ 56. Qg1 Qa5 57. a7) 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kavalek, Lubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D59"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1981.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 Be6 12. Be2 c5 13. Qa4 Rc8 14. Qa3 a5
15. O-O Qa7 16. b3 Nd7 17. Bb5 Rc7 18. Rfd1 Rac8 19. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bellon Lopez, Juan"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1981.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Ne2 e5 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Qxd8+ Nxd8 8.
b3 Ne7 9. Na3 Bd7 10. Bb2 Ne6 11. Nc4 Nc6 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Kb1 Rhe8 14. Nc1
f6 15. h4 h5 16. Nd3 b6 17. Ne3 Ncd4 18. f4 Bb5 19. c4 Bc6 20. Nd5 Bb7 21. Rhf1
c6 22. Ne3 Bh6 23. Bh3 Kb8 24. Rf2 Nc7 25. Bg2 Bc8 26. Nb4 Bb7 27. Nbc2 Nxc2
28. Kxc2 Ne6 29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. Nf1 Nd4+ 31. Bxd4 exd4 32. Kd3 c5 33. Nd2 Re8
34. b4 cxb4 35. Nb3 Bf8 36. e5 $2 {White takes a needless risk by giving a
pawn.} ({Correct is} 36. f5 $1 gxf5 37. Rxf5 Bd6 38. Rxh5 Bxg3 39. Nxd4) 36...
Bxg2 37. Rxg2 fxe5 38. Re2 Bd6 39. Nxd4 Kb7 40. fxe5 $2 ({The last chance
brings} 40. Nf3 Rd8 41. Ke4 exf4 42. gxf4 Be7 43. f5) 40... Rxe5 41. Rf2 Re7
42. Ne2 Bc5 43. Rf3 a5 44. Nf4 Rf7 45. Ke4 Bd6 46. Rd3 (46. Nxg6 Rxf3 47. Kxf3
a4 $1 {and Black wins easily (Kharitonov).}) 46... Bxf4 47. gxf4 Re7+ 48. Kf3
Kc6 49. Rd5 Re1 {Christiansen ended with the same number of points as Karpov,
but Tolya has a higher Sonneborn-Berger score.} 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1981.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Rc1
O-O 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Be2 c5 11. O-O Rc8 12. Qb3 c4 13. Qc2 a6 14. Qf5 b5 15.
Rfd1 Nb6 16. Nd2 Ne4 17. Ndxe4 dxe4 18. Bf4 g6 19. Qh3 Nd5 20. Bh6 Nxc3 21.
Rxc3 Re8 22. f4 exf3 {Karpov could freewheel in the last three games, because
he would win Linares anyway.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 5"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1981.??.??"]

{The first series of annual super tournaments in the history of chess started
with Tilburg 1977. Twelve top players participated. Interpolis, an insurance
company, was the sponsor. The fifth event took place from 1 - 16 x 1981.
Eighteen-years-old Kasparov made his debut at the summit level in Tilburg 1981.
   Beliavsky won the tournament by a perfect score against the weakest players
and the last round win versus Timman. Kasparov's debut was spoiled by defeats
against two former world champions and a candidate. He would moderate his
opportunism and win in each tournament participation for ten years. The
technical level of the tournament was disappointing. Many blunders were made.
The games among the top eight have been analysed.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5
a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. Nd5 O-O 9. d3 Na5 10. Nxe7+
Qxe7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nd2 Bd7 14. f3 Nxb3 15. axb3 a5 16. Qe2 a4
17. bxa4 bxa4 18. b3 axb3 19. Nxb3 Ba4 20. Ra3 Bxb3 21. Rxb3 Rfb8 22. Rxb8+
Rxb8 23. Qd2 Qg5 24. f4 exf4 25. Qxf4 Qxf4 26. Rxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 5"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1981.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. Bd2 Qd7 6. Nf3 Bf8 7. Be2 Ba6 8. O-O
c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. b3 Ne7 11. Na4 Ng6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. c4 dxc4 14. bxc4 Be7
15. Rb1 O-O 16. Qc2 Qc6 17. a3 Nb8 18. Nb2 Nd7 19. Nd3 Rab8 20. Rfe1 h6 21. Be3
Rb6 22. Rbd1 Rfb8 23. Bc1 Ra6 24. Re3 Nb6 25. Nb2 Na4 26. Nxa4 Qxa4 27. Qxa4
Rxa4 28. Rc3 Rd8 29. Re1 Kf8 30. g3 Ke8 31. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 5"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A75"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1981.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a4 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nbd7 13. Bf4 Qc7 14. a5 Rfe8 15.
Qc2 c4 $6 16. Ra4 Ne5 17. Bxe5 Rxe5 18. Nb1 $6 ({The protection of e4 changes
by} 18. Ne2 $1 Rae8 19. Ng3 h5 20. h4) 18... Rae8 19. Na3 Nxe4 20. Rxc4 Qe7 21.
Rc7 Qd8 22. Rxb7 Ng5 23. Bg4 h5 24. Bd7 Nf3+ $3 25. gxf3 Qg5+ 26. Bg4 hxg4 27.
fxg4 Re1 28. Qc4 Qd2 29. Nc2 R1e4 30. Qb3 Be5 31. Kg2 Re2 $2 32. Ne3 $2 (32.
Qf3 {starts a counteraction.}) 32... Bd4 33. Nd1 R2e4 34. Rb8 Rxb8 35. Qxb8+
Kg7 36. Qxd6 Be5 37. Qa3 Rf4 38. Qe3 Qxd5+ 39. f3 Rb4 40. Rf2 Qxa5 41. Re2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 5"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "171"]
[EventDate "1981.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 Ng4 8. e6
Bxb5 9. exf7+ Kd7 10. Nxb5 Qa5+ 11. Nc3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Nc6 14. Qc4
Rhf8 15. Bd2 Qf5 16. h3 Nf6 ({Theory is} 16... Nh6) 17. O-O-O Qe6 18. Qd3 Qxf7
19. Rhe1 Rad8 20. Kb1 Kc8 21. g4 Kb8 22. Ne4 $5 Nxe4 23. Rxe4 e5 24. Ra4 h5 25.
b3 hxg4 26. hxg4 Qe6 27. Re1 Rh8 28. Bc3 Rhe8 29. fxe5 dxe5 30. Qe3 Rd5 31. Re4
Qd7 32. Kb2 b6 33. Rf1 Rd6 34. Qg5 Qe7 35. Qe3 Kb7 36. Rh1 Rf6 37. Rh6 Qf7 38.
Qg5 Rfe6 39. a4 a5 40. Rh3 R6e7 41. Rd3 Re6 42. Qd2 R8e7 43. Rd5 Qe8 44. Qe3
Nd4 45. Qd3 Qc6 46. Rd8 Qc7 47. Rf8 Nc6 48. Qf3 Qd7 49. Qg2 Ka7 50. Rf2 Rd6 51.
Rc4 Qb7 52. Re2 Ree6 53. Qe4 Rd7 54. Qe3 Rf7 55. Re4 Rfe7 56. Qd3 Qd7 $2 57.
Qb5 $2 ({Notice} 57. Qxd7+ Rxd7 58. Bxe5) 57... Kb7 58. R2e3 Rd6 59. Qe2 Rde6
60. Qc4 Qd8 61. Be1 Qd7 62. Bg3 Qc8 63. Rc3 Qd7 64. Rce3 Qc8 65. Qc3 Qd7 66.
Qe1 Nb4 67. Rc3 Qd5 68. Qe2 Nc6 69. Bf2 Nd4 70. Qd3 Rd7 71. Rc4 Nc6 72. Qe3 Nb4
73. Bg3 Nc6 74. Bf2 Nd4 75. Qd3 Nc6 76. Qf3 Nd8 $6 77. Qe3 Nf7 78. b4 $1 Qd2 $2
({Correct is} 78... Rc6 79. Rxc6 Qxc6 80. b5 (80. bxa5 $2 Nd6 $1) 80... Qe6)
79. bxa5 Qxa5 80. Rb4 Rdd6 81. Rb5 Qd2 82. a5 Qxe3 83. Bxe3 Ka6 84. Rxb6+ Kxa5
85. Rb3 Rd1 86. Bf2 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 5"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1981.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8.
Qd1 Bc5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nc3 Rd8 13. Ne1 Be6 14. Nd3 Bd4
15. Rc1 Rac8 16. Nf4 Bxc3 17. Rxc3 d4 18. Rc5 Qe7 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20. b3 Qe7 21.
Rc4 Qf6 22. Qd2 Rd6 23. Rd1 Rcd8 24. Qf4 Qg6 $2 {The immediate exchange of
queens will draw.} 25. Be4 Qg5 26. Qxg5 hxg5 27. Rdc1 Re6 $2 ({Correct is} 
27... Re8) 28. Bxc6 $1 bxc6 29. Kf1 $1 Rh6 30. Rxc6 Rxh2 31. Rc8 Rh1+ 32. Kg2
Rxc1 33. Rxd8+ Kh7 34. Rxd4 Kg6 35. Rd6+ f6 36. Ra6 Rc7 37. g4 Kf7 38. Kf3 Re7
39. Ra4 Rd7 40. Ke3 Ke8 41. Re4+ Kf7 42. Rd4 Rc7 43. Rc4 Rd7 44. f3 Ke8 45.
Re4+ Kf8 46. Rd4 Rc7 47. Rc4 Rd7 48. b4 a6 49. a3 Rd6 50. Rd4 Rc6 51. Kd3 Ke8
52. Rc4 Rd6+ 53. Kc3 Rd1 54. Re4+ Kf7 55. a4 Rc1+ 56. Kb2 Rd1 57. Kb3 Rb1+ 58.
Ka2 Rd1 59. Kb2 g6 60. b5 a5 61. Kc2 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 5"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1981.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Nh4 Bg6 10. g3 O-O 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Rd1 a5 14. Qc2 $6 {
Hereafter, Black takes the initiative.} ({Kasparov notes} 14. Bf1 $1 {and Bg2.}
) 14... c5 $1 15. Nb5 cxd4 16. exd4 Qc6 17. Qe2 Nb6 18. Bb3 Qe4 19. Be3 Nbd5
20. Bc2 Qg4 21. f3 Qh3 22. Bf2 g5 23. Bd3 g6 24. Qe5 Kg7 25. Bf1 Qf5 26. Bg2
Rfc8 27. Rac1 Kg8 28. h3 Be7 29. Qe2 Nd7 30. Nc3 N7b6 31. Ne4 Nxa4 32. Be1 Rc6
33. b3 Nab6 34. Rxc6 bxc6 35. Rc1 Nb4 36. f4 $5 ({The expected variation is} 
36. Bxb4 axb4 37. Rxc6 Nd5) 36... gxf4 37. g4 Qb5 $5 38. Qxb5 cxb5 39. Bxb4 (
39. Bxb4 {It look likes Black has blundered but} axb4 40. Nf6+ $1 Bxf6 41. Bxa8
Bxd4+ 42. Kg2 Nxa8 43. Rc8+ Kg7 44. Rxa8 f5 {only leads to a favourable
endgame for Black (Kasparov).}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 5"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1981.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. h4 Ba6 8. Bxa6
Nxa6 9. h5 h6 10. Qg4 Rg8 11. Qe2 Nb8 12. Nf3 Nbc6 13. g4 Qd7 14. Nh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 5"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1981.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 e6 7. d4 Bb4 8.
Bd2 O-O 9. Bd3 Nf6 10. a3 Be7 11. Bg5 Bd7 12. Bc2 Bc6 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Qd3 Rc8
15. Rfe1 Re8 16. Rad1 g6 17. h4 Qb6 18. Bc1 Bf8 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Ng4 21.
Qd4 Qxd4 22. Rxd4 h5 23. Bg5 Bg7 24. Bf4 Red8 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. f3 Nh6 27. Be4
Bxe4 28. Nxe4 Nf5 29. Bg5 Rd3 30. Nf6+ Bxf6 31. exf6 Nd4 32. Kf2 Kf8 33. Rc1
Nc6 34. b4 a6 35. a4 Rb3 36. Bf4 Ke8 37. Bd6 e5 38. Bc5 Kd7 39. Rd1+ Ke6 40.
Rd6+ Kf5 41. Kg1 e4 42. Rd5+ Kxf6 43. fxe4 Nxb4 44. Rd6+ Ke5 45. Rb6 a5 46.
Rxb7 Kxe4 47. Rxf7 Nd3 48. Bd6 Rb6 49. Re7+ Kd5 50. Bg3 Rb4 51. Rg7 Rxa4 52.
Rxg6 Rg4 53. Rxg4 hxg4 54. h5 Ke6 55. Kf1 Kf5 56. Ke2 Nc5 57. Bh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 5"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1981.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. d3 O-O 8. O-O
Be6 9. Nd5 Rb8 10. e4 Qd7 11. Be3 b5 12. b3 Nd4 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Bg5 f6 15.
Bd2 bxc4 16. bxc4 Nc6 17. f4 f5 $2 18. Qa4 $1 {White threatens Qxc6.} Bxd5 ({
The pin remains unpleasant in} 18... Kh8 19. Rfb1 Rbc8 20. Rb7) 19. cxd5 Ne5
20. Qxd7 Nxd7 21. Ba5 Nb6 22. Rac1 Rf7 23. Rc6 Re8 24. Rfc1 Ree7 25. e5 Bf8 ({
Or} 25... dxe5 $5 26. d6 $1 cxd6 27. Bxb6 axb6 28. Bd5 {(Portisch).}) 26. e6
Rg7 27. Kf1 h6 28. Be1 g5 29. fxg5 hxg5 30. Bf2 Rh7 31. Kg1 Bg7 32. Rxc7 Be5
33. R7c6 Rb7 34. Be1 Na4 35. Rc8+ Kg7 36. R1c7+ Kh6 37. Rxh7+ Kxh7 38. Bd2 Bf6
39. Ba5 Nc5 40. Rxc5 Rb1+ 41. Kf2 Rb2+ 42. Kf1 Rb1+ 43. Ke2 Rb2+ 44. Kd1 dxc5
45. d6 Kg7 46. Bc6 Kf8 47. Bc7 Rb1+ 48. Kc2 Re1 49. Bd5 f4 50. Kd2 Re3 51. gxf4
gxf4 52. e7+ Ke8 53. Bc6+ Kf7 54. Bd8 Bg7 55. d7 Rxe7 56. Bc7 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 5"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1981.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O c5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 a6 10. Qc2 Rb8 11. b3 b5 12. Bb2 bxc4 13. bxc4 Bh6 14. Ncb1 e5 15.
Bc3 Bd7 16. Na3 Rb4 17. Bxb4 cxb4 18. Nab1 Qc7 ({Black improves on} 18... Qb6 {
(Petrosian-Toran, Bamberg 1968).}) 19. e3 Bf5 20. Ne4 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 Nb7 $2 ({
Interesting is} 21... Qxc4 22. Qxc4 Nxc4 23. Bd3 {(Timman)} Nxe3 $1 24. fxe3
Bxe3+ 25. Kg2 Nxd5) 22. Nd2 Nc5 23. Bg2 Rb8 24. Rfb1 a5 25. a3 e4 26. axb4 axb4
27. Bh3 Bg7 28. Ra2 h5 29. Nb3 Nd3 30. Rd1 Ne5 31. c5 Nd3 32. cxd6 Qxd6 33. Bf1
Ne5 34. Ra6 Qd7 35. Rxf6 Bxf6 36. Qxe4 Rc8 37. Qxb4 h4 38. Qf4 Kg7 39. gxh4 Qd6
40. Nd2 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 5"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "1981.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. d4 Nb6 7. dxc5 Qxd1+ 8.
Kxd1 Na4 9. Nc3 Nxc3+ 10. bxc3 Bf5 11. Be3 Be4 12. Rg1 e6 13. Nd2 Bxg2 14. Rxg2
Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 5"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E74"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1981.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. Bg5 b5 $6 8. cxb5
a6 9. a4 Qa5 10. Bd2 $1 Nbd7 11. Ra3 $1 Bb7 12. Nf3 axb5 13. Bxb5 Qc7 {Black
has little compensation for the sacrificed pawn.} 14. O-O Ng4 15. Bg5 Ngf6 16.
Nd2 e6 17. Nc4 exd5 18. exd5 Rad8 19. a5 h6 20. Bh4 Ne5 21. a6 Ba8 22. Re1 g5
23. Bg3 Nfd7 24. a7 f5 $1 {Boris counters in a lost position.} 25. Bxe5 Nxe5
26. Nxe5 dxe5 27. Ra6 e4 28. Bc4 Qf7 29. Nb5 Kh7 30. Re6 Qb7 31. Qh5 Rf6 32.
Rxf6 Bxf6 33. g4 f4 34. h4 Kg7 35. Nc3 $2 (35. d6 $1 e3 36. f3 Rd7 37. Bd3 $18)
35... e3 36. Bd3 exf2+ 37. Kxf2 Qxb2+ 38. Re2 $4 {Gary throws away a knight.}
Qxc3 39. Qg6+ Kf8 40. Qxh6+ Bg7 41. Qxg5 Qf6 42. Qxf6+ Bxf6 43. Bc4 $6 ({The
last chance gives} 43. g5 $5 Bd4+ 44. Kf3 Bxd5+ 45. Be4 Bxe4+ 46. Kxe4 Ra8 47.
Ra2 Be3 48. Ra4 {(Kasparov).}) 43... Bxh4+ 44. Kf3 Rd7 45. Ra2 Bg5 46. Ke4 Rf7
47. Ra5 Kg7 48. Rxc5 Kf6 49. Rc8 Rxa7 50. Rf8+ Kg7 51. Rc8 Kf6 52. Rf8+ Kg7 53.
Rc8 Bb7 54. Rc7+ Kf6 55. Kd4 Bh4 56. d6 Bf2+ 57. Kc3 Be4 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 5"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1981.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. a4 a6 7. a5 Ba7 8. Nc3
d6 9. Be2 h6 10. O-O Nf6 11. Kh1 O-O 12. f4 Be6 13. Ra4 Re8 14. h3 Qd7 15. Qd3
Rad8 16. Rd1 Qe7 17. Qg3 Kh8 18. Bf3 Bxb3 19. cxb3 Bc5 20. Kh2 Nb4 21. f5 Nc6
22. Bf4 Ne5 23. b4 Ba7 24. b5 axb5 25. Nxb5 Bb8 26. Nc3 c6 27. Rad4 Ba7 28. Ra4
Rg8 29. Kh1 g5 30. fxg6 Rxg6 31. Qh4 Rdg8 32. Bxe5 Qxe5 33. Ne2 Nh7 34. Rb4 Ng5
35. Bh5 Rf6 36. Qg3 Qxg3 37. Nxg3 Nxh3 38. Rf1 Nf2+ 39. Kh2 d5 40. Rxb7 Bd4 41.
Rxf7 Rxf7 42. Bxf7 Rg7 43. Nf5 Be5+ 44. g3 Rxf7 45. Rxf2 dxe4 46. Kg2 Ra7 47.
Nxh6 Bg7 48. Nf7+ Kg8 49. Nd6 e3 50. Re2 Rxa5 51. Kf3 Bd4 52. Ke4 Ra4 53. Kd3
Rb4 54. Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 5"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1981.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Qd2 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Rd8 14. Rfd1
Nc6 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Bf3 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 d5 18. Qe2 dxc4 19. Qxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 5"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1981.??.??"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 Nc6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5 Bd6 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 Qd6 11. Na4 Bb4 12. Bb2 Ne4 13. a3 Ba5 14. b4 Bc7
15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Be5 Qe7 17. Bxc7 Qxc7 18. Qd4 Re8 19. Rfc1 Qd6 20. Nc5 Qg6
21. Nd3 Qd6 22. Nfe5 Bb7 23. Rab1 Re7 24. Nf3 Ba6 25. Nc5 Bc4 26. Nxe4 Rxe4 27.
Qc5 Qxc5 28. bxc5 Bd3 29. Rb3 Rc4 30. Rbc3 Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 5"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D22"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1981.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. Nc3 a6 8. g4
Bg6 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bf1 $5 {Gary plays a tame manoeuvre.} c6 12.
Bg2 Qc7 13. O-O Be7 14. f4 Nb6 15. g5 Nfd7 16. Qg4 O-O-O 17. Rb1 Kb8 18. b4 Nd5
19. Na4 $5 f5 20. Qg3 Nxb4 {Petrosian accepts the challenge.} 21. Bd2 Nd5 22.
Rfc1 Ka7 23. Qe1 Ba3 24. Rc2 Qd6 25. Rb3 Qe7 26. Qe2 Rb8 27. Qd3 Bd6 28. Nb2
Rhc8 $6 ({Both sides can do little after} 28... N7b6) 29. Nc4 $1 Bc7 30. a4 b5
$5 31. axb5 cxb5 32. Ra2 $1 Kb7 {"Does White have a won position?" became the
question after the game.} ({Avoids} 32... bxc4 $2 33. Rxa6+ $1) 33. Bb4 $6 ({
Kasparov prefers} 33. Na3 {but} N7b6 {gives a solid answer.}) ({The attack
continues with} 33. e4 $1 fxe4 34. Bxe4 Ra8 35. Bxg6 Bxf4 $5 36. Bxf4 Nxf4 37.
Be4+ Nd5 38. Qe3 $1 Qf8 39. Bxd5+ exd5 40. Qe6 Rxc4 41. Qxd7+ Kb8 42. Rf2 {and
White utilises the opened position.}) 33... Qe8 34. Bd6 Ra8 35. Qb1 Kc6 $3 36.
Rba3 $2 {Kasparov panics in time trouble.} ({Correct is} 36. Bxc7 $1 bxc4 37.
Rb7 Rxc7 38. Rxa6+ $1 Rxa6 39. Qb5+ Kd6 40. Qxa6+ Ke7 41. Bxd5 Rxb7 42. Bxb7
Qb8 {and Black survives (Petrosian).}) 36... bxc4 37. Rxa6+ Rxa6 38. Rxa6+ Bb6
39. Bc5 Qd8 40. Qa1 Nxc5 41. dxc5 Kxc5 42. Ra4 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 5"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1981.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. a4 a6 7. a5 Ba7 8. Nc3
d6 9. Be2 Nge7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bh4 Ng6 13. Bg3 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15.
Nd5 Qd7 16. c4 Rae8 17. Rc1 Nge5 18. Kh1 Kh8 19. f3 Ng6 20. Qd2 Nce7 21. Bf2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 5"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1981.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 Ne4 6. Nxe4 Bxe4 7. Nd2 Bg6 $5 8.
g3 Nc6 $6 (8... d5 9. Bg2 c6 {creates a defence line (Kasparov).}) 9. e3 a6 10.
b4 b5 11. cxb5 axb5 12. Bb2 Na7 13. h4 $1 h6 14. d5 $1 {White prevents ..d5.}
exd5 15. Bg2 c6 16. O-O f6 $2 ({More resistance is offered by} 16... Nc8 $1 17.
e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 d5) 17. Re1 Be7 18. Qg4 Kf7 19. h5 Bh7 20. e4 dxe4 21. Bxe4
Bxe4 22. Nxe4 Nc8 23. Rad1 Ra7 24. Nxf6 $1 {The defensive screen is opened by
a piece sacrifice.} gxf6 25. Qg6+ Kf8 26. Bc1 $1 d5 ({Or} 26... Qe8 27. Bxh6+
Rxh6 28. Qxh6+ Kf7 29. Qg6+ Kf8 30. Qg4 {and Black lacks an appropriate
protection.}) 27. Rd4 Nd6 28. Rg4 Nf7 29. Bxh6+ Ke8 30. Bg7 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 5"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E19"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "1981.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2
Nxc3 9. Qxc3 c5 10. Rd1 d6 11. b3 Bf6 12. Bb2 Qc7 13. Qd2 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 5"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E19"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "1981.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. d4 Ne4 8. Qc2
Nxc3 9. Qxc3 c5 10. Rd1 d6 11. b3 Bf6 12. Bb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 5"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1981.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N5c3 Be7 8.
Be2 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Re1 Ne5 12. Nd2 Nfd7 13. Bf1 Bg5 14. Bxg5
Qxg5 15. Nf3 Qf6 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Qd2 g5 18. Rad1 Rfd8 19. Qe3 Rd7 20. Rd2 Bc6
21. Red1 Rad8 22. f3 h5 23. Be2 h4 24. Rf1 Ng6 25. g3 hxg3 26. hxg3 Qe5 27. Kf2
Re8 28. Qd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 5"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1981.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Nf3 e6 8. Ne5
Nd7 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rc1 c5 13. Nb5 a6 14. Nd6 Bg6 15.
dxc5 Nxc5 16. Rxc5 Bxd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Qd4 Rac8 19. b4 Rxc5 20. bxc5 Qc6 21.
Rc1 Rb8 22. Qf4 Rc8 23. Qb4 f6 24. a4 Rc7 25. Qa5 Be8 26. h3 Kf8 27. Bd1 Rc8
28. Qc3 h6 29. a5 Qb7 30. Bg4 Rc6 31. Qd3 Qc7 32. Qa3 Qb8 33. Be2 Kg8 34. Bd3
Qb7 35. e4 Qd7 36. exd5 exd5 37. Be2 Qe7 38. Bf3 Bf7 39. Qb4 Qc7 40. Bd1 Re6
41. Bb3 Re4 $4 42. Qb6 $1 Qf4 43. Rb1 Re2 44. Rf1 Kh7 45. c6 Be6 46. Qxa6 Rb2
47. Qd3+ Qf5 48. Qd1 Qg5 49. Kh1 Rd2 50. Qe1 Bc8 51. c7 Rb2 52. Qc3 Qd2 53.
Qxd2 Rxd2 54. Ra1 Ba6 55. Rc1 Bc8 56. Kg1 Rb2 57. Bc2+ f5 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 5"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1981.??.??"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. e3 Nh6 7. Bd3 d6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bd2 Bg4 10. Be2 Bd7 11. Nc2 Rc8 12. Rc1 a6 13. b3 Nf5 14. Nd5 e6 15. Nc3
Ne5 16. Nd4 Qh4 17. f4 Nxd4 18. exd4 Nc6 19. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 5"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "1981.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. Re1 Bc5 8. h3
Nf8 9. c4 Ng6 10. cxd5 exd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 5"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1981.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e3 Be7 8. Bb5+
c6 9. Bd3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 c5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Rd1 cxd4 14. cxd4 Rc8
15. Bb2 Bf6 16. Nd2 g6 17. Ne4 $5 ({The natural move} 17. Rac1 {gains little
advantage.}) 17... Bg7 18. a4 Qd5 19. Ba3 Rfd8 20. Rab1 Na5 21. f3 f5 22. Rb5
Qc6 23. Rxa5 $1 bxa5 24. Nc5 Kh8 $1 {Black has to return the exchange.} ({The
same happens in} 24... Rb8 $6 25. Bb5 Qb6 26. Nd7) 25. Bc4 $5 ({The variation} 
25. Nxb7 Qxb7 26. Ba6 Qb3 27. Bxc8 Rxc8 28. Bc5 Qxa4 {leads to equality.})
25... e5 26. d5 Qd6 27. Nxb7 Qxa3 {Portisch has found a fine defence.} 28. d6
$5 ({White has hardly any winning chance in} 28. Nxd8 Rxd8 29. Bb5 Bf8 {due to
a blocking on d6 (Timman).}) 28... Qxa4 29. Bb5 Qb3 30. d7 Rb8 31. Nxd8 Rxd8
32. e4 f4 33. g3 g5 34. gxf4 gxf4 35. Kh1 a4 36. Bc4 Qb6 37. Bf7 a3 38. Qg2 Qf6
39. Be8 Qe6 40. Rg1 Bf6 41. Qf2 {Beliavsky, Petrosian and Timman shared the
first place before the last round.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 5"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1981.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Nc6 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Bxf6
gxf6 15. Ne4 Be7 16. Be2 h5 17. Rb3 Qa4 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. c4 Ra7 20. O-O Rd7
21. Qe3 $1 ({Beliavsky diverts from} 21. Qc3 {in Timman-Ljubojevic, London
1980.}) 21... Qxa2 $1 {Timman has prepared a sharp new move. He plays for a
win.} 22. Rxf6 Qa1+ 23. Bf1 Rg7 24. Rb8 Ke7 25. Rf2 Qd4 26. Qf3 e4 27. Qf4 Rg4
$2 {Timman commits two blunders.} ({The fine} 27... Rhg8 $1 28. Rbb2 $1 c5 $1
29. Rbd2 e3 $1 30. Rxd4 exf2+ 31. Qxf2 cxd4 32. Qxd4 {keeps the parity.}) 28.
Qc7+ Qd7 $2 ({Better is} 28... Bd7 29. Rxh8 Qxh8 30. Rd2 Qd8 {(Ligterink)} 31.
Qe5 h4 32. c5 {but the threat 33.Rf2 decides the game.}) 29. Rxc8 Qxc7 (29...
Rxc8 {The point is} 30. Rf7+) 30. Rxc7+ Kd6 31. Ra7 e3 32. Re2 Re4 33. Rxa6 Kc5
34. Ra3 {Beliavsky had won the tournament.} 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 5"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1981.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Re1 Bf5 9. Nbd2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O 12. Bf4 a6 13. Re2 Qd7 14. Rae1
Rae8 15. c3 Bd8 16. Rxe8 Rxe8 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Qf5 {Petrosian was satisfied
with the second prize.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 5"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1981.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. O-O Bd7 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 c6 10. dxc6 Bxc6 11. e4 Rc8 12. a4 Qb6 13. Ra3 e6 14. Na2 Bd7 15.
Rd3 Nxc4 16. Nxc4 Rxc4 17. Rxd6 Bxa4 18. Rxb6 Bxd1 19. Rxb7 Bc2 20. f3 a5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1982.??.??"]

{The third Bugojno super tournament was played in May 1982. Gary Kasparov was
the young star.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 $5 {Gary plays a
fashionable line.} c5 5. d5 Ba6 6. Qc2 exd5 7. cxd5 g6 8. Bf4 d6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10.
Qa4+ Qd7 11. Bxd6 Qxa4 12. Nxa4 Nxd5 13. O-O-O Ne7 14. e4 Bxf1 15. Rhxf1 Nbc6 {
Kasparov improves on Darga - Ligterink, Graz 1979.} 16. Nc3 $1 Rd8 ({Kasparov
prefers} 16... Bxc3 $5 17. bxc3) 17. Nb5 $1 Rd7 $2 {Black permits a horrible
restraint.} ({Right is} 17... f6 $1 18. Bc7 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Kf7) 18. Bf4 Rxd1+
19. Rxd1 O-O 20. Rd7 Ra8 21. Bd6 $1 Nc8 22. Nc7 Rb8 23. Na6 Ra8 24. Bf4 N8e7
25. Bd6 Nc8 26. Bg3 N8e7 27. Bh4 Bf8 $2 ({Better is} 27... f6 $1 28. e5 Rd8 29.
Rxd8+ Nxd8 30. exf6 Bh6+ 31. Kc2 Nf5 32. Bg5 {(Kasparov)} Nd4+ 33. Kc3 Nxf3 34.
Bxh6 Ne5 $1 {Black seems to survive.}) 28. Bf6 Rd8 29. Rc7 $1 Re8 30. g4 $1 Bg7
31. g5 Bf8 32. Kc2 Rc8 33. Rb7 Nd4+ 34. Nxd4 cxd4+ 35. Kd3 Nc6 36. f4 Bd6 37.
e5 Bf8 38. b4 Nd8 39. Bxd8 Rxd8 40. Rxa7 h6 41. h4 h5 42. Nc7 1-0

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Ivkov, Borislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A55"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1982.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. e4 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Rb1
a5 9. b3 Re8 10. Re1 Bf8 11. Bf1 Qb6 $5 (11... exd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 {was played
in Pachman - Plater, Dublin 1957.}) 12. d5 Nc5 13. a3 cxd5 14. cxd5 Bd7 15. Nd2
Rec8 16. Nc4 Qd8 17. a4 {White has a plus on the queenside.} Be7 18. b4 axb4
19. Rxb4 Ra6 20. Bd2 Be8 21. a5 $1 Ra7 22. Qb1 Nfd7 23. g3 Rca8 24. Be3 Qb8 $1
25. Rc1 Bd8 {Black succumbs in the following tactical phase.} 26. Nxd6 $5 ({
Fine chances are offered by} 26. Nb5 $1 Ra6 27. Nbxd6 Rxd6 28. Rb5 {and White
gains a material advantage.}) 26... Bxa5 $2 ({Later Ivkov gives the correct
line} 26... Qxd6 $1 27. Nb5 Qf8 28. Nxa7 Rxa7 29. Rb5 Rxa5 30. Bxc5 Nxc5 31.
Rcxc5 Bxb5 32. Rxb5 {and Black can fight for survival.}) 27. Nxe8 Qxe8 28. Rc4
Bxc3 29. R4xc3 b6 30. Bb5 h6 31. Bc6 Ra1 $5 (31... Rb8 32. Bxc5 bxc5 33. Bxd7
Rxd7 {prolongs the game.}) 32. Qxa1 Rxa1 33. Rxa1 Nxe4 34. Rca3 Qe7 35. d6 Nxd6
36. Ra7 Nc4 37. Rxd7 {Gligoric showed his fighting spirit.} 1-0

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1982.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 $5 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e3 Be7 8.
Bb5+ c6 9. Bd3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 c5 11. O-O Nc6 12. e4 O-O 13. Be3 cxd4 14. cxd4
Rc8 15. Qe2 Na5 16. Rfe1 Qd6 $5 ({Kasparov encountered} 16... Kh8 {against
Groszpeter in Graz 1981.}) 17. d5 $5 exd5 18. e5 Qe6 19. Nd4 $1 Qxe5 20. Nf5
Bf6 21. Qg4 {Gary has given two pawns for the attack.} Rce8 $2 ({Correct is} 
21... Rfe8 $5 22. Bd2 $1 Qxa1 23. Rxa1 Bxa1 24. Nd6 $1 ({Kasparov prefers} 24.
h4 $6) 24... Rc1+ $1 25. Bxc1 Re1+ 26. Bf1 Ba6 27. Nb5 $1 Bxb5 28. Qc8+ Be8 29.
Qc7 {and equality.}) ({The fine} 21... Qc3 $1 22. Ne7+ $1 Bxe7 $1 23. Bd4 Qxd4
24. Qxd4 Bf6 25. Qg4 Bxa1 26. Rxa1 {(Kasparov)} g6 {gives White no winning
chances.}) 22. Bd2 Qxa1 ({The option} 22... Qb2 $1 23. Nh6+ Kh8 24. Qh5 $1 Re4
25. Bb4 $1 {also loses for Black.}) 23. Rxa1 Bxa1 24. Nxg7 $1 Bxg7 ({Or} 24...
f5 $5 25. Nxf5+ Kh8 26. Qh5 {(Kasparov).}) 25. Bh6 {Kasparov showed his
technique in the first round and his power as attacker this time. Najdorf had
been arbiter in the previous events.} 1-0

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Ivkov, Borislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1982.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e3 Be7 8. Bb5+
c6 9. Bd3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 c5 11. O-O Nc6 12. e4 Rc8 {Ivkov diverts from
Kasparov's game in the previous round.} 13. Bb2 Bf6 $6 ({More solid is} 13...
cxd4 14. cxd4 O-O {(Browne - Giardelli, Buenos Aires 1980).}) 14. d5 $5 exd5
15. exd5 Qxd5 16. Re1+ Kf8 17. Qc2 Ne5 $6 (17... Qd6 $1 18. Be4 Qc7 {
reorganises the defence.}) 18. Be4 Nxf3+ 19. Bxf3 Qd7 20. Rad1 Qc7 21. Bxb7
Qxb7 22. Qa4 $6 (22. c4 $1 Qc6 $1 {(Kasparov)} 23. Rd5 g6 $1 24. Red1 Bd4 $1
25. Bxd4 cxd4 26. R1xd4 Kg7 27. Qc3 Rhe8 {slightly favours White.}) 22... h5 $2
({Right is} 22... b5 $1 23. Qf4 {(Kasparov)} Qc7 $1 24. Qf5 Qc6 25. Rd6 Re8 $1)
23. Rd7 $1 Qc6 24. Qxa7 Kg8 25. Rb7 $5 Kh7 $2 {Black misses the determined
defence.} ({Better is} 25... Re8 $1 26. Rxe8+ Qxe8 27. Qb8 Kh7 28. Qxe8 Rxe8)
26. Rxb6 Rhe8 27. Rf1 Qc7 28. Rb7 Qc6 29. Rxf7 Ra8 30. Qc7 Qxc7 31. Rxc7 Re2
32. Bc1 Ra5 33. Be3 Rxa3 34. Rxc5 Kg6 35. Rc1 Raa2 36. g3 Rac2 37. Rxc2 Rxc2
38. Bd4 h4 39. Bxf6 {Kasparov had great successes with the Queen's Indian in
this time.} 1-0

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1982.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 a5 15.
Be3 a4 16. Nbd2 Bd7 17. Rc1 Qb7 18. Qe2 Rfe8 19. Bd3 Rab8 20. dxe5 $5 (20. a3 {
occurred in Timman - Byrne, Wijk aan Zee 1980.}) 20... dxe5 21. Bc5 Nh5 22. g3
$5 Bxc5 $6 23. Rxc5 Qb6 $2 ({Right is} 23... Nf6 $1) 24. Rec1 Rbc8 25. Qe3 $1
Bxh3 26. Bxb5 Nd4 27. Bxe8 $5 (27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Rxc8+ Bxc8 29. Nxe5 {wins a
pawn.}) 27... Rxc5 28. Nc4 $1 {Ljubojevic has chosen for activity.} Qf6 29.
Nfxe5 $1 Rxe5 30. Nxe5 Qxe5 31. Bxa4 g5 $2 ({Better is} 31... Nf6 $1 32. Rc4
Ne6 33. Qc3 Qxc3 34. Rxc3 Nxe4 35. Rc8+ Nf8 36. Ra8 {and White has a strong
attack.}) 32. Rc4 Ne6 33. Qc3 Qxc3 34. Rxc3 Nf6 35. f3 g4 36. e5 Nd5 37. Rc8+
Kg7 38. Bb3 Ne7 39. Bxe6 fxe6 40. Rc7 Kf8 41. f4 Nf5 42. Rc3 h5 43. a4 h4 44.
a5 1-0

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1982.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8.
O-O dxc4 9. Na3 c5 $6 ({More cautious is} 9... Rd8 $5 {(Ivkov - Andersson 
(round one).}) 10. dxc5 Qxc5 $6 (10... Rd8 {is better again.}) 11. Rac1 $1 Nc6
12. Nxc4 $1 Qe7 $2 {Petrosian allows a complete suffocation during the next
phase.} (12... Rd8 $1 {(Kasparov)} 13. Qf4 Bd7 14. Rfd1 Be8 {lifts a lot of
pressure from the queenside.}) 13. Nfe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Nd5 15. Rfd1 $1 Nb6 16.
Qa5 g6 17. Rd3 Nd5 18. e4 Nb6 19. Bf1 Re8 ({Black will lose a pawn by} 19... f6
20. Nc4 Bd7 21. Nxb6 axb6 22. Qxb6 Bc6 23. a3 $1) 20. Rdd1 Rf8 21. a3 $1 Kg7
22. b3 Kg8 23. a4 Rd8 24. Qc5 $1 {The former world champion suffered a
crushing defeat.} ({The pointe is} 24. Qc5 Qxc5 25. Rxd8+ Qf8 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8
27. Rc7) 1-0

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Ivkov, Borislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1982.??.??"]

1. c4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Be3 e5 6. d5 Nce7 7. c5 f5 8. cxd6
cxd6 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. f3 Nf6 12. Nh3 h6 13. Nf2 O-O 14. Qa4 Qxa4
15. Nxa4 Rac8 {White has the good bishop.} 16. Nc3 a6 17. Ke2 Kh7 $6 {The
black king goes in the wrong direction.} 18. Rac1 Nd7 19. Nb1 $1 Rxc1 20. Rxc1
Rc8 21. Na3 $1 Rxc1 22. Bxc1 h5 $6 23. Nc4 Nc8 24. Bd2 Bf6 $6 (24... b6 $1 {
closes the queenside and White can do little thereafter.}) 25. Na5 b6 26. Nc6
Kg7 27. Be3 Kf7 28. Nd3 Ke8 29. a4 Bd8 30. Ndb4 $1 a5 {An entry has been
accomplished for the white king.} 31. Na2 $1 f4 32. Bf2 {White threatens to
march his king to a6.} g5 $2 ({Knight jumps by} 32... Nc5 $1 33. Bxc5 bxc5 34.
Kd3 Nb6 $1 {prevent the plan just in time.}) 33. Kd3 $1 Nf8 34. h3 Ng6 35. Nc3
Bf6 36. Kc4 Kd7 37. Kb5 Kc7 38. Ka6 g4 39. hxg4 hxg4 40. fxg4 Bh4 41. Nd1 Bxf2
42. Nxf2 Nce7 43. Nxe7 Nxe7 44. g5 Ng6 45. Ng4 Nh4 46. Ka7 Ng6 47. Nh2 Nh4 48.
Nf3 Ng6 49. b3 Nf8 1-0

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A55"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1982.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. e4 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. d5
Nc5 9. Qc2 cxd5 10. cxd5 Qc7 11. Nd2 Bd7 12. a4 Rac8 13. Ra3 Ne8 14. Rd1 Bg5
15. b4 $6 Na6 $6 ({Larsen misses the chance} 15... Nxa4 $1 16. Nc4 Nxc3 17.
Rxc3 Qd8) 16. Qb3 f5 17. Nc4 Bxc1 18. Rxc1 fxe4 19. Nxe4 Bf5 20. Ng3 Qd7 21. h3
Nf6 22. Raa1 Bg6 23. Ne3 Rxc1+ 24. Rxc1 Rc8 25. Rc6 $1 {Kasparov commits a
provocation.} bxc6 $2 {Larsen bites in the bait.} ({Correct is} 25... Nc7 26.
Rc1 Na6) 26. dxc6+ Qf7 27. Bc4 d5 28. Nxd5 Kh8 29. Nb6 $1 Qc7 30. Nxc8 Qxc8 31.
b5 Nc5 32. Qa3 $1 Nce4 33. Qe7 Nxg3 34. c7 Bf5 35. fxg3 ({The combination} 35.
Qd8+ $1 Ne8 36. b6 $1 axb6 37. Ba6 $1 {wins more quickly.}) 35... h5 36. a5 e4
37. b6 axb6 38. axb6 Kh7 ({Timman believes in} 38... Bd7 {but} 39. Qd8+ Kh7 40.
Bb5 $1 {does the trick.}) 39. Qc5 {Black oversteps the time limit.} ({He will
lose material by} 39. Qc5 Bd7 40. Qa5 $1 Qb7 41. Ba6) 1-0

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kavalek, Lubomir"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1982.??.??"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. Be3 Nh5
9. Nh2 $5 {Kavalek plays an aggressive new move.} Qe8 10. Be2 Nf4 $1 11. Bf3 f5
12. h4 $6 ({Better is} 12. O-O $1 {(Dzindzichashvili - Tarjan, USA 1983).})
12... Qe7 13. g3 Nb4 $1 14. Qb3 $2 ({Correct is} 14. gxf4 $1 fxe4 {(Kasparov)}
15. f5 $1 exf3 16. a3 $1 Na6 17. fxg6 hxg6 18. Nf1 {and Black has a plus.})
14... Nfd3+ 15. Ke2 f4 16. Bd2 fxg3 17. fxg3 Rxf3 $6 (17... a5 $1 18. a3 Nc5
19. Qd1 Nbd3 20. Qc2 Rxf3 $1 21. Nxf3 Bg4 {keeps a decisive onslaught going.})
18. Nxf3 Bg4 19. Raf1 Rf8 {Gary attacks on all fronts.} 20. Nd1 $2 ({Right is} 
20. Be3 $1 {(Kasparov) and now} Rf7 $3 {(Black threatens 21. .. Qf8)} 21. Nb1
Qf6 $1 22. Nbd2 Nc1+ $1 23. Rxc1 Bxf3+ 24. Ke1 Bxh1 25. Qxb4 Bxe4 $1 26. Nxe4
Qf3 {Black has crushed the defence at last.}) 20... Qf7 $1 21. Be3 Bxf3+ 22.
Kd2 Qd7 23. Rhg1 Qh3 24. a3 Bxe4 25. Rxf8+ Bxf8 26. axb4 Qh2+ 27. Kc3 Nc1 $1 {
The fusillade on the other grandmasters ended. Gary drew the rest of his games.
} 0-1

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanovic, Bozidar"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1982.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Rc8 7. O-O e6 8.
Bxc6+ Rxc6 9. Rb1 Nf6 10. b4 cxb4 11. Rxb4 Qc8 12. Rb3 Be7 13. Ba3 a6 14. Qg3
g6 $6 15. Re1 $6 (15. e5 $1 dxe5 16. Bxe7 Kxe7 17. Qh4 {pins.}) 15... Qc7 16.
Nd5 $5 exd5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. c4 $2 (18. Qf3 $1 Nb6 19. Qf6 Rf8 20. Rxe7+ $1
Qxe7 21. Re3 Qxe3 22. dxe3 {equalises.}) 18... Nb6 19. Rxe7+ $1 Kxe7 $2 (19...
Qxe7 $1 20. Re3 Nxc4 21. Rxe7+ Kxe7 {(Minic)} 22. Bxd6+ $1 Rxd6 23. Qh4+ f6 24.
Qxc4 Rd7 {favours Black.}) 20. Qe5+ Kd7 21. Qxh8 Rxc4 $6 ({Preferable is} 21...
Nxc4) 22. Rf3 Kc6 23. Qxh7 Qe7 24. Rxf7 Qe1+ 25. Kh2 Qxd2 26. Qxg6 a5 27. Rf6
Kb5 28. Bxd6 Qxa2 29. Qh5+ Ka4 30. Qd1+ Qc2 31. Qa1+ Kb5 32. g4 a4 33. Qe5+ Ka6
34. Qf5 Qxf5 35. Rxf5 Rc6 36. Be7 Re6 37. Bb4 Nc4 38. g5 b6 39. Rf3 Kb5 40. Bf8
Nd2 41. Rf5+ Kc6 42. h4 Rg6 43. Bb4 Ne4 44. f4 Nd6 45. Rf8 Re6 46. Bxd6 Rxd6
47. h5 Rd2+ 48. Kg3 Rd1 49. h6 Rh1 50. Rc8+ Kd6 51. Kg4 b5 52. Ra8 Kc6 53. Kf5
Kb7 54. Re8 a3 55. Re3 a2 56. Ra3 a1=Q 57. Rxa1 Rxa1 58. h7 Rh1 59. g6 1-0

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E84"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1982.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Nge2 a6 8. Qd2
Rb8 9. h4 b5 10. h5 e5 11. d5 Na5 12. Ng3 bxc4 $5 (12... b4 {stems from
Petursson - Sznapik, Ljubljana 1981.}) 13. O-O-O Nd7 $6 14. hxg6 fxg6 15. Nb1
$1 Rb5 $2 {Black blunders a piece.} (15... Nb7 $1 16. Bxc4 Nbc5 {reorganises
the position.}) 16. b4 $1 cxb3 17. Bxb5 c5 $5 18. dxc6 $6 {Black gets tactical
counter-play, because White opens the centre.} axb5 19. Qd5+ $5 Rf7 ({Not} 
19... Kh8 20. Rxh7+ $1) 20. axb3 Nf8 $1 21. Qxd6 Qe8 22. Qd8 $6 (22. Kb2 $1
Nxc6 23. Nc3 $1 {defends the queenside properly.}) 22... Qxc6+ 23. Kb2 Qa8 $1 {
Kasparov sets a devious trap.} ({No use has} 23... Nxb3 24. Qd5 $1) 24. Rc1 $2
(24. Qd5 $1 {activates the white queen for defensive purposes.}) 24... Nc4+ $1
25. bxc4 Rd7 $1 26. Qe8 $5 {The queen seems to find a safe haven.} bxc4 27. Nc3
Qc6 $3 {But a battery achieves the material win.} 28. Kc2 Rd2+ {Kasparov
offers a draw. Timman accepts.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1982.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Nf3 Qa5+ 8. Nbd2
Qa6 9. c4 Nh6 10. b3 Nf5 11. Bb2 Bb4 12. a3 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 $6 Nd7 14. Ke2 dxc4
15. bxc4 O-O-O 16. a4 f6 17. exf6 Nxf6 $6 (17... gxf6 {keeps a plus.}) 18. Rhd1
Ng4 19. Ba3 g6 20. Qc3 Qb6 21. Rd2 Qc7 22. Re1 Rhe8 23. Kd1 e5 24. dxe5 Nxf2+
25. Kc2 Ng4 26. Bd6 Qf7 $5 (26... Nxd6 27. exd6 Qf7 {avoids the next
difficulties.}) 27. Ng5 $1 {Larsen seems to be in big trouble.} Qd7 $2 ({But} 
27... Qxc4 $3 28. Qxc4 Nge3+ 29. Rxe3 Nxe3+ 30. Kc3 Nxc4 31. Kxc4 Rxe5 $1 {
saves the game.}) 28. e6 Qg7 29. Qxg7 Nxg7 30. Nf7 Nf5 31. Nxd8 Kxd8 32. e7+
Kc8 33. g3 b6 34. Re6 c5 35. Rxg6 Nd4+ 36. Kc3 Kd7 37. Rxd4 cxd4+ 38. Kxd4 {
Spassky won twice and drew eleven games. The tennis court near the hotel was
his main domain. Other players also drew many games.} 1-0

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Ivanovic, Bozidar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D66"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1982.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 Re8 $6 8.
Bd3 c6 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nd5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Ne4 {This move was played in
a simultaneous display by Alekhine.} N5f6 $5 13. Ng3 c5 14. e4 $1 Rd8 15. e5
Ne8 16. Re1 cxd4 17. Qxd4 {The black position is not lost yet, despite the
extreme passivity.} b6 $2 ({The counteraction} 17... Nb6 $1 18. Qf4 Nxc4 19.
Rxc4 b5 $1 {brings an energetic defence.}) 18. Nf5 $1 Qf8 ({The pointe is} 
18... exf5 19. e6 fxe6 20. Rxe6) 19. Qh4 $1 f6 20. Bxe6+ Kh8 21. Bd5 1-0

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "1982.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Bd3 Bg6 8. Nf3
Nd7 9. O-O Ngf6 10. Rb1 {This quiet variation has a predecessor in
Mackenzie-Gunsberg, London 1904.} ({They played} 10. Qc2 Nh5) 10... a5 $5 (
10... O-O $1 {equalises.}) 11. Bxg6 hxg6 12. Qb3 Qb6 13. Qc2 O-O 14. Rfc1 Qa6
15. h3 Rfe8 16. Ne5 Bf8 17. Nd3 Ne4 18. Na4 Rac8 19. Bh2 b6 20. Rd1 Ng5 $5 {
Larsen shows great fighting spirit in the rest of the game.} (20... Bd6 {
simplifies.}) 21. Rbc1 Ne6 22. Qb3 b5 23. Nc3 Nb6 24. Qc2 Nc4 25. Ne2 b4 $6 ({
Useful exchanges are made by} 25... c5 $1 26. dxc5 Nxc5 27. Qb1 $1 Nxd3 28.
Rxd3 b4 $1 29. Rxd5 Nxe3 $1) 26. Nef4 Nxf4 27. Bxf4 Qb5 28. b3 Na3 $5 {The
knight goes offside.} 29. Qd2 a4 30. Nb2 axb3 31. axb3 Ra8 32. Ra1 Ra6 33. Rdc1
Rea8 34. Qd1 Qb7 35. Kh2 Be7 36. Qg4 Bf8 37. h4 Qc8 38. Qxc8 Rxc8 39. Nd3 f6
40. Ra2 Kf7 {White's positional advantage has survived the period until the
time control.} 41. g4 Ra7 42. Kg2 Rb7 $6 (42... Ra6 {keeps the status quo.})
43. Bg3 Nb5 $6 44. Ra5 Nc3 45. Rca1 Ne4 46. Ra7 Rxa7 47. Rxa7+ Kg8 48. Rb7 c5
$1 {The counteraction solves a weakness and leads to exchanges.} 49. dxc5 Nxc5
50. Nxc5 Bxc5 51. Rd7 Bf8 52. Bc7 $1 {Larsen prevents further counter-play.}
Bc5 53. g5 Kf8 54. Kf3 Be7 55. Ba5 Ke8 56. Rb7 fxg5 57. hxg5 Bxg5 58. Rxb4 Bf6
59. Rb5 d4 $1 60. e4 $1 Rc2 61. Bb6 Rc3+ 62. Kf4 d3 $2 {Najdorf misses a
narrow escape.} ({Right is} 62... g5+ $1 63. Kf5 d3 64. Be3 Bd4 $1 65. Bd2 g6+
$1 66. Kxg6 Rc6+ 67. Kxg5 {The king has been lured to g5.} Rc2 68. Rd5 Bxf2 69.
Rxd3 $6 Rxd2 $1) 63. Ke3 $1 Kd7 64. Ba5 $1 {Black will lose his passed pawn.}
Rc2 65. f4 Rg2 66. Kxd3 Rg3+ 67. Ke2 Kc6 68. Rb6+ Kc5 69. e5 Bh4 70. Rb7 Kd4
71. Bd2 g5 72. Rd7+ Ke4 73. e6 Rg2+ 74. Kd1 gxf4 75. e7 Bxe7 76. Rxe7+ Kf3 77.
b4 g5 78. b5 Rg1+ 79. Re1 Rg2 80. Rh1 {Kasparov triumphed by 91/2/13, 11/2
points before Polugaevsky and Ljubojevic, and 2 points before Spassky and
Hübner.} 1-0

[Event "Mar del Plata"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A54"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1982.??.??"]

{The chess career of Jan Timman (1951) has been marked by great successes and
defeats. A wonderful triumph was Mar del Plata 1982. The Argentine newspaper
Clarin organised the event. Chess was played in the Hermitage Hotel, the
biggest casino in the world. It was hot, noisy and crowded from 8 until 28
February 1982. Timman wrote a report for Schaakbulletin 172. His games have
been analysed again.  Two pages of the Clarin were devoted to the tournament
each round. The newspaper could report how seven foreign grandmasters ended
before the seven local heroes.  Timman had a winning streak of eight games. He
defeated the world champion & Portisch and scored 61/2/7 against the
Argentineans.  We follow his games.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7
5. g3 c6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2 Rb8 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. b3 Re8 11. Bb2 Bf8 12.
Ng5 a6 13. Rac1 h6 14. Nge4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 f5 16. Nc3 Nf6 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Na4
b6 19. Bh3 f4 20. Bg2 fxg3 21. hxg3 Be6 22. c5 $5 b5 23. Nc3 Kh8 24. e3 $6 (24.
b4 {protects c5.}) 24... Rbc8 25. Ne2 Qf7 26. Qd2 Bd5 27. f3 Nd7 28. e4 Be6 29.
Qe3 a5 {Pawn c5 has become a weakness.} 30. Rc2 $2 ({Correct is} 30. f4 Bg4 31.
Rd2) 30... Rcd8 31. Rf1 $6 Bxc5 32. Rxc5 Nxc5 33. Bxe5 Nd3 34. Ba1 Kg8 $6 ({
Larsen suffers from time trouble and misses} 34... Qg6 $1 35. f4 Bf5 36. exf5
Rxe3 37. fxg6 Rxe2) 35. Nd4 Nb4 $6 36. a3 Rxd4 37. Qxd4 Nc2 38. Qc3 Bxb3 39.
Bb2 b4 40. axb4 axb4 41. Qxc6 Ne3 42. Rf2 Rd8 43. Qc5 Nd1 44. Re2 Bc4 45. Rc2
Nxb2 46. Rxb2 b3 47. f4 Kh8 48. Kh2 Rd3 49. Qc8+ Kh7 50. Bh3 Rd1 51. e5 $2 {
White opens the position.} (51. Qc5 $1 Ra1 52. Qd4 Ra2 53. Rg2 {keeps the
defence line.}) 51... Bd5 $1 52. Bg2 Bxg2 53. Kxg2 Qd5+ 54. Kh3 Rh1+ 55. Kg4
Qd1+ 56. Kf5 Qd3+ 57. Ke6 Ra1 58. Qb7 Ra3 59. Rh2 Ra6+ 60. Ke7 Qc4 61. g4 Qe6+
62. Kd8 Ra4 63. Rd2 Rxf4 64. Qd5 Rf8+ 65. Kc7 Rf7+ 0-1

[Event "Mar del Plata"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1982.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. O-O e6 8. Nc3
d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Qc1 c5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. d4 cxd4 14. Rd1 Nc6
15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Rxd4 Qf6 17. Rh4 g5 18. Rg4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 h6 20. h4 Qf5 21.
Qc3+ e5 22. Rc4 Rac8 23. Rc1 Rxc4 24. Qxc4 Rd8 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. Qc2 Qe6 27.
Qe4 Rd4 28. Qa8 a5 29. Rc8 Qd5+ 30. Qxd5 Rxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mar del Plata"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C85/09"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1982.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Nd7 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. Nc4 Bf6 10. b4 Re8 11. Bb2 b6 12. Bc3 g6 $2 (12... c5 {makes a
move on the right flank.}) 13. Nfd2 c5 14. a3 cxb4 15. axb4 Nb8 $2 ({More
useful is} 15... Qe7) 16. f4 $1 exf4 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. e5 Qc6 19. Ne4 Nd7 {
White has reached a won position.} 20. Rxf4 $6 (20. Qf3 $1 Nxe5 21. Qxf4 Nxc4
22. Qxf7+ Kh8 23. Nf6 {ends the game.}) 20... Bb7 21. Qd2 b5 22. Ne3 Qb6 23. d4
Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Rad8 25. Qf2 Nf6 26. Rf4 Nh5 27. Rxf7 Qxd4 28. Rf1 Qxe5 29. Ng4
Qg5 30. h3 $6 c6 31. Qf3 Qd2 32. c3 Qg5 $2 ({Correct is} 32... Rc8 33. Nf6+
Nxf6 34. Qxf6 Qe3+ 35. Kh1 Qe5) 33. Qxc6 Rf8 34. Qe6 Rxf7 35. Qxf7+ Kh8 36. Qc7
Qd2 {A winning streak had begun.} (36... Qd2 37. Qe5+ Ng7 38. Rf7 Rg8 39. Nf6 {
(Timman).}) 1-0

[Event "Mar del Plata"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Panno, Oscar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1982.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 exd4 5. exd4 Nf6 6. Bxc4 Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
h3 Nbd7 9. O-O Nb6 10. Bb3 c6 11. Re1 Nfd5 12. Ne4 Re8 13. Bd2 Bf5 14. Ng3 Be6
15. Bc2 Nd7 16. a3 Nf8 17. Bd3 g6 $5 {White gets an entrance.} 18. Bh6 Nf6 19.
Qd2 Bd5 20. Ne5 Ne6 21. Bc2 Nd7 22. Ng4 Bg5 23. Bxg5 Qxg5 24. Qb4 Nf6 $6 ({
More active is} 24... f5 $1 25. Ne5 Nxe5 26. Rxe5 a5 $1 27. Qxb7 Qd2 28. Bxf5
$6 gxf5 29. Nxf5 Kh8 30. Rxe6 $2 Rg8 $1) 25. Re5 $1 Qh4 26. Nxf6+ Qxf6 27. Ne4
Qd8 28. Bb3 a5 29. Qc3 Bxb3 30. Qxb3 Qxd4 31. Nf6+ Kh8 32. Rae1 Reb8 $2 ({
Correct is} 32... Re7) 33. R1e4 Qd8 34. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 35. Qc3 Qe7 36. Nh5+ Kg8
37. Rxe6 $1 Qf7 38. Nf6+ Kf8 $2 ({Black has the unexpected defence} 38... Kh8
$1 39. Qe5 Rf8 40. Nxh7+ Kxh7 41. Re7 Kh6 42. Rxf7 Rxf7 {with a real fight.})
39. Qc5+ Kg7 40. Re7 Kxf6 41. Qe5# 1-0

[Event "Mar del Plata"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81/05"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1982.??.??"]

{The city was refreshed by a shower before the game began.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6
3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 $5 {Karpov played the Keres Attack in
1982 and 1983.} h6 7. Rg1 Be7 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Be2 a6 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 e5 12.
Qd2 Be6 13. Bf3 ({He inproves on} 13. h4 $6 d5 $1 {in Radulov-Tukmakov,
Leningrad 1973. Best is} 14. O-O-O $1 {(Larsen).}) 13... Nd7 $1 14. Nd5 Bg5 15.
O-O-O Rc8 16. Kb1 Bxd5 $1 17. exd5 ({Or} 17. Qxd5 $6 Bxe3 18. fxe3 Rc6 {
(Velickovic).}) 17... Nc5 18. Rh1 Qf6 19. Bg2 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Qh4 21. Bf3 O-O 22.
Qe1 Qd8 $1 {A knight and a queen move to the queenside with elegance.} 23. e4
Qb6 24. Qe3 Qb5 25. h4 Na4 26. Qb3 Rc5 27. Rh3 $2 ({The equality is kept by} 
27. g5 $1 Rfc8 28. Rc1 {(Velickovic)} Qc4) 27... Rfc8 28. c3 R8c7 29. Ka1 Qd7
30. Be2 b5 {Timman attacks and threatens to continue with ..b4!} 31. a3 $2 ({
The threat can be answered by} 31. Rb1 $1 {without a weakening.}) 31... a5 $1
32. Kb1 Rb7 33. Rg3 g6 34. g5 h5 35. Bf1 Rcc7 36. Qc2 b4 37. axb4 axb4 38. c4
b3 $1 {A wonderful decision occurs.} 39. Qg2 ({The pointe is} 39. Rxb3 Rxb3 40.
Qxb3 Nxb2 $1) 39... Rb4 (39... Qd8 $1 40. Kc1 Qa8 {wins more quickly.}) 40. Qh3
$1 Qxh3 41. Rxh3 Nc5 42. Kc1 ({Or} 42. Re3 Ra7 43. Be2 Ra2 $5 44. Rxb3 Rxb3 45.
Kxa2 Rh3) 42... Nxe4 43. Re3 Nc5 44. Kd2 Na4 45. Rc1 Nxb2 46. c5 Rd4+ 47. Ke2
Rxc5 48. Rxc5 dxc5 49. Rxb3 Nc4 50. Rc3 Rxh4 51. Ke1 {Timman beat the world
champion for the third time.} 0-1

[Event "Mar del Plata"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Giardelli, Sergio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1982.??.??"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 e6 3. b3 d6 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 7. Qe2 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. c4 Re8 10. Nc3 Ne5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. f4 $1 exf4 13. e5 Nd7 14. Rxf4
{White threatens to attack.} Bg5 $2 ({Correct is} 14... f5 {(Timman)}) ({or} 
14... f6) 15. Rf3 f5 16. Nb5 Nf8 17. d4 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Be7 19. Rd1 a6 20. Nd6
Bxd6 21. exd6 e5 $6 22. Bxe5 Nd7 23. Re3 Qb6 24. Bd4 Rxe3 25. Bxe3 Re8 26. Kf2
Nc5 27. Qf3 Re5 28. d7 Qd8 29. Bxc5 {Portisch led with 5 1/2 / 6. Timman had
scored 4 1/2.} 1-0

[Event "Mar del Plata"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Garcia Palermo, Carlos"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E21/08"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1982.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 c5 6. a3 Ba5 7. dxc5 $6 bxc5 8.
Be3 Ne4 9. g3 $2 ({Correct is} 9. Nd2 Nxc3 10. bxc3) 9... Nc6 10. Bg2 $2 ({
Slightly better is} 10. Qc2 Qf6 11. Rc1 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nd4 $1) 10... Rb8 11. Qc2
Rxb2 $1 {Garcia Palermo experiences a nasty surprise.} 12. Qxe4 Bxc3+ 13. Kf1
Qa5 14. Rd1 Bf6 15. Ne1 Qa4 16. Rc1 Bd4 17. Bxd4 Nxd4 18. e3 Nb3 19. Qe5 Ra2
20. Qxg7 Rf8 0-1

[Event "Mar del Plata"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Quinteros, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27/02"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1982.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Qc7 $5 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bd3 dxe5 8.
Nxe5 e6 9. O-O Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Nd2 c5 12. Nf3 Bd6 $2 {Black loses a
tempo.} ({Better is} 12... Bd7 13. Re1 Rb8) 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. Qa4+ Bd7 15. Qg4
g6 16. Bh6 Bf8 17. Bxf8 Kxf8 18. Rac1 Qb6 19. Ne5 Be8 $6 ({More resistance is
offered by} 19... Rd8 20. Nc4 Qb7) 20. Nc4 Qd8 21. Be4 Qf6 22. Bxd5 exd5 23.
Ne3 Qxb2 $5 {Quinteros enjoys his last supper.} 24. Nxd5 Kg7 25. Rc3 1-0

[Event "Mar del Plata"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E41/04"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1982.??.??"]

{Part of a headline in the 'Clarin' read: 'el gran duelo'.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6
3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. e4 e5 9. h3 h6 10.
Be3 b6 (10... Qa5 {was played in Portisch-Timman, Rio de Janeiro 1979.}) 11.
O-O Qc7 12. d5 Ne7 13. Nh4 g5 14. Qf3 Nfg8 15. Nf5 Nxf5 16. exf5 Nf6 17. g4 $6
Ba6 18. Qd1 e4 $5 19. Qa4+ Kf8 20. Qxa6 exd3 21. Qa4 ({Risk is taken in} 21.
Rad1 $6 Nd7 22. Rxd3 Ne5 23. Rdd1 Nf3+) 21... Re8 22. Rae1 Qb7 23. Qd1 b5 24.
Qb1 $5 Re4 25. Qxd3 ({A fine alternative gives} 25. cxb5 $1 Qxd5 26. Rd1 Nxg4
$1 27. Qxd3 Nxe3 28. fxe3 Qxd3 29. Rxd3) 25... Rxc4 26. Rd1 Kg7 27. f3 $2 {
Portisch is treated like the Argentinians after this blunder.} ({The
counteraction} 27. f4 $1 Ne4 28. f6+ $1 Nxf6 29. fxg5 hxg5 30. Bxg5 Ne4 31. Qf3
Kg8 32. Bf6 Nxf6 33. Qxf6 Rxh3 34. Qg5+ Kh7 35. Qf5+ {leads to perpetual check.
}) 27... Qe7 28. f4 Re8 29. Bc1 Qe2 30. fxg5 hxg5 31. Qg3 $6 Ne4 32. f6+ Kg6
33. Qg2 Nxc3 34. Rd2 Qxg2+ 35. Kxg2 Ne2 {Timman occupied the first place 1 1/2
points before Portisch.} 0-1

[Event "Mar del Plata"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Franco, Zenon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15/03"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1982.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 Bb7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O c5 10. d5 exd5 11. Ne1 ({Jan diverts from} 11. Ng5 {(Timman-Kavalek,
Montreal 1979).}) 11... Na6 12. cxd5 d6 13. Nd3 Nc7 14. e4 Nd7 15. f4 Rb8 16.
Qc2 Bf6 17. Rad1 Ba6 18. Rfe1 Nb5 19. Nxb5 Bxb5 20. Nf2 Re8 21. Kh1 Bd4 22. Be3
Bxe3 23. Rxe3 Qf6 24. Qd2 Rbc8 25. Rde1 h5 $6 ({An appropriate defence brings} 
25... Qd4 26. Rd1 Qxd2 27. Rxd2) 26. Bh3 Rc7 27. Kg1 Qh6 $2 (27... Qd4 {is
still okay.}) 28. e5 $1 dxe5 29. a4 $1 Ba6 30. d6 Rb7 31. Qd5 Nf6 32. Qc6 Rbb8
33. d7 Rf8 34. Qc7 $2 (34. Rxe5 {wins with ease.}) ({White keeps an advantage
in} 34. Qc7 $2 exf4 $1 35. gxf4 Bb7 $1 36. Bf5 $1 g6 37. Be4 Ba8 $1 38. Rd3 $1
Rfd8 39. Qxb8 {but the outcome remains unclear.}) 1-0

[Event "Mar del Plata"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Braga, Fernando"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12/13"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1982.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 c5 7. Be3 Nc6 8. dxc5
Nxe5 9. Nd4 Nf6 10. f4 $2 ({One should play} 10. Bb5+ Nfd7 {(Windelboe-Agdestei
Windelboe-Agdestein, Haferslev 1981)} 11. g5 $1 {in the Van der Wiel Variation.
}) 10... Nexg4 $1 11. Bb5+ Ke7 12. Bg1 Qc7 13. c6 b6 14. Qe2 {White's attack
lacks power.} Qxf4 15. c7 Ne4 16. Nc6+ Kd6 17. h3 Qg3+ 18. Kf1 Qf4+ 19. Ke1
Qg3+ 20. Kf1 Qxc3 $1 21. Qxg4 $5 Qxb2 22. a4 $5 Qxa1+ (22... Kxc7 {is okay 
(Timman).}) 23. Kg2 f5 $4 {White's opportunism payoffs.} ({Correct is} 23...
Qxg1+ $1 24. Rxg1 Kxc7 {and Black wins (Timman).}) 24. Qh4 $2 ({White can win
by} 24. Bh2+ $1 {(Ree). A great line is} e5 25. Qh4 Qa3 26. Qd8+ Rxd8 27.
cxd8=Q+ Ke6 28. Qc8+ Kf7 29. Nd8+ Kf6 30. Qe6+ Kg5 31. h4+ Kxh4 32. Qf6+ $1
gxf6 33. Bg3+ Kg4 34. Rh4+ Kg5 35. Ne6#) 24... Qf6 25. Bh2+ Kc5 26. Nb8 (26.
Bg1+ Kd6 27. Bh2+ {draws too.}) 26... Qxh4 27. c8=Q+ Kb4 28. Rb1+ Ka3 29. Ra1+
Kb4 30. Rb1+ Ka3 31. Ra1+ Kb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mar del Plata"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "1982.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qc8 8.
Nd2 e6 9. h3 Bh5 10. Ngf3 Be7 11. Ne5 O-O ({Known is} 11... Nxe5 12. Bxe5 O-O {
(Rauzer-Goldberg, Leningrad 1936).}) 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nxg6 fxg6 $1 ({Seirawan
feared an attack on his king after} 13... hxg6) 14. Be3 $6 Bd6 15. O-O-O Rb8
16. f4 $6 b5 17. Qc2 b4 18. Kb1 bxc3 19. Qxc3 Qb7 20. Rc1 Rfc8 21. Qb3 Qc7 22.
Qa4 Rb4 23. Qa6 Rb6 24. Qa4 Rb4 25. Qa6 Rb6 26. Qa4 Bxf4 27. Bxf4 Qxf4 28. Nb3
Rc7 $6 ({Better is} 28... Qf3 $1) 29. Rhe1 Nb4 30. Rxc7 Qxc7 31. Rc1 Qb8 32.
Bf1 h6 33. Nc5 Nc6 34. Nxe6 $6 Rxb2+ 35. Ka1 Rf2 $2 {White gets a complicated
escape.} ({Correct is} 35... Rb6 {(Seirawan).}) 36. Qb5 $2 ({The fight} 36. Bb5
$1 {(V. Sokolov)} Qg3 $1 37. Ba6 $1 Ne7 38. Qb4 $1 Qe3 39. Rc8+ $1 Kf7 40. Nd8+
Kg8 41. Ne6+ {leads to a perpetual.}) 36... Qxb5 37. Bxb5 Nb4 38. g5 $6 ({The
last chance brings} 38. Rc8+ Kf7 39. Nd8+ Ke7 40. Nc6+) 38... Ne4 39. Rc8+ Kf7
40. Nd8+ Ke7 41. Nc6+ Kd7 42. Nxa7+ Kd6 43. a4 Nxg5 44. Nc6 Nc2+ 45. Kb2 Nxd4+
46. Kc3 Nde6 47. Nd8 Ne4+ 48. Kb4 N6c5 49. Nc6 Rd2 50. Ka5 d4 51. Nb4 Rb2 52.
Rc6+ Ke5 53. Rc7 Kf6 54. Rc6+ Ke5 55. Rc7 Kf6 56. Rc6+ Kg5 57. Rc7 Rb3 58. Na6
Nxa6 59. Bxa6 d3 60. Bc4 Rc3 61. Kb4 d2 62. Rd7 Rc1 63. Bb3 Rb1 64. Rd5+ Kf4
65. a5 Ke3 66. a6 Ra1 67. Bc2 Rxa6 68. Re5 Kf3 69. Re7 Nf2 70. Rf7+ Kg3 0-1

[Event "Mar del Plata"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18/14"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "1982.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Nxe4
Bxe4 9. Nh4 Bxg2 10. Nxg2 d5 11. Qa4 Qd7 12. Qxd7 Nxd7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Be3 c6
{Timman has won the tournament 1 1/2 points before Portisch.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg "]
[Site "Interpolis 6"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1982.??.??"]

{The organisers had asked for the young Kasparov and Beliavsky, but the old-
hands Petrosian and Smyslov were sent. Still the sixth Interpolis contest
became a exciting tournament.} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3
Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. Bf4 e6 12.
O-O-O Be7 13. Ne5 O-O 14. c4 $5 c5 15. d5 $5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Ng4 17. Bxg7 $5 {
Karpov delivers an incredible sacrifice.} (17. Qe2 Nxe5 18. Qxe5 Bf6 $1 {
equalises (Hübner).}) 17... Kxg7 $6 ({Better is} 17... Bg5+ $1 18. Kc2 Nxf2 19.
Qc3 Re8 20. dxe6 $5 ({Karpov's move} 20. d6 $6 {can be refuted by} Qd7 {
(Trauth)}) 20... Nxd1 21. Rxd1 Qe7 {brings a lesser evil.}) 18. Qe2 Bg5+ 19.
Kb1 Nf6 20. dxe6 Qc8 21. e7 Re8 22. Rd6 $1 Qg4 $5 (22... Bf4 $1 23. Rxf6 $1
Kxf6 (23... Bxg3 $2 24. Qf3 $1) 24. Qf3 Qc7 $1 25. Rh4 Kxe7 26. Rxf4 Kf8 {
defends stubbornly (Hübner).}) 23. Qe5 $1 Kg8 24. Re1 Nd7 $2 ({Right is} 24...
Nxh5 25. Re4 Nf4 26. Nf5 f6 27. Qxf6 $1 Bxf6 28. Nxh6+ {(Karpov)} Kh8 $1 29.
Nxg4 Bxe7 30. Rd7 Bg5 $1 {(this move had been impossible if the king had gone
to g7)} 31. Rxe8+ Rxe8 {drawn.}) 25. Rxd7 $1 Qxd7 26. Nf5 f6 27. Qd5+ Qxd5 28.
cxd5 {The endgame is won although White has given a rook.} Bf4 29. g3 Bc7 30.
Kc2 b5 31. Nxh6+ Kh7 32. Nf5 Rg8 33. d6 Ba5 34. Re6 Rg5 35. Rxf6 Rxh5 36. d7
Rh2 37. Ne3 1-0

[Event "Tilburg "]
[Site "Interpolis 6"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Nunn, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E63"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1982.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. Bf4
Rb8 9. Rc1 Bd7 10. e4 Re8 11. d5 Na5 12. Qe2 c5 13. e5 $5 (13. b3 {gives a
solid alternative (Larsen).}) 13... Nh5 14. Be3 b5 15. cxb5 axb5 16. e6 $5 fxe6
17. dxe6 Bxe6 18. Nxb5 {Larsen has made provocative moves. The crucial
position has been reached.} Nf6 $2 (18... Qd7 19. Ng5 Qxb5 20. Qxb5 Rxb5 21.
Nxe6 Rxb2 {keeps the equality.}) 19. b4 $1 Bd7 20. a4 cxb4 21. Nc7 b3 ({The
point is} 21... Rf8 22. Ng5 $1 {(Larsen).}) 22. Nxe8 Qxe8 23. Bd2 Nb7 24. Qc4+
Kh8 25. Qxb3 Nc5 26. Qe3 Rb3 27. Qe2 Bf5 28. Ne5 Rb2 29. Rxc5 dxc5 30. Qc4 h6
31. Be3 Nd7 32. Nxd7 Bxd7 33. Qc1 h5 34. a5 Bb5 35. Rd1 Be2 36. Rd2 Rxd2 37.
Qxd2 Qb5 38. Be4 Qa4 39. Qxe2 Qxe4 40. a6 Qe5 41. Qa2 1-0

[Event "Tilburg "]
[Site "Interpolis 6"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1982.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. Ne5
c6 9. Bc3 d5 $5 {This move will become standard.} 10. Nd2 Bb7 11. e4 $5 Na6 $5
12. O-O c5 13. exd5 exd5 14. Ng4 $5 {Torre shows no will to win.} Qd7 $1 15.
Ne5 Qc8 16. Re1 dxc4 17. Ndxc4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 cxd4 {Karpov continues and waits
for errors.} 19. Bxd4 $2 ({Correct is} 19. Qxd4 $1 Rd8 20. Qf4 $1) 19... Rd8 $1
20. Qf3 $5 {White unpins at a price.} Rxd4 21. Nc6 Bc5 22. Nxd4 Bxd4 23. Nd6 $1
Qf8 24. Rad1 Bc5 25. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 26. Qb7+ Kg8 27. Qxa6 Kh8 {Black has made a
slight material win.} 28. Re2 h6 29. Rd3 Qf7 30. Qa4 Qb7+ 31. Kg1 a5 32. Qf4
Rf8 33. Qf5 Qc6 34. Qg6 Qc8 35. Rf3 Qb7 36. Qd3 Qa8 37. Rf4 Rd8 38. Qf3 Rd1+
39. Kg2 Qd8 40. Qc6 Rd6 41. Qf3 Qd7 42. Rf5 Rd3 43. Qa8+ Kh7 44. Rfe5 Qg4 45.
Qb7 Bd6 46. h3 Qg6 47. R5e3 Rd1 48. Re1 $6 Nd5 49. Re6 Nf4+ 50. Kh2 Nxe6 51.
Rxd1 Bc5 52. Rd2 Ng5 53. Kg2 Qf5 54. Qd7 $2 {Torre errs again.} (54. g4 $1 Qf4
{(Karpov)} 55. Qd5 $1 Ne6 $1 56. Qd3+ {proceeds the game with no quick
decision in sight.}) 54... Qe4+ 55. Kf1 Nf3 56. Re2 Nh2+ 57. Ke1 Bb4+ {Black
mates on the next move.} 0-1

[Event "Tilburg "]
[Site "Interpolis 6"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Nunn, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1982.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. c3 h6 7. Bh4 Nc6 8. Bb5
Bd7 9. O-O a6 10. Bc4 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Re1 Qe8 13. a4 Nh5 14. Nb3 g5 15.
Bg3 Rd8 16. Nfd2 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Kh8 $2 {Although his opening made no serious
impression, Nunn could come back in the game.} (17... a5 $1 18. Nc5 Bc8 19. Qe2
b6 {reorganises the queenside timely.}) 18. Qe2 Qe7 19. Nf1 $1 Qf6 $6 (19... f5
$5 20. exf5 Bxf5 21. Ne3 Bg6 {gives some counter-play.}) 20. Nc5 Bc8 21. Ne3
Ne7 22. a5 $1 Qg6 23. g4 b6 $2 {Nunn breaks down under the restraint.} 24. Nf5
$1 Nxf5 25. gxf5 Qc6 26. Nxa6 Bxa6 27. Bxa6 bxa5 28. Rxa5 Ra8 29. Rea1 Rfd8 30.
Bc4 Rxa5 31. Rxa5 Kg8 32. Ra6 Qd7 33. Bd5 Qe7 34. Qh5 Rd6 35. Rxd6 cxd6 36. b4
1-0

[Event "Tilburg "]
[Site "Interpolis 6"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1982.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 h5 $5 7. d4 h4 8. d5
Nb8 $5 ({Theory is} 8... Nce7 {(Kortschnoj - Gunsberger, Gyula 1965).}) 9. e4
Bg4 10. Qa4+ Kf8 $5 11. Ng1 $6 {Portisch becomes confused by Tigran's odd
prophylactic play.} ({More active is} 11. h3 Bd7 12. Qb3 Na6 $1 13. Be3) 11...
Na6 12. f3 Bd7 13. Qc2 Nb4 14. Qe2 a5 15. Be3 Nf6 16. O-O-O Bh6 17. Bh3 Kg7 18.
Bxd7 Nxd7 19. Nh3 Bxe3+ 20. Qxe3 Nb6 21. c5 Nd7 $1 {A small opening has been
made on the queenside.} 22. cxd6 cxd6 23. Kb1 Rc8 24. Nf2 Nb6 25. b3 $2 a4 $1 {
A large gap follows up.} 26. Rc1 axb3 27. axb3 Nd7 $1 28. Nd3 Qa5 29. Nxb4 Qxb4
30. Na2 Qa3 31. Rxc8 Rxc8 32. Rc1 Ra8 $1 33. Rc2 hxg3 34. hxg3 Nc5 35. f4 {If
Black wins pawn b3, the queens will be exchanged and White gets counter-play.
Petrosian has a better idea.} Ra4 $1 36. fxe5 Rxe4 37. Qc3 Rxe5 38. Nc1 Ne4 39.
Qc8 Rxd5 40. Rh2 Rh5 (40... Nd2+ $1 41. Rxd2 Rc5 {wins at once (Petrosian).})
41. Rxh5 gxh5 42. Qxb7 d5 43. Qc7 Qb4 44. Qe5+ Kg6 45. Qe8 Nf6 46. Qc6 Qe4+ 47.
Qc2 Kg5 48. Nd3 Qe3 49. b4 Ne4 50. b5 Nd2+ 51. Ka2 Qa7+ 52. Kb2 Nc4+ 53. Kc3
Qa1+ 54. Nb2 Qe1+ 55. Kb3 Qxg3+ 0-1

[Event "Tilburg "]
[Site "Interpolis 6"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Nunn, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1982.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Be3 Nbd7 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 e5 10. g3 c6 11. Bg2 $5 Qa5 12. Qd2 Rfe8 13. Rad1 b5 14. a3 Nb6
15. b3 $1 Nfd7 ({Not} 15... Qxa3 16. Nxb5 $1 cxb5 17. Ra1 Qb2 18. Rfb1 {
(Karpov).}) 16. Ra1 Nf8 $2 ({Right is} 16... Rac8) 17. d5 $1 Rac8 18. Rfd1 c5
19. Bf1 c4 20. a4 $1 cxb3 21. Nxb5 Qxd2 22. Rxd2 Rxc2 23. Rxc2 bxc2 24. a5 Nc8
25. Rc1 Nd7 26. Rxc2 Nc5 $5 27. Nxd6 Nxd6 28. Rxc5 Nxe4 29. Rc7 Bf8 30. a6 Rd8
31. Rxa7 1-0

[Event "Tilburg "]
[Site "Interpolis 6"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C99"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1982.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. a3 Bd7 15.
Nb3 a5 16. d5 Nb8 $5 ({Known is} 16... Nd8 {(Rabar - Mangini, Rio de Janeiro
1952).}) 17. Bd2 a4 18. Nc1 Rc8 19. Bc3 Na6 20. Nd3 Bd8 21. Rc1 Qa7 22. Qd2 Bb6
23. Re2 Rc4 $6 {The quiet manoeuvring has ended.} (23... Nc5 {is safe (Timman).
}) 24. Ndxe5 $1 dxe5 25. Nxe5 Rcc8 $2 (25... Rc5 $1 {brings a fine alternative.
}) 26. Nc6 $1 Bxc6 27. Bxf6 gxf6 28. e5 $1 {White has a forced win.} f5 $2 (
28... Qd7 $1 29. Qh6 f5 30. Rd1 $1 {(Nijboer)} (30. Qg5+ {draws by perpetual
check}) 30... Bxd5 31. Qg5+ Kf8 32. Bxf5 Qc6 33. e6 $1 fxe6 34. Qh6+ Kf7 35.
Qxh7+ Kf8 36. Qh6+ Ke7 37. Qg7+ Ke8 38. Qg6+ Kf8 (38... Ke7 39. Rxd5 $1) 39.
Bxe6 $1 {position has been destroyed at last.}) 29. Qg5+ Kf8 30. Qh6+ Ke8 31.
dxc6 Nc5 32. Bxf5 Ne6 33. Bxe6 fxe6 34. c7 $5 Rxc7 35. Qxe6+ Kf8 36. Rxc7 Bxc7
37. Re4 Qb7 38. Rf4+ Kg7 39. Qe7+ Kh8 40. Rf8+ 1-0

[Event "Tilburg "]
[Site "Interpolis 6"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Browne, Walter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "1982.??.??"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
d6 9. Bg5 a6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Qf4 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 ({They played} 12. Bxf3 {in
Brasilia 1981.}) 12... Ra7 13. Rfd1 O-O 14. Rd2 Rd7 15. Rc1 Qc7 16. b3 Rc8 17.
a4 Nc6 18. Qxc6 Qxc6 19. Bxc6 Rxc6 {Andersson is just beginning.} 20. Na2 a5
21. Rcd1 Kf8 22. Nc1 Ke7 23. e3 g6 24. Kg2 Bc3 25. Rd3 Bb2 26. Ne2 Rc8 27. R1d2
Bg7 28. f4 f5 29. Kf3 h6 30. g4 h5 31. gxf5 gxf5 32. Ng3 h4 33. Nf1 Rf8 34. Rd1
Bh6 35. Nd2 Rg8 36. Nb1 Rgd8 37. Nc3 Bg7 38. Nb5 Bh8 39. R3d2 Bg7 40. Rd3 Bf6 (
{The prophylactic} 40... Bf8 $1 {protects pawn d6 indirectly.}) 41. e4 $1 fxe4+
42. Kxe4 Bg7 43. R1d2 Bf6 44. f5 Be5 45. Rg2 exf5+ 46. Kxf5 Rf8+ 47. Ke4 Ke6
48. Rg6+ Rf6 49. Rxf6+ Bxf6 50. Rd5 Be5 51. Nd4+ Bxd4 52. Kxd4 Rg7 53. Rb5 Rb7
$4 ({Right is} 53... Rg2 $1 54. Rxb6 Rxh2) 54. Rh5 Rf7 55. Rxh4 Rf3 56. Re4+
Kd7 57. Re3 Rf4+ 58. Kd5 Rh4 59. h3 Rh5+ 60. Ke4 Kc6 61. Rd3 Rh4+ 62. Kf5 Rh8
63. Kg5 Rg8+ 64. Kf4 Rf8+ 65. Kg3 Rg8+ 66. Kh2 Re8 67. h4 Re5 68. Kg3 Kd7 69.
Kf4 Re1 70. h5 Rh1 71. Rd5 Rh3 72. Rb5 Kc6 1-0

[Event "Tilburg "]
[Site "Interpolis 6"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Black "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1982.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 Bb4 8. e4
Bxe4 9. fxe4 Nxe4 10. Qf3 Qxd4 11. Qxf7+ Kd8 12. Bg5+ Kc8 13. Qxe6+ Nd7 14.
Qxd7+ Qxd7 15. Nxd7 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Bxc3+ 17. Kd1 Bxa1 18. Nc5 b6 19. Ne6 b5 $5 (
{Known is} 19... h6 {(Borisenko - Aronin, Lvov 1951).}) 20. Be2 a6 $6 ({Better
is} 20... Bf6 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Rf1 {(Sosonko)} Kd7 23. Rxf6 Ke7 24. Rh6 Rag8
$1) 21. Rf1 h6 22. Bh4 Kd7 $2 (22... Ra7 $1 23. Bg4 h5 $1 24. Bh3 Kb8 {and
Black might survive.}) 23. Nc5+ Kd6 $6 (23... Kc7 24. Rf7+ Kb6 25. Nb7 $1 {and
White has started a devastating attack.}) 24. Nb7+ Ke5 25. Bg3+ Ke6 26. Bg4+
Ke7 27. Bd6+ Ke8 28. Bh5+ Kd7 29. Re1 1-0

[Event "Tilburg "]
[Site "Interpolis 6"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Browne, Walter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E52"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1982.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O d5 8. a3
Bd6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. b4 a6 11. Qb3 Qe7 12. Rb1 Nbd7 13. a4 Ne4 14. Bb2 Ndf6 15.
b5 a5 16. Rbd1 Nxc3 17. Bxc3 Ne4 18. Bb2 Rad8 19. Ne5 Kh8 20. Qc2 f6 21. Nf3
Bc8 22. Ne1 f5 23. g3 Rf6 $5 24. Nf3 Rdf8 25. Ne5 Rh6 26. f3 Ng5 $5 27. Qg2
Nh3+ $6 {Black shows too much optimism.} 28. Kh1 g5 $2 {Knight h3 should
return immediately.} 29. g4 {The prison door has been closed.} Qf6 30. Rd2 Rh4
31. Rc2 Qg7 32. gxf5 Bxf5 33. Bxf5 Rxf5 34. Bc3 Rh6 35. Ng4 $1 Rh5 36. Be1 Qe7
37. Bg3 Rf7 38. Rfc1 Kg7 39. Rc6 Kf8 40. Bxd6 cxd6 41. Qg3 Rh4 42. Qxd6 1-0

[Event "Tilburg "]
[Site "Interpolis 6"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1982.??.??"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 e6 6. O-O Nge7 7. d3 O-O 8. Rb1
b6 9. Bf4 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 $5 11. Qd2 Bb7 12. a3 d4 $5 {Black starts tactical
complications.} 13. Ne4 Nd5 14. b4 $5 Nc3 15. bxc5 Nxb1 16. Rxb1 Ne7 17. Bd6
Re8 18. Ne5 Bd5 19. Ng4 $1 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 bxc5 $5 21. Qf4 $1 Nf5 22. Bc7 Qe7 23.
Bxa8 Rxa8 24. Qe4 (24. e4 $1 dxe3 25. Nxe3 Nxe3 26. fxe3 {leads to equality.})
24... Re8 25. Qxe7 Nxe7 26. e4 $2 ({Right is} 26. f4 $1 Nd5 27. Bd6 Bf8 28.
Bxf8 Kxf8 29. Ne5) 26... f5 $1 27. exf5 gxf5 28. Ne5 Nd5 29. Bd6 Bxe5 30. Re1
Ne3 31. Bxc5 Ng4 32. Bxd4 a5 33. h3 Kf7 34. Bb6 Nf6 35. Bxa5 Nd7 36. Rc1 Bd4
37. Rc6 Ne5 38. Rh6 Kg8 39. Kg2 Ng6 40. Rh5 Re5 41. Bc7 Re7 42. Bd6 Rd7 43. Bb8
Ne7 44. a4 Bc3 45. Bf4 Rxd3 46. Bg5 Ng6 47. Be3 Rd5 48. g4 Bf6 49. Kg3 Ne7 50.
Bb6 Rd3+ 51. Kf4 Ra3 52. a5 Ra4+ 53. Kf3 Ng6 54. gxf5 Nf4 {Karpov (71/2/11)
won the tournament again. Timman became second (7). Andersson and Sosonko
shared the third place (61/2).} 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1983.??.??"]

{The miracle of snowfall had occurred in Andalusia before the tournament
started and Hotel Cervantes had no heating. So the playing hall and rooms were
cold. The fourth 'Torneo Internacional Ciudad de Linares' took place from 11
until 25 ii 1983. Christiansen had not been invited. Ljubojevic withdrew
because Geller participated instead of Tal. The wins by the top three have
been analysed.Spassky played a very economic tournament and won $6000. He
scored three wins and seven short draws. Karpov and Andersson nearly had the
same result. Boris started the tournament with his usual 'end of the winter'
influenza and infected other players. Tolya hated him for it. Soon Spassky
lost his Soviet stipend.  } 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nc3 e5
6. O-O d6 7. a3 Nge7 8. Rb1 a5 9. d3 O-O 10. Bg5 f6 11. Be3 Be6 12. Ne1 Qd7 13.
Nc2 a4 14. b3 axb3 15. Rxb3 Rfb8 16. Qb1 Ra6 17. Rb6 Qc7 18. Rb2 b6 19. Bd2 Qd8
20. a4 f5 21. Ne3 Nb4 $5 22. Rxb4 $5 {White makes a valiant sacrifice.} cxb4
23. Qxb4 {Andersson exerts pressure on weak pawns.} Qd7 24. Rb1 Rd8 25. Qb3 Kh8
$6 26. Nc2 h6 27. Nb4 Ra5 28. h4 f4 29. Kh2 Kh7 $6 {Seirawan loses a second
tempo.} 30. Nbd5 Nxd5 31. cxd5 Bf5 32. Qxb6 Rc5 $6 (32... Rda8 {is more useful.
}) 33. a5 Rdc8 34. Rb3 fxg3+ 35. fxg3 e4 $2 ({Black should play} 35... Ra8 {
and suffer.}) 36. Nxe4 Rc2 37. Qe3 Qa4 $2 ({Correct is} 37... Ra2) 38. Rb7 $1
R8c7 39. Rxc7 Rxc7 40. Nxd6 Rc2 41. Nxf5 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Sax, Gyula"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1983.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 $5 h6 7. Rg1 Be7 8.
Be3 Nc6 9. Qe2 Bd7 $5 10. h4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 e5 12. Be3 Bc6 13. Qd3 Qa5 14. O-O-O
Nxe4 $1 {The counteraction starts in time.} 15. Nxe4 d5 16. Qb3 $1 dxe4 17. Bc4
Rf8 $1 18. Rd5 $5 ({An advantage brings} 18. g5 $1 hxg5 19. hxg5 Qa4 ({Karpov's
} 19... g6 $2 {is answered by} 20. Rh1 $1) 20. g6 $1 fxg6 21. Qc3) 18... Bxd5
19. Bxd5 Rd8 20. Bc4 Bb4 $1 21. c3 b5 22. Be2 Bd6 23. Qd5 Ke7 $2 ({The
splendid fight is continued in} 23... a6 $1 24. Qc6+ Ke7 25. Rd1 Rd7 26. Kb1
Rb8) 24. Bc5 Bxc5 25. Qxe5+ Kd7 26. Qxc5 Qc7 27. Qf5+ Ke7 28. Qxe4+ Kd7 29.
Qf5+ Ke7 30. Re1 Rd6 $6 ({The last chance gives} 30... Rh8 $1 31. Bxb5+ Kf8)
31. Bc4+ Kd8 32. Bxb5 a6 33. Ba4 g6 34. Qf3 Kc8 35. Re7 $3 {Karpov decides the
game with a sensational move.} Rd1+ ({The wonderful pointe is} 35... Qxe7 36.
Qa8+ Kc7 37. Qa7+ Kd8 38. Qb8#) 36. Kxd1 Qxe7 37. Qa8+ Kc7 38. Qa7+ Kd6 39.
Qb6+ (39. Qb6+ Ke5 40. Qd4+ Ke6 41. Bb3#) 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C73"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1983.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 c5 8.
Qd3 g6 $5 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Bf4 Ne7 11. O-O-O O-O 12. Qd2 $6 (12. e5 $1 Bf5 13.
Qe3 {keeps a plus.}) 12... Re8 13. Bh6 Bh8 $1 14. h4 Rb8 15. a3 $6 ({Better is
} 15. h5 c6 $1 {(Nunn)} 16. Bf4 Qb6 17. b3 Qa5 18. Na4 Qxa4 19. bxa4 Bb2+ $11)
15... Be6 16. Ng5 Qc8 17. Nxe6 Qxe6 18. Kb1 $2 ({Correct is} 18. h5 $1 Qa2 $5
19. Nxa2 Bxb2+ 20. Kb1 Bc3+ 21. Kc1 Bb2+ {and perpetual check.}) 18... Rb7 19.
Ka1 Reb8 20. Rb1 Nc6 21. f4 Bd4 22. Qd3 ({It is too late for} 22. h5 {due to}
Na5 $1 23. f5 Qe5 24. hxg6 Rxb2 $1 25. gxh7+ Kh8 26. Bf4 Qg7 27. Bh6 Qg3 $1 28.
Rxb2 Bxc3) 22... a5 23. Qh3 f5 24. Rhe1 Nb4 $1 {Spassky starts a mating attack.
} 25. axb4 axb4 26. Na4 Ra7 27. Qb3 c4 28. Qa2 Rba8 29. exf5 Rxa4 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1983.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 Bg4 7. Be3 Nc6 8. d5
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Ne5 10. Be2 c6 11. O-O Qc7 12. Rc1 Rfe8 13. h3 Ned7 14. Re1 e6 15.
Bf1 exd5 16. exd5 Ne4 $6 {Black makes an opportunistic exchange.} 17. Nxe4 Rxe4
18. Bb6 $6 ({A slight material advantage is gained by} 18. dxc6 $1 bxc6 19. Bb6
axb6 $1 20. Rxe4 Bxb2 21. Rc2) 18... Rxe1 19. Bxc7 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 cxd5 21. Rxd5
Bxb2 22. Rb5 Bd4 23. Rxb7 $2 ({Correct is} 23. Bxd6) 23... Nc5 24. Rb1 Ne4 $1
25. g4 Bxf2+ 26. Kg2 Bc5 27. Ba5 Re8 28. Re1 Re5 29. Bd3 Ng5 30. Bc3 Bd4 31.
Bd2 Ne6 32. Kf3 Kf8 33. h4 Ke7 34. g5 f6 35. gxf6+ Kxf6 36. Be4 Nc5 37. Bc2 Ne6
38. Rd1 Rc5 39. Bd3 Be5 40. Rb1 Rc7 41. Ba5 $6 Rc6 42. a3 $6 {White allows the
decisive sacrifice of the exchange.} Ra6 43. Bb4 Ra4 44. Ke3 a5 45. Bc2 axb4
46. Bxa4 bxa3 47. Bb3 Kf5 48. Rf1+ Kg4 49. Kd3 h5 50. Kc2 Nd4+ 51. Kc3 Kxh4 52.
Bd1 Nf3+ 53. Kd3 a2 54. Bxf3 a1=Q 55. Rxa1 Bxa1 56. Ke2 g5 57. Kf1 g4 58. Bd5
Kg3 {Spassky made good use of the errors by the opponent.} 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1983.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 d6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O Qe7 11. Nd2 g5 12. Bg3 O-O-O $5 ({Known is} 12...
h5 13. h3 {(Spassky-Lisitsyn, Leningrad 1956).}) 13. c5 $1 {Boris gives a pawn
before he moves his queen.} dxc5 14. Qa4 Kb8 15. Rab1 Nd5 ({Black has no time
for} 15... h5 $6 {due to} 16. Ba6 $1 h4 17. Nc4 $1 hxg3 18. Bxb7 gxh2+ 19. Kh1
cxd4 20. cxd4 {(after Timman).}) 16. Rb3 f5 17. Ba6 $1 {The pawn sacrifice
made this move possible.} cxd4 18. exd4 $2 ({Wiser is} 18. cxd4 f4 19. Nc4 Ba8
20. Na5 $1) 18... f4 {The crucial position has arisen.} 19. Nc4 $6 ({Spassky
preferred} 19. Rfb1 $1 {after the game. Black wins by} fxg3 20. hxg3 Bxa6 21.
Qxa6 c6 $1 22. Nc4 (22. Ra3 N7f6 23. c4 Qb7 $1 24. cxd5 Qxa6 25. Rxa6 Rxd5)
22... Rc8 23. Na5 Rc7 24. c4 Ka8 $1 25. cxd5 Rb8 26. Qe2 cxd5 {The piece is
returned in both variations.}) 19... Ba8 20. Bb5 c6 {Capture of the bishop is
okay.} 21. Bxc6 Bxc6 22. Qxc6 Rc8 23. Na5 Rxc6 ({Better is} 23... Rc7 $1 24. c4
Rhc8 {(Timman).}) 24. Nxc6+ Kc7 25. Nxe7 Nxe7 26. c4 Nc6 27. Bxf4+ gxf4 28. Rd1
Rf8 29. Rh3 Rf6 30. Rh5 e5 31. dxe5 Ndxe5 32. Rd5 Re6 33. h4 f3 34. gxf3 Nxf3+
35. Kg2 Nfe5 $2 ({Seirawan has seen} 35... Ncd4 $1 36. Kg3 {He misses} Ng1 $1
37. Rhe5 Nge2+ 38. Kh3 Nf4+) 36. c5 b5 $2 {He blunders again.} ({The exchange} 
36... bxc5 37. Rxc5 {draws.}) 37. Rd6 Rxd6 38. cxd6+ Kxd6 39. Rxh6+ Kd5 40. h5
a5 41. Rf6 Nd8 42. h6 Nef7 43. h7 a4 44. Kg3 Nh8 45. Rb6 Kc4 46. a3 Ndf7 47.
Kf4 Kc5 48. Rb8 Kd6 49. Rxb5 Ke6 50. Ra5 Ng6+ 51. Ke3 Kf6 52. Rxa4 Kg7 53. Ra7
1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1983.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 a5 14. Ne4 Nxe4
15. Qxe4 a4 16. Ne5 a3 17. b3 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qa5 19. Bd2 Qc7 20. f4 O-O 21. f5
exf5 22. Qxf5 Qc8 23. Qxc8 Rfxc8 24. c4 b5 25. Kc2 Kf8 26. Rhf1 Ke8 27. Rf4 Ra7
28. Be1 Rb7 29. Rg4 Bf8 30. Rgd4 b4 31. Bh4 Be7 32. c5 Bxh4 33. Rxh4 Rb5 34.
Rc4 Rc7 35. Rdd4 Re7 36. Re4 Kd7 37. Kd3 Ke6 38. Red4 Kxe5 39. Re4+ Kf6 40.
Rf4+ Kg5 41. Rg4+ Kxh5 42. Rxg7 Rbb7 $4 ({Correct is} 42... Re6 43. Rc1 Rg6)
43. Rc1 $1 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1983.??.??"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. e4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O a5 $6 10. f3 Nd7 11. Ndb5 Nc5 12. Qd2 a4 13. Rfd1 Qa5 14. Rac1
Be6 15. Nd5 Qxd2 16. Rxd2 Bxd5 $2 ({Right is} 16... Ra5 17. Rcd1 h6) 17. cxd5
Nb4 {Andersson has a nice combination.} 18. Rxc5 $1 dxc5 19. Bxc5 Nxa2 20. Bxe7
Rfc8 21. f4 $2 ({Correct is} 21. d6 $1 Bh6 22. Rd1 Bf8 23. Bf6 Bg7 24. Bxg7
Kxg7 25. d7 Rd8 26. Bc4 Nb4 27. Nd6 $1 Rxd7 28. Ne8+ Rxe8 29. Rxd7 $18) 21...
Bf8 22. d6 Nb4 $2 ({The knight moves along the proper road in} 22... Nc1 $1 23.
Bd1 Nb3 24. Rd5 Rc4 $1 25. Bh4 Nc5 $1 26. d7 Ne6 $1 27. d8=Q Nxd8 28. Bxd8 Rxe4
) 23. Bh4 Rc1+ 24. Kf2 Nc6 25. Nc7 a3 26. bxa3 Rxa3 27. e5 h6 28. Bf6 Bg7 29.
Be7 Bf8 30. Nd5 Ra8 31. h4 Rc5 32. Nf6+ Kg7 33. Bxf8+ Rxf8 34. Nd7 {Spassky
won the tournament before Karpov and Andersson.} 1-0

[Event "Tilburg "]
[Site "Interpolis 7"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1983.??.??"]

{World champion Karpov was the main participant again. John van der Wiel took
part as the new Dutch hero.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 exd4 5. exd4
Nf6 6. Bxc4 Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Re1 Nb6 10. Bb3 c6 11. Bg5 Bg4 $5 ({
Very solid is} 11... Nbd5 {(Browne - Petrosian, Las Palmas 1982).}) 12. Qd3 $1
Bxf3 (12... Bh5 $6 13. Ne5 {is better for White.}) 13. Qxf3 Nfd5 14. Bxe7 $1 ({
Not} 14. Rxe7 $6 Nxe7 15. Re1 Nbc8 16. Qe2 Re8 $1 17. Bxf7+ $2 Kxf7 18. Qe6+
Kf8 19. Re3 Nd6 $1 20. Rf3+ {(Vaganian)} Nef5 $1 {and Black wins.}) 14... Nxe7
15. Re5 Ng6 16. Re4 Nd7 17. Rd1 Qa5 18. Re3 Rad8 19. Ne4 Qc7 20. h4 $1 h6 $5
21. Qg4 Kh8 22. h5 Nf4 23. Rg3 g5 24. hxg6 fxg6 25. Re1 {The black defence
looks poor.} Rde8 $2 ({But} 25... Nb6 $1 26. Nc5 $1 Nbd5 {defends wel.}) 26.
Rge3 Nb6 $6 (26... Kg7 $1 27. Bc2 $1 Rf7 28. Ng3 $1 Nf6 29. Nf5+ Kh7 30. Qh4 {
leads to a crushing attack by White.}) 27. Nc5 $1 Qc8 $6 ({Or} 27... Rxe3 28.
fxe3 {(Vaganian).}) 28. Qxf4 1-0

[Event "Tilburg "]
[Site "Interpolis 7"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D32"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1983.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bf3 Be5 11. Qd3 Nb4 12. Qd2 Bxd4 13. exd4 Bf5 14. Bd1
Re8 15. Na4 Nc6 16. f3 Qa5 17. Qxa5 Nxa5 18. Kf2 Nc6 19. Be3 Nb4 20. Bg5 Nd7
21. g4 Bg6 22. Bb3 Bc2 23. Bxc2 Nxc2 24. Rad1 f6 25. Bf4 Nf8 26. Rd2 Ne6 27.
Bg3 Ncxd4 28. Rfd1 Nc6 29. Rxd5 Rad8 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Rxd8+ Ncxd8 32. Ke3 Kf7
33. f4 g6 34. f5 gxf5 35. gxf5 Ng7 36. Ke4 Nc6 37. Bd6 Ne7 38. Nc5 b6 39. Na6
Ngxf5 40. Bb8 Ke6 41. Bxa7 Nd6+ 42. Kd3 Nd5 43. a4 f5 44. b4 f4 45. a5 bxa5 46.
bxa5 Kd7 47. Nc5+ Kc6 48. Nb3 Nb4+ 49. Ke2 Kb5 50. Kf3 Nc6 51. Bb6 Nc4 52. Bc7
N4xa5 $2 {Suddenly Polu collapses.} (52... Kb4 $1 53. Nc1 N6xa5 {draws easily.}
) 53. Nxa5 Nxa5 $2 (53... Nd4+ $1 54. Ke4 Ne6 55. Bxf4 Kxa5 {still draws.}) 54.
Bxa5 Kxa5 55. Kxf4 Kb5 56. Kg5 Kc5 57. Kh6 {White has an elementary win.} 1-0

[Event "Tilburg "]
[Site "Interpolis 7"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B26"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1983.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 e5 7. Qd2 Nge7 8. Bh6
O-O 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10. f4 Nd4 $5 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. O-O Qd7 $2 ({Correct is} 12...
f6 {(Seppeur - King, Germany 1986).}) 13. Nh4 $2 (13. fxe5 {wins a pawn.})
13... exf4 14. gxf4 f5 15. Rae1 Rae8 16. h3 Bh5 17. Nd1 d5 18. c3 Ndc6 19. e5
d4 20. c4 h6 21. a3 Nd8 $1 22. Nf2 $1 Ne6 {Black threatens to attack on the
kingside.} 23. Bf3 $2 ({The subtle} 23. Nh1 $1 g5 $1 24. Ng3 Bg6 25. Nxg6 Kxg6
26. fxg5 hxg5 {(Van der Wiel)} 27. Qe2 {keeps the equality.}) 23... Bxf3 $1 24.
Nxf3 b5 $1 {Black charges on the flanks.} 25. h4 Rb8 26. Kh2 Qc6 27. Kg3 g5 28.
hxg5 hxg5 29. cxb5 Rxb5 30. Nxg5 Nxg5 31. fxg5 f4+ 32. Kh2 Qf3 0-1

[Event "Tilburg "]
[Site "Interpolis 7"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1983.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bf4 d6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Bc4 Nf6 9. Qe2 Be7 $5 ({Known is} 9... e5 {(Van der Wiel - Langeweg, Amsterdam
1982).}) 10. O-O-O $5 ({The exciting} 10. e5 Nd5 11. Bxd5 cxd5 12. Nxd5 $1 dxe5
$1 13. Nxe7 exf4 {equalises.}) 10... d5 11. Rhe1 Bb7 12. g4 $5 O-O 13. g5 {
Euwe compared the style of Van der Wiel with Tal.} Nd7 $2 ({Right is} 13... Bb4
$1 14. gxf6 Qxf6 {, and Black wins back the piece.}) 14. exd5 cxd5 15. Nxd5 $1
Bxd5 (15... Bxg5 16. Rg1 $1 h6 17. Bxg5 hxg5 18. Nc3 {also brings a white
attack.}) 16. Bxd5 Bxg5 $5 17. Bxa8 Bxf4+ 18. Kb1 Qc7 19. Be4 Nc5 20. Rd4 Rb8
21. Rc4 g6 22. c3 a5 23. h4 Qb6 24. Rd1 Be5 25. Rd2 Bf4 26. Rc2 Qd6 27. h5 Bg5
28. hxg6 hxg6 29. Rd4 Qe7 30. Bc6 Bf6 31. Rd1 Qc7 32. Bb5 Kg7 33. a4 Rh8 34.
Qf3 Rh4 35. Rh1 Rxh1+ 36. Qxh1 Qf4 37. Qc6 Ne4 38. Qb6 Qf3 39. Re2 Nxc3+ 40.
bxc3 Qxc3 41. Qe3 Qa1+ 42. Kc2 Qb2+ 43. Kd1 Qa1+ 44. Qc1 Qd4+ 45. Ke1 Qg4 46.
Qe3 Qg1+ 47. Kd2 Qg4 48. Kd1 Qg1+ 49. Kc2 Qg4 50. Rd2 Qh5 51. Rd3 Qg4 52. Qf3
Qg5 53. Kd1 Qe5 54. Qe3 Qh5+ 55. Ke1 Qh1+ 56. Ke2 Qh5+ 57. Qf3 Qg5 58. Be8 Kf8
59. Bxf7 Kxf7 60. Rd7+ Ke8 61. Qc6 Qg4+ 62. f3 1-0

[Event "Tilburg "]
[Site "Interpolis 7"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1983.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 5. Qg4 f5 6. Qg3 b6 7. Nh3 a5 $5 {A
poor novelty introduces a spectacle.} 8. Nf4 Qf7 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 Ba6 $6
11. Bxa6 Rxa6 12. Nxe6 Qxe6 13. Qxc7 Nc6 14. Qxg7 Qg6 15. Qxh8 Nd8 $1 ({The
pointe is} 15... Qxg2 16. Bg5 Qxh1+ 17. Kd2 Qxa1 18. Qxg8+ Kd7 19. e6+ Kc7 20.
Bf4+ {and Black will be mated.}) 16. Bh6 $1 b5 17. Bg7 Kf7 18. Bf6 {White has
gained material and saved his queen. Black tries to take advantage of the
imprisoned gentlewoman.} Ne6 19. h4 Rc6 20. h5 Qh6 21. c3 Rc8 22. f4 Nxf4 23.
O-O Ne2+ 24. Kf2 Nf4 25. g4 fxg4 26. Bg5 Qxg5 27. Kg3 Nf6 28. Qxf6+ Qxf6 29.
exf6 Nxh5+ 30. Kxg4 Nxf6+ 31. Kf5 a4 32. Rae1 Rc6 33. Kg5 Rd6 34. Re5 h6+ 35.
Kxh6 Kg8 36. Rg5+ Kf7 37. Rgf5 Ke7 38. Kg5 Ne4+ 39. Kf4 Nd2 40. Re1+ Kd7 41.
Rf7+ Kc6 42. Re8 Nc4 43. Rc8+ Kb6 44. Rb8+ Kc6 45. Rfb7 Nxb2 46. Rxb5 Nc4 47.
Rc5+ 1-0

[Event "Tilburg "]
[Site "Interpolis 7"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E29"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1983.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nc6 8.
Ne2 b6 9. e4 Ne8 10. O-O Ba6 11. f4 Na5 12. f5 f6 $5 {Polugaevsky plays a
novelty.} 13. Nf4 cxd4 $1 14. Qh5 $5 {Timman wants to win fast.} ({Prudent is} 
14. cxd4) 14... exf5 $1 15. exf5 $2 {Jan chooses the wrong plan.} (15. Qxf5 $1
Rf7 16. e5 $1 g6 17. Nxg6 $1 Bxc4 (17... hxg6 $2 18. Qxg6+ Rg7 19. exf6 $1 Nxf6
20. Rxf6 $3) 18. Bxc4 Nxc4 {leads to a great battle.}) 15... Nd6 $1 ({Not} 
15... dxc3 $2 16. Rf3 Nd6 17. Rh3 h6 18. Ng6 Rf7 19. Bxh6 $1) 16. Rf3 $5 Qe8 $1
17. Ng6 $6 (17. Qh4 Bxc4 {is favourable for Black (Polugaevsky).}) 17... Bxc4
18. Bf4 ({Or} 18. Rh3 Qe1+ 19. Bf1 Qxf1#) 18... Bxd3 19. Rh3 Bxf5 $1 20. Qxh7+
Kf7 21. Rg3 Ne4 22. Ne5+ Ke6 0-1

[Event "Tilburg "]
[Site "Interpolis 7"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B44"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1983.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3
Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Rc1 Bf8 13. Qb3 Nd7 14. Rfd1 Nc5 15.
Qc2 Bb7 16. Qd2 Rc8 17. Nc2 Ne5 18. f3 Rc7 19. Bf2 Qb8 20. Nd4 Rec8 21. b3 Be7
22. Bf1 Kh8 23. Be3 Rg8 24. Bg5 Bf8 $2 (24... Bxg5 25. Qxg5 Qd8 {exchanges.})
25. Nce2 h6 26. Be3 Qd8 27. Ng3 Qh4 28. Be2 g6 29. b4 Ncd7 30. Bf2 Qe7 31. f4
Nc6 32. Nf3 Nf6 $2 {Black blunders a pawn in a poor position.} 33. Bxb6 Rd7 34.
b5 Nb8 35. Bd3 Bg7 36. Qe2 Rc8 37. a4 Ba8 38. a5 Ne8 39. Qe3 Kh7 40. Be2 Nf6
41. h3 d5 42. cxd5 Rxc1 43. Qxc1 exd5 44. e5 Ne4 45. Nf1 Qb4 46. Qc8 Nc3 47.
Rd2 Nxe2+ 48. Rxe2 d4 49. Qxb8 Bxf3 50. gxf3 d3 51. Rd2 Qxf4 52. Be3 Qxf3 53.
bxa6 Rd5 54. Qb7 Bxe5 55. Rf2 Qe4 56. Rxf7+ Kg8 57. Qe7 1-0

[Event "Tilburg "]
[Site "Interpolis 7"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1983.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ne1 Re8 8. Nd5
h6 $6 {Hübner plays a strange new move.} 9. d3 Bxe1 10. Rxe1 Ne5 11. dxe4 Nxc4
12. Nxf6+ (12. Qc2 $1 Nxd5 13. exd5 {gains a plus.}) 12... Qxf6 13. Qc2 Qc6 14.
Bf4 Ne5 15. Rac1 Qxc2 16. Rxc2 c6 17. Rd1 b6 18. f3 a5 19. Bh3 Ra7 20. Bf5 f6
21. Kf2 Kf8 22. h4 Ke7 23. Bxe5 fxe5 24. Rcd2 Rf8 25. h5 Rc7 26. f4 exf4 27.
gxf4 d6 $1 28. Bxc8 Rcxc8 29. Ke3 Rf6 {A part of the pressure has been lifted.}
30. Rg1 Kf8 31. f5 Re8 32. Kf4 {Black can lift the restraint by active play.}
Re5 $2 ({Right is} 32... Rf7 $1 33. Rxd6 Rfe7 34. Rd4 c5 35. Rc4 b5 $1 36. Rxc5
Rxe4+) 33. Rc1 c5 34. Rcd1 Ke7 35. a4 Kd7 36. Rg1 Re7 37. e5 Rxe5 38. Rxg7+ Re7
39. Rg6 Ref7 40. e4 Kc7 41. Rdg2 b5 42. axb5 a4 43. Rxf6 Rxf6 44. Rg7+ Kb6 45.
Rg6 Rf8 46. Rxd6+ Kxb5 47. e5 c4 48. e6 a3 49. bxa3 c3 50. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Tilburg "]
[Site "Interpolis 7"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1983.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Nd5 e4 6. Ng1 O-O 7. Ne2 Nxd5 $5 ({
Theory is} 7... Re8) 8. cxd5 Ne5 9. Ng3 f5 10. a3 Bd6 11. d3 (11. d4 $1 exd3
12. Bxd3 Nxd3+ 13. Qxd3 {avoids the next problems.}) 11... Qh4 $1 12. dxe4 fxe4
13. Be2 Nd3+ $5 14. Bxd3 exd3 15. f4 $2 ({Appropriate is} 15. Qxd3 Bxg3 16.
fxg3 {(Sosonko)} Qe7 $1) 15... b6 16. Qxd3 $2 (16. O-O $1 a5 $1 17. Ne4 $1 Qe7
18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. Qf3 c6 20. e4 cxd5 21. e5 $1 {defends unconventionally.})
16... a5 $1 17. Bd2 Ba6 $1 18. Qc2 Qg4 $1 19. Qd1 Rxf4 $1 20. Qxg4 Rxg4 21.
O-O-O Bxg3 22. hxg3 Rxg3 23. e4 Rf8 24. Bc3 Rxg2 25. e5 Bc4 26. Rd4 Bb3 27. Re1
Rg6 28. Rd3 a4 29. e6 dxe6 30. d6 cxd6 31. Rxd6 h5 32. Kd2 b5 33. Re5 Rh6 34.
Rxb5 Rf7 35. Bd4 h4 36. Rd8+ Rf8 37. Rxf8+ Kxf8 38. Rb8+ Kf7 39. Rb7+ Kg6 40.
Rxg7+ Kf5 41. Bg1 h3 42. Bh2 Ke4 43. Ke2 Bc4+ 44. Ke1 Rf6 45. Rg4+ Kd5 46. Bg3
e5 47. Rg5 h2 48. Rxe5+ Kd4 49. Bxh2 Rf1+ 50. Kd2 Rf2+ 51. Kc1 Rxh2 52. Re8 Bd3
53. Ra8 Ke3 54. Re8+ Be4 55. Rd8 Rh1+ 56. Rd1 Rxd1+ 57. Kxd1 Kd3 58. Kc1 Kc4
0-1

[Event "Tilburg "]
[Site "Interpolis 7"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1983.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Qc7 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O e6 13. Ne4 Bd6 $5 {
Seirawan likes to play new moves in this position.} 14. Nxd6+ Qxd6 15. Qe2 Qd5
16. Kb1 $5 ({Usual will become} 16. c4 $1) 16... Nxh5 $5 17. Ne5 Nhf6 18. f3 {
Black can accept the second sacrifice too.} b5 $2 ({Better is} 18... Qxd4 $1
19. Bc3 Qc5 {(Karpov)} 20. Nxd7 Nxd7 21. Bxg7 Rg8 22. Bxh6 O-O-O {White has
regained the pawns and Black has castled.}) 19. g4 Rg8 20. Rhe1 Nb6 21. b3 $1
Qd6 22. f4 Nfd7 23. f5 Nxe5 24. dxe5 Qc5 $2 (24... Qe7 $1 25. Qe4 Qb7 $1 {
defends with a great difficulty.}) 25. fxe6 fxe6 26. Be3 $1 Qxe5 ({Or} 26...
Qc3 27. Rd6 $1 {(Karpov).}) 27. Bxb6 (27. Qd3 $1 {(Karpov)} Nd5 28. Qg6+ Kd7
29. Qf7+ {wins more quickly.}) 27... Qxe2 28. Rxe2 axb6 29. Rxe6+ Kf7 30. Rxc6
Rgd8 31. Rf1+ Kg8 32. Rf5 Rd1+ 33. Kb2 Rg1 34. Rxb5 Rxg4 35. Rcxb6 g6 36. Rb8+
Rxb8 37. Rxb8+ {But the rook ending is easily won as well.} Kg7 38. a4 Re4 39.
a5 Re7 40. a6 Kf6 41. b4 g5 42. b5 Ra7 43. Rb6+ 1-0

[Event "Tilburg "]
[Site "Interpolis 7"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1983.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 e6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bd2 Rb8 10. Rb1 b5 11. a3 Qc7 12. Kh1 $5 f5 13. Re1 h6 14. b4 $5 {Boris
becomes aggressive.} c4 $5 ({The alternative is} 14... cxb4 15. axb4 Nxb4 16.
Nxb5 Rxb5 17. Bxb4) 15. dxc4 bxc4 16. b5 Nd8 $2 ({Right is} 16... Nd4 $1 17.
Nxd4 Bxd4) 17. e5 $1 Nf7 $6 ({Preferable is} 17... d5 $5) 18. exd6 Qxd6 19. Qe2
{Black has great positional problems.} Rd8 $6 ({The opportunistic} 19... Bb7 $1
20. Qxe6 Bxf3 21. Qxd6 Bxg2+ 22. Kxg2 Nxd6 23. Rxe7 Rf7 {fights for the last
chance.}) 20. Qxc4 Bb7 21. Rxe6 Qd7 22. Rbe1 Rbc8 23. Qb3 Bxf3 24. Bxf3 Qxd2
25. Rxe7 Qxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Rxc3 27. Qa2 Rxf3 28. Re7 Rf8 29. Kg2 Rc3 30. h4 $6 (
30. Rxa7 {is okay.}) 30... Bd4 $1 31. Rd7 Bb6 32. a4 Rc7 33. Rxc7 Bxc7 34. Qe6
Kg7 35. h5 $1 gxh5 36. Qxf5 Rd8 37. Kh3 Rd4 38. Qc5 Bb6 39. Qc3 Nd6 40. a5 Ne4
41. Qa1 Bc5 42. b6 $1 Nf6 43. b7 Rd8 44. Qe5 Bd6 45. b8=Q Rxb8 46. Qxd6 Rc8 47.
f5 Rf8 48. c4 {John scored poorly in the last rounds.} 1-0

[Event "Tilburg "]
[Site "Interpolis 7"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1983.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 e5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d5 Nce7 6. Bd3 h5 $2 {Seirawan plays
like a beginner.} 7. f4 $1 Bg7 8. Nf3 exf4 9. Bxf4 Nf6 10. e5 $1 dxe5 11. Bxe5
O-O 12. O-O Bf5 13. Nd4 Ng4 14. Bxg7 Qd6 15. g3 Kxg7 16. Nxf5+ Nxf5 17. Bxf5 {
Black seems to have counter-play.} Qb6+ $5 ({But} 17... Qc5+ $5 18. Kh1 Ne3 19.
Qd2 $1 Nxf5 20. Rxf5 $1 gxf5 21. Qg5+ {also wins for White.}) 18. Kh1 Ne3 19.
Na4 $1 Qf6 ({Or} 19... Nxd1 20. Nxb6 axb6 21. Rfxd1 gxf5 22. d6 cxd6 23. Rxd6)
20. Bc2 Nxf1 21. Qxf1 Rae8 22. Qxf6+ Kxf6 23. Nc3 Re5 24. Kg2 h4 25. Rd1 hxg3
26. hxg3 Rh8 27. c5 Ke7 28. Ba4 Kd8 29. Rd4 Reh5 30. Kf3 Rh1 31. c6 bxc6 32.
dxc6+ Kc8 33. Bb5 Kb8 34. Ba6 f6 35. Ne4 R1h5 36. Nxf6 {Karpov won the event
by 7/11. Ljubojevic and Portisch shared the second place.    Although Tolya
did not have his best form, it was good enough for victory.} 1-0

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "1984.05.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

{Bugojno number four occurred from 25 v until 10 vi 1984. Timman became the
star in the absence of Kasparov and Karpov.} 1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. e3
Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nf4 b6 9. b3 Ba6 10. Bb2 d5 11. Re1 Rc8
12. d3 d4 13. exd4 $5 Nxd4 $1 {Black takes the initiative.} 14. a4 Qd7 15. Nb5
Rfd8 $5 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. b4 Bb7 18. Bc1 Re8 19. Nh3 $5 e5 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. f3
Nd7 22. g4 $5 f5 23. gxf5 gxf5 24. Ra2 $1 e4 25. fxe4 fxe4 26. Rg2 e3 27. Bb2
Ne5 28. Bxd4 $2 e2 $3 {Interesting tactics get a sudden end.} ({Not} 28... Nf3+
$4 29. Qxf3 $1 Qxf3 30. Rxg7+ Kf8 31. Rf1 {(Tal).}) ({The players miss} 28...
e2 29. Rexe2 $3 Nf3+ 30. Kf1 Nxd4 31. Rxg7+ Kxg7 32. Rxe8 Qh1+ 33. Ng1 Rxe8 34.
Qg4+ Kf7 35. Qxd4 Qxh2 36. Qd7+ Re7 37. Qf5+ Kg7 38. Qg4+ Kh6 $1 {Black has
escaped from a perpetual, but winning will be hard.}) 0-1

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "1984.05.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Bc2 Nb8 13. b4 Nbd7 14. a4 Nb6 15. a5
Nbd7 16. Bb2 g6 17. Rb1 Bg7 18. c4 c6 $1 ({Torre betters on} 18... c5 $6 19.
bxc5 dxc5 20. dxe5 {(Moura - Neves, corr. 1979).}) 19. cxb5 cxb5 20. d5 Rf8 21.
Nf1 Nh5 22. Bc1 Ndf6 23. Be3 Ne8 24. Ng3 Nxg3 25. fxg3 Rc8 $6 {Hereafter,
Black will slowly lose terrain.} ({Better is the active} 25... f5 $1 26. Ng5
Nc7 27. exf5 gxf5 28. Rf1 Qd7 $1) 26. g4 Nf6 27. Bd3 Qd7 28. Qd2 Kh8 29. Rf1
Rce8 30. Nh2 Rc8 31. Rf2 $5 Rc4 $5 32. Bxc4 Nxe4 33. Qc2 Nxf2 34. Bb3 $1 Nxh3+
35. gxh3 f5 36. Rf1 e4 $5 {Torre has counter-play after the sacrifice.} 37. Qd2
Be5 38. Kh1 Re8 39. Qf2 Bc8 40. Bf4 Qg7 41. gxf5 Bxf5 42. Be3 $2 ({Right is} 
42. Ng4 $1) 42... Bxh3 43. Rg1 Bd7 44. Bd1 Qf6 45. Qxf6+ Bxf6 46. Bg4 Bf5 47.
Rf1 Kg7 48. Bxf5 gxf5 49. Rxf5 {Black seems to survive in the endgame.} Bc3 $2
(49... Kg6 $1 50. Rf2 (50. Rf4 Bg5 $1 51. Rg4 h6) 50... Bc3 51. Bd2 Bxd2 52.
Rxd2 Kf5 {appears to draw.}) 50. Ng4 $1 Rc8 51. Kg2 Rc4 52. Bf4 Bxb4 53. Bh6+
Kg6 54. Rf6+ Kh5 55. Ne3 Bc3 56. Rxd6 Rc8 57. Rxa6 Rg8+ 58. Kh3 Be5 59. Nf5 {
This win became important for the final standings of the tournament.} 1-0

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "1984.05.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D54"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Rc1 b6 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Be2 c5 12. Bf3 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Bb7 14. Ne2
Nc6 15. Qd2 $6 (15. Qxd5 Rad8 16. Qf5 {drew in Fuderer - Ilivitzki, Gothenburg
1955.}) ({No problems result from} 15. Qf4 $1 Ne5 16. O-O) 15... Ne5 $1 16. Nd4
$6 ({Better is} 16. O-O Nxf3+ 17. gxf3) 16... Nxf3+ 17. Nxf3 Ba6 18. Nd4 Rac8 (
18... Rfe8 $5 {won in Yuferov - Gusev, Kaliningrad 1973.}) 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. f3
Qh4+ 21. g3 Qh3 22. Rg1 $2 ({Correct is} 22. Kf2 $1 {(Cvetkovic).}) 22... Rc1+
$1 23. Qxc1 Qxh2 24. g4 Qxg1+ 25. Kd2 Qf2+ 26. Kc3 g6 27. Qd2 Qg3 28. b3 Bf1
29. Kb2 Bg2 30. Qe2 Bh3 31. Qc2 Qg2 32. Qxg2 Bxg2 33. Kc3 a5 34. a3 Kf8 35. Kd2
Ke7 36. Ke2 Bh3 37. Kf2 f5 38. gxf5 Bxf5 39. Kg3 Kf6 40. Ne2 Ke5 41. f4+ Ke4
42. Nc3+ Kd3 43. Nxd5 b5 44. Kf2 Kc2 45. b4 a4 46. Nc7 Bd7 47. e4 Kb3 48. f5
gxf5 49. exf5 Bxf5 50. Nxb5 Bd7 51. Na7 Kxa3 52. b5 Be6 53. Nc6 Kb2 54. b6 Bc8
55. Na7 Ba6 56. Nb5 Kb3 57. Ke3 Kb4 58. Nc7 Bb7 59. Kd3 a3 60. Kc2 Be4+ 61. Kc1
Kb3 0-1

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "1984.05.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Ivanovic, Bozidar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B69"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Bd7 $6 8.
O-O-O $6 (8. Ndb5 $1 Qa5 9. O-O-O {gains an edge (Unzicker - Forgacs,
Regensburg 1946).}) 8... a6 9. f4 Be7 10. Nf3 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Bd3 Qb6 13.
Rhe1 O-O-O 14. Kb1 $5 (14. Nd5 $5 {can be played immediately 
(Sveshnikov-Panchenko, Tashkent 1980).}) 14... Kb8 15. Nd5 $5 exd5 16. exd5 Ne5
$1 17. fxe5 fxe5 18. Qh6 Qc5 19. Qh5 Rdf8 20. Bf5 Bxf5 21. Qxf5 Bd8 22. Rf1
Rhg8 23. g3 Rg6 24. h3 $6 Qc4 $6 25. Rd3 Qc8 26. Nd2 Qxf5 27. Rxf5 Rg5 {White
has a positional plus.} 28. Rdf3 $2 (28. Rxg5 Bxg5 29. Ne4 Be7 30. g4 {is
alright.}) 28... Rxf5 $2 (28... e4 $1 29. Rf1 (29. Nxe4 Rxf5 30. Rxf5 Re8 31.
Rf4 f5 $1) 29... Rxf5 30. Rxf5 e3 31. Nf3 Rg8 {leads to big troubles for White.
}) 29. Rxf5 Kc7 $6 30. Ne4 $1 {The blockade restrains horribly.} Be7 31. g4 h6
32. c3 Kd7 33. a3 Bg5 34. Nxg5 hxg5 35. Rxg5 Rc8 36. Kc2 Ke7 37. h4 Kf6 38.
Rf5+ Kg7 39. g5 Rc5 40. b4 Rxd5 41. h5 a5 $6 42. h6+ Kg8 43. bxa5 Rc5 44. Rf6
Rc6 45. Kb3 e4 46. g6 fxg6 47. Rxg6+ Kh7 48. Re6 1-0

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "1984.05.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. b3 c5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4
O-O 9. Bb2 Re8 10. Nc3 Bg4 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Ne5 $5 ({Exchanges result from} 12.
dxc5 Bxc5 13. Nxd5 $1 {(A. Petrosian - Panchenko, Vilnius 1978)} Qxd5 $5 14.
Qxd5 Nxd5 15. Rxc5 Rxe2 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rxd5 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Rxa2) 12... Bh5
13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Qc2 Bb6 16. e3 Bg6 17. Qd1 d4 18. exd4 Bxd4 19.
Qd2 c5 20. h3 Qa5 21. Rfd1 Qa6 22. Re1 h6 23. Na4 Qd6 24. Kh2 h5 25. Rc4 Rxe1
26. Qxe1 Rd8 27. Kh1 $2 ({Better is} 27. Qd2) 27... Re8 (27... h4 $1 {attacks
the kingside.}) 28. Qd2 Ne4 {Larsen seems to be lost.} 29. Bxe4 $2 ({But} 29.
Rxd4 $1 cxd4 30. Qxd4 Qxd4 31. Bxd4 {grabs the last chance.}) 29... Bxe4+ 30.
Kh2 Ba8 31. Qd1 Qd5 32. f3 Bg1+ {Boris had lost a game in round two. It became
an inspiration for two wins by Black. Thereafter, tennis became his joy.} 0-1

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "1984.05.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Qc7 11. Bd2 e6 12. O-O-O Ngf6 13. Ne4 O-O-O 14. g3 Nc5
15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. c4 ({Tal played} 16. Qe2 $5 {in 1982.}) 16... Bb6 17. Bc3
Rhe8 18. Kb1 a6 $6 (18... e5 $1 19. Qf5+ Qd7 20. Qxd7+ Nxd7 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22.
dxe5 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Bxf2 {brings many exchanges.}) 19. Qc2 Re7 20. Ne5 Ba5 $5
21. b4 $5 {Mihail accepts the challenge as usual.} Bb6 22. a4 Qb8 23. f4 Qa7
24. Rd2 (24. a5 $1 Bc7 25. g4 $1 {gains more terrain.}) 24... Kb8 25. a5 Bc7
26. g4 Ka8 $1 27. g5 Ne8 {White should worry about counter-play.} 28. c5 $6 (
28. g6 $1 f6 (28... fxg6 {(Miles)} 29. Qxg6 $1) 29. Nf7 $1 {gains a plus.})
28... Qb8 $1 29. g6 $2 f6 $1 30. Nc4 Bxf4 {Miles simply picks up a pawn.} 31.
Re2 Nc7 $1 32. Bb2 Nb5 33. Rhe1 Nxd4 34. Bxd4 Rxd4 35. Rxe6 Rxe6 36. Rxe6 Qd8
$1 37. Re1 Ka7 38. Ka2 Bd2 39. Rb1 Qd5 40. Kb3 Rd3+ {Tal was out of the race
for the first place.} 0-1

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "1984.06.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kovacevic, Vlatko"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nbd2 Bg4 4. e3 Nbd7 5. h3 Bh5 6. c4 e6 7. Qb3 Rb8 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 c6 10. Qc2 $5 Bg6 11. Bxg6 hxg6 12. b3 $6 ({Better is} 12. O-O
Be7 13. Re1) 12... Bd6 13. Bb2 Qe7 14. a4 ({Or} 14. O-O Kf8 $1 {(Hübner).})
14... O-O 15. O-O Rfe8 16. Qc1 Rbc8 17. Ba3 c5 18. Qb2 b6 19. Rfd1 Nf8 20. Rac1
Ne6 21. Qa1 $5 Ne4 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. dxc5 ({The solid} 23. Nd2 $1 cxd4 24. Bxd6
Qxd6 25. Nxe4 Qd5 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Qb1 $1 {equalises (Hübner).}) 23... exf3 $5
24. cxd6 $2 ({Right is} 24. Rxd6 Qg5 25. g3 Qh5 26. h4 Qg4 $6 (26... Nxc5 {
(Tal)}) 27. Rc4 $1 Qh3 28. Qf1 {and White avoids mate (Hübner).}) 24... Qg5 $1
25. g4 (25. g3 Qh5 26. h4 Qg4 27. Kh2 Ng5 $1 {also wins for Black.}) 25... Nf4
$1 {White cannot defend his king.} 26. Rxc8 ({The point is} 26. exf4 Qh4 27.
Rxc8 Qxh3 $1) 26... Nxh3+ 27. Kh2 Qh4 28. Rxe8+ Kh7 29. Qxg7+ Kxg7 30. Bb2+ f6
$1 31. Re7+ Kh6 32. Bxf6 Qxf2+ {Timman walked on crotches due to his broken
left leg, but he went forwards in the tournament by big steps.} 0-1

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "1984.06.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanovic, Bozidar"]
[Black "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. a4 Nf6 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Nb3 b6 11. f4 Bb7 12. Bf3 Qc7 13. Qe2 Rab8 14. g4 Rfe8 15.
g5 Nd7 16. Bg2 Bf8 17. Rf3 Na5 18. Rh3 g6 19. Rf1 Bg7 20. Qf2 Rbc8 21. Nd2 Nc4
22. Nxc4 Qxc4 23. Qh4 Nf8 24. Bxb6 Bxc3 25. Rxc3 Qxa4 26. Qe1 $1 {White
switches to the defence.} Rxc3 27. bxc3 ({Not} 27. Qxc3 Bxe4 $1) 27... Qxc2 28.
Bc7 $6 ({Better is} 28. Rf2 Qd3 29. Rb2) 28... Qd3 29. Qb1 Qxc3 30. Bxd6 $2 {
White makes the error Ribli has been awaiting.} (30. Qxb7 Re7 31. Qxa6 Rxc7 32.
Qe2 {gives White a bastion.}) 30... Qd4+ 31. Rf2 Bxe4 $1 32. Qb4 Qxb4 33. Bxb4
Bxg2 34. Kxg2 e5 35. Bc3 exf4 36. Rxf4 Ne6 37. Re4 Rc8 38. Bf6 a5 39. h4 Kf8
40. Kf3 Ke8 41. Ra4 Rc5 42. Ra1 Kd7 43. Rb1 Kc7 44. Ke4 Kc6 45. Kd3 Rb5 46. Rf1
a4 47. Rc1+ Kd5 48. Rh1 Rb4 49. Ke3 Rb3+ 50. Kf2 Nc5 51. Rd1+ Rd3 52. Ra1 a3
53. h5 gxh5 54. Be7 h4 55. Ke2 Rc3 56. Rd1+ Ke4 57. Rh1 h3 {Ribli scored by
prevailing over the lesser players.} 0-1

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "1984.05.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Miles, Anthony"]
[Black "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 Bg4 $5 5. Ne5 e6 6. Nxg4 Nxg4 7. e3 Nd7 8.
Nc3 f5 9. f3 Ngf6 10. Bd2 Bd6 $6 ({Better is} 10... Be7 $1 11. cxd5 cxd5) 11.
cxd5 Nxd5 ({Not} 11... cxd5 $6 12. Nb5 Bb8 13. Rc1) 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Kb1 Qe7
14. e4 $1 fxe4 15. fxe4 Nxc3+ 16. Bxc3 e5 17. d5 c5 $6 18. g3 $1 Nf6 19. Bh3 b5
20. Rhf1 c4 21. Bd2 a5 22. Rf3 Qc7 23. Rdf1 a4 24. Bg5 Be7 25. Be6+ Kh8 26. g4
b4 27. Qf2 h6 28. Bc1 Nh7 29. Bf5 Ng5 30. Bxg5 Bxg5 31. h4 Bf4 32. g5 c3 33.
gxh6 Bxh6 34. Qc2 Bd2 35. Qd1 $6 Rf6 36. Be6 $2 Rxf3 37. Rxf3 Qc4 38. Bf5 Bh6
$2 ({Black misses the win by} 38... a3 $1 39. b3 c2+ $1 40. Qxc2 Qe2 $1) 39. d6
Rd8 40. d7 Qc6 41. Qc2 g6 $1 42. Bh3 b3 $1 43. Qxc3 Qxe4+ 44. Ka1 Qe2 45. Rf1
$2 {The last among many mistakes is made in this game.} (45. Rd3 $1 a3 46. axb3
Kh7 47. Kb1 e4 48. Rd5 Bg7 49. Qd2 {survives the attack.}) 45... a3 $1 46. Rb1
Bg7 47. axb3 axb2+ 48. Rxb2 Ra8+ 49. Kb1 Qd1+ 50. Qc1 Ra1+ 51. Kxa1 Qxc1+ 52.
Ka2 Bf6 53. Rf2 Kg7 54. b4 e4 55. Be6 e3 56. Re2 Qa1+ 57. Kb3 {Torre fought
himself back into the event.} 0-1

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nf5 $5 {Timman choses this
obscure line of the Scotch Game again.} g6 6. Ne3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bd3 Re8 9.
O-O Ne5 10. Kh1 d6 11. Be2 Nc6 12. f3 Nd4 (12... a6 $1 13. Bd2 Nd4 14. Bd3 {
drew in Timman - Gligoric (round six).}) 13. Bc4 $1 a5 $2 ({Right is} 13... Be6
$1 {(Minic).}) 14. Ng4 $1 {If Black opens the f-file, White will attack f6 and
f7.} Be6 $5 {Smyslov sacrifices the queen.} ({No use has} 14... Nxg4 15. fxg4
Ne6 16. Qf3 $1 {(M. Trauth)} Kh8 {due to} 17. Bh6 Ng5 18. Qf4 $1) 15. Bg5 Nxg4
$1 16. Bxd8 Ne3 17. Qc1 Bxc4 18. Qxe3 Nxc2 19. Qd2 $1 Nxa1 20. Bf6 Re6 21. Rxa1
Rxf6 22. b3 $1 Be6 ({Or} 22... Ba6 23. Nd5) 23. Na4 Ba3 24. Qc3 Rf4 25. g3 Bb4
26. Qd3 Rf6 27. a3 $1 b5 28. axb4 axb4 29. Kg2 bxa4 30. Qd4 Bxb3 ({White also
wins by} 30... Kg7 31. bxa4 h6 32. h4 g5 33. f4 $1) 31. Qxf6 a3 32. Qd4 c5 33.
Qxd6 Rc8 34. Qd2 Be6 35. f4 h6 36. g4 Bxg4 37. f5 Re8 38. Qxh6 gxf5 39. h3 1-0

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "1984.05.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kovacevic, Vlatko"]
[Black "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 Qb6 6. Qb3 c4 7. Qxb6 axb6 8. a3
$5 b5 $1 9. Ne5 e6 10. b4 $6 (10. Be2 b4 $1 11. Bf3 $1 {centralises.}) 10...
Nh5 $5 11. Nxc6 Nxf4 12. exf4 bxc6 13. Nd2 f6 14. Nf3 Bd6 15. g3 O-O 16. Be2 (
16. Kd2 $2 Rf7 17. Kc2 e5 $1 {breakthroughs in the centre decisively (Ribli).})
16... Rf7 $1 {White cannot save the a-pawn.} 17. Kd2 $2 ({Right is} 17. Bd1 $1
Rfa7 18. a4 $1 bxa4 19. Ra3 {and the extra pawn becomes a target.}) 17... Rfa7
18. Kc2 Rxa3 19. Rxa3 Rxa3 20. Kb2 Ra7 21. Ra1 Rxa1 22. Kxa1 Bd7 23. Kb2 Be8
24. Kc2 Bg6+ 25. Kd2 Be4 26. Ke3 Bxf3 $5 27. Bxf3 Kf7 28. Bg4 Ke7 29. h4 h6 30.
h5 e5 31. fxe5 fxe5 32. f4 exd4+ 33. Kxd4 Kd8 34. Be6 Kc7 35. Bf7 Be7 36. Be8
Kb6 0-1

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "1984.05.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D49"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 axb5 13. Bxb5+ Bd7 14. Nxd7 Qa5+
15. Bd2 Qxb5 16. Nxf8 $5 {Smyslov plays a new move in an old line.} Kxf8 17. a4
Qxb2 18. Rb1 $5 Qa2 19. O-O h6 (19... Kg8 $1 {will occur in Maksimovic - Nemet,
Athens 1987.}) 20. Rb4 Rd8 21. Bf4 Qd5 22. Bc7 Rd7 23. Rb8+ Ne8 24. Bb6 g6 25.
a5 Kg7 26. Qc1 $2 ({Correct is} 26. Qd2 {(Torre).}) 26... Nd6 27. Rxh8 Kxh8 28.
Rd1 e5 $1 29. f4 Nc4 $1 30. fxe5 d3 $1 {Torre attacks in the centre forcefully.
} 31. Qxh6+ $6 (31. Bf2 $5 Nxa5 32. e6 fxe6 33. Qxh6+ Kg8 34. Qxg6+ Rg7 35.
Qe8+ Kh7 36. Bg3 d2 37. Rxd2 $1 Qxd2 38. Qh5+ Qh6 39. Qxa5 {(Torre)} Qc1+ $1 {
prolongs the game.}) 31... Kg8 32. Qf4 d2 $1 33. Be3 Qd3 $1 34. Kf2 Qb3 35.
Rxd2 Nxd2 36. Bxd2 Qc2 37. Ke1 Qb1+ 38. Kf2 Qb2 39. Ke2 Rd5 40. e6 Re5+ 41. Kd3
{Torre made a comeback in the event.} 0-1

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "1984.05.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Kovacevic, Vlatko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 a5 $5 7. Nbd2 Na6 8.
Nc4 c6 9. a4 d6 10. Qb3 Be6 $6 {White gains a plus by the odd play in the
opening.} ({More useful is} 10... Nc7 $1) 11. Ng5 $1 Bxc4 12. Qxc4+ d5 13. Qd3
Qd7 14. Bf4 Rac8 15. Be5 Bh6 $5 16. Nf3 Qe6 $5 17. b4 $1 axb4 18. cxb4 Nd7 ({
The pointe is} 18... Nxb4 $6 19. Qb3) 19. Rab1 f4 $2 {An open centre helps
White.} ({Preferable is} 19... Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Bg7 {(Gligoric).}) 20. Bxf4 Bxf4
21. gxf4 Rxf4 22. b5 Nc7 23. e3 Rff8 24. bxc6 bxc6 25. Rfc1 Ra8 26. Qc3 $5 Ra6
$5 ({Exchange by} 26... Rxa4 27. Qxc6 Qxc6 28. Rxc6 Ra7 29. Rbc1 {favours
White.}) 27. Rb7 Rc8 $6 ({The reorganisation} 27... Ne8 $1 28. Ng5 Qg4 29. f4
Nd6 30. h3 Qf5 31. Bf1 $1 {brings White great positional advantage.}) 28. a5 h6
29. Ne1 $1 Ne8 30. Nd3 $1 {Black has been outplayed completely.} Nd6 31. Rxd7
Ne4 32. Bxe4 dxe4 33. Ne5 1-0

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "1984.05.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. c4 Nf6 10. cxd5 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Qxd5 12. Qxd5 Nxd5 13. Nc3 Ndb4 14.
Be4 Nxd4 15. Be3 c5 $5 16. Bxb7 $5 {Beliavsky does not find the best answer to
the novelty.} (16. Bxd4 $1 cxd4 17. Nb5 Kf8 $1 {(Gueroff - Moors, Wuppertal
1986)} 18. Nxd4 Rd8 19. Rad1 {gains a plus.}) 16... Rd8 17. Rad1 Nbc2 18. Rf1
Rb8 19. Be4 Rxb2 20. Bc1 Rb8 21. Bf4 Rd8 22. Rd2 Nb4 23. Re1 O-O 24. Bxh7+ Kxh7
25. Rxe7 Ne6 26. g3 Nxf4 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. gxf4 f5 29. Rxa7 Nd3 30. Ra4 Rb8 31.
Rc4 Rb2 32. Na4 Rb4 33. Rxb4 cxb4 34. Kf1 Nc1 35. Ke1 Nxa2 36. Kd2 Kg6 37. Kc2
Kh5 38. f3 Kh4 39. Kb3 Nc1+ 40. Kxb4 Nd3+ 41. Kc4 Ne1 42. Nc5 Nxf3 43. Ne6 g6
44. Nf8 {Timman had triumphed in the tournament by 81/2/13, half-a-point
before Ribli and one point before Torre.   Spassky lacked contact with the
Soviets and decided to play under the French flag in future events.    
Primovac, manager of the main factory, and Domancinovic, head of the town
council, had been the main organisers of the previous events. They had left
the town. The extravagant director Bjelica acted strangely in their place.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg "]
[Site "Interpolis 8"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Black "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

{The organisation tried to stimulate daring play each year by giving high
bonuses for wins, but drawing remained frequent.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6
4. Nc3 Bb7 5. g3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 Nd7 8. O-O Be7 $5 9. Nxd5 exd5 $6 (9...
Bxd5 {9. .. Bxd5! gives more flexibility.}) 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Rd1 Bd6 12. Bg5 Qe8
13. Rac1 c6 14. Nh4 $1 Be7 $5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. e4 $1 dxe4 17. Nf5 $1 (17. Qxe4
Qxe4 18. Bxe4 {gains a positional advantage.}) 17... Qf6 18. Qxe4 Rae8 19. Qf4
Re2 $6 ({More prudent is} 19... Re6) 20. Re1 $1 Rfe8 21. Rxe2 Rxe2 22. b4 $1 g5
$5 (22... Rxa2 {(Ribli)} 23. Nd6 $1 Qxf4 24. gxf4 Ba6 25. Bxc6 {and White
breaks the black line.}) 23. Qg4 Rxa2 24. h4 $1 h5 ({Or} 24... h6 25. b5 $1)
25. Qxg5+ Qxg5 26. hxg5 Rb2 27. b5 $1 Rxb5 28. Nd6 Rxg5 29. Nxb7 {Sloppy
positional play was adequately punished by Ribli.} 1-0

[Event "Tilburg "]
[Site "Interpolis 8"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D55"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Qd2
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd7 $5 {The novelty is alright but Black has to continue
accurately.} 10. O-O c5 11. Rfd1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nb6 13. Bb3 Bd7 14. Ne4 Bxd4 15.
Qxd4 Bc6 16. Nd6 $6 {White tries to gain an advantage but the black defence is
powerful.} (16. Qe5 {will draw in Borges Mateos - Van der Sterren,
Thessalonika 1988.}) 16... Qe7 17. e4 $5 Rad8 18. Qe5 Rd7 19. Rd3 Qf6 20. Qxf6
gxf6 21. f4 $2 (21. Rad1 Rfd8 22. f3 $1 Ba4 $1 {(Beliavsky)} 23. R3d2 $1 Bxb3
24. axb3 Nc8 25. Nc4 {equalises.}) 21... Bxe4 22. Rg3+ Bg6 23. Rxg6+ Kh7 $3 {
Black starts to play for a win by making an elegant move.} 24. Rg3 $1 ({Not} 
24. Rxf6 $4 Rxd6 {(Beliavsky).}) 24... Rxd6 25. f5 e5 26. Rc1 Rd7 27. a4 Rc8
28. Rgc3 Rxc3 29. Rxc3 Na8 $1 30. a5 Nc7 31. Ba4 Re7 32. Kf2 Nd5 33. Rc5 Nf4
34. Rc2 Kg7 35. Kf3 b6 36. axb6 axb6 37. Ke4 Ra7 38. Bb3 $6 ({Beliavsky prefers
} 38. b3 $1 Ra5 39. g3) 38... Rd7 39. Ba2 Nd3 40. Bc4 $2 (40. Rd2 $1 Nc5+ 41.
Ke3 Rxd2 42. Kxd2 Ne4+ 43. Ke2 h5 44. Bb1 {offers stubborn resistance.}) 40...
Rd4+ 41. Ke3 Ne1 0-1

[Event "Tilburg "]
[Site "Interpolis 8"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8.
Nb3 O-O 9. Bg5 a6 10. f4 b5 11. Bf3 b4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Na5 14. Qe2 $5
Nxb3 15. cxb3 $1 Qb6+ 16. Kh1 Re8 17. Rfe1 h6 18. Bh4 Qd4 19. Rac1 Qxf4 $6 (
19... Bf5 $1 {avoids the next complications.}) 20. Bxe7 Bf5 21. Rc4 Qe5 22. Qd1
Qxb2 23. Re2 Qb1 $6 (23... Qxe2 $5 24. Qxe2 Ra7 25. Bxd6 $1 Rxe2 26. Bxe2 Rd7
27. Rc6 {(Ljubojevic)} Bf8 $1 28. Bxf8 Kxf8 29. d6 a5 $1 {probably draws.}) 24.
Rc1 Qd3 25. Bxd6 Bc3 26. Be7 Ra7 27. d6 {The black position seems to be lost.}
Qb5 $2 ({But} 27... Qxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Bd7 {creates a feeble defence line.}) 28.
Qg1 $1 Qb8 29. Rd1 Bg7 30. Qc5 Rc8 31. Qe3 Rc3 32. Qf4 Qb5 33. Rd5 Qd7 34. h4
a5 35. h5 Kh7 36. Be4 Bxe4 37. Rxe4 Qe8 38. Re1 Kg8 39. hxg6 fxg6 40. Qg4 Rd7
41. Qe6+ Kh7 42. Rxa5 Rc2 43. Rf1 Rd2 44. Rf7 R2xd6 45. Rxg7+ Kxg7 46. Qe5+ Kf7
47. Bxd6 Rxd6 48. Ra7+ Rd7 49. Qd5+ Ke7 50. Qe4+ Kf7 51. Qc4+ Kf6 52. Qf4+ 1-0

[Event "Tilburg "]
[Site "Interpolis 8"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D58"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. Qb3
Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rd1 Re8 12. a3 Qd6 13. Bd3 c5 14. dxc5 $1 ({
White diverts from} 14. Bb1 {(Psakhis - Tal, USSR Cup 1984).}) 14... Qxc5 $6 ({
Better is} 14... Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Qxc5) 15. O-O Bxc3 16. Rc1 $1 d4 $5 17. exd4
Qh5 18. Rxc3 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Nd7 20. Qb5 $1 Nf6 21. Qxh5 Nxh5 22. Rc7 Nf4 23. Bc4
Rac8 ({The accurate} 23... Rec8 $1 24. Bxf7+ Kf8 25. Rb7 Rcb8 26. Rxb8+ Rxb8
27. Ba2 Rc8 28. Bb1 {(Beliavsky)} Rd8 29. Rd1 Ne2+ {nearly equalises.}) 24.
Bxf7+ Kf8 25. Rxa7 Re2 $6 (25... Re7 26. Rxe7 Kxe7 27. Bb3 Ne2+ {gives more
counter-play.}) 26. Bb3 $1 g5 27. Rh7 Nh3+ 28. Kg2 Nf4+ 29. Kg3 Rc6 30. d5 Rf6
31. d6 $1 Rd2 32. d7 h5 33. Re1 {Poor John scored his fourth loss.} 1-0

[Event "Tilburg "]
[Site "Interpolis 8"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Miles, Anthony"]
[Black "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Qc2 $5 Nf6 3. e3 Nc6 4. a3 $5 {Miles shows his sense of humour.
Knight moves to b4 and d4 have been prevented!} g6 5. b4 Bg7 6. Bb2 d6 7. Nc3
O-O 8. d3 a5 9. b5 Ne7 10. Nf3 Nd7 $6 {Sosonko demonstrates his confusion.} 11.
Be2 Nc5 12. O-O b6 13. Rad1 Ne6 14. Nd2 $5 Rb8 15. Rfe1 f5 16. Nd5 f4 17. Nxe7+
Qxe7 18. Bf3 fxe3 19. fxe3 Ng5 20. Bd5+ Kh8 21. Rf1 Bg4 22. Rxf8+ Rxf8 23. Rf1
Be2 $5 24. Rxf8+ Qxf8 25. h4 $1 Nf7 $2 {Gennadi lacks the wit of Tony.} (25...
Ne6 $1 {(Murey)} 26. Bxe6 Bh6 27. Ne4 Bxe3+ 28. Kh2 Qf4+ 29. Kh3 Bg1 $1 30.
Qxe2 Qh2+ 31. Kg4 Qf4+ {leads to a funny perpetual check.}) 26. Ne4 Bg4 27. Qf2
Nh6 28. Qxf8+ Bxf8 29. Nf6 Bc8 $2 (29... Be2 30. d4 Bg7 31. dxe5 Ng4 {gives
the last chance.}) 30. Ne8 Ng4 31. Nxc7 Be7 32. d4 Bxh4 33. dxe5 dxe5 34. c5
Bf2+ 35. Kf1 Bxe3 36. c6 Bc5 37. Be6 {Miles started a series of five wins.} 1-0

[Event "Tilburg "]
[Site "Interpolis 8"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Bb7 7. e3 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. b4 a5 10. Bb2 Ne4 $5 11. Qd3 f5 12. O-O Nd7 $6 ({More active is} 
12... Qf6 $1 13. Qb3 Qg6) 13. d5 $1 e5 14. Nd2 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Qe7 16. f4 exf4
17. exf4 Nf6 18. Bf3 Ne4 19. Qd3 axb4 20. axb4 Qf7 21. Rad1 Rfe8 22. Rfe1 Qg6
23. Re3 Re7 24. Rde1 Rae8 25. Qd1 Qh6 26. Bh5 g6 27. Bf3 Qxf4 28. g3 Qg5 29.
Qd4 Re5 30. Bxe4 fxe4 31. Qd2 R5e7 32. Rf1 Rf8 $4 ({Correct is} 32... Qh5) 33.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 34. Rf3+ 1-0

[Event "Tilburg "]
[Site "Interpolis 8"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Miles, Anthony"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Bc5 6. Bg2 d6 7. O-O O-O 8. e3
Re8 9. d4 Bb6 10. b3 Nxd5 11. cxd5 Nb4 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. e4 Bg4 14. Bb2 Qf6 15.
a3 Na6 16. b4 c6 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Rc1 c5 19. b5 Nc7 20. a4 a6 21. bxa6 Nxa6
22. h3 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Nb4 24. Qb3 Qe6 $1 25. Rc4 Red8 26. Rfc1 $2 Nd3 $1 27.
R1c3 Nxb2 28. Qxb2 Ba5 $1 {Black attacks on the queenside.} 29. Rc2 Bb4 30. Qa1
Rd3 31. Bf1 Ra3 32. Ra2 R8xa4 33. Qd1 Qe8 34. Rxa3 Rxa3 35. Rc1 g6 $2 (35...
Bc3 {continues the attack.}) 36. Qd6 $1 Qe6 37. Qxe6 fxe6 38. Rd1 Rc3 39. Rd8+
Kg7 40. Rd7+ Kf6 $6 41. Rxh7 Rc2 $2 ({Right is} 41... Rc1 $1 42. Kg2 c4) 42.
Bb5 $1 Be1 $5 ({Miles has a killing joke.} 42... Bc3 $2 43. Be8 $1 Bd4 44. h4
g5 45. Kh1 $1 gxh4 46. gxh4 Rxf2 47. Bh5 $1 {leads to mate.}) 43. h4 $1 Bxf2+
44. Kg2 g5 45. Be8 gxh4 46. Rf7+ Kg5 47. Rxf2 Rc3 48. gxh4+ Kxh4 49. Ba4 Re3
50. Bc2 c4 51. Kf1 Kg3 52. Re2 Rf3+ 53. Ke1 c3 54. Bb1 Kf4 55. Rh2 ({The
ingenious} 55. Rf2 Ke3 56. Rxf3+ $2 Kxf3 57. Bd3 $1 Ke3 58. Bc2 Kf3 59. Kd1 Ke3
60. Kc1 Kf3 61. Kb1 Ke3 62. Ka2 Kd2 63. Kb3 Kc1 $1 64. Kxc3 {leads to
stalemate.}) 55... Ke3 56. Re2+ Kd4 57. Bc2 Rh3 58. Kd1 Rh1+ 59. Re1 Rh8 60.
Kc1 Ra8 $2 (60... Rg8 {keeps on fighting (Miles).}) 61. Rd1+ Kc4 62. Rd6 Rh8
63. Bd3+ Kc5 64. Rxe6 Kd4 65. Rd6+ Ke3 66. Kc2 Rc8 67. Rd5 Kf4 68. Kb3 Rc7 69.
Bc2 Rc8 70. Kb4 Rc7 71. Rc5 1-0

[Event "Tilburg "]
[Site "Interpolis 8"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
c5 9. e4 N5f6 10. Bf4 a6 $5 {A novelty introduces the hostilities.} 11. d5 $5
exd5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Bxh7 $6 ({Portisch will play} 14. Qc2 {
against Miles in Thessalonika 1984.}) 14... Qe7+ 15. Kf1 $1 Bc4+ $6 ({Miles
prefers} 15... Nf6 $1 16. Bd3 c4) 16. Kg1 $1 O-O-O $6 (16... Nf6 {is better
again.}) 17. Qa4 $1 Nb8 18. Qxc4 Rxh7 19. h3 $6 (19. Re1 $1 Qd7 20. Ng5 {
charges.}) 19... b5 20. Qc2 Rh5 21. a4 Qb7 $6 (21... b4 $1 {closes the defence
somewhat.}) 22. axb5 axb5 23. Kh2 Bd6 24. Bxd6 Rxd6 25. Rhe1 Nc6 26. Re8+ Kc7
27. Qe4 Kb6 28. Raa8 b4 29. Rec8 Rhd5 30. Qe8 $2 (30. Qc4 $1 {(Miles)} f6 31.
Qa2 $1 g5 32. Qa4 $1 {threatens 33. Rxc6+ and mate.}) 30... Qd7 $2 (30... Re6
$1 {defends properly.}) 31. Qe2 Qb7 32. Rg8 Nd8 33. Ra1 f6 34. Re8 Rd7 35. g3
$2 ({Portisch misses the decisive} 35. Qc4 $1 {again. He weakens his position
instead.}) 35... Rd3 $1 36. Re3 Rxe3 37. Qxe3 Qd5 38. Kg1 $2 ({Right is} 38.
Rc1) 38... Nc6 $1 {Suddenly Tony bites like a terrier.} 39. Qe2 Qd3 $1 40. Qe6
Rd6 41. Qg4 Qe2 42. Re1 Rd1 $1 43. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 44. Kg2 Qc2 45. Qxg7 Qxb2 46. g4
Qc3 47. g5 fxg5 48. Qxc3 bxc3 49. Ne1 Nb4 50. f4 gxf4 51. h4 c2 52. Nxc2 Nxc2
53. h5 Nd4 54. h6 Nf5 55. h7 Nh4+ 0-1

[Event "Tilburg "]
[Site "Interpolis 8"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 Bb7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O Na6 10. Ne5 d5 11. Bc1 c5 12. Bb2 Re8 13. Rc1 Qb8 14. cxd5 exd5 15.
e3 Qd6 16. Nb5 Qd8 17. h4 Bf8 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. Ng4 Nxg4 20. Qxg4 Qb6 21. Nc3
Qe6 22. Qf4 Nb4 23. Rfd1 Rab8 24. Na4 Nxa2 25. Rxc5 d4 26. Rb5 $4 Bxg2 27. Rxb8
Qh3 $1 28. f3 dxe3 29. Qxe3 Rxe3 30. Rdd8 {Ribli had been the main competitor
of Miles. This disastrous loss and Tony's fifth win decided the tournament.}
0-1

[Event "Tilburg "]
[Site "Interpolis 8"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 d6 7. Bg2 Bd7 8. Nb3
Be7 9. O-O Nf6 10. a4 Na5 $5 11. Nxa5 Qxa5 12. Bf4 Bc6 13. Qd2 Qc7 14. Rfd1 Rd8
15. a5 O-O 16. h3 h6 17. Be3 Nd7 18. f4 Kh8 19. g4 Qc8 20. Qf2 Rde8 21. Qg3 f5
22. Rd2 fxe4 23. Nxe4 Nf6 24. Nxf6 Rxf6 25. h4 Bxg2 26. Rxg2 e5 $6 27. g5 $1
Rf7 $6 (27... exf4 28. Bxf4 Rg6 $1 {withstands the white offensive.}) 28. fxe5
dxe5 29. gxh6 Bc5 $2 (29... gxh6 $1 30. Qxe5+ Bf6 31. Qf4 Qe6 $1 32. Bd4 Kh7 {
brings Black compensation for the pawn.}) 30. hxg7+ Kg8 31. Rf1 Bxe3+ 32. Qxe3
Rxf1+ 33. Kxf1 Qc4+ 34. Kg1 Rd8 35. Qh6 Rd1+ 36. Kh2 Qf4+ 37. Qxf4 exf4 38. Kh3
Rf1 39. Rg5 f3 40. Kg3 f2 1-0

[Event "Tilburg "]
[Site "Interpolis 8"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Bg5 d6 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Bf5 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 c6 10. O-O a6 11. Nd2 b5 12. f4 bxc4 13. Nxc4 Nbd7 14. b4 Nb6 15.
Na5 Qd7 16. e4 e6 17. Rad1 Rfe8 18. a3 Nh5 19. Qf3 Rac8 20. e5 f5 21. exf6 Nxf6
22. Qd3 Nfd5 23. Ne2 Kh7 24. Qxa6 e5 25. dxe5 dxe5 26. fxe5 Rxe5 27. Bg3 Re3
28. Bf2 Qg4 29. Ng3 Ra8 30. Qb7 Re7 31. Qxc6 Rc8 32. h3 Qg5 33. Rxd5 $1 Qxd5
34. Qxd5 $2 ({Smyslov misses the win} 34. Qxb6 Rc2 35. Nh1 {(Hort).}) 34...
Nxd5 35. Bc5 Re6 36. Nc4 Nc3 37. Rf7 Kg8 38. Rd7 h5 39. h4 Bf8 40. Nd6 Bxd6 41.
Bxd6 Rc4 42. Be7 $2 {Smyslov misses the draw as well.} ({Right is} 42. Rd8+ Kg7
43. Bc5) 42... Rg4 $1 43. Kf2 Ra6 $1 44. b5 Nxb5 45. Ne2 Nxa3 46. Bg5 Nc4 47.
Rd8+ Kf7 48. Rd7+ Ke6 49. Rg7 Ne5 50. Nf4+ Kf5 51. Nd5 Ke4 52. Nc3+ Kd3 53. Rc7
Rc4 54. Rxc4 Kxc4 55. Ne4 Ra3 56. Nd2+ Kd3 57. Nf3 Ra2+ 58. Kg3 Nxf3 59. Kxf3
Kd4 60. g4 hxg4+ 61. Kxg4 Ke4 62. Bd8 Rg2+ 63. Kh3 Rg1 64. Kh2 Rd1 65. Bf6 Kf5
{John kept on trucking when the rest drew.} 0-1

[Event "Tilburg "]
[Site "Interpolis 8"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3 h6 8. Bc4
Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Nh4 $5 Nc6 11. Ng6 Rg8 12. O-O Kf7 13. Nxf8 Rxf8 14. f4
Kg8 15. Be3 exf4 16. Rxf4 Qc7 17. Qe2 Ne5 18. Bd4 Rf7 19. Rd1 Raf8 20. Kh1 $2 (
20. Rff1 {stabilises the white position.}) 20... Qc4 $1 21. Qd2 {Exchange
further weakens the queenside.} b5 22. a3 Qc6 23. Bxe5 (23. Qe2 Nc4 24. b3 Nxa3
{also leads to the loss of a pawn by White.}) 23... dxe5 24. Rf3 Nxe4 25. Nxe4
Qxe4 26. Rxf7 Rxf7 27. h3 $2 (27. c3 $1 Qc4 28. Qe1 e4 29. h3 {prevents a
conclusive loss.}) 27... Qc4 $1 28. Qd8+ Kh7 29. Qd3+ Qxd3 30. Rxd3 {White's
king stands offside.} Rf1+ 31. Kh2 Kg6 32. Kg3 e4 $1 33. Rd2 Kf5 34. Rf2+ Rxf2
35. Kxf2 {The pawn ending is clearly lost.} a5 36. Ke3 Ke5 37. g3 a4 38. h4 h5
39. Kf2 Kd4 40. Ke2 e3 41. Kf3 e5 42. Ke2 Ke4 43. Ke1 Kf3 44. b3 b4 {Miles won
the tournament because he made killing jokes in lost games. It must have been
the milk he drank. His score of 8/11 was equal to the record of Karpov in 1977.
Hübner, Tukmakov, Ribli and Beliavsky by a score of 61/2 points.} 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "5"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1985.??.??"]

{Twelve strong players participated in Linares from 8 - 22 iii 1985. Karpov
could not partake due to the exhausting aborted match against Kasparov.
Adorjan took his place. The Soviets sent Makarychev as replacement, but he was
refused. Hübner did not trust the playing conditions, stayed in the nearby
Ubeda and arrived each round by taxi with warm clothes, Timman reported.
Ljubojevic and Hübner competed for the first place. Ljubo won due to a better
Sonneborn-Berger score. Eslon wrote the bulletin. He castigated short draws.
His idea of value for money appealed to Rentero.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6
4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Qa4+ c6 8. g3 Nbd7 9. Bg2 Bd6 10. Nh4 O-O
11. Nf5 Bc7 12. O-O Re8 13. Bg5 Nf8 14. Rad1 h6 15. Bc1 Ng6 16. Rfe1 Bc8 17.
Qc2 Be6 18. Ne3 Qd7 19. b4 b5 20. a4 a6 21. Bd2 Bb6 22. Qd3 Ne7 23. a5 Ba7 24.
Na2 $6 {Christiansen plays a passive game.} Nf5 25. Nxf5 Bxf5 26. Qc3 Ne4 27.
Qb2 Nd6 28. Nc1 Re7 29. Nb3 Rae8 30. Bf3 Be4 31. Qc3 Nc4 32. Bc1 $2 ({Correct
is} 32. Bf4) 32... Bxf3 33. Qxf3 Qd6 34. Bd2 $5 (34. Nc5 Bxc5 35. dxc5 Qg6 36.
Bf4 Qc2 {is awful.}) 34... Nxd2 35. Rxd2 Qxb4 36. Rc1 Re6 37. Qd3 Qe7 38. Rdc2
Qd7 39. e3 Rf6 40. Qd1 Qf5 41. Qf1 Ree6 42. Nd2 h5 43. Qg2 g5 44. h3 g4 45. h4
Qd3 46. Kh1 $2 Bxd4 $1 {Hübner strikes.} 47. exd4 Re2 48. Rxc6 Rfxf2 49. R6c3 {
Christiansen was allowed to participate for the third time, but he had lost
his special 'Linares touch'.} 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "5"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1985.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3
Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Be3 Ne5 12. f3 Bb7 13. Qb3 Ned7 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15.
Rac1 Rac8 16. Bf1 Rfe8 17. Kh1 Bf8 18. Bg1 g6 19. Ne2 Qb8 20. Nc2 Qa8 21. Nc3
Rb8 22. a3 Nc5 23. Qa2 Rbc8 24. b4 Ncd7 25. Qb3 Qb8 26. Na4 Bc6 $6 27. b5 $1
axb5 28. cxb5 Ba8 29. Nb4 Nc5 30. Nxc5 bxc5 31. Na6 Qb6 32. a4 d5 33. exd5 exd5
34. a5 Qxa5 35. Nxc5 Rb8 $2 {The players are approaching the time control.} ({
Correct is} 35... Nh5) 36. Bd4 $1 Rec8 37. Qb2 Ne8 38. Nd7 Rxc1 39. Rxc1 Ba3
40. Qa1 Qd8 41. Nxb8 Bxc1 {The time control has passed, but ...} 42. Qxc1 $4 (
42. Qxa8 Bf4 43. Ba7 {wins a piece.}) 42... Qxb8 43. Qe3 Ng7 44. b6 Nf5 45. Qe5
Qxe5 46. Bxe5 Bb7 47. Kg1 Kf8 48. g4 Ne3 49. Bd3 Nc4 50. Bd4 Ke7 51. Kf2 Kd6
52. Kg3 Ne5 53. Bb5 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "5"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1985.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 a6 11. d3 Qc8 12. Bb2 Rd8 13. Qc1 Bh3 14. Ne4 Bxg2 15.
Kxg2 Qe6 16. Ba1 Nd7 17. Qc2 h6 18. Rfc1 g5 19. h3 f5 20. Ned2 g4 21. hxg4 fxg4
22. Nh2 Bg5 23. Rh1 Nf6 24. Qc4 Kf7 25. Qxe6+ Kxe6 {Black's optional edge has
been neutralised.} 26. Nb3 b6 27. Nf1 a5 $5 28. b5 Nd4 $2 {Hereafter, Black
gets many weaknesses.} ({Kovacevic regards} 28... a4 $1 29. bxc6 axb3 30. Rxb3
Rd6 31. Rc3 $6 Nd5 32. Rc4 Rxa3 33. Nh2 h5 34. Re4 {as winning for White, but}
Rxa1 $1 35. Rxa1 Nc3 36. Rc4 Nxe2 {favours White.}) 29. Bxd4 exd4 30. a4 Rd7
31. f4 $1 gxf3+ 32. exf3 Rg8 33. Kf2 h5 34. f4 Bh6 35. Rc1 Bf8 36. Nfd2 Bb4 37.
Rc6+ Kf7 38. Nc4 Re8 39. Kf3 Bd6 40. Nxd4 Bxf4 41. gxf4 Rxd4 42. Ne5+ Ke7 43.
Rxc7+ Ke6 44. Rg1 Ng4 45. Nxg4 hxg4+ 46. Rxg4 Red8 47. Rg6+ Kf5 48. Rg5+ Kf6
49. Rc6+ Kf7 50. Rxb6 Rxa4 51. Rb7+ Kf6 52. Kg4 Ra1 53. Rb6+ Kf7 54. Rc5 a4 55.
Rc7+ Kg8 56. Rg6+ Kh8 57. Rh6+ Kg8 58. b6 a3 59. b7 Rg1+ 60. Kf5 Rd5+ 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "5"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1985.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 a5 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 a4 8. Qc2
Ba6 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 Na5 $5 11. Ne5 $6 ({Better is} 11. Nd2 $1) 11... d5
12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Qc2 Nb3 14. Qc6+ $6 (14. Rb1 {accepts a small disadvantage.})
14... Kf8 15. Bg5 Qe8 16. Nd7+ Kg8 17. e4 $2 ({Relatively better is} 17. Rd1
Na5 $1 18. Qxa4 Bc4 {(Simic).}) 17... Nxd4 $5 {Ljubo does not choose the
prosaic finale.} ({Why not} 17... Nxa1 18. exd5 exd5+ 19. Kd2 Qe2+ 20. Kc1 Bb7
$1 21. Qc3 {(Simic)? And now} Qxf2 22. Bh3 Qxd4 $1) 18. Qxa4 c5 19. exd5 Bb5
20. Qd1 Qxd7 21. Be3 Be2 22. dxe6 Qxe6 23. Qxe2 Nxe2 24. Bxa8 Qc4 25. Rd1 Nd4
26. Bxd4 cxd4 27. Be4 g6 28. Bd3 Qa2 29. Rb1 Qb3 30. Kd2 Kg7 31. Rhc1 Re8 32.
Rc7 Re6 33. Rd7 Qa4 34. Rd5 Rf6 35. f4 Re6 36. Rc1 Re3 37. Rc4 $2 Rxd3+ $1 38.
Kxd3 Qd1+ 39. Ke4 f5+ 40. Ke5 Qe2+ 41. Kxd4 Qe4+ 42. Kc3 Qxd5 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "5"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1985.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Nf3
Nbc6 9. Bd3 f5 10. exf6 Rxf6 11. Bg5 Rf7 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qh4 c4 14. Be2 Qa5 15.
Bd2 Nf5 16. Qg5 Bd7 17. g4 $6 ({Right is} 17. O-O {(Kostro-Golz, Budapest 1960)
.}) 17... Nd6 18. h4 $6 Ne4 $1 19. Qe3 Raf8 $2 (19... e5 20. h5 exd4 21. Nxd4 {
(Ernst-Hansen, Ostersund 1992)} g5 $1 {gains a big advantage (Timman).}) 20. h5
$1 gxh5 21. Rxh5 Rg7 22. Ng5 $1 Be8 23. Nxe6 Bxh5 24. Nxg7 Bg6 25. Nf5 Qc7 {
The queen returns for defensive purposes.} 26. O-O-O $1 {Ljubojevic provokes
brilliantly.} Qa5 27. Kb2 Rf6 $6 {Korchnoi wants to move his rook to b6.} ({
Better is} 27... Qb5+ 28. Ka2 Qa4 29. Rc1 Bxf5 30. gxf5 Kh8) 28. Bf3 $1 Ne5 $2
({Black should try} 28... Bxf5 29. gxf5 Ne7 30. Rg1+ Kf8) 29. Bxe4 $1 dxe4 ({
The pointe is} 29... Rb6+ 30. Ka2 Qb5 31. Bxd5+ Kf8 32. Qh6+ Ke8 33. Bc6+ $1
Rxc6 34. Qe3 {(Kovacevic).}) 30. dxe5 (30. Ne7+ $1 {wins more quickly.}) 30...
Rb6+ 31. Ka2 Qb5 32. Qxb6 $1 axb6 ({Or} 32... Qxb6 33. Be3 $1) 33. Bf4 Qa4 34.
Rd8+ Kf7 35. Nd4 e3 36. e6+ Kf6 37. fxe3 Bxc2 38. Rf8+ Ke7 39. Rf7+ Kd8 40. Bd6
Bb1+ 41. Kb2 $1 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "5"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Miles, Anthony"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1985.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. d3 Nd4 11. Rb1 f6 12. Nd2 Nd5 13. Bb2 c6 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15.
Bh3 Be6 16. Bxe6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "5"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1985.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 Qc7 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O
d6 9. Re1 Bd7 10. a4 Be7 11. Nb3 O-O 12. f4 Na5 13. Nxa5 Qxa5 14. g4 h6 15. Be3
Bc6 16. h3 Rfe8 17. Qd2 Qc7 18. a5 Nd7 19. Na4 Rad8 20. Nb6 Nf6 21. Qc3 d5 22.
e5 Ne4 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Rad1 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. Qd4 Qxd4 28.
Bxd4 Bb4 29. Nc4 Bd5 30. c3 Bxc3 31. Bxc3 Bxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "5"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1985.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nxe5 Re8
8. Nd3 Bxc3 9. dxc3 Nxe4 10. Qf3 Qf6 11. Qxf6 Nxf6 12. Bf4 Bf5 13. Rfe1 Rxe1+
14. Rxe1 Re8 15. Kf1 Rxe1+ 16. Kxe1 Ne8 17. Kd2 Kf8 18. c4 Ke7 19. f3 h5 20. a4
f6 21. a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "5"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1985.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 Be6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Be3 Bf6 12. Rc1 c5 13. a3 cxd4 $6 ({Right is} 
13... Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nc6) 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15. Bxd4 Nxc3 16. Rxc3 $1 Nc6 17. cxd5
Nxd4 18. dxe6 $5 fxe6 $6 ({Lobron prefers} 18... Nxe6 $6 {but White controls
more territory in that case.}) 19. Bd3 Rf7 20. Qd2 Qf6 21. Rfc1 Raf8 22. f3 g5
$2 {A silly move.} 23. Qe3 b6 24. b4 h5 25. Rc4 e5 $2 {Black advances his
pawns unwisely.} ({Correct is} 25... Rd8 26. Rc8 Rxc8 27. Rxc8+ Kg7 {and White
has no immediate decision.}) 26. Rc7 $1 b5 27. Rxf7 Rxf7 28. Rc5 Rd7 29. Rxe5
Nxf3+ 30. gxf3 Rxd3 31. Rxg5+ Kf7 32. Qxa7+ Ke6 33. Qb6+ Rd6 34. Qxb5 Rd1+ 35.
Kf2 Qd4+ 36. Kg3 Qg1+ 37. Kh3 $1 {gives a tactical justification.} 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "5"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rivas Pastor, Manuel"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1985.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Bf4 Bb7 5. e3 Be7 6. h3 c5 7. Nc3 cxd4 8. exd4
O-O 9. Bd3 d5 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nc6 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Bd3 Nd5 14. Bg3 g6 15.
Re1 Na5 16. Qe2 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Bf6 18. Nd2 Bg7 19. Nf1 Qg5 20. Ne3 h5 21. Ba6
Qe7 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Bh4 Qe4 24. Bg5 Nc4 25. f3 Qc6 26. g4 $6 Nxe3 27. Qxe3 $6
(27. Bxe3 {keeps the control over a2 and d4.}) 27... Qd5 {Black threatens 28...
Rxc3!} 28. Kg2 hxg4 29. hxg4 Rc6 $6 {Pawn a2 can be captured.} 30. Bh6 Rfc8 31.
Bxg7 Kxg7 32. Rh1 $1 Qxa2+ 33. Kg3 Qd5 34. Qh6+ Kf6 35. Rh5 {White attacks on
the kingside.} Qd6+ 36. Re5 $2 (36. Kg2 Ke7 37. Qg5+ Kd7 38. Rh7 Qe7 39. Qf4
Rf8 40. c4 {continues the counter-play.}) 36... Ke7 37. g5 Rxc3 38. Ra1 Qxd4
39. Qg7 Rxf3+ $1 40. Kxf3 Rc3+ 41. Ke2 Rc2+ 42. Kf3 Rf2+ {Ljubojevic and
Hübner had scored 4/5.} 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "5"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1985.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
b6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Bc3 Na6 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. e4 Nxc3 14. Nxc3 Rad8
15. Nc4 $6 {White plays too passively in the middle game.} ({Useful is} 15. f4
$1) 15... b5 $1 16. Ne3 Qb6 17. Ne2 c5 18. d5 Nb4 19. Qd2 c4 20. b3 $1 exd5 21.
exd5 cxb3 22. axb3 a5 {Black boldly advances on the queenside.} 23. Nf4 Rfe8
24. Nf5 Bf8 $6 ({Better is} 24... Bf6) 25. Re1 $2 {White has to exchange heavy
pieces, but he makes a wrong choice.} ({The black queen supports the queenside.
Therefore, Polugaevsky prefers} 25. Qd4) 25... Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Qf6 27. Ne3 a4 $1
28. bxa4 bxa4 29. Nc4 Ba6 30. Bf1 Bxc4 $1 31. Bxc4 a3 32. Rb1 Qd6 33. Qd4 a2 $1
34. Ra1 ({Or} 34. Rc1 Ra8 35. Qd1 Be7) 34... Nc2 35. Qb2 Nxa1 36. Qxa1 Qa3 37.
Qd1 {Polugaevsky played a fine game. Hübner lost the lead to Ljubojevic.} 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "5"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Miles, Anthony"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1985.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Qc2 g6 5. a3 Bg7 6. b4 O-O 7. Bb2 Re8 8. b5
Na5 9. Nf3 c6 10. Be2 d5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. d4 e4 13. Ne5 Nd7 $1 14. Nxd7 Qxd7
15. Qa4 b6 16. Na2 $6 ({Wiser is} 16. Rc1 Qe6 17. Qd1) 16... Bb7 17. Bc3 $6 Nc4
$1 {Ljubo makes a clever positional sacrifice.} 18. Qb3 ({The pointe is} 18.
Bxc4 dxc4 19. Qxc4 Bd5 20. Qb4 Bf8) 18... a6 19. bxa6 Bxa6 20. Bb4 Na5 21. Bxa5
Bxe2 22. Kxe2 bxa5 23. Rhb1 Reb8 $5 ({The prosaic} 23... Qd6 $1 24. Nc3 Qxh2
25. Qxd5 Qxg2 {is fine too.}) 24. Qxb8+ Rxb8 25. Rxb8+ Bf8 26. Rc1 Kg7 27. Rb3
a4 28. Rbc3 Qb5+ 29. Ke1 Qb2 30. Nb4 (30. R1c2 Qb1+ 31. Kd2 Qf1 {moves the
attack to the kingside (Ljubojevic).}) 30... Bxb4 31. axb4 a3 32. R3c2 Qxb4+
33. Kf1 Qb3 34. Rc7 a2 35. Ra7 Qb2 36. Re1 g5 37. g3 Qb1 38. Ra8 Kg6 39. h3 f5
40. Ra6+ Kh5 41. Ra8 h6 42. Ra7 f4 43. exf4 gxf4 44. gxf4 Kh4 45. Ra3 h5 46. f5
Kg5 47. Ra5 Qd3+ 48. Re2 Qd1+ 49. Re1 Qb1 50. Ra8 Kxf5 51. Rf8+ Kg5 52. Ra8 Kh4
53. Ra3 Qb2 54. Ra8 Kxh3 55. Kg1 Qb1 56. Ra3+ Kg4 57. Rf1 h4 58. Ra8 h3 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "5"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Rivas Pastor, Manuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1985.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. c3 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bd7 6. Qg4 g6 7. Qg3 Bc6 8. Bd3
Nd7 9. Nf3 Ngf6 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. Bf4 Bxf3 12. Bxc7 Bh4 13. Bxd8 Bxg3 14. gxf3
Bxh2 15. Bg5 Bd6 16. O-O-O Be7 17. Bh6 Bf6 18. f4 O-O-O 19. Rh3 Rhe8 20. Bb5
Be7 21. Re1 a6 22. Ba4 b5 23. Bb3 Nf6 24. Kd2 Nd5 25. Kd3 Rd7 26. f5 gxf5 27.
Bxd5 Rxd5 28. Bg7 Rd7 29. Rxh7 Bd8 30. Be5 Rg8 31. Reh1 Kb7 32. Rg7 Rxg7 33.
Bxg7 f6 34. Bf8 Bb6 35. Rh6 Rf7 36. Bd6 Kc6 37. Bg3 Bd8 38. b3 Rd7 39. Bh4 e5
40. Ke3 exd4+ 41. cxd4 Kd5 42. Rh8 Ke6 43. Kd3 Kf7 44. f3 Kg7 45. Re8 Kf7 46.
Re2 Bb6 47. Bf2 Re7 48. Rb2 Ba5 49. Bg3 Bc7 50. Bf2 Ba5 51. Rb1 Rc7 52. b4 Bb6
53. Rh1 Rd7 54. Rh8 Bd8 55. a3 Ke6 56. Be3 Rd5 57. Kc3 Rd7 58. Kd3 Rd5 59. Rh1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "5"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1985.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. Bd2 b6 6. Qg4 O-O 7. Nf3 Ba6 8. Bxa6
Nxa6 9. Rd1 $5 Bxc3 10. bxc3 $5 Qd7 11. h4 Qa4 12. Rc1 $5 ({The crucial
variation is} 12. h5 Qxc2 13. h6 g6 {(Hübner) and now} 14. O-O $1 {gives White
the initiative for a pawn.}) 12... Nf5 13. h5 Nc5 $1 14. Nh4 Ne4 $1 15. Nxf5
exf5 16. Qxf5 Qc6 17. h6 g6 18. Qf4 f6 19. f3 Nxc3 20. Qe3 Nb5 (20... Nxa2 $6
21. Ra1 Qxc2 22. Qa3 {leads to great complications (Hübner).}) 21. O-O Qc4 22.
c3 Rae8 23. f4 f5 24. Qf3 c6 25. Ra1 Qa4 26. a3 Nc7 27. Rfb1 Ne6 28. Qd3 Rd8
29. Rb4 Qa5 30. Be3 Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "5"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1985.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8.
Be3 Qc7 9. Bd3 Bd7 10. f4 Rd8 $5 11. Qf3 a6 12. O-O-O $5 Nb4 13. g4 Nxd3+ 14.
Rxd3 Bc6 15. Bd4 $1 Rc8 $5 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. f5 Be7 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Nd4 Bd7
20. Kb1 Qa5 21. Nce2 h5 $5 ({Best is} 21... Qe5 22. Nf4 Kd8) 22. gxh5 Qxh5 23.
Qg2 Kf7 24. Ng3 Qg4 25. a3 Rh3 $6 ({More useful is} 25... Rc5 $1) 26. Rf1 {
Black still has a proper defence, despite doubtful moves.} Bc6 $2 ({Korchnoi
has noticed} 26... Rch8 $2 27. e5 $1 dxe5 28. Nf3 Ke8 29. Nxe5 $1 fxe5 30. Qxb7
Qa4 31. Rfd1 $1 Bc6 32. Qb8+ $18) ({but he misses} 26... Rhh8 $1 27. e5 $1 dxe5
28. Qxb7 exd4 29. Qxd7 Rhd8 $1) 27. Rf4 $1 Qxf4 28. Qxh3 Qe5 29. Nf3 (29. Ngf5
$1 exf5 30. Qh5+ Kf8 31. Rh3 Qxd4 32. Qh8+ Kf7 33. Rh7+ Ke6 34. Qxc8+ Ke5 35.
Qxf5#) 29... Qa5 30. Qh7+ Ke8 31. Nh5 Ba4 32. Rd2 Qb5 33. Nd4 Qg5 34. Rd1 e5
35. Ng7+ Kd7 36. Qh3+ Kc7 37. Nge6+ 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "5"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1985.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O Nbd7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Nxe5 14. Bxf6
Bxf6 15. Rxf6 gxf6 16. Ne4 Nd7 $2 ({Theory is} 16... Qe7 {(Tal-Ftacnik, Sochi
1982).}) 17. Rb3 Qxa2 (17... Qe7 {is refuted by} 18. Nc6 $1 bxc6 19. Nd6+ Kd8 (
19... Kf8 20. Qh6+) 20. Qa5+) 18. Nd6+ Kf8 19. Qc3 Kg7 20. N4f5+ $1 exf5 21.
Nxf5+ Kg6 22. Qh3 {Hübner joined the lead with Ljubojevic, before Korchnoi.}
1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "5"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1985.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nb3
Nbd7 9. Be2 Be7 10. Qd2 h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. O-O-O Qc7 13. Bf3 Bd7 14. Kb1
O-O-O 15. Rhe1 Kb8 16. Re3 Be8 17. Rd3 Rc8 18. g3 g5 19. a3 Nd7 20. Rd4 Nc5 21.
Qe2 Bc6 22. Rb4 gxf4 23. gxf4 Nxb3 24. Rxb3 Qa5 25. Rd4 Rc7 26. Qg2 Rhc8 27.
Rc4 Bf8 28. Qe2 {White could not make progress in the top encounter.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "5"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1985.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb4+ 6. c3 Be7 7. f4 d6 8.
Bd3 Bh4+ 9. g3 Bf6 10. Be3 h5 11. h3 g5 12. Qd2 gxf4 13. gxf4 Nge7 14. Na3 Bh4+
15. Bf2 Ng6 16. Kd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "5"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Adorjan, Andras"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1985.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 Nc6 8. Rg1
h5 9. gxh5 Rxh5 10. Bg5 Rh8 11. Be2 Be7 $5 ({Better is} 11... Qb6 12. Nb3 a6 {
(Hellers-Sax, New York 1987).}) 12. Qd2 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Qb6 14. Bb5+ Kf8 $5 ({An
alternative gives} 14... Bd7 15. Bxd7+ Kxd7 16. Qd2 {(Adorjan), and now} Kc7 $1
17. O-O-O Rag8) 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. O-O-O e5 17. f3 Be6 18. b3 Nh5 19. Kb2 Nf4
20. Na4 $5 Ra5 $1 21. c4 Ne2 $5 22. Bxe7+ Kxe7 23. Rxg7 Rxh4 24. Rg8 Nd4 25.
Rd2 Rxb5 $2 {Adorjan panics due to the restraint.} ({Right is} 25... Rf4 $1)
26. cxb5 Nxf3 27. Rf2 Ne1 28. Re2 Nd3+ 29. Kc2 $2 (29. Ka3 $1 f5 30. Rg7+ Kf6
31. Rxb7 {wins eventually (Adorjan).}) 29... Nf4 30. Rd2 f5 31. Rb8 fxe4 32.
Rxb7+ Kf6 33. Rxd6 e3 34. Rbxb6 Rh2+ 35. Kc3 Kf5 ({Or} 35... Rxa2 36. Rd1 $1 e2
37. Rh1 Nd5+ 38. Kd3 Nxb6 39. Nxb6 Rb2 40. Na4 $1) 36. Rd1 Nd5+ 37. Rxd5 Bxd5
38. Nc5 $2 ({Correct is} 38. Rb8 $1 Rxa2 39. Nc5 e2 40. Rf8+ Kg4 41. Nd3) 38...
Rxa2 $2 ({Black misses the win} 38... Be4 $1 39. Nxe4 Kxe4 40. Rg6 Rh1 41. Rg2
Kf3) 39. Ra6 Rd2 40. Ra1 Bf3 41. b6 Rd5 42. b4 e2 43. b7 Rd1 44. Rxd1 exd1=Q
45. b8=Q Qc1+ 46. Kb3 Bd1+ 47. Ka2 Qc2+ 48. Ka3 Qc3+ {Ljubojevic tried to
defend the tailender unsuccessfully. Ljubo could have lost in time trouble.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "5"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Adorjan, Andras"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1985.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. Ne4 {The tailender chooses a provocative
variation.} Ba2 12. Rb2 Bd5 13. Nc5 Nc4 14. Rb1 b6 15. Na4 $5 (15. Nb3 {stems
from Gulko-Karpeshov, Volgodonsk 1983.}) 15... Nd4 16. Nc3 Bxf3 17. exf3 c6 $6
({Black could have taken the initiative by} 17... a5 18. f4 c6) 18. d3 Nd6 19.
f4 exf4 $6 20. Bxf4 Rc8 21. Re1 Nf7 $6 {Hübner retreats. This leads to
positional difficulties.} 22. Ne2 Nxe2+ 23. Qxe2 Bd6 24. Be3 c5 25. Be4 g6 26.
Qa2 Kg7 27. bxc5 Bxc5 28. d4 Be7 29. Bd5 Rc3 $2 ({Weak squares are protected by
} 29... Qd6 $1 30. a4 Rcd8) 30. Bxf7 Rxf7 31. Bh6+ $1 Kg8 {Square e6 has no
protection.} 32. Rbc1 $2 ({Later Adorjan analyses the win} 32. Qe6 $1 Qc8 (
32... Bf8 33. Rbc1 $1 Qxd4 34. Rcd1 $1 Rd3 35. Rxd3 Qxd3 36. Qc8 $1) 33. d5 $1
Bxa3 34. Qe8+ Bf8 35. d6 Rc2 36. Re2 $1) 32... Rxc1 33. Rxc1 Qd7 $1 {Black is
okay.} 34. d5 Qh3 35. Bf4 Bc5 36. Re1 {Adorjan offered a draw some time after
he had made this move. It disturbed Hübner and he involved the arbiter.} Kg7
37. a4 g5 38. Be3 Re7 39. Qd2 Bxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "5"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1985.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 Qb6 7. Qc1 O-O 8. O-O
Bg4 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Be2 12. Re1 Bd3 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Qb2 Rfc8
15. Nc3 e6 16. Rac1 Ne8 17. Bxg7 Nxg7 18. h4 Qd6 19. Na4 Nf5 20. Rxc8+ Rxc8 21.
Rc1 Rc6 22. Rxc6 Qxc6 {Ljubojevic won the tournament due to a better
Sonneborn-Berger score.  Eslon wrote the bulletin. He castigated short draws.
His idea of value for money appealed to Rentero.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 9"]
[Date "1985.08.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Miles, Anthony"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D21"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1985.??.??"]

{The Interpolis tournament of 1985 had a new setup. Eight grandmasters played
double rounds. The event lasted from August 28 until September 17. We follow
the strange adventures of Tony Miles.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 c5 4. Nc3 e6
5. e4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Bd7 $6 ({Preferable is} 6... Qxd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7) 7. Ne5 Nf6 8.
Nxc4 Nc6 9. Nd6+ Bxd6 10. Qxd6 Qe7 11. Qxe7+ Kxe7 {Kortschnoj has reached a
poor endgame.} 12. Be3 b6 {Square c5 has to be controlled.} 13. f3 Rhd8 14.
O-O-O {White has gained advantages. He has the two bishops and controls more
territory.} Be8 $6 (14... e5 $1 15. Bb5 Rac8 16. Kb1 Nb4 {defends actively.})
15. Be2 Nd7 16. Nb5 f6 17. Nc7 Rac8 18. Nxe8 Rxe8 19. Kb1 Ndb8 20. Rc1 e5 21.
Rhd1 Red8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Bb5 Rd6 24. a3 Kd8 25. Bc4 Ne7 (25... Nd4 $1 {
occupies the strong square d4 immediately.}) 26. b4 Nbc6 27. Kb2 Nd4 28. Rd1
Kc7 29. Rd2 g5 $5 30. a4 Ng6 31. Kc3 Nh4 ({More natural is} 31... Nf4 $1 32. h4
h6) 32. b5 Ne6 33. Ra2 Nd4 34. Kb4 Ng6 35. a5 bxa5+ 36. Kxa5 Nf4 37. Kb4 Kb8
38. g3 $1 Nfe6 39. Bxe6 $1 Rxe6 40. Bxd4 exd4 41. Ra6 $1 Re7 ({The pointe is} 
41... Rxa6 42. bxa6 Kc7 43. f4 gxf4 44. gxf4 Kb6 45. Kc4 Kxa6 46. e5 fxe5 47.
f5 $1 {(Miles).}) 42. Kc4 Rf7 43. Kxd4 h5 44. Kd5 Rb7 45. Ke6 Rxb5 46. Kxf6 g4
47. f4 Rb2 48. e5 Kb7 49. Ra1 Rxh2 50. e6 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 9"]
[Date "1985.08.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1985.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3
Ne4 9. Qc2 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Nxg3 11. fxg3 d6 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. O-O Qe7 14. Rf2
O-O-O $6 {Black plays a risky novelty.} 15. Be4 f5 16. Bxb7+ Kxb7 17. e4 Rdf8
18. a4 a5 19. Re1 Qh7 20. e5 g4 21. Nd2 dxe5 22. c5 $1 f4 {A critical position
has been reached.} 23. Ne4 $6 ({Van der Wiel suggests} 23. Qb3 $1 {Miles
analyses} fxg3 $6 ({Better is} 23... exd4 24. cxb6 cxb6 25. gxf4 Nc5) 24. Rxf8
Rxf8 25. Qxe6) 23... Nf6 24. gxf4 Nxe4 25. Qxe4+ Qxe4 26. Rxe4 exf4 27. Rxe6
bxc5 28. dxc5 Rf5 29. Rb2+ Kc8 30. Ra6 Kd7 31. Rd2+ Ke7 32. Rc6 Rc8 33. c4 f3
34. gxf3 gxf3 35. Kf2 Rf4 36. Rxh6 Rg8 37. Ke3 Rxc4 38. c6 Rc3+ 39. Ke4 Ke8 40.
Rf2 Rg4+ 41. Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 9"]
[Date "1985.08.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Miles, Anthony"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "1985.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nge2 c6 6. Ng3 Nbd7 7. Be2 h5 $6 8.
Bg5 a6 9. Qd2 b5 10. f3 O-O 11. Rd1 {Miles endures a hefty pain in the back
and offers a draw. Romanishin continues and makes another mistake.} e5 $2 12.
dxe5 dxe5 13. O-O Re8 14. a3 Qc7 15. Rc1 $2 (15. b4 $1 {starts an awkward
restraint.}) 15... Nc5 16. Qe1 Nb3 17. Rd1 Be6 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Bd3 Rad8 20.
Qf2 Rd7 21. Bb1 Nd4 22. Ba2 Bxa2 23. Nxa2 Nh7 24. Be3 Nf8 25. Nc3 Nfe6 26. Nge2
Red8 27. Kh1 Qb7 28. Rd2 Nb3 29. Rxd7 Rxd7 30. f4 $2 {White ruins his pawn
structure. Sometime he will lose the e-pawn.} ({Better is} 30. Nc1) 30... exf4
31. Nxf4 Nxf4 32. Bxf4 b4 33. axb4 Qxb4 34. Bg5 Nc5 35. Bf6 Nxe4 36. Qf4 $1 Qd6
$1 37. Qxd6 Nxd6 38. Bxg7 Kxg7 39. Rd1 Re7 40. Kg1 Nf5 41. Rc1 Kf6 42. b4 Re5
43. Kf2 Ke6 44. g3 Nd4 45. Rd1 Rf5+ 46. Kg2 Nc2 47. Rb1 Na3 48. Rc1 Nc4 49. Ne2
Ne3+ 50. Kg1 Kd5 51. Nf4+ Kd6 52. Ne2 Rd5 53. Nc3 Re5 54. Kf2 Ng4+ 55. Kg2 f5
56. h3 Nf6 57. Kf3 Ne4 58. Rd1+ Kc7 59. Ne2 Rb5 60. Rd4 Ng5+ 61. Kg2 Ne6 62.
Rc4 Rd5 63. h4 Kb6 64. Rc3 Rd2 65. Kf1 Nc7 66. Ke1 Rd6 67. Nf4 Kb5 68. Nd3 Na6
{Tony suffered from an old cricket injury. Painkillers did not work.} 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 9"]
[Date "1985.09.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Miles, Anthony"]
[Black "Dzindzichashvili, Roman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1985.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Nge2 e5 8. Ng3
Ne8 9. Be3 f5 10. exf5 gxf5 11. f4 e4 12. Be2 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Ng7 14. Bf2 Qf6
15. Qd2 Qh6 {Dzin offered a draw. Miles' back got rest.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 9"]
[Date "1985.09.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B74"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1985.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Be3 Nc6 9. Nb3 Be6 10. f4 Qc8 11. Bf3 Bg4 12. Nd5 $5 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nxd5 $2 {
Miles cannot think due to the pain.} ({Right is} 13... Nd7 14. c3 e6) 14. exd5
Nb4 (14... Nb8 {drew in Asrian - Khalifman, New York 1998.}) 15. Qe4 $1 Na6 $2
({The aggressive} 15... a5 $1 16. c3 f5 $1 17. Qf3 a4 $1 {brings sufficient
counter-play.}) 16. c3 Qc7 17. Rae1 Rae8 18. f5 Nc5 19. Nxc5 dxc5 20. Rf3 gxf5
21. Qh4 $1 {Hübner strives for a drastic win.} Qd6 22. Bf4 Qb6 23. Rh3 h6 24.
Rg3 $1 Kh8 ({Or} 24... Kh7 25. d6 $1 exd6 26. Rxg7+ $1) 25. Re6 $1 {White will
mate soon.} fxe6 26. Bxh6 c4+ 27. Kh1 {As Miles reported in New in Chess, he
phoned his former wife Jana, a medical doctor. She advised him strong
painkillers and a postponement of the next game. His game versus Polugaevsky
was delayed. So he could take a rest of two days. Actually, he played his
seventh round game first. He lied flat on a massage table during the remaining
games of the tournament.} 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 9"]
[Date "1985.09.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Miles, Anthony"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E31"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1985.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 c5 5. d5 h6 6. Bh4 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. e3
e5 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. f4 Qe7 11. Ne2 g5 12. fxg5 Ng4 13. Ng3 {These odd moves
have been made before.} Nxe3 $1 14. Qf3 hxg5 15. Qxe3 gxh4 16. Nf5 Qf6 17. O-O
Nf8 18. Rf3 Bd7 19. Raf1 O-O-O 20. Be4 Ng6 $1 (20... Kb8 $5 21. Ne7 $5 {(Miles)
} Qxe7 22. Rxf7 Qe8 23. Qg5 {and 24. Re7 leads to great complications.}) 21.
Ne7+ $1 Qxe7 22. Rxf7 Qxf7 $1 23. Rxf7 Nf4 24. Bh7 Rdf8 25. Rg7 Rf6 ({Miles
prefers} 25... Nh5 $1 26. Re7 Nf4) 26. Bg8 $1 Rf8 $2 {Polu misses a subtle
manoeuvre.} (26... Bf5 $1 27. Be6+ Nxe6 28. dxe6 Bxe6 29. Qe4 Bf7 $1 {defends
superbly.}) 27. Be6 $1 Bxe6 28. dxe6 Rfg8 29. Rf7 $1 Rxg2+ 30. Kf1 {White
threatens 31. Qe4.} Rhg8 ({Insufficient is} 30... Rb2 31. Rxf4 $1 exf4 32. Qxf4
Rxa2 33. Qf7) 31. e7 Kd7 32. e8=R+ Kxe8 33. Rxf4 Rxh2 34. Rf2 Rxf2+ 35. Kxf2
Rf8+ 36. Kg2 Rf4 37. Qh3 Kd8 38. Qe6 Kc7 39. a4 a5 40. Qe7+ Kc6 41. Qe8+ ({The
pointe is} 41. Qe8+ Kc7 42. Qe7+ Kc6 43. Qd8 b6 44. Qc8#) 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 9"]
[Date "1985.09.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1985.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. a3 $5 Bg7 5. Rb1 e6 6. b4 b6 7. Bb2 d6 8. Bb5
Nge7 $6 {Tony plays a killing joke. He has foreseen the drastic answer.} 9. Nd5
$1 O-O 10. Nf6+ Kh8 11. Ng5 h6 {Does White have a quick win?} 12. h4 $2 ({No,
but} 12. Ngh7 $1 Nd4 $1 13. Bxd4 cxd4 14. Qf3 Bxf6 15. Nxf6 {keeps a
positional advantage.}) 12... a6 $1 13. Bxc6 Nxc6 14. Qf3 e5 $1 {Miles starts
to play with his foe.} 15. Nfh7 Kg8 $1 16. Nxf8 hxg5 17. Nxg6 g4 18. Qe3 Nd4
19. Qg5 Qxg5 20. hxg5 fxg6 21. bxc5 bxc5 22. Bxd4 cxd4 23. d3 Bf8 24. Ke2 Ra7
25. c4 dxc3 26. Rhc1 Rc7 27. Rb3 Kf7 28. Rcxc3 Rxc3 29. Rxc3 Bd7 30. Rc7 Ke6
31. Ra7 Bb5 32. a4 Bxa4 33. Rxa6 Bd7 34. g3 Be7 35. Ra8 Bxg5 36. Rb8 Bc1 37.
Rb3 Kf6 38. Rb7 Be6 39. Rc7 Ba3 40. Ra7 Bc5 41. Rc7 Bd4 42. Kf1 d5 43. exd5
Bxd5 44. Ke2 Be6 45. Rc6 Ke7 46. Ke1 Kd7 47. Ra6 Bf5 48. Ke2 Kc7 49. Ra8 Kb6
50. Rb8+ Ka5 {The commentator Bouwmeester wondered why Miles continued the
game. Tony gave a simple answer on the next day.} 51. Rb7 Ka4 52. Rb8 Ka3 53.
Rb7 Be6 54. Rg7 Bd5 55. Rxg6 Bf3+ 56. Kf1 Kb2 57. Ra6 Kc2 58. Re6 Kd2 59. Re8
Be2+ 60. Kg2 Ke1 61. Rf8 Bf1+ 62. Kg1 Bxd3 63. Rf7 Be4 64. Kh2 Kf1 65. Rf8 Bf3
{Miles ended the first cycle with a score of plus one, enough for a shared
lead.} 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 9"]
[Date "1985.09.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1985.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. e3 Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8. exd4
Qc8 9. Na3 d5 10. Re1 dxc4 11. Qa4+ Nbd7 12. Qxc4 a6 13. Qe2 O-O 14. Bg5 Bd5 $5
15. Qxe7 Re8 {Miles offers a draw. Kortschnoj goes on although the extra pawn
has no value.} 16. Qb4 Qb7 17. Nh4 Bf8 18. Qa4 Ne4 19. Bf4 Rac8 20. Rac1 b5 21.
Qd1 Ndf6 22. f3 Nd6 23. b3 Nh5 24. Bd2 Be7 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Nc2 Bxh4 $1 27.
gxh4 Nf5 28. Nb4 Nxh4 29. Nxd5 Qxd5 30. Bh6 Nxg2 {Viktor refuses a draw again.}
31. Kxg2 Ng7 32. Re5 Qd6 33. Re4 Nf5 {Kortschnoj contemplates for a minute.}
34. Bf4 $4 Qxf4 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 9"]
[Date "1985.09.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Miles, Anthony"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1985.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. O-O a6 7. Qxc4 c5 8.
Qb3 Bd6 $5 9. a4 O-O 10. Na3 $1 Nb8 $5 (10... Rb8 11. Nc4 {(Miles)} Bc7 12. a5
b5 13. axb6 Nxb6 {is okay.}) 11. Nc4 Nc6 12. d3 Rb8 13. Nxd6 Qxd6 14. a5 e5 15.
Be3 Bg4 16. Qa3 Nd7 17. Rfc1 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Nd4 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Rc4 {White
exerts pressure on the weak pawns.} Rfc8 $2 (20... b5 $1 21. axb6 Rxb6 22. Ra4
Qb8 $1 23. Rxa6 Rxa6 24. Qxa6 Qxb2 {solves the problems on the queenside.}) 21.
b4 $1 Ne5 22. Rxc5 Nxf3+ 23. exf3 Rxc5 24. bxc5 Qd5 25. Qb4 h5 26. Re1 Rd8 $6 (
26... Rc8 $1 27. Re4 Rxc5 28. Rxd4 Qc6 {offers more resistance.}) 27. Kg2 Rd7
28. Qb6 Kh7 29. h4 Qc6 30. Re5 g6 31. Qb4 $1 Kg7 32. Qc4 Qb5 33. Qxb5 axb5 34.
Kf1 $5 Kf6 35. f4 b4 36. Ke2 Rd8 37. Kd2 Ra8 38. c6 $1 bxc6 39. Kc2 Rc8 40. Rc5
Ke6 41. Kb3 Kd6 42. Rg5 $6 (42. Kxb4 Rb8+ 43. Kc4 Rb2 {(Miles), and now} 44.
Rg5 $1 Rxf2 45. f5 $1 {wins quickly.}) 42... c5 43. f5 f6 44. Rxg6 Ke5 45. Rg7
Ra8 46. Ka4 c4 $5 {Timman plays his last trump.} 47. dxc4 Rd8 48. Re7+ Kd6 49.
Re2 Kc5 50. Kb3 d3 51. Rd2 Rd7 52. g4 hxg4 53. h5 Kd4 54. h6 g3 55. fxg3 Ke3
56. Rd1 Ke2 57. Ra1 d2 58. Kxb4 d1=Q 59. Rxd1 Rxd1 60. a6 Rd8 61. a7 Kd3 62.
Kb5 Kd4 63. c5 Kd5 64. Kb6 Rh8 65. h7 {Miles had scored four wins in a row
since he began to play on a research table. Other players were not amused. A
protest was entered by Dzindzichashvili, Hübner, Ljubojevic and Kortschnoj.}
1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 9"]
[Date "1985.09.10"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1985.??.??"]

{The research table had been moved to a private room. Romanishin wanted to
play in the tournament hall. He got his way. The game started 45 minutes too
late.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Ba6 7. Na3
Bb7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O d6 10. Rfd1 Nbd7 11. Rac1 Qe7 12. Nb5 a6 13. Nc3 Ne4 14.
Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Qe3 Nf6 16. Rd2 Rfe8 17. Nh4 Bxg2 18. Nxg2 c5 19. Rcd1 Red8 20.
Qf3 Rac8 21. Ne3 cxd4 22. Rxd4 Qc7 23. R4d3 Ne8 24. Rb3 Qc6 25. Qxc6 Rxc6 26.
f3 Kf8 27. Kf2 Ke7 28. Rc3 Rdc8 29. Rb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 9"]
[Date "1985.09.12"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Dzindzichashvili, Roman"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1985.??.??"]

{Dzin stood during the game, like he played a simultaneous display.} 1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Ba6 7. b3 c6 8. Nc3 d5 9. e4
Nxe4 $5 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Ng5 Nd7 ({My preference has} 11... O-O $1 {(Schuh -
Roeder, Germany 1993).}) 12. Nxe4 Nf6 13. Bg2 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Qd6 15. O-O Rd8 16.
Rad1 O-O 17. Qc2 f5 18. Bf3 c5 19. dxc5 Qxc5 20. Rfe1 Bc8 21. Qc3 Qc7 22. Rc1
Rfe8 23. Re5 Bb7 24. Bxb7 Qxb7 25. c5 bxc5 26. Rxc5 Re7 27. Rc8 Rxc8 28. Qxc8+
Qxc8 29. Rxc8+ Kf7 30. Rc6 Kf6 31. Ra6 Ke5 32. b4 Kd4 33. Kf1 e5 34. Ke2 Rd7
35. h4 g6 36. b5 Kc5 37. a4 Kb4 38. Ke3 Rc7 39. f3 Kc5 40. h5 gxh5 41. Rf6 Kb4
42. Rxf5 Re7 43. Rxh5 Kxa4 44. Ke4 Kxb5 45. f4 Rg7 46. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 9"]
[Date "1985.09.13"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Miles, Anthony"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[EventDate "1985.??.??"]

1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 Qh4 3. Nf3 Qa4 4. Nc3 Qa5 5. e4 {Miles and Hübner had agreed
on a draw in five moves during the previous day. Robert wanted to demonstrate
his strange feelings.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 9"]
[Date "1985.09.15"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1985.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 Bb7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O Na6 10. Bc1 Ne4 $5 ({Theory is} 10... d5) 11. Bb2 Bf6 $6 (11... f5 {
gives the natural answer in this position.}) 12. Qc2 Nb4 13. Qb1 d5 14. Nxe4
dxe4 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Qd2 $1 {Black has gained counter-play.} 17. Ba3 $1
Nc2 $2 {This answer will be refuted.} ({Black can defend properly by} 17... a5
$1 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 {(Polugaevsky)} c5 $1) 18. Bxf8 Nxa1 19. Bxg7 $1 Kxg7
20. Bxe4 $1 {White strikes tactically.} Bxe4 21. Qxe4 Rd8 22. Rxa1 Rd4 23. Qf3
Qb2 24. Rf1 Qxa2 25. Rc1 Rd2 26. Kg2 Kf8 ({Or} 26... Rxe2 27. Qf6+ Kf8 28. Rd1
Rd2 29. Qh6+ {(Polugaevsky).}) 27. Rc3 Rxe2 28. Qf6 Qb1 29. Rf3 Qg6 30. Qd8+
Kg7 31. Qxc7 Ra2 32. Rf6 $1 Qh5 33. h3 $1 {Kortschnoj and Hübner won their
games. As a result, they shared the lead with Miles at the end of the
penultimate round.} 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 9"]
[Date "1985.09.17"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Miles, Anthony"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "1985.??.??"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg4 $2 {White achieves a plus easily.} 5.
dxc5 dxc5 6. Qxd8+ Kxd8 7. Ne5 $1 Be6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. Bf4 g5 $5 10. O-O-O+ Kc8
11. Bg3 Nf6 12. Be2 h5 $5 13. h4 g4 14. f4 Nfd7 15. Nxd7 Bxd7 16. e5 Nc6 17.
Bd3 Nd4 18. Rhe1 Bc6 19. Be4 Bh6 $2 ({Miles prefers} 19... Bxe4 20. Rxe4 b6 $1
21. Bf2 Nf5 {and Black will survive.}) 20. Bxc6 bxc6 {Hereafter, pawn c5 will
fall eventually.} 21. Re4 Nf5 22. Ne2 e6 23. Bf2 g3 $5 {White pieces become
entangled.} 24. Nxg3 Nxg3 25. Bxg3 Rg8 26. Rd3 Kc7 27. Kd1 Rg4 28. Ke2 Rag8 29.
Kf2 Bf8 30. Re1 Be7 31. Rh1 a5 32. Rh3 Kc8 33. Kf3 Bd8 34. a4 Be7 35. Rd2 f6
36. exf6 Bf8 37. Re2 Bd6 38. Rxe6 Kd7 39. Re3 Rf8 40. Bh2 Rxf6 41. Re4 Rf8 42.
b3 Rf6 43. g3 Rf8 44. Kf2 Rb8 45. Re3 Rbg8 46. Rf3 Ke6 {The cluster of pieces
on the kingside can be disentangled.} 47. Bg1 $1 R4g7 48. Rh1 Kf5 49. Kg2 Re8
50. Bf2 Rb7 51. Re1 Rxe1 52. Bxe1 Ra7 53. Rd3 Be7 54. Kf3 Bf6 55. Bf2 Be7 56.
Be3 Rb7 57. Bd2 Ra7 58. Bc3 Ra8 59. Rd7 Ke6 60. Rb7 Re8 61. Bxa5 Bf6 62. Bb6
Bd4 63. Rh7 Kf6 64. Rxh5 Re3+ 65. Kg4 Rxb3 66. Bxc5 Bc3 67. Rh6+ Kf7 68. Kf5
Bd2 69. Rf6+ Kg7 70. Bd4 Rd3 71. Be5 Kg8 72. Rd6 {Miles climbed off the
research table for the last time. All leaders had won their games. So Miles,
Hübner and Kortschnoj shared the victory by a score of 81/2/14.} 1-0

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "5"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Miles, Anthony"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]

{The fifth and final Bugojno tournament lasted from 25 v until 14 vi 1986.
When Hübner heard about the starting fees and prizes on the phone, he demanded
a written document. Bjelica invited Portisch instead. Lajos came and enjoyed a
paid tennis vacation with Boris on the court near Hotel Akvarium. But the holy
goal of a category sixteen tournament had been accomplished. Eight
grandmasters played double rounds.} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 d5 5.
cxd5 Nxd5 6. d4 Nc7 $5 7. e3 $5 Bg4 8. Nc3 cxd4 9. exd4 e6 10. Qa4 Qd7 11. O-O
Be7 12. Bf4 Nd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Rfe1 Rd8 15. Bg5 Bxf3 $2 (15... f6 $1 16. Be3
O-O {(Ljubojevic) gains equality.}) 16. Bxf3 O-O $2 {Black misses a fine
counteraction.} (16... f6 $1 17. Bh5+ g6 18. Bxf6 gxh5 19. Bxh8 Kf7 20. Rxe7+
$1 Qxe7 21. Be5 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Qxe5 {remains playable for Black.}) 17. Bxe7 Nxe7
18. Qxa7 Rfe8 19. Qb6 Nc6 20. Kg2 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Ra8 $2 22. Qb5 $1 ({The pointe
is} 22. Qb5 Rxa2 $2 23. Qxb7 $1 Qxb7 24. Re8#) 1-0

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "5"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 a6 8. Bb3
Ba7 9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 Nh5 11. Nf1 Qf6 12. Be3 Nf4 13. Bxa7 Rxa7 14. Kh2 Ne7 15.
Ne3 Ra8 16. a4 Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 $5 18. Ng1 Rad8 19. g3 Nfg6 20. Rf1 d5 21. Qe2
Nc6 22. Ng2 Rf7 23. h4 Rdf8 24. Rad1 Nge7 25. h5 g6 26. Nh3 Qf3 27. Qxf3 Rxf3
28. hxg6 Nxg6 29. Ne3 d4 30. Nc2 R3f7 31. cxd4 Nxd4 32. Nxd4 exd4 33. f4 c5 34.
a5 b6 $5 35. axb6 Rb7 $2 ({Right is} 35... Rb8 $1 {(Karpov).}) 36. Rc1 Rxb6 37.
Rxc5 Rxb2+ 38. Rf2 Rxf2+ 39. Nxf2 Ra8 40. Ra5 Ne7 41. Ng4 Nc6 $1 42. Rc5 $1 Ne7
(42... Nb4 $5 43. Rc7 $1 Nxd3 44. Kh3 $1 a5 45. Nf6+ Kf8 46. Kg4 $1 {and White
wins (Karpov).}) 43. Rc7 $1 {White can use the 7th rank due to the error on
move 35.} Kf8 44. Ne5 $1 a5 45. g4 $1 a4 46. f5 exf5 (46... Ra5 47. Rxe7 $1
Rxe5 48. Ra7 h5 49. Kg3 hxg4 50. fxe6 $18 {(Karpov).}) 47. gxf5 $1 Nxf5 ({The
pointe is} 47... a3 48. f6 a2 49. Rxe7 a1=Q 50. Ng6+ Kg8 51. Rg7# {(Karpov).})
48. exf5 Ra5 49. Rc5 Rxc5 50. Nd7+ Ke7 51. Nxc5 a3 52. Kg3 $1 Kd6 53. Nb3 Ke5
54. Kg4 h5+ $5 55. Kg5 h4 56. f6 Ke6 57. Kg6 h3 58. f7 h2 59. f8=Q h1=Q 60.
Nc5+ Ke5 61. Qb8+ 1-0

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "5"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nc3 Bb7 7. g3 Be7 8. Qa4+
c6 9. Bh3 $5 O-O 10. O-O c5 11. Rd1 Nc6 12. Bg5 Re8 $5 {Black seems to blunder.
} 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nxd5 Rxe2 $2 ({But} 15... Bxb2 16. Rab1 Nd4
$1 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. Rxb7 Qxd5 {counters.}) 16. Nf4 Nd4 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. Nxe2
Qd5 19. Kf1 g5 $5 ({Ljubojevic notices the defence} 19... Bc6 20. Qc2 $1 Qh1+
21. Ng1 Bb5+ 22. Rd3) 20. Rac1 $2 ({Right is} 20. Ke1 $1 Rd8 21. Rd3 Qh1+ 22.
Bf1 Bg2 23. Kd2 Bxf1 {(Ljubojevic)} 24. Rc1 $1 Qg2 25. Qc6 Qxf2 26. Rxf1 $1
Qxf1 27. Rf3 {and White wins.}) 20... g4 21. Bxg4 Qh1+ 22. Ng1 Qg2+ 23. Ke2
Qe4+ 24. Kf1 Qg2+ 25. Ke1 $2 {White should have repeated the moves.} Qxg1+ 26.
Ke2 d3+ $1 27. Kxd3 Qxf2 28. Rc7 Qxb2 $2 (28... Qxh2 $1 29. Rxb7 Qxg3+ 30. Kc2
Qg2+ 31. Be2 Qxb7 {leads to a black win.}) 29. Rd2 $2 {Jussupow makes the
final mistake.} (29. Bc8 $3 Ba6+ $1 30. Bxa6 Rd8+ 31. Rd7 Re8 $1 32. Rd4 Qxd4+
33. Qxd4 Bxd4 {brings a drawn ending.}) 29... Qb6 30. Rxb7 Qxb7 31. Qb4 Qc6 32.
Ke2 Bc3 0-1

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "5"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 Be7 8. Qf3
h5 $6 9. gxh5 Nc6 $5 ({Timman tries to improve on} 9... Nxh5 {from their game
in Montreal 1979.}) 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. e5 $1 Nd5 $6 ({Ljubojevic
prefers} 12... dxe5 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Qxc6+ Kf8) 13. exd6 Bxd6 14. Bg5 Qb6 15.
O-O-O Be5 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. c3 Rb8 18. Rd2 Qc7 19. Re1 $1 f6 20. Rxe5 fxe5 21.
h6 Bc8 $6 (21... Rxh6 $5 22. Bxh6 gxh6 23. Qg3 {also favours White (Ljubojevic)
.}) 22. hxg7 Rg8 23. Nc6 $1 {The defence is destroyed.} Rb6 24. Bh6 $1 Qf7 25.
Qxf7+ Kxf7 26. Nxe5+ Kf6 27. f4 Rb7 28. Rg2 Kf5 29. h5 a5 30. Kc2 Ke4 31. Re2+
Kf5 32. Kd3 Rbxg7 33. Bxg7 Rxg7 34. Kd4 Rh7 35. Ng6 Kf6 36. Re5 a4 37. Rg5 Rb7
38. Ne5 Rxb2 39. h6 Rd2+ 40. Ke3 Rh2 41. Ng4+ {Ljubojevic caught up after a
poor start in the event.} 1-0

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "5"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Nf3 Re8 13. Nbd2 Bf8 14. Bc2 Nb8 15.
a4 c5 $5 16. d5 Nbd7 17. b4 c4 $6 (17... Qc7 $1 {strives for counter-play.})
18. Nf1 Nh5 19. N3h2 g6 20. Be3 Be7 $6 (20... Bg7 {is more natural.}) 21. Qd2
Rf8 22. Bh6 Ng7 23. Ng3 Kh8 24. Ng4 Nf6 25. Nxf6 Bxf6 26. Rf1 Qd7 27. f4 a5 $6
(27... exf4 $1 28. Bxf4 a5 {avoids  problems.}) 28. f5 $1 (28. Rfb1 exf4 29.
Bxf4 axb4 30. Rxb4 {gains a positional plus.}) 28... axb4 29. cxb4 bxa4 30. Rf3
Kg8 31. Qf2 Bh4 32. Bxg7 Bxg3 ({Not} 32... Kxg7 $2 33. Nh5+ $1 {(Sokolov).})
33. Rxg3 Kxg7 34. f6+ Kh8 35. Rga3 Qb5 36. Qe3 Rg8 37. h4 g5 $2 {Karpov starts
a desperate action.} ({He should have tried} 37... Bc8 $1 {(intends .. Qd7)}
38. Rxa4 Rxa4 39. Rxa4 c3 $1 40. Qxc3 Qb6+ {and Black fights back.}) 38. hxg5
Rg6 39. Kf2 $1 h6 ({Or} 39... Rag8 40. Rh1 Rxg5 41. Qh3 Rxg2+ 42. Kf1 $1 c3+
43. Bd3 {(Sokolov).}) 40. Rh1 Kh7 41. Bd1 Rag8 42. Qh3 Rh8 43. Bh5 {Sokolov
had scored a splendid victory.} 1-0

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "5"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "171"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Rb1 Nf6 6. e3 $5 O-O 7. Nge2 d6 8.
b4 Be6 9. b5 $5 Na5 10. d3 a6 11. a4 axb5 12. axb5 d5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. O-O
Nxc3 15. Nxc3 Qd7 16. Qc2 Rfd8 17. Rd1 Bg4 18. Rd2 Bh3 19. Bh1 $5 Rab8 20. Nd5
c6 $5 21. Nb6 Qc7 22. Na4 b6 23. bxc6 Rdc8 24. Qd1 $1 Nxc6 $2 ({Right is} 24...
b5 $1 25. Nc5 Rb6 $1) 25. Rc2 Bd7 26. Rcb2 b5 27. Nc5 Qd6 28. Nxd7 Qxd7 29.
Rxb5 Rxb5 30. Rxb5 Nd4 31. Rb2 Ne6 32. Rd2 h5 33. Bg2 Rd8 34. Ba3 Bf8 35. Bb2
Bg7 36. Qb3 Kh7 37. h4 Qc7 38. Kh2 Kg8 39. Bh3 Rd6 40. Rc2 Qd7 41. Rc3 Kh7 42.
Qc4 Rb6 43. Ba3 Qa7 44. Bg2 Ra6 45. Bb2 Ra4 46. Qb3 Ra5 47. Rc6 Ra6 48. Qc4 Ra4
49. Qb5 Ra5 50. Qb3 Qd7 51. Qc4 Nd8 52. Rc7 Qf5 53. Kg1 Ne6 54. Be4 Qf6 55. Rc6
Qd8 56. Bc3 Ra3 57. Qb5 Qd7 58. Bxe5 Bxe5 59. Qxe5 Rxd3 60. Qxh5+ Kg8 61. Qe5
Rd1+ 62. Kg2 Rd2 63. h5 gxh5 64. Qxh5 Rd6 65. Rc8+ Nd8 66. Ra8 Kf8 67. Qh8+ Ke7
68. Qh4+ Ke8 69. Qg5 Kf8 70. Bf3 Qe7 71. Qh5 Qf6 72. Bd5 Kg7 73. e4 Qg6 74.
Qe5+ Qf6 75. Qxf6+ Kxf6 76. f4 Rd7 77. Kf3 Ke7 78. Kg4 Rc7 79. Kf5 Rd7 80. g4
Rd6 81. g5 Nc6 82. Bxc6 Rxc6 83. e5 Rb6 84. Rg8 Rb4 85. g6 fxg6+ 86. Rxg6 1-0

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "5"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Miles, Anthony"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]

1. c4 g6 2. e4 e5 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. g3 $5 Re8 8.
Bg2 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nde2 Nxc3 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Nxc3 c6 13. Bg5 f6 14. Be3
Be6 15. O-O Nd7 16. Rfd1 Nb6 $5 17. b3 f5 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rd1 Rxd1+ 20. Nxd1
Kf7 $6 (20... fxe4 $1 21. Bxe4 Nc8 {draws.}) 21. f4 fxe4 22. Nf2 $5 Nd5 23.
Bxa7 e3 $1 {Timman plays for a win, as usual.} 24. Ne4 $5 b6 $2 ({Better is} 
24... Ke7 $1 25. Bc5+ Kd7 26. Ng5 Bg4 27. Bxd5 e2 28. Bb4 Bd4+ 29. Kg2 cxd5 30.
Nf3 Bc5 31. Bxc5 Bxf3+ 32. Kf2 {and White has escaped.}) 25. Ng5+ Ke7 26. Nxe6
Kxe6 27. Bxd5+ $2 (27. Kf1 {gains an advantage (Miles).}) 27... Kxd5 28. Kf1 {
Black stands on the edge.} ({Not} 28. Bxb6 $4 Ke4 29. Kf1 Kf3) 28... Bd4 $2 ({
Right is} 28... Kc5 $1 {(Miles)} 29. a4 $1 Bc3 30. Ke2 Ba5 31. g4 Kb4 32. f5
gxf5 33. gxf5 Kxb3 34. f6 Kxa4 35. f7 Bb4 36. Bxb6 Bf8 37. Kxe3 c5 38. Ke4 Kb5
{drawn.}) 29. a4 $1 h5 30. Ke2 Ke4 31. h3 Kd5 32. Kd3 Bc5 33. g4 hxg4 34. hxg4
Bd6 35. Bxb6 e2 36. Kxe2 Bxf4 37. a5 c5 38. a6 Kc6 39. Bxc5 1-0

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "5"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. O-O g6 5. c3 Bg7 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 d5 8.
exd5 Nxd5 9. Bg5 Qd6 10. Qe2+ $5 Be6 $1 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Ne4 Qb4 $1 13. a3 Qa5
14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Ne5 (15. Rac1 $1 {gains a plus.}) 15... Rae8 16. Rac1 $6 (16.
Qd2 {keeps the equality (Flear).}) 16... f6 $1 17. Nxc6 $6 {Timman gets lost
in the tactical problems.} (17. Nc4 $1 Qb5 18. a4 $1 Qxa4 19. Nc5 Qb5 20. Bd2 {
gives sufficient compensation for the sacrificed pawn.}) 17... Qb6 18. Bd2 Bd7
$1 19. Nb4 Qxd4 {Spassky pressures on the centre.} 20. Rc4 Qe5 21. Nd3 Qe7 22.
Qf3 Bb5 23. Rd4 c6 24. Ng3 Qd8 $1 25. a4 Ba6 26. Nb4 Qb6 $1 27. Rxd5 cxd5 28.
Nxa6 Qxa6 29. Qxd5+ Qe6 30. Qxe6+ Rxe6 31. Rc1 f5 32. b4 f4 33. Nf1 Bd4 34. Rc4
Re4 35. Kh1 Rfe8 36. h3 Bxf2 37. Rc6 Re1 $1 38. Bxe1 Rxe1 39. g4 f3 40. Rc8+
Kf7 {Timman's fighting spirit brought him little luck.   Sokolov, Karpov,
Spassky and Miles had scored plus one at the end of the first cycle.} 0-1

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "5"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 a6 5. Ba4 d6 6. d4 Bd7 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1
Nge7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Qe8 11. Bb3 $1 {Karpov slightly improves the theory.}
b6 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Nc4 Kh8 14. Qc1 $5 Bg4 $1 15. Ng5 h6 16. h3 Bd7 17. Nf3
Kh7 18. a4 f5 $6 {Spassky starts a counteraction.} ({Sounder is} 18... Be6 $5 {
(Makarychev).}) 19. exf5 {Black has reached a predicament.} gxf5 ({The
complications of} 19... e4 $5 20. fxg6+ Qxg6 21. Nh4 Qf6 22. g3 $1 Bxh3 23. Nd2
$1 {favour White.}) 20. Nfxe5 $1 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Bxh6 Bd6 ({Or} 22...
Nc6 23. Bxf8 Qxf8 24. Qg5 $1) 23. Qg5 $1 Qg6 24. Rxe7+ Bxe7 25. Qxe7+ Kxh6 26.
Qxd7 f4 $2 ({Better is} 26... c5 {(Karpov) or}) (26... Qd6 27. Qxd6+ cxd6 {
(Makarychev).}) 27. Qxc7 Rae8 28. Rd1 Rf6 29. Kh2 a5 30. Rd4 Ref8 31. Rd7 Rc6
32. Qe5 Qf6 33. Qd5 Rc5 34. Qe4 1-0

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "5"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Qa5 8.
f4 Nh6 $5 {Sokolov plays a very ambitious opening.} 9. Qd3 Rb8 10. Bd2 Nf5 $5
11. g4 Nh4 12. Ne4 Qd5 13. b3 c5 14. O-O-O $5 {Timman takes all risks as well.}
Bb7 15. Be1 $6 {White's desires reach high.} ({The prudent} 15. Re1 $1 {keeps
a plus.}) 15... c4 $1 16. Qxd5 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 $5 (17. Bxh4 Bxe4 18. Rg1 {shows
more caution.}) 17... exd5 18. Bxh4 cxb3 19. cxb3 dxe4 20. Bxa6 h5 $1 21. g5
Ra8 22. Bb5 $5 {The bishop will be used for restriction.} Rxa2 23. Kb1 Rd2 $5
24. Rc1 $5 {Further sacrifices are needed, if White wants to keep the
initiative.} Rxh2 25. Be1 Be7 26. Rc8+ Bd8 27. Bb4 $1 {The restraint has to be
continued at all costs.} e3 28. f5 $1 e2 29. e6 fxe6 30. fxe6 e1=Q+ 31. Bxe1
O-O $1 32. Bb4 Rh1+ 33. Kc2 {The battle goes on until the endgame.} Rh2+ ({The
last try brings} 33... Rc1+ $1 34. Kxc1 Bxg5+ 35. Kd1 Rxc8 36. Bxd7 Rb8 37. Bd6
Rxb3 38. e7 Bxe7 39. Be6+ {drawn (Sokolov).}) 34. Kd1 Rh1+ 35. Ke2 $1 Rh2+ 36.
Kd1 Rh1+ 37. Ke2 {The game ends by perpetual check.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "5"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 c6 6. Nc3 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Ne5
e6 9. Bg5 Qb6 10. Qd2 Nfd7 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. Rd1 Nf6 13. O-O Bd7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6
15. e4 Qa5 $6 ({Karpov finds} 15... dxe4 16. Nxe4 Bg7 17. Qf4 $1 {preferable
for White, but} Nb4 $1 18. Ne5 Bc6 {seems to be okay.}) 16. Rfe1 $6 (16. exd5
$1 exd5 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 d4 19. Nd5 Qxd2 20. Rxd2 {gains an edge.}) 16...
Rad8 17. Qf4 Bg7 18. exd5 exd5 19. Ne5 Be6 20. a3 Qb6 21. b4 a5 22. b5 Ne7 23.
Bf1 Qd6 24. Na4 Bc8 25. Qc1 Rfe8 26. Qc5 Nf5 27. Qxd6 Rxd6 {Black has a
slightly better endgame.} 28. f4 $5 g5 $5 29. Bh3 ({The pointe is} 29. fxg5 $6
Nxd4 $1) 29... gxf4 30. gxf4 Nh4 31. Bxc8 Rxc8 32. Rc1 Re8 33. Kf2 Rf6 34. Nd3
Rxe1 35. Rc8+ $5 {A new fight begins.} Bf8 36. Kxe1 Kg7 37. Rb8 Nf3+ 38. Kd1
Nxd4 39. Rxb7 Bxa3 40. b6 Rg6 41. Ne5 {Timman has to seal a move.} Rf6 $6 ({
The powerful} 41... Rg1+ $1 42. Kd2 Bc1+ {forces perpetual check.}) 42. Rd7 Nc6
43. b7 Nb8 44. Rd8 Rxf4 45. Nc3 Be7 46. Rxb8 Bd6 47. Re8 Rb4 48. Nf3 Rxb7 49.
Rd8 Bb4 50. Nxd5 a4 51. Nxb4 Rxb4 52. Ra8 Kg6 53. Ke2 f6 54. Ra5 h5 55. Ke3 h4
56. Nd4 Rc4 $4 (56... Rb2 57. Ne2 Rb3+ {draws without problems.}) 57. Kd3 Rb4
58. Kc3 Rb1 59. Rxa4 Rf1 60. Kc4 Kg5 61. Ra3 Rf2 62. Kd5 Kg4 63. h3+ Kf4 64.
Ke6 Rd2 65. Nf5 Kg5 66. Rf3 Ra2 67. Ne7 Ra6+ 68. Kf7 Ra5 69. Rxf6 Ra3 70. Rf5+
1-0

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "5"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B73"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Be3 Nc6 9. Qd2 Ng4 10. Bxg4 Bxg4 11. Nd5 Be6 12. c4 Qd7 13. a4 Bxd5 14. exd5
Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Rfe8 17. Rfe1 b6 18. h3 e5 19. dxe6 Rxe6 20. Rxe6
Qxe6 21. Rd1 Re8 22. b3 Qd7 23. Qd5 a5 24. Qd4 Qd8 25. Qf4 Re6 26. Rd4 Qc7 27.
Qd2 h5 28. Qf4 Re5 {This encounter was the most exciting game of round eleven.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "5"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Miles, Anthony"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D49"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 axb5 13. O-O Qd5 14. Qe2 Ba6 15.
Bg5 Be7 16. f4 O-O 17. Rf3 $5 (17. a4 $5 {fights back on the queenside.}) 17...
Bb7 $1 18. Re1 $6 {Miles plays too optimistic.} ({A draw is forced by} 18. Rg3
$1 Rxa2 19. Rxa2 Qxa2 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Nd7 $1 Be7 22. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 23. Rxg7+
{(Staniszewski - Kuczynski, Wroslaw 1987).}) 18... g6 $5 19. Qf2 $2 ({Better is
} 19. a3 {(Miles).} b4 $1 20. axb4 Qd6 21. Rg3) 19... Rxa2 $1 20. Bb1 Ra1 21.
Qh4 d3 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Qxf6 d2 24. Rd1 Rxb1 25. Rxb1 d1=Q+ 26. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 27.
Rf1 Qc2 28. Nf3 Ra8 29. h4 Ra4 30. Kh2 h5 31. Kg3 Qf5 32. Qxf5 gxf5 33. Rd1 Rb4
34. Rd8+ Kg7 35. Ne5 Rxb2 36. Rd7 Bd5 37. Rxf7+ Kg8 38. Rc7 Rxg2+ 39. Kh3 Rg7
40. Rc8+ Kh7 41. Nd3 Bg2+ 42. Kh2 Be4 43. Nc5 Rg2+ 44. Kh3 Rc2 45. Rc7+ Kg6 {
Miles scored poorly in the second cycle.} 0-1

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "5"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d5 $6 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nc7 7. Bf4 $5
Ne6 $6 (7... Nd7 {avoids the looming disaster.}) 8. Bb5+ $6 (8. Qa4+ $1 Bd7 9.
Nxe6 $1 Bxa4 10. Nxd8 Kxd8 11. Nc3 {gains a positional edge.}) 8... Nc6 $1 9.
Nxe6 ({Or} 9. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Bd7 $1) 9... Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Bxe6 11. Bxc6+
bxc6 12. Nd2 g6 13. Be5 f6 14. Bc3 a5 15. Kc2 Bh6 $2 ({Right is} 15... a4 $1 {
(Timman).}) 16. Nb3 $1 a4 17. Nc5 $1 Bf7 18. Rhd1 O-O 19. Rd4 a3 20. b3 Rfd8
21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Nd3 e5 23. Bb4 Bf8 24. Bxf8 Kxf8 25. Kc3 Ke7 26. Nb4 Be8 27.
Nc2 Ra8 28. Rd1 Bf7 29. Ne3 Be6 30. Nc4 h5 31. f3 h4 32. h3 Ra7 33. Rd2 Ra8 34.
Rd3 Ra7 35. Rd1 Ra8 36. Rd2 Ra7 37. Rd3 Ra8 38. Kb4 Rb8+ 39. Kc5 Rb5+ 40. Kxc6
Bxc4 41. bxc4 Rb2 42. Rxa3 Rxg2 43. c5 Rc2 44. Rb3 Rxa2 45. Kb7 Rc2 46. c6 Kd6
47. Rb5 Rc3 48. Rd5+ Ke6 49. c7 Rb3+ 50. Kc6 Rc3+ 51. Rc5 Rxc5+ 52. Kxc5 Kd7
53. c8=Q+ Kxc8 54. Kd6 Kb8 55. Ke6 Ka8 56. Kxf6 {Timman had won a game at last.
} 1-0

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "5"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. O-O Nbd7 7. b3 Bd6 8. Bb2
Ne4 9. Qc2 a6 10. Ne5 Bxe5 11. dxe5 Nec5 {This game demonstrates the fighting
spirit in the last round.   Karpov had scored plus 2 in the second cycle.
Portisch and Ljubojevic made plus 1. Karpov won the tournament by 81/2/14.
Sokolov and Ljubojevic followed by one point. 70% of the games was drawn.  
The organisers had great plans for an event in 1988, but nothing happened.
Even a tournament book for 1986 was not published. When Yvette Nagel
complained about the extreme dullness of Bugojno, she did not have the coming
events in mind at all. The preparation of hostilities began in 1986. Verbal
animosities raged from 1988 until 1991. Outright warfare occurred near Bugojno
from 1993 until 1995. The battle for the strategic Donji Vakuf affected the
northern side of Bugojno. The Dayton agreement divided Bosnia.   When Maarten
de Zeeuw visited Bugojno in 1996, he found a largely destroyed Hotel Akvarium.
Only the large Rook had survived the war. This monument celebrated the 1978
event. All organisers had left, because they were Serbians.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 10"]
[Date "1986.10.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Miles, Anthony"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]

{Six previous winners plus Ljubojevic and Timman were invited for the tenth
event. Karpov had just lost his return match with Kasparov.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6
3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 Ne4 9. Qc2 d6 10. Bd3
Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 f5 12. d5 Nc5 13. h4 g4 14. Nd4 Qf6 15. O-O Nxd3 16. Qxd3 e5 17.
Nxf5 Bc8 18. f4 $1 {Miles has prepared an impressive novelty.} (18. Nd4 $5 {
was played in Kasparov - Timman, Hilversum 1985.}) 18... Qxf5 19. e4 Qh5 20.
fxe5 dxe5 21. c5 $1 Kd8 ({Or} 21... Ba6 22. c4 Nd7 23. Rf5 Qg6 24. c6 {and
pawn e5 falls.}) 22. d6 $1 Qe8 (22... c6 23. d7 $1 Nxd7 24. Qd6 Qe8 25. Qxc6
Rb8 26. Rad1 {leads to a suffocation by restraint.}) 23. dxc7+ Kxc7 24. Qd5 Nc6
25. Rf7+ Bd7 26. Raf1 $1 Rd8 27. R1f6 Kc8 28. cxb6 axb6 29. Qb5 {Beliavsky had
lost the first game and would lose the second one as well.} 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 10"]
[Date "1986.10.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D28"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c5 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Qe2 Nc6 8. Nc3
Qc7 9. Bd3 Be7 $6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Ne4 Be7 $2 {Black loses another tempo.} ({
Right is} 11... Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Bd7) 12. b3 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Bd7 14. Bb2 O-O 15.
Rac1 Bd6 $6 {This bishop is played for the fourth time.} ({Better is} 15... f5
16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Nd4 Qb6) 16. Rfd1 f5 17. Qd2 $1 fxe4 18. Qxd6 Qxd6 19. Rxd6
exf3 20. Rxd7 Rf7 21. Rcd1 e5 $6 22. gxf3 Re8 23. Ba3 b5 24. Rxf7 Kxf7 25. Rd7+
Kf6 26. Rc7 Nb8 27. Bb2 Kg6 28. Rb7 Kf5 29. Kg2 Rc8 30. e4+ Ke6 31. Rb6+ Nc6
32. Rxa6 b4 33. Bc1 Kd7 34. f4 Kc7 35. fxe5 Kb7 36. Ra4 Kb6 37. f4 Kb5 38. Be3
Rd8 39. h4 {Timman had won for the second time and took the lead.} 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 10"]
[Date "1986.10.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d4 exd4 6. Qxd4 Qxd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7
8. Be3 O-O-O 9. Nd2 c5 10. Ne2 b6 11. O-O-O Ne7 12. Rhe1 Nc6 13. h3 Be7 14. Nf4
Rde8 15. Nd5 Bd8 16. Nc4 b5 17. Nd2 c4 18. b3 cxb3 19. Nxb3 Be6 20. Nc5 Bxd5
21. exd5 Nb8 22. Bd4 Be7 23. Ne4 Rhg8 24. Rd3 f5 25. Nc5 Bxc5 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8
27. Bxc5 Nd7 28. Bd4 g6 29. Kd1 Kb7 30. g4 f4 31. h4 Re4 32. f3 Re8 33. Kd2 Rd8
34. Kc3 Re8 35. Rd1 $5 {A repetition of moves would be alright.} Nb6 36. Bxb6
Kxb6 37. d6 Re3+ $1 {Black sets a trap.} 38. Kb2 $2 ({Right is} 38. Rd3 $1 Re8
$1 ({not} 38... cxd6 $2 39. Rxe3 fxe3 40. Kd3) 39. dxc7 Kxc7 {(Beliavsky)})
38... cxd6 39. Rxd6+ Kc5 40. Rd7 Rxf3 41. Rxh7 Rg3 42. g5 Kd4 43. Rg7 f3 44.
Rxg6 f2 45. Rf6 Ke3 46. g6 Ke2 47. Re6+ Kf3 48. Rxa6 f1=Q 49. Rf6+ Ke2 50. Rxf1
Kxf1 51. c4 bxc4 52. h5 Ke2 53. Kc2 Kf3 54. Kc3 Kg4+ 55. Kxc4 Kxh5 56. g7 Kh6
57. g8=Q Rxg8 58. a4 Kg6 59. a5 Kf6 60. Kc5 Ke7 61. Kc6 Kd8 62. Kb7 Rg7+ 63.
Kb8 Kd7 64. Kb7 Kd6+ 65. Kb6 Rg3 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 10"]
[Date "1986.10.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Miles, Anthony"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D29"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bb3
Bb7 9. a4 Nbd7 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Qxa8 12. Nc3 b4 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. e4 cxd4
15. Nbxd4 Be7 16. Bg5 $5 {Miles plays an aggressive game.} Nxe4 $1 17. Ba4 Bd5
(17... Nxg5 $5 18. Bxd7+ Kf8 $1 19. Nxg5 Bxg5 20. Bxe6 $1 Bf4 {also brings a
turmoil.}) 18. Bxd7+ Kxd7 19. Ne5+ Qxe5 20. Qb5+ Kc7 21. Bxe7 Qxd4 22. Rc1+ Nc3
23. bxc3 {The black king is hunted over the board.} bxc3 $6 (23... Qc4 $1 {
(Miles)} 24. Qa5+ Kc8 $1 {solves the defensive problems.}) 24. Bb4 $6 (24. Bc5
$1 Qe5 25. Bb4 Rc8 26. Bxc3 Kd8 $1 27. Qb4 Rxc3 28. Qxc3 Qxc3 29. Rxc3 {wins
material.}) 24... Bc6 25. Qa5+ Kd7 26. Bxc3 Qd5 27. Qa7+ Bb7 28. Qa4+ Ke7 29.
Qg4 Rc8 $1 30. Rd1 $2 ({Correct is} 30. f3) 30... Rc4 $1 31. Bd4 $2 (31. Rd4 $1
Rxd4 32. Bxd4 e5 33. Be3 {only loses a pawn.}) 31... g5 32. h4 h6 (32... Ke8 $1
33. Qg3 Kd7 $1 {wins at once.}) 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. f3 Ba6 $2 (34... f6 $1 35.
Kh2 Bc6 {and 36. .. e5 gains a bishop.}) 35. Rd2 Bb5 36. Kh2 Qd6+ 37. g3 Qd5
38. Be3 Qxd2+ 39. Bxd2 Rxg4 40. fxg4 f6 41. Bb4+ Kf7 42. Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 10"]
[Date "1986.10.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Bc4
Bd7 9. Bb3 Nc6 10. h4 Rc8 11. g4 Ne5 12. Qe2 Qa5 $5 ({Known is} 12... Rxc3 13.
bxc3 Qc7 {(Filipowicz - Skrobek, Augustow 1975).}) 13. O-O-O {A position of
theoretical importance has arisen. Black misses the thematic answer.} b5 $2 ({
Better is} 13... Rxc3 $1 14. Bd2 $1 Nd3+ $1 15. Qxd3 Rxd3 16. Bxa5 Rxd1+ 17.
Rxd1 Rc8 $11 {(Miles).}) 14. Ndxb5 $1 Be6 (14... Nfxg4 $1 15. fxg4 Bxg4 16. Qd2
Bxd1 17. Rxd1 a6 {offers more resistance.}) 15. Nd5 Bxd5 ({Or} 15... Nxd5 16.
exd5 Bd7 17. Na3 Qb4 18. h5 $1) 16. exd5 Rb8 17. Nc3 Rfc8 18. Bd4 $1 {The
bishop protects Nc3.} Rxb3 19. axb3 Qa1+ 20. Kd2 Qxb2 21. Rb1 Qa3 22. Ra1 Qb4
23. Ra4 Qb8 24. Rha1 $1 h5 25. g5 Nfd7 26. f4 Ng4 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Qe4 Nc5 29.
Qd4+ Kh7 30. Rxa7 Qb6 31. Ke2 Qd8 32. b4 Nd7 33. Rb7 Rc7 34. Ra8 Qxa8 35. Rxc7
Qd8 36. Qa7 Qh8 37. Kd3 Nde5+ 38. fxe5 Qxe5 39. Rxe7 Qf5+ 40. Kc4 Qf4+ 41. Kb3
1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 10"]
[Date "1986.10.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. f4
O-O 9. Bf3 Qc7 10. Be3 Nc6 11. Nb3 Be6 $5 ({The old line is} 11... Na5 12. Nxa5
Qxa5 {(Milner Barry - Fine, Margate 1937).}) 12. Qd2 Rac8 $6 ({Preferable is} 
12... Bc4 $1 13. Rfe1 Rac8) 13. Nd5 $1 Bxd5 14. exd5 Nb8 15. c3 Nbd7 16. Qf2 e5
17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Rad1 d5 19. g3 Rfe8 20. Rfe1 Bf8 21. Re2 a5 $1 22. Bd4 a4 23.
Nc1 a3 24. b4 e5 $1 {Black has to give a pawn for the liberation of his
position, eventually.} 25. fxe5 Nxe5 26. Bg2 $1 Bg7 27. Qf4 $1 Ne4 $1 28. Bxe4
dxe4 29. Qxe4 Qd7 30. Rde1 Re7 31. Nb3 b6 $6 (31... Nc6 $1 32. Qh4 Rxe2 33.
Rxe2 Nxd4 34. cxd4 Rc4 {regains the pawn.}) 32. Qg2 Rce8 33. Re3 Re6 34. h3 h5
35. Kh1 Kh7 36. R1e2 Nc4 $1 37. Rxe6 Rxe6 38. Kh2 h4 39. gxh4 Bh6 40. Rxe6 Qxe6
{The game is hard to win because of the blockade on the queenside.} 41. Qg4 $6
({Better is} 41. Qb7+ $1 Kg8 42. Qf3 $1 b5 $1 43. Nc5 Qf5 {and Black tries to
build a fort.}) 41... Qd5 42. Qg2 Qf5 43. Qe2 Ne3 44. Bxe3 Qe5+ 45. Kg2 Bxe3
46. Nd2 $5 (46. c4 Qe4+ 47. Qf3 Qc2+ 48. Kg3 Qc3 49. Qf7+ Kh6 {brings no
winning attack.}) 46... Qxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 10"]
[Date "1986.10.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Qd2
dxc5 9. Nb5 Qa4 $1 {The queens were exchanged in Beliavsky - Mednis Vienna
1986. Timman's novelty is preferable.} 10. e5 Ne4 11. Qd3 Qb4+ $5 (11... Qa5+
12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 14. bxc3 b6 {takes no risk.}) 12. Nd2 Bf5 13. Nc7
Nc6 14. Nxa8 Rd8 $5 (14... Nf2 15. Qb5 Nxh1 16. c3 Qxb5 17. Bxb5 Rxa8 18. O-O-O
f6 {gives safe play.}) 15. Qa3 $1 Nxd2 16. O-O-O $1 Qe4 $2 (16... Qxa3 $1 17.
bxa3 Nxf1 18. Rxd8+ Nxd8 19. Rxf1 Ne6 20. Kd2 $5 {(Beliavsky)} f6 $1 21. exf6
Bxf6 22. h3 $1 Be4 $1 {brings an ambiguous battle.}) 17. Rxd2 $1 {Jan had
missed this strong answer.} Rxa8 18. Qd3 Qa4 19. Qb3 Qe4 20. Qd3 Qa4 21. Qc4
Qa5 22. a3 Rc8 23. Bd3 Be6 24. Qb5 Qc7 25. Qxc5 b6 26. Qc3 Qb8 27. Ba6 Rc7 28.
Qd3 Bf5 29. Qe2 Na5 30. Rd3 $6 (30. Kd1 $1 {avoids the sacrifice.}) 30... Bxd3
31. Qxd3 e6 32. Rd1 Bf8 33. Qd8 Nb3+ 34. Kb1 Qxd8 35. Rxd8 Nc5 36. Bb5 Kg7 37.
Rd4 a6 38. Be2 b5 39. b3 Nd7 40. a4 Nb6 41. axb5 axb5 42. Bxb5 Bc5 43. c4 $5 {
White has to give another exchange.} Bxd4 44. Bxd4 Nc8 45. Kb2 g5 $1 46. fxg5
Kg6 47. b4 Kxg5 48. Ba6 Kf5 49. Bxc8 $5 Rxc8 50. Kc3 Ke4 51. b5 Rd8 52. Bf2 Rd1
(52... Kxe5 53. Bg3+ Ke4 54. b6 e5 $1 55. Kb4 $1 {leads to a hard win 
(Beliavsky).}) 53. Kc2 Rd7 54. b6 Rb7 55. Kc3 Kxe5 56. Bg3+ Kf6 57. c5 {
Ljubojevic led by 41/2/7 at the end of the first cycle, half-a-point before
Timman, Karpov and Kortschnoj.} 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 10"]
[Date "1986.10.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Nc3 c5 7. e3 g6 $5 8. Be2
Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rd1 cxd4 11. Nxd4 a6 12. e4 Qc7 13. Be3 d6 14. Rac1 Nbd7 15.
f3 Rac8 16. Qd2 Rfd8 17. Bf1 Qb8 18. Kh1 Ne5 19. Na4 Ned7 $2 {White gets
pressure on the queenside.} ({Preferable is} 19... Nfd7 $1 20. b4 Rc7) 20. b4
Ba8 21. Qf2 Re8 22. Nb3 Rc6 23. Rb1 Rec8 24. Qg1 h5 25. c5 $5 ({Even worse is} 
25. b5 $1 Rxc4 26. Bxc4 Rxc4 27. Nxb6 Nxb6 28. bxa6 $1) 25... b5 26. Nc3 dxc5
27. bxc5 h4 28. a4 b4 29. Ne2 e5 30. Nec1 $1 h3 31. Nd3 $1 Re6 32. Na5 Qc7 33.
Nc4 a5 34. Nd6 Rd8 35. Nb5 Qc6 36. Nf2 hxg2+ 37. Qxg2 Rb8 38. Rdc1 $6 (38. Bc4
$1 Nxc5 39. Bd5 $1 {wins quickly.}) 38... Nf8 39. Bc4 Re7 40. Rd1 Rd7 $6 ({
Better is} 40... Ne6 41. Rbc1 Nh5) 41. Rd6 $1 {Timman is pushed of the board
calmly.} Qc8 42. Rbd1 Re7 43. Bb3 Ne6 44. c6 $1 Ne8 45. Rd7 Bf8 46. Na7 Rxd7
47. cxd7 Qa6 48. dxe8=Q Rxe8 49. Nb5 {Jan was out of the race for the first
place.} 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 10"]
[Date "1986.10.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 dxe4 6. Qg4 Nf6 7. Qxg7 Rg8 8.
Qh6 Nbd7 9. Nh3 $5 {Ljubojevic plays an aggressive novelty in a wild French
variation.} c5 10. Be2 $5 Qa5 11. Bd2 Rxg2 (11... Rg6 $6 12. Qh4 Rxg2 13. Ng5
cxd4 14. cxd4 {should have led to a white plus (Niedermaier - Martin,
Abensberg 1987).}) 12. Ng5 cxd4 13. Qg7 Rxg5 $1 14. Qxg5 Qxg5 15. Bxg5 dxc3 16.
O-O-O a6 17. Rhg1 b5 18. Rg3 Nd5 19. Rh3 f6 $2 ({Right is} 19... Nf8 {
(Kortschnoj).}) 20. Be3 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Nf8 $2 ({The game can be prolonged by} 
21... Bb7 22. Rxh7 O-O-O {(Ligterink)} 23. Rd6 f5) 22. Bh5+ $1 Ke7 23. Rg3 $1
Bd7 24. Rg7+ {Ljubojevic led by one point on Karpov.} 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 10"]
[Date "1986.10.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 e6 6. c4 dxc4 7. dxc4 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Nbd7 9. Nc3 h6 10. h3 Bc2 11. Re1 Bh7 12. Be3 Bb4 13. Rec1 O-O 14. Na4 Be7
15. Nd2 Rfd8 16. Nb3 Be4 17. Na5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Rab8 19. a3 Rdc8 20. b4 b6 21.
Nb3 c5 22. bxc5 bxc5 23. Rab1 Rc6 24. Bf4 Rbc8 25. Nc3 Ra6 26. Nb5 Ra4 27. Nd2
$2 g5 28. Be3 a6 $1 29. Nc3 Rxa3 30. Nde4 Rc7 31. Nd2 Ne8 32. Rc2 Nd6 33. g4
Bf6 34. Nce4 Nxe4 35. Nxe4 Be5 36. Rd2 Kg7 37. Rbd1 Nf6 38. Nd6 Rb3 39. Ra2 $2
Rb6 $1 40. Rad2 Rcc6 $1 {Kortschnoj blundered a pawn and a piece. Ljubojevic
lost to Beliavsky. Karpov and Ljubojevic shared the lead. Beliavsky neared to
half-a-point.} 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 10"]
[Date "1986.11.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Qc2 Nf8 11. h3 Be6 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. a3 Qe7
15. b4 Rac8 16. Rfc1 N6d7 17. Ne2 Ng6 18. Ng3 Ndf8 19. Nd2 Nh4 20. Nb3 Qg5 21.
Kh2 Rc7 22. Nc5 Bc8 23. Re1 g6 24. Rac1 h5 25. b5 $6 ({The odd} 25. f4 Qf6 26.
Qf2 {gains a plus.}) 25... Nxg2 $1 {Karpov is not on his way to another
tournament victory.} 26. Kxg2 h4 27. bxc6 hxg3 28. fxg3 Rxe3 29. Rxe3 $6 (29.
Qf2 Rxe1 30. Rxe1 Rxc6 {leads to a black edge.}) 29... Qxe3 30. cxb7 Bxb7 31.
Qc3 $2 Rxc5 $1 32. Qxc5 Qxd3 33. Qc3 Qe2+ 34. Kg1 Ne6 35. Re1 Nxd4 36. Kh1 Nb5
{Beliavsky and Ljubojevic joined the lead, half-a-point before Karpov.} 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 10"]
[Date "1986.11.03"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 c6 8. Qb3
Qb6 $6 9. Bc4 Na6 $5 (9... Qxb3 10. Bxb3 Nfd7 {occurred in Emma - Rubinetti,
Pinamar 1975.}) 10. O-O Qxb3 11. Bxb3 Nc7 12. Bf4 Ne6 13. Be5 Bd7 14. Rad1 Rad8
15. Rfe1 Bc8 $6 ({Beliavsky suggests} 15... h6 $1 {and .. Nh7.}) 16. Bb8 a6 17.
Ba7 Nf4 18. Bb6 Rde8 19. h3 h6 $5 20. d5 $1 cxd5 21. exd5 Nd7 22. Bc7 g5 23.
Nd4 {White has the better game.} Nc5 24. Bc2 Ncd3 $1 25. Bxd3 Bxd4 26. Bh7+ $1
Kxh7 27. Rxd4 Ng6 28. Ne4 f5 $5 29. Nc5 f4 30. a4 Rf5 31. b4 Ref8 32. a5 Kg7
33. Rc1 R5f7 34. Re1 f3 $6 35. g4 $1 {The black f-pawn becomes vulnerable.} Rh8
36. Be5+ Nxe5 37. Rxe5 Rd8 38. Kh2 Rd6 39. Kg3 Kf8 40. Rd3 b6 $6 41. Ne4 $1 {
Beliavsky took the sole lead, one point ahead of Ljubojevic and Karpov!} 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 10"]
[Date "1986.11.04"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Re1 Be7 10. Nbxd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 $5 O-O 12. b3 e5 $5 ({Simple is} 
12... b6) 13. Nf3 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 e4 $5 15. Ne5 Ng4 16. Nxg4 Bxg4 17. Re1 Bf6 18.
Rb1 Rfd8 19. Bf4 g5 $5 (19... Bf5 $1 {defends the centre easily.}) 20. Be3 h6
21. h3 Bh5 $2 (21... Bd7 $1 22. Bd5 Bc6 23. Bxc6 bxc6 {(Ftacnik) draws
smoothly.}) 22. g4 Bg6 23. Red1 Bc3 24. Kf1 Kg7 $2 {Hereafter, the white
forces penetrate.} ({Better is} 24... b6 $1) 25. Rd5 $1 a6 26. Rbd1 Rxd5 27.
Rxd5 b5 28. Be2 Rc8 29. Rd7 $1 Rc6 30. Ra7 Kf6 31. a4 $1 bxa4 32. bxa4 a5 33.
Bb5 Rd6 34. Ke2 Ke6 35. Bc4+ Kf6 36. Rc7 Bd4 37. Bxd4+ Rxd4 38. Bb3 Rd6 39. Rc5
$1 Ra6 40. Ke3 Ke7 41. Bc4 Ra7 42. Rc6 $1 {The invasion has ended and the
mopping up begins.} h5 $5 43. Bd5 Kd7 44. Rb6 Rc7 45. c4 h4 46. Ra6 Ke7 47. Kd4
Bh7 48. Rxa5 f5 49. Ra6 fxg4 50. hxg4 Kf8 51. a5 Kg7 52. Rb6 Ra7 53. a6 h3 54.
Rb7+ Rxb7 55. axb7 h2 56. b8=Q h1=Q 57. Qe5+ {Ljubojevic had reduced the
hurdle to half- a-point.} 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 10"]
[Date "1986.11.06"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 c6 7. Bd3 $5 {
Timman brings a bad novelty, because the bishop blocks a centre pawn.} d5 8.
exd5 Qxd5 9. b4 Be7 10. Re1 Nf6 11. b5 $6 ({Better is} 11. Na3) 11... Be6 12.
bxc6 bxc6 13. Qa4 O-O 14. Qxd4 Qxd4 15. cxd4 Rfd8 16. Bb2 $6 {White bishops
become targets in the poor endgame.} Rab8 $1 17. Bc3 c5 $1 18. d5 Nxd5 19. Be5
Bd6 20. Bc4 Bxe5 21. Rxe5 Nf4 $5 22. Re4 (22. Rxc5 $2 Rbc8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. d3
Nxd3 $1 25. Bxd3 Rc1+ 26. Bf1 Bf5 $1 {goes terribly wrong for White.}) 22...
Rb4 23. Rxf4 Rxc4 24. Rxc4 Bxc4 25. f3 $1 a5 26. Nc3 $2 ({Right is} 26. Na3 $1
Be6 27. Rc1 Rxd2 28. Rxc5 Rxa2 29. Rxa5 h6 30. h4 $1 Kh7 31. Kh2 {and Black
cannot avoid the draw.}) 26... Rxd2 27. Rc1 Rd8 $2 ({Better is} 27... f5 $1 28.
Na4 Bb5 29. Nb6 Rxa2 30. Rxc5 Bd3 {and Black can play for a win.}) 28. Na4 Be6
29. Nxc5 {Beliavsky agreed to a draw. Ljubojevic tried to win for ninety-five
moves against Portisch but Ljubo had no success.   Beliavsky started the
tournament with two losses but he won Tilburg 1986 by a score of plus three,
eventually. Ljubojevic followed at half-a-point. He lost twice against
Beliavsky. Karpov became third at one point, because he was overcome by
fatigue at the end of the event.} (29. Nxc5 Bxa2 ({and} 29... Rc8 30. Nd3) 30.
Nb7 $1 {draw easily.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "1st Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1987.05.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1987.??.??"]

{t had lasted a decade until another Euwe tournament was organised. The
original idea of an annual tradition was applied by the Verenigde Spaarbank or
VSB. The organisation was very similar to the Euwe Jubilee: a quartet of
grandmasters played double rounds in May, the days for adjourned games
followed after the third and fifth rounds, and the fifth and sixth rounds were
exchanged.   The first of ten Euwe Memorials was played in Amsterdam from 7-14
May 1987. Playing hall was Singel 548, main building of the bank. Karpov and
Timman won. } 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 O-O 6. Nd5 Re8 7.
Qf5 d6 $5 8. Nxf6+ gxf6 9. Qh5 d5 $5 ({Best is} 9... e4 $1 10. a3 exf3 11. axb4
Nxb4 {(Lerner-Romanishin, Kiev 1978).}) 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11. Be2 Be6 12. O-O e4
13. Qxd5 Bxd5 14. Nh4 Rad8 15. f3 Be6 16. fxe4 Bxd2 17. Bb5 Kg7 18. Bxd2 Rxd2
19. Rf2 Rd6 20. Rc1 Bd7 21. Nf5+ Bxf5 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. exf5 Rxe3 24. Rfc2 h5
25. Rxc6 $5 Rd2 26. Rxc7 $5 Ree2 $1 27. Kh1 a5 28. Ra7 Rxg2 29. Rg1 Rxg1+ 30.
Kxg1 Rd5 31. Rb7 Rxf5 32. b4 Rd5 $1 {Black gains a pawn.} 33. a4 axb4 34. Rxb4
Rd2 35. Rb8 $5 Ra2 $5 {The a-pawn has little importance.} 36. Ra8 f5 37. a5 f4
38. Rb8 Kg6 39. Rb5 h4 40. h3 f5 41. Rb8 Rxa5 42. Rh8 Kg5 43. Rg8+ Kf6 44. Rh8
Ke5 45. Rxh4 Ke4 46. Rh8 Ra1+ 47. Kf2 Ra2+ 48. Kg1 Kf3 49. Rb8 Ra1+ 50. Kh2
Ra2+ 51. Kg1 Ra1+ 52. Kh2 Re1 53. h4 Kf2 ({The alternative} 53... Kg4 54. Rg8+
Kxh4 55. Kg2 {draws too.}) 54. h5 f3 55. h6 Re6 56. Rb2+ Ke3 57. Rb3+ Kf4 58.
Rb4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "1st Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1987.05.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1987.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 f6 7. h4 fxe5 8. h5 Bf7
9. dxe5 Nd7 10. f4 {John plays his favourite opening (Van der Wiel-Messa, Graz
1981).} Qb6 11. Bg2 $5 O-O-O 12. b3 Ne7 $5 13. Na4 $1 Qc7 14. Be3 c5 15. c4 (
15. b4 $1 cxb4 16. c3 Nc6 17. Rc1 {takes the initiative on the queenside.})
15... d4 $1 16. Bf2 g5 17. hxg6 Bxg6 18. Ng3 Nc6 19. O-O $6 (19. Qd2 $1 Be7 20.
O-O-O {moves the king to a safer place.}) 19... Be7 20. a3 Rhf8 21. Be1 d3 $6 (
21... Ncxe5 $5 22. fxe5 Qxe5 {charges.}) 22. Nc3 $6 (22. f5 $5 Bg5 $1 23. fxg6
Be3+ {is regarded as poor for White by Timman, but} 24. Bf2 $1 {offers a lot
of resistance.}) 22... Nd4 23. Nge4 $2 {defends properly.} Bxe4 24. Bxe4 Nxe5
25. fxe5 Rxf1+ 26. Kxf1 Nc2 27. Kg1 Nxa1 28. Nb5 $5 Qxe5 29. Bxb7+ Kxb7 30.
Qf3+ Kb6 31. Ba5+ Kxa5 32. Qb7 Qg3+ 0-1

[Event "1st Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1987.05.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1987.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. e4 c5 7. e5 cxd4 8. Qa4+
Nc6 9. O-O-O h6 10. exf6 hxg5 11. fxg7 Rg8 12. Nxd4 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qa5 {They
have followed Jussupow-Tukmakov, Minsk 1987. Timman plays a novelty.} 14. Qxa5
$5 Nxa5 15. h4 $1 g4 $5 16. h5 Rxg7 17. h6 Rh7 18. Be2 {White has a strong
attack on the kingside.} b6 $2 ({Correct is} 18... f5 19. f3 $1 {(Timman)} e5
$1 20. Nb5 gxf3 21. gxf3 Be6 $1 22. Nc7+ Rxc7 23. h7 Ke7 24. h8=Q Rxh8 25. Rxh8
Rc6 {Black has a solid defence line.}) 19. Bxg4 Bb7 20. Nf3 Ke7 21. Ng5 Rhh8
22. h7 Bxg2 23. Rh6 Bc6 24. f4 ({Even better is} 24. Bh5 $1 Be8 25. Re1 Kf8 26.
Rf6 {White exerts great pressure.}) 24... Be8 25. f5 exf5 26. Bxf5 Rd8 27. Re1+
Kf8 28. Be4 $6 ({The attack goes on by} 28. Rh4 $1 {(Timman)} Nb7 $1 29. Rxc4
Rd5 30. Rf4 Nc5) 28... Kg7 29. Rh2 Rd6 30. Rg1 Kf8 31. Rhg2 Ke7 $1 32. Nh3 Bd7
$6 ({Right is} 32... Rh6 $1 33. Nf4 Bc6) 33. Nf4 Rh6 34. Rg7 Kf6 35. Rg8 $6 (
35. Nd5+ $1 Ke6 36. Rf1 {starts a forceful offensive.}) 35... R8xh7 36. Bxh7
Rxh7 37. Re1 Bc6 38. Rd8 Rh4 39. Rd6+ Kg7 40. Rg1+ Kf8 41. Rd4 Rh2 42. Rd2 Rh6
43. Rf2 Ke7 44. Re1+ Kd7 45. Ne2 Bd5 46. Rd1 Rd6 47. Nd4 Be6 48. Rh1 a6 49. Rh8
Bd5 50. Rd2 Kc7 51. Nf5 Rd7 52. Ng7 Kc6 53. Rh6+ Rd6 54. Rxd6+ Kxd6 55. Ne8+
Kc6 56. Nf6 {Tactical errors were made in difficult positions.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "1st Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1987.05.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1987.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Qc7 13. Qe2 O-O-O 14. Ne5
Nb6 15. Ba5 Rd5 16. Bxb6 axb6 17. c4 Rd8 18. Kb1 Bd6 19. f4 c5 20. dxc5 Bxc5
21. Ne4 Bd4 22. g3 Nxe4 23. Qxe4 Bxe5 24. Qxe5 Qxe5 25. fxe5 Rhg8 26. Rxd8+
Rxd8 27. Kc2 Rd4 28. Rh4 Rxh4 29. gxh4 Kd7 30. a4 Kc6 31. Kc3 Kc5 32. b4+ Kc6
33. Kd4 Kd7 34. Ke3 Kc8 35. Kf4 Kb8 36. Kg3 Kc8 37. Kh3 Kb8 38. Kg2 Kc8 39. Kf3
Kb8 40. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "1st Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1987.05.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1987.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Rc8 13. e4 dxc4 14. bxc4 b5
15. Re1 Nb6 16. c5 Na4 17. Qc2 e5 18. Nb3 b4 19. Bxb4 exd4 20. Bh3 d3 21. Qc1
Ra8 22. Qd2 Qb8 23. Rac1 Qe5 24. Ba3 Rfd8 25. f4 Qh5 26. Bg2 Bb5 27. Bb4 f6 28.
Re3 Qf7 29. Bf3 Qf8 30. Bg4 Kh8 31. Kg2 Qf7 32. Ba5 Rg8 33. h4 g5 $4 {John
makes an incomprehensible move.} 34. hxg5 fxg5 35. f5 Qf8 36. Bc7 Nxc5 $2 37.
Nxc5 Bxc5 38. Be5+ Rg7 39. Bxg7+ $1 1-0

[Event "1st Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1987.05.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "199"]
[EventDate "1987.??.??"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qb6 6. e3 e6 7. Bg2 Bb4+ 8.
Bd2 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd4 10. exd4 O-O 11. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 $1 exd5
14. Nc3 Be6 15. Rhc1 Rac8 16. Nb5 Bd7 17. Nd6 {The advanced knight gives a
positional plus to White, but it also brings counter-play to Black.} Rc6 18.
Rxc6 bxc6 19. f3 Rb8 20. Kc2 Kf8 21. Re1 a5 22. Bf1 g6 23. Ba6 Ra8 24. Bd3 Ra7
$5 {Timman plays for a win.} 25. Kb3 $6 (25. Kd2 $1 {keeps the king closer to
the battlefield.}) 25... Nh5 26. a4 $6 ({Better is} 26. f4 $1 f5 27. Re5) 26...
Ng7 $1 27. f4 Ne6 28. Kc3 Ke7 29. f5 Kxd6 30. fxe6 fxe6 31. Rf1 $6 (31. b4 $1
axb4+ 32. Kxb4 Rb7+ 33. Kc3 c5 34. dxc5+ Kxc5 35. a5 Ra7 36. a6 {starts a
counteraction on the queenside.}) 31... Rc7 32. Rf7 c5 33. Rxh7 cxd4+ 34. Kxd4
e5+ 35. Ke3 {Black has achieved a lot.} g5 $5 ({But the tempting} 35... e4 $6 {
is refuted by} 36. Bb5 Bg4 $1 {(if Black exchanges the pieces instead, White
will win the pawn ending).}) ({Better is} 35... Rb7 36. Bb5 Bc6 {and Black
keeps a plus.}) 36. h4 gxh4 37. gxh4 Rc1 38. Rh6+ Kc5 39. Ra6 Re1+ 40. Kd2 Rh1
41. Kc3 d4+ 42. Kb3 $1 Rh3 43. Rxa5+ Kb6 44. Rxe5 Rxd3+ 45. Kc4 Rd1 46. h5 {
White decides to give his pawns for the last black one.} d3 (46... Bxa4 $1 47.
h6 $1 Bc2 48. Rb5+ Ka6 49. Rd5 d3 50. Rh5 d2 51. h7 $1 Bxh7 52. Rh6+ {also
draws.}) 47. Kc3 Bxa4 48. h6 Rh1 49. Kxd3 Rxh6 50. b4 Rh4 51. Kc3 Rh3+ 52. Kd4
Bc6 53. Rc5 Bb5 54. Rc3 Rh4+ 55. Kd5 Rxb4 56. Rc1 Rh4 57. Rc3 Rh5+ 58. Kd4 Bc6
59. Rb3+ Kc7 60. Rg3 Bd5 61. Rg6 Kd7 62. Rf6 Be6 63. Rf8 Kd6 64. Rd8+ Bd7 65.
Ke3 Rh4 66. Kd3 Ke6 67. Kc3 Rg4 68. Ra8 Bc6 69. Rh8 Kd6 70. Kd3 Kc5 71. Ke3
Re4+ 72. Kd3 Rf4 73. Rh5+ Bd5 74. Re5 Ra4 75. Re3 Rb4 76. Ke2 Be4 77. Ra3 Kd4
78. Kf2 Rb2+ 79. Kg3 Ke5 80. Kg4 Rg2+ 81. Rg3 Rh2 82. Kg5 Rf2 83. Kg4 Rf8 84.
Kg5 Bf3 85. Kh4 Kf4 86. Rg4+ $1 {Kortschnoj finds the proper defence.} Ke3 87.
Rg7 Rf5 88. Kg3 Rf4 89. Rg5 Rf7 90. Re5+ Be4 91. Kg4 Rf6 92. Ra5 Rh6 93. Re5
Ra6 94. Rb5 Re6 95. Ra5 Bd3 96. Rg5 Ke4 97. Rg7 Re5 98. Rg5 Be2+ 99. Kh4 Re8
100. Rg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "1st Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1987.05.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1987.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. g3 b6 7. Bg2 Bb7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Qb3 a5 10. a3 Na6 11. Nbd2 d6 12. Rfd1 Qe7 13. Ne1 Bxg2 14. Nxg2
Rfd8 ({The alternative is} 14... Qb7 {(Murey-Hulak, Marseille 1987).}) 15. Ne3
Qe8 16. Qd3 e5 $6 ({Karpov prefers} 16... Qc6) 17. Ne4 $1 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 exd4 $2
{Kortschnoj ruins his position.} ({More solid is} 18... Rab8) 19. Qxe8+ Rxe8
20. Rxd4 Rad8 21. Rad1 Re6 22. Kf1 b3 $5 (22... bxa3 23. bxa3 Nc5 {prolongs
the game.}) 23. Nd5 Nc5 24. Nxb6 h6 25. f3 g5 26. R1d2 Kg7 27. Nd5 Na4 28. Nc7
Rf6 29. Nb5 Kf8 30. Nxd6 Rfxd6 $5 31. Rxd6 Rxd6 32. Rxd6 Nxb2 33. Rb6 Nxc4 34.
Rb8+ Kg7 35. a4 Kf6 36. e4 Ke5 37. Ke2 1-0

[Event "1st Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1987.05.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E80"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1987.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 e5 6. Nge2 Nbd7 7. Bg5 a5 $6 {
This move contributes little when square c5 is unavailable.} 8. Qd2 h6 $6 {
Black creates a slight weakness.} 9. Be3 Nb6 10. b3 exd4 11. Nxd4 a4 12. Rd1
axb3 13. axb3 O-O 14. Be2 $1 ({White loses his advantage by} 14. Bxh6 $2 Nxe4
$1 15. fxe4 Qh4+ 16. g3 Qxh6 17. Qxh6 Bxh6) 14... Kh7 15. O-O Nbd7 16. Ndb5 b6
17. b4 Bb7 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. cxd5 f5 20. Rc1 $1 Rc8 21. Nd4 f4 22. Bf2 Bxd4 23.
Bxd4 Ne5 24. Ra1 Rf7 25. Ra7 $5 Rb8 $6 {Van der Wiel suffers from a horrifying
restriction.} (25... c5 $1 26. dxc6 Nxc6 27. Rxb7 Rxb7 28. Ba6 Rbb8 29. Bxc8
Nxd4 30. Qxd4 Rxc8 31. Rd1 Rc2 $1 {gives the last chance.}) 26. Qc3 Re7 27.
Rfa1 g5 28. Ba6 Bxa6 29. R1xa6 Rc8 30. Bxe5 dxe5 31. Qc6 Kg7 32. h3 Qe8 33.
Qxe8 Rcxe8 34. Rb7 Kf6 35. Raa7 Rc8 36. Kh2 h5 37. d6 Re6 38. Rxc7 Rd8 39. Rh7
Kg6 40. Rag7+ Kf6 41. Rh6+ Kxg7 42. Rxe6 g4 43. hxg4 hxg4 44. fxg4 Kf7 45. Rh6
Rg8 46. Kh3 Ke8 47. Rh7 Rg6 48. d7+ Kd8 49. Kh4 Rd6 50. Kg5 1-0

[Event "1st Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1987.05.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1987.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
c6 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. h3 exd4 13. exd4 c5 14. Ne4 cxd4 15.
Re1 Nb6 16. Bb3 Bd7 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Qxd4 Qxd4 19. Nxd4 Rfc8 20. Rxc8+ Nxc8
21. Nf3 Kf8 22. Ne5 Be8 23. Rd1 Nb6 24. Rd4 Rc8 25. Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "1st Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1987.05.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1987.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. N1f3 Qc7 $6
8. Qe2 h6 9. Bg6 $1 {'The Dutch Tal' plays a fantastic move.} hxg5 $1 ({The
first pointe is} 9... fxg6 $4 10. Qxe6+ Be7 11. Qf7+ {(Uwira-Rutkowski,
Griesheim 1997)} Kd8 12. Ne6#) 10. Bxf7+ Kd8 ({The second point is} 10... Kxf7
11. Nxg5+ Kg6 12. Qd3+ $1) 11. Nxg5 Nb6 ({Black can try} 11... Nb8 {
(Wolff-Epishin, Maringa 1991).}) 12. Bxe6 Rxh2 13. O-O Rh5 14. g3 $5 (14. Nf7+
Ke8 15. Bg4+ Kxf7 16. Bxh5+ g6 {leads to equality.}) 14... Qe7 15. Re1 Rxg5 (
15... Bxe6 $5 16. Nxe6+ Kc8 {plays for a win in a risky manner.}) 16. Bxg5 Bxe6
17. Qxe6 Qxe6 18. Rxe6 Kd7 19. Rae1 Nbd5 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. R6e5 b5 22. c3 a5
23. Kf1 a4 24. a3 Nd5 25. Rf5 Be7 26. Rf7 Rg8 27. Re2 Ke8 28. Rf5 Kd7 29. Rf7
Kd6 30. Kg2 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "1st Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1987.05.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1987.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Ne5
e6 9. O-O Nfd7 10. f4 Nc6 11. Be3 Ndxe5 12. fxe5 f6 13. exf6 Rxf6 14. Qd2 Bd7
15. Kh1 Rxf1+ 16. Rxf1 Qe7 17. Rd1 Rc8 18. a3 Bf6 $6 ({Better is} 18... Qd8 19.
Rf1 Qa5 20. Bg1 Ne7) 19. Bg1 Bg5 20. Qe1 Nd8 $6 21. e4 $1 {Black pieces are
poorly placed for a defence of the centre.} dxe4 22. Qxe4 b6 23. d5 Bf6 24. Bd4
Bxd4 25. Qxd4 Qg7 26. Qh4 Nf7 27. dxe6 Bxe6 28. Qe7 Bb3 29. Rd7 Qe5 30. Rxa7 {
The attack has yielded a pawn.} Re8 31. Qxe5 Rxe5 32. h3 Re1+ 33. Kh2 Rc1 34.
Rb7 Rc2 35. Kg1 Rc1+ 36. Kh2 Rc2 37. Rxb6 Bc4 38. Kg1 $6 ({Better is} 38. Nd1
$1 Ne5 39. g4) 38... Rc1+ 39. Kf2 Rc2+ 40. Kg1 Rc1+ 41. Kf2 Rc2+ 42. Kf3 Ng5+
43. Kg4 Rxg2 44. Kxg5 Rxg3+ 45. Kf6 Rf3+ 46. Ke5 Rxh3 47. a4 Bf1 48. Nd5 Rh5+
49. Kd6 Rh2 50. b4 Rd2 51. Ke5 Re2+ 52. Kd4 Rd2+ 53. Kc5 Rc2+ 54. Kd6 h5 $5 55.
Ne3 Rc1 56. b5 $2 {White misses the winning line.} ({Right is} 56. Rc6 $1 Rxc6+
57. Kxc6 Bd3 58. b5 h4 59. b6 Ba6 60. b7) 56... Be2 57. a5 $6 (57. Rc6 $1 Rb1
58. b6 h4 59. Kc7 {wins according to Karpov, but} Kg7 60. b7 h3 61. b8=Q Rxb8
62. Kxb8 h2 63. Rc1 Bf3 {draws.}) 57... Ra1 {The decisive game had ended in a
draw. Karpov and Timman shared the first place.} ({Karpov notices} 57... Ra1
58. a6 Bxb5 $1) 1/2-1/2

[Event "1st Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1987.05.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1987.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 b6 6. a3 Ba5 7. Bd2 Ba6 8. Qa4
Bxc3 9. Nxc3 O-O 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Be2 d5 12. cxd5 Bxe2 13. Nxe2 Nxd5 14. O-O
Qd6 15. Rab1 Qa6 16. Qxa6 Nxa6 17. e4 Nb6 18. Rfc1 Rfc8 19. b3 Rab8 20. Nc3 Nd7
21. Bf4 Rb7 22. f3 h6 23. Bg3 Rc6 24. Na4 Nab8 25. Rb2 Kh7 26. Rc3 Ra6 27. Bxb8
Rxb8 28. Rd2 Nb6 29. Nxc5 Rxa3 30. Kf2 Rc8 31. Rdc2 Ra1 32. h4 a5 {John had
achieved his third draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 11"]
[Date "1987.09.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1987.??.16"]

{Eight grandmasters played double rounds for the third time. Timman won. We
follow the games of the Dutchman.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5.
O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6
12. d4 Bd6 13. Re2 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Nd2 Bf5 16. Bc2 Bxc2 17. Qxc2 f5 18. c4
Qg4 19. Re6 Nf4 $5 {These moves were played in Ljubojevic - Nunn, Szirak 1987.
Hübner did not know this game but found the right answer.} 20. f3 $1 Nh3+ 21.
Kg2 Nf4+ 22. Kg1 Nh3+ 23. Kg2 Nf4+ {Hübner accedes to perpetual check.} (23...
Nf4+ 24. Kh1 $5 Qh3 25. gxf4 Bxf4 26. Re2 Rae8 27. Qd1 Qh5 28. Rf2 {(Nunn)} Bg3
$1 {brings a two-sided play.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 11"]
[Date "1987.09.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1987.??.16"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 Qa5 8. Bd2
Qb6 9. Qc2 $5 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nb4 ({Acceptance of the pawn sacrifice by} 10...
Nxd4 $5 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Nf3 Qc5 13. Qa4 {(Ghaem Maghami - Barua, Doha 2003).}
) 11. Bxb4 Bxb4+ 12. Kf1 h6 $6 (12... Be7 13. Ne2 Nf8 $1 {reorganises the
black position.}) 13. Ne2 O-O 14. h4 Nb8 15. Ng5 $5 Qc6 $1 {Black defends
perfectly.} 16. Qb3 Qb6 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. Qd3 (18. Bc2 $1 f5 19. Nf3 {gains a
plus.}) 18... Qa6 19. Qe3 Nc6 20. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 11"]
[Date "1987.09.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1987.??.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2
d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Ne5 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Nd3 Be7 13. Nf3 Nbd7 14. Bf4 Rc8
15. Qa4 a5 16. Rac1 Nc5 17. Nxc5 bxc5 18. Rfd1 Qb6 19. e3 d4 $2 {Sokolov is
going to make tactical errors.} ({Timman prefers} 19... Bc6) ({Alright is} 
19... Qxb2 20. Rb1 Bc6 $1 21. Qxa5 Qc2) 20. exd4 cxd4 21. Nxd4 $1 Bxg2 22. Kxg2
Qxb2 23. Nc6 Qa3 $2 ({Right is} 23... Qb7 {(Timman).}) 24. Rc4 $1 Rfe8 25. Qc2
$1 {Black has no proper defence against the threat of 26. Bc1.} 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 11"]
[Date "1987.09.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1987.??.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 b5 6. a4 b4 7. f3 $5 (7. b3 {
was played in Mileika - Tal, Latvia 1953.}) 7... g6 8. e4 Bg7 9. Nd2 O-O 10.
Nc4 d6 11. Bf4 Ba6 $5 ({Less active is} 11... Ne8) 12. Qd2 $1 Bxc4 13. Bxc4 Qe7
$1 {Black prepares for a future attack in the centre.} 14. Rc1 Nh5 15. Bg5 f6
16. Be3 f5 17. Bxc5 fxe4 18. f4 e3 $6 ({Timman's alternative} 18... Nd7 $1 19.
Be3 g5 $1 20. Ne2 gxf4 21. gxf4 Qh4+ {has my preference.}) 19. Qxe3 Qxe3+ 20.
Bxe3 Bxb2 21. Rc2 Bc3+ 22. Ke2 $1 Nd7 $6 (22... Nf6 $1 23. Kd3 Ng4 24. Ne2 Nxe3
25. Kxe3 Bg7 {defends superbly.}) 23. Kd3 $1 {White takes the initiative in
the centre.} g5 24. Ne2 gxf4 25. gxf4 Bg7 26. Bb5 Nc5+ 27. Bxc5 dxc5 28. Rf1 a6
29. Bd7 b3 30. Rxc5 Rab8 {Kortschnoj has a notable advantage.} 31. d6 $4 (31.
Be6+ Kh8 32. d6 Nf6 33. Nd4 b2 {will be difficult to win for White (Timman).})
31... Rf6 $1 {Black gains an important pawn.} 32. Rc8+ Rxc8 33. Bxc8 Rxd6+ 34.
Ke3 Nf6 35. Bf5 b2 36. Kf3 Nd7 37. Ng3 Nc5 38. Nh5 Bc3 39. Rg1+ Kf8 40. Bc2 Nd3
0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 11"]
[Date "1987.09.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1987.??.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Nc5 10. c3 Nxb3 11. axb3 Be7 12. Nbd2 Bg4 13. Qc2 Qd7 14. Bg5 Bf5
15. Qd1 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 O-O 17. Re1 Rfd8 18. Ngf3 d4 19. Qc1 a5 20. Ne4 Bxe4 21.
Rxe4 Qd5 22. Re1 d3 23. c4 bxc4 24. bxc4 Qc5 25. Qc3 h6 26. e6 fxe6 27. Rxe6
Nd4 28. Nxd4 Qxd4 $4 {Jan's opponent blunders again.} 29. Re8+ $1 {Timman led
by one point on Hübner and Nikolic.} 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 11"]
[Date "1987.09.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1987.??.16"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8.
Nf3 Nf8 9. Bd3 Ne6 10. Bh4 g6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rab1 Ng7 13. b4 a6 14. a4 Bf5 15.
b5 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 axb5 17. axb5 Nf5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Rfc1 Ra3 20. bxc6 bxc6 21.
Qc2 $1 {Standard manoeuvres have been carried out in the Queen's Indian. White
diverts from Nikolic - Janosevic, Bjelovar 1979.} Qa8 22. Ne2 Ra6 23. Nf4 Nd6
24. Nd2 Be7 25. h3 Rd8 26. Nd3 Nb5 27. Rb3 Bd6 $2 (27... Ra2 $1 {(Timman)} 28.
Rb2 Rxb2 29. Nxb2 Qa2 30. Nd3 Qxc2 31. Rxc2 Rc8 {has led to the exchange of
heavy pieces.}) 28. Nb4 Bxb4 29. Rxb4 Rb8 30. Qc5 Rb7 31. Nf3 f6 $1 32. Ne1
Rba7 33. Nd3 $1 Ra1 34. Rbb1 Rxb1 35. Rxb1 Kf7 (35... Ra1 36. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 37.
Kh2 Qc3 38. Qxc3 Nxc3 39. Nb4 {also brings the loss of the weakling (Timman).})
36. Nb4 Ra1 37. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 38. Kh2 Nc3 39. Nxc6 Ne2 $1 40. Qa7+ Qxa7 41. Nxa7
Ke6 42. Nc6 {The game was adjourned.} h5 43. g3 Nc3 44. Kg2 Ne4 45. Nb4 Nd2 $1
46. Nd3 g5 $1 47. f3 $1 Nc4 48. Kf2 Nd6 49. Nc5+ Ke7 50. Ke2 $2 {White misses
a great chance to win the knight ending.} ({Better is} 50. e4 $1 Nc4 51. h4 $1
{(Van der Wiel)} Nb6 52. Ke2 Kf7 53. Nd3 $1 Ke6 54. Nb4 $1 {White forces the
opening of the position for an attack.} dxe4 55. fxe4) 50... Nf5 $1 51. g4 hxg4
52. hxg4 Nh6 53. e4 dxe4 54. Nxe4 f5 $1 55. Nf2 Ke6 56. Ke3 Ng8 57. Kd3 fxg4
58. Nxg4 Kf5 59. d5 Ne7 60. Kc4 Kf4 $1 {Timman had to accept the draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 11"]
[Date "1987.09.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1987.??.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. Bg5 Qc8 10. Rc1 h6 11. Bd2 Nc6 12. b4 Be7 13. e4 Nf6 14. Be2 Qb8 15.
O-O {Jan had scored 5/7 in the first cycle.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 11"]
[Date "1987.09.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1987.??.16"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. Qe2 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Qc7 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. a3 b5 $5 11. Bd3 Ne5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. Nf3 Qh5 14. a4
b4 15. e4 Bb7 16. h3 O-O 17. Bf4 a5 18. Rac1 Rfd8 19. Be5 Nd7 20. Bh2 Bf8 $1
21. Bb5 ({Timman mentions} 21. Rc7 $6 Nc5 $1) 21... Nc5 {Black has a
positional plus.} 22. Rc4 f5 $5 {Hübner is going to damage the white pawn
structure.} 23. exf5 Bxf3 24. Qxf3 Qxf3 25. gxf3 exf5 26. Be5 Nb3 (26... Nd3
27. Bc7 Rdc8 28. Rc2 Ra7 29. Bb6 $1 Rxc2 30. Bxd3 {gives zero for Black.}) 27.
Rf4 Nd2 28. Rc1 g6 29. Bc4+ Nxc4 30. Rfxc4 Rd7 31. Rc7 Rad8 32. Kg2 Kf7 33.
R7c6 Rd5 34. f4 $1 Bd6 $5 {Timman holds a fortress. Hübner accepts the lack of
winning chances.} 35. Bxd6 R8xd6 36. Rxd6 Rxd6 37. Rc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 11"]
[Date "1987.09.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D51"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1987.??.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Nc3 h6 6. Bh4 Bb4 7. e3 g5 $5 {
Ljubojevic has a wild idea.} 8. Bg3 Ne4 9. Qb3 c5 $1 10. Bd3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 g4
12. Nh4 $5 {Timman further sharpens the game.} Nb6 13. Rd1 Nxc4 14. Qxc4 Bxc3+
15. bxc3 Qd5 {Jan refuses the offer of a a draw and attacks violently.} 16. Qd3
$5 cxd4 17. O-O $5 Nxc3 18. Rc1 b5 $1 19. exd4 b4 20. Rfe1 Bb7 21. a3 a5 {
Black applies a forwards defence on the queenside.} 22. Re5 Qc6 23. Rce1 Nd5
24. Qf5 $1 {White threatens a rook capture on e6.} Ne7 $2 (24... bxa3 $5 25.
Rxe6+ fxe6 26. Rxe6+ Kd8 $1 27. Rxc6 Bxc6 28. Qc2 {starts an adventure (Timman)
. Then} Re8 29. Be5 Nb4 $1 30. Qg6 Rxe5 $1 31. Qd6+ Kc8 32. dxe5 a2 {overtakes
the initiative.}) 25. Qh5 $1 Kf8 26. Rc5 Qb6 27. Bc7 Qa6 28. Rxa5 Qc4 29. Rxa8+
Bxa8 30. Qa5 Bb7 31. Bd6 Ke8 32. Qe5 Rg8 33. Bxe7 (33. Bxe7 Kxe7 34. Nf5+ Ke8
35. Qd6 {leads to mate.}) 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 11"]
[Date "1987.09.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1987.??.16"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. Ng5 e6 8. f4
dxe5 9. fxe5 c5 10. c3 cxd4 11. O-O O-O 12. cxd4 Nc6 13. Nf3 f6 14. exf6 Qxf6
15. Be3 Nd5 16. Bf2 Nf4 17. Nc3 Nh3+ 18. gxh3 Qxf3 19. Qxf3 Rxf3 20. Nb5 $6 {
Sokolov plays a chancy novelty.} (20. Kg2 $2 Nxd4 $1 {costs a pawn 
(Wittmann-Hartmann, Germany 1983).}) ({Best is} 20. Rad1 $1 {(Lukin -
Romanovich, St Petersburg 1995).}) 20... Kh8 $2 ({Right is} 20... Bd7 $1 {
(Jensen - Brautsch, Aarhus 1988), and now} 21. d5 $1 ({White has to avoid} 21.
Nc7 $2 Nxd4 $1 22. Nxa8 Ne2+ 23. Kg2 Rxb3 $1 24. axb3 Bc6# {(Sokolov).}) 21...
Rxb3 $1 22. axb3 exd5 {nearly equalises for White.}) 21. Kg2 $1 Rd3 $6 (21...
Rf4 $1 22. Be3 Rxf1 23. Rxf1 Bd7 24. Rf7 Ne5 $1 25. dxe5 Bxb5 {offers strong
resistance.}) 22. Rad1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Bd7 24. Nc7 Rc8 25. Nxe6 Na5 26. Nc5 Bf5
27. Bd5 b6 28. Be6 Rc6 $6 ({Better is} 28... Rd8 $1 29. Bxf5 bxc5 30. Bd3 ({or
} 30. Be4 cxd4 $1) 30... Bxd4 $1) 29. d5 $6 (29. Bxf5 $1 gxf5 30. Nd3 {gains a
solid endgame advantage (Sokolov).}) 29... Rxc5 30. Bxf5 gxf5 31. b4 Rc7 $2 ({
Timman misses} 31... Rc2 $1 32. bxa5 Bf6 $1 33. Kf3 Kg7 34. axb6 axb6 35. Bxb6
Rxa2 36. d6 Rb2 {and Black will survive (Sokolov).}) 32. bxa5 bxa5 33. d6 Rd7
34. Rd5 Bc3 35. Rc5 Bf6 36. Rc8+ Kg7 37. Rc7 Rf7 38. d7 Bd8 39. Rxa7 f4 40. Kf3
Kg6 41. a4 Kg7 42. Rb7 $1 {Zugzwang arises.} h6 43. Bd4+ Kf8 44. Bc5+ Kg7 45.
Bf2 h5 46. Bd4+ Kf8 47. Bc5+ Kg7 48. Bf2 h4 49. Bd4+ Kh7 50. Bb6 $1 Bxb6 51.
d8=Q $1 Rxb7 52. Qd3+ $1 Kh8 53. Qb5 $1 {White has achieved restriction again.}
Kg7 54. Qc6 Rb8 55. Qd6 Rb7 56. Qe5+ Kg8 57. Qe8+ Kg7 58. Qb5 Kg8 59. Qc6 Rb8
60. Qg6+ Kh8 61. Qh6+ Kg8 62. Qg5+ $1 Kh7 63. Qxh4+ Kg8 64. Qg5+ Kh7 65. Qh5+
Kg8 66. Qd5+ Kh7 67. Qd6 Rb7 68. Qd3+ Kh8 69. Qb5 $1 Kh7 70. h4 {Timman had
lost a heroic game. He and Hübner shared the lead by 61/2/10.} 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 11"]
[Date "1987.10.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1987.??.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 Qd7 11. Nbd2 Rd8 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Nd4 $5 (13. Qxd7+ Rxd7
{occurred in their previous game (Reykjavik 1987).}) 13... Bxb3 14. axb3 Nxe5
15. Qh5 Nc6 16. Rxa6 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 O-O 18. Qe5 f6 19. Qxe4 c5 20. Be3 Rfe8 21.
g3 ({The immediate} 21. Qc6 $1 {keeps an edge.}) 21... Bf8 22. Qc6 Qd3 23. Rfa1
Rxe3 $1 24. fxe3 Qxe3+ 25. Kh1 Rd6 26. Qb7 ({The pointe is} 26. Qb7 Rxa6 {and
Black will deliver perpetual check.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 11"]
[Date "1987.10.02"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1987.??.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. Bg5 Qc8 10. Rc1 h6 11. Bd2 Nc6 12. Nxd5 $1 (12. b4 Bd6 {drew quickly
in Nikolic - Timman, round seven.}) 12... exd5 13. e3 O-O 14. Bb5 Ne7 15. b4
Bd6 16. Qxc8 Rfxc8 17. Ke2 d4 $1 {Timman plays a positional sacrifice.} 18.
exd4 a6 19. Rxc8+ Rxc8 20. Bd3 Nd5 21. Rc1 Rxc1 22. Bxc1 Nf4+ 23. Bxf4 Bxf4 {
Black has sufficient compensation for the pawn.} 24. a4 Bd6 25. b5 axb5 26.
Bxb5 Bxf3+ 27. Kxf3 Kf8 28. Ke4 Ba3 29. Kd5 Bb2 30. Bc4 Ke7 31. f3 Bc3 32. Bd3
Bb2 33. Bf5 Bc3 34. Bg4 Bb2 35. Bh5 f6 36. Bg6 Ba1 37. Bd3 Bb2 38. Bb5 Bc3 39.
Bc6 Bb2 40. Ke4 Bc3 41. d5 Bb4 42. Kf5 Bd6 43. g3 Bc5 44. Kg6 Kf8 45. h4 Bd6
46. f4 Bc5 47. g4 Bd6 48. f5 Be5 49. Bb5 Bf4 50. Bc4 Be5 51. h5 Bf4 {The
<->Sitzkrieg' had ended. Hübner lost his game and Timman retook the lead.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 11"]
[Date "1987.10.04"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1987.??.16"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nxd5 Qxd5 7. Bg2 e5 8.
d3 Be7 9. O-O Qe6 10. Be3 $5 O-O 11. Qb3 Rb8 12. Rfc1 b6 13. Qxe6 Bxe6 14. Ng5
Bxg5 15. Bxg5 Nd4 $1 {Equality has been achieved.} 16. Kf1 f6 17. Bd2 a5 18.
Ke1 Rfd8 19. Bc3 Rbc8 20. Bxd4 $6 ({More prudent is} 20. b3 $1 Kf7 21. Kd2 $1 {
(Boersma).}) 20... Rxd4 $1 21. Bb7 Rcd8 22. Ba6 $5 Kf7 23. b3 g5 24. Bc4 h5 25.
Bxe6+ Kxe6 26. Rc4 {White wants to continue the exchanges.} h4 27. f3 hxg3 28.
hxg3 Rh8 29. Kd2 f5 $1 30. Rg1 g4 $5 {A restrictive move allows simplification.
} 31. fxg4 $1 Rxg4 32. Rxg4 fxg4 33. a3 $5 {Andersson chooses the offensive
solution.} ({The positional} 33. Ke3 Rh3 34. Ke4 Rh2 35. Ke3 Kd5 36. Rc1 Rg2
37. Rc4 Rxg3+ 38. Kf2 Rh3 39. Rxg4 {draws as well.}) 33... Rh3 34. b4 $5 cxb4
35. axb4 a4 36. b5 e4 37. dxe4 Ke5 38. Ra1 $5 Rxg3 39. Rxa4 Rb3 40. Ra8 Kxe4
41. Re8+ Kf4 42. Rf8+ Kg3 43. e4 $1 {A timely counteraction saves the game.}
Rxb5 44. Ke3 Rh5 45. Rg8 b5 46. Kd4 b4 47. e5 Rh1 48. e6 Re1 49. Re8 b3 50. Kc3
Re3+ 51. Kb2 Kg2 52. e7 g3 53. Ka3 {Black has won a pawn but not the game.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 11"]
[Date "1987.10.06"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "1987.??.16"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. Qc2 d6 $5 7. e4 e5 8.
c5 O-O 9. cxd6 exd4 10. Nbd2 {Nikolic did not proceed despite the sharp
position. Timman had won the event by 81/2/14, Hübner and Nikolic followed by
half-a-point and Kortschnoj by one point.   Timman won the tournament during
his eleventh participation. He was lucky during the first cycle, but the
Dutchmen did not bother about it and were happy for him.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1988.03.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Short, Nigel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

{The second Memorial was played from 11-17 March 1988. Short had a poor start
due to a loss against Karpov. Three smashing wins in a row made him the winner.
Timman had just won Linares. Four defeats in a row made him the loser. } 1. e4
e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9.
d4 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 c6 12. h3 Bc8 13. dxc6 Qc7 14. a4 Qxc6 15. Na3 Nc4
16. Bd3 Nxa3 17. Rxa3 Be6 18. Qe2 bxa4 19. Bc2 Rfc8 20. Rxa4 h6 21. Bd2 Qb5 22.
b3 Qxe2 23. Rxe2 a5 24. Re1 Bd8 25. Nh2 d5 26. exd5 Nxd5 27. c4 Nb6 28. Rxa5
Rxa5 29. Bxa5 Nxc4 30. Bxd8 Na3 31. Ba5 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1988.03.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 e5 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. a4 Be7 7. Bc4 O-O 8. O-O
Nxe4 9. Bxf7+ Rxf7 10. Nxe4 d5 11. Neg5 Bxg5 12. Bxg5 Qc7 13. Bh4 e4 14. Bg3
Qd8 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1988.03.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Short, Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 O-O 8.
Bg2 c6 9. O-O d5 10. Qb4 Ne4 11. Rc1 Nd7 12. Qa3 Bb7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Nc3 f5
15. e3 Qf6 16. Rc2 a5 17. Rd1 Rac8 18. Ne2 g5 19. Nc1 g4 20. Nh4 c5 21. Ne2
cxd4 22. Rxc8 Bxc8 23. Rxd4 Bb7 24. Qc1 Rc8 25. Qd1 Ne5 26. Nf4 Kh8 27. h3 Nc3
28. Qd2 gxh3 29. Nxh3 Ne4 30. Qd1 {Karpov waits for the oversight by the
opponent.} Nc6 $2 31. Rxd5 {Thank you!} Nc3 32. Rd6 $1 Qe5 ({Or} 32... Qxh4 33.
gxh4 Nxd1 34. Rxd1 {and White wins the endgame.}) 33. Qd3 Ne2+ 34. Kh2 Rg8 35.
Nf4 Nxf4 36. exf4 Qc5 37. Bxc6 Bxc6 38. Rxc6 $1 1-0

[Event "2nd Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1988.03.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Ne7 8.
Bd3 Qa5 9. Qe2 Nd5 10. Bd2 Bb4 11. Nxd5 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 cxd5 14.
b4 d6 15. f4 Ke7 16. Ke3 Bd7 17. a4 h6 18. b5 Rhb8 19. Kd4 Rb7 20. bxa6 Rb4+
21. Ke3 dxe5 22. fxe5 Bc8 23. Rhb1 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 Bxa6 25. Ra1 f6 26. Kd4 Kd7
27. a5 Kc6 28. g4 Ra7 29. h3 Bb5 30. a6 Bxd3 31. cxd3 Kb6 32. Rb1+ Kxa6 33. Rf1
fxe5+ 34. Kxe5 Kb5 35. h4 Kb4 36. g5 hxg5 37. hxg5 Kc3 38. d4 Ra2 39. Rc1+ Kd3
40. Kxe6 Kxd4 41. g6 Rf2 42. Rd1+ Ke3 43. Rxd5 Rf6+ 44. Ke5 Rxg6 45. Kf5 Rg2
46. Ra5 g5 47. Ra3+ Kf2 48. Ra2+ Kf3 49. Ra3+ Kf2 50. Ra4 Kf3 51. Ra3+ Kf2
1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1988.03.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 e5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 d6 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. a4
Nbd7 9. a5 Re8 10. b4 Rb8 11. Bb2 b5 12. axb6 axb6 13. Ra7 Bb7 14. c4 Qc7 15.
Qb3 Ra8 16. Rxa8 Bxa8 $6 (16... Rxa8 17. d4 {(Ljubojevic) gives less advantage
to White.}) 17. Ra1 d5 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Ng5 $1 Qd6 ({Not} 19... h6 $2 20. Nxf7
Kxf7 21. exd5 Qd6 22. Nc4 {(Ljubojevic).}) 20. exd5 Bxd5 21. Nc4 $1 Qc6 $2 {
Karpov misses the complicated escape.} ({Right is} 21... Qe7 $1 22. Bxd5 Nxd5
23. Nxf7 $5 Kxf7 24. Ne3 N7f6 25. Nxd5 Qe6 26. Ra7+ Kf8 27. Bxe5 Qxe5 28. Nxb6
Re7) 22. Ne3 $1 Bxb3 ({Little difference makes} 22... Qc1+ $5 23. Rxc1 Bxb3 24.
Bc6) 23. Bxc6 h6 24. Ra3 hxg5 25. Rxb3 Bf8 26. Kg2 Re6 27. Bb5 Kg7 28. h3 Be7
29. Bc3 Bd6 30. Ra3 Bb8 31. Ra8 Re7 32. Bd2 e4 33. d4 Bc7 34. Rc8 Nf8 35. Bc3
N8h7 36. Bc6 Nf8 37. b5 {Black cannot answer the threat 38.Bb4.} 1-0

[Event "2nd Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1988.03.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Short, Nigel"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 cxd4 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 Qa5 $6 10. Rb1 Nbc6 ({Theory is} 10... Qxc3+ {(Alexander-Botvi
Alexander-Botvinnik, ENG - USSR 1946).}) 11. Nf3 Bd7 $2 ({Better is} 11...
Qxc3+ 12. Kd1 a6) 12. Rxb7 Qxc3+ 13. Kd1 $1 Na5 14. Rb4 Rc8 15. Ng5 $6 Rf8 $6 (
{Timman overlooks the opportunity} 15... Rg7 $1 16. Bb2 $1 Rxh7 17. Bxc3 Rg7)
16. Bd3 Qc7 17. Re1 Nc4 18. Qg7 Nf5 19. Qf6 a5 20. Rxc4 dxc4 21. Bxf5 Qd8 ({
The pointe is} 21... exf5 22. e6 $1) 22. Qg7 Qe7 23. Ne4 exf5 24. Nd6+ Kd8 25.
Bg5 f6 26. Nb7+ 1-0

[Event "2nd Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1988.03.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Qa5+ 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Nxd2 8.
Qxd2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 {Karpov has a plus in the endgame.} Nc6 10. e3 O-O 11. O-O
Rb8 12. Rfd1 e6 13. a3 a6 14. Rac1 Ne5 15. Ne4 Qxd2 16. Rxd2 b5 17. cxb5 axb5
18. b3 Rb6 19. Rc7 Bb7 20. h3 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 d5 22. Bg2 g5 23. Bf1 Rfb8 24. Rdc2
Bf8 25. Ra7 Bd6 26. Ra5 b4 27. a4 Nd7 28. Ra7 R6b7 29. Ra6 Bf8 30. Rac6 Ra7 31.
Bb5 h5 32. Be2 g4 33. hxg4 hxg4 34. Rc7 Rxc7 35. Rxc7 Nc5 $6 (35... Ne5 {
protects a pawn.}) 36. Bxg4 e5 37. Nc6 Bd6 38. Ra7 $6 ({Better is} 38. Nxb8
Bxc7 39. Nc6 Nxb3 40. Nxb4) 38... Rb6 39. Nd8 Nxb3 40. Nxf7 Bb8 41. Rd7 Nc5 42.
Rxd5 b3 43. Nxe5 b2 44. Bf5 Nxa4 45. Ng4 b1=Q+ 46. Bxb1 Rxb1+ 47. Kg2 Kf7 $6 (
47... Rb2 $1 {hinders the advance of pawns.}) 48. f4 Nc3 49. Rd3 Ne4 50. Kf3
Rb4 51. Nf2 Nxf2 52. Kxf2 Ke6 53. Kf3 Bd6 54. g4 Ra4 55. g5 Ra3 56. Rd4 Bb8 57.
Rb4 Bd6 58. Rb5 Rc3 59. f5+ Ke7 60. Rb7+ Rc7 61. Rb6 Rc5 62. Kg4 Rd5 63. Rb7+
Kf8 64. f6 Ra5 65. Rd7 Be5 66. Kf5 Bb2+ 67. Kg6 Ke8 68. Rb7 Be5 69. Re7+ Kd8
70. Kf7 Bb2 71. g6 Ra6 72. Re6 Ra7+ 73. Kf8 1-0

[Event "2nd Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1988.03.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Short, Nigel"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. f4 b5 11. Bd3 Be7 12. Kb1 b4 $6 ({Better is} 12... O-O)
13. Nce2 O-O 14. h3 Qc7 15. g4 Qb7 16. Ng3 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bc6 18. Rhe1 Rfe8 $2 (
{Right is} 18... Nd7 $1 19. g5 hxg5 20. Rg1 $1 {(Short)} Nc5 $1) 19. g5 hxg5
20. fxg5 Nd7 21. Bxg7 $1 {Short plays a devastating sacrifice.} Kxg7 22. Nh5+
Kg6 ({Or} 22... Kh8 23. Rg1 $1 Bf8 24. Qf4) 23. e5+ $1 Kxh5 24. Qf4 Bxg5 25.
Qxf7+ Kh4 26. Qh7+ Kg3 27. Qh5 Kh2 28. Qxg5 Rg8 29. Rd2+ Bg2 30. Qf4+ Rg3 31.
Be4 Qxe4 32. Qxe4 {An elegant king's chase ends the game.} 1-0

[Event "2nd Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1988.03.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O a6 8. Qb3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 c5 $2 ({Better is} 10... Bb7 $1 11. a4 {
(Brianski-Perun, Kiev 2000)} Qc7) 11. dxc5 Qc7 12. a4 $1 Nbd7 13. axb5 Nxc5 14.
Qb4 Rb8 15. Bd2 axb5 16. Nxb5 Qb6 17. Qa3 Bd7 18. Ba5 Qb7 19. Nbd4 Nfe4 20. b4
Na4 21. b5 Nac5 22. Rfb1 Rfc8 23. b6 Ra8 24. Qb4 Na4 25. Nd2 Nac3 26. Nxe4 Bxd4
27. Bf3 Bc6 28. exd4 Bxe4 29. Bxe4 Nxe4 30. Rc1 Rxc1+ 31. Rxc1 Nd6 32. Qe1 Rc8
33. Rc5 Kf8 34. h3 Ke8 35. Qe2 h5 36. Qc2 Kd7 37. Qa4+ Kd8 38. Qb4 Rc6 $2 39.
Qb3 $2 (39. Rxc6 Qxc6 40. b7+ $1 Kd7 41. b8=N+ $1) 39... Kc8 40. Qc2 Rxc5 41.
dxc5 Qc6 42. Bb4 Nb7 43. Qa2 Nd8 44. Bd2 Kd7 45. Qa7+ Nb7 46. Be3 Qd5 47. Qa4+
Qc6 48. Qd4+ Ke8 49. Qf4 Nd8 50. Qc7 f6 51. Qg3 Qe4 52. Qb8 h4 53. Qc8 g5 54.
Qg4 Qxg4 55. hxg4 e5 56. Kf1 Kd7 57. Ke2 Kc6 58. Kd3 Kd5 59. c6 $2 Kxc6 60. Ke4
Ne6 61. f3 (61. Kf5 Nf4 $1 62. Bxf4 gxf4 63. f3 Kxb6 64. g5 fxg5 65. Kxe5 g4 $1
66. Kxf4 h3 67. gxh3 gxf3 {draws (Zaitsev).}) 61... Ng7 $1 62. Bg1 Ne6 63. Be3
Ng7 64. Bxg5 fxg5 65. Kxe5 Kxb6 66. Kf6 Ne8+ 67. Kxg5 Kc5 68. Kxh4 Kd6 69. Kg5
Ke7 70. Kg6 Kf8 71. g5 Kg8 72. f4 Nd6 73. f5 Nc4 74. f6 Ne3 75. f7+ Kf8 76. Kh7
Nf5 77. g4 Nd4 78. Kg6 Nf3 79. Kf6 Nh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1988.03.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Short, Nigel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 c6 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. Nf3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Rae1 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 f5
15. f3 exf3 16. Nxf3 Be6 17. e4 fxe4 18. Rxe4 h6 19. Rfe1 Rad8 20. R1e3 Qf7 21.
Ne5 Qf5 22. Rg3 $2 {Jan misses a counteraction.} Rxd4 $1 23. Ng4 Kh8 24. Nxh6
gxh6 25. Qc1 Qf6 26. Ree3 Rf4 27. Ne2 Rf5 28. Ref3 Bd7 29. Nf4 Qd4+ 30. Kf1 Kh7
31. Rh3 Rc5 0-1

[Event "2nd Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1988.03.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Qd3 Nf6 8.
Bf4 a6 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Rhe1 Qb6 $5 12. Bxd6 $1 O-O-O $6 ({
Better is} 12... Rd8 13. e5 Bxd6 14. exd6 Qxf2) 13. e5 Ne8 $6 (13... Bxd6 14.
exd6 Ne8 {(Rajkovic)} 15. Ne4 {offers more resistance.}) 14. Nd5 $1 Bxd5 15.
Bxe7 Rd7 16. Qa3 Qxf2 17. Rd2 Qb6 18. Nd4 f6 19. Bc5 Qc7 20. c4 Bxc4 21. Rc2
fxe5 22. Nxe6 Qc6 ({Not} 22... Bxe6 23. Bb6 $1) 23. Rxe5 Nc7 24. Rxc4 Nxe6 25.
Qh3 Nc7 26. b3 Qf6 27. Bd4 Rhd8 $2 (27... Qh6+ 28. Qxh6 gxh6 {prolongs the
game.}) 28. Rxc7+ $1 {Timman had been smashed for the fourth time in a row.}
1-0

[Event "2nd Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1988.03.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Short, Nigel"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 Bg4
8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qd5 10. Be2 e6 11. O-O {Short had won the tournament
despite a loss in the second round.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 50"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

{The fiftieth Hoogovens tournament was celebrated by the first presence of
Karpov at the expense of 50,000 Guilders.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3
e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. a4 Nc6 8. Qe2 Qc7 9. Nc3 Bd6 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 cxd4
12. exd4 Na5 $5 13. d5 $6 {The enterprising novelty is followed by an
ambitious move.} Nxc4 14. bxc4 Bd7 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Rae8 17. Ng5 $5 f5 $1
18. Qh4 h6 19. Nxe6 $1 Bxe6 20. dxe6 Rxe6 {White's initiative has resulted in
two weaklings.} 21. Rae1 $5 Rg6 $1 22. f3 Qa5 23. Rd1 Bc5+ 24. Bd4 Bxd4+ 25.
Qxd4 Qxa4 26. Rb1 Qc2 27. g3 b6 $6 (27... f4 $1 {keeps the momentum.}) 28. Rb2
$2 {White misses the counteraction.} (28. Rbc1 $1 Qb3 29. Rb1 Qa4 30. Ra1 $1
Qc6 31. Rxa6 {wins back the pawn.}) 28... Qa4 29. Rfb1 Rff6 30. Qd5+ Kh7 31.
Kg2 Qc6 $5 32. Qxc6 Rxc6 33. h4 h5 34. Ra2 $2 Rxc4 35. Rxa6 f4 $1 {Hübner had
an excellent start.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 50"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Be7 8.
Qc2 O-O 9. Nf3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Rae1 g6 12. Ne5 Ne6 13. f4 Ng7 14. f5 Bxf5
15. Bxf5 Nxf5 16. Rxf5 gxf5 17. Qxf5 Qc8 18. Qf3 Qe6 19. Bh6 $1 {Tal improves
on 19. Rf1 (Fan Huilian - Tian Zhimin, China 1987), but the line remains
doubtful.} Bf8 20. Bxf8 Rxf8 21. e4 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Rxe4 f5 $1 {Tal has
positional compensation for the exchange.} 24. Rh4 Rf6 25. Qf4 Re8 26. Rh3 Re7
27. Re3 Qd5 28. Rg3+ Kh8 29. Qh4 Ree6 30. Qf4 $2 (30. Qg5 $1 Qxd4+ 31. Kf1 Qd1+
32. Kf2 Qc2+ 33. Kf3 $1 Qe4+ 34. Kf2 Qd4+ 35. Kf1 Rg6 $1 36. Nxg6+ Rxg6 37. Qe7
{defends actively (Tal).}) 30... Qe4 31. Qd2 f4 32. Rd3 c5 33. Nd7 Rg6 $2 ({
Correct is} 33... c4 {(Khalifman).}) 34. Nf8 c4 35. Nxg6+ Rxg6 36. Rc3 b5 37.
d5 $2 ({The shrewd} 37. Rc1 $1 Rxg2+ $1 38. Qxg2 Qe3+ 39. Qf2 Qxc1+ 40. Kg2 {
(Tal)} Qb1 $1 41. Kf3 $1 Qf5 $1 42. Qe1 $1 {might draw.}) 37... Rg5 38. Rc2
Rxd5 39. Qc3+ Kg8 40. Rc1 Rd3 41. Re1 Rxc3 42. Rxe4 Rc2 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 50"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. a4
O-O 9. f4 Qc7 10. Be3 b6 11. Bf3 Bb7 12. e5 dxe5 13. Bxb7 Qxb7 14. fxe5 Nfd7
15. Qh5 $1 ({Hübner plays a more active move than} 15. Bf4 {(Swic - Balicki,
Poznan 1984).}) 15... Nc6 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17. Rf3 g6 18. Qh6 f5 $6 ({Preferable
is} 18... f6 19. Rh3 Rf7) 19. exf6 $2 (19. Bd4 $1 Bc5 20. Qf4 {keeps the
equality.}) 19... Bxf6 $1 20. Bf2 Ne5 21. Rh3 Ra7 $1 22. Qe3 Ng4 $6 (22... Nc4
$1 23. Qe4 Qxe4 24. Nxe4 Bxb2 {(Khalifman) gains a plus.}) 23. Qf3 $2 ({
Correct is} 23. Qxb6 $1 Qxb6 24. Bxb6 Rb7 25. Bc5 $1 Rc8 {(Tal)} 26. b4 $1 a5
27. Rd1 $1 axb4 28. Ne4) 23... Qc4 $1 24. Qe4 Qxe4 25. Nxe4 Bxb2 26. Rd1 Nxf2
27. Nxf2 Raf7 28. Rb3 Bg7 29. Ng4 Bd4+ 30. Ne3 Rf4 31. h3 Re4 32. Rdd3 Bc5 33.
a5 bxa5 34. Kh2 a4 35. Rbc3 Bd4 36. Rc4 e5 {Tal was back on 50%.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 50"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
c4 9. Bh6 Ng6 10. Bxg6 fxg6 11. Be3 Qe8 $5 {Hübner tries a new move in a
doubtful variation of the French Defence.} 12. h4 $1 Nc6 13. h5 gxh5 14. Rxh5
Ne7 15. Nf3 Rf5 16. Bg5 Ng6 17. O-O-O {John mobilises his troops at all costs.}
h6 18. Rdh1 $1 hxg5 19. Nxg5 Rxf2 ({Critical is} 19... Qa4 $5 20. Ne4 $1 Qxa3+
21. Kb1 $1 Rxh5 22. Qxh5 dxe4 23. Qxg6 Qe7 24. Rh7 $1 Qf7 25. Rh8+ $1 {and
White wins.}) 20. Qh3 $1 {Van der Wiel prepares 21. Rh8+!} Kf8 21. Qe3 $1 Rf7 (
21... Rxg2 22. Qf3+ Ke7 {(Van der Wiel)} 23. Rh7 $1 Rxg5 24. Rxg7+ Kd8 25. Qf6+
{and wins.}) 22. Nxf7 Kxf7 23. Rf1+ Kg8 24. Rhh1 $1 Ne7 25. Qh3 Nf5 26. g4 {
Hübner had lost the lead.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 50"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. Nc3 d5 7. Qb3 e6 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Bf4 Nb6 10. c5 Nc4 11. Qc2 Nh5 $5 12. b3 Nxf4 13. gxf4 Na3 14. Qd2 b5
15. Rfe1 Rb8 16. Kh1 a5 17. e3 f5 $2 (17... f6 $1 {controls square e5.}) 18.
Bf1 Bd7 19. Be2 Bf6 20. Rg1 Kh8 21. Rg3 Qe7 22. Rag1 Rg8 23. Qc1 b4 24. Na4 Rg7
25. Qf1 Rbg8 26. Qh3 Be8 27. Nb6 $1 Qd8 28. Qh6 Rc7 29. Ne5 {White attacks
from all sides.} Rcg7 30. Bd3 Nb5 31. Bxb5 cxb5 32. f3 Bh4 $1 33. Rh3 $2 ({
Correct is} 33. R3g2) 33... Bf2 $1 34. Rxg6 $5 Bxe3 $2 (34... Qe7 $1 35. Rg5
Bxe3 {equalises.}) 35. Rxg7 Rxg7 36. Rg3 $1 Qe7 37. Rxg7 Qxg7 38. Qxg7+ Kxg7
39. c6 Bxc6 40. Nxc6 Bxf4 41. Nd7 {Karpov began to chase the lead.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 50"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d6 8.
O-O Nf6 9. f4 Qc7 10. Qe1 d5 11. Qg3 $5 g6 $6 {A slight weakness comes into
being.} 12. Be3 Be7 13. Bd4 O-O 14. Kh1 Nd7 15. exd5 cxd5 16. Qe3 {Van der
Wiel regroups his attackers.} Bb7 17. Rae1 Bc5 18. f5 $5 Rae8 ({Not} 18... exf5
$6 19. Bxf5 $1 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 gxf5 $2 21. Rxf5 Qd8 22. Nxd5) 19. f6 $1 Bxd4 20.
Qxd4 e5 $6 ({More prudent is} 20... Qb6) 21. Qh4 $6 {White should strike hard.}
(21. Nxd5 $1 {(Van der Wiel)} exd4 $1 22. Nxc7 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Nxf6 24. Re7 {
plays for a win.}) 21... Re6 22. Re3 e4 23. Rh3 h5 24. Be2 Qe5 $1 25. g4 $4 (
25. Bxh5 $1 Qxh5 26. Qg3 Qe5 27. Qh4 {leads to a repetition of moves (Van der
Wiel).}) 25... Nxf6 26. g5 ({Or} 26. gxh5 Nxh5 27. Bxh5 Qxh5 28. Qxh5 gxh5 29.
Rxh5 d4) 26... Nh7 27. Bxh5 gxh5 28. Qxh5 Qg7 29. Ne2 Rg6 30. Rf5 d4 31. Nf4
e3+ 32. Kg1 Nxg5 33. Qh8+ Qxh8 34. Rxh8+ Kxh8 35. Nxg6+ fxg6 36. Rxf8+ Kg7 37.
Rd8 Be4 {Andersson led by plus four and drew all games hereafter.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 50"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. g3 Ne7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Qb3 $5 c5 6. a3 Ba5 $1 7. e3 (7.
Bxb7 $2 Bxb7 8. Qxb7 Nbc6 {makes no serious impression.}) 7... Nbc6 8. Nge2 Bb6
$5 9. O-O Na5 $5 10. Qa2 d5 11. d3 dxc4 12. dxc4 Bd7 13. b4 Nac6 14. Rb1 Qc7
15. Qb3 Ne5 $1 {Black threatens pawn c4.} 16. b5 $1 Rad8 17. f4 N5g6 $6 ({
Preferable is} 17... Nd3 $1 18. e4 Nxc1 19. Rfxc1 f6) 18. e4 $1 f5 $2 {A fatal
restraint begins.} ({Right is} 18... f6) 19. e5 $1 Be8 20. Be3 Nh8 $5 21. Na4
Bh5 22. Nc1 Rd7 $6 (22... Nf7 $1 {makes the intended move.}) 23. Nd3 $1 Be2 24.
Ndxc5 $1 {Karpov has not made a tactical error. Instead, he wins by a
<->petite combinaison.'} Rd3 $5 ({Or} 24... Bxf1 25. Rxf1 {(Karpov) and the
black position falls apart.}) 25. Nxd3 Bxe3+ 26. Kh1 Rd8 27. Nb4 Bxf1 28. Rxf1
Bc5 29. Nd3 b6 30. Naxc5 bxc5 31. a4 Rd4 32. a5 Qxa5 33. Nxc5 Kf7 34. Nb7 Qd2
35. b6 {Tolya neared Ulf til half-a-point.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 50"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Farago, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

{Karpov had upset Ljubojevic in round ten.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5
c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11.
f4 Bd7 12. Qd3 dxc3 13. Qxc3 Nf5 14. Rb1 Rc8 15. Bd2 b6 $5 16. g3 $1 {Karpov
gains a plus. Long manoeuvres will bring consolidation.} Qb7 17. Qd3 Nce7 18.
Rg1 Rc4 19. g4 Nh4 20. Rg3 Qc8 21. Rb2 Nhg6 22. Rf3 Nc6 23. Rf2 Rh8 24. h3 Qd8
25. Qg3 Qe7 26. Rf3 Qc5 27. Kd1 $1 {Every weakness in the white position has
been protected.} Ra4 28. Rc3 Qe7 29. Nc1 d4 $2 {This pawn becomes a target.}
30. Rcb3 Na5 31. Rb4 Nb7 32. Rxa4 Bxa4 33. Rb4 Qd7 34. Nb3 $1 d3 $5 35. Qxd3
Qxd3 36. Bxd3 Bxb3 37. Rxb3 Nc5 38. Rc3 Ke7 39. Bf1 Rd8 40. Rc4 $1 {Karpov led
after the penultimate round. Ulf and Tolya drew quietly in the last round. So
Karpov triumphed by 9/13.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 50"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Winants, Luc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

{Nijboer finished in the second group by five wins. The last game was
spectacular.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7.
Be3 Be7 8. Qe2 a6 9. Bb3 Qc7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Rhg1 Na5 12. g4 b5 13. g5 Nxb3+
14. axb3 Nd7 15. f4 b4 16. Nf5 exf5 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. exf5 Re8 19. Bd4 {Nijboer
plays an exciting variation of the Sicilian Defence.} Bf6 $5 (19... Bf8 20. Qh5
Re4 21. Bf6 $1 {won in Wolff - I. Sokolov, Baguio City 1987.}) 20. Qxe8+ $3 {
Friso goes for the kill.} ({The exchange by} 20. Bxf6 Rxe2 21. Bxd8 Bb7 22. Ba5
{brings a plus (Nijboer).}) 20... Qxe8 21. gxf6 g6 22. Ne7+ Kf8 23. Rd3 $1 Nxf6
(23... Qd8 $5 24. Rh3 Nxf6 (24... h5 25. Rxh5 $1 gxh5 26. Rg8#) 25. Bxf6 Qb6 $1
26. Rd1 $1 h5 27. Rhd3 $1 Bxf5 28. Rxd6 Qe3+ 29. Kb1 Bxc2+ $1 30. Kxc2 Re8 31.
f5 $1 Qe4+ 32. Kc1 gxf5 33. Rd8 Qe6 34. Rxe8+ Kxe8 35. Ng8 $1 Qc8+ 36. Kb1 {
also wins for White.}) 24. Bxf6 Qb5 25. Rgd1 $1 Bxf5 (25... Bb7 $5 26. Rxd6 Re8
27. Rd8 Qa5 {(Nijboer)} 28. R1d7 $1 Bf3 29. Kb1 Rxd8 30. Rxd8+ Qxd8 31. Nxg6+
fxg6 32. Bxd8 gxf5 33. Ba5 {will win eventually for White.}) 26. Rd5 Qe2 ({Or} 
26... Qb7 27. Rxd6 Re8 28. Nxf5 gxf5 29. Rd8 Qb6 30. Rxe8+ Kxe8 31. Rd8+) 27.
Nxf5 Rc8 28. R5d2 Qe4 29. Nxd6 Rxc2+ 30. Rxc2 Qxf4+ 31. Kb1 Qxf6 32. Rc8+ 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "6"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E41"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

{No tournament occurred in 1986. The final of the candidates' tournament
between Karpov and Sokolov was played in Linares during the next year. Ciudad
de Linares number six took place from 23 ii until 7 iii 1988. The participants
stayed and played in the new Hotel Anibal, a comfortable place with central
heating. Rentero bought the hotel later. The sale of his stores had made him
rich. Karpov did not partake, but his favourite time control of 40 moves in 21/
2 hours was applied and Baturinsky functioned as chief arbiter. Women's world
champion Chiburdanidze replaced Tolya. Poor Maia started with 1/2/7 and cried
each night, the story goes. Jan Timman played his adventurous chess. This time
it led to an overwhelming victory. Media followed the tournament with great
interest. The Spaniard Illescas scored a grandmaster norm in the last round.
Rentero decided to organise the event annually. } 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4
4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. cxd5 Qxd5 $5 9. O-O Qd8 $5 10.
Bc2 Be7 11. a3 a6 $5 12. Qd3 b5 {Black's postponement of castling is not bad.}
13. Rd1 Bb7 14. Qg3 $5 Bd6 $1 15. Qh3 $1 (15. Qxg7 $2 {Timman avoids} Rg8 16.
Qh6 Nb4 $1 17. axb4 Rxg2+ 18. Kf1 Rxf2+ $1 19. Ke1 Rxh2) 15... Ne7 16. Bg5 Qd7
$2 (16... Ned5 $1 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 {bypasses the following weakening.}) 17. Bxf6
gxf6 18. Be4 f5 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. d5 $1 O-O-O $6 {E6 becomes the target of
attack.} 21. dxe6 fxe6 22. Nd4 $1 Qd7 $1 23. Rac1 Kb8 24. Qe3 $5 {The weakling
has to fall.} Rhg8 {Because the natural move is refuted by} (24... e5 $3 25.
Ne6 $1 Qxe6 26. Qb6+ Ka8 27. Qxa6+ Kb8 28. Qb6+ Ka8 29. Nxb5 Rd7 30. Rxd6) 25.
Nxe6 Qb7 26. g3 Rd7 27. Rc2 f4 28. Qe4 Nc8 29. Nxf4 Rf7 30. Qxb7+ Kxb7 31. Nfd5
h5 32. Ne4 Be5 33. f4 Bb8 34. Ndf6 Rh8 35. Rd7+ Rxd7 36. Nxd7 Nd6 37. Ndc5+ Kb6
38. Nxd6 Bxd6 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "6"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E19"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2
Nxc3 9. Qxc3 c5 10. Rd1 d6 11. b3 Bf6 12. Bb2 Nd7 13. Qc2 Qc7 14. Rac1 cxd4 15.
Nxd4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 a6 17. Qe4 Rac8 18. Rc2 Rfe8 19. Rcd2 Nc5 20. Qf3 Bg5 21.
Rc2 Be7 22. Kg1 Bf8 23. Ba3 Red8 24. Rcc1 Nd7 25. Qe3 Qb7 26. Qf3 Qc7 27. Qe3 {
This game remained uninspired due to the future candidates' quarter final
between the players.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "6"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nunn, John"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Kb1 Bxd4 $5 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Qe3 $6 (13. Bf2 {
was played in Chandler - Psakhis, Hastings 1987.}) (13. h4 $1 {Theory will
become}) 13... b4 $1 14. Na4 $6 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 $6 Qa5 $1 16. b3 Bb7 17. Bd3 $6 (
17. c3 {The last potential counteraction brings} bxc3 18. Qxc3 Qxc3 19. Nxc3 f6
) 17... Bc6 18. Nb2 Qc5 19. Qxc5 Nxc5 20. Rd2 a5 21. Rc1 a4 22. g3 Rfb8 23. Nd1
h6 24. Nf2 Ra5 25. Bf1 Rba8 26. Be2 Be8 27. h4 f6 28. h5 fxe5 29. fxe5 axb3 30.
cxb3 Nxb3 $1 31. axb3 Ra1+ 32. Kc2 Rc8+ 33. Bc4 Rxc1+ 34. Kxc1 dxc4 35. g4
cxb3+ 36. Kb2 Bc6 $6 (36... Rc4 $1 {Better is} 37. Kxb3 Rf4) 37. Kxb3 Rb8 38.
Rd4 Bd5+ 39. Kb2 b3 40. Nd3 $6 {The puzzle king misses his last chance before
the time control.} (40. Nd1 $1 {Timman prefers} Rf8 41. Ne3 Rf2+ 42. Kb1 $6 {
His rooks risky,} (42. Kc3 $1 {but gives fine drawing chances})) 40... Rc8 41.
Nf4 Rc2+ 42. Kb1 Rc4 43. Rxc4 Bxc4 44. Kb2 Kf7 45. Kc3 Ke7 46. Nh3 Kd7 47. g5
hxg5 48. Nxg5 Kc6 49. Ne4 Kd5 50. Nf6+ $5 gxf6 51. exf6 b2 $1 (51... Kd6 $4 {
Jan avoids} 52. h6 b2 53. f7 $1 Ke7 54. h7 {drawn.}) 52. Kxb2 Kd6 53. Kc3 Ba2
54. Kc2 e5 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "6"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8.
O-O Ne5 9. h3 Bc5 10. Qe2 d6 11. f4 Ng6 12. Nb3 Bxe3+ 13. Qxe3 b5 14. a3 O-O
15. Rad1 Bb7 16. Rf2 Rad8 17. Rfd2 e5 18. f5 Nf4 19. Bf1 d5 $1 20. Qc5 $1 Qb8
$1 21. exd5 Rd6 $2 {Illescas makes the decisive mistake.} (21... Rc8 $1 {Right
is} 22. Qe3 Rxc3 $1 23. Qxc3 Ne4 24. Qf3 Nxd2 25. Rxd2 Rc8 26. f6 $1 {(Timman)}
Rd8 $1 27. Qg4 g6 28. Nc5 Bxd5 29. Qg5 Qd6 30. b4 h6 $1) 22. Na5 Rc8 23. Nc6
Qc7 24. Bxb5 $1 axb5 25. Nxb5 Ne4 26. Qe3 Nxd2 27. Nxc7 Nc4 28. Ne7+ Kf8 29.
Nxc8 Nxe3 30. Nxd6 Nxd1 31. Nxb7 Nxb2 32. d6 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "6"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Nc3 c5 7. e4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Nf3 Nc6 (9... Ng4 $1 {Even better is} 10. Nd1 Qf6) 10. Bd3 $6 (10. Bf4 {
Jan played versus Polugaevsky in Reykjavik 1987.}) 10... Ng4 11. O-O Qb8 12.
Ne2 O-O 13. h3 Nge5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bf4 Qc7 16. Qd2 Qd6 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. b4
Be7 19. f4 Qc7 20. Nd4 a6 21. Rac1 a5 $5 22. e5 $1 axb4 23. axb4 g6 24. Be2 Be4
25. Bf3 Bxf3 26. Rxf3 Ra4 27. Nb5 $6 (27. Rb3 $1 {Timman prefers}) 27... Qc6
28. Rb3 $6 (28. Nd6 {A slight disadvantage results from} Bxd6 29. exd6 {
(Timman).}) 28... Bxb4 $1 {Black plays a 'très petite combinaison'.} 29. Qe2 (
29. Rxb4 {Nikolic has missed} Qc5+) 29... Rfa8 30. Kh2 Ra2 31. Rc2 Rxc2 32.
Qxc2 Bc5 33. Rb1 Ra5 34. Qe2 Ra4 35. Kh1 Bf8 36. Rc1 Rb4 37. Nd4 Qc5 38. Qd3 b5
39. Nb3 Qf2 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "6"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C69"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 Bg4 7. c3 Qd7 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 $1 exd4 10. cxd4 Qxd4 $5 11. Rd1 Qc4 12. Bf4 Bd6 $1 {Beliavsky
survives the storm.} 13. Bxd6 cxd6 14. Rxd6 Nh6 $1 15. Na3 Qb4 16. Rad1 O-O 17.
R1d2 Nf7 18. R6d4 Qc5 19. Nc4 Rad8 20. Qd1 Rxd4 21. Rxd4 Qe7 $6 {Black allows
a bind.} (21... b6 {Better is}) 22. Na5 $1 Rd8 23. b4 Kf8 24. a3 Ke8 25. Rxd8+
Nxd8 26. Qd4 Qd7 27. Qe3 Nf7 28. f4 h6 29. Nb3 Qd1+ $6 (29... b6 {is
preferable again.}) 30. Kh2 Nd6 $2 (30... Qd7 {The retreat (Timman)} 31. Nc5
Qe7 {is necessary.}) 31. Na5 Qc2 32. e5 Nf5 33. Qf3 fxe5 34. fxe5 Nd4 35. Qg4
Qf2 36. Nxb7 Kf7 37. Nd6+ Kg8 38. Ne8 Nf5 39. Nf6+ Kh8 40. Ne4 Qf1 41. Qf3 Qxf3
42. gxf3 Nd4 43. Kg3 Nc2 44. Nd6 {Timman had defeated a main competitor.} 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "6"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Chiburdanidze, Maia"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Qc2 b6 8. Nbd2
Bb7 9. e4 Na6 10. exd5 $2 (10. e5 {Theory is} Nd7 11. a3) 10... cxd5 11. b3 Rc8
12. Bb2 Nb4 13. Qc3 dxc4 14. bxc4 Nc6 15. Nb3 Ne4 16. Qd3 Nd6 17. a3 Ba6 18.
Rfc1 Bf6 19. Nfd2 Rc7 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 Ne7 22. Bf1 Bb7 23. Qf4 Nf5 24. Rd1
Bg5 25. Qe5 Bf6 26. Qf4 Ba6 27. d5 $2 (27. Nd2 {avoids an immediate disaster.})
27... Bxb2 28. dxe6 Qe7 29. Ra2 Nxg3 30. hxg3 fxe6 31. Qe4 Bb7 32. Qe3 Rf3 {
Poor Maia cried in her bed that night. She had made 1/2 out of 7. Jan was
cheerful, since he had scored 7 1/2 points.} 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "6"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D55"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
c6 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. h3 exd4 13. exd4 Nb6 14. Bb3 Bf5 15.
Re1 a5 16. a3 Re8 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Qd2 Qd7 19. Re1 Re8 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. Qf4
Be6 22. Bxe6 Qxe6 23. Qc7 Nc4 24. Qb8+ Kh7 25. Qxb7 Bxd4 26. Nxd4 Qe1+ 27. Kh2
Nd2 28. Qxf7 {Black delivers perpetual check.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "6"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Chandler, Murray"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 dxc3 12. Qd3 Bd7 13. Nxc3 a6 14. Ne2
$1 Rc8 $2 {Timman plays a risky variation and is not familiar with the theory.}
(14... Nf5 {Right is (Spassky-Nogueiras, Reggio Emilia 1986).}) 15. Rb1 Nf5 16.
h3 Nce7 17. g4 Nh4 18. Nd4 Nc6 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Rh2 Rh8 21. Kd1 Qc7 22. Qb3
Qc5 23. Qb6 Qxb6 24. Rxb6 Bc6 25. Rf2 d4 26. Bb2 Bd5 27. Bxd4 Nf3 28. c4 Be4
29. Rd6 Ng1 30. Kd2 Kf8 31. Ke3 Bc6 32. f5 exf5 33. Rxf5 Rh7 34. e6 Re8 35. Kf2
Nxh3+ 36. Bxh3 Rxh3 37. exf7 Rh2+ 38. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "6"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D55"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
c6 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. h3 exd4 13. exd4 Nb6 14. Bb3 Bf5 15.
Re1 a5 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. Rxe5 Bg6 18. a3 Qd6 19. Qg4 Nd7 20. Re3 Kh8 21. Qe2 Nf6
22. Rd1 Rfe8 23. Re5 b5 24. Qe3 b4 25. axb4 Qxb4 26. Ba4 Rxe5 27. dxe5 Nd5 28.
Qd4 Qxb2 29. Nxd5 Qxd4 30. Rxd4 cxd5 31. Rxd5 Bf5 32. Rc5 g5 33. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "6"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 Bg4 {Timman has chosen a solid opening. Ljubo tries to
win but errs.} 11. Bxe4 $2 (11. c5 {Correct is} Bc7 12. Ne5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Nexc5
14. Bxh7+ {(Timman-Salov, Saint John 1988).}) 11... dxe4 12. Ng5 $2 (12. Qxe4 {
Timman recommends} Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qh4 14. h3 Qxd4) 12... Bf5 13. Nc3 Re8 14. Re1
Bc7 $1 15. Qb3 Qxd4 16. Be3 Nc5 $1 17. Qb4 Qd6 18. Qxc5 Qxh2+ 19. Kf1 Bg4 20.
Nh3 Re5 {Black wins.} (20... Bf3 $1 {Even better is} 21. gxf3 exf3 22. Red1 Bf4
23. Ke1 Rxe3+ $1) 21. Nd5 Bxh3 22. gxh3 Bb6 23. Nxb6 Rxc5 24. Nxa8 Qxh3+ 25.
Ke2 Rxc4 26. Rad1 Rc2+ 27. Rd2 Qf3+ 28. Kf1 Rxd2 29. Bxd2 Qd3+ 30. Re2 h5 31.
Bc3 h4 32. Ke1 h3 33. Be5 f6 34. Bg3 Qf3 35. Kd2 Qg2 {Timman had won the
tournament, one-and-a-half points before Beliavsky.} 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Eingorn, Vereslav"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

{The 55th Soviet championship was played in Moscow from 25 July - 18 August
1988. All chess stars participated for the first time since 1973. It would
become the last great Soviet championship. Eighteen players took part.
Beliavsky, Salov and Ehlvest qualified as the top three of the previous
championship. Seven players were invited: world champion Kasparov, former
world champions Karpov, Smyslov and Tal, and the candidates Yusupov and
Sokolov. Eight places were at stake in two preliminary rounds in 1987. Two
Swiss tournaments were played at Norilsk and Pavlodar as qualification for two
sections of the First League. Thereafter, Ivanchuk, Yudasin, Gavrikov and
Gurevich qualified in Lvov. Furthermore, Smirin, Khalifman, Kharitonov and
Malaniuk were the best in Sverdlovsk. Reserves became Eingorn, Chernin,
Tseshkovsky, Gelfand and Novikov.  The Super League was played in Moscow's new
International Hotel. One-thousand seats were available for the audience in the
playing hall. Mikhail Botvinnik functioned as senior arbiter. Tal drew against
Vaganian in the first round. Yusupov was asked to play the second round in a
hotel room due to Tal's illness. Artur refused. The arbiters decided to
replace Tal by Eingorn.Why the 55th championship was so important, is not
discussed in the sources, but I can reconstruct three factors:  1. The
strongly increased prizes of the Super League made participation interesting
for the stars.  2. A large group of young talents had entered the scene in
recent years.  3. All players hoped to star and receive invitations by foreign
tournaments. The acceptation had become easier, and Soviet players were
allowed to keep half of the prize money. Especially, the GMA tournaments were
financially attractive.  Many dull games were played in Moscow 1988. The
ability to draw was the greatest progress in the Soviet championship: 36% of
the games were drawn in Leningrad 1934, 47% in Moscow 1957 and 66% in Moscow
1988.  Kasparov and Karpov shared the first place with +6, =11. Beliavsky
played the most interesting chess, shared the lead in the rounds 7 and 8, but
ended with a level score. Salov fought hard in long games, despite his
prophylactic style. Defeats against Kasparov and Yusupov made him descend to
the fourth place. Yusupov lost against Karpov and Ivanchuk. A strong finish
gained him the bronze medal. Eingorn as replacement and Ivanchuk as debutant
did well. Yudasin became seventh, a fine result for someone who had to play
two qualification tournaments in 1987. Smyslov started poorly but finished
good.  High places in the tournament were taken by the collectors of
advantages: Karpov, Yusupov and Salov. Kasparov claimed to be a dynamic player.
Therefore, I searched for games with the finest characteristic of dynamism:
giving material for time. The greatest example was played by ... Karpov
against Yusupov. A careful collection of advantages in the endgame was made by
... Kasparov against Salov. The claim by Kasparov resulted from his arrogance.
Adventurous times of Tal and Spassky were gone.  Normally a match of four
games would have followed, because two players shared the first place. E.g.
Beliavsky had defeated Salov with 3-1 shortly after the previous championship
tournament. The two K's started difficulties. A match was not played, despite
the efforts of Botvinnik among others. Both players got a gold medal in
December 1988. The following political developments were far more important.
The Berlin wall fell in November 1989. A communist putsch against Gorbachov
failed in 1991. When Jeltsin overtook power, the Soviet-Union ceased to exist.
Therefore, the last Soviet chess championship was played in 1991.Years before
the collapse of the Soviet regime, cracks in the system became apparent. The
world championship in 1997 was not played in the Soviet-Union but in Seville.
The tournament book of Moscow 1988 was published in Russian and English as
Chess in USSR, Soviet Tournament News Review 1. It was printed in Rome! Soviet
players got more liberty to participate in foreign tournaments. They were also
allowed to keep a part of the prize money. When the restrictions ended in 1991,
they flooded the Western tournaments. Twenty of the thirty-six best players of
the world were former Soviet citizens. They dominated most super tournaments.} 
1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Qc2 c5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Bf4 d4 $6 8.
Nb5 O-O 9. O-O-O $1 ({Eingorn does not like} 9. Nc7 e5 $1) 9... Qa5 $2 ({
Correct is} 9... Nc6) 10. a3 Nc6 11. b4 $1 Bxb4 12. axb4 Nxb4 13. Bd2 $1 e5 ({
The last try is} 13... Ng4) 14. Nxe5 Nfd5 15. cxd5 Bf5 16. Bxb4 Qxb4 17. Rxd4
Qxb5 18. Qxf5 Rac8+ 19. Kd2 g6 20. Qf6 Qb3 21. Rd3 Qb4+ 22. Ke3 a5 23. g3 a4
24. h4 Rcd8 25. d6 {First, the game Tal-Vaganian was played in round one (a
draw in 21).} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. d4 e6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg2 Bd6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 Re8 11. Rc1 c6 12. Rc2 Rc8 13. Re1 Ne4 14. Bh3 Nxc3 15.
Bxc3 Rc7 16. Bb2 Nf6 17. a3 Bc8 18. Bg2 Bf5 19. Rc1 Be4 20. e3 a5 21. Ne5 Bxg2
22. Kxg2 c5 23. a4 Qc8 24. Re2 Ne4 25. f3 Ng5 26. f4 Ne6 27. dxc5 Rxc5 28. Rxc5
Qxc5 29. Qd3 Bxe5 30. Bxe5 Qc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O Ne4 11. Qd3 $5 f5 12. b4 Qf6 13. Bb2 Rae8 14. Qc2 Qg6
15. Rad1 Ndf6 16. d5 Ng4 $5 17. Nh4 Qg5 18. g3 exd5 19. f4 Qh6 20. Bxg4 fxg4
21. cxd5 Ba6 22. Rfe1 g5 23. Ng2 Re7 24. Rc1 Bb7 25. Rcd1 Qg6 26. Rd4 h6 27.
Qd1 Qf5 28. Qd3 Rff7 29. Rf1 Kh7 30. Qc4 Qg6 31. Rdd1 Bc8 32. Ba1 Bb7 33. Qd4
Qf6 34. Qc4 Qg6 35. Rc1 Qf5 $6 36. Qd4 $2 ({Better for White is} 36. fxg5 $1
Qxd5 37. g6+ $1 Kxg6 38. Qxd5 Bxd5 39. Nf4+ Rxf4 40. exf4 {(Kotkov).}) 36...
Qxd5 37. Qh8+ Kg6 38. Qb2 Nd2 39. Rf2 Nf3+ 40. Kh1 Qe4 41. Rfc2 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 7. Qc2 O-O 8.
a3 Bxc3 9. Qxc3 d6 10. O-O Bh3 11. Re1 c6 12. e4 Nd7 13. d4 Qf6 14. dxe5 dxe5
15. b4 Rfe8 16. Bb2 Nb6 17. Bd1 Rad8 18. Re3 $6 Rd4 $6 ({Khalifman gives} 18...
Be6 $1 19. Bb3 Nxc4 20. Bxc4 Bxc4 21. Qxc4 Rd2 22. Re2 b5) 19. Bb3 c5 $2 ({
Correct is} 19... Be6 20. c5 Nc4) 20. Qc2 Nd7 21. Qe2 Qg6 22. Bc2 Rd6 23. Rd1
Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 Qe6 25. Rd3 Nf6 26. Ba4 Rf8 27. Rd8 g6 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Qd3
Qe7 30. Qe3 Bd7 31. Bc2 {White has positional advantages.} Bc6 $2 ({Properly
defends} 31... Ne8 $1 32. Qxc5 Qxc5 33. bxc5 f6) 32. b5 $1 Bd7 (32... Be8 33.
Qh6+ $1 Kg8 34. Qg5 {and White also wins the e-pawn.}) 33. Qc3 Ne8 34. Qxe5
Qxe5 35. Bxe5 Be6 36. Bd3 Ke7 37. Bb8 a6 38. bxa6 bxa6 39. Ba7 Kd6 40. e5+ Kxe5
41. Bxc5 Bf5 42. Be2 Nd6 43. f4+ Ke6 44. g4 Bc2 45. Bxd6 Kxd6 46. c5+ Kxc5 47.
Bxa6 h6 48. h4 f6 49. g5 hxg5 50. hxg5 fxg5 51. fxg5 Kb6 52. Bc8 Kc7 53. Bg4
Kd6 54. Kf2 Ke5 55. Kg3 Ba4 56. Bf3 Kf5 57. Kh4 Ke5 58. Kg4 Bd7+ 59. Kg3 Ba4
60. Bg4 Ke4 61. Be6 Ke5 62. Bf7 Kf5 63. Kh4 Bb5 64. Bb3 Bd3 65. a4 Ke5 66. Bf7
1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D89"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Be6 14. Rc1
Bxa2 15. Qa4 Be6 16. d5 Bd7 17. Qb4 e6 18. Rfd1 $5 {Yusupov brings a novelty.}
({Usual is} 18. Nc3 b6) ({A new alternative is} 18. Nf4) 18... exd5 19. exd5
Re8 20. Bf2 b5 $1 21. Nd4 Nc4 22. Nc6 $5 ({More quiet is} 22. Bxc4) 22... Bxc6
23. dxc6 Nb2 24. Bxb5 Nxd1 25. c7 Qd5 $1 ({Black survives in} 25... Qc8 26.
Bxe8 Nxf2 27. Qa4 Nh3+ 28. gxh3 Qxe8 29. Qxe8+ Rxe8 30. c8=Q Rxc8 31. Rxc8+ Bf8
32. Ra8 Kg7) 26. Bxe8 Nxf2 27. c8=Q Rxc8 28. Rxc8 {Kasparov seems to be in
great difficulties, but he has already found the next manouevre at home.} Nh3+
$1 29. gxh3 ({Avoids} 29. Kf1 $4 Qd3+ 30. Ke1 Qe3+ 31. Kd1 Nf2+ 32. Kc2 Qd3+
33. Kc1 Qd1#) 29... Qd1+ 30. Kg2 Qe2+ 31. Kg1 {Taste-makers: Karpov and Salov
1, Beliavsky and Kasparov 1/2.} (31. Kg3 Be5+ 32. f4 Qe3+ 33. Kg2 Qe2+ {brings
another perpetual (Kasparov).}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kharitonov, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Nf3 c6 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. h3 Be6 12. Rfc1 N6d7 13. Bf4 Nb6 14. Rab1
Bd6 $6 15. Ne2 Ng6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. a4 Rac8 $6 18. Qc5 Qb8 19. Qa3 a6 20. Rc3
Qc7 21. Rbc1 Ra8 22. Nd2 a5 23. Rb1 Nc8 24. b4 axb4 25. Qxb4 Nd6 26. Nb3 {
Black plays too passive against the minority attack.} Bc8 $6 ({Karpov analyses
} 26... Ne7 27. Nc5 Bf5 28. Nxb7 $5 Bxd3 29. Nxd6 Reb8 30. Nb5 Bxb1 31. Nxc7
Rxb4 32. Nxa8 Rxa4 33. Nb6 {and White has a plus.}) 27. a5 Ne7 28. Ng3 g6 29.
Rcc1 h5 30. Ra1 h4 31. Nf1 Bf5 32. Be2 Ne4 33. Nc5 Nxc5 34. Qxc5 Be6 35. Nd2
Nf5 36. Nf3 Qd8 37. a6 bxa6 38. Rxa6 Rxa6 39. Bxa6 Qa8 $2 40. Qxc6 Qxc6 41.
Rxc6 Ra8 42. Bd3 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Malaniuk, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e6 4. Bxc4 Nf6 5. Qe2 a6 6. Nf3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O b5 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. Ne4 Be7 12. Rd1 Qb6 13. Bd2 O-O 14. Rac1 h6
15. Ng3 Rfd8 16. Bb1 Nd7 17. e4 Bc5 18. e5 Nd4 {An elegant finish begins.} 19.
Nxd4 Bxd4 20. Bxh6 Bxf2+ 21. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 22. Kxf2 gxh6 23. Rc7 Bd5 24. Re1 Rac8
25. Ra7 Ra8 26. Rc7 Rac8 27. Ra7 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. Bxc4 b5 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O
c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. e4 Qb8 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Rac1 Bd6 14. Rfd1 Bf4
15. Bxf4 Qxf4 16. b4 Rac8 17. Qd2 Qb8 18. h3 Ne5 19. Qe3 $6 ({Better is} 19.
Nxe5 Qxe5 20. Bb1) 19... Nxf3+ $6 ({An attack in the central area starts} 19...
Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Rc4) 20. gxf3 $1 e5 21. a4 bxa4 22. Nxa4 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Qd6 24.
Nc5 Bc8 25. Bf1 Nh5 26. Nd3 Qg6+ $6 ({The centre defends} 26... f6 $1 27. Qc5
Qd8) 27. Kh2 f6 28. Rc6 Qe8 29. Qc5 h6 30. Rc7 Bd7 31. Qd5+ Be6 32. Qc6 Bf7 $2
({Correct is} 32... Qxc6 33. Rxc6 Bd7 $1 34. Rxa6 Rb8 35. Ra5 Bb5 36. Rxb5 $1
Rxb5 37. Nf4 Nxf4 $1 38. Bxb5 Kf7) 33. Qxe8 $2 {A pawn should be grabbed.} Bxe8
$1 34. Nc5 Bb5 35. Bxb5 axb5 36. Rb7 Rd8 37. Rxb5 Nf4 38. h4 Rd2 39. Rb8+ Kf7
40. b5 Rxf2+ 41. Kg1 Rc2 42. Na6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. O-O g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Be3 Nf6 10. Nbd2 Qe7 11. b4 b6 12. Bb3 h6 13. a4 Ng4 14. Nc4 a5 15. Bd2
axb4 16. cxb4 O-O 17. h3 Nf6 18. b5 Nd4 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Re1 Be6 21. Bc1 Rfe8
22. Ba3 Qd8 23. Qd3 Nd7 24. f4 Qh4 25. Rf1 Rad8 26. Nd2 Bxb3 27. Qxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bd7 6. Ne5 Bc6 7. Nxc6 Nxc6 8.
e3 Qd7 9. O-O Rb8 10. Qe2 b5 11. b3 cxb3 12. axb3 Rb6 13. Bb2 a6 14. e4 $5 Nxd4
$5 15. Bxd4 Qxd4 16. Rxa6 Rxa6 17. Qxb5+ Nd7 18. Qxa6 Be7 19. Qa8+ Bd8 20. Bf3
Qd3 21. Kg2 Ne5 22. Bh5 O-O 23. Rd1 Be7 24. Qxf8+ Kxf8 25. Rxd3 Nxd3 26. Be2
Ne1+ 27. Kf1 Nc2 28. Nc3 Nd4 29. Bd1 $6 {The bishop will remain restricted.} ({
Better is} 29. Bc4) 29... Bb4 30. Na4 g5 31. Nb2 f6 32. Nd3 Bd2 33. Kg2 Ke7 34.
Kf1 Kd6 35. f3 f5 36. Kf2 h6 37. Nb2 Ke7 38. Nc4 Bc1 39. Ne5 Bd2 40. Nc4 Bc1
41. Ne5 h5 42. exf5 exf5 43. g4 h4 44. gxf5 Kf6 45. Nd3 Bd2 46. Kg2 Kxf5 47.
Kh3 Bf4 48. Kg2 Be5 49. Kh3 Bd6 50. Kg2 Ke6 51. Kh3 Nf5 52. Be2 Kf6 53. Nf2 Nd4
54. Bd1 Kf5 55. Nd3 Be7 56. Kg2 Bf8 57. Kh3 Bd6 58. Kg2 {Black cannot
penetrate the fortress.} Ke6 59. Kh3 Nf5 60. Be2 Ne3 61. f4 gxf4 62. Kxh4 Kf5
63. Ne1 Ke5 64. Kg5 Be7+ 65. Kg6 Ke4 66. Bf3+ Kd4 67. Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Eingorn, Vereslav"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Qc2 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd2 Nd7 8.
g3 Nb4 9. Qd1 c5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Bg2 a5 12. O-O Qb6 13. Be3 Rd8 14. Qb1 Bd7
15. Ne4 h6 16. Rc1 Rac8 17. Nfd2 Qb5 $6 ({No risk takes} 17... Nd5) 18. Nc3 Qa6
19. a3 Nd5 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Nxd5 Bf8 22. Bxc5 Rxc5 23. Rxc5 Bxc5 24. Ne4 $6 (
24. e4 {keeps a plus.}) 24... Qxe2 25. Nxc5 Bc6 26. Ne4 $2 ({Correct is} 26.
Qf1) 26... Bxd5 $2 {The position has an unexpected resource.} ({Yusupov regards
} 26... Rxd5 $1 27. Nc3 Qf3 28. Nxd5 Bxd5 29. Kf1 {s drawn, but} Be6 $1 30. Ke1
Bg4 31. Kd2 Qxf2+ 32. Kc3 Qc5+ 33. Kd2 Qd4+ {wins.}) 27. Nc3 Qf3 28. Nxd5 Rxd5
29. Qc2 Re5 30. Qc8+ Kh7 31. Qc3 Qxc3 32. bxc3 Kg6 33. a4 Rc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Re8 9. f3 exf3 10. Nxf3 d5 11. d4 $1 {A new move has been prepared.} Ne4
12. Qc2 dxc4 {Black chooses the confrontation.} 13. Rb1 $1 f5 ({The last move
can be neutralised by} 13... Rb8) 14. g4 $1 Qe7 $6 ({The knight manoeuvres} 
14... Nd6 $1 15. Ng5 Ne7 {give more protection to the central area.}) 15. gxf5
Nd6 $2 ({The defence} 15... Bxf5 16. Ng5 Bg6 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Qxe4 19.
Qxe4 Rxe4 20. Rxb7 Rxe2 {leads to a poor endgame.}) 16. Ng5 $1 Qxe2 17. Bd5+
Kh8 18. Qxe2 Rxe2 19. Bf4 Nd8 20. Bxd6 cxd6 21. Rbe1 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Bd7 23. Re7
Bc6 24. f6 {The mating attack succeeds with few means.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e3 g6 8. Bb5+
c6 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bg7 11. b4 O-O 12. O-O Re8 13. a4 a6 14. a5 b5 15. Bb2
Qd6 16. Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kharitonov, Andrei"]
[Black "Malaniuk, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A86"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nh3 Nc6 7. Rb1 d6 8. d5
Ne5 9. b3 Bd7 10. O-O c5 11. Bd2 a6 12. a4 Rb8 13. Qc2 Ne8 14. Kh1 b6 15. f4
Nf7 ({Black can play} 15... Ng4 {but both players prefer to play passive moves.
}) 16. Nf2 Nh6 17. e3 Nc7 18. Ne2 Qe8 19. Bc3 Qf7 20. Bxg7 Qxg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D62"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 g6 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. O-O Bg4 14. Nd4
Rac8 15. Rac1 a6 16. Be2 Ne4 17. Qd3 Bd7 18. Bf3 Qb4 19. Qb3 Qxb3 20. Nxb3 Rxc1
21. Rxc1 Rc8 22. Rd1 Be6 23. Nd4 Kf8 24. Kf1 Ke7 25. Ke1 h5 26. Be2 Bd7 27. h4
Ba4 28. Rb1 Kd6 29. Bd3 Ke5 30. Ke2 Kd6 31. f3 Nc5 32. Rc1 Bd7 33. Kd2 Nxd3 34.
Rxc8 Bxc8 35. Kxd3 Bd7 36. Kc3 b6 37. Ne2 Ke5 38. Ng3 a5 39. f4+ Kd6 40. Kd4
Bf5 41. e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ndf6 $2 6. N1f3 Nh6 7. c3 g6
8. Bc4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Nf5 11. Ne5 Nd5 12. Ngf3 Qc7 13. Bb3 e6 14. c4
Nf6 15. g4 Ne7 16. Bf4 Qa5 17. Rc1 b5 18. Bd2 Qd8 19. Bb4 bxc4 20. Bxc4 a5 21.
Ba3 Ba6 $2 {Smyslov suffers one of the greatest defeats in his career.} 22.
Nxf7 $1 Rxf7 23. Bxe6 Ned5 24. Ne5 Raa7 25. Rxc6 Nf4 26. Rxa6 Rxa6 27. Bxf7+
Kh8 28. Qf3 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Nc6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O e5 7. Qxc4 Nge7 8.
d3 O-O 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Qc2 Nb4 11. Qb1 c5 12. b3 Nec6 13. Bb2 Qe7 14. a3 Nd5
15. e3 Rfd8 16. Qc2 Rac8 17. Rac1 b6 18. Qb1 f6 19. Rfe1 Qf7 20. h4 Qd7 21. Kh2
Nde7 22. Bf1 Nf5 23. Bc3 h6 24. b4 g5 25. bxc5 gxh4 26. gxh4 bxc5 27. Ne4 Qe7
28. Bh3 Nd6 29. Bxe6+ Qxe6 30. Rg1 Nxe4 31. dxe4 Kh7 32. Rg3 Rb8 33. Qc2 Qb3
34. Nd2 Qxc2 35. Rxc2 h5 36. Kg2 Bf8 37. Kf3 Ne7 38. Ke2 Ng6 39. Rc1 Rb7 40.
Nc4 Rg7 41. Rf3 Be7 42. Rb1 Rd7 43. Rh3 Rf7 44. Rg3 Bf8 45. Rb5 Rc7 46. Rg1
Rfd7 47. a4 Kh6 48. Rb8 Rf7 49. Rh1 Rb7 50. Rc8 Rfc7 51. Ra8 Rd7 52. Bd2 Kh7
53. Rg1 Be7 {White has the initiative. Finally the attack on the queenside
starts.} 54. a5 $1 Rbc7 $6 (54... Rb3 {is more active.}) 55. Rb1 Kg7 $2 (55...
Rc6 {prevents the next move.}) 56. a6 Nf8 57. Rab8 $1 Kf7 58. R1b7 Ke6 59. f4
$1 exf4 60. exf4 f5 61. exf5+ Kxf5 62. Ba5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nb3
Be7 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. Qd3 h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. O-O-O Qc7 13. Bf3 Rb8 14. h4 h5
15. f5 Bd7 16. Kb1 Rc8 17. Rhe1 e5 18. g3 b5 19. a3 Qc4 20. Qxc4 Rxc4 21. Nd2
Rc5 22. Nf1 g6 23. fxg6 fxg6 24. Ne3 O-O 25. Rd3 Be6 {Taste-makers: Karpov,
Kasparov and Salov 1 1/2, Beliavsky 1.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Kharitonov, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bc4 Bf5
8. O-O e6 9. Re1 Bg4 10. c3 Be7 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 O-O 13. g3 b5 14. Bf1 Nd5
15. h4 Bf6 16. Bd3 b4 17. c4 Ne7 18. Be3 Qa5 ({Avoids} 18... Bxd4 $2 19. Qe4
Nf5 20. g4 {(Kharitonov).}) 19. Rad1 Rfd8 20. Bb1 Nf5 21. d5 Nxe3 22. Rxe3 cxd5
23. cxd5 Qc5 $2 ({The immediate} 23... Bxb2 {is right.}) 24. Ree1 $2 (24. dxe6
fxe6 25. Rxe6 {wins a pawn.}) 24... Bxb2 25. dxe6 fxe6 26. Qe4 g6 27. Qxe6+ Kh8
28. Kg2 Bc3 29. Be4 Rab8 30. Rf1 Qe5 31. Qxe5+ Bxe5 32. h5 Kg7 33. Rh1 a5 34.
Bc2 Bf6 35. h6+ Kf8 36. f4 Rxd1 37. Rxd1 Rd8 38. Rxd8+ Bxd8 39. Kf3 Bf6 40. g4
Bb2 41. g5 Bc1 42. Kg4 Kg8 43. Bb3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. e3 O-O 7. Be2 d6 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Qb3 Qa5 10. a3 Bd7 11. Rc1 Rfc8 12. h3 Rc7 13. Rd1 b6 14. axb4 (14.
axb4 Qxb4 $1 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Re8 12. Bf4 Bf5 13. Rad1 Ne4 14. Bd3 Bxc3
15. bxc3 b5 16. Qxb5 Nxc3 17. Qxa6 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Ne2+ 19. Kh1 Nxf4 20. Qc4 Qd6
{White has nearly drawn, but he makes a positional blunder.} 21. Rfe1 $2 Rxe1+
22. Nxe1 Rb8 $1 23. a3 Rb2 24. f3 Qe5 25. Qe4 ({More stubbornly defends} 25.
Qf1 Qe3 $1 26. Nd3 {(Kasparov), but} Nxd3 27. Rxd3 Rf2 $1 28. Qd1 Qe5 29. Rb3
Rd2 $1 {decides the game.}) 25... Qg5 (25... Rf2 $1 {wins at once.}) 26. g3 (
26. Qe8+ Kg7 27. Qe3 {brings no relief due to} Rxg2 $1) 26... Qh5 27. h4 Ne2
28. Qe8+ Kg7 29. d6 Nxg3+ 30. Kg1 Ne2+ 31. Kf1 Qf5 32. Qxe2 Qh3+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Eingorn, Vereslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. exd5 exd5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Nb3 Ba7 8.
Qe2+ Qe7 9. Bg5 Qxe2+ 10. Bxe2 Nc6 11. O-O h6 12. Bf4 Nf6 13. Rad1 O-O 14. c3
Re8 15. Rfe1 Bg4 16. h3 Bh5 17. g4 Bg6 18. Nfd4 h5 19. g5 Ne4 20. Kg2 Nxd4 21.
Nxd4 Nc5 22. Kf1 Rac8 23. Be3 Bb8 24. Nb3 Na4 $5 25. Rd2 Bf5 26. Kg2 Be4+ 27.
Bf3 Bf4 $5 28. Ree2 Bxe3 29. Rxe3 Re5 30. h4 Rce8 31. Kg3 Bxf3 32. Rxe5 Rxe5
33. Kxf3 g6 34. Nc1 Re4 35. Rxd5 (35. Kg3 $1 {keeps a plus.}) 35... Rxh4 36.
Nd3 Nb6 37. Rd8+ Kg7 38. Rb8 $6 Nd7 39. Rc8 ({White notices} 39. Rxb7 $2 Rh3+
40. Ke2 Rxd3 {timely.}) 39... Nf8 40. Nf4 Nh7 41. Rc5 Rg4 42. Nh3 Nf8 43. Rc7
b5 44. Rc5 Ne6 45. Re5 Ra4 46. a3 Rg4 47. Rd5 $6 Kf8 $6 ({A positional
advantage gains} 47... Rh4 $1 48. Ng1 Rh1 49. Kg2 Nf4+ 50. Kxh1 Nxd5) 48. Re5
Ke7 49. Re4 Rxe4 50. Kxe4 Nc5+ 51. Kd4 Kd6 52. b4 Nd7 53. c4 bxc4 54. Kxc4 Ke5
55. f3 h4 56. b5 a5 57. Ng1 Kd6 58. Kd4 Nc5 59. Nh3 Ne6+ 60. Kc4 Kc7 61. Kd5
Kb6 62. Kd6 Kxb5 63. f4 Ka4 64. Ke7 Kxa3 65. Kxf7 Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 Bb7 12. Bf4 Nd5 13. Nc3 Nxf4 14. Qxf4 Qd6 15.
Rac1 Nd7 16. Qe3 Qb6 17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 c5 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Qe3 Rac8 21.
Ne5 a5 22. b3 Rc7 23. Rc2 Rfc8 24. Rfc1 Bf8 25. h4 h6 26. Nd3 Qd6 {
Taste-makers: Karpov and Kasparov 2 1/2, Salov 2, Beliavsky 1 1/2.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. d4 c5 6. O-O cxd4 7. Qxd4 Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Rd1 d6 10. Bg5 Nc6 11. Qf4 Qb8 12. Rd2 Ne5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Qh4 Bxg2
15. Kxg2 Qb7+ 16. f3 Rac8 $6 ({Obvious seems to be} 16... Rad8) 17. Rad1 e4 18.
b3 exf3+ 19. exf3 Rc5 $2 {Black makes an incomprehensible move.} ({Correct is} 
19... Rfd8) 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Qe4 Qb8 22. Qe3 Bxc3 23. Qxc3 h5 24. Rd7 Rf5 $6
25. R1d6 Qc8 26. Qd4 Qa6 27. a4 Qa5 28. Qd2 Qe5 29. Rxa7 g5 30. Rad7 g4 31. f4
Qe4+ 32. Kg1 e5 33. Rd3 h4 34. Qd1 Rf6 35. Qxg4+ Rg6 36. Qf3 Qxf3 37. Rxf3 exf4
38. Kf2 fxg3+ 39. hxg3 h3 40. Kg1 Re8 41. Kh2 Re2+ 42. Kxh3 Rh6+ 43. Kg4 Rg6+
44. Kf5 Kg7 45. Rd5 Ree6 46. Kf4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Malaniuk, Vladimir"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. b3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Qe7 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O a6 10. Qc2 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. Ne4 $1
Be7 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Rac1 Bf5 17. Bc3 Bxc2 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. Rxc2 d4 20. exd4
Bxd4 21. Bf3 Rab8 22. Rd1 Rfd8 23. Kf1 (23. Rcd2 Bf6 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rxd8+
Bxd8 26. Bxb7 a5 {draws.}) 23... b6 24. Be2 a5 25. Rc7 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 g6 4. c3 $5 Bg7 5. d4 Nd7 6. Bf4 Ngf6 7. Qc1 $5 Qb6
$1 8. O-O O-O 9. Na3 Ne4 10. Nc2 $6 {White plays passively.} ({Appropriate is} 
10. c4) 10... cxd4 11. cxd4 Ndf6 12. b3 Be6 13. Qb2 Rfc8 14. Rac1 Nc3 $1 {The
knight occupies the weak square on the open file.} 15. Rfe1 Nfe4 16. Ng5 Bf5
17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Bd2 Nd5 20. e3 $6 (20. a4 Qe6 21. Ne3 {is less
passive.}) 20... h5 21. Na3 ({A counteraction on the kingside starts} 21. f3
Qe6 22. Rf1) 21... Rd8 22. Rc4 Qe6 {Black has a big advantage by the control
of the centre.} 23. Bc1 $2 ({Useful exchanges are made in} 23. Nb5 $1 Qd7 24.
a4 a6 25. Nc3 b5 26. Nxd5 bxc4 27. Nb6) 23... a6 24. Qe2 b5 25. Rc5 Nb4 26. Rf1
Nd3 27. Rc2 h4 28. Bd2 Qh3 29. Ba5 Rd5 30. Nb1 hxg3 31. fxg3 b4 32. Bc7 e5 $5
33. Nd2 ({The alternative} 33. Bxe5 Bxe5 34. dxe5 Nxe5 35. Nd2 f5 {also leads
to a strong attack for Black.}) 33... exd4 34. Nxe4 dxe3 35. Rc4 Qe6 36. Ng5
Rxg5 37. Qxd3 Re8 38. Qe2 Rd5 39. Rc2 Bd4 40. Bf4 Bb6 41. Kg2 Qe4+ 42. Rf3 g5
43. Rc4 Qe6 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8.
Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bg5 Re8 10. Rfd1 Bd7 11. Rd2 Bc6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Rad1 a5 14. Nd5
Bxd5 15. Rxd5 c6 16. Rd6 Kg7 17. c3 b5 18. g3 Ra7 19. Kg2 Rc7 20. a3 Be7 21.
R6d2 f6 22. Ne1 Rcc8 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 Rcd8 25. Ra2 Rxd1 26. Bxd1 Bd6 27.
Bb3 Re7 28. Nc2 Rb7 29. Ne3 Kf8 30. Ra8 Ke7 31. h4 h5 32. Kf3 Bc7 33. Ke2 Kf8
34. f3 Bb6 35. Ra2 Ra7 36. Rxa7 Bxa7 37. g4 hxg4 38. fxg4 Kg7 39. Be6 Bb6 40.
Kd3 Kf8 41. Bc8 Kg7 42. Bb7 Ba7 43. Ke2 Bb6 44. Nc2 Kh6 45. Ne1 c5 46. Nd3 cxb4
47. Nxb4 Kg7 48. Nd5 Bd8 49. Bc8 Kf7 50. Kd3 Kf8 51. Kc2 Kg7 52. Kb2 Kf7 53.
Kc2 Kg7 54. Kb2 Kf7 55. Ka2 Kg7 56. Ka3 Ba5 57. Kb3 Kf7 58. Nb4 Bb6 59. Nd3 Be3
60. Bb7 Kg7 61. Kb4 Bd2 62. Nc5 Be1 63. Ne6+ Kf7 64. Bd5 Bxh4 65. Kxb5 Ke7 66.
c4 Bf2 67. c5 Nd7 68. Bc4 Bg1 69. Bd5 Bf2 70. Bb3 Bg1 71. Bc4 Bf2 72. Kc6 Bg1
73. Bb3 f5 74. exf5 (74. exf5 gxf5 75. gxf5 e4 76. Bd1 Nxc5 77. Nxc5 Bxc5 78.
Kxc5 Kf6 79. Bg4 e3 80. Kd4 e2 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nc6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. d5 Nd4 7. Bxd4 exd4 8.
Qxd4 c6 9. Nc3 ({Known is} 9. Bxc4 cxd5 10. exd5 Bd6 {(Timochenko-Balashov,
Sverdlovsk 1987).}) 9... cxd5 10. O-O-O Bb4 11. Bxc4 $1 Bxc3 12. bxc3 $5 O-O
13. exd5 b5 $1 14. Bb3 ({Avoids} 14. Bxb5 Rb8) 14... a5 15. Ne2 Qd6 16. Ng3 a4
17. Bc2 Qa3+ 18. Kb1 {Black has sacrificed a pawn for the attack.} Rd8 ({The
intrusion continues with} 18... Nxd5 $1 19. Qxd5 Be6 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Qd2
Rfc8 {(Ehlvest)} 22. Ne4 Bf5 23. Rc1 Kg8) 19. Qb4 $1 Qxb4+ 20. cxb4 Nxd5 21.
Rxd5 $1 Rxd5 22. Be4 Bb7 23. Bxd5 Bxd5 24. Rd1 Be6 25. a3 Kf8 26. Kb2 Ke7 27.
Ne4 Ra7 28. Re1 Rd7 29. Kc3 Rd5 30. Nc5 Kf6 31. Ne4+ Kg6 32. Nf2 Kf6 33. Rd1
Rxd1 34. Nxd1 Ke5 35. Ne3 f5 36. Nc2 Bc4 37. Ne3 Be6 38. Nc2 f4 39. Ne1 g5 40.
Nd3+ Kd5 41. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Eingorn, Vereslav"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. Nh4 b5 $5 8. Nc3
({The original answer was} 8. cxd5 d6 9. O-O {(Christiansen-Henley, Surakarta
1982).}) 8... bxc4 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Nf5 O-O 11. O-O Nc6 $1 ({Known is} 11... h6 {
(Gostisa-Xu Jun, Portoroz 1987).}) {A temporary sacrifice of two pawns has
gained the initiative.} 12. Bxf6 ({The tension keeps} 12. Nxe7+ Nxe7 13. Bxf6
gxf6 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Bxd5 Rb8) 12... Bxf6 13. Bxd5 Rb8 14. Nd6 Ba8 15. Nxc4
Na5 16. Nxa5 Qxa5 17. Bxa8 Rxa8 18. Qc2 Rab8 19. Rab1 Rb7 20. Rfd1 Rfb8 21. Ne4
Qxa2 22. Nxf6+ gxf6 23. Qxc5 Rxb2 24. Rxb2 Rxb2 25. Qc8+ ({White has to
deliver perpetual check, because} 25. Rxd7 $2 Qb1+ 26. Kg2 Qe4+ {loses 
(Gurevich).}) 25... Kg7 26. Qxd7 Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 b6 5. O-O Bb7 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. b3
Nc6 9. a3 d5 10. Bb2 Qc7 11. Qe2 Rac8 12. Rac1 Rfd8 13. h3 Qb8 14. Red1 Bd6 15.
dxc5 bxc5 16. c4 $6 (16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. c4 Na5 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. Nc4 {takes the
initiative.}) 16... d4 $1 17. exd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 cxd4 19. b4 Nh5 20. c5 Nf4 21.
Qf1 Be7 22. Ba6 $2 {Restriction of the d-pawn is essential. Therefore, the
blockader should stay on its place.} ({Correctly defends} 22. g3 $1 Nxd3 23.
Qxd3 {(Bagirov).}) 22... d3 $1 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Re1 Qd5 25. Rc4 Ne2+ 26. Kh1
Bf6 27. Rxe2 $5 dxe2 28. Qxe2 Qd3 29. Qxd3 Rxd3 30. Ne4 Bb2 31. c6 f5 32. Ned2
Bxa3 33. b5 Rd5 34. Ra4 Bd6 35. Rxa7 Rxb5 36. Nd4 Rd5 37. N2f3 Bc5 38. Rd7 Bxd4
39. Rxd5 exd5 {Taste-makers: Karpov, Salov and Kasparov 3, Beliavsky 2.} 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 Be6 9. d3 O-O 10. b4 Nd4 11. Bb2 Bb3 12. Qc1 c5 13. bxc5 Bxc5 14. Nxd4 Bxd4
$5 15. Bxb7 $1 ({No advantage brings} 15. e3 Rc8 {(Adorjan-Speelman, Hastings
1986).}) 15... Rb8 16. Bg2 Qd7 $6 ({Better is} 16... Rc8 17. Qe1 Qd7) 17. Ne4
$6 ({The pawn keeps} 17. e3 $1 Rfc8 18. exd4 exd4 19. Qd2 dxc3 20. Bxc3) 17...
Rbc8 $1 18. Qb1 Bc2 $1 19. Qa2 Bxd3 $1 20. Bxd4 ({Or} 20. exd3 Rc2 21. Rab1 Na4
) 20... Bc4 21. Qb2 exd4 22. Rfd1 Rfd8 23. Bf3 f5 24. Nd2 Bf7 25. Qb4 Na4 26.
Nb3 Rc4 27. Qe1 Nc3 28. Rd3 Qa4 29. Nxd4 Nxe2+ 30. Qxe2 Rcxd4 31. Rxd4 Qxd4 32.
Rc1 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Be2 O-O 9. Rb1 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Nd7 13. Bb4 Nb6 14. Qd3
Re8 15. Ng5 $1 Be6 ({The crucial variation} 15... Bxd4 16. Bd1 Rd8 17. Bb3
Bxf2+ 18. Kh1 $1 Rxd3 19. Bxa2 {leads to an unclear position (Khalifman).}) 16.
d5 Bd7 17. Qf3 f5 $1 18. Bd3 Bf6 19. exf5 $1 Bxg5 20. fxg6 Qxd5 (20... hxg6 21.
Bxg6 Qxd5 22. Qg3 $1) 21. Be4 Qe6 22. Bd2 $3 {White's attack gets a new
impulse.} hxg6 ({The pointe is} 22... Bxd2 23. Rxb6 $1 axb6 24. Bd5) 23. Bxg5
Bc6 24. Bxc6 Qxc6 25. Qh3 Qd5 26. Be3 Nc4 27. Qg4 Kg7 28. Bd4+ {Gravikov's
novelty on move 13 led to a hard fight.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 c5 8. e4
cxd4 9. exf5 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Bxc4 dxc3 13. bxc3 Qa5 $6 14.
Bd2 Nd5 15. Qe2 Kf7 16. O-O Bc5+ 17. Kh1 Rhe8 18. Bd3 Nf6 19. Bf4 g6 20. Rab1
Bb6 21. Be5 Nd7 22. Bd6 Rad8 23. Rb4 Nf6 24. Bg3 Qc5 25. Rc4 Qe3 26. Qxe3 Bxe3
27. Be4 c5 28. a5 Nxe4 29. Rxe4 Rd3 30. Be5 Red8 31. h4 Bh6 32. Kh2 R8d5 33.
Kh3 Rd1 34. Rxd1 Rxd1 35. Re2 {So far Smyslov has defended well. He blunders
under time pressure.} Ra1 $2 ({The b-file protects} 35... Rb1 {A plus keeps}
36. f4 {(Salov).}) 36. Rb2 Rxa5 37. Rb7+ Ke8 38. Rxh7 Bf8 39. Kg4 $1 {A
decisive attack begins.} Ra2 40. g3 a5 41. Kg5 $1 Be7+ 42. Kxg6 Re2 43. f4 Rg2
44. f5 exf5 45. Kxf5 Kd7 46. c4 Rf2+ 47. Kg6 Ke6 48. Rxe7+ $1 {Salov choooses
the elegant win.} Kxe7 49. h5 Re2 50. Bf6+ Ke6 51. g4 Rf2 52. g5 a4 53. h6
Rxf6+ 54. gxf6 a3 55. f7 a2 56. f8=Q a1=Q 57. Qf7+ {Smyslov suffered his third
defeat in a row.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Malaniuk, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3
d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Qc7 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ne3 Bf8 14. Bd2 c4 15. d4
Bd7 16. b4 exd4 17. cxd4 Nc6 18. Qb1 h6 19. Bc3 Qb8 20. a3 Ne7 21. d5 Ng4 22.
Nxg4 Bxg4 23. Nd4 Ng6 24. Qc1 Bd7 25. f4 Be7 26. Qd2 Bf6 27. g3 Qc8 28. a4 Qb7
29. Kg2 Ne7 30. Qf2 Ng6 31. a5 Qc8 32. Re3 Bh3+ 33. Kg1 Qd7 34. Rae1 Rac8 35.
Qd2 Kf8 36. Bd1 Kg8 37. Kh1 Qb7 38. Bf3 Bd7 39. h4 Qc7 40. Kh2 Rcd8 41. Qb2 Re7
$2 42. Nf5 $1 Bxf5 43. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 44. exf5 Rde8 45. Be4 Nf8 46. Qxf6 c3 47.
Qd4 c2 48. Rc3 Qa7 49. Qxa7 Rxa7 50. Rxc2 Rae7 51. Rce2 Nd7 52. Bd3 Rxe2+ 53.
Rxe2 Rxe2+ 54. Bxe2 Nf6 {White sacrifices two pawns for a breach in the
fortress.} 55. g4 $3 ({Smirin has noticed} 55. Bf3 h5 $1 $11) 55... Nxd5 56.
Bf3 Nxb4 57. Bb7 Kg7 58. g5 f6 59. Kg3 Kg8 60. Kf3 Kg7 61. Ke2 Kh7 62. Kd2 d5 (
{White also wins in} 62... Kg7 63. Kc3 Na2+ 64. Kb3 Nc1+ 65. Ka3 Nd3 66. Bxa6
b4+ 67. Ka2 $1 {(Smirin).}) 63. Kc3 Na2+ 64. Kd4 Nb4 65. Kc5 Nd3+ 66. Kd6 b4
67. Bxd5 Nxf4 68. g6+ Kg7 69. Bc4 h5 70. Kc5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Black "Kharitonov, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Rb1 a5 6. a3 f5 7. d3 Nf6 8. Nf3 O-O
9. O-O d6 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 h6 12. b5 Ne7 13. Bb2 Be6 14. Ra1 Rc8 $5 15. Ra7
b6 16. Na2 g5 17. Nb4 f4 18. Qd2 Qd7 19. Na6 Bh3 20. Kh1 Bxg2+ 21. Kxg2 Nf5 22.
Nb4 Qf7 23. e4 Ne7 $6 (23... fxe3 24. fxe3 {(Krasenkov).}) 24. h3 Ng6 25. Nh2
h5 26. Qe2 Qd7 27. Nd5 Nxd5 28. exd5 g4 $1 {The real fight has started.} 29.
Kg1 ({Notices} 29. hxg4 $2 f3+ $1 30. Nxf3 Qxg4) 29... fxg3 30. fxg3 Rxf1+ 31.
Nxf1 Rf8 32. hxg4 h4 $1 (32... hxg4 33. Nh2 {just loses a pawn.}) 33. Qe4 Qf7
34. Qf5 Qxf5 35. gxf5 Rxf5 36. Rxc7 Rf3 37. gxh4 Nf4 $1 38. Bc1 ({Better
chances are offered by} 38. Rc6 $1 Nxd3 39. Bc3 Nf4 40. Bd2 e4 41. Be3 Bh6 42.
Bxb6 Ne2+) 38... e4 $1 39. Be3 exd3 40. Ra7 d2 41. Bxd2 (41. Bxd2 Bd4+ 42. Be3
Bxe3+ 43. Nxe3 Rxe3 44. Rb7 Rc3 {is elementary.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. b4 Bb6 6. d3 d6 7. O-O Ne7 8. Nbd2
c6 9. Re1 O-O 10. a4 Ng6 11. a5 Bc7 12. Bb3 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Ne4 h6 15. Bc4
Bf5 16. Bd2 b6 17. axb6 axb6 18. Rxa8 Qxa8 19. b5 cxb5 20. Bxb5 Ndf4 21. Bc4
Qd8 22. d4 Bg4 23. Bxf4 Nxf4 24. h3 Bh5 25. Ng3 $2 ({Correct is} 25. d5) 25...
Bxf3 26. Qxf3 exd4 27. Rd1 Qf6 28. Ne4 Qg6 29. Rxd4 Be5 30. Rd1 Nxh3+ $1 {
Black wins a pawn, but Karpov cannot break the defence.} 31. Kf1 Ng5 32. Nxg5
Qxg5 33. g3 Qe7 34. Qc6 Rd8 35. Rxd8+ Qxd8 36. Be2 g6 37. c4 Bd4 38. Bf3 Kg7
39. Bd5 h5 40. Bf3 Qg5 41. Qd5 Qc1+ 42. Kg2 Qd2 43. Be2 h4 44. gxh4 Qf4 45. Qf3
Qxh4 46. Qg3 Qe7 47. Qf4 Be5 48. Qe3 Qf6 49. Qf3 Qg5+ 50. Qg4 Qd2 51. Qe4 Bd4
52. Kf1 Qc1+ 53. Kg2 Qg5+ 54. Qg4 Qe5 55. Bd3 Bc5 56. Be2 f5 57. Qf3 Qd4 58.
Qb7+ Kh6 59. Qf3 Kg5 60. Bd3 Kf6 61. Kf1 Qh4 62. Ke2 Qh2 63. Kf1 Qd6 64. Kg2
Qd4 65. Kf1 Qd7 66. Qh3 g5 67. Qh6+ Ke5 68. Qh8+ $1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 a6 8. Bb3
Na5 9. f4 b5 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Nxb3 12. axb3 Nd5 13. Qf3 {Smirin has a new
idea. It has fatal consequences.} Nxe3 $2 ({Theory is} 13... Bb7 14. O-O Qc7 {
(Velimirovic-Van der Wiel, Moscow 1982).}) 14. Qxa8 Qd7 15. Ncxb5 Nxg2+ 16.
Qxg2 Bb7 17. Qf1 axb5 18. O-O-O Bd5 19. Nxb5 Qb7 20. Rg1 g6 21. Rd2 Be7 22.
Nd6+ Bxd6 23. exd6 O-O 24. Rg4 Qc6 25. Qf6 Qxd6 26. c4 Qc7 27. Rgd4 Qc5 28. b4
Qc7 29. b3 Ra8 30. R4d3 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 a5 10. a3 Nd7 11. Rb1 f5 12. b4 Kh8 13. Qc2 b6 14. Nb3 axb4 15. axb4
fxe4 16. Nxe4 Nf6 17. Bd3 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Nf5 19. Qd3 Qh4 20. g3 Qf6 21. f3 Bd7
22. Bd2 Nd4 $5 23. Nxd4 exd4 24. Ra1 Bh3 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Rd1 Bf5 27. Re1 h5
28. Kf2 Bxe4 29. Qxe4 Ra3 30. Qf4 Qxf4 31. gxf4 $5 Bf6 32. Re8+ Kg7 33. Rc8 Ra7
34. Ke2 Bh4 35. Kd3 Bf2 36. Bc1 Ra1 $6 (36... Be1 37. Bb2 Bxb4 38. Bxd4+ Kf7 {
is more solid.}) 37. Rxc7+ Kf6 38. Bd2 $6 ({An effort to win undertakes} 38.
Bb2 $1 Rd1+ 39. Kc2 Re1 $1 40. Rd7 Re2+ 41. Kb3 Re3+ 42. Ka2 Re2 43. Rxd6+ Ke7
44. Rxg6 {but} d3 45. Kb3 d2 46. Kc2 d1=Q+ 47. Kxd1 Rxb2 48. Re6+ Kd7 49. Re2
Rxe2 50. Kxe2 {draws.}) 38... Ra3+ 39. Ke4 Ra2 40. Kd3 Ra3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
Re8 9. h3 b6 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Bb7 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Bd3 Nf8 15.
Qh4 c5 16. d5 $1 exd5 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxh7+ Nxh7 19. Rxd5 Qd8 20. Qc4 Qe7 21.
Bd2 $5 Nf6 22. Re1 Qd7 23. Rg5 Rxe1+ 24. Bxe1 Re8 25. Bc3 Re4 26. Qa6 Re6 27.
Qf1 g6 28. g3 Bc7 29. Qc4 Ne4 30. Rd5 Qe7 31. Qd3 Rd6 32. Kg2 Qe6 33. Rxd6 Bxd6
34. Nd2 $4 {A lively game is decided abruptly by a blunder.} Qxh3+ 35. Kf3 Qf5+
36. Ke3 Nxc3 37. bxc3 Qe6+ 38. Kf3 Be7 39. c4 Qc6+ 40. Ke2 Bf6 41. Ne4 Bd4 42.
Qf3 Qe6 43. Kd3 b5 44. Nd2 Qa6 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2
Nc6 9. Rd1 Qa5 10. a3 Be7 11. Nd2 e5 12. Bg5 d4 13. Nb3 Qd8 14. exd4 Nxd4 15.
Nxd4 exd4 16. Nb5 Bd7 17. Nxd4 Qa5+ 18. Qd2 Qb6 19. Be3 ({Ivanchuk regards} 19.
Be3 Ba4 20. b3 Bxb3 21. Rb1 Ne4 $1 22. Rxb3 Nxd2 23. Rxb6 Nxf1 24. Rxb7 Nxe3 {
as slightly better for White.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Bf6 8. Qc2
Nxd2 9. Qxd2 d6 10. O-O O-O 11. d5 e5 12. e4 Nd7 13. b4 g6 14. Bh3 Qe7 15. a3
Rfb8 16. Qc2 h5 17. Rfd1 a5 18. Nd2 Bg5 19. Nb3 axb4 20. axb4 Nf6 21. Bf1 h4
22. c5 Bc8 23. cxb6 cxb6 24. Qd3 Bg4 25. Re1 Kg7 26. Nd2 hxg3 27. hxg3 Bxd2 28.
Qxd2 Bd7 29. Be2 Ng4 30. Rec1 Rh8 31. Rxa8 Rxa8 32. Nd1 Qd8 33. Ne3 Nxe3 34.
Qxe3 Rc8 35. Rxc8 Bxc8 36. Qc3 Bd7 37. Kg2 Qb8 38. Bf1 Qh8 39. Be2 Qb8 40. Bf1
Qa7 41. Qe3 Qc7 42. Kh2 Be8 43. Kg1 Ba4 44. Kh2 Bd7 45. Kg1 Bg4 46. Bg2 Bd1 47.
Kh2 Bc2 48. f4 f6 49. fxe5 fxe5 50. Qc1 Qc4 51. Qg5 {Both players have been
waiting for errors by the opponent but nothing happened.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kharitonov, Andrei"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Rc1 dxc4 8. e3
c5 9. Bxc4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. O-O Nc6 12. Nf3 Qb6 $5 ({'Theory' is} 12...
Rc8) 13. Na4 Qc7 14. Be2 Rfd8 15. a3 Be8 16. Qc2 Rac8 17. b4 Qb8 18. Qb3 Ne4
19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. b5 Nd5 21. Bc4 Ndf6 22. Nc3 Nc5 23. Qb1 Qc7 24. Ne2 ({Better
is} 24. Qb4 $1) 24... Qa5 $1 25. Qb4 ({Difficulties avoids} 25. Qb2) 25... Qxb4
26. axb4 Nce4 27. Ned4 Kh8 28. Bd3 $2 {Weak pawns are bothering White.} (28.
Rc2 $1 Nd6 29. Rfc1 {consolidates correctly.}) 28... Nc3 $1 29. Ra1 Rd5 30.
Rxa7 e5 $1 31. Bf5 $6 ({An interesting positional sacrifice delivers} 31. Nxe5
$1 Rxe5 32. Rxb7 Ncd5 33. h3 Nxb4 34. Be2) 31... Rcd8 32. Nc2 Bxb5 33. Re1 g6
34. Bh3 Ba6 35. e4 Rd1 36. Nxe5 Rxe1+ 37. Nxe1 Rd1 38. N5f3 Nfxe4 39. g3 Ng5 {
Beliavsky gives a fine example of dynamic play. He sacrifices pawns on the
queenside and strikes in the centre.} 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Malaniuk, Vladimir"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A67"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. Bb5+
Nfd7 9. a4 Qh4+ 10. g3 Qe7 11. Nf3 O-O 12. O-O Na6 13. Re1 Nb4 14. Bf1 Re8 15.
Nb5 Nf6 16. e5 Nfxd5 17. Nxd6 Rd8 18. Qb3 Be6 19. Bc4 Nb6 20. Bxe6 Qxe6 21.
Qxe6 fxe6 22. Re2 Bf8 23. a5 Bxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. c4 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 d6 6. Bg2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. e3 O-O
9. Nc3 h6 10. h3 Nh7 11. Ne1 Be6 12. Nd5 Qd7 13. Kh2 f5 14. Nd3 Rae8 15. b4 $6
g5 $1 {Black prevents N3f4 as preparation of ..e4.} 16. bxc5 e4 17. Bxg7 {The
critical position.} Qxg7 $6 ({A plus gains} 17... Kxg7 $1 18. Nb2 dxc5 19. d3
$1 Bxd5 20. cxd5 Qxd5 21. dxe4 Qxd1 22. Raxd1 fxe4 23. Rd7+ {(Khalifman and
Nesis)} Re7 $1 24. Rxe7+ Nxe7 25. Bxe4 Nf6) 18. cxd6 $1 exd3 19. Nc7 Bxc4 20.
Qa4 b5 $1 (20... b5 21. Nxb5 Bxb5 22. Qxb5 {leads to an unclear position.})
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Eingorn, Vereslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 Kf8 8. Nf3
Qa5 9. Bd2 Qa4 10. Ra2 b6 11. Qf4 h6 12. h4 Nd7 13. h5 $6 Ba6 $1 14. Bxa6 Qxa6
15. Rh3 Qb5 ({The game Mokry-Eingorn, Polanica Zdroj 1984, ended with} 15...
Rc8 16. Nh4 Ke8 17. Rg3 $11) 16. Ra1 Qa4 17. Ra2 {The position looks good for
Black.} Qb5 (17... Qc4 $1 18. Ra1 Rc8 {keeps a positional advantage.}) 18. Ra1
Qa4 19. Ra2 {Taste-makers: Karpov, Salov and Kasparov 3 1/2, Beliavsky 3.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Eingorn, Vereslav"]
[Black "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O a6 7. Re1 Be7 8. e4 d6
9. b3 Qc7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. h3 Re8 12. d3 Nc6 13. d4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Ne5 15. Qe2
Ned7 16. Rad1 g6 17. Qe3 Bf8 18. g4 Rac8 19. g5 Nh5 20. Bf3 Ng7 21. Bg4 f5 22.
gxf6 Nxf6 23. Bf3 Nd7 24. Bg2 Qd8 25. Nde2 Qh4 26. Qf4 Qh5 27. Ng3 Qa5 28. Qd2
Qc5 29. a3 Qc7 30. Qe2 Nc5 31. e5 Bxg2 32. Kxg2 dxe5 33. Nce4 Nxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. Bb3 Be7 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Re1 Rfd8 14. c3
Qc5 15. Bh4 b5 16. a3 Rac8 17. Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Ne5 Bd7 8. Nxc4
$5 cxd4 9. Bf4 Nd5 10. Nd6+ Bxd6 11. Bxd6 Nde7 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Qb3 Bc8 14. Nc4
Re8 {So far, the players follow Ehlvest-Korzubov, Lvov 1985. White has
sacrificed a pawn for restriction.} 15. Rfd1 Nf5 16. Bc5 e5 17. e4 Nfe7 18. Nd6
Rf8 19. Nxb7 Bxb7 20. Qxb7 Rb8 21. Qa6 $1 (21. Bxe7 $6 Nxe7 22. Qxa7 Qd6 {is
favourable for Black (Yusupov).}) 21... Rxb2 22. Qa4 Qb8 23. Bf1 f5 $6 (23...
Rd8 24. Bc4 Rb7 25. Ba6 Rb2 {takes less risk.}) 24. Ba3 Rb6 25. exf5 $1 (25.
Bc5 Rb2 26. Ba3 {draws.}) 25... Nb4 $6 (25... Rxf5 26. Rac1 Rf6 27. Re1 Ng6 {
creates a new defence line.}) 26. Rab1 {The pin is manacing.} Nec6 $2 ({
Correct is} 26... Ned5 $1 27. Bc4 Kh8 28. Bxb4 {(Yusupov)} Nxb4) 27. Bg2 Rd8
28. Bxc6 $1 Nxc6 29. Rxb6 Qxb6 30. Qc4+ Kh8 31. Qf7 Rg8 32. f6 Qd8 33. Be7 $1
Nxe7 34. fxe7 Qd7 35. Rd3 h6 36. Rf3 Rc8 ({Or} 36... Qc8 37. Qg6 Qc1+ 38. Kg2
Qc8 39. Rf7 Qe8 40. Rxg7) 37. Qf8+ Kh7 38. Rf7 Rc1+ 39. Kg2 Qc6+ 40. Kh3 Qe6+
41. Kh4 {Taste-makers: Salov 4 1/2, Kasparov, Karpov and Beliavsky 4.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Be7 8.
Qc2 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O-O Nb6 11. h3 g6 12. g4 Ng7 13. Bd3 Be6 14. Ne2
O-O-O 15. Nf4 Kb8 16. Be2 Ne8 17. Nd2 Nd6 18. h4 Bc8 19. Nb3 Ne4 20. Bf3 f5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 Bb7 12. Bf4 Nd5 13. Nc3 Nxf4 14. Qxf4 Qd6 15.
Ne5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 c5 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Ne4 Qb6 19. Rfd1 Ra7 20. Rac1 f6 21. Nf3
e5 22. Qd2 Rd8 23. Qc2 Rxd1 24. Qxd1 Qe6 25. Nc5 Bxc5 26. Rxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Malaniuk, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nf6 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. e3 c6 6. Bd3 Na6 7. a3 Nc7 8. h4
h5 9. Nh3 g6 10. Nf4 Kf7 11. Nce2 Ne6 12. c4 Nxf4 13. Nxf4 dxc4 14. Bxc4+ Kg7
15. Rc1 Bd6 16. Qf3 Re8 17. O-O Bxf4 18. Qxf4 Be6 19. Bd3 a5 $6 {White gained
area for manoeuvring. Now he gets a target.} 20. Rc2 Bb3 21. Rc5 Qb8 22. Qxb8
Rexb8 23. g3 Re8 24. Rfc1 Bd5 25. Bf1 $1 Kf7 26. Bg2 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Ke6 28. b4
axb4 29. axb4 Kd6 $6 (29... Re7 30. b5 cxb5 31. Rxb5 Rd7 32. Rcb1 Ra7 {defends
correctly.}) 30. d5 $2 cxd5 31. Rb5 Rac8 $5 32. Rxc8 Rxc8 33. Rxb7 g5 34. hxg5
fxg5 35. Rh7 g4 $2 ({After} 35... Rb8 $1 36. Rxh5 Rxb4 37. Rxg5 Ke6 38. Rg6+
Ke7 {White cannot make sufficient progress.}) 36. Rxh5 Ke5 37. Rh1 Rb8 38. Rb1
d4 39. exd4+ Kxd4 40. b5 $2 ({A theoretical win brings} 40. f3 $1 {(Makarichev)
} Rb5 41. Rf1 Ke3 42. fxg4 fxg4 43. Rf4 Rg5 44. b5 Rxb5 45. Rxg4) 40... Kc5 $1
41. f3 Kb6 $1 42. Rb4 Ka5 43. Rb3 Kb6 44. Rb4 Ka5 45. Rb3 Kb6 46. Kf2 Ra8 $2 ({
Correct is} 46... Rg8 $1 {(Makarichev)} 47. Ke3 gxf3 48. Kxf3 Rg4 49. Re3 Kxb5
50. Re5+ Kc6 51. Rxf5 Rg7 52. g4 Kd6 53. Kf4 Ke6 54. g5 Rf7) 47. fxg4 fxg4 48.
Rb4 $1 Rf8+ 49. Ke2 Re8+ 50. Kf2 Rf8+ 51. Ke2 Re8+ 52. Kd3 Kc5 53. Re4 Rd8+ 54.
Ke3 Kxb5 55. Rxg4 Kc5 56. Rg6 Kd5 57. Kf4 Rf8+ {White has to avoid the last
trap.} 58. Kg4 $1 ({A fatal tempo loses} 58. Kg5 $4 Ke4 $1 59. Kg4 Ke3 $1 60.
Rg5 Kf2 $11) 58... Ke4 59. Re6+ Kd5 60. Rh6 Ke4 61. Kh5 Rf5+ 62. Kh4 Kf3 63. g4
Rf8 64. g5 Rf4+ 65. Kh5 Kg3 66. Ra6 Rh4+ 67. Kg6 Rb4 68. Kh7 Kg4 69. Ra5 Rb7+
70. Kh6 Rb2 71. g6 Rh2+ 72. Kg7 Kf4 73. Kf7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Kharitonov, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. Bd2 e6 12. O-O-O Qc7 13. Ne4 O-O-O 14. g3
Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Bd6 16. Kb1 Rhe8 17. Bc1 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. e3 Nb4 12. Bxb4 Bxb4 13. Rd1 $5 Rc8 14. a3 Bd6
15. b4 $5 {White launches a new idea in the Catalan.} a5 $1 16. bxa5 $6 Ra8 {
The return of the rook starts an attack on the queenside.} 17. Qd2 Ra6 $1 18.
a4 b4 $1 19. Ne1 Bxg2 20. Nxg2 Qa8 21. Qc2 Ne4 22. Ne1 Ng5 $1 {Black marches
all over the board.} 23. h4 Ne4 {Play has been elegant.} 24. Nd2 $2 ({Correct
is} 24. Nd3 {Beliavsky's line} g5 $5 25. hxg5 Nxg5 26. Nd2 Nh3+ 27. Kh2 Rxa5
28. f3 $1 Rh5 29. Kg2 {brings no advantage.}) 24... Nc3 $1 {Black wins the
exchange.} 25. Nc4 Nxd1 26. Rxd1 Rb8 27. Qb3 c5 28. Nb6 Qc6 29. dxc5 Bxc5 30.
Nd7 Rc8 31. Nd3 Be7 32. Nxb4 Qb7 33. Nb6 Rxb6 34. axb6 Qxb6 35. Rb1 Rb8 36. Qa2
Bxb4 37. a5 Qa7 38. a6 Bc5 39. Rd1 h5 40. Qa4 Bxe3 41. Rd7 Bxf2+ 42. Kg2 Qe3
0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. b3 Qc7 12. Qe2 Bd6 13. h3 O-O 14. Bb2 a6
15. Rad1 Rad8 16. Nf3 Be7 17. Ne5 Bb5 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Bxb5 axb5 20. Qxb5 Qxc2
21. Qxb7 Qxb2 22. Qxe7 Rf8 23. Nc6 Qxa2 24. b4 Qb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. h3 e6 8. Bd3 Na6
9. O-O e5 10. a3 Nh5 11. Re1 Nc7 12. b4 b6 13. Bd2 Bd7 14. Rb1 Qe8 $6 (14...
Qe7 $1 {avoids a bad exchange.}) 15. Bc2 $1 Nf4 16. Ba4 cxb4 17. Bxd7 Qxd7 18.
axb4 f5 19. exf5 Rxf5 20. Ne4 Raf8 {White collects advantages.} 21. Bxf4 exf4
$6 ({Corret is} 21... Rxf4 $1 {(threatens 21...Rxf3)} 22. Nfd2 {(Beliavsky)} a6
) 22. b5 $1 Re8 23. Qd3 Rc8 24. Re2 Rff8 25. Rbe1 a5 26. bxa6 Nxa6 27. Qb3 Qd8
$6 ({Better is} 27... Rb8) 28. Nfg5 f3 29. Ne6 Qh4 30. Ra2 Nc5 31. N4xc5 bxc5
32. Qb7 Bf6 33. Nxf8 Rxf8 34. Qd7 fxg2 35. Re8 Rxe8 36. Qxe8+ Kg7 37. Qd7+ Kh6
38. Qg4 Qxg4 39. hxg4 Kg5 40. f3 Kf4 41. Re2 Bd4+ 42. Kxg2 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. d4 Bb6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
d6 9. Qd3 Bd7 $5 10. Nbd2 a6 11. Bc4 Qe7 12. Rfe1 Kh8 13. Bb3 g5 $6 14. Bg3 Nh5
15. Nc4 $1 f6 16. Nxb6 cxb6 {Black's pawn structure has been affected.} 17. Nd2
b5 18. a4 Na5 19. Bd1 Nxg3 20. hxg3 Rac8 21. Nf1 b4 22. Ne3 bxc3 23. bxc3 Kg7
24. Rb1 Be6 25. Bh5 Qc7 26. Rec1 Rb8 ({After} 26... exd4 27. cxd4 Qxc1+ 28.
Rxc1 Rxc1+ 29. Kh2 {White threatens 30.e5.}) 27. Qe2 Qc8 28. Kh2 Rd8 29. f3 Qc7
30. Qd3 Rh8 31. Bg4 Bc4 32. Qd1 h5 33. Bf5 $6 h4 $1 34. Bg4 hxg3+ 35. Kxg3 d5
$6 {The centre should remain closed.} ({Useful is} 35... b5) 36. Kf2 dxe4 37.
fxe4 exd4 38. cxd4 Qf4+ 39. Qf3 b5 40. axb5 axb5 41. Nf5+ Kg6 42. d5 Qe5 43.
Rh1 Rxh1 44. Rxh1 Qb2+ 45. Kg3 Qe5+ 46. Kf2 Qb2+ 47. Kg1 Qa1+ 48. Kh2 Qe5+ 49.
Kg1 Qa1+ 50. Qd1 $1 Qxd1+ 51. Bxd1 g4 $1 ({Avoids} 51... b4 $4 52. Bh5+ Kh7 53.
Bf7#) 52. Rh4 b4 53. Rxg4+ Kh7 {White has to carry out a precise manoeuvre.}
54. Rh4+ $6 ({The fight continues} 54. Rg7+ $1 Kh8 55. Ra7 Nb7 56. Ne3 Bd3 57.
Ng4) 54... Kg8 55. Ne7+ Kg7 56. Nf5+ Kg8 57. Rg4+ Kh8 $1 {Black anticipates
the previously mentioned manoeuvre.} 58. Bc2 Bb3 59. Bd3 Nc4 60. Rh4+ Kg8 61.
Ne7+ Kg7 62. Nc6 Rb6 $1 63. Nd4 Ba2 64. Rh3 Ne5 65. Bc2 Ra6 66. Bb3 Bb1 67.
Nf5+ Kg6 68. Rg3+ Kh7 69. Rh3+ Kg6 70. Rg3+ Kh7 71. Re3 Bd3 72. Re1 Ra3 73. Nd4
Kg6 74. d6 Ra6 75. Nf3 Rxd6 76. Rd1 Rd7 77. Nxe5+ fxe5 78. Bc4 b3 $1 79. Bxb3 (
{The pointe is} 79. Rxd3 b2 $1 80. Rg3+ Kh6 81. Ba2 Rd1+ 82. Kf2 Ra1) 79... Rd4
80. Bd5 Bc2 81. Re1 Rd1 82. Rxd1 Bxd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 g6 4. d3 Bg7 5. Nbd2 Ne7 6. e4 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Re1
h6 9. exd5 Bxd5 10. d4 O-O 11. Qe2 Nbc6 12. c3 Nf5 13. h4 Re8 14. Nc4 b5 15.
Ne3 Nxe3 16. Bxe3 Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Nc3 c5 7. e4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Nb3 Nc6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Nd4 $5 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Bd3 Qb8 $1 14. Bg3
Be5 15. O-O-O $5 O-O 16. Kb1 Rc8 17. Rhe1 d6 18. f4 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 b5 $1 20. Bh4
Ne8 21. Qb3 bxc4 22. Bxc4 Qc7 23. Bd3 Rab8 24. Rc1 $6 ({Better is} 24. Qc2 Qd7
25. Qd2) 24... Bc6 25. Qc2 $2 ({Properly defends} 25. Qd1 $1 Qa5 26. Ka1 {
(Gurevich).}) 25... Qa5 26. Qc3 $6 ({Gurevich considers} 26. Ka1 Bxe4 27. Qxc8
Rxc8 28. Rxc8 Bxd3 29. Rxe8+ Kh7 {as won for Black.}) 26... Qxc3 27. Rxc3 Bxe4
28. Rec1 Bxd3+ $1 29. Rxd3 Rxc1+ 30. Kxc1 Rc8+ 31. Kb1 Rc4 32. Rb3 Rxf4 33. Be7
f5 34. Rb8 Rd4 35. Ra8 f4 36. Kc2 a6 37. Rxa6 e5 38. Ra8 Kf7 39. Ra7 Kg6 40.
Bf8 e4 41. Re7 f3 42. gxf3 exf3 43. Re1 Kf7 44. Bxg7 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. e3 Bb7 8. b3
d5 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. Be2 dxc4 11. bxc4 c5 {The matadors open quietly.} 12. O-O
Rc8 13. Bb2 cxd4 14. exd4 b5 $5 15. c5 a6 16. a4 Nd5 17. Qd2 b4 $5 18. a5 $5
Qc7 19. Rfc1 Qf4 $1 20. Bf1 Rfd8 21. Qxf4 Nxf4 {The endgame is equal.} 22. Ra4
Nd5 23. Nd2 Rc7 24. Raa1 Nb8 25. Nc4 Bc6 26. Nd6 Ra7 27. f3 Ne7 28. Rc4 Nd5 29.
Rcc1 Ne7 30. Rc4 {It ends with a repetition of moves.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kharitonov, Andrei"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Qa4+ c6 8. Bg5
Be7 9. e3 O-O 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. O-O Re8 12. Rad1 Ne4 13. Bxe4 Bxg5 14. Bb1 Be7
15. Rfe1 g6 $5 16. e4 $1 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Qc7 18. Ba2 Rf8 19. Neg5 Bxg5 20. Nxg5
Qf4 $5 21. Nf3 b5 22. Qb4 Rae8 23. Ne5 c5 $1 24. Qxb5 Nxe5 25. dxe5 Bxg2 $1 26.
Kxg2 Qg4+ 27. Kf1 Qh3+ 28. Kg1 ({White dislikes the complications of} 28. Ke2
Rb8) 28... Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Malaniuk, Vladimir"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 Bb4 8. e4
Bxe4 9. fxe4 Nxe4 10. Bd2 Qxd4 11. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12. Qe2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Qd5+ 14.
Kc2 Na6 15. Nxc4 O-O-O 16. Qe5 Rhe8 17. Be2 f6 18. Qe3 Qf5+ 19. Kb3 Nc5+ $2 ({
Correct is} 19... Qe4 $1) 20. Ka2 Nxa4 21. Rhd1 Kb8 22. Nd6 Qa5 23. Kb3 c5 24.
Rxa4 $2 (24. Qf4 $18) 24... Qb6+ 25. Ka2 Rxd6 26. Qg3 Red8 27. Rxd6 Rxd6 28.
Qxg7 Rd2 29. Qf8+ Kc7 30. Qe7+ Kb8 31. Qf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Eingorn, Vereslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Qe2 Bc5 8.
Nb3 Ba7 9. Kh1 d6 10. c4 Nc6 11. Bg5 Bd7 12. Nc3 Nd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Rac1 Qc5
15. Bd2 Qh5 16. f3 Be5 17. g4 $5 ({The game ends uneventful by} 17. f4 Qxe2 18.
Bxe2 Bd4) 17... Qh4 18. Qg2 g5 19. Be1 Qh6 20. Bg3 Qg7 21. c5 $1 Bc6 22. cxd6
Nd7 23. f4 gxf4 24. Bxf4 O-O ({Smyslov prefers} 24... Bxf4 $1 25. Rxf4 Qe5) 25.
Bxe5 Qxe5 26. Qg3 Rad8 27. Rcd1 Kg7 $6 (27... Qxg3 28. hxg3 Nb6 {achieves near
equality.}) 28. Kg2 $1 f6 29. Bc2 Rg8 30. h3 h5 31. Qxe5 Nxe5 32. gxh5 Kf7+ 33.
Kf2 Rh8 34. Ne2 Rxh5 $2 ({Correct is} 34... Nc4 35. Ng3 Nxd6) 35. Nf4 Rh4 36.
Kg3 Rhh8 37. Bb3 Rde8 38. Rd4 Nd7 39. Rc1 Rhg8+ 40. Kf2 Rg5 41. Rdc4 a5 {Black
allows a wonderful finish.} 42. Rxc6 $1 bxc6 43. Rxc6 Re5 44. Rc7 Rd8 45. Nxe6
Rxe6 46. h4 {The pins are fatal.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Be3 d6 9. f4 Be7 10. Kh1 O-O 11. a4 Re8 12. Bg1 Bd7 13. Nb3 b6 14. g4 $5 Bc8
15. g5 Nd7 16. Bf3 Bb7 17. Bg2 Bf8 18. Qh5 g6 19. Qh3 Ne7 20. Rad1 Bg7 21. Bd4
e5 $1 22. Be3 ({An elegant line is} 22. Bxe5 $5 Nxe5 23. fxe5 dxe5 24. Rd7 Qc6
25. Qd3 Bc8 26. Rd8 Be6) 22... exf4 23. Bxf4 Ne5 24. Bxe5 dxe5 25. Rf3 Rad8 26.
Rdf1 Rf8 27. Qh4 Bc8 28. Bh3 {Taste-makers: Salov and Beliavsky 5, Kasparov
and Karpov 4 1/2.  Beliavsky has won three games in a row and joined the lead.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Eingorn, Vereslav"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c6 7. Qc2 g6 8. e4
dxe4 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qxe4+ Be6 11. Bc4 Qe7 12. Bxe6 Qxe6 13. Qxe6+ fxe6 14.
O-O-O Na6 15. Rhe1 Nc7 16. Ne4 Ke7 17. Rd3 Rhd8 18. Nxf6 Kxf6 19. Ne5 Kg7 20.
Rf3 Rf8 21. Rb3 Nb5 22. f3 Rf4 23. a4 Nd6 24. Rd1 Rh4 25. h3 Re8 26. Rbd3 Re7
27. Kb1 Nf7 28. Nxf7 Kxf7 29. Kc2 Rd7 30. Kc3 Rh5 31. Re1 Rhd5 32. Re5 g5 33.
Rde3 R7d6 34. R3e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bf4 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nc3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2
Nc6 9. a3 Qa5 10. O-O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 Be7 12. g4 b5 13. Bxb5 Bb7 14. Nd2 Nb4
15. axb4 Bxb4 $2 16. Nc4 Qa1+ 17. Kd2 Bxc3+ 18. Ke2 Qa2 19. Ra1 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qd2 b5 11. Rfd1 Nbd7 12. a4 b4 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Nb6 15.
Bxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 c5 $6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 cxd4 7. Nxd4
d6 8. g3 O-O 9. Bg2 a6 10. Bb4 $5 Ne8 11. Qd2 Ra7 $5 12. O-O ({An alternative
is} 12. c5 e5 $1 13. Nf3 Nc6) 12... b6 13. Rfd1 Rc7 14. b3 Bb7 15. Bxb7 Rxb7
16. a4 Qc8 17. a5 bxa5 18. Rxa5 e5 19. Nc2 Nc6 20. Ra4 ({Avoids} 20. Rxa6 $4
Nxb4 21. Nxb4 Rxb4 $1) 20... a5 $1 21. Bxa5 Rxb3 22. Bb4 {Black defended well
after an odd opening.} Nf6 $2 ({Equality achieves} 22... Nxb4 23. Rxb4 Rxb4 24.
Qxb4 f5 {(Krasenkov).}) 23. Bxd6 Ne4 24. Qe1 $1 Rd8 25. c5 Nc3 $6 (25... f5 $1
26. f3 Nc3 27. Na1 $1 Qb7 $1 28. Nxb3 Qxb3 29. Raa1 Nd4 {offers more
resistance.}) 26. Na1 Nxa4 27. Nxb3 Qe6 28. Rb1 h5 29. e3 Ra8 30. h4 Ra7 31.
Qc1 Qf5 32. Nd2 Qd3 33. Rb3 Qe2 34. Ne4 f6 35. Qb1 Qc4 $2 (35... Qa6 {protects
a rook.}) 36. Rb8+ $1 Kf7 (36... Nxb8 37. Qxb8+ Kh7 38. Qxa7 Qxe4 39. Bf8 Qg4
40. c6) 37. Ng5+ $1 {Taste-makers: Salov and Beliavsky 5 1/2, Kasparov and
Karpov 5.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Malaniuk, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 d6 7. Bb2 Qe8 8. c4
Na6 9. d5 Bd7 10. Nc3 c6 11. Rc1 h6 12. e3 Rc8 13. Nd4 Qf7 14. Ba3 cxd5 15.
Nxd5 Ne4 16. f3 Nec5 17. Nb5 Bxb5 18. cxb5 Nc7 19. Nxc7 Rxc7 20. Bxc5 dxc5 21.
f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 Bb4 8. e4
Bxe4 9. fxe4 Nxe4 10. Bd2 Qxd4 11. Nxe4 Bxd2+ $6 12. Nxd2 $1 ({Known is} 12.
Qxd2 {(Enevoldsen - Piazzini, Buenos Aires 1939).}) 12... Qxe5+ 13. Be2 {Black
has to answer the novelty in a risky manner.} b5 $2 ({A great struggle
continues with} 13... Qxb2 $1 14. Rb1 Qc3 15. Rxb7 Na6 $1 16. Bxc4 Nc5 17. Rb1
Rd8 18. Rc1) 14. axb5 cxb5 15. Ra5 $1 a6 16. Nxc4 Qc7 17. Nd6+ Ke7 18. O-O $1
Qc5+ 19. Kh1 f6 20. Ne4 Qb4 21. Ra3 Nd7 22. Rf4 Nf8 23. Rb3 Qa5 24. Qd6+ Kf7
25. Ng5+ Kg8 (25... Kg6 26. Bd3+ Kxg5 27. Rg4+ Kxg4 28. Qg3+ Kh5 29. Be2+ Kh6
30. Qh4+ Kg6 31. Qh5#) 26. Qe7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Kharitonov, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Nd7 5. Qxc4 a6 6. Bg2 b5 7. Qb3 Bb7 8.
O-O Ngf6 9. d3 Be7 10. Nc3 c5 11. Ng5 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Qb6 13. f3 O-O 14. Nge4
Rac8 15. Be3 Qc6 16. Rac1 Qa8 17. Rfd1 Nd5 18. Bf2 Rfd8 19. a4 c4 20. dxc4 bxc4
21. Qc2 Nc5 22. Nxd5 exd5 23. Nxc5 Bxc5 24. Bxc5 Rxc5 25. Rd4 Re8 26. Rcd1 Qb7
27. R1d2 h6 28. Qf5 Qc6 29. h4 Qxa4 30. Rxd5 Rxd5 31. Qxd5 Qb5 32. e4 Qxd5 33.
exd5 Kf8 34. Kf2 Re5 35. Rd4 Ke7 36. f4 Rh5 37. Kf3 Kd6 38. Ke4 f5+ 39. Kf3 g5
40. hxg5 hxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O c6 6. d4 d6 7. b3 Qa5 8. Qd2
Qh5 9. Nc3 Bh3 10. e4 Nbd7 11. Qg5 Bg4 12. Qxh5 Nxh5 13. Be3 c5 14. Rad1 cxd4
15. Bxd4 Ne5 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. Nd5 e6 18. Ne3 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Nf6 20. Bg2 Rfd8
21. Rd3 Nd7 22. b4 Bf6 23. f4 a5 24. a3 axb4 25. axb4 Nb6 26. Rfd1 Be7 27. e5
$1 dxe5 28. c5 exf4 29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. Rxd8+ Bxd8 31. gxf4 {Smirin solves his
problems in an elegant way.} Na4 32. Bxb7 Be7 33. Kg2 Nxc5 $1 34. bxc5 Bxc5 35.
Ng4 Bd4 36. Bc6 Kg7 37. h4 Bc5 38. Kg3 Bd6 39. Kf3 Be7 40. h5 gxh5 41. Nf2 f5
42. Nd3 Kf6 43. Ne5 Bd6 44. Nd7+ Ke7 45. Bb5 h4 46. Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 d6 7. Bb3 Na5 8. Bc2
c5 9. Re1 Nc6 10. Nbd2 Qc7 11. h3 Be6 12. Nf1 Rad8 13. Ng3 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15.
Qe2 f6 16. Bd2 Kh8 17. a3 Rfe8 18. d4 cxd4 19. cxd4 Bf8 20. Qe4 Bg8 21. dxe5
Nxe5 22. Ba4 Nxf3+ 23. Qxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. b3 a5 $5 5. Bg2 a4 6. Na3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Bb2
c6 9. d3 Qa5 10. Nc2 Na6 $5 {Salov puts much pressure on the queenside.} 11.
Rb1 axb3 12. axb3 Bd7 13. Ne5 Nb4 14. g4 $5 Qc7 {Black switches to the centre
and kingside after the unnecessary weakening by White.} 15. Nxb4 Bxb4 16. Ra1
$6 ({Salov prefers the natural} 16. g5 Ne8 17. e3) 16... Bd6 $1 17. d4 ({Even
worse is} 17. f4 $6 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Qb6+) 17... Rxa1 18. Bxa1 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Nxg4
20. Qd4 Nh6 21. Qc3 {White has compensation for the pawn. He threatens to
capture d5.} Qd8 22. e4 $1 dxe4 23. Rd1 $1 Qe7 24. Bxe4 $6 (24. c5 $1 {keeps
the black bishop inactive.}) 24... c5 $1 25. Bxb7 Bc8 $1 26. Bg2 Bb7 27. f3 Nf5
28. Bb2 Ra8 29. Rd3 h6 30. Qc1 Bc6 31. Bc3 Ra2 32. Qb1 Ra8 33. Qd1 Kh7 {Black
has a great positional advantage, but it is not decisive yet.} 34. Be1 $2 (34.
Qd2 {prevents the next manoeuvre.}) 34... Qg5 $1 35. Qd2 Qg6 $1 36. h4 Qh5 37.
Qf2 Ra1 38. Kh2 g5 39. Bh3 Nxh4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f4 a6 7. Be2 Be7 8. a4
Qc7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe1 Nc6 11. Be3 e5 $1 {Kasparov chooses a sharp line.} 12.
Nb3 Nb4 13. Qf2 $6 ({Better is} 13. Qd2 $1 Be6 14. a5 {(Glek-Wojkiewicz,
Antwerpen 1993).}) 13... Nxc2 14. Bb6 Qb8 15. Rad1 Be6 16. fxe5 {Both players
want to battle.} Nd7 $6 ({A plus gains} 16... dxe5 $1 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Bd8
$1) 17. Nd5 $1 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Nb4 19. Rdd1 Nxe5 $5 (19... Nxb6 20. Qxb6 Nc6 21.
exd6 Bh4 {draws easier.}) 20. Nd4 g6 21. Ba5 Nbc6 22. Bc3 Nxd4 23. Rxd4 Qa7 24.
Kh1 Rac8 25. Bd1 Qb6 26. a5 Qd8 27. Rb4 Nd3 28. Qd4 Rxc3 29. bxc3 Nxb4 30. cxb4
d5 31. Bb3 dxe4 32. Qxe4 Qd7 33. Qd5 Qxd5 34. Bxd5 Bxb4 35. Bxb7 Bxa5 36. Bxa6
h5 37. Bc4 Kg7 38. Ra1 Bb6 39. Rb1 Rd8 40. g3 Rd6 41. Be2 Bc7 42. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. f4 Bg7 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O Nge7 8. c3 O-O
9. Be3 b6 10. Re1 e5 11. Na3 h6 12. Nc2 exf4 13. gxf4 d5 14. Qe2 Qc7 15. e5 Bg4
16. Bf2 Qd7 17. b4 cxb4 18. cxb4 Bh3 19. Bg3 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Nf5 21. b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c6 7. Qc2 g6 8. e4
Nxe4 $2 ({The correct variation} 8... dxe4 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qxe4+ Be6 11. Bc4
Qe7 12. Bxe6 Qxe6 13. Qxe6+ fxe6 {was played in the previous round 
(Eingorn-Karpov).}) 9. Bxe7 $1 Kxe7 ({Avoids} 9... Qxe7 $2 10. Nxd5 $1) 10.
Nxe4 dxe4 11. Qxe4+ Be6 $6 ({Better chances are offered by} 11... Kf8 $1 12.
Bc4 {(Novikov-Brodsky, Erevan 1996)} Kg7 13. O-O Re8 14. Qf4 Be6) 12. Bc4 Qa5+
13. Kf1 $1 Qf5 14. Qe3 Nd7 15. Re1 Rae8 16. d5 $1 {The position is opened for
an attack on the king.} ({Karpov has noticed} 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Qa3+ Kf7 18.
Qxa7 $2 Qb5+ 19. Kg1 Ra8) 16... cxd5 17. Bb5 a6 ({Karpov's suggestion} 17... d4
18. Nxd4 Qc5 {can be refuted by} 19. Rd1 Qh5 20. f3 Rd8 21. g4 Qh3+ 22. Kg1 Nb6
23. Qg5+ f6 24. Qc5+ Kf7 25. Qc7+) 18. Qa3+ Kd8 19. Qa5+ Ke7 (19... Kc8 20.
Rc1+ Kb8 21. Qc7+ Ka8 22. Nd4 $18) 20. Qb4+ Kf6 (20... Kd8 21. Be2 b5 22. a4
$18) 21. Qd4+ Ke7 22. Bd3 Qh5 23. h4 $1 {Tal highly enjoys this move.} Kd8 24.
Ng5 {The restriction increases.} Rhf8 25. Be2 Qh6 26. Bf3 Re7 27. Qb4 Nf6 28.
Qd6+ (28. Qf4 $1 Ng8 29. Qb8+ {wins faster.}) 28... Rd7 29. Qf4 Ng8 30. Bg4 Kc8
31. Bxe6 fxe6 32. Rc1+ Kd8 33. Nxe6+ Ke7 34. Qxf8+ Qxf8 35. Nxf8 Kxf8 36. Rh3
Ne7 37. h5 Kg7 38. h6+ Kf6 39. Rf3+ Ke6 40. Re1+ Kd6 41. Rf6+ Kc7 42. g4 Nc6
43. Re8 d4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kharitonov, Andrei"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8.
O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. e3 Ne4 11. Rd1 Rc8 12. Qe2 c5 13. Bd2 Bf6 14. Nxe4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Malaniuk, Vladimir"]
[Black "Eingorn, Vereslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 c5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Nxd5 cxd4 ({Diverts from} 9... Nc6 {(Arkhipov-Tischbierek, Budapest
1987).}) 10. Nxe7 Qxe7 11. f4 f6 12. Qxd4 fxe5 13. Qe3 Nc6 14. Nf3 O-O 15. Bd2
a5 ({White will encounter} 15... Rxf4 $1 {in Malaniuk-Dzuban, Alma Ata 1989.})
16. fxe5 Ndxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. O-O-O Bf5 19. Bc4+ Kh8 20. Bc3 Rac8 21. Qxe5
Qg5+ 22. Rd2 Rxc4 23. Rf1 ({Even better is} 23. h4 $1 Qg6 24. h5 Qf6 25. Qxf6
gxf6 26. Rf1) 23... h6 24. Qxa5 {The confrontation carries on.} Kh7 $6 ({A
draw results from} 24... Qe3 $1 25. Rxf5 Qe1+ 26. Rd1 Qe3+ 27. Rd2) 25. Qe5 $2
({Correct is} 25. Qd5 $1 Rf4 $1 26. Rfd1 $1 (26. Rxf4 Qxf4 27. Qxb7 Qf1+ 28.
Rd1 Qf4+ 29. Rd2 $11) 26... Rf2 27. Qxb7 Rd8 {continues the fight.}) 25... Be4
$1 26. Qxe4+ Rxe4 27. Rxf8 Re2 28. h4 Qe3 29. Rfd8 Rxg2 30. R8d7 b5 31. R7d3
Rg1+ 32. Kc2 Qe4 33. Bd4 Rg3 34. h5 Qf5 35. Bc3 Rh3 36. Rd1 Rxd3 37. Rxd3 Qxh5
38. Re3 Qf5+ 39. Kb3 Qf7+ 40. Kc2 Qf5+ 41. Kb3 Qf7+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. f4 Bd7 10. Ndb5 Qb8 11. a4 Rd8 12. Bf3 Be8 13. Kh1 a6 14. Nd4 Qc7
15. Nb3 Na5 16. Nxa5 Qxa5 17. Qd2 Bc6 18. Rfe1 Qc7 19. Qf2 Re8 20. Bb6 Qb8 21.
Bd4 e5 22. Be3 b5 23. fxe5 dxe5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Rxa8 Bxa8 26. Ba7 Qb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 d5 6. Nc3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Be4 Nce7 12. Ne5 Nc6 $5 {Black keeps a
slight disadvantage despite the novelty.} 13. Qd3 h6 14. Bxd5 Nb4 15. Qg3 Bh4
16. Qf3 exd5 $6 ({Slightly better is} 16... Nxd5 17. Nxd5 exd5 {(Van der
Sterren-San Segundo, Escaldes 1998).}) 17. Re2 Be6 18. a3 Nc6 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20.
Na4 {White is going to blockade a weak pawn on c5.} Qc8 21. h3 Be7 22. Bf4 Qa6
23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. dxc5 {Hereafter, White can blockade the centre on d4.} Qb5 25.
Rae1 Kh7 26. Qg3 Bf5 27. Bd6 Rg8 28. Re7 Bg6 29. Qc3 Qa4 30. Be5 Rae8 31. Bd4
Rb8 $2 (31... Rxe7 32. Rxe7 a6 {relieves some pressure.}) 32. R1e3 a5 33. f4
Qd1+ 34. Re1 Qa4 35. Qd2 Rb3 36. Bc3 Qc4 37. Qf2 {White threatens to play f5
and g4 and prepares an attack on the king.} Be4 (37... Bf5 38. Rc7 Rc8 39. Rxf7
$1 d4 40. Rxg7+ $1 {brings a decisive assault.} Kxg7 41. Re7+ Kf8 42. Qh4 Bg6
43. Qf6+ Bf7 44. Re5 Kg8 45. Qxh6 {Mate threatens.}) 38. Rxf7 $1 d4 39. Qxd4
Qxf7 40. Qxe4+ Kh8 41. f5 Qd5 42. Qxd5 cxd5 43. Re6 $1 ({Smyslov and Adrianov
mention the great escape} 43. Re7 $2 Rxc3 $1 44. bxc3 Rc8) 43... Rd8 44. Rxh6+
Kg8 45. Rh4 Rc8 46. Rg4 Rxc5 47. Rxg7+ Kf8 48. f6 Rcxc3 49. bxc3 Rxc3 50. Rd7
Rxa3 51. Rxd5 Kf7 52. Rd6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qd7 7. a4 Ba6 8. Bxa6
Nxa6 9. Qg4 f5 10. Qh5+ g6 11. Qe2 Nb8 12. h4 h6 13. Nh3 Ne7 14. Nf4 Nbc6 15.
Ba3 Rg8 16. Bb4 Kf7 ({Known is} 16... Nxb4 17. cxb4 a5 18. b5 Rc8 {
(Velimirovic-Szabó, Amsterdam 1976).}) 17. O-O Nxb4 18. cxb4 Qc6 19. Ra3 Qc4
20. Qxc4 dxc4 21. Rc3 Nd5 22. Nxd5 exd5 23. f4 c6 24. Kf2 a5 25. Rb1 b5 $1 26.
axb5 cxb5 27. bxa5 Rxa5 28. Re3 Rb8 29. c3 Ra3 30. Rb2 Rb6 31. Rb1 h5 32. Rb2
Ke7 33. Rb1 Kd7 34. Rb2 Ke8 35. Rb1 Ke7 36. Rb2 Kd7 37. Rb1 Rb7 38. Rb2 Kc6 39.
Rg3 Rg7 40. Re3 Re7 41. Rg3 Re6 42. Re3 {Taste-makers: Salov 6 1/2, Karpov 6,
Beliavsky and Kasparov 5 1/2.  Salov became the sole leader for the second
time by his win against Beliavsky.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Eingorn, Vereslav"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. a4
b6 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. h3 Be7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Bd2 Bd6 14. Rac1 e5 15.
Bb1 Rfe8 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Ba2 Qe7 18. e4 Ncxe4 19. Ng5 Nxg5 20. Bxg5 e4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 g6 5. Bf4 Bg7 6. e3 O-O 7. Nc3 Bf5 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Nbd7 10. O-O dxc4 11. Qxc4 Nh5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 Nxg3
15. hxg3 e6 16. g4 $1 {White keeps a positional plus.} Qe7 17. Ne4 Kh8 18. Rad1
f5 19. Nc5 Nxc5 20. dxc5 Rad8 ({Smyslov does not like} 20... Bxb2 $6 21. Rd6
Rae8) 21. b4 Rd7 22. Rfe1 Rfd8 23. Rb1 $1 a6 24. a4 Qf7 25. b5 axb5 26. axb5
fxg4 27. bxc6 bxc6 28. Qxg4 Qf5 29. Qc4 e5 30. Rb6 Rf8 $2 ({The active} 30...
e4 $1 31. Nh2 Rd2 32. Rf1 {(Gurevich)} Rf8 $1 33. g4 Qd5 {restricts.}) 31. Rf1
Rc7 32. Nd2 Qf7 33. Qc2 (33. Qxf7 $1 Rfxf7 34. Ra1 Rfe7 35. Ne4 Re6 36. Raa6
Bf8 37. g4 {results in an excellent endgame.}) 33... Rd8 34. Ne4 Bf8 35. Qa4
Qd5 36. Rbb1 Qe6 37. g3 $2 {Black gets the time to start a useful
counteraction.} Be7 38. Kg2 Kg7 39. Qc2 g4 40. Qe2 Qf5 41. Rb4 h5 42. f3 Rf8
43. fxg4 Qxf1+ 44. Qxf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Be4 Nce7 12. Ne5 Nc6 13. Nf3 ({White had
learned} 13. Qd3 h6 {from Smyslov-Ivanchuk in the previous round.}) 13... Nce7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Malaniuk, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 d6 7. O-O Qe8 8. Nbd2
Nc6 9. Re1 h6 10. e4 fxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Rxe4 g5 13. Qe2 Qh5 14. Rf1 Bg4 15.
Re3 e6 16. c3 Ne7 17. h3 Bxh3 18. Bxh3 Qxh3 19. Rxe6 Nd5 20. Nh2 Rf7 21. Qg4 {
Taste-makers: Salov 7, Beliavsky, Karpov and Kasparov 6 1/2.  It took time
until the standings became complete, because Salov had many adjourned games.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Kharitonov, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7
8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nd4 Qd7 11. Qf3 O-O 12. N2b3 Nce4 13. Qf5 ({Theory
is} 13. Nf5 Bd8 $1 14. Be3 g6 {(Yudasin-Gelfand, Norilsk 1987).}) 13... Rfd8 ({
A novelty is} 13... Qd8 $1 14. Bf4 g6 {(Rublevsky-Bareev, St. Petersburg 1998).
}) 14. Re1 Bf8 15. c3 Qxf5 16. Nxf5 g6 17. Ne3 $5 Re8 18. Rd1 Nc5 $2 ({Correct
is} 18... Rad8 {(Kasparov).}) 19. g4 $1 h6 20. h4 Nxb3 21. axb3 Bc5 22. g5 hxg5
23. hxg5 Ne4 {White shall not capture d5.} 24. Ng4 $1 (24. Rxd5 Rad8 $1 25.
Rxd8 Rxd8 $11 {(Kasparov).}) 24... Bb6 $2 ({Black might survive in} 24... Rad8
25. Kg2 f5 $1 26. gxf6 Kf7 27. Be3 Bxe3 28. Nxe3 a6 {(Kasparov).}) 25. Kg2 Kg7
26. Bf4 Rad8 27. f3 Nc5 28. b4 Nb3 29. Ra3 Re2+ 30. Kg3 Rxb2 31. c4 Re8 32. c5
Bd8 33. Rxa7 Ree2 34. Rxd5 Be7 35. Rxb7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 Qc8 12. h3 Bd7 13. Nbd2 c6 14. dxc6 Bxc6 15.
b4 Nb7 16. Nf1 Nd8 17. Ng3 Ne6 18. Bb3 Rd8 19. Qe2 Ra7 20. Ng5 d5 $5 {Black
brings life in a dull game.} 21. Nxe6 Qxe6 22. Bg5 h6 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Rad1
Rad7 25. Rd3 Qe8 26. Nh5 ({No success brings} 26. exd5 Bxd5 27. Nh5 {due to}
Bg5 $1) 26... Qe7 $1 ({Black avoids} 26... dxe4 27. Nxf6+ $1) 27. Qg4 $2 {
Khalifman dreams of a big attack.} (27. exd5 Bxd5 28. Nxf6+ Qxf6 29. Qxe5 Qxe5
30. Rxe5 Bxb3 31. Rxd7 Rxd7 32. axb3 {keeps a plus (Beliavsky).}) 27... dxe4
28. Rg3 Rd3 29. Ree3 $2 ({Beliavsky advices} 29. Bc2 Rxg3 30. Qxg3) 29... Rxe3
30. fxe3 Kh8 $1 31. Bc2 ({The pointe is} 31. Nxg7 Rg8 $1) 31... g6 32. Nxf6
Qxf6 33. Bxe4 h5 34. Qf3 Qxf3 35. gxf3 ({Nicely ends} 35. Bxf3 e4 $1 36. Be2
Rd2 37. Bf1 Kg7 $1 38. Rg5 f5) 35... Bxe4 36. fxe4 Rc8 37. Rg5 Rxc3 38. Kf2 Rc4
39. a3 Rxe4 40. Kf3 Rh4 41. Rxe5 Rxh3+ 42. Kg2 Rh4 43. Re8+ Kg7 44. Ra8 Re4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 d6 4. Nbd2 Nbd7 5. e4 h6 6. Bh4 g5 $6 7. Bg3 Nh5 8.
Nc4 Bg7 9. c3 e6 10. Nfd2 $1 {A new move brings an advantage.} Nxg3 11. hxg3
Qe7 12. Ne3 Nf6 $6 (12... c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 {seems to be more appropriate.}) 13.
Qb3 c6 14. O-O-O e5 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Ndc4 Be6 $6 ({Better is} 16... O-O 17.
Nd6 Rd8 18. Nxc8 Raxc8 19. Nf5 Qc7) 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. Nd6+ Qxd6 $1 (18... Kf8
19. Nxf5 Qc7 {brings a positional horror.}) 19. Rxd6 Nxe4 20. Qxb7 O-O {White
has gained material, but the win is difficult to achieve.} 21. Rdxh6 $6 ({The
integral advantage keeps} 21. Rhxh6 $1 Rab8 22. Qc7 Nxc3 $1 23. Bc4 $1) 21...
Nxf2 22. Qe7 Rad8 23. Be2 Nxh1 24. Rxh1 Be6 25. Qxg5 $6 ({The counteraction
prevents} 25. a3) 25... Bxa2 26. Rh4 Be6 27. Bc4 Rd6 28. Rh6 Re8 29. Bxe6 Rdxe6
30. Rxe6 Rxe6 31. Qd8+ Bf8 32. Qa8 e4 33. Kd1 c5 34. Qxa7 Kg7 35. Ke2 e3 36.
Qb7 Bd6 37. Qd5 Be7 38. Qd7 Bd6 39. Qd8 Be7 40. Qd5 Kg8 41. Qd7 Bd6 42. Qb7 Kg7
43. g4 Be7 44. Qd5 Kg8 45. Qb7 Kg7 46. Qb5 Bd6 47. Qc4 Be7 48. b4 cxb4 49. cxb4
Bd8 50. Qd4+ Bf6 51. Qd3 Be5 52. b5 Bc7 53. Qc3+ Be5 54. Qc5 Bd6 55. Qc4 Be5
56. Qc5 Bd6 57. Qd4+ Be5 58. Qc4 Bf6 59. Qd5 Bc3 60. Qd8 Bf6 61. Qd3 Be5 62. g5
Bc7 63. Qc3+ Be5 64. Qc5 Bd6 65. Qd4+ Be5 66. Qa7 Bc3 67. Qa4 Be5 68. Qb4 Bc7
69. Qc3+ Be5 70. Qc5 Bd6 71. Qc4 Be5 72. Qb4 ({Logical seems} 72. Kxe3 {but}
Bc7+ 73. Kf3 Bb6 {draws.}) 72... Bc7 73. Qc3+ Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. a4
Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O exf4 11. Kh1 Ne5 12. Bxf4 Ng6 13. Be3 Be6 14. Nd4 Ne5
15. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Rc1 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 a5 13. b3 Nd7 14. Be3 Nc5 15.
Qd2 f5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Nd5 Rf7 18. Rfd1 b6 19. Bg5 Ra7 20. Bh4 Qb8 21. Bf1 e6
22. Nc3 Rad7 23. Rb1 Be5 24. Kh1 Qa8 25. Ne2 $2 (25. f4 {prevents an attack on
the king.}) 25... f4 $1 26. Ng1 Rf5 27. Qe1 Rg7 28. a3 Rh5 29. Bd3 Kf7 30. Bc2
Qg8 31. Qf2 Rg3 32. hxg3 fxg3 33. Qe2 Rxh4+ 34. Nh3 Qg7 35. b4 Qf6 36. Rf1 Qh6
37. Rbd1 Na4 $2 (37... Rxh3+ $1 38. gxh3 Qxh3+ 39. Kg1 Bf4 40. Rd2 Qh6 $1 {
crowns the assault.}) 38. Bxa4 Bxa4 39. f4 Bxf4 40. Rxd6 Ke7 41. Rxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D89"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Be6 14. Rc1
Bxa2 15. Qa4 Be6 16. d5 Bd7 17. Qb4 e6 18. Nc3 ({Yusupov drew against Kasparov
with} 18. Rfd1 {in the previous round.}) 18... exd5 19. exd5 Re8 20. Bf2 Bf8 ({
More interesting is} 20... b6 21. Bh4 Bf8 22. d6 Bxd6 23. Qxd6 Qxh4 24. Ne4
Rad8 $1 {(hillarp Persson-Akesson, 1999).}) 21. Qb2 Bg7 22. Qb4 Bf8 23. Qb2 Bg7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. h4 Qc7 8. Nf3
b6 9. h5 h6 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bd3 Ba4 12. O-O c4 13. Be2 Nbc6 14. g3 O-O-O 15.
Nh4 Rdg8 16. Bg4 Nd8 17. Re1 Qd7 18. Ng2 Kb7 19. Re2 Nf5 20. Nf4 g6 21. Rb1 Nc6
22. Re1 Nce7 23. Kh2 Rg7 24. Rb4 a5 25. Rb2 Rhg8 26. Rg1 Ka7 27. Qe2 Qc8 28.
Ng2 Qf8 $2 29. Bxf5 Nxf5 30. g4 {The protection of h6 vanishes. Black loses
material.} Qxa3 31. gxf5 gxh5 32. Qe1 Qa1 33. Qe3 Rg5 34. f4 Rg3 35. Qxg3 Rxg3
36. Kxg3 Qa3 37. Ne3 Qxc3 38. Rd1 Bd7 39. Kf2 h4 40. Ra2 h3 41. Bb2 Qb4 42. Ba3
Qc3 43. Bb2 Qb4 44. f6 $2 {Hereafter, White fails to utilise his advantage.} ({
A decisive attack starts} 44. fxe6 fxe6 45. f5) 44... h2 45. Kg2 c3 46. Bc1 Qb5
47. Re1 Qb4 48. Rd1 Qb5 49. Re1 Qb4 50. Ra3 Qxd4 51. Nd1 Kb7 52. Rxc3 Qa4 53.
Nb2 Qb4 54. Rce3 Qxf4 55. Nd3 Qg4+ 56. Kxh2 d4 57. Re4 Qg6 58. Rh4 Bc6 59. Re2
a4 60. Rf2 Be4 61. Nb4 h5 62. Bb2 b5 63. Bxd4 Bf5 64. Rhf4 Qg5 65. Nd3 a3 66.
Nc5+ Kc6 67. Ne4 Bxe4 68. Rxe4 a2 69. Bb2 h4 70. Rg2 Qf5 71. Reg4 h3 72. Kxh3
Qf1 73. Kh4 a1=Q 74. Bxa1 Qxa1 75. Re4 Kd5 76. Ree2 Qh1+ 77. Kg3 Qh6 78. Kf3
Qh3+ 79. Kf2 Qh4+ 80. Kg1 Qd4+ 81. Rgf2 Qh4 82. Rf3 Qg4+ 83. Kf2 Qh4+ 84. Kg2
Qg4+ 85. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. h3 O-O 8. Rc1
Ne4 9. Bd3 f5 10. Qb3 Kh8 11. Be2 g5 12. Be5+ Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Qa5 14. Qc2 Bd6 15.
O-O Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Qxc3 17. Rxc3 f4 18. Bg4 Kg7 19. Rd1 Kf6 20. Nd3 fxe3 21.
fxe3 Ke7 22. c5 Bg3 23. Rc2 Bd7 24. Re2 Be8 25. e4 h5 26. Bf3 dxe4 27. Rxe4 Bg6
28. Re2 Rad8 29. Ne5 Be8 30. Rd3 h4 31. Bg4 Rd5 32. Bf3 Rd8 33. Bg4 Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15/25"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Rc8 13. e4 b5 14. Re1 bxc4 15.
bxc4 dxc4 16. Qa4 Bb5 17. Qc2 Ba3 18. Nb1 Bd6 19. a4 Ba6 20. Nd2 e5 21. Rad1
Qe7 22. Bf1 Qe6 23. dxe5 Bxe5 24. f4 Bc7 25. e5 $1 Nb6 $6 26. f5 $1 Qh6 $2 ({
The urgency measure} 26... Qe7 $1 27. Ne4 Bxe5 $1 28. Nd6 Qxd6 29. Rxd6 Bxd6 {
is necessary.}) 27. Ne4 Nd5 28. Bd2 Bb6+ 29. Kh1 Qh5 30. Be2 Qh3 31. Ng5 Qh6
32. Bxc4 $2 {A new game begins.} ({White misses} 32. Nxf7 $1 Qh3 33. Qe4 c3 34.
Bg4 cxd2 35. Rxd2 {(Gurevich).}) 32... Bxc4 33. Qxc4 Qh5 34. Qe4 Bf2 $6 35. g4
Qh4 36. Nf3 Qd8 37. Rf1 Bb6 38. Rde1 Re8 39. Re2 Qc7 $6 (39... Nf6 $1 {defends
elegantly.}) 40. Rc1 Qb7 41. Qc4 c5 42. Kg2 Nb4 $2 ({Correct is} 42... Bd8 43.
e6 fxe6 44. fxe6 Be7 $1 {Black stops the passed pawn.}) 43. e6 $1 fxe6 44. Rxe6
{White's heavy pieces attack in the centre. Black should exchange.} Kh8 ({
However,} 44... Rxe6 45. Qxe6+ Kf8 46. Bxb4 {loses a piece.}) 45. Rce1 Qd7 46.
a5 $1 Bxa5 47. Qxc5 $1 Nd3 48. Qxa5 Nxe1+ 49. Rxe1 Red8 50. Kg3 $1 Qb7 51. Qa3
Rd7 52. Bf4 Qb5 53. Re5 Qc6 54. Qe3 Rb7 55. Re6 Qa4 56. Re4 Qb5 57. Be5 Qc6 58.
Bd4 Qd6+ 59. Kh3 Rf8 60. Bc5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kharitonov, Andrei"]
[Black "Eingorn, Vereslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 a5 4. Nf3 d6 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 e5 7. d5 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2
Nb8 9. O-O Nh6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. e4 Na6 12. Ne1 Bd7 13. Nd3 Qb8 14. Ne2 b6 15.
Kh1 Nc5 16. Nc3 a4 17. f4 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Qe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Malaniuk, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 dxe4 7. fxe4 e5 8. d5
Ng4 9. Nf3 Bc5 10. b4 Bf2+ 11. Ke2 c5 {So far, the players follow
Kluger-Liebert, Polanica Zdroj 1966.} 12. Nb5 $5 a6 $5 (12... Bd4 13. Nbxd4
cxd4 14. h3 Nf6 {avoids complications.}) 13. Qa4 axb5 $1 14. Qxa8 Bd4 $1 15.
Nxd4 $2 ({Ivanchuk regards} 15. Ra2 Nd7 {as better for Black, but} 16. Qa5 {is
ok.}) 15... cxd4 16. Qxb8 O-O $1 17. Ke1 Qh4+ 18. g3 Qf6 19. Bf4 $1 {The
Calabrian Ivanchuk can win.} ({No good is} 19. Ra2 Qf3 20. Bg2 Qc3+ 21. Bd2 Qb3
{(Ivanchuk).}) 19... g5 $2 ({Correct is} 19... d3 $1 20. Rc1 exf4 21. Qxf4 Qd4
22. e5 d2+ $1 23. Qxd2 Qe4+ 24. Qe2 Qxh1 {(Ivanchuk).}) 20. c5 exf4 21. Qd6 Qg7
22. Bd3 Ne5 23. Kd2 f3 24. Qe7 g4 25. Bxb5 $2 Ng6 $2 (25... Qh6+ 26. Kd1 Qe3 {
is right.}) 26. Qg5 h6 27. Qh5 d3 28. Bxd3 $2 Re8 29. h3 Re5 30. hxg4 Rxh5 31.
gxh5 Ne5 32. Rae1 Qg5+ 33. Kc2 f2 34. Rd1 Qe3 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8.
Nb3 O-O 9. Kh1 Be6 10. f4 Qc8 11. Bd3 Nb4 12. Nd4 Bg4 13. Qe1 Nh5 14. Nb3 a5
15. Bd2 a4 16. Nc1 d5 17. a3 dxe4 18. axb4 exd3 19. Nxd3 Re8 20. Rf2 Bf5 21.
Ne5 Nf6 22. Be3 Ng4 23. Nxg4 Bxg4 24. Nxa4 $6 (24. Ra3 {is better.}) 24... Rd8
$1 25. h3 Rxa4 $1 26. hxg4 Rxa1 27. Qxa1 Qxg4 28. Rf3 Qf5 29. Qa5 $1 Qxa5 30.
bxa5 Bxb2 {Black has won a pawn, but his winning chances are small.} 31. Bc5
Bf6 32. Rb3 Rd7 33. c4 e6 34. Be3 Bd8 35. Rb5 h5 36. Kg1 Kf8 37. c5 Rd3 38. Kf2
Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. f4 a6 7. Qf3 Qb6 8. Nb3
Qc7 9. Bd3 b5 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Bd2 b4 12. Nd1 d5 13. Nf2 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Bb7 15.
Rae1 Nc5 16. Nbxc5 Bxc5+ 17. Be3 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 O-O 20. Rf2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Bc2 Bg4 6. O-O e6 7. h3 Bh5 8. d3
Be7 9. Nbd2 d5 10. Re1 O-O 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nh4 dxe4 14. dxe4 b5 15.
Ng2 ({Yudasin wants to avoid} 15. Nxg6 fxg6 16. Qxb5 Nxg4 $1 17. hxg4 Rxf2 $1 {
but} 18. e5 $1 Nxe5 19. Kxf2 Nxg4+ 20. Ke2 Qh2+ 21. Kd1 Nf2+ 22. Ke2 {draws.})
15... c4 16. f4 Bc5+ 17. Kh1 Rae8 18. Nf3 Nd7 19. Ngh4 f6 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. e5
$1 fxe5 22. Bxg6 Re7 {White has to continue the attack on the kingside with a
pawn sacrifice.} 23. f5 $1 ({Material costs} 23. fxe5 $2 Ndxe5 24. Nxe5 Nxe5
25. Qxe5 Rf1+ $1 26. Kg2 Rf2+ 27. Kg3 Bd6) 23... exf5 24. gxf5 e4 25. Ng5 Nf6 (
25... Qg3 $1 26. Be3 Bxe3 27. Qxe3 Qxe3 28. Rxe3 Nf6 {makes useful exchanges.})
26. Qg2 Rd8 27. Ne6 Rxe6 28. fxe6 Rd3 29. Rf1 Rg3 30. Bf4 Rxg2 31. Bf7+ Kf8 32.
Bxc7 Rxb2 33. Rf5 Ba3 $6 34. Rg1 Ne7 $2 ({Correct is} 34... Be7 $1 35. Rfg5
Rxa2 36. Rxg7 Bc5 37. R1g5 Ne7) 35. Rxf6 Nd5 36. Rf4 Nxc7 37. Bg6+ Ke7 38. Rf7+
Kd6 39. Rd7+ Kc6 40. Bxe4+ Kb6 41. e7 {Taste-makers: Beliavsky and Karpov 7 1/
2, Salov and Kasparov 7.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Eingorn, Vereslav"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. e3
Nbd7 9. Bd3 Re8 10. h3 $5 Nf8 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. O-O-O $5 b6 $6 ({
Later Beliavsky prefers} 13... Be6 14. g4 Rac8) 14. g4 Bb7 $6 15. g5 Ne4 $2 16.
Bxe4 dxe4 17. Nd2 c5 18. d5 Rad8 19. Ndxe4 Qe5 20. f4 Qe7 21. Rhe1 Bc8 22. h4
$2 ({Correct is} 22. Nf2 $1) 22... Bf5 23. Nf6+ Qxf6 24. gxf6 Bxc2 25. Kxc2
gxf6 26. e4 Ng6 27. Rf1 h5 28. d6 Kg7 29. Rd5 Rd7 30. Ne2 Rxe4 31. Ng3 Rc4+ 32.
Kd3 Rb4 33. Nxh5+ Kf8 34. Nxf6 Rd8 35. Ne4 Re8 36. d7 Rd8 37. f5 Rxd7 38. Rxd7
Ne5+ 39. Ke3 Nxd7 40. b3 Ne5 41. Rg1 c4 $2 ({Black survives in} 41... Rd4 $1
42. h5 f6 $1 43. Nxf6 Rh4 {(Eingorn).}) 42. Nf6 Rb5 43. h5 $1 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. Bb3 d6 7. h3 Be6 8. O-O
Bxb3 9. Qxb3 h6 10. Be3 Bb6 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Bxb6 cxb6 13. a4 Na5 14. Qc2 Rc8
15. Rfe1 Re8 16. d4 Nc4 17. Nxc4 Rxc4 18. d5 Nd7 19. Re3 Rc8 20. Nd2 Rf8 21.
Rg3 g6 22. Nf1 Kh7 23. Rf3 h5 24. Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Malaniuk, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. c4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e3 Nc6 6. Nge2 d6 7. d3 O-O 8. b3 e5
9. Bb2 Be6 10. Nd5 Rb8 11. Qd2 Ne7 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. d4 c6 14. d5 cxd5 15.
cxd5 Bf7 16. O-O Qb6 17. e4 Bg7 18. Kh1 fxe4 19. Bxe4 Rbc8 20. Kg1 Be8 21. Rac1
Rxc1 22. Nxc1 Bd7 23. Kg2 Nf5 24. Rd1 Bh6 25. Qe1 Ng7 26. Ne2 Rxf2+ 27. Qxf2
Bh3+ 28. Kf3 Bg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Qe7 8. d5
Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 Nh6 11. Nd2 a5 12. a3 Bd7 13. b4 g5 14. Bg3 f5 15. exf5
axb4 16. f6 Bxf6 17. axb4 Rxa1 18. Qxa1 e4 19. O-O Bf5 20. Qc1 e3 21. Nb3 exf2+
22. Rxf2 Na6 23. c5 Bg6 {So far the game has been balanced.} 24. b5 $2 ({
Correct is} 24. Bxa6 bxa6 25. b5) 24... Nxc5 $1 25. Nxc5 dxc5 26. d6 cxd6 27.
Nd5 Qg7 28. Nxf6+ Rxf6 29. Qxg5 Rxf2 30. Bxf2 Nf7 31. Qg4 Qa1+ 32. Bf1 Kg7 33.
h4 h5 34. Qf3 b6 35. g4 hxg4 36. Qxg4 Ne5 37. Qg2 Kf7 38. Qd5+ Ke7 39. Kg2 $2 (
39. Qb7+ Nd7 40. Qf3 {prolongs the game.}) 39... Qb1 $1 {White will lose
additional material shortly.} 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Kharitonov, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
b6 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Rd1 Ba6 11. a4 c5 12. Na3 Bb7 13. Qb2 Rc8 14. Rac1 Ne4 15.
Be1 Bf6 16. b4 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Qe7 $2 ({The next move is prevented by} 17... a6 {
(Yusupov).}) 18. Nab5 $1 Ne5 ({Yusupov has calculated the pointe} 18... a6 19.
Na7 $1 Ra8 20. Nac6 Bxc6 21. Nxc6 Qd6 22. Qb1 $1) 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Qb1 Nd6 21.
Rxc8 Nxc8 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Nf5 Qb7 24. Nc3 Rd8 25. Qb3 $1 d4 $5 {Black gives
a pawn.} (25... g6 26. Nxd5 $1 Rxd5 27. Qxd5 Qxd5 28. Rxd5 gxf5 29. Bc3 $1 $18
{(Yusupov).}) 26. Nxd4 Rxd4 $1 27. Rxd4 Nf3+ 28. exf3 Bxd4 29. Ne4 Qd7 30. Qd3
f5 31. Qc4+ Kh8 32. Ng5 h6 33. Qe6 Qxe6 34. Nxe6 Bf6 35. Kf1 Kg8 36. Ke2 Kf7
37. Nc7 Be5 38. Na6 Ke6 39. Kd3 Kd5 $6 (39... g5 $1 40. b5 Nd6 {is more solid.}
) 40. b5 Ne7 41. Nb4+ Kc5 42. Nc2 Nd5 43. f4 Bf6 44. f3 g6 45. Bf2+ Kd6 46. Kc4
Nc3 47. Kb3 Nd5 48. Ne1 Nc3 49. Nd3 Ne2 50. Kc4 Nc3 51. a5 bxa5 (51... Nd5 52.
Nc5 $1 Nc3 53. axb6 axb6 54. Na6 Nd5 55. Nb8 Bd8 56. Nd7 $1 Kxd7 57. Kxd5 $18)
52. Bxa7 Na4 53. Kb3 Nc3 54. Kc4 Na4 55. Kb3 Nc3 56. b6 Kc6 57. Ne5+ Bxe5 58.
fxe5 Nb5 (58... Nd5 59. Ka4 $1 Nxb6+ 60. Bxb6 Kxb6 61. f4 g5 62. h3 $1 g4 63.
h4 h5 64. e6 $1 $18) 59. Ka4 {Taste-makers: Karpov, Salov and Kasparov 8,
Beliavsky 7.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 a5 10. a3 Nd7 11. Rb1 f5 12. b4 b6 $5 {White gets a target of
attack.} ({The theory is} 12... Kh8) 13. f3 f4 14. Na4 axb4 15. axb4 g5 16. c5
Nf6 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. b5 Bd7 19. Nc4 Nc8 20. Ba3 Ne8 ({Less passively defends} 
20... Be8 $1 21. Qb3 Rf7 22. Nc3 Rfa7) 21. g4 fxg3 22. hxg3 g4 23. Bc1 gxf3 24.
Bxf3 Nf6 25. Bg5 Ra7 26. Rf2 Rb7 27. Rb3 Ra7 28. Rb1 Rb7 29. Rb3 Ra7 30. Rb4 $1
Kh8 31. Qf1 Bxb5 $1 32. Rxb5 Rxa4 {The strategic movements are reversed: White
attacks on the kingside and Black on the other flank.} 33. Bg2 h6 34. Bh4 Qe8
35. Bxf6 Rxf6 36. Rxf6 Qxb5 37. Re6 $1 Kg8 $1 38. Bh3 $1 {Kasparov has set a
great trap.} Rxc4 $2 ({Correct is} 38... h5 $1 39. Nd2 Qxf1+ 40. Kxf1 Kf7) 39.
Rxh6 $1 Bxh6 40. Be6+ Kh8 41. Qf6+ (41. Qf6+ Kh7 (41... Bg7 42. Qh4+ {and
White mates because the h-pawn has been captured.}) 42. Qf7+ Bg7 43. Bf5+ Kh8
44. Qh5+ Kg8 45. Be6+ Kf8 46. Qf7# {(Nikitin).}) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e4 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Qc2
Nc6 9. Bxc4 Qxc5 10. Qe2 Nd4 11. Nxd4 Qxg5 12. e5 Nd7 13. Nf3 Qxg2 14. Rg1 Qh3
15. Rxg7 Nb6 16. Rg3 Qh6 17. Bb5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 Bg4
8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qd5 10. Be2 Qxf3 11. Bxf3 e6 12. Bd2 Bd6 13. g3 O-O 14.
O-O-O Rfd8 15. Rhe1 Bc7 16. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 c5 7. Qb3 Rb8 8.
d3 Bd6 9. Nc3 a6 10. Ng5 Qe7 ({Avoids} 10... O-O $4 11. Nxe6 $1) 11. O-O O-O
12. Nge4 Be5 13. a4 b6 14. Qc4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 $6 ({Equality keeps the creative} 
15. Nxe4 Bb7 16. f4 $1 Bd5 17. Qc2 f5 18. fxe5 fxe4 19. Rxf8+ Rxf8 20. dxe4 Bb7
21. Qc3) 15... Nf6 16. Bg5 Rd8 17. e3 h6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Rfd1 g6 20. Rab1 Bg7
21. Ne2 ({No good is} 21. b4 $6 cxb4 22. Rxb4 Bd7 23. Qb3 Rdc8 {(Salov).})
21... b5 22. axb5 axb5 23. Qc2 Bd7 24. Ra1 Be8 25. Rac1 Rbc8 26. b3 Rc7 27. Rd2
Qd6 28. h4 Rdc8 29. Qd1 Bf6 30. Rdc2 Kg7 31. Qe1 $6 (31. h5 $1 {counters
sufficiently, e.g.} Be7 32. hxg6 f5 33. Bg2 Bxg6 34. Nf4 Bf7 35. d4 cxd4 36.
Rxc7 Rxc7 37. Rxc7 Qxc7 38. exd4) 31... b4 32. Ra2 Bb5 33. Rd1 Rd8 34. Qd2 Rcd7
35. Qc2 Qb6 36. Nc1 Ba6 37. Bg2 Bc3 38. Bf3 Rd6 39. Kg2 e5 40. h5 f5 41. e4 $2
({The last chance gives} 41. hxg6 $1 Bb7 $1 42. Bxb7 Qxb7+ 43. f3 e4) 41... Bb7
42. Qe2 {Salov changes the strategy fluently from restriction to attack.} c4 $1
43. bxc4 b3 44. Ra3 b2 45. Na2 Bd4 46. Qc2 fxe4 47. Bxe4 ({The combination} 47.
dxe4 Bxf2 $1 48. Rb3 Rxd1 $1 49. Rxb6 Bxb6 50. Bxd1 Rxd1 $1 51. Nc3 Rg1+ 52.
Kh2 Rf1 {shows the strength of the b-pawn.}) 47... Rf8 48. f3 Bxe4 49. dxe4 Rb8
50. Rb1 Be3 51. c5 ({Black also wins in} 51. Rd3 Rxd3 52. Qxd3 Rd8 {(Salov).})
51... Bxc5 52. Rd3 Rxd3 53. Qxd3 Bd4 54. Qc4 gxh5 55. Nc3 Qc5 56. Qxc5 Bxc5 57.
f4 Rb3 58. Nd1 Bd4 59. Nxb2 h4 $1 ({Avoids} 59... Rxb2+ $2 60. Rxb2 Bxb2 61.
fxe5 $11) 60. fxe5 hxg3 61. e6 Bf2 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
b6 9. Rd1 Ba6 10. b3 Nbd7 11. a4 c5 12. Na3 Bb7 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. Nb5 a6 15.
Nc3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 cxd4 17. Bg5 dxc3 18. Bxf6 Rc8 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Rd3 Ne5 21.
Rxc3 Nxf3+ 22. exf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 c5 7. Qb3 Rb8 8.
d3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 a6 11. a4 b6 12. Nd2 Bc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. d4 e6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. Nh4 b5 8. O-O
bxc4 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Nf5 O-O 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nxd5
Bxd5 15. Qxd5 Nc6 16. Qxc4 ({Known is} 16. Qxc5 Rab8 17. Rab1 Rxb2 18. Rxb2
Qxb2 19. Qxc4 {(Gostisa-Xu Jun, Portoroz 1987).}) 16... Qxb2 17. e3 Rab8 18.
Qxc5 Rb6 $2 ({Black survives in} 18... Qe5 $1 19. Rac1 Rb2 20. a4 Rfb8 21. Bxc6
Qxc5 22. Rxc5 dxc6 23. Rxc6 Ra2 24. Ra6 Rb4 25. Rxa7 Rbxa4 26. Rxa4 Rxa4 27.
Rd1 h5 {and a theoretical draw.}) 19. Rad1 Nb8 $6 {Gavrikov accepts the
restriction.} ({The last chance gives} 19... Ne5 $1 20. a4 Re8) 20. Bd5 Qb5 21.
Qc7 Qa6 22. Rc1 Qa5 23. Rfd1 Rb5 24. Qd6 Qb6 25. Qe7 $1 {White threatens 26.
Bxf7+.} Qg6 26. Be4 Qe6 27. Bh7+ Kxh7 28. Qxf8 Qxa2 29. Qd6 a6 30. Qd3+ f5 31.
Rb1 Qe6 32. Rxb5 axb5 33. Qxb5 Nc6 34. Rd5 Kg6 35. Qc5 Qe4 36. Rd6+ Kh7 37. Qd5
Qb1+ 38. Qd1 Qe4 39. Qd3 Qg4 40. Rd5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kharitonov, Andrei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
a6 9. e4 c5 10. d5 c4 11. Bc2 Qc7 12. O-O Bc5 13. Qe2 e5 14. Nh4 ({
Alternatives have become} 14. Nd1 {(Gelfand-Morovic, Dos Hermanas 1994) and}) (
14. Bd2 {(Karpov-Morovic, Las Palmas 1994).}) 14... O-O 15. Kh1 $6 (15. Qf3 Bd4
16. Nf5 {doesn't lose time.}) 15... Bd4 16. Nf5 Nc5 17. Qf3 Bxf5 18. Qxf5 Qc8
$1 19. Qf3 $6 ({Equality keeps} 19. Qxc8 Raxc8 20. f3 Nd3 $5 21. Bxd3 cxd3 22.
Rd1) 19... Qg4 $1 20. Qxg4 Nxg4 21. Nd1 f5 22. exf5 ({Avoids} 22. f3 $2 fxe4)
22... Nf6 23. Ne3 Rad8 24. a4 $6 (24. Rd1 Nxd5 25. Nxd5 Rxd5 26. f3 {offers
more resistance.}) 24... Nxd5 25. axb5 axb5 26. Ra5 Nc7 27. Bd2 Ra8 ({No win
brings} 27... Bxb2 $2 28. Bb4 Bd4 29. Bxc5 Bxc5 30. Nxc4 $1) 28. g4 e4 29. Kg2
Nd3 $1 {White becomes overwhelmed.} 30. Rb1 Bxe3 31. fxe3 Rxa5 32. Bxa5 Nd5 33.
Bd2 Ra8 34. Kg3 b4 35. Bxd3 cxd3 $1 36. Rc1 Ra2 37. Rc5 Rxb2 38. Rxd5 Rxd2 39.
Kf4 Rc2 $1 40. Ke5 (40. Kxe4 d2 41. Kf3 b3 42. Ke2 b2 43. Rb5 d1=Q+ $19 {
(Ivanchuk).}) 40... b3 41. Rd8+ Kf7 42. Rd7+ Kf8 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Malaniuk, Vladimir"]
[Black "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qd3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. e4 Nb6 11. Be3 O-O 12. Nh3 f5 13. Be2 fxe4 14. fxe4 $5
{Malaniuk plays a new move.} ({A loss resulted from} 14. Qxe4 $6 e5 $1 15. dxe5
Bf5 16. Bg5 Qd4 17. Qxd4 Nxd4 18. Rd1 Nxe2 19. Kxe2 Bxh3 20. gxh3 Rae8 $1 {
(Sliwa-Lenguel, Warsaw 1961).}) 14... e5 $1 15. dxe5 $2 {The endgame is
horrible for White.} ({He should try the attack} 15. d5 $2 Bxh3 16. gxh3 Qh4+
17. Kd2 Nd4 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Qxd4 Qxh3 20. Rag1 Qh6+ 21. Kd3 {Has the king
become strong?}) 15... Qxd3 16. Bxd3 Nxe5 17. Bc2 Bxh3 18. gxh3 Rf3 19. Ke2
Nbc4 20. Bf2 Raf8 21. Bd4 Rxh3 22. a4 b6 23. Rab1 Nc6 24. Bf2 Rhf3 25. Bg1 Rc3
26. Bb3 N6a5 27. Bd1 Rf4 28. e5 Nxe5 29. Bf2 Nac4 30. Bb3 Re4+ 31. Kd1 Rd3+ 32.
Kc1 Re2 33. Be1 g6 34. h4 h5 35. Bd1 Rc3+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 a5 10. a3 Bd7 11. Ra2 Ne8 ({Also sound is} 11... a4 12. b4 axb3 13.
Nxb3 b6 14. a4 {(Sherbakov-Bliumberg 1992).}) 12. b4 f5 13. c5 axb4 14. axb4
Rxa2 15. Nxa2 Nf6 16. Nc3 Kh8 $6 ({Wiser is} 16... Bh6 {but Black wants to
prepare an attack.}) 17. f3 f4 18. Nc4 Nc8 19. Na5 $1 b6 20. Nc6 $6 (20. c6
bxa5 21. cxd7 Qxd7 22. bxa5 c6 23. a6 {keeps a plus.}) 20... Bxc6 $5 21. dxc6
bxc5 22. bxc5 Ne7 23. cxd6 cxd6 24. Nb5 Nxc6 25. Qxd6 Nd4 $1 26. Qxd8 Nxe2+ 27.
Kf2 Rxd8 28. Kxe2 Kg8 29. Bd2 Rb8 30. Nd6 Ne8 31. Nc4 Rc8 32. Nb6 Rb8 33. Nd5
Rb7 34. Rc1 Kf7 35. Rc6 Nf6 36. Nb4 Bf8 37. Nd3 Nd7 38. Bc3 Bg7 39. Nb2 Ra7 40.
Kd3 Ra2 41. Kc4 Ra7 42. Kd5 Rb7 43. Ra6 Rb3 $6 ({Black should consolidate with
} 43... Nb8 $1 44. Ra5 Rd7+ {(Khalifman).}) 44. Na4 $1 Ra3 45. Ra7 Rxa4 $1 46.
Rxd7+ Kg8 47. Rb7 Ra3 48. Rc7 Ra2 49. g4 fxg3 (49... g5 $1 {keeps the position
closed.}) 50. hxg3 Rg2 51. Ke6 h5 (51... Rxg3 $2 52. Rxg7+ $1) 52. Rd7 Rg1 53.
Rd8+ Kh7 54. Rd3 Kg8 $2 {Finally Black breaks down.} ({Correct is} 54... g5 $1
55. Rd7 Kh6 56. Bxe5 Bxe5 57. Kxe5 Rxg3 {(Khalifman).}) 55. f4 exf4 56. Rd8+
Kh7 57. Rd7 fxg3 58. Bxg7 Rf1 59. Bf6+ Kh6 60. Rd8 {White has an extra piece
and threatens mate.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Eingorn, Vereslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qd3 dxe4 5. Qxe4 Nf6 6. Qh4 Bd7 7. Nf3 Bc6 8.
a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Be4 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. cxd3 O-O 12. O-O c5 13. Bg5 cxd4 14. Nxd4
Nbd7 15. Rfd1 Ne5 16. Nb5 Ng6 17. Qg3 h6 18. Be3 a6 19. Nd4 Qd7 20. c4 e5 21.
Nb3 b5 22. Rac1 Rac8 23. Nc5 Qc6 24. Qf3 Qxf3 25. gxf3 Rfd8 26. Nb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Nbd7 8. O-O
Qb6 $6 9. Qc2 ({Known is} 9. Rb1 {(Trifunovic-Lindblom, Wageningen 1957).})
9... Re8 10. c4 cxd4 11. exd4 Qc7 12. Rac1 a6 13. Rfe1 e6 14. Bh4 b6 15. Bg3
Qc6 16. b4 dxc4 17. Nxc4 Bf8 18. Qb2 Qb5 $2 ({Better is} 18... Qa4) 19. Nd6 $1
Qxd3 {The queen can be caught.} 20. Rcd1 $2 ({The elegant} 20. Re3 $1 Qxe3 21.
fxe3 Bxd6 22. Bxd6 Bb7 23. Rc7 Bd5 24. Qc1 $1 {continues the attack.}) 20...
Qxd1 21. Rxd1 Bxd6 22. Bxd6 Bb7 23. Ne5 Rec8 24. h3 Bc6 25. Rc1 Bb7 26. a3 Nxe5
27. dxe5 Nd5 28. Rxc8+ Rxc8 29. Qd2 Kg7 30. a4 h6 31. a5 bxa5 32. bxa5 Bc6 33.
Qd4 Bb5 34. Qa7 g5 35. Kh2 Rc2 36. Bc5 Rc4 37. Bb6 Rf4 38. Qb8 Rc4 39. Qd6 Rc6
40. Qd8 Rc4 41. Ba7 Rc7 42. Bb8 Re7 43. h4 Re8 44. Qd6 gxh4 45. Bc7 Rc8 46. Bd8
Rc4 47. Bb6 Rg4 48. Bc5 Kh7 49. Qf8 {The fortress cannot be taken.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f4 a6 7. Be3 b5 8. Qf3
Bb7 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. a3 Rc8 11. O-O Be7 12. Rae1 O-O 13. Qh3 Nc5 14. Bf2 Nfd7
15. Kh1 Bf6 16. Rd1 Re8 17. Bg1 g6 18. Nde2 Bg7 19. f5 Qe7 20. Bd4 Nf6 21. Qg3
$2 ({Correct is} 21. fxg6 fxg6 22. e5 dxe5 23. Bxe5) 21... e5 $1 {Kasparov
wins a pawn.} 22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Be3 Nfxe4 24. Bxe4 Nxe4 25. Nxe4 Bxe4 26. Nc3
Bb7 27. h4 Rc4 28. Bg5 Qe6 29. Rd2 Rg4 30. Qd3 f6 {Taste-makers: Karpov, Salov
and Kasparov 9, Beliavsky 7 1/2.  Beliavsky has been dethroned.} 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Eingorn, Vereslav"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. e4 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Qb3 a6 13. Be2 $5 {A new
move avoids exchanges.} Nc6 14. O-O Qc7 15. Rab1 Na5 16. Qa3 Rc8 17. c4 $5 ({
Pressure exerts} 17. Rfd1 $1 Qxc3 $2 18. Qd6 Qc7 19. Nf5 $1 exf5 20. Qxf6 {
(Kasparov-Hjartarson, Tilburg 1989).}) 17... Nxc4 18. Bxc4 Qxc4 19. Rfd1 Qc3
20. Qxc3 ({New problems sets} 20. Qd6 Qc7 21. Qb4 Rg8 22. Qd2 {(Kramnik-Van
Wely, Amber rapid 2000).}) 20... Rxc3 21. Rxb7 Bc8 22. Ra7 O-O 23. Ne2 Rc2 24.
Nf4 Kg7 25. h3 Rxa2 26. Rd6 Kh6 27. Rc6 Kg5 28. g3 e5 29. Nd5 Be6 30. Raxa6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Black "Malaniuk, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Qe8 8. b3
Na6 9. Ba3 c6 10. Rc1 h6 11. e3 Be6 12. Qe2 Qd7 13. Nd2 Nc7 14. Qd3 Rab8 15.
Bb2 Kh8 16. d5 cxd5 17. Nxd5 Ncxd5 18. cxd5 Bf7 19. Bd4 Ra8 20. Rfe1 Rfc8 21.
a4 Rc7 22. Rxc7 Qxc7 23. Nc4 Kh7 24. h4 b6 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. h5 gxh5 27. Qxf5+
Bg6 28. Qf4 a6 29. Be4 Rg8 30. Bxg6+ Rxg6 31. Kh2 b5 32. axb5 axb5 33. Nd2 Qc2
34. Ne4 Kg7 35. Qf5 Qxb3 36. Rc1 h4 37. Rc7 Qd3 38. Nxd6 $2 ({White draws by} 
38. Rc8 Qf1 39. Rg8+ Kxg8 40. Qxg6+) 38... hxg3+ 39. fxg3 Qe2+ 40. Kh3 Rg5 41.
Rxe7+ Bxe7 42. Qf7+ Kh8 43. Qe8+ Rg8 44. Qxe7 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Kharitonov, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2
Nc6 9. a3 Qa5 10. O-O-O Be7 ({Sokolov answered} 10... dxc4 11. Bxc4 Be7 12. g4
$5 b5 $2 {in round eight.}) 11. g4 Rd8 ({Theory has become} 11... dxc4 12. Bxc4
e5 13. g5 exf4 14. gxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5 Ne7 16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. Rhg1+ Kh8 18. Qe4
Ng6 19. Qd4 Qb6 20. Qxb6 axb6 21. Rd6 fxe3 22. fxe3 Ra5 {(Kasparov-Khalifman,
Reggio Emilia 1992).}) 12. h3 Bd7 13. Nd2 a6 14. Be2 Rac8 15. g5 Ne4 16. Ndxe4
dxe4 17. Nxe4 Ne5 18. Rd4 Bc6 19. Rhd1 Ng6 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Rxd8+ Bxd8 22.
Bg3 Qe1+ 23. Bd1 Qh1 24. Qd2 Be7 25. Bd6 Qxe4 26. Bxe7 Qxc4+ 27. Bc2 Qf1+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2
Nc6 9. Rd1 Qa5 10. a3 Be7 11. Nd2 e5 12. Bg5 d4 13. Nb3 Qd8 14. Be2 a5 (14...
g6 {is more usual.}) 15. Na4 Bd7 16. Nbc5 b6 ({Known is} 16... Rb8 {from
Yusupov-Ublilava, 1983.}) 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Bf3 Rfc8 $6 ({The
rooks find better squares in} 19... Rac8 20. O-O Rfd8) 20. O-O Rab8 21. Bxc6
Rxc6 22. exd4 b5 23. Nc3 Rxc4 $2 ({Counteraction for a pawn brings} 23... bxc4
24. Rfe1 Rd6 25. Qe2 Qe6 26. dxe5 Rxd1 27. Nxd1 Nc5) 24. Qe2 Qe6 25. dxe5 Nxe5
26. Nxb5 h6 27. b3 Rf4 28. Nc7 Qf5 29. Rfe1 Ng6 30. Nd5 Rh4 31. g3 Rh5 32. h4
Qe5 33. Ne7+ $1 {More material is won elegantly.} Qxe7 ({Even worse is} 33...
Kh7 34. Qf3 Qc5 35. Qxf7) 34. Qxh5 Qxa3 35. Qd5 a4 36. bxa4 Qxa4 37. Qd7 Qa8
38. Ra1 Qb7 39. Qxb7 Rxb7 40. Re8+ Kh7 41. Rae1 h5 42. Kg2 f6 43. f4 Ra7 44.
Kf3 Rb7 45. R1e3 Ra7 46. Ke2 Rb7 47. Kd3 Nh8 48. R8e7 Rb8 49. Rc7 Ng6 50. Kc4
Rb1 51. Rc5 Kh6 52. Re8 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qd2 a6 8. Nf3
Rb8 9. O-O b5 10. cxb5 axb5 11. b4 Bb7 12. Bd3 c5 $1 13. Rab1 d5 $1 14. exd5 c4
{Black forces through the restraint.} 15. Bc2 Bxd5 16. Ne5 Ba8 17. Rfe1 Nxe5
18. dxe5 Qxd2 19. Bxd2 Nd5 20. a4 bxa4 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Bxa4 Ra8 23. Ra1 f6
24. Bc3 fxe5 25. f3 e4 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. fxe4 Bb7 28. Bb5 c3 29. Rxa8 Rxa8 30.
Bd3 Kf6 31. Rc1 Ra3 32. Kf2 Ke5 33. Ke3 c2 $1 34. Rxc2 $5 Rxd3+ $1 35. Kxd3
Bxe4+ 36. Kc3 Bxc2 37. Kxc2 Kd4 {The pawn ending looks dangerous for White,
but he finds an elegant solution.} 38. Kd2 Kc4 39. Ke3 Kxb4 40. Kd4 Kb3 41. Ke5
Kc4 42. Ke6 Kd4 43. Kxe7 Ke5 44. Kf7 Kf5 45. Kg7 {Taste-makers: Kasparov 10,
Karpov 9 1/2, Salov 9, Beliavsky 7 1/2.  Salov is out of the race.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 Be6 9. d3 O-O 10. b4 Nd4 11. Bb2 Nxf3+ ({Sokolov drew with} 11... Bb3 12.
Qc1 c5 {against Kasparov in round four.}) 12. Bxf3 c6 13. Ne4 Nd7 14. Qc2 Bd5
15. Nd2 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Bd6 17. Nd2 Qe7 18. Ne4 Rae8 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 {Both sides
play prudently in this important game.} 20. a4 f5 21. b5 c5 22. e3 Rf7 23. Rfe1
Nf8 24. Qc4 Rd8 25. Rad1 b6 26. Kg2 Ng6 27. f4 exf4 28. exf4 Qd5+ 29. Kf2 Rfd7
30. Rc1 h5 $5 {Salov threatens to attack. Kasparov takes a countermeasure.} 31.
Qxd5+ Rxd5 32. d4 cxd4 33. Rc7 R8d7 34. Rxd7 Rxd7 35. Rd1 Nf8 36. Rxd4 Rxd4 37.
Bxd4 Ne6 $6 ({Safely draws} 37... Nd7 $1 38. Ke3 Kf7 39. Kd3 g6 40. Kc4 Ke6 {
Black has a fortress (Nikitin).}) 38. Ke3 Kf7 39. Be5 Nc5 40. Kd4 {The
determining moment of the tournament has arrived.} Nxa4 $2 {A natural move is
not good enough.} ({Correct is} 40... Ke6 $1 41. Bb8 a5 $1 42. bxa6 Nxa6 43.
Ba7 Nc5 44. Bxb6 Nxa4 {(Nikitin).}) 41. Bb8 Ke6 42. Bxa7 g6 ({Kasparov gives} 
42... Kd7 43. Ke5 $1 Kc7 44. Kxf5) ({and} 42... Kd6 43. Bb8+ Ke6 44. Kc4 Nc5
45. Bc7) 43. Kc4 h4 44. gxh4 Nb2+ 45. Kc3 Na4+ 46. Kb4 Nc5 47. Bxb6 Nd3+ 48.
Kc4 Nxf4 49. Bf2 Nh3 50. Ba7 Kd7 51. Kd5 Nf4+ 52. Ke5 Nh5 53. Bc5 f4 54. Bf2
Ke7 55. Ke4 Ke6 56. Bd4 $1 Kd6 57. Kf3 Kd5 58. b6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Nf3 Re8 13. Ng5 Rf8 14. Nf3 Re8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. c3 Qc7 12. Qe2 Bd6 13. h3 Bh2+ 14. Kh1
Bf4 15. Bb5 O-O 16. Bxd7 Nxd7 17. Bxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. c4 Nc6 8.
Nc3 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Bd2 Ng4 11. Qd3 Ne5 12. Qe4 Bd7 13. b3 Bc6 14. Qh4 e6
15. Qxd8 Rfxd8 16. Rac1 h6 17. Rfd1 Rd7 18. h3 Rad8 19. Be3 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Nc6
21. Rd2 {White wants to put pressure on a weak pawn, but it has little success.
} d5 22. cxd5 exd5 23. Bc5 d4 24. Na4 h5 25. Rcd1 Rd5 26. e4 Re5 27. Bxd4 Rxe4
28. Bxg7 Rxd2 29. Rxd2 Kxg7 30. Nc5 Re7 31. g4 hxg4 32. hxg4 b6 33. Nd7 Ne5 34.
Nxe5 Rxe5 35. Rd7 a5 36. Rd6 b5 37. a3 g5 38. Kf3 f6 39. Rc6 Re1 40. Rb6 Ra1
41. Ke4 Kg6 42. Rxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. c3 O-O 6. Bg5 c6 7. Nbd2 d5 8. Ne5
Nbd7 9. Bf4 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Bh6 11. Nf3 Qb6 12. Qc2 Be6 13. O-O Nd7 14. Bf4 Bg7
15. Qd2 Bf7 16. b3 Rfe8 17. Rac1 e5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Ng5 h6 20. Nxf7 Nxf7 21.
Be3 Qa6 22. Rc2 Re6 23. Bd4 Bxd4 24. cxd4 Qb6 25. Rb1 Rae8 26. Bf1 Kg7 27. b4
Ng5 28. a4 Re4 29. Rd1 a6 30. Rb2 Qd8 31. b5 axb5 32. axb5 Qf6 33. bxc6 bxc6
34. Rb7+ R4e7 35. Qb4 Rxb7 36. Qxb7+ Re7 37. Qb8 Qf8 38. Qb6 f4 39. Rd3 fxg3
40. hxg3 Qf6 41. Qd8 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. Qg3 O-O 11. Bh6 Ne8 12. Rad1 Bf6 13. Bg5 Bxg5 14. Qxg5 Qc5
15. Qd2 Bd7 16. Rfe1 Ra7 17. a3 Rb7 18. Nce2 Nc6 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. Nf4 Nf6 21.
Qd4 Qxd4 22. Rxd4 Rd7 $6 {Black has overlooked a 'petite combinaison'.} 23.
Nxe6 fxe6 24. Bxe6+ Rff7 25. f3 Kf8 26. c4 $6 (26. Red1 {exerts pressure.})
26... bxc4 27. Rxc4 Bb7 28. Bxd7 Rxd7 29. Rec1 Ne8 30. Kf2 Ke7 31. b4 $6 ({
Ehlvest prefers} 31. Rb4) 31... d5 32. exd5 Rxd5 33. R1c2 Kd7 34. Rc5 Rd6 35.
Ke3 Re6+ 36. Kf4 Bc6 37. Rd2+ Nd6 38. Re5 Rf6+ 39. Kg3 Kc8 40. Rc2 Kd7 41. Rd2
Bb5 42. Rd4 g6 43. Kf2 h5 44. Kg3 Kc6 45. Kh4 Nf7 46. Re7 g5+ 47. Kh3 Bf1 48.
Re3 Nh6 49. Rc3+ Kb6 50. Rd1 Bb5 51. Kg3 Nf5+ 52. Kf2 g4 53. Rd5 Bc6 54. Re5
gxf3 55. gxf3 h4 56. Rd3 h3 57. f4 Nh4 58. Rc5 Ng6 59. f5 Nh4 60. Rxh3 Nxf5 61.
Ke1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Be6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. Bd3 Nb6 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Ne2 Kc7 14.
h3 Nc8 15. Nf4 Nd6 16. g4 Ne4 17. Rdf1 Bd6 18. Nh5 f5 19. Ng7 fxg4 20. Nxe6+
fxe6 21. hxg4 Rdg8 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Nd2 Rxg4 24. Rh5 Bb4 25. Nb1 $6 ({
Equality keeps} 25. Rfh1 Bxd2+ 26. Kxd2 Rg7 27. R5h4) 25... h6 26. Kd1 Bf8 27.
Ke2 Bg7 28. Nc3 Rf8 29. Rfh1 Rf5 30. b4 Rxh5 31. Rxh5 e5 32. d5 cxd5 33. Nxd5+
Kd6 34. Nc3 Ke6 35. a3 Rg1 $6 {Black gives away his extra pawn.} (35... a6 36.
Na4 Bf8 {plays for a win.}) 36. Nxe4 b6 37. f4 exf4 38. exf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. f3
Nc6 9. O-O-O O-O 10. g4 Rb8 11. h4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Nd7 13. g5 ({Sharper than} 13.
Bd3 {(Tratatovici-Suba, Predeal 1987).}) 13... b5 14. Kb1 Qc7 $6 ({In the
variation} 14... b4 15. Ne2 Bb7 {Black advances on the queenside and keeps the
pressure on g5.}) 15. h5 b4 16. Ne2 Ne5 17. Ng1 $1 ({Black grabs the
initiative in} 17. f4 Nc4 18. Qd3 e5 {(Khalifman).}) 17... f5 18. gxf6 Bxf6 19.
h6 g6 20. b3 Bb7 21. Bh3 Qe7 {A great Sicilian battle rages.} 22. Rh2 $6 ({The
violent confrontation} 22. Bb2 $1 Rfd8 23. Qxb4 $5 Ba8 $1 24. Qc3 Rdc8 25. Qd4
Nc4 $1 26. Qxf6 Na3+ 27. Ka1 Nxc2+ 28. Kb1 Na3+ {ends in a perpetual check.})
22... a5 $1 23. Re2 Nf7 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. f4 Rbc8 26. Nf3 Qc3 $6 ({Khalifman
regards} 26... Rc3 $1 27. Ng5 Nxg5 28. fxg5 Qe5 29. Bg2 {as slightly better
for White, but} Rd8 {slightly favours Black.}) 27. Re3 Qxd2 28. Rxd2 $6 ({More
active is} 28. Nxd2 $1) 28... Rc3 $1 29. Rxc3 bxc3 30. Rd3 $6 (30. Rd4 e5 31.
fxe5 dxe5 32. Rc4 {defends appropriately.}) 30... Bxe4 31. Rxc3 Bxf3 32. Bxe6
$1 {White escapes.} ({A fatal end has} 32. Rxf3 $2 Ng5 33. Re3 Nxh3 34. Rxh3
Rxf4) 32... Bh5 33. Rc7 g5 34. fxg5 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Kharitonov, Andrei"]
[Black "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3
a6 9. c5 e5 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. dxe5 Be7 12. Qc2 h6 13. Na4 Qc7 14. Qc3 Re8 15.
e6 fxe6 16. O-O Bf6 17. Qc2 Rb8 18. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Malaniuk, Vladimir"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 c6 12. h3 Bc8 13. dxc6 Qc7 14. a4 b4 $5 15.
cxb4 Nxc6 16. Bd2 Qb7 17. b5 axb5 18. Nc3 bxa4 19. Bxa4 Be6 20. Bg5 Nb4 21. Ra3
Rfd8 22. Qe2 h6 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Bb5 Rab8 25. Rd1 $6 (25. Ra4 {prevents the
following move.}) 25... d5 $1 26. Ra4 dxe4 $6 (26... Qe7 27. exd5 Nxd5 {
continues the fight.}) 27. Rxd8+ Bxd8 28. Nxe5 Nd5 29. Nc6 Nxc3 30. bxc3 Qxb5
31. Qxb5 Rxb5 32. Nxd8 Rb1+ 33. Kh2 Bd5 34. c4 Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Eingorn, Vereslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O d5 7. c4 dxc4 8. bxc4
Be7 9. d3 O-O 10. Nbd2 $5 Nfd7 $5 11. e4 $6 a6 12. e5 {Salov wants to win this
game!} b5 13. Qe2 Nc6 14. h4 $6 (14. a4 $1 {stops the advance on the queenside.
}) 14... Nb6 15. Ne4 Na4 16. Bc1 Nd4 $1 ({Stronger looks} 16... Nb4 $5 17. Bg5
Bxg5 18. Nfxg5 h6 {but} 19. a3 $1 Qxd3 20. Qh5 hxg5 (20... Nc6 $2 21. Nf6+ $1
gxf6 22. Be4) 21. Rfd1 Bxe4 22. Rxd3 Bg6 23. Qxg6 fxg6 24. axb4 Rad8 {leads to
equality.}) 17. Nxd4 Qxd4 18. Bf4 Nc3 19. Nxc3 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qxc3 21. Qe4 Ra7 (
{A plus keeps} 21... Rfd8 $1 22. cxb5 axb5 23. Qb7 {(Eingorn)} Bf8 24. Qxb5
Rxd3) 22. a4 $1 bxa4 23. Rfc1 Qb4 24. Rcb1 Qc3 $6 (24... Qa5 {draws more
easily.}) 25. Rxa4 a5 26. Be3 Rd8 27. Rb5 h5 $1 {He loses a pawn but not the
game.} 28. Bxc5 Bxc5 29. Rxc5 Qxd3 30. Qxd3 Rxd3 31. Rcxa5 Rxa5 32. Rxa5 Rc3
33. Ra4 Kh7 34. Kf1 Kg6 35. Ke2 Kf5 36. Kd2 Rf3 37. Ra7 Kxe5 38. Ke2 Rf5 39.
Rd7 Ke4 40. c5 f6 41. c6 Rc5 42. f3+ Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. Nxe5
Nxe5 9. dxe5 c6 10. c3 Bc5 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Be3 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. b4 Bb6 6. d3 d6 7. a4 a6 8. O-O O-O
9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 $5 ({Known is} 10... Bg4 {(Smederavac-Gereben, Amsterdam
1968).}) 11. Bg3 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Nbd2 Kh8 $5 14. Qb3 a5 15. b5 Ne7 16. Rfe1
Qe8 17. d4 Ng6 18. Bh2 Nf4 19. Bf1 Rg8 20. g4 $6 {White supports Black's
attack on the kingside.} ({Better is} 20. Rac1) 20... Bg6 21. Ra2 h5 $6 ({
Elegantly goes} 21... Qd7 $1 22. Bxf4 (22. Nc4 Nxg4 $1) 22... gxf4 23. Bg2) 22.
Bxf4 gxf4 23. g5 Nh7 $5 24. h4 f6 {Again Yusupov dares to take a risk.} 25. Bc4
$1 {He sacrifices an exchange.} Qe7 26. Bxg8 Rxg8 27. Kf1 $5 fxg5 28. hxg5 Bf7
29. c4 Nxg5 30. dxe5 Nxf3 31. Nxf3 Qe6 $1 32. exd6 Qxc4+ 33. Qxc4 Bxc4+ 34.
Ree2 cxd6 35. Rac2 Bxe2+ 36. Rxe2 $6 ({Better is} 36. Kxe2 Kg7 37. Rd2 Bc5 38.
Nh4 $1 Kf6 39. Nf5) 36... Re8 37. Rd2 Bc5 $6 ({Winning chances gives} 37...
Rxe4 38. Rxd6 Bc5 39. Rd8+ Kg7 {(Gavrilov)} 40. Rd7+ Kf6 $1 41. Rxb7 Rxa4) 38.
e5 dxe5 39. Rd5 e4 40. Rxh5+ Kg7 41. Rxc5 exf3 42. Rc4 Rd8 {Taste-makers:
Kasparov 10 1/2, Karpov 10, Salov 9 1/2, Beliavsky 8.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Eingorn, Vereslav"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Bf6 8. O-O
c5 9. d5 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 {So far the players follow Alburt-Balinas
Rosendo, Odessa 1976.} O-O 12. e4 Ba6 $2 ({The right plan is} 12... d6 13. e5
exd5 14. cxd5 Nd7) 13. Re1 Bxc4 14. Ne5 Ba6 15. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 (15... Qf6 16.
dxe6 dxe6 17. Nd6 $1 Qxf2+ 18. Kh1 {and 19.e5.}) 16. e5 $1 Kg8 17. dxe6 Nc6 18.
Qb3 $2 ({Material wins} 18. Qxd7 Qxd7 19. exd7 Ne7 20. Bxa8 Rxa8 21. Rad1)
18... Kh8 $1 19. Rad1 Na5 20. Qa4 Rb8 21. Qg4 Qe8 22. exd7 Qe7 23. Qh4 g5 24.
Qh6 Bb7 $2 (24... Nc4 $1 {defends correctly.}) 25. Qd6 $1 Qxd6 26. Rxd6 Bxg2
27. Kxg2 Nb7 28. Rd5 Rf7 29. e6 Re7 30. Rxg5 Rd8 31. Rd5 Kg7 32. g4 Rf8 33.
Rg5+ Kh8 34. Rf5 Rg8 35. f4 Rxg4+ 36. Kf3 Rg8 37. Rh5 Nd8 38. f5 Rf8 39. Kg4
Kg7 40. Kg5 Nf7+ 41. Kf4 Nh8 42. Ke5 (42. Rg1+ $1 $18 {(Khalifman).}) 42...
Nf7+ 43. Kd5 Rd8 44. Kc6 Kf6 45. Rd1 Ng5 46. Rd5 Ne4 47. Rh4 Nxc3 48. Rh6+ Kg5
49. f6+ Nxd5 50. fxe7 Nxe7+ 51. Kc7 Rh8 52. Rxh7 $2 (52. Rh3 $18 {(Khalifman).}
) 52... Rxh7 53. d8=Q c4 54. Qd2+ Kg6 55. Kd6 Nc8+ 56. Kd5 Rh5+ 57. Kxc4 Kf6
58. Qf4+ Kxe6 59. Qg4+ Rf5 60. Qg8+ Kd7 61. Kd4 Nd6 62. Ke3 Ke7 63. Qg7+ Nf7
64. Qc3 Rf6 65. Qc7+ Kf8 66. Qxa7 Rd6 67. Ke4 Kg7 68. Qb8 Ng5+ 69. Ke3 Nf7 70.
Qc7 Kf8 71. h4 Kg7 72. Qe7 Kg8 73. a4 Kg7 74. Ke4 Kg8 75. Qe8+ Kg7 76. h5 Rh6
77. Qb8 Rxh5 78. Qg3+ Kf8 79. Kd4 Rh6 80. Kc4 Rc6+ 81. Kb5 Nd8 82. Qe3 Re6 83.
Qc3 Ke8 84. Qc7 Rc6 85. Qg7 Re6 86. Ka6 Rc6 87. Qd4 {White cannot make
progress.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Black "Kharitonov, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. a3 Nc6 11. Bd3 Bb6 12. O-O Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. b4 Re8
15. Ra2 d4 16. b5 Bxf3 $6 17. Qxf3 dxe3 $2 18. bxc6 Qxd3 19. cxb7 exf2+ 20. Kh2
$1 Qxf1 ({No good is} 20... Qxf3 21. gxf3 Rab8 22. Bxb8 Rxb8 23. Rc2) 21.
bxa8=Q Qg1+ 22. Kg3 f1=N+ $1 {Black plays the most remarkable move of the
tournament.} 23. Kh4 Bd8+ 24. Qxd8 Rxd8 25. Rf2 f6 26. Rxf1 g5+ 27. Kh5 Qc5 $1
28. Be3 $2 ({Kharitonov analyses} 28. Qb3+ $1 Kh8 29. Be3 Qe5 30. Qf7 $1 g4+
31. Kh4 gxh3 32. Bf4 $18 ({His} 32. gxh3 $2 {is refuted by} Rd4+ 33. Bxd4 Qg5#)
) 28... Qc4 29. Kh6 Re8 $1 30. Bd2 Qf7 $1 31. Qd3 Re2 32. Qd8+ Re8 33. Qd3 Re2
34. Qd8+ Re8 35. Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A69"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be2 e6 8. Nd2 Na6
9. O-O Nc7 10. a4 Re8 11. f4 Rb8 12. Kh1 exd5 13. cxd5 h5 14. f5 $1 a6 15. a5
gxf5 16. Bxh5 Nb5 17. exf5 Re5 18. Bf3 Rxf5 19. Nc4 Qc7 20. Bd2 Bd7 $6 (20...
Nd4 {strengthens the defence.}) 21. Ne2 Nxd5 $2 (21... Rxf3 $1 22. gxf3 Nd4 {
is right.}) 22. Ng3 Nf6 23. Nxf5 Bxf5 24. Bg5 Nh7 25. Bd5 Bg6 26. Qg4 Kh8 27.
Rae1 Rf8 28. Qh4 f6 29. Bf4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nb3
Be7 9. Be2 Qe3 10. Qd3 Qxd3 11. cxd3 h6 12. Bh4 Nxe4 13. Bxe7 Nxc3 14. Bxd6
Nxe2 15. Kxe2 Nc6 16. Rhc1 f6 17. a4 e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 a5 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O O-O 8. Bg5
Be7 9. Nc3 b6 10. Ne5 Ba6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Re1 Ra7 13. Rc1 b5 14. e3 Qb6 15.
Qb3 Rb7 16. Bf1 a4 17. Qd1 a3 18. bxa3 Bxa3 19. Rb1 Qa5 20. Rb3 $2 (20. Bxf6
gxf6 21. Qg4+ Kh8 22. Qh4 Be7 23. Ng4 Qxc3 24. Nxf6 Bxf6 25. Qxf6+ {forces a
draw (Makarichev).}) 20... Ne4 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Bg2 f6 23. Bxe4 fxe5 24. Rf1
$6 b4 25. d5 Qb5 $6 (25... h6 {stops the white attack.}) 26. Re1 Rd7 27. Qb1
exd5 28. Bxh7+ Kh8 29. Qg6 Qc6 30. Qh5 g6 31. Bxg6+ Kg8 32. e4 Bc4 33. exd5
Bxd5 34. Rbe3 Bb2 35. Bh6 Rf6 $1 ({Avoids} 35... Bh1 $2 36. Be4 $1 Bxe4 37.
Rxe4 $18) 36. Rxe5 $1 Bxe5 37. Rxe5 Rxg6 (37... Re6 $1 38. Bf7+ $1 Rxf7 39.
Rg5+ Rg7 $3 40. Rxg7+ Kh8 $19) 38. Re8+ Kf7 $4 {Salov misses the win.} ({Later
he finds:} 38... Kh7 $1 39. Bg7+ $5 Rh6 $1 40. Bxh6 Bf3 41. Qf5+ Qg6 42. Qxf3
Qxe8 43. Bf4 Nc6 $19) 39. Qf5+ Rf6 40. Qh5+ Rg6 41. Qf5+ Rf6 42. Rf8+ {Top:
Kasparov and Karpov 11, Yusupov and Salov 9 1/2.  The K's compete for victory.}
(42. Rf8+ Ke7 43. Rxf6 Qxf6 44. Bg5 Qxg5 45. Qxg5+ Kf7 46. Qf4+ Kg7 47. Qxb8
Bf3 48. Qe5+ $18 {(Salov).}) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Malaniuk, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. b3
Na6 9. Ba3 c6 10. Qd3 $1 ({Karpov improves on} 10. Rc1 {from Gavrikov-Malaniuk
(round 14).}) 10... Bd7 11. Rfe1 Rd8 12. Rad1 Kh8 (12... Nc7 $1 {is more
useful.}) 13. e4 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Bf5 15. Nxf6 Bxf6 16. Qe3 Qf7 17. h3 Nc7 18. Re2
Bc8 19. Ng5 Qg8 20. Qd2 Ne6 $2 (20... h6 21. Nf3 Kh7 22. Bc1 Qg7 {defends
properly.}) 21. Nxe6 Bxe6 22. Rde1 Bd7 {Karpov decides the game in a beautiful
manner.} 23. Rxe7 $1 Bxe7 24. Rxe7 Rf6 25. d5 Qf8 26. Re3 Kg8 27. Bb2 Rf5 28.
Qd4 Re5 29. Rxe5 dxe5 30. Qxe5 Kf7 31. d6 Bf5 ({The move} 31... Re8 {blocks e8
for the king:} 32. Qf6+ Kg8 33. Qh8+) 32. c5 h5 33. g4 hxg4 34. hxg4 Bd3 35.
Bd5+ $1 {White delivers mate in three.} 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bg4 3. Bb2 Nd7 4. d4 $5 Bxf3 $6 ({Smyslov expects} 4... e6 5.
g3) 5. exf3 e6 6. f4 Bd6 7. g3 Qe7 8. Bg2 c6 9. c4 Nh6 $6 10. O-O O-O ({
Ehlvest avoids} 10... f5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Bxd5 $1 exd5 13. Re1) 11. Re1 Nf6
12. c5 Bc7 13. Nd2 Nf5 14. b4 h5 15. Bh3 g6 16. Nf3 Kg7 17. Ne5 Rh8 18. a4 Nd7
19. b5 $1 {Smyslov applies his favourite strategy of encirclement.} Nxe5 20.
fxe5 f6 $5 {Black wants to derange the plan by opening the centre.} 21. exf6+
Qxf6 22. Ra3 $1 Rae8 23. Rb3 Re7 24. Qd2 g5 25. Bxf5 $1 Qxf5 ({The pointe is} 
25... exf5 26. Rxe7+ Qxe7 27. bxc6 bxc6 28. Rb7 {(Adrianov).}) 26. Bc1 Kg6 27.
Rbe3 {The change of strategy has resulted in the backward e-pawn.} Rg8 $2 ({
Black has to choose the forward defence.} 27... g4 $1 28. f3 $1 h4 $1 29. fxg4
Qxg4 30. Qc2+ Kg7 31. Qe2 Qxe2 32. R1xe2 Rhe8) 28. Re5 $1 {A former world
champion sacrifices an exchange for the second time in this round.} Bxe5 29.
Rxe5 Qb1 $6 ({Fierce resistance offers} 29... Qf3 30. Qxg5+ Kf7 31. Qxh5+ Qxh5
32. Rxh5) 30. Rxg5+ Kh7 31. Rxh5+ Kg7 32. Kg2 Kf8 33. Qf4+ Ke8 34. Rh4 $1 e5 $1
35. dxe5 Rf7 36. Qh6 $1 Rg6 37. Qe3 cxb5 38. axb5 Qxb5 39. e6 $1 Rf8 40. Qe5 $1
Qxc5 41. Be3 Qc6 ({Smyslov analyses two fine wins:} 41... Qe7 42. Rh7 $1 Qxh7
43. Qb8+ Ke7 44. Qxb7+) ({and} 41... Qc8 42. Rh8 Rfg8 43. Qf5 $1 Ke7 44. Rh7+
R6g7 45. Bg5+ Ke8 46. Qf7+ $1 Rxf7 47. exf7+ Kf8 48. Be7+ Kxe7 49. fxg8=Q+) ({
Ehlvest notices} 41... Qc6 42. Qb8+ Ke7 43. Rh7+ Kxe6 44. Qxf8 d4+ $1 45. f3
dxe3 46. Qe7+ $1 Kd5 47. Qe4+ Kc5 48. Rh5+ Kb6 49. Qxe3+ Kc7 50. Rc5) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 c6 15. b3
Rb8 16. Ba3 Nh5 17. Bf1 Nf4 18. Qc2 Bc8 19. Rad1 Qb6 20. b4 Qd8 21. a5 Qf6 22.
g3 Ne6 23. Bg2 exd4 24. cxd4 Nxd4 25. Nxd4 Qxd4 26. Qxc6 Qf6 27. Nb1 Qe7 28.
Qc2 Bb7 29. Nc3 Rbc8 30. Qd2 Nf6 31. Nd5 Nxd5 32. exd5 Qd7 33. Rxe8 Qxe8 34.
Bb2 Rc4 35. Rc1 Qc8 36. Rxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Qe7 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. O-O c6 10. Nd2 Na6 11. Qa4 Ng4 12. Bxg4 Bxg4 13. f3 Be6 14. Rfd1 Rfc8
15. a3 Nc5 16. Qb4 Bf8 17. Na4 Nd3 18. Qc3 b5 19. Qxd3 bxa4 20. Qc2 Qb7 21.
Rab1 Qa6 22. Qc3 Re8 23. b4 axb3 24. Rxb3 Rad8 25. Rdb1 h6 26. a4 Kh7 27. Rb7
Rd7 28. Rxd7 Bxd7 29. Nb3 Be6 30. Bc5 Qxc4 31. Qxc4 Bxc4 32. Bxf8 Bxb3 33. Rxb3
Rxf8 34. Rb7 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. Nf3 Qxc5 10. Bb3 Qa5 11. O-O Na6 $5 12. Ne5 Nc5 13. Bxf7+ $5 {
Beliavsky keeps on fighting until the final day!} Rxf7 14. Nxf7 Kxf7 15. b4 $1
Qxb4 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5+ Ne6 18. Rc4 Qb2 $1 {Black sets a brilliant trap.}
19. Rfc1 ({Equality keeps} 19. Rc7 $1 Kf8 $1 20. Rxc8+ Rxc8 21. Qxe6 Rc1 {
(Gavrikov).}) 19... Bd7 $3 20. h3 ({The pointe is} 20. Qxd7 Rd8 21. Qa4 b5 {
(Gacrikov).}) 20... Rd8 21. Qa5 a6 22. Bc7 Rc8 23. R4c2 Qb5 24. Qxb5 Bxb5 25.
Bb6 Rc6 26. Rxc6 Bxc6 27. f3 Nf8 28. Kf2 Nd7 29. Ba7 Be5 30. e4 Bd6 31. Ke3 e5
32. Kd2 Ke6 33. Be3 Be7 34. Kc2 b6 35. Kb2 Kd6 36. Rd1+ Kc7 37. h4 a5 38. h5 g5
39. h6 Nf8 40. Bd2 Ne6 41. Bc3 Bd6 42. Ka1 Nd4 43. Kb1 Ne2 44. Bb2 b5 45. Rd2
Nf4 46. a3 Ne6 47. Bc3 b4 48. axb4 axb4 49. Rxd6 Kxd6 50. Bxb4+ Kd7 51. Kc2 Nf4
52. g4 Ne2 53. Bc5 Bb5 54. Kd2 Nf4 55. Ke3 Be2 56. Bb4 Bd1 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Nf3 Re8 13. Ng5 Rf8 14. Nf3 Nd7 {
Karpov wants to play for a win of course.} 15. Nbd2 exd4 16. cxd4 Nb4 17. Nf1
c5 18. a3 Nc6 19. d5 Nce5 20. Nxe5 dxe5 21. d6 Bf6 22. Bd5 Bxd5 23. Qxd5 Nb6
24. Qxc5 Rc8 25. Qb4 Rc4 26. Qa5 Ra4 27. Qc3 Qxd6 28. b3 Rd4 29. Be3 Rd3 30.
Qc5 Nc8 31. Qc2 Rd8 32. Rec1 h6 33. a4 Qb4 34. axb5 Qxb5 35. Rd1 Rxd1 36. Rxd1
Rxd1 37. Qxd1 Qc6 38. Qc1 {Karpov accepts the draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Eingorn, Vereslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 Nb6 7. Qc2 g6 8.
e3 Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 c6 11. O-O Bg7 12. b4 O-O 13. b5 Re8 14. bxc6 bxc6
15. Bg5 {White has to place his rooks on b1 and c1, if he wants to attack.} Qd6
16. Nd2 Nfd7 17. a4 Qe6 18. Bf4 a5 19. Bg3 Bf8 20. Ne2 {Kasparov has no plan.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Nbd2 Rc8 13. Nb3 c5 14. dxc5 Bd5
15. Ne1 Bxg2 16. Nxg2 Nd7 17. Rfd1 Qc7 18. c6 Nb8 19. Rac1 Qxc6 20. Qxc6 Rxc6
21. Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Kharitonov, Andrei"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Be2
d5 9. b3 Bb7 10. Bb2 Nc6 11. O-O Re8 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. b4 cxb4 14. axb4 b5 15.
Rfc1 a6 16. Qa3 e5 17. d3 Qd6 18. e4 Nd7 19. Bc3 Nf8 20. Qb2 Rad8 21. Rd1 Qe7
22. Rac1 Ng6 23. Bf1 h6 24. d4 $1 {White has a plus.} exd4 25. Nxd4 Nxd4 26.
Rxd4 Rxd4 {Time is running short.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Malaniuk, Vladimir"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. e3 c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nge2 g6 11. O-O-O Nb6 12. h3 Ng7 (12... Be6 {is
theory.}) 13. g4 Bd7 14. Nf4 g5 $1 {Black will be overwhelmed, if he does not
counterattack.} 15. Nfe2 h5 $1 16. e4 Be6 17. exd5 ({More prudent is} 17. e5 $1
O-O-O 18. Rhg1) 17... Nxd5 18. Be4 Nb4 19. Qa4 a5 $1 20. Ng3 Kf8 $5 ({Avoids} 
20... b5 $2 21. Bxc6+ $1 Nxc6 22. Qxb5) {White has to defend the queenside.}
21. d5 $5 ({Less risk takes} 21. Rde1 $1 Qf6 22. a3 b5 23. Qd1) 21... cxd5 ({
White takes over the attack in} 21... b5 22. d6 $1 Qf6 23. Qa3 Qxf2 $2 24. d7
$1 Bxd7 25. Rxd7 Qxg3 26. Rf1) 22. Bxd5 h4 23. Bxe6 hxg3 24. Bb3 gxf2 25. Qd7
$1 Ne6 26. Bxe6 Qxe6 27. Qxe6 fxe6 28. a3 Na6 29. Rd2 Ke7 30. Rxf2 Nc5 31. Rf3
Raf8 32. Re3 Rf2 33. Kb1 Rd8 34. Rd1 Rxd1+ 35. Nxd1 Rd2 36. Kc1 Rh2 37. b3 Kd6
38. b4 axb4 39. axb4 Na6 40. Nc3 Nxb4 41. Ne4+ Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Nxe4
Bxe4 9. Ne1 Bxg2 10. Nxg2 d5 11. Qa4 Qe8 12. Qxe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O a6 8. f4
Qc7 9. a4 Nc6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bd3 Nb4 13. Nf3 b6 14. e5 Nxd3 15.
cxd3 $6 ({The pawn structure remains intact by} 15. Qxd3 dxe5 16. fxe5 Nd7 17.
Rad1 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Bxb6) 15... Ng4 16. Bg1 dxe5 17. fxe5 Bb7 18. d4
Rad8 19. Qe2 f5 20. Rac1 Qd7 21. h3 Nh6 22. d5 exd5 23. Bxb6 Rc8 24. Bg1 f4 25.
Nd4 Nf5 26. Nxf5 Qxf5 27. Qf3 $5 (27. Qf3 Qxe5 28. Rce1 $1 Qf5 29. Qxf4 Qxf4
30. Rxf4 $11 {(Yurkov).}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Bd3 Qxc5 8. Qe2
O-O 9. Be3 Qa5 10. O-O Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nc6 13. a3 Nd7 14. Bd2 Qb6+ 15.
Kh1 Nc5 16. Rab1 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 {Top: Kasparov and Karpov 11 1/2, Yusupov and
Salov 10. The title was shared between the K's.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 12"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D55"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

{Karpov participated again. He produced a monster score. We follow his games.} 
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
c6 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. h3 exd4 13. exd4 Nb6 14. Bb3 Re8 15.
Re1 Bf5 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Qd2 Qd7 18. Re1 Nd5 $5 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Qf4 Be6 21.
Ne5 Qb5 22. Ng4 Bxg4 23. Qxg4 Rd8 24. Rc1 Qb4 25. Rc8 Qe1+ 26. Kh2 Qxf2 27.
Bxd5 b5 28. Qf3 (28. Rxd8+ Bxd8 29. Qc8 Qf4+ 30. Kh1 Qf1+ {brings perpetual
check.}) 28... Qxf3 29. Rxd8+ Bxd8 30. Bxf3 Bf6 31. b4 Bxd4 32. Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 12"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Qc7 11. Bd2 $5 Re8 $6 ({Preferable is} 11... Bb7 {
(Hübner - Shabalov, Willemstad 2003).}) 12. Rac1 Qb8 (12... a6 $1 13. Ne4 Nxe4
14. Qxe4 Bb7 {repairs the black position.}) 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Bb7 15. Qh4
h6 16. Rfd1 a5 17. Be1 Qd8 (17... b4 $1 18. Nd2 c5 $1 {(Van der Wiel)
liberates the queenside.}) 18. Qxd8 Rexd8 19. Nd2 $1 a4 20. Bf3 Ra6 21. Ne4 Be7
22. a3 Ra7 $6 {Black loses time.} ({Better is} 22... Kf8 $5 {(Karpov)} 23. Bb4
Bxb4 24. axb4 Ke7 {and the black king supports the defence timely.}) 23. Bb4 $1
Bxb4 24. axb4 Nb6 25. Nc5 Ba8 26. Ra1 Kf8 27. Kf1 Nd7 28. Nd3 $1 Ke7 29. Ra3
Nb6 $6 {Black pieces are misplaced on the flank.} (29... f6 $1 30. b3 e5 $1 31.
dxe5 Nxe5 32. Nxe5 fxe5 33. Rxd8 Kxd8 34. Bd1 c5 $1 35. bxc5 Bc6 {starts a
bold counteraction.}) 30. Ke1 Rc8 31. b3 $1 {White plays a well prepared move.}
Rcc7 32. Rda1 Bb7 33. Bd1 $1 Bc8 (33... Rc8 $1 34. bxa4 bxa4 35. Bxa4 Rca8 36.
Nc5 Bc8 {offers more resistance.}) 34. bxa4 bxa4 35. Bxa4 f6 36. Bb3 Rxa3 37.
Rxa3 g5 38. Kd2 Kd6 39. Ra5 Re7 40. Nc5 f5 41. Nd3 Nd5 42. f3 Rb7 43. Bxd5 exd5
44. Ra8 {Karpov applied the strategy of restriction with a great accuracy.} 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 12"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Be7 9. e3 Qc8 10. Bb2 c5 11. Bb5+ Bc6 $1 ({Karpov improves on} 11... Nc6 {
(Kasparov - Ehlvest, Belfort 1988).}) 12. Bd3 c4 $1 13. Be2 Nd7 14. a4 a6 15.
O-O O-O 16. e4 $5 b5 17. Ba3 Bxa3 18. Rxa3 Qb7 19. Nd2 Nb6 20. a5 $5 {
Exchanging would avoid any risks.} Nd7 21. f3 $6 ({More solid is} 21. Raa1)
21... e5 $1 22. d5 Qa7+ 23. Kh1 Bb7 24. Raa1 f5 25. Rad1 f4 26. g4 $5 {A black
attack on the kingside is avoided by pushing white pawns forwards.} Rf6 27. Qb2
Re8 28. Rg1 Bc8 29. Rg2 Nf8 30. h4 $1 Rh6 31. Rh2 Qe7 32. h5 g6 $6 {Black
tries to conquer by a breakthrough.} 33. Qb4 $1 Kg7 34. Rg1 Nd7 35. Qxe7+ Rxe7
36. hxg6 Rxh2+ 37. Kxh2 Kxg6 38. Kh3 $2 {Timman leads his king into troubles.}
(38. Kg2 Nc5 39. Rb1 Na4 40. Rc1 {keeps the defence closed.}) 38... Nc5 39. Kh4
Rc7 40. Rb1 Nb7 41. Ra1 Nd6 42. Nb1 Rg7 $1 {Suddenly an attack on the king
begins.} 43. Na3 Kf6 44. Rg1 Rg6 $5 (44... Nf7 {prevails more directly.}) 45.
Kh3 ({But} 45. g5+ $1 Kf7 46. Nc2 Nb7 $1 47. Ra1 h6 {wins by attacking on both
flanks.}) 45... h5 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 12"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 Bb4 8. e4
Bxe4 9. fxe4 Nxe4 10. Bd2 Qxd4 11. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12. Qe2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Qd5+ 14.
Kc2 Na6 15. Nxc4 O-O-O 16. Qe5 f6 17. Qe3 c5 $5 18. Be2 {Karpov will play an
improvement in round eight.} Nb4+ 19. Kb3 Nc6 20. Kc3 Nd4 21. Bf3 Nxf3 22. gxf3
Qd4+ 23. Qxd4 Rxd4 24. b4 Rd5 25. bxc5 Rxc5 26. Kb4 Rd5 27. f4 Rd4 28. Rhe1 Kb8
29. Rxe6 Rc8 30. Rc1 Rxf4 31. Rc3 h5 32. Kb3 b6 33. Ree3 Rd4 34. Re6 h4 35. h3
Rf4 36. Ree3 Rd4 37. Re6 Rf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 12"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O
d5 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Bc3 Bb7 11. Nd2 Na6 12. e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 12"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. e4
d5 9. cxd5 Bxf1 10. Kxf1 exd5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Kg2 Qd7 13. Rc1 $5 Nxc3 14. Rxc3
a5 15. h4 Bb4 16. Rc2 Na6 17. Be3 Be7 18. Ng5 h6 19. Rc1 $1 Ba3 $1 ({Not} 19...
hxg5 $2 20. hxg5 g6 21. Qg1 $1 Kg7 22. Rh7+ $1 Kxh7 23. Qh2+ Kg8 24. Rh1 {
(Nikolic).}) 20. Ra1 Rfe8 21. Qf3 c5 22. Rad1 Nc7 {Still the knight cannot be
taken.} (22... hxg5 $2 23. hxg5 Qe6 24. Rh4 $1 Red8 25. Rdh1 Kf8 26. g6 $1 {
favours White.}) 23. Nh3 cxd4 24. Bxd4 Bc5 $1 {Both sides make defensive moves.
} 25. Qd3 Rad8 26. f4 Bxd4 27. Qxd4 Nb5 $5 28. Qd3 (28. Qxb6 $6 d4 $1 29. Rd3
Qd5+ {splits the white position in two camps.}) 28... d4 29. Nf2 Nc3 30. Rd2 a4
$6 (30... b5 $1 {strengthens the attack (Nikolic).}) 31. bxa4 Qxa4 32. Rc1 b5
33. Qf3 Rc8 34. Nd3 Qa8 35. Qxa8 Rxa8 36. Rcc2 Ra3 37. Nc1 Ne4 38. Rd3 Rea8 39.
Rb3 Nc3 40. Rxa3 Rxa3 41. Nb3 Rxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 12"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Short, Nigel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. e3 Qb8 $5 12. a3 $5 ({Known is} 12. Rc1) 12...
Rc8 13. Nc3 Nd8 {The black moves make an odd impression but he has been
preparing for .. c5.} 14. b4 ({White prevents the plan, but the advance in the
centre by} 14. e4 $1 c5 {(Short)} 15. dxc5 Rxc5 16. Qd3 {gives better chances.}
) 14... a5 $1 {Black creates sufficient counter-play.} 15. Rab1 axb4 16. axb4
Nc6 17. Na2 ({Or} 17. Nxb5 $1 Ba6 $1 {(Short)} 18. Ng5 $1 Bxb5 19. Bxc6 Ra6 20.
Bxb5 Qxb5) 17... Ra7 18. Nc1 Qa8 19. Qd1 Ra3 20. Ne1 e5 21. Nc2 Ra4 22. d5 Nd8
23. e4 c6 24. dxc6 Bxc6 25. f3 Bd7 26. Nd3 Nc6 27. Be3 Be6 28. Rf2 Ba2 29. Rb2
Bc4 30. Bf1 h6 31. Qe1 Nd7 32. Rd2 Nf8 33. Rb1 Ne6 34. Bh3 Ra2 35. Bxe6 Bxe6
36. Bc5 Bg5 37. Be3 Nd4 38. Nxd4 Bxe3+ 39. Qxe3 exd4 40. Qf2 Rxd2 41. Qxd2 Qa3
42. Ne1 Rc4 43. g4 Qa7 44. Rd1 Qc7 45. Kg2 Qe7 46. Nd3 Rc3 47. Nf4 Rc4 48. Ne2
Qxb4 49. Qxb4 Rxb4 50. Nxd4 Rb2+ 51. Kg3 Ba2 52. h4 b4 53. g5 Rb1 54. Rd2 b3
55. gxh6 gxh6 56. Kf4 Rc1 57. Rb2 Rc3 58. Ke5 Rd3 59. Nc6 Rxf3 60. Nb4 f6+ 61.
Kd4 Kf7 62. Nxa2 bxa2 {Karpov and Short had scored 41/2/7 in the first cycle.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 12"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 Bb4 8. e4
Bxe4 9. fxe4 Nxe4 10. Bd2 Qxd4 11. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12. Qe2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Qd5+ 14.
Kc2 Na6 15. Nxc4 O-O-O 16. Qe5 f6 17. Qe3 c5 18. Kb3 $1 {Karpov has prepared
this novelty.} ({He played} 18. Be2 {against Hübner in round four.}) 18... Nb4
19. Rc1 Nc6 20. Ka3 {Karpov found these moves soon after his game against
Hübner.} Nd4 21. Na5 e5 22. Qc3 b6 23. Nb3 Qxb3+ 24. Qxb3 Nxb3 25. Kxb3 {The
endgame seems to be a dead draw, but Tolya will create chances.} Rd4 26. h4 $1
Rhd8 27. Bc4 Kc7 $6 ({Hort's move} 27... Kb7 $1 {prepares .. a6.}) 28. h5 $1
Rg4 $2 ({Karpov prefers} 28... a6 $1 29. Bxa6 Rb4+ 30. Kc3 (30. Ka3 $2 Ra8 $1)
30... Rxa4) 29. h6 $5 Rxg2 $5 30. hxg7 Rxg7 31. Rcf1 Rd6 32. Rh6 $1 e4 33.
Rhxf6 h5 $5 34. R6f4 {Two black pawns have become rather vulnerable.} Rd4 $6 ({
More active is} 34... Rg3+ $1 35. Kc2 Rg2+ 36. Kc1 Rdd2 $1 {but} 37. Rf7+ Kd6
38. R1f6+ Ke5 39. Re6+ Kd4 40. Rd7+ Ke3 41. Rxd2 Rxd2 42. Rxe4+ $1 Kxe4 43.
Kxd2 Kf4 44. Kd3 h4 45. Be6 Ke5 46. Bc8 Kf4 47. Bd7 $1 Kf3 48. Be6 {wins the
endgame for White.}) 35. Rf7+ Rd7 36. Rxg7 Rxg7 37. Rf4 Rg3+ 38. Kc2 Rg2+ 39.
Kc3 Rg3+ 40. Kd2 Rg4 41. Rf7+ Kd6 42. Ke3 a6 $2 43. Bxa6 {Karpov took the lead
on Short in the tournament.} 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 12"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C92"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 Qd7 13. d5 Ne7 14. c4 Ng6 15. Bc2
c6 16. b3 Qc7 $5 {Karpov diverts from Hübner - Portisch, Brussels 1986.} 17.
Nf1 bxc4 18. bxc4 a5 19. g3 Ne7 20. Ne3 Nc8 21. Nd2 Nb6 22. Bd3 Reb8 23. Nb1 $5
Ba6 24. Kg2 Nfd7 25. Nc3 cxd5 $5 26. Ncxd5 Qc6 $6 ({Preferable is} 26... Nxd5
27. Nxd5 Qc6) 27. Nf5 Kh8 28. Nfe7 {White could have taken the initiative.} (
28. Qg4 $1 Nxd5 ({Black avoids the trap} 28... Nxc4 $2 29. Bh6 $1 gxh6 $2 30.
Nde7 $1 Bxe7 $2 31. Qg7#) 29. cxd5 Qc7) 28... Qb7 29. Ba3 Bxe7 30. Nxe7 Nc5 31.
Nf5 Qc7 32. Rc1 $6 (32. Bxc5 $1 Qxc5 33. Bf1 $1 Rd8 34. Qg4 {starts a
counteraction.}) 32... Rd8 33. Qg4 $4 g6 $1 34. Bxc5 dxc5 35. Qg5 gxf5 36. Qf6+
Kg8 37. exf5 Rd6 38. Qg5+ Kh8 39. f6 Rg8 40. Qf5 Rg6 41. Rxe5 Rdxf6 42. Qh5
Bb7+ 43. Kg1 Kg7 44. Rce1 Qd6 45. R1e3 Qd4 46. Rxc5 Qxe3 47. Qxg6+ Rxg6 48.
fxe3 Nxa4 49. Rxa5 Rxg3+ 50. Kf2 Rf3+ 51. Ke1 Bc6 52. Rg5+ Kh6 53. Re5 Rxh3 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 12"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 Bb4 8. e4
Bxe4 9. fxe4 Nxe4 10. Bd2 Qxd4 11. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12. Qe2 Qh4+ $5 {Karpov plays
the Krause Variation for the third time. Timman brings a novelty.} 13. g3 Bxd2+
14. Kxd2 Qe7 15. Qe3 $5 Na6 ({My preference has} 15... Nd7 $1) 16. Bxc4 Nb4 17.
Rad1 Nd5 18. Bxd5 cxd5 19. Nd3 $1 O-O 20. Rc1 Rfc8 21. Rhe1 $1 (21. Qxa7 $5 Re8
$1 22. Qc5 $1 {(Karpov)} Qg5+ 23. Qe3 Qg6 $5 {leads to lively play.}) 21... b6
22. Qe5 Qd7 23. b3 h6 24. h4 {Black experiences unexpected difficulties.} Qe7
$2 (24... b5 $1 25. a5 $1 {(Karpov)} Qd8 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. b4 Rc4 {gives
counter-play.}) 25. Qxd5 $1 Rd8 26. Qf3 Qb4+ 27. Ke2 Qxb3 28. Rc7 Rf8 $2 ({The
forced move is} 28... f5 $1 {Tactics go on by} 29. Ne5 Qxa4 $1 30. Qb7 Qe4+ 31.
Qxe4 fxe4 32. Ke3 {and White has reached a better endgame.}) 29. Rxf7 $1 Qxa4
30. Rf1 Qa3 ({Or} 30... Qc2+ 31. Ke3 Rfd8 32. Qe4) 31. Qb7 $1 Rxf7 32. Rxf7 Qa1
33. Rxg7+ Qxg7 34. Qxa8+ Kh7 35. Qe4+ Qg6 36. Qf4 a5 37. g4 e5 38. Nxe5 Qc2+
39. Ke3 Qc1+ 40. Ke4 Qxf4+ 41. Kxf4 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 12"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Nf3 Re8 13. Ng5 {The tournament
director Rennings was not amused by the quick draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 12"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Bf6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Rc1 c5 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 d6 13. Nc4 $5 Ba6 14. Qb3 Bxc4
15. Qxc4 a6 16. a4 Nd7 17. e3 Ne5 18. Qe2 c4 19. Be4 Re8 20. Bc2 Rc8 21. Ne4
Be7 22. b3 cxb3 23. Bxb3 Qd7 24. Rxc8 Qxc8 25. Rb1 Qf5 26. Nd2 Rb8 27. Bd1 Qc8
28. Nb3 Bf6 29. Nd4 Qb7 30. Qc2 g6 31. Be2 Kg7 32. Qb3 Nd7 33. Nc6 Ra8 34. Qb4
Qc7 35. Kg2 h5 36. h3 Kg8 37. Bd1 Re8 38. g4 hxg4 39. Bxg4 Kg7 40. Bxd7 Qxd7
41. Qf4 Rh8 42. Qg4 Qe8 43. Rxb6 Rh4 44. Qf3 Rxa4 45. Rb8 Qd7 $6 (45... Qe4 {
brings an equal endgame.}) 46. Ra8 Bh4 47. e4 Bf6 48. Qd3 Qb7 49. Rb8 Qd7 50.
Qc2 Ra3 51. Rb3 {So far Black has defended stubbornly.} Ra1 $2 {Black should
exchange the rooks.} 52. Rf3 $1 Qb7 ({Or} 52... Be5 53. Nxe5 dxe5 54. Qb2) 53.
Rxf6 $1 Qb5 54. Qc3 $1 Qf1+ 55. Kg3 Qg1+ 56. Kh4 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 12"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 a5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qc2 c5 10. Rd1 Na6 11. Be3 a4 12. Nc3 axb3 13. axb3 d5 $6 (13... d6 {
creates a less vulnerable centre.}) 14. Na4 h6 15. Qb2 Re8 16. Ne5 Rb8 17. Nd3
dxc4 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. bxc4 {Black pieces are misplaced on the flank.} Qe7 $2 {
Knight a6 should get an indirect protection.} ({Better is} 19... Rd7 $1 20.
Naxc5 $5 bxc5 21. Rxa6 cxd4 $1 22. Ne5 Bc3) 20. Naxc5 $1 {Black has to lose a
pawn.} bxc5 21. Rxa6 Ng4 22. Qc1 cxd4 23. Bxd4 e5 24. Ba1 $1 e4 25. Nxb4 Rxb4
26. c5 Rb5 27. Rad6 Qg5 28. h3 Nxf2 29. Kxf2 e3+ 30. Kg2 Rxc5 31. Qb1 Rb5 32.
h4 Qh5 33. Qd3 Rf5 34. Rf1 Rxf1 35. Kxf1 Qg4 36. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 12"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Short, Nigel"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Qxe2+ 8.
Bxe2 Be7 9. Nc3 c6 10. d4 Be6 11. h3 Nbd7 12. O-O-O h6 13. Bh4 Nb6 14. Rhe1 Kd7
15. Bd3 {Karpov had won the tournament for the sixth time. Tolya had scored
the incredible 101/2/14. Short followed by two points. Hjartarson, Nikolic and
Timman shared the third place.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

{The third Memorial was played from 16-23 March 1989. Local hero Timman took
the lead when he won three games. The other players were defeated in a row. He
became the sole winner after a difficult draw in the last round. It was a
sportive revenge for the previous tournament. Poor Hjartarson only scored one
draw. } 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5
Bb7 8. f3 c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. e3 Nc6 11. Nh3 h6 12. Bh4 Rc8 13. O-O-O d5 $6 ({
Better is} 13... g5 $1 14. Bg3 d5 {(Salov).}) 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. cxd5 exd5 16.
Kb1 $6 (16. Nf4 d4 17. Qe1 {gains an advantage.}) 16... Qd6 17. Nf4 d4 $1 18.
Qe1 Qe5 19. Qg3+ Qg5 20. Nd5 $5 Kg7 21. e4 Rfd8 22. Qf2 Qe5 $1 23. Bd3 f5 $1 {
Black retaliates with a doubled pawn.} 24. f4 $6 (24. Rhe1 $1 Re8 {keeps the
equality} ({not} 24... Qxh2 25. f4 $1)) 24... Qe6 25. exf5 $2 {The sacrifice
is incorrect.} ({Right is} 25. Qg3+ $1 Qg6 {(Salov)} 26. Qe1 $1) 25... Qxd5 26.
Qg3+ Kf8 27. f6 Rd6 28. Qg7+ Ke8 29. Rhe1+ Kd8 30. Be4 Qb3 31. Bc2 Qd5 32. Be4
Qe6 $1 33. Bxc6 Qf5+ 34. Ka1 Bxc6 35. Re7 Rd7 36. Re5 Qc2 37. Re8+ Kc7 0-1

[Event "3rd Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Short, Nigel"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bb4 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bc5 13. Ne2 Qb6 14. c3 Bxd4+
15. Nxd4 Nc5 16. Bc2 Bd7 17. Rae1 a5 18. Rf2 f5 19. exf6 Rxf6 20. Re5 Raf8 21.
Qe3 Qd6 22. g4 R6f7 23. h4 b5 24. g5 g6 25. h5 gxh5 26. g6 hxg6 27. Rg2 Rg7 28.
Rxg6 Rff7 29. Reg5 Rxg6 30. Bxg6 Rg7 31. Rg2 Ne4 32. Bxe4 dxe4 33. Qxe4 b4 34.
cxb4 axb4 35. Rxg7+ Kxg7 36. Kf2 Kf6 37. Qe3 Qd5 38. a3 bxa3 39. bxa3 Bc8 40.
Qc3 Bb7 41. Nf3+ Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Short, Nigel"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 exd4 15.
cxd4 c5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Bxa8 18. d5 c4 19. Bb1 Nc5 20. b4 cxb3 21. Bb2
Bb7 22. Re3 g6 23. Nxb3 Na4 24. Ba1 Bg7 25. Bd3 Ba6 26. Bd4 Nd7 27. Bxg7 Kxg7
28. Nfd4 Ne5 $2 ({Right is} 28... Nac5 $1 29. Nxc5 Nxc5 30. Bxb5 Bxb5 31. Nxb5
Rxe4 {and Black does not lose a pawn.}) 29. Bxb5 Bxb5 30. Nxb5 Qb6 31. N3d4 Nc5
32. Qe2 Ned7 33. Kh2 Nf6 34. f3 h5 35. Qf2 Ncd7 36. Qg3 Nxd5 37. Rb3 Nc5 38.
Nxd6 Nxb3 39. Nxe8+ Kf8 40. Nxb3 Qxb3 41. exd5 Kxe8 42. Qe5+ Kd7 43. Kg3 Qa2
44. Qd4 Qa5 45. Kf4 Qc7+ 46. Kg5 Qg3+ 47. Kf6 Kd6 48. f4 1-0

[Event "3rd Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. g5 hxg5 8. Bxg5
Nc6 9. Qd2 Qb6 10. Nb3 a6 11. O-O-O Bd7 12. h4 Rc8 13. Rh3 $5 ({Theory is} 13.
Kb1) 13... Qc7 14. f4 b5 15. Bg2 b4 16. Ne2 e5 $1 17. Rd3 $6 ({Better is} 17.
f5) 17... Be6 $6 (17... Ng4 $1 18. Rg3 f6 19. f5 fxg5 20. Rxg4 gxh4 21. Rh1 a5
$1 {Black starts an attack on the king before White does.}) 18. Kb1 a5 19. Nbc1
a4 20. b3 Nh7 21. f5 Bd7 22. Rg3 Nf6 $6 (22... Na7 $1 23. c4 bxc3 24. Nxc3 Nb5
{takes the initiative.}) 23. Nd3 Rb8 24. Bf3 Qb7 25. h5 $1 Na7 26. h6 Rxh6 $1
27. Bxh6 gxh6 28. Nf2 $6 (28. Rdg1 $1 {keeps the advantage.}) 28... Nb5 29. Ng4
Nxg4 30. Rxg4 axb3 31. cxb3 Bxf5 $1 32. exf5 Qxf3 33. Rg3 Qxf5+ 34. Ka1 e4 35.
Qxb4 Qe5+ 36. Kb1 f5 37. a4 {Black has staged a stout counteraction.} d5 $6 ({
Better is} 37... f4 $1 38. Rg8 Kf7 {and the fight continues.}) 38. Rg8 Kf7 $2 (
38... Qd6 $1 39. Qxd6 Nxd6 {offers good survival chances in the endgame.}) 39.
Rxf8+ $1 Rxf8 40. Qxb5 $1 Rb8 41. Qd7+ Kf6 42. Nd4 e3 43. Rg1 Qe4+ 44. Ka2 Ke5
45. Qg7+ Kd6 46. Qf6+ {Salov allowed a king's pursuit.} 1-0

[Event "3rd Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. Bd2 Qc7 12. O-O-O e6 13. Ne4 O-O-O 14. g3
Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Bd6 16. c4 c5 17. Bc3 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Nc5 19. Qc2 a6 20. Rhe1 Be7
21. Kb1 Bf6 22. f4 Rd7 23. Nf3 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Bxf6 gxf6
$1 27. a3 $6 ({Okay is} 27. b4 $1 Qb6 28. a3 a5 $1 {(Timman)} 29. Qh7 $1 axb4
30. Qg8+ Qd8 31. Qxd8+ Kxd8 32. axb4 Nd3 33. Kc2 $1 {Otherwise Black has too
many positional advantages.} Nxb4+ 34. Kc3 Nc6 35. g4 Ke7 36. g5 $1 fxg5 37.
fxg5 hxg5 38. h6 Kf6 39. Nxg5 Ne5 40. h7 Ng6 41. Ne4+ Kg7 42. Nd6 f5 43. Nxb7
Kxh7 44. c5 {White has sufficient counter-play for the pawn.}) 27... f5 28. Ka2
f6 29. b4 $6 ({Better is} 29. Nd2 Nd3 30. Qc3) 29... Ne4 30. g4 Qd6 31. gxf5
Qxf4 32. Qg2 Ng5 33. Nxg5 Qxc4+ 34. Kb2 fxg5 35. fxe6 Qxe6 36. Qc2+ Kd7 37.
Qh7+ Kc6 38. Qg6 Kd6 39. Qd3+ Qd5 40. Qg6+ Qe6 41. Qd3+ Ke7 42. Qh7+ Qf7 43.
Qe4+ Kf8 44. Qg4 Kg7 45. Kc3 Qd5 46. Qg3 Kf6 47. Qf2+ Ke6 48. Qf8 Qc6+ 49. Kb3
Ke5 50. Qg7+ Kf5 {Timman took the lead.} 0-1

[Event "3rd Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Short, Nigel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 b4 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Nbd2 Bd5 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15.
dxe5 Ng4 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Nf3 c5 18. h3 Nh6 19. Qc2 Rac8 20. e4 Bb7 21. Nd2 a5
22. Nc4 Ba6 23. f4 Kh8 24. Rad1 Rfd8 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Rc1 Bxc4 27. Qxc4 Qc7
28. Rc2 Rc8 29. Rd2 Ng8 30. b3 g5 31. Rd6 gxf4 32. gxf4 Qe7 33. Qa6 Qf8 34. Rd7
c4 35. bxc4 Qc5+ 36. Kh2 Nh6 37. Qd6 Qe3 38. Qd2 Qxd2 39. Rxd2 Rxc4 40. Rd8+
Kg7 41. Ra8 Rc5 42. Ra7 Kf8 43. Ra8+ Kg7 44. Ra7 Kf8 45. Ra8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Bg7 6. h3 O-O 7. Nf3 a6 8. a4 e6 9.
Bd3 exd5 10. cxd5 Nbd7 11. O-O Re8 12. Bf4 Qc7 13. Qd2 Nh5 14. Bh6 Ne5 15. Nxe5
Bxh6 16. Qxh6 dxe5 17. Rfc1 Bd7 18. Bf1 Nf6 19. Qe3 b6 20. Nb1 a5 21. b3 Rf8
22. Na3 Ne8 23. Bb5 Nd6 24. Bxd7 Qxd7 25. Nc4 Qc7 26. Nxe5 Rae8 27. Nc4 Nxe4
28. Re1 Qd8 29. Rad1 Nd6 30. Qf3 b5 $2 (30... Kg7 {continues the solid defence.
}) 31. axb5 Nxb5 32. d6 Nd4 33. Qd5 Ne2+ 34. Rxe2 $1 Rxe2 35. d7 Kg7 36. Qxc5
Re7 37. Qd6 f6 38. Nxa5 Rff7 39. Nc6 Qxd7 40. Nxe7 Qxd6 41. Nf5+ $6 (41. Rxd6
Rxe7 42. Rd1 Rb7 43. Rb1 {(Salov) wins in the classical way.}) 41... gxf5 42.
Rxd6 Rb7 43. Rd3 f4 44. Kf1 Kg6 45. Ke2 Kf5 46. Rc3 Rg7 $6 {Black should build
a fortress.} ({Better is} 46... h5 $1 47. Kd2 h4 $1 {(prevents g3)} 48. Kc1 $1
{(threatens 49.f3 Rg7 50.Rc2)} Rg7 49. b4 Rxg2 50. b5 $1 Ke4 51. Rb3 Rg7 52.
Kd2 Rb7 53. b6 f5 54. f3+ Kd4 55. Rb4+ Kc5 56. Kc3) 47. b4 $1 Rxg2 48. b5 Rg7
49. b6 Rb7 50. Rb3 Kg5 51. Kf3 f5 52. h4+ Kxh4 53. Kxf4 h5 54. Kxf5 Rf7+ 55.
Kg6 {Hjartarson had lost his last six games in Linares and four games in
Amsterdam, a horrible series of ten defeats!} 1-0

[Event "3rd Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Short, Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. O-O
b6 9. Bf4 Bb7 10. Nbd2 Nh5 11. Be3 Nd7 12. Rad1 Bd6 $5 13. Nb3 Rc8 14. Bg5 f6
15. Bd2 f5 16. Nc1 c5 17. Ng5 Qe7 18. cxd5 Bxd5 $6 ({Better is} 18... cxd4 $1
19. Qa4 {(Ree)} Bxd5 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Qxd4 Nhf6) 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Qd3 cxd4
21. Qf3 Nhf6 22. Qxf5 Nc5 23. Nf3 Na4 $5 {Black seeks counteraction.} 24. Bg5
$1 Qe4 25. Qh3 $1 {Black has to apply prophylaxis.} Bc5 $2 ({Better is} 25...
Qe8 $1 {(overprotects c8)} 26. Bxf6 Rxf6 27. Nd3 Rc4 $1 28. b3 Nc3 29. bxc4
Nxe2+ 30. Kg2 dxc4) 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Nd3 Rc7 28. Rd2 Rg7 29. Rc1 f5 30. Kf1
Bd6 31. Rc6 Bb8 $2 {Short blunders under time pressure.} ({Right is} 31... Rg6
{(Ree).}) 32. Qh6 f4 33. Rf6 Re8 34. Nxf4 d3 35. Nxd3 Nc5 36. Nxc5 bxc5 37. Qh5
Re5 38. Qh3 d4 39. Qc8+ Re8 40. Qxc5 Be5 41. Qc4+ Kh8 42. Re6 {Timman had won
three games in a row.} 1-0

[Event "3rd Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Short, Nigel"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bg4 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Rb1 b6 $5 13. Rb5 Bc7 14. c4 $5 {
Short plays a dangerous new move.} Qd6 $2 ({Right is} 14... dxc4 $1 15. Be4 $1
Nc6 $1 16. Rg5 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qd6 18. Rg3 Nxd4 19. Qg4 g6 20. Bxa8 f5 21. Qh4
Rxa8 {(Oll-Akopian, Manila 1992).}) 15. Re1 $1 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qxh2+ 17. Kf1 Nc6
$6 (17... Nd7 $5 18. Rxd5 Nf6 19. Rf5 {gives White a great position (Van der
Wiel).}) 18. Rxd5 Rae8 19. Be3 $2 ({Later Short will find the win} 19. Rxe8 $1
Qh1+ 20. Ke2 Rxe8+ 21. Be3 Qa1 22. Qf5 Nxd4+ 23. Rxd4 Qxd4 24. Qxh7+ Kf8 25.
Qh8+ Ke7 26. Qxe8+ Kxe8 27. Bxd4) 19... g6 20. a3 Qh1+ 21. Ke2 Qh4 22. g4 $1 f5
$5 23. Rd7 f4 24. Rh1 Qf6 $2 {Salov misses the escape.} ({Right is} 24... Nxd4+
$1 25. Rxd4 Qg5 $1 ({Short notes} 25... Qf6 $1) 26. Qd5+ Qxd5 27. Rxd5 fxe3 28.
fxe3 Bg3) 25. Qd5+ Re6 26. g5 Nxd4+ 27. Kd1 1-0

[Event "3rd Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. e3 Qb8 12. a3 Rc8 13. Re1 $1 ({Timman diverts
from} 13. Nc3 {(Karpov-Short, Tilburg 1988).}) 13... a5 $6 ({Or} 13... Nd8 $6
14. e4 $1 c5 15. d5 $1 {(Mikac-Bojkovic, Nova Gorica 1997).}) ({I prefer} 13...
Qa7 $1 14. b4 Qb6 15. Nc3 a5 $1) 14. Nc3 Nd8 15. e4 b4 16. Na4 Nd7 17. Bf4 Bd6
18. Be3 Bc6 19. d5 b3 20. Qc4 Qb5 21. Qxb5 Bxb5 22. Nc3 Bd3 23. Nd4 Nc5 24.
Rad1 Rab8 25. dxe6 fxe6 26. Bh3 Bc2 $6 27. Rd2 Bxe4 $6 28. Ndb5 $2 ({White
wins by} 28. Nxe6 $1 Ndxe6 29. Nxe4 $1 Rd8 {(Timman)} 30. Rd5 $1 Nxe4 31. Bxe6+
Kh8 32. Rxa5) 28... Bc2 $1 29. Bf1 Nf7 30. Nd4 {Hjartarson had scored a draw!}
1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Short, Nigel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd2 g6 6. b3 Bg7 7. Bb2 Nf6 8. g3
O-O 9. Bg2 a5 10. Nh3 Ne5 11. Rc1 Bd7 12. O-O Re8 13. f3 a4 14. Nf2 axb3 15.
axb3 Ra6 16. e4 c5 17. f4 Neg4 18. Nd3 Bc6 19. h3 Nh6 20. Rce1 Nd7 21. Nd5 Bxd5
22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. cxd5 f6 24. Kh2 Nf7 25. Bf3 Qa5 26. Qxa5 $6 Rxa5 27. h4 Ra3
28. Nc1 b5 29. Bg4 Re7 30. Be6 Nf8 31. Bxf7 Rxf7 32. e5 $2 {White just loses a
pawn.} fxe5 33. fxe5 Rxf1 34. Rxf1 dxe5 35. Nd3 Nd7 36. Re1 Kf6 37. Rf1+ Ke7
38. d6+ Kxd6 39. Rf7 c4 40. Nf2 cxb3 {Hjartarson only scored half-a-point.} 0-1

[Event "3rd Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qc2 g6 5. Bf4 Bg7 6. e3 O-O 7. Nc3 Na6 8. Qb3 {
Salov plays an interesting new move.} Qa5 9. Be5 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Be2 Be6
12. Qa3 $5 {Another remarkable idea leads to an equal endgame.} Qxa3 13. bxa3
Nd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. O-O Rab8 17. Rfc1 Rfc8 (17... Rb6 $1 {
prevents the next move.}) 18. a4 $1 Nc7 19. Ne5 bxa4 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21. Rxc6 Nd5
22. Rc5 $1 Rxc5 23. dxc5 Rb2 24. Bc4 e6 $5 25. Rc1 (25. Bxd5 exd5 26. Rc1 Kf6
27. c6 Rb8 {gives White no advantage.}) 25... Kf6 26. g3 Ke7 27. c6 $1 Kd8 28.
e4 Nf6 29. c7+ Kxc7 30. e5 Nd7 31. Bxe6+ Kd8 32. Bxf7 Nxe5 33. Bg8 Ng4 $5 34.
Rc4 (34. Bxh7 Nxf2 {brings further exchanges.}) 34... Nxf2 35. Rxa4 Nh3+ 36.
Kf1 Rxh2 37. Rxa7 Ng5 38. a4 Rd2 (38... Ne4 $1 {draws (Salov).}) 39. a5 Kc8 $6
({Better is} 39... Rd7 $1 {Salov).}) 40. a6 Rd6 $2 (40... Kb8 41. Rg7 Ne4 {
draws.}) 41. Bc4 Ne4 42. Kg2 Kb8 {White has a hidden win.} 43. Rxh7 $2 ({Right
is} 43. Rb7+ Ka8 44. Rc7 $1 Rd2+ 45. Kf3 Nd6 46. Bf1 {(Salov), and now} h6 (
46... h5 47. Rg7) 47. Rd7 Nc4 48. Rg7 {seems to be fatal for Black.}) 43...
Rd2+ 44. Kf3 Ng5+ $1 45. Ke3 Nxh7 46. Kxd2 Nf6 {A smart exchange has led to a
dead draw.} 47. Ke3 g5 48. Be2 Ka7 49. Kf3 Kb6 50. Bf1 Ka7 51. Bd3 Kb6 52. Bc4
Ka7 53. Bb5 Kb6 54. Be2 Ka7 55. Bf1 Kb6 56. Bd3 Ka7 57. Bc4 Kb6 58. Bb5 Ka7 59.
Be2 Kb6 60. Ke3 Ka7 61. Bc4 Kb6 {Timman became the sole winner.} (61... Kb6 {
An attempt to win starts with} 62. Kd4 {but} Nh5 $1 63. g4 Nf6 64. Be2 Nxg4 {
draws easily.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 51"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

{The great surprise of the event was the formidable start by Tseshkovsky.} 1.
c4 e5 2. g3 d6 3. Bg2 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Ne2 h5 $5 6. d4 h4 7. Nbc3 Nh6 {
Tseshkovsky shows a great ambition.} 8. e4 Bg4 9. Qd3 $6 ({Preferable is} 9. h3
exd4 10. hxg4 dxc3 11. Nxc3 hxg3 12. f4 $1) 9... Nd7 10. d5 Nc5 11. Qe3 h3 12.
Bf1 f5 13. f3 fxe4 $1 14. fxg4 $2 {Sokolov succumbs already.} ({Not} 14. fxe4
$2 O-O 15. Ng1 Qf6 $1 16. Bxh3 $2 Nd3+ $1 17. Qxd3 Qf2#) ({Right is} 14. Nxe4
Nf5 15. Qa3 $1 Nxe4 16. fxg4 $1 Ne7 17. Qe3 {and White repairs his position.})
14... Nxg4 15. Qg1 Qf6 16. Nd1 Nd3+ 17. Kd2 Qf3 18. a3 Bh6+ 19. Kc2 Nb4+ {
Black delivers mate in one.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 51"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bb7 13. Nc3 Rc8 14. Bd3 $5 Nc4 15.
b3 Nb6 16. Bb2 b4 17. Na4 $6 Nxa4 18. bxa4 d5 $1 19. exd5 e4 $1 20. Bxe4 Nxe4
21. Rxe4 Bxd5 22. Re3 Bd6 {Black gets a fine attacking position, hiding behind
the isolated pawn.} 23. Qd3 a5 24. Ne5 Bb8 25. Qf5 g6 26. Qd3 Kg7 27. Rae1 Qd6
28. Ba1 $2 {Vishy misses the threat.} (28. g3 {closes a diagonal.}) 28... f6 $1
29. Ng4 h5 30. Re7+ Rf7 31. Rxf7+ Kxf7 32. Ne3 Qh2+ 33. Kf1 Re8 $1 34. Qb5
Bxg2+ 35. Ke2 ({The pointe is} 35. Nxg2 Qh1#) 35... Bf4 36. Kd2 Bf3 37. Qf1 g5
38. Bb2 g4 39. Kc1 Be4 40. Kd1 Bf3+ {Tseshkovsky led by 3/3.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 51"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Sax, Gyula"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Qa4 Na6 10. Ndb5 Nd5 11. Rd1 Bd7 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Bxd5 Qe8 14. Bxc4
Bc6 $6 ({Better is} 14... Rc8 15. Bd3 Rc5 {(Allen - Marin, Thessaloniki 1988).}
) 15. Rd4 Qe5 16. Qc2 $1 Bxb5 $2 ({Right is} 16... Be7 $1 17. Bf4 Qc5 18. Be3
Qe5) 17. Rd5 Qc7 18. Rxb5 Rac8 19. b3 Bc5 20. Bb2 Rfd8 21. Qf5 Qe7 22. Qg4 g6
23. Qf3 Rc6 24. Rxc5 $1 {Jeroen Piket participated for the second time in the
main group.} ({The pointe is} 24. Rxc5 Nxc5 25. Qc3 $1) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 51"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Douven, Rudy"]
[Black "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Ne2 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. Ng3 $5 ({Theory is} 12. O-O) 12... Be7
13. Qe2 cxd4 14. O-O Qb6 15. Bd2 O-O 16. Qe4 g6 17. Bg5 $5 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 h6 19.
Nh3 $2 (19. Nxf7 $1 Rxf7 20. Qxg6+ Rg7 21. Qxh6 {fights well.}) 19... Kh7 20.
Qe2 Nc5 21. Rfd1 Nxd3 22. Qxd3 a5 23. Ne4 Ne7 $2 (23... f6 $1 {keeps an
advantage.}) 24. Nd6 Nf5 25. Nxf5 exf5 26. Qxd4 Qc6 27. f3 Rad8 28. Qf2 g5 29.
Rac1 Rfe8 $5 30. Re1 Qd5 31. Qc2 $2 ({Better is} 31. Qc5) 31... Rxe5 $1 32.
Rxe5 Qxe5 33. Nf2 Kg7 34. h3 Rd7 35. a3 Rd5 36. axb4 axb4 37. Qb3 Rd4 38. Qc2
Bd5 39. Rd1 Be6 40. Rxd4 Qxd4 41. Qe2 b3 42. h4 gxh4 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 51"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sax, Gyula"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bb7 13. Nbd2 Rc8 14. d5 Qc7 15.
Bd3 Nd7 16. Nf1 Nc5 17. b3 $5 f5 18. exf5 Bxd5 (18... Bf6 $5 {will be played
in Kramnik - Sokolov, Wijk aan Zee 2005.}) 19. Be2 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Nc6 $1 21. Ne3
$1 Kh8 $5 22. Nd5 Qd8 23. Be3 Bf6 24. Rc1 e4 $1 25. Bxe4 Nxe4 26. Bb6 $1 Nxf2
$2 {An intermediate move becomes fatal.} ({Right is} 26... Qd7 $1 27. Rxe4 {
(Sax)} Bg5 $1 28. f4 $5 Qxf5) 27. Bxd8 $1 Nxd1 28. Bxf6 gxf6 29. Rexd1 $1 Ne5
$5 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Nxf6 {White wins the endgame.} Nf7 32. Ne4 Kg7 33. Rd2 Rd8
34. Kf2 Kf8 35. Ke3 Ke7 36. Rc2 d5 37. Rc7+ Kf8 38. Nc5 d4+ 39. Kd2 Rd5 40.
Ne6+ Ke8 41. f6 {Tseshkovsky lost many games during the second part of the
tournament.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 51"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C73"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4 f6 7. Nc3 Ne7 8.
Be3 a5 9. Qe2 $5 Bg4 $5 10. O-O-O {Anand will attack versus the passive black
position. It looked like the nineteen-years- old was playing rapid games.} Qc8
11. h3 Bh5 $6 12. g4 Bf7 $6 13. dxe5 fxe5 14. Ng5 Bg8 {Sokolov plays inactive.}
15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Ng6 17. Bg3 Be7 18. Nf3 Be6 19. e5 $1 d5 20. Nd4 $1 Qd7
21. Rhf1 Bc5 $2 ({Correct is} 21... Rf8 {(Sokolov).}) 22. Na4 $2 {Vishy misses
the immediate victory.} (22. Nxe6 Qxe6 23. Nxd5 $1 {wins at once.}) 22... Be7
$6 (22... Bxd4 $1 23. Rxd4 Qe7 {defends more accurately (Sokolov).}) 23. Nb3
Rf8 24. Nac5 Bxc5 25. Nxc5 Qe7 26. Qe3 a4 27. Qc3 Rxf1 28. Rxf1 Nf8 29. Bf2 Qf7
30. Qd3 Qg6 31. Qc3 $1 Qf7 32. Qe1 Nd7 33. Bh4 $1 Qg6 34. Qb4 $1 Qh6+ 35. Kb1
Nb6 36. Na6 Qxh4 37. Qf8+ Kd7 38. Nc5# 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 51"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. f3 c6 6. Qd2 Qa5 7. g4 h5 $5 {The
white pawns are chased forwards in the Pirc.} 8. g5 Nfd7 9. f4 d5 10. f5 dxe4
11. fxg6 fxg6 12. Nxe4 Qxd2+ 13. Nxd2 O-O 14. Bd3 (14. Ngf3 $5 e5 $2 15. Bc4+
$1 {was played in Haslinger - McNab, Blackpool 2003.}) 14... e5 15. Ngf3 exd4
16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Nxd4 Ne5 {Black restarts the development.} 18. Be2 Rf4 19.
N2f3 Nxf3+ 20. Nxf3 Bg4 21. O-O Bh3 $1 22. Rf2 Nd7 23. Bf1 Bf5 $1 24. Bg2 Rf8
25. Rd2 $6 ({Preferable is} 25. Raf1 $1 Nc5 26. Ne5 Rxf2 27. Rxf2) 25... Nc5
26. Re1 h4 $1 27. Rd4 $6 (27. Nd4 $1 Rg4 28. Nxf5 gxf5 29. h3 Rxg5 30. Re5 {
brings a counteraction for a pawn.}) 27... Bxc2 $1 28. Rc1 Be4 $1 29. Nxh4 $2 {
White fails in the endgame.} (29. Rcc4 $1 h3 $1 30. Bxh3 Rxf3 31. Rxc5 Re3 32.
Rc1 {offers more resistance.}) 29... Nd3 30. Ra1 Bxg2 31. Rxd3 ({No relief
gives} 31. Rxf4 Nxf4 32. Nxg2 Nh3+ {(Benjamin).}) 31... Be4 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 51"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Qb6 10. f3 Rd8 11. Kb1 d5 12. Bxf6 dxe4 $2 ({Correct is} 12...
Bxf6 {(Mokry - Conquest, Gausdal 1989).}) 13. Bxe7 $1 {Anand overturns the
variation.} ({Known is} 13. Bd4 $2 {(Brustman - Liu Shilan, Tuzla 1987).})
13... Rxd2 14. Nxd2 $1 exf3 15. gxf3 (15. Nc4 $1 Qc7 16. Bd6 $1 {will win
quickly in Conquest - Speelman, London 1990.}) 15... e5 16. Bh4 Be6 17. Nde4
Nd4 18. Bg2 $6 Rc8 19. Bf2 f5 20. f4 $1 ({Not} 20. Ng5 $2 Rxc3 $1 {(Anand).})
20... fxe4 21. fxe5 Rc4 22. Rhe1 $6 ({Better is} 22. Bxe4 $1 Rb4 23. Nd5 $1)
22... Rb4 23. Kc1 $1 Bg4 24. Nd5 $4 {Anand has spoiled the game.} (24. Rd2 {
keeps an advantage.}) 24... Qc5 $4 ({Right is} 24... Qd8 $1 25. Nxb4 Bxd1 26.
Bxd4 (26. Kxd1 Nf3+) 26... Qxd4 27. Bxe4 Qxb4 28. Bd5+ Kf8 29. Rxd1 Qf4+ {and
Black might win.}) 25. Nxb4 Bxd1 26. Kxd1 $1 e3 27. Rxe3 Nf5 28. Bd5+ Kf8 29.
Rf3 Qxb4 30. Rxf5+ Ke8 31. e6 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 51"]
[Date "1989.01.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 e6 6. c4 Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Nc3 Be7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 O-O 11. Bg2 d4 $5 {Black takes the initiative and
rules more territory.} 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. dxe4 Nc5 14. f4 Qb6 $1 15. Kh2 ({The
pointe is} 15. Qxd4 $5 Nb3 $1 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. Rb1 Bc5+ 18. Kh2 Rxa2) 15...
Rfd8 16. Rb1 Qa6 17. a3 d3 18. exd3 Qxd3 19. Qxd3 Rxd3 {Black has the
initiative but an unimportant advantage.} 20. Re1 Rb3 21. Bf1 Nd3 22. Bxd3 Rxd3
23. f5 $5 Rad8 24. Bf4 g6 25. fxg6 fxg6 26. h4 $2 {White should start a
counteraction.} (26. e5 $1 g5 (26... Kf7 27. e6+) 27. Be3 b6 28. Re2 {
reorganises the defence.}) 26... Kf7 $1 27. Rbc1 Ke6 {The isolated e-pawn has
become weak.} 28. Rc2 Rf8 29. Re3 Rxe3 30. Bxe3 Rf3 31. Re2 $6 ({Vaganian
misses the chance} 31. Bxa7 Bd6 32. Bf2 Be5 33. Kg2 Rb3 34. a4 Bxb2 35. a5 {
and he has counter-play.}) 31... Bd6 32. e5 $1 Bb8 $1 {Van der Wiel postpones
the capture of pawn e5.} 33. Kg2 Rf7 34. g4 Rd7 35. Kf3 Rd3 36. Ke4 Rd5 37. Rf2
Rxe5+ {Black has cashed the pawn.} 38. Kd3 Rd5+ 39. Ke4 Bg3 40. Rf8 Bxh4 41.
Bxa7 Bf6 42. b4 Rd8 43. Rxd8 Bxd8 44. a4 b6 45. Bb8 Be7 $5 {Van der Wiel
brings excitement in the bishop ending.} 46. a5 $1 Kd7 $1 47. Bf4 Bxb4 48. axb6
Kc8 49. Ke5 $1 Ba5 50. Kf6 Bxb6 51. Kg5 Kd7 $1 52. Kh6 Ke6 53. Kxh7 Kf6 54. Bh6
g5 55. Bg7+ Kf7 56. Bc3 Be3 57. Ba5 Kf6 58. Kh6 Ke5 59. Kg6 Kf4 60. Kh5 c5 61.
Bd8 Kf3 62. Bf6 c4 {John was very happy.   The tournament ended crowded at the
top. Anand, Nikolic, Ribli and Sax won by 71/2/13, before Piket and Georgiev 
(7), Van der Wiel and Miles (61/2).} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 51"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Andruet, Gilles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f4 Nc6 7. Nf3 g6 $5 {
Andruet plays a surprising novelty.} 8. Bd3 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe1 Nb4 11. Qg3
Nh5 12. Qf2 f5 13. e5 Nxd3 14. cxd3 dxe5 15. fxe5 b6 (15... Qxd3 $6 16. Bg5 $1
{makes a target of the black queen.}) 16. d4 Bb7 17. Bg5 Qd7 18. Rad1 f4 $5 ({
Wiser is} 18... h6 $1) 19. Qh4 $1 Rf7 20. Qg4 $1 Qe8 $6 {Black lifts the
barrage on d4.} (20... Re8 $1 {consolidates.}) 21. Nh4 $6 (21. Nd2 $1 {jumps
in the direction of e4.}) 21... b5 22. a3 a5 23. Ne2 $1 Qc6 24. Bxf4 Nxf4 $5
25. Nxf4 $2 Raf8 $1 26. Qxe6 Qe4 $1 27. Rf3 $5 g5 $1 28. Nhg6 $1 gxf4 $2 {
Andruet loses track in the melee.} (28... hxg6 $1 29. Nxg6 g4 $1 30. Rf2 Bd5 $1
{refutes the white attack.}) 29. Nxf8 Kxf8 $4 (29... Qe2 $1 {still plays for a
win.}) 30. Qd6+ $2 Kg8 $1 31. e6 Rf6 32. Qd8+ Rf8 $2 33. e7 $1 Qe2 34. exf8=Q+
Bxf8 35. Qg5+ Bg7 36. Rff1 h6 37. Qd8+ Kh7 38. d5 f3 39. gxf3 Qxb2 40. Qd7 Ba8
41. Qf5+ {Dokhian and Nijboer shared the first place of the B-group and played
in the A-group next year.} 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "7"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Short, Nigel"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

{Players from the Soviet union could be invited personally for the first time
in 1989. As a result, five instead of two Soviet grandmasters were invited and
the average rating rose. Illescas' invitation was cancelled for a further
increase of the rating. The hated apparatchik Baturinsky became chief arbiter.
This meant an affront for the refugees Kortschnoj and Gulko. It led to a
showdown on the day of the first round. When the 'red colonel' stayed in place,
Kortschnoj left Linares.The tournament became a race between Ivanchuk and
Karpov from 18 ii until 5 iii. Timman noticed a remarkable feature: Ivanchuk
watched the ceiling, when he contemplated his move. Ivanchuk won. } 1. e4 e5 2.
Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 Bg4 9. d3 {
Short plays quiet variation with a wild twist.} O-O 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12.
Nf1 Ne8 $5 13. Ne3 Bh5 14. g4 $5 Bg6 15. d4 exd4 16. cxd4 h5 $6 ({Better is} 
16... Nc6 17. d5 Ne5 {(Short).}) 17. dxc5 dxc5 $2 (17... hxg4 $1 18. cxd6 Bxd6
19. Nxg4 Qc7 {and Black has positional compensation for the pawn.}) 18. Ne5
Qxd1 19. Rxd1 hxg4 20. Bd2 Nb7 21. Nxg6 $1 fxg6 {The triple pawn is a rarity
for Karpov.} 22. e5 Kh7 23. Nd5 Bd8 24. Nf4 Rf5 25. Bxf5 gxf5 26. Be3 Bc7 27.
Rd5 Na5 28. Bxc5 Nc4 29. Nd3 Nd2 30. Kg2 Ne4 31. Rc1 Bd8 32. Be3 Nc7 33. Rd7
Ne6 34. Nf4 Nf8 35. Rb7 Bg5 36. Rcc7 Bxf4 37. Rxg7+ Kh8 38. Bxf4 Ne6 39. Rh7+
Kg8 40. Bh6 f4 41. Rhe7 f3+ 42. Kf1 N4c5 43. Rb6 Rd8 44. Rd6 {Karpov had a
poor start.} 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "7"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

{A cord separates audience and players. Ivanchuk nearly fall over it.} 1. e4 d6
2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Bxf3 Nc6 9.
Ne2 e5 10. c3 Nd7 11. b3 Nb6 $5 {This new move loses time.} ({I like} 11... Qh4
{as preparation of ..f5 or ..Bh6.}) 12. d5 $1 Ne7 13. c4 f5 14. Nc3 Nd7 15. Rb1
a5 16. a3 Nf6 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 fxe4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Nf5 21. g3 Qf6
22. Qd3 Nd4 $6 {The knight will have to return.} ({More active is} 22... Ra2)
23. Kg2 Ra4 24. h4 Kh8 25. Rb2 Nf5 26. Bg5 Qf7 27. Rh1 h6 $2 {Black should
exchange.} ({Right is} 27... Bf6 $1 28. Bxf5 e4 29. Bxf6+ Qxf6 30. Qb3 gxf5 31.
Qxa4 Qxb2) 28. h5 $1 gxh5 29. Qd1 $1 Ra3 30. Qxh5 Kg8 31. Qxf7+ Rxf7 32. Bd2
Rf6 33. Rbb1 $1 (33. Bxf5 Rxf5 34. Bxh6 Bxh6 35. Rxh6 {wins a pawn but gives
drawing chances.}) 33... Ra2 34. Rhd1 Nd4 35. Ra1 Rxa1 36. Rxa1 Nb3 37. Ra8+
Rf8 38. Rxf8+ Bxf8 ({Timman prefers} 38... Kxf8 39. Be3 Nd4 {However} 40. b5 $1
{advances the winning manoeuvre Kh3-g4-h5.}) 39. Be3 Nd4 40. b5 Nb3 41. Kh3 Nc5
42. Bf5 Na4 43. Kg4 Nb2 (43... Nb2 44. Kh5 $1 Nxc4 45. Bxh6 Bxh6 46. Kxh6 {and
the g-pawn becomes unstoppable.}) 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "7"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Ne5 8. e4
Bb4 9. Qe2 d6 10. f4 Nc6 11. Bg2 $6 e5 $1 12. Bd2 O-O 13. f5 Bd7 14. Qd3 Nd4
15. Rd1 Bc6 16. Rf1 $2 ({Correct is} 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Nd5) 16... Nxb3 17. axb3
Nd7 $2 (17... Bxc3 $1 18. Bxc3 Qxb3 {wins a pawn.}) 18. Qc2 f6 19. Ke2 Nc5 20.
Be3 Bxc3 21. Bxc5 dxc5 22. bxc3 a5 23. Ra1 Rfd8 24. Ke3 Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "7"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E55"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. Qe2 b6 10. a3 cxd4 11. axb4 dxc3 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Bb2 Bb7 14. Ba6 Bxa6
15. Rxa6 Rfc8 16. Rd1 h6 17. h3 Qb7 18. b5 Nc5 19. Raa1 a6 20. c4 axb5 21. Bxf6
gxf6 22. Rxa8 Qxa8 23. cxb5 Ne4 24. Qb2 Rc5 25. Nd4 Qd5 26. Rc1 Kg7 27. Rxc5
bxc5 $2 (27... Qxc5 $1 {avoids the following problems.}) 28. Ne2 Qd1+ 29. Kh2
Nd6 30. Ng3 h5 31. f3 $1 Qd5 32. h4 c4 33. b6 Kg6 34. Qb4 f5 35. b7 $2 {
Beliavsky miscalculates in time trouble.} Nxb7 36. Qe7 $2 Qd8 $1 {Black finds
an elegant win.} 37. Qxb7 Qxh4+ 38. Kg1 Qxg3 39. Qb4 Qc7 40. Qf8 c3 41. f4 Kf6
0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "7"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Short, Nigel"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C61"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. Qe2 Bc5 7. e5 $6 ({
An appropriate ambition shows} 7. d3 {(Semeniuk-Malaniuk, Sverdlovsk 1987).})
7... O-O $1 8. O-O d5 $1 9. exf6 dxc4 10. Qh5 $2 {Short continues the flight
forwards.} ({Better is} 10. Qxc4 {(Dubinin-Klaman, Leningrad 1947)}) ({or} 10.
fxg7 Re8 11. Qxc4 {(Zagrebelny-Malaniuk, Taskkent 1987).}) 10... b6 $1 11. fxg7
Re8 12. d3 cxd3 13. cxd3 Ba6 $1 14. Qf3 Qe7 15. Bf4 Qe2 16. Nd2 Qxf3 17. Nxf3
Bxd3 18. Rfe1 Be2 19. Bxc7 d3 20. a3 a5 21. Bf4 Re4 22. Bd2 Rae8 23. Bc3 a4 24.
Ng5 Rc4 25. Rad1 Rc8 26. Ra1 Rd8 27. Nf3 Rxc3 $5 28. bxc3 d2 29. Rxe2 d1=Q+ 30.
Rxd1 Rxd1+ 31. Ne1 Rc1 32. Re4 f5 33. Re8+ Kxg7 34. Kf1 Rxc3 35. Ke2 Rxa3 36.
Nd3 Ra2+ 37. Kf3 Ra3 38. Rd8 Rc3 39. Kf4 a3 40. Rd7+ Kf8 41. Ne5 a2 42. Kxf5
a1=Q 43. Rd8+ Kg7 44. Rd7+ Kg8 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "7"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C64"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 Bb6 $6 ({Usual is} 5... exd4 6.
e5 Ne4 {(Wülfling-Lange, Düsseldorf 1864).}) 6. dxe5 Nxe4 7. Qe2 d5 8. exd6 O-O
9. dxc7 Bxc7 10. O-O Re8 11. Be3 Bg4 12. Nbd2 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Qf6 14. Be2 Rad8
15. Qc2 Rd5 16. Qa4 Qg6 17. Ne5 $3 Rdxe5 18. Qxg4 Qc2 19. Bf3 Bb6 20. Bxb6 axb6
21. Qc4 Qxb2 22. Rab1 Qc2 23. Rxb6 Na5 24. Qb4 $6 (24. Qb4 Qd3 $1 {(threatens
25...Qxf1+)} 25. Qb1 Qxc3 {forces a draw.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "7"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A88"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. c4 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. b3 Qc7
9. Ba3 a5 10. Rc1 Na6 11. Qd2 Bd7 12. Rfe1 Nb4 13. Bb2 $1 e5 14. a3 Na6 $2 ({
Right is} 14... exd4 15. Qxd4 Na6) 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Nb5 $1 {White takes the
hostile position by force.} cxb5 17. cxb5 Nc5 18. Bxe5 Qb6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20.
Qd5+ Ne6 21. Qxd7 Rad8 22. Rc6 $1 {The combination continues with another
pseudo sacrifice.} Rxd7 ({Or} 22... bxc6 23. Qxe6+ {(Karpov).}) 23. Rxb6 Nc5
24. b4 axb4 25. axb4 Ne4 26. e3 Kf7 27. h4 Rb8 28. Rc1 Ke7 29. Nd4 Kf7 30. Bxe4
fxe4 31. Ne6 Bd8 32. Ng5+ Bxg5 33. hxg5 Re8 34. Rc4 Kg7 35. Kg2 Rf7 36. Rd6 h6
37. gxh6+ Kxh6 38. b6 Re5 39. Rc7 Rf8 40. Rxb7 Ref5 41. Rd2 Rb5 42. Rd4 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "7"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C64"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 Bb6 $6 {Ivanchuk played the
Cordel Variation with White in the previous round.} 6. Nxe5 $5 Nxe5 7. dxe5
Nxe4 8. Qg4 Bxf2+ 9. Ke2 $5 Qh4 10. Qxg7 Rf8 11. Nd2 Bc5 $6 (11... Nxd2 12.
Bxd2 Bc5 {will be played by Short and Gulko in the next round.}) 12. Nf3 Qf2+
$6 ({Black diverts from the more solid} 12... Qh5 {(Gilezetdinov-Tolush, corr.
1970).}) 13. Kd1 Be7 $1 14. Re1 Qb6 15. Rxe4 Qxb5 16. c4 Qc6 17. Qxh7 d5 {A
critical position has been reached.} 18. exd6 $6 (18. Rd4 $1 dxc4 19. Bh6 {
gains a mighty advantage.}) 18... Qxd6+ 19. Rd4 Qb6 20. Qe4 Rg8 21. Be3 $4 ({
Correct is} 21. Qh7 $1 {(Timman)} Qg6 ({not} 21... Rxg2 $4 22. Qh8+ Bf8 23.
Rd8+ $1)) 21... Qxb2 22. Rb1 Qxg2 23. Rb5 ({Black also wins by} 23. Rxb7 $1
Qf1+ 24. Kc2 Rg2+ 25. Bd2 Bxb7 26. Qxb7 Rd8) 23... Bg4 24. Rf5 Qf1+ 25. Kc2
Qe2+ ({No escape brings} 25... Qe2+ 26. Rd2 Bxf5 $1 27. Qxf5 Qxe3 28. Ne5 Rg7)
0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "7"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Nf3 Re8 13. Nbd2 Bf8 14. a4 Qd7 15.
axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Bxa8 17. d5 Ne7 18. Nf1 h6 19. N3h2 c5 20. dxc6 Nxc6 21. Ng4
Nxg4 22. hxg4 b4 23. g5 hxg5 24. Bxg5 Na5 25. Ba4 Bc6 26. Bxc6 Nxc6 27. Ne3
bxc3 28. bxc3 Be7 29. Bxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "7"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Bxe6 Nxe6 12. cxd4 Ncxd4 13. a4 Be7 14. Nxd4 Nxd4
15. Ne4 O-O 16. axb5 Nxb5 17. Be3 Qc8 18. Qc2 Qe6 19. f4 f6 20. exf6 Bxf6 21.
f5 Qe5 22. Bc5 Nd6 23. Nxf6+ Rxf6 24. Rae1 Qd5 25. Rd1 Qc6 26. Qb3+ Kh8 27. Qd5
Qxd5 28. Rxd5 Re8 29. g4 h6 30. h3 Kh7 31. Bd4 Rf7 32. Rf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "7"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 Be7 8.
Qc2 O-O 9. Nf3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Rab1 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. b4 a6 14. a4 Bf5
15. Ne5 $5 Rad8 (15... f6 $1 16. Nf3 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 {draws 
(Rendboe-Bank Friis, Bellinge 1991).}) 16. Rfc1 Ng6 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Nxe4 {
Drawing is still easy for Black.} dxe4 $2 ({The weakness on e4 is avoided by} 
18... Nxe5 $1 {(Karpov).}) 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. b5 $1 {The minority attack will
cause a second weakness.} cxb5 21. axb5 Rd6 22. bxa6 bxa6 23. Qa4 Qd7 $6 (23...
Qe6 {hinders the restriction.}) 24. Qxd7 Rxd7 25. Rc5 $1 Ra7 26. Ra5 Kf8 27.
Rb6 Rea8 28. h4 $1 Ke7 29. Kh2 Kd7 30. Kg3 Kc7 31. Rb2 Rb7 32. Rc5+ Kb8 33. Ra2
Re7 34. Kf4 Kb7 35. Rb2+ Ka7 36. Rc6 $1 Rh8 37. Ra2 $1 a5 ({The pointe is} 
37... Rxh4+ 38. Kg3 Rh5 39. Rcxa6+ Kb8 40. Ra8+ Kc7 41. R2a7+ Kd6 42. Rd8+ Ke6
43. Ra6+ Kf5 44. Rd5+ Re5 45. Rxe5#) 38. Rxa5+ Kb7 39. Rca6 Rxh4+ 40. Kg3 Rh5
41. Ra7+ Kc6 42. R5a6+ Kb5 43. Rxe7 Rg5+ 44. Kh2 Kxa6 45. Rxf7 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "7"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C93"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a3 h6 13. Bc2 Nb8 14. b4 Nbd7 15. Bb2
g6 16. Rb1 c6 $5 17. Nb3 Rc8 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. c4 c5 $1 20. Nxc5 $5 Nxc5 21.
Qxd8 Rexd8 22. bxc5 Rxc5 23. Bxe5 Nd7 $1 24. Bd4 $6 ({Karpov prefers} 24. Rbd1
$1) 24... Rxc4 25. Bb3 Rc7 26. Nh4 $2 {The left flank should get attention.} (
26. a4 $1 b4 27. Rbd1 Nc5 28. Bxc5 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Bxc5 30. Ne5 {defends
actively on the queenside and in the centre.}) 26... Nc5 $1 27. Be5 ({Or} 27.
Bxc5 Bxc5 28. Nxg6 Rd2) 27... Rcc8 28. Bf6 Rd3 29. Bc2 Rd2 30. Rb2 Nd7 31. Bb1
Rd6 32. e5 Rb6 33. a4 Nxf6 34. exf6 b4 35. Ba2 Rxf6 36. Rd1 Rc3 37. Nf3 Bc6 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "7"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Be3 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Kh1 O-O 11. Qe1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. e5 dxe5 14. Bxe5 Qb6
15. Qg3 Bb7 16. f5 exf5 17. Rxf5 g6 18. Raf1 Ne4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. R5f2 Qe6 21.
b3 $6 Bxc2 22. Bf3 Rac8 23. Bb7 Rc5 24. Bd4 Bd6 25. Qe3 Qxe3 26. Bxe3 Rc7 27.
Bxa6 Bd3 28. Rd1 Re8 29. Bh6 Rce7 {Bishop a6 meets difficulties. White needs a
counterattack.} 30. Bd2 $2 ({Right is} 30. g3 $1 Be4+ $1 31. Kg1 Bc5 32. Bxb5
Bf3 $1 33. Rdf1 Be2 34. Bxe8 Bxf1 35. Kxf1 Bxf2 36. Bb5 Be3 37. Bxe3 Rxe3 38.
Bc4 {and White seems to survive.}) 30... Ra7 31. Bc3 Rxa6 32. Rxd3 b4 33. Bd2
Rxa2 34. Rf1 Re2 35. Rd1 Be7 36. g4 h6 37. Bf4 Bf6 38. R3d2 Raxd2 39. Rxd2 Re4
40. Bxh6 Rxg4 41. Be3 Re4 42. Rd3 Bc3 43. Kg2 Re8 44. Kf3 Ra8 45. h3 f6 46. Bc5
Ra5 47. Bd6 Ra2 48. Ke4 Rb2 49. Kd5 Rxb3 50. Bxb4 Rxb4 51. Rxc3 Kg7 52. Rc7+
Kh6 53. Ke6 Rb6+ 54. Kd5 Rb3 55. h4 Re3 56. Rc8 f5 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "7"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 cxd5 10. Qb3 Nb8 11. Ne5 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Nc6 13. f4 Qb6 14. Qxb6
axb6 15. Bd2 Bf5 16. Bb5 Rfd8 17. Rfc1 Rac8 18. Kf1 g5 19. g3 {Ivanchuk had
scored 5 1/2 and Karpov 5 points out of seven games.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "7"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. a3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. b4 Re8 10. d3 a5 $5 11. b5 Nd4 12. Nd2 $5 ({An alternative brings} 
12. Nxe5 $5 Bf6 13. f4 Bxe5 14. fxe5 Rxe5 {(Seckar-Stajcic, Topolciansky 1994)}
15. Rb1) 12... a4 $5 13. Bb2 Bf8 14. e3 Ne6 15. Qc2 Nc5 $1 16. d4 exd4 17. exd4
Qxd4 $6 {Ivanchuk sacrifices the exchange.} 18. Nd5 Qd3 $1 19. Qxd3 Nxd3 20.
Nxc7 Nxb2 {White has to prepare a capture.} 21. Nxe8 $2 ({Better is} 21. Rfb1
$1 N2c4 22. Nxc4 Nxc4 {and now the desired} 23. Nxe8 {can be played.} Nxa3 24.
Nc7 Ra5 25. Rc1) 21... Bf5 $1 22. Nc7 Rd8 $3 23. Ne4 $2 ({Right is} 23. Nf3 Rd7
24. Rfc1) 23... Rc8 $1 24. Rfc1 N2c4 25. Rxc4 Nxc4 26. Nd5 Nxa3 $1 27. b6 Rc4
28. Ne3 Rxe4 29. Nxf5 Rb4 30. Bxb7 Nc4 31. Ne3 Nxe3 32. fxe3 Rxb6 33. Bd5 Ra6
34. Kg2 a3 35. e4 Bd6 36. Rc1 g6 37. Rc2 Kg7 38. Rf2 Ra7 39. Rc2 Be5 40. Rf2
Rc7 41. Rf3 Ra7 42. Rf2 f6 43. Rc2 h5 44. Kf3 Bb2 45. Ba2 Rd7 46. Ke2 Kh6 47.
Rc8 Rd4 48. Rc4 g5 (48... g5 49. Rxd4 Bxd4 50. h3 g4 $1 {and Black will
utilise the winning advantage.}) 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "7"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. g4 Bg6 8. h4
h5 9. g5 Bd6 10. Nge2 Na6 $5 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Nf4 Nc7 13. Be2 Qb4 $5 14. Qd2
Ne7 15. Bf3 Ne6 16. Nce2 Nxf4 17. Nxf4 Qxd2+ 18. Kxd2 Be4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20.
Rac1 O-O-O 21. Rc5 Nd5 22. Nxd5 Rxd5 23. Rhc1 Rhd8 24. b4 Kc7 $2 (24... Rxc5
25. bxc5 (25. Rxc5 Rd5) 25... Rd5 $1 {(Karpov).}) 25. Ke2 $1 a6 26. f3 exf3+
27. Kxf3 R5d6 28. Rf5 R8d7 29. Rcc5 Re7 30. Rce5 Kd8 31. a4 g6 32. Rxe7 Kxe7
33. Re5+ Kf8 34. Ke4 f6 35. gxf6 Rxf6 {Black manages to exchange.} 36. b5 $1
axb5 37. axb5 Kf7 38. Rc5 Ke7 39. Rg5 Kf7 40. Rg2 $5 Rf5 $1 ({Not} 40... cxb5
$2 41. Rb2) 41. bxc6 bxc6 42. Rc2 Rf6 43. Ra2 Ke7 44. Ra7+ Kd6 45. Rg7 Ke6 46.
Kd3 $5 {Portisch must start a counteraction.} Kd6 $2 ({Right is} 46... c5 $1
47. Ke4 $1 (47. dxc5 Kd5 48. Rc7 Rf3 $1) 47... cxd4 48. exd4 Kd6 49. d5 Kc5 50.
Rc7+ Kd6 51. Rc6+ Ke7 52. Rxf6 Kxf6 53. Kd4 Kf7 $1 54. Ke5 Ke7 55. d6+ Kd7 56.
Kd5 g5 $1 57. hxg5 h4 58. g6 h3 59. g7 h2 60. g8=Q h1=Q+ {Black is saved by a
check.}) 47. e4 Rf4 48. e5+ Ke6 49. Rxg6+ Kd7 50. Kc4 $1 Rf1 51. Rh6 Rc1+ 52.
Kd3 c5 53. d5 c4+ 54. Kd2 Rh1 55. Rh7+ Ke8 56. Rxh5 Rh3 57. Kc2 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "7"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 h6 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15.
Bb1 bxa4 16. Rxa4 a5 17. Ra3 Ra6 18. Nh2 g6 19. f4 d5 $5 {Karpov wants to
fight.} 20. e5 Ne4 21. Ng4 $5 c5 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. dxc5 Bxc5+ 24. Be3 Bf8 25.
Nf6+ $5 {His opponent desires to draw.} Rxf6 26. Qxd8 Rxd8 27. exf6 Nd3 28. Rd1
Bxa3 29. bxa3 Bd5 {Ivanchuk kept the lead.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "7"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 c5 7. O-O a6 8. a4
Nc6 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. Nc3 Bd6 11. Rd1 O-O 12. h3 b6 13. d5 Ne5 $5 {Timman brings
a novelty.} 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. dxe6 Bxe6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Qc4 $5 {Karpov 'asks
for trouble', because he needs a win.} Qc6 18. Bd2 Nd5 19. Be1 Rfd8 20. Rab1
Bxc3 21. Bxc3 b5 22. Qh4 Rd7 23. Be5 Rf8 24. Rbc1 c4 25. Qg3 Nf6 26. axb5 axb5
27. f3 Rd5 {White seems to have an advantage.} 28. Bc3 ({Timman recommends} 28.
Rxd5 Qxd5 29. Ra1 {but} Nh5 $1 30. Qg5 h6 $1 31. Qxh5 Rf5 32. Qe8+ Rf8 33. Qh5
{leads to a perpetual.}) 28... Qc5 29. Bd4 Qd6 30. Qxd6 Rxd6 31. Bxf6 Rxd1+ 32.
Rxd1 gxf6 33. Rd6 Ra8 34. Rb6 Ra1+ 35. Kh2 Rb1 36. Rxb5 c3 37. Rc5 cxb2 38. Rb5
Kf7 39. Rb7+ Kg6 40. e4 f5 41. exf5+ Kxf5 42. Kg3 Ke5 43. Rb4 Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "7"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. Bd2 a6 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Rb8 14. Qh4 Qxh4
15. Nxh4 c5 {Ivanchuk has won the tournament, half-a-point before Karpov.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Skelleftea"]
[Site "WCup"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

{Driving forces of the GrandMaster Association (GMA) were Bessel Kok and Jan
Timman. They invited Lubomir Kavalek to organise World Cup tournaments. Six
events took place in 1988 and 1989. Twenty-five players had the right to
participate in four events. The last tournament became Skellefteå 1989. It
took place in the Swedish town from 12 viii until 3 ix. Karpov and Kasparov
won the tournament. We follow their race.   The series of Chess World Cup
tournaments was won by Kasparov with a slight lead on Karpov. Their earnings
were $175.000 and $142,500. Two concerts of the musical Chess concluded the
event. Kok and Kasparov had begun a controversy. As a result, the series had
no follow-up and Kok did not become FIDE-President. The lack of sponsorship
for chess had set in.} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb4 6.
Bb5+ N8c6 7. d4 cxd4 8. a3 dxc3 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. axb4 cxb2 11. Bxb2 f6 $5 12.
e5 $5 Bg4 $2 ({A real fighter plays} 12... Nxb4 $5) 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Nd4 fxe5
$2 ({Better is} 14... Kc7) 15. Nxc6+ Kc7 ({Known is} 15... Ke8 {and Black lost
in Uhlmann-Szymczak, Warsaw 1983.}) 16. Nxe5 Bh5 17. O-O Be8 18. Rfc1+ Kb7 19.
Nc4 $1 e5 20. Bxe5 h5 21. Na5+ Kb6 22. Bc7+ Ka6 23. Nc6+ 1-0

[Event "Skelleftea"]
[Site "WCup"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sax, Gyula"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nd7 10. d4 Bf6 11. a4 Rb8 12. axb5 axb5 13. Be3 Ne7 14. Ng5 h6 15.
Bxf7+ Rxf7 16. Ne6 Qe8 17. Nxc7 Qd8 18. Ne6 Qe8 19. Nc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Skelleftea"]
[Site "WCup"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 a5 10. a3 Nd7 11. Rb1 f5 12. b4 Kh8 13. f3 Ng8 14. Nb3 axb4 15. axb4
Ndf6 16. Bd2 $6 (16. c5 {applies the right strategy.}) 16... Nh5 17. g3 Nhf6
18. Rf2 Nh6 19. Ra1 Rxa1 20. Qxa1 Nf7 21. Qc1 f4 $1 22. g4 $6 ({More active is
} 22. gxf4 Nh5 23. fxe5 dxe5 24. Bf1 Nf4 {(Kasparov)} 25. Bxf4 $1 exf4 26. Nb5)
22... h5 23. h3 Nh7 24. Be1 Bf6 25. Kg2 Kg7 26. Rf1 Nhg5 27. Rh1 {Karpov's
passive play nearly leads to a disaster.} Nxh3 $1 28. Rxh3 Ng5 29. Rh2 $1 hxg4
30. fxg4 Rh8 $1 ({The use of white's move 29 becomes clear in} 30... f3+ $2 31.
Bxf3 Nxf3 32. Qh6+ Kf7 33. Kxf3 Rh8 34. Qd2 $1) 31. Bh4 f3+ $1 32. Bxf3 Nxf3
33. Bxf6+ Qxf6 34. Rxh8 Kxh8 35. Kg3 g5 $6 ({A subtle alternative gives} 35...
Kg8 $3 36. c5 $1 ({Kasparov continues with} 36. Qe3 $2 Nd4 37. g5 Qh8 $1) 36...
Bd7 $1 37. Qe3 Nd4 38. Ne2 $1 Nxe2+ 39. Qxe2 Qf4+ 40. Kh3 Qh6+ 41. Kg3 g5 42.
Qh2 $1 Qxh2+ 43. Kxh2 Bxg4 44. Kg3 {White will stop the entrance by the black
king.}) 36. Ne2 Kg7 37. Qh1 Nd4 38. Nbxd4 exd4 39. Qd1 $1 Qe5+ 40. Kf3 Qf6+ 41.
Kg3 Qe5+ 42. Kf3 Qf6+ {Black cannot take the fortress.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Skelleftea"]
[Site "WCup"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
e5 Nd5 9. Nb3 Nb6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. Nfxd4
Bd5 15. Qg4 g6 $5 16. Rfe1 O-O $5 17. Nf5 Qd7 18. Nh6+ Kg7 19. Qg5 {Hübner has
allowed an attack on the kingside.} f6 $2 ({An escape brings} 19... Be6 $1 20.
Qf6+ Kxh6 21. Re4 Bg4 22. Nc5 Qf5 23. Qh4+ Kg7 24. Qxg4 Qxg4 25. Rxg4 Rad8 $1)
20. exf6+ Rxf6 21. Re7+ Qxe7 22. Nf5+ Rxf5 23. Qxe7+ Rf7 24. Qe5+ Kg8 25. Nc5
c6 26. b3 $2 (26. Ne4 Bxe4 27. Qxe4 Nd5 28. Re1 {(Kasparov)} Re7 $1 29. Qb1
Rae8 30. Rxe7 Rxe7 {gives better chances for White.}) 26... Nd7 27. Nxd7 Rxd7
28. Rd1 a5 29. h4 Rf7 30. Rd4 Rf5 $1 31. Qe1 b5 32. Rd3 a4 33. Re3 axb3 34.
axb3 Raf8 35. f3 h5 36. Kh2 R5f6 37. Kg3 Rf5 38. Qd2 Kg7 39. b4 R5f7 40. Qd4+
Kg8 41. Qb6 Kg7 42. Kf2 Kh7 43. Kg3 Kg7 44. Qd4+ Kg8 45. Ra3 Kh7 46. Ra6 Kg8
47. Rb6 Kh7 48. Kh2 Rf4 49. Qe3 R4f7 50. Qc3 Rf4 51. Kg3 R4f7 52. Ra6 Rf5 53.
Ra1 R5f7 54. Re1 Rf5 55. Re3 R5f7 56. Qc5 Kg7 57. Kf2 Rf5 58. Qd4+ Kh7 59. Re7+
R5f7 60. Re5 Rf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Skelleftea"]
[Site "WCup"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 $1 {This idea stems from Polugaevsky
(New York 1989).} 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bxc7 Nd5 14. Bd6 Nxe3 15. Kf2 Nc2 16. Rd1
Rfc8 17. Bb5 Nf6 18. Ne2 a6 19. Ba4 b5 20. Bb3 Bd5 21. Bxd5 Nxd5 22. Rd3 Rc6
23. Bc5 e5 24. b4 Nxd4 25. Nxd4 exd4 26. Rxd4 Nb6 27. Bxb6 Rxb6 28. Rc1 Re8 29.
Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Skelleftea"]
[Site "WCup"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D58"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. Rc1
Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 c5 12. O-O cxd4 13. exd4 Nc6 14. Bb1 Re8
15. Qd3 g6 16. Rfe1 Qd6 17. a3 Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 Rd8 19. Ba2 Ne7 20. Ne5 h5 21.
Nb5 Qb8 22. h3 Kg7 23. Bb3 Ba6 24. Ba4 Rc8 25. Qd2 Bxb5 26. Bxb5 Qd6 27. Qf4 ({
Or} 27. Qh6+ Kg8 28. Qf4) 27... Bxe5 28. dxe5 Qe6 29. Qa4 Rc7 30. Bd3 a5 31.
Qd4 Kg8 32. b4 axb4 33. Qxb4 Ra7 34. a4 Kg7 35. Qd4 Rc7 36. f4 Qc6 37. f5 $5
gxf5 38. e6+ f6 39. Qf4 Qc3 40. Re3 Qc1+ {The tables will turn.} 41. Kh2 ({
White keeps a plus in} 41. Kf2 $1 Qd2+ 42. Be2 Qc2) 41... h4 42. Rf3 $2 ({
Correct is} 42. Qf2) 42... Qxf4+ 43. Rxf4 Rc3 44. Bxf5 Rc4 45. Rg4+ Kf8 46. Bb1
Rxg4 $2 ({Black misses the opportunity} 46... Nc6 $1 47. g3 Rxg4 48. hxg4 hxg3+
49. Kxg3 Ke7) 47. hxg4 Nc6 48. Kh3 Nd4 49. Kxh4 Nxe6 50. Ba2 Nf4 $5 51. g5
fxg5+ 52. Kxg5 Nxg2 53. Bxd5 Ne1 54. Be4 Ke7 55. Kf4 Kd6 56. Ke3 Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Skelleftea"]
[Site "WCup"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Short, Nigel"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 $5 3. Bf4 d6 4. h3 Qb6 5. b3 c5 6. dxc5 Qxc5 7. c4 g6 8.
Nc3 Bg7 9. Rc1 Bf5 10. Be3 Qa5 11. Bd2 Qd8 12. Nd4 Be4 13. e3 Nc6 14. Nde2 $6
Bd3 15. Nf4 Bxf1 16. Kxf1 O-O 17. g3 e6 18. Kg2 d5 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Qf3 d4 21.
Ncd5 Nxd5 22. Qxd5 Qe7 23. Rhe1 Rad8 24. Qc5 Qd7 25. e4 Ne5 26. Red1 b6 27. Qc7
$5 Qb5 $1 28. Qxa7 $4 {Short misses a combination.} ({Correct is} 28. Qc2 $1 d3
29. Qb1) 28... g5 $1 29. Qa4 ({The pointe is} 29. Nd5 Rxd5 $1 30. exd5 Qxd5+
31. Kg1 Nf3+) 29... Qxa4 30. bxa4 gxf4 31. gxf4 Nd3 32. Rc6 Nb2 33. Rdc1 Nxa4
34. f5 Rfe8 35. f3 Ra8 36. Kh1 Nc5 37. Rg1 Kh8 38. Rc7 Rf8 39. Bf4 Rac8 40. Re7
Rce8 41. Rc7 Nd3 42. Bd6 Rg8 43. Rxf7 Be5 44. Rxg8+ Rxg8 45. Rd7 Nf2# {
Kasparov 3, Karpov 2.} 0-1

[Event "Skelleftea"]
[Site "WCup"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8.
g3 b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. O-O Qe7 11. b4 c5 12. Bb2 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Rfc8 14. Rfd1 Ne8
15. e4 Rc7 16. Nd2 Rac8 17. Rac1 Qf6 18. Qxf6 Nexf6 19. f3 Kf8 20. Bf1 Ke7 21.
Be2 g5 $1 22. Kf2 g4 $2 ({Correct is} 22... h5 23. Ke3) 23. fxg4 Nxe4+ 24. Nxe4
Bxe4 25. g5 Ne5 26. Rd4 Bg6 27. h4 $1 Nc6 28. Rd2 Ne5 {White can inflict great
positional damage.} 29. h5 $2 ({Kasparov analyses} 29. Bxe5 dxe5 30. Ke3 f5 $1
(30... h5 $2 31. gxh6 f5 32. h5 Bf7 33. c5 bxc5 34. Rxc5 Rxc5 35. bxc5 Rxc5 36.
Rd8 $3 $18) 31. gxf6+ Kxf6 32. g4 h6 {defends much stronger.}) 29... Be4 $1 30.
Rcd1 Nxc4 31. Bf6+ Ke8 32. Bxc4 Rxc4 33. Rxd6 Bd5 34. Re1 Kf8 35. Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Skelleftea"]
[Site "WCup"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nunn, John"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Nf3 Re8 13. Ng5 Rf8 14. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Skelleftea"]
[Site "WCup"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Rd1 Na6 11. Be3 Qc8 12. Rac1 Nc5 13. Qc2 Nce4 14. Bd4 Rd8
15. Qd3 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Qc7 17. b3 Rac8 18. Qb2 Be4 19. Ne1 Bxg2 20. Nxg2 Qb7 21.
Ne3 h5 22. a4 Ne8 23. Rd3 Bf6 24. Rcd1 a6 25. Qd2 Be7 $2 {Tolya gets the
chance to snatch a pawn.} ({Right is} 25... Bxd4 26. Rxd4 Nf6) 26. a5 bxa5 27.
Qxa5 Nf6 ({Or} 27... g6 28. Bb6) 28. Bxf6 Bxf6 29. Qxh5 Be7 30. Qa5 d6 31. b4
Re8 32. Qa4 Kf8 33. h4 Rc6 34. Rb1 Rb6 35. Rdb3 Ra8 36. Qa2 Kg8 37. Qc2 Rc8 38.
Qd3 Bf8 39. Kh2 Rc7 40. R3b2 Rbc6 41. b5 Rc5 42. bxa6 Qxa6 43. Rb8 Rc8 44. R1b6
Qa4 45. Rxc8 Rxc8 46. Rb5 Ra8 47. Qe4 Qa2 48. Qf3 Ra7 49. Rb8 Qd2 $2 50. Ng2 $2
(50. Qc6 {wins at once.}) 50... Qd4 51. Qc6 d5 $2 52. Qd6 1-0

[Event "Skelleftea"]
[Site "WCup"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sax, Gyula"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B82"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nf3
g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. a4 O-O 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Kh1 b6 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Ng4 15.
Bf4 Bb7 16. Be4 $5 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Ngxe5 18. Rae1 f6 19. Bxe5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 fxe5
21. Rxf8+ Rxf8 22. Qe2 Qc6 $1 {Kasparov refutes the preparation by Sax.} 23. h3
e4 24. Qxa6 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Qxc3 (25... Rf2 $1 26. Qb5 Qxb5 27. axb5 Rxc2 28.
Rxe4 Kf7 {keeps a plus.}) 26. Rxe4 Qxc2 27. Rxe6 Qc1+ 28. Kh2 Rf1 29. Qa8+ Kg7
30. Qe4 Qc7+ 31. Qe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Skelleftea"]
[Site "WCup"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nf3
Nc6 9. O-O cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bg4 11. Qa4 Nxd4 $2 ({Correct is} 11... Qb6 {
(Dokhoian-Glodin 1988).}) 12. Qxd4 Qd7 13. h3 Be6 14. Rfd1 Rfc8 15. Be5 h6 16.
Rd2 Qd8 17. Bc2 Qa5 18. Qd3 Kf8 $6 19. Rad1 Rd8 20. Qd4 Rac8 21. Bb3 Kg8 22.
Qf4 Rd7 23. Qg3 Nh5 24. Qf3 Nf6 25. Rd3 a6 26. Bxf6 Bxf6 27. Bxd5 Rcd8 28. e4
Bxc3 $6 29. Bxe6 $1 Rxd3 30. Qxf7+ Kh8 31. Rxd3 Bf6 $6 32. Rxd8+ Qxd8 33. Qxb7
$4 {Tal produced poor positional play. Now Kasparov fails tactically.} Qd1+ 34.
Kh2 Qd6+ 35. g3 Qxe6 36. b3 Qd6 37. Kg2 Bd4 38. h4 Qf6 39. f4 Qd6 40. e5 Qc5 $6
({Better is} 40... Qg6 $1 {(Kasparov).}) 41. Qxa6 Qd5+ 42. Kh2 Qf3 43. Qc8+ Kh7
44. Qc2+ Kh8 45. Qg2 Qd3 46. h5 Bc5 47. e6 Kg8 48. a4 Qxb3 49. Qa8+ Bf8 50. Qe8
Qc2+ 51. Kh3 Qb1 52. Qf7+ Kh7 53. Qg6+ Qxg6 54. hxg6+ Kxg6 55. a5 h5 56. f5+
Kf6 57. a6 Bc5 58. Kh4 g6 59. e7 Kxe7 60. fxg6 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Skelleftea"]
[Site "WCup"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D58"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Be2
Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 c5 12. bxc5 bxc5 13. Rb1 Qa5 14. O-O cxd4
15. Nxd4 Nc6 16. Rxb7 Nxd4 17. exd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Skelleftea"]
[Site "WCup"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 exd4 7. Qxd4 Qxd4
8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. Bxc4 Nc6 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Nc3 {Karpov has the better endgame.}
Rd8 12. Ke2 Nf6 13. f3 Ke7 14. Rhd1 a5 $6 15. Rac1 Rxd1 16. Rxd1 Rb8 17. Ke3 g6
{Seirawan remains passive.} 18. Bb3 Ra8 19. Rd4 Nd7 20. Bd5 Ra6 21. f4 f6 22.
h4 h6 23. g3 Bxd5 24. Nxd5+ Kd8 25. Nc3 Rb6 26. Rd2 c6 $2 {Black puts his rook
offside.} (26... h5 $1 {is most useful.}) 27. h5 $1 g5 $1 28. Kf3 Ke7 29. Ne2
$1 {Karpov threatens the manoeuvre Nd4-f5+.} c5 $6 {Now square d5 becomes
available for White.} ({A last stand is organised by} 29... f5 $1 30. e5 g4+
31. Ke3 c5 32. Nc3 Ke6 33. Nd5 Rc6) 30. Nc3 $1 Rd6 31. Rd5 $2 ({The pawn
snatcher succeeds in} 31. Nd5+ $1 Ke6 32. Nc7+ Ke7 33. Rxd6 Kxd6 34. Ne8+ Ke7
35. Ng7 Kf7 36. Nf5) 31... Rxd5 $2 {He can snatch after all.} (31... Rc6 $1 32.
Rd1 Nb6 {plugs the hole d5.}) 32. Nxd5+ Ke6 33. Ne3 $1 b5 34. Nf5 Nb6 35. Nxh6
Nc4 36. Nf5 Kf7 37. b3 Nd2+ 38. Ke3 {Black overstepped the time limit.  Karpov
equalised with Kasparov.} 1-0

[Event "Skelleftea"]
[Site "WCup"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. d4 Ne4 7. Bd2 Bf6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Rc1 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 d6 11. d5 e5 12. b4 a5 13. a3 Nd7 14. e4 g6 15. h4 Ba6
16. Nb5 h5 17. Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Skelleftea"]
[Site "WCup"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Qc2 Na6 7. a3 Nc7 8. Bg5
g6 9. e3 Bf5 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. b4 Ne4 14. Bf4 Nxc3 15.
Qxc3 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Nb5 17. Qb3 Nxd6 18. a4 a6 19. Ne5 Re8 20. Rfe1 Qg5 21. h3
Kg7 22. Qc2 Re6 23. Rac1 Rae8 24. Qb1 Qh5 25. Qb3 f6 26. Nd3 g5 27. Qd1 Qg6 28.
Qc2 R6e7 29. Red1 h5 30. Qb1 h4 31. Qc2 g4 {Black has the initiative.} 32. Nf4
$2 ({Correct is} 32. hxg4 Qxg4 33. Nf4 {(Kasparov).}) 32... Qxc2 33. Rxc2 g3 $1
34. Rd3 ({Or} 34. fxg3 Nf5 $1 35. Rc3 hxg3) 34... Kh6 35. Kf1 Kg5 36. Ne2 Nc4
37. Rcc3 Nb2 38. Rd2 Nxa4 39. Rb3 Nb6 40. Ng1 Nc4 41. Nf3+ Kh5 42. Rdd3 a5 43.
bxa5 Ra8 44. Rd1 Rxa5 45. Re1 b5 46. Re2 Ra1+ 47. Re1 Rea7 48. fxg3 Rxe1+ 49.
Kxe1 Ra1+ 50. Ke2 hxg3 51. Ne1 Ra2+ 52. Kd1 Rd2+ 53. Kc1 Re2 54. Kd1 Rxe3 55.
Rxe3 Nxe3+ 56. Ke2 Nf5 57. Nc2 Nh4 58. Nb4 Nxg2 59. Kf3 Nh4+ 60. Kxg3 Nf5+ 61.
Kf4 Nxd4 62. Ke3 Nf5+ 0-1

[Event "Skelleftea"]
[Site "WCup"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. d4 e6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Nxe4
Bxe4 9. Nh4 Bxg2 10. Nxg2 d5 11. Qa4 dxc4 12. Qxc4 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Be3 Nd7
15. Rfd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Skelleftea"]
[Site "WCup"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 d6 8.
Nc3 e5 9. O-O Re8 10. e4 Bg4 11. d5 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 c5 13. Rae1 a6 14. b3 Nbd7
15. Bg2 Rab8 16. a4 Qd8 17. Qd1 Re7 18. Re3 Qa5 19. Rfe1 Kh8 20. Bh3 Rg8 21.
Kh1 Qd8 22. Qd2 Nh5 23. Ne2 g6 24. a5 Ng7 25. Bxd7 Qxd7 26. f4 Rge8 27. b4 cxb4
28. Qxb4 f5 $5 29. Nc3 $5 exf4 30. gxf4 fxe4 31. Nxe4 Qf5 $1 32. c5 $6 dxc5 33.
Qc4 Qxf4 34. d6 {White has started a risky attack.} Re5 $2 ({Correct is} 34...
Rd7 $1 35. Qxc5 Qe5 36. Qxe5 Rxe5 37. Rc1 {(Karpov), and now} Ne8 $1 {leads to
a big advantage for Black.}) 35. d7 Rd8 36. Qc3 h5 $2 (36... Qf5 $1 37. Nxc5
Rxe3 38. Qxe3 h5 {offers great resistance.}) 37. Rf3 Qh4 38. Rf7 Rg8 39. Qc1 (
39. Qd2 $1 g5 40. d8=Q {wins at once.}) 39... g5 40. Ng3 Rd5 $6 ({The
alternative} 40... Rxe1+ 41. Qxe1 Qd4 42. Qe7 {leads to a difficult win for
White.}) 41. Rf6 Rd8 42. Qb1 $1 Kg8 43. Re8+ $1 {Black is overcome.  Karpov
shared the lead again.} 1-0

[Event "Skelleftea"]
[Site "WCup"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Nunn, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 h6 8. O-O
Ng4 9. Bc1 Nc6 10. d5 Ne7 11. Ne1 f5 12. Bxg4 fxg4 13. Nc2 g5 14. Ne3 Rf4 15.
Bd2 Bd7 16. b4 Qf8 17. Qc2 Qf7 18. Rac1 Rf8 19. Nb5 Rxf2 20. Nxc7 Qf4 21. Nf5
$5 ({Black survives in} 21. c5 $1 g3 22. hxg3 Qxg3 23. Be1 Rxc2 24. Bxg3 Rxf1+
25. Rxf1 Rc3 26. cxd6 $1 Nc8 27. Nf5 $1 Bxf5 28. Ne8 $1 Rxg3 29. exf5 Nxd6 30.
Nxd6 Rd3) 21... Bxf5 22. Rxf2 Qxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Bxe4+ 24. Ke2 Bxc2 25. Rxc2 Rc8
26. c5 $6 ({Better is} 26. Nb5 $1 Nf5 27. Kd3 a6 28. Nc3 {(Nunn)} b5 29. Ne4
Rd8 $1 30. Rc3 $1) 26... e4 ({White outlives in} 26... g3 $1 27. hxg3 dxc5 28.
Rxc5 b6 29. d6 $1 bxc5 30. dxe7 Kf7 31. e8=Q+) 27. Nb5 dxc5 28. d6 Nc6 29. Rxc5
Rd8 30. Rd5 a6 31. Nc7 Be5 32. b5 axb5 33. Nxb5 Kf7 34. Ke3 Bxh2 35. Kxe4 Ke6
36. Bc3 Bxd6 37. Rxd6+ Rxd6 38. Nxd6 Kxd6 39. Kf5 g3 40. Bg7 Ne7+ 41. Kg4 Ng8
42. Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Skelleftea"]
[Site "WCup"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B86"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Qa5 10. O-O Qh5 11. Qxh5 Nxh5 12. f3 b6 13. Rfd1 Bb7 14. Bc4 Be7
15. Bf2 Rc8 16. Bf1 O-O 17. Nb3 Rc6 18. a4 Nhf6 19. Rd2 Rfc8 20. Nd4 R6c7 21.
a5 b5 22. Bxb5 $1 axb5 23. Ndxb5 Rc4 {The game has just begun.} ({White gains
a plus in} 23... Rc4 24. Nxd6 Bxd6 25. Rxd6 Nb8 26. Rb6 Ba6 {Black seems to
have a sufficient defence.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Skelleftea"]
[Site "WCup"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. e3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Bb5 Bd7 9. Nde2 Be6 10. Nd4 Rc8 11. O-O Bc5 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Bg5
O-O 15. Bc4 Nd4 16. Nxe4 Be7 17. Qd3 b5 18. Bxf6 bxc4 19. Qxd4 Bxf6 20. Nxf6+
Qxf6 21. Qxf6 Rxf6 22. Rfc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Skelleftea"]
[Site "WCup"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Ndb5 d5 8.
Bg2 d4 9. Na4 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Bb4 ({Slightly better is} 10... Qd8 $1 11. e3 e5 12.
exd4 {(Olafsson-Gligoric, Palma de Mallorca 1989)} a6 $1) 11. Nc5 $1 O-O 12.
Nd3 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Rd8 15. c5 Ne8 16. Na3 f6 17. f4 Bd7 18. Nc4
Rab8 19. b4 Ne7 20. a4 Bc6 21. Bf3 a6 22. Rhb1 Nc7 23. Nd6 Nf5 24. b5 $6 {
Kasparov continues the attack on the queenside with too much optimism.} axb5 $6
({Black gains an advantage in} 24... Bxf3 $1 25. Nxf5 Bxe2 $1 26. b6 $5 Nd5 $1
27. Nxd4 $2 ({correct is} 27. Nd6) 27... Bxd3 28. Kxd3 e5 29. fxe5 fxe5 30. Nf5
Nxb6+) 25. axb5 Nxd6 $6 (25... Bxf3 {is stronger again.}) 26. bxc6 Nc4+ 27. Kc1
bxc6 28. Rxb8 Rxb8 29. Ra4 Ne3 30. Bxc6 e5 $2 ({Correct is} 30... Rd8 $1 31.
Ra7 Ned5) 31. fxe5 fxe5 32. Nxe5 Ne6 33. Ra5 Rc8 34. Kd2 Kf8 35. Kd3 Ke7 36.
Ra7+ Kf6 37. Nd7+ Kg5 38. Bf3 Nf5 39. h4+ Kg6 40. Ra6 Kf7 41. Bd5 Re8 42. Ne5+
Kf6 43. Nf3 1-0

[Event "Skelleftea"]
[Site "WCup"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nd7 10. d4 Bf6 11. a4 Bb7 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. Na3 b4 15.
Nc4 bxc3 16. bxc3 Na5 17. Nxa5 Qxa5 18. Qc2 $5 {Tal sacrifices a pawn.} exd4
19. cxd4 Bxd4 20. Bd2 Qc5 21. Nxd4 Qxd4 22. Bc3 Qc5 23. Qd2 Kh8 24. Bd4 Qh5 {
White has the initiative.} 25. Bd1 $5 ({A plus is gained by} 25. Qc3 $5 Qg6 $1
26. Qxc7 Bxe4 $1 27. g4 $1 Ne5 28. Bxe5 dxe5 29. Bxf7 Qxf7 30. Qxf7 Rxf7 31.
Rxe4 {but Black survives.}) 25... Qg6 26. Bg4 f5 27. exf5 Qf7 28. Re6 Nf6 29.
Bxf6 gxf6 30. Qe2 Qg7 31. Re7 Rf7 32. Re8+ Rf8 33. Re7 ({The ambitious} 33. Qe7
$5 Qxe7 34. Rxe7 Rc8 35. Rf7 Bd5 $1 36. Rd7 Bc6 37. Rf7 {also draws.}) 33...
Rf7 {The chance of a tournament victory becomes slim for Karpov. He will not
win the World Cup either.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Skelleftea"]
[Site "WCup"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D39"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bxf6 Qxc3+ 11. Kf1 gxf6 12. Rc1 Qa5 13. h4 Nc6 14.
Nxc6 bxc6 15. Rh3 Ke7 16. Rd3 Rd8 17. Rxd8 Qxd8 18. Qh5 Qd4 19. Qxh7 Rb8 20.
Bb3 Ba6+ {They divert from Solana-Magem Badals, Spain 1989.} 21. Kg1 Bd3 22.
Qg7 Bxe4 23. Qg3 Rh8 24. Rc4 Qa1+ 25. Kh2 f5 26. Ra4 Ra8 27. Qc7+ Kf6 28. Qg3
Ke7 29. Qc7+ Kf6 30. Qg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Skelleftea"]
[Site "WCup"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A65"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 h6 8. Be3 e6
9. Qd2 exd5 10. cxd5 Re8 $1 11. f3 h5 12. a4 a6 13. a5 Nh7 $1 14. Bd1 $5 (14.
Bd3 Nd7 15. Nge2 Ne5 16. O-O {allows an exchange of pieces.}) 14... Nd7 15.
Nge2 Ne5 16. b3 Qh4+ 17. Bf2 Qf6 18. Qe3 h4 19. h3 g5 20. O-O Bd7 21. Kh1 Nf8
22. Bg1 Nfg6 23. Bh2 c4 $6 24. Rb1 Rac8 $6 25. Qa7 $1 {Black seems to support
the hostile action on the queenside.} Nf4 $5 26. bxc4 $2 ({The complications of
} 26. Qxb7 $1 Rb8 27. Qxa6 Ra8 28. Qb6 Reb8 29. Qe3 {favour White.}) 26... Nxc4
27. Rxb7 Nd2 28. Rg1 Nxh3 $3 {Kasparov takes his chance.} 29. e5 $1 ({Not} 29.
gxh3 $2 Qxf3+ 30. Rg2 Bxh3) ({The alternative} 29. Rxd7 $6 Ra8 30. Qb6 Nc4 {
leads to problems for White (Nikitin).}) 29... Rxe5 $5 ({Or} 29... Qf5 $5 {
(Seirawan)} 30. Re1 $1 Bxe5 31. Bxe5 Qxe5 32. Ne4 {with chances for both sides.
}) 30. Rxd7 Nxg1 31. Qxg1 $1 Ree8 $2 ({Right is} 31... Nxf3 $1 32. gxf3 Qxf3+
33. Qg2) 32. Rxd6 Qf5 33. Ba4 $1 Qd3 $1 34. Bxe8 Rxe8 35. Rc6 h3 {White can
decide the struggle.} 36. Bg3 $5 (36. gxh3 $1 {wins.} {Seirawan's move} Bxc3 $5
{is refuted by} 37. Rxc3 $1 Qxe2 38. Qxg5+ Kh7 39. Bg1 $1) 36... hxg2+ 37. Qxg2
Nxf3 38. d6 Re6 39. Qf2 g4 40. Rc8+ Kh7 41. Nf4 Rh6+ 42. Kg2 Ne1+ 43. Kg1 Nf3+
44. Kg2 Ne1+ {The game ends with a perpetual.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Skelleftea"]
[Site "WCup"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
d6 9. Rd1 a6 10. Ng5 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 Nc6 12. Qf4 Ra7 13. Nge4 Rd7 14. Be3 Ne5 15.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Na4 Qa8+ 17. Kg1 Qc6 18. Nxb6 Rb7 19. c5 dxc5 20. Nc4 Nxc4 21.
Qxc4 Bxb2 22. Rab1 O-O 23. Qxc5 Qa4 24. Rd2 Rb5 25. Qc6 Bd4 $4 ({Correct is} 
25... Bc3 $1) 26. Rxb5 $1 {Ribli wisely accepted the offer of a draw.} ({The
postmortem revealed a startling fact: Kasparov had missed the win:} 26. Rxb5
Bxe3 27. Rd8 Qxb5 28. Qd6 Bxf2+ $1 29. Kxf2 Qf5+ 30. Kg1 $1 Qb1+ 31. Kg2 Qe4+
32. Kh3 Qf5+ 33. g4 $1 Qf1+ 34. Kg3 Qg1+ 35. Kf3 Qf1+ 36. Ke3 Qh3+ 37. Kd4 e5+
$1 38. Kd5 Qg2+ 39. Kc5 Qg1+ 40. Kc6 Qc1+ 41. Kb7 Qb2+ 42. Ka8 $1) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Skelleftea"]
[Site "WCup"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Short, Nigel"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+
8. Nbxd2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Qb3 Na5 11. Qa4+ Nc6 12. Qb3 Na5 13. Qa4+ Nc6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Skelleftea"]
[Site "WCup"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 Bb7 7. Bg5 d6 8.
e3 Nbd7 9. Bh4 c5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O cxd4 12. exd4 d5 13. Re1 dxc4 14. Bxc4
Qc7 15. Rc1 Rfc8 16. Rc3 Qd6 17. Bg3 Qf8 18. Qd3 a6 19. Ng5 b5 20. Ba2 Rxc3 21.
Qxc3 Bd5 22. Bb1 Rc8 23. Qe3 Qd8 24. f3 Qb6 25. Qd2 a5 26. Bf2 b4 27. Rc1 Rxc1+
28. Qxc1 h6 29. Nh3 Qc6 $5 30. Qxc6 Bxc6 31. axb4 axb4 32. Nf4 Nb6 33. b3 Nfd5
34. Nd3 Bb5 35. Bc2 Kf8 36. Be1 Bxd3 37. Bxd3 Ke7 38. Kf2 Kd6 39. Bd2 Nd7 40.
Bc4 $1 N7b6 $2 {Andersson blunders with his last move before the first time
control.} ({Correct is} 40... e5 $1 41. Bxd5 Kxd5 42. Bxb4 $5 exd4 {The
occupation of the centre compensates the distant passed pawn.}) 41. Ke2 h5 42.
Kd3 Kc6 43. g3 g6 44. Bxd5+ $1 Nxd5 45. Kc4 $1 {White wins the weak pawn.} f5
46. h3 Kb6 47. Bxb4 Ne3+ 48. Kd3 Nd5 49. Bd2 Kb5 50. g4 Nf6 51. Bg5 Nd5 52.
gxh5 gxh5 53. Bd2 Nf6 54. Ke3 Nd5+ 55. Kf2 Ne7 56. Bg5 $5 Nc6 $1 ({Not} 56...
Ng6 $2 57. Ke3 Kb4 58. d5 $1) 57. Bf6 {Karpov gives his passed pawn for an
opening on the kingside.} f4 $2 ({Right is} 57... Na5 $1 58. b4 $5 Kxb4 59. Kg3
Nb3 $1 60. Kh4 Nd2 61. f4 Ne4 62. Be7+ $1 Kc4 63. Kxh5 Kxd4 64. Kg6 e5 $1 65.
h4 (65. Kxf5 exf4 66. Kxf4 Kd5 {leads to a theoretical draw.}) 65... exf4 66.
h5 f3 67. Bh4 f4 68. h6 Ng3 69. h7 f2 70. h8=Q+ Kd3 $1 71. Qd8+ Ke2 72. Bxg3
f1=Q $11) 58. Ke2 Kb4 59. Kd3 Kxb3 60. Ke4 Kc4 61. Be5 {The players had signed
an agreement not to adjourn. Karpov protested before the round started. Again
he objected and got his way. The game was resumed on the next day.} Ne7 62.
Bxf4 Nc6 63. Be5 Ne7 64. h4 Nd5 65. Bh8 Ne7 66. Bg7 Ng6 67. Bf6 Nf8 68. Ke5 1-0

[Event "Skelleftea"]
[Site "WCup"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D76"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Nb6 8.
Nc3 Nc6 9. d5 Na5 10. Bf4 c6 11. dxc6 Qxd1 12. Raxd1 $6 {Nikolic brings a poor
novelty.} Nxc6 13. Nb5 $5 Bg4 14. b3 e5 15. Be3 e4 16. Nfd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Nd5
18. h3 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Bd7 20. g4 $2 ({Better is} 20. Bxe4 Bxh3 21. Bxb7 Rae8 22.
Rf3 {(Kasparov).}) 20... Rae8 21. Rf4 f5 22. Nxf5 Bxf5 23. gxf5 gxf5 24. Rff1
Bh6 25. Kf2 Bg5 $2 {Now White draws despite slight errors.} (25... Rc8 $1 26.
Rc1 Bg5 27. Kg3 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Bxe3 29. Rc7 Rf7 {gives winning chances 
(Kasparov).}) 26. Rd5 Rd8 27. Re5 Rde8 28. Rd5 $6 Kg7 29. Kg3 Kg6 30. h4 Bxe3
31. h5+ Kxh5 32. Rfxf5+ Rxf5 33. Rxf5+ Kg6 34. Rd5 b6 35. Bh3 h6 36. Bg4 Re7
37. Rd6+ Kg5 38. Re6 Bf4+ 39. Kh3 Rc7 40. Rxe4 Rc2 41. Bf3 $6 Rxa2 42. Ra4 Rb2
43. Rxa7 Rxb3 44. Kg2 Rb2 45. Kf2 Be5 46. Ke3 Rb4 47. Rd7 Kf5 48. Kd3 b5 49.
Rf7+ Bf6 50. Rb7 Rb3+ 51. Kc2 Rb2+ 52. Kd3 Rb3+ 53. Kc2 Rc3+ 54. Kd1 Rc5 55. e3
Bc3 56. Be2 Rd5+ 57. Kc2 b4 58. Rb5 Rxb5 59. Bxb5 h5 60. Kd3 Kg4 61. Ke2 Kg3
62. Kf1 Kh2 63. Bc4 h4 64. Kf2 h3 65. Be6 Bf6 66. Bd5 Bh4+ 67. Kf1 Bg5 68. Kf2
{Karpov and Kasparov had won the tournament.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 13"]
[Date "1989.09.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

{Several potential players took part in the candidates' matches. Kasparov
participated for the second time in Tilburg. We follow his exhibition.} 1. e4
c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O
9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 Ne5 11. Bb3 Rc8 12. O-O-O Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. h5 Nxh5 15.
g4 Nf6 16. Bh6 Nxe4 17. Qe3 Rxc3 18. bxc3 Nf6 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rh2 Rh8 21. Nb3
$1 {The world champion springs a novelty in the Dragon.} Bc6 22. g5 Nh5 23. f4
Re8 24. f5 Qb6 25. Nd4 Qc5 {Jeroen finds an active defence.} 26. Re1 Bd7 27.
Qf3 Bc6 28. Qe3 Bd7 29. Qf3 Bc6 30. Qf2 $5 {Gary avoids a repetition.} ({He
mentions} 30. Nxc6 bxc6 31. Re3) 30... Kg8 $2 ({Better is} 30... Qxc3 31. Rxe7
$1 Rxe7 32. f6+ Kf8 33. fxe7+ Ke8 $1 {(Timman).}) 31. Re3 $1 Bd5 32. Rxh5 $1
gxh5 33. Qh4 Qc4 $2 ({The subtle} 33... Bc6 $1 34. Qxh5 Bd7 $1 35. Qh3 $1 e6 $1
{offers a stubborn resistance.}) 34. Qxh5 Qf1+ 35. Kb2 e5 36. Qh6 $1 Kh8 37. g6
$1 fxg6 38. fxg6 Re7 39. Rf3 $1 {Kasparov wins beautifully.} Qc4 40. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 13"]
[Date "1989.09.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 dxe5 5. Nxe5 e6 6. Bb5+ Nbd7 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Qxd4 a6 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 10. Be3 $5 (10. Nc4 {was played in Kurajica -
Polugaevsky, Belgrade 1969.}) 10... Qf6 11. f4 Bc5 12. Qd2 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 Nxe5
14. fxe5 Qh4+ 15. g3 Qh5 16. Qc5 f6 $1 17. Ne4 Qxe5 18. Qxe5 fxe5 19. O-O-O Ke7
$1 20. Rhf1 b5 $1 21. Ng5 h6 22. Nf7 Rf8 23. Nxe5 Rxf1 24. Rxf1 Kd6 25. Nf7+
Ke7 26. Ne5 Kd6 27. Nf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 13"]
[Date "1989.09.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Sax, Gyula"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 Nc6 8. Rg1
h5 9. gxh5 Nxh5 10. Bg5 Nf6 11. Be2 Bd7 12. h5 a6 13. Qd2 b5 14. a3 $5 ({Anand
had played} 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 {against Sax in Wijk aan Zee 1989.}) 14... Be7 15.
Be3 Nxh5 16. O-O-O Nf6 $4 {Black blunders a pawn.} ({Right is} 16... g6) 17.
Rxg7 Qb8 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Qd4 e5 20. Qd3 Kf8 21. Rdg1 Qc8 22. f4 Qh3 23. R7g3
Qh2 24. Bf3 Rg8 25. Rxg8+ Nxg8 26. Ne2 Qh3 27. Ng3 exf4 28. Bxf4 Qh4 29. Qe3
Rc8 30. Nh5 Qh3 31. Bh6+ {Sax gave a bloodthirsty interview about Hungarian
chess, but Kasparov made him smudge his pants.} 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 13"]
[Date "1989.09.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. d4 Nb6 8.
Nc3 Nc6 9. e3 Re8 10. d5 Na5 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. Qe2 c6 13. dxc6 Nxc6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6
15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Rd1 Qc8 17. Bd2 Qe6 18. Be1 h5 $5 (18... a5 {drew quickly in
Portisch - Kasparov, Thessalonika 1988.}) 19. Rac1 h4 $5 20. b3 Rad8 21. gxh4
Nd7 22. Kg2 Nc5 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rd1 Rxd1 25. Qxd1 Qf5 26. f3 Nd3 27. Ne4 Qd5
{Kasparov and Kortschnoj shared the lead by 3/4.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 13"]
[Date "1989.09.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Bb7 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 c5 14. Ned2 a6 15.
Qe2 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qc7 18. N2f3 Qb7 19. b4 Rfc8 20. Rac1 Bf8 21.
Kg1 Rc7 22. a3 Re8 23. Bb2 e5 24. Nf5 e4 25. N3h4 Ne5 26. Red1 h6 27. Bxe5 Rxe5
28. Ne3 Re6 29. Nhg2 Nd7 30. Nf4 Re8 31. Nfd5 Rc6 32. Qg4 Rce6 33. h4 Qb8 34.
Kg2 Qe5 35. Qf5 g6 $4 {Another opponent blunders.} 36. Qxe5 $1 Rxe5 37. Nc7 Rd8
38. Rc2 a5 39. Rcd2 axb4 40. axb4 Re7 41. Ncd5 {Poor Ivanchuk left the
tournament hall with tears in his eyes.} 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 13"]
[Date "1989.09.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Qb3 a6 13. Be2 Nc6 14.
O-O Qc7 15. Rab1 Na5 16. Qa3 Rc8 17. Rfd1 $1 (17. c4 {stems from Eingorn -
Yudasin, Moscow 1988.}) 17... Qxc3 $5 ({The alternative is} 17... Qc5 18. Qc1
$1 Qg5 19. Qb2 {(Bagaturov - Egiazarian, Ashkhabad 1990).}) 18. Qd6 Qc7 19. Nf5
exf5 20. Qxf6 {Black has a difficult choice.} O-O $2 ({Right is} 20... Rg8 $1
21. Bh5 Bc6 22. Qxf5 {(Nikitin - Khudiakov, Alushta 2002)} Rg7 $1) 21. Rd3 $1
f4 22. Rd5 $1 h6 23. Qxh6 f5 24. Rb6 $1 Bc6 25. Rxa5 Qh7 ({Or} 25... Qxb6 26.
Qg6+ Kh8 27. Ra3) 26. Qxf4 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 13"]
[Date "1989.09.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. d3
Bd7 9. h3 a6 10. b3 Rb8 11. Bb2 b5 12. Qd2 Nb4 $5 13. Rfd1 Re8 14. e4 Nc6 15.
Nd5 e5 16. Kh2 h5 17. f4 bxc4 18. dxc4 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 $6 (19. cxd5 $1 Nd4 20.
fxe5 Nxe2 21. Qxe2 Bb5 {(Kasparov)} 22. Qf3 Bxe5 {continues the quiet play.})
19... Nd4 $1 20. Nxd4 cxd4 {The white queen has walked into troubles.} 21. Qxd6
$2 ({Better is} 21. fxe5 dxe5 22. Rf1 $1 Be6 23. Qxd8 Rexd8 {and Black has a
plus.}) 21... h4 $1 22. g4 Bf8 $1 23. Qxa6 $6 (23. Qd5 $1 Qc7 24. c5 {
(Kasparov)} Bb5 $1 25. b4 $1 Ba4 26. Re1 Rxb4 27. Ba3 Bc6 {catches the queen
less favourably.}) 23... Re6 24. Qa7 Ra8 {Kasparov led by 6/7 at the end of
the first cycle, one point before Kortschnoj.} (24... Ra8 25. Qb7 Bc6 {
captures the queen again.}) 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 13"]
[Date "1989.09.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 13. b4 Nf6 14. c5 Ng6 15. cxd6
cxd6 16. Rc1 Rf7 17. a4 Bf8 18. a5 Bd7 19. Nb5 g4 $1 {Kasparov plays a strong
novelty.} 20. Nc7 g3 $1 21. Nxa8 $2 (21. hxg3 $1 fxg3 22. Bxg3 Bh6 $1 23. Nxa8
Nh5 24. Bf2 Ngf4 $1 25. Nd3 $1 Rg7 26. Nxf4 Bxf4 27. g4 $1 Bxc1 28. Qxc1 Nf4
29. Qe3 h5 $1 {(Kasparov)} 30. Bg3 $1 {leads to satisfactory play for White.})
21... Nh5 $1 22. Kh1 $6 (22. Bxa7 $1 Qh4 23. h3 Bxh3 $1 24. gxh3 Qxh3 25. Rf2
gxf2+ 26. Kxf2 Nh4 $1 27. Bf1 Qh2+ 28. Ng2 Rg7 {(Kasparov)} 29. Ke2 $1 Nxg2 30.
Kd3 $1 {resists stubbornly.}) 22... gxf2 23. Rxf2 Ng3+ $1 24. Kg1 $1 Qxa8 25.
Bc4 a6 $1 26. Qd3 ({Or} 26. Nd3 $1 Qa7 27. Nc5 $1 Bb5 $1 28. Bxb5 axb5 29. hxg3
fxg3 30. Rfc2 dxc5 31. bxc5 {(Kasparov)} Bh6 $1) 26... Qa7 27. b5 axb5 28. Bxb5
Nh1 $1 {Jeroen looks in despair at the position. Black wins a minor piece.} 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 13"]
[Date "1989.09.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 O-O 6. g3 d5 7. Bg2 Qe7 8.
O-O Rd8 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 $1 {B4 is taken from knight a6 by a novelty.} dxc4
11. Qxc4 c5 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Nbd2 Bd7 14. b4 Qxc4 $2 {Black gets a passive
game.} ({Best is} 14... Qh5) 15. Nxc4 Bb5 16. Rfc1 Rac8 $6 ({Better is} 16...
Rab8 $1 {(Kasparov).}) 17. Nfe5 b6 18. Bb7 $3 Rc7 19. a4 Nxb4 20. axb5 Rxb7 21.
Nd6 Re7 22. Nc8 Ree8 $6 (22... Rb7 $5 23. Nxa7 Nbd5 {protects the weakling.})
23. Nxa7 Nbd5 24. Nac6 $2 (24. f3 $1 Nd7 25. Nc4 {wins (Kasparov).}) 24... Ra8
$1 25. Nc4 Ne4 26. Kf1 Rxa1 27. Rxa1 Nc7 28. Na7 $1 {Pawn b6 needs a direct
protection.} Rd8 $2 (28... Rb8 $1 29. Ra3 Kf8 30. f3 Nc5 {defends well 
(Kasparov).}) 29. Nxb6 Nc3 30. Ra5 Rd1+ 31. Kg2 Rb1 32. Nd7 $1 f6 $5 33. b6
N7d5 34. Nc8 Nxe2 35. b7 $1 Rg1+ ({The pointe is} 35... Rxb7 36. Nd6 Nb6 37.
Nxb6 {and White has won a piece.}) 36. Kh3 $1 Nef4+ 37. Kg4 h5+ 38. Kf3 {Ljubo
scored poorly in the Netherlands. He blamed the low sea-level, because it made
him sleepy!} 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 13"]
[Date "1989.09.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sax, Gyula"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. c4 Ne5 7. d3 e6 8.
Nc3 Ne7 9. Ne1 g6 10. Nc2 Bg7 11. Be3 O-O 12. f4 N5c6 13. d4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 f5
15. exf5 Nxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 13"]
[Date "1989.09.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8.
dxc5 O-O 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 Qa5 $2 ({Theory is} 10... Nxc5 {(Alekhine -
Bogoljubow, Germany 1934).}) 11. Nge2 Bxc3+ 12. Qxc3 $1 Qxc3+ 13. Nxc3 Nxc5 14.
Bc2 g5 15. Bg3 {White has many positional advantages.} Be6 16. f3 a6 17. h4
Rfc8 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. O-O-O Ncd7 20. Kb1 Kg7 21. Bb3 Rc5 22. e4 dxe4 23. Bxe6
fxe6 24. Nxe4 Ra5 25. Rhe1 Nf8 26. Nd6 b6 27. Bf2 Nd5 28. Bd4+ Kg6 29. Nc4 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 13"]
[Date "1989.09.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. Qe2
Nc6 9. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Rxd4 Be7 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nd5 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Ne4
O-O 15. Qh5 Ng6 16. Ng5 h6 17. Nf3 b5 18. Bd3 Bb7 19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. Qxg6 Bd5
21. Kb1 Rac8 22. Rc1 Qe7 23. Rg4 Rc4 24. Rxc4 bxc4 25. c3 Qa7 26. Qc2 Bxf3 27.
gxf3 Qe3 28. Qa4 Qd3+ 29. Ka1 Rxf3 30. a3 Qd5 31. Qxa6 Rh3 32. Rg1 Rxh2 33.
Qc8+ Kh7 34. Qc7 Rg2 35. Rxg2 Qd1+ {This time Ivanchuk survived in the fight
with the world champion.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 13"]
[Date "1989.09.30"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Nc3 Nc6 8.
O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Qd3 a6 11. h3 Nd7 12. b3 Rb8 13. Be3 b5 14. cxb5 axb5
15. Rac1 b4 16. Na4 Qa5 17. Qd2 Bb7 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. Rfd1 Nf6 20. Rc4 h5 21.
Qc2 Rfb8 22. f3 Qe5 23. Bf2 Qe6 24. g4 $6 {White damages his kingside.} ({
Better is} 24. Kg2) 24... hxg4 25. hxg4 Rb5 26. Rc1 $2 {Hjartarson allows a
fatal counteraction.} Bh6 $1 27. Rc8+ Kg7 28. Rxb8 Rxb8 29. Rd1 Nxg4 $1 30.
Bd4+ ({The point is} 30. fxg4 Qxg4+ 31. Kf1 Qh3+ 32. Kg1 Rb5 {(Kasparov).})
30... Nf6 31. Kg2 Rb5 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 13"]
[Date "1989.10.02"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

{Geurt Gijssen starts the round by ringing a little bell.} 1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3.
Nd2 b6 $6 4. Ngf3 Bb7 5. Bb5+ c6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O $5 {Ivanchuk notices a
<->drinking cup'. When he picks it up, the little bell rings, and he awakens.
Gijssen lifts a finger and smiles.} dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nf6 9. Nxf6+ Bxf6 10. Bf4 $5
O-O ({The players analysed} 10... Bxd4 $5 11. c3 Bf6 12. Qc2 {and White has
the initiative.}) 11. Qe2 Qd5 $6 (11... Nd7 {develops the right defender.}) 12.
Be4 Qh5 13. a4 $1 Nd7 14. a5 bxa5 15. Bd6 Rfc8 16. Qd2 Bd8 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18.
dxe5 Ba6 19. Rfe1 f5 $2 ({Better is} 19... Bc4 20. Ra3 {(postmortem)} h6 $1 21.
Rh3 Qg5 22. f4 Qg4) 20. exf6 $1 Bxf6 21. Rxa5 Bb5 22. c4 Rd8 23. Qb4 Rac8 24.
cxb5 c5 $1 25. b6 $1 {Gary takes the fast road to victory.} Rxd6 ({Or} 25...
cxb4 26. Rxh5 Rxd6 27. bxa7) 26. bxa7 Rdd8 27. Qa4 Be5 28. a8=Q Qxh2+ 29. Kf1
Rxa8 30. Rxa8 {Agdestein played in the national soccer team, and was the
Norwegian chess champ. Still Gary called him an amateur in an interview. This
sounds cocky for a wood pusher, but the level of their games makes his opinion
understandable.   Kasparov had won the tournament by a record score of 12/14.
So far, he produced the highest ELO-rating in a tournament. Kortschnoj became
second at a distance of 31/2 points.} 1-0

[Event "World Ch13 Final"]
[Site "ICCF 1989-98"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Baumbach, Fritz"]
[Black "Umansky, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E38"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nf3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. e3
Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Na6 11. Rad1 Nc5 12. Rd4 e5 $1 {Umansky equalises.} ({
He inproves on} 12... d5 {(Rauzer - Kan, Moscow 1931).}) 13. Rdd1 ({The pointe
is} 13. Nxe5 $5 Ne6 $1 14. Rfd1 Nxd4 15. Rxd4 d6) 13... Nce4 $1 14. Bxf6 Nxc3
15. Qxc3 Bxf6 16. Qd2 Bc6 17. b4 a6 18. b5 Be4 19. Qxd7 Qxd7 20. Rxd7 axb5 21.
cxb5 Rxa2 22. Bc4 Rc2 23. Bd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 e4 25. Nd2 Re8 26. Rd1 h5 27. g3
Re6 28. Nf1 Re5 29. R1d4 Rc5 30. Rd7 Rc1 31. R7d5 Rb1 32. Rxe5 Bxe5 33. Rxe4
Rxb5 34. Nd2 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Ch13 Final"]
[Site "ICCF 1989-98"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Goldenberg, Richard"]
[Black "Umansky, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E38"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nf3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. e4
$5 h6 9. Bh4 Nc6 $5 (9... Be7 {was played in Vera - Eperjesi, Berlin 1988.})
10. Rd1 g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 $5 12. Bd6 $1 Bxd6 13. Rxd6 g4 {Umansky seeks a sharp
confrontation.} 14. Ng1 a6 15. Qd1 Qc7 16. Rd2 Nf6 17. h3 Ne5 18. hxg4 Nxe4 $5
19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Qe2 Bb7 21. Rh5 d6 22. g5 O-O-O $5 23. gxh6 Kb8 24. Nh3 f5 {
Black has given a pawn for the control of the centre.} 25. Ng5 Rde8 26. h7 d5 {
Both parties follow their plans.} 27. b3 Ka7 28. Rh3 Ng4 29. Rd1 ({Not} 29.
Nxe6 $2 {due to} Qc8 $1 30. cxd5 Bxd5 $1 {(Umansky).}) 29... Nf6 30. b4 e5 {
The fighting has reached a climax.} 31. cxd5 $2 ({Right is} 31. c5 $1 bxc5 32.
bxc5 Qxc5 33. Qd2 Re7 {and the battle continues.}) 31... Nxd5 32. Qc4 Qe7 33.
Rxd5 Rc8 $1 34. Rc5 $1 bxc5 35. Nf7 cxb4 36. Qb3 $5 (36. Nxh8 $5 Rxc4 37. Bxc4
Qg5 $1 {favours Black as well (Umansky).}) 36... Rc1+ 37. Ke2 $1 Rhc8 38. Qe3+
({Insufficient is} 38. h8=Q R8c2+ 39. Qxc2 Rxc2+ 40. Kd1 Qc5 {(Umansky).})
38... R1c5 39. h8=Q Qxf7 $1 40. Ke1 ({Or} 40. Qhxe5 Qxa2+ 41. Ke1 Qb1+ 42. Ke2
Qc2+ 43. Ke1 {(Umansky)} Qc1+ $1 44. Ke2 Ra8 $1 {and Black wins.}) 40... Qd5 $1
41. Qg7 f4 42. Bc4 Qxc4 43. Rh7 Rb8 0-1

[Event "World Ch13 Final"]
[Site "ICCF 1989-98"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Korelov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Umansky, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
a4 c5 16. d5 c4 17. Bg5 h6 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Nd2 h5 20. Ngf1 Rb8 21. Nh2 Bc8 22.
axb5 axb5 23. Kh1 Qc7 24. Qe2 Bd7 25. Qf1 b4 26. f4 bxc3 27. bxc3 Rb2 28. Bb1
h4 29. fxe5 Nh5 30. Qf3 dxe5 31. Nhf1 Bb5 32. Qd1 Nb3 33. Ra7 Qc8 34. Nf3 Bc5
35. Ra2 Rxa2 36. Bxa2 Bxe3 37. Nxe3 Nc5 38. Bb1 Bd7 39. Nxh4 Bxh3 40. Nhf5 Bxf5
41. exf5 e4 42. fxg6 fxg6 43. Nxc4 Rf8 44. Ne3 Qd8 45. Qg4 Kg7 46. Rf1 Rxf1+
47. Nxf1 Qxd5 48. Qe2 Nf6 49. Kg1 Qe5 50. Qe3 Ne6 51. Qa7+ Kh6 52. Qe3+ Ng5 53.
Qd4 Qf4 54. Qf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Ch13 Final"]
[Site "ICCF 1989-98"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Palciauskas, Vytas"]
[Black "Umansky, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 c5 8.
Bg2 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Ne5 Nxd4 12. e3 Ne6 13. Nxd5 O-O $5 ({
Known is} 13... Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Rc8 {(Georgiev - Pokojowczyk, Varna 1982).}) 14.
Nc6 $1 Qe8 15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. Qd6 Kg7 17. Rd1 $6 ({More natural is} 17. O-O-O
Bb7 18. Qd7 Nd8 19. Qg4+ Kh8 {(Umansky)} 20. Rxd8 $1 Rxd8 21. Nxd8 Bxg2 22. Rd1
{and White has gained a plus.}) 17... Rc8 $1 18. Ne7 ({The pointe is} 18. Nxa7
Rc7 19. Qxb6 Rxa7 $1 20. Qxa7 Qb5 {(Umansky).}) 18... Qb5 19. Bf1 Qb4+ 20. Qd2
$1 Ng5 $1 {Black threatens .. Nf3#.} 21. Bg2 $2 ({Right is} 21. Be2 $1 Qe4 22.
Qd5) 21... Qg4 $1 22. Rg1 ({Mikhail has prepared} 22. Nxc8 Qf3 $1 23. Rg1 Qxg2
$1) 22... Rcd8 $1 23. Qc2 Rfe8 $1 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Nd5 Bb7 26. Qc4 Qh5 $1 {
Umansky won quickly after a risky opening.} (26... Qh5 {The defence} 27. e4 {
is crushed by} Nxe4 $1) 0-1

[Event "World Ch13 Final"]
[Site "ICCF 1989-98"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svenson, Ulf"]
[Black "Umansky, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A64"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Bg2 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Nd2 Re8 12. Nc4 Ne5 13. Na3 Nh5 14. Rb1 $5 Rb8
15. b4 Bf5 16. e4 Bg4 17. f3 Bd7 18. Be3 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ne2 cxb4 21. Rxb4
Qa5 22. Nc2 f5 23. Bh3 Nxf3+ $2 {Umansky plays an incorrect combination.
Hereafter, he survives by opportunism.} (23... Rbc8 24. Ned4 Nf6 {brings a
plus.}) 24. Rxf3 fxe4 25. Rf8+ $1 Rxf8 26. Bxd7 h6 27. Ned4 Bxd4 28. Qxd4 Qc7
29. Be6+ Kh7 30. Qd2 ({Even better is the simple} 30. Qxe4 $1) 30... Ra8 31.
Nd4 Qg7 32. Nb3 Qf6 33. Qe1 Ng7 34. Bd4 Qf3 35. Nd2 Qd3 36. Nxe4 Ra4 37. Nf2
Qa3 38. Bc3 Qa2 39. Ne4 Qc2 40. Nf6+ $2 {White lets the win slip.} ({Correct
is the solid} 40. Bd7) 40... Rxf6 $1 41. Rb2 ({Not} 41. Bxf6 $4 Qc5+) 41...
Rxe6 42. dxe6 Qd3 43. Re2 Ne8 44. Bb2 h5 45. e7 h4 46. Qf1 Qf5 47. Rf2 Qc5 48.
Qe2 Rb4 49. Qe6 Rxb2 50. Qf7+ Kh6 {The game ends by perpetual check.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Ch13 Final"]
[Site "ICCF 1989-98"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Umansky, Mikhail"]
[Black "Berry, Francis "]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A42"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 e5 5. g3 Nd7 6. Bg2 Ne7 7. O-O O-O 8. e4
exd4 9. Nxd4 Ne5 10. b3 N7c6 11. Nde2 f5 12. f4 Ng4 13. h3 Nf6 14. exf5 gxf5 $2
({Correct is} 14... Bxf5 15. g4 Bd7) 15. Bb2 Nb4 $2 (15... Be6 $1 16. Qd2 Qd7
17. Rae1 Rae8 {completes the development.}) 16. Qd2 c6 17. Rad1 Ne8 18. Rfe1 a5
19. Na4 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 Qc7 21. Nd4 {Umansky claimed a win, because Black had
overstepped the time limit, but Berry showed that registered post from Russia
to Canada took months. Hereafter, the game was continued by FAX.} Qg7 22. Kh2
Nc7 23. Qd2 Bd7 24. a3 Nba6 25. Nb6 Rae8 26. Nxd7 Qxd7 27. Qxa5 Nc5 28. Rxe8
Rxe8 29. Re1 Ra8 30. Qd2 Rxa3 31. Qc2 Ne4 32. g4 $1 {The black position folds
on the kingside.} 1-0

[Event "World Ch13 Final"]
[Site "ICCF 1989-98"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Umansky, Mikhail"]
[Black "Kopylov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E80"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 c6 6. Bg5 a6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nge2
b5 9. Qd2 $6 (9. O-O {occurred in Christiansen - Fritsche, Germany 1993.}) 9...
Rb8 10. O-O O-O 11. Rfd1 Nb6 12. cxb5 axb5 13. Rac1 Nbd7 $6 ({More active is} 
13... Nc4 14. Bxc4 bxc4) 14. b4 $1 Qb6 15. Kh1 Qb7 16. f4 $6 (16. d5 $1 {
punishes black's passivity.}) 16... h6 17. Bh4 e5 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. f5 Qa8 20.
Ng1 Bb7 21. fxg6 fxg6 {Black has recovered.} 22. Nf3 Kh7 23. Bc2 c5 24. bxc5
Nxc5 25. Nxe5 b4 26. Nxg6 $1 bxc3 $1 ({Black avoids} 26... Kxg6 $2 27. e5+ $1
Nfe4 28. Nxe4 Nxe4 29. Qe2 Kh7 30. Rd7) 27. Nxf8+ Rxf8 28. Qxc3 Ncxe4 29. Bxf6
Bxf6 $2 {Kopylov misses the escape.} (29... Rxf6 $1 30. Qc7 Rg6 $1 31. Rf1 Nf2+
$1 32. Rxf2 Bxg2+ 33. Kg1 Be4+ 34. Kf1 Qa6+ 35. Ke1 Qe6 36. Kf1 Qa6+ {ends by
a perpetual.}) 30. Qe3 Bg5 31. Rd7+ Kh8 32. Qd4+ Bf6 $6 (32... Nf6 $1 33. Rg1
Be4 34. Bxe4 Qxe4 35. Qxe4 Nxe4 {offers more resistance.}) 33. Qb6 Bc6 34. Rc7
Qa3 35. Rd1 Ba8 36. Qe6 Ng5 37. Qf5 Bg7 38. Rc8 Qe7 39. Rxf8+ Bxf8 40. Rf1 Ne6
41. a4 Qg7 42. Be4 Bxe4 43. Qxe4 Nc7 44. Qc6 1-0

[Event "World Ch13 Final"]
[Site "ICCF 1989-98"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Umansky, Mikhail"]
[Black "Lapienis, Donatas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 Bf5 8. Bg5
Ne4 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. d5 $5 Na5 11. b3 $1 b5 $6 ({The alternative gives} 11...
c5 $1 12. Qd2 Bxa1 13. Rxa1 Bf5 14. Bh6 Re8 15. Qc3 f6 {and a difficult battle.
}) 12. cxb5 a6 13. bxa6 c5 14. Rc1 Rxa6 15. Qd2 Qa8 16. Qf4 $1 Bxf3 ({Or} 16...
Bxd5 17. Bxe7 Re8 18. Bxd6) 17. Qxf3 Nb7 18. Bxe7 Re8 19. Bf6 Bxf6 20. Qxf6
Rxa2 21. Ra1 Qa3 22. Rxa2 Qxa2 23. e4 Qxb3 24. Qa1 $1 {White attacks on all
fronts.} Qc2 25. Rc1 Qd3 26. Qa4 Re7 27. Qc6 {Lapienis abandoned the
tournament.} ({He intended to play} 27. Qc6 f5 $6 {Then} 28. e5 $1 dxe5 29. Bf1
Qe4 30. Ba6 Nd8 31. Qxc5 {wins for White.}) 1-0

[Event "World Ch13 Final"]
[Site "ICCF 1989-98"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Umansky, Mikhail"]
[Black "Pereira, Alvaro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 exd4 6. Qxd4 Qxd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6
8. f3 Bc5 9. Be3 Nc6 10. O-O-O Be6 11. Nf5 Bxe3+ 12. Nxe3 Ne5 13. Be2 Nd3+ 14.
Bxd3 cxd3 15. Rxd3 Rd8 16. Rhd1 Rxd3 17. Rxd3 c6 18. e5 Nd7 19. f4 f6 20. exf6
Nxf6 21. f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Ch13 Final"]
[Site "ICCF 1989-98"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Umansky, Mikhail"]
[Black "Salm, Maxwell"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 c5 9. e4 Nd7 10. Bf4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Rc8 12. Qb3 Be7 13. Bd3 Nf6 14. Qb1 O-O
15. O-O h6 16. Bd2 Nd7 17. a4 Bd6 18. Rd1 e5 19. Bb4 Bxb4 20. Qxb4 exd4 21.
Nxd4 Nc5 22. Bc2 a5 23. Qe1 Qe8 24. e5 Ne6 25. Bb3 Nxd4 26. Rxd4 Rc5 27. f4 Qc6
28. Qf2 Bc8 29. h3 Qc7 30. Kh2 Be6 31. Rb1 Bxb3 32. Rxb3 Rd8 33. Rbd3 Rxd4 34.
Qxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Ch13 Final"]
[Site "ICCF 1989-98"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Umansky, Mikhail"]
[Black "Santos, Luis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E41"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. d5 Ne7 7. d6 Nf5 8. Qd3
b5 9. cxb5 Bb7 10. Be2 Rc8 11. O-O c4 12. Qc2 Nxd6 13. Rd1 Qc7 $5 (13... O-O {
was played in Christiansen - Browne, South Bend 1981.}) 14. Bd2 O-O 15. Rac1
Rfd8 16. Qa4 Qa5 $6 17. Qxa5 Bxa5 18. Ne5 (18. Nd5 $1 Bxd2 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20.
Nxd2 {gains a plus.}) 18... Nfe8 19. e4 f6 20. Ng4 Nf7 21. f3 d5 22. exd5 exd5
23. Be3 f5 24. Nf2 Bb6 25. Bxb6 axb6 26. b3 cxb3 27. axb3 Ng5 28. Nd3 Ne6 29.
Ne5 Rd6 30. Kf2 g6 31. Bf1 Kg7 32. Na4 Rxc1 33. Rxc1 Kf6 34. Re1 Ke7 35. g3 Nf6
36. b4 Nd7 37. f4 Nf6 38. Bd3 Ne4+ 39. Kg1 g5 $5 40. fxg5 N6xg5 41. Rc1 $1 Kf6
42. Nc6 $1 {Umansky has embarked a persuasive counteraction.} f4 $2 ({Right is
} 42... Nh3+ $1 43. Kg2 Nef2 $1 44. Be2 d4 45. Nxb6 d3 46. Bf3 d2 47. Rf1 Ng5
$1 48. Nc4 $1 Nxf3 49. Nxd6 Ne1+ 50. Kxf2 d1=Q {and Santos survives.}) 43. Nxb6
fxg3 44. hxg3 Nxg3 45. Na4 d4 46. Nc5 Ba8 47. Kh2 1-0

[Event "World Ch13 Final"]
[Site "ICCF 1989-98"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Umansky, Mikhail"]
[Black "Tomkovich, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nd7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 dxc4 6. a4 a5 7. O-O Ngf6 8. Nc3
Bb4 9. Qc2 O-O 10. e4 Re8 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. Na2 e5 13. dxe5 Ng4 14. e6 Qxe6 15.
Nd4 Qf6 $2 ({Better is} 15... Qg6 $1 {Square f6 is kept open for a knight.} 16.
Nxb4 axb4 17. Nf5 b5 18. Nd6 Rd8 19. Nf5 Re8 {drawn.}) 16. Nxb4 axb4 17. f3
Nge5 18. f4 Nd3 19. Qxc4 Nxc1 20. Raxc1 $1 Qd8 ({The pointe is} 20... Rxa4 21.
e5 Qg6 22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. Bxc6 Ra7 24. Qd4) 21. Nf5 Qa5 22. Nd6 Re7 23. Qd4 {
White threatens 24. Nf5!} c5 24. Qd5 Qxa4 25. Qg5 Re6 ({Or} 25... f6 26. Qd5+
Kf8 (26... Kh8 27. Nf7+ Kg8 28. Nh6+ {and mate}) 27. Nf5 Re8 28. Qd6+ Kf7 29.
e5 {and White wins.}) 26. Bh3 Rxd6 27. Rxd6 Nf8 28. f5 f6 29. Qd2 Bd7 30. Bf1
h5 31. e5 Bxf5 32. exf6 gxf6 33. Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "World Ch13 Final"]
[Site "ICCF 1989-98"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ziewitz, Hans"]
[Black "Umansky, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E48"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bc2 Re8 11. Qd3 g6 12. Rd1 Bf8 13. Qf3 Bg7 14. Be4
Nxc3 15. bxc3 Bd7 16. Rb1 f5 17. Bc2 b6 18. Qg3 Rc8 19. Bg5 Qc7 $5 (19... Bf6 {
was played in Vasiljevic - Rodriguez Cespedes, Pancevo 1987.}) 20. Qh4 $1 {
Ziewitz has the initiative and plays for a win, like Zukertort used to do
versus Steinitz in similar positions.} Nd8 21. Bb3 Nf7 22. Bf6 Bb5 23. Re1 Bc4
24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Ba4 Re7 26. Bb3 Qd6 $5 {Ziewitz wanted to score another draw,
but Umansky continues.} 27. Nf4 b5 28. Re3 e5 29. Rbe1 Bxb3 30. axb3 Rce8 31.
Nd3 e4 32. Nc5 $2 {Ziewitz collapses as Zukertort used to do.} ({Databases
give a dubious jump to e5, but the best hop is} 32. Nb4 $1 a5 33. Nc2) 32... b4
$1 33. Rd1 f4 $1 34. Rh3 h5 $1 35. cxb4 Nh6 $1 {White has no proper defence.} (
{Notice} 35... Nh6 36. d5 Nf5 37. Qg5 e3 38. fxe3 fxe3) 0-1

[Event "World Ch13 Final"]
[Site "ICCF 1989-98"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zilberberg, Alik"]
[Black "Umansky, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E38"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nf3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. e3
Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Na6 11. Rfd1 Nc5 12. Nd4 $5 Nce4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bf4
$1 Qc8 15. Nb5 a6 16. Nd6 Nxd6 17. Bxd6 Bxd6 18. Rxd6 Qc7 $6 (18... Qc5 $1 19.
Qd2 Bd5 $1 20. Rxd7 Qc6 21. Rxd5 exd5 22. cxd5 Qd6 {holds.}) 19. Qd2 Bc6 20.
Rd1 Qb7 21. Qd4 b5 $1 22. c5 a5 23. Qf4 b4 24. Bf3 $6 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Qb5 26. Qd4
Rac8 27. Rc1 Rc7 28. Rc4 Rfc8 $6 {Black allows restraint.} 29. Rb6 $1 Qa4 30.
a3 h6 $1 31. Kg2 d5 32. Rc1 Rc6 33. Rb7 Ra6 34. Qf4 Qe8 35. axb4 axb4 36. Qxb4
e5 37. Kh1 e4 38. f4 Qe6 39. Rb8 Rxb8 40. Qxb8+ Kh7 41. Qb7 Rc6 42. b4 $6 (42.
Qb5 $1 {plays for a win.}) 42... d4 $1 43. b5 Qg4 $1 44. bxc6 {When the
tournament started, Umansky lived in Pyatigorsk, near the Caucasian states. He
had a small income as chess trainer and participant of the world championship
Usually Mikhail plays solid chess, but he provokes the opponent if nothing
happens. He won by a score of 13/16 before Bang (111/2) and Penrose (11). The
former champs Palciauskas and Baumbach became sixth and tenth.} (44. bxc6 Qf3+
45. Kg1 dxe3 46. Qb2 Qg4+ 47. Kf1 Qf3 {draws (Zilberberg).}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Ch13 Final"]
[Site "ICCF 1989-98"]
[Date "1989.??.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Umansky, Mikhail"]
[Black "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
e5 Nd5 9. Nb3 Nb6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Bb5 O-O $6 ({Theory has become
} 12... Bd7) 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Rc1 $6 ({Preferable is} 14. Qxd4 $5 {(Wilder -
Lazic, Belgrade 1988).}) 14... Bg4 $6 {Black misses a counteraction.} (14...
Ba6 $1 15. Re1 d3 {gives counter-play.}) 15. Nbxd4 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 c5 17. Qc2 c4
18. Rfe1 Rad8 19. Re4 Rfe8 20. Rce1 Rd5 21. h3 Qd8 $6 (21... Qe6 {stops an
important pawn.}) 22. e6 $1 fxe6 23. Rxe6 Rxe6 24. Rxe6 Rd6 25. Re4 h6 26. Qe2
Rd1+ 27. Kh2 Qd6+ 28. g3 Rd5 29. Re6 Qd7 30. Re8+ Kh7 31. g4 Qd6+ 32. Kg2 Qg6
33. Nh4 Qf6 34. Qe4+ g6 35. Nxg6 Kg7 36. Re7+ Kg8 37. Nf4 {Umansky defeated a
strong opponent convincingly.} 1-0

[Event "World Ch13 Final"]
[Site "ICCF 1989-98"]
[Date "1989.??.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bang, Erik"]
[Black "Umansky, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

{The thirteenth world championship of correspondence chess lasted from 1989
until 1998. Mikhail Umansky won. He had started the 3/4 final in 1984. So the
championship took him 15 years! He won the final with a record score of 13/16,
despite strong opposition.} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 Re8
6. O-O c6 7. Qb3 a5 $5 8. d4 e4 9. Ne1 h6 $5 {Black makes slightly provocative
moves.} 10. Nc2 Na6 11. Ne3 Nc7 12. c5 $2 (12. d5 $1 d6 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Rd1 {
avoids the disadvantage.}) 12... d6 $1 13. cxd6 Bxd6 14. Qc2 Qe7 15. Nc4 Ncd5
16. Bd2 Bc7 17. Rac1 Bg4 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Ne3 Nxe3 20. Bxe3 {Black controls
the kingside.} Rad8 21. Rfd1 Rd5 22. Rd2 Bd6 $1 23. a3 Qe6 24. Qb3 Re7 25. Rc3
Bh3 $1 {Restriction increases near the white king.} 26. Bh1 h5 27. f3 $6 {The
counteraction backfires.} Qg6 28. Kf2 h4 29. f4 hxg3+ 30. hxg3 Rh5 31. Rc1 Be6
32. Qb6 Bc7 $5 33. Qa7 $5 Rh2+ 34. Bg2 Bh3 35. Rg1 Bxf4 $1 {Sacrifices bring
the decision.} 36. Bxf4 e3+ $1 37. Bxe3 Rxg2+ 38. Rxg2 Qe4 39. Qb8+ Kh7 40. Ke1
({Or} 40. Rh2 Qxe3+ 41. Ke1 Qg1#) 40... Qxg2 41. Rd3 Bg4 {Umansky played a
classical positional game. The controlled territory increased and a
combination finished the game.} 0-1

[Event "4th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]

{The fourth Memorial was played from 10-17 May 1990. Time limitations were
forty moves in two hours and twenty moves in one hour. Adjourned games had to
be played on the fourth and seventh day of the tournament. The highlight of
the tournament was the game Korchnoi-Gurevich. Mikhail played the Leningrad
with Black. Viktor had analysed the opening with Vinogradov, Kopilov and
Kouzminich forty years ago in Leningrad. He knew the most feared white moves.
Gurevich did not find the right defence of the weak square e6 and lost.
Korchnoi won the tournament deservedly. } 1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3
Bb4 5. Qb3 Qe7 6. g3 Ne4 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. Qc2 $6 ({Better is} 8. O-O Na5 9. Qa4 {
(Dreev-Short, Manila 1990).}) 8... O-O 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 Na5 11. c5 b6 $5
12. Nd2 $6 ({A plus keeps} 12. Ng5 $1 {(Jongsma).}) 12... Nxd2 13. Bxd2 Bb7 14.
Bxb7 Nxb7 15. Rab1 e5 16. Qd3 Qf7 17. Qa6 Na5 18. dxe5 Qxa2 19. Rfd1 Qe6 20.
Bf4 h6 21. Qd3 Rad8 22. cxb6 axb6 23. h4 Nc4 24. Qd5 Rfe8 25. Rb4 $2 ({Nicely
draws} 25. Qxe6+ $1 Rxe6 26. Rb4 $1 Nxe5 27. Rb5 Rde8 28. Bxe5 Rxe5 29. Rxe5
Rxe5 30. Rxd7) 25... Qxd5 26. Rxd5 c6 $1 27. Rd1 b5 28. Rbb1 Nxe5 29. Ra1 d5
30. Ra6 Rc8 31. Ra7 Ng6 $6 32. Be3 Re7 $6 33. Rda1 Rxa7 34. Rxa7 Nf8 35. Re7
Rd8 36. Rc7 d4 $6 37. Bxd4 Ne6 38. Rxc6 Nxd4 39. cxd4 Rxd4 40. Rb6 (40. Rc5 $1
Rd2 $1 41. Rxf5 Rxe2 42. Rxb5 {wins a pawn but not the game.}) 40... b4 41. e3
Rc4 42. Rb7 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Short, Nigel"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Qb6 10. f3 Rd8 11. Kb1 a6 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Qf2 Nd7 14. h4 b5
15. g4 Bb7 ({Timman diverts from} 15... Nce5 {in Mokry - Miralles, Haifa 1989.}
) 16. Rg1 Nce5 17. f4 b4 $1 18. Na4 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20. Na5 $1 Qxe4 21. Rd4
Qf3 22. Rxb4 Be4 23. Nc3 {A crucial position.} Qxf2 $2 ({Unfavourable seems to
be} 23... Bxh4 $1 24. Qxf3 Bxf3 25. g5 $1 {(Jongsma), but} f6 $1 26. Rf1 Bg2
27. Rg1 Bf3 {draws.}) 24. Bxf2 d5 25. Rb7 Bc5 26. Nxe4 dxe4 27. Bxc5 Nxc5 28.
Rc7 Rac8 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Nc4 f5 $6 ({More solid is} 30... Kf8 31. Rd1 Ke7)
31. Ne3 Rf8 32. b4 Na4 33. gxf5 exf5 34. Nd5 Kf7 35. c4 Rc8 36. c5 $2 ({
Excellent chances are offered by} 36. Rc1 Ke6 37. a3 Rc6 38. Ka2 Nb6 39. Ne3 {
(Jongsma).}) 36... Rd8 37. Ne3 g6 38. Rc1 Ke6 39. c6 Rc8 40. c7 Kd7 41. Nd5 Ke6
42. Ne3 {The game ends with a repetition of moves.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Short, Nigel"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
c3 Nd7 9. Qc2 e5 10. O-O-O exd4 11. Nxd4 Bxd4 12. Rxd4 Qe7 13. h4 {This move
stems from Ilyin Zhenevsky-Rauzer, Leningrad 1936.} Ne5 $1 14. Ng5 g6 15. Qe2
Qf6 16. Ne4 Qf4+ 17. Nd2 Qf6 (17... f6 {drew in Glek-Lputian, Dortmund 1992.})
18. h5 Bf5 19. hxg6 ({The critical variation is} 19. g4 $5 Nxg4 $1 (19... Nc6
20. Qf3 Nxd4 21. cxd4 Qxd4 22. gxf5 {(Gurevich)}) 20. Rxg4 Rae8 $1 21. Qd1 Bxg4
22. Qxg4 Re1+ 23. Kc2 Qxf2 {and a ferocious fight.}) 19... Bxg6 20. Ne4 Qe6 21.
f3 Nc6 22. Ra4 a6 23. Qc4 Qe5 24. Qd5 Qxd5 25. Nf6+ Kg7 26. Nxd5 Rae8 27. Rah4
Re1+ 28. Kd2 Rb1 29. Bd3 Rxh1 ({Avoids} 29... Rxb2+ $4 30. Kc1 Bxd3 31. Kxb2)
30. Rxh1 Rd8 31. c4 Ne5 32. Bxg6 hxg6 33. Kc3 c6 34. Nf4 g5 35. Rh5 Kf6 36.
Rh6+ Ke7 37. Rh5 Kf6 38. Rh6+ Ke7 39. Rh5 Nxc4 40. Rxg5 Nb6 41. b3 Kf6 42. Rh5
Rd1 43. a4 Nc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 d6 6. e4 O-O 7. Nge2 Re8 8. a3 Ba5
9. Ng3 Bxc3+ $1 10. bxc3 Qa5 11. Bd2 Bd7 12. Be2 Ba4 13. Qb1 Nbd7 14. Ra2 Rab8
15. O-O a6 16. Rb2 Qc7 17. Re1 Nf8 18. Bd3 Ng6 19. f4 e5 20. f5 Nf4 $5 21. Bf1
Kh8 22. Qc1 b5 $5 {Korchnoi starts the fight with a pawn sacrifice.} 23. Bxf4
exf4 24. Qxf4 Re5 25. Reb1 h6 26. cxb5 axb5 27. c4 b4 28. axb4 $6 (28. Qe3 $1
b3 29. Be2 {keeps a plus.}) 28... cxb4 29. Qe3 b3 30. Ra1 Rb4 31. Bd3 Nd7 32.
Ne2 Nc5 33. Nc3 $6 (33. Rc1 {protects the c-pawn.}) 33... Nxd3 34. Qxd3 Rxc4 {
Black accepted the draw despite his slight advantage.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bd2 O-O 7. a3 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 Qe7 9. g3 e5 10. d5 Nd8 $6 ({More sense makes} 10... Nb8) 11. Bg2 Bg4 $6 {
The bishop goes to a vulnerable square.} ({Better is} 11... a5 {
(Mikenas-Eliskases, Buenos Aires 1939).}) 12. Nh4 c6 13. O-O cxd5 14. cxd5 Qd7
$2 {Square d7 should remain open.} 15. f4 Qb5 16. e4 Be2 ({It is too late for} 
16... Bd7 {due to} 17. fxe5 Ng4 18. exd6 Ne3 19. Qf2 Nxf1 20. Rxf1) 17. Rfe1
Bd3 18. Qd2 Re8 19. Kh1 $5 g6 20. a4 Qa6 21. b3 Rc8 22. Bf3 $1 {White prevents
..Ng4.} Nd7 23. Rad1 Nc5 24. fxe5 b5 (24... dxe5 25. Bb4) 25. Bd4 bxa4 26. Bxc5
{Timman had an off-day.} 1-0

[Event "4th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Short, Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 h5 $5 7. d4 h4 8. d5
Nce7 9. e4 f5 10. Ng1 $5 Nf6 11. Bg5 ({White diverts from} 11. Nh3 {
(Hort-Seirawan, Wijk aan Zee 1983).}) 11... hxg3 12. hxg3 Rxh1 13. Bxh1 Kf7 14.
Qe2 Qh8 15. Bg2 Bd7 16. O-O-O Qh5 17. Qxh5 Nxh5 18. Nh3 Rh8 19. Rh1 Bf6 $6 ({
Simpler is} 19... Nf6) 20. Bd2 Kg7 21. Nb5 $1 fxe4 22. Nc3 $5 {White's pieces
are better placed.} Ng8 $2 ({Equality gains} 22... e3 $1 23. Bxe3 Nf5 $1 24.
Bd2 Nd4 {(Short).}) 23. Nxe4 Be7 24. Nhg5 Ngf6 25. Ne6+ $1 Bxe6 26. dxe6 c6 27.
Ng5 Re8 28. Bf3 Bf8 29. Bxh5 $2 {The strong bishop and inactive knight should
remain on the board.} gxh5 30. f4 exf4 31. gxf4 Kg6 32. Nf3 Ne4 ({Avoids the
trap} 32... Rxe6 $2 33. f5+ $1 Kxf5 34. Nd4+) 33. Be3 c5 $2 ({Black misses the
terrific escape} 33... Kf5 $1 34. Nd4+ Kg4 35. Rg1+ Ng3 36. Bf2 h4) 34. Nh4+
Kf6 35. f5 Be7 36. Rf1 Kg7 37. Rg1+ Kf6 38. Bf4 Bd8 39. Kc2 a6 40. Rg2 {
Korchnoi and Gurevich lead at the end of the first cycle.} 1-0

[Event "4th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nh3 $1 d6 5. Nc3 $1 Bg7 6. Nf4 {Korchnoi plays
as the founding fathers of the Leningrad learned him in 1947. He aims his
troops at the weakness e6.} c6 7. d5 e5 8. dxe6 d5 $2 ({Correct is} 8... O-O $1
9. h4 Qe7) 9. h4 Qe7 10. h5 g5 11. h6 Bf8 12. Nh5 $5 Rg8 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14.
Bxd5 $1 {A sacrifice opens black's screen.} Bxe6 $6 ({More chances gives} 14...
cxd5 15. Nxd5 Qd8 16. Qd4 Bxe6 17. Nf6+ Kf7 $2 18. Qxd8 Bb4+ 19. c3 Rxd8 20.
Nxh7 Be7 21. Nxg5+ Bxg5 22. Bxg5 Rh8 {(Gurevich).}) 15. Bxe6 Qxe6 16. e4 $1
Bxh6 17. Qf3 fxe4 18. Qxe4 Rg6 19. Be3 Nd7 20. O-O-O O-O-O 21. Qa4 a6 22. Rxh6
Rxh6 23. Bxg5 Re8 24. Bxh6 Qxh6+ 25. Kb1 Qe6 26. Qd4 Nf6 27. a3 h5 28. Na4 Qe5
29. Qd3 Kc7 30. Nc3 Kc8 31. f4 Qe7 32. Qd4 Rg8 33. Rd3 Re8 34. b4 Qe6 35. Kb2
Kc7 36. Na4 Nd5 37. c4 Nf6 38. Qb6+ Kc8 39. Nc5 Qe7 40. Qa7 Qc7 41. Na4 (41.
Nxa6 $1 {wins quickly.}) 41... Qh7 42. Qd4 h4 43. Qd6 Re2+ 44. Kb3 Nd5 45. Nb6+
$1 1-0

[Event "4th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Short, Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3
Be6 9. Be2 Nd4 10. O-O Rc8 $5 11. Bg4 Nf6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Be3 Qb6 14. Nc2
Rxc4 ({Avoids} 14... Qxb2 $2 15. Bxd4 $1 exd4 16. Na4 {(Timman).}) 15. Qd3 Qc7
16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Nxd4 Kf7 $1 18. Rad1 Re8 19. Kh1 Bf8 20. f4 Kg8 21. f5 exf5
22. exf5 Re5 23. Nf3 Rec5 24. Nd2 Rh4 25. Qg3 Rb4 26. a3 Rxb2 $5 27. Na4 Rxd2
28. Rxd2 Rc4 $6 ({Troubles repels} 28... Rc1 $1 29. Qb3+ d5 30. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 31.
Qd1 Qxd1+ 32. Rxd1 Bxa3) 29. Qb3 Kh8 (29... d5 $1 30. Nb6 Rc1 31. Rxc1 Qxc1+
32. Rd1 Qxa3 {is better.}) 30. Nb6 Rc3 31. Nd5 Rxb3 32. Nxc7 Rxa3 33. Ne6 Be7
34. Rc2 h5 35. Rc8+ Ng8 36. Nf4 Kh7 37. Ng6 $6 Re3 $2 ({The last chance of
survival} 37... Bf6 $1 {is missed.}) 38. g3 d5 39. Rb8 b5 40. Rc1 Rf3 41. Rxg8
Kxg8 42. Rc8+ Kf7 43. Ne5+ Kf6 44. Nxf3 Kxf5 45. Kg2 Bf6 46. Ra8 Ke4 47. Rxa6
b4 48. Kf2 Kd3 49. Ne1+ Kd2 50. Ra5 d4 51. Ra2+ 1-0

[Event "4th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Short, Nigel"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Nf3 c5
8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 {This position is known from
Spassky-Pertrosian, Moscow 1967.} 11. Qe2 cxd4 12. O-O-O Bc5 13. Nxd4 O-O-O 14.
Nb3 Qc6 15. f4 Bb6 16. g3 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Rd8 18. Rxd8+ Kxd8 19. c3 Ke7 20. Nd2
Qd5 21. b3 f5 22. Kc2 f6 23. a4 (23. Qh5 Be3 $1 24. Qxh7+ Kd8 25. Qg8+ Ke7 {
leads to a perpetual.}) 23... Kf7 24. Qh5+ Kg7 25. Qf3 Qxf3 26. Nxf3 Kf7 27.
Kd3 Ke7 28. b4 a5 29. Kc4 axb4 30. cxb4 Kd6 31. a5 Bf2 32. b5 h5 33. Nd4 Bxd4
$5 34. Kxd4 e5+ 35. Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bxd4 11. Qxd4 Qb6 12. Qxb6 Nxb6 {The endgame is
unpleasant for Black, because he can only defend.} 13. Nb5 Ke7 14. b3 $5 ({
Timman deviates from} 14. Nd4 {in Nunn-Gurevich, Wijk aan Zee 1990. He
restricts Nb6.}) 14... Bd7 15. Nd4 a6 $2 {White gets a target on the queenside.
} (15... f6 {starts a counterattack in the centre.}) 16. Bd3 g6 17. Kd2 h5 18.
g3 Rac8 19. a4 Be8 20. a5 Nd7 21. b4 Nb8 22. b5 ({Even stronger is} 22. Rhb1 $1
Bc6 {(Timman)} 23. b5 $1 axb5 24. Nxb5) 22... Bxb5 23. Bxb5 axb5 24. Nxb5 Na6
25. Nd6 Rc7 26. Rhb1 Nc5 27. Rb5 Ne4+ $1 {The knights have to be exchanged.}
28. Nxe4 dxe4 29. Ra3 Rd8+ 30. Ke3 Rd5 $2 ({A bastion creates} 30... Kd7 $1 31.
Kxe4 Kc8 {(Timman).}) 31. c4 Rdd7 {The critical position.} 32. Rc3 $2 ({White
misses the win} 32. c5 $1 Kd8 {(Timman)} 33. Rxb7 $1 Rxb7 34. c6 Ra7 35. cxd7
Kxd7 36. Kxe4 Kc6 37. Kd4 Kb5 38. Rb3+) 32... Kd8 $1 33. Kxe4 Kc8 {Gurevich
gets a fortress anyway.} 34. Ke3 Rd1 35. Rb6 Ra1 36. Rb5 Ra2 37. h3 Rc6 38. g4
Rh2 39. Ke4 h4 40. c5 Re2+ 41. Kd3 Rh2 42. Kc4 Ra2 43. Kb4 Rb2+ 44. Kc4 Ra2 45.
Kb3 Ra1 46. Kb4 Rb1+ 47. Kc4 Ra1 48. Kd4 Ra2 49. g5 Ra4+ 50. Rc4 Ra3 51. Rc3
Ra4+ 52. Rc4 Ra3 53. Rcb4 Rc7 54. Rb3 Ra4+ 55. Ke3 Rc4 56. a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Short, Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 d6 7. h3 Qe8 8. Qc2
Nc6 9. O-O-O Bd8 $5 10. a3 $5 e5 $1 {Black has liberated his position.} 11. Bh2
a6 12. d5 Ne7 13. Ng5 Ng6 14. g4 $5 Nxg4 $1 15. hxg4 $5 {White opens files at
the cost of a pawn.} ({Greater turmoil creates} 15. Nxh7 $1 Nxf2 16. Qxf2 Kxh7
17. h4 $1) 15... Bxg5 16. gxf5 Bxf5 17. Ne4 Bh6 18. Bd3 Qd7 19. Bg3 Rf7 20. Kb1
Raf8 21. Ka1 Ne7 22. Rdg1 Bg6 23. Bh4 $1 Kh8 24. Rh2 Bxe4 $1 {The attack and
defence remain in balance.} 25. Bxe4 Nf5 26. Bg5 Bxg5 27. Rxg5 h6 28. Rg1 c5 $1
29. Qd1 b5 30. Qh5 bxc4 31. Rg6 c3 $1 {Tactical problems are maltreated under
time pressure.} 32. b3 $2 ({Equality keeps} 32. bxc3 c4 33. Kb2 Rf6 34. Kc1)
32... Rf6 $2 (32... c4 $1 33. Bxf5 Qxf5 34. Qxf5 Rxf5 {and Black wins.}) 33.
Bxf5 Qxf5 $4 (33... Rxf5 34. Rxh6+ $1 gxh6 35. Qxh6+ Kg8 36. Rg2+ Kf7 37. Rg7+
Ke8 38. Rxd7 Kxd7 39. Qe6+ Kc7 40. Qe7+ Kc8 41. Qxd6 Rxf2 {and Black escapes 
(Gurevich).}) 34. Qxh6+ $1 {Short resigned due to mate in one.} 1-0

[Event "4th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Bg5 Qb6 $5 ({Solid is} 
6... Be7 {(Korchnoi-Suetin, Yerevan 1962).}) 7. Nb3 Bb4 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. e3 Ne5
10. Rc1 Rg8 $5 11. a3 Bxc3+ 12. Rxc3 d6 13. c5 dxc5 14. Nxc5 Nd7 $6 15. Nb3 $6
{Korchnoi needs a draw.} ({He can play for a win by} 15. Ne4 $1 f5 (15... Qxb2
$2 16. Nd6+ Ke7 17. Rc7) 16. Nd6+ Ke7 17. Nc4) 15... Ne5 16. Nc5 Nd7 $6 17. Nb3
$6 Ne5 {Korchnoi has won the tournament.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 52"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nunn, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]

{The event became spectacular by Nunn's tactics, Polgár-mania and a hurricane.
} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8.
c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. Bxd5 cxd5 13. d4 Bd6 14. Re3
Qh4 15. h3 g5 16. b3 $5 ({White has fine results with} 16. Qf3 {(Hübner - Nunn,
Haifa 1989).}) 16... f5 17. Qf3 Bb7 18. Re6 $2 ({More solidity brings} 18. Ba3
{(Anand).}) 18... Rae8 $1 19. Rxe8 ({The critical line is} 19. Rxd6 $2 Re1+ 20.
Kh2 Rxc1 21. Qe3 Qf4+ 22. Qxf4 gxf4 {and White has positional problems (Nunn).}
) 19... Rxe8 20. Kf1 g4 21. Qxf5 gxh3 22. Qxh3 Qxh3 23. gxh3 Bc8 24. Be3 $1 {
White has two extra pawns. He has to return one immediately.} Bxh3+ {Anand
experiences great difficulties.} 25. Ke2 $6 (25. Ke1 $1 Bf5 26. a4 bxa4 27. Nd2
a3 28. b4 a5 29. Rxa3 axb4 30. cxb4 Bxb4 31. Rb3 {gives survival chances.})
25... Bg4+ 26. Kd3 Bf5+ 27. Ke2 Bg4+ 28. Kd3 Bf5+ 29. Ke2 Rc8 $1 30. f3 Kf7 31.
Bd2 h5 32. c4 Re8+ 33. Kf2 Bd3 34. Be3 h4 35. f4 dxc4 36. bxc4 bxc4 37. Nd2 Rb8
38. Kf3 c3 39. Ne4 Bb4 40. Rd1 Bxe4+ 41. Kxe4 c2 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 52"]
[Date "1990.01.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Nunn, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. Be3 h6 8. O-O
Ng4 9. Bc1 Nc6 10. d5 Ne7 11. Ne1 f5 12. Bxg4 fxg4 13. Be3 b6 $6 {Nunn plays a
passive novelty.} 14. Nd3 g5 15. b4 Ng6 16. a4 Nf4 17. a5 Rb8 $2 {Black
weakens the queenside.} ({Solid is} 17... Bd7) 18. Nb5 $1 Ba6 $6 (18... a6 {
(Anand)} 19. Na7 Bb7 {gives more resistance.}) 19. axb6 Bxb5 20. Rxa7 Bxc4 21.
bxc7 Qf6 22. cxb8=Q Rxb8 23. Bxf4 exf4 24. Ra3 g3 25. hxg3 fxg3 26. fxg3 Qd4+
27. Kh2 Qxe4 28. Qf3 Bxd5 29. Qxe4 Bxe4 30. Rd1 Rb6 31. Ra7 Rb7 32. Rxb7 Bxb7
33. b5 Bc3 34. Nc5 $1 dxc5 35. Rd8+ Kf7 36. Rd7+ Ke6 37. Rxb7 Kd5 38. Rd7+ Ke6
39. Rh7 c4 40. Rxh6+ Kd5 41. b6 Be5 42. b7 c3 43. Rh8 {Kortschnoj seemed to be
on his way to another tournament win.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 52"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. O-O Nbd7 8. e4
c6 9. a4 a5 10. Qe2 b6 11. Rd1 Ba6 12. Bh3 $5 ({Known is} 12. Bf4 {(Rudakovsky
- Dubinin, Moscow 1940).}) 12... Re8 13. g4 $2 {Anand plays an anti-positional
move.} Nf8 14. Ne5 Qc7 15. f4 b5 16. g5 N6d7 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. e5 $6 Rad8 $6 (
18... b4 $1 19. Ne4 c5 {increases the black advantage.}) 19. f5 exf5 20. axb5
Bb7 21. Bxf5 $2 (21. bxc6 Qxc6 22. Bg2 Qxg2+ 23. Qxg2 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 {only
leads to a black plus.}) 21... cxb5 22. e6 Nf8 $1 {Portisch defends skilfully.}
23. exf7+ Kxf7 24. Be4 (24. Rf1 $1 Kg8 25. Be6+ Kh8 $1 26. Rf7 b4 {also
favours Black.}) 24... Bxe4 25. Qxe4 Kg8 26. Qg2 Bb4 27. Qg3 ({Or} 27. Nxb5 Qb6
) 27... Qd7 28. Bf4 Ng6 29. Bc7 Rc8 30. Bxa5 Bd6 31. Qf3 Kh8 32. h3 b4 33. Nd5
Qc6 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 52"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Nunn, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. h3 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. Be3
Nc5 9. Nd2 a5 10. g4 Ne8 11. Qc2 f5 12. gxf5 gxf5 13. Rg1 $1 {This novelty
improves the variation.} f4 14. Bxc5 dxc5 15. Nf3 Kh8 16. O-O-O Ra6 $5 {A
remarkable development is made.} 17. Nb5 Qe7 18. Qc3 Rh6 $5 19. h4 ({Not} 19.
Qxa5 $2 Ra6 $1 20. Qc3 Rxa2) 19... b6 20. Bd3 Bf6 21. Bc2 Nd6 22. Na7 $5 Bd7
23. Rg2 Rg8 24. Rxg8+ Kxg8 25. a3 $6 Rg6 26. Rh1 Rg2 27. Qe1 $1 Qg7 ({Avoids} 
27... Nxc4 $4 28. Qf1 {(Anand).}) 28. Bd3 Qg4 $5 {Nunn has missed Piket's
answer.} 29. Bf1 $2 ({Actually} 29. Be2 $1 Nxe4 $1 {(Nunn)} 30. Nd2 $1 Nxf2 31.
Bxg4 Nd3+ 32. Kb1 Nxe1 {is correct.}) 29... Qxf3 $1 30. Bxg2 Qxg2 31. Rg1 f3 $1
{Piket has overlooked this idea.} 32. Nb5 Nxb5 33. cxb5 $2 ({Right is} 33.
Rxg2+ $2 fxg2 34. Qg1 Bh3 $1 35. cxb5 Bxh4 36. a4 $1 Bg5+ 37. Kc2 Bf4 38. Kd3 {
Nunn judges the game as drawn.}) 33... Bxb5 34. Rxg2+ fxg2 35. Qg1 Bf1 {The
queen has become little mobile.} 36. Qh2 $6 ({Better is} 36. h5 Bg5+ 37. Kd1
Bf4 {but Black will use his king to capture pawn h5 and then pushes pawn h7 to
h2 (Nunn).}) 36... Bxh4 37. Qxh4 g1=Q 38. Qd8+ Kg7 39. Qxc7+ Kh6 40. Qxb6+ Kh5
41. b4 Bd3+ 42. Kd2 Qxf2+ {Nunn became engaged in the battle at the top. His
main rival was Kortschnoj.} ({The pointe is} 42... Qxf2+ 43. Kxd3 c4+) 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 52"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nunn, John"]
[Black "Dokhoian, Yury"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Nce2 Qc7 12. h4 b5 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Rh3 Bb7
15. Nd4 Qc7 16. Rg3 Be7 17. Qe2 Rfe8 18. Qg4 Bf8 19. Nf3 f5 20. Qh5 Rac8 21.
Bd3 Nc5 $2 (21... Bc5 $1 22. Ng5 Bxe3+ 23. Rxe3 Nf8 24. g4 fxg4 25. Rg3 g6 26.
Qh6 Qg7 {lessens the power of the attack.}) 22. Bxc5 Bxc5 23. Ng5 h6 24. Rh1 $1
hxg5 25. hxg5 Kf8 26. Qh8+ Ke7 27. Qxg7+ Kd8 28. Qf6+ Be7 ({The active defence
} 28... Kd7 29. Bxf5 $1 exf5 {(Nunn) is refuted by} 30. Rc3 $1) 29. Qxe6 Bxg5
30. Qxf5 Be7 31. Qf7 Qc5 32. f5 $6 ({Better is} 32. Bf5 $1 Rf8 33. Qe6) 32...
Qd4 33. Qg7 Rc7 34. Rf1 Kc8 $6 35. f6 $1 Bf8 36. f7 $1 Rd8 37. Qf6 Re7 38. Re1
Qb4 39. c3 Qc5 40. Qf5+ Kb8 41. e6 b4 42. Qf4+ Rc7 43. Rg8 Qe7 44. c4 $2 dxc4
45. Bxc4 Bd5 $1 46. b3 Bxc4 47. bxc4 b3 $1 48. Re2 Qb4 $2 49. Rxf8 $2 {Nunn
makes the last mistake.} ({Right is} 49. Rd2 $1 {(Nunn)} Rxd2 50. Qxd2 Rxc4+
51. Kd1 Rd4 52. Rxf8+ Ka7 53. Ra8+ Kxa8 54. f8=Q+ Qxf8 55. Qxd4 Qf1+ 56. Kd2
Qxg2+ 57. Kd3 bxa2 58. e7 {drawn.}) 49... Qc3+ 50. Kb1 Qd3+ {This was a costly
loss, because Nunn fell back to plus one and trailed by one point on the
leader Kortschnoj.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 52"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kuijf, Marinus"]
[Black "Nunn, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 {Kuijf shows no ambition.} Be7 5. O-O O-O
6. Re1 d6 7. a3 Kh8 $5 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Nh5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nc3 Nf4 12. Nd5
Nxd5 13. Bxd5 (13. exd5 $1 Nd8 14. d4 {gains a plus.}) 13... Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15.
c3 Nd8 16. d4 exd4 17. cxd4 c6 18. Bc4 Ne6 19. Bxe6 $2 ({Better is} 19. g4 Bg6
20. Qd2) 19... fxe6 $1 20. Re3 Rf4 $1 21. Qc2 $6 Bxf3 22. Rxf3 Rxf3 23. gxf3
Rf8 {White has a horrible position.} 24. Qd3 Rf4 25. Qe3 Qf6 26. Kg2 Qg6+ 27.
Kh2 Rh4 28. Rh1 d5 29. Rg1 $5 Rxh3+ 30. Kxh3 Qxg1 31. exd5 exd5 32. Qe8+ Kh7
33. Qf7 Qh1+ 34. Kg3 Qg1+ 35. Kh3 a6 36. a4 Qh1+ 37. Kg3 Qg1+ 38. Kh3 b6 39. b4
Qh1+ 40. Kg3 Qg1+ 41. Kh3 Qg6 42. Qa7 $1 Qc2 43. Qxa6 Qc3 44. Qe2 $6 (44. Qxb6
$1 Qxf3+ 45. Kh2 Qxf2+ 46. Kh3 Qf3+ 47. Kh2 Qe2+ 48. Kg3 Qd3+ 49. Kf4 $1 h5 $1
50. Qxc6 Qxd4+ {(Nunn)} 51. Kf3 Qd3+ 52. Kf2 h4 {probably wins for Black.})
44... Qxb4 45. Qc2+ Kg8 46. Qxc6 Qxd4 47. Qc8+ Kf7 $1 48. Qd7+ Kg6 49. Kg2 Qf6
$1 50. Qe8+ Kh7 51. Qb5 d4 52. f4 Qxf4 $1 53. Qxb6 d3 54. a5 Qg4+ 55. Kh2 Qh5+
{Nunn neared Kortschnoj to half-a-point.} ({Simple is} 55... Qh5+ 56. Kg3 d2
57. Qb1+ Qg6+) 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 52"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]

{This day started with an incident, because activists had taken the white
kings of all games. The pieces were retrieved on a dune. It was a day of
stormy weather. A hurricane began to blow during the round.} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3
Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Re8
10. Rb1 Bf8 11. d3 a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. Bb2 Bg4 $5 14. Nd2 Qc8 15. Re1 a4 16. Qc1
Bd7 ({More enterprising is} 16... Ra5 $1 17. Nc4 $1 Nxc4 18. dxc4 c6 19. bxc6
bxc6) 17. Nf3 $1 c5 $5 (17... Nb3 $1 18. Qc2 f6 {gets a solid game.}) 18. bxc6
Bxc6 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Ne4 c5 22. Qc2 Qd8 23. Bc1 c4 24. dxc4 f5
$2 (24... Rc8 $1 25. c5 Qd5 26. Rxb6 Rxe4 {defends well.}) 25. Bg5 $1 Qc7 26.
c5 $1 Nc8 $5 ({Better is} 26... fxe4 $1 27. Qa2+ {(Portisch)} Nd5 $1 28. Qxd5+
Kh8 29. Qxd4 Qxc5 30. Qxc5 Bxc5) 27. Bf4 Qc6 28. Ng5 Qd5 29. Red1 h6 30. Nf3
Qxc5 31. Qa2+ Kh7 32. Nxd4 Qxa3 33. Qxa3 Bxa3 34. Nb5 Bf8 35. Nc7 Na7 36. Nxa8
Rxa8 37. Bd6 Nc6 38. Bxf8 Rxf8 39. Rd6 {Portisch joined the lead with
Kortschnoj. Nunn, Andersson and Dlugy completed the quintet of leaders. The
playing hall was the <->Moriaan'. Part of the roof was blown off during the
evening.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 52"]
[Date "1990.01.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Nunn, John"]
[Black "Dlugy, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]

{A roaring wind hindered the players when the decisive game of the event
started.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3
Be7 8. Qe2 O-O 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. f4 Rc8 11. Bb3 Qa5 12. Ndb5 $5 {Nunn wants to
attack on both flanks.} d5 $1 {Dlugy counters in the centre.} 13. f5 dxe4 14.
Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Rxd7 exf5 16. Nxa7 Rc7 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Rhd1 Rxd7 19. Rxd7 Qe5
20. g3 $4 ({Right is} 20. Qf3 $1) 20... Nc5 $1 21. Rd2 Bf6 22. c3 Re8 23. Bxc5
Qxe2 24. Rxe2 Rxe2 {Black has won an exchange.} 25. a4 Bg5+ 26. Kb1 Be3 27. Bd1
Re1 28. Bxe3 Rxe3 (28... Rxd1+ $1 {wins easily.}) 29. a5 Kf8 30. Ba4 Ke7 31.
Bxc6 Kd6 32. Bb7 g5 33. a6 Kc7 34. Kc1 f4 35. Kd2 Re6 36. gxf4 g4 $5 37. b4 Rh6
38. c4 Rxh2+ 39. Ke3 Ra2 $6 (39... Kb8 $1 40. Bd5 Rb2 $1 {loses no time.}) 40.
c5 $1 Rb2 $4 {Dlugy blunders in a won game.} ({Right is} 40... g3 $1 41. b5 g2
42. b6+ Kb8 43. Bxg2 Rxg2 44. c6 h5 $1 45. Kd4 h4 46. Kd5 h3 47. c7+ Kc8 48. a7
Ra2 49. Kc6 Rc2+ 50. Kd6 Kb7 51. Kd7 h2 $1 {and Black wins by timely
manoeuvres (Nunn).}) 41. Bd5 $1 Kb8 42. c6 Rc2 43. Kd3 Rc1 44. a7+ $1 Kxa7 45.
Kd2 $1 {The rook is dominated on the c-file, an endgame study theme.} Rxc6 $5
46. Bxc6 h5 47. Ke2 h4 48. Kf2 {Kortschnoj lost against Nijboer. Portisch and
Andersson drew their games. Hence Nunn became the sole leader.   A gigantic
catastrophe happened to the <->Moriaan' in the night. The temporary shield
crashed during a thunderstorm and the facility was flooded. Group A and B
played in <->Hotel Kennemerduin' the next day. The top three drew in the last
round. So Nunn won by 8/13, half-a-point before Portisch and Andersson.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 52"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]

{POLGÁR-MANIA  The Polgár sisters Judit (13), Sofia (15) and Zsuzsa (20)
presented themselves as gentlemen killers in the B-group. They got an
extensive publicity.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6.
Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8. Be3 Qc7 9. f4 a6 10. Bd3 b5 11. Qf3 Bb7 12. O-O Be7 13. a4
b4 14. Ne2 Na5 15. Nxa5 Qxa5 16. g4 Qc7 $5 {Judit has the initiative.} 17. g5
Nd7 18. Bd4 $5 O-O 19. Qh5 e5 $1 20. f5 $2 {She makes a premature advance.} ({
Better is} 20. Be3 Nc5 21. f5) 20... exd4 21. f6 $1 Ne5 22. Rf4 Rfe8 23. Rh4 $5
{The flight forwards continues.} h6 24. Ng3 Qd8 25. Rf1 $1 Bf8 26. Nf5 Re6 $1
27. Rf2 d5 28. Rg2 $5 {Although Judit has mobilised her pieces, Black can win.}
Ng6 $2 ({Correct is the materialistic} 28... dxe4 $1 29. fxg7 {(Anand)} Bxg7 $1
) 29. fxg7 Bxg7 30. Nxg7 Kxg7 31. Qxh6+ Kg8 32. e5 $1 f5 33. gxf6 {The all-out
attack won eventually.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 52"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Polgar, Sofia"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Bd3 Qxc5 8. Qe2
O-O 9. Be3 Qa5 10. h3 e5 11. O-O-O Nh5 $5 ({Black betters on} 11... Nbd7 $6 {
(J. Polgár - Azmaiparashvili, Amsterdam 1989).}) 12. f5 $1 {Sofia sacrifices
the exchange.} Ng3 (12... gxf5 $5 13. exf5 Ng3 {brings the same idea.}) 13. Qe1
Nxh1 14. g4 $1 {She leaves the helpless knight alone.} gxf5 $2 {The g-file is
opened.} (14... d5 $2 15. Nxd5 Qxe1 16. Rxe1 Nc6 17. f6 {(Sofia).}) ({But} 
14... Nd7 $1 {brings a helper.}) 15. gxf5 Qd8 ({Or} 15... d5 16. Nxd5 Qxe1 17.
Rxe1) 16. Bc4 Kh8 17. Ng5 Bh6 ({The pointe is} 17... f6 18. Nxh7 $1) 18. Qh4
Bxg5 19. Bxg5 f6 20. Bh6 Nd7 21. Rg1 Qe7 22. Qg4 {Loek was defeated by all
sissies.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 52"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Brenninkmeijer, Joris"]
[Black "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 c5 4. d5 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 exd5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. Bg5
Be7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 Qd8 11. Qc2 Nxe5 12. Qe4 Be6 13. Qxe5 Qxd5 14. Qxg7
Rf8 15. Rd1 Qe4+ 16. Be2 Nd7 17. Ng5 Qg6 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 19. Qxh7 O-O-O 20. Qc2
Rfe8 21. h4 Ne5 22. O-O $5 ({Paul van der Sterren played} 22. Rxd8+ {versus
Zsuzsa Polgár in round four.}) 22... Rd4 $1 23. Rxd4 cxd4 24. Rc1 b5 25. Qe4
Qb6 $1 {Zsuzsa has finished her home preparation.} 26. Kf1 $5 Re6 27. h5 $2 ({
Brenninkmeijer does not play the logical line} 27. f4 $1 d3 $1 28. fxe5 dxe2+ {
(Zsuzsa)} 29. Qxe2 $1 f6 30. Qf2 {and equality.}) 27... Kb8 $6 ({Black misses} 
27... d3 $1 28. Bxd3 Kb8 $1 29. Be2 Nd3 $1 30. Bxd3 Rxe4 31. Bxe4 Qh6) 28. Bg4
Nxg4 29. Qxg4 d3 $5 30. Qg8+ Kb7 31. Qxf7+ Ka6 32. a4 $1 b4 33. Qf4 $5 Qc5 $1
34. h6 Qd5 $1 35. Rd1 Qe4 36. Qxe4 Rxe4 37. g3 $1 Re6 $6 (37... Ka5 $1 38. h7
Re8 {wins more easily.}) 38. Kg2 ({Or} 38. h7 $1 Rh6 39. Ke1 Rxh7 40. Rc1 Rc7
$1 41. Kd2 Ka5 42. b3 cxb3 $1) 38... Rxh6 39. f4 Rd6 40. f5 c3 {Fedorowitz
scored 11/13 and the Polgárs: Judit (61/2), Zsuzsa (51/2) and Sofia (5).} 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "8"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]

{Although the Soviet union was falling apart and would dissolve in 1991, its
influence remained. Eight participants had a Soviet background in 1990. World
champion Kasparov entered for the first time. His preparation was poor,
because he had to help his family in their flight from Baku. He wanted to
conquer Karpov territory and cash the appearance fee of $30,000. Gary won and
would win the event many times.   Spassky was allowed to participate if he did
not play short draws. The agony lasted from 18 ii until 3 iii. An exhausted
Boris begged Luis to lift the obligation. The ban on short draws became a
general policy during the next years. } 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6
5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 11. Bd2 Nf6 12.
f3 Kh8 13. Rc1 c5 14. g4 $5 a6 15. Nf2 h6 $6 {A new move is played at last.
White gets a target.} ({Known is} 15... Bd7 {(Ftacnik-Ost Hansen, Esbjerg 1982)
.}) 16. h4 fxg4 17. fxg4 Neg8 18. Kg2 Nh7 19. Rh1 Bf6 20. g5 $5 hxg5 21. h5 $1
Qe8 $1 {The critical position has arisen.} 22. b4 $6 ({White gains a plus by} 
22. Qa4 $1 b5 $5 (22... Bd7 $2 23. hxg6 Nh6 24. Rxh6 Bxa4 25. Bg4 $1) 23. cxb5
Bd7 {(Gelfand)} 24. Qb3 axb5 25. Bxb5) 22... cxb4 23. Na4 Bd8 24. Bxb4 Bd7 25.
hxg6 Qxg6 26. c5 g4 $1 27. c6 $1 g3 $1 28. Nd3 bxc6 29. dxc6 Rc8 {The game is
about equal.} 30. Bf3 $5 Rxf3 $1 31. Qxf3 Bg4 32. Qxg3 Qxe4+ 33. Kg1 Ngf6 34.
Bxd6 $1 {Gelfand finds an elegant solution for the new problems.} Qd4+ 35. Nf2
Qxd6 36. Nxg4 Qd4+ 37. Nf2 Qxa4 38. Qxe5 Rc7 39. Rh2 Rg7+ 40. Rg2 Bc7 41. Qf5
Qxa2 42. Qc8+ Qg8 43. Qxg8+ Kxg8 44. Rxg7+ Kxg7 45. Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "8"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Short, Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]

1. c4 Nc6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. e4 Be6 7. Nge2 Qd7 8. Nd5
Nce7 9. d4 c6 10. Ne3 Bh3 11. O-O Bxg2 12. Kxg2 exd4 13. Nxd4 h5 $5 ({Gary
diverts from} 13... Nf6 {(Timman-Bednarski, Dieren 1970).}) 14. a4 Nh6 15. Ra3
O-O-O 16. a5 h4 17. a6 b6 18. Nf3 hxg3 19. fxg3 f6 20. c5 $5 ({Preparation by} 
20. b4 {is plausible.}) 20... dxc5 $1 21. Qb3 Kb8 $5 (21... Ng4 $6 22. Nxg4
Qxg4 23. Qf7 Rh7 {(Kasparov)} 24. Bh6 $1 (24. Qxe7 $2 Qh3+ 25. Kg1 Bh8 $1)
24... Rxh6 25. Qxg7 Qh3+ 26. Kf2 $1 (26. Kg1 $2 Rd2 $1) 26... Re8 {leads to a
white plus.}) 22. Rd1 Qc8 23. Nc4 Rxd1 24. Qxd1 Nf7 25. Rd3 g5 26. Qb3 $5 Qe6 (
{An active defence brings} 26... b5 $1 27. Nd6 Qh3+ 28. Kg1 Ne5 29. Rd2 c4) 27.
Be3 Nc8 28. Nxb6 $1 Qxb3 29. Nd7+ Kc7 30. Rxb3 Kxd7 31. Rb7+ Ke6 32. Bxc5 Bf8
33. Nd4+ Ke5 34. Nxc6+ Kxe4 35. Bxa7 Nfd6 36. Rc7 Nxa7 37. Rxa7 Nc4 38. Ra8 Bg7
39. Ra7 Ne3+ 40. Kg1 Rg8 $4 ({Right is} 40... Kd5 41. Ne7+ Ke4 $1 42. Ng6 $2 ({
correct is} 42. Nc6) 42... Rc8 $1) 41. Re7+ $4 Kd3 $4 42. a7 $1 Rc8 43. Kf2
Nd1+ 44. Kf3 g4+ 45. Kxg4 f5+ 46. Kf3 Bxb2 47. Rd7+ Kc2 48. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "8"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bc1 f5 11. Bg5 Bf6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Qxd8 Rxd8
15. Nd5 Nxe4 16. Nxc7 Rb8 17. Rfd1 Bd7 18. Bd3 $6 Rbc8 19. Nd5 Nc5 20. Bf1 Be6
21. b4 $6 Bxd5 22. cxd5 Nxb4 23. Nxe5 Ne4 24. Bc4 Nc3 25. Rd2 $2 {White misses
an escape.} ({Correct is} 25. d6+ $1 Rxc4 26. Nxc4 Nxd1 27. Rxd1 Nxa2 28. Na5
b6 29. Nc6 Rd7 30. Nb8 $11) 25... Nbxd5 26. g3 Kg7 27. Kg2 $4 Ne3+ 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "8"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8.
dxc5 Nc6 9. e3 g5 10. Bg3 Ne4 11. Nf3 Qf6 $2 (11... Qa5 {is okay 
(Rohacek-Opocensky, Trencianske Teplice 1941).}) 12. Bb5 $1 {Kasparov brings a
novelty. White gains a big advantage.} Nxc3 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. a3 $1 g4 $2 15.
Be5 Ne4+ 16. axb4 Qf5 17. Bxh8 gxf3 18. Rg1 Qg4 19. Qd1 Ng5 20. Qd4 Ne4 21.
Qe5+ Be6 22. Qf4 Qg6 23. Qxf3 f6 24. Qf4 Kf7 25. f3 Ng5 26. Kd2 Qf5 27. h4 Qxf4
28. exf4 Nh7 29. g4 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "8"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. h3
c6 9. e4 Qb6 10. c5 dxc5 11. dxe5 Ne8 12. Na4 Qa6 13. Bf4 $6 ({More active is} 
13. Bg5 $1 b5 14. Nc3 Nc7 15. Be7 Re8 16. Bd6 Qb6 {(Fulgenzi-Servat, Neuquen
1986).}) 13... Nc7 14. Qc2 Ne6 15. Rfd1 Re8 16. Rd6 $5 Qa5 17. Rad1 $5 Nb6 18.
Nxb6 axb6 19. a3 Qa4 20. Qe2 b5 21. Qe3 $2 (21. Bc1 {makes a useful defensive
move.}) 21... b4 22. axb4 Qxb4 23. R6d2 Ra2 24. Rb1 c4 25. Rc2 b5 26. Bh6 Qc5
27. Qc1 $2 ({Exchanges by} 27. Qxc5 Nxc5 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Nd4 {are wiser 
(Jussupow).}) 27... Nd4 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Nxd4 Qxd4 30. b3 Rxc2 31. Qxc2 c3 32.
Rd1 Qc5 33. b4 $1 Qxb4 34. Rd3 c5 35. Rxc3 c4 36. f4 Qc5+ 37. Kh2 Qd4 38. Rf3
b4 $3 {Kasparov finds a brilliant win.} ({Normal people strive for} 38... Rd8
$1 39. Qb1 Qd1 40. Qxb5 $2 Rd2 41. Qxc4 Qxf3) 39. Qa4 c3 $1 40. Rxc3 $1 ({Gary
analyses} 40. Qxe8 Qd7 $1 41. Qxd7 Bxd7 42. Rd3 Be6 {and White cannot stop the
passed pawns.}) 40... Bd7 41. Rc4 $1 Bxa4 $5 42. Rxd4 Rb8 43. Bf1 ({Or} 43. Rd2
b3 44. Rb2 Rc8) 43... Bc2 44. Bc4 b3 45. Bxb3 Rxb3 46. g4 Re3 47. f5 gxf5 48.
exf5 Rxe5 49. Rd2 Ba4 50. Kg3 Re3+ 51. Kh4 Bb5 52. Rd5 Bd3 $1 ({Jussupow hoped
for} 52... Bf1 $2 53. f6+ $1) 53. Rc5 h6 54. Rc3 Rf3 55. Rb3 Be2 56. Rb2 Bf1
57. Rh2 Kf6 58. Rh1 Ke5 59. Rh2 f6 60. Rh1 Ke4 61. Rh2 Kf4 62. Rh1 Bg2 63. Rh2
Rg3 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "8"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. dxc5
Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Bxc5 10. Nb5 Bb6 11. e5 Nd5 12. Nd6+ Ke7 13. f4 Nc6 14. Nf3 Ne3+
15. Bxe3 Bxe3 16. g3 Rd8 17. b4 f6 18. Ke2 Bd4 19. b5 fxe5 20. Nxc8+ Raxc8 21.
bxc6 Bxa1 22. Rxa1 exf4 23. Rb1 Rxc6 24. Rxb7+ Kf6 25. Rb4 fxg3 26. hxg3 h5 27.
Ke3 e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "8"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Nc6 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Be2 Be7 14. O-O O-O
15. Rb3 Qc5+ 16. Be3 Qe5 17. Bf4 Qc5+ 18. Kh1 Ng4 19. h3 e5 20. Na4 Qa7 21.
Bc4+ Kh8 22. hxg4 exf4 23. Nb6 d5 $1 {Kasparov springs a novelty.} 24. exd5
cxd5 25. Bxd5 Rb8 26. Nxc8 Rbxc8 27. Rh3 Qb6 28. Re1 Bg5 29. Re6 Qd8 30. c4 Rb8
31. Qd3 Bh4 32. Be4 Qg5 33. Bxh7 Rfd8 34. Qc2 f3 $1 {Both parties have played
well during the last ten moves.} 35. Rxf3 $2 ({Correct is} 35. Bf5 $1 Rb2 $1
36. Qxb2 Rd1+ 37. Kh2 Qf4+ 38. g3 Rd2+ 39. Kh1 Rd1+ {and perpetual check.})
35... Rd2 36. Qe4 Rd1+ 37. Kh2 Re1 38. Qf5 Rxe6 39. Qxe6 Kxh7 40. Qe4+ g6 41.
Rh3 Kg7 42. Qd4+ Kg8 43. Qe4 Qf6 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "8"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gulko, Boris"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E88"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c6 7. Bd3 e5 8. d5 b5
9. cxb5 cxd5 10. exd5 e4 11. Nxe4 Nxd5 12. Bg5 Qb6 $6 ({Theory is} 12... Qa5+ {
(Timman-Kasparov, Reykjavik 1988).}) 13. Qd2 Nd7 14. Bc4 N5f6 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6
16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Ne2 Re8 18. O-O-O d5 19. Bd3 a6 20. bxa6 d4 $2 (20... Bxa6
21. Bxa6 Qxa6 22. Nc3 Rec8 23. Kb1 Rc4 {keeps the attack going.}) 21. Kb1 Re3
22. Bc4 Bxa6 23. Bxa6 Rxa6 24. Nxd4 Re8 25. Ne2 Rb8 26. Nc3 Qb4 27. Rhe1 Rd6
28. Qc2 Rdb6 29. Re2 Qf4 30. h3 Rc6 31. Qd2 Qf5+ 32. Ka1 Rb7 33. Qh6 Rc8 34.
Red2 Qa5 35. Qe3 Kg7 36. g4 Re8 37. Qd4 Rd7 38. Qf2 Rc7 39. Rd3 Ra8 40. Qd2 h6
41. Rd6 Rc4 42. Rd4 Rac8 43. Kb1 Qe5 44. f4 Qe6 45. Qe2 Rxd4 46. Rxd4 Qb6 47.
Qd2 Qa6 48. Qd3 Qc6 49. a3 Qg2 50. Rd6 Rb8 51. Qe2 Qh1+ 52. Ka2 Re8 53. Qd3 Re1
54. Qd4 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "8"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. d4 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bd2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be7 11. Rb1 Nd7 $1 {A new positional idea.} 12.
O-O Nb6 13. Bf4 Nd5 14. Qb3 Nxf4 15. gxf4 Qc7 16. e3 a6 17. Rfd1 Ra7 18. c4 Bc5
19. Nf3 a5 20. Ng5 h6 21. Ne4 a4 22. Qb5 Ra5 23. Qb2 b6 24. Qe5 Qxe5 $6 ({
Better is} 24... Qe7 $1 25. Nxc5 Rxc5 26. Qd6 Qxd6 27. Rxd6 Ba6 $1) 25. fxe5
Ba6 26. Bf1 Bb7 27. Nxc5 Rxc5 28. f4 $1 Ba6 29. Rd4 Rfc8 30. Rb4 a3 31. Ra4 Ra5
32. Rb4 Rac5 {The moves 31 and 32 are missing in the Informator.} 33. Be2 g5
34. Kf2 Kg7 35. Ke1 R8c6 {White has the preferable endgame.} 36. Rd6 $6 ({An
effort to win starts with} 36. Kd2 $1 {(Kasparov).}) 36... Rc7 37. Rd4 gxf4 38.
exf4 f6 39. exf6+ Kxf6 40. Kd2 R7c6 41. Re4 Kf5 42. Ke3 Kf6 43. h3 e5 44. Bf3
Rd6 45. h4 Bc8 46. fxe5+ Rxe5 47. Rxe5 Kxe5 48. Rb5+ Kf6 49. Bd5 Bd7 50. Rb3 b5
51. Rxa3 Be6 52. Rd3 Bxd5 53. cxd5 Ke5 54. h5 Rxd5 55. Rxd5+ Kxd5 56. Kf4 Kc4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "8"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E84"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Qd2 a6 8. Nge2
Rb8 9. Nc1 e5 10. Nb3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. Rd1 c6 13. Be2 b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15.
b4 c5 $6 {Kasparov brings a risky novelty in a wild opening.} 16. Nc2 cxb4 17.
Nxb4 Be6 18. O-O $1 (18. f4 $2 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Bxc4 20. Nc6 Qe8 21. Nxb8 b4 $1 {
leads to an attack for Black (Kasparov).}) 18... Qa5 19. Qxd6 Nc4 20. Bxc4 bxc4
21. Nc6 Qxc3 22. Bd4 Nxe4 $1 23. Bxc3 Nxd6 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Nxb8 Nf5 $1 {
Beliavsky has to find the appropriate consolidation of his material advantage.}
26. Nd7 $6 ({Black gets less compensation for the exchange in} 26. Rb1 $1 c3
27. Nc6 Rc8 (27... Bxa2 $2 28. Rbc1 Ne3 29. Rfe1 Nd5 30. Ne7 $1) 28. Nb4 Nd4
29. Kf2 $1) 26... Rc8 27. Nb6 Rc6 28. Rb1 c3 29. Rb4 Bxa2 30. Rc1 h5 31. Kf2 c2
32. Ke2 Be6 33. Kd2 Rd6+ 34. Kxc2 Ne3+ 35. Kb2 Nxg2 36. Nc4 Rd3 37. Ne5 Re3 38.
Re4 Kf6 39. Rxe3 Nxe3 40. Nd3 Bd5 41. Ne1 {The material plus does not suffice
for a white win.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "8"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]

{Kasparov and Gelfand started in the last round with a score of 7 points.} 1.
d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Qb3 Na5 13. Qc2 Bg4 14. Nf5 Bb4 15.
Bd4 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 Rxe2 17. Qd1 d4 18. Nxd4 Rxf2 19. Qa4 Rxg2+ 20. Kxg2 Qd5+ 21.
Kg1 Nc4 22. Qb5 a6 23. Qxd5 Nxd5 {So far the players have followed
Ogaard-Rantanen, Oslo 1986.} 24. Rfe1 h5 25. Ne2 Nxc3 26. bxc3 Ne5 27. Nd4 f6
28. a4 Rc8 29. Ra3 Rc7 30. Rb3 Kf7 31. Reb1 Bc8 32. Kf1 Nc4 33. Ke2 Na5 34. Ra3
Nc4 35. Rab3 Na5 36. Ra3 Nc4 37. Ra2 Kg6 38. Kd3 Ne5+ 39. Kd2 Nc4+ 40. Kc2 Bh3
{Gelfand has drawn before the first time control. Hereafter, Kasparov plays
for the victory in the tournament.} 41. Kb3 Bd7 42. Rc1 Be8 43. Ne6 Rc6 44.
Nf4+ $2 Kg5 $2 ({White pieces are displaced by} 44... Kh6 $1 45. Re2 Ne5 {
Kasparov and Illescas evaluate this position as won for Black, but} 46. Ra1 $1
{seems to hold:} g5 (46... Bf7+ 47. Kb2 g5 48. Ng2 $1 Nd3+ 49. Kc2 Bg6 50. Kb3
Rb6+ 51. Kc4 $1 {and Black cannot deliver mate}) 47. Nd5 $1 Bf7 48. Rd1 Rb6+ $1
49. Kc2 Bg6+ 50. Kd2 Rd6 51. c4 $1 Nxc4+ 52. Kc3 {White has liberated his
position. Material equality has arisen.}) 45. Re2 Ne5 46. Re4 Bf7+ 47. Kc2 b5
48. Rd4 Bc4 49. axb5 axb5 50. Ra1 Rc7 51. h4+ $1 Kf5 $4 {Suddenly Illescas
blunders terribly.} ({Right is} 51... Kh6 {(Illescas)} 52. Ra8 g6 53. Rd6 Kg7)
52. Nxh5 Kg6 53. Nf4+ Kf7 54. h5 Rb7 55. Ra8 g5 56. Nd5 Nf3 57. Rd1 Rd7 58. Ne3
Re7 59. Nxc4 bxc4 60. Rd6 Kg7 61. h6+ {Kasparov had won the tournament
half-a-point before Gelfand.} 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 14"]
[Date "1990.09.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D29"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]

{While Kasparov and Karpov were battling for the world championship, their
possible successors were fighting in Tilburg 1990. It became a victory for the
youngsters Kamsky and Ivanchuk.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5.
Bxc4 e6 6. O-O a6 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bb3 Bb7 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Nc3 Qb6 11. d5 exd5 12.
Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Bxd5 14. Rxd5 Qb7 15. e4 Be7 16. Bg5 Nb6 17. Rad1 f6 18. Bf4
O-O 19. R5d2 Rfe8 20. e5 fxe5 21. Qxe5 Bf8 22. Qg5 Qe7 23. Qxe7 Rxe7 24. b3 a5
25. Rd8 Rxd8 26. Rxd8 Rd7 27. Rxd7 Nxd7 28. Bc7 $1 a4 29. bxa4 bxa4 30. Kf1 c4
$5 ({More solid is} 30... Nf6 $1) 31. Ba5 Kf7 32. Nd2 Ne5 33. Bc3 Ke6 $1 {
Black has to give a pawn.} 34. Bxe5 Kxe5 35. Nxc4+ Kd4 36. Nb6 a3 37. Ke2 Bc5
38. Nd7 Bd6 39. g3 Kc3 $2 (39... Be7 $1 {brings a sufficient positional
compensation.}) 40. f4 Kc2 41. Ne5 h5 42. Nf3 Kb2 43. Kd3 Kxa2 44. Kc2 Bc5 {
Black has taken too much risk.} 45. f5 $2 ({Right is} 45. h3 $1 Bd6 $1 46. Nh4
$1 {(Bosboom)} Bc7 47. Ng6 {and the white pawns advance on the kingside.})
45... Be3 $2 (45... Bd6 $1 {takes advantage of the slip (Bosboom).}) 46. h3 $1
{Hereafter the white pawns march on.} Bc5 47. Ng5 Bd6 48. g4 hxg4 49. hxg4 Be7
50. Ne4 Ka1 51. g5 Ka2 52. g6 Ka1 53. f6 Bf8 54. f7 Be7 55. Nc3 Bf8 56. Kb3 Be7
57. Nb5 Kb1 58. Nxa3+ Kc1 59. Nc4 Kd1 60. Nb6 Kd2 61. Kc4 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 14"]
[Date "1990.09.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. O-O dxc4 8. e4
c6 9. a4 e5 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. Bf4 Qa5 12. e6 fxe6 13. Qe2 $5 Nge5 14. Nd4 Nb6
15. Bd2 Bb4 16. Nc2 c5 17. Qh5 Nc6 18. Ne3 $5 (18. e5 Rf5 19. Qe8+ Rf8 20. Qh5
Rf5 {draws (Vaulin - Gorelov, Pavlodar 1991).}) 18... Bd7 19. e5 Be8 20. Qh3
Nd4 $1 21. Be4 Bg6 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. Kh1 Rae8 24. Qg4 Nd7 25. Nxc4 $4 {Boris
makes an awful blunder.} Qa6 $1 26. Ne3 Bxc3 27. Bxc3 Qc6+ 28. Ng2 Nxe5 29. Qd1
Nef3 30. Rc1 Qd5 31. Bxd4 cxd4 32. Qd3 Ne5 33. Qb5 Qxb5 34. axb5 Nd3 35. Rc2 e5
36. Ne1 Nb4 37. Rc4 Nd5 38. Kg2 Rc8 39. Rxc8 Rxc8 40. Nf3 Rc2 41. Re1 Ne3+ 42.
Kg1 Ng4 43. h3 Nxf2 44. Rxe5 Nxh3+ 45. Kh1 d3 46. Rd5 Rxb2 47. g4 Kf7 {Young
Gelfand scored his second loss.} 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 14"]
[Date "1990.09.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Short, Nigel"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Nbd7 7. Be2 e5 8. Nf5
Nc5 9. Ng3 Qb6 10. Rb1 Bd7 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. Be3 Qc6 13. O-O Ncxe4 $1 ({Theory
is} 13... O-O-O {(Olafsson - Sax, Novi Sad 1976).}) 14. Ncxe4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4
Qxe4 16. Qd2 Bc6 17. Bh5 g6 18. Bf3 Qc4 19. Rbd1 Be7 20. Be2 Qe6 21. Qc3 Bb5
22. Bxb5+ axb5 23. Bh6 f6 24. Qc7 $2 {White plays too optimistically.} ({More
subtle is} 24. Qd3 $1 {(Gelfand).}) 24... Rc8 $1 25. Qxb7 Qc6 26. Qxc6+ Rxc6
27. h4 {White discourages .. g5.} Kf7 $1 {Black prevents 28. Bg7.} 28. Rd5 $2 (
28. c3 Ra8 29. a3 {consolidates the queenside.}) 28... Bc5+ 29. Kh2 Ke6 30. Rd3
f5 31. Rb3 Rb6 32. Rd1 Ra8 33. a3 Ra4 $1 34. g3 Rc4 35. Rd2 Rd6 36. c3 Rxd2+
37. Bxd2 Re4 38. Bg5 ({Or} 38. Rxb5 Re2+ 39. Kh1 Bf2) 38... Re2+ 39. Kh1 Bf2
40. Kg2 Rc2 41. Rxb5 h6 42. Bxh6 Be3+ 43. Kf1 Bxh6 44. h5 Be3 $1 45. hxg6 Rf2+
46. Ke1 Rg2 47. g7 Rxg3 48. Ke2 f4 49. Rb8 Rxg7 50. Kd3 Rf7 51. Ke4 f3 52. Kxe3
f2 53. Rb6+ Kd5 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 14"]
[Date "1990.09.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 e5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d5 Nb8 8. c4 {
This position is known from Blau - Minev, Moscow 1956.} Bg4 $5 9. Nc3 Ne8 10.
a3 a5 11. Rb1 Bxf3 $5 12. Qxf3 Bg5 $5 {Black seems to lose time. Actually, he
leaves White with the bad bishop.} 13. b4 Bxc1 14. Rfxc1 Nd7 15. Qe3 Nef6 16.
h3 Qe7 17. Be2 g6 18. Bd1 Rfc8 19. Na4 axb4 20. axb4 c5 $1 {Now Black seems to
be crazy, but he brings a brilliant positional sacrifice.} 21. bxc5 Nxc5 22.
Nb6 Nfxe4 23. Nxc8 Rxc8 24. Bf3 Ng5 25. Bd1 f5 26. f4 Nf7 27. Bc2 Qf6 28. Re1
Rf8 29. Rb6 exf4 $4 ({Better is} 29... Kg7 {and Black can jump around with his
knights as he likes but the magnitude of his advantage is unclear.}) 30. Qxc5
$1 {Kamsky scored a lucky win.} 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 14"]
[Date "1990.09.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 Qb6 5. g4 Bd7 6. Na4 Qc7 7. Be3 $5 ({Theory
is} 7. Nc5 {(Velimirovic-Kasparov, Moscow 1982).}) 7... e6 8. Bg2 Ne7 9. f4 Na6
$5 10. Nf3 h5 $1 11. h3 Ng6 12. Nc3 Be7 13. Qe2 Nh4 14. Nxh4 Bxh4+ 15. Bf2
Bxf2+ 16. Qxf2 hxg4 17. hxg4 O-O-O 18. O-O-O c5 19. Kb1 Kb8 20. a3 {White
controls more territory.} Qb6 $1 21. dxc5 Nxc5 22. Qd4 Bc6 23. Bf3 Nd7 24. Ne2
$2 (24. Qxb6 Nxb6 25. g5 {keeps the equality (Kamsky).}) 24... Qxd4 25. Nxd4 g5
$1 {The white pawn centre is crushed.} 26. fxg5 Nxe5 27. Rhe1 Ng6 28. c4 $5
Rhg8 29. Re3 Ne7 30. Nxc6+ bxc6 31. cxd5 cxd5 32. Rc1 $1 {Timman seeks the
counterattack.} Rd7 33. Be2 Rxg5 34. Ba6 Rd6 35. Be2 Rc6 36. Rf1 Rg7 37. Ref3
f5 38. gxf5 Nxf5 39. Bd3 Nd6 40. Re3 Re7 41. Rfe1 Ne8 42. Re5 Nc7 43. Bf5 $6 {
White loses time.} ({He should activate his queenside by} 43. b4 $1 {The
justification is} Rc3 44. Rd1 Rxa3 $2 45. Kb2 $1) 43... Kc8 $1 44. Bg4 Kd7 45.
Rg5 Kd6 46. Rg8 Rc4 47. Re3 Rf7 48. Bh3 Rcf4 49. Rd8+ Ke7 50. Rc8 Kd7 51. Rxc7+
$5 Kxc7 52. Bxe6 Re7 53. Rc3+ Kd6 54. Bh3 Re1+ 55. Ka2 Rh1 56. Bc8 Rh7 57. Ba6
d4 58. Rg3 Re7 59. Rg8 Ke5 60. Rg3 Rf2 61. Kb3 Kf4 62. Rg8 Ke3 63. Kc4 Rf3 64.
Rd8 Rf6 65. Bb5 Rb6 66. a4 a6 67. Kc5 Rf6 68. Bc4 Rc7+ 69. Kb4 Rb6+ 70. Ka5
Rxc4 71. Kxb6 Rxa4 72. b3 Ra1 73. Kc5 d3 74. Re8+ Kd2 75. Kd4 Rh1 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 14"]
[Date "1990.09.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Be2
a6 9. O-O b5 10. Rc1 Bb7 11. Nd2 $5 bxc4 $6 ({Preferable is} 11... b4 {(Urday
Caceres - Egger, Yerevan 1996).}) 12. Nxc4 c5 13. d5 Nb6 14. e4 Nxc4 15. Bxc4
a5 16. Re1 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. e5 Nd7 19. exd6 exd6 20. b3 Ne5 21. Rc2 Rb6 $6
22. Na4 Rb4 23. Bxe5 dxe5 24. Rc4 $5 {White refuses to capture a pawn.} Qd6 25.
a3 Rxc4 26. bxc4 e4 $5 27. Qd2 $5 {A vulnerable pawn stays untouched again.} f5
28. Nc3 Bd4 29. Nb5 Qe5 $5 30. Qxa5 $2 {But White takes a poisoned pawn.} f4
31. Qc7 Bxf2+ $1 {Kamsky plays a brilliant combination.} 32. Kxf2 Qb2+ 33. Re2
e3+ 34. Kf3 Qc1 $1 ({White oversteps the time, but he loses in} 34... Qc1 35.
Nc3 Qxc3 36. Qe7 Qa1 37. Kg4 Qf1 $1 {anyway.}) 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 14"]
[Date "1990.09.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2
d5 9. Ne5 c5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Nb3 $5 a5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bf4 (13. Nxc5 $2 Qc7
14. Ned3 Na6 {brings no joy for White (Van der Wiel).}) 13... Qb6 14. Rad1 Re8
15. Nd2 Bf8 16. e4 $2 ({More cautious is} 16. Ndf3 $1) 16... g5 $1 17. exd5
gxf4 18. Ndc4 Qa6 19. gxf4 Nbd7 20. Rd3 Bg7 21. Rg3 Nf8 22. f5 Nh5 {Black
guards g7 and f6.} (22... Bxd5 $6 23. Bxd5 Nxd5 24. f4 $1 {brings troubles.})
23. Rg4 $1 Qf6 $2 (23... Rad8 $1 {pressures on d5 timely.}) 24. f4 Rad8 25. d6
Bc8 {The melee has reached a highlight.} 26. Be4 $6 (26. Bd5 $1 Bxf5 27. Bxf7+
$1 Qxf7 28. Nxf7 Bxc2 29. Nh6+ {leads to perpetual check.}) 26... Nxf4 $1 27.
Rfxf4 $2 (27. Nc6 $1 {(Timman)} N8g6 $1 28. Rg3 Bxf5 29. Bxf5 Ne2+ 30. Kg2 Nxg3
31. hxg3 {keeps counter-play.}) 27... Rxe5 28. Nxe5 Qxe5 29. Rf2 Kh8 30. Rfg2
Bxf5 31. Rxg7 Ng6 $1 32. R7xg6 hxg6 33. Re2 Bg4 34. Rd2 Rxd6 35. Rxd6 Qxd6 36.
Kg2 Qf4 37. Qd3 Be6 38. a3 Qg5+ 39. Qg3 Qd2+ 40. Qf2 Qxf2+ 41. Kxf2 g5 42. Ke3
Kg7 43. Bc6 f5 44. Kd3 Kf6 45. Kc3 Ke5 46. b4 axb4+ 47. axb4 cxb4+ 48. Kxb4 Kd4
0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 14"]
[Date "1990.09.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. Bf4 Bxc5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8.
a3 Nh5 9. Bg3 f5 10. e4 g6 11. O-O-O b6 12. Qd2 a5 13. Bh4 Be7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7
15. e5 g5 16. Qe3 Rb8 17. Nd4 Bb7 18. Ndb5 Nf4 19. h4 Ng6 20. hxg5 Ncxe5 21.
Qd2 Bc6 22. Nd6 Nf7 23. Nxf7 Rxf7 24. f4 Qc5 25. Kb1 Re8 26. Rh6 e5 27. fxe5
Rxe5 28. Bd3 Qe3 29. Qxe3 Rxe3 30. Nd5 Bxd5 31. cxd5 Rg3 32. d6 Ne5 33. Bc2 f4
34. Be4 Kf8 $4 {A blunder terminates the battle.} ({Right is} 34... Ng4 $1 35.
Rh4 Ne3) 35. Bd5 Rg7 36. Rf6+ {Black overstepped the time limit.   Kamsky
ended the first cycle with the fantastic score of 51/2/7. Geurt Gijssen made a
comparison with the start of Fine in AVRO 1938.} 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 14"]
[Date "1990.09.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Short, Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bf4 Bd6 6. Bg3 Ne7 7. e3 O-O 8. Nh4
h6 9. Qb3 b6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Nxf5 Nxf5 12. Bd3 Nh4 13. O-O Nd7 14. Rfd1 f5
15. Rac1 Kh8 16. Qa3 Qxa3 17. bxa3 g5 18. Rd2 Ng6 19. a4 Rf6 20. Rb2 dxc4 21.
Bxc4 e5 22. Rd2 exd4 23. Rxd4 Nc5 24. Rcd1 Re8 25. Rd8 Rxd8 26. Rxd8+ Kg7 27.
Bb3 Nf8 28. Ne2 Nfe6 29. Rc8 Nxb3 30. axb3 c5 {The chances are equal in the
endgame.} 31. Nc3 Rf8 32. Rc6 Rd8 $5 33. Kf1 Rd3 $5 34. Nb5 $1 Kf7 35. Nxa7
Rxb3 36. Nc8 f4 $6 (36... Rb1+ 37. Ke2 Rb2+ 38. Kf3 Rb3 39. Rxb6 Nd4+ 40. Kg3
Ne2+ 41. Kf3 Ng1+ {delivers perpetual check.}) 37. Rxb6 Ra3 38. Nd6+ Kf8 $2 39.
Ne4 $2 (39. Nf5 $1 {dooms the kingside.}) 39... Ke7 40. Rb7+ Kd8 41. Rb6 Ke7
42. Ke2 g4 43. Kd2 fxe3+ 44. fxe3 Ra2+ 45. Kd3 $1 Rxg2 ({Not} 45... Rxa4 $4 46.
Rxe6+ $1) 46. a5 Rxh2 47. Rb7+ Kd8 48. a6 Ra2 49. a7 Nc7 50. Nc3 $1 {The
critical position has been reached.} Ra3 $2 ({The crucial line is} 50... Ra1 $1
51. Nb5 Nxb5 52. Rb8+ Ke7 53. a8=Q Rxa8 54. Rxa8 {Bosboom regards this
position as won, especially for Andersson. However,} Nd6 $1 {seems to draw:}
55. Rg8 (55. e4 {allows} c4+ $5 56. Ke3 c3 57. Ra7+ Ke6 58. Rc7 g3 59. Rxc3 g2
60. Rc1 Ke5 {and the e-pawn falls}) 55... h5 56. Rg5 c4+ 57. Kd4 Kf6 58. Rxh5
Nf5+ {drawn.}) 51. Ke4 $1 g3 ({A pointe is} 51... Kc8 $2 52. Rxc7+ $1) 52. Kf3
Ra1 53. Kxg3 Kc8 54. Rb8+ Kd7 55. Nb5 Kc6 56. Kf3 Nd5 57. a8=Q+ Rxa8 58. Rxa8
Kxb5 59. e4 Nc7 60. Rh8 c4 61. Ke3 Ne6 62. Rxh6 Nc5 63. Kd4 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 14"]
[Date "1990.09.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Short, Nigel"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. c3 e6 5. Be2 Be7 $5 6. Nf3 g5 $5 7. O-O h5 8.
Be3 Nd7 9. a4 $5 g4 $1 10. Ne1 Bg5 $5 {Kamsky wants an all-out-attack.} 11. Nd3
Nh6 $6 (11... Bxe3 12. fxe3 Qg5 {(Van der Wiel)} 13. Nf4 f6 $1 {gives the
desired charge.}) 12. Nd2 h4 13. Qc1 Rg8 $6 14. Nb3 Bxd3 $2 ({Preferable is} 
14... h3 15. g3 f6) 15. Bxd3 a5 16. f4 $1 gxf3 17. Rxf3 {According to gossip,
Kamsky got a spanking after each loss by his father, a former boxer. Gata did
not resign, driven by fear of violence.} b6 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. Qxg5 Rxg5 20. Rh3
Ke7 21. Rxh4 Ng4 22. Re1 Rag8 23. g3 c5 24. Nd2 c4 25. Bc2 f5 26. exf6+ Ngxf6
27. Nf3 Rh5 28. Rxh5 Nxh5 29. Kf2 Kd6 30. Ne5 Ndf6 31. Bd1 Ng7 32. g4 Rb8 33.
Bf3 b5 34. axb5 Rxb5 35. Re2 a4 36. h4 a3 37. bxa3 Rb3 38. Rc2 Rxa3 39. h5 Nh7
40. Kg3 Ke7 41. Rb2 Rb3 42. Ra2 Rb7 43. Kf4 Ne8 44. g5 Nd6 45. g6 Nf6 46. h6
Kf8 47. Ra8+ Nde8 48. Ng4 Nxg4 49. Bxg4 Re7 50. Ke5 {The hurt of Gata's butt
stayed unknown.} 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 14"]
[Date "1990.09.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 {Ivanchuk has made the decisive error. He has moved the e-pawn one
square too far and loses interest.} 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. O-O
Bc5 6. d3 c6 7. Ba4 Ne7 8. f4 f5 9. Bb3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Re1+ Kf8 $2 ({
Better is} 11... Kf7 {(Nielsen - Kristiansen, Lyngby 1991).}) 12. Qh5 g6 13.
Qh6+ Kg8 14. Nd2 Bf8 15. Qh3 Bg7 16. Nf3 h6 17. Ne5 Qf6 18. Bxd5+ $1 cxd5 19.
b3 $1 Kh7 20. Bb2 Qb6 21. Qf3 Re8 22. Qf2 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 Rxe5 24. Bxd4 Re2 25.
Bxb6 Rxf2 26. Bxf2 Kg7 27. a4 Be6 28. a5 a6 29. Bd4+ Kf7 30. Kf2 Rc8 31. Ra2 g5
32. Be5 Kg6 33. Ke3 Kh5 34. Kd2 Rg8 35. g3 Kg4 36. Ke3 Kh3 37. c3 d4+ 38. Kxd4
Rd8+ 39. Ke3 Bxb3 40. Rb2 Bd5 41. c4 Bg2 42. Rb6 Bf1 43. Rxh6+ Kg2 44. d4 g4
45. c5 Bc4 46. Rf6 {Kamsky led by 7/10, a point before Short.} 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 14"]
[Date "1990.09.20"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Short, Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. Be2 Be6 8. O-O
Nf6 9. N1c3 a6 10. Na3 Nd4 11. Be3 Nxe2+ 12. Qxe2 O-O 13. f3 Rc8 14. Rac1 Nh5
15. Qd2 f5 16. Rfd1 Nf6 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Nd5 Rc6 19. b3 Nxd5 20. Qxd5+ Kh8 21.
Nc2 Qc8 $6 (21... Bxc2 22. Rxc2 Bg5 {exchanges.}) 22. Nb4 $1 Rc7 23. Qd2 Qe6
24. Nd5 Rd7 25. Bg5 Bxg5 26. Qxg5 h6 27. Qe3 Qg6 28. Rd2 Rdf7 29. Rcd1 Bc2 $6
30. Rf1 Kh7 31. Nc3 Rc8 $6 32. Kh1 h5 $5 33. h3 $1 Bf5 $2 (33... Rcf8 $1 {
prepares the retreat of the bishop.}) 34. g4 $1 hxg4 35. hxg4 {This time the
real Ivanchuk plays chess.} Bxg4 (35... Bd7 36. Ne4 {costs a pawn.}) 36. Rg2
Rh8 $6 ({Better is} 36... Rf4 $1 37. Nd5 Rcf8 $1 38. Nxf4 Rxf4 {(Cabrilo)} 39.
Rff2 $1 {but White has won an exchange.}) 37. Rxg4 Kg8+ 38. Kg2 Qh5 39. Rg1 $1
Qh2+ 40. Kf1 Rh3 41. Ke1 Qb2 42. R4g2 Qa1+ 43. Ke2 Qb2+ 44. Kd1 Qa1+ 45. Kc2 {
Now Kamsky led one point on Ivanchuk.} 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 14"]
[Date "1990.09.21"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 exd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6
8. Nc3 Qe7 $5 9. f3 O-O 10. Bxc4 c5 11. Nde2 Rd8 12. Qe3 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14.
O-O Nc6 15. Rad1 b6 16. e5 Nd5 17. Qe4 Qf7 18. f4 Nxc3 $6 (18... Nce7 $1 {
keeps the d-file closed.}) 19. bxc3 $1 Ne7 20. Ng3 $1 Nf5 $5 {Black defends
actively.} 21. Nxf5 exf5 $6 {Black loses the control over the d-file.} (21...
Qxf5 22. Qc6 Rac8 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Qc7 {(Kuijf)} Qd3 $1 {is okay.}) 22. Qe2
h6 23. Rd2 Rxd2 24. Qxd2 Re8 25. h3 Qc4 26. Rf3 Re7 27. Rd3 Kh7 28. Rd6 $1 b5
$2 ({Correct is} 28... Qe4 $1) 29. Rc6 $1 Qe4 ({Or} 29... Re6 30. Rxe6 Qxe6 31.
Qd6 $1) 30. Rxc5 $1 g5 31. fxg5 Rxe5 32. Qd7+ Re7 33. Qxf5+ Qxf5 34. Rxf5 a6
35. gxh6 Re1+ 36. Rf1 Re2 37. Rf2 Re3 38. Rf6 a5 39. Rf5 Rxc3 40. Rxb5 Ra3 41.
Rb2 Kxh6 42. Kh2 a4 43. g3 Rc3 44. h4 a3 45. Rf2 {The top two lost their games.
Short and Gelfand closed in.} 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 14"]
[Date "1990.09.22"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Short, Nigel"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Be2 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. c3 Qb6 8. Qa4 $5
c4 9. Nbd2 Qa5 10. Qd1 $5 {An exchange of queens will be applied in later
games.} h6 11. Re1 b5 12. b4 $2 Nxb4 $1 13. cxb4 Bxb4 {Black has gained a
substantial positional advantage by a piece sacrifice.} 14. Nf1 $5 Ne7 $5 15.
Ng3 Bg6 $6 {It is wiser to capture the exchange.} 16. Rf1 Bc3 17. Bd2 Nc6 18.
Bxc3 Qxc3 19. Qc1 Qxc1 20. Rfxc1 Kd7 21. Bd1 Rhb8 22. Ne2 Rb6 23. a3 Rab8 24.
Ra2 Ra6 ({More natural is} 24... a5 $1) 25. Rca1 Ra5 26. g4 Be4 27. Ne1 f6 28.
exf6 gxf6 29. f3 Bg6 30. Bc2 Bf7 31. Kf2 Ra6 32. h4 Rab6 33. h5 a5 $1 {There
we are.} 34. Rb2 Kd6 35. Rab1 e5 36. Rd1 b4 37. axb4 Rxb4 $2 ({Obvious is} 
37... axb4 $1 {and wins (Seirawan).}) 38. Ra2 Rb2 39. Rxb2 Rxb2 40. Ke3 Nb4 41.
Rd2 Be8 42. Bd1 Rb1 43. Nc3 Rc1 44. Nc2 Bf7 45. f4 exd4+ $2 ({Right is} 45...
exf4+ 46. Kxf4 Be6) 46. Kxd4 Nc6+ 47. Ke3 d4+ $6 {Seirawan misses a tactical
point.} 48. Rxd4+ $1 Nxd4 49. Kxd4 f5 50. gxf5 a4 51. Ne3 Ke7 52. Nxa4 Rb1 53.
Nc3 Rb2 54. Ne4 Rh2 55. f6+ Kf8 56. Nxc4 Bxh5 57. Bxh5 Rxh5 58. Ncd6 Ra5 59.
Nc5 Ra8 60. Ne6+ {Seirawan lost for the fourth time in a row. At the end of
the penultimate round, Kamsky led half-a-point before Ivanchuk and Short and
one point before Gelfand.} 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 14"]
[Date "1990.09.24"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. e3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Bb5 Qa5 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 c4 12. Qc2 O-O 13. Nd2 $5 {White
starts the long preparation of a pawn advance in the centre.} Re8 14. Rae1 Nb6
15. f3 Bd7 16. Bf4 Ba4 $1 17. Qb2 Bc6 18. Qc2 Na4 $5 {Black avoids a
repetition of moves.} 19. Nb1 Re6 20. Re2 {White postpones the pawn advance.}
Rae8 21. Rfe1 b5 22. a3 $6 ({Van der Wiel prefers the direct} 22. e4 $1) 22...
Qd8 $1 23. e4 $5 dxe4 24. fxe4 Qh4 25. Bg3 Qe7 26. e5 ({Not} 26. d5 $4 Bxd5 $1)
26... a5 27. Qc1 Bd5 28. Nd2 b4 $1 29. axb4 axb4 30. cxb4 Qxb4 31. Nf1 c3 32.
Qf4 f6 33. Rf2 fxe5 34. Qf7+ Kh8 {White seems to be in a desperate position
after the short counteraction.} 35. Bxe5 $2 ({But} 35. Rb1 $3 Qe7 ({not} 35...
Qxd4 $2 36. Rd1 $1) 36. Qxe7 R6xe7 37. Bxe5 {stops the black attack.}) 35...
Rxe5 $1 36. Qxe8+ Rxe8 37. Rxe8+ Bg8 38. Rff8 Qxd4+ 39. Ne3 h6 40. Kf1 Kh7 41.
Rxg8 Qd3+ 42. Kf2 c2 43. Rh8+ Kg6 44. Nxc2 $5 Qxc2+ 45. Kf3 Qf5+ 46. Kg3 Nc3
47. h3 Qd3+ 48. Kf2 Nd1+ 49. Kg1 Ne3 {Kamsky could not break Seirawan's fort.
So Ivanchuk joined the lead in the final round. Gelfand won and followed the
leaders by half-a-point.} 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 14"]
[Date "1990.09.24"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Short, Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A93"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 d5 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 Bd7 8. Ba3
Nc6 9. Qc1 a5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nc3 Be8 12. Qe3 $5 dxc4 $2 ({More useful is
the immediate} 12... Rd8 {(Timman).}) 13. bxc4 Rd8 14. Rfd1 Ng4 15. Qf4 Bf7 16.
Rab1 e5 17. dxe5 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Qc5 $2 ({Better is} 18... Ngxe5 19. Nxe5 Qxe5
20. Qxe5 Nxe5 21. Bxb7 Rb8 {but} 22. c5 $1 {brings a white edge.}) 19. Ng5 $1
Bxc4 20. Nd5 Nd8 21. e6 $1 {White forces slide through the defence.} Bxd5 22.
Rxd5 Qa3 23. Rd7 Nc6 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. e7 Re8 26. Qc4+ Kh8 27. Nf7+ Kg8 28.
Nh6+ Kh8 29. Qg8+ Rxg8 30. Nf7# {Short made a nice gesture to the audience by
allowing a smothered mate. He ended as fourth in the event, before the <->old-
timers' Timman, Andersson, Nikolic and Seirawan.   The winners Kamsky and
Ivanchuk were celebrated in an amusing manner. Sixteen girls danced towards
them and threw confetti. The song <->You're sixteen' sounded from loudspeakers.
It referred to the age of Gata.} 1-0

[Event "5th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

{The fifth Memorial took place from 1-13 May 1991. Games were played in
Amsterdam again due to the lesser interest in Rotterdam. The nine participants
of the previous events and world champion Kasparov were invited for the lustre.
Gary proposed replacements for Hjartarson and Van der Wiel but met no sympathy.
   Most games were drawn at first. Halfway the tournament took off. We follow
the ten wins by the top four. A surprise was the first place of Salov and
Short. Spectators got small presents when they made smart comments on the
games. The book Carel Mann was the gift in 1991. } 1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5
cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Nc3 g6 7. g4 Bg7 8. g5 Nh5 9. Nge2 O-O 10. Ng3
e6 11. Nxh5 gxh5 12. d4 Nb6 13. Qd1 exd5 14. Qxh5 Bf5 15. Be3 Re8 16. Bb5 Re6
17. O-O Nc4 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. d5 Rg6 20. f4 b5 21. Nxb5 $4 ({Correct is} 21. a3
$1 {(Salov).}) 21... Qe8 0-1

[Event "5th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Short, Nigel"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. Qg4 Ne7 7. dxc5 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 Qa5 9. Bd2 Ng6 10. h4 h5 11. Qg5 Nd7 12. c4 Qa4 13. cxd5 Ndxe5 $1 ({Known
is} 13... Qe4+ 14. Ne2 Qxd5 {(Short-Lputian, Manila 1990).}) 14. Be2 $5 Qe4 $6
({Better is} 14... exd5 15. Nf3 {(Short)} f6 $1) 15. O-O-O $1 O-O 16. Bc3 f6
17. Qd2 Qxg2 18. Nh3 exd5 19. Bxh5 {The complications favour White.} Nc4 $2 ({
Correct is} 19... Bxh3 20. Rdg1 Qe4 21. Bxg6 Nxg6 22. Rxh3 {(Timman)} Rf7 $1 {
and Black survives.}) 20. Qd4 $1 Nge5 21. Nf4 Qe4 22. Qxd5+ Qxd5 23. Nxd5 Kh7
24. Rhg1 Bf5 25. Ne7 Be4 26. Rd4 Bf3 27. Bg6+ Kh8 28. h5 Rad8 29. Rh4 $1 (29.
Rh4 Rd7 30. h6 $1 Rxe7 31. hxg7+ Kxg7 32. Rh7+ Kg8 33. Bf5+ {ends fatally for
Black (Short).}) 1-0

[Event "5th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. Qb3
c6 9. d5 Na6 10. Be3 Ng4 11. Bf4 $1 (11. Bd4 {was played in Karpov-Gurevich,
Reggio Emilia 1989.}) 11... Nc5 12. Qc2 h6 13. h3 e5 $1 14. dxe6 Ne5 15. Rad1
Nxe6 16. Rxd6 $6 (16. Bc1 $1 Nxc4 17. b3 Ne5 18. Rxd6 {keeps the equality.})
16... Nxc4 17. Rd3 Nxf4 $1 18. gxf4 Be6 {Black has achieved a plus.} 19. Rfd1
Qe7 20. b3 Nb6 21. Qd2 Kh7 22. Ne5 Bf6 $5 23. Qe3 Rae8 24. Na4 $5 Nd5 $6 ({A
plus is kept by} 24... Nxa4 25. bxa4 Bxe5 26. Qxe5 {(Salov)} Rf7 $1) 25. Bxd5
$1 Bxd5 26. Nc3 g5 $2 {Gurevich expects to win, but he commits a terrible
weakening.} 27. Nxd5 cxd5 28. Rxd5 gxf4 29. Qd3 $1 {Karpov refutes the
combination.} Bg7 ({The remarkable pointe is} 29... Qg7+ 30. Ng4 $1 {(Karpov).}
) 30. Kf1 Qg5 31. Nf3 Qh5 32. Kg2 Qg6+ 33. Kh2 Qe6 34. Rd2 Rf7 35. Qc4 Qb6 36.
Qc5 Qxc5 37. Rxc5 Rfe7 38. Rcc2 b5 $2 (38... Bf6 $1 {prevents the following
attack.}) 39. Nh4 $1 Re5 40. Kg2 Bf6 41. Nf3 R5e6 42. Ne1 $1 a5 43. Kf3 a4 44.
Rd7+ R8e7 45. Rxe7+ Rxe7 46. Nd3 axb3 47. axb3 {Black's weak pawns are dead
meat.} 1-0

[Event "5th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Short, Nigel"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. c4 Bd7 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Be3 Ne5 10. Be2 Rc8 11. b3 b5 $5 {Hjartarson plays a doubtful opening.}
12. f4 $1 Ng6 13. Nc2 Be7 14. a4 bxc4 15. Bxc4 Qa5 16. Qe1 Ng4 $2 {Black
should complete the development.} ({Right is} 16... O-O {(Hjartarson).}) 17.
Bd2 Qb6+ 18. Kh1 Bh4 $5 19. g3 Bf6 20. h3 Bxc3 21. Bxc3 Nf6 22. Kh2 O-O 23.
Bxf6 gxf6 24. Ne3 Kg7 25. Rd1 a5 26. Qc3 h5 27. g4 d5 28. g5 $1 dxc4 29. Qxf6+
(29. Qxf6+ Kg8 30. Nf5 $1 {and a second sacrifice ends the game (Hjartarson).})
1-0

[Event "5th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Short, Nigel"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. O-O Ne7 7. c3 Nec6 8. Be3 $5
Nd7 9. a3 c4 10. Nbd2 b5 11. Ne1 $1 h5 $6 12. g3 Bh3 13. Ng2 g6 $6 {Black
plays odd moves on the kingside. He should attack at the other flank.} 14. Re1
Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Rb8 16. h3 a5 17. Nf3 Be7 18. Qd2 Nb6 19. Ng5 Kf8 $6 20. g4 hxg4
21. hxg4 Kg7 22. Rh1 Qd7 23. Bf4 Rbf8 24. Qe3 Qd8 {Black expects to exchange
the rooks.} 25. Nh7 $3 Rxh7 26. Rxh7+ Kxh7 27. Rh1+ Kg8 28. Qh3 Bh4 29. Bh6 $1
{The king becomes imprisoned.} g5 30. f4 gxf4 31. Bd1 $1 (31. Bxf8 Kxf8 32.
Qxh4 Qxh4 33. Rxh4 Na4 {gives a counterattack (Short).}) 31... Nd7 32. Bc2
Ndxe5 $5 ({Or} 32... Re8 33. Bxf4 $1 Kg7 34. Qxh4 Qxh4 35. Rxh4 Rh8 36. Rh5)
33. dxe5 Nxe5 34. Bxf8 f3+ 35. Kf1 Qg5 36. Qxh4 Qc1+ 37. Qe1 Qxe1+ 38. Kxe1
Kxf8 39. g5 Kg7 40. Kf2 f5 41. Re1 Nd3+ 42. Bxd3 cxd3 43. Kxf3 {Short won
brilliantly.} 1-0

[Event "5th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Be2 Qa5 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. O-O Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Rc8 11. Nd5 Qc5 12. Qxc5 Rxc5 13. Bd3 Bg7 14.
Rad1 e6 15. Ne3 Ke7 16. c3 b5 17. f4 Rb8 18. a3 a5 19. Nc2 Rb6 20. Rde1 h5 21.
Rf3 Bh6 22. Ref1 e5 23. f5 h4 24. Be2 Bc8 25. Rd3 Bb7 26. Bf3 Rc4 27. Re1 Bf4
28. b3 Rc7 29. Ne3 Bxe3+ 30. Rexe3 b4 31. axb4 axb4 32. c4 Ra6 33. Rd2 Ra3 34.
Kf2 Bc6 35. Bd1 Ra1 36. Kf3 Rca7 37. Red3 R7a6 38. Ke3 Be8 39. Kf2 R1a2 40. Kf3
Rxd2 41. Rxd2 Bc6 42. Bc2 Ra2 43. Ke3 Rb2 44. Re2 Kd7 45. Rd2 Kc7 46. g3 hxg3
47. h4 $2 Ba4 $3 48. Re2 ({Or} 48. bxa4 b3 {(Salov).}) 48... Bxb3 49. Bd3 Rxe2+
50. Kxe2 Bd1+ $1 0-1

[Event "5th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e5 4. Bxc4 exd4 5. exd4 Nf6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8.
h3 Nbd7 9. Nc3 Nb6 10. Bb3 c6 11. Re1 Nfd5 12. Ne4 Bf5 $5 13. Ne5 Nd7 $5 14.
Qf3 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Bg6 $6 ({Preferable is} 15... Be6 $1 {(Karpov).}) 16. Bf4 Qa5
$6 ({Better is} 16... Nxf4 17. Qxf4 Qc7) 17. Nd6 $1 Bxd6 $2 {Black creates a
strong passed pawn.} ({Right is} 17... Nxf4 18. Qxf4 Qb6) 18. exd6 Rfe8 19.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. Bxd5 $1 cxd5 21. d7 Re7 ({No rescue brings} 21... Rd8 {due to}
22. Qe3 Qb5 23. Bc7 $1 {(Karpov).}) 22. Rc1 Rxd7 23. Rc8+ Rd8 24. b4 $1 ({Not} 
24. Bc7 $2 Qe1+ $1) 24... Qb6 25. Bc7 $1 Rxc8 26. Bxb6 axb6 27. Qxd5 h6 28.
Qxb7 Rc1+ 29. Kh2 Rc2 30. Qxb6 Rxa2 31. Qd4 $1 {Karpov's promotion combination
netted material.} 1-0

[Event "5th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 13. a4 Ng6 14. Nd3 ({Kortschnoj
played the innovative} 14. a5 {twice in 1990.}) 14... Nf6 15. c5 h5 16. h3 $6 (
{Known is} 16. cxd6 cxd6 17. a5 {(Larsen-Torre, Banang 1973).}) ({Viktor will
play} 16. a5 g4 17. c6 {against Xie Jun in Amsterdam 2001.}) 16... Rf7 17. c6
$5 a5 $3 {Kasparov chooses a spectacular way to stop the advance on the
queenside.} (17... bxc6 18. dxc6 Be6 {has its merits too.}) 18. cxb7 Bxb7 19.
b4 Bc8 20. bxa5 Bh6 21. Nb4 $2 ({The immediate sacrifice} 21. a6 $1 Bxa6 $1 22.
Nb4 Bc8 {is necessary (Kasparov).}) 21... g4 22. Nc6 Qf8 23. fxg4 hxg4 24. hxg4
Bg5 25. Bf3 Qh6 26. Re1 Nh4 $1 27. Bxh4 ({It is too late for} 27. Kf1 {due to}
Nxf3 28. gxf3 Nxg4 $1 {(Kasparov).}) 27... Bxh4 $1 28. g5 $5 Qxg5 29. Re2 Ng4
30. Rb1 Bg3 31. Qd3 Qh4 0-1

[Event "5th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3
Ne4 9. Qc2 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Nxg3 11. fxg3 g4 12. Nh4 Qg5 13. Qd2 d6 $5 14. Bd3
Nd7 15. O-O h5 16. Rf4 Rh6 $1 {The players have followed the game Bor - Van
der Wiel, Utrecht 1986).} 17. Raf1 Rf6 18. Qf2 Ke7 $6 {John chooses for
passivity.} ({More active is} 18... Rxf4 19. gxf4 Qa5 {Salov).}) 19. e4 $1 Rh8
20. c5 $5 {The beleaguerment starts with a sacrifice.} bxc5 21. Bb5 $1 c6 $1
22. Bd3 $1 Bc8 $5 23. Kh1 Rhh6 $5 {Van der Wiel plans a queen sacrifice.} 24.
e5 $1 dxe5 25. dxe5 Qxe5 26. Nf5+ $1 Rxf5 $1 27. Rxf5 exf5 28. Re1 Kf6 $6 ({
Even better is} 28... Re6 29. Rxe5 Rxe5 30. Bxf5 Nb6 {(Kasparov).}) 29. Rxe5
Nxe5 30. Qxc5 {Black can accomplish his strategy.} Be6 $2 ({Similar is} 30...
Nxd3 $2 31. Qf8) ({The subtle} 30... Rh8 $1 31. Be2 Rd8 32. Qe3 Be6 {creates a
fortress.}) 31. Qf8 $1 Rh7 32. Bb1 Nd7 33. Qd8+ Kg6 34. h4 gxh3 35. gxh3 Nf6
36. Kh2 Kg7 37. Qa5 Kg6 38. Qxa7 Rh8 39. Qb6 Ra8 40. Qb2 Rd8 41. Qe2 $1 Kg7 42.
a4 Rb8 43. Bd3 Ra8 44. Bc2 Rb8 45. Bd3 Ra8 46. Qc2 Kg6 47. c4 c5 48. Qa2 Rd8
49. Qe2 Rd4 50. a5 Bc8 51. Qf3 Ne4 52. g4 hxg4 53. hxg4 fxg4 54. Bxe4+ f5 55.
Qxg4+ Kf6 56. Qh4+ Ke5 57. Qh8+ Kxe4 58. Qxc8 f4 59. Qe6+ Kf3 60. a6 {Salov
joined the lead with Short.} 1-0

[Event "5th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. O-O a6 6. Bxd7+ Nxd7 7. Nc3 e6 8.
Bg5 Qc7 9. Re1 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Ne5 11. Rad1 Bd7 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Qd2 b5 14. a3
Rc8 15. Re3 f6 16. Rd3 Bc6 17. Be3 Kf7 18. f3 a5 19. Qf2 b4 20. axb4 axb4 21.
Na2 Bb5 22. R3d2 Ra8 23. Nc1 Be7 24. Bb6 Qc6 25. Nb3 Rhc8 26. Be3 g5 27. g4 h5
28. h3 Kg6 29. Kg2 h4 30. Qg1 Ra2 31. Rb1 Bc4 32. Nc1 Raa8 33. Nb3 Rd8 34. Rbd1
Rxd2+ 35. Rxd2 Ra2 36. Qb1 Qa4 37. Bc5 $2 Bxc5 38. Nxc5 Qa7 $1 39. b3 Ra1 40.
bxc4 $4 Rxb1 {Kasparov and Karpov shared the third place.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 53"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Nunn, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A68"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

{Nunn, the last winner, had a great start.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4
d6 5. f4 c5 6. d5 O-O 7. Nf3 e6 8. Be2 exd5 9. cxd5 Bg4 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Re1
Re8 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Qa5 14. Be3 b5 15. a3 Nb6 16. Bf2 $5 ({Theory is} 16.
e5) 16... Nc4 17. Qc2 ({More aggression shows} 17. e5 dxe5 {(Stohl)} 18. fxe5
$1 Nxe5 19. Bxc5) 17... Nd7 18. Be2 Rab8 19. a4 b4 20. Bxc4 bxc3 21. b3 a6 22.
Rec1 $5 Nb6 23. Bf1 c4 24. Bxc4 $2 {White allows the opening of the b-file.} ({
Better is} 24. bxc4 $1 Nd7 25. Ra2) 24... Nxc4 25. bxc4 Rb2 26. Qd3 Rd2 27. Qf3
f5 $1 28. e5 $5 dxe5 29. fxe5 Rxe5 30. Kh1 $2 ({More resistance is offered by} 
30. Rab1 $1 Qxa4 31. Qxc3 Rexd5 (31... Re1+ $2 32. Rxe1 $1 Bxc3 33. Rb8+ $11)
32. Rb8+ Rd8 33. Qxd2 $1 Rxb8 34. Qd5+) 30... Re4 31. Be1 Qc7 $1 32. Rab1 Rde2
$1 33. Bxc3 R2e3 34. d6 $5 Qxd6 35. Bb4 Qc6 36. Qf1 Rxh3+ 37. gxh3 Re2+ ({The
pointe is} 37... Re2+ 38. Kg1 Bd4+ {(Stohl).}) 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 53"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nunn, John"]
[Black "Fedorowicz, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 b5 11. f4 Bb7 12. Qe3 Qc7 $5 ({Preferable is} 
12... b4 $1) 13. Bb6 Qc8 $1 14. e5 Nd5 $2 (14... b4 $1 15. Nb5 $5 axb5 16.
Bxb5+ Bc6 $1 {defends properly.}) 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. exd6 Qc6 {Black needs two
moves for development, but his bastion is blown apart.} 17. Rxd5 $1 Qxd5 18.
Be2 Qxa2 $6 (18... Bxd6 19. Rd1 Qxa2 20. Rxd6 Qa1+ 21. Kd2 O-O {prolongs the
game.}) 19. Qf3 Bxd6 ({Or} 19... Rc8 20. d7+ $1 Kxd7 21. Qb7+ {(Nunn).}) 20.
Qxa8+ Ke7 21. Qb7+ Kf8 22. Bc5 Qa1+ 23. Kd2 Qxh1 24. Qb8+ 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 53"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Nunn, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Ne2 h6 12. Bh4 Bd6 13. Nd4 c5 14. Nxe6
fxe6 15. Qe2 $1 {Salov attacks the black pawn centre.} e5 16. Bg6 $1 Rb8 ({The
alternative is} 16... c4 $5 {(Salov).}) 17. c4 e4 $2 (17... d4 $1 18. f3 $5 e4
$1 19. fxe4 d3 20. Qf3 Rxb2 {defends well.}) 18. Rad1 Qc7 19. Kh1 dxc4 20. Bxf6
$5 ({Even better is} 20. Qxc4+ Kh8 21. b3) 20... Rxf6 21. Bxe4 Be5 22. Qxc4+
Kh8 23. b3 Rbf8 24. Qe2 Bd4 25. f3 Qe5 26. g3 Re8 27. Qd3 Rd6 28. Rd2 h5 29.
Re2 h4 30. gxh4 $5 Rh6 31. f4 Qf6 32. Qf3 Rxh4 33. Bd3 Rf8 ({Not} 33... Rxe2 $4
34. Qa8+ {(Salov).}) 34. Qg3 Qh6 35. Qg6 Rh3 36. Qxh6+ gxh6 37. Bc4 Be3 $2 38.
Kg2 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 53"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Nunn, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. g3 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. f3 f4 13. c5 dxc5 14. Bc4 $5 {Hansen
makes a sharp move in the King's Indian.} ({Known is} 14. bxc5) 14... cxb4 15.
d6+ Kh8 16. Nb5 $1 h6 $5 17. Nf7+ Rxf7 18. Bxf7 cxd6 19. Nxd6 (19. Qxd6 $6 Bd7
20. Rd1 Qf8 $1 {leads to a black initiative (Nunn).}) 19... Bh3 20. Bb3 $6 ({
Preferable is} 20. Rf2 Nc8 $1 {(Nunn)} 21. Be6 $3 Nxd6 22. Bxh3) 20... Kh7 21.
Rf2 Nc6 22. Bb2 Qe7 23. Rc1 Nd4 $6 ({Better is} 23... Rd8 24. Rd2 Nd4 {(Nunn).}
) 24. gxf4 Nh5 25. fxe5 Bxe5 26. Nf7 $2 (26. Bd5 $1 Nf4 27. Nf7 Nc6 {equalises.
}) 26... Nxb3 27. Nxe5 Nxc1 28. Qxc1 Rc8 29. Rc2 $2 Rxc2 30. Qxc2 Qg5+ 31. Kh1
Qe3 32. Qc7+ Ng7 33. Qc1 Qe2 34. Qg1 g5 35. Bd4 Ne6 36. Qg3 Nf4 {Nunn ruled in
the first part of the event.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 53"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Qd2 b6 13. O-O e6 14. f4 Bg7
15. dxe6 Bxe6 16. f5 Qxd2 $6 ({More solid is} 16... Bc8 17. Bc4 gxf5 {
(Hjartarson - Ftacnik, Thessaloniki 1984).}) 17. Bxd2 gxf5 18. exf5 Bxa2 19.
Rb2 Bd5 20. f6 Bh8 $2 ({Correct is} 20... Rfe8 $1 21. Bb5 Bf8 22. Bxe8 Rxe8 {
(Khalifman).}) 21. Rf4 $2 (21. Bh6 $1 {wins immediately (Khalifman).}) 21... h5
$1 22. Bxh5 Rfd8 23. Rg4+ Kh7 ({Not} 23... Kf8 $2 24. Bh6+) 24. Bg5 Rac8 25.
Rf2 Be6 26. Rh4 Kg8 27. Rf3 $1 c4 28. Rg3 Rd3 29. Bf3 Bf5 30. Bf4+ Bg6 31. Be5
$1 {White threatens 32. Rgh3!} Re8 $1 {Sokolov sets a trap. Khalifman finds a
wonderful solution.} 32. Rxg6+ $1 ({Not} 32. Rgh3 $2 Bg7 $1) 32... fxg6 33.
Rxh8+ Kf7 34. Rh7+ Ke6 35. Bd4 Kf5 36. Rxa7 Rc8 37. f7 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 53"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Na6 7. Qd2 e5 8. d5
Qe8 9. Bd1 $5 {Seirawan plays an amusing novelty.} Nc5 10. Bc2 a5 11. Nge2 Nh5
$5 12. Nb5 Qd7 13. O-O-O b6 14. f3 a4 15. g4 $5 Nf4 $5 16. Nxf4 exf4 17. Bxf4
Ba6 18. Qb4 $6 ({Analysts prefer} 18. Na3 $1) 18... Bxb5 19. Qxb5 Qe7 $6 20.
Bd2 $2 (20. g5 $1 {(Piket)} Ra5 21. Qb4 a3 $1 22. b3 f6 $1 {gives an
initiative by Black.}) 20... a3 $1 21. b4 Qe5 $1 {Jeroen starts the decisive
attack.} 22. bxc5 Qa1+ 23. Bb1 ({Or} 23. Qb1 $4 Bb2#) 23... bxc5 $1 24. Kc2
Rfb8 $1 25. Kd3 Rxb5 26. cxb5 c4+ 27. Ke3 Qb2 28. Rc1 Bd4+ 29. Ke2 c3 {Nunn,
Piket and Adams led.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 53"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C74"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 f5 6. exf5 Bxf5 7. O-O Bd3 8. Re1
Be7 9. Re3 e4 10. Ne1 Bg5 11. Nxd3 $2 {He has forgotten the theory of the
Siesta.} Bxe3 12. Nb4 Bxf2+ $1 13. Kxf2 Qh4+ 14. Kg1 Nh6 15. Qf1 $6 (15. Nxc6
O-O $1 16. Qe2 Ng4 $1 17. g3 Qh3 18. Qg2 Qh5 {brings a black attack.}) 15...
Ng4 16. Qf4 Rf8 17. Qg3 Rf1+ $1 {Adams missed this move.} 18. Kxf1 Nxh2+ 19.
Qxh2 Qxh2 {Piket had taken the lead. He lost a won game against Kozul in the
next round and Nunn joined the first place.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 53"]
[Date "1991.01.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Olafsson, Helgi"]
[Black "Nunn, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4
c6 9. b3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. h3 Nc5 12. Re1 Qb6 13. Be3 a5 14. Rb1 Bd7 15.
Qc2 Rad8 16. Rbd1 Qc7 17. f4 Re7 18. Bf2 Rde8 19. Re2 Qc8 20. Kh2 h5 21. Bg1 h4
22. gxh4 Nh5 23. Rf1 Bf6 24. Rf3 Bxh4 25. a3 Bf6 26. Bf2 $2 {Helgi has missed
a combination.} ({Better is} 26. Kh1 {(Nunn).}) 26... Nxf4 $1 27. Nxc6 Bxc6 28.
Rxf4 Be5 29. Bg3 Ne6 30. Rh4 Bxg3+ 31. Kxg3 Nd4 32. Qd2 Nxe2+ 33. Nxe2 Qe6 {
Nunn took the lead because Piket lost. Eventually, John Nunn triumphed again.
His score became 81/2/13.} 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "9"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

{The ninth Linares tournament took place from 22 ii to 15 iii 1991. Time
controls were made at the moves forty and sixty before the adjournment. Luis
Rentero had increased the number of participants to fourteen. Eight players
were top ten and six were top fifty. The event became a race between the
technician Kasparov and mad genius Ivanchuk. This competition was very similar
to the contest of Capablanca and Rubinstein in San Sebastian 1911.   Ivanchuk
won the race of Kasparov. Their technical ability after the opening was
similar to the level of Rubinstein and Capablanca. Like Rubinstein, Ivanchuk
was mentally too unstable for the world championship quest. Rentero had a
great success as the organiser, because the best players in the world
participated, and only 42% of the games were drawn. Players got a bonus of
$2000 if they played an average of at least forty moves per game. Beliavsky
got an extra prize because he drew the least. } 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7
4. d4 Ngf6 5. O-O cxd4 6. Qxd4 a6 7. Bxd7+ Bxd7 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. c4 {
The centre is restricted by a new move.} e6 11. Nc3 Rc8 12. Kh1 h5 $5 ({Black
can play} 12... Be7 {at once.}) 13. a4 h4 14. h3 Be7 15. b4 a5 16. b5 Qc7 ({
Ivanchuk prefers} 16... Rc5 $5) 17. Nd2 Qc5 18. Qd3 Rg8 19. Rae1 {Kasparov has
achieved a dynamic equality.} Qg5 $6 {He ruins his position fast. The queen
starts on a fruitless mission.} ({Anand suggests} 19... b6 $1) 20. Rg1 Qf4 $6
21. Ref1 b6 22. Ne2 Qh6 23. c5 $5 (23. f4 {proceeds the attack in a natural
way.}) 23... Rxc5 $2 {Hereafter the black defence collapses.} ({Correct is} 
23... dxc5 $1 24. Nc4 Rb8 25. f4 Bc8 26. f5 Kf8 {White has a blockade for a
pawn.}) 24. Nc4 Kf8 25. Nxb6 Be8 26. f4 f5 27. exf5 Rxf5 28. Rc1 Kg7 29. g4 $1
Rc5 30. Rxc5 dxc5 31. Nc8 Bf8 32. Qd8 Qg6 33. f5 $1 Qh6 34. g5 $1 {Capture of
the bishop gives way to a counteraction.} Qh5 35. Rg4 $1 exf5 36. Nf4 Qh8 37.
Qf6+ Kh7 38. Rxh4+ {The tournament had started with a sensation.} 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "9"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. b3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Nbd7 8. Bd3
O-O 9. O-O Bd6 10. e4 $5 dxc4 11. bxc4 e5 12. c5 $1 {The queenside is
restrained by a novelty.} Bc7 13. Na4 $5 ({Less enterprising is} 13. Be3 Ng4)
13... exd4 14. h3 Re8 15. Re1 h6 ({White gains a plus in} 15... Ne5 $5 16. Nxe5
Bxe5 17. f4 $1 {(Kasparov).}) 16. Rb1 Nh7 17. Bc4 Qf6 18. Rb3 $1 Nhf8 $5 {A
long knight manoeuvre leads to control over square f4.} 19. Bc1 Ng6 20. Nxd4
Nde5 21. Bf1 Rd8 22. Bb2 {White wants to play g3 and f4.} Nh4 $2 ({The
tactical escape} 22... Ba5 $1 23. Ree3 Be6 $1 24. Rxb7 Bc8 25. Rbb3 Be6 26. Rb7
{leads to a repetition of positions.}) 23. Ree3 Qg5 24. g3 Nhg6 25. Qc2 $1 h5
26. Bg2 h4 27. f4 $1 Nxf4 28. gxf4 Qxf4 29. Nb6 Ng4 (29... Bxb6 30. Rxb6 {
brings no relief.}) 30. hxg4 Bxg4 31. Nxa8 Qh2+ 32. Kf1 Bg3 33. Rxg3 hxg3 34.
Qd3 Bh3 35. Qxg3 Qh1+ 36. Kf2 Bxg2 37. Qxg2 Qh4+ 38. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "9"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. Nd2
Ne8 9. a3 c5 10. h4 f5 11. h5 f4 $6 {He makes a positional mistake but
survives.} 12. hxg6 hxg6 13. Bg4 $1 Nf6 14. Bxc8 Qxc8 15. Nf3 Nc7 16. Bd2 Kf7
17. b4 b6 18. bxc5 bxc5 19. Qa4 Qe8 20. Qa5 Qd7 21. Ke2 Rfb8 22. Rhb1 Nce8 23.
Ng5+ Kg8 24. Ne6 Bf8 25. Kd3 Be7 26. Qa4 Qxa4 27. Nxa4 Bd8 28. Nxd8 Rxd8 29.
Rb7 Rd7 30. Rab1 Rad8 31. Ba5 Rxb7 32. Rxb7 Rd7 33. Rxd7 Nxd7 34. Nc3 a6 35.
Bd8 Kf7 36. f3 Nef6 37. Ne2 {Top two: Ivanchuk 1 1/2, Kasparov 1.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "9"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 a6 8. O-O
Qc7 9. Kh1 Be7 10. f4 O-O 11. f5 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 b5 13. a4 $5 b4 $1 14. Qxb4 d5
15. Qd4 Bc5 $1 (15... dxe4 16. Nxe4 {somewhat favours White (Ivanchuk).}) 16.
Qd3 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 exf5 $1 {Salov solves his problems in a grand
manner.} 19. Qf3 $1 ({Avoids} 19. Qxa8 $6 Bb7 20. Qxf8+ Kxf8 21. Rxf5 f6 {
(Ivanchuk).}) 19... Bb7 20. Bd5 Bxd5 21. Qxd5 Bd6 22. Qxf5 Bxh2 23. Ra3 g6 24.
Qf2 Be5 25. Rf3 Rad8 26. Be3 Rd7 27. b3 f6 28. Qe2 Kg7 $6 {Blunders are made
under time pressure.} 29. Qxa6 Qxc2 30. Bf4 Bxf4 31. Rxf4 Qc3 32. Qc4 Qe5 33.
Re4 Qg5 34. b4 Rff7 35. b5 Rd2 36. Rg4 Qh5+ $2 37. Rh4 Qg5 38. Rxh7+ Kxh7 39.
Qxf7+ Kh6 40. Qf8+ Kh7 41. Qe7+ Kh6 42. Qf8+ Kh7 43. Qe7+ Kh6 44. Qf8+ $2 {
Black claims a draw, because 44...Kh7 gives a threefold repetition of
positions.} ({Ivanchuk has missed the win} 44. Qe4 $1 Qh5+ 45. Kg1 Qc5+ 46. Kh2
Qh5+ 47. Kg3 Qg5+ 48. Kh3 Qh5+ 49. Qh4 Qxh4+ 50. Kxh4 Rd4+ 51. Kg3 Rxa4 52. Rb1
$1) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "9"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 c5 6. c3 Nbd7 7. Qb3 O-O 8. Be2
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. a4 a6 11. Rfd1 Qb8 12. Bf4 Qa7 13. Ne5 e6 14. Qa3 Rac8 15. b4
Nxe5 16. Bxe5 c4 17. Re1 Bc6 18. Bf3 Qb7 19. Qb2 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Bxf6 Bxf6
22. e4 Ra8 23. e5 Bg5 24. g3 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 f5 26. Be2 Ra8 27. f4 Be7 28. Nf3
Rxa1+ 29. Qxa1 Qa8 {Top two: Ivanchuk 2, Kasparov 1 1/2.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "9"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 c5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 O-O 8. g3
$6 {This novelty leads to poor play.} cxd4 $1 9. Qxd4 Nc6 10. Qh4 Bb7 11. Bg2
$6 (11. Bg5 $1 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qxf6 gxf6 14. Rg1 $1 {keeps the equality.})
11... Rc8 12. Bd2 Na5 $1 13. Bxa5 bxa5 14. b4 $6 ({Ok is} 14. O-O Qb6 15. b4 {
(Pelletier-Gelfand, Credit Suisse 1997).}) 14... Qc7 15. c5 $6 d6 16. Rc1 axb4
17. axb4 dxc5 18. Rxc5 Qb6 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. O-O Ba6 {Kasparov wins a pawn.}
21. Ne5 Bxe2 22. Re1 Bb5 23. Qf4 h6 24. h4 Be8 25. g4 Rd8 26. g5 Rd4 27. Qf3
hxg5 28. hxg5 Nd5 29. Rc1 Qb8 30. Qg3 Nf4 31. Qe3 Qd8 32. Nf3 Rxb4 33. Bf1 Nd5
34. Qxa7 Rg4+ 35. Kh1 Nf4 36. Qb7 Kh7 37. Qe4+ f5 38. gxf6+ Bg6 39. Qb7 Qxf6
40. Re1 Nd5 41. Bg2 Nf4 42. Bf1 Nd3 $1 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "9"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re2 Bg4 14. f3 Bh5 $1
15. Bxd5 cxd5 16. Nd2 {Ivanchuk improves on Kosten-Hebden, Gausdal 1987.} f5 $1
17. Qb3 ({'Theory' will become} 17. Nf1) 17... Bf7 18. Nf1 f4 19. Bd2 Qd7 20.
Rae1 a5 21. a3 a4 22. Qd1 Bg6 23. Bc1 Rf7 24. h3 Bf5 25. Nh2 h5 26. Rf2 Raf8
27. Nf1 Rf6 28. Nh2 Kh8 29. b3 $2 {White makes a strategic error.} Rc8 30. Bb2
Kh7 31. Nf1 Rff8 32. Rfe2 Rc7 33. Nh2 Rfc8 34. Nf1 b4 $3 {A sacrifice
increases the restraint.} 35. axb4 $6 (35. cxb4 Bc2 36. Qd2 axb3 37. Rc1 {
offers more resistance (Ehlvest).}) 35... a3 $1 36. Bxa3 ({Or} 36. Ba1 Rxc3 37.
Bxc3 Rxc3) 36... Rxc3 37. Kh2 Ra8 38. Bb2 Rd3 39. Qc1 Rc8 40. Rc2 Rxc2 41. Qxc2
Bg6 (41... Rxf3 $1 42. Qd1 Rf2 $1 43. Qxh5+ Kg8 {wins faster (Ivanchuk).}) 42.
Qf2 Bxb4 43. Re5 Rd1 44. Qe2 Rb1 45. Rg5 Qc6 46. Re5 Qc2 47. Rxh5+ Kg8 48. Qe6+
Bf7 49. Rh8+ Kxh8 50. Qxf7 Qc6 51. Bc3 Bxc3 52. Qf8+ Kh7 53. Qf5+ Qg6 {Top two:
Ivanchuk 3, Kasparov 2 1/2.} 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "9"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Rc1 Nc6 12. a3 Be7 13. Qd3 Nd5 14. Bxd5 exd5
15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Rfe1 Rc8 17. h4 h6 18. h5 Rc7 19. Nb5 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Ba6 21.
a4 Bxb5 22. Qxb5 Nf5 23. g3 Ne7 24. Ne5 Qd6 25. Qa6 Nf5 26. Qd3 Ne7 27. Qf3 a5
28. Kg2 f6 29. Nd3 Rc8 30. Re1 Rc4 31. Nf4 $5 Rxd4 32. Ng6 Nxg6 33. hxg6 Kf8 $5
34. Qf5 Rc4 {Both players have a few seconds.} 35. g4 $5 ({Best is} 35. Re6 $1
Qd8 36. Re5 $1 Qc8 37. Qxc8+ Rxc8 38. Rxd5 {drawn.}) 35... Qf4 $4 {Karpov
oversteps the time limit in a lost position.} ({Correct is} 35... Qc6 $1 36.
Re6 Qc8 37. Qxd5 Rxg4+ 38. Kh2 $1 Rxg6 39. f4 $1 Qc2+ 40. Kh3 Qc8 41. Kh2 {and
White escapes.}) (35... Qf4 $4 36. Qxd5 $1 Qxg4+ 37. Kf1 Qh3+ 38. Ke2 Qg4+ 39.
Kd3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "9"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nd4 $5 4. Ng1 $5 e6 (4... Nc6 $5 {repeats the moves!
}) 5. e3 Nf5 $5 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. d4 cxd4 8. exd4 Bb4 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O b6 $5 11.
Ne2 Bb7 12. d5 Ne7 $2 ({Sufficient counteraction gives} 12... b5 $1 13. a3 Bd6)
13. Bg5 Ng6 14. a3 Bd6 15. Nc3 Re8 16. Re1 a6 17. Ne4 $1 Be7 $6 (17... Bf8 {
saves a tempo.}) 18. d6 Bf8 19. h4 h6 20. h5 $1 hxg5 21. hxg6 fxg6 22. Ne5 $1 {
Black has been outclassed with subtle positional play.} Rc8 23. b4 a5 24. Rc1
axb4 25. axb4 g4 26. c5 bxc5 27. bxc5 Nxe4 28. Bxe4 Bxe4 29. Rxe4 Qg5 30. Rcc4
g3 31. fxg3 Red8 32. g4 ({Very solid is} 32. Qe1 $1) 32... Ra8 33. Qc1 Qxc1+
34. Rxc1 g5 35. Rb4 Rdc8 36. Rbc4 Ra7 $2 37. Rf1 $2 Ra5 38. Rfc1 Rd8 39. Re4 $2
Ra2 $2 {Many inaccuracies are made.} ({Better is} 39... Rc8 40. Nd3 g6) 40. Re3
Rd2 41. Rf1 g6 42. Nxg6 Kg7 43. Nxf8 $2 ({The attack can be continued with} 43.
Ne5 $1 Kg8 44. Rc1) 43... Rxf8 44. Rxf8 Kxf8 45. Re5 Kf7 46. Rxg5 Rc2 47. Rh5
Kf6 48. Rh7 Rxc5 49. Rxd7 Rg5 50. Rd8 Ke5 {Top two: Ivanchuk 4, Kasparov 3.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "9"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bh4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 dxc4 8.
Qa4+ Qd7 9. Qxc4 b6 10. e3 Ba6 11. Qb3 Bxf1 12. Kxf1 Nc6 13. Ke2 Na5 14. Qb4 e6
15. Ne5 Qd6 16. Bg3 O-O $1 {Black gives a pawn for the completion of his
development.} ({White is better in} 16... Qd5 $6 17. c4 $1 Qxg2 18. Qa4+ c6 19.
Rhg1 Qh3 20. Nxc6 O-O 21. Nxa5 bxa5 22. Rac1) 17. Nxg6 Qxb4 18. cxb4 hxg6 19.
bxa5 c5 20. Be5 cxd4 21. Bxd4 Bxd4 22. exd4 Rfd8 23. Ke3 Rd5 24. axb6 axb6 25.
Rhb1 {White cannot win the double rook endgame.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "9"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 e5 8. Rd1
Qe7 9. Nc3 c6 10. e4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 12. b3 Nc5 13. f3 Nfd7 14. Rb1 Ne5 15.
Nce2 a5 16. a3 h5 17. h4 Bd7 18. Be3 a4 19. b4 Ne6 20. c5 d5 21. exd5 cxd5 22.
Bf2 Nc4 23. Qc3 Rac8 24. Rbc1 b6 25. cxb6 Nxb6 26. Qd3 Nc4 27. Re1 Qd6 28. f4
Nb2 29. Qd2 Nc4 30. Qd3 Nb2 31. Qd2 Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "9"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nge2 e5 7. h3 c6 8. a4 Na6
9. Be3 exd4 10. Bxd4 Qe7 11. O-O Rd8 12. Re1 b6 13. g4 Bb7 14. f4 Nb4 15. Bf2
Ne8 16. Qd2 Nc7 17. Bd4 d5 18. exd5 Ncxd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Qd4+
Kg8 22. Nc3 Qb4 23. Qxb4 Nxb4 24. Be4 a5 25. Rad1 Ba6 26. Kf2 Bc4 27. Rxd8+
Rxd8 28. Rd1 Rxd1 29. Nxd1 Kf8 30. Ne3 Be6 31. Ke1 Ke7 32. Kd2 Kd6 33. c3 Nd5
34. Nxd5 cxd5 35. Bd3 Bc8 36. Bb5 f6 37. Ke3 Kc5 38. Kd3 Be6 39. Ke3 Bc8 40.
Kd3 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "9"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 g6 $2 {Gata longs for a spanking by his father.} 4.
e4 d5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Bd3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bg7 8. Ne2 O-O 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. h4 Be6 11.
h5 Qc8 12. Bd2 Bf5 13. Qb1 Nc6 $2 {The bishops have to be exchanged first.} 14.
Bxf5 Qxf5 15. Qxf5 gxf5 16. h6 Bxe5 {Withdrawal of the bishop leads to a life
imprisonment.} 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nd4 e6 19. Ke2 Nc4 20. Rae1 Kh8 21. Bg5 f6 22.
Nxe6 fxg5 23. Nxf8 Rxf8 24. Kd3 Nd6 25. f3 Kg8 26. Re7 Rf7 27. Rhe1 Kf8 28.
R7e6 Rd7 29. Rf6+ {Kamsky played a poor tournament. When he tried to claim his
score sheets, he lost that battle too.  Top: Ivanchuk 5, Kasparov 4 1/2.} 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "9"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Bb3
O-O 9. f4 b5 10. f5 $2 b4 11. Na4 e5 12. Ne2 Bb7 13. Ng3 Nbd7 14. Qe1 ({The
theory is} 14. Qf3 Bc6 15. Be3 {(Janosevic-Polugaevsky, Skopje 1971).}) 14...
a5 15. c4 Qc7 16. Qe2 Rfc8 17. Bg5 Nc5 18. Rac1 h6 $1 ({A capture on e4 by} 
18... Nfxe4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Bxe7 Bd3 21. Qe3 $1 {is premature (Ivanchuk).})
19. Be3 Ncd7 20. Bf2 Ra6 21. Rc2 Qb8 22. Re1 Qa8 $1 {Black aims his pieces on
the critical point e4.} 23. Qd3 $2 ({Correct is} 23. Rd2 $1 Nc5 24. Bc2 $1)
23... Ng4 24. Nf1 ({Or} 24. Qf3 Nxf2 25. Rxf2 Bh4) 24... Ndf6 25. Nd2 ({Avoids
} 25. Bh4 $2 Bxe4 $1 26. Rxe4 Nxe4 27. Bxe7 Qa7+ {(Ivanchuk).}) 25... Nxf2 $1
26. Kxf2 Bc6 27. Rcc1 ({Not} 27. Kg1 Qa7+) 27... Qa7+ 28. Ke2 Rd8 29. Bd1 $2 (
29. Rcd1 Ng4 30. Qg3 {prolongs the game.}) 29... d5 $1 30. cxd5 Nxd5 $1 31.
exd5 Rxd5 32. Qb3 Bg5 33. Rc2 Bxd2 (33... Bxd2 34. Rxd2 Bb5+) 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "9"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Rd1 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Qc7 13. h3 Bh2+ 14. Kh1
Be5 15. Bd2 Be6 16. Qd3 Qd7 17. Be1 Rfd8 18. Kg1 Rac8 19. Rac1 d4 20. exd4 Bxd4
21. Qe2 h6 22. b3 a6 23. Rc2 b5 24. Rcd2 Qa7 25. Ne4 Nxe4 26. Qxe4 Bb6 27.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. Rxd8+ Bxd8 29. Bc3 Qc5 30. Qe5 Qxe5 31. Bxe5 a5 32. Be4 f6 {
Ivanchuk 6 and Kasparov 5.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "9"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Be2 e6 6. c4 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 Ne7 8.
Be3 Nc6 9. Qd2 Bb4 10. Nc3 Qe5 11. O-O O-O 12. Rac1 b6 13. Rfd1 Bc5 14. Bxc5
bxc5 15. Qd6 f6 16. f4 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 {White has an optical advantage.} Kf7 18.
Rd2 Ke7 19. Bd1 g5 20. f5 d6 21. Ba4 Ne5 22. b3 a6 23. Rcd1 Rd8 24. Rf1 Bb7 25.
Rfd1 Rab8 26. Rf1 h5 27. h3 h4 28. Re2 Rg8 29. Nd1 $2 ({Correct is} 29. fxe6
Kxe6) 29... g4 $1 30. Nf2 exf5 ({Even better is} 30... Nf3+ $1 31. Kh1 Nd4) 31.
exf5 gxh3 32. Nxh3 Rg4 33. Kh2 Rbg8 34. Nf4 Kf7 35. Rd2 {Ljubojevic takes a
draw in a won position.} (35. Rd2 Rg3 $1 36. Rxd6 $5 Bxg2) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "9"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A19"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 c5 4. e5 Ng8 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nxe5 8.
Ndb5 a6 9. Nd6+ Bxd6 10. Qxd6 f6 11. Be3 Ne7 12. Bb6 Nf5 13. Qc5 $1 d6 14. Qa5
Qd7 $5 ({Beliavsky diverts from} 14... Qe7 {(Kasparov-Sokolov, Belfort 1988).})
15. f4 $1 Nc6 16. Qa3 {White has restriction for a pawn.} e5 $2 ({Theory will
become} 16... Nce7 $1 17. O-O-O Qc6) 17. Bd3 O-O 18. O-O exf4 $6 (18... Qf7 $5
19. fxe5 fxe5 20. Nd5 Qh5 {offers more resistance.}) 19. Rxf4 Nfe7 20. Rd1 Ng6
21. Rff1 Nge5 22. Be4 Qf7 23. b3 Be6 24. Qxd6 Kh8 25. Qc7 $1 Qxc7 26. Bxc7 Rf7
27. Bb6 Re8 28. h3 $1 Rd7 29. Nd5 Rc8 30. g4 Ng6 31. Kh2 Nce5 32. a4 $1 Rd6 33.
a5 Nd7 $2 34. Nc7 $1 {Beliavsky lost the lead. Hereafter, he was beaten by
Salov and Karpov.} 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "9"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. Bd3 Be7 $6 ({
The usual} 7... Nc6 {is stronger.}) 8. f4 d6 9. Qe2 $6 (9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 {
gains a plus (Kasparov).}) 9... Nc6 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. a3 $2 {Ehlvest plays
timidly.} Bf6 12. Be3 $6 ({Better is} 12. Bd2 Nd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Rc1 {
(Kasparov).}) 12... Bxc3+ $1 13. bxc3 e5 14. f5 Ncb8 $3 {Kasparov plays for a
win.} ({He avoids} 14... Nc5 15. Bxc5 dxc5 {and equality.}) 15. O-O Nc5 16. Bc2
Nbd7 17. Rfd1 Nf6 18. Nd2 Bd7 19. Bg5 Bc6 20. Qf3 O-O-O 21. Re1 h6 22. Bh4 Rdg8
$1 23. Kh1 Nfd7 24. Nf1 $6 (24. Rab1 g5 25. Bf2 {offers more resistance.})
24... g5 25. Bf2 h5 26. Qd1 h4 27. Qb1 Nf6 28. Bxc5 dxc5 29. Ne3 Qa5 $1 30. Qb2
h3 31. g3 Nxe4 32. Bxe4 Bxe4+ 33. Kg1 Rd8 34. Ng4 Bxf5 35. Nxe5 Qc7 36. Qf2 Be6
37. Rab1 Rd6 38. Rb2 Rhd8 39. Rbe2 f6 40. Ng6 Bxc4 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "9"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. a3
Be7 9. b4 Nbd7 10. Bb2 c6 11. Bc3 c5 12. bxc5 bxc5 13. Rb1 Rb8 14. Qc2 h6 15.
cxd5 Nxd5 16. Ba1 N5b6 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. Be4 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Bf6 20. Rfc1 Rc8 21.
Qb3 Rxc1+ 22. Rxc1 Qa8 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Bxf6 Nxf6 25. Ne5 Kg8 26. h3 Rc8 27.
Rxc8+ Qxc8 28. Ndc4 Nfd7 29. g3 Qc7 30. Nxd7 Qxc4 31. Qxc4 Nxc4 32. a4 Nb2 33.
a5 $6 {The initiative goes to Black.} ({Better is} 33. Nc5 Kf8 34. e4) 33...
Nc4 34. a6 f5 35. Kf1 Kf7 36. Ke2 Ke7 37. Nc5 Kd6 38. Nb7+ Kd5 39. f3 e5 40. g4
g6 41. Nd8 Nd6 42. gxf5 gxf5 43. h4 Kc5 44. e4 fxe4 45. fxe4 Kb6 46. Kd3 $1 Kb5
$3 {Ivanchuk starts a zugzwangduel.} 47. h5 $1 {Yusupov defends well.} Kb6 48.
Ne6 Kxa6 49. Nc5+ Kb5 50. Nd7 Nf7 51. Kc3 Kc6 52. Nf6 Kc5 53. Nd7+ Kb5 54. Nf6
a6 55. Nd7 Kc6 56. Nf6 Kc5 57. Nd7+ Kb5 58. Nf6 Ng5 59. Ng4 $1 Nxe4+ 60. Kc2
Ng3 61. Nxh6 e4 62. Nf7 Nxh5 63. Nd6+ {Ivanchuk and Kasparov 7.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "9"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E87"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. Qd2 f5
9. O-O-O f4 $6 10. Bf2 Bf6 11. Qe1 Be7 $6 12. g4 Ng7 13. h4 Nd7 14. Nge2 h6 15.
Kb1 c5 16. a3 $6 ({Known is} 16. g5 h5 17. Nc1 {(Gufeld-Liberzon, Tbilisi 1966)
.}) ({A novelty will become} 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. c5 $1 {(Ward-Kohtz, Hamburg
1995).}) 16... a6 17. Nc1 Ne8 $6 18. Bd3 b5 $5 {Black could have prepared the
counteraction.} 19. cxb5 Nc7 20. h5 g5 21. Qf1 axb5 22. Nxb5 Nxb5 23. Bxb5 Qb6
24. Be1 Ba6 $2 {He should avoid exchanges.} 25. Bxa6 Rxa6 26. Rd3 Qa7 27. Rb3
Rb6 $6 28. Rh2 Rfb8 29. Rxb6 Rxb6 30. Qd3 Bd8 31. Ka2 Rb8 32. Nb3 Kf8 33. Rc2
Ke7 34. Bd2 Bc7 35. Bc1 Ba5 36. Bd2 Bd8 37. Qc4 Rb7 38. Bc3 Nb6 39. Qe2 Na4 40.
Be1 Qb8 41. Qc4 Nb6 42. Qa6 Nd7 43. Nd2 Ra7 44. Qe2 Ba5 45. Nc4 Bxe1 46. Qxe1
Qb5 47. Qc3 Qa6 48. Qb3 Rb7 49. Qd3 Qa4 50. Rc3 Rb4 51. Kb1 Rb7 52. Qc2 Qa6 53.
Rb3 Ra7 54. Qd3 Kd8 55. Nd2 Qxd3+ $6 56. Rxd3 Nb6 57. Ka2 Ra4 58. b3 Ra6 59.
Rc3 Kd7 (59... Ra7 $1 60. Nc4 Nc8 {prolongs the game.}) 60. Nc4 Nc8 {An
astounding winning move follows.} 61. b4 $3 (61. b4 cxb4 62. Rb3 $1 bxa3 63.
Rb7+ Kd8 64. Rh7 {leads to a succesful invasion (Ivanchuk).}) 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "9"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. c4 Bxe5 8.
dxe5 Nc6 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Qc2 Nb4 11. Bxe4 Nxc2 12. Bxd5 Bf5 13. g4 Bxg4 14.
Be4 Nxa1 15. Bf4 f5 16. Bd5+ Kh8 17. Rc1 c6 18. Bg2 Rfd8 19. Nd2 Rxd2 20. Bxd2
Rd8 21. Bc3 Rd1+ 22. Rxd1 Bxd1 23. f4 Nc2 24. Kf2 Kg8 25. a4 a5 26. Bxa5 Nd4
27. Bf1 Bb3 {Ivanchuk 8, Kasparov 7 1/2.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "9"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O dxc4 7. Na3 c3 8. bxc3
c5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Qa5 11. Bb2 Nd5 12. Rac1 b6 13. Nd2 e6 $2 {Gelfand
repeats the blunder in Holzl-Mikhalchishin, Budapest 1990.} ({Correct is} 13...
Rd8) 14. Nb3 $1 {Ivanchuk plays a crushing move.} Qa6 15. c4 Ndb4 16. Nb5 Qa4
$2 ({Or} 16... Qxa2 17. Rc3 Qa6 18. Nc7 {(Anand).}) 17. Nc3 Qa6 18. a3 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "9"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. O-O Bg7 7. d3 a6 8. Bxc6
Bxc6 9. Qe1 Qd7 10. a4 b6 11. b3 Nf6 12. h3 $6 Nh5 13. Bd2 f5 $5 14. exf5 gxf5
15. Qh4 Nf6 16. Rae1 O-O-O 17. a5 b5 18. b4 cxb4 19. Na2 Nd5 20. Nxb4 Bf6 21.
Qf2 Nxb4 22. Bxb4 Rhg8 $1 23. Re2 Rg6 24. Qe1 $2 ({Better is} 24. Qe3) 24...
Rdg8 25. Kh2 e5 $1 26. fxe5 Bxe5+ 27. Kh1 Qb7 $2 ({Kasparov misses the win} 
27... Qg7 28. Qf2 Rxg2 $1 29. Qxg2 Qf7) 28. d4 $1 Rxg2 $4 {Kasparov looks
shocked after he has carried out this move.} (28... Bg3 {keeps a plus.}) 29.
Rxg2 Rxg2 ({Kasparov had noticed} 29... Bxf3 30. Rxf3 Qxf3 31. Qc3+ $1 Qxc3 32.
Rxg8+ {too late.}) 30. Kxg2 Qg7+ 31. Kh1 Bf4 32. Qe6+ Bd7 33. Qd5 Qg3 34. Qa8+
$2 {Ljubojevic endures time trouble.} ({He misses} 34. Re1 $1 Qxh3+ 35. Kg1
Qg3+ 36. Kf1 Qh3+ 37. Ke2 {and the king escapes from the checks.}) 34... Kc7
35. Re1 $6 (35. Qa7+ Kc8 $1 36. Qxa6+ Kb8 $1 37. Rf2 $1 Qxf2 38. Bxd6+ {
attacks.}) 35... Qxh3+ 36. Kg1 Qg3+ 37. Kf1 Qh3+ 38. Ke2 $5 Bc6 39. Qa7+ Kc8
40. Rf1 $4 ({Correct is} 40. Nd2 Qg4+ 41. Kd3 Qg3+ 42. Ke2 $11 {(Kasparov).})
40... Qg2+ 41. Ke1 Bg3+ 42. Kd1 Qxf1+ 43. Ne1 Bxe1 {Ivanchuk 9, Kasparov 8 1/2.
} 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "9"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1. c4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. e3 O-O 7. Nge2 e5 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Rb1 Kh8 $6 {Black loses a tempo.} ({Better is} 9... c6) 10. b4 a6 11.
Bb2 Nh5 12. f4 Ndf6 13. Qd2 c6 14. a4 Qe7 15. b5 axb5 16. axb5 Bd7 17. h3 Rfe8
18. Ra1 h6 19. e4 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Qd8 21. exf5 Bxf5 22. Kh2 ({Yusupov had planned
} 22. g4 Bxg4 $1 23. hxg4 Nxg4) 22... exf4 23. Nxf4 Nxf4 24. Qxf4 Nh5 25. Qd2
Kh7 $2 (25... Qc7 $1 {faces the difficulties.}) 26. Ne4 $2 {Kasparov misses
the victory.} ({The fine} 26. bxc6 $1 Nxg3 $1 {(Yusupov)} 27. Ne4 $1 Nxe4 28.
dxe4 Bxe4 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. Ra7 $1 Bxg2 31. Rxb7+ Re7 32. Kxg2 {wins.}) 26...
d5 $1 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Qb2+ Kg8 29. cxd5 $2 ({Correct is} 29. bxc6 $1 dxe4 30.
cxb7 Qc7 31. Ra8 Rb8 {Black has a difficult position (Yusupov).}) 29... cxd5
30. Nc3 Qc7 $1 31. Bxd5+ Kh7 32. Rg1 Re3 33. Ne4 Bxe4 $2 (33... Rxd3 $1 34. Qg2
Qe5 35. Bxb7 Re3 {gains material.}) 34. Bxe4 Nxg3 35. Bxg6+ $1 {Kasparov has a
great escape.} Kxg6 36. Qf2 Rxd3 37. Rxg3+ Rxg3 38. Qxg3+ Qxg3+ 39. Kxg3 Kg5
40. b6 {Both players missed opportunities in a hard game.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "9"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Re4 g5 16. Qf3 Bf5 17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. Re3 Be4 19. Rxe4 dxe4 20. Qf6 Qg4 {A
novelty is played.} 21. Nd2 $5 Rae8 22. Nf1 ({Timman avoids the adventures of} 
22. Qxd6 e3 23. fxe3 Rxe3 {(Anand).}) 22... Be7 23. Qxa6 f5 24. Qxb5 f4 {
Ivanchuk had won Linares 1991!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "NBC-25 years jubilee"]
[Site "1991-94"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Boll, Peter"]
[Black "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

{The NBC (Dutch Federation of Correspondence players or Nederlandse Bond van
Correspondentieschakers) celebrated its 25th anniversary with a big tournament.
Mostert planned the jubilee. It became an Open Dutch Super Championship of
fourteen Dutch and seven foreign players and lasted from 26 xi 1991 until 15 v
1994. Bouwmeester withdrew and scored twenty defeats.   Timmerman and Van
Oosterom were the best. I have analysed their games.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4
cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. Qg3
Nc6 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12. Re1 Bb7 13. f3 O-O 14. Bh6 Ne8 15. Rad1 Bf6 $5 16. Rd3 $1
{He develops a rook and safeguards the knight. The chances are equal.} b4 17.
Na4 a5 {White has slight problems on the flank.} 18. c4 $2 ({Fine prophylactic
play is shown by} 18. Rd2 $1 Ba6 19. c4 $1 Bxc4 20. Rc1 d5 21. Be3 {(threatens
Bc5)} Rd8 22. Bf2 {and White will recover the pawn.}) 18... bxc3 19. bxc3 ({Not
} 19. Nxc3 $2 a4 $1 20. Bd1 a3) 19... Ba6 20. c4 Bxc4 21. Rc1 d5 22. exd5 $6 (
22. e5 $1 {(Boll)} Be7 23. Be3 $1 Ba3 24. Rcc3 $1 {gives more counter-play.})
22... exd5 23. Be3 Nd6 $1 24. Nb6 Nf5 $1 25. Qf2 Nxe3 26. Nxa8 Bg5 $1 27. Rxe3
Bxe3 28. Qxe3 Rxa8 {Van Oosterom has gained a pawn.} 29. Qd4 h6 $5 30. Rc2 ({
The pointe is} 30. Bxc4 Rc8 {(Boll).}) 30... Qb5 31. Rc3 Rc8 32. h3 a4 33. Bc2
Re8 34. Kh2 h5 $5 35. f4 h4 $1 {Black has opened a new front.} 36. a3 Qb8 37.
Rf3 Qd6 $5 38. Bxa4 Re4 39. Qd2 g5 $5 40. Bd1 gxf4 41. a4 Qe5 42. Qa5 Qg5 43.
Qb4 Ba6 44. Qb8+ Kg7 45. Qb2+ d4 46. Qb4 Qe5 47. Qb6 Bc4 48. Qb4 Bd5 49. Bb3 d3
50. Qb5 Bxb3 51. Qxb3 d2 0-1

[Event "NBC-25 years jubilee"]
[Site "1991-94"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ekebjaerg, Ove"]
[Black "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C27"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. Nc3 Nf6 2. e4 e5 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Qh5 Nd6 5. Bb3 Nc6 6. Nb5 g6 7. Qf3 f5 8.
Qd5 Qe7 9. Nxc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 b6 {The Frankenstein-Dracula Variation has been
chosen.} 11. d3 Bb7 12. h4 f4 13. Qf3 Nd4 14. Qg4 Bg7 15. Bd2 Bxa8 16. O-O-O
Bf6 17. Bb4 a5 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Nh3 $2 ({Passivity can be avoided by} 19. h5
$1) 19... Qc6 20. Ng5 $5 {White makes a new move.} ({He betters} 20. c3 $6 {
(Hardman - Muir, corr 1986-7).}) 20... a4 21. Bc4 b5 $1 22. Nf7+ Kc7 23. Nxh8
Bxh8 {Black has sacrificed another exchange.} 24. h5 $1 (24. c3 bxc4 25. cxd4
$2 cxd3+ {failed in Belov - Stringer, corr. 1998.}) 24... g5 $1 25. c3 ({Or} 
25. Qxg5 bxc4 {(Timmerman)} 26. c3 Ne2+ 27. Kc2 Qxg2 {and Black wins.}) 25...
bxc4 26. cxd4 cxd3+ 27. Kb1 Qc2+ 28. Ka1 a3 $1 29. Rb1 Be4 $5 (29... h6 $1 30.
Qd1 Bxg2 {wions more easily.}) 30. Qd1 $1 exd4 31. Qf1 $1 d6 ({Black avoids} 
31... d2 $2 32. Qb5 $1 axb2+ 33. Qxb2 {(Timmerman).}) 32. f3 Bf5 33. Qc1 d2 34.
Qxc2+ Bxc2 35. Rhd1 d3 36. Rxd2 Kb6 {The black king will move towards a3 and
White will be mated. Timmerman had achieved an elegant win by restraint.} 0-1

[Event "NBC-25 years jubilee"]
[Site "1991-94"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hovde, Frank"]
[Black "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bc1 Kh8 11. d5 Ne7 12. Nd2 Nh6 13. b4 f5 14. c5 Neg8 15. Nc4
Nf6 16. f3 f4 17. a4 g5 18. h3 Nf7 19. Ba3 Rg8 20. b5 dxc5 21. Bxc5 Bf8 22.
Bxf8 $2 (22. Bf2 {keeps the strong bishop.}) 22... Qxf8 23. d6 $2 {White gives
away a pawn.} cxd6 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. Qxd5 Qe7 26. Na5 h5 (26... Qc7 {was played
in Djurhuus - Watson, Gausdal 1991.}) 27. Bc4 Rg7 28. Rad1 g4 $1 29. hxg4 Qh4
$1 30. Nxb7 Bxb7 31. Qxb7 Rag8 $1 {Timmerman decides the game beautifully.} 32.
Qxf7 ({The pointe is} 32. Bxf7 hxg4 $1 {(threatens .. g3)} 33. fxg4 Qxg4 34.
Rd2 {(Timmerman)} Qh3 35. Bxg8 Qe3+ 36. Rdf2 Rxb7) 32... Rxf7 33. Bxf7 hxg4 34.
fxg4 Rxg4 35. Rxd6 Qe7 36. Rg6 Qc5+ 37. Rf2 Qc1+ 38. Rf1 Qe3+ 39. Rf2 Rg3 0-1

[Event "NBC-25 years jubilee"]
[Site "1991-94"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hovde, Frank"]
[Black "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 Be7 7. g3 d5 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bf4 $5 (11. Be3 {was played in Speelman -
Gulko, Amsterdam 1989.}) 11... Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 $5 13. Re1 Qd7 $6 ({Better is} 
13... Bg6 $1 14. e3 Rc8) 14. Rc1 Rad8 15. Qa4 Bc5 16. Nb3 Bb6 17. Qb5 Qe7 18.
e3 h6 19. g4 Bg6 20. Na4 h5 $6 ({More solid is} 20... Ne5 $5 21. Nxb6 axb6 22.
Bxe5 Qxe5 23. Nd4 Qd6) 21. Nxb6 axb6 22. g5 Ne4 23. h4 Ne5 24. Red1 Nc4 25.
Rxd5 Nxb2 26. Re5 $1 Qf8 27. Rxe8 (27. Bf1 $1 Rxe5 28. Bxe5 Nd1 29. f3 Nd2 30.
Nxd2 Rxd2 31. Qxb6 {wins for White.}) 27... Qxe8 28. Qxe8+ Rxe8 29. f3 Nd3 $1 (
{Or} 29... Nc5 30. Nxc5 bxc5 31. Rxc5 Nd3 32. Rb5 {and White wins (Hovde).})
30. fxe4 Nxc1 31. Nxc1 Bxe4 32. Ne2 Bxg2 33. Kxg2 Rd8 {Black has counter-play
for the exchange.} 34. Nd4 Kh7 35. Kf3 Rc8 36. Nf5 Rc1 37. Nd6 (37. Be5 {wins
as well.}) 37... Kg6 38. Nxb7 Ra1 39. Nd6 Rxa3 40. Nc4 Rb3 41. Ne5+ Kf5 42.
Nxf7 b5 43. Nd6+ Kg6 44. Ke4 $2 {The king blocks a pawn.} ({Right is} 44. Be5
$1 {(Hovde)} b4 45. Ke2 Rb1 46. e4 $1) 44... Rb1 45. Kd3 b4 46. e4 Rh1 47. Nf5
Kf7 48. g6+ Kxg6 49. Bg5 Rg1 50. Be7 b3 51. Kc3 Kf7 52. Bg5 g6 53. Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NBC-25 years jubilee"]
[Site "1991-94"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Neuvonen, Olavi"]
[Black "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nxc6 Qd7 11. Nd4 Qe7 12. Bf4 f6 13. Nb3 $2 {White
blunders in a theoretical position.} ({Known is} 13. e6 Bxe6 14. c3 {(Rogers -
Pavlovic, Sokobanja 1989).}) 13... Bxf2+ $1 14. Rxf2 Nxf2 15. Qxd5+ Be6 16. Qc5
Qxc5 17. Nxc5 Rae8 18. Nc3 fxe5 19. Bxe5 Bf5 20. Bd4 Ng4 21. Nb5 Bxc2 22. Rc1
Bg6 23. h3 Nh6 24. Nxc7 Re2 25. N7e6 Rc8 26. Rc3 $2 ({Correct is} 26. Bc3)
26... Nf5 $1 27. Bf2 Rxb2 28. a4 Bf7 29. Nf4 Ra2 30. Nfd3 a5 31. Nc1 Ra1 32.
Kh2 Ne7 33. N1d3 Nd5 34. Rc1 Ra2 0-1

[Event "NBC-25 years jubilee"]
[Site "1991-94"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Overveld, Ronald"]
[Black "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 f5 4. d4 e4 5. Ng5 Nf6 6. Nh3 c6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6
Qxf6 9. e3 g5 10. Ng1 $5 Nd7 11. h4 $5 Rg8 12. Nh3 $5 {Moves were conceived in
the Department of Funny Manoeuvres.} Qf7 13. Be2 Nf6 14. d5 Qc7 15. Qd2 Bd7 16.
O-O-O c5 17. hxg5 hxg5 18. f3 exf3 19. gxf3 O-O-O 20. Rdg1 Bh6 21. e4 f4 22.
Nf2 Rh8 23. Bf1 Rde8 24. Bh3 a6 25. Be6 Bxe6 26. dxe6 Rxe6 $2 ({Better is} 
26... Qe7 $1) 27. Rxg5 $1 Qd8 28. Rg2 Nd7 29. Ng4 $6 (29. Nd5 $1 {keeps more
pressure.}) 29... Bg7 $1 30. Rxh8 Qxh8 31. Rh2 Qf8 32. Nd5 Ne5 33. Nxe5 Bxe5
34. Rh7 Qg8 $1 35. Rh2 Kb8 36. Rg2 Rg6 37. Rxg6 Qxg6 38. Kc2 Qg3 39. Qe2 Qg1
40. Kb3 Qc1 41. a4 Ka7 42. Ne7 $6 {The black king should remain imprisoned.}
Kb6 $1 43. Ng6 Bd4 44. Ne7 $2 {Suddenly Black is won.} (44. Nh4 $1 Ka5 45. Ng2
$1 b5 46. axb5 axb5 47. Qe1+ {draws.}) 44... Ka5 45. Ng6 b5 46. axb5 axb5 47.
cxb5 c4+ $1 48. Ka2 c3 49. bxc3 Qxc3 0-1

[Event "NBC-25 years jubilee"]
[Site "1991-94"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Quist, Viggo"]
[Black "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. c4 e5 2. e3 d6 3. Nc3 f5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Nge2 Nf6 7. d3 O-O 8. O-O c6
9. b4 Be6 10. b5 d5 11. Ba3 Re8 12. d4 e4 13. bxc6 bxc6 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5
Bxd5 16. Qa4 Nd7 17. Rfc1 Nb6 18. Qa6 g5 19. Rc2 Qf6 20. Bf1 h5 21. Rac1 h4 22.
Nc3 Bf7 23. Qb7 hxg3 24. hxg3 f4 $5 {Gert Jan has begun a valiant attack. The
prospects look poor for White, if he starts to exchange pawns.} 25. Nxe4 $1
Rxe4 26. Rxc6 $1 Bd5 27. Qxa8+ $1 Nxa8 28. Rxf6 Bxf6 29. Bg2 fxe3 30. fxe3 Rxe3
$6 ({Preferable is} 30... Nb6) 31. Bxd5+ Kg7 32. Bc5 ({The game was drawn,
although} 32. Bc5 Nb6 33. Bb3 Rxg3+ 34. Kf2 {brings an edge for White.})
1/2-1/2

[Event "NBC-25 years jubilee"]
[Site "1991-94"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Quist, Viggo"]
[Black "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. c4 e5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Qe7 7. Be2 O-O 8.
d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Ne4 10. Qb3 Qf6 11. Nf3 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Ne1 $6 Nc5 14. Qd1
Rad8 15. Nf3 $2 Rfe8 16. Nd4 d5 17. cxd5 Rxd5 18. Bc4 Rd6 19. Qf3 Qg6 20. Qg3
Nxd4 21. exd4 {Black can capture a pawn, but he prefers to continue the attack.
} Qe4 $1 22. dxc5 $5 ({Van Oosterom regards} 22. Bb5 {as better but} Rg6 $1 23.
Bg5 Qd5 $1 {crushes the white defence.}) 22... Qxc4 $1 23. Bg5 ({The pointe is
} 23. cxd6 Qxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Ba6+ 25. Kg1 Re1# {(Van Oosterom).}) 23... Qxc5 24.
Rfe1 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 h6 26. Be7 $2 Re6 0-1

[Event "NBC-25 years jubilee"]
[Site "1991-94"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rittner, Horst"]
[Black "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B96"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 b5 8. e5
dxe5 9. fxe5 Qc7 10. exf6 Qe5+ 11. Be2 Qxg5 12. Qd3 $5 (12. O-O {takes less
risk in the Polugaevsky Variation.}) 12... Qxf6 13. Rf1 Qe5 14. Rd1 Ra7 15. Nf3
({Slightly advantageous is} 15. Ndxb5 $1 Rd7 16. Qc4 Bb7 17. Rxd7 $1 {
(Bednarski - Gralka, Piotrkow Trybunalski 1977).}) 15... Qc7 16. Ng5 f5 17. Qd4
Qe7 $5 {Black gives the exchange.} (17... h5 $5 18. Rxf5 $5 exf5 19. Nd5 {led
to complications in Tal - Polugaevsky, Alma-Ata 1980.}) 18. Bh5+ g6 19. Qxh8
Qxg5 20. Bf3 Nd7 21. Qxh7 $5 ({Rittner diverts from the known} 21. Rf2 {
(Hellers - Polugaevsky, Haninge 1989).}) 21... Qe3+ 22. Ne2 Ne5 23. Qh4 Bd7 {
Black has compensation for the exchange.} 24. Qf4 $6 (24. Qd4 $1 Qxd4 25. Nxd4
Nc4 26. Nc6 {counters timely.}) 24... Nc4 25. Rh1 $5 Kf7 26. Qxe3 Nxe3 27. Rd2
Nc4 28. Rd3 Nxb2 29. Rb3 Nc4 30. h4 Ne5 31. h5 $5 g5 $1 32. h6 Kg8 33. h7+ Kh8
34. Nd4 g4 35. Be2 Ng6 36. Bd3 $6 (36. c4 $1 {brings counter-play.}) 36... Nf4
37. g3 Nh3 $1 38. Bf1 Ng5 39. Rh5 Nxh7 40. Re3 Bc5 41. Rxe6 $5 Bxe6 42. Nxe6
Re7 43. Rh6 Be3 44. Rg6 Bd4 45. Be2 Bc3+ 46. Kf1 Nf6 47. Ng5 Rg7 48. Rh6+ Kg8
49. Ne6 Re7 50. Nf4 Kf7 51. Bd3 Re5 52. Rh8 $6 (52. a4 $1 Bd2 (52... bxa4 $2
53. Bc4+ $1) 53. axb5 axb5 {exchanges a pawn and plays} 54. Rh8) 52... Re3 53.
Rc8 Be5 54. Bxf5 $5 Rxg3 55. Bg6+ Kg7 56. Nh5+ $1 Kxg6 57. Nxg3 Bxg3 58. Ra8
Kf5 59. Rxa6 b4 60. a3 bxa3 61. Rxa3 Be5 62. Ra5 Ne4 63. Kg2 Nc3 64. Kf2 Kf4
65. Ra8 Bd4+ 66. Kg2 Kg5 67. Rd8 Bf6 68. Rd7 Be5 {The game was adjudicated.} ({
Players and arbiters investigated the line} 68... Be5 69. Re7 Kf4 70. Rf7+ $1
Ke4 71. Ra7 Nd5 72. Ra4+ Kf5 73. c4 $1 {No win was found despite black's
material advantage.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "NBC-25 years jubilee"]
[Site "1991-94"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sarink, Hendrik"]
[Black "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8.
Be3 O-O-O 9. Nd2 Nh6 10. f3 f5 11. Qe2 Re8 12. Nc4 Qg6 13. e5 c5 14. Nb3 b5 15.
Nca5 Rxe5 16. Qf2 c4 17. Bf4 $1 (17. Nc5 $4 f4 $1 {(G. Nielsen - H. Nielsen,
corr. 1984)} 18. Bd4 Bxc5 19. Bxc5 Bh3 $1) 17... Rd5 18. Rad1 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Qb6
({Not} 19... cxb3 $2 20. Bxc7 $1) 20. Be3 Qe6 21. Nc5 Bxc5 22. Bxc5 Re8 23. Qd2
Nf7 24. b3 cxb3 25. cxb3 Bc6 26. Qc2 Ba8 27. Bf2 Rd8 28. Rc1 Rd7 29. h3 $2 {
White weakens his kingside.} ({More useful is} 29. a4) 29... Qd5 30. Re1 g5 $1
31. Bg3 Nd8 32. b4 g4 $1 33. hxg4 fxg4 34. fxg4 Qd4+ 35. Kh2 Qxb4 36. Nb3 Qxg4
37. Rc1 Ne6 38. Re1 Rd5 39. Qc3 Rh5+ 40. Kg1 Rh1+ $1 41. Kf2 ({Or} 41. Kxh1
Qh3+ 42. Kg1 Qxg2#) 41... Qf5+ 42. Ke2 Qe4+ 43. Kd1 Rxe1+ 44. Bxe1 Qb1+ 45. Nc1
Bxg2 46. Bg3 Qe4 0-1

[Event "NBC-25 years jubilee"]
[Site "1991-94"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sarink, Hendrik"]
[Black "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8.
Be3 O-O-O 9. Nd2 Nh6 10. f3 f5 11. Qe2 Re8 12. Nc4 Qg6 13. e5 c5 14. Nb3 b5 15.
Nca5 Rxe5 16. Qf2 f4 $5 ({Timmerman played} 16... c4) 17. Bxf4 Rf5 18. Bg3 $2 (
{Right is} 18. Qd2 $1) 18... c4 19. Nd4 Rd5 (19... Qb6 $1 20. Nxf5 Nxf5 {wins
as well.}) 20. c3 Bc5 21. b4 ({White could try} 21. f4 Nf5 22. Qf3 $1 Nxd4 $1 (
{the trap was} 22... Rxd4 23. Qa8#) 23. cxd4 (23. Qxd5 Ne2+ 24. Kh1 Nxg3+ 25.
hxg3 Qh6+) 23... Bxd4+ {(Van Oosterom).}) 21... Bb6 22. Qd2 $2 Nf5 23. Bf2 Nxd4
24. cxd4 Bh3 25. Be3 Re8 0-1

[Event "NBC-25 years jubilee"]
[Site "1991-94"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Seewald, Pieter"]
[Black "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E76"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 Na6 7. Bd3 e5 8. fxe5
dxe5 9. d5 c6 10. Bg5 Qb6 11. Na4 Qb4+ $1 ({An alternative brings} 11... Qa5+ {
(Garcia Palermo - Danailov, Alicante 1992).}) 12. Bd2 Qe7 13. Qe2 Nh5 14. O-O
Nf4 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. h3 Qb4 17. Qc2 b5 18. cxb5 cxb5 19. Nc3 Qc5+ 20. Qf2 b4
21. Ne2 Qxf2+ 22. Rxf2 Nc5 23. Bc2 a5 24. Ned4 $2 ({Better is} 24. Nxf4 Bxb2
25. Rd1) 24... a4 25. Rd1 Bb7 26. Nh2 Rfd8 {Timmerman plays a resourceful game.
} 27. b3 $6 ({The critical line is} 27. Rxf4 $1 b3 $1 28. axb3 Bxd4+ 29. Rxd4
axb3 30. Bd1 Ne6 $1 31. dxe6 Rxd4 32. exf7+ Kf8 33. Bxb3 Ra1+ {and the
complications favour Black.}) 27... axb3 28. axb3 f5 29. exf5 Rxd5 30. Nhf3 Rd6
31. Rfd2 Be4 32. fxg6 hxg6 33. Ne2 Rxd2 34. Rxd2 Bxc2 35. Rxc2 Nxb3 36. Rc4 Rb8
37. Nxf4 Na5 38. Rc5 $2 b3 39. Kh2 $2 {White does not want to prolong the game.
} b2 {Poor Seewald died during the tournament.} 0-1

[Event "NBC-25 years jubilee"]
[Site "1991-94"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Seewald, Pieter"]
[Black "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. Nc3 Nb4 12. Qc1 Nbd5 13. Rd1 Rc8 14. Nxd5 Bxd5
15. Be3 c6 16. Ne1 Bxg2 17. Nxg2 Nd5 18. Nf4 Qb6 19. Qd2 Rfd8 20. Nxd5 Rxd5 21.
Qc3 Bf6 22. Rd3 Qd8 23. Qd2 e5 24. dxe5 Rxd3 25. exd3 Bxe5 26. d4 Bf6 27. Rc1
h6 28. b3 Qd7 29. d5 cxd5 30. Rxc8+ Qxc8 31. Qxd5 Qc2 32. Qa8+ Kh7 33. Qxa6
Qb1+ 34. Kg2 Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NBC-25 years jubilee"]
[Site "1991-94"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Staal, Jacob"]
[Black "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E58"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qc7 10. Qe2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. f3
Bd7 15. e4 Ba4 16. Bb2 Rad8 17. Rae1 Bc6 18. Bb3 Nh5 19. g3 Rfe8 20. Rd1 Qg5
21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 h6 24. Bd5 Bxd5 25. exd5 Qe3+ 26. Kg2 c4
$1 27. d6 Nf6 28. d7 (28. d7 Nxd7 29. Qxd7 Qe2+ 30. Kh3 Qxb2 31. Qc8+ Kh7 32.
Qf5+ {leads to perpetual check (van Oosterom).}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "NBC-25 years jubilee"]
[Site "1991-94"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Temmink, Henk"]
[Black "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. Bg5 Nc6 6. Qe3 h6 7. Bh4 Nf6 8. c4
$6 (8. Nc3 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 {leads to Wedberg - Svensson, Stockholm 1977.}) 8...
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Nc3 Nh5 11. O-O-O $5 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Qa5 13. Rd5 b5 14. e5 Be6
15. exd6 Bxc3 16. d7+ {White has chosen a forwards defence.} Kf8 17. bxc3 $2 (
17. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 18. bxc3 Bxd5 19. cxd5 Nd8 {gives chances to both parties.})
17... Qa3+ 18. Kd1 Bxd5 19. cxd5 Qd6 20. Qd2 Ne5 21. Nxg5 Nxd7 22. Ne4 Qe5 23.
Rh4 $2 f5 $1 {White loses his knight.} 0-1

[Event "NBC-25 years jubilee"]
[Site "1991-94"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Black "Boll, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B82"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Qc7 7. Nf3 e6 8. Bd3
Nc6 9. O-O Be7 10. Qe1 Nb4 11. e5 Nxd3 12. cxd3 Nd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Be3 dxe5
15. Rc1 Qd8 16. fxe5 Bf5 17. Qf2 O-O 18. Bb6 Qe8 19. Qd4 Qb5 20. Bc5 Bxc5 21.
Rxc5 Qxd3 22. Rxd5 Rad8 23. Qxd3 Bxd3 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Rd1 Rd5 26. Rc1 Kf8 27.
Kf2 Ke7 28. Rc7+ Rd7 29. Rc8 Bf5 30. Kg3 f6 31. exf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "NBC-25 years jubilee"]
[Site "1991-94"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Black "Kolenbrander, Joop"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 Be7 7. Re1 f5 8.
dxe5 O-O 9. Bb3+ Kh8 10. Nc3 d6 $6 ({Safer is} 10... Nxc3 11. bxc3 {(Geller -
Kurajica, Wijk aan Zee 1977)} f4 $1) 11. Bf4 $5 ({Theory is} 11. exd6) 11... g5
12. exd6 cxd6 13. Bd2 {Correspondence players like to fight in such pointed
openings.} Bf6 $2 ({Better is} 13... g4 $1 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. Bc3+ Bf6 16. Nd4
d5 17. Qd2) 14. Rxe4 $1 fxe4 15. Nxe4 Bg4 $6 (15... g4 $5 16. Nxf6 Rxf6 17. Bc3
gxf3 18. Qd5 {gives White a devastating attack.}) 16. Nxf6 $1 Qxf6 17. Bc3 Ne5
18. Nxe5 Bxd1 19. Nd7 Qxc3 20. bxc3 Bh5 21. Nxf8 Rxf8 22. Bd5 b6 23. Rb1 Rb8
24. f3 Kg7 25. Kf2 Kf6 26. Ke3 h6 27. Kd4 Bg6 28. Rb2 Ke7 29. c4 Kd7 30. c3 a5
31. g3 Re8 32. Rxb6 Re2 33. Rb7+ Kd8 34. Bc6 Rd2+ 35. Ke3 Rxh2 36. Rd7+ Kc8 37.
Rxd6 Bb1 38. a4 Kc7 39. Rf6 h5 40. Bd5 Bc2 41. c5 Bd1 42. Rf7+ Kd8 43. c6 Re2+
44. Kd4 Bxa4 45. Kc5 1-0

[Event "NBC-25 years jubilee"]
[Site "1991-94"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Black "Kramer, Haije"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 b6 8.
Bc4 Bb7 9. Qe2 c6 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Kb1 Nd7 12. Rhe1 O-O-O 13. Ba6 Bxa6 14.
Qxa6+ Kb8 15. Qe2 Rhe8 16. a3 Nf8 17. g3 f5 18. Neg5 Bf6 19. h4 Bg7 20. c4 Re7
21. Rd3 Red7 22. Red1 h6 23. Nh3 c5 24. d5 Ng6 25. h5 Ne7 $4 ({Right is} 25...
Ne5 $1) 26. dxe6 Rxd3 27. Rxd3 Rxd3 28. Qxd3 fxe6 29. Nf4 $1 Qc6 30. Qe3 Qe4+
31. Qxe4 fxe4 32. Nd2 e3 33. fxe3 Nf5 34. Nxe6 Be5 35. Nf1 Nxg3 36. Nxg3 Bxg3
37. Ng7 Bh4 38. Kc2 Kc7 39. Kd3 Kd7 40. Ke4 Bg5 41. Nf5 Ke6 42. b3 a6 43. a4
Kf6 44. Ng3 Bh4 45. Nf5 Bg5 46. Ng3 Bh4 47. Ne2 Kg5 48. Nf4 Kg4 49. Kd5 Bf2 50.
Ng2 Kxh5 51. Kc6 Kg4 52. Kxb6 Kf3 53. Kxa6 Kxg2 54. a5 ({The pointe is} 54. a5
Be1 55. e4 $1) 1-0

[Event "NBC-25 years jubilee"]
[Site "1991-94"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Black "Rittner, Horst"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Nf3 f5 10. exf6 Rxf6 11. Bg5 Rf7 12. Bxe7 Rxe7 13. Qh4 g6 14. O-O c4
15. Be2 Bd7 16. Rfe1 Qa5 17. Ne5 Rae8 18. Nxd7 Rxd7 19. Qh3 Rde7 20. Bg4 Nd8
21. f4 Qa4 22. Ra2 Qc6 23. Qe3 Nf7 24. Raa1 $5 (24. Qh3 {drew quickly in
Khalifman - Huzman, Sverdlovsk 1987.}) 24... Qa4 25. Qd2 Nd6 26. Bf3 Nb5 27.
Re3 Nc7 28. h4 Nb5 $2 ({Correct is} 28... Rf8 29. g3 Ref7) 29. f5 $1 {Rittner
has underestimated this attack.} gxf5 30. Bh5 Nd6 $5 ({Or} 30... Rf8 $2 31.
Rg3+ Rg7 32. Rxg7+ Kxg7 33. Qg5+ Kh8 34. Qe7) 31. Rg3+ Kh8 32. Bxe8 Qxe8 33.
Qf4 e5 34. dxe5 Ne4 35. Rf3 Rxe5 36. Re1 Qe7 37. h5 $1 Qf6 38. h6 b5 39. Ree3
a6 40. Rg3 $1 Re8 41. Rg7 Rf8 42. Rb7 Rg8 43. Rxe4 $1 dxe4 44. Qc7 Rxg2+ $5 ({
The pointe is} 44... Qxh6 45. Qe5+ Rg7 46. Rb8#) 45. Kxg2 Qg5+ 46. Kf1 Qc1+ 47.
Ke2 Qxc2+ 48. Ke3 Qxc3+ 49. Kf4 Qf3+ 50. Ke5 Qg3+ 51. Kd5 1-0

[Event "NBC-25 years jubilee"]
[Site "1991-94"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Black "Smit, Dick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8. b4
Qxb4 9. Bd2 Qd6 10. Rb1 Nd5 11. Rxb7 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Be4 13. Rb2 Nd7 14. Be2 $5 (
{Boll and Temmink played} 14. Bb5 {against Smit during the same event.}) 14...
h5 $1 15. g5 Qe6 16. Kf1 Qc6 17. Bd2 a6 18. c4 e6 19. Rg1 Be7 20. Bf4 Bf5 21.
Kg2 Qe4 22. Qd2 Bd6 23. Bxd6 cxd6 24. Rb3 g6 $6 ({Better is} 24... Rc8) 25. Rc1
O-O 26. c5 Rfc8 27. Rbc3 e5 $2 (27... dxc5 $1 28. dxc5 Qc6 {defends well.}) 28.
Re3 Qb7 29. cxd6 Rxc1 30. Qxc1 exd4 31. Re7 $1 d3 32. Bd1 Qd5 33. Qc7 $1 d2 34.
Rxd7 Bxd7 35. Qxd7 Rb8 36. Qe7 Rb7 37. Qe5 Qc6 38. Qd4 Rd7 39. Qxd2 Rxd6 40.
Qc2 Qd5 41. Be2 Rc6 42. Qa4 a5 43. Qb5 Rc5 44. Qe8+ Kg7 45. a4 Rc3 46. Qe7 Rc2
47. Bb5 Kg8 48. Qe1 Qa8 49. Bd3 Rc5 50. Qe7 Rc8 51. Qe5 Re8 52. Qf4 Qb7 53. Qd4
Rc8 54. Bc4 Qe7 55. Qe5 Rc7 56. Ba2 Ra7 57. Qf4 Qb4 58. Bc4 Re7 59. Qf6 $1 Qxc4
60. Qxe7 Qxa4 61. Qd8+ Kg7 62. Qd4+ Qxd4 63. Nxd4 a4 64. Nb5 f6 65. f4 1-0

[Event "NBC-25 years jubilee"]
[Site "1991-94"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Black "Soltau, Achim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8.
Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nd5 f5 12. Bd3 Be6 13. Qh5 Rg8 14. g3 Rc8
15. c3 $5 {White plays a slightly different move along the theoretical ideas.}
Rg6 16. Nc2 fxe4 17. Bxe4 Bg4 $1 18. Qh4 ({Not} 18. Qxh7 Rh6 19. Qg8 Be6) 18...
Qxh4 19. gxh4 f5 20. Bg2 $6 ({Better is} 20. h5 $1 Rg7 21. Nce3 fxe4 22. Nxg4
$1) 20... Bh5 $5 21. Kf1 $2 (21. Nb6 $1 Rxg2 $1 22. Nxc8 Bf3 23. Kf1 {leads to
a tactical fight.}) 21... Ne7 22. Nxe7 Bxe7 23. Bb7 Rb8 24. Bd5 ({Avoids} 24.
Bxa6 $4 d5 $1) 24... Bxh4 25. Nb4 Rb6 26. Rg1 Rxg1+ 27. Kxg1 a5 28. Nc6 a4 29.
Nb4 Bf7 $6 {Black should not exchange the bishops.} 30. Rd1 Be7 31. Rd3 Bxd5
32. Nxd5 Rb7 33. Rf3 f4 34. Rh3 Bg5 35. Kg2 e4 $6 (35... Rg7 $1 {keeps an edge.
}) 36. f3 e3 37. Rh5 h6 38. h4 Bd8 39. Kf1 Rg7 40. Nxf4 Rf7 41. Nd3 Rxf3+ 42.
Ke2 Rh3 43. Rxh6 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "NBC-25 years jubilee"]
[Site "1991-94"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Black "Staal, Jacob"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C89"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Re4 Qd7 16. Nd2 Bb7 17. Bxd5 ({Usual in the Marshall is} 17. Re1 {(Nunn -
Sokolov, Wijk aan Zee 1991).}) 17... cxd5 18. Re1 Rae8 19. Nf1 a5 20. Bd2 Re4
21. a4 b4 22. Qb3 Ba8 $5 {The tournament book gives 22. .. Bc8?? Gert Jan told
me the right move.} 23. Rxe4 dxe4 24. c4 Bb8 25. d5 f5 26. Re1 Rc8 $5 {22. ..
Re8 was reported. Timmerman told me the right move again.} 27. Qa2 Qf7 28. b3
Be5 29. Bc1 $6 {Black gets the opportunity to stage a counter.} ({Best is} 29.
f4 $1 {(Timmerman).}) 29... Bc3 30. Rd1 Qh5 31. Qc2 g5 $5 32. Be3 $1 f4 $5 33.
Bd4 Qf3 34. h4 $6 ({Right is} 34. Bxc3 bxc3 35. Rc1) 34... Bxd4 35. Rxd4 e3 $1
36. fxe3 {Counter-play has reached a highlight.} fxe3 $2 ({The battle rages on
by the brilliant} 36... Bxd5 $3 {(Timmerman)} 37. e4 $1 Bc6 38. Qg2 Qc3 39. Qd2
Re8 40. Rd8 {and White has a slight advantage.}) 37. Nh2 $1 Qxg3+ 38. Qg2 Qe1+
$5 39. Nf1 h6 40. hxg5 h5 41. Qg3 {Timmerman prevailed after an ambiguous
intermezzo.} 1-0

[Event "NBC-25 years jubilee"]
[Site "1991-94"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Black "Temmink, Henk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. a4 Qc7 8. a5
Nbd7 9. h3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Be3 Rd8 12. Qb1 $1 Nf8 13. Qa2 Be6 14. Qa3 $1 {
This fine move was played in Barbero - Rukavina, Bern 1990.} Nh5 15. Rfd1 Nf4
16. Bf1 Nd7 17. b4 h6 18. Rd2 $1 Bf8 ({Timmerman prefers the active} 18... g5
$5) 19. Qb2 b5 20. axb6 axb6 21. b5 Rxa1 22. Qxa1 Bb4 $6 (22... Bg7 $1 23. bxc6
Qxc6 24. Bb5 Qc7 {shows more prudence.}) 23. Qb2 c5 24. Rd1 Nf6 $2 (24... Bxc3
25. Qxc3 {(Timmerman)} f6 $1 {creates a fortress.}) 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Na4 $1
g5 ({Not} 26... Nxe4 $2 27. Qxe5) 27. Nxb6 $1 {Timmerman delivers the crucial
blow.} Nxe4 ({The pointe is} 27... Qxb6 28. Qxb4 $1) 28. Qxe5 Nc3 $1 29. Bxf4
gxf4 30. Nc4 Nxb5 31. Qxf4 Nd4 32. Ne3 $1 Nxf3+ 33. Qxf3 Qd4 34. Bd3 Bc3 35.
Bf5 $1 Bc4 36. Qh5 $1 Kg7 37. Bg4 $1 Be6 38. Bxe6 fxe6 39. Ng4 Bd2 40. g3 $1
Bc1 41. Ne5 (41. Ne5 Kf6 42. Nd3 $1 Bg5 43. h4 Bd2 44. Qxc5 {costs a second
pawn.}) 1-0

[Event "NBC-25 years jubilee"]
[Site "1991-94"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Black "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B82"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e6 7. Qf3 Qb6 8. Nb3
Qc7 9. g4 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. g5 Nfd7 12. Be3 Nc5 13. a3 Nc6 14. Qf2 Be7 15. O-O
h6 $5 ({Polugaevsky played} 15... Nxb3 {against Mestel in Reykjavik 1990.}) 16.
Nxc5 $1 dxc5 17. gxh6 (17. g6 $1 {gains a plus.}) 17... Rxh6 18. Bxc5 Ne5 $1 {
Black counters tactically. Timmerman had underestimated this move.} 19. Bxe7
Ng4 $1 20. Qc5 Qxe7 21. Qxe7+ Kxe7 22. Be2 $1 Rh4 (22... Nxh2 $5 23. Rf2 $1
Rah8 24. Rd1 f5 25. Rg2 R8h7 {gives a two-edged position.}) 23. h3 $1 Nf6 $5 (
23... Rxh3 24. Bxg4 (24. Kg2 $2 Rxc3 $1) 24... Rg3+ 25. Kf2 Rxg4 26. Kf3 Rh4
27. Rh1 {leads to equality.}) 24. e5 Nh5 25. Bg4 f5 26. exf6+ gxf6 27. Kf2 $1
Rg8 ({The aggressive} 27... Nxf4 $6 28. Kg3 Ng6 29. Rae1 e5 30. Rd1 Bc6 31.
Nd5+ {favours White (Van Oosterom).}) 28. Ne2 f5 29. Bxh5 Rg2+ 30. Ke3 Rxh5 31.
Rg1 (31. Ng1 $1 Rxc2 32. Rac1 Rxc1 33. Rxc1 Kd6 34. Rc2 e5 35. Rh2 {creates a
solid fortress.}) 31... Rxh3+ 32. Kd2 Rg4 33. Rxg4 fxg4 34. Rg1 Rh4 35. b3 Kf6
36. Rg3 Bd5 $1 37. Ke3 {Gert Jan still experiences difficulties.} Kg6 ({The
critical line is} 37... Rh3 $1 38. Kf2 Kf5 39. Rxh3 gxh3 40. Kg3 Bg2 41. Nd4+
Kf6 42. c4 {White holds the game.}) 38. Kd4 Bf3 39. Ng1 Bd1 40. c4 bxc4 41.
bxc4 Kf5 42. Rd3 Ba4 43. Ne2 Rh2 44. Re3 Rf2 45. Kc5 Bd1 46. Re5+ Kf6 47. Nd4
Rxf4 48. Rxe6+ Kf7 49. Re1 Bf3 50. Nxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NBC-25 years jubilee"]
[Site "1991-94"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Black "Weyerstrass, Ronald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. a4 a5 8. Qe2
O-O 9. h3 Nc6 10. O-O dxe5 11. dxe5 Nd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Re1 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6
15. Nd2 Rad8 $5 16. Nf3 Qc4 $2 ({Better is} 16... Qb4) 17. Qxc4 Nxc4 18. Ng5 $1
Rf5 19. f4 Rxg5 $5 20. fxg5 Bxe5 21. Rb1 Bg3 22. Rf1 e5 23. b3 Nd6 24. Be3 Nf5
25. Bf2 Bf4 26. Rbd1 Rd6 27. g4 Ne3 28. Bxe3 Bxe3+ 29. Kg2 Bxg5 30. Kf3 Kf7 31.
Ke4+ Ke6 32. Rd3 Bf4 33. Rb1 h6 34. c3 b6 35. Rf1 Rc6 36. Rf2 Rd6 37. Rc2 Bg5
38. Rb2 Rc6 39. Rb1 Bf4 40. Rbd1 Bg5 41. c4 Rd6 42. Rd5 Bf4 43. c5 $1 bxc5 44.
R1d3 Rb6 45. Rxc5 Rb4+ 46. Rc4 Rxc4+ 47. bxc4 c6 48. Rd8 h5 49. Rg8 hxg4 50.
Rxg6+ Kd7 51. h4 g3 52. h5 g2 53. c5 e6 54. Rxg2 Ke7 55. Rg7+ Kf6 56. Rc7 Bd2
57. Rxc6 Bb4 58. h6 1-0

[Event "NBC-25 years jubilee"]
[Site "1991-94"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Ekebjaerg, Ove"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O e6 8. Nd2
exd5 9. exd5 Na6 10. Nc4 Nc7 11. a4 b6 12. Bf4 Ba6 {They follow Alburt -
Shirazi, USA 1983.} 13. Qd2 $5 Bxc4 14. Bxc4 a6 15. h3 Qd7 16. Qd3 Rfe8 17. Bd2
Nh5 18. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 f5 20. Rb1 a5 $2 (20... Be5 $1 21. b4 b5 $1 22.
axb5 Bxc3 23. Qxc3 axb5 {fights back.}) 21. Re1 Re8 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. g4 fxg4
24. hxg4 Nf6 25. g5 Ng4 26. Qe4 Qxe4 27. Nxe4 Ne5 28. Be2 Nf7 29. b3 Kf8 30. c4
Ke7 31. Kg2 h6 32. gxh6 Bxh6 33. f4 Ne8 34. Kg3 Nf6 35. Nxf6 Kxf6 36. Bc3+ (36.
Kg4 Ke7 37. Bd3 {(Van Oosterom) is met by} Ne5+ $1 38. fxe5 Bxd2 $11) 36... Ke7
37. Kg4 Nd8 $2 ({Right is} 37... Kf8 $1 38. Bd3 (38. f5 Ne5+ $1) 38... Bg7 39.
Be1 Bb2 40. Bxg6 Nh6+ 41. Kh5 Ng8 42. Bd3 Nf6+ $1 {and White cannot take the
bastion (Van Oosterom).}) 38. Be1 Kf7 39. Bd3 Nb7 40. Bf2 Kf6 41. Bh4+ Kf7 42.
f5 gxf5+ 43. Bxf5 Ke8 44. Bc8 Nd8 45. Ba6 Kd7 46. Bb5+ Kc7 47. Kf5 Bg7 48. Kg6
Bd4 49. Be8 Kc8 50. Kh7 $1 {White's king will move towards e8, while a bishop
goes to b5. The knight jumps to b7, will be exchanged and the black fort has
opened up.} 1-0

[Event "NBC-25 years jubilee"]
[Site "1991-94"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Kolenbrander, Joop"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E84"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nc6 8. Nge2
Rb8 9. Nc1 e5 10. Nb3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. Be2 c5 13. Nc2 Be6 14. Na3 Nc6 15.
O-O Nd7 16. f4 Nd4 17. Bd3 b5 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Bxb5 Nf6 20. f5 Nxb5 21. Naxb5
Bc4 22. Nxd6 Bxf1 23. Rxf1 Ng4 24. Bxc5 Rc8 $5 (24... Qc7 {was played in
Beliavsky - Hjartarson, Reykjavik 1991.}) 25. Qd5 $5 Nf6 26. Nxc8 $1 {White
sacrifices a queen for two knights.} Nxd5 27. Nxd5 Bxb2 28. Nce7+ $1 Kh8 29.
fxg6 $5 Qa5 $1 30. Be3 Qa4 31. Bh6 Bd4+ 32. Kh1 Bg7 33. Bxg7+ Kxg7 34. Nf5+ $6
Kxg6 35. h4 Qxa2 36. h5+ $6 Kxh5 (36... Kg5 $1 37. Kh2 Qc4 {tries to win.}) 37.
Rf3 Qa1+ 38. Kh2 Qe5+ 39. Rg3 {Black can escape, but he misses a tactical
point.} f6 $2 ({The combination} 39... Rd8 $1 40. Nde7 $1 Re8 41. Ng7+ Qxg7 $1
42. Rxg7 Rxe7 {leads to a dead draw (Van Oosterom).}) 40. Kh3 $3 Qxg3+ ({The
pointe is} 40... Qxe4 41. Nde3 $3 Rf7 42. Rg8 {and g4+ (Van Oosterom).}) 41.
Kxg3 Kg5 42. Nd4 Ra8 43. Ne6+ Kg6 44. Ndf4+ Kh6 45. Nc7 Ra4 46. Kf3 Kg5 47.
Nce6+ Kh6 48. Nd5 Ra5 49. Kg4 1-0

[Event "NBC-25 years jubilee"]
[Site "1991-94"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Kramer, Haije"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E58"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 b6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Ng4 13. f4 f5 14. h3 $1 {
White refutes the black opening.} (14. Be2 {was played in Kortschnoj -
Gurgenidze, Tbilisi 1959.}) 14... Nh6 15. Ra2 $1 {White aims his forces on the
weakness d5.} Be6 16. Rd2 Qe7 17. Be2 $1 Rad8 18. Bf3 Qf7 19. c4 $1 d4 20. exd4
cxd4 (20... Bxc4 $5 21. dxc5 $1 Qe7 22. Rff2 $1 bxc5 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rd2 {
also brings a great advantage for White.}) 21. Rxd4 Rxd4 22. Qxd4 Bxc4 {Black
has kept the material equality, but he will suffer a positional defeat.} 23.
Bb2 Be6 24. Rc1 Qe7 25. Rc6 Nf7 26. Bd5 Nd8 27. Qc4 $1 Bxd5 28. Qxd5+ Kh8 29.
Rc8 h6 30. Qd6 Qxd6 31. exd6 Kg8 32. Rc7 Rf7 33. d7 Re7 34. Bc3 a6 35. Bd4 Kf7
36. Bxb6 Re1+ 37. Kh2 Rb1 38. Ba5 Rb5 39. Be1 g5 40. fxg5 hxg5 41. h4 1-0

[Event "NBC-25 years jubilee"]
[Site "1991-94"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Neuvonen, Olavi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E88"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 c6 8. Bd3 cxd5
9. cxd5 a6 10. Nge2 Ne8 $6 ({Usual is} 10... Nbd7) 11. O-O f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 $2
({Better is} 12... gxf5 {(Van Oosterom).}) 13. Ng3 Kh8 14. Qc2 Bxd3 15. Qxd3
Nd7 16. Nge4 Qe7 17. Rac1 Rc8 18. Rc2 Nef6 19. Rfc1 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Rxc2 21. Qxc2
Nf6 22. Bg5 $1 Qf7 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Qb3 Bd8 $6 (24... Rd8 25. Nxf6 Qxf6 26.
Qxb7 {leaves little hope for Black.}) 25. Nxd6 Qf4 26. Rd1 b5 27. Ne4 g5 28. d6
g4 29. d7 gxf3 30. Qxf3 Qh6 31. Qa3 Qf4 32. h3 Rg8 33. Qd3 Qf7 34. Qd5 Qf4 35.
Kh1 1-0

[Event "NBC-25 years jubilee"]
[Site "1991-94"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Overveld, Ronald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. Nf3 Na6 7. g3 Nxc5 8.
Bg2 Nce4 9. Bd2 Nxd2 10. Nxd2 a6 11. O-O Qc7 12. Rac1 $5 Rb8 13. Qd3 $5 b6 14.
Rfd1 Rd8 15. Nde4 Be7 $6 ({Preferable is} 15... Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bb7 17. Nd6 Bxg2
18. Kxg2 Qc6+ 19. f3 Bxd6 20. Qxd6 Qa4 $1) 16. Nd6 Bxd6 17. Qxd6 Qxd6 18. Rxd6
Ne8 19. Rd3 Bb7 20. Rcd1 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Rb7 22. e4 Kf8 23. e5 Ke7 24. Ne4 Rc8
25. b3 Rc6 $6 {Black defends passively in the endgame.} ({More active is} 25...
f5 26. exf6+ gxf6 27. g4 h5 $1 28. gxh5 f5) 26. g4 h6 27. f4 Ra7 $6 (27... f5
28. gxf5 exf5 29. Nc3 g5 {starts counter-play.}) 28. h4 b5 29. c5 f5 $1 30.
gxf5 exf5 31. Ng3 Rxc5 $5 32. Nxf5+ Ke6 33. Nd4+ Kf7 34. h5 Rac7 35. Kg3 d6 $1
36. Nf3 dxe5 37. fxe5 Re7 {Hereafter the black king has to withdraw.} ({Better
is} 37... g5 $1 38. hxg6+ Kxg6 39. Rd8 Re7) 38. Rf1 $1 Kg8 39. Rd8 Kh7 40. Rfd1
g6 41. R1d7 Rc7 42. Rxe7+ $6 (42. e6 Ng7 43. Rxc7 Rxc7 44. Rd7 {keeps more
pressure.}) 42... Rxe7 43. hxg6+ Kxg6 44. Kf4 Ng7 45. Rd6+ Re6 $2 {A knight is
the best blockader.} ({Right is} 45... Ne6+ $1 {(Van Oosterom)} 46. Ke3 $1 Kf5
47. Rxa6 h5 $1 {and Black seems to survive.}) 46. Rd7 Nf5 47. Rc7 $1 Ne7 48.
Ke4 Nf5 49. Rc2 $1 Ng7 50. Nd4 Rb6 51. Kd5 $1 {White attacks on all fronts.} h5
52. e6 h4 53. Ke5 $1 {White has triumphed in the centre.   Van Oosterom became
a Correspondence Grandmaster by the result of this game.} 1-0

[Event "NBC-25 years jubilee"]
[Site "1991-94"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Smit, Dick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E96"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. c4 e5 3. d4 Nd7 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be2 Ngf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
c6 9. Bf1 a5 10. Rb1 Qe7 11. d5 Nc5 12. b3 Bd7 13. Ba3 b6 14. Nd2 Rfb8 15. dxc6
Bxc6 16. Qc2 Rc8 17. Rbd1 Bh6 18. g3 Bd7 19. Bg2 Rab8 20. Nf1 Bc6 21. Ne3 Rd8
22. Ned5 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Ne6 25. Red1 Nd4 26. R1xd4 exd4 27. e5 Bf8
28. Bxd6 Rxd6 29. exd6 Qe1+ 30. Bf1 Qe6 31. d7 Rd8 32. Qe2 Bc5 33. g4 h6 34. h4
Kf8 35. g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NBC-25 years jubilee"]
[Site "1991-94"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Soltau, Achim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A70"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. h3 e6 8. Nf3 exd5
9. cxd5 b5 10. Nxb5 Re8 11. O-O Nxe4 12. Re1 a6 13. Na3 Nf6 14. Rxe8+ Nxe8 15.
Bg5 Qc7 16. Qa4 Nf6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Qf4 Nd7 19. Nc4 Bb7 20. Be4 Be5 21. Nfxe5
Nxe5 22. Nxe5 dxe5 23. Qf6 Rd8 24. g4 Qd6 25. Qxd6 Rxd6 26. Rc1 c4 27. a4 Rd7
28. Rxc4 Bxd5 29. Bxd5 Rxd5 30. b4 Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NBC-25 years jubilee"]
[Site "1991-94"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Weyerstrass, Ronald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 d5 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O Nf6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d4 Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Bg5 Be6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nxd5 Qxb2 13. Nc7 Rad8 14. Qc1
Qxc1 15. Raxc1 b6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. e3 h6 18. Rc4 Rd6 19. Re4 b5 20. Ne5 Nxe5
21. Rxe5 Rf5 22. Re4 Ba3 23. Bh3 Rf6 24. f4 Kf7 25. Rf2 g6 26. Rc2 Ke7 27. Kf2
Kd7 28. Re5 Rb6 $4 ({Right is} 28... a6) 29. Rd5+ $1 Ke8 30. Rc8+ Ke7 31. Rc7+
Ke8 32. Rdd7 Rc6 33. Rxa7 Bc5 34. Rab7 Rc8 35. Rh7 Ra8 36. Bf1 Rxa2+ 37. Kf3
Ra8 38. Bxb5+ Kd8 39. Rbd7+ Kc8 40. Rc7+ Kb8 41. Rxc5 Ra5 42. Rxh6 Ka7 43. Rg5
Kb6 44. Rhxg6 Rxg6 45. Rxg6 1-0

[Event "NBC-25 years jubilee"]
[Site "1991-94"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Wiersma, Tjalling"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D58"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O c5 12. Rc1 Nd7 13. Bf5 cxd4 14. exd4 Nb8
15. Ne5 Bxe5 $2 (15... Nc6 16. f4 a6 {defends properly.}) 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. Re1
Nc5 18. Nb5 $1 d4 $5 19. Nd6 $1 {White has a decisive attack.} Bd5 20. Qxd4
Bxa2 21. Rc3 Qe7 22. b4 Nb7 23. Be4 Nxd6 24. exd6 Qe6 25. Rg3 g6 26. Qd2 1-0

[Event "NBC-25 years jubilee"]
[Site "1991-94"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wibe, Terje"]
[Black "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C27"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Qh5 Nd6 5. Bb3 Nc6 6. Nb5 g6 7. Qf3 f5 8.
Qd5 Qe7 9. Nxc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 b6 11. d3 Bb7 12. h4 f4 13. Qf3 Nd4 14. Qg4 Bg7
15. Nxb6 $1 ({Ekebjaerg played the immediate} 15. Bd2 {against Timmerman.})
15... axb6 16. Bd2 N6f5 $5 {Black has to play for a beleaguerment.} 17. c3 Nxb3
18. axb3 Bf6 19. h5 Nh6 20. Qe2 g5 $5 ({The natural looking} 20... Bxg2 $6 {
opens the game.}) 21. f3 $5 {White makes a positional concession in order to
develop his pieces.} Nf5 22. Qf2 Kc7 23. Ne2 g4 {The Frankenstein-Dracula fun
has reached a highlight. Wibe sacrifices.} 24. fxg4 $6 (24. Kd1 $5 Bh4 25. Qf1
$1 {plays for a win in a risky way.}) 24... Bh4 25. Rxh4 Nxh4 26. Kd1 Rf8 27.
c4 $5 Nxg2 $5 (27... f3 $1 28. Nc3 $1 fxg2 29. Nb5+ Kc6 30. Na7+ {leads to
perpetual check.}) 28. Nc3 Ne3+ 29. Kc1 Qc5 30. Nb5+ Kb8 31. Qg1 d5 32. Ra4 d4
$5 {Timmerman prepares a grand finale.} 33. Bb4 f3 34. Bxc5 f2 35. Bd6+ Kc8 36.
Qxf2 Rxf2 37. Bxe5 Rf1+ 38. Kd2 Rf2+ 39. Kc1 {The game ends by a perpetual.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "NBC-25 years jubilee"]
[Site "1991-94"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wibe, Terje"]
[Black "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C27"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Qh5 Nd6 5. Bb3 Nc6 6. Nb5 g6 7. Qf3 f5 8.
Qd5 Qe7 9. Nxc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 b6 11. d3 Bb7 12. h4 f4 13. Qf3 Nd4 14. Qg4 Bxa8
15. Bd2 Bg7 16. O-O-O Bf6 17. h5 g5 18. Bb4 $1 ({Wibe improves on the known} 
18. Nf3) 18... a5 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. c3 $5 Nxb3+ 21. axb3 Bd5 22. c4 Be6 23. Qe2
Qb4 24. Qc2 e4 $2 {Van Oosterom lacks the patience for this variation of
restraint.} 25. dxe4 a4 26. e5 Bxe5 27. Nf3 ({Even better is} 27. Qe2 $1 Bd6
28. Nf3) 27... Bf6 28. Nd4 Bxd4 29. Rxd4 axb3 30. Qc3 Qxc3+ 31. bxc3 Kc7 32.
Kb2 Rf8 {White has an advantage in the endgame.} 33. Ra1 $2 (33. Re1 $1 Rf5 34.
Rde4 {(Van Oosterom) keeps the edge.}) 33... Rf5 34. f3 Re5 35. Kxb3 Re2 36.
Ra2 Re1 37. Re4 Rxe4 38. fxe4 Kd6 39. Ra6 $6 (39. Ra8 $1 g4 40. Rh8 {draws at
least.}) 39... Ke5 $1 40. Rxb6 g4 41. Kc2 g3 $1 42. Kd3 f3 $1 43. gxf3 g2 44.
Rb1 Kf4 45. h6 $1 {White has to force the draw.} Kxf3 46. c5 Kf2 47. Kd4 g1=Q
48. Rxg1 Kxg1 49. Ke5 Bg4 50. Kf6 Kf2 51. Kg7 Ke3 52. Kxh7 Kxe4 53. Kg7 Bf5 54.
Kf6 Bh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "NBC-25 years jubilee"]
[Site "1991-94"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wiersma, Tjalling"]
[Black "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E76"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 Na6 7. Be2 e5 8. fxe5
dxe5 9. d5 c6 10. O-O cxd5 11. cxd5 Qb6+ 12. Kh1 Ne8 13. Na4 $5 Qb4 14. a3 Qxe4
15. Nc3 Qf5 16. Be3 Nd6 17. Nd4 $3 exd4 $1 {Black gains  a rook  and two 
minor pieces for the queen.} 18. Rxf5 Nxf5 19. Bd2 dxc3 20. Bxc3 Bxc3 21. bxc3
Nc5 22. Rb1 b6 23. Bf3 Ba6 24. g4 Nh4 25. Be2 Ne4 {Ten moves had to be made in
thirty days of contemplation time. So a player had to carry out circa one
hundred moves per month, when the tournament began. That is a high speed for
correspondence chess. Many blunders were made by the lesser players. The stars
Timmerman and Van Oosterom played several impressive games.   The scores at
the top were Timmerman (171/2), Van Oosterom (16), Soltau (141/2), Ekebjaerg 
(14), Wibe (131/2) and Hovde (131/2). Van Oosterom, Soltau, Wibe and Hovde
became Correspondence Grandmaster. Boll (121/2), Rittner (121/2), Sarink (11)
and Smit (101/2) won the other prizes.} ({The simple} 25... Ne4 26. Qe1 Bxe2
27. Qxh4 {(Timmerman)} Bxg4 $1 {wins easily for Black.}) 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 15"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

{Main chess talents met in the fifteenth Interpolis tournament Tilburg 1991.
The world champion battled his rivals. An impressive victory for Kasparov was
the result. We follow his games.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5.
Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. Qc2 c6 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. b3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 12.
Bb2 Nc5 13. e3 a5 14. a3 h5 15. b4 Nce4 $1 {Exchanges on b4 and a1 occurred in
Ribli - Ostermeyer, Reykjavik 1975.} 16. b5 Bd7 17. Rac1 h4 18. a4 $2 {Timman
misses the next tactics.} hxg3 19. hxg3 Nxf2 $1 20. Qxf2 Ng4 {A clumsy phase
follows.} 21. Qf3 $5 (21. Qe2 Qxe3+ 22. Qxe3 Nxe3 {brings a plus for Black 
(Kasparov).}) 21... Nxe3 $5 22. Re1 $2 ({Correct is} 22. Qf4 $1) 22... Bxd4 23.
Nd5 Ng4+ $6 (23... Nd1+ $1 24. Bxd4 Qxe1+ {wins an exchange (Kasparov).}) 24.
Bxd4 Qxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 26. Bf1 cxd5 27. Qxd5 (27. Qh1 Ne5 {also wins for
Black.}) 27... Rae8 28. Bf2 Be6 29. Qxb7 Rc1 30. Qc6 Rc8 31. Qe4 R8xc4 32. Qa8+
Kh7 33. b6 Rb4 34. Qxa5 ({Or} 34. b7 Rbb1 $1 35. b8=Q Rxf1+ $1) 34... Rbb1 35.
Kg2 Rc2 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 15"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 c5 6. O-O c4 7. Re1+ Be7 8.
Bf1 O-O 9. Bg5 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nc6 12. c3 Qd7 13. Nd2 Rae8 14. b3 b5
15. bxc4 bxc4 16. Rab1 Bd8 17. h4 Rxe1 18. Rxe1 Re8 19. Rb1 h6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6
21. g3 Ne7 22. Qd1 g5 23. hxg5 hxg5 24. Bg2 g4 25. Nf1 Bg5 26. Rb2 Kg7 27. Qb1
Rc8 28. Re2 Rc6 29. Re5 f6 30. Re2 Rb6 31. Qd1 Nf5 32. Re1 Nh6 33. Qe2 Kf7 $2 (
{Correct is} 33... Rb7 $1 34. f4 gxf3 35. Qxf3 Rb5) 34. f4 $1 gxf3 35. Qxf3 Rd6
36. Re5 $1 Kg7 37. Rxd5 Rxd5 38. Qxd5 Qa4 $2 (38... Qxd5 39. Bxd5 Bc1 $1 40.
Bxc4 Bb2 {(Van der Wiel) gives drawing chances.}) 39. Qb7+ Kg6 40. Bc6 Qa5 41.
Be8+ Kf5 42. Qh7+ Kg4 43. Qe4+ Kh3 44. Bd7+ f5 45. Qg2+ 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 15"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 a6 7. a4 Nc6 8. Be3
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. Qd2 Bd7 14. Rad1 Na5 $5
15. b3 Rec8 16. Nde2 Be8 $5 (16... Nc6 {would equalise the game, but Kasparov
wants to battle the newcomer.}) 17. Ba7 $1 Ra8 18. Bd4 Nc6 $5 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20.
Qxd6 Qb6 $6 (20... Bxc3 21. Nxc3 Na5 {counters on the open file.}) 21. e5 Be7
22. Qd2 Bb4 23. Qd3 Rd8 24. Qe4 Qc5 $2 ({More solid is} 24... Rac8) 25. Na2 Bd2
26. c3 a5 27. Nac1 Bxc1 28. Rxc1 Rac8 {The seventeen-years-old has won a pawn
in the Scheveningen.} 29. Ng3 $2 (29. Rcd1 $1 Qb6 30. Qb1 {keeps the edge.})
29... Nb4 $1 30. Rcd1 Qxc3 31. Qxb7 Qxb3 32. Rxd8 Rxd8 33. Qc7 Rd4 {The
counteraction will force a draw.} 34. Ne4 Qd3 $1 35. Rg1 Rxe4 36. Qc8 Kf8 37.
Qc5+ Kg8 38. Qe7 g6 39. Qxe8+ Kg7 40. Bxe4 Qxe4 41. Rf1 Nd3 $1 42. Qb5 Qe3 43.
h3 Nf2+ 44. Kh2 Qxf4+ 45. Kg1 Nxh3+ {White has to accept perpetual check.   It
was easy to underestimate Kamsky but not during a game of chess.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 15"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Be3 Ng4
9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 Na6 11. Nd2 h5 12. a3 Bd7 13. h3 $6 (13. O-O $1 {was played
in Petrosian - Geller, Sochi 1977.}) 13... Nh6 14. Rb1 Nc5 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4
Na4 17. Qc2 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 g5 19. Bg3 h4 20. Bh2 f5 $1 {The confrontation on
the flanks sharpens.} 21. c5 g4 $1 22. c6 $5 Bc8 $5 23. hxg4 fxg4 24. cxb7 Bxb7
25. O-O ({More useful is} 25. Bg1 $1) 25... Qg5 26. Ra1 $6 Rxa1 $6 (26... Bxd5
$1 {(Kasparov)} 27. exd5 Rxa1 28. Rxa1 e4 29. Nxe4 Bxc3 30. Nxg5 Bxa1 {brings
a black advantage.}) 27. Rxa1 Bxd5 28. Ra7 Be6 29. Rxc7 Qf6 30. Qe3 Nf7 31. Bc4
Bh6 32. Qe2 Bxd2 33. Bxe6 $2 ({Better is} 33. Qxd2 Bxc4 34. Rxc4) 33... Qxe6
34. Qxd2 Qb3 35. Kh1 $5 Qb1+ 36. Bg1 Qxe4 37. Qc2 Qxc2 38. Rxc2 d5 39. b5 d4
40. f3 g3 {The bishop is buried alive.} 41. b6 Rd8 $1 (41... Rb8 42. Rc6 Kg7 $1
{wins harder.}) 42. Rc6 Nd6 $1 43. Rc7 Rb8 44. Rc6 Nf5 45. Re6 Ne3 $1 (45...
Ne3 46. Rxe5 Rxb6 47. Re4 Rb1 48. Rxd4 Nd1 {leads to a fatal threat of mate.})
0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 15"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 a6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8.
O-O Ne5 9. h3 Bc5 10. Kh1 d6 11. f4 Nc6 $6 {Kasparov has studied this position
deeply. He regards the text as new but it was played in a youth tournament.} ({
The option} 11... Ned7 {is known from Tal-Najdorf, Belgrade 1970.}) 12. e5 $1
Nxe5 $5 ({Known is} 12... Bxd4 13. Bxd4 dxe5 {(Bailloux - Stean, Norwich 1972).
Then} 14. fxe5 Nd7 15. Ne4 $1 Ncxe5 16. Qh5 h6 17. Ng5 g6 {brings a white plus.
}) 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Bb5+ $6 (14. Ndb5 $1 axb5 15. Bxb5+ Ke7 16. Bg5 {gives a
white attack.}) 14... axb5 15. Ndxb5 Qb6 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. Nd6+ Ke7 18. Rxf6 $1
{White decides the game forcefully.} gxf6 19. Nce4 Qd4 20. Qh5 Rf8 21. Rd1 Qe3
22. Qh4 Qf4 {Pawn f6 gets a timely protection.} 23. Qe1 $1 Ra4 24. Qc3 Rd4 25.
Rxd4 Qf1+ 26. Kh2 exd4 27. Qc5 Kd7 28. Nb5 Qf4+ 29. g3 {Kasparov had started
with 41/2/5!} ({The pointe is} 29. g3 Qxe4 30. Qd6+ Ke8 31. Nc7#) 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 15"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Short, Nigel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 {Gary plays this exchange variation for the
second time. Little occurs for a long time.} 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Qe2+ Qe7
7. Be3 Nc6 8. Nc3 O-O-O 9. g4 Bg6 10. O-O-O f6 11. a3 Qd7 12. Nd2 f5 13. Nb3
Nf6 14. f3 Bd6 15. Qd2 Rhe8 16. Bg5 fxg4 17. hxg4 Qf7 18. Nb5 Kb8 19. Nxd6 cxd6
20. Bd3 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 h6 22. Bd2 Re6 23. Na5 Nxa5 24. Bxa5 Rde8 25. Bd2 Nd7 26.
Rde1 Nf8 27. Rxe6 Rxe6 $6 ({More solid is} 27... Nxe6) 28. Rh5 Rf6 29. f4 Ne6
$6 (29... g6 $1 30. Rxh6 Rxf4 $1 {cures the error.}) 30. f5 Nd8 31. b4 Nc6 32.
b5 Ne7 33. a4 Nc8 34. a5 Qe8 35. Rh3 Rf7 36. Re3 Re7 37. Rxe7 Qxe7 38. Qf3 Qf7
39. Bb4 Kc7 40. Qc3+ Kd8 41. Qf3 Kc7 42. Kd2 Kd8 43. Kd1 Kc7 44. Be1 Ne7 45. a6
b6 46. Bh4 g5 47. Bf2 Qf6 48. Qh1 Kd7 49. c4 Ke8 50. Kd2 Kf7 51. cxd5 Kg7 52.
Kd3 Qf7 53. Bg3 Qe8 {Gary has been attacking for ages.} 54. Kc4 $2 (54. Qb1 $1
Nxd5 55. Bxd6 Qe3+ 56. Kc4 Qf3 57. Be5+ {(Kasparov)} Kf7 $1 58. Qb3 Qe4 59. Bb8
{keeps the initiative.}) 54... Nxf5 $1 55. gxf5 Qe2+ 56. Kc3 Qe3+ 57. Kc4 Qe2+
58. Kc3 {The game ends by perpetual check.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 15"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "228"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 a5 10. Rb1 Nd7 11. a3 f5 12. b4 Kh8 13. f3 Ng8 14. Qc2 Ngf6 15. Nb5
axb4 16. axb4 Nh5 17. g3 Ndf6 18. c5 Bd7 19. Rb3 Nxg3 $5 {Kasparov plays a
staggering novelty but him awaits a long struggle for survival.} (19... Bh6 {
was played in Epishin - Polgár, Vienna 1991.}) 20. hxg3 Nh5 21. f4 $1 ({The
natural} 21. Kg2 $2 {fails due to} Nxg3 $1 22. Kxg3 f4+ 23. Kf2 Qh4+ 24. Kg1
Bh3 $1 {(Kasparov).}) 21... exf4 22. c6 $1 bxc6 23. dxc6 Nxg3 $1 {Black
eliminates many white pawns.} 24. Rxg3 fxg3 25. cxd7 g2 $1 26. Rf3 Qxd7 27. Bb2
fxe4 28. Rxf8+ Rxf8 29. Bxg7+ Qxg7 30. Qxe4 Qf6 31. Nf3 Qf4 32. Qe7 Rf7 33. Qe6
Rf6 34. Qe8+ Rf8 35. Qe7 Rf7 36. Qe6 Rf6 37. Qb3 g5 38. Nxc7 g4 $6 ({
Preferable is} 38... Qc1+ 39. Kxg2 Qxc7) 39. Nd5 Qc1+ 40. Qd1 Qxd1+ 41. Bxd1
Rf5 42. Ne3 Rf4 43. Ne1 Rxb4 44. Bxg4 h5 $5 {Hereafter, a long torture follows.
} ({An easy way to the draw seems to be} 44... Rxg4 $2 45. Nxg4 {but White
will block the d- pawn by Nd3, capture the other pawns and win à la Troitzky.})
45. Bf3 d5 46. N3xg2 h4 47. Nd3 Ra4 48. Ngf4 Kg7 49. Kg2 Kf6 50. Bxd5 Ra5 51.
Bc6 Ra6 52. Bb7 Ra3 53. Be4 Ra4 54. Bd5 Ra5 55. Bc6 Ra6 56. Bf3 Kg5 57. Bb7 Ra1
58. Bc8 Ra4 59. Kf3 Rc4 60. Bd7 Kf6 61. Kg4 Rd4 62. Bc6 Rd8 63. Kxh4 Rg8 64.
Be4 Rg1 65. Nh5+ Ke6 66. Ng3 Kf6 67. Kg4 Ra1 68. Bd5 Ra5 69. Bf3 Ra1 70. Kf4
Ke6 71. Nc5+ Kd6 72. Nge4+ Ke7 73. Ke5 Rf1 74. Bg4 Rg1 75. Be6 Re1 76. Bc8 Rc1
77. Kd4 Rd1+ 78. Nd3 Kf7 79. Ke3 Ra1 80. Kf4 Ke7 81. Nb4 Rc1 82. Nd5+ Kf7 83.
Bd7 Rf1+ 84. Ke5 Ra1 85. Ng5+ Kg6 86. Nf3 Kg7 87. Bg4 Kg6 88. Nf4+ Kg7 89. Nd4
Re1+ 90. Kf5 Rc1 91. Be2 Re1 92. Bh5 Ra1 93. Nfe6+ Kh6 94. Be8 Ra8 95. Bc6 Ra1
96. Kf6 Kh7 97. Ng5+ Kh8 98. Nde6 Ra6 99. Be8 Ra8 100. Bh5 Ra1 101. Bg6 Rf1+
102. Ke7 Ra1 103. Nf7+ Kg8 104. Nh6+ Kh8 105. Nf5 Ra7+ 106. Kf6 Ra1 107. Ne3
Re1 108. Nd5 Rg1 109. Bf5 Rf1 110. Ndf4 Ra1 111. Ng6+ Kg8 112. Ne7+ Kh8 113.
Ng5 Ra6+ 114. Kf7 {Kasparov could have claimed a draw due to the fifty moves
rule, but he forces a stalemate instead.} Rf6+ $1 {Kasparov ended the first
cycle by a score of 51/2/7. Anand has made 5 points.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 15"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O e6 8. b4
Nbd7 9. Bb2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b6 11. a4 Bb7 12. Ba3 Rc8 13. Rb1 Re8 14. Qe2 Nd5 15.
Nxd5 cxd5 16. Bb5 Re7 17. a5 Rc7 18. Rfc1 Nb8 19. a6 Bc8 20. Bd3 Rxc1+ 21. Rxc1
Rc7 22. b5 Rxc1+ 23. Bxc1 Qc7 24. Bd2 f5 25. Qe1 Nd7 26. Bb4 Bf8 27. h4 Nf6 28.
Ne5 Nd7 29. Nf3 Nf6 30. Ne5 Nd7 31. Nc6 {Black has a crammed position.} Bxa6 $4
(31... Nb8 $2 32. Bxf8 Kxf8 33. Qb4+ Ke8 34. Nxa7 $3 Qxa7 35. Qd6 Kf7 36. Qd8 {
brings a decisive white attack (Kasparov).}) (31... Nf6 $1 32. Bxf8 Kxf8 33.
Qb4+ Kg7 {defends properly (Van der Wiel).}) 32. Qc1 $1 {Black has no defence
against the threats of bxa6 and Ne7+.} 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 15"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8.
Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bg5 c6 10. Nxe5 Re8 11. O-O-O Na6 12. Rd6 Be6 13. f4 h6 14. Bxf6
Bxf6 15. Rhd1 $5 Bxe5 16. fxe5 Rac8 17. Kd2 Re7 18. Ke3 Rce8 19. Rd8 Kf8 20. h4
Nc5 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. b4 Nd7 23. Kf4 Ke7 24. Nd5+ $1 cxd5 25. cxd5 Rc8 26.
dxe6 fxe6 27. Rd2 Rf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 15"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
O-O Bb6 9. Kh1 $5 {This was played by Gert Jan Timmerman.} Rd8 10. Qh5 h6 11.
Nd2 d5 12. exd5 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Bf5 14. Qf3 Qg6 15. Bf4 Qg4 16. Qxg4 Bxg4 17. f3
Bf5 18. g4 Bh7 19. d6 cxd6 20. Rae1 Kf8 21. d5 Ba5 22. Rd1 Rac8 23. b3 a6 24.
a4 Bb4 25. Ne4 Bxe4 26. fxe4 Ng6 27. Bg3 Re8 28. Rf2 Rcd8 (28... Rxe4 29. Bd3
Rd4 30. Rxf7+ $1 Kxf7 31. Bxg6+ Kxg6 32. Rxd4 {draws.}) 29. Bd3 Bc3 30. Rc2 Be5
31. Bf2 Bf4 32. Rc7 Re7 33. Rc2 Ne5 34. Be2 Nd7 35. Bf3 Nf6 36. Rd4 Rde8 37.
Kg2 g5 38. Rb4 Kg7 39. Bd4 Kg6 40. Bxf6 Kxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 15"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bg6 10. e4 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nxe4 12. Ba3 Qc7 13. Nd2 Ndf6 $5 14. Nxe4
Nxe4 15. Rfe1 O-O-O 16. Qb2 Rhe8 17. f3 Nd6 18. Bf1 Kb8 19. a5 Nc8 20. Bc5 f6
21. Ra4 e5 $1 {The attack on the king is answered by a counter in the centre.}
22. Rea1 Rd7 23. Rb4 Ka8 24. Bb6 Qb8 25. dxe5 Rxe5 $6 ({The commentators prefer
} 25... fxe5) 26. Bf2 $1 Qd6 $1 27. Rd4 Rd5 28. Rxd5 Qxd5 29. Qb4 Qd6 30. Qa4
Rd8 $5 31. Re1 {The black position has become passive. An accurate defence is
needed.} Ne7 $2 (31... a6 $1 {stops the main threat (Kasparov).}) 32. a6 $1 b6
$4 {Gary shows his monkey-with-a-criminal- mind act. He makes grimaces behind
a hand.} ({The alternative} 32... b5 $1 33. Qa5 {(Kasparov)} Nc8 $1 {defends
stubbornly.}) 33. Rxe7 $1 {Black is mated in a few moves, if he captures the
rook.   Kasparov led two points before Anand.} 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 15"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O
Qb6 9. Be3 Qxb2 10. Ndb5 axb5 11. Nxb5 Ra5 12. Rb1 Rxb5 13. Rxb2 $1 ({Anand
improves on} 13. Bxb5 {(Strzelecki - Rakowiecki, Bielsko Biala 1990).}) 13...
Rxb2 14. Qa1 $1 {A wild line of the Sicilian Defence gets a new strength.} Rb6
$1 15. Bxb6 Nxb6 16. Qc3 $1 {Anand improves at the board on Kasparov's
preparation.} Be7 17. Rb1 Nfd7 (17... Bd8 {(Anand)} 18. Bb5+ $1 Bd7 19. Qd4 {
also brings problems for Black.}) 18. Qxg7 Bf6 19. Qh6 Ke7 $6 (19... Rg8 $1 {
(Belikov - Poluljahov, Orel 1992)} 20. Bb5 Ke7 21. Rd1 {transposes to the game
(Kasparov).}) 20. Bb5 $2 ({White misses the opportunity} 20. g4 $1 Rg8 21. g5
Bg7 22. Qh4 {(Kasparov).}) 20... Rg8 $2 ({Better is} 20... e5 $1 21. f5 Nc5 {
(Anand) and Black has a fortress.}) 21. Rd1 $1 e5 ({Insufficient is} 21... Rg4
$1 22. e5 $1 dxe5 23. Qh3 Rxf4 24. Qa3+ Ke8 25. Qc5 Bd8 26. a4 e4 27. Rf1 Rg4 {
(Kasparov)} 28. Qc3 $1 {and Black cannot stop the threat a5.}) 22. f5 Nc5 (
22... Rd8 $1 23. g4 Nc5 24. g5 Nxe4 25. gxf6+ Nxf6 26. Qe3 Nbd5 27. Qb3 {will
win for White (Kasparov).}) 23. Rxd6 $1 {White wins by force.} Bg5 $5 24. Qxh7
Nxe4 $5 (24... Kxd6 25. Qxg8 Nxe4 26. Qxf7 {brings no serious black defence.})
25. Rxb6 Rd8 26. Bd3 Be3+ 27. Kf1 Bxb6 28. Bxe4 Rd4 29. c3 {Anand neared the
champion.} 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 15"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Short, Nigel"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. g3 b5 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. d3 d6 7. O-O Nd7 8. a3 Rc8
9. Bd2 Ngf6 10. Nh4 Be7 $2 {Gary touched bishop f8 and was forced to play the
text.} ({He had planned} 10... Qc7) 11. e5 $1 Nd5 $5 {Gary has arrived in dire
straits.} 12. exd6 $2 ({Right is} 12. Nf5 $1 exf5 ({not} 12... Nxc3 $2 13.
Nxg7+ Kf8 14. Nxe6+ $1) 13. exd6 {and White has gained a plus (Short).}) 12...
Bxh4 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Bxd5 Bf6 $1 15. Qe1 {The white advantage peters out.}
Qb6 $1 16. Rb1 O-O 17. Bg2 Qxd6 18. Qe2 Rfd8 19. Rfe1 Nb6 20. Bf4 Qe7 21. h4 a5
22. c3 h6 23. Rbc1 b4 24. axb4 axb4 25. Be4 bxc3 {Kasparov reached an edge of
11/2 points, because Anand lost the Karpov game as well as the adjourned
Kamsky game due to blunders. So Gary had won the event.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 15"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. b3 g6 10. f4 $1 {The champ brings a novelty.} f6 11. Ba3 Qf7 12. Qd2
$1 Nb6 13. c5 $1 Bxf1 14. cxb6 axb6 $2 (14... Ba6 $1 {has become theory.}) 15.
e6 $1 {A pawn sacrifice weakens c6.} dxe6 ({The point is} 15... Qxe6+ $2 16.
Kxf1 Bxa3 17. Nxa3 Rxa3 18. Re1 {(Kasparov).}) 16. Bxf8 Rd8 17. Qb2 Bxg2 18.
Qxg2 Kxf8 19. Qxc6 Rd6 20. Qc3 Kg7 21. Nd2 Rhd8 22. O-O-O Qe8 $2 23. Qxc7+ {
Thank you!} R8d7 24. Qc2 Qb8 25. Nc4 Rd5 26. Qf2 Qc7 27. Qxb6 Qxf4+ 28. Qe3 Qg4
29. Rdg1 Qh4 30. Rg3 e5 31. Rh3 Qg4 32. Rg1 Rd1+ 33. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 34. Kb2 h5 35.
Rg3 Qh1 36. Qf2 h4 37. Qg2 Qxg2+ 38. Rxg2 g5 39. a4 Kg6 40. a5 e4 41. b4 h3 42.
Rg3 Rh7 43. a6 f5 44. Ra3 {The final result shows the success of the
invitational policy by Rennings and Gijssen. World champion Kasparov wins. His
future challengers Short and Anand trail. Karpov ends at place four. His
coming contenders for the FIDE title, Kamsky and Timman, follow. Kortschnoj
and Bareev occupy the last places.} 1-0

[Event "6th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1992.05.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

{The sixth Memorial took place from 14-21 May 1992. Many games were drawn. A
highlight occurred when Anand lost his way to the playing hall. Spectacles
were the errors in time trouble. Suddenly two games were decided in the
penultimate round. Short and Anand won the event. } 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3
b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 c5 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5
exd5 11. e3 O-O 12. Bd3 g6 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. O-O Nd7 15. Rfe1 Rac8 16. Qa4 Bc6
17. Qa5 Qf6 18. b4 d4 19. e4 Qd8 20. Qxd8 Rfxd8 21. Rac1 Ba4 22. Kf1 Rc6 23.
Ke2 Kg7 24. Nd2 Rb8 25. Rb1 Bb5 26. Bxb5 Rxb5 27. Rec1 Ra6 28. bxc5 Rxc5 29.
Rc4 Rxa3 30. Rxd4 Nb6 31. Rdb4 $2 Na4 $1 32. R1b3 Ra2 33. Ke3 Rcc2 34. Rd4 Nb2
$2 (34... a5 35. Rb1 Nc5 {plays for a win (Seirawan).}) 35. f3 a5 36. Rd7 Kh6
$4 ({Best is} 36... Rxd2 $1 37. Kxd2 Na4+ 38. Ke3 Nc5 39. Rbb7 Nxb7 40. Rxb7
Rxg2) 37. h4 (37. Rxf7 $1 Nd1+ 38. Kf4 {wins at once.}) 37... Nd1+ 38. Ke2 Nc3+
39. Ke3 Nd1+ 40. Ke2 $2 ({He misses} 40. Kf4 $1 Kg7 $1 41. Rbb7 $1) 40... Nc3+
41. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1992.05.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Short, Nigel"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Be2 Qa5 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. O-O Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qc5 11. Qxc5 dxc5 12. Nb5 O-O-O 13. Nxa7+ Kb8
14. Nb5 Bg7 15. f4 f5 16. e5 f6 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. c3 Bc6 19. Rad1 Rhg8 20. g3
h5 21. a4 h4 22. Kf2 hxg3+ 23. hxg3 Rh8 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rd1 Rxd1 26. Bxd1
Bxb5 27. axb5 Kc7 28. b6+ Kd6 29. Bf3 e6 30. Bxb7 Bd8 31. Ke3 Bxb6 32. Kd3 Bd8
33. Kc4 Kc7 34. Ba6 Be7 35. Bb5 Kd6 36. Be8 e5 37. Bf7 exf4 38. gxf4 Bf8 39. b3
Bh6 40. Bg6 Bxf4 41. Bxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1992.05.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B69"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Nf3 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Kb1 Qb6 13. Bd3 O-O-O 14. Rhf1
Kb8 15. Qe1 Qc5 16. Nd2 Nd4 17. Ne2 Bc6 18. f5 Nxe2 19. Qxe2 h5 20. Nb3 Qb6 21.
c4 Rd7 22. cxb5 axb5 23. Rc1 Rc7 24. Rc2 h4 25. Rfc1 Rhc8 26. Qe1 d5 27. Qxh4
Qe3 28. exd5 Bxd5 29. Qd4 Qxd4 30. Nxd4 b4 31. g3 e5 32. Nb3 e4 33. Ba6 Bxb3
34. axb3 Rxc2 35. Rxc2 Rxc2 36. Kxc2 Kc7 37. Bc4 Kd6 38. Bxf7 Ke5 39. Be6 Bc5
40. Kd1 Bg1 {Anand was twenty-five minutes late when the game began. He had
lost the way to the playing hall, because 'all canals look alike'.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1992.05.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Short, Nigel"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. c3 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nge7 9. b3 Be4 10. Nbd2 Nf5 11. Bb2 Bb4 12. g4 $5 {White wants to grab the
initiative but Black takes over immediately.} Nh4 $1 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Nxh4
Qxh4 15. Qc2 h5 16. Qxe4 hxg4 17. Qg2 O-O-O 18. Bxg4 Kb8 19. Rfd1 f5 $2 {This
error should lose a pawn.} 20. Bf3 Ne7 ({Not} 20... Nxd4 $2 21. Bxd4 Rxd4 22.
Rxd4 Qxd4 {due to} 23. Qxg7 $1 Qxa1+ 24. Kg2 {(Seirawan).}) 21. d5 $2 ({wins a
pawn.} 21. Bxb7) 21... Nxd5 22. Bxd5 Rxd5 23. Rxd5 exd5 24. Rd1 Qe4 25. Qxe4
dxe4 26. Rd7 Kc8 $5 27. Rxg7 Rd8 28. e6 $4 ({Correct is} 28. a3 Bc5 29. b4 {
(Seirawan).}) 28... e3 $1 {The tables have turned. Suddenly Black wins a piece.
} 29. fxe3 Rd1+ 30. Kg2 Rd2+ 31. Kf3 Rxb2 32. h4 Rxa2 33. h5 Rh2 34. Rh7 Rh4
35. h6 a5 $1 36. Ke2 b6 37. Kd3 Kd8 38. Rh8+ ({Or} 38. Rd7+ Ke8 39. h7 Be7 {
(Seirawan).}) 38... Ke7 39. h7 Kf6 40. e7 Bxe7 41. Rb8 Rxh7 42. Rxb6+ Kg5 43.
Rb7 Kg6 44. Rb6+ Bf6 45. Ra6 Re7 46. Rxa5 Bg5 {This will remain the only
decided game until the fifth round.} 0-1

[Event "6th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1992.05.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8.
Qxc3 Be7 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Qxc7 Qxc7 11. Bxc7 Rc8 12. Bxb8 Raxb8 13. e3 Rc2 14.
Rb1 Be4 15. Bb5 Rbc8 16. O-O Bxf3 17. gxf3 Bh4 18. f4 Rd2 19. Ba4 g6 20. Kg2
Kg7 21. Kf3 a6 22. Rbd1 Rxb2 23. Rb1 Ra2 24. Rxb6 a5 25. Rb7 Kf8 26. Rbb1 Rxa3
27. Ra1 Rcc3 28. Rfb1 Rxa1 29. Rxa1 Be7 30. Ra2 Bb4 31. Rc2 Rxc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1992.05.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Short, Nigel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Qc2 Re8 9. Nge2 c6 10. O-O Nf8 11. f3 Nh5 12. Bxe7 Rxe7 13. Qd2 Ne6 14. Rad1 g6
15. Kh1 Rd7 16. f4 Neg7 17. f5 Qg5 18. e4 Qxd2 19. Rxd2 dxe4 20. Bxe4 Ne8 21.
g4 Nhf6 22. Bf3 gxf5 23. g5 Ng4 24. Ng3 Rd8 25. Re2 Ng7 26. d5 f4 27. dxc6 bxc6
28. Nge4 Ne3 29. Nf6+ Kh8 30. Rff2 Ba6 31. Rd2 Ne6 32. h4 Nd4 33. Bd5 Ndf5 34.
Bxc6 Ng3+ 35. Kg1 Rxd2 36. Rxd2 Rc8 37. Rd7 Kg7 38. Bf3 Nef5 39. Bd5 Nxh4 40.
Rxf7+ Kg6 41. Rxa7 Bc4 42. Ra4 Bd3 43. Rxf4 Rxc3 44. Rxh4 Rc1+ 45. Kf2 Nf5 46.
Rh1 Rc2+ 47. Kf3 Rxb2 48. Nxh7 Rb4 49. Rh2 Bb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1992.05.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Short, Nigel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Nc3 Na5 11. Ba2 b4 12. Ne2 Rb8 13. Ng3 c5 14. Nf5 Bc8 15. Ne3
Be6 16. Bd2 Ne8 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. c3 Nc6 19. Nc4 Nc7 20. Be3 Bf6 21. Rc1 bxc3
22. bxc3 d5 23. Ncd2 Be7 24. Nf1 Qd7 25. Qc2 Bd6 26. Rb1 h6 27. Rxb8 Rxb8 28.
Rb1 Qe8 29. Bc1 Na5 30. Rxb8 Qxb8 31. N3d2 Ne8 32. Ne3 Nf6 33. h3 Qb7 34. Qa2
Kh7 35. Ba3 Qc6 36. Qc2 Kg8 37. Qd1 Bf8 38. exd5 exd5 39. c4 d4 40. Ng4 Nd7 41.
Ne4 Nb7 42. Ng3 Nd6 43. Qc2 Be7 44. Bc1 Bh4 45. Nf1 e4 46. Qe2 h5 47. Ngh2 Ne5
48. Bf4 Nxd3 49. Bxd6 Bxf2+ 50. Kh1 Qxd6 51. Qxe4 Ne5 52. Nf3 Nxf3 53. Qxf3 Be3
54. Nxe3 dxe3 55. Qxe3 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1992.05.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nc3 Na6 10. Bf4 Be7 11. Rfd1 Nc5 12. Qc2 Nce4 13. Ne5 Nxc3 14. Bxb7 Nxd1
15. Rxd1 Rb8 16. Nc6 dxc6 17. Rxd8 Rbxd8 {The players have followed
Vyzmanavin-Aseev, Moscow 1991.} 18. Qa4 $5 Bd6 19. Bxc6 Bxf4 20. gxf4 a5 21. c5
bxc5 22. Qxa5 h6 $6 (22... c4 23. Qc3 Rb8 {is more solid.}) 23. Qxc5 Rd2 24.
Qc3 Rxe2 $6 25. Bf3 $1 {White wins additional material.} Nd5 26. Qc1 Nxf4 27.
Qxf4 Rxb2 28. a4 Rc8 29. Qd4 Ra2 30. Bb7 ({Seirawan suggests} 30. h4 $1) 30...
Rc1+ 31. Kg2 g6 32. Ba6 ({The aggressive} 32. a5 Rca1 33. a6 Rxa6 $1 34. Bxa6
Rxa6 {will also draw.}) 32... Raa1 33. Bb7 Rg1+ 34. Kh3 Rad1 35. Qb6 Rg5 36. a5
Rd3+ 37. f3 Rd2 38. a6 e5 39. Qe3 Rh5+ 40. Kg3 Rg5+ 41. Qxg5 hxg5 42. a7 Ra2
43. a8=Q+ Rxa8 44. Bxa8 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1992.05.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 dxc4 7. d5 Ne5 8.
Qd4 h6 9. Bh4 Ng6 10. Bg3 e6 11. d6 Ne7 12. Rd1 Ned5 13. Qe5 Nd7 14. Qe2 Nxc3
15. bxc3 g6 16. Be5 Nxe5 17. Qxe5 Rg8 18. Bxc4 Bg7 19. Bb5+ Bd7 20. Bxd7+ Qxd7
21. Qe3 Qc6 22. Ne2 b6 23. O-O O-O-O 24. c4 Kb7 25. Nd4 Bxd4 26. Rxd4 Rd7 27.
Qxh6 e5 28. Rd5 Re8 29. Qd2 Re6 30. c5 bxc5 31. Rb1+ Ka8 32. Qb2 Re8 33. Rxe5
Red8 34. Qc3 Rxd6 35. Rf1 c4 36. Re7 f6 37. Qe3 R6d7 $2 ({Better is} 37... Qb6)
38. Rxd7 Qxd7 39. Qf3+ Qd5 $4 {Anand took over the lead from Seirawan.} (39...
Qd5 40. Rd1 $1) 1-0

[Event "6th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1992.05.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Short, Nigel"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C86"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Qe2 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. d3 Bb7 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. a3 Bf8 12. Ba2 Nb8 $5 {A new move in made in a
quiet variation.} 13. Re1 Nbd7 14. Nf1 c5 15. exd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Bd2
g6 18. Rad1 Bg7 19. h4 $5 {Short becomes tired of the manoeuvring and advances
on the kingside.} Nf8 20. h5 Qd7 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. Qe4 Rac8 23. Qh4 f6 24. Ng3
Ne6 25. Ne4 Kf7 26. Qg4 Re7 $4 ({Right is} 26... Red8 {(Timman).}) 27. c4 $2 (
27. Nh4 $1 Nef4 28. Qg3 g5 29. Nf5 $1 Rc6 30. Qg4 {wins immediately.}) 27...
Nb6 28. Ba5 Rc6 29. Bxb6 Rxb6 30. Nh4 Nf8 31. Qf3 Rc6 32. Nc3 Rd6 33. Nd5 Re8
34. Qg3 Rxd5 $2 (34... g5 $1 35. Nf3 Ng6 36. Nd2 Nf4 37. Ne4 Rc6 {defends
properly.}) 35. cxd5 Qxd5 36. b4 cxb4 37. axb4 Bh6 38. Qf3 Rd8 39. Qe4 Qd6 40.
g3 Bg7 41. Ra1 Qxd3 42. Qxd3 Rxd3 43. Rxa6 Rb3 44. Rc1 Rxb4 45. Rc7+ Kg8 46.
Ra8 Rg4 47. Kh2 f5 48. Rb7 $2 (48. Rb8 {wins (Timman). The pointe is} Rc4 $6
49. Rxc4 bxc4 50. Nxg6 $1) 48... Ra4 $1 49. Rab8 Ra6 50. Rxb5 Kf7 51. R8b7+ Kf6
52. Nf3 e4 53. Ne5 Ne6 54. Rd5 Kg5 $5 55. Nf7+ Kh5 $5 56. Kg2 Bd4 $2 ({Right is
} 56... Bf6) 57. Rb4 $1 Bf6 58. Rxe4 $1 Ng5 59. Rh4# {Timman collapsed under
time pressure. Both games were decided in this round!} 1-0

[Event "6th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1992.05.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Short, Nigel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2
Nc6 9. a3 Qa5 10. Rd1 Be7 11. Nd2 e5 12. Nb3 Qb6 13. Bg5 Be6 $6 ({Theory is} 
13... Bg4) 14. Na4 Qa6 $2 (14... Bf5 $1 15. Qxf5 Qxb3 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. cxd5
Qxa4 18. dxc6 Qxc6 19. Bd3 g6 {gives an accurate answer.}) 15. cxd5 $2 (15.
Nac5 $1 Bxc5 16. cxd5 $1 Bb4+ $1 17. Nd2 $1 {gains an advantage (Seirawan).})
15... Qxa4 16. Bxf6 ({Not} 16. dxe6 $2 Nb4 $1 17. exf7+ Kh8 18. axb4 Bxb4+ 19.
Ke2 Rac8 $1 {(Dautov).}) 16... Nb4 $3 {Seirawan moves from a favourable to a
lost position quickly.} 17. Qe4 $2 ({Right is} 17. axb4 Bxb4+ 18. Ke2 Rac8 19.
Qd3 Bd7 20. Kf3 {(Dautov)} Bd6 $1 {and Black has the better position.}) 17...
Rac8 18. axb4 ({Or} 18. Bc4 Rxc4 $1 19. Qxc4 Rc8) 18... Bxb4+ 19. Ke2 Qxb3 20.
Bxe5 Rc4 $1 21. Rd4 Rxd4 22. Qxd4 Bxd5 {Short scored two wins in a row.} 0-1

[Event "6th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1992.05.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 f6 7. Nf4 Bf7 8. Qe2
fxe5 9. Qxe5 Nd7 10. Qe2 Qe7 11. Nd3 Bg6 12. h4 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 e5 14. Bg5 Qf7
15. O-O-O Bd6 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Qe2 Qf3 18. Qxf3 Nxf3 19. Be3 Nh6 20. Ne4 Be5
21. Ng5 Nxg5 22. hxg5 Nxg4 23. Bd3 g6 24. Rde1 O-O 25. Bc5 Rfe8 26. Rh4 b6 27.
Rxg4 bxc5 28. c3 Rab8 29. Kc2 c4 30. Bxc4 dxc4 31. Rge4 Rf8 32. Rxe5 Rxf2+ 33.
R1e2 Rxe2+ 34. Rxe2 Rb5 35. Rg2 Kf7 36. Rg4 Rc5 37. Kd2 Ke6 38. Ke3 Re5+ 39.
Kd4 Re2 40. Kxc4 Rxb2 41. a4 Kf5 42. Rg1 {Anand and Short had won the
tournament.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "20.Schachtage"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

{The 20. Internationale Dortmunder Schachtage occurred in the Westfalenhalle
from 16-26 April 1992. 550 chess players participated in four groups. Nineteen
times, the main group had been a grandmaster tournament. This time it was full
of top talent.   The organisation of a super tournament had become easier,
because the Eastern European players could participate anywhere after the
downfall of the Iron Curtain. World champion Kasparov and his rivals Ivanchuk,
Bareev, Anand and Salov competed with the new talents Kamsky, Adams, Shirov
and Piket, and senior Hübner. The promising youngsters Kramnik and Lékó took
part in the Open tournament. Many debutants would become regulars in Dortmund.
   Losses of Kasparov against Kamsky and local hero Hübner were astonishing.
Nevertheless, the tournament became a race between Kasparov, Ivanchuk, Bareev
and Salov. The last mentioned was eliminated in round eight. Three potential
winners played with White in the last round. All got an advantage, but only
Kasparov won. He catched up with Ivanchuk and became number one on SB-score.
10,500 chess enthusiasts visited the tournament. } 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5
d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 Be6 9. Qc2 f5 10. Nbd2 $6 {
A poor novelty.} c6 11. c5 Bc7 12. b4 Nd7 13. b5 g5 $1 14. bxc6 bxc6 15. Qa4
Qf6 $1 {Black continues the attack.} 16. Qxc6 Rac8 17. Qa6 g4 $1 18. Nxe4 $1 {
Otherwise White will be crushed.} fxe4 19. Ng5 Bf5 20. Qxf6 Rxf6 21. Bc2 h6 22.
Bb3 hxg5 23. Bxd5+ Kg7 24. Bxg5 Rff8 $2 (24... Rh8 $1 25. g3 (25. Bxf6+ $2 Nxf6
) 25... Rff8 {keeps the momentum.}) 25. Rfe1 Ba5 26. Red1 Nf6 27. Bb3 Kg6 28.
Be3 Bc7 29. d5 Be5 30. Rac1 a5 31. g3 Rfd8 32. Bc4 a4 33. d6 a3 34. Ba6 $1 Rb8
35. Bd4 $1 Bxd4 36. Rxd4 Rb2 37. c6 e3 $5 38. fxe3 Rh8 39. c7 $2 {Time
pressure affects play.} ({Adams misses the win} 39. Bf1 $1 Rxa2 40. d7 Rb2 41.
d8=Q Rxd8 42. Rxd8 a2 43. Ra1 {(Hübner).}) 39... Rhxh2 $2 ({Hübner overlooks} 
39... Rbxh2 $1 40. Bf1 Rh1+ 41. Kf2 R8h2+ 42. Ke1 Rxf1+ 43. Kxf1 Rh1+ $19) 40.
d7 $2 (40. Bb7 Ne4 41. Bxe4 Bxe4 42. Rxe4 Rbg2+ $11) 40... Rbg2+ 41. Kf1 Ne4 $1
42. Rxe4 Bxe4 43. Ke1 Rg1+ 44. Bf1 Bf3 $1 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "20.Schachtage"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Nxf3+ {Ivanchuk wants to draw.
} 6. Qxf3 c6 7. d3 d6 8. Bb3 Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. f4 Bg4 11. Qf2 Be6 12. O-O exf4
13. Bxf4 d5 14. Rae1 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Bxb3 16. axb3 Qd7 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Be5
Bxe5 19. Rxe5 f6 20. Re4 Rfe8 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 $1 22. Qxa7 Re2 23. Rf2 Re1+ 24.
Rf1 Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "20.Schachtage"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Re1 Nbd7 8. Bf4
Qa5 9. Qd2 e5 10. Bh6 $6 (10. dxe5 dxe5 {takes no risk.}) 10... exd4 11. Nxd4
Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Qxd2 13. Bxd2 d5 14. Bb4 Rd8 15. Nxc6 ({White diverts from} 15.
Nb5 dxe4 16. Nc7 Rb8 17. Be7 Rf8 $1 {(Sokolov-Van der Wiel, Biel 1985).}) 15...
bxc6 16. Nc3 a5 17. Ba3 Nb6 18. Be7 Re8 19. Bc5 Nd7 20. Ba3 Ne5 $1 21. Na4 Bf5
22. c3 h5 23. h3 Bh6 24. Bf1 Nd7 25. Bd6 $2 ({The disadvantage restricts} 25.
Nc5 Nxc5 26. Bxc5 Reb8 27. Ba3 a4 {(Stohl).}) 25... Bc2 $1 26. b3 Bd2 27. Rxe8+
Rxe8 28. Bc7 Nf6 $1 29. f3 (29. Bxa5 $2 d4 {The d-pawn becomes too dangerous.})
29... h4 30. Bb6 Nh5 31. Bf2 g5 32. Nc5 Nf4 33. a3 $2 Bxc3 34. Rc1 Ne2+ $2 (
34... Re2 $1 $19) 35. Bxe2 Rxe2 36. Kf1 Bb2 37. Kxe2 Bxc1 38. b4 a4 $6 (38...
axb4 39. axb4 Bb2 {offers more chances.}) 39. Be3 $1 Bxa3 40. Kd2 Bf5 $2 (40...
Bb1 $1 41. Kc3 $1 f5 $1 42. Bxg5 d4+ $1 {utilises the two bishops.}) 41. Kc3
d4+ $1 42. Bxd4 Bc1 43. Nxa4 Bc8 44. Nc5 Bf4 45. Kd3 Kh7 46. Be3 Bxe3 47. Kxe3
Kg6 48. Nb3 Be6 49. Na5 Bd5 50. Kd4 $1 g4 $1 51. b5 $1 Bxf3 $1 52. bxc6 gxh3
53. gxf3 h2 54. c7 h1=Q 55. c8=Q Qa1+ 56. Ke3 Qe5+ 57. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "20.Schachtage"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. Bd2 e6 8.
Bb5+ Nc6 9. Bb4 Bxb4+ 10. Qxb4 Qe7 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Qxe7+ Kxe7 13. Nc3 Nd7
14. Na4 f6 15. Rc1 Nb6 $6 16. Nc5 $1 a5 17. Nh4 Bg4 $4 18. h3 Bh5 19. Nxe6 $1
Kxe6 20. Rxc6+ Kd7 21. Rxb6 Rhb8 22. Rxb8 Rxb8 23. b3 a4 24. g4 axb3 25. axb3
Rxb3 26. Ke2 Rb2+ 27. Kf3 Bf7 28. Nf5 g6 29. Nh6 Be6 30. Ra1 Rb7 31. h4 g5 32.
hxg5 fxg5 33. Rh1 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "20.Schachtage"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E86"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. Nge2 c6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. O-O-O a6 10. Kb1 b5 11. Nc1 exd4 $5 {A novelty sets new problems.} 12.
Bxd4 Re8 13. Bxf6 $6 ({Usual has become} 13. Nb3) 13... Qxf6 14. Qxd6 Qxd6 15.
Rxd6 Ne5 $1 16. f4 Ng4 17. e5 Nf2 18. Rg1 Bf5+ 19. Ka1 b4 {Black has mobility
for a pawn.} 20. Na4 $6 ({Nicely draws} 20. N3e2 Rad8 21. c5 $1 Bf8 22. Nd4
Bxd6 23. cxd6 Rxd6 $1 24. exd6 Re1 25. Ndb3 Ng4 26. h3 Ne3 27. g4 Nc2+ 28. Kb1
Na3+) 20... f6 $1 21. e6 $2 ({Stronger defends} 21. g4 $1 Nxg4 22. Bd3 fxe5 $1
23. Bxf5 gxf5 24. h3 exf4 25. hxg4 f3 26. gxf5 f2 27. Rf1 Re1 28. Rd1 Rae8 29.
Nd3 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 Bd4 31. Kb1 Re2 32. Rh1 Re4 33. Kc2 Rg4 {(Kasparov)} 34. Kd2
Rg1 35. Nxf2 Bxf2 36. Rh6) 21... Rxe6 22. Rxe6 Bxe6 23. Be2 f5 24. Nb3 Bf7 25.
Na5 Rd8 $1 26. Rf1 Ng4 27. Rd1 Rxd1+ 28. Bxd1 Ne3 29. Bf3 Nxc4 30. Nxc6 a5 31.
Nd8 Nd2 32. Bc6 (32. Nxf7 Kxf7 33. Bd5+ Ke7 $19) 32... Bh6 $1 33. g3 Nf1 34.
Nb6 Nxh2 35. Nd7 Bg7 36. Ne5 Bxe5 37. fxe5 Kf8 38. e6 Be8 39. Bxe8 Kxe8 40. Nc6
Nf1 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "20.Schachtage"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. c3 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 O-O 14. Nce3
Be6 15. g3 Ne7 16. Bg2 Rb8 17. O-O Nxd5 $6 ({Better is} 17... f5 $1 18. Nxe7+
Qxe7 19. Nd5 Qf7 20. Nb4 {(Adams).}) 18. Bxd5 Kh8 19. a4 Bh6 20. axb5 axb5 21.
Nc2 $1 Qd7 22. Ra6 Bh3 $6 (22... Rbd8 23. Nb4 Rg8 {defends appropriately.}) 23.
Re1 Bg5 $6 24. Nb4 Bd8 $2 25. Be4 Bb6 26. Nd5 f5 27. Nxb6 Qd8 28. Nd7 Qxd7 29.
Rxd6 Qe7 30. Rd7 Qg5 31. Bc2 e4 32. Qd4+ Qf6 33. Qa7 $1 Qh6 34. Ra1 b4 35. Qd4+
Qf6 36. Raa7 Qxd4 37. cxd4 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "20.Schachtage"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Be3 Nbd7 8. Qc2
e5 9. d5 c6 10. h4 h5 11. Nh3 cxd5 12. cxd5 a6 13. Ng5 b5 14. a4 b4 15. Nd1 a5
16. Rc1 Bb7 17. Qc7 Qb8 18. Bb5 Rc8 19. Qxb8 Raxb8 20. Kd2 $1 {The weaknesses
a5 and d6 are hard to defend.} Rxc1 ({Black narrowly escapes in} 20... Kf8 $1
21. b3 Bh6 $1 22. f3 Rxc1 23. Kxc1 Rc8+ 24. Kd2 Nc5 25. Bxc5 Rxc5 26. Ne3 Ke7
27. Nc4 Nxd5 $1 28. Nxa5 Ba8 29. exd5 f6 30. Nc6+ Bxc6 31. dxc6 fxg5) 21. Kxc1
Rc8+ 22. Kb1 $1 Kf8 23. b3 $1 Ke7 24. Nb2 Rc3 25. Rc1 $1 Rxc1+ ({Bareev
proposes} 25... Nxd5 26. exd5 Bxd5 {but} 27. Bc4 Bxg2 28. Bxf7 Bf6 29. Bxg6
Rxb3 30. Rc7 e4 31. Bc1 {crushes all hopes.}) 26. Kxc1 Ng4 27. Ba7 Bh6 28. f3
f6 29. fxg4 fxg5 30. Be3 $1 Nc5 31. hxg5 Bg7 32. Bxc5 dxc5 33. Nc4 Bc8 34. d6+
Kd8 35. d7 Bxd7 36. Bxd7 Kxd7 37. Nxa5 Kc7 38. Nc4 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "20.Schachtage"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 Be7 $6 7. Re1 b5 8.
Bb3 $6 d5 9. dxe5 Be6 10. c3 O-O 11. Nd4 Nxd4 12. cxd4 h6 13. f3 Ng5 14. Nc3 c5
15. f4 cxd4 16. Ne2 d3 $1 17. Qxd3 Bc5+ 18. Nd4 $1 Bf5 19. Qxf5 Ne6 20. Be3
Nxd4 21. Qd3 $6 ({Hübner prefers the two-edged line} 21. Bxd4 $5 Bxd4+ 22. Kh1
Bxb2 23. Rad1 d4 24. Rd3) 21... Nxb3 22. axb3 d4 23. Bf2 Qd5 24. h3 Rfe8 25.
Kh2 a5 26. Rec1 Bb6 27. Rc2 Rec8 28. Rac1 Rxc2 29. Rxc2 a4 30. bxa4 bxa4 31.
Be1 Qb3 32. Qxb3 axb3 33. Rc6 Ba5 34. Bxa5 Rxa5 35. Rb6 d3 36. Rd6 ({Avoids} 
36. Rxb3 $4 Rd5) 36... Ra2 37. Rxd3 Rxb2 38. Kg3 g5 39. f5 Re2 40. Rxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "20.Schachtage"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Be3 b6 8. Rc1
Bb7 9. f3 Be7 10. Qd2 O-O 11. Be2 Rac8 12. O-O Qb8 13. Rfd1 Bd6 14. g3 Bc5 15.
a3 Rfd8 16. b4 Be7 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 ({After} 17... dxc6 18. Qb2 {Black can
exchange the heavy pieces.}) 18. Bf4 d6 19. g4 $1 Qa8 20. Qe1 Bb7 21. Nb5 Ne8
22. Qg3 d5 23. cxd5 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 exd5 25. e5 Ba6 26. Qf2 d4 27. Rd1 $6 ({A
plus keeps} 27. Nxd4 $1 Rxd4 $1 28. Bxa6 Rxf4 29. Rc8 Qxf3 30. Qxf3 Rxf3 31.
Rxe8+ {(Ivanchuk).}) 27... Bxb5 28. Bxb5 Nc7 29. Bf1 a5 30. Bd2 axb4 31. axb4
Qa4 32. Rc1 Ne6 33. f4 $6 Bxb4 34. f5 Bxd2 35. Qxd2 Nc5 36. Bc4 d3 37. e6 $2
Ne4 $4 (37... Rd4 38. e7 Rxg4+ 39. Kf1 Qe8 $19) 38. e7 Re8 39. Qxd3 Rxe7 40.
Bb5 Qa8 41. Bc6 Qc8 42. Qe3 $1 {White wins a piece, but Gata struggles on,
because his father will beat him after a loss.} h5 43. Bxe4 Qe8 44. Re1 hxg4
45. Qf4 Qd7 46. Qxg4 Qd4+ 47. Kg2 Re8 48. h4 b5 49. h5 Kf8 50. Qf4 Qf6 51. Rb1
Re5 52. Kf3 Kg8 53. h6 $1 gxh6 54. Rh1 ({Quickly wins} 54. Rc1 $1 Re8 55. Rc6
Qd4 56. Rxh6 Qd1+ 57. Kg3 Qe1+ 58. Kh3 {(Ivanchuk).}) 54... Kg7 55. Rc1 Qd6 56.
Rg1+ Kf8 57. Rh1 h5 58. Qe3 b4 59. Rb1 $2 ({Correct is} 59. Qd3) 59... Ra5 60.
Rb3 Ra3 $2 ({A spanking avoids} 60... Qd1+ $1 61. Kg3 Qg4+ 62. Kf2 Ra2+) 61.
Rd3 Rxd3 62. Qxd3 Qf6 63. Qd2 Qb6 64. Qe3 Qd6 65. Qf4 Qd1+ 66. Kg3 Qe1+ 67. Kh3
Qc3+ 68. Kh4 Ke7 69. Qg5+ Kd7 70. Qg3 Qb2 71. Kxh5 b3 72. Qd3+ Ke7 73. Kg4 Qe5
74. Bd5 Qg7+ 75. Kf3 b2 76. Qa3+ Kd7 77. Qa4+ Kc7 78. Qc6+ Kd8 79. Qb6+ Kd7 80.
Bc6+ Kd6 81. Ba4+ Ke7 82. Qc7+ Kf6 83. Qd6+ (83. Qc3+ Ke7 84. Qxg7 b1=Q 85.
Qe5+ {wins a pawn, but Ivanchuk wants more.}) 83... Kxf5 84. Bd7+ Kg5 85. Qf4+
Kg6 86. Bf5+ Kh5 ({A familiar manouevre from studies is} 86... Kf6 87. Qd4+
Kxf5 88. Qxg7 b1=Q 89. Qh7+ {and enfilade.}) 87. Bg4+ Kh4 88. Be6+ 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "20.Schachtage"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. Ne5 Re8 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. f3 Nd5 14. Na2 Bf8
15. e4 Bg6 16. Qe1 $1 f5 $4 17. exd5 {'Speedy Gonzales' lost quickly.} ({A
piece wins} 17. exd5 exd5 18. Be2) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "20.Schachtage"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. Qf2 Qb6 12. Bd3 Rb8 13. O-O Nb4 14. Rfd1 O-O 15.
Ne2 Bd7 16. Ned4 Nbxd3 17. cxd3 Na4 $2 (17... b4 $1 {prevents the next move.})
18. b4 a5 19. a3 Rfc8 20. Rdc1 axb4 21. axb4 Rxc1+ 22. Rxc1 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8
24. Qc2 $6 (24. Qh4 $1 Nc3 25. Qe7 {is even better.}) 24... Bd7 25. Kf2 Kf8 26.
g4 Ke8 27. Ke3 f6 28. h4 Qb8 29. Qc1 Kf8 30. Ke2 Kf7 31. Qe3 Qf8 32. f5 Qe8 33.
g5 $1 exf5 34. gxf6 gxf6 35. Qh6 fxe5 36. Qxh7+ Kf6 37. Qh6+ Kf7 38. Ng5+ Ke7
39. Qg7+ Kd6 40. Nf7+ Kc7 41. Nxe5 Nb6 ({Black protects the queenside by} 41...
Kb6 42. Kd2 Bc8 {but White wins by} 43. Qg6+ {on the other flank.}) 42. Nxb5+
Kb8 43. Nd4 Qh5+ 44. Ndf3 Be8 45. Kf2 f4 46. Qe7 Nc8 47. Qf6 Kb7 48. Qxf4 Qh8
49. Ng5 Qh6 50. Kg3 Nd6 51. Qf3 Bc6 52. Ngf7 Nxf7 53. Qxf7+ Kb6 54. Qf4 Qe6 55.
h5 Bb7 56. Qf6 $1 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "20.Schachtage"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 a5 10. a3 Nd7 11. Rb1 f5 12. b4 Kh8 13. f3 Ng8 14. Qc2 Ngf6 15. Nb5
axb4 16. axb4 Nh5 17. g3 Ndf6 18. c5 Bd7 19. Rb3 Bh6 20. Rc3 Bf4 $5 {Kasparov
brings a novelty.} 21. cxd6 ({More adventurous is} 21. gxf4 $5 Nxf4 22. Nb3
N6xd5 $1 {(Kamsky)} 23. Bxf4 Nxf4 24. Kh1) 21... Nxg3 $2 ({Correct is} 21...
cxd6 22. Nc7 Rc8 23. Ne6 {(Kamsky)} Bxe6 24. dxe6 Be3+ 25. Kg2 Rxc3 26. Qxc3)
22. hxg3 Nh5 23. gxf4 Nxf4 ({White wins in the wild} 23... Qh4 24. Rf2 Nxf4 25.
Bf1 Bxb5 26. dxc7 $1 Qg3+ 27. Rg2 Nxg2 28. Bxg2 Qe1+ 29. Nf1 {(Kamsky).}) 24.
Bc4 $1 {Kasparov had not seen this move.} Nh3+ 25. Kh1 Qh4 26. Nb3 fxe4 27. Qh2
Rf5 28. f4 Rh5 29. Qg3 Qxg3 30. Rxg3 exf4 31. Bb2+ Kg8 32. dxc7 Bxb5 33. Bxb5
fxg3 34. Kg2 Ng5 35. d6 Rh2+ 36. Kxg3 Rxb2 37. Bc4+ Kg7 38. d7 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "20.Schachtage"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2
b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Bb7 11. O-O Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. a4 Nc6 14. Rd1 Qa5 15.
Bd2 b4 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Rd2 e6 18. Qc4 Bd5 19. Qh4 Qe7 20. Qxe7 Nxe7 21. a5 Nf5
22. Bf4 Rfc8 23. g4 Ne7 24. Ne5 Nc6 25. Nd7 Nd4 26. Bd6 $2 {Piket fails
tactically in a difficult endgame.} ({A plus keeps} 26. Nb6 Rxc5 27. Nxa8 Bxa8)
26... Nb3 27. Rxd5 exd5 28. Ra4 Ra7 29. Nb6 Rc6 30. Nxd5 Nxc5 31. Bxc5 Rxc5 32.
Nxb4 Bxb2 33. Nxa6 Re5 34. Bd3 Bc3 35. Kg2 Rxa5 36. Rc4 Ra3 37. Rc8+ Kg7 38.
Nc7 Be5 39. Ne8+ Kh6 40. Be4 R7a4 41. Bf3 Rf4 42. Be2 Ra2 43. Bf3 Bd4 44. Kg3
g5 45. Rc6+ f6 46. Bd5 Rd2 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "20.Schachtage"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 b5 6. a4 b4 7. Nb1 Ba6 8. Be2 e6
9. O-O c5 $5 10. Nbd2 c3 $5 ({The quiet} 10... Nc6 {drew in Franco - Smyslov,
Barcelona 1990.}) 11. bxc3 bxc3 12. Nb1 Nd5 $6 (12... Bxe2 $1 13. Qxe2 cxd4 14.
Nxd4 Be7 {(Anand).}) 13. Bb5+ $1 Bxb5 14. axb5 cxd4 15. Qxd4 Be7 $1 16. e4 $1 (
{Avoids} 16. Qxg7 $4 Bf6 17. Qh6 c2) 16... c2 $1 17. Na3 {White restricts
Black's bishop's knight.} Bf6 $2 ({Black repairs his position with} 17... Nf6
$1 18. Qc4 a6 19. Nxc2 axb5 20. Qxb5+ Nbd7) 18. e5 Be7 19. Nxc2 Qd7 20. Qg4 $1
g6 21. Ncd4 O-O 22. Ba3 Rc8 23. h4 Rc4 24. Bxe7 Qxe7 25. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 26. Rxc1
Nd7 27. h5 Kg7 28. Rc6 Nf8 29. Rd6 $1 f5 (29... Qb7 30. Ng5 Rc8 31. hxg6 hxg6
32. Ngxe6+ $1 fxe6 33. Nxe6+ Nxe6 34. Qxe6 {(Dautov).}) 30. Qg5 $1 Rb8 31. h6+
Kf7 32. Rxd5 $1 exd5 33. Qxe7+ 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "20.Schachtage"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. e3 axb5 6. Bxb5 Qa5+ 7. Nc3 Bb7 8.
Nge2 Nxd5 9. O-O Nxc3 10. Nxc3 e6 11. a4 $5 Nc6 12. e4 Be7 13. Bf4 Qd8 $5 {
Black chooses for consolidation.} 14. Qd3 O-O 15. Rad1 Nd4 16. Be5 Bf6 17. Bd6
Be7 18. Be5 Bf6 19. Bd6 Be7 20. Qg3 $5 {White wants to win.} f5 $1 21. exf5
Rxf5 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. Qc7 {Adams' position looks endangered, but he finds a
great way out.} Nf3+ $1 24. Kh1 (24. gxf3 $4 Rg5+) 24... Rh5 25. h3 (25. Rxd7
$2 Nxh2 $1) 25... Rxh3+ $1 26. gxh3 Qh4 27. Qg3 {Black delivers perpetual
check.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "20.Schachtage"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Be7 8. c4
O-O 9. Nc3 bxc4 10. Bxc4 d6 11. a3 Nd4 12. b4 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 c6 14. Bg5 Kh8 $5
({Less ambition shows} 14... a5) 15. Rfd1 Nd7 16. Bd2 a5 17. bxa5 Rxa5 18. Rdb1
Bc8 19. Qd1 Nc5 20. Be3 f5 21. Qd2 f4 22. Bxc5 Rxc5 23. Na4 Ra5 24. Nb6 Ra7 25.
Nxc8 Qxc8 26. Qd1 $6 d5 $6 ({A nasty attack on the king starts} 26... f3)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "20.Schachtage"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 g6 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Bg7 7. Nbd2 $5 Bf5
8. e3 O-O 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. h3 c5 $5 11. O-O (11. dxc5 $5 Nh5 12. Bh2 Rc8 {and
Black regains the pawn.}) 11... Rc8 12. Qa4 a6 13. Rac1 Qb6 $2 {Black misses a
trick.} 14. e4 $1 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Qxd7 Qxb2 17. Bd1 Bf5 18. Qxe7 Rfe8
19. Qh4 c4 20. Bh6 $2 ({The wise} 20. Re1 Rxe1+ 21. Nxe1 Bxd4 22. Bc2 $1 {
keeps a material advantage.}) 20... f6 21. Bd2 Bd3 22. Qf4 Bxf1 23. Bc3 Qa3 24.
Kxf1 b5 25. Qd2 Qd6 26. Bb4 Qd5 27. Ne1 Rcd8 28. Nc2 Qe4 29. Bf3 Qd3+ 30. Be2
Qf5 $6 ({More resistance offers} 30... Qxd2 31. Bxd2 f5 32. Bc3 Kf7) 31. Rd1 h5
32. Bf3 Kh7 33. d5 Qe5 34. Kg1 Bh6 35. Qd4 Bf8 36. Bxf8 Rxf8 37. Qa7+ Kh6 38.
Nd4 Ra8 39. Qb7 Rfb8 40. Qf7 Rf8 41. Qe6 Rfe8 42. Qb6 Rac8 43. Nc6 Qd6 44. Qxa6
c3 45. Qa5 b4 46. Qa4 Qc5 47. Qb3 Kg7 48. g3 Ra8 49. Nxb4 h4 50. g4 Reb8 51. a3
Rxa3 52. Qxa3 Rxb4 53. Bg2 c2 54. Rc1 Qd4 55. Rxc2 Qd1+ 56. Kh2 Rb1 57. Rc7+
Kh6 58. g5+ 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "20.Schachtage"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Be2
Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 c5 12. bxc5 bxc5 13. Rb1 Bc6 14. O-O Nd7
15. Bb5 Qc7 16. Qd2 Rab8 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. dxc5 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Qxc5 20. Qxc5
Nxc5 21. Nd4 {The blockade of the centre should favour White, but too many
pieces have been exchanged.} Rfc8 22. f3 g6 23. Rxb8 Rxb8 24. Nc6 Re8 25. Kf2
Nd3+ 26. Ke2 Nf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "20.Schachtage"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nd2 Qe6 10. b3 Bb4 11. Bb2 O-O 12. O-O-O d5 $5 {Piket has prepared
the last two moves. He aims for a defendable endgame.} 13. exd6 Qxd6 14. Nf3
Qh6+ 15. Qe3 {If White does not exchange, he will suffer an attack.} Qxe3+ 16.
fxe3 Re8 17. e4 Nd7 18. e5 a5 19. Bd3 Nc5 20. Bc2 a4 21. Nd4 axb3 22. axb3 Ra6
23. h3 Ne6 24. Rhf1 Nxd4 25. Rxd4 g6 26. Be4 Be6 {The fortress seems to be
strong.} 27. Kc2 Be7 28. Ra1 Rxa1 29. Bxa1 Ra8 30. Bb2 Ra2 $6 31. c5 $1 Ra5 $1
(31... Bxc5 32. Ra4 Rxa4 33. bxa4 {and White has a distant passed pawn (Piket).
}) 32. b4 Ra6 33. Bc3 f6 $6 34. Rd1 fxe5 $6 {Several doubtful moves opened up
the bastion.} ({Correct is} 34... f5 $1) 35. Ra1 $1 Rxa1 36. Bxa1 Bf6 $2 {
Piket folds under time pressure.} ({The day saves} 36... Bf5 $1 37. Bxf5 gxf5
38. Bxe5 Bd8 39. Kd3 Kf7 40. Ke3 Ke6 {(Piket).}) 37. Bxc6 Bf5+ 38. Kb3 Kf7 39.
b5 Ke7 40. Kc4 Be6+ {Now the flag fell.} (40... Be6+ 41. Bd5 Bf5 42. b6 cxb6
43. cxb6 Kd8 44. b7 Kc7 45. Bc3 $18 {(Piket).}) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "20.Schachtage"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8.
O-O Bd6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 O-O 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Bf4 Nf6 14. Qe2 {
A quiet opening has led to a minimal advantage.} c5 15. Rfd1 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Qb6
17. Rd3 Rfd8 18. Rad1 Rac8 19. b3 a6 20. h3 Bc5 21. Be3 Rd7 22. Nc2 Rcd8 23.
Rxd7 Rxd7 24. Rxd7 Nxd7 25. b4 Bxe3 26. Qxe3 Qc6 {The exchange of queens would
take a risk.} 27. Qd3 h6 28. c5 Nf6 29. Ne3 Nd5 30. Nxd5 exd5 31. a3 a5 32. g3
axb4 33. axb4 h5 34. h4 g6 35. Qd4 Kf8 36. Kg2 Ke7 37. Kf3 Kd7 38. Kf4 Qe6 39.
b5 f6 40. Kf3 Kc7 41. Qa4 Kd7 42. Qd4 Kc7 43. Kg2 Kd7 $4 {After long
manoeuvring, the sneezy Salov gets the chance to win.} ({Correct is} 43... Kd8)
44. Kf3 $4 ({But he misses} 44. c6+ $1 bxc6 45. Qa7+ Kd6 46. b6 Qe4+ 47. Kh2
Qd4 48. Kg1 Qd1+ 49. Kg2 Qd4 50. Qc7+ Kc5 51. b7) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "20.Schachtage"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. f3
O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Nb3 Qxd2+ 13. Rxd2 Rd8 14.
Rxd8+ Nxd8 {The exchanges came quickly. Black still has to develop some pieces.
} 15. Bd3 Bd7 16. Be4 f5 17. Bd3 Kf7 18. c3 Nc6 19. Bc4 Rc8 20. Kb1 b6 21. Rd1
Be8 22. Re1 Bd7 23. Ba6 Rd8 24. Bf4 Be8 25. Bc7 Rd7 26. Bg3 Rd8 27. Bb7 Bd6 28.
Bxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "20.Schachtage"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5 7. exd6 exd6 8. d4
Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Be3 Be7 11. dxc5 dxc5 12. Na3 O-O 13. O-O Qc8 $5 {Kasparov
wants to win.} 14. Bf4 Rd8 15. Qe2 {Black can set a trap.} Bf8 ({The natural} 
15... Qf5 $1 16. Bc7 Re8 17. g4 $2 {is refuted by} Bxg4 $1 18. hxg4 Qxg4+ 19.
Bg3 c4 $1 20. Nxc4 Bc5 21. Ne3 Bxe3 {(Ivanchuk).}) 16. Rfe1 Qf5 17. Bg3 Bxf3
18. Qxf3 Qxf3 19. gxf3 Rd7 20. Rad1 Rad8 21. Rxd7 Rxd7 22. Re8 g6 23. Nc4 Nxc4
24. Bxc4 Kg7 25. Bf4 Bd6 26. Be3 a6 27. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "20.Schachtage"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Nxf3+ 6. Qxf3 {This line
gives White the initiative.} c6 7. d3 d6 8. O-O Be7 9. Nd5 $1 {A novelty
increases the plus.} Nd7 10. Nxe7 Qxe7 11. c3 O-O 12. Qg3 Nc5 13. Bc2 Ne6 14.
Be3 c5 15. Rad1 b6 16. Bb3 Bb7 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 Nxf4 19. Rxf4 Bc8 $1 {The
reserves arrive in time.} 20. Bd5 Rb8 21. Rdf1 Be6 22. h4 Rbe8 $1 23. c4 Bxd5
24. cxd5 Kh8 25. Qf2 Kg8 26. g4 Qd7 27. g5 Re5 28. Kh2 Qe7 29. Qf3 Qd7 30. Rf2
b5 31. b3 a5 32. Rg2 Qe7 33. Qg4 Re8 34. Rgf2 Rf8 35. R2f3 g6 36. Rf2 Kg7 37.
Kg1 h6 38. Rf6 h5 39. Qf3 c4 40. Rf4 cxd3 41. Qxd3 b4 42. Kg2 Kg8 43. Qf3 Qc7
44. Kg3 Re7 45. Kg2 Qd7 46. Rf6 Rfe8 47. Re2 Rc8 48. Qh3 Qe8 49. Qf3 Rc3 50.
Qf4 Qc8 51. Rxd6 Rec7 52. Kf2 Rc2 53. Rb6 Qh3 54. Rc6 R2xc6 55. dxc6 Rxc6 56.
Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "20.Schachtage"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Qb3 Nc6 5. c5 Rb8 6. Nc3 Be7 7. h3 $5 ({The
active} 7. Bf4 {was played in Fine-Grau, Stockholm 1937.}) 7... Nf6 8. Bf4 a6
9. e3 Ne4 10. Be2 g5 $5 {Suddenly Black plays risky.} 11. Bh2 h5 12. Nxe4 Bxe4
13. O-O-O b6 14. Nd2 $2 ({Correct is} 14. Qa4 Qd7 15. Qxa6 {(Ftacnik).}) 14...
Bg6 $2 {Black can capture pawn g2.} 15. Bxa6 $2 ({Properly defends} 15. Qa4 Qd7
16. Nb3) 15... bxc5 16. Qa4 O-O $1 17. dxc5 ({Terrible is} 17. Qxc6 Rb6 18. Qa4
Qa8 19. Bb5 Qb7) 17... Qd7 ({Even better is} 17... Nb4 $1 18. Nb3 Qc8) 18. Nb3
(18. Bb5 Rxb5 $1 19. Qxb5 Nd4 $1 20. Qa6 Qa4 $1 21. Qxa4 Ne2#) 18... Rb4 19.
Qa3 Ra8 20. Rd2 Ra7 ({Nicely ends} 20... Rb6) 21. Kd1 Qe8 22. Nd4 Bxc5 23. Qa4
0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "20.Schachtage"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 exd4 6. Nxd4 Qe7 7. Bxc4 Qxe4+
8. Kf1 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Be6 10. Qa4+ $1 {Hübner has no proper answer to the
surprise.} Nc6 $2 ({Correct is} 10... Nd7 $1 {A wonderful escape would be} 11.
Bg5 Bxc4+ 12. Qxc4 Nb6 13. Qxc7 Rc8 14. Qd6 (14. Qg3 $1) 14... Nc4 15. Nf5 f6
$1 16. Re1 Qxe1+ 17. Kxe1 Nxd6 18. Nxd6+ Kd7 19. Nxc8 Kxc8) 11. Bg5 Bxc4+ 12.
Qxc4 Nce7 ({White won with} 12... Qg6 13. Re1+ {in Alburt-Romanischin, Kiev
1978.}) 13. Re1 Qg6 14. h4 $5 {Shirov wants to win like the Calabrians.} (14.
Bxe7 $1 Nxe7 15. Qxc7 Qf6 16. Nf5 {wins immediately.}) 14... Kf8 15. Qxc7 f6
16. Rh3 Qd3+ $2 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "20.Schachtage"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O
8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 Bd6 12. Na4 Re8 13. h3 Qa5 $1 {
Jeroen takes the fast way to draw after three losses in a row.} 14. Bxf6 Qxa4
15. b3 Qf4 16. Qxf4 Bxf4 17. Bd4 Bd6 18. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Be6 20. c4 dxc4
21. Bxc4 Bxc4 22. bxc4 Kf8 23. Rd1 Rd8 24. Kf1 Be7 25. Ke2 a6 26. Rd3 g6 27. g4
Ke8 28. Ke3 c5 29. Be5 Rxd3+ 30. Kxd3 Kd7 31. Ke4 Ke6 32. Bf4 Bh4 33. Be3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "20.Schachtage"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 exd4 6. Nxd4 Ne7 7. Bxc4 Nbc6
8. Be3 O-O 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Na5 $5 11. Be2 Ng6 12. O-O Qe7 13. Qc2 $6 ({No
time looses} 13. Qa4 b6 14. Nf5) 13... Ne5 14. Rfe1 b6 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5
Rfe8 17. a4 Rad8 18. h3 Nec4 19. Bf4 Nd6 20. g3 Nab7 21. h4 Qd7 $5 ({Ivanchuk
does not like} 21... h6 $6 22. Bf1 Qxe1 23. Rxe1 Rxe1 24. f6 $1) 22. Bf1 Nc5
23. a5 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 Nxf5 25. Bh3 g6 26. Bxf5 gxf5 27. Bg5 Re8 28. Rxe8+ Qxe8
29. Qxf5 Qe6 30. Qf3 Qe4 31. Qf6 Ne6 32. Be3 bxa5 33. h5 Qg4 34. Qe5 a4 35. h6
a3 36. Qa5 Qd1+ 37. Kg2 Qb3 38. Qxa7 Qd5+ 39. f3 $2 ({White misses} 39. Kh2
Qh5+ 40. Kg2 Qd5+ {under time pressure.}) ({Black should have played} 39. f3 a2
40. Qa4 Kf8 {but overstepped the time limit.}) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "20.Schachtage"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4
c6 9. h3 Qb6 10. c5 $5 dxc5 11. dxe5 Ne8 12. Na4 $5 Qa6 $5 13. Bg5 $1 ({The
text was adviced after} 13. Bf4 {in Yusupov-Kasparov, Linares 1990.}) 13... b5
14. Nc3 Nc7 15. Be7 Re8 16. Bd6 Ne6 17. a4 $5 (17. Qd2 {Will draw in
Jakovljevic-Djuric, Cetinje 1993.}) 17... b4 18. Ne2 Qa5 19. Nd2 Ba6 ({The
fight for c4 loses} 19... Nxe5 $2 20. f4 Nd7 21. Nc4 {(Hübner).}) 20. f4 c4 21.
Kh2 Rad8 $6 ({Better is} 21... Nb6 22. Nf3 Nc5 23. Ned4 Rac8 {(Adianto-Antonio,
Beijing 1992).}) 22. Qc2 Nb6 23. Rfd1 Bf8 24. Nf3 c3 25. Ned4 Nxd4 26. Nxd4
cxb2 {The battle reaches a critical point.} 27. Qxb2 ({A fine alternative is} 
27. Nb3 $5 bxa1=N $1 28. Rxa1 Qxa4 29. Rxa4 Nxa4 30. Qxc6 Nb6 {(Hübner).})
27... Nc4 28. Qb3 Qb6 29. a5 Qb7 30. Bxf8 Kxf8 31. e6 ({A plus keeps} 31. Bf1
Nxa5 32. Qa4 Bxf1 33. Qxa5 {(Kasparov).}) 31... c5 32. e5 Qc7 33. exf7 Qxf7 34.
Nc6 Rxd1 $6 ({Equality gains} 34... Nxe5 $5 35. Qxf7+ Nxf7 36. Nxd8 Rxd8 37.
Rxd8+ Nxd8 {(Hübner).}) 35. Rxd1 Nxe5 36. Bd5 Bc4 37. Qc2 Ng4+ $2 {A blunder.}
({Right is} 37... Nxc6 38. Qxc4 Qc7 39. Qxc5+ Qe7 40. Qc1 $1) 38. hxg4 Re2+ 39.
Qxe2 Bxe2 40. Bxf7 Bxd1 41. Bc4 b3 42. Nxa7 b2 43. Ba2 Be2 ({More resistance
offers} 43... Ba4 $1 44. Nc8 (44. a6 $2 Bd7 $1) 44... c4 45. a6 Bb3 {(Rantanen)
} 46. Bb1 c3 47. a7 c2 48. Bxc2 Bxc2 49. a8=Q b1=Q 50. Qc6 {White wins.}) 44.
Kg2 Bd3 45. Kf3 Ke7 46. Ke3 b1=Q 47. Bxb1 Bxb1 48. Nb5 Kd7 49. a6 Kc6 50. f5 $1
1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "20.Schachtage"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Qe2
Qc7 9. Nbd2 b6 10. Re1 Bb7 11. Nf1 Be7 12. Bd2 Ne4 13. Rac1 Qb8 14. Bc3 O-O 15.
Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Ng3 Bb7 17. e4 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Rc8 19. Bc3 Rc7 20. Qe3 Bf8 21. Nh5
Rc5 22. Red1 Qe8 23. Ng3 Rac8 24. Rd2 b5 25. Rcd1 Nb6 26. Qe2 R5c7 27. Bd4 Nc4
28. Rd3 b4 29. Ne5 f6 30. Nxc4 Rxc4 31. h3 Qg6 32. Qg4 $6 {White gives a pawn.}
Qxg4 33. hxg4 e5 34. Be3 Bxe4 35. Nxe4 Rxe4 36. Rd8 Rec4 37. b3 Rc2 38. Rxc8
Rxc8 39. Rd5 Kf7 40. Rd7+ Ke6 41. Ra7 Rc6 42. g3 Be7 43. Kg2 g6 44. Kh3 $1 f5
$6 45. g5 $1 Bd6 $5 46. Rxh7 f4 47. gxf4 exf4 48. Bd4 Kf5 49. f3 Kxg5 50. Rf7
Bc5 51. Bg7 Re6 52. Rc7 Be7 53. Rd7 Bd6 ({Fine looks} 53... Kh5 54. Rd5+ g5 {
but} 55. Re5 Rxe5 56. Bxe5 {draws.}) 54. Bd4 Be5 55. Rd5 Kf5 56. Ra5 g5 57. Bb2
g4+ 58. fxg4+ Ke4 59. Rxe5+ Rxe5 60. Bxe5 Kxe5 61. g5 Kf5 62. g6 Kxg6 63. Kg4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "20.Schachtage"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Bf5 8.
Nbc3 e6 9. O-O Qd7 10. Be3 Rd8 11. Ng3 Bg6 12. h4 $5 {A surprising attack
begins.} Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Qxd4 14. Qf3 Qxh4 15. Qxb7 Bc5 16. Qc6+ Nd7 17. Rad1 Bb6
$1 ({Anand avoids} 17... Qxg3 18. Rxd7 $1 Rxd7 19. Qxc5 Qd3 20. Ba4) 18. Rxd7
Rxd7 19. Rd1 O-O $1 {Black has a wonderful escape from a dangerous position.}
20. Rxd7 Qxg3 21. Qxb6 $1 Qxc3 $1 22. bxc3 ({Shirov notices} 22. Qxc7 $2 Qe1+
23. Kh2 Qxf2) 22... cxb6 23. Rxa7 Rc8 24. c4 h5 25. Rd7 Rc5 26. f4 b5 27. cxb5
Rxb5 28. Kf2 Rc5 {After the defeats of two leaders the top has become: Bareev
4, Ivanchuk, Kasparov and Salov 3 1/2.   Bareev has scored +4, -2.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "20.Schachtage"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Qh4 8.
c4 O-O-O 9. c5 g6 10. Nc3 Bg7 11. g3 ({Known is} 11. Ne2 {from Timman - Hübner,
Tilburg 1983.}) 11... Qf6 12. Be3 ({Sax will play} 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 Bh3
14. Qb3 {against Skembris in Elenite 1992.}) 12... Bf5 $2 ({Correct is} 12...
Ng5 13. f4 Nh3+ 14. Kg2 Rhe8 15. Qd2 {(Lékó - Faragó, Budapest 1993).}) 13. Nb5
$1 {A charge of the knight decides the game.} Bh3 (13... a6 14. Nxc7 $1 Kxc7 (
14... Qc6 15. Na8 $1) 15. Bf4+ Kd7 16. Be5 Qe6 17. Bxg7 {is insufficient too 
(Har Zvi - Lev, Tel Aviv 1995).}) 14. Nxa7+ $1 Kb8 15. Nb5 Bxf1 16. Bxf1 Rhe8
17. Qa4 Qa6 18. Qb4 Qa8 19. a4 $1 g5 20. a5 c6 21. Nc3 Nxc3 22. bxc3 h6 23. a6
f5 24. Bh3 Rf8 25. a7+ Kc8 26. Qb1 g4 27. Bf1 Kd7 28. Bd3 Ke6 29. Bf4 Rf7 30.
Qc2 Bf8 31. Qe2+ 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "20.Schachtage"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 b6 5. Nc3 Bb7 6. f3 d6 7. e4 e6 8. Be2
a6 $6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Be3 Be7 11. a4 O-O 12. a5 bxa5 13. Nb3 Rb8 14. Nxa5 Ba8
15. Qd2 {So far, the players follow Gelfand - Smirin, Vilnius 1988. Black has
a passive position.} Qc7 16. Rfc1 Ne5 17. Na4 Bc6 (17... Qd8 18. Ba7 d5 19.
Bxb8 Qxb8 {loses in Tempone - Morales, Buenos Aires 2000.}) 18. b4 Bxa4 19.
Rxa4 Nfd7 20. Raa1 Rfc8 21. Nb3 Ra8 22. g3 h5 23. Kg2 Qb8 24. Rab1 Nf6 25. Nd4
Qb7 26. c5 $1 d5 27. Bf4 Ng6 28. e5 Ne8 29. Bd3 Nxf4+ 30. gxf4 $1 g6 31. Rc3
Nc7 32. Kh3 $1 Kh7 33. f5 $1 exf5 34. Bxf5 Rg8 ({Avoids} 34... gxf5 $2 35. c6
Qb6 36. Nxf5 {(Ivanchuk).}) 35. Bd7 Rad8 36. c6 Qb6 37. Rcc1 Rb8 38. Rg1 Nb5 $2
({Correctly defends} 38... Bf8 $1 39. Qf4 Bh6 40. Qh4 Be3 41. Rgd1 Kh6 42. Qf6
Bxd4 43. Qf4+ g5 44. Qxd4 Qxd4 45. Rxd4 Ne6) 39. Nf5 $1 gxf5 40. Bxf5+ Rg6 41.
Qxd5 Rf8 42. Qe4 Rfg8 43. e6 Nd6 44. exf7 $1 (44. exf7 Nxe4 45. fxg8=Q+ Kxg8
46. Rxg6+) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "20.Schachtage"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Qc2 g6 8. e4
O-O $5 9. e5 Ne4 10. Bh6 Re8 11. Bd3 $1 ({Kamsky improves on} 11. h3 {
(Tal-Renet, Cannes 1989).}) 11... Nxc3 12. bxc3 c5 13. h4 cxd4 $2 (13... c4 $1
14. Be2 Bg4 {defends properly.}) 14. h5 $1 g5 $5 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Bg6 $1 Be6 (
{Shirov has calculated} 16... fxg6 17. hxg6 Kg8 18. g7 $1 Qc7 19. Bxg5 {and
White sweeps the kingside.}) 17. Nxd4 Qc8 18. Qd2 $2 ({The prosaic} 18. Bd3 {
wins.}) 18... fxg6 19. hxg6 Kg8 20. Rc1 {White seems to win brilliantly.} Nc6
$2 ({Shirov misses} 20... Ba3 21. Qxg5 $1 (21. Rc2 Bf5 $1 22. Nxf5 Qxf5 23.
Qxd5+ Qe6 {removal of the bishop from e7 allows the last move)}) 21... Bxc1 22.
Qf6 Bxh6 23. Rxh6 Qxc3+ 24. Ke2 Qc4+ 25. Ke3 Qc1+ 26. Ke2 Qxh6 27. Nxe6 Rf8 28.
Nxf8 Qxf8 29. Qh4 Qg7 30. Qd8+ Qf8 31. Qh4 {and the adventure ends with a
repetition of moves.}) 21. Bxg5 Qc7 22. Bxe7 Rxe7 23. Kf1 $1 Rae8 24. Re1 $1
Rg7 25. Qh6 Kf8 26. Rh4 Nxd4 27. Qh8+ Rg8 28. Qf6+ Bf7 29. Qxf7+ Qxf7 30. gxf7
1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "20.Schachtage"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. h4 Bb7 10. h5 Be7 $1 {A solid novelty avoids problems.} 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12.
Bd3 Rc8 13. Bxc5 Bxc5 14. f5 Nb4 15. Qf4 Nxd3+ 16. cxd3 exf5 17. Qxf5 Rc7 18.
d4 Bc8 19. Qf4 Be7 20. O-O h6 21. Rac1 Be6 22. Ne2 O-O 23. Qg3 Rc4 24. b3 Rxc1
25. Rxc1 Ba3 26. Rf1 Qd7 27. Nh4 Rc8 28. Nf4 Rc1 29. Nxe6 Qxe6 30. Qf3 Rxf1+
31. Kxf1 g6 32. hxg6 fxg6 33. g3 Bb2 34. Qf2 Bc3 35. Qe3 b4 36. Qxh6 Qh3+ 37.
Ke2 Qg4+ 38. Kf1 Qh3+ 39. Ke2 Qg4+ 40. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "20.Schachtage"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E29"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Ne2 b6 9. e4 Ne8 10. O-O Ba6 11. f4 f5 12. Ng3 Nd6 $5 13. Re1 $6 ({'Theory' is
} 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. exf5 exf5 {(Sadomsky-Golovko, corr. 1960-62).}) 13... Bxc4
14. Bxc4 Nxc4 15. exf5 cxd4 16. Qd3 $1 N6a5 17. cxd4 Qf6 18. fxe6 dxe6 19. Ra2
Rad8 20. Rae2 Qxd4+ 21. Qxd4 Rxd4 22. Rxe6 Rd7 23. f5 Nb3 24. a4 $2 ({Correct
is} 24. Bg5 $1 Nc5 25. Re7 Nxa3 26. Rxd7 Nxd7 27. Re7 Rf7 28. Re8+ Nf8 29. Be7
Nb5 30. f6) 24... Nc5 25. Re7 Rf7 26. Re8+ Rf8 27. R8e7 Rfd8 28. Nh5 Rxe7 29.
Rxe7 Rd7 $1 30. Re1 Kf7 31. Bg5 Nxa4 32. f6 g6 33. Ng7 Nc5 34. h4 Nd6 35. h5
Nde4 36. hxg6+ hxg6 37. Be3 Nxf6 38. Bxc5 Kxg7 39. Ba3 Ng4 40. Bb2+ Kf7 41. Bc3
Rd3 42. Rc1 Ne3 43. Be1 Ke6 44. Kf2 Ng4+ 45. Ke2 Re3+ 46. Kd2 Ra3 47. Rc6+ Kf5
48. Ke2 Ra2+ 49. Bd2 Ne5 50. Rc8 b5 51. Rc5 Ke4 52. Kd1 Nc4 53. Bc1 a6 54. Rg5
Ne5 55. g3 Rh2 {Bareev, Ivanchuk and Salov share the lead.} 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "20.Schachtage"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 $5 dxc4 $5
8. e4 $2 {Adams gets confused by a novelty.} ({The natural} 8. g5 Nd5 9. Bxc4 {
gives an obvious answer.}) ({Later} 8. Bxc4 {becomes equal.}) 8... e5 $1 9. g5
exd4 10. Nxd4 Ng4 $1 {Black keeps the extra pawn in a better position.} 11. h3
Nge5 12. Be3 Nc5 13. O-O-O Ned3+ 14. Kb1 Qe7 15. Rg1 g6 16. Bg2 O-O 17. Ka1 Bf4
18. Bxf4 Nxf4 19. h4 Rd8 20. Qd2 Ncd3 21. Qe3 Bg4 22. Rd2 Qe5 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "20.Schachtage"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. Re1 Bd6 13. d3 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Re4 Bd7 16. Nd2 g5 17. Re2 f5 $2 {An orgy of bnders begins.} 18. Ne4 $2 ({
White wins with} 18. c4 $1 f4 19. Qf1 fxg3 20. hxg3 $1 Qh5 21. cxd5 Bg4 22.
dxc6+ Kg7 23. Re4 Bxg3 24. fxg3 $1 Rxf1+ 25. Nxf1 {(Ivanchuk-Kamsky, Tilburg
1992).}) 18... fxe4 19. dxe4 Bg4 20. exd5 c5 21. Qf1 Qh5 $1 22. Re3 c4 23. Bc2
Bc5 24. Bd2 Bxe3 25. Bxe3 Rae8 26. Re1 Bf3 27. d6 Bc6 28. Qe2 Qh3 29. Qf1 Qe6
30. Bd1 Qd5 31. f3 Qxd6 32. Bd4 Rxe1 33. Qxe1 g4 34. f4 $1 {Anand: "With the
obvious intention of getting my king via a1 via c5!"} Qd5 35. Kf2 Qg2+ 36. Ke3
Re8+ 37. Be5 Qxb2 38. Bxg4 Qc2 39. Kd4 Qd3+ $2 ({Appropriately ends} 39... h5
$1 40. Bxh5 Qh7 41. Bxe8 Qa7#) 40. Kc5 Qd5+ 41. Kb4 a5+ 42. Ka3 Qd3 43. Kb2 b4
44. Ka1 $1 {"Mission accomplished!" Anand.} a4 $2 45. Be2 $2 ({Correct is} 45.
cxb4 a3 46. Qe2) 45... Qe4 46. Qd1 bxc3 $2 ({Now} 46... Bd5 $1 {wins.}) 47.
Bxc4+ $1 Kf8 48. Bd6+ Re7 49. Bd3 Qe3 $2 50. Bc2 $2 {The bishop might capture
h7.} Ke8 51. Bxe7 Kxe7 52. Qb1 h6 53. a3 Kf6 54. Qd1 Qc5 55. Qd8+ Kg7 56. Qc7+
Kf6 57. Qd8+ Kg7 58. Qc7+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "20.Schachtage"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Nh4 Bg6 10. Qb3 a5 11. Na2 Be7 12. Qxb7 Rb8 13. Qa6 ({The greedy} 13.
Qxc6 $2 {is punished by} Be4 14. Qa6 Bb7 15. Qa7 Qc8) 13... Ra8 14. Qb7 Rb8 15.
Qa6 Ra8 16. Qb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "20.Schachtage"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
Qe7 9. Rd1 dxc4 10. Bxc4 e5 11. e4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nb6 13. Be2 Re8 14. Be3 Bd7
15. f3 Rad8 16. Bf1 Nbd5 17. Bf2 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Bc8 19. Rab1 Qc7 20. g3 h5 21.
Ne2 Nd7 22. f4 Bc5 23. e5 Bxf2+ 24. Kxf2 Qa5 25. Nd4 Nb6 26. Nb3 Qa3 27. Rd4 c5
28. Rd2 Be6 29. Rbd1 Rxd2+ 30. Rxd2 Nc4 31. Bxc4 Bxc4 32. Rd6 $6 ({Ivanchuk
prefers} 32. Qb2 $1 Qxb2 33. Rxb2 b6 34. Nd2) 32... Qa4 33. Ke3 $6 {Like Anand,
Salov transfers his king to an unsafe haven.} b6 34. Kd2 f6 $1 35. Kc1 $2 {
Under time pressure, Salov misses the escape.} ({Nearly levels} 35. Rxf6 $1
Rd8+ $1 (35... gxf6 36. Qg6+ Kf8 37. Qxf6+ Bf7 38. Qh8+ Ke7 39. Qf6+ $11) 36.
Rd6 Rxd6+ 37. exd6 Qd7 {(Ivanchuk).}) 35... fxe5 36. f5 Bf7 37. f6 $2 c4 38.
Nd2 Qa3+ {Salov has been eliminated for the first place by Ivanchuk.} 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "20.Schachtage"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Ne7 6. e4 dxe4 7. Qg4 O-O 8.
Qxe4 c5 9. Nf3 Nbc6 10. Be2 Ng6 11. O-O Bd7 12. a4 e5 $1 13. Nxe5 Ncxe5 14.
dxe5 Bc6 15. Qe3 {Piket finds an elegant way to the draw.} Nxe5 $1 16. Qxe5 Re8
17. Qh5 g6 18. Qxc5 Rxe2 19. Be3 Qe8 20. Rae1 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 a6 22. f3 Qf8 23.
Qd4 Re8 24. a5 Qe7 25. Kf2 f6 26. Bd2 Qf7 27. Rxe8+ Bxe8 28. Bh6 Qe7 29. h4 Bc6
30. Bf4 Kf7 31. g4 Qd7 32. Bd6 Qe6 33. Qf4 h6 34. Qd4 h5 35. g5 fxg5 36. hxg5
Qf5 37. Bf4 h4 38. c5 Qc2+ 39. Kg1 Qb1+ 40. Kh2 Qf5 41. Qe5 Qe6 {The position
at the top becomes: Ivanchuk 5 1/2, Bareev and Kasparov 5.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "20.Schachtage"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d5 7. Qc2 dxe4 8.
Nxe4 Nc6 9. Bd3 Nxe4 $5 ({More solid is} 9... h6 10. Be3 Ng4 {(Epishin-Arnason,
New York 1989).}) 10. Bxe4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Be3 Qe5 13. Bxh7+ Kh8 14. Bd3
Bc5 15. O-O Bd6 ({Avoids} 15... Bxe3 16. Rae1 $1) 16. g3 Qh5 17. c5 Be7 18. Be2
Qf5 19. Bd3 Qh5 20. c6 Bd6 21. Be4 b6 22. f4 Ba6 23. Rf2 Rae8 24. Rd1 Bc8 $6 ({
Better is} 24... Bc4 $1 {(Adams).}) 25. Qa4 b5 26. Qb3 a6 27. Re1 Kg8 28. Kg2
Rd8 29. Qc3 Rfe8 30. b4 Qg4 31. Ba7 f6 32. h3 Qh5 33. Rf3 Be7 34. g4 Qf7 35.
Bc2 Rd6 36. Bb3 f5 {Black suffers from restriction.} 37. g5 $6 ({The pressure
keeps} 37. gxf5 Qxf5 38. Bc2 Qf6 39. Be4) 37... Red8 38. Rfe3 Kh7 39. R1e2 Bf8
40. Qe1 Rxc6 41. Bxe6 Bxe6 42. Rxe6 Rxe6 43. Rxe6 Rd2+ 44. Kg3 {Bareev will
not take first place.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "20.Schachtage"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. O-O Nge7 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 Bg4 $5 ({Black diverts from} 9... O-O) 10. Qa4 Bh5 11. Qh4
Bg6 12. Nb3 Bb6 13. Nfd4 O-O 14. Be3 a6 15. Be2 Ne5 16. Rad1 Rc8 17. Rfe1 Re8
18. Nf3 $5 Bxe3 19. Nxe5 Bb6 20. Bg4 Nf5 $2 ({Correct is} 20... Nc6 $1 21. Nxg6
Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 hxg6 {(Shirov).}) 21. Qh3 Qg5 22. Nf3 Qf6 23. Nbd4 Nxd4 24. Bxc8
Nxf3+ 25. gxf3 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 h5 27. Bxb7 Qg5+ 28. Qg3 Qd2 29. Re5 $4 {
Ivanchuk misses the victory in the tournament.} ({Right is} 29. Re8+ Kh7 30.
Kg2) 29... Qc1+ 30. Kg2 Bd3 31. h4 Bc7 $1 32. Bxd5 (32. Re8+ Kh7 33. Qxc7 Qf1+
34. Kh2 (34. Kg3 $2 Qg1+ 35. Kf4 Qh2+) 34... Qxf2+ 35. Kh1 $11 {(Shirov).})
32... Bxe5 33. Qxe5 Qf1+ 34. Kh2 Qxf2+ 35. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "20.Schachtage"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 Be7 5. c3 b6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. exd4 Ba6 8.
Bxa6 Nxa6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. h4 Nc7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. g4 {The players stop, when
the game begins.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "20.Schachtage"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Nf6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
c4 Nc7 9. d4 cxd4 10. Qxd4 O-O $6 ({More solid is} 10... Ne6 11. Qh4 h6 {
(Charlov-Andersson, Haninge 1992).}) 11. Qh4 d6 12. Bh6 Ne6 13. Nc3 f6 14. Bxg7
Kxg7 15. exf6+ Rxf6 16. Ng5 $1 Nxg5 17. Qxg5 {The centre pawns become targets.}
Qf8 18. Re2 Ba6 19. b3 e5 20. Rd1 Rf4 21. Red2 Rd8 22. Qg3 c5 $5 23. Ne2 Rf5
24. Qe3 Bb7 25. f3 h5 26. Rd3 $1 ({Avoids} 26. Nc3 $2 Bxf3 $1) 26... Rd7 $2 {
One centre pawn can be exchanged.} ({Kasparov analyses the rescue} 26... e4 $1
27. fxe4 Bxe4 $1 28. Qxe4 $2 ({Better is} 28. R3d2) 28... Re8 29. Qc6 Rxe2 {
and Black attacks.}) 27. Nc3 Bc6 ({The pointe is} 27... Rf4 28. Nb5) 28. Qd2
Rf6 29. Nd5 Re6 30. h3 Qf5 31. Re1 Qf7 32. a3 Rd8 33. b4 cxb4 34. axb4 Qb7 35.
b5 Bxd5 36. Rxd5 Qb6+ 37. Kh2 Rc8 (37... a6 38. bxa6 Qxa6 39. c5) 38. f4 $1
Rce8 39. fxe5 dxe5 40. Rd7+ R8e7 41. Qd5 Kh6 42. Qd2+ Kh7 43. Rf1 e4 44. Rf7+
Rxf7 45. Rxf7+ Kg8 46. Qd7 Qb8+ (46... Qd6+ 47. Qxd6 Rxd6 48. Rxa7 e3 49. Re7
Rd4 50. Rxe3 Rxc4 51. Rb3 $18) 47. Kg1 Qe5 48. Rg7+ Qxg7 49. Qxe6+ Kh7 50. Qxe4
Qc3 51. Qe7+ Kh6 52. Qxa7 Qc1+ 53. Kh2 Qxc4 54. Qb8 {Kasparov wins the
tournament with a first-rate positional game.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "20.Schachtage"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. O-O cxd4 13. Re1 g6 14. Bg5 Qa5 15. Nxd4
a6 16. Rc1 Bg7 17. Nc6 Bxc6 18. Rxc6 O-O 19. Bc4 N5b6 $5 ({Kramnik levels with
} 19... h6 $1 20. Bxd5 Qxd5 21. Qxd5 exd5 22. Bf6 Nxe5 $3 23. Bxe5 Rae8 24. f4
f6 {(Piket-Kramnik, Amsterdam 1993).}) 20. Nxb6 Nxb6 21. Bb3 Rfc8 22. Rxc8+
Rxc8 23. Qd4 Qb5 24. h4 Nd7 25. Bf6 Bf8 26. Rd1 Nxf6 27. exf6 a5 28. Qd7 Qxd7
29. Rxd7 h5 30. f3 Rc5 ({A slight advantage gains} 30... Bh6 $1 31. g4 hxg4 32.
fxg4 Bc1 33. g5 Bxb2 34. Kg2) 31. g4 hxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Open A"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

{Sixteen-years-old Vladimir Kramnik participated in the Open. He had no
FIDE-title, but his rating was 2590.} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Nbd7
5. e4 e5 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Be3 c6 9. d5 c5 10. Ne1 Ne8 11. g4 $5 f5 12.
exf5 gxf5 13. gxf5 Nb6 14. Nf3 ({The attack starts on the g-file with} 14. Kh1
Bxf5 15. Rg1 {in Gelfand-Romero, Wijk aan Zee 1992).}) 14... Bxf5 15. Ng5 Qe7
16. Kh1 {White controls e4 and will apply Gelfand's idea.} Nf6 17. Rg1 Kh8 18.
Qd2 Bg6 $2 {Black implements a wrong plan.} ({Kramnik prefers} 18... Rg8 19.
Rg3) 19. Raf1 Nh5 $6 {The bishop should return to f5.} 20. Ne6 Rf7 21. b3 $1
Nd7 $6 ({Knaak recommends} 21... Nf4) 22. Bd3 $1 Nf8 23. Ng5 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 Rf6
25. Qe2 Nf4 26. Bxf4 Rxf4 27. Qh5 h6 28. Qh3 Re8 29. Rg3 Kg8 30. Nge4 Kh7 31.
Rfg1 Bf6 32. Ne2 $1 ({The pointe is} 32. Ne2 Rxe4 33. Qf5+ Kh8 34. Rg8#) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Open A"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8.
Be2 c5 9. Nf3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ $6 11. Bd2 Qa4 12. O-O O-O 13. Qxa4 Bxa4 14.
Rab1 $1 ({Kramnik played} 14. Rfc1 e6 15. Rab1 $11 {against Groszpeter in four
four. He has found an improvement.}) 14... e6 $2 ({Better is} 14... b6 15. Rfc1
e6 16. Bf4 {(Kramnik).}) 15. Rxb7 $1 Bc6 16. Rc7 Bxe4 17. Ng5 Bd5 18. Bb4 Rd8
19. Bb5 $1 {White dominated the board and threatens 19.Nxf7 or 19.Be7.} ({
Avoids} 19. Nxf7 $2 Rd7 20. Rxd7 Nxd7 $11 {(Kramnik).}) 19... a6 20. Ba4 a5 21.
Be7 Na6 22. Bxd8 Rxd8 23. Ra7 Bc4 24. Nxf7 Bxd4 25. Nxd8 Bxa7 26. Rc1 Bxa2 27.
Rc8 Bb6 28. Nb7+ (28. Nb7+ Kg7 29. Rc6 {is devastating.}) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Open A"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. a4 b4 11. Ne4 c5 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. Qe2 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Bd6 $5
15. Nf3 $6 (15. b3 $11 {(Kramnik).}) 15... Ne4 $1 16. Nd2 Nc5 $1 17. Bc2 Qc7
18. f4 Be7 19. e4 O-O 20. Nb3 Rac8 $1 21. Be3 $1 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Nxe4 23. Qxa6
Qc2 24. Nd4 Qxb2 25. Qb7 Nf6 {Black has an extra pawn and positional
advantages. White has to use the momentum.} ({A fine alternative is} 25... Nc3
$1 26. Nxe6 $1 Rfe8) 26. Nc6 $2 ({Correct is} 26. Nxe6 $1 Rfe8 (26... fxe6 27.
Qxe7 Rfe8 28. Qa7 {(Ftacnik)}) 27. Bd4 Qc2 28. Ng5) 26... Bd6 27. Bd4 Qb3 28.
Ne7+ $2 ({Some counteraction gives} 28. Bxf6 gxf6 29. Ne7+ Bxe7 30. Qxe7 Qc3 {
(Kramnik)} 31. Rab1 b3 32. f5) 28... Bxe7 29. Qxe7 Nd5 30. Qd6 Nc3 31. Qe5 f6
32. Qe3 Qc4 33. Rfe1 Rc6 34. a5 Ra8 35. h3 Nd5 36. Qd2 Qb5 37. Kh2 Rxa5 38.
Rxa5 Qxa5 39. Ra1 Qd8 40. Ra7 Qb8 41. g3 b3 42. Kg1 Rc2 43. Qa5 Ra2 {Young
Vladimir played wonderful and shared first place (8 1/2 / 11). His analyses
show a great master.} 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Open A"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Theissen, Henning"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

{Another youngster among the 192 participants of the Open A was the
twelve-years-old Péter Lékó. His rating was 2385. He did well against the
local players and scored 6 1/2 /11.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6
5. Nc3 e6 6. f4 Be7 7. Qf3 O-O 8. Be3 e5 9. Nf5 Bxf5 10. exf5 Nbd7 11. O-O-O
Qa5 12. g4 Rac8 13. g5 Rxc3 $1 {This position was mentioned in analyses of the
game Kamsky - Sakaev, USSR 1986.} 14. gxf6 $1 ({Lékó does not like} 14. bxc3 $6
e4 $1 15. Qh3 Nd5 16. Rxd5 Qxd5 17. f6 Nxf6 18. gxf6 Bxf6) 14... Rxe3 $6 ({The
published variation was} 14... Nxf6 $1 15. bxc3 d5 16. Kd2 d4 {(correct is)}
17. fxe5 $1 ({and continued with} 17. Bxd4 $2 exd4 18. Bd3 Nd5) 17... dxe3+ 18.
Kxe3 Qxe5+ 19. Kf2 Rc8 20. Kg2 Rxc3 21. Bd3 {and a fierce fight.}) 15. Qxe3
Bxf6 16. Bc4 exf4 17. Qxf4 Nc5 18. Qf3 Qb4 19. Bb3 a5 20. c3 Nxb3+ 21. Kc2 Rc8
22. axb3 a4 23. bxa4 Qxa4+ 24. Kb1 b5 25. Rhe1 h6 26. Re4 Qa5 27. Rb4 Ra8 28.
Kc2 Rc8 29. Qe4 Qa2 30. Rb3 Qa6 31. Qd5 Be5 32. Qxb5 Qa8 $6 (32... Qa7 {keeps
more chances.}) 33. Qb7 Qxb7 34. Rxb7 Bxh2 35. b4 Be5 36. Rd3 f6 37. Kb3 Re8
38. c4 Kh7 39. c5 dxc5 40. bxc5 h5 41. Rdd7 {Kramnik and Lékó would become
regulars in the main group of the 'Dortmunder Schachtage'.} (41. Rdd7 {It
seems to be an easy win, but} Rg8 42. Kc4 h4 43. Kd5 Kh6 44. Rb3 Kg5 45. Ke4
Bg3 {offers much resistance.}) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 54"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Romero Holmes, Alfonso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

{The solid players Gelfand and Salov fought for victory. Van Wely was a main
competitor at first.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2
Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Be3 c6 9. d5 c5 10. Ne1 Ne8 11. g4 f5 12. gxf5 gxf5 13. exf5
Nb6 14. Kh1 $5 (14. Bd3 {stems from Gruenberg - Knaak, Bad Lauterberg 1991.})
14... Bxf5 15. Rg1 Nf6 16. Nf3 Ng4 $6 ({More solid is} 16... Ne4 17. Nxe4 Bxe4
{(Gelfand).}) 17. Ng5 $1 Nxe3 18. fxe3 e4 $2 {Square e4 will become strong for
White after the following exchanges.} 19. Ne6 $1 Bxe6 20. dxe6 Qe7 21. Nxe4
Qxe6 22. Bd3 Kh8 23. Rg3 $1 {The white attack becomes threatening.} Nd7 (23...
Bxb2 24. Ng5 Qe8 25. Rh3 $1 {and}) (23... Be5 24. Ng5 Qh6 25. Rh3 $1 {also win
for White.}) 24. Ng5 Qh6 25. Nxh7 Rf2 26. Qg1 Ne5 27. Be4 Raf8 ({Or} 27... Rxb2
28. Ng5 {(Gelfand).}) 28. Nxf8 Rxf8 29. Qg2 Bf6 30. Rg1 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 54"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Nunn, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. g3 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. f3 f4 13. Kg2 Kh8 14. c5 $5 {Loek
plays the standard attack as novelty.} h6 15. cxd6 $5 Qxd6 16. Nb5 Qb6 17. a4
$1 {White threatens a5.} Nfxd5 $6 ({An option brings} 17... c6 $1 18. d6 $1 {
(Van Wely)} cxb5 19. dxe7 Re8 20. Nf7+ Kh7) 18. exd5 hxg5 19. a5 Qf6 20. Nxc7
Rb8 21. g4 Bd7 $6 22. b5 Rfc8 $6 {Nunn's defence is breaking down.} ({The last
chance gives} 22... e4 $1 23. Ra4 $1 e3 24. Ba3 Rfd8) 23. d6 Ng8 24. Ra2 Nh6
25. Rd2 Nf7 26. Bc4 e4 27. fxe4 Ne5 28. Be2 Rf8 29. Bb2 Qf7 30. Rd5 f3+ 31.
Bxf3 Nc4 32. Bxg7+ Qxg7 33. Qc1 Bxg4 34. Bxg4 Rxf1 35. Kxf1 Rf8+ 36. Ke1 {The
nineteen-years-old Van Wely had made great progress.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 54"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Romero Holmes, Alfonso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Nf3 Ne7 8. a4
b6 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bd3 Nbc6 11. O-O h6 12. Re1 O-O 13. Bf4 Ng6 14. Bg3 cxd4 15.
Nxd4 Na5 16. Qg4 $1 (16. Re3 $6 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Qxc4 {was played in Nunn -
Nikolic, Amsterdam 1988.}) 16... Qxc3 17. Ne2 $1 Qc8 $2 ({Black should play} 
17... Qc7 $1 18. f4 $5 (18. Nf4 $2 {is prevented by} Nxe5)) 18. Nf4 $1 {The
game is over.} Nc6 ({The pointe is} 18... Nxf4 19. Bxf4 Kh8 20. Bxh6 $1 gxh6
21. Qf4 {(Van der Wiel).}) 19. Nxg6 fxg6 20. Qxg6 {White has a winning attack
at no material cost.} Ne7 21. Qh7+ Kf7 22. Be2 $1 Rg8 ({Or} 22... Nf5 23. Bh5+
Ke7 24. Bh4+ $1 Nxh4 25. Qxg7+ {(Van der Wiel).}) 23. Bh5+ Kf8 24. Ra3 $1 Nf5
25. Rf3 Bxa4 26. Rxf5+ $1 exf5 27. Qg6 ({John mates by} 27. Qg6 Qd7 28. e6 Qe7
29. Qxf5+ Qf6 30. Bd6#) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 54"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Brenninkmeijer, Joris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. d4 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. a3 b4 10. Ne4 bxa3 $5 11. bxa3 Be7 $6 ({Better is} 11... c5 $1 12. Nxf6+
Qxf6 $5) 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. O-O O-O 14. Rb1 $1 {White has kept a plus from the
opening.} Qc7 15. e4 c5 16. Bf4 $1 Qc8 $1 ({A positional accommodation makes} 
16... Qxf4 $6 17. Rxb7) 17. Qe2 c4 $1 18. Bc2 $1 g6 $6 ({Not} 18... Bxa3 $2 19.
e5 Nd5 20. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 21. Ng5+ Kh6 22. Qe4 Nxf4 23. Qxf4 {(Gelfand)} Kh5 24.
h3 f5 25. Nxe6 $1 {White wins.}) ({Best is} 18... Ba6 $1) 19. Ne5 Bxa3 20. Bg5
Nd7 21. Nxc4 Ba6 22. Bd3 Bxc4 23. Bxc4 Nb6 24. Ba6 Qd7 25. Rfd1 f6 26. Bh6 Rf7
27. d5 $6 {This advance should be postponed.} exd5 28. exd5 Bd6 $1 {The passed
pawn is blockaded.} 29. Bb5 Qe7 30. Qf3 f5 31. Bf4 Rd8 32. Re1 Qf8 33. Be3 Bc5
34. Bg5 Be7 35. Bf4 Bd6 36. Bc1 $5 Nd7 37. Bb2 Qh6 38. g3 Qd2 39. Bc3 Qg5 40.
Re6 Nc5 41. Ba1 Ne4 (41... Nxe6 $6 42. dxe6 Rg7 {(Gelfand)} 43. Bc4 $1 Kf8 44.
Bxg7+ Kxg7 45. Rb7+ Kh6 46. Qc3 {and White attacks strongly.}) 42. Rd1 {White
has no immediate win.} Qh5 $2 ({The wishful} 42... a5 43. Rxe4 $2 fxe4 44. Qc3
{(Gelfand) is refuted by} Kf8 $1) 43. Qxh5 gxh5 44. Kg2 Bf8 45. Bc4 Nd6 46. Be2
h4 47. Bf6 Rc8 48. Bxh4 Rc2 49. Bd3 Rc5 50. Bb1 Rd7 51. Bg5 Nf7 52. Be3 Rcxd5
53. Rxd5 Rxd5 54. Ra6 $1 Rb5 55. Ba2 Rb7 56. Bxa7 Bg7 57. Be3 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 54"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Romero Holmes, Alfonso"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8.
Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nd5 f5 12. g3 fxe4 13. Bg2 Be6 14. Bxe4 Bg7
15. Qh5 Rc8 16. c3 Ne7 17. Rd1 Rc5 18. Nb4 Qb6 19. Qg5 Kf8 20. Qe3 h5 $5 ({
Theory is} 20... f5 21. Bg2 e4 {(Feher - Zila, Budapest 1990).}) 21. Nd3 $1 {
Romero Holmes notices the trap.} ({The point is} 21. Nxa6 $2 Bh6 $1 (21... Qxa6
$4 22. Qxc5 dxc5 23. Rd8#) 22. Rxd6 Qxd6 23. Qxc5 Qd2+ 24. Kf1 Bh3+ 25. Bg2
Qd1#) 21... Rc6 $2 {Salov gives an exchange.} ({Nothing costs} 21... Bh6 $1 22.
f4 {(Zapata - Echavarria, Pensilvania 1998)} Rc6 $1) 22. Bxc6 Qxc6 23. f3 Bh6
24. Qf2 a5 25. O-O h4 26. g4 Nd5 $5 27. Nc2 h3 28. Nc1 $6 (28. Qe2 {plays for
a win (Romero Holmes).}) 28... Bg5 $1 29. Ne2 $2 ({Better is} 29. Nd3 $1) 29...
Bd8 $1 30. Kh1 Bb6 $1 31. Qg3 b4 32. Ncd4 $6 (32. Rd2 {defends properly.})
32... exd4 33. Nxd4 Bxd4 34. Rxd4 ({Or} 34. cxd4 Ne3 35. Rc1 Nxf1 {(Salov).})
34... bxc3 35. bxc3 Ke7 36. g5 $2 {White lifts the control over f5.} Ne3 37.
Rf2 Nf5 38. Qf4 Rh4 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 54"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 a5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nc3 d5 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Nd3 Qe7 $5 (11... Be7 {was played in Epishin -
Hübner, round seven.}) 12. Na4 Bxd2 13. Qxd2 Rad8 14. c5 b5 15. Nab2 Ra8 16.
Qf4 Nb8 17. Ne5 Ra6 18. Rfe1 (18. a4 $1 b4 19. Rac1 {keeps a plus.}) 18... Ne4
19. Ned3 f6 20. e3 Re8 21. a3 e5 22. Qg4 Re6 23. Qd1 $2 {White choses for a
passive defence.} (23. Qh5 Qf7 24. Qxf7+ Kxf7 25. b4 {steers towards a draw.})
23... Qf7 24. Rc1 exd4 25. exd4 Nc6 $1 26. Nf4 R6e7 27. Qd3 $2 {Epishin fails
in the defence.} (27. f3 $1 Ng5 28. Rxe7 Qxe7 29. Nxd5 Qe2 {creates new
chances.}) 27... g5 $1 28. Qxb5 $2 (28. Ne2 b4 29. axb4 Nxb4 30. Qb5 Nxf2 $1
31. Qxb7 Rxe2 32. Rxe2 Rxe2 {brings less black advantage.}) 28... gxf4 29. Qxb7
Nxd4 30. Nd3 c6 31. Qb6 f3 32. Bf1 Rb7 33. Qa6 Reb8 34. Rxe4 $2 dxe4 35. Nf4
Ra7 36. Qc4 Qxc4 37. Bxc4+ Kh8 38. Rd1 Ne2+ $2 39. Nxe2 fxe2 40. Re1 Rd7 41.
Rxe2 Rd4 42. Kg2 a4 43. Re3 axb3 44. Bxb3 Rd3 45. Bc2 $2 Rxe3 46. fxe3 Rb2 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 54"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Nunn, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. Bd3 Ne7 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. c4 f5 14. O-O O-O
15. exf5 $6 e4 $1 16. f6 $1 (16. Re1 $2 Bxf5 {lost in Grabics - Ghinda,
Budapest 1991.}) 16... Bxf6 17. Re1 $1 d5 $1 ({Not} 17... Bxb2 $2 18. Bxe4 $1)
18. cxd5 Bxb2 $1 19. Bxe4 $2 {Van der Wiel misses the escape.} ({Right is} 19.
d6 $1 Qxd6 20. Bxe4 Qxd1 21. Raxd1 Rb8 22. Nc2 {and White survives (Nunn).})
19... Qxa3 20. Re3 ({Or} 20. d6 Ra7 21. Qh5 f5 $1 {(Nunn).}) 20... Qd6 21.
Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 22. Qc2+ Qg6 23. Qxb2 Rg8 24. Rg3 Qe4 $1 25. Qf6 $5 {White gives
a pawn for the initiative.} Rxg3 26. hxg3 Qxd5 27. Re1 Bf5 28. Re5 $5 Qd1+ 29.
Kh2 Bg6 30. Re4 $5 Bxe4 31. Qxf7+ Kh6 32. Qf4+ Kg7 $1 33. Qe5+ Kf7 34. Qf4+ Kg8
$1 35. Qg5+ Kh7 36. Qh4+ Kg7 37. Qe7+ Kh6 $1 38. Qxe4 ({The pointe is} 38. Qf6+
Bg6 39. Qf4+ Kh7 40. Qc7+ Kg8 {and no perpetual check.}) 38... Qh5+ 39. Kg1 Re8
40. Qf4+ Kh7 41. f3 Qc5+ 42. Kh2 Kg6 {Nunn scored poorly in this event, but he
won one fine game.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 54"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D21"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 dxc4 4. d5 e6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. Qxd5 Qxd5 7. Nxd5 Bd6 8.
Nd2 Ne7 9. Nxc4 Nxd5 10. Nxd6+ Ke7 11. Nxc8+ Rxc8 12. g3 Nb4 13. Bh3 Rd8 14.
O-O N8c6 15. Bg5+ f6 16. Be3 b6 17. Rfc1 Nd4 $6 (17... a5 {stems from
Khalifman-Seirawan, Reykjavik 1991.}) 18. Bxd4 Rxd4 19. a3 Na6 20. b4 Rd6 $1
21. Bf5 $6 (21. Bg2 $1 Rb8 22. Be4 $1 {gains an advantage (Salov).}) 21... cxb4
22. axb4 (22. Be4 b3 $1 {draws.}) 22... Nxb4 23. Rc7+ Kf8 24. Be4 Re8 25. Raxa7
$5 Rxe4 26. Rf7+ Kg8 27. Rxg7+ Kh8 28. Rxh7+ Kg8 29. Rhg7+ Kh8 30. Rh7+ Kg8 31.
Rag7+ Kf8 32. Rb7 Kg8 33. Rhg7+ Kh8 34. Rgc7 Rg4 $2 (34... Re8 35. h4 Nd5 36.
Rh7+ Kg8 37. h5 f5 $1 38. Rbg7+ Kf8 {draws (Salov).}) 35. Rc8+ $1 Rg8 36. Rc4
$1 {Salov wins the knight. He caught up with Gelfand. They won by 81/2/13, one
point before Hübner and Kortschnoj.} 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "10"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E87"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

{Again Rentero managed to improve the field of participants in the tenth
Linares tournament (22 ii - 14 iii 1992). All top ten players took part. The
tournament had become the Wimbledon of chess. Kasparov won with two points
before the rest. Timman played scintillating chess. We follow their games.  
World champion Kasparov  defeated all candidates for the world championship:
Timman, Karpov, Jussupow and Short. Timman showed a great fighting spirit. He
played a long endgame of two bishops versus knight against Speelman and won
the beauty prize for his game against Short. } 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4.
e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. Qd2 f5 9. O-O-O Nd7 10. Bd3 Nc5 11. Bc2
a6 12. Nge2 b5 13. b4 Nd7 14. cxb5 axb5 15. Nxb5 $5 {This move looks risky.} ({
More solid is} 15. Kb2 {(A. Petrosian, Riga 1973).}) 15... Rxa2 16. Nec3 Ra8
17. Kb2 Ndf6 18. Na7 fxe4 19. Nc6 Qd7 20. g4 $5 {Timman wants to apply
restraint on the flanks.} Nf4 21. g5 N6xd5 $1 (21... N6h5 22. fxe4 {lets White
control the centre and queenside (Timman).}) 22. Nxd5 Nd3+ $1 {White has to
defend carefully, but he loses track in the complex calculations.} 23. Bxd3 $2
(23. Kb1 $1 Rxf3 $1 24. Rhf1 Rxf1 25. Rxf1 {keeps the game going (Kasparov and
Timman).}) 23... exd3 24. Nce7+ $6 Kh8 25. Nxc8 $6 e4+ $1 {The world champion
had defeated the first candidate.} ({The opening of the position shows its
fatal effect in} 25... e4+ 26. Nf6 ({and} 26. Nc3 Qa4) 26... Rxf6) 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "10"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8.
Bb3 h6 9. N5f3 c5 10. Bf4 Bd6 $5 11. Bg3 Qe7 $5 (11... Bxg3 12. hxg3 {raises
the passivity (Matanovic-Panov, Skopje 1970).}) 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Ne5 $1 Bd7
14. Ngf3 Nh5 $5 15. O-O-O Nxg3 16. hxg3 O-O-O 17. Rh5 $1 Be8 18. Rxd8+ Kxd8 ({
Not} 18... Qxd8 $4 19. Nxf7 $1) 19. Qd2+ Bd6 $1 (19... Kc8 $2 20. Nd3 $1 Bd6
21. Qc3+ Kb8 22. Qxg7 {and White has won a pawn.}) 20. Nd3 Qc7 21. g4 Kc8 $1
22. g5 $1 Bf8 23. Rh4 Kb8 $1 24. a4 Be7 25. a5 Nd5 26. Kb1 Bd8 $2 (26... Qc6 $1
27. Rc4 Qa6 {defends in a lovely manner.}) 27. a6 Qa5 28. Qe2 $1 {Kasparov
keeps on charging.} Nb6 $6 (28... Nc7 $1 29. axb7 Be7 {brings the last chance.}
) 29. axb7 Bxg5 30. Nxg5 Qxg5 31. Rh5 Qf6 ({Or} 31... Qxg2 32. Nc5 $1 {
(Kasparov).}) 32. Ra5 Bc6 33. Nc5 Bxb7 34. Nxb7 Kxb7 35. Qa6+ Kc6 36. Ba4+ Kd6
37. Qd3+ Nd5 38. Qg3+ Qe5 39. Qa3+ Kc7 40. Qc5+ Kd8 41. Rxa7 {Another
candidate had lost.} 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "10"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Qd2 Qa5 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Rb1 a6 11. Rb3 $6 b5 12. d5 Nd7 13. c4 b4 14. Qc2 Qc7 $6
15. Nd2 Nb6 16. f4 a5 17. Bd3 a4 18. Rb1 g5 $1 19. f5 Be5 20. h3 Bg3+ 21. Kf1
Bh5 22. e5 Qxe5 23. Ne4 Qxf5+ $5 24. Kg1 $6 ({Timman misses} 24. Bf2 Bxf2 25.
Nd6+ $1 exd6 26. Bxf5 {(Ivanchuk and Levin).}) 24... Qe5 25. Bxc5 b3 26. axb3
Nd7 27. Ba3 axb3 28. Rxb3 Qa1+ 29. Qb1 Rxa3 30. Rxa3 Qxa3 31. Nxg3 Bg6 32. Qb7
O-O 33. Qxd7 Qxd3 34. Kh2 h5 35. Re1 h4 36. Nf1 Qxc4 37. Qxe7 Qf4+ 38. Kg1 Rb8
39. d6 Qd4+ 40. Kh2 Qf4+ 41. Kg1 (41. Kh1 $1 Qb4 42. Nh2 Rb7 43. Qd8+ Kg7 44.
Rf1 {gives a new opportunity.}) 41... Qd4+ 42. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "10"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. e4 c5 11. d5 c4 12. Bc2 Qc7 13. Qe2 Bd6 14. Bg5 O-O-O 15.
Rfd1 h6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. b3 $2 Bb4 $1 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. Nb1 Ne5 20. Nbd2 c3
21. Nf1 Bc5 22. Nxe5 fxe5 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Kh1 Qb6 25. f3 Qa5 26. a4 Bb6 27.
Rd1 Rxd1 28. Qxd1 Qb4 $2 {Black misses the opportunity to apply a tight
beleaguerment.} (28... b4 $1 29. Ng3 Qc5 30. Ne2 Qe3 31. Nc1 a5 $1 32. Nd3 Bd4
33. Nc1 Ba6 {leads to slow suffocation.}) 29. axb5 axb5 30. Ng3 Be3 31. Ne2 Qc5
32. Nc1 Bxc1 33. Qxc1 Kc7 34. Qxh6 Qf2 35. Qc1 b4 36. Bd3 Kb6 37. Qg1 Qd4 38.
h4 Ba6 39. Bc2 Kb7 40. h5 Qd8 41. Qf2 Bd3 42. Qc5 Qh4+ 43. Kg1 Qe1+ 44. Kh2
Qh4+ 45. Kg1 Qe1+ 46. Kh2 {Timman had missed chances in three games.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "10"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 a5 10. a3 Nd7 11. Rb1 f5 12. b4 Kh8 13. f3 Ng8 14. Qc2 Ngf6 15. Bd3
f4 16. Nb5 b6 17. c5 dxc5 18. bxa5 Rxa5 19. Nc4 Ra8 20. a4 Ne8 21. a5 Ba6 22.
Bd2 Bxb5 23. Rxb5 Nd6 24. Rb2 Qe7 25. Nxd6 Qxd6 26. Bb5 bxa5 27. Bc6 Rab8 28.
Ra2 Rf7 29. Rxa5 Bf8 30. Bc1 g5 31. Bb2 Qf6 32. Bxd7 Rxd7 33. Rfa1 Bd6 34. Ba3
g4 35. Bxc5 Rg8 36. Ra8 Rdg7 37. Kh1 Qg6 38. Bxd6 cxd6 39. Rc8 gxf3 40. Rxg8+
Rxg8 41. gxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "10"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. h4 Nbc6 8. h5
Qa5 9. Bd2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa4 11. Nf3 $5 {Kasparov brings a novelty.} ({The
quiet} 11. c3 Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 {gives a plus (Stelting-Brunner, Germany 1987).})
11... Nxd4 12. Bd3 Nec6 13. Kf1 $5 Nxf3 14. Qxf3 b6 $2 (14... Qd4 $1 15. Re1
Nxe5 16. Qg3 Nxd3 17. cxd3 {will draw in Fedorowicz-Filatov, Las Vegas 1995.})
15. h6 Ba6 $1 16. hxg7 Rg8 17. Bxa6 Qxa6+ 18. Kg1 Rxg7 19. Qf6 Rg8 20. Rxh7 Qb7
21. Bg5 Nd4 $5 (21... Qe7 22. Qf4 Qf8 $5 23. Rd1 Rh8 {is refuted by} 24. Rxd5
$3 exd5 25. Qf6 $1) 22. c4 $1 Ne2+ 23. Kh2 Nc3 $1 24. Rh8 Rxh8+ 25. Qxh8+ Kd7
26. Qh7 Rf8 $1 27. Bh6 Re8 28. Qxf7+ Re7 29. Qg6 Qb8 $1 30. cxd5 Nxd5 31. Rd1
$2 {Gary misses the win.} ({Right is} 31. f4 $1 Qh8 32. Kg3 $1 Rh7 {(Kasparov),
and now} 33. Rh1 $1 {leads to a victorious restriction of the kingside.}) 31...
Qxe5+ 32. f4 Qh8 33. f5 Qe5+ 34. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "10"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. Ne2 $5 Bb7 10. g3 Rc8 11. Bh3 g6 12. O-O cxd4 13. Nexd4 Nc5 14. Qe2 Nxd4 15.
Nxd4 h5 16. a3 Ne4 17. Rf3 Bc5 18. Raf1 Bb6 19. c3 Rc4 20. f5 $6 {The fight
begins.} gxf5 21. Bxf5 exf5 22. Rxf5 Bc8 $1 {Black counters immediately.} 23.
Rxf7 Bg4 24. Qd3 Rc7 25. R7f4 Rg8 26. Kh1 Qa8 $2 27. e6 $2 ({White misses the
chance} 27. Nxb5 $1 axb5 28. Bxb6) 27... Re7 28. a4 bxa4 29. Qc2 Bxe6 30. Qxa4+
Bd7 31. Qd1 Bg4 32. Qa4+ Bd7 33. Qd1 Kd8 $1 34. Qxh5 Kc7 35. Rf7 Bxd4 $2 ({The
material plus is kept by} 35... Rxf7 36. Rxf7 Bxd4 37. Bf4+ Kc6 38. cxd4 Qe8)
36. Bf4+ $1 Kb6 $4 {Bareev makes a second blunder in time trouble. He leaves a
rook unprotected!} ({The witty} 36... Kd8 37. Rxe7 Kxe7 38. cxd4 Qe8 39. Qh4+
Ke6 40. Qh3+ Ke7 {ends with a perpetual.}) 37. Rxe7 Nf6 38. Qh4 Rh8 39. Bc7+
Kxc7 40. Qxd4 {Bareev oversteps the time limit in a lost position.} 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "10"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 c5 10. Rb1 Ne8 11. b4 b6 12. a4 f5 13. a5 Nf6 14. axb6 axb6 15. f3
Bh6 16. Nb3 Bxc1 17. Nxc1 Bd7 18. Nd3 Ra3 19. Qc1 Qa8 20. bxc5 bxc5 21. Ra1 Ra5
$6 ({Right is} 21... Rxa1 22. Qxa1 Rb8) 22. Qb2 Qa7 23. Rxa5 Qxa5 24. Ra1 Qc7
25. Ra6 Nc8 $6 ({White should play} 25... fxe4 26. fxe4 {and now} Nc8) 26. Nf2
$1 Qd8 27. Qd2 Nh5 28. exf5 gxf5 29. g3 Be8 $6 ({More natural is} 29... Nf6 {
(Dautov).}) 30. Ra8 Bg6 31. Nb5 Qf6 32. Qa5 Qe7 33. Qc7 Qxc7 34. Nxc7 Ng7 35.
Nb5 Re8 36. Nd1 h5 37. Kf2 f4 38. Ndc3 fxg3+ 39. hxg3 Rf8 40. Ke1 Bf5 41. Ne4 {
White beleaguers the weakness d6.} Bxe4 $6 ({A firm stand is given by} 41...
Ne8 $1 {but} 42. g4 $1 hxg4 43. fxg4 Bd7 44. g5 $1 Bf5 45. Rb8 Kg7 46. Bh5 Bxe4
47. Rxc8 Bg6 48. Bxg6 Kxg6 49. Nxd6 {wins gracefully.}) 42. fxe4 Re8 43. Ra6
Rd8 44. Bf1 Rf8 45. Bh3 Ne7 46. Nxd6 Rf3 47. Ra8+ 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "10"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. Be3 c6 8. Qd2
exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. f3 d5 11. exd5 cxd5 12. O-O Nc6 13. c5 Rxe3 $5 {Kasparov
has played this sacrifice of the exchange before.} 14. Qxe3 Qf8 15. Ncb5 ({
Gary met} 15. Nxc6 bxc6 {in a previous encounter (Karpov-Kasparov, New York
1990).}) 15... Qxc5 16. Rac1 Qb6 17. Qf2 Bd7 18. Rfd1 Re8 19. Bf1 Bh6 20. Rc3
Nb4 21. Nc2 $2 {Gelfand blunders. White will lose a pawn, and Black keeps a
positional advantage.} Qxf2+ 22. Kxf2 Nxc2 23. Rxc2 Be3+ 24. Ke1 Bf4+ 25. Kf2
Be3+ 26. Ke1 Bg1+ 27. Kd2 Bxh2 28. Re1 Rd8 29. Kd1 Bf4 30. Nd4 a6 31. Bd3 h5
32. Rc3 h4 33. Bc2 Bg3 34. Re2 Kg7 35. Rb3 Rb8 36. Rd2 b5 37. Ra3 Rb6 38. b4
Bd6 39. Rb3 Nh5 40. Ne2 Be6 41. a3 g5 42. Nd4 Kf6 43. Nxe6 fxe6 44. Bd3 Nf4 45.
Rc3 d4 46. Rc8 Nd5 47. Ke2 Bf4 48. Rdc2 Ne3 49. Kf2 Bg3+ 50. Kg1 Nxc2 51. Rxc2
g4 52. fxg4 Kg5 53. Kf1 e5 54. Ke2 Kxg4 55. Rc8 Rf6 56. Be4 Rf2+ 57. Kd3 Bf4
58. Rg8+ Kh5 59. Bd5 Bg5 60. Ke4 Rxg2 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "10"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8.
Bb3 a5 9. c3 a4 10. Bc2 a3 11. b3 Nbd5 12. Bd2 Bd6 13. N1f3 Nf4 14. Qf1 h6 15.
Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 O-O 17. g3 Nd5 18. Qe2 c5 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. Ne5 Qc7 21. O-O
Be3 $5 {Speelman has odd ideas.} 22. fxe3 $1 Qxe5 23. Qd3 Ra6 24. c4 Nf6 25.
Bg2 Rd6 26. Qc3 Qg5 27. Qa5 e5 28. Bb4 Ra6 29. Qb5 Bd7 $6 30. Qxb7 Qxe3+ 31.
Kh1 Ra7 32. Bd2 Qd4 33. Bc3 Qc5 34. Qb4 $6 Qc7 35. c5 $2 Bc6 $2 {Black misses
a great chance.} (35... Rb8 $1 {(Speelman)} 36. Qh4 Qxc5 {grabs a pawn.}) 36.
Qb6 Bxg2+ 37. Kxg2 Nd5 38. Qxc7 Rxc7 39. Bxe5 Rxc5 40. Bd6 Rc2+ 41. Rf2 Rfc8
42. Bxa3 Ne3+ 43. Kg1 Ra8 44. Bb2 Rxf2 45. Kxf2 Nc2 46. Rc1 Nb4 47. Rb1 Rxa2
48. Ke3 f6 49. Kd4 Nc2+ 50. Kc3 Na3 $1 51. Bxa3 Rxa3 52. Kb2 Ra7 53. b4 Kf7 54.
b5 Ke6 55. Kb3 Kd7 56. h4 h5 57. Rc1 Rc7 58. Rd1+ Kc8 59. Rd5 Re7 60. Kc4 Re3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "10"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. b3 Nd7 5. Bb2 Ngf6 6. d3 e6 7. O-O Bd6 8. c4
O-O 9. Na3 Re8 10. Nc2 a5 11. Rc1 Bh5 12. Re1 Qb6 13. Rb1 Qa7 14. a3 Rad8 15.
Qd2 e5 16. Nh4 Bc5 17. e3 dxc4 18. bxc4 Bf8 19. d4 Nc5 20. f3 exd4 21. exd4 Nb3
22. Qf4 b5 23. Bf1 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 Bd6 25. Qe3 a4 $2 {Black gives a pawn.} (25...
bxc4 26. Bxc4 a4 {is okay (Timman).}) 26. cxb5 cxb5 27. Bxb5 Qb8 $2 ({Better is
} 27... Rb8 28. Bd3 Qd7) 28. Bxa4 Na5 ({Yussupow has miscalculated} 28... Bxg3
29. hxg3 Qxg3+ 30. Ng2 $1) 29. Bc1 Nc4 30. Qe2 Rc8 31. Bg5 Nd5 32. Bd7 $1 Rc7
33. Bf5 Bf8 34. Qe4 Nc3 35. Qd3 g6 36. g4 gxf5 37. gxh5 Nd5 38. Qxf5 Nd6 39.
Qxd5 Rxc2 40. Bf4 h6 41. Nf5 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "10"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Na6 7. h4 h6 8. Be3 e5
9. d5 Nc5 10. Qc2 c6 11. h5 g5 12. f3 a5 13. g4 Bd7 14. Nh3 a4 15. Qd2 cxd5 16.
cxd5 Qa5 17. Nb1 Nfxe4 $6 {Kasparov brings life to a dull game.} 18. fxe4 Nxe4
19. Qxa5 Rxa5 20. Nc3 $1 Ng3 21. Rg1 Nxe2 22. Kxe2 e4 23. Rac1 $1 f5 24. gxf5 {
The crucial position has arisen.} Rxf5 $6 ({Bareev analyses the critical line} 
24... Be8 $1 25. Nxg5 $1 hxg5 26. Rxg5 Kh8 {Right is} 27. Rcg1 $1 ({he
continues with} 27. Nxe4 $2 Bxb2) {The pointes are} 27... Bh6 ({and} 27... Bf6
28. Rg6 Bxg6 29. fxg6) 28. Bd4+ Kh7 29. Rg6 $1 Bxg6 30. hxg6+) 25. Nf2 Be8 26.
Rh1 Bb5+ 27. Nxb5 Rxb5 28. Rc8+ Kh7 29. Rd1 $2 ({Later Bareev finds the win} 
29. Rb1 $1 Rfxd5 30. Rc7) 29... Rxb2+ 30. Rd2 a3 $1 31. Rc7 Rxd5 32. Nxe4 Kg8
33. Rcc2 b5 34. Rxd5 Rxc2+ 35. Rd2 Rb2 36. Kd3 d5 37. Nc5 Rb4 38. Ne6 Rh4 39.
Nxg7 Kxg7 40. Bd4+ Kg8 41. Be5 Kf7 42. Re2 Rxh5 43. Kd4 Ke6 44. Bb8+ Kf5 45.
Re3 Rh1 46. Rf3+ Kg4 47. Rg3+ Kf5 48. Rf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "10"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E86"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. Nge2 c6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. O-O-O a6 10. dxe5 $5 Nxe5 $1 11. Ng3 Be6 $1 12. Qxd6 Qxd6 13. Rxd6 Bxc4
14. Bf4 Ne8 15. Rd2 Bb5 (15... Be6 {was played in Balashov-Geller, Moscow 1969.
}) 16. Nxb5 axb5 17. b3 $6 Nc7 18. Be2 $2 ({The equality is kept by} 18. Be3 $1
f5 19. exf5 Nd5 $1 20. Bd4 gxf5) 18... f5 $1 {The strategic decision has
occurred. Black attacks on all fronts.} 19. Be3 ({The pointe is} 19. exf5 Nd5
$1 {(Timman).}) 19... f4 20. Bb6 Ne6 21. Nf1 c5 $1 22. Bxb5 Nd4 23. Rxd4 cxd4
24. Kb1 Rf6 25. Bc7 ({Or} 25. Bxd4 Rd6 {(Timman).}) 25... Re6 26. Nd2 Rc8 27.
Rc1 Bf8 28. Kb2 Bb4 29. Nb1 Bd6 30. Ba5 Rxc1 31. Kxc1 g5 32. h3 h5 33. Kd1 g4
34. hxg4 hxg4 35. fxg4 Nxg4 36. Nd2 Rg6 37. Ke2 Ne3 38. Kd3 Rxg2 39. Kxd4 b6
40. Bc3 Nd1 41. Bd3 Bc5+ 42. Kc4 Be3 43. Nf3 Rxa2 44. e5 Kf7 45. Ng5+ Kg7 46.
Bb1 Rg2 47. Nf3 b5+ 48. Kb4 Bc5+ 49. Kxc5 Nxc3 50. Bf5 Rg3 51. Nh4 f3 52. Bd3
Rh3 53. Nf5+ Kf8 54. Kd4 f2 55. Bf1 Rh1 56. Ng3 Rg1 57. Kxc3 Rxg3+ 58. Kb4 Ke7
59. Bxb5 Ke6 60. Ka4 Kxe5 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "10"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Short, Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
O-O Bb6 9. Nc2 d6 10. Bxb6 axb6 11. f4 g5 $5 {Short makes a shocking move.} 12.
f5 $5 (12. Nba3 $1 Be6 13. Bxe6 Qxe6 14. Nb5 $1 {gains a plus.}) 12... Ne5 13.
Be2 Bd7 14. c4 g4 $6 (14... Ba4 $1 15. b3 Bc6 16. Qd4 {is preferred during the
postmortem.}) 15. Nc3 h5 16. Qd2 Kh8 17. Qf4 Bc6 18. Ne3 Nd7 $2 ({Right is} 
18... Rfe8 {(Kasparov).}) 19. Bxg4 $5 {The fun begins for White.} hxg4 20. Nxg4
Qh4 ({Or} 20... Qd4+ 21. Kh1 $1 {(Kasparov).}) 21. Rf3 Ng6 22. Qe3 Qxg4 23.
Qh6+ Kg8 24. Rh3 Qxh3 25. gxh3 Nge5 26. f6 Nxf6 27. Qxf6 Rae8 28. Kh1 Ng6 29.
h4 Re6 30. Qg5 Rfe8 31. h5 Re5 32. Qh6 Rxe4 33. Nxe4 Rxe4 34. Kg1 Ne5 35. Qg5+
Kh7 36. Qf5+ Kh6 37. Rf1 Re2 38. Qf6+ Kh7 39. Qg5 Be4 40. h6 Bg6 41. h4 Re4 42.
h5 Rg4+ 43. Qxg4 Nxg4 44. hxg6+ fxg6 45. Rf7+ Kxh6 46. Rxc7 Ne5 47. Rxb7 Nxc4
48. b3 {A third candidate has been defeated.} 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "10"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Nd7 7. Bg5 f6 8. exf6 gxf6
9. Be3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nb6 11. Be2 Bg6 12. Nh3 Bd6 13. Nf4 Bxf4 14. Bxf4 Ne7 15.
Qd2 Nbd5 16. Rd1 Nf5 17. Bd3 Kf7 18. Ne2 Qe7 19. a3 Rad8 20. Bg3 Qf8 21. O-O
Nfe7 22. Bc4 Bf5 23. Rfe1 Qh6 24. Qa5 a6 25. Nc3 Qh7 26. Rd2 Rhg8 27. Kh2 Rd7
28. Na4 Qh6 29. Rdd1 Rgd8 30. Bb3 Bg4 31. f3 Bf5 32. Re2 Rg8 33. Qe1 b6 34. Nc3
Nf4 35. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 36. g3 Qd6 37. Ne4 Qc7 38. Bc4 a5 39. Rc1 $2 Rxd4 $1 {Thank
you!} 40. Nxf6 $4 {Timman sacrifices in time trouble.} Kxf6 $4 ({Karpov misses
the win} 40... Rxh4+ $1 41. Kg2 Bh3+ {(Timman).}) 41. Rxe6+ $1 Bxe6 42. Qxe6+
Kg7 43. Qf7+ Kh6 44. Qf6+ Ng6 45. Qxd4 Re8 46. Bd3 Re6 47. Be4 c5 48. Qd2+ Kg7
49. Rd1 Qe5 50. Kh3 a4 51. Qd8 Ne7 52. Rd2 Rf6 53. Qe8 Rf8 54. Qxa4 Nf5 55. f4
{Kasparov had achieved 6/9. Beliavsky trailed by half-a-point and Timman by
one point.} 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "10"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. exd6 cxd6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Re1 Nc6 10. h3 Bf5 $5 11. Nc3 Rc8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Be3 d5 14. Ne2 Na5
$5 15. c3 Nbc4 16. Bc1 Qb6 $6 {Black plays too ambitiously.} 17. Nf4 Be4 $2 {
Pawn d5 is given the wrong protection.} ({Anand advices} 17... Qd6 $1 18. Nh4
Bd7 $6 ({even better is the tactical} 18... Be4 $1 19. f3 Nxb2 $1 20. Bxb2 Qxf4
21. fxe4 Qxh4 22. exd5 Nc4)) 18. Nd2 $1 Nxb3 19. Nxc4 Qa6 $1 20. Qxb3 dxc4 21.
Qd1 Bc6 22. Rxe7 Rfe8 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Be3 Qb5 $6 25. d5 $1 Bd7 ({The pointe
is} 25... Rd8 26. Bd4 $1 Bxd4 27. Qxd4 Qxb2 28. Re1 {(Anand).}) 26. Qd2 Bf8 27.
Bd4 Bf5 28. g4 Be4 29. Re1 $1 Qa4 30. b3 $1 cxb3 31. axb3 Qb5 32. Qe3 Bd6 33.
Nh5 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "10"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bxf7+ Rxf7 13. fxg4 Rxf1+ 14.
Kxf1 Qd6 15. e5 Qd5 16. g5 Qe4 17. Bf2 Rf8 18. Ng1 Nc4 19. Nf3 Ne3+ 20. Bxe3
Qxe3 21. Qb3+ Kh8 22. Re1 Qxg5 23. Qxb7 Qd2 24. dxc5 Qxc3 25. Qd5 Bh6 26. c6
Bf4 27. Re4 Qc1+ 28. Re1 Qc3 29. Re4 {Kasparov played carefully against his
main rival. The unfortunate Beliavsky lost his last four games.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "10"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Qb6 10. c4 Ne3 11. Qd3 Nf5 12. g4 Nd4 13. Bg2 h5 {The players
have reached the doubtful position from Jukic-Worsfold, Aarhus 1990. Kasparov
plays a novelty.} 14. g5 $1 Bb7 $6 (14... Nf5 {hinders white's development.})
15. Be3 $5 (15. Bd2 {is fine too.}) 15... Nc2+ $1 16. Kf2 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Qxb2+
$6 ({Anand and Kasparov prefer} 17... c5 {but} 18. Rab1 $1 Rd8 19. g6 {is
great for White.}) 18. Kg3 Ba6 19. Rab1 h4+ 20. Kh3 Qc2 ({Not} 20... Qxa2 $2
21. Ra1 Qxc4 22. Bf1 {(Anand).}) 21. Rhc1 Qa4 22. Qc3 Ba3 23. Rc2 Be7 24. Rb3
O-O 25. Nf6+ $5 (25. Nd6 {is fine too (Kasparov).}) 25... gxf6 26. gxf6 Bc5 27.
Be4 Rfb8 28. Kxh4 {Square g3 is cleared of a mine.} Kf8 29. Rg2 Qxc4 {The
black king is lonely.} 30. Qxc4 (30. Qg3 Ke8 31. Qg8+ Bf8 32. Qxf8+ Kxf8 33.
Rbg3 {will also mate.}) 30... Bxc4 31. Bh7 Bf2+ ({Or} 31... Ke8 32. Rg8+ Bf8
33. Rxf8+ $1 Kxf8 34. Rg3 {and mate (Kasparov).}) 32. Kh5 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "10"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "181"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. Qc2 Be7 8.
h3 O-O 9. e3 Ne4 $5 10. Bd3 $1 ({Timman avoids} 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Qxe4 Bb4+ 12.
Nd2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Nf6) 10... f5 11. O-O Bf6 12. b4 a6 13. Na4 Re8 14. Rab1 Nf8
15. Rfc1 g5 16. Bh2 Ng6 17. Nc5 h5 18. Nd2 g4 19. Nf1 Bh4 20. hxg4 hxg4 21.
Nxe4 fxe4 22. Be2 Rf8 23. Ng3 Bd7 24. a4 Qg5 25. b5 axb5 26. axb5 Rxf2 $1 {
Speelman wishes to force a draw.} 27. Kxf2 Rf8+ 28. Ke1 Qxe3 29. Rb3 Qf2+ 30.
Kd1 Qxd4+ 31. Qd2 Qxd2+ 32. Kxd2 Bg5+ 33. Kd1 Bxc1 34. bxc6 Bxc6 $2 ({But} 
34... bxc6 35. Kxc1 Rf2 {even gains an advantage.}) 35. Kxc1 Rf2 36. Bf1 Nf4
37. Bg1 Ra2 38. Kb1 Ra8 39. Nf5 Rf8 40. Nh6+ Kg7 41. Bc5 $1 Rd8 42. Nxg4 d4 43.
Bb6 Rd7 44. g3 Ne6 45. Kc1 d3 46. Be3 Nd4 $1 47. Rb2 Nf5 48. Bf4 Rd5 49. Kd2
Ra5 50. Ne3 Nd4 51. Bg2 Kf6 52. Nc4 Rc5 53. Nd6 Nb3+ 54. Ke3 $2 ({Correct is} 
54. Rxb3) 54... Rc2 $2 (54... d2 $1 55. Ke2 e3 56. Bxe3 Bxg2 57. Rxb3 d1=Q+ 58.
Kxd1 Rd5+ {draws.}) 55. Nxe4+ $2 (55. Rxb3 {is better again (Timman).}) 55...
Bxe4 56. Kxe4 Nc5+ 57. Kd5 Rxb2 58. Be5+ Kg5 59. Bxb2 Kg4 60. Bf1 b6 $2 ({
Speelman misses the escape} 60... Kf3 $1 61. Bc3 Ne4 {under time pressure 
(Timman).}) 61. Be5 Kf3 62. Bf4 d2 63. Bxd2 Ne4 64. Bh6 Nxg3 65. Bd3 b5 66.
Bxb5 Nf5 67. Bf8 Ne3+ 68. Kd4 Ng2 {Kling and Horwitz regarded this position as
drawn in 1851. Chess program Belle proved the win for the attacker in 1983.}
69. Kd3 Nf4+ 70. Kd2 Ng2 71. Bc6+ Kf2 72. Bd6 Nh4 73. Bc5+ Kg3 74. Bb6 Ng2 75.
Bd5 Nh4 76. Ke2 $1 Kf4 77. Bb3 Nf5 78. Bc7+ Kg5 79. Be5 $1 {The knight should
not jump to g7.} Kg4 80. Bc2 Ng3+ 81. Kf2 Nf5 82. Bd1+ Kg5 83. Kf3 Nh4+ 84. Ke4
Nf5 85. Ba4 Ne7 86. Bd6 Ng8 87. Bf4+ Kg6 88. Ke5 Nf6 89. Bb5 Kf7 90. Bc4+ Kg6
91. Ke6 {Speelman has had enough. White wins the knight in fourteen moves
according to the modern theory. Therefore, he does not overstep the
fifty-moves-rule.} 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "10"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4
c6 9. Be3 Ng4 10. Bg5 Qb6 11. h3 exd4 12. Na4 Qa6 13. hxg4 b5 14. Be7 ({The
tactical} 14. Nxd4 bxa4 15. Nxc6 $1 Qxc6 16. e5 Qxc4 17. Bxa8 Nxe5 {stems from
Botvinnik-Smyslov, Moscow 1954.}) 14... Re8 15. Bxd6 bxa4 16. e5 c5 $1 ({Gary
diverts from} 16... Qxc4 {(Jancovec-Jansa, Havirov 1970).}) 17. b4 $6 ({Better
is} 17. Nxd4 $1 Bb7 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 {(Kasparov)} 19. Qf3 $1 $11) 17... cxb4 18.
Qxd4 Bb7 19. Rae1 $6 {White moves the wrong rook.} Rac8 20. c5 Qb5 21. Qf4 Bxf3
22. Bxf3 Nxc5 23. Be2 Qb6 24. Rc1 Ne6 25. Qxb4 Nd4 26. Bc4 Bxe5 27. Qxb6 axb6
28. Bxe5 Nf3+ 29. Kg2 Nxe5 30. Bb5 Rxc1 31. Rxc1 Rd8 32. Bxa4 $2 {Jussupow
misses the forced draw.} (32. g5 $1 Rd2 33. Re1 Nd3 34. Bxd3 Rxd3 35. Re4 b5
36. Re5 Ra3 37. Rxb5 Rxa2 38. Rb7 {White draws despite the loss of a pawn.})
32... Rd2 33. g5 Rxa2 34. Rc8+ Kg7 35. Bb3 Rb2 36. Rc3 b5 37. Re3 Ng4 38. Rf3
f5 39. gxf6+ Nxf6 40. Rd3 $2 (40. Be6 {gives the last chance.}) 40... Ne4 41.
Rd7+ Kh6 42. Bg8 Rxf2+ 43. Kg1 Rb2 44. Rxh7+ Kg5 45. Rb7 Kg4 46. Kf1 g5 47. Bh7
Nc3 48. Rc7 b4 49. Rc5 Rd2 50. Ke1 Re2+ 51. Kf1 Rd2 52. Ke1 Rd5 53. Rxd5 Nxd5
54. Kd2 Kxg3 55. Be4 Nb6 56. Kd3 g4 57. Bc6 Kf2 58. Kc2 Nc4 59. Bd7 g3 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "10"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Short, Nigel"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Nd3 Bb6 8.
e5 Ne8 9. Nd5 d6 10. Ne3 Qg5 11. f4 Qg6 12. O-O f6 13. exd6 Nxd6 14. Nf2 N4f5
15. Nd5 Kh8 16. Nxb6 axb6 17. c3 $2 ({Correct is} 17. Bb3 $1) 17... Rxa4 $1 18.
Qxa4 Nh4 19. g3 Nf3+ 20. Kg2 Nh4+ 21. Kg1 Nf3+ 22. Kg2 Be6 $1 23. Nh1 $5 ({The
main point is} 23. Kxf3 $4 Bd5+ 24. Ke2 Re8+ 25. Kd1 Bf3#) 23... Bd5 24. Rxf3
Nf5 25. Nf2 Nh4+ 26. Kf1 Nxf3 27. d3 Nxh2+ 28. Ke2 Bc6 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "10"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. Qh5 Rg8 13. g3 Rc8 14. c3 Rg6
15. Nc2 Rh6 (15... fxe4 {Black diverts from} 16. Bxe4 {(Klovans-Yurtaev,
Leningrad 1989).}) 16. Qe2 Bxd5 17. exd5 Ne7 18. f3 Bg7 19. Ne3 f4 20. gxf4 Ng6
21. O-O-O Nxf4 22. Qc2 Qb6 23. Nf5 Rg6 24. Be4 b4 25. c4 Kf8 26. Rd2 Rc5 27.
Ng3 Qc7 28. Kb1 $5 Bh6 $2 {Great fun could have started.} (28... Rxc4 29. Rc1
Rxc2 30. Rdxc2 {(Kasparov)} Qa5 31. Bxg6 Nxd5 32. Rc8+ Ke7 33. Be4 Kd7 34. Bf5+
{leads to a perpetual.}) 29. Qb3 Rg7 30. Nf5 Rg6 31. Qxb4 Rxc4 32. Qxc4 Qxc4
33. Rc2 Qxc2+ 34. Kxc2 Rf6 35. Ne3 Ne2 36. Ng4 Nd4+ 37. Kd3 Rf4 38. Nxh6 Kg7
39. Nxf7 $5 Rxf7 40. Rf1 Rb7 41. b3 a5 42. f4 Rb4 43. fxe5 dxe5 44. Rc1 Nb5 45.
Rc6 Kf7 46. Ke3 Ke7 47. Bxh7 $2 ({Better is} 47. Bd3 $1 Nd6 48. Rc7+ Kd8 49.
Rxh7) 47... Rh4 48. Bd3 Nd6 49. Rc7+ Kd8 50. Rh7 Rd4 51. h4 Rg4 $1 52. h5 Rg3+
53. Kd2 Rg2+ 54. Ke1 e4 55. Be2 Nf5 56. Rf7 Nd4 57. Bf1 Rh2 58. Rf4 Nc2+ 59.
Kd1 Ne3+ 60. Ke1 Nc2+ 61. Kd1 Ne3+ {Salov escaped in the endgame.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "10"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. c4 e6 5. e3 Be7 6. g3 d5 7. Bg2 dxc4 8. bxc4
Qd3 9. Na3 O-O 10. Qb3 Nb4 11. Ne5 Qxb3 12. axb3 Nd7 $5 {Black sacrifices a
pawn for counteraction.} 13. Nxd7 Bxd7 14. Bxb7 Rab8 $6 (14... Nd3+ 15. Ke2
Rab8 16. Kxd3 Rxb7 17. Kc2 Bc6 {keeps the counter-play.}) 15. Be4 $1 f5 16. Bb1
a6 17. Bc3 Bc6 18. O-O Rfd8 19. Nc2 Ra8 20. Bxb4 cxb4 21. Nd4 Bf6 $2 ({Correct
is} 21... Bd7) 22. Nxc6 Bxa1 23. Nxd8 Rxd8 24. Bxf5 $1 exf5 25. Rxa1 Rxd2 26.
Ra4 $1 g5 27. Rxb4 f4 28. exf4 gxf4 29. Kg2 Rd3 30. gxf4 Kf7 31. Rb6 a5 32. f3
Rc3 33. Kg3 a4 34. bxa4 Rxc4 35. a5 Ra4 36. a6 Ra1 37. Kg4 Ra2 38. h4 Ra5 39.
f5 Ra1 40. h5 Ra2 41. Kg5 Rg2+ 42. Kf4 Ra2 43. Ke5 Ra5+ 44. Kd6 Rxf5 45. Kc7 {
Timman trailed Kasparov by one point in the penultimate round. A miracle could
happen in the last round.} 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "10"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 e5 4. Bg2 d6 5. d3 f5 6. e4 Nf6 7. Nge2 O-O 8. h3 c6
9. Be3 Be6 10. Qd2 $2 ({The equality is kept by} 10. Qb3 Qc7 11. exf5 gxf5 12.
O-O-O) 10... fxe4 $1 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 d5 $1 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Bg2 Nc6 15.
O-O Qd7 16. Kh2 d4 17. Bg5 Bd5 $1 18. Be4 Rf7 19. Kg2 Qe6 20. Bxd5 Qxd5+ 21. f3
a5 22. h4 a4 23. Ng1 a3 24. Rfb1 Bf8 25. bxa3 Rxa3 26. Rb2 b5 27. Rab1 b4 28.
Rc2 Rc3 29. Rbb2 Na5 30. Qd1 Nb7 31. Bd2 $2 {White makes the decisive mistake.}
({Right is} 31. Qe2 $1 Nc5 {and now} 32. Bd2 $1 Nxd3 33. Bxc3 bxc3 34. Qxd3
cxb2 35. Rxb2 Ra7) 31... Rxd3 32. Qe2 Rdxf3 $1 33. Nxf3 d3 34. Qe3 dxc2 35.
Rxc2 Nc5 36. Bxb4 Nd3 37. Bd2 Bc5 38. Rxc5 ({The pointe is} 38. Qe2 e4) 38...
Nxc5 39. Bc3 Nd3 40. a4 Rc7 41. Bd2 Nb2 42. Bc3 Nc4 43. Qe2 Rf7 44. a5 e4 45.
Ne1 e3+ 46. Kg1 Nd2 {Kasparov won the tournament two points before the rest.}
0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "10"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 a5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qc2 Be4 10. Qb2 h6 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Nc3 Bb7 13. d5 Na6 14. Rad1 Nc5 15.
Nd4 Nh5 16. Be3 Qc8 17. Qc2 c6 18. d6 Bd8 19. Nf3 Na6 20. Ne5 c5 21. Bxb7 Qxb7
22. Qe4 Qxe4 23. Nxe4 f5 24. Nd2 Ra7 25. a4 Bf6 26. Ndf3 Nb4 27. Bc1 g5 28. Bb2
Bg7 29. Ne1 Nf6 30. f3 Rd8 31. Rd2 Ne8 32. N1d3 Nc6 33. Nxc6 dxc6 34. Bxg7 Kxg7
35. Ne5 Rxd6 36. Rxd6 Nxd6 37. Rd1 Nf7 38. Nxc6 Rc7 39. Nd8 Nxd8 40. Rxd8 Rc6
41. Kf2 Kf6 42. Ke3 h5 43. h4 gxh4 44. gxh4 e5 45. Rh8 Kg6 46. Rg8+ Kf6 47. Rg5
Rc8 48. Rxh5 Kg6 49. Rg5+ Kf6 50. f4 Re8 51. fxe5+ Rxe5+ 52. Kf3 Re8 53. Rg2
Rh8 54. Rh2 Rh5 55. Kf4 Ke6 56. Rh1 Kf6 57. Rh3 Ke6 58. Rh2 Kf6 59. Rh1 Ke6 60.
Rh3 Kf6 61. e3 Ke6 62. Rh2 Kf6 63. Rh1 Ke6 64. Rh2 Kf6 65. Rh3 Ke6 66. e4 fxe4
67. Kxe4 Kf6 68. Kf4 Kg6 69. Kg4 Re5 70. Rg3 Kf6 71. Rd3 Re4+ 72. Kh5 Re6 73.
Rf3+ Kg7 74. Kg5 Re5+ 75. Kf4 Re8 76. Rd3 Re6 77. Kf5 Rf6+ 78. Ke5 Rh6 79. Rd6
Rh5+ 80. Ke6 Rxh4 81. Kd7 Rh3 82. Rxb6 Kf7 83. Rb5 {Timman had lost a poor
game. Ivanchuk shared the second place at the end.} 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 16"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]

{Knockout matches were played in the sixteenth Interpolis tournament Tilburg
1992. 111 participants were involved. 94 started in round one. 17 players were
added later. So 64 competitors started in round two.   Karpov drew two games
versus Chernin. Rapid chess began.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5.
Qb3 Qb6 6. Qxb6 axb6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 cxd5 {Tolya has reached the endgame.
He waits for errors.} 9. Bd2 Bd7 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 e6 13. a3
Bc6 14. Bc3 b5 15. b4 Be7 16. Bd3 f6 17. f4 O-O 18. O-O Ra6 19. Bb2 Bd8 20. Bd4
Bb6 21. Bxb6 Rxb6 22. Rfc1 fxe5 23. fxe5 Rd8 24. Rc5 d4 $1 25. e4 Ra8 26. Kf2
Kf7 27. Ke2 Ke7 28. Kd2 Kd7 $2 {There we are. Chernin allows a trick. He is
going to lose a pawn.} 29. a4 $1 Rba6 30. Bxb5 Bxb5 31. Rxb5 b6 32. Rc1 R8a7
33. Kd3 Rxa4 34. Rxb6 Ra2 35. Rcc6 R7a3+ 36. Kxd4 Rd2+ 37. Kc5 Rc3+ 38. Kb5
Rxc6 39. Rxc6 Rxg2 40. Kb6 Rxh2 41. Rc7+ Kd8 42. b5 g5 43. Rg7 h5 44. Kc6 g4
45. b6 Rc2+ 46. Kd6 Kc8 47. Kxe6 Rc3 48. Rg5 Rc6+ 49. Kf7 $1 Kd7 50. b7 Rb6 51.
e6+ Kc7 52. e7 Rxb7 53. e8=Q Kd6+ $1 {Chernin sets a trap under time pressure.
Karpov plays 54. Qe6() and gets the answer 54. .. Rxf7. The arbiter intervenes
and restores the position. Karpov has to play his queen and the handy Chernin
gets two minutes extra on the clock.} 54. Qe7+ $4 (54. Qd7+ $2 {would draw.})
54... Rxe7+ 55. Kf6 Re6+ 56. Kf7 Re5 {The second rapid game was drawn. Later
Karpov protested but without success.} 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 16"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]

{Four players were left in round six, the semifinal. They had to play two
games of classical chess in two days. The tempo was forty moves in two hours
and the rest in one hour.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3
6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O
Bg4 13. Be3 b6 14. Ra1 Qb2 {A fight might start, because White has given a
pawn for the initiative.} 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 e5 17. d5 Nd7 18. Qa4 Nc5 19.
Bxc5 bxc5 20. d6 $5 Qb4 21. Qa6 Qb6 22. Be2 Rfd8 23. Rfd1 Rab8 24. Qd3 c4 $5 {
But Kamsky ends the battling.} 25. Qxc4 Rxd6 26. Rxd6 Qxd6 27. Rxa7 Rf8 28. Qa2
Qb4 29. Bc4 Qe1+ 30. Kh2 Qxe4 31. Rxf7 Rxf7 32. Bxf7+ Kh8 33. g3 Bf8 34. Bd5
Qf5 35. Qa7 Qf6 36. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 16"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Nd2 Nf4
15. Qf3 $5 Qd7 16. Ne4 Bg4 17. Qe3 Nxd3 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. Qe7 Rad8 20. Qxd6
Rxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 16"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e6 7. Qf3 Qb6 8. a3
Nbd7 9. Nb3 Qc7 10. g4 h6 $5 11. h4 h5 12. g5 Ng4 13. Bd2 b5 14. O-O-O Bb7 15.
Kb1 Rc8 16. Be2 {Equality has been achieved in the Sicilian Defence despite
the exposed black knight.} g6 17. Rhe1 Bg7 18. Qg3 Nb6 19. Bxg4 hxg4 20. f5 $1
(20. Qxg4 $6 {allows the counter} Nc4) 20... Be5 $6 ({Preferable is} 20... Nc4
$1 21. f6 Bf8 22. Qxg4 Qb6 23. Qf4 a5 $1) 21. Qxg4 Qe7 22. Na5 Ba8 23. fxg6
fxg6 24. Bf4 Rxc3 $2 {Black loses an exchange by a standard sacrifice.} (24...
Nd7 {supports bishop e5.}) 25. bxc3 Na4 26. Bxe5 dxe5 27. Rd3 O-O 28. Red1 $6 (
28. c4 $1 {consolidates the white position.}) 28... Nc5 29. Rd6 Bxe4 $6 ({
Better is} 29... Nxe4 30. Qxe6+ Qxe6 31. Rxe6 Nxc3+ 32. Kc1 Nxd1 33. Rxg6+ Kh7
34. Rh6+ Kg7 35. Kxd1 {(Adams).}) 30. Nc6 Qg7 31. Qg1 $1 Na4 32. Rd7 Nxc3+ 33.
Ka1 Rf7 ({Or} 33... Nxd1 34. Rxg7+ Kxg7 35. Nxe5) 34. Rxf7 Qxf7 35. Rd8+ Kg7
36. Nxe5 Ne2 37. Qe3 Qf1+ 38. Kb2 {Adams had saved his energy by another win
in two games (11/2-1/2).} 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 16"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bg4 6. Ne5 Bh5 7. g3 e6 8. Bg2
Bb4 9. O-O O-O 10. Nxc4 Nd5 11. Qd3 Be7 12. e4 $5 Nb4 13. Qd2 N8a6 14. b3 Qc7
15. e5 Bg6 16. Ne4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 c5 18. Bb2 Rad8 19. Qe3 Nc6 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21.
Rad1 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rd3 Rxd3 25. Qxd3 {Gelfand has
simplified by exchanges.} Nb4 26. Qe4 Nd5 27. Bd4 a6 28. Ne3 {The mini match
has a standing of 1-1. So it will proceed on the third day.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 16"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]

{The match has to be continued by two games of rapid chess. Both players get
thirty minutes on the clock.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3
Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. e3 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Bg5
Nb4 13. Bb1 Be7 14. a3 Nc6 15. Qe2 Ne8 16. Qd3 f5 17. Bf4 Nd6 18. Ba2 Rc8 19.
Rac1 Ne4 20. Na4 Qa5 21. Nc3 Nxc3 22. Qxc3 Qxc3 23. Rxc3 Na7 24. Rfc1 Rxc3 25.
Rxc3 Rc8 26. Rc7 Rxc7 27. Bxc7 {Exchanges have been made in a dull line.} Nb5
28. Ba5 Nd6 29. Kf1 b5 30. Ke2 Nc4 31. Bc3 Kf7 32. Kd3 a5 33. Kc2 a4 34. Kd3
Ke8 35. Bb1 Kd7 36. Bc2 Kc6 37. Bd1 Bh4 38. g3 Bd8 39. g4 Bh4 40. Ke2 g6 41.
Bc2 Bg5 42. Bd3 Kb6 43. Kf3 Bh4 44. Ke2 Bg5 45. f4 $6 {A slight weakening
occurs.} Be7 46. Kf3 b4 $1 47. axb4 Kb5 48. gxf5 gxf5 49. Bd2 $1 Bxb4 50. Bc1
Ba5 51. Ke2 Kb4 52. Bc2 Bd8 53. Kd3 Bh4 54. Bd1 Bf2 55. Bd2+ Kb5 56. Bc1 Bxe3
$5 57. Bxe3 Nxb2+ 58. Kc2 Nxd1 59. Kxd1 Kc4 60. Kc2 h5 61. h4 a3 62. Bc1 Kxd4
63. Bxa3 Ke4 64. Bd6 Kf3 65. Kd3 Kg4 66. Ke3 Kxh4 67. Kf3 d4 68. Bb4 Kh3 69.
Bd2 h4 70. Be1 d3 71. Bd2 Kh2 72. Kf2 Kh3 73. Kf3 Kh2 {Black cannot conquer
the fortress. The players take little risk in a short match.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 16"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. Nge2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. f3 Nh5 12. Bxe7 Rxe7 13. Qd2 Ne6 14. Rad1
g6 15. Bb1 b5 $5 16. a3 a5 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Qd6 19. e4 Rb7 $6 20. g4 (20.
f4 $1 Qxb4 21. f5 {starts a bold attack.}) 20... Nhf4 21. Rc1 f6 22. Nxf4 Qxf4
23. Qxf4 Nxf4 24. Rfe1 Kf8 25. Ne2 Nxe2+ 26. Rxe2 Bd7 27. exd5 cxd5 28. Ba2 Ra3
29. Bxd5 Rb6 30. Ra2 Ra4 31. Rb2 Rd6 32. Rc5 Ra3 33. Kf2 (33. Kf2 Rd3 {will
regain the pawn. The standings become 2-2.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 16"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]

{Two more rapid games have to be played. The players get fifteen minutes per
game.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 O-O
8. Qc2 Bg4 9. Nge2 Bh5 10. Ng3 Bg6 11. h4 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 c5 13. Nf5 Nc6 14. Bg5
cxd4 15. exd4 Ne4 16. Nxe7+ Nxe7 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Nxd5 Qd6 19. Nc3 Nxc3 20.
bxc3 Rfe8+ 21. Kf1 Re6 22. Rh3 Rae8 23. h5 h6 24. Rd1 Qe7 25. Re3 Rxe3 26. Qxe3
Qxe3 27. fxe3 Rxe3 28. c4 Kf8 29. c5 b6 30. c6 Ke7 31. Kf2 Rc3 32. d5 Kd6 33.
Rd2 b5 34. Ke1 a5 35. Rf2 $2 {Time runs short and blunder time begins.} f6 $2 (
{Right is} 35... Kxd5 $1) 36. Rd2 b4 37. Kd1 Rc5 38. Rd4 a4 39. Rxb4 $2 ({
Correct is} 39. Ke2 $1) 39... Rxd5+ 40. Ke2 Kxc6 41. Rxa4 Rxh5 42. Ra7 Rg5 43.
Kf2 Kb6 44. Rf7 h5 45. g3 Kc6 46. Ra7 Kd6 47. a4 Ke6 48. Kf3 Rg4 49. Ra5 g6 $2
(49... g5 $1 {avoids the following trick.}) 50. Ra6+ Kf7 51. Ra7+ Kg8 52. a5 $1
Ra4 53. Kg2 g5 54. Kf2 f5 55. a6 f4 56. gxf4 Rxf4+ 57. Kg3 Ra4 58. Kh3 Ra3+ 59.
Kh2 h4 60. Rb7 $1 Rxa6 61. Rb5 $1 Rg6 62. Kh3 Kg7 63. Kg4 Kh6 64. Rb8 Ra6 65.
Rh8+ Kg7 66. Rb8 Ra5 67. Rb6 Re5 68. Ra6 Kf7 69. Rb6 Re6 70. Rb5 Rg6 71. Rb7+
Kg8 72. Ra7 Rg7 73. Ra5 Kh7 74. Ra6 Rg6 75. Ra8 Kg7 76. Rb8 Kh6 77. Rh8+ Kg7
78. Ra8 {Black cannot advance the extra pawns.   Kamsky showed great
sportsmanship by proposing a draw, although he had more seconds on the clock.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 16"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 Nbd7 8.
O-O Bb4 9. Bd2 a5 10. b3 O-O 11. a3 Be7 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6
15. Qc2 Qc7 16. a4 Rad8 17. Rad1 c5 18. Bc3 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Ng4 20. g3 Bc5 21.
Qe2 Nf6 22. Nb5 Qb6 23. Kg2 Qc6+ 24. Qf3 Qxf3+ 25. Kxf3 b6 26. Be5 h5 27. h3
Kh7 28. Bc7 Rc8 29. Rd3 g5 30. g4 Kg6 31. Rfd1 hxg4+ 32. hxg4 Rh8 33. Be5 Rh4 {
Pawn g4 needs protection.} 34. Nd6 $2 ({Correct is} 34. Bxf6 Kxf6 35. Nc3)
34... Rch8 $2 (34... Nxg4 35. Bg3 Rch8 $1 {wins a pawn.}) 35. Ne4 $2 {The
exchange on f6 equalises.} Nxe4 $1 36. Bxh8 Nxf2 $1 37. Be5 Nxd1 38. Rxd1 f5
39. gxf5+ exf5 40. Bg3 Re4 41. Rd3 g4+ 42. Kg2 f4 43. Bh4 Kh5 44. Bd8 Re2+ 45.
Kf1 Rf2+ 46. Ke1 g3 47. Rd5+ Kg4 48. Rg5+ Kf3 49. Bxb6 Bxb6 50. c5 Bd8 51. Rd5
Re2+ 52. Kd1 g2 53. Rd3+ Kf2 {Gelfand had reached the final. Kamsky was
shocked and left, but later Boris was congratulated by the son and father.} 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 16"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]

{The final begins.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Be3
e5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. a4 Be7 9. a5 O-O 10. Be2 Qc6 11. Nd2 Be6 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Bf3
Rfd8 14. Qe2 Rac8 15. Rfd1 h6 16. Nf1 Bf8 17. Rd2 Re8 18. h4 Nc5 19. Ng3 b5 20.
axb6 Qxb6 21. Na4 Qb7 22. Nxc5 dxc5 23. c3 Rc6 24. Nh5 Nxh5 25. Bxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 16"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Nc3 c5 7. e4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nc6 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. Bf4 Bc5 11. Be2 O-O 12. Rd1 a5 13. Bg3 $5 Qc8 14. O-O Qb7
15. Bf3 Ne8 16. Rd3 d6 17. Rb1 a4 18. e5 dxe5 19. Bxe5 f6 20. Bg3 e5 21. Nd5
Nc7 22. b4 axb3 23. Rdxb3 Nxd5 $5 {Black plays a surprising variation, but he
draws anyway.} 24. cxd5 Bxd5 25. Qxc5 bxc5 26. Rxb7 Bxb7 27. Bxb7 Rxa3 28. f4 {
The standings became 1-1. An extension was needed.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 16"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]

{Two rapid games begin.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. d5 Qb6 5. Nd2 Qxb2
6. Nxe4 Qb4+ 7. Qd2 Qxe4 8. Nf3 d6 9. e3 Qb4 10. c3 Qa5 11. Rb1 {All these
strange moves were played in Garces - Triana, Cienfuegos 1976.} g6 $5 12. e4 $6
({Preferable is} 12. Rb5 Qc7 13. Be2) 12... Bg7 13. e5 O-O 14. Be2 Nd7 15. Rb5
Qc7 16. exd6 exd6 17. Bh6 Nf6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 {The point of this line is the
lost of a pawn.} 19. c4 Qe7 20. O-O Ne4 21. Qc1 Qf6 22. Rb3 Re8 23. Re1 b6 24.
Re3 Bd7 25. h4 Qd8 26. Qb2+ Kg8 27. Bd3 Nf6 28. Rxe8+ Bxe8 29. Ng5 Bd7 30. Qc3
Nh5 31. Be2 Qf6 32. Qd2 Re8 $6 {Black allows a weakening.} 33. Bxh5 Rxe1+ 34.
Qxe1 gxh5 35. Ne4 Qe5 36. Qe3 h6 37. f4 Qe7 38. f5 Qe5 39. Qg3+ Qxg3 40. Nxg3 {
Black has several advantages.} Kf8 41. f6 $1 b5 42. cxb5 Bxb5 43. Ne4 Bc4 44.
a3 Bxd5 45. Nxd6 Be6 46. Kf2 Kg8 47. Nb5 a6 $6 (47... Kh7 48. Nxa7 Kg6 {
charges timely.}) 48. Nc7 Bc4 49. Ke3 Kh7 50. Kf4 Kg6 51. Ke5 a5 52. g3 Bb3 53.
Nb5 c4 54. Nc3 Bc2 55. Nd5 Bd3 $6 56. Nf4+ $6 (56. Ne7+ $1 Kh7 57. Kd4 {gains
a plus.}) 56... Kh7 57. Kd4 Bf1 58. Kc3 Bd3 59. Kd4 Bf1 60. a4 Kg8 61. Nxh5 Be2
62. Nf4 Bd1 63. Kxc4 Bxa4 64. g4 Bd1 65. g5 hxg5 66. hxg5 Kh7 67. Kb5 a4 68.
Kb4 Bb3 69. Ka3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 16"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. f3 axb5 6. e4 Qa5+ 7. Bd2 b4 8. Na3
d6 9. Nc4 Qc7 10. a3 bxa3 11. Rxa3 Rxa3 12. Nxa3 g6 13. Nb5 $5 Qb7 {Adams
plays a doubtful opening again.} 14. Qa4 Nbd7 15. Ba5 $6 (15. b4 $1 Bg7 16.
bxc5 dxc5 17. d6 {keeps the initiative.}) 15... Bh6 $1 16. Nc7+ Kf8 17. b3 Kg7
18. Be2 $6 {The bishop hinders the king.} ({More solid is} 18. Bc4) 18... Ne5
19. Qb5 Qa7 $1 20. Qb6 Qxb6 21. Bxb6 {White minor pieces are too exposed on
the queenside.} Bd7 22. Ba5 Rb8 23. Bd1 Nd3+ 24. Kf1 Nc1 25. Ne2 Nxb3 26. Bc3
Be3 27. g4 Nd4 28. Kg2 Rb7 29. Na8 Ne8 30. Bc2 f6 31. Bxd4 cxd4 32. Rb1 Rxb1
33. Bxb1 Bb5 34. Ng3 d3 35. Nf1 Bc5 36. f4 f5 37. gxf5 gxf5 38. e5 Bc4 39. Ng3
d2 40. Bc2 Bxd5+ 41. Kf1 Bf3 42. Nxf5+ Kf8 43. exd6 exd6 44. Ng3 d1=Q+ 45. Bxd1
Bxd1 46. Ne4 Ba7 47. Ng5 Ke7 48. f5 Bb3 49. Nxh7 Bd5 50. h4 Bxa8 51. Ke2 Be4
52. Ng5 Bxf5 53. Kf3 Nf6 54. Kf4 Bd7 55. Nf3 Kf7 56. Nd2 Nh5+ 57. Kg5 Nf6 ({
The last trick is} 57... Be3+ $2 58. Kxh5 Bxd2 $4 {stalemate.}) 58. Nc4 d5 59.
Ne5+ Ke6 60. Nf3 Be3+ 61. Kg6 d4 62. Ne1 Be8+ 63. Kg7 Bb5 64. Nc2 Bd3 65. Nb4
Be4 {Adams earned 100,000 and Gelfand got 50,000 Guilders.} 0-1

[Event "7th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Short, Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]

{The seventh Memorial was played from 6-13 May 1993. Again it was a doubled
rounded event of four players. Main organisers were Lies Muller as director
and Geurt Gijssen as arbiter. Short started with a loss against Kramnik. In
the last round he played a great attacking game against Anand. Nigel won and
became first. When Kramnik asked why he resigned against Short in the fourth
round, he answered: "I was stupid". A lucky win against Piket, gained him the
second place. When Short and Kramnik catch up with Anand in the last round,
Vishy was deeply disappointed. Piket played an unfortunate tournament. He gave
away two better positions by blunders.  } 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5
Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. Qa4 $5 Nb6 9. Qh4 e6 ({More active is} 
9... e5 $1 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 {(Tatarko-Zagorskis, Karvina 1992).}) 10. Qxd8 Rxd8
11. d3 h6 $6 ({Kramnik prefers} 11... Nc6 12. Ne4 Na4 13. Bg5 f5 $1) 12. Be3
Na6 13. Rac1 $1 Bd7 $2 ({More resistance offers} 13... Nd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15.
Bxc5 Nxc5 16. Rxc5 Bxb2 17. Rb1 Bg7 18. Nd2 b6 $1 19. Bxd5 Bd4 $1 20. Rcb5 Rb8)
14. Nd2 Rab8 15. Nb3 Rdc8 16. Na5 Bc6 $6 (16... Rc7 {avoids doubled pawns.})
17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. b3 $2 ({Great advantage achieves} 18. Bf4 $1 e5 19. Be3 f5
20. b3 {(Kramnik).}) 18... Nd5 19. Bd2 Nab4 20. Na4 Nxa2 21. Rc2 Ndb4 22. Rxc5
Rb5 23. Rc4 Nd5 24. Rb1 a5 $6 (24... Rcb8 {is simpler.}) 25. d4 Rcb8 26. e4 Ne7
27. Ra1 Nb4 28. Nc3 Nc2 $2 ({Kramnik regards} 28... R5b7 $1 29. Rxa5 Nd3 $1 {
as drawn.}) 29. Ra2 Nxd4 $6 ({The last resort is} 29... Nb4 30. Ra3 $1 R5b7 $1
31. Ne2 $1) 30. Nxb5 cxb5 31. Rc7 Nec6 32. f4 e5 33. Be3 Rd8 34. Bf1 Rd6 35.
Bxd4 Nxd4 36. Rxa5 exf4 37. Ra8+ Kh7 38. Rxf7 fxg3 39. hxg3 Rf6 40. Rxf6 Bxf6
41. b4 h5 42. Rb8 Be5 43. Rb7+ Kh6 44. Kg2 $1 Kg5 45. Bxb5 h4 46. gxh4+ Kxh4
47. Be8 Kg5 48. Rb6 Bc7 49. Rxg6+ Kf4 50. b5 Kxe4 51. b6 1-0

[Event "7th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Nh4 Bg6 10. h3 Bh5 $5 11. Qb3 a5 12. f4 O-O $1 13. Nf3 ({A draw forces
} 13. g4 Nxg4 $1 14. hxg4 Qxh4 15. gxh5 Qg3+ {but Jeroen did not want to
disappoint the organisers with a quick draw.}) 13... Nb6 14. Be2 c5 15. Na2 Rc8
16. Nxb4 cxb4 17. Bd2 $6 Ne4 $1 18. g4 Bg6 19. Rfc1 Qd5 20. Bd1 ({Exchanges
start with} 20. Qxd5) 20... Nc4 21. Be1 Ned6 22. Be2 Rc7 23. Ne5 Rfc8 {Piket
loses his way in a difficult position.} 24. Nxc4 $2 (24. f5 $6 exf5 25. Nxc4
Nxc4 26. Rxc4 $1 Rxc4 27. Rc1 {is preferred by Anand, but} Qh1+ $3 28. Kxh1
Rxc1 29. Bd1 fxg4 30. Kh2 Bc2 {favours Black.}) ({The right order of moves is} 
24. Bxc4 Nxc4 25. Rxc4 Rxc4 26. Nxc4 Qxc4 27. Qxc4 Rxc4 {After} 28. d5 $1 Kf8
$1 {Black has sufficient compensation for the minus pawn.}) 24... Be4 $3 25.
Nxa5 $2 (25. Bh4 Nxc4 26. Kf2 {creates a new defence line.}) 25... Rxc1 26.
Rxc1 Rxc1 27. Qxb4 g5 28. fxg5 Qxg5 29. Kf1 Qxe3 30. Qxd6 Rc2 0-1

[Event "7th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Short, Nigel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 Bb7 12. d4 Bf6 13. Re1 c5 $2 ({'Theory'
is} 13... Re8 14. Na3 b4) 14. dxc5 Re8 15. Na3 Qc7 16. Rxe8+ Rxe8 17. Bxd5 Rd8
18. Bf4 Qxf4 19. Qf3 $2 (19. Bxb7 $1 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 {and White wins (Short).})
19... Qxf3 20. Bxf3 Bxf3 21. gxf3 b4 22. Nc2 bxc3 23. bxc3 Rc8 24. Rb1 h6 25.
c4 Rxc5 26. Ne3 Bd4 27. Rc1 Bxe3 $2 ({Correct is} 27... Kf8 28. Nd5 Ke8) 28.
fxe3 Kf8 29. Kf2 Ke7 30. f4 g5 31. Kf3 gxf4 32. Kxf4 Ke6 33. Ke4 ({Better is} 
33. Rc2 $1) 33... Rh5 34. Rc2 Rh4+ 35. Kd3 f5 36. Rf2 Ke5 37. Rc2 Kd6 38. Rg2
Rh3 39. Rf2 Ke5 40. c5 Ke6 41. Rc2 Kd7 42. Kd4 ({Black seems to survive in} 42.
c6+ $1 Kc7 43. Kd4 Rh4+ 44. Ke5 Re4+ 45. Kxf5 Rxe3 46. Kg6 Re6+ 47. Kh5 a5 48.
h4 Re4 49. Rc3 Rd4 50. a3 Rf4 51. Rh3 $1 Rf6 52. Rg3 $1 Rxc6 53. Rg7+ Kb8 $1
54. Rg6 Rc3 55. Kxh6 Rxa3) 42... Kc6 43. Re2 h5 44. Rc2 Rh4+ 45. Ke5 Re4+ 46.
Kxf5 Rxe3 47. Kg5 Re5+ 48. Kh4 a5 49. h3 Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. O-O cxd4 13. Re1 g6 14. Bg5 Qa5 15. Nxd4
a6 16. Rc1 Bg7 17. Nc6 Bxc6 18. Rxc6 O-O 19. Bc4 h6 $1 ({Better for White is} 
19... N7b6 {(Piket-Anand, Dortmund 1992).}) 20. Bxd5 Qxd5 21. Qxd5 exd5 22. Bf6
Nxe5 $6 {Kramnik makes an odd choice.} (22... Bxf6 23. exf6 Rfe8 24. Kf1 Rxe1+
25. Kxe1 Re8+ 26. Kd2 Re6 27. Rc8+ Kh7 28. Rc7 Ne5 {is ok (Yegiazarian-Asrian,
Yerevan 1999).}) 23. Bxe5 ({White plays for a win with} 23. Rxe5 $5 Rfc8 24.
Bxg7 Rxc6 25. Bxh6 g5 26. Bxg5 f6 27. Rxd5) 23... Rae8 24. f4 f6 25. Nb6 fxe5
26. Nxd5 exf4 27. Rxe8 Rxe8 28. Rxg6 Kh7 29. Rxa6 Re2 $1 30. Kf1 $1 (30. Nxf4
$4 Bd4+ 31. Kf1 Rf2+) 30... Rxb2 31. Nxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 b6 $6 6. Qb3 $5 {Unusual moves
have led to a novelty.} a5 7. Ne5 c6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. Qxc3 Bb7 10. d4 d6 11. Nd3
Qc8 12. c5 $1 {White has gained a plus by natural moves.} bxc5 13. dxc5 d5 14.
Bf4 Nbd7 15. Bd6 Re8 16. O-O Ba6 17. Rfe1 Qb7 18. Ne5 a4 19. Rad1 Nxe5 20. Bxe5
{Black suffers from passivity.} Ng4 $1 ({Anand does not like} 20... Qe7) 21.
Bxg7 $1 e5 22. Bf3 f5 23. Bxg4 d4 24. Qc1 fxg4 25. Bf6 Qf7 26. Qg5+ Qg6 27.
Qxg6+ hxg6 28. f4 $1 exf4 29. gxf4 Kf7 30. Be5 Rad8 31. Kf2 g5 $1 32. Kg3 gxf4+
33. Kxf4 Kg6 $5 34. Bd6 ({Kramnik mentions} 34. Rd2 $1 {as won, but} Kh5 35.
Bxd4 Rxe2 36. Rexe2 Bxe2 37. Rxe2 Rxd4+ 38. Re4 Rd2 39. Rxa4 Rxb2 40. Ra8 Rc2 {
does not support his view.}) 34... Re3 $1 35. Rxd4 Rde8 36. Rc1 Kh5 37. Rc3
Rxe2 38. h3 Bc8 39. hxg4+ Bxg4 40. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Short, Nigel"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. d4 Bxb3 11. axb3 exd4 12. cxd4 Nb4 13. Nc3 c5 14. Bf4 Re8 15.
Re2 $5 Qb6 16. e5 $6 ({Consistent is} 16. Rd2) 16... dxe5 17. dxe5 Red8 $1 {
The rook opens square e8 for a knight manoeuvre.} 18. Rd2 Ne8 19. Qe2 Nc7 20.
Qe4 Ne6 21. Be3 Rxd2 22. Nxd2 Rd8 23. Nf3 ({Or} 23. Qxb4 $5 cxb4 24. Bxb6 Rxd2)
23... Nd4 24. Rd1 Nxf3+ 25. Qxf3 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Qe6 27. f4 f6 28. Ne4 fxe5 ({
The elegant try} 28... Nd5 $5 29. Bxc5 Nxf4 30. Bxe7 Qxe7 31. Qd6 $1 Qxe5 32.
Qd8+ Kf7 33. Qd7+ Kg6 34. Qg4+ {ends with a perpetual.}) 29. Qh5 g6 30. Qxe5
Qxe5 31. fxe5 Nd3 32. e6 Nxb2 33. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 34. Nxc5 a5 35. Nb7 a4 36. Nd6 Kf8
37. Nxb5 axb3 38. Nd4 Ke7 39. Nxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bd7 14. Nf1 Rac8 15.
Ne3 Nc6 16. d5 Nb4 17. Bb1 a5 18. a3 Na6 19. b4 Ra8 20. Bd2 Rfc8 21. Bd3 axb4
22. axb4 Qb7 23. Nh2 Nc7 24. Nhf1 $6 Rxa1 25. Qxa1 Nh5 $1 26. Nc2 f5 $1 27.
exf5 Nxd5 28. Nfe3 Kh8 29. Bf1 Nhf6 30. Rd1 Nb6 31. Na3 Ra8 32. Qb2 Bc6 33. Rc1
d5 34. Bxb5 $5 Bxb5 35. Nxb5 d4 $1 36. Rc7 Qa6 $5 37. Rxe7 Qxb5 $6 (37... dxe3
38. Bxe3 Qxb5 39. Rb7 Nc4 $1 40. Rxb5 Nxb2 41. Rxe5 Nc4 {keeps a plus.}) 38.
Ng4 Nc4 39. Bh6 $1 Nxg4 (39... Nxb2 $2 40. Bxg7+ Kg8 41. Nxf6#) 40. Bxg7+ Kg8
41. Qc1 Qxb4 $2 ({Correct is} 41... d3 $1 42. Bh6 d2 43. Bxd2 Nxd2 44. hxg4
Qxb4) 42. Bf6 $1 Kf8 43. hxg4 Qd2 44. Qxd2 Nxd2 45. Rd7 Ra5 46. f3 Nc4 47. g5
Ra1+ 48. Kh2 Ra6 49. Rc7 $6 Ne3 50. Bg7+ Kg8 51. Bxe5 d3 52. Bc3 d2 53. Bxd2
Nf1+ 54. Kh3 Nxd2 55. f6 Ra1 56. Kg4 Rg1 57. Kg3 Rh1 58. Kf4 Rh4+ 59. Kf5 Ra4
60. Rg7+ Kf8 61. Rxh7 1-0

[Event "7th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Short, Nigel"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. f4 b5 11. Bd3 Be7 12. Kb1 O-O 13. Rhf1 Ng4 $5 14. Nxc6
Bxc6 15. Bg1 Nf6 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Nd7 18. Bd4 Bc5 19. Be4 Qc7 20. Bxc6 Qxc6
21. Rf4 Qc7 $6 ({Short prefers} 21... Rac8) 22. Bxc5 Nxc5 23. Qd6 Rac8 24. Qxc7
Rxc7 25. Rfd4 Rb8 (25... Rfc8 $1 {(Short).}) 26. b4 Nb7 27. Ne4 Kf8 28. Kb2 Ke7
29. a3 Rd8 30. Rxd8 Nxd8 31. Nc5 a5 (31... Nc6 $1 32. Re1 (32. Rd6 $2 a5 $1)
32... a5) 32. c4 $1 axb4 33. axb4 bxc4 34. Kc3 Nc6 35. Re1 Na7 $2 (35... Rc8
36. Kxc4 Rb8 37. b5 Na5+ 38. Kb4 Nc6+ $1 39. Ka4 Nd4 40. Rb1 Ra8+ 41. Na6 f6
$11) 36. Kxc4 Kd8 37. Rd1+ $1 Ke7 38. b5 Nc8 39. Kb4 Nb6 40. Rd6 Nd5+ 41. Rxd5
$1 {Short is amazed by the resignation. He tests} (41. Rxd5 exd5 42. b6 Rc8 43.
b7 Rb8 44. Kb5 {Short continues with} Rd8 $1 ({Black can try} 44... f6 45.
exf6+ gxf6 46. Kc6 d4 47. Nd3 Ke6 48. Kc7 Rg8 49. b8=Q Rxb8 50. Kxb8 h5 {but}
51. Kc7 Kd5 52. Nf2 {wins}) 45. Na6 $1 d4 46. Nb4 $1 Kd7 47. Nc6 d3 $1 48. Nxd8
d2 49. b8=Q d1=Q 50. Qd6+ Qxd6 51. exd6 Kxd8 52. Kc6 {and calls it a win, but}
h5 $1 53. d7 h4 54. Kd6 g6 $1 55. h3 g5 56. Ke5 g4 57. hxg4 Kxd7 58. Kf6 Ke8
59. Kg5 Ke7 60. Kxh4 Kf6 61. Kh5 Ke6 $1 62. Kg5 Ke5 {draws. Kramnik missed an
escape.}) 1-0

[Event "7th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]

{Kramnik woke up after a long night of smoking and drinking. 'What a beautiful
day, the sun is shining and I play Black against Anand'.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6
3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Bd7 10.
f3 b5 11. Kb1 Ne5 12. Bd3 Qc7 13. g4 b4 14. Nce2 d5 15. Bf4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Nxe4
17. fxe4 ({Known is} 17. Qe3 Bd6 18. Qxe4 {(Estevez-Geller, Sochi 1976).})
17... Rc8 {prepares ..Nc4.} 18. b3 $1 f6 $5 19. h4 $5 Qb7 20. Bxe5 fxe5 21. Nf3
Bc6 22. Ng3 Bc5 23. g5 ({Pleasant for Black is} 23. Nxe5 O-O 24. Nd7 Bxd7 25.
Qxd7 Qxd7 26. Rxd7 {(Kramnik)} Rf2 $1) 23... O-O 24. Nxe5 Bf2 $5 (24... Rf2 $1
25. Qd3 (25. Qe1 $6 Bb5 26. gxh6 Rxc2 $1) 25... Bb5 26. Nc4 Rcf8) 25. Nxc6 $6 (
{White can start a nasty attack with the surprise} 25. Qd6 $1 Rfe8 $1 (25...
Bxg3 $2 26. Qxe6+ Kh7 27. g6+ Kh8 28. Nf7+ Rxf7 29. gxf7 Bxe4 30. Rhf1 $1 Rf8
31. Qe8) {Great risk takes} 26. gxh6 $5 Bxg3 27. Rhg1 $1 Bxe5 28. Qxe5 Re7 $1
29. Rxg7+ Rxg7 30. hxg7 Re8 31. Rg1 Qf7 {(Kramnik).}) 25... Qxc6 26. Nf5 exf5
27. Qxf2 fxe4 {Anand keeps his lead of one point on Kramnik and Short.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Short, Nigel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Qb3
c6 9. Rd1 b6 10. e4 Re8 11. Be2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. O-O Bb7 14. Rfe1 Qc7 15.
Rc1 Nf8 16. Bd3 Rac8 17. e5 Be7 18. Be4 Qb8 19. a3 Red8 20. Red1 Qa8 21. h4 Rd7
22. Qa4 a6 23. b4 c5 24. Bxb7 Qxb7 25. dxc5 bxc5 26. b5 axb5 27. Qxb5 Qa7 28.
Rxd7 Nxd7 29. Rd1 Rc7 30. a4 c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. d3 h6 8. Rb1
e5 9. b4 a6 10. Nd2 Be6 11. Nd5 Kh7 12. a4 Qd7 13. b5 axb5 14. axb5 Nd8 15. b6
c6 16. Nc7 Rb8 17. Nxe6 Nxe6 18. e3 Rfe8 19. f4 exf4 20. gxf4 Nc5 21. Nf3 Ra8
22. e4 Ra2 $1 23. Kh1 $6 (23. Bd2 {avoids troubles.}) 23... Qg4 24. Rb2 Rxb2
25. Bxb2 Qxf4 26. Ng1 Qg4 $6 ({A plus keeps} 26... Qh4 $1 27. Nh3 (27. Qa1 $2
Nh5 28. Bxg7 Ng3#) 27... Nh5 28. Rxf7 Kg8) 27. Qa1 Re5 $4 ({Properly defends} 
27... Nh5 $1 28. Bxg7 Nxg7 29. Rxf7 Rg8 30. Qd4 Qe6 31. Rf6 Qe5 $1) 28. Bxe5
dxe5 29. Qa3 Bf8 30. Rxf6 Kg7 31. Rf1 Ne6 32. Qb2 Qh5 33. Bf3 Qg5 34. Nh3 1-0

[Event "7th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Short, Nigel"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 Be6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Be3 Bf5 12. Ne5 Bf6 $2 (12... f6 13. Nd3 Nxc3
14. bxc3 Nxd3 15. Bxd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 {levels fast (Popovic-Mikhalchishin,
Cetinje 1993).}) 13. g4 $1 Be6 14. f4 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Nc6 16. Bf3 Bxe5 17. dxe5
d4 18. cxd4 Bxc4 19. d5 $1 {Short wants to gain control over the centre.} Ne7
20. Bc5 $1 Bxf1 21. Kxf1 {White has abundant compensation for the exchange.}
Qd7 22. Qb3 b6 23. Ba3 Rae8 $5 ({No fun brings} 23... Rac8 24. f5 Rfd8 25. e6
fxe6 26. fxe6 Qe8 27. Kg1 c5 28. dxc6 Kh8 29. Rf1) 24. Rd1 Ng6 25. e6 $1 Qd8
26. f5 Ne5 27. Be2 Qh4 28. Qg3 $5 Qxg3 29. hxg3 fxe6 30. Bxf8 Kxf8 31. dxe6 Ke7
32. g5 $1 c6 33. g4 g6 $1 {A counteraction is necessary.} 34. Rd4 $1 gxf5 $2 {
Black should not open the position.} ({Correctly defends} 34... Rf8 $1 35. Rf4
(35. Re4 Nxg4 $1) 35... b5 $1 36. Ke1 a6 37. Kd2 c5 38. Ke3 Nc6 39. Rf1 Nd4 {
(White has to worry about ..Nxe6)} 40. Bd3 a5 41. Ke4 Kd6 {The fortress looks
secure.}) 35. gxf5 Rf8 36. Rf4 b5 37. Ke1 h6 38. gxh6 Rh8 39. Re4 Kf6 40. e7
Kxf5 41. Rxe5+ {Short scored an important victory.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "21.Schachtage"]
[Date "1993.04.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]

{21.Dortmunder Schachtage were played from 9 until 17 iv 1993. Karpov ruled.
Kramnik made his debut in the main group. Kasparov did not partake. He would
no longer be welcome after 1995. Karpov won the event with 51/2/7. Kramnik
followed at 11/2 points. } 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5
Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8. Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Nf6 11. Qh4 Ke7 $1 {
Karpov plays a fine novelty.} 12. Ne5 $5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Qa5+ 14. c3 Qxe5+ 15.
Be3 {Kamsky has given a pawn for a positional advantage.} b6 16. O-O-O g5 17.
Qa4 c5 18. Rhe1 Bd7 19. Qa3 Rhd8 20. g3 Qc7 21. Bd4 Be8 22. Kb1 Rd5 23. f4 Rad8
24. Bc2 R5d6 25. Bxf6+ Kxf6 26. fxg5+ hxg5 27. Rxd6 Rxd6 28. c4 Ke7 29. Qe3 f6
30. h4 $1 gxh4 31. gxh4 Qd7 32. Qh6 {White has created new chances.} e5 33. h5
Qg4 34. Qh7+ Kd8 $2 ({Karpov's} 34... Bf7 35. Bg6 $2 {is answered by} Rd1+ $1)
35. h6 Rd2 36. Qf5 Qxf5 37. Bxf5 Bd7 ({Or} 37... Rh2 38. h7 Ke7 39. Rg1 Bf7 40.
Rg8 $1 Rxh7 41. Bxh7 Bxg8 42. Bxg8) 38. Bg6 $2 {White misses the win} (38. Kc1
$1 Rd4 {(Karpov)} 39. Be4 $1 Rxc4+ 40. Kd2 Rd4+ 41. Kc3) 38... Rh2 39. h7 Ke7
40. Bd3 $2 (40. Rg1 $1 Be6 41. b3 Kf8 42. Kc1 Kg7 43. Bf5+ Kf7 44. Bg6+ {draws.
}) 40... Be6 41. Rg1 f5 42. Rg7+ Kf6 43. Rxa7 e4 44. Be2 f4 45. b3 f3 46. Bd1
Bf5 47. Kc1 Bxh7 48. Rb7 Ke5 49. Rxb6 Rxa2 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "21.Schachtage"]
[Date "1993.04.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Nc3 c5 7. e4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nc6 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. Bf4 Nh5 11. Be3 Qb8 12. g3 f5 $1 {Karpov brings a novelty.
} 13. O-O-O $5 Nf6 14. Bd3 Qb7 15. f3 fxe4 $6 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. fxe4 Bd6 18.
Rhf1 Be5 19. Bf4 Qb8 20. Qe2 O-O 21. Qh5 Rxf4 22. gxf4 Bxf4+ $1 {Karpov takes
a drastic defensive measure. He gives an exchange for the control over the
black squares.} 23. Kb1 Qe5 24. Qxe5 Bxe5 25. h3 a5 26. b3 d6 $1 27. Rd2 Be8
28. Kc2 Bg6 29. Rdf2 Rc8 30. Kd1 Bd4 31. Ra2 Rc5 32. Rg2 Rh5 33. Rf3 Be8 34.
Kc2 g6 35. Be2 Re5 36. Bd3 Kg7 37. Rg4 g5 38. Rf1 Bc5 39. Kb2 Bg6 40. h4 $6 ({
Correct is} 40. Rg3 $1 {(Karpov).}) 40... gxh4 41. Rxh4 Rg5 $6 (41... d5 $1 {
utilises an error (Karpov).}) 42. Rh2 Rg3 43. Bc2 Bd4+ 44. Kc1 a4 45. bxa4 Rxa3
46. Kd2 Rg3 47. Bd3 Rg5 48. Rfh1 Be5 49. Rh3 Bd4 50. R3h2 Rg3 51. Rf1 Bf6 52.
Rb1 Bg5+ 53. Kc2 Be3 54. Ra1 Bg1 55. Rd2 Kf6 $6 56. a5 (56. e5+ $1 {liberates
the white position.}) 56... bxa5 57. Rxa5 $6 (57. e5+ $1 {is okay.}) 57... Bc5
$1 58. Ra1 $2 {Hereafter, Black controls the board.} ({Right is} 58. e5+ Kxe5
59. Bxg6 hxg6 60. Re2+ {and White has sufficient counter-play (Konikowski).})
58... Ke5 $1 59. Rf1 Bg1 60. Rdd1 Be3 61. Rf8 Rg2+ 62. Kb3 Rh2 63. Bb1 Bh5 64.
Re1 Bf2 65. Rf1 Bc5 66. Re1 Be2 67. Ba2 Rh3+ 68. Kb2 Ba3+ 69. Ka1 Bd3 70. Bb1
Bb4 $1 71. Rc1 Bd2 72. Rd1 Bc3+ 73. Ka2 Bxc4+ 74. Ka3 Be2 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "21.Schachtage"]
[Date "1993.04.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E89"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. Nge2 c6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. d5 cxd5 10. cxd5 a6 11. g4 h5 12. g5 Nh7 13. Rg1 $1 ({Theory is} 13. h4
) 13... f6 $6 ({The alternative brings} 13... b5 $1) 14. gxf6 Qxf6 15. O-O-O
Rf7 $6 {He waits too long with ..b5 (Karpov).} 16. Kb1 b5 17. Nc1 Ndf8 $6 ({
More useful is} 17... Nc5) 18. Be2 Bd7 19. a3 $1 Qd8 20. N1a2 $1 {White
advances on all fronts.} Qb8 21. Nb4 Qb7 22. Rc1 Be8 23. Nca2 Rc8 24. Rxc8 Qxc8
25. Rc1 Qa8 26. Nc6 $1 Bf6 27. Qa5 Bg5 28. Bxg5 Nxg5 29. Nab4 $1 Nxf3 30. Bxf3
Rxf3 31. Ne7+ $1 Kf7 32. Nc8 Bd7 33. Nxd6+ Kg8 34. Nc6 $1 Rf6 35. Qc7 Bxc6 36.
Rxc6 {Karpov showed fine manoeuvres on the queenside and scored his third win
before the day-off.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "21.Schachtage"]
[Date "1993.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Serper, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Qc2 h6 $5
8. Bh4 c5 $6 ({Better but risky is} 8... g5 $5 9. Bg3 Ne4 {(Sanchez Jimenez -
Campos Moreno, Linares 1991).}) 9. e3 Qa5 $5 ({Known is} 9... c4 {
(Kramnik-Lautier, Cannes 1993).}) 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O c4 12. Bf5 Re8 13. Nd2
Be7 $6 ({An old line is} 13... Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qa6 {(Grünfeld-Johner, Gothenburg
1920).}) 14. Rae1 Nb6 15. a3 $5 Be6 $2 (15... Bxf5 16. Qxf5 g6 17. Qf3 Ne4 $1 {
improves the black position.}) 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. f4 $1 Nd7 ({Or} 
18... Nc8 19. g4 $1 {(Kramnik).}) 19. Nf3 Qc7 ({Or} 19... Nf8 20. e4 $1 {
(Kramnik).}) 20. g4 $1 Nf8 21. g5 $1 hxg5 22. fxg5 Be7 23. e4 dxe4 24. Qxe4
Rad8 25. Re2 a6 26. Qg4 Qa5 27. Ne5 $1 ({After} 27. Ne5 Rxd4 $1 28. Qh5 $1 Qc5
29. Kh1 {, the white attack becomes irresistible.  Kramnik played prudent
chess. He won one game and drew the rest.}) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "21.Schachtage"]
[Date "1993.04.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 e4 6. Nh4 O-O 7. Bg2 Re8 8. O-O
d6 9. d3 exd3 10. Qxd3 Ne5 11. Qc2 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Bc5 13. b3 Qe7 $5 {Karpov
plays a new move, but it makes little difference.} 14. Bb2 a5 15. a3 Ng6 $6 (
15... Bd7 {develops (Konikowski).}) 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. e4 g5 $6 ({A more useful
activity brings} 17... Qg5 $1) 18. Rae1 f6 19. Kh1 g4 20. f4 gxf3 21. Rxf3 Bd7
$2 ({A positional disadvantage is accepted by} 21... Bg4 22. Rf4 Qd7 23. Qc4 b5
24. Qd3 {(Lautier)} Re7) 22. Rf4 Rf8 23. Ref1 Be3 24. R4f3 Bb6 25. g4 $1 {
White opens the kingside by a pawn sacrifice.} Rae8 ({Lautier prefers} 25...
Bb5 26. Re1 Be8 27. g5 $1 fxg5 {but} 28. e5 $1 {is markedly unpleasant.}) 26.
Rh3 $1 {White treatens e5.} Bxg4 27. Rg3 Bh5 (27... Bd7 28. Qd2 Kh7 {is
mentioned by Lautier. Then} 29. Qe2 g6 30. Qf3 {breaks the defence.}) 28. Qd2
$1 (28. Rf5 $2 Qf7 $1 29. Rxf6 Qxf6 30. Bxf6 Rxf6 {might hold (Lautier).})
28... g6 29. Rf5 Qh7 30. Bxf6 Rf7 31. Qg5 c6 32. e5 $5 (32. dxc6 bxc6 33. e5 {
also wins.}) 32... dxe5 33. dxc6 Kf8 ({Or} 33... e4 $1 34. cxb7 Bc7 35. Be5 $1)
34. Rxe5 Rxe5 35. Qxe5 Bc7 36. Qe6 $1 Bg4 ({The pointe is} 36... Bxg3 37. Qc8#)
37. Qxg4 ({Not} 37. Rxg4 $4 Qxh2#) 37... Rxf6 38. Qc8+ {Karpov had suffered
his only defeat.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "21.Schachtage"]
[Date "1993.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Serper, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d5 6. g3 Nbd7 7. Bg2 c6 8.
Qc2 O-O 9. Nbd2 b6 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Bb7 13. O-O Rb8 $5 14.
Qe3 c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Rfd1 Qc7 17. b4 Nd7 18. Rd4 {White wants to attack on
the queenside.} Nf6 $2 (18... e5 $1 19. Rdd1 f5 {counters timely.}) 19. Qe5 Qe7
20. a3 Rbc8 21. Rad1 Rc7 22. Nh4 $1 {White intends to exchange an important
defender.} Rfc8 $2 ({Correct is} 22... Bxg2 23. Nxg2 Rfc8 24. Ne3 {(Karpov).})
23. Nf5 $1 {Now White utilises a new chance.} exf5 24. Qxe7 Rxe7 25. Bxb7 Rf8
26. Ba6 g6 27. c5 bxc5 28. bxc5 Rc7 29. Rc1 Re8 30. c6 Kg7 31. Kf1 Re5 32. Bb7
Ra5 33. Rcd1 $1 Re5 ({The pointe is} 33... Rxa3 34. Rd7 Nxd7 35. cxd7 {(Karpov)
.}) 34. Rd7 Re7 35. Rxc7 Rxc7 36. Rd8 Re7 37. f3 g5 38. Ra8 g4 39. fxg4 fxg4
40. Rxa7 Nd5 41. Ra4 Ne3+ 42. Kg1 Kf6 43. Rf4+ 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "21.Schachtage"]
[Date "1993.04.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lobron, Eric"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O O-O 7. Qc2 Qe7 8. b3
Bxc3 9. Qxc3 c5 10. Bb2 d5 11. cxd5 Bxd5 12. d3 Rd8 13. Rfc1 Na6 14. a3 Bb7 15.
Rab1 Rac8 16. Qe1 Ne8 17. Rc2 Nec7 18. Rbc1 Nb5 19. Qf1 Bd5 20. Nd2 Rc7 21.
Bxd5 exd5 22. e3 d4 23. exd4 Nxd4 24. Bxd4 cxd4 25. Rxc7 Nxc7 26. Nf3 h6 27.
Qh3 Ne6 28. b4 a5 $1 {The troubles are becoming immense for White.} 29. Qf5 $6
(29. Rb1 $5 {defends an eminent pawn.}) 29... axb4 30. axb4 Qxb4 31. Ne5 Qe7
32. Nc6 Qc7 33. Rc4 Rd6 34. Qe4 $6 (34. Nb4 {stops the passed pawn.}) 34... b5
$1 35. Rc2 Qb7 36. Nb4 Qxe4 37. dxe4 d3 $1 38. Rd2 Nc5 39. f3 Rd4 40. Nd5 b4
41. Kf2 g5 $6 (41... b3 $1 42. Ke3 Rc4 {wins easily.}) 42. Ke3 Rc4 43. Rxd3
Nxd3 44. Kxd3 Rc1 45. Nxb4 Rh1 $1 46. h4 gxh4 47. gxh4 Rxh4 48. Nd5 Rh2 49. Ke3
Rg2 50. Ne7+ Kh7 51. e5 Ra2 52. f4 Ra7 53. Nf5 Ra6 54. Nd4 Ra3+ 55. Ke4 Ra4 56.
f5 Kg7 57. Ke3 h5 58. Nf3 h4 59. Kf2 Rf4 60. f6+ Kg6 {Karpov had scored his
fifth win.} 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "21.Schachtage"]
[Date "1993.04.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Nc3 Bb4 9. Bd2 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 O-O 11. Nd2 {Karpov had won the event with 5 1/2
out of 7. Kramnik followed at 1 1/2 points.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 55"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Nunn, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]

{An effort was made to figure out a more attractive sponsor event for the
declining steel industry. Sixteen players started in round one. Then eight
winners of short matches performed against eight stars. Van Wely, Van der Wiel,
Van der Sterren and Nijboer lost in round one. Piket fell in the second round.
So all Dutchmen had to perform in the minor tournament.   Karpov blundered a
piece in round two but outlived and met Nunn in round three.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4
g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Qd2 c5 8. d5 Ne5 9. Bg5 a6 10.
f4 Ned7 11. Nf3 b5 12. cxb5 Qa5 $5 ({Nunn played} 12... axb5 13. Bxb5 {against
Timman in Wijk aan Zee 1985.}) 13. e5 $1 dxe5 14. fxe5 Ng4 15. Bxe7 $1 Re8 16.
d6 Bh6 $2 {Calculations are difficult to make.} 17. Ng5 $2 ({They had rejected
} 17. Qd5 $1 Qb4 $5 {But} 18. Bc4 $1 Ndxe5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. O-O $1 Be6 21.
Qxe5 Qxc4 22. Ne4 {benefits White.}) 17... Ngxe5 18. Be2 axb5 19. O-O c4 20.
Bf3 Nxf3+ 21. Rxf3 Ne5 22. Re3 Nd3 23. Rf1 Be6 24. h4 Bf8 25. Nxe6 fxe6 26.
Rxe6 b4 27. Nd1 Bxe7 28. Qe3 Qc5 29. dxe7 Rxa2 30. Kh1 Ra7 $5 (30... Qxe3 31.
Nxe3 Ra7 {equalises.}) 31. Rxg6+ $1 hxg6 32. Qe6+ Kg7 33. Qf7+ Kh6 34. Qxe8
Qxe7 $2 ({Preferable is} 34... Rxe7) 35. Qh8+ Qh7 36. Qd4 Qe7 37. Ne3 Ne5 $2
38. Qxe5 $1 Qxh4+ 39. Kg1 Re7 40. Qh8+ Rh7 41. Qf8+ Rg7 42. Qh8+ Rh7 43. Qf8+
Rg7 44. Rf3 {Karpov drew the second game and had won the mini-match.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 55"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Oll, Lembit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Qb3 Ba5 4. d4 $5 (4. g3 {was played in Miles - Oll,
Sydney Cepacol 1991.}) 4... b6 5. Nf3 c5 $6 6. dxc5 bxc5 7. Bf4 $1 Nc6 8. O-O-O
$1 Nge7 9. Bd6 {White has conquered square d6.} O-O 10. e3 $1 Bb4 11. Nb5 Qb6
12. a3 Ba5 13. Qc2 a6 14. Nc3 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Re8 16. Bd3 Bb7 17. Bc2 Nf5 18. Bf4
Rad8 19. Bxf5 exf5 20. Nh4 {Illescas has the initiative.} Ne7 $1 21. Bd6 g6 22.
Be5 d5 $1 23. Bh8 $1 {White threatens mate in one. Black reacts inadequately.}
d4 $2 ({Right is} 23... f6 $1 24. Qxf6 Qxf6 25. Bxf6 Kf7 26. Bxe7 Rxe7 27. cxd5
Bxd5 {and Black counters.}) 24. exd4 g5 25. dxc5 Qh6 26. Qf6 Qxf6 27. Bxf6 gxh4
28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Re1 $1 Be4 30. f3 Bc6 31. Rxe7 Ba4 32. b3 $1 Bxb3 33. c6 Rc8
34. c7 Ba4 35. Kb2 h6 36. Kc3 Kh7 37. Kb4 Kg6 38. Be5 Be8 39. Ka5 {Oll lost
the second game by a blunder. So Illescas qualified for the final.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 55"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]

{The first game between Salov and Karpov ended in a lengthy draw.} 1. d4 d5 2.
c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 e5 5. dxe5 Qxd1+ 6. Kxd1 b5 $5 7. Be3 Nd7 8. f4 Bc5 9.
Ke2 $5 a5 10. Nf3 Ne7 {Both players like the middle game without queens.} 11.
f5 Bb6 $5 12. Bxb6 Nxb6 13. Ke3 f6 $1 14. exf6 gxf6 15. g4 b4 $1 16. Nd1 h5 $6
17. Rg1 $6 ({A plus brings} 17. g5 $1 {(Karpov).}) 17... hxg4 18. Rxg4 Kf7 $5
19. Kf4 Ba6 20. Ne3 a4 $1 21. a3 $1 c3 $5 {Black gives a pawn in order to
create a protected passed pawn.} 22. bxc3 Bxf1 23. Rxf1 b3 $1 24. Rfg1 Rag8 25.
Rxg8 Rxg8 26. Rd1 $1 Rb8 27. Ne1 Rh8 28. Kg3 Rg8+ 29. Kf2 Rh8 30. Nf3 Rb8 31.
h4 b2 $2 {Salov spoils his game in time troubles.} 32. Rb1 $1 Nd7 33. Nc4 $1
Nc5 34. Ke3 $1 Rd8 35. Nd4 Rh8 36. Nd6+ $5 Kg8 37. Rxb2 Rxh4 38. Rb8+ Kh7 39.
Re8 Ng8 40. Ne6 Nd7 41. Kd4 Rh1 42. Nc4 Rd1+ 43. Ke3 Re1+ 44. Kd3 Rd1+ 45. Ke2
Rc1 46. Kd2 Rg1 47. Ra8 Ne5 48. Nxe5 fxe5 49. Rxa4 Nf6 50. Nc5 Rg2+ 51. Kd3
Rg3+ 52. Kc2 Ng4 53. Ra7+ Kg8 54. Rd7 Ne3+ 55. Kb3 Rg1 56. a4 Rb1+ 57. Ka2 {
Karpov had won the mini-match.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 55"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]

{The best of four games had to be scored in the final.} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3.
Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 d6 7. b4 b6 8. Bb2 Bb7 9. g3 c5 10. Bg2
Nbd7 11. O-O Qc7 $5 ({Tolya played} 11... Rc8 {in Kasparov - Karpov, Lyon 1990.
}) 12. d3 Rfc8 13. Rfc1 e5 14. Bh3 $1 {White controls more territory but can
do little with it.} Re8 15. e4 Nf8 16. Nh4 Ne6 17. Qd2 Qd8 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19.
Rab1 Bc6 20. Qe2 Qe7 21. Ng2 Qf7 22. Bc3 Qh5 23. Qxh5 Nxh5 24. Ne3 Rf8 25. Rb2
Nf6 26. bxc5 bxc5 27. Ba5 Kf7 28. Rcb1 Ke7 29. h4 Nd7 30. Kg2 Rab8 31. Rxb8
Rxb8 32. Rxb8 Nxb8 33. f4 Ba4 34. Bc3 Nc6 35. Kf2 Nd4 36. Ba5 exf4 37. gxf4 Nc2
38. Nxc2 Bxc2 39. Ke3 g6 40. d4 cxd4+ 41. Kxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 55"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
Re8 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. h3 h6 11. a3 a6 $5 {The novelty shows no ambition.} 12. b3
dxc4 13. bxc4 e5 $1 14. Nh4 Nf8 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. Qxf5 exd4 17. exd4 c5 18. Be3
cxd4 $6 ({Better is} 18... Ne6 {(Karpov).}) 19. Bxd4 Be5 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21. Qxe5
Rxe5 22. Rab1 $1 {He attacks the weakness.} Rb8 23. Bf3 Rc5 $2 {Illescas
blunders a pawn.} (23... b6 $1 {(Karpov)} 24. Nd5 N6d7 {guards the weakling.})
24. Bxb7 $1 Ne6 ({The pointe is} 24... Rxc4 25. Bxa6 Rxb1 26. Bxc4 {(Karpov).})
25. Nd5 $1 a5 ({Not} 25... Rxc4 26. Bxa6 Rxb1 27. Rxb1 Ra4 $2 28. Rb8+ Kh7 29.
Bd3+ {(Karpov).}) 26. Ne3 g6 27. g3 Rc7 28. Bg2 Rxb1 29. Rxb1 Nd4 30. Rb6 Nd7
31. Rd6 Ne2+ 32. Kf1 Nc3 33. Ra6 a4 34. Bc6 Ne5 35. Nd5 Rxc6 $5 ({Or} 35...
Nxd5 36. cxd5 Nxc6 37. dxc6 Kf8 38. Ke2 Ke7 39. Kd3 Kd6 40. Kc4) 36. Ne7+ Kg7
37. Nxc6 Nxc4 38. Ra7 Nxa3 39. Nd4 Kf6 40. f4 h5 41. Kf2 Nc4 42. Rc7 Nd2 43.
Kg2 Nd5 44. Ra7 Nc3 45. Ra6+ Kg7 46. Nf3 Nc4 47. Ne5 Ne3+ 48. Kf3 Nc2 49. Nc4
Kf8 50. Ra7 Kg7 51. Ra6 Kf8 52. g4 hxg4+ 53. Kxg4 Kg7 54. f5 Kh6 $6 55. f6 $1
Nb4 56. Ra8 Kh7 57. Rf8 Nbd5 58. Rxf7+ Kh6 59. Rf8 Kh7 60. Rf7+ Kg8 61. Ne5 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 55"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 b6 7. b4 Bb7 8.
Bb2 Qe7 9. g3 $5 c5 10. Bg2 Nc6 11. bxc5 bxc5 12. O-O {Illescas has gained no
advantage in the opening again.} Rab8 13. Rab1 Ba8 14. Ba1 d6 15. e3 Rfc8 16.
Qc2 Nd7 17. d3 Nd8 18. Qc3 f6 19. Qc2 Bc6 20. Nd2 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Nb6 22. Rb5 Qc7
23. Rfb1 a6 24. R5b3 Qc6+ 25. Kg1 Nd7 26. Ne4 Nf7 27. f4 Kf8 28. Nd2 Rxb3 29.
Rxb3 Rb8 30. Bc3 Rxb3 31. Qxb3 Nd8 32. e4 e5 {Karpov closes the position.} 33.
Qd1 g6 34. Kf2 Kg7 35. Nf1 Ne6 36. Qg4 Ndf8 37. Ne3 $5 h5 38. Qd1 exf4 39. Nd5
fxg3+ 40. hxg3 Nd7 41. g4 $1 h4 42. Qf3 Nd4 43. Bxd4 cxd4 44. Qf4 $1 Qa4 $5 45.
Qxd6 Qc2+ 46. Ke1 $1 {Black delivers perpetual check.   Karpov leads by 2-1.
Illescas has a final chance.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 55"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2
Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. a3 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. b4 Be7 13. Qb3 O-O 14. Rd1 Qc7 15.
Bb2 Rac8 16. Rac1 Qb8 {All moves were played in Porreca - Van Scheltinga,
Dubrovnik 1950.} 17. a4 $5 bxa4 18. Qxa4 Nb6 $1 19. Qb3 Ng4 20. e4 Bf6 21. Bd3
Nd7 22. Ne2 $6 ({Not} 22. Bxa6 $2 Qa7 $1 23. Bxb7 $2 Nxf2 $1) ({Best is} 22.
Be2 $1) 22... Nde5 $1 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. g3 Bxb2 (24... Qa7 $1 25. Rf1 Qa8 $1
26. Nc3 Rfd8 {takes the initiative.}) 25. Qxb2 Ne5 26. Bb1 Nf3+ 27. Kg2 Ng5 28.
f3 f5 29. Rd7 $1 e5 $1 30. Nc3 $2 (30. Qd2 $1 h6 $1 31. Ba2+ Kh8 {(Illescas)}
32. Nf4 $1 exf4 $2 33. Qd4 $1 {counters strongly.}) 30... fxe4 31. fxe4 Bc6 32.
Rd2 Qb7 33. h4 Nxe4 34. Bxe4 Bxe4+ 35. Kh2 Bc6 36. Re1 Rce8 37. Nd1 e4 $6 {
Hereafter White blockades the extra pawn by a knight or rook.} 38. Ne3 Bb5 39.
Qd4 Bd3 40. Qd5+ Qxd5 41. Nxd5 h6 42. Nf4 Bb5 43. Re3 Rf6 44. Rd4 Bc6 45. Kg1
Kf7 46. Rc4 Rd6 47. Rec3 Bb5 48. Rc7+ Re7 49. Rxe7+ Kxe7 50. Kf2 Kf6 51. Rc5
Rc6 52. Nh5+ Kf7 53. Rf5+ Kg6 54. Re5 Rc4 55. g4 Kf7 56. g5 Rxb4 57. Ke3 {
Finally, the king blockades. Karpov looks nervous.} Rb3+ $6 ({Illescas
mentions the win} 57... a5 $1 58. gxh6 gxh6 59. Rxe4 Rxe4+ 60. Kxe4 a4 61. Kd4
a3 62. Kc3 Bc4 $1) 58. Kxe4 Rb4+ 59. Ke3 Rxh4 60. gxh6 gxh6 61. Nf4 Kf6 62. Rd5
Rh1 63. Nh5+ Kf7 64. Ng3 Rh2 65. Rd6 h5 66. Ne4 Kg7 67. Kf4 h4 68. Ng5 Rb2 $2 (
{Better is} 68... Rc2 $1 69. Ne6+ Kf7 $1 {(Black has previously prevented Nc5)}
70. Ng5+ Kf8 71. Rh6 Rc4+ 72. Ke5 Kg7 73. Rd6 Rc5+ 74. Kf4 Rc6 $1 {and
Illescas seems to win.}) 69. Ne6+ Kg8 70. Kg4 Rb4+ 71. Rd4 Rb2 72. Kxh4 Rc2 73.
Rf4 a5 74. Nd4 Rb2 75. Rf5 Rb4 76. Rxb5 Rxd4+ 77. Kg3 Ra4 78. Kf2 Ra1 79. Ke2
a4 80. Kd2 a3 81. Ra5 a2 82. Kc2 {Karpov had won the final by 21/2-11/2.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "11"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]

{The field of players was highly impressive in the eleventh Linares tournament
(22 ii until 15 iii 1993), although Short refused to participate in the
'Russian championship'. It would become another race between Kasparov and
Karpov. Howevever, their games of the first round had to be postponed due to
flu. They began a fast race after the slow start. Kasparov defeated Karpov
brilliantly in round ten and won the tournament eventually. Kramnik made a
fine debut. Only 42% of the games ended in a draw. Still Rentero was upset
after a few short draws but he calmed down by Timman's diplomacy.   We follow
the games of Karpov and Kasparov.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5.
Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Bf6 8. O-O O-O 9. Rc1 c5 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 Nxd2
12. Nxd2 d6 13. Nde4 Be7 14. f4 Nd7 15. g4 a6 16. a4 Re8 $2 (16... b5 $1 17.
axb5 axb5 18. Nxb5 Qb6 19. Nbc3 Ba6 {starts timely counter-play 
(Kiss-Zagrebelny, Gyula 1991).}) 17. g5 Bf8 18. Kh1 $1 b5 $5 19. axb5 axb5 20.
Nxb5 Qb6 21. Nbc3 Qb4 22. Qd3 Nb6 23. Qg3 $1 Kh8 ({The pointe is} 23... Nxd5
24. Nxd5 Bxd5 25. Nf6+ gxf6 26. gxf6+ Kh8 27. Bxd5 {(Karpov).}) 24. Rcd1 Nc4 $6
({Better is} 24... Bc8 25. f5 Re5 {(Karpov), and now} 26. Nf2 $1 c4 27. e4) 25.
b3 $1 Nb6 26. g6 $1 fxg6 27. f5 gxf5 28. Rxf5 Nd7 29. Rdf1 Ne5 30. R5f4 Qb6 31.
Ng5 Ng6 ({Karpov analyses} 31... Be7 32. Nf7+ Nxf7 33. Rxf7 Bf8 34. Be4 Kg8 35.
Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 36. Rg1) 32. Nf7+ Kg8 33. Qxg6 $1 ({The pointe of the wonderful
queen sacrifice is} 33. Qxg6 hxg6 34. Rh4 {and mate.}) 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "11"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 a5 10. Rb1 Nd7 11. a3 f5 12. b4 Kh8 13. f3 f4 14. Nb3 axb4 15. axb4
g5 16. Bd2 $6 ({Theory is} 16. c5 $1 {(Dokhoian-Loginov, Pavlodar 1987).})
16... Ng6 17. Ra1 Rxa1 18. Qxa1 Nf6 19. Qa7 g4 $1 20. fxg4 Nxg4 21. h3 (21.
Bxg4 $2 Bxg4 22. Qxb7 Nh4 $1 {wins for Black (Kasparov). I continue with} 23.
Be1 Nxg2 24. Kxg2 f3+ 25. Kg1 Qg5 26. Qa7 Bh3+ 27. Bg3 Bxf1 28. Kxf1 f2 $1 29.
Bxf2 Bh6 $1 30. Nd1 Qg4 31. Ke1 Qxe4+) 21... Nh6 22. Be1 Rg8 23. Nd2 Bf6 24.
Kh1 $2 {The king goes in the wrong direction.} ({Kasparov gives} 24. Nf3 $1 Bh4
25. Bf2 Nf7 26. Ra1 {and the king escapes.}) 24... Bh4 25. Nf3 Bxe1 26. Nxe1
Nh4 {Black has a clear target.} 27. Rf2 ({All forces concentrate on the
kingside in} 27. Nd1 $1 Rg3 $1 28. Nf2 Qg8 29. Rg1 Re3 30. Qa2 Qg3 31. Ned3
Bxh3 $1 32. gxh3 Qxh3+ 33. Nxh3 Rxh3#) 27... Qg5 28. Nf3 Nxf3 29. Bxf3 Bxh3 $1
({See} 29... Bxh3 30. Qxb7 Bxg2+ 31. Rxg2 Qh4+ 32. Kg1 Qe1+ 33. Kh2 Rxg2+ $1 {
(Knaak).}) 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "11"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f4 a6 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O
Qc7 9. Kh1 O-O 10. a4 Nc6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. Qd2 Bd7 14. Nb3 b6 15.
Qf2 Nb4 16. Nd4 e5 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. exf5 e4 19. Nxe4 Qxc2 20. Rfc1 Qxf2 21.
Nxf2 d5 22. Bd2 a5 23. g3 Bc5 24. Bxb4 Bxb4 25. Kg2 h5 26. Rc2 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "11"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O O-O 7. Qc2 Re8 8. Rd1
d6 9. d4 Bxc3 $6 ({Better is} 9... c5) 10. Qxc3 Nbd7 11. b3 a6 $6 {Weak moves
give an advantage to White.} 12. Bb2 b5 13. Rac1 Nb6 14. Ba3 Be4 15. Bf1 bxc4
16. bxc4 Bc6 17. Qa5 Bxf3 18. exf3 d5 19. cxd5 Nfxd5 20. f4 $1 Qd7 21. Rd2 Nf6
22. Bg2 Nbd5 23. Rb2 $1 {An attack on the queenside has developed.} h5 24. Bf3
Rec8 25. Rb7 Qd8 26. Kg2 h4 27. Qa4 $6 (27. Rc6 $1 {increases the pressure.})
27... a5 28. Rc5 Nd7 29. Rc2 N7b6 30. Qb5 Qf6 31. Qd3 Rd8 32. Qe4 Nd7 $2 ({
Right is} 32... Rdb8 33. Rxb8+ Rxb8) 33. f5 $1 {Black has missed a tactical
point.} hxg3 34. hxg3 Nf8 35. Rc6 Nb4 {Karpov lost on time.   Actually, this
round was the first for the K's. They started poorly due to flu.} ({White
could have won by} 35... Nb4 36. Rcxc7 Rxd4 37. Qe2) 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "11"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Rc8 13. e4 c5 14. exd5 exd5
15. dxc5 dxc4 16. c6 cxb3 17. Re1 Bb5 18. axb3 Bxc6 19. Bxc6 Rxc6 20. Rxa7 Bf6
21. Nc4 $1 Nc5 $6 ({Better is} 21... Bxc3 22. Rxd7 Qf6 23. Re4 $1 Re6 24. Rf4 {
(Chernin-Veingold, Sevilla 1993)} Qg5 $1) 22. Qxd8 Rxd8 {The exchanges have
led to a poor ending for Black.} 23. Bxf6 Rxf6 $2 ({Black has to accept the
weakening} 23... gxf6 {(Karpov). Play might continue with} 24. Ree7 Nxb3 25.
Ne3 Rf8 {(Dautov).}) 24. b4 $1 Ne6 ({Or} 24... Nb3 25. Rd7 $1) 25. Nxb6 Ng5 26.
Rd7 $1 Nf3+ 27. Kf1 Rb8 28. Red1 Kf8 29. Nd5 Re6 30. Nc7 Rh6 31. h4 g5 $6 32.
hxg5 Nxg5 33. R1d5 $1 Ne4 34. Rd8+ Rxd8 35. Rxd8+ Kg7 ({Or} 35... Ke7 36. Re8+
Kd7 37. Rxe4 Kxc7 38. Rf4 {(Karpov).}) 36. Ne8+ Kg6 37. Kg2 f6 38. Rd7 Rh5 39.
Rg7+ Kh6 40. Re7 f5 (40... Re5 41. Nxf6 $1) 41. Re6+ Kg5 ({Karpov will play} 
41... Kg5 42. f4+ Kg4 43. Rxe4 fxe4 44. Nf6+) 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "11"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "236"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Nge2 O-O 8.
Ng3 Be6 9. Bd3 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Rc1 Bd6 13. Nh5 Be7 $2 (13...
Bxf4 $1 14. Nxf4 d4 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. exd4 Qxd4 {liberates black's position.})
14. Nb5 Nxh5 15. Qxh5 g6 16. Qf3 Rc8 17. Rfd1 Qd7 18. h3 Rfd8 19. Qg3 Nb4 20.
Nc3 Nxd3 21. Rxd3 Bf5 22. Rd2 Qe6 23. Rcd1 h5 $6 24. h4 ({More direct is} 24.
Rxd5 $2) 24... Rc5 25. f3 Qc6 26. e4 Rxc3 $1 {Black lifts the pressure by
sacrificing the exchange.} 27. bxc3 Qb6+ 28. Kh2 dxe4 29. Rxd8+ Bxd8 30. Be3 $2
(30. Rd5 $1 {(threatens Rxf5)} Kh7 31. fxe4 {wins a pawn, because} Bxe4 $2 32.
Rd7 $1 Qf6 33. Bg5 {fails.}) 30... Qa5 31. Qb8 Qc7+ 32. Qxc7 Bxc7+ 33. Kg1 exf3
34. gxf3 {White has a material plus, but the endgame is hard to win.} b6 35.
Kf2 Kf8 36. Rd4 Ke7 37. Bf4 Bxf4 38. Rxf4 Kd6 39. Ke3 Kc5 40. Rd4 Be6 41. a3 a5
42. Ke4 b5 43. Ke5 a4 $6 {Square b4 is made available for the rook. Black
should have delayed this weakening move.} 44. f4 Kc6 45. Kf6 Kc5 46. Rb4 Bc4 $1
(46... Kc6 $2 47. f5 $1 Bxf5 48. c4 {would open the fortress (Kasparov).}) 47.
Ke7 Be6 48. Re4 Kd5 49. Rd4+ Kc6 50. Kd8 Bf5 51. Ke8 Be6 52. Kf8 Kc5 53. Kg7
Kc6 54. Kg8 Kc5 55. Kf8 Kc6 56. Kg7 Kc5 57. Kh8 Kc6 58. Kh7 Kc5 59. Kh6 Bf5 60.
Kg5 Be6 {White has made aimless moves until the adjournment. Now, Gary gets
time to analyse the adjourned position.} 61. Kf6 Kc6 62. f5 $1 Bxf5 63. Kxf7
Kc5 64. Kf6 Bc2 65. Ke7 Bf5 66. Kd8 Kc6 67. Rf4 Kd6 68. Rb4 Kc5 ({Not} 68...
Kc6 $2 69. c4 $1) 69. Kc7 Bd3 70. Rd4 Be2 71. Kb7 Bf1 72. Ka7 Be2 73. Re4 Bd3
74. Rb4 Bc4 75. Ka6 Kd5 76. Ka5 Ke5 $1 77. Rb1 g5 $2 ({The manouevre} 77... Kf4
$1 78. Rg1 Bd3 79. Kb4 Kf3 80. c4 Bxc4 81. Rxg6 {(Kasparov)} Be2 82. Rg5 Kf2 {
seems to draw.}) 78. hxg5 Kf5 79. Rg1 Kg6 80. Kb4 h4 81. Kc5 h3 82. Kd4 $1 Be6
83. Ke5 Bd7 84. Kf4 $1 Bc6 85. Kg3 Kxg5 86. Rd1 $1 h2 $1 87. Kxh2 Kf4 88. c4 $1
({White makes no progress in} 88. Kg1 $2 Ke3 89. Kf1 Be4 90. Rd8 Bd3+ 91. Ke1
Bc4 {(Kasparov).}) 88... bxc4 89. Rd4+ Ke5 90. Rxc4 {The pawns were placed on
a2 and a3 in the similar ending Timman - Velimirovic, Rio de Janeiro 1979.} Kd5
91. Rb4 Kc5 92. Kg3 Bb5 93. Kf4 Kb6 94. Ke3 Ka5 95. Kd4 Be2 96. Rb1 Bh5 97. Re1
Bf7 98. Kc5 Bb3 99. Re8 Ka6 100. Kc6 Ka7 101. Kb5 Kb7 102. Re7+ $4 {The black
king should remain imprisoned.} ({Correct is} 102. Rd8 $1 Kc7 103. Rd3 Kc8 $1 (
103... Kb7 104. Rc3 $1 Bd1 105. Ka5 Bb3 106. Rc1 Ka7 107. Rc7+ Kb8 108. Kb6 Ba2
109. Rh7 Kc8 110. Rh4 Bb3 111. Rd4 {(Kasparov)}) 104. Rd6 Kc7 105. Rd4 $1 Kb7
106. Rd7+ Kc8 107. Kc6 Bc2 108. Rd4 Bg6 109. Kd6 Be8 110. Rb4) 102... Kc8 103.
Kc6 Kd8 {The game is drawn, according to Chéron.} 104. Rd7+ Ke8 $1 105. Kc7 Bc2
106. Rd2 Bb3 107. Re2+ Kf7 108. Kd6 Bc4 109. Re7+ Kf8 110. Re4 Bb3 111. Kd7 Kf7
112. Rf4+ Kg6 113. Kd6 Kg5 114. Ke5 Kg6 115. Rf3 Kg7 116. Rf6 Bc4 117. Kf5 Bb3
118. Kg5 Bc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "11"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Neg5 Bd6 7. Bd3 h6 8.
Ne4 Bxe4 9. Bxe4 c6 10. Qe2 Nf6 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. O-O O-O 14. c4
Rfe8 15. c5 Bf4 16. Bxf4 Qxf4 17. Rfe1 Rad8 18. Rac1 Nd5 19. g3 Qc7 20. a3 b6
21. Bc4 N5f6 22. Ba2 Rb8 23. cxb6 Qxb6 24. Rc2 a5 25. Rec1 Rb7 26. Bc4 Nd5 27.
Qe1 Rd8 28. Nd2 N5f6 29. Bf1 Ra7 30. Nc4 Qc7 31. Bg2 Nb8 32. Qe5 Nd5 33. Qxc7
Nxc7 34. Ne5 Nb5 35. Nxc6 Nxc6 36. Rxc6 Rxd4 37. h4 g6 38. Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "11"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E86"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. Nge2 c6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. O-O-O a6 10. Kb1 b5 11. Nc1 exd4 12. Bxd4 b4 13. Na4 c5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6
15. Qxd6 Be7 16. Qg3 Bh4 17. Qh3 Be7 18. Qg3 Bh4 19. Qh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "11"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. d5 Bb4 8. Bd2
Bxc3 9. Bxc3 exd5 10. Nh4 Ne4 11. cxd5 Nxc3 12. bxc3 d6 13. O-O Nd7 14. e4 Nc5
15. Qd4 Ba6 16. Rfe1 Qd7 17. f4 f6 18. Nf3 Rae8 19. e5 dxe5 20. fxe5 fxe5 21.
Nxe5 Qd6 22. Re3 Bb5 23. Rae1 Nd7 24. Nc6 Rxe3 25. Rxe3 Nf6 26. g4 Bxc6 27.
dxc6 Qxd4 28. cxd4 Re8 29. Ra3 Nxg4 30. Rxa7 Re1+ 31. Bf1 Rc1 32. Rxc7 Kf8 33.
Rc8+ Ke7 34. c7 Kd6 35. Rh8 Kxc7 36. Rxh7 Kd6 37. Rxg7 Nxh2 38. Kxh2 Rxf1 39.
Kg2 Ra1 40. Kf3 Rxa2 41. Ke4 Re2+ 42. Kd3 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "11"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 a5 $5 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 Nbd7 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. O-O $1 O-O ({Kasparov dislikes} 10... Nxc3 $6 11.
Qd2) 11. Re1 Re8 12. c4 $1 Ne7 $5 13. Ng5 h6 14. Ne4 a4 15. Ba2 c5 16. Nd6 Rf8
17. c3 Ng6 18. Bb1 Nf6 19. Nxc8 Qxc8 20. Qf3 Re8 21. Bc2 ({White loses a piece
by} 21. Bxh6 $2 Nh4 22. Qg3 Nf5 {(Korchnoi).}) 21... Nh4 22. Qg3 g5 23. d4 Nf5
24. Qh3 e4 25. f3 exf3 $6 ({Better is} 25... cxd4 26. cxd4 $1 Ra6 27. Bb2 Qxc4
28. Rac1 Qd5) 26. Rxe8+ Qxe8 27. Bxg5 $1 ({The champ notices} 27. Qxf5 Qe1#)
27... hxg5 28. Qxf5 Qe3+ 29. Kh1 fxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Qe2+ (30... Ra6 $1 {protects
Nf6 (Korchnoi).}) 31. Kg1 Ng4 $4 {Bareev makes an incredible blunder.} ({
Kasparov analyses} 31... Qg4+ 32. Qxg4 Nxg4 33. Re1 {Then} Kf8 {gives chances
of survival in the endgame.}) 32. Qh7+ Kf8 33. Rf1 f6 34. Bg6 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "11"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 Bb7 8. e4
b4 9. Na4 Nbd7 10. Bg5 Qa5 11. b3 c5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Be2 $5 (13. d5 O-O-O {
was played in A. Petrosian - Horvath, Siofok 1990.}) 13... O-O-O $6 {The king
will be vulnerable on the queenside.} ({My preference goes to} 13... cxd4 14.
Qxd4 Rd8 15. Rd1 h5) 14. O-O Kb8 15. d5 $1 Nb6 16. Nxb6 Qxb6 17. Rad1 Bh6 18.
Qc4 Rd6 $6 ({More active is} 18... Rhg8 19. Rfe1 Bf4) 19. dxe6 Rxe6 20. Rd5 $1
{White delivers an astonishing positional sacrifice in the centre.} Rhe8 $5 (
20... Bxd5 21. exd5 Re7 22. Rd1 {and Karpov favours White.}) 21. Bd3 Rd8 22.
Rd1 Red6 23. Be2 Bxd5 24. exd5 Qb7 25. Qh4 Bf8 $6 ({More dynamic is} 25... Bg5
26. Qg3 {(Karpov)} Qe7 $1 27. Bc4 Qe4) 26. Bc4 Rxd5 $2 {This counteraction
starts premature.} ({Right is} 26... h6 $1 27. Qe4 {and White threatens Nh4-f5
(Karpov)} f5 $1 28. Qxf5 Bg7 29. Nd2 $6 {and now} Rxd5 $1 30. Bxd5 Qxd5 31.
Qxd5 Rxd5 32. Kf1 Rd6 $1 {Black has a plus.}) 27. Bxd5 Rxd5 28. Re1 Rd8 29.
Qxf6 Qc7 30. g3 Bd6 31. Ng5 Rd7 32. Re8+ Kb7 33. Ne4 $5 Qc6 34. Qf5 Be7 35. Kg2
Rc7 36. Rh8 Qg6 37. Qd5+ Qc6 38. Qxc6+ Kxc6 39. Rxh7 Kd5 40. Nd2 Bf6 41. Nc4
Kd4 42. Rh6 Rc6 43. g4 Re6 44. h4 Kd5 45. g5 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "11"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be2 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Nge7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Re1 Be6 14. a4 a5
15. Qd3 Rad8 16. Qb5 Qc7 17. Nbd4 Bg4 18. Bf1 g6 19. g3 h5 20. Qd3 Rfe8 21. Bg2
Kg7 22. Kf1 Qd6 23. Qb5 Nxd4 24. Nxd4 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 h4 26. Qd3 Qf6 27. Kg1 h3
28. Bf1 Rc8 29. Qd2 Bd7 30. Nb5 Rd8 31. Nd4 Rc8 32. Nb5 Rh8 33. Re2 Bg4 34. Re1
Bd7 35. Re2 d4 36. Nxd4 Bxa4 37. Re4 Bd7 38. Qe3 Bc6 39. Rf4 Bxd4 40. Qxd4 Qxd4
41. Rxd4 Re8 42. f4 a4 43. Rd2 Re1 44. Kf2 Rc1 45. Bxh3 a3 46. bxa3 Rxc3 47.
Bg2 Rxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "11"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 d5 9. e3 Nbd7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 Re8 12. Ne2 h6 13. Bh4 c5 14. O-O Rc8
15. Qd2 Qe7 16. Bf2 Bc6 $6 ({Preferable is} 16... Nb8 $1 17. Nc3 Nc6) 17. Nc3
Nf8 18. Rfe1 Ne6 19. Bh4 Ng5 20. Bf5 Bd7 21. Bc2 Bc6 22. Rad1 Qe6 23. Qf2 Rcd8
$2 {The rook moves to the wrong square.} 24. h3 $1 {Kasparov threatens to win
a pawn by 25.Bxg5 hxg5 26.Qg3.} Ngh7 25. dxc5 bxc5 26. e4 $1 dxe4 (26... d4 27.
e5 $1 {shows why the rook is on a faulty square.}) 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Qxc5 Ng5
29. Bxg5 hxg5 30. Qxg5 Qc4 31. fxe4 Qd4+ 32. Qe3 Qxe3+ 33. Rxe3 Rd2 34. Re2
Rxe2 35. Nxe2 Nxe4 36. Bxe4 Bxe4 37. Kf2 Kf8 38. g3 Ke7 39. Ke3 Bc6 40. h4 Bd7
41. Kf4 Kd6 42. g4 f6 43. h5 Ke7 44. Nd4 Kf7 45. b4 Ba4 46. Nf5 g6 47. Nd6+ Kg7
48. Nc8 a6 49. Nd6 Bd1 50. Ne8+ Kf7 51. Nxf6 $1 {Kasparov finds an elegant
decision in a won position.} Kxf6 52. g5+ Kf7 53. h6 {The black king is bound
to the kingside. White moves his king to the other flank, exchanges two pawns
for bishop plus pawn and will win the remaining pawn ending.} 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "11"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qb3 d5 6. cxd5 Qxd5 7. Qc2 c5 8. Nc3
Qd7 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. g3 Bb7 11. Bg2 Nc6 12. O-O Nd4 13. Nxd4 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Bxd4
15. Rd1 Qc6+ 16. f3 Be5 17. Bg5 O-O 18. Rac1 Rad8 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Ne4 Qxc2
21. Rxc2 Nd5 22. Nf2 f6 23. Bd2 Rd7 24. Rc8+ Kf7 25. Nd3 Bd6 26. Kf2 Ne7 27.
Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "11"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E86"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. Nge2 c6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. O-O-O a6 10. Bh6 Bxh6 11. Qxh6 b5 12. h4 Qa5 13. h5 b4 14. Nb1 Qxa2 15.
Ng3 Nb6 16. c5 Nc4 17. Rd2 Na5 ({Black avoids the error} 17... Nxd2 $2 {in
Beliavsky - Timman, Linares 1991.}) 18. cxd6 $1 ({Kasparov hoped for} 18. Bd3
$2 Nb3+ 19. Kc2 Nxd4+) 18... Nb3+ 19. Kc2 Na1+ 20. Kc1 Nb3+ 21. Kc2 Na1+ 22.
Kc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "11"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E89"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. Nge2 c6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. d5 cxd5 10. cxd5 a6 11. g4 b5 12. Ng3 Nc5 $6 13. b4 Na4 14. Nxa4 bxa4
15. b5 ({An attack on the kingside by} 15. h4 $1 Bd7 16. h5 {(Kristinsson-Lee,
Lugano 1968) is dangerous.}) 15... Bxg4 $6 {Black should exchange pawns.} 16.
fxg4 Nxg4 17. Bg5 $6 ({White attacks on the queenside by} 17. b6 $1 f5 18. exf5
gxf5 {(Karpov)} 19. Bg1 $1) 17... f6 18. h3 fxg5 19. hxg4 Rf3 20. Ne2 axb5 {
Black has counter-play.} 21. Bg2 Rf8 22. Nc1 $2 (22. Rc1 $1 {develops a rook
and controls c8.}) 22... Qc8 23. Rb1 Qxg4 24. Rh3 Rac8 25. Qe2 $1 ({Avoids} 25.
Rxb5 $2 Rxc1+ $1 26. Qxc1 Qxg2 {(Hansen).}) 25... Qd7 26. Rg3 g4 27. Qxg4 Qa7
28. Ne2 Qf2+ 29. Kd1 Bh6 30. Rf3 ({Not} 30. Rxb5 $4 Qf1+ $1 31. Bxf1 Rxf1#)
30... Rxf3 31. Qxc8+ Rf8 32. Qh3 Kg7 33. Rxb5 Rf7 34. Rb8 Bg5 35. a3 Rc7 36.
Rb1 h5 37. Qf3 Rf7 38. Qh3 Bh4 39. Kd2 Rc7 40. Qf3 Qc5 41. Qd3 Bg5+ 42. Ke1 Rf7
43. Kd1 Qf2 44. Qh3 h4 45. Rb8 Rc7 46. Rc8 $2 Rf7 $2 (46... Rb7 $1 {wins 
(Karpov).}) 47. Rc6 $2 Rb7 $1 48. Qf3 Qxf3 $2 {Kamsky misses the win.} (48...
Rb1+ 49. Kc2 Rf1 $3 {(Karpov)} 50. Rc7+ $1 (50. Qg4 Qe3 $1 51. Bxf1 Qb3#) 50...
Kh6 51. Rc3 $1 Rc1+ 52. Kb2 Qb6+ 53. Rb3 Qc7 $1 {Black wins.}) 49. Bxf3 h3 50.
Kc2 h2 51. Ng3 Rf7 52. Rc3 Bh4 53. Nh1 Be1 54. Rd3 Rc7+ 55. Kb2 Rb7+ 56. Kc2
Rc7+ 57. Kb2 Rc4 58. Bg2 Ba5 $2 {Hereafter, Black loses pawn h2.} ({He keeps
the endgame going with} 58... Kf6) 59. Nf2 $1 Bb6 60. Ng4 Bg1 61. Rh3 Rc8 62.
Nxh2 Bxh2 63. Rxh2 Rf8 64. Bh3 $1 {Karpov chooses an elegant solution.} Rb8+
65. Kc3 $1 Rb3+ 66. Kc4 Rxa3 67. Kb5 Re3 68. Kc6 Rxe4 69. Ra2 Re3 70. Bg2 a3
71. Kxd6 Kf6 72. Rf2+ Kg5 73. Ke6 Rb3 74. d6 Rb2 75. Rxb2 axb2 76. Be4 Kf4 77.
Kd5 {Kasparov and Karpov led with 5 1/2 / 8.} 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "11"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Nh4 Bg6 10. h3 O-O 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Qc2 Rc8 13. Rd1 Qb6 $6 ({Theory is
} 13... Qe7 {(Portisch-Georgiev, Reggio Emilia 1989).}) 14. e4 c5 15. d5 Ne5
16. Be2 exd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Rxd5 Nc6 19. Bc4 Nd4 (19... Ba5 $1 {vacates
square b4 for the knight.}) 20. Qd3 Rcd8 21. Be3 Rxd5 22. Bxd5 Rd8 23. Qc4 {
White has achieved a better position.} Rd7 24. Rc1 Qf6 25. Rd1 Ne6 26. Qb3 a5
27. Rd3 Nf4 $2 {Anand misses a combination.} (27... Re7 {defends well.}) 28. e5
$1 Qf5 ({Kasparov has noticed} 28... Qxe5 29. Bxf7+ $1 Rxf7 30. Rd8+) 29. Bxf4
Qxf4 30. e6 $1 Rd8 31. e7 Re8 32. Rf3 Qc1+ 33. Kh2 Rxe7 34. Bxf7+ Kh7 35. Bxg6+
$1 Kh6 ({The pointe is} 35... Kxg6 36. Qd3+ Kh6 37. Qd6+) 36. Qd5 Qg5 37. Bf5
g6 38. h4 Qf6 39. Bd3 Qe5+ 40. Qxe5 Rxe5 41. Rf6 c4 42. Bxc4 Be7 43. Rb6 Bc5
44. Rf6 Re4 45. Bd3 Rg4 46. Kh3 Be7 47. Re6 Rxh4+ 48. Kg3 Rd4 49. Rxg6+ Kh5 50.
Bf5 Bd6+ 51. Kf3 Bc5 52. g4+ Kh4 53. Rh6+ Kg5 54. Rg6+ Kh4 55. Be4 Rd6 56. Rg7
Rf6+ 57. Bf5 Rb6 58. Rh7+ Kg5 59. Rh5+ Kf6 60. Bd3 Bd4 61. g5+ Kg7 62. Rh7+ Kf8
63. Bc4 Rxb2 64. Rf7+ Ke8 65. g6 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "11"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 O-O 6. Nd5 Re8 7. Bd3 g6 8.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 9. a3 Bf8 10. Be4 d6 11. b3 $6 Nd8 $1 12. Bb2 Qe7 $1 13. Rc1 c6 14.
Qb1 Bg7 15. O-O Bd7 16. b4 f5 17. Bc2 Nf7 18. Ne1 c5 $5 19. Bc3 b6 20. Qb2 Ng5
21. f3 $6 Bc6 22. Bb3 Ne6 23. Nc2 Qh4 24. Ne1 Re7 25. Qc2 Rf8 26. Qd3 Rd8 27.
Qc2 Bf6 28. Rd1 Nd4 $3 {The defence line is opened.} 29. exd4 exd4 30. Rf2 ({
The point is} 30. Bb2 Re2 31. Nd3 Rde8 {and White has no proper defence
against 32...Rxg2+! (Karpov).}) 30... dxc3 31. dxc3 Bg5 32. g3 Qh5 33. f4 Rde8
34. Ng2 Re2 $2 ({Black wins by} 34... Bh6 $1 35. Rxd6 Bxg2 36. Kxg2 Bxf4 $1)
35. Rd2 $2 ({Right is} 35. Rxe2 Rxe2 36. Rd2) 35... Re1+ 36. Rf1 ({Or} 36. Nxe1
Rxe1+ 37. Rf1 Qf3 $1 38. Rxe1 Qh1+ 39. Kf2 Qg2+ 40. Ke3 Qf3#) 36... Rxf1+ 37.
Kxf1 Qxh2 38. Rd5 Bxd5 39. cxd5 Qxg3 40. fxg5 Qf3+ {The K's shared the lead.}
0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "11"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E86"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. Nge2 c6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. Rd1 $5 a6 10. dxe5 $6 ({Preferable is} 10. d5 $1 c5 11. g4 {
(Letelier-Dworzynski, Moscow 1956).}) 10... Nxe5 $1 11. b3 b5 $1 12. cxb5 axb5
13. Qxd6 {White accepts the positional sacrifice.} Nfd7 $1 14. f4 $2 {Karpov
has overlooked an extraordinary move.} ({Better is} 14. a4 $1 bxa4 15. Nxa4
Rxa4 $1 16. bxa4 Nc4 17. Qd3 Nb2 18. Qc2 Nxd1 19. Qxd1 Qa5+ 20. Kf2 Ne5 {
(Kasparov) with mutual chances.}) 14... b4 $3 {The crucial position has been
analysed thoroughly.} 15. Nb1 $6 (15. Na4 $2 Rxa4 $1 16. bxa4 Nc4 17. Qd3 Nb2)
(15. Qxb4 $2 c5 $1 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 $1 17. Rxd8 Ned3+) ({Best is} 15. fxe5 $5 bxc3
16. Nxc3 Bxe5 17. Qxc6 $1 Bxc3+ 18. Qxc3 Qh4+ 19. Kd2 $1 Nf6 20. Kc1 {Kasparov
finds the position unclear, but} Be6 $1 21. Kb2 Nxe4 22. Qe5 Rfe8 {wins. The
queen will be chased from the long diagonal and an attack on the white king
decides.}) 15... Ng4 16. Bd4 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 ({Or} 17. Nxd4 Rxa2 18. Rd2 Ra1)
17... Rxa2 18. h3 c5 19. Qg1 Ngf6 20. e5 Ne4 21. h4 c4 22. Nc1 {Karpov plays
like Steinitz.} c3 $5 {Kasparov wants to humiliate his foe.} (22... Rb2 $1 23.
Qd4 c3 $1 {wins faster.}) 23. Nxa2 c2 24. Qd4 $5 ({Or} 24. Rc1 $1 Nxe5 $1 25.
Rxc2 Bg4 26. Nd2 Nd3+ 27. Bxd3 Qxd3 28. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 29. Kd2 Qxf4+ {(Kasparov).})
24... cxd1=Q+ {Kasparov leaves a pawn on d1. Karpov calls it a knight and
plays 25.Qxe4. The arbiter corrects the situation.} 25. Kxd1 Ndc5 26. Qxd8
Rxd8+ 27. Kc2 Nf2 ({Kasparov gives} 27... Nf2 28. Rg1 Bf5+ 29. Kb2 Nd1+ 30. Ka1
Nxb3#) 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "11"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E29"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 O-O 8.
Ne2 b6 9. e4 Ne8 10. O-O Ba6 11. f4 f5 12. Ng3 g6 13. Be3 cxd4 14. cxd4 d5 15.
cxd5 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 fxe4 17. Qxe4 Qxd5 18. Qxd5 exd5 19. Rac1 Rc8 20. f5 Nd6 21.
fxg6 hxg6 22. Rxf8+ Kxf8 {The endgame is still equal.} 23. h4 $2 ({Black has
the initiative, but} 23. Ne2 Nc4 24. Rc3 {protects everything.}) 23... Nc4 24.
Bg5 $6 Nxd4 25. h5 $6 gxh5 26. Rf1+ Ke8 27. Nxh5 Nxa3 28. Ng7+ Kd7 29. Rf7+ Kc6
30. Rxa7 Nac2 31. Bf6 b5 32. g4 b4 33. Ra2 b3 34. Rb2 Kc5 35. Nf5 Rg8 36. Nxd4
Rxg4+ 37. Kf2 Nxd4 38. Bxd4+ Kxd4 39. Rxb3 Re4 40. Ra3 Re8 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "11"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. Qg3 O-O 11. Bh6 Ne8 12. Rad1 Bd7 13. Nf3 $1 {Kasparov plays
a novelty.} b4 $5 {Gelfand gives a hazardous answer.} 14. Ne2 a5 15. Nf4 Kh8
16. Bg5 Nf6 17. Qh4 Bb5 $4 ({Theory will become} 17... Nc6 18. Nh5 Ng8 {
(Rudak-Simantsev, Alushta 2002).}) 18. Nd4 $1 Be8 ({The pointe is} 18... Bxf1
19. Ndxe6 $1 fxe6 20. Bxe6 $1 g6 21. Nxg6+ Kg7 22. Qh6#) 19. Ndxe6 $1 {The
combination continues.} fxe6 20. Nxe6 Qa7 21. e5 dxe5 22. Nxf8 Bxf8 23. Bxf6
gxf6 24. Rd8 Nd7 ({Or} 24... Qe7 25. Qg4 Bg6 26. Qc4 Qg7 27. Qc8 $1) 25. Qg4
1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "11"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "198"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qb3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 e6 10. Qxb7 Nxd4 11. Bb5+ Nxb5 12. Qc6+ Ke7 13. Qxb5 Qd7 14.
Nxd5+ Qxd5 15. Bg5+ f6 16. Qxd5 exd5 17. Be3 Ke6 18. O-O-O Bb4 19. Rd3 Rhd8 20.
a3 Rac8+ 21. Kb1 Bc5 22. Re1 Kd6 23. Rg1 g6 24. Rgd1 Ke6 25. Re1 Bxe3 26.
Rdxe3+ Kf5 27. Re7 Kf4 28. R1e3 a5 29. h3 h5 30. R7e6 Kg5 31. Ra6 d4 32. f4+
Kf5 33. Rxa5+ Kxf4 34. Rd3 Ke4 35. Rd2 g5 36. Ra6 f5 37. Re6+ Kf3 38. Re5 Kf4
39. Re6 h4 40. Rd3 g4 41. Rh6 Kg5 42. Rh7 Rc6 43. a4 Rd5 44. a5 Rcd6 45. Ra7
gxh3 46. Rg7+ Kf4 47. Rh7 Ke4 48. Rxh3 Rxa5 49. Kc2 Rb5 50. Re7+ Kf4 51. Rxh4+
Kf3 52. Rh3+ Kxf2 53. Rd3 Rc6+ 54. Kb1 Rb4 55. b3 f4 56. Re4 Rf6 57. Kb2 f3 58.
Ka3 Rbb6 59. Rdxd4 Rg6 60. Rd2+ Kg3 61. Re3 Rbe6 62. Rc3 Ra6+ 63. Kb2 Rg4 64.
Rd8 Rf6 65. Rd2 Rgf4 66. Ka3 Kg4 67. Rf2 Ra6+ 68. Kb2 Rh6 69. Ka3 Rh1 70. Rd3
Kg3 71. Rc2 Rhh4 72. Re3 Rh2 73. Rc8 Kg2 74. Rg8+ Kf1 75. b4 f2 76. Rb3 Rhh4
77. Rgg3 Rd4 78. Ka4 Rhe4 79. Ka5 Rd2 80. Rh3 Ke2 81. Rh2 Ra2+ 82. Kb6 Re6+ 83.
Kc5 Rc2+ 84. Kb5 Rh6 85. Rg2 Rf6 86. Rh2 Rh6 87. Rg2 Kf1 88. Rg5 Rf6 89. Rc5
Rd2 90. Rc6 Rf4 91. Rc1+ Kg2 92. Rbb1 Rf8 93. Ka5 Ra2+ 94. Kb6 Rf6+ 95. Kc5
Rf5+ 96. Kb6 Re2 97. b5 Re6+ 98. Ka5 Rfe5 99. Ka4 Re4+ {Karpov came close to
losing.} ({Kramnik cannot win at the end, due to} 99... Re1 100. Rxe1 Rxe1 101.
Rb2 Kf3 102. Rxf2+ Kxf2 103. Kb4 $1 Ke3 104. Kc5 $1) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "11"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. h3
c6 9. e4 Qb6 10. c5 dxc5 11. dxe5 Ne8 12. e6 fxe6 13. Ng5 Ne5 14. f4 Nf7 $5 {
Kasparov diverts from theory and chooses a solid move.} 15. Nxf7 Bd4+ $1 16.
Kh2 Rxf7 17. e5 Nc7 18. Ne4 Nd5 19. a4 $5 a5 20. Ra3 Qc7 21. Nd6 Rf8 22. h4 $5
b6 23. h5 Qg7 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Be4 Ba6 26. Re1 Ne7 27. Kg2 Rad8 28. Rb3 $5
Bxe5 $5 {Black has been moving his pieces to good squares. Now, the
counteraction starts.} 29. fxe5 Qxe5 30. Qg4 Rxd6 31. Bf4 $6 ({Preferable is} 
31. Bh6 $1 Qd4 32. Bxf8 Qd2+ 33. Kh3 Kxf8) 31... Rxf4 $1 32. gxf4 Rd2+ 33. Kg3
Qf6 $6 {Kasparov lets his advantage slip away.} (33... Qd4 $1 34. Qxe6+ Kf8 35.
Rbe3 Bc8 $1 36. Qe5 Qxe5 37. fxe5 Rxb2 {leads to a better endgame (Shirov).})
34. Rxb6 Bd3 $6 ({Right is} 34... Rxb2 35. Rxb2 Qc3+) 35. Rb8+ Kf7 36. Qh3 Bxe4
37. Qh7+ Qg7 38. Qxg7+ Kxg7 39. Rxe4 Nf5+ 40. Kf3 Kf6 41. Rc4 Rd5 42. Rf8+ Ke7
43. Ra8 Nd6 44. Rc3 c4 45. Ra6 Rc5 46. b3 (46. Re3 $1 Nf7 47. Ke2 {keeps a
plus.}) 46... Kf6 47. bxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "11"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 Ne4 11. Qc2 f5 12. Bd3 Ndf6 13. O-O Qe7 14. Nd2 Nxd2
15. Qxd2 Ne4 $6 16. Qe2 c5 17. f3 $1 Nf6 18. b4 Rac8 19. Rab1 Rc7 20. Rfd1 Nh5
$6 21. dxc5 bxc5 22. bxc5 Rxc5 $6 23. Bd4 Rcc8 ({Black prefers to lose a pawn
above} 23... Ra5 24. Qd2 $1 {(Bareev).}) 24. Bxa7 Nf6 25. Bb6 Ba6 26. Ba5 Rc6
27. Bb4 Rfc8 28. h3 Qa7 29. Kh1 h6 30. Qe1 d5 31. cxd5 Nxd5 32. Bxa6 Rxa6 33.
e4 Ne3 34. Rdc1 Nc2 35. Qd2 Rac6 36. exf5 exf5 37. Qd5+ $6 Qf7 $1 38. Rd1 $6 (
38. Qxf7+ Kxf7 39. Rd1 {keeps a plus.}) 38... Qxd5 39. Rxd5 Ne3 40. Rd4 Rc1+
41. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 42. Kh2 Rc2 43. Kg3 g5 $1 ({Black's counter-play is effective in
} 43... g5 44. f4 Nf1+ 45. Kf3 Nh2+ {(Bareev).}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "11"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]

{Rentero offered $1500 for Gary's head.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4
Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 a6 7. f3 Nbd7 8. g4 $5 h6 9. Rg1 {The assault is
supported by a new move.} Qb6 $5 10. a3 $1 Ne5 11. Bf2 $1 Qc7 ({Not} 11... Qxb2
$4 12. Na4) 12. f4 $5 Nc4 $6 (12... Ng6 $5 {keeps the queen's knight as a
defender (Kasparov).}) 13. Bxc4 Qxc4 14. Qf3 e5 $6 (14... b6 15. e5 Nd5 {
defends properly.}) 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. gxf5 d5 $6 (16... Rc8 {shows appropriate
modesty.}) 17. fxe5 Nxe4 18. Rg4 $1 {Kasparov has fun in the following attack.}
h5 19. Rh4 Bc5 20. O-O-O Bxf2 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Qxf2 Rc8 23. Kb1 Rd8 24. Rxd8+
Kxd8 25. Rh3 Qd5 26. Rc3 Kd7 27. Qb6 Rd8 28. Rc5 Qd1+ 29. Ka2 Ke8 30. Qxb7 Qg4
31. e6 $1 fxe6 32. Re5 $1 Qg5 33. h4 $1 Qxh4 34. Rxe6+ Kf8 35. f6 $1 {Kasparov
won the tournament 1 1/2 points before Karpov and Shirov.} 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 17"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]

{Karpov participated again in the knockout mini matches of the seventeenth
Interpolis tournament Tilburg 1993. A problem occurred after he had won the
first game of the quarterfinal. Tolya got the flu. His opponent Yussupow
agreed to play the second game in Karpov's hotel. A draw resulted. The
semifinals became Ivanchuk - Shirov and Karpov - Beliavsky.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6
3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Nd2 c6 10.
dxc6 bxc6 11. b4 d5 12. a4 Nh5 $6 ({Theory is} 12... d4) 13. exd5 $1 cxd5 14.
cxd5 Bb7 15. d6 $1 Qxd6 16. Nde4 Qxd1 17. Rxd1 Nf5 $2 {Black will lose
material.} ({Better is} 17... Nf4) 18. Nc5 e4 19. Ra3 Rac8 20. g4 $1 a5 21.
Nxb7 axb4 22. Rb3 Nd4 23. Rxb4 Rxc3 24. Rbxd4 Bxd4 25. gxh5 Rc2 26. Kf1 Ra8 27.
a5 Be5 28. a6 $2 ({More solid is} 28. h3 {(Shirov).}) 28... f5 29. Be3 Rxe2 $1
30. Kxe2 Rxa6 31. Rd8+ Kf7 32. Rd7+ Kf6 33. Rxh7 Ra2+ 34. Bd2 gxh5 35. Nc5 $6 {
Hereafter, Black will eliminate all white pawns.} (35. h4 $1 Bc3 $1 36. Rd7 Ke6
37. Nc5+ {proceeds to play for a win.}) 35... Bxh2 36. Rxh5 Bg1 $1 37. Nb3 f4
38. Kd1 Bxf2 39. Bxf4 e3 40. Bxe3 Bxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 17"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. a3 Nc6 11. Bd3 Bb6 12. O-O d4 13. e4 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5
15. g4 Bg6 16. Rc1 Rc8 17. Re1 Kh8 18. Kg2 f6 19. Nh4 Bc7 20. Bxc7 Qxc7 21. Bb5
Qb6 22. Bxc6 Rxc6 23. Rxc6 bxc6 24. Nxg6+ hxg6 {Karpov made some aggressive
moves, but the fighting died down by exchanges.} 25. b4 c5 26. bxc5 Qxc5 27.
Qd3 Qe5 28. Rb1 Re8 29. Rb7 Qxe4+ 30. Qxe4 Rxe4 31. Rxa7 Re1 32. Ra4 d3 33. Rd4
Rd1 34. Kf3 d2 35. a4 Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 17"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8.
Bb3 h6 9. N5f3 a5 10. a4 c5 11. dxc5 Nbd7 $5 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Qxe5 Nd7 14. Qe2
Bxc5 15. Nf3 b6 16. O-O O-O 17. c3 Qc7 18. Be3 Ba6 19. Bc4 Bxe3 20. Bxa6 Bc5
21. Bd3 Rad8 22. Rad1 Nf6 23. Nd2 Qf4 24. Bc2 Rd5 25. g3 Qe5 26. Qxe5 Rxe5 27.
Rfe1 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Rc8 {Karpov starts to battle in a dull endgame.} 29. Ne4
Nxe4 30. Rxe4 Kf8 31. Kf1 Ke7 32. Re1 ({Slightly better is} 32. h4 $1 {(Dautov)
.}) 32... Bd6 33. Rd1 Rc5 34. Bd3 g5 35. Bb5 h5 36. Kg2 Rf5 37. Bd3 Re5 38. Kf1
g4 $1 39. Re1 Rd5 40. Bc4 Rg5 41. Kg2 h4 $1 42. gxh4 $5 {White opts for an
active defence.} Rh5 43. Re4 $2 {Beliavsky miscalculates.} (43. Rh1 Rxh4 {
(Karpov)} 44. Bb3 $1 Rh3 45. Bd1 $1 f5 46. f3 $1 {leads to equality.}) 43...
Rxh4 44. Kf1 e5 $1 {Black prepares the advance .. f5.} ({The capture} 44...
Bxh2 $2 {is met by} 45. f3 $1) 45. Bd5 f5 46. Rc4 Rxh2 {Now he captures the
h-pawn.} 47. b4 e4 48. Rc6 g3 49. fxg3 e3 $1 50. Bc4 Rf2+ 51. Ke1 axb4 52. cxb4
Bxb4+ 53. Kd1 Rd2+ 54. Kc1 Kd7 55. Rxb6 Ba3+ 56. Kb1 e2 57. Bxe2 Rxe2 58. a5
Bd6 59. a6 Re5 60. Kc2 Ra5 61. Rb7+ Ke6 {Karpov had won by 11/2-1/2 and
qualified for the final.} 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 17"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "176"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 cxd4 7. cxd4 f6 8. f4
fxe5 9. dxe5 $5 Nc6 10. Nf3 Bb4+ 11. Nc3 Nc5 12. Be3 Qa5 13. Qc2 O-O 14. Rc1 $6
({Preferable is} 14. O-O-O) 14... d4 $1 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Rxf4 17. Rd1 Qc7
18. Be2 Bd7 19. Rf1 $2 ({Better is} 19. Qd2 Raf8 20. Be3 Re4 21. Rf1) 19... Ba4
20. b3 Nxb3 21. Rxf4 ({Or} 21. axb3 Rxd4 $1 22. Rxd4 Qxc3+) 21... Nxd4 22. Qxa4
b5 $2 {Ivanchuk also misses the win in the second game.} ({Right is} 22...
Bxc3+ 23. Kf1 b5 $1 24. Bxb5 Qxe5 25. Rfxd4 Bxd4 26. Qxd4 Qxb5+ {(Knaak).}) 23.
Qxb4 Nc2+ 24. Kd2 Nxb4 25. Rxb4 a6 26. Rd4 Qxe5 27. Ke1 Qxh2 28. Bf3 Rf8 29.
Ne4 h6 30. Nf2 Qc7 31. Rd6 Qc3+ 32. Kf1 Qc4+ 33. Kg1 Qxa2 34. Re1 Qa3 35. Rexe6
Rxf3 36. gxf3 Qxf3 37. Rxa6 Kh7 38. Rab6 Qd5 39. Ne4 Qd4+ 40. Kg2 b4 41. Rb7
Qb2+ 42. Nf2 Qd2 43. Rb5 b3 44. Reb6 b2 45. Rxb2 Qg5+ 46. Kf1 Qc1+ 47. Ke2 Qc4+
48. Kf3 Qd5+ 49. Ne4 Qf5+ 50. Ke3 Qh3+ 51. Kd4 Qd7+ 52. Nd6 Qe6 53. R2b5 Qe2
54. Nf5 Qd2+ 55. Ke5 Qc3+ 56. Kd6 Qd3+ 57. Ke7 Qa3+ 58. Nd6 Qe3+ 59. Kd8 Qd3
60. Rc6 Qd4 61. Rb7 Qd5 62. Rbc7 Kg8 63. Kc8 Qe5 64. Kd7 Kh7 65. Ne8 Qa1 66.
Kd8 Qa8+ 67. Ke7 Qa3+ 68. Kf7 Qf3+ 69. Rf6 Qg3 70. Rd6 Qf3+ 71. Ke7 Kg8 72. Ra6
Qe2+ 73. Re6 Qf3 74. Nd6 Kh7 75. Nf7 Qa3+ 76. Rd6 Qa8 77. Rcd7 Qe4+ 78. Kf8 Qf4
79. Re7 Qf3 80. Rdd7 Qf4 81. Ke8 Kg8 82. Re6 Qb8+ 83. Rd8 Qb4 84. Ne5 Kh7 85.
Ng6 Qb5+ 86. Ke7 Qg5+ 87. Kd7 Qb5+ 88. Kc7 Qa5+ {The match had to be prolonged.
} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 17"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]

{Arbiter Gijssen had found a solution for the problems that Karpov encountered
in rapid chess during the previous year. The players got twenty minutes at the
start of the game plus ten seconds per move. So time scrambles were avoided.} 
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. g3 Nbd7 7. Bg2 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bf4 dxc4 10. Qc2 c5 11. Na2 a5 12. Nxb4 cxb4 13. Qxc4 b6 14. Rfc1 Ba6
15. Qc2 Rc8 16. Qd1 Bb7 17. Rxc8 Qxc8 18. Rc1 Qa8 19. Ne1 Bxg2 20. Nxg2 Rc8 21.
f3 h6 22. e4 Rxc1 23. Qxc1 Qa6 24. Qc2 b3 $2 {Shirov acts confused.} ({He
should have played} 24... g5 $1 25. Bc1 {and now} b3 $1 26. Qxb3 Qe2) 25. Qxb3
Qe2 26. h4 Nh5 27. Bd6 e5 $2 28. dxe5 Nxg3 29. e6 Qf1+ 30. Kh2 Ne2 31. exf7+
Kh7 32. Qe3 Qd1 33. f8=N+ Nxf8 34. Bxf8 Nd4 35. Kg3 Qxa4 36. Bd6 Qd1 37. Be5
Ne2+ 38. Kh2 Qf1 39. Qxb6 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 17"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Nf3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 f6 9. Nf4 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Qe7 11. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 12. Qd2 Ke7 13. exf6+ gxf6 14.
Qxb4+ Nxb4 15. Kd2 Nb6 16. a3 Nc6 17. Bb5 Bd7 18. Bxc6 Bxc6 19. Rhe1 Bd7 20. b3
Kd6 $6 {White gets the time to starts a siege of the hostile centre.} ({Better
is} 20... Rac8) 21. Re3 $1 Rae8 22. Rae1 Re7 23. g4 Rg8 24. h3 a5 25. a4 Nc8
26. Nh5 Rf7 27. Nh4 Ne7 28. f4 Nc6 29. Nf3 h6 30. Ng3 Re7 31. Ne2 Rgg7 32. Nc3
Nb4 33. Rg1 Be8 34. h4 Rg8 35. g5 hxg5 36. hxg5 fxg5 37. fxg5 Nc6 38. Nb5+ Kd7
39. Ne5+ Nxe5 40. dxe5 Rh7 41. Rc3 Rh2+ 42. Kc1 Rh5 43. Rcg3 Bg6 44. Kb2 Rc8
45. R3g2 Rh4 46. Rf2 d4 $2 (46... b6 $1 {solves the positional problems.}) 47.
Nd6 Rc3 $2 48. Nxb7 Kc6 49. Nxa5+ {White has captured two pawns.} Kd5 50. Rf6
Bc2 51. g6 Rh2 52. Ka3 Bxb3 53. Nxb3 Rhh3 54. Rb1 Kc4 55. Rxe6 Rxb3+ 56. Rxb3
Rxb3+ 57. Ka2 Rg3 58. a5 Rg2+ {The win is far too complicated for a rapid game.
} 59. Kb1 $2 ({Right is} 59. Ka3 $1 d3 (59... Rg3+ 60. Ka4 Rg1 61. Rc6+ Kd5 62.
Rb6) 60. Rc6+ Kb5 61. Rd6 d2 62. Kb3 Rxg6 63. Kc2 Rg5 64. e6 Kxa5 65. Kxd2 Kb5
66. Ke3 $1 Kc5 67. Ra6 Kb5 68. Kf4 $1 {and wins.}) 59... d3 60. Kc1 Kd4 61. a6
Ke3 62. a7 Ra2 63. Rd6 Rxa7 64. e6 Rc7+ 65. Kb2 d2 66. Rd5 Ke2 67. Re5+ Kf2 68.
Rd5 Ke2 {Shirov had missed the win. So he could not equalise. Ivanchuk went to
the final.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 17"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8.
Bb3 h6 9. N5f3 a5 10. a3 a4 11. Ba2 c5 12. Bf4 Nbd5 13. Be5 Qa5+ 14. Nd2 b5 15.
Ngf3 b4 $6 16. Bc4 Ba6 17. O-O bxa3 18. Rxa3 cxd4 19. Raa1 Be7 20. Nxd4 O-O $6
({Better is} 20... Bxc4 21. Nxc4 Qc5) 21. Nc6 Bxc4 22. Nxc4 Qb5 23. Nxe7+ Nxe7
24. Bd6 $6 (24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Rfd1 {makes a target of the kingside.}) 24...
Rfe8 25. Rfe1 Nf5 26. Be5 Rec8 27. Na3 Qxe2 28. Rxe2 Nd7 29. Bc3 Nb6 30. f3 Nd5
31. Be1 Rab8 32. c3 Rb3 33. Ra2 Nfe3 34. Bf2 Nc4 35. Nxc4 Rxc4 36. g3 $6 a3 $1
37. Rxa3 Rxa3 38. bxa3 Rxc3 39. Ra2 Rxf3 40. a4 Nb4 41. Ra1 Na6 42. a5 Kf8 43.
Kg2 Rf5 44. g4 Rg5 45. Kf3 h5 46. h3 Rb5 47. Ra3 Ke7 48. Be3 f6 49. Kg3 hxg4
50. hxg4 e5 51. Kf3 g6 52. Kg3 Ke6 53. Kf3 f5 54. Rc3 $5 Kd5 55. Rd3+ Ke6 56.
Rc3 $5 Kd5 ({The effort by} 56... e4+ 57. Kg3 Rxa5 58. Rc6+ Kf7 59. Bd4 Rd5 60.
Rf6+ Ke7 61. Rxa6 Rxd4 62. Rxg6 {draws.}) 57. Rd3+ Kc6 58. Rc3+ Kb7 59. Bb6 Rb4
60. gxf5 gxf5 61. Bd8 Rd4 62. Rb3+ Kc8 63. Bf6 Rd5 64. Rb6 Nc7 65. a6 Kd7 66.
a7 e4+ 67. Kf4 Ra5 68. a8=Q Nxa8 69. Rb7+ Ke6 70. Bd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 17"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
b6 9. e4 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Qxe4 Bb7 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. c5 $5 {White
sacrifices a pawn for pressure on the hostile position.} bxc5 14. Qh4 $1 Rfe8
15. dxc5 Be7 ({Ivanchuk avoids} 15... Bxc5 16. Bd3 h6 $2 17. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 18.
Qxh6 f5 19. Qg6+ Kh8 20. Ng5 Ne5 21. Qh6+ Kg8 22. Nxe6 Qe7 23. Bxf5 {and White
has a sharp attack.}) 16. Bg5 Nxc5 17. Rac1 Ba6 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Qxe7 Rxe7 20.
Nd4 {Karpov strives for a draw.} Bxe2 21. Nxe2 Na6 22. Rxc6 Nb4 23. Rc4 Nd5 24.
Nc3 Nxc3 25. Rxc3 g6 26. Kf1 a5 27. Rd4 Rb7 28. b3 Rb4 29. Rcc4 Rxc4 30. Rxc4
Rd8 31. Rc5 a4 32. bxa4 Rd2 33. a3 Rd3 34. Ke2 Rxa3 35. a5 Kf8 36. h4 Ke7 37.
Rc7+ {Two games had not led to a decisive result. So a playoff was needed.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 17"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]

{Karpov had no difficulties with the rapid formula this time.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4
e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 f5 5. f4 Nf6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O b6 9. Qc2 Bb7 10.
cxd5 cxd5 11. Bd2 Nc6 12. a3 Ne4 13. Rfc1 Rc8 14. Qd1 Qd7 15. Be1 Rc7 16. Rc2
Nxc3 17. Rxc3 Rfc8 18. Rac1 Bd6 19. Qa4 Nb8 $1 20. Qxd7 Nxd7 21. Rxc7 Rxc7 22.
Rxc7 Bxc7 {The black problems have been cleared by the exchanges.} 23. Ng5 Nf8
24. Bb5 h6 25. Nf3 Ng6 26. h3 Kf7 27. Bb4 Ne7 28. Ne5+ Bxe5 29. dxe5 Nc6 30.
Bc3 Nb8 31. Bd3 Bc6 32. b3 Nd7 33. Bd4 Nc5 34. Bxc5 bxc5 35. Ba6 h5 36. g3 g6
37. Kf2 Ke7 38. Ke1 Kd8 39. a4 Kc7 40. a5 Bb7 41. Be2 Bc6 42. Kd2 Be8 43. Kc3
Bd7 44. Ba6 Bc6 45. b4 cxb4+ 46. Kxb4 Be8 47. Kc5 Ba4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 17"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Nd7 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Ne7 10. Bg5 f6 $1 {Black plays a fine novelty.} 11. exf6 gxf6 12.
Bd2 Kf7 $6 {The black king becomes vulnerable.} 13. Nge2 Ng6 14. g3 $6 (14. Nf4
Nxf4 15. Bxf4 {takes the initiative on the kingside.}) 14... Bd6 15. Nb5 Bb8
16. Bb4 a6 17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. Bxd6 Qb6 19. Ba3 Qa5+ 20. Qd2 Qxd2+ 21. Kxd2 Rac8
22. Rhc1 e5 23. b3 Ke6 24. dxe5 $2 {White weakens his control over the centre.}
fxe5 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rc1 Rxc1 27. Bxc1 d4 28. f3 Kd5 29. Ba3 a5 30. Kd3 b5
31. b4 a4 32. Bc1 Nf6 33. Bg5 e4+ 34. fxe4+ Nxe4 35. Nxd4 $2 {White should not
play the obvious move.} ({Correct is} 35. Nf4+ $1 Nxf4+ 36. gxf4 Nc3 37. f5 $1
Nxa2 38. Bd2 $1 a3 39. f6 Nxb4+ 40. Bxb4 a2 {drawn.}) 35... Ne5+ 36. Ke3 Ng4+
37. Kd3 Ngf2+ 38. Ke3 Nd1+ 39. Ke2 Kxd4 40. Kxd1 Nc3+ $2 ({Right is} 40... Nxg3
$1 41. Kc2 Nf5 42. Bf6+ Kc4 43. a3 Ne3+ 44. Kb2 Kd3 45. Bd8 Nc4+ 46. Ka2 Kc2 {
and pawn a3 will fall eventually.}) 41. Kc2 (41. Ke1 $1 {and 42. g4 will draw.}
) 41... Nxa2 42. Bd2 $2 {Ivanchuk makes the last error.} (42. g4 $1 Nxb4+ 43.
Kd2 $1 {still draws.}) 42... Kc4 43. g4 hxg4 44. Kb2 Nxb4 45. h5 Nd3+ 46. Ka2
g3 47. h6 Ne5 48. Bf4 g2 $1 49. Bxe5 g1=Q 50. h7 b4 $1 51. h8=Q b3+ 52. Ka3
Qc5+ {Karpov had won 100,000 Guilders. He was victorious in Tilburg seven
times.} 0-1

[Event "50 years jubilee"]
[Site "NPSF 1994-98"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Bern, Ivar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

{The NPSF (Norwegian Correspondence Chess Federation) celebrated its
50thanniversary on 1 September 1995. A great tournament started on 15 October
1994 and lasted until 1998. Over-the-board Grandmaster Ulf Andersson and the
best postal players of Northern and Western Europe took part. I have analysed
the games by Andersson and the wins by Timmerman, Van Oosterom and Elwert.} 1.
d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 $5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. Bg5 Na6 7. Na3 $1 {
Andersson improves on a previous game.} Nc7 8. c4 b4 9. Nc2 a5 $5 {Black makes
another doubtful move.} 10. e4 $1 {Ulf gets excited.} Bxe4 11. Re1 Bxc2 $2 {
Black allows a devastating attack in the centre.} ({Better is} 11... Bb7) 12.
Qxc2 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Ra6 ({Not} 13... Rb8 14. Nc6 $1 dxc6 15. Bxc6+) 14. Rad1 h6
15. Bxf6 $5 (15. Bf4 $1 {continues the restraint.}) 15... Qxf6 16. Qa4 $1 Bc5 {
Black seems to have counter-play.} 17. Nxe6 $1 Bxf2+ 18. Kh1 Rxe6 19. Qxd7+ Kf8
20. Rxe6 Qxe6 21. Qxc7 g6 22. Rf1 {A combined charge on f7 will decide.} 1-0

[Event "50 years jubilee"]
[Site "NPSF 1994-98"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Hassler, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. e5 dxe5 8. fxe5
Nh5 9. Be3 Bg4 10. Be2 f6 11. exf6 exf6 12. Qd2 f5 13. O-O-O f4 14. Bf2 Qd7 15.
Rhe1 $5 Rad8 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Ng3 ({Not} 17... Nxd4 18. Bd5+ $1) 18. Bd5+
Kh8 19. Kb1 a6 20. a3 Qd6 $6 ({Slightly better is} 20... Rde8) 21. Re6 Qd7 22.
Bxg3 fxg3 23. Qe3 Rf2 $6 24. Qxg3 Rf5 $5 ({The tactics of} 24... Bxd4 $5 25.
Qh4 $1 g5 $1 26. Qxg5 Bxc3 27. bxc3 Qxe6 28. Bxe6 Rxd1+ 29. Kb2 {favour White 
(Grahn).}) 25. Rde1 $1 Rxd5 26. Nxd5 Nxd4 ({Not} 26... Qxd5 $2 27. Re8+ Bf8 28.
Qf4 Qd6 29. Qf7 {(Grahn).}) 27. Nxc7 Nxe6 28. Nxe6 Re8 29. Nc5 Rxe1+ 30. Qxe1 {
White has won a pawn.} Qb5 31. Nd3 Qc6 32. Nb4 Qb5 33. Qe4 Qf1+ 34. Ka2 Qf7+
35. Nd5 h6 36. a4 Kh7 37. g4 Kh8 38. c3 Kh7 39. Kb3 Kh8 40. Qc4 Be5 41. Nb4 Qd7
42. Qd5 Qe7 43. Nd3 Bd6 44. Nf2 Bc5 45. Ne4 Be3 46. Nd6 1-0

[Event "50 years jubilee"]
[Site "NPSF 1994-98"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Kauppala, Pekka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Bf5 5. Nf3 Nd7 6. Bd2 Ngf6 7. Bc4 Qb6 $6
8. Qe2 $1 ({Andersson improves on} 8. Bb3 {(Bailey - Piasetski, Canada 1989).})
8... c6 $6 {Capture of pawn b2 loses too much time.} ({Preferable is} 8... e6
$1 9. d5 O-O-O) 9. O-O-O e6 10. Be3 Nd5 $2 (10... Bb4 11. d5 Qa5 12. dxe6 Bxe6
13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Bd2 O-O-O {averts a disaster.}) 11. Bxd5 $1 cxd5 12. Nh4 Bg6
13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Nxd5 $1 exd5 15. Bg5+ Qe6 16. Rhe1 $1 Bb4 17. Qf1 $1 Bxe1 18.
Rxe1 O-O 19. Rxe6 fxe6 20. Qb5 $1 Nb6 21. f3 Rac8 22. Qd3 Rf5 23. h4 Rc6 24. b3
Nc8 25. g4 Rf8 26. Qxg6 Rxf3 27. h5 Kf8 28. h6 gxh6 29. Qxh6+ Ke8 30. Qh8+ Rf8
31. Qh5+ Rf7 32. Kb2 Nb6 33. Bh4 Nd7 34. g5 Nf8 35. g6 Nxg6 36. Qxg6 Kf8 37.
Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "50 years jubilee"]
[Site "NPSF 1994-98"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "McNab, Colin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 c6 6. h3 Qa5 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Qd2
e5 9. Be3 $5 O-O 10. O-O exd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 12. Rfe1 Qc7 13. a4 Nc5 14. Bh6 a5 (
{Black can take the initiative by} 14... Bxh6 $1 15. Qxh6 Qb6 $1) 15. Bxg7 Kxg7
16. b3 Bd7 17. Rad1 Re7 18. Qf4 Nh5 ({Avoids} 18... Rae8 $2 19. Ndb5 $1 cxb5
20. Qxf6+ $1 {and White gains an edge.}) 19. Qe3 Rae8 20. Nf3 b6 21. Qd4+ Nf6
22. Ng5 h6 $1 23. Nh7 $1 Kxh7 24. Qxf6 d5 $5 25. Re3 dxe4 $2 ({Black should
play} 25... Be6 26. Qd4 {before the exchanges on e4 start.}) 26. Nxe4 Nxe4 27.
Bxe4 Bc8 28. Rde1 $1 {The main threat is Bxg6+.} Kg8 29. Bxc6 Rxe3 30. Rxe3
Rxe3 31. fxe3 Bf5 32. Bd5 $5 (32. c4 {would be okay.}) 32... Bxc2 33. e4 $1 Kh7
$6 (33... Kf8 $1 34. Kf2 $1 Bb1 $1 {defends well.}) 34. Kf2 g5 35. Ke2 $1 Bb1
$1 36. Kf3 $1 {The bishop cannot check on d1.} Bc2 37. Bxf7 Bd1+ 38. Kf2 $1
Qc2+ 39. Kg1 Qxe4 40. Be6 $1 Qe3+ 41. Kh1 Qf4 42. Bf5+ Kg8 43. Qg6+ Kf8 44.
Qxh6+ Kf7 45. Qe6+ Kf8 46. Qc8+ Kg7 47. Qd7+ Kf6 48. Qe6+ (48. Qe6+ Kg7 49.
Qe7+ Kg8 50. Be6+ Kh8 51. Qd8+ Kg7 52. Qxd1 {and White wins (Grahn).}) 1-0

[Event "50 years jubilee"]
[Site "NPSF 1994-98"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Millican, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 a5 11. Nc3 Na6 12. Rac1 Qd6 13. Ne5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Qb4
$5 {Gufeld suggested this move.} (14... c6 {was played in Kasparov-Karpov,
Moscow 1984.}) 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. h4 h6 17. Bf4 c5 $5 18. Nb5 cxd4 19. Qxb4 axb4
20. Nc7 $5 Rac8 21. Nxa6 Rxc1 22. Bxc1 Rd5 $1 (22... bxa6 $6 23. Nc6 Rd7 24.
Nxe7+ Rxe7 25. Rxd4 {favours White (Millican).}) 23. Nxb4 Rxe5 24. Rxd4 Rxe2
25. Kf3 Re5 26. Nd3 Ra5 $6 {Black plays passively.} ({Right is} 26... Rd5 $1)
27. Bd2 Ra8 28. Rc4 b6 29. Ke2 Kf8 30. b3 Ke8 31. Bc3 g5 $1 32. Nb4 Kd7 33.
hxg5 hxg5 34. Bd4 Bd8 35. Be3 Nd5 $1 {A timely counteraction starts.} 36. Nxd5
exd5 37. Rc1 Rc8 $1 {Black has to exchange his passive rook.} 38. Rxc8 Kxc8 39.
Kf3 (39. Kd3 $1 {moves the king to the front.}) 39... Kd7 40. b4 ({Millecan
gives} 40. Kg4 Ke6 41. Bxg5 f5+ 42. Kf4 Bxg5+ 43. Kxg5 Ke5 {drawn.}) 40... Ke6
41. Bd4 f5 $5 42. g4 $1 Bc7 43. Bb2 ({The critical line is} 43. Bc3 $1 Bd6 44.
gxf5+ Kxf5 45. Ke3 g4 $1 46. a5 bxa5 47. bxa5 g3 48. fxg3 Bxg3 49. a6 Bb8 {and
Black survives.}) 43... Bd6 44. Bc3 Bc7 45. Bd4 Bd8 46. Bb2 Be7 47. Bc3 Bd6 48.
Bd2 d4 49. a5 bxa5 50. bxa5 Kf6 51. Bc1 Bc5 52. Kg3 $6 d3 53. f3 $6 f4+ $1 54.
Kg2 Ke5 $1 55. Kf1 {Black has a plus, but he cannot advance.   Only Millican
defended properly as Black against Andersson.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "50 years jubilee"]
[Site "NPSF 1994-98"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Temmink, Henk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qd2 b5 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. Nh4
e5 9. h3 Bc8 10. Nf3 exd4 11. Nxd4 O-O 12. O-O Bb7 13. Rfe1 Nbd7 14. Rad1 Re8
15. a3 a6 16. Nde2 Qc7 17. Ng3 Re6 18. Bh6 Bxh6 19. Qxh6 Rae8 20. Nce2 c5 21.
c4 $1 {Andersson takes the initiative.} Bc6 $6 ({Better is} 21... Qa5 $1) ({
Temmink finds the white win} 21... Nxe4 $2 22. Nf4 Re5 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Rxe4
Rxe4 25. Nfh5 gxh5 26. Nxh5 Re1+ 27. Kh2 d5+ 28. f4) 22. f3 Kh8 23. b3 Qa5 24.
Qc1 Ne5 25. Nf4 R6e7 26. Be2 Rd8 27. Nf1 bxc4 $6 {Black swaps active material.}
(27... Kg8 28. Ne3 Rb7 {plays <->wait and see'.}) 28. Bxc4 Nxc4 $6 29. bxc4 Kg8
30. Ne3 Re5 31. Re2 h5 32. Qa1 Ne8 33. Kh2 Rb8 $2 34. Rxd6 $1 Nxd6 35. Qxe5 Qc7
36. Nfd5 Bxd5 37. Nxd5 1-0

[Event "50 years jubilee"]
[Site "NPSF 1994-98"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Veinger, Itzhak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. Nf3 g6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Nc6 8.
c3 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 $6 ({Better is} 9... Bf5 $1) 10. Bxf3 e6 11. Nd2 Qd7 12. Be4
b6 13. Nf3 h6 14. Bd2 Rad8 15. Qc2 Kh7 16. Rad1 Nf6 17. Bd3 Qc8 $2 {Veinger
makes passive moves.} 18. Qa4 Qb7 19. Ba6 Qa8 20. Bf4 Nd5 21. Bg3 g5 $6 22.
Bd3+ Kg8 23. h4 gxh4 24. Bxh4 Nce7 $2 25. Be4 $1 {White threatens c4 and Bxd5.}
1-0

[Event "50 years jubilee"]
[Site "NPSF 1994-98"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bang, Erik"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D25"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8.
O-O Be7 9. e4 O-O 10. Be3 c6 11. a3 $5 Qc7 12. Rc1 Rad8 13. Be2 Qb8 14. Qc2 Bg6
15. Nh4 c5 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. d5 $5 {White tries to take the initiative.} exd5
18. exd5 a6 19. Rcd1 Rfe8 20. a4 Bd6 21. Bg5 Bh2+ 22. Kh1 Bf4 23. Bxf6 $6 {The
exchange of bishops is wiser.} Nxf6 24. Bf3 Bd6 25. Rfe1 c4 26. Ne4 Nxe4 27.
Rxe4 Rxe4 28. Bxe4 Qc7 29. g3 b5 30. axb5 axb5 31. Kg2 Ra8 32. b3 $2 c3 $1 {
Andersson gains a considerable advantage on the queenside.} 33. h4 Qe7 34. Bf3
b4 35. h5 gxh5 36. Bxh5 Qg5 37. Bf3 g6 38. Re1 Kg7 39. Qb1 Bc5 40. d6 $2 {Bang
should defend passively.} Rh8 41. Qd3 Qh6 42. Kf1 Rd8 43. Qe4 Qh3+ 44. Ke2 Qf5
$2 (44... Bxd6 $1 {captures the d-pawn without exchanges.}) 45. Qxf5 gxf5 46.
Rd1 Bxd6 47. Bc6 Kf6 48. Rd3 Ke6 49. Kd1 $2 (49. Rd4 $1 Rh8 50. Rh4 $1 Rc8 51.
Rc4 {denies the black rook an entrance.}) 49... Rh8 50. Re3+ Kf6 51. Re2 Bc5
52. f4 Bg1 53. Rg2 Bh2 54. Bb5 Rh3 55. Bf1 Bxg3 56. Rg1 Bf2 57. Bxh3 Bxg1 58.
Bf1 Bh2 59. Bd3 Bxf4 60. Ke2 Kg5 61. Kf3 Bd6 62. Bc2 f4 ({Black has a forced
win by} 62... f4 63. Bd3 Kh4 64. Bc2 (64. Kg2 Kg4 65. Be2+ f3+ $1 66. Bxf3+ Kf4
67. Bd1 Ke3) 64... Kh3 65. Bd3 Kh2 66. Kf2 Bc5+ 67. Kf3 Be3 68. Bc2 Kg1 69. Bd3
f6 $1 {zugzwang (Grahn).}) 0-1

[Event "50 years jubilee"]
[Site "NPSF 1994-98"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bern, Ivar"]
[Black "Elwert, Hans"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E41"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d6 7. Ne2 e5 8. e4
Nc6 9. dxc5 $6 dxc5 10. Ng3 Qa5 11. Bd2 Be6 12. Nf1 O-O-O 13. Qe2 Ne8 (13...
Nh5 $1 14. g3 Nf6 {weakens the flank.}) 14. Ne3 Nd6 15. a4 g6 16. O-O f5 17. f3
f4 18. Nd5 g5 19. Rfb1 g4 $1 {The attack on the king starts with a pawn
sacrifice.} 20. fxg4 Rdg8 $1 {White has to start a counterattack.} 21. h3 $2 ({
Right is} 21. Rb5 Qd8 $1 22. Kh1 $1 Nxb5 23. axb5 Na5 24. Qf2) 21... h5 22. Nf6
Rg7 $1 {Suddenly White has no proper defence.} 23. Qf3 ({The pointe is} 23.
Nxh5 Rxh5 $1 24. gxh5 Bxh3 {and Black wins (Elwert).}) 23... hxg4 24. Nxg4 Bxg4
25. hxg4 Qd8 26. Be1 Qg8 27. Rd1 Rxg4 28. Bf2 Rg6 29. a5 Nf7 30. a6 Ng5 0-1

[Event "50 years jubilee"]
[Site "NPSF 1994-98"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bern, Ivar"]
[Black "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. b3 e5 8. Bb2
Re8 9. Qc2 c6 10. h3 a6 11. O-O-O b5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. g4 h6 14. Nd2 (14. g5 $1
{cannonades (Lobron - Hazai, Rotterdam 1988).}) 14... Qe7 15. Bf3 Bb7 16. Nde4
$6 bxc4 $1 {Timmerman starts a creative attack.} 17. Nd6 $2 ({The humble} 17.
bxc4 {is safer.}) 17... cxb3 18. axb3 $6 (18. Qxb3 $1 Reb8 19. Nxb7 e4 20. Ba3
Qe8 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22. Bxe4 Qxe4 23. f3 $1 Qe8 24. Bd6 Bf8 $1 {favours Black
too.}) 18... Reb8 19. Nxb7 Rxb7 20. Bxc6 Nc5 $1 21. b4 Ne6 22. f3 ({Or} 22.
Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Qa4 Ne4) 22... Qxb4 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Rhf1 e4 25. f4 Nc5 26. g5
hxg5 27. fxg5 Nfd7 28. Kb1 Rb8 29. Rf2 Ne5 30. Rd4 Ned3 0-1

[Event "50 years jubilee"]
[Site "NPSF 1994-98"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "DeMauro, Joseph"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Qc7 8.
g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 f6 12. O-O Be6 13. Nxe5 fxe5 14. Be3
Bc5 15. Qc1 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 Qb6 17. Qd2 Qd4 18. Qg5 O-O 19. a5 h6 20. Qe7 Rae8
21. Qa3 Nc5 22. Rad1 Qc4 23. Rd6 Rd8 24. Rfd1 Rxd6 25. Rxd6 Bf5 26. Bf1 Ne4 27.
Nxe4 Bxe4 28. Rd7 c5 29. Qe3 Bc6 30. Re7 Qd5 31. f3 Re8 32. Rxe8+ Bxe8 33. Kf2
Bc6 34. Qc3 Kf7 35. e4 Qd6 36. Bc4+ Kf6 37. Bd3 b5 38. axb6 axb6 39. Qb3 Bd7
40. Ke2 Qc6 41. Qg8 b5 42. Qf8+ Kg6 43. Qe7 c4 44. Bc2 Be6 45. f4 Bg4+ 46. Kf1
c3 $5 {Both parties cannot win.} 47. Bb3 Kh7 48. Qf8 Bh3+ 49. Kf2 Qd7 50. Bf7
Qd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "50 years jubilee"]
[Site "NPSF 1994-98"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "DeMauro, Joseph"]
[Black "Elwert, Hans"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. Bf4 Rc8 13. Bb3 Bc5 14.
Rfd1 $5 O-O 15. h3 Rfd8 16. Be3 h6 17. c4 $5 Kf8 18. Bc2 a6 19. b3 Ke7 20. a3
Be8 $5 {Black wants to fight.} 21. b4 Bd6 22. Bb3 Be5 23. a4 $6 (23. Rd3 $1 {
(Elwert) gains a plus.}) 23... a5 $1 24. bxa5 Ne4 25. Kf1 Rd6 26. f4 Bf6 27.
Rac1 Ra6 28. Nb5 Rxa5 29. Bb6 $6 (29. Na7 $1 Ra8 30. Nb5 {draws.}) 29... Ra6 $1
30. Bc7 Kf8 31. Bc2 Ng3+ 32. Kf2 Bh4 $1 {White encounters positional problems.}
33. a5 $5 Bc6 34. Bb6 $6 ({More solid is} 34. Rd3 $1 Ne4+ 35. Kg1) 34... Nh5+
35. Kf1 $2 (35. Ke3 $1 Bg3 36. Rd4 $1 e5 $1 37. fxe5 Bxe5 38. Na7 {battles
courageously.}) 35... Nxf4 36. Nc7 $6 (36. Rd2 Bxb5 37. cxb5 Rxb6 $1 38. axb6
Nd5 $1 {also wins for Black (Elwert).}) 36... Bxg2+ 37. Kg1 Bf3 38. Nxa6 bxa6
39. c5 $5 Ne2+ 40. Kf1 Nxc1 41. Rxc1 Bg5 42. Rb1 Bf4 43. Bd3 Ra8 44. Bc4 Ke7
45. Kf2 Bc6 46. Rd1 g5 47. Be2 f5 48. Kf1 h5 49. Bxh5 Rh8 50. Be2 Rxh3 51. Bd8+
Kf7 52. Bxg5 Bxg5 0-1

[Event "50 years jubilee"]
[Site "NPSF 1994-98"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "DeMauro, Joseph"]
[Black "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Nf3 c5 8.
dxc5 bxc5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 $5 Qxf6 11. Qxf6 gxf6 12. O-O-O Bb7 13. e3 Rd8 14.
Bd3 Nc6 15. Nd2 Ne5 16. Be2 f5 17. h3 Kf8 18. Rhg1 Ke7 19. g4 $1 {The
manoeuvres have led to equality.} Be4 20. gxf5 Bxf5 21. e4 $5 Bh7 ({Not} 21...
Bxh3 $4 22. Rg3) 22. f4 Nc6 $1 23. Rg4 Nd4 24. Bd3 d5 $1 25. cxd5 exd5 26. Re1
Kf8 27. f5 $6 (27. Rg3 Re8 28. Rge3 Rad8 29. Bb1 {will lead to a draw (Van
Oosterom).}) 27... Re8 28. e5 $2 ({The prudent} 28. Kd1 $1 Rad8 29. exd5 Rxe1+
30. Kxe1 Rxd5 31. Be4 Re5 32. f6 $1 Bf5 33. Rh4 Bxe4 34. Rxe4 Rf5 {(Van
Oosterom)} 35. Re7 $1 {draws.}) 28... f6 $1 29. e6 Nxe6 $1 30. Bb5 Bxf5 31.
Bxe8 Rxe8 {Black has gained a positional advantage.} 32. Rh4 $6 (32. Ra4 $1 Re7
33. Rf1 Bxh3 34. Rf3 {(Van Oosterom)} Ng5 35. Rxf6+ Kg7 36. Rd6 {offers more
resistance.}) 32... Kg7 33. Ra4 Re7 34. h4 c4 $1 35. Ra6 Kf7 36. Rd6 $6 Nf4 $1
37. Rf1 Bd3 $1 38. Rh1 Ne2+ 39. Kd1 c3 $1 40. bxc3 Nxc3+ 41. Kc1 Rc7 $1 42. Kb2
Ke7 {Black has trapped a rook.} 0-1

[Event "50 years jubilee"]
[Site "NPSF 1994-98"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Elwert, Hans"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 a6 7. Be2 Qc7 8. a4
Nc6 9. O-O Be7 10. f4 O-O 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 e5 14. Qd2 exf4 15.
Bxf4 Be6 16. Rfd1 Rad8 17. h3 h6 18. a5 Nh7 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Ng5 21. c3
Nxf3 $6 ({Better is} 21... Bf6 $1 22. Bxd6 Qc8 23. Bg4 Qa8 $1 24. Re1 Nxe4 $1 {
(Elwert).}) 22. gxf3 Bf8 23. Rd3 Re6 24. Rad1 Rde8 25. Kh2 Re5 $5 {Andersson
forces a positional draw.} (25... b5 26. axb6 Qxb6 {brings a plus for White.})
26. Bxe5 Rxe5 27. Qd4 d5 $1 28. Qb6 $1 Qb8 29. Qf2 Rf5+ $1 30. e5 $1 Qxe5+ 31.
Kh1 Qf6 32. Re1 Kh7 33. Qd4 Qd6 34. f4 g6 35. Rf3 Qd7 36. Kg2 Bg7 37. Qb4 Bf6
38. Rd1 Qe6 39. Rd2 Qe1 40. Rdf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "50 years jubilee"]
[Site "NPSF 1994-98"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Elwert, Hans"]
[Black "Hassler, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Qb3 Nc6 5. Bd2 dxc4 6. Qxb7 Be4 $5 (6... Nge7 {
was played in Botvinnik - Smyslov, Moscow 1954.}) 7. Nc3 Rb8 8. Qa6 Rb6 $1 9.
Qxc4 Rb4 10. Qa6 Nb8 $6 ({Elwert prefers} 10... Rb6 $5 11. Qa4 Rb4 12. Qd1 Bxf3
13. exf3 Qxd4) 11. Qxa7 Nc6 12. Qa6 Nb8 13. Qa5 Nc6 14. Qg5 f6 15. Qe3 Bf5 $6 (
{Better is} 15... Bxf3 16. exf3 Nxd4) 16. d5 $1 Rc4 $1 17. Nb5 $5 (17. dxc6 {
gives winning chances too.}) 17... Nb4 18. Na3 Kf7 $5 {Black tries to stay in
the game.} 19. Qb3 ({Elwert finds} 19. dxe6+ {less solid.}) 19... exd5 20. Bc3
$1 c5 21. e3 Re4 22. Be2 Be6 23. Nd2 Rh4 24. g3 Rh6 {Black's queen rook has
moved strangely!} 25. Bxb4 cxb4 26. Nb5 Qb6 27. Nd4 Bc5 28. Nxe6 Qxe6 29. Rc1
Bd6 30. Nf3 Ne7 31. Nd4 Qd7 32. Bf3 Be5 33. Rc5 Rd8 34. Bxd5+ $1 1-0

[Event "50 years jubilee"]
[Site "NPSF 1994-98"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Elwert, Hans"]
[Black "Kauppala, Pekka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Qb3 Nc6 5. Bd2 Rb8 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nc3 Nf6 8.
Bg5 Nb4 $2 9. e4 $1 {Elwert refutes the novelty drastically.} dxe4 (9... Bxe4
10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Ne5 {also brings an edge for White (Elwert).}) 10. Ne5 Be6
11. Bc4 Qxd4 $5 12. Bxe6 Qxe5 13. Bxf7+ Kd7 $5 (13... Kd8 14. Bxf6+ gxf6 15.
O-O-O+ Nd3+ 16. Kb1 Bd6 17. Nxe4 $1 {and White wins similar to the game.}) 14.
O-O-O+ Nd3+ 15. Kb1 Bd6 ({Or} 15... Qxg5 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Qe6+ Kd8 18. Qe8#)
16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Nxe4 Qxe4 18. Rxd3 b5 $5 19. Rc1 Rb6 20. f3 Qe5 21. Re3 Qf5+
22. Re4 Kd8 23. g4 Qc8 24. Qc3 1-0

[Event "50 years jubilee"]
[Site "NPSF 1994-98"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Elwert, Hans"]
[Black "McNab, Colin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E68"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Nd7 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 Ngf6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4
exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. h3 a6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 Rb8 13. Qc1 c5 14. Nc2 $5 (14.
Nde2 {took place in Hondema - Hendriks, corr 1992.}) 14... Kh7 15. Rd1 b5 16.
cxb5 axb5 17. b4 Qe7 18. Rb1 Ba6 19. Qd2 Bf8 20. Qe2 Qe5 21. Qd3 $1 {Black has
to defend accurately, but he misses a tactical joke.} Qe6 $2 ({Right is} 21...
Qe7 $1 22. a4 c4 $1 23. Qd4 bxa4 24. b5 Bb7) 22. a4 $1 Ne5 ({The desirable} 
22... c4 $2 {is refuted by} 23. Qe2 bxa4 24. Nd4 $1) 23. Qe2 Nc4 24. axb5 Bb7 (
{Or} 24... Bxb5 25. bxc5 Ba6 26. Nd4 Qc8 27. Rxb8 Qxb8 28. c6 {(Elwert).}) 25.
Nd5 Nxe3 26. Ncxe3 Rec8 27. bxc5 Rxc5 28. Nxf6+ Qxf6 29. Rdc1 Qd4 30. Qa2 Kg8
31. Rd1 Qc3 32. Qa7 Rcc8 33. b6 Qc5 34. Kh2 Qe5 35. Rdc1 Qe8 36. Rxc8 Qxc8 37.
Rc1 $1 Qe8 38. Rc7 1-0

[Event "50 years jubilee"]
[Site "NPSF 1994-98"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Elwert, Hans"]
[Black "Temmink, Henk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E67"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 e5 8. Rd1
Re8 9. Nc3 c6 10. e4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Qe7 12. Bf4 Ne5 13. b3 a6 14. Qd2 $5 Bg4 $5
15. f3 c5 $5 16. Bxe5 dxe5 17. Nc2 Red8 {Black plays actively.} 18. Qe2 Be6 19.
Nd5 Bxd5 $6 20. cxd5 Qc7 21. a4 {An incomprehensible move is made.} c4 $2 {
Black gives away a pawn.} 22. Qxc4 Qxc4 23. bxc4 Rac8 24. Bf1 Bf8 25. Rab1 Bc5+
26. Kg2 Rc7 27. Ne1 Bd6 28. Rb6 Ne8 29. Rdb1 Rdd7 30. R6b3 Kg7 31. f4 exf4 32.
Nf3 Re7 33. e5 $1 Bxe5 34. Nxe5 Rxe5 35. Rxb7 fxg3 36. Rxc7 {Elwert won the
fourth prize and gained the title of Correspondence Grandmaster.} 1-0

[Event "50 years jubilee"]
[Site "NPSF 1994-98"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fries Nielsen, Niels"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2
e5 9. Be2 exd4 10. Nxd4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nb6 12. Bd3 Qe7 13. h3 Re8 14. Nf3 Nbd7
15. g4 $5 {White plays a risky move, but Andersson gets no winning chances.}
Nc5 16. O-O-O Nxd3+ 17. Qxd3 Rd8 18. Nd4 Be6 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 Be5 21.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Kxd1 Nd7 24. f4 Bf6 25. Kc2 h6 26. Qe4 Qf8 27. Qf5
Qe8 28. Qe4 Qb8 29. Qf5 Qe8 30. Qe4 Qf8 31. Qf5 Qe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "50 years jubilee"]
[Site "NPSF 1994-98"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kauppala, Pekka"]
[Black "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. e4 d6 5. Ne2 O-O 6. O-O e5 7. h3 c6 8. Nbc3 b5
9. Re1 Bb7 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Be3 Nbd7 13. a4 b4 14. Nb1 c5 15.
Nd2 Bf8 16. Nc1 Rac8 17. Ncb3 Ba6 18. Na5 Nb6 19. b3 Ne8 20. Bf1 Bxf1 21. Kxf1
Nd6 22. f3 f5 23. Red1 fxe4 24. fxe4 Be7 25. Ke2 Kf7 26. Rac1 Ke6 27. c3 bxc3
28. Rxc3 Nd7 29. Nac4 Nf6 30. Nxd6 Rxd6 31. Rd3 Rxd3 32. Kxd3 Rd8+ 33. Kc2 h5
34. Rg1 a6 35. Rg2 Rb8 36. Re2 Nd7 37. Nc4 Rf8 38. Rf2 Nf6 39. Nd2 Rb8 40. Re2
Nd7 41. Kc3 Rb4 42. Nc4 Nb6 43. Nxb6 Rxb6 44. Kc2 Rb8 45. h4 c4 $5 {Timmerman
wants to win.} 46. bxc4 Rb4 47. Kc3 Rxa4 48. Rb2 Bd8 49. Rb8 Ra3+ 50. Kd2 Ba5+
51. Ke2 Ra2+ 52. Kf3 Ra3 53. Ke2 Ra2+ 54. Kd1 Ra1+ 55. Kc2 $2 (55. Ke2 {is
okay.}) 55... Ra3 $1 56. Re8+ Kd6 57. c5+ Kc6 58. Re6+ Kb5 $1 59. Bg5 ({Not} 
59. c6 $2 Rxe3 60. Rxe5+ Kb6 61. Rxa5 Rxe4 62. c7 Rc4+) 59... Rxg3 60. Rxg6
Rc3+ 61. Kd1 Rxc5 62. Rh6 Rc4 63. Rxh5 Rxe4 64. Rh8 $2 ({Right is} 64. Rh6 $1)
64... Kc4 $1 65. Rf8 (65. Ra8 Kd3 $1 66. Kc1 Bc3 67. Rd8+ Bd4 {brings a mating
attack.}) 65... Re1+ 66. Kc2 Re2+ 67. Kd1 Re1+ 68. Kc2 Re2+ 69. Kd1 Rh2 70. Rf5
Bc3 71. Bf6 Kb3 72. h5 a5 73. h6 a4 74. Rf3 Rd2+ 75. Kc1 Rc2+ 76. Kd1 Rd2+ 77.
Kc1 Rc2+ 78. Kd1 a3 79. Rxc3+ Rxc3 80. h7 a2 0-1

[Event "50 years jubilee"]
[Site "NPSF 1994-98"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "McNab, Colin"]
[Black "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. Nc3 e5 8. d5
Ne7 9. e4 Nd7 10. Ne1 f5 11. Nd3 Nf6 12. Bg5 fxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Bf5
15. Re1 h6 16. Bd2 $5 (16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Bxf5 Rxf5 {drew in Jirovsky -
Jirovsky, Prague 1994.}) 16... Bxe4 17. Rxe4 c6 $1 18. Bc3 $6 ({Corect is} 18.
dxc6 {(McNab).}) 18... cxd5 19. cxd5 Qb6 20. Rb4 Qa6 21. Ne1 Rf7 22. Nc2 Raf8
23. Be1 h5 24. a4 b6 25. Ra3 Qb7 26. Rd3 Rc8 27. Na3 Nf5 28. Rc4 Rxc4 29. Nxc4
e4 30. Rd2 Qe7 31. Ne3 Nxe3 32. fxe3 Qg5 $1 {Black has positional advantages
and can start an attack on the king.} 33. Bf2 h4 34. Qc1 Qg4 35. Rc2 Rf8 36. b4
Be5 37. Be1 hxg3 38. hxg3 Qf3 39. Rc8 Bxg3 $1 40. Rxf8+ Kxf8 41. Qc8+ Kg7 42.
Qd7+ Kf6 $1 43. Bc3+ Kg5 44. Qe7+ Kg4 45. Qe6+ Kh5 $1 {Black escapes from the
checks.} 0-1

[Event "50 years jubilee"]
[Site "NPSF 1994-98"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Millican, Peter"]
[Black "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C93"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Nf3 Re8 13. Ng5 Rf8 14. Nf3 h6 15.
Nbd2 Re8 16. Nf1 Bf8 17. Ng3 Na5 18. Bc2 Nc4 19. b3 Nb6 20. a4 bxa4 21. bxa4 a5
22. Bd3 Qc8 23. d5 c6 24. Rb1 Nbd7 25. c4 Nc5 26. Bf1 Qc7 27. Be3 Bc8 28. Bd3
Bd7 29. Bxc5 dxc5 30. Bc2 g6 31. Qd3 Rab8 32. Rxb8 Rxb8 33. Qc3 Bd6 34. Nf1 Rb4
35. Ne3 Qb8 36. dxc6 Bxc6 37. Nd5 Bxd5 38. exd5 $6 (38. cxd5 $1 {avoids the
next difficulties.}) 38... Rb2 $1 39. Nd2 Qb4 40. Re3 $2 ({The last chance
brings} 40. Qxb4 axb4 41. Rc1 Nd7 42. Kf1) 40... Kg7 41. Nb3 Ra2 $3 {Black
gives a pawn for the attack.} 42. Nxa5 Qxc3 43. Rxc3 Ra1+ 44. Kh2 e4+ 45. g3
Ra2 $1 {Van Oosterom threatens .. Be5.} 46. Bb3 Rxf2+ 47. Kg1 Rd2 48. g4 (48.
Nc6 Nh5 49. g4 Ng3 {looks poor for White.}) 48... Bf4 49. Bc2 Be5 50. Nb3 Bxc3
0-1

[Event "50 years jubilee"]
[Site "NPSF 1994-98"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pioch, Zygmunt"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 Bd7 8. O-O
Be7 9. Nce2 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 O-O 11. c4 Qc7 12. b3 b5 $1 {Andersson takes the
initiative.} 13. cxb5 Bxb5 14. Re1 Ng4 $1 {White shall not gain the exchange.}
15. Bb2 ({The pointe is} 15. e5 $2 Nxe5 16. Bxa8 Rxa8 17. Qe3 {(Andersson)} Qb6
$1) 15... Bf6 16. Qd2 Bxb2 17. Qxb2 Rac8 18. Qd2 Qb6 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. Rad1 Rfd8
21. h3 Nf6 22. g4 $5 h6 23. Re3 Rc5 24. Rc3 Rxc3 25. Qxc3 e5 $5 26. Ne2 Be6 27.
Ng3 Rc8 28. Qd2 Rc6 29. Nf1 h5 30. g5 Nh7 31. h4 Nf8 32. Bf3 Ng6 33. Ne3 Nf4
34. Kh2 Qc7 35. Rg1 g6 36. Be2 Rc5 37. Rg3 $6 ({The natural move is} 37. Rd1 $1
) 37... Qc6 38. b4 $2 (38. f3 {defends properly.}) 38... Nxe2 $1 39. bxc5 ({Or
} 39. Qxe2 Rc1 $1 40. Qd3 Ra1 {(Grahn).}) 39... Nxg3 40. Kxg3 Qxc5 41. Qb2 Qd4
42. Qb1 Kh7 43. a3 a5 {Andersson has a pawn and the initiative.} 0-1

[Event "50 years jubilee"]
[Site "NPSF 1994-98"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Temmink, Henk"]
[Black "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Be6
8. Na4 Rd8 9. Bd3 Bd4 10. O-O a6 11. Qf4 Rd7 12. h3 Qxf4 13. Bxf4 Ne7 14. Rfe1
b5 15. Nc3 O-O 16. Be3 c5 17. a4 Bxe3 18. Rxe3 b4 19. Nd1 Rfd8 20. Re1 a5 21.
Ne3 Rd4 22. f3 Nc8 23. Rec1 Nb6 24. Bb5 $2 ({Correct is} 24. Kf2 {and White
has a hard defence.}) 24... c4 $1 25. Rd1 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 27. Nxd1 Kf8 28.
c3 b3 29. e5 Ke7 30. Ne3 f6 31. f4 fxe5 32. fxe5 {White has prevented .. Kd6
and .. c6, but he had to make too many concessions.} Bd7 $1 33. Bxc4 ({The
pointe is} 33. Nxc4 Bxb5 34. Nxb6 cxb6 35. axb5 a4) 33... Nxa4 34. Nd1 (34.
Bxb3 Nxb2 {also wins for Black.}) 34... Be6 ({Or} 34... Nxb2 35. Nxb2 a4) 35.
Bd3 g6 36. Kf2 Bd5 {Pawn e5 or g2 will fall.} 0-1

[Event "50 years jubilee"]
[Site "NPSF 1994-98"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 Nc6 8. Rg1
d5 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Be3 Be7 13. Qd2 O-O $1 {
Andersson springs an important novelty in the Keres Attack.} (13... Bxh4 {is
known from Karpov - Spassky, Tilburg 1980.}) 14. Nf5 d4 15. Bxh6 $1 Bb4 $1 {
Capture on h6 loses immediately. Black has to counterattack.} 16. c3 dxc3 17.
bxc3 Ne5 $1 18. Be2 Re8 19. Kf1 $5 (19. Be3 $1 Bc5 $1 20. h5 $1 {gives a more
subtle answer to the threat of .. Nf3+.}) 19... Bf8 20. Bf4 Qa5 21. Rg3 Rad8
22. Nd4 Ba4 $5 23. h5 $5 Nc6 24. Be3 Nxd4 25. Bxd4 Re4 26. Qb2 $6 ({More solid
is} 26. Qd3 $1 Rde8 27. Re3) 26... Bc5 27. Rb1 Bxd4 28. cxd4 Bc6 29. Rd1 Rf4 {
Timmerman wants to lift the pressure from his position.} 30. d5 $2 {But this
pawn sacrifice leads to a disaster.} ({Correct is} 30. Bc4 $1 Qg5 31. Qd2)
30... Rxd5 $1 31. Rgd3 Qc5 32. f3 Rxd3 33. Rxd3 Qg5 34. Ke1 Rc4 $1 35. Kf2 Qh4+
36. Ke3 Rc5 37. Rd1 Qg3 38. Rd8+ Kh7 39. Bd3+ f5 $1 40. Qd4 (40. Bxf5+ Rxf5 41.
gxf5 Qg5+ {(Grahn).}) 40... Qxf3+ 41. Kd2 Qg2+ 42. Ke3 (42. Be2 b6 43. h6 Rd5
44. Rxd5 Qxd5 45. Qxd5 Bxd5 {leads to a won ending.}) 42... Qg3+ 43. Kd2 Qh2+
44. Be2 Re5 45. Qc4 Bf3 46. Qg8+ Kh6 47. Qh8+ Kg5 48. Qxg7+ Kh4 49. Qf6+ Kh3 {
Andersson had defeated the number one in correspondence chess by playing a
fine game. It became the decisive victory in the tournament.} 0-1

[Event "50 years jubilee"]
[Site "NPSF 1994-98"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Black "DeMauro, Joseph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Bg4 8. c4
Nf6 9. Nc3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nxd4 11. Qg3 Ne6 12. Re1 Be7 13. Bf5 $1 O-O $5 (13...
Nd4 $2 14. Qxg7 {took place in Riemersma - Hartoch, Dieren 1987.}) 14. cxd5
Nxd5 15. Qh3 $1 Nf6 16. Be3 $1 Bd6 17. Rad1 Re8 18. Ne4 $1 h6 19. Nxd6 cxd6 20.
Bxh6 $1 gxh6 {Black keeps on trucking.} 21. Qxh6 Nf8 (21... Ng7 $6 22. Rxe8+
Nfxe8 $1 23. Qh7+ Kf8 24. Re1 $1 Ne6 25. Qh6+ Ke7 26. Bxe6 fxe6 27. Qxe6+ Kf8
28. Re3 {also wins for White (Harding).}) 22. Rxe8 Nxe8 23. Rd3 $1 {Black has
no proper defence.} Qe7 $6 (23... Ng7 $1 24. Rh3 $1 f6 25. Rg3 $1 Qc7 26. Be4 {
(Harding)} Re8 27. Bd5+ Nfe6 28. h3 $1 Qf7 29. Rg6 {leads to paralysis,
followed by annihilation.}) 24. Re3 Qf6 25. Rg3+ Qg7 26. Rxg7+ Nxg7 27. g4 Rd8
28. Qf6 Nfe6 29. h4 Rd7 30. h5 Nxf5 31. gxf5 Nc7 32. h6 Ne8 33. Qg5+ Kh8 34.
Qe3 1-0

[Event "50 years jubilee"]
[Site "NPSF 1994-98"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Black "Fries Nielsen, Niels"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Bc4 c6 7. Bd2 e6 8.
Qe2 Bb4 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd5 12. Bxd5 exd5 13. g4 Be6 14. f4
Bxc3 $5 {Black accepts the consequences of a two- edged opening.} 15. Bxc3 Qxa2
16. b3 Qa3+ $6 (16... d4 $1 17. Bb2 a5 18. Rxd4 a4 {proceeds the counterattack.
}) 17. Bb2 Qe7 18. f5 Bd7 19. Rhf1 O-O-O 20. e6 $1 fxe6 21. f6 $1 gxf6 22. Bxf6
Qd6 23. Bxh8 Rxh8 24. Rde1 Qa3+ $6 {A number of poor moves are made in a
defendable position.} 25. Kb1 Rd8 $6 26. Rf7 c5 $2 27. Rxh7 c4 28. Qe5 $1 cxb3
29. Qc3+ Bc6 30. Qxb3 Qd6 31. Rh6 Re8 32. g5 a5 33. Qb6 a4 34. Rexe6 $1 {Black
spoiled the game quickly.} 1-0

[Event "50 years jubilee"]
[Site "NPSF 1994-98"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Black "Pioch, Zygmunt"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. Re1 Bc5 8. c3
d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 O-O 12. a4 Re8 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Bxa8 15.
d5 Na7 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Na3 g5 18. Qe2 Bb7 19. Nc2 Bc8 20. Ne3 Bd7 21. Bc2 b4
22. c4 Nc8 23. Ra1 Ne7 24. Nd2 Kh7 25. Nb3 Rb8 26. Bd3 Nc8 $2 {Black pieces
clutter on the queenside.} ({Better is} 26... Ng6) 27. Qc2 Qe7 28. Be2 Kg7 29.
Nf1 c5 30. dxc6 Be6 31. c5 $1 dxc5 32. Ne3 Qd6 33. Na5 Ne7 34. Nac4 Qc7 35. Ra6
Qxc6 36. Nxe5 Qb7 37. Bc4 Rd8 38. Ra1 Qc7 39. Bxe6 Qxe5 40. Bb3 Rd4 41. Nc4 Qb8
42. g3 Bc7 43. Ne3 Qb5 44. Bc4 Qb6 45. Qe2 Qc6 46. Bd5 Qg6 $2 47. Ra6 1-0

[Event "50 years jubilee"]
[Site "NPSF 1994-98"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B27"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. d5 d6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 e6 8. c4
exd5 9. cxd5 Bg4 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. h3 Ne5 $1 {Known is an immediate exchange.}
12. Bf1 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Nd7 15. Qb3 Rb8 16. a4 a6 17. Bd2 Re8 18.
Bc3 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Qf6 $5 20. Qxf6 Nxf6 {The chances are about equal.} 21. f3 g5
22. Reb1 Nd7 23. b4 Rec8 24. h4 $5 h6 $5 {Ulf keeps his pawn structure intact.}
25. hxg5 hxg5 26. a5 cxb4 27. Rxb4 Rc2 28. Rab1 Nc5 29. Rb6 Rd8 30. R6b2 Rc3 $1
31. Rxb7 $5 {Both players have enterprising ideas.} Nxb7 32. Rxb7 Rc5 33. Bxa6
Rxa5 34. Bb5 Ra1+ 35. Kh2 Rb1 36. Rd7 $1 Ra8 ({White draws by} 36... Rxd7 37.
Bxd7 {because the bishop will go to h3.}) 37. Bc6 Ra2 38. Rd8+ (38. Rxd6 $2
Rbb2 {is asking for troubles, according to Andersson.}) 38... Kg7 39. Bd7 Rbb2
40. Bh3 g4 $5 41. Bxg4 $1 Rxg2+ 42. Kh3 Kf6 43. Kh4 ({Not} 43. Rxd6+ $4 Ke5 {
(Grahn).}) 43... Ra6 44. Rd7 Ra8 45. Rxd6+ Ke5 46. Rh6 Rh2+ {White will play
47. Bh3 and draw.   Andersson won the event by one point before Timmerman.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "50 years jubilee"]
[Site "NPSF 1994-98"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Bern, Ivar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 b5 $5 12. Bxb5 Bb7 13. Bd3 Nc6 14.
Rb1 Rb8 15. Qc3 Rc8 16. O-O Ne5 17. Qd2 Nxf3+ 18. gxf3 Rc7 19. Rb4 $5 (19. Qa5
{drew in Ostenstad-Bern, Gausdal 1993.}) 19... a5 20. Rb3 Qxd4 21. Qxa5 Rc5 22.
Qd2 $1 {White keeps the extra pawn and forestalls a check on g5.} Ba6 23. Rd1
Bxd3 24. Rxd3 Qf6 25. a4 h6 26. Rd8 Rc8 27. Rxf8+ Rxf8 28. Qe3 Rc8 29. e5 Qg6+
30. Kf1 {Bern has to stop the passed pawn.} Rc4 $2 ({He can draw by} 30... Qc2
$1 31. Rd4 Qb1+ 32. Kg2 Rc1 33. Qd3 Qxd3 34. Rxd3 Ra1 {(Van Oosterom).}) 31. a5
$1 Ra4 ({Or} 31... Rh4 32. a6 $1 Rxh2 33. a7) 32. Qc3 $1 Qf5 33. a6 $1 Kh7 34.
Ra1 $1 Rxa1+ 35. Qxa1 Qxf3 36. Qd4 $1 g5 37. a7 g4 38. Qa4 Qh1+ 39. Ke2 Qf3+
40. Ke1 Qh1+ 41. Kd2 Qd5+ 42. Kc2 Qa8 43. Qd7 $1 Kg7 44. Kd3 h5 45. Kc4 ({
White can win by} 45. Kc4 Qe4+ 46. Kc5 Qxe5+ 47. Kb6 Qb2+ 48. Qb5 $1 Qxf2+ 49.
Kb7 Qg2+ 50. Qc6 $1) 1-0

[Event "50 years jubilee"]
[Site "NPSF 1994-98"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Kauppala, Pekka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be2 Bg4 5. O-O Nd7 6. c3 c6 7. Nbd2 Ngf6 8. Qb3
Qb6 9. Qc2 O-O 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Qc7 12. a4 b6 13. Bf4 e5 14. dxe5 dxe5 15.
Be3 Nh5 16. Rfd1 Nf4 17. Bc4 Rad8 18. Qb3 Bf6 $6 ({Better is} 18... Bh6 $1) 19.
g3 $1 Nh5 20. Ng5 Bxg5 21. Bxg5 Nhf6 22. Qc2 Rb8 23. Qe2 a5 $2 (23... Kg7 24.
Qe3 Ng8 {denies the entry to square h6.}) 24. Bh6 $1 Nc5 ({Or} 24... Rfe8 25.
Qf3 Re7 26. Bg5 {and White also wins material.}) 25. Bxf8 Rxf8 26. Bd3 h5 27.
h4 Ng4 28. Bc2 Kg7 29. Qd2 Qc8 30. Qd6 Re8 31. Kg2 Qa6 32. Re1 Re6 33. Qd8 Qc4
34. f3 Nf6 35. Qxb6 Rd6 36. Rad1 Nfd7 37. Qxa5 Rxd1 38. Bxd1 g5 39. Qd8 gxh4
40. Qxh4 f6 41. Qxh5 Qd3 42. Qh1 Qd2+ 43. Re2 Qg5 44. Qe1 f5 45. Qd2 f4 46. Kf1
Nb6 47. gxf4 Qh5 48. Rh2 1-0

[Event "50 years jubilee"]
[Site "NPSF 1994-98"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "McNab, Colin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. Nf3 Nd7 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be2 Ngf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2
c6 9. d5 Qc7 10. Be3 Ng4 11. Bd2 f5 $5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. Ng5 $1 Ndf6 $1 14.
Rad1 (14. h3 $5 {will be played in Nielsen - Mortensen, Esbjerg 1997.}) 14...
e4 $2 (14... Re8 $1 {supports the centre.}) 15. dxc6 bxc6 $6 ({Preferable is} 
15... d5 $1 16. g3 bxc6 17. Bf4 {(Van Oosterom)} Qb7 $1 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Nxd5
$1 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 {but White has a strong attack.}) 16. Bf4 Ne5 17. Qd2 Ne8 18.
c5 $1 {Joop breaks the black defence line.} dxc5 ({Or} 18... d5 19. Nxd5 $1
cxd5 20. Qxd5+ Kh8 21. Qxa8 {(Van Oosterom).}) 19. Na4 Kh8 20. Qc1 Nf6 21. Bc4
Nd5 22. Bxd5 cxd5 23. Rxd5 Qe7 24. Nxc5 Nf7 25. Rfd1 Nxg5 26. Bxg5 Qf7 27. Bh6
Qf6 28. Bxg7+ Qxg7 29. Rd8 h6 30. Qf4 Kg8 31. Rxf8+ Qxf8 32. Qc7 1-0

[Event "50 years jubilee"]
[Site "NPSF 1994-98"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Temmink, Henk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 Nc6 5. Bb5 a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. Nge2 Nf6 8.
O-O O-O 9. f5 $1 {Joop breaks the black defence line.} Bb7 10. Bg5 c5 11. d5 c6
$1 12. Qd2 Rb8 13. Ng3 Ba8 14. b3 Rb4 $5 ({A counter on the kingside by} 14...
Ng4 $1 15. h3 Bd4+ 16. Kh1 {(Van Oosterom)} h6 $1 {is more convincing.}) 15.
Rae1 Re8 $6 (15... Qa5 $1 16. e5 $1 dxe5 $1 {offers excellent resistance.}) 16.
Qe2 Bh8 $5 ({The obvious} 16... cxd5 $2 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bd4+ 19. Kh1
Bxd5 20. Bxe7 $1 Qd7 21. c4 Ba8 22. f6 {will soon lead to a disaster on the
kingside (Van Oosterom).}) 17. e5 $1 {The final onslaught begins.} dxe5 18. d6
$1 Qxd6 ({Not} 18... exd6 $2 19. Nce4 $1) 19. Nce4 Qc7 $2 (19... Nxe4 20. Nxe4
Qd4+ 21. Kh1 {(Van Oosterom)} Qxe4 $1 22. Qxe4 Rxe4 23. Rxe4 gxf5 24. Rxf5 e6 {
fights back.}) 20. c3 $1 Rbb8 21. fxg6 hxg6 22. Bxf6 exf6 23. Nxf6+ Bxf6 24.
Rxf6 e4 $5 25. Qc4 Kg7 26. Ref1 Re7 27. Nxe4 Rh8 28. Nd6 {Van Oosterom won the
third prize.} 1-0

[Event "50 years jubilee"]
[Site "NPSF 1994-98"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Veinger, Itzhak"]
[Black "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C59"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.
Be2 h6 9. Nh3 Bc5 10. d3 O-O 11. O-O Nb7 12. Kh1 Bb6 13. Nd2 Nd6 14. Bf3 Qc7
15. Ng1 Ba6 16. c4 Rad8 17. Qa4 Bc8 18. b4 c5 19. Bb2 cxb4 20. Bxe5 Nd7 21. Bg3
Nc5 22. Qxb4 $5 Ba5 23. Qb2 Nxd3 24. Qa3 Bf5 25. Be2 Bb4 26. Qb3 Qc5 27. Ngf3
Nc8 28. a3 Ba5 29. Qa2 Bc3 30. Rab1 Qe7 31. Bxd3 Rxd3 32. Rb5 Be6 33. Qc2 Rfd8
34. Rd5 $5 R8xd5 35. cxd5 Bf5 36. Nh4 Bh7 37. Nb1 Qc5 38. Qc1 $6 ({More active
is} 38. Qa4 $1 Ba5 39. Qe8+ Qf8 40. Qe5) 38... Bd4 39. h3 Nb6 40. Qe1 Qc8 41.
Qe2 Nxd5 42. Kh2 Nf6 43. Nf3 Bb6 44. Qb2 Be4 45. Rc1 $2 (45. Nbd2 {avoids the
loss of material.}) 45... Qb7 46. Qe2 Qd5 47. Ne1 Rb3 48. Nc3 Qg5 49. Nxe4 Qxc1
50. Nxf6+ gxf6 51. Qg4+ Qg5 52. Qc8+ Kg7 53. Nf3 Qd5 54. a4 Qe6 55. Qc2 Rb4 56.
Nh4 Re4 57. Qd3 f5 58. Qf3 f4 59. Bxf4 Bd8 60. Qg3+ Kh8 61. Nf3 Rxa4 62. Be3
Kh7 63. Qb8 Bb6 64. Bf4 Rc4 65. Bg3 Rc2 66. Qf4 Rc4 67. Qd2 Re4 68. Qd3 Kg8 69.
Qc3 a5 70. Nd2 Rd4 71. Nf3 Rc4 72. Qd3 Re4 {Timmerman won the second prize,
one point after Andersson.   Andersson made a magnificent debut in
correspondence chess. He won the super tournament (111/2/14) and became
Correspondence Grandmaster. His games as White were spectacular, because his
opponents chose risky openings and Ulf crushed them like beginners. Timmerman 
(101/2), Van Oosterom (10) and Elwert (91/2) followed and would stay at the
top during the next years. Elwert became Correspondence Grandmaster. The
MegaCorr3 CD by Harding was a useful source during the analyses.} 0-1

[Event "8th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1994.05.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

{There had been great tumult in the chess world since the last VSB event.
Kasparov and Short had played the PCA world championship, while Karpov and
Timman executed the FIDE version in 1993. These four were invited for
participation at one moment of the organisation. Karpov disliked the setup.
Eventually he was replaced by Ivanchuk. The eighth Memorial took place from
12-19 May 1994.   Kasparov played great chess until he blundered against
Ivanchuk. Gary fled. When Vassily was defeated by Timman in the last round,
Kasparov became the conqueror. Gary expressed his immense gratitude to Jan
during the prize-giving. The confused Ivanchuk had left the bank and returned
hours later.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7
7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Ba6 9. b3 g6 10. Ba3 Qg5 11. g3 Nc3 12. Nxc3 Bxa3 13. Ne4 Qe7
14. Nf6+ Kf8 15. Bg2 Bb4+ 16. Kf1 Rd8 17. Qb2 Ba3 18. Qc3 Bb4 19. Qb2 Ba3 20.
Qc3 Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1994.05.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Short, Nigel"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Na4
Qa5+ 9. c3 cxd4 10. b4 Nxb4 $5 11. cxb4 Bxb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2 g5 $6 14.
Rb1 gxf4 15. Bb5 Rb8 16. Nc5 Qc3 $1 {Timman found this move when he prepared
for a match against Yusupov, but the opening remains poor.} 17. Nd3 $1 a6 18.
Rc1 Qa3 19. Qb3 $1 Qa5 (19... Qxb3 20. Bxd7+ Bxd7 21. Nxb3 {leads to a poor
endgame for Black (Short).}) 20. Bxd7+ Bxd7 21. Nxf4 Rg8 $6 22. Qd3 Rg5 23. O-O
Rf5 24. Nb3 Qb6 25. Rf2 Bb5 26. Qg3 Rd8 27. Nh5 Rxf2 28. Qxf2 Bc4 29. Nf6+ Kf8
30. Nxd4 Bxa2 31. Nd7+ $1 {A winning combination begins.} ({Short has
calculated} 31. Nd7+ Rxd7 32. Rc8+ Rd8 33. Rxd8+ Qxd8 34. Nxe6+) 1-0

[Event "8th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1994.05.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. Bg2 Be7 7. e4 Nxe4 8. Ne5
Bb4 9. Qg4 O-O 10. Bxe4 f5 11. Bxb7 fxg4 12. Bxa8 c6 13. O-O Qc7 14. Ne4 Be7
15. Rd1 $5 Na6 16. Bxc6 dxc6 17. Bf4 Qb7 18. Nxg4 Nb4 19. Bd6 c5 20. Bxe7 Qxe4
21. Bxf8 Qxg4 22. Bd6 Nc2 23. dxc5 $1 (23. Rac1 $6 Nxd4 {favours Black 
(Ftacnik).}) 23... Nxa1 24. Rxa1 Qd4 25. Re1 bxc5 26. Be5 Qxc4 27. a3 {White
has an impregnable fortress.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1994.05.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Short, Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. h4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Rh3 $1 b4 14. Na4 Bxd4
15. Qxd4 f6 $6 {Short plays a novelty but Kasparov is prepared.} 16. Qxb4 $1
fxe5 17. Qd6 $1 Qf6 18. f5 $3 {Gary plays a wonderful move.} Qh6+ $2 ({His
pointe is} 18... Qxf5 $2 19. Rf3 Qg4 20. Rxf8+ Nxf8 21. Nb6) ({He has missed} 
18... Re8 $1 19. fxe6 Qf4+ 20. Kb1 Qxa4 21. exd7 Bxd7 {and a complex position.}
) 19. Kb1 Rxf5 20. Rf3 $1 ({Kasparov and Makarichev had prepared at home.} 20.
Be2 {Gary finds a stronger move at the board.}) 20... Rxf3 21. gxf3 Qf6 22. Bh3
Kf7 23. c4 dxc4 ({An alternative brings} 23... d4 {(Kasparov)} 24. Rg1 $1 g6
25. c5 $1) 24. Nc3 $1 Qe7 25. Qc6 Rb8 26. Ne4 Nb6 27. Ng5+ Kg8 28. Qe4 g6 29.
Qxe5 Rb7 30. Rd6 c3 31. Bxe6+ Bxe6 32. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "8th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1994.05.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Short, Nigel"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5 Nb8 13. Nf1 Nbd7 14. Ng3 g6 15.
Be3 Nc5 16. Bc2 c6 17. b4 Ncd7 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. Bb3 Nb6 20. Qd3 Rb8 21. Rad1
Rb7 22. Nh2 Bd7 23. Bxb6 Rxb6 24. Ngf1 Bh6 25. Ne3 Bxe3 26. Qxe3 Be6 27. Nf3
Kg7 28. Rd3 Qc7 29. Nh4 Rc6 30. Qd2 Qe7 31. Kh2 Rec8 32. g3 h6 33. Ng2 Qc7 34.
Bxe6 fxe6 35. f4 exf4 36. Nxf4 Re8 37. Ree3 Re7 38. Qe1 Nd7 39. Rd2 Ne5 40. Rf2
Rc4 41. Rf1 Kh7 42. Rf2 Qb6 43. Kg2 Rc8 44. Qe2 Rf8 45. Nd3 Rxf2+ 46. Nxf2 Qd8
47. Ng4 Qh8 48. h4 Rc7 49. Nxe5 Qxe5 50. Qd3 Rc4 51. a4 Kg7 52. axb5 axb5 53.
Kf2 Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1994.05.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. c3 b6 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. e4 Bb7 7. Bd3 c5 8. d5
e6 9. Bc4 O-O 10. O-O Na6 11. Qd3 Nc7 12. d6 Ne8 13. Nbd2 Bg7 14. h4 a6 15. a4
Qb8 16. e5 f6 17. h5 fxe5 18. hxg6 h6 19. Rfe1 Qxd6 20. Qxd6 Nxd6 21. Nxe5 Bxe5
22. Rxe5 Rf4 23. Bd3 Raf8 24. f3 a5 25. Kf2 Kg7 26. Rh5 Ne8 27. Kg3 Nf6 28. Re5
$6 {The game has been lively.} ({Timman could have gained a plus by} 28. Rxh6
$1 Rxa4 $1 29. Rxa4 Kxh6 30. Rh4+ Kg7 31. Kf4) 28... Nd5 29. Be4 R4f6 30. Nc4
Nf4 31. Bxb7 Rxg6+ 32. Kh2 Rxg2+ 33. Kh1 d5 34. Nxb6 Rb8 $1 35. Rxe6 $1 Rxb7 $1
36. Rd6 $1 Rg5 37. Rd1 $2 {Timman collapses under time pressure.} (37. Rg1 {
leads to a useful exchange of rooks (Kasparov).}) 37... d4 38. Nc4 $2 (38. Rg1
{is necessary (Timman).}) 38... Kh7 $1 39. Re1 $2 Rh5+ 40. Kg1 Rg7+ {White
will be mated quickly.  Kasparov had scored 2 1/2 out of three in the first
cycle but the tournament wasn't over yet.} 0-1

[Event "8th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1994.05.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Qc7 7. Qf3 g6 8. Be3
Bg7 9. h3 e5 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. Bh6 Bxh6 12. Qxf6 O-O 13. Nd5 Qa5+ 14. b4 Qd8 $4
({Correct is} 14... Bg7 $1) 15. Ne7+ $1 Qxe7 16. Qxe7 exd4 17. Bc4 Nc6 18. Qc5
Be3 19. Rf1 Nd8 20. Rf3 Be6 21. Rxe3 dxe3 22. Bxe6 Nxe6 23. Qxe3 a5 24. b5 Rac8
25. O-O-O Rc5 26. Rd5 b6 27. Qg3 Rc7 28. Qd6 Rfc8 29. Rd2 Rb7 30. g4 Nc5 31.
Qf6 h6 32. e5 Re8 33. h4 Kh7 34. h5 g5 35. Rd6 Re6 36. Qd8 Kg7 37. a3 a4 38.
Kb2 Rbe7 39. Rxb6 {Kasparov and Ivanchuk shared the lead.} 1-0

[Event "8th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1994.05.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Short, Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Rb1 a5 9. b3 $5 O-O 10. Bb2 f5 11. d3 Bf6 12. Nd2 Be6 13. Nc4 Rf7 14. e4 f4 15.
Nxb6 cxb6 16. Nd5 g5 17. Qh5 Bg7 18. Bh3 Bxh3 19. Qxh3 Nb4 20. Qe6 Nxd3 21. Ba3
Nc5 22. Bxc5 bxc5 23. Rbc1 Ra6 24. Qg4 Qf8 25. Qxg5 Rg6 26. Qh5 b6 27. Rcd1 Qc8
28. Qf5 $5 Qe8 29. Qh3 Rh6 30. Qg4 Rg6 31. Qh3 Rh6 32. Qg2 $5 f3 $1 33. Qh1 Qe6
34. Ne3 Bf8 ({Timman's analysis} 34... Rh4 $1 35. gxh4 $2 ({White should play} 
35. Nf5 $1 Rxe4 36. Rd8+ Bf8 37. Nd6 {with great complications.}) 35... Qg6+
36. Ng2 Bf8 37. Rd3 {can be refuted by} Qf6 $1 38. h3 Rg7) 35. Rfe1 Qh3 36. Nc4
Re6 37. Rd3 b5 38. Nd2 c4 $6 ({More solid is} 38... Ref6 $1) 39. bxc4 Rd6 40.
Rxd6 $1 Bxd6 41. Nxf3 Qg4 42. Nh4 Bb4 43. Nf5 Rxf5 44. exf5 Bxe1 45. Qd5+ Kf8
46. Qd6+ Kf7 47. Qe6+ Kf8 48. Qf6+ Kg8 49. Qxe5 Qd1 $2 ({The last chance brings
} 49... Bxf2+ $1 50. Kxf2 Qxc4 {because the obvious} 51. Qe6+ {only draws.})
50. Qe6+ Kf8 51. cxb5 Bb4+ 52. Kg2 Qd4 53. b6 Bc5 54. b7 Qxf2+ 55. Kh3 Qf1+ 56.
Kg4 Qd1+ 57. Kh4 Qd8+ 58. f6 Bd6 59. Qc8 Qe8 60. h3 Be5 61. Kg5 Bxg3 62. Kh6
Kf7 63. Qxe8+ Kxe8 64. Kg7 {Taking great risks had been rewarded.} 1-0

[Event "8th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1994.05.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Short, Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. Na3 Be6 7. Ng5 Ne7 8.
d3 Ng6 9. Nxe6 Qxe6 10. Nc4 Bc5 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Nxe3 O-O 13. a4 Rad8 14. a5
Rd7 15. Ra3 f6 16. g3 Ne7 17. Qe1 Rb8 18. Qc3 Kh8 19. Qc5 Nc8 $6 ({Better is} 
19... Rdd8 $1) 20. f4 Nd6 21. fxe5 Qxe5 22. Qxe5 fxe5 23. Raa1 Kg8 24. Kg2 Rf7
25. h4 Re8 26. g4 Nb5 27. Rxf7 Kxf7 28. Rf1+ Ke6 29. Nf5 Rg8 30. g5 c5 31. c3
Na7 32. Ne3 Nc8 $2 ({Right is} 32... Nc6 33. Nd5 $5 Rc8 34. h5 $5 Nxa5 35. h6 {
(Ivanchuk), and now} Rg8 $3 36. Nxc7+ Kd6 37. Nd5 gxh6 38. Rf6+ Kd7 39. Rxh6
Rxg5+ 40. Kf2 Rg7 41. Rxh7 {draws.}) 33. h5 Ne7 34. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 35. exd5+ Kxd5
36. Rf7 b6 ({The pointe is} 36... Kd6 37. Kf3 b6 38. axb6 cxb6 39. Ke4 {
(Wedberg).}) 37. Rxc7 bxa5 38. Kf3 Rf8+ 39. Ke3 h6 40. Rxg7 hxg5 41. Rxg5 Rf4
42. c4+ Kc6 43. Rg6+ Kb7 44. b3 Rh4 45. h6 e4 46. dxe4 Rh3+ 47. Kf4 Rxb3 48.
Rg3 {Ivanchuk had won a fine positional game.} 1-0

[Event "8th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1994.05.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. c4 Nf6 10. Nc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 O-O 12. d5 Na5 13. Bd3 c6 14. h3 Bh5 $5
15. Re5 $1 Bg6 $2 ({Correct is} 15... Bd6 $1 {because} 16. Rxh5 $2 Nxh5 17.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Ng5+ Kg6 19. Qd3+ f5 20. Ne6 {(Blatny) can be refuted by} Qd7 $1
) 16. Bg5 $1 Bd6 17. Re2 Bb4 18. Bxf6 gxf6 $5 19. Rc1 Rc8 $6 20. Ne4 $1 f5 21.
Ng3 Qxd5 22. a3 Bd6 23. Nxf5 Rcd8 $6 (23... Nb3 $1 24. Re5 $1 Bxe5 25. Ne7+ Kg7
26. Nxd5 Nxc1 27. Bxg6 cxd5 28. Bf5 $1 Nb3 {(Kasparov)} 29. Bc2 $1 {White
closes the c-file and wins a piece.}) 24. Re5 $1 Bxe5 25. Ne7+ Kg7 26. Nxd5
Bxb2 27. Nf4 Bxd3 28. Nxd3 Bxc1 29. Qxc1 Rxd3 30. Qg5+ {White will capture a
knight.} 1-0

[Event "8th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1994.05.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Short, Nigel"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. g4 b5 7. a3 h6 8. Bg2 Bb7
9. O-O Nd7 10. f4 Rc8 11. Be3 g5 $5 12. Qe2 $2 gxf4 $1 13. Rxf4 e5 14. Rf5 exd4
15. Bxd4 Ne5 16. Nd5 Bg7 17. Raf1 Rh7 18. Kh1 Bh8 19. c3 Ne7 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21.
Qf3 Nxf5 22. Qxf5 Rg7 23. Nf6+ Kf8 24. Nd7+ Kg8 $6 25. Nf6+ Kf8 ({White could
try to win by} 25... Kf8 26. Nd7+ Ke7 $1 {but he chickens out.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1994.05.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Qe2 Nf6 5. Bxd7+ Qxd7 6. e5 dxe5 7. Nxe5 Qe6
8. Na3 Nfd7 9. Nac4 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 f6 11. Nc4 Qxe2+ 12. Kxe2 Nc6 13. c3 $6 {The
white d-pawn becomes a weakness.} e5 14. a4 Be7 15. d3 O-O-O 16. Be3 b6 17. f3
Rd7 18. g4 Rhd8 19. Rhd1 Bf8 20. h4 Ne7 $6 21. a5 $1 Kb7 $6 ({Better is} 21...
b5 22. Na3 b4 23. Nc4 Nd5 $1 {(Timman).}) 22. axb6 axb6 23. Ra3 Nd5 24. Rda1
Be7 25. h5 g6 26. Ra7+ Kc6 27. Rxd7 Rxd7 28. hxg6 hxg6 29. g5 b5 30. gxf6 Bxf6
31. Na5+ Kb6 32. Nb3 Nxe3 ({The neutral} 32... Be7 {is punished by} 33. Bxc5+
$1 Bxc5 34. Ra6+ $1) 33. Kxe3 {White has an advantage in the centre.} c4 $2 ({
Black should have tried} 33... Rh7 34. Rg1 Rh6 35. Nd2 $1 Kc6 36. Ne4 Bd8) 34.
Ra6+ $1 Kxa6 35. Nc5+ Ka5 36. Nxd7 Bg5+ 37. Ke4 Bc1 38. dxc4 Bxb2 ({A pawn is
lost in} 38... bxc4 39. Nxe5 Kb5 40. Kd4 Bxb2 41. Nxg6 $1) 39. c5 Bxc3 40. c6
Ka6 41. Kd5 Ba5 ({More resistance is offered by} 41... Ka7 $1 {but} 42. Nxe5 {
wins, e.g.} Bxe5 43. Kxe5 b4 44. Ke6 b3 45. c7 b2 46. c8=Q b1=Q 47. Qc5+ Kb7
48. Kf6) 42. Nc5+ $1 Ka7 43. Kd6 Kb8 44. Kd7 g5 45. Nd3 $1 b4 ({Or} 45... Bc7
46. Nb4 Ba5 47. Nd5 {and zugzwang.}) 46. Nxb4 e4 47. fxe4 g4 48. Na6+ $1 Ka7
49. c7 Bxc7 50. Nxc7 g3 51. Nb5+ Kb6 52. Nd4 {Ivanchuk rushed away. Kasparov
had won the tournament.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "22.Schachtage"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

{Jeroen Piket (1969) is a tactical player, who plays solid positional chess.
His finest win was the super tournament of Dortmund (15-24 July 1994).  We
follow the games by the winner.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3
Nbd7 6. O-O Nb6 7. Nbd2 c5 8. Nxc4 Nxc4 9. Qa4+ Bd7 10. Qxc4 Rc8 11. Ne5 b5 12.
Qd3 Bd6 ({Theory is} 12... c4 13. Qc2 {White has a plus anyway.}) 13. Bg5 $1 c4
14. Qe3 $5 h6 $5 (14... Be7 15. d5 $1 {(Korchnoi)} Nxd5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Qxa7
{keeps a plus for White (Piket).}) 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Rad1 h5 18.
h4 Ke7 $5 19. d5 $1 e5 $1 20. Kh2 $1 Bc5 21. Qe4 Qd6 22. e3 Kf8 23. a4 $1 {
Piket attacks over the whole board.} bxa4 $2 ({More resistance is offered by} 
23... a6 24. axb5 axb5 25. Ra1 $1 {(Piket)} Kg7) 24. Qxc4 Rb8 25. Rc1 Bb4 26.
Qe4 Kg7 27. Rc6 Qd8 28. Qf5 Bd6 29. Rfc1 Qe7 ({Or} 29... Rxb2 30. Rc8 Qe7 31.
Rxh8 Kxh8 32. Be4 $1) 30. Be4 Rxb2 31. g4 Rb7 32. gxh5 Rd7 33. Qg4+ Kh6 34. Rg1
Qf8 35. Qxd7 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "22.Schachtage"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nbd7 11. Bb3 e5 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. e4 exd4 14. Rxd4 {They
have followed Kasparov-Hübner, Köln 1992.} Rad8 $1 15. Be3 Nc5 16. Bc2 $6 {
Correct is the exchange of rooks.} Nfd7 $1 17. Rdd1 b5 $1 18. Qe2 Nb6 19. Rxd8
Rxd8 {Piket attacks on the queenside.} 20. Re1 $2 ({Better is} 20. Rd1 $1 Re8
$1 {(Piket). The pawn sacrifice} 21. Qf3 $1 b4 22. Ne2 Bxb2 23. Nd4 Bxd4 24.
Bxd4 Ncd7 25. Ba1 $1 {gives counter-play.}) 20... Nc4 21. Bc1 Ne6 22. Qf1 $6 ({
Better is} 22. Bb1 Qc5 23. Nd1) 22... Qc5 23. Bb3 Nd2 24. Bxd2 Rxd2 25. Bxe6
fxe6 26. e5 $5 ({White plays opportunistic, because} 26. Re2 Bxc3 27. bxc3 Qxc3
28. Qe1 Rc2 {wins for Black (Piket).}) 26... Rxb2 27. Ne4 Qxe5 28. Qd3 Qd5 29.
Qg3 Be5 30. f4 Bd4+ 31. Kh2 c5 32. Qh4 Rxa2 33. Qe7 h5 $1 {Black prevents
perpetual check.} 34. Qe8+ Kg7 35. Qe7+ Kh6 36. h4 Qf5 37. Ng3 Qxf4 38. Rxe6
Ra1 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "22.Schachtage"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Nxe4
Bxe4 9. Bf4 d6 10. Qb3 Nd7 11. Rfd1 Qc8 12. Bh3 Qe8 13. Nd2 Bc6 14. e4 e5 15.
Be3 exd4 16. Bxd4 Bf6 17. Bxd7 Qxd7 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qc3 Qe6 20. Re1 Rfe8 21.
Re3 f5 22. exf5 Qxf5 23. Rae1 Rxe3 24. Rxe3 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "22.Schachtage"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. b3 Qa5 8. Bb2
Qh5 9. Nbd2 Bh3 10. e3 Na6 11. Nh4 Qxd1 12. Rfxd1 Bxg2 13. Nxg2 Nd7 14. Kf1 Nc7
15. a4 a5 16. Rac1 Rfd8 17. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "22.Schachtage"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 Bf5 12. Nb3 Bxf2+ 13. Rxf2 Nxf2 14. Kxf2
Bxc2 15. Qxc2 f6 16. e6 Qd6 17. Be3 Qxe6 18. Nbd4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 {They have
prepared the opening for twenty moves.} Qe5 $1 ({Lékó improves on} 19... Qd6
20. Nf5 Qe5 {(Morovic Fernandez - Murrey, Thessaloniki 1984).}) 20. Nf3 Qh5 21.
a4 c6 22. b4 Rfe8 23. Qd3 Rad8 24. h3 Re4 25. axb5 axb5 26. Bd4 Rde8 27. Ra2
Qf5 28. Qc2 h5 29. Kg1 g5 30. Qf2 R4e6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "22.Schachtage"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qd2 Ng4 $5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c6 8. h3
Nf6 9. f4 b5 10. Bd3 b4 11. Nce2 a5 ({'Theory' is} 11... Qb6 {(Platzek -
Lehnert, Hessen 1992).}) 12. Nf3 O-O 13. O-O d5 $6 {The opening is ideal for
rapid play.} 14. Bxf6 $1 dxe4 $2 (14... Bxf6 15. e5 Bg7 {lies in the line of
this variation.}) 15. Bxg7 exd3 16. Bxf8 dxe2 17. Qxe2 Kxf8 ({The point is} 
17... Ba6 18. Bxe7 $1) 18. Rfe1 Be6 19. a3 Na6 20. Qe5 Kg8 21. Nh4 Bc8 22. Qxe7
Qxd4+ 23. Kh1 Qxb2 24. Nxg6 $1 Be6 25. Qb7 Rb8 26. Ne7+ Kf8 27. Qxa6 bxa3 28.
Qxa5 a2 29. Nxc6 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "22.Schachtage"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Bg5 $5 Be7 ({Piket avoids the provocation} 4...
f6 $5 5. Bd2 $1) 5. Bxe7 Qxe7 6. Nbd2 Nf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. cxd5 exd5
10. O-O Ne4 $1 11. Qc2 Re8 12. Rfe1 $5 {White counters in the centre.} Ndf6 13.
Nf1 g6 14. Rab1 a5 15. a3 Be6 16. Ne5 Nd7 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. f3 $5 Nd6 19. Ng3
b6 20. Rbd1 f5 $1 21. Nf1 $6 ({Better is} 21. Ne2 $1 Bf7 22. Nf4 {(Piket).})
21... Rac8 22. b4 Qa7 23. Qb2 c5 24. bxc5 bxc5 25. dxc5 Qxc5 26. Rb1 Bf7 27. a4
Nc4 28. Qc3 Qa7 $1 29. Bxc4 Rxc4 30. Qa3 Qe7 $6 ({Piket discards} 30... d4 $1
31. Kh1 $1 {but} Qd7 32. Ra1 d3 {gives a solid positional advantage.}) 31. Qa1
Qe5 32. Nd2 $2 ({Right is} 32. Rb5 $1 {(Piket).}) 32... Qxa1 33. Rxa1 Rc3 34.
Kf2 d4 $1 35. exd4 Rd8 {Piket attacks in the centre.} 36. Re3 $2 ({A
counteraction is started by} 36. Re5 $1 Rxd4 37. Nf1 Rd5 38. Rae1 $1) 36... Rc2
37. Re2 Rxd4 38. Nf1 Bb3 39. Rxc2 Bxc2 40. Ne3 Bxa4 41. g3 $6 (41. g4 $1 f4 42.
Nd5 $1 Rxd5 43. Rxa4 g5 44. h4 h6 45. h5 $1 {provides the last chance.}) 41...
Kf7 42. f4 $6 ({Or} 42. h4 Kf6 43. Nd5+ Rxd5 44. Rxa4 Ke5 {Black seems to win.}
) 42... Ke6 43. h4 h5 44. Nf1 Kd6 45. Ke3 Re4+ 46. Kf2 Kc5 47. Nd2 Rb4 48. Rc1+
Kb6 $5 49. Nc4+ Ka6 50. Ne5 Bb5 $5 51. Nxg6 a4 52. Ra1 Ka5 53. Ne7 Rb2+ 54. Kf3
Rb3+ 55. Kf2 Rb2+ 56. Kf3 Rb3+ 57. Kf2 Bd3 $1 58. Nc6+ Kb5 59. Nd4+ Kb4 60. Ke3
({Piket's tactical finish concludes with} 60. Nxb3 axb3 61. Ke3 b2) 60... Rc3
61. Kd2 a3 $1 {A big step towards the victory of the tournament is made.} 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "22.Schachtage"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Qb3
c6 9. Rd1 Nd7 10. Bd3 Rb8 11. O-O b5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Rc1 a6 14. Ne2 Bb7 15.
Bb1 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nfd4 g6 18. Rfd1 Qd6 19. h3 Rfc8 20. a4 b4 21. Bd3
Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. Qc2 Bd7 25. b3 h5 26. Nf4 h4 27. Be2 Bd8
28. Nd3 Nxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "22.Schachtage"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 b6 7. Nbd2 Bb7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Nxc4 Nbd7 10. O-O c5 11. Qe2 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. Bc2 Rc8 14. Rac1 Qd5
15. f3 Rfd8 16. e4 Qh5 17. Rfd1 Ba6 18. Bb1 Nfd7 19. f4 Qxe2 20. Nxe2 Nf6 21.
e5 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Nd5 23. Rc1 Rd8 24. g3 {Piket has won Dortmund 1994 one
point before Adams.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 56"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

{The regular event became a main group of ten players. Nikolic played the
chief role.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7.
Nf3 Bd7 8. h4 Ba4 9. h5 h6 10. Bd3 Nd7 $5 11. Rh3 Qc7 12. Kf1 O-O-O 13. Bf4 Kb8
14. Qd2 Rc8 15. Rg3 c4 16. Be2 Nf5 17. Rh3 Qd8 18. g4 Ne7 19. Nh4 Ka8 20. Be3
Qg8 21. f4 g6 22. hxg6 fxg6 {Black manoeuvres more freely.} 23. Nf3 Qg7 24. Kf2
Rhe8 25. Rah1 Ng8 26. Rg3 Rf8 27. Kg2 Rc6 28. Nh4 Qh7 29. Nf3 Nb8 30. Bd1 Rb6
31. Qc1 Qe7 32. Nh4 Be8 33. Kg1 Ra6 34. Ng2 Qxa3 {White has to start a
counteraction.} 35. Qd2 $6 ({The counter} 35. Qxa3 Rxa3 36. f5 $1 {gives
enough compensation for the pawn.}) 35... Rb6 36. f5 $1 g5 $6 {Black should
open the position and start a general battle.} 37. Rf3 Rb1 38. Kh2 exf5 39.
gxf5 Nc6 40. Rf2 Qe7 41. Rhf1 Qh7 42. f6 Bd7 43. Qe2 $6 (43. Bh5 Rxf1 44. Rxf1
{prevents an attack.}) 43... g4 $1 44. Bd2 Qf7 45. Ne3 a5 $5 46. Re1 h5 47. Nf5
Qg6 48. Nh4 Qh7 49. e6 $2 Nxf6 $1 50. Kg1 $5 ({Not} 50. exd7 $2 g3+ $1 51. Kxg3
Ne4+ 52. Qxe4 Rg8+) 50... Be8 51. Qf1 Qg7 52. Nf5 Qc7 53. Bf4 Qb6 $6 54. Bd6 $6
Rh8 55. Bc5 Qc7 56. Nd6 Ne4 57. Rf7 Bxf7 58. exf7 Rf8 59. Nxe4 Rxf7 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 56"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Bb7 12. Bg2 Qb6 13. exf6 O-O-O 14. O-O c5 15.
d5 b4 16. Na4 Qb5 17. a3 exd5 18. axb4 cxb4 19. Re1 d4 20. Qxd4 Bxg2 21. Kxg2
Qxg5 22. Qxc4+ Kb8 23. Red1 $6 ({Known are} 23. Rad1) ({and} 23. Rac1) 23...
Rc8 ({The possibility} 23... Qf5 $1 24. Rd5 {(Piket)} Rxh2+ $1 25. Kxh2 Qxf2+
26. Kh3 Bd6 27. Rb5+ Nb6 28. Qh4 {presumably equalises.}) 24. Qa6 $2 {Van Wely
misses the draw.} (24. Qxf7 $1 Ne5 25. Qd5 Qxf6 26. Qb5+ Kc7 {leads to
perpetual check (Lazarev - Piket, Leiden 1995).}) 24... Qf5 $1 25. Nb6 Rxh2+ (
25... Qh3+ $1 {wins more quickly.}) 26. Kxh2 Qxf2+ 27. Kh3 ({No use has} 27.
Kh1 Qf3+ 28. Kg1 Bc5+ 29. Kh2 Rh8#) 27... Qf5+ 28. g4 Qf3+ 29. Kh4 ({Or} 29.
Kh2 Rc2+) 29... Qf2+ 30. Kh3 Qe3+ 31. Kh4 Qh6+ 32. Kg3 Bd6+ $1 {The encounter
between Van Wely and Piket became another spectacular fight.} (32... Bd6+ 33.
Rxd6 Qe3+ 34. Kg2 Rc2+ {finishes the game.}) 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 56"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 exd4 6. Nxd4 Qh4 $5 {Usually
the queen moves through e7.} 7. Bxc4 Qxe4+ 8. Kf1 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Be6 10. Be2 $5 (
10. Qa4+ $1 {gave White an advantage inShirov - Hübner, Dortmund 1992.}) 10...
Qd5 11. Bf3 Qc4+ 12. Kg1 Nc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Ba3 Ne7 15. Qd2 Rd8 16. Qe3 $2 (
{The ingenious} 16. Qb2 $1 Qh4 17. Bc5 O-O 18. Qb4 Qxb4 19. cxb4 {equalises.})
16... Rd3 $1 17. Qc5 (17. Qe2 {prolongs the game.}) 17... Qxc5 18. Bxc5 Rxc3
19. Bxa7 c5 $1 {White will be incapable to save the imprisoned bishop.} 20. h4
Nc8 21. Bc6+ Ke7 22. Bb8 Kd6 23. Bb7 Kd7 24. Rd1+ Nd6 25. Ba7 c6 26. Rb1 Nb5
27. Bb6 Rb8 28. Rd1+ Bd5 {Nikolic won the main group convincingly by 7/9.} 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "12"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

{The number of participants had stayed fourteen in the twelfth Linares
tournament (12 ii - 14 iii 1994). It began as a race between Karpov and
Kasparov. Shirov started poorly, but chased Kasparov later. Karpov scored nine
wins and four draws. He ended for the only time with a big lead on his main
rival Kasparov. It was the greatest tournament victory in his career. The
games by Karpov, Shirov and Kasparov have been analysed.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3.
d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nf3 Bxa6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Nd2 Bg7 9. e4 Bxf1 10.
Nxf1 Qa5 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Ne3 Nbd7 13. O-O Qa6 14. Qc2 Ne5 $5 {Black presses on
the queenside for the sacrificed pawn.} 15. b3 Nfd7 $5 16. f4 $5 Nd3 17. a3 {
A knight becomes imprisoned.} Bd4 $1 18. Kh1 Rfc8 19. Rab1 ({A plus is kept by
} 19. Rf3 $1 Bxe3 20. Bxe3 c4 21. Ne2 Nb4 $1 22. Qc3 cxb3 23. Qxb4 Qxe2 24.
Qxb3) 19... c4 $1 20. b4 ({Kasparov's pointe is} 20. Nxc4 Nf2+ 21. Rxf2 Bxf2)
20... Nf6 21. Ned1 Rcb8 22. Ne3 Rc8 23. b5 $2 (23. Rf3 $1 Bxc3 24. Bxc3 Nxe4
25. Bd4 Qb5 26. Nxc4 Rxc4 27. Qxd3 Qxd5 {leads to equality.}) 23... Qb6 24.
Nxc4 Nf2+ 25. Rxf2 Rxc4 26. Rf3 Rxa3 27. Qb2 $1 Nxe4 $1 28. Qxa3 Nxd2 29. Qa2
Be3 $1 {The complications are immense.} 30. Rc1 $2 ({Better is} 30. Nd1 $1 {
(Kasparov), but} Qa7 $1 31. Qxa7 Bxa7 32. Ra1 Nxf3 33. Rxa7 Nd4 34. Rxe7 Nxb5 {
brings a big positional advantage.}) 30... Qd4 31. b6 ({Or} 31. Rxe3 Qxe3 32.
b6 Ne4) 31... Rxc3 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "12"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8.
Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. c3 Bb7 13. Bd3 $5 Nb8 $5 14. Nc2
Nd7 15. a4 bxa4 16. Rxa4 Bg5 $5 17. O-O O-O 18. Ra2 a5 19. Bc4 Nb6 20. Nxb6
Qxb6 21. Qd3 Rac8 22. Rd1 Rfd8 23. b3 g6 $6 24. Rda1 Rc5 25. Ne3 $6 Bxe3 26.
Qxe3 Bxe4 $3 27. Bxf7+ $1 {Beliavsky has a fine answer to an excellent move.} (
27. Qxe4 $6 d5 28. Bxd5 Rcxd5 29. Qc2 e4 $1 {(Shirov).}) 27... Kxf7 28. Qxe4
Qxb3 29. Qh4 Rh8 30. Qh3 Rd5 31. Qf3+ Kg7 32. Ra3 Qb5 33. Rxa5 $5 {White
chooses a drastic solution.} Qxa5 34. Rxa5 Rxa5 35. Qb7+ Kf6 36. h4 Rc5 37. Qd7
Rd5 38. g4 h6 $1 39. c4 $6 (39. Kg2 $1 Rd2 $1 40. g5+ $1 hxg5 41. hxg5+ Kxg5
42. Qe7+ Kh6 ({not} 42... Kh5 $4 43. Qf6 $1) 43. Qh4+ {draws more easily.})
39... Rd4 40. Kg2 Rf8 41. f3 Rf7 42. g5+ $1 hxg5 43. hxg5+ Kg7 44. Qh3 Rd2+ 45.
Kg1 Rf5 46. Qh6+ Kf7 47. Qh7+ Kf8 48. Qxg6 Rxf3 49. Qh6+ Ke7 50. g6 $1 Rg3+ 51.
Kf1 Rd1+ 52. Kf2 Rdg1 53. Qg7+ Kd8 54. Qf8+ Kc7 55. Qe7+ Kc6 56. Qe8+ Kc7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "12"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Bc5 6. Bg2 d6 7. O-O O-O 8. e3
Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. d3 a5 11. a3 Ba7 12. Nc3 Re8 13. Qc2 Nd7 14. Rb1 Ne7 15. b4
axb4 16. axb4 c6 17. Qb3 Bg6 18. Rd1 h6 19. Nh4 Bh7 20. Ne4 Bb8 21. Ba3 Nf8 22.
b5 Ne6 23. Ra1 Qd7 24. Nc3 Bc7 25. d4 exd4 26. exd4 Ng5 27. Kh2 Ba5 28. Bb2
Bxc3 $5 29. Bxc3 Be4 $1 30. f3 Bh7 31. Rxa8 Rxa8 32. Re1 d5 33. bxc6 bxc6 34.
Bb4 dxc4 35. Qxc4 ({Avoids} 35. Rxe7 $4 cxb3 36. Rxd7 b2) 35... Nd5 36. f4 Ne6
37. Bd2 Re8 38. Nf3 f6 $1 39. Rc1 Be4 $6 40. Qxc6 $2 {Lautier plays an obvious
move under time pressure.} ({He gains an advantage by} 40. Ne5 $1 fxe5 41. Bxe4
{(Karpov).}) 40... Qxc6 41. Rxc6 Ndxf4 $1 42. Rd6 Nxg2 43. Kxg2 Nc7 44. Kf2 Ra8
$1 45. Be3 Nb5 46. Rb6 Nc3 47. Rb3 $2 ({White fights for survival in} 47. Nd2
Bd5 48. Bf4 Ra2 {(Karpov).}) 47... Nd1+ 48. Ke2 Bd5 49. Rd3 Bc4 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "12"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7
8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nd4 Qd7 11. N2f3 O-O 12. Bf4 Rfe8 13. Re1 Bf8 14.
Ne5 Qa4 15. c3 Qa6 16. Qe2 Qxe2 17. Rxe2 Bd6 18. Nd7 Bxf4 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20.
Nxc5 Bc7 21. Nd3 Bb6 22. Nb3 Kf8 23. Rd1 a5 24. Kf1 Rc8 25. Nd2 a4 26. a3 g5
27. Nf3 g4 28. Nh4 d4 29. cxd4 Bxd4 30. Nf5 Bb6 31. Nb4 Ne4 32. f3 gxf3 33.
gxf3 Nc5 34. h4 Rd8 35. Rd5 Ba7 $4 36. Rxd8# 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "12"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 e6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d4 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Rc1 Bf8 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Na4 Bd7
15. Bc5 Bxc5 16. Nxc5 Bg4 17. Re1 Qa5 18. h3 Bf5 19. Qd4 $1 ({Kasparov
improves on the quiet continuation} 19. Qa4 Qd2 20. Qf4 Qxf4 21. gxf4 {in
Kramnik - Illescas Cordoba, Pamplona 1992.}) 19... Rab8 ({The first pointe is} 
19... Qxa2 $2 20. Ra1 Qc4 21. Qxc4 dxc4 22. Bxc6) 20. a3 Qb5 21. b3 Ne4 $6 ({
The second point is} 21... Rxe2 $2 22. Rxe2 Qxe2 23. Qf4) ({Kasparov prefers} 
21... a5 $5) 22. b4 $1 a5 $5 {If Black exchanges the knights, the opponent
keeps the blockade.} 23. Nxe4 Bxe4 24. Rc5 Qb6 25. bxa5 Qb2 $5 ({An
alternative brings} 25... Qa6) 26. Qxb2 Rxb2 27. Rxc6 Ra2 28. Rec1 Rxa3 $4 {
Black should exchange pieces.} ({Great resistance is offered by} 28... Bxg2 $1
29. Rc8 $1 {(Kasparov), and now} Kf8 $1 30. Kxg2 Rxa3 31. Rxe8+ Kxe8 32. Rc5 d4
) 29. Rc8 Rxc8 30. Rxc8+ Kh7 31. f3 $1 {White circumvents the exchange of
bishops.} Bf5 32. Rc5 Be6 33. Kf2 g5 34. f4 gxf4 35. gxf4 d4 36. Be4+ Kg7 37.
f5 Ba2 38. Bd3 Kf6 39. a6 Ke7 40. Rc6 f6 41. Rc7+ Kd6 42. Rh7 Ra4 43. Rxh6 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "12"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 Ne7 7. Bd3 Qc7 $6 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. Ne2 Bf5 10. Bxf5 Nxf5 11. O-O O-O 12. Nf4 Ne7 13. c4 $6 dxc4 14.
d5 Ng6 15. Nh5 $5 Qe5 $1 {Black has the initiative.} 16. Rb1 Rd8 17. Qg4 $1 (
17. Rxb7 Qxd5 18. Qxd5 Rxd5 {favours Black (Lautier).}) 17... Nd7 $1 ({White
recovers in} 17... Qxd5 18. Bb2 $1) 18. e4 b6 19. Bb2 c3 20. Ba1 c4 21. Qf3 f6
22. Bxc3 Qe7 23. Qg4 $1 Nde5 $1 24. Qg3 Nd3 25. f4 Kh8 26. Kh1 Rd7 27. e5 $5 ({
A surprising defence brings} 27. f5 $5 Nge5 28. Bb4 Qf7 29. Nf4) 27... fxe5 28.
fxe5 Rxd5 29. e6 Rxh5 30. Qf3 Re8 31. Qxh5 Qxe6 32. Qf3 Kg8 33. Qb7 Qe7 34. Qc6
Nge5 35. Qe4 h6 36. a4 Qc5 37. Qf5 a6 {Both sides seem to have the initiative
now.} 38. h3 $6 ({Best is} 38. Rbe1 $1 Re7 $1 (38... Nxe1 $2 39. Rxe1) (38...
Qd6 $2 39. Qf7+ $1 Nxf7 40. Rxe8+ Qf8 41. Rxf8+ Kxf8 42. Rb1) (38... b5 $2 39.
axb5 axb5 40. Bxe5 Rxe5 41. Rxe5 Qxe5 42. Qxe5 Nxe5 43. Rf5) 39. Qf8+ Kh7 40.
Qf5+ {drawn.}) 38... Qc6 39. Bd4 b5 40. axb5 axb5 41. Ra1 Qd5 42. Bxe5 Rxe5 43.
Qc8+ Kh7 44. Rf8 $6 ({Adraw is forced by} 44. Ra8 $1 Rg5 $1 45. Qh8+ Kg6 46.
Qe8+ Kh7) 44... Nc5 45. Rh8+ Kg6 46. Rd8 Qe6 47. Qb8 Qf6 48. Rf8 Qe7 49. Rf3
Kh7 50. Kh2 $2 (50. Qxb5 Nb3 51. Rxb3 $1 Rxb5 52. Rxb5 c3 53. Rbb1 c2 54. Rf1 {
leads to a postional draw.}) 50... Nd7 51. Qb7 Nf6 52. Qxe7 Rxe7 53. Rf5 $6 ({
The last chance gives} 53. Rb1 $1 Re5 54. g4) 53... b4 54. Rf4 Ne4 $1 55. Ra4
g5 $1 {Black has changed an equal into a winning position.} 56. Rf8 $6 ({More
resistance is offered by} 56. Rxe4 Rxe4 57. Rxb4 {(Lautier)} Kg6 $1 58. Rb6+
Kf5 $1 59. Rxh6 Re6 60. Rh8 Rc6 {The rook supports the passed pawn.} 61. Rf8+
$1 Ke4 62. Re8+ Kd3 63. Rd8+ Ke3 $1 64. Re8+ Kd2 65. Rd8+ Kc1 {Black gives a
second pawn and wins in} 66. Rg8 c3 67. Rxg5 c2 68. Rf5 Kd2 69. Rf1 c1=Q 70.
Rxc1 Rxc1) 56... Rb7 57. Rc8 Nd2 58. Raa8 b3 59. Rh8+ Kg6 60. Ra6+ Kf5 61. Re8
h5 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "12"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 14. O-O h6 15.
Nd2 O-O 16. Ne4 Bd4 17. Nd6 Bxe5 $5 ({Known is} 17... Bc6 18. Bh7+ Kxh7 19.
Qxd4 f6 {(Tukmakov-Dreev, Odessa 1989).}) 18. Nxb7 Qb6 19. Qh5 Bf4 $2 {Shirov
blunders.} ({Correct is} 19... Bd4 20. Bxh6 $6 gxh6 21. Qxh6 f5 $1) 20. Nc5 $1
Qxc5 21. Bxf4 Qd4 22. Bd6 $1 Qxd3 ({The pointe is} 22... Rfd8 23. Rad1) 23.
Bxf8 Rxf8 24. Qe5 Rc8 25. Rfc1 Rd8 26. h3 Kh7 27. Re1 Qc4 28. Rac1 Qxa2 29. Ra1
Qb3 30. Rxa7 Kg8 31. Qd4 Re8 32. Re2 Rc8 33. Rxe6 Nc3 34. Rae7 Qxb2 35. Re8+
Rxe8 36. Rxe8+ Kh7 37. Qd3+ g6 38. Qc4 Qb1+ 39. Kh2 Qf5 40. Qd4 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "12"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. O-O O-O 7. Qc2 Re8 8. d4
Bxc3 9. Qxc3 d6 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Bb2 Be4 12. Rac1 Rc8 13. Rfd1 c6 14. Qb4 Qc7
15. Qd2 Qb7 16. Qf4 d5 17. Bf1 b5 18. cxb5 cxb5 19. Ne1 Qa6 20. a3 h6 21. Rxc8
Rxc8 22. Rc1 Nb8 23. e3 Rxc1 24. Bxc1 Qb6 25. Bd2 Nbd7 26. Bb4 $2 (26. g4 $1 {
creates an escape for the queen.}) 26... a5 27. Be7 e5 $1 {Karpov utilises an
error again.} 28. Qh4 (28. dxe5 g5 $1 {wins a queen.}) 28... exd4 29. Qf4 dxe3
30. Qxe3 d4 31. Qf4 Qc6 32. Bxf6 Nxf6 33. Qb8+ Kh7 34. Qxb5 Qc1 35. Nd3 Qd1 $2
({Correct is} 35... Qxa3) 36. Nc5 $1 Bg6 37. Kg2 $2 (37. b4 $1 Ne4 {(Karpov)}
38. Qe2 $1 Qxe2 39. Bxe2 {saves the game.}) 37... Ne4 38. Be2 Qe1 39. Nxe4
Bxe4+ 40. f3 (40. Bf3 $2 d3 $1) 40... Bg6 41. h4 h5 42. f4 Be4+ 43. Bf3 g6 44.
Bxe4 Qxe4+ 45. Kf2 Qe3+ 46. Kg2 d3 47. Qc4 Qe2+ 48. Kg1 Qd1+ 49. Kf2 Qd2+ 50.
Kf1 Qd1+ 51. Kf2 Qe2+ 52. Kg1 Kg8 53. Qc8+ Kg7 54. Qc3+ Kf8 55. Qc5+ Ke8 56.
Qc6+ Ke7 57. Qc5+ Ke6 58. Qf2 Qd1+ 59. Kg2 Qxb3 60. Qe1+ Kd7 61. Qxa5 Qc2+ 62.
Kh3 d2 63. Qd5+ Kc8 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "12"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E76"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1. c4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Bd3
Qxc5 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. Be3 Qa5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Rac1 Nd7 13. Qf2 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nc5
15. Bb1 Na4 16. Nxa4 Qxa4 17. b3 Qa3 18. c5 dxc5 19. Bxc5 Qxc5 $1 20. Rxc5 Bd4
21. Rd1 ({A plus is gained by} 21. Qxd4 $1 Nxd4 22. Rc7) 21... Bxf2+ 22. Kxf2
Rfd8 23. Rcd5 e6 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rxd8+ Nxd8 26. Ke3 Kf8 27. f5 e5 28. f4 f6
29. fxe5 fxe5 30. fxg6 hxg6 31. h4 Kg7 $5 32. Kd3 $5 {Both players have made
an inciting move. Kasparov bails out.} Kf6 ({Black can try to win with} 32...
Kh6 $1 33. Kc4 Kh5 34. Kd5 Nc6 35. b4 a6 {(Makarichev), but} 36. a4 $1 Kxh4 37.
b5 axb5 38. axb5 Nd4 39. Bd3 Nf3 40. Be2 Nd4 {results in a repetition of
positions.}) 33. Kc4 Ke6 34. Kc5 b6+ 35. Kb5 Kd6 36. b4 Kc7 37. a4 Ne6 38. Ba2
Nd4+ 39. Ka6 Kb8 40. Bf7 Nf3 41. Bxg6 Nxh4 42. Bf7 Nf3 43. a5 bxa5 44. bxa5 {
Karpov leads by three victorues, Kasparov has 2 1/2 points and Shirov only
scored a draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "12"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. O-O d6 10. Bf4 Nh5 11. e3 $5 Nxf4 12. exf4 Bd7 13. Qd2 Qb8 $5 14.
Rfe1 g6 $6 15. h4 a6 16. h5 b5 $6 {Black allows attacks on the wings.} 17. hxg6
hxg6 18. Nc5 $1 dxc5 $2 ({Correct is} 18... Be8 19. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 20. Rxe6 {
(Karpov)} Ra7 $1) 19. Qxd7 Rc8 {Karpov finds a repeated rook sacrifice.} 20.
Rxe6 $3 ({Less convincing is} 20. Bxc6 Ra7 $1) 20... Ra7 ({White wins faster in
} 20... fxe6 21. Bxc6 Ra7 22. Qxe6+ Kg7 23. Nd5) 21. Rxg6+ $1 fxg6 ({Avoids} 
21... Kf8 22. Qh3 fxg6 23. Qh8+ Kf7 24. Bd5#) ({and} 21... Kh7 22. Qh3+ Kxg6
23. Be4+) 22. Qe6+ Kg7 23. Bxc6 Rd8 24. cxb5 Bf6 25. Ne4 Bd4 ({Or} 25... Bxb2
26. Rb1 Bd4 27. b6 $1) 26. bxa6 Qb6 27. Rd1 Qxa6 28. Rxd4 Rxd4 29. Qf6+ Kg8 30.
Qxg6+ Kf8 31. Qe8+ Kg7 32. Qe5+ Kg8 33. Nf6+ Kf7 34. Be8+ Kf8 35. Qxc5+ Qd6 ({
The pointe is} 35... Rd6 36. Ne4) 36. Qxa7 Qxf6 37. Bh5 Rd2 38. b3 Rb2 39. Kg2
1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "12"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Nxf6 14. Bg2 Bh6 $5
15. Bxf6 $5 {A novelty gets a daring answer.} Qxf6 16. O-O O-O-O 17. Nxb5 exd5
$2 ({Correct is} 17... a6 $1 18. Nc3 {and now} exd5 {(Kasparov).}) 18. Nxa7+
Kb8 19. Nb5 Bg7 20. a4 Qh6 21. h4 Bf6 ({The promising defence} 21... Bxb2 22.
Rb1 c3 23. Qc2 Qf6 24. Rxb2 $1 cxb2 25. Qxc5 {leads to a sad result.}) 22. Qe1
Bxh4 23. Qa5 ({An alternative win brings} 23. Qe5+ Ka8 24. gxh4 $1 Qxh4 25. Qc7
Rdg8 26. Qa5+ Kb8 27. Qa7+ Kc8 28. Qxc5+ Kb8 29. Qa7+ Kc8 30. Nd6+ $1 Kd7 31.
Qxb7+) 23... Be7 24. Qc7+ Ka8 25. Qa5+ Kb8 26. Qc7+ Ka8 27. Rfe1 Bd6 $1 28. Qb6
Bb8 29. a5 Rd7 30. Re8 $3 {The ruffle rook cannot be touched.} Qh2+ ({Not} 
30... Rxe8 31. Qxh6) 31. Kf1 Qxg2+ ({Another point is} 31... Rxe8 32. a6) 32.
Kxg2 d4+ 33. Qxb7+ $1 ({Avoids} 33. Kf1 Rxe8) 33... Rxb7 34. Rxh8 Rxb5 35. a6
Ka7 36. Rf8 Rxb2 37. Rxf7+ Ka8 38. a7 c3 39. Rf8 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "12"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5
Nf6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. a3 a5 14. h4 g6 15. g3
Bg7 16. h5 Ne7 ({Less advisable is} 16... Qg5 $6 {(Borm-King, Amsterdam 1982).}
) 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Nce3 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Be6 20. Bh3 Bxd5 $2 ({Correct is} 20...
Qd7 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Ne3 Qf7 {(Shirov).}) 21. Qxd5 Qc7 22. O-O Rfd8 23. Rfd1
Bh6 24. Bf1 Qb7 $6 25. Qxb7 Rxb7 26. Rd5 b4 27. cxb4 axb4 28. a4 Kf8 29. a5 Bg5
30. a6 Rb6 $6 31. Rb5 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "12"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. e4 cxd4 8. O-O
d6 9. Nxd4 Qd7 10. Re1 Be7 11. Nb1 Nc6 12. Nc3 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 O-O 14. b3 Rfd8
15. Bb2 Rab8 16. h3 Ba8 17. g4 h6 18. a4 a6 19. Ba3 Qc8 20. Bb2 Qc5 21. Qd2 Nd7
22. Red1 Ne5 23. Ne2 Bg5 24. Qc3 Bf6 25. Ba3 Qc7 26. Qd2 Ng6 27. Rac1 Be7 28.
Qe3 $2 Bg5 {Karpov applies a nasty pin.} 29. f4 Nxf4 $1 30. Nxf4 e5 {Ivanchuk
will lose a pawn and thus stops fighting.} 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "12"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e6 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O
Qc7 9. Qe1 Nbd7 10. a4 b6 11. Bf3 Bb7 12. Kh1 Rd8 13. Be3 O-O 14. Qg3 Nc5 15.
f5 $1 ({The alternative} 15. e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 Nfe4 {leads to exchanges.}) 15...
e5 16. Bh6 Ne8 17. Nb3 Nd7 $1 18. Rad1 Kh8 19. Be3 Nef6 20. Qf2 Rfe8 21. Rfe1
Bf8 22. Bg5 h6 23. Bh4 Rc8 24. Qf1 Be7 25. Nd2 Qc5 $1 ({Avoids} 25... Nxe4 $6
26. Rxe4) 26. Nb3 Qb4 27. Be2 $2 {A bliunder costs a pawn.} Bxe4 $1 28. Nxe4
Nxe4 29. Bxe7 Rxe7 30. Bf3 Nef6 ({Better is} 30... Ndf6 $1) 31. Qxa6 Ree8 32.
Qe2 Kg8 33. Bb7 Rc4 34. Qd2 Qxa4 35. Qxd6 $6 Rxc2 36. Nd2 {A time trouble
incident happens. Kasparov moves a knight to c5. Did he lose contact with the
piece? Thereafter it moves to f8.} Nf8 $6 ({Best is} 36... Rxb2) ({What if} 
36... Nc5 {had been played? Then} 37. Bc6 Qh4 $1 38. Bxe8 Ng4 $1 39. h3 Nf2+
40. Kg1 Nxh3+ $1 41. gxh3 Qg3+ {draws (Timman).}) 37. Ne4 N8d7 38. Nxf6+ Nxf6
39. Qxb6 Ng4 40. Rf1 $2 e4 $2 (40... Nf2+ 41. Rxf2 Rxf2 {wins at once 
(Kasparov).}) 41. Bd5 ({Or} 41. Rd4 Rf2 $1 42. Rc1 Qc2 $1 43. Qc6 $1 Qxb2 $1
44. Qxe8+ Kh7 $19) 41... e3 $1 42. Bb3 Qe4 43. Bxc2 Qxc2 44. Rd8 Rxd8 45. Qxd8+
Kh7 46. Qe7 Qc4 {The young and small Judit bitterly complained about the grave
event. It has remained a topic for debate.} (46... Qc4 47. Ra1 (47. Kg1 e2 48.
Re1 Qd4+ {and smothered mate}) 47... Qf4 $1) 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "12"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. h3 Nh6 6. Bf4 f6 7. Be2 $5 Nf7 8. Bh2
O-O 9. O-O b6 $5 10. Re1 Bb7 11. Bf1 Nd7 12. a4 $1 a6 13. a5 b5 14. exd5 cxd5
15. Re6 $5 {White blockades in a strange way. The players have made remarkable
moves without committing errors.} Rc8 $6 ({More effective is} 15... Re8 16. Qe1
Nf8 17. Re2 e6) 16. Nxb5 $6 {A piece is given for two pawns.} (16. Qe2 Re8 17.
Re1 {takes less risk.}) 16... axb5 17. Bxb5 f5 18. Qe2 Nf6 19. a6 (19. Rb6 $1
Ba8 20. c3 {is excellent.}) 19... Ba8 20. Rxe7 $5 Rxc2 $1 21. Qxc2 Qxe7 22. Qa4
Qe6 23. b4 $2 ({Both players have chances in} 23. a7 $1 g5 $1 {(Shirov)} 24.
Qa6 $1 Qe7 25. Bb8 Nd7 $1 26. Bc6 Nxb8 27. axb8=Q Rxb8 28. Bxa8 g4 $1) 23...
Ne4 24. Bf1 g5 25. b5 g4 26. Ne1 Qb6 27. Nc2 Rc8 28. Bf4 Bh6 29. Bxh6 Qxh6 30.
hxg4 Qd2 31. f3 Qf2+ 32. Kh2 Nfg5 33. Ne1 Qh4+ 34. Kg1 Nh3+ (34... Nh3+ 35.
gxh3 Qf2+ 36. Kh1 Ng3#) 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "12"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Nge2 O-O 8.
Ng3 Be6 9. Bd3 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Rc1 Bd6 13. Nge2 $5 (13. Nh5 {
was played in Kasparov-Yusupov, Linares 1993.}) 13... Rc8 $6 ({Better is} 13...
Bxf4 14. Nxf4 d4 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. exd4 Nxd4 {(Gelfand).}) 14. Bb1 Bxf4 15.
Nxf4 Bg4 16. f3 Be6 17. Qd2 Qe7 18. Nb5 a6 19. Nd4 Ne5 20. b3 Bd7 21. g4 $1 Ng6
22. Ng2 $1 Ne8 $6 {The protection of pawn d5 should continue.} 23. Rxc8 Bxc8
24. Rc1 Nd6 $2 ({Right is} 24... Bd7) 25. Bxg6 $1 hxg6 26. Nf4 Re8 $5 {Black
does not defend d5, because he will lose the pawn anyway.} 27. Nxd5 Qg5 28. Nf4
Qe5 29. Ng2 g5 $5 30. Qb4 Nb5 31. Nxb5 axb5 32. Qd4 Qe7 33. Qc5 Qf6 34. Qxb5
Rd8 35. Qe2 Be6 36. Qf2 Rd3 37. h4 gxh4 38. Nxh4 g5 39. Ng2 Qe5 40. Qc2 $4 ({
Later Gelfand finds} 40. e4 $1 Qd6 41. Re1 Rd2 42. Re2 Rd1+ 43. Ne1 {and he
will win eventually.}) 40... Qd6 $1 41. Ne1 Rxe3 42. Qf2 Qe5 43. Ng2 Re2 44.
Re1 Rxf2 45. Rxe5 Rxf3 46. Ne3 Bd7 47. Rxg5+ Kf8 48. Nf5 Bxf5 49. gxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "12"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 $5 e6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 $6 {Judit has been lured into a
passive variation.} ({Better is} 4... Qxd5) 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 c4 $5 7. Ne5 Qb6
8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. O-O Bd6 10. b3 cxb3 11. axb3 Ne7 12. Ba3 $1 Bxe5 $2 {
Hereafter, restraint paralyses Black.} ({She has to accept the drawbacks of} 
12... Bxa3 13. Rxa3 O-O 14. Re1) 13. dxe5 Be6 $5 ({The desirable} 13... c5 {
fails due to} 14. b4 $1 c4 15. b5 Qxb5 16. Bxe7 Kxe7 17. Qd4) 14. Qd4 $1 Nf5 $1
({Avoids} 14... Qxb3 $2 15. Bxe7 Kxe7 16. Qc5+ Kd7 17. Qd6+) 15. Qc5 h5 16. Nd2
f6 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Bb4 Kf7 19. Ra4 Qxc5 20. Bxc5 a6 21. f3 h4 22. Rfa1 Bc8
23. Kf2 Rb8 24. b4 Re8 25. Nb3 Bb7 26. Na5 Ba8 27. R4a2 Re6 28. Ba7 Rb5 $6 ({
Slightly better is} 28... Rbe8 29. Nb3 Re5 $1 30. Bd4 $1) 29. Nb3 Bb7 30. g4
hxg3+ 31. hxg3 Re8 32. g4 Nd6 33. Nd4 $1 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "12"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Nxf3+ 6. Qxf3 Bb4 7. Ne2 O-O
8. c3 Ba5 9. h3 d5 10. d3 Bd7 11. Bc2 dxe4 12. dxe4 Ne8 13. g4 $5 Qf6 $6 14.
Qxf6 Nxf6 15. Bg5 $1 Be6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Ng3 Rfd8 $2 (17... c5 18. Nh5 Bd8 {
protects the threatened pawn.}) 18. Nh5 $1 Rd6 19. Nxf6+ Kh8 20. f4 Rad8 21.
Rh2 c5 $6 22. f5 $2 ({Material will be won after} 22. fxe5 Rb6 {(Shirov)} 23.
Rd2 Rxd2 24. Kxd2 Rxb2 25. Nd5 c4 26. a4 $1) 22... Bxf5 23. exf5 Rxf6 24. Rd1
Rxd1+ 25. Kxd1 Rd6+ 26. Rd2 Bc7 $2 ({Right is} 26... Rxd2+ 27. Kxd2 Kg7 $1) 27.
Rxd6 Bxd6 28. Ke2 $2 (28. Be4 $1 {(Shirov)} b6 29. g5 h6 30. h4 $1 {utilises
the unfavourable position of the black king.}) 28... Be7 $5 ({Less risk takes} 
28... Kg7 29. Kd3 Kf6 30. Ke4 h6) 29. Kd3 Bg5 30. Kc4 Bc1 31. b3 Bd2 32. Kxc5
Bxc3 33. Be4 $5 (33. f6 $1 {(Shirov) can be answered by} h5 $1 34. g5 Kg8 35.
Kd6 Kf8) 33... Kg7 $1 34. Bxb7 Kf6 35. Bd5 {Black has sacrificed a pawn for a
counteraction. He should use the momentum.} h6 $2 ({Black escapes by} 35... h5
36. Kc4 {(Shirov)} Bd2 37. Kd3 Bf4) 36. b4 Ke7 37. b5 f6 38. Kc6 Ba5 39. Be4
Ke8 40. Kd6 Kf7 41. h4 Be1 42. h5 Bb4+ 43. Kd7 Ba3 44. Bd5+ Kf8 45. Ke6 Kg7 46.
Be4 Bf8 47. a4 Bb4 48. Kd7 Kf8 49. Kc6 Ke7 50. Kb7 Bc5 51. a5 Kd6 52. b6 axb6
53. a6 b5 54. a7 Bxa7 55. Kxa7 Kc5 56. Ka6 b4 57. Ka5 Kd4 58. Kxb4 Kxe4 59. g5
hxg5 60. h6 Kxf5 61. h7 {Standings after six rounds: Karpov 6, Kasparov 5 and
Shirov 3 1/2.} 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "12"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8.
Bb3 h6 9. N5f3 a5 10. c3 c5 $5 11. a3 $5 Qc7 12. Ne5 $6 {White allows a
weakening.} cxd4 13. cxd4 a4 ({Karpov does not like} 13... Bxa3 $5 14. Bxh6 $1
Bxb2 15. Qxb2 Rxh6) 14. Bc2 Bd7 15. Nxd7 Nbxd7 16. Qd1 Bd6 17. Ne2 $5 Nd5 18.
Bd2 b5 19. Nc3 Nxc3 20. Bxc3 Nf6 21. Qd3 Nd5 $1 22. Bd2 (22. Qxb5+ $2 Ke7 $1
23. Qd3 Rhc8 {gives way to an attack.}) 22... Ke7 23. Rc1 Qc4 24. Ke2 $6 Rhb8
$6 ({Karpov regards} 24... Nf4+ 25. Bxf4 Bxf4 26. Qxc4 bxc4 27. Rb1 Rhd8 28.
Rhd1 Bg5 29. g3 f5 30. f4 Bf6 31. Ke3 Ra5 32. Rd2 Rb8 {as won for White, but}
33. Rc1 $1 Rxb2 34. Bd1 Rxd2 35. Kxd2 Bxd4 36. Rxc4 {leads to an escape.}) 25.
g3 $1 Qxd3+ 26. Bxd3 b4 27. Ra1 $5 bxa3 28. bxa3 Rb3 29. Bc2 Rxa3 30. Rxa3 Bxa3
31. Ra1 Bb2 32. Rxa4 Rxa4 33. Bxa4 Bxd4 34. f4 Kd6 35. Kf3 f5 36. h4 Bb2 37. g4
fxg4+ 38. Kxg4 Nf6+ 39. Kf3 Nd5 40. Bc2 Bf6 41. h5 {Karpov lost his score of
100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "12"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bg5 $5 Qb6 $5 6. Rb1 Bg4 7. Be3 Bxf3
8. gxf3 Qc7 9. h4 $5 e6 10. h5 d5 11. Qd2 Nd7 12. b4 Ngf6 13. h6 $1 Bf8 14. Bf4
Qd8 ({Even better is} 14... e5 $1 {(Shirov).}) 15. Bd3 Be7 16. Ne2 O-O 17. c3
b5 18. Kf1 a5 19. a3 Nb6 20. Re1 Ne8 $1 21. Be5 $6 ({More solid is} 21. Kg2 Nd6
22. Ra1) 21... Nd6 22. Bg7 Ndc4 23. Qc1 Re8 24. e5 axb4 25. axb4 Ra2 26. Qf4
Rd2 27. Bb1 Na4 28. Kg2 Nab2 29. Qg4 $1 Na3 30. Nf4 Nxb1 31. Rxb1 Nd3 32. Nxd3
Rxd3 33. Ra1 $2 {Judit has a hallucination.} (33. Rhc1 f5 $1 34. exf6 Bxf6 35.
Bxf6 Qxf6 36. Ra1 Rf8 37. f4 {is okay.}) 33... Rxc3 34. Ra7 Rc4 $1 35. Rha1
Rxb4 36. Qf4 c5 37. Rxe7 Qxe7 38. Bf6 Qc7 39. Ra6 Rxd4 40. Qg5 Ra4 41. Rd6 Raa8
42. Rc6 $5 Qa7 $1 43. Bd8 ({The desirable} 43. Ra6 {is refuted by} Qxa6 $1 44.
Be7 f5 $1 45. Qf6 Rxe7 46. Qxe7 Qa7 $1) 43... f6 44. Bxf6 c4 45. Qg4 Qf7 46.
Qd4 Rec8 47. Qb6 Rxc6 48. Qxc6 Rb8 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "12"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bd3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Re1 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nbd7 13. Bd3 Qc7 14. Rc1
Qd6 $5 15. Bh4 Rfc8 16. Bg3 Qa3 17. c4 $5 (17. Qb3 {gains a plus (Dautov).})
17... Nf8 ({Karpov avoids the chancy} 17... Qxa2 $6 18. Ra1 Qb2 19. Bd6 Bxf3
20. gxf3 Kh8 21. Bf1 $1) 18. Ne5 $1 Ng6 19. Re3 Qf8 20. f4 Qd8 21. Bb1 Ne7 22.
Bh4 Ng6 23. Bg5 b5 $2 24. Bxg6 hxg6 25. Rh3 $2 (25. Rb1 $1 {wins a pawn.})
25... Rc7 26. d5 exd5 27. c5 $1 ({Not} 27. cxb5 $2 Rxc1 28. Qxc1 Qb6+) 27...
Bc8 28. Rb3 Qe8 29. Qd4 Bf5 30. Re3 Qf8 31. Bxf6 gxf6 32. Nf3 Be4 33. Nd2 f5
34. Rec3 a5 35. c6 Qb4 36. Nb3 Qd6 37. Qf2 $2 ({The wonderful} 37. Rh3 $1 f6
38. Qf2 Rxc6 39. Rxc6 Qxc6 40. Qh4 Qb6+ 41. Kh1 {(Karpov)} Qa7 $1 42. Qh8+ Kf7
43. Qh7+ $1 Kf8 $1 {draws.}) 37... b4 38. Rc5 a4 39. Nd4 Bd3 40. Qd2 Bc4 41.
Qxb4 Qxf4 42. Qc3 Re8 43. Rd1 Re3 44. Qc1 Qe4 45. Qa1 Rc8 46. Ra5 Ra3 47. Qb1
Qe3+ 48. Kh1 Rxa2 49. Nf3 Bb3 50. Qc1 f4 51. Re1 Rc2 52. Qa1 Qb6 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "12"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O Ngf6 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 b6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bb7 9. f3 e6 10. a4 Be7 11. a5 b5 12. c4 bxc4 13. Bxc4 O-O $5 {Kasparov
allows a spectacular combination.} 14. Nc3 (14. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 15. Nxe6 Qc8 16.
Nxf8 Bxf8 17. Nc3 {gains a slight advantage.}) 14... Ne5 15. Bf1 Qc7 16. Be3 d5
17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Nf5 $1 {Shirov needs sharp action in order to
survive.} Bb4 20. Bb6 Qb8 21. Qd4 $5 Bxe1 22. Rxe1 exf5 23. Qxd5 Re8 24. Rc1
Re6 25. b4 h5 ({White has a sufficient defence in} 25... Rd6 $1 26. Qb3 (26.
Qxe5 $2 Rxb6 $1) 26... Rxb6 27. axb6 Qxb6+ 28. Kh1 Rb8 29. Qd5 $1 {(Shirov).})
26. Bc7 Qa7+ 27. Bb6 Qb8 28. Bc7 Qa7+ 29. Bb6 Qb8 {Shirirov did not score his
usual defeat against Kasparov.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "12"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. a3 b4 10. Ne4 a5 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. e4 Be7 13. Qe2 c5 $5 14. Bb5+ Kf8
15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Bd3 h6 $6 17. O-O g5 $6 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 Kg7 20. Ne5 Nd7
21. Nc4 Qe7 22. Qd4+ $6 e5 23. Qd6 Qxd6 24. Nxd6 Nc5 25. Bc4 Rhd8 26. Nf5+ Kg6
27. f3 Na4 28. Rf2 Nb6 29. Bb5 Bc8 30. axb4 axb4 31. Rxa8 Nxa8 32. Ne7+ Kg7 33.
Nd5 Be6 34. Nxb4 Rb8 35. Bc6 Rxb4 36. Bxa8 Ra4 37. Bb7 Ra1+ 38. Rf1 Ra4 39. Rf2
Ra1+ 40. Rf1 Ra4 41. Bc6 Rb4 42. Rf2 Rc4 43. Bd5 Bxd5 44. exd5 Rd4 45. b3 Rd1+
46. Rf1 Rxd5 47. b4 Kf6 48. Rb1 Ke6 49. b5 Kd7 50. b6 Kc8 51. b7+ Kb8 {Black
draws in a remarkable way!} 52. Rb6 Rd4 53. Kf2 h5 54. Ke3 g4 55. Rf6 Rd7 56.
Rf5 Rxb7 57. Rxh5 Rb3+ 58. Kf2 gxf3 59. gxf3 f6 60. h4 Kc7 61. Rh6 Rb6 62. h5
Kd7 63. Rg6 Ke6 64. h6 Rb7 65. Kg3 Rb1 66. Kh2 Rb7 67. Kh3 Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "12"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8.
Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. Qg4 g5 $5 12. Qh3 $1 Rg8 $1 13. Nd2 $1 ({
Not} 13. Qxh6 $2 Bf8 14. Qh7 Nf6 15. Qh3 g4 16. Qh4 gxf3 17. Qxf6 fxg2 18. Rg1
Qxh2 {(Kasparov).}) 13... Bf8 $5 ({An alternative brings} 13... c5 $1 14. Qxh6
cxd4 15. Ne4 Qa5+) 14. Ne4 Bg7 15. O-O $1 {White sacrifices for the attack.}
Bxd4 16. Be3 $1 Be5 (16... Bxb2 $5 17. Rad1 {seems like pushing your Luck 
(Anand).}) 17. Rad1 Nf6 $2 ({Correct is} 17... b6 $1 18. Bc4 Rg6 $1) 18. Nxf6+
Bxf6 19. Bh7 {White invades the hostile position.} Rh8 $6 (19... Rf8 $1 {saves
a tempo.}) 20. Qxh6 Be7 {Black loses in all variations.} ({See} 20... g4 21.
Qxf6 Rxh7 22. h4 $1) ({Gary's} 20... Qe7 21. Bc5 $1 Rxh7 22. Rd8+ $3 Qxd8 23.
Qf8+ Kd7 24. Rd1+ Kc7 25. Rxd8 Bxd8 26. Qd6#) ({and} 20... Be5 21. Bxg5 Bxh2+
22. Kh1 $1 Be5 23. Rd8+) 21. Qg7 Rf8 22. Rd3 Bd7 23. Bxg5 Bxg5 24. Qxg5 Qd8 25.
Qe5 Qe7 26. Qc7 Bc8 27. Qa5 b6 28. Qe5 Ba6 29. Be4 Rc8 30. c4 $1 Rg8 ({The
pointe is} 30... Bxc4 31. Bxc6+ Rxc6 32. Qb8+) 31. b3 Bb7 32. Rfd1 Ba8 33. c5
$1 bxc5 34. Rd6 c4 35. bxc4 c5 36. Bxa8 Rxa8 37. Qxc5 Rb8 38. g3 Qb7 39. Qd4
Kf8 40. Qf6 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "12"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. h3 g6 7. Bf4 Bg7 8. e3 O-O
9. Be2 Ne8 10. O-O Nc7 11. b4 Re8 12. Qd2 e5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Bxe5 15.
Bxe5 Rxe5 16. e4 a5 17. a3 axb4 18. axb4 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Qf6 20. exd5 $6 ({
Better is} 20. Rd1 $1 {(Shirov-Bologan, Bundesliga 1993).}) 20... Rxd5 21. Qc1
Rd4 22. b5 Kg7 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Qe3 Ne6 25. Ra8 Bd7 26. Bg4 Nxc5 27. Bxd7 Nxd7
28. Qe8 Rd3 29. Ne4 Rd1+ 30. Kh2 Qe5+ 31. Qxe5+ Nxe5 32. f4 Nd3 33. Ra7 Nxf4
34. Ng5 Rd5 35. Rxf7+ Kg8 36. Rxf4 Rxg5 37. Rf6 c5 38. Rc6 $1 Kf7 39. Rc7+ Ke6
40. Rxh7 c4 41. Rc7 Kd5 42. h4 Re5 43. Kg3 Kd4 44. Rd7+ Ke3 45. Rc7 Re4 46. Rc6
Kd3 47. Kf3 Rd4 48. Rxg6 c3 49. Ra6 c2 50. Ra1 Kc3 51. Rc1 Kd2 52. Rxc2+ Kxc2
53. g4 Kd3 54. h5 Re4 55. g5 Rh4 56. g6 Rxh5 57. Kf4 {White draws with his
last pawn.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "12"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. c4 Nf6 10. cxd5 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Qxd5 12. Qxd5 Nxd5 13. Be4 O-O-O 14.
Nc3 Bb4 15. Bd2 Nf6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Be3 Nd5 18. Rac1 Nxe3 19. fxe3 c5 20. Rf1
f6 21. Rf5 Rhe8 22. dxc5 $2 (22. a3 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Rxe3 24. Rxc5 {keeps the
positional advantage.}) 22... Rxe3 23. Na4 c6 24. Kf1 Rd4 25. b3 Kd7 26. Nb2
Ke6 27. Rf2 Rd5 28. g3 Rxc5 29. Nc4 Re4 30. a3 Ba5 31. Rfc2 Bc7 32. b4 Rf5+ 33.
Kg2 h5 $2 ({Correct is} 33... Kd7) 34. Nb2 Kf7 35. Rd2 Bb6 36. Nc4 Bc7 37. Rd7+
Re7 38. Rxc7 Rxc7 39. Nd6+ Ke6 40. Nxf5 Kxf5 41. Rc5+ Ke6 42. Rxh5 g5 43. h4 c5
44. bxc5 Rxc5 45. hxg5 Ra5 46. Rh6 Rxg5 47. Rh4 Ra5 48. Re4+ Kf5 49. Re3 Kg5
50. Rc3 Ra4 51. Kf3 $6 f5 52. Rd3 Rc4 53. Re3 a5 54. Re5 a4 55. Re8 $5 Rc3+ 56.
Kg2 Rxa3 57. Ra8 Ra1 58. Ra6 f4 59. gxf4+ Kxf4 60. Rf6+ Ke4 61. Rg6 Ke3 62. Rg4
a3 63. Rg3+ Ke4 64. Rb3 Ra2+ 65. Kg3 Kd4 66. Rf3 Ra1 67. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "12"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E93"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. Bg5
h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. h4 g4 12. Nh2 Nxg3 13. fxg3 h5 14. O-O f5 $5 15.
exf5 Nc5 16. b4 $5 {Vladimir seeks the confrontation.} e4 $5 17. Rc1 Nd3 $5 {
Gary gives a proper answer.} 18. Bxd3 exd3 19. f6 $1 ({Avoids} 19. Qxd3 $6 Qf6
$1) 19... Rxf6 20. Qxd3 Qf8 21. Nb5 $5 ({Less ambition shows} 21. Ne4) 21...
Bf5 22. Rxf5 $1 Rxf5 23. Nxc7 Rc8 24. Ne6 Qf6 25. Nf1 ({White wins pawns in} 
25. Rf1 Rf8 $3 26. Nxf8 Qd4+ 27. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 28. Kh1 Rxf1+ 29. Nxf1 Kxf8 {but
his king becomes caged (Kramnik).}) 25... Re5 26. Rd1 $5 Qf5 27. Qxf5 Rxf5 28.
c5 Bf8 ({Not} 28... dxc5 $6 29. d6 $1) 29. Ne3 Rf6 30. Nc4 $5 dxc5 31. b5 $1
Bh6 $2 ({He forces a draw by} 31... Re8 32. Re1 Rf5 33. Rd1 Rf6 $1 {(Kramnik).}
) 32. Re1 $1 Re8 33. Re5 Re7 34. Rxh5 Ref7 35. Kh2 $1 ({Black survives in} 35.
Ne5 c4 $1 36. Nxf7 Kxf7 37. Kh2 c3 38. Nd4 Be3 $1 39. Nc2 Bb6) 35... Bc1 $1 36.
Re5 (36. Nxc5 Rf1 $1 37. Ne4 Rd1 38. Nc3 Rd3 $1 39. Ne5 Rxc3 40. Nxf7 Kxf7 {
results in a defendable position for Black.}) 36... Rf1 37. Re4 Rd1 38. Rxg4+ {
Both sides play for mate!} Kh7 $4 {Kasparov blunders in time trouble.} ({
Various annotators find} 38... Kh8 39. Ne5 (39. Re4 Rxd5) 39... Rff1 40. Ng6+
Kh7 41. Ngf8+ Kh8 $1) 39. Ne5 Re7 (39... Rff1 40. Rg7+ {(the blunder allowed
this move)} Kh6 41. Ng4+ Kh5 42. Nf6+ $1 Rxf6 43. g4+ Kh6 44. g5+ Kh5 45. gxf6)
40. Nf8+ {White delivers mate in three.  Standings after ten rounds: Karpov 8
1/2, Kasparov 7 and Shirov 6. Gary loses the race for the first place and
Alexei catches up.} 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "12"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
a6 9. e4 c5 10. d5 c4 11. dxe6 fxe6 12. Bc2 Bb7 13. O-O Qc7 14. Ng5 Nc5 15. e5
Qxe5 16. Re1 Qd6 17. Qxd6 Bxd6 18. Be3 $5 {Karpov diverts from the routine
exchange on e6.} O-O ({Black equalises easier by} 18... Nd3 $1 19. Bxd3 cxd3
20. Rad1 O-O 21. Rxd3 Bd5 22. Nxe6 Bxh2+ 23. Kxh2 Bxe6 {(Kramnik-Kuczynski,
Bundesliga 1994).}) 19. Rad1 Be7 20. Bxc5 Bxc5 21. Nxe6 Rfc8 22. h3 $1 Bf8 23.
g4 h6 24. f4 Bf3 25. Rd2 Bc6 26. g5 hxg5 27. fxg5 Nd7 28. Nxf8 $1 Nxf8 29. Rd6
{Karpov has changed the kind of restriction.} b4 30. Ne4 {White pressures on
the kingside.} Be8 $6 ({Karpov prefers} 30... Bd7 31. h4 Rc6) ({Even better
seems to be} 30... Bb5 $1 31. h4 Re8 {The pointe is} 32. h5 Ne6 $1 33. Nf6+
gxf6 34. Rexe6 Rxe6 35. Rxe6 fxg5) 31. Ng3 Rd8 32. Nf5 Rxd6 33. Nxd6 Bg6 $2 (
33... Bd7 $1 34. h4 Be6 35. Re4 b3 {offers active resistance.}) 34. Bxg6 Nxg6
35. Nxc4 Rd8 36. Re4 b3 $5 37. axb3 Rd3 38. Kg2 $1 Rxb3 39. h4 Nf8 $5 40. Re8
$1 {The flag falls.} ({Kramnik worries about} 40. Re8 Kf7 41. Nd6+ Kg8 {A
beleaguerment is started by} 42. g6 Rxb2+ 43. Kf3) 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "12"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8.
Bf4 Ne5 9. Be2 Be7 10. Be3 Qc7 11. f4 Nc6 $5 12. Bf3 a6 13. O-O O-O 14. a4 b6
15. g4 $1 Rb8 ({More useful is} 15... Bb7 $1) 16. g5 Nd7 17. Bg2 Re8 18. Rf3
Nc5 $2 {Anand loses the game due to an unfit standerd move.} (18... Bb7 $1 19.
Rh3 Nf8 $1 {defends appropriately.}) 19. Rh3 g6 20. Qg4 Nb4 $2 ({Kasparov
suggests the desperate} 20... h5 $1) 21. Qh4 h5 22. Bf3 $1 Bf8 23. Bxh5 gxh5 ({
White wins in} 23... Bg7 $5 24. Bd4 $1 e5 25. f5 $3 exd4 26. Bxg6 fxg6 27. Qh7+
Kf8 28. Rf1 $3 gxf5 29. exf5 Re1 $5 30. Rxe1 dxc3 31. Rhe3 {(Kasparov).}) 24.
Qxh5 Bg7 25. Bd4 e5 26. f5 $1 {Matter is immaterial in the attack.} Nxe4 $6 ({
Right is} 26... Kf8 27. Qh7 Nd7 28. Be3 f6 29. g6 Qc4 30. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 31. Bh6
Ke7 $1 32. Bxg7 Bb7 {The counter-play is hard to judge. Chess is too difficult
for Man.}) 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Nxe4 Bxf5 29. Qxf5 exd4 30. Nf6 Qxc2 31. Nxd4 Qxb2
32. Rd1 Re5 33. Nd7+ Ke7 34. Nxe5 Bxe5 35. Qe4 $1 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "12"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 b5 7. a4 b4 8. Na2
Nf6 9. Nxb4 Bb7 10. Bd3 d5 11. c3 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. Qh5 Qc8 14. O-O Be7
15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Qxg5 O-O 17. Rad1 Nd7 18. a5 h6 19. Qg3 Nf6 20. Nbc2 Rb8 21.
Rc1 Bd5 22. b4 Bc4 23. Rfd1 Nd5 24. Ne3 Nxe3 25. fxe3 Rd8 26. Qe5 Qb7 27. Nc2
Bd3 28. Nd4 Rd5 29. Qg3 Rc8 30. Nb3 Rc6 31. Nc5 Rcxc5 32. bxc5 Rxc5 33. c4 Rg5
34. Qe1 Qc7 35. c5 Rxc5 36. Rxc5 Qxc5 37. Rc1 Qg5 38. h4 Qe5 39. Qc3 Qg3 40.
Qe1 Qg4 41. Rc5 Kh7 42. Kh2 g5 43. hxg5 hxg5 44. Rc8 Kg6 45. Rh8 f6 46. Qc1 Qe2
47. Qc7 Kf5 48. Qh7+ Ke5 49. Qa7 Kf5 50. Rh6 {This position requires accurate
calculation.} Qf2 $4 ({Annotators find by means of Fritz} 50... Kg4 $1 51. Qb6
Qf2 52. Qxe6+ f5 53. Qd6 Qxe3 54. Rh3 Qf4+ 55. Rg3+ Kh5 56. Qe7 g4 {drawn.})
51. Kh3 g4+ 52. Kh2 $1 g3+ 53. Kh3 Qe2 54. Qg7 {The super trio won three games.
} 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "12"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8.
Bb3 h6 9. N5f3 a5 10. a4 c5 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Bg3 O-O 13. Ne5 Qe7 14. Ngf3 Nbd5
15. O-O Nh5 16. Rfe1 Qc7 17. Rad1 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Nf6 19. Nc4 Be7 20. Qe5 Qc6 21.
Na3 Bd6 22. Qe2 cxd4 23. Nxd4 Qc5 24. Nc4 Bb8 25. Ne5 Ra6 26. Qb5 Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "12"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 e5 10. b3 Bd7 11. Bb2 Ng4 12. h3 Nh6 13. e3 f5 14. f4 a6 15. Qc2 b5
16. Nd1 Rb8 17. Bc3 Re8 18. Rb1 Nf7 19. Nf2 exf4 20. exf4 Re3 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22.
Rfe1 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Qf6 24. cxb5 axb5 25. b4 cxb4 26. Qc7 Qd8 27. Qxd8 Rxd8 28.
Nd3 Rc8 29. Nxb4 Kf6 30. Kf2 Nd8 31. Bf1 Ndb7 32. Re3 h6 33. Re1 g5 34. Re3 Rc7
35. Re1 Rc8 36. Re3 Rc7 37. h4 g4 38. Re1 Rc3 39. Re3 Rc1 40. Re1 Rc3 41. Re3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "12"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. c5 Qc7 7. Bf4 Qc8 8. e3
Nf6 9. Qa4 $5 Nbd7 10. b4 a6 11. h3 Be7 12. Qb3 O-O 13. Be2 Be4 $5 {Black
starts with the preparations of ..e5.} 14. O-O Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Bd8 16. a4 Bc7 17.
Bg5 h6 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. b5 e5 $6 (19... Ba5 $1 {avoids the detention of
bishop and rook.}) 20. b6 Bb8 21. a5 exd4 $6 22. exd4 Bf4 23. Qc2 Qd7 24. g3
Qxh3 25. Bg2 Qh5 26. gxf4 Ng4 27. Rfd1 Rae8 28. Rd3 Qh2+ 29. Kf1 f5 30. Qd2 Rf6
31. f3 Re4 $3 {A super 'Schwindel' begins.} 32. Nxd5 $5 {Kramnik chooses the
elegant win.} cxd5 33. c6 Rxf4 $1 34. cxb7 Re4 $1 35. Rc1 Kh7 36. b8=Q $5 Qxb8
37. fxg4 Qh2 38. Rf3 Rxg4 39. b7 $4 ({Correct is} 39. Rf2 $1 Rfg6 40. Bxd5 {
(Shirov) and White wins.}) 39... Rfg6 40. Rc2 $4 (40. b8=Q $1 Qxb8 41. Rf2 f4 {
and White only has a plus (Shirov).}) 40... Rxg2 $1 41. Qxg2 Rxg2 42. Rxg2 Qh1+
43. Kf2 Qb1 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "12"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Bd5 11. Qd3 c5 12. Nc3 cxd4 $5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 $2 ({
Correct is} 13... Nxd5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Nxd4 {(Hübner-Karpov, Tilburg 1979).})
14. h4 $1 {Karpov had prepared this novelty for a match against Korchnoi
twenty years ago.} Nbd7 ({He had found in 1974} 14... Nc6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Ng5
$1) 15. Nxd4 Qd6 16. Rfd1 $1 Nc5 17. Qc4 Rfd8 18. b4 $1 {The queenside attack
becomes devastating.} Nxa4 $2 ({A final chance gives} 18... Nce4 $1 19. Bxf6
Nxf6 20. Bxb7 Rab8 {(Karpov), but White keeps the extra pawn in} 21. Nc2 $1
Qxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 23. Kh2) 19. Qb3 Qb6 20. e3 {Karpov scored a tournament
rating of 2985!} 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "12"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bb3 h6 7. h3 a6 8. Nbd2
Be6 9. Bc2 $6 Ba7 $6 {They start passively.} 10. Qe2 Qe7 11. b4 d5 12. a4 b5
13. O-O O-O 14. axb5 axb5 15. d4 $6 ({Better is} 15. Ba3 d4 16. c4) 15... exd4
16. e5 dxc3 17. exf6 Qxf6 18. Nb3 Nxb4 19. Bb1 d4 $6 ({The complications of} 
19... Bxh3 $1 20. gxh3 c2 21. Bxc2 Nxc2 22. Qxc2 Qxf3 {favour Black.}) 20. Rxa7
$6 ({A promising defence gives} 20. Ba3 $1 d3 21. Bxd3 Nxd3 22. Bxf8 Nf4 23.
Qxb5 Nxh3+ 24. Kh1 Nxf2+ {(Lautier)} 25. Kg1 $1 Bh3) 20... c2 $5 21. Rxa8
cxb1=Q 22. Rxf8+ Kxf8 {The crucial position.} 23. Qxb5 $2 ({Great resistance
is offered by} 23. Bg5 $3 Qfg6 $1 24. Qxb5 {(Lautier). Black gains a plus with}
Kg8 $1) 23... Qxb3 24. Qb8+ Ke7 25. Qxc7+ Ke8 26. Bd2 Qd8 27. Qe5 Kf8 28. Nxd4
Nd3 29. Qe3 Qc4 {Kasparov lost his second game in the tournament.} 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "12"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 Nd7 9. g3 Qe7 10. Bg2 Qb4 11. Nd2 $2 Qxb2 $1 12. Rb1 Qa3 13. O-O Nb6 14.
Qd3 Be7 15. Nc4 Qa6 $6 16. Ne5 $6 ({Interesting is} 16. Nd6+ $1 Bxd6 17. Qxa6
bxa6 18. Rxb6 $1 axb6 19. Bxc6+ Ke7 20. Bxa8 {(Anand).}) 16... Qxd3 17. Nxd3
O-O 18. a4 Rd8 19. a5 $6 Nc4 20. a6 b6 21. Bxc6 Rb8 22. Ne5 Bxa6 23. Nb5 Nxe5
24. dxe5 Rd2 $1 25. Nxa7 Bc5 $2 ({Correct is} 25... Bxe2 26. Rfc1 Ba3) 26. Rfc1
$1 Rbd8 27. e3 g5 28. Nb5 Bxb5 29. Bxb5 R2d5 30. Bc6 Rxe5 31. Rd1 Rc8 32. Bf3
Kg7 33. Rd7 Rf5 34. Be4 {Final result: Karpov 11, Kasparov and Shirov 8 1/2.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 18"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]

{The last Interpolis chess event became Tilburg 1994. Installment eighteen was
a knockout tournament. 112 players started in round one. Eight invites were
added in the second round. When round six was reached, the semifinals were
Bareev - Karpov and Ivanchuk - Salov.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7
5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O O-O 8. Bd2 d5 9. cxd5 cxd4 10. exd4 Bxc3 11. bxc3
Qxd5 12. Re1 Nbd7 13. Qe2 Rfd8 $5 {Black has to defend against the white
bishops.} ({Known is} 13... Qh5 {(Reshevsky - Smyslov, Zürich 1953).}) 14. a4
Bc6 15. Qf1 Qd6 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Rxe5 Ng4 $5 18. Rh5 Nf6 19. Rh4 e5 20. Be3 h6
21. Qc1 Kf8 22. dxe5 Qxe5 23. Bd4 Qd5 24. Bf1 Rd6 25. a5 Ne4 26. Rg4 g5 27.
axb6 axb6 28. Rxa8+ Bxa8 29. Qa3 Qa5 $1 30. Qxa5 bxa5 31. f3 f5 32. fxe4 Rxd4
$1 33. cxd4 fxg4 {Karpov resisted well and has reached a defendable bishop
ending.} 34. Bd3 a4 35. d5 Ke7 36. Kf2 Kd6 37. Ke3 a3 38. Bb1 g3 $5 39. hxg3
Ke5 40. Kd3 Bb7 41. Kc4 Bc8 (41... h5 $1 42. Kb4 (42. Kc5 h4) 42... Ba6 43.
Kxa3 Bf1 {draws (Bareev).}) 42. Kb4 Bg4 $2 {Karpov's defence crumbles.} ({
Black can draw by} 42... h5 $1 43. Kxa3 Ba6 $1 44. Kb4 Bf1 45. Kc5 Bxg2 46. d6
Bh3 47. Kc6 h4 {(Bareev).}) 43. Kxa3 Be2 44. Kb4 Bf1 45. Kc5 Bxg2 46. Bd3 Bf3
47. d6 Bg4 48. Kc6 Bc8 49. Kc7 Be6 50. Bc4 Bg4 51. Be2 Be6 52. Bf3 g4 53. Bg2
h5 54. d7 {Karpov had won 2-0 in the rounds 3 until 5. Now he has lost his
first game.} 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 18"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Be7 10. f3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. h4 Qa5 13. Qf2 Rb8 14. Kb1 b4
15. Ne2 e5 16. Ba7 Rb7 17. Nc1 Be6 18. Be3 d5 19. Nb3 Qa4 20. Bc5 O-O 21. g4 d4
$5 {A new move is played at last. Daring battling seems to be approaching, but
exchanges neutralize the struggle.} 22. Bxe7 Rxe7 23. Bh3 Qc6 24. Nc1 Bc4 25.
Bf1 Bxf1 26. Rhxf1 a5 27. Nd3 Rc8 28. Qh2 Qd6 29. g5 Nd7 30. gxh6 Qxh6 31. Rg1
Rc6 32. h5 Rg6 33. Rxg6 fxg6 34. Rh1 gxh5 35. Qxh5 Re6 36. a3 bxa3 37. bxa3
Qxh5 38. Rxh5 g6 39. Rg5 Kf7 40. f4 exf4 ({Or} 40... Kf6 41. Rxg6+ $1 Kxg6 42.
f5+ {(Salov).}) 41. Nxf4 Rxe4 42. Nxg6 a4 43. Kc1 Kf6 44. Rd5 Ke6 45. Ra5 Kf6
46. Ra6+ Kg5 $5 47. Rd6 Nf6 48. Nh8 Kf5 49. Nf7 Re7 50. Nh6+ Kg5 51. Rxf6 $1
Kxf6 52. Ng8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 18"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Qe2+ Be7 7. dxc5 Nf6 8.
Nb3 O-O 9. Be3 Re8 10. Nf3 a6 11. Bd3 a5 12. a4 Ng4 13. O-O Na6 14. c6 Bxc6 15.
Bd4 Nb4 16. Bf5 Bd7 17. Bxd7 Qxd7 18. h3 Nf6 19. c3 Nc6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Qb5
Red8 22. Rfd1 b6 23. Nbd2 Qb7 24. Nb3 Qd7 25. Rd3 Ne7 26. Nbd4 Qxb5 27. Nxb5 {
Karpov needs a win. The isolated pawn of the opponent has to be conquered.} Kf8
28. Rad1 Rac8 29. Nd2 Ng6 30. g3 Ne5 31. Re3 h5 32. Nf3 Nd7 33. b4 axb4 34.
cxb4 Nb8 35. Ne5 Nc6 36. Nxc6 Rxc6 37. Red3 d4 $6 (37... Rc4 $1 {(Karpov)
leads to equalising exchanges.}) 38. Nxd4 Rc4 39. Ne6+ fxe6 40. Rxd8+ Bxd8 41.
Rxd8+ Ke7 42. Rh8 Rxb4 43. Rxh5 Rxa4 44. Rb5 Ra6 {Black has three weak pawns
in the rook ending. Hereafter, he defends them all.} 45. h4 Kd6 46. Kf1 Ke7 47.
Ke2 Ra2+ 48. Kf3 Ra3+ 49. Kg2 Ra6 50. g4 Kd6 51. Kf3 Ra3+ 52. Kf4 Ra4+ 53. Kg3
({White avoids} 53. Kg5 $4 Ra5 $1) 53... Kc6 54. Re5 Kd6 55. Rg5 Ra7 56. h5 Rb7
57. Rb5 Kc6 58. Re5 Kd6 59. Rb5 Kc6 60. Rb2 b5 61. Kf4 b4 62. Ke5 Kd7 63. Kd4
Kd6 64. f4 e5+ $5 65. fxe5+ Ke6 66. g5 Rb5 67. Rh2 b3 68. Kc3 b2 69. Rxb2 Rxb2
70. Kxb2 Kxe5 {Bareev had defeated Karpov by 11/2-1/2.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 18"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Re1 Nbd7 8. e5
Ne8 9. Bf4 dxe5 10. dxe5 Nc7 11. Ne4 $5 Ne6 12. Bg3 Qa5 13. Qd2 Qxd2 14. Nexd2
Rd8 15. Nc4 b6 16. a4 c5 17. c3 {Black has achieved equality easily.} Bb7 18.
h4 Bh6 19. Nh2 Ndf8 20. Ng4 Bf4 21. Bxf4 Nxf4 22. Bf1 h5 23. Nge3 N8e6 24. f3
Kf8 25. Red1 Bc6 26. g3 Nd5 27. Kf2 Nxe3 28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. Kxe3 Ke8 30. Be2
Nc7 {Ivanchuk has not reached any advantage.} 31. Bd1 Bd5 32. Nd2 Bb7 33. Bb3
Nd5+ 34. Ke2 Ba6+ 35. Bc4 Bxc4+ 36. Nxc4 Kd7 37. Kd3 Ke6 38. Ke4 f5+ 39. exf6
exf6 40. Re1 $1 Kf7 41. Rg1 Ke6 {Two draws made a playoff necessary.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 18"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]

{The players got twenty minutes at the start plus ten seconds per move in
rapid games.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 c5 5. Bxc4 e6 6. Qe2 a6 7.
dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O Qc7 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. Bd3 Be7 $6 {Black has no success with his
new move, because he loses a tempo.} 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Bd7 13. Rac1 Rfc8 14.
Ne4 Nd5 15. Ne5 Be8 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Qg4 g6 18. Bc4 Qd8 19. Rfd1 b5 20. Bxd5
Bxd5 21. Rxc8 Qxc8 $6 (21... Rxc8 $1 {equalises.}) 22. Nf6+ Bxf6 23. Bxf6 Qc2
24. Qd4 Rc8 25. h3 h5 $5 26. Rd2 Qc1+ $6 ({Better is} 26... Qe4) 27. Kh2 Qe1 $2
{Ivanchuk has missed a combination.} (27... Qc7+ 28. Be5 Qe7 {guards the king.}
) 28. Qf4 $1 Bxg2 ({Other crushing lines are} 28... Kh7 29. Rxd5 $1 exd5 30.
Bd4) ({and} 28... Kf8 29. Rc2 $1 Ra8 30. Qh6+ Ke8 31. Rc7 $1) 29. Kxg2 Qxd2 30.
Qh6 Qd5+ 31. e4 Qxe4+ 32. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 18"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Be7 10. f3 d5 $6 {Salov plays a new move. Ivanchuk grabs a
plus.} 11. exd5 $1 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Bd3 Qa4 $5 {Black
plays another strange move.} 15. Kb1 O-O 16. Rhe1 Rd8 17. Qf2 (17. Bxh6 $5 gxh6
18. Re4 $1 Rxd3 19. cxd3 Qb5 20. Qxh6 e5 21. f4 {favours White.}) 17... Bd7 $6
{Salov breaks the restriction at a cost.} (17... Bf6 18. Bb6 Rd6 19. c4 $1 e5
$1 {selects the better opportunism.}) 18. Bb6 $1 Rdc8 19. Re4 Qc6 20. Rc4 Qd5
21. Bh7+ $6 {Ivanchuk misses the prime move.} (21. Rd4 $1 Bc5 (21... Qc6 $2 22.
Rxd7 $1) 22. Rxd5 Bxf2 23. Rxd7 Bxb6 24. Rxb7 {wins a pawn.}) 21... Kxh7 22.
Rxd5 exd5 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. g4 Rc6 25. Bd4 Bf6 26. h3 Bxd4 27. Qxd4 Re6 $2 28.
b3 $2 (28. c4 $1 Re1+ 29. Kc2 Re2+ 30. Kc3 Rh2 31. cxd5 Rxh3 32. Qf4 {creates
a passed centre pawn.}) 28... Bc6 {It will become hard for the queen to break
the black fort.} 29. Kb2 Rf6 30. f4 Re6 31. h4 Re4 32. Qd2 f6 33. h5 Kg8 34. g5
$6 {Exchanges ease the defence.} fxg5 35. fxg5 hxg5 36. Qxg5 Re6 37. a4 Rf6 38.
Kc3 Kh7 39. Kd4 Kg8 40. Kc5 Kh7 41. c3 Kh8 42. Qe3 Kh7 43. Qd2 Kh8 44. Qc2 Kg8
45. b4 Kh8 46. Qb3 b6+ 47. Kd4 Kh7 48. b5 axb5 49. axb5 Be8 50. Qxd5 Kh6 51.
Qg8 Bxh5 52. Qh8+ Kg6 53. c4 Bf3 54. Ke3 Kf7 55. Qh3 Kf8 56. Qd7 Kg8 57. Qe8+
Kh7 58. Qe7 Kg6 59. Qe5 Kf7 60. Qg5 Kf8 61. Kd4 Kf7 62. Qg3 Kf8 63. Ke5 Kf7 64.
Qh3 Kf8 65. Qd7 Kg8 66. c5 bxc5 67. b6 c4 $5 {Black has no problems, because
he can give his bishop for the last white pawn.} 68. Qc8+ Kh7 69. Qxc4 Rxb6 70.
Qd3+ Rg6 71. Qxf3 Rf6 {Salov has reached a theoretical draw in a spectacular
rapid game. He qualifies.   Valery started the event with tonsilitis. He
survived everything.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 18"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bg4 3. Bb2 Nd7 4. e3 c6 5. h3 Bh5 6. d3 e6 $5 7. Nbd2 h6 8. g3
Ngf6 9. Bg2 a5 10. a3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Qe1 Qb6 {The players seem to make a
shy start.} 13. e4 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 e5 15. Nd2 Rfe8 16. Rb1 Rad8 17. Qe2 Qc7 18.
Rbe1 b5 19. Kh2 d4 {Black moves forwards at last.} 20. Ra1 Rb8 21. h4 Nb6 22.
Rfc1 c5 23. c3 Qd8 24. cxd4 exd4 25. f4 $1 {The fronts have become clear.} Nfd5
$1 26. Qf3 $6 (26. Qf2 $1 {protects pawn h4 indirectly.} Ne3 27. Bh3 {and 28.
Nf1 defends well.}) 26... Nxf4 $1 27. gxf4 Qxh4+ 28. Kg1 Bxf4 29. Rxc5 {The
first game of the final has been opened by tactics.} Be3+ $6 (29... Qh2+ $1 30.
Kf1 Bxd2 31. Bxd4 Nd7 {slightly favours Black.}) 30. Kf1 Bxd2 31. Bxd4 Nd7 32.
Rd5 Nf8 33. Ke2 Qf4 34. Rf1 Ne6 $6 {Black should exchange at once.} 35. Be5 $1
Qxf3+ ({Not} 35... Qxe5 $2 36. Qxf7+ {(Salov).}) 36. Bxf3 Bg5 37. Bxb8 Rxb8 {
White has won the exchange.} 38. Kf2 Be7 $6 ({But} 38... Nf4 $1 39. Rd7 b4 40.
a4 Rc8 {defends actively.}) 39. a4 bxa4 40. bxa4 Rb2+ 41. Kg3 Bb4 42. Bg4 Ng5
43. Bd7 Kh7 $2 {The king moves offside.} 44. Rxg5 $1 hxg5 45. Rxf7 Be1+ 46. Kh3
Re2 47. Kg4 Re3 48. Rf3 Re2 (48... Rxf3 49. Kxf3 Bc3 50. Ke3 {and Black can't
stop the centre pawns (Salov).}) 49. Kxg5 Bd2+ 50. Kf5 g6+ 51. Ke6 Bc3 52. Kd5
Kg7 53. d4 Bb2 54. Bb5 Rg2 55. e5 g5 56. e6 Rd2 57. e7 {White wins a rook.} 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Interpolis 18"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Ne5 c5 10. Ne2 c4 11. Bf5 $5 g6 12. Bh3 b5 13. a4 a6 14. Nc3 Qb6 15. f4
Be7 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Bxa8 18. f5 Bb7 19. g4 g5 $1 20. Bg2 Ne4 21. Qc2 f6
22. Nf3 Nxc3 23. bxc3 Na6 24. e4 dxe4 25. Nd2 e3 26. Ne4 Nc7 27. Bxe3 Nd5 {
Salov has defended quietly and reached an equal position.} 28. Qf2 Kg7 $6 (
28... Qc7 29. Bd2 b4 {solves everything.}) 29. Bd2 h6 30. Re1 Rf7 31. h4 b4 32.
hxg5 hxg5 33. cxb4 Nxb4 34. Rb1 $1 {White applies a nasty pin.} Bxe4 35. Bxe4
Rf8 36. Bc3 Rb8 37. Qd2 Qd6 38. Qh2 Qxh2+ 39. Kxh2 Bd6+ 40. Kg2 Rb6 41. Rb2 Kf8
42. Kf3 Ke7 43. Rb1 Nd5 44. Rxb6 Nxb6 45. Bc6 Ba3 46. Ba5 Nc8 $1 {Salov builds
a new defence line.} 47. Ke4 Nd6+ 48. Kd5 Bc1 49. Bb4 Bf4 50. Bb5 Bg3 51. Bxc4
Bf4 {Black can only move his bishop. That suffices, because White cannot
conquer d6 or f6. Black defends an impregnable fortress.   Salov had won the
mini match against Bareev with 11/2-1/2. Valery had gained the big prize. The
last Interpolis chess event had ended.   My analyses of endings started in the
first half of the1990's. I had the chance to talk with Karpov in 1993 and
Salov in 1994 about chess research. When I informed Karpov about criticism on
my work, he responded: "I know study composers as fine analysts". A lot has
changed since that time. Nowadays complete games can be analysed at a high
level with the aid of modern chess engines.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1995.05.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E76"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

{The ninth Memorial took place from 12-18 May 1995. World champion Kasparov
dominated the event but did not win. it. His victory with the Evans Gambit
against Piket was spectacular. He sacrificed a piece against Lautier in round
four but had forgotten his preparation and lost. Stijn Rademaker photographed
Gary's despair. Eventually Lautier won the tournament. } 1. c4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3.
d4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 Na6 7. Be2 e5 8. fxe5 dxe5 9. d5 Nc5 10. Bg5
h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. b4 Na6 13. a3 c5 14. Rb1 Bd7 15. b5 Nc7 16. d6 Ne6 17. Nd5
Qd8 18. Qd2 Nd4 19. O-O Be6 20. Nxd4 Bxd5 21. Nc6 bxc6 22. cxd5 cxb5 23. Rxb5
Qxd6 24. Qa5 f5 25. Rxc5 fxe4 26. Rc6 Rxf1+ 27. Bxf1 Qf8 28. d6 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1995.05.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 h6 12. Bc2 Bf8 13. d5 Ne7 14. c4 c6 15. b3
cxd5 16. cxd5 Rc8 17. Nf1 Nh5 $5 18. a4 $1 Qc7 $6 ({Better is} 18... f5 $1) 19.
Bd3 f5 $2 (19... b4 $1 {makes a necessary concession.}) 20. axb5 fxe4 21. Rxe4
$1 Qc3 ({Not} 21... Bxd5 $2 22. Bc4 $1) 22. Ba3 Nf6 23. Bxd6 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 axb5
25. Ra7 $6 Rcd8 $1 26. Rxb7 Rxd6 27. Rxb5 Nc6 28. Qe2 Nd4 29. Nxd4 Qxd4 ({
Avoids} 29... exd4 $2 30. Bh7+ Kf7 31. Bg8+ $1 Kxg8 32. Qxe8 {(Topalov).}) 30.
Ng3 Rf6 31. Nf5 Qa7 32. b4 Rc8 $2 ({Correct is} 32... Qa6 $1 33. Qf1 Kh8) 33.
d6 $1 g6 ({Or} 33... Bxd6 34. Rb7 Qa1+ 35. Kh2 Rxf5 {(Topalov)} 36. Qg4 $1) 34.
Bd5+ Kh8 35. Qxe5 Bg7 36. Nxg7 Qxg7 37. d7 Rc1+ 38. Kh2 Rf8 39. f4 Rd1 40. Rb8
1-0

[Event "9th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1995.05.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bb6 5. a4 a5 $6 6. b5 Nd4 7. Nxd4 Bxd4 8.
c3 Bb6 9. d4 {This obscure line of the Evans Gambit stems from Von
Bardeleben-Blackburne, London 1895.} exd4 $5 10. O-O Ne7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxe7 $5
Qxe7 13. cxd4 Qd6 $5 {Piket changes his mind. He wants a pawn.} 14. Nc3 Bxd4 (
14... Qxd4 $2 15. Nd5 $1 Qxc4 16. Rc1 Qa2 17. Rxc7 $1 {wins for White 
(Kasparov).}) 15. Nd5 $1 {They play like the Calabrians.} Bxa1 16. Qxa1 O-O $2
{Jeroen blunders.} ({Right is} 16... f6 $1 17. b6 $1 cxb6 18. e5 $1 fxe5 19.
Re1 Kd8 20. Rxe5 {(Kasparov)} b5 $1 {(White threatened a strangulation by Bb5)}
21. axb5 b6 $1 22. Re3 Bb7 23. Qxg7 Bxd5 $1 24. Qxh8+ Kc7 {Black fights back.})
17. e5 $1 Qc5 18. Rc1 $1 c6 19. Ba2 Qa3 (19... Qa7 20. b6 Qb8 21. Nc7 {leads
to a positional horror.}) 20. Nb6 d5 ({Or} 20... Rb8 $2 21. Bxf7+ $1) 21. Nxa8
Kh8 22. Nb6 Be6 23. h3 Rd8 24. bxc6 bxc6 25. Rc3 Qb4 26. Rxc6 Rb8 27. Nxd5 Qxa4
28. Rc1 Qa3 29. Bc4 1-0

[Event "9th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1995.05.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. a3 d6 6. Rb1 h5 7. h3 Nh6 8. e3 e5
9. d3 f5 10. Nd5 Be6 11. b4 cxb4 12. axb4 Ne7 13. Qa4+ Kf7 14. e4 Nxd5 15. exd5
Bd7 16. Qb3 Bf6 17. Nf3 Kg7 18. h4 Nf7 19. Be3 Qe7 20. c5 f4 21. cxd6 Nxd6 22.
Bc5 e4 23. dxe4 Qxe4+ 24. Kf1 Ba4 25. Nd2 Bxb3 26. Nxe4 Bc4+ 27. Kg1 Nxe4 28.
Bxe4 Rhe8 29. f3 b6 30. Rc1 bxc5 31. Rxc4 cxb4 32. Rxb4 fxg3 33. Kg2 Be5 34.
Rb7+ Kh6 35. Rc1 Rac8 36. Rxc8 Rxc8 37. Re7 Bf6 38. Re6 Kg7 39. Kxg3 Rc1 40.
Ra6 Rg1+ 41. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1995.05.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 Nc6 8. Qe2
cxd4 9. Rd1 d3 10. Rxd3 Qc7 11. Nc3 Bc5 12. a3 O-O 13. Bd2 b5 14. Rc1 Qb6 15.
e4 Ng4 16. Nd1 Bb7 17. Ng5 $6 ({Better is} 17. e5 Rad8 18. Bc2 $1 {(Lautier).})
17... Nce5 18. Rg3 Rad8 19. Rxc5 $1 Qxc5 20. Bb4 Qc1 21. Bxf8 Qxg5 22. Bb4 Qf4
23. Ne3 $5 (23. f3 Nf6 {locks up Rg3 (Lautier).}) 23... Nf6 24. Be7 Rd7 25.
Bxf6 Qxf6 26. Nf1 h6 27. Rc3 Ng6 28. g3 Qd4 29. Bc2 Ne5 30. h3 Kh8 31. Qe3 $2 (
31. Kh2 {avoids the loss of a pawn.}) 31... Nc4 32. Qxd4 Rxd4 33. f3 Nxb2 34.
Rc7 Rc4 $1 35. Rxb7 Rxc2 36. Rxf7 Rc3 37. f4 Nc4 38. Re7 Rxa3 39. Rxe6 b4 40.
Rc6 Rc3 41. e5 Nxe5 $1 {Black plays a witty endgame.} 42. Rxc3 bxc3 43. Ne3 Nd3
44. Kf1 a5 45. Ke2 Nb4 46. Nc4 a4 47. f5 Kg8 48. g4 Kf7 49. Nd6+ Kf6 50. Ne4+
Ke5 51. Nxc3 a3 52. Kf3 a2 {Piket suffered his third loss.} 0-1

[Event "9th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1995.05.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f3 Be7 8. g4
O-O 9. Qd2 a6 10. O-O-O Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. Kb1 Bb7 13. h4 Rc8 14. g5 Nd7 15.
Rg1 b4 16. Ne2 Ne5 17. Rg3 ({Known is} 17. Qxb4 $5 {(Daechert-Mora, Rimavska
Sobota 1992).}) 17... Nc4 18. Qc1 $6 (18. Qxb4 Qc7 19. Qc3 e5 20. Bf2 $1 {
selects the active defence.}) 18... e5 $1 19. Bf2 a5 20. Bg2 $2 (20. h5 $1 a4
21. Bh3 Rc7 22. g6 $1 {starts a counterattack.}) 20... Ba6 21. Re1 a4 22. Bh3
Rc6 23. Qd1 d5 $1 {The last move has a wonderful pointe.} 24. exd5 (24. Qxd5 $2
Rd6 $1 25. Qc5 Rd1+ {wins the white queen.}) 24... Rd6 25. f4 Rxd5 26. Rd3 Na3+
27. bxa3 Bxd3 28. cxd3 Rxd3 {Kasparov started with 2 1/2 out of three, like
last year.} 0-1

[Event "9th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1995.05.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8.
O-O Ne5 9. h3 Bc5 10. Kh1 d6 11. f4 Ned7 12. a3 b5 {This position is known
from Tal - Najdorf, Belgrade 1970. Kasparov brings a speculative sacrifice.}
13. Bxb5 $5 axb5 14. Ndxb5 Qb6 (14... Qb8 {and}) (14... Qc6 {will be played in
lateer games.}) 15. Bxc5 dxc5 {Gary has forgotten his home analysis.} 16. Nd6+
({The alternative is} 16. e5 Ba6 17. a4 Bxb5 18. Nxb5 Nd5) 16... Ke7 17. Nxc8+
$2 ({Right is} 17. e5 $1 Ba6 18. Rf2 Rhd8 19. Rd2 {(Lautier).}) 17... Rhxc8 18.
e5 Ne8 19. Qh5 h6 (19... Qxb2 $1 20. Ne4 h6 {can be played.}) 20. Rae1 f5 21.
Rf3 c4 $6 (21... Qxb2 {wins easily (Lautier).}) 22. g4 $1 fxg4 23. Qxg4 Ra5 $1
24. Ne4 Qc6 25. Nd6 $1 Nxd6 $2 (25... Rb8 $1 26. Kg1 Rd5 {prevails.}) 26. exd6+
Kf8 $5 27. Rg1 $2 (27. Rxe6 Re8 {(Lautier)} 28. Rxe8+ Kxe8 29. Qe6+ {gives
counter-play.}) 27... g5 $1 28. Rgg3 ({The pointe is} 28. fxg5+ Rf5) 28... Rf5
29. Qh5 Nf6 30. Qxh6+ Kf7 31. Kg1 Rg8 {Lautier took over the lead from
Kasparov.} 0-1

[Event "9th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1995.05.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A59"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. e4 Bxf1 8.
Kxf1 d6 9. g3 Bg7 10. Kg2 Nbd7 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Re1 Qa5 13. h3 Rfb8 14. e5 dxe5
15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Rxe5 Rb7 17. d6 exd6 18. Qxd6 Rc8 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Qxd5 Qa6
21. Re4 c4 22. Bf4 Bxb2 23. Rae1 Qb5 24. Re8+ Rxe8 25. Qxb5 Rxb5 26. Rxe8+ Kg7
27. Rc8 Rb4 28. Bd6 Ra4 29. a3 Kf6 30. Bb4 Bxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1995.05.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Bh6+ 14. Be3
Bxe3+ 15. Qxe3 Qb6 16. Qxe7 Be6 17. Qa3 {Black has lost a pawn in a known line.
} Rfd8 18. Ba6 c5 19. Be2 c4 20. f4 Rd4 21. Rxd4 Qxd4 22. g3 c3 23. Qxc3 Qxc3
24. bxc3 Bxa2 25. Kb2 Be6 26. c4 Kf8 27. Ra1 a5 28. c5 Ke7 29. c4 Bd7 30. Bf3
Rb8+ 31. Kc3 a4 32. Ra3 Rc8 33. Kd4 h5 34. Bb7 Rd8 35. Kc3 h4 36. gxh4 Rh8 37.
Bd5 Rxh4 38. Kb4 Rxh2 39. c6 Be6 40. Bxe6 fxe6 41. Kc5 Kd8 42. Rxa4 {Kasparov
and Lautier shared the lead at the end of the penultimate round.} 1-0

[Event "9th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1995.05.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Bc5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. d3
Nxd5 9. cxd5 Nd4 10. Nxd4 Bxd4 11. e3 Bb6 12. a4 a5 13. Bd2 Bd7 14. Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1995.05.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Re8 12. Rd1 Bf5 13. d6 h6 14. Bf4 Nd7 15.
Rd2 Nb4 16. Qb3 Be6 17. Bc4 Nb6 18. Bxe6 Rxe6 19. Na4 $5 {Piket follows a
suggestion by Tal after a game Karpov-Kasparov in Sevilla 1987.} Re4 $2 ({
Theory will become} 19... Nxa4 20. Qxa4 Nc6) 20. Bg3 (20. Be3 $6 Nc6 $1 21.
Nxc5 Rb4 {gives Black more counter-play (Piket).}) 20... Nc4 21. Nxc5 Nxd2 22.
Nxd2 Re2 23. Qxb4 a5 24. Qxb7 Rxd2 25. d7 Rxb2 26. Qd5 Rb5 27. Rd1 Bf8 28. Bd6
Bxd6 29. Qxd6 Rab8 30. h3 Rb1 $6 ({The exchange of rooks seems to be obvious,
but} 30... R5b6 $1 31. Qe5 Kh7 {offers more resistance.}) 31. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 32.
Kh2 Rb6 33. Qe5 Kf8 34. Qh8+ Ke7 35. Qe5+ Kf8 36. f4 h5 37. Qd5 h4 38. Qe5 g5
39. Qh8+ Ke7 40. Qe5+ Kf8 41. fxg5 ({See} 41. fxg5 Qb8 42. Qxb8+ Rxb8 43. Nb7
$1 {Jeroen had his day of glory.}) 1-0

[Event "9th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1995.05.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. f3 b5 8. Qd2
Bb7 9. O-O-O Nxd4 $5 {Lautier wants a fast draw.} 10. Bxd4 Rc8 11. g4 d6 12.
Kb1 Nf6 13. a3 Nd7 14. h4 Ne5 15. Qe3 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Qxc4 17. Rh2 e5 $6 {Square
d5 can become useful for White.} 18. Ba7 Be7 19. h5 h6 20. Qb6 Qc7 21. Qxc7
Rxc7 22. Bb6 Rc6 23. Ba5 Bg5 24. a4 bxa4 25. Nxa4 Ke7 26. b3 Rb8 27. Nc3 Ba8 $2
28. Nd5+ $1 {Square d5 becomes useful!} Kd7 29. Bd2 f6 30. Kb2 Rf8 31. Ra1 Bb7
32. Be3 Ke6 33. Rd2 Rf7 34. Rd3 Bxe3 35. Nxe3 Bc8 36. Rad1 Rfc7 37. c4 a5 38.
Nf5 Rd7 39. Ra1 Ra6 40. Kc3 Rc7 41. Rd5 Rca7 42. Rad1 Rd7 {Lautier is
completely lost. Hereafter, he can only move his bishop one square.} 43. Rb5 (
43. Kb2 $1 Bb7 44. R5d2 Bc8 45. Ka3 {and the white king enters.}) 43... Rc7 44.
Rb8 a4 45. bxa4 $2 (45. b4 $1 {wins easily (Riemersma).}) 45... Rxa4 46. Nxd6
$6 Bd7 47. Rb6 Ke7 48. Rdb1 $6 Be6 $1 49. Kb3 Rca7 50. Kc3 Rc7 51. R1b4 Ra3+
52. Rb3 Ra4 53. Kb2 Bxc4 54. Rc3 Ra2+ 55. Kc1 Ra1+ 56. Kd2 Rd7 57. Rxc4 {The
stunned Lautier had won the event.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "23.Schachtage"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

{The 23. Dortmunder Schachtage in 1995 costed DM 400,000, including DM 150,000
for starting fees and prices. An important sponsor was the Dortmunder
Sparkasse. Piket defended his title. Karpov, Ivanchuk and Kramnik, the numbers
two, three and five of the world, were the main rivals.   The tournament was a
great success for 20-years-old Kramnik. He won with 7/9 and played wonderful
chess in all phases of the game and hardly made an error. His era had begun in
Dortmund. Karpov did not play his best chess, but he let his opponents blunder
in the endgame during time pressure. } 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2
O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 b6 7. g3 Bb7 8. Bg2 c5 9. b4 d6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Bb2 Qc7
12. d3 Rfc8 13. Rac1 a6 14. Qd2 Bc6 15. Rfe1 Qb7 16. d4 Qb8 17. Bh3 Ne4 18. Qe3
d5 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. Nd2 Nd6 22. Qc3 Ne8 23. e4 Bb7 24. Nb3 Ndf6
25. Bg2 cxb4 26. Qxb4 Rxc1 27. Bxc1 Bc6 28. Qc3 Qc8 29. Bf4 Bb5 30. Qb2 Qd8 31.
Nc5 Rc8 32. Qb4 Qb6 33. Rc1 Qa7 34. h3 h6 35. Rc3 Qa8 36. a4 Bc6 37. Qb6 Nd7
38. Nxd7 Bxd7 39. Rxc8 Qxc8 40. a5 Bb5 41. Bf1 Bxf1 42. Kxf1 Qc4+ 43. Kg1 Nf6
44. f3 Nh5 45. Bb8 Qc3 46. g4 Nf6 47. Qd8+ Kh7 48. Kg2 Qb2+ 49. Kg1 $4 Qe2 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "23.Schachtage"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D21"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Nc6 5. Qxc4 Nf6 6. Bg5 {Ivanchuk reacts
alert to a novelty.} h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Nc3 Bd6 9. g3 O-O 10. Bg2 Bd7 ({
Commentators prefer} 10... e5 {but} 11. d5 {keeps an edge.}) 11. O-O Rfd8 12.
Rac1 Qe7 $6 (12... Qg6 {restricts the centre.}) 13. Ne4 Be8 14. e3 Rac8 15.
Rfd1 a6 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. Qxc5 Qxc5 18. Rxc5 Ne7 19. Ne5 Nd5 $6 (19... b6 20.
Rcc1 f6 21. Nd3 c6 {creates a solid wall.}) 20. a3 f6 $2 ({Preparation of this
move by} 20... Kf8 {is necessary.}) 21. Bh3 $1 fxe5 (21... Rd6 $2 22. Nc4) (
21... Bf7 $2 22. Nxf7 Kxf7 23. e4 Ne7 24. d5 {(Kramnik).}) 22. Bxe6+ Bf7 23.
Bxc8 Rxc8 24. dxe5 Nb6 25. Rd4 Be6 26. f4 Kf7 27. e4 g6 28. Kf2 Ke7 29. Rc1 a5
30. Rc5 a4 31. Rb4 Bd7 32. Rc1 Bc6 33. Ke3 Nd7 (33... Bd7 {restores the
restriction of the king's side.}) 34. Rbc4 Rb8 35. h4 h5 36. Rg1 Rh8 37. Rc2
Ke6 38. Rgc1 ({Kramnik avoids} 38. g4 $6 hxg4 39. Rxg4 Nf8 40. Rcg2 Be8) 38...
Nb8 39. Rc5 Ke7 40. R1c2 Nd7 $2 ({Correct is} 40... Rf8 {(Kramnik).}) 41. Rxc6
$1 bxc6 42. Rxc6 Rb8 43. Rxg6 Rxb2 {White has opened the position with a
sacrifice. His attack will become stronger than the counter.} 44. f5 Rb3+ 45.
Kf4 Rxa3 46. Rg7+ Ke8 47. e6 Nf6 48. g4 $1 ({An obvious choice is} 48. Rxc7 {
but White has even better.}) (48. e5 $2 Nd5+ 49. Ke4 Nc3+ $11) (48. Ke5 Ng4+
49. Kf4 Nf6 {loses time.}) 48... Ra1 ({The points are} 48... hxg4 49. Ke5) (
48... Nxg4 49. e5) (48... Rh3 49. g5 Rxh4+ 50. Kf3 {(Kramnik).}) 49. e5 Nd5+
50. Ke4 (50. Ke4 Nc3+ 51. Kd4 Nb5+ 52. Kc4 {wins easily (Kramnik).}) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "23.Schachtage"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Qb3
Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rd1 Re8 12. Bd3 c5 13. dxc5 Nd7 14. c6 Bxc6
15. O-O Nc5 ({The known} 15... Rc8 {is solid.}) 16. Qc2 Bb7 17. Bb5 Re7 18.
Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Qf5 Bxb2 20. Rxd5 Qc8 21. Qc2 Bf6 22. Rfd1 a6 23. Bf1 Re8 24. Bc4
$1 Ra7 (24... Qc7 $1 25. Rd6 Rad8 {is correct (Lautier).}) 25. Rd6 b5 26. Rxf6
$1 {A sacrifice opens the king's file.} gxf6 27. Qg6+ Kf8 28. Qxh6+ Ke7 (28...
Kg8 $2 29. Rd5 f5 30. Qg5+ Kf8 31. Rxf5 Ne6 32. Qh6+ Ke7 33. Qf6+ $18 {
(Lautier).}) 29. Bxf7 $1 {White seems to win forcefully.} Rh8 $2 (29... Rd7 $1
30. Bd5 Ne4 {brings a great escape.}) 30. Qg6 Rd7 31. Nd4 Rf8 32. Nf5+ Kd8 33.
Qxf6+ Kc7 34. Rc1 ({Belyavsky has no stomach for} 34. Rc1 Kb8 35. Qb6+ Qb7 36.
Qxc5 Rfxf7 37. Qe5+) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "23.Schachtage"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. h3 e5 8. Re1 h6
9. Na3 Nd7 10. Bb5 Ne7 11. Nc2 a6 12. Bf1 b6 13. a4 Bb7 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. b3
Nc8 16. Ba3 Nd6 17. Nd2 c5 18. g3 Qc7 19. Bg2 Nf6 20. c4 Rad8 21. Qe2 a5 22.
Bb2 Rfe8 23. Na3 h5 24. Rad1 Nh7 25. Nab1 Nf8 $2 (25... Qc6 26. Nc3 Nf5 $1 27.
Nd5 Nd4 {keeps equality.}) 26. Nc3 Qb8 27. Nd5 Bc6 28. Nf3 f6 29. Nh4 Nf7 30.
Rd3 Bxd5 31. cxd5 Nd6 32. Bc1 Qc8 33. Rc3 Qd7 34. Nf3 Qf7 35. h4 Kh7 36. Qe3
Nd7 37. Bh3 Qf8 38. Qe2 Bh6 39. Bxh6 Qxh6 40. Nd2 f5 $2 ({The subtle defence} 
40... Nb8 $1 41. Nc4 Nxc4 42. bxc4 Na6 43. Rb3 Nb4 {holds the position.}) 41.
exf5 Nxf5 42. Ne4 Kh8 43. Ng5 Re7 44. d6 Rg7 45. Qd2 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "23.Schachtage"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Short, Nigel"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 $5 {The Schliemann Defence is a courageous
choice at this level.} 4. d4 ({The more successful} 4. Nc3 {leads to great
complications.}) 4... fxe4 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nxe5 Qh4 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. h3 Nd5 9. O-O
Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bd6 11. Qe1 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Bf5 13. c4 c5 14. Qe3 b6 15. f4 h5 16.
Bb2 O-O-O 17. Rad1 {Leaders: Kramnik, Karpov, Lautier and Lékó 1.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "23.Schachtage"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C86"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Qe2 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. d3 Bb7 10. Bg5 Na5 11. Bc2 dxe4 12. dxe4 Nd7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nbd2 c5
15. Rfd1 Nf6 (15... Rfd8 {and a draw was accepted in Mencinger-Mikac,
Finkenstein 1993.}) 16. a4 Bc6 17. Nf1 Nc4 18. b3 Nd6 19. Ng3 bxa4 20. bxa4
Rfe8 21. Rd2 g6 $6 {Subsequently, White takes the initiative.} ({If Black plays
} 21... a5 $1 22. Rad1 Rad8 {the rooks can be exchanged easily.}) 22. Rad1 Nb7
23. h3 Red8 24. Rxd8+ Nxd8 25. Qe3 Nd7 26. Nd2 Nb7 27. Nc4 Rd8 28. Bb3 Kg7 29.
Qe2 Nb8 30. Rxd8 Nxd8 31. Ne3 Bd7 32. Bc4 Qd6 33. Qa2 Bc8 34. Bd5 h5 35. Nc4
Qc7 36. Nf1 Nd7 37. Nfe3 Nf6 38. a5 Ne6 39. Nb6 Nf4 40. Nxc8 Qxc8 41. Bxf7 Nxe4
42. Bc4 Qb7 43. Qc2 Nd6 44. Bf1 Qc6 $2 {At last Black succumbs under the
pressure.} (44... e4 $1 45. Qd2 Qc6) 45. Qb3 Nb5 46. h4 e4 47. Qc4 {Black has
been outmanoeuvred.} Nd3 $6 ({The point is} 47... Nc7 $2 48. f3 $1 {and White
wins a pawn.}) (47... Ne6 48. Qd5 Qxd5 49. Nxd5 Nbc7 50. Bc4 {brings a bad
endgame.}) 48. Bxd3 exd3 49. Qxd3 Qc7 50. Nd5 Qe5 ({No avail has} 50... Qxa5
51. Qe3 $1 Qd8 52. Qxc5) 51. g3 Nd6 52. Ne3 c4 53. Qd2 Kf7 54. Ng2 Ke7 55. Nf4
Qe4 56. Nd5+ Kf7 57. Qg5 Qe1+ 58. Kg2 Qe6 $6 (58... Qe4+ 59. Kh2 Qe6 {is
slightly better.}) 59. Qf4+ Kg7 60. Qd4+ Kg8 61. Nc7 (61. Nc7 Qe4+ 62. Qxe4
Nxe4 63. Nxa6 Nxc3 64. Nc7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "23.Schachtage"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. a3 b4 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 bxa3 12. bxa3 Bd6 13. Bd2 Rb8 $1 14. Qa4 c5
$1 {Kramnik equalises neatly.} 15. Bxb7 Rxb7 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Ba5 Qb8 18. Rd1
O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "23.Schachtage"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lobron, Eric"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D21"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 Nc6 6. g3 $2 {Coffeehouse chess
begins.} (6. e3 Na5 7. Ne5 {is correct.}) 6... Na5 7. Bf4 Nf6 8. e4 Bb4 9. Qc2
Nb3 10. Rd1 b5 11. Bg2 Bb7 12. e5 Nd5 13. O-O Nxc3 14. bxc3 Be7 15. h4 h6 16.
Be3 Bd5 17. Ne1 O-O 18. Qe2 Qd7 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. Ng2 Qe4 21. Nf4 Rad8 22. f3
Qb7 23. axb5 axb5 24. g4 Bxh4 25. Nh5 c5 26. Qh2 Qe7 27. Kg2 cxd4 28. cxd4 Ra8
29. Kh3 Rfd8 30. Qc2 Rd7 31. Qe4 Rad8 $2 (31... Ra2 32. f4 c3 $19) 32. f4 g6
33. f5 exf5 34. gxf5 gxh5 35. f6 Qe6+ 36. Kh2 $2 ({The obvious} 36. Kxh4 Qg4+
37. Qxg4+ hxg4 38. Rf4 c3 $1 39. Rxg4+ Kh8 {gives equal chances.}) 36... Bg3+
$4 {The game makes a complete turnaround.} 37. Kxg3 Qg4+ 38. Qxg4+ hxg4 39. Rf4
h5 40. Rf5 h4+ 41. Kxh4 Nxd4 (41... Rxd4 42. Rg5+ Kf8 43. Rh5 $1 Kg8 (43... Ke8
44. Rh8+) 44. Rh1 $18 {(Von Gleich).}) 42. Rg5+ Kf8 43. Rh5 Kg8 44. Rh1 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "23.Schachtage"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8.
Nd2 Nbd7 9. f3 h6 10. Bh4 Qe7 11. Bd3 g5 12. Bf2 O-O-O 13. Qa4 Kb8 14. O-O-O
Nh5 15. Rhe1 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "23.Schachtage"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Short, Nigel"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. Be3 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. a3 Be7 8. Bd3
e5 9. g4 Bg6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qd2 h6 12. O-O-O a6 13. Qe1 Nd7 14. Bc4 Bd6 15.
Rg1 Qe7 16. Nd5 Qf8 17. Nd2 O-O-O 18. f3 Nc5 19. Rf1 f6 20. b4 Nd7 21. c3 Bf7
22. Qe2 Ncb8 23. Bf2 h5 24. Nb3 $1 hxg4 25. hxg4 b5 $2 (25... Rh2 {is okay.})
26. Bd3 c6 27. Na5 $1 {Short has prepared a double piece sacrifice.} Qe8 ({
Lékó has to avoid} 27... cxd5 $2 28. Bxb5 $1 axb5 29. Qxb5 Re8 30. exd5 Kd8 31.
Bc5 Bxc5 32. bxc5 $18) 28. Nb6+ $2 (28. Qe3 $1 c5 (28... cxd5 $2 29. Qa7 Nc5
30. Bxc5 Rd7 31. Qa8) 29. c4 {and a strong attack (Short).}) 28... Nxb6 29.
Bxb6 Rd7 30. Bc2 Bc7 31. Qf2 Bxb6 32. Qxb6 Qd8 33. Qxb8+ Kxb8 34. Nxc6+ Kc7 35.
Nxd8 Rdxd8 36. Rxd8 Kxd8 37. Rf2 Rh1+ 38. Kb2 Kc7 39. a4 Bc4 40. axb5 axb5 41.
Bb3 Rf1 42. Rxf1 Bxf1 43. Kc1 g5 44. Kd2 Kb6 45. Ba2 Kc6 {Leaders: Kramnik,
Karpov and Lékó 1 1/2.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "23.Schachtage"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. dxc5 $5 d4 $5 6. Ne4 $5 Nc6 7. Nf3
Bf5 8. Ng3 Bg4 9. Qc2 Nf6 10. h3 d3 $6 (10... Bxf3 11. exf3 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qxc5 {
is less artificial.}) 11. Qxd3 Qxd3 12. exd3 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Bxc5 14. Be3 Bd4 15.
O-O-O Nd5 16. Nf5 Bf6 17. Bc5 b6 18. Ba3 Nd4 19. Re1+ Kd7 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21. Re4
Rac8+ $6 {Again Lobron plays an odd move.} (21... Bxf2 22. d4 Rad8 $1 23. Rh2
Be3+ 24. Kb1 Kc7 {is wiser.}) 22. Kd2 Bc5 23. Bxc5 Rxc5 24. Be2 $6 (24. d4 Rc7
25. Bd3 {is better.}) 24... f5 $2 ({The last chance is} 24... Rhc8 25. Bd1 f5
26. Rh4 Nf6) 25. Rd4 Kd6 26. Bd1 Ke5 27. Ra4 Rc7 28. Bb3 Rd8 29. f4+ Kf6 30.
Rc1 Rxc1 31. Kxc1 Kg6 ({The game lengthens} 31... Ne7 32. Rxa7 Rxd3 33. Rb7 Rd6
34. a3 {Restriction will become fatal someday.}) 32. Kd2 Nf6 33. Rxa7 Ne4+ 34.
Ke2 Nc5 35. Bc4 Rb8 36. b4 Nb7 37. a4 Nd6 38. Rd7 Re8+ 39. Kf3 Nxc4 40. dxc4
Re4 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "23.Schachtage"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 Qc7
8. Qf3 Bg4 9. Qg3 Qxg3 10. hxg3 Bf5 11. Ne2 e6 12. f3 Nd5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nf4
Nxf4 15. Bxf4 Kd7 16. Ke2 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Kxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "23.Schachtage"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Qc2 O-O 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Rd1 dxc4 $5 {
Beliavsky opens the batle with a new move.} 8. e4 Nb6 $5 9. h4 Nfd7 ({White
had planned} 9... h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. g4 $1) 10. Be2 Re8 11. Be3 c6 12. e5 Nf8
13. Ne4 Bd7 14. O-O f5 $2 ({Kramnik prefers} 14... h6) 15. exf6 gxf6 16. Bh6
Ng6 $5 17. Nc5 Qc7 18. Bxc4 Nxc4 19. Qxc4 Bf8 20. Bxf8 Nxf8 {The exchanges led
to weaknesses.} 21. Rfe1 Re7 22. Qc3 Rae8 $2 {This natural move is punished.}
23. Ne4 Rf7 (23... Qf4 24. Qd2 Qxd2 25. Rxd2 Kg7 26. Nd6 Rb8 27. Nf5+ {and
White also wins the exchange.}) 24. d5 $1 {The win is elegant.} e5 25. dxc6
Qxc6 26. Nd6 ({Kramnik avoids} 26. Qxc6 $2 Bxc6 27. Nd6 Bxf3 $1 28. Nxe8 Bxd1
29. Rxd1 h5) 26... Qxc3 27. bxc3 Re6 28. Nxf7 Kxf7 29. Nd2 Ra6 30. Ne4 Bc6 31.
Rd6 Nd7 32. Red1 Ke7 33. R6d2 Ra3 34. f3 Ba4 35. Rc1 Bc6 36. Nd6 Nc5 37. Nc4
Ra4 38. Ne3 Ne6 39. Rcd1 Kf7 40. Nf5 Nc5 41. Rd8 $2 Rxa2 42. h5 Ne6 43. Rh8 Ng5
(43... Nf4 $1 44. Rxh7+ Ke6 45. Nh4 $6 Nxg2 $1 {is even better.}) 44. Rc8 Rxg2+
$2 (44... Ne6 {probably draws.}) 45. Kf1 $1 (45. Kf1 Bxf3 46. Rc7+ Ke6 47. Ng7#
) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "23.Schachtage"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Short, Nigel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A27"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Nf3 f5 5. d4 e4 6. d5 $1 Ne5 $1 7. Nd4 h5 $6 {
'Creative' play brings trouble.} (7... Bd7 8. Bg2 Nf6 {is okay.}) 8. f3 h4 9.
Bg2 h3 10. Bf1 Nf6 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. fxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Qxe4 Bd7 ({The
natural} 14... Nxc4 15. Qg6+ Qf7 16. Qxf7+ Kxf7 17. e4 Ne5 18. Bf4 {leads to a
poor endgame for Black.}) 15. Nf3 O-O-O 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Bd2 Qf6 18. Qe3 b6
19. b4 c6 ({Less problems brings} 19... Be7 20. Bc3 Ba4 21. a3) 20. Qa3 Kb8 21.
e4 Be7 22. Be2 Rhf8 23. Qe3 Qg6 24. Rc1 (24. c5 $2 Bg5 $1) 24... c5 25. b5 $2 (
25. a3 {keeps the queen's side open.}) 25... Rde8 26. a4 Rf7 27. a5 Ref8 28.
axb6 axb6 29. Rf1 Rxf1+ 30. Bxf1 Bg4 31. Be2 Bxe2 $1 32. Qxe2 Bg5 33. Rc3 Bxd2+
34. Kxd2 Qg5+ 35. Kc2 Qf6 36. Rd3 g5 $1 {Nigel prepares further exchanges.} 37.
g4 $5 (37. Kc3 Qf2 38. Qxf2 Rxf2 39. Rd2 Rxd2 40. Kxd2 g4 $1 {The pawn ending
is drawn (Short).}) 37... Qf2 38. Qxf2 Rxf2+ 39. Rd2 Rg2 40. Kd3 Rxg4 41. Rf2
Rg1 42. Rf6 Kc7 43. Rc6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "23.Schachtage"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5 Nb8 13. Nf1 Nbd7 14. Ng3 g6 15.
Bg5 Bg7 16. Qd2 Qe7 17. Nh2 h5 18. Rad1 Qf8 19. Bc2 Nb6 20. b3 Nfd7 21. Nf3
Rac8 22. Bd3 c6 23. c4 bxc4 24. bxc4 Nc5 25. Rb1 Nbd7 26. Bf1 Rc7 27. Be3 Qe7
28. Bg5 Qf8 29. Be3 Qe7 30. Bg5 Qf8 {Leader: Kramnik 2 1/2.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "23.Schachtage"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8.
Be2 c5 9. Nf3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bc6 11. Qd3 O-O 12. O-O e6 13. Bf4 Nd7 14. Rac1 Nf6
15. Nd2 Qe7 16. Qe3 Rfd8 17. Be5 Bf8 18. Nb3 Nd7 19. Bf4 Qa3 20. Rfd1 Re8 ({
Ivanchuk fears} 20... Qxa2 $2 21. Ra1 Qc2 22. f3) 21. Rc2 e5 22. dxe5 Nxe5 23.
f3 f5 24. Qc3 Bg7 25. Bc1 Qe7 26. f4 Bxe4 27. fxe5 Bxc2 28. Qxc2 Rac8 29. Bc4+
Kh8 30. Rd5 $4 ({Correct is} 30. Qd3) ({or} 30. Qe2) 30... Qh4 $1 31. Nd2 Rxe5
32. g3 Qe7 (32... Qe7 33. Rxe5 Qxe5 34. a4 a6 {White has no defence against ..
b5.}) 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "23.Schachtage"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O
Bc5 9. Nb3 Ba7 10. Bg5 Ne5 11. Qe2 d6 12. Kh1 h6 $6 (12... Bd7 {develops a
piece.}) 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. f4 Nc4 15. f5 $1 Ne3 (15... Nxb2 $2 16. Qf3 $1 Rf8
17. fxe6 fxe6 18. e5 $1 dxe5 19. Ne4 f5 20. Qh5+ {(Lékó).}) 16. Rf3 (16. fxe6
Bxe6 (16... Nxf1 $2 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. exf7+) 17. Rxf6 h5 {(Lékó)} 18. Nd5 $1 Qxc2
19. Qxc2 Nxc2 20. Rc1) 16... Nxg2 17. Kxg2 Bd7 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Rxf6 h5 20.
Rd1 O-O-O 21. h4 ({Confusion starts} 21. Nd4 $5 h4 $1 22. Nxe6 Bxe6 23. Rxe6
hxg3 24. h3) 21... Kb8 22. Nd4 Qc5 $1 23. Nf3 (23. Nxe6 $2 Qe5 $1) 23... Rhf8
24. Rxf8 Rxf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "23.Schachtage"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lobron, Eric"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Ne5 8. e4
Bb4 9. Qe2 d6 10. f4 Nc6 11. Be3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Bg2 O-O 14. O-O b6 15.
g4 {White can attack on the king's side as compensation for the weakness.} Bb7
({Known is} 15... Ba6 $5 {from Ilescas-Gelfand, Dos Hermanas 1994. Kramnik
wants to pressure on the centre.}) 16. g5 Nd7 17. Rf3 Ne7 18. Rh3 Rfc8 19. Qh5
Nf8 20. Nd2 d5 $1 {Both players follow their strategic goals.} 21. cxd5 exd5
22. f5 $1 Qxc3 $6 (22... dxe4 $1 23. Rf1 Nd5 24. Nxe4 Nxe3 25. Rxe3 {with
dynamic equality (Kramnik).}) 23. Rf1 $1 (23. Nb3 dxe4 24. Bd4 {looks great.} {
Black escapes by} g6 $3 ({Kramnik continues with} 24... Qc2 $2 25. Rf1 {and
White attacks.}) 25. Bxc3 ({the point is} 25. Qh6 $4 Qxa1+ $1 26. Bxa1 Nxf5)
25... gxh5 26. Nd2) 23... d4 24. Bf4 {White is ready for a charge.} d3 $6 ({
Black might survive in} 24... Qb2 $1 25. f6 $1 Neg6 26. fxg7 Kxg7 27. Bd6 Rc1
$1 28. Bxf8+ Kxf8) 25. Qh4 $2 {The queen goes to wrong squares.} (25. Nb3 $1
Rd8 26. Rc1 Qb4 27. Bd2 Qa3 {White's active consolidation is completed.} 28. f6
{with a strong attack.}) 25... Re8 26. Qg3 $6 Rad8 27. Rf2 Qa1+ 28. Rf1 Qb2 $6
29. Rf2 ({It is too late for} 29. f6 {due to} Neg6 30. fxg7 Ne6) 29... Qxa2 30.
Be5 Nxf5 $5 31. exf5 Bxg2 32. Kxg2 $2 (32. g6 fxg6 33. fxg6 Nxg6 {has no
success.}) (32. Rxg2 {is forced.}) 32... Qd5+ 33. Nf3 Rxe5 $1 34. Qxe5 Qxe5 35.
Nxe5 d2 36. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 37. Kf3 {Commentators criticised White's 23rd move, but
left the critical position on move 25 unnoticed.} 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "23.Schachtage"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 Bb7 12. Bf4 Nd5 13. Nc3 Nxf4 14. Qxf4 c5 15.
dxc5 Bxc5 16. Rac1 Qe7 17. Rfd1 Ra7 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Rc7 20. b4 Bd6 21.
Rxc7 Bxc7 22. h4 h6 23. e3 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. Nd4 Qd6 (25... Bd6 26. a3 Qc8
{is okay.}) 26. Qb7 g6 $2 ({Equality brings} 26... Bb6 $1 {(plans ..Qc7)} 27.
Nc6 Nxc6 28. Bxc6 Bxe3 $1 29. fxe3 Qxg3+ 30. Kf1 Qxe3) 27. Nc6 Nxc6 28. Bxc6 a5
29. bxa5 Bxa5 30. Bxb5 Qb6 31. Qa8+ Kg7 32. a4 Bc3 33. Qc8 {Hereafter, Karpov
draws despite the loss of a pawn.} ({Piket suggests} 33. Kg2 $1) 33... Ba5 34.
Qc4 Qd6 35. Qe4 Bc3 36. Qb7 Qd1+ 37. Kh2 Qc2 38. Kg2 Be1 39. Qf3 Qb2 40. Be8
Qf6 41. Qe2 Ba5 42. Qc4 Qb2 43. Qf4 Qf6 44. Qe4 Be1 45. Qc2 Qd8 46. Qb2+ Qf6
47. Qa2 Ba5 48. Bc6 Qc3 49. Bf3 Qb4 50. Qc2 Qc3 51. Qe2 Qe5 52. Bc6 Qc5 53.
Qb2+ Bc3 54. Qb7 Qb4 55. Qa7 Qa5 56. Qd7 Qb4 57. Qa7 Qa5 58. Qb8 Qb4 59. Bb5
Qb2 60. Qa7 Be1 61. e4 Qe5 62. Qe3 Qc3 63. Qa7 Qe5 64. Bc6 g5 65. hxg5 hxg5 66.
Qe3 Bb4 67. Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "23.Schachtage"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Short, Nigel"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. d5 Nc4 13. a4 Bd7 14. b3 Nb6 15. a5 Nc8
16. Nbd2 g6 17. Nf1 Ne8 18. Bh6 Ng7 19. g4 Bd8 20. Ng3 Ne7 21. c4 Kh8 22. Kh2
Ng8 23. Be3 bxc4 24. bxc4 f5 25. exf5 gxf5 26. gxf5 Bxf5 27. Nd2 Bc8 28. Rg1
Qd7 29. Rg2 Ne7 30. Kg1 Nef5 31. Nxf5 Nxf5 32. Qg4 $6 (32. Qf3 $11) 32... Qf7
33. Qe2 Rb8 34. Be4 Rb2 35. Qd3 $2 ({Correct is} 35. Bxf5 Bxf5 36. Kh2) 35...
Nxe3 36. Qxe3 Qf4 37. Nf1 Rf7 38. Ra3 Bh4 39. Qxf4 exf4 40. Nh2 Re7 41. f3 Rg7
{Leader: Kramnik 3 1/2.} 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "23.Schachtage"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 d6 9. Nd2 g5 10. Bg3 Qe7 11. h4 Rg8 12. Rh2 Nc6 13. Bd3 O-O-O 14. Qe2 Kb8
15. e4 Ka8 16. Nb3 e5 17. d5 Nb8 18. a4 a5 19. c5 $2 (19. Rb1 {(Lékó).}) 19...
dxc5 20. Rb1 Ne8 21. f3 Nd6 $1 22. Nd2 f6 23. Rh1 Ka7 24. Bf2 Ba6 $1 25. g4
Bxd3 26. Qxd3 Na6 27. Ke2 Qd7 28. Qc2 h5 $1 {Black has blockaded the queen's
side and opens the other flank.} 29. gxh5 g4 30. Rbg1 gxf3+ 31. Nxf3 Qh7 32.
Nd2 Qxh5+ 33. Ke1 f5 $1 34. Qd1 Qf7 35. Rxg8 $6 ({No relief brings} 35. Qf3
Rxg1+ 36. Rxg1 Nxe4 $1 37. Nxe4 Qxd5 38. Ng5 e4 39. Qe2 Qb3) 35... Rxg8 36. Rg1
Rf8 37. Qf3 Qe8 38. Rg5 fxe4 39. Qg3 Qxa4 40. Rxe5 Nc4 41. Nxc4 Qxc4 42. Qe3 a4
0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "23.Schachtage"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Nge7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Re1 Nf5 12. Bd3 h6 13. Bc2 Qd6 14. Qd3 Rd8
15. Be3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 g6 17. e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "23.Schachtage"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Rc1 dxc4 8. e3
c5 9. Bxc4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. Bg3 a6 12. e4 Nc6 13. Nb3 Qb6 $6 (13... b5 {
is more useful.}) 14. e5 Nh7 15. O-O Rfd8 16. Qe2 Be8 17. Kh1 Nd4 18. Nxd4 Rxd4
19. f3 $1 Qd8 20. Rcd1 Bc6 21. Bd3 Nf8 22. Ne4 {White utilises the centre.} Qa5
23. Bb1 Rd5 24. Nd6 Bxd6 $6 {Hereafter, Black has to remain passive.} (24...
Rd8 25. Rxd5 Bxd5 26. a3 f6 {is wiser.}) 25. exd6 Rc8 26. Rxd5 Bxd5 27. b3 Qb4
28. Rd1 a5 29. h3 a4 30. bxa4 Qxa4 31. Kh2 Qc4 32. Qf2 {Karpov avoids the
exchange of queens in order to keep the game going.} Ra8 33. Rd2 Qc1 34. Rb2
Nd7 35. Bd3 Bc6 36. Rc2 Qa3 37. Qd2 Qa5 38. Qe3 Qa4 39. Qe2 Qd4 40. Rc4 Qa7 41.
Bb1 Qa3 42. Qc2 Nf8 43. Rd4 Bd7 44. Rd3 Qa6 45. Qb2 Rc8 46. Rb3 Bc6 47. Bd3 Qa5
48. Rb4 f6 (48... Nd7 {continues the passivity.}) 49. Be4 Bxe4 50. Rxe4 Qa6 51.
Qb3 Ra8 52. a4 Qc6 53. Rb4 b6 54. h4 Ra5 55. Rxb6 Qxa4 56. Qe3 Qa3 57. Qe4 Qa4
58. Rb4 {Karpov waits from a blunder.} Qd1 $2 (58... Qe8 $1 59. Rb7 Rd5 60. Qc2
g5 61. Qc7 Qg6 {continues the struggle.}) 59. Rb8 Qd5 ({The counterattack} 
59... Ra1 60. Kh3 Qh1+ 61. Bh2 Rg1 {is refuted by} 62. Rxf8+ Kxf8 63. Qa8+ Kf7
64. Qa7+) 60. d7 $1 (60. d7 Qxd7 61. Qb4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "23.Schachtage"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Short, Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Qc2 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8.
Rd1 g6 ({Variations are} 8... Nc6) ({and} 8... b6) 9. e3 c6 10. Bd3 dxc4 11.
Bxc4 Nd7 12. h4 $5 Bg7 13. a3 $1 (13. h5 g5 {has no effect.}) 13... Qe7 14. Ba2
b6 15. Bb1 $1 h5 $1 16. O-O Bb7 17. Ng5 Rfd8 18. Ba2 $1 {Vladimir keeps on
probing.} Nf6 19. e4 Ng4 $1 20. e5 Rd7 $2 (20... c5 $1 21. d5 exd5 22. Nxd5
Qxe5 23. f4 Qd4+ $1 24. Rxd4 Bxd4+ 25. Kh1 Bxd5 {(Kramnik).}) 21. Ne2 Rad8 (
21... Ba6 $1 22. Nf4 $1 Bxf1 23. Nxg6 $1 fxg6 24. Bxe6+ Kf8 25. Qxc6 {wins
beautifully.}) 22. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 23. Qxg6 Nxe5 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. Nf4 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "23.Schachtage"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 g6 6. Qc2 Bxf3 7. gxf3 Bg7 8. Bg5
Nc6 9. O-O-O h6 10. Bh4 O-O 11. f4 d5 12. e4 dxe4 13. d5 Ne7 14. Nxe4 Nf5 15.
dxe6 Qe7 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Rd7 Qxe6 18. Bh3 Rad8 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Bxf5 gxf5
21. Rg1+ Kh7 22. Rxc7 Rd4 23. Kb1 Rxf4 24. Rd1 Qh4 25. Qc3 Rxf2 26. Rg1 Qe4+
27. Ka2 Rg2 28. Rxg2 Qxg2 29. Qe5 Qe4 30. Qf6 f4 31. h4 b5 32. h5 bxc4 33. Rc6
Kg8 34. Qxh6 Qd5 35. Rd6 Qe5 36. Rd1 Qe3 37. Qg5+ Kh7 38. Rg1 Qd4 39. Qf5+ Kh8
40. Rg6 fxg6 41. Qxf8+ Kh7 42. Qf7+ Qg7 43. hxg6+ Kh6 44. Qxf4+ Kxg6 45. Qg4+
Kf6 46. Qd4+ Kg6 47. Qxc4 Kf5 48. Kb3 Qb7+ 49. Qb4 Qa6 50. Qc5+ Ke6 51. Qc4+
Qxc4+ 52. Kxc4 Kd6 {White has a won pawn ending in a poor game.} 53. Kb5 Kc7
54. Ka6 Kb8 55. a4 Ka8 56. a5 Kb8 57. b3 $1 {White has counted the tempi well.}
Ka8 58. b4 Kb8 59. b5 Ka8 60. b6 {Top: Kramnik 4 1/2, Karpov 3 1/2.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "23.Schachtage"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Bf4 Ne4 10. Nbd2 Nxd2 $5 (10... f5 {leads to the Stonewall.}) 11. Nxd2
g5 12. Be3 f5 13. f3 Rf7 ({Too ambitious is} 13... f4 14. Bf2 Nf6 {due to} 15.
e4 {(Fine-Steiner, Washington 1944).}) 14. Bf2 Nf8 15. e4 Ng6 16. Rad1 a5 $5
17. Nb1 $5 {Both players have no clear plan. Black decides to open the centre.}
dxe4 18. fxe4 e5 $5 19. exf5 ({Little advantage brings} 19. dxe5 Qc7 20. Nd2 f4
21. Nf3 Be6) 19... Bxf5 20. Qe2 exd4 21. Bxd4 Qd7 $1 22. Bb6 Qe6 {White's
advantage disappears fast.} 23. Nc3 Qxe2 24. Nxe2 Ne5 25. b3 Bg4 26. Rxf7 Nxf7
27. Bf1 Ne5 28. h3 Bf3 29. Bg2 Bxe2 (29... Bxe2 30. Re1 a4 31. Rxe2 Bf6 $11)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "23.Schachtage"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. Be2 f5 8. exf5
Bxf5 9. Bg5 a6 10. Bxe7 Kxe7 11. N5c3 Nf6 12. O-O Qb6 13. b3 ({Less accurate is
} 13. Qd2 $6 {(Shabtai-Milov, Budapest 1993).}) 13... Rhd8 14. Bd3 $6 ({
Equality keeps} 14. Nd2 Qd4 15. Rc1) 14... Be6 15. Be4 Qd4 $1 16. Qe2 Nxe4 17.
Nxe4 (17. Qxe4 Qxe4 18. Nxe4 b5 {Black has an edge too (Horváth).}) 17... Qxa1
18. Nbc3 Nd4 19. Qd2 Qxf1+ 20. Kxf1 h6 21. Ne2 Nxe2 22. Kxe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "23.Schachtage"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lobron, Eric"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e3 g6 8. Bb5+
c6 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. Ne2 (10. e4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 c5 {is usual.}) 10... c5 11. dxc5
bxc5 12. Qc2 Nd7 13. e4 N5b6 $5 (13... Qa5+ 14. Qd2 Qxd2+ 15. Bxd2 {reaches
the endgame.}) 14. Nc3 $6 {Tempi are lost.} ({The confrontation seeks} 14. Bg5
Qc7 15. Rc1 c4 16. b3 Ne5 17. bxc4 Nxf3+ 18. gxf3 Nd7 19. c5 Bc6) 14... c4 15.
Be2 Nc5 16. O-O Qc7 17. Bg5 O-O 18. Nd2 Rfc8 19. f4 $6 (19. Rfd1 Be5 20. h3 {
takes no risk.}) 19... a5 20. e5 Ba6 21. Nde4 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 Nd5 23. Qd2 Rab8
24. Nd6 Qb6+ 25. Kh1 Rc5 26. Rac1 Qxb2 27. Qxb2 Rxb2 28. Bxc4 Bxc4 29. Nxc4 ({
No relief brings} 29. Rxc4 Rxc4 30. Nxc4 Rc2 31. Nxa5 h6 {(Dautov).}) 29... Rb8
$1 30. Nd6 Rxc1 31. Rxc1 h6 {White loses a pawn and the endgame.} 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "23.Schachtage"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Be2
Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O Qe7 12. Qb3 Rd8 13. Rad1 c6 14. Rd2 Nd7
15. Rc1 Rab8 16. Qa4 a5 17. Qd1 g6 18. Na4 Bg7 19. Rdc2 Qe6 20. Ne1 f5 21. Nd3
g5 22. g3 Rf8 23. Bf3 Kh8 24. Bg2 Rbc8 25. Qd2 Rfe8 26. Rc3 Rb8 27. R3c2 Bf8
28. Qd1 Rbc8 29. Nc3 Bd6 30. Kh1 Rf8 31. f4 $1 {Piket lets the game explode
under time pressure.} Kg7 ({The violent} 31... Qxe3 32. Re2 Qxd4 33. Re6 Rf6
34. Ne2 Qxd3 35. Qxd3 Rxe6 {leads to great complications.}) 32. Ne5 Bxe5 $6 (
32... Bc7 {keeps the position closed.}) 33. dxe5 Nc5 $2 (33... Ba6 $1 34. Ne2
Bxe2 35. Qxe2 {fixes the problems.}) 34. Ne2 Ne4 35. Nd4 Qg6 36. Bxe4 dxe4 37.
Qe2 $2 {White fails in time trouble.} (37. Rd2 $1 {(Piket)} Kh7 38. Qb3 b5 39.
Qe6 {wins in the centre.}) (37. g4 $1 fxg4 38. Qxg4 Kg8 39. f5 {wins on the
king's side.}) 37... c5 $1 38. Nb5 Ba6 $1 39. Rd2 Rfd8 40. Rcd1 Rxd2 41. Rxd2
Qe8 42. a4 Rd8 43. Kg1 Bxb5 44. axb5 gxf4 45. gxf4 Kh7 46. Kf2 Qe7 47. Ke1 Rd7
48. Qh5 Qe6 49. Rd6 Rxd6 50. exd6 Qxd6 51. Qf7+ Kh8 52. Qxf5 Qd3 53. Qf6+ Kh7
54. Qf7+ Kh8 55. Qf6+ Kh7 56. Qf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "23.Schachtage"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Short, Nigel"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Nd7 7. c4 Ne7 8. Nc3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nc6 10. d5 exd5 11. Bxd5 Nb6 $6 (11... Ndxe5 {is more
enterprising.}) 12. Be4 $6 (12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Qxd8+ Rxd8 14. Rc1 {brings a
better endgame.}) 12... Bxe4 13. Nxe4 Nc4 14. Qb3 Qa5+ 15. Bd2 Nxd2 16. Nexd2
Qb4 17. Qc2 Be7 18. O-O O-O 19. a3 Nd4 20. Nxd4 Qxd4 21. Nf3 Qg4 22. h3 Qe6 23.
a4 Rfd8 {Top: Kramnik, Karpov 4 1/2.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "23.Schachtage"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
b4 9. Ne4 c5 10. O-O Qb6 $5 (10... Bb7 11. Nxf6+ gxf6 {gives similar play 
(Sherbakov-Sveshnikov, Anapa 1991).}) 11. Nxf6+ gxf6 12. b3 $6 (12. a3 {keeps
the initiative.}) 12... cxd4 13. exd4 Bb7 14. Re1 Bd6 15. Be4 Bxe4 16. Rxe4 Qb7
{Black's king is safe at its original place.} 17. Nd2 Nb6 18. Qf3 Be7 19. Qd3
Rg8 20. g3 f5 21. Re1 Rc8 22. a3 Rc3 23. Qb5+ Qd7 24. Qxd7+ Kxd7 25. axb4 Rgc8
$1 26. b5 $5 (26. Rxa7+ Ke8 27. Nc4 {and simplification (Bareev).}) 26... R8c7
27. Kg2 Bf6 28. Rd1 Nd5 29. Ba3 Rc2 30. Nc4 R7xc4 $6 ({Piket misses the quick
draw} 30... Nc3 $1 31. Ne3 Nxd1 32. Nxc2 Nc3 33. Bc5 Nxb5 {under time pressure.
}) 31. bxc4 Ne3+ 32. Kh3 Nxd1 33. Rxd1 Rxc4 34. Bc5 Ra4 35. d5 e5 36. Rd3 e4
37. Rb3 ({Fatally ends} 37. Ra3 $2 Rxa3 38. Bxa3 Be7 $1 (38... Bd4 $11) 39.
Bxe7 Kxe7 40. Kh4 Kd6 41. Kh5 Kxd5 42. Kh6 Ke5 43. Kxh7 f4 44. gxf4+ Kxf4 45.
h4 Kf3 46. h5 Kxf2 47. h6 e3 48. Kg8 e2 49. h7 e1=Q 50. h8=Q Qe8+ {(Bareev).})
37... Bd4 38. Bxd4 Rxd4 39. Ra3 Rxd5 40. Rxa7+ Ke6 41. b6 Rb5 42. b7 Rb2 43.
Ra6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "23.Schachtage"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 $5 7. Qc2 f5
8. e3 b6 9. Ne2 $5 {The struggle is intensified in the opening.} Bb7 10. f3 Nd6
$1 11. Bd2 c5 (11... Qh4+ $1 12. Kd1 c5 {gives a slight advantage.}) 12. dxc5
bxc5 13. O-O-O Nc6 14. Nf4 Qe7 15. Bc3 Rf7 16. Be2 a5 17. Qd2 Nc8 18. Rhg1 Nb4
$1 {An attack starts. White shall not capture the knight.} 19. Kb1 e5 20. Nd5
$6 Bxd5 $6 ({Black misses the opportunity.} 20... Nxd5 $1 21. cxd5 a4) 21. cxd5
Nb6 22. e4 d6 23. Rgf1 Qe8 24. f4 $6 exf4 (24... fxe4 25. axb4 axb4 {is
ignored.}) 25. Rxf4 Qa4 $6 (25... fxe4 $1 26. Rxf7 Qxf7 27. axb4 axb4 {is
strong.}) 26. Rf3 Re8 $2 (26... Qe8 27. exf5 Qe4+ 28. Bd3 Qxd5 {leads to wild
complications.}) 27. Rdf1 Rxe4 28. Rxf5 Rxf5 29. Rxf5 Qe8 30. Qg5 Re7 31. axb4
$1 axb4 {Beliavsky has captured the knight at last and springs a surprise.} 32.
Bb5 $1 Re1+ $5 {This desperate counteraction is better than resignation.} 33.
Bxe1 Qxe1+ 34. Ka2 b3+ 35. Kxb3 c4+ 36. Ka2 Qa5+ 37. Kb1 Qe1+ 38. Ka2 Qa5+ 39.
Kb1 Qe1+ 40. Qc1 $2 (40. Kc2 $18) 40... Qe4+ 41. Ka2 Qxf5 42. Qe3 $1 Nxd5 (
42... Nd7 43. Qe6+ $5 Qxe6 44. dxe6 Nf6 45. Bxc4 Kf8 46. Bb5 Ke7 47. Bd7 $18 {
(Beliavsky).}) 43. Qe8+ Qf8 44. Qe6+ Qf7 45. Qxf7+ Kxf7 46. Bxc4 Ke6 47. b4 Ke5
48. Bxd5 Kxd5 49. Kb3 Kd4 50. Ka4 d5 51. b5 (51. b5 Kc5 52. Ka5 d4 53. b6 Kc6
54. Ka6 d3 55. b7 d2 56. b8=Q d1=Q 57. Qc8+ Kd6 58. Qd8+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "23.Schachtage"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Bc2 g6 13. b3 d5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15.
Nxe5 Rxe5 16. Nf3 Rxe4 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Qc2 {So far the players follow
Liberzon-Biyiasas, Hastings 1979.} c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "23.Schachtage"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Short, Nigel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Ne5 e6 8. Bd2
Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Bb7 11. Nd3 Nbd7 12. b4 Nb6 13. a4 Ne4 14. axb5 Nxc3 15.
Bxc3 axb5 16. Nc5 Bc6 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. Bd3 Qa2 $5 19. Qh5 $1 g6 20. Qe5 (20.
Qh6 Ra8 $1 21. Qf4 Qa7 22. Ra1 Na4 {brings little advantage.}) 20... Qa7 $1 ({
Karpov hoped for the blunder} 20... Qa3 $2 21. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 22. Qxe6+ Rf7 23.
Qxc6 Na4 24. Qa8+ Rf8 25. Qxd5+ Rf7 26. Qa8+ Rf8 27. Qa7 $18) 21. Ra1 Qb8 22.
Qxb8 Rxb8 23. Ra5 Bd8 24. Be1 Ra8 25. Rxa8 Nxa8 26. g4 Nb6 27. f3 Nc4 28. Bf2
Bg5 29. f4 Be7 30. Kg2 f6 31. Kf1 Kf7 32. Ke2 e5 33. h3 e4 {Top: Kramnik 5 1/2,
Karpov 5.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "23.Schachtage"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 a5 $5 11. Nc3 Na6 12. Rac1 h6 $5 ({A 'normal' move is} 
12... Nb4 {(Lautier-Beliavsky, Belgrade 1995).}) 13. Rfe1 Bb4 14. Be5 Bxf3 $5 (
14... Nd5 15. e4 Nb6 16. Qa2 Qd7 17. b3 f6 18. Bf4 Bxc3 19. Rxc3 g5 {starts a
fight.}) 15. Bxf3 c6 16. Red1 Qe7 17. Bf4 $5 ({Occupation of the centre by} 17.
e4 $6 {is beaten back with} Nd7 18. Bf4 e5 $1) 17... Nd5 18. Bd2 Rfd8 19. Qb3
Nf6 20. Be3 Nd5 21. Bd2 Nb6 22. Be3 Nd5 23. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "23.Schachtage"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. Nxc5 Nxc5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. O-O h6 15.
Nd2 O-O 16. Ne4 Bd4 17. Nd6 Bc6 18. Bh7+ $1 Kxh7 19. Qxd4 f6 20. a3 (20. Bd2 {
was played in Tukmakov-Dreev, Odessa 1989.}) 20... fxe5 21. Qe4+ Kg8 22. Qxe5
Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "23.Schachtage"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Bc5 6. d3 h6 7. Bg2 d6 8. e3
O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a3 Ba7 11. b4 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Ne7 13. Nd2 Bf5 14. Nc4 Qd7 15.
Bb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "23.Schachtage"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8.
Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Nf6 11. Qe2 b6 12. Bd2 Bb7 13. O-O-O Qc7 14. Ne5 c5
$1 15. Bb5+ Ke7 16. dxc5 Qxc5 {Karpov has chosen an interesting variation.} 17.
Bc3 ({Equality keeps the novelty} 17. Bc6 $1 Rac8 $1 (17... Bxc6 $2 18. Bb4
Qxe5 19. Qxe5 Bxb4 20. a3 Bc5 21. b4) 18. Be3 Qxe5 19. Bxb7 Rc7 {(Lékó)} 20.
Qf3) 17... Rhd8 18. Bd4 Qc7 19. Rhe1 Kf8 20. c3 {This position was ended as
drawn in Morovic-Epishin, New York 1995.} a6 $1 ({Unwise is} 20... Bxg2 21. f3)
21. Bd3 b5 22. Kb1 b4 23. Nc4 Bc5 24. Bxc5+ Qxc5 25. cxb4 Qxb4 26. a3 Qc5 27.
f3 a5 $6 (27... Nd5 {is more useful.}) 28. Rc1 Rd4 29. Ne5 Qd6 30. Qc2 $1 Nd7 (
30... Rc8 31. Qxc8+ Bxc8 32. Rxc8+ Ke7 33. Nc6+ Kd7 34. Rd8+ {(Lékó).}) 31.
Nxd7+ Qxd7 32. Qc5+ Kg8 33. Bb5 Qd8 34. Qc7 Bd5 35. Qxd8+ Rxd8 36. Rc3 a4 37.
Rec1 f5 38. Bc4 Kf7 39. b4 axb3 40. Bxd5 R8xd5 41. Rxb3 Kf6 42. Kb2 e5 43. Rb4
(43. Rc6+ $1 Rd6 44. Rbb6 Rxc6 45. Rxc6+ {draws more easily.}) 43... e4 44.
fxe4 fxe4 45. Rxd4 Rxd4 46. Kc2 Ke5 47. Rd1 Ra4 48. Ra1 g5 49. Kd2 Kd4 50. Ke2
h5 51. h3 h4 52. Ra2 Kd5 53. Ke3 Ke5 54. Ra1 Kd5 55. Rd1+ Ke5 56. Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "23.Schachtage"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 h6 8.
Bh4 Qe7 9. Nd2 g5 10. Bg3 d6 11. h4 Rg8 12. hxg5 hxg5 13. Be2 Nc6 14. Qa4 Qd7 (
{Lobron diverts from the theoretical} 14... O-O-O) 15. Rh6 Ne5 $1 16. Qd1 $1 {
Piket does not exchange, because he wants to win.} Ng6 17. Bf3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3
Ke7 19. O-O-O Rab8 $6 ({The immediate} 19... Qa4 {is better.}) 20. e4 Qa4 21.
e5 $1 dxe5 22. Bxe5 Nd7 23. Bxc7 Rbc8 24. Rh7 $1 Rgf8 25. Bg3 Qxa2 26. Re1 (26.
Ne4 $1 Nf4 27. Bxf4 gxf4 28. Qxf4 Qa3+ 29. Kd2 Rxc4 30. Ke1 $1 {continues the
attack more actively.}) 26... Qa1+ 27. Nb1 Rxc4 28. Rxe6+ $1 {Piket proceeds
in a drastic manner.} Kxe6 (28... Kd8 $2 29. Qa8+ Rc8 30. Bc7+ $1 Kxc7 31. Rc6+
Kd8 32. Rxc8+ Ke7 33. Qe4+ {(Ftacnik).}) 29. d5+ $1 Ke7 30. Qe2+ Nde5 31. Bxe5
Nxe5 $2 ({Correct is} 31... Qa4 $1 {(Dautov)} 32. Bd4+ Kd8 33. Qg4 Re8 34.
Qxg5+ $1 Kc8 35. Qf5+ Kb8 36. Be3 Ne5) 32. Qxe5+ Kd7 33. Qe6+ $1 Kd8 34. Qd6+
Ke8 35. Rh3 Re4 36. Qc6+ Kd8 37. Re3 $2 {Time pressure spoils the quality of
the game.} ({Dautov analyses} 37. Qa8+ $1 Kd7 $1 (37... Ke7 38. d6+) 38. Qb7+
$1 Kd8 39. Re3 Rxe3 40. fxe3 {and Black will lose Rf8.}) 37... Rxe3 38. fxe3
Rh8 $4 ({Black draws by} 38... Qa6) ({or} 38... Ke7 39. d6+ Kf6 {(Piket).}) 39.
Qf6+ Kd7 40. Qxh8 Qa2 41. Qe5 Qxg2 42. Qf5+ Kd6 43. e4 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "23.Schachtage"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Short, Nigel"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Qf6 $2
({Correct is} 7... Nf6 {(Miles-Short, Chester 1979).}) 8. Rb1 Nge7 9. Ne2 Ng6
10. O-O O-O 11. f4 $1 {Black is lost already.} Bf5 ({Another horror is} 11...
Re8 12. f5 Nf8 13. Nf4 Qd6 14. Nh5 f6 15. Qg4 Ng6 16. Nxg7 $1 Kxg7 17. Qh5) 12.
Bxf5 Qxf5 13. Ng3 Qd7 14. f5 $1 Nge7 15. f6 $1 Nc8 16. fxg7 Re8 17. Nh5 Re6 18.
Qg4 {Top: Kramnik 6, Karpov 5 1/2.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "23.Schachtage"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 d5 $6 {This novelty gives White an easy game.} 9. cxd5 Bxd5 10. f3 Bb7 11.
Rc1 c6 12. Nh3 h6 13. Bh4 Nbd7 14. Bc4 Rc8 15. O-O c5 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. dxc5
Qxc5 18. Qe1 Qe7 19. Bg3 Rc6 20. Bb5 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rc8 22. Rd1 e5 23. Qd2 Nf8
24. Bf1 Ng6 $6 (24... e4 $1 $11 {(Beliavsky).}) 25. e4 Nh5 26. Be1 Qc5+ 27. Nf2
Nf8 28. Qb4 Qxb4 $2 {Two bishops are strong in the endgame.} (28... Qc7 {
avoids the exchange of queens.}) 29. Bxb4 Nf4 30. Ng4 f6 31. Ne3 N4e6 32. Nf5
Kh7 33. Nd6 Rd8 34. Rc1 Ba8 35. Nf5 $6 (35. Nc8 $1 Rd7 36. Bb5 Rb7 37. Bxf8
Nxf8 38. Nd6 Rb8 39. Rc7 {causes nasty restriction.}) 35... g6 36. Ne3 Kg7 37.
Ba6 Nd7 38. Be7 Re8 39. Bd6 Ndc5 40. Bb5 {Suddenly Black has a concealed
opportunity.} Rd8 $6 ({Good survival chances gives} 40... Rh8 $1 41. Be7 Kf7
42. Bxc5 bxc5 43. Bc4 Rb8 44. Nf5 $1 Rxb2 45. Nxh6+ Ke7 46. Ng8+ Kf7 47. Bxe6+
Kxe6 48. Rxc5) 41. Be7 $1 Rd2 42. b4 $1 Nd4 ({The combination} 42... Nxe4 $5
43. fxe4 Kf7 44. Nc4 Ra2 45. Bd8 $1 Nxd8 46. Nxe5+ $1 fxe5 47. Bc4+ Kf6 48.
Bxa2 Bxe4 {Black loses an exchange for a pawn.}) 43. bxc5 Nxb5 44. c6 Kf7 45.
c7 Bb7 46. Bb4 Rd3 47. Nd5 a5 48. Be1 Nd6 49. Nxb6 Nc8 50. Rb1 Ke7 51. Bxa5 Ba6
52. Na4 Bc4 53. Rb8 Be6 54. Bb4+ Kf7 55. Nb6 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "23.Schachtage"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Nh4 Bg6 10. Be2 $5 O-O 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Qc2 Rc8 $5 (12... Qe7 13. Rd1
e5 14. h3 a5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Bd2 {is very solid (Kramnik-Hübner, Bundesliga
1993).}) 13. e4 ({Ivanchuk prefers} 13. Rd1) 13... c5 14. d5 exd5 15. exd5 Re8
(15... Bxc3 $5 16. bxc3 Nxd5 17. Rd1 N5f6 $1 18. Bf4 $1 {White has excellent
compensation for the pawn (Hübner).}) 16. Rd1 c4 $6 (16... Qe7 17. Be3 c4 {
stops the d-pawn.}) 17. d6 $1 {The advanced pawn divides black's position.} Re6
$6 (17... a6 18. Bg5 Rc6 19. Ne4 Ne5 {creates a defence line.}) 18. Bf4 Qb6 19.
Nb5 $1 Bc5 20. Bg3 Ne4 21. Bg4 f5 22. Bf3 Kh7 23. Nc7 Re5 $6 (23... Rxd6 24.
Bxd6 Nxd6 25. Nd5 Qa5 {offers more resistance.}) 24. Nd5 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 Nxg3 26.
a5 $5 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "23.Schachtage"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
Re8 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. h3 h6 11. a3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 e5 13. Nh4 Nf8 14. dxe5 Bxe5 15.
Bd2 Bc7 16. Nf5 Qe5 17. Ng3 Be6 18. Bd3 Rad8 19. Nce2 Bb6 20. b4 Ng6 21. a4 a6
22. Bc3 Qg5 23. Bd4 Bxd4 24. Nxd4 Bd5 $6 25. e4 $6 ({Karpov misses} 25. Ndf5 $1
Nh5 26. f4 Nhxf4 27. exf4 Nxf4 28. Bf1) 25... Be6 26. Nf3 Qf4 27. b5 axb5 28.
axb5 Ne5 29. Nxe5 Qxe5 30. bxc6 bxc6 31. Rac1 Rd6 32. Qc3 Nd7 33. Be2 Rxd1+ 34.
Bxd1 Qxc3 35. Rxc3 Rc8 36. f4 f6 $6 (36... c5 {is best.}) 37. Ne2 c5 38. Nd4 {
Black has problems and the clock is ticking.} Bf7 $2 (38... Kf7 $1 39. Nxe6
Kxe6 40. Bg4+ Ke7 {gives a sufficient defence.}) 39. Bg4 Re8 40. Nb5 Nb6 $2 (
40... Re7 41. Bxd7 Rxd7 42. Rxc5 {only loses a pawn (Karpov).}) 41. Nd6 Na4 42.
Ra3 Ra8 43. e5 Bd5 44. e6 $1 (44. e6 Kf8 45. Re3 Ra7 46. Nc8 {shows the
lacking defence.}) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "23.Schachtage"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Nc6 ({Lautier played} 8... Bd7 {in round 7.}) 9. Qxc4 Qd5 10. Nbd2 Rd8 11. e3
Qh5 $5 {Piket avoids an exchange of queens, like he did in round 8.} 12. e4 Bd7
13. b3 b5 14. Qc3 Be8 ({The more active} 14... bxa4 $5 15. bxa4 Bb4 {followed
in Korchnoi-Tal, Moscow 1968.}) 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Rxa8 17. Bb2 Ra2 18. Qc1
$1 (18. Ra1 Rxa1+ 19. Bxa1 {gives little advantage.}) 18... Qh6 19. h3 {Black
has a difficult defence.} g6 $6 {Eventually this weakness becomes fatal.} ({
Better is} 19... Nb4 $1 20. Ne5 (20. Qxc7 $2 Rxb2 21. Qxe7 Nc6 $19) 20... Bd6
21. f4 Nd7 22. Qc3 Nxe5 23. fxe5 Bf8 {Black has no new weaknesses.}) 20. Re1
Qf8 21. Qb1 Nb4 22. Ne5 Nd7 23. Bc3 Ra6 24. Nxd7 Bxd7 25. Nf3 Qa8 $2 ({Correct
is} 25... f6 $1 26. h4 {(Kramnik)} Bc6 27. h5 Qh6 28. hxg6 hxg6 {and Black
holds out.}) 26. Ne5 Bc6 27. Qd1 Na2 $5 (27... Bb7 {is slightly stronger.}) 28.
Bb2 b4 29. d5 $5 Be8 30. Ng4 Nc3 31. Qf3 h5 32. Nf6+ Bxf6 33. Qxf6 exd5 34. Qd4
$1 Ra2 $2 (34... Re6 $1 35. Qxb4 Nxe4 36. Qd4 f6 37. f3 c5 38. Qd3 Ng5 39. Rxe6
Nxe6 40. f4 Kg7 41. Bxd5 Qd8 {gives a last stand.}) 35. Qxb4 Nb5 36. Bf6 Qa7
37. Re3 d4 38. Qe7 Nd6 39. Rd3 Qa6 {White has a decisive attack.} 40. Rd1 $6 (
40. Bg5 $3 Qxd3 41. Bh6 Kh7 42. Qf8 {and mate (Kramnik).}) 40... Qe2 41. Rf1 d3
42. Bd4 d2 43. Qe5 Kf8 44. Be3 Kg8 45. Bh6 Qxf2+ 46. Rxf2 d1=Q+ 47. Rf1 Rxg2+
48. Kxg2 Qe2+ 49. Kg1 {Kramnik has won the tournament.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "23.Schachtage"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lobron, Eric"]
[Black "Short, Nigel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 a5 4. Nf3 d5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. e3
O-O 9. Qc2 c5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. a3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 c4 13. Qb2 Ra6 14. Qb5 Qd6
15. Be2 Rb6 16. Qxa5 Rb2 17. Ne5 Nd7 18. Bf3 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. O-O Be6 21.
Rac1 g5 22. h3 f5 23. Rb1 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 g4 25. Be2 gxh3 26. Rxb7 f4 27. Qc7
Qxc7 28. Rxc7 fxe3 29. fxe3 hxg2 30. Kxg2 Ra8 31. Bf3 Rxa3 32. Rc5 Rxc3 33. Kf2
Rc2+ 34. Ke1 Rc3 35. Kf2 Rd3 36. Be2 Rd2 37. Ke1 Rb2 {White has lost two pawns,
but a last resource saves the day.} 38. e4 $1 dxe4 39. Bxc4 Rb6 40. Ke2 Kf7 41.
Ke3 Kf6 42. Kf4 Bd7 43. Kxe4 Rb4 44. Ke3 h5 45. Be2 h4 46. Bf3 Bf5 47. Bc6 h3
48. Kf2 Rb3 49. Kg1 Rb2 50. Kh1 Rf2 51. Kg1 Rd2 52. Kh1 Rd4 53. Bb7 Rb4 54. Bc8
Rb1+ 55. Kh2 Rb2+ 56. Kg3 Rg2+ 57. Kf3 {Top: Kramnik 7, Karpov 6 1/2.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 57"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

{Thirty-two players began in the knockout system. Mini-matches of two games
were played before the final. The games were played in two days. A barrage
followed on day three if needed.   The Dutch public followed Timman. He beat
the youth champion Delemarre in the barrage of round one. Jeroen Piket was
foiled in the fifth game of round two. A fifth game was needed in round three
too. Bareev blundered a piece in the ending but won anyway. Local interest
waived for round four (the semifinals).} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3
Bc5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. d3 h6 8. a3 a5 9. e3 Bb6 10. b3 Re8 $5 11. Bb2 Bg4
12. h3 Bh5 13. Qc2 Bg6 14. Nd2 Nd7 15. Nd5 Nc5 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. dxe4 Ne7 $2 ({
Better is} 17... Bc5 $1) 18. Nxb6 cxb6 19. Rfd1 Qc7 20. Qd3 {Long manoeuvring
against d6 begins.} Rad8 21. Rac1 f6 22. a4 Qc5 23. Ra1 Bf7 24. Ba3 Qc6 25. Rd2
Nc8 26. Qe2 Rd7 27. Rad1 Qc7 28. Rd3 Red8 29. R1d2 Qc6 30. Qg4 Re8 31. Kh2 Kh7
32. h4 Bg6 33. Qf3 Kh8 34. Qg4 Bh7 35. h5 Red8 36. Qh4 Re7 37. Rd1 Ree8 38.
R3d2 Re7 39. Kg1 Ree8 40. Rd5 Bg8 41. R5d3 Bh7 42. R1d2 Re7 43. f3 Bg8 44. Kf2
Qe8 45. Qh1 Red7 46. Bh3 $5 Be6 $6 47. Bf5 Bxf5 48. exf5 b5 $5 49. axb5 a4 $1
50. g4 axb3 51. Qd1 b2 52. Rxb2 Nb6 53. Qb3 Rc8 54. Rc2 Qg8 $1 55. Rxd6 $2 {
White loses his edge.} ({Accurate is} 55. e4 $1 Nxc4 56. Rdc3 Kh7 $1 57. Rxc4
Rdc7 58. Rxc7 Qxb3 59. Rxc8 Qxa3 60. Rd2 {and Khalifman keeps a plus.}) 55...
Rxd6 56. Bxd6 Nxc4 $1 57. Bb4 Qd5 {Suddenly, White experiences troubles.} 58.
Be1 $2 (58. Bd2 $1 e4 59. f4 {draws (Bareev).}) 58... e4 $2 59. Rc1 exf3 60.
Rd1 Qe5 61. Kxf3 Qh2 $1 {Black enters the hostile position.} 62. Bg3 Nd2+ 63.
Rxd2 Qxd2 64. Bf4 Rc2 65. Ke4 Qg2+ 66. Kd4 Rb2 67. Qf7 Qd2+ 68. Kc5 Qb4+ 69.
Kb6 Qxb5+ 70. Kc7 Qa5+ 71. Kd7 Rd2+ 72. Bd6 Qe5 73. Qe6 Qb5+ 74. Ke7 Qb6 75.
Qd7 Kh7 76. e4 Qc6 77. Qd8 Qxe4+ 78. Kf8 Qd5 79. Ke7 b5 {Bareev had swindled
another opponent, won by 11/2-1/2 and entered the final.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 57"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Short, Nigel"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Bd3 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nf6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. c3 c5 8.
Nxc5 Bxc5 $5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Be2 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 $5 b6 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. f3 Ke7
14. Kc2 Rhd8 15. Re1 Nd5 16. Bd2 Rac8 17. Rad1 f6 18. Nc4 Ba6 19. b3 Na4 $1 {
Dreev has the initiative in the middle game without queens.} 20. f4 g6 21. g4
Nc5 22. Nb2 $6 Bxe2 23. Rxe2 f5 $1 24. gxf5 gxf5 25. c4 Ne4 {Black threatens
pawn f4. Short decides to protect the weakling.} 26. Nd3 $2 ({The counter} 26.
Rg1 $1 Nxd2 $5 27. Rxd2 Nxf4 28. Rg7+ Kf6 29. Rxa7 {brings about equal chances.
}) 26... b5 $1 27. Ne5 bxc4 28. bxc4 Nxd2 29. Rdxd2 Nxf4 30. Rxd8 Kxd8 31. Rd2+
Ke7 32. Kc3 Rc7 33. a4 Ng6 34. Nf3 Kf6 35. Rd6 Nf8 36. a5 Nd7 37. Nd4 Nc5 38.
Kb4 Ke5 39. Nb5 a6 $1 {Short exceeded the time limit.   Dreev won the
mini-match by 11/2-1/2. The final became Bareev - Dreev.} (39... a6 40. Rd5+ $1
exd5 41. Nxc7 dxc4 42. Kxc4 Nb7 {leads to a won knight ending (Dreev).}) 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 57"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Ne4 $1 {Bareev takes the
initiative.} Qe7 13. Bb3 Rd8 14. Rad1 a5 $5 15. a3 Ra6 16. Rd2 Nf6 17. Nc5 $1 {
White controls more territory.} Ra7 18. Ne5 Bd7 19. Rfd1 Be8 20. Na4 Raa8 21.
e4 Qc7 22. Nf3 $6 (22. f4 $1 {continues the restraint.}) 22... Rac8 23. e5 Nd7
$1 24. Rc1 c5 $1 {Dreev changes from a passive defence to counter-play and
makes a freeing move.} 25. Qe4 b6 $1 {Pawn e5 has become a weak point in need
of overprotection.} 26. g3 $2 ({Correct is} 26. Re2 $1 Qb8 27. d5 $1) 26... Qb8
$1 27. d5 Nxe5 28. Nxe5 Qxe5 29. Qxe5 Bxe5 30. Nxb6 (30. Re2 Bxa4 31. Bxa4 Rxd5
{also favours Black (Dreev).}) 30... Rb8 31. Nc4 Bd4 $6 ({Better is} 31... Bf6
$1 32. Nxa5 Rb5 $1) 32. Nxa5 $1 exd5 33. Ba2 Rxb2 34. Rxb2 Bxb2 35. Rxc5 d4 36.
Nc4 Bc1 37. Ne5 $2 (37. Bb3 $1 {tries to survive (Dreev).}) 37... Bxa3 38. Rc7
Kf8 $1 39. Nxf7 $1 Ra8 40. Nxh6 Bd6 41. Rc2 d3 42. Rd2 Bb4 43. Rxd3 Rxa2 44.
Ng4 Bc6 45. Ne3 Re2 $1 46. Rd1 Bc5 47. Kf1 Bf3 48. Re1 Ra2 49. h4 Kg7 50. Rc1
Bb6 51. Rb1 Bd4 52. Rc1 Kh6 53. Rb1 Bxe3 54. fxe3 Rg2 {Dreev won a fine
strategic game.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 57"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. Bd2 Nc6 8.
Bb5 e6 9. Bb4 Bd6 10. Qa3 Ke7 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Nc3 Rhb8 13. Bxd6+ Qxd6 14.
Qxd6+ Kxd6 15. Na4 Nd7 16. b3 f6 17. Kd2 a5 18. Rhc1 Nb6 19. Nc5 e5 20. Ne1 Nd7
21. Ned3 Bxd3 22. Kxd3 Nxc5+ 23. Rxc5 a4 24. Rac1 Ra6 25. bxa4 Rb2 26. R1c2
Rxc2 27. Rxc2 Rxa4 28. Kc3 exd4+ 29. exd4 Ra3+ 30. Kd2 g5 31. Kc1 g4 32. Rd2 f5
33. Kb2 Ra6 34. Rd3 Ra7 35. Ra3 Re7 36. Re3 Re4 37. Kc3 c5 38. dxc5+ Kxc5 39.
Kd2 Rd4+ 40. Rd3 Ra4 41. Rc3+ Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 57"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. d5 cxd5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxb5 a6 14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15.
Bxd6 {Bareev plays a gambit line of the Slav Defence, because he wants to win.}
Qb6 $1 ({Dreev betters on} 15... N7b6 {(Neurohr - Ribli, Germany 1990).}) 16.
Bg3 Rc8 17. Rc1 c3 $1 18. Ne5 $1 {White keeps the initiative by a second pawn
sacrifice.} cxb2 19. Rxc8+ Bxc8 20. Qc2 O-O 21. Nc4 Qd4 22. Rb1 Nc3 23. Rxb2
Ne4 24. Nd2 Nxg3 25. hxg3 Nc5 26. Nf3 Qd6 27. Rb4 Bb7 28. Rc4 Nd7 29. Rd4 Bd5 {
Black has overtaken the initiative.} 30. Qd2 Ne5 31. Nxe5 Qxe5 32. Bxa6 Ra8 33.
Ra4 $2 {Errors are made under time pressure.} Kg7 $2 ({Right is} 33... Bb7 $1
34. Ra5 (34. Bb5 Rxa4 35. Bxa4 Qe4 $1) 34... Qc7 $1 {(Dreev).}) 34. Ra5 $2 Rxa6
$1 35. Rxa6 Qa1+ 36. Kh2 Qf1 $1 37. Qc3+ Kg6 $1 38. Qc2+ f5 $1 39. Rxe6+ Bxe6
40. g4 Qe1 {Black has won a piece.} 41. gxf5+ Bxf5 42. Qc5 Qe4 43. f3 Qh4+ 44.
Kg1 Qe1+ 45. Kh2 h5 $5 46. a4 $1 Qh4+ 47. Kg1 Qe1+ ({The alternative is} 47...
Qxa4 $6 48. Qd6+ Kf7 49. Qd5+ Be6 50. Qxg5) 48. Kh2 h4 49. Qd6+ Qe6 50. Qb8 Bd3
51. a5 Qf6 52. Qg8+ Kh6 53. Qd5 Be2 54. Qc5 Qe6 55. Qf8+ Kh7 56. Qc5 Kg6 57.
Qc2+ Kf6 58. Kh1 h3 59. Qh7 hxg2+ 60. Kxg2 Qf5 61. Qb7 Qb5 62. Qe4 Bc4 63. Qd4+
Ke6 64. Qe4+ Kf6 65. Qd4+ Kf7 66. Kg3 Be6 67. Qa7+ Kg6 68. Qb6 $1 Qe5+ 69. Kg2
Kh5 70. Qb1 Kh6 71. Qb6 Kh5 72. Qb1 Bf5 73. Qa2 Bd3 $2 {Dreev lacks time.} ({
Better is} 73... Qe6 74. Qd2 Qc4 {and the restriction continues.}) 74. a6 $1 g4
$5 75. fxg4+ Kxg4 {Dreev only led by 2-1 and had to play the fourth game.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 57"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 d6 7. O-O e6 8. dxe6
Bxe6 9. Bf4 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. c3 Re8 13. Be3 b6 14. Qa4 Bc6
15. Qb3 Nd7 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Bb5 Bxb5 18. Qxb5 Nf6 19. Bg5 a6 20. Qd3 c4 21.
Qc2 Ne4 22. Be3 b5 23. Rd5 Rad8 24. Rxd8 Qxd8 25. Re1 Qd7 26. h3 Bf6 27. a4 h5
28. axb5 axb5 29. Bd4 Bxd4 30. Nxd4 Nc5 31. Rxe8+ Qxe8 32. Qe2 Qxe2 33. Nxe2
Nd3 34. Nd4 b4 35. cxb4 Nxb4 36. Kf1 Kg7 37. Ke2 Nd3 38. b3 {No barrage was
needed, because Dreev had won the match of four games by 21/2-11/2.   The
public lacked interest. So it became the last knockout event.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "13"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A27"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

{The thirteenh Linares tournament  was played from 1 until 17 iii 1995. It
became a race between Karpov and Ivanchuk. Vassily won. Their twelve wins and
two selected draws have been analysed.  Jan van Reek.} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3.
Nf3 Bb4 4. g3 Bxc3 5. bxc3 d6 6. d4 $1 e4 7. Nd2 f5 8. Bg2 Nf6 9. f3 O-O 10.
O-O exf3 $5 11. Nxf3 h6 $6 {Black wastes time.} 12. Qd3 Rb8 13. d5 $6 {White
loses control over the centre.} Ne7 14. Be3 b6 15. Bd4 Ng6 16. Nd2 Ng4 17. Bh3
$6 (17. Rae1 Bd7 18. e4 {fights back.}) 17... Qg5 18. Bxg4 Qxg4 19. Rf2 Bd7 20.
Raf1 Rbe8 21. e3 h5 22. Qe2 Qxe2 23. Rxe2 f4 $1 {Black worsens the hostile
pawn structure.} 24. Rff2 fxg3 25. hxg3 c5 26. dxc6 Bxc6 27. Rxf8+ Nxf8 28. Rh2
g6 29. g4 $6 hxg4 30. Kf2 Re7 31. Rh8+ Kf7 32. Kg3 Bd7 33. Rh1 Ke8 34. Rf1 Rh7
35. Ne4 Rh3+ 36. Kg2 $2 (36. Kf2 {prolongs the game.}) 36... Bc6 $1 37. Rf4 g5
38. Rxg4 Rh4 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "13"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Short, Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 e6 6. O-O c5 7. Bd3 cxd4 8.
exd4 Be7 9. Nc3 b5 10. a4 b4 11. Ne4 Bb7 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Rd1 $5 Nbd7 14. Ned2
a5 15. Bb5 Nb6 16. Nb3 Bd5 17. Nc5 Nbd7 18. Be3 Ra7 $2 ({The equality is kept
by} 18... Nxc5 19. dxc5 Qc7 {(Karpov).}) 19. Ne5 Nb8 $6 (19... Nb6 {is
preferable (Karpov).}) 20. Bf4 Ne8 21. Rd3 Bg5 22. Bxg5 Qxg5 23. Rg3 Qe7 24.
Qh5 f5 25. Rh3 Nf6 26. Qh4 g6 27. Re3 Rd8 28. f3 Rc7 29. Rae1 Nh5 30. Qxe7 Rxe7
31. Kf2 Ng7 32. g4 Rc7 33. Rc1 g5 34. Ree1 h5 35. h3 fxg4 36. fxg4 Rf8+ 37. Ke3
Rf4 38. Rf1 Rxf1 39. Rxf1 Nc6 40. Bxc6 Bxc6 41. Rf6 hxg4 42. hxg4 Bd5 43. Rg6
Rc8 44. Rxg5 Rf8 45. Ncd3 Kh7 46. Nf4 Bb3 47. Nd7 Rf7 48. Nc5 Bd1 49. Ne4 Rf8
50. Nf2 Bxa4 51. Rxa5 Bc6 52. Ra7 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "13"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 h6 8. O-O
Ng4 9. Bc1 Na6 10. Rb1 f5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. b4 c6 14. b5 cxb5 15.
Nxb5 Be6 16. Ba3 Qxd1 17. Rfxd1 Rfd8 $1 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Nxa7 Bf8 20. Bxf8
Kxf8 21. exf5 gxf5 22. Rb2 Nc5 23. f3 Na4 24. Rc2 f4 25. Kf1 Bf5 26. Rc1 Rd2
27. c5 e4 28. c6 bxc6 29. Nxc6 exf3 30. Bxf3 Rxa2 31. Nd4 Bd7 32. Bc6 Nb6 33.
Bxd7 Nxd7 34. Ne6+ Kf7 35. Nxf4 Ne5 36. h3 Ra4 37. Nd5 Ke6 38. Rd1 Ra3 39. Kf2
{White's extra pawn has little importance.} Nd3+ $3 40. Rxd3 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "13"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 c5 5. e3 cxd4 6. exd4 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. c3
b6 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Nbd2 Nc6 11. Bxf6 $5 Bxf6 12. O-O-O $5 {Short shows ambition.
} g6 13. h4 Bg7 14. Kb1 Ne7 $1 15. Ne4 $6 ({Preferable is} 15. Ba6) 15... Nd5
16. Qd2 $2 (16. Nd6 $1 Bc6 17. Ne5 Qc7 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. Bxb5 {exchanges the
bold bishop.}) 16... d6 17. Bc2 $6 Rc8 18. Rde1 Re8 19. Rh3 b5 20. h5 f5 $1 21.
hxg6 $5 ({Karpov analyses} 21. Rg3 $6 fxe4 22. Rxg6 exf3 23. Qxh6 Qe7 $1 ({his
} 23... Rc7 $2 24. gxf3 {gives chances to White}) 24. gxf3 Kf8 $1 25. Qh7 Nf6 {
wins for Black.}) 21... fxe4 22. Bxe4 Qf6 23. Nh2 b4 24. Ng4 Qg5 25. Qxg5 hxg5
26. Nh6+ $1 Bxh6 27. Rxh6 Bc6 28. Rh7 ({Or} 28. Reh1 $2 Nxc3+ $1 29. bxc3 Bxe4+
) 28... a5 29. c4 Nf4 $1 {Black has achieved a won position.} 30. Bxc6 Rxc6 31.
b3 d5 32. cxd5 Nxd5 33. Reh1 Rec8 34. g4 R8c7 35. Rh8+ Kg7 36. R1h7+ Kf6 $1 ({
Not} 36... Kxg6 $2 37. Rh6+ Kf7 38. R6h7+ {and perpetual check (Stohl).}) 37.
Rh1 Nf4 38. Rf8+ Kxg6 39. Rg8+ Kf6 40. Rf8+ Kg7 41. Rfh8 Ng6 42. Ra8 Rf7 43.
Rxa5 Rf4 44. Rd1 Kf6 45. Rb5 Ne7 $1 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "13"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bg5 c6 6. f3 $5 Qb6 7. e4 $5 (7. Na4
{drew in Hanks-Ozols, Melbourne 1982.}) 7... fxe4 ({The greedy} 7... Qxb2 $6 8.
Nge2 {would be dangerous for Black (Cvetkovic).}) 8. fxe4 dxe4 9. Nge2 $1 {
White has to complete his development before he can regain the centre pawn.}
Bf5 10. h3 Nbd7 11. Qd2 $5 O-O-O 12. O-O-O Ne5 13. Na4 Qa6 14. Nec3 $1 Nf7 15.
Nc5 $1 Qb6 16. Kb1 {The king moves from the diagonal c1-h6.} Nxg5 17. Qxg5 h5
18. Bxe4 Nxe4 19. N3xe4 Bh6 $1 {Black sacrifices a pawn.} 20. Qxe7 Qc7 21.
Qxc7+ Kxc7 22. Nc3 Be3 23. Rde1 $2 (23. Ne2 Rhe8 24. Na4 {reorganises.}) 23...
Rde8 $1 24. Nb3 Bf2 $1 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. g4 hxg4 27. hxg4 Bxg4 {Black did not
want to gain a centre but a kingside pawn.} 28. Rh7+ Kd6 29. a4 Re7 30. Rh2 Be3
31. a5 Bf5 32. Ne2 Kd5 $1 33. Nc3+ Kc4 34. Re2 Bg5 35. Rg2 Bf4 36. Ka2 g5 37.
Rf2 b6 38. Ka3 {White overstepped the time limit.} 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "13"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Qa5+ 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Nxd2 8.
Qxd2 O-O 9. e3 d6 10. O-O Nc6 11. h3 cxd4 $5 12. Nxd4 Bd7 13. Rfd1 Nxd4 $5 14.
exd4 Bc6 15. Nd5 Qd8 $1 16. Rac1 Rc8 17. h4 Qd7 18. b3 Rfd8 19. a4 Bxd5 (19...
e6 $1 20. Ne3 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 d5 {solves all problems.}) 20. Bxd5 b6 21. a5 e6
22. Bf3 b5 23. d5 $1 bxc4 24. dxe6 Qxe6 $6 ({Better is} 24... fxe6 25. Rxc4 (
25. bxc4 $6 Rc5) 25... d5 $1) 25. bxc4 Qf5 $1 ({Not} 25... Rxc4 26. Bd5 $1) 26.
Kg2 Bf6 27. a6 h5 28. Re1 Rc5 29. Bd5 Rb8 30. Rc2 Kg7 31. Be4 Qd7 32. Bb7 Qc7
33. Qd3 Rd8 34. Bd5 $5 Qa5 $5 35. Rb1 $5 Qxa6 $5 36. Rb7 Rf8 37. Re2 {Both
players have chosen sharp moves.} Ra5 $2 ({Best is} 37... Qa5 $1 38. Re6 $1 Rc7
39. Rxf6 $1 Kxf6 40. Qd4+ Ke7 {Karpov regards this position as equal, but} 41.
Rb1 $1 Rc5 42. Qg7 Qd8 43. Re1+ Kd7 44. Be6+ $1 Kc6 45. Bxf7 Re5 46. Bd5+ Kc5
47. Rxe5 dxe5 48. Qxa7+ Kb4 49. Qb7+ Kc3 50. Qa6 Qe7 51. f3 {keeps the attack
going.}) 38. Re3 $1 Ra1 39. Rf3 Re1 40. Rxf6 $1 Kxf6 41. Qf3+ (41. Qf3+ Kg7 42.
Rxf7+ Rxf7 43. Qxf7+ Kh6 44. Qf8+ Kh7 45. Qg8+ Kh6 46. Qh8#) 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "13"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A27"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 f5 4. d4 e4 5. Ng5 Nf6 6. Nh3 Bb4 7. e3 Ne7 $5 8.
Bd2 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 d5 10. Nf4 c6 11. b3 Ng6 12. Be2 Nxf4 13. exf4 e3 $5 14. f3 $1
Nh5 15. Qd3 Qh4+ $6 {Ljubojevic starts great complications in a risky line.} ({
Better is} 15... O-O 16. g3 Re8) 16. g3 Nxg3 17. Qxe3+ Ne4+ 18. Kf1 Qh3+ 19.
Kg1 g5 $1 {Ljubojevic shows a magnificent idea.} 20. fxg5 $1 (20. Bf1 $5 gxf4
21. Bxh3 fxe3 22. fxe4 dxe4 {leads to great complications.}) 20... Rg8 21. Bf1
Qh4 22. Be1 {Ivanchuk wants a solid plus.} Qxg5+ 23. Qxg5 Nxg5 24. Kf2 f4 $6
25. h4 Ne6 26. Bc3 Kf7 $6 {Black has moved from a poor to a lost position by
small inaccuracies.} ({Better is} 26... Bd7) 27. Bd3 Rg7 28. Rae1 Bd7 29. Re5
Rag8 ({No use has} 29... dxc4 {due to} 30. d5 cxd3 31. dxe6+ Bxe6 32. Rxe6 $1)
30. Rh2 Rg3 $6 31. cxd5 cxd5 32. Bxh7 Rxf3+ 33. Kxf3 Rg3+ 34. Kf2 Rxc3 35. Rg2
Nxd4 36. Rxd5 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "13"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. f3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 c5 11. Ne2 Rc8 12. Qb3 h6 13. Bh4 cxd4 14. exd4 d5 15.
c5 $2 {White will get little joy from his novelty.} Ba8 16. Ba6 Rc7 17. Bg3
bxc5 $1 {Black brings a fine positional sacrifice.} 18. Bxc7 Qxc7 19. Qc3 {
White protects his weaknesses.} e5 $1 {Karpov opens the centre for his troops.}
20. Bd3 $2 (20. dxc5 $1 d4 21. Qd2 Nxc5 {(Karpov)} 22. Bc4 $1 Nd5 23. Bxd5 Bxd5
24. Nc1 {offers more resistance.}) 20... exd4 21. Nxd4 Re8+ $1 {Black gains a
big positional advantage.} 22. Kf1 Qb6 23. Nf5 d4 24. Qd2 Ne5 25. Re1 Re6 26.
Bb1 Bb7 27. Kf2 d3 28. Rhf1 c4+ 29. Kg3 Nh5+ 30. Kh3 Ng6 $1 31. g3 Bc8 32. Re4
Qc5 33. g4 {Karpov makes a lot of fun at the end of the game.} Ngf4+ $1 34.
Rxf4 Re2 35. Qc1 Nxf4+ 36. Qxf4 Bxf5 37. gxf5 Rxb2 38. Re1 Qf2 39. Qg3 Qxg3+
40. hxg3 Rxb1 $1 {The passed pawn will queen.  Ivanchuk and Karpov have both
won four games and drew the rest.} 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "13"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nc3 d5 $5 5. Bg5 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Ne2
Qa5+ 9. c3 Nc6 10. Nf4 O-O 11. O-O Rd8 12. Nd3 c4 13. Nde5 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15.
Re1 Rb8 16. h3 Qc7 17. Nxc6 bxc6 $1 {Black has equalised the game.} 18. b3 cxb3
19. axb3 c5 20. Re2 $1 {The battle switches to the queenside.} Qb6 21. Ra3 Rd7
22. dxc5 Qxc5 23. b4 Qe7 24. Nd4 $1 Rc7 25. Rea2 Rbb7 26. Qd3 Bd7 27. Ra5 Kh8
28. R2a3 Be8 29. Bf1 Rb6 30. Qd2 h5 31. Qa2 h4 $5 32. Rxa7 hxg3 33. Rxc7 $2 ({
White should win a pawn by} 33. fxg3 Be5 34. Kg2) 33... gxf2+ $1 34. Kg2 $5
Qxc7 35. Ra8 Bd8 $1 36. Qa7 Qd6 37. Nxe6 $2 {This pawn win leads to trouble.}
Qxe6 38. Rxd8 Qe4+ 39. Kh2 ({The desired} 39. Kxf2 $4 {fails due to} Qh4+ {So
White has misplaced his rook.}) 39... Qe5+ 40. Kg2 Qe4+ 41. Kh2 Qe5+ 42. Kg2
Rg6+ $1 43. Kxf2 f4 $2 {Ivanchuk misses the win.} ({He overlooks} 43... Qg3+ $1
44. Ke2 Re6 45. Kd2 Qf2+ 46. Be2 Kh7 $1 {(Ftacnik).}) 44. Rxe8+ $1 Qxe8 45.
exf4 Qd8 46. Bd3 Qh4+ 47. Ke2 Re6+ 48. Kd1 Qe1+ 49. Kc2 Re2+ $1 50. Bxe2 Qxe2+
51. Kb3 Qd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "13"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Be4 Nce7 12. Qd3 h6 13. Ne5 Nxc3 14. Qxc3
Nf5 15. Be3 a5 $5 16. Rac1 a4 17. Red1 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Qb6 19. Ng4 Bg5 20. f4 Be7
21. Bb1 Bd7 22. Qg3 f5 $2 {Karpov makes a grave error.} ({Correct is} 22...
Rfc8 $1 23. Nxh6+ Kf8 24. Rxc8+ Rxc8 25. Ng4 Qxb2 {(Karpov).}) 23. Nxh6+ Kh7
24. Ng4 Rfd8 25. Ne5 Be8 26. Qe3 Bf6 27. g4 $5 g6 28. gxf5 $6 ({Very strong is
} 28. Rc2 $1 Rac8 29. Rcd2) 28... exf5 29. Qc3 Rac8 30. Qh3+ Kg7 31. Rxc8 Rxc8
32. Qg2 Rd8 33. Qf2 Be7 34. h4 $6 Qf6 35. Rc1 Qxh4 36. Rc7 Kf8 37. Qe3 $2 ({
The simple} 37. Rxb7 {is okay.}) 37... Bd6 38. Rxb7 Bxe5 39. Qxe5 Qg3+ 40. Kf1
Qf3+ 41. Ke1 Qxb7 42. Qf6+ Bf7 43. Qxd8+ Kg7 44. d5 Qb4+ 45. Kd1 Qd4+ 46. Kc2
Qe4+ 47. Kc3 $5 Qxb1 48. d6 Qe1+ 49. Kd4 Qb4+ 50. Ke3 Qe4+ 51. Kd2 Qxf4+ 52.
Kc2 Qe4+ 53. Kd2 Qd4+ 54. Kc1 f4 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "13"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 c5 6. Bf4 O-O 7. e3 d5 8. Rd1
Nbd7 $5 {Ivanchuk brings a novelty.} 9. cxd5 $2 Nxd5 10. Bg5 Qc7 11. Bc4 cxd4
12. Bxd5 Bxc3+ $1 13. bxc3 exd5 14. cxd4 Ba6 $1 {The answer to the new move
has been refuted.} 15. Nd2 (15. Qxd5 Qc3+ 16. Rd2 Rac8 {(Dautov)} 17. Qxd7 Qb4
$1) 15... Rfe8 16. Qa3 ({Or} 16. Qxd5 h6 17. Be7 Rac8) 16... Qb7 17. f3 Rac8
18. Qb3 Bc4 19. Qa3 $6 ({More resistance is offered by} 19. Nxc4 dxc4 20. Qc3
b5 21. O-O b4 {(Dautov).}) 19... Bb5 20. Rb1 Qa6 21. Qxa6 Bxa6 22. Kf2 Rc2 23.
Rhd1 h6 24. Bf4 Rec8 25. a3 R8c3 26. Bd6 Rd3 27. Bb4 Bb5 28. a4 Bxa4 29. Ra1
Bb5 30. Ra3 Rxa3 31. Bxa3 Ba4 32. Bc1 b5 33. e4 b4 34. Re1 b3 35. Ke3 b2 36.
Bxb2 Rxb2 37. exd5 Nb6 38. d6 f5 39. Nb1 Nd5+ 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "13"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Bb5 b6 12. Re1 Bb7 13. e4 Ne7 14. Bd3 Nd7 $5
15. g3 Rfd8 $2 ({Better is} 15... e5) 16. Bf4 Qc6 17. a4 Nf8 18. h4 Qe8 19. a5
$1 cxd4 20. cxd4 bxa5 21. Qb3 Bc6 22. Rxa5 f5 $5 {Black wants to reduce his
opponent's positional advantage.} 23. Ng5 $1 fxe4 24. Bxe4 Nd5 $6 {Tiviakov
allows a 'petite combinaison'.} (24... Qd7 {is preferable.}) 25. Nxe6 $1 Qxe6
26. Bxh7+ Kxh7 27. Rxe6 Nxe6 28. Qc2+ $1 Kh8 29. Qxc6 Nexf4 30. gxf4 Rac8 31.
Qg6 Nxf4 32. Qg4 Rc1+ 33. Kh2 Rxd4 34. Rxa7 Ne6 35. Qxe6 Rxh4+ 36. Kg3 {
Ivanchuk took the lead of half-a-point on Karpov just before the last round
had to begin.} 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "13"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Qa5+ 6. Qd2 Qxd2+ $5 {Akopian
shows little ambition.} 7. Nbxd2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. Nb5 O-O 10. O-O $6 (10. c5
$1 {opens square c4 for the queen's knight.}) 10... d6 $1 11. Rb1 Bf5 $1 12. e4
Bg4 13. Nc3 Nd7 14. h3 Bxc3 $5 {Although Ivanchuk will only need a draw for
the first place evantually, he brings a positional pawn sacrifice.} 15. bxc3
Be6 16. Rxb7 Rab8 17. Rb3 $5 Nde5 18. f4 Nxc4 19. Rxb8 Rxb8 20. Nb3 N4a5 21.
Nxa5 Nxa5 22. Be3 a6 {Black has the better pawn structure.} 23. e5 $6 (23. Rf2
Rb1+ 24. Kh2 Ra1 {(Dautov)} 25. Bb6 $1 Nc4 26. Bd8 Kf8 27. f5 Bd7 28. f6 {
gives sufficient counteraction.}) 23... dxe5 24. fxe5 Nc4 $5 25. Bg5 Kf8 26.
Re1 h5 $6 ({The obvious choice is} 26... Rb2) 27. Bf1 a5 28. a4 $2 {White
gives up the control over b3.} Rb3 29. Re4 $5 Rxc3 30. Bh6+ Ke8 31. Bxc4 Bxc4
32. Bd2 Rxg3+ 33. Kf2 Rd3 34. Bxa5 Bd5 35. Re3 Rd4 36. Ra3 Kd7 37. Bb6 Rf4+ 38.
Kg1 Ke6 39. a5 Rb4 40. Bd8 Rb8 41. Bb6 Rc8 42. Bd4 Rc4 43. Ba1 g5 44. a6 g4 45.
hxg4 hxg4 46. Bb2 Kf5 47. a7 Ba8 48. Rc3 Ra4 49. Ra3 Rb4 50. Bc3 Re4 51. Ra1 g3
52. Rf1+ Ke6 53. Ra1 Re3 54. Bd4 Rd3 55. Bc5 Rd5 $1 56. Bb4 f5 57. exf6 Rh5 58.
Re1+ Kf7 59. Kf1 Bf3 60. Rxe7+ Kxf6 61. Ke1 Rh1+ 62. Kd2 g2 63. Re3 Bb7 {
Ivanchuk had won the tournament with 10 points (seven wins and six draws).} 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "13"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. e4 c5 11. d5 c4 12. Bc2 Qc7 13. Qe2 Bd6 14. Bg5 O-O-O 15.
Rad1 $5 h6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 {Karpov has selected a sharp opening because he wants
to win.} 17. a4 $2 ({Preferable is the noncommital} 17. Kh1 {(Ftacnik).}) 17...
b4 $1 18. Rd4 Bc5 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. Rxc4 Nb6 21. Rxc5 Qxc5 22. Na2 Kb8 23. Bb3
e5 $2 ({The solid} 23... a5 $1 24. Rc1 Qd6 {gains a big advantage.}) 24. Rc1
Qa5 25. Qe1 Rc8 26. Ra1 Rhd8 27. Nxb4 Ka8 28. Be6 Rc7 29. b3 Rd6 30. Bf5 Nc8
31. Nd5 Qxe1+ 32. Rxe1 Bxd5 33. exd5 Ne7 34. Bd3 Nxd5 35. Nh4 Ne7 36. Bc4 a5
37. g3 Ka7 38. Re3 Kb6 39. Kg2 Kc5 40. Nf3 Nc6 41. Ne1 Rd1 42. Kh3 Nd4 43. Nd3+
Kd6 $6 (43... Kb6 $1 44. f4 Nf5 $1 {keeps the attack going.}) 44. f4 $1 exf4
45. Nxf4 Re7 $2 {Illescas misses the last winning chance.} ({Black threatens
the hostile king by} 45... Rc5 46. Re8 Rd2 {He overcomes in} 47. Rd8+ Ke7 48.
Rd5 Rxd5 49. Nxd5+ Ke6 50. Ne3+ Ke5 51. Ng4+ Kf5 $1 52. Nxh6+ Kg6 $1) 46. Rxe7
Kxe7 47. Nd5+ Kd6 48. Nxf6 Kc5 49. Kg4 Kb4 50. Nd5+ Ka3 51. Nc3 Rh1 (51... Rc1
$1 52. Nb5+ Nxb5 53. Bxb5 $1) 52. Nb5+ $1 Nxb5 53. axb5 Rxh2 54. b6 Rd2 55. b7
Rd8 56. Kh5 Kb4 57. Be6 Rb8 58. Bd5 Kc5 59. Bg2 Kb4 60. Bd5 Kc5 61. Bg2 Kb4 {
Karpov became second, one point behind the winner.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.03.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

{All participants of the last four events were invited by the VSB Fund for
their last tournament. These ten players accepted. Ivanchuk made a false move
by making additional demands for the costs of his second. He was replaced by
Gelfand. The tenth and last Euwe Memorial took place from 22 iii until 1 iv
1996. Topalov started with a sensational win against Kasparov. Thereafter,
Gary won several games. When Kasparov and Kramnik shared the lead, the world
champion defeated the co-leader. Topalov retaliated and shared the victory
with Kasparov at the end. We follow the spectacular chess by Topalov and
Kasparov.   The bank stopped with sponsoring, because it had changed the
priorities. A spokesman had castigated professional chess during the opening.
The schism and constant turmoil in the chess world had damaged its image.
Kasparov was defeated by Deep Blue in the next year. Chess was dead. } 1. e4 c5
2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. f4 Nc5 9.
O-O Ncxe4 $5 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. f5 e5 12. Qh5 Qe7 $6 {The right move will be
played in round 3.} 13. Qf3 Nc5 14. Nc6 $1 Qc7 15. Bd5 a5 16. Bg5 $1 ({Spanish
television viewers, supported by Illescas, played} 16. Be3 {against Kasparov
in 1990.}) 16... Ra6 $2 ({Right is} 16... Bd7 17. Ne7 $3 f6 18. Qh5+ Kxe7 19.
Bxf6+ $1 gxf6 20. Qf7+ Kd8 21. Qxf6+ Kc8 22. Qxh8 Qd8 {(Topalov).}) 17. Nd8 $3
{The knight goes to d8 in the game and e7 in a variation.} f6 18. Nf7 Rg8 19.
Be3 g6 20. Ng5 $1 Rg7 21. fxg6 $1 Rxg6 22. Bf7+ Qxf7 23. Nxf7 Kxf7 24. Bxc5
dxc5 25. Rad1 Be7 26. Rd5 Bg4 27. Qe4 Kg7 28. Rfd1 $2 Bxd1 29. Rxd1 Re6 30. Qf5
Kf7 31. Re1 b6 32. h4 Rg7 33. Kf1 Bd6 34. Kf2 Bc7 $6 ({Topalov prefers the
active} 34... b5) 35. Kf3 Ke7 36. Re4 Kf7 37. Rg4 Re7 38. Ke4 Rxg4+ 39. Qxg4
Bd8 40. a4 Kf8 41. c3 Rg7 42. Qc8 Ke8 43. Qe6+ Kf8 44. g4 Rf7 45. h5 Rg7 46. h6
Rg6 47. Qd5 Be7 48. Kf5 Rxh6 49. Qb7 e4 50. Qb8+ Kf7 51. Qxb6 e3 52. Qe6+ Ke8
53. Qxe3 Rg6 54. Qe4 Rg5+ 55. Kf4 Kd7 56. Qb7+ Ke6 57. Qc8+ Kf7 58. Qc7 h5 59.
gxh5 Rxh5 60. Qxa5 Bd6+ 61. Ke4 f5+ 62. Kd5 Be7 63. Qc7 Rh6 64. a5 Rd6+ 65. Ke5
Rf6 66. Qc8 1-0

[Event "10th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.03.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Be3
Qc7 9. Bf3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Nxd4 $5 11. Bxd4 e5 12. Be3 b5 $5 13. O-O-O $5 O-O $1
14. g4 $5 b4 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 exf4 17. Bxf4 a5 18. Rhe1 $2 (18. Rde1 Bh4
19. Bg3 Ba6 20. Qd2 {gives chances to both sides.}) 18... Bh4 $1 19. Rg1 (19.
Bg3 Bxg3 20. hxg3 a4 {also favours Black (Boensch).}) 19... a4 $1 {Black has
an advantage in time for the attack on the king.} 20. Qd2 Rb8 21. Kb1 Re8 22.
Rg2 Bd7 23. Re2 a3 $6 24. Rxe8+ Bxe8 25. g5 $6 ({The unexpected} 25. b3 $1 Bf6
{(Topalev)} 26. Be4 {brings counter-play.}) 25... f6 26. Be4 axb2 27. Qd3 g6
28. Qa6 Rb6 29. Qa8 Rb8 30. Qa6 Rd8 $1 31. Rd4 f5 32. Bd3 Qe7 33. Bd2 Be1 $1
34. Be2 Bxd2 35. Rxd2 Qxg5 36. Rd1 Qe3 37. Bc4 f4 38. Bb3 f3 39. Qd3 Qe2 40.
Bc4 Qxd3 41. Rxd3 Rc8 42. Ba6 Rc3 43. Kxb2 Bd7 44. Rd4 ({Or} 44. Rxc3 bxc3+ 45.
Kxc3 Bh3 $1 46. Kd2 f2 {(Topalov).}) 44... Bf5 45. Rxb4 Rxc2+ 46. Kb3 Rxh2 47.
Rf4 f2 48. a4 Bh3 49. a5 g5 50. Rf3 g4 51. Rf5 g3 0-1

[Event "10th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.03.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E89"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. Nge2 c6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. d5 cxd5 10. cxd5 a6 11. g4 h5 12. h3 b5 13. Bg5 Qa5 14. Nd1 $5 {Piket
makes a new and prudent move.} Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Nc5 16. Nf2 Bd7 17. gxh5 $6 {
Greed overtakes solidity. White ruins his pawn structure.} ({Wiser is} 17. Ng3)
17... Nxh5 $1 18. Be7 Rfc8 19. Bxd6 Nb7 $1 20. Be7 $6 ({No time is lost by} 20.
Ba3 $1 a5 21. b3 b4 22. Bb2) 20... f6 $1 21. Nd3 Kf7 22. Ba3 a5 23. b4 $6 Nd6
$1 24. Kd1 axb4 25. Bxb4 Nc4 26. Kc2 Bf8 27. Nc3 $2 {White moves the guard of
square g3.} ({Right is} 27. Bxf8 Kxf8 28. Rg1 $1) 27... Bxb4 $5 28. Nxb4 Ra3
29. Nc6 Bxc6 30. dxc6 Rxc6 31. Nxb5 Rxf3 32. Bxc4+ Rxc4+ 33. Kd2 Kg7 34. Rhc1
Rxe4 35. Rc7+ Kg8 36. Rc8+ Kh7 37. Rc7+ Ng7 38. Nd6 Rf2+ 39. Kc3 Ree2 $6 {
Jeroen overstepped the time limit.} 0-1

[Event "10th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.03.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Nf3 Be7 8. c5
h6 $5 9. Bf4 Ne4 $5 10. Bb5 $1 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bd7 12. O-O O-O 13. Rc1 $1 Re8 ({
The pointe is} 13... b6 14. c4 $1 dxc4 15. d5 exd5 16. Qxd5 {(Kasparov).}) 14.
Re1 Bf6 15. Rb1 $1 {The rook has done its duty on the c-file.} b6 16. Ba6 Bc8
17. Bb5 Bd7 18. Ba6 Bc8 19. Bd3 $1 bxc5 20. Ne5 {A sacrifice has created new
chances.} Bd7 $2 (20... Bxe5 $1 21. dxe5 f5 $1 22. Qh5 Re7 {defends correctly 
(Kasparov).}) 21. Rb7 Bxe5 $6 (21... Nxe5 22. dxe5 Bc6 $1 23. Rxf7 $1 Kxf7 24.
exf6 Qxf6 25. Be5 Qg5 26. f4 Qh4 27. Re3 {and White attacks (Kasparov).}) 22.
dxe5 Rb8 23. Rxb8 Qxb8 24. Qg4 Kf8 25. Re3 Qd8 26. h4 $1 {Black has no
defender on the kingside.} Qa5 27. Rg3 Ke7 28. Qxg7 Kd8 29. Qxf7 Qxc3 30. Bb5
Qa5 31. Rg7 Ne7 32. Bxd7 Kxd7 33. Qf6 d4 34. Bxh6 c4 35. Bg5 Qc5 36. Rxe7+ {
The wondrous manoeuvre from a1 via c1 to b1 had a wondrous motivation.} 1-0

[Event "10th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.03.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Short, Nigel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. f4
Nc5 9. O-O Nfxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. f5 e5 12. Qh5 d5 $1 {Short has found the
improvement of the sensational game Topalov - Kasparov.} 13. Re1 $1 Bc5 14.
Rxe4 Bxd4+ 15. Be3 $1 O-O 16. Rxd4 $1 exd4 17. Bxd4 f6 18. Bc5 Re8 19. Rd1 Kh8
20. Rxd5 $2 ({Best is} 20. Bxd5 $1 Bd7 21. b4 $1 Qc7 22. Qf7 Rad8 23. Be6 $1
Bxe6 24. Qxc7 Rxd1+ 25. Kf2) 20... Bd7 21. h3 Re5 22. Rxe5 fxe5 23. Bf7 Be8 24.
Bg6 h6 25. Bxe8 Qxe8 26. Qxe8+ Rxe8 27. Bd6 Rd8 28. Bxe5 Rd5 29. Bc3 Rxf5 30.
Bd4 b5 31. c3 h5 32. Bf2 Kg8 33. Kf1 Kf7 34. Ke2 Ke6 35. Bd4 g6 36. Bb6 Kd5 37.
Bc7 Ke4 38. Bd8 Rd5 39. Bh4 Rd3 40. Bf2 a5 41. Be1 a4 42. Bd2 Rd7 43. Bh6 Rd5
44. Bc1 Rc5 45. Be3 a3 46. Bc1 b4 {Kasparov and Topalov had scored 2/3.} 0-1

[Event "10th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.03.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. e3 Re8 12. Bb5 c6 13. Ba4 Nbd7 14. Ne2 Qe7
15. Bf2 Ba6 16. b4 Rec8 17. Qb2 Bc4 18. Bb3 b5 19. Bxc4 bxc4 20. O-O a5 21. Nc3
Rcb8 22. Rab1 axb4 23. axb4 Rb7 24. Rfe1 Qf8 25. e4 Rab8 26. b5 dxe4 27. fxe4
cxb5 28. Qb4 Qxb4 29. Rxb4 Ra8 30. Reb1 Ra3 31. Be1 Nf8 32. Nxb5 Rd3 33. e5 Nd5
34. Rxc4 Ne6 35. Rcc1 Nxd4 36. Nxd4 Rxb1 37. Rxb1 Rxd4 38. Rb8+ Kh7 39. Rd8 Kg6
40. Bg3 Rd2 41. Rd6+ Kf5 42. Rd7 Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.03.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Short, Nigel"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Bb3
O-O 9. f4 Nc6 10. Be3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Ne8 $6 {Black
chooses a poor opening.} 14. Ne4 Bb7 15. Qd3 Qc7 $5 16. c3 Rd8 17. Bc2 Bxe4 18.
Qxe4 g6 19. b4 Ng7 20. g4 h5 21. h3 a5 22. a3 Rd7 23. Rf3 Qd8 24. Rb1 Bg5 25.
Rbf1 axb4 26. axb4 Be7 $2 27. Rb1 $2 ({Kasparov will show} 27. gxh5 $1 Nxh5 28.
Rxf7 $3 Rxf7 29. Rxf7 Kxf7 30. Qxg6+ Kf8 31. Qh6+ Ng7 32. Bg6 $1 {during the
postmortem.}) 27... h4 28. Qe3 Ne8 29. Be4 Nc7 30. Bc6 Nd5 31. Qe4 $2 ({
Correct is} 31. Qf2 $1 {(Short).}) 31... Nxc3 $3 {Gary finds a devilish escape.
} 32. Bxc3 Qb6+ 33. Kg2 Rc7 34. Ba8 Rc4 35. Qb7 Qxb7 36. Bxb7 Rb8 37. Ba6 Rb6
38. Ra1 Rcc6 39. Bxb5 Rxb5 40. Ra8+ Kg7 41. Ra7 Kf8 42. Ra8+ Kg7 43. Ra7 Kf8
1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.03.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Qc2 dxc4 6. e4 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Bxc4 a6 9. a4 Qc7 10. O-O Ng4 11. h3 $5 Nxf2 $5 (11... Nge5 {avoids the next
complications (Kasparov).}) 12. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 13. Qxf2 Qxc4 14. Qg3 f6 $1 15. Qxg7
Qc5+ 16. Kh1 Qf8 17. Qg4 Qf7 18. e5 Rg8 19. Qc4 f5 20. Bg5 h6 21. Bh4 {Gary
has a lot of fun for the exchange.} Qg6 $2 ({Right is} 21... Nf8 $1 22. Nd4 $1
Qg7 23. Rg1 {(Kasparov)} Bd7 $1) 22. Rg1 Nf8 23. Qb4 Rg7 24. Ne2 b5 25. axb5
Rd7 26. Nf4 Qf7 27. Rc1 Bb7 28. bxa6 Bxf3 ({Or} 28... Rxa6 29. Qb5 Ra8 $1 30.
Kh2 $1 Rc8 31. Rxc8+ Bxc8 32. Nd2 {(Kasparov).}) 29. gxf3 Rda7 30. Rg1 Rxa6 31.
Nh5 $1 Qc7 ({The pointe is} 31... Qxh5 32. Qe7#) 32. Rg7 Ra1+ 33. Kg2 Qc2+ 34.
Bf2 1-0

[Event "10th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.03.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O h6 7. b3 Ne7 8. c4 Ng6
9. Na3 Nf4 10. Bxf4 Bxa3 11. Bd3 Bg4 12. Rb1 Be7 13. h3 Bh5 14. Qe2 O-O 15. Qe3
a5 $4 {Jan blunders horribly.} 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Bxh6 $1 {Black is humiliated.}
Bxf3 (17... gxh6 18. Qxh6 Bg6 19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. Qxg6+ Kh8 21. Qh6+ Kg8 22.
Qxe6+ {White will capture d5 and get five pawns for the bishop.}) 18. gxf3 Bh4
19. Kh1 f5 20. Rg1 Rf7 21. Bxg7 $1 Rxg7 22. Qh6 Bg5 23. Qxe6+ Kh8 24. Qxf5 Qe7
25. Qg4 Nxe5 26. dxe5 Qxe5 27. Rbe1 Qf4 28. Qh5+ Kg8 29. Rxg5 Rxg5 30. Qh7+ Kf8
31. Qh6+ Kf7 32. Bg6+ {Timman had reached the end of a long career at the top
of international chess.} 1-0

[Event "10th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.03.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O d6 7. b3 $5 Nbd7 8.
Bb2 Be7 9. d4 O-O 10. d5 $1 {Kramnik makes his favourite advance.} exd5 11. Nh4
g6 $1 12. cxd5 Ne8 $5 13. f4 $1 Nc7 $2 (13... Bxh4 14. gxh4 Qxh4 15. e4 {
(Kramnik) and Black has material compensation for the broad centre.}) 14. e4 b5
$2 15. e5 $1 f5 16. a4 b4 17. Nb5 Nxb5 18. axb5 Qb6 19. Re1 $5 Qxb5 $5 20. Bf1
Qb6 21. Bc4 Qd8 22. exd6 $5 Bf6 ({Or} 22... Bxd6 23. Re6 Nf6 24. Be5 $1 Bxe5
25. fxe5 Nxd5 26. Rd6 $1) 23. Qd2 Bxb2 24. Qxb2 Qf6 25. Qf2 Nb6 26. Rad1 {
White has split up the centre for control over the open centre file.} Rfe8 (
26... Nxc4 27. bxc4 Qxd6 28. Re6 Qc7 29. Qe3 {and White has a decisive attack 
(Kramnik).}) 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Qxc5 Qc3 29. Ng2 Re2 30. d7 $1 Nxd7 31. Qb5
Rxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Qc2+ 33. Be2 Nb6 34. Kf2 Kg7 35. d6 Bc6 36. Qxb4 {Kramnik and
Kasparov shared the lead with 4/6.} 1-0

[Event "10th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.03.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E89"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. Nge2 c6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. d5 cxd5 10. cxd5 a6 11. g4 h5 12. h3 Nh7 13. Rg1 h4 14. Nc1 Kh8 15. Nb3
Bf6 16. g5 Be7 17. O-O-O f6 18. gxf6 Rxf6 19. Be2 Qf8 20. Kb1 g5 21. Bxg5 Nxg5
22. Qxg5 Rf7 23. Qd2 Rh7 24. Nc1 Nc5 25. b4 Nd7 26. Rdf1 Qh6 27. Qxh6 Rxh6 28.
Nd3 Nb6 29. Nf2 Bd7 30. Ng4 Rh7 31. f4 Rc8 32. Kb2 exf4 33. Rxf4 Bg5 34. Rf3
Bd2 35. Kc2 Bxg4 36. Rxg4 Be1 37. Rg1 Bg3 38. Kb3 Rhc7 39. Nd1 a5 40. bxa5 Nd7
41. Rf5 Kg7 42. Rh5 Kf6 43. Rf1+ Kg6 44. Rg1 Kf6 45. Rf1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.03.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 a6 10. f4 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Bd3 $5 Qc7 13. Qe3 Qc5 14.
Qg3 b4 ({Even better is} 14... Bb7 $1 15. Qg7 Rf8) 15. Ne2 a5 16. Kb1 Kf8 17.
Qh3 h5 18. Rc1 d5 $6 (18... a4 19. c3 Rb8 {counters in the right area (Kramnik)
.}) 19. exd5 Qxd5 20. f5 a4 21. Rhe1 Rb8 ({More active is} 21... a3 $1 22. b3 {
(Kasparov)} Qc5 $1) 22. Nf4 Qd6 23. Qf3 e5 24. Nd5 Bd8 25. Be4 Qc5 26. c3 bxc3
27. Rxc3 Qd6 28. Rd1 Bb6 29. Nxb6 Qxb6 30. Rc2 Kg7 31. a3 Kh6 $2 32. Rdd2 $2 ({
Both players have missed the drastic} 32. b4 $1 Bb7 33. Bxb7 Qxb7 34. Rc6)
32... Bb7 $2 (32... Rd8 $1 {draws (Kasparov).}) 33. Bxb7 Qxb7 34. Rc6 $1 {
Suddenly White has a decisive attack.} Rhc8 35. Rxf6+ Kg5 ({The pointe is} 
35... Kg7 36. Qg3+ $1 Kxf6 37. Rd6+ Ke7 38. Qxe5+ Kf8 39. Rh6 $1 Qxb2+ 40. Qxb2
Rxb2+ 41. Kxb2 Rb8+ 42. Ka2 {(Kasparov).}) 36. Rxf7 Qxf3 37. gxf3 Rc3 38. Rg2+
Kf4 ({Or} 38... Kh4 39. Rg8 $1 Rxg8 40. bxc3 {(Kasparov).}) 39. f6 Rxf3 40. Re7
Rf8 41. f7 Kf5 42. Rg8 Kf6 43. Rxe5 {Kasparov had taken the sole lead by
defeating the co-leader.} 1-0

[Event "10th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.03.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D28"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. Qe2 a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Nc6 9. a3 Bd6 $1 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bd3 b5 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Bb7 14. Rd1
f5 $1 15. Bb1 Qc7 16. a4 $6 bxa4 $2 (16... Na5 $1 {(threatens ..Nb3)} 17. Ba2
Nc4 {gains an advantage (Topalov).}) 17. Rxa4 Nb4 18. e4 a5 19. h3 Bc5 20. Be3
Bxe3 21. Qxe3 Rad8 $2 {The queen's rook should protect the a-pawn.} ({Better is
} 21... Rfd8) 22. Rc1 f4 23. Qc3 $1 Qxc3 $6 24. bxc3 Nd3 25. Bxd3 Rxd3 26. Ne5
Rd2 27. Rb1 Ba8 28. f3 Rc2 29. c4 Rd8 30. Rxa5 h6 31. Ng6 Bc6 32. h4 $1 ({Not} 
32. Ne7+ $2 Kh7 33. Nxc6 Rdd2) 32... Rxc4 33. Nxf4 Kf7 34. Rb6 Rd7 35. h5 Rb7
36. Rba6 Kf6 37. Kh2 Rc3 38. Ra8 Ke7 39. Rg8 Kf6 40. Ng6 Rf7 41. Ne5 Rc7 42.
Rf8+ Ke7 43. Rf7+ ({Topalov mentions} 43. Rf7+ Kd6 $2 44. Nc4+ $1 Rxc4 45. e5#)
1-0

[Event "10th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.03.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 11. Bd2 Kh8 12. Rc1 Nf6 13. f3 c6 14. Be3 a6 $5 15.
b4 cxd5 16. cxd5 Bd7 17. Nb2 b5 18. a4 bxa4 19. Nbxa4 Rb8 20. Rb1 fxe4 21. fxe4
Neg8 22. Qd3 Bh6 23. Kh1 Bxe3 24. Qxe3 Ng4 25. Rxf8 Qxf8 26. Bxg4 Bxg4 27. h3
Bd7 28. Nb6 Qd8 29. Nxd7 Qxd7 30. Qd3 Qa7 31. b5 axb5 32. Rxb5 Rxb5 33. Nxb5
Qc5 34. Nc3 Nf6 35. Qf3 Kg7 36. g4 $5 {White has no simple draw because he
cannot build a watertight fortress.} Qa3 37. Kg2 Qb2+ 38. Kg1 Qc1+ 39. Kg2 Qd2+
40. Kf1 h6 41. Ne2 Qd1+ 42. Kf2 Qc2 43. Ke3 Qb1 44. Ng3 Qe1+ 45. Kd3 Qg1 46. h4
$5 (46. Ke2 Qh2+ 47. Ke1 {is possible too.}) 46... Qb1+ 47. Ke2 Qc2+ 48. Kf1 $2
{Gelfand chooses the wrong square for his king.} ({Right is} 48. Ke1 $1 Qc8 49.
h5 Nxg4 50. hxg6 Kxg6 51. Qf5+) 48... Qc8 $1 49. h5 ({Or} 49. g5 hxg5 50. hxg5
Qc1+ {(Hecht).}) 49... Nxg4 $1 50. Qe2 ({Now the desirable} 50. hxg6 $4 {fails.
}) 50... Qc1+ 51. Kg2 Qf4 52. hxg6 Kxg6 53. Qf3 Kg5 54. Nf5 Qd2+ 55. Kg1 h5 56.
Ng7 Qc1+ 57. Kg2 Qb2+ 58. Kg1 Qa1+ 59. Kg2 Qa2+ (59... Qa2+ 60. Kg1 Qa7+ {wins
a piece.}) 0-1

[Event "10th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.03.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

{The start was one hour earlier due to the summertime. Kasparov had missed it
and arrived twenty-two minutes late.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5.
f3 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 a6 8. a4 h6 9. Be3 e6 10. Qd2 exd5 11. cxd5 Re8 12. Nge2
Nbd7 13. Nd1 Ne5 14. Nec3 Nh5 $5 ({Kasparov had played the usual} 14... Bd7 {
in the previous encounter.}) 15. Bxh6 Qh4+ 16. Nf2 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 f5 18. Qd2 Rb8
19. Be2 f4 20. g3 $5 {Lautier plays a drawing combination after a long think.}
fxg3 21. hxg3 Qxg3 {The combination proceeds with another sacrifice.} 22. O-O-O
$1 Qxf2 23. Qg5 Bg4 $5 ({The alternative} 23... Ng3 $6 24. Qf6 $1 Nxh1 25. Rxh1
Bh3 $1 26. Rxh3 Qg1+ 27. Kc2 Nf7 28. Rh4 {favours White.}) 24. Rdf1 ({Not} 24.
fxg4 $2 Qf4+ 25. Qxf4 Nxf4) 24... Qd4 25. Rd1 Qf2 26. Rdf1 Qd4 27. Rd1 Qf2 {
Topalov caught up with Kasparov.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.04.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 Nc6 10. f4 a5 $5 11. a4 Nb4 12. Bf3 Qb6 $5 13. g4 $5 {Gary takes
risks because he wants to win.} exf4 14. Bxf4 Nd7 15. Nd4 g6 $5 ({More solid is
} 15... Ne5 16. Nf5 Re8) 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Nf5 $5 gxf5 18. gxf5 {Kasparov has
given a knight for the attack.} Bf6 $2 ({Right is} 18... Kh8 $1 19. Rg1 Bf8 20.
Qd2 {(Kasparov)} d5 $1 21. Be3 Qf6 $1 22. Bg5 {and a repetition of positions.})
19. Rg1+ Kh8 20. Qd2 Ne5 21. Qg2 Ng6 $1 22. fxg6 fxg6 23. Rgf1 Bg7 $6 ({The
last chance gives} 23... Be5 $1 24. Bg4 Bxg4 25. Qxg4 {(Kasparov)} Qc6 $1) 24.
Bxg7+ Kxg7 25. Rad1 Bd7 26. Qg3 Re5 27. Bg2 Nxc2 $6 ({Best is} 27... Rf8 28.
Rxf8 Kxf8 29. Rf1+ Kg8 30. Qh4 Re8 31. Qf6 Qd8 32. Qxd6 {and White has won a
pawn (Kasparov).}) 28. Nd5 Qd8 (28... Qxb2 29. Qf2 $1) 29. Qf2 Nb4 30. Nb6 Bg4
31. Qf7+ Kh8 32. Nxa8 Bxd1 33. Rxd1 Qxa8 34. Qf6+ Kg8 35. Rxd6 Re8 36. Rd7 {
Kasparov had to wait for the result of Topalov's game.} 1-0

[Event "10th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.04.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5 Ne7 13. c4 c6 14. Bc2 bxc4 15.
dxc6 Nxc6 16. Nxc4 Nd4 $5 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Bg5 d5 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. e5 Qh6 21.
Nd2 Bb4 22. Re2 Bxd2 23. Qxd2 Qxd2 24. Rxd2 Rxe5 25. b4 a5 $6 {White is
allowed to create a passed pawn.} 26. b5 $1 Rc8 27. Bd3 Kf8 28. Bf1 Ke7 29.
Rxd4 Re4 30. Rd3 Kd6 31. Ra3 a4 $2 {Black weakens his a-pawn again.} ({Right is
} 31... Ra8 $1 32. Rc1 Rb4) 32. Rb1 g6 33. f3 Rd4 34. Bd3 Kc5 35. Bf1 Kb6 36.
Rb2 f5 37. Re3 Rd1 38. Kf2 Rdc1 39. Re6+ Ka5 40. Bd3 a3 ({Or} 40... R8c3 $1 41.
Rd2 {(Topalov)} f4 $5 {(controls e3)} 42. h4 {(prevents ..g5)} a3 43. Rf6) 41.
Rb3 R8c3 42. Rxc3 Rxc3 43. Ke3 Rb3 44. Kd4 Rb2 45. Re2 $1 f4 46. Kc5 Rxe2 47.
Bxe2 g5 48. b6 h5 49. Bb5 d4 50. Bd3 h4 51. Bf1 Ba8 52. Bc4 Bb7 53. Bd3 Bc8 54.
Be4 Ka6 55. Kc6 Ka5 56. Bd3 Kb4 57. Kc7 Kc5 58. Bf1 {Topalov became the
co-winner.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "24.Schachtage"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

{The 24.Dortmunder Schachtage were played from 3 until 14 vii 1996. It became
a race between Anand and Kramnik. They ended the tournament with 7/9. Vladimir
won the event due to a better SB score. We follow their games.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3
Nc6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8. Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5
10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nd5 Bg7 12. Bd3 Ne7 13. Nxe7 Qxe7 14. O-O f5 15. exf5 Bb7 16.
Re1 $1 {Anand plays a novelty.} Qg5 $5 17. g3 $5 {He avoids mate in one.} O-O
18. c4 Rae8 $5 19. Be4 $5 ({Vishy finds} 19. cxb5 e4 20. bxa6 Ba8 {too risky.})
19... Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Qxf5 21. Qd5 b4 $6 ({Better is} 21... bxc4 22. Nxc4 Re6)
22. Nc2 a5 $6 23. Rd1 Qg6 24. Ne3 $1 {The knight controls the centre.} Kh8 25.
Rg4 Qh5 26. Rh4 Qg5 27. Qf3 $5 {The capture on a5 can be played.} f5 28. Rxd6
e4 $1 {The counteraction has success.} 29. Qd1 $2 ({Right is} 29. Qh5 Qxh5 30.
Rxh5) 29... f4 $1 30. Rg4 Qe5 31. gxf4 Rxf4 32. Rd2 Rxg4+ 33. Nxg4 Qg5 34. Kh1
h5 $4 {Lobron misses a combination.} 35. Rd5 $1 Qh4 ({The first pointe is} 
35... Qxg4 36. Rxh5+) 36. Nf6 $1 ({Another pointe is} 36. Nf6 Qxf6 37. Qxh5+)
1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "24.Schachtage"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 a5 11. Ba3 Nf4 12. Bf1 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 axb4 15.
Bxb4 c5 16. dxc6 Nxc6 17. a3 Ne6 18. Nb5 Ned4 19. Qd3 Nxb4 20. axb4 Qb6 21.
Nxd4 exd4 22. Qd2 Ra7 23. Rec1 Rfa8 24. Rxa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "24.Schachtage"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O b5 8.
Nxc6 dxc6 9. Bg5 $5 Bb7 10. Qd2 Nf6 11. Rad1 b4 $1 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Na4 c5 14.
Bf3 (14. Nb6 $1 Rd8 15. Qxd8+ Qxd8 16. Rxd8+ Kxd8 {keeps the equality (Miles).}
) 14... Rg8 15. Qe3 Rg5 16. b3 Bd6 17. g3 Be5 18. Bg2 $2 (18. Nxc5 $1 Bxg3 19.
hxg3 Rxg3+ 20. fxg3 Qxg3+ {leads to perpetual check.}) 18... Bd4 19. Rxd4 $5 {
Anand gives the exchange for activity.} cxd4 20. Qxd4 Qe7 21. h4 Ra5 22. Qd2
Rd8 23. Qh6 Bc6 24. Nb6 $5 Rxa2 25. Nc4 Bb5 26. e5 f5 $2 {White gets the
chance to imprison a rook and check on d6.} ({Right is} 26... fxe5 {(Anand).})
27. Rc1 $1 Qc5 28. Nd6+ Rxd6 29. exd6 Qxd6 30. Bf3 $1 Bc6 $6 (30... Qc5 $1 31.
Bh5 $1 Ke7 $1 32. Qxh7 Be8 {and Black has defended well.}) 31. Qf4 $1 {Black
lacks support by the rook.} Qd7 $2 ({It will be difficult to break the black
resistance after} 31... Ke7 $1 32. Bxc6 Qxc6 33. Qxb4+ Qd6 34. Qc3 h5) 32. Qb8+
Ke7 33. Bxc6 Qxc6 34. Rd1 $1 Qe8 35. Qxb4+ Kf6 36. Qd2 Qc8 ({Or} 36... Qg8 $1
37. h5 $1 Qg4 $5 38. Qc3+ Kg5 39. Qg7+ Kxh5 40. Qxh7+ Kg5 41. Qg7+ Kh5 42. Qh8+
Kg6 43. Rd8 {and White wins (square a1 is protected).}) 37. Qg5+ Ke5 38. Qg7+
f6 39. Qh6 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "24.Schachtage"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8.
Bf4 Ne5 9. Be2 Bd7 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Nb5 Bxb5 12. Bxb5+ Nc6 13. Qf3 $6 {A
novelty leads to a plus for Black.} a6 14. Bd3 d5 $1 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Be4 Ne5
17. Qe2 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Bd6 19. Qc3 $2 {Black gets the chance to weaken white's
pawn structure.} ({Better is} 19. O-O-O O-O) 19... Qxc3+ 20. bxc3 Rb8 21. g3
Ke7 22. f4 Nc4 23. a4 Rhc8 24. Nd4 Bc7 25. Nb3 Bb6 26. Bd3 Nd6 27. Kd2 Rc7 28.
a5 Ba7 29. Rhe1 g6 30. Nd4 Rbc8 {White has to protect a weakness.} 31. Ne2 $2 (
31. Ra3 $1 {protects the weakness and keeps Re5 possible (Kramnik).}) 31... Rc5
$1 32. Reb1 $6 (32. Ra4 Rh5 33. h4 Rcc5 34. Rea1 {does not lose pawn a5.})
32... Rh5 $1 33. h4 Rcc5 34. Rb4 Rxa5 35. Rab1 Bc5 36. Rxb7+ $1 Nxb7 37. Rxb7+
Kf8 38. Nd4 Ra1 $6 (38... Ra4 $1 39. Nf3 f6 $1 {prevents the following
difficulties.}) 39. Nf3 Be7 $2 (39... Bf2 40. g4 Rd5 41. c4 Rd8 $1 {is okay.})
40. Ne5 Rg1 41. Rb8+ Kg7 42. Rb7 Rxe5 43. fxe5 Bf8 44. c4 $2 (44. Bxa6 Rxg3 45.
Bb5 Rf3 46. Bd7 {gives counter-play.}) 44... Rxg3 45. Rc7 Bb4+ 46. Ke2 Rg1 47.
Ke3 Bc3 48. c5 Ra1 49. Rc6 Ra4 50. Bxa6 Rxh4 51. Rc8 Bxe5 52. c4 Rh3+ 53. Ke4
Bb2 54. Rc7 Kf8 55. Rc8+ Ke7 56. Rc7+ Kf8 57. Rc8+ Kg7 58. Rc7 Rh5 59. Rb7 Rh4+
60. Kd3 Rh3+ 61. Kc2 Be5 62. Bb5 g5 63. Be8 Rf3 64. Kd2 g4 65. Bc6 Rf4 66. Ke2
g3 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "24.Schachtage"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4
O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qe1 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. a3 Bb7 13. Bd3 Nd7 14. Rd1 Qc7 15.
Kh1 e5 16. Be3 Rac8 17. Qg3 Bf6 18. f5 Kh8 19. Rf2 Be7 20. Rfd2 Qa5 21. Qe1 h6
22. h3 $6 Nf6 23. Bf2 Rxc3 $6 24. bxc3 Qxa3 {A sacrifice of the exchange has
enlivened the game.} 25. c4 $2 ({Correct is} 25. Re2 $1 Qa5 26. c4 Qxe1+ 27.
Rdxe1 $1 {(Anand) and White has a plus.}) 25... bxc4 26. Bxc4 Nxe4 {Black has
captured the centre pawn.} 27. Rd3 Qa4 28. Rb3 Qxc4 29. Rxb7 Qxc2 $1 30. Bg1
Bg5 31. Rdb1 Bf4 32. R1b3 d5 33. Rf3 Rc8 34. Rxf7 Ng5 35. Rxf4 exf4 36. Re7 f3
0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "24.Schachtage"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qb3 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. d3
h6 9. e3 e5 10. Nd2 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 d5 $2 ({Correct is} 11... Be6 $1 {(Kramnik).}
) 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Qxc5 Ndb4 14. b3 $1 Nxd3 15. Qc3 Nxc1 16. Raxc1 Be6 17. Ne4
Qe7 18. Qc5 $1 Rad8 19. Qxe7 Nxe7 20. Nc5 Bd5 21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22. Nxb7 {White
has won a pawn again.} Rd2 23. a4 Rb8 24. Rc7 ({Kramnik prefers} 24. Nc5 $1 {
in hindsight.}) 24... Nd5 25. Rd7 Nxe3 $1 26. Rxd2 Nxf1 {Black has won back
the pawn again.} 27. Rd7 $1 Nd2 28. b4 Nc4 29. a5 Kf8 $6 30. Rc7 $6 a6 {31.a6
has been prevented.} 31. b5 $1 {White has to sacrifice a pawn for the a-pawn.}
axb5 32. a6 Ra8 33. Nc5 Ke8 34. Rb7 Nd6 35. Rb6 Ke7 36. Kg2 f5 37. h4 h5 $6 (
37... g5 $1 38. h5 $1 g4 39. Kf1 f4 {brings counter-play.}) 38. Kf1 Rc8 $6 39.
Nb7 $1 {White regains the pawn.} Rc1+ 40. Kg2 Nc8 41. Rxb5 Kf6 42. Na5 e4 43.
Nb3 Rc4 44. Kf1 Ra4 45. Ra5 Rb4 46. Nc5 Na7 47. Ke2 g5 $6 48. Ke3 $6 ({Kramnik
misses} 48. Nd7+ $1 Ke7 49. Rxf5 $1) 48... gxh4 49. gxh4 Rb2 50. Nd7+ Ke6 51.
Nf8+ Kf6 52. Nh7+ Kg6 53. Ng5 Kf6 54. Rd5 Rb6 $2 ({Right is} 54... Nb5 $1 {
(Kramnik)} 55. f3 $5 exf3 56. Nxf3 Rb3+) 55. Kf4 Rxa6 56. Rxf5+ Kg6 57. Nxe4
Nc8 58. Rg5+ Kh6 59. Re5 Kg6 60. Re8 Rc6 61. Ke5 Nb6 62. Re7 Nc4+ 63. Kd5 Rc8
64. Re6+ Kg7 65. Ng3 Kf7 66. Rh6 Nd2 67. Rxh5 Ra8 68. Rf5+ Kg7 69. Rf4 Ra5+ 70.
Ke6 Ra6+ 71. Kf5 Rc6 72. Kg5 Nc4 73. Nf5+ Kh7 74. Ne7 Rc5+ 75. Rf5 Ne5 76. Kh5
Kg7 77. Rg5+ Kf6 78. Ng8+ Ke6 79. f4 Nd3 80. Rxc5 Nxc5 81. Kg6 Nd3 82. f5+ Ke5
83. f6 Nf4+ 84. Kf7 Kf5 85. Ne7+ Kg4 86. Ng6 Nh5 87. Ke7 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "24.Schachtage"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 e5 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Qe7 8.
Nbd2 Nf6 9. Nc4 Nd7 10. a4 Nb6 11. Na5 O-O 12. b3 Nd7 13. Nc4 Rd8 14. Ba3 Nf8
15. Qd2 Bg4 16. Qe3 b6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "24.Schachtage"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. d4 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O a5 13. Qc1 Bg4 14. Bc4
Qa4 15. Bb5 Qa2 16. Bc4 Qa4 17. Rxb7 $1 {Kramnik avoids a repetition, because
he has prepared a novelty at home.} Bxf3 $1 {Lékó plays this move after 50
minutes.} 18. gxf3 Nc6 $6 ({Lékó mentions} 18... Na6 $5) 19. Bb5 Qxb5 20. Rxb5
Nxd4 {The critical position has been reached.} 21. Rxa5 $6 ({Better is} 21. Qc5
$1 Nxf3+ 22. Kg2 Nxd2 23. Re1 a4 {(Lékó)} 24. e5 $1 e6 25. Qb4 Nb3 26. Rb7 {
and White has a plus.}) 21... Ne2+ 22. Kg2 Nxc1 23. Rxc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "24.Schachtage"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Ne7 7. c4 dxc4 8. Nc3
Nbc6 9. dxc5 Nd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. O-O Bd3 12. Rc1 Rd8 13. Bxd3 cxd3 14. Qa4
Be7 15. Rfd1 O-O 16. Rc3 Rd7 17. Qb5 Rfd8 18. Rcxd3 Qxd3 19. Rxd3 Rxd3 20. g3
R8d7 21. Kg2 h6 22. Qc4 a6 23. h4 R7d5 24. b4 Ra3 25. Qc2 Rdd3 26. Qb2 a5 $6 ({
Better is} 26... Ra4 27. b5 Nb4) 27. bxa5 Nxa5 28. Qb5 $6 (28. Nd2 $1 Rxe3 29.
fxe3 Bxc5 30. Ne4 {favours White.}) 28... Bf8 29. Nd4 Nc6 30. Nxc6 bxc6 31.
Qxc6 Rxe3 $1 {Anand had scored 4/5, half-a-point more than Kramnik.} (31...
Rxe3 32. fxe3 Rxa2+ 33. Kf3 Rc2 34. Qe8 Rxc5 {results in a fortress.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "24.Schachtage"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be2 d6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3
Be7 9. f4 O-O 10. a4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3 Na5 13. g4 $1 Nd7 $5 {A new move
occurs.} 14. Bg2 Bf8 15. Qe1 b6 16. Rd1 Bb7 17. Qh4 Nc6 18. Nde2 Nb4 19. Rd2
Qd8 $6 (19... d5 $1 20. e5 Rac8 {counters timely.}) 20. g5 f6 $2 (20... d5 $1
21. Rf3 Bc5 $1 22. Rh3 Nf8 $1 {defends properly.}) 21. Nd4 fxg5 22. fxg5 Nc6
23. Rdf2 Rc8 24. Nce2 $2 (24. Rf3 $1 Nde5 25. Rh3 h6 26. Qg3 Nxd4 27. gxh6 $1 {
breaks the resistance due to the threat of Rxf8+.}) 24... Nc5 25. Nxc6 Bxc6 26.
Nd4 Bd7 27. e5 dxe5 28. Nf3 Bc6 $2 ({Right is} 28... Qc7 $1 29. g6 h6 {
(Boensch).}) 29. Nxe5 Bxg2+ 30. Rxg2 Rc7 ({Har Zvi analyses} 30... Qd5 31. g6
h6 32. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 33. Ng4 Nd7 34. g7) 31. Ng4 Kh8 32. Qh3 $1 {White
threatens 33.g6.} Qd5 (32... g6 33. Bf4 $1 {brings an irresistable attack.})
33. g6 h6 {Beware! Anand is attacking the Sicilian Defence.} 34. Bxh6 $1 gxh6
35. g7+ $1 Bxg7 36. Nxh6 {White threatens 37.Nf7+ Kg8 38.Qh8#.} Qxg2+ 37. Qxg2
Bxh6 38. Qg6 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "24.Schachtage"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Be7 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. Bd3 b4 13. Ne2 Qa5 14. Kb1 e5
15. Be3 O-O 16. Rhe1 $6 ({Known is} 16. Rhf1) 16... Rb8 17. Nc1 Rd8 18. Ba7 $5
Rb7 $1 19. Bg1 Bg4 20. Nb3 Qa4 21. Rc1 exf4 22. Qxf4 Be6 23. Bd4 $5 ({Kramnik
prefers} 23. Rcd1 $1 Ng4 24. Bd4) 23... Rb5 $1 {A complicated problem has been
set.} 24. Qd2 $2 ({Insufficient is} 24. Bxb5 $2 axb5 25. Rcd1 Ra8) ({White
survives by} 24. Rcd1 $1 Ra5 25. Nxa5 Qxa2+ 26. Kc1 Qxa5 {(Kramnik)} 27. Kd2
b3+ 28. c3) 24... Ng4 $1 25. c4 $6 ({It is too late for} 25. Rcd1 {due to} Bg5
$1 26. Qe2 Ra5 $1 27. a3 bxa3 28. Nxa5 Qxd4 {(Kramnik).}) 25... bxc3 26. bxc3 (
{Or} 26. Bxb5 Qxb3 $1 27. axb3 cxd2) 26... Rxb3+ $1 27. axb3 Bxb3 (27... Bxb3
28. Qb2 Rb8 29. Re2 Ba2+ {ends the game (Kramnik).}) 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "24.Schachtage"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Bb7 7. e3 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. b4 Ne4 11. Qc2 c5 12. Nd2 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Qg5 14. f3 Rfd8
15. Rd1 d5 16. Qb2 cxb4 17. Qxb4 Ba6 18. e4 Qg6 19. Qa4 Bxc4 20. Bxc4 dxc4 21.
Qxc4 Nf8 22. Be3 f5 23. exf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "24.Schachtage"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 b6 7. b4 Na6 8. e3
Qe7 9. b5 Nc7 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O O-O 12. Bb2 d6 13. a4 a5 $1 {Lobron makes an
improvement.} 14. Rae1 Rae8 $6 15. d4 $1 {White starts a successful centre
strategy.} Ne4 16. Qc1 f5 17. Nd2 Ng5 $6 {The knights should be exchanged at
once.} 18. f4 $1 Ne4 19. Bf3 Nxd2 20. Qxd2 Bxf3 21. Rxf3 Rd8 22. Qc2 Rf7 23. e4
$1 Qh4 24. Re2 fxe4 25. Qxe4 h6 $6 26. dxc5 d5 $2 ({Better is} 26... dxc5 {
(Kramnik).}) 27. cxd5 Nxd5 28. g3 Qh5 29. cxb6 Nxb6 30. Kg2 Rd1 31. Qxe6 Qc5
32. Qe8+ Rf8 33. Qg6 Rd7 34. Ba3 Qc4 35. Rc2 {The stars Kramnik and Anand had
scored 5 1/2 points.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "24.Schachtage"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. f4
b5 9. Bf3 Bb7 10. e5 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 dxe5 12. fxe5 Ng4 13. Qe2 b4 14. Na4 Rc8 15.
Bf4 Qa5 16. b3 Qb5 17. Rae1 h5 18. Qd2 Nc5 19. Nb2 Rd8 20. Qe2 Qxe2 21. Rxe2 f5
$2 ({Better is} 21... Rd5) 22. exf6 gxf6 23. Bd2 $1 a5 24. Nc4 e5 $2 25. h3 Nh6
26. Nfxe5 $1 fxe5 27. Rxe5+ Kd7 28. Rd5+ Kc8 29. Rxf8 $1 Rdxf8 30. Rxc5+ Kb8
31. Rxa5 h4 32. Rb5+ $1 Kc7 33. Bxb4 Re8 34. Bd6+ Kd7 35. Rb7+ Ke6 36. Be5 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "24.Schachtage"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 Bb4 8. e4
Bxe4 9. fxe4 Nxe4 10. Bd2 Qxd4 11. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12. Qe2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Qd5+ 14.
Kc2 Na6 15. Nxc4 O-O-O 16. Qe3 Nc5 17. Be2 Qxg2 18. Rhg1 Qxh2 19. Rxg7 $1 {
Kramnik plays a fine novelty.} Rd4 (19... Rd3 $6 {(Chernin) is encountered by}
20. Rh1 $1 Qxh1 21. Bxd3 {(Van Wely - De Jager, Antwerp 1998)} Qd5 22. Rxf7 {
White is better.}) 20. Qxd4 Qxe2+ 21. Nd2 $1 Rd8 22. Qxc5 Rxd2+ 23. Kb3 Rxb2+
24. Ka3 Rd2 $1 25. Rg3 $5 {Kramnik wants to neutralise the third rank.} Qe4 $2
({Right is} 25... Rd3+ $1 26. Rxd3 Qxd3+ 27. Kb2 Qd2+ 28. Kb3 Qd3+ 29. Qc3 Qd5+
30. Kb2 {(Kramnik), and now} h5 $1 31. Qh8+ Kc7 {Black keeps five pawns for
the rook).}) 26. Rb3 b6 $1 27. Qf8+ Kb7 28. Qxf7+ Ka6 29. Qf3 $1 Qxf3 $6 (29...
Qd4 $5 30. Qc3 Qd6+ 31. Qb4 Qd5 {keeps tactical chances (Kramnik).}) 30. Rxf3 {
Blacks lacks sufficient compensation for the rook.} Ka5 31. Rf4 Rd3+ 32. Kb2
Rh3 33. Re1 Rh2+ 34. Kb3 Rh3+ 35. Kc2 Rh2+ 36. Kd3 Rh6 37. Rfe4 c5 38. Rxe6
Rh3+ 39. R1e3 Rh1 40. R3e4 Rh3+ 41. Kc4 $1 Rg3 ({Or} 41... Kxa4 42. Re1 Rh4+
43. R6e4) 42. Rh6 a6 43. Rxh7 Rg5 44. Rb7 Rh5 45. Re6 Rh4+ 46. Kd5 Rb4 47. Rc6
Rd4+ 48. Ke5 Rb4 49. Rb8 $1 {White has achieved a fatal zugzwang.} ({See} 49.
Rb8 Rb1 50. Rxc5+ Kxa4 51. Rc6) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "24.Schachtage"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8.
Re1 O-O 9. d4 Na6 10. d5 c4 11. Nbd2 Nc5 12. Nxc4 Ncxe4 13. a4 Nc5 14. Ne3 Qd8
15. Ra3 Nfd7 16. a5 Ne5 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. b4 Nd7 19. c4 f5 20. Bb2 b6 21. Qa1
Rc8 22. Qa2 Rf7 23. axb6 axb6 24. Ra7 e4 25. Bxg7 Rxg7 26. Rd1 Rf7 27. h3 Ne5
28. Ra1 Qd6 29. Qa6 Rcf8 30. Rb7 f4 31. Rxb6 Qd7 {A mediocre game gets a great
finale.} 32. Nf1 $2 ({Better is} 32. Nc2 $1 {because} Qf5 $2 {can be answered
by} 33. Nd4 $1) 32... Qf5 $1 33. Re6 {White seems to win easily, but the black
counter gets on steam.} Qg5 $1 34. Kh1 f3 35. g3 Qh5 36. h4 Qf5 37. Kh2 {White
has to make forced moves.} (37. Ne3 $2 Qh3+ 38. Kg1 Ng4 {even wins for Black.})
37... Ng4+ 38. Kg1 Rf6 39. Rxf6 Rxf6 40. Qa8+ Kg7 41. Qa7 (41. Ra7 Rf7 42. Rb7
Qe5 43. Qa7 e3 44. Nxe3 Nxe3 45. Qxe3 Qa1+ 46. Kh2 Qf1 47. Qe5+ {also leads to
perpetual check.}) 41... e3 42. Nxe3 Nxe3 43. Qxe7+ Rf7 44. Qxe3 Qh3 45. Qe5+
Kh6 46. Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "24.Schachtage"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qb6 14. Bg2 O-O-O 15.
O-O b4 16. Rb1 Qa6 17. dxe6 Bxg2 18. e7 Bxf1 19. Qd5 Bxe7 20. fxe7 Bd3 (20...
Rdg8 {drew in Kasparov - Kramnik, New York 1994.}) 21. Ne4 Bxb1 22. Nd6+ Kc7
23. Bf4 Kb6 24. Nxc4+ Kb5 25. Nd6+ Kb6 26. exd8=B+ Rxd8 27. Nc4+ Kb5 28. Nd6+
Kb6 29. Nc4+ Kb5 {Topalov has achieved a perpetual.   Anand and Kramnik ended
the tournament with 7/9. Vladimir won the event on SB score.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.05.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

{Dos Hermanas (two sisters) is situated near Sevilla. A series of annual chess
contests started in the spring of 1989. It became a super event during the
1990's. Kasparov only participated in 1996, when no super tournament took
place in Linares. Ten top players starred from 21 v until 1 vi 1996 in Hotel
La Motilla.   Kramnik became winner on the Sonneborn-Berger score. Topalov
joined the lead in points. Anand and Kasparov shared the third place. A
selection of decided games is presented.} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Bc4
d6 5. Qf3 e6 6. Nge2 b5 7. Bb3 a5 8. a3 Ba6 9. d5 cxd5 10. exd5 e5 11. Ne4 h6
12. g4 Nf6 13. N2g3 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 O-O 15. Qh3 f5 16. gxf5 Bc8 17. Ng3 Rxf5 $5 {
Shirov started a new idea on move 15.} 18. Qg2 $5 (18. Nxf5 $5 Bxf5 19. Qg3 {
will be played in Izmukhambetov-Bologan, Sevastopol 1997.}) 18... a4 19. Ba2
Rf4 $5 20. c3 $5 ({The critical line is} 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. Ne4) 20... Rh4 21.
h3 Bf5 $6 ({Better is} 21... Nd7 {(Anand).}) 22. Nxf5 gxf5 23. Qg6 Qf8 24. Be3
Kh8 25. O-O-O Nd7 26. Qe6 Rd8 27. Rdg1 f4 28. Ba7 $1 Nf6 29. Bb1 Re8 30. Qf5
Qf7 $2 ({Right is} 30... Qe7 31. Bb6 Rh5) 31. Bb6 Rf8 32. Rg6 Rh5 33. Qe6 Rg5
34. Rxg5 hxg5 35. Rd1 $1 Qd7 36. Qxd7 Nxd7 37. Bc7 Rf6 38. Bd3 Nc5 39. Bxb5 e4
40. Bb6 Bf8 41. Bxc5 dxc5 42. Re1 $1 e3 43. fxe3 f3 44. Bxa4 c4 45. Bb5 Rh6 46.
Bd7 $1 f2 47. Rf1 Bc5 48. e4 Rf6 49. Bb5 Rf4 50. Bxc4 Rxe4 51. Bb5 Re3 52. d6
$1 Bxd6 53. Rxf2 Rxh3 54. Bd7 Rg3 55. Kc2 g4 56. Rd2 Bc7 57. a4 Rg1 58. Bc6 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.05.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. a3 O-O 8. Rb1
d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Ng5 e6 11. Nge4 b6 12. d3 h6 13. Bd2 Bb7 14. Nxd5 exd5 15.
Nc3 d4 16. Nd5 Rb8 17. b4 $2 ({Correct is} 17. e4 $1) 17... Nxb4 18. Nxb4 cxb4
19. axb4 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Re8 21. Kg1 Rc8 22. Re1 Rc6 23. Qa4 Rce6 24. Qxa7 Rxe2
25. Rxe2 Rxe2 26. Bf4 Qd5 27. Ra1 $6 ({More resistance is offered by} 27. Qxb6
Qf3 28. Rf1 Qxd3 29. Qd8+) 27... Qb5 28. Qa8+ Re8 29. Qa3 Bf8 30. h4 g5 31.
hxg5 hxg5 32. Bd2 Re2 33. Be1 Qf5 34. Qa8 Qxd3 35. Qd8 Qf3 36. Qxg5+ Bg7 37.
Qd8+ Kh7 38. Qh4+ Kg6 39. Qf4 Qxf4 40. gxf4 d3 41. Rd1 Kf5 42. Kf1 Ke4 43. b5
Bd4 44. Rb1 Ra2 45. Rd1 Ra1 46. Rxa1 Bxa1 47. Bd2 Kd4 48. Be3+ ({Or} 48. Ke1
Bc3) 48... Kc3 49. Bxb6 Kc2 ({The pointe is} 49... Kc2 50. Be3 Bd4 $1 {(Hecht).
}) 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.05.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 c5 8. e4
cxd4 9. exf5 Bb4 10. Bxc4 Qd6 $6 (10... dxc3 $5 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 {takes less
risk (Genova-Prochazkova, Brno 1989).}) 11. Bb5+ Nc6 12. Nc4 $5 ({Even better
is} 12. Bf4 $2 {(Gelfand-Shirov, Dortmund 1996).}) 12... Qc5 $2 {Shirov
blunders.} ({Correct is} 12... Qd8) 13. Bd2 $1 O-O ({The pointe is} 13... dxc3
14. bxc3) 14. Na2 Bxd2+ 15. Qxd2 Ne7 16. Qb4 Qxb4+ 17. Nxb4 a6 18. Nb6 axb5 19.
Nxa8 Rxa8 20. fxe6 bxa4 21. exf7+ Kxf7 22. Kd2 Ke6 23. Rhc1 Kd6 24. b3 b5 25.
bxa4 bxa4 26. Rc4 Nf5 27. Nc2 Nd7 28. Rcxa4 Rxa4 29. Rxa4 Nb6 30. Nxd4 $5 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.05.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Bd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Qd2 g6 7. b3 Bg7 8. Nc3
Nf6 9. Bb2 Bg4 10. Be2 O-O 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nd7 13. O-O Qa5 14. Rab1 Rfd8
15. Rfc1 a6 16. a3 Bf6 17. Bg4 e6 18. b4 Qg5 19. f4 Qh6 20. Ne2 Nde5 21. Rc2
Nxg4 22. hxg4 Bxb2 23. Rbxb2 Qh4 24. g5 e5 25. b5 axb5 26. cxb5 Nd4 $1 27. Nxd4
exd4 28. Rb3 Re8 29. g3 $1 Qg4 30. Qxd4 Ra4 $1 31. Rc4 Rxc4 32. Qxc4 Rc8 $1 {
Black has found an opening in the hostile position.} 33. Qd3 $2 ({Right is} 33.
Qf1 $1 {(Topalov).}) 33... Rc1+ 34. Kg2 ({Or} 34. Kf2 Qh3 {(Topalov).}) 34...
Qh5 35. e5 Rd1 36. Qf3 Qh1+ 37. Kf2 {Black delivers mate in two.} 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.05.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5 Nb8 13. Nf1 Nbd7 14. Ng3 g6 15.
Nh2 h5 16. Nf3 Nc5 17. Bc2 c6 18. b4 Ncd7 19. dxc6 Bxc6 20. Bb3 Nb6 21. Bg5 Bd7
22. Nh4 Be6 23. Qf3 Nbd7 24. Rad1 Rc8 25. Rd3 Bxb3 26. axb3 Qe7 27. Red1 Qe6
28. Nhf5 $1 Qxb3 $6 ({Best is} 28... gxf5 $1 29. Nxf5 Qxb3 30. Bh6 Bxh6 31.
Nxh6+ Kf8 32. Nf5 Re6 33. Nxd6 Rxd6 34. Rxd6 Rxc3) 29. Nxd6 Bxd6 30. c4 Qxc4
31. Rxd6 Nh7 32. Bh6 Ndf8 33. Rxa6 Re6 34. Rxe6 Nxe6 35. Nf5 $1 Qxb4 $6 (35...
gxf5 $1 36. exf5 Neg5 37. Qxh5 Ne4 38. Qg4+ Neg5 39. Qh5 {draws (Anand).}) 36.
Rd7 Nhg5 37. Bxg5 Qe1+ 38. Kh2 Nxg5 39. Qg3 $1 Nxe4 40. Nh6+ Kh7 41. Rxf7+ Kxh6
42. Qxe5 Qd2 $2 ({Anand regards} 42... Rg8 $1 43. Qf4+ g5 44. Qf5 Rg6 45. Qe5
$1 Qc3 46. Qxe4 {as won for White, but} Qc6 $1 47. Qb1 Qd5 48. Rf5 Qe6 49. Qxb5
Rf6 {defends well.}) 43. Qg7+ Kg5 44. h4+ Kxh4 45. Qxg6 Rc3 46. Qxe4+ {Anand
had scored his third win.} 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.05.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "201"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Bg5 h6 14. Be3
Nc6 15. d5 Na5 16. Bc5 Bf6 17. e5 Bxe5 18. Rb4 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Rae8 20. Be3 Nc4
$2 ({Vishy diverts from} 20... Bc3 {played in Kramnik-Anand, Riga 1995).}) 21.
Bxh6 Nd6 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. h4 $6 (23. Ra4 Qb2 24. Rxa7 {wins a pawn.}) 23...
Rc8 24. Be4 $6 Qa5 25. Ra4 Qb5 $6 26. Bb1 Rc5 $6 {Hereafter White will win
after adventures.} ({Better is} 26... Rc4) 27. Bd3 Qd7 28. Rxa7 Rxd5 29. Ra8+
Kg7 30. h5 Rd4 31. Qe2 Bf6 32. hxg6 fxg6 33. Bb1 Qg4 34. Qa2 Nc4 35. Qb3 b5 36.
Re1 Rd2 37. Ra2 Rd5 38. Be4 Re5 39. Rae2 Qh4 40. g3 Qh6 41. Qd3 Nd6 42. Bd5
Rxe2 43. Qxe2 Qh3 44. Be6 Qh8 45. Qf3 Qb8 46. Kg2 b4 47. Rh1 Qb7 48. Bd5 Qb5
49. g4 Nf7 50. Bb3 Nh6 51. Re1 Qg5 52. Re4 Nf5 53. Qd1 Nh4+ 54. Kh3 Qc5 55. Qe2
g5 56. Qc4 Qxc4 57. Rxc4 Bc3 58. Rc5 Nf3 59. Kg3 Ne5 60. Rb5 Bd2 61. f3 Bc3 62.
f4 gxf4+ 63. Kxf4 Nf7 64. Rd5 Bb2 65. Kf5 Bf6 66. Rd1 Ng5 67. Rd3 Nf7 68. Rd7
Nd6+ 69. Kf4 Nf7 70. Rb7 Be5+ 71. Ke3 Bd6 72. Ke4 Ng5+ 73. Kf5 Nf3 74. Bd5 Nh4+
75. Kg5 Ng6 76. Ra7 Nf8 77. Kf5 Bc5 78. Rb7 Bd6 79. g5 Ng6 80. Ra7 Nf8 81. Bb3
Ng6 82. Ra8 Nf8 83. Kg4 Bc7 84. Kh5 Bd6 85. Rc8 Be5 86. Rc5 Ng6 87. Rc8 Nf8 88.
Rc1 Bc3 89. Rf1 e6 90. Rd1 Kf7 91. Rd8 Ng6 92. Rd7+ Ke8 93. Ba4 Ne5 94. Rb7+
Kf8 95. g6 Nd3 96. Kh6 Nc5 97. Rb8+ Ke7 98. Bc2 Nd7 99. Rb7 Kd6 100. g7 Bxg7+
101. Kxg7 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.05.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 c5 8. e4
cxd4 9. exf5 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Qe2 $1 {A novel move
introduces a favourable endgame.} dxc3 13. Qxe6+ Qe7 14. Bxc4 ({Or} 14. Qxe7+
$1 Bxe7) 14... Qxe6+ 15. Bxe6 cxb2 $6 ({Hübner prefers} 15... Bb4 16. Ke2 Nd5)
16. Bxb2 Bb4+ 17. Ke2 Ke7 18. Bc4 Rhd8 19. Rhd1 Rab8 20. g3 h5 21. Rd4 Ba5 $2 {
Black should have kept the control over the diagonal a3-f8.} ({Correct is} 
21... Kf8 $1 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rd1 Nd5) 22. Ba3+ Ke8 $6 ({The last chance
gives} 22... Bb4 23. Rxd8 Kxd8 24. Rb1 a5 25. Bxb4 {(Hübner)} axb4 $1 26. a5
Kc7 27. Kd3 Kd6) 23. Rad1 Rxd4 24. Rxd4 Rb1 25. Bd3 Re1+ 26. Kf2 Kf7 27. Bc5
Ra1 28. Bc4+ Ke8 29. Bd3 Kf7 30. Bxa7 Ra2+ 31. Kg1 Ra1+ 32. Kg2 Ra2+ 33. Kh3
Ra3 34. f4 Be1 35. Bc5 Rc3 36. Bc4+ Ke8 37. Bb4 Rc1 38. Bxe1 Rxe1 39. a5 Ra1
40. a6 Ke7 41. Rd2 {Topalov and Anand joined the lead with a score of plus two.
} 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.05.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O Na6 10. h3 Re8 11. Nd2 Nc7 12. a4 b6 13. e4 Ba6 14. Re1 Nd7 15. Nf3
Qe7 $5 16. Bf4 Qf8 17. Qc2 h6 18. Rab1 g5 19. Bd2 Bb7 20. Nh2 Ne5 21. Ng4 Nc4
22. Ne3 Nxe3 23. Bxe3 Na6 $6 24. Nb5 Nb4 25. Qd2 Red8 26. Kh2 a6 27. Nc3 Re8
28. f4 gxf4 29. Bxf4 $1 Bc8 30. Re2 Bd7 31. Rbe1 c4 32. e5 dxe5 33. Bxe5 Rxe5
34. Rxe5 Nd3 $1 35. Re7 Nxe1 36. Qxe1 Rd8 37. Qe4 b5 38. d6 bxa4 39. Qxc4 Be6
40. Qxa4 Be5 41. Ne4 Bxd6 42. Ra7 Be5 43. b3 Qg7 44. Qxa6 Rd4 $6 ({Better is} 
44... Bxb3 {(Topalov).}) 45. b4 $2 (45. Qb5 $1 {gains a plus.}) 45... Bf5 $1
46. Qe2 $2 (46. Ra8+ $1 Kh7 47. Qe2 Rxe4 48. Qf2 $1 {timely protects pawn g3 
(Topalov).}) 46... Bxe4 $1 47. Ra3 ({The point is} 47. Bxe4 {(no check)} Qxg3+
48. Kh1 Rd1+ $1 49. Qxd1 Qh2#) 47... Bxg2 48. Kxg2 Rxb4 49. Ra8+ Kh7 {Topalov
led with plus three.} 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.05.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. e4 c5 11. d5 c4 12. Bc2 Qc7 13. Nd4 Nc5 14. b4 $5 cxb3 15.
axb3 b4 16. Na4 Ncxe4 17. Bxe4 $1 {Kasparov's novelty leads to sharp play.}
Nxe4 18. dxe6 Bd6 $1 (18... fxe6 $2 19. Nxe6 Qe5 20. Nxf8 {gives unfavourable
complications for Black.}) 19. exf7+ Qxf7 $1 20. f3 Qh5 $2 21. g3 O-O $2 (21...
Nxg3 $1 22. hxg3 O-O $1 23. Ra2 $1 Bxg3 24. Rg2 Be5 {brings an unclear
position (Kramnik).}) 22. fxe4 Qh3 23. Nf3 $2 (23. Qe2 $1 Bxg3 {(Kramnik)} 24.
Nf5 $1 Be5 25. Bb2 {wins for White.}) 23... Bxg3 $1 {Vladimir delivers a
sacrifice festival.} 24. Nc5 $2 (24. Qe2 $1 Rxf3 $1 25. Rxf3 Bxh2+ {(Kramnik)}
26. Qxh2 Qxf3 27. Qg2 Qd1+ 28. Kh2 Qh5+ {leads to perpetual check.}) 24... Rxf3
$1 25. Rxf3 Qxh2+ 26. Kf1 Bc6 $1 27. Bg5 Bb5+ $1 28. Nd3 Re8 $1 29. Ra2 Qh1+ (
29... Bxd3+ $1 30. Rxd3 Qh1+ 31. Ke2 Qg2+ 32. Ke3 Rxe4# {wins more quickly.})
30. Ke2 Rxe4+ 31. Kd2 Qg2+ 32. Kc1 Qxa2 33. Rxg3 Qa1+ 34. Kc2 Qc3+ 35. Kb1 Rd4
{Kramnik had defeated the world champion with Black.} 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.05.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "180"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e6 7. Qf3 Qb6 8. a3
Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. b3 Bb7 11. Bb2 d5 12. Bd3 c5 13. exd5 exd5 14. O-O-O O-O-O
15. Na4 Qc7 16. Bf5+ Kb8 17. Be5 Bd6 18. Qc3 d4 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Qxc5 Qxf4+
21. Kb1 Rd5 22. Rdf1 Qe5 23. Qc4 Rb5 24. Qxf7 Bd5 $2 ({He misses} 24... Bxg2
25. Qxg7 (25. Bd3 Rb7 26. Qc4 {(Kasparov)} Rc8 27. Re1 Rxc4 28. Rxe5 Rxa4)
25... Rg8 26. Qh6 Bxh1 27. Bd3 Be4 28. Rxf6 Rxb3+ $1) 25. Qxg7 Rg8 26. Qh6 Bxb3
27. cxb3 Rxb3+ 28. Kc1 Qc7+ 29. Bc2 d3 30. Qf4 Rc8 31. Qxc7+ Rxc7 32. Rf2 Ne4
$2 {Gary misses the win for the second time.} ({Correct is} 32... dxc2 33. Rxc2
Rxa3 34. Nc5 Rxc5 $1 35. Rxc5 Ra1+ 36. Kb2 Rxh1 {(Kasparov).}) 33. Rf8+ Ka7 34.
Rf7 Rbb7 35. Rxc7 Rxc7 36. Rd1 Rxc2+ 37. Kb1 Rxg2 38. Rxd3 Rxh2 39. Rd7+ Kb8
40. Re7 Nd2+ 41. Kc1 Nb3+ 42. Kd1 h5 43. Re3 Nd4 44. Nc5 a5 45. Nb3 Nc6 46. Rc3
Kb7 47. Ke1 Kb6 48. Kf1 Rh4 49. Kg2 Nd4 50. Nxa5 Kxa5 51. Rc5+ Kb6 52. Re5 Kc6
53. Kg3 Rh1 54. Kg2 Kd6 55. Ra5 Rh4 56. Kg3 Rg4+ 57. Kh3 Ne2 58. Rxh5 Rg3+ 59.
Kh4 Rxa3 {The frustrated Kasparov continues in a drawn endgame.} 60. Kg4 Ke6
61. Rb5 Rg3+ 62. Kh4 Rg1 63. Rg5 Rf1 64. Ra5 Kf6 65. Ra8 Rg1 66. Rf8+ Ke5 67.
Re8+ Kf4 68. Rf8+ Ke4 69. Re8+ Kf3 70. Kh5 ({A nice end would have been} 70.
Rf8+ Nf4 71. Rg8 $1 Rh1+ 72. Kg5 Rg1+ 73. Kh4 Rxg8 {stalemate.}) 70... Ng3+ 71.
Kh6 Nf5+ 72. Kh7 Kf4 73. Rb8 Rg7+ 74. Kh8 Rd7 75. Re8 Kg5 76. Re6 Nd4 77. Re1
Kf6 78. Rd1 $6 Rd5 $1 {Black has been allowed to make progress.} 79. Ra1 $4 ({
Theory is} 79. Rf1+ $1 Nf5 80. Rf2 Rd4 81. Kg8 $1 {drawn.}) 79... Ne6 $1 80.
Ra6 Kf7 81. Ra7+ Kg6 82. Ra8 Rd7 83. Rb8 Rc7 84. Kg8 Rc5 85. Ra8 Rb5 86. Kh8
Rb7 87. Rc8 Nc7 88. Rg8+ Kh6 89. Rg1 $6 Rb8+ 90. Rg8 Ne8 $1 (90... Ne8 91. Rf8
Kg6 92. Rg8+ Kf7 {and the knight will go to f6.  Kasparov grabbed his third
chance.}) 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.05.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Bb3 Na5 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd5 Bg5 14. Qd3 Rc8
15. Rfd1 Kh8 16. Nc3 Be7 17. Nd5 Bg5 18. Kh1 Bh6 19. Nc3 Nxb3 20. axb3 Qb6 21.
Kg1 Rc6 22. Qe2 Qc7 23. Ne1 f5 24. Nd3 fxe4 25. Qxe4 Qf7 26. Qe2 Qg6 27. f3 Bf5
28. Nb4 Rc7 29. Nbd5 Rcf7 30. Ne4 Bg5 31. Ndc3 Be7 32. Rd3 Rc8 33. Rad1 Rc6 34.
Nd5 Bf8 35. Rc3 h5 36. Kh1 h4 37. h3 Kg8 38. Rc4 Qh5 39. Ne3 {Anand has little
lust to play but he wins anyway.} d5 $2 ({Correct is} 39... Bd7 $1 40. Rxc6
Bxc6 41. Nxd6 Bxd6 42. Rxd6 e4 $1) 40. Nxd5 Bxh3 $2 41. gxh3 Rxf3 42. Nef6+ ({
The purpose is} 42. Nef6+ gxf6 43. Rg4+ {(Anand).}) 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.05.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Be7 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. Qe3 Qc7 13. e5 dxe5 14. Bxe5
Ng4 $5 {The exchange is sacrificed by a novelty.} 15. Qf3 Nxe5 16. Qxa8 Nd7 $5
17. g3 $2 {White should not open the long diagonal.} ({Better is} 17. Qf3 Bb7 {
(Kramnik).}) 17... Nb6 18. Qf3 Bb7 19. Ne4 f5 20. Qh5+ Kf8 21. Nf2 Bf6 $1 ({
Kramnik avoids} 21... Bc5 $2 22. Nh3 $3 Bxh1 23. Ng5 hxg5 24. Qxh8+ Kf7 25.
Qh5+ {and perpetual check.}) 22. Bd3 Na4 23. Rhe1 Bxb2+ 24. Kb1 Bd5 $3 25. Bxb5
$1 ({Or} 25. Bxf5 Bxa2+ $1 26. Kxa2 Qc4+ 27. Kb1 Nc3+ $1 28. Kxb2 Qb4+ 29. Kc1
Na2# {(Kramnik).}) 25... Bxa2+ $1 26. Kxa2 axb5 27. Kb1 Qa5 $2 {The position
has become razor-sharp.} ({Right is} 27... Qe7 $1 28. Rd3 Qb4 $1 29. Rd8+ Ke7 {
(Kramnik).}) 28. Nd3 $2 ({Best is} 28. c3 $1 Nxc3+ $1 29. Kxb2 Na4+ $1 30. Ka2
$1 Qb4 $1 31. Rd8+ Ke7 32. Re8+ $1 Rxe8 33. Rxe6+ Kxe6 34. Qxe8+ Qe7 {(Kramnik)
} 35. Qxe7+ Kxe7 36. Kb3 Kd6 37. Kb4 Nb2 $1 38. Kxb5 Kd5 {and Black might win
the knight ending.}) 28... Ba3 $1 29. Ka2 Nc3+ 30. Kb3 Nd5 31. Ka2 Bb4+ 32. Kb1
Bc3 {Kramnik, Topalov and Anand were the leaders with a score of plus three.}
0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.06.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 e4 7. Ng5 Bb4 8. d5
Ne5 9. Qb3 a5 $5 10. Bd2 O-O 11. O-O-O d6 12. Ngxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bf5 14. Ng3
Bd7 $5 15. Kb1 Qe8 $6 ({Better is} 15... Bxd2 16. Rxd2 Rc8) 16. Bxb4 Ba4 17.
Qe3 axb4 18. b3 Bd7 19. Be2 Qc8 20. Rd2 Re8 21. Qb6 Bf5+ 22. Ka1 Nd7 23. Qxb4
Nc5 {Black has an attack as compensation for the two pawns.} 24. Kb2 Bg6 25.
Qc3 Qc7 26. f4 Qb6 27. Kc1 Be4 28. Bd1 Nd3+ $1 29. Rxd3 Bxd3 30. Qxd3 Rxa2 31.
Bc2 g6 $2 ({Right is} 31... Re3 $3 32. Qxh7+ Kf8 33. Qh8+ Ke7 34. Nf5+ Kd7 35.
Nxe3 Qxe3+ 36. Kb1 Rxc2 $1 37. Kxc2 Qe2+ {drawn (Kasparov).}) 32. Ne4 Ra1+ 33.
Bb1 Rxe4 34. Qxe4 Qxb3 35. Qc2 Qe3+ 36. Kd1 Qxf4 37. Re1 Qd4+ 38. Ke2 Qf6 39.
Qd2 Qe5+ {Boris has never won of Gary.} 40. Kf1 $4 (40. Kf2 $1 Rxb1 41. Rxe5 {
(Gelfand) would have led to the first victory.}) 40... Rxb1 $1 41. Rxb1 Qf5+
42. Ke2 Qxb1 43. Qf4 Qc2+ 44. Kf1 Qb1+ 45. Ke2 Qb4 46. Kf3 Qc3+ 47. Ke2 Qe5+
48. Qxe5 dxe5 49. c5 Kf8 50. Kd3 f5 51. Kc4 e4 52. Kb5 e3 53. c6 bxc6+ 54. dxc6
Ke7 55. Kb6 e2 56. c7 e1=Q 57. c8=Q Qe6+ {Only the highlights of the blunders
have been shown.} 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.06.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8.
Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Nf6 11. Bd3 Qc7 12. Bd2 b6 13. Ne5 c5 $5 {Anand
plays a novelty.} 14. Bb5+ $1 Ke7 $1 15. c3 Bb7 16. O-O Rhd8 17. f4 Ne4 18. Be3
Kf8 19. Rae1 Kg8 20. Qg4 Nf6 21. Qg3 cxd4 22. cxd4 Nd5 23. Bd2 a6 24. Bd3 f5 $2
({Anand should have simplified by} 24... Bb4 25. Re2 Bxd2 26. Rxd2 Ne7) 25. Qg6
$1 Re8 26. g4 $1 {The defence line is crushed.} Nf6 27. gxf5 Bxe5 28. fxe5 Qc6
29. Re3 $5 Qh1+ 30. Kf2 Qxh2+ 31. Ke1 Ne4 32. Bxe4 Qh4+ 33. Kd1 Bxe4 34. Be1
Qh2 35. Rxe4 Qh3 36. Ke2 {Kramnik became winner on the Sonneborn-Berger score.
Topalov scored 6 points too. Anand and Kasparov shared the third place.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 58"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

{The main event had gone back to all-play-all. Fourteen players competed.} 1.
d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9.
Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qb6 14. Bg2 O-O-O 15. O-O
b4 16. Na4 Qb5 17. a3 exd5 18. axb4 cxb4 19. Be3 Nc5 20. Qg4+ Rd7 $5 ({Theory
is} 20... Kb8 {(Agzamov - Chandler, Belgrade 1982).}) 21. Qg7 $5 ({The prosaic
} 21. Nxc5 $1 Bxc5 {(Van Wely - Shirov, Monte Carlo 2004)} 22. Qg7 $1 Rdd8 23.
Qxf7 {favours White.}) 21... Bxg7 22. fxg7 Rg8 23. Nxc5 d4 $6 (23... Rc7 24.
Nxb7 Rxb7 25. Rfd1 {brings a black plus (Lavrov - Keosidi, Tomsk 2003).}) ({
The elegant} 23... Rxg7 24. Bh3 f5 $1 25. Bxf5 Rgf7 {gives equality (Ernst -
Hermansson, Stockholm 2002).}) 24. Bxb7+ Rxb7 25. Nxb7 Qb6 $1 26. Bxd4 $3 Qxd4
27. Rfd1 Qxb2 $2 (27... Qg4 $1 28. Nd6+ Kb8 29. Re1 Rxg7 {accepts a small
disadvantage.}) 28. Nd6+ Kb8 29. Rdb1 Qxg7 ({Or} 29... Qd2 30. Nxc4 Qc3 31. Ra4
$1 b3 32. Na5 $1 b2 33. Rb4+ $1 {(Shirov).}) 30. Rxb4+ Kc7 31. Ra6 $1 {White
dominates the board.} Rb8 32. Rxa7+ $1 Kxd6 33. Rxb8 Qg4 34. Rd8+ Kc6 35. Ra1
1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 58"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A67"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. Bb5+
Nbd7 $5 {Toppy chooses a risky line.} 9. e5 dxe5 10. fxe5 Nh5 11. e6 Qh4+ 12.
g3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Qxh1 14. Be3 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 a6 16. exd7+ Bxd7 17. Bxd7+ Kxd7
18. Qb3 $5 {Sokolov plays a fine novelty.} b5 19. O-O-O Rhe8 20. Bxc5 Rac8 $6 {
Topalov misses the counter.} (20... Qg2 $1 21. d6 Re6 {leads to chances for
both sides.}) 21. Bd4 Qg2 $2 ({Better is} 21... Rc4 $1 {(Sokolov)} 22. Qb2 Qh6+
23. Kb1 Qh5) 22. Qa3 $1 Qxg3 23. Qxa6 Rxc3+ $5 24. Kb2 $1 Rcc8 (24... Qg2+ $5
25. Kxc3 $1 Rc8+ 26. Kd3 Qc2+ 27. Ke3 Re8+ 28. Kf4 Qf5+ 29. Kg3 {leads to an
escape from the checks (Ftacnik).}) 25. Qxb5+ Kd6 26. Ka1 Qa3 27. Bb2 Qc5 28.
Qa6+ Kd7 29. Qa4+ $1 {Sokolov started by 3/4.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 58"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d3 d6 10. a5 Bg4 11. Be3 d5 $5 {Sokolov plays another sharp game.} 12.
Nbd2 $1 h6 13. h3 d4 14. hxg4 dxe3 15. fxe3 Nxg4 16. Bd5 Qd7 17. Nc4 Bf6 18.
Nfd2 $1 {Anand sees a queen sacrifice.} h5 19. Rf1 Rad8 $2 ({Correct is} 19...
Rae8 $1 20. Rf5 $6 g6 21. Qxg4 $2 hxg4 22. Rxf6 Nd8 $1 {(Sokolov).}) 20. Rf5 $1
g6 21. Qxg4 $3 {Anand applies his brilliancy.} hxg4 22. Rxf6 Ne7 23. Bxf7+ Kg7
24. Raf1 Qb5 25. g3 $1 {Vishy prepares the next step in the attack.} Rd7 26.
R1f2 $1 Qc5 27. Nb3 Qa7 ({The elegant line} 27... Qb5 $1 28. d4 $1 exd4 29.
exd4 Kh8 $1 30. Ne5 $1 Rxd4 31. Nxg6+ Nxg6 32. Nxd4 Qe5 33. Nf5 $1 Qxf6 34.
Rh2+ Nh4 35. Bb3 Rf7 36. Bxf7 Qxf7 37. Rxh4+ {triumphs for White (Anand).}) 28.
Nxe5 $4 ({Right is} 28. Rxa6 $3 Qxa6 29. Nc5 Qc6 $1 {(Ivanchuk)} 30. Ne6+ Qxe6
31. Bxe6) 28... Qxe3 $1 29. Nxd7 Rh8 $1 30. Kg2 Rh3 31. Bxg6 Nxg6 32. Kf1 Rh1+
$2 (32... Rxg3 {wins for Black.}) 33. Kg2 Rd1 34. Rxg6+ Kxg6 35. Ne5+ Kg7 36.
Nxg4 Qe1 37. Kf3 $2 (37. Kh3 $1 Qh1+ 38. Nh2 Qg1 39. Rf5 $1 {creates a safe
haven for the white king.}) 37... Qh1+ 38. Kf4 Rf1 39. Ke3 Qg1 $1 40. Kf3 $6
Rxf2+ 41. Nxf2 Qb1 $1 42. Nd4 Qxb2 43. Nf5+ Kf7 44. Ne3 Qa2 45. e5 Qxa5 46. d4
Qa1 47. Ke4 a5 48. d5 a4 {Sokolov had achieved 4/5.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 58"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. c5 $5 {Sokolov plays a strange novelty.} Nc6 10. Nf3 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12.
Bg3 bxc5 13. dxc5 Ne4 14. Qc2 f5 15. Bb5 Rc8 16. Nd2 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 Qf6 18. h4
f4 19. hxg5 hxg5 20. exf4 $2 ({Better is} 20. Qc2 Rf7 21. Bh2) 20... gxf4 21.
Rh4 $6 ({Simple is} 21. Bh4 Qe5+ 22. Qe2 {(Dautov).}) 21... Qe5+ $1 22. Kf1
fxg3 23. Rg4+ Kf7 24. Re1 Qxc5 $2 (24... Qh5 $1 25. Qf4+ Ke7 {wins for Black.})
25. Qf4+ Ke8 26. Rxe6+ Kd7 27. Rg7+ $1 Kxe6 28. Rg6+ $2 (28. Bc4+ $1 d5 29.
Qg4+ Rf5 {(Sokolov)} 30. Qg6+ $1 {brings perpetual check.}) 28... Kd7 $2 29.
Rg7+ Ke6 30. Rg6+ $2 Kd5 $1 {Ivanchuk has found the right way.} 31. Qd2+ Qd4
32. Bxc6+ Kxc6 $1 33. Qxd4 Ba6+ {Sokolov was beat by the future winner.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 58"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. d3 e6 7. O-O Nge7 8. Qe1
h6 9. Bb3 a6 10. e5 $1 {Anand betters on a previous game against Gelfand.} Nf5
11. Kh1 Nfd4 $6 (11... d5 $1 {was played in Khalifman - Van Wely, Bugojno 1999.
}) 12. Ne4 $1 Nxf3 13. Rxf3 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nxe5 15. Rf1 g5 $5 16. Qg3 $5 (16.
Bd2 $1 {continues the development.}) 16... O-O 17. Bxg5 hxg5 18. Nxg5 Ng6 19.
Rae1 $1 Qe7 20. Rf5 $3 Bf6 $1 21. Nxe6 $1 {Vishy gives Boris a shell shock.}
fxe6 $4 (21... Re8 $1 22. Re4 Bxe6 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Qxg6+ Bg7 25. Rf3 {
probably draws (Anand).}) 22. Rxe6 $1 Kg7 ({The pointe is} 22... Bxe6 23. Qxg6+
Qg7 24. Bxe6+ Kh8 25. Rh5+) 23. Rxe7+ Bxe7 24. Rxf8 Bxf8 25. h4 $1 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 58"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 e5 8. Nf5
g6 9. g5 gxf5 10. exf5 d5 11. gxf6 d4 12. Bc4 Qxf6 13. Nd5 Qc6 14. Bxd4 Bb4+
15. c3 Qxc4 16. Be3 Ba5 $2 {Gelfand brings a novelty in a sharp line.} 17. Nf6+
Ke7 ({Not} 17... Kf8 $4 18. Qd6+ Kg7 19. Rg1+) 18. Nd5+ Ke8 19. Nf6+ Ke7 20.
Bg5 $1 {Shirov plays for a win.} Bc7 {Black has no proper answer.} 21. Ne4+ $2
({Right is} 21. Qd5 Qxd5 22. Nxd5+ Kd6 23. O-O-O Kc6 24. Ne7+ Kb6 25. Be3+ Ka5
26. Rd5+ b5 27. a4 $3 Nc6 28. b4+ Nxb4 29. cxb4+ Kxb4 30. Kb2 Bb7 31. Bd2+ Kxa4
32. Ra1# {(Shirov).}) 21... Ke8 $2 (21... Kf8 $1 22. Bh6+ Ke8 $1 23. Nf6+ Ke7
24. Nd5+ Ke8 {brings a perpetual (Shirov).}) 22. Qg4 $1 b5 $1 23. Nf6+ $6 (23.
O-O-O $1 Nd7 24. Bh6 $1 {wins quickly.}) 23... Ke7 24. O-O-O $1 Qxg4 $1 25.
Nxg4+ Kf8 26. Bh6+ Ke7 27. Bg5+ Kf8 28. Bd8 $1 {Shirov enlarges his advantage.}
Bxf5 $1 29. Bxc7 Nc6 $5 30. Nh6 $1 Bg6 31. Rd6 Nb4 $5 {Gelfand starts
complications.} 32. cxb4 Kg7 33. h4 $5 Rhc8 34. h5 $1 Rxc7+ 35. Kd2 Be4 36.
Rg1+ Kh8 37. Ke3 Bb7 38. Rgd1 Re8 $5 39. Nf5 $5 Bc8 $2 (39... Rc4 $1 {prolongs
the game.}) 40. Rd8 Bxf5 41. Rxe8+ Kg7 42. Rxe5 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 58"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. e4 c5 11. d5 Qc7 12. Qe2 Bd6 13. Bg5 $5 O-O 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15.
Rad1 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. f4 Bd4+ 18. Kh1 Kh8 {They fight an interesting
positional battle.} 19. Bb1 Rg8 20. Qc2 f5 21. Nxb5 $1 axb5 22. Rxd4 fxe4 23.
Qc3 Rg7 24. Bxe4 $2 (24. d6 $1 e3 $1 25. Rg1 (25. dxc7 $4 Bxg2+ 26. Kg1 Be4#)
25... Qb6 26. Rd3 Be4 27. Rxe3 Bxb1 28. Rxb1 Qxd6 {is ok (Ftacnik).}) 24...
exd5 $6 (24... f5 $1 {wins at once.}) 25. Bf3 Qb6 26. Rd2 d4 $1 27. Qd3 Rd8 28.
Bxb7 Qxb7 29. Re1 Rg6 30. h3 $6 ({Necessary is} 30. b3) 30... c4 $1 31. Qe4
Qxe4 32. Rxe4 d3 33. Kg1 Re6 34. Rxe6 fxe6 35. Kf2 e5 $1 36. fxe5 ({Or} 36. f5
Kg7 37. Ke3 Kf6 38. g4 b4 39. Rd1 e4 $1 {and Black wins.}) 36... Rd5 37. Ke1 b4
38. Rf2 c3 39. bxc3 bxc3 40. Rf8+ Kg7 41. Rc8 d2+ 42. Kd1 Rd3 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 58"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 c5 7. dxc5 Be6 8. Nd4
Nc6 9. Nxe6 fxe6 10. e3 Qa5 11. Qa4 Qxc5 12. Be2 d4 $5 ({Known is} 12... e5 {
(Ilivitzki - Milev, Sofia 1957).}) 13. exd4 Nxd4 14. Be3 Rad8 15. O-O Qe5 $6 ({
Botvinnik prefers} 15... a6 16. Kh1 Qc7 $1) 16. Bxd4 Rxd4 17. Rce1 (17. Qxa7 $5
Ne4 $1 {brings a counter.}) 17... Rd2 18. Bf3 Qd4 $6 19. Rd1 $1 ({Not} 19. Bxb7
$4 Rxf2 $1 20. Rxf2 Ng4) 19... Bh6 20. Rxd2 Bxd2 21. Rd1 $1 Qe5 22. Nb1 $5 Ba5
23. b4 Bc7 24. g3 {White has the better pawn structure.} a5 25. a3 axb4 26.
axb4 h5 $2 (26... Ne4 $1 27. Qb3 Qf5 28. Bxe4 Qxe4 {nearly equalises (Ftacnik).
}) 27. Qc2 Kg7 28. Nc3 h4 29. Nb5 hxg3 30. hxg3 Bb8 31. Qd2 Ne4 32. Bxe4 Qxe4
33. Qd4+ Qxd4 34. Rxd4 {Van Wely has achieved a won endgame.} Rc8 35. c5 b6 $1
36. Rc4 $1 ({Not} 36. cxb6 $2 Rc6 37. b7 Rb6 {(Ftacnik).}) 36... bxc5 37. bxc5
Kf6 38. c6 Bd6 39. Kg2 Ke5 40. c7 Kd5 41. Rc2 e5 42. Kf3 e4+ 43. Kg4 Ke6 44.
Kg5 e3 $5 45. Re2 (45. Nxd6 $1 exf2 46. Nxc8 f1=Q 47. Nxe7 Qf6+ 48. Kg4 Qd4+
49. Kh3 Qh8+ 50. Kg2 Qa8+ 51. Rc6+ {wins elegantly.}) 45... Bxc7 46. Rxe3+ Kd7
47. Rd3+ Bd6 48. Kxg6 Ke6 49. Nxd6 exd6 50. g4 Ke5 (50... Rg8+ 51. Kh5 Rf8 52.
Re3+ Kd5 53. Re2 $1 {wins for White.}) 51. g5 d5 52. Kh7 Rc7+ 53. Kh6 Rc2 54.
Rf3 $1 Ke4 55. Rf8 Rc1 56. g6 Rh1+ 57. Kg5 Rg1+ 58. Kf6 Rf1 59. Re8+ Kd4 60.
Re2 Kd3 61. Ra2 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 58"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "213"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. d4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 c5 11. e4 Nd7 12. Bf4 Nf6 13. Qd3 $5 (13. Ne5 {
occurred in Beliavsky - Tiviakov, Belgrade 1993.}) 13... cxd4 14. cxd4 Bb4 15.
Nd2 Rc8 16. Rec1 Rxc1+ 17. Rxc1 Qa8 18. f3 Rc8 19. Nc4 Ba6 20. Bf1 Rd8 21. Qb3
$1 Bf8 22. Be3 Rc8 23. Rc2 Qb7 24. Bd3 Qe7 $6 (24... Be7 {makes a better
waiting move.}) 25. Qa4 $1 Bxc4 26. Rxc4 Rxc4 27. Bxc4 Nd5 $1 28. Bd2 Nf6 29.
Kf1 Ne8 30. Bd3 g6 31. Ke2 Nd6 32. Bf4 Qc7 33. Bd2 Qe7 34. e5 Nf5 35. g4 Ng7
36. Be1 Qc7 37. Kd1 Be7 38. Bd2 Kf8 39. Be4 f6 40. Qc6 Qxc6 41. Bxc6 {Anand
has the better ending.} Ne8 42. Bh6+ Ng7 43. Ke2 Kf7 44. Be3 fxe5 45. dxe5 Ne8
46. f4 Nc7 47. Kf3 Na6 48. Bb5 Nb4 49. Bc4 Nc6 50. Ke4 Na5 51. Ba6 Bc5 52. Bd2
{Exchange of bishops gives fine chances too.} Nc6 53. f5 $1 gxf5+ 54. gxf5
exf5+ 55. Kxf5 Ne7+ $6 (55... Nd4+ $1 56. Ke4 Ne6 {blockades the passed pawn.})
56. Ke4 Kg6 57. Bb5 Kf7 58. Bg5 Ba3 59. Bc4+ Kg6 60. Bf6 Bb4 61. Kf4 h6 62. Ke4
Ba3 63. Bh4 Bc5 64. Bg3 Kg7 65. Kf4 Kg6 66. Bd3+ Kg7 67. Kg4 Be3 68. Bh4 Kf7
69. Bc4+ Kf8 70. Bf6 Bd4 71. Kf4 Bb2 72. Ke4 Ba3 (72... Bc3 $1 {frustrates the
advance.}) 73. e6 $5 Bd6 74. Be5 Bxe5 75. Kxe5 Kg7 76. Bd3 Nc8 77. a4 Ne7 78.
Bb5 Nc8 79. Ba6 Ne7 80. Bd3 Nc8 81. Ba6 Ne7 82. Kd6 $1 Kf6 83. Bc4 Nf5+ 84. Kd7
Ne7 85. Kc7 Ke5 86. Bb3 Nf5 87. Kb7 Kd6 88. Kxa7 {Anand has won a pawn at last.
} Kc7 89. Ka6 Kc6 90. Bd1 Ne7 91. Bf3+ Kc7 92. Kb5 Nf5 93. Bg4 Nd6+ 94. Kb4 Kd8
$2 (94... Nc8 $1 95. Kb5 Ne7 {takes a last stand.}) 95. Kc3 Ke7 96. Kd4 Nb7 97.
Kc4 Kd6 98. Kb5 Nc5 99. h4 $1 h5 $1 100. Bh3 $1 {White wins by zugzwang.} Ke7
101. a5 $1 Nxe6 102. Kxb6 Nf4 103. a6 Nd5+ 104. Kb7 Kd8 105. a7 Nc7 106. Bf1
Kd7 107. Be2 {The 1500 participants made another great success of the
Hoogovens tournament. Ivanchuk won the main group by 9/13. Anand followed at
one point.} 1-0

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

{The event took place from 9-21 xii 1996. The six best players of the world
participated in a competition with double rounds. A highlight was the
confrontation between Kasparov and Karpov, the world champions. Super Torneo
Mundial de Ajedrez was played in CICCA, the cultural centre of Las Palmas. The
tension was high during the tournament. Prudent play led to draws. A great
game was Anand - Ivanchuk in round three. Vishy sacrificed an exchange for
pressure in the endgame. He won and celebrated his birthday. Much attention
drew the games between Kasparov and Karpov.  The tournament was a big success
for the PCA. Kasparov won and Anand became second. Both players defeated
Karpov. The last place was a strange result for the FIDE champ. The event set
a record as the first category 21 tournament, but this had little significance,
considering the inflation of the rating system. More important was the high
level of several games. Kasparov told the press about his new opening's
preparation. He had checked his ideas with the computer. } 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6
3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4
O-O 10. f4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. Rd3 Rad8 13. e5 dxe5 14. Qxe5 Qb4 15. Rg3 Kh8
16. Bd3 Bc6 17. Rh3 ({Dolmatov mentions} 17. Bxh7 $2 Kxh7 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19.
Rh3+ Kg8 20. Qh5 Qxf4+ 21. Kb1 Qh6 $1) 17... Rfe8 $1 ({Kramnik improves on} 
17... Rxd3 $2 {(Shabalov-Littke, North Bay 1994).}) 18. Qe2 ({Anand avoids} 18.
Rd1 Qd4 19. Bxh7 $2 Qxe5 20. Bd3+ Nh7 $3 21. Rxh7+ Kg8 22. fxe5 Rxd3 $19) 18...
h6 19. Rf1 Kg8 20. Bh4 Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 c6 7. O-O Qb6 8. c5 $6
{This novelty leads to a plus for Black.} dxc5 9. Na4 Qb5 10. Nxc5 Na6 11. a4
Qb6 12. Nxa6 Qxa6 13. Re1 Rd8 14. Qb3 Be6 15. Qa3 Bd5 16. e3 Bf8 17. b4 e6 18.
Qb2 Qb6 19. b5 Rac8 20. bxc6 Qxb2 21. Bxb2 Rxc6 22. Rec1 Rdc8 23. Ne5 Rc2 24.
Bf1 Bb4 25. Rxc2 Rxc2 26. Ba3 Bc3 27. Bd3 $1 Ra2 ({Exchanges have to continue
due to} 27... Rxf2 28. Rc1) 28. Rxa2 Bxa2 29. Bc4 Bb1 30. Bd3 Bxd3 31. Nxd3 Ne4
32. Nc5 Nd6 33. Kf1 b6 34. Nd3 Nc4 35. Be7 f5 36. Ke2 Kf7 37. Bg5 Ke8 38. Kd1
Kd7 39. Kc2 Ba5 40. f3 $5 Bd2 41. Ne5+ Nxe5 42. dxe5 Be1 43. Kd3 Kc6 44. e4 $1
{Karpov wants to eliminate his weak pawn.} h5 ({Little brings} 44... fxe4+ $5
45. Kxe4 Kc5 46. g4 $1 Kb4 47. f4 Kxa4 48. f5) 45. Bf4 Bb4 ({The sharp
alternative} 45... fxe4+ $5 46. Kxe4 Kc5 47. Be3+ Kb4 48. Kf4 Kxa4 49. Kg5 {
(Hecht)} b5 50. Kxg6 b4 51. Kxh5 b3 52. Bc1 {slightly favours White again.})
46. exf5 exf5 47. Bd2 Bc5 48. Be3 Be7 49. f4 a6 50. Kc4 b5+ 51. axb5+ axb5+ 52.
Kd3 Kd5 53. Bc1 Bc5 54. Be3 Be7 55. Bc1 Bf8 56. Bd2 Ba3 57. Be3 Bb4 58. Bd2 Ba3
59. Be3 Bf8 60. Bd2 Kc6 61. Be3 Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
b6 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nd3 Bb7 11. Rd1 a5 12. a3 Ba6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Be3 Ra7 15.
Nc3 Rc7 16. Bf4 Rc8 17. Bxb8 $6 ({Better is the immediate} 17. Rac1) 17... Nxb8
18. Rac1 Nc6 19. e3 Bc4 20. Bf1 Qd7 21. Nf4 b5 $1 22. Bxc4 ({Avoids the trick} 
22. Nxb5 $2 Bxf1 23. Kxf1 Nxd4) 22... bxc4 23. e4 Bf6 24. exd5 Nxd4 25. Qe4 $6
(25. dxe6 fxe6 26. Qe4 e5 27. Nfd5 {nearly equalises.}) 25... e5 26. Nh5 Bg5
27. f4 f5 28. Qg2 Qf7 $6 ({The pressure keeps} 28... Bh6 $1 29. Qh3 {
(Tischbierek)} Qd6) 29. Nxg7 $1 Qxg7 30. fxg5 Qxg5 31. Kh1 e4 32. g4 Kh8 33.
gxf5 Qxg2+ 34. Kxg2 Nxf5 35. Kh1 Nd6 36. Re1 Rf4 37. a4 Rb8 38. Re2 Kg7 39.
Rce1 Rb4 $1 40. Nb5 $6 ({Troubles avoids} 40. Kg2) 40... Nxb5 41. axb5 Kf7 42.
d6 Ke6 43. Rd2 Kd7 44. Rg1 Rf7 45. Re1 a4 46. Re3 Rg7 {White's main problem
consists of the cramped position of his king.} 47. Rxe4 $2 ({The disadvantage
solves} 47. h3 $1 Rb3 48. Rxe4 Rxh3+ 49. Rh2 Rhg3 $5 {(Tischbierek)}) 47... a3
$1 48. Re7+ Rxe7 49. dxe7+ Kxe7 50. bxa3 Rb1+ 51. Kg2 c3 52. Re2+ Kd6 53. Kf3
Kd5 54. a4 Kd4 55. a5 ({The game prolongs} 55. Re4+ Kd3 56. Re3+ Kd2 57. Re2+
Kd1 58. Re7 c2 59. Rd7+ Ke1 60. Re7+ Kf1) 55... Rxb5 56. a6 (56. Ra2 Kd3 57. a6
c2) 56... Ra5 57. Re4+ Kd5 58. Re3 c2 59. Rc3 Rc5 $1 {Kasparov took the lead
immediately.} (59... Rc5 60. Rxc5+ Kxc5 61. a7 c1=Q 62. a8=Q Qh1+) 0-1

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Qe2 e6 7. b3 g6 $5
{Known from Kramnik-Gelfand, Sanghi Nagar 1994.} 8. Bb2 Bg7 9. d4 cxd4 10. Bxd4
O-O 11. Rd1 b5 $1 12. Qxb5 Nxe4 {Black has equalised.} 13. Qe2 d5 14. c4 Rc8
15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qb2+ ({Avoids} 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Rxd5 $4 Qf6) 16... Qf6 17.
Qxf6+ Ndxf6 18. Nbd2 Rfd8 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. cxd5 Nc3 21. Rd2 Rxd5 22. Kf1 Rdc5
23. Re1 Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Rc8 13. e4 b5 14. Re1 dxc4 15.
bxc4 bxc4 16. Qa4 Bb5 17. Qc2 Re8 18. a4 Ba6 19. Rad1 Bf8 20. Nf1 Qb6 ({The
similar} 20... Qc7 {stems from Komarov-Psakhis, Vienna 1996.}) 21. Rb1 Qc7 22.
Ne3 Rb8 23. Bf1 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 Rb8 25. Bxc4 Rxb1+ 26. Qxb1 Bxc4 27. Nxc4 {Many
exchanges have been made.} Qc8 28. Bd2 Qa6 29. Qc2 Nf6 30. f3 c5 31. Be3 cxd4
32. Bxd4 Nd7 33. Kg2 h6 34. Ne5 Nxe5 35. Bxe5 Qb7 36. Bd4 a6 37. Qc4 h5 38. h3
g6 39. Be5 Bg7 40. Qc7 Qxc7 41. Bxc7 f5 42. Kf2 Kf7 43. Ke3 Ke7 44. Ba5 Be5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. Ba3 axb4 11. Bxb4 Nd7 12. a4 Bh6 13. a5 f5 14. Nd2 Kh8 15. Bd3
({White slightly improves on} 15. Bf3 {(Bareev-Georgiev, Yerevan 1996).}) 15...
Rf6 16. Na4 Rf7 17. c5 dxc5 18. Bc3 $1 {Kramnik keeps the fight going.} fxe4
19. Bxe4 Nf5 20. Nc4 Bg7 ({Later Topalov plays} 20... Nd6 $5 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22.
Bxe5+ Bg7 23. Bxg7+ Rxg7 24. Nxc5 $11 {(Kramnik-Topalov, Dortmund 1997).}) 21.
Bxf5 $1 Rxf5 22. d6 Rb8 $2 ({The position seems to be held by} 22... b5 23.
dxc7 Qxc7 24. Nab6 Nxb6 25. axb6 Rxa1 26. Qxa1 Qc6 27. Bxe5 Bf6 $1 28. Bxf6+
Rxf6 29. Ne3 Kg8 30. Rd1 Rd6) 23. dxc7 $1 Qxc7 24. Qd6 Qxd6 25. Nxd6 Rf8 26.
Rfd1 b5 $1 {Black returns the extra pawn in order to break the restriction.}
27. axb6 (27. Nxc8 Rfxc8 28. Rxd7 bxa4 29. f4 $1 {(Dolmatov).}) 27... Nxb6 28.
Nxc5 Bg4 29. f3 Nd7 $1 30. Na6 $1 Rb3 31. Rac1 Be6 32. Nc7 Bf7 33. Ne4 Nb8 34.
Ng5 Nc6 35. Rd7 Be8 36. Rxg7 $6 {White wins a pawn under time pressure.} (36.
Nxe8 Rxe8 37. Bd2 $1 Nd4 38. Rcc7 {keeps the tension.}) 36... Kxg7 37. Nce6+
Kg8 38. Nxf8 Kxf8 39. Nxh7+ Ke7 40. Ng5 Bd7 41. Bd2 Rb2 42. Ne4 Nd4 43. Re1 Bc6
44. Bg5+ Ke6 45. Nd2 Nc2 46. Rc1 Nd4 47. Re1 Nc2 48. Rd1 Nd4 49. h4 Ne2+ 50.
Kh2 Nd4 51. Kh3 Kd5 52. Re1 Ra2 53. Ne4 Rc2 54. Ra1 Bd7+ 55. Kg3 Bb5 56. Ra8
Bf1 57. Rd8+ Ke6 58. Bd2 Bd3 59. Re8+ Kf7 60. Nd6+ Kg7 61. Re7+ Kf8 62. Bg5 Bf1
63. Rxe5 Rxg2+ 64. Kf4 Re2 65. Ne4 {The extra pawn has no decisive value, but
White gets a fine chance.} Bg2 $2 (65... Bh3 $1 66. Bh6+ Kf7 67. Ng5+ Kg8 68.
Nxh3 Rxe5 69. Kxe5 Nxf3+) 66. Be7+ $1 ({Friedel finds with Fritz} 66. Bh6+ $1
Kf7 67. Rd5 $1 Nf5 (67... Ne6+ 68. Kg3 Rxe4 (68... Nf8 69. Nf2 Bf1 70. Rd1) 69.
fxe4 Bxe4 70. Ra5) 68. Rd7+ Ke6 69. Nc5+ Kf6 70. Bg5#) 66... Kf7 67. Bc5 Ne6+
68. Kg3 Bf1 69. Bf2 Ng7 70. Kg4 Ne6 71. Rd5 Rc2 72. Rd7+ Ke8 73. Nf6+ Kf8 74.
Bg3 Rc4+ 75. Ne4 Ke8 76. Ra7 Bd3 77. Bd6 Bxe4 78. fxe4 Rxe4+ 79. Kf3 Re1 80.
Kf2 Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. d4 Nxe4 8.
Re1 Be7 9. Rxe4 Ng6 10. c4 O-O 11. Nc3 d6 12. Nd5 Bh4 13. Qh5 $1 (13. g3 c6 14.
Nf4 Nxf4 15. Bxf4 Bf6 16. Re1 Bg5 17. Qd2 Bxf4 18. Qxf4 Be6 19. Bb3 Qd7 20. Re3
$11 {(Smirin-Izeta, Las Palmas 1993).}) 13... c6 14. Rxh4 $3 Qxh4 15. Qxh4 Nxh4
16. Nb6 Rb8 ({A slight disadvantage accepts} 16... Bf5 $5 17. Nxa8 Rxa8 18. Bf4
Bd3 {(Kramnik).}) 17. Bf4 Nf5 18. d5 $1 {Kramnik has delivered a positional
sacrifice on his birthday.} Re8 $6 ({The battle for d6 starts} 18... Rd8 $1 {
(Kramnik)} 19. Rd1 $1 f6 $1 20. Bc2 {(threatens Nxc8)} Ne7 21. c5 $1 Nxd5 22.
Bb3 Be6 23. Bxd6 {Black escapes by} Rxd6 $1 24. cxd6 Rd8 25. Bxd5 cxd5 26. Nxd5
Bxd5 27. Rxd5 Kf7 $11) 19. Kf1 $1 h6 $2 ({Correct is} 19... h5 $1 20. c5 $1 Re4
21. Bxd6 Nxd6 22. cxd6 cxd5 $1 23. d7 Bxd7 24. Nxd7 Rd8 25. Nc5 Rc4 {with
chances for both sides.}) 20. h3 $1 Re4 21. Bh2 cxd5 22. g4 $1 {White
threatens Bc2.} Rxc4 $1 23. Nxc4 dxc4 24. Re1 $1 {White gains a tempo.} Be6 ({
The pointe is} 24... Nd4 25. Re8+ Kh7 26. Bxd6 Ra8 27. Be5 b5 28. Bd1 Nc6 29.
Bc2+ f5 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Bxf5+ g6 32. Bxc8 Nxe5 33. Bxa6 b4 34. Ke2 $18 {
(Anand).}) 25. gxf5 Bxf5 26. Bxd6 Bxh3+ 27. Kg1 Rd8 28. Re8+ Rxe8 29. Bxe8 Be6
30. a4 $1 g5 31. a5 Kg7 32. Ba4 Kg6 33. Bd1 $1 Bd5 34. Bc2+ $1 Kf6 ({A better
barrier to the manoeuvres of two bishops creates} 34... f5 $1) 35. Bc7 Ke6 36.
Bh7 Bf3 37. Kh2 Kd5 38. Bc2 Be4 39. Bd1 $1 Kd4 40. Be2 Bd3 41. Bb6+ $1 Kd5 42.
Bd1 f5 43. Kg3 Ke5 44. Bc5 Kf6 45. Bh5 f4+ 46. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Bg5 Na6 7. Bd3 e5 8. d5 c6
9. Nge2 Nc5 10. Bc2 cxd5 11. cxd5 a5 12. O-O Bd7 13. a3 a4 14. Qd2 Qb6 15. Rab1
Rfc8 16. Ng3 Qd8 17. Bh6 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 Qf8 19. Qe3 Be8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 a6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Nf6 7. Bb3 Nc6 8. Qe2
cxd4 9. Rd1 d3 $1 10. Rxd3 Qc7 11. Nc3 Be7 ({Slightly better is} 11... Bc5 $1 {
(Piket-Lautier, Amsterdam 1995).}) 12. e4 Nd7 13. Be3 Nc5 14. Rdd1 O-O 15. Rac1
Nxb3 16. axb3 Rd8 17. Na4 Rxd1+ 18. Qxd1 Bd7 19. Bb6 Qc8 20. Ne5 Be8 21. Nd3 e5
22. Nc3 Qe6 23. Nd5 Rc8 24. h3 f6 25. Qg4 Qxg4 26. hxg4 Kf7 27. Nxe7 {Anand
joined the lead.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 b5 10. a4 Bb7 11. Nd5 bxa4 12. Rxa4 Bc6 $2 ({Anand wants to gain a
pawn. Known is} 12... Nbd7 {(Tseshkovsky-Nevostrujev, Vladivostok 1990).}) 13.
Ra3 Nxe4 14. Na5 Nf6 $6 ({Better is} 14... Bg5 15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Bxf4 17.
Rxf4 Nc5) 15. Nxc6 Nxc6 16. Bc4 $1 Nd4 17. Rh3 g6 ({Poor resistance offers} 
17... Ne6 18. Qd3 h6 19. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 20. Rxh6 Kg7 21. Nxf6 Kxh6 22. Qh7+ Kg5
23. Ne4+) 18. Qd2 Nf5 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 {The position is ready for violence.} 20.
Bd5 $6 ({A decisive attack delivers} 20. g4 $1 Qc8 21. Bd5 $1 Nh4 22. Rg1 $1 g5
23. Rxh4 $1 gxh4 24. g5 Bg7 25. g6 hxg6 26. Rxg6 $1 {(Dohojan).}) 20... h5 $1
21. Bxa8 Qxa8 22. Ra3 Rc8 23. c3 Qb7 24. Qd3 Rc6 25. Rd1 ({The restriction
continues} 25. b4 Ne7 {(Dolmatov)} 26. Bd2 d5 27. f3) 25... d5 $1 {Black has
sufficient compensation for the exchange.} 26. Ra5 ({The pointe is} 26. Qxd5 $4
Rd6) 26... d4 27. cxd4 exd4 28. b4 Nh4 29. f3 Qxb4 30. Rxa6 Rxa6 31. Qxa6 Bg7
32. Qd3 Nf5 33. Bf4 Qb2 34. g3 Kh7 35. Rd2 Qb7 36. Qe4 Qb5 37. Qd3 Qb7 38. Qe4
Qb5 39. Kg1 Qa5 40. Qd3 Ne7 41. Rd1 Nd5 42. Bd2 Qa7 43. Re1 Qd7 44. Kg2 Qa7 45.
Kg1 Qa2 46. Re2 Qa1+ 47. Re1 Qa4 48. Rc1 Nc3 49. g4 Qa5 50. Re1 Qc5 51. h3 Bf6
52. f4 h4 53. Qf3 Qb5 54. g5 Bg7 55. Re7 Qb1+ 56. Qf1 Qf5 57. Qe1 Qxh3 58. Rxf7
Qg4+ 59. Kh2 h3 60. Qf1 Ne4 61. Be1 d3 62. Qxh3+ Qxh3+ 63. Kxh3 d2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 Ne5 9. f4 Ng6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. g3 Nf8 12. Bg2 Ne6 13. O-O O-O {So far,
they follow Vaganian-Tukmakov, Rostov 1993.} 14. e4 d6 15. Qd2 Nc5 16. Rae1 Rb8
17. Re3 Bd7 18. Nb3 Nxb3 19. axb3 Bc6 20. Qd4 a6 21. Qxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8.
Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Nf6 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Bd2 b6 13. O-O-O Bb7 14. Kb1
Rd8 15. Rhg1 $5 {Sudenly the Caro-Kann takes an aggressive turn.} c5 16. dxc5
Qxc5 17. a3 O-O $2 ({The king becomes a target. Better is} 17... Nd5) 18. g4 $1
Qd5 19. g5 $1 Qxf3 20. gxf6 g6 ({Many lines are opened by} 20... Qxf6 21. Bc3
e5 22. f4 {(Ivanchuk).}) 21. Bxh6 Bxh2 22. Rh1 Qxe2 23. Bxe2 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rc8
{White's attack continues despite the exchanges.} 25. f3 $2 (25. Bg7 $1 Be4 26.
Ka2 $1 g5 (26... Bd5+ 27. c4 $1) 27. f3 Bh7 28. Rh1 Bg3 29. f4 $1 gxf4 30. Bd3
{and mate.}) 25... Bg3 26. Bg7 g5 27. Rd7 $6 ({Kramnik prefers} 27. Bh6 Kh7 28.
Bxg5 Kg6 29. f4) 27... Bc6 28. Rxa7 $6 Rd8 $1 29. a4 Be5 30. a5 $2 (30. Ra6 Rd2
31. Rxb6 Bd5 32. c4 Ba8 {(Ftacnik)} 33. Ra6 $1 {might draw.}) 30... Rd2 $1 {
The counterattack gains strength.} 31. Bc4 b5 32. Bb3 Bxf3 33. Re7 Rd6 ({Avoids
} 33... g4 $2 34. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 35. Bxe6+ Kh7 36. Bf5+ $11 {(Dolmatov).}) 34.
Re8+ Kh7 35. Bf8 Rd1+ 36. Ka2 Bxf6 37. a6 g4 $1 {The g-pawn cannot be stopped.}
38. c4 ({Ftacnik analyses} 38. a7 g3 39. a8=Q Bxa8 40. Rxa8 g2 41. Bc5 Bd4)
38... Rd2 39. cxb5 g3 40. b6 g2 41. Bc5 Bxb2 0-1

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. d3 d6 7. Nc3 b5 8. Bb3
Na5 9. Kh1 c6 10. h3 Ra7 11. Nh2 O-O 12. f4 Nxb3 13. axb3 Re8 14. fxe5 dxe5 15.
Qe1 Nd7 16. Nf3 Nf8 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Rd7 19. Rf2 f6 20. Nh4 Ne6 21. Nf5
Nd4 22. Qg3 Nxf5 23. Rxf5 c5 24. Rf2 Bb7 25. Raf1 Rf7 26. Nd5 Bxd5 27. exd5
Qxd5 28. Rxf6 Rxf6 29. Rxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nge2 O-O 6. f3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Ng3
exd5 9. cxd5 Nbd7 10. Be2 a6 11. a4 h5 12. Bg5 Qe8 $6 13. Qd2 Nh7 14. Bh6 Qe5
$6 15. Bxg7 Qxg7 16. Nf1 $1 {A novelty keeps a plus.} ({Pleasant for Black is} 
16. O-O h4 17. Nh1 {(Disconzi de Silva-Leitao, Americana 1996).}) 16... f5 $6 {
Another weakness is created.} ({Some play gives} 16... Qf6 17. Ne3 Qh4+ 18. g3
Qe7) 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Ne3 Kh8 19. Nc4 Qf6 (19... Qxg2 20. O-O-O {is horrible.}
) 20. O-O Rb8 21. Rfe1 b5 22. axb5 axb5 23. Na5 $1 {White penetrates the
queenside.} b4 24. Nb5 Ba6 25. Nc7 Bxe2 26. Rxe2 Rg8 27. Nc6 Rbc8 28. Ne6 Ra8
29. Rae1 Ra2 30. Nf4 Qg5 ({Skilfully defends} 30... Ng5 $1 31. Kh1 Nf7 $1) 31.
h4 $1 Qg3 ({The pointe is} 31... Qxh4 32. Ne7) 32. Re6 Ndf6 33. Ne7 Rga8 $2 (
33... b3 34. Nxf5 Qxf3 35. Re7 Ra4 36. Rf1 $18) 34. Nfg6+ 1-0

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 Bb7 8. a3
({More aggressive is} 8. e4 b4 9. Na4 {(Karpov-Gelfand, Linares 1993).}) 8...
a6 9. e3 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. Bd2 ({More natural develops} 12.
Be2 Ke7 13. b4 $1 Bd6 14. Bb2) 12... Ke7 13. Bd3 Nbd7 14. Ke2 Bd6 15. Rhd1 Rac8
16. Rac1 Nb6 17. Be1 Nc4 18. Rc2 Bxf3+ $1 19. gxf3 $6 ({Karpov prefers} 19.
Kxf3 {because an eventual capture on h2 will be too risky for Black.}) 19...
Ne5 20. h3 Nxd3 21. Rxd3 Rhd8 22. Rcd2 Bc7 23. Rc2 Bb6 24. Rxd8 Kxd8 25. Rd2+
Ke7 26. Rd1 g6 27. f4 Rc4 28. f3 Nd7 29. b3 Rc6 30. Ne4 Rc2+ 31. Rd2 Rxd2+ 32.
Bxd2 Bc5 33. Nxc5 Nxc5 34. Bb4 Kd6 35. Kd2 a5 $1 {Black has a better pawn
ending.} 36. Bxc5+ Kxc5 37. Kd3 $2 ({Correct is} 37. Kc3 {(Karpov).}) 37... f6
38. h4 Kd5 39. b4 axb4 40. axb4 {Kasparov can win the endgame.} h6 $2 {Black
loses a precious tempo.} ({Karpov regards} 40... e5 $1 {as won for Black.} {We
analyse} 41. e4+ Ke6 42. Ke3 Kd6 43. fxe5+ (43. f5 gxf5 44. exf5 Kd5 45. Kd3 h5
{leads to zugzwang}) 43... fxe5 44. Kf2 Ke6 45. Kg2 Kf6 46. Kg3 h6 $1 {Black
uses the valuable tempo.} 47. Kh3 h5 48. Kh2 g5 $19) 41. e4+ Kd6 42. Ke3 e5 43.
fxe5+ fxe5 44. Kf2 Ke6 45. Kg2 $1 {Anand, Kasparov and Ivanchuk lead at the
end of the first cycle.} ({After} 45. Kg2 Kf6 {Black shall not play} 46. Kg3 h5
$4 {due to} 47. f4 $1) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Qe2 c5 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 b6 12. Ne5 ({Faster draws} 12. Bxf6
gxf6 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. Qe4+ {(Kholmov-Pushkov, Azov 1993).}) 12... Bb7 13.
Bxf6 gxf6 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. Qh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Ne7
8. Qf4 Ng6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Bd2 ({Known is} 10. Na4 {from Relange-Onichuk,
Halle 1995.}) 10... Rg8 11. Na4 Bd6 12. O-O-O Be6 13. Nc3 O-O-O 14. g3 Bg4 15.
Be2 Ne5 16. Bf4 Bh3 $5 {Black keep the game going.} 17. Bh5 Bc5 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8
19. Nd1 Bg2 20. Re1 Nf3 21. Re2 Ng1 $1 (21... Nxh2 $6 {takes a risk.}) 22. Bg4+
Kb8 23. Rd2 Rxd2 24. Kxd2 Bxe4 25. Nc3 Bg2 26. Be3 Be7 27. Bh5 Nf3+ 28. Ke2
Ng1+ ({Avoids} 28... Nxh2 $6 29. f3) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. e4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Bf4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nf6 14. Ne5 $1 (
14. Qd3 Bb4 {would have led to Anand-Tiviakov, Wijk aan Zee 1996. Maybe Anand
had answered 14...Rc8.}) 14... Bb4 $6 ({Kramnik mentions} 14... Rc8) 15. Re3
Rc8 16. d5 $1 {Kramnik delivers his favourite uppercut: the d-pawn advances.}
exd5 17. exd5 Bd6 ({Matter loses} 17... Nxd5 18. Rd3 Nxf4 19. gxf4 $1 Qc7 20.
Rd7 Rfd8 21. Rxc7 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rxc7 23. Rd8+ Bf8 24. Bxb7 Rxb7 25. Nd7 {
(Kramnik).}) 18. Nc6 Bxc6 $1 19. Bxd6 Ba4 $1 {Anand avoids a poor endgame.} 20.
Bxf8 $1 Bxd1 21. Be7 Qc7 22. Rxd1 {A positional sacrifice has increased the
strength of the passed pawn.} Nd7 $6 ({After} 22... Qc2 $1 23. Bf3 Nd7 $1 {
Black can use the knight as blockader and the heavy pieces for activity.}) 23.
Bh3 h6 $6 (23... Qc2 $1 24. Rde1 f5 {applies the mentioned idea.}) 24. Bf5 $1 {
White restrains the hostile king.} b5 $2 ({The last chance offers} 24... Qb7
25. Bb4 {(Kramnik)} g6 $1 26. Bh3 Rd8 27. Re7 Qc8 $1 (27... Qc7 $2 28. Be6 $1)
28. Rde1 Qc4 $1 29. Rxd7 Rxd7 30. Bxd7 Qxb4 31. Rd1 Qd6 {Black has the time to
blockade on d6.}) 25. Bb4 Rd8 ({It is too late for} 25... g6 {due to} 26. d6 $1
Qb7 27. Bxd7 Qxd7 28. h3 $1 {(Psakhis).}) 26. Re7 Qc4 27. Rxd7 Rxd7 28. Bxd7
Qxb4 29. d6 $1 {The d-pawn cannot be stopped.} Qa4 30. Rd3 Qe4 31. Bxb5 Qe1+
32. Kg2 Qe4+ 33. Kg1 Qe1+ 34. Kg2 Qe4+ 35. Kf1 Qh1+ 36. Ke2 Qe4+ 37. Kf1 Qh1+
38. Ke2 Qe4+ 39. Kd1 Qg4+ 40. f3 Qh3 41. d7 1-0

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D21"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. Nf3 {Anand avoids a boring Caro-Kann.} d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e4 b5 5. a4
c6 6. axb5 cxb5 7. b3 Bb7 8. bxc4 Bxe4 9. cxb5 Nf6 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12.
Nc3 $1 ({Anand improves on} 12. Nbd2 {from Lutz-Schlosser, Berlin 1989.}) 12...
Bb7 13. Ne5 a6 14. Bf3 Nd5 $6 ({Analysts dislike} 14... Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Qxd4 16.
Re1 $1 Bb4 17. Bb2 {(Anand), but} Bxc3 18. Bxc3 Qd5 {defends well.}) 15. Nxd5
exd5 16. Rb1 $1 Qb6 17. Be2 $3 {A great manoeuvre begins.} axb5 18. Rxb5 Qc7
19. Bf4 Bd6 20. Bd3 Ba6 {Anand completes the strategem.} 21. Bxh7+ $5 (21. Rxd5
{is a boring move.}) 21... Kxh7 22. Qh5+ Kg8 23. Rb3 Bxe5 $2 ({Two variations
might draw: Kramnik and Psakhis find} 23... f6 $1 24. Rh3 fxe5 25. dxe5 Qc4 $1
26. Re1 $1 Qb4 $1 27. Bd2 $5 Qxd2 28. Qh7+ Kf7 29. Rf3+ Ke7 30. Qxg7+ Kd8 31.
Rxf8+ Bxf8 32. Qxf8+ Kc7 33. Qd6+ Kc8 $11) (23... Bc8 $5 24. Rg3 Ra3 $1 25. Rc1
Qe7 26. f3 {(De Zeeuw) and now} Ra6 $1 27. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 28. Bh6+ Kg8 29. Rxc8
$1 Bxe5 $1 30. Rxf8+ Qxf8 31. Bxf8 Bxd4+ 32. Kf1 Kxf8 33. Qxd5 Nc6 {Black will
survive.}) 24. Rh3 f6 25. dxe5 Qe7 26. Qh7+ Kf7 27. Rg3 $1 Ke8 28. Rxg7 Qe6 29.
exf6 Nc6 30. Ra1 Kd8 31. h4 Bb7 32. Rc1 Ba6 33. Ra1 Bb7 34. Rd1 Ba6 35. Qb1
Rxf6 36. Bg5 {(time)} 1-0

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 c6 6. O-O Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8. exd6
exd6 (8... Qxd6 {was played in Kuala-Wielecki, Bielsko-Biala 1991.}) 9. Re1 Nc7
10. Bg5 Bf6 11. Bh6 Re8 12. Rxe8+ Nxe8 13. Bb3 $5 d5 $5 14. c4 dxc4 15. Bxc4
Nd6 16. Bb3 Nf5 17. Qd2 $1 Nd7 ({Kasparov has seen} 17... Nxd4 $5 18. Nxd4 Qxd4
19. Qe1 $1 Qe5 20. Nc3 {with a dynamic equality.}) 18. Nc3 Nxh6 19. Qxh6 Nf8
20. Rd1 Be6 21. d5 cxd5 22. Nxd5 Rc8 ({Risk takes} 22... Bxb2 $5 23. Qf4 Qa5
24. Ne5 {(Kasparov)}) 23. Qe3 b6 24. Ne5 Rc5 25. Ng4 Bxg4 26. hxg4 Kg7 27. f4
h6 ({No good is} 27... Bxb2 $2 28. Qf2 $1 Ba3 29. Qd4+ {(Kasparov).}) 28. f5 g5
({Gary finds} 28... Bxb2 $2 29. f6+ $1 Bxf6 30. Nxf6 Qxf6 31. Rf1) ({but he
misses} 28... gxf5 $1 29. gxf5 Bxb2 $1 30. Ne7 Qc7 31. Qe2 Bf6 {and Black
draws.}) 29. Qe2 $1 {Ivanchuk stands at the edge of the ravine.} Nh7 $2 ({
Shamkovich regards} 29... Rc8 30. Qa6 Bxb2 31. Qxa7 Nd7 $1 32. Nf4 {as won for
White, but} gxf4 33. Qxd7 Qxd7 34. Rxd7 Kf6 $1 {draws.}) 30. Nxf6 Qxf6 31. Rd7
Re5 32. Rxf7+ $1 Qxf7 33. Qxe5+ Qf6 34. Qc7+ Kh8 35. Kh1 a5 36. Be6 1-0

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 c6 8. d5 Ng4
9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 c5 $5 {Kramnik accepts passivity.} 11. O-O Nh6 12. Ne1 Nd7
13. Rb1 b6 14. a3 g5 $1 15. Bg3 f5 $1 {The counteraction starts timely.} 16.
exf5 Nxf5 17. Ne4 h6 18. Nc2 Nf6 19. Bd3 Qe8 $6 ({Better is} 19... Bd7 20. Ne3
Nxe4 21. Bxe4 {(Dolmatov)} Nd4 $1) 20. Ne3 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 h5 22. Qd3 Qf7 23. f3
Nxe3 24. Qxe3 Bh6 25. Be1 Qg7 $6 ({More actively defends} 25... Qf4 $1 26. Qd3
g4) 26. Bd2 $1 Rf6 27. Qd3 g4 $2 {Black opens the position, although his
pieces are underdeveloped.} (27... a5 $1 {keeps the status quo (Dolmatov).})
28. Bxh6 Qxh6 29. fxg4 Bxg4 30. Rxf6 Qxf6 31. Rf1 Qg7 32. h3 Bd7 33. Qf3 $1 {
White controls the kingside.} Be8 34. Qf5 Qf7 35. Qg5+ Qg7 36. Qh4 {Black has
no defence against 37.Rf6 anyway.} Qh6 37. Rf6 Qe3+ 38. Kh2 Kg7 39. Rf3 {
Kramnik loses a second game in a tournament!} 1-0

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4+ c6 5. Qxc4 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8.
Be2 Qa5+ 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. O-O e5 $1 {Black plays the liberating move in the
centre.} 11. Ne4 $5 (11. a3 $1 {strives for an expansion on the queenside.})
11... exd4 12. Qxd4 Qb6 13. Rfd1 Re8 14. Rac1 h6 15. Bh4 Qxd4 16. Rxd4 Nxe4 17.
Rxe4 Kf8 18. a3 $5 {White shows some ambition, but Black equalises easily.} Nf6
19. Re5 g5 20. Bg3 Nh5 21. Nd4 Nxg3 22. hxg3 Rd8 23. g4 Bf6 {He gains a plus
that bears little weight.} 24. Re4 Rd6 25. Rc2 a5 26. Nf5 Bxf5 27. gxf5 Rad8
28. Rec4 Rd2 29. b3 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. h3
O-O 9. Bd3 b5 $5 10. Bxb5 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Qa5+ 12. Nfd2 Qxb5 13. Nxd6 Qa6 14.
N2c4 Nd7 15. O-O Nb6 16. Nxb6 Qxb6 17. Nxc8 Raxc8 18. Rb1 Rfd8 19. Bf4 Qb7 $1 {
Topalov has prepared a surprising novelty in a sharp variation.} 20. d6 Bf8 21.
Qd2 ({Theory will become} 21. Qd3 $1 Bxd6 22. Bxd6 Rc6 23. Rfd1 Qd7 $1 {
(Komarov-Lékó, 1997).}) 21... Bxd6 $1 {The pointe of the new idea.} 22. Bxd6
Rc6 23. Rfd1 Qa6 $1 {Black avoids the exchange of two rooks for a queen.} 24.
Qg5 Rdxd6 25. Rxd6 Rxd6 26. Qxc5 Qxa2 $1 {The endgame is even, but Karpov has
just begun.} 27. Re1 Rd8 28. b4 a6 29. Qg5 Rf8 30. h4 Qc4 31. Qe7 h5 32. g3 Rc8
33. Rd1 Qc6 34. Rd6 Qa8 35. Qe1 Qb7 36. Qd2 Re8 37. Qc3 Rc8 38. Qd2 Re8 39. Rd5
Qc6 40. Kh2 Qf6 41. Rd4 Qc6 42. Rd6 Qf3 43. Qd4 Qe4 44. Qc3 Qb7 45. Rc6 Qb5 46.
Rf6 Re7 $6 47. Qc8+ Re8 48. Qxa6 Qxb4 49. Qa2 $1 Re6 $1 ({Avoids} 49... Qe7 $4
50. Rxg6+) 50. Rxe6 fxe6 51. Qxe6+ Kg7 52. Qd7+ Kf6 53. Qc6+ Kg7 54. Qd5 Qc3
55. Kg2 Qf6 56. Qd7+ Kg8 57. Qc7 Qe6 58. Qf4 Qc6+ 59. Kf1 Qe6 60. Qe3 Qc4+ 61.
Ke1 Qc2 62. Kf1 Qd1+ 63. Kg2 Qd5+ 64. f3 Qa2+ 65. Kh3 Qb1 66. g4 hxg4+ 67. fxg4
Qf1+ 68. Kg3 Qf6 69. Qc5 Qe6 70. Qc3 Qe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. O-O b6 14. Bd3 c5
15. Be4 Rb8 16. Qa4 Bb7 17. Bxb7 Rxb7 18. Qc2 $1 ({He improves on} 18. Qc6 {
(Anand-Kramnik, German television 1996).}) 18... Rc8 $6 ({Kramnik prefers} 
18... a5 $1) 19. Rc1 Rbc7 20. b4 $1 e5 $5 21. dxc5 ({After} 21. bxc5 $1 exd4
22. exd4 bxc5 23. Rc4 $1 {Kramnik evaluates the position as won for White, but}
Rc6 24. h3 Rd6 $1 25. dxc5 Rdc6 {creates a strong blockade.}) 21... bxc5 22.
Rc4 e4 $1 {Kasparov gives a pawn for useful exchanges.} 23. Qxe4 ({A nice
point of the combination is} 23. Rxe4 cxb4 $1) 23... Qxe4 24. Rxe4 cxb4 25.
Re8+ Rxe8 26. Rxc7 Ne5 $1 27. Nxe5 Rxe5 28. Rxa7 h5 29. h3 Rb5 30. g4 hxg4 31.
hxg4 g6 32. Kg2 b3 33. axb3 Rxb3 34. g5 Kg7 35. Kg3 Rc3 36. Re7 Ra3 37. Rd7 Kf8
38. Rc7 Kg7 39. Rc8 Kh7 40. Rc7 Kg7 41. Re7 Kf8 42. Re5 Kg7 43. f4 Rd3 44. Kf3
Rd2 45. Ke4 Rd1 46. Rd5 Re1 47. Rd3 Kf8 48. Ke5 Kg7 49. e4 Re2 50. Rd7 Re1 51.
Rc7 Re2 52. Ra7 Re1 53. Ra4 Re2 54. Kd6 Rd2+ 55. Ke7 Rf2 56. e5 Rf1 57. Ra6
Rxf4 58. e6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. f3 Nbd7 10. Nh3 $5 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Be2 Qb6 13. O-O d5 14. Rad1
Bc6 15. Nf2 h6 16. Bh4 Ba4 17. Rd2 Bb3 18. Ng4 $1 {Kasparov shows ambition.}
Nxg4 19. fxg4 Rab8 $1 20. g5 hxg5 21. Bxg5 Rb7 {The rook protects the kingside.
} 22. Be7 Re8 23. Bh4 Nf8 24. Bg3 Rd8 25. Bh4 Rdd7 26. cxd5 Rxd5 27. e4 Rxd2
28. Qxd2 Ba4 29. Bh5 Be8 30. Bf2 $6 Qb5 $6 ({Karpov misses the easy} 30... Qxb2
31. Qxb2 Rxb2 32. Bxc5 Rb5 $1 33. Bxf8 Kxf8 {Black has a plus.}) 31. Qd8 Bc6
32. Bg3 {Black can apply a fine defence.} Rd7 $2 {This leads to a lost endgame.
} ({Right is} 32... c4 $1 33. Bd6 Qxh5 34. Qxf8+ Kh7 35. Rf3 c3 $1 36. b4 c2
37. Bf4 e5 38. Be3 Bd7 {(Kasparov).}) 33. Qe8 $1 Qxf1+ $1 34. Kxf1 Rd1+ 35.
Bxd1 Bxe8 36. Bf2 Bb5+ 37. Be2 Bxe2+ 38. Kxe2 Nd7 39. Kd3 a6 40. Bg1 $1 ({
White avoids} 40. Kc4 Ne5+ 41. Kxc5 $4 Nd3+ {(Ftacnik).}) 40... f5 41. exf5
exf5 42. Kc4 Ne5+ 43. Kxc5 Nd3+ 44. Kb6 1-0

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qh4 Nxc3 7. dxc3 Nc6
8. e4 e5 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bc4 h6 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Qg3 O-O-O 13. O-O Qf6 ({
Prophylaxis shows} 13... g5 $1 14. Rfd1 f6 {(Kharitonov-Yandemirov, Kolontaevo
1994).}) 14. Rad1 Rhe8 15. Bd5 $1 Re7 16. Nd2 Qf4 17. Nc4 Bg4 $2 ({Stronger
defends} 17... Qxg3 18. fxg3 $1 Be6 19. Rf6 Bxd5 20. exd5 e4 $1 {(Kramnik).})
18. Rd2 Red7 19. f3 Qxg3 20. hxg3 Be6 21. Rfd1 $1 h5 22. a3 Kb8 23. Kf2 a6 24.
Bxc6 $1 Rxd2+ 25. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 26. Nxd2 bxc6 27. f4 $1 {Kramnik has a decisive
advantage in the endgame.} exf4 28. gxf4 Kc8 29. Kg3 $6 (29. e5 $1 Bd5 30. c4
Be6 31. b3 {improves white's position.}) 29... Kd7 30. Kh4 f6 31. e5 $1 fxe5
32. fxe5 Bd5 $6 (32... Bf5 $1 33. Kg5 Ke6 34. Kf4 c5 {gives hope.}) 33. g3 Ke6
34. Kg5 Kxe5 $5 ({No hope gives} 34... Kf7 35. c4 Be6 36. b4) 35. Kxg6 h4 36.
gxh4 Kf4 37. h5 Ke3 38. c4 Bg2 39. Nb3 Bf1 40. h6 Bxc4 41. Nc5 Ba2 42. Kg7 Bb1
43. Nxa6 Kd4 44. Nxc7 Kc4 45. Ne6 Kb3 46. Nd4+ Kxb2 47. Nxc6 Kxa3 48. Ne5 Kb4
49. Ng6 Bxg6 50. Kxg6 1-0

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Nc6 8. Be3
Be7 9. f4 Qc7 10. Kh1 O-O 11. Bf3 Re8 12. a4 Bd7 13. Qd2 Rab8 14. Nb3 b6 15. g4
Bc8 16. Qf2 $5 (16. g5 {is usual.}) 16... Na5 17. Rad1 Nc4 18. Bc1 b5 19. g5
Nd7 20. axb5 axb5 21. Bg2 b4 22. Ne2 Nc5 23. f5 $1 {Topalov restarts the
attack.} Bf8 24. g6 Nxb3 25. cxb3 Ne5 26. gxf7+ $6 ({Attack and defence are
balanced in} 26. gxh7+ Kxh7 27. f6 Kg8 28. fxg7 Bxg7 29. Rg1 Kf8) 26... Qxf7
27. Nd4 exf5 28. exf5 Bb7 29. Ne6 Rbc8 $1 30. Ng5 Qe7 31. Qd2 Kh8 32. Rde1 Qd7
33. Ne6 Qb5 34. Rd1 Be7 35. Bxb7 ({Not} 35. Nxg7 $2 Rg8 $1 36. f6 Bxf6 37. Rxf6
Rxg7 38. Rf2 Rcg8) 35... Qxb7+ 36. Qd5 Qxd5+ 37. Rxd5 Nf7 38. Bd2 Bf6 39. Bxb4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. a4 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. f4 Re8 11. Bf3 Rb8 12. Kh1 Qc7 13. g4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 e5 15.
fxe5 dxe5 16. Ba7 Ra8 17. g5 Rd8 18. Qe2 Ne8 19. Be3 Be6 20. Qf2 Rdc8 21. Rad1
{A new move is made at last.} Bc5 22. Bxc5 Qxc5 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Qxc2 25.
Rxe5 Qxf2 26. Rxf2 g6 {The endgame is even.} 27. Rd5 Nc7 28. Rd7 Ne6 29. Bg4
Nxg5 30. h4 Nxe4 31. Rfxf7 Rc1+ 32. Kg2 Rc2+ 33. Kg1 Rc1+ {Kasparov needed a
draw against his main competitor for a victory in the tournament.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. f4 b5
9. Bg2 Bb7 10. g5 $5 ({Known is} 10. a3 Nbd7 11. g5 {from Shirov-Van Wely,
Tilburg 1996.}) 10... hxg5 11. fxg5 b4 $1 12. Na4 Nh5 $2 ({Risk takes} 12...
Nxe4 $6 13. Qg4 d5 14. O-O-O {(Shamkovich).}) ({Properly defends} 12... Nfd7 $1
13. g6 Qh4+ 14. Kd2 Qe7) 13. O-O Nd7 14. g6 $1 Nhf6 15. c3 Ne5 (15... bxc3 $2
16. gxf7+ Kxf7 17. Qb3 {(Ftacnik).}) 16. gxf7+ Kxf7 17. cxb4 Rh4 $1 {Black
counters.} 18. Qb3 Qe8 19. Rac1 $2 (19. Bf4 Rg4 20. Rae1 {consolidates the
advantage.}) 19... Bxe4 20. Rc7+ $2 ({Useful exchanges are made in} 20. Rf4
Rxf4 21. Bxf4 Bxg2 22. Kxg2) 20... Kg8 21. Nxe6 (21. Qxe6+ Qxe6 22. Nxe6 Rg4
23. Rf2 Nd5 {(Ivanchuk).}) 21... Rg4 22. Rxf6 {Ivanchuk expects to deliver
mate.} (22. Nf4+ $1 d5 23. Nc3 Bxg2 24. Nxg2 Nc4 $1 $19) 22... Rxg2+ 23. Kf1 ({
But he is mated in} 23. Kh1 Rg3+ 24. Rf3 Bxf3#) 23... Qb5+ 0-1

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. e4 exd4 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 h6 13. Nxd4 Qh4 14. Nf3 Qh5
15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Qf5 g5 $5 {Kramnik plays risky.} ({Exchanges by} 16... Qxf5
17. Bxf5 Nf6 18. Bc2 Bg4 19. Bb3 Bxf3 20. gxf3 {lead to a plus for White 
(Sokolov-Piket, Nussloch 1996).}) 17. h4 $1 ({Little advantage brings} 17. Be3
Kg7 18. Bd4+ f6) 17... Nb6 18. Qf6+ Kxh7 19. Qxd6 Bg4 20. Nh2 {The knight
would stand exposed on e5.} Rad8 21. Qb4 Bf5 22. hxg5 Nxd5 23. Qxb7 hxg5 24.
Qb3 $1 Rh8 (24... Rb8 25. Qa3 Kg6 26. Qg3 {(Karpov).}) 25. Qf3 g4 26. Qg3 Nf6
27. f3 $1 Rd3 {The game has reached a climax.} 28. Nxg4 $1 ({A draw results
from} 28. fxg4 Rxg3 29. gxh5 Be4 $1 30. Rxf6 Rxg2+ 31. Kf1 Rxh2 32. Rh6+ Kg7
33. Rxh8 Rh1+ 34. Kf2 Kxh8 35. b3 Rxh5) 28... Bxg4 29. fxg4 Qg6 $2 ({Correct is
} 29... Qc5+ $1 30. Qf2 Qxf2+ 31. Kxf2 Re8 $1 {(Kramnik).}) 30. Qc7 Kg8 31. Bf4
({Karpov prefers} 31. g5 $1) 31... Rh4 $1 32. Bg3 $6 ({Better is} 32. g5 {
(Kramnik)} Ng4 33. Rae1 $1) 32... Rxg3 $1 {The 'Patzer' has to give a check!}
33. Qxg3 $2 ({Correct is} 33. Qb8+ $1 Kh7 34. Qxg3 Qh6 35. Qd3+ $1 {White
benifits from the previous check.} Kg7 36. Qd4 Rxg4 37. Qc3 $1) 33... Qh6 $1
34. Qf3 Rh1+ 35. Kf2 Qd2+ 36. Kg3 Qd6+ 37. Kf2 (37. Qf4 $4 Ne4+ 38. Kf3 Qd3+
39. Qe3 Nd2+) 37... Qd2+ 38. Kg3 Qd6+ {Karpov and Ivanchuk lost during the
second cycle. Topalov came back.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Fontys 1"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A68"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

{Tilburg had no super tournament for one year. Barbara Schol interested the
Fontys Hogescholen in a prolongation. The setup of 1977 was applied in Tilburg
1996. So twelve players battled. The first time, the professor, Karpov, met
eleven sublime students. Almasi beat him in round one.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3.
Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Be2 exd5 9. cxd5 Bg4 10. O-O
Nbd7 11. Re1 Re8 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 a6 14. a4 c4 15. Be3 Qa5 16. Qe2 Rac8 17.
Qf2 Nc5 18. Bxc5 Qxc5 19. Qxc5 Rxc5 20. e5 dxe5 21. fxe5 Nd7 22. Ne4 $1 ({
Lautier betters on the theoretical} 22. e6) 22... Rxd5 $5 (22... Rc7 23. d6
Rcc8 {drew in Gerard - Garrido, France 2003.}) 23. Nf6+ Bxf6 24. Bxd5 Rxe5 $5
25. Rxe5 Bxe5 26. Bxc4 Bxb2 27. Rb1 Bd4+ 28. Kf1 Ne5 29. Be2 b5 $1 30. axb5
axb5 31. g4 Kg7 32. Rb4 Bc3 33. Rxb5 {The endgame is hard to win for White.}
Kf6 34. Kf2 Kg5 35. Ke3 f5 $6 (35... f6 $1 36. Rb7 h6 {creates a fortress.})
36. Rc5 $1 Bb2 37. Rc2 Ba3 38. Kd4 $1 Kf4 39. Ra2 {The black bishop moves to a
vulnerable position.} Be7 $2 (39... Bc1 $1 40. Kd5 Nf3 41. gxf5 gxf5 42. Ra7
Ng5 $1 43. h4 Ne4 {draws.}) 40. Kd5 $1 Nf3 41. Ra4+ Ke3 42. Bxf3 Kxf3 43. gxf5
gxf5 44. Ke6 $1 Bd8 45. Rd4 $5 Bb6 46. Rb4 Bd8 47. Rb8 Ba5 48. Rb5 Bd2 49. Rd5
Bc1 50. Rd1 Bb2 51. Kxf5 Kg3 52. Rb1 $1 Bd4 ({The pointes are} 52... Bc3 53.
Rb3) (52... Bg7 53. Rg1+) ({and} 52... Bh8 53. Rb7) 53. Rb3+ 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Fontys 1"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. f3 e5 4. d5 Be7 5. Be3 O-O 6. Bd3 c6 7. c4 b5 8. Nc3 $5 {
Gelfand wants a positional fight.} bxc4 9. Bxc4 Bb7 $6 {The bishop stays
passively.} 10. Qb3 $1 Qc7 11. Nge2 Nbd7 12. Rc1 Rfb8 $5 ({More prudent is} 
12... Nc5) 13. dxc6 $1 Bxc6 14. Bxf7+ Kf8 15. Qc4 Rxb2 $5 16. Bd5 Nc5 17. O-O
Rab8 18. a3 Bxd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Qa5 21. f4 $1 e4 $1 22. Bd4 R2b3 $5 23.
Ng3 Rxa3 $2 {Mickey loses track in the complications.} ({Correct is} 23... Qb5
$1 24. Nf5 g6 25. Nxe7 Kxe7 26. Qc2 Nd3 $1 27. Qc7+ Qd7 28. f5 $1 gxf5 29. Rxf5
{(Gelfand)} R3b7 $1) 24. Nf5 g6 25. Nxe7 Kxe7 26. Qe2 Qa4 27. Bxc5 $2 (27. Qf2
$1 {(threatens Qh4+ as well as f5)} Kf8 28. f5 Nd3 29. Qe3 g5 30. Bg7+ $1 {and
the lone king is mated.}) 27... dxc5 28. Rcd1 Kd8 $6 {Black errs under time
pressure.} (28... Kd6 $1 29. Qg4 Re8 $1 {seems to draw.}) 29. d6 Rb7 30. f5 Rd3
31. Rxd3 exd3 32. Qf3 $1 {White keeps the battle going.} Qd4+ $5 (32... Qb4 $1
33. fxg6 hxg6 34. Qc6 $1 Qd4+ 35. Kh1 Qf4 $1 36. Re1 Qe5 $1 37. Rg1 $1 {leads
to a difficult fight.}) 33. Kh1 Rb8 34. fxg6 Qxd6 35. g7 Qg6 36. Qf8+ Kc7 37.
Qxc5+ Kd7 38. Qxa7+ 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Fontys 1"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. c4 Qb6 6. Nb3 Nf6 7. Nc3 e6 ({
Judit drew with} 7... a6 {against Ivanchuk in Moscow 1996.}) 8. Be3 Qd8 $5 9.
Be2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. f4 b6 12. Bf3 Bb7 13. Qe2 Rc8 {Black has to develop
passively on the queenside.} 14. Rac1 Rc7 15. Rfd1 Qa8 16. Bf2 Rd8 17. g4 Ne8
18. h4 g6 $6 (18... Rcc8 19. g5 Nc7 {avoids a hole in the kingside.}) 19. g5
Ng7 20. Rd2 Rcd7 21. Bg4 Qb8 22. Bg3 Bf8 23. Kh2 Re7 24. Qf2 Ree8 25. Rcd1 Ba6
26. Nb5 Bb7 27. Nc3 Ba6 28. Nd4 $1 Nxd4 29. Qxd4 {Hereafter, White has to
prepare a charge on the kingside.} Bb7 30. Qf2 Qc7 31. b3 Bc6 32. f5 exf5 33.
exf5 Nxf5 34. Bxf5 gxf5 35. Nd5 Bxd5 36. Rxd5 Re4 37. R1d2 Rde8 38. Qxf5 Re2+
39. Kh3 Rxd2 40. Rxd2 Re3 41. Kg2 Qe7 42. Rf2 Bg7 43. Qc8+ Bf8 44. Qg4 Qb7+ 45.
Kh2 Re6 46. Rf6 Re3 47. Rf2 Re6 (47... d5 $1 48. Qd4 Bc5 49. Qxd5 Qxd5 50. cxd5
Rd3 {nears the draw (Rechlis).}) 48. Re2 Rxe2+ 49. Qxe2 Qc6 50. a4 Qc5 51. Qd3
Qc6 52. Bf4 Qe8 53. Qe3 Qd7 54. Kg3 Qf5 55. Qf3 Be7 56. Bd2 Qb1 57. Qe3 Kf8 58.
Bb4 Qd1 59. Qf3 Qg1+ 60. Kh3 Ke8 $2 {Black is going to lose a pawn.} ({Adams
prefers} 60... Kg7) 61. Qa8+ Kd7 62. Qxa7+ Ke6 63. Qa8 Qf1+ 64. Kg3 Qg1+ 65.
Qg2 Qxg2+ 66. Kxg2 f6 67. Bd2 $1 {Adams proceeds the beleaguerment.} d5 68. Kf3
dxc4 69. bxc4 fxg5 70. Bxg5 Bd6 71. Be3 Bc7 72. Kg4 Bd8 73. Bd4 Bc7 74. h5 Bd8
75. Kf4 Bc7+ 76. Kg5 Kf7 77. Kf5 Bd8 78. Be3 Bc7 79. Bf4 Bd8 80. Bg3 Be7 81.
Bf2 Bd8 82. Ke5 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Fontys 1"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8.
Bd3 h6 9. N5f3 c5 10. Ne5 $6 cxd4 {White will lose time on the recovery of the
pawn.} 11. Bd2 Bd6 12. Ngf3 Nbd7 13. O-O-O O-O 14. Nxd7 $5 {Black gets a plus.}
Bxd7 15. Nxd4 Qc7 16. g3 Rac8 17. c3 a6 18. f4 b5 19. Kb1 Rfd8 20. Rhe1 Bc5 21.
Nf3 Ng4 22. Rf1 $6 (22. Nd4 $1 {(Lékó) equalises.}) 22... Bc6 23. Nd4 Bxd4 24.
cxd4 Nf6 $1 25. Bc3 $2 {This bishop becomes horribly passive.} (25. f5 $1 Rxd4
26. Bf4 {offers the isolated pawn for a counteraction.}) 25... Bd5 26. f5 Re8
27. Qd2 exf5 28. Ba5 Qb7 29. Bxf5 Be4+ 30. Bxe4 Qxe4+ 31. Qd3 Nd5 32. a3 Qxd3+
33. Rxd3 g6 $1 34. Rf2 f6 $1 35. Bb4 Kf7 {White cannot do anything. So Lékó
has no hurry.} 36. Bc5 Re1+ 37. Ka2 Rce8 38. a4 R8e3 39. Rxe3 Rxe3 40. axb5
axb5 41. Kb1 h5 42. Kc1 h4 $1 {This time Judit is tortured by a blockader.} 43.
gxh4 Rh3 44. Re2 Rxh4 45. Kd1 g5 46. Ke1 Kg6 47. Kf1 Kf5 48. Kg1 Re4 49. Rc2
Re3 50. b4 Ke4 51. Ra2 g4 52. Rb2 Nf4 53. Rb1 Re2 54. Rf1 Nd5 55. Rf2 Rxf2 56.
Kxf2 f5 57. Ke2 f4 58. Kf2 Kd3 $1 59. Bd6 $5 Kxd4 60. Ke2 Nc3+ 61. Kf1 Ke3 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Fontys 1"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Be3
O-O 9. O-O Qc7 10. g4 b5 11. g5 Nfd7 12. Bd3 $5 ({Sutovsky has prepared a
quiet move and replaces} 12. f5) 12... Re8 ({More active is} 12... b4 13. Nce2
Nc5) 13. Qh5 g6 14. Qh4 b4 15. Nce2 Bb7 ({Sutovsky prefers} 15... Bf8 {but} 16.
Rf3 {is also awful for Black.}) 16. Rf3 h5 $1 17. Ng3 $1 Bf8 ({Or} 17... Nc5
18. f5 exf5 19. Ndxf5 $1 gxf5 20. Qxh5) 18. Nxh5 $1 gxh5 19. Qxh5 Bg7 20. f5
exf5 21. Nxf5 Nf8 22. Nxg7 Kxg7 23. Bd4+ Re5 24. Raf1 {Van Wely used to play
risky openings as Black. Sometimes he was crushed.} ({Notice} 24. Raf1 Ng6 25.
Rxf7+ Qxf7 26. Rxf7+ Kxf7 27. Qh7+) 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Fontys 1"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 Na6 7. O-O e5 8. Be3
c6 9. d5 Ng4 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4 c5 12. Ne1 $5 {Gelfand plays a little known
move in a comfortable position.} Nh6 13. Nd3 Qe8 14. f3 Nf7 15. Rb1 f5 16. b4
b6 17. bxc5 bxc5 18. Qa4 Qxa4 19. Nxa4 {White has a plus.} Bd7 20. Nc3 Rfb8 21.
Nb5 $1 Bh6 22. Bf2 Kf8 $6 ({Highly solid is} 22... Rb7 23. Rb3 Rab8 24. Rfb1
Kg7) 23. Rb3 Bxb5 24. Rxb5 Nc7 25. Rb3 Rxb3 26. axb3 a5 27. Ra1 Bd2 28. Ra2 Bc3
29. exf5 $1 gxf5 30. Kf1 Na6 31. Bd1 Nb4 $2 {Black should continue the status
quo.} 32. Nxb4 Bxb4 33. Bc2 {Hereafter the two bishops cooperate well.} Nh6 34.
Be3 f4 $6 (34... Kg7 $1 35. Bxh6+ Kxh6 36. Bxf5 Kg5 {might draw due to the
bishops of different colours (Gelfand).}) 35. Bc1 Kg7 36. g3 $1 fxg3 37. hxg3
Rf8 38. Kg2 Nf5 39. f4 Nd4 40. fxe5 dxe5 41. Bg5 h6 42. Bh4 Rf7 43. d6 $1 Rd7
44. Be7 Kf7 45. Bd1 Rxe7 46. Rf2+ Ke6 47. dxe7 Kxe7 48. Kf1 Ke6 49. Rh2 Kf5 50.
Rxh6 Ke4 51. g4 Bd2 52. Rh2 Bf4 53. Rh3 Bd2 54. Kf2 Kf4 55. Rh5 Be3+ 56. Kf1
Bc1 (56... Ne6 57. Rf5+ Ke4 58. Bf3+ {wins (Gelfand).}) 57. g5 Nf5 $6 (57...
Kf5 58. g6+ Kxg6 59. Rxe5 Ba3 {prolongs the game.}) 58. g6 $1 Ne7 59. g7 e4 60.
Rxc5 Bb2 61. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Fontys 1"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 a5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nc3 d6 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. Rfe1 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Be4 13. Qb2 Qb8 14. Bf1 c5 $5
15. Rad1 Rd8 16. Bh3 a4 $1 17. Nd2 axb3 18. axb3 Bb7 19. d5 e5 $2 (19... exd5
$1 20. cxd5 Bxd5 21. Bxd7 Rxd7 $1 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Qxf6 Qd8 {gives chances to
both players (Van Wely).}) 20. e4 Nf8 $2 (20... Ba6 $1 21. f4 b5 {utilises the
last opportunity for activity.}) 21. f4 N6d7 22. Nf3 Re8 23. Rf1 f6 24. Qc2 Qc7
25. Ra1 Rxa1 26. Rxa1 Kf7 $6 27. Nh4 Ra8 28. Rf1 Bc8 29. Qe2 g6 30. Qf2 Qd8 31.
Nf3 Qe7 32. Ng5+ $1 {Karpov is defeated in a joyful style.} Kg7 ({The pointe is
} 32... fxg5 33. fxe5+ Kg8 34. exd6 Qxd6 35. Qf7#) 33. Ne6+ Kg8 34. Nc7 $1 Ra7
35. Nb5 Ra8 36. fxe5 dxe5 ({Or} 36... fxe5 37. Be6+ $1 Nxe6 38. dxe6 Nf8 39.
Qf7+ Qxf7 40. exf7+ Kg7 41. Nxd6 {(Husak).}) 37. d6 Qf7 38. Nc7 Rb8 39. Nd5 Kg7
40. Bxd7 Nxd7 41. Nxf6 Qxf6 42. Qxf6+ Nxf6 43. Bxe5 Bh3 44. Bxf6+ Kf7 45. Rf4
Ke6 46. Be7 Ra8 47. Rh4 Ra1+ 48. Kf2 Ra2+ 49. Ke3 Bf1 50. Rxh7 Rb2 51. d7 Re2+
52. Kf4 Kxd7 53. Bxc5+ Kc6 54. Be3 g5+ 55. Kf3 Rb2 56. Rh6+ Kd7 57. Kg4 Rxb3
58. Bxb6 Bxc4 59. Kxg5 Rb5+ 60. Kf4 Bd3 61. e5 Bc4 62. Rd6+ Ke7 63. h4 Be6 64.
h5 Rb2 65. Be3 Rb4+ 66. Rd4 {The <->professor' learned another lesson.} 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Fontys 1"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. a3 Be7 8. b4
Be6 9. Rb1 f6 10. d3 O-O 11. Ne4 $5 Ba2 12. Rb2 Bd5 13. Nc5 a5 $5 (13... Qc8 {
gains a plus.}) 14. e4 $6 {White should capture on b7 at once.} Bf7 15. Qc2 $2
({Better is} 15. Nxb7 Qc8 16. Nxa5 Nxa5 17. bxa5 Rxa5 {(Piket)} 18. O-O $1)
15... axb4 16. axb4 Nxb4 $1 {Jeroen begins fascinating tactics.} 17. Rxb4 Nd7
18. d4 exd4 19. Rxd4 Bxc5 20. Rxd7 Bxf2+ 21. Qxf2 Qxd7 22. O-O Ra2 23. Qc5 Re8
24. Nh4 $6 (24. e5 $1 {starts counter-play (Piket).}) 24... Qd3 $1 25. Qxc7 Bc4
26. Re1 Re2 27. Qa5 $2 (27. Nf3 $1 Rxe1+ 28. Nxe1 Qd4+ 29. Kh1 {(Piket)} Bd5 $1
{fights a great battle.}) 27... b6 28. Qb4 R8xe4 29. Nf3 Bd5 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Fontys 1"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. f4 b5
$5 {Loek never plays shy moves.} 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. a3 Nbd7 11. g5 hxg5 12. fxg5
Nh5 13. g6 $5 {White opens the kingside.} Ne5 ({More active is} 13... Qh4+ 14.
Bf2 Qf6) 14. gxf7+ Kxf7 15. O-O+ Nf6 16. Nf3 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Qc7 18. e5 $2 {
Shirov begins a spectacular charge.} dxe5 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Qg4 Rc8 $1 21. Ne4
$5 Rc4 $1 {Black counters quickly.} 22. Ng5+ Kg6 23. Qg3 Nh5 $1 ({Less
convincing is} 23... Rg4 $6 24. Rxf6+ Kh5 25. Rf3 {(Van Wely).}) 24. Qf3 Qxf3
25. Nxf3 Bd6 {Black wins the endgame, because he can use his pawns well.} 26.
Rad1 Bb8 27. Rd2 Rg4+ 28. Rg2 Rxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Nf4+ 30. Kh1 Ne2 31. Bf2 e4 32.
Nh4+ Kg5 33. Re1 Nf4 34. Rxe4 Rxh4 35. Bxh4+ Kxh4 36. a4 e5 37. axb5 axb5 38.
c4 Kg4 39. cxb5 Kf3 40. Rc4 e4 41. Rc8 Bd6 {Gelfand, Shirov and Van Wely led
by 41/2/7. Lékó and Piket followed at half-a- point.} 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Fontys 1"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 f5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qe3+ Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Nh3 b6 $5 {Shirov tries a new move in an enterprising opening.} 9. O-O Bb7 10.
b3 Bc5 11. Qd2 Qe7 $6 ({Better is} 11... Qc8 {(Ribli)} 12. Nd5 Ne4) 12. Nd5
Nxd5 13. cxd5 Nd8 14. Bb2 Re8 15. Nf4 Bd6 16. Rac1 Nf7 17. Rfe1 Rac8 18. e4
fxe4 19. Rxe4 Qg5 20. h4 Qh6 21. Rce1 Rf8 $2 {Black should lift pressure by an
exchange of rooks.} (21... Rxe4 22. Rxe4 Bf8 {brings a solid defensive
position (Van der Wiel).}) 22. Qd1 $1 g6 23. Qg4 (23. Bh3 $1 {wins more
quickly.}) 23... Rcd8 24. Bf6 Rb8 25. Bb2 Rfd8 26. R4e3 Bxf4 27. gxf4 Nd6 28.
Bf6 Rf8 29. Bg5 Qg7 30. Re7 Nf7 31. h5 gxh5 32. Qxh5 Qg6 33. Qxg6+ hxg6 34. Bf6
Rfd8 35. Be4 Kf8 36. Bxg6 Bxd5 37. f5 b5 38. Rd1 Rb6 39. Rxf7+ Bxf7 40. Bxd8
Bxg6 41. fxg6 Rxg6+ 42. Kf1 {Gelfand had won an important game. He took the
sole lead.} 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Fontys 1"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4
O-O 9. Be3 Qc7 10. g4 Re8 11. f5 Bf8 $2 12. g5 Nfd7 13. Nxe6 $1 {Shirov breaks
the hostile position by two piece sacrifices.} fxe6 14. Bh5 g6 15. fxg6 Re7 16.
Nd5 $1 exd5 17. Qxd5+ Kh8 18. gxh7 $1 Rxh7 19. Bg6 Bg7 ({White also wins by} 
19... Rg7 20. Bd4) ({or} 19... Re7 20. Rf4) 20. Bxh7 Qd8 ({Or} 20... Kxh7 21.
g6+ Kxg6 22. Qf5#) 21. Bf5 Ne5 22. Qd1 Bxf5 23. exf5 Qe8 24. g6 Ng4 25. Bd4 Qe4
26. f6 Nc6 27. fxg7+ Kg8 28. Rf8+ Rxf8 29. gxf8=Q+ Kxf8 30. Qf1+ 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Fontys 1"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
a6 9. e4 c5 10. d5 Qc7 11. O-O c4 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Bc2 Bc5 14. Qe2 Ne5 15.
Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Kh1 O-O 17. f4 Qh5 18. Qxh5 Nxh5 19. e5 Bd4 $2 ({Theory is} 19...
g5) 20. Be4 $1 Ra7 21. g4 $1 Nxf4 22. Rxf4 Raf7 23. Ne2 $6 Bxb2 $6 24. Rxf7
Bxa1 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. Ba3+ Kf7 27. Bd6 g5 28. Kg2 h6 29. Kf3 a5 30. Ke3 b4
31. Kd2 b3 32. a4 Bd7 33. Nc3 Bxc3+ 34. Kxc3 Bxa4 35. Bc7 b2 36. Kxb2 Bd1 37.
Bxa5 Bxg4 38. Kc3 Be2 39. Kd4 Bf1 40. Bf3 Bd3 41. Bh5+ Bg6 42. Be2 {Gelfand
was trailed by Lékó, Piket and Van Wely, before the last round began.} 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Fontys 1"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. e5
Nfd7 9. Be3 Nb6 10. Qc5 Be6 11. Ng5 Bf5 12. Be2 Kh8 $2 {An attack on the king
follows.} 13. g4 Bc8 14. O-O-O f6 15. Nge4 f5 16. gxf5 Bxf5 17. h4 N8d7 18. Qa3
Nd5 $1 19. Ng5 N7b6 20. h5 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Bh6 22. Nce4 Qd7 23. hxg6 Qc6+ 24. Kd2
Qxg6 25. Rdg1 Rad8 26. e6 $1 {White threatens Nf7+.} Rxd4+ ({Another point is} 
26... Bxe6 27. Qxe7 $1) 27. exd4 Bxe4 28. Rxh6 Qxh6 29. Qe3 {Although Gelfand
drew quickly, Lékó did not equalise because he lost.} 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Fontys 1"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Bg4 7. Be3 Nfd7 8. Ng1
Bxe2 9. Ngxe2 c5 10. d5 a6 11. a4 Qa5 12. Bd2 Ne5 13. b3 Nd3+ 14. Kf1 Nd7 15.
g3 Rae8 16. Kg2 Nb4 $5 17. Be3 e5 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. Qxd6 $5 Rf7 20. Rad1 Nc6
21. Qd2 Qb6 22. Qa2 Bd4 $1 23. a5 $6 Qb4 24. Bxd4 cxd4 25. Na4 e5 $1 {Piket
has gained a positional advantage.} 26. Nc1 Qxa5 27. Qd2 Qxd2 28. Rxd2 Nb4 29.
Nb2 Nc5 30. Nbd3 Nbxd3 31. Nxd3 Nxb3 32. Ra2 Rc7 33. Rb1 Nc5 34. Nxc5 Rxc5 35.
Rxb7 Re6 36. Rab2 Rf6 37. Re7 $6 Rf7 38. Re6 $2 (38. Rxf7 Kxf7 39. Rb7+ Ke6 40.
Rb6+ {draws (Piket).}) 38... Ra7 $1 39. Rb8+ Kf7 40. Rbe8 $2 a5 $2 (40... d3 $1
{decides the game at once.}) {A new phase begins.} 41. Rxe5 Rxe5 42. Rxe5 a4 {
Black has a won rook ending.} 43. Rb5 a3 44. Rb1 d3 $6 {Jeroen endangers the
win.} (44... Ke6 $1 45. f4 Kd6 {wins (Piket).}) 45. Kf1 $1 Ke6 46. Ke1 Ke5 47.
Kd2 Kxe4 48. c5 Ra6 49. Ra1 $6 ({A better effort makes} 49. Rc1 $1 a2 50. Ra1
Kd5 $1 51. Kxd3 Kxc5 52. Kc3 Kd5 53. f3 h5 $1 {(Piket)} 54. Rd1+ $1 Kc5 55. Ra1
g5 $1 56. h4 Ra3+ 57. Kb2 Rxf3 58. hxg5 Rxg3 59. Rh1 Rxg5 60. Kxa2 Kd4 {but
Black triumphs anyway, because he has reached a theoretical win.}) 49... Kd4
50. c6 Rxc6 51. Rxa3 Rc2+ 52. Ke1 Re2+ 53. Kf1 Re7 54. Ra8 d2 55. Rd8+ Kc3 56.
Rc8+ Kb3 57. Rb8+ Kc4 58. Rc8+ Kd3 59. Rd8+ Kc2 60. Rc8+ Kd1 {Piket caught up
with Gelfand (7/11). They were followed by Shirov (61/2), Van Wely and Lékó (6)
, Karpov and Adams (51/2).} 0-1

[Event "WC15 Final"]
[Site "ICCF 1996-2002"]
[Date "1996.11.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Barlow, John"]
[Black "Maes, Valeer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

{Qualification for the fifteenth world championship of the ICCF (International
Correspondence Chess Federation) had started in 1984. The final round began
eight years later on i xi 1996. Gert Jan Timmerman (1956) got a wild card.
Seventeen players kicked off. A Russian participant died the next year. The
time limit per game was ten moves in thirty days, excluding the postal periods.
Timmerman became world champion, Van Oosterom second, Poulsen third and
Gottardi fourth. The games between the seven best players have been selected.} 
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. O-O-O Ngf6 14. Qe2
O-O-O 15. Ne5 Nb6 16. Ba5 Rd5 17. Bxb6 axb6 18. c4 Ra5 19. Kb1 Bd6 20. f4 Rd8
21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 f5 23. Qe2 b5 24. Rhe1 Kb8 25. c5 Bxe5 26. Qxe5 Ra4 27.
Qxc7+ Kxc7 28. Rxe6 Raxd4 29. Rxd4 Rxd4 30. g3 Rd3 31. Re7+ Rd7 32. Re5 Rd3 33.
Re7+ Rd7 34. Re3 b6 35. cxb6+ Kxb6 36. Kc2 Rd6 37. Re5 g6 38. b4 Rf6 39. Kd3
gxh5 40. Kd4 Rd6+ 41. Ke3 Rf6 42. Kf2 Kc7 43. Kg2 h4 44. gxh4 h5 45. Kf3 Kd6
46. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "WC15 Final"]
[Site "ICCF 1996-2002"]
[Date "1996.11.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Barlow, John"]
[Black "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 Qc7 10. f4 b5 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Bd3 h6 14. Bh4 Bb7 15.
Qe1 $6 ({Better is} 15. Qe2 {(Stefansson-Akesson, Nordic Grand Prix 1997).})
15... Bb4 $1 ({Black has improved on} 15... Rac8 {(Sutovskij-Lutz, Biel 1996).}
) 16. Rxf6 $2 {White sacrifices a rook.} ({Correct is} 16. a4 $1 Bxc3 17. bxc3
Rfc8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rd1) 16... Bxc3 $1 ({Maybe White hoped for} 16... Nxf6
$2 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qg3+ Kh8 19. Nd5) 17. Qg3 Kh7 {Black will capture a rook
or pawn b2 on the next move.} 0-1

[Event "WC15 Final"]
[Site "ICCF 1996-2002"]
[Date "1996.11.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Finocchiaro, Fabio"]
[Black "Barlow, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3
Nc6 9. Qc2 Qa5 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Kb1 a6 12. Nd2 Qb6 13. Nb3 Na5 14. Nxa5 Qxa5
15. cxd5 exd5 16. Be5 Be6 17. Bd3 Rac8 18. Qd2 Rc6 19. Ne4 Qxd2 20. Nxd2 Rfc8
21. h3 Nd7 22. Bd4 Nc5 23. Bxc5 Bxc5 24. Nf3 Bb6 25. Rd2 g6 26. Rc2 Rxc2 27.
Bxc2 d4 $1 28. Nxd4 ({Black's intention is} 28. Nxd4 Bxd4 29. exd4 Ba2+ $1 30.
Kxa2 Rxc2) 1/2-1/2

[Event "WC15 Final"]
[Site "ICCF 1996-2002"]
[Date "1996.11.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Finocchiaro, Fabio"]
[Black "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 a5 11. Ba3 Nf4 12. Bf1 c6 $5 ({Usual is} 12... Bg4 {
(Kramnik-Gelfand, Dortmund 1996).}) 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. b5 c5 15. Bc1 Ne6 16. Nd5
Nxd5 $5 17. Qxd5 Ra7 18. Rb1 Bb7 19. Qd1 f5 20. Bd3 Ba8 21. Qa4 f4 $5 (21...
Raf7 22. Bd2 fxe4 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Qa8 $1 {also attacks.}) 22. b6 Raf7 $1
23. h3 h5 $1 {Van Oosterom threatens to assault the king. His opponent
retreats and gives away the initiative.} 24. Qd1 $2 {White uses his queen for
the defence of square g4.} ({The crucial line is} 24. Qxa5 $5 g5 25. Nh2 {He
defends well in} f3 $5 26. Nxf3 g4 27. hxg4 hxg4 28. Nh2 Rxf2 29. g3 $1 Nd4 30.
Be3 R2f7 31. Rf1) 24... Rb7 25. Rb5 Rxb6 26. Rxa5 Bc6 27. Ra7 Qb8 28. Ra3 Qc7
29. Bc2 Nd4 30. Qd3 $6 ({Better chances of survival result from} 30. Ba4 Bxa4
31. Rxa4 Qd7 32. Ra3 Qe6 33. Rc3 Rb4 34. Qd3 Nxf3+ 35. gxf3 $1 {White has
built a fortress.}) 30... Nxc2 31. Qxc2 Rfb8 32. Qd3 Bf8 33. Rb3 Qb7 34. Nd2
Ra8 35. Qb1 Raa6 36. Rxb6 Rxb6 37. Qd3 Ra6 38. a3 Rb6 39. Qe2 Bd7 40. Kh2 Be6
41. Qd1 Bh6 42. Qf3 Qf7 43. Qc3 g5 44. Rh1 $5 Kh7 45. Kg1 Kg6 46. Qd3 Qd7 47.
Qc2 Bf8 48. Kh2 Be7 49. Bb2 Ra6 50. Ra1 Qa4 51. Qd3 g4 52. Rc1 Rb6 53. Bc3 Kf7
54. Ra1 Bg5 55. Kg1 Ke7 56. Kh1 Rb8 ({Even stronger is} 56... f3 $1) 57. Rg1
Bh4 58. Rf1 gxh3 59. gxh3 Qa6 60. a4 $5 Rg8 $1 {This move wins faster than the
capture of the a-pawn.} 61. a5 Qc8 62. Kh2 Rg7 $1 {White has no appropriate
defence.} 63. Rg1 ({The pointe is} 63. Bb2 Bg3+ $1 64. fxg3 Rxg3 65. Rf3 Bxc4
$1) 63... Rxg1 64. Kxg1 Bxh3 65. Qf3 Qg8+ 66. Kh2 Bc8 67. Qg2 Qxg2+ 68. Kxg2
Ba6 69. Nf3 Bf6 70. Nd2 Kd7 71. Kf3 Kc6 72. Ke2 Kb7 73. Kd3 Ka7 {The moves ..
Bc8-e6, ..Ka6 and ..Bd8 will be followed by promotion of the passed pawn or
the gain of a second pawn.} 0-1

[Event "WC15 Final"]
[Site "ICCF 1996-2002"]
[Date "1996.11.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gottardi, Gottardo"]
[Black "Barlow, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Qf4 c5 (10... Nf6 {stems from Galkin-Pushkov, Azov
1995.}) 11. dxc5 Qa5 12. Kb1 Nxc5 13. Nxc5 Qxc5 14. Bd3 Qb4 $6 15. Qg3 Bf6 16.
Ne5 Qh4 17. Qe3 $5 {White plays like Spassky. He avoids a better endgame and
sacrifices a pawn for an attack.} Bxe5 18. Qxe5 Qxf2 19. g4 Bd7 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7
21. Rxd7 Qg2 22. Qh5+ Kg8 23. Rhd1 Rac8 24. c3 b5 25. a3 b4 $1 {A fine defence
starts with a sacrifice.} 26. axb4 Qe4+ {The combination continues.} 27. R1d3
$5 ({The pointe is} 27. Ka1 a5 $1 28. R7d4 Qc2 29. bxa5 Rxc3 $1 {drawn.}) 27...
Rcd8 $1 28. Ka2 Qxd3 29. Rxd3 Rxd3 30. Qb5 Rdd8 31. c4 Rb8 32. Qa5 Rfe8 33. Kb3
e5 $1 {Black's passed pawn gives ample counter-play.} 34. Qxa7 e4 35. Qe3 Rbd8
36. Kc2 Rd3 37. Qe2 Rf3 38. Kd1 Rf4 39. Qe3 Rf1+ $5 {Black does not repeat the
moves and plays for a win.} 40. Ke2 Rh1 41. Qf4 Rb1 42. Qd2 e3 43. Qd4 Rg1 44.
Qd5 Rxg4 45. Qc6 Rge4 46. b5 R4e6 47. Qd7 Kf8 48. c5 Rg6 49. Qd5 Rf6 50. c6
Rf2+ 51. Ke1 Rxb2 52. Qd3 Ra2 ({The trick} 52... Ra8 $4 53. c7 Ra1+ 54. Qd1
Rxd1+ 55. Kxd1 {is too simple for correspondence chess.}) 53. Qd4 Rc2 54. Qd3
Ra2 55. Qd4 {An ingenious game ends with a repetition of moves.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "WC15 Final"]
[Site "ICCF 1996-2002"]
[Date "1996.11.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gottardi, Gottardo"]
[Black "Finocchiaro, Fabio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Be3 Bg4 6. f3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Qe6 8.
Bb5+ Nc6 9. Kf2 Nd5 10. Bd2 $5 (10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Qd2 {is known from
Kulhanek-Suran, Plzen 1992.}) 10... Bf5 11. Ne2 Bxb1 $6 (11... a6 $1 12. Bc4
Ne3 $1 13. Bxe6 Nxd1+ 14. Rxd1 Bxe6 {keeps the equality.}) 12. Rxb1 a6 13. Ba4
Qd7 14. Rc1 b5 15. Bb3 e6 16. Bxd5 Qxd5 17. Be3 Qd7 $5 18. d5 $1 exd5 19. Nd4
Rc8 $6 {White has given a pawn for the blockade.} ({The right response gives} 
19... Nd8 $1 {(the knight might go to e6)} 20. Bf4 Ra7 21. Re1+ Be7) 20. Re1
Be7 21. Nxc6 Rxc6 22. Bc5 $1 Rxc5 (22... Re6 $6 23. Rxe6 fxe6 24. Bxe7 Kxe7 25.
Qd4 {takes a great risk.}) 23. Rxc5 Qa7 24. Qxd5 O-O 25. b4 $1 h6 26. Qc6 Bxc5+
27. bxc5 Qa8 28. Qxa8 Rxa8 {White has excellent winning chances in the rook
ending.} 29. f4 $2 ({The centre is conquered by} 29. Re5 $3 Kf8 30. Ke3 f6 31.
Rd5 Ke7 32. Kd4 Rc8 33. Rd6) 29... Rd8 $1 30. Rc1 Kf8 31. Ke3 Ke7 32. Rc3 Rc8
33. Kd4 Rd8+ 34. Ke3 Rc8 35. Kd4 Rd8+ 36. Ke5 Rd2 37. c6 f6+ 38. Ke4 Kd8 39.
Ra3 Rxg2 40. Rxa6 Rd2 41. Ra7 g5 42. fxg5 hxg5 43. Kf5 Rxh2 44. Ke6 Rd2 45. a3
1/2-1/2

[Event "WC15 Final"]
[Site "ICCF 1996-2002"]
[Date "1996.11.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gottardi, Gottardo"]
[Black "Poulsen, Allan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 e6 6. cxd4 b6 $6 7. Bc4 $5 Ba6
8. b3 Bb7 $2 {Black loses time. White applies the strategy of restraint.} 9.
O-O Be7 10. Bxd5 Bxd5 11. Nc3 Bb7 12. d5 $1 O-O 13. d6 $1 Bh4 14. Bd2 h6 15.
Rc1 f5 16. Nb5 Na6 17. b4 Bg5 18. Nxg5 hxg5 {Black's position looks horrible.}
19. Qa4 $6 ({The plan can be continued with} 19. Qh5 $1 g4 20. a3 $1 Rc8 21.
Bg5 Qe8 22. Qxe8 Rfxe8 23. Nxa7 {White has won a pawn and continues the
constraint.}) 19... f4 20. Nc7 Nxc7 21. Rxc7 Bc6 22. b5 Bd5 23. Rfc1 Qe8 24. h3
Qf7 25. f3 Rfd8 26. h4 a6 $1 27. bxa6 b5 $1 28. Qxb5 gxh4 29. Qd3 h3 $1 30. Kf2
Qh5 31. Rh1 Qxe5 32. Rxh3 Bc6 ({A risk is taken by} 32... Qxd6 $5 33. Bc3 $1
Kf7 34. Bxg7 $1 Rg8 35. Bc3 $1) 33. Kg1 Qc5+ 34. Kh2 Kf7 35. Bxf4 Rh8 36. Be3
Rxh3+ 37. Kxh3 Qe5 38. f4 Qh5+ 39. Kg3 Bb5 40. Qb3 Rh8 41. Rc5 Qh2+ 42. Kf2
Qh4+ 43. Kf3 Bxa6 44. Qb6 Bf1 45. Rg5 Qe1 46. Qb2 Rh7 47. Qd2 Qb1 48. f5 Bc4
49. fxe6+ Bxe6 50. a4 Rh4 51. Kg3 Qe4 52. a5 Rg4+ 53. Rxg4 Qxg4+ 54. Kh2 Bc4
55. Bf4 Qe2 56. Qd4 g6 57. Be3 Ke6 58. Qe4+ Kxd6 59. Qxg6+ Kd5 60. Qf5+ Kd6 61.
Bf2 Qd3 62. Qf6+ Kd5 63. Qg5+ Kd6 64. Qh6+ Be6 65. Qf8+ Kd5 66. Qc5+ Ke4 67.
Bg3 Qd4 68. Qh5 Qc4 69. Qf3+ Kd4 70. Qb7 Bd5 71. Qb6+ Kd3 72. Qb1+ Qc2 73. Qb5+
Qc4 74. Qxd7 Qe4 75. Qb5+ Kc2 76. Qf1 Qh7+ 77. Kg1 Qa7+ 78. Qf2+ Qxf2+ 79. Kxf2
Kb3 80. Bc7 {Two extra pawns have no value.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "WC15 Final"]
[Site "ICCF 1996-2002"]
[Date "1996.11.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gottardi, Gottardo"]
[Black "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 Ne5 8.
Be2 Qg6 9. O-O d6 10. f3 O-O 11. Nd2 d5 12. Kh1 dxe4 13. fxe4 Bg4 14. Bf4 Bxe2
15. Qxe2 Bd6 16. Nb5 N7c6 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Nc4 Qc5 19. Ne3 Ne7 20. b4 $5 ({
Known is} 20. Nd5 {from Anka-Vul, Kecskemet 1992.}) 20... Qxc3 21. Rac1 Qd4 22.
Rxc7 N5g6 23. Qf3 ({Or} 23. Rxb7 Nxf4 24. Rxf4 Ng6 25. Rf1 Qxe4 26. Qf3 {
(Timmerman).}) 23... Nxf4 (23... Qxb4 24. Bg3 $1 {leads to active piece play
for White.}) 24. Rxe7 Qxb4 25. Nf5 Ng6 26. Rc7 Rae8 {Both parties want to draw.
} 27. Nxg7 $1 Rxe4 28. Nh5 Re1 29. Nf6+ Kg7 30. Nh5+ ({Avoids} 30. Nd7 $2 Rxf1+
31. Qxf1 Re8 32. Qa1+ Kh6 {(Timmerman).}) 30... Kg8 31. Nf6+ Kg7 32. Nh5+ Kg8
1/2-1/2

[Event "WC15 Final"]
[Site "ICCF 1996-2002"]
[Date "1996.11.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Maes, Valeer"]
[Black "Finocchiaro, Fabio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Rc8 13. e4 b5 14. Re1 dxc4 15.
bxc4 bxc4 16. Qc2 Re8 17. Rad1 Bf8 18. Nf1 Qc7 19. Ne3 e5 20. Bf1 exd4 21. Bxd4
Ne5 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 23. Bxc4 Bxc4 24. Nxc4 Ree8 25. Re3 Rcd8 26. Red3 Rxd3 27.
Qxd3 Be7 28. Qd7 Qxd7 29. Rxd7 Bc5 30. e5 Kf8 31. Rc7 Bd4 32. Kf1 Bxe5 33. Rxa7
Bd4 34. Rd7 Bc5 35. Rc7 Re4 36. Nb2 Bd4 37. Nd3 Re6 38. Nb4 c5 39. Nc6 Bc3 40.
a4 Re1+ 41. Kg2 g6 42. a5 Ra1 43. Rc8+ Kg7 44. Ra8 c4 45. a6 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "WC15 Final"]
[Site "ICCF 1996-2002"]
[Date "1996.11.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Maes, Valeer"]
[Black "Gottardi, Gottardo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 $5 4. c4 Bb7 5. a4 bxc4 6. Nc3 d6 7. e4 g6 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. h3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. a5 Rb8 12. Qe2 Ne8 ({He diverts from} 12... Ba8
{(Koczka-Nagy, Hungary 1994).}) 13. Bf4 Bc8 14. Ra2 ({Overprotection by} 14.
Rfc1 $1 Rb4 15. b3 $1 {is more effective.}) 14... Rb4 15. Bd2 Nc7 16. Re1 Ne5
17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Nd1 Rb8 19. Bc3 Bg7 20. Ne3 Bd7 21. Qd2 Bb5 22. Bxb5 Rxb5 $6
(22... Nxb5 $1 {shortens the draw.}) 23. Nc4 Qd7 24. Raa1 Rb3 25. Rac1 Bxc3 26.
bxc3 f6 27. Qd3 Rfb8 28. f4 Kg7 29. e5 Rd8 ({Not} 29... dxe5 $2 30. d6 $1 exd6
31. fxe5 d5 32. exf6+ Kxf6 33. Ne5 $1) 30. exf6+ exf6 31. a6 Qf7 32. Rcd1 f5
33. Na5 Rb6 34. Nc6 Rd7 35. c4 Qf6 36. Nxa7 Rxa6 37. Nc6 Ra2 38. Rd2 Rxd2 39.
Qxd2 h6 40. Rb1 Kh7 41. Qe1 Rg7 42. Rb8 Rg8 43. Rb7 Rg7 44. Rb8 Rg8 45. Qa5 Rg7
$1 46. Kh2 Qh4 47. Qd2 Rg8 48. Rb7 Rg7 49. Rb8 Rg8 50. Rb7 Rg7 51. Qe3 Ne8 52.
Na5 Nf6 $1 53. Rxg7+ Kxg7 54. Qe7+ Kg8 55. Qe6+ Kg7 {Black has defended
ingeniously.} 56. Qe7+ ({Or} 56. g3 Qh5 57. Qe7+ Kg8 58. Nc6 Qf3 59. Qd8+ Kg7
60. Qc7+ Kh8 $1) 1/2-1/2

[Event "WC15 Final"]
[Site "ICCF 1996-2002"]
[Date "1996.11.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Maes, Valeer"]
[Black "Poulsen, Allan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Rc1 Bg4 13. h3 Be6 14. Kh2 Qd7 15.
Qa4 a6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Rfd1 Bf5 18. Bd4 Qb7 19. e3 Rac8 20. a3 Nh7 21. b4 Ng5
22. f4 Ne6 23. e4 Nxd4 24. Rxd4 Qb6 25. Qd1 dxe4 26. Nxe4 a5 27. Nd6 Bxd6 28.
Rxd6 axb4 29. axb4 Qxb4 30. Rcxc6 Rxc6 31. Rxc6 Re1 32. Qd5 Qb1 33. Rc7 Be6
1/2-1/2

[Event "WC15 Final"]
[Site "ICCF 1996-2002"]
[Date "1996.11.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Maes, Valeer"]
[Black "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 e5 8. d5
Ne7 9. e4 Nd7 10. Ne1 f5 11. Nd3 Nf6 12. Bg5 fxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Bf5
15. Qe2 ({Known is} 15. f3 {(Voiska-Nikolin, Igalo 1994).}) 15... Qd7 16. f3
Rf7 17. Nf2 h6 18. Be3 Qe8 $5 19. Qd2 Qf8 20. b4 Bd7 21. g4 $6 Nf5 $1 {Black
starts a dire counteraction.} 22. gxf5 gxf5 23. Bc2 ({White gives a pawn for
the initiative in} 23. Ng4 $5 fxg4 24. fxg4 Bxg4 25. Qg2 h5 26. h3 Bf5 27. Bxf5
Rxf5 28. Kh2 $1) 23... f4 24. Bxa7 Rxa7 25. Ne4 Ra3 26. Bb3 Bf5 27. Qe2 Bf6 28.
Kh1 Rg7 29. Rg1 Bg5 30. c5 Kh8 31. b5 $5 dxc5 $5 32. Nxg5 hxg5 33. Qxe5 Kh7 34.
b6 $5 {White seeks a violent solution for his positional problems.} cxb6 35. d6
c4 36. Bxc4 Rxf3 37. d7 $1 Bxd7 38. Rxg5 Rxg5 39. Qxg5 {The black pieces are
placed more actively.} Bc6 $1 ({Timmerman allows perpetual check, because} 
39... Rh3 $2 40. Rd1 $1 Bc6+ 41. Bd5 {favours White.}) 40. Qh5+ Qh6 41. Qf7+
Qg7 42. Qh5+ Qh6 43. Qf7+ Qg7 44. Qh5+ Qh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "WC15 Final"]
[Site "ICCF 1996-2002"]
[Date "1996.11.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Poulsen, Allan"]
[Black "Barlow, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Bd3 b6 11. h4 Bb7 12. c3 c5 13. Neg5 $5 h6 14. Bh7+
Kh8 15. Bc2 $5 Qc7 16. Qd3 $5 Nf6 17. Ne5 Bd6 18. Rhe1 cxd4 $2 {White's
aggressive novelty pays off.} ({Better is} 18... Rac8) 19. Ng4 $1 Ba6 $1 20.
Qxa6 Nxg4 21. Qd3 Bf4+ 22. Kb1 g6 23. Nh3 h5 ({White attacks in} 23... dxc3 $2
24. Nxf4 Qxf4 25. Re4 Qf5 26. Qxc3+) 24. f3 Ne3 25. Nxf4 Qxf4 26. g3 Qf6 27.
Qxd4 Qxd4 28. Rxd4 Nf5 $1 {Pawn g3 becomes weak.} ({The simple} 28... Nxc2 $2
29. Kxc2 Rfd8 30. Red1 Rxd4 31. Rxd4 Kg7 32. Rd7 Kf6 33. Kd3 {gives no
counter-play to Black.}) 29. Bxf5 gxf5 30. Rd7 {Black has to make the most
active moves in the double rook ending.} a6 $2 (30... a5 $1 31. Red1 Kg7 32. f4
Kf6 33. R1d3 Rg8 34. R7d6 b5 $1 35. Kc2 a4 $1 36. Kd2 Rab8 {creates a bastion.}
) 31. Red1 Kg7 32. f4 Kf6 33. a4 Rg8 34. R1d3 Rg7 35. Rb7 $1 Rag8 36. Rxb6 Rxg3
37. Rxg3 Rxg3 38. Rxa6 Rf3 39. a5 Rxf4 40. Rd6 Ke5 41. Rd1 (41. Rd1 Rxh4 42. b4
Rc4 43. Kc2 h4 44. a6 {is elementary.}) 1-0

[Event "WC15 Final"]
[Site "ICCF 1996-2002"]
[Date "1996.11.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Poulsen, Allan"]
[Black "Finocchiaro, Fabio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. c4 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 Nf6 10. f3 O-O 11. Nc3 Rac8 12. b3 Rfd8 13. Qd2 e6 14. Rad1 b6
$5 ({Black ends a bad opening since the 'theoretical move'} 14... d5 {can be
met by} 15. Qf2 $1 Ne7 16. Nde2) 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Bd4 Ne8 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18.
Kh1 a6 19. f4 Nf6 20. f5 $1 Rd7 $2 {Black makes one mistake and the
unstoppable train heads to death.} ({The natural} 20... Qc5 $2 21. fxe6 fxe6 {
is refuted by} 22. Rxf6 $1 Kxf6 23. Qh6 Qf2 24. e5+ Ke7 25. Ne4 Qf7 26. Kg1 $1
d5 27. Rf1) ({Correct is the humble} 20... Qc7 $1 21. Qf4 Qe7 $1 22. fxe6 fxe6
23. e5 dxe5 24. Qxe5 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Kf7 26. Rf1 Rc5) 21. Qf4 Rf8 22. fxe6 fxe6
23. e5 dxe5 24. Qxe5 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Kg8 26. h3 Ne8 27. Re1 Ng7 28. Ne4 Rd8 29.
Nf6+ Kh8 30. Rf1 Qb7 31. Ne4 Kg8 32. Qf6 $1 Qc7 33. Ng5 Ra8 ({Black loses
after the elegant} 33... Re8 34. Nf7 Qb8 35. Nh6+ Kh8 36. Rd1 Qc7 37. Rd6 $1
Qe7 38. Nf7+ Kg8 39. Qxe7 Rxe7 40. Ne5 $1) 34. Nf7 Qc8 35. Nh6+ Kh8 36. b4 Rb8
37. Qe5 {Poulsen demonstrated the strategy of restraint perfectly.} ({White
wins by} 37. Qe5 Rb7 38. c5 bxc5 39. bxc5 Qb8 40. c6 $1) 1-0

[Event "WC15 Final"]
[Site "ICCF 1996-2002"]
[Date "1996.11.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Poulsen, Allan"]
[Black "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bd7 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nc6 12. d5 Na7 13. Nbd2 O-O 14. Nf1 Qb8 15. h3
Nc8 16. g4 Kh8 17. Ng3 Ng8 18. Kh2 g6 19. Rg1 Bf6 20. Qf1 Nce7 21. Qg2 Qe8 22.
Be3 Bg7 23. Nd2 Rd8 24. Bd1 Bh6 25. g5 Bg7 26. axb5 axb5 27. Ra6 Nc8 28. b4 c4
29. Bg4 f5 30. gxf6 Bxf6 31. Ne2 Qe7 32. Nf3 Rf7 33. Qg3 Rdf8 34. Kg2 h6 35.
Ra8 Bxg4 36. Qxg4 Qb7 37. Rga1 Kh7 38. h4 Bg7 {White has gained some territory
during long manoeuvring in a Closed Ruy Lopez.} 39. Ng5+ $5 {An explosion
occurs.} ({The expected move is} 39. Nd2) 39... hxg5 40. hxg5 Nge7 41. Qe6 Kg8
42. R1a5 Kh7 43. Ng3 Rf3 44. Ra1 R3f7 45. R8a5 Kh8 46. Nf1 Nxd5 $5 {Black
returns a knight in order to lift the restriction.} 47. exd5 $5 ({The
alternative} 47. Qxd5 Qxd5 48. exd5 Ne7 $1 49. Rxb5 Nf5 50. Ng3 Nxe3+ 51. fxe3
Rf2+ 52. Kh3 R2f3 53. Re1 e4 54. Kg4 Bxc3 {also keeps the equality.}) 47... Re7
48. Qxg6 Qxd5+ 49. Kg1 e4 50. Qh5+ Kg8 51. Rd1 Qe6 52. Nh2 Bxc3 53. Ng4 Rh7 54.
Nh6+ Kh8 55. Rxb5 Ne7 56. Rb6 Nd5 57. Ra6 Nxe3 58. Rdxd6 Qf5 59. Nxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "WC15 Final"]
[Site "ICCF 1996-2002"]
[Date "1996.11.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Black "Barlow, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Bd3 b6 11. h4 Bb7 12. c3 c5 13. Neg5 h6 14. Bh7+ Kh8
15. Be4 Bxe4 16. Nxe4 cxd4 17. Qxd4 Nc5 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. Qf4 Qf6 20. Qxf6 gxf6
21. Rd2 b5 22. Rhd1 Rg8 23. g3 Rg4 24. Rc2 a6 25. Rd7 Ra7 26. Rd8+ Rg8 27. Rd3
f5 28. Kd1 Kg7 29. Ke2 Rc8 30. Rcd2 Be7 31. Ne5 b4 32. cxb4 Bxb4 33. Rd7 Rxd7
34. Rxd7 Rc2+ 35. Kf3 Kf6 36. Nd3 Be7 37. Ra7 Rc6 38. Rb7 Bd6 39. Nb4 Bxb4 40.
Rxb4 Rc2 41. a4 a5 42. Rb5 Kg6 43. Ke3 Kh5 44. Kf3 Kg6 45. Ke3 Kh5 46. Kf3 Kg6
1/2-1/2

[Event "WC15 Final"]
[Site "ICCF 1996-2002"]
[Date "1996.11.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Black "Finocchiaro, Fabio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. f4
Nc5 9. Qf3 Be7 10. Be3 Qc7 11. O-O b5 12. f5 e5 13. Nde2 Bb7 14. Ng3 Nxb3 15.
cxb3 b4 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Qb7 18. Rad1 h6 19. Rf2 Rc8 20. h3 a5 21. Kh2 Qb5
22. Rfd2 Bd8 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. Qxe4 Bf6 25. Rc2 Rxc2 26. Qxc2 O-O 27. Qc4 Rb8
28. Qc7 Rd8 29. Qc4 Rb8 30. Qc7 Rd8 31. Qc4 Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "WC15 Final"]
[Site "ICCF 1996-2002"]
[Date "1996.11.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Black "Poulsen, Allan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. Bg5
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Qb6 11. a4 b4 12. Nce2 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Ng3 Qc5 15.
Be3 Qa5 16. f4 d5 17. e5 Nd7 18. Kh1 Nc5 19. Nh5 Ne4 20. Qg4 g6 21. Rad1 Kh8
22. Ng3 Nc5 23. Bd4 Rg8 24. Nf1 Bb7 25. Ne3 Ne4 26. Qf3 Rg7 27. Ng4 Qd8 28. Qe3
Rc8 29. Rf1 a5 30. Rf3 Rc6 31. c4 bxc3 32. bxc3 Ba6 33. Bc2 h5 34. Rh3 Rh7 35.
Bxe4 hxg4 36. Rxh7+ Kxh7 37. Bb1 Qb8 38. Qg3 Bc5 39. Qh4+ Kg8 40. Bxc5 Rxc5 41.
Qxg4 {Black has made a temporary pawn sacrifice.} Qb2 $2 ({Correct is} 41...
Qe8 $1 42. f5 exf5 43. Qd4 Qc6 44. Ba2 Bc4) 42. Bxg6 $1 Qe2 43. Bh5+ Qxg4 44.
Bxg4 Rxc3 45. Kg1 Bd3 46. Kf2 Bg6 47. Be2 Ra3 48. Rd4 Bf5 49. Bd1 Ra2+ 50. Kg3
Be4 51. Bf3 Ra3 52. Kg4 Bxf3+ 53. gxf3 Re3 54. h4 Kg7 55. Rd1 Ra3 56. f5 Kh6 $2
({The prosaic} 56... Rxa4+ 57. f4 (57. Kg5 Ra3 58. Rf1 Re3 59. f4 Rg3+ 60. Kh5
a4 61. f6+ Kh8 62. Rc1 a3 63. Rc7 a2 64. Ra7 Rg2) 57... Kh6 58. h5 Rb4 59. Rc1
Rc4 {draws.}) 57. fxe6 fxe6 58. Rd4 Re3 59. f4 Kg6 60. Rd1 Re2 61. Rg1 Rf2 62.
Rb1 Rg2+ 63. Kf3 Rh2 64. Kg4 Rg2+ 65. Kf3 Rh2 66. Rb7 Ra2 67. Re7 Kh5 68. Rh7+
Kg6 69. Re7 Kh5 70. Rh7+ $1 ({Not} 70. Rxe6 $2 Ra3+ $1 71. Ke2 Kg4) 70... Kg6
71. Rh8 Kg7 72. Re8 Kf7 73. Ra8 Kg6 74. Rf8 Ra1 75. Kg3 $1 ({No win brings} 75.
Rf6+ Kh5 76. Rxe6 Ra3+ 77. Ke2 Kg4 78. Rd6 Rxa4 79. Rxd5 Kxf4 {(Timmerman).})
75... Rg1+ 76. Kf2 $1 Ra1 77. Kf3 $1 {White has made a triangle with his king.
It is zugzwang.} Rc1 ({Crucial is} 77... Ra2 $1 78. Rf6+ Kh5 79. f5 $1 {
(Timmerman)} Ra3+ $1 80. Ke2 $1 Rxa4 {If the checks continue, the king moves
to c5.} 81. fxe6 $1 Rxh4 82. Rf5+ Kg6 83. e7 $1 {White wins.}) 78. Rf6+ Kh5 79.
Rxe6 Rc3+ 80. Ke2 Kg4 81. Rd6 Rc4 82. Kd3 Rxa4 83. e6 Kxf4 ({Or} 83... Rxf4 84.
h5 $1 Kxh5 85. e7 $1) 84. h5 {This win brought Timmerman close to the world
championship title.} 1-0

[Event "WC15 Final"]
[Site "ICCF 1996-2002"]
[Date "1996.11.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Gottardi, Gottardo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 $5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 ({The aggressive} 5. Nc3
$5 {leads to a ferocious fight.}) 5... Nc6 6. Ngf3 Qe7 7. e3 Ngxe5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5
9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O a5 11. a3 Bxd2 12. Qxd2 d6 13. b3 {The game peters out.} ({
Usual is} 13. b4) 13... b6 14. e4 Bb7 15. f3 Qe6 16. Rfe1 f5 17. exf5 Qxf5 18.
Bg3 Rfe8 19. Bf1 Qf6 20. Rad1 Re6 21. Re3 h5 22. h4 Rae8 23. Rde1 Qg6 24. Kh2
Qf6 25. Kh1 Qg6 26. Bf4 Qf7 27. Bh2 Qf6 28. Qd4 Qf5 29. Qc3 Bc6 30. Bg3 Ng6 31.
Rxe6 Rxe6 32. Bd3 Rxe1+ 33. Bxe1 Qe6 34. Bc2 Ne5 35. Qe3 Qf6 36. Bg3 Ng6 37.
Qe1 Kf7 38. Kh2 Nf4 39. Qe3 Ng6 40. Qd3 Nf4 41. Qd2 Ne6 42. Bd1 g6 43. b4 axb4
44. axb4 Bd7 45. Qd3 Nd4 46. c5 bxc5 47. bxc5 Bb5 48. Qc3 d5 49. Qa5 c6 50.
Qc7+ Qe7 51. Qxe7+ Kxe7 52. Bf2 Be2 53. Ba4 Bb5 54. Bd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "WC15 Final"]
[Site "ICCF 1996-2002"]
[Date "1996.11.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Maes, Valeer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. e4
dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 h6 11. Bc2 e5 12. Re1 Bb4 13. Bd2 Bxd2 14. Qxd2 exd4
15. Nxd4 Nf6 16. Qc3 Bd7 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. h3 (18. Re7 $5 Rae8 19. Ne6 $5 fxe6
20. Rdxd7 Rxe7 21. Rxc7 Rxc7 {brings no advantage.}) 18... Rfe8 19. Nf3 c5 20.
Ne5 Rad8 21. Rd3 Bc8 22. Rde3 Nd7 23. Nxd7 Qxd7 24. Be4 b6 25. Bd5 Kh8 26. b4
Rxe3 27. Rxe3 Bb7 28. bxc5 Bxd5 29. Rd3 Qc7 30. Qd2 bxc5 31. Rxd5 Rxd5 32. Qxd5
Kg8 33. h4 g6 34. h5 gxh5 35. Qxh5 Qd6 36. Qg4+ Kf8 37. g3 a5 38. Kg2 Qe5 39.
a3 Ke7 40. Qf3 Qd4 41. Qe2+ Kf6 42. Kh3 Qe5 43. Qf3+ Qf5+ 44. Kg2 Qxf3+ 45.
Kxf3 Ke5 46. Ke3 h5 47. a4 f5 48. f4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "WC15 Final"]
[Site "ICCF 1996-2002"]
[Date "1996.11.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 13. a4 a5 14. Nd3 b6 15. b4 axb4
16. Nxb4 Nf6 17. Nc6 ({The usual} 17. Nd3 $1 {keeps a plus.}) 17... Nxc6 18.
dxc6 Qe8 19. Nd5 Rf7 20. a5 bxa5 21. Qa4 g4 22. Qb5 $5 ({Known is} 22. Bh4)
22... Nxd5 23. cxd5 g3 $1 24. hxg3 fxg3 25. Bxg3 Bh6 {The opening favours
Black.} 26. Kf2 $2 ({The prosaic} 26. Rxa5 $1 Rxa5 27. Qxa5 Rg7 {(Timmerman)
has to be followed by} 28. Rb1 $1 Rxg3 29. Kf2 Bf4 (29... Kh8 $5 30. Qxc7 $1)
30. Rb8 Rxg2+ $1 31. Kxg2 Bh3+ 32. Kxh3 Qxb8 33. Qe1 $1 {and survival.}) 26...
Qe7 27. Rh1 Qg5 28. Rxh6 $1 ({White has to avoid} 28. Bh4 $2 Qe3+ 29. Kf1 Ba6
30. Bf2 Qd2 31. Be1 Qc2 {(Timmerman).}) 28... Qxh6 29. Rxa5 Rxa5 30. Qxa5 Kh8
31. Qa3 Qg6 32. Qa8 Rf8 33. Bh4 Qh6 34. g3 $6 (34. Be7 Re8 {is okay (Timmerman)
.}) 34... Bf5 $1 35. Qa4 Bg6 36. Qc2 Kg8 37. Bd3 Bh5 38. Be2 Bg6 39. Bd3 Rb8
40. Be2 Qf8 41. Bg5 Rb4 42. Kg2 Qb8 43. Bh6 Rb2 44. Qc4 Qa7 45. Bc1 Ra2 46. Be3
Qa5 47. Bh6 Kf7 48. g4 $6 {This weakening is unnecessary.} Ra1 49. Bf1 Qa7 50.
Qd3 Ra3 51. Qc4 Ra2+ 52. Be2 Qa5 53. Bc1 Kg7 $1 54. Kf2 Ra1 55. Bf1 Qb6+ 56.
Be3 Qb1 57. Kg2 h5 58. gxh5 Bxh5 59. Bf2 Kf7 $1 60. Qd3 Qxf1+ $1 {A
combination forces the win.} 61. Qxf1 Rxf1 62. Kxf1 Bxf3 63. Be1 ({Or} 63. Bb6
cxb6 64. c7 Bg4) 63... Ke8 64. Ba5 Kd8 {Timmerman has accomplished a
masterpiece.} 0-1

[Event "WC15 Final*"]
[Site "ICCF 1996-2002"]
[Date "1996.11.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Carleton, John"]
[Black "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C27"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Qh5 Nd6 5. Bb3 Nc6 6. Nb5 g6 7. Qf3 f5 8.
Qd5 Qe7 9. Nxc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 b6 11. d3 Bb7 12. h4 f4 13. Qf3 Nd4 14. Qg4 Bxa8
15. Bd2 Bg7 {This position of the Frankenstein-Dracula Variation is popular in
correspondence chess.} 16. Nh3 $6 {Carleton had success with this move in a
previous game.} ({Better seems to me} 16. c3 $1 h5 17. Qh3 N4f5 18. O-O-O {
(Lagland-Vailahti, corr. Finland 1970).}) 16... Bf6 $1 {Timmerman plays his
novelty. He fights for square g5.} 17. Bb4 Kc7 18. c4 $2 ({Control over black
squares is vied by} 18. c3 $1 N4f5 {(Timmerman)} 19. Ng5 h5 20. Qh3 Bxg5 21.
hxg5 Qxg5 22. Rh2) 18... a5 19. Ba3 Qg7 20. Ng5 h5 21. Bxd6+ Kxd6 22. Qh3 Bxg5
23. hxg5 Qe7 24. Ba4 Rh7 $1 25. O-O-O Qxg5 26. f3 Qg3 $1 27. Rd2 {Exchange of
queens favours Black.} h4 28. Kb1 g5 29. Bd1 Qxh3 30. Rxh3 Kc5 $1 {The black
squares are utilised.} 31. b3 Nf5 32. Rh1 Kd4 33. a3 Ne3 34. b4 g4 $1 35. fxg4
Bxg2 36. Rxg2 Nxg2 37. Bf3 Ne3 38. Be4 Rh8 39. Rc1 axb4 40. axb4 Rf8 0-1

[Event "WC15 Final*"]
[Site "ICCF 1996-2002"]
[Date "1996.11.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tomkovich, Viktor"]
[Black "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. d4 a6 7. Ba4 Nxe4 8.
Qe2 Be7 9. Qxe4 Ng6 10. f4 O-O 11. f5 d5 12. Qd3 Nh4 13. c3 $6 c5 14. Rf2 $5 {
White improves on Rakay-Kreizel, corr. 1993.} b5 15. Bc2 g6 16. fxg6 $6 ({
Better chances result from} 16. f6 Bxf6 17. dxc5 Bf5 18. Qf1) 16... fxg6 $1 17.
Rxf8+ Bxf8 18. Be3 $2 ({Correct is} 18. Qd1 $1) 18... Bf5 19. Qd2 Bxc2 20. Qxc2
Qe7 21. Bf2 cxd4 22. Nd2 ({Or} 22. cxd4 Qg5 23. g3 Bg7) 22... dxc3 23. Qxc3 Rd8
24. Re1 Qg5 25. Bxh4 Qxh4 26. Nf3 Qf4 27. Qe5 Qxe5 28. Nxe5 Rc8 29. Kf1 Bb4 30.
Re2 Kg7 31. Nd3 Bd6 32. h3 h5 33. Kf2 Kf6 34. Ke3 Rc4 35. b3 Re4+ 36. Kf3 Kf5
37. Rc2 g5 38. Rc6 g4+ 39. hxg4+ hxg4+ 40. Kf2 Be7 41. Rxa6 Bh4+ 42. Kf1 Re3
43. Nf2 d4 44. a4 b4 {The mail with Russia had been slow. A card with the
resignation finally arrived at the notorious 7/11/2001. Timmerman was the
fifteenth correspondence chess world champion.} 0-1

[Event "von Massow Memorial"]
[Site "BdF-50 1996-2001"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anton, Volker"]
[Black "Van Geet, Dick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A81"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

{Hans-Werner von Massow (1912 - 1988) was a chief organiser and author in
correspondence chess. He edited Fernschach from 1928 until 1939 and thereafter
from 1951. His memorial began in November 1996. This coincided with 50 years/^
Deutscher Fernschachbund. It would be the strongest tournament ever and last
five years.} 1. d4 f5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nf3 c6 5. O-O d6 6. b3 Nh6 $5 7.
Bb2 O-O 8. Qc1 $5 Nf7 9. Rd1 Nd7 $5 (9... Qc7 {was played in Komljenovic -
Bosch, Barcelona 1993.}) 10. c4 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nc3 Qb6 (12... e4 $1 {
neutralises the white plus.}) 13. Na4 Qc7 14. Ng5 Bh6 15. Ne6 $1 Qb8 (15...
Bxc1 $5 16. Nxc7 Bxb2 17. Nxb2 Rb8 {slightly favours White.}) 16. Qc2 Re8 17.
Nec5 Nf8 18. b4 Qc7 19. Nb3 Ne6 20. a3 Neg5 $5 21. Nc3 Bg7 22. Nc5 Bf8 23. Nb3
{Anton expects a repetition and offers a draw. Van Geet refuses after an ill
advice from his brand-new computer.} Bd7 $5 24. Nd2 Ne6 25. e3 Rac8 $6 (25...
b6 $1 {prevents the next move.}) 26. c5 $1 b6 27. cxb6 axb6 28. Rac1 Red8 29.
Qb3 Qb8 $2 ({White only has a plus after} 29... Qa7 {(Van Geet).}) 30. Nde4 $3
{Anton starts a dazzling combination.} fxe4 31. Nxe4 Bg7 32. Rxd7 Rxd7 33. Qxe6
Rcc7 34. Ng5 $1 ({The text is even better than} 34. Rxc6) 34... Qd8 35. h4 $1
c5 $5 ({The pointe is shown by} 35... Rd6 36. Qb3 Rd3 37. Bc3 $1 Qf6 38. Bf1 $1
{and the pin of Nf7 becomes fatal.}) 36. bxc5 bxc5 37. Bc3 Ra7 38. Qb3 $1 Kh8
39. Ne6 Qg8 40. Nxc5 Rd8 41. Bd5 {White has two pawns and a big positional
advantage for the exchange.} Rb8 (41... Rxa3 42. Qxa3 Rxd5 {has little use.})
42. Bb4 Rc7 43. Rc4 Qc8 44. Be6 Qe8 45. Na6 Rxc4 46. Qxc4 Rb7 47. Kg2 $1 Bf8
48. Bd5 Bxb4 49. axb4 Re7 50. b5 Nd6 51. Qc5 Qd7 52. Nb8 Qc7 53. Nc6 Re8 54. b6
Qd7 55. Qb4 Nb7 56. e4 Qd6 57. Qb2 Nd8 58. Nxd8 $1 Qxd8 59. Bc6 Re6 60. b7 Qb8
61. Qa1 Rf6 62. f4 Kg7 63. Qxe5 {Anton had won the tournament!} ({Elementary is
} 63. Qxe5 Qxe5 64. fxe5 Rf8 65. Bd7 Rb8 66. Bc8) 1-0

[Event "von Massow Memorial"]
[Site "BdF-50 1996-2001"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Morgado, Juan"]
[Black "Baumbach, Fritz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B39"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Qd2 Qa5 11. Rc1 b6 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. O-O g5 14. a3 h5
15. c5 $5 {A pawn is sacrificed by a new move.} bxc5 16. Bc4 d6 $2 {There was
no need to return the pawn.} ({Wiser is} 16... g4 $1 {(TB = tournament book)}
17. Rfd1 Rd8) 17. Bxg5 Nxg5 18. Qxg5 Bf6 19. Qf5 {White has positional
advantages and he is going to charge in the centre.} Qd8 20. e5 $1 {More white
pieces will attack the king.} dxe5 21. Rfd1 Qc8 22. Bb5+ Kf8 23. Bd7 Qc7 24. b4
$1 c4 25. Ne4 {Black fights for his last chance.} Rh6 $2 ({Exchanges by} 25...
Bxe4 26. Qxe4 Rd8 27. Qxc4 Qxc4 28. Rxc4 {are necessary, but White gets a fine
endgame (TB).}) ({The active} 25... Rg8 $6 26. g3 Rd8 27. Nc5 h4 28. Rxc4 {
favours White.}) 26. Nc5 $1 Rd8 27. Rxc4 Qc6 28. Nxb7 Rxd7 29. Qxd7 Qxc4 30.
Nc5 Rg6 31. g3 Qe2 ({Or} 31... h4 32. Qxa7 Qe2 33. Rd8+ {(TB).}) 32. Qd3 Qg4
33. Kg2 $1 {White chooses the safest defence.} Kg7 ({Margado has prepared} 
33... h4 34. h3 Qg5 35. g4) 34. h3 Qc8 35. Qe4 $1 Rh6 36. Rd7 a5 37. Qd5 axb4
38. axb4 Rh8 39. b5 Qb8 40. Ne4 Rf8 41. g4 $1 hxg4 42. hxg4 Kg6 43. Qd3 e6 44.
Nxf6+ Kxf6 45. Qh7 ({The pointe is} 45. Qh7 e4 46. Qh6+ Ke5 47. Kg3 $1) 1-0

[Event "von Massow Memorial"]
[Site "BdF-50 1996-2001"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Black "Palciauskas, Vytas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Ng5 Bd5 12. Qg4 $5 {Timmerman brings a novelty
and will confuse the opponent by other odd moves.} Nxb3 13. axb3 h6 14. Nh3 $5
Qd7 15. Qg3 $5 Nd8 $2 ({Correct is} 15... g5 $1 {(TB)} 16. f4 Bg7 {and Black
fights back in the centre.}) 16. Nf4 Bb7 17. Nf3 Ne6 $6 ({Preferable is} 17...
dxc3 18. bxc3 Ne6 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20. Nd4 Qd5 {(TB)} 21. e6 $1 c5 $1) 18. Nxe6
Qxe6 19. Nxd4 Qd5 20. Be3 g5 21. Rad1 Rd8 22. Rfe1 $5 {White can take his time
for preparation, because Black has no active defence.} Be7 23. f3 $1 Bc5 24. e6
$1 {Timmerman makes another discovery in his department of funny moves.} fxe6
25. Qh3 Kf7 26. Bf2 Rd6 27. Qh5+ Kg7 28. c4 $1 bxc4 29. bxc4 {Timmerman scored
10/14, like Anton. The latter had a better SB-score.} ({Gert has prepared} 29.
bxc4 Qxc4 30. Rc1 Qd5 31. Rxc5 $1 Qxc5 32. Nxe6+ Rxe6 33. Rxe6 Qc1+ 34. Be1 {
and White wins.}) 1-0

[Event "von Massow Memorial"]
[Site "BdF-50 1996-2001"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Webb, Simon"]
[Black "Oim, Tonu"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Bg5 Qe6 $5 14.
d5 $6 ({Better is} 14. h3) 14... Qxe4 15. Qd2 a5 $1 ({Known is} 15... f6 {
(Sakaev-Bukhman, Leningrad 1989).}) 16. Rxb7 Nd7 $1 17. h3 Bf5 18. g4 {White
seems to win a piece.} Rfb8 $1 19. Rxb8+ Rxb8 20. Bd1 ({But} 20. gxf5 $2 Rb2
21. Qe3 Rxe2 22. Qxe4 Rxe4 {costs the game (TB).}) 20... Bxg4 21. hxg4 a4 22.
Bxe7 $2 ({Right is} 22. Ne1 $1 a3 23. Qa2 Qb1 24. Qxb1 Rxb1 25. Nc2 a2 26. Bxe7
{White will give a minor piece for the passed pawn.}) 22... Qxe7 23. Bxa4 Rb2
24. Qe3 Qd6 25. Bxd7 Qxd7 26. Qe4 Bc3 27. Nh2 Rb4 28. Qe2 Qxd5 29. Rd1 Qe5 30.
Rd8+ Kg7 31. Re8 Qc5 32. Re3 Bd4 33. Rd3 h5 34. Kg2 h4 35. Rd2 Qg5 36. Kh3 Qf4
37. Rd1 Be5 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 59"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

{The event of 1997 had an exciting fight at the top. Local hero Piket started
well.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Nc3 c5 7. e4 cxd4
8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Nb3 Nc6 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Nxc5 $5 bxc5 12. Bd6 Nd4 13. Qd3 e5 $6 (
{The alternative will become} 13... Re8 $5 {(Miniboeck - Farago, Austria 1998).
}) 14. Bxc5 $5 {Capture of the rook also plays for a win.} Re8 15. Bxd4 exd4
16. Qxd4 Nxe4 17. O-O-O Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Rc8 19. Kb1 a5 $6 {Black encounters
difficulties.} ({Preferable is} 19... Qb6 $1 20. Rxd7 {(Piket)} Be4+ 21. Bd3
Qe6 22. Rd4 Bxg2) 20. f3 Bc6 21. Bd3 Qg5 22. h4 Qc5 23. Rhe1 a4 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8
25. Re1 Rxe1+ 26. Qxe1 g6 27. Qe2 Qd4 $6 (27... d5 $1 28. cxd5 Bxd5 {gives
more resistance (Piket).}) 28. Be4 Bxe4+ 29. fxe4 Kg7 30. Qc2 $6 (30. b4 $1
axb3 31. Qb2 {wins quickly.}) 30... Kf6 31. Ka2 $1 h5 32. Qxa4 Qxe4 33. g3 g5
34. Qa6+ Ke7 35. hxg5 Qe5 36. Qf6+ Qxf6 $1 37. gxf6+ Kxf6 38. Kb3 $1 Ke5 39.
Kc3 $1 {The king moves into the square of the h- pawn.} f5 40. a4 f4 41. gxf4+
1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 59"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. c4 d5 6. O-O dxc4 7. Na3 Nc6 8.
Nxc4 Be6 9. b3 a5 10. Bb2 Bd5 11. Rc1 a4 12. bxa4 Ra6 13. Nfe5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2
Qa8 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. a5 c5+ 17. Kg1 Rd8 18. e3 cxd4 19. exd4 Ne4 20. Qf3 Bxd4
21. Bxd4 Rxd4 22. h4 Rf6 23. Qe2 $6 {White is lost after the opening.} (23. Qa3
{was played in Ivkov - Gheorghiu, Manila 1973.}) 23... Qa6 $1 24. Rc2 Re6 25.
Ne3 Qxa5 26. Rb1 h5 27. Rb8+ Kg7 28. Kg2 c6 29. Rc8 Nxg3 $1 30. fxg3 ({Or} 30.
Kxg3 Rg4+ 31. Kh3 Qa4 $1) 30... Rde4 31. R8xc6 Rxe3 32. Rxe6 Qd5+ $1 33. Kh2
Qxe6 34. Qb5 (34. Qf2 g5 $1 35. hxg5 h4 $1 {elegantly wins for Black.}) 34...
Qg4 35. Rg2 e5 36. a4 Re1 37. Rf2 Qe4 38. Rg2 Ra1 39. Qb6 Rxa4 40. Rf2 Qd5 {
Piket led by two wins. Holland showed great interest.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 59"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4 g6 4. f3 Bg7 5. e4 fxe4 6. fxe4 d6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Be2
c5 9. d5 Ng4 10. O-O Ne5 $5 {White has a plus.} ({Known is} 10... Nd7) 11. Bg5
Nbd7 12. Kh1 h6 13. Bd2 a6 14. Qc2 Rb8 15. a3 Qe8 16. b4 Nxf3 17. gxf3 b5 18.
cxb5 axb5 19. f4 $1 {The attack on the king begins.} Qf7 $6 ({Preferable is} 
19... c4) 20. Rg1 Bd4 21. e5 $1 {Kortschnoj proceeds the assault.} Nxe5 22.
fxe5 Bf5 23. Bd3 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 Bxg1 25. Rxg1 Kh7 ({Not} 25... g5 $2 26. Bxg5 $1
) 26. bxc5 dxc5 27. Ne4 Qf5 $2 (27... Qf3+ 28. Qxf3 Rxf3 29. Nxc5 Rd8 {gives
more resistance.}) 28. Qe3 Qh5 29. d6 Rf3 30. dxe7 Rxe3 31. Nf6+ Kh8 32. Nxh5
Rd3 33. Rxg6 Rxd2 34. Rd6 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 59"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Glek, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nf3 h6 4. Bh4 d6 5. h3 Be7 6. e3 $5 ({Known is} 6. Nbd2)
6... Ne4 $6 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8. Nbd2 Nxd2 9. Qxd2 O-O 10. O-O-O e5 $5 11. dxe5 dxe5
12. Qc3 $1 Nc6 13. Bb5 Re8 $1 ({Not} 13... Bd7 $2 14. Bxc6 Bxc6 15. Nxe5 Bxg2
16. Rhg1 {(Salov).}) 14. Rd2 Nb4 $1 15. Kb1 c6 16. a3 cxb5 17. Qxb4 Qxb4 18.
axb4 f6 $1 {Black has equalised.} 19. Rhd1 Be6 20. b3 Kf7 21. e4 Rac8 22. Kb2
Rc7 23. Ne1 Ke7 24. Nd3 g5 25. h4 $5 gxh4 26. Rh1 h3 27. f4 $5 Rg8 28. gxh3 Rd7
$5 29. fxe5 fxe5 30. Re2 $1 Rd4 $6 (30... Kd6 $1 31. Nc5 Rc7 32. Rf1 b6 33.
Nxe6 Kxe6 34. Ref2 Rg6 {safeguards the pawns.}) 31. Nxe5 Rxb4 32. Ra1 $2 Rg3
33. Rxa7 Kd6 $1 34. Nd3 Rxb3+ $1 (34... Rd4 $2 35. Kc3 {costs material.}) 35.
cxb3 Rxd3 36. b4 Rb3+ 37. Kc2 Rxh3 $2 {Black fails in time troubles.} (37...
Rxb4 $1 38. Rxb7 Ke5 {defends strongly (Salov).}) 38. Rxb7 Bb3+ 39. Kd2 Bc4 40.
Re3 Rh2+ 41. Kc3 Rh1 42. e5+ Kc6 43. Ra7 Rb1 44. Ra6+ Kb7 45. Rxh6 {Salov
began a pursuit of Piket.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 59"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
O-O 9. Rd1 Nc6 10. Qf4 Qb8 11. e4 d6 12. b3 Ne5 13. Qe3 $5 Ned7 14. Qe2 a6 15.
Nd4 Qc7 16. Bd2 $5 Rfe8 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. Be3 Qb8 19. f3 d5 20. cxd5 exd5 21.
exd5 $2 {White loses the battle in the centre.} ({Better is} 21. Nf5 $1 Ba3 22.
Rc2 dxe4 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. fxe4 Rxc2 25. Qxc2) 21... Ba3 $1 22. Rc2 Rxc3 $1 23.
Rxc3 Nxd5 24. Rcd3 Nc5 25. f4 $5 ({Not} 25. Nc6 $2 Bxc6 26. Rxd5 Bxd5 27. Rxd5
Bc1 $1 {(Salov).}) 25... Nxd3 26. Rxd3 Bc5 27. Bxd5 Bxd5 28. Nf5 Be4 29. Bxc5
Bxd3 30. Qxd3 bxc5 31. Qc3 f6 32. Qc4+ Kh8 33. Qf7 ({Or} 33. Qxa6 Qb4 $1) 33...
Rg8 34. h4 Qe8 35. Qd5 Qe1+ 36. Kg2 Qe2+ 37. Kh3 h5 38. Nd6 Qg4+ 39. Kg2 Rf8
40. Kf2 Kh7 41. Qxc5 Rd8 42. Qc2+ g6 43. Qc4 Qd7 44. Ne4 Qe7 45. Qc3 Kg7 46.
Kf3 Re8 47. Qd3 Qb7 $1 {White loses the battle in the centre.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 59"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Short, Nigel"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C86"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Qe2 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. Rd1 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. d5 Bd7 13. Nbd2 c4 14. Nf1 Nb7 15. Ng3
Rfe8 $5 16. h3 Nc5 17. Be3 Rab8 18. b4 cxb3 19. axb3 Rec8 20. Rdc1 a5 21. Nd2
Ne8 22. b4 $1 Na4 {Little has happened so far.} 23. Bxa4 $6 {White creates a
black passed pawn.} ({Better is} 23. Qf3 $1 axb4 24. cxb4) 23... bxa4 24. bxa5
Qxa5 25. c4 Qa6 26. Qd3 Bd8 27. Ne2 g6 28. Nc3 Rb4 29. Ra3 f5 30. f3 $2 (30.
exf5 $1 gxf5 {(Piket)} 31. Bh6 {leads to counter-play for White.}) 30... f4 $1
31. Bf2 Bb6 32. Nd1 Nf6 33. Raa1 Be8 34. Rcb1 Rxb1 35. Rxb1 Nd7 36. Bxb6 Nxb6
37. Rb4 $6 a3 $1 38. Nc3 Nd7 39. Na2 Qa7+ 40. Kf1 Nc5 41. Qc3 g5 42. Rb1 h5 43.
Ke2 Bd7 44. Qb4 Kf7 {Black advances on the kingside quietly.} 45. Qb6 Qxb6 46.
Rxb6 Ke7 47. Nc3 $2 Ra8 $2 (47... Na4 $1 {wins immediately.}) 48. Na2 g4 49.
hxg4 hxg4 50. Nb3 gxf3+ 51. gxf3 Na4 52. Rb7 Rh8 $1 {Short is helpless.} 53.
Nb4 Rh2+ 54. Kd3 Rb2 55. Nc6+ Kf6 $1 56. Rb4 Bh3 57. Rxa4 Rxb3+ 58. Kd2 ({Or} 
58. Ke2 Bg2) 58... Rxf3 59. Nb4 Rf2+ 60. Kc3 Rf3+ 61. Kd2 Rf2+ 62. Ke1 Rb2 63.
Nd3 Rb3 64. Nf2 Rb1+ 65. Ke2 Rb2+ 66. Kf3 Rb3+ 67. Ke2 Bg2 68. c5 Bf3+ 69. Kd2
Rb2+ 70. Kc3 Rxf2 71. cxd6 Bg4 72. Kb4 a2 73. Kc5 Rc2+ 74. Kb6 f3 {Piket kept
on winning.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 59"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 a6 7. Bg5 c6 8. Qd2 b5
9. Bh6 e5 10. O-O-O $6 Bxh6 11. Qxh6 Qa5 12. Qg5 $5 (12. g4 {occurred in
Sokolov - Van Wely, round three.}) 12... Nbd7 13. Ng3 (13. a3 $6 Rb8 $1 {
intensifies the attack on the white king.}) 13... b4 $1 14. Nb1 Qxa2 15. Nf5 $1
exd4 16. Nxd6 $2 ({More useful is} 16. Rxd4 $1) 16... h6 $1 {Black lifts the
protection of square c5.} 17. Qxh6 Nc5 $1 18. h4 Nb3+ 19. Kc2 Na1+ 20. Kc1 Nb3+
21. Kc2 Na1+ 22. Kc1 Qa4 $1 23. Bd3 Nb3+ 24. Kc2 Nc5+ 25. Kc1 Nb3+ 26. Kc2 Nc5+
27. Kc1 Qb3 $1 28. Qd2 {White needs his queen for the defence.} Nfd7 $2 ({
Black misses the win} 28... Rd8 $1 29. e5 Rxd6 $1 30. exd6 Bf5 $1 31. Bxf5
Qxc4+ $1 32. Bc2 Nb3#) 29. f4 $2 (29. Bc2 $1 d3 $1 30. Bxd3 (30. Bxb3 $4 Nxb3#)
30... Na4 $1 31. Qc2 Ndc5 {equalises (Van Wely).}) 29... Nb6 $1 30. f5 Nba4 $1
31. Rh3 Qa2 32. Be2 Rd8 ({Even better is} 32... Nc3 $1 {(Glistrup).}) 33. Qxb4
a5 34. Qa3 Qxa3 35. Rxa3 Rxd6 36. e5 Rd8 37. Bf3 Rb8 38. Bxc6 Nxb2 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 59"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Granda Zuniga, Julio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 c5 6. Bg5 Nc6 7. d5 Na5 8. Qc2
h6 9. Bh4 exd5 $5 (9... Nxc4 $6 {will lose in Peng - Janssen during the next
round.}) 10. cxd5 O-O 11. e3 d6 12. Be2 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Qe7 14. Nd2 Bd7 15. O-O
Rae8 (15... g5 $1 16. Bg3 Nxd5 {gives counter- play (Sokolov).}) 16. c4 $1 {
White has prepared an attacking position.} g6 17. Bd3 g5 18. Bg3 Nh5 19. Rae1
f5 $1 20. f4 Nxg3 $1 21. hxg3 Qg7 22. fxg5 Qxg5 23. Rf3 Nb7 $5 ({More prudent
is} 23... Rf7 $1) 24. Ref1 Nd8 ({Not} 24... Rxe3 $4 25. Ne4 $1 {(Sokolov).})
25. e4 $1 Nf7 $1 26. exf5 Ne5 $1 27. Ne4 $1 Nxf3+ 28. Rxf3 Rxe4 $1 (28... Qd8
$2 29. g4 $1 {storms the kingside (Sokolov).}) 29. Bxe4 Qf6 30. Rf4 Rf7 31. Kh2
Rg7 32. Qd2 Rg5 33. g4 Rg7 34. Qf2 Re7 $6 {Black lacks contemplation time} ({
The counter} 34... a6 $1 {starts an advances on the queenside.}) 35. Bd3 Kf8
36. Qg3 Rg7 37. Kh3 Re7 38. Rf1 Re5 39. Kh2 Re7 40. Qf4 Qh4+ 41. Kg1 Qf6 42.
Rf3 $1 Rg7 $2 {Zuniga misses the best defence.} (42... Kg7 $1 {guards the
kingside.}) 43. Rh3 $1 Rg5 44. Be2 Be8 45. Re3 $1 Bf7 46. Ra3 Qe7 47. Kf2 Kg7
48. Qe3 $1 (48. Qe3 Qc7 49. Qc3+ Kh7 50. Qf6 $1 {takes the fortress (Sokolov).}
) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 59"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. Qe2 d6 8. Be3
Bxe3 9. Qxe3 Nf6 10. Nc3 b5 $2 {Sokolov has played a new blunder.} 11. O-O-O $2
(11. e5 $1 dxe5 12. Be4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Ra7 14. Qxe5 Nd7 15. Qxg7 {wins a pawn.})
11... Nbd7 $5 12. Qg3 b4 13. Nb1 $5 Qc7 14. Qxg7 $1 {Timman accepts the
challenge.} Rg8 15. Qh6 Bb7 16. N1d2 $5 Rxg2 17. Rhg1 Rg6 18. Rxg6 hxg6 19. Nc4
d5 20. exd5 Bxd5 21. Ne3 Bb7 22. Qh8+ Ke7 23. Qh4 a5 $1 {Black takes the
initiative.} 24. Bb5 $6 Ne5 $1 25. Qd4 $2 (25. Be2 $1 {protects f3.}) 25... Bf3
$1 26. Re1 Ne4 $1 27. Nxa5 $6 (27. Nc4 $1 Nxc4 28. Bxc4 $2 {(Ribli)} Rc8 $1 29.
Bd3 Qf4+ 30. Qe3 Nxf2 $1 {also loses.}) 27... Rxa5 28. Qxb4+ Nd6 29. a4 Rxb5 $1
{Sokolov neared the top.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 59"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nc7 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. d3
Be7 9. Nd2 O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Nc4 f6 12. Be3 Bh3 13. Re1 Nd5 $5 14. Rc1 Rb8
15. Qd2 Be6 16. b3 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Qd4 18. Na4 Bd5 19. Red1 Rfd8 20. Rc3 $5 h5
21. Rdc1 h4 22. Nd2 Rb5 $5 23. Nf3 Qxe3 24. fxe3 hxg3 25. hxg3 e4 $5 (25... Ra5
$1 26. e4 Be6 {nearly equalises.}) 26. dxe4 Bxe4 27. Nxc5 Bxf3 28. exf3 Rd2 {
Black has compensation for a pawn.} 29. a4 Rb8 30. Nd3 Ba3 31. Rb1 Rd8 32. Nf2
c5 $1 33. Kf1 Ra2 34. Nd3 Bb4 $1 35. Nxb4 cxb4 36. Rc4 Rdd2 37. Rxb4 Rf2+ 38.
Kg1 Rxf3 39. g4 Rxe3 {Black has the initiative.} 40. Rf1 a5 41. Rb8+ ({
Preferable is} 41. Rb5 $1 Rg3+ 42. Kh1 Rxg4 43. Rxa5) 41... Kf7 42. Rb7+ Kg6
43. Rf2 Ra3 {A critical position has been reached.} 44. g5 $2 (44. Rb5 $1 {
(Yudasin)} Rexb3 45. Rxa5 Rb4 46. g5 $1 fxg5 {draws.}) 44... Rexb3 $1 45. Rxb3
Rxb3 46. gxf6 gxf6 {Salov will win due to the extra pawn in the rook ending.}
47. Kg2 Rb4 48. Ra2 Kg5 49. Ra3 f5 50. Kf3 Re4 51. Ra1 Rh4 52. Kg3 Rb4 53. Ra3
Kf6 54. Kf3 Ke5 55. Re3+ Re4 $1 56. Ra3 Kd5 57. Kf2 Kc4 58. Rf3 f4 59. Ra3 Kb4
60. Ra1 Re3 61. Rd1 Rc3 62. Re1 Kxa4 63. Re4+ Kb3 64. Rxf4 a4 65. Rf8 a3 66.
Ke2 a2 67. Rb8+ Kc2 68. Ra8 Kb2 69. Kd2 Rb3 $1 {Salov had to work hard for his
wins.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 59"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "204"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Qc2 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. dxc5
bxc5 9. e3 d6 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. Rd1 O-O 12. O-O a6 13. Rd2 Qc7 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15.
h3 Nf8 16. Nh2 Rd7 17. Bg3 Rad8 18. Bf3 Ng6 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Nf3 d5 $1 21.
cxd5 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Rxd5 23. b3 h5 24. Rxd5 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 exd5 26. Ne5 Nxe5 27.
Bxe5 Qd7 {Salov has equalised.} 28. Qb2 Bf8 29. h4 Qf5 30. g3 Qd3 $1 31. Bc3 f6
32. a3 $2 (32. b4 $1 c4 33. b5 $1 axb5 34. Qxb5 {draws.}) 32... Kf7 33. b4 c4
34. Qd2 Qxd2 35. Bxd2 Ke6 36. Kf1 g5 37. g4 $5 {White gives a pawn.} (37. Ke2
gxh4 38. gxh4 f5 39. f3 f4 $1 {also leads to problems.}) 37... hxg4 38. h5 f5
39. Bc3 f4 40. a4 Bh6 41. Bd4 Bf8 42. Bc3 Kf7 43. Kg2 Bg7 44. Bxg7 Kxg7 45. b5
axb5 46. axb5 fxe3 47. fxe3 c3 $1 48. b6 c2 49. b7 c1=Q 50. b8=Q Qc2+ $2 ({
Correct is} 50... Qxe3 $1 51. Qb7+ Kh6 52. Qxd5 Qh3+ {and wins.}) 51. Kg3 Qe4
52. Qb2+ Kh7 53. Qf2 $2 ({Right is} 53. Qf6 $1) 53... Qe6 54. Qf8 Qxe3+ 55.
Kxg4 Qg1+ 56. Kh3 Qh1+ 57. Kg3 Qh4+ 58. Kg2 Qg4+ 59. Kf2 Qe6 $1 {If the white
queen had gone to f6, this move had been prevented.} 60. Qd8 Qf5+ 61. Kg3 Qe5+
62. Kh3 d4 63. Qb6 Qe3+ 64. Kg2 Qe4+ 65. Kf2 d3 66. Qb2 Qf4+ 67. Kg2 Qd6 68.
Qb7+ Kh6 69. Qa8 Kxh5 70. Qh8+ Kg6 71. Qg8+ Kf6 72. Qh8+ Kf5 73. Qh7+ Ke5 74.
Qh8+ Ke4 75. Qh7+ Ke3 76. Qf5 Qf4 77. Qc5+ Ke2 78. Qb5 Qe4+ 79. Kg1 g4 80. Qa6
g3 81. Qc6 Qe3+ 82. Kg2 d2 $2 (82... Qf2+ $1 83. Kh3 g2 {wins for Black.}) 83.
Qb5+ Qd3 84. Qh5+ Ke3 85. Qh6+ Kd4 86. Qd6+ Kc3 87. Qa3+ Kc2 88. Qa2+ Kd1 89.
Qa1+ Ke2 90. Qf1+ $2 (90. Qe5+ $1 {draws by perpetual check.}) 90... Ke3 91.
Qf3+ Kd4 92. Qf6+ Kc5 $1 93. Qe7+ Kc4 94. Qc7+ Kb3 95. Qb6+ Kc2 96. Qc5+ Qc3 $1
97. Qf5+ Kb2 98. Qb5+ Kc1 99. Qg5 Qc4 100. Qh6 Qd5+ 101. Kxg3 Kc2 102. Qa6 Qd3+
{Salov caught up with the leader Piket in the penultimate round.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 59"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E03"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Bg2 a6 7. Qxc4 c5 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. O-O b5 10. Qh4 Bb7 11. Nc3 Rc8 12. Bg5 Qb6 13. Rad1 h6 14. Bxf6 $6
(14. Ne1 $6 {occurred in Schwarz - Blatny, Munich 1993.}) ({Better is} 14. e4
$1 O-O $5 15. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 16. e5 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Nxe5 18. Qxf6 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3
Bd4) 14... Nxf6 15. Rd3 O-O 16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 $2 (18. Rxd8+
Qxd8 19. Rd1 Qc7 20. Nd3 {lessens the pressure.}) 18... Rxd3 19. Nxd3 Bd4 20.
Nb1 e5 $1 21. Nd2 ({The pointe is} 21. e3 $2 Bxe3 $1 22. fxe3 Rc2+ 23. Nf2 Qxe3
24. Rf1 Ne4 {(Jacoby).}) 21... Rc2 $1 22. Qh3 $6 {Now the queen is offside
completely.} Qb7+ 23. Kg1 e4 24. Nb4 Rxb2 25. Nb3 e3 26. f3 Bb6 27. Rc1 Qd7 28.
Qxd7 Nxd7 29. Kf1 a5 30. Rd1 Nf6 31. Rd6 Bc7 32. Rc6 Bxg3 $5 33. hxg3 axb4 34.
Rc5 Rxa2 35. Rxb5 Rb2 $1 36. Nd4 ({Worse is} 36. Rxb4 $2 Nh5 $1 37. g4 Ng3+)
36... g6 37. g4 Kg7 38. Kg2 Rd2 39. Rxb4 Nd5 40. Rc4 Nf4+ 41. Kh2 ({Not} 41.
Kg3 $2 Rxd4 $1) 41... Kh7 42. Nf5 $5 gxf5 $2 ({Correct is} 42... Rxe2+ 43. Kg3
Ng2 $1 ({Kortschnoj miscalculated} 43... g5 $2 44. Rxf4 $1 gxf4+ 45. Kxf4 {and
did not play the line}) 44. Nd4 Rd2 {and Black wins (Jacoby).}) 43. Rxf4 Rxe2+
44. Kg3 Re1 45. Rxf5 Rg1+ 46. Kh2 e2 47. Kxg1 e1=Q+ {Piket has lost his game
about this time. Suddenly, Salov notices the impregnable fortress and
resulting draw!} 48. Kg2 Kg6 49. Rh5 Qe2+ 50. Kg3 Qf1 51. Kf4 Qe1 52. Rd5 Qc1+
53. Kg3 Qc7+ 54. Kg2 Qf4 55. Rh5 Kf6 56. Rd5 Ke6 57. Rh5 Qd2+ 58. Kg3 f6 59.
Rf5 Qc1 60. Rh5 Qg1+ 61. Kf4 Qe1 62. Rb5 Qc1+ 63. Kg3 Qg1+ 64. Kf4 Qh2+ 65. Ke3
Kf7 66. Rh5 Qg1+ 67. Kf4 Kg6 68. Rd5 Qh2+ 69. Ke3 Kf7 70. Rh5 Qg1+ 71. Kf4 Ke6
72. Rb5 Qh2+ 73. Ke3 Kd6 74. Rf5 Qb2 75. Rh5 Ke6 76. Kf4 Qc3 77. Kg3 Qc7+ 78.
Kg2 Qf7 79. Rb5 Qe8 80. Rf5 Qg6 81. Rb5 {Kortschnoj was not amused.   Salov
won by 81/2/13, half-a-point before Piket, Onischuk and Sokolov.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 59"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 Qc7 10. f4 b5 11. a4 b4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bf5 $1 ({Known is} 
13... Nd7) 14. c4 $5 bxc3 15. bxc3 $6 ({Okay is} 15. fxe5 $1 c2 16. Qd2 Bg6 17.
e6 $1) 15... Qxc3 16. Ra2 $6 (16. Bd2 $1 {ensued in (Dobierzin - Gunajew, Brno
1998).}) 16... Be4 $5 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Bf3 Bxf3 19. Rxf3 Qc4 $1 20. Rc2 Qb4
21. Rd3 $6 ({Better is} 21. a5 {(Tyomkin).}) 21... Nd7 22. Rc7 $2 (22. d6 Bf6
23. a5 e4 24. Re3 {fights on.}) 22... Qxa4 23. Rg3 Rfd8 24. d6 Bxd6 $1 25. Bh6
Bf8 26. Rg4 Nf6 $1 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 59"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. d5 Na5 8. Nbd2
c5 9. Ne1 e6 10. Nc2 Rb8 11. a4 exd5 $5 12. cxd5 Re8 13. Re1 c4 $5 (13... Qb6
$1 14. Ne3 Bd7 {gains a plus.}) 14. Na3 Qc7 15. Naxc4 $1 Nxc4 16. Qc2 Bd7 17.
Qxc4 Rbc8 18. Qb4 $5 Re5 19. Nf3 Re4 20. Qb3 Qc4 21. Qxc4 Rexc4 22. b3 Rb4 23.
Ba3 Rxb3 24. Nd2 Rb6 25. Rac1 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Bxa4 27. Nc4 Ra6 28. Bxd6 {The
endgame offers equal chances.} b5 $1 29. Nb6 $1 h5 30. Nc8 Bb3 31. Bc5 Ra2 $1
32. d6 $2 {White misses the forced draw.} (32. Nxa7 $1 Bxd5 33. Nxb5 Bxg2 34.
Kxg2 Rxe2 {leads to equality (Hazai).}) 32... Be6 $1 33. Nxa7 b4 $1 34. Nb5 b3
35. Nc3 Ra5 36. Bd4 b2 {White cannot stop the passed pawn.} 37. Rf1 Ne8 38. Bd5
$2 Bxd4 39. Bxe6 Nxd6 {Van der Sterren and Nijboer ended at the top of the
B-group.} 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "14"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

{No Linares super tournament took place in 1996, because Rentero had been
involved in the world championship match between Zsuzsa Polgar and Xie Jun. It
was played in the nearby Jaen.   Karpov got an angry letter from the organiser.
Piket took his place. Twelve grandmasters played from 4 until 16 ii 1997.
Kasparov and Kramnik showed great chess. They scored 71/2 points in ten rounds.
The outcome of the event depended on their confrontation in the last round.
Kasparov won a fine game. } 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6
6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. a4 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3 Rb8
13. Qd2 Na5 14. Qf2 Nc4 15. Bc1 e5 16. Nde2 exf4 17. Nxf4 Be6 18. b3 Ne5 19.
Bb2 Rbc8 20. Rac1 Qc5 21. Qg3 g6 22. Nce2 Nxf3 23. gxf3 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25.
Bd4 Qc6 26. Qg2 b4 27. Ng3 Qb5 28. Nxe6 fxe6 29. f4 e5 30. Bb2 Rc5 31. f5 $6 g5
$1 32. Rce1 $2 ({Right is} 32. h4 $1 g4 33. Nh5 $1 Kh8 34. Nxf6 Bxf6 35. Rfd1 {
(Kasparov).}) 32... Qc6 33. Re2 Kf7 34. Bc1 Rg8 35. Be3 Rc3 36. Bd2 Rxc2 37.
Bxb4 Rxe2 38. Qxe2 h5 $1 39. Nxh5 $2 {Suddenly Anand collapses.} ({A last
stand is given by} 39. Re1 $1 g4 $1 40. Bd2 $1 ({Gary gives} 40. Qc4+ $2) 40...
h4 41. Nf1 d5 42. exd5 Qxd5+ 43. Kg1) 39... Nxe4 $1 40. Qf3 g4 41. Qg2 Rh8 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "14"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 a6 5. a4 e6 6. g3 dxc4 7. Bg2 c5 8. O-O
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nbd7 10. Nc2 Qc7 11. Qd4 Bc5 12. Qh4 Be7 13. Na3 Ne5 14. Bf4 h6
15. Bxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "14"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 a6 7. Qd2 Nbd7 8. d5
Ne5 9. Rd1 c6 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. b3 Qa5 12. Na4 Qc7 13. Ne2 Nh5 14. Nec3 f5 15.
exf5 gxf5 16. f4 Ng4 17. Be2 h6 18. Bh4 d5 19. Bxg4 fxg4 20. O-O d4 21. Ne2 c5
22. Nb2 a5 23. Rde1 Bf5 24. Nd3 a4 25. Ne5 axb3 26. axb3 Bf6 27. Bxf6 exf6 28.
Nd3 Ra3 29. Nec1 Ng7 30. Re2 h5 31. Rfe1 Rf7 32. Qb2 Qa7 33. Nf2 h4 34. Ne4 Ra6
35. Nd3 Bxe4 36. Rxe4 Ra2 37. Qb1 h3 38. gxh3 gxh3 39. Nf2 Qa5 40. Qd3 Ra1 41.
Kf1 f5 42. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 43. Re1 Qa8 44. Qxh3 Ra7 45. Qg2 Qxg2+ 46. Kxg2 Ra3 47.
Re5 Rxb3 48. Rxc5 Rc3 49. Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "14"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. e4 e5 12. d5 Nb6 13. Nd2 O-O 14. a4 Rd8 15. a5
Nxc4 16. Nxc4 Qg5 17. Qb3 Bh3 18. Ne3 Rab8 19. Rac1 Bf8 20. Kh1 Bd7 21. Ne2
cxd5 22. Nxd5 Be6 23. Rc7 Rdc8 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Nec3 Rc7 26. h3 Kg7 27. Qb5
Rd7 28. a6 bxa6 29. Qxa6 Bc5 30. Qc6 Bd4 31. Nb5 Qd8 32. Nxd4 Bxd5 33. Qc5 Qb6
34. Qxb6 axb6 35. Nf3 Bxe4 36. Nxe5 Rd5 37. Nc4 b5 38. Nb6 $4 {Piket blunders
in time trouble.} ({Correct is} 38. f3 bxc4 39. fxe4 Re5 40. Rf3 Rxe4 41. b3 {
drawn.}) 38... Rd2 39. b4 Bd3 (39... Bb7 $1 {is even better (Kramnik).}) 40.
Re1 Rxf2 41. Re3 Bb1 42. Nc8 Rb2 43. Nd6 Rxb4 44. Re7 Ba2 45. Rb7 Rb1+ 46. Kh2
b4 47. Ne8+ Kf8 48. Nf6 h5 49. g4 h4 50. Kg2 Be6 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "14"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Bc4 Nc6 13. Bd5 Rc8 14. Nd2 b5 15.
a3 Qc7 16. Nf3 Rfd8 17. Qd2 b4 18. axb4 Nxb4 19. Bb3 Bc6 20. Rfd1 a5 21. Ne1
Ra8 22. Nd3 Qb6 23. f3 h6 24. Nxb4 axb4 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. Qxd5 Ra7 27. Rxa7 Qxa7
28. Qc4 Rb8 29. g3 Kh7 30. Kg2 Qe3 31. Rxd6 Rc8 32. Qf1 Rd8 33. Rxd8 Bxd8 34.
Bxf7 Qd2+ 35. Qf2 Qxf2+ 36. Kxf2 Bb6+ 37. Ke2 Bd4 38. c3 bxc3 39. b3 g5 40. Kd3
Kg7 41. Be8 Kf6 42. b4 Bg1 43. h4 gxh4 44. gxh4 Bf2 45. h5 Ke7 46. Ba4 Bg3 47.
Kxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "14"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 b6 7. b4 a5 8. Bb2
axb4 9. axb4 Rxa1+ 10. Bxa1 c5 11. e3 Qe7 12. b5 Bb7 13. Be2 d6 14. O-O Nbd7
15. Bb2 Ra8 16. d3 Qf8 17. Nd2 Ra2 18. f4 Qa8 19. g4 Qa5 20. Qxa5 Rxa5 21. Ra1
Rxa1+ 22. Bxa1 h6 23. h4 Ne8 24. Kf2 Kf8 25. g5 hxg5 26. hxg5 f6 27. Bh5 d5 28.
cxd5 exd5 29. Nf3 Nd6 30. Nh4 Ke7 31. Bg4 Nf8 32. Nf5+ Nxf5 33. Bxf5 Ne6 34.
gxf6+ gxf6 35. d4 c4 36. Bxe6 Kxe6 37. Bc3 Bc8 38. Bb4 Bd7 39. Ke2 Bxb5 40. Kd2
Be8 41. Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "14"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 13. Rc1 Ng6 14. c5 Nxc5 15. b4
Na6 16. Nd3 $5 {Piket brings a novelty.} h5 17. Nb5 Bd7 18. a4 Bh6 19. Rc3 $1
b6 $5 ({An improvement will become} 19... Rf7 $1 {(Korchnoi-Cvitan, Pula 1997).
}) 20. Be1 Rf7 21. Nf2 {He combines defence and attack.} Nh4 (21... Nxb4 $6 22.
Nxc7 {helps White.}) 22. Nxd6 $1 cxd6 23. Bxa6 {White has regained the pawn
with a positional advantage.} Qe8 24. Qe2 g4 $1 25. fxg4 {A critical position
has arisen.} Rg7 $2 ({Better is} 25... f3 $1 26. gxf3 Qe7) ({Gary suggests} 
25... Nxg2 $5 26. Kxg2 hxg4 27. Qc2 (27. Kh1 $2 f3 $1) 27... Rh7 {Now White
should not play} 28. Nh1 ({but} 28. Rg1 $1)) 26. h3 Qg6 27. Bb5 $1 Bxb5 28.
axb5 Rf8 29. Nd1 hxg4 $5 {Black starts a desperate action.} 30. Bxh4 f3 31. Qc2
gxh3 32. g3 $2 ({Piket misses the winning move} 32. Rcxf3) 32... Rf4 $1 33. Ne3
Rxe4 34. Nf5 $6 {Piket errs again under time pressure.} ({Right is} 34. Rxf3
Bxe3+ 35. Kh2) 34... Qxf5 35. Rcxf3 Qg4 36. Kh1 $6 ({More resistance is
offered by} 36. Rf8+ $1 Kh7 37. Re1 Qxh4 38. Kh1 Qxg3 39. Qxe4+ {(Piket)} Rg6
$1 40. Rf7+ Kg8 41. Rf2) 36... Rf4 $1 37. R3f2 Rxf2 38. Rxf2 e4 39. Rf6 e3 $1
40. Re6 Qf3+ $2 {Kasparov misses the win with his last move before the time
control.} ({Right is} 40... Rc7 $3 41. Rg6+ Bg7 $1 42. Rxg4 Rxc2 43. Bf6 {
(Piket)} Kf7 $1 44. Bxg7 e2) 41. Kg1 Rf7 42. Qg6+ Bg7 43. Re8+ Rf8 44. Rxf8+
Kxf8 (44... Qxf8 45. Qe6+ Qf7 46. Qxe3 Qxd5 47. Qe2 $1 {also draws (Piket).})
45. Be7+ $1 Kg8 46. Qe6+ Qf7 47. Qc8+ Bf8 48. Qg4+ Bg7 49. Qc8+ Kh7 50. Qxh3+
Bh6 51. Bg5 $1 Qf2+ {A great fight has ended.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "14"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. g3 Nbd7 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. a4 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. e4 e5 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. Bf4 Qa5 12. e6 fxe6 13. Qe2 $6 ({Better is} 13.
e5 {(Wirthensohn-Schlosser, Graz 1993).}) 13... Nge5 14. Nd4 Nd3 $1 {A novelty
secures the slight advantage.} 15. Nxe6 Rf6 16. Bc7 Qb4 17. Nd4 Bc5 $1 (17...
Qxb2 18. Qxb2 Nxb2 19. e5 {gives counter-play to White.}) 18. Nc2 $5 {White
tries to catch a queen.} Qxb2 19. Nd1 Qb3 20. Nde3 N7e5 21. h3 Be6 22. Kh2 Rh6
$5 23. Rab1 $5 ({Variations are} 23. f4 $5 Ng4+ $1 24. Nxg4 Bxg4 25. Qxg4 Qxc2
26. h4 Rf8 {(Kramnik)}) ({and} 23. Rfb1 Qc3 $1 24. Nd1 $1 Bxh3 $1 25. Bxh3 Qxc2
$1 26. Qxc2 Nf3+ 27. Kh1 Rxh3+ 28. Kg2 Nfe1+) 23... Bg4 $1 {Kramnik has played
a brilliant move.} 24. Nxg4 ({Or} 24. f3 Nxf3+ $1 25. Bxf3 Bxh3 $1) 24... Nxg4+
25. Qxg4 Qxc2 26. Qg5 Nxf2 27. Rxf2 Qxf2 28. Rf1 Qd4 29. Be5 Qd7 30. Qc1 Qe6
31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. Qg5+ Rg6 33. Qxc5 Qd6 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "14"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. b3 g5 10. g3 Bg7 11. Bb2 O-O $5 12. Nd2 $5 {Gary has found a new
move.} f6 $5 13. Qh5 $5 Nb4 14. h4 $1 g4 $1 (14... Nc2+ $6 15. Kd1 Nxa1 16.
hxg5 {leads to trouble for Black.}) (14... Qe8 $5 {accepts a slight
disadvantage (Kasparov).}) 15. Kd1 $1 {White plays another surprising move.} c5
16. a3 Nc6 $2 (16... Bb7 $1 17. axb4 Bxh1 18. Bd3 h6 {leads to equality 
(Kasparov).}) 17. Bd3 f5 18. Bxf5 Bxe5 19. Re1 d6 20. Be4 $1 Bb7 21. Qxg4+ Qg7
22. Bd5+ Kh8 23. Bxe5 dxe5 24. Qxg7+ Kxg7 25. Ne4 $1 Rad8 26. Nxc5 Bc8 27. Ra2
1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "14"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. d4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 Bg4 6. Be2 O-O 7. Be3 Nfd7 8. Ng1
Bxe2 9. Ngxe2 c5 10. O-O a6 11. b3 cxd4 12. Bxd4 Nf6 13. Nd5 Nxe4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7
15. Qd4+ Nf6 16. Nxf6 exf6 17. Rad1 Re8 18. Nf4 Nc6 19. Qd2 Qd7 20. Qxd6 Qxd6
21. Rxd6 Rad8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "14"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f4 Qa5 11. Bb5 Rd8 12. e5 dxe5 13. Qxe5 h6 14. Bh4
Ng4 15. Qh5 Nf6 16. Qe5 Ng4 17. Rxd8+ Qxd8 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Qe2 ({Ivanchuk
diverts from} 19. Qd4 {(Kamsky-Kramnik, Groningen 1993).}) 19... Nf6 20. Rd1 a6
21. Bd3 b5 22. g4 Bb7 23. g5 hxg5 24. fxg5 Nd7 25. Qh5 Nf8 26. h4 Qb4 $5 {
Black starts a counteraction.} 27. Rf1 g6 28. Qh6 Qg4 29. Be2 Qh3 30. h5 $1 Bg2
$1 31. Rd1 {Kramnik has achieved a sharp struggle.} Qf5 $2 ({Right is} 31...
Qe3+ 32. Kb1 b4 33. hxg6 Nxg6 34. Bd3 bxc3 35. Bxg6 fxg6 36. Qxg6+ {drawn 
(Psakhis).}) 32. Rd3 $4 ({White gains an advantage by} 32. hxg6 $1 Qf4+ 33. Kb1
fxg6 34. Bd3) 32... b4 33. Nd1 Be4 34. Rd2 Qf4 $1 35. hxg6 Nxg6 36. Qh3 Qxg5
37. Qe3 Qxe3 38. Nxe3 a5 39. Rd4 f5 40. Ng4 Nf4 41. Bc4 Kg7 42. Nf2 Kf6 (42...
Kf6 43. Nxe4+ Ke5 $1 44. c3 fxe4 45. Kd1 Rh8 {and Black wins (Kramnik).}) 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "14"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Nc6 $1 8.
g4 $6 (8. Qxb7 {follows the theory.}) 8... Nxg4 9. Nxd5 $6 ({Better is} 9. Qxd5
{(Kasparov).}) 9... O-O 10. Bg2 Bh4 11. Bg3 Be6 12. Kf1 a5 13. Nh3 a4 14. Qc4
Na5 15. Qc5 b6 16. Bxh4 bxc5 17. Bxd8 Raxd8 18. Ne7+ Kh8 19. d5 Bd7 20. Rc1 c4
21. Ng5 h6 22. Nf3 Rb8 23. h3 Nf6 24. Nd4 Rxb2 25. Bf3 Rxa2 26. Kg2 Re8 27.
Nec6 Bxc6 28. Nxc6 Nxc6 29. dxc6 Rxe3 30. Rxc4 Rb3 31. Rd4 Rbb2 32. Rf1 Rd2 33.
Rb4 Kh7 34. Rb7 Ne8 35. Kg3 g6 36. Re1 Nd6 37. Rxc7 Kg7 38. Rd7 Nf5+ 39. Kf4
Rxf2 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "14"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 g6 $6 6. Bc4 c6 7. O-O Bg7 8.
Re1 O-O 9. Bb3 Nd7 10. Nf3 N7f6 11. c4 $1 Nc7 12. h3 $5 {White has gained a
positional advantage. Anand has failed in the opening.} c5 13. Nc3 cxd4 14.
Nxd4 Ne6 15. Be3 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 $1 Be6 {The exchange of queens would have a bad
effect.} 17. Qh4 Qa5 18. c5 $1 Bxb3 19. axb3 Qc7 20. b4 a6 $2 ({Better is} 
20... Rfe8 21. b5 {(Kasparov)} Qc8 $1 {but White's majority on the queenside
remains dangerous.}) 21. Bf4 $1 Qc6 22. Rxe7 Nd5 23. Nxd5 Qxd5 24. Qg4 Rae8 25.
Qd7 Qxd7 26. Rxd7 Bxb2 27. Rad1 Re4 28. Bd6 Rc8 29. Rxb7 Bc3 30. Rb1 Rc4 $5 31.
Rc1 $1 Rxb4 32. c6 Rd4 33. c7 ({The pointe is} 33. c7 Rxd6 34. Rb8) 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "14"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. Bf3 c6 13. Be3 $1 {Kramnik plays a
fine improvement.} cxd5 14. cxd5 h6 15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. dxe6 fxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4
18. Bxe4 d5 19. Bc2 (19. Bc5 $5 dxe4 20. Qxd8 Rfxd8 21. Bxe7 {also favours
White (Kramnik).}) 19... e4 $6 {Black makes a wrong strategic decision.} ({
Appropriate is} 19... b6 {(Kramnik). The next year he will encounter} 20. Qg4
Rf6 {(Kramnik-Shirov, Linares 1998).}) 20. Rc1 d4 $2 (20... b6 {is alright 
(Kramnik).}) 21. Bd2 e3 22. fxe3 d3 {Polgár carries out an impressive action
in the centre.} 23. Bb3 Qd6 24. Qg4 Be5 25. Rf1 $1 {White gives priority to
the attack.} Bxh2+ 26. Kh1 Qg3 {Judit has overreached herself.} 27. Qd4 $1 Qe5
28. Rf7 $1 Rxf7 29. exf7+ Kh7 30. Qxe5 $1 Bxe5 31. Rc5 Bd6 32. Rc4 Nc6 33. b5
Ne5 34. Rd4 Bf8 35. Re4 Bg7 36. Bb4 d2 37. Rxe5 Rd8 38. Re8 {Kramnik and
Kasparov had scored four wins and three draws!} 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "14"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 a6 7. Qd2 c5 8. d5 b5
$6 9. cxb5 Nbd7 10. a4 Qa5 11. Nge2 Nb6 12. Nc1 axb5 13. Bxb5 Ba6 14. N1a2 Bxb5
15. axb5 Nh5 $6 {White keeps a plus, despite this novelty.} 16. Rb1 $1 Bd4 17.
Bh6 Rfe8 (17... f5 $6 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. b4 $1 {(Ivanchuk) does not convince
for Black.}) 18. b3 e6 19. dxe6 Rxe6 $2 ({Right is} 19... fxe6 $1 20. Be3 e5
21. O-O d5 $5 {(Ivanchuk).}) 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. Qxe3 d5 22. b4 $1 ({White avoids
} 22. Qxc5 $2 Nf4 $1) 22... Qa3 $6 23. bxc5 $1 Nc4 24. Qd4 Nf4 25. O-O $1 Qxa2
26. Rf2 $1 Qa3 27. Nxd5 Qd3 28. Qxd3 Nxd3 29. Rc2 Na3 30. Ra2 Nxc5 31. Rba1 f5
32. Nc7 Re5 33. Nxa8 Nxb5 34. exf5 gxf5 35. Nb6 Nc3 36. Rc2 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "14"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Be7 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. Kb1 Bb7 13. Bd3 O-O 14. e5 dxe5
15. fxe5 Nd7 16. Ne4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Rb8 $5 {The intention of the new move is to
prepare an attack. Shirov thinks for an hour and goes for the exchange.} 18.
Ba7 $1 Nxe5 19. Qc3 Bd6 20. Qd4 $1 {Pieces are activated before the exchange
is taken.} Bc7 21. Qc5 Qc8 22. Rhe1 Nc4 23. Bxb8 Qxb8 24. g3 ({No advantage
brings} 24. Bd3 Rc8 25. Bxc4 Ba5 26. Qh5 Bxe1 27. Bxe6 fxe6 28. Rxe1 Qd6 $1 {
(Shirov).}) 24... Be5 25. c3 Rc8 26. Qe7 {White has made several desired moves,
but Black still has an escape.} b4 $1 27. Qxb4 Qc7 $1 28. Qb7 Na3+ $1 29. Kc1 (
29. Ka1 Nc2+ 30. Kb1 Na3+ {delivers perpetual check.}) 29... Bf4+ $1 30. gxf4
Qxf4+ 31. Rd2 Rd8 32. Red1 Rxd2 33. Rxd2 (33. Rxd2 Qf1+ 34. Rd1 Qf4+ {and
Black gives another perpetual.  Kramnik took the lead on Kasparov.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "14"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Be3 Bb4 9. Na4 Bd6 10. g3 Be7 11. c4 d6 $5 ({Known is} 11... Nxe4 {
(Gallagher-Barlov, Lenk 1989).}) 12. f3 ({The alternative is} 12. Nxc6 bxc6 {
(Teran Alvarez - Korneev, Dos Hermanas 2003).}) 12... Bd7 13. Rc1 O-O $6 ({
More active is} 13... Qa5 $1) 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Nb6 Rad8 16. b4 Qb8 17. b5 Be8
18. a4 Nd7 19. Nxd7 Rxd7 $5 20. Qb3 Qc7 21. Rfd1 Rd8 22. Bd4 Ra8 23. Qc3 axb5
$6 ({Some counter-play gives} 23... e5 24. Be3 {(Kasparov)} f5 $1) 24. cxb5 $1
Qxc3 25. Rxc3 Rxa4 $2 ({Right is} 25... Bd8 $1) 26. Rc7 $1 Bg5 27. Bf2 $1 ({Not
} 27. Rxb7 $2 Rxd4 28. Rxd4 Be3+) 27... b6 28. Rb7 Ra2 29. Bf1 Rb2 30. f4 Bf6
31. Rxb6 Bc3 32. Rb7 g5 33. f5 Bb4 34. f6 h5 35. Rc1 Kh7 36. Rb8 d5 37. exd5
Bd6 38. Rd8 Be5 39. Rcc8 Bxb5 40. Bxb5 Rxd8 41. Bd3+ 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "14"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
Qe7 9. c5 Bc7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nd5 $6 ({Preferable is} 11... h6 {
(Dautov-Shirov, Bundesliga 1996).}) 12. Bd2 Rd8 13. Rae1 f6 14. Nd6 $1 Nf8 15.
Nxc8 Raxc8 16. Re4 Qf7 17. Rfe1 Re8 18. b4 {White can change his strategy to
an attack on the queenside, because Black has a passive game.} a6 19. a4 Ra8
20. g3 Qd7 21. Bc4 Reb8 22. Rb1 Rd8 23. Ree1 Ng6 24. Bd3 Nf8 25. Bf1 Ng6 26. b5
axb5 27. axb5 Ra3 28. Rb3 Rda8 29. Bc1 Ra1 30. Bb2 Rxe1 31. Nxe1 e5 $5 32. Nf3
exd4 33. Nxd4 Be5 34. Qf5 Qxf5 35. Nxf5 Nge7 36. Nxe7+ Nxe7 37. Bc4+ Kf8 $2 {
Dreev blunders under time pressure.} (37... Nd5 $1 38. Bxe5 fxe5 39. Rd3 Rd8 {
(Kramnik)} 40. Re3 $1 Re8 41. Ra3 Kf8 42. Ra7 Rb8 {and White exerts pressure.})
38. Bxe5 fxe5 39. Rf3+ $1 Ke8 40. Bf7+ Kf8 41. Ba2+ Ke8 42. Bf7+ Kf8 43. Be6+
Ke8 44. Rf7 $1 cxb5 45. Rxg7 h6 46. Rh7 Ra1+ 47. Kg2 Kf8 48. Rf7+ Ke8 49. Rh7
Kf8 50. Rf7+ Ke8 51. Rf6 Ra6 52. Rxh6 Ng8 53. Rg6 Ke7 54. Rxg8 Kxe6 55. Rb8 Ra7
56. Rd8 Ra6 57. Rb8 Ra7 58. h4 b4 59. Rd8 $1 Ra6 60. h5 Rc6 61. h6 Rc7 62. Rd6+
Kf5 63. Rb6 Kg5 64. Kf3 $1 b3 65. Ke4 Re7 66. Kd5 {The arrival by the white
king in the centre decides the game.} 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "14"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bd7 9. O-O Nc6 10. Rc1 O-O 11. Nb3 Ne5 12. Be2 Bc6 13. f3 Qb8 14. a3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "14"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Be2 h5 11. Bxg4 Bxg4 12. f3 Bd7 13. O-O Nc6 14. Bf2 e6 $5 15.
Nce2 $6 ({Better is} 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Bd4 Be5 {(Short-Topalov, Novgorod 1997).
}) 15... Ne5 16. b3 g4 17. f4 h4 $1 18. Be3 ({Or} 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Be3 exd4
20. Nxd4) 18... h3 19. g3 Nc6 20. Qd3 O-O 21. Rad1 f5 22. c4 Qa5 23. Nc3 ({
Kasparov prefers the prudent} 23. Qd2 $1) 23... Rae8 24. Rfe1 $2 ({Right is} 
24. Nde2 Rf7 {(Kasparov)} 25. exf5 $1 exf5 26. Bf2) 24... e5 $1 25. Nxc6 Bxc6
26. b4 $5 Qa3 $5 27. b5 exf4 28. Bxf4 axb5 29. cxb5 {The win is still hard to
achieve.} Qc5+ $2 ({The advantage is kept by} 29... Qxc3 $1 30. bxc6 bxc6 31.
Qxc3 Bxc3 32. Re3 Ba5 $1) 30. Be3 $2 ({New chances result from} 30. Re3 $1 Bxe4
31. Bxd6 $1 Bxd3 32. Bxc5 Rxe3 33. Bxe3 Bc4 34. Bd4 {(Kasparov).}) 30... Qxc3
31. bxc6 Qxc6 32. Qxd6 Qxe4 33. Qd5+ Qxd5 34. Rxd5 Bc3 35. Re2 Re4 36. Kf2 Rfe8
37. Rd3 Bf6 38. Red2 Rxe3 $1 {The leaders had scored 7 1/2 points.} ({Black
wins by} 38... Rxe3 39. Rxe3 Rxe3 40. Kxe3 Bg5+ 41. Ke2 Bxd2 42. Kxd2 f4 $1)
0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "14"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Ba2 b6 $6 ({The main line is} 11... e5) 12.
Re1 e5 13. e4 Bg4 $5 14. dxc5 bxc5 {The two bishops give a plus.} 15. h3 Rad8
16. Qe2 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Rd6 18. Bg5 $1 h6 19. Bh4 Rfd8 20. Rab1 Ne7 $1 21. Bc4
Nc8 22. Bg3 Nb6 23. Bb5 Re6 24. a4 c4 $1 25. Qe2 Rd3 26. a5 {Both players try
to apply the solid positional play that they have learned in the Botvinnik
school.} Nc8 $5 ({The counter} 26... Qc5 $1 27. axb6 $5 Rxb6 28. Bxc4 Rxg3 29.
Rxb6 axb6 30. Qd2 b5 31. Qd8+ Kh7 32. Qa5 Kg6 $1 {draws.}) 27. Rb4 Rxc3 28.
Rxc4 Rxc4 ({Not} 28... Qxa5 $2 29. Qd2 $1) 29. Qxc4 Qb8 $2 ({Correct is} 29...
Qxa5 30. Qxc8+ Kh7 31. Rb1 Rb6 32. Qf5+ Kg8 33. Rc1 Qxb5 34. Rc8+ Ne8 35. Qxe5
Qxe5 36. Bxe5 Re6 {(Kasparov).}) 30. Qc5 Nd6 31. Bd3 Nd7 32. Qa3 Nf8 33. Rb1
Qc7 34. Rc1 Qd8 35. a6 Ng6 36. Qc5 Re7 37. f3 Ne8 38. Bf1 Rc7 39. Qe3 Rd7 40.
Kh2 Re7 $6 (40... Nd6 $1 {offers more resistance.}) 41. Rc6 Kh7 42. Qc1 Nc7 43.
Qc3 Qd7 44. Rc5 Qd6 45. Bf2 Ne6 46. Rd5 Qb8 47. Rb5 Qd6 48. Rb7 $1 Nd4 49. Qb4
Qf6 50. Qc5 Nc6 51. Be3 Re6 52. Bc4 Re7 53. Bd5 Nd4 54. Rxa7 Rxa7 55. Qxa7 Ne7
56. Bc4 h5 57. Qc5 {Kasparov had won the tournament, one point before Kramnik.}
1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Fontys 2"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shaked, Tal"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

{Tilburg 1997 was organised by the Foltys Schools. It took place from 27 ix -
9 x. The 'old' world champion Kasparov was invited to 'teach chess' to eleven
'younger' talents. Actually, became a race between three Russian players.
Their games have been selected. The sensation of the tournament was the shared
first place of Peter Svidler and his victory over Kasparov. Gary played many
spectacular games. Vladimir Kramnik won five games and had better positions in
four other encounters. Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam wrote a book about the event.} 1.
d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. g3
Nxc3 9. Nxc3 c5 10. d5 Bf6 $5 11. Bg2 Bxc3+ $1 12. bxc3 exd5 13. Qxd5 Qe7 $1 {
Kramnik bypasses a quick draw.} 14. Rb1 $2 ({Better is} 14. O-O {(Winants).})
14... Nc6 15. O-O Be6 16. Qh5 Rad8 17. e4 Ba2 $1 18. Ra1 Bc4 19. Re1 Ne5 20.
Be3 g6 21. Qh4 $2 (21. Qg5 {avoids a weakness.}) 21... Qxh4 22. gxh4 b6 23. Bh6
Rfe8 24. h3 $2 (24. h5 $1 {resolves the flaw at once.}) 24... f6 25. Rad1 Bb5
26. Rxd8 $6 Rxd8 27. Kh2 Bc6 28. Kg3 Rd3+ 29. Re3 Rd1 30. Re2 Ra1 31. Rd2 Nf7
32. Be3 Rxa3 33. Rc2 Ne5 34. f3 Ba4 35. Rc1 Nd3 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Fontys 2"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. Bg2 a6 8. h3 g5
$5 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. Qe2 Ne5 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. Nf3 $1 Ng6 $6 ({More enterprising
is} 12... Nc4 $1) 13. h4 $1 Nxg4 14. hxg5 Bd7 15. Bd2 $1 O-O-O 16. Nd4 Bg7 $5 {
Black gives a pawn for counter-play.} 17. Qxg4 Bxd4 18. gxh6 Ne5 19. Qe2 Nc4
20. Rh3 Nxd2 $2 ({Correct is} 20... Qc5 $1 21. Bf1 $1 {(Svidler)} e5 $1 {with
satisfactory chances for Black.}) 21. Qxd2 Be5 $2 22. f4 Bf6 23. Qxd6 Qxd6 24.
Rxd6 Rdg8 25. Bf3 $6 (25. e5 $1 Rxg2 26. exf6 $18 {(Svidler).}) 25... e5 26. f5
Rg1+ 27. Rd1 Bg5+ 28. Kb1 Rxd1+ 29. Bxd1 Rxh6 30. Rxh6 Bxh6 31. Bh5 f6 32. Bf7
Kd8 33. Bd5 Kc7 34. Ne2 b6 35. c3 Kd6 36. Kc2 $4 Bxf5 $1 37. Bb7 Bg6 38. Ng3
Bf4 39. Nf5+ Bxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Fontys 2"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2820"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. a3 g6 5. b4 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. d3 Re8 $1 8. Qc2
$6 ({An appropriate reaction to the novelty gives} 8. Nf3) 8... d5 $1 9. cxd5
Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Ne2 f5 12. Nc3 Qf7 13. Na4 $2 ({Van Wely chooses an
awful move, because he did not like} 13. Be2 Be6 14. O-O Rad8) 13... Be6 14.
Nc5 Bd5 15. b5 $6 {Loek provokes an excellent move.} Nd4 $3 {Black utilises
the effect of Re8.} 16. exd4 exd4+ 17. Be2 ({Two pointes are} 17. Kd1 b6) ({and
} 17. Kd2 Bh6+) 17... Bxg2 18. O-O-O ({The next point is} 18. Rg1 $2 Bf3) 18...
Bxh1 19. Rxh1 Qd5 $1 20. Re1 ({Pointe four is} 20. Rg1 $2 Rxe2 $1) 20... Re5 $1
21. Qb3 Qxb3 22. Nxb3 Rae8 $1 23. Kd1 ({Horrible pins result from} 23. Nxd4 $2
R5e7 24. Kd2 Rd7) 23... Rxb5 24. Bf3 Rxe1+ 25. Kxe1 c6 $1 26. Bd1 a5 $5 27.
Bxd4 a4 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Nd2 Re5+ 30. Be2 b5 31. Kd1 ({The critical variation
is} 31. d4 Rd5 32. Nf3 b4 33. axb4 a3 34. Bc4 Rb5 $1 {(Kasparov).}) 31... Rd5
32. Kc2 g5 33. Bf3 Rd6 34. h3 Kg6 35. Nb1 h5 36. Nc3 g4 37. Bg2 Kf6 $6 {White
gets a new chance.} ({Van der Wiel prefers} 37... Kg5 $1 38. hxg4 Kxg4) 38.
hxg4 hxg4 39. d4 Kg5 40. Kd3 Rh6 $1 41. Ke2 f4 42. Be4 Rh3 43. Kd2 Rh2 44. Ke1
g3 45. fxg3 fxg3 46. Kf1 Rf2+ 47. Kg1 b4 $1 48. axb4 a3 49. d5 Kf4 $1 {
Kasparov finds a tactical win.} 50. Bg6 ({Or} 50. dxc6 a2 51. Nxa2 Kxe4 $1 52.
Nc3+ Kf3) 50... cxd5 51. Nxd5+ Kg5 {Super trio: Kasparov and Kramnik 1,
Svidler 1/2.} 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Fontys 2"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E26"]
[WhiteElo "2820"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nf6 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
f3 c4 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. g4 $5 h6 $2 {Black weakens the kingside.} ({Correct is} 
10... Na5 $1 11. Ng3 Nb3 12. Ra2 {(Korchnoi-O'Kelly, Bucharest 1954).}) 11. Bg2
Na5 $1 12. O-O Nb3 {Both players seek the struggle.} 13. Ra2 O-O 14. Ng3 Bd7
15. Qe1 Re8 16. e4 $1 {The offensive begins at the cost of a pawn.} dxe4 17.
fxe4 Nxg4 18. Bf4 Qh4 19. h3 Nf6 20. e5 $1 {Kasparov sacrifices a second pawn
for the attack.} Rad8 $1 ({The tactical justification is} 20... Bxh3 21. Bxh3
Qxh3 22. Rh2 Qg4 23. Bxh6 $1 Nd5 24. Bxg7 $1 Kxg7 25. Kh1 $18 {(Kasparov).})
21. Qf2 Nh5 $5 22. Bxh6 $1 {The tenth move is punished.} Re7 $2 ({Better is} 
22... Be6 23. Nxh5 Qxh5 24. Be3 Bd5 25. Bxd5 Rxd5 26. Qg2 Rd7 27. Raf2 {White
has a strong attack (Kasparov).}) 23. Nf5 $1 Qxf2+ 24. Rfxf2 Re6 25. Be3 Bc6
26. Bf1 $1 f6 ({Or} 26... Bd5 27. Be2) 27. Bxc4 Bd5 28. Be2 fxe5 29. Bxh5 exd4
30. Bg5 Rd7 31. Rae2 Be4 32. Nxd4 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Fontys 2"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf4 12. Bxf4 exf4 13. Rc1 Bf6 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15.
dxe6 Bxc3 16. Rxc3 fxe4 17. Bf1 e3 18. fxe3 fxe3 $1 {A novelty simplifies the
position.} 19. Rcxe3 c6 20. Qd2 $1 {White threatens Rh3 and Qh6.} d5 21. cxd5
cxd5 22. Qd4 $3 {The queen controls the board.} Qd6 23. Qc5 Qf4 $2 ({Correct is
} 23... Qxc5 24. bxc5 b6 25. cxb6 axb6 26. a3) 24. Rf3 $1 Qg5 25. Rf7 $1 Rxf7
26. exf7+ Kxf7 27. Qc7 Qh4 28. Re3 $1 Qxb4 ({Fine resistance is offered by} 
28... Rf8 $1 29. g3 Qf6 30. Be2 $1 {(Kramnik)} Rc8 $1 31. Qxb7 Rc3 32. Qxa7
Rxe3 33. Qxe3 Qa1+ 34. Kg2 Qxa2) 29. a3 Qh4 30. Qxb7 Re8 31. Qxa7 d4 32. Bc4+
Kf8 33. g3 $1 Qg4 34. Be2 Qc8 35. Qxd4 Qc1+ 36. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Fontys 2"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Re1
Be7 9. e4 cxd4 10. e5 Nd5 11. Bc4 Nc5 12. Nxd4 O-O 13. b3 Nb6 {A novelty leads
to active play for Black pieces.} 14. Bf1 Qd7 15. Bb2 Nd5 16. Nd2 b5 17. Rc1
Bb7 18. Qg4 Rac8 19. N2f3 Qd8 20. h4 Qb6 21. a3 b4 22. axb4 $6 ({Huzman prefers
} 22. a4 {and Bc4.}) 22... Nxb4 {The players have different strategic objects.}
23. Rcd1 $2 ({Correct is} 23. Red1 $1 Bd5 24. Bc4 Bxc4 25. Rxc4 {(Huzman).})
23... Nc2 $1 24. Nxc2 $6 ({A counteraction starts} 24. Re2 $6 Nxd4 25. Nxd4
Nxb3 {(Huzman), and now} 26. Re3 $1 Nc5 27. Rg3 g6 28. Bc1) 24... Qxb3 25. Nfd4
Qxb2 26. Ne3 f5 27. exf6 Rxf6 28. Re2 Qa3 29. h5 Rcf8 30. Rc2 Kh8 31. Nc4 Qa4
32. Qg3 Rf4 33. h6 gxh6 34. Nb6 Qb4 35. Nd7 Bh4 36. Qe3 Re4 $2 37. Qxh6 $2 Nxd7
38. Nxe6 {White overstepped the time limit.  Super trio: Kasparov and Kramnik
2, Svidler 1 1/2.} 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Fontys 2"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shaked, Tal"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2820"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Qd2 Qa5 9. Rb1 b6 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Be2 Bc6 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. Ne2 Rd8 $1 {The
world champion has prepared a great novelty.} 14. f3 {The youth champion
reacyts solidly.} O-O 15. h4 h5 16. Bg5 $6 ({The correct reaction} 16. Kf2 cxd4
17. cxd4 Ne5 $1 18. Bb5 Qxd2 19. Bxd2 Bxb5 20. Rxb5 Nc4 {leads to a plus for
Black (Kasparov).}) 16... Rfe8 17. Rc1 Bb7 18. d5 ({Or} 18. O-O Ne5 $1) 18...
Ne5 19. Bb1 Nc4 20. Qf4 $4 (20. Qc2 Ba6 {is awkward (Ftacnik).}) 20... Be5 {
The white queen is lost.} 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Fontys 2"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. Bd3 Ne7 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. c4 f5 14. O-O O-O
15. Qf3 bxc4 16. Nxc4 d5 17. exd5 e4 18. Qe3 Bb7 19. Rfd1 Bxd5 20. Nb6 Rad8 21.
Nxd5 Rxd5 22. Bxa6 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Bxb2 24. Rd5 Qf6 25. Bc4 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ {
Super trio: Kasparov 3, Kramnik 2 1/2, Svidler 2.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Fontys 2"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2820"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. Nd2 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. e3
d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O c5 12. Bf3 Nbd7 13. Bg3 Rc8 14. Nb5 a6 15.
Nd6 Bxd6 16. Bxd6 Re8 17. Rc1 cxd4 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 19. exd4 Ne4 20. Bf4 Ndf6 21.
Re1 Nxd2 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Qxd2 Ne4 24. Qb4 Ng5 25. Bxg5 hxg5 26. h3 Qe6 27.
Qc3 Qe7 28. b4 g6 29. a4 Kg7 30. a5 Qd6 31. Be2 b5 32. Qe3 {White has a
positional advantage.} Qe6 $2 ({Correct is} 32... Bc8 33. Qe5+ (33. Qxg5 Qxb4)
33... Qxe5 34. dxe5 f6 35. exf6+ Kxf6 {and now} 36. Bd3 $4 {fails due to} Bf5
$1) 33. Qxe6 $2 ({Kasparov misses the opportunity} 33. Qe5+ $1 Qxe5 34. dxe5 f6
35. exf6+ Kxf6 36. Bd3 $1 Ke5 $1 37. Bxg6 Kd4 38. f4 $1 gxf4 39. h4 Ke5 40. Kf2
$18 {(Onischuk).}) 33... fxe6 34. Bd3 Kf6 35. Kf1 Bc6 36. Ke2 Be8 37. Ke3 Bd7
38. g3 Bc8 39. Bc2 Bd7 40. Bd1 Bc8 41. Bg4 Bd7 42. Be2 Bc8 43. Bd1 Bd7 44. Bc2
Bc8 45. f4 gxf4+ 46. Kxf4 g5+ 47. Kf3 Kg7 48. h4 Kh6 49. Kg4 e5+ 50. Kf3 e4+
51. Bxe4 dxe4+ 52. Kxe4 gxh4 53. gxh4 Kh5 54. Kd5 Kxh4 55. Kc6 Kg5 56. Kc7 Be6
57. Kb7 Kf4 58. Kxa6 Ke4 59. Kxb5 Kxd4 60. a6 Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Fontys 2"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e4 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bb7 7. Qe2 Nc6 8.
Nxc6 Bxc6 9. Bg5 Nd7 10. O-O-O h6 11. Be3 e6 12. Bd4 e5 13. Be3 Be7 14. Kb1 O-O
15. f3 a6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 Qc7 18. g3 Nf6 19. Rd2 b5 20. Bh3 bxc4 21. Rc1
d5 22. exd5 Rfd8 23. d6 Rxd6 24. Qxc4 Qxc4 25. Rxc4 Nd5 26. Bf2 Nc3+ 27. Kc2
Rxd2+ 28. Kxd2 Nxa2 29. Rc8+ Rxc8 30. Bxc8 Nb4 31. Kc3 a5 32. Bb7 Bd8 33. Be4
g6 34. g4 Kf8 35. Kc4 Ke8 36. h4 Kd7 37. h5 gxh5 38. Bf5+ Kc7 39. gxh5 Bg5 40.
Kb5 Nc6 41. Bb6+ Kd6 42. Bc5+ Kc7 43. Bb6+ Kd6 44. Be4 Nd4+ 45. Kxa5 f5 46. Ba8
Be3 47. Ka4 e4 48. fxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Fontys 2"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Qa4+ Qxa4 8.
Nxa4 Bd7 9. Nc3 Ne4 $5 {Svidler has played a fine novelty. Van Wely accepts
the challenge.} 10. Nxd5 Na6 11. f3 Nexc5 12. O-O-O e6 13. Nc7+ Nxc7 14. Bxc7
Rc8 15. Bd6 b5 $1 16. b3 $1 ({Van Wely avoids} 16. cxb5 $2 Ne4+ 17. Kb1 Nf2 {
(Ftacnik).}) 16... bxc4 17. Bxc4 Na4 $1 18. Rd2 Bb5 19. Rc2 Bxc4 20. bxc4 Kd7
21. c5 Rc6 $1 22. Ne2 {Super trio: Kasparov 3 1/2, Kramnik 3, Svidler 2 1/2.} (
22. Ne2 Nxc5 $1 23. Rd1 $1 Rhc8 24. Rxc5 Rxc5+ 25. Bxc5+ Ke8 26. Kd2 Rxc5 27.
Rb1 Ra5 28. Rb8+ Ke7 29. Rb7+ Ke8 30. Rb8+ Ke7 31. Rb7+ $11 {(Novikov-Yermolins
Novikov-Yermolinsky, New York 1998).}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Fontys 2"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E58"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qc7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nh4 Qa5 12. Bb2 Re8 {A slightly new
position has arisen.} ({They played} 12... c4 13. Bc2 Ne4 14. Qe1 {in Monaco
1997.}) 13. Re1 $6 ({More suitable seems to me} 13. Nf5 $1 c4 $5 14. Bc2 Ne4 $5
15. Bxe4 $1 Rxe4 16. Ng3 Re8 17. Qh5 Bd7 18. Rae1 {White will fight in the
centre.}) 13... c4 14. Bc2 Ne4 15. Rc1 Qd8 $1 16. g3 g5 $3 17. Ng2 g4 18. f3
Ng5 $1 19. fxg4 Nh3+ 20. Kf1 Qg5 $1 21. Nf4 Bxg4 22. Qd2 Bf5 23. Qg2 $6 Nxf4
24. gxf4 $6 ({Better is the prosaic} 24. exf4 $1 Qg6 {(Kramnik)} 25. Bxf5 Qxf5
26. Qf3) 24... Qxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Bxc2 26. Rxc2 f5 $1 27. Kf3 Kf7 28. a4 $6 {
Opening of the queenside leads to less protection of the other flank.} Rg8 29.
Ba3 Ke6 30. Rb1 b6 31. Bb4 Rab8 32. Rcb2 Rb7 33. Rg2 Rxg2 34. Kxg2 Rg7+ 35. Kf3
Rg8 36. Ra1 h5 37. Rb1 h4 38. a5 bxa5 39. Bc5 Rg7 40. Ba3 h3 41. Rb5 a4 42. Rc5
Nb8 $1 {Both sides have carried out their strategic plans.} 43. Ra5 ({Black
elegantly wins in} 43. Rb5 $1 Nd7 44. Ra5 Nf6 $1 45. Rxa4 Rg2 $1 46. Ra6+ Kf7
47. Rxa7+ Ke8 48. Ra8+ Kd7 49. Ra7+ Kc8 50. Ra8+ Kb7 51. Rh8 Ne4 $1) 43... a6
44. Rxa4 Rg2 45. Bb4 Rxh2 46. Kg3 Re2 47. Kxh3 Rxe3+ 48. Kg2 Nc6 49. Rxa6 Kd7
50. Kf2 Rd3 51. Bc5 Rxc3 52. Rb6 Rb3 53. Ra6 Rd3 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Fontys 2"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2820"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Be7 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. g4 h6 11. O-O-O b5 12. h4 Nb6 13. Kb1 b4 14. Bxb6 Qxb6 15.
Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 a5 17. Qd3 {A new move opens a square for the knight. Black
responds with the development of his king's rook.} O-O $1 18. Nd2 a4 19. Ne4
Rfc8 $1 20. Nxf6+ $2 ({The crucial line is} 20. g5 $1 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 b3 22. Bd3
{(Kasparov).}) 20... Bxf6 21. Qe4 Qc5 $6 (21... b3 $1 {is even stronger.}) 22.
Bd3 Kf8 $1 23. g5 $1 hxg5 24. hxg5 Bxg5 25. Qf5 Bh6 26. Rh4 $1 Ke7 $5 {
Kasparov prepares a superb idea.} 27. Rc4 Qxc4 $1 28. Bxc4 Rxc4 29. Qd3 Rac8
30. Re1 $2 {White has a valid defence.} ({Correct is} 30. b3 $1 axb3 31. axb3
R4c5 {(Kasparov).}) 30... Bf4 31. Re4 Rxe4 32. fxe4 g5 {The g-pawn cannot be
stopped.} 33. a3 bxa3 34. Qa6 Rd8 35. Qb6 g4 36. c4 g3 37. c5 g2 38. cxd6+ Rxd6
39. Qc7+ Kf6 $1 40. Qxd6+ Kg7 ({The end brings} 40... Kg7 41. Qc5 Bh2 42. d6
g1=Q+ 43. Qxg1+ Bxg1 44. d7 Bb6 $19) 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Fontys 2"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Shaked, Tal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Nf3 Ne7 8. h4
Bd7 9. h5 h6 10. Bd3 Ba4 11. O-O Nd7 12. Rb1 O-O-O 13. Be3 Kb8 14. dxc5 Nxc5
15. Rb4 Bd7 16. Nd4 Ka8 17. Qg4 Nxd3 18. cxd3 Rhg8 19. Rfb1 b6 20. a4 f5 21.
exf6 gxf6 22. Qf3 f5 $2 {Tal Shaked allows an attack.} ({A great counteraction
gives} 22... Nc6 $1 23. Nxc6 Bxc6 24. Qxf6 $5 d4 $1 25. Bf4 Qb7 26. g3 Bh1 27.
Kf1 Rgf8 28. Qe5 dxc3 29. Qxc3) 23. a5 $1 bxa5 24. Rb7 $1 Qxb7 25. Rxb7 Kxb7
26. Nb3 Rg4 27. Nxa5+ Ka8 28. Bxh6 Rb8 29. g3 Rb5 30. Bf8 Rxa5 31. Bxe7 Be8 32.
h6 Bg6 33. Qe3 Ra1+ 34. Kg2 Ra6 35. Qc5 Kb7 36. Bd8 {Super trio: Kasparov 4 1/
2, Kramnik 4, Svidler 3 1/2.} 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Fontys 2"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2820"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bb4+ 5. c3 Bc5 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 Qh4
$5 {Kasparov got a surprising answer to his new move.} 8. Qe2 Nf6 9. h3 O-O 10.
g3 Qh5 11. g4 $5 Qe5 12. g5 Nxe4 $2 {Lékó makes an incorrect sacrifice.} ({
Right is} 12... Ne8 13. f4 Qe7 14. Nd2 {(Kasparov).}) 13. Bxe4 Re8 14. Bf3
Qxe2+ 15. Bxe2 Ba6 16. c4 $1 Bxc4 17. Nc3 Rab8 18. Kf1 Be6 19. b3 f6 20. gxf6
Bd4 21. Bb2 Bxf6 22. Na4 Bh4 23. Nc5 Rf8 24. Rh2 Bxh3+ 25. Kg1 $1 Rbe8 26. Nxd7
Bxf2+ 27. Rxf2 Bxd7 28. Bc4+ Be6 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Rf1+ Ke7 31. Bxe6 {
Kasparov scored an easy win.} 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Fontys 2"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 dxc4 7. Nxc6 Qxd1+
8. Nxd1 bxc6 9. Bg2 Nd5 10. Ne3 e6 11. Nxc4 Ba6 12. b3 Bb4+ 13. Bd2 Ke7 14. Rc1
Rhc8 15. Bxb4+ Nxb4 16. a3 Nd5 17. Na5 c5 18. e4 Nf6 19. e5 Nd5 20. Kd2 Rab8
21. b4 f6 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Rxc5 Rxc5 24. bxc5 Rb2+ 25. Kc3 Rb5 26. exf6+ Kxf6
27. Nb3 d4+ 28. Nxd4 Rxc5+ 29. Kb2 Rd5 30. Nb3 Bb5 31. Rc1 g5 32. Rc8 h5 33.
Nc5 Kf5 34. Rf8+ Kg4 35. Ne4 Kh3 36. Rh8 Kxh2 37. Rxh5+ Kg2 38. Nc3 Rf5 39. g4
Rxf2+ 40. Kb3 Bd7 41. Rxg5 Be6+ 42. Kb4 Rf4+ 43. Ka5 Rxg4 44. Rxg4+ Bxg4 45.
Ka6 Kf3 46. a4 Ke3 47. Nb5 Bd1 48. a5 Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Fontys 2"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Qc7 8. f4
d6 9. Qf3 Nd7 10. O-O Ngf6 11. Bd2 b4 $5 12. Nd1 Bb7 13. Nf2 a5 14. c3 bxc3 15.
Bxc3 Be7 16. Rac1 Qb6 17. g4 $6 (17. Bd4 Qd8 18. Qg3 a4 19. Nd2 {keeps a
positional advantage.}) 17... a4 18. Bd4 Qd8 19. Nd2 O-O 20. g5 Ne8 21. h4 ({
No success brings} 21. Qh5 e5 22. Ng4 $2 exd4 23. Rf3 g6 24. Qh6 f6 25. f5 Rf7
26. fxg6 Rg7 {(Svidler).}) 21... e5 $1 22. Bc3 exf4 23. Qxf4 Ne5 $1 {Black
threatens to play ..f6.} 24. Bxe5 $1 {White takes compensation for the
imminent counterattack.} dxe5 25. Qxe5 Bd6 26. Qf5 g6 27. Qf3 Be5 28. Nc4 $6 ({
The complications of} 28. Ng4 $1 Bd4+ (28... Bxb2 $2 29. Qxf7+ $1) 29. Kh2 f5 {
(Svidler).} 30. Qg3 $1 fxg4 31. Bc4+ Kg7 32. Rxf8 Kxf8 33. Rf1+ Nf6 34. gxf6 {
are bright for White.}) 28... Bd4 29. Rcd1 f5 $1 30. Be2 ({Avoids} 30. Qe2 $2
Qc7 31. Kg2 Ng7 $1) 30... fxe4 {Mutual pins dominate the board.} 31. Qg3 $2 ({
The surprising} 31. Qa3 $1 {threatens 32.Nd6!} {A strong answer seems to be}
Rf4 {but the retreat} 32. Qg3 $1 {reorganises the defence line sufficiently.})
31... Ng7 $1 32. Qd6 $5 (32. Nd6 Nf5 33. Nxf5 Rxf5 {is unpleasant for White.})
32... Nf5 33. Qe6+ Kh8 34. Nd6 Qc7 $1 35. Nxf5 Rxf5 {Super trio: Kasparov 5 1/
2, Kramnik and Svidler 4 1/2.} ({Shirov notices} 35... Rxf5 36. Rxd4 Qg3+ 37.
Kh1 e3+ 38. Ne4 Qh3+ 39. Kg1 Rxf1+ 40. Bxf1 Qxe6) 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Fontys 2"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. Bg5 O-O 11. c3 Re8 12. Bh4 h6 13. Re1 g5 14. Bg3 Ne4
15. Nfd4 f5 16. Bh5 Rf8 17. h3 Nxg3 18. fxg3 Qd6 19. Qd3 Ne5 20. Qe3 Nc4 21.
Qe7 Qxe7 22. Rxe7 Nd6 23. g4 fxg4 24. hxg4 Ne4 25. Rf1 Nf6 26. a4 a5 27. Rf3
Ra6 28. Kh1 Bd8 29. Re1 Nxh5 30. gxh5 Rxf3 31. gxf3 Kf7 32. Nc5 Rb6 33. Nd3 Bf6
34. Ne5+ Kg7 35. b3 Rd6 36. Kg2 Rd8 37. Ng4 Bxd4 38. cxd4 Bxg4 39. fxg4 Kf6 40.
Re5 Kf7 41. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Fontys 2"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2820"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nbd7 5. d3 b6 6. O-O Bb7 7. Nbd2 g6 8. d4
cxd4 9. cxd4 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Ng5 d5 $1 {Kasparov improves the theory.}
12. Bb5 $5 Bg7 13. f3 $5 {Svidler avoids exchange and selects the sharpest
move each time. He wants to have fun!} Bf5 14. g4 h6 $1 ({Not} 14... Be6 $2 15.
f4 $1) 15. gxf5 hxg5 16. fxg6 a6 $1 ({Less pleasant is} 16... fxg6 17. Qd3 Qc7
18. Rf2 Kf7 19. Bxg5 {(Svidler).}) 17. gxf7+ Kxf7 18. Ba4 Rh5 $6 ({The natural
moves} 18... Qc7 $1 19. Rf2 Rh4 20. Be3 Rah8 {give Black counter-play.}) 19.
Be3 Nf6 20. Qd2 Qd6 21. Rf2 ({Black gains equality in} 21. Bxg5 $6 Rg8 22. Kh1
Rxh2+ $1 23. Qxh2 Rh8 24. Bh4 $1 Qxh2+ 25. Kxh2 Rxh4+ 26. Kg2 Rxd4) 21... Rah8
22. Rg2 Rh3 $6 ({Correct is} 22... Bh6 23. Bc2 Rg8 24. Bd3 $1 {and White has a
plus.}) 23. Rf1 R8h4 $2 {The rooks perform kamikaze.} ({It is still time for} 
23... Bh6) 24. Bc2 $1 {Black has to lose matter.} Nh5 25. Bf5 Nf4 26. Bxh3
Nxh3+ 27. Kh1 Qf6 28. Rg3 $1 Qf5 29. Bxg5 Nxg5 30. Rxg5 Qh3 31. Rg2 $1 Bf6 ({Or
} 31... Rxd4 $2 32. Rxg7+) 32. Qd3 Rxd4 33. Qg6+ Ke6 34. Qe8 Rc4 35. Qd8 $1 Qf5
36. Re1+ Be5 37. Qb8 $1 {Svidler showed great tactical wit.  Super trio:
Kasparov and Svidler 5 1/2, Kramnik 5.} (37. Qb8 Kf6 38. Qh8+ Ke6 39. Rxe5+ $1)
1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Fontys 2"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2820"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 b5 $5 8. a4
b4 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. e4 cxd4 11. e5 Nd5 $6 ({Usual is} 11... Nfd7) 12. Nc4 Nc6 ({
White won in} 12... Be7 13. Bg5 O-O 14. Nd6 {(Lalic-Sadler, 1995).}) 13. Bg5
Qd7 14. Rc1 $1 h6 $2 ({Kasparov prefers} 14... Bc5 15. Ncd2 $1 Be7 16. Bxe7
Ndxe7) 15. Bh4 Bc5 16. Nfd2 $1 {The knights are directed to d6.} O-O ({Piket
avoids the drastic} 16... Ne3 $2 17. fxe3 dxe3 18. Ne4 e2+ 19. Nxc5 exd1=Q 20.
Rcxd1 Qc7 21. Nd6+ Kf8 22. Nxe6+) 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Bg3 $1 Qd8 {Black has no
good moves.} 19. Ncd6 Na5 ({Not} 19... Qb6 $2 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Nf6+ $1 gxf6
22. Nf5 fxe5 23. Qg4+ Bg5 24. Nxh6+ {(Dokhojan).}) 20. Bc2 b3 21. Bb1 Qb6 22.
Qd3 g6 23. Nc5 {White threatens 24.Nxe6.} Bc8 24. h4 Nc6 ({Or} 24... h5 25.
Qxd4) 25. a5 $1 {Kasparov deviates a piece with a pawn sacrifice.} ({He does
not like} 25. h5 Nxe5 $1) 25... Qxa5 ({The first pointe is} 25... Nxa5 26. h5
$1) 26. Nxf7 $1 Rxf7 27. Qxg6+ Kf8 ({The second point is} 27... Rg7 28. Qe8+
Bf8 29. Qxc6) 28. Nxe6+ Bxe6 29. Rxc6 $1 Bd7 30. Qxh6+ {Kasparov regained the
sole lead.} (30. Qxh6+ Ke8 31. e6 $1 Bxc6 32. exf7+ Kd7 33. Bf5+ {leads to
mate.}) 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Fontys 2"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 d6 8. e4 a6
9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. f4 O-O 12. Be3 Nc6 13. Rc1 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Rac8 15.
b3 Rfe8 16. a4 Nd7 17. Rc2 Bf8 18. Rd2 Nb8 $6 19. Bf2 Bc6 20. g4 $5 {White
broadens the front.} Qb7 21. Bf1 Nd7 22. g5 Nc5 23. Bg2 b5 $5 24. axb5 axb5 25.
b4 Na6 26. cxb5 Bxb5 27. Nxb5 Qxb5 28. Bf1 $1 Qb7 29. b5 Nc5 30. Qf3 Red8 31.
f5 $6 {Lékó gets the chance to counter.} ({Slightly better is} 31. Rc2 {
(Kramnik).}) 31... d5 $1 32. exd5 ({The tactical justification is} 32. fxe6
Nxe4 $1 {(Kramnik)} 33. exf7+ Qxf7 34. Qxf7+ Kxf7) 32... exd5 33. Bd4 Ne4 34.
Rg2 Bc5 35. Qe3 Bxd4 36. Qxd4 Nd6 37. g6 Nxf5 $1 38. gxh7+ Kh8 $1 39. Qf4 g6
40. Bd3 Qb6+ 41. Rf2 Qf6 42. Re5 Rc1+ 43. Kg2 Nh4+ 44. Kh3 Qxf4 45. Rxf4 Rc3
46. Kxh4 Rxd3 47. Rxf7 {White's extra pawn has little value.} Rb3 48. Rb7 d4 $1
49. Kg5 d3 50. Kxg6 Rxb5 $1 ({Avoids} 50... d2 $4 51. Rd5 $1) 51. Rbxb5 d2 52.
Rbd5 d1=Q $1 {A stalemate combination.} 53. Rxd1 Rd6+ 54. Rxd6 {Kramnik could
not win a better position for the fourth time in a row.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Fontys 2"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
Nd2 g6 9. c4 Ba6 10. b3 Bg7 11. Bb2 Nb4 12. Nf3 c5 13. g3 O-O 14. Bg2 d5 15.
O-O Rad8 16. Rfd1 Rfe8 17. a3 Nc6 18. Qc2 d4 19. Re1 Qd7 20. b4 Nxe5 21. b5 Bc8
22. Nxe5 Rxe5 23. Rxe5 Bxe5 24. Qd2 Qd6 25. Re1 Be6 26. Qd3 Re8 27. Bc1 Bf5 28.
Qf3 Kg7 29. Bd2 Re6 30. Qd1 Bf6 31. Rxe6 Bxe6 32. Qb3 h5 33. Be4 Qe5 34. Bd3
Bg4 35. Qa4 Be2 36. Qc2 Bf3 37. Bf1 Bg5 38. Qb3 Bxd2 39. Qxf3 Qf5 {Super trio:
Kasparov 6 1/2, Svidler 6, Kramnik 5 1/2.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Fontys 2"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2820"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. g3 b5 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 b4 8. Na4
Nf6 9. Bg5 Qa5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. c3 Nc6 12. O-O Bg7 13. cxb4 Qxb4 14. Ne2 Bh6
15. f4 O-O 16. Rc1 a5 17. a3 Qe7 18. Nc5 Ba6 19. Rf2 Ra7 20. Nxa6 Rxa6 21. Nc3
Rb8 22. Rd2 Ra7 23. a4 Rb4 24. Na2 Rb8 25. Nc3 Rb4 26. Na2 Rb8 27. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Fontys 2"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 c6 8. d5 Ng4
9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 c5 11. O-O h5 12. Ne1 Na6 13. a3 Qe7 14. Rb1 Bd7 15. b4 b6
16. Nc2 Nh6 17. f3 Nf7 18. a4 Rfc8 19. Nb5 Nd8 20. Bf2 Bh6 21. a5 bxa5 22. bxa5
Nf7 23. Bh4 Kg7 24. Rb3 Qd8 25. Qe1 Rcb8 26. Qc3 Rb7 27. Rfb1 Rab8 28. Kh1 Bf4
29. Bf2 Bg5 30. Bd3 Nc7 31. Be1 Na6 32. Bf2 Nc7 33. Be1 Na6 34. R3b2 Bf4 35.
Kg1 Qh8 36. Rb3 Qd8 37. R3b2 Kg8 38. Rb3 Kg7 39. Qa1 Qh8 40. Qa2 Qd8 41. Qa1
Bg5 42. R1b2 Qe7 43. Qb1 Bc8 44. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Fontys 2"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. h3 h6 12. Bd2 Nf6 13. Be3 Qe7 14. Nd5 Qd8 15.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. c5 Nb8 $1 ({Vladimir improves on} 16... b6 $6 {(Kramnik-Shirov,
Monaco 1997).}) 17. Qb3 Nc6 18. Rad1 a6 19. Rd2 Qe7 20. Rfd1 Kh7 21. Ne1 a5 22.
Bc4 f5 23. exf5 gxf5 24. f4 exf4 $5 {He gives a pawn for the initiative.} 25.
Bf2 a4 26. Qa3 Ne5 27. Re2 Be6 28. Bxe6 Qxe6 29. Nf3 Rad8 $1 30. Rde1 ({Jeroen
avoids} 30. Rxd8 $2 Rxd8 31. Nxe5 Rd1+ 32. Kh2 Bxe5) 30... Nxf3+ 31. Qxf3 Qxa2
32. Re7 Rf7 33. Qxf4 Rxe7 34. Rxe7 Qxb2 35. Bg3 $1 ({Another trick is} 35.
Qxf5+ $2 Kh8 36. Bg3 Qf6) 35... Qf6 36. Qxc7 Rd1+ 37. Kh2 Qa1 38. Bf4 Rh1+ 39.
Kg3 Qc3+ 40. Re3 Qf6 41. Qxb7 h5 42. Qe7 $6 ({The tactical struggle ends by} 
42. Be5 f4+ 43. Bxf4 Qg6+ 44. Kf2 Qc2+ 45. Kg3 Qg6+ {in a perpetual.}) 42...
h4+ 43. Kf2 Rc1 $1 44. Qe8 Rc2+ 45. Kf1 $2 (45. Kf3 $1 Qg6 46. Qxg6+ Kxg6 47.
Ra3 Rc4 48. c6 Bb2 49. Ra2 a3 50. c7 Kf7 51. Bd6 {achieves a draw (Kramnik).})
45... Qa6+ $1 46. Kg1 Qg6 47. Qxg6+ Kxg6 48. Re6+ Kf7 49. Ra6 Rc4 50. Bd6 Bd4+
51. Kf1 Ke6 52. g3 $2 ({The last chance gives} 52. Bg3+ Kd5 53. Bxh4 Bxc5 {
(Kramnik).}) 52... Kd5 53. gxh4 Ke4 54. Ke2 Rc2+ 55. Kd1 Ra2 {Super trio:
Kasparov 7, Svidler and Kramnik 6 1/2.} 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Fontys 2"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2820"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8.
Bg5 Nd4 9. Nxd4 Bxd4 10. e3 Qa5 11. exd4 Qxg5 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 {White
tries to win a better ending.} b6 14. b4 d6 15. Bd3 (15. Be2 {drew in
Polugaevsky - Andersson, Haninge 1989.}) 15... Rd8 16. f3 h5 17. h4 Kf8 18.
Rhe1 Bd7 19. Rab1 Rac8 20. Rec1 $6 ({Kasparov suggests} 20. f4 Rc7 21. a4 Rdc8
22. a5 Rxc4 $1) 20... e5 21. Nb5 Bxb5 22. cxb5 exd4 $6 ({Correct is} 22... Nd5
23. Bf5 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 exd4 25. Be4 {(Kasparov)} Ne3 $1) 23. Rc6 Nd5 24. Rbc1
Rxc6 25. bxc6 Nc7 {Kasparov regards this endgame as won for White.} 26. Re1 $6
({Better is} 26. g4 $1 d5 {(Kasparov)} 27. g5 (27. b5 Rd6 $1) 27... Re8 $1 {
White only has a plus.}) 26... Re8 27. f4 Rxe1 28. Kxe1 Ke7 29. Be2 g6 30. f5
Kf6 31. fxg6 fxg6 32. Kd2 Kf5 33. g3 Ke4 34. a4 Na8 35. Bd3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Fontys 2"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Be3 Bb4 9. Na4 Be7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Nb6 Rb8 12. Nxc8 Qxc8 13. e5 Nd5 14. Bc1
Bc5 15. c4 Ne7 16. b3 Qc7 17. Bb2 d6 18. Bh5 O-O 19. Qe2 a5 20. Rac1 Nf5 21.
Rfd1 a4 22. Rd3 axb3 23. axb3 Rbd8 24. exd6 Bxd6 25. g3 Bc5 26. Rcd1 Rxd3 27.
Qxd3 Qb6 28. Rd2 Bb4 29. Rd1 {Super trio: Kasparov 7 1/2, Kramnik and Svidler
7.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Fontys 2"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 O-O 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Bf4 Ne4 11. Qc2 c5 12. dxc5 $1 {Kramnik takes the
initiative with a new move.} Bxc5 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Ng5 {Black has an elegant
escape in the critical position.} Nf6 $2 ({Kasparov's suggestion} 14... Rc8 $1
15. Qb1 Nf6 16. b4 Bxf2+ $1 17. Kxf2 {should be followed by} Qd4+ $1 18. Kf1
Ng4 19. e3 Qd2 20. Re2 Nxh2+ 21. Kf2 Ng4+ {and perpetual check.}) 15. Nxe4 Bxe4
16. Bxe4 Qd4 17. Bf3 ({Avoids} 17. Bxa8 $4 Qxf2+ 18. Kh1 Ng4 19. Bg2 Qg1+ 20.
Rxg1 Nf2#) 17... Qxf2+ 18. Kh1 Rac8 19. Rf1 Qd4 20. Rad1 Qb4 21. a3 Qb5 22. Qf5
$1 Qa4 $2 ({Not} 22... Qxb2 $2 23. Be5 Qxa3 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Be4) ({Correct is
} 22... Qb3 $1 23. Rd3 Qe6 24. Qxe6 fxe6 25. b4 Be7 {(Kramnik).}) 23. e4 $1 Qc2
24. Rd2 Qc4 25. Rfd1 Qe6 26. Qxe6 fxe6 27. e5 Ne8 $2 (27... Nd5 28. Bxd5 exd5
29. Rxd5 a5 $1 {offers more resistance (Kramnik).}) 28. Bg4 Nc7 29. b4 Be7 30.
Rd7 Rf7 31. Rc1 Bf8 32. Rxf7 Kxf7 33. Rc6 $1 ({The pointe is} 33. Rc6 Ke7 34.
Bxe6 $1) 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Fontys 2"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2820"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb4 6. Bb5+ N8c6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
a3 dxc3 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. axb4 cxb2 11. Bxb2 e6 12. O-O Bd7 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14.
Ne5 Ke8 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Ra4 f6 17. Rfa1 Kf7 18. Rxa7+ Rxa7 19. Rxa7+ Be7 20.
Rc7 $4 (20. Rc7 {The computer program Rebel finds in the press room} c5 $3 21.
b5 (21. bxc5 $2 Rb8) 21... Rb8 22. Kf1 Rxb5 {Black has won a pawn. Gary was
disappointed of course.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Fontys 2"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 Qc7 10. g4 $5 Be6 11. g5 Nfd7 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Nc6 14. Nd5 Bxd5
15. exd5 Nce5 16. Nd4 g6 17. c4 Rfe8 18. Rc1 Rac8 (18... Qd8 {was played in
Onichuk-Lautier (round two).}) 19. b4 $6 {Pawn c4 becomes a weakness.} Qd8 20.
Rg1 $6 Bf8 21. Qb3 Bg7 22. Rge1 $2 ({Correct is} 22. Rgd1 Qe7 $1 23. Nf3 $1 Ng4
24. Re1 {(Svidler).}) 22... Nb6 $1 23. Red1 Nexc4 $1 24. Bxc4 Re4 25. Qf3 ({
The complications of} 25. Nc6 bxc6 26. Bxa6 Rxf4 27. Bxc8 Qxc8 28. dxc6 Be5 {
favour Black (Svidler).}) 25... Rxd4 26. Rxd4 Bxd4 27. Bb3 Rxc1+ 28. Bxc1 Qc8
$1 29. Bf4 Qf5 30. Kg2 Nc8 31. Bd2 Qe5 32. Bf4 Qe1 33. a3 Ne7 $1 34. Bxd6 Nf5
35. Bg3 Ne3+ 36. Kh3 Qc3 $1 37. Qe4 ({Or} 37. Bd1 Qc8+ 38. Kh4 h6 $1 39. Bf4
hxg5+ 40. Bxg5 Nxd1 41. Qxd1 Bf2#) 37... Qc8+ 38. Kh4 h5 $1 {Super trio:
Kasparov, Kramnik and Svidler 8.} (38... h5 {Black threatens to play 39...Ng2+
40.Qxg2 Qg4#.} {The remedy} 39. Bd1 (39. gxh6 Bf6#) 39... Nf5+ 40. Kh3 Nd6+ {
costs the queen.}) 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "25.Schachtage"]
[Date "1997.07.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1997.??.04"]

{Kramnik won the tournament in 1997 with 61/2/9, one point before Anand. } 1.
Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 O-O 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. e4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nc6 $5 11. d4 Na5 12. h4 $5 {Kramnik plays an
aggressive novelty.} Re8 13. h5 h6 14. Ne5 {White charges on the kingside.} Bd6
15. Bf4 Qe7 (15... Bxe5 $1 16. Bxe5 Nc4 17. Bf4 e5 $1 {counterattacks in the
centre.}) 16. Qg4 Kh8 17. Nd3 Rad8 18. Rad1 Bc6 $2 ({The attack is hindered by
} 18... Bxf4 19. gxf4 {(Kramnik)} Nc4 $1) 19. e5 $1 Ba3 20. Bxc6 Nxc6 21. Re4
Qd7 22. Qf3 Bf8 23. Be3 Na5 24. g4 Nc4 25. g5 Nxe3 26. fxe3 ({Even better is} 
26. Qxe3 $1) 26... hxg5 27. Rg4 Qe7 28. Rf1 Rd7 29. Qg3 f6 ({Or} 29... Qa3 30.
Rxg5 Qxc3 31. Nf4 {and wins (Kramnik).}) 30. e4 Qa3 {The onslaught becomes
irresistable.} 31. exf6 Qxc3 ({The resistence is prolonged by} 31... gxf6 $1
32. e5 f5 33. Rxg5 Bh6 34. Rg6 Rh7 35. Rf2 $1) 32. f7 $1 Rc8 33. d5 $1 exd5 34.
e5 $1 c5 35. Rf3 (35. Rxg5 $1 {decides at once.}) 35... c4 36. Nf2 Qe1+ 37. Kg2
Be7 ({Kramnik mentions the pointe} 37... c3 38. Rxg5 c2 39. h6 c1=Q 40. hxg7+
Bxg7 41. Qh3+ Bh6 42. Qxh6#) 38. Rxg5 $1 Bxg5 39. f8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "25.Schachtage"]
[Date "1997.07.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1997.??.04"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Bg5 13. Be2 Ne7 14. Ncb4 a5
15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Nd5 Qb7 17. Qd3 b4 18. cxb4 axb4 19. Qb3 Be6 20. Bc4 Rac8
21. O-O Qc6 22. Rac1 Bxd5 23. exd5 Qc5 24. Rc2 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "25.Schachtage"]
[Date "1997.07.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1997.??.04"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O
Be7 9. b3 Rc8 10. Bb2 c5 11. cxd5 cxd4 $2 {Ivanchuk has blundered in the
opening.} 12. dxe6 $1 dxc3 13. exd7+ Nxd7 14. Bxc3 Bb4 $5 {Black seems to
exert pressure.} 15. Bc4 $1 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Qg5+ $6 {Vassily
misses the rebuttal of his error.} ({Better is} 17... O-O 18. Qd4 Qe7) 18. Kh1
b5 $5 19. Qa5 $1 {The refutation is simple.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "25.Schachtage"]
[Date "1997.07.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1997.??.04"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2
Nc6 9. a3 Bd7 $5 10. Rd1 Rc8 11. Be2 dxc4 12. O-O a6 $6 {White will take the
initiative.} ({Theory is} 12... Be7 13. Bxc4 Qa5 {(Portisch-Westerinen, Nice
1974).}) 13. Bxc4 Nh5 $6 14. Ng5 $1 g6 15. Nge4 Be7 16. Bd6 Bxd6 17. Rxd6 Nb8
18. Be2 Ng7 19. Rd3 Qe7 20. Qd2 Bc6 21. Rd1 Rc7 22. Nd6 Nd7 23. e4 Ne8 24. Nxe8
Rxe8 25. Rd6 Rec8 26. Qf4 {Black has to protect the holes in his position.} Qf6
$6 ({Correct is} 26... e5 $1 27. Qe3 Nf6) 27. Qg3 Nf8 28. h4 Rd7 29. e5 $1 {
White completes the restriction of the centre.} Qg7 30. Bf3 Rxd6 31. exd6 Nd7
32. Bxc6 Rxc6 33. Qg5 $1 Qf8 (33... f6 $1 34. Qe3 $1 e5 35. Ne4 Qf7 36. h5 $1 {
gives White a strong attack.}) 34. Qe7 $1 Qc8 $1 {Black avoids an immediate
loss.} 35. Rd4 Rc5 36. Ne4 Rf5 37. Kh2 h5 38. f3 Qc6 39. Rd3 $1 Kg7 40. Rc3 Qb5
41. Rc8 $1 Qxb2 42. Qxd7 Rxf3 43. Qd8 Qe5+ 44. g3 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "25.Schachtage"]
[Date "1997.07.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1997.??.04"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. b3
b6 9. Bc3 Bb7 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. Ne5 c5 12. Rc1 cxd4 13. Bxd4 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Rc8
15. Qc2 Ba3 16. Bb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "25.Schachtage"]
[Date "1997.07.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.??.04"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Nbxd2 Nf6 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 Qe7 8.
O-O b6 9. Rc1 Bb7 10. Ne5 $1 Nbd7 $2 ({Right is} 10... c5 $1 {(Davis-Delanoy,
Guernsey 1987)} 11. cxd5 exd5) 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. Qc2 Rac8 13. c5 $1 c6 $5 (
13... bxc5 14. Qxc5 Qa4 15. Qc3 $1 {also favours White (Kramnik).}) 14. Qa4 Ba8
15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Rfd8 $6 ({Better is} 17... b5 $1 18. Qc2 $1
f5 19. Bf3 Qxd4 {Black has a pawn as compensation for the positional problems.}
) 18. Rfd1 Qc7 19. b4 g6 20. Qa3 Qe7 21. Qf3 b5 22. a4 $1 bxa4 ({Or} 22... a6
23. Ra1) 23. Ra1 a6 24. Rxa4 Bb7 25. Ra2 Rc7 26. Rad2 Kg7 27. Qf4 Rcd7 28. Qe5+
Qf6 29. f4 h5 $6 ({Kramnik prefers the noncommital} 29... Qxe5 30. fxe5 f6 31.
exf6+ Kxf6 32. Kf2) 30. Kf2 h4 $6 31. Ke3 hxg3 32. hxg3 Ba8 $6 33. Rh2 $1 Qxe5
34. fxe5 Kf8 {Judit has opened the h-file for Vladimir.} 35. Rf1 $1 Rxd4 ({The
pointe is} 35... Kg7 36. Rfh1 Rxd4 37. Rh7+ Kf8 38. Bxg6 $1) 36. Rh7 R8d7 37.
Rh8+ Ke7 38. Rxa8 Rxb4 39. Bxc6 Rb3+ 40. Kf2 Rd2+ 41. Ke1 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "25.Schachtage"]
[Date "1997.07.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1997.??.04"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Rc1
c6 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. h3 exd4 13. exd4 Nb6 14. Bb3 Re8 15.
Re1 Bf5 16. g4 Be6 17. Bxe6 Rxe6 18. Rxe6 fxe6 19. Qe2 Qe7 20. Re1 Re8 21. Qc2
Qf7 22. Ne4 Rd8 23. Nc5 Bxd4 24. Nxd4 Rxd4 25. Nxe6 Rd6 26. Qe4 Rd5 27. f4 Nd7
28. Nd8 Qf6 29. Qe8+ Kh7 30. Qe4+ Kg8 31. Qe8+ Kh7 32. Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "25.Schachtage"]
[Date "1997.07.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1997.??.04"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. Ba3 axb4 11. Bxb4 Nd7 12. a4 Bh6 13. a5 f5 14. Nd2 Kh8 15. Bd3
Rf6 16. Na4 Rf7 17. c5 dxc5 18. Bc3 fxe4 19. Bxe4 Nf5 20. Nc4 Nd6 $1 ({Veselin
avoids the complications of} 20... Bg7 21. Bxf5 Rxf5 22. d6 {(Kramnik-Topalov,
Las Palmas 1996).}) 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Bxe5+ Bg7 23. Bxg7+ Rxg7 24. Nxc5 b6 25.
Ne6 Bxe6 26. dxe6 Nxe4 27. axb6 cxb6 28. Re1 Nc3 29. e7 Nxd1 30. exd8=B Rxd8
31. Rexd1 Rxd1+ 32. Rxd1 Rb7 33. Kf1 b5 34. Rb1 Kg7 35. Ke2 Kf6 36. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "25.Schachtage"]
[Date "1997.07.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Short, Nigel"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1997.??.04"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. c3 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 Be6 14. Nce3
Ne7 15. g3 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 O-O 17. Bg2 Rb8 18. O-O a5 19. Qh5 Qd7 20. Qh4 Bxd5
21. Bxd5 Kh8 22. g4 f5 23. gxf5 (23. g5 {was carried out in Beshukov-Chernyaev,
Orel 1992).}) 23... Qxf5 24. Be4 Bf6 25. Bxf5 Bxh4 26. Be4 Rf4 {Kramnik won
the tournament with 6 1/2 out of 9, one point before Anand.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 60"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

{Several top ten players, except Kasparov, participated in the sixtieth
Hoogovens. It became a real super tournament. Kramnik and Anand competed for
the victory.} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 e6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nc3 Bd6 7.
Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Rd1 b5 11. Be2 Qc7 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 e5
14. Qh4 h6 $5 ({Theory is} 14... Re8 {(Karpov - Anand, Lausanne 1998).}) 15.
Bd2 Re8 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Ba5 $1 Qb8 18. Rac1 Be6 $1 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Rxc6
Bxb2 21. Bc7 $1 Qb7 $6 ({Preferable is} 21... Qa7 $1 22. Bf3 Bf6 23. Qg3 Rac8
24. Bb6 Qb8) 22. Bf3 Rac8 23. Qb4 Be5 $2 ({Right is} 23... Bf6 $1 24. Rxe6 Qxc7
25. Rxa6 Qc4 {(Kramnik).}) 24. Rcc1 Qxc7 {Piket has to give the queen.} 25.
Rxc7 Rxc7 26. Qa5 Rc2 27. Qxa6 Rb8 28. Be4 Rc4 29. Bd3 Ra4 30. Qc6 g6 31. f4
Bf6 32. f5 gxf5 33. Bxf5 Bxf5 34. Qxf6 Bg6 35. Rd2 Re4 36. h3 Rbe8 37. Qb6 b4
38. Rd4 Rxe3 39. Qxb4 h5 40. a4 Re1+ 41. Kh2 Ra1 42. Qb2 Rb1 43. Qa3 Kh7 44. a5
Ree1 45. Qf8 Rh1+ 46. Kg3 Rb5 47. Rd8 Rg5+ 48. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 60"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. d4 O-O 10. Bf4 Nbd7 11. dxc5 Bxc5 $5 (11... bxc5 {occurred in Kramnik
- Ribli, Groningen 1993.}) 12. Nd4 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 {Black has equalised.} 14.
Qd2 Nf6 15. Red1 Qd5 16. b4 Be7 17. Qb2 Ng4 $5 18. f3 $1 Nf6 $5 ({Alright is} 
18... exf3 $1 19. exf3 Nf6) 19. Rac1 Rfd8 20. Bc7 $1 Rd7 $2 ({Right is} 20...
Re8 $1 21. Nc6 Qe6 {(Anand).}) 21. Bh3 $1 {Van Wely loses an exchange.} Rxc7
22. Rxc7 Bd6 23. Rcc1 Be5 24. Bg2 exf3 25. Bxf3 Qd7 26. Qd2 h5 27. Nc6 Qxd2 28.
Rxd2 Bxc6 29. Bxc6 Rc8 30. b5 h4 31. Rcd1 hxg3 32. Rd8+ Rxd8 33. Rxd8+ Kh7 34.
hxg3 Bxg3 35. Ra8 Bd6 36. Rxa7 Kg6 37. a4 Ng4 38. Be8 Ne5 39. a5 Bc5+ 40. Kh1
bxa5 41. Ra6+ Kf5 42. b6 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 60"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Rc1 O-O 12. Bb3 Rd8 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. Rfd1 $5 b6
15. a3 Bb7 16. Ba2 a6 17. Nd2 $6 ({More active is} 17. Na4) 17... c5 $1 18. Nc4
cxd4 $1 19. exd4 b5 20. Na5 Nb6 21. Nxb7 Qxb7 22. Ne2 Rac8 23. Qd3 Qd7 24. Rxc8
Rxc8 25. Bb3 Nc4 26. Bxc4 Rxc4 {Anand plays against the isolated pawn.} 27. f4
$5 h5 28. Kf2 Bf6 29. g3 h4 $1 {He also advances on the kingside.} 30. Rd2 Qd5
31. Rd1 Kg7 32. b3 hxg3+ 33. hxg3 Rc8 34. Qf3 Qd6 35. b4 Rc4 36. Qd3 Qc7 37. d5
$1 exd5 38. Qxd5 Bb2 39. Rd3 Rc2 40. Kf3 Qc8 41. Re3 Qh3 42. Qd1 Qh5+ 43. Kf2
Qh2+ 44. Kf3 Rc8 45. Qb1 $2 (45. Re7 $1 Rh8 $5 46. Qb3 $1 {brings survival
chances.}) 45... Bc1 $1 46. Nxc1 $6 ({Or} 46. Rb3 $1 Qh1+ 47. Kf2 Rh8 $1 48.
Nxc1 Rh2+ 49. Ke3 Qe1+ 50. Kd4 Rh8 51. Qb2 Rd8+ 52. Kc5+ f6 53. Ne2 Qh1 $1)
46... Qh1+ 47. Kf2 Rxc1 48. Qd3 Rg1 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 60"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. c5 Qc7 7. Bf4 Qc8 8. Nh4
Bg6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. e4 Nf6 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Bb5+ $1 {Kramnik
plays a fine novelty.} Nc6 14. O-O-O Be7 15. h4 Kf8 16. Kb1 a6 17. Ba4 $5 Na5
$6 18. Qf3 b6 19. cxb6 Qb7 20. Rc1 $2 (20. h5 $1 g5 21. h6 $1 Qxb6 22. Be5 f6
23. Rh5 Nc4 24. Bb3 Nxe5 25. dxe5 {leads to a strong white attack (Hübner).})
20... Qxb6 21. Rc7 Rb8 $2 {Gelfand misses a chance.} (21... Rd8 $1 22. Rxe7
Kxe7 23. Qa3+ Rd6 {equalises (Schachwoche).}) 22. Qc3 Nc4 23. Rc6 Qxb2+ $5 24.
Qxb2 Rxb2+ 25. Ka1 $1 Kg8 26. Rxc4 $1 Rxf2 27. Rc8+ Kh7 28. Rxh8+ Kxh8 29. g3
Ba3 30. Rd1 Kg8 31. Rd3 Be7 32. Bc7 g5 33. hxg5 Bxg5 34. Kb1 Be7 35. Bc2 g5 36.
a4 f5 37. a5 Bf6 38. Bb6 f4 39. gxf4 gxf4 40. Rd1 {Kramnik had started with
four wins.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 60"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Be7 10. f3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 e5 12. Be3 Be6 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. h4 Qa5
15. a3 b5 16. g4 Rxc3 17. Qxc3 Qxc3 18. bxc3 d5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Bd2 O-O $6 (
20... Nb6 $1 {prevents the liberating move (Vodicka - Drbohlav, Czechia 1998).}
) 21. c4 $1 bxc4 22. Bxc4 Rb8+ 23. Bb3 Bxa3 24. Rhe1 f6 25. Re4 Bc5 26. Ra4 Nc7
$2 {Kramnik misses an opportunity.} ({Stronger is} 26... Ne3 $1 27. Bxe3 Bxb3
28. cxb3 Rxb3+ 29. Kc2 Rxe3 30. Rd3 Re2+) 27. Kb2 $1 Kh7 28. Be1 $1 Bd5 29. Rd3
Bc6 30. Rc4 $1 Ne6 31. Bf2 $1 Bb5 $6 ({Preferable is} 31... Bxf2 $1 32. Rxc6
Nc5 33. Rd5 {(Shirov).}) 32. Rxc5 Nxc5 33. Bxc5 Bxd3 34. cxd3 h5 35. Kc3 Rc8
36. Kb4 Rb8+ 37. Ka4 Kg6 38. Be6 Rh8 39. Bf2 Kh6 40. Ka5 hxg4 41. fxg4 g6 42.
g5+ $1 Kg7 ({Or} 42... fxg5 43. Be3 {(Shirov).}) 43. Kxa6 Rd8 44. Bc4 f5 45.
Kb7 e4 46. d4 $5 f4 47. d5 e3 48. Be1 f3 49. Kc7 $1 Rf8 50. d6 Rf4 51. Bc3+ Kh7
52. Bd3 {Anand caught up with Kramnik.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 60"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Qe2 b5 11. Bb3 Bxb3 $6 ({Theory is} 11... h6) 12. axb3 Nbd7
13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. Bg5 Rfc8 15. Ne1 {White overprotects c2.} Qb7 16. Bxf6 Nxf6
17. Nd5 {Polgár conquers d5.} Nxd5 18. Rxd5 Rc5 19. Rad1 Rxd5 20. Rxd5 Rc8 21.
c3 b4 $6 (21... f5 $1 {solves the problems.}) 22. c4 $1 g6 23. g3 Rc5 24. Rd1
$1 a5 25. Nc2 Kg7 26. Qd3 Rc6 27. Ne3 Qc8 28. Kg2 Qe6 29. Qe2 Bd8 30. Nd5 $1 {
Black has to play around a strong knight, but he is not lost until an error is
made.} Rc5 31. Qe3 Be7 32. Rd3 Bd8 33. Qd2 Rc6 34. Qd1 Kg8 35. h4 Kg7 36. h5
Bg5 37. Qf3 Rc8 38. Rd1 Rc6 39. Qe2 Rc8 40. Rh1 Kg8 41. f3 Rb8 42. Qf2 Rb7 $6 (
42... f5 {should be played at last.}) 43. hxg6 $1 fxg6 ({Not} 43... hxg6 $2 44.
Qg1 $1 f5 45. Qh2 $1 {(Polgár).}) 44. c5 $1 dxc5 45. Qxc5 Bd8 46. Rc1 Kf7 47.
Qe3 Kg7 48. Rc4 Rd7 49. Qc1 h5 50. Rc6 $1 Rd6 51. Rc8 Qd7 52. Qc5 Kh6 53. Rb8
$1 Bf6 54. Qe3+ Bg5 $2 {Anand collapses.} (54... Kg7 $1 55. Ra8 Qb5 56. Ra7+
Rd7 57. Rxd7+ Qxd7 58. Qb6 {(Polgár)} Qd8 $1 {grabs the last chance.}) 55. f4
$1 exf4 56. Rh8+ ({The pointe is} 56. Rh8+ Kg7 57. Qd4+ Bf6 58. Qxf6+ $1 Rxf6
59. Rh7+ $1) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 60"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. e4 cxd4 8. O-O
d6 9. Nxd4 a6 10. Re1 Qc7 11. a4 Nc6 $5 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. a5 Rb8 $2 (13... Be7
$1 {loses no time.}) 14. axb6 Qxb6 15. Re3 $1 Nd7 ({Not} 15... Be7 $2 16. Rb3
Qc7 17. Rxb8+ Qxb8 18. e5 $1 {wins a pawn (Salov).}) 16. Rb3 Qa7 17. Rba3 Bb7
18. b4 Qb6 19. Qa4 $1 Be7 20. Bb2 Bf6 21. e5 $1 Bxe5 22. c5 Qc7 23. Bxe5 dxe5
24. Bxb7 Rxb7 25. c6 Nb6 26. Qxa6 Qxc6 27. Nc4 $1 Rb8 28. Nxb6 O-O ({Or} 28...
Qxb6 29. Qxb6 Rxb6 30. Ra8+ {and wins.}) 29. Nc4 Qe4 30. Re3 Qd5 31. Nxe5 Rfc8
32. Qd3 {Karpov was nearing the end of his career.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 60"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C27"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nc3 d6 5. Bg5 Be6 6. Bb3 Nc6 7. Na4 Bb4+ 8. c3
Ba5 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Ne2 O-O 11. O-O Qe8 12. b4 Bb6 13. Bd2 Nh5 14. b5 Ne7 15.
Nxb6 axb6 16. a4 Nf4 17. Nxf4 exf4 18. f3 e5 19. c4 Ng6 20. Qe1 Qf7 21. a5 bxa5
22. Bxa5 Rfd8 23. Rf2 Nf8 24. Rfa2 Ne6 25. Bc3 Rab8 $5 {Timman avoids a quick
draw.} 26. Ra7 g5 27. Qd1 Qg7 28. R7a2 h5 29. h3 Kf7 30. Rd2 g4 31. fxg4 hxg4
32. Qxg4 Qxg4 33. hxg4 Rg8 34. d4 exd4 35. Bxd4 Rxg4 36. b6 $6 ({Better is} 36.
Kf1 {(Timman).}) 36... c5 37. Bb2 f3 $1 38. Rf1 $2 ({Right is} 38. Rf2 $1 Ng5
39. Kf1 $1 {and White comes back in the game.}) 38... Ng5 39. e5 dxe5 40. Bxe5
Re8 41. Bh2 Kg6 42. Kh1 Ne4 43. Rc2 f2 44. g3 Rd8 45. Kg2 Rd3 46. Ra2 Rb3 47.
Ra8 Rxb6 48. Kh3 Rg5 49. Rg8+ Kf6 $1 50. Rf8+ Ke5 51. g4+ Kd4 52. Bf4 Rh6+ 53.
Kg2 Rxg4+ 54. Kf3 Rhh4 55. Rd1+ Kxc4 56. Rc1+ Kb3 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 60"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. Qc2 g6 7. e3 Bf5 8. Qd2
Nf6 9. f3 h5 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Na6 12. Nge2 $5 Nc7 13. O-O Ne6 14. Be5 h4
15. Rae1 O-O 16. g4 hxg3 17. hxg3 Nd7 $1 18. Kg2 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qd7 20. f4 f5 ({
More active is} 20... Nc5 $1 21. Qc2 Rae8) 21. g4 Rf7 $6 (21... Nc5 $1 22. Qc2
Kg7 {defends wisely.}) 22. Rh1 Bf8 23. gxf5 Nc5 24. Qd1 Qxf5 25. Nd4 Qd7 26.
Reg1 $5 Re8 27. Rh3 (27. Kf2 $1 Rxe5 28. Rxg6+ Bg7 29. Rxg7+ Kxg7 30. Qg1+ Kf8
31. Rh8+ Ke7 32. Qg8 Nd3+ 33. Kg1 Rxe3 34. Nf5+ $1 Rxf5 35. Rh7+ Kd6 36. Rxd7+
Kxd7 37. Qh7+ $1 Ke6 38. Qg6+ Rf6 39. Qe8+ {wins with elegance (Karpov).})
27... Ne6 28. Rgh1 Bg7 29. Qc2 Nf8 30. Nce2 Qe7 31. Nf3 Qb4 32. Rg3 c5 33. Nh4
Re6 34. Nc3 d4 35. Nd5 Qb5 ({The pointe is} 35... d3 36. Nxb4 dxc2 37. Nxc2 {
(Tsesarsky).}) 36. e4 c4 37. Nf3 d3 38. Qc3 Ra6 39. Nd4 Qc5 40. Rxd3 $1 Rxa2
41. Rdh3 b5 42. Nf3 Ne6 43. Kg3 b4 44. Qd2 Rf8 (44... c3 45. Qh2 Rxf4 $1 46.
Nxf4 Qe3 $1 47. Rh4 $1 g5 48. Rh8+ $1 {wins nicely for White.}) 45. Nf6+ Rxf6
46. exf6 Bxf6 47. e5 Bg7 48. Rh7 Qf8 49. Ng5 Ra6 (49... Nxg5 50. Qd5+ $1 Nf7
51. e6 $1 {wins by force (Topalov).}) 50. Rh8+ $1 {Toppy ends the game
magnificently.} (50. Rh8+ Bxh8 51. Rxh8+ Kxh8 52. Qh2+ Kg7 53. Qh7# {(Topalov).
}) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 60"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Kb1 h6 12. h4 Rd8 13. Be2 Bd7 $1 ({Anand
improves on} 13... a6) 14. Qe3 ({Black survives in} 14. e5 $5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Bc6
16. Qf4 Rxd1+ 17. Bxd1 Qb4) 14... Rac8 $1 15. e5 $6 (15. g4 $1 Rxc3 $5 16. bxc3
Rc8 {brings an unclear position (Anand).}) 15... dxe5 16. fxe5 hxg5 $1 17. hxg5
$2 (17. exf6 $1 Bxf6 18. hxg5 Rxc3 $1 19. bxc3 $1 {gives a final chance.})
17... Rxc3 $1 18. Bd3 (18. bxc3 Nd5 19. Rxd5 exd5 {wins for Black (Anand).})
18... Rxd3 $1 {The desperado rook keeps on capturing.} 19. cxd3 ({Or} 19. Rxd3
Nh5 $1 20. Rxh5 Bc6 {(Anand).}) 19... Ng4 20. Qh3 Nh6 $1 21. gxh6 Qxe5 22. Rde1
Qg5 23. hxg7 Qxg7 24. Re3 Bg5 $6 ({Friso would have resigned after} 24... e5 $1
) 25. Rg3 f6 26. Qg4 $1 Kf7 $1 27. Qd4 Qg8 $1 28. Qe4 (28. Qxa7 Bc6 {also
favours Black.}) 28... Bc6 29. Rh7+ Ke8 30. Qh4 Qg6 31. Qh3 Rd6 $1 32. a3 Kd8
33. Ka1 Qf5 34. Qh1 Bd7 35. d4 Rc6 36. Qh2 e5 {Anand led on Kramnik.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 60"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Rc8 13. e4 c5 14. exd5 exd5
15. dxc5 dxc4 16. c6 cxb3 17. Re1 b2 18. Bxb2 Nc5 19. Qg4 Bf6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21.
Ne4 $2 ({Accurate is} 21. Qf3 Qxf3 22. Bxf3 {(Timoshenko-Bagaturov, Enakievo
1997).}) 21... Qxc6 22. Nxc5 Qxc5 23. Qa4 Bb5 24. Qxa7 Rc7 25. Bb7 Rxb7 $1 {
Anatoly sacrifices an exchange.} 26. Qxb7 Bc6 {White has no proper answer to
the threat of 27. .. Qd5.   Karpov ended on fifty percent, a meagre
performance.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 60"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Rd1 b6 12. h4 Bb7 13. Bd3 Nc6 14. Bb1
Qd6 $5 15. O-O Rad8 16. Qg5 e5 17. d5 $1 f6 18. Qg3 Ne7 19. Bd3 Ng6 20. Rfe1
Nf4 21. Bf1 Rc8 22. Nd2 Kh8 $2 ({More action shows} 22... f5 $1) 23. Qb3 Rc5
24. g3 Ng6 25. Nc4 Qd7 26. Qa3 $1 {Black suffers by restriction.} Ra8 27. Rc1
h6 28. Ne3 Ra5 29. Qb2 Ne7 30. Kh2 Qd8 $2 ({Better is} 30... Rb8) 31. Nc4 $1
Rc5 32. Nxe5 $1 {Kramnik joined the lead with Anand.} ({The pointe is} 32. Nxe5
Rxc1 33. Nf7+ Kg8 34. Nxd8 Rxe1 35. Nxb7 Rxf1 36. Kg2 {(Khalifman).}) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 60"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. e3 d6 6. d4 Bg4 $5 7. Nge2 Bg7 8. d5
Na5 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 Bd7 11. b3 a6 $1 {Black takes the initiative.} 12. Rb1 b5
$1 13. cxb5 $6 (13. Qd3 {avoids a weakening.}) 13... axb5 14. b4 cxb4 15. Rxb4
Qc8 $1 16. Kh2 $6 ({Preferable is} 16. Nxb5 $1 Bxh3 17. Bxh3 Qxh3 18. Nf4 $1)
16... Qc5 17. a3 Rfc8 {Black dominates the queenside.} 18. e4 Nc4 19. Qb3 Rab8
20. Nd1 Ne8 $1 21. Ne3 Nc7 $1 22. Qd1 {The queen vacates square b3.} Na6 23.
Rb3 Ra8 24. Nf4 Qc7 $1 25. Rb1 Nc5 $1 {Timman has a great positional advantage.
} 26. Rb4 $2 ({No material is lost by} 26. Nxc4 $1 bxc4 27. Rb4 Nb3 28. Qc2)
26... Nxa3 $1 {Black has an extra pawn.} 27. Bb2 Bxb2 28. Rxb2 Ra4 29. Ng4 $5
Nxe4 30. Nh6+ Kg7 31. Nxf7 $5 Kxf7 32. Bxe4 Rxe4 33. Qf3 Qc3 34. Nd3+ Bf5 35.
g4 Rxg4 $1 36. Rb3 $5 Qxb3 37. Ne5+ $1 dxe5 38. Qxb3 Rh4 $1 39. d6+ ({Or} 39.
Qxa3 Rxh3+) 39... Nc4 {Anand and Kramnik triumphed by 81/2/13. Shirov, Timman
and Adams followed at one point and five players at two points.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 60"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

{Kasimdzhanov led by 9/10, a point before Reinderman. So Kasim needed a draw.
Dmitri got much interest from the girls, because his hair often had another
colour.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nc6 4. Nc3 e5 5. d3 d6 6. Be2 g6 7. O-O Bg7
8. a3 Nge7 9. Rb1 a5 10. Nd5 O-O 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bd2 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Nd4 14. Nxd4
exd4 15. b4 cxb4 16. axb4 a4 17. b5 f5 18. Ra1 a3 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Qb3 Re8 21.
Bf3 a2 22. Rfc1 g5 23. Rc2 g4 24. Bd1 Bh6 $1 {White nearly draws by the right
move.} 25. g3 $4 ({Not} 25. Bxh6 Re1#) ({Right is} 25. Bb4 $1) 25... Bxd2 26.
Rxd2 Re1+ $1 27. Kg2 Qg5 28. Rdxa2 Rxa2 29. Qxa2 Bxd3 30. Bxg4 $5 Be4+ $4 (
30... Bf1+ $1 31. Kg1 Bc4+ $1 {wins a queen.}) 31. Bf3 Qg4 32. Bxe4 Qxe4+ 33.
Kh3 Qf5+ 34. Kh4 $4 (34. Kg2 Qe4+ 35. Kh3 Qf5+ {leads to a perpetual check.})
34... h5 35. h3 Qf6+ 36. Kxh5 Re5+ 37. Kg4 Qf5+ {Kasim left broken cause
Reinderman won the B-group. However, both players were invited for the A-group
the next year.} 0-1

[Event "Korning Memorial"]
[Site "corr 1998-2001"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Borge, Nikolaj"]
[Black "Elwert, Hans"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B89"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

{Peter Korning (1902-1995) was a player and sponsor in correspondence chess
and Danish over-the-board chess. He sent his last correspondence cards a week
before his death. A correspondence tournament could be organised from his
legacy. Fifteen players began the memorial in 1998. They lived in Nordic and
Western European countries. Joop van Oosterom, Curt Hansen and Hans Elwert
were very successful. We follow their games.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4.
Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qe2 Qc7 9. O-O-O Na5 10. Bd3 b5 11.
a3 Bb7 12. g4 d5 13. Ndxb5 $1 ({Known is} 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Ndxb5 {and White
has tactical chances in over-the- board chess.}) 13... axb5 14. Bxb5+ Nd7 15.
exd5 Bxa3 16. Bxd7+ Qxd7 17. bxa3 O-O {The black king has escaped from danger.}
18. Bc5 $2 (18. Qb5 $1 Qc7 19. Qc5 Qd7 20. Qb5 {leads to a repetition of moves.
}) 18... Rfc8 $1 {Black takes over the attack.} 19. Bb4 Bxd5 20. Rd3 $2 (20.
Nxd5 exd5 21. Qe4 Rd8 22. Qf5 {offers a strong resistance.}) 20... Nc6 21. Re1
Nxb4 22. axb4 Qa7 23. Nxd5 exd5 24. Rb3 (24. Qe5 Qxf2 {loses quickly as well.})
24... Qd4 25. b5 h5 $5 26. Rd1 Ra1+ 27. Rb1 Qf4+ 28. Qd2 Qa4 29. Qd3 Ra3 30.
Qe2 ({Or} 30. Qf5 Rac3 31. Kd2 g6 $1) 30... Ra2 (30... Ra2 31. Rd2 Qa3+ 32. Kd1
Qb2 $1 {seals White's fate.}) 0-1

[Event "Korning Memorial"]
[Site "corr 1998-2001"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Elwert, Hans"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 e6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bg5 Qd7 12. Qd3 Re8 13. Rfd1 Bb6 {They play
a quiet line of the Tarrasch Defence (Psakhis-Greenfeld, Israel 1996).} 14.
Rac1 $5 h6 15. Bf4 d4 16. Re1 Qd8 17. a3 Qf6 18. b4 Bf5 19. Qb3 Be4 20. b5 Nd8
21. Bc7 Bxc7 22. Rxc7 Ne6 23. Rcc1 Rad8 24. Qb2 Qf5 25. Qb4 Qd5 26. Qc4 Qd6 27.
a4 Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Korning Memorial"]
[Site "corr 1998-2001"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Elwert, Hans"]
[Black "Hector, Jonny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D18"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Nh4 Bg6 10. Qb3 a5 11. f3 Qb6 12. Rd1 Be7 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Qxb6 Nxb6
15. Bb3 $1 ({Elwert diverts from} 15. Bf1 {(Tukmakov - Hübner, Lugano 1989).})
15... Nfd7 16. Bd2 Nd5 17. e4 Nb4 18. Bf4 Bd8 19. Rac1 Bb6 20. Kf1 Ke7 21. h3
f6 22. Bg3 e5 23. Ne2 Rad8 24. Bf2 g5 25. Bg1 exd4 26. Nxd4 Bxd4 27. Rxd4 (27.
Bxd4 b6 $1 28. Ke2 c5 29. Bc3 Ne5 {equalises too.}) 27... c5 28. Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Korning Memorial"]
[Site "corr 1998-2001"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Elwert, Hans"]
[Black "Jardorf, Svend"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 a6 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 Nxc3 8. bxc3
Bb7 9. e6 f6 10. Bf4 Qd5 11. Be2 Qxe6 12. O-O {Black has a difficult position,
because he has not developed his kingside. The two extra pawns matter little.}
c6 $2 ({More useful is} 12... Qd7 {(Jantzen - Putzbach, Hamburg 1993).}) 13.
Re1 Qf5 14. Bg3 {Black has spoiled time.} Qd7 $2 {Square d7 should remain open
for the queen's knight, because c6 has been occupied.} ({Better is} 14... Qc8
$1 15. Nd2 c5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Bxa8 18. Qb1 (18. Qa1 $6 Nd7 $1) 18... Bc6
19. d5 $1 Bxd5 20. Qxb5+ Nd7 {and Black might survive.}) 15. Nd2 $1 c5 ({Not} 
15... Kf7 $2 16. Nxc4 $1) 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Bxa8 18. Qa1 $1 Bc6 19. Bxb8
cxd4 20. cxd4 Kf7 21. Nb1 $5 ({Or} 21. Qb2 e6 22. Ra1 {and the rook will
penetrate.}) 21... Qb7 22. Bg3 Bxg2 23. Nc3 Bh3 24. f3 Bd7 25. Rb1 e6 26. Nxb5
$1 Bxb5 27. Bxc4 Qc6 28. Bxb5 Qxf3 29. Bc4 Qe3+ 30. Bf2 Qg5+ 31. Kf1 Bd6 32.
Rb7+ Kg6 33. Bxe6 Kh6 34. Qc3 Rf8 35. Qh3+ Kg6 36. Bf5+ $1 {White took an
appropriate advantage of the mistakes made after the opening.} 1-0

[Event "Korning Memorial"]
[Site "corr 1998-2001"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Elwert, Hans"]
[Black "Nielsen, Jens"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 O-O 6. dxc5 Na6 7. Nd4 Nxc5 8. b4
Ne6 9. Nxe6 fxe6 10. Bd2 a5 11. b5 b6 12. Be2 Bb7 13. O-O Ne4 14. Rc1 Nxd2 15.
Qxd2 Qc7 {They have followed Smyslov - Xu Jun, Biel 1993.} 16. Na4 $5 d6 17. e4
$1 Rab8 ({Not} 17... Bxe4 $2 18. Qe3) 18. Qe3 Bc8 19. h4 Kh8 20. h5 gxh5 21.
Bxh5 e5 22. Nc3 $5 e6 (22... Qxc4 $5 23. Nd5 Qxb5 24. Nxe7 {brings White an
attack for a pawn.}) 23. Na4 Rg8 24. Rc3 Bf6 25. Rd1 Be7 26. Qh3 Rg7 27. Bg4
Bb7 $6 ({Preferable is} 27... Rg6 28. Rf3 Kg8) 28. Re1 Rbg8 $2 {Black
exchanges two rooks for a queen.} (28... Bg5 $1 29. Rc2 Rf8 30. Bxe6 Bf4 {
gives a pawn for the initiative.}) 29. Bxe6 $1 Rxg2+ 30. Qxg2 Rxg2+ 31. Kxg2
Bg5 32. Rg3 {White starts the restraint of black pieces.} h6 33. Nc3 Qc5 34.
Rd1 Kg7 35. Rf3 Bf6 (35... Bf4 36. Rfd3 {leads to the fall of d6.}) 36. Rdd3
Kg6 37. Rf5 Bg5 38. Rf8 $1 {The restriction continues step by step.} a4 39.
Rdf3 Bf4 40. Bf5+ (40. Bf5+ Kg7 41. Rd8 $1 Kf6 42. Rd7 Ba8 43. Ra7 {and White
dominates a bishop.}) 1-0

[Event "Korning Memorial"]
[Site "corr 1998-2001"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Elwert, Hans"]
[Black "Read, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
O-O 9. b3 Nc6 10. Qf4 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Bb2 Rad8 14. Rfc1 Qd7
$6 (14... Bc5 $2 {costs a pawn due to} 15. Ne5 $1 {(Grushka - Spangenberg,
Buenos Aires 1988).}) ({Best is} 14... f6 $1) 15. Qg4 g6 16. e3 f6 17. Bh3 f5
$2 {Black makes a grave positional error.} 18. Qf4 Bd6 19. Qh6 Rf7 20. Bg2 Bf8
21. Qh4 Be7 22. Qa4 $1 {White switches the action to the flank.} a6 23. Ng5
Bxg5 24. Bxc6 Bxc6 25. Qxc6 Rb8 26. Be5 Rb7 27. Qf3 Re7 28. Rc6 Qd5 29. Qxd5
exd5 30. f4 Bh6 31. Rc8+ Kf7 ({Or} 31... Bf8 32. Bd6 Rf7 33. Rd1) 32. Rh8 $1
Bg7 (32... Ke6 33. Rc1 Kd7 34. Rcc8 {also leads to a white win.}) 33. Rxh7 Ke6
34. Rxg7 Rxg7 35. Bxg7 Rxg7 36. Rc1 {Black has lost a pawn and keeps a passive
position in the rook ending.} Kd6 37. Rc8 Rf7 38. h3 a5 39. Kf2 Kd7 40. Rg8 Rf6
41. Ke2 Ke7 42. Kd3 Kd6 43. g4 fxg4 44. hxg4 Re6 45. g5 Kc5 46. a3 Rc6 47. Rf8
Rc7 48. Rf6 Rg7 49. Re6 Rg8 50. Kc3 1-0

[Event "Korning Memorial"]
[Site "corr 1998-2001"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Elwert, Hans"]
[Black "Trapl, Jindrich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb4 6. Bc4 Be6 7. Bxe6 Nd3+ 8.
Kf1 fxe6 9. Ng5 Qb6 $2 ({Better is} 9... Qd4 10. Qf3 Ne5 {(Suba - Alburt,
Bucharest 1978).}) 10. Qf3 c4 11. b3 $1 h6 12. bxc4 $1 Ne5 ({Or} 12... Nxc1 13.
Nf7 Rg8 14. Ne5 $1 {(Tukmakov - Peshina, USSR 1980).}) 13. Qh3 hxg5 {Black
cannot save the game. A painful case of headbanging follows.} 14. Qxh8 Nbc6 15.
Qh5+ g6 16. Qxg5 O-O-O 17. g3 Bg7 18. Rb1 Qd4 19. Kg2 Bf6 20. Qe3 Qxc4 21. f4
Rd3 22. Qe2 Nd4 23. Qf1 Nef3 24. Rb4 $1 ({The pointe is} 24. Rb4 $1 Ne1+ $1 25.
Qxe1 Qxb4 26. e5 Bg7 27. Qe4 Qc4 28. Qxg6) 1-0

[Event "Korning Memorial"]
[Site "corr 1998-2001"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Elwert, Hans"]
[Black "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Qb3 h6 11. a4 Nf4 $5 (11... f5 {was played in Skembris -
Vragoteris, Athens 1991.}) 12. Nd2 f5 13. f3 {White closes the defence.} Nxe2+
$5 14. Nxe2 g5 15. c5 f4 {Black choses the most aggressive moves.} 16. Ba3 Ng6
17. b5 Rf7 {The confrontation sharpens on the flanks.} 18. b6 $2 ({Better is} 
18. a5 g4 19. Rac1) 18... dxc5 $1 19. bxc7 Qxc7 20. Nc3 Bf8 {The white
offensive has ended.} 21. Bb2 g4 22. Nb5 Qd8 23. fxg4 Bxg4 24. Kh1 a6 25. Nc3
$6 ({Preferable is} 25. Na3 {in order to move the queen's knight to c4.}) 25...
Rc8 26. a5 c4 $1 27. Qc2 ({allows} 27. Nxc4 f3 $1 28. gxf3 Rxf3 29. Rg1 Qh4 {
and Black attacks.}) 27... Bb4 28. Qa4 Bc5 $5 29. Nf3 ({Or} 29. Qxc4 Nh4 30.
Na4 Be3 $1) 29... Bd4 30. Qb4 Bxf3 31. gxf3 Rg7 32. Na4 c3 $1 {Van Oosterom
plays with his foe in the main game of the tournament.} ({The pointe is} 32...
c3 33. Bxc3 Qh4 34. Qb2 Rxc3 $1 35. Nxc3 Qh3 36. Qg2 Qxg2+ 37. Kxg2 Bxc3) 0-1

[Event "Korning Memorial"]
[Site "corr 1998-2001"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Borge, Nikolaj"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Qc7 14. Bc4
Nb6 15. Qh4 c5 $2 ({Correct is} 15... Nxc4 16. Qxc4 Rb8) 16. Rhe1 e6 17. Nb5
Qc6 18. Nd6 a6 19. Qf6 Qc7 20. h4 $1 Ra7 21. h5 $1 Qe7 22. Qc3 Nxc4 23. Qxc4
Rd8 24. hxg6 $1 Rxd6 25. gxh7+ Kh8 26. Qc3+ f6 $1 27. Rxd6 Qxd6 28. Qxf6+ Rg7
29. Rd1 Qc7 30. Rd8+ Kxh7 31. f4 $1 {White threatens 32. Qh4+ Kg6 33. Rf8 Rf7
34. Qg5+ Kh7 35. Qg8+. Black has no proper riposte.} 1-0

[Event "Korning Memorial"]
[Site "corr 1998-2001"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Jardorf, Svend"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nd2 Qe6 10. b3 Rb8 11. Qe3 d5 $5 {Black brings a novelty.} 12. Bd3
Bb4 $5 13. O-O O-O $6 ({He should continue the adventure by} 13... Bc3 $5 14.
Rb1 Bxe5) 14. Nf3 Qg4 15. Bd2 Be7 $2 ({Right is} 15... Bxd2 $1 16. Nxd2 d4) 16.
c5 $1 Nd7 17. b4 Rb7 18. h3 Qh5 19. Nd4 Qxe5 20. Nxc6 Qxe3 21. Bxe3 {The
restriction by White increases.} Bf6 22. Rab1 Ne5 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. c6 $2 Rb8
25. Bxa7 Ra8 26. Bc5 Rd8 27. Rfe1 f6 28. Rbd1 Kf7 ({Or} 28... Rxa2 29. Bc4 $1)
29. Bc4 Be6 30. Bb3 Ra6 31. b5 Ra5 32. a4 Raa8 33. Bd4 Bd6 34. Bc3 Bc5 35. Rd3
Rd6 36. Bd4 Bxd4 37. Rxd4 f5 38. f4 Kf6 39. Kf2 Bf7 40. g4 fxg4 41. hxg4 h6 42.
Kg3 g6 43. g5+ $1 hxg5 44. fxg5+ Kxg5 45. Rg4+ Kh6 46. Re7 Be6 47. Rh4+ Kg5 48.
Rxc7 Re8 49. b6 Bf5 50. Rf4 Rh8 51. Rf3 Rdd8 52. b7 Kf6 53. a5 Ke6 54. Rd7 $1
Rxd7 55. cxd7 Kxd7 56. a6 Kc6 57. Bxd5+ $1 ({The pointe is} 57. Bxd5+ Kb6 58.
a7 $1) 1-0

[Event "Korning Memorial"]
[Site "corr 1998-2001"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Maliangkay, Rudolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "171"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2
Be7 9. f3 h5 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Be2 Nd7 13. O-O O-O 14. Na5 Qc8 15.
Rac1 {They followed Ivanchuk - Ljubojevic, Monte Carlo 1998. White has a plus.}
Re8 $5 16. Kh1 Bg6 17. b4 Bd8 18. Nb3 h4 19. c4 h3 $5 20. g4 Nf6 $6 (20... b6
$1 {makes a useful defensive move.}) 21. c5 $1 Qd7 22. g5 Nh5 $5 23. Bd3 Bxd3
24. Qxd3 Nf4 25. Bxf4 exf4 26. g6 $1 {The black pawns become shattered.} fxg6
27. Qxg6 Bf6 28. Nd2 dxc5 29. Ne4 $1 Bd4 $2 (29... Be5 $1 30. Rxc5 Qf7 $1 {
prevents an attack on the king.}) 30. bxc5 $1 Qxd5 31. Rcd1 $1 Qe5 32. Ng5 $1 {
White charges at the king.} Qf6 33. Qh7+ Kf8 34. Qh5 Kg8 35. Qh7+ Kf8 36. Rg1
$1 {Hansen forces an elegant decision.} Rad8 ({The pointe is} 36... Bxg1 37.
Rd7 $1) 37. Qb1 $1 Qe5 38. Qxb7 Re7 39. Qxa6 Qxc5 40. Ne6+ Rxe6 41. Qxe6 Rd6
42. Qe4 Bxg1 43. Qxf4+ Rf6 44. Qb8+ Ke7 45. Rxg1 {White has won a pawn and
continues the attack.} g6 46. Rb1 Rd6 47. Qh8 Qb4 $5 48. Rc1 Rc6 $5 49. Qg7+
Ke8 50. Qe5+ Kf8 51. Rd1 Qe7 52. Qh8+ Kf7 53. Qxh3 Kg8 54. a4 Re6 55. Rd8+ Qxd8
56. Qxe6+ Kh7 57. Qf7+ Kh8 $5 58. Qf4 Qd1+ 59. Kg2 Qe2+ 60. Kg3 Qe1+ 61. Kh3
Qf1+ 62. Kh4 Kg7 63. Qe5+ Kh7 64. Qe7+ Kh6 65. Qe3+ Kh7 66. a5 Qc4+ 67. Kh3 Qb5
68. Qe7+ Kh6 69. Qe1 Kh7 70. Kg2 Qg5+ 71. Kh1 Qd5 72. Qe7+ Kh6 73. Qe3+ Kh7 74.
Qc3 Qb5 75. Kg2 Qg5+ 76. Kf1 Qf4 77. a6 Qxh2 78. Qc5 Qh3+ 79. Kf2 Qh2+ 80. Ke1
Qh1+ 81. Ke2 Qg2+ 82. Qf2 Qg5 83. Qh2+ Kg8 84. Qb8+ Kf7 85. Qc7+ Ke6 86. Qb6+
1-0

[Event "Korning Memorial"]
[Site "corr 1998-2001"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Nielsen, Jens"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. Kb1 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. g4 b5
15. b3 Rc8 16. Ndxb5 Qa5 17. a4 a6 18. Nd5 Qxd2 19. Nxe7+ Kh8 20. Rxd2 Rce8 21.
Nxd6 Rxe7 22. Bc5 Re5 23. Ba3 Be6 {A known position in the Dragon occurs.} 24.
Rhd1 (24. Nb7 {won in Bawart - Neumeier, Budapest 1999 and other games.}) 24...
h5 25. f4 $1 Rxe4 26. f5 Rxg4 27. fxe6 fxe6 28. c4 Rf4 29. Bb2 Ng4 30. b4 Ne5
31. Rc2 Rh4 32. b5 axb5 33. axb5 Ng4 34. Re1 Rxh2 35. Rxh2 Nxh2 36. c5 Nf3 37.
Rd1 Bxb2 38. Kxb2 h4 39. c6 h3 40. c7 h2 41. Rh1 g5 42. b6 1-0

[Event "Korning Memorial"]
[Site "corr 1998-2001"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Plomp, Michiel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Be6
8. Na4 Rd8 9. Bd3 Bd4 10. O-O Qh4 11. Qf4 Qh5 12. Qg3 Ne7 13. Be3 Bxe3 $5 14.
Qxe3 b6 15. f4 Qh6 16. Nc3 O-O 17. Rae1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Korning Memorial"]
[Site "corr 1998-2001"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Read, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Qe2 Nd6 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8.
dxe5 Nb7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Re1 Nc5 11. Be3 Ne6 12. Rad1 d5 13. exd6 cxd6 14. Nd4
Bd7 15. Nf5 d5 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Qd2 Qf6 18. b3 Rfe8 $5 {Read diverts from
Hellers - Hartman, Stockholm 1987.} 19. Ne2 Red8 $6 ({More active is} 19... Re7
20. Qd3 Qh4) 20. f3 Bc8 $6 {Black loses time again.} 21. Nd4 $1 Nxd4 22. Bxd4
Qg6 23. Re3 Bf5 24. Rde1 f6 ({The greedy} 24... Bxc2 $2 {is punished by} 25. f4
$1 f6 26. Rg3 Qf5 27. Re7 g6 28. Rh3 h5 29. Rc3 $1) 25. Rc3 $1 {The black
queenside pawns are difficult to protect.} Rd6 $6 ({Preferable is} 25... Rdc8
26. Re7 a5) 26. Qf4 Bh3 $6 27. g4 $1 Re8 28. Qg3 Rxe1+ 29. Qxe1 Bxg4 $5 30.
fxg4 Qxg4+ 31. Kf1 Re6 32. Qd2 a6 33. Rg3 Qh5 34. h3 Re4 35. Bf2 Qe8 36. Qa5
Re2 37. Rc3 d4 38. Rc4 c5 39. Rxc5 ({Notice} 39. Rxc5 d3 40. cxd3 Rb2 41. Kg2
Qg6+ 42. Kh1 $1) 1-0

[Event "Korning Memorial"]
[Site "corr 1998-2001"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bg4 9. d3 O-O 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Na5 12. Bc2 b4 13. Nd2 Rb8 14. Re1 c6 $1 {
The last move is an improvement on Lékó - Garcia, Yopal 1997.} 15. Rb1 Nd7 16.
Qg3 Qf6 17. Nf3 bxc3 18. bxc3 Qg6 $5 {White gets a slight advantage by the
next exchanges.} 19. Qxg6 hxg6 20. Bg5 Ba3 21. Be7 Rxb1 22. Rxb1 Re8 23. Bg5 c5
$5 24. Kf1 f6 25. Be3 Rb8 26. Rxb8+ Nxb8 27. Ke2 Kf8 28. h4 Nd7 29. Nd2 c4 $5
30. Nxc4 Nxc4 31. dxc4 Bc5 32. Bc1 {White cannot make any progress due to the
blockader on c5.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Korning Memorial"]
[Site "corr 1998-2001"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Qc7 11. Bd2 e6 12. Qe2 Ngf6 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. Ne5
Nb6 15. Ba5 Rd5 16. Bxb6 axb6 17. f4 Bd6 18. Kb1 Rd8 19. c3 {So far, they
follow Romanishin - Bagirov, Lvov 1978.} c5 $5 20. Rd3 Kb8 21. Rc1 Qe7 $5 (
21... c4 {closes the position.}) 22. Nf1 cxd4 23. cxd4 Ra5 24. Rg3 $2 Nd5 $1
25. Rf3 ({White has to lose a tempo, because} 25. Rxg7 $6 Nxf4 26. Qf3 Bxe5 27.
dxe5 Qf8 $1 28. Rh7 Qg8 $1 {leads to troubles (Hansen).}) 25... f6 26. Ng6 Qd7
27. Nd2 Nb4 28. Nc4 $2 (28. a3 $1 Nc6 29. Rd3 Rd5 30. Nb3 Bc5 $1 31. Rcd1 Nxd4
32. Nxd4 Bxd4 33. R3d2 {costs a pawn but offers stubborn resistance.}) 28...
Nxa2 $1 29. Re1 $1 Ra6 30. Qxe6 Qa4 $1 31. Na3 Bb4 $1 {Hansen turns the quiet
Caro-Kann into a tactical turmoil.} 32. Ree3 $1 {The threat .. Nc3+ has been
prevented.} Nc1 $1 33. Rf1 ({Not} 33. Kxc1 $2 Rc8+) 33... b5 $1 34. Qf7 Ne2 $1
35. Rxe2 ({The pointe is} 35. Re8 Nc3+ $1 36. bxc3 Qxa3 37. Rxd8+ Ka7 38. Rf3
Bxc3 39. Ra8+ Kxa8 40. Qf8+ Qxf8 41. Nxf8 Bxd4 {(Harding).}) 35... Bxa3 36.
bxa3 Qxa3 37. Qa2 Qd3+ 38. Qc2 Qxd4 39. Qb2 Qa4 $1 {Hansen wants more than
perpetual check.} 40. Rc1 Rc6 $3 {Hector resigns early.} ({Natural moves are} 
40... Rc6 41. Rxc6 bxc6 42. Rc2 Rd1+ 43. Rc1 Qe4+ 44. Ka1 Rd3 45. Rc3 {White's
pieces are placed on ideal squares. There might follow} Rd4 46. f5 $1 Kb7 $1 {
(Harding). It is zugzwang! After} 47. Nh8 Rd1+ 48. Rc1 Rd8 $1 {Black wins
material.}) 0-1

[Event "Korning Memorial"]
[Site "corr 1998-2001"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 d6 8. d4
Bb6 9. a4 Bg4 10. d5 Ne7 11. axb5 $5 (11. h3 Bd7 {occurred in Adams - Hector,
Koge 1997.}) 11... axb5 12. Rxa8 Qxa8 13. Na3 Bd7 14. Qe2 b4 15. cxb4 O-O 16.
Nc4 Bb5 17. Bg5 Ng6 18. Bd3 Bxc4 19. Bxc4 Nf4 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. Bb5 Ng4 22. Ne1
(22. Ne1 {and Black responds} Ne5 {and the extra white pawn has no importance.}
) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Korning Memorial"]
[Site "corr 1998-2001"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hyldkrog, Lars"]
[Black "Elwert, Hans"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B89"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "172"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qe2
Qc7 9. O-O-O Na5 10. Bd3 b5 11. g4 b4 12. Na4 Nd7 $5 {Black has gained a plus
in the opening.} 13. b3 $5 Nc5 14. Nb2 $6 ({Preferable is} 14. Nxc5 dxc5 15.
Nf3) 14... g6 15. f4 Bg7 16. Nf3 Bb7 $1 17. Bd2 Nc6 18. Kb1 a5 $1 19. Na4 $1
Nxa4 20. bxa4 O-O-O $6 ({Stronger is} 20... Rc8 $1 21. h4 h5) 21. Be3 h5 22. g5
d5 23. e5 d4 24. Bc1 $2 (24. Bf2 $1 {keeps pawn d4 as a target for the bishop.}
) 24... Ne7 25. Ba6 Nd5 26. Bd2 Nb6 27. Be1 Nxa4 28. Rxd4 Rxd4 29. Nxd4 Rd8 30.
Nb3 Qc3 $1 {A decisive penetration takes place. Black threatens mate in one.}
31. Bxb7+ $1 Kc7 $1 32. Bxc3 Nxc3+ 33. Kb2 Nxe2 34. Nxa5 Kb6 35. Bf3 Nxf4 36.
Nc4+ Kc5 37. Kb3 Rd4 38. Nd6 Nh3 39. Rd1 Rf4 40. Ne4+ Kb6 41. Bg2 Bxe5 {The
tactics have led to the win of a pawn.} 42. Rd7 Rg4 43. Bf3 Nxg5 44. Nxg5 Rxg5
45. Rxf7 Bd6 46. Be4 Rg4 47. Bd3 Bxh2 48. Rf6 g5 49. Be2 Rh4 50. Rg6 Bf4 51.
Kxb4 Bd2+ 52. Ka3 Kc5 53. Rxe6 Rh3+ 54. Kb2 h4 55. a4 Rg3 56. a5 Kd5 57. Rb6
Bc3+ 58. Ka2 Bd4 59. Rb7 h3 60. a6 Rg2 61. a7 Bxa7 62. Bf3+ Kd4 63. Rxa7 Rxc2+
64. Kb1 Rf2 65. Bc6 Ke5 66. Rg7 Kf4 67. Kc1 Re2 68. Kd1 Re5 69. Kd2 Kg3 70. Kd3
Rc5 71. Bb7 g4 72. Ke2 Re5+ 73. Kf1 Ra5 74. Bc6 Rc5 75. Bb7 Rc4 76. Rf7 Rc1+
77. Ke2 Kh2 78. Kd2 Ra1 79. Bc8 Kg3 80. Rg7 Ra4 81. Be6 h2 82. Rh7 Ra6 83. Bf5
Kf4 84. Bc8 Ra8 85. Be6 g3 86. Bd5 Rd8 {Black has successfully concluded a
hard technical phase.} 0-1

[Event "Korning Memorial"]
[Site "corr 1998-2001"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hyldkrog, Lars"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. b4 O-O 12. Rc1 Qe7 13. Qb3 b6 14. Bd3 Bb7 15.
Ne4 $5 ({Bellon Lopez tried} 15. Nd2) ({and} 15. Ne2 {in this position.}) 15...
a5 16. b5 c5 17. dxc5 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Nxc5 19. Rxc5 $6 ({The quiet alternative
brings} 19. Qc2 $1) 19... Qxc5 20. Bxa8 Rxa8 21. Rd1 a4 $1 22. Qd3 Bf6 $1 {
Black takes the initiative.} 23. Qe4 Ra5 $1 {Black conquers a pawn.} 24. h4 $2
(24. Nd2 $1 Qxb5 25. Nc4 {leads to a fine counteraction.}) 24... a3 $1 25. Rd7
Rxb5 26. Qb7 Rb1+ 27. Kh2 Rf1 $1 28. Qb8+ ({The pointe is} 28. Rxf7 Qd6+ 29.
Kh3 Rh1+ 30. Kg4 h5#) 28... Kg7 29. Qe8 Be5+ $1 30. Nxe5 Qxe5+ 31. f4 Qf6 32.
Qe7 Qxe7 33. Rxe7 Re1 34. Rb7 Rxe3 35. Rxb6 Re2 36. Ra6 Rxa2 37. Kg3 Ra1 38.
Ra7 a2 39. Kg4 h5+ 40. Kg3 Kh6 41. Kf2 f6 42. Ra5 e5 $1 {The centre pawn will
march forward until promotion, if White leaves it untouched.} 0-1

[Event "Korning Memorial"]
[Site "corr 1998-2001"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jardorf, Svend"]
[Black "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 b6 3. d4 Bb7 4. f3 g6 5. Be3 d6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. Ne2 Nd7 8. O-O e6
$5 {Black diverts from Strikovic - Cebalo, Yugoslavia 1989.} 9. Nd2 Ne7 10. b4
O-O 11. Qb3 Qc7 12. Rab1 Bc6 13. Rfd1 a5 14. bxc5 bxc5 15. Qa3 Rfb8 $5 16. dxc5
Nxc5 17. Bxc5 dxc5 18. Qxc5 {White has gained material but the advance of the
extra pawn will be impossible.} Be5 19. Nf1 Bd6 20. Qc4 e5 21. Bc2 Nc8 22. Qd3
Bc5+ 23. Kh1 Nb6 24. Nc1 Bb7 25. Qe2 Ba6 26. Bd3 Na4 27. Rxb8+ Qxb8 28. Qd2 Nb2
29. Re1 Nxd3 30. Nxd3 Bxd3 31. Qxd3 Qb2 32. Re2 Qa1 $1 {Black has started
dangerous counter-play.} 33. Rc2 $2 {White loses an important tempo.} ({Better
is} 33. Rd2 $1 Ra7 34. h4 Rd7 35. Qxd7 Qxf1+ 36. Kh2 Qg1+ {and Black delivers
perpetual check.}) 33... Rb8 34. g4 $2 (34. g3 $1 a4 35. Kg2 a3 36. Qd5 Rb2 37.
Rd2 Qc1 38. Qxc5 Rxd2+ 39. Nxd2 Qxd2+ 40. Qf2 Qxc3 41. Qe2 $1 Qb2 42. Kf2 {
gives the last chance.}) 34... a4 35. Kg2 a3 36. Qd5 Rb2 37. Rd2 Bf8 38. g5 h6
39. Ne3 Qc1 40. Nc4 Qxc3 41. Rf2 Rxf2+ 42. Kxf2 Qc2+ 43. Nd2 hxg5 44. Ke2 Bb4
45. h3 Qb2 46. Ke3 Kg7 47. Nb3 Be1 48. Kd3 Bg3 49. Nd2 Bf4 50. Ke2 Bxd2 51.
Qxd2 Kh6 52. Kd3 Qxd2+ 53. Kxd2 Kh5 0-1

[Event "Korning Memorial"]
[Site "corr 1998-2001"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Knobel, Rolf"]
[Black "Elwert, Hans"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Bf5 6. Bg5 Qb6 7. Qc1 Nd7 8. e3
Bd6 9. Be2 Ngf6 10. O-O Ne4 11. Bh4 O-O 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bg3 Bxg3 14. hxg3 a5
15. Nd2 $5 (15. Qc3 {was played in Bazant - Krajina, Czechia 1998. This game
also drew.}) 15... Bf5 16. Qc3 Rfe8 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Nf6 19. Rab1 Qa6 20.
Qxa6 Rxa6 21. b3 Kf8 22. Rfc1 Ke7 23. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Korning Memorial"]
[Site "corr 1998-2001"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Knobel, Rolf"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 Bf5 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nd2 Re8 12. Rab1 Bd6 $1 {Hansen gains a plus
by a novelty.} 13. Bh4 Qc7 14. Bg3 Bxg3 15. hxg3 a5 16. Qc2 g6 17. Rfc1 h5 $1
18. a3 Qd6 19. Na4 Ne4 20. Nxe4 Rxe4 21. Nc5 Nxc5 22. Qxc5 Qd7 23. b4 $2 {
White neglects a threatening attack.} ({Right is} 23. Re1 $1 {Then} h4 $6 {can
be answered by} 24. f3 $1) 23... axb4 24. axb4 h4 25. gxh4 Rxh4 26. f3 (26. Ra1
$1 Re8 $1 27. b5 Qf5 28. bxc6 Qh5 $1 29. f3 Rh1+ 30. Kf2 Qh4+ 31. Ke2 Rh2 32.
Rg1 Qg5 {is insufficient for White as well.}) 26... Qe6 27. Qc3 Ra2 28. Qe1 g5
29. Ra1 Rxg2+ $1 30. Kxg2 Qh3+ 31. Kf2 Qh2+ 32. Kf1 Qb2 33. Qf2 Rh1+ 34. Qg1
Rxg1+ 35. Kxg1 Qe2 36. Re1 Qxf3 37. Ra2 Kg7 38. Rf2 Qe4 0-1

[Event "Korning Memorial"]
[Site "corr 1998-2001"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Maliangkay, Rudolf"]
[Black "Elwert, Hans"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4
O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. a4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. g4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 e5 15.
fxe5 dxe5 16. Ba7 Ra8 17. g5 Rd8 18. Qe2 Ne8 19. Be3 Be6 20. Qf2 Rdc8 21. Bg4
Qc6 $5 ({Theory is} 21... Nd6) 22. Bxe6 (22. Rad1 $1 Nc7 $1 {(Black shall not
capture Bg4)} 23. Bxe6 Qxe6 24. Qf5 {keeps the game going.}) 22... Qxe6 23. Nd5
Bd8 24. Bc5 Rc6 25. Nb4 Rcc8 26. Nd5 Rc6 27. Nb4 Rcc8 28. Nd5 Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Korning Memorial"]
[Site "corr 1998-2001"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Plomp, Michiel"]
[Black "Elwert, Hans"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. Nbd2 Ba7 7. O-O O-O 8. Bb3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nc4 f6 11. Ne3 $5 Be6 12. Re1 Na5 13. Bxd5 Bxd5 14. Nxd5
Qxd5 {A balanced position remains after the exchanges.} 15. Be3 c5 16. Qa4 Nc6
17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. Nd2 Rac8 19. f4 Rc7 20. Nf3 exf4 21. Bxf4 Re7 22. Rxe7 Nxe7
23. Bc7 Rd7 24. Bg3 Nc6 25. Bf2 Bb8 26. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Korning Memorial"]
[Site "corr 1998-2001"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Read, Michael"]
[Black "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. d3 Qf6 8.
Nbd2 Bd6 9. Re1 Ne7 10. d4 Ng6 11. hxg4 hxg4 12. Nh2 Rxh2 13. Qxg4 Qh4 14. Qxh4
Rxh4 15. Nf3 Rh5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. c3 g5 19. g3 {The theory has
ended.} g4 $5 20. Kg2 Ke7 21. Rh1 Rxh1 22. Kxh1 Ke6 23. Kg2 c5 24. Be3 c4 25.
Rd1 b5 26. Bf4 c6 {The doubled pawn means no positional problem for Black.} 27.
Kf1 Rh8 28. Ke2 Bxf4 29. gxf4 Rh3 30. Rd8 Rh1 31. Rd1 Rh3 32. Rd8 Rh1 33. Rd1
Rh3 {A repetition of positions occurs.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Korning Memorial"]
[Site "corr 1998-2001"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rufenacht, Matthias"]
[Black "Elwert, Hans"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 e6 6. cxd4 b6 7. Bc4 Bb7 8. O-O
Na6 9. Ng5 h6 10. Ne4 Rc8 $1 (10... Qc7 {drew in Schweber - Najdorf, Buenos
Aires 1983.}) 11. b3 Qh4 12. Qe2 Nab4 13. a3 Nc6 14. Rd1 Be7 15. g3 ({Not} 15.
Bb2 $2 Nf4 $1 16. Qf3 Nxe5 $1 17. dxe5 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Nh3+) 15... Qh3 16. Bb2
Na5 17. Nbd2 f5 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Bd3 O-O 20. Rac1 Bd5 21. b4 Nb7 22. Rxc8 Rxc8
23. Rc1 Rxc1+ 24. Bxc1 Nd6 25. b5 $6 ({More solid is} 25. f3) 25... Nfxe4 26.
Nxe4 Nxe4 27. Bxe4 Bxe4 28. Qxe4 Qh5 29. Qa8+ $5 Kf7 30. Be3 Qd1+ 31. Kg2 Qa4
32. Qb7 Qxb5 33. Qxa7 Qd5+ 34. f3 b5 35. Bf2 h5 36. h4 Qc6 37. Be3 Qc3 38. Bf4
Qc6 $5 (38... Qb2+ 39. Kg1 Qa1+ 40. Kg2 Qxa3 41. Qxd7 Qa2+ 42. Kf1 Qd5 43. Qxd5
exd5 {wins a pawn but not the game.}) 39. Be3 Bf6 40. Bf2 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Korning Memorial"]
[Site "corr 1998-2001"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rufenacht, Matthias"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb3 d5 8. exd6
Qxd6 9. O-O Be6 10. Na3 dxc3 11. Qe2 Bxb3 12. Nb5 Qb8 13. axb3 e5 {A
theoretical position has arisen.} 14. Nfd4 $6 (14. bxc3 Be7 15. Be3 {is okay 
(Sveshnikov - Yudasin, Jaroslavl 1986).}) 14... c2 $1 {Black has grabbed two
pawns. Now it is time to consolidate.} ({Theory is} 14... Nxd4 15. Nxd4 f6) 15.
Nxc6 bxc6 16. Nd4 Qd6 17. Nxc2 Be7 18. Re1 f6 19. f4 O-O 20. fxe5 fxe5 21. Qxe5
Nd5 $1 {Black has returned the extra pawns and taken the initiative.} 22. Bd2
$6 {White lifts the protection of pawn b2.} (22. Qe4 $1 {accepts a positional
disadvantage.}) 22... Qxe5 $1 23. Rxe5 Bf6 24. Re6 Bxb2 25. Rae1 c5 26. Rc6
Rac8 27. Ree6 Kf7 28. Kf1 Rb8 29. Red6 Nf6 30. Rd3 Kg8 31. Rf3 Ng4 32. Rxf8+
Rxf8+ 33. Ke1 Re8+ 34. Kf1 Nxh2+ 35. Kg1 Re2 $1 36. Kxh2 Be5+ 37. Kh3 Rxd2 38.
Rxc5 Rd3+ 39. Kg4 Bh2 $1 0-1

[Event "Korning Memorial"]
[Site "corr 1998-2001"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rufenacht, Matthias"]
[Black "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nd5 Nxe4 6. Qe2 f5 7. Ng5 d3 8.
cxd3 Nd4 9. Qh5+ g6 10. Qh4 c6 11. dxe4 cxd5 12. exd5 Bg7 13. Kd1 h6 {Black
has a plus after thirteen theoretical moves.} 14. Nf3 d6 15. Qxd8+ Kxd8 16.
Nxd4 Bxd4 17. f3 Bd7 18. Rb1 Ke7 19. Bd3 Kf6 20. Bf4 Be5 21. Be3 f4 22. Bf2 a5
23. Kd2 a4 24. Rhc1 {White has consolidated his position.} Rhc8 25. g4 fxg3 26.
hxg3 a3 $5 27. Rxc8 Bxc8 28. b3 Bf5 29. Rc1 Ra5 30. Be4 h5 31. Ke3 Rc5 32. Rxc5
dxc5 33. Bxf5 Kxf5 34. Kd3 Bd6 $1 35. Kc4 $1 g5 36. g4+ $5 {White forces the
draw.} hxg4 37. fxg4+ Kxg4 38. Bxc5 Bxc5 39. Kxc5 Kf5 40. Kd6 $1 g4 41. Kc7 g3
42. d6 g2 43. d7 g1=Q 44. d8=Q Qh2+ 45. Kxb7 Qxa2 46. Qd5+ Kf4 47. Qd4+ Kf3 48.
Qd3+ Kf2 49. Qd4+ Ke2 50. Qe4+ Kd1 51. Qh1+ {White delivers perpetual check.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Korning Memorial"]
[Site "corr 1998-2001"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tanggaard, Hans"]
[Black "Elwert, Hans"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Be7 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Be3 Bb7 13. a4 a6 14. Ne4 c5 $5 ({
The solid} 14... Be7 {equalises.}) 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Bxa8
18. b3 Rh4 $1 19. dxc5 Qc3+ 20. Bd2 Qe5+ 21. Be3 {White wants to draw but
Black does not.} Nd7 $5 22. bxc4 bxc4 23. Qa4 Qe4 $5 ({This time Black avoids
the draw by} 23... Qc3+ 24. Kd1 Bc6 25. Qxc6 Qb3+) 24. Qa3 Qb1+ 25. Qc1 Qb4+
26. Bd2 Qb3 $5 27. Bc3 $6 (27. Be3 Qb4+ 28. Bd2 {aims at a repetition of
positions.}) 27... Re4+ 28. Kd2 $1 (28. Be2 Nxc5 29. Kf1 Nd3 {favours Black.})
28... Nxc5 29. Qb2 Qa4 30. Be2 $2 {White miscalculates the tactics.} (30. f3 $1
Nb3+ 31. Kc2 Rf4 32. Kb1 Bc6 33. Be2 {defends properly.}) 30... Bb7 31. f3 ({
Development by} 31. Rd1 {Rd1 fails due to the brilliant} Qd7+ 32. Kc1 Nb3+ 33.
Kb1 Rxe2 $1 34. Qxe2 Be4+ $1 35. Kb2 Qb5 $1 36. Qe3 Nd4+ 37. Kc1 Qb1+ 38. Kd2
Qa2+ 39. Ke1 Nc2+) 31... Qd7+ $1 32. Kc1 Na4 33. Qc2 Rxe2 34. Qxe2 Nxc3 35.
Qxc4 Nd5 36. Rd1 Qd6 37. Rd3 Ba6 38. Qa4+ Ke7 39. Qh4+ f6 40. Qh7+ Kd8 41. Qg8+
Kc7 42. Qf7+ Kb6 43. Rb3+ Bb5 44. Qg6 Qxh2 45. Qd3 Qg1+ 46. Kb2 Qc5 47. f4 Kc6
48. Qd2 Bc4 49. Rb8 Qa7 50. Rc8+ Kb5 51. Kb1 Nb4 52. Rd8 Bd3+ $1 ({The pointe
is} 52... Bd3+ 53. Rxd3 Qh7 $1) 0-1

[Event "Korning Memorial"]
[Site "corr 1998-2001"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tanggaard, Hans"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Be3 Nc6 14. d5
Na5 15. Bc5 Bf6 {The players fight a theoretical battle in the Grünfeld Indian
Defence.} 16. Rb4 $5 (16. e5 Bxe5 17. Rb4 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 {leads to an equal
game (Krasenkow - Lékó, Madrid 1998).}) 16... Rfc8 $1 17. Ra4 Qb3 18. Rxa5 Qxd1
19. Rxd1 b6 20. Bxe7 Bxe7 21. Ra2 a5 22. Rb1 Bc5 23. Bb5 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Bd6 {
Black has to stop the centre pawns.} 25. Bc6 Rab8 26. Rab2 b5 $5 {He gives a
pawn for his positional aim.} 27. Rxb5 Rxb5 28. Rxb5 a4 29. Ra5 a3 30. f4 Bxf4
$1 31. Rxa3 Rb8 32. Ra7 Kg7 33. Kg2 Be5 34. h4 Rb2 $1 35. Rb7 ({The pointe is} 
35. Be8 Rxf2+ $1 36. Kxf2 Bd4+ 37. Kf3 Bxa7 38. e5 f6 {draws.}) 35... Rxb7 36.
Bxb7 f5 37. exf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Korning Memorial"]
[Site "corr 1998-2001"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Trapl, Jindrich"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. c3 Bg7 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 O-O 14. Nce3
Be6 15. Bd3 f5 16. O-O Ra7 17. a4 bxa4 18. Qxa4 $5 {White has a plus but Black
equalises effortlessly.} Ne7 19. Bc4 Kh8 20. Qa5 Nxd5 21. Bxd5 Bd7 22. Rfd1
Qxa5 23. Rxa5 Rb8 24. Nc4 Bf8 25. b4 Rc7 26. Ra3 Bb5 27. Ne3 f4 28. Nf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Korning Memorial"]
[Site "corr 1998-2001"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Trapl, Jindrich"]
[Black "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. h3 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. Bg5 Qe8
9. g4 Nd7 10. Rg1 Kh8 11. Nd2 f5 12. gxf5 gxf5 13. a3 Nf6 14. Qc2 Nc5 15. Be3
Nfxe4 $5 ({Theory is} 15... Ncxe4 16. Ndxe4 fxe4 {(Bagirov - Lingnau, Cuxhaven
1994).}) 16. Ndxe4 fxe4 17. O-O-O Nd3+ $1 {Van Oosterom sets tactical problems.
} 18. Bxd3 $2 (18. Kb1 $1 Nf4 19. Nxe4 {defends well.}) 18... exd3 19. Qxd3 Bf5
20. Qd2 Qh5 21. f4 $6 (21. Rg3 Bf6 22. Rdg1 Rg8 23. b3 $5 {gives the last
chance.}) 21... exf4 22. Bxf4 Bg6 $1 {Black threatens 23. .. Rxf4! 24. Qxf4
Bh6 and 23. .. Qxh3.} 23. Rg4 $5 Qxh3 24. Rdg1 Rae8 25. R4g3 Qf5 26. Be3 Rxe3
$1 27. Rxe3 Bh6 28. Rge1 Bxe3 29. Rxe3 Qf1+ 30. Re1 Qxc4 31. b3 Qxb3 0-1

[Event "Korning Memorial"]
[Site "corr 1998-2001"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Borge, Nikolaj"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Qb3
b5 9. Be2 c5 10. dxc5 Bb7 11. O-O Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bg5 Nc6 14. Qe3 Bf5
15. Bh6 Bxb2 16. Rad1 Qa5 17. Bxf8 Rxf8 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Rxd3 Qxa2 $5 ({Black
tries to improve on} 19... Bf6 {(Shneider - Yermolinsky, Telavi 1982).}) 20.
Rd2 Qa3 21. Qe4 $1 Rc8 22. Qd5 $1 (22. Ng5 $2 Bf6 {drew in Sosonko - Svidler,
St Petersburg 1997.}) 22... Na5 (22... Rc7 23. Ng5 $1 e6 24. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 25.
Qxe6+ Kg7 26. Rd7+ {gives a decisive white attack.}) 23. Ng5 Rf8 24. c6 $1 {
Black resigns early.} ({The lines} 24. c6 Qc3 25. c7 $1 Bc1 26. Nxf7 $1 Bxd2
27. Nd8+ Kh8 28. Qd7) (24. c6 Nc4 25. c7 Nd6 26. Ne4 $1 {and}) (24. c6 Bg7 25.
c7 Qc3 26. Qd8 Nb7 27. Ne4 $1 {win for White.}) 1-0

[Event "Korning Memorial"]
[Site "corr 1998-2001"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Hyldkrog, Lars"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E55"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. Qe2 b6 10. d5 Bxc3 11. dxe6 Ne5 12. exf7+ Kh8 13. bxc3 Bg4 14. e4 Qe7
15. Re1 b5 16. Bxb5 Nh5 17. Bg5 Qe6 18. Qe3 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Qxf7 20. Be2 h6 21.
f4 Nxf4 22. Bxf4 Qxf4 23. Rf1 $5 ({Known is} 23. Rad1 {in this razor-sharp
line (Gligoric-Olafsson, Lone Pine 1979).}) 23... Rab8 24. Rab1 Qxe3 25. fxe3
Rxf1+ 26. Rxf1 Rb2 $6 (26... g6 $1 27. Rf6 Rb6 {draws.}) 27. Rf8+ Kh7 28. Kf1
Rb1+ 29. Kf2 Rb2 30. Ke1 Rb1+ 31. Kd2 Rb2+ 32. Kd1 {Black cannot deliver
perpetual check.} Rxa2 $2 (32... c4 $1 33. Rf5 Nd3 34. Bxd3 cxd3 35. e5 Kg6 36.
Rf8 Re2 37. c4 Rxe3 38. Kd2 Rxe5 39. Kxd3 Rf5 $1 {escapes.}) 33. Re8 Nf7 34.
Bc4 $1 Ra1+ 35. Ke2 Kg6 36. h4 Rh1 37. Re7 Rxh4 ({The pointe is} 37... Nh8 38.
e5) 38. Bxf7+ Kf6 39. Rxa7 Rxe4 40. Bd5 Re5 41. c4 h5 42. Rf7+ Kg6 43. Rc7 Kf6
44. Rc6+ Kg5 45. Rxc5 h4 46. Rb5 Kf6 47. Bg2 Re6 48. Rh5 g5 49. Rh6+ 1-0

[Event "Korning Memorial"]
[Site "corr 1998-2001"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Knobel, Rolf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B63"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 a6 10. f4 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Be2 Qc7 13. f5 h5 14. a4 $5
bxa4 15. Qxa4+ Bd7 16. Qa2 $5 (16. Bb5 {leads to exchanges.}) 16... Qc5 17. Bc4
Qe5 18. Rhe1 Bd8 19. Qa3 Qxh2 20. e5 $5 {Van Oosterom wants the initiative.} (
20. Qxd6 {brings an endgame.}) 20... Qf4+ $1 (20... dxe5 $2 21. Rxd7 $1 Qf4+
22. Kb1 Qxc4 23. Red1 Qc6 24. fxe6 Qxe6 25. Rb7 {gives a winning white attack.}
) 21. Kb1 Qxc4 22. Ne4 Qa4 (22... Bc7 $6 23. Nxf6+ Kd8 24. exd6 Bb6 25. Nxd7
Kxd7 26. fxe6+ fxe6 27. Qf3 {opens the black defence.}) 23. Qg3 $1 dxe5 (23...
Bc6 24. Qg7 Bxe4 25. Qxh8+ Ke7 26. Qxf6+ Kf8 {ends by perpetual check.}) 24.
Qg7 Rf8 25. Nd6+ Ke7 26. Ne4 Ke8 27. b3 $5 Rb8 ({Or} 27... Qb4 28. Nd6+ Ke7 29.
Ne4 Ke8) 28. Nc5 Qc4 29. Nxd7 Rxb3+ 30. Kc1 $5 {Another repetition is avoided.}
Be7 31. Qxf8+ $1 {Joop van Oosterom made a lot of fun.} (31. Qxf8+ Bxf8 32.
Nxf6+ Ke7 33. Ng8+ {accepts perpetual check at last.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Korning Memorial"]
[Site "corr 1998-2001"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Maliangkay, Rudolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 a5 11. bxa5 Rxa5 12. a4 f5 13. Nd2 Nf6 14. Ba3 Nxe4 $6 ({
Theory is} 14... b6 $1) 15. Ncxe4 fxe4 16. Nxe4 {White has conquered square e4.
} b6 17. Bb4 Ra7 18. Bd3 Nf5 19. a5 bxa5 20. Rxa5 Rxa5 21. Bxa5 Qd7 22. Bb4 Bb7
23. Ng5 Nd4 $1 {Square e6 gets extra protection.} 24. Bc3 Bh6 25. Ne4 {A
crucial position has been reached.} Qd8 $2 (25... Bf4 $1 26. Qa1 c6 $1 27. Bxd4
exd4 28. Qxd4 Be5 29. dxc6 Bxc6 30. Qe3 Bf4 {defends actively.}) 26. Qa1 $1 Bg7
27. Qa7 $1 Qa8 28. Ra1 Re8 29. h4 h6 30. Nd2 $1 ({The greedy} 30. Qxa8 Rxa8 31.
Rxa8+ Bxa8 32. Ba5 c6 33. Nxd6 cxd5 34. Bxg6 dxc4 35. Bf7+ Kf8 36. Nxc4 {wins
a pawn but exchanges a lot.}) 30... Kf7 31. c5 $1 e4 $1 32. Nxe4 Rxe4 33. Bxe4
Ne2+ 34. Kf1 Nxc3 35. c6 $1 {White chooses the elegant win.} Qxa7 36. Rxa7 Ba6+
37. Rxa6 Nxe4 38. Ra7 Bc3 39. Rxc7+ Ke8 40. Rc8+ Ke7 41. Ra8 Nd2+ 42. Ke2 {The
passed pawn cannot be stopped.} 1-0

[Event "Korning Memorial"]
[Site "corr 1998-2001"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Nielsen, Jens"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Rd1 b5 11. Be2 Qc7 12. e4 e5 13. g3 Re8 14. a3 Bb7 15. dxe5
Nxe5 16. Bg5 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Nd7 $5 ({Theory is} 17... Be5) 18. Rac1 $1 Nb6 $6 (
{The liberating move} 18... c5 $1 19. Nd5 Qb8 {has to be played at once.}) 19.
Be2 h6 ({Not} 19... c5 $2 20. Bxb5 $1) 20. Be3 Rad8 21. b4 $1 Nd7 ({Now} 21...
c5 $2 {fails due to} 22. Rxd6 $1) 22. Nd5 $1 Qb8 23. Nf4 Nf6 24. Bf3 Bc7 $2 (
24... a5 $1 25. Rd4 Bf8 $1 {exerts pressure on the queenside.}) 25. Rxd8 Bxd8
26. Rd1 Bc7 ({The liberating manoeuvre} 26... c5 $5 27. bxc5 Bxe4 28. Bxe4 Nxe4
{brings ro relief due to} 29. c6 $1) 27. Nh5 Nxh5 28. Bxh5 Rd8 29. Bd4 Rd6 30.
e5 Rd5 31. Bf3 Rd8 {Black undergoes a positional catastrophe. White utilises
the momentum.} 32. e6 $1 fxe6 33. Qg6 e5 34. Bc5 Rd5 $5 ({Or} 34... a5 $1 35.
Be3 $1) 35. Rxd5 $5 cxd5 36. Bg4 $1 (36. Bg4 Qd8 37. Be6+ Kh8 38. Qf7 $1 d4 39.
Bf8 {crushes the defence.}) 1-0

[Event "Korning Memorial"]
[Site "corr 1998-2001"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Plomp, Michiel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3
Nc6 9. Qc2 Qa5 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Kb1 a6 12. Nd2 Qb6 13. Bd3 $1 ({Van Wely had
good results with} 13. Nb3) 13... h6 $5 {Black weakens his kingside.} ({More
prudent is} 13... Kh8 $1 14. Bg5 d4 $1) 14. g4 $1 {White takes advantage
immediately.} Bxa3 $2 {Black makes the decisive error.} ({No good is} 14...
Nxg4 $2 15. cxd5 Nce5 16. Be2 $1) ({Black should play} 14... d4 $1 15. Na4 Qa7
16. Nf3 b5 $5 {and immense complications arise.}) 15. Na4 Qb4 16. g5 hxg5 17.
Bxg5 Ng4 18. Rdg1 f5 (18... Nce5 19. h3 $1 Nxf2 20. Bf6 $1 Ng6 21. Bc3 Qe7 22.
Bxg6 {leads to a winning white attack.}) 19. Rxg4 $3 fxg4 20. Bh7+ Kh8 21. Qg6
$1 {The planned move is 22. Qh5! and a fast win.} Rf5 $1 {Black threatens 22. .
. Rxg5!} 22. h4 $1 ({The tactical points are} 22. h4 Qxd2 23. Qh5 $1 Qd3+ 24.
Ka1 {and}) (22. h4 gxh3 23. Rxh3 Qf8 24. Qxe6 $1 Bxe6 25. Bxf5+ Kg8 26. Bxe6+)
1-0

[Event "Korning Memorial"]
[Site "corr 1998-2001"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Tanggaard, Hans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C99"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bb7 14. d5 {Lengthy
manoeuvring in a closed position begins. White controls more territory.} Rac8
15. Bb1 Nd7 16. Nf1 Nc4 17. Ng3 g6 18. b3 Ncb6 19. Bh6 Rfe8 20. Bd2 $5 ({Known
is} 20. Bd3) 20... Nf6 21. Bd3 Nbd7 22. Rc1 Qb8 23. Bc3 Nc5 24. Bb1 Qa7 25. Qd2
Ncd7 26. Bd3 Nc5 27. Bc2 Ncd7 28. a4 bxa4 29. bxa4 Rc4 30. Bb3 Rcc8 31. Bb4
Rxc1 32. Rxc1 Qb8 33. a5 Rc8 34. Rc3 Bd8 $6 {The bishop should stay on e7.} (
34... Rxc3 35. Qxc3 Qc8 36. Qxc8+ Bxc8 {exchanges the heavy pieces at once.})
35. Rxc8 Bxc8 36. Qc3 Qc7 37. Qc6 $1 {White has gained a plus.} Ne8 38. Ba4
Ndf6 39. Ne2 Bd7 40. Qxc7 Bxc7 41. Bc2 Nh5 $2 ({More solid is} 41... Bc8 $1 42.
Nd2 Nd7) 42. g4 $1 Nhg7 43. Bd3 Bc8 44. Nd2 f5 45. f3 Kf7 46. Kg2 Kf6 47. Nc4
h5 48. Kg3 hxg4 49. hxg4 Kg5 {The entry to the kingside remains closed.} 50.
Nb6 Bb7 51. Bc2 $1 {But the bishop is going to enter on the other flank.} f4+ (
{Or} 51... Kf6 52. Ba4 Ke7 53. Bc6 $1 Bxc6 54. dxc6 Nf6 55. Nc3 {and White
will utilise the opening d5.}) 52. Kg2 Nf6 53. Ba4 $1 Kh6 54. Nc1 g5 55. Nd3
Kg6 56. Nb2 $1 {The beleaguerment leads to a breach.   The last games of the
tournament ended in 2001. Van Oosterom and Hansen had scored 111/2/14. Joop
triumphed on tie-break. He had won his first international mail chess
tournament. Elwert became third by a score of 9 points and Hector made 8
points. Over- the-board grandmasters Hansen and Hector became correspondence
chess grandmasters too.   Until now, few games have been published with
analyses. Therefore, I had to make a hard effort. An effect of the application
of chess engines could be recognised, because few tactical errors were made.
The lesser players still made strategic blunders.} ({See} 56. Nb2 Kf7 57. N2c4
Nge8 58. Nd7 Nxd7 59. Bxd7 Nf6 60. Be6+ $1 Ke7 61. Nxe5 $1 {and the bastion
has been taken.}) 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "15"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

{Rentoro had changed the formula of his tournament in Linares 1998. Seven top
players played double rounds. It led to a higher percentage of draws. Karpov
refused the invitation due to Rentero's attack in the previous year. The
fifteenth 'Torneo Internacional Ciudad de Linares' took place from 23 ii - 10
iii 1998. Anand played an excellent tournament and triumphed. Shirov won a
famous endgame against Topalov. Linares 1998 functioned as a candidates'
tournament of the WCC mini-cycle. The qualifier became Anand, but he refused.
Then Shirov accepted to play a match against Kramnik. Shirov won but the match
against Kasparov never took place. } 1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. Bf4 Bg4 4. e3 e6 5.
c4 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Rc1 O-O 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qe7 $6 10. Bg5 Bxc3+ 11. Rxc3
Qb4 $1 12. Bxf6 Qxb2 13. Rb3 $1 Qc1+ 14. Qd1 Qxd1+ 15. Kxd1 dxc4 16. Rxb7 gxf6
{White has rerached a fine endgame.} 17. Kd2 $6 ({A great advantage keeps} 17.
Bxc4 $1 Rab8 18. Rxb8 Rxb8 19. Kc2) 17... Rab8 $1 18. Rxc7 Na5 19. Kc2 Rb4 20.
Rxa7 Ra4 21. Rxa5 $1 Rxa5 22. Bxc4 h5 23. h4 Rc8 24. Kd3 Rxc4 $1 25. Kxc4 Rxa2
{Black will outlive the rook ending.} 26. Rf1 f5 27. d5 Kf8 28. dxe6 fxe6 29.
Kd4 Ke7 30. Ke5 Ra4 31. f3 Ra5+ $1 32. Kf4 Ra2 33. Rb1 Kf6 $1 34. Kg3 Re2 $1 {
Pressure on the weaknesses draws.} 35. Rb3 e5 36. Rb6+ Kg7 37. Rb3 Kf6 38. Ra3
Kg6 39. Kh3 Kf6 40. g4 hxg4+ 41. fxg4 fxg4+ 42. Kxg4 Kg6 43. h5+ Kh6 44. Ra6+
Kh7 45. Ra3 Kh6 46. Kf5 e4 47. Kxe4 Kxh5 48. Kf5 Rf2+ 49. Ke6 Re2 $1 50. Kf5
Rf2+ 51. Ke5 Kg6 52. e4 Rb2 53. Ra7 Rb5+ 54. Ke6 Rb6+ 55. Ke7 Rb5 56. Ra6+ Kg5
57. Re6 Kf4 58. Kf6 Rh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "15"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. c4
Nbc6 9. Nc3 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nc6 12. Bb5 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Bxc6
bxc6 15. Ne2 c5 16. Bc3 Qb6 17. Ng3 Bg6 18. Qg4 Rad8 19. h4 h6 20. h5 Bh7 21.
f4 $6 c4+ 22. Kh2 Bb4 23. f5 exf5 24. Nxf5 Bxf5 25. Rxf5 Bxc3 26. bxc3 Qe6 27.
Raf1 Rfe8 28. R1f4 Rd5 29. Re4 Re7 30. Qf4 Rc7 31. Rxc4 $2 ({Correct is} 31.
Qf2 Rd3 32. Rf3 {(Anand).}) 31... Qxf5 32. Qxf5 Rxc4 {Black will win the weak
pawns.} 33. Qb1 Rd8 34. Qb7 Rxc3 35. Qxa7 Rcc8 36. a4 Ra8 37. Qc7 Rdc8 38. Qb7
Re8 39. Qc6 Rac8 40. Qd7 Rcd8 41. Qc7 ({Little difference makes} 41. Qb5 Re6
42. a5 Ra8 {and 43...Rea6.}) 41... Rd5 42. a5 Rdxe5 43. a6 R5e7 44. Qc6 Rf8 $1
45. Kh3 Ra7 46. g4 Rfa8 47. Kh4 Rxa6 48. Qb7 Ra5 49. Qc6 Rf8 50. Qb6 Rg5 51.
Qb3 Kh8 52. Qb4 Re8 53. Qa4 Rd8 54. Qe4 f5 55. gxf5 Rf8 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "15"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2825"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. a4
Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. g4 Nd7 14. Bg2 b6 15. g5
Bb7 16. Qg4 Bf8 17. f5 exf5 18. Qxf5 Nde5 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. Nb3 Ne7 21. Qf4 Rc8
22. Nd4 Nxd5 23. exd5 Qd7 24. b3 g6 25. c4 Re7 26. Bg1 Rce8 27. Rae1 Bg7 28.
Qg3 Qc7 29. Rd1 Nd7 30. Rde1 Nc5 31. Nc6 Rxe1 32. Rxe1 Rxe1 33. Qxe1 Nxb3 34.
Qe8+ Bf8 35. Bh3 Na5 36. Qd8 Qxd8 37. Nxd8 Ba8 38. Bf1 Nb7 39. Nxb7 Bxb7 40.
Bxb6 h6 41. h4 hxg5 42. hxg5 Be7 43. Bc7 Kf8 44. Kh2 Ke8 45. Bh3 Bxg5 46. Bxd6
Be7 47. Be5 Bc5 48. Bf6 a5 49. Kg3 Ba6 50. Bf1 Bc8 51. Bd3 Kd7 52. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "15"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. e5 Bb7 (7... e6
{originates from Fishbein - Hansen, Kerteminde 1991.}) 8. e6 fxe6 9. Ng5 Nf8
10. O-O Nf6 11. Re1 Qd7 12. Bd2 $5 h6 $5 13. Nf3 Rb8 14. a4 b4 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16.
Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Rxe4 Qc6 18. Re3 Qc4 19. c3 $1 b3 20. Re1 $1 {White will attack
pawn b3 eventually.} g5 21. Be3 $1 Qd5 22. Qd3 a5 23. Ra3 Kf7 24. Nd2 Ng6 25.
Qe2 Nh4 26. f3 Ng6 27. c4 Qf5 28. Ne4 $1 {White threatens 29.g4.} Kg8 29. Qd1
Rb4 $2 ({Equality keeps} 29... g4 $1 {(Svidler).}) 30. Rxb3 Rxc4 31. Rb5 Qf7
32. Rxa5 Kh7 33. Rb5 d5 $2 ({Better is} 33... Ra8 34. b3 Rc6) 34. Nc5 $1 Qf5
35. b3 Rc3 36. Qd2 Rc2 37. g4 $1 Nh4 38. gxf5 Nxf3+ 39. Kh1 Nxd2 40. Re2 Nc4
41. Rxc2 Nxe3 42. Re2 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "15"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Qe2 Bb6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
Qe7 9. Nbd2 g5 10. Bg3 Bg4 11. Nf1 Nh5 12. Bb5 Nf4 13. Bxf4 gxf4 14. N1d2 Rg8
15. g3 fxg3 16. fxg3 O-O-O 17. a4 Nb8 18. a5 Bc5 19. Bc4 a6 20. h3 Be6 21. g4
Nd7 22. Bxa6 $5 bxa6 23. d4 Nb8 24. dxc5 dxc5 25. O-O-O Qe8 26. Nxe5 Qa4 27.
Rhf1 Rge8 $1 28. c4 $5 (28. Nxf7 Qa1+ 29. Kc2 Qa4+ {leads to perpetual check 
(Svidler).}) 28... Rd4 {Ivanchuk collapses completely.} 29. Kb1 $2 ({Better is
} 29. Qf3 Nd7 30. Nxd7 Bxd7 31. Qc3) 29... Red8 30. Rf3 $4 ({Shirov prefers} 
30. b3 Qb4 31. Kc2 Qxa5) 30... Rxe4 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "15"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Be2
Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 c6 12. O-O a5 13. b5 c5 14. Re1 $5 Re8
15. Rc1 Nd7 16. g3 Nf8 17. Na4 c4 $1 {The closed position favours Black. He
has gained territory.} 18. Bf1 Qd6 19. Bg2 Rad8 20. h4 Ne6 21. Nc3 g6 22. Nd2 {
White threatens 23.Nxc4!} Ba8 23. h5 g5 24. Nf1 Be7 25. g4 $2 {The kingside is
weakened.} Qd7 26. Ng3 Ng7 27. a4 Bb4 28. Bh3 Bb7 29. Qc2 Bd6 $1 30. Nf5 Nxf5
31. gxf5 {White has won the battle for f5 at the cost of weaknesses.} Bb4 32.
Kg2 Qd6 33. f3 Re7 34. Re2 Rde8 35. Rce1 Qf6 36. Bg4 Bd6 37. Qd1 Bb4 38. Qc2
Rd8 39. Rd1 Bc8 40. e4 $2 (40. Na2 Rde8 41. Kf2 Qd6 42. Rh1 {brings passivity 
(Kramnik).}) 40... Bxc3 41. e5 ({Black wins the struggle in} 41. Qxc3 dxe4 42.
Rxe4 Rxe4 43. fxe4 Bb7 44. Qe3 Qe7 45. Re1 Re8 46. Bf3 g4 $1 47. Bxg4 Qxe4+ 48.
Qxe4 Rxe4 49. Rxe4 Bxe4+) 41... Rxe5 $1 {Kramnik strikes with an enormous
strength.} 42. dxe5 Bxe5 {The connected pawns in the central area decide the
game.} 43. Rde1 Bc7 44. Re8+ Kg7 45. Rxd8 Bxd8 46. Rd1 Bb7 47. f4 $5 d4+ 48.
Bf3 d3 $1 (48... d3 49. Qxc4 Qb2+ 50. Kg3 Bxf3 51. Kxf3 Qe2+ {(Kramnik).}) 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "15"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2825"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8.
Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. Qg4 Rg8 $5 {Anand brings a novelty.} 12.
Nd2 (12. Bxh6 Nf6 13. Qg5 Bf8 $1 14. Qf4 Bd6 15. Qg5 Bf8 {draws.}) 12... Nf6
13. Qf3 e5 14. dxe5 Bxe5 15. Nc4 Be6 16. Bd2 $5 {Kasparov wants to win.} O-O-O
({Equality keeps the courageous} 16... Bxc4 17. Bxc4 Bxb2 18. Qe3+ {(Kasparov)}
Qe5) 17. O-O-O Nd7 18. Rhe1 Rge8 19. Kb1 g5 $6 20. h4 $1 Bf4 $6 21. Bxf4 gxf4
22. Bf5 $1 {Black's kingside has been ruined.} Nf8 23. Qh5 $1 Kb8 24. Bxe6 Nxe6
25. a4 $5 {Kasparov will not capture an extra pawn three times.} Qe7 26. Qe5+
Qc7 27. Qh5 Qe7 28. b3 Qf6 29. Ne5 Re7 30. Ng4 Rxd1+ 31. Rxd1 Qg7 32. f3 $5 Re8
33. Qf5 $5 Ka8 $6 ({Strong resistance offers} 33... Kc8 $1 34. Nf6 Re7 35. Qe5
Rc7 $1) 34. h5 Rf8 $2 35. Rd7 ({The battle on the right side is won by} 35. Rd7
Qg5 36. Qxg5 hxg5 37. h6) 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "15"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Qb6 6. Nb3 Qc7 7. Qe2 Nf6 8.
Nc3 d6 9. f4 Be7 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Nfd7 12. Bf4 Nc6 13. O-O Ndxe5 14. Rae1
Qb6+ 15. Kh1 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 O-O 17. Qg3 $1 Kh8 $2 18. Bc7 Qa7 19. Na4 f6 20. Bb6
Qb8 21. Bc7 Qa7 22. Nb6 e5 23. Nxa8 Qxa8 24. Rd1 Re8 25. Bd6 Bd8 26. Nc5 $6 b6
27. Ne4 $6 Nd4 28. Bxe5 $5 Nf5 $1 ({Not} 28... Rxe5 $4 29. Qxe5 fxe5 30. Rf8#)
29. Qg4 $1 {White starts another attack.} Ne3 $6 ({Shirov advices} 29... fxe5
30. Rxf5 Be7 31. Qf3 Bxf5 32. Qxf5) 30. Qh5 $1 {He has set the board on fire.}
Rg8 $2 ({The drastic finish} 30... Rf8 $2 31. Qf7 $3 Rg8 32. Rxd8 $1 Rxd8 33.
Bxf6 {brings Tal-Smyslov, Bled 1959 into memory.}) ({Correct is} 30... Qc6 $1
31. Rd6 (31. Rxd8 $2 Rxd8 32. Nxf6 $2 Qxg2#) 31... Bg4 $1 32. Rxc6 Bxh5 33. Re1
{(Shirov). The last chance gives} Nxg2 $1 34. Kxg2 fxe5) 31. Qf3 Nxd1 32. Nd6
$1 {White threatens mate in one.} Qa7 33. Nxc8 Qd7 34. Nd6 (34. Nd6 Nxb2 35.
Qc6 $1 {ends nicely.}) 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "15"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. a4
O-O 9. f4 Qc7 10. Kh1 Rd8 11. Bf3 Nc6 12. Be3 Ne5 13. Be2 b6 14. Qe1 Nc4 15.
Bc1 Bb7 16. b3 Na5 17. Bf3 Nd7 18. Bb2 Bf6 19. Rd1 Rac8 20. f5 Bxd4 21. Rxd4
Nc6 22. Rd2 Nce5 23. fxe6 fxe6 24. Be2 Nc5 25. Qg3 Rf8 26. Rfd1 Rcd8 27. Qe3
Bc6 28. Ba3 a5 29. h3 h6 30. Rd4 Rf6 31. Bb2 Nb7 32. R4d2 Rff8 33. Kg1 Nc5 34.
Rd4 Kh7 35. Bh5 Rd7 36. Nb5 Bxb5 37. axb5 Qd8 38. Qg3 Qe7 39. Kh2 Kg8 40. Bc1
Qf6 41. Be3 Kh8 42. R1d2 Kh7 43. Bd1 Qe7 44. Bh5 Qf6 45. Bd1 Qe7 46. c3 Rf6 47.
b4 {Svidler has set a trap.} Nb7 $4 ({Right is} 47... axb4 48. cxb4 Rg6 $1 49.
Qf4 Nb3 $1 50. Bxb3 Ng4+ $1 51. hxg4 Qh4+ 52. Kg1 Qe1+ {with perpetual check.})
48. Qxe5 $1 dxe5 49. Rxd7 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "15"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2825"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
Ne4 9. Nd2 f5 10. Ndxe4 dxe4 11. Qb3+ Kh8 12. Rd1 Nc6 13. Be3 Bd7 14. Rac1 Rc8
15. Qa3 Qa5 16. Qxa5 Nxa5 17. b3 Nc6 18. f3 exf3 19. exf3 f4 20. Bf2 e5 21. Ne2
Nxd4 22. Nxd4 exd4 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 25. Rxd4 Rc1+ 26. Kf2 Rc2+ 27.
Ke1 Bc6 28. Rd2 Rxd2 29. Kxd2 g5 30. gxf4 gxf4 31. Kc3 Kg7 32. Kd4 Kf6 33. b4
b6 34. a3 Bb7 35. Bh1 Ba8 36. Bg2 Bc6 37. Bh1 Ke6 38. Bg2 Kd6 39. Bh1 a5 40.
bxa5 bxa5 41. Bg2 a4 42. Bh1 Ba8 43. Bg2 Bb7 44. Bh1 Ke6 45. Bg2 Kf6 46. Bh1
Kg5 47. Ke5 h5 48. Bg2 h4 49. h3 Ba6 50. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "15"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. Bf3 c6 13. Be3 cxd5 14. cxd5 h6 15.
Ne6 Bxe6 16. dxe6 fxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 d5 19. Bc2 b6 20. Qg4 Rf6 21. Bb3
Qd6 22. Rad1 Rd8 23. b5 Qxe6 24. Qxe6+ (24. Qa4 {was played in Gligoric-Nataf,
Cannes 1998.}) 24... Rxe6 25. Bc1 Kf7 26. Ba3 e4 27. g3 Rd7 28. Bxe7 Kxe7 29.
Rxd5 Rxd5 30. Bxd5 Bc3 31. Re2 Re5 32. Bxe4 g5 33. a4 Kd6 $6 ({Kramnik prefers
} 33... Kf6 $5) 34. Kg2 Kc5 35. f4 gxf4 36. gxf4 Re6 37. Kf3 Rd6 38. Kg4 ({Or} 
38. Bf5 $1 Rd1 $1 39. Kg4 Rg1+ 40. Kh5 Rf1 41. Re4 Bd2 {(Kramnik).}) 38... Rd2
$1 39. Rg2 Kd4 40. Bc6 Rxg2+ 41. Bxg2 Bd2 42. Bf3 Bc1 43. Bd1 Bd2 44. Bc2 Bc1
45. f5 Ke5 46. Kh5 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "15"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bb5+ c6 8.
Ba4 O-O 9. Ne2 c5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Be3 Na5 12. Rb1 Nc4 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 b6 $2
{A positional blunder.} 15. Bc6 $1 Rb8 16. Bd5 $1 Ba6 17. Qd3 b5 18. a4 cxd4
19. Nxd4 Bxd4 {Black has to make awful concessions.} 20. cxd4 Nd6 21. Rfc1 Rb6
$6 ({Svidler prefers} 21... Bb7 $1 22. Bxb7 Rxb7 23. axb5 Qd7) 22. a5 Rb8 23.
Rc6 Bb7 24. e5 $1 Nf5 (24... Bxc6 $4 25. Qxg6+ Kh8 26. Qxh6+ Kg8 27. Rb3 {
(Ftacnik).}) 25. Rxg6+ Kh8 26. Bxf7 $1 Rxf7 {The assault has switched to the
kingside.} 27. e6 $2 ({White misses the win} 27. Bf6+ $1 exf6 28. Qxf5 Qd5 (
28... Qf8 {(Svidler)} 29. e6 $1 Rc7 30. h3) 29. Rxh6+ Kg8 30. Qg4+ Rg7 31. Rg6
Qf7 32. Rxg7+ Qxg7 33. Qxg7+ Kxg7 34. Rxb5 a6 35. Rb6) 27... Rf8 28. Bg3 Kh7
29. Rg4 Rc8 $2 {Black fails tactically.} ({A great fight proceeds in} 29... h5
$1 30. Rxb5 $1 Qc8 $1 31. Rc5 {(Svidler)} hxg4 $1 32. Bxb8 Qxe6 33. Bxa7) 30.
Be5 $1 {White threatens 31.Rg7+.} Rc5 $1 31. Rg7+ Kh8 32. dxc5 Nxg7 (32... Qxd3
$2 33. Rg3+) 33. Qg6 Rf6 $1 34. Bxf6 exf6 35. Qxh6+ Kg8 36. Re1 $2 ({Correct is
} 36. Qg6) 36... Nxe6 $1 37. h4 Ng7 38. Qf4 Qd5 39. Qg3 $2 ({He still wins in} 
39. Qg4 $1 Qxc5 40. Qg6 Bc6 41. Qxf6 Qd5 42. Qg6) 39... Kf7 $1 40. Qc7+ Kg6 41.
Qg3+ Kf7 42. Qc7+ {Both players fought impressively.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "15"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. dxc5 Nxe4 5. cxd6 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Nxd6 7. Nc4 e5 8.
c3 f6 9. Qb3 Qc7 10. Be3 Bd7 11. Be2 Nf5 12. O-O Be6 13. Qa4 Rb8 14. Qb5 Bd7
15. Qd5 b5 16. Ncd2 Nce7 17. Qd3 Bc6 18. c4 bxc4 19. Qxc4 Nxe3 20. fxe3 Qb6 21.
Kh1 Rc8 22. e4 Bd7 23. Qd3 Ng6 24. g3 Bc5 25. Rfd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "15"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2825"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Nbd7 8. a4
b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. h3 Be7 11. g4 Nc5 12. Ng3 g6 13. Bh6 Ne6 14. Qd2 Rc8 15.
O-O-O Rc4 16. Kb1 Qc7 17. Rhe1 Rd4 18. Qc1 Rb4 19. Bd2 Rd4 20. Bh6 Rb4 21. Bd2
Rd4 22. Bh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "15"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. c3 Bg7 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 O-O 14. Nce3
Be6 15. Bd3 f5 16. O-O Ra7 17. Qh5 Raf7 18. g4 e4 19. Bc2 fxg4 20. Bxe4 Be5 21.
Qh6 Kh8 22. Kh1 Bxd5 23. Nxd5 Ne7 24. Qh4 Nxd5 25. Qxd8 Rxd8 26. Bxd5 Rf5 27.
Rad1 Rdf8 28. Kg2 Rh5 29. Rh1 Rf6 30. Rd3 Rhf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "15"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2825"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Bg5 h6 14. Be3
Nc6 15. d5 Ne5 16. Rxb7 e6 17. Re1 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Rfd8 19. d6 Qa5 20. Rf1 Bf8 $1
{Kasparov improves the theory.} 21. d7 Qa2 $1 22. Re1 Qa5 $1 23. Rf1 Qa2 24.
Bb5 a6 25. Bd4 ({Khalifman will play} 25. Ba4 $1 Nxf3+ 26. Kg2 Nh4+ 27. Kh3 {
against Lékó in Linares 2000.}) 25... Bg7 26. Bxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "15"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. f3 h5 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Kb1 Be7 12. Nd5 Bxd5 $5 13. exd5 Nb6 $1 14.
Bxb6 Qxb6 15. g3 O-O 16. Bh3 Ra8 $1 17. Rhe1 a5 18. a4 Qc7 $2 ({Shirov advices
} 18... Qb4 19. Qxb4 axb4 20. f4 e4 21. Bf5 Rxa4 22. Bxe4) 19. Bf1 $1 Rfc8 20.
Bb5 Bf8 21. f4 $1 {Black suffers from restraint. White takes advantage on the
kingside.} exf4 ({Little better is} 21... e4 22. Re2 Qb6 23. Qd4 Qxd4 24. Rxd4)
22. gxf4 Qb6 23. Re2 Ne8 $5 24. f5 Nc7 $5 {The counteraction comes too late.}
25. f6 $1 {The attack ends wonderfully.} g6 ({Or} 25... Nxb5 $1 26. fxg7 $1
Bxg7 27. Rg2 Rc4 $1 28. axb5 Rg4 29. Rxg4 hxg4 30. Qg5 Qxb5 31. Qxg4 Qe8 32.
Nd4 Qe5 33. c3 $18 {and White wins (Ftacnik).}) 26. Bd7 Rd8 27. Be6 $1 Re8 ({
Shirov's point is} 27... fxe6 28. Qg5 Kf7 29. Rg2 Ke8 30. dxe6 Nxe6 31. Qxg6+
Kd7 32. Qf7+) 28. Qg5 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "15"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 e6 6. Bd3 Ngf6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8.
Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. Qg4 Kf8 12. O-O c5 13. Re1 b6 14. c3 Bb7
15. h4 Re8 16. h5 Bd5 17. Bd2 Rd8 18. Re2 Kg8 19. Qh3 Qc6 20. Re3 Bxf3 21. Rxf3
Nf6 22. Qh4 Be7 23. Rh3 cxd4 24. cxd4 Qd6 25. Be3 Kf8 26. Rc1 Qb4 27. b3 Nd5
28. Qe4 Bf6 29. Bc4 Qd6 30. Bxd5 Qxd5 31. Qxd5 Rxd5 32. Rc7 a5 33. a4 Kg8 34.
Rb7 Kh7 35. Rxf7 Rb8 36. Ra7 b5 37. Bf4 Rf8 38. Be5 Bxe5 39. dxe5 bxa4 40. bxa4
Rxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "15"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. c3 Bg7 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 O-O 14. Nce3
Be6 15. Bd3 f5 16. O-O e4 ({Kramnik played} 16... Ra7 {against Shirov in round
five.}) 17. Nf4 Bf7 18. Bc2 Be5 19. Nfd5 Qg5 20. f4 exf3 21. Qxf3 Bh5 22. Qf2 (
{White misses the opportunity} 22. Qh3 $1 f4 23. Nc7 $1 {(Kramnik).}) 22... f4
23. h4 Qd8 24. Nf5 Bg6 25. Nd4 Nxd4 26. cxd4 Bxc2 27. dxe5 dxe5 28. Qc5 Rf7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "15"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Be7 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. g4 h6 11. O-O-O b5 12. Kb1 Nb6 13. Na5 Qc7 14. Bxb6 Qxb6
15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Rc8 17. b4 O-O 18. h4 Rc7 19. Bh3 Nh7 20. Bg2 Rfc8 21.
Nc6 Nf6 22. f4 $6 Nxg4 23. Bh3 h5 24. Rhg1 f5 25. fxe5 dxe5 26. Rgf1 Rf8 27.
Nxe7+ Rxe7 28. d6 Ref7 29. Bxg4 hxg4 30. Qd5 f4 31. Qxe5 g3 32. Qd5 Qb7 33.
Qxb7 $2 Rxb7 34. d7 Rxd7 $1 {White is castigated in the rook ending.} 35. Rxd7
f3 36. Rdd1 f2 37. Rg1 fxg1=Q 38. Rxg1 Rf3 39. Kc1 Kh7 40. Kd1 Kh6 41. Ke2 Rc3
42. Kd2 Ra3 43. c3 g2 44. Ke2 Rxa2+ 45. Kf3 Kh5 46. Kg3 Rc2 47. Ra1 Rxc3+ 48.
Kxg2 Rc4 49. Rxa6 Rxh4 50. Ra7 g6 51. Rh7+ Kg5 52. Rxh4 Kxh4 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "15"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2825"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Bb7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. d3 Na5 10. axb5 Nxb3 11. cxb3 axb5 12. Rxa8 Bxa8 13. Nxe5 d5 14. Bg5 Be7
15. Nxb5 dxe4 16. dxe4 Bxe4 17. Nc3 Bb7 18. Re1 h6 19. Bf4 Bb4 20. Ng4 Nxg4 21.
Qxg4 Re8 22. Rxe8+ {The 'Spaniard' Shirov led after the first cycle. Svidler
showed fine fighting spirit. Ivanchuk began poorly.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "15"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Bb7 8. d3
O-O 9. Nc3 Na5 10. axb5 Nxb3 11. cxb3 axb5 12. Rxa8 Bxa8 13. Nxe5 d5 14. Bg5
Be7 15. Nxb5 dxe4 16. dxe4 Bxe4 17. Re1 Qxd1 18. Rxd1 Rb8 19. Nc3 Bc2 20. Rc1
Bxb3 21. Nc6 Re8 22. Nb5 Bc5 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Ncd4 Ba4 25. Kf1 Re5 26. Rc4
Bxb5 27. Nxb5 Bxf2 28. Nxc7 Bb6 29. b4 Rf5+ 30. Ke1 Bf2+ 31. Ke2 Bg1 32. h3
Rf2+ 33. Kd3 Rxg2 34. Rg4+ Rxg4 35. hxg4 Kg7 36. Nd5 Kh6 37. Nxf6 Kg5 38. Nxh7+
Kxg4 39. Nf6+ Kf5 40. Ne4 Kg4 41. Nd6 f5 42. Nxf5 Kxf5 43. b5 Ke5 44. b6 Bxb6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "15"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Ndb5 a6 8.
Be3 Qd8 9. Nd4 Ng4 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qf3 Ne5 12. Qe2 e6 13. O-O-O Be7 14. Bd4
Qc7 15. Bxe5 dxe5 16. Na4 O-O 17. Rd3 Qa5 18. b3 Rb8 19. Qd2 Qxd2+ 20. Kxd2 g6
21. Rd1 Kg7 22. Ke2 a5 23. Rc3 Bb4 24. Rcd3 Be7 25. g3 h5 26. h4 f5 $2 (26...
f6 {keeps the position closed.}) 27. Rc3 Bb4 28. Re3 Kf6 29. f4 exf4 30. e5+ $1
Kf7 31. gxf4 Be7 32. Red3 $1 {The rooks utilise the open file.} Bxh4 33. Nc5 ({
Later Ivanchuk finds the win} 33. Rd6 $1 Re8 34. Rxc6) 33... Be7 34. Rd6 $1
Bxd6 35. exd6 Rd8 36. d7 Ke7 ({The pointe is} 36... Bb7 37. Rd6 h4 38. Rxe6)
37. dxc8=N+ Rbxc8 38. Rxd8 Rxd8 39. Nxe6 Rh8 40. Ng5 h4 41. Nh3 Kf6 42. Kf2 $6
(42. a4 {prevents counter-play.}) 42... Rd8 43. Bd3 a4 $1 44. Ng5 a3 $1 45. Nf3
c5 $1 46. Ng5 Rd4 47. Kf3 Rd7 48. Ke3 Rd8 $1 49. Nf3 Re8+ 50. Kf2 Rd8 51. Nxh4
c4 $3 {kramnik's defence is based on the vulnerability of a2.} 52. bxc4 Rb8 53.
c5 Rb2 54. c6 Ke7 55. Nxg6+ Kd6 56. Ne5 Rxa2 57. Nc4+ Kc7 $5 58. Kg3 ({Avoids
the trap} 58. Bxf5 $4 Rxc2+ $1) 58... Ra1 59. Nxa3 Rxa3 60. Kh4 Kxc6 61. Kg5
Ra5 62. Bxf5 Kd6 63. Kg4 Ke7 64. Bd3 Rc5 65. Kf3 Kd6 66. Ke4 Rh5 67. c4 Rh4 68.
Kf5 Kc5 69. Ke5 Rh3 70. Ke4 Rh4 71. Be2 Rh2 72. Kf3 Kd4 73. Bf1 Rh1 74. Kf2 Rh8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "15"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2825"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. c3 Re8 11. Nbd2 h6 12. Nf1 Bf8 13. Ng3 Nb8 14. Nh4 d5 15. exd5
Bxd5 16. Nhf5 Nbd7 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. Qg4 Kh8 19. Qf3 N5f6 20. Ne4 Kh7 21. h4
Nxe4 22. dxe4 Qf6 23. g4 g6 24. g5 Qe6 25. Nxh6 Bxh6 26. gxh6 Nf6 27. Bg5 Ng4
28. Rad1 f6 29. Bc1 Nxh6 30. Bxh6 Kxh6 31. Rd3 Rad8 32. Red1 Rxd3 33. Rxd3 Rg8
34. b3 f5 35. Qg2 fxe4 36. Qxe4 Rf8 37. Rg3 Rf4 38. Qe3 Kh7 39. Rg5 $6 ({
Correct is} 39. Qc5) 39... Qd5 $1 40. Rxe5 ({Avoids} 40. Qxe5 $2 Rg4+ $1) 40...
Rg4+ 41. Kf1 Qd1+ 42. Qe1 Qd3+ 43. Qe2 Qb1+ 44. Qe1 Qd3+ 45. Qe2 Qh3+ 46. Ke1
Qxc3+ 47. Kf1 Qh3+ 48. Ke1 Rg1+ 49. Kd2 Qd7+ 50. Kc2 Qc6+ 51. Kd3 Qd6+ 52. Kc2
Qc6+ 53. Kd3 Qd6+ 54. Kc2 Ra1 55. Re7+ Kg8 56. Qe6+ Qxe6 57. Rxe6 Rxa2+ 58. Kc3
$1 {The king plays a main role on the queenside.} Kg7 59. Kb4 Kh6 60. f4 Kh5
61. Re5+ Kxh4 62. Rg5 Rf2 63. Rxg6 Rxf4+ 64. Ka5 {Although Black has two extra
pawns, White draws easily.} Rf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "15"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Be3 Nc6 14. d5
Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Ne5 16. Be2 Nc4 17. Bg5 Nd6 18. Bxe7 $1 Nxe4 19. Bf3 $1 Nd2 20.
Qe2 Rfe8 $2 ({Better is} 20... Nxf3+ 21. Qxf3 Rfb8 22. d6 b6 {(Ftaknik).}) 21.
d6 {This pawn has huge srtrength.} Nxf3+ 22. Qxf3 Bf8 23. Rxb7 a5 $1 24. h4 a4
25. Rd1 Qe6 26. Bg5 h6 $1 27. d7 hxg5 28. dxe8=Q Rxe8 29. hxg5 a3 30. g3 $1 {
White develops his king.} a2 31. Kg2 Rd8 32. Re1 $5 Qc4 33. Ra7 Rd3 $1 34. Qa8
Rd2 35. Qf3 Rd3 36. Qa8 Rd2 {The victory loooms.} 37. Ra4 $2 ({White wins by} 
37. Re4 $1 {(Kramnik)} Qc5 38. Rf4) 37... Qc5 38. Rf1 Qc2 39. Ra7 Qb3 40. Qf3 (
{Kramnik suggests} 40. Rc7 $1 {but} Qd3 $1 41. Rc8 Qxf1+ 42. Kxf1 Rd1+ 43. Kg2
a1=Q 44. Rxf8+ Kg7 45. Rg8+ Kh7 46. Qxa1 Rxa1 {draws.}) 40... Qxf3+ 41. Kxf3
Bc5 42. Ra8+ Kg7 43. Ra1 Rxf2+ 44. Kg4 Rd2 45. Ra4 Bb6 46. R1xa2 Rd5 47. Kh4
Bd8 48. Rg4 Rd1 49. Rh2 Kg8 50. Re4 Rd5 51. Re8+ Kg7 52. Rb2 Bxg5+ 53. Kg4 Rd4+
54. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "15"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ndf6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Qe2 Bd6 8.
Bd2 Qc7 9. O-O-O b6 10. N1f3 h6 11. Nh3 $5 Ne7 12. Ne5 c5 $1 (12... O-O $6 13.
f4 {asks for trouble.}) 13. Bb5+ Kf8 $1 14. Nc4 $5 cxd4 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. Bf4
$1 Qd5 $1 17. Be5 ({A plus gains} 17. Rxd4 $1 Qxd4 18. Rd1 Qxd1+ 19. Qxd1)
17... Nf5 (17... Qxg2 18. Nf4 Qe4 19. Qxe4 Nxe4 20. Rxd4 Bb7 21. Rhd1 {leads
to a dynamic equality.}) 18. c4 $5 Qc5 $5 19. Qf3 Qxe5 $5 20. Qxa8 Qc7 21. Qc6
$5 Qb8 $5 22. Qf3 Bb7 {Black grabs the initiative.} 23. Qa3+ $5 (23. Bc6 {
takes less risk.}) 23... Kg8 24. f3 g5 $1 25. Ba4 $2 (25. Nf2 $1 {activates
the knight.}) 25... e5 26. Rhe1 Kg7 27. Bc2 Nh4 28. Rd2 Rc8 29. Kb1 ({Or} 29.
Qb4 Bxf3 $1 {(Ftacnik).}) 29... Rxc4 30. Ng1 Rc5 31. g3 Ra5 32. Qd3 Ng6 33. Bb3
Qd6 34. Rc2 e4 $1 {A steamroller starts.} 35. Qc4 ({The pointe is} 35. fxe4 $2
Ne5) 35... Ne5 36. Qc7 Qb4 37. Rd1 Bd5 $1 38. Bxd5 Rxd5 39. fxe4 Nxe4 40. a3
Qb5 41. Ka2 d3 42. Rcc1 d2 43. Rc2 Nd3 44. Rcxd2 Rc5 45. Qd8 Qc4+ 46. b3 Nc3+
47. Ka1 Ra5 $1 {Ivanchuk scored his first victory in the tournament.} 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "15"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Bc6 14. Bd2
Nd7 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rhe1 Rfd8 18. Qg4 Nf8 19. Bd3 Rxd3 20. cxd3
Qd7 21. Bb4 Ng6 22. Bd6 f5 23. Qg5 Bd5 24. b3 Qc6+ 25. Kb2 Qb6 26. g3 Qd4+ 27.
Kb1 Rc8 28. Qe3 Qxe3 29. Rxe3 f4 30. gxf4 Nxf4 31. Rf1 Ng6 32. Rc1 Rxc1+ 33.
Kxc1 Nh4 34. Re2 g5 35. Kd2 Kg7 36. Rf2 Nf5 37. Bc7 Kg6 38. Bd8 h6 39. Ke1 Kh5
40. Kf1 Kg4 41. Kg1 Kh3 42. b4 g4 43. a4 h5 44. Rf4 a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "15"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2825"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. Nb3 Nge5 12. f3 b5 13. Bf2 Rb8 14. Nd4 Bd7 15.
Be2 Nc4 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. Rb1 Rg8 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. h3 h5 20. Bd4 Bxd4 21. Qxd4
Qb6 22. Qxb6 Rxb6 23. b4 cxb3 24. axb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "15"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O b6 13. Qc1 Bb7 14. Bc4
Qa4 15. Bb5 Qa2 16. Bc4 Qa4 17. Bb5 Qa2 18. Re1 Rc8 19. Qd1 e6 20. h4 $5 h5 $5
21. Qe2 Nc6 22. Bc4 Qa4 $6 ({Ivanchuk prefers} 22... Qa3 $5) 23. Ra1 Qc2 24.
Bd3 Qb2 25. Ra4 $1 ({Not} 25. Reb1 $2 Nxd4 $1) 25... b5 $1 ({A tempo loses} 
25... Qb3 26. Rea1 b5 $1) 26. Bxb5 Rd8 ({No good is} 26... Nxd4 $2 27. Nxd4
Bxd4 28. Rb4 Qxd2 29. Qxd2 Bc3 30. Qd7 $1 Bxb4 31. Rb1 {(Ftacnik).}) 27. Bg5 $1
Qxe2 28. Bxe2 {White has the better endgame.} Rd7 29. Rb1 Nd8 30. Bd3 f5 $6 31.
d5 $1 fxe4 32. Bxe4 Bxd5 33. Bxg6 Rb7 34. Rxb7 Nxb7 35. Be3 $1 ({Counter-play
is allowed by} 35. Bxh5 Nc5 36. Ra5 Nb7 37. Ra3 a5) 35... a5 36. Bxh5 Bc6 37.
Rg4 Bxf3 $5 38. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 39. Bxf3 {Svidler is short on time.} Rb8 $2 ({
Correct is} 39... a4 $1 40. Bxb7 Ra5 $1 41. Bd4+ Kf7 42. Kh2 a3 43. Kh3 a2 44.
g4 a1=Q 45. Bxa1 Rxa1 46. Kg3 {Black will hold the position. He might give his
rook for the f- and g-pawn.}) 40. Bf4 Rd8 41. Bxb7 a4 42. Be5+ Kg8 43. h5 Rd1+
44. Kh2 Re1 45. f4 Rxe5 $1 46. fxe5 a3 47. Bc8 Kf7 48. h6 a2 49. Bxe6+ $1 Kxe6
50. h7 a1=Q 51. h8=Q Kd5 52. Qg8+ Ke4 53. Qg6+ Kd5 54. Qf7+ Ke4 55. Qg6+ Kd5
56. Qf7+ Ke4 57. e6 Qh8+ 58. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "15"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bb5+ c6 8.
Ba4 O-O 9. Ne2 Nd7 10. O-O e5 11. f3 Qe7 12. Be3 Rd8 13. Qc2 Nb6 14. Bb3 Be6
15. Rad1 Nc4 $1 16. Bc1 b5 $1 17. f4 $1 {The battle begins.} exd4 18. Nxd4 Bg4
19. Rde1 Qc5 20. Kh1 a5 $1 (20... Bxd4 21. cxd4 Qxd4 22. f5 {hands over the
initiative to White (Ftacnik).}) 21. h3 Bd7 22. a4 bxa4 23. Ba2 $1 Be8 24. e5
Nb6 25. f5 Nd5 26. Bd2 $2 ({Shirov advices} 26. Rf3 $1) 26... Nb4 $1 27. Qxa4 (
{The pointe is} 27. cxb4 $2 Qxc2 28. Nxc2 Rxd2) 27... Nxa2 28. Qxa2 Bxe5 29.
fxg6 hxg6 30. Bg5 Rd5 31. Re3 Qd6 32. Qe2 Bd7 33. c4 $2 ({An excellent
counteraction brings} 33. Nf3 Bg3 34. c4 Rf5 35. Rd1 Qc7 36. Qb2) 33... Bxd4
34. cxd5 Bxe3 35. Qxe3 Re8 $1 36. Qc3 Qxd5 37. Bh6 Re5 38. Rf3 Qc5 39. Qa1 Bf5
40. Re3 f6 41. Rxe5 Qxe5 42. Qa2+ Qd5 $1 43. Qxd5+ ({Stubborn resistance is
given by} 43. Qa3 c5 44. Qxa5 Bxh3 45. Qd2 Qc6 46. Kg1 {(Shirov)} Bd7) 43...
cxd5 44. Bd2 a4 45. Bc3 Kf7 46. h4 Ke6 47. Kg1 Bh3 $3 {A famous move is made.
Black gives a bishop for a tempo.} ({After} 47... Be4 $2 48. Kf2 Kf5 49. g3 {
the bishop obstructs square e4 (Shirov).}) 48. gxh3 ({Or} 48. Kf2 Kf5 49. Kf3
Bxg2+ $1) 48... Kf5 49. Kf2 Ke4 50. Bxf6 d4 51. Be7 Kd3 $1 52. Bc5 Kc4 53. Be7
Kb3 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "15"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2825"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5 Nb8 13. Nf1 Nbd7 14. N3h2 Nc5 15.
Bc2 c6 16. b4 Ncd7 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Ng4 Nxg4 19. hxg4 Nb6 20. Ne3 d5 21. exd5
Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Qxd5 23. Qxd5 Bxd5 24. Bb3 Be6 25. Bxe6 Rxe6 26. a4 bxa4 27. Rxa4
Rc8 28. Bd2 Rd6 29. Ra2 f6 30. Re4 g6 31. c4 f5 32. gxf5 gxf5 33. Rxe5 Rxc4 34.
Rxf5 Bh6 35. Bxh6 Rxh6 36. Rc5 Rxb4 37. Rc8+ Kg7 38. Rc7+ Kg8 39. g3 Rbb6 40.
Ra7 Rhg6 41. Kg2 Rbf6 42. Ra3 Kh8 43. f3 Kg8 44. Kf2 Rb6 45. f4 h5 46. Kf3 Rbc6
47. Rd7 Rg7 48. Rxg7+ Kxg7 49. Kg2 Kh6 50. Kh3 Rg6 51. Ra5 Kg7 52. Rc5 Kh6 53.
Rc8 Kh7 54. Ra8 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "15"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. dxe5 O-O 7. Re1 d5 8.
exd6 Bxd6 9. Nbd2 Bf5 $5 ({The theoretical} 9... Nxd2 $1 10. Bxd2 Qf6 {draws.})
10. Nc4 $1 Bb4 (10... Bc5 11. Be3 Qf6 {is slightly better (Wedberg).}) 11. c3
Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Bc5 13. Be3 Ne7 14. Re1 Bxe3 $6 ({Equality gains} 14... Nd5 $1
15. Bxc5 Nxc5 16. Ne3 Be6 $1) 15. Nxe3 Nd6 16. Nxf5 Nexf5 17. Ba4 $1 {White
has the strong bishop.} g6 18. Re2 b5 19. Bc2 Rfe8 20. Rae1 Rxe2 21. Rxe2 {
Appropriate prophylaxis is needed.} a5 $2 ({A subtle defence gives} 21... Ng7
22. Re7 Rc8 23. Bb3 Kf8) 22. Re5 b4 23. Rc5 bxc3 24. Rxc3 Nb5 $6 {Kramnik
decides for activity.} ({The passive} 24... Ra7 25. b3 Nb5 26. Rc5 Nfd4 27.
Nxd4 Nxd4 28. Be4 Ne6 {creates a wall.}) 25. Rc4 Rd8 26. Kf1 Ne7 27. a4 Nd6 28.
Rxc7 Nd5 29. Rc5 Nb4 30. Bb3 Nd3 31. Rxa5 Nxb2 32. Rd5 $1 {Nb2 is imprisoned.}
Rb8 33. Nd2 Rb6 34. Ke2 Ra6 35. Rd4 Nb7 36. Ne4 Rb6 37. Bd5 Kg7 38. Kd2 Nd6 39.
Nc3 Nf5 40. Rf4 Kf6 41. a5 (41. a5 Ra6 42. Rb4 {conquers the knight (Shirov).})
1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "15"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. Rd1 Ne7 11. Nd4 Ng6 12. f4 Bc5 13. Ne4 Bxd4+ 14.
Rxd4 b6 15. Be3 h5 16. Re1 Be6 17. Ng5 Bf5 18. Rc4 Ne7 19. Rd1 a5 20. Bf2 c5
21. Rc3 Ng6 22. Re1 Rg8 23. a3 a4 24. e6 f6 25. Ne4 h4 26. Rc4 Ke7 $4 ({
Correct is} 26... Ra5) 27. Nxc5 bxc5 28. Rxc5 Nxf4 29. Rxf5 Nxe6 30. Bxh4 Rgb8
31. Rc5 Kd6 32. Rc3 Rxb2 33. Bg3+ Kd7 34. Rd1+ Ke8 35. Rc6 Kf7 36. Rd7+ Ke8 37.
Rd1 Kf7 38. Re1 Re8 39. Re4 Ra2 40. Rxa4 Rd8 41. Re4 Rd1+ 42. Kf2 Nd4 43. Rxc7+
Kg6 44. Rg4+ Kf5 45. Rc5+ Ke6 46. Re4+ Kf7 47. Rc7+ Kg6 48. Rg4+ Kf5 49. Rc5+
Ke6 50. Rxg7 Nxc2 51. Rc6+ Kf5 52. Rc5+ Ke6 53. Kf3 Nd4+ 54. Kg4 Rxa3 55. Rc8
Ra4 56. Re8+ Kd5 57. Rd7+ Kc4 58. Bf2 Kc3 59. Bxd4+ Rdxd4+ 60. Rxd4 Kxd4 61.
Kf5 Ra2 62. g4 Rf2+ 63. Kg6 Rf4 64. Kh5 f5 65. g5 Re4 66. Rf8 Ke5 67. Kg6 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "15"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 a6 11. h4 b5 12. Kb1 Qc7 13. h5 h6 14. Bh4 $6 (
14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qd2 {will be played in Socko-Kacheishvili, Leon 2001.}) 14...
Bb7 15. Ne2 Rac8 16. Qd2 (16. Qc3 $1 Qb6 17. Qd2 {is slightly better.}) 16...
Rfd8 17. Re1 ({Anand suggests the drastic} 17. Nd4 $1 d5 18. e5 $1 Qxe5 19. g4)
17... e5 $1 18. Bxf6 $6 ({More resistance offers} 18. Ng3 $1 d5 19. Bd3 {
(Anand).}) 18... Bxf6 19. Nc3 Bg5 20. Qd1 $6 ({The last stand brings} 20. Qd3
$5 d5 $1 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 Rxd5 $1 23. Qb3 Rd2 24. Bd3 Rxg2 {(Anand).})
20... Qa5 21. Nd5 $6 Bxd5 22. exd5 Rxc2 $1 {Black decides the game with a
great combination.} 23. Kxc2 Qxa2 24. f4 (24. Kd3 $2 Qc4#) 24... Rc8+ 25. Kd2
Bxf4+ 26. Ke2 Qxb2+ 27. Kf3 Rc1 {Anand nears the leader Shirov by half-a-point.
} 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "15"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bf4 Nd5 11. Nc3 Nxf4 12. gxf4 Nd7 13. Rfd1 Bxf3 $2 14. Bxf3
Rb8 15. e3 ({Smyslov won with} 15. Ne4 {against Barczay in Kapfenberg 1970.})
15... Nf6 ({The liberating move} 15... c5 $2 {faild due to} 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17.
Bc6 {(Ribli).}) 16. Rac1 Qd6 $6 (16... Bd6 {is wiser.}) 17. Ne2 Rfc8 18. e4 $5
Qd7 19. d5 $1 {Kramnik plays his favourite centre breakthrough.} exd5 20. e5
Ne8 21. Rxd5 Qh3 22. Bg2 Qh4 {White controls and occupies the centre. Black
has been outsmarted completely.} ({The passive} 22... Qh5 23. Rd7 Bf8 24. Ng3
Qg4 25. Qf5 $1 Qxf5 26. Nxf5 g6 27. Ne3 f5 28. Bc6 {leads to a plain win for
White.}) ({A horror shows} 22... Qg4 23. h3 Qg6 24. Qxg6 hxg6 25. Rd7 Kf8 26.
Rc6) 23. Nd4 $1 Qxf4 24. Nc6 Bh4 25. Rcd1 $1 {This move is even stronger than
the win of an exchange.} Rb6 26. R5d4 Rxc6 ({White attacks the king in} 26...
Qh6 27. Qf5 Ra8 28. Rf4 {(Ftacnik).}) 27. Bxc6 Qxe5 28. Bd7 Rd8 ({Or} 28...
Qg5+ 29. Rg4) 29. Rxh4 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "15"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2825"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bb5+ c6 8.
Ba4 O-O 9. Ne2 c5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Be3 Na5 12. dxc5 Nc4 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Bg5
Bd7 15. Bb3 Na5 16. Bxe7 Re8 17. Bd6 Rxe4 18. Nd4 Nxb3 19. axb3 Bxd4 {Kasparov
got a fine of 500,000 Pt for the short draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "15"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Bc4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. h4 Qb6 13. Bb3 Bd7 14. hxg5 O-O-O
$5 15. Qd2 {Topalov has chosen an aggressive opening.} ({Anand finds} 15. gxh6
Bxh6 {too risky.}) 15... hxg5 16. Rxh8 Rxh8 17. O-O-O Ne5 18. f3 Qa5 19. Kb1
Bf6 20. Qe3 Kb7 21. Bf2 Rb8 $2 22. g3 Kc8 23. Qe2 $1 {White threatens Rd4-a4.}
Ng6 $2 ({Far stronger than the retreat is} 23... g4 $1 24. f4 Nf3) 24. Be1 Qb6
25. Na4 Qb5 $6 {Black loses a tempo.} 26. c4 $1 Qb7 27. Ba5 $6 ({White misses} 
27. c5 $1 {(Anand)} Qb5 28. Qxb5 axb5 29. Nb6+ Kc7 30. Ba5 $18) 27... c5 28.
Nb6+ Qxb6 $1 {Black has to stop the attack.} 29. Bxb6 Rxb6 30. Rd2 Be5 31. Qh2
Kc7 32. Rf2 Rb8 33. f4 $6 Rh8 ({Anand prefers} 33... gxf4 $5 34. gxf4 Bd4) 34.
fxe5 $1 Rxh2 35. exd6+ Kxd6 36. Rxh2 {White has a material advantage in the
endgame.} Bc6 37. Bc2 Ne5 38. b3 Nf3 39. Rh7 f6 40. Kc1 a5 41. Kd1 Ke6 42. Bd3
Kd6 43. Ke2 Ne5 44. Kd2 Bb7 45. Kc3 Nc6 46. Rh8 Kc7 47. Bf1 Ne5 48. Bg2 Bc6 49.
a3 Bb7 50. Rh7 Kd7 51. b4 axb4+ 52. axb4 cxb4+ 53. Kxb4 Ba6 54. Bh3+ $1 g4 55.
Bf1 Bb7 56. Bg2 Ba6 57. Rh5 $1 Ke6 ({The pointes are} 57... Nxc4 $2 58. Bf1) ({
and} 57... Bxc4 $2 58. Rxe5) 58. Kc3 Kd6 59. Bf1 Bb7 60. Bd3 Bc6 61. Rh7 Bd7
62. Be2 Be6 63. Bf1 Bf7 64. Bd3 Be6 65. Rh8 Nc6 66. Bc2 {White has great
difficulty to make headway with the passed pawn.} Kc5 $2 ({Correct is} 66...
Ne5 $1 67. Rd8+ Kc7 68. Re8 Kd6 69. Bb3 Bd7 70. Ra8 Bc6 71. Ra6 Kc5 {White has
been unable to carry out the desired stride.}) 67. Bb3 Bf7 68. Ba4 $1 Ne5 69.
Rc8+ Kb6 70. c5+ {The essential advance has been made.} Kb7 71. Rh8 Bg6 72. Kd4
Bf7 73. Rh7 Kc7 74. Bb5 Nf3+ 75. Ke3 Ne5 76. Rh8 Bg6 77. Ra8 Kb7 78. Ra6 {
Anand scored an important victory.} 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "15"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2825"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8.
Bg5 d6 9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. f3 h6 11. Bh4 Rc8 12. e4 c5 13. Bd3 d5 14. exd5 exd5 15.
O-O cxd4 16. Qxd4 Nc5 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. Bf5 Rcd8 20. Rfe1 Ba6 21.
Rac1 dxc4 22. Nxc4 Nb3 23. Rc3 Nd4 24. Bh3 Rfe8 25. Kf2 Rxe1 26. Kxe1 Re8+ 27.
Kd2 Ne2 28. Re3 Rd8+ 29. Kxe2 Bxc4+ 30. Ke1 Kf8 31. Bf5 Re8 32. Rxe8+ Kxe8 33.
Kd2 Ke7 34. Ke3 Bd5 35. Kd4 Kd6 36. Be4 Be6 37. Bd3 Bc8 38. Bc4 Ke7 39. Ke4
Bb7+ 40. Bd5 Bc8 41. Kd4 Bd7 42. Kc4 Be8 43. b4 Bd7 44. f4 f5 45. Bf3 Kd6 46.
Bh5 f6 47. Bd1 Bc6 48. g3 Bd7 49. Bc2 Ke6 50. a4 Kd6 51. a5 Ke6 52. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "15"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3
d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. Na3 Bg4 11. axb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 O-O 13. Re1 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nh5
15. Kh1 $1 ({Svidler plays a more aggressive move than} 15. Be3 {
(Ivanchuk-Shirov, Belgrade 1997).}) 15... Qf6 16. Rg1 $1 Nf4 17. Be3 Ne6 18.
Bxe6 fxe6 19. Rg3 Kh8 20. Qd3 exd4 21. cxd4 e5 22. d5 $1 {White gains a small
advantage.} ({Incorrect is} 22. Rc1 $2 Nxd4 23. Bxd4 exd4 24. Nxc7 $4 Rbc8 {
(Svidler).}) 22... Ne7 23. Bxb6 Rxb6 24. Nxc7 Rxb2 25. Ne6 Rg8 26. Kg1 $5 Ng6
27. Qa3 Rb6 ({The counter} 27... Rc2 $2 28. Qxd6 Nf4 29. Qd7 Ne2+ 30. Kg2 Nxg3
31. hxg3 Rc3 $1 {is refuted by} 32. f4 $1 exf4 33. Nxf4 Rxg3+ $5 {(Svidler)}
34. Kxg3 g5 (34... Qxa1 35. Ng6+ hxg6 36. Qh3#) 35. Qxh7+ $1 Kxh7 36. Rh1+ Kg7
37. Nh5+) 28. Kh1 $5 Nf4 $2 (28... Rgb8 $1 29. Rag1 Qe7 {defends properly.})
29. Nxg7 $1 {White grabs a pawn.} Ne2 (29... Rxg7 $4 30. Qa8+) 30. Nf5 $1 {The
restriction by the knight on its advanced post decides the game.} Rgb8 31. Qd3
Rb2 32. Rf1 $1 Ra8 ({Or} 32... Nxg3+ 33. hxg3 R2b3 34. Qd1 $1 Rc3 35. Kg2 $1 {
(Svidler).}) 33. Qc4 Nxg3+ 34. hxg3 $1 Qd8 35. Qc1 Rb3 36. Kg2 $1 Qf8 37. Qc7 {
Shirov trails Anand by half-a-point.} 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "15"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 b6 7. d4 Bb7 8.
Bg5 d6 9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. f3 d5 {Anand needs a draw. A new move leads to solid
counter-play in the centre.} 11. e3 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Bd3 Qb6 14. O-O h6 15.
Bh4 a5 16. Bf2 a4 17. Rfe1 Rfe8 18. Rab1 Ba6 19. Qc2 Ne5 20. Bf1 Qc6 21. Bg3
Ned7 22. Bf2 Ne5 23. h3 Nfd7 24. f4 Nxc4 25. Nxc4 Bxc4 26. Bxc4 dxc4 27. Qxc4
Rab8 28. Re2 Rb3 29. Rd1 Nb6 30. Qc1 e5 31. e4 exf4 32. Qxf4 Nc4 33. e5 Qe6 34.
Bxc5 {Anand has won the tournament.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "15"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2825"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. f4 e5
9. Nf5 {Shirov wants to defeat the world champion. Therefore, he plays a sharp
opening.} h5 $5 {Black gets fine counter-play by an interesting novelty.} (9...
Nc6 {is known from Shirov-Kamsky, Monaco 1996 and Anand-Kasparov, Dos Hermanas
1996.}) 10. gxh5 $5 {Shirov selects the way to a short draw.} exf4 11. Bxf4
Nxh5 12. Nxd6+ Bxd6 13. Bxd6 ({Avoids} 13. Qxd6 $4 Qh4+ 14. Bg3 Nxg3 {
(Kasparov).}) 13... Qh4+ 14. Kd2 Qg5+ 15. Ke1 ({One does not play} 15. Kd3 $2
Rh6 $1 {against a world champion.}) 15... Qh4+ 16. Kd2 Qg5+ 17. Ke1 Qh4+ {A
draw by perpetual check.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "15"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Be2 Qc7 8. a4
b6 9. f4 Bb7 10. Bf3 Nbd7 11. Qe2 e5 12. Nf5 g6 13. fxe5 Nxe5 14. Bg5 Qd8 15.
Ne3 Bg7 16. O-O h6 17. Bh4 O-O 18. Ncd5 g5 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Bg4 Qd8 21. Bg3
Nxg4 22. Qxg4 Qe7 23. Nf5 Qxe4 24. Qxe4 Bxe4 25. Nxg7 Kxg7 26. Bxd6 Rfe8 27. c3
f5 28. a5 Re6 29. Bc7 b5 30. Rad1 Kg6 31. Rd6 Rxd6 32. Bxd6 h5 33. Rd1 Rd8 34.
Rd4 h4 35. Kf2 h3 36. g4 f4 37. Be7 Rxd4 38. cxd4 Bd5 39. b4 Bb3 40. Ke2 Be6
41. Kf3 Bd5+ {Anand and Ivanchuk scored well in the second cycle.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Fontys 3"]
[Date "1998.10.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

{Tilburg 1998 was the third Fontys super chess event. Anand and Lékó competed
for victory. The experienced Kortschnoj taught his young opponents how to
offend an adversary.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nb5 Qb8 6.
c4 Nf6 7. N5c3 e6 8. Be2 Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Rd8 11. a3 b6 12. b4 Bb7 13.
Ra2 $1 {Unknowingly, Anand diverts from Kan - Flohr, Moscow 1936.} d6 14. f4
Qc7 15. Bf3 Nb8 $5 16. Rc2 $1 Nbd7 ({No good is} 16... Qxc4 $2 17. Qc1 $1 Rc8
18. e5 Bxf3 19. exf6 {(Anand).}) 17. Nb5 Qb8 18. Nd2 a6 19. Nc3 Ra7 $1 20. g4
$1 Ba8 $6 ({Preferable is} 20... Nf8 21. g5 N6d7) 21. g5 $1 Ne8 22. Bg4 Rc7 23.
Qf3 g6 24. Qh3 Ng7 25. Ne2 Re8 26. Rc3 Qd8 27. Rd3 b5 $2 ({Later the players
chose} 27... Bf8 $1) 28. cxb5 axb5 29. Nd4 $1 {Black cannot defend b5 and e6
at once.} Nf8 ({The pointe is} 29... Qb8 30. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 31. Bxe6+ Nxe6 32.
Qxe6+ Kf8 33. f5) 30. Nxb5 Rd7 31. Nc3 f6 32. f5 exf5 33. exf5 gxf5 34. Bxf5
Nxf5 35. Qxf5 Qc8 36. Bd4 Rc7 37. Qxc8 Rexc8 38. gxf6 Bd8 39. Nb5 {White will
play f7+!} 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Fontys 3"]
[Date "1998.10.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Na5 12. Qa4 Nc6 13. Bb5 Nxd2 14. Nxd2 Qd6
15. h3 $1 {This novelty was suggested by Anand's second Ubilava. White sets a
trap.} Bh5 16. Nb3 Bh4 17. Nc5 Bxf2+ $2 {This sacrifice would have worked
without the intervening fifteenth move.} 18. Kxf2 Qh2 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Qxc6 f4
$5 21. Qxd5+ Kh8 22. Qxh5 f3 23. Qxf3 $5 Rxf3+ 24. Kxf3 Rf8+ 25. Ke2 Qxg2+ 26.
Kd3 Qxh3+ 27. Kc2 ({Anand's home move} 27. Be3 {would have been alright too.})
27... Qg2+ 28. Bd2 Qg6+ 29. Re4 h5 30. Rae1 Re8 31. Kc1 Rxe4 32. Nxe4 h4 33.
Ng5 $1 Qh5 34. Re3 Kg8 35. c4 {Kramnik was defeated!} 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Fontys 3"]
[Date "1998.10.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 e6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3
$5 h6 (8... Na6 $1 {will be played in Khenkin - Tregubov, Koszalin 1999.}) 9.
Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nc3 Nd7 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. Bb1 e5 13. O-O exd4 14. exd4 Nb6 15. Qd3
g6 16. Rfe1 Qb4 17. Qd2 Nc4 $2 ({Correct is} 17... Bg7 {(Kramnik).}) 18. Qxh6
Nxb2 ({Or} 18... Bg7 19. Qh4 Nxb2 20. Ng5 Rd8 21. Nxf7 $1 {(Tsesarsky).}) 19.
Bxg6 $1 fxg6 20. Ng5 $3 {Kramnik wins the game by a fine move.} Bxg5 21. Qxg6+
Kh8 22. Qh5+ $1 Kg7 23. Qxg5+ Kf7 24. Re3 $1 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Fontys 3"]
[Date "1998.10.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Bxc3 8.
bxc3 c5 9. a4 d6 10. Ba3 $5 Ne4 11. Ne1 $1 f5 12. f3 Nf6 13. Nc2 Nc6 14. e4 {
White has reached his aim.} fxe4 15. fxe4 e5 $6 16. d5 Ne7 17. Ne3 Bc8 18. Bc1
Bd7 19. Bd2 Qc7 20. Ra2 Rf7 21. Bc1 Raf8 22. Raf2 Qc8 23. Nf5 Nxf5 24. exf5 Qa6
25. Ra2 e4 $5 26. Be2 Qc8 27. g4 $1 h5 $6 {Black seems to have a positional
plus, but he can undertake little. The text weakens the kingside.} 28. h3 Ne8
29. Qe1 Qd8 30. Bd1 $1 {White activates his queen's rook for a charge on the
kingside.} Nf6 31. Bg5 Qe8 32. Qe3 a6 $2 {The queenside is ruined.} 33. Bf4 Qe7
34. Rg2 Nh7 35. Bc2 Re8 36. Rb1 Qd8 37. Bd1 $1 Kh8 38. Rgb2 $1 {White makes a
wonderful switchback of his rooks to the queenside.} Qh4 39. Rxb6 Ref8 40. Rb8
Bxf5 $6 41. Rxf8+ 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Fontys 3"]
[Date "1998.10.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Nbd7 9. g4 b5 10. g5 Nh5 11. Qd2 Nb6 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bd7 14. Na5 Rc8 $5
15. O-O-O Be7 16. Kb1 O-O 17. c4 Nf4 18. h4 Re8 19. Bxf4 exf4 20. Nc6 Qb6 21.
cxb5 axb5 22. Qxf4 Bxc6 23. dxc6 Rxc6 24. Bd3 $1 {White is ready for the
attack.} Rc5 25. Rhe1 Qc7 26. Qe4 (26. Bxh7+ $5 Kxh7 27. Qxf7 Qd7 28. Re6 {
eventually wins material (Adams).}) 26... g6 27. f4 Qd7 28. h5 Rcc8 29. Qd5 Rc5
30. Qe4 Rcc8 31. hxg6 hxg6 32. f5 $6 (32. Qg2 $1 {prepares 33. f5.}) 32... Bxg5
33. Qg2 Rxe1 34. Rxe1 Qe7 35. Qg1 $1 ({Not} 35. Rxe7 $4 Rc1#) 35... Qf6 36. Rf1
Qe7 37. Re1 Qf6 38. Rf1 Qe7 39. fxg6 fxg6 40. Bxg6 Kg7 41. Bf5 Rf8 {White
attacks a naked king.} 42. Qg4 $2 (42. Qh1 $1 Rh8 43. Qd5 Qe5 44. Qb7+ Be7 45.
Rg1+ Kf6 46. Bc2 {proceeds the charge.}) 42... Qe3 43. a3 Rh8 $2 44. Bc2 $1 ({
Notice} 44. Bc2 Rh6 45. Rg1 Rh5 46. Ka2) 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Fontys 3"]
[Date "1998.10.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 O-O 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 c5 10. Rd1 $5 Ne4 $1 11. Qc2 $1 Qe8 12. e3 f5 13. Be2 Nc6 $6 ({
Better is} 13... cxd4 14. Nxd4 Qg6 $1 15. Bg3 Nc6) 14. dxc5 $1 bxc5 15. Nd2 Ne5
$2 ({Correct is} 15... Ne7 $5 16. Bf3 d5 $1) 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Qc3 Ng6 $6 18.
Bh5 $1 {Black has allowed an awful pin.} f4 19. f3 Rf5 $5 20. Bxg6 Qxg6 21.
fxe4 $1 Qxg2 22. Rf1 Rh5 $2 23. Rxf4 $1 Qg1+ 24. Ke2 Qxh2+ 25. Bf2 e5 26. Rf3
Rg5 27. Qd3 Rb8 28. Rd2 Qh5 29. Qxd7 Kh8 30. Qh3 Qe8 31. Rf5 Rg6 32. Qf3 {
Anand had scored plus three.} 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Fontys 3"]
[Date "1998.10.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 e5 $5 4. dxe5 Nh5 5. Nh3 $5 {Kramnik brings a novelty
in an unusual opening.} Nc6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8. Nc3 Qxe5 9. g4 Ng7 10.
f4 Qe7 $6 ({More active is} 10... Qc5) 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. Qd3 O-O 13. Qc3 Ne8 14.
g5 Ne7 15. Nf6+ $6 (15. Nf2 {develops (Lékó and Adorjan).}) 15... Nxf6 16. gxf6
Nf5 17. e4 Re8 18. Ng5 c5 $1 {Black creates the outpost d4.} 19. O-O-O Nd4 20.
e5 d6 21. Nf3 $2 {White plays too risky.} (21. Re1 $1 {gives proper support to
e5.}) 21... Bg4 22. Nxd4 Bxd1 23. Nb5 dxe5 24. fxe5 Ba4 25. Nd6 Re6 $1 26. Bg2
Rxd6 $1 27. exd6 Qxd6 28. Bxb7 Re8 29. b3 Qf4+ 30. Kb2 Re3 31. Rd1 h5 32. Qa5
Re2+ 33. Ka3 Qf2 34. Qd8+ Be8 35. Rd2 $1 {White postpones the fatal finish.} (
35. Ra1 Qe3 $1 36. Bc6 Qc3 $1 {ends the game quickly (Lékó).}) 35... Rxd2 36.
Qxe8+ Kh7 37. Qxf7+ Kh6 38. Ka4 Rxa2+ 39. Kb5 Qe3 40. Bd5 Qxb3+ 41. Kc6 Ra6+
42. Kd7 Qh3+ $1 43. Be6 Qd3+ 44. Ke8 Qd6 45. Qe7 Qxe6 {Kramnik was defeated
again.} 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Fontys 3"]
[Date "1998.10.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8.
Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nd5 Bg7 12. c3 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Nc2 Be6
15. g3 O-O 16. Bg2 a5 17. O-O f5 18. Qe2 Rb8 19. Rfd1 Kh8 20. Na3 $5 b4 $6 ({
Better is} 20... Na7 {(Stojanovski - Nedev, Gevgelija 2002).}) 21. Nb5 $1 bxc3
22. bxc3 Bg8 23. Ndc7 Na7 24. Bd5 Nxb5 25. Nxb5 Qb6 26. a4 Rf6 27. Ra2 f4 $1
28. Rad2 $4 (28. g4 f3 29. Qd3 Rf4 30. h3 e4 31. Qe3 {prevents a disaster.})
28... fxg3 29. hxg3 Bh6 $1 30. Rc2 Rxf2 $1 31. Qxf2 Be3 32. Kg2 Bxf2 33. Rxf2
Qe3 $1 34. Nxd6 Rb1 $3 ({The pointe is} 34... Rb1 35. Rxb1 Bxd5+ 36. Kg1 Qxg3+
37. Kf1 Qd3+ {(Lautier).}) 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Fontys 3"]
[Date "1998.10.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nxd5 7. e4 Nxc3 8.
Qxc3 Nc6 9. a3 Bd7 10. Be2 Rc8 11. O-O Na5 12. Qd3 Ba4 13. Qxd8+ Rxd8 14. Be3
Nb3 15. Bd1 b5 $2 ({Correct is} 15... a6 16. Bxb3 Bxb3 17. Rac1 {(Kramnik -
Van Wely, Monte Carlo 1998)} Ba4 $1 18. Rc7 Bc6 19. Ne5 Bd6 20. Nxc6 Bxc7 21.
Nxd8 Kxd8 {and Black survives.}) 16. Bxb3 $1 Bxb3 17. Rfc1 $1 e5 $5 (17... f6
18. Nd2 {leads to difficulties for the black bishop.}) 18. Nxe5 a6 19. Nc6 {
Viktor the Terrible told that he was only playing chess for fun.} 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Fontys 3"]
[Date "1998.10.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. Ne5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. c3 Qa6 $5 13. Qf3 Nbd7 14. Nxd7
Kxd7 15. Be5 Be7 16. b3 Rhd8 17. c4 Qa5+ 18. Ke2 Ke8 19. Rhe1 Kf8 20. Kf1 Rd7
21. a4 Rad8 22. Rad1 Kg8 23. Rd3 Ne8 24. Nh5 Bd6 25. Bxg7 $5 {White starts a
wild action.} Nxg7 26. c5 $2 (26. Nf6+ Kf8 27. Nh7+ Kg8 28. Nf6+ {brings
perpetual check (Lékó).}) 26... Nxh5 $1 27. Qxh5 Qa6 $1 {This intermediate
move pins a rook.} 28. Ree3 Bf4 $1 29. Qg4+ Kf8 30. Qxf4 Rxd4 $1 31. Qxh6+ Ke8
32. Kg1 Rxd3 33. Rxe6+ Kd7 34. Rf6 Kc8 35. Rxf7 Rd1+ 36. Kh2 Qe2 37. Qf4 R1d7
38. Rxd7 Rxd7 39. Qf8+ Kc7 40. Qf4+ Kc8 41. Qf8+ Rd8 42. Qf5+ Kb8 43. Qf4+ Ka8
44. g4 Qe7 45. g5 Rf8 46. Qe3 Qxe3 47. fxe3 Kb8 48. g6 Kc7 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Fontys 3"]
[Date "1998.11.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qb3 Nbd7 8.
Bg5 Be7 9. e4 $5 b4 10. Bxf6 $5 ({White diverts from} 10. Na4 {(Kortschnoj -
Anand, Tilburg 1991).}) 10... Nxf6 11. Na4 Nxe4 12. Bd3 Nf6 13. O-O O-O 14.
Rac1 {Kortschnoj has positional compensation for the sacrificed pawn.} a5 15.
Rfd1 Bd6 16. Ne5 Nd5 17. Qc2 g6 18. Qxc6 Ra7 19. Nc5 Rc7 20. Qb5 Bxe5 21. dxe5
Qg5 22. Be4 Bb7 23. g3 $2 {Suddenly Kortschnoj collapses.} ({Correct is} 23.
Qxa5 Qxe5 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Qxb4 Rfc8 26. Rc3 Bxa2) 23... Qxe5 24. Re1 Rfc8 25.
Bxg6 $5 Qxb2 26. Bd3 $6 Nc3 $1 27. Bxh7+ Kh8 28. Qd3 Ne2+ 29. Qxe2 Qxe2 30.
Rxe2 Kxh7 31. Rec2 Bd5 {"You play for tricks!" Viktor snapped at Vlasty. Later
Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam reminded him that he had said the same about himself
years ago.} 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Fontys 3"]
[Date "1998.11.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Bb3 a6 $5 14. Qe2 h6
$1 15. Bh4 Re8 {Jeroen has set a trap. Loek oversees it.} 16. Ne5 $2 Nxe5 17.
dxe5 Qd4 $1 18. Bg3 Ne4 $1 19. Qg4 $2 ({Better is} 19. Red1 $1 Qc5 $1 20. Bc2 {
but Black will capture on c3 and win a pawn.}) 19... Bxc3 20. bxc3 Rxc3 21.
Rcd1 Rxg3 $1 22. Qxg3 Qxd1 $1 23. Rxd1 Nxg3 24. hxg3 Rc8 {Black has gained a
material and positional advantage.} 25. Rd6 b5 26. Rb6 Rc1+ 27. Kh2 Rc7 28. f4
Kf8 29. g4 Ke7 30. Kg3 Bc8 31. f5 Rc5 32. Kf4 a5 33. Rb8 Bd7 34. Rb7 Rc1 35. a4
bxa4 36. Ba2 Rc2 37. Bb1 Rc4+ 38. Ke3 Rb4 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Fontys 3"]
[Date "1998.11.03"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 a5 15.
Be3 a4 16. Nbd2 Nb4 17. Bb1 Bd7 18. a3 Nc6 19. Bd3 Na5 20. Qe2 Qb8 21. Rec1 Re8
22. Rab1 exd4 $6 23. Nxd4 b4 24. Bb5 $1 {This line of the Ruy Lopez favours
White.} (24. Qf3 {won in Garcia - Campos, Palma de Mallorca 1992.}) 24... b3
25. Bxd7 Nxd7 26. Nb5 Nc5 $5 {Black gives a pawn for activity.} (26... Bd8 {
will be tried in Volzhin - Flores, Valle d'Aosta 2001.}) 27. Nxd6 $1 Bxd6 28.
Bxc5 Bf4 29. Be3 h6 30. Rc3 Nb7 31. g3 Be5 32. Rd3 f5 $6 {This counteraction
leads to a disaster.} 33. Nc4 Bxg3 $5 ({Or} 33... fxe4 34. Rd7 $1 {(Lékó).})
34. fxg3 Rxe4 35. Nd2 Qxg3+ 36. Qg2 Qxg2+ 37. Kxg2 Re6 38. Rc1 Rae8 39. Kf3 g5
40. Rc4 {Lékó neared Anand to half-a-point in the penultimate round.} 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Fontys 3"]
[Date "1998.11.04"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g4 d5 5. g5 Ne4 6. h4 $5 {White adds a wild
idea to his opening.} Nc6 7. Qc2 f5 8. gxf6 Nxf6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. dxc3 Qe7 11.
Bg5 Bd7 12. O-O-O dxc4 13. h5 O-O-O 14. h6 Rhg8 15. Bh3 gxh6 16. Bh4 Rdf8 17.
Nd2 Qf7 18. Nxc4 e5 19. Bxd7+ Nxd7 20. Ne3 Nc5 21. Nd5 Nd7 22. Qd3 Qf5 23. e4
Qe6 24. b4 Rf7 $2 {Suddenly Jeroen blunders and loses the game at once.} 25.
Qc4 $1 {White threatens 26. b5.} a6 $2 26. Nb6+ $1 {There was another threat
too.   The games by Anand and Lékó ended in fast draws. So Anand won (71/2/11)
before Lékó (7). The third place was shared by Sadler, Zvjaginsev and Kramnik 
(6). The final round of the Tilburg super chess tournaments ended on 4
November 1998.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "26.Schachtage"]
[Date "1998.06.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1998.??.26"]

{The 26. Dortmunder Schachtage in 1998 ended with a score of 6/9 for Kramnik,
Adams and Svidler. Vladimir became the winner due to a better Sonneborn -
Berger score. } 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 b6
7. b4 a5 8. Bb2 axb4 9. axb4 Rxa1+ 10. Bxa1 c5 11. e3 d6 12. Be2 e5 13. d3 Re8
14. O-O Nc6 15. bxc5 bxc5 16. h3 Bd7 17. Qd2 Qb6 18. Nh4 Ra8 19. Bc3 Qb3 20.
Ra1 Rxa1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "26.Schachtage"]
[Date "1998.06.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1998.??.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qd8 12. d5 Ne5 13. Bc3 O-O 14. Bb3
Qb6 15. f4 $1 {Kramnik improves the theory.} Ng4 ({Black will have no success
with} 15... Nd7 $5 {in future games.}) 16. Bd4 Qa5+ 17. Qd2 Qxd2+ 18. Kxd2 {
Kramnik will move the pawn centre à la Philidor. He sacrifices if needed.} e5
$6 ({Kramnik suggests} 18... Rd8 {but} 19. h3 Nf6 20. Ke3 b6 {gives little
hope.}) 19. h3 $1 exd4 20. hxg4 g5 ({Or} 20... Bxg4 21. e5 Bxe2 22. Kxe2 {
(Kramnik).}) 21. g3 Bxg4 22. e5 Bxe2 23. Kxe2 Rfc8 24. Rad1 Rc3 25. Rd3 Rac8
26. d6 {White goes forwards in the centre. The minus pawn has no importance.}
b5 27. Rxc3 dxc3 28. e6 $1 Kf8 29. e7+ Ke8 30. Bxf7+ $1 ({The pointe is} 30.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 31. d7) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "26.Schachtage"]
[Date "1998.06.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1998.??.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qc2 dxc4 8. e3
b5 9. a4 Bb7 10. axb5 cxb5 11. Nxb5 Bb4+ 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Be2 Nd7 14. O-O Rfc8
15. Rfc1 a5 16. Na4 Rab8 17. Qd1 e5 18. Rxc4 Rxc4 19. Bxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "26.Schachtage"]
[Date "1998.06.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1998.??.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b5 $5 7. cxb5 c6
8. Bg5 cxb5 9. e3 Bb7 10. f3 h6 $5 {Adams offers a pawn by a new move.} 11.
Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nh3 ({White loses time by} 12. Bxb5 $5 Qg5 $1 13. Bf1 {(Kramnik).
}) 12... Rc8 13. Qd2 a6 14. Bd3 d6 15. O-O Nd7 16. Rad1 Nb6 17. f4 $5 {White
starts with an ambitious advance.} Rc7 18. Bb1 $5 Nc4 19. Qe2 Rac8 20. e4 $1
Qe7 $6 ({Preferable is} 20... a5 $5 21. e5 Qe7) 21. f5 $5 exf5 $1 22. Rxf5 Re8
$1 23. Nf2 Bc8 24. Rf3 a5 $5 25. Rg3 f5 26. Qh5 f4 $5 27. Rc3 $1 b4 28. Rxc4
Rxc4 29. Ba2 Be6 30. Bxc4 Bxc4 31. Qxa5 d5 $5 32. e5 ({Not} 32. exd5 $4 Qe1+
33. Rxe1 Rxe1#) 32... Rb8 $5 33. axb4 f3 $5 {Black chooses for sharp
counter-play.} 34. Qc5 $1 Qg5 35. g3 Kh8 36. b3 $2 (36. Qd6 $1 {(Kramnik)} Rg8
$1 37. Ra1 {plays for a win.}) 36... Bxb3 37. Rd3 $6 (37. Ra1 {keeps chances.})
37... Bc4 {Adams has sufficient counteraction.} 38. Rd1 ({Avoids} 38. Rxf3 $4
Qc1+ 39. Kg2 Qf1#) 38... Qe3 $1 39. Qd6 $1 Ra8 40. Qc6 $1 ({Not} 40. b5 $2 Bd3
$1) 40... Ra2 41. Qc8+ Kh7 {White delivers perpetual check.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "26.Schachtage"]
[Date "1998.07.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1998.??.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. Nf4 c6 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. Qc2 e5 11. Nfe2 exd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. Be2 Bc5 14. Nf5 g6
15. Ng3 Bg4 16. O-O Bxe2 17. Ncxe2 Qe7 18. b3 Rad8 19. Bb2 Rfe8 20. Nd4 Bd6 21.
h3 Ned7 22. Nge2 Qe4 23. Rac1 Qxc2 24. Rxc2 Be5 25. Bc1 Ne4 26. b4 Nb6 27. Nb3
Rd3 28. Na5 Re7 29. g4 Nd6 30. Kg2 Nb5 31. Ra2 Nd5 32. Nc4 Bf6 33. Rd2 Rxd2 34.
Nxd2 b6 35. Kf3 Bg7 36. Ne4 Kf8 37. a4 Nbc3 38. N2xc3 Nxc3 39. Nxc3 Bxc3 40.
Ba3 Re6 41. Rc1 Bf6 42. b5+ c5 43. Rc4 Rd6 44. Ke2 Be7 45. Bb2 Rd7 46. Bc3 a6
47. bxa6 Ra7 48. Kd3 Rxa6 49. Ke4 Ra7 50. Kd5 Rd7+ 51. Kc6 Rd6+ {Shirov has
survived an offensive and becomes too optimistic.} 52. Kc7 $2 (52. Kb5 $1 {
gains a minimal advantage.}) 52... Re6 53. e4 Ke8 54. e5 Bd8+ 55. Kc8 $2 ({
Correct is} 55. Kb7) 55... Re7 $1 56. f4 Rc7+ 57. Kb8 Kd7 58. e6+ $1 Kxe6 $6 (
58... Kc6 $1 59. exf7 Rxf7 60. Be5 Bf6 {continues the strong attack.}) 59. Re4+
Kd7 60. Be5 Rc6 61. Ka7 $2 {White allows an attack on his king.} ({Right is} 
61. Re1 $1 Re6 62. Rd1+ Ke8 63. Kc8 {and he seems to survive.}) 61... Re6 $1
62. Re1 Kc6 63. Rd1 Bc7 64. Ka6 Re8 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "26.Schachtage"]
[Date "1998.07.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1998.??.26"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qe2 c5 11. Bg3 Ne4 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Rad1 Nxg3 14. hxg3 a6
$6 ({More useful is} 14... Nf6 {(Vyzmanavin-Kolev, Elenite 1993).}) 15. dxc5
bxc5 16. Bb1 Nb6 17. a4 $1 Bf6 ({Avoids} 17... a5 $6 18. Qc2 f5 $6 19. g4 $1 {
(Ftacnik).}) 18. Qc2 g6 19. a5 Nc4 20. Nxd5 Nxb2 $1 21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. Rd2 Bxf3
23. gxf3 Rab8 24. f4 $5 ({Or} 24. Qxc5 Rb5 $1 25. Qd4 Qxd4 26. Rxd4 Rxa5 27.
Be4 {(Kramnik)} Ra3) 24... c4 25. e4 Rfd8 $1 26. e5 Rxd2 27. Qxd2 Qd8 28. Qe2
Qd4 $6 (28... Qxa5 29. f5 {(Kramnik)} gxf5 30. Bxf5 Nd3 {equalises.}) 29. e6 $1
Nd3 30. Bc2 fxe6 31. Qxe6+ Kg7 $1 32. Ba4 $5 {Kramnik sets an incredible trap.}
c3 $4 ({Right is} 32... Nc5 $1 33. Qe7+ Kg8 34. Bc2 Nd3 {(Ftacnik).}) 33. Bc2
$1 {The bishop retreats. Now, the pin of the unprotected knight has a horrible
effect.} Rb2 34. Qe7+ Kg8 35. Qe2 Nxf4 ({The pointe is} 35... Nc5 36. Qe8+ Kg7
37. Qxg6+) 36. gxf4 Kf7 37. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "26.Schachtage"]
[Date "1998.07.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1998.??.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. a3 Nc6 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bf5 14. Bf4 Na5
15. Re1 Bd6 16. Ne5 Rad8 17. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "26.Schachtage"]
[Date "1998.07.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1998.??.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nd2 bxc4 5. e4 c3 6. bxc3 g6 7. Nc4 $5 d6 8. Bd3
Bg7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Bd2 Nb6 12. Na5 $2 ({Correct is} 12. Nxb6 axb6
13. a4 {(Lékó).}) 12... c4 $1 13. Bc2 ({Or} 13. Nxc4 $6 Nxc4 14. Bxc4 Nxe4)
13... Qc7 $1 14. Re1 Nbxd5 $1 15. Nxc4 $1 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Qxc4 17. Bb2 Bb7 $5 18.
Bb3 Qa6 19. e5 $1 Ne4 20. Rb1 $1 {Bishop b2 gets protection.} Rac8 21. exd6
Qxd6 22. Bxf7+ $2 ({The ingenious} 22. Qxd6 exd6 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Be6 $3 Rc7
25. Rxb7 Rxb7 26. Bd5 Nc5 27. Bxb7 Nxb7 28. Re7 Rb8 {brings White close to
equality (Lékó).}) 22... Rxf7 23. Bxg7 Qxd1 24. Rexd1 Nxf2 $1 25. Kxf2 Bxf3 26.
gxf3 Rc2+ 27. Kg3 Kxg7 {Lékó expects to win easily.} 28. Rb3 $5 {White gives a
pawn for counteraction.} Rxa2 29. Rd7 Ra5 30. h4 h6 31. Rc3 e6 32. Rd6 Kf6 33.
Re3 Re7 34. Re4 g5 35. Rc6 Re5 $6 ({Black has to play} 35... gxh4+ {if he
wants to win.}) 36. Ra4 $6 {Exchange of rooks gives the best chance.} gxh4+ 37.
Rxh4 h5 38. Ra6 Rg7+ 39. Kf2 Rb7 40. Rha4 Rb2+ 41. Kg3 Rg5+ 42. Kh3 Rb3 43. Kh4
Rf5 44. f4 {The winning chances are evaporating.} Rb7 (44... Re3 45. Rxa7 Rf3 {
seems to win (Lékó), but} 46. Re4 $1 R3xf4+ 47. Rxf4 Rxf4+ 48. Kxh5 {draws
theoretically.}) ({No win brings} 44... Rf3 45. Rxe6+ $3 Kxe6 46. Ra6+ Kd5 47.
Ra5+ Ke4 48. Ra4+ Ke3 49. Ra3+ Kf2 50. Ra2+ Kg1 51. Rg2+ $1 {The black king
cannot escape from the desperado rook (Lékó).}) 45. Re4 Re7 46. Rea4 Rb5 47.
Rxa7 Rxa7 48. Rxa7 Rb4 49. Kg3 Rb3+ 50. Kg2 Kf5 51. Ra5+ Kxf4 52. Rxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "26.Schachtage"]
[Date "1998.07.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1998.??.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. c3 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 O-O 14. Nce3
Be6 15. Bd3 f5 16. Qh5 e4 17. Bc2 Ne7 18. Nf4 Bf7 19. Bb3 Qd7 20. O-O Be5 21.
Bxf7+ $5 Rxf7 22. Nfd5 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Qe6 {Kramnik, Adams and Svidler had
scored 6/9 at the end. Vladimir became the winner due to a better SB score.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "CAPA X Jubilee"]
[Site "email 1999-2002"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alvarez, Roberto"]
[Black "Berdichesky, Ruben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

{An Argentine club for correspondence chess has the name of CAPA. The tenth
anniversary was celebrated with an elite tournament of three Argentines and
three foreigners. They played double rounds from December 1999 til February
2002.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6
8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf4 12. Bxf4 exf4 13. Rc1 Bf6 14. Ne6
Bxe6 15. dxe6 Bxc3 16. Rxc3 fxe4 17. Bf1 e3 18. fxe3 fxe3 19. Rcxe3 a5 $5 (
19... c6 {was played in Kramnik - Shirov, Tilburg 1997.}) 20. b5 c6 21. c5 $5
dxc5 22. Qd7 Rb8 23. Rb3 Kh8 24. Rd1 Qe8 $1 25. a4 Rd8 $1 {Black defends well.}
26. Qxd8 Qxd8 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. bxc6 bxc6 29. Rb7 Re8 30. Ra7 Kg7 31. Rxa5 Kf6
32. Rxc5 Kxe6 33. a5 Kd6 34. Rc3 Nd5 35. Ra3 Re7 36. Kf2 Rf7+ 37. Rf3 Ra7 38.
a6 Nb4 39. Kg3 Kc7 $2 (39... Kc5 $1 40. Ra3 Kb6 {draws.}) 40. Rf7+ Kb6 41. Rxa7
Kxa7 {Black defends well.} ({Black loses the game, considering} 41... Kxa7 42.
Bc4 $1 Nxa6 43. Bg8 h6 44. Bf7 c5 $5 45. Bxg6 Nb4 46. Kg4 c4 47. h4 c3 $5 48.
Kh5 c2 49. Bxc2 Nxc2 50. Kxh6 Ne3 51. h5 $1 Nxg2 52. Kg5 $1 {and a theoretical
win.}) 1-0

[Event "CAPA X Jubilee"]
[Site "email 1999-2002"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alvarez, Roberto"]
[Black "Morgado, Juan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. b3 Nd7 5. Bb2 e6 6. d3 Ngf6 7. Nbd2 a5 8. a3
Qb6 9. O-O a4 10. b4 c5 11. c3 Be7 12. h3 Bh5 13. Rb1 Qc7 14. bxc5 Bxc5 15. c4
O-O 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. e4 N5f6 18. d4 Be7 19. Qe2 Rfc8 20. Rfe1 h6 21. Qb5 Ra5
22. Qd3 Ra6 23. Bf1 Bg6 24. Qe3 Rb6 25. Bd3 Qd8 26. Qe2 Bh7 27. Qf1 Ne8 28. Bb5
Ra8 29. Bd3 Rc8 30. Bb5 Ra8 31. Qe2 Bf8 32. Bc3 Ndf6 33. Ne5 Nd6 34. Bd3 Rxb1
35. Rxb1 Rc8 36. Bb4 b5 37. Bc5 Nc4 38. Nexc4 bxc4 39. Nxc4 Bxc5 40. dxc5 Rxc5
41. Rb4 Bg6 42. Kh2 Qc7 43. Qc2 h5 44. Qxa4 Kh7 45. Qa8 Nxe4 46. Bxe4 Rxc4 47.
Rxc4 Qxc4 48. Bxg6+ Kxg6 49. h4 e5 50. Qa7 e4 51. Qe3 f6 52. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "CAPA X Jubilee"]
[Site "email 1999-2002"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alvarez, Roberto"]
[Black "Rause, Olita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 h5 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Qc2 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bg7 15. Rad1
O-O 16. Bg3 Nh7 $5 ({Olita diverts from the known} 16... Nd7) 17. e5 f5 18.
exf6 Qxf6 19. f3 Qf5 20. Qd2 Qg6 21. fxg4 hxg4 22. Qe3 Rf5 23. Ne4 c5 $5 {The
extra pawn is returned for activity.} 24. Nxc5 Bd5 25. a4 Raf8 $2 ({More solid
is} 25... a6) 26. Rxf5 ({A few weeks later} 26. axb5 $1 {was played in Kramnik
- Akopian, Dortmund 2000.}) 26... exf5 27. axb5 Bh6 28. Qc3 f4 $1 29. Bxc4 Qf7
30. Bxd5 Qxd5 31. Be1 g3 $5 32. Qb3 Nf6 33. Qxd5+ Nxd5 34. Bd2 Ne3 $5 {Black
has given a lot for a counteraction.} 35. Re1 $2 (35. Ra1 $1 f3 36. gxf3 Rxf3
37. Ne4 $1 Bf4 38. h5 {plays for a win.}) 35... Rb8 36. b3 Nf5 37. Re4 Rxb5 38.
Kf1 Bg7 39. Rxf4 Nxd4 40. Be3 Rxc5 41. Bxd4 Bxd4 42. Rxd4 Rc3 43. b4 Rb3 44.
Ke2 a6 45. Rd3 (45. Rd3 Rxb4 46. Rxg3+ Kh7 47. Rh3 Rb2+ 48. Kf1 (48. Kf3 Rb3+
49. Kg4 $4 Rxh3 $19) 48... Rb4 $1 {draws.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "CAPA X Jubilee"]
[Site "email 1999-2002"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alvarez, Roberto"]
[Black "Sanakoev, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. f3 h5 10. Be2 Nb6 $5 {Black prepares .. d5 by a new move.} 11. O-O-O $5
Qc7 12. Kb1 Be7 13. Bxb6 Qxb6 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 O-O 16. g3 Rfe8 17. Rhf1
Qc7 18. g4 Rac8 19. c4 e4 $2 {Black allows a white charge.} 20. g5 $1 exf3 21.
Bxf3 Ng4 22. Bxg4 hxg4 23. Qf4 Bf8 24. g6 $1 fxg6 25. Nd4 $5 Qxc4 26. Qf7+ Kh8
$1 27. Ne6 Qc2+ 28. Ka1 Re7 $5 {The king did not move to h7 due to 29. Nxf8+.}
29. Qf4 Ree8 $1 30. Rc1 Qf5 31. Qd2 Rxc1+ 32. Qxc1 Qxd5 33. Nc7 $1 {White wins
an exchange and continues to attack with his heavy pieces.} Qe4 34. Nxe8 Qxe8
35. Qc7 $6 {Alvarez makes an insufficient move.} (35. Qf4 $1 Be7 {(Alvarez)}
36. Re1 $1 Qc6 $1 37. Qxg4 {grabs a pawn and keeps the heavy pieces
centralised. White has fine winning chances.}) 35... d5 $1 {The liberating
move can be played at last.} 36. Qxb7 Bd6 37. Qxd5 (37. Qxa6 Bxh2 38. Qa5 Qe5 {
gives ample counter-play (Alvarez)}) 37... Qe2 $1 ({Sanakoev avoids the trap} 
37... Bxh2 $2 38. a3 $1 Kh7 39. Qg2 g3 40. Qh3+ Kg8 41. Rc1 {(Alvarez).}) 38.
Rg1 $1 Be5 $1 39. Qg2 Bxb2+ $3 40. Kb1 Qe3 41. Kxb2 {White cannot avoid
perpetual check after the brilliant sacrifice.} Qd4+ 42. Kb1 Qb6+ $1 43. Kc2
Qc5+ 44. Kd3 Qd6+ 45. Ke4 Qe6+ 46. Kf4 Qf5+ 47. Kg3 Qe5+ 48. Kxg4 Qf5+ 49. Kg3
Qe5+ 50. Kf3 Qf5+ 51. Ke3 Qc5+ 52. Ke4 Qc6+ 53. Kd4 Qb6+ 54. Kd5 Qd8+ 55. Kc6
Qc8+ 56. Kb6 Qd8+ 57. Kxa6 Qd6+ 58. Ka7 Qd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "CAPA X Jubilee"]
[Site "email 1999-2002"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Berdichesky, Ruben"]
[Black "Alvarez, Roberto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. dxc5 bxc5 8. O-O
Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Rd1 Qb6 11. Bf4 Rd8 12. Rd2 d6 13. Rad1 Ne8 14. e4 Bc6 15.
Qc2 Qb7 16. Bg5 f6 17. Be3 Nd7 18. Nd5 Nb6 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Ne1 e5 21. Nf3 a5
22. Nh4 g6 23. f3 Rab8 24. b3 Nd7 25. Rd3 a4 26. Bh3 axb3 27. axb3 Nf8 28. Qd2
Bd7 29. Bxd7 Nxd7 30. Ng2 Rb7 31. Bh6 Nb8 32. Ne3 Nc6 33. Nd5 Qe6 34. Be3 Ra8
35. g4 Rba7 36. Nb6 Rb8 37. Nd5 Rab7 38. Rb1 f5 39. Qd1 fxe4 40. fxe4 Nd4 41.
g5 {Berdichesky withdrew. He had slight positional problems in the final
position.} 0-1

[Event "CAPA X Jubilee"]
[Site "email 1999-2002"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Berdichesky, Ruben"]
[Black "Elwert, Hans"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Bf5 8.
Nbc3 e6 9. a3 Qd7 10. O-O Be7 11. Be3 O-O-O 12. Rc1 Kb8 13. Na4 f6 14. exf6
Bxf6 15. Nc5 Qd6 16. h3 h5 17. Bf4 e5 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Qxd6 cxd6 20. Bxe5 Nxe5
21. Ne6 Bxe6 22. Bxe6 Rde8 23. Nd4 Nc6 24. Nxc6+ bxc6 25. Bf5 Kc7 26. b4 Re5
27. Bd3 Kd7 28. Rc2 Nd5 29. Rfc1 Ne7 30. Rc4 Rf8 31. b5 c5 32. Ra4 Nc8 33. Bg6
Kc7 34. f4 Rd5 35. Re1 Rf6 36. f5 Kb6 37. Bxh5 Rfxf5 38. Bg4 Rf8 39. Bd7 Kc7 {
Berdichesky withdrew.} 0-1

[Event "CAPA X Jubilee"]
[Site "email 1999-2002"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Berdichesky, Ruben"]
[Black "Morgado, Juan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Nc6 6. O-O Be6 7. Bxe6 fxe6 8.
Qb3 Qd7 9. Qxb7 Rb8 10. Qa6 Nf6 11. Nbd2 Bb4 12. Nc4 O-O 13. a3 Bc5 14. b4 Nxe4
15. Re1 Qd5 16. Rxe4 Qxe4 17. Ncd2 Qd5 18. bxc5 Qxc5 19. Qe2 e5 20. Ne4 Qb5 21.
Qe1 Qc4 22. Bg5 Rb2 23. Nfd2 Qd3 24. Rc1 Rc2 25. Qd1 Rxc1 26. Qxc1 Qb5 27. Qc2
Qd5 28. f3 Rb8 29. Nc5 Na5 30. Na6 Rc8 31. Nb4 Qb5 32. Kf2 Kh8 33. Qf5 Re8 34.
Qf7 Nb7 35. Qxc7 Nc5 36. Qf7 h6 37. Be7 Qd7 38. Nd5 Nd3+ 39. Kg3 Rd8 40. Nf6
Qf5 41. Nde4 Qf4+ 42. Kh3 Qf5+ 43. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "CAPA X Jubilee"]
[Site "email 1999-2002"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Berdichesky, Ruben"]
[Black "Rause, Olita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. Rad1 Rad8 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6
15. Qc2 c5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Ng5 e5 18. Qf5 Bc8 19. Qc2 h6 20. Nf3 Rxd1 21.
Bxd1 e4 22. Nd4 e3 23. Kh1 exf2 24. Bf3 Bb7 25. Bxb7 Qxb7 26. Rxf2 Rd8 {The
game ended by an arbiter's verdict. Berdichesky faced tactical problems.} 0-1

[Event "CAPA X Jubilee"]
[Site "email 1999-2002"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Berdichesky, Ruben"]
[Black "Sanakoev, Grigory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O
Be7 9. Nc3 Na6 10. Bf4 Nc5 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Rfd1 Qc8 13. Rac1 Nce4 14. Nd4 Nxc3
15. Qxc3 a6 16. Qb3 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qb7+ 18. Qf3 Ra7 19. Qxb7 Rxb7 20. f3 Rc8 21.
e4 d6 22. Ne2 Rc6 23. b4 h6 24. a4 Rbc7 25. b5 Rxc4 26. bxa6 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Ra7
28. Rc8+ Kh7 29. Nd4 Rxa6 30. Nc6 e5 31. Be3 Ng8 32. Rxg8 Bg5 33. Bxg5 Kxg8 34.
Bd8 Rxa4 35. Bxb6 Kf8 36. Bc7 Ke8 {Berdichesky withdrew. He had a plus.} 0-1

[Event "CAPA X Jubilee"]
[Site "email 1999-2002"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Elwert, Hans"]
[Black "Berdichesky, Ruben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. h3 e5
9. Be3 Rb8 10. Rc1 exd4 11. Nxd4 Na5 12. b3 c5 13. Nc2 Be6 14. Na3 Nc6 15. Qd2
Qd7 16. Kh2 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 Nd4 18. Bf4 Ne8 19. e3 Nc6 20. e4 Nd4 21. Nc2 Nc6 22.
a4 Nc7 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. cxd5 Ne5 25. Bg5 f6 26. Be3 b6 27. f4 Nf7 28. g4 Re8
29. Qd3 b5 30. b4 c4 31. Qd2 f5 32. gxf5 gxf5 33. Bd4 Bh6 {Berdichesky
overstepped the time limit.} 1-0

[Event "CAPA X Jubilee"]
[Site "email 1999-2002"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Elwert, Hans"]
[Black "Morgado, Juan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bg6 10. e4 O-O 11. Bd3 Bh5 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Qe3 h6 15.
Ne1 Bxe1 16. Rxe1 Bg6 17. Be2 Rc8 18. Bd2 Nb8 19. Bb4 $5 (19. a5 {occurred in
Kramnik - Bareev, Bugojno 1999.}) 19... Re8 20. Bb5 Nc6 21. Bc5 Qg5 $5 22. Qxg5
hxg5 23. a5 a6 24. Bf1 f6 25. b4 fxe5 26. dxe5 g4 $5 27. Ra2 Be4 28. Bd6 Nd4
29. Rd2 Nb5 30. Bc5 {White controls more terrain.} Bf5 31. Re3 Kf7 32. f3 gxf3
33. Rxf3 Kg6 34. Rdf2 Rc7 35. h4 {Black can mobilize his king and start
counter-play.} Kh7 $6 ({A fine choice is made by} 35... Kh5 $5 {In that case,
the combination of the game fails.}) 36. g4 Bxg4 37. Rf7 Rec8 38. Bd3+ Kh6 39.
Kg2 $5 {White has no immediate win.} Nc3 40. Kg3 Bf5 $1 41. Rxc7 Rxc7 42. Bxf5
exf5 43. Rxf5 g6 44. Rf8 Ne4+ 45. Kf4 Nxc5 46. bxc5 d4 47. Ke4 d3 48. e6 Kg7 $2
(48... d2 $1 49. Rd8 Kg7 50. Rxd2 Rxc5 51. Rf2 Rxa5 52. e7 Ra1 $1 53. e8=N+ Kh6
{draws, because the last white pawn will be exchanged eventually.}) 49. Rf1
Rxc5 50. e7 Rc2 ({More resistance is offered by} 50... Rc8 $1 51. Kd5 d2 52. h5
$3 gxh5 53. Kd6 Rc6+ 54. Kd7 Rc1 55. e8=Q Rxf1 56. Qe5+ Rf6 57. Qg5+ $1 {
Probably White wins.}) 51. Kxd3 (51. e8=N+ {wins as well.}) 51... Rc8 52. Kd4
Re8 53. Re1 Kf7 54. Kc5 Rc8+ {Exchange will lose too.} 55. Kb6 Ke8 56. Kxb7 Rc4
57. Kxa6 Rxh4 58. Kb5 1-0

[Event "CAPA X Jubilee"]
[Site "email 1999-2002"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Elwert, Hans"]
[Black "Rause, Olita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Rc1 O-O 12. e4 Rd8 13. e5 Qe7 14. Qe2 c5 15.
dxc5 $5 (15. d5 {was played in Hillarp Persson - Gurevich, Korinthos 1998.})
15... Nxc5 16. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Bd7 18. Bb5 a6 19. Bxd7 Nxd7 20. Qe3 Rc8 21.
h4 Rc7 22. a3 Qf8 23. Ne2 Nb8 24. h5 g5 25. Qe4 Qc8 26. Nc3 $2 (26. b4 {keeps
a plus despite the vulnerable white e-pawn.}) 26... Rd7 27. Re1 Nc6 {Black has
taken the initiative.} 28. Rc1 $2 (28. Re2 $1 Na5 29. Nd2 $1 {stops a black
raid on the queenside.}) 28... Qc7 29. Re1 Na5 $1 30. Ne2 Nb3 $1 31. Qe3 Qc4
32. Nc3 Nc5 33. Ne4 Nd3 $5 34. Nd6 Rxd6 35. exd6 Nxe1 36. Nxe1 ({The
alternative} 36. Qxe1 Qc6 37. Qd2 Qd7 38. Qc2 Qxd6 39. Qc8+ Bf8 40. Qxb7 Qd1+
41. Kh2 Qe2 42. Qb6 g4 43. Nh4 Qe5+ 44. g3 Bc5 {also leads to a black win.})
36... Qc6 37. Qd2 Qd7 38. f4 gxf4 39. Qxf4 e5 40. Qe4 Qxd6 41. Nd3 Qd7 42. g4
Qc7 43. Kf2 Bf6 44. a4 Qc2+ 45. Ke3 b6 46. Qf5 Bg5+ 47. Kf3 Qd1+ 48. Kf2 Qxa4
49. Nxe5 Qb3 50. Nd3 a5 {Olita triumphed with small means.} 0-1

[Event "CAPA X Jubilee"]
[Site "email 1999-2002"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Elwert, Hans"]
[Black "Sanakoev, Grigory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Ne5 8. e4
Bb4 9. Qe2 d6 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Bg2 Bd7 $5 12. f4 Ng6 13. Rc1 $6 (13. e5 $1 {
takes the initiative.}) 13... Bc6 14. a3 $5 {White wants to liberate his
position.} Bxa3 15. Nb5 a6 16. Nxa3 $2 {Matters go terribly wrong for Elwert.}
(16. Ba5 $1 Bb4+ 17. Bxb4 axb5 18. c5 $1 Qa6 19. Ra1 Qxa1+ 20. Nxa1 Rxa1+ 21.
Kf2 Ra4 {slightly favours Black (Harding).}) 16... Qxb3 17. Bc3 d5 18. exd5
exd5 19. O-O dxc4 20. f5 $5 Qb6+ 21. Rf2 $6 (21. Kh1 $5 {would have been a
better way to complicate matters.}) 21... Rae8 22. Nxc4 Rxe2 23. Nxb6 Rxf2 24.
Kxf2 Ne5 $1 {Black has an extra pawn and can activate his pieces.} 25. Kg1 Bxg2
26. Kxg2 Re8 27. h3 Nc6 28. Bxf6 gxf6 29. Rc2 Nd4 30. Rf2 Kg7 31. Nc4 b5 32.
Nd6 Rd8 33. Ne4 Nc6 34. g4 Ne5 $1 35. Re2 Rd4 36. Ng3 Kf8 $1 37. Nh5 Nd7 38.
Rc2 a5 39. Kg3 a4 40. Nf4 Ne5 41. Rc8+ Ke7 42. Rb8 b4 $1 43. Ra8 ({Or} 43. Rxb4
Rxb4 44. Nd5+ Kd6 45. Nxb4 Kc5 {(Harding) and Black wins.}) 43... b3 44. Ra6
Kd7 ({Elementary is} 44... Kd7 45. h4 Kc7 46. g5 Kb7) 0-1

[Event "CAPA X Jubilee"]
[Site "email 1999-2002"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Morgado, Juan"]
[Black "Alvarez, Roberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. Bd3 Ne7 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. c3 f5 14. Nc2 O-O
15. O-O Rb8 16. exf5 e4 17. Be2 Bxf5 18. Nb4 Qg5 19. f4 exf3 20. Bxf3 Rb6 21.
Nd5 Rbb8 22. Nb4 Rb6 23. Nd5 Rbb8 24. Rf2 Be6 25. Qd3 Be5 26. g3 h5 27. Qd2
Qxd2 28. Rxd2 Bxd5 29. Bxd5 b4 30. c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "CAPA X Jubilee"]
[Site "email 1999-2002"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Morgado, Juan"]
[Black "Berdichesky, Ruben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Ne8 10. Nd3 f5 11. Bd2 Kh8 12. Rc1 Ng8 13. f4 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Bf5 15.
Bf3 Nef6 16. Re1 exf4 17. Bxf4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bd7 19. Qd2 Qf6 20. Be3 Rae8 21.
Rf1 Qh4 22. Rxf8 Rxf8 23. Bf4 Nf6 24. Bf3 Ng4 25. Rf1 Kg8 26. h3 Bd4+ 27. Kh1
Ne5 28. Nxe5 dxe5 29. Bg5 Qg3 30. d6 c6 31. Be3 e4 32. Qxd4 exf3 33. Rxf3 Rxf3
34. gxf3 Qxf3+ 35. Kh2 Bxh3 36. Qd2 Bf5 37. Bxa7 Qh3+ 38. Kg1 Qg4+ 39. Kf2 Qh4+
40. Ke3 Qxc4 41. a3 Qe4+ 42. Kf2 Qh4+ 43. Kf1 Qg3 44. Be3 Kf7 45. Qd4 Ke6 46.
d7 Bh3+ 47. Ke2 Qg4+ 48. Qxg4+ Bxg4+ 49. Kf2 Kxd7 50. Kg3 Bd1 51. Kh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "CAPA X Jubilee"]
[Site "email 1999-2002"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Morgado, Juan"]
[Black "Elwert, Hans"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. g4 h6
9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. h4 b4 12. Na4 Qa5 13. b3 Nc5 14. a3 Nxa4 15. axb4
Qc7 16. bxa4 d5 17. e5 Nd7 18. f4 Nb6 19. f5 Nxa4 20. fxe6 Nc3 21. exf7+ Kxf7
22. Bd3 Bxb4 23. Rdf1+ Kg8 24. Qf2 Ba3+ 25. Kd2 Ne4+ 26. Bxe4 dxe4 27. Qf5 ({
Alvarez played} 27. g5 {against Elwert in this tournament.}) 27... Bb4+ 28. Kc1
Qc3 29. Qf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "CAPA X Jubilee"]
[Site "email 1999-2002"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Morgado, Juan"]
[Black "Rause, Olita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. Ne5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nbd7 11. Ng6 Rg8 {This remarkable position occurred
in Garma - Lavega, Greenhills 1996.} 12. Bf4 $5 Nc5 13. dxc5 Qxd3 14. cxd3 fxg6
15. d4 e6 {Black draws easily, despite the scattered pawns.} 16. O-O-O Be7 17.
Be5 O-O-O 18. f3 Nd7 19. Bf4 e5 20. Bxe5 Bxc5 21. dxc5 Nxe5 22. Ne4 Rd5 23.
Rxd5 cxd5 24. Nc3 Rd8 25. Rd1 d4 26. Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "CAPA X Jubilee"]
[Site "email 1999-2002"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Morgado, Juan"]
[Black "Sanakoev, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bg5 Qa5 8.
a3 Nd4 9. Nxd4 Bxd4 10. Bd2 Qb6 11. e3 Be5 12. f4 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 d6 14. Qd3 O-O
15. Be2 e5 $5 ({The bait was eaten by} 15... Qxb2 16. O-O Qb6 {in
Vujadinovic-Hassim, email 1998.}) 16. O-O e4 17. Qc3 Bg4 18. Bxg4 Nxg4 19. h3
Nf6 20. a4 $5 a5 $6 (20... Rfc8 $1 21. Rfc1 Nd5 $1 22. Qa3 Nc7 23. a5 Qa6 24.
b3 d5 {stops the attack. on the queenside}) 21. Ra3 $1 Rfc8 22. Rb3 $1 Qc6 23.
Rb5 Qxc4 $6 (23... b6 $1 24. Rd1 Ne8 25. Rh5 f6 {reorganises the defence.}) 24.
Qxc4 Rxc4 25. Ra1 $1 Rc7 $2 {The black knight should become active at once.} (
25... Nd7 $1 26. Bxa5 Nc5 $1 27. b4 Nb3 28. Rd1 Nxa5 29. bxa5 Rxa4 {exchanges
towards a defendable ending of rooks.}) 26. Rd1 Rc4 27. b3 Rc5 28. Rxb7 Rd5 29.
Kf2 Kf8 30. Ke2 Rc8 31. Rc1 Rxc1 32. Bxc1 Rd3 33. b4 $1 {The black weaknesses
become fatal.} Rb3 34. b5 Nd5 35. Bd2 Ke8 36. g4 Rb2 37. Kd1 Rb1+ 38. Kc2 $1 {
White sacrifices his kingside pawns.} Rh1 39. Bxa5 Nxe3+ 40. Kc3 Rxh3 41. b6
Nxg4+ 42. Kc4 Ne3+ 43. Kd4 Ng4 44. Ra7 Rd3+ 45. Kc4 Ne3+ 46. Kb5 Rb3+ 47. Kc6
$1 {Black is going to lose his rook.} 1-0

[Event "CAPA X Jubilee"]
[Site "email 1999-2002"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rause, Olita"]
[Black "Alvarez, Roberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

{The event will be decided by this game.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4
Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. f3 h5 10. O-O-O b5 11. Kb1
Be7 12. f4 O-O 13. f5 Bc4 14. h3 {These moves were also played by her man (I.
Rausis - A. Sokolov, Upplands Vasby 2000).} Bxf1 $2 ({Better is} 14... Bxb3 $1
15. cxb3 b4 16. Nd5 Nxe4 17. Qxb4 Ng3) 15. Rhxf1 b4 16. Nd5 Nxd5 (16... Nxe4 $2
17. Qd3 Ndf6 18. Nxf6+ Nxf6 19. g4 hxg4 20. hxg4 Nxg4 21. Bc1 {introduces a
devastating white attack.}) 17. Qxd5 h4 18. g4 hxg3 19. Rg1 Nf6 20. Qd3 a5 $6 (
20... d5 $1 21. exd5 e4 22. Qe2 Bd6 {gives more resistance.}) 21. Rxg3 Kh8 $1
22. Rdg1 Rg8 23. Qe2 a4 24. Nd4 $1 Qe8 $1 25. Qg2 $6 (25. Bg5 $1 {(Rause)} Nh7
26. Bxe7 Qxe7 27. Nb5 {starts a decisive offensive.}) 25... g6 26. Ne2 Rc8 27.
fxg6 fxg6 28. Bg5 Kh7 29. Bxf6 Bxf6 30. Rf3 Qe6 31. h4 Be7 32. Ng3 d5 33. exd5
Qxd5 {Black has counter-play at last.} 34. Ne4 Rc4 35. Ng5+ Bxg5 36. hxg5 Kg7
37. Qf2 Rd4 38. Rc1 $1 {White has to make a defensive move in order to avoid
mate.} Rh8 39. Qf1 $5 Rhh4 40. Rf6 Qc4 41. Qe1 Rde4 42. Qf2 Rd4 43. b3 Qd5 44.
Ra6 Qf7 ({The bold} 44... Rhf4 $5 45. Ra7+ Kg8 46. Qe2 $1 axb3 $5 47. Qa6 $1
bxa2+ 48. Ka1 Rf7 49. Ra8+ Kg7 50. Qc8 {wins for White.}) 45. Qxf7+ Kxf7 46.
bxa4 Rhg4 47. Rh1 Rxg5 48. Rh7+ Kg8 49. Rb7 Rd8 50. Re6 e4 $5 {White
threatened a fast march of pawn a4.} 51. Rxe4 Rc8 52. Rbxb4 Kf7 53. Kb2 Rc6 54.
Rec4 Rxc4 55. Rxc4 Ke6 56. Kb3 Ra5 57. Rc6+ Kd7 58. Rxg6 Kc7 {The rook ending
would be drawn without the extra a-pawn.} 59. Kb4 Re5 60. c4 Re2 61. a3 Rb2+
62. Kc3 Ra2 63. Kb3 Ra1 64. a5 {The doubled pawns cleverly advance.} Rb1+ 65.
Ka4 Rc1 66. Kb5 Rb1+ 67. Kc5 Rh1 68. a6 Kb8 69. a4 Ka7 70. Kb5 Rb1+ 71. Ka5 Rc1
72. Rg7+ Ka8 73. Kb6 Rb1+ 74. Kc5 Ra1 75. a5 $1 {This game lasted for
twenty-six months. Rause ended before Alvarez.} 1-0

[Event "CAPA X Jubilee"]
[Site "email 1999-2002"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rause, Olita"]
[Black "Berdichesky, Ruben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. a3 Nd7 6. Be2 Ne7 7. O-O h6 8. Nbd2 g5
9. Nb3 Bg7 10. Bd2 f6 11. Bb4 a5 12. Bd6 O-O 13. c4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 fxe5 15. dxe5
b5 16. Be2 Be4 17. a4 b4 18. Nbd4 Bd5 19. Rc1 g4 20. Nh4 Nxe5 21. Bxe5 Bxe5 22.
Bxg4 Rf6 23. Re1 Qd6 24. g3 Kh8 25. Nxe6 Bxb2 26. Rc2 Be5 27. f4 Bxe6 28. Qxd6
Bxd6 29. Bxe6 Kg7 30. Nf3 c5 31. Kf2 Rd8 32. Rd2 Nc6 33. Bc4 Nd4 34. Nxd4 cxd4
35. Ke2 {White has the superior pawn structure.  Berdichesky gave no answer
and lost.} ({Rause proposes} 35. Ke2 Re8+ 36. Kd1 Rxe1+ 37. Kxe1 {She analyses}
Bc5 ({I regard the minority attack by} 37... h5 {and .. h4 as better.}) 38. Ke2
Rf8 39. Kd3 Re8 40. Re2 Re3+ {and White can win, despite the opposite coloured
bishops.}) 1-0

[Event "CAPA X Jubilee"]
[Site "email 1999-2002"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rause, Olita"]
[Black "Elwert, Hans"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Be3 Nb4 8.
Be4 f5 9. exf6 exf6 10. Nc3 f5 11. Bf3 N4d5 12. Bd2 Be7 $5 (12... Be6 {is
known from Karpov - Short, Linares 1992.}) 13. Nh3 O-O 14. Nf4 Nxf4 15. Bxf4
Bf6 (15... Bd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 {gives a solid alternative.}) 16. Qb3+ Kh8 17. O-O
g5 $1 {Elwert wants complications.} 18. Be5 g4 19. Be2 Bxe5 20. dxe5 f4 $5 {He
does not stop!} 21. e6 $5 (21. Ne4 {strives for a plus, but Rause also wants a
tactical fight.}) 21... f3 $1 22. gxf3 $5 gxf3 23. Ne4 $1 Qd4 $1 {Black makes
an effort to win.} (23... fxe2 24. Qc3+ Kg8 25. Qg3+ {draws.}) ({The tactics of
} 23... Rg8+ $5 24. Kh1 fxe2 25. Rg1 Rxg1+ 26. Rxg1 e1=Q $1 27. Rxe1 Qd4 28. f3
Qe5 29. f4 $1 Bxe6 $1 30. fxe5 Bxb3 31. axb3 {favour White.}) 24. Bxf3 $5 {
White comes with another surprise.} (24. e7 Qg7+ 25. Ng3 Qxe7 26. Bxf3 {
equalises.}) 24... Bxe6 25. Qxe6 Rxf3 26. Rad1 $1 Qxb2 27. Kh1 Rff8 $1 {Elwert
defends well.} 28. Rg1 Rae8 29. Qh6 Qe5 $1 (29... Rf7 30. Qe6 $1 Rff8 31. Qh6 {
repeats the position.}) 30. f3 Rg8 $5 31. Nf6 $1 Qf5 32. f4 $1 Nd5 $1 33. Rxd5
({The alternatives} 33. Nxg8 Qe4+ 34. Rg2 Rxg8 35. Rdg1 Rxg2 36. Rxg2 Qe1+) ({
and} 33. Rxg8+ Rxg8 34. Nxg8 Qe4+ 35. Kg1 Qe3+ 36. Kf1 Qf3+ {also bring
perpetual check.}) 33... Rxg1+ 34. Kxg1 Qb1+ 35. Kg2 Qc2+ 36. Kg3 (36. Kg3 Re3+
37. Kg4 Qg2+ 38. Kf5 Qc2+ {leads to a repetition of positions.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "CAPA X Jubilee"]
[Site "email 1999-2002"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rause, Olita"]
[Black "Morgado, Juan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 c5 7. d3 a6 8.
Qb3 Qc7 9. O-O Rb8 10. a4 $5 b6 11. Na3 Bb7 12. Bd2 Be7 13. Nc4 b5 14. axb5
axb5 15. Na5 Ba8 16. Rfc1 O-O 17. Nd4 Nd5 18. e4 N5f6 19. Nxe6 $5 {A storm
breaks loose.} fxe6 20. Qxe6+ Rf7 21. Bf4 Qb6 22. Qxb6 (22. Bh3 {is fine too.})
22... Rxb6 23. Nb3 Rf8 24. Be3 $5 c4 $5 25. dxc4 bxc4 26. Bxb6 Nxb6 27. Nd2 Bc5
28. e5 Ng4 {The material difference will be restored.} 29. Bxa8 Bxf2+ 30. Kh1
Be3 31. Nxc4 Bxc1 32. Nxb6 Bxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "CAPA X Jubilee"]
[Site "email 1999-2002"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rause, Olita"]
[Black "Sanakoev, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Qa4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Nd5 8.
Bxb4 Ndxb4 9. O-O Rb8 10. Nc3 a6 11. Ne5 O-O 12. Bxc6 Nxc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14.
Qxc4 Rxb2 15. Rab1 Rb6 16. Qc5 h6 17. Rfd1 Rxb1 18. Rxb1 Qd6 19. Ne4 Qd5 20.
Qxd5 cxd5 21. Nc5 Re8 22. Rb8 Kf8 23. a4 $5 (23. f4 {occurred in Khalifman -
Ivanov, St Petersburg 1996.}) 23... Ke7 24. a5 $1 Bd7 $5 {Black suffers from a
complete passivity. He decide to return the extra pawn.} (24... f6 $5 {would
have postponed this fate.}) 25. Rxe8+ Bxe8 26. Nxa6 Kd6 27. f4 $5 Bb5 $1 28.
Nc5 Kc6 $1 ({Black takes a risk by} 28... Bxe2 $6 29. a6 Bb5 30. g4 Bc6 31. h4)
29. Kf2 Bc4 30. h4 h5 31. Kf3 Bb5 32. e3 Bf1 33. f5 exf5 34. Kf4 Be2 35. Ke5 $5
{White has set a trap.} Bf3 $2 ({The accurate} 35... Bc4 $1 36. Kxf5 Kb5 37. a6
Kb6 38. Ke5 Bxa6 39. Nxa6 Kxa6 40. Kxd5 Kb5 41. e4 g6 42. e5 c6+ 43. Kd6 Kc4 {
draws.}) 36. Na6 $1 Kd7 ({The alternative} 36... Be4 37. Nb4+ $1 Kb5 38. a6 Kb6
39. Nxd5+ Bxd5 40. Kxd5 Kxa6 41. Kc6 {wins for White by opposition.}) 37. Nb4
f6+ 38. Kf4 $5 Be4 39. a6 Kc8 40. Nc6 Bd3 41. Ne7+ Kb8 42. Nxd5 Bxa6 43. Ne7 $5
Bc4 44. Nxf5 g6 45. Ne7 Bf7 46. Ke4 $1 {White threatens 47. Nd5.} c6 $5 47.
Nxc6+ Kc7 48. Nb4 Kd6 49. Kf4 Bc4 50. e4 Ke6 51. Ke3 Kd6 52. Nd3 Bb3 53. Kf4
Ba2 54. e5+ Ke7 55. Nc5 1-0

[Event "CAPA X Jubilee"]
[Site "email 1999-2002"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sanakoev, Grigory"]
[Black "Alvarez, Roberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Nge2 e6 8. O-O
exd5 9. cxd5 Na6 10. h3 Re8 11. Ng3 Rb8 12. f4 c4 $5 13. Bxc4 b5 14. Bd3 b4 $1
({Known is} 14... Nc5 $5 {from Sheldon - Norris, Hampstead 1999.}) 15. Na4 Qa5
16. a3 Bd7 17. axb4 Rxb4 $1 {Black regains the pawn.} 18. Bc2 Nxe4 19. Nxe4
Bxa4 20. Rxa4 Rxa4 21. Bxa4 Rxe4 22. Bc2 Qc5+ 23. Kh1 Rd4 24. Qe2 Qc4 (24...
Rc4 25. Qe8+ Bf8 26. f5 $1 Qc8 27. Qxc8 Rxc8 28. Be4 {also brings equality.})
25. Qxc4 Rxc4 26. Bd3 Ra4 27. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "CAPA X Jubilee"]
[Site "email 1999-2002"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sanakoev, Grigory"]
[Black "Berdichesky, Ruben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. c4
Nbc6 9. Qa4 a6 10. Nc3 dxc4 11. Rd1 Bd3 12. Bxd3 cxd3 13. Rxd3 b5 14. Qb3 Nxe5
15. Rd1 Qc8 16. O-O N7c6 17. Rc1 Na5 18. Qd1 Nac4 19. Bf4 Ng6 20. Bg3 Qb7 21.
a4 Be7 22. axb5 O-O 23. Qe2 Rfc8 24. bxa6 Rxa6 25. Ncb5 Nb6 26. Rxc8+ Qxc8 27.
Nc3 Qc4 28. Rd1 Bf6 29. h3 Ra8 30. Qxc4 Nxc4 31. b3 Nb2 32. Rd2 Rd8 33. Rxb2
Rxd4 34. Rb1 Be7 35. Ne2 Rd5 36. f3 e5 37. Bf2 {Berdichesky withdrew.} 1-0

[Event "CAPA X Jubilee"]
[Site "email 1999-2002"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sanakoev, Grigory"]
[Black "Elwert, Hans"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Ba4 b5 8. Bc2
e5 9. h3 Be7 10. d4 O-O 11. d5 Na5 12. Nbd2 g6 13. b4 Nb7 14. Rb1 Qc7 $5 {The
opening looks like the Ruy Lopez.} 15. Nf1 Rfc8 16. Ne3 Bf8 17. g4 Bg7 18. a3
a5 19. Bd2 axb4 20. axb4 h5 21. g5 Nh7 22. Kh2 Qd8 23. Rg1 c4 24. Ra1 Rxa1 25.
Qxa1 Ra8 26. Qb1 f6 27. Nf5 $5 fxg5 $6 ({Unclear is} 27... gxf5 $5 28. exf5
fxg5 29. Nxg5 Nf6 30. Ne6 Bxe6 31. fxe6 Qf8) 28. Nxg5 Qf6 $1 ({Not} 28... gxf5
$2 29. Ne6 $1 Bxe6 30. Bh6 $1) 29. Nxh7 $6 (29. Ne6 $1 Bf8 30. Rg3 {tries to
win.}) 29... Kxh7 30. Nxg7 Kxg7 31. Be3 Kh7 32. Rg2 Qf3 33. Rg3 Qf6 34. Kg2 Nd8
35. Bg5 Qf8 36. Rf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "CAPA X Jubilee"]
[Site "email 1999-2002"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sanakoev, Grigory"]
[Black "Morgado, Juan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd2 Nd7 8. Qc2
c5 9. Nxd5 Bxd5 10. e4 Bb7 11. d5 exd5 12. exd5 Bd6 13. O-O-O O-O {The players
have followed Eingorn - Palac, Graz  1995.} 14. Bb5 $5 a6 15. Bc6 Qc7 16. Bc3 {
Sanakoev leaves the white bishop en prise for three moves.} Rae8 ({Now} 16...
Bxc6 17. dxc6 Qxc6 $4 18. Qd2 {costs a piece.}) 17. g3 f6 $1 18. Qf5 $6 {White
had to exchange bishops.} Bc8 $1 19. Qd3 b5 20. Qd2 Qb8 $1 {The attack on the
queenside intensifies.} 21. Ba5 $6 ({White should play} 21. Rhe1 {at once.})
21... Re4 $1 22. Rhe1 Rc4+ 23. Kb1 Ne5 24. Nxe5 fxe5 25. Rc1 Rd4 26. Qe3 Bf5+
27. Ka1 Rd3 28. Qe2 Bg6 {Black controls the whole board. White makes passive
moves.} 29. Bd2 $6 c4 30. Bc3 Qb6 31. f4 b4 $1 (31... b4 32. Bxb4 Bxb4 33. axb4
Qxb4 34. Qc2 Rb8 {leaves no hope.}) 0-1

[Event "CAPA X Jubilee"]
[Site "email 1999-2002"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sanakoev, Grigory"]
[Black "Rause, Olita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Bd6 8.
c4 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Qh5 O-O 11. Qxd5 Bc6 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qh3 Ng5 14. Qg4 Ne6
15. Bh6 Re8 16. Nc3 Nxd4 17. Rad1 Qf6 18. Bg5 Qe5 19. Qh4 Be7 20. Bxe7 Rxe7 21.
Kh1 Re6 22. Qg3 Qxg3 23. hxg3 Rd8 24. g4 a6 25. Rfe1 Rf6 26. Rf1 g5 27. Kh2
Rfd6 28. Bb1 b5 29. a3 a5 30. b4 axb4 31. axb4 Bd7 32. f3 Be6 33. Bd3 Nc6 {The
event was played in the early days of email chess. Contemplation time was ten
moves in forty days. Everything went smoothly until Rubén Berdichesky stopped
responding. He forfeited many games in 2001 and his rating of dropped from
2633 to 1843.  Olita Rause won the tournament. She has been a top ten player
in correspondence chess for many years.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CAPA X Jubilee"]
[Site "email 1999-2002"]
[Date "1999.03.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alvarez, Roberto"]
[Black "Elwert, Hans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. g4 h6
9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. h4 b4 12. Na4 Qa5 13. b3 Nc5 14. a3 Nxa4 15. axb4
Qc7 16. bxa4 d5 17. e5 Nd7 18. f4 Nb6 19. f5 Nxa4 20. fxe6 Nc3 21. exf7+ Kxf7
22. Bd3 Bxb4 23. Rdf1+ Kg8 24. Qf2 Ba3+ 25. Kd2 Ne4+ 26. Bxe4 dxe4 27. g5 $5
Bd5 28. e6 $5 {Alvarez plays new moves in a fashionable opening.} ({Shirov
will play} 28. gxh6 {versus Anand in Sydney 2000.}) 28... Rf8 29. Qg2 Qc4 $2 {
Black misses an elegant opportunity.} ({Right is} 29... Rc8 $1 30. Rf7 Qc3+ 31.
Kd1 h5 32. Rd7 Bc4 33. Bf4 e3 34. Rxg7+ $1 Kf8 35. Bd6+ Ke8 36. Re7+ Kd8 {1/
2-1/2 (Benz - Muneret, corr. 2000).}) 30. Rxf8+ Bxf8 31. g6 $1 {Black loses
due the miserable position of his rook.} ({A spectacle gives} 31. g6 Qxd4+ 32.
Bxd4 e3+ 33. Kxe3 Bxg2 34. Rb1 $1) 1-0

[Event "CAPA X Jubilee"]
[Site "email 1999-2002"]
[Date "1999.12.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Elwert, Hans"]
[Black "Alvarez, Roberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 a6 7. a4 d5 8. Bd3 c5
9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. c4 Qd8 12. d5 Bxb2 13. Rb1 Bc3+ 14. Kf1 b5 15.
axb5 axb5 16. Rxb5 Ba6 17. Rb3 Bf6 18. Qc2 Nd7 19. h4 Rb8 20. Rxb8 Qxb8 21. h5
Qb2 22. Qa4 Qa1+ 23. Qxa1 Bxa1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "27.Schachtage"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

{27. Dortmunder Schachtage were played from 9 until 18 vii 1999. The
tournament became a competition between Lékó and Kramnik. Lékó won the
tournament with 5/7. Kramnik followed by half-a-point. Their five wins have
been analysed. } 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. d4 Bb6
7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 d6 9. Qd3 Bd7 10. Nbd2 a6 11. Bc4 exd4 12. cxd4 g5 13. Nxg5 $1
hxg5 14. Bxg5 Kg7 15. Nb3 ({Known is} 15. e5 $5 dxe5 16. Ne4 Bf5 $1 17. dxe5
Nxe4 $1 18. Bxd8 Raxd8) 15... Ne7 16. Bxf6+ $5 {Topalov brings a novelty.} Kxf6
{The black king has been lured forwards.} 17. f4 $2 ({Right is} 17. Qg3 $1 Ng6
18. f4 Kg7 19. f5 Qh4 20. Qxh4 Nxh4 21. Rf4 {and White keeps the equality.})
17... Be6 $1 {Black utilises the pin of pawn d4.} 18. Kh1 $6 (18. e5+ dxe5 19.
fxe5+ Kg7 {and the white attack has insufficient strength (Lékó).}) 18... Bxc4
19. Qxc4 Kg7 {The king moves to safety.} 20. f5 f6 21. Rf3 Rh8 22. Rg3+ Kf8 23.
Qe6 Ng8 {Lékó has defended well. Black is okay.} 24. Re1 Qe8 25. Qc4 Qf7 26.
Qc3 Re8 27. Rg4 $5 Qh5 28. Qg3 Ne7 29. h3 Nxf5 $1 30. Qf4 Rg8 31. Rxg8+ Kxg8
32. Rf1 Ng7 33. Qxf6 Rxe4 34. Kh2 Qe8 35. Qg5 c6 36. Qg3 Qe6 37. Nd2 Rxd4 38.
Nf3 Rd5 39. Re1 Qf7 40. Qg4 Bd8 41. Qc8 Qc7 42. Qxc7 Bxc7 43. Re7 Bb6 44. g4
Rb5 45. b3 Kf8 46. Rd7 Ne6 47. Nh4 Ke8 48. Rh7 Nf8 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "27.Schachtage"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Re4 Bb7 $6 16. Rh4 Qe6 17. Nd2 f5 $6 {Adams plays a weak novelty in a poor
line.} 18. Qh5 $1 h6 19. Nf3 Be7 20. Rh3 $1 {The king's rook will support the
attack.} c5 21. dxc5 Bxc5 22. Bf4 Rae8 23. Rd1 Re7 24. Bg5 Rd7 25. Re1 Qb6 26.
Re2 Kh7 27. Rh4 $1 a5 $6 (27... Rd6 $1 {prolongs th game.}) 28. Bxh6 $1 {Lékó
strikes.} Qxh6 ({He has seen} 28... gxh6 29. Re6 $1 Bxf2+ 30. Kf1 Ne3+ 31. Ke2
Bxf3+ 32. Kxf3) 29. Qg5 a4 30. Re6 $1 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "27.Schachtage"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bd7 5. Qc2 Bc6 6. d3 Nbd7 7. Nbd2 Rc8 8.
O-O e6 9. Ng5 h6 10. Nh3 b5 11. f4 g6 12. a4 a6 13. axb5 axb5 14. Bf3 Bg7 15.
f5 g5 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Qb3 Qe7 18. Nf2 Ne5 19. Be2 O-O 20. Ra6 Ng6 21. g3 d5
22. Qa2 Kh8 23. Ra7 Rc7 24. Rxc7 Qxc7 25. Nb3 dxe4 26. Qa5 $2 {Jan blunders
horribly.} ({Right is} 26. Nxc5 Qd6 27. Qa3 exd3 28. Nfxd3) 26... Qd6 27. dxe4
$2 Ra8 28. Rd1 Qb8 {Timman was approaching the end of an international career.}
0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "27.Schachtage"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Bf5 6. Bf4 Nbd7 7. e3 e6 8. Be2
Be7 9. Nd2 $5 {Kramnik plays a novelty.} Bg6 10. b4 Qc8 11. O-O Bd8 12. Rc1 Bc7
$6 {White is allowed to play two planned moves.} ({Hübner recommends} 12... O-O
{followed by ..Re8 and ..e5.}) 13. Bxc7 Qxc7 14. f4 $1 Ng8 $5 15. e4 Ne7 16. f5
$1 {White takes the initiative.} exf5 17. exd5 cxd5 18. b5 O-O 19. b6 Qd8 $6 (
19... Qc8 {keeps an eye on c6 (Topalov).}) 20. Nb3 Nf6 21. Na5 Rb8 22. a4 Ne4
23. Na2 f6 $2 ({Right is} 23... f4 $1 24. Rxf4 Nf5 25. Qd3 $1 ({the line} 25.
Nxb7 $2 Qg5 $1 26. Rxe4 dxe4 27. Bxa6 Bh5 28. Qf1 {(Poldauf and Hübner) is
refuted by} Nxd4 29. c6 Nf3+ 30. Kh1 Qh4 $1 31. gxf3 Bxf3+ 32. Kg1 Qg4+ 33. Kf2
e3+ $1 34. Kxe3 Rfe8+) 25... Qg5 26. Rcf1 {makes a useful consolidation 
(Kramnik).}) 24. Nb4 Be8 25. Qc2 g6 26. Rb1 Rf7 27. Nxb7 $1 {White achieves
his aim.} Rxb7 28. a5 Nc6 29. Nxc6 Bxc6 30. Bxa6 Rb8 31. Bb5 Qc8 32. Bxc6 Qxc6
33. a6 Kg7 34. Rb4 Nd6 35. Qa4 Qxa4 36. Rxa4 Nc8 37. Rb4 Na7 38. bxa7 Ra8 39.
c6 Raxa7 40. Rc1 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "27.Schachtage"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. Qb3 Qd6 11. Nfd2 O-O-O 12. f3 Ne5 $5 {Timman has played a
staggering move.} ({Theory is} 12... Bh4) 13. Qc2 $6 ({A simple pointe is} 13.
dxe5 $4 Qc5+ 14. Kh1 Nf2+ 15. Kg1 Nh3+ 16. Kh1 Qg1+ 17. Rxg1 Nf2#) ({Superior
is} 13. Bxe4 $1 fxe4 $1 (13... dxe4 14. fxg4 $1 Nxg4 15. Nf1 {(Timman)}) 14.
dxe5 $1 Qc5+ 15. Kh1 Bh4 16. Re2 Bh5 {and Black has a doubtful compensation
for the piece (Poldauf).}) 13... Bh4 14. Rf1 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Rhf8 $1 {Timman has
set a great trap.} 16. fxe4 ({Black wins by} 16. fxg4 $2 Bf2+ $1 17. Rxf2 (17.
Kh1 $2 Ng3+) 17... Nxf2 18. Kxf2 fxg4+ 19. Kg1 Rde8 20. Nf1 Qf6) 16... fxe4 17.
Qe3 h6 $2 ({Correct is} 17... Qa6 $1 18. c4 $1 Rxf1+ 19. Nxf1 Rf8 20. Ng3 Qf6
$1 {(Blatny). White can survive by} 21. Nd2 $1 Bg5 22. Qe1 Qxd4+ 23. Kh1) 18.
Na3 Bg5 19. Qe1 e3 20. Nf3 Bxf3 21. Rxf3 Rxf3 22. gxf3 Qa6 23. Qf1 e2 $6 24.
Qh3+ $1 Kb8 25. Bxg5 hxg5 26. Re1 Qd3 27. Qe6 {Lékó won the tournament with 5/
7. Kramnik followed by half-a-point. Their five wins have been demonstrated.}
1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

{When forty local chess players participated in a weekend tournament at the
Casino of Beverwijk in January 1938, they started a long tradition. The
importance of the event grew by the participation of Euwe in 1940. Support by
the local steel industry took care of the continuation. A joint meal of pea
soup ended each tournament. This tradition proceeded during the war by means
of food stamps. More than two-hundred chess players participated in 1944. But
the tournament could not take place in 1945.  Participation by foreigners
started in 1946. The Belgian O'Kelly won before the Swede Stoltz. Petrosian
and Flohr played in 1960, as the first Soviet participants. The main group
became a grandmaster tournament in that time. No Soviet player came in 1978,
because the defector Korchnoi participated. Nevertheless, the event stayed a
super tournament. I enjoyed the quiet winter atmosphere in Wijk aan Zee, as a
participant of a master group in 1976 and 1978. Jongsma and Münninghoff wrote
a book about the period until 1998. The later tournaments have been
investigated. The level of the main group and the number of participating
amateurs went up and down with the profit of the steel industry. Business
boomed in the 1990s. Therefore, the top three players, Kasparov, Anand and
Kramnik, could be invited for 1999. It became a great event.  The 61st
Hoogovens tournament was played at Wijk aan Zee from 16-31 January 1999. All
games by the super trio are included. Five other games are added. This
selection was influenced by Mark Hathaway.   Kasparov played one of his best
tournaments. His start with 71/2 out of 8 was incredible. The win against
Topalov ended with a majestic combination. Gary had intensified his tests of
the openings with computers after his defeat against Deep Blue II in 1997. He
benefited from his preparation in several games, but the collapse against
Sokolov was a nasty surprise. Kasparov played a great tournament, but a
different picture appears, when the outcome is restricted to the best seven:
Anand and Kramnik 4, Kasparov 31/2, Sokolov 3, Shirov and Piket 21/2, Timman
11/2.  Anand scored well with his smart tactical and refined positional play.
He defeated all Dutchmen. Kramnik played quietly and won three games. Sokolov
had success with his adventurous play. Shirov was humiliated by Kasparov, when
he walked into an open knife. Piket and Timman scored poorly against the super
trio, but did well versus the rest. } 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5
5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Na6 $5 7. e3 Nb4 8. Qd2 Bf5 9. Rc1 a5 $1 10. a3 Na6 11. Nge2
$1 {The opening ideas stem from Spassky-Szabo, Amsterdam 1956.} h6 12. Bf4 Nd7
$5 ({Known is} 12... Bd6 {from Barsov-Ivanov, 1994).}) 13. Ng3 Be6 14. e4 {
White meets the threat of ..g5 with a useful move.} Nb6 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5
Qxd5 $1 {Black has to worry a bit about Na6.} 17. Bc4 ({The positional} 17. f3
Be7 18. Bc4 Qd7 19. Bxe6 Qxe6+ 20. Kf2 Qd7 21. Rhe1 O-O {achieves little.})
17... Qxg2 18. Qe3 O-O-O 19. Bxe6+ fxe6 20. Qxe6+ Rd7 21. Qe8+ Rd8 22. Qe6+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O
b4 $6 9. Na4 Bd7 10. f4 Nc6 11. f5 e5 12. Nf3 $1 ({Reinderman avoids the
'theoretical'} 12. Ne6 {and keeps a plus.}) 12... h6 $5 13. Qe1 Be7 14. Qg3 $5
Kf8 {Castling is no longer possible.} 15. Qe1 $1 Rb8 16. Bd2 Qe8 17. a3 a5 18.
Kh1 Kg8 19. Rg1 $2 {An attack on the g-file will never start.} ({Anand prefers
} 19. axb4) 19... bxa3 $1 20. Rxa3 Nd4 21. Nxd4 $6 ({More resistance offers} 
21. Nc3 $1 Nxb3 22. cxb3 $1 Bd8) 21... exd4 22. Ra1 Bc6 $1 23. Bxa5 Nxe4 24.
Rf1 {The rook returns from a useless mission in order to protect f2.} h5 25.
Nb6 h4 {Anand's attack on the kingside cannot be stopped.} 26. Bd5 ({The
knight manoeuvre} 26. Nd5 Bg5 $1 27. Nf4 {seems to hold the position, but
Black answers} h3 $1 28. Nxh3 Rxh3 $1 29. gxh3 Nf2+ 30. Kg1 Nxh3#) 26... Bg5
27. Rf3 h3 $1 28. Bxc6 Qxc6 29. Qe2 Bf4 $1 30. Kg1 ({The elegant point is} 30.
Rxf4 Ng3+ $1 31. hxg3 hxg2+ 32. Kg1 Rh1+) 30... Be3+ 31. Kh1 Re8 32. Qc4 Nf2+
33. Rxf2 Qxc4 34. Nxc4 Bxf2 35. Nxd6 Re2 36. b4 Bg3 37. gxh3 Bxd6 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 Bb4 8. e4
Bxe4 9. fxe4 Nxe4 10. Bd2 Qxd4 11. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12. Qe2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Qd5+ 14.
Kc2 Na6 15. Nxc4 O-O 16. Qf3 Qc5 17. Be2 Nb4+ 18. Kb1 Rad8 19. Rc1 Rd4 $1 {
Hübner advised this move when he explicated Beliavsky-Shirov, Belgrade 1997.}
20. Ra3 Rfd8 21. g4 Qg5 22. Rb3 a5 23. h4 Qg6+ 24. Ka1 Nc2+ 25. Ka2 Nb4+ 26.
Ka1 Nc2+ {Super trio: Anand 1, Kasparov and Kramnik 1/2.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 a5 15.
Bd3 Ba6 16. d5 Nb4 17. Bf1 a4 18. Nbd4 $1 ({Anand diverts from the usual} 18.
a3 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 axb3 20. Bxb5 {(Ivkov-Pachman, Amsterdam 1964).}) 18... exd4
19. a3 Nxd5 20. exd5 Bf6 21. Nxd4 Nc5 22. Nc6 $1 (22. Nxb5 Qd7 23. Nc3 Bxf1 24.
Kxf1 Rab8 {brings nothing (Ftacnik).}) 22... Qb6 $2 (22... Qd7 {keeps d6
protected.}) 23. Bf4 $1 Rfe8 (23... Bxb2 $6 24. Ra2 Bf6 25. Bxd6 {and a
crucial pawn has disappeared (Anand).}) 24. Qc2 $1 Nb3 25. Rad1 Qc7 {Anand
utilises the sovereign position of his pieces.} (25... Nd4 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27.
Nxd4 Bxd4 28. Rxd4 Rd8 29. Bg5 f6 30. Be3 {(Anand).}) 26. Re4 $1 Rxe4 27. Qxe4
Bxb2 ({Black cannot repair with} 27... Nc5 28. Qb4 Nd7 {due to} 29. Be2 $1) 28.
Re1 Qd7 29. Qb4 $1 {White dominates the position.} Bf6 30. Bxd6 h6 31. Bd3 Re8
32. Rxe8+ Qxe8 33. Be7 $1 Bb2 34. Qe4 g6 35. Bb4 Qxe4 36. Bxe4 Bf6 37. d6 Bc8
38. Bd3 Bd7 39. Nb8 Be6 40. Bxb5 Nd4 41. Bxa4 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Bg5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5
15. Bb5 $5 Bb7 16. Nce3 ({Usual is} 16. O-O) 16... Bxe3 17. Nxe3 Ne7 18. O-O
Rb8 $6 ({No time loses} 18... Qb6 19. Qd3 Rfd8 20. Bc4 Bc6 21. Ra2 Qb7 {Black
controls square d5.}) 19. Qd3 Qb6 20. Bc4 Bc6 21. Ra2 Rfd8 22. b3 Qc5 ({Now} 
22... Qb7 23. Nd5 $1 Bb5 24. Rxa5 {costs a pawn.}) 23. Rfa1 Ra8 24. h4 h6 25.
h5 Bb7 26. Rd1 Bc6 27. Rda1 Bb7 28. Bd5 Bxd5 29. exd5 Rdc8 30. b4 Qxc3 31. Qxc3
Rxc3 32. Rxa5 Rb8 33. Ra7 Kf8 34. Rd7 Nc8 35. Rd8+ Ke7 36. Rg8 Rxb4 37. Ra8 Kd7
38. Rxg7 Rc1+ 39. Kh2 Rf4 40. Ng4 Ne7 41. Ra7+ Ke8 $4 (41... Rc7 42. Rxc7+ Kxc7
43. Nxh6 Rh4+ 44. Kg1 Rxh5 45. Nxf7 Kd7 {continues the fight.}) 42. g3 Rf5 43.
Rh7 Kf8 44. Ra8+ 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 b6 $6 7. Nge2 Bb7 8.
a3 Bxc3+ 9. Nxc3 h6 10. Bh4 O-O 11. f3 c5 $1 ({Known is} 11... Re8 {from
Pils-Grillitsch, 1995.}) 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. O-O-O Qe7 14. Be2 Rfd8 15. g4 Ne5
16. Rxd8+ $5 Rxd8 17. Rf1 Bc6 18. Bg3 Ng6 19. Bd3 Qd7 $1 20. Be2 Qb7 $6 (20...
Qe7 {is slightly better.}) 21. h4 Nh7 22. Rd1 $1 Re8 $2 ({Black should play} 
22... Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 Nhf8 {(Kramnik) and suffer.}) 23. Nb5 Bxb5 24. cxb5 Nf6
25. g5 $5 hxg5 26. hxg5 Nd5 27. Qd2 Qe7 28. e4 Nc7 29. f4 e5 30. f5 Nf4 (30...
Nf8 31. g6) 31. Bxf4 $1 exf4 32. g6 $1 {White utilises the critical moment.}
Qxe4 ({The pointe is} 32... fxg6 33. Bc4+ Kf8 34. Qh2 $1 {(Kramnik).}) 33.
gxf7+ Kxf7 34. Bh5+ Kf8 35. Qd6+ $5 Qe7 (35... Re7 $2 36. f6) 36. Bxe8 Qxd6 37.
Rxd6 Kxe8 38. a4 Ke7 39. Rg6 Nd5 40. Kd2 Ne3 {Super trio: Anand 2, Kasparov
and Kramnik 1 1/2.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 $6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. f3 f5 6. exf5 exf5 7. Nh3 Nc6 {
The players have left theory fast.} 8. Bg5 Nf6 9. Qe2+ Kf7 10. O-O-O Bxc3 11.
bxc3 h6 12. Bh4 Qe7 13. Qb2 g5 14. Bf2 Na5 $2 (14... d6 15. Bd3 Qd7 {
reorganises the defence.}) 15. Re1 Qf8 16. Re5 f4 17. Rf5 Rg8 18. Bd3 Ba6 19.
Nxf4 $1 gxf4 20. Bh4 Rg5 ({Or} 20... Rg6 21. Rxf4 Rg5 22. Rf1 $1 Bxc4 23. Rxf6+
$1 Kxf6 24. f4 {(Stohl).}) 21. Bxg5 hxg5 22. h4 $3 {Piket makes a diversionary
attack on the kingside.} Qh6 23. Re1 $1 gxh4 24. Qe2 {He controls the e-file
as a result.} Rf8 25. Qe7+ (25. Qe5 $1 {wins faster.}) 25... Kg8 26. Rxf6 $1
Rxf6 27. Qxd7 Qg7 28. Re8+ Rf8 29. Re7 Rf7 30. Qe6 Qf6 31. Re8+ (31. Re8+ Kg7
32. Qg4+ Kh6 33. Rh8+ $1 Qxh8 34. Qg6#) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. Be3 Nf6 8.
O-O Bb4 9. Na4 Be7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bd3 c5 12. c4 Bb7 13. Nc3 O-O 14. f4 d6
15. Qf3 Rad8 16. Qh3 ({Known is} 16. Rad1 {from Renet-Horvath, Leukerbad 1992.}
) 16... Rfe8 17. Rae1 Nd7 18. Rf3 ({Slightly better is} 18. e5 $1 Nf8 19. f5)
18... Nf8 19. f5 Bf6 20. fxe6 Rxe6 ({Anand analyses} 20... fxe6 $1 21. e5 Bxf3
22. exf6 Bc6 {and a dynamic equality.}) 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 Rxe3 $1 23. Rfxe3
Bd4 24. Kh1 Bxe3 25. Qxe3 Qb8 26. Qe7 Nd7 27. Bc2 Ne5 28. Ba4 $6 ({Wiser is} 
28. Qh4 h6 29. b3 Re8) 28... Ng6 (28... Nxc4 $2 29. Be8 Ne5 30. Rxe5 $1) 29.
Qg5 h6 30. Qd2 Ne5 31. b3 Qc7 32. h3 Rf8 $6 (32... f6 $5 {prevents the next
move.}) {The bishop stands isolated on the border. Shirov finds an activation.}
33. Rxe5 $1 dxe5 34. d6 Qd8 35. Qd5 Qg5 36. Qxc5 Qc1+ 37. Kh2 Qf4+ 38. Kg1 Qc1+
39. Kh2 Qf4+ 40. Kh1 Qc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 {Kramnik applies the Berlin Defence for the first time in a main
event.} 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 Ne7 11. Re1 Nd5 12. Ne4 Nb4 $1 {A novelty leads to
near equality.} 13. Re2 Bf5 14. Nd4 Bxe4 15. Rxe4 c5 16. a3 cxd4 17. axb4 Bxb4
18. Rxd4 Be7 19. Be3 a6 20. Rad1 {White still has a plus in the endgame.} h5 $1
{Kramnik takes a prophylactic measure.} ({He does not like} 20... Rd8 21. Rxd8+
Bxd8 22. f4 f5 23. e6 $1 Ke7 24. Rd7+ Kxe6 25. Rxg7) 21. c3 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8
23. f4 f5 24. exf6 ({If White plays} 24. e6 {the opponent has the time to
answer} Rh6) 24... Bxf6 25. Kf2 g6 26. Kf3 Ke7 27. Bd4 Bxd4 28. Rxd4 a5 29. Rd5
b6 30. Ke4 a4 31. Re5+ Kf6 32. f5 gxf5+ 33. Rxf5+ Kg6 34. Rd5 Rf8 35. Ke3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 Bg4 10. Rc1 Bxf3 11. gxf3 e6 12. d5 $2 {The d-pawn will remain
weak.} ({Right is} 12. Rb1 cxd4 13. cxd4 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 O-O 15. e5 {
(Vaganian-Hoelzl, Baden-Baden 1980).}) 12... exd5 13. exd5 Nd7 14. c4 Qb6 15.
Bh3 f5 16. O-O Qd6 17. Bf4 Be5 18. Rfe1 O-O-O 19. Bxe5 Nxe5 20. Qc3 Rhe8 21.
Re3 Qf6 22. f4 Nd7 23. Bg2 Qxc3 24. Rcxc3 Nf6 25. Bf3 Rxe3 26. fxe3 Rd6 27. Ra3
Kb8 28. Rb3 Ra6 29. a3 Ne8 30. e4 fxe4 31. Bxe4 Nd6 32. Bd3 Ra4 33. Rc3 Kc7 {
A favourable blockade does not suffice for the win.} 34. Kf2 $2 ({After} 34.
Be2 $1 b5 35. cxb5 Kb6 {the counteraction} 36. Rh3 $1 {starts.}) 34... b5 35.
cxb5 Kb6 36. Ke3 c4 37. Bc2 Nxb5 38. Bxa4 Nxc3 39. Be8 Kc5 40. d6 Nd5+ 41. Ke4
Nf6+ 42. Ke3 ({Insufficient is} 42. Ke5 Nxe8 43. d7 Nd6 44. d8=N c3 {(Hecht).})
42... Kxd6 43. Bf7 Kc5 44. h4 Ng4+ 45. Kd2 Kd4 46. h5 gxh5 47. Bxh5 Nf6 {Super
trio: Anand and Kasparov 2 1/2, Kramnik 2.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Kh1 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Qd3 b5 11. f4 Bb7 12. Bf3 O-O 13. e5 Ne8 14. Bxb7 Qxb7
15. f5 f6 16. Bf4 exf5 17. a4 $1 (17. Qxf5 fxe5 18. Qxe5 Bd6 19. Qd4 Rxf4 20.
Rxf4 Bxf4 21. Qxf4 $11 {(Oll-Hernandez, Chicago 1997).}) 17... fxe5 18. Bxe5 b4
$2 ({Correct is} 18... d6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 {(Pavlovic-Ivanisevic,
Novi 2001).}) 19. Qc4+ Kh8 20. Qxc5 d6 {Anand exchages to a fine ending.} 21.
Qd5 $1 Qxd5 22. Bxg7+ $1 Nxg7 23. Nxd5 Rac8 24. Rf2 a5 25. Rd1 Rfe8 $2 ({The
restraint breaks} 25... Ne6 $1 26. Ne7 {(Anand)} Rc7 27. Nxf5 Nc5 28. Rff1 Nxa4
29. b3 Nb6) 26. b3 Rc6 27. h3 Re5 28. Kh2 Kg8 29. Rd3 Kf7 30. Ne3 Ke7 31. Nc4
$1 Rec5 32. Rfd2 Ne8 33. Re2+ Kf7 34. Rde3 Nf6 35. Re7+ Kg6 36. R2e6 f4 (36...
Rd5 37. Rd7 $1) 37. Nxd6 f3 38. Rf7 $1 Rf5 39. Rg7+ $1 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qd2 c6 6. f3 b5 7. Nge2 Nbd7 8. Bh6
Bxh6 9. Qxh6 Bb7 10. a3 ({Gary diverts from} 10. Nc1 {(Moroz-Yarasov,
Simferopol 1991).}) 10... e5 11. O-O-O Qe7 12. Kb1 a6 13. Nc1 O-O-O 14. Nb3
exd4 $5 {Topalov counters.} 15. Rxd4 c5 16. Rd1 Nb6 17. g3 Kb8 18. Na5 Ba8 19.
Bh3 d5 $1 20. Qf4+ Ka7 21. Rhe1 d4 ({The greedy} 21... dxe4 $2 22. fxe4 Nxe4 {
is refuted by} 23. Nxe4 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Bxe4 25. Re1 Re8 26. Rxe4 Qxe4 27. Qc7+
Ka8 28. Nc6) 22. Nd5 $1 Nbxd5 23. exd5 Qd6 24. Rxd4 $3 {The most impressive
combination in the history of chess commences.} cxd4 $2 ({Black gains a plus in
} 24... Kb6 $1 25. Nb3 Bxd5 26. Qxd6+ Rxd6 27. Rd2 Rhd8 {(Kasparov).}) 25. Re7+
$1 (25. Qxd4+ $2 Qb6) 25... Kb6 ({The pointe is} 25... Qxe7 $2 26. Qxd4+ Kb8
27. Qb6+) 26. Qxd4+ Kxa5 ({Kasparov analyses} 26... Qc5 27. Qxf6+ Qd6 28. Be6
$3 Bxd5 29. b4) 27. b4+ Ka4 28. Qc3 $5 ({Kavalek gives the win} 28. Ra7 $1 Bb7
(28... Nxd5 29. Rxa6+ $1 Qxa6 30. Qb2 Nc3+ 31. Qxc3 Bd5 32. Kb2 Qe6 33. Bxe6
fxe6 34. Qb3+ $1 Bxb3 35. cxb3#) (28... Bxd5 29. Qc3 $1) 29. Rxb7 Qxd5 (29...
Nxd5 30. Bd7 $3) (29... Rhe8 30. Bf1 $3) 30. Rb6 $1 a5 31. Ra6 Ra8 32. Qe3 $3
Rxa6 33. Kb2 axb4 34. axb4 Kxb4 35. Qc3+ Ka4 36. Qa3#) 28... Qxd5 29. Ra7 Bb7
30. Rxb7 $1 Qc4 ({A heroic fight offers} 30... Rhe8 31. Rb6 Ra8 32. Bf1 $3 {
(Ligterink)} Re1+ $1 33. Qxe1 Nd7 34. Rb7 $1 Ne5 (34... Qxb7 35. Qd1 $1) 35.
Qc3 Qxf3 36. Bd3 Qd5 37. Be4 $1 Qxe4 38. Ka2) 31. Qxf6 Kxa3 ({After} 31... Rd1+
$1 32. Kb2 Ra8 33. Qb6 Qd4+ 34. Qxd4 Rxd4 35. Rxf7 a5 36. Be6 $1 axb4 37. Bb3+
Ka5 38. axb4+ Rxb4 39. c3 $18 {(Kasparov).}) 32. Qxa6+ Kxb4 33. c3+ $1 Kxc3 34.
Qa1+ Kd2 35. Qb2+ Kd1 {The king seems to have found a safe haven on d1! But
White gives the final blow with two powerful moves.} (35... Ke3 36. Re7+ Kxf3
37. Qg2#) 36. Bf1 $1 Rd2 37. Rd7 $1 Rxd7 38. Bxc4 bxc4 39. Qxh8 Rd3 40. Qa8 c3
41. Qa4+ Ke1 42. f4 f5 43. Kc1 Rd2 44. Qa7 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. Nge2 exd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. Be3 Nge7 8.
Nxc6 Nxc6 9. Qd2 Be6 10. Be2 Qd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rad1 Rad8 13. Bh6 ({Similar is
} 13. Nd5 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Bh6 {(Sergeev-Moehring, Ceske Budejovice 1994).}
) 13... f6 ({The immediate} 13... f5 {equalises.}) 14. Bxg7 Qxg7 15. b3 Kh8 16.
Nd5 f5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. f4 Rde8 19. Rfe1 h5 20. Bf3 Nd4 $1 {Reinderman
defends actively.} 21. Rxe8 $6 ({Kramnik notices} 21. Qxd4 $4 Rxe1+ {of course.
}) ({A weakening avoids} 21. Be4 $1 Bxe4 (21... Nxb3 $6 22. axb3 Bxe4 23. Nxc7
Qxc7 24. Qd4+ Qg7 25. Rxe4) 22. Qxd4 Bxd5 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Qxg7+ Kxg7 25. cxd5
) 21... Nxf3+ 22. gxf3 Rxe8 23. Kf2 c6 $6 {Black has a weak pawn too.} 24. Ne3
Qe7 25. Ng2 Rd8 26. Qd4+ Kh7 27. Qxa7 c5 28. Qa5 Qf6 29. Qd2 Bh3 30. Qe3 Rd7
31. Kg3 Bxg2 32. Kxg2 Re7 33. Qd2 Re6 34. Re1 {Super trio: Anand and Kasparov
3 1/2, Kramnik 2 1/2.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Be2
Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O c6 12. Re1 Nd7 13. Qb3 Re8 14. Rad1 Nf8
15. Bf1 Ne6 16. g3 Qc7 17. e4 Rad8 18. e5 Be7 19. h4 c5 20. Bh3 Bf8 21. Ne2 Bc8
22. Kh2 g6 23. a3 Bg7 24. Qc2 Qe7 25. Qd2 Qf8 26. Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nc6 8. Be3
Qc7 9. f4 Be7 10. Qf3 O-O 11. O-O-O Nxd4 12. Rxd4 b5 13. g4 e5 (13... b4 $5 14.
Rxb4 d5 {stems from Anand-Piket, Amsterdam 1990.}) 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Rxd5 b4 $1
({Kasparov avoids} 15... Be6 $2 16. f5 $1 Bxd5 17. Bxd5) 16. f5 a5 17. Ba4 Bb7
18. g5 $1 {Reinderman wants to sacrifice the exchange.} Rfc8 19. Qg2 Bxd5 20.
exd5 Qc4 21. Kb1 Qh4 $5 {The white bishop and black queen hinder the pawn
avalanches.} 22. Bc6 $6 ({Consequent is} 22. f6) 22... a4 $1 23. Rf1 $5 Qc4 $1
24. Rg1 $2 {This is no serious chess.} ({White still can play} 24. f6) 24... b3
$1 25. a3 Rxc6 26. dxc6 Rc8 27. Rd1 Rxc6 28. cxb3 $6 (28. c3 {keeps the
position closed.}) 28... axb3 29. Ka1 e4 30. Qd2 f6 31. h4 Kf7 32. Qd5+ Qxd5
33. Rxd5 g6 34. fxg6+ Kxg6 35. Rb5 fxg5 36. hxg5 Rc2 37. Kb1 Rg2 38. Rxb3 Bxg5
39. Bxg5 Kxg5 40. a4 Kf4 41. Rb7 e3 42. Re7 Kf3 43. Kc1 d5 44. a5 d4 45. Rxh7
d3 46. Rh1 Rc2+ 47. Kb1 e2 48. a6 Rc8 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Nbd7 9. g4 b5 10. g5 b4 $5 ({Usual was} 10... Nh5 11. Qd2 {(Topalov-Gelfand,
Madrid 1996).}) 11. Nd5 $5 ({Known is} 11. gxf6 bxc3 12. fxg7 Bxg7 {from
Saltaev-Zagrebelny, Tashkent 1988).}) ({A new move will become} 11. Ne2 $1 {
(Adams-Svidler, Dos Hermanas 1999).}) 11... Nxd5 12. exd5 Bf5 13. Bd3 $1 Bxd3
14. Qxd3 Be7 15. h4 O-O 16. O-O-O a5 {The players seek the confrontation.} 17.
Nd2 f5 18. gxf6 Nxf6 19. h5 Qc8 20. h6 g6 21. Rhg1 {White threatens Rxg6+.} ({
Svidler will play, as White,} 21. Rdg1 {against Gallagher in Biel 2000.}) 21...
Kh8 $6 ({The complications of} 21... Qa6 $1 22. Rxg6+ $1 (22. Nc4 Nh5) 22...
Kh8 23. Qxa6 Rxa6 24. Rg7 Nxd5 25. Ne4 Nxe3 26. Rxe7 d5 27. Rd3 d4 28. Rxe5
Rxh6 29. Rxd4 Rh2 {equalise.}) 22. f4 Ng4 23. fxe5 Nxe5 24. Bd4 Bf6 25. Qe3 Qc7
26. Ne4 Rac8 27. Rg2 Kg8 28. Qh3 $1 {Black has to accept passivity.} Rce8 29.
Rf2 Bh8 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 31. b3 $6 {This weakening gives counter-play.} (31. Re1
Kg8 32. Kb1 {keeps a plus.}) 31... Kg8 32. Ng5 Qb7 33. Bxe5 Bxe5 34. Rf1 Bd4 ({
Svidler sees} 34... Qxd5 $4 35. Qd7) 35. Kb1 Be3 36. Ne6 ({Shirov avoids} 36.
Rf7 $4 Bxg5 $1 37. Rxb7 Re1+ 38. Kb2 Bc1+ 39. Kb1 Ba3#) 36... Bd2 37. Qh2 $6
Qxd5 $1 38. Qf2 $1 Qf5 $6 (38... Qxe6 39. Qxd2 Rc8 {is better.}) 39. Qg2 Rxe6
40. Qa8+ Kf7 41. Qb7+ (41. Rxf5+ gxf5 42. Qd5 Bc3 43. Qxf5+ Ke7 44. Qxh7+ Kf8
$11 {(Shirov).}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Nf6 7. Bb3 Nc6 8. Nc3
cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bg5 b5 12. d5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 exd5 14. Qxd5 Qxd5
15. Nxd5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Bb7 17. Ne4 Rfd8 (17... Nd4 $1 {drew in Sokolov-Sadler,
Hastings 1998.}) 18. Rad1 ({After} 18. Nb6 $1 Rab8 19. Nc5 {the answer} Nb4 $1
20. Rad1 Bc6 $1 21. a3 Nc2 {is needed (Huzman).}) 18... Nd4 19. Nb6 (19. Nc7
Rac8 20. Nc5 f6 $1 21. Nxb7 Ne2+ 22. Kf1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rxc7 $11) 19... Rab8 20.
Nc5 Bc6 21. Nbd7 Bxd7 22. Rxd4 Be6 23. Nxe6 {Super trio: Kasparov 4 1/2, Anand
4, Kramnik 3.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Nxe5 Bxf2+ 6. Kxf2 Nxe5 7. e4 c5 8.
d4 $1 ({Theory is} 8. d3 {(Botvinnik-Keres, Moscow 1966).}) 8... cxd4 9. Qxd4
O-O $1 10. Bf4 $1 d6 11. h3 Be6 12. Be2 Qc8 13. Rac1 Bxh3 $5 {Black
counterattacks at once.} 14. Nd5 Qe6 $1 (14... Nxd5 $2 15. cxd5 Qd7 16. Bxe5
dxe5 17. Qxe5 {(Anand).}) 15. Nc7 Qe7 16. Nxa8 Nc6 17. Qe3 Nxe4+ 18. Kf3 Bf5 $1
19. Bd3 ({Black survives in} 19. g4 $1 Bg6 20. Bd3 Re8 21. Rhe1 Qd8 $1 22. Bxe4
Bxe4+ 23. Qxe4 $5 Rxe4 24. Rxe4 Qxa8 25. Rce1 Ne5+ 26. Bxe5 dxe5 27. Rxe5 Kf8)
19... Re8 20. Rhe1 Qd8 21. Kg2 Qxa8 22. Qf3 $1 Nd4 23. Qe3 Nc6 24. Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Bd6 8.
c4 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Qh5 O-O 11. Qxd5 Bc6 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qh3 Ng5 14. Qg4 ({
Kasparov diverts from} 14. Bxg5) 14... Ne6 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Nc3 Bf4 17. Bxf4
Qxd4 18. Be4 f5 19. Qd1 Qxd1 20. Rfxd1 fxe4 $6 {Black weakens his pawn
structure.} ({He can equalise with} 20... Nxf4 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Rd7 Rad8 $1
23. Rxa7 Rd2 24. Rb7 Ne2+ 25. Nxe2 Rexe2 26. Rf1 Rxb2 {(Blatny).}) 21. Be3 Kf7
22. b4 $1 b6 23. a4 Red8 24. h3 Rd3 25. Rdc1 $1 Ke7 $5 (25... Nd4 26. Bxd4 Rxd4
27. Ne2 Rd6 28. b5 {is awful (Kasparov).}) 26. b5 Bb7 27. a5 bxa5 28. Rxa5 a6
29. bxa6 Rxa6 30. Rxa6 Bxa6 31. Nxe4 Bb7 32. Bc5+ $1 Kd8 $1 33. Nf6 h5 34. Bb4
$6 {Black has lost a pawn but not the game.} Rd4 $2 (34... Bxg2 $1 35. Kxg2
Nf4+ 36. Kf1 Rxh3 37. Rd1+ Kc8 {(Kasparov)} 38. Ke1 Nd3+ 39. Rxd3 Rxd3 $11) 35.
Re1 Bc8 36. Bc3 Rd3 37. Be5 Bb7 38. Bg3 Ke7 39. Ng8+ Kd7 40. Nh6 Bc6 $4 (40...
Rd5 {continues the game.}) 41. Nf7 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8.
Bb5+ Nc6 9. O-O cxd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. Be3 Bg4 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Rc1 Bxf3 14.
Qxf3 Bxd4 15. Rfd1 c5 $2 ({Better is} 15... e5 16. Rxc6) 16. Rxc5 Bxe3 17. Rxd8
Bxc5 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. Qc3 Rc8 ({Known is} 19... Rd8 $5 20. Kf1 Bd4 21. Qc7 Bb6
22. Qxe7 $6 Rd2 $1 {(Ftacnik-Ivanchuk, Erevan 1996).}) 20. Kf1 Rc7 21. a4 Bb6
22. Qe5 Rc2 23. a5 $1 Bc5 24. f4 {Black has to build a fortress.} e6 $2 (24...
Rf2+ $2 25. Ke1 Bd6 26. Qxd6 exd6 27. Kxf2 {leads to a poor pawn ending 
(Hathaway).}) ({Kramnik suggests} 24... h5 {but} 25. f5 {is unpleasant.}) ({
The best chance seems to me} 24... f6 25. Qc7 Kf7 26. e5 f5) 25. g4 $1 Rc4 26.
Qc7 h6 27. f5 $1 gxf5 28. gxf5 exf5 29. exf5 f6 30. Qg3+ Kf8 31. Qg6 Bd4 32.
Qxh6+ Ke7 33. Qf4 Kd7 34. h4 Ra4 35. Qe4 Kd6 36. h5 Ra1+ 37. Ke2 Be5 38. Qb4+
Kd5 39. Qb7+ Kc4 40. h6 Ra2+ 41. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. Be3 Bc5 8. Be2
$1 ({Theory is} 8. Nce2) 8... Nc6 9. Nxc6 dxc6 (9... Bxe3 10. fxe3 dxc6 11. Qd4
Qxd4 12. exd4 {is better for White (Timman-Sokolov, Amsterdam 1999).}) 10. Bxc5
Qxc5 11. Qd3 Nf6 12. f4 e5 13. f5 Bb7 (13... O-O {has become the last cry.})
14. O-O-O Ke7 $5 15. g4 Rhd8 16. Qf3 b4 $6 ({Svidler mentions the obvious} 
16... Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Rd8) 17. Na4 $1 Qa5 18. b3 c5 $2 ({It is time for} 18...
h6 19. h4 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Rd8 {(Svidler)} 21. g5 Rxd1+ 22. Bxd1 Ne8) 19. g5 $1
Nxe4 20. f6+ Kf8 21. Bd3 Rd4 (21... Nd6 22. Qh5 Bxh1 23. Bxh7 gxf6 24. gxf6 Ke8
25. Bf5 Nxf5 26. Qh8# {(Ftacnik).}) 22. Rde1 $1 Nd6 23. Qh5 e4 24. g6 $1 {The
fireworks have begun.} ({Svidler does not let the king flee by} 24. Qxh7 gxf6
25. gxf6 Ke8) 24... fxg6 (24... hxg6 25. Qh8#) 25. Qxh7 gxf6 26. Rhg1 $1 g5 27.
Rxg5 $1 fxg5 28. Rf1+ Ke8 29. Qg7 Kd8 30. Rf8+ Ne8 31. Qxb7 Rc8 32. Qf7 {Super
trio: Kasparov 5 1/2, Anand 4 1/2, Kramnik 4.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Qe2 Nd6 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8.
dxe5 Nb7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Re1 Nc5 11. Nd4 Ne6 12. Nxe6 $5 fxe6 13. b3 $5 Qe8 14.
Be3 ({We know} 14. Bb2 Bb7 15. Qg4 $11 {(Spassky-Smyslov, Tilburg 1979).})
14... Rf5 $5 15. Ne4 a5 $6 ({The centre frees} 15... Rxe5 16. Bf4 Rf5 17. Bxc7
Qf8 $1 18. Rad1 d5) 16. Bd4 a4 17. c4 Bb7 18. Ng3 Rf4 19. Be3 Rf7 20. c5 $1 {
Timman will not be able to handle the restraint of the centre.} Ba6 21. Qd2 Bh4
$6 22. Ne4 Rf5 23. Qd4 Be7 $2 ({Necessary is} 23... axb3 {(Anand).}) 24. Ng3
Rf8 25. Qxa4 h5 26. h3 Bd3 27. Qd4 Qg6 $5 28. h4 $6 ({The messy end of this
game is avoided by} 28. Qxd7 Bh4 29. Qd4 Bxg3 30. fxg3 Rad8 31. Qh4 Rd5 32. Qg5
) 28... Rfd8 29. Bg5 Bxg5 30. hxg5 Ra3 31. Qh4 Rda8 32. Nxh5 Bc2 33. Nf4 Qh7
34. Qg4 Bxb3 35. Re3 R8a4 36. Rh3 Qf5 37. Qxf5 exf5 38. g6 Kf8 39. Rh8+ Bg8 40.
Rd1 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Rc1
Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 c5 12. O-O Nd7 13. Bf5 g6 14. Bxd7 cxd4
15. Bc6 Bxc6 16. Nxd4 Bb7 17. Qa4 Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Be2 h5 11. Bxg4 hxg4 12. O-O e6 $5 {Kasparov has analysed
this novelty with a computer at home.} 13. Qd2 {Shirov accepts the challenge.}
({Wiser is} 13. Nde2 $1 Be5 14. Bxe5 dxe5 15. Qxd8+ Kxd8 16. Nd1 $1 Nd7 17. Ne3
Nf6 18. f3 {and a better endgame.}) 13... Nd7 $1 14. Bxd6 Ne5 $1 {Exchange of
the knight leads to a terrible attack. The next sacrifice is forced.} 15. Ncb5
axb5 16. Nxb5 f6 17. Rfd1 ({Part of the preparation has to be} 17. Nc7+ $2 Kf7
18. Nxa8 Nc4 19. Qb4 Qxd6 $1 20. Qxd6 Nxd6) 17... Kf7 18. Qe2 Bd7 19. Bxe5 fxe5
20. Nd6+ Kg6 21. Rd3 $6 {Fianally Gary has to start thinking, because Alexei
made a bad move.} ({No good is} 21. Nxb7 $6 Qc7 22. Nc5 Qxc5 23. Rxd7 g3 $1 24.
hxg3 Rh7) ({Commentators prefer} 21. Qxg4 Rh4 22. Qf3 Qf6 23. Qxf6+ Bxf6 24.
Nxb7 Bc6 25. Nd6) 21... Qf6 22. Qxg4 Qf4 $1 23. h3 Qxg4 24. hxg4 Bc6 25. c4 $2
{White should change from active piece play to a passive defence.} ({He might
hold the endgame with} 25. f3 Rhd8 26. a3 Bd5 $1 27. Nf5 $1 Bc4 28. Rxd8 Rxd8
29. Nxg7 Kxg7 30. b3 Be2 31. c4 Rd2 32. c5 Bd1 33. b4 Ba4 34. Kh2) 25... Rhd8
26. f3 Bf8 27. c5 b6 $1 28. b4 bxc5 29. bxc5 Ra5 30. Rc3 Rb8 31. Rc2 Kf6 32.
Kf2 Ba4 33. Rc3 Rb2+ 34. Kg3 Rc2 35. Rc1 Rxa2 36. Rb1 Bc6 37. Rb6 Ra6 38. Rb8
Be7 39. Rc1 Ra8 40. Rb6 R2a6 41. Rbb1 Be8 42. Rh1 Bg6 43. Rb7 Rc6 44. Nf5 $5
Bf8 $5 45. Rh8 exf5 46. gxf5 Bf7 47. Kg4 Kg7 48. Rh5 Bxc5 49. Rxg5+ Kf6 {
Shirov had defeated Kramnik in 1998 and became the challenger of Kasparov. The
match did not take place. Gary showed his superiority in this game.  Super
trio: Kasparov 6 1/2, Anand 5 1/2, Kramnik 4 1/2.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D72"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb6 7. Ne2 O-O 8. O-O
Nc6 9. d5 Na5 10. Nbc3 c6 11. b3 cxd5 12. exd5 Bg4 13. Bd2 e6 14. dxe6 Bxe6 15.
Ne4 $1 {A new move starts pressure in the centre.} Nc6 ({The pointe is} 15...
Bxa1 16. Qxa1 Nd5 17. Bh6 f5 $2 18. Qe5 $1) 16. Bg5 Qxd1 $6 ({Black can play} 
16... f6 $1 17. Be3 {(Kasparov)} Bg4 18. f3 f5 $1 19. N4c3 Bh5 20. Qxd8 Raxd8 {
because of} 21. h3 $2 Nd5 $1) 17. Raxd1 h6 18. Be3 Rad8 $6 ({Better is} 18...
Nd5 $1 19. Bc5 Rfd8 20. Nd6 b6 21. Ba3 {(kasparov).}) 19. Nd6 $1 Bg4 20. f3 Bc8
21. Bc5 Bf6 22. f4 $1 Bg4 23. Ne4 Bxe2 24. Nxf6+ Kg7 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Re1 Rd2
$5 27. Ne8+ Kg8 28. Nd6 Nd7 29. Be3 Rxa2 30. Bd5 {Black has to play actively.}
Nd8 $2 ({Correct is} 30... Nf6 $1 31. Bxf7+ Kg7 32. b4 Rb2 33. Bc1 Rb1) 31. b4
Rb2 32. f5 $1 gxf5 ({Kasparov analyses} 32... g5 $1 33. Rc1 $1 Kf8 34. Rc8 {
White attacks.}) 33. Nxf5 Ne6 34. Bc1 Rb1 35. Be4 $1 Ra1 36. Ne7+ ({Material
gains} 36. Ne7+ Kf8 37. Bxh6+ Kxe7 38. Rxa1) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Ne2 c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Bd7 11. Rb1 a6 12. dxc5 $5 Qc7 13. Nd4 Na5 14. Be2
Rfc8 15. f4 (15. Qd2 $1 e5 16. Nb3 {keeps a plus.}) 15... e5 16. fxe5 Qxe5 17.
Bd3 Qe7 18. Nb3 {Kramnik plays a tame tournament.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. Ne5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. c3 Qa6 13. Qf3 Nbd7 14. Nxd7 Nxd7
({Known is} 14... Kxd7 $5 {(Topalov-Lékó, Tilburg 1998).}) 15. Ne4 Nf6 $1 ({A
risk takes} 15... c5 $6 16. dxc5 Nxc5 {due to} 17. Rd1 $1) 16. Nd6+ (16. Nxf6+
gxf6 {brings little.}) 16... Bxd6 17. Bxd6 Qb5 18. Be5 Qd5 $1 19. Rh3 Qxf3 20.
Rxf3 Ke7 21. O-O-O Rhd8 22. Rg1 h5 23. Re1 Rd7 24. Kc2 Rg8 25. Bf4 {Super trio:
Kasparov 7 1/2, Anand 6, Kramnik 5. Kasparov has won seven games in a row.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Na5 12. Qa4 Nc6 13. Bb5 Bh4 14. g3 Bf6
15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Qxc6 Re8 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Ng5 19. f4 Nh3+ $1 {Kramnik
brings a novelty.} ({Vladimir had lost with} 19... Re6 $6 20. Qc5 Ne4 21. Nxe4
dxe4 {at the beginning of the year in Shirov-Kramnik, Belgrade 1999.}) 20. Kg2
Rb8 $1 21. c4 $1 ({Part of the preparation is} 21. Nb3 Rb6 $1 22. Qc5 d4 $1 23.
cxd4 $2 Qa8+ {(the point)} 24. d5 Rd8 $19) 21... dxc4 22. Nxc4 Qd3 23. Ne3 ({
The alternative} 23. Nd2 $6 Kh8 $1 24. Qc4 Qd8 $1 25. Re3 Rxb2 26. Rd3 Qa8+ 27.
Qd5 c6 {favours Black.}) 23... Rxb2+ $1 24. Bxb2 Qd2+ 25. Kh1 Nf2+ 26. Kg1 Nh3+
27. Kh1 Nf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 c5 7. h4 h5 8. Nf4 Bh7
9. Nxh5 cxd4 10. Nb5 Nc6 11. Nxd4 {The players have applied a razor-sharp
variation of the Caro-Kann.} Nxd4 $6 ({Black should play the active} 11... Nxe5
12. Bb5+ Nd7 13. Bg5 Qa5+ {(Sax-Krizsany, Medulin 1997).}) 12. Qxd4 Ne7 13.
Qa4+ Nc6 14. Bg5 Qa5+ $2 {Black should not exchange the queens.} ({Better is} 
14... Qb6 $1) ({The next line has been played:} 14... Qc7 15. f4 a6 16. Rh3 {
(Trkaljanov-Grant, Ohrid 2001).}) 15. Qxa5 Nxa5 16. f4 Rc8 ({Black avoids} 
16... Bxc2 17. Bb5+ Nc6 18. Rc1 {(Shirov).}) 17. Bb5+ Nc6 18. O-O-O a6 19. Bd3
Bxd3 20. Rxd3 Nb4 21. Rb3 Rxc2+ 22. Kb1 Rg2 23. Rc1 {White attacks on both
flanks.} d4 $2 ({Terrible is} 23... Rxg4 $2 24. Rxb4 $1 Bxb4 25. Rc8+ Kd7 26.
Rxh8) ({The game prolongs} 23... Kd7 24. a3 Rxg4 25. Ng3 Rxg3 26. Rxg3 Nc6 {
(Lukacs).}) 24. a3 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qc7 10. Qc2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. Bd3 Re8 13. e4 exd4 14. cxd4 Bg4
15. e5 Bxf3 16. exf6 Nxd4 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. fxg7+ Kxg7 19. Bb2 Rad8 20. gxf3
Rh8 21. Kh1 Rxh7 ({A good name in correspondence games has} 21... Kf8 $1 22.
Qe4 f5 $1 23. Qh4 Rxh7 24. Qf6+ Ke8 25. Qg6+ Qf7) 22. Rg1+ Kh8 23. Rg3 Qe5 24.
Rag1 Rh4 $4 {Kasparov deviates from the theory with a blunder.} ({Well known is
} 24... Qh5 25. R1g2 f6 26. Qc4 Qf7 {(Porath-Stahlberg, Amsterdam 1954). And
now} 27. Qxc5 $1 Ne2 28. Qg5 Rd1+ 29. Rg1 Nxg3+ 30. fxg3 Rd6 31. Rc1 {(Sokolov)
} Qf8 32. Qf4 Rhd7 33. Be5 Ra6 34. Bb2 Rad6 $11) 25. Qc1 $1 Kh7 $6 ({A strong
defence seems to be} 25... Qh5 $5 26. R1g2 {(Sokolov)} Re8 27. Qg1 Qe5 {
(Tsesarsky), but the rook manoeuvre} 28. Rg5 $1 Qf6 29. Rxc5 Qxf3 30. Rc3 $1 {
crushes all resistance.}) 26. Qb1+ Kh8 27. Qf1 Qe6 28. Qg2 {Kasparov loses
like he often wins: many known moves are followed by a short tactical skirmish.
Super trio: Kasparov 7 1/2, Anand 6 1/2, Kramnik 5 1/2.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Nf6 7. Bb3 cxd4 8.
exd4 Nc6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bf4 Na5 12. Bc2 b5 13. d5 $5 exd5 14. Qd3
Nc6 ({Known is} 14... g6 15. Rxe7 $6 Qxe7 16. Bg5 {(Illescas Cordoba-Anand,
Leon 1997).}) 15. Bc7 $1 Qd7 (15... Qxc7 $4 16. Nxd5) 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 g6
18. Bxf6 {Kasparov simplifies.} Bxf6 19. Nxd5 Bg7 ({Anand fears the activity
of white's pieces after} 19... Bxb2 20. Rad1) 20. a4 (20. Rad1 $1 Kh8 21. Qa3 {
keeps a plus.}) 20... bxa4 21. Bxa4 Qd8 22. Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 {This move stems from the match
Tal-Timman, Hilversum 1985.} cxd4 6. Nxd4 dxc4 7. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 8. Nxd1 bxc6 9.
Bg2 Nd5 10. Ne3 e6 $5 11. Nxc4 Ba6 12. Na5 $5 ({Theory is} 12. b3 {
(Salov-Timman, Moscow 1992).}) 12... Bc5 $6 ({Black survives in the odd
variation} 12... Bb4+ $1 13. Bd2 Bxd2+ 14. Kxd2 O-O-O $5 15. Nxc6 $5 Nf4+ 16.
Nxd8 Rxd8+ 17. Ke1 Nxg2+ 18. Kf1 Bb7 19. Rg1 Rd2) 13. Bd2 O-O 14. Rc1 Bd4 15.
b4 $1 Bb5 16. Nxc6 Bb2 17. Rc5 Bxc6 18. Rxc6 Rac8 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Bxd5 exd5
21. f4 $1 {White has to develop his rook and keep his king in the centre.} Ba3
22. Rf1 $1 Rc4 23. Rf3 Bxb4 24. Bxb4 Rxb4 25. Ra3 {Black has regained his pawn,
but faces new problems.} h5 $1 ({He has to give up the pawn right away, because
} 25... Rb7 26. Ra5 Rd7 {is too passive (Kramnik).}) 26. Rxa7 Rb2 27. a4 Ra2 $2
(27... g6 $1 {prevents the next move (Kramnik).}) 28. f5 $1 Ra1+ $6 29. Kf2 $6
f6 30. a5 d4 $1 {Black utilises the opportunity to restrict the white king.}
31. Kf3 Kh7 $1 32. a6 Kh6 33. h4 g6 34. fxg6 (34. Ke4 Ra2 $1) 34... Kxg6 35.
Ra8 Ra2 $2 ({The restraint proceeds} 35... Kf5 $1 36. Kf2 $1 (36. a7 Ra2 $1)
36... Ra2 37. Ke1 Kg4 38. a7 Kh3 39. Kd1 {White seems to win (Kramnik), but}
Ra3 40. Kd2 {(White threatens 41.g4)} f5 $1 41. Kc2 Rc3+ 42. Kb2 Rc7 {draws.})
36. Kf4 Kf7 ({The game prolongs} 36... Kg7 $1 37. a7 Kh7 38. g4 $1 hxg4 39.
Kxg4 Ra5 40. h5 Kg7 41. Kf4 Ra2 42. Kf5 Ra6 43. Ke4 Ra4 44. Kd5 f5 45. Ke5 f4
46. Kxf4 d3+ 47. e4 d2 48. Rd8 {(after Kramnik).}) 37. a7 Kg7 38. Kf5 Ra5+ 39.
Ke4 Ra4 40. Kd5 Ra1 41. Kxd4 {White will win the rook ending.  Super trio:
Kasparov 8, Anand 7, Kramnik 6 1/2.} ({Kramnik analyses} 41. Kxd4 Ra4+ 42. Kc5
Ra2 43. e4 Ra1 44. Kb6 Rb1+ 45. Kc6 Rc1+ 46. Kd6 Rd1+ 47. Ke6 Ra1 48. Rd8 Ra6+
49. Rd6 Rxa7 50. Rd7+ Rxd7 51. Kxd7 f5 52. e5) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Qc7 10. Bg5 $5 a6 11. Be2 e6 12. Qd2 $1 ({Anand improves on} 12.
Be3 {(Porubszky-Worsch, Halle 1974).}) 12... b5 13. a3 Rb8 14. Rfd1 b4 15. axb4
Nxb4 16. Bf4 e5 17. Bg5 d6 18. Na5 $6 (18. Ra3 $1 {keeps more advantage.})
18... Be6 19. b3 h6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Bc4 Bg5 22. Qe2 Bc8 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. Bxd5
Rb5 25. Nc4 Kg7 26. Nb2 f5 27. Bc4 Rc5 28. Na4 Rc6 29. Nc3 Qa7 30. Kh1 Bh4 31.
f3 Qf2 32. Qd3 $1 Bg5 33. exf5 gxf5 34. Nd5 f4 (34... e4 $6 35. fxe4 fxe4 36.
Qxe4 Bf5 37. Qd4+ Qxd4 38. Rxd4 Bxc2 $2 39. Nb4 {loses material (Alterman).})
35. Rd2 Qc5 $2 (35... Qh4 $1 36. Bxa6 $4 Rxa6 $1) 36. Qe2 $2 (36. Bxa6 Qa7 37.
Qh7+ $1 Kxh7 38. Bd3+ {gains a pawn.}) 36... Be6 37. Rdd1 a5 38. Rd2 Bf7 39.
Qd1 Rd8 40. Ra4 Rcc8 41. Nc3 Bg6 42. Rd5 Qe3 43. Ne2 {The control over the
centre is contested in manoeuvres.} Bf7 $2 ({The pawn sacrifice} 43... Be7 $1
44. Raxa5 Ra8 45. c3 Qf2 46. Rdb5 Be8 47. Rxa8 Rxa8 48. Rb7 Kf6 {gives
positional compensation.}) 44. Rd3 Qb6 45. Bxf7 Kxf7 46. Nc3 Be7 47. Ne4 Rg8 $6
48. c4 $6 ({Faster wins} 48. Nxd6+ $1 Bxd6 49. Rxd6 Qxd6 50. Qxd6 Rgd8 51.
Rxf4+ $1 {(Van Wely).}) 48... Rg6 49. Ra2 Qb4 50. Ra4 Qb6 51. Rd5 {The
blockade of the centre has been completed.} Rcg8 52. Ra2 a4 53. bxa4 Qc6 54. c5
dxc5 55. Rxe5 Rd8 56. Qc1 c4 57. h3 Ke8 58. Re2 Rd7 59. Nc5 Rc7 60. Qxc4 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. c3 Bg7 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 O-O 14. Nce3
Be6 15. Bd3 f5 16. O-O Ra7 17. a4 ({Svidler did not fare well with} 17. Qh5 {
against Kasparov in 1998.}) 17... Ne7 ({Equally good is} 17... b4 {
(Golubev-Nechaev, Donetzk 1998).}) 18. Nxe7+ Rxe7 19. axb5 axb5 20. Bxb5 d5 21.
Nc2 $6 ({White keeps a plus with} 21. Ra6 $1 {Rogozenko mentions} f4 $6 22.
Rxe6 $1 Rxe6 23. Qxd5 Qxd5 24. Nxd5 {White has a better endgame.}) 21... Rb7
22. Bc6 Rxb2 23. Ra8 Qd6 24. Ra6 Qc5 25. Nb4 {A difficult tactical position
has arisen.} Qxc3 ({Black seems to win by} 25... d4 $1 26. Nd3 Qc4 27. cxd4
Qxa6 {but} 28. d5 $1 Rb6 29. Nc5 Qc4 30. Nxe6 Rxc6 31. Nxf8 Rd6 32. Ne6 Qxd5
33. Qxd5 Rxd5 34. Nxg7 Kxg7 {draws.}) 26. Bxd5 Qxb4 27. Bxe6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. f4 e5
9. Nf5 h5 ({If Black wants to avoid an instant draw, he has to play} 9... Nc6
10. Be2 g6 {(Anand-Kasparov, Linares 1998).}) 10. gxh5 exf4 11. Bxf4 Nxh5 12.
Nxd6+ Bxd6 13. Bxd6 Qh4+ 14. Kd2 Qg5+ 15. Ke1 Qh4+ 16. Kd2 {Although this game
is identical to Shirov-Kasparov, Monaco 1996, Gary was angry about the draw. 
Super trio: Kasparov 8 1/2, Anand 8, Kramnik 7.  Anand approaches Kasparov.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. d4 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
O-O Bg4 9. Nbd2 c5 10. h3 Bh5 11. dxc5 dxc5 12. Ne4 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. e5
b5 9. Qb3 Nfd7 10. e6 fxe6 11. Be3 $1 {This idea stems from the little known
game Levtchouk-Duong Thanh Nha, Quebec 1992.} Nb6 $6 ({Shirov improved play
with} 11... Nf6 $1 12. a4 $1 bxa4 13. Rxa4 Nd5 $1) 12. h4 Nc6 13. h5 Rxf3 $5 ({
Unpleasant is} 13... Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Rd1 {(Ftacnik).}) 14.
gxf3 Nxd4 15. Rd1 $1 c5 16. Bxd4 cxd4 17. hxg6 {The black king is the target.}
h6 $2 ({After the natural} 17... hxg6 18. Qc2 {(Kasparov)} Qf8 $1 19. Qxg6 Qf5
20. Qe8+ Qf8 21. Qxf8+ Kxf8 {Black might survive the endgame.}) 18. Rh5 $5 {
Kasparov wants to control d5.} ({But} 18. f4 $1 Nd5 19. Bg2 Bb7 20. Nxd5 exd5
21. f5 {gains a big advantage.}) 18... Qe8 19. Ne2 Qxg6 20. Rh1 Kh8 $6 ({More
resistance offers} 20... Bb7 21. Rg1 Qf6 22. Rxd4 Bd5) 21. Rg1 Qf7 22. Nxd4 Nd5
23. Qd3 $1 Bd7 (23... e5 24. Nxb5 $1) 24. Qe4 Rc8 25. Bd3 Nf6 26. Qh4 Rc5 27.
Ne2 $1 Nd5 28. Rg6 Qf8 29. Qe4 Qf7 30. Kd2 Nf6 31. Qe3 {White decides the game
with a doubling of rooks on the g-file.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Nf6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 b6 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Be2 O-O 13. Nc4 Bd5 14. Nfe5
b5 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. e4 Bxe4 17. Rxd7 bxc4 18. Bxc4 Rfc8 19. Rad1 Bf8 {Super
trio: Kasparov 9 1/2, Anand 8 1/2, Kramnik 7 1/2.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 b5 $5 7. a4 b4 8. Nd5
$1 ({The passive} 8. Na2 {stems from Huberty-Alho, Singapore 1990.}) 8... Nxd5
9. exd5 g6 10. Be3 Bb7 11. Bc4 Qc7 12. Bb3 Nd7 13. Qd2 Nf6 14. Ne2 a5 15. O-O-O
Rc8 16. Nd4 Bg7 ({Anand analyses} 16... Bxd5 $6 17. Nb5 Qc6 18. Na7 Bxb3 19.
Nxc6 Rxc6 20. Kb1 Bxc2+ 21. Qxc2 Rxc2 22. Kxc2) 17. Nb5 Qd8 18. g4 Nd7 19. Kb1
Nc5 20. h4 h5 $1 21. Bd4 Kf8 22. Rhg1 Qd7 23. Bxg7+ Kxg7 24. Nd4 Nxb3 25. cxb3
$1 Kf8 $1 ({Risk takes} 25... hxg4 26. fxg4 Rc5 27. Nf5+ Kf8 28. Qd4 Rh7) 26.
Nc2 hxg4 27. fxg4 Rxh4 28. Ne3 e5 29. Qf2 Qe7 30. Rh1 Rxh1 31. Rxh1 Qg5 32. Rh7
Rc7 33. Ka2 Ba6 34. Qh2 {White's attack has an unexpected strength.} Bd3 $4 ({
Another trap is} 34... Qxe3 $4 35. Qh4 $1 g5 36. Qh6+ Ke7 37. Qe6+) ({Black
can escape by} 34... Ke7 $1 35. Rxf7+ $1 Kxf7 36. Qh7+ Ke8 37. Qg8+ Kd7 38.
Qe6+ Kd8 39. Qg8+ {and a perpetual (Anand).}) 35. Rh8+ Ke7 36. Ra8 Qf6 37. g5 (
{Faster wins} 37. Qh6 $1 Kd7 38. Qf8 Qe7 39. Qb8) 37... Qg7 (37... Qxg5 38. Qh8
Rd7 39. Re8#) 38. Qd2 e4 $6 ({After} 38... Bf5 39. Nc4 {the win will take time
(Atlas).}) 39. Ng4 Rd7 40. Nf6 Rd8 41. Qc1 $1 ({Elegantly ends} 41. Qc1 Rxa8
42. Qc7+ Kf8 43. Qxd6#) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D49"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 axb5 13. Bxb5+ Bd7 14. Nxd7 Qa5+
15. Bd2 Qxb5 16. Nxf8 Rxf8 17. a4 Qc4 18. b3 Qd3 19. Qf3 Qe4+ 20. Qxe4 Nxe4 21.
b4 Ke7 22. f3 Nc3 23. Bxc3 dxc3 24. Ke2 Rfd8 25. Rhd1 c2 26. Rdc1 ({Known is} 
26. Rxd8 Rxa4 27. Rc8 Rxa1 28. Rxc2 Rb1 $11 {(Tkachiev-Morovic, Porec 1998).})
26... Rd4 27. Rxc2 Rxb4 28. a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 61"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Qd3 a6 8.
Bxc6 Bxc6 9. Bf4 Nf6 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Rhe1 d5 ({Yermolinsky does not know the
theory} 11... Ng4 {(Tseitlin-Ehlvest, Katerini 1992).}) 12. e5 Ne4 $2 ({
Correct is} 12... Nd7 13. Nd4 Qc7) 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qxd8+ Rxd8 15. Rxd8+ Bxd8
16. Nd2 Bb6 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Rxe4 Bxf2 19. Rb4 {Black will lose a pawn.} b6 $2
({Better chances are offered by} 19... b5 $1 20. a4 Ke7 $1 (20... Bc5 $2 21.
Rb3 b4 22. Bd2 a5 23. c3 {(Timman)} O-O $5 24. cxb4 axb4 25. Bxb4 Rb8 26. Bxc5
$1 Rxb3 27. a5 f6 28. a6 Rb8 29. b4 Kf7 30. a7 Rc8 31. b5 $1 {The a-pawn will
queen.}) 21. axb5 Rb8 22. c4 Bc5 23. Rb3 axb5 24. Rxb5 Rxb5 25. cxb5 Kd7 {The
bishop will be hard to win for White.}) 20. Ra4 $1 a5 21. b4 Kd7 22. bxa5 bxa5
23. Rxa5 Rc8 24. Ra3 Rc4 25. Be3 Bxe3+ 26. Rxe3 h5 27. Kb2 $1 f5 28. Kb3 Rg4
29. Rg3 Re4 {If Black exchanges the rooks, the pawn ending is lost.} 30. Rxg7+
Kc6 31. Rh7 Rxe5 32. Rxh5 Rb5+ 33. Kc3 Rc5+ 34. Kd2 Ra5 35. h4 Rxa2 36. Rh8 Kd6
37. h5 Ke7 38. h6 Kf7 (38... Kf6 39. Rg8 Ra7 40. Rg3 Rh7 41. Rh3 Kg5 42. c4 {
(Timman).}) 39. Re8 $1 {Super trio: Kasparov 10, Anand 9 1/2, Kramnik 8. 
Kasparov has won the tournament.} 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "16"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

{Eight top chess players participated in an event with double rounds in
Linares from 21 ii - 10 iii 1999. Kasparov ruled. Kasparov's games have been
analysed for this tournament.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O
Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3 d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. Nf1 Re8
13. h3 h6 14. d4 cxd4 15. cxd4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Bb7 18. Ng3 d5 19.
e5 Ne4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Be3 Qxd4 22. Bxd4 Bb4 23. Red1 Bd5 24. a3 Ba5 25. Bc5
Bb7 26. Bd6 Bb6 27. Bb3 Rac8 28. a4 g5 29. axb5 axb5 30. Bb4 Rcd8 31. Bc3 e3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "16"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. Nb3 Nge5 12. f3 b5 13. Bf2 Rb8 14. Nd4 b4 15. Nd1
$5 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 d5 $1 {Black opens the position favourably.} 17. exd5 $6 ({
Better is} 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 {(Kasparov)} 18. Qxd5 Qc7 19. Qc4 $1) 17... Qxd5 18.
c3 O-O 19. Be2 Rd8 20. Qe3 Bb7 21. Nf2 bxc3 22. Bxc3 Qe6 23. Kf1 $5 Bd5 24. b3
$2 (24. h4 $1 Nc4 25. Qxe6 Bxe6 {undertakes the proper action (Kasparov).})
24... Rbc8 25. Rd1 Rxc3 $1 {Black exerts great pressure. An exquisite
sacrifice brings the decision.} 26. Qxc3 Ng4 27. Qa5 Ne3+ 28. Kg1 Rc8 $6 ({The
game can be concluded by} 28... Nxd1 $1 29. Qxd8+ Kh7 30. Kf1 $1 Nxf2 31. Kxf2
Bd4+ 32. Ke1 Bb6 $1 33. Qb8 Qf6 {(Kasparov).}) 29. Qxa6 $6 ({Or} 29. Rb1 Bd4
30. Qd2 Qb6 {(Ftacnik).}) 29... Nxd1 30. Qxe6 Bxe6 31. Bxd1 Rc1 {Ivanchuk
resigned because his opponent will harvest the pawns on the queenside and keep
a big positional advantage.} 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "16"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Nc6 6. O-O Be6 7. Bb5 Bc5 8.
Nbd2 Qd6 $5 9. e5 Qd5 10. Ng5 $1 O-O-O 11. Bc4 Qd7 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. b4 $1 {
White opens the way for an attack.} Nxb4 14. Qb3 Nd5 15. Ne4 Bb6 16. a4 $1 a5
17. Nd6+ $1 Kb8 {Black postpones the capture of the knight.} 18. Bxd5 exd5 19.
Bd2 cxd6 20. Qxb6 dxe5 21. f4 $1 {Gary frees another route.} Nf6 $2 ({
Countering by} 21... e4 $2 22. f5 e3 23. Be1 {also fails.}) ({The right move
makes} 21... Ne7 $1 {Black wants to exchange in} 22. fxe5 Rhf8 23. Rfc1 Rc8 24.
e6 Qd8) 22. fxe5 Ne4 23. Bxa5 d3 {Gary has to find a difficult win.} 24. e6 $2
({He misses} 24. Qb4 $1 Rde8 25. Bb6 d2 26. a5 $1 Qe7 27. Qb3 Qxe5 28. a6 {
(Kasparov).}) 24... Qd6 25. Qxd6+ Rxd6 26. e7 Rf6 27. Rxf6 Nxf6 28. Rd1 Re8 29.
Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "16"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Qf5 7. Qxf5 exf5 8.
a3 Be7 9. Bg5 Be6 10. e3 c6 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. O-O h6 13. Bh4 a5 14. Rac1 O-O 15.
Ne2 g5 16. Bg3 Ne4 17. Nc3 Nxc3 18. Rxc3 Nf6 19. Rcc1 Rfd8 20. Rfd1 Rac8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "16"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nge2 O-O 8. h3
e5 9. O-O b5 $5 {Kasparov brings life to the game.} 10. Nxb5 $5 Rb8 11. a4 a6
12. Na3 Rxb2 13. Nc4 Rb8 14. f4 exf4 15. Nxf4 Na5 16. Nd2 Bd7 17. Ra2 Bc6 18.
Nf3 Ba8 19. c4 $6 Nd7 20. Raf2 Nb3 21. h4 Nd4 $6 22. Bh3 $6 (22. Nxd4 cxd4 23.
Bd2 {gains a plus.}) 22... Nxf3+ 23. Qxf3 Ne5 24. Qd1 Qe7 25. h5 Rb4 26. h6 Bh8
27. Ne6 $1 Rfb8 28. Ng5 Rb2 $1 29. Bf4 $2 {Adams misses a beautiful finale.} ({
A perpetual check results from} 29. Rxf7 $1 Nxf7 30. Be6 Bf6 31. Qg4 $1 Rb1 32.
Nxf7 Rxf1+ 33. Kxf1 Re8 34. Ng5+ Kh8 35. Nf7+ {(Adams).}) 29... Bf6 30. Nf3 Bc6
31. Nxe5 Bxe5 32. Qf3 f5 $6 (32... Rxf2 33. Rxf2 Bxa4 {grabs a pawn.}) 33. Bxe5
Qxe5 34. g4 Rxf2 35. Rxf2 Rb1+ 36. Bf1 ({Michael avoids the devious trick} 36.
Kg2 $2 Rb3 $1 37. gxf5 Rxd3 $3) 36... Rb2 $1 37. Rxb2 Qxb2 38. gxf5 Qd4+ 39.
Kh1 Bxa4 40. fxg6 hxg6 41. e5 $5 {White evades a slow death.} Qxe5 42. Qb7 Be8
43. Bg2 Qh5+ $6 ({Better is} 43... a5) 44. Kg1 Qxh6 45. Qe7 $6 ({The last
chance gives} 45. Qxa6 {(Adams).}) 45... Qc1+ 46. Bf1 Bf7 47. Qxd6 Qe3+ 48. Kh1
a5 49. Qd8+ Be8 50. Bg2 ({Or} 50. Qxa5 Bc6+ 51. Kh2 Qf2+ 52. Kh3 Bd7#) 50...
Qe1+ 51. Kh2 Qe5+ 52. Kh3 Kg7 53. Bd5 a4 54. Qb6 Bd7+ 55. Kg2 Qe2+ 56. Kg1 a3
57. Qxc5 Qe1+ 58. Kg2 a2 59. Qd4+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "16"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Bb7 9. Be2 c5 10. O-O Qc7 11. Nd6+ Bxd6 12. exd6 Qc6 13. f3 c4 14. Qd4 O-O
15. Bxc4 Qxd6 16. Bb3 Qb6 17. Rd1 Rfc8 18. Qxb6 Nxb6 19. a4 d5 20. a5 Nc4 21.
a6 Bc6 22. Bxc4 dxc4 23. Be3 Bd5 24. Ra5 Rc6 25. Rda1 f6 26. h4 Kf7 27. Rb5 Rc7
28. Kf2 Rd8 29. Raa5 Ke7 30. Kg3 h5 31. b4 cxb3 32. cxb3 Rg8 33. Rc5 Rd7 34. b4
g5 35. Rc2 g4 36. Kf2 g3+ 37. Ke1 e5 38. Rd2 Rgd8 39. Rc5 Ke6 40. b5 Rb8 41.
Rd3 Rbd8 42. Rd2 Rb8 43. Rd3 Rbd8 44. b6 axb6 45. Rb5 Bc4 46. Rxb6+ Kf5 47.
Rxd7 Rxd7 48. a7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "16"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. g4 h6
9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. h4 b4 12. Na4 Qa5 13. b3 Nc5 14. a3 Nxa4 15. axb4
Qc7 16. bxa4 d5 17. e5 Nd7 18. f4 Nb6 $1 {Both parties have studied this
novelty.} 19. a5 Nc4 20. Qc3 Qe7 $1 {This move startles Topalov.} 21. Bxc4 dxc4
22. Bd2 $6 ({A fine alternative brings} 22. Rhf1 $1 Qxb4 23. Qxb4 Bxb4 24. f5
$1) 22... Bxh1 23. Rxh1 Qb7 24. Rd1 Be7 25. Qf3 $1 O-O-O 26. Qc6+ $1 Qxc6 27.
Nxc6 Rd7 28. Nxe7+ Rxe7 29. Re1 {White wants to build a fortress.} h5 $2 {
Black helps.} ({Right is} 29... Kb7 $1) 30. g5 Kb7 31. Be3 Rd7 $1 {White
wanted to play 32.c3 and 33.Bd4.} 32. Bc5 Kc6 33. Bd6 f6 34. gxf6 $5 ({The
complications of} 34. g6 $5 Rh6 35. Rg1 Kd5 36. Kb2 $1 {(Kasparov)} f5 37. Kc3
Rb7 38. Rg2 $1 {are unclear.}) 34... gxf6 35. Rg1 f5 36. Kd2 Kd5 37. Ke3 Rhh7
38. Bf8 Rhf7 39. Bh6 Rh7 40. Rg6 $2 ({A return by} 40. Bf8 $1 {offers good
chances.}) 40... Rb7 $1 41. Bf8 Rhf7 42. Bd6 Rg7 43. Rg5 Rbf7 $1 44. c3 {White
experiences zugzwang.} Kc6 45. Kf3 Kb5 $1 46. Bc5 ({The pointe is} 46. Rxh5 Rh7
$1) 46... Ka4 47. Bd4 Rd7 $1 48. Ke3 ({The new point is} 48. Rxh5 Rxd4 $1 49.
cxd4 c3 50. Rh8 Rc7 $1 {(Hecht).}) 48... Kb3 49. Ke2 Rxg5 $1 50. fxg5 Rxd4 $1 {
This sacrifice needed a long preparation.} 51. cxd4 c3 52. g6 c2 53. g7 c1=Q
54. g8=Q Qc4+ 55. Ke3 Kc3 $1 {A combined attack starts behind the lines.} 56.
Qd8 Qd3+ 57. Kf4 Qd2+ 58. Kf3 Qd1+ 59. Ke3 $6 ({The game is prolonged by} 59.
Kf2 f4 $1 60. Qc8+ Kd2 61. Qxa6 Qe1+ 62. Kg2 Qg3+ 63. Kh1 f3 64. Qf1 Qxh4+ 65.
Kg1 Qg3+ 66. Kh1 Qe1 $1 67. Kg1 h4 68. a6 f2+ 69. Kg2 h3+ {(Kasparov).}) 59...
Qg1+ 60. Ke2 Qg2+ 61. Ke3 f4+ $1 {Kasparov led at the end of the first cycle,
one point before Anand and Kramnik.} ({Mate brings} 61... f4+ 62. Kxf4 Kd3 63.
Qg5 Qf2#) 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "16"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8.
Bg5 e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Rhe1 O-O 11. Kb1 h6 12. Bh4 Re8 ({Theory is} 12... Qa5)
13. Bg3 d5 $1 {Black plans a positional pawn sacrifice.} 14. e5 Ne4 15. Nxe4
dxe4 16. Qxd8 Rexd8 17. Nd4 Be8 $5 (17... Bd5 18. Nb5 {leads to equality.}) 18.
c3 Rac8 19. Kc2 b5 $1 20. Rxe4 b4 21. Re3 a5 22. Ne2 $2 {White should choose
active play.} (22. Red3 $1 Kh7 $1 {(Kasparov)} 23. f4 $1 {gains a plus.}) 22...
Bc6 23. f3 Rxd1 24. Kxd1 Bc5 25. Rd3 Bb5 26. Rd2 Be3 27. Rd6 bxc3 28. Nxc3 Bf1
29. Bh4 $2 ({Better is} 29. h4 $1 Kf8 {(Ftacnik)} 30. Be1 $1 Bxg2 31. Ke2 Bf4
32. Ra6) 29... g5 30. Be1 Bxg2 31. Ke2 Bf4 32. Bg3 Bc1 33. Na4 h5 $1 34. Rd1 h4
35. Be1 Bf4 36. Bc3 Kg7 37. Nb6 Rh8 38. Kf2 h3 39. Bd2 Bxh2 40. Nd7 Kg6 41. Be3
g4 42. fxg4 Bc6 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "16"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 c5 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Bb3 Nc6 8. Nc3
cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. a3 Na5 12. Bc2 b5 13. d5 $1 Nc4 $6 ({Theory
will become} 13... Re8 {(Kramnik-Anand, Dos Hermanas 1999).}) 14. Qd3 Re8 15.
a4 exd5 16. axb5 a5 17. b3 Nd6 18. Nd4 Bb7 19. f3 Rc8 20. Na4 Bf8 21. Bg5 g6
22. Qd2 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Nde8 $5 24. Re2 $1 (24. Rxe8 Qxe8 25. Bxf6 Bb4 26. Qc1 (
26. Qf2 $2 Be1 27. Qf1 Qe3+ 28. Kh1 Bh4 $3 29. Bxh4 Qxd4 30. Bf2 Qd2 31. Nc5 d4
32. Be1 Qxc2 33. Nxb7 d3) 26... Ba3 27. Qd2 {draws.}) 24... Bb4 25. Qe3 Rc7 26.
Bd3 Re7 27. Qc1 Rxe2 28. Bxe2 Qe7 $6 29. Qe3 Qxe3+ $2 30. Bxe3 Nd7 31. Nc6 Bxc6
32. bxc6 Nb8 33. Bb6 Bd6 34. Nc3 Bc7 35. Bf2 $2 (35. Bc5 $1 d4 36. Nd5 $18 {
(Kasparov).}) 35... d4 36. Nd5 {Ivanchuk resigned although he got new chances.}
({Kasparov analysed} 36. Nd5 Nxc6 37. Bb5 Nb4 38. Nxb4 Nd6 39. Bd3 axb4 40.
Bxd4 {and White has an advantage.}) 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "16"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. g4 h6
9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. h4 b4 12. Nb1 d5 13. Bh3 g5 14. hxg5 hxg5 15.
exd5 Nxd5 16. Bxg5 Qb6 $5 (16... Qa5 {drew in the third round (Leko-Topalov).})
17. Bg2 Rxh1 18. Bxh1 Rc8 19. Re1 Qa5 $1 20. f4 Qxa2 21. f5 Nc5 $5 22. fxe6 Bg7
$1 23. exf7+ Kxf7 24. Bxd5+ $2 {Anand chooses the artistic solution.} (24. Qf2+
$1 Kg8 25. Qf5 $1 Bxd4 26. Qg6+ Bg7 27. Re8+ Rxe8 28. Qxe8+ Kh7 29. Qh5+ {ends
with perpetual check.}) 24... Qxd5 25. Re7+ Kg8 26. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 27. Nc3 $3
bxc3 28. Nf5+ Kf7 29. Qxd5+ Bxd5 30. Nd6+ Kg6 31. Nxc8 Kxg5 32. Nb6 Be6 33.
bxc3 Kxg4 34. Kb2 Kf4 35. Ka3 a5 36. Na4 Ne4 $2 ({Correct is} 36... Nd7 $1 37.
Nb2 Nb6 38. c4 Bxc4 39. Nxc4 Nxc4+ 40. Kb3 Ne5 $1 41. Ka4 Nc6 {(Kasparov).})
37. Nb2 Nxc3 38. Nd3+ Ke3 39. Nc5 Bf5 40. Kb2 $1 Nd5 41. Nb7 a4 42. c4 $1 Nb6
43. Nd6 Bd3 44. c5 Nd5 45. Ka3 Bc2 46. Nb5 $1 Ne7 $1 47. Na7 $2 ({Right is} 47.
Nc3 $1 Kd4 48. Nxa4) 47... Kd4 48. c6 Nd5 49. Nb5+ Kc5 50. c7 Bf5 $1 ({Anand
resigned due to} 50... Bf5 51. Kxa4 Nb6+ 52. Ka5 Nc4+ $1 53. Ka6 (53. Ka4 Bc2#)
53... Bc8+ 54. Ka7 Kxb5 55. Kb8 Nd6) 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "16"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D88"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bxf7+ Rxf7 13. fxg4 Rxf1+ 14.
Kxf1 cxd4 15. cxd4 e5 16. d5 Nc4 17. Qd3 Nxe3+ 18. Qxe3 Qh4 19. h3 Bh6 20. Qd3
Rf8+ 21. Kg1 Qf2+ 22. Kh1 Qe3 23. Qc4 b5 24. Qxb5 Rf2 25. Qe8+ Bf8 $1 {
Kasparov improves the theory.} 26. Qe6+ ({Or} 26. d6 $5 Qxe2 27. d7 Qxe4 28.
Rg1 Rf3 $1 29. gxf3 Qxf3+ 30. Rg2 Qf1+ 31. Kh2 Qf4+ $11) 26... Kh8 27. d6 Qxe2
(27... Qxe4 {draws more easily.}) 28. Qxe5+ Bg7 $1 29. Qe8+ Rf8 30. d7 Qd3 31.
e5 h6 $1 32. e6 Kh7 33. Rg1 Rf3 $1 34. Qb8 Rxh3+ 35. gxh3 Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "16"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nc3 Nc6 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. Nh2 Ne8 15. Bd2
Nc7 16. Nf1 Kh8 17. Ng3 Nd4 18. Nce2 Nde6 19. b4 $6 (19. Nc3 {prevents the
next move.}) 19... d5 $1 20. bxc5 Bxc5 21. Bb4 Rfe8 22. Bxc5 Nxc5 23. Nc3 Rad8
24. Qh5 f6 25. d4 $4 {White is going to lose a pawn.} exd4 26. Nxd5 Re5 $1 27.
Qh4 Nxd5 28. exd5 Bxd5 29. Rxe5 fxe5 30. Bxd5 Qxd5 31. Re1 Ne6 32. Nf5 Nf4 33.
Qg5 Rd7 34. Nh4 h6 $2 ({Black wins by} 34... d3 $1 35. Rxe5 $2 d2 36. Rxd5 Rxd5
) 35. Qg4 g5 36. Nf3 e4 37. Rxe4 Qxe4 38. Qxd7 d3 39. cxd3 Qxd3 40. Qc8+ Kg7
41. Qb7+ Kg8 42. Qxa6 Ne2+ 43. Kh2 Qe4 $1 44. Qf6 $6 (44. Qc8+ $1 Kg7 45. Qc5
$1 {avoids the exchange of queens.}) 44... Qf4+ $1 45. Qxf4 gxf4 $1 46. g4
fxg3+ 47. fxg3 Nc3 48. Nd4 h5 $1 49. h4 $1 Kf7 50. Kh3 Kf6 51. g4 hxg4+ 52.
Kxg4 Kg6 53. h5+ Kh7 54. Kh4 {Kasparov came back from a lost position and has
gained a big advantage.} Kg8 $2 {Adams misses the escape.} ({Correct is} 54...
Kh6 $1 55. Nf5+ Kh7 56. Nd6 Kh6 57. Kg4 {Adams regards this position as won
for White., but} Nd5 $1 58. Nxb5 Ne3+ $3 59. Kf4 Nc4 60. a4 Kxh5 61. Ke4 Kg6 $1
62. Kd4 Na5 63. Kc5 Kf5 $1 64. Kd5 Nb3 $1 65. Nd4+ Nxd4 66. Kxd4 Ke6 {draws.})
55. h6 Kh7 56. Kh5 Ne4 57. Nxb5 Nf6+ 58. Kg5 Ne4+ 59. Kf5 Nc5 60. Ke5 Kxh6 61.
Kd4 Na6 (61... Na4 $1 62. Nc3 Nb2 63. Nd1 $1 Nxd1 64. a4 Nb2 65. a5 {and White
wins theoretically.}) 62. Kd5 Kg6 63. Nd4 Kf6 64. Kd6 Kf7 65. Ne6 ({Elementary
is} 65. Ne6 Nb8 66. Nc5 Ke8 67. Kc7) 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "16"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Nbd7 9. g4 b5 10. g5 b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bf5 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Be7 15.
Rg1 O-O 16. O-O-O a5 17. Nd2 f5 18. gxf6 Nxf6 19. Kb1 Nh5 20. Rg4 Qd7 21. Rc4
Qf5 22. Qxf5 Rxf5 23. Rc7 Bf8 24. Rb7 Nf6 25. Rb5 Ne8 26. Rb7 Nf6 27. Rb5 Ne8
28. Rb7 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "16"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 e5 7. d4 Nbd7 8. h3
exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. e4 a6 11. Re1 Rb8 12. a4 c6 13. Nc2 $6 {White plays tame.}
({Known is} 13. a5 {(Seres-Vajda, Hungary 1999).}) 13... Ne5 14. Ne3 Be6 15. b3
Nfd7 16. Bd2 Nc5 17. Rf1 Ned3 18. Rb1 a5 19. f4 f5 20. exf5 gxf5 21. Kh2 Bd7
22. Nc2 Ne6 $6 {Black knights retreat voluntarily and the initiative changes
hands.} 23. Na2 Ndc5 24. Bc3 Bxc3 25. Nxc3 Qf6 26. Qd2 Ra8 27. Rfe1 Nc7 28.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. b4 axb4 30. Nxb4 Rd8 31. Nc2 Be6 32. Ne3 Bf7 33. g4 Bg6 34. g5
Qg7 35. Ne2 N7e6 36. a5 Qc7 37. Rd1 Ra8 38. Ng3 $5 (38. Qxd6 Qxd6 39. Rxd6 Rxa5
{simplifies.}) 38... Qxa5 39. Qf2 $6 Ng7 $6 ({The counterattack} 39... Qc3 $1
40. Rxd6 Nd3 41. Qf3 Ndxf4 {favours Black.}) 40. Rxd6 Re8 41. h4 Re6 $6 ({
Correct is} 41... Qa3 $1 {(Kasparov).}) 42. Rd1 Qc7 43. Nexf5 Nxf5 44. Qxc5 b6
45. Qf2 Nxh4 46. Bh3 Rd6 47. Rxd6 Qxd6 48. Bg4 Bd3 49. f5 h6 $1 {A critical
position has arisen.} 50. g6 $6 ({Kasparov regards} 50. Qa2 $1 hxg5 $1 51. c5+
Qd5 52. Qxd5+ cxd5 53. cxb6 Ba6 54. Kh3 {as victorious.} {Right is} Kg7 $1 ({
His} 54... Kf7 $2 {leads to a white win.}) 55. Be2 Bb7 56. Kg4 Kh6 $1 {(the
point)} 57. Bf3 Nxf3 58. Kxf3 d4+ $1 59. Ke2 Ba6+ {drawn.}) 50... h5 $1 51. c5
bxc5 52. Qa2+ c4 $1 53. Qa8+ Qf8 54. Qa7 Nxg6 $5 55. fxg6 Bxg6 56. Be6+ Bf7 57.
Bf5 Qd6 58. Kh3 Bg6 59. Qa8+ Kg7 60. Qb7+ Kg8 61. Qc8+ Kg7 62. Qb7+ Kg8 63.
Qa8+ Kg7 64. Qa5 Qf4 65. Qa7+ Kh6 66. Qc5 Bxf5+ 67. Nxf5+ Kg6 68. Nh4+ Kf7 {
Kasparov had won the tournament, 2 1/2 points before Kramnik and Anand. That
night he was pale and exhausted during the closing ceremony.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 62"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2850"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

{When Hoogovens and British Steel merged, the name became Corus. The chess
tournament continued under this name in 2000. The number of amateurs in
numerous groups stayed at 1600.   The event was played from 15 until 31 i.
Kasparov scored 91/2/13 (six wins and seven draws), 11/2 points more than
Kramnik, Lékó and Anand. Gary's wins have been analysed.  } 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6
3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nb6 7. Be3 O-O 8. Be2 Nc6 9. Nf3 Bg4
10. d5 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Na5 12. Bd4 Qd6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. f4 $6 {White weakens
the centre.} ({Better is} 14. Rc1 {(Tihonov-Notkin, Minsk 2001).}) 14... Qf6
15. Qd2 c6 16. dxc6 $6 ({Kasparov suggests} 16. e5) 16... Rfd8 17. Qe3 Nac4 $5
18. Qc5 Rac8 $1 19. c7 Rd7 20. Bxc4 Rcxc7 21. Qg5 Rxc4 22. Qxf6+ Kxf6 23. Rc1
Rcd4 {Black has collected advantages.} 24. b3 Rd3 25. Ke2 $6 {The king will be
chased.} Rd2+ 26. Kf3 R7d3+ 27. Kg2 e6 28. Rhe1 Ke7 29. f5 Nd7 30. fxe6 fxe6
31. Kf1 Ne5 32. Re2 g5 33. Na4 Rd1+ 34. Re1 Rxe1+ 35. Kxe1 Rd7 $2 ({Black
could have crowned the restraint by} 35... Kd6 $1 36. Nc5 $6 b6 $1 {(Kasparov
and Shipov)} 37. Nxd3 Nxd3+ 38. Kd2 Nxc1 39. Kxc1 Ke5) 36. Ke2 Nd3 37. Rc3 Nf4+
38. Kf3 Kf6 39. Nc5 Rc7 {Korchnoi has to make the last move before the time
control.} 40. h4 $2 ({Right is} 40. Ke3 $1 h5 41. f3 $1 {(opens square f2 for
the king)} b6 42. Na4 Rxc3+ 43. Nxc3 Ke5 44. a3 Ng2+ 45. Kf2 $1) 40... e5 41.
hxg5+ Kxg5 42. Rc4 b5 43. Rc1 b4 44. Rc4 a5 45. Na4 Rf7 46. Ke3 Ng2+ 47. Ke2
Nf4+ 48. Ke3 h5 49. Rc5 Ng2+ 50. Ke2 h4 $1 {White cannot stop the passed pawn.}
51. Rxe5+ Kg4 52. Re8 Nf4+ 53. Ke3 h3 54. f3+ Kh4 (54... Kh4 55. Rh8+ Nh5 56.
Kf2 Rg7 {and Black wins.}) 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 62"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2850"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. g4 h6
9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. h4 b4 12. Na4 d5 13. Bh3 g5 $2 ({Usual is} 13...
Qa5) 14. Bg2 $1 gxh4 15. Rxh4 dxe4 ({Not} 15... Nxe4 $2 16. fxe4 $1 Qxh4 17.
exd5 exd5 18. Bxd5 $1 {(Ftacnik).}) 16. g5 Nd5 17. Rxe4 hxg5 ({Sacrifices
crush the defence in} 17... Qa5 18. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 19. Rxe6+ $1 Kf7 20. Qd3 $1
Kxe6 21. Qe4+ $1 Ne5 22. Bh3+ Kd6 23. Bf4 Re8 24. Qg6+) 18. Bxg5 Qa5 19. f4 Rh2
({Or} 19... e5 20. Nb3 $1 Qxa4 21. Rxe5+ $1 Nxe5 22. Bxd5) 20. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 21.
Rxe6+ Kf7 22. Qd3 $3 {Kasparov finds an elegant decision.} Bg7 ({The pointe is
} 22... Kxe6 23. Bxd5+ Bxd5 24. Qg6+ Nf6 25. Qxf6+ Kd7 26. Rxd5+ Qxd5 27. Nb6+)
23. Qf5+ Kg8 24. Rxd5 Qxa4 25. Re7 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 62"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2850"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Qc7 8.
g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 g5 12. Ne3 gxf4 13. Nxf5 O-O-O 14. Qc2
Ng4 $6 (14... fxg3 $6 15. hxg3 Kb8 {stems from Corral Blanco - Lopez de Lerma,
Asturias 1986.}) 15. a5 fxg3 16. hxg3 a6 {Black has to weaken his pawn
structure.} 17. Ra4 Ndf6 18. Ne4 Nxe4 $6 ({Kasparov and Hübner prefer} 18...
Nd5 $1) 19. Bxe4 h5 20. Kf1 Kb8 21. Kg2 Be7 22. Nxe7 Qxe7 23. Bf3 Ne5 $6 (23...
Qe6 24. Qc3 {(Hübner)} f5 {keeps the material equality.}) 24. Bxh5 Qe6 25. Qc3
f6 26. Rah4 Qf5 27. Bf3 Rxh4 28. Rxh4 Qb1 29. Rh1 Rd1 30. Rxd1 Qxd1 31. b4 Kc7
32. Qc5 Qd6 33. Qxd6+ Kxd6 34. Be4 Nc4 35. Bd3 Nb2 36. f4 Nd1 37. g4 Ne3+ 38.
Kf3 Nd5 39. Ke4 Nxb4 40. Bc4 c5 41. g5 fxg5 42. fxg5 Ke7 43. Kf5 Nc2 44. Ke5
Ne3 45. Be6 c4 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 62"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2850"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Qe6 10. Qe4 Bb4 11. Bd2 Ba6 12. b3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 d5 14. Qh4 $1
dxc4 15. Be2 Nd5 16. Bxc4 $5 ({Kasparov deviates from} 16. Bd4 {in his game
against Adams in Sarajevo 1999.}) 16... g5 $6 17. Qd4 $1 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 Nf4 19.
Qxe6+ Nxe6 20. O-O-O {White has the better endgame.} Ke7 21. Rhe1 Rhd8 22. Rxd8
Rxd8 23. Re4 {Weak pawns become a target.} Rd5 ({Mikhalevski mentions} 23...
Nf4 24. Ra4 $1) 24. Kc2 c5 25. Ra4 Nd4+ 26. Bxd4 cxd4 27. Rxa7 Kd7 28. Kd3 Rxe5
29. Ra4 $1 c5 30. b4 $1 Ke6 31. Ra6+ Kf5 32. b5 Rd5 33. Rc6 c4+ 34. Kxc4 d3 35.
Kxd5 d2 36. g4+ $1 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 62"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D71"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2850"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nc3 Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Qxd4 10. Nb5 Qc4 11. a4 $2 ({Better is} 11. Qb3 {
(Ornstein-Smejkal, Skopje 1972).}) 11... O-O 12. b3 Qg4 13. Be3 Be6 $1 14. Nxc7
(14. Bxb7 {lost in Kaabi-Szekely, Djerba 1998.}) 14... Rad8 15. Qb1 Bxa1 16.
Qxa1 Bxb3 17. a5 Nc4 18. Bh6 Qd4 19. Nd5 Qxa1 20. Nxe7+ Kh8 21. Rxa1 Rfe8 22.
Bg5 Rd6 23. Nd5 Rxe2 24. Bf6+ Rxf6 $1 (24... Kg8 $6 25. Bc3 f5 26. Nf6+ Kf7 27.
Bd5+ Rxd5 28. Nxd5 {gives up the extra exchange less favourably.}) 25. Nxf6 Kg7
26. a6 bxa6 27. Nd7 a5 28. Nc5 a4 29. Nxa4 Re5 30. Nc3 Nd2 31. f4 Rc5 32. Ne2
a5 33. Kf2 Bc4 34. Ke3 Nb3 35. Ra3 Rc8 36. Nc3 Re8+ 37. Kf2 Rd8 38. Bf1 Be6 39.
Be2 Rc8 40. Ne4 Bd5 41. Nd6 Rc6 42. Nb5 Rc1 43. Ke3 Re1 44. Kf2 Rc1 45. Ke3 Re1
46. Kf2 Ra1 47. Rxa1 Nxa1 48. Ke3 Nb3 49. Bd1 Kf6 50. Kd3 Nc5+ $2 (50... Bc6 $1
51. Na7 Ba4 52. Kc3 Nc5 {keeps the advantage (Kasparov).}) 51. Kd4 Bb3 52. Bf3
Nd7 53. Nd6 Ke6 54. Nb7 a4 55. Kc3 Nf6 56. Nc5+ Kf5 57. Nxb3 axb3 58. Kxb3 Ng4
59. h3 Ne3 60. Be2 $2 ({Right is} 60. Kc3 Nf1 61. Kd3 Nxg3 62. Ke3 Nf1+ 63. Kf2
Kxf4 64. Bd5 Nd2 65. Bxf7 {drawn (Kasparov and Shipov).}) 60... Ke4 61. Kc3 Nf5
62. Bc4 Nxg3 63. Bxf7 Ne2+ 64. Kd2 Nxf4 65. h4 Kf3 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 62"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2850"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Nf6 11. Bc4 $5 ({The solid} 11. Be2 Qb6 12. Nb3 {occurred
in Jirovsky-Fajman, Czechia 2000.}) 11... Qb6 12. O-O O-O 13. Nde2 $6 Qxb2 $1
14. Bb3 Qa3 $1 {Judit could capture the pawn without great risks.} 15. f4 Nc6
16. Kh1 Be6 17. Qd3 Rac8 {Black simply develops.} 18. fxg5 hxg5 19. Nd5 Rfe8 $6
20. Rad1 Nb4 21. Qf3 $6 ({More active is} 21. Qe3 $1) 21... Nbxd5 22. exd5 Bd7
23. c3 a5 24. Qd3 a4 25. Bc2 Qc5 $2 ({Best is} 25... Kf8 $1 {(Stohl)} 26. Bb1
Rc5) 26. Rxf6 $1 {Kasparov creates new chances.} exf6 (26... Bxf6 $2 27. Qh7+
Kf8 28. Nf4 $1 gxf4 29. Bxf4 e5 30. Bg6 $1 Ke7 31. Qxf7+ Kd8 32. Qxf6+ Kc7 33.
Bxe8 Rxe8 {(Kasparov) favours White.}) 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Nd4 Re5 $1 29. Bxe5
fxe5 $6 ({Better is} 29... dxe5 30. Nf5 Bxf5 31. Qxf5 {(Kasparov)} Rd8 32. Bxa4
b5 $1) 30. Ne6+ $1 Bxe6 31. dxe6 Rc7 32. Bxa4 d5 33. Qf5 $6 ({Kasparov prefers
} 33. exf7 Rxf7 34. Bb3 Qb5 35. Qb1 $1) 33... Qc4 34. Bd7 Qf4 35. Qb1 $1 {
White threatens Rf1.} fxe6 $2 ({Correct is} 35... Qc4 $1 36. Rf1 f6 37. Re1 $1
e4 38. Qd1 Qxc3 39. Rxe4 Ke7 40. Qxd5 {(Stohl)} Qc5 $1 {and Black has survival
chances.}) 36. Bxe6 $1 Ke7 37. Bxd5 Rd7 38. c4 Qe3 39. Qh7 Kd8 40. Rb1 Qf4 41.
Be6 Re7 42. Bg4 Rf7 43. Qd3+ Qd4 44. Qg6 {Kasparov scored 9 1/2 out of 13 (six
wins and seven draws), 1 1/2 points more than Kramnik, Lékó and Anand.} 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "17"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2850"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

{Six top chess players participated in an event with double rounds in Linares
from 28 ii - 10 iii 2000. The sponsor Luis Rentero got the Escudo de Oro at
the opening of the seventeenth "Torneo Internacional Ciudad de Linares".
Kramnik and Kasparov tied for the first place in Linares 2000. All clauses
showed identical results for both players, as Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam described.
This happened for the first time in the "Ciudad de Linares". They decided to
share the prize money. Gary generously gave the trophy to Vladimir. Actually,
Kramnik's games were more forceful.The number of draws was remarkable high.
After Rentero's car accident in late 1998, the city had become the main
organiser and Don Luis had lost his grip on the fighting spirit. } 1. e4 e5 2.
Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. cxd5
cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. Rb1 Nd7 13. h3 Bh5 14. Rb5 Nb6 15. c4 Bxf3
16. Qxf3 dxc4 17. Bc2 Qd7 18. a4 g6 19. Bd2 c3 20. Bxc3 Rac8 21. Be4 Rc4 22.
Rbb1 {A new move is played at last.} Rxa4 23. Bxb7 Ra3 24. Rfc1 Qc7 25. Ra1 Rb8
26. Be4 Rb3 27. Bd2 Bh2+ 28. Kh1 Rxf3 29. Rxc7 Rxf2 30. Kxh2 Rxd2 31. Raxa7 Nc8
$4 {Shirov blunders terribly.} ({Right is} 31... Rxd4 32. Rxf7 Rxe4 33. Rg7+ {
and perpetual check.}) 32. Rab7 $1 Rxb7 33. Rxc8+ Kg7 34. Bxb7 Rxd4 35. g4 h5
36. g5 h4 37. Rc7 Rf4 38. Bc8 Rf2+ 39. Kg1 Rf4 40. Kg2 Kf8 41. Bg4 Kg7 42. Rc5
Kf8 43. Bf3 Kg7 44. Kf2 Ra4 45. Ke3 Ra3+ 46. Kf4 Ra4+ 47. Ke5 Ra3 48. Bd5 Re3+
49. Kf4 Rd3 50. Bc4 Rd7 51. Rc6 Re7 52. Rf6 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "17"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qc7 10. Bb2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. Be2 Rd8 13. Qc2 Bg4 14. dxe5 Nxe5
15. c4 Nxf3+ 16. gxf3 Bh3 17. Rfd1 Qc6 {Exchanges followed in Borisenko -
Averbakh, Moscow 1950.} 18. Qc3 Ne8 19. Kh1 Be6 ({Known is} 19... f6 20. e4 Be6
) 20. Rg1 $6 {Khalifman's attack on the kingside will have little success.} f6
21. Rg3 Rd7 22. Rag1 Rad8 23. Bc1 Bf5 24. e4 Bg6 25. h4 $5 Nc7 $5 {Kramnik has
placed his pieces on the right squares. Now he plans a counterattack on the
kingside.} 26. Bf1 $2 ({The battle is continued by} 26. Bh6 $1 Ne6 $1 (26...
gxh6 27. h5) 27. h5 $1 Bxh5 28. Qxf6 $1 Bg6 29. Rxg6 $1 hxg6 30. Rxg6 {
(Kramnik).}) 26... Ne6 27. Rh3 $2 ({The bishops are used for defensive
purposes in} 27. Bh3 Kh8 28. Be3) 27... Bh5 $1 28. Rhg3 ({Kramnik prefers} 28.
Qxf6 {but} Rf7 29. Qe5 Bxf3+ 30. Bg2 Bxg2+ 31. Rxg2 Rd4 {is terrible for White.
}) 28... Kh8 29. Qe3 Nd4 30. Bg2 Re8 31. Rh3 Qa4 32. Bf1 Qd1 33. Bg2 Qc2 34. f4
Ne2 35. Rf1 Rd1 {White loses his bishop on c1.} 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "17"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8.
Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. Qg4 Kf8 12. O-O c5 13. c3 b6 14. Qh4 Bb7
15. Be4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Ke7 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Re1 Nf6 19. Qe2 Rhd8 {This obvious
move is new.} 20. h3 Kf8 21. Nd2 Bh2+ 22. Kh1 Bf4 $1 23. Nc4 Bxc1 24. Raxc1 Rd5
25. Ne3 Rd7 26. Rcd1 Rad8 27. Rxd7 Rxd7 28. Kg1 Nd5 29. Nc4 Nb6 30. Ne5 Rd6 31.
Qe4 Kg8 32. g3 c4 $1 33. Qf4 Rd5 34. Re4 $6 ({If White plays} 34. Qe4 {the
game remains uneventful.}) 34... Rb5 $6 ({Problems start with} 34... f6 $1 35.
Ng6 (35. Nxc4 $2 Qxf4 36. Rxf4 e5 37. Rh4 g5 38. Re4 f5) 35... Qxf4 36. Nxf4
Rd1+ 37. Kg2 e5) 35. Nxc4 Qxf4 36. Rxf4 Nxc4 37. Rxc4 Rxb2 38. Ra4 Rc2 39. Rxa7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "17"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2850"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Be3 Qb6 13. b3 Rfe8 14. Rad1 Rad8
15. h3 {Khalifman quietly answers to the new move by Kasparov.} Qa5 16. Rfe1
Nd7 17. Na4 Nb4 $1 18. Bg5 Nc2 $1 19. Bxd8 Qxd8 {Black has sacrificed the
exchange.} 20. Rf1 $2 ({Correct is the prosaic} 20. Nxc5 $1 Nxe1 21. Rxe1 Nb6
22. Qb5 Re7 $1 {Black wins pawn d5 and gains a plus (Kasparov).}) 20... Nd4 $2
({A strong attack starts} 20... Na3 $1 21. Qc1 Rxe2 22. Qxa3 Be4 $1 {e.g.} 23.
Nxc5 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Ne5 $1 {(Kasparov).} 25. Qb4 Qg5+ 26. Kh1 Qh5 27. Qf4 Qxh3+
28. Qh2 Qxf3+ 29. Qg2 Qf5 30. d6 Nf3 $1 {and Black wins.}) 21. Nxd4 Bxd4 22.
Rxd4 $1 ({Kasparov analyses} 22. b4 $5 Re4 23. Qc2 Re3 $5 24. Qd2 Rxh3 $1 25.
gxh3 Qh4 26. Nxc5 Qg3+ 27. Kh1 Qxh3+ {and perpetual check.}) 22... cxd4 23. Bg4
$1 Bxg4 24. hxg4 Re4 25. f3 Ne5 26. Qb4 $1 Nd3 27. Qc4 Ne5 28. Qb4 Nd3 29. Qc4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "17"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nh4 Nbd7 10. Nxf5 exf5 11. Qc2 Nb6 12. Bb3 Qd7 13. a5 Nbd5 14. f3 Rfe8
15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. e4 Nf6 17. Qc4 Bf8 18. exf5 Rad8 19. Kh1 Re7 20. Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "17"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 Bg4 11. Ne5 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Nac5 13. f3 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Nc5
15. Qd4 Nb3 16. Qxg4 Nxa1 17. Bh6 g6 18. Nc3 $5 {Shirov makes a pleasing
sacrifice.} (18. Bxf8 Qa5 {is usual.}) 18... Qb6+ 19. Rf2 Rfe8 20. Qf4 f5 $6 ({
Shirov prefers the solid} 20... Qc7) 21. cxd5 Nb3 22. e6 $1 cxd5 23. Nxd5 Qxe6
24. Nc7 Qc6 25. Nxe8 ({Not} 25. Nxa8 $4 Re1+ 26. Rf1 Qc5+) 25... Rxe8 26. g4 $1
Qc5 27. Kg2 $6 (27. Qa4 $1 Re1+ 28. Kg2 Qd5 29. Qxa7 {wins a pawn (Shirov).})
27... Nd4 28. b4 Qe5 $1 29. Rd2 Qxf4 30. Bxf4 Ne6 31. Be3 a6 32. gxf5 Ng7 33.
Bc5 Nxf5 34. a4 Ne3+ 35. Kf2 Nc4 36. Rd7 Ne5 $1 {A pawn sacrifice leads to a
drawn rook ending.} 37. Rxb7 Nd3+ 38. Kg3 Nxc5 39. bxc5 Rc8 40. Rb6 Rxc5 41.
Rxa6 Kg7 $2 ({Correct is} 41... Rg5+ 42. Kh3 Rh5+ 43. Kg3 Rg5+ 44. Kf4 Rh5) 42.
Ra7+ Kh6 {Black has allowed an awful restriction.} 43. Rb7 $2 ({The subtle} 43.
h4 $1 Rc1 44. a5 Rg1+ 45. Kh2 $1 Ra1 46. a6 {might win, due to the poor
position of the black king.}) 43... Rg5+ 44. Kh3 Rh5+ 45. Kg2 Rh4 46. a5 Ra4
47. Rb5 g5 48. Rb6+ Kh5 49. a6 g4 $5 50. f4 $1 Ra2+ ({Not} 50... Rxf4 $2 51.
Rb5+ Kh4 52. Ra5 {(Shirov).}) 51. Kg1 g3 52. h3 ({Or} 52. hxg3 Kg4) 52... Rc2
53. Rb7 Ra2 54. Rg7 Rxa6 55. Kg2 h6 56. Kxg3 Ra3+ 57. Kg2 Ra2+ ({Faster draws} 
57... Rxh3 $1 58. Kxh3 {stalemate.}) 58. Kf3 Kh4 59. f5 Kxh3 60. f6 Ra1 61. Kf4
Rf1+ 62. Ke5 h5 63. Rg5 h4 64. Rf5 Re1+ ({The last trap} 64... Rxf5+ $2 65.
Kxf5 Kg2 66. f7 h3 67. f8=Q h2 68. Kg4 $1 {is avoided (Blatny).}) 65. Kf4 Rf1+
66. Kg5 Rg1+ 67. Kh6 Rg8 68. Rg5 Rf8 69. Kg7 Ra8 70. f7 Kh2 71. Kf6 Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "17"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. Rb1 Nd7 13. h3 Bh5 14. Rb5 Nb6
15. c4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 dxc4 17. Bc2 Qd7 18. a4 g6 19. Be3 ({Gary played} 19. Bd2
{in round one.}) 19... Rac8 20. Rfb1 c3 21. a5 Nc4 22. Rxb7 Qe6 23. Ra1 ({A
draw will result from} 23. Bb3 Qf5 24. Qxf5 gxf5 {(Grischuk-Shirov, New Delhi
2000).}) 23... Bb8 $2 ({Correct is} 23... Nxe3 24. fxe3 Rc7) 24. Bb3 $1 Qd6 25.
g3 Nxe3 26. Bxf7+ Kh8 27. Qxe3 Qf6 28. Be6 Rce8 29. d5 Be5 $1 {Anand is going
to make three blunders.} 30. Ra2 $2 ({He misses the win} 30. Ra4 $1 c2 31. Rc4
Bd4 32. Qf4 Qxf4 33. gxf4) 30... Bd4 31. Qe1 $2 ({Equality keeps} 31. Qd3 $1
Bxf2+ 32. Kg2 Bd4 33. Rc2) 31... Qf3 $1 32. Kh2 Qxd5 33. Bxd5 Rxe1 34. Kg2 $2 (
34. f4 Rfe8 35. Bf3 {creates a defence line.}) 34... Bxf2 $1 35. Rf7 ({The
pointe is} 35. Rxf2 Rxf2+ 36. Kxf2 c2) 35... Rxf7 36. Bxf7 Bc5 37. Bb3 Kg7 38.
Rc2 Bd4 39. a6 Kf6 40. Ra2 Ke5 41. h4 Ke4 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "17"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2850"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 b6 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. cxd5 Qxd5 14. Re1 Bb7
15. Bd3 Rae8 16. Qc2 h6 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. Be4 Qd8 19. Bb2 Bf6 20. c4 Na5 21.
Bxb7 Nxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "17"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. Qg4 Ne7 7. dxc5 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 Ng6 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. O-O Ndxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. Bb5+ Bd7 14.
Bxd7+ Kxd7 15. Qa4+ $1 {Lékó has prepared a novelty.} Ke7 16. Qb4 Rab8 17. f4
Qe4 $6 ({The cold-blooded} 17... Qc7 $1 18. f5 exf5 19. Rxf5 Rhd8 20. Qg4 f6 {
is even better.}) 18. f5 Qxb4 19. axb4 exf5 20. Rxf5 Ke6 21. Rf2 a6 22. Bf4
Nxf4 23. Rxf4 f5 24. Rd4 Rbd8 25. Re1+ Kf6 26. Red1 Rhe8 $1 27. c4 Re2 28. Rxd5
Rde8 $1 29. R1d2 Rxd2 30. Rxd2 Re1+ $1 31. Kf2 Re4 32. Rd7 Rxc4 33. Rxb7 a5 34.
bxa5 Rxc5 35. a6 Rxc2+ 36. Kf3 Rc3+ 37. Ke2 Rc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "17"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2850"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
Be6 9. f4 Qc7 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 Nbd7 12. c4 O-O 13. Kh1 Rfe8 14. Be3 exf4
15. Bxf4 Bf8 16. Rc1 Qb6 17. Rc2 g6 18. Bf3 Rac8 19. Nc1 Ne5 20. b3 h5 21. h3
$6 (21. Re2 Nfd7 22. Nd3 Bg7 23. Nxe5 Nxe5 24. Qe1 {keeps a plus.}) 21... Bg7
22. Ne2 Nxf3 23. gxf3 $2 Qc5 24. Rc1 b5 25. Qd2 bxc4 26. bxc4 h4 27. Bg5 Nh5
28. Bxh4 Rb8 29. Ng1 $2 {Again Anand blunders.} ({Correct is} 29. Rc2) 29...
Rb2 30. Rc2 Qxc4 31. Rxc4 Rxd2 32. f4 Rxd5 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "17"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. g3 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Bg2 Be6 14. c3 O-O
15. O-O Rb8 16. Nc2 a5 17. Qe2 Ne7 18. Rad1 f5 19. Nce3 Kh8 20. a3 Qd7 21. Nxe7
Qxe7 22. Nd5 Qf7 23. Rd2 e4 24. Rfd1 Be5 25. f4 exf3 26. Qxf3 Bxd5 27. Rxd5 Qg7
28. Rf1 f4 29. g4 Rg8 30. h3 h5 31. Qe4 Qf6 32. Bf3 Rg7 33. Rf2 Qh4 34. Rdd2
Rbg8 35. Rh2 Re7 36. Rde2 b4 37. axb4 axb4 38. Rhg2 bxc3 39. bxc3 Ra7 40. Ra2
Rag7 41. gxh5 Rxg2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "17"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Bb2 Be7 10. Bd3 a5 11. Bxf5 exf5 12. Nc3 Be6 13. b5 a4 14. bxc6 {A
novelty sets the board on fire.} Qxb2 15. O-O $6 ({After} 15. Nxa4 Rxa4 16.
cxb7 Qc3+ 17. Nd2 $1 O-O 18. Rb1 Bb4 $1 19. Rxb4 Rxb4 20. axb4 Qxd4 {White has
a positional edge.}) 15... bxc6 $6 {The flame dies quickly.} ({Black gains
matter in} 15... Qxc3 $1 16. cxb7 Rb8 17. Qxa4+ Bd7 18. Qa7 Qc7 19. e6 $1 {
(Psakhis), and now} Bb5 $1 20. Rfb1 Rxb7 21. Qa8+ Bd8 22. exf7+ Kxf7 23. a4 Bc6
24. Ne5+ Qxe5 25. Rxb7+ Bxb7 26. Qxb7+ Qc7 27. Qxd5+ Kg6) 16. Nxa4 Qb5 17. Nc3
Qc4 18. Ne2 O-O 19. Rc1 Qa6 20. Rc3 Rfc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "17"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2850"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2
b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Bb7 11. O-O Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bg5 Nc6 14. Qe3 Qd5
15. Rad1 Qe6 {A new move leads to exchamges.} 16. Bh6 Bf5 $5 17. Bxg7 Qxe3 18.
fxe3 Kxg7 19. a3 ({Black defends well in} 19. Nd4 Be4 20. Rf4 Nxd4 21. exd4 Bd5
{(Lékó).}) 19... Rfd8 20. b4 Bc2 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Rc1 Be4 ({Lékó avoids} 22...
Bd3 $2 23. Nd4 Rxd4 $2 24. exd4 Bxe2 25. d5 Nd4 26. c6 Bg4 27. Re1 $1 Ne2+ 28.
Rxe2 Bxe2 29. h3 $1 $18) 23. Kf2 Kf6 24. g4 h6 25. h4 Ke6 26. Rd1 Bxf3 $1 27.
Rxd8 Bxe2 28. Rc8 Kd7 29. Rxc6 Kxc6 30. Kxe2 f6 31. Kd3 e6 32. Kd4 g5 $1 33. h5
Kd7 34. e4 Kc6 35. e5 $1 f5 36. gxf5 exf5 37. e6 {High accuracy is needed.} f4
$1 (37... g4 $4 38. Ke5 g3 39. e7 Kd7 40. Kf6 g2 41. c6+ $18) 38. Ke4 (38. Ke5
$4 f3 39. e7 Kd7 40. Kf6 f2 41. c6+ Ke8 42. c7 f1=Q+ $19) 38... Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "17"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. Rd1 Qa5 11. e4 Nb6 12. Bb3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qxc3 14. Rb1 O-O
15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qxf3 17. gxf3 Nbd7 18. Ba3 Rfc8 19. Bc4 Nb6 20. Bb3 Nbd7
21. Bc4 Nb6 22. Bb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "17"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 Bb4 8. e4
Bxe4 9. fxe4 Nxe4 10. Bd2 Qxd4 11. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12. Qe2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Qd5+ 14.
Kc2 Na6 15. Nxc4 b5 16. axb5 Nb4+ 17. Kc3 cxb5 18. Rd1 Qc5 19. Qe5 Nd5+ 20.
Rxd5 {So far, they follow an analysis by Korchnoi.} b4+ $1 ({Viktor continued
with} 20... Qxd5 21. Nd6+ Kf8 22. Qxd5 exd5 23. Bxb5) 21. Kb3 Qxd5 22. Be2 $1 (
22. Qxg7 Qd1+ 23. Ka2 O-O-O $1 {looks dangerous for White.}) 22... O-O 23. Qxd5
exd5 24. Na5 Rfe8 25. Bf3 Rac8 $5 ({A fine alternative is} 25... Re3+ 26. Ka4
Rd3) 26. Rd1 {Hübner likes Black and Kramnik prefers White in this position.}
Re3+ 27. Ka4 $1 b3 $1 {Shirov chooses the active move.} 28. Rxd5 g6 29. Rd7 Rc2
30. Ka3 Kg7 $5 ({He does not select} 30... a6) 31. Rxa7 h5 32. h3 h4 33. Rb7
Rc5 34. Kb4 Rf5 35. Rc7 $1 g5 36. Nxb3 Rf4+ $2 {Suddenly Shirov stops the
counter-attack.} ({The crucial line is} 36... Rexf3 $1 37. gxf3 Rxf3 38. Rc3 {
(the pointe of move 35)} Rf2 39. Ka3 f5 40. Nd4 g4 41. b4 g3 $1 42. Rc1 g2 43.
Rg1 {(Kramnik)} f4 $1 ({Vladimir continues with} 43... Kf6 $2) 44. b5 (44. Nf5+
Kf6 45. Nxh4 f3 46. b5 Ra2+ $1 47. Kxa2 f2) 44... f3 45. b6 Rf1 46. Nxf3 Rxf3+
47. Kb4 Rf2 48. Kc3 Rf3+ 49. Kd4 Rf4+ 50. Kc5 (50. Ke5 Rb4) 50... Rf5+ 51. Kc6
Rf6+ 52. Kb5 Rf2 $1 53. b7 Kf6 $1 {and Black makes a narrow escape.}) 37. Rc4
Rxc4+ 38. Kxc4 f5 39. Nd4 Kf6 40. b4 Re1 (40... Ke5 41. Nc2 {dominates the
rook.}) 41. b5 Ke5 42. Nc6+ Kd6 43. b6 Rc1+ 44. Kb5 g4 45. b7 Rb1+ 46. Nb4 Kc7
47. hxg4 fxg4 48. Be4 {Blunders supported and plagued Anand in the first cycle.
} 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "17"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Nd7 13. Re1 Nb6 14. Ra1
({Known is} 14. h3 Bd7 15. Ra1 {from Chernin-Lékó, Budapest 1997.}) 14... Qb2
15. h3 f5 $5 16. Rb1 ({Lékó prefers} 16. Bd3 $1) 16... Qa2 {Black has played ..
f5 instead of ..Bd7, compared to the mentioned game.} 17. Qc1 $5 {White
threatens 18.Rxb6 and Bc4+.} Kh8 18. Ra1 Qg8 $1 {The quen finds a safe haven.}
19. Ba5 $5 {Great complications start.} fxe4 $1 20. Bxb6 exf3 21. Bxf3 Bxh3 $1
22. Rxa7 ({Avoids} 22. gxh3 $2 Rxf3) 22... Bxg2 $1 23. Kxg2 $1 ({Evades} 23.
Bxg2 $2 Rxa7 24. Bxa7 Qa2 $1 25. Bb6 Qxf2+ {(Lékó).}) 23... Qb3 24. Qd1 Qxb6
25. Rxb7 Qf6 26. Rexe7 Ra1 $1 27. Rxg7 $1 {White forces a draw.} ({Not} 27. Qe2
$2 {due to} Qh4) 27... Rxd1 28. Rxh7+ Kg8 29. Bd5+ Rf7 30. Rbxf7 Qg5+ 31. Kh3
Qxd5 ({Or} 31... Rd3+ 32. f3 Qxd5 33. Rhg7+) 32. Rhg7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "17"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Be2
Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O c5 12. dxc5 Bxc3 13. bxc3 bxc5 14. Rb1
Qc7 15. Ne5 Nd7 $5 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Qb3 Bc6 18. Qa3 Qe7 19. Bf3 $1 {The
target becomes pawn d5.} Rfd8 20. Rfd1 Rac8 21. h3 Kf8 22. Rd2 d4 $1 {Black
gets rid of his weakness.} 23. Bxc6 Rxc6 24. cxd4 cxd4 25. Qxe7+ Kxe7 26. Rb7+
Kf8 27. exd4 Rc4 28. Re2 ({After} 28. d5 Rc5 29. d6 Rc6 30. d7 a6 $1 {and ..
Ke7 the d-pawn will fall eventually (Donev).}) 28... Rcxd4 29. Rxa7 Rd1+ 30.
Kh2 R1d2 31. Rxd2 Rxd2 32. Kg3 g5 33. Kf3 Kg7 34. Ke3 Rb2 35. g4 Kg6 36. Ra6+
f6 37. f4 gxf4+ 38. Kxf4 h5 39. a3 hxg4 40. hxg4 Rf2+ 41. Ke3 Ra2 42. Ra5 Ra1
43. a4 Re1+ 44. Kf3 Rf1+ 45. Kg3 Rg1+ 46. Kh3 Rh1+ 47. Kg2 Ra1 48. Kf2 Ra3 49.
Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "17"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2850"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8. f3
Qb6 9. Nb3 e6 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. Be3 Qc7 12. O-O-O b5 13. g4 Ne5 $6 14. g5 Nfd7
15. f4 Nc4 16. Bd4 Ndb6 {Kasparov has lost time by a provocative move.} 17. h4
$6 ({The momentum keeps} 17. f5 $1 Ne5 18. Qf2) 17... Bb7 18. h5 e5 19. Nd5
Bxd5 20. exd5 Be7 21. Bxb6 Qxb6 22. Rh3 O-O 23. Qe4 Qf2 24. Rf3 Qh4 25. Bd3 g6
26. Rg1 exf4 27. hxg6 hxg6 28. Bxc4 bxc4 29. Qxc4 Bxg5 30. Nd4 Rae8 31. Qf1 Re3
32. Rh1 Qg4 33. Rg1 Qh4 34. Rh1 Qg4 35. Rg1 Qh5 36. Rh1 Qg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "17"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. cxd5 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 Qxd5 11. Re1 Bf5 12. Ne5 g6 13. f3 $1 Nf6 14. Qe3
O-O-O $1 15. Nc3 Qxd4 16. Qxd4 ({No advantage brings} 16. Nxf7 Bc5 17. Qxd4
Bxd4+ 18. Be3 Bxe3+ 19. Rxe3 Rhe8) 16... Rxd4 17. Be3 Rb4 18. b3 Be6 $5 {
Kramnik finds a drastic solution to his positional problem.} ({The variation} 
18... Re8 19. Nxf7 Be6 20. Ng5 Bf5 21. Bf2 a5 {does not liberate the rook.})
19. Bf2 $1 Bd6 20. Nd3 Rd8 21. Nxb4 Bxb4 22. Rec1 Bxc3 23. Rxc3 Nd5 24. Rd3 b6
25. Rad1 {White cannot take the centre.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "17"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "2850"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. Bd2 Nc6 7. Qg4 $5 {Kasparov
brings a novelty in the style of Alekhine.} Kf8 8. dxc5 $1 Nxe5 9. Qg3 Ng6 10.
O-O-O ({Later} 10. Bd3 $1 {will be played.}) 10... Nf6 11. f3 Bd7 12. Nge2 Bc7
13. Qf2 b6 $1 14. Be3 Ne7 $6 ({More appropriate is} 14... Kg8 15. g4 bxc5 16.
Bxc5 Bb6) 15. g4 bxc5 16. Bxc5 Bb6 17. h4 Bxc5 18. Qxc5 Qb6 19. Qxb6 axb6 {
White has the better endgame.} 20. Bh3 Ne8 21. f4 h5 {Black builds a fortress.}
22. g5 g6 23. Nd4 Kg7 24. Nf3 Nc7 25. Ne5 Rhd8 26. Ne2 $1 Nc6 27. Nd4 Nxd4 28.
Rxd4 Be8 {A double blockade in the centre causes black passivity.} 29. Rhd1
Rdc8 30. Bf1 Kf8 31. Rb4 b5 32. Rbd4 Na6 33. Bd3 Nc5 34. Kd2 Nb7 $1 35. Ra1 Ra7
36. Re1 Nd6 37. c3 Nc4+ 38. Kc1 Na5 39. Bc2 Nc6 40. Nxc6 Bxc6 41. Kd2 Bd7 42.
Rb4 Rca8 43. Bd3 Ra5 44. Re3 Bc6 45. Rd4 Bd7 46. Rb4 Bc6 47. Bc2 Bd7 48. Bb3
Bc6 49. Rd4 R5a7 50. Bc2 Bd7 51. Bd1 Bc6 52. Bf3 Ra4 53. Bd1 R4a7 54. Bb3 Ra5
55. Re5 Rd8 {White makes no progress.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "17"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Nge2 h5 7. h3 d6 8. d4 Bd7
9. d5 Na5 $5 10. Qd3 O-O 11. e4 ({The trick} 11. b4 $2 e4 {is well-known.})
11... c5 12. dxc6 Nxc6 13. Bg5 $1 ({Little wins} 13. Qxd6 Nd4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15.
Nd5 (15. Qxd4 $2 Nxe4 $1) 15... Re8 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 {(Ftacnik).}) 13... Be6 14.
Nd5 Qa5+ 15. Bd2 Qa6 16. Nxf6+ ({Lékó lets the opportunity} 16. Nc7 $1 Qxc4 17.
Qxc4 Bxc4 18. Nxa8 Rxa8 19. b3 {slip away.}) 16... Bxf6 17. b3 h4 18. O-O ({
Avoids} 18. Qxd6 $2 Rad8 $1 19. Qc5 Be7 20. Qb5 Qxb5 21. cxb5 Nb4 $1) 18...
hxg3 19. fxg3 Bg7 20. g4 $5 Rab8 21. a4 Na5 22. Rf2 Qb6 23. Rb1 a6 24. Ng3 f6
$5 25. Bf3 Nc6 26. Kg2 Qd4 27. Qf1 b5 28. cxb5 axb5 29. axb5 Nb4 30. Bxb4 Qxb4
31. h4 Qxb5 {White's advantage has vanished.} 32. Qh1 Bh6 33. h5 $1 Qe8 34. b4
Be3 35. Rc2 g5 $2 {Shirov blunders in time trouble.} ({Correct is} 35... Rb7)
36. Qd1 Qa4 37. Be2 Bd4 38. Bc4 $1 Bxc4 39. Rxc4 Qxd1 40. Rxd1 Ra8 41. Nf5 $5
Ra2+ 42. Kh1 $1 Re2 {A critical position has arrived.} 43. Rdc1 $2 ({White
wins by} 43. Nxd6 $1 Rd8 44. Rdc1 {(Lékó). The pointe is} Rxd6 45. Rc8+ Kf7 46.
R1c7+ Ke6 47. Re8#) 43... Rxe4 44. Rc8 Rxc8 45. Rxc8+ Kh7 46. Rc7+ Kh8 47. Rc8+
Kh7 48. Rc7+ Kh8 49. Nxd6 ({Lékó has prepared} 49. Ne7 {but} Re1+ (49... Rxg4
$2 50. Ng6+ Kg8 51. h6 Rh4+ 52. Nxh4 gxh4 53. b5) 50. Kg2 Re2+ 51. Kf1 Rh2 {
draws.}) 49... Rf4 $3 {Shirov organizes a perpetual check mechanism.} 50. Rd7
Bb6 51. Nc8 Be3 $1 52. Ne7 Rf1+ 53. Kg2 Rf2+ 54. Kg3 e4 55. Ng6+ Kg8 56. h6
Rf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "17"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Bg5 h6 14. Be3
Nc6 15. d5 Ne5 16. Rxb7 e6 17. d6 Rfd8 18. Re1 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Qa5 20. Rf1 Bf8
21. d7 Qa2 22. Bb5 a6 23. Ba4 Nxf3+ 24. Kg2 Ne5 $5 ({Lékó diverts from} 24...
Nh4+ 25. Kh3 $1 Qc4 26. f3 {in Haba-Skyte, Capelle la Grande 2000.}) 25. Bb6 {
The position looks horrble for Black.} Qc4 ({Khalifman prefers} 25... Bg7 26.
Bxd8 Rxd8 27. Rc7 Bf6 28. Rc8 Ng4 $2 {but} 29. Bb3 $1 {ends the game.}) 26. Qd4
$1 {Khalifman's opening preparation has outwitted an expert.} Qxd4 ({Khalifman
analyses} 26... Qe2 27. Qxe5 Qg4+ 28. Qg3 Qxe4+ 29. Qf3 Qxa4 30. Rc1 $18) 27.
Bxd4 Nd3 28. Bc6 Nc5 29. Rc7 $1 Bd6 30. Bxc5 $1 Bxc7 31. Bxa8 Rxa8 32. Be7 $1 {
The point of white's combination. Black will lose matter.} Rd8 33. Rd1 f5 34.
Bxd8 Bxd8 35. exf5 gxf5 36. Rd6 Kf7 37. Rxa6 Ke7 38. Kg3 Bc7+ 39. Kh4 Kxd7 40.
Ra7 $1 Kc6 41. Rxc7+ Kxc7 42. Kh5 e5 43. Kxh6 Kd6 44. Kg5 Ke6 45. h4 f4 46. h5
f3 47. Kg4 {Lékó had defeated Khalifman with 4 1/2 - 1 1/2 in January 2000.
Alexander got a sportive revenge.} 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "17"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2850"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 d5 4. d4 $5 {Kramnik moves to little known
territories immediately.} dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 Bc6 $5 7. dxc5 Bd5 $5 8.
Qa4+ Bc6 9. Qc4 Bd5 10. Qc2 e6 11. Bg2 Be4 12. Qc4 Bd5 13. Qh4 {Kramnik wants
to win!} Bxc5 14. Nc3 Bc6 15. O-O Be7 $6 (15... Nbd7 {develops naturally.}) 16.
Rd1 Qa5 17. Bd2 Nbd7 18. g4 $5 {An attack is staged.} h6 19. Qg3 Qa6 20. h4 Qc4
21. Bf4 Qb4 $6 ({Kramnik mentions} 21... g5 22. hxg5 hxg5 23. Be5) 22. a3 $1
Qxb2 23. Nd4 g5 $1 ({Avoids} 23... Bxg2 24. Rdb1 $1) 24. Nxc6 $1 (24. Rdb1 gxf4
25. Qh3 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Qd2 27. Rd1 Qb2 {(Ftacnik)} 28. Rdb1 {draws.}) 24... gxf4
25. Qd3 bxc6 $1 ({Kasparov forbears the loss} 25... Nc5 $2 26. Qd4 Nb3 27. Qe5
Nxa1 28. Nxe7 Kxe7 29. Nd5+) 26. Bxc6 $1 O-O $1 27. Bxa8 Ne5 $5 28. Qd4 Rxa8
29. Qxe5 Rc8 30. Rac1 Nd5 $1 {The sacrifice of a knight forces a perpetual
check.} 31. Nxd5 Qxe5 32. Nxe7+ Kg7 (32... Kh7 33. Nxc8 Qxe2 {also draws.}) 33.
Rxc8 Qxe2 34. Rg8+ Kf6 35. Rd7 Qe1+ 36. Kg2 Qe4+ 37. Kh2 Qc2 $1 38. Kg2 ({Or} 
38. g5+ hxg5 39. hxg5+ Ke5 $11) 38... Qe4+ 39. Kh2 Qc2 40. g5+ hxg5 41. Rxg5
Qxf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "17"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 b6 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. a3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nc6 14. Bf3 Na5 15.
c5 c6 16. Re1 Bf6 17. Ng4 Bc8 18. cxb6 axb6 19. a4 Nc4 20. Nxf6+ Qxf6 21. Ba3
Nxa3 22. Rxa3 Be6 23. Qb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "17"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Qg4 Ne7 8. bxa5
dxc3 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 Nbc6 11. f4 Qxa5 12. Nf3 Bd7 13. Rb1 O-O-O 14. Qd3
Nf5 15. Rg1 d4 16. g4 $1 Nfe7 17. Rg3 Be8 18. h4 Nf5 19. Rg1 Ne3 $5 {White
threatens to advance the h-pawn. Therefore, Black has to start a counteraction.
} 20. Bxe3 dxe3 21. Qxe3 Ne7 $1 (21... Qxa3 22. Rb3 Qa1+ 23. Kf2 {(Psakhis)
leads to positional horror for Black.}) 22. Bc4 $1 Bc6 $2 {Khalifman gives up
another pawn.} ({The c-file is defended by} 22... Kb8 23. Rb3 Rc8 {(Ftacnik).})
23. Rb3 Kb8 24. Qxc3 Qc7 25. Be2 Nd5 26. Qc4 Qa5+ 27. Kf2 Ba4 28. Rb2 Rc8 29.
Qd4 Rc3 $5 (29... Rxc2 30. Rxc2 Bxc2 31. h5 {and White wins on the kingside 
(Psakhis).}) 30. Bd3 Rgc8 31. Rc1 Rd8 32. Rcb1 Bc6 33. Rb3 Rxb3 34. Rxb3 Nf6 $1
35. Qb4 Nxg4+ ({In the variation} 35... Qd5 36. Be2 $1 Nxg4+ 37. Ke1 Rh8 38.
Nd4 $1 {White takes over the attack.}) 36. Kg3 Qd5 $1 37. Bh7 $1 Qd1 38. Kxg4
Rd2 39. Kg5 Bxf3 40. Bd3 Rg2+ 41. Kf6 a6 42. Rb1 (42. Rb1 Qd2 43. Qxd2 Rxd2 44.
Kxf7 {White's king shows its strength.}) 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "17"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2850"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Ne5 11. f3 Nbc6 12. Bf2 Be6 13. Qd2 Qa5 14. Nb3 Bxb3 15.
cxb3 Nb4 16. a3 Ng6 17. Rd1 Nc6 18. Nd5 Qxd2+ 19. Rxd2 O-O 20. b4 b5 $2 {Even
Kasparov can make a blunder.} 21. Nc7 Rab8 22. Nxa6 Rb7 23. Rd5 $2 {Lékó
misses a unique chance.} ({An advantage gains} 23. Kd1 $1 Rc8 (23... Ra8 $5 24.
Bxb5 $1 Rxb5 25. Nc7 Rab8 26. Nxb5 Rxb5 27. Kc2 {(Lékó)}) 24. Rc2 Nge5 25. Kd2)
23... Na7 $1 24. Bxa7 Rxa7 25. Bxb5 Bxb2 26. O-O Bxa3 27. Rb1 Rc8 28. Bf1 Bc1
29. Rb3 Bf4 30. Rd1 e6 31. b5 Rb7 32. Nb4 h5 33. Kf2 h4 34. Ra3 Rc5 35. Be2 Ne5
36. Rb1 Kg7 37. Rab3 Bg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "17"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. Bd3 Ne7 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. O-O O-O 14. c4 f5
15. Qf3 Re8 16. Rfe1 b4 $1 17. Nc2 f4 $1 18. Be2 ({Great complications are
started by} 18. Nxb4 Rb8 19. Nc6 Qg5 20. Nxb8 Bg4 21. Qxg4 Qxg4 22. Nxa6 {
(Kramnik).}) 18... Rb8 19. b3 Kh8 20. Qh5 d5 $3 {The sixth rank is cleared for
the queen's rook.} 21. cxd5 Rb6 22. Rad1 a5 23. d6 $1 {Shirov decides to
return the extra pawn immediately.} Rxd6 24. Rxd6 Qxd6 25. Rd1 ({He does not
like the dangers of} 25. Qxf7 Rf8 {either and prefers the endgame.}) 25... Qg6
26. Qxg6 hxg6 27. Bc4 Be6 28. Bxe6 Rxe6 29. Rd5 Rc6 30. Ne1 Rc1 31. Kf1 f5 32.
f3 Bf6 $1 33. Kf2 ({White avoids the simple trick} 33. Rxa5 $4 Bh4) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "17"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2850"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 b6 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. cxd5 Qxd5 14. Re1 Bb7
15. Bd3 Rae8 16. c4 Qd8 17. d5 Nb8 18. Qc2 ({Kasparov played} 18. Ne5 {in a
rapid game.}) 18... g6 $1 19. Ne5 ({The point is} 19. Bh6 Bf6 $1) 19... Bf6 20.
Bb2 Nd7 21. f4 Bg7 22. Qf2 Nc5 23. Bc2 Qd6 24. Re3 f6 25. Ng4 Rxe3 26. Qxe3 Bc8
27. f5 $5 Bxf5 28. Bxf5 gxf5 29. Nf2 Ne4 30. Nxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "17"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. e4 Bg6 11. Bd3 h6 12. Bf4 Re8 13. h3 a6 14. e5 Nd5 15. Nxd5
Bxd3 16. Qxd3 cxd5 17. Rfc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "17"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. a4 O-O 8. O-O
Bxb5 $5 9. axb5 Nbd7 10. Qe2 Ne8 11. Bf4 Nc7 {Black has a crammed position.}
12. Rfd1 a6 13. bxa6 Nxa6 14. e5 $1 {White gets the initiative.} dxe5 15. Nxe5
Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. Qxe5 Qd6 $1 18. Qg5 Nc7 19. Ne4 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 f6 21.
Nxd6 fxg5 22. Nxb7 Rb8 23. Na5 Rxb2 24. c4 Rc2 25. h3 Ne8 26. Nc6 {Little
happened during the second cycle. Anand improved after a poor start in the
first cycle. Lékó suffered his only defeat. Kramnik and Kasparov tied for the
first place.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Millennium Email"]
[Site "NBC 2000-02"]
[Date "2000.??.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bang, Erik"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "218"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O c5 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8.
Nc3 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Qd3 a6 11. Bd2 Bf5 12. e4 Be6 13. b3 Qd7 14. Rac1 Bh3
15. f3 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Rfc8 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. cxd5 h5 19. h4 Bf6 20. Rxc8+ Rxc8
21. Rc1 Rxc1 22. Bxc1 Qc7 23. Be3 Qa5 24. Qc2 Qe1 25. Bf2 Qa1 26. Qc8+ Kg7 27.
a4 Qb2 28. Qc4 Qd2 29. Kf1 Be5 30. Kg2 Bc3 31. Kf1 Bb2 32. Kg2 f5 33. Kf1 Bf6
34. Qe2 Qc3 {Andersson has applied his usual approach. He creates a solid
position and waits for errors endlessly.} 35. exf5 $2 {White weakens his pawn
structure.} (35. Qe3 $1 Qc2 36. Be1 $1 {avoids any risk.}) 35... Qxb3 $1 36.
Qe4 gxf5 37. Qxf5 Qxa4 38. Qxh5 b5 39. Be3 Qd1+ 40. Kf2 Qc2+ 41. Kf1 b4 42.
Bh6+ Kg8 43. Qg4+ $2 ({Better is} 43. Qe8+ $1 Kh7 44. Bg5 {because the white
queen might move to a4.}) 43... Kh7 44. Bg5 Qd3+ 45. Kg2 Bxg5 46. Qxg5 Qe2+ 47.
Kh3 Qe5 48. Qd2 a5 49. Qd3+ Kg7 50. f4 Qf6 51. Qe4 $5 {A counterattack is
prepared.} b3 52. h5 Kf8 53. g4 a4 (53... Qc3+ 54. Kh4 a4 $1 {gives excellent
winning chances as well.}) 54. g5 Qc3+ 55. Kg4 a3 {White can only hunger for
perpetual check.} 56. Qa4 $5 ({A complex variation brings} 56. Qf5+ $1 Ke8 57.
g6 a2 58. Qf7+ Kd7 59. g7 a1=Q 60. Qe6+ Kc7 61. Qxe7+ Kb6 62. Qxd6+ Kb7 $1 63.
Qd7+ Qc7 64. Qb5+ Ka7 65. g8=Q Qg1+ {and a skewer decides.}) 56... b2 $2 {
Black does not win as it might seem.} ({Right is} 56... Qc8+ $1 57. f5 {and now
} b2 $1 58. Qb5 $1 (58. Qd4 Ke8 $1 59. Qa4+ Kd8 60. Qa5+ Qc7 61. Qa8+ Kd7 {and
Black will escape from the checks eventually}) 58... b1=Q $1 59. Qxb1 Qc4+ 60.
Kf3 Qc3+ 61. Kg4 Qb2 62. Qe4 a2 63. Qc4 Kf7 64. g6+ Kf6 $1 {and Black wins.})
57. Qa8+ Kf7 58. Qd8 b1=Q 59. g6+ Qxg6+ 60. hxg6+ Kxg6 61. Qxe7 Qf6 62. Qe8+
Kh6 63. Qe2 Qg6+ 64. Kh4 Qf5 65. Qc4 Qf6+ 66. Kh3 Qf5+ (66... Qb2 $1 67. f5 Kg5
68. Qg4+ Kf6 69. Qg6+ Ke5 70. f6 a2 71. f7 a1=Q 72. Qg7+ Kxd5 73. Qxb2 Qxb2 74.
f8=Q {leads to a theoretical draw.}) 67. Kh4 Qf7 68. Kh3 Qd7+ 69. Kg2 Qg4+ 70.
Kf2 Qf5 71. Qa4 Qd3 72. Qa8 Qd4+ 73. Kf3 Qc3+ 74. Ke4 Kh5 75. Qg8 Kh4 76. Qg2
Qc4+ 77. Ke3 Qb3+ 78. Ke4 Qb1+ 79. Ke3 Qf5 80. Qf2+ Kh5 81. Qh2+ Kg6 82. Kd4
Qg4 83. Ke3 Kg7 84. Ke4 Kf6 85. Qh8+ Ke7 86. Qh7+ Kd8 87. Qh8+ Kd7 88. Qa8 Qg6+
89. Kf3 Qd3+ 90. Kg4 Ke7 91. Qa5 Qe2+ 92. Kf5 Qd3+ 93. Kg4 Qd1+ 94. Kg5 Qg1+
95. Kf5 Qc5 96. Qa8 Qc2+ 97. Kg5 Qg2+ 98. Kf5 Qh3+ 99. Kg5 Qe3 100. Kg6 Qg3+
101. Kf5 Kf7 102. Qa7+ Kf8 103. Qa4 Qe3 104. Kf6 Qe7+ 105. Kf5 Qf7+ 106. Kg4
Qg6+ 107. Kh4 Qd3 108. Qa7 Qe4 109. Kg3 Qe1+ {His total score of minus one was
hard to accept for Andersson. Now he does because no capture or pawn move was
made for nearly fifty moves.   The report was removed from the ICCF server
during the final stage, but it was reinstalled after complaints by endgame
lovers.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Millennium Email"]
[Site "NBC 2000-02"]
[Date "2000.01.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Bang, Erik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

{The tournament was organised at the occasion of 45 years NBC (the Dutch
federation for correspondence chess). A meeting of Nol van 't Riet with Joop
van Oosterom and his staff resulted in a design for the Millennium Email Chess
Tournament. Six top players should participate in a double rounded event. A
large prize fund of 105,000 Guilders was made available. Five invited players
agreed to play: Ulf Andersson (rating = 2805; nr. 1), Gert Timmerman (2738; nr.
3), Joop van Oosterom (2684; nr. 4), Hans-Marcus Elwert (2681; nr. 5) and
Harald Tarnowiecki (2674; nr. 7). Korchnoi appeared to be only interested in
over-the-board games. His place was taken by Erik Bang (2661; nr. 10). So six
top ten correspondence players took part. Most games began in November 1999.
The official start was on 1 January 2000. ICCF President Alan Borwell made the
brilliant suggestion to present the ongoing games on the ICCF Website. The
publication started in May 2000, when all games were different. A delay of
three moves was applied. Each month one thousand spectators watched the games.
Elwert triumphed! Tarnowiecki did well but he was defeated by the winner. Van
Oosterom had a great result by beating Timmerman twice. Gert became world
champion during the tournament but he was also hampered by a personal tragedy.
Andersson lost a game in correspondence chess for the first time. He missed
chances in two endings. His last game continued after the other games had
ended in October 2001. A year later he had to resign to a draw. The
superiority of over-the- board players in correspondence chess had ended! I
looked into all games. Chess Mail 2002/2 and the report by Nol van 't Riet
have been most helpful. Jan van Reek.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3
Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 Bg4 9. c4 Nf6 10. cxd5 Bxf3 11. Qxf3
Qxd5 12. Qg3 Qxd4 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Nb5 Qg4 15. Bf4 $6 ({Better alternatives are
} 15. Nxc7 Rad8 16. Qxg4 Nxg4 17. Be2 {(Levacic-Sarthou, Cannes 1995)}) ({and} 
15. Qxc7 {(Jouan-Ricard, corr. 1985).}) 15... Qxg3 16. Bxg3 Rad8 $1 {White is
in trouble.} 17. Rad1 Bb4 18. Rf1 a6 $1 19. Nxc7 Ba5 20. a3 Rd7 (20... Nh5 $5
21. Nd5 $1 Nxg3 22. hxg3 Rxd5 23. Bxh7+ Kxh7 24. Rxd5 {does not win for Black
either.}) 21. Bf5 Rxc7 22. b4 Bb6 23. Bxc7 Bxc7 24. g3 $1 {Anderssen finds a
solid defence.} Bb6 25. Bh3 Rd8 26. Bg2 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Nd8 28. a4 Kf8 29. a5 Bc7
30. Rb1 Ne8 31. b5 axb5 32. Bxb7 $1 Bxa5 33. Rxb5 Nd6 34. Rxa5 N8xb7 35. Ra8+
Ke7 36. f3 h5 {Bang sees no serious winning attempts.} 37. Kg2 g6 38. g4 hxg4
39. fxg4 g5 40. h4 gxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Millennium Email"]
[Site "NBC 2000-02"]
[Date "2000.01.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Elwert, Hans"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4 12. Rxc4 Nd7 13. Bb1 e5 14. O-O exd4
15. Nxd4 $5 ({The known} 15. Rxd4 {gives no advantage as well.}) 15... Nf6 16.
Qc2 Re8 17. h3 Bd7 18. Re1 Rac8 19. e4 $5 c5 20. Nf3 Nh7 $5 21. Rc3 b6 22. e5
Nf8 {Black has consolidated his position.} 23. Nd2 $6 ({Right is} 23. Ra3 $1
Ra8 24. Nd2 {and now the bishop's rook cannot go to the d-file.}) 23... Rcd8 $1
24. Rce3 Bf5 $1 25. Qc1 $6 (25. Qxf5 Rxd2 26. R3e2 Red8 {favours Black (Elwert
and Grahn) less.}) 25... Bxb1 26. Nxb1 Qe6 27. Nc3 Ng6 28. Re4 Rd4 $5 29. f4
Red8 30. R1e2 h5 31. Rf2 Rxe4 32. Nxe4 Rd4 $1 {Black prevents a counter in the
centre and sets a diabolic trap.} 33. Qb1 $2 ({Elwert had expected} 33. Nc3 Qf5
34. Ne2 Rd3 35. Nc3 h4 {and Black will win.}) 33... Nxf4 $3 34. Rxf4 Qxe5 {
Andersson had suffered his first defeat in correspondence chess.} ({The pointe
is} 34... Qxe5 35. g3 h4 $1 36. Rxh4 f5) 0-1

[Event "Millennium Email"]
[Site "NBC 2000-02"]
[Date "2000.01.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Tarnowiecki, Harald"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O c5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bxf6 Qxb3 14. axb3
Bxf6 15. Na4 Na6 16. Rfd1 d4 17. Bxa6 Bxa6 18. Nxc5 Be2 19. Rd2 Bxf3 20. gxf3
dxe3 21. fxe3 Rfb8 22. Rd3 Bxb2 23. Ra2 Be5 24. f4 Bc7 25. Na6 Rc8 26. Nb4 a5
27. Nd5 Bd8 28. e4 Rab8 29. Kg2 Rc1 30. Re2 Rb1 31. Ree3 a4 32. bxa4 R8b2+ 33.
Kf3 Rf1+ 34. Kg4 Rxh2 35. Rh3 Rg2+ 36. Rdg3 Ra2 37. Rb3 Kh7 38. Ra3 Rg1+ 39.
Kf5 g6+ 40. Ke5 Rga1 41. Rxa2 Rxa2 42. Rb3 Rxa4 43. f5 Ra5 44. fxg6+ Kxg6 45.
Kf4 Bg5+ 46. Kf3 h5 47. Nf4+ Kh6 48. Rb6+ f6 49. Nd5 Ra3+ 50. Kg2 Kg7 51. e5
fxe5 52. Re6 h4 53. Rxe5 Kg6 54. Kh2 Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Millennium Email"]
[Site "NBC 2000-02"]
[Date "2000.01.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Nf3 a6 7. O-O Rb8 8. Bg5
d6 9. Qd2 b5 10. cxb5 axb5 11. Rac1 Bd7 12. Ne1 b4 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nd5 Bg7
15. e3 e6 16. Nf4 Ne7 17. Ned3 e5 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Ne2 Bb5 20. Rfd1 Qd6 21.
Nc5 Rfd8 22. Qe1 Qb6 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. a3 bxa3 25. bxa3 Qa7 26. Nb7 Rd7 27.
Nc5 Rd8 28. Nb7 Rd7 29. Nc3 Ba6 30. Na5 Qc5 31. Nd5 Qxa3 32. Ra1 Qd3 33. Nxe7+
Rxe7 34. Nc6 Re6 35. Qa5 Bc4 36. Qxc7 Qd6 37. Qc8+ Bf8 38. Nxe5 Ba6 39. Qa8
Qxe5 40. Rxa6 Rxa6 41. Qxa6 Kg7 42. Qa2 Bd6 43. Bd5 Qf6 44. Kg2 h5 45. Qc4 g5
46. Bf3 h4 47. Qg4 Qe5 48. Bb7 Bc7 49. e4 hxg3 50. hxg3 Qf6 51. Bd5 Bb6 52. f4
Qg6 53. f5 Qf6 54. Qh5 Bc7 55. Qf3 Qb2+ 56. Kh3 Qa1 57. Bb3 Be5 58. Bd1 {
Andersson did not fare well with the white pieces. He lost once and had to
escape from difficulties twice.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Millennium Email"]
[Site "NBC 2000-02"]
[Date "2000.01.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D75"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Nf3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 Qa5 11. d5 Ne5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Rc1 Bd7 14. Qd2 c4
15. f4 $5 Bg7 16. Bf2 Rad8 17. e4 $5 e6 18. Bd4 exd5 19. exd5 Bxd4+ 20. Qxd4
Rfe8 $1 21. f5 $2 {Andersson strives for an exchange of pawns.} ({The action
in the centre can be continued by} 21. Rce1 $1 b5 22. Qf6 Bf5 23. Re5 {with
chances for both sides.}) 21... Bxf5 22. Qxc4 Qb6+ 23. Kh1 h5 $1 24. Qb3 Qe3
25. c4 $1 b6 26. Qxe3 Rxe3 {Andersson has ran into trouble. He decides to
exchange three pawns for two queenside pawns.} 27. a4 $1 ({The active} 27. c5
$2 bxc5 28. Rxc5 {is refuted by} Rb8 $1 29. d6 Rb2) ({and the natural} 27. Kg1
$2 Rc8 28. Rf3 Rxf3 29. Bxf3 Kg7 30. Kf2 Kf6 {does nothing about the
positional disadvantage.}) 27... Rc8 28. a5 Bd3 29. Rfd1 Bxc4 30. axb6 axb6 31.
d6 b5 32. Bf1 $1 {Andersson continues the exchanges.} Re4 33. Bd3 Rd4 34. Bxc4
Rcxc4 35. Rb1 Kf8 36. Rxd4 Rxd4 37. Rxb5 Rxd6 38. h4 Ke7 39. Kg2 Ke6 40. Rb3 f6
41. Re3+ Kf5 42. Kf3 g5 43. hxg5 fxg5 44. g4+ hxg4+ 45. Kg3 Rh6 46. Re8 Rh3+
47. Kg2 Rb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Millennium Email"]
[Site "NBC 2000-02"]
[Date "2000.01.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bang, Erik"]
[Black "Elwert, Hans"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D28"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 Nc6 8. Nc3
b5 9. Qe2 cxd4 10. exd4 Na5 11. Bc2 Be7 12. Bg5 Bb7 13. Rad1 Nd5 14. Ne4 Rc8
15. Bxe7 ({The comparable} 15. h4 h6 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 {was played in
Sorokin-Karpatchev, Novgorod 1999.}) 15... Qxe7 16. Nc5 Nc4 17. Nxb7 Qxb7 18.
Be4 Nd6 19. Bb1 O-O 20. Ne5 Rfd8 21. Rfe1 Qe7 22. Qh5 $5 g6 23. Qe2 $5 (23.
Nxg6 $6 hxg6 24. Qxd5 Nc4 25. Qf3 Nxb2 26. Rd2 Rc4 {slightly favours White.})
23... Rc7 24. g3 Nc4 25. h4 Nxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Millennium Email"]
[Site "NBC 2000-02"]
[Date "2000.01.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bang, Erik"]
[Black "Tarnowiecki, Harald"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. Rc1
Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 c5 12. O-O Na6 13. Bb1 Re8 14. Qa4 g6
15. Rfd1 cxd4 16. exd4 Nc7 17. Bd3 Kg7 (17... Re6 {stems from Bang-Palciauskas,
Wch. ICCF 1989.}) 18. g3 $6 {Bang starts to make small errors in an effort to
win.} ({More solid is} 18. Re1) 18... Qd6 19. Bf1 a6 20. Qb3 Rab8 21. Bg2 Ne6
22. Rd2 $6 ({More active is} 22. Na4 Bc6 23. a3) 22... Rbc8 23. Qd1 b5 24. h4
Rc4 25. b3 Rc7 26. Rdc2 b4 27. Ne2 Rxc2 28. Rxc2 Bc8 29. Nh2 h5 30. Nf1 Bb7 31.
Ne3 Kh7 32. Bf3 Bg7 33. Qd3 Kg8 34. Ng2 Qb6 35. Ngf4 $2 (35. Rd2 $1 a5 36. Ngf4
{avoids the loss of a pawn.}) 35... Bxd4 $1 36. Nxd5 Bxd5 37. Bxd5 Bxf2+ 38.
Kg2 Bc5 39. Qf3 Kg7 40. Bc4 Re7 41. Qd5 Be3 42. Qe5+ ({Black had set the trap} 
42. Bxa6 $2 Nc7 43. Qd8 Qf6 $1 44. Rxc7 Qxa6 45. Rxe7 Qxe2+ 46. Kh3 Qf1+ 47.
Kh2 Qg1+ 48. Kh3 Qh1#) 42... Kh7 43. Kh2 Qa7 44. Qa5 Bd2 $1 45. Qd5 ({The
pointe is} 45. Rxd2 Qf2+ 46. Kh3 Qe1 $1 47. Qd5 Rd7 $1) 45... Bh6 46. Kg2 Ng7
47. Bd3 Re3 48. Rc6 Qe7 49. Qc4 $2 ({Right is} 49. Ng1 $1) 49... Qd7 50. Nc1
Ne6 51. Kf2 ({Or} 51. Kh2 Nf4 $1 52. Bf1 Rc3) 51... Re5 $1 52. Ne2 Nc5 $1 ({
Notice} 52... Nc5 53. Rxc5 Be3+) 0-1

[Event "Millennium Email"]
[Site "NBC 2000-02"]
[Date "2000.01.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bang, Erik"]
[Black "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. d4 Nb6 8.
Nc3 Nc6 9. d5 Na5 10. Bf4 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qxd5 12. Bxc7 Qc5 13. Bxb6 $5 ({
Unknowingly, Bang improves on} 13. Bf4 {from Etchechoury-Mrkvicka, corr. 1999.}
) 13... axb6 14. Qd4 Be6 15. Rfd1 (15. Qh4 f6 {gives no winning chances to
White.}) 15... Nc6 16. Qxc5 bxc5 17. Rdb1 Rfb8 18. Nd2 Bxa2 19. Rb2 Be6 20.
Rxa8 Rxa8 21. Rxb7 Ne5 22. h3 $1 Ra1+ 23. Kh2 Ra2 24. Ne4 Rxe2 25. Nxc5 $5 {
Bang does not like his position and gives a pawn for a secure draw.} Nf3+ 26.
Bxf3 Rxf2+ 27. Kg1 Rxf3 28. Nxe6 fxe6 29. Kg2 Rxc3 30. Rxe7 Re3 31. Kf2 Re5 32.
Kf3 h5 33. g4 Kf8 34. Rh7 hxg4+ 35. hxg4 g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Millennium Email"]
[Site "NBC 2000-02"]
[Date "2000.01.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Elwert, Hans"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. O-O Ne7 8.
Qe2 d6 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. Qxe3 e5 11. c4 Be6 12. Nc3 Nd7 13. Be2 Qb6 14. Qxb6 Nxb6
15. Nd2 (15. Na5 $1 O-O-O 16. b4 {(Elwert) keeps a positional advantage.})
15... Nc6 16. b3 Nd4 17. Rfd1 Ke7 18. Nf1 a5 19. Ne3 a4 $1 20. Bd3 Rhc8 21.
Rdb1 $6 {White loses time.} axb3 22. axb3 g6 23. g3 Kd8 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Nc2
Nxc2 26. Bxc2 Bd7 $5 {Andersson made this move after after a reflection time
of 43 days! He is going to play for a win. Both players will attack in the
endgame.} 27. Rd1 Ke7 28. f4 f6 29. Kf2 Ra3 30. Rd3 Be6 31. Nb5 Ra2 32. Rd2 Nd7
33. Ke2 ({Easy is} 33. Nxd6 $2 Rxc2 $1 34. Rxc2 Kxd6) 33... Nc5 34. f5 Bd7 $5
35. Nc3 Ra3 36. Nd5+ Kf7 37. b4 $1 Nb3 38. Bxb3 Rxb3 39. fxg6+ hxg6 40. Ra2 Be6
41. b5 f5 42. Ra7 Bxd5 $1 43. exd5 e4 $1 {Black's devious plan becomes clear.}
44. Kd2 $1 ({White avoids the greedy} 44. Rxb7+ $6 Kf6 45. Rd7 $2 ({Elwert's} 
45. Kd1 $1 {draws in a difficult way}) 45... Ke5 46. Kd2 Kd4 $1 47. Rxd6 e3+
48. Ke2 Rb2+ 49. Kf1 Ke4 $1) 44... Kf6 45. Kc2 Rb4 46. Kc3 Rb1 47. Kc2 $6 {
Capture is the right way to draw this time.} (47. Rxb7 $1 e3 48. Kd3 Rb3+ 49.
Ke2 Ke5 50. Rh7 g5 51. h4 Kd4 52. hxg5 Rb2+ 53. Kf1 Kxc4 ({not} 53... Kd3 $2
54. Re7 Rb1+ 55. Kg2 e2 56. c5 $1) 54. Re7 Kd3 55. g6 Rxb5 56. g7 Rb8 57. Ra7)
47... e3 $6 ({Better is} 47... Rh1 48. Rxb7 Rxh2+ 49. Kc3 Rh3 50. Kc2 Rxg3 51.
b6 Rh3 $3 ({Elwert gives} 51... Rg2+) 52. Rb8 Rh7 53. Re8 Kg5 54. Re6 f4 55.
Rxe4 Rb7 {and Black has a great advantage.}) 48. Kd3 Rb3+ 49. Kd4 g5 50. Ra2 b6
51. Re2 f4 52. gxf4 gxf4 53. Ke4 Rc3 54. Kxf4 Rxc4+ 55. Kxe3 Ke5 56. Kf3+ Kxd5
57. Kg3 Rc5 {Andersson missed a good chance in this subtle endgame.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Millennium Email"]
[Site "NBC 2000-02"]
[Date "2000.01.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Elwert, Hans"]
[Black "Bang, Erik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
Rc1 Nc6 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd4 12. exd4 exd5 13. O-O Be6 14. Bf3
Rad8 15. Re1 Bd6 16. g3 Bb8 17. Bg2 Rd6 18. Na4 Rfd8 19. Rc3 b6 20. Rf3 Qe7 21.
Nc3 Qd7 22. Rfe3 b5 23. b4 a6 24. a4 Rc8 25. axb5 axb5 26. Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Millennium Email"]
[Site "NBC 2000-02"]
[Date "2000.01.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Elwert, Hans"]
[Black "Tarnowiecki, Harald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Qa4 Nd7 7. Qxc4 Nb6 8.
Qd3 e5 9. Be3 Nb4 10. Qb5+ Bd7 $6 ({Better is} 10... c6 11. Qxe5+ Be7 12. Na3
O-O {(Horvath-Rabiega, Austria 1996).}) 11. Qxe5+ Be7 12. O-O O-O $2 (12... Nc2
$1 13. Qxg7 Bf6 14. Qh6 Nxa1 {(Elwert) keeps a real fight going.}) 13. Rc1 N4d5
14. Qe4 Re8 15. Qd3 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 c5 17. Qd3 Be6 18. Nc3 Bc4 19. Qd1 Rc8 20. e3
cxd4 21. Nxd4 Ba6 22. Ncb5 Bf6 23. Rxc8 Nxc8 24. Qc2 Nd6 25. Nc7 Bd3 26. Qc3
Rf8 27. Nd5 Be4 28. Nxf6+ Qxf6 29. f3 Bg6 30. Ne2 Qxc3 31. Nxc3 f5 32. Bf1 Rc8
33. Rc1 Kf8 34. Ne2 Rxc1 35. Nxc1 Bf7 36. Kf2 Ke7 37. Bd3 Kf6 38. e4 fxe4 39.
Bxe4 h6 40. b3 g5 41. Ke3 Be6 42. Ne2 Ke5 43. f4+ gxf4+ 44. gxf4+ Kf6 45. Ng3
b6 46. Nh5+ Ke7 47. Ng7 Bg8 48. Kd4 a5 49. Bd3 Bf7 50. Ke5 a4 51. bxa4 Bxa2 52.
Nf5+ Nxf5 53. Kxf5 {White has kept the extra pawn.} Kf7 54. Bc2 Be6+ 55. Ke5
Ke7 56. f5 Bc4 57. f6+ Kd7 58. Bf5+ Ke8 59. Be6 Be2 60. Bb3 Kd7 61. h4 ({White
has a forced win by} 61. h4 Bd3 62. f7 $1 Ke7 63. Kd5 $1 Bf5 64. f8=Q+ $1 ({not
} 64. Kc6 $4 Bd7+ 65. Kxb6 Bxa4) 64... Kxf8 65. Kc6 Ke7 66. Kxb6 {(Elwert).})
1-0

[Event "Millennium Email"]
[Site "NBC 2000-02"]
[Date "2000.01.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Elwert, Hans"]
[Black "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O a6 7. Nc3 Rb8 8. d5
Na5 9. c5 b5 10. cxb6 cxb6 11. Bf4 d6 12. Nd4 Bd7 13. b4 $1 ({Bang played} 13.
b3 {against Timmerman. Elwert's novelty favours White.}) 13... Nc4 14. Qb3 b5
15. Nc6 Bxc6 16. dxc6 Qb6 17. Rac1 e6 18. a4 d5 $2 ({Correct is} 18... Nh5 $1
19. axb5 Nxf4 {(Elwert)} 20. Qxc4 Nxg2 21. bxa6 d5 22. Qb5 Qxb5 23. Nxb5 Rxb5
24. c7 Rc8 25. a7 Nh4 26. a8=Q Rxa8 27. c8=Q+ Rxc8 28. Rxc8+ Bf8 29. gxh4 Kg7 {
Black will survive.}) 19. e4 $1 e5 20. Bg5 Qxc6 21. exd5 Qd7 22. axb5 axb5 23.
Nxb5 $1 Rxb5 24. Rxc4 Rfb8 ({Or} 24... Nxd5 25. Rc5 $1 Nxb4 26. Bc6 $1 {
(Elwert).}) 25. Rd1 Qd6 26. Rc6 Qd8 27. Qf3 e4 28. Qf4 $1 R5b6 29. Rxb6 Qxb6
30. d6 Nd7 31. Qxe4 Qb5 32. Be7 Ne5 33. Rd5 Qa4 34. Bf1 {Elwert defeated his
main competitors and withstood Andersson.} 1-0

[Event "Millennium Email"]
[Site "NBC 2000-02"]
[Date "2000.01.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Elwert, Hans"]
[Black "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Be7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. g5 Nd7 13. f5 Bxg5+ 14. Kb1 Ne5
15. Qh5 Qd8 16. h4 Bf6 17. fxe6 O-O 18. Bh3 Kh8 19. Nd5 fxe6 20. Bxe6 Bd7 $2 ({
Theory is} 20... Bb7) 21. Rdf1 Nc4 $6 22. Rxf6 $1 {Joop's novelty gets a
drastic refutation.} Rxf6 23. Bxd7 Rh6 $5 ({Or} 23... Qxd7 24. Nxf6 gxf6 25.
Qh6 {(Elwert).}) 24. Qf5 $1 Rxh4 25. Rd1 $6 ({Even better is} 25. Rg1) 25...
Qf8 $6 (25... Nd2+ $1 26. Ka1 Nxe4 {is preferable (Elwert)} 27. Nf3 Ng3 {
Black's last knight move is possible, because the white rook has not moved to
g1.}) 26. Ne6 Qxf5 27. exf5 Ne5 28. Nec7 Rf8 29. Be6 Nf3 30. Nxa6 Nd4 31. Nac7
Nxf5 32. Rf1 g6 33. a3 Re4 34. Nc3 Re5 35. N3xb5 Kg7 36. a4 h5 37. a5 1-0

[Event "Millennium Email"]
[Site "NBC 2000-02"]
[Date "2000.01.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tarnowiecki, Harald"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nc6 7. Qd2 e6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Be7 10. f4 Bd7 11. Kb1 Rc8 12. h3 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Qa5 14. Bxf6
gxf6 15. Be2 Rc5 16. Qd4 Qc7 17. Rhf1 Rg8 18. g4 Kd8 19. Rd2 Kc8 20. Nd1 Kb8
21. Ne3 Rc8 22. c3 Be8 23. a3 b5 24. Rc2 Qa7 25. Rfc1 Bd8 26. Nf1 Be7 27. Ng3
R5c7 28. Qxa7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Millennium Email"]
[Site "NBC 2000-02"]
[Date "2000.01.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tarnowiecki, Harald"]
[Black "Bang, Erik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. Nf3 Na6 7. e3 Nxc5 8.
Bd2 b6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nce4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Bxd2 14.
Qxd2 d5 15. cxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Millennium Email"]
[Site "NBC 2000-02"]
[Date "2000.01.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tarnowiecki, Harald"]
[Black "Elwert, Hans"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 e6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bd2 Rb8 10. Rb1 b5 11. a3 Qd7 12. b4 a6 13. bxc5 Qa7 14. Kh1 Qxc5 15. e5
d5 16. Qc1 Bd7 17. Ne2 b4 18. Be3 Qa5 19. Rb3 Rfc8 20. Bd2 Qc5 21. Be3 Qa5 22.
Bd2 Qc5 23. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Millennium Email"]
[Site "NBC 2000-02"]
[Date "2000.01.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tarnowiecki, Harald"]
[Black "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 Na6 7. Bg5 Qe8 8. g4 c5
9. Be3 $5 {White diverts from Crouch-Miles, Calcutta 1994.} cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5
11. Bg2 b6 $6 (11... Bd7 $1 {will be played in Kosyrev-Nevostrujev,
Ekaterinbrg 2002.}) 12. Ndb5 $1 {White threatens 13. e5.} Rb8 13. Nxa7 Bb7 14.
Qc2 Qd7 15. f3 $5 Qe6 16. Ne2 d5 $2 {Timmerman should attack the weaknesses in
the right way.} (16... Nfd7 $1 17. Nd4 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Ne5 19. O-O Nxc4 {regains
the pawn.}) 17. Nd4 $1 Qd6 18. exd5 e6 19. O-O exd5 20. Nab5 Qd7 21. b3 Rfd8 $6
22. Rad1 Ra8 {Black has lost a tempo.} 23. Bf4 Ne8 24. Rfe1 dxc4 25. bxc4 Qc8
26. h4 Rd7 27. g5 Rd8 28. Bg3 Ra4 29. Qe2 Qa8 30. a3 Bxd4+ 31. Nxd4 Ng7 32. Be5
Ne8 33. Bf6 $1 Rb8 ({The pointe of the offensive shows} 33... Nxf6 $1 34. gxf6
Rxa3 35. Nf5 $1 Rxd1 ({or} 35... gxf5 36. Rxd8+ Qxd8 37. Qe8+) 36. Nh6+ Kh8 37.
Nxf7+ Kg8 38. Nh6+ Kh8 39. Qxd1 {and White wins.}) 34. Qe7 Nxf6 35. Qxf6 Nd7
36. Qe7 Nc5 37. h5 Rf8 38. Nf5 $1 gxf5 39. Qf6 Be4 $5 {Black is lost anyway.}
40. h6 Ne6 41. fxe4 fxe4 42. Bh3 Ra7 43. Rd6 1-0

[Event "Millennium Email"]
[Site "NBC 2000-02"]
[Date "2000.01.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tarnowiecki, Harald"]
[Black "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. Bg5 Qe8
9. g4 Nd7 10. Be2 Ndc5 11. Rb1 ({Known is} 11. Rg1 {(Murdzia-Bekker Jensen,
Germany 1999).}) 11... Bd7 12. b4 Na4 13. Nb5 Nb6 14. a4 Nc8 $5 {Van Oosterom
plays passively.} ({More active is} 14... f5 $1) 15. Nc3 Rb8 16. Be3 c5 17. b5
$5 Nb4 18. g5 f5 19. gxf6 Rxf6 20. h4 h6 21. Rg1 a6 $6 22. h5 $1 g5 $2 ({Right
is} 22... Ne7 $1 23. Qd2 Kh7 24. a5 $1 axb5 25. cxb5 {(White threatens 26.
Nxe5 dxe5 27. Bxc5)} Rf8) 23. Nxg5 $1 {Tarnowiecki breaks through the defence.}
hxg5 24. Bxg5 Kh8 ({The pointe is} 24... Rf8 25. h6 Bh8 26. Bh5 {(Harding).})
25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. Bg4 Bxg4 27. Qxg4 Qf8 28. Ke2 $5 Ne7 ({Or} 28... Nb6 29. Rg3
Nxc4 30. Qg6 $1) 29. h6 Qf7 30. h7 Rf8 31. Rbf1 Qg7 $2 ({Strong resistance is
offered by} 31... Bg5 32. Rg3 Bh6 33. Rh3 Qf6) 32. f4 Qxg4+ 33. Rxg4 Bg7 34.
Rfg1 Rf7 35. f5 Bf8 36. Nd1 Nc2 37. Kd3 Nb4+ 38. Kc3 axb5 39. axb5 Nc8 40. Nf2
Nb6 41. Rg8+ Kxh7 42. R8g3 Rg7 43. Rxg7+ Bxg7 44. Ng4 Nd7 45. Ra1 Kg8 46. Ra7
Kf7 47. Rxb7 Ke8 48. Ra7 Kd8 49. f6 Bxf6 50. Rxd7+ Kxd7 51. Nxf6+ Ke7 52. Ng4
Kd7 53. Nf2 Na2+ 54. Kd2 Nb4 55. Nd3 Nxd3 56. Kxd3 Kc7 57. Ke2 Kd7 58. Kf3 Ke7
59. Kg4 Ke8 60. Kf5 1-0

[Event "Millennium Email"]
[Site "NBC 2000-02"]
[Date "2000.01.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Bf4 $1 Be7 {This line stems from Mason-Maróczy, London 1899.} 10.
Re1 O-O 11. Qf3 Re8 12. e5 $1 Nd7 13. Na4 Bb7 14. c4 Qa5 15. b3 c5 16. cxd5
Bxd5 $1 ({Ulf avoids} 16... exd5 $6 17. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 18. Qh3+ Kg8 19. Qxd7)
17. Qe2 Red8 $6 ({More active is} 17... Qb4 $1) 18. Rac1 Bc6 19. Nb2 $1 Nb6 ({
Not} 19... Qxa2 $4 20. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 21. Qc2+ Kg8 22. Ra1) 20. Bb1 (20. Qc2 $1
h6 21. Bd2 Qa3 22. Bc3 {keeps a plus.}) 20... g6 21. Be3 Rac8 22. Qg4 c4 $1 {
A fine Andersson move is made! He gives a pawn and gets a manageable defence.}
23. Bxb6 Qxb6 24. Nxc4 Qb4 25. h4 Bb5 26. h5 Kg7 27. Re4 Bxc4 28. bxc4 Qd2 29.
Rf1 Qh6 30. hxg6 hxg6 31. Re3 a5 32. Rh3 Qd2 33. Rf3 Qh6 34. Rh3 Qd2 35. Rf3
Qg5 36. Qxg5 Bxg5 37. Ra3 Rc5 38. f4 Be7 39. Rc3 Rcc8 40. Kf2 Rd4 41. Kf3 Bb4
42. Rd3 Rdxc4 43. Rd7 Rc3+ 44. Kg4 Re3 45. Rfd1 Rc4 46. Rb7 Be1 47. Rb3 Rcc3
48. Rxc3 Bxc3 49. Rd3 Rxd3 50. Bxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Millennium Email"]
[Site "NBC 2000-02"]
[Date "2000.01.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Black "Bang, Erik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 f6 12. Nf3 Kh8 13. Qb3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 dxc4
15. Bxc4 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 Nd5 $1 (16... Qd5 $6 {lost in Adams-Timman, Wijk aan
Zee 2000.}) 17. Rb1 Rb8 18. Bd2 Qd7 $6 (18... c6 $1 {equalises.}) 19. Qb3 c5
20. c4 Nc7 21. d5 Bd6 22. a4 b6 23. Qc2 Rfe8 24. Rfe1 Kg8 25. g3 Rxe1+ 26. Bxe1
a6 $2 {Harding does not inform us, why Black loses: Bang weakens his queenside.
} ({Correct is} 26... Re8 {and the exchanges will continue.}) 27. Bd2 b5 28.
Be3 $1 Re8 29. Nd2 $1 {Timmerman restrict the queenside.} b4 30. Nb3 $1 Qe7 31.
Re1 h5 $5 32. a5 h4 33. Kg2 Qd7 34. Qg6 f5 $5 35. Nd2 h3+ $5 36. Kf1 Be5 37.
Bg5 Bd6 38. Rb1 Rf8 39. Rb3 Be5 40. Re3 Bf6 41. Bxf6 Rxf6 42. Qh5 Rh6 43. Qe2
f4 $5 {The flight forwards continues.} 44. gxf4 Kf8 45. Ne4 Qf5 46. Nxc5 Qg6
47. Re7 Qg2+ 48. Ke1 Qg1+ 49. Kd2 Qxh2 50. Nd7+ Kg8 51. Re8+ $1 Nxe8 ({Or} 
51... Kh7 52. Qe4+ Rg6 53. Nf8+ {(Harding).}) 52. Qxe8+ Kh7 53. Nf8+ Kg8 54.
Ne6+ Kh7 55. Ng5# 1-0

[Event "Millennium Email"]
[Site "NBC 2000-02"]
[Date "2000.01.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Black "Elwert, Hans"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. f4
Nc5 9. f5 Be7 10. Qf3 O-O 11. Be3 Qc7 12. O-O b5 $5 13. a3 e5 14. Nde2 Bb7 15.
Ng3 Nxb3 16. cxb3 b4 $5 {Elwert brings a funny novelty. The white triple pawn
brings no advantage.} 17. axb4 Bc6 18. Nh5 Rfd8 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. b5 $5 axb5
21. b4 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Ra8 23. Rd1 Be7 24. h3 Qb7 25. Kh2 Ra6 26. Bf2 Qa8 27. Nd5
Qb7 28. f6 $5 {Timmerman creates a lively finale.} Bxd5 29. Rxd5 Bxf6 30. Qd3
$1 h6 31. Rxb5 Qc7 32. Ra5 Rxa5 33. bxa5 Qxa5 34. Qxd6 Qb5 35. b4 Qb7 36. Qb6
Qxe4 37. b5 Bg5 38. Qc5 h5 39. b6 h4 40. Bg1 Bf4+ 41. Kh1 Qb1 42. Qc7 Be3 43.
Qd8+ Kh7 44. Qxh4+ Kg8 45. Qd8+ Kh7 46. Qh4+ Kg8 47. Qd8+ Kh7 48. Qh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Millennium Email"]
[Site "NBC 2000-02"]
[Date "2000.01.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Black "Tarnowiecki, Harald"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Re4 g5 16. Qf3 Bf5 17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. Re3 Be4 19. Rxe4 $1 dxe4 20. Qf6 Qg4 21.
Qxg5+ Qxg5 22. Bxg5 f5 23. Nd2 Rae8 24. a4 f4 25. axb5 $1 (25. Re1 {was played
in Jonsson-Berzinsh, Hallberg 1993.}) 25... axb5 26. gxf4 Bxf4 27. Bxf4 Rxf4
28. Re1 Kf7 29. Re3 Kf6 30. Kf1 Kf5 31. Ke2 h5 32. Rg3 Rg4 33. Nf1 Rxg3 34.
hxg3 {Timmerman stays prudent.} ({A great risk is taken by} 34. Nxg3+ $2 Kg4
35. Ke3 h4 36. Nxe4 Kh3 37. f3 Kxh2 38. Kf2 Rg8) 34... Ra8 35. Ne3+ Kg5 36. Kd2
Ra2 37. Kc2 Ra6 38. Kd2 Ra2 39. Kc2 Ra6 40. Kd2 Ra2 {A hazardous opening was
followed by a quiet draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Millennium Email"]
[Site "NBC 2000-02"]
[Date "2000.01.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Black "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. f4
Nc5 9. f5 b5 10. Qf3 Bd7 11. Bg5 Be7 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nc6 Bxc6 14. Qxc6+ Kf8 15.
fxe6 b4 $1 ({Van Oosterom improves on} 15... Qc8 {(Istratescu-Badea, Bucharest
1997).}) 16. Ne2 Rc8 17. Qf3 fxe6 18. O-O h6 $5 {Joop chooses the sharpest
move each time. Exchange is more prudent.} 19. Rad1 Qb6 $5 20. Be3 Qc6 21. Qg3
Nxb3 22. axb3 Qe4 23. c4 Kf7 $5 24. Nc1 Rhd8 25. Rde1 Qg6 $5 26. Qxe5 Bd6 27.
Qa5 Kg8 28. Kh1 Ng4 29. Bg1 {Black has given a pawn.} Bg3 $1 {And gets an
attack.} 30. Re2 ({The pointe is} 30. hxg3 $4 Rd5 $1) 30... Rf8 $5 31. Rf3 Bf4
$5 32. Nd3 Bxh2 $1 33. Qxa6 ({Not} 33. Bxh2 $4 Rxf3 $1 34. gxf3 Qxd3) 33...
Bxg1 34. Kxg1 Rcd8 {White has to make a difficult decision.} 35. Ne1 $5 ({He
could exchange towards a rook ending by} 35. Qxe6+ Qxe6 36. Rxe6 Rxf3 37. gxf3
Rxd3 38. fxg4 Rxb3 39. Kf2 $3 ({not} 39. Re2 $2 Rg3+ 40. Rg2 Rxg2+ 41. Kxg2 b3
$1) 39... Rxb2+ 40. Ke3 {and draw by accurate play.}) 35... Rfe8 36. Qc6 Qh5
37. Rh3 Qf7 38. Rf3 Qh5 39. Rh3 Qg5 40. Rd3 e5 41. Rxd8 Rxd8 42. g3 Kh8 43. Qe4
Rd4 44. Qa8+ $2 (44. Qf3 $1 {keeps a potential check.} Rd1 45. Qf8+ {draws.})
44... Kh7 45. Qf3 Qg6 46. c5 h5 47. Ng2 $5 {White prevents .. h4.} Rd3 48. Qe4
Rd1+ 49. Ne1 Rc1 50. Kf1 Rxc5 51. Nd3 Rb5 52. Qxg6+ Kxg6 53. Re4 Ra5 54. Nxb4
Kf5 55. Re1 Rb5 56. Nc6 Kf6 (56... Rxb3 $6 57. Rxe5+ $1 Nxe5 58. Nd4+ {puts
the win at risk.}) 57. b4 Rb6 58. Rc1 Ke6 59. Rc3 Kd6 60. Na5 Rxb4 61. b3 Kd5
62. Ke2 Nh6 63. Rd3+ Ke6 64. Nc4 Nf5 65. Kf2 e4 66. Rc3 Kd5 67. Ne3+ Nxe3 68.
Kxe3 g5 69. Ke2 Kd4 70. Kd2 g4 {Pawn g3 will fall soon.} 0-1

[Event "Millennium Email"]
[Site "NBC 2000-02"]
[Date "2000.01.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. O-O Ne7 8. c4
d6 9. Nc3 e5 10. Qe2 Be6 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 Nd7 13. Rfd1 Qb6 14. Qxb6 Nxb6
15. Rac1 O-O-O 16. Na1 Kb8 17. b3 g6 18. Nc2 f5 19. Be2 Rhe8 20. Rd2 fxe4 21.
Rcd1 Kc7 22. Nxe4 d5 23. cxd5 Nbxd5 24. Ng5 Bg8 25. Bc4 b5 26. Bxd5 Rxd5 27.
Ne3 Rxd2 28. Rxd2 h5 29. Ne4 Rd8 30. Rxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Millennium Email"]
[Site "NBC 2000-02"]
[Date "2000.01.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Bang, Erik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 O-O $6 7. Bxc6 $1
dxc6 8. Nxe5 Re8 9. Nf3 c5 $6 ({Better is} 9... Bg4) 10. d3 $5 b6 $6 11. Nbd2
Bb7 $6 12. Nc4 Nd7 13. Bf4 Nf8 14. Bg3 Ne6 15. c3 Bf6 {Black has no
compensation for the pawn.} 16. Qb3 $1 h5 17. h4 a5 18. Rad1 Nf8 19. Ne3 Ng6
20. Nf5 Ne7 21. Nxe7+ Qxe7 22. d4 a4 23. Qc4 Ba6 24. Qd5 g6 25. Qc6 Bc4 26. d5
$1 Rec8 27. Bxc7 Ra7 28. e5 Raxc7 29. Qxf6 {Van Oosterom scored a simple win.}
1-0

[Event "Millennium Email"]
[Site "NBC 2000-02"]
[Date "2000.01.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Elwert, Hans"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 Nc6 10. f4 b5 11. Be3 Bb7 12. a4 b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Na5 15.
Nxa5 Qxa5 16. fxe5 Rad8 17. e6 fxe6 18. dxe6 Qe5 19. Qd4 Qxe6 20. Bc4 d5 21.
Bd3 a5 22. Qb6 Qxb6 23. Bxb6 Rxf1+ 24. Rxf1 Ra8 25. Re1 Bf6 26. b3 Kf7 27. Bb5
Rc8 $5 28. Re2 ({Or} 28. Bxa5 Rxc2 29. Bxb4 Bb2) 28... Bd8 29. Ba7 Bc6 30. Bd3
g6 31. Bd4 Bd7 32. Rf2+ Ke8 33. Kg1 Rc6 34. Kf1 Bb6 35. Bxb6 Rxb6 36. Ke2 Re6+
37. Kd2 Ke7 38. g3 Rf6 39. Rxf6 Kxf6 40. c3 bxc3+ 41. Kxc3 Ke5 42. b4 axb4+ 43.
Kxb4 Bxa4 $5 {Elwert ends the game with a joke.} 44. Kxa4 Kd4 45. Bb5 Ke3 46.
Kb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Millennium Email"]
[Site "NBC 2000-02"]
[Date "2000.01.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Tarnowiecki, Harald"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. h4 Nbc6 8. h5
Qa5 9. Bd2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa4 11. c3 Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 h6 13. Bd3 Bd7 14. Rh3 $5
O-O $6 {Tarnowiecki makes a strategic error after the novelty. His kingside
will become a target.} ({Better is} 14... Na5 15. Rg3 Kf8 $1) 15. Rf3 Na5 16.
g4 Nc4 17. Bc1 $1 {The weakness h6 invites an attack. White is ready to strike
with g5.} f6 $1 {Black makes a courageous decision. He gives the weak pawn for
a counterattack.} 18. exf6 Rxf6 19. Rxf6 gxf6 20. Bxh6 e5 $1 21. f3 $6 (21.
Bxc4 dxc4 22. f3 exd4 23. cxd4 {keeps more advantage.}) 21... Nb2+ 22. Kc2 Nxd3
23. Kxd3 e4+ $1 24. Ke3 $5 (24. fxe4 dxe4+ 25. Kxe4 Bxg4 26. Rf1 {brings a
plus.}) 24... Kh7 25. Bf4 exf3 26. g5 fxg5 27. Bxg5 Nf5+ 28. Kf2 $5 Rc8 29. Rc1
Nd6 30. Nxf3 Bg4 31. Bf4 Ne4+ 32. Ke3 Bxh5 33. c4 Bxf3 34. Kxf3 Kg6 35. cxd5
Rxc1 36. Bxc1 Kf5 37. Bf4 Nc3 38. d6 Ke6 39. Ke3 Nd5+ 40. Ke4 Nxf4 41. Kxf4
Kxd6 42. Ke4 b5 43. a4 bxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Millennium Email"]
[Site "NBC 2000-02"]
[Date "2000.01.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. Ba3 b6 11. bxa5 Nh5 12. Re1 f5 13. Bb4 bxa5 14. Ba3 Nf4 15.
Bf1 fxe4 16. Nd2 Nf5 ({The next year} 16... Nd3 $5 17. Bxd3 exd3 18. Nde4 {was
played in Delchev-Smirin, Pula 2001.}) 17. Ndxe4 Nd4 18. Nb5 Qh4 19. f3 ({Not} 
19. Nxc7 $2 Bg4 20. f3 Nxg2 $1 21. Bxg2 Bxf3 22. Qc1 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Nf3) 19...
Nh3+ $1 20. Kh1 {The critical position has been reached. Timmerman always
wants to fight and plays a wonderful combination.} Qxe4 $2 ({Harding misses in
his comments} 20... Nf2+ 21. Nxf2 Nxb5 22. cxb5 Qxf2 23. Qe2 {and a boring
equlity.}) 21. Rxe4 Nf2+ 22. Kg1 Nxd1 23. Rxd1 Nc2 $5 24. Bb2 Rf7 $6 ({
Preferable is} 24... Bf5 25. Re2 Bh6 26. Nxc7 Rac8 27. Nb5 Rf6) 25. Re2 Nb4 26.
Bc3 Bf5 27. a3 Na6 28. Bxa5 Bh6 29. a4 Bg5 30. Ra1 h5 31. Ree1 Bd8 32. Ra3 Kh7
33. Bd2 Bh4 34. g3 Bf6 35. a5 Bg7 36. Bd3 Bh3 37. Bf1 Bf5 38. h4 Bh6 39. Bxh6
Kxh6 40. Bd3 Nc5 41. Bxf5 gxf5 42. f4 exf4 $5 ({Or} 42... e4 43. Nd4) 43. gxf4
Rg7+ 44. Kh2 Rg4 45. Nxc7 Rxh4+ 46. Kg3 Rg4+ 47. Kh3 Rc8 48. Nb5 Ne4 49. Rf1
Rxc4 50. a6 Rg8 51. a7 Ra8 52. Ra6 Rg8 $1 53. Ra2 $1 (53. a8=Q $4 Rg3+ 54. Kh2
Rc2+ 55. Kh1 Rh3+ {draws.}) 53... Ra8 54. Rb1 h4 55. Nxd6 Nxd6 56. Rb6 Kh5 57.
Rxd6 Rc3+ 58. Kh2 Kg4 59. Rg6+ Kxf4 60. Rc6 Rd3 61. Rb6 Rxd5 62. Rb8 {Van
Oosterom had defeated Timmerman for the first time.} 1-0

[Event "Millennium Email"]
[Site "NBC 2000-02"]
[Date "2000.11.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bang, Erik"]
[Black "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O Nc6 6. d4 a6 7. Nc3 Rb8 8. d5
Na5 9. c5 b5 10. cxb6 cxb6 11. Bf4 d6 12. Nd4 Bd7 13. b3 b5 14. Rc1 Qb6 15. Nc6
$5 Nxc6 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Na4 $1 bxa4 18. Rxc6 Qa5 19. Bd2 Qf5 20. b4 $5 (20.
bxa4 $5 Rb2 $5 21. Bc3 Rxa2 22. Rxa6 {drew in Sloth-Maliangkay, Wch. ICCF 1999.
}) 20... Qb5 21. Qc2 Nd7 22. Rc7 d5 23. Qd3 Qxd3 24. exd3 Rfd8 25. Bxd5 $5 {
White wants to exchange towards a draw, because Black has a plus.} Ne5 26. Bg2
Nxd3 27. Rxe7 Bd4 28. Rb1 $1 ({Protection of the b-pawn by} 28. a3 $2 {fails
due to} Bb2) 28... Nxf2 29. Be3 Bxe3 30. Rxe3 Rd2 {Black has an extra pawn,
but his a-pawns are weak.} 31. Bf1 $2 {White counterattacks too hastily.} ({
Right is} 31. a3 $1 Ng4 32. Rf3 Rc8 33. Bf1 $1 Rc6 34. Rd3) 31... Rxa2 32. Bxa6
Nh3+ 33. Kh1 Nf2+ 34. Kg1 Nh3+ 35. Kh1 Rd8 36. Re2 Rxe2 37. Bxe2 Rd2 38. Bf1
Nf2+ 39. Kg1 Ng4 $1 40. b5 {The black attack has become too strong.} ({Matter
is lost by} 40. Bb5 $5 Nxh2 41. Bxa4 Nf3+ 42. Kf1 Ra2 $1 43. Bb3 Ra3 44. Kf2
Nd2) 40... Ne5 $1 {Black threatens mate in two. The knight gets enough time to
catch up with the passed pawn.} 41. Bg2 a3 42. b6 a2 43. Ra1 Rb2 44. b7 Nd7 45.
Be4 Kg7 46. Kf1 Kf6 {Timmerman carried out a fine positional game.} 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "28.Schachtage"]
[Date "2000.07.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2000.??.07"]

{Kramnik and Anand scored 6/9 in 2000. Vladimir became the official winner.} 1.
Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9.
Be2 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 h5 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Qc2 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bg7 15. Rad1
O-O 16. Bg3 Nh7 $5 ({Theory is} 16... Nd7 {(Goldin-Khenkin, New York 2000).})
17. e5 f5 18. exf6 Qxf6 19. f3 Qf5 20. Qd2 Qg6 21. fxg4 hxg4 22. Qe3 Rf5 23.
Ne4 c5 $1 {Black does not allow a blockade on c5 by returning the extra pawn.}
24. Nxc5 Bd5 25. a4 Raf8 $5 ({An alternative brings} 25... Rxf1+ 26. Rxf1 bxa4)
26. axb5 Rf3 $1 27. gxf3 gxf3 28. Kh2 Nf6 $2 {Akopian misses the point of his
combination.} (28... Bh6 $1 29. Qe5 $1 Bg7 $1 30. Qe3 {leads to a perpetual 
(Kramnik).}) 29. Bxf3 Bxf3 30. Qxe6+ Kh8 31. Rxf3 $5 Qc2+ 32. Rf2 Qxd1 33. Kg2
Qxd4 34. Qe5 Qd5+ 35. Qxd5 Nxd5 36. Rxf8+ Bxf8 37. Na4 Bg7 38. Kf3 Nb6 39. Nxb6
axb6 40. Ke4 Bxb2 41. Kd5 ({Notice} 41. Kd5 c3 42. Be5+ Kh7 43. Kc4 {(Kramnik).
White will win with his b-pawn eventually.}) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "28.Schachtage"]
[Date "2000.07.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2000.??.07"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qc7 10. Bb2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. Be2 e4 13. Nd2 Rd8 14. Qc2 Bf5
15. Nb3 cxd4 16. cxd4 Rd6 17. Rfc1 Re8 18. Nc5 Qe7 19. Qb3 Nd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "28.Schachtage"]
[Date "2000.07.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2000.??.07"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Nh4 e6 7. Nxf5 exf5 8. e3
Bb4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Qc2 g6 12. f3 Rc8 13. Kh1 Nb6 $5 14. Bb3 c5
15. a5 cxd4 16. axb6 $5 {White forces a draw in a remarkable way.} dxc3 17.
bxa7 cxb2 18. Qxb2 Bc3 19. Bxf7+ $1 Rxf7 20. Qxc3 Rxc3 21. a8=Q Qxa8 22. Rxa8+
Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "28.Schachtage"]
[Date "2000.07.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2000.??.07"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Nd7 8.
O-O e5 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Re8 11. Nh2 Qe7 12. Bh6 Bh8 13. Ng4 Nf8 14. Bg5 f6
15. Nh6+ Kg7 16. Be3 Ne6 17. Ne2 Ng5 18. Ng4 h5 19. Nh2 Rd8 20. Qc3 Ne6 21. f4
Nd4 22. Rae1 Kh7 23. Nf3 Be6 24. fxe5 fxe5 25. Ng5+ Kg8 26. Nxe6 Nxe6 27. Qb3
Kh7 28. Rf2 Rf8 29. Ref1 Bg7 30. Kh2 b6 31. Ng1 Nd4 32. Qa4 b5 33. Qa3 a5 34.
Qc3 a4 35. Nf3 Ne6 36. b3 Kg8 37. Qd2 axb3 38. cxb3 Rad8 39. Qc3 g5 40. g3 Rd7
41. h4 gxh4 42. Nxh4 Rxf2+ 43. Rxf2 Qd6 44. Rd2 Nd4 45. Qc1 Bf6 $4 {Kramnik
makes the decisive error in a poor game.} ({Better is} 45... Rf7 46. Rf2 Rxf2+
47. Bxf2 Ne6) 46. Bxd4 Bxh4 47. Bxc5 Qh6 48. gxh4 Qf4+ 49. Kh1 Rg7 50. Qd1 {A
mirakle has happened. Kramnik has lost a game!} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "28.Schachtage"]
[Date "2000.07.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Computer Deep Junior"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2000.??.07"]

1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bd3 e6 4. f4 $5 {Junior lacks chess intelligence in
closed positions. Kramnik will benefit from it.} Be7 5. Nf3 c5 6. c3 O-O $6 {
Junior commits the first error.} 7. Nbd2 Ng4 $6 8. Qe2 c4 $6 {More doubtful
moves have been played.} 9. Bc2 f5 10. Rg1 $5 Nc6 11. h3 Nf6 12. g4 Ne4 13. Qg2
g6 14. Qh2 Kh8 $2 {He smells no danger on the kingside.} 15. h4 Nxd2 16. Bxd2
fxg4 17. Ng5 $1 Qe8 ({Or} 17... h6 18. h5) 18. h5 $1 gxh5 19. Rxg4 Rf6 20. Rh4
Rh6 21. O-O-O a5 22. Rh1 b5 23. Bd1 Ra7 24. Bxh5 Qf8 25. e4 Bd8 26. f5 b4 27.
Bg6 Rxh4 28. Qxh4 bxc3 29. bxc3 Bf6 30. Qxh7+ Rxh7 31. Rxh7+ Kg8 32. Bf7+ Qxf7
33. Rxf7 ({The pointe is} 33. Rxf7 Bxg5 34. Rc7) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "28.Schachtage"]
[Date "2000.07.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2000.??.07"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 b6 7. e3 Bb7 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. b4 a5 11. Bb2 Qe7 12. d4 axb4 $5 13. axb4 Rfc8 14. Rxa8
Rxa8 15. d5 $1 {Kramnik takes the initiative.} Nf8 16. Rd1 Bc8 17. Nd4 e5 18.
Nb3 Bd7 19. f3 Qd8 20. Nd2 Ng6 21. Bf1 h6 22. e4 Nh7 23. c5 bxc5 24. bxc5 f5 $5
25. Ba3 $1 Rc8 $6 ({Better is} 25... Ng5 {(Kramnik).}) 26. cxd6 cxd6 27. Qb4
Qg5 28. Qxd6 Nf6 29. Bc5 Kh7 30. exf5 $1 Bxf5 31. Nc4 e4 $1 {Anand develops
strong counter-play.} 32. Be3 Qh5 33. Qg3 exf3 34. gxf3 Nh4 35. Nd2 $6 ({
Kramnik prefers} 35. Ne5) 35... Rc2 $1 36. Be2 Nxd5 37. Bd4 Bg6 38. Qg4 Nf5 $4
{Black should exchange the queens.} 39. Qxh5 Bxh5 40. Bd3 Bg6 41. Bxc2 Nxd4 42.
Bxg6+ Kxg6 43. Kf2 Ne6 44. Ne4 Nef4 45. Ra1 Nh5 46. Ra6+ Kf7 47. Nd6+ Ke7 48.
Nf5+ Kf7 49. Ne3 Ndf4 50. Ng4 Nd5 51. Ne3 Ndf4 52. Nf5 Nd5 53. Ke1 Ndf6 54. Kd2
Nd5 55. Ra5 Ke6 56. Ne3 Ndf4 57. Rf5 Ke7 58. Ng4 Ke6 59. Re5+ Kf7 60. Ke3 Kg6
61. Ke4 Nh3 62. Ra5 Ng5+ 63. Ke3 Ne6 64. Ne5+ Kf6 65. Nd3 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "28.Schachtage"]
[Date "2000.07.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2000.??.07"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 f6 12. Nf3 Kh8 13. a3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nc6 15.
Nd2 f5 16. Re1 Bf6 17. Bf3 Bg8 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. Nb3 b6 20. Bf4 Ne7 21. Be5 c6
22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23. Nc1 Ng6 24. Nd3 h6 25. Ne5 Nh4 26. Bxd5 Qxd5 27. f3 c5 28.
dxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "28.Schachtage"]
[Date "2000.07.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2000.??.07"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 cxd4 8.
exd4 Nc6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. h4 $5 {Vladimir wants to win. He plays a
new and aggressive line.} Na5 12. Bc2 b5 13. Qd3 Bb7 14. h5 $5 Bxf3 $5 {Black
accepts the pawn sacrifice.} 15. Qxf3 Qxd4 16. Bf4 b4 $2 ({The solid} 16... h6
{will draw in Bareev-Rublevsky, Montecatini Terme 2000.}) 17. Rad1 Qc4 (17...
Qc5 $5 18. Re5 Qc6 19. Qg3 $1 bxc3 20. Bh6 Ne8 21. Bxg7 Nxg7 22. h6 Bf6 23.
hxg7 $1 Bxe5 24. gxf8=Q+ Kxf8 25. Qxe5 {and White has gained a plus in
Yermolinsky-Kaidanov, Seattle 2000.}) 18. Bd3 Qc6 19. Ne4 Nd5 20. Be5 f5 ({
Slightly better is} 20... f6 $1 21. Bd4 Rad8 {(Kramnik)} 22. Rc1 Qd7 $1) 21.
Qg3 Rf7 $1 22. Nd2 Nb7 $6 ({My preference has} 22... Bf6 23. Nf3 b3 24. axb3
Nxb3) 23. Nf3 Nc5 24. Nd4 {White has amassed his forces for an attack on the
king.} Qb6 ({A similar win shows} 24... Qc8 $5 25. Nxf5 $1 exf5 26. Bc4 Nf6 27.
h6 $1 g6 28. Bxf6 Bxf6 29. Rc1 $1 {(Kramnik).}) 25. Nxf5 $1 exf5 ({Or} 25...
Nxd3 26. Nh6+ Kf8 27. Nxf7) 26. Bc4 Nf6 27. Bc7 $1 {White threatens b6, e7 and
f7.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "28.Schachtage"]
[Date "2000.07.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2000.??.07"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Bd5 11. Qd3 Be4 12. Qd1 c5 13. dxc5 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Bxc5
15. Nc3 {Kramnik and Anand scored 6/9. Vladimir became the official winner.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 63"]
[Date "2001.01.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2849"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

{The 63rd event was played at Wijk aan Zee from 13-28 January 2001. It was the
strongest event in the series, because nine top ten players participated.
Kasparov won the tournament for the third time in a row and scored 9/13. Anand
followed by half-a-point. Ivanchuk and Kramnik made 8/13. Timman ended with
four losses. All wins and losses by the best four have been selected. Four
other games were added. } 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 Nc6 6.
O-O e6 7. d3 Nge7 8. Qe1 O-O 9. Bb3 $6 ({Usual is} 9. f5 d5 10. Bb3) 9... Na5
10. Be3 b6 11. Bf2 Bb7 12. Bh4 Nxb3 13. axb3 Qd7 14. Qg3 (14. Kh1 {was played
in Gamboa-Wojtkiewicz, St Martin 1993.}) 14... f5 15. Rae1 $6 {White will lose
control over the centre.} ({Right is} 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. e5 $1) 15... Nc6 16.
exf5 $6 gxf5 17. Re2 Rae8 18. Rfe1 Kh8 19. Qh3 Nd4 20. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 21. Kh1 Rg8
22. Nd1 Rg6 23. c3 Bg7 24. Ne3 Rf8 25. Bg5 h6 26. Bh4 $6 (26. Qh5 $5 {holds up
the kingside attack.}) 26... b5 27. Nf1 b4 28. cxb4 $6 cxb4 29. Ne3 Rg8 30. Bg3
Bd4 31. Nc4 R8g7 32. Qh5 Kh7 33. Ne3 Qb5 34. Rd2 a6 35. Qh3 h5 36. Ree2 h4 $1
37. Be1 Bxe3 38. Qxe3 (38. Rxe3 Qc5 $1 39. Rg3 Rg4 {(Kasparov).}) 38... Qc6 39.
Qh3 Qc1 40. Qxh4+ Rh6 41. Rc2 Qd1 42. Rcd2 Qb1 $1 43. Qf2 Rxg2 44. Qxg2 Bxg2+
45. Kxg2 Qa2 46. Rc2 Rg6+ 47. Bg3 Qxb3 48. Red2 a5 49. Kf2 a4 50. Rc6 a3 51.
bxa3 bxa3 52. Ke2 e5 53. fxe5 f4 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 63"]
[Date "2001.01.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Rc8 11. O-O-O Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxg7
Kxg7 15. exd5 a5 16. a3 Qb6 17. Rhe1 Rfe8 18. g4 b4 $5 ({Known is} 18... Rc7 {
(Macieja-Rogozenko, Istanbul 2000).}) 19. a4 Qc5 20. Kb1 e5 21. dxe6 Bxe6 22.
h4 $1 Bxb3 23. cxb3 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 {White threatens to begin a horrible attack.}
h5 $2 ({An interesting variation is} 24... d5 $5 25. h5 d4 26. h6+ $1 {(Anand),
and now} Kf8 $1 27. Qf4 Rc6 $1 28. Qb8+ Rc8 29. Qe5 Qxe5 30. Rxe5 d3 $1 31. Rd5
Ke7 32. Rxd3 Rc5 33. Re3+ Kd7 $1 34. f4 Rd5 35. Kc2 f6 36. Rd3 Kd6 {drawn.})
25. Ka2 hxg4 26. fxg4 Rh8 27. Qf4 $1 Rxh4 28. Rf1 Qe5 29. Qxf7+ Kh6 30. Rf6 $5
(30. Rg1 $1 Kg5 31. Rd1 $1 {wins more quickly (Anand).}) 30... Rxg4 31. Re6 Qg7
32. Qf3 Qd4 33. Qf8+ Kh5 34. Rxd6 Qe5 35. Qd8 Rg5 36. Rd7 Kg4 37. Rd1 Qe3 $6
38. Rd4+ Qxd4 39. Qxd4+ Kh5 40. Qh8+ Kg4 41. Qg7 Kh5 42. Qh7+ Kg4 43. Kb1 Kf5
44. Qf7+ Ke4 45. Qf6 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 63"]
[Date "2001.01.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2845"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. h3 b5
$5 {Kasparov plays a new and sharp move.} 9. g4 $6 ({The crucial variation is} 
9. e5 $1 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. fxe5 $1 Nd5 {(Kasparov)} 12. Kh2) 9... a5 10.
f5 b4 11. Qe1 Ba6 12. Qh4 $2 ({Right is} 12. Nbd2 {(Kasparov).}) 12... c4 $1
13. Bh6 $2 cxd3 14. cxd3 Bxd3 15. Re1 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 Qb6+ 17. Kh1 Ne5 18. Nbd2
Rac8 19. Ng5 Rc2 20. Rf1 Bxf1 21. Rxf1 Rfc8 22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Nb3 Rxg2 $1 24.
Kxg2 Rc2+ 25. Kg3 Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 63"]
[Date "2001.01.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Rc1 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 O-O 13. d5 Rd8 14. Ke1
Na5 15. Bg5 Bd7 16. Bd3 Rdc8 17. Ke2 e6 18. Be3 exd5 19. exd5 b6 20. Ba6 Rd8
21. Rhd1 Bc8 $5 ({Loek diverts from} 21... Ba4 22. Rd3 h5 {(Piket-Van Wely,
Groningen 2000).}) 22. Bxc8 Raxc8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Nd4 $1 Bf8 $2 ({Right is} 
24... Bxd4 25. Rxd4 f6 {and the king will help out (Kramnik).}) 25. Nb5 $1 a6
26. d6 $1 {Kramnik makes a surprising move.} Rc2+ $6 (26... axb5 $1 27. d7 Rd8
28. Bxb6 Nc6 29. Bxd8 Nxd8 30. Rd5 $1 {(Krasenkow), and now} Bg7 31. Rxb5 Kf8
32. a4 Ke7 33. a5 Bd4 $1 {brings the last chance.}) 27. Kd3 Rxa2 28. d7 Nb7 29.
Nc3 Rb2 30. Nd5 Rb5 31. Kc2 Bc5 32. Bh6 f6 33. Nc7 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 63"]
[Date "2001.01.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 c5 6. d5 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Bxc4
exd5 9. Nxd5 Nc6 10. Qb3 {Loek presents a new move.} Qd7 $6 11. Nxf6+ gxf6 12.
Bd2 Rg8 13. Bc3 $5 O-O-O 14. Bxf7 $4 (14. Rg1 $1 {keeps a plus.}) 14... Rxg2
15. Nh4 Ne5 $1 {Black decides the game.} 16. Nxf5 Nd3+ $5 17. Kf1 Rxf2+ 18. Kg1
Kb8 $1 19. Qe6 $6 ({Or} 19. Ng3 Qc6 $1 20. e4 c4 21. Qb5 Qxb5 22. axb5 Bc5 {
(Morozevich).}) 19... Rxf5 20. h4 ({The pointe is} 20. Qxd7 Rxd7 21. Be6 Rg7# {
(Hübner).}) 20... Bd6 21. Rf1 $2 Rg8+ $1 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 63"]
[Date "2001.01.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Bb2 e5 12. h3 e4 13. Nd2 Na5 14. Ba2 Bf5 $6
({Theory is} 14... c4) 15. c4 $1 Rfe8 $6 (15... Nc6 16. d5 Ne5 {brings a
knight to the centre (Kramnik).}) 16. d5 Nd7 17. f4 $1 {White takes the
initiative on the kingside.} exf3 18. Qxf3 Bg6 19. h4 h5 $2 (19... f6 $1 {
controls square e5.}) 20. Bb1 $1 {The second bishop has been activated.} Qd6
21. Bc3 b6 22. Ne4 $6 (22. Bf5 $1 {keeps the advantage.}) 22... Rxe4 $1 {Black
takes the chance to counterattack.} 23. Bxe4 Nxc4 24. Qf4 Qxf4 25. Rxf4 Nxe3
26. Bf3 Nc2 27. Ra2 Re8 28. g4 $1 hxg4 $2 {Black should play the offside
knight.} ({Right is} 28... Ne1 $1 29. Be2 $1 {(Kramnik)} Nd3 $1 30. Bxd3 Bxd3
31. gxh5 Be2 $1) 29. Bxg4 Ne5 30. d6 $1 Nxg4 31. Rxg4 Re6 32. h5 Bd3 33. d7 Rd6
34. Rxg7+ Kf8 35. h6 Nd4 36. Rag2 Bg6 37. Rf2 $1 Nf5 38. h7 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 63"]
[Date "2001.01.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C52"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O Nge7 8.
Ng5 d5 9. exd5 Ne5 10. Bb3 O-O 11. cxd4 ({Best is} 11. Nxh7 $1 Kxh7 12. Qh5+
Kg8 13. Qxe5 {(Short-Adams, Sarajevo 2000).}) 11... Ng4 12. Qf3 $2 ({The Evans
Gambit proceeds by} 12. Ba3 $1 Nxd5 $1 13. Bxf8 Qxg5 $1 14. Bxd5 Qxd5 {
(Anderssen-Mieses, Breslau 1867).}) 12... Nf6 $1 {Adams improves the theory.}
13. Ba3 h6 14. Ne4 ({Or} 14. Qe2 Nfxd5 $1 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxf8 Qxg5 {(Adams).
}) 14... Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Re8 16. Bb2 Nf5 17. Qf4 {The white position is poor.}
Bb4 $5 (17... Qd6 $1 18. Qxd6 Nxd6 {consolidates the advantage (Adams).}) 18.
Na3 Bd6 19. Qd2 Qh4 20. g3 Qh3 21. Nc4 $2 b5 (21... Nh4 22. f4 Bg4 23. Ne5 $1
Bxe5 24. dxe5 Nf3+ 25. Rxf3 Bxf3 26. Rf1 {leads to an ambiguous position 
(Adams).}) 22. Ne5 $2 (22. Nxd6 Nxd6 {(Adams)} 23. Rae1 {tries to survive.})
22... Bb7 23. Rae1 a5 $1 24. a3 b4 $1 25. axb4 Bxb4 26. Bc3 Bxc3 27. Qxc3 Nh4
$1 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 63"]
[Date "2001.01.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Nc6 8. e3
e5 9. Nc3 O-O 10. d5 Ne7 11. e4 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 c6 14. Rd1 cxd5 15.
exd5 Nf5 16. d6 Rb8 17. Qd3 $1 {The passed pawn gets support by this new move.}
Nd4 $6 (17... Re8 18. a4 Nd4 19. Nb5 Re6 {gives more counteraction.}) 18. Nb5
Nd7 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Bd2 Re8 21. Rac1 Qf6 22. Bb4 Ne5 $2 {Black lifts the
blockade.} (22... a5 $3 23. Bxa5 b6 24. Bb4 Nc5 25. Bxc5 bxc5 26. d7 Red8 27.
b3 Bf8 {stops the dangerous pawn.}) 23. Qxd4 $1 {A sacrifice opens the way for
the centre pawn.} Nf3+ 24. Bxf3 Qxd4 25. Rxd4 Bxd4 26. d7 Red8 27. Bd6 Ra8 28.
Rc7 Bb6 29. Rxb7 Kg7 30. Rxb6 axb6 31. Bxa8 Rxd7 32. Be5+ 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 63"]
[Date "2001.01.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C39"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Nf6 6. d4 d6 7. Nd3 Nc6 8. c3 $5
{Fedorov carries out a novelty in the Kieseritzky.} Nxe4 9. Bxf4 d5 10. Nd2 Bd6
11. Ne5 O-O 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qc2 Qf6 {The fight in the centre favours Black.}
14. Bg5 $2 ({Better is} 14. Qxe4 $1 Bf5 15. Qe3 Rfe8 16. Bb5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 {
(Ivanchuk).} c6 $1 18. Bc4 Bxe5 19. O-O) 14... Qf5 15. Nxc6 Bg3+ 16. Kd1 bxc6
17. Bc4 Bf2 18. Qe2 Be6 19. Rf1 g3 20. Be3 c5 21. Bxf2 $2 (21. Bxe6 Qxe6 22.
Bxf2 gxf2 23. Qxf2 {gives the final chance.}) 21... Bxc4 22. Qxc4 gxf2 23. Qe2
cxd4 24. Rxf2 Qe5 25. Qg4+ Kh8 26. Rf5 Qd6 27. Kc2 d3+ 28. Kd2 Rae8 29. Re1 e3+
30. Rxe3 Rxe3 31. Kxe3 d2 32. Rf1 Re8+ 33. Kf2 Qf6+ 34. Qf3 Qb6+ 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 63"]
[Date "2001.01.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. Nxe5 d5 8.
Bg5 $6 ({Ivanchuk diverts from} 8. O-O {(Neumann-Anderssen, Berlin 1864).})
8... Re8 9. f4 $1 dxe4 10. d4 Bb6 11. Nd2 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Qe2 h6 14. Bh4
g5 $1 {Kramnik takes the initiative.} 15. fxg5 hxg5 16. Bg3 e3 17. Nb3 Bb6 $2 (
{Correct is} 17... Bd6 $1 18. O-O-O Qe7 {(Kramnik).}) 18. Qf3 $1 Be6 19. Rd1 g4
20. Qe2 $1 Qe7 21. Nc6 Qf8 22. Nbd4 Qc5 23. Ne5 Nh5 $6 24. Nxe6 $1 Rxe6 25.
Qxg4+ Ng7 26. Nxf7 $2 (26. Qf3 $1 {wins (Kramnik).}) 26... Rf8 $1 {Hereafter
Black wins the game after many errors.} ({He has avoided} 26... Kxf7 $2 27.
Rd7+ Re7 28. Bd6 $1) 27. Ng5 e2 28. Rd4 Rg6 29. h4 Qf5 30. Qxf5 Nxf5 31. Bf2
Nxd4 32. cxd4 Re8 33. a3 Rc6 34. Kd2 Rf6 35. Nf3 Rg6 36. Ng5 Rd6 37. Nf3 c5 38.
Re1 Ba5+ {Neumann played a better opening in the nineteenth century. The
assumed superiority of the current players shows arrogance.} 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 63"]
[Date "2001.01.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2849"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. g4 h6
9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. h4 b4 12. Na4 Qa5 13. b3 Nc5 14. a3 Nxa4 15. axb4
Qc7 16. bxa4 d5 17. e5 Nd7 18. f4 Nb6 19. Rh3 ({They played} 19. a5 {in
Linares 1999.}) 19... Nc4 $6 ({Usual is} 19... Nxa4) 20. Qc3 Rc8 21. Bd2 Be7
22. Be1 Rb8 $5 23. f5 $1 Bc8 24. Bxc4 dxc4 25. Qf3 Bd7 26. fxe6 fxe6 27. g5
hxg5 28. hxg5 Rxh3 29. Qxh3 Qxe5 ({Insufficient is} 29... Bxg5+ $2 30. Kb1 Bh6
{(Kasparov)} 31. Qh5+) 30. Qh5+ $1 Kf8 31. Nf3 $1 {The knight attacks the
queen and a rook assaults a bishop.} Qe3+ {It has been a great battle so far.}
32. Kb2 $6 ({Right is} 32. Bd2 $1 Qa3+ 33. Kb1 Rxb4+ $1 34. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 35. Kc1
Qa3+ 36. Kd2 Qb2 37. Qh8+ Kf7 {(Kasparov)} 38. Ke3 $1) 32... Be8 $2 ({Right is
} 32... Bxa4 $1 33. Bc3 $1 Rxb4+ $1 34. Bxb4 Bxb4 35. Qh8+ Kf7 36. g6+ {
(Kasparov)} Kf6 $1) 33. Qh8+ Kf7 34. Bc3 {Kasparov scored another fine win
against Topalov in Wijk aan Zee.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 63"]
[Date "2001.01.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 c6 5. Qe2 d5 6. d3 O-O 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. O-O
Re8 9. Nh4 dxe4 10. dxe4 g6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Rad1 Qb6 13. Na4 Qb5 14. Qxb5 cxb5
15. Nc3 a6 16. Nf3 Kg7 17. a3 h6 18. Bc1 b6 19. b4 Bb7 20. Bb2 Bc6 21. Bh3 Kf8
22. Rfe1 Ra7 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. exd5 Bd6 25. Nd2 Rc7 26. Bxd7 $2 ({Better is} 26.
Rc1 Rec8 27. c3 {(Ivanchuk).}) 26... Nxd7 27. Ne4 Ke7 28. f4 $2 (28. Nc3 $1 f5
29. f3 {avoids the loss of a pawn.}) 28... Rxc2 29. Rd2 Rxd2 30. Nxd2 Kd8 31.
f5 gxf5 32. Rf1 f4 33. gxf4 exf4 34. Nf3 Re3 35. Nd4 Rd3 36. Re1 f3 37. Nc6+
Kc7 38. Rc1 Rd2 39. Be5 Nxe5 40. Nxe5+ Kb7 41. Nxf3 Rxd5 42. Rc3 a5 43. Rb3 Kc6
44. Kf2 Be7 45. Ke3 Bf6 46. Rb1 Kd6 47. h4 Bc3 48. Rb3 Bg7 49. Rb1 h5 50. Ke2
Bh6 51. Rg1 Ke7 52. Rb1 Bf4 53. Rb3 Bd6 54. Ke3 f5 55. Rb1 Kf6 56. Rb3 axb4 57.
axb4 Rd1 58. Ke2 Rc1 59. Nd2 Bf4 60. Nb1 Be5 61. Na3 Rh1 62. Nxb5 Rxh4 63. Na7
Rh2+ 64. Kf1 h4 65. Nc6 Bg3 66. Nd4 Rf2+ 67. Kg1 Ke5 68. Nf3+ Kf4 69. Ne1 Kg4
0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 63"]
[Date "2001.01.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2849"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

{Shirov had scored 6 1/2 points in 8 rounds by beating the weaker players.
Kasparov followed by one point.  There had been great hostilities between them
in the previous years. They did not shake hands before the game began.} 1. e4
e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9.
Qc2 Na6 10. a3 Bg4 11. Ne5 Bh5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nc3 $1 {Gary has prepared
something.} Nxc3 14. bxc3 Kh8 $5 ({The pointe is} 14... Bxe5 $2 15. Bxh7+ $1
Kh8 16. dxe5 g6 17. Qd2 $1 Kxh7 18. Qh6+ Kg8 19. Bg5 f6 20. Bxf6 Rxf6 21. exf6
Qxf6 22. f3 $1 {and 23.g4 (Kasparov).}) 15. f4 Bxe5 $2 {Black commits the
decisive error.} ({Better is} 15... f6 $1 16. Nf3 Qd7 17. Rb1 {and White has a
plus (Kasparov).}) 16. fxe5 Bg6 17. a4 $1 Qd7 18. Ba3 Rfe8 19. Bxg6 fxg6 ({The
game is lost due to} 19... hxg6 20. Rf3 $1 {White has a strong attack.}) 20.
Qb3 b6 21. Bd6 Nc7 22. Rf3 $1 Rac8 23. Raf1 h6 24. Qc2 Qg4 25. Rg3 Qh5 26. Rh3
Qg5 27. Rg3 Qh5 28. Bxc7 Rxc7 29. Rxg6 Qh4 30. h3 Qxd4+ 31. cxd4 Rxc2 32. Rf7
Rg8 33. Rd6 Rc4 34. Rxd5 Rxa4 35. Rdd7 Ra1+ 36. Kf2 Ra2+ 37. Kf3 Kh7 38. e6 Kg6
39. d5 Rc8 40. Rc7 Re8 41. g4 a5 42. Rxg7+ Kf6 43. Rgf7+ Ke5 44. Rf5+ Kd4 45.
e7 {Shirov rushed away. Kasparov had his moment of glory.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 63"]
[Date "2001.01.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nd5 8.
g3 $5 {Kramnik chooses a new and solid move.} e5 9. Bg2 Nxc3 $6 ({A novelty
will become} 9... exd4 $1 10. Qxd4 Qf6 11. Qxf6 N7xf6 12. Nxd5 cxd5 {
(Kasparov-Morozevich).}) 10. bxc3 exd4 11. Qxd4 $1 Nc5 12. Qe3+ Ne6 13. a5 $1
Bc2 14. Ba3 Bxa3 15. Nxa3 Bb3 16. a6 Bd5 17. axb7 Rb8 18. f3 c5 19. O-O Rxb7
20. Rfd1 Rd7 21. c4 $6 ({Better is} 21. Rd3 O-O 22. Rad1 Bc6) 21... Bc6 22.
Rxd7 Bxd7 23. Nc2 Bc8 $1 24. Qd3 Qxd3 25. exd3 a6 26. f4 Ke7 27. f5 Nc7 28. Ra5
Kd6 29. d4 cxd4 30. Nxd4 Re8 31. Kf2 $6 (31. f6 $1 g6 32. Nf3 h6 {(Morozevich).
}) 31... Re5 $1 32. Rxe5 Kxe5 33. Ke3 Kd6 34. Kd3 a5 35. Kc3 Bd7 36. Bb7 f6 37.
g4 Ba4 38. h3 Bd7 39. Nb3 a4 40. c5+ $1 ({Correct is} 40. Nc1 $1 {(Morozevich).
}) 40... Ke5 $1 41. Nd2 Nd5+ $1 42. Kc4 Ne7 43. Nf3+ Kf4 44. Nd4 Kg3 45. c6
Nxc6 $1 {Black decides the game elegantly.} 46. Nxc6 Kxh3 47. Nd4 Kxg4 48. Be4
Kf4 49. Bc2 a3 50. Kc3 h5 51. Ne6+ Ke5 $1 52. Nxg7 h4 53. Bd1 h3 54. Bf3 Bxf5
55. Nh5 Bg6 56. Kb3 Bxh5 57. Bxh5 h2 58. Bf3 Kf4 59. Bh1 Ke3 60. Kxa3 f5 61.
Kb3 f4 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 63"]
[Date "2001.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bg4 8.
Nde2 Bg7 9. h3 Bd7 10. O-O O-O 11. a4 a6 12. Nd5 Rb8 13. c3 b5 14. axb5 axb5
15. Bg5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Ne5 17. Nd4 b4 $1 18. cxb4 ({Or} 18. f4 Nc4 19. Qe2 Nxb2
$1 20. Qxb2 bxc3 21. Qxc3 {(Morozevich)} Qc8 22. Qd2 Qc5 23. Kh2 Bxd4 24. Rfc1
$1) 18... Rxb4 19. Nc6 Bxc6 20. dxc6 h6 21. Bd2 $6 {Fedorov shows too much
optimism.} Rxb2 22. Ba5 Qc8 23. Qd5 Qf5 24. g4 $2 ({The equality is kept by} 
24. f4 $1 Rxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Qc2+ 26. Rf2 Qxc6 27. Qxc6 Nxc6 28. Ra3) 24... Qf4 25.
c7 $2 ({Correct is} 25. Qe4 Qxe4 26. Bxe4) 25... Nxg4 $1 {Black refutes the
white attack in a wonderful way.} 26. hxg4 Be5 27. Qxe5 ({The pointe is} 27.
Rfc1 $2 Qxf2+ 28. Kh1 Qh4+ 29. Kg1 Bh2+ 30. Kh1 Bf4+ 31. Kg1 Be3+ 32. Kf1 Qf2#
{(Morozevich).}) 27... dxe5 28. Rad1 Rc2 29. Rd8 e4 30. Bb6 Qxg4 31. Ra1 e3 $1
32. Raa8 Rc1+ 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 63"]
[Date "2001.01.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Re1 Re8 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. Bg5 Rxe1+ 13. Qxe1 Qd7 $6 14. c5
Bc7 15. Nh4 $1 {White prepares an attack on the kingside by a novelty.} h6 16.
Bd2 Qd8 $2 {He vacates a square for the knight.} ({Right is} 16... Na6 $1 17.
h3 Re8 $1 18. Qf1 Be6 19. f4 {(Huzman)} Qd8 20. Nf3 Qf6) 17. f4 $1 Bc8 $5 18.
Qg3 $1 b6 {This 'freeing move' only frees d4 for the white bishop (McShane).} (
{Even worse is} 18... Nd7 $2 19. Nf5 $1) 19. Re1 bxc5 20. dxc5 Qf8 21. Be3 Na6
22. Bd4 $1 {White threatens 23.Re8!} g5 23. Qf2 $1 (23. Qf2 gxh4 24. Qxh4 {and
the black king is helpless.}) 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 63"]
[Date "2001.01.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Nf6 11. Bc4 Qb6 12. O-O Nxe4 $2 {This new move will be
punished.} 13. Nxe4 Qxd4 14. Nxd6+ $1 {Ivanchuk opens the position by a knight
sacrifice.} exd6 15. Qe2+ Be6 ({Ivanchuk analyses} 15... Be5 16. Rad1) ({and} 
15... Kd7 16. Rad1 Qf6 17. Rxd6+ Qxd6 18. Rd1 {White has a winning attack in
both cases.}) 16. Bxe6 O-O 17. Rad1 $5 Qf6 $5 ({Or} 17... Qxb2 18. Bd5 Nc6 19.
Bxd6 {and White has a great positional advantage.}) 18. Bd5 Nc6 19. c3 Rad8 20.
Rfe1 Qg6 21. a4 Kh7 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Qxa6 d5 24. a5 f5 25. Be5 Ra8 26. Qb6 Rf7
27. b4 f4 28. f3 h5 29. Qf2 Bh6 30. Bd4 g4 31. hxg4 hxg4 32. fxg4 f3 33. gxf3
Raf8 34. Kg2 Rxf3 35. Qxf3 Rxf3 36. Kxf3 Qc2 37. a6 Qh2 38. Be5 Qa2 39. Ra1 Qc2
40. a7 Qd3+ 41. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 63"]
[Date "2001.01.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2849"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. b4 Nxb4 $5 10. Nxe5 c6 $5 {Timman chooses a new approach.} 11. a3
N4d5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. a4 Bf6 14. d4 $1 Bf5 15. Rb5 $5 a6 16. Rb2 Rc8 17. Bf4
Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Re8 19. e3 Re7 $1 {Pawn b7 gets protection.} 20. g4 $5 Be4 21. f3
Nc4 22. Re2 Bg6 23. h4 $5 f6 24. Bf4 Qd7 25. Rfe1 Rc6 26. h5 Bf7 27. e4 dxe4
28. Rxe4 Rxe4 29. Rxe4 Bd5 30. Re2 Rc8 $6 ({The advance} 30... b5 $1 {takes
the initiative on the queenside.}) 31. h6 $1 g5 32. Bg3 Re8 33. Qe1 Rxe2 34.
Qxe2 Kf8 35. Qd3 Nb6 $2 (35... b5 {is still okay.}) 36. a5 $1 Nc4 37. Bf1 $1
Qe7 ({The pointe is} 37... Nxa5 38. Qa3+) 38. Qc3 Qe3+ 39. Qxe3 Nxe3 40. Bd3
Nc4 $6 (40... Bg8 $5 41. Kf2 Nd5 {reorganises the defence.}) 41. Be1 $6 (41.
Bc7 $1 Kg8 42. Bd8 {wins immediately.}) 41... Kg8 42. Kf2 b5 $6 {Black weakens
pawn a6.} 43. Bb4 Nb2 44. Bf5 Bc4 45. Ke3 Bd5 46. Bc8 Nc4+ 47. Ke2 {Kasparov
had scored his fifth win. It would suffice for the general triumph.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 63"]
[Date "2001.01.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Bf4 Bxc5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nf3 f6 8. Nbd2
({Known is} 8. O-O) 8... fxe5 9. Bxe5 Nf6 10. Qe2 O-O 11. O-O-O $5 {It is
safer to castle on the kingside.} a5 12. Nb3 Bd6 13. Kb1 Bxe5 14. Nxe5 a4 15.
Nc1 a3 16. b3 Qa5 17. c4 dxc4 18. Nxc4 Qc7 19. Rhe1 $2 {White should offer a
pawn.} (19. Be4 $1 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Rxf2 21. Nd3 {starts a counterattack.}) 19...
Nd5 $1 20. Qd2 Ncb4 $1 21. Ne2 Rxf2 22. Be4 b5 23. Qd4 Rxe2 $1 24. Rxe2 bxc4
25. Bxd5 Nxd5 26. bxc4 Ba6 27. Rc1 Nf4 28. Rd2 e5 29. Qe3 Bxc4 30. Ka1 Qf7 31.
g3 Nd3 32. Rxd3 Bxd3 33. Qxd3 h6 34. Qb3 Qxb3 35. axb3 Kf7 36. Rc6 a2 37. h4
Ra3 38. b4 e4 39. Rc4 e3 40. Re4 Kf6 41. g4 h5 42. gxh5 Kf5 43. Re7 Kf4 44. b5
Rb3 45. Rf7+ Ke4 46. Re7+ Kd3 47. Rd7+ Kc2 48. Rc7+ Kd2 49. Kxa2 Rxb5 50. Rxg7
e2 51. Rd7+ Kc2 52. Rc7+ Kd3 53. Re7 Rxh5 {Shirov has passed the dark tunnel
of Kasparov, Anand, Ivanchuk and Kramnik in four rounds and scored
half-a-point.} 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 63"]
[Date "2001.01.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Nf6 13. e4 b5 14. Re1 dxe4 15.
Qc2 Rb8 $1 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Bf1 bxc4 18. bxc4 c5 19. dxc5 Bb7 20. Nb3 Nd7 21.
Qb2 g6 22. Bg2 f5 23. Nd4 $2 ({Better is} 23. Re2 Bc6 24. Red2) 23... Nxc5 24.
Nb5 Qb6 25. Qa3 Rf7 26. Qxa7 Qxa7 27. Nxa7 Nd3 28. Re2 Bc5 29. Nb5 f4 $1 30.
Bh3 $2 ({Anand prefers} 30. gxf4 $1 Nxf4 31. Red2) 30... Nxf2 $1 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 63"]
[Date "2001.01.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2
Be7 9. f3 O-O 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. g4 Rc8 12. Kb1 Nbd7 13. Qf2 b5 14. g5 Nh5 15.
h4 b4 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 a5 18. Bh3 a4 {This position is known from
Degenhardt-Rappaz, Zürich 1987. Anand refutes the black setup.} 19. Nc1 $1 Rcb8
20. Bg4 Nf4 21. Bxf4 exf4 22. Bxd7 $1 Qxd7 23. Qd2 Rb5 24. Ne2 Rc8 25. Nxf4 b3
26. cxb3 $1 axb3 27. a3 Rc2 28. Qd3 Rb8 {The black attack has ended. Hereafter,
Vishy shows the superiority of the knight over the bishop.} 29. Rd4 Bf8 30. Nd5
Rf2 31. Qe3 Rg2 32. Rd2 Rg3 33. Qf2 Rh3 34. Rhd1 {Anand had reached the end of
the 'Dutch tunnel' with three points. He routed Piket, Timman and Van Wely.}
1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 63"]
[Date "2001.01.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. d4 e6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O Ne4 8. Bd2
f5 9. Qc2 Bf6 10. Rad1 Na6 11. Ne5 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Qc8 14. Rfe1
Qb7+ 15. Kg1 Bxe5 $5 ({Ivanchuk prefers} 15... Rad8) 16. dxe5 {Black has a
backward d-pawn.} Rf7 $6 (16... Qc6 $1 17. b3 Nc5 18. Bd4 a5 19. Bxc5 bxc5 {
offers more resistance.}) 17. b4 c6 18. Rd6 b5 19. Red1 bxc4 20. a3 Rc8 $2 ({
Right is} 20... Nc7 21. Rxd7 Rxd7 22. Rxd7 Qc8 23. Rd1 Nd5 {(Ftacnik).}) 21.
Be1 Nb8 22. a4 c5 23. b5 Qe4 24. Qxe4 fxe4 25. Bc3 Kf8 $6 (25... Rcf8 26. Rf1
g5 {gives counterplay from a crammed position.}) 26. Kg2 Rc7 27. Bd2 Rc8 28. g4
c3 29. Be3 a6 30. Rc1 axb5 31. axb5 Ke8 32. Rxc3 c4 33. h3 Rf8 34. Ba7 Ke7 35.
Rd4 e3 36. fxe3 Rc7 37. Bb6 Rb7 38. Bc5+ Ke8 39. b6 Rg8 40. Ra3 d5 41. exd6 e5
42. Ra7 {Kasparov won the tournament with 9/13. Anand followed by half-a-point.
Ivanchuk and Kramnik scored 8/13. Timman ended with four losses.} 1-0

[Event "World Champions Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2001-04"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Baumbach, Fritz"]
[Black "Berliner, Hans"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

{The International Correspondence Chess Federation (ICCF) celebrated its
fiftieth anniversary in 2001. A special Jubilee event started on 1 vii 2001.
All living world champions took part in an email tournament. If the champ had
no computer, it was made available. Van Oosterom donated 25,000 euro as prize
money.   The nine participants were Hans Berliner (5th champion; born in 1929),
Horst Rittner (6th; 1930), Jorn Sloth (8th; 1944), Tonu Oim (9th and 14th;
1941), Vytas Palciauskas (10th; 1941), Fritz Baumbach (11th; 1935), Grigory
Sanakoev (12th; 1935), Mikhail Umansky (13th; 1952) and Gert Jan Timmerman 
(15th; 1956). Tournament director was Nol van 't Riet. The last fight ended on
24 xii 2004. Some games lasted more than three years. Umansky showed a
superior positional style, but some moves came as a big surprise. He won the
tournament within two years and scored 7/8! Palciauskas, Timmerman and
Baumbach shared the second place. Palciauskas scored wins by two intense
attacks. The mysterious Timmerman held a prophylactic grip on his opponents.
He won twice and drew by a perpetual six times. Players were great friends of
Fritz (Baumbach). Berliner had not played correspondence chess since 1968. His
two losses were a sensation. A lack of analyses by the players hampered my
work but I did my best. Jan van Reek} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5.
Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. Ba3 Nd7 11. bxa5 Rxa5 12.
Bb4 Ra6 $5 13. a4 Nc5 14. a5 Kh8 $6 ({Theory is} 14... f5) (14... b6 $1 15.
Bxc5 bxc5 {defends in a surprising way.}) 15. Nd2 Ng8 $6 16. Bxc5 dxc5 17. Nb3
Qe7 18. Na4 b6 19. Nc3 f5 20. axb6 Rxb6 $6 {Now pawn c5 lacks protection.} 21.
Ra5 Nf6 22. Nxc5 Nxe4 23. N5xe4 fxe4 24. Qd2 $6 {White makes an odd move.} ({
The obvious} 24. Nxe4 Bf5 25. Bd3 {gains a material advantage. Berliner
continues with} Bxe4 26. Bxe4 {He regards his position as drawn due to the
control over the dark squares. One could also mention the opponent's control
over the rest!?}) 24... Bf5 25. c5 Rb3 26. Rb5 Rxb5 27. Nxb5 Qxc5 28. Rc1 e3 $5
29. fxe3 Qe7 30. Rxc7 Qf6 31. Rc6 Qh4 32. Rc4 e4 33. g3 Qf6 34. Rc6 Qe5 35. Rc7
h5 36. d6 Rd8 37. Qd4 $6 {White stops his efforts to win.} Qxd4 38. Nxd4 Bxd4
39. exd4 Rxd6 40. Rc4 e3 41. Rc3 Rxd4 42. Rxe3 Kg7 43. Bf3 Kf6 44. h4 Rd2
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Champions Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2001-04"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Baumbach, Fritz"]
[Black "Oim, Tonu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 c5 8.
Bg2 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Nc3 Re8 12. O-O Bb7 $1 ({Known is} 12...
Qd6 $6 13. Nc4 $1 Qd7 {(Nielsen-Ehlvest, Stockholm 1999).}) 13. Rfd1 Na6 14.
Nc4 $1 Qd7 15. Ne3 Rad8 16. Rac1 {White bombards pawn d5.} Kh8 $6 ({Best is} 
16... Qc8 $1 17. dxc5 d4 18. Bxb7 ({not} 18. c6 $2 dxe3 19. cxb7 exd2 20.
bxc8=Q dxc1=Q 21. Qxd8 Qxc3) 18... Qxb7 19. Nf5 Nxc5) 17. dxc5 d4 $2 (17...
Nxc5 $1 18. b4 d4 $1 19. bxc5 Bxg2 20. Nxg2 dxc3 {survives by exchanges.}) 18.
c6 $1 Bxc6 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. Nf5 Nc5 21. Nxd4 Qd7 22. Qf4 Nd5 23. Nxd5 Qxd5 24.
Qf3 Qxf3 25. Nxf3 g6 26. b4 Ne6 27. e3 Kg7 28. Ne5 Re7 29. Kg2 Rxd1 30. Rxd1
Rc7 31. Rd6 Rc2 32. Rd7 Rc7 33. Rd6 Rc2 34. Rd7 Rc7 35. Rxc7 Nxc7 36. Nc6 Nd5
37. a3 a6 38. e4 Nc3 39. Kf3 Nb1 40. a4 a5 41. Nxa5 $1 Nc3 ({Or} 41... bxa5 42.
bxa5 Nc3 43. a6 Nxa4 44. a7 Nb6 45. Ke3 Kf6 46. Kd4) 42. Nc4 Nxa4 43. Ke3 Kf6
44. Kd4 Ke6 45. f4 h5 46. Ne3 Kd6 47. Nd5 Ke6 48. Kc4 Nb2+ 49. Kc3 Nd1+ 50. Kd4
Nf2 51. Nxb6 Ng4 52. h3 Nf2 53. Nc4 1-0

[Event "World Champions Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2001-04"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Baumbach, Fritz"]
[Black "Rittner, Horst"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 c5 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Bb7 14. Nfg5 cxd4
15. Bxd4 Qc7 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Ne4 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Rad8 20. Rad1
Qa8 21. Qc3 Nb8 22. Qf3 Na6 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rd1 h6 25. Rd7 $1 {Baumbach
starts a combination.} f5 $1 ({Black avoids the trap} 25... Rxd7 $4 26. Nf6+
gxf6 27. Qxa8+) 26. g4 $1 Nc5 $1 27. Rxd8+ Qxd8 28. Nxc5 bxc5 29. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Champions Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2001-04"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Berliner, Hans"]
[Black "Sanakoev, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. d5 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. f3
{Berliner plays his pet move.} Qe7 9. e4 Nbd7 10. Bd3 $5 Ne5 11. Ne2 g5 $5 12.
Bg3 Nxd3+ 13. Qxd3 e5 {Long manoeuvring in a closed position begins.} 14. Bf2
Bd7 15. h4 g4 16. h5 Nh7 17. Bh4 Ng5 18. fxg4 Bxg4 19. Ng3 f6 20. Kd2 O-O-O 21.
Raf1 Qf7 22. Bxg5 hxg5 23. Qe3 Rdf8 24. Qf2 Kc7 25. a4 Qe8 (25... Bxh5 26. Nxh5
Rxh5 27. Qxf6 {draws.}) 26. a5 Qa4 27. Kd3 Kb8 28. Nf5 $5 {White opens the
game.} Bxf5 29. Qxf5 Qxa5 30. h6 Qd8 31. h7 Rf7 32. Rh6 Kc7 33. Rfh1 Qd7 34.
Qe6 f5 35. exf5 Rxf5 36. Qxd7+ Kxd7 37. Rg6 Rf7 38. Rhh6 Rfxh7 39. Rxd6+ Kc7
40. Rxh7+ Rxh7 41. Rg6 e4+ $5 42. Kxe4 Rh4+ 43. Ke5 $1 Rxc4 44. d6+ Kc6 45. Rg8
Rxc3 46. Rc8+ Kd7 47. Rc7+ Ke8 48. Re7+ Kd8 49. Rxb7 Re3+ 50. Kd5 Ra3 51. Rg7
c4 $1 {The white king should not be allowed to hide behind the c-pawn.} ({Not} 
51... a5 $4 52. Kc6) 52. g3 Ra1 53. Kxc4 Ra5 54. Kd4 Ke8 55. Ke4 Kd8 56. Kf3
Rd5 57. Rxa7 Rxd6 58. Kg4 Ke8 59. Kxg5 Kf8 60. g4 Kg8 61. Kh5 Rc6 62. g5
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Champions Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2001-04"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Berliner, Hans"]
[Black "Sloth, Jorn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 c5 5. d5 d6 6. f3 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. e4 Re8
9. Qc2 $5 exd5 10. cxd5 Nbd7 11. Bb5 Qa5 $5 12. Bxd7 Nxd7 13. Nge2 c4 14. O-O
Bc5+ 15. Kh1 b5 16. a3 Rb8 17. f4 $1 Qb6 18. Ng3 Nf8 $5 19. f5 $1 {White has
to move forwards before Black breaks through the queenside.} Nh7 20. Nh5 Bd7
21. Rae1 Bd4 $6 (21... b4 $1 22. axb4 Qxb4 23. Re2 Rb7 {keeps the mutual fight
going.}) 22. Ne2 Be5 $2 {The bishop is used in vain as a protector of g7.} (
22... Be3 23. Rf3 f6 {survives the assault but makes positional concessions.})
23. f6 $1 {White opens the kingside.} g5 ({Or} 23... g6 24. Qd2 $1 Ng5 25. Bxg5
hxg5 26. Qxg5 Kh7 27. Ng7 Rh8 28. Nf5 $1 Kg8 29. Ne7+ Kf8 30. Nf4) 24. Bf2 Qc7
25. Bd4 Bg4 26. Bxe5 dxe5 27. Neg3 Rb6 28. Ng7 Rd8 29. N7f5 Rxf6 30. Qc3 Re8
31. h3 Bxf5 32. Nxf5 Qd7 33. b3 Nf8 $6 (33... cxb3 34. Qxb3 a6 {delays the
loss.}) 34. bxc4 bxc4 35. Qxc4 Kh7 36. Ne3 Rb6 37. Rb1 Ng6 38. Rxb6 axb6 39.
Qc6 Qxc6 40. dxc6 Ne7 41. Rxf7+ Kg6 42. Rxe7 Rxe7 43. Nd5 Kf7 44. c7 1-0

[Event "World Champions Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2001-04"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Berliner, Hans"]
[Black "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E81"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c6 7. Bd3 a6 8. Nge2 b5
9. cxb5 axb5 10. b4 Nbd7 11. a4 bxa4 12. Rxa4 Rb8 13. b5 cxb5 14. Bxb5 Ne8 15.
O-O Nc7 16. Bd3 e5 17. Qd2 Ne6 18. Bb5 Nc7 19. Bd3 Ne6 20. Bb5 Nc7 21. Bd3 {
Berliner was happy to draw against the ruling world champion. He claimed to
have found 'White begins and wins', but did not prove it in this tournament.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Champions Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2001-04"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Oim, Tonu"]
[Black "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "182"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 d6 7. a4 a6 8. Nd5
Ba7 9. Bg5 $5 Qxg5 $1 {Timmerman brings a stunning novelty.} (9... Nge7 {was
played in Hostinsky-Vorisek, Czechia 1996.}) 10. Nxc7+ Ke7 11. Nxa8 Nf6 12. Qd2
$6 (12. a5 $1 Bxf2+ $1 13. Kxf2 Nxe4+ 14. Ke1 Bg4 15. Qc1 Qh4+ 16. g3 Nxg3 17.
hxg3 Qxg3+ 18. Kd2 {and Black will deliver a perpetual.}) 12... Qh4 $1 13. Bd3
Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Qxe4+ 15. Qe2 Qxe2+ 16. Kxe2 Bf5 {Black has gained a plus.} 17.
Nc7 Bxc2 18. Nc1 Be4 19. Re1 $1 {White has to give a pawn.} ({Bad is} 19. f3 $2
Nd4+ 20. Kd2 Bc6) 19... Bxg2 20. Nb5 $1 Bb6 ({The pointe is} 20... axb5 21.
axb5 Nd4+ 22. Kd3+ Kf6 23. Rxa7) 21. Rg1 Bd5 22. Nc3 Bc4+ {Black has achieved
a material equality and positional advantage.} 23. Kf3 Nd4+ 24. Kg2 Nc2 ({More
useful is} 24... Rc8 $1 25. a5 Ba7) 25. Rb1 Kd7 26. Rd1 Nb4 27. Rd2 f6 28. N1e2
Re8 29. Ng3 Bb3 30. Nf5 Bc5 31. Nd4 Bc4 32. Rbd1 Kc7 33. Nf5 Bb3 34. Rc1 Nc6
35. Rd3 g6 36. Ne3 Kb8 37. Ned5 Bd4 38. Nf4 Be5 39. Nfd5 g5 40. Rh3 $1 {White
has found a counteraction.} Ne7 41. Nb6 Ka7 42. a5 Bg8 43. Rd1 Ng6 44. Kf1 Nf4
45. Rh6 Bb3 46. Rd2 Be6 47. f3 d5 48. Rxh7 d4 49. Ne4 Bf5 50. Rh6 Bh3+ 51. Kf2
d3 52. Kg3 Be6 53. Kf2 Bd4+ 54. Kf1 Be3 55. Rxd3 Nxd3 56. Ke2 Bc1 57. Kxd3 Bxb2
58. Nxf6 Bf5+ 59. Kc4 Re3 $1 {Black activates the battle again.} 60. h4 gxh4
61. Nfd5 Ra3 62. Rd6 Rxa5 63. Rd8 Rxd5 64. Nxd5 h3 65. Nc3 Be6+ 66. Kd3 b5 67.
Rd4 Bf5+ 68. Kd2 Ba3 69. Rh4 Bd6 70. Ne2 Kb6 71. Nd4 Bd7 72. Rh7 Bc8 73. Ke3
Kc5 74. Rh8 Bd7 75. Rh7 Bc8 76. Rh8 Bd7 77. Rh7 h2 $1 {Timmerman avoids a
repetition and plays for a win!} 78. f4 Kc4 79. Nf3 Kc3 80. Rxh2 Bc5+ $1 {The
last trap has been set.} 81. Ke2 $1 {Hereafter, White has a forced draw.} ({
The alternative} 81. Ke4 $2 Bc6+ 82. Ke5 Bxf3 83. Rh3 b4 84. Rxf3+ Kc4 {lead
to great difficulties for White, but the variation} 85. f5 b3 86. Rf4+ Kc3 87.
Rf3+ Kc2 88. Kd5 $1 b2 89. Rf1 Bf8 90. Kc4 b1=Q 91. Rxb1 Kxb1 92. Kb3 {draws.})
81... b4 82. Nd2 Bg4+ 83. Ke1 Be3 84. Rg2 Bxd2+ 85. Rxd2 b3 86. Rd6 $1 a5 87.
Rc6+ Kd3 88. Rd6+ Kc3 89. Rc6+ Kd3 90. Rd6+ Kc3 91. Rc6+ Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Champions Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2001-04"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Palciauskas, Vytas"]
[Black "Berliner, Hans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 exd4 $5 7. Re1 d5 8.
Bg5 $5 {A rare correspondence chess line is used.} Qd6 9. c4 $5 ({White
diverts from} 9. Nbd2 {(Bradley-Shories, corr. 1908).}) 9... dxc3 10. Nxc3 Be6
11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Nd4 $5 {Palciauskas plays in a gambit style.} (12. Rxe4 Qxd1+
13. Rxd1 Be7 {allows a quick draw.}) 12... Qd5 13. Nxe6 fxe6 $2 ({Right is} 
13... Qxe6 14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15. Qa4 f5 16. Rac1 Bd6 17. Qxc6+ Kf7) 14. Qh5+ g6
15. Qh4 Bc5 16. Rad1 Qf5 ({Or} 16... Qxa2 17. Bxc6+ bxc6 18. Bh6 $1) 17. g4
Bxf2+ 18. Qxf2 Qxg5 19. Rxe4 Qe7 20. Qf3 Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Bxc6+ bxc6 23.
Rxe6+ Kd7 24. Qxc6+ Kc8 25. Qxa6+ Kb8 26. Re4 Qd1+ 27. Qf1 Rd8 28. Qxd1 Rxd1+
29. Kf2 g5 30. Rb4+ Ka7 31. Rb3 c5 32. h3 c4 33. Ra3+ Kb6 34. Ke3 Rb1 35. Kd4
Rxb2 36. Kxc4 Rd2 37. Rb3+ Kc6 38. a3 Rd1 39. Rf3 Rd6 40. a4 Kb6 41. Rf5 Rh6
42. Rxg5 Rxh3 43. Rb5+ Ka6 44. Rh5 Rg3 45. g5 Rg1 46. Kd5 Rd1+ 47. Ke6 {The
defeat of the invincible Berliner was a sensation.} 1-0

[Event "World Champions Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2001-04"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Palciauskas, Vytas"]
[Black "Oim, Tonu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. a3 Nc6 11. Bd3 Bb6 12. O-O Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. b4 d4
$1 {The temporary pawn sacrifice is okay.} 15. b5 Na5 16. exd4 Qd5 17. g4 Bg6
18. Rc1 Rae8 19. Rc3 Be4 20. Bxe4 Rxe4 21. Be5 f6 22. Bc7 Bxc7 23. Rxc7 Nb3 24.
Qc2 Nxd4 25. Nxd4 Rxd4 26. Re1 Rd8 27. Qe2 Rd1 28. a4 Rxe1+ 29. Qxe1 Qd1 30.
Qxd1 Rxd1+ 31. Kg2 Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Champions Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2001-04"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Palciauskas, Vytas"]
[Black "Rittner, Horst"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O f5 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Bb2 Bd6 15.
Rc2 Qe7 16. Qc1 Nf6 17. e3 c5 18. Rd1 cxd4 19. exd4 Rc7 20. Re1 Rfc8 21. a3 Bb7
22. Qd1 Ne4 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. f3 exf3 25. Bxf3 Bxf3 26. Qxf3 Bxa3 27. Bxa3 Qxa3
28. Rxe6 Qa1+ 29. Kg2 Qxd4 30. Qxf5 Rf8 31. Qe4 Qd1 32. Qe2 Qb1 33. Re8 Rcf7
34. Rxf8+ Rxf8 35. Qe6+ Kh8 36. Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Champions Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2001-04"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rittner, Horst"]
[Black "Berliner, Hans"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. b3 g5 10. Ba3 d6 11. exd6 Qxe2+ 12. Bxe2 Bg7 13. cxd5 Bxe2 14. Kxe2
Bxa1 15. Rc1 O-O-O 16. Rxc6 Rd7 17. Nd2 Re8+ 18. Kd3 Re5 19. Nc4 Rxd5+ 20. Ke4
Rd4+ 21. Ke3 Rh4 (21... f5 {stems from Bakos-Schwetlick, Rheinland Pfalz, 1999.
}) 22. Bc5 Kb7 23. Na5+ Kc8 24. Nc4 Kb7 25. Na5+ Kc8 26. h3 $1 {White avoids a
draw by repetition.} Be5 27. Nc4 f5 28. f3 Bh2 29. Kf2 Rh6 30. g3 Re6 $5 31.
Bxa7 Kb7 32. Rxc7+ Rxc7 33. dxc7 Kxc7 34. Bb6+ Kc6 35. Ba5 f4 36. g4 Bg3+ 37.
Kf1 Rh6 38. Kg2 Re6 39. Kf1 Rh6 40. Kg2 {Now White has to accept the perpetual.
} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Champions Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2001-04"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rittner, Horst"]
[Black "Sloth, Jorn"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B56"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd7 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. f4
h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Be2 Qd8 12. O-O Be7 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Kh1 Rd8
15. a3 Bc8 16. Qe3 b5 17. Rd3 Qa7 18. Qxa7 Nxa7 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. Bf3 Nc6 21.
Nxc6 Bxc6 {The game slowly goes into black's favour.} 22. Ne2 Bf6 23. b4 O-O
24. Kg1 Ba8 25. Kf2 g5 26. g3 g4 27. Bh1 $6 {The bishop moves one square too
far.} e5 28. f5 Rfe8 29. Nc3 Rc8 $1 {Sloth gives a pawn in order to open the
position for his pieces.} 30. Rxd6 Bg5 31. Rd3 Rc4 32. Rb1 Rec8 33. Rb3 Bd8 34.
Ke2 Bb6 {The white bishop stands offside.} 35. Kd1 $2 ({Better is} 35. Bg2 $1
Bd4 36. Nd5 Rxc2+ 37. Rd2 Bxd5 38. exd5) 35... Kg7 36. Bg2 Bd4 37. Ne2 {
Rittner decides to return the extra pawn.} ({The passive defence by} 37. Kd2
Kf6 38. Bh1 Bb7 39. Bg2 Kg5 40. Bh1 h5 41. Bg2 f6 42. Bh1 h4 $1 43. gxh4+ Kxh4
44. Bg2 R8c7 {leads to zugzwang.}) 37... Rxc2 38. Rd2 R2c4 39. Rbd3 $6 (39. h3
$1 h5 40. hxg4 hxg4 41. Nxd4 exd4 42. Rbd3 Rc1+ 43. Ke2 Rg1 44. Bf1 Bxe4 45.
Rxd4 Bxf5 {and White has lost a pawn but gained counter-play.}) 39... Bb6 40.
Rd6 Bc6 41. Rb2 a5 42. Rd3 axb4 43. axb4 Bxe4 44. Bxe4 Rxe4 45. Rd5 Rd8 46.
Rxd8 Bxd8 47. Nc3 Rc4 48. Nxb5 Be7 49. Rc2 Rxb4 50. Nc7 Bg5 51. Ke2 Re4+ 52.
Kf1 Rd4 53. Ne8+ Kf8 54. Nc7 Ke7 55. Nb5 Rd3 56. Ke2 Re3+ 57. Kd1 Rf3 58. Rc7+
Kf8 59. Ke2 Rxf5 60. Rc4 h5 61. Rc5 Ke7 62. Rd5 Bf6 63. Nc3 Ke6 64. Ra5 Rf3 65.
Ra6+ Kf5 66. Nd1 Bg5 67. Ra7 Kg6 68. Ra8 f6 69. Ra4 Rb3 70. Ra8 Kf5 71. Rc8 h4
72. Rc3 Rxc3 73. Nxc3 e4 74. Nd1 Ke5 75. Nf2 f5 76. Nd1 hxg3 77. hxg3 Kd4 78.
Nb2 Bc1 0-1

[Event "World Champions Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2001-04"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sanakoev, Grigory"]
[Black "Baumbach, Fritz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Bg7 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
Nxf3 Nf6 9. O-O Nd7 10. Be3 O-O 11. c3 e5 12. Qc2 Qe7 13. Qb3 b6 14. Qa4 Rfc8
15. Rfe1 Nf8 16. Bg5 Qd7 17. Rad1 Ne6 18. Bh4 {A retreat of the white forces
begins.} a5 19. Bg3 b5 20. Qc2 f6 21. a4 Rd8 22. Nh2 h5 23. Nf1 Bh6 24. Ne3 Bg5
25. axb5 cxb5 26. Nd5 h4 27. Bh2 Ra6 28. f3 $2 {Hereafter, Black advances on
all fronts. Instead, White should become active on the kingside.} ({Right is} 
28. Rf1 $1 {as preparation for f4.}) 28... Kg7 29. Kh1 a4 30. Qf2 Rd6 31. Rf1
Qa7 32. Bg1 Nf4 33. c4 Nh5 34. Bh2 b4 35. Ra1 Ra6 36. d4 cxd4 37. Nxb4 Rb6 38.
Nd3 Rb3 39. Qc2 Rdb8 40. Ra2 Qa5 41. Rd1 Ng3+ 42. Bxg3 hxg3 43. Kg1 Be3+ 44.
Kf1 f5 45. exf5 gxf5 46. Nc1 Bxc1 47. Qxc1 Kg6 48. f4 e4 49. Rxd4 Qc5 50. Qd2
R8b6 0-1

[Event "World Champions Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2001-04"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sanakoev, Grigory"]
[Black "Palciauskas, Vytas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. Bb3 d6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. h3
Ba7 9. Nf1 d5 10. Qe2 dxe4 11. dxe4 Nh5 12. g3 Nf6 13. g4 Nd7 14. Bg5 Qe8 15.
Be3 Nc5 16. Bd5 Ne7 17. O-O-O $6 {White began calmly.} ({Now opportunism by} 
17. Bxc5 $1 Bxc5 18. Nxe5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Qa4 20. Nc4 Re8 21. Nfe3 {is needed.})
17... c6 18. Bxc5 $6 Bxc5 19. Bb3 Ng6 20. Ne3 b5 21. h4 $6 Nf4 $1 22. Qc2 a5
23. a3 Be6 24. Bxe6 Qxe6 25. Kb1 Rfb8 26. Ng5 Qe8 27. a4 $2 b4 $1 28. cxb4 Bd4
$1 {Palciauskas springs a fantastic surprise.} (28... Bxb4 29. Nc4 {allows an
effective defence.}) 29. b3 Rxb4 30. Ka2 Rab8 31. Rb1 Bxe3 $5 32. fxe3 Ng2 $5 {
Palciauskas allows himself great fun.} 33. Qxg2 c5 34. Rb2 ({The pointe is} 34.
Ka1 Rxb3 $1 35. Qa2 R3b4 $1 36. Nxf7 Qxf7 {If White continues the exchanges,
Black will win the endgame.}) 34... c4 $1 35. Rc1 Rxb3 36. Rxb3 cxb3+ 37. Kb2
Qxa4 38. Ra1 Qb4 39. Qe2 a4 0-1

[Event "World Champions Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2001-04"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sanakoev, Grigory"]
[Black "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 a6 6. Bb3 Ba7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. O-O
d6 9. h3 h6 10. Re1 Nh5 11. Nf1 Qf6 12. Ne3 Nf4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Qg6 15.
Kf1 Ne7 16. Bc4 $5 ({Usual is} 16. Bb3 {(Matejicek-Rosenzweig, Czechoslovakia
corr. 1988).}) 16... Kh8 17. Nh4 Qf6 18. Nf3 Qg6 19. Nh4 Qf6 20. Nf3 Ng6 {Gert
Jan wants to play chess!} 21. Be3 $6 ({Right is} 21. d4) 21... Bxe3 22. Rxe3 {
The rook has gone forwards prematurely.} Nf4 23. Ng1 Qg5 $5 24. Rg3 Qe7 25. Ne2
f5 $1 26. exf5 $6 ({Wiser is} 26. Rf3 fxe4 27. dxe4) 26... Bxf5 27. Qe1 $2 ({
A determined defence brings} 27. Nxf4 exf4 28. Rf3 Bg6 $1 29. g3) 27... Qh4 28.
Rd1 b5 29. Bb3 g5 30. d4 e4 31. Kg1 Nd3 32. Qf1 ({Or} 32. Qd2 Nxf2 $1 33. Kxf2
Bg4+ 34. Kg1 Bxe2 35. Qxe2 Qxg3) 32... Bh7 33. f3 e3 34. d5 Rae8 {Timmerman
has created a horrendous example of restriction.} 35. Kh2 Nxb2 36. Rd4 Rf4 37.
Qa1 Rxd4 38. Nxd4 e2 39. Ne6 Rxe6 40. dxe6 Qf4 0-1

[Event "World Champions Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2001-04"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sanakoev, Grigory"]
[Black "Umansky, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. a4 Nf6 6. h3 O-O 7. g4 $5 {
Westerinen introduced this odd move.} c5 8. d5 (8. dxc5 Qa5 9. Bg2 dxc5 {will
be played in Mueller-Azmaiparashvili, Rethymnon 2003.}) 8... e6 9. Bg2 $6 (9.
g5 Ne8 10. Bg2 {is preferable.}) 9... exd5 10. exd5 Nbd7 11. Nge2 Re8 12. Ng3
Ne5 13. O-O Rb8 14. Qe2 $2 Nfxg4 $1 {A series of sacrifices begins.} 15. hxg4
Bxg4 16. Qd2 ({The sacrifices continue in} 16. f3 Nxf3+ $1 17. Bxf3 Rxe3 $1 18.
Qxe3 Bd4) 16... Nc4 17. Qc1 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Rxe3 $1 {Umansky chooses the
enjoyable finale.} 19. Qxe3 Bd4 20. Qf2 f5 21. Nge2 Bxe2 22. Nxe2 Bxf2+ 23.
Rxf2 Qf6 24. c3 Re8 25. Nf4 Re3 26. a5 Qe5 27. Kf1 g5 28. Ne6 f4 29. Rd1 Qf5 {
Sanakoev had lost all games with White!} 0-1

[Event "World Champions Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2001-04"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sloth, Jorn"]
[Black "Palciauskas, Vytas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Qa4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Nd5 8.
Bxb4 Ndxb4 9. a3 b5 10. Qxb5 Nc2+ 11. Kd2 Nxa1 12. Qxc6+ Bd7 13. Qxc4 c5 14.
Qa2 Qa5+ 15. Nc3 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Rd8 17. Rxa1 e5 18. b4 Qb6 19. Nc2 Qxf2 20. Bd5
O-O 21. Qc4 Be6 22. Ne3 Qxh2 23. Qh4 Qxh4 24. gxh4 f5 {So far, they follow
Kasparov-Adams, Wijk aan Zee 2001.} 25. Ke1 {Adams suggested this move.} Bxd5
26. Nexd5 Rd7 27. Rd1 Kf7 28. e4 Rc8 29. exf5 Rc4 30. Kf2 Rd4 31. Rc1 g6 32.
fxg6+ hxg6 33. Rh1 $5 {Black will exchange towards an equal rook ending.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Champions Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2001-04"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sloth, Jorn"]
[Black "Sanakoev, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. Bg5 c5 6. c3 cxd4 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8.
cxd4 d5 9. O-O Nd7 10. Nbd2 Be7 11. a4 bxa4 12. Qxa4 a5 13. Rfc1 O-O 14. Bf1
Bb4 15. e3 Nb6 16. Qd1 Qd6 17. Nb3 Rfc8 18. Rxc8+ Bxc8 19. Ne1 Nd7 20. Nd3 Ba6
21. Nxb4 Bxf1 22. Nc5 Bb5 23. Nbd3 Bxd3 24. Nxd3 Qa6 25. Ra3 h6 26. Qc2 Kg7 27.
Nf4 f5 28. Qc7 Qb5 29. Rc3 Kg8 30. Rc6 Nf6 31. Rb6 Qd7 32. Qe5 Ne8 33. Nd3 Qd8
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Champions Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2001-04"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sloth, Jorn"]
[Black "Umansky, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E08"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Bf4 b6 10. Rd1 Bb7 11. Nc3 dxc4 12. Nd2 Nd5 13. Nxc4 Nxf4 14. gxf4 Qc7
15. Ne5 $5 ({Theory is} 15. e3) 15... Nxe5 16. fxe5 Rfd8 17. f4 a6 18. e3 Rd7
19. Be4 {White occupies the centre.} Kh8 20. Rd2 Rad8 21. Rad1 b5 22. a3 c5 $1
{The battle for the centre begins.} 23. d5 $1 exd5 24. Nxd5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 c4 $1
{Black has accomplished a majority on the queenside.} 26. h3 Rxd5 27. Rxd5 Rxd5
28. Bxd5 Qd7 29. Bg2 g6 30. Kf2 Kg7 31. Ke2 f6 32. Qe4 $5 {White starts to
waver.} fxe5 33. Qd5 $5 Qc8 $5 {The exchange of queens does not win due to the
bishops of different colours.} 34. Qb7 $2 {Sloth becomes confused.} Qc5 $1 35.
Qc6 (35. Qxa6 $5 exf4 36. Qe6 Bf6 37. b4 Qa7 38. Bd5 fxe3 39. Qxe3 Qc7 {brings
an ample material and positional advantage for Black.}) 35... exf4 36. Qxc5
Bxc5 37. Bb7 a5 38. Ba6 ({Or} 38. exf4 Bd4 39. Ba6 Bxb2 40. Bxb5 c3 $1 41. Kd3
Kf6 $1 42. Bd7 Bxa3 43. Kxc3 Bd6 {and Black wins a second pawn.}) 38... fxe3
39. Bxb5 Bd4 40. Bxc4 Bxb2 41. Kxe3 Bxa3 42. Bb3 Kf6 43. h4 Bc1+ 44. Kf3 h6 45.
Bc2 g5 46. Ba4 Ke5 $1 ({The silly} 46... gxh4 $4 47. Kg2 {draws.}) 47. Kg4 Kd4
48. Kh5 Kc4 49. Bd7 Kb4 50. Kxh6 g4+ $1 {Black has the necessary unstoppable
two passed pawns.} 0-1

[Event "World Champions Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2001-04"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Black "Baumbach, Fritz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Qe3 Be6 11. O-O Qb6 12. Qd2 Qa5 13. Rac1 a6 14. b3 b5
15. Bf3 bxc4 $5 ({Theory is} 15... b4 $2 16. Nd5 $1 Bxd5 17. exd5 {
(Giardelli-Robledo, Buenos Aires 1998).}) 16. e5 $1 dxe5 17. Bxa8 Rxa8 {Black
gets two pawns for the exchange.} 18. bxc4 Bxc4 19. Rfd1 Be6 20. h3 h5 21. Qb2
Rc8 22. Bd2 Rc4 23. Qb8+ Rc8 24. Qb7 Rc7 25. Qa8+ Rc8 26. Qb7 Rc7 27. Qa8+ Rc8
28. Qa7 Rc7 29. Qb8+ Rc8 30. Qa7 Rc7 31. Qe3 {Gert Jan continues because he
has a plus.} Rc4 32. Rb1 Qc7 33. Rdc1 Kh7 34. Rb6 $5 Nd5 $5 (34... Qa7 $1 35.
Rbb1 Qxe3 36. Bxe3 Nd7 {leads to a slightly better endgame.}) 35. Nxd5 Bxd5 36.
Rxc4 Qxc4 37. a3 e4 38. Rb8 Qc7 39. Rb1 Qc6 40. Rc1 Qb7 41. a4 Qd7 42. a5 Bc6
43. Rc4 f5 44. Bc3 Qd1+ 45. Be1 Bb5 46. Rc1 Qd6 47. Bd2 Qd7 48. Rc5 Qd8 49. Rc1
Qd7 50. Rc5 Qd8 51. g4 $5 {Timmerman starts a risky assault on the well
defended bastion.} hxg4 (51... e5 $1 {begins an interesting counter.}) 52. hxg4
fxg4 53. Rxb5 $5 {What is he doing?} axb5 54. a6 g3 $1 55. a7 gxf2+ 56. Kg2 $1
({Not} 56. Kf1 $2 Qd5 $1 57. Qh3+ Kg8 58. Qc8+ Kf7 $1 59. a8=Q Qd3+ 60. Kxf2
Qxd2+ 61. Kf1 Qd1+ 62. Kf2 Bd4+ {and Black delivers mate in six!}) 56... Qd5
57. Qh3+ Kg8 58. Be3 $5 {Timmerman tries a last trick.} ({The expected} 58.
Qc8+ Kf7 59. a8=Q f1=Q+ $1 60. Kxf1 Qd3+ 61. Ke1 Qg3+ 62. Kd1 Qf3+ 63. Kc2 Qd3+
{draws.}) 58... Kf7 59. Qg3 f1=Q+ 60. Kxf1 b4 61. Kg2 b3 62. Qb8 b2 63. a8=Q
Qxa8 64. Qxa8 b1=Q 65. Qd5+ Kf8 66. Qd8+ Kf7 67. Qd5+ Kf8 68. Qd8+ Kf7 69. Qd5+
{The game ends by perpetual check.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Champions Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2001-04"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Black "Palciauskas, Vytas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 d5 8. d4
dxe4 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Ng4 12. Bxe4 Nxf2 13. Bc6+ Ke7 14. Rd5
Bb6 15. Bg5+ f6 16. exf6+ gxf6 17. Bh4 Ng4+ 18. Kh1 Rb8 19. Nd2 Be6 20. Rh5
Nf2+ $1 (20... Kf7 {stems from Svidler-Gelfand, Biel 23 vii 2001.}) 21. Bxf2
Bxf2 22. Ne4 Rb6 23. Nxf2 Rxc6 24. a4 $1 bxa4 25. Rxa4 Bf7 26. Re4+ Kd7 27. Ra5
Rb8 28. Rd4+ Ke7 29. Nd3 Bc4 30. Nb4 Rd6 31. Re4+ Kf7 32. h3 Bb5 33. c4 Bc6 34.
Nxc6 Rxc6 35. Rd5 h5 $5 36. Rxh5 Rxb2 37. Rd5 $1 Rb4 38. Rd7+ Kg6 39. Rg4+ Kf5
40. Rd5+ Ke6 41. Re4+ Kf7 42. Rd7+ Kg6 43. Rg4+ Kf5 44. Rd5+ Ke6 45. Re4+ Kf7 {
A threefold repetition of position has occurred.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Champions Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2001-04"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Black "Rittner, Horst"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Bg5 Qa5 10. Ne2 Ng6 11. O-O Qa4 12. f4 c4 13. Bxg6 fxg6 14. Ra2 Bd7 15.
h4 Rf7 $1 ({Theory is} 15... Rf5) 16. h5 gxh5 17. Qxh5 Raf8 18. Qg4 b5 $2 ({
White's attack is stopped by} 18... Qa5 $1 {because} 19. Rf3 $2 {fails due to}
Qb6 $1 20. Ra1 (20. Rf1 Nxe5 $1) 20... Qb2 21. Raf1 Qxc2 22. Ng3 b5) 19. Rf3
Ne7 ({The variation} 19... Qa5 20. Rh3 Re8 21. Qh5 h6 22. Bf6 $1 Ne7 23. g4 {
also gives White a strong attack.}) 20. Bxe7 Rxe7 21. f5 $1 {A classical
breakthrough is made.} Rxf5 (21... exf5 22. Qh4 Ree8 23. Nf4 Be6 24. Rg3 {is
bad for Black too.}) 22. Rxf5 exf5 23. Qg5 Re8 24. Nf4 $1 {Pawn d5 cannot be
defended effectively, because White threatens 25.Ng5.} Qa6 25. Nxd5 h6 26. Qg3
Rd8 27. Ra1 Kh7 28. Re1 Be8 29. Qf3 Qxa3 30. e6 Bg6 31. Nf4 Be8 32. Nd5 Bg6 33.
e7 Re8 34. Qf4 Kh8 35. Re6 Kh7 36. Kh2 $1 Bf7 37. Rd6 Bg6 38. Qe5 Qc1 39. Rxg6
$1 Kxg6 40. Qe6+ Kg5 41. Qf7 g6 42. Qf6+ Kh5 43. Qe5 1-0

[Event "World Champions Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2001-04"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Black "Umansky, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. f4 b5 6. Be2 b4 7. Nb1 Bb7 8. Bf3 Nf6
9. Nd2 e5 $5 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. c3 (11. d5 {stems from Voloshin-Cicak, Czechia
9 iii 2002.}) 11... O-O 12. Ne2 Re8 13. Qc2 bxc3 14. bxc3 exd4 15. cxd4 c5 $1 {
A counter in the centre was needed.} 16. Rb1 cxd4 17. Bxd4 Bc6 18. O-O (18. e5
$1 Nd5 19. O-O Nf4 {also leads to a hard defence for Black.}) 18... Nxe4 19.
Nxe4 Bxd4+ 20. Kh1 Qe7 21. Nxd4 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Qxe4 23. Qf2 Qe7 24. h3 $5 (24.
Nf5 $5 gxf5 25. Rbe1 Qd7 26. Rxe8+ Qxe8 27. Qg3+ Kf8 28. Qc3 {draws.}) 24...
Rf8 25. Qf4 Nd7 26. Rb7 Rac8 27. Qg4 Rfd8 28. Qf3 Rf8 29. Qg4 Rfd8 30. Nf5 $5
Qf8 31. Qg3 Rc5 32. Nd4 Qe8 33. Nf5 Qf8 34. a3 $5 (34. Nd6 Re5 35. Nxf7 Re7 36.
Nxd8 Qxf1+ 37. Kh2 Qf6 {also draws.}) 34... Rd5 $1 35. Ne3 Rd3 36. Qf4 Rd6 ({
Not} 36... Rxa3 $2 37. Ng4 f5 38. Qd4 Qg7 39. Qd6 $1 Qf8 40. Qd5+) 37. Ng4 Kg7
38. Qg5 f6 39. Qc1 $5 Kh8 40. Ra7 Re8 41. Qc4 h5 42. Nf2 Ne5 43. Qf4 f5 $5 (
43... Rde6 44. Rb1 $1 {gives little pleasure to Black.}) 44. Rc1 $1 Nd7 45. Qa4
$5 (45. Rcc7 $1 {continues the torture.}) 45... Qg7 $5 (45... Rc8 {tries to
play for a win but Umansky ends the defensive manoeuvres.}) 46. Rxa6 Rd2 47.
Ra8 Rxa8 48. Qxa8+ Kh7 49. Qf3 Qd4 50. Rd1 Ne5 51. Rxd2 Qxd2 52. Qb7+ Kh6 53.
Qc8 Qd4 54. a4 Nd7 55. Qc1+ f4 56. Qd1 Qxf2 57. Qxd7 Qe1+ 58. Kh2 Qg3+ 59. Kh1
Qe1+ 60. Kh2 Qg3+ 61. Kh1 Qe1+ {The fierce fighter Timmerman draws by a
repetition for the fifth time.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Champions Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2001-04"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Umansky, Mikhail"]
[Black "Baumbach, Fritz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Bg2 b5 7. Ne5 Nd5 8. e4
Nb4 $1 9. a3 $1 Qxd4 $1 10. axb4 Qxd1+ $2 {Baumbach wants to avoid risky
tactics.} ({Theory will become} 10... Qxe5 $1 11. Bf4 Qf6 12. e5 ({Korchnoi
analyses in 1997:} 12. Nxb5 Bxb4+ 13. Kf1 cxb5 14. e5 Qe7 15. Bxa8 Bb7) 12...
Qe7 13. Nxb5 Qxb4+ {(Poluljahov-Adly, Abu Dhabi 2003).}) 11. Kxd1 Bxb4 12. Bd2
Bc5 13. f4 a5 14. Nf3 f6 15. e5 f5 16. Ke2 Bd7 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Kxe3 c5 19. Nd2
Ra7 20. b3 b4 21. Na4 cxb3 22. Nxc5 b2 23. Ra2 Ke7 24. Rxb2 Rc8 25. Nxd7 Rc3+
26. Ke2 Rxd7 27. Ra1 Na6 28. Rxa5 Nc5 29. Bc6 Rc7 30. Bb5 b3 31. Ra3 h6 32.
Nxb3 g5 33. Kf1 Kf7 34. Be2 Ke7 35. Kg2 Kf7 36. Rb1 Re7 37. Bh5+ Kg7 38. Nxc5
Rxa3 39. Rb6 Ra2+ 40. Kg1 Ra1+ 41. Kf2 Ra2+ 42. Be2 Kf7 43. Ke3 gxf4+ 44. gxf4
Ra3+ 45. Kd4 Rh3 46. Bc4 Rxh2 47. Bxe6+ Kg6 48. Bd7+ Kh5 49. Bxf5 Rf2 50. Nd3
Ra2 51. Rb1 {The game was decided by one mistake in a theoretical position.}
1-0

[Event "World Champions Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2001-04"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Umansky, Mikhail"]
[Black "Berliner, Hans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. d5
Ne7 9. e4 Nd7 10. Ne1 b6 $5 ({Usual is} 10... f5 11. Nd3 Nf6) 11. Nd3 Nc5 ({
Known is} 11... a5) 12. f4 $5 exf4 13. Bxf4 h6 14. Nf2 $1 ({The exchange} 14.
Nxc5 bxc5 {gains little (Umansky).}) 14... g5 $5 15. Be3 f5 $6 ({My preference
goes to} 15... Ng6 $1 16. Rc1 {(Umansky), and now} Ne5 $1) 16. Bd4 Bxd4 17.
Qxd4 f4 18. b4 $1 f3 $2 {This move seems to be brilliant.} ({But Black should
have tried} 18... Nd7 $1) 19. Bxf3 Rxf3 20. bxc5 bxc5 21. Qd1 $3 {Berliner
experiences a complete surprise, because White does not protect knight c3.} Qf8
$1 ({The pointe is} 21... Rxc3 $2 22. Qh5 Rxc4 23. Nd1 $1 Rxe4 24. Rf6 Nf5 25.
Qg6+ Ng7 26. Rf7 Re1+ 27. Kg2 Re2+ 28. Nf2 {and White can utilise a winning
advantage (Cafferty).}) 22. e5 $1 Ng6 $1 ({Or} 22... dxe5 23. Nce4) 23. e6 Ne5
24. Nce4 Ba6 25. Nd2 Bxc4 26. Nxc4 Nxc4 27. Ng4 $1 Rxf1+ 28. Qxf1 Qxf1+ 29.
Rxf1 Kg7 30. Nf6 Ne5 31. h4 $1 {Umansky can win the exchange but he betters
his position firstly.} Rc8 32. h5 $1 c4 $1 33. Kg2 a5 34. a4 $1 {Black has to
weaken his position due to mutual zugzwang.} ({Premature is} 34. e7 $2 Kf7 35.
e8=Q+ Rxe8 36. Nxe8+ Kxe8 37. Kf2 {due to} Ng4+ $1) 34... g4 $5 {He takes
square g4 from his knight.} ({The complex variation} 34... Ra8 $5 35. Nd7 $1
Nxd7 36. Rf7+ Kg8 37. Rxd7 Rc8 38. Kf3 $1 c3 39. Ke3 c2 40. Kd2 c6 $1 41. Kxc2
cxd5+ 42. Kd3 Kf8 43. Kd4 Rc4+ 44. Kxd5 Rxa4 45. Rf7+ Ke8 46. Kxd6 Ra3 47. g4
Rd3+ 48. Ke5 Re3+ 49. Kf6 Rf3+ 50. Kg7 {leads to a White win (after Umansky).})
35. e7 $1 Kf7 36. e8=Q+ Rxe8 37. Nxe8+ Kxe8 38. Kf2 Ke7 39. Ke3 c6 40. Ke4 Nf3
({Or} 40... c5 41. Kf5 $1 Nd3 42. Kg6 c3 43. Kxh6 {and the h-pawn decides the
game (Umansky).}) 41. Rc1 c5 42. Kf5 Ne5 43. Rc2 $1 Kf7 44. Rb2 Nd3 45. Rb7+
Kf8 46. Kf6 $1 Ke8 47. Ke6 Kf8 48. Rf7+ Kg8 49. Rf1 {The win by the champ of
champions caused a sensation.} (49. Rf1 c3 50. Kxd6 $1 c2 51. Kc7 c1=Q 52. Rxc1
Nxc1 53. d6 {and the d-pawn rules.}) 1-0

[Event "World Champions Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2001-04"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Umansky, Mikhail"]
[Black "Palciauskas, Vytas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Rb8 7. Nc3 a6 8. e4
b5 9. d5 Nb4 10. b3 cxb3 11. Qxb3 c5 12. dxc6 Nxc6 13. Bf4 Rb7 14. Rad1 $5 {
White has sufficient compensation for the pawn.} ({'Theory' is} 14. Rac1) 14...
Nd7 15. e5 Na5 16. Qb1 Rc7 17. Ne4 Bb7 18. Nfg5 Bxe4 $5 19. Qxe4 Be7 ({Black
has to avoid} 19... h6 $2 20. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 21. Qg6+ Ke7 22. Rd6) 20. Nxh7 Rc4
21. Qd3 Nxe5 22. Qe2 $5 (22. Qxd8+ Bxd8 23. Bxe5 Rxh7 24. Rd6 $1 {proceeds the
attack in the endgame.}) 22... Qc8 23. Qh5 Ng6 24. Be3 Qc7 25. Rfe1 Qe5 26. Qh3
Nc6 27. f4 Qf5 28. Qxf5 exf5 29. Bb6 Nce5 $5 30. Ng5 $1 {The knight can be
withdrawn at last.} Bxg5 31. fxg5 O-O 32. h4 Ng4 33. Rd5 Rb8 34. Ba7 Ra8 35. h5
Nf8 36. Rxb5 $1 {White finally regains the pawn.} axb5 ({Not} 36... Rxa7 $2 37.
Rb8 Re4 38. Bxe4 fxe4 39. Rxe4 f5 40. Ree8 Rf7 41. Kg2 $1) 37. Bxa8 Ne6 38. Bd5
Ra4 39. g6 $1 Rxa7 40. gxf7+ Kxf7 41. Rxe6 Rd7 42. Rd6+ (42. Bb3 $5 {makes an
effort to win.}) 42... Ke7 43. Rxd7+ Kxd7 44. Bf3 b4 45. Bxg4 fxg4 46. Kf2 Kd6
47. Ke2 Ke6 48. Kd2 Kd6 {Black holds the distant opposition of the kings.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Champions Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2001-04"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Umansky, Mikhail"]
[Black "Rittner, Horst"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 a5 11. Nc3 Na6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. e4 Nb4 14. Rfd1 b6 15.
Ne1 g6 $6 ({Better is} 15... Qd7 $1 16. e5 Bxg2 17. Nxg2 Bg5 {(Van de
Velde-Dutreeuw, Deurne 2000).}) 16. Nb5 Bg7 17. Nd3 (17. Rac1 {has been played
(Beliavsky-Rozentalis, Batumi 1999).}) 17... Bxb5 18. axb5 Qe7 19. e5 Nxd3 20.
Qxd3 Rad8 21. Qa3 Qxa3 22. bxa3 g5 23. Rac1 Rfe8 24. Bc6 Re7 25. Kg2 f6 $6 (
25... Kf8 $1 26. f4 f6 $1 {and White only controls more territory.}) 26. d5 $1
{White can open the position by a tactical trick.} exd5 27. e6 $1 f5 28. Bd7
Rdxd7 $1 {Black has to give the exchange.} 29. exd7 Rxd7 30. a4 d4 $6 {The
d-pawn becomes less useful.} ({Better is} 30... Kf7 31. Kf3 g4+ $1 32. Ke2 Bf8)
31. Kf3 Re7 32. Rc6 Be5 33. h3 Kg7 34. g4 fxg4+ 35. hxg4 Rf7+ 36. Ke4 Bd6 37.
Kd5 Rd7 $5 38. Rd3 Bc5+ 39. Kc4 Rf7 40. f3 Kf8 $2 (40... Bd6 $1 41. Kd5 Rf6 42.
Rc2 Bc5 43. Rxc5 bxc5 44. Kxc5 h5 $1 {still draws.}) 41. Re6 Kg7 42. Kd5 Rf8
43. Kc6 Rf7 44. Kb7 Rd7 45. Rc6 Rf7 46. Rd1 $3 {White wins by a completely
unexpected move.} ({Premature is} 46. Rxc7 $2 Rxc7+ 47. Kxc7 {due to} Kf6 48.
Kc6 Ke5 $1) 46... Rxf3 (46... h6 $5 47. Rxc7 Rxc7+ 48. Kxc7 Kf6 49. Re1 $1 {
shows the pointe.}) 47. Rxc7+ $1 Kf6 $5 48. Rc6+ Ke5 49. Rxb6 Kd5 50. Rc6 Rf4
51. Ka6 Rxg4 52. Rxc5+ $1 Kxc5 53. b6 Re4 54. b7 Re8 55. Kxa5 Kc6 56. Ka6 Kc5
57. a5 h5 58. Ka7 Re7 59. a6 h4 60. Ka8 {Umansky played a great endgame.} 1-0

[Event "World Champions Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2001-04"]
[Date "2001.07.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Baumbach, Fritz"]
[Black "Sloth, Jorn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 a5 4. Nf3 d6 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4
Nxd4 9. Bxb4 axb4 10. Qxd4 Nf6 11. Nd2 O-O 12. Nb3 c5 13. Qd3 Qe7 14. Rfd1 Ra6
15. a3 bxa3 16. Rxa3 Rb6 17. Rd2 Re8 (17... g6 $6 {was played in 
Naumkin-Keitlinghaus, Berlin 1991.}) 18. Nc1 $1 Ne4 $6 ({Better is} 18... Ng4)
19. Bxe4 Qxe4 20. Qxe4 Rxe4 21. Na2 {Black has exchanged towards a lesser
endgame.} Kf8 $1 ({Not} 21... Rxc4 $2 22. Ra8 Rc6 23. Rxd6 $1) 22. Nc3 Rxc4 $6
({Black should accept the retreat} 22... Re8 23. Nb5 Rd8) 23. Ra8 Rc6 24. Nb5
Ke7 25. Na7 Rc1+ 26. Kg2 Bd7 27. Nxc6+ Bxc6+ 28. f3 d5 29. g4 h6 30. h4 Rc4 31.
Kg3 Ke6 32. e3 Rb4 33. Rc2 Kf6 $5 34. Ra5 $5 b6 35. Ra7 Ke6 36. Rc7 Bd7 37. h5
Rb3 38. Rb7 Ba4 $6 ({The critical line is} 38... Bc6 39. Rb8 Kd6 40. Rg8 Rxe3
41. g5 $1 Re6 42. Rxg7 hxg5 43. Rh2) 39. Rb8 Ke5 40. Rd2 Bc6 41. Rc8 Bd7 42.
Rg8 Kf6 43. Rxd5 Be6 44. Rd6 $1 b5 (44... Rxb2 45. Re8 $1 Ke5 46. Rd1 $1 Re2
47. f4+ Ke4 48. f5 {shows the pointe.}) 45. e4 Rxb2 46. Re8 Rb3 47. Kf4 Rb4 ({
Or} 47... g5+ 48. hxg6 Kxg6 49. Rdd8 $1) 48. Rb6 1-0

[Event "World Champions Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2001-04"]
[Date "2001.07.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Berliner, Hans"]
[Black "Oim, Tonu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 a6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8.
Nge2 e6 9. Rc1 Be7 10. Qb3 Na5 11. Qa4+ Nc6 12. Ng3 $5 {Berliner tries a new
move.} b5 13. Qb3 Rc8 14. f3 $1 Bh5 $2 {Oim misses a combination.} ({Right is} 
14... Na5 $1 15. Qd1 Bh5) 15. Nxb5 $1 axb5 16. Bxb5 Qb6 17. Qa4 O-O 18. Rxc6
Rxc6 19. Bxc6 Qxb2 20. O-O Bg6 21. Qa6 Qa3 22. Qxa3 Bxa3 {Black has stopped
the extra pawn. White makes insufficient progress, hereafter.} 23. Re1 Rc8 24.
Ba4 Bb4 25. Ra1 Ba3 26. Bb3 h6 27. Kf2 Bc2 28. Ne2 Rc6 29. Rh1 Nd7 30. g4 g5
31. Bg3 Kg7 32. h4 Nb6 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. f4 Be4 35. Rh3 gxf4 36. Bxf4 Nc4 37.
g5 Be7 38. Ng3 Bg6 39. Rh6 Kg8 40. Ke2 Bf8 41. Rh2 Na5 42. Be5 Bg7 43. Bxg7
Kxg7 44. Kf3 f6 45. gxf6+ Kxf6 46. Kf4 Nxb3 47. axb3 Rb6 48. Rb2 Rb4 49. Ne2
Bd3 50. Nc1 e5+ 51. Kg3 Be4 52. Rd2 Rb8 53. Ra2 Rc8 54. Ne2 Bd3 55. Kf2 Bxe2
56. Kxe2 exd4 57. exd4 Rc3 58. Rb2 Kf5 59. b4 Ke4 60. b5 Rh3 61. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Champions Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2001-04"]
[Date "2001.07.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Oim, Tonu"]
[Black "Sanakoev, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Nbd7 9. Qd2 Be7 10. g4 O-O 11. O-O-O b5 12. g5 b4 13. Ne2 Ne8 14. h4 a5 15. Kb1
a4 16. Nbc1 Nc7 17. f4 exf4 18. Nxf4 {The players have followed
Shovunov-Zagrebelny, Krasnodar 1998.} b3 $5 19. cxb3 axb3 20. a3 $1 Qb8 $2 {
Black allows a successful onslaught.} (20... Ne5 $1 {is okay 
(Morchiashvili-Danner, Batumi 2002).}) 21. Nxe6 fxe6 (21... Nxe6 22. h5 {has a
similar effect.}) 22. h5 $1 Qb7 23. g6 $1 Ne5 ({Or} 23... h6 24. Bxh6 $1) 24.
gxh7+ Kh8 25. Qg2 Ne8 26. Nd3 Bf6 27. h6 g5 28. Bxg5 Qxh7 29. Bxf6+ Nxf6 30.
Nxe5 dxe5 31. Qg5 Qc7 32. Rc1 Nxe4 33. Qe3 Qb7 34. Rh4 Nf6 35. Qxe5 Qd5 36. Qe3
Rac8 37. Bc4 {Sanakoev erred in a razor-sharp variation of the Sicilian
Defence.} 1-0

[Event "World Champions Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2001-04"]
[Date "2001.07.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Oim, Tonu"]
[Black "Sloth, Jorn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Qe2 Bd6 13. Bg5 O-O 14. Bxf6
gxf6 15. Bd3 Bxh2+ 16. Kf1 {Oim diverts from Emms-Knott, Millfield 2000.} Bf4
17. Qh5 f5 18. g4 Rd8 19. c3 Qe7 $5 20. gxf5 e5 {Sloth has chosen a clever
defence.} 21. Rad1 ({The pointe is shown by} 21. Qxh7+ Kxh7 22. f6+ Kh6 $1 23.
fxe7 Re8) 21... h6 22. Ne2 Bg5 23. Ng3 Bd7 24. Bc4 Be8 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Ne4
Kf8 $2 ({Correct is} 26... Kg7 $1 27. Nxg5 Qxg5 28. Qxg5+ hxg5 29. Rxe5 Kf6)
27. Nxg5 Qxg5 28. Qxg5 hxg5 29. f6 Rd6 $6 (29... Rd2 $1 {gives the last chance.
}) 30. Rxe5 Rxf6 31. Rxg5 Ke7 32. Re5+ Kd8 33. Ke2 Bc6 34. Bd5 Kd7 35. Bxc6+
Rxc6 36. Ke3 Rh6 37. Kf4 Rh2 38. Re2 Rg2 39. a4 b6 40. Kf5 Rg6 41. f4 Rc6 42.
Re4 Kd8 43. c4 a5 44. b3 Kd7 45. Re5 Rh6 46. Rb5 Kc6 47. c5 bxc5 48. Rxa5 Rh3
49. Rb5 Rd3 50. Kf6 Rd7 51. b4 Rd4 52. Rxc5+ Kd6 53. f5 Rxb4 54. Rc1 Rb7 55.
Rd1+ 1-0

[Event "World Champions Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2001-04"]
[Date "2001.07.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Oim, Tonu"]
[Black "Umansky, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c5 6. e5 Nfd7 7. e6 $5 fxe6 8.
Ng5 Nf6 9. dxc5 Nc6 10. cxd6 $6 ({Better is} 10. Bc4 d5 11. Bb5 {
(Vasiukov-Tseshkovsky, Leningrad 1974).}) 10... exd6 11. Bc4 d5 12. Bb3 O-O 13.
O-O {The players have followed the game Shirazi-Christiansen, Palo Alto 1981.
Black has a plus.} h6 14. Nf3 Kh7 15. Qd3 a5 16. Na4 $6 (16. a3 $1 {prevents
the next move.}) 16... Nb4 $1 17. Qb5 Bd7 $1 {Black makes a temporary pawn
sacrifice.} 18. Qxb7 Ne4 $1 19. Be3 Bxa4 20. Bxa4 Nd6 21. Qb6 Qxb6 22. Bxb6 Nc4
23. Bd4 Nxb2 24. Bd7 $6 ({Correct is} 24. Bxb2 Bxb2 25. Rab1) 24... Nxc2 25.
Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Rac1 Ne3 27. Nd4 $1 Nxf1 28. Nxe6+ Kf6 29. Nxf8 Rxf8 30. Rxf1 d4
31. Rb1 Rb8 {Oim has kept the material equality, but Umansky increased his
positional edge.} 32. Ba4 Rb4 33. Bb3 Nc4 34. Rc1 Ne3 35. Rc6+ Kf5 36. Ra6 Kxf4
37. Kf2 Ke4 38. Rxa5 ({Not} 38. Rxg6 $2 a4) 38... Kd3 39. Ra6 g5 40. h3 Rb5 41.
g4 Rb8 $1 42. Rf6 $1 Kd2 43. Kf3 d3 44. Rxh6 Rf8+ 45. Ke4 Rf4+ 46. Ke5 Nc4+ $1
{Black strives for the right exchanges.} 47. Kd5 Na5 48. h4 $1 Rxg4 49. hxg5
Rxg5+ 50. Kd4 Rg4+ 51. Kc5 Nxb3+ 52. axb3 Kc3 53. Rh3 {Umansky has to solve
technical problems.} Re4 54. Rg3 ({Avoids} 54. b4 Rc4+ $1) 54... Re5+ 55. Kc6
Kd4 56. b4 Re6+ 57. Kb5 d2 58. Rg8 Kd5 59. Rg5+ Re5 $1 {White has no tricks
left.} 60. Rg1 Re1 61. Rg5+ Ke6 62. Rg6+ Ke5 63. Rg5+ Kf6 {Umansky played a
marvellous positional game.} 0-1

[Event "World Champions Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2001-04"]
[Date "2001.07.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Palciauskas, Vytas"]
[Black "Baumbach, Fritz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd3 Be6 11. Bd2 Nd7 12. b3 Nc5 13. Qe3 Bd7 14. Rab1 Bc6
15. f3 a5 16. Kh1 b6 17. Rfd1 Qb8 18. Be1 Qb7 19. a3 Rfc8 20. Bf2 Be5 21. Rd2
Re8 22. Bf1 Reb8 23. Bh4 Ne6 24. Rdd1 Re8 25. Nd5 Rab8 26. Bf2 Nc5 27. Qg5 Rbc8
28. Qh4 Bxd5 29. cxd5 b5 30. b4 Na4 31. bxa5 $5 {The game comes to life.} Nc3
32. Bb6 Nxb1 33. Rxb1 Rc3 34. Bxb5 Rec8 35. Bc6 R8xc6 ({An alternative brings} 
35... Qa6 $5 36. Qxe7 Qd3 37. Rg1 Qd2 38. Qh4 Rxa3) 36. dxc6 Qxc6 37. Bg1 Bf6
38. Qh6 Qa8 39. a4 (39. a6 $1 Qxa6 40. Rb8+ Rc8 41. Rxc8+ Qxc8 42. Qe3 {gains
a plus.}) 39... Rc4 40. a6 Bd4 41. Bxd4 Rxd4 42. a5 Ra4 43. Qg5 Qxa6 44. Qxe7
Qb5 $1 {Baumbach allows himself some fun after a lengthy defence.} 45. Rd1 Rd4
46. Rc1 Qc5 47. Rb1 Kg7 48. a6 Rc4 49. h4 Ra4 50. Kh2 Rxa6 51. Rb7 (51. Rb7
Qe5+ 52. Qxe5+ dxe5 {draws.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Champions Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2001-04"]
[Date "2001.07.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rittner, Horst"]
[Black "Oim, Tonu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C85"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Qe1 c5 8.
Nxe5 Qd4 9. Nd3 Nxe4 10. b3 $5 Bf5 (10... Qxa1 $5 11. Bb2 Qxa2 12. Qxe4 c4 13.
Nc3 Qa5 14. Nd5 Be6 15. N3f4 {gives a serious alternative (Nicevski-Vogt,
Lublin 1974).}) 11. Bb2 Qd6 12. Ne5 Nf6 {They players followed Klaman-Furman,
Baku 1951.} 13. Nc3 O-O 14. d3 Rae8 15. Ne4 Qe6 16. Ng3 Nd5 17. Qd2 f6 18. Nc4
Bg6 19. f4 Qd7 20. f5 Bf7 21. Qf2 b5 22. Nd2 Nb6 23. Nge4 c4 24. dxc4 bxc4 25.
Bd4 Qc6 26. Rfe1 Nd7 27. Re3 Bd6 28. Rae1 Be5 29. c3 Rb8 $6 30. Rh3 $1 {
Suddenly Rittner unleashes an attack.} Rfe8 $1 ({Not} 30... cxb3 $2 31. axb3
Bxb3 32. Ba7 Rb7 33. Nxb3 Rxb3 34. Qa2 $1) 31. Qh4 h6 32. Be3 Kf8 $1 ({The
complications of} 32... cxb3 $6 33. Bxh6 g5 34. Nxg5 fxg5 35. Qxg5+ Bg6 36.
axb3 {favour White.}) 33. b4 a5 34. a3 axb4 35. axb4 Ra8 36. Bf2 Ra2 37. Rhe3
Rea8 38. Nf3 Ra1 39. R3e2 Rxe1+ 40. Rxe1 Re8 41. Nxe5 Rxe5 42. Ng3 Rxe1+ 43.
Bxe1 Qd6 44. Qe4 Qd3 45. Qxd3 cxd3 46. Kf2 Ne5 47. Ke3 Bd5 48. Ne4 h5 49. g3
Ke7 50. Nc5 Ba2 51. h3 Kd6 52. Nxd3 Nxd3 53. Kxd3 Bb1+ 54. Kd4 Bxf5 55. h4 c5+
56. Kc4 cxb4 57. cxb4 Kc6 58. b5+ {Oim defended well.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Champions Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2001-04"]
[Date "2001.07.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rittner, Horst"]
[Black "Sanakoev, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nb3
Be7 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. Qd2 Qc7 11. Bf3 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. O-O-O e5 14. Kb1 Be6
15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Bd6 18. g4 a5 (18... O-O-O $1 {is more
solid.}) 19. Qe2 a4 $6 (19... O-O $1 20. h4 a4 21. Nd2 Rfc8 {gives an equal
fight.}) 20. Nd4 $1 O-O 21. Nb5 Qc5 22. c4 $1 a3 23. b3 e4 $1 24. Bg2 Ra5 $6 (
24... Rad8 {choses for the defence.}) 25. Nxd6 Qxd6 26. h4 b5 27. g5 Nd7 28.
Bxe4 Rb8 29. Rhg1 bxc4 30. Qxc4 hxg5 $2 (30... Rc5 31. Qe2 Re8 32. Qg2 h5 {
offers serious resistance.}) 31. hxg5 Rc5 32. Qd3 g6 33. Rh1 Qe5 34. Qd4 Re8
35. Bf3 Qxd4 36. Rxd4 Nf8 37. Rc4 Ra5 38. Kc2 Re5 39. b4 Ra8 40. Rd1 Rxg5 41.
Rc3 Rb8 42. Rd4 Rg1 43. Rxa3 Rc8+ 44. Kb2 Rcc1 45. Re3 Kg7 46. Rd2 Rc4 47. Kb3
Rf4 48. Be2 1-0

[Event "World Champions Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2001-04"]
[Date "2001.07.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sloth, Jorn"]
[Black "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 Na6 6. Nf3 Bc5 7. Qe5+ Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Nc3 Re8 10. Qd4 Bc5 11. Qd1 d5 $5 ({Known is} 11... d6 {from
Cekro-Van Mechelen, Antwerp 1997.}) 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 {Black avoids
the exchange of queens.} 14. Nd4 Bg4 15. a3 Qf6 16. Be3 Bb6 17. b4 Rad8 18. Qd2
Nb8 19. Rad1 {White makes a passive move.} Qg6 20. Rfe1 Nc6 $1 {Black
concludes his development.} 21. Nxc6 $5 ({Not} 21. Nc2 $2 d4 $1 22. Bg5 f6 23.
Bf4 Rxe2 $1 24. Rxe2 d3) 21... Bxe3 $1 22. fxe3 bxc6 23. e4 $1 Qh5 (23... d4 $1
{gains a plus.}) 24. Qe3 a6 25. Qf2 h6 26. Rd4 $1 dxe4 27. Bxe4 Rxd4 28. Qxd4
Bf5 29. Bf3 Qg6 30. e4 Bg4 31. Bg2 Qe6 32. e5 Bh3 33. Bxh3 Qxh3 34. e6 $5 Rxe6
35. Qd8+ Kh7 36. Qd3+ g6 $5 (36... Kg8 37. Rxe6 Qxe6 38. Qxa6 Qe1+ 39. Kg2 Qd2+
{draws more easily.}) 37. Rf1 Re7 38. Qxa6 Qd7 39. Qc4 f5 40. Qc5 h5 {White
has a distant passed pawn but it does not suffice for a win.} 41. Qf2 Qd3 42.
Re1 Rxe1+ 43. Qxe1 Qxa3 44. Qe7+ Kh6 45. Qf8+ Kg5 46. Qd8+ Kg4 47. Qd4+ Kf3 48.
Qf2+ Ke4 49. Qc2+ Ke3 50. Qf2+ Ke4 51. Qc2+ Ke3 52. Qf2+ Ke4 {Black draws by a
threefold repetition.  Sloth played solidly in three games.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "29.Schachtage"]
[Date "2001.07.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2001.??.12"]

{The 29. Dortmunder Schachtage were played in the Opernhaus from 12-22 July
2001. Main events were a super group and two matches. The highlight was the
first confrontation between the two ruling world champions. Kramnik and Anand
had played a match of rapid chess in Mainz 2001. Anand had won the blitz
playoff. This time they would meet twice in a double-rounded super tournament
of six top-ten players.  Kramnik won the Dortmunder Schachtage for the sixth
time! Again he played wonderful chess, won three games and met few problems in
the other encounters. As the Braingames world champion, he defeated the FIDE
world champion Anand once. Topalov started with a defeat against Kramnik.
Thereafter, he crushed Morozevich and Anand. Although he ended with the same
score as Kramnik, he came second. } 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4
5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 f6 12.
Nf3 Kh8 13. cxd5 $5 {Lékó attacks the centre at once with a new move.} Nxc3 14.
bxc3 Nxd5 15. Bd3 c5 $1 {Adams counters in the centre.} ({A piece costs} 15...
Nxc3 $2 16. Qe1) 16. c4 Nb4 17. d5 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Bf7 19. Bf4 Bd6 20. Bxd6 Qxd6
21. Nh4 b5 $1 22. cxb5 Qxd5 23. Qxd5 Bxd5 24. Rfc1 Rfd8 $6 ({Equality keeps} 
24... c4 $5) 25. Rxc5 Bxa2 26. h3 Bf7 27. Nf5 Rd5 28. Rxd5 Bxd5 29. Ra5 $1 ({
Lékó analyses} 29. Ne7 Bb7 30. Rd1 a5 31. Nf5 Kg8 32. Rd7 a4 $1 33. Rxg7+ Kh8
34. Rxb7 a3 35. Nd4 a2 36. Nb3 {Poldauf adds the narrow escape} Ra3 $1 37. Na1
Rc3) 29... g6 30. Nd4 Bb7 31. Ne6 $1 h5 $2 {A blunder loses the f-pawn.} ({
Correct is} 31... f5 $1) 32. Nc5 Rb8 33. Nd7 Ra8 34. Nxf6 a6 35. bxa6 Rxa6 36.
Rxa6 Bxa6 37. h4 $1 {Black's pawns become weak.} Kg7 38. Ne4 Kf7 39. Kh2 Bd3 (
39... Ke6 $2 40. Nc5+) 40. f3 Bf1 41. Kg3 Ke6 42. Nd2 Bd3 43. Kf4 Kf6 44. Ne4+
Kf7 45. Kg5 Bf1 46. g3 Be2 47. Nd2 Kg7 48. f4 Bd1 49. Nc4 {White will prepare
f5 and win pawn h5 eventually.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "29.Schachtage"]
[Date "2001.07.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2001.??.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Ne5 10. Nb3 b5 11. Bd4 Be7 12. Kb1 d6 13. Qf2 Rb8 {Black
prevents 14.Bb6.} 14. g4 h6 15. h4 Nc4 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. Nd2 e5 18. Ba7 Rb7 19.
g5 Nh5 20. Nd5 Qc6 21. Nf1 Be6 22. Be3 Bxd5 23. exd5 $6 (23. Rxd5 $5 Nf4 24.
Bxf4 exf4 25. Qd4 {is more active.}) 23... Qb5 24. c3 Nf4 25. Bxf4 exf4 26. Rg1
O-O $1 27. Rg2 ({The pointe is} 27. gxh6 $2 Bf6 {and Black wins.}) 27... Rfb8
28. Rd2 g6 29. Qd4 hxg5 30. Nh2 $2 ({The bnatural} 30. hxg5 Bxg5 $1 31. Rh2 $1
f6 32. Rde2 {mobilises the rooks.}) 30... gxh4 31. Ng4 {White has a strong
counterattack.} Bg5 $2 ({Anand gives the spectacular win} 31... h3 $1 32. Nh6+
Kh7 33. Nf5 Bf8 34. Rh2 Kg8 {White cannot continue the attack. See} 35. Rxh3
Qxb2+ $1 36. Rxb2 Rxb2+ 37. Kc1 Rb1+ 38. Kd2 R8b2#) 32. Nf6+ Bxf6 33. Qxf6 Qb6
34. Rde2 Qd8 ({It is too late for} 34... h3 {due to} 35. Rxg6+ $1 fxg6 36.
Qxg6+ Kh8 (36... Rg7 37. Re8+ $11) 37. Qh6+ Rh7 38. Qf6+ Rg7 39. Qh6+ Kg8 40.
Qe6+ $11) 35. Qxf4 Re7 36. Qxh4 Rxe2 37. Qxd8+ Rxd8 38. Rxe2 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "29.Schachtage"]
[Date "2001.07.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2001.??.12"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qb3 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. a3 Ba5 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
d5 9. d3 h6 10. Bf4 Re8 11. Na4 $5 {White wants to create problems.} b6 12. Ne5
Bd7 ({Avoids} 12... Bb7 $2 13. Nxc5) 13. e3 $6 g5 $1 {Black takes the
initiative.} 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Be5 Ng4 16. Bc3 Bxc3 17. Nxc3 dxc4 18. dxc4 Bxg2
19. Kxg2 Qe7 20. Ne4 f5 21. h3 Ne5 22. Qc3 Nd7 23. Nd2 Rad8 24. Rad1 Nf6 25.
Nf3 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 e5 {Black threatens the pin ..Qb7.} 27. Qc2 $2 ({The players
look at} 27. Ng1 $1 Qb7+ 28. Kh2 Kf7 {A defensive screen creates} 29. f3 e4 30.
f4) 27... e4 $1 28. Ng1 $6 ({Better is} 28. Ne1) 28... Rd8 29. Ne2 Rxd1 30.
Qxd1 Qd7 31. Qxd7 Nxd7 32. b3 Ne5 33. Nc3 Kf7 34. g4 $5 {Otherwise the
weaknesses b3, f2 and h3 will become fatal.} ({Kramnik shows} 34. Nb5 a5 $1 35.
a4 Nf3 36. Nd6+ Ke6 37. Nc8 Nd2 38. Nxb6 Nxb3 {and Black has a big advantage.})
34... fxg4 35. hxg4 Nxg4 36. Nxe4 Ke6 37. Nc3 Ne5 {The distant passed pawn
decides the knight ending, similar to Lasker-Nimzowitsch, Zürch 1934.} 38. f4 (
{The most prudent is} 38. Kg3 Nc6 39. Ne4 Ke5 40. f3 $1 Ne7 41. Kg2 Nf5 42. Kf2
{but} g4 $1 43. Nc3 h5 {advances the distant pawn.}) 38... gxf4 39. exf4 Nc6
40. Nb5 h5 $1 41. Kg3 a5 42. Nc7+ Kf5 43. Nd5 Nd4 44. Kh4 Nxb3 45. Kxh5 Nd2 46.
Nxb6 Kxf4 47. Na4 Ne4 $1 {A fine positional victory.} ({Topalov anticipated} 
47... Ne4 48. Kg6 Ke5 49. Kf7 Kd4 50. Ke6 Kxc4 51. Ke5 Kb3 52. Nb6 Nd2) 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "29.Schachtage"]
[Date "2001.07.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2001.??.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 f6 12. Nf3 Kh8 13. cxd5 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nxd5
15. Bd3 c5 16. c4 Nb4 17. d5 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Bd6 $1 {Adams improves on his play
in the first round.} 19. Qb3 Bg4 20. h3 ({The tactical pointe is} 20. Qxb7 $2
Bxf3 21. gxf3 Be5) 20... Bh5 21. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "29.Schachtage"]
[Date "2001.07.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2001.??.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nge2 Re8 8.
O-O Bf8 $5 9. a3 a5 10. Kh1 Na6 11. f3 c5 12. Nf4 Nc7 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. e4 dxe4
15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Qxd1 17. Rxd1 Nb5 $5 18. Nd3 Bf8 $6 ({Better is} 18...
Bb6 19. Bf4 Nd4) 19. Bf4 Nd6 20. Bd5 Be6 21. Bxe6 Rxe6 22. Nc5 Rf6 23. Be5 Rf5
$5 24. Bxd6 Bxd6 25. Nxb7 Be7 $5 26. Nd6 ({Black has sufficient counteraction
on the queenside in} 26. Rd7 $1 Bf6 $1 27. Rb1 Rb5 28. a4 Rxb2 29. Rxb2 Bxb2
30. Nxa5 g6 {(Henderson).}) 26... Rc5 27. Rab1 Rd8 28. b4 axb4 29. axb4 Re5 30.
Nc4 Rxd1+ 31. Rxd1 Rb5 32. Ne3 Bxb4 33. Rb1 Rb8 34. Nd5 Bd6 35. Rxb8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "29.Schachtage"]
[Date "2001.07.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2001.??.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Bd3 $5 Nf6 6. h3 Be7 7. O-O O-O
8. c3 c5 9. Bc2 Nc6 10. d4 Be6 11. Re1 h6 $1 ({Topalov amends} 11... Qc8 12.
Bg5 {(Morozevich-Vladimirov, New Delhi 2000).}) 12. Be3 Re8 13. Nbd2 Bf8 14.
Ne4 Nd5 $6 ({More solid is} 14... Nxe4 15. Bxe4 d5 16. Bc2 c4) 15. dxc5 Nxe3
16. Rxe3 dxc5 17. Qe2 Qc7 $2 {White can decide the game.} ({Correct is} 17...
Qb6 $1 {(supports e6 indirectly).}) 18. Re1 $2 ({Morozevich notices} 18. Qd3 $1
{(threatens Nf6+ and Qh7#)} f5 19. Neg5 $1 hxg5 20. Rxe6 Rxe6 {but misses the
final blow} 21. Bb3 $1 Nd8 22. Nxg5 $18) 18... Rad8 19. Neg5 $1 Rd6 $1 {
Topalov defends well.} ({He avoids the tactics} 19... hxg5 $2 20. Nxg5 g6 (
20... Bd6 21. Qh5 Be5 22. f4 $1 Bxf4 23. Rxe6 fxe6 24. Rxe6 Rxe6 25. Qh7+ Kf8
26. Nxe6+)) 20. Ne4 Rdd8 21. Nfg5 $1 Bd5 {Morozevich has missed chances, but
still wants to win.} 22. Qh5 $2 ({White keeps an advantage by} 22. Nh7 $1 Bxe4
(22... Kxh7 $2 23. Nf6+) 23. Rxe4 Re7 24. Nxf8 Kxf8) 22... Re5 $1 23. f4 Rf5
24. g3 g6 25. Qh4 c4 $1 {Black advances on the queenside, while his opponent
can do little at the other flank.} 26. Kh2 Kg7 27. Qg4 hxg5 28. Nxg5 Rxg5 29.
Qxg5 Qb6 30. f5 Be7 $1 31. Qf4 ({The pointe is} 31. Rxe7 Qf2#) 31... Qxb2 32.
Rxe7 Qxc2+ 33. R1e2 Qxf5 34. Qxf5 gxf5 35. Re8 Rd7 36. Rd2 Kf6 37. Kg1 Ne5 38.
Kf2 Nd3+ 39. Ke3 Bc6 40. Rb8 Re7+ 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "29.Schachtage"]
[Date "2001.07.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2001.??.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. f3
O-O 9. O-O-O a6 10. g4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. Kb1 Qc7 13. g5 Nd7 14. h4 b4 15.
Na4 Bb7 $1 {It is too risky for White to capture the pawn.} 16. b3 d5 17. exd5
Bxd5 18. Qe3 Rfc8 ({More pressure exerts} 18... Bd6 $1 19. c4 Bf4 20. Qf2 Bc6)
19. Bd3 Nc5 20. Nxc5 Bxc5 21. Be4 Bxd4 22. Rxd4 a5 23. Rhd1 g6 24. Qe2 Qg3 25.
Bxd5 exd5 26. Rxd5 Qxh4 27. Qd2 Qg3 28. f4 Qc3 29. Qxc3 Rxc3 30. f5 gxf5 31.
Rxf5 Ra7 32. Rd2 Kg7 33. Kb2 a4 34. a3 axb3 35. axb4 bxc2 36. Rxc2 Rxc2+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "29.Schachtage"]
[Date "2001.07.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2001.??.12"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 a6 8.
g3 Nc6 9. Nc3 $5 h5 $5 10. Bg2 h4 11. O-O hxg3 12. hxg3 e5 13. dxe5 Qxd1 14.
Raxd1 fxe5 15. Nd5 Bd6 16. Ng5 $5 Kf8 $5 {Both sides enliven the game, but it
ends as a simple draw.} 17. Nb6 $5 cxb6 18. Rxd6 Ke7 19. Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "29.Schachtage"]
[Date "2001.07.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2001.??.12"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Bb5+ c6 10. Bd3 a6 $6 11. c3 c5 12. Ne5 Bd6 13. Qe2 $5 ({White
diverts from a game versus Shirov, Leon 2001:} 13. Qa4+ Ke7 14. O-O Bxe5 15.
dxe5 Qxe5) 13... cxd4 14. cxd4 Bd7 $1 ({White does not fear} 14... Bb4+ 15. Kf1
{because his king's rook can develop via h3.}) 15. O-O Qf4 $6 16. g3 $1 Qxd4
17. Nxd7 Kxd7 18. Qf3 Ke7 19. Qxb7+ Kf6 20. Rad1 Qa7 21. Qf3+ Ke7 22. Qg4 g5
23. Bc4 Qb6 24. Rd3 $1 {The attack on the king gets a new impulse.} Rad8 ({
Immediately loses} 24... Qxb2 $2 25. Re1 Qf6 26. Rf3 Qg6 27. Rxf7+ $1 Qxf7 28.
Rxe6+ Kf8 29. Rxd6) 25. Rf3 Be5 26. Re1 (26. Rb3 $1 Qc6 27. Qe2 Bd4 28. Bxa6 {
wins a pawn.}) 26... f6 27. Qh5 Qb4 $1 28. Rxe5 $1 Qxc4 29. Re1 Qxa2 30. Qg6
Rhf8 31. Qxh6 ({Little progress makes} 31. Rc3 Qd5 $1 32. Qxh6 Rd7) 31... Qxb2
32. Qg7+ Rf7 {A combination leads to a pleasant endgame for White.} 33. Rxe6+
$1 Kxe6 34. Re3+ Qe5 35. Rxe5+ fxe5 36. Qxg5 Rdf8 37. Qg4+ Kd5 38. Qd1+ Kc5 39.
Qc2+ {Black has a last resource.} Kb4 $2 ({Correct is} 39... Kb6 $1 {The
pointe draws:} 40. h4 Rxf2 41. Qxf2+ Rxf2 42. Kxf2 a5 43. h5 a4 {(Ftacnik).})
40. Qb2+ Kc5 (40... Kc4 41. Qe2+ Kd5 42. Qd3+ $1 Kc5 43. Qxa6 Rxf2 44. Qa7+ $18
) (40... Ka4 41. Qa1+ $1 Kb4 42. Qxa6 Rxf2 43. Qb6+ $18) 41. Qxe5+ Kb6 42. h4
a5 43. h5 Rd7 44. Qe6+ Kc7 45. h6 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "29.Schachtage"]
[Date "2001.07.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2001.??.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. d3
d6 9. c3 Bg4 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. h3 Bd7 12. Re1 Bb6 13. Nf1 Ne7 14. Ng3 Ng6 15. d4
c5 16. Be3 cxd4 17. cxd4 Ba5 18. Re2 Bb4 19. a5 Bc6 20. Bd2 Bxd2 21. Qxd2 b4
22. Ree1 Qc7 $2 {Errors start after a quiet opening.} (22... Qd7 23. h4 Rfe8
24. Qg5 Kf8 25. h5 h6 {defends correctly.}) 23. h4 Rfd8 24. Rac1 $2 ({White
wins by} 24. Qg5 $1 Qb7 25. h5 Nf8 26. h6 Ng6 27. hxg7 Nxe4 28. Qh6 {(Adams).})
24... Qb7 25. h5 Nf4 26. dxe5 dxe5 27. Qe3 Ng4 (27... Rd3 28. Qb6 $1 Qxb6 29.
axb6 Rxb3 30. Rxc6 $11) 28. Qc5 Be8 29. Bc4 Rdc8 30. Qd6 Qa7 31. Qd2 $2 {A
great weakness remains f2.} ({Right is} 31. Rf1) 31... Rd8 $6 ({Topalov misses
the brilliancy} 31... Rxc4 $1 32. Rxc4 Rd8 $1 33. Qc2 b3 34. Rc7 bxc2 35. Rxa7
Nd3 {(Danailov).}) 32. Bd5 Nxd5 $2 ({The attack continues} 32... Nd3 $1 33.
Qxd3 Qxf2+ 34. Kh1 Qxg3 35. Qxa6 Nf2+ 36. Kg1 Nh3+ 37. Kh1 Nf4 {(Adams).}) 33.
exd5 Rxd5 34. Qxd5 Qxf2+ 35. Kh1 Qxg3 36. Rc2 Bb5 37. Kg1 h6 38. Rec1 Re8 39.
Rc8 Qf2+ 40. Kh1 Qxb2 41. Rxe8+ Bxe8 42. Rc8 Qa1+ 43. Ng1 Nf6 44. Qc6 $1 b3 45.
Rxe8+ Nxe8 46. Qxe8+ Kh7 47. Qxf7 Qb1 48. Kh2 b2 49. Ne2 Qd3 50. Nc3 Qxc3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "29.Schachtage"]
[Date "2001.07.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2001.??.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 a6 $6 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 e6 8.
O-O Be7 9. e4 O-O 10. Rd1 b5 $5 11. c5 $1 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Qd5 $1 ({
Black avoids} 13... Bxc5 $2 14. Ng5 g6 15. Qh4 h5 16. g4 $1 {(Kramnik).}) 14.
Qxd5 cxd5 15. Bf4 Nc6 16. Ne5 {The passed pawn exerts pressure in the endgame.}
Nb8 $5 ({The unpleasant defence} 16... Rfc8 $6 17. Nxc6 Rxc6 18. b4 $1 {
(Hübner) gains strength by} g5 $1 19. Be3 Rb8 20. a4 Bf6 21. Rd3 bxa4 22. Rxa4
Kf8 23. Kf1 Ke8 24. Ke2 Rb5 25. Rda3 Kd7) 17. Rd3 Rc8 18. Re1 Bf6 $6 ({Kramnik
prefers} 18... f6 19. Nf3 Kf7 20. Bxb8 Raxb8) 19. Ng4 Nc6 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21.
Bg3 $1 {White prepares an attack on f6.} Kg7 $6 ({Better is} 21... h6 $1 22.
Bh4 f5 23. Bf6 Kh7 24. h4 Kg6 {(Kramnik).}) 22. Bh4 Ne7 $2 ({Correct is} 22...
f5 $1 {Hübner refutes Kramnik's} 23. Ree3 {by} f4 $1 24. Re1 (24. Rf3 $2 e5)
24... Kg6) 23. g4 $1 Ng6 24. Bg3 a5 ({Hübner prefers} 24... Ne7 25. Rf3 Nc6 26.
Bh4 f5 27. Rf4 fxg4 28. Rxg4+ Kh6 {but} 29. Bd8 $3 Nxd4 30. Re3 {will end the
game.}) 25. Bd6 h5 $5 {Black prevents f4-f5.} 26. gxh5 Nh4 27. Rg3+ Kh6 {The
next move is no blunder! A positional sacrifice leads to restriction.} 28. Be7
$1 Nf5 29. Bxf6 Nxg3 30. fxg3 Rg8 ({The rooks are liberated by} 30... Kxh5 31.
Kg2 Kg6 32. Rf1 e5 {for a high prize.}) 31. Kg2 $1 Kxh5 32. h3 Kg6 33. Rf1 Kh7
34. g4 b4 35. Kg3 b3 36. a3 Rac8 37. h4 Rg6 38. h5 {Black has no defence
against Kh4, Be5, g5, etc.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "29.Schachtage"]
[Date "2001.07.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2001.??.12"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. N1e2 e6 7. Nf4 Bd6 8.
Nxg6 hxg6 9. Ne4 Be7 10. g3 Nf6 11. Bg2 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Nd7 13. c3 Bg5 $5 {Black
provokes the weakening 14.f4 (Lukacs).} 14. f4 Be7 15. Qe2 Nf6 16. Bf3 a5 17.
Be3 a4 18. c4 Qc7 19. Kf2 O-O 20. Kg2 Rfd8 {Pressure on d4 prevents d4-d5.} 21.
Rhd1 Rd7 22. Rd3 Rad8 23. Qc2 Qa5 24. Rad1 Qa6 25. Bf2 Bf8 26. Rb1 Bc5 27. Rbd1
Bf8 28. Rb1 Bc5 29. Qc3 Bf8 30. Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "29.Schachtage"]
[Date "2001.07.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2001.??.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Re1 Be6 11. c5 Bg4 12. Be2 ({Known is} 12. Be3 Re8) 12...
Ne4 (12... Re8 {equalises as well.}) 13. Be3 Bf6 14. h3 Bh5 15. Qa4 Re8 16.
Rad1 a6 17. a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "29.Schachtage"]
[Date "2001.07.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2001.??.12"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bb4 5. d3 d6 6. Be2 h6 7. O-O Bc5 $5 ({
The theoretical} 7... O-O {draws in Nei-Gipslis, Talinn 1975.}) 8. Nd2 Nd4 9.
Nb3 Nxb3 10. axb3 O-O 11. Kh1 c6 12. f4 Bd4 $5 13. Bf3 a6 14. h3 Qe7 15. Ne2
Ba7 16. Bd2 $6 b5 $6 ({Scherbakow notices} 16... Ng4 $1 17. Bxg4 Bxg4 18. Qe1 (
18. hxg4 $4 Qh4#) 18... Bxe2 19. Qxe2 exf4) 17. Ng3 Rb8 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5
bxc4 20. bxc4 Bd4 21. Rxa6 Qb7 $1 22. Ra2 {So for Adams defended well against
the dynamic approach.} ({Avoids} 22. Rxc6 $4 e4 $1) 22... Qb3 $2 ({Correct is} 
22... Bxb2 $1 23. g4 Rfe8 $1 24. Qc2 Bd4 25. g5 hxg5 26. fxg5 Nd7 27. g6 fxg6
28. fxg6 Nc5 {(Morozevich).}) 23. Qxb3 Rxb3 24. fxe5 dxe5 25. Bxc6 Rc8 26. Bf3
Rxd3 27. b4 $1 Bc3 ({The pointe is} 27... Rxc4 28. Be2 Rxd2 29. Bxc4) 28. Bxc3
Rxc3 29. Be2 {White has two connected passed pawns and an extra pawn.} Rb3 $6 (
{A last stand creates} 29... Ne4 $5 30. Kh2 Ng3 31. Rb1 Nxe2 32. Rxe2 f6 $1)
30. b5 Ne4 31. Rf3 Rb1+ ({Fine play shows} 31... Ng3+ 32. Kh2 Nxe2 33. Rxb3 Nc1
34. b6 $1 Nxa2 35. c5 $1 {(Morozevich).}) 32. Kh2 Nd6 33. Rfa3 $1 Kh7 ({Black
does not take the poisened pawn:} 33... Nxc4 34. Ra8 Nb6 35. Rxc8+ Nxc8 36. Ra8
Rc1 37. b6 $1) 34. Ra8 Rxa8 35. Rxa8 Rb2 36. Bf1 ({Elegantly wins} 36. c5 $1
Nxb5 37. Bd3 Nd4 38. f6+ g6 39. Rf8 {(Shipov)} Nf3+ 40. Kg3 Ng5 41. h4 Rb3 42.
hxg5 Rxd3+ 43. Kf2 Rd7 44. Ke3 Rc7 45. Ke4) 36... e4 $1 37. c5 Nxb5 $1 38. Rb8
e3 {Morozevich has no time left for calculations.} 39. Bc4 $2 ({Correct is} 39.
Rxb5 e2 $1 40. Bxe2 Rxe2 41. Kg3 Rc2 {An elegant manoeuvre wins:} 42. Kf4 $1
Rxg2 43. Ke5 f6+ 44. Kd6 Rd2+ 45. Kc7 Rd5 46. Kb6) 39... e2 40. Bxf7 $1 g5 $2 (
{Adams misses under time pressure} 40... g6 $1 41. Bxg6+ Kg7 42. Re8 $11 (42.
Rb7+ $2 Kf6 43. Rf7+ Kg5 $1 {Square g5 remained available.} 44. Re7 Nd4 45. Kg3
Rb1)) 41. Bg6+ $1 Kg7 42. Rb7+ Kf6 43. Rf7+ Ke5 44. Re7+ Kd5 (44... Kf6 45.
Re6+ Kg7 46. Bh5 {brings a mate attack.}) 45. f6 Nd4 46. Bh5 $1 {White wins
tactically.} Rb1 $6 (46... Rb8 47. f7 Rf8 48. Re8 g4 49. Kg3 {is elementary.})
(46... g4 $6 {sets a great trap.} 47. Bxg4 $1 (47. Kg3 $4 Rb3+ 48. Kf4 Ne6+ 49.
Rxe6 Rf3+ $1 50. gxf3 Kxe6 {and Black wins!}) 47... e1=Q 48. Rxe1 Rf2 49. c6 $1
Kxc6 50. Rd1 $1 Kc5 51. Bf3 $1 Nxf3+ 52. Kg3 $18) 47. f7 Rf1 48. Rxe2 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "29.Schachtage"]
[Date "2001.07.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2001.??.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O
d5 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Bf4 Rc8 11. Qd3 O-O 12. Rfd1 c5 13. Nb5 Bxb5 14. cxb5 Nh5 ({
Lékó's style is not} 14... cxd4 15. Nxd4 e5 16. Nc6 Rxc6 17. bxc6 Nc5 18. Qf5
exf4 19. Bxd5 Qc8 {(Vyzmanavin-Ilijin, Bern 1993).}) 15. Bd2 Nhf6 16. Ne5 Nxe5
17. dxe5 Nd7 18. f4 c4 19. bxc4 Rxc4 20. Rac1 Nc5 21. Qb1 Ra4 22. Be3 a6 23.
bxa6 Rxa6 24. Bd4 Qa8 25. Rd2 Ne4 26. Bxe4 {Kramnik leads after the first
cycle.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "29.Schachtage"]
[Date "2001.07.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2001.??.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 a6 4. Bb2 Nc6 5. g3 d6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6 ({Known
is} 7... Bd7 {The new move allows a transition to the endgame.}) 8. Nxc6 bxc6
9. e5 $1 dxe5 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Bxe5 Nd7 12. Bb2 Kc7 $1 {Black protects the
only weakness.} 13. Bg2 e5 14. Nc3 f6 15. O-O-O Nb6 16. Rhf1 Bd7 17. f4 exf4
18. Rxf4 Bd6 19. Rh4 Be5 20. Ne4 Bxb2+ 21. Kxb2 Bf5 22. Rf4 Bg6 23. Nc5 Rhe8
24. Rd2 Re5 25. Nd3 Rd8 26. Bf1 Re3 27. Rdf2 a5 28. Rh4 Nd5 29. a3 Re7 30. Rd2
Ne3 31. Be2 Nxc2 32. Rxc2 Bxd3 33. Bxd3 Rxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "29.Schachtage"]
[Date "2001.07.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2001.??.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 $6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. Qb3 Bxf3 7. gxf3 ({The
initiative takes} 7. Qxb7 Bxg2 8. Rg1 dxc4 9. Rxg2 Nbd7 10. Bxc4 {(Hübner).})
7... Ra7 $5 ({More solid is} 7... Qc7 {(Hebden-Prie, Montpelier 2000).}) 8. Nc3
e6 9. Qc2 Be7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. O-O-O $6 ({Hübner prefers} 11. c5 {Black cannot
play ..e5 and White will continue with 11.f4.}) 11... Nbd7 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. e4
$1 Kh8 $5 ({Morozevich analyses} 13... b5 14. e5 b4 15. exf6 Bxf6 $1 16. Nxd5
exd5 17. Kb1 {Hübner adds} Qb6 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 {White will play} 19. Bf5 $11 (19.
Qf5 $2 Qxd4 20. Qh5 Qh4)) 14. e5 Nh5 15. Bxh7 b5 16. Kb1 ({Avoids} 16. Nxd5 $2
exd5 17. Qf5 Nhf6 18. exf6 Nxf6 {(Morozevich).}) 16... Rc7 17. Qd3 Bg5 $1 18.
f4 $5 Bxf4 19. Bxf4 Nxf4 {White can finish the game with a great combination.}
20. Qe3 $2 (20. Qg3 $1 Nh5 21. Bd3 $1 Nxg3 22. hxg3+ Kg8 23. Bh7+ {and
perpetual check.}) 20... Qh4 $1 21. Bc2 $6 (21. Bd3 {loses no tempo.}) 21...
Rfc8 22. Bd3 Nb6 23. Ne2 $6 ({More resistance offers} 23. Qg3 Qh6 24. Ne2 Nxd3
25. Qxd3 Nc4 26. Rhg1) 23... Nxd3 24. Rxd3 Nc4 25. Qf3 Qe4 26. Qxe4 dxe4 27.
Rh3+ Kg8 28. Rd1 $2 {The game ends with a blunder.} Nxb2 $1 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "29.Schachtage"]
[Date "2001.07.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A79"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2001.??.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. Nd2 Bg7 8. e4
O-O 9. Be2 Re8 10. O-O Na6 11. f3 Nc7 12. a4 Nd7 13. Kh1 b6 14. Ra3 $5 {
Kramnik diverts from a rapid game against Topalov in Monaco 2001.} ({Then he
played the usual} 14. Nc4) 14... Qe7 15. Nb5 Nxb5 16. Bxb5 {White wants to
sting the queenside with a bishop.} Rd8 17. a5 a6 $5 18. Bc6 Rb8 19. axb6 Nxb6
20. b3 $1 {White has consolidated well. Black answers with a slight
provocation.} Be5 $5 21. f4 Bg7 22. f5 Nd7 23. Bxd7 $1 {The blockader is
eliminated.} Bxd7 $1 24. Qf3 Bd4 25. f6 Qf8 26. Nc4 Bb5 27. Be3 Bxe3 28. Qxe3
h5 $5 29. h4 $6 ({Stronger is} 29. e5 $5 dxe5 30. Qxe5 Re8 31. Qf4 Re2 32. Raa1
) 29... Kh7 30. Rfa1 Bxc4 31. bxc4 Rb4 32. Rc3 Re8 $1 33. Rxa6 Rb1+ 34. Kh2 Rf1
35. Rca3 Rxf6 36. e5 Rf5 $1 37. e6 $1 {White forces a draw.} (37. Rxd6 $2 Rexe5
38. Qxc5 Qe7 39. Rh3 Re1) 37... fxe6 38. Ra7+ Kg8 39. Qg3 Qf6 40. Ra8 $1 Rxa8
41. Rxa8+ Kg7 42. Ra7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "29.Schachtage"]
[Date "2001.07.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2001.??.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. b3 {A slow advance
leads to an even game.} Nf6 7. Re1 g6 8. c3 Bg7 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. e5
Ne4 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Nbd2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 Rfc8 15. h3 Nd8 16. Rac1 Ne6 17. Ba3 Bf8
18. Nh2 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 a5 20. Nf1 a4 21. Bb4 axb3 22. axb3 h5 23. Qd3 Bh6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "29.Schachtage"]
[Date "2001.07.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2001.??.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Be2 Be7 8.
Qd2 O-O 9. f4 a6 10. O-O-O Nd7 11. g4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 Bb7 14. g5 ({
"Theory" is the slower} 14. h4 Rc8 15. g5 {(Sedlak-Grigoriants, Subotica 2000).
}) 14... Rc8 15. Rhg1 $1 e5 $1 16. Be3 exf4 17. Bxf4 Nc5 ({The move} 17... Ne5
{would be directed against} 18. Bg4 {but Kramnik has anther idea.}) 18. Qe3 ({
After} 18. Bg4 {he would deliver the positional sacrifice} Nxe4 $1 19. Nxe4
Bxe4 20. Bxc8 Qxc8 21. Rg3 d5) 18... Qc7 19. e5 dxe5 20. Bxe5 Qb6 21. Kb1 Na4
22. Qxb6 Nxb6 23. Bg4 Rce8 24. Bd6 Nc4 25. Bxe7 Rxe7 26. Rge1 Re3 27. Kc1 g6
28. Bd7 $1 Rxe1 29. Rxe1 Rd8 30. Bg4 Rd4 31. h3 Rf4 32. a4 b4 33. Ne2 Rf2 34.
Nd4 Rf4 35. Ne2 Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "29.Schachtage"]
[Date "2001.07.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2001.??.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. a3 Be7 8.
Bf4 O-O 9. Bd6 $5 {Black has a witty riposte.} ({White had a good experience
with} 9. e5 Ne8 10. Bd3 {in Ljubojevic-Panno, Vina del Mar 1988.}) 9... Ng4 $1
10. Bg3 Nge5 11. f4 Qe3+ 12. Be2 Ng6 13. Qd3 $1 {The transition to the endgame
favours White.} Qxd3 14. Bxd3 a6 15. O-O-O f6 $6 {Morozevich starts to play
poorly in a cramped position.} ({A useful development goes on with} 15... d6)
16. Ne2 $1 {The regrouping starts with an overprotection of f4.} b5 17. Bf2 Rb8
18. g3 Nh8 $1 {Black begins his reorganisation with a subtle manoeuvre.} 19.
Rd2 Nf7 20. Rhd1 Re8 ({After} 20... d6 $6 21. Ned4 {(Ftacnik), pawn e6 has
become weak.}) 21. c3 e5 22. c4 b4 23. a4 Bf8 $6 ({It is time for} 23... d6)
24. c5 $1 exf4 25. gxf4 d6 26. Kb1 h5 $6 (26... Bg4 27. Bxa6 Rxe4 {is better.})
27. Rc1 $1 Bb7 28. Bc4 Rxe4 29. Bd5 Ne7 $1 {Otherwise Black has nothing for
the capture on d6.} 30. Bxf7+ $5 {Topalov wants to attack and does not take
the exchange.} Kxf7 31. cxd6 Nd5 32. Nc5 Nc3+ $4 {Morozevich collapses under
time pressure.} ({Right is} 32... Rxe2 $1 33. Rxe2 Bxd6) 33. bxc3 bxc3 34. Rxc3
Rb4+ 35. Ka2 Be4 36. Ka3 a5 37. Nd7 $1 R8b7 38. Nxf8 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "29.Schachtage"]
[Date "2001.07.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "168"]
[EventDate "2001.??.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. d3
e6 9. Nbd2 Nd7 $5 {Black lures the opponent forward.} 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12.
d4 cxd4 13. cxd4 e5 $5 {White may gain territory.} ({More useful is} 13... Be7)
14. d5 Ncb8 15. b4 h5 16. g5 a5 $5 17. bxa5 Be7 $5 18. Nb3 O-O 19. Qd2 $5 {
Prepares the next move.} Na6 20. Nh4 Nac5 $1 21. Bg2 b6 $1 22. Nf5 f6 23. Nh4
Qe8 24. Nxc5 Nxc5 $6 ({Trouble avoids} 24... bxc5) 25. axb6 fxg5 26. Nxg6 Qxg6
27. Qe2 Rfb8 28. Rb1 Bd8 $1 29. Be3 ({Elegantly ends} 29. Bf3 g4 30. hxg4 hxg4
31. Bxg4 Rxa2 $1 32. Qxa2 Qxg4+ 33. Kf1 Qh3+ 34. Kg1 (34. Ke2 Qd3#) 34... Qg4+
$11 {(Topalov).}) 29... Bxb6 30. Rec1 g4 31. hxg4 hxg4 32. Rb4 Ba5 $6 33. Rxb8+
Rxb8 34. Bxc5 dxc5 35. d6 $6 ({Useful consolidation gives} 35. Qd3 $1 Rf8 36.
Qg3 Bb6 37. Rc4) 35... Qxd6 36. Qc4+ ({Correct is} 36. Qxg4 $1 Bd2 37. Rd1)
36... Kh8 37. Qxc5 Qh6 $1 38. Rd1 Bb6 $1 39. Qxe5 Rf8 40. Rf1 $2 ({A hard
endgame brings} 40. Qh2 Rxf2 41. Qxh6+ gxh6) 40... Qh4 $2 ({Lacking time,
Topalov misses the win} 40... Rf4 $1 41. Qc3 Qh4 $1) 41. Qh2 Bxf2+ $1 42. Kh1
Qxh2+ ({Not} 42... g5 $2 43. Qxh4+ gxh4 44. a4 $1 h3 45. Bxh3 gxh3 46. a5 $11)
43. Kxh2 g5 44. Bh1 $1 g3+ 45. Kg2 g4 46. Rd1 Kg7 47. Kf1 Bd4+ 48. Ke2 Be5 49.
Rd2 Ra8 50. Bg2 Kf6 51. Kd3 Kg5 52. Ke2 Kf4 53. Rc2 Ra3 54. Rd2 Re3+ 55. Kd1
Ra3 56. Re2 Ra7 57. Rc2 Rb7 58. Re2 Rb1+ 59. Kc2 Rg1 60. Kd3 Rc1 $2 {Topalov
choses the wrong plan in the critical position.} ({Adams finds the brilliant
move in the variation} 60... Rxg2 $1 61. Rxg2 Kf3 62. Rg1 g2 63. a4 Bc7 $3 (
63... Kf2 $2 64. Rxg2+ Kxg2 65. a5) 64. Rc1 Kf2 65. Rc2+ Kg3 66. Rc1 Kh2 $19)
61. Rd2 Rc3+ 62. Ke2 Rf3 $1 63. Kd1 Bc3 64. Re2 Ke5 65. Kc2 Bd4 66. Kd1 Rf8 67.
Rd2 Rb8 68. Ke2 Bc3 69. Rd5+ Ke6 70. Kd3 Be5 71. Rc5 Rb1 72. Rc6+ Kd7 73. Rc2
Rg1 74. a4 $5 Ra1 75. Kc4 Ke6 76. Kb3 Bd4 77. Ra2 Rg1 78. a5 Bf2 79. a6 Ke5 80.
Ra5+ Kf6 ({Anand would have liked} 80... Kf4 $2 81. Kc4 Rxg2 $2 82. Kd3 Bc5 83.
Rxc5 Kf3 84. Rf5#) 81. e5+ $6 Ke6 82. Bd5+ Kxe5 83. Bb7+ Kf6 84. Ra4 $4 ({
Correct is} 84. Ra2) 84... g2 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "29.Schachtage"]
[Date "2001.07.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2001.??.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Qc2 O-O 11. e4 Bb7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Rfe1 a5 14. a3 h6 15.
Bb2 Qc7 16. Rad1 Rfd8 17. Qb1 Qb8 18. e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "29.Schachtage"]
[Date "2001.07.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2001.??.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Na5 5. Nge2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Ng3 d6 8. a4
$5 Nxc4 9. dxc4 Be6 10. b3 c6 11. Bb2 Qc7 12. Qe2 Rfe8 13. h3 Rad8 14. Rad1 a6
15. Rd2 b5 $1 {A surprising pawn sacrifice opens the game.} 16. axb5 axb5 17.
cxb5 d5 $1 18. b6 ({A plus gains} 18. exd5 $1 cxd5 19. b6 $1 Qxb6 20. Qxe5 Bd6
21. Qe3) 18... Qxb6 19. Na4 Qa5 20. exd5 ({Easier is} 20. Bxe5 Nxe4 21. Nxe4
dxe4 22. Rxd8 Rxd8) 20... Nxd5 $1 21. Rfd1 $6 ({Equality keeps} 21. Qxe5 $1 Bf6
22. Qe1 Bxb2 23. Nxb2 Bxh3 24. Re2 $1) 21... f6 22. c4 $2 {This costs a pawn.}
({Correct is} 22. Qf3 Nf4 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8) 22... Nf4 23. Qe3 Rxd2
24. Rxd2 Bxc4 25. bxc4 Qxa4 26. Qe4 Rd8 27. Rxd8+ Bxd8 28. Kh2 Qa8 29. Nf5 Qb7
30. Bc1 Ne6 31. Qg4 Kh8 32. Qd1 Be7 33. Nxe7 Qxe7 34. Qa4 Qe8 35. Be3 Kg8 36.
Qa7 Qd8 37. Qb7 Qc7 38. Qa8+ Kf7 39. g4 Qd7 40. Kg2 h6 41. Qb8 c5 42. Qb1 Qc6+
43. f3 Nd4 44. Qe4 Qxe4 45. fxe4 Ke6 46. Kf2 g5 47. Bd2 Kf7 48. Ba5 Nb3 49. Bc7
{The game has reached a turning point.} ({Passive defence loses:} 49. Be1 Kg6
50. Kg3 h5 51. h4 hxg4 52. Kxg4 gxh4 53. Kxh4 f5 54. exf5+ Kxf5 {(Lékó).})
49... Nd4 $2 ({Later Lékó finds the win} 49... Nd2 $1 50. Ke3 Nxc4+ 51. Kd3 Na3
52. Bb6 Nb5 $1 53. Bxc5 Nc7 54. Bf2 Ne6 55. h4 Nf4+ 56. Kd2 {The king returns
too late.} gxh4 57. Bxh4 Ng6 {and ..Ng2 decides.}) 50. Bb6 Ne6 51. Kg3 Ke7 52.
h4 $1 gxh4+ 53. Kxh4 Kd6 54. Kh5 Ng5 55. Kxh6 Nxe4 56. Kg6 Ke6 57. Ba7 Nf2 58.
g5 fxg5 59. Bxc5 Ne4 60. Be3 g4 61. Kh5 Kf5 62. Kh4 Nf6 63. c5 Nd5 64. c6 Ke4
65. Bc5 Kf3 66. Bd6 e4 67. c7 Nxc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "29.Schachtage"]
[Date "2001.07.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2001.??.12"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. e5 c5 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. Ngf3 Bxc5 7. Nb3 Bb6 8.
Bd3 f6 $1 {The fight for the centre begins.} 9. Qe2 fxe5 10. Nxe5 Nf6 11. O-O
Nxe5 12. Qxe5 O-O 13. Bg5 Bc7 14. Qd4 h6 15. Bh4 $6 (15. Bf4 {prevents the
next move.}) 15... e5 16. Qc5 Be6 17. Rad1 Rc8 18. Qe3 $1 ({Avoids} 18. Qxa7 e4
19. Be2 Bxh2+ 20. Kxh2 Ng4+ 21. Bxg4 Qxh4+ 22. Kg1 Bxg4 {(Morozevich).}) 18...
e4 19. Bxe4 $5 Bxh2+ $1 20. Kh1 $1 Qd6 21. Bxf6 Bf4 $6 ({Equality keeps} 21...
Rxf6 22. Rfe1 (22. g3 $2 Bxg3 $1) 22... Qb4) 22. Qf3 $6 (22. Qxa7 $1 Rxf6 23.
Qxb7 Rb8 24. Rxd5 $1 Qf8 $1 25. Qc6 {gains a plus.}) 22... Rxf6 23. Bxd5 Be5 $3
{Exchanges will draw. Black enlivens the game.} 24. Bxb7 $6 ({Wiser defends} 
24. Bxe6+ Qxe6 25. Qxb7 Rxc2 26. Kg1 $1) 24... Qe7 $1 25. Qe4 $2 ({Morozevich
prefers} 25. Qe3 Rf5 26. f4 Qxb7 27. fxe5 Rxc2) 25... Rf5 $1 26. Rfe1 ({After} 
26. f4 Rc4 27. Qxf5 Bxf5 28. Bd5+ Be6 29. Bxc4 Bxc4 30. fxe5 Bxf1 31. Rxf1 Qxe5
{the endgame is very favourable for Black.}) 26... Rf4 27. Qe3 ({The decision
postpones} 27. Qxf4 Bxf4 28. Bxc8 Qh4+ 29. Kg1 Qh2+ 30. Kf1 Bc4+ {(Morozevich).
}) 27... Rh4+ 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "29.Schachtage"]
[Date "2001.07.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2001.??.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 cxd4 8.
exd4 Nc6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Qd2 Na5 ({The line} 11... h6 12. Bf4 Re8 {
drew in Kramnik-Anand, Mainz 2001.}) 12. Bc2 b5 13. Qf4 Ra7 $5 14. Rad1 Bb7 $2
({Better is} 14... Rc7 {(Anand)}) ({or} 14... Nc4) 15. d5 $1 {White has made
accurate calculations.} Bxd5 ({Avoids} 15... Nxd5 $2 16. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 17. Qh4+
Kg8 18. Rxd5 $1 Bxd5 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Ng5 Qxg5 21. Qxg5 {(Kramnik).}) 16. Nxd5
exd5 $6 ({Kramnik expects} 16... Nxd5 17. Rxd5 $1 exd5 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Qh4+
Kg8 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Ng5 Qxg5 22. Qxg5 {White has a plus.}) 17. Qh4 h5 $1 ({
A mating attack gives} 17... h6 18. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 19. Qxh6 Rc7 20. Nd4 $1 Rxc2
21. Rd3 Ng4 22. Rg3 Qd7 23. Nxc2) 18. Rfe1 $1 Nc6 19. g4 $1 Qd6 20. gxh5 {A
transition to the endgame is imminent.} Qb4 $2 ({The position after} 20... Nh7
$1 21. Bf4 $1 {is regarded as won for White, but} Bxh4 22. Bxd6 Be7 {defends
well.}) 21. h6 $1 Qxh4 22. Nxh4 Ne4 23. hxg7 Rc8 24. Bxe7 Nxe7 25. Bxe4 dxe4
26. Rxe4 Kxg7 27. Rd6 $1 {White has an extra pawn and goes on with the attack
on the kingside.} Rc5 28. Rg4+ Kh7 29. Nf3 Ng6 30. Ng5+ Kg7 31. Nxf7 Rxf7 32.
Rdxg6+ Kh7 33. R6g5 Rxg5 34. Rxg5 Rc7 35. a3 $1 b4 $5 ({The pointe is} 35...
Rc2 36. b4 $1 Rc3 37. Rg3) 36. axb4 Rc1+ 37. Kg2 Rb1 38. Ra5 Rxb2 39. Ra4 $1 {
If White exchanges a theoretical draw results.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "29.Schachtage"]
[Date "2001.07.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2001.??.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. h3 a6 7. Bf1 e6 8. c3
Be7 9. Na3 O-O 10. Nc2 Ne5 11. d3 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Ba4 13. Qe2 Bc6 14. g3 d5 $5 {
Topalov wants to fight.} 15. e5 Nd7 16. h4 Qb6 17. Bg2 Rae8 18. Rb1 Bd8 19. b4
Qc7 20. Bf4 Be7 21. Ne3 cxb4 22. cxb4 Qb6 23. Ng4 Rc8 24. Be3 d4 25. Bxc6 Rxc6
26. Bg5 Bxg5 27. hxg5 Rfc8 28. Qe4 Rc2 29. a4 {Both players dream of an attack.
} a5 $6 ({No time loses} 29... Rd2 $1 30. Rec1 Rc3 31. Rxc3 dxc3 32. Rc1 Qc7)
30. bxa5 Qxa5 31. Qxd4 Qc7 32. Rb5 Rd8 33. Qd6 $6 ({More chances are offered by
} 33. Ne3 Rc6 34. Kg2 {(Lékó).}) 33... Qxd6 34. exd6 b6 35. d4 Rc6 36. d5 Rxd6
37. dxe6 fxe6 {Kramnik catches up with Topalov.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "29.Schachtage"]
[Date "2001.07.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2001.??.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 dxc6 7. O-O e5 8.
Nd2 Bg4 9. Qe1 Be6 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Bc4 Bxc4 12. Nxc4 Nd7 13. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "29.Schachtage"]
[Date "2001.07.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2001.??.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 Ne5 8.
Be2 Qg6 9. O-O d6 10. f4 $5 Qxe4 11. Bf2 Bxd4 12. cxd4 N5g6 13. g3 ({More
usual is} 13. Nc3 {(Morozevich-Balashov, St. Petersburg 1993).}) 13... Bh3 $1 (
{Kramnik slightly improves on} 13... O-O {(Olsson-Lukacs, Budapest 1993).}) 14.
Bf3 Qf5 15. Re1 d5 16. Qb3 O-O {Castling on the queenside would be highly
risky. Kramnik prefers a quick draw.} 17. Nc3 c6 18. Qxb7 Rfb8 19. Qc7 Qf6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "29.Schachtage"]
[Date "2001.07.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2001.??.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Re1 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 c6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Qb5+ Qd7 13. Qb3 O-O 14. Nc3 Nxc3
15. bxc3 Rd8 16. Ba3 Bf6 17. Re3 Qc7 $5 ({Adams diverts from} 17... Qc6 {
(Topalov-Kramnik, Las Vegas 1999).}) 18. Qxd5 Be6 19. Qb5 h6 20. h3 Rac8 21.
Qb2 b6 22. Rae1 Qc4 23. R1e2 Qa4 24. Kh2 Rd5 25. Bb4 {Black blockades the
centre.  Topalov had the best result in the second cycle. Anand suffered a
disaster.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Beauty versus Boy"]
[Date "2001.07.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Skripchenko, Almira"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadjis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2001.??.13"]

{The fifteen-years-old grandmaster Naiditsch had prepared himself for a match
against Chiburdanidze. When Maja became ill, she was replaced by European
champion, Skripchenko. A spectacular game game was played in round two.} 1. e4
c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Nbd7
9. Qd2 b5 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Kb1 Nb6 12. Qf2 Nfd7 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Nc4 15.
Bc1 $5 ({One month later, the less ambitious} 15. h4 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 Be7 17. Qe1
{(Wang Zili - Zagrebelny, Calcutta 2001) will draw.}) 15... Qb6 16. Qe1 $5 {
Again exchange is avoided.} Be7 17. g4 O-O 18. h4 b4 19. Bd3 Rc7 20. g5 a5 21.
h5 {Black has missed the brilliancy in a two-edged position.} a4 $2 ({Correct
is} 21... Rfc8 $1) 22. Nd4 $1 Na3+ $5 23. bxa3 exd4 $5 (23... bxa3+ 24. Nb5 Rc5
25. Be2 {is even worse.}) 24. axb4 ({Faster wins} 24. Qe4 $1 bxa3+ 25. Ka1 g6
26. hxg6 Qb4 27. Qe1 {(Ftacnik).}) 24... a3 25. Bxa3 Bxg5 26. f4 Rc3 27. Bb2
Qxb4 28. Ka1 $2 ({Advantage keeps} 28. a3 $1 Qb7 29. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 30. Rxd4 $1
Rxa3 31. Rb4 Qxd5 32. Bxa3) 28... Ra8 29. fxg5 Nc5 $2 ({The combination} 29...
Qa4 $1 30. Kb1 Qxa2+ 31. Kc1 Rb8 32. Bxc3 Qa3+ 33. Kd2 Qxc3+ 34. Kc1 Qa3+ {
ends in a perpetual.}) 30. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 31. g6+ $2 ({Useful exchanges are
made by} 31. Rxd4 $1 Qxd4 32. Qxc3 Rxa2+ $1 33. Kb1 Qxc3 34. Bxc3) 31... Kh8 $1
32. h6 $4 {Suddenly Almira collapses.} ({Correct is} 32. Rxd4 $1 Qa5 $1 33. Qb1
Rxc2 34. Rb4 Qxb4 35. Qxc2 Nb3+ 36. Kb1 Nd2+ 37. Kc1 Nc4 {and} 38. Bxg7+ $1
Kxg7 39. h6+ Kg8 40. h7+ Kh8 41. g7+ Kxg7 42. h8=Q+ Rxh8 43. Qg2+ Kf6 44. Qf2+
Ke5 $1 45. Rxh8 Qc3+ 46. Qc2 Qe1+ {draws.}) 32... Rxa2+ $1 33. Kxa2 Qa4+ 34.
Kb1 Qxc2+ 35. Ka2 Ra3+ $1 {Naiditsch won the match with 7-3 (+4, =6).} 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Machine-Man"]
[Date "2001.07.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Computer Deep Fritz"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2001.??.16"]

{The match of computer hater Hübner against Deep Fritz was a big surprise.
Robert did not apply an anti-computer strategy, but used his normal centre
strategy. The only interesting game of six draws was played in round three.} 1.
e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. c4 $6 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Be2 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 Bg4 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Qd7 11. a3 Ba5 12. Rc1 Rad8 13. Na4 Bb6 14. Nxb6
axb6 15. b4 Qd6 16. b5 Na5 17. Be2 Nd5 18. Qd3 Rfe8 (18... Bh5 $1 {keeps an
edge (Hübner).}) 19. Ng5 $6 {Deep Fritz makes a bold sacrifice.} Bxe2 20. Qxh7+
$1 ({A pawn loses} 20. Qxe2 $2 h6 21. Nf3 Qxa3) 20... Kf8 21. Rfe1 Nxe3 22.
Rxe2 Qh6 $1 23. fxe3 Qxg5 24. Rxc7 Qh6 $1 25. Qxh6 gxh6 {Hübner consolidates
superbly.} 26. Kf2 Rc8 27. Rec2 Rxc7 28. Rxc7 Re7 29. Rc8+ Re8 30. Rc7 f5 31.
Kf3 Re7 32. Rc8+ Kf7 33. Kf4 Ke6 34. Rf8 $6 ({Deep Fritz bypasses the
overprotection of the g-pawn} 34. g3 $1 Kd6 35. a4 Re4+ 36. Kf3) 34... Rf7 35.
d5+ Ke7 36. Rxf7+ Kxf7 37. Kxf5 Nc4 38. e4 Nxa3 39. g4 Nxb5 40. e5 Nc7 41. d6
Ne6 42. h4 b5 43. g5 Ng7+ 44. Ke4 hxg5 $2 {Hübner misses the win.} ({Corerect
is} 44... h5 $1 45. Kd5 b4 46. Kc4 Ne6 47. Kxb4 Nf8 48. Kc5 Ke6 $19) 45. hxg5
b4 46. Kd3 Kg6 47. Kc4 Kxg5 48. Kxb4 Kf5 49. Kc5 Kxe5 50. Kb6 Kxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "18"]
[Date "2001.02.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2849"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2001.??.23"]

{Six top players took part in the Linares tournament from 23 ii - 6 iii 2001.
Kasparov ruled. The games by the winner Kasparov have been selected from this
tournament.  Jan van Reek} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6
6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nb3 Be7 9. Qf3 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Bd3 b5 12. a3 Rb8
13. Rhe1 b4 14. axb4 Rxb4 15. Kb1 Bb7 16. Qh3 Nc5 17. Nxc5 $5 dxc5 $6 {
Kasparov seeks complications.} 18. e5 Nd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. c3 Rb3 $5 21. Bc2
Qb7 $2 ({Better is} 21... Rb8 22. Ba4+ Kf8 23. c4 $1 Qb6 $1 24. Qc3 Bc6 $1 25.
Bxe7+ Kxe7 26. Rd6 Rhc8 $1) 22. Bxb3 Qxb3 {Black has taken a great risk.} 23.
Rxd5 $2 ({White keeps the exchange by} 23. Bxe7 Qa2+ (23... Be4+ 24. Rd3 $1 Bg6
25. Kc1 $1) 24. Kc1 Qa1+ 25. Kc2 Qa4+ {(Lékó).} 26. Kd3 Kxe7 27. Qh4+ Kd7 28.
Ke2 $1) 23... Qxd5 24. Bxe7 Kxe7 25. Qh4+ Kd7 26. Qg4 Kc6 $1 27. Qe2 Rd8 $1 28.
Qxa6+ Kc7 29. Qa7+ Kc6 30. Qa6+ Kc7 31. Qa5+ Kb7 32. Qb5+ Kc7 33. Qa5+ Kb7 34.
Qb5+ Kc7 35. Qe2 h5 36. g3 g6 37. c4 Qd2 38. Qe3 Rd4 39. Qxd2 Rxd2 40. Re3 Rxh2
41. Rf3 Kc6 42. Ka2 Rh3 43. Rb3 h4 44. gxh4 Rxh4 45. Rf3 Rh5 46. Rg3 Rh2 47.
Rf3 Rc2 48. Kb3 Rc1 49. Rf2 Kb6 50. Rf3 Ka5 51. Rf2 Re1 52. Ka3 Ra1+ 53. Kb3
Rc1 54. Rf3 Kb6 55. Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "18"]
[Date "2001.02.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2849"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2001.??.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Ne5 11. f3 Nbc6 12. Bf2 Be6 13. Qd2 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Qa5 15.
a3 Rg8 16. h4 Rc8 17. hxg5 hxg5 18. O-O-O Nc4 19. Bxc4 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 Rxc4 21.
Qa7 Qc7 22. Kb1 Rc5 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. exd5 Kf8 25. Rd2 Kg7 26. b4 b5 27. Qxa6
Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "18"]
[Date "2001.02.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2849"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2001.??.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Be3
O-O 9. g4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. g5 Qb6 {Usually the queen goes to c7.
} 13. Nf5 Qa5+ 14. Bd2 Qc5 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. c3 (16. c4 $1 b5 $1 17. cxb5 axb5
18. Be3 {shows more ambition.} (18. Bxb5 $2 e3 $1)) 16... b5 17. Be3 Rd8 18.
Qc2 Bb7 19. Kf2 Nd7 20. b4 Nf8 21. h4 Qc7 22. h5 Nd7 23. h6 g6 24. a4 Nb6 25.
axb5 axb5 26. Kg3 Nc4 27. Rxa8 Rxa8 28. Bxc4 $5 (28. Bd4 {does not lose a pawn.
}) 28... Qxc4 29. Rd1 Bd5 30. Rd4 Qf1 31. Qd1 Ra1 32. Qxf1 Rxf1 33. Kg4 Rf3 34.
Bg1 Rxc3 35. Rd2 Kf8 36. Bc5+ Ke8 37. Re2 Rc1 38. Kg3 Kd7 39. Kf2 Kc6 40. Be3
Rb1 41. Bc5 Rc1 42. Bd6 Rh1 43. Re3 Rh2+ 44. Kg3 Rc2 45. Bf8 Ra2 46. Bc5 Ra1
47. Kf2 Rc1 48. Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "18"]
[Date "2001.02.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2849"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2001.??.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8. Qe2
Qc7 9. g4 $5 b5 10. Be3 b4 $5 {They intend to fight. Kasparov has played a
novelty.} 11. Na4 Nbd7 12. Qc4 {Grischuk wants to keep a plus.} ({The other
choice is} 12. Qf2) 12... Qxc4 13. Bxc4 d5 $1 14. exd5 Ne5 $1 15. Be2 Nxd5 {
Black has equalised by active play.} 16. Bd4 Bd6 17. Bc5 Be7 18. a3 a5 19. Bd4
f6 20. Nac5 O-O 21. O-O bxa3 22. Rxa3 Nf4 23. Bb5 Rb8 24. Bxe5 Nh3+ $1 {
Kasparov starts new complications.} 25. Kg2 Rxb5 26. Bg3 Ng5 {Knight c5 has
been pinned, and pawn f3 can be pinned. White needs action.} 27. Bf2 $2 ({
Right is} 27. c4 $1 Rxc5 28. Nxc5 Bxc5 29. Rxa5 {(Kasparov).}) 27... Bb7 28.
Bg1 Rc8 29. h4 Bxf3+ 30. Rxf3 Nxf3 31. Kxf3 Bxc5 32. Nxc5 Rbxc5 33. Bxc5 Rxc5 {
Black has a won rook ending.} 34. c3 h5 $1 35. gxh5 Rxh5 36. b4 axb4 37. cxb4
Rxh4 ({The tactical point is} 37... Rxh4 38. Rb3 $4 Rh3+) 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "18"]
[Date "2001.02.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2849"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2001.??.23"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 Ne7 7. Nf4 c5 8. dxc5
Nd7 9. h4 Nxe5 10. Bg2 h5 11. Qe2 N7c6 12. Nxg6 Nxg6 13. Bg5 $1 {Kasparov
springs a novelty against his old rival.} Be7 $2 14. gxh5 Nf8 $2 {Karpov makes
the desastrous choice of passivity.} ({Correct is} 14... Nxh4 $1 15. Bxh4 Bxh4
16. Bxd5 $1 {(Kasparov)} Be7 $1) 15. Nb5 $1 Nd7 $5 ({Not} 15... Qa5+ 16. Bd2
Qd8 17. Bf4 $1) 16. h6 $1 Nxc5 ({Or} 16... Kf8 17. hxg7+ Kxg7 18. Bd2) 17. Bf4
$5 (17. hxg7 Rg8 18. Bf4 {is great too.}) 17... Kf8 18. hxg7+ Kxg7 19. O-O-O
Kf8 20. Kb1 a6 $6 ({An immediate loss is forestalled by} 20... Qa5 {(Kasparov)}
21. h5 Rc8) 21. Nc7 $1 Rc8 {Karpov lacks a tempo.} 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Rxd5 Qxc7
(23... Nd7 24. Rh5 $1 Rxh5 25. Qxh5 Bf6 26. Bd6+ Ne7 27. Nd5 {(Kasparov) also
ends with a catastrophe.}) 24. Bxc7 Rxc7 25. Rf5 $5 Rd7 26. c3 f6 27. Rg1 Nd8
28. Qg4 Ke8 29. Rh5 Rf8 30. Rxc5 $1 Bxc5 31. Qh5+ {At the end of the first
cycle Kasparov led with 2 1/2 out of 5. Judit Polgár had 3 points.} 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "18"]
[Date "2001.03.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2849"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2001.??.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ne3 h6 14. Bd2 c4 $5 {
Black seeks counteraction.} 15. Bc3 Qb6 $5 16. Nd2 Nc6 $6 ({Better is} 16...
Rec8 $1 {(Kasparov). Then the king's rook supports the defence.}) 17. Nd5 Nxd5
18. exd5 Na5 19. Bxa5 Qxa5 20. dxc4 {Lékó has defensive problems.} Qxa4 ({
Analysts prefer} 20... b4) 21. c5 $1 Qb4 $2 ({The pointe of the pawn sacrifice
is} 21... dxc5 $2 22. d6 Bxd6 23. Bxf7+) ({A proper stand is offered by} 21...
Qh4 22. c6 Bc8) 22. Ne4 $1 Qxb2 23. cxd6 Bf8 24. c3 $1 f5 25. d7 Red8 26. d6+
Kh8 27. Nc5 Bc6 28. Nd3 $1 Qxc3 29. Nxe5 Be4 30. Nf7+ Kh7 31. Ng5+ Kh8 32. Nxe4
fxe4 33. Qd5 Kh7 34. Qg8+ Kg6 35. Bf7+ Kf6 36. Bd5 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "18"]
[Date "2001.03.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2849"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2001.??.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. O-O-O Bb7 10. g4 Nb6 11. Qf2 Nfd7 12. Bd3 Rc8 13. Nce2 Be7 14. h4 O-O
15. Kb1 Na4 16. g5 Ndc5 17. Ng3 $5 ({Known is} 17. Qg3 {(Grischuk-Georgiev,
Mulhouse 2001).}) 17... Qc7 18. Nb3 $5 (18. h5 $6 {allows} Nxb2 $1 19. Kxb2
Na4+ 20. Kc1 d5 $1 {(Kasparov) and Black attacks.}) 18... d5 $1 19. e5 $5 Qxe5
20. Bd4 Qc7 21. f4 Ne4 $5 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Rhe1 Bd6 24. Nh5 e5 25. c3 $2 {
White allows a decisive charge.} f6 $1 26. gxf6 exd4 27. Nxd4 g6 $2 {Kasparov
lets the win slip away.} (27... Ba3 $3 {crushes the defence:} 28. Rg1 (28. Ne6
Qf7 29. Nxf8 Bxb2 $1) 28... g6 29. f5 Bxb2 30. fxg6 Nxc3+ $1 31. Kxb2 Nxd1+ 32.
Rxd1 hxg6 {and Black wins (Ftacnik).}) 28. f5 $1 gxh5 29. Ne6 Nxc3+ 30. bxc3
Qxc3 31. Rxd6 Qb4+ {Black has to deliver perpetual check.} 32. Ka1 Qc3+ 33. Kb1
Qb4+ 34. Ka1 Qc3+ 35. Kb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "18"]
[Date "2001.03.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2849"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2001.??.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Ng5 Qxg5 12. Qf3 O-O-O 13. Bxe6+ fxe6 14. Qxc6
Qxe5 15. b4 Qd5 16. Qxd5 exd5 17. bxc5 dxc3 18. Nb3 d4 19. Ba3 g6 20. Bb4 Bg7
21. a4 Kd7 22. axb5 axb5 23. Rfd1 Ke6 24. Rac1 Rhe8 $2 ({Known is} 24... Rd5 $5
{(Van den Doel-Timmermans, Deizisau 1999).}) 25. Kf1 Kf5 26. c6 $1 {Pawn c7
cannot support his comrades on the queenside anymore.} g5 27. Ba5 $5 Rd6 28.
Bb4 Rdd8 {A repetition of moves has occurred.} 29. Rd3 $1 g4 30. Bc5 Ke4 31.
Rcd1 $1 {Pawn d4 is dead meat.} h5 ({The tactical justification gives} 31... c2
32. R1d2 Bh6 33. f3+ $1 {(Dokhoian).}) 32. Nxd4 b4 33. Re3+ Kd5 34. Bxb4 Kc4
35. Bxc3 Rxe3 36. fxe3 Rf8+ 37. Ke2 Kxc3 38. Ne6 {Shirov played a doubtful
variation. Again Kasparov pulverized his aspiration.} 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "18"]
[Date "2001.03.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2849"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2001.??.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. c4 dxc4 6. Na3 c3 7. bxc3 O-O 8. O-O
c5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Bf5 11. Rd1 Qb6 12. Bb2 Rfd8 13. Nc4 Qa6 14. a4 Na5 15.
Bf1 Ne4 16. Nfd2 Nxd2 17. Nxa5 Qxa5 18. Rxd2 cxd4 19. cxd4 Rac8 20. h3 Be4 21.
Bg2 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 e5 23. Kg1 h5 24. h4 b6 25. Rdd1 exd4 26. Bxd4 Bxd4 27. exd4
Qd5 28. Qa6 Rc7 29. Rac1 Qxd4 30. Rxd4 Rxc1+ 31. Kg2 Rxd4 32. Qxa7 Rcc4 33.
Qxb6 Rxa4 34. Qb8+ Kh7 35. Qc7 Kg8 36. Qb8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "18"]
[Date "2001.03.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2849"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2001.??.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Bb7 9. Be2 c5 10. O-O Qc7 11. Nd6+ Bxd6 12. exd6 Qc6 13. f3 c4 14. Qd4 O-O
15. Bxc4 Rfc8 $6 (15... Qxd6 {drew in Kasparov-Lékó, Linares 1999.}) 16. Bxd5
$1 Qxd5 ({No good is} 16... Qxd6 {due to} 17. Bh6 $1 gxh6 18. Qg4+ Kf8 19. Bxb7
Qb6+ 20. Rf2 Qxb7 21. c3 {(Kasparov).}) 17. Qxd5 Bxd5 18. Rf2 {White has an
extra pawn.} Rc6 19. Bf4 Rac8 20. Rc1 Ra6 ({Kasparov prefers} 20... f6 $1 21.
b3 Rc3 $1) 21. a3 f6 22. Be3 $1 Ra4 23. Ra1 $1 e5 24. b3 Ra6 25. c4 {The pawn
advance has made progress.} Be6 26. Rd2 Rb8 $1 27. Rd3 {Both parties are
troubled by weaknesses.} Rb7 $2 ({Black can force a draw by} 27... Bf5 $1 28.
Rc3 Rxd6 $1 29. Bxa7 Rb7 30. Bc5 Rd3 31. Rxd3 Bxd3 32. Bb4 Bc2 {(Kasparov).})
28. g4 h5 29. h3 hxg4 30. hxg4 f5 $2 ({The last chance gives} 30... Rc6 $1 31.
a4 Bf7) 31. Bc5 $1 Rc6 32. b4 $1 fxg4 33. fxg4 Rc8 34. Re1 Bxc4 35. Rc3 Bb5 36.
Rxe5 Rf8 37. Bxa7 Bc6 38. Be3 Rbb8 39. Bg5 Rb5 40. Rcc5 Rb6 41. b5 Bf3 42. Be7
Ra8 43. Rg5 Rxa3 44. Bf6 Kf7 45. Bb2 {Kasparov had won with 7 1/2 out of 10.
The other players shared the second place, three points behind the winner.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 64"]
[Date "2002.01.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

{The tournament was played from 12 - 27 i. The tournament had an exciting
finish. At the end of the penultimate round, Bareev and Grischuk shared the
lead. Adams and Morozovich followed by half-a-point. Bareev won and his
competitors drew in the last round.  The final standings became Bareev 9,
Grischuk 81/2, Adams and Morozovich 8. Bareev's enterprising games have been
analysed. } 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 c5 6. a3 Ba5 7. Bg5
Bb7 8. e3 O-O 9. Rd1 d5 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O cxd4 12. Nb5 $5 {Bareev starts an
adventure. He wants to gain bishop a5.} h6 13. Bh4 Nc5 14. Qc2 d3 $1 15. Bxd3
Nxd3 16. Rxd3 a6 17. cxd5 $5 {The enterprise continues.} axb5 18. dxe6 Qe8 19.
Bxf6 fxe6 (19... gxf6 $6 20. Qc7 Bxf3 21. Qg3+ Kh8 22. Qxf3 fxe6 23. b4 {
favours White.}) 20. Be5 Be4 21. Rd7 $1 {The game ends with a windmill.} Bxc2 (
{Not} 21... Qxd7 $4 22. Qxe4 {and 23.b4.}) 22. Rxg7+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 64"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bd2 e6 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O Bd6 10. Ne2 Nc6 11. a4 b4 12. a5 $5 Nxa5 13. Qa4+ Nc6 14. Bxb4 $1 {
White has begun a venture.} Bxb4 15. Ne5 Qb6 16. Rfc1 Rc8 17. Bxa6 $1 Qxa6 ({
Hübner gives} 17... Bxa6 $2 18. Rxc6 Rxc6 19. Nxc6 Bxe2 20. Qa8+ Kd7 21. Ne5+)
18. Qxa6 Bxa6 19. Rxc6 Rxc6 20. Nxc6 Bxe2 21. Ra8+ Kd7 22. Ne5+ Ke7 23. Rxh8
Bd6 24. Nc6+ Kd7 25. Ne5+ Ke7 26. Nc6+ Kd7 27. Ne5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 64"]
[Date "2002.01.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2
b5 9. Qb3 c5 $5 10. dxc5 Be6 11. Qc2 Nc6 12. O-O Qc7 13. Rd1 Rfd8 14. a3 Rxd1+
15. Qxd1 Rd8 16. Qe1 Ng4 $6 (16... Bb3 $1 {blockades.}) 17. h3 Nd4 $2 ({Better
is} 17... Bxc3 18. bxc3 (18. Qxc3 $4 Nd4 $1) 18... Nge5) 18. hxg4 Nc2 19. Bf4
$1 {A combination leads to the win of a pawn.} Qxf4 20. Qc1 Qxc1+ 21. Rxc1 Bxc3
22. bxc3 (22. Rxc2 $1 {seems to be better.}) 22... Nxa3 23. Ra1 Nc4 24. Rxa6
Rc8 25. c6 Bxg4 26. Bxc4 bxc4 27. Nd4 Rb8 $2 ({Ftacnik analyses} 27... e5 $1
28. Nb5 Kf8 29. Nd6 Rc7 30. Nxc4 Be2 31. Ra8+ Ke7 32. Nxe5 f6 33. Ra2 {Black
will survive by} fxe5 34. Rxe2 Rxc6) 28. Ra5 Kf8 29. Rc5 Bc8 30. Rd5 Rb1+ 31.
Kh2 Ke8 32. c7 Bd7 33. Nc6 $1 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 64"]
[Date "2002.01.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8.
Rc1 Re8 9. e3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 c5 11. Qd1 g5 12. Bg3 d5 13. cxd5 Qxd5 14. Qxd5
Nxd5 15. h4 Bg4 16. hxg5 hxg5 17. Bb5 Re7 18. f3 a6 19. Bf1 Be6 20. e4 Nf4 21.
a3 Ba5 22. Bf2 b6 23. Be3 Rd7 24. Rd1 Rad8 25. Rxd7 Rxd7 26. Bxf4 gxf4 27. Bxa6
Bxc3+ 28. bxc3 Ra7 29. Bb5 Rxa3 30. Kd2 Ra2+ 31. Kd3 Rxg2 32. Rh4 Rb2 33. Bc4
b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 64"]
[Date "2002.01.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. b3 Nbd7 7. O-O Bd6 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Bb2 c5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 Re8 12. Bf5 Qe7 13. Qc2 Ne4 14. Rfd1 Rad8
$6 15. dxc5 Ndxc5 16. b4 $1 Na6 17. a3 Nc7 18. Nd4 g6 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. g3 Nd5
21. Bh3 Be5 22. b5 Qg5 23. Qb3 Nf6 24. Qa4 Qh5 25. Kg2 $2 Bc8 $2 (25... g5 $1
26. Qxa7 Bd5 $1 27. Qxb6 g4 {wins a bishop.}) 26. Bxc8 Rxc8 27. h3 Qg5 $2 {
Lékó blunders again!!} (27... Nd5 $5 28. Qxa7 Nxe3+ $5 29. fxe3 Bxd4 30. g4
Qxb5 31. Bxd4 Qe2+ 32. Kg3 Qf3+ {leads to perpetual check.}) 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29.
Nc6 $1 Bxb2 30. Ne7+ Kg7 31. Nxc8 Qf5 32. Nd6 Qf3+ 33. Kg1 Be5 34. Qc2 h5 35.
h4 Qg4 36. Kg2 Qf3+ 37. Kg1 Qg4 38. Qb3 Bxg3 39. Qxf7+ Kh6 40. Qf8+ Kh7 41.
Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 64"]
[Date "2002.01.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nxe5 Bxf2+ 7. Kxf2 Nxe5
8. b3 Re8 9. Rf1 d5 $5 (9... c6 {was played in Conquest-Loginov, Budapest 1996.
}) 10. d4 {Timman wants to conquer the centre.} Neg4+ 11. Kg1 dxc4 $5 12. bxc4
Ne3 $1 13. Bxe3 Rxe3 14. Qd2 Re8 $6 ({More consistent is} 14... Qe8 $1 15. Rxf6
$1 gxf6 16. Nd5 Rxe2 {(Bareev)} 17. Qd3 $1 Kg7 18. Bf1 Re7 19. Nxe7 Qxe7) 15.
Rad1 $6 (15. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Be6 17. Bxb7 {brings a plus (Bareev).}) 15...
c6 16. Qf4 Bg4 $1 17. Rf2 Bh5 18. d5 cxd5 19. Nxd5 $1 Ng4 20. Rff1 Ne5 21. Qc1
$2 ({No risk is taken by the repetition} 21. Rf2 $1) 21... Bxe2 $1 {Black
sacrifices for active play.} 22. Nf6+ gxf6 23. Rxd8 Raxd8 24. Bxb7 Kg7 $5 25.
Bd5 Bxf1 26. Qxf1 Rb8 {White cannot stop the entry by the hostile rooks.} 27.
Qf2 Nd3 $1 28. Qxa7 Re1+ 29. Kg2 Rb2+ 30. Kh3 Ne5 31. g4 Ree2 32. Kg3 Rxa2 33.
Qc5 Rad2 $1 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 64"]
[Date "2002.01.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Qc7 8.
g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 g5 12. Ne3 gxf4 13. Nxf5 O-O-O 14. Qc2
Nc5 15. O-O Ne6 16. Rad1 Bc5 17. Ne4 Bb4 18. e3 fxe3 19. fxe3 Kb8 20. Nf6 a5
21. g4 Be7 22. Nxe7 Qxe7 23. Qc3 Qc5 24. Rc1 Qxc3 25. Rxc3 Nf8 26. Rc5 Nfg6 27.
Be4 Rd2 28. Rf2 Rhd8 29. Bxg6 Nxg6 30. Rxa5 Rd1+ 31. Kg2 Re1 32. Rh5 Rxe3 33.
Rxh7 Rd4 34. h3 Ka7 35. Kh2 Ne5 36. Nh5 f5 37. gxf5 Rh4 38. Kg2 Rexh3 39. Nf4
Rh2+ 40. Kg3 Rxf2 41. Rxh4 Rxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 64"]
[Date "2002.01.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 c4 10. Ne5 Be6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. b3 Qa5 13. Na4 Rab8 14. Bf4 Rb7 15.
Qc2 Rc8 16. bxc4 Rb4 17. Nb2 Qb6 18. Rab1 dxc4 19. Na4 Qa5 20. Rxb4 Bxb4 21.
Bc1 Nd5 22. a3 Bf8 23. Bd2 Qa6 24. Ra1 Rd8 25. e3 Qb5 26. Rb1 Qa6 27. Ra1 Qb5
28. Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 64"]
[Date "2002.01.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Qc7 8.
g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 g5 12. Nxe5 gxf4 13. Nxd7 Bxd7 14. Qd4
Rg8 15. Qe4+ Be7 16. Bh3 O-O-O 17. Bxd7+ Qxd7 18. Qxf4 Bg5 19. Qf3 Bd2+ 20. Kf1
Qh3+ 21. Qg2 Qe6 22. Qe4 Qh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 64"]
[Date "2002.01.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "179"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qc7 9. Bd2 Nbd7 10. Be2 Be7 11. g3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Bh5 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O c5 15.
Rac1 Rad8 16. g4 $1 Bg6 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Rfd1 Qb8 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. g5 Nb6 $1
21. Na4 $1 ({Not} 21. gxf6 $4 Rxd2 $1) 21... Nxa4 22. gxf6 Rd5 23. Be1 Rg5+ ({
Preferable is} 23... Qe5 $1 24. Bf2 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 {(Bareev)} Qxb2 $1) 24. Kh1
Nb6 25. Bf2 Qe5 26. fxg7 Kxg7 27. Qc3 Na4 $6 (27... Rc8 28. Qxe5+ Rxe5 29. f4
Rd5 {keeps the equality.}) 28. Qxe5+ Rxe5 29. b3 $2 (29. f4 $1 Re4 30. Bf3 {
gains a plus (Bareev).}) 29... Bxe3 30. Bg3 Rc5 31. Rxc5 Nxc5 32. b4 Na6 33.
Rd3 Bb6 34. Rd7 Rc8 35. a3 Nc7 36. Be5+ Kf8 37. Bd6+ Kg8 38. Bd3 Ne8 $2 (38...
Nd5 $1 {nearly wins (Bareev).}) 39. Be5 Bc7 40. Bd4 a6 41. Be4 Nd6 42. Bf6 b5
43. Kg2 Bb8 44. h4 Ne8 45. Be7 Be5 46. Ra7 f5 47. Ba8 Rc2+ 48. Kf1 Bd4 49. Rxa6
Nc7 50. Rd6 {Black has been attacking for twenty moves and becomes impatient.}
Rf2+ $2 (50... Bb2 {draws.}) 51. Ke1 Nxa8 52. Rxd4 Rxf3 (52... Ra2 {(Bareev)}
53. Bd8 $1 Rxa3 54. Ba5 $1) 53. a4 $1 Nb6 54. axb5 $1 Kf7 ({The pointe is} 
54... Nd5 55. Bd6 Rh3 56. Rxd5 exd5 57. b6) 55. Bc5 e5 56. Rd8 Rb3 57. Bxb6
Rxb4 58. Rd5 Ke6 59. Rc5 Kd6 60. Rc6+ Kd5 61. Rxg6 Rxb5 62. h5 Rb2 63. Kf1 Rh2
64. Rg5 Ke4 65. Kg1 Rh3 66. Ba5 Ra3 67. Be1 f4 68. Kg2 Ra2+ 69. Bf2 Ra6 70. Rg6
Ra8 71. Rf6 Rg8+ 72. Rg6 Rc8 73. Rg5 Rc6 74. Bh4 Re6 75. Rg6 Kf5 76. Rxe6 Kxe6
77. Kh3 Kf5 78. Bd8 e4 79. Kh4 e3 80. Bb6 Ke4 81. h6 f3 82. Kg3 f2 83. Kg2 Kd3
84. Kf1 Kd2 85. Bxe3+ Kxe3 86. h7 Kf3 87. h8=Q Ke3 88. Qh3+ Ke4 89. Kxf2 Kd4
90. Qe3+ {Bareev led with 7/10.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 64"]
[Date "2002.01.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Qe2 c5 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Qd5 $5 {Black has deplorable results with
this line.} 11. Kb1 Qxg2 12. Nf3 Qxf2 13. Qe5 Be7 $5 {Bareev brings a novelty.}
14. Rdf1 Qc5 15. Qg3 Nh5 16. Qh3 g6 {Black might have prepared these moves.}
17. Rhg1 Nf4 $2 ({Khalifman analyses} 17... Ng7 $1 18. Ng5 Bxg5 19. Rxg5 e5 20.
Qg3 f5 $1 ({he continues with} 20... f6 21. Rxg6 $1 hxg6 22. Qxg6 f5 23. Bh6
Rf7 24. Bxg7 Rxg7 25. Qe8+ Kh7 26. Qh5+) 21. Bc3 f4 {tries to win.}) 18. Bxf4
e5 19. Qh6 exf4 20. Rg5 $1 {If the black queen flights, White plays Rh5. 
Grischuk and Adams caught uo with the quick loser.} ({The alternative is} 20.
Rg5 f5 21. Rxg6+ $1 hxg6 22. Qxg6+ Kh8 23. Qh6+ Kg8 24. Bc4+ $1 Qxc4 25. Rg1+
Kf7 26. Qg6#) 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 64"]
[Date "2002.01.26"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. Nbd2 c5 6. b3 Nc6 7. a3 Be7 8. Bb2
O-O 9. O-O Qc7 10. Rc1 Rac8 ({My vote goes to} 10... cxd4 $1 11. exd4 Rac8) 11.
c4 Rfe8 12. Re1 d6 13. Bb1 Qb8 14. Nf1 cxd4 15. exd4 d5 16. Ne3 Bf8 $2 ({Right
is} 16... dxc4 17. bxc4 Bd6 {(Stohl).}) 17. b4 $1 a6 ({The point is} 17... dxc4
18. d5 $1 {(Bareev)} Nxd5 19. Ng5 Nf4 20. Bxh7+) 18. c5 g6 19. Qe2 bxc5 20.
dxc5 Bg7 21. Bd3 Qa7 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Nd7 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Ng4 e5 26. Qd2
Qb8 $5 {Black needs to activate his offside queen.} 27. Qh6+ $5 Kg8 28. Bxa6 $5
Bxa6 29. c6 Nf8 30. Nf6+ Kh8 31. c7 Qb5 32. Rc5 Qa4 33. Ra5 Qc6 34. Nh5 Ne6 35.
Nf6 Nf8 36. Nh5 Ne6 37. Rc1 Bc4 38. Nf6 Nf8 39. Nh5 (39. Nxd5 $1 {wins.}) 39...
Ne6 40. Rc5 Qa8 41. Nf6 Nf8 42. Ra5 Qc6 43. Nh5 $2 Ne6 44. Nf6 Nf8 $2 {Lautier
should have claimed a threefold repetition (after moves 38, 42 and 44).} 45.
Nxd5 $1 Nd7 $5 46. Qh4 e4 47. Ne3 Ne5 48. Nxc4 (48. Rxe5 $1 Rxe5 49. Qd8+ Re8
50. Qd4+ Kg8 51. Rxc4 {and White glories (Stohl).}) 48... Nd3 49. Rc2 Qxc7 50.
Qf6+ Kg8 51. Ne3 Qxc2 $5 52. Nxc2 Rxc2 53. h3 Rxf2 54. Qxf2 $6 (54. Qc6 Re6 55.
Qc8+ Kg7 56. Ra8 $1 {wins by force (Bareev).}) 54... Nxf2 55. Kxf2 Rc8 $1 56.
b5 Rc3 57. a4 Rb3 58. Ra6 f5 {Strange things are going to happen.} 59. Ra7 $2 (
{Right is} 59. Rc6 f4 60. b6 Rb2+ 61. Ke1 Rb1+ 62. Ke2 $1 Rb2+ 63. Kd1) 59...
f4 60. Re7 e3+ $2 (60... Rb2+ $1 61. Ke1 e3 62. Re4 g5 63. h4 h6 {draws (Stohl)
.}) 61. Kf3 $1 Kf8 ({Or} 61... Rb4 62. a5 $1 Rxb5 63. a6 {(Bareev).}) 62. Re5
Kf7 63. Kxf4 Rb4+ 64. Kxe3 Rxa4 65. Re4 Ra3+ 66. Kd4 $1 Ra2 67. g4 Rh2 68. Re3
Rb2 69. Kc5 Kf6 70. b6 Kg5 71. Rc3 {Bareev and Grischuk shared the lead. Adams
and Morozovich followed by half-a-point after the penultimate round. The event
was decided in the last round.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 64"]
[Date "2002.01.27"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 $5 h6 8. Bd2
Qe7 9. Rg1 e5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Ne4 Bb4 $5 {Bareev brings a novelty.} 12. O-O-O
exd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd2+ 14. Rxd2 g6 15. Bc4 Nb4 16. Qb3 O-O 17. Nf5 $6 {White
plays too hasty.} (17. f3 $1 {(protects a knight)} c5 $1 {, and now} 18. Nf5 $1
gxf5 19. gxf5+ Kh8 20. f6 Nxa2+ $1 21. Qxa2 Nxf6 22. Nxf6 Qxf6 23. Qb3 {leads
to a great fight.}) 17... gxf5 18. gxf5+ Kh7 19. Nd6 Nd5 20. Bxd5 cxd5 21. Qxd5
Nf6 22. Qd4 Bd7 23. e4 Rg8 $1 24. Rgd1 $6 ({Better chances gives} 24. Rg3 {
(Bareev).}) 24... Bc6 25. e5 Ne8 26. Nc4 Rc8 27. Kb1 Qg5 28. Ne3 Ng7 29. h4 Qh5
30. Qf4 Qf3 31. Rd4 ({Or} 31. Qg4 Nxf5 $1 32. Qxf5+ Qxf5+ 33. Nxf5 Be4+ {
(Ftacnik).}) 31... Qxf4 32. Rxf4 Rce8 33. f6 Nh5 {Bareev won and his
competitors drew. So the final standings became Bareev 9, Grischuk 8 1/2,
Adams and Morozovich 8.} 0-1

[Event "Elite Grandmasters Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2002-04"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bang, Erik"]
[Black "Elwert, Hans"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bg5 Ne4 7. Bh4 Qa5 8. e3
e6 $5 ({Known is} 8... Nxc3 9. Qd2) 9. Nd2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nc6 {The c-pawn gets
indirect protection.} 11. Qb3 Ba3 12. Bd3 b5 13. O-O O-O 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4
Ra7 $5 16. Rfe1 Ne7 17. Bg5 $5 Bb7 18. Bd2 Bd5 $5 19. Qd1 $6 ({The forced
variation} 19. c4 $1 bxc4 20. Bxc4 Bxc4 21. Bxa5 Bxb3 22. axb3 Bb2 23. Bb6 $1
Rb7 $1 24. Rxa6 Rfb8 25. Bc5 Nd5 {leads to an equal endgame.}) 19... Qb6 20.
Qh5 f5 21. Ng5 h6 22. Nh3 Rc7 23. Rab1 e5 $1 24. dxe5 Qg6 25. Qxg6 Nxg6 26. Bc2
Rd8 $1 27. Red1 ({The pointe is} 27. Bxf5 $2 Bxa2 $1 28. Bg5 $1 hxg5 29. Ra1
Bb2 $1 30. Rxa2 Bxc3) 27... Be4 28. Bxe4 fxe4 29. e6 $1 Rc6 30. Kf1 Rxe6 31.
Be3 Rxd1+ 32. Rxd1 Rc6 {Black pressures on a weakness.} 33. Rd7 $2 {White
wastes time.} ({Best is} 33. Rd4 Rxc3 34. Rxe4 Kf7 35. Nf4 Rc4 $5 36. Rxc4 bxc4
37. Nxg6 Kxg6 38. Ke2 {drawn.}) 33... Ne5 $1 34. Rd8+ Kf7 35. Bd4 {White seems
to be safe, but Black plays a wonderful manoeuvre.} Nd3 $1 36. Rd7+ Ke8 $1 37.
Rxg7 b4 38. Rg4 ({Insufficient is} 38. c4 $5 Rxc4 39. Be3 Rc2 40. Rg4 Rxa2 41.
Rxe4+ Kf7 {because Black will decide the battle on the queenside.}) 38... bxc3
39. Rxe4+ Be7 40. Be3 c2 41. Ra4 c1=Q+ 42. Bxc1 Rxc1+ 43. Ke2 Nc5 44. Ra3 Rh1
45. Kf3 Rxh2 46. Nf4 Rh1 47. Nd5 Kf7 48. Ra5 Rc1 49. Ra3 Ke6 50. Ne3 Bd6 51. g3
Be5 0-1

[Event "Elite Grandmasters Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2002-04"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Elwert, Hans"]
[Black "Bang, Erik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Bd5 11. Qc2 Be4 12. Qc1 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Rd1 a5 $5
15. Nbd2 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 c6 {The players have followed Bareev - Gelfand, Monaco
2002.} 17. e3 Na6 18. Qc4 Nb4 19. Nd2 Qb6 20. Rac1 Rfd8 21. Qe2 Rac8 22. h4 Rc7
(22... Qc7 $1 {occupies square c7 with the right piece.}) 23. Nc4 Qa7 24. Qh5
b6 $2 (24... Nd5 $1 {is correct.} 25. g4 $5 g6 26. Qxh6 Bg7 27. Qg5 Bf6 {shows
the pointe.}) 25. g4 Nd5 26. g5 hxg5 27. hxg5 g6 28. Qh4 Bg7 29. Qg3 Qb8 30. b3
Ne7 31. Be4 Rcd7 $6 (31... c5 $1 32. dxc5 Rxc5 33. Qxb8 Rxb8 34. f4 Nd5 {adds
useful exchanges.}) 32. Qxb8 Rxb8 33. f4 Nd5 34. Kf2 Rc7 35. Kf3 Nb4 36. Rd2
Nd5 (36... c5 $1 {forces swaps. It will ease the defence of the fortress.}) 37.
Ne5 Rbc8 38. Nd3 c5 39. dxc5 bxc5 40. Rdc2 Bf8 41. Ne5 Nb6 42. Bd3 Bg7 43. Ng4
Kf8 44. Ba6 Ra8 45. Bb5 Rac8 46. e4 Bd4 47. e5 Ke7 48. Rh2 Nd5 49. Rh7 Rf8 50.
Rch1 Rcc8 51. R1h6 Rg8 52. Nf6 $1 Nxf6 53. gxf6+ Kf8 54. Bd7 Rb8 55. Rxf7+ $1 {
Elwert delivers the final pound in the beleaguerment.} ({White wins by} 55.
Rxf7+ Kxf7 56. Rh7+ Kf8 57. Bxe6 Rd8 58. Bc4 Bc3 59. e6 Bxf6 60. Rf7+ Ke8 61.
Bb5+) 1-0

[Event "Elite Grandmasters Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2002-04"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Elwert, Hans"]
[Black "Hamarat, Tunc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 Bg4 7. dxe5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 fxe5 9. Nbd2 O-O-O 10. Re1 Bd6 11. h3 Bh5 12. Nh4 $5 Be7 $5 {Black shows
ambition in the Ruy Lopez Exchange.} ({A standard move is} 12... Ne7) 13. Ndf3
Bb4 14. c3 Bd6 15. Bg5 Rd7 16. Nd2 Bf7 17. Nf5 Be6 (17... h6 $1 18. Be3 Be6 {
is easier.}) 18. Nf3 g6 $6 (18... Rf7 $1 19. Bh4 Bxf5 20. exf5 Rxf5 21. Bg3 e4
22. Rxe4 Nf6 {equalises.}) 19. Ne3 Rf7 20. Bh4 $1 Nf6 21. Ng5 $1 Re7 22. Nxe6
Rxe6 {White has made a favourable exchange.} 23. f3 Be7 24. Rad1 Rd8 25. Bxf6
Bxf6 26. Rxd8+ Kxd8 27. g3 b5 28. Kf2 h5 29. h4 Kd7 30. Ke2 Re8 31. Rd1+ Ke6
32. Ng2 $5 {White starts manoeuvring. This gives his opponent the chance to
counter.} c5 $1 33. b3 Rb8 34. Rd5 Be7 35. Ne3 c6 36. Rd1 a5 37. c4 b4 $2 {
Black makes the pawns on the queenside immobile.} ({Right is} 37... a4 $1 38.
bxa4 b4 $1 39. a3 bxa3 40. Nc2 g5 $1 {and Black counterattacks on both flanks.}
) 38. Rg1 a4 39. f4 axb3 40. axb3 Ra8 41. f5+ gxf5 42. exf5+ Kf7 43. Kf3 Rd8 $2
{Hamarat misses the last opportunity for a counteraction.} ({Better is} 43...
Ra3 $1 44. g4 $1 Rxb3 45. g5 Rd3 46. f6 Bxf6 $1 47. gxf6 Kxf6 {Black might
survive.}) 44. g4 $1 Rd4 45. gxh5 Rf4+ 46. Ke2 Rxh4 47. Rg6 Rxh5 48. Rxc6 e4 ({
The alternative} 48... Rh2+ 49. Kf3 Rb2 50. Nd5 Rxb3+ 51. Ke4 Bf8 52. Rc7+ Ke8
53. Kxe5 {leads to a disaster.}) 49. Ng4 Rg5 50. Ne5+ Kg7 51. Ke3 Rxf5 52. Rg6+
Kf8 53. Kxe4 Rh5 54. Kd5 Rh3 55. Ke6 Re3 56. Rg1 Bh4 57. Kd5 Ke8 58. Rg8+ Ke7
59. Rg7+ Ke8 60. Kd6 Kf8 61. Rf7+ Ke8 62. Rf3 Be7+ 63. Ke6 {Black resigned
because pawn c5 will fall eventually. Elwert won in a seemingly simple but
excellent way. The last game of the event had ended. All final scores of
Elwert and Van Oosterom were equal.} 1-0

[Event "Elite Grandmasters Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2002-04"]
[Date "2002.01.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anton, Volker"]
[Black "Rause, Mrs.Olita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

{The fiftieth anniversary of the ICCF was celebrated by the organisation of
grand tournaments. Eight players, who had not become world champion,
participated in the ICCF Elite Grandmasters Jubilee. Van Oosterom, Rause,
Tarnowiecki, Elwert, Anton, Bang, Hamarat and Ekebjaerg started to play double
rounds on 15 i 2002. Nol van <->t Riet was the director. The Max Euwe
Association sponsored the event. Unfortunately, Ove Ekebjaerg had to stop in
2003. Eleven unfinished games were adjudicated. The tournament ended on 10 iv
2004. Van Oosterom and Elwert won by 10/14. Two participants would become
world champion later. I analysed the eleven decided and completed games.} 1. d4
d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 a6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. Nge2 e6
9. Rc1 Be7 10. Qb3 Ra7 $6 {The queen's rook will remain offside for some time.}
({Usual is} 10... Na5 $5) 11. O-O O-O 12. f3 {Rausis - San Segundo Carrillo,
Anibal open 1997 ended drawn in this position.} Bh5 13. Na4 Nd7 14. Rfd1 Bg6
15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. e4 Nf6 17. Nc5 Na5 18. Qc2 b6 19. Nd3 $1 Ra8 ({Not} 19...
dxe4 $2 20. fxe4 Nxe4 21. Bc7 $1) 20. Nf2 Rc8 21. Qd3 Nh5 22. Rxc8 Qxc8 23. Bd2
Nf6 $6 (23... Nc4 $1 24. Bc1 dxe4 25. fxe4 Rd8 26. Qf3 Qb7 {defends more
actively.}) 24. Rc1 Qb7 25. Qc2 Nc4 26. Bg5 Nh7 27. Bxe7 Qxe7 28. e5 Rb8 $6 (
28... Ne3 29. Qd3 Nf5 {places the queen's knight at a stronger square.}) 29. b3
Na3 30. Qc6 Nf8 31. Nd3 a5 32. h4 Qd7 $5 33. Kf2 $5 Qe7 34. g3 Nd7 35. Ke3 Nf8
36. Kd2 g5 $5 37. hxg5 Qxg5+ 38. f4 Qe7 {The attack on the kingside has been
fully prepared.} 39. f5 $1 exf5 40. Ndf4 Qa7 ({Or} 40... Ne6 41. Nxd5 Qg5+ 42.
Ndf4) 41. Nxd5 Ne6 42. Nef4 $1 {Anton's prudent play paid off.} (42. Nef4 {The
<->petite combinaison' continues by} Nxd4 43. Qd6 Nf3+ 44. Ke3 Nb5 45. Ne7+ Kf8
46. Neg6+ Kg8 47. Rh1 $1) 1-0

[Event "Elite Grandmasters Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2002-04"]
[Date "2002.01.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Elwert, Hans"]
[Black "Tarnowiecki, Harald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. e3 Bd7 8. Qe2
b5 9. Nc3 Bd6 10. e4 Be7 11. Rd1 O-O 12. Bf4 Qc8 13. Ne1 $1 ({Elwert diverts
from} 13. Rd2 {(Levin - Novikov, Kiev 1986).}) 13... Rb8 14. e5 Ne8 $5 ({Or} 
14... Nd5 $5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Bxd5 {and Black loses control over the centre.})
15. Be3 f6 16. f4 Nd8 17. d5 fxe5 18. fxe5 Nf7 $6 (18... Kh8 $1 19. Ba7 Ra8 20.
Bf2 Rb8 {applies consolidation perfectly.}) 19. Ba7 Rb7 20. Bf2 g6 $6 ({Right
is} 20... Rb8) 21. a4 $1 Ng7 22. axb5 axb5 23. Nc2 $1 (23. dxe6 Bxe6 24. Bxb7
Qxb7 25. Ra7 Qc6 26. Qf3 Qxf3 27. Nxf3 Bg4 28. Nd5 Bd8 {brings no advantage
for White.}) 23... Rb8 24. Ra7 Kh8 $2 (24... Re8 $1 {gives mysterious support
to the central area.}) 25. d6 $1 cxd6 26. exd6 Nxd6 27. Nb4 $1 Rf7 28. Na6 Rb7
$1 29. Bxb7 Nxb7 30. Qe5 $1 {White has cleverly achieved a winning attack.} Bc6
31. Qb8 Qf8 32. Qxf8+ Rxf8 33. Nxb5 e5 34. Nbc7 h5 $5 35. Nd5 Rd8 36. Ne3 Rxd1+
37. Nxd1 Nf5 38. Nb8 Bf3 39. Nd7 Bd6 40. Ne3 Nxe3 41. Bxe3 Kg7 42. Kf2 Bc6 43.
Nb6 1-0

[Event "Elite Grandmasters Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2002-04"]
[Date "2002.01.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hamarat, Tunc"]
[Black "Elwert, Hans"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. c4 b6 8. Nc3
Bb7 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. f4 Be7 11. Kh1 Qc7 12. Bd2 Rc8 13. Rae1 O-O 14. e5 Ne8 15.
Qh5 $6 ({More solid is} 15. b3 $1) 15... g6 16. Qh3 Nc5 ({Not} 16... dxe5 $2
17. Nxe6 $1) 17. Bc2 Rd8 18. Be3 dxe5 19. fxe5 Ng7 $1 (19... Qxe5 20. Nf3 {
gives White an attack for a pawn.}) 20. Bf2 Nd7 21. Bb3 $6 ({Preferable is} 21.
b3 Nxe5 $1 22. Bg3 f6 $1 23. Nf3 $1 Bxf3 24. Rxf3 $1) 21... Bc5 22. Na4 Nh5 23.
Nxc5 bxc5 24. Nf3 Bxf3 25. gxf3 ({Or} 25. Qxf3 Nxe5 26. Qc3 Nd3 $1) 25... Nxe5
26. Bg3 Nxg3+ 27. Qxg3 f6 28. f4 Nd3 29. Re3 $6 ({Better is} 29. Rxe6 Rd4 30.
f5 Nf4 31. Re3 g5 {but Black has a fine positional advantage.}) 29... Nxb2 30.
Rxe6 Rd2 31. f5 Qxg3 32. hxg3 a5 33. Rc1 (33. Ra6 Re8 34. fxg6 Ree2 $1 35.
gxh7+ Kxh7 {is hopeless for White.}) 33... Kg7 34. Rc2 Rxc2 35. Bxc2 Rd8 36.
fxg6 hxg6 0-1

[Event "Elite Grandmasters Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2002-04"]
[Date "2002.01.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tarnowiecki, Harald"]
[Black "Bang, Erik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8.
cxd5 Nd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. e3 Bc5 11. b3 d6 12. Qc2 $5 (12. Bb2 {was played in
Grant - Motwani, Scotland 1993.}) 12... dxe3 $2 {Bang blunders immediately.} ({
Better is the instant} 12... Qg5) 13. fxe3 $1 Qg5 14. Rf4 $1 Bd7 15. Bb2 {The
openness of the centre and kingside are useful for the development by White.}
c6 $2 {The weakening of the queenside will become fatal.} 16. Raf1 Re7 17. dxc6
bxc6 18. Be4 $1 h6 19. Bh7+ Kf8 20. Bf5 $1 Kg8 {Black has no proper defence
against the threats.} 21. Bxd7 Rxd7 22. b4 Bb6 23. Qxc6 Rad8 24. Qf3 f5 25.
Rxf5 Qg6 26. Qd5+ Kh7 27. Rf8 Rxf8 28. Rxf8 Qb1+ 29. Kg2 {The final standings
were: van Oosterom and Elwert 10/14, Anton 8, Tarnowiecki 7, Rause 61/2,
Hamarat 51/2, Bang 5 and Ekebjaerg 4.} 1-0

[Event "Elite Grandmasters Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2002-04"]
[Date "2002.01.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Bang, Erik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 Nd7 11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Bxa8 $2 ({Better is} 12...
Qxa8) 13. Nf1 Nc5 14. Ba2 $1 {White brings a novelty.} Bb7 15. c3 Qa8 {Black
has lost time by his twelfth move.} 16. Bd5 Nd8 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Ng3 Re8 19.
h4 $5 (19. d4 {keeps a plus, but Joop wants to attack the hostile king.}) 19...
Bf8 $5 20. h5 b4 $5 21. d4 $1 exd4 22. cxd4 Nd7 $6 ({The alternative brings} 
22... Nxe4 23. d5 $1 f5 $1 24. Nxf5 Qb5 25. h6 $1 g6 26. Ng7 Bxg7 27. hxg7 {
(Van Oosterom)} b3 $1) 23. d5 $1 c6 24. Be3 cxd5 25. exd5 Qb5 26. Qd4 $1 Nc5 $2
({Correct is} 26... h6 $1 27. Rd1 Nb7 28. Nf5 {(Van Oosterom), and now} Ne5 $1
29. Nxe5 Rxe5 30. Qg4 Kh7 {but the white offense continues.}) 27. h6 g6 28. Qf6
Nd7 {Incredible tactics follow.} 29. Ne4 $3 Re7 ({Van Oosterom analyses} 29...
Nxf6 30. Nxf6+ Kh8 31. Nxe8) ({and} 29... Rxe4 30. Qxd8 Re7 31. Rc1 Qxd5 32.
Rc7) 30. Ra1 $3 Qb7 ({Or} 30... Nxf6 31. Nxf6+ Kh8 32. Ra8 Bxh6 33. Rxd8+ Kg7
34. Bd4) 31. Qd4 f5 32. Nxd6 Qb8 33. Bf4 Qb6 34. Nc8 {The Dutchman had scored
a great win.} 1-0

[Event "Elite Grandmasters Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2002-04"]
[Date "2002.01.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Hamarat, Tunc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. exd4 Bb4 8.
Bd2 Nc6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Qc2 Nf6 11. a3 Be7 12. Be3 Bd7 13. O-O Rc8 14. Rfe1 a6
$6 ({Better is} 14... Bd6 $1 15. d5 exd5 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Nxd5 Qd8)
15. Rad1 Qa5 $5 {The queen makes her first step to hell.} 16. Ne5 $1 Rcd8 $6 (
16... Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. Bd4 $1 Qc7 19. Be5 {favours White (Van Oosterom).}
) 17. Nc4 $1 Qh5 $5 {She has to go astray.} (17... Qc7 $2 18. d5 exd5 19. Bb6 {
and White wins material (Van Oosterom).}) 18. Be2 Qh4 ({Not} 18... Ng4 $2 19.
Bf4 Qg6 20. Qxg6 fxg6 21. Bg3) 19. Bf3 Rfe8 $6 (19... Be8 $1 20. g3 Qh3 21. Qe2
h5 {prolongs the game.}) 20. Qe2 $1 Bf8 21. g3 Qh3 22. Ne5 h5 $5 {Black will
lose a pawn.} 23. Bg5 Qf5 24. h4 Be7 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Nxd7 Rxd7 27. d5 Ne5 28.
Bxh5 Kg7 29. dxe6 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Rh8 31. Nd5 Qxh5 32. Qxh5 Rxh5 33. Nxe7 fxe6
34. Rc1 Nd3 35. Rc7 Rc5 36. Nf5+ Kg6 37. Rxc5 Nxc5 38. Nd6 b5 39. Kf1 f5 40.
Ke2 Na4 41. b3 Nc5 42. b4 Nd7 43. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Elite Grandmasters Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2002-04"]
[Date "2002.01.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Rause, Mrs.Olita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Bb3 Bd7 12. Re1 O-O-O 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. Qf3
Bd6 15. h3 Qc5 $5 {Black sacrifices a pawn.} 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Qxf6 Rhg8 18.
Re4 $1 {Van Oosterom plays a new move.} Bc7 $2 {She gives another pawn.} ({The
humble} 18... Rdf8 {gives better chances.}) 19. Qxf7 Qd6 20. Nf3 Rdf8 21. Qxh7
Rh8 22. Qxd7+ $1 Kxd7 23. Rd4 Rxf3 24. Rxd6+ Bxd6 25. gxf3 Rxh3 {Black has
ruined the white pawn structure but it gives insufficient compensation for two
pawns.} 26. Re1 Rh6 27. Re4 Bh2+ 28. Kg2 e5 29. Bd5 Bf4 30. Bxb7 Rb6 31. Bd5
Rxb2 32. Bb3 Rb1 $6 (32... Kc6 $5 {gives the last chance, but} 33. Re1 $1 Kc5
34. Kf1 $1 a5 35. a4 Kb4 36. Ke2 Kc3 37. Rd1 Rxb3 38. cxb3 Kxb3 39. Kd3 {wins
for White.}) 33. Ra4 $1 Rd1 34. Rxa6 Rd2 35. Kf1 Rd1+ 36. Ke2 Rd2+ 37. Ke1 Kc7
38. Ra5 Rd6 39. Rd5 Rh6 40. a4 Rh1+ 41. Ke2 Rh2 42. Rd1 Kb6 43. Rg1 Rh6 44. Ra1
Rd6 45. Rd1 Rc6 ({The critical line is} 45... Rxd1 46. Kxd1 Kc5 47. Ke2 Bg5 48.
Kd3 Bd8 49. Ke4 Bc7 50. Kf5 Kd4 51. Ke6 Kc5 52. Kd7 {An encircling king's
march decides the game.}) 46. Rd5 Rc3 47. Rd3 Rc6 48. c4 Ka5 49. Kd1 Kb4 50.
Kc2 Bg5 51. Rd5 Rc5 52. Kd3 Be7 53. Rd7 Bh4 54. Rb7+ Ka5 55. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Elite Grandmasters Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2002-04"]
[Date "2002.01.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Tarnowiecki, Harald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8.
O-O Nbd7 9. Nc3 a6 10. a4 Rc8 $5 11. Rd1 ({The immediate} 11. d4 {stems from
Lalic - Matros, Southend 2002.}) 11... Be7 $6 (11... b4 $1 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13.
Qxe4 Nf6 14. Qc2 c5 {develops the queenside.}) 12. d4 $1 {White frustrates the
freeing move.} c5 $2 (12... O-O 13. Ne5 Nd5 14. Ne4 Nxe5 15. dxe5 c5 {plays
the liberating move after sufficient preparation.}) 13. axb5 axb5 14. dxc5 $1 (
14. Nxb5 $6 cxd4 15. Qa4 O-O 16. Nfxd4 Bc5 {activates the black pieces.}) 14...
Bxc5 15. Ne5 $1 Bxg2 (15... Qb6 $2 16. Nxd7 Bxf2+ 17. Kf1 Bxg2+ 18. Kxg2 Nxd7
19. Qd3 $1 Ne5 20. Qe4 $1 Ng6 21. e3 {imprisons a piece.}) 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17.
Kxg2 Qc7 18. Qd3 b4 19. Ne4 Qc6 20. f3 Ne5 21. Qb3 Qb5 22. Qa4 $1 Qxa4 23. Rxa4
O-O $5 (23... Be7 24. Bf4 $1 Nc4 25. Ra7 e5 26. Rdd7 $1 Bf8 27. Bc1 $1 {gives
White a great positional advantage.}) 24. Nxc5 Rxc5 25. Rxb4 h6 26. Kf2 Rfc8
27. Be3 Rc2 28. Rd2 f6 29. Rb7 Rxd2 30. Bxd2 Rc2 31. Bc3 Nc4 32. g4 Nd6 33. Rb6
Nc4 34. Rb8+ Kh7 35. h4 e5 36. h5 Rc1 37. Rb4 Nd6 38. Ke3 Rd1 39. Ra4 Nb5 40.
Rc4 g6 41. Rc5 Nxc3 42. Rxc3 gxh5 43. gxh5 Rd4 44. b3 Rh4 45. Rc1 Kg7 ({Or} 
45... Rxh5 46. b4 Rh4 47. Rb1 Rd4 48. b5 f5 49. b6 f4+ 50. Kf2 Rd8 51. b7 Rb8
52. Rb6 $1 {and White wins.}) 46. Rb1 Rb4 47. Kd3 Kf7 48. e4 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "19"]
[Date "2002.02.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

{Six top ten players and a great Spanish talent participated in the nineteenth
'Torneo Internacional Ciudad de Linares' from 23 ii - 10 iii 2002. The event
had double rounds. Kasparov and Ponomariov led after ten rounds. Then Gary
defeated his rival and won the tournament. The local hero Vallejo Pons scored
an honourable result by beating Shirov.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5
5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3 f5 9. exf6 Rxf6 10. Bg5 Rf7 11. Qh5
g6 12. Qd1 Nbc6 13. Nf3 Qf8 14. O-O c4 15. Be2 h6 16. Bc1 Bd7 17. Ne1 $5 {A
new idea is the preparation of f4.} g5 18. g3 Nf5 ({A fine alternative brings} 
18... e5 $1 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. f4 gxf4 21. Bxf4 Bh3 22. Ng2 N5g6 {(Psakhis).})
19. Ng2 Qg7 20. f4 Nd6 21. Qe1 b5 22. fxg5 Rxf1+ 23. Bxf1 hxg5 24. Ne3 Rf8 25.
Bg2 a5 26. Bd2 Qg6 27. Ng4 Rf5 28. Qe3 Kg7 29. Rb1 Kh7 30. a4 bxa4 31. Bc1 Rf7
32. Ba3 Qxc2 $2 {Ivanchuk becomes greedy.} ({Ponomariov prefers} 32... Nf5) 33.
Rc1 Qf5 34. Bh3 Ne4 35. Ne5 $1 Qf2+ 36. Qxf2 Rxf2 ({No rescue gives} 36... Nxf2
37. Nxf7 Nxh3+ 38. Kg2 g4 39. Rb1 $1 {Psakhis).}) 37. Nxd7 Ra2 38. Bc5 Nd2 39.
Bg2 a3 40. Nf8+ Kh6 ({Ponamariov suggests} 40... Kh8 $5 {Psakhis answers} 41.
Nxe6 Nb3 42. Rf1 Rxg2+ 43. Kxg2 a2 44. Nc7 a1=Q 45. Rxa1 Nxa1 46. Nxd5) 41. Re1
e5 42. dxe5 g4 43. e6 Nf3+ 44. Bxf3 gxf3 45. Kf1 {The highlight of the first
round was the win of Ponomariov. He had just defeated Ivanchuk in the final of
the FIDE world championship.} 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "19"]
[Date "2002.02.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Be3 Bb4 9. Na4 Be7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Nb6 Rb8 12. Nxc8 Qxc8 13. Bd4 O-O 14. Qd3
Qc7 15. b3 a5 16. Rad1 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Bf3 Rfd8 19. c4 Nf6 20. Qc3 Bd6 21.
g3 c5 $6 ({The obvious choice would be} 21... e5 22. Be3 e4) 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23.
Qxf6 Be7 24. Qh6 Qe5 25. Rde1 Qf6 26. Qh5 Bf8 27. Re4 Rd4 28. Rxd4 Qxd4 29. Re1
Qf6 30. Re4 Bg7 31. Rf4 Qe7 32. Rh4 h6 33. Rg4 f5 34. Rg6 Kh7 35. g4 Rf8 36.
gxf5 Rxf5 37. Be4 Rxh5 38. Rxe6+ Kh8 39. Rxe7 Re5 40. Rxe5 Bxe5 41. Kg2 Kg7 42.
Bb1 Kf6 43. h4 Bf4 44. Kf3 Ke5 45. Kg4 Bc1 46. f3 Bd2 47. Kh5 Kf6 48. Bc2 Bc1
49. Be4 Bd2 50. Bd5 Bc1 51. a4 Be3 52. Bg8 Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "19"]
[Date "2002.02.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2838"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bb4 5. d3 d6 6. h3 O-O 7. Be2 Ne7 8. O-O
c6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Ng6 11. Re1 Re8 12. Bf1 Bd7 13. Qb3 Qc8 14. Rb1 b6 15.
Kh2 h6 16. g3 Qc7 17. Bg2 Be6 18. Nd2 Rad8 19. a4 d5 20. a5 dxc4 21. axb6 axb6
22. dxc4 Nd7 23. Bf1 Ne7 24. Qc2 Nc8 25. Nb3 c5 26. Be3 Nd6 27. Nd2 Ra8 28. Ra1
f6 29. Ra2 Rxa2 30. Qxa2 Nb8 31. f4 Nc6 32. f5 Bf7 33. g4 Na5 34. h4 Kf8 35. g5
hxg5 36. hxg5 Ke7 37. Kg1 Rh8 38. Bf2 Rh5 39. Nf3 ({Better is} 39. g6 $1) 39...
Qc6 40. Qc2 $4 {Vallejo blunders, Gary too.} Bxc4 $4 (40... Nxf5 $1 {wins a
pawn.}) 41. Bg2 Nf7 42. Qd1 Bb3 43. Nxe5 Bxd1 44. Nxc6+ Nxc6 45. Rxd1 Nxg5 46.
Rb1 Nh3+ 47. Bxh3 Rxh3 48. Rxb6 Kd6 49. Kg2 Rxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "19"]
[Date "2002.02.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5 Nb8 13. Nf1 Nbd7 14. N3h2 Nc5 15.
Bc2 c6 16. b4 Ncd7 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bxf6 $5 Nxf6 20. Ng4 Nxg4 21.
Qxg4 d5 22. exd5 Qxd5 23. Bb3 Qd8 24. Qh5 {White threatens to start an attack
on the kingside. Black decides to sacrifice a pawn for exchanges.} Ra7 $2 ({
Correct is} 24... Qc7 $1 25. Ne3 Rad8 26. Ng4 Bd5 27. Re3 {(Wedberg)} Re6 $1
28. Nxe5 Bxb3 29. axb3 Rde8 30. Ng4 Rxe3 31. Nxe3 Qxc3 32. Rxa6 Qxb4) 25. Rxe5
Rxe5 26. Qxe5 Qg5 27. Qxg5 hxg5 28. Ne3 g6 29. Rd1 Rc7 30. Kf1 Kg7 31. Ke2 Be7
32. Bd5 Bd7 33. Rd3 Bf6 34. c4 bxc4 35. Bxc4 Bc8 36. a3 Bb2 37. Kd2 f5 38. Kc2
Bxa3 39. Rxa3 f4 40. Kb3 fxe3 41. fxe3 Re7 42. Ka4 Re5 43. Rd3 Bf5 44. Rd2 Rxe3
45. Bxa6 Be4 46. Rf2 Kh6 47. Bf1 g4 48. hxg4 Re1 49. Be2 Ra1+ 50. Kb3 Rb1+ 51.
Kc3 Rc1+ 52. Kd4 Bb7 53. Bf3 Ba6 54. Rb2 Bb5 55. Be2 Bc6 56. Bf3 Bb5 57. Be2
Bc6 58. Ba6 Rg1 59. b5 Bxg2 60. b6 Kg5 61. Bc8 Kf4 62. Kc5 Be4 63. Rb4 Ke5 64.
b7 Rc1+ 65. Kb5 Bxb7 66. Bxb7 Kf6 67. Rc4 Rb1+ 68. Kc6 Kg5 69. Bc8 Rd1 70. Bd7
Kh4 71. Kc7 Rd2 72. Kd8 Re2 73. Rc6 g5 74. Bf5 Re3 75. Re6 Rg3 76. Rh6# 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "19"]
[Date "2002.02.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. Re1 h6 11. h3 Ng6 12. Bd2 Bd7 13. Ne4 Kc8 14. Ng3
c5 15. Nh5 b5 16. Nh2 Kb7 17. f4 Nh4 18. Re2 Bc6 19. c3 g6 20. Nf6 Be7 21. Be1
Nf5 22. Ne4 Ng7 23. Ng4 Rad8 24. Ngf2 h5 25. Bd2 h4 26. Be3 Ne6 27. Nf6 a5 28.
N2e4 b4 29. Ng5 Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "19"]
[Date "2002.02.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 g6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Bf4 Nc6 8. e3
O-O 9. Be2 Ne4 10. O-O Bf5 11. Nh4 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 Be4 13. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "19"]
[Date "2002.02.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2838"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Be3 Bb4 9. Na4 Be7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Nb6 Rb8 12. Nxc8 Qxc8 13. Bd4 O-O 14. e5 (
{Shirov played} 14. Qd3 {in round 1.}) 14... Nd5 15. c4 Nf4 16. Bf3 Qc7 17. Re1
Ng6 18. c5 f6 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Be4 Nf4 21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22. Qc2 h6 23. Rad1 Nd5
$1 24. g3 a5 $1 25. a3 Rff8 26. Re2 Qd8 27. Rd4 $1 Rb7 28. Bh7+ Kh8 29. Bd3 Qf6
30. Ra4 Ra8 31. Qd2 Qd8 32. Bb1 Rb5 33. Rh4 Qe7 (33... Qf8 $1 {protects the
weakness h6.}) 34. Rxh6+ $1 Kg8 (34... gxh6 $2 35. Qxh6+ Kg8 36. Re5 {has to
be avoided.}) 35. Rh4 Rab8 36. Bh7+ $2 ({Kasparov prefers} 36. Qc2 Nf6 37. Rc4
Rxb2 38. Qxb2 Rxb2 39. Rxb2) 36... Kf7 37. Qd3 Qg5 38. Qd4 Rxb2 39. Bg6+ Kg8
40. Bh7+ Kf7 41. Bg6+ Kg8 42. Bh7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "19"]
[Date "2002.02.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Bb7 9. d3 Re8 10. Nc3 b4 11. Nd5 Na5 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Ba2 d5 14. Bg5 dxe4 15.
dxe4 Rad8 16. Qe2 h6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Rad1 Qe7 19. h3 g6 20. Qe3 Kg7 21. Bd5
Bxd5 22. exd5 Nc4 23. Qb3 Na5 24. Qe3 Nc4 25. Qb3 Na5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "19"]
[Date "2002.02.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. d3 a6 7. h3 O-O 8. O-O b5
9. a3 Rb8 10. Kh1 a5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Be6 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Nd4 15. Nxd4
exd4 16. g4 Re8 17. Re1 Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 b4 19. axb4 Bxb4 20. Qc1 Rb5 21. c3 Bc5
22. c4 Rb3 23. Rxa5 g5 24. Bg3 Qb8 25. Bf1 Rxb2 26. Ra8 Qxa8 27. Qxb2 Nd7 28.
Bg2 Qa3 29. Qe2 Qc1+ 30. Kh2 Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "19"]
[Date "2002.02.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. b3 Bg4 $5 11. Ng5 Ke8 12. Bb2 Nd5 13. h3 Bf5 14.
g4 $1 Bd7 $1 15. Ne2 h5 $6 (15... h6 {is the natural move.}) 16. c4 Nb4 17.
Rad1 hxg4 18. Nxf7 Kxf7 19. Rxd7+ Ke6 20. Rxc7 Nd3 21. Bd4 Rxh3 22. Be3 g5 23.
Rxb7 Nxe5 24. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "19"]
[Date "2002.02.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2838"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O Nc6 5. c3 d5 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 e6 8. Nc3
Nge7 9. b3 O-O 10. Qd2 b6 11. Ba3 Ba6 12. Rac1 Qd7 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. g4 Rac8
15. h3 h6 16. e3 Kh7 17. Rc2 Ng8 18. Rdc1 Qe8 19. Ne1 Nf6 20. f4 Kg8 21. Nd3
Bxd3 22. Qxd3 Bf8 23. Bxf8 Qxf8 24. Qd2 Nb4 25. Rb2 Kg7 26. a3 Nc6 27. b4 Ne7
28. Rbc2 Ne8 29. Bf1 Nd6 30. Ba6 Rc6 31. Qd3 h5 32. Qe2 Qh8 33. Kg2 Qh7 34. g5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "19"]
[Date "2002.02.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. Nd2 Bg5 7. h4 Bxd2+ 8.
Bxd2 Nf6 9. Bg5 Be6 $5 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. Bxd5 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qd2 Ne7 14.
Bc4 O-O 15. Kf1 Rad8 16. Re1 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Qe2 Rfe8 19. Qe4 Nb6 $1 20.
Bb3 Rd4 21. Qxb7 c4 $1 22. dxc4 ({After} 22. Bxc4 Nxc4 23. dxc4 {Black has the
pleasant choice between} {the quiet} Rxc4 ({and the aggressive} 23... Rd2))
22... e4 $1 23. Kg1 Rd7 24. Qa6 {Shirov crowns an active game with a pretty
combination.} e3 25. fxe3 Rxe3 26. Rxe3 Rd1+ 27. Kh2 Qxh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "19"]
[Date "2002.02.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. c3 Bg7 12. Bd3 Be6 13. Qh5 O-O 14. exf5 Bxd5
15. f6 h6 16. fxg7 Kxg7 17. Nc2 Be6 18. Ne3 d5 19. h4 Qf6 20. Bf5 Bxf5 21.
Nxf5+ Kh7 22. Rd1 Rad8 23. Rh3 Qg6 24. Qxg6+ fxg6 25. Ne3 d4 26. Nc2 Rf4 27.
Rd2 h5 28. b3 Rd5 29. Kd1 Kg7 30. Ke1 a5 31. Kd1 Kf6 32. Ke1 Rc5 33. cxd4 exd4
34. Kd1 Rd5 35. Ne1 Ne5 36. Ke2 Re4+ 37. Kd1 Rf4 38. Ke2 Re4+ 39. Kd1 a4 40.
Nd3 axb3 41. axb3 Nxd3 42. Rdxd3 Ke5 43. Rdg3 Rg4 44. Kd2 Rc5 45. f3 Rxg3 46.
Rxg3 Kf6 47. Kd3 Rc3+ 48. Kxd4 Rxb3 49. Rg5 Rb4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "19"]
[Date "2002.02.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2838"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. a3 Nc6 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bf5 14. Re1 Rfe8
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. c4 Qe4 17. Be3 Bf6 18. Ra2 b6 19. h3 Na5 20. g4 $1 {Kasparov
brings life to a dull game.} Bg6 21. g5 Be7 22. Ne5 Bd6 23. Nxg6 hxg6 24. c5 $1
Bf8 25. Bg4 Rcd8 26. Rae2 Qd5 27. Bf4 Rxe2 28. Qxe2 c6 $6 ({Kasparov expected
a draw by} 28... Qc6 29. Bf3 Qd7) 29. Bc7 $1 Ra8 ({Black might survive in} 
29... Qxd4 $1 30. Bxd8 Qxd8 31. cxb6 axb6) 30. Qe5 $6 (30. Qa6 $1 Qc4 31. Qxc4
Nxc4 32. d5 {gives a strong attack (Kasparov).}) 30... Qxe5 31. Rxe5 Nc4 32. d5
$1 {An incredible move stes the board on fire.} Nxe5 $2 ({Equality keeps} 32...
cxd5 33. c6 Na5 $1 34. Rxd5 (34. Bd7 Nxc6 $1) 34... Nxc6 35. Bd7 Na5) 33. Bxe5
cxd5 ({More resistance offers} 33... Re8 $1 34. Bf4 f5 35. gxf6 gxf6 36. dxc6
f5 37. Bf3 g5 38. Bxg5 Bxc5 39. Bf4 Kf8 40. c7 Ke7 41. Bb7 Kd7 42. a4 {
(Kasparov).}) 34. c6 f5 35. gxf6 gxf6 36. Be6+ Kg7 37. Bg3 Bxa3 ({A pawn saves
} 37... d4 $1 38. c7 Bxa3 39. c8=Q Rxc8 40. Bxc8 {(Dokholan).}) 38. Bxd5 Rc8
39. c7 Bc5 40. Bb7 Rxc7 41. Bxc7 a5 42. Bc6 g5 43. Kf1 Kg6 44. f3 Kh5 45. Be8+
Kh6 46. Ke2 f5 47. Bd8 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "19"]
[Date "2002.02.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 Nd4 12. Nd2 c6 13. e3 Nb5 14. Nxb5 cxb5 15.
Nb3 Na4 16. Bb2 Bd5 ({A diversion of} 16... Qd7 {(Kharlov - Brenninkmeijer,
Leeuwarden 1995).}) 17. e4 Bf7 18. d4 Rc8 19. d5 Qd7 20. Qe2 Bd8 21. Ba1 Bb6
22. Rbc1 a6 23. h4 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rc8 25. Rc2 Rc7 26. Bf3 Qc8 27. Rxc7 Qxc7 28.
Qd3 Qc4 29. Be2 Bg6 30. Qxc4 bxc4 31. Bxc4 Bxe4 32. Nd2 Bf5 33. d6+ Kf8 34. Bd5
Bc8 35. d7 Bxd7 36. Bxb7 Bb5 37. Be4 h6 38. Bc2 Ke7 39. Kg2 Bd4 40. Nb3 Bxa1
41. Nxa1 Kd6 42. Bb3 Nc3 43. Nc2 Bc6+ 44. Kf1 Bd5 45. Bxd5 Kxd5 46. Ne3+ Ke4
47. h5 f5 48. Nc4 f4 49. Nd6+ Kf3 50. gxf4 exf4 51. Nf5 Nb5 52. a4 Nc3 53. Nxg7
Nxa4 54. Nf5 Kg4 55. Nxh6+ Kxh5 56. Nf5 Nc3 57. Nd4 Kg4 58. Kg2 Nd5 59. f3+ Kg5
60. Nc6 Kf6 61. Kh3 Kf5 62. Kh4 Ne3 63. Nb8 Nc2 64. Nxa6 Nd4 65. Kh3 Nxf3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "19"]
[Date "2002.03.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 c5 8.
Be3 Qc7 9. Ne5 a6 10. Qa4+ Nd7 11. O-O-O cxd4 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Qc2 Bc5 14.
Bxd4 Bxd4 15. Rxd4 Qc7 16. Bd3 Bd7 17. g3 h6 18. Rd1 O-O-O 19. Rc4 Bc6 20. Be4
$1 Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1 Rd8 22. Qf3 Rd6 23. h4 $1 Kb8 24. Bxc6 Rxc6 25. Rxc6 bxc6 {
White has reached a better queen ending with small means.} 26. h5 Kb7 27. Kc2
f5 $2 {Steinitz would not like this move.} ({Better is} 27... Qe7 28. b4 e5)
28. Qd3 Qf7 29. Qe2 f4 30. g4 g6 31. Qe5 $1 {Black's pawn structure looks
awful.} g5 $2 {Pawn h6 is lost.} ({Correct is} 31... gxh5 32. gxh5 Qh7+ 33. Kc1
Qf7 {(Adams).}) 32. Qh8 $1 e5 33. Qxh6 e4 $6 (33... Qe7 34. Qg6 Qc5 {gives the
last chance (Finkel).}) 34. Qg6 $1 (34. Qxg5 $2 {allows the counteraction} e3
$1 35. fxe3 f3 {(Adams).}) 34... Qc4 35. Qg7+ Kc8 36. Qh8+ Kb7 37. Qg7+ Kc8 38.
Qf8+ Kc7 39. Qe7+ Kc8 40. Qe8+ Kc7 41. Qe7+ Kc8 42. h6 c5 43. Qe8+ $1 {The
queen protects square b5.} Kc7 44. h7 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "19"]
[Date "2002.03.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2838"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2
Be7 9. g4 O-O 10. O-O-O Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. a3 Nd7 13. h4 Rb8 14. f4 Bb7 15.
g5 Nc5 16. Bg2 a5 17. Bxc5 dxc5 18. Qxd8 Rfxd8 19. Nxb5 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Rxb5 21.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 22. f5 exf5 23. Bxf5 g6 24. Re1 Kg7 25. Bd3 Rb7 26. Re5 Be7 27. c3
h6 28. Kc2 hxg5 29. hxg5 Kf8 30. Rd5 Rb8 31. Rd7 Bxg5 32. Bc4 Be7 33. Ra7 g5
34. Rxa5 g4 35. Bd5 f5 36. Be6 g3 37. Bd5 Rd8 38. Bf3 Kf7 39. b4 Rh8 40. Kb3
Rh2 41. Bd5+ Kf6 42. Ra8 Rd2 43. Bf3 Kf7 44. bxc5 Bxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "19"]
[Date "2002.03.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. h3 Ng6 11. Bg5+ Ke8 12. Rad1 Be7 $5 13. Bxe7 Kxe7
14. Nd4 $5 {Shirov keeps the battle going.} Nf4 ({Risk takes} 14... Nxe5 $6 15.
Rfe1 Kf6 16. b3 $1 {(Wedberg).}) 15. Ne4 Rd8 16. Rfe1 Rd5 17. c4 $5 Rd8 $6 ({
A surprising defence brings} 17... Rxe5 $5 18. Nf3 Ra5 $1 19. b4 Ra3 20. Nd4
Kf8 21. Ng5 h6 22. Nb5 $1 Rd3 23. Nxc7 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rb8 25. Ne4 Bf5 $11) 18.
Kh2 a5 19. g4 $1 a4 20. Kg3 Ne6 21. Nf5+ Kf8 22. f4 {White has gained much
territory.} b6 23. Rxd8+ Nxd8 24. Ne3 Ne6 25. f5 Nd4 26. Kf4 $6 (26. Ng5 $1 h6
27. Nf3 Nxf3 28. Kxf3 Bb7 29. Rd1 {keeps an edge.}) 26... Bb7 27. c5 a3 $1 28.
b3 Ba6 $1 29. cxb6 cxb6 30. Nd6 Rd8 31. Ndc4 Bxc4 32. Nxc4 b5 33. Nd6 f6 $1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "19"]
[Date "2002.03.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. Be2 a6 8. N5c3
Bg5 9. Nd2 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. b3 Nd4 12. Nf3 Bxc1 13. Rxc1 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Be6
15. Qd2 Qc7 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. h3 h6 18. Qe2 Rac8 19. Bg4 Qa5 20. Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "19"]
[Date "2002.03.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Bb7 9. d3 Re8 10. Na3 Bxa3 11. bxa3 $5 d5 $1 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bb2 Nf4 $1 14.
Bc1 $6 ({Ivanchuk prefers} 14. Qd2 Qf6 15. Qe3 Qf5) 14... Nxg2 $5 15. Ng5 $1
Nxe1 16. Qh5 $1 Qd7 $6 (16... h6 $1 17. Nxf7 Qf6 18. Ng5+ Kh8 19. Nf7+ {brings
perpetual check.}) 17. Bxf7+ Kf8 18. Be3 $3 {Adams seemed to win easily, but
Ivanchuk has sacrificed a rook for a dashing combination.} Nd4 19. Rxe1 Nf3+ $1
20. Kf1 $1 ({Avoids} 20. Nxf3 $2 Qxf7) 20... Nxg5 21. Bc5+ $1 Re7 22. Rxe5 Nxf7
23. Rxe7 Qxe7 24. Bxe7+ Kxe7 25. Qc5+ Kd7 26. Qd4+ Ke7 27. Qxg7 bxa4 $2 (27...
Bd5 $1 28. Qxh7 Rh8 29. Qf5 c6 {creates a fortress.}) 28. Qc3 Kd7 29. Qd4+ Nd6
30. Qxa4+ Ke6 31. Qg4+ Nf5 32. Qc4+ Bd5 33. Qxc7 h5 34. c4 Bh1 35. f4 Rf8 36.
Qb6+ Kf7 37. Qa7+ Ne7 38. Qxa6 Rb8 39. d4 Rb1+ 40. Ke2 Rb2+ 41. Kd3 Rb3+ 42.
Kd2 Rh3 43. d5 Rxh2+ 44. Kd3 Nxd5 45. cxd5 Bxd5 46. f5 Ra2 47. Qa7+ Kf6 48.
Qd4+ Kg5 49. Qxd5 Rxa3+ 50. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "19"]
[Date "2002.03.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2838"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 O-O 7. d4 cxd4 8.
cxd4 d5 9. e5 Ne4 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. Nh4 Be6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Na4 g5 14. Nf3 f6
15. Be3 g4 16. Nd2 fxe5 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Nc5 Bf5 19. dxe5 Qxd1 20. Raxd1 Bxe5
21. Nd7 Bxd7 22. Rxd7 Bxb2 23. Rxe7 Rfe8 24. Rc7 Rec8 25. Re7 Re8 26. Rc7 {
Many draws have been scored halfway. Only Adams really fought.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "19"]
[Date "2002.03.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5
Nf6 9. c4 b4 $6 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. Nc2 Qg6 12. Qd5 $1 {A novelty leads to
pressure.} Bb7 13. Nxb4 Rc8 $1 ({Anand dislikes the passive} 13... Nd8 14. Qd1
Qxe4+ 15. Be3) 14. Be3 Be7 15. h4 O-O 16. h5 Qg4 17. f3 Qg3+ 18. Kd1 $1 ({
Avoids} 18. Bf2 Nxb4 $1) 18... Bg5 {White has an extra pawn. Black has
tactical chances.} 19. Nxc6 ({An interesting alternative gives} 19. Rh3 Qxh3
20. gxh3 Bxe3 21. Qd3 {(Anand).}) 19... Bxe3 $2 ({Anand rejects} 19... Bxc6 20.
Qd2 Bxe3 21. Qxe3 {But the active} f5 $1 22. Rh3 Qf4 23. Qxf4 exf4 24. exf5
Rxf5 25. Kd2 Bd7 {leads to counter-play for Black.}) 20. Ne7+ Kh8 21. Qd3 Bg5
22. Nxc8 Rxc8 23. h6 $5 gxh6 24. Kc2 d5 25. exd5 Bxd5 26. Qxd5 Rd8 27. Qc5 Rd2+
28. Kb3 Kg7 29. a3 e4 30. Rh3 Qf4 31. fxe4 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "19"]
[Date "2002.03.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Nc6 5. Nc3 Nd5 6. Qxc4 Nb6 7. Qb3 e5 8.
dxe5 Be6 9. Qc2 Nd4 10. Qd3 Bc5 11. e3 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Qxd3 13. Bxd3 O-O-O 14.
Be2 Bb4 15. Bd2 Na4 16. a3 Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Rd5 19. f4 Rc5 20. Rc1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "19"]
[Date "2002.03.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2838"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. a3 b6 8. Be3
Bb7 9. f3 Nc6 10. Be2 Rb8 $6 11. b4 $1 {White expands on both flanks.} Be7 12.
O-O O-O 13. Rc1 Ne5 $2 ({A square for the queen opens} 13... Rbc8 $1) 14. f4 $1
Ng6 ({The pointe is} 14... Nxc4 $2 15. Bxc4 Qxc4 16. Nb1 Qa2 17. Rf2) 15. Bd3
$1 Ba8 16. Qe2 Kh8 $1 {Retreats are needed.} 17. e5 Ng8 $1 18. Qh5 a5 $6 19.
Ndb5 $6 (19. Rb1 {continues the restriction of the queenside.}) 19... Qc6 20.
Rc2 axb4 21. axb4 Bxb4 22. Ne4 f5 23. Ng5 Nh6 24. Kh1 Bc5 25. Bc1 Qc8 26. h3
Kg8 27. Kh2 Ne7 28. Nd6 Bxd6 29. exd6 Nc6 $2 ({The knight assists in rthe
defence of the kingside by} 29... Ng6) 30. Bb2 Nb4 31. Rd2 b5 $1 ({Black
avoids the combination} 31... Nxd3 $2 32. Rxd3 Qxc4 33. Nxh7 Qxd3 34. Qg6 {
(Ribli).}) 32. Rc1 Qe8 $1 ({Averts} 32... Nxd3 $2 33. Rxd3 bxc4 34. Bxg7 $1
Kxg7 35. Rg3 {(Ribli).}) 33. Qe2 Nxd3 34. Rxd3 {White pieces are moving
forwards to the kingside.} Nf7 ({If Black exchanges by} 34... bxc4 35. Rg3 $1
Rb3 36. Rcc3 Qg6 37. Rxb3 cxb3 38. Nxe6 $1 Ng4+ 39. hxg4 Qxe6 40. Qxe6+ dxe6
41. gxf5 {White wins the endgame.}) 35. Rg3 Nxg5 36. Rxg5 Rf7 37. Qe5 Qf8 38.
cxb5 h6 39. Rg3 Kh7 40. Bd4 Bd5 41. b6 Rf6 42. Rcc3 Rf7 43. Rc7 Be4 44. Rb3 Bd5
45. Rb5 Bb7 46. Ra5 Qd8 47. Ra7 Be4 $6 ({Or} 47... Bd5 48. Qe2 Qh4 49. g3 Qd8
50. Qb5) 48. Qxe6 $1 Qh4 49. Qxf7 Qxf4+ 50. Kg1 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "19"]
[Date "2002.03.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Re4 g5 $1 16. Qe2 Nf6 $5 17. Nd2 $1 Bf5 18. f3 c5 $1 {A new move leads to
restriction.} 19. Qf2 c4 20. Bc2 h6 21. b3 cxb3 22. axb3 Rfc8 23. Bb2 Bb4 $2 {
Capture on e4 leads to a broad pawn centre.} ({The defence is reorganised by} 
23... Bg6 $1 24. c4 Qd7 25. Rc1 {Now} bxc4 26. bxc4 Nxe4 27. fxe4 Bb4 {accepts
the challenge.}) 24. Re5 $1 Bxc2 25. cxb4 Bg6 26. Rc5 Re8 (26... Rd8 27. d5 $1)
27. Nf1 Rad8 28. d5 Nd7 29. Ne3 $1 h5 (29... Nxc5 30. bxc5 Kf8 31. Rxa6 {is
horrible (Ftacnik).}) 30. f4 h4 31. f5 hxg3 32. hxg3 Bh5 33. d6 Re4 34. Rac1
Nxc5 35. bxc5 Kh7 36. Bf6 Rg8 37. d7 Rh4 38. Qg2 Bf3 39. Qxh3 Rxh3 40. Kf2 g4
41. Nf1 Rh5 42. d8=Q Rxd8 43. Bxd8 Rxf5 44. Ne3 Rh5 45. Bh4 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "19"]
[Date "2002.03.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Bb7 9. d3 Re8 10. Nbd2 Bf8 11. c3 Na5 12. Ba2 c5 13. d4 d6 14. b4 $6 (14. d5 {
avoids problems.}) 14... exd4 $1 15. bxa5 $6 (15. cxd4 cxb4 {gives Black a
plus.}) 15... dxc3 16. Nf1 Nxe4 17. axb5 axb5 18. a6 Bc6 19. Rxe4 $5 (19. Bd5
Qc8 20. Qd3 {is not in the style of Shirov.}) 19... Bxe4 20. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 21.
Ng5+ Kg8 22. Nxe4 Qc8 $1 {The black pawns look overwhelming.} 23. Nxc3 $2 ({
Better is} 23. Qd5+ Qe6 24. Nxc3 Qxd5 25. Nxd5 Ra7 {(Shirov)} 26. Be3 Rea8 27.
Ra5 Rxa6 28. Rxb5) 23... Rxa6 24. Rb1 b4 25. Nd5 Ra7 26. Rb3 Ra1 27. h3 Re5 28.
Nf4 Qe8 29. Rf3 c4 30. Kh2 b3 31. Qd2 d5 32. Ne3 Bd6 33. g3 Qc6 34. Ng4 d4 $4 {
He blunders in time trouble.} ({Right is} 34... Rf5 35. Bb2 Ra7 {Black
protects g7 and has a big edge.}) 35. Qxd4 Re4 $4 36. Qxa1 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "19"]
[Date "2002.03.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Bc5 6. Bg2 d6 7. O-O O-O 8. e3
a6 9. b3 Ba7 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. Bb2 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. d3 Qe7 14. Qd2 f5 15.
Rae1 Rae8 16. Bc3 Kh8 17. Nh4 Qg5 18. Kh2 f4 19. exf4 exf4 20. Rxe8 Bxe8 21.
Nf3 fxg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "19"]
[Date "2002.03.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Qe2
Ng6 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nh4 11. Nbd2 Rc8 12. Bb1 Bd6 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 Nxf3+
15. Nxf3 Nb4 16. Bd2 a5 17. Rd1 O-O 18. Bc3 Qb6 19. Ra1 Bf4 $2 ({Better is} 
19... Bc7 {(Adams)}) ({or} 19... f5 20. e5 Be7) 20. Ne5 Qc7 21. Qg4 Bxe5 $6 ({
More resistance offers} 21... Bh6) 22. dxe5 Bc6 23. h4 Kh8 24. Ra3 $1 {
Attackers move to the kingside.} Rg8 25. h5 h6 26. Qf4 $1 Rcf8 27. Bd4 Bb5 28.
Rc3 Nc6 29. Bc5 Be2 $6 30. Rd2 Bxh5 31. Rh3 ({Adams analyses} 31. Rh3 Bg6 32.
Rxh6+ $1 gxh6 33. Qxh6+ Bh7 34. Qf6+ Rg7 35. Bxf8) 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "19"]
[Date "2002.03.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2838"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Nbd7 9. g4 b5 10. g5 b4 11. Ne2 Nh5 12. Qd2 a5 13. Ng3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 a4 15. Nc1
Qa5 16. Nd3 d5 17. exd5 Qxd5 18. Bg2 Qb5 19. Bh3 Bxh3 20. Rxh3 Be7 21. Rh4 f5
22. O-O-O b3 23. a3 Rc8 24. c3 Nf8 25. Rh2 Ng6 26. Nb4 Rd8 27. Nd5 Kf7 28. Qd3
Qxd3 29. Rxd3 f4 30. gxf4 exf4 31. Nxf4 Nxf4 32. Rxd8 Rxd8 33. Bxf4 Rd3 34. Rh3
Kg6 35. Bd2 Bd8 36. Rg3 Be7 37. Rh3 Bd8 38. Rg3 Kf5 39. Kd1 Bc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "19"]
[Date "2002.03.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. c4 Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. f4 Re8 10. Kh1 Nbd7 11. Qe2 {A poor novelty.} g6 $6 12. Bd2 Bf8 13. Rad1
Nh5 14. Nf3 $1 ({Less effect has} 14. f5 $6 exf5 15. Nxf5 Ne5 16. Bc2 $6 Bxf5
17. exf5 Qh4 {(Ftacnik).}) 14... b6 15. e5 Bb7 16. Ng5 Ng7 ({Vallejo fears} 
16... Qc7 17. Nxh7 $1) 17. Be4 $1 Qc7 18. Qf3 Bxe4 19. Ncxe4 h6 20. exd6 Qd8 ({
Black is crushed in} 20... Qxc4 $2 21. b3 Qc8 22. Rc1 Qd8 23. Rc7 Nh5 24. g4 $1
Bxd6 25. Nxf7 $1) 21. Qh3 $1 hxg5 22. fxg5 e5 $2 {Black collapses. The
position seems to be lost anyway.} ({The last chance gives} 22... Rc8 23. b3
Rc5 24. Nxc5 bxc5 {but} 25. g4 $1 Qa8+ 26. Kg1 Bxd6 27. Bc3 Qb8 28. Qh6 e5 29.
Rd3 {wins for White.}) 23. Qxd7 $1 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "19"]
[Date "2002.03.07"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2838"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. a3 Be7 8. Be3
O-O 9. Rc1 Nc6 10. Be2 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 d6 12. O-O Rb8 13. Qb6 Qxb6 14. Bxb6 Bd7
15. Rfd1 Rfc8 16. b4 Be8 17. Ba7 Ra8 18. Be3 Nd7 19. Na4 Rc6 20. f3 Kf8 21. Kf2
h6 22. g3 Rc7 23. Bf4 Rc6 24. Be3 Rc7 25. Bf4 Rc6 26. h4 Ra7 27. Nc3 Ra8 28.
Na4 Ra7 29. Nc3 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "19"]
[Date "2002.03.07"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Be3 Nb4 8.
Be4 f5 9. exf6 exf6 10. Nc3 f5 11. Bb1 N4d5 12. Nf3 Bd6 13. Bg5 Be7 (13... Qd7
{was playerd in Timman-Salov, Sanghi Nagar 1994.}) 14. Bd2 O-O 15. O-O Nxc3 16.
bxc3 Be6 17. Re1 Bd5 18. Bd3 Nc4 19. Bxc4 $1 {White has to take action against
the blockade.} Bxc4 20. Ne5 Bf7 $6 21. Nxf7 Rxf7 22. Qb3 {Now he has the
initiative.} c5 23. d5 b5 24. Re6 Qd7 25. Rae1 c4 26. Qd1 Rd8 27. Qe2 Qxd5 28.
Rxe7 Rxe7 29. Qxe7 Qxd2 30. Qe6+ Kf8 31. Qxf5+ Kg8 32. Qe6+ Kf8 33. Qe7+ Kg8
34. Qe6+ Kf8 35. h4 Qd7 36. Qa6 Qd2 37. Qe6 Qd7 38. Qe5 Re8 39. Qc5+ Kg8 40.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 41. Qd5+ Kh8 42. Kf1 h6 43. f3 a5 44. Kf2 Qg6 45. Qa8+ Kh7 46. Qxa5
Qc2+ 47. Kg3 Qg6+ 48. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "19"]
[Date "2002.03.07"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 Ne4 8. Nxe4
Bxe4 9. d3 Bb7 10. e4 O-O 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 d6 13. b3 a6 14. Be3 Nd7 15. f4
Re8 16. Bf2 Qc7 17. Rc1 Bf6 18. Qd2 Rad8 19. g4 $5 {The attack starts at last.}
Nc5 20. b4 g6 $1 21. Nc2 ({Avoids} 21. bxc5 $2 dxc5) 21... Nd7 22. g5 Bg7 23.
Ne3 h5 $2 ({The centre is attacked by} 23... f5 24. exf5 gxf5 {(Stohl).}) 24.
gxh6 Bxh6 25. Ng4 Bf8 $5 26. Bh4 Rc8 27. Bg5 a5 28. a3 axb4 29. axb4 Ba6 $6 ({
More resistance offers} 29... f5 30. Nf2 Kf7) 30. f5 $1 Bxc4 31. f6 $1 {Black
is helpless against a raid through the h-file.} Ne5 32. Nh6+ Bxh6 (32... Kh7
33. Qf4 {leads to trouble.}) 33. Bxh6 b5 $1 34. Bg7 Qb6+ 35. Kh1 Ng4 36. h3 $2
(36. Rc2 $1 Bb3 37. Rb2 Bc2 38. h3 Qf2 39. Re2 {stops the counter.}) 36... Qf2
37. Qg5 Be2 38. hxg4 ({Black properly defends in} 38. Rxe2 Rxc1+ 39. Qxc1 Qxe2
40. hxg4 Qxg4 41. Qh6 Qh5+ {(Stohl).}) 38... Bf3 39. Bxf3 Qxf3+ 40. Kh2 Qf2+
41. Kh1 Qf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "19"]
[Date "2002.03.08"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2838"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Qf3 Nbd7 8.
Be2 h5 9. Bg5 Qa5 10. Bd2 Qb6 11. Nb3 Qc7 12. a4 b6 13. Bg5 Bb7 14. Rd1 Be7 15.
Qe3 Nc5 16. Nd2 Rd8 17. O-O Ng4 18. Bxg4 hxg4 19. Bxe7 d5 $1 20. Qg3 Qxg3 21.
fxg3 Kxe7 22. exd5 exd5 $6 ({A counteraction begins} 22... Bxd5 $1 23. b4 Nb7
24. Nxd5+ Rxd5 25. Nc4 Rdh5 26. Nxb6 Nd6 {(Adams).}) 23. Rde1+ Kf8 24. b4 Ne4
25. Ncxe4 dxe4 26. Nc4 $1 Rh5 27. Nxb6 Rd6 28. Nc4 Rd4 29. Ne3 $6 (29. Na5 $1 {
keeps a plus.}) 29... Rxb4 30. Rd1 Re5 31. Rd7 Re7 32. Rd8+ Re8 33. Rd7 Re7 34.
Rd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "19"]
[Date "2002.03.08"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. Qc2 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5+ 8. Nc3
dxc4 9. O-O Nc6 10. Bg5 Qxc5 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. Rfd1 b5 14. a4 Ba6
$1 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Rd6 Rac8 17. Nd2 Nd4 18. Qd1 Rcd8 $1 19. Ne4 Qe5 {A
tactical phase ends the game.} 20. f4 ({Little advantage gains} 20. Rxa6 Nb3
21. Qe1 Nxa1 22. Qxa1 b4 {(Ribli).}) 20... Qxd6 $1 21. Nxd6 Rxd6 22. e3 Nf5 23.
Qe1 {Black has sufficient compensation for the queen.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "19"]
[Date "2002.03.08"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nxc6 Bxc6 9. Qe2 Ne7 10. Bd2 $1 ({White revises} 10. f4 b4 11. Nd1 {
(Tolmai-Smirin, Komotini 1992).}) 10... Ng6 11. a4 b4 {The pointe of the
novelty follows.} 12. Nd5 $1 a5 13. c3 b3 $5 14. g3 Bd6 15. Ne3 O-O 16. Nc4 Bc5
17. Be3 Qe7 $6 ({Slightly better is} 17... Bxe3 18. Nxe3 Qc7) 18. Nd2 Ne5 $2 {
There is no need to sacrifice a pawn.} 19. Bxc5 Qxc5 20. Nxb3 Qd6 21. Bb5 f5
22. f4 Ng4 23. e5 Qd5 24. Bxc6 dxc6 25. Nd4 c5 26. Nb5 Rad8 27. h3 Nh6 28. Rfd1
Qb3 29. Rd6 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "19"]
[Date "2002.03.09"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. cxd5 Qxd5 14. Re1 Rfe8
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. c4 Qe4 17. Be3 Bf6 18. Ra2 b6 19. h3 Na5 20. g4 Bg6 21. g5 Be7
22. Ne5 Bd6 23. Nxg6 hxg6 24. c5 Bf8 25. Bg4 Rcd8 26. Rae2 Qc6 $1 ({Black
improves on} 26... Qd5 {in Kasparov - Adams (round 5).}) 27. cxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "19"]
[Date "2002.03.09"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2838"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 c5 8.
Ne5 $1 {Kasparov has to win this game. He brings a sublime novelty.} Nd7 $2 ({
Kasparov recommends} 8... a6) 9. Bb5 $1 Bd6 10. Qg4 $1 Kf8 $1 ({Avoids} 10...
O-O $2 11. Bxd7 Bxd7 12. Bh6) 11. O-O $6 ({White can attack without a pawn
sacrifice in} 11. Qh5 $1 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Be7 13. O-O) 11... Nxe5 12. dxe5 Bxe5
13. Bg5 Bf6 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. Qh4 $5 ({The king hides behind a fortress in} 15.
Bxf6 gxf6 16. h4 Ke7) 15... Bxg5 16. Qxg5 f6 17. Qh5 g6 18. Qh6+ Kf7 (18... Qg7
$2 19. Rd8+ Kf7 20. Be8+ $18) 19. Rd3 $6 (19. f4 {exerts more pressure.}) 19...
a6 20. Rh3 Qe7 (20... axb5 $4 21. Qxh7+) 21. Bd3 f5 22. g4 $5 (22. Qxh7+ {
followed by exchanges leads to a draw.}) 22... Qf6 23. Rd1 b5 24. Be2 e5 25.
Rhd3 Ra7 $2 ({Right is} 25... fxg4 26. Rd6 Qf4 27. Rxg6 Qxh6 28. Rxh6 {
(Dokhoian).}) 26. Rd6 Qg7 27. Qe3 Rc7 28. a4 $1 e4 ({Insufficient is} 28... c4
29. Qb6) 29. axb5 axb5 30. Bxb5 Qe5 31. Qg5 Qe7 32. Qh6 Be6 ({Or} 32... c4 33.
Rxg6 hxg6 34. Qxh8 fxg4 35. Be8+ $1) 33. Qf4 Bc8 34. Qh6 Be6 35. gxf5 gxf5 36.
Be2 $1 Qf6 37. Bh5+ Ke7 38. Rxe6+ $1 {Kasparov takes the lead in Linares.} ({
The point is} 38. Rxe6+ Kxe6 (38... Qxe6 39. Qg7+) 39. Rd6+) 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "19"]
[Date "2002.03.09"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 e6 5. Bb3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. c3 Nc6 8. Re1
b5 9. Nbd2 d5 10. e5 Nd7 11. d4 Ba6 12. Nf1 b4 13. Ba4 $5 Rc8 14. Bxc6 Rxc6 15.
cxb4 Bxf1 16. Rxf1 cxb4 17. Be3 Qa5 18. g3 $6 Rfc8 19. Ne1 Qb5 20. h4 a5 21. b3
a4 (21... f6 $1 {gains an advantage.}) 22. Nd3 Rc3 23. Nf4 Nf8 24. Qg4 Qd7 25.
h5 axb3 26. axb3 Rxb3 27. h6 g6 28. Nh3 Rbc3 29. Bg5 b3 30. Rfb1 Rb8 31. Kg2
Rc7 32. Rb2 Bxg5 33. Qxg5 Qe7 34. Qe3 Qb4 35. Qf4 Qe7 $2 ({Black should defend
by} 35... Nd7 $5 36. Ng5 Qf8) 36. Qf3 Rcb7 37. Rab1 Nd7 38. Rxb3 Rxb3 39. Rxb3
Qf8 40. Rxb8 Nxb8 41. Ng5 {White puts pressure on the pawns f7 and h7.} Nd7 42.
Qf4 Qe7 43. Qc1 Qd8 44. Nf3 Kf8 45. Ng5 Kg8 46. Nf3 Kf8 47. Kg1 {Black will be
suffocated.} Qb8 $6 ({Right is} 47... Kg8 48. Qc6 Nf8 {but} 49. Kg2 $1 {brings
a semi-zugzwang.}) 48. Qa3+ Ke8 ({Or} 48... Kg8 49. Qe7) 49. Ng5 Nf8 50. Qa4+
Ke7 51. Kg2 Qb7 52. Qa3+ Ke8 53. Qf3 Qe7 54. Qf6 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "19"]
[Date "2002.03.10"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. c4 b6 8. Nc3
Bb7 9. f4 Be7 10. f5 Nc6 11. Be3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 O-O {White controls a larger
domain.} 13. fxe6 fxe6 14. Qe2 Kh8 15. Rad1 Nd7 16. Rxf8+ Qxf8 17. Na4 Bf6 $1 {
Black defends actively.} 18. Bxf6 ({Avoids} 18. Bxb6 $4 Nxb6 19. Nxb6 Bd4+ {
(Ribli).}) 18... Qxf6 19. Qe3 Rd8 20. b4 a5 21. Nxb6 axb4 $6 ({Equality keeps} 
21... Ne5 $1 22. Rf1 Qh6 23. Qxh6 gxh6 24. Bc2 axb4) 22. Rf1 Qh6 $5 23. Qxh6
gxh6 24. Nxd7 Rxd7 25. Rb1 Ba6 26. Rxb4 d5 $1 27. Ra4 Bxc4 28. Bxc4 dxc4 29.
Rxc4 Rd1+ 30. Kf2 Rd2+ 31. Kg3 Rxa2 32. Rc6 Ra3+ 33. Kh4 Ra2 34. Kh3 Ra3+ 35.
g3 Ra2 36. Rxe6 h5 37. Re7 Re2 38. e5 h6 39. Re8+ ({The drawn rook ending can
be lost by} 39. Kh4 $4 Rxh2#) 39... Kg7 40. Re7+ Kg6 41. e6 Kf6 42. Re8 Kg6 43.
e7 Kg7 44. g4 hxg4+ 45. Kxg4 Kf7 46. Rh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "19"]
[Date "2002.03.10"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Re4 g5 16. Qe2 f5 $1 ({Adams played} 16... Nf6 {in round 9.}) 17. Bxd5+ $1 (17.
Re6 $2 Bxe6 18. Qxe6+ Kh8 19. Qxd6 Rae8 20. Bd2 f4 $1 21. Bxd5 cxd5 22. f3 g4
$1 {(Smirin-Grischuk, Panormo 2001).}) 17... cxd5 18. Re6 f4 19. Rxd6 Bg4 20.
Qf1 Qxf1+ 21. Kxf1 Rae8 22. Bd2 Bh3+ 23. Kg1 fxg3 24. hxg3 Re2 {Anand will
have investigated the crucial position before the game.} 25. Be3 ({Not} 25. f4
$2 Rfe8 $1 26. Rh6 g4 $19) (25. Rh6 Rexf2 $1 26. Na3 Rg2+ 27. Kh1 Rxd2 28. Rxh3
Rff2 29. Rb1 Kg7 30. g4 Kg6 {White does not proceed (Ponomariov).}) 25... Rxe3
26. fxe3 Rf1+ 27. Kh2 g4 28. Rxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "19"]
[Date "2002.03.10"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2838"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bxb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 Ra4 13. b4 Qh4 14. O-O
Rg8 15. f4 {Shirov plays a new move.} (15. c3 f4 16. Qxa4 Rxg2+ 17. Kxg2 Qg4+ {
ends with perpetual check (Luther-McShane, Lippstadt 2000).}) 15... Kd8 $1 16.
c3 Ra6 17. a4 $2 ({Better is} 17. exf5 Bb7 $1 {(Kasparov)} 18. Nbc7 Ne7 $1 19.
Rf2) 17... fxe4 18. f5 $6 Bb7 19. Ra2 e3 $1 {Black chooses the most elegant
win. He opens the diagonal a8-h1.} 20. Nxe3 Qe4 21. Re1 Nxb4 $1 {The decisive
blow.} 22. cxb4 Bh6 $1 {White collapses.} 23. Kh1 Bxe3 24. Qe2 Rc6 25. a5 Qxb4
26. Nxd6 Rxd6 27. Qxe3 Qd4 28. Qc1 Qd5 {Kasparov ended the cycle superbly.
Shirov and Vallejo Pons lost too many games.} 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Group two"]
[Date "2002.07.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2002.??.06"]

{Dortmund 2002 was played from 6 until 21 vii. The winner got the right to
challenge Kramnik for classical world championship match. We follow the
thirteen games by Péter Lékó and one additional encounter. The event started
with double rounds in two groups of four. Dortmunder Sparkassen and Mrs. Naheh
Ojjeh supported the contest financially.   Lékó played in a group with Adams,
Bareev and Morozevich.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6.
h3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. O-O Nd7 9. Be3 e5 10. Qd2 Re8 11. Nh2 b6 12. Bh6 $5 Bh8
13. Kh1 Qe7 14. Rae1 Nf8 15. Ne2 Ne6 16. b3 a5 17. a4 Bd7 18. f4 exf4 19. Nxf4
Nd4 20. Ne2 Nxe2 21. Rxe2 b5 22. Bg5 Qd6 23. c4 f5 24. Bf4 Qd4 25. e5 $1 Be6 $1
26. Nf3 Qd7 27. Qe3 bxa4 28. bxa4 Rab8 29. Rd2 Qa7 30. h4 Rb4 31. Ra1 Bg7 32.
Bg5 Bf7 33. Bh6 Qe7 34. Re2 Bxh6 35. Qxh6 Qf8 36. Qf4 h6 $2 (36... Be6 $1 37.
h5 {gives a plus for White (Adams).}) 37. e6 $1 {White starts a dire attack.}
Rxe6 38. Rxe6 Bxe6 39. Re1 Bf7 40. Ne5 $2 ({White can win by} 40. Qc7 $1 Rxa4
$5 41. Re7 {(Adams)} Qg7 42. Ne5 Ra1+ 43. Kh2 Re1 44. Qc8+ Qf8 45. Qxf8+ Kxf8
46. Nxg6+ $1) 40... Be8 41. Nf3 Rb3 42. Qc7 Rxd3 43. Qxa5 Bf7 44. Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Group two"]
[Date "2002.07.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2002.??.06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. f3 h6 10. Bh4 Nbd7 11. Bd3 c5 12. Ne2 Rc8 13. O-O Ba6 14. b4 cxd4 15.
Qxd4 Ne5 $5 16. b5 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Bb7 18. e4 Qc7 19. Rac1 Rfd8 20. Rfd1 Rd7 21.
a4 Qc5+ $6 22. Bf2 Qb4 $2 23. Qc2 $1 {Black has no defence against the threat
of c5! and an annihilation of his queen.} d5 $5 24. c5 $1 Rdc7 ({Or} 24... bxc5
25. e5 $1) 25. c6 $1 Bxc6 26. Bg3 $1 {The moves have to remain subtle.} Bxb5
27. Bxc7 Rxc7 28. Qxc7 Bxe2 29. Re1 Bc4 30. Qxa7 h5 31. e5 Nh7 32. Rb1 Bb3 33.
Kh1 Qxa4 34. Qxb6 Bc2 35. Qd8+ Nf8 36. Rb8 Qa3 37. Qd6 {Lékó had a poor start.}
1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Group two"]
[Date "2002.07.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2002.??.06"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 f5 11. Nc3 Nc7 12. b4 Bd7 $5 13. Bb2 Ng5 $5 14. Ne5 Bxe5
$5 ({Preferable is} 14... dxc4 $1 15. Bxc4+ Be6 {(Huzman).}) 15. dxe5 f4 16. f3
Kh8 17. Rfd1 Qe8 18. Rac1 $6 {Péter misses a chance.} (18. cxd5 $1 {(Lékó)}
Nxd5 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Qc5 {gains an advantage.}) 18... dxc4 19. Bxc4 a5 20.
Qf2 $6 (20. bxa5 $1 Be6 $1 21. Bd3 {keeps a plus.}) 20... axb4 21. axb4 Be6 22.
Bxe6 Ncxe6 23. Qb6 Qh5 $1 24. Rd6 $6 ({More prudence shows} 24. Rd2 $1) 24...
Nxf3+ $1 25. gxf3 Ng5 $1 26. Rf1 Nxf3+ 27. Rxf3 Qxf3 28. Qf2 $1 Qh5 29. Ne4 Ra2
30. Rd2 Qf5 31. Qf3 h6 32. h3 Rxb2 33. Rxb2 Qxe5 34. Rb1 Re8 35. Nf2 $1 Qf5 36.
Rb3 $1 Qc2 37. Kg2 Re2 38. Ra3 Qg6+ 39. Qg4 Qxg4+ 40. hxg4 Rb2 41. Kf3 Rxb4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Group two"]
[Date "2002.07.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2002.??.06"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. O-O Nf6 7. h3 O-O 8. a3 a6
9. Ba2 Be6 $5 10. Nd5 Nd4 11. Ne3 Nd7 12. c3 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Bg5 14. Rd1 Qf6 15.
Qxf6 Nxf6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Nc4 Bxc1 18. Raxc1 Rad8 19. b4 b5 20. Na5 Rc8 21.
c4 cxb4 22. axb4 bxc4 23. dxc4 $6 {White gives a pawn for an attack, but runs
into trouble.} Nxe4 24. f3 Ng3 25. Kf2 Nf5 26. c5 d5 27. Re1 e4 $5 28. fxe4
Nd6+ 29. Ke3 Nxe4 30. Nc4 $5 Nxc5 $1 31. Nd6 d4+ $1 32. Ke2 d3+ $1 33. Ke3 d2
$1 34. Nxc8 dxe1=Q+ 35. Rxe1 Nd7 ({Or} 35... Rxc8 36. Rc1 Kf7 37. bxc5) 36.
Ne7+ Kf7 37. Nc6 Rc8 38. Rf1+ Nf6 39. Ne5+ Ke7 40. Kd4 Rd8+ 41. Kc4 Rd2 $5 42.
Ra1 $1 Rc2+ 43. Kd4 Rd2+ 44. Kc4 Nd5 45. Rxa6 Ne3+ 46. Kb3 Kf6 47. Nc6 Rxg2 48.
b5 Rg3 49. b6 Nd5+ 50. Kb2 Nxb6 51. Rxb6 Rxh3 52. Kc2 g5 53. Kd2 Rh2+ 54. Ke3
Rh1 55. Ke2 {So far Lékó had scored minus one.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Group two"]
[Date "2002.07.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2002.??.06"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. c3 Be7 14. c4 $5 Qa6
$5 (14... Qc7 {(Le Du - Alanic, Plancoet 2002) shows more prudence.}) 15. O-O
Ngf6 16. Rfe1 O-O 17. Nf5 $1 {Lékó grabs his chance to attack.} Rfe8 ({He
mentions} 17... Bd8 $2 18. Nxh6+ gxh6 19. Bxh6 Re8 20. Ne5 $1) 18. Nxe7+ Rxe7
19. Bb4 Ree8 20. Ne5 Rad8 $6 (20... Nxe5 21. Rxe5 Rad8 {equalises.}) 21. Qe2 b5
$5 22. Rac1 bxc4 23. Qxc4 Qxc4 24. Rxc4 Nb6 $1 25. Rxc6 Rxd4 26. Bc5 $1 Ra4 $1
27. a3 Nc4 $5 28. Nxf7 $1 Nxb2 $1 ({Not} 28... Kxf7 $2 29. b3 $1) 29. Nd6 $5
Rb8 $2 {Black allows a terrible pin.} ({Better is} 29... Rd8 $1 30. Rxe6 Nd3
31. Nf5 Nxc5 32. Rxc5 {(Lékó)} Rxa3 $1) 30. Rb1 $1 Nxh5 31. Be3 $1 Rxa3 32. Bd4
Rab3 33. Rc8+ $1 Rxc8 34. Nxc8 Rb4 {Black has hidden resources.} 35. Bxb2 ({Or
} 35. Ne7+ $5 Kh7 $3 36. Bxb2 Rb6 $1 37. Nc8 Rb3 38. Nxa7 {If the king had
gone to f7, White gives check on d6.} Nf4 $1 39. Nc6 Nd3 {Black escapes.})
35... Nf4 $2 ({Right is} 35... Rb7 $1 36. Nd6 Rb4 $1 {(Lékó).}) 36. Ne7+ Kh7
37. Nc6 Rb3 38. Ne5 a5 39. g3 Nd5 40. Nc4 $1 Nb6 41. Nd2 Rb4 42. Bc3 Rxb1+ 43.
Nxb1 a4 44. Na3 Nd5 45. Bb2 g5 46. Nc4 h5 47. Ne5 Nb4 48. Kf1 Nc2 49. Ke2 Kh6
50. Kd3 Nb4+ 51. Kc4 Nd5 52. Bc1 Nf6 53. Kd3 Nh7 54. Ke2 Kg7 55. Nd7 Kg6 56.
Nc5 Kf5 57. Kf3 Nf6 58. Nxa4 h4 59. gxh4 gxh4 60. Nc3 Ng4 61. Ne2 Ne5+ 62. Kg2
Nd3 63. Be3 Kg4 64. f3+ Kf5 65. Nc3 e5 66. Ne4 Ne1+ 67. Kf2 Nc2 68. Ke2 Nd4+
69. Bxd4 exd4 70. Kf2 Ke5 71. Nc5 Kd5 72. Nd3 Kc4 73. Ne5+ Kc5 74. Kg2 Kd5 75.
Ng6 d3 76. Kf2 d2 77. Ke2 Kd4 78. Nxh4 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Group two"]
[Date "2002.07.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2002.??.06"]

{Lékó and Adams have scored 21/2 points. The winner of this game will qualify
for the semifinal.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3
Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nf6 9. h3 O-O 10. Nc3 Nb4 11. Be2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 c6 13. Bg5
Nbd5 14. Re1 Be6 15. Qb3 Qb6 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. Bb3 h6 $5 {A new
move is played at last. Black has a passive position.} 19. Bf4 Rfc8 20. Ne5 g5
$5 21. Bh2 Bb4 $6 {Black should do nothing at all after he has broadened his
terrain on the kingside.} ({Right is} 21... Kg7 {(Lékó).}) 22. Re2 {The rook
becomes more active.} Ne4 23. Nd3 Bf8 24. Rae1 Bg7 25. Be5 Bxe5 26. Nxe5 Kg7
27. Nd3 Rc7 $6 (27... Nd6 $1 28. Nb4 Nc4 {(Lékó) counters on the queenside.})
28. Nb4 Rd8 29. g4 $1 {White wants to attack knight e4 by f3.} Nf6 30. Kg2 Rd6
31. f3 {He prepares Kg3.} Bd7 32. Kg3 Kf8 $6 ({More logical is} 32... Bb5) 33.
h4 $1 Bb5 34. Re5 gxh4+ 35. Kxh4 Bc4 36. Bc2 $1 Bb5 ({Not} 36... Bxa2 37. b3 $1
) 37. a3 $1 Rd8 38. Kg3 Kg7 39. Bf5 Kf8 40. Rh1 Kg7 41. Nc2 Re8 42. Ne3 Rce7
43. Kf4 $1 Bc6 44. Bc2 Bd7 ({Or} 44... Rxe5 45. dxe5 Ng8 46. Nf5+) 45. g5 $1 {
Poor Mickey has been outplayed entirely.  Lékó had won two important games by
solid play. He and Bareev qualified for the semifinals. Shirov and Topalov won
in the other group before Gelfand and Lutz. The pairings became Shirov - Lékó
and Bareev - Topalov.} (45. g5 hxg5+ 46. Rxg5+ {leads to mate in two.}) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Semifinal 1"]
[Date "2002.07.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2002.??.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. O-O Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. c3 Bg7
15. Qh5 e4 16. Bc2 O-O 17. Rae1 Qc8 18. Kh1 Rb8 $1 {A novelty gives
counter-play.} 19. f3 b4 20. Nb1 $1 (20. fxe4 $5 bxa3 21. exf5 Ng6 $1 22. f6
Rxb2 23. fxg7 Kxg7 24. Bb1 Qxc3 25. Rc1 $1 ({not} 25. Qf5 $2 Rxg2 $1 {
(Zenklusen - Arizmendi Martinez, Biel 2003)})) 20... bxc3 21. bxc3 Bxc3 22.
Nxc3 Qxc3 23. fxe4 f4 $1 {Lékó wants to rule the dark squares.} (23... Qxc2 {
(Lékó)} 24. exf5 Ng6 {draws.}) 24. Bb3 $6 (24. Bb1 $1 Ng6 25. e5 $1 dxe5 26.
Bxg6 fxg6 27. Qxe5 {forces a draw (Lékó).}) 24... Ng6 25. Rc1 Qf6 26. Qf5 Qe7
$1 27. Rc4 a5 $1 28. h3 $2 {White weakens square g3.} ({Better is} 28. Rc6 {
and both sides can do little.}) 28... Rb4 29. Rxb4 axb4 30. Bd1 Ra8 31. Rf2 Qa7
32. Rc2 $6 ({More solid is} 32. Re2 Qd4 33. Bb3) 32... Kg7 $1 33. Kh2 Qe3 $1
34. Bf3 Qe1 $1 35. Rc7 $5 Qg3+ $1 36. Kh1 Ne5 37. Bh5 Rxa2 38. Rxf7+ Nxf7 39.
Qxf7+ Kh6 40. Qf6+ Kxh5 41. Qf5+ Kh6 42. Qf6+ Qg6 43. Qh4+ Kg7 44. Qe7+ Qf7 45.
Qg5+ Kf8 46. Qd8+ Qe8 47. Qf6+ Kg8 $1 {Lékó played wonderful creative chess.} (
{Lékó has calculated} 47... Kg8 48. Qg5+ Kf7 49. Qf5+ Ke7 50. Qe6+ Kd8 51.
Qxd6+ Kc8 52. Qc5+ Kb7 53. Qxb4+ Ka8 $1 {and Black escapes from perpetual
check.}) 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Semifinal 1"]
[Date "2002.07.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2002.??.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. a4 Nb6 12. a5 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Bxc4 14. Rfd1 Rc8
15. Nc1 d5 $1 {Shirov solves the problems in the centre by a drastic new move.}
16. Bb6 $1 Qe8 $1 17. exd5 Bb4 18. d6 $5 Qd7 19. Nd3 Qxd6 20. Nxb4 Qxb4 21. Ne4
$1 {Lékó strives for a slightly better endgame.} Qxd2 22. Nxf6+ gxf6 23. Rxd2
Be6 24. f3 Rc4 25. c3 Kg7 26. Re1 Rfc8 27. Kf2 h5 28. Red1 Ra4 29. Rd6 {But he
has no serious winning chances.   Lékó led with 11/2-1/2. Shirov decided to
play for a win in his last white game.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Semifinal 1"]
[Date "2002.07.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2002.??.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be3 b6 9. Qd2 e5 10. Bh6 Qd6 11. O-O-O $5 a5 $5 ({Grischuk encountered} 11...
b5 {by Lékó}) ({and} 11... Be6 {by Shirov in Dubai 2002.}) 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. g4
$5 a4 14. Ne2 b5 15. Ng3 b4 16. Qg5 $1 {Both players pursue their strategic
aims.} Re8 17. Nd2 $5 {White prevents .. b3.} ({The line} 17. Nh5+ $6 Nxh5 18.
gxh5 b3 $1 {is less commendable.}) 17... a3 $1 18. bxa3 $2 {Shirov commits an
astonishing blunder.} ({Right is} 18. b3 $1 Qd4 19. Nc4 h6 20. Qe3 Ba6 21. Ne2
{(Lékó).}) 18... h6 19. Qe3 Be6 $1 20. Nb3 ({Or} 20. g5 hxg5 21. Qxg5 Nh7 $1 {
(Lékó)} 22. Nc4 Nxg5 23. Nxd6 Reb8) 20... Rxa3 21. Qxc5 Qb8 $1 22. Kb2 Nd7 $1
23. Qe3 Nb6 24. Ra1 c5 $1 25. Kc1 ({The pointes are} 25. Nxc5 Nc4+ $1 26. dxc4
Rxe3) ({and} 25. Qxc5 Na4+) 25... c4 26. dxc4 Nxc4 27. Qe1 Qa7 28. Qxb4 Qxf2
29. Nf5+ gxf5 30. gxf5 Rc8 $1 31. fxe6 Ne3 {Lékó had won the match with 21/2-1/
2. So no fourth game was necessary.} 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Semifinal 2"]
[Date "2002.07.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2002.??.17"]

{The second semifinal had exciting scores. Topalov and Bareev won two games of
classical chess. Rapid chess (25 minutes plus five seconds per move) was
played, hereafter. A draw occurred in the fifth round. The decision fell in
round six.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Be7 7.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 8. h4 c5 9. Qd2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 $5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Qb4 $5 ({
Theory is} 12. O-O-O) 12... Nd5 $6 ({Better is} 12... a5 $1 13. Bb5+ Bd7 14.
Qa3 Qe7 {(Rabinovich).}) 13. Qa3 Qe7 14. Bb5+ Bd7 15. Bxd7+ Kxd7 $5 ({A wiser
choice is} 15... Qxd7 {, if you play rapid chess.}) 16. Qa4+ Kc7 17. Rh3 $5 a6
18. Rb3 $5 Qc5 19. O-O-O b5 $2 ({Correct is} 19... Nb6 $1 {White can take a
draw or try the risky 20. Nxe6+!? (Bareev).}) 20. Qa5+ Qb6 21. Qe1 $1 Kb7 22.
Qe2 Ka7 {White decides the game by two sacrifices.} 23. Nxb5+ $1 axb5 24. Rxb5
Qc6 ({Or} 24... Qa6 25. Rdxd5 $1 exd5 26. Qe7+) 25. Rdxd5 $1 exd5 26. Qe7+ Ka6
27. Rb3 $1 {Topalov had qualified for the final. Bareev remained polite!} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Final"]
[Date "2002.07.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "2002.??.18"]

{Lékó had enjoyed two rest days. Topalov had to continue right away.} 1. e4 c5
2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 Bb7
9. Be2 c5 10. O-O Qc7 11. Nd6+ Bxd6 12. exd6 Qc6 13. f3 c4 14. Qd4 O-O 15. Bxc4
Rfc8 16. b3 Qxd6 17. Rf2 Qb6 18. Bb2 Qxd4 19. Bxd4 Nb4 20. c3 d5 21. Bf1 Nc6
22. Be3 Ne7 $5 ({Known is} 22... a5 {(Kasparov - Grischuk, Cannes 2001).}) 23.
Rc1 a5 24. Rfc2 e5 25. c4 f6 $2 (25... d4 $1 26. Bf2 Nc6 27. a3 f5 {combines
defence and counter-play (Lékó).}) 26. cxd5 Rxc2 27. Rxc2 Nxd5 28. Bd2 $1 {
White has the majority on the queenside and the two bishops.} a4 29. bxa4 Rxa4
30. Bb5 Ra8 31. a4 Kf8 32. a5 Ba6 33. Ba4 Rb8 34. Kf2 Rb1 35. Rc1 Rb2 36. Rc2
Rb1 37. Kg3 Ne7 38. Bd7 Kf7 39. Rc7 Rb2 40. Bc3 {White rules on the seventh
rank.} Ra2 $2 ({An exchange of rooks by} 40... Nd5 $5 41. Bxb2 Nxc7 {gives the
last chance (Lékó).}) 41. Bh3 $1 {He overprotects g2 and threatens Bb4.} Ra4
42. Ra7 Bb5 43. Bf5 $1 h5 44. h4 Kf8 45. Ra8+ Kf7 46. Bc2 $1 Rf4 ({Not} 46...
Ra3 $2 47. Bb4) 47. a6 Bc6 48. Rd8 Nf5+ 49. Bxf5 Rxf5 50. Rc8 $1 Bd5 51. a7 Rf4
52. a8=Q Bxa8 53. Rxa8 Rc4 54. Bd2 Kg6 55. Ra7 Rd4 56. Be3 Rc4 57. Rb7 Rc3 58.
Bd2 Rc2 59. Ba5 Ra2 60. Bd8 Ra8 61. Bb6 Rc8 62. Rc7 Rb8 63. Bc5 Re8 64. Kf2 $1
Rh8 65. Ke3 Ra8 66. Kd3 Ra4 67. g3 Ra8 68. Ke4 Rh8 69. Kd5 Rd8+ 70. Ke6 Ra8 71.
Bd6 Re8+ 72. Be7 Ra8 73. Rb7 Ra6+ 74. Bd6 Ra8 75. f4 $1 exf4 76. gxf4 Ra6 77.
Rd7 Ra8 78. f5+ Kh7 79. Kf7 Ra4 80. Bf8 Rg4 81. Bxg7 $1 {Lékó played
accurately.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Final"]
[Date "2002.07.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2002.??.18"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. O-O Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. c3 Bg7
15. Qh5 e4 16. Bc2 O-O 17. Rae1 Qc8 18. Kh1 Rb8 $1 19. g4 $5 {Topalov has
found a novelty.} ({Shirov did} 19. f3 {in the semifinal against Lékó.}) 19...
b4 20. cxb4 Nxd5 $1 21. gxf5 Kh8 22. Rg1 (22. Bxe4 Nf6 23. Qf3 Rxb4 {brings no
advantage for White (Lékó).}) 22... Bxb2 23. Qh6 Qc3 $1 24. Rxe4 Qf6 {Black
has stopped the white attack by the queen manoeuvre c8-c3-f6.} 25. Qh3 $5 (25.
Rh4 Qxh6 26. Rxh6 Bxa3 27. f6 Nxf6 28. Rxf6 {equalises but Veselin plays to
win.}) 25... Rg8 $1 26. Rf1 Bxa3 27. Qxa3 Rbc8 28. Bd1 Nc3 29. Re3 d5 $1 {
Black has the initiative.} 30. Rg3 d4 31. Bf3 d3 32. Qb2 Qd4 33. Rd1 $2 ({
Right is} 33. Qd2 $1 {(Lékó).}) 33... Rxg3 34. hxg3 Rc4 35. Rf1 d2 36. f6 $5 {
The time for opportunism has arrived.} Qxf6 $2 (36... Rxb4 37. Qc2 Rb6 {wins
two pawns.}) 37. Kg2 Qd4 38. Qc2 Rc7 $1 39. Qf5 $5 f6 40. Rh1 d1=Q 41. Bxd1
Nxd1 {White can start a counteraction.} 42. Rh4 Qd8 43. Rh6 Rf7 44. Qe6 Rf8 45.
Qe4 $2 ({The complicated line} 45. Qf5 $1 Qe7 46. Qd3 Qb7+ 47. f3 Nb2 48. Qc2
Qg7 49. Rh1 f5 $1 50. Rb1 {(Lautier)} Na4 $1 51. Qxa4 Rg8 52. g4 fxg4 53. f4
Qb7+ {leads to a black attack.}) 45... Qd7 46. Qf3 Kg7 47. Rh5 Nb2 48. Rd5 Qe6
49. Rd4 Rc8 50. Re4 Qc6 51. Kh2 Kf8 $2 ({Correct is} 51... h5 $1 {(Lautier).})
52. Qf4 $1 Kf7 53. Qf5 Rg8 54. Qxh7+ Rg7 55. Qh5+ Kf8 56. Qf5 $4 {White should
deliver perpetual check.} Nc4 57. Re2 ({The pointe shows} 57. Re6 Rh7+ $1 58.
Qxh7 Qxe6 {(Lékó).}) 57... Rg5 58. Qh7 Ne5 59. Qh6+ Kg8 60. Qxg5+ fxg5 61. Rxe5
Qf6 62. Re2 Qf3 63. Rd2 Kf7 64. a4 Qb3 65. Rd6 Qxa4 66. Rb6 Qa2 {Lékó had
scored 2-0 after a hard fight and the match seemed to be over. But Topalov
kept on battling.} 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Final"]
[Date "2002.07.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2002.??.18"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. O-O d6 8. c4
b6 9. Nc3 Bf6 $5 {Topalov plays an odd move in an unusual variation.} 10. Qc2
Ne7 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Rfd1 Nd7 13. Qd2 Bb7 14. Be2 Be5 15. Bd4 Rd8 16. Rac1 Bxd4
17. Qxd4 Nf6 18. Na4 Nc8 19. e5 $5 {Lékó wants a quick draw naturally.} dxe5
20. Qxd8+ Qxd8 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. c5 $1 b5 23. c6 $5 Ba8 $5 (23... Bxc6 24.
Rxc6 bxa4 25. Nc5 a3 26. b3 {simplifies (Ftacnik).}) 24. Nac5 $1 Kc7 25. Nxa6+
Kb6 26. Bxb5 Nd6 (26... Kxb5 27. Nc7+ {equalises.}) 27. Be2 Bxc6 28. Nb4 Bd5
29. Nd2 Nf5 30. Nc4+ Bxc4 31. Rxc4 Nd4 32. Bf1 Rd8 $5 33. Nd3 Nc6 {Topalov has
avoided a dead draw.} 34. a4 e4 35. Nc5 Na5 36. Rb4+ $1 Kxc5 37. Rb5+ Kc6 {The
black king is needed for the defence.} 38. Rxa5 Nd5 39. Rb5 Nf4 40. Rb4 f5 41.
Rc4+ Kb7 $1 42. g3 $1 ({Not} 42. f3 $2 e3 $1) 42... Nd3 43. a5 g5 44. Be2 Rd5
45. b4 Ne5 46. a6+ $5 Kb8 47. Rc2 g4 48. Rc5 Nf3+ 49. Kf1 $2 {Lékó misses a
chance for qualification.} ({The exchanges by} 49. Bxf3 $1 gxf3 50. Rxd5 exd5 {
lead to a drawn pawn ending.}) 49... Nxh2+ 50. Ke1 Nf3+ 51. Bxf3 exf3 52. Rc6
Re5+ 53. Kd1 h5 54. b5 Rxb5 55. Rxe6 Rb2 56. Ke1 Rb1+ 57. Kd2 Rf1 58. Re5 f4
59. gxf4 Rxf2+ 60. Ke3 Re2+ 61. Kd3 Ra2 {Topalov had reduced the edge to 2-1.}
0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Final"]
[Date "2002.07.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E27"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2002.??.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne8 $5 {Lékó gives
control over terrain for a solid position.} 7. e4 b6 8. Bd3 Ba6 9. Nh3 Nc6 10.
e5 Na5 11. Qe2 f6 12. O-O $1 {Topalov diverts from Najdorf - Beni, Dubrovnik
1950.} c5 13. Be3 Rc8 14. Rac1 {White defends the broad centre.} d5 15. Nf4 Nc7
16. exf6 Qxf6 17. cxd5 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 cxd4 19. cxd4 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 exd5 {
Exchanges have led to equality. Topalov avoids additional simplification at a
slight positional cost.} 21. Bf2 $5 Nc4 22. Rfe1 Rfe8 23. Bg3 Qg6 24. Qb3 $5 h6
$5 {Black could have exchanged rooks.} 25. Qb5 Qf7 26. a4 Kh7 27. h3 Ra8 28.
Be5 a6 29. Qb3 Qg6 30. f4 {White hopes to charge on the kingside.} Rf8 31. Rc3
Ra7 32. Rg3 Qf5 33. Kh2 Raf7 34. Rg4 Rd7 35. Rc1 Rff7 36. Rc3 $5 Rb7 $1 37. Qd1
$5 Qe4 38. Rgg3 Qf5 39. Rb3 b5 {Lékó takes the initiative.} 40. axb5 Rxb5 41.
Rxb5 axb5 42. Rb3 Rb7 43. Qe1 Qe4 44. Qxe4+ $6 dxe4 {White has a poor endgame.}
45. d5 g5 46. g4 e3 47. Kg3 $2 ({Correct is} 47. Kg2 $1 Re7 48. d6 $1) 47... e2
$2 {Actually, Lékó does not need to win.} ({He misses the victory by} 47... Re7
$1 48. Rb1 (48. d6 $2 gxf4+ $1) 48... e2 49. Kf2 gxf4 50. Bxf4 Nb2 $1 51. Bd2
Nd3+ 52. Kg3 e1=Q+ 53. Bxe1 Re3+ {(Milov).}) 48. Kf2 Re7 49. Ke1 $1 Nxe5 50. d6
Re6 51. fxe5 Rxe5 52. Rb2 Re8 53. Rxb5 Kg7 54. Rb6 Re3 55. d7 Rd3 56. Rb7 Kf8
57. Kxe2 Rd6 58. Ke3 Ke7 59. Ke4 Re6+ 60. Kf3 Rd6 61. Ke4 Re6+ {The result
came after five hours of play in the Goldsaal of the Westfalenhalle. Lékó had
won the final by 21/2-11/2. The challenger of Kramnik gained 100,000 Euro and
the runner-up 70,000 Euro. Organisers were satisfied with the result, because
Lékó was the player with fine results against Kramnik.   The match for the
world championship between Kramnik and Lékó was planned for 2003, but the
sponsor Einstein Group went bankrupt. An interesting encounter took place in
2004.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 65"]
[Date "2003.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

{The event was played from 10 - 26 i. The games among the top eight have been
analysed. Anand won the tournament with 81/2/13, half-a-point before Polgár.
They lost no games. Bareev became third. The fourth place was shared by Van
Wely, Shirov, Grischuk, Ivanchuk and world champion Kramnik. } 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3
Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nc3 c4 8. O-O cxd3 9. cxd3 c5
10. Be3 b6 11. d4 cxd4 12. Bxd4 O-O 13. Qa4 Qd7 14. Qb4 Qd6 15. Qb5 Qd7 16. Qe2
Qb7 17. Rad1 Bd7 18. Ne5 Rad8 19. Ng4 Bc6 20. Nxf6+ exf6 21. f3 Rd6 22. Be3
Rfd8 23. Rxd6 Rxd6 24. Rd1 Qd7 25. Rxd6 Qxd6 26. Qa6 Qd7 27. a4 f5 28. exf5
gxf5 29. Qc4 h6 30. b3 Kh7 31. Ne2 Qd1+ 32. Kf2 Bd5 33. Qf4 Qc2 34. Kg3 Qxe2
35. Qxf5+ Kg8 36. Qc8+ Kh7 37. Qf5+ Kg8 38. Qc8+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 65"]
[Date "2003.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Be7 10. Kb1 b5 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Qxd6 Qxd6 14.
Rxd6 Rc8 15. Ne2 Ke7 16. Rd3 Rhd8 17. Nc1 a5 18. a3 b4 19. axb4 axb4 20. Rxd8
Rxd8 21. Be2 h5 22. Nd3 Rd4 23. h4 Bb5 24. g3 b3 25. Re1 Bxd3 26. Bxd3 Be5 27.
f4 Bd6 28. Re3 bxc2+ 29. Kxc2 Bc5 30. Rf3 Ra4 31. e5 Bd4 32. Be2 g6 33. Rb3 Bf2
34. Rf3 Be1 35. Bd3 Kf8 36. Re3 Bf2 37. Rf3 Be1 38. Kd1 Ra1+ 39. Ke2 Bb4 40.
Bb5 Ra2 41. Rb3 Ba3 {White was a pawn up but he had no real winning chances.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 65"]
[Date "2003.01.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Rd1 Na6 11. Bf4 Nc5 12. Qc2 Qc8 13. Rac1 Nce4 14. Nd4 Nxc3
15. Qxc3 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qb7+ 17. Qf3 Ne4 18. Nb5 f5 19. Bd6 Nxd6 20. Nxd6 Qxf3+
21. Kxf3 Rab8 22. Rc3 Rfd8 23. Rcd3 Kf8 24. e4 Bxd6 25. Rxd6 fxe4+ 26. Kxe4 Ke7
27. f4 Rb7 28. b3 Rc8 29. a4 Rc5 30. g4 Rbc7 31. R1d3 h5 32. h3 Rb7 33. f5 hxg4
34. hxg4 g6 35. fxe6 (35. fxg6 $1 Rg5 36. Kf4 Rxg6 {and White keeps a
positional plus.}) 35... dxe6 36. Rd8 Kf6 37. Kf4 g5+ 38. Ke4 Re5+ 39. Kd4 Re1
40. Rf3+ Kg7 41. Rff8 Rg1 42. Ke5 Rxg4 43. Kxe6 Re4+ 44. Kd5 Rbe7 45. Rg8+ Kh6
46. Kc6 R4e6+ 47. Kb5 Rg6 48. b4 g4 49. c5 bxc5 50. bxc5 a6+ 51. Ka5 Ree6 52.
Rxg6+ Kxg6 53. Rd6 Kf5 54. Rxe6 Kxe6 55. c6 Kd6 56. Kb6 g3 57. c7 g2 58. c8=Q
g1=Q+ 59. Kxa6 Qf1+ 60. Ka7 Qf2+ 61. Ka8 Qb6 62. Qc4 Qc6+ 63. Qxc6+ Kxc6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 65"]
[Date "2003.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. c3 Bg7 12. Bd3 Be6 13. Qh5 O-O 14. exf5 Bxd5
15. f6 e4 16. fxg7 Re8 17. Be2 Re5 18. Qh6 b4 19. Nc2 bxc3 20. bxc3 Qg5 21.
Qxg5 Rxg5 22. O-O Be6 23. Rfd1 Rc5 24. Rxd6 Rxc3 25. Ne3 Nb4 26. a4 Nc2 27.
Nxc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 65"]
[Date "2003.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. Bf4 e6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4
Nf6 15. Qd3 Qd5 16. c4 Qe4 17. Qxe4 Nxe4 18. Be3 Nd6 19. b3 Bf6 20. g4 (20.
Rhe1 {was played in Bondarchik-Bets, Nikolaev 2001.}) 20... b5 $1 {Bareev
counters immediately.} 21. Nd2 Kd7 22. Kc2 Bd8 $6 {The bishop should stay on
the kingside.} 23. Nf3 $1 Bf6 $5 {Black changes his mind.} 24. Ne5+ Kc7 25. c5
$5 ({Best is} 25. Bf4 $1 Bxe5 {(Kramnik)} 26. Bxe5) 25... Bxe5 26. dxe5 Nc8 27.
Rh3 Ne7 28. Rf3 Rhf8 29. Rd6 a5 30. g5 $1 {The attack on the kingside begins.}
hxg5 31. Bxg5 Nf5 $1 32. Rd1 a4 33. b4 Kc8 $2 (33... Rh8 34. Rfd3 Raf8 $1 {is
okay (Lukacs).}) 34. Rfd3 Ra7 35. Rd8+ Rxd8 36. Rxd8+ Kb7 37. Kc3 Ka6 38. Kd3
Rc7 39. Ke4 Kb7 40. Rd1 Kc8 41. Rd8+ Kb7 42. Kf4 $1 Rc8 43. Rd7+ Rc7 44. Rd3
Kc8 ({Or} 44... Rc8 45. Bd8 $1) 45. Rd8+ Kb7 {Black has a passive position.
White takes advantage in a fine manner.} 46. Bf6 $3 g6 ({The pointe is} 46...
gxf6 47. exf6 Rc8 48. Rxc8 Kxc8 49. Kg5 Kd7 50. h6 Nxh6 51. Kxh6 e5 52. Kh7 $1
e4 (52... Ke6 53. Kg7 a3 54. f3) 53. Kg7 Ke6 54. a3 {and White wins by
zugzwang (Kramnik).}) 47. hxg6 fxg6 48. Kg5 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 65"]
[Date "2003.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Nf6 8.
Nc4 b5 9. Ne3 Be7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Rb8 12. Ncd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Na5 14. a4 b4
15. Bd2 f5 16. c3 bxc3 17. Bxc3 e4 18. Bc2 Bf6 19. g3 Bd7 20. Rb1 Nb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 65"]
[Date "2003.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Nf6 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. e4 c5 15.
exd5 exd5 16. dxc5 d4 17. Bb2 bxc5 18. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 65"]
[Date "2003.01.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Qc7 8. O-O
Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Qd3 b6 11. a3 Bb7 12. b4 Be7 13. Be3 O-O 14. Rac1 d6 15.
Rfd1 Rab8 16. Bf4 Rfd8 17. Qe3 Rbc8 18. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 65"]
[Date "2003.01.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. O-O Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. c3 Bg7
15. Qh5 e4 16. Bc2 O-O 17. Rae1 Qc8 18. Bb3 a5 19. Qg5 Qb7 $5 {Kramnik tries
something new.} 20. f3 h6 $1 21. Qg3 $1 a4 22. Bc2 b4 23. Nc4 $5 {White plans
a temporary piece sacrifice.} Qxd5 24. fxe4 $1 Qxc4 25. exf5 Nd5 $1 ({Or} 25...
Nxf5 26. Rxf5 Rae8 {(Shirov).}) 26. f6 Nxf6 27. Rxf6 Rae8 28. Ref1 Re2 $2 {
Kramnik presumes to start an energetic counterattack.} ({Right is} 28... bxc3
29. Rxh6 Qd4+ 30. Kh1 Qe3 31. Qxe3 Rxe3 32. Bh7+ Kh8 {drawn (Shirov).}) 29. Bd3
$1 Qc5+ 30. Kh1 Re3 (30... Rxb2 31. Rxh6 Rxa2 $6 32. Rh8+ $1 {has a disastrous
result.}) 31. R6f3 Rxf3 32. Qxf3 bxc3 33. bxc3 Qe5 34. c4 Kh8 $5 35. Bc2 Qa5 $2
({Black offers more resistance by} 35... Qe6 36. Bxa4 Qxc4 37. Bb3 Qc5) 36. Qd3
f5 37. Qxd6 Qc3 38. Bd3 Qd2 39. c5 Qxa2 40. c6 Rg8 41. Qg6 $1 Rf8 42. c7 Qg8
43. Qc6 Rc8 44. Ba6 {The world champion lost due to the sharp play by Shirov.}
1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 65"]
[Date "2003.01.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2
b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Bb7 11. O-O Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bf4 Bd5 14. Qe3 Bxb2
15. Rad1 e6 16. Nd4 $5 Bxd4 17. Rxd4 Nc6 18. Rd2 Qf6 19. Rc1 Rfe8 20. h3 e5 21.
Bg5 Qe6 22. Bg4 f5 23. Bd1 f4 24. Qc3 Nd4 25. Bxf4 Bxa2 26. c6 $6 {Technical
problems begin for White.} Bc4 27. c7 Qd6 28. Bg3 Re7 29. Qa5 $6 ({Van Wely
and Chuchelov prefer} 29. Bxe5 Qxe5 30. Rxd4 Qxc7 31. Bb3) 29... Rc8 30. Bg4
Rcxc7 31. Rcd1 Nb3 $6 32. Rxd6 Nxa5 33. Bh4 $1 Rf7 34. Rxa6 $6 {A comedy of
exchange losses begins.} ({Better is} 34. Bd8) 34... Nc6 35. Rd6 Nb4 36. Ra8+
Kg7 37. Bg3 Nd3 38. Rxd3 $1 Bxd3 39. Bxe5+ Kh6 40. Rd8 $6 ({Right is} 40. Bxc7
Rxc7 41. Rb8 Rc2 {(Van Wely and Chuchelov).}) 40... Rce7 $6 (40... Rc1+ {keeps
the exchange.}) 41. Bd6 $2 (41. Bc3 $1 Bc4 42. Bd2+ Kg7 43. Bc3+ Kh6 44. Bd2+
g5 45. h4 {gives sufficient counter-play.}) 41... Re1+ $1 42. Kh2 Bf5 43. Bb4
Re6 44. Bd1 Rc6 45. Bb3 Be6 46. Bd2+ Kg7 47. Bxe6 Rxe6 48. Bc3+ Kh6 49. f4 Rc6
50. Bd4 g5 51. fxg5+ Kxg5 52. Rb8 Rf5 53. Rg8+ Rg6 54. Rh8 h5 55. Kg3 Rd5 56.
Be3+ Kf6+ 57. Kf3 Kg7 58. Rb8 Re6 59. Bf4 Rd3+ 60. Kf2 Rb3 61. Rd8 Re4 62. Bd2
Kf6 63. Rf8+ Ke6 64. Rh8 Re5 65. Bf4 Rf5 66. g3 Rc5 67. Be3 Rf5+ 68. Bf4 b4 69.
Ke2 Ra5 70. Rh6+ Kf7 71. Kd2 Ra2+ 72. Kc1 Rf3 73. Kb1 b3 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 65"]
[Date "2003.01.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 Bb4 6. a3 Bxd2+ 7. Nxd2 Bb7 8.
Nf3 d5 9. cxd5 Bxd5 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Bf4 c5 13. dxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 65"]
[Date "2003.01.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Ng5 O-O 8. f4
Bg4 9. Qe1 exf4 10. Bxf4 Nd4 11. Qd2 Qd7 12. a4 h6 13. Nf3 Nxf3+ 14. gxf3 Be6
15. Kh1 Kh7 16. Bb5 Qd8 17. d4 cxd4 18. Ne2 Nh5 19. Bg3 Nxg3+ 20. hxg3 Bg5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 65"]
[Date "2003.01.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "193"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Rb8 12. Nc2 Bg5 13. a3 Ne7 $5 14. Nxe7
Qxe7 15. Nb4 Qd7 16. Bd3 O-O 17. O-O Qb7 18. a4 a5 19. Nd5 bxa4 20. Qxa4 Be6
21. Bc4 $6 Qxb2 22. Ra2 Qb7 23. Qxa5 Qc6 24. Ra4 Ra8 25. Qb5 Qxb5 26. Bxb5 Rxa4
27. Bxa4 Bxd5 28. exd5 Ra8 29. Rb1 g6 30. Bc6 Ra3 31. c4 Rc3 32. g3 $6 Rxc4 {
Judit has lost a pawn, but she survives due to the bishops of different colour.
} 33. Rb8+ Kg7 34. Rb7 Rc3 35. Be8 Rf3 36. Ba4 Ra3 37. Be8 Rf3 38. Ba4 e4 39.
Kg2 Ra3 40. Be8 Rf3 41. Ba4 Bd2 42. Rb3 Rf5 43. Bc6 Be1 44. Rb2 Bc3 45. Re2 Bd4
46. Bd7 Re5 47. Bc6 Re7 48. Ra2 Bc5 49. Re2 h5 50. h4 Kf6 51. Ra2 Re5 52. Re2
Kg7 53. f4 Re7 54. Ra2 Kf6 55. Kf1 Kf5 56. Kg2 Kg4 57. Ba4 Rb7 58. Bd1+ Kf5 59.
Re2 e3 60. Kf3 Kf6 61. Rc2 Rb4 62. Be2 Kg7 63. Rc1 Rb2 64. Rd1 Kf6 65. Rd3 Ke7
66. Rd1 Kd8 67. Ra1 Kd7 68. Rd1 Ra2 69. Bb5+ Kc7 70. Be2 f5 71. Rd3 Rd2 72.
Rxd2 exd2 73. Bd1 Kb6 74. Ke2 Ka5 75. Bc2 Bg1 76. Kxd2 Bh2 77. g4 Bxf4+ 78. Ke2
hxg4 79. h5 gxh5 80. Bxf5 Kb4 81. Bg6 h4 82. Bf5 g3 83. Kf3 Kc4 84. Bh3 Be5 85.
Ke4 Bf6 86. Bf1+ Kc3 87. Bg2 Kc4 88. Bf1+ Kc5 89. Bg2 Be7 90. Bf1 Bd8 91. Bg2
Kc4 92. Bf1+ Kc3 93. Bg2 Kd2 94. Kf3 Kd3 95. Kg4 Ke3 96. Kh3 Bf6 97. Bh1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 65"]
[Date "2003.01.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 Bxd4 10. Bxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qb6 12. Qd2 Qxb2 $5 13. Rb1 Qa3 14. Nb5
Qxa2 $5 ({The alternative gives} 14... Qc5 15. Nd6+ {(Nielsen-Holst, Aars 1999)
} Kf8 $1) 15. Nd6+ Kf8 16. Rd1 Qb2 17. Be2 Qb6 $2 ({More active is} 17... a5 $1
18. O-O Qb4) 18. c4 $1 d4 19. Bf3 $2 ({White wins by} 19. Bh5 g6 20. O-O $3
gxh5 21. f5 d3+ 22. Kh1 Nxe5 23. Qh6+ Ke7 24. c5 $1 Qxc5 25. Ne4 Qd5 26. Qf6+
Kd7 27. Qxh8 Qxe4 28. Rfe1 {(Shirov).}) 19... a5 $6 20. O-O d3+ 21. Kh1 Qd4 $2
({Right is} 21... Nc5) 22. Nb5 $1 {White offers the c-pawn in order to open
the position.} Qc5 (22... Qxc4) ({Or} 22... Qxc4 23. Nd6 Qd4 24. Rc1 Nb6 25.
Rc3 Bd7 26. Rb1) 23. Qxd3 g6 24. Nd6 Nb6 25. Rb1 $1 Kg7 26. Rb5 Qc7 27. Qd4 Nd7
28. f5 $1 {Shirov crushes the defence.} gxf5 29. Nxf5+ exf5 30. e6+ Ne5 31.
Rxe5 f6 32. Rxf5 Rf8 33. Bd5 Qe7 34. Rh5 Kh8 35. Be4 Bxe6 36. Rxh7+ Qxh7 37.
Bxh7 Kxh7 38. Qe4+ 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 65"]
[Date "2003.01.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. h3 Bf6 17. Nh2 Qa5 18. Bd2 Rcd8 19. Bf3 h6 20. Ng4 Bxg4 21.
hxg4 Bg5 22. Bxg5 hxg5 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Qd3 Nd8 25. g3 c6 26. Kg2 Ne6 27. Rb1
Re7 28. c4 Qc7 29. Rh1 Nf8 30. Qf5 Rd7 31. d5 cxd5 32. Bxd5 Qd8 33. a4 b6 34.
a5 bxa5 35. Ra1 Qf6 36. Rxa5 Rc7 37. Qxf6 gxf6 38. Kf3 Ne6 39. Ke3 Kf8 40. f4
gxf4+ 41. gxf4 Nc5 42. Rb5 a6 43. Rb8+ Ke7 44. Ra8 Kd6 45. Kf3 Ke7 46. Kg3 Rd7
47. Rc8 Nd3 48. Be4 Nb4 49. c5 Rd8 50. Rc7+ Rd7 51. Rc8 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 65"]
[Date "2003.01.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. O-O Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. c3 Bg7
15. Qh5 e4 16. Bc2 Qc8 17. Rae1 O-O 18. Bb3 a5 19. Qg5 Qb7 20. f3 h6 21. Qf4 $5
({Shirov played} 21. Qg3 $1 {against Kramnik in round five.}) 21... a4 22. Bc2
b4 23. cxb4 Qxb4 24. fxe4 Ng6 $1 {Black keeps the position closed.} 25. Qxf5
Bxb2 26. e5 $5 Bxe5 27. Nb1 Rae8 28. Be4 $2 {Shirov breaks down.} ({Right is} 
28. Re4 Qc5+ 29. Qf2) 28... Bf4 $1 29. g3 Re5 30. Qg4 Rxe4 31. Rxe4 Qxe4 32.
gxf4 Rb8 $1 {White has no proper defence line.} 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 65"]
[Date "2003.01.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 c5 7. h4 h5 8. Nf4 Bh7
9. Nxh5 cxd4 10. Nb5 Nc6 11. Nxd4 Nge7 12. Rh3 $5 {Grischuk has a weird idea.}
a6 13. Bg5 Qb6 $1 14. Nxc6 Nxc6 $1 {Black combines defence and development.}
15. Bd3 $2 ({Right is} 15. Rb3 Qa5+ 16. Bd2 Qc7 {(Bareev).}) 15... Bxd3 $5 {
Pawn b2 could be captured.} 16. Rxd3 Qb4+ $5 17. c3 Qe4+ $2 {Pawn b2 should be
taken.} 18. Re3 Qg2 19. Rc1 Qg1+ 20. Kd2 Qxf2+ 21. Re2 $2 ({Correct is} 21. Qe2
Qxe2+ 22. Rxe2) 21... Qc5 22. Qa4 Rc8 23. Rf1 Rc7 24. Kc1 d4 25. Rd1 Rd7 26.
Red2 Qxe5 27. cxd4 $2 ({The last chance gives} 27. Qc4 $1) 27... Qe4 $1 {
Suddenly the white position falls apart by the dominating black queen.} 28. Rc2
f6 29. Bd2 ({Or} 29. Bxf6 Rxh5 $1) 29... b5 30. Qxa6 Nxd4 31. Rc8+ Kf7 32. Ng3
Qxg4 33. Rg1 Ne2+ 34. Nxe2 Qxe2 35. Rd1 Bb4 $1 36. Qc6 Bxd2+ 37. Kc2 Ba5+ 38.
Kb3 Qxd1+ 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 65"]
[Date "2003.01.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 O-O 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5
15. Bb5 Ne7 16. Ncb4 Bd7 17. Nxe7+ Bxe7 18. Nc6 Qe8 19. Qd5 Be6 20. Qd3 Bd7 21.
Qd5 Be6 22. Qd3 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 65"]
[Date "2003.01.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. b3 Re8 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. Bf1 Rad8 14. a4 Rc8 15.
Ba3 Qd8 16. Rab1 a5 17. Qe2 Bf8 18. Qb2 Ra8 19. Bxf8 Rxf8 20. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 65"]
[Date "2003.01.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 b5 8.
Nxc6 Qxc6 9. f3 Bb7 10. O-O-O Ne7 11. Kb1 Ng6 12. h4 b4 13. Ne2 Ne5 14. Nf4 Rc8
15. Bd4 f6 16. Nh5 Qd6 17. Qe1 Qc7 18. Rd2 Bc5 $2 {Judit miscalculates.} 19.
Nxg7+ $1 Ke7 20. Qe3 $2 (20. Bxc5+ Qxc5 21. f4 {wins easily.}) 20... h5 $1 21.
Be2 Rh7 22. Nxh5 Rxh5 23. f4 Bxd4 24. Qxd4 Nc6 25. Qe3 Rh7 26. g4 Rg8 27. g5
fxg5 28. fxg5 Qe5 29. Rdd1 Kd8 30. Qb6+ Kc8 31. Qf2 $2 (31. Bxa6 Bxa6 32. Qxa6+
Kc7 {(Grischuk) is better.}) 31... a5 32. Rhg1 a4 $1 33. g6 a3 34. c3 Rh6 35.
g7 bxc3 36. bxa3 Rf6 37. Qb6 Rf7 38. Rg5 Qxe4+ 39. Bd3 Qf3 40. Kc2 Rgxg7 41.
Rxg7 Rxg7 42. Rf1 Rg2+ 43. Kc1 Rb2 $1 44. Qxb7+ Kxb7 45. Rxf3 Rh2 46. Rf4 d5
47. h5 e5 {Judit had won the blunder festival on her way to the second place.}
0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 65"]
[Date "2003.01.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 c5 7. Be3 Nc6 8. dxc5
Nxe5 9. Nf4 Ne7 10. Qe2 $5 N7c6 11. O-O-O Be7 $1 ({Known is} 11... Qa5 {(De
Vreugt-Kallai, Germany 2001).}) 12. Nfxd5 $6 exd5 13. f4 $2 ({Anand recommends
} 13. Rxd5 Qc8 14. h3 f6 15. f4 Nd7 16. Bg2 O-O) 13... d4 $1 14. h4 ({The
pointe is} 14. fxe5 Bg5 $1 15. Bxg5 Qxg5+ 16. Kb1 dxc3) 14... Nd3+ $1 {The
desperado sacrifice wins.} 15. cxd3 h5 $1 16. f5 Bh7 17. Bd2 dxc3 18. Bxc3 O-O
19. d4 a5 20. a3 Re8 21. Qc4 Bxh4 22. Bd3 hxg4 23. Kb1 Qg5 24. Ka1 Rad8 25. Bb1
Ne7 26. Bxa5 Bxf5 27. Bxd8 Rxd8 28. Rhf1 g6 29. Qb3 Be6 30. Qxb7 Qd5 31. Qxd5
Nxd5 32. Rh1 Bf2 33. c6 Rc8 34. Rc1 g3 35. Be4 Nf6 36. Bg2 Bd5 {Black's passed
pawn is stronger than the white quartet of free men.  Anand had won an
important game on his way the the general victory.} 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 65"]
[Date "2003.01.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. Qe2 Qc7 7. Nc3 Ng6 8.
Ng5 e5 9. Qh5 d6 10. O-O h6 11. Nh3 Be7 12. Kh1 Bf6 13. Ng1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 65"]
[Date "2003.01.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bd3 c5 11. dxc5 Qa5+ 12. c3 Qxc5 13. Qe2 Nd5 14. Qe5
O-O-O 15. Be4 f6 16. Qd4 Qxd4 17. Nxd4 Ne7 18. f4 f5 19. Bc2 Ng6 20. O-O Nxf4
21. Rxf4 e5 22. Rxf5 exd4 23. Rc5+ Bc6 24. Be4 Kc7 25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. cxd4 Rxd4
27. Rac1 Rd6 28. h4 Re8 29. R1c2 Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 65"]
[Date "2003.01.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 d6 9. e4 c5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. O-O-O Nc6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Ne2 e5 14. Qd2 Nd4
15. Qh6 Kh8 16. h4 Rb8 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. Rd2 Rg8 19. h5 Ba6 20. Bd3 Rb6 21. Rc2
Rb3 22. Rd1 Qe7 23. Bf1 Qe6 24. Bd3 Rc8 25. Kb1 Rcb8 26. Ka1 Qe7 27. g4 Bc8 28.
Rg2 Bd7 29. Rdd2 Rg8 30. Ka2 Rb6 31. Rdf2 Be6 32. Rg1 Rc6 33. b3 $1 Rb6 (33...
a5 $1 {is more useful.}) 34. Rfg2 Rbb8 35. f4 Bd7 36. g5 fxg5 37. fxg5 Rg7 38.
Qf6 Qxf6 $2 ({Right is} 38... Qe6 {(Van Wely).}) 39. gxf6 Rxg2+ 40. Rxg2 h6 41.
b4 Rg8 42. Rxg8+ Kxg8 43. b5 Bg4 $6 {Kramnik plays the bishop ending poorly.} (
{However,} 43... Kf8 44. Kb3 $1 Ke8 45. Kb4 Kd8 46. c5 dxc5+ 47. Kxc5 Kc7 48.
Kd5 Kb6 49. Kxe5 {also wins for White (Chuchelov).}) 44. a4 Kf8 ({No good is} 
44... Bxh5 45. a5 Bg4 46. a6 Bd7 47. Be2 $1 {(Van Wely).}) 45. a5 Ke8 46. a6
Kd8 ({Or} 46... Bc8 47. c5 $1 dxc5 48. Bc4) 47. b6 Bd7 48. c5 $1 dxc5 49. Bc4
1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 65"]
[Date "2003.01.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 c5 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 b6 9. Nf3 Bb7 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O Rc8 12. c4 Qe4 13. Bd3 Qg4 14. d5 $6
exd5 15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. e4 $1 Bb7 17. h3 Qh5 18. e5 Nd5 19. Rae1 $6 Nb4 20. Bxb4
cxb4 21. Qd2 Bxf3 22. e6 $1 Nf6 $1 23. Qf4 $5 {Bareev attacks but he has
overreached himself actually.} O-O $2 ({Right is} 23... Bd5 24. Qd6 Bxe6 25.
Rxe6+ fxe6 26. Qxe6+ Kd8 27. Bf5 Rc7 {and Black wins (Bareev).}) 24. e7 $1 Rfe8
25. Re5 $1 Nd5 $2 ({Right is} 25... Rxe7 $1 26. Rxh5 Bxh5 27. Qxb4 $11 {
(Bareev).}) 26. Qg3 Nxe7 27. Rxh5 Bxh5 28. Re1 Nd5 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Bc4 $1
Nc3 31. Qc7 b5 32. Bb3 a6 33. f4 Ne2+ 34. Kh2 {Black has no defence against 35.
g4.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 65"]
[Date "2003.01.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. Bf4 e6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Ne4 Qa5
15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. g4 $5 {Vishy leads by half-a-point on Judit. She has
prepared a novelty with the help of a computer.} Nxg4 $1 17. Rdg1 Qf5 ({Anand
has no stomach for the problems of} 17... Nxf2 $5 18. Qe2 Nxh1 19. Qg2 $1) 18.
Qd2 g5 $1 {Black chooses the radical solution.} 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. Bxh6 (20. Qe2
h5 21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. Bxe5 {will bring White a plus in Hector-Rasmussen,
Copenhagen 2003.}) 20... Qxf3 21. Bxf8 Rxf8 22. d5 $1 cxd5 23. Qd4 Nf6 $1 24.
Rxg6+ Kf7 25. Rhg1 Rc8 $1 26. Rg7+ Kf8 27. Qh4 Ke8 28. Qa4+ Kf8 29. Qh4 Ke8 30.
Qa4+ Kf8 {Anand had defended his top position.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 65"]
[Date "2003.01.26"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Bc4 a6 11. Bb3 a5 12. Bc4 c6 13. Kb1 Qc7 14. h4 {
Polgár also drew quickly in the last round. Anand had won the tournament.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 65"]
[Date "2003.01.26"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Ne5 Ke7 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. Nd3 Bd6 12. Nd2 Nc5 13. Nc4 Nxd3 14.
Bxd3 Bc5 15. Be2 Rd8 16. b3 Bd7 17. Bf3 Nd5 18. Bb2 f6 19. Rac1 Rdc8 $1 20.
Rfd1 b5 $1 {Black takes over the initiative.} 21. e4 $2 ({The following
problems are avoided by} 21. Na3 Ra7 22. Nb1 $1) 21... Nb4 $1 22. e5 Nxa2 $1
23. Rc2 $6 ({Better is} 23. Bxa8 $1 Nxc1 24. Bb7 Ne2+ $1 25. Kf1 Rc7 26. Nd6
Bb4 $1 27. Bxa6 Rc2 28. Ba1 Nf4 {Black has a plus (Notkin).}) 23... Nb4 24.
Rcd2 Bc6 25. Bxc6 Nxc6 26. exf6+ gxf6 27. Rd7+ Ke8 28. Ne3 Be7 29. Ng4 e5 30.
f4 $5 h5 $1 31. Nf2 $6 ({Opportunism continues by} 31. Nh6 $5) 31... Nd4 32.
Rb7 Ne2+ 33. Kf1 Nxf4 34. Rdd7 Ng6 35. Ne4 Rc6 36. h4 f5 37. Ng3 Rd8 38. Rdc7
Rxc7 39. Rxc7 Rd1+ 40. Ke2 Rg1 {Van Wely had been leading but he could not
keep his great form until the end.   Anand won the tournament with 8 1/2 out
of 13, half-a-point before Polgár. They lost no games. Bareev became third.
The fourth place was shared by Van Wely, Shirov, Grischuk, Ivanchuk and world
champion Kramnik.} 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "20"]
[Date "2003.02.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

{Five top ten players and two great talents participated in the twentieth
tournament  from 22 ii - 9 iii 2003. The event had double rounds. The games of
this tournament have a high level, but the distance to computer chess is
shrinking. Obvious errors in some endgames are remarkable. Lékó and Kramnik
ended with the same number of points. Lékó won the tournament because he
scored more wins.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Be7 $5 10. Rd1+ Ke8 11. Bg5 Bxg5 12. Nxg5
Ke7 13. Rd3 h6 14. Nf3 ({Anand diverts from} 14. Nge4 {Grischuk-Ponomariov,
Wijk aan Zee 2003).}) 14... g6 15. Rad1 Ng7 $5 {Such passive moves are
passable in the Berlin Defence.} 16. h3 Be6 17. Nd4 Rad8 18. f4 Bc4 19. R3d2 c5
20. Nf3 $5 (20. Ndb5 Rxd2 21. Rxd2 Bxb5 22. Nxb5 Ne6 23. g3 {keeps a plus.})
20... Nh5 21. b3 Rxd2 22. Rxd2 Be6 23. Ne2 c4 $5 24. Kf2 cxb3 25. cxb3 c5 $6 {
Square d6 becomes a weakness.} ({Better is the immediate} 25... Ng7 26. g4 h5)
26. g4 Ng7 27. Nc3 h5 28. Kg3 hxg4 29. hxg4 Rd8 $6 30. Rxd8 Kxd8 31. Ng5 Ke7
32. Nge4 b6 33. Kh4 Bd7 34. Nd5+ Kf8 35. Nd6 Ne8 36. Nc4 b5 $5 37. Nce3 Ng7 38.
Kg5 Bc6 $2 ({Right is} 38... Be6 $1 39. Nc7 c4 40. bxc4 Bxc4 41. a4 Ne6+ 42.
Nxe6+ Bxe6 43. axb5 Bd7 44. Nc4 Bxb5 45. Nd6 Be8) 39. Nc7 a5 40. f5 gxf5 41.
gxf5 Bd7 42. Na6 c4 43. Nc5 Bc8 44. bxc4 bxc4 45. Ne4 Bd7 46. Nc5 Bc8 47. e6 $1
{Anand finds a breakthrough.} c3 ({He has prepared} 47... fxe6 48. f6 Ne8 49.
Nxc4) 48. e7+ Ke8 49. f6 Ne6+ 50. Nxe6 Bxe6 51. Kf4 Kd7 52. Ke5 Bg4 53. Kd4 Bd1
54. Kxc3 Ba4 55. Kd4 Ke6 56. Nd5 Kf5 57. Kc5 Ke5 58. a3 Ke6 59. Nc7+ Kxf6 60.
e8=Q Bxe8 61. Nxe8+ Ke6 62. Kb5 Ke5 63. Kxa5 f5 64. Ng7 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "20"]
[Date "2003.02.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2847"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 a6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Nf6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Re1
b6 9. e4 cxd4 10. e5 Nd5 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. Bf1 Bb7 13. Nd2 Be7 14. Qg4 O-O 15.
N2f3 Kh8 16. Ng5 h6 17. Ngf3 a5 18. Qh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "20"]
[Date "2003.02.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Be7 9. e4 O-O 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O Qc8 12. Qa2 Rd8 13. Rd1 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Nxa6
15. Qe2 Qb7 16. h4 $5 {Radjabov wants to attack the king.} ({Known is} 16. Bf4)
16... Nc7 17. h5 h6 18. Ne5 Ne8 19. Bb2 Nf6 20. Re1 b5 21. Rad1 cxd4 22. cxd4
b4 $1 23. a4 ({Avoids} 23. axb4 $4 Bxb4 24. Rf1 Nxe4) 23... Rac8 24. Rd3 Rc7 ({
The prophylactic} 24... Bd6 $1 {leads to the protection of f7.}) 25. d5 $1 exd5
26. exd5 Rxd5 $6 27. Nxf7 $1 Rxd3 $2 ({The courageous} 27... Kxf7 $1 28. Qe6+
Kf8 29. Bxf6 Rxd3 30. Bxg7+ Kxg7 31. Qg6+ Kf8 32. Qxh6+ Ke8 33. Qg6+ Kd8 34.
Qg8+ Kd7 35. Qe6+ {ends with a repetition of moves (Lékó).}) 28. Nxh6+ $1 Kf8 (
{Or} 28... gxh6 29. Qxd3 Kf8 30. Qg6 Qc6 31. Qxh6+) 29. Qxd3 $2 {Radjabov
plays the obvious move.} ({He should continue the fireworks with} 29. Bxf6 $1
gxh6 30. Qe5 $3 Rd5 (30... Ke8 31. Bh4 $1) 31. Qf4 $1 Ke8 32. Qxh6 {(Lékó).})
29... Qd5 30. Qg3 $6 {A plus is kept by the immediate exchange of queens.} Bd6
$1 31. Qh3 Qxh5 32. Qxh5 Nxh5 33. Nf5 Bf4 34. Re4 Bd2 35. Nd4 Kf7 36. Re2 Bc1
37. Nb5 $2 ({Correct is} 37. g3 $1) 37... Nf4 $1 38. Re4 Rc2 39. Nd6+ $6 Kg6
40. Bxc1 Rxc1+ 41. Kh2 Nd5 42. Nb5 b3 43. Re6+ Kh7 44. Re2 Rc2 45. Re1 b2 46.
Rb1 a6 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "20"]
[Date "2003.02.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2847"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. a3 Qb6 10. Ne2 c4 11. g4 h5 12. gxh5 Rxh5 13. Ng3 Rh8 14. f5 $5 exf5 15.
Nxf5 Nf6 16. Ng3 Ng4 17. Bf4 Be6 18. c3 Be7 19. Ng5 O-O-O 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Be2
Ngxe5 $5 {The boy shows no respect.} 22. Qe3 $5 ({Preferable is} 22. Bxe5 Nxe5
23. dxe5 Bc5 $1 24. Bg4 $1 {(Kasparov).}) 22... Nd7 23. Qxe6 Bh4 24. Qg4 $2 ({
Radjabov analyses} 24. Qxd5 Nde5 (24... Rde8 $2 25. O-O-O Bxg3 26. hxg3 Rxh1
27. Rxh1 Rxe2 28. Rh8+) 25. Qe6+ Nd7 {and White has won a pawn.}) 24... g5 $1
25. Bd2 ({The pointe is} 25. Bxg5 Rdg8) 25... Rde8 26. O-O-O Na5 27. Rdf1 $2 {
White makes another tactical blunder.} ({Correct is} 27. Kb1 $1) 27... Nb3+ 28.
Kd1 Bxg3 {Kasparov has no defence against ..Qg6. He should have resigned.} 29.
Rf7 Rd8 30. Bxg5 Qg6 31. Qf5 Qxf5 32. Rxf5 Rdf8 33. Rxf8+ Nxf8 34. Bf3 Bh4 35.
Be3 Nd7 36. Bxd5 Re8 37. Bh6 Ndc5 38. Bf7 Re7 39. Bh5 Nd3 {Radjabov got the
beauty prize. Kasparov misbehaved when he learned about it.} 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "20"]
[Date "2003.02.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. h3 Bg7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Nd7 8.
Be3 e5 9. Qd2 h6 10. O-O Qe7 11. a3 Nf8 12. b4 Ne6 13. Na4 b6 $1 14. Nh2 $6 ({
My preference goes to} 14. bxc5 b5 15. Nc3 f5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Qe1) 14... f5
15. f3 $2 ({Better is} 15. exf5 gxf5 16. Qe2) 15... f4 16. Bf2 h5 $1 17. bxc5
b5 18. Nb2 g5 $1 19. d4 $2 {White's problems are unexpectedly high.} (19. a4 g4
$1 20. fxg4 hxg4 21. Nxg4 Ng5 $1 22. Nh2 (22. axb5 $2 Bxg4 23. hxg4 Qe6) 22...
Nxh3+ $1 23. gxh3 Bxh3 24. Kh1 Bxf1 25. Rxf1 Qe6 {and Black attacks.}) 19...
exd4 20. Nd3 Nxc5 21. Nxc5 Qxc5 22. Rfd1 Be6 23. Qb4 Qb6 ({Vladimir has doubts
about} 23... Qxb4 24. axb4 d3 25. cxd3 Bxa1 26. Rxa1 {but} Rd8 $1 27. d4 Rh7 {
wins.}) 24. a4 c5 25. Qxb5+ Qxb5 26. axb5 Kf7 27. Ra5 Rhb8 28. Nf1 Be5 29. Rda1
d3 $1 30. Rxa7+ Kf6 $1 {Black conquers with grace.} 31. Rxa8 Rxa8 32. Rxa8 dxc2
33. Rf8+ Kg6 34. Re8 Kf7 35. Rf8+ Kg6 36. Re8 Bc4 37. Rxe5 c1=Q 38. Rxc5 Qxf1+
39. Kh2 Qxf2 40. Rxc4 g4 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "20"]
[Date "2003.02.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. d4 e6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 d5 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O
Bd6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nb1 $1 O-O 11. Nc3 Na5 $1 12. Qc2 h6 13. Bf4 Bxf4 14. gxf4
c5 15. Rad1 Qe7 16. Ne5 Rfd8 17. e3 Nc6 18. Qf5 Nb4 19. Kh1 Rd6 20. a3 Na6 $6
21. Nb5 Re6 22. Rg1 Nc7 23. Nxc7 Qxc7 24. Bf3 cxd4 25. Rxd4 Rae8 26. Qh3 Kh8
27. Rdd1 Qe7 28. Rg3 Rxe5 $5 29. fxe5 Qxe5 30. b4 {Vallejo offered a draw in a
better position.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "20"]
[Date "2003.02.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. g3 Nd7 8. Bg2
dxc4 9. O-O Be7 10. e3 O-O 11. Qe2 e5 12. Qxc4 Nb6 13. Qb3 Be6 14. dxe5 Qxf3
15. Bxf3 Bxb3 16. axb3 Nd7 17. Be2 Nxe5 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19. Rxd8+ Bxd8 20. Rd1
Bb6 21. Na4 Rd8 22. Nxb6 Rxd1+ 23. Bxd1 axb6 24. Kf1 Kf8 25. Ke2 Ke7 26. f4 Nd7
27. e4 f6 28. b4 b5 29. Kd3 Nb8 30. Bg4 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "20"]
[Date "2003.02.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2847"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2
Be7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. g4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. g5 Nd7 13. h4 Qc7 14. Kb1 b4 15.
Na4 Bb7 16. b3 Bc6 17. Nb2 a5 18. h5 Ne5 19. Be2 a4 20. Nc4 Bb5 21. Nb6 Rab8
22. h6 Bxe2 23. Qxe2 g6 24. f4 Nc6 25. Nxa4 Nxd4 26. Rxd4 e5 27. Rc4 Qa5 28. f5
Bxg5 29. Rc6 Rfd8 $6 30. Qg4 Be7 31. Rd1 Qa7 32. c3 Bf8 33. fxg6 hxg6 34. h7+
Kh8 35. cxb4 Rxb4 36. Qf3 Rdb8 {A sharp opening has led to a tactical fight.
White has no win.} 37. Nc3 $1 ({The witty} 37. Rcxd6 $5 Qxa4 38. Qxf7 Rxb3+ 39.
Ka1 Rb1+ $1 40. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 41. Kxb1 Qb4+ 42. Kc2 Qc5+ {ends with perpetual
check.}) 37... Qb7 38. Rcxd6 $2 (38. Nd5 $1 Qxc6 39. Nxb4 Qb7 40. Nd5 {keeps
the advantage.}) 38... Rxb3+ $1 39. Ka1 Rxc3 40. Qf6+ Kxh7 41. Rb6 $1 Qc7 ({Not
} 41... Qxb6 $4 42. Rh1+ Bh6 43. Qxf7+ Kh8 44. Rxh6#) 42. Rh1+ Bh6 43. Rxb8
Rc1+ 44. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 45. Rb1 Qc3+ 46. Rb2 Qe1+ 47. Rb1 Qc3+ 48. Rb2 Kg8 $1 49.
a4 Bc1 50. Qb6 Kg7 51. Ka2 Bxb2 52. Qxb2 Qc4+ 53. Ka3 Qxe4 {Black has won a
pawn.} 54. a5 g5 55. Qd2 Qf4 56. Qd8 $1 {The level of Kasparov's play and his
notes after computer analysis differ strongly.} Qc1+ $2 ({Right is} 56... g4 $1
57. a6 g3 58. a7 Qf3+ $1 59. Kb4 g2 60. Qg5+ Kh7) 57. Kb4 Qb2+ 58. Kc5 Qc3+ 59.
Kb5 Qb3+ 60. Kc5 Qc3+ 61. Kb5 Qb3+ 62. Kc5 Qe3+ 63. Kb4 Qe4+ 64. Kc5 Qc2+ 65.
Kb5 Qe2+ 66. Kb6 Qe3+ 67. Kc6 g4 68. a6 g3 69. a7 $1 g2 70. a8=Q Qe4+ 71. Qd5
$2 ({Lékó misses the escape} 71. Kc7 Qxa8 72. Qg5+ $1) 71... Qc2+ $6 ({Better
is} 71... Qxd5+ $1 72. Kxd5 g1=Q 73. Kxe5 Qg5+) 72. Kd6 Qg6+ 73. Kc7 g1=Q 74.
Qxe5+ Qf6 $2 (74... f6 $1 75. Qe7+ Kh6 76. Qaf8+ Kg5 {still wins.}) 75. Qh8+
Kxh8 76. Qxf6+ Qg7 77. Qh4+ Kg8 78. Kd6 Qg6+ 79. Ke5 Kg7 80. Qe7 Qg3+ 81. Kf5
Qg6+ 82. Ke5 Qh6 83. Kf5 Qg6+ 84. Ke5 Kh7 85. Qh4+ Kg8 86. Qd8+ Kg7 87. Qe7 {
The computer plays this queen ending far stronger than mankind.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "20"]
[Date "2003.02.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Qc2 c5 6. cxd5 cxd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8.
Bg5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Nxe7 10. Rd1 Qb6 11. Qb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "20"]
[Date "2003.02.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Qc7 5. O-O Nd4 6. Re1 a6 7. e5 Nxb5 8.
exf6 Nxc3 9. fxg7 Bxg7 10. dxc3 d6 11. Ng5 Bf5 12. a4 Qc6 13. Qe2 Bf6 14. Ne4
Bxe4 15. Qxe4 Qxe4 16. Rxe4 d5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "20"]
[Date "2003.02.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "220"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. h3 Bg7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be3 b6 9. Qd2 e5 10. Bh6 Qd6 11. g4 Be6 12. Qe3 a5 13. Ne2 a4 14. a3 b5 15. Ng3
Ne8 16. O-O f6 17. Nd2 Rd8 18. Bxg7 Nxg7 19. f4 $6 {The following exchanges
lead to a poor endgame.} exf4 20. Qxf4 Qxf4 21. Rxf4 c4 22. Rf3 Bc8 23. Ndf1 $2
(23. Raf1 {attacks a weakness.}) 23... Ne6 24. Ne2 cxd3 25. Rxd3 Rxd3 26. cxd3
Rd8 27. Rc1 c5 28. Rc3 Ba6 29. Kf2 Rd6 30. b4 axb3 31. Rxb3 b4 32. axb4 Bxd3
33. bxc5 Nxc5 34. Rb8+ Kg7 35. Nfg3 Nxe4+ 36. Nxe4 Bxe4 37. Re8 Bd5 38. Re7+
Bf7 39. Ra7 Kf8 40. Ra8+ Be8 41. Ke3 Re6+ 42. Kf2 Re4 43. Nc3 Re5 44. Rd8 Kg7
45. Nd5 Bf7 46. Ne3 h5 47. Rd7 Kf8 48. Rc7 h4 49. Rc8+ Kg7 50. Rc7 Ra5 51. Kf3
Ra2 52. Ng2 Ra3+ 53. Ne3 Kf8 54. Rc8+ Ke7 55. Rc7+ Ke8 56. Kf2 Be6 57. Rc2 Ke7
58. Re2 Kf7 59. Rd2 Ra4 60. Kf3 Bc8 61. Rb2 Ra7 62. Kf2 Bb7 63. Ng2 g5 64. Ne1
Be4 65. Re2 Bd5 66. Re3 Ra4 67. Kg1 Be4 68. Nf3 Ra1+ 69. Kf2 Ra2+ 70. Kf1 Bd5
71. Kg1 Ra4 72. Ne1 Be6 73. Nf3 Ke7 ({Lékó should have tried the sacrifice} 
73... Bxg4 74. hxg4 Rxg4+) 74. Rd3 Bc4 75. Re3+ Be6 76. Rd3 Bc4 77. Re3+ Kd6
78. Nd4 Ra1+ 79. Kf2 Ra2+ 80. Kg1 Kc5 81. Nf5 Ra6 82. Kf2 Be6 83. Ng7 Bd5 84.
Nf5 Kc4 85. Re2 Be6 86. Ng7 Bd7 87. Rd2 Bb5 88. Nf5 Kc5 89. Ne3 Bc6 90. Rc2+
Kd4 91. Nf5+ Ke5 92. Rc5+ Ke4 93. Rc4+ Kd5 94. Rc3 Ra2+ 95. Kg1 Bb5 96. Re3 Rd2
97. Ne7+ Kd4 98. Nf5+ Kd5 99. Ne7+ Kc5 100. Nf5 Bd3 101. Ng7 Rd1+ 102. Kf2 Kd4
103. Ne6+ Kc4 104. Ng7 Rd2+ 105. Kg1 Kd4 106. Re1 Be4 107. Nh5 f5 108. Ng7 fxg4
109. Ne6+ Kd5 110. Nxg5 Bf5 {The extra pawn did not suffice for a win.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "20"]
[Date "2003.02.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bc1 Ne4 7. Qg4 g6 8. Nge2
c5 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qc7 12. f3 Nc3 13. Bd2 Na4 14. Nf4 a6 15.
c4 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Nc6 17. Rc1 Qe7 18. O-O Nb6 19. Nd3 Qxa3 $2 20. Ra1 Qe7 21.
Bb3 Qd8 22. Be3 Nd5 23. Bf2 h5 24. Qe4 Nc3 25. Qe1 Nxd4 26. Bd1 Ndb5 27. Nc5
O-O 28. Ba4 Nxa4 29. Rxa4 f5 30. Qc1 Kh7 31. Rc4 Qe8 32. Qg5 b6 33. Na4 Bb7 34.
Be3 Qf7 35. Nxb6 Rad8 36. Rfc1 Qg7 37. h3 $2 ({White misses the win} 37. Bc5 $1
Rfe8 38. Bd6 $1 {(Finkel)} Kh8 39. Rc7 $1 Nxc7 40. Rxc7 Rxd6 $1 41. exd6 Qd4+
42. Kf1 Qd1+ 43. Kf2 Qd4+ 44. Ke2 $1 Qb2+ 45. Qd2) 37... Rd3 38. Bc5 Rf7 39.
Bf2 Qxe5 40. Re1 Qg7 41. Rxe6 Nd4 42. Re1 f4 43. Bxd4 Rxd4 44. Kh1 Rd6 45. Na4
Rd5 46. Qh4 Qf8 47. Qf2 Qd6 48. Nc5 Rdf5 {Both players are happy with a draw.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "20"]
[Date "2003.02.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2847"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. c4 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Bf6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Rc1 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bf4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Na6 13. e4 $1 dxe4 14. Nd2 g5
$2 {The 'world champion' has made an awful move.} 15. Be3 ({A fine alternative
gives} 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 gxf4 17. Qh5 Re8 18. Qxh7+ Kf8 19. Bb7 $1 {
(Kasparov).}) 15... Re8 16. f4 exf3 17. Bxf3 Bd5 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Rxf6 Rxe3
20. Qg4 Re6 21. Rf5 Qc6 22. Qxg5+ Rg6 23. Qh5 Rf8 24. Nf3 f6 25. Nh4 Rg7 26.
Qh6 Nb8 27. Rh5 f5 28. Qf4 Qe4 29. Rf1 Qxf4 30. Rxf4 Rg4 31. Rfxf5 Nd7 32.
Rxf8+ Nxf8 33. Kf2 Nd7 34. Nf5 Kh8 35. Kf3 Rg8 36. Rh6 Rf8 37. g4 Nf6 38. c4
Kg8 39. Kf4 Rf7 40. g5 Ne8 41. Ke5 Rd7 42. Ke6 Rf7 43. Rf6 $1 Nxf6 ({Kasparov
has calculated} 43... Nxf6 44. gxf6 Rf8 (44... Kf8 45. Nh6) 45. f7+ $1 Rxf7 46.
Nh6+) 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "20"]
[Date "2003.02.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Ne5 10. Nb3 b5 11. Bd4 Be7 12. Qg5 Ng6 13. Qg3 Bd6 14. Qf2 Rb8
15. Kb1 O-O 16. Bc5 Bxc5 17. Qxc5 Qxc5 18. Nxc5 Rb6 19. a4 Rc6 $2 ({Right is} 
19... d6 20. Nb3 bxa4 21. Nxa4 Rb4 22. Rd4 Rxd4 23. Nxd4 {(Lékó)} Bb7 $1) 20.
Nd3 bxa4 21. Nxa4 d5 22. exd5 Nxd5 23. Ndc5 Ne5 24. Rd4 Nd7 25. Nxd7 Bxd7 26.
Bc4 Nf6 27. Re1 Rfc8 28. Bd3 Kf8 29. Re5 R8c7 30. Ra5 Bc8 31. b4 Nd5 32. Kb2 g6
33. Kb3 Ne3 34. Nc5 Ra7 $6 {Black misses his last fighting chance.} (34... Nxg2
$5 35. Bxa6 Bxa6 36. Rxa6 Rxa6 37. Nxa6 Ra7 38. Nc5 Ne1) 35. g3 Ke7 36. f4 f6
37. Be4 Rb6 38. c4 e5 39. fxe5 fxe5 40. Rd3 Nf5 41. Na4 Re6 42. b5 Nd4+ 43. Kc3
1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "20"]
[Date "2003.02.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Be7 9. e4 O-O 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O Qc8 12. Qe2 Ba6 13. Rd1 Bxd3 14. Rxd3 Nd7
15. e5 Qc6 16. Bg5 Rfe8 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Ng5 cxd4 19. cxd4 f6 20. exf6 Nxf6
21. Re1 h6 22. Nf3 Rc8 23. Ne5 Qc2 24. Qf3 Nd5 25. Qg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "20"]
[Date "2003.02.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Qc7 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Nd5 Nxd5
8. exd5 Qc5 9. c4 $5 dxc3 $6 10. Qb3 a6 11. Be2 c2 12. d4 Qd6 13. Bf3 g6 14.
Bd2 Qf6 15. d6 $5 Qxd6 16. Rfe1 a5 17. Qxc2 Bg7 18. Bxa5 $1 O-O $6 19. Bc3 Re8
20. Qb3 Qc7 21. a4 d6 22. a5 Rb8 23. Rec1 Bf5 24. Bd2 Qd7 25. Be3 e5 26. dxe5
dxe5 27. Bd5 Be6 28. Bxe6 Qxe6 29. Qxe6 Rxe6 30. b4 e4 31. Ra2 Be5 32. g3 Kf8
33. Rc4 f5 34. Rd2 Ke8 35. Rd5 Rd8 36. Rb5 Rd7 37. Rcc5 Bf6 38. Rc8+ Kf7 39.
Kg2 Re8 40. Rc4 Be5 41. h4 Bf6 42. Rbc5 Bd8 $6 43. Rc8 Re5 {Catching play has
led to a better endgame for White. He opens the defence line by force.} 44.
Rxd8 $1 Rxd8 45. Rc7+ Ke6 46. Rxb7 Red5 $2 ({Better is} 46... Rd1 $1 47. a6 Ra1
{(Anand), but} 48. Rb6+ $1 Kd5 49. Rb5+ Ke6 50. Rxe5+ Kxe5 51. b5 Kd6 52. Ba7
$1 {brings fine winning chances.}) 47. Rxh7 Rb5 48. Bc5 Rd2 49. Kf1 Ra2 50. Rc7
$6 f4 51. Re7+ Kf6 52. Rxe4 fxg3 53. fxg3 g5 54. h5 Kf5 55. Re2 Ra3 56. Kg2 Kg4
57. h6 Rxg3+ 58. Kf2 Rh3 59. Re6 Rb7 60. Ke2 $6 Kf5 61. a6 Rh2+ 62. Ke3 Rd7 63.
Rd6 Rxd6 64. Bxd6 Rxh6 65. a7 Rh3+ 66. Kd4 Ra3 67. Bc5 g4 ({The last chance
does not suffice in} 67... Ke6 $1 68. Bb6 $1 Ra6 69. Kc5 Kd7 70. Kb5 Ra2 71.
Ba5 {(Anand).}) 68. Kd5 g3 69. Kc6 g2 70. Kb7 Ke6 71. Bg1 Kd5 72. b5 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "20"]
[Date "2003.02.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Qf2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Qc7 13. Bd3 b5 $6 ({Theory is
} 13... Bxd4 14. Qxd4 Qc5) 14. Qh4 h6 15. Ne2 f6 $6 16. Qg4 Bxd4 $1 17. Nxd4 $1
(17. Qxe6+ Kh8 18. Nxd4 Nxe5 19. Qxd5 Nxd3+ 20. Rxd3 Qxf4+ {leads to equality.}
) 17... Nc5 18. Qg6 Nxd3+ 19. Rxd3 Qc4 $2 ({Correct is} 19... Qf7) 20. Rhd1 $1
{The knight gets overprotection.} Ra7 21. Kb1 {The counterattack fails.} Qc7 ({
Insufficient is} 21... b4 22. f5 $1 {(Kramnik)} Rc7 23. R3d2 $1 fxe5 24. Nxe6)
22. f5 $1 Qb6 23. Rh3 $1 fxe5 24. Rxh6 Rf6 ({The pointe is} 24... exd4 25. Qh7+
Kf7 26. f6 Ke8 27. fxg7) 25. Qe8+ Rf8 26. Rh8+ Kxh8 27. Qxf8+ Kh7 28. Nf3 Qc7
29. fxe6 e4 30. Ng5+ Kh6 31. h4 Kh5 32. Qf5 g6 33. g4+ Kxh4 34. Rh1+ Kg3 35.
Rg1+ Kh4 36. Qf6 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "20"]
[Date "2003.02.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2847"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6 8.
Ne5 a5 9. f3 Nfd7 10. e4 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 Be6 13. Kc2 f6 14. Rb1
fxe5 15. b4 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Bxc4 17. bxa5 O-O-O 18. Rd1 Rxd1 19. Nxd1 e6 20. Ne3
Ba6 21. Ng4 Bd6 22. Bb2 Rd8 23. Rd1 h5 24. Nxe5 Bxe5 25. Bxe5 Rxd1 26. Kxd1 g6
27. Kd2 Bf1 28. g4 Bg2 29. Ke3 c5 30. Bd6 c4 31. Bb4 Kd7 32. gxh5 gxh5 33. f4
Ke8 34. Kd4 Kf7 35. Ke5 Bf3 36. h4 Bd1 37. Kd6 Bxa4 38. Kc7 Bc2 39. Kxb7 Bxe4+
40. Kb6 Kg6 41. Kc5 Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "20"]
[Date "2003.03.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2847"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. Bf4 e6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Ne4 Nxe4
15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qe2 Qd5 17. Ne5 Qe4 18. Qxe4 Nxe4 19. Rhe1 Nf6 20. g4 Rfd8 21.
Be3 Bd6 22. f3 Rac8 23. c4 a5 $2 {The a-pawn becomes a weakness.} ({Better is} 
23... b5 $1 24. g5 $1 hxg5 25. Bxg5 Bxe5 26. Rxe5 bxc4 27. Rg1 Kh7 28. h6 Rd5
29. hxg7 Nh5 $1 30. Rh1 Kxg7 31. Rxh5 Rxe5 32. Bh6+ Kg6 33. Rxe5 Kxh6 34. Ra5
Rd8) 24. a4 $1 Nd7 25. Bd2 Bc7 26. Bc3 Nxe5 27. dxe5 c5 28. Kc2 Rxd1 29. Kxd1
Rd8+ 30. Ke2 Rd7 31. f4 Bd8 32. f5 Bg5 $1 33. f6 $1 b6 34. Ra1 Rd8 $1 {Black
has to play accurately.} ({The plausible} 34... gxf6 35. exf6 Kf8 36. Rd1 Ke8
37. Rxd7 Kxd7 38. Kd3 Kd6 39. Ke4 {leads to a lost bishop ending for Black.})
35. Ra3 $1 ({The exchanges} 35. Rd1 Rxd1 36. Kxd1 g6 37. hxg6 fxg6 38. Bd2 Bxd2
39. Kxd2 Kf7 {create a fortress.}) 35... gxf6 $1 36. Rb3 $1 ({Avoids the trick
} 36. exf6 $2 e5 $1 37. Rb3 Rd6 $1) 36... Bf4 37. Rxb6 Bxe5 38. Bxe5 fxe5 39.
Rb5 Rd4 40. Rxc5 Rxg4 41. b3 $1 Rg3 42. Rxe5 Rxb3 43. Rxa5 f5 44. Ra8+ Kg7 45.
c5 Rc3 46. Rc8 Ra3 47. c6 Rxa4 48. Re8 Rc4 49. Rxe6 f4 50. Rg6+ Kh7 51. Kd3 Rc5
52. Kd4 Rc1 53. Ke4 Rc4+ 54. Kd5 Rc3 55. Kd4 Rc1 56. Ke4 Rc4+ 57. Kf3 Kh8 $4 {
Anand makes a horrible blunder.} ({Correct is} 57... Rc5 $1 58. Kxf4 Rxh5) 58.
Rxh6+ Kg7 59. Rd6 Kh7 60. Kg4 Kg7 61. Rd7+ Kf6 62. c7 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "20"]
[Date "2003.03.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. O-O Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. c4 e4
15. Be2 Bg7 16. Qd2 b4 17. Qxb4 Rb8 18. Qa4+ Kf8 19. Rab1 Bxb2 20. Nc2 Ng6 21.
Nb4 Qf6 22. Nc6 Re8 23. f4 Bd4+ 24. Kh1 Kg7 25. Bh5 Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "20"]
[Date "2003.03.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 $5 Bb4 $5 8.
Bd2 Qe7 9. Bd3 e5 $6 10. cxd5 $1 {Ponomariov improves the theory.} Bxc3 11.
Bxc3 e4 12. dxc6 exd3 13. cxd7+ Qxd7 14. Qb3 $5 Qxg4 15. Qd1 Ne4 $6 {Black
will lose a pawn.} ({Analysts mention} 15... O-O 16. Rg1 Qe4 17. d5 Ne8 18. Nd4
) 16. Ne5 Qxd1+ 17. Rxd1 f6 18. Nxd3 Bg4 19. Rc1 Bf3 20. Rg1 Kf7 21. Nc5 Nd6
22. Nb3 Ne4 23. Nd2 Nxd2 24. Kxd2 g5 25. Kd3 Rhe8 26. Bb4 Rac8 27. Rxc8 Be4+
28. Ke2 Rxc8 29. Bc3 Bd5 30. f3 $6 (30. a3 $1 {keeps the extra pawn.}) 30...
Bxa2 31. e4 a5 $5 32. Ra1 Bc4+ 33. Ke3 b6 34. d5 Bb3 35. h4 h6 36. Rh1 Kg6 37.
f4 $1 gxf4+ $2 {Black will lose because he opens the position.} ({Correct is} 
37... g4 $1 38. Bd4 f5 $1 39. d6 Rc6 40. d7 Rd6 41. h5+ Kf7 42. exf5 Ba4 43.
Bxb6 Bxd7 44. Bxa5 Bxf5 {Black has given a pawn for a defendable position.})
38. Kxf4 a4 39. Rh3 Bc2 40. Rh2 Bb1 41. Rh1 Bc2 42. Rc1 Bb3 43. Ke3 $1 f5 44.
Rg1+ Kh5 45. d6 fxe4 46. Bf6 Be6 47. Kxe4 Rc2 48. Bd4 b5 49. Rg7 Kxh4 50. d7
Bxd7 51. Rxd7 Rc4 52. Kd3 h5 53. Rd5 Rb4 54. Bf6+ Kg4 55. Rg5+ Kf3 56. Rxh5
Rb3+ 57. Kc2 Ke4 58. Bc3 Ke3 59. Rh4 Kf3 60. Rb4 Rxb4 61. Bxb4 Ke4 62. Kc3 Kd5
63. Bf8 Kc6 64. Kb4 Kb6 65. Be7 Kc6 66. Bc5 a3 67. b3 Kd5 68. Bf8 {Ponomariov
scored his first victory.   Four top players take the highest places after the
first cycle.} 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "20"]
[Date "2003.03.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2847"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Nb8 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ba2 c6 14. Ng3 Bf8 15.
Nf5 d5 16. d4 c5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. exd5 e4 19. N3d4 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Qxd5 21. Bg5
Nfd7 22. Qg4 Ne5 23. Qg3 Ne6 24. Rad1 Nxg5 25. Qxg5 Qb7 26. Ng3 Nc4 27. Ndf5
Re6 28. b3 Nxa3 29. Rxe4 Rxe4 30. Nxe4 Qxe4 31. Nh6+ Kh8 32. Nxf7+ Kg8 33. Nh6+
Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "20"]
[Date "2003.03.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. h4 Bd7 12. h5 g5 13. f4 Nc6 14. fxg5 Qa5 15.
dxc5 d4 16. Nf3 O-O-O 17. Rab1 ({Known is} 17. Ke2 {(Olivier-Goldgewicht,
Cannes 1995).}) 17... dxc3+ 18. Ke2 Rhg8 ({Preferable is} 18... hxg5 $1) 19.
Qe4 Qc7 20. g4 Ne7 21. Bb5 hxg5 22. Rb3 Nd5 23. Rhb1 {White dominates the
position.} Bc6 $2 ({Ok is} 23... f5 $1 24. exf6 Nxf6 25. Bxd7+ Rxd7 26. Qe5
Nxg4 $1 27. Qxe6 Qg3 $3 28. Qxg8+ Rd8 29. Qe6+ Rd7 $11 {(Lékó).}) 24. Bxc6 Qxc6
25. Nd4 $1 Qa6+ 26. Ke1 Rd7 27. c6 $1 Rc7 28. Rxb7 Rxb7 29. Rxb7 Nb6 30. Qh7
Rf8 31. Qg7 Qa3 32. Qxf8+ $1 ({Lékó has calculated the elegant} 32. Qxf8+ Qxf8
33. Nb5 $1 Qc5 34. Nd6+ Kd8 35. c7+ Qxc7 36. Rxc7 Kxc7 37. h6) 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "20"]
[Date "2003.03.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. Qe2 Qc7 7. Ng5 h6 8.
Nh3 g6 9. f4 Bg7 10. c4 e5 11. Nc3 d5 12. O-O O-O 13. g4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Qd7 15.
exd5 cxd5 16. Rae1 Nc6 17. Nxd5 Nd4 18. Qg2 Qxg4 19. Ne7+ Kh7 20. Nxc8 Qxg2+
21. Kxg2 Raxc8 22. Bd2 g5 23. Re7 Kg6 24. Rxa7 Ne6 25. b4 Rfd8 26. b5 Rxd3 27.
Bc1 Rcd8 28. Raxf7 Rc3 29. Re7 Rd6 30. Nf2 Bf6 31. Re8 Rc2 32. Kh1 Rxc4 33. Re1
Nc7 34. Rg8+ Kh7 35. Rb8 Re6 36. Rf1 Nd5 37. Rc8 $2 {White loses time.} Bd4 $1
38. Ng4 h5 $1 39. Rd8 Nf4 40. Bxf4 gxf4 41. Nf2 Rc3 42. Rf8 Rc2 43. Rxf4 Ree2
44. b6 Bxf2 $2 (44... Rxa2 45. b7 Rab2 {gives winning chances (Anand).})
1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "20"]
[Date "2003.03.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. h3 Ng6 11. Bg5+ Ke8 12. Rad1 Bd7 13. Rd2 Be6 14.
Rfd1 Be7 15. Ne4 Bd5 16. Re1 Bxg5 17. Nexg5 h6 18. Ne4 Rd8 19. b3 a5 20. Rd4
Ke7 21. c4 Bxe4 22. Rdxe4 c5 23. e6 f5 24. R4e3 Rhf8 25. a4 Rf6 26. Ne5 Nxe5
27. Rxe5 b6 28. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "20"]
[Date "2003.03.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Kh1 Bb7 13. d5 f5 14. exf5 Nc4 15. Nbd2
Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Nf6 17. Ng5 Bxd5 18. f4 Qc7 19. Ne6 Bxe6 20. fxe6 Nh5 21. Qd5
Rad8 22. f5 Ng3+ 23. Kh2 Nxf5 24. Rf1 Nh4 25. Bg5 Ng6 26. h4 Nf4 27. Bxf4 exf4
28. g3 f3 29. Rxf3 Rxf3 30. Qxf3 Rf8 31. Qd3 g6 32. Rf1 Qc8 33. Rxf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "20"]
[Date "2003.03.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D28"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2847"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. Qe2 a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Nc6 9. e4 b5 10. Bb3 Nd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Be3 Qe5 13. Bxc5 Qxc5 14. Nc3
Bb7 15. Rac1 Rc8 16. Qd2 Qb4 17. Rfd1 O-O 18. f3 Rc7 19. Ne2 Qxd2 20. Rxd2
Rxc1+ 21. Nxc1 Rc8 22. Rc2 Nd7 23. Nd3 Kf8 24. Kf2 Ke7 25. Rxc8 Bxc8 26. e5 f6
27. exf6+ gxf6 28. f4 a5 29. Ke3 h6 30. a3 Kd6 31. g4 e5 32. h4 exf4+ 33. Kxf4
Nc5 34. Bc2 Nxd3+ 35. Bxd3 b4 36. axb4 axb4 37. Bf5 Bb7 38. Bc2 Bc8 39. Bf5 Bb7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "20"]
[Date "2003.03.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2847"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Qc7 5. O-O Nd4 6. Re1 a6 7. Bc4 d6 8. Nd5
Nxd5 9. exd5 g6 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. d3 h6 12. b4 Bg7 13. Qe2 Bf6 14. Qf3 Kf8 15.
Bb2 Qb6 16. a3 h5 17. h3 h4 18. Qf4 Bf5 19. Rab1 Rh5 20. a4 Be5 21. Qf3 Rc8 22.
a5 Qd8 23. Re2 Rc7 24. Rbe1 Qc8 25. Rxe5 $5 {Kasparov worries about a
potential siege.} ({He does not like} 25. Bb3 f6) 25... dxe5 26. Rxe5 Rxc4 27.
dxc4 Qxc4 28. Re2 Bxc2 29. d6 exd6 30. Rd2 d3 $6 (30... Qb3 $1 31. Qxb3 Bxb3
32. Rxd4 Ke7 {keeps a plus.}) 31. Qxb7 Rf5 32. Qd7 f6 33. Qxd6+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "20"]
[Date "2003.03.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Ng5 O-O 8. f4
Bg4 9. Qe1 exf4 10. Bxf4 Nd4 11. Qd2 Qd7 12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nd5 b5 15.
Bb3 Bd8 16. Rae1 Nxb3 17. axb3 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bf6 19. Nf3 Rfe8 20. Qh2 Bxb2 21.
Bxd6 a5 22. Be5 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 Rxe5 24. Qxe5 Re8 25. Qc3 Qd6 26. Kf2 b4 27. Re1
f6 28. Rxe8+ Bxe8 29. Qc4 Bf7 30. d4 Bxd5 31. dxc5 Qd7 32. Qf4 Bxf3 33. Qxf3
Qd2+ 34. Qe2 Qf4+ 35. Kg2 Kf7 36. c6 Qd4 37. c7 Qd5+ 38. Qf3 Qc5 39. Qb7 Qxc2+
40. Kf3 Qc3+ 41. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "20"]
[Date "2003.03.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. e3 Nc6 4. a3 g6 5. d4 exd4 6. exd4 Bg7 7. Nf3 d5 8. Bg5
h6 9. Qe2+ Kf8 10. Be3 Kg8 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Qb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "20"]
[Date "2003.03.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Be7 8. Re1
O-O 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. c3 Bf8 11. Nf1 h6 12. Ng3 d6 13. a3 Na5 14. Bc2 c5 15. b4
Nc6 16. d4 cxd4 17. cxd4 exd4 18. Bb2 Rc8 19. Bb3 g6 20. h4 Bg7 21. h5 Nxh5 22.
Nxh5 gxh5 23. Bd5 Ba8 24. Bxc6 Rxc6 25. Bxd4 Rc4 26. Qd3 Bxd4 27. Nxd4 Qf6 28.
Rad1 h4 29. a4 Rxb4 30. axb5 axb5 31. Qd2 Ra4 32. Nxb5 Raxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "20"]
[Date "2003.03.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 Qc7 7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O
Bd7 9. a4 Nf6 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. a5 Be7 12. Be3 O-O 13. Re1 Nd7 14. Na4 Rae8 15.
Nb6 f5 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Qd3 fxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Rf5 20. Bd4 Bd8 21. b4
d5 22. Qe2 Bf6 23. Rad1 Qc6 24. c3 Bxd4 25. cxd4 Qc3 26. Qd2 Rf3 27. Qxc3 Rxc3
28. Rc1 Rb3 29. Rb1 Rxb1 30. Rxb1 Rc8 31. b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "20"]
[Date "2003.03.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. Nxc5 Nxc5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. O-O h6 15.
Nd2 Qc7 16. Re1 Rd8 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Qa4+ Bc6 19. Bb5 Bd7 20. Bd2 O-O 21. Bxd7
Rxd7 22. Rac1 Qb7 23. Qb3 Rc8 24. h3 Rxc1 25. Bxc1 Qc7 26. Bd2 Qxe5 $5 {
Vallejo is tired of manoeuvring.} ({Possible is} 26... Qb6 {but Black wants to
play something special.}) 27. Nc5 Qxe1+ 28. Bxe1 Bxc5 29. Bd2 Rc7 30. Kf1 Be7
31. Ke2 Bf6 32. f4 a5 {White cannot take the bastion.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "20"]
[Date "2003.03.07"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Nf6 8.
Nc4 b5 9. Ne3 Be7 10. g3 h5 11. Bg2 h4 12. O-O Nd4 13. Ncd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Be6
15. Ne3 hxg3 16. hxg3 Qd7 17. c3 Nc6 18. Re1 Rb8 19. a4 g6 20. axb5 axb5 21.
Nd5 Bd8 22. Be3 Kf8 23. b4 Kg7 24. Qd2 Bxd5 $6 25. Qxd5 Ne7 26. Qd2 Bb6 27.
Red1 Rhc8 $6 28. Bh6+ $1 Kh7 29. Bg5 Ng8 30. Kh2 Rc4 31. Bf1 Rxe4 $2 {Radjabov
blunders.} (31... Rc7 $1 32. Be2 f6 33. Be3 Bxe3 34. Qxe3 Ne7 {repairs a lot
of damage.}) 32. f3 Nf6 33. Bxf6 Re3 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "20"]
[Date "2003.03.07"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E50"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2847"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d5 Ne7 8. e4 d6
9. Bd2 exd5 10. exd5 Bf5 11. Qc2 Qd7 12. O-O Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Qf5 14. Qxf5 Nxf5
15. Rfe1 Rfe8 16. Rac1 h5 17. Kf1 a6 18. h3 b5 19. b3 Kf8 20. Ng5 h4 21. Re2
Rab8 22. Rce1 Rxe2 23. Kxe2 Nd7 24. f4 g6 25. Kd3 Ba5 26. Nge4 bxc4+ 27. bxc4
Bd8 28. Rb1 Rxb1 29. Nxb1 Nf6 30. Nbc3 Ke8 31. Be1 Nh5 32. Ne2 Kd7 33. Bc3 Be7
34. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "20"]
[Date "2003.03.07"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb4 6. Bc4 Nd3+ 7. Ke2 Nf4+ 8.
Kf1 Ne6 9. b4 g6 10. bxc5 Bg7 11. Bxe6 Bxe6 12. d4 Nc6 13. Be3 Bc4+ 14. Kg1 Qa5
{This position is known from Kasparov - Shirov, 1986.} 15. Rc1 O-O-O 16. Nb1 $3
{Vallejo Pons has prepared a new idea.} Qa6 ({The pointe is} 16... Qxa2 17.
Nbd2 {and White has returned the pawn for a charge.}) 17. d5 f5 $1 18. Rxc4 $6
({Better is} 18. Nbd2 Be2 19. Qb3 Na5 20. Qb4 {(Vallejo Pons).}) 18... Qxc4 19.
Nbd2 Qxa2 20. dxc6 bxc6 21. g3 Rd3 $2 ({Best is} 21... Bc3 22. Qf1 $1 Bxd2 23.
Nxd2 Rxd2 24. Bxd2 Qxd2 25. Qa6+ Kb8 26. Kg2 Qd7 $1) 22. Kg2 fxe4 $6 ({More
resistance is offered by} 22... Rhd8 23. Qb1 Qxb1 24. Rxb1 Rc3) 23. Ng5 Rf8 24.
Ngxe4 Be5 25. Re1 h5 26. h4 Rfd8 27. Qb1 $1 Qxb1 28. Rxb1 Bc7 29. Nc4 R8d5 30.
Ra1 Kb7 31. Ra4 Rd7 32. Ng5 R3d5 33. Ne6 Rf5 34. Nd4 Rf6 35. Rb4+ Ka6 36. Rb1
Rd5 37. Nc2 Rd7 38. Nb4+ Kb5 39. Nd2 Ka4 40. Ne4 Re6 41. Nc3+ Ka5 42. Nc2 Ka6
43. Nd4 {The Spanish hero scored his traditional win in Linares.} 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "20"]
[Date "2003.03.08"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2847"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 h6 5. Nb3 e6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. Be2 Ne7 8. O-O
Bh7 9. c3 Rc8 10. Bd2 Ng6 11. Be3 Be7 12. Ne1 c5 13. f4 O-O 14. Nf3 c4 15. Nc1
b5 16. Qd2 a5 17. Bd1 f5 18. Ne2 b4 19. h3 Rb8 20. g4 bxc3 21. Nxc3 Nh4 22. Rf2
Kh8 23. Ba4 Nb6 24. Bc2 Na8 25. Rb1 Nc7 26. Nxh4 Bxh4 27. Rg2 Be7 28. Qd1 Bb4
29. Ne2 a4 30. gxf5 exf5 31. Bxa4 Ne6 32. Bc2 Qh4 33. Kh2 g5 34. Qf1 g4 35. Rg1
Rg8 36. Bf2 Qh5 37. Ng3 Qf7 38. Ne2 Qh5 39. Ng3 Qf7 40. Ne2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "20"]
[Date "2003.03.08"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. Bd3 $1 Qd7 17. Rb1 Bxd3 $6 ({More prudent is} 17... b6) 18.
Qxd3 b6 19. d5 Bf6 20. c4 h6 21. h3 Re7 22. Rbd1 Rd8 23. Rxe7 Nxe7 24. Ne5 Bxe5
25. Bxe5 Re8 26. Bg3 Nf5 $5 {Black has chosen a risky move.} 27. Bxc7 Qxc7 28.
Qxf5 Qxc4 29. d6 Rd8 $1 30. d7 Qc6 31. g3 a6 32. h4 b5 33. Rd5 $5 ({No
progress is made by} 33. Qe5 Kf8 $1) 33... a5 34. Rxb5 g6 35. Qd5 Qxd7 36. Qxd7
Rxd7 37. Rxa5 Kg7 $2 {Anand makes elementary mistakes in a drawn rook ending.}
({The right move} 37... h5 {is best known from the rook ending of four versus
three pawns on a flank.}) 38. a4 Rd1+ 39. Kg2 Ra1 $6 ({He can still play} 39...
h5) 40. g4 $1 Kf6 41. Kg3 Rc1 42. Rb5 g5 $2 ({Better is} 42... Rc4 $1 43. a5
Ra4) 43. Rf5+ $1 Kg6 44. h5+ Kg7 {The white rook is strong and pawn h6 a
weakness. Black has a narrow escape despite the problems.} 45. a5 Ra1 $2 ({
Correct is} 45... Rc4 $1 46. Kf3 $1 (46. f3 Rc2 $1) 46... Ra4 47. Ke3 $1 Rxg4
48. Kd3 Kf8 {(Lékó)} 49. Kc3 $1 Ke7 $1 50. Kb3 Rg1 51. Kb4 Rb1+ 52. Kc5 Ke6 $1)
46. Kg2 $3 Re1 ({Or} 46... Ra4 47. f3 Ra2+ 48. Kf1 $1) 47. f3 Re6 48. Kf2 Kf8
49. Rb5 Kg7 50. Rf5 Kf8 51. Rc5 Kg7 52. Rb5 Kf8 53. Rb6 Re5 54. a6 Kg7 55. a7
Ra5 56. Rb7 Ra3 57. Ke2 Kf6 58. Kd2 Ke6 59. Kc2 f6 60. Kb2 Ra4 61. Kb3 Ra1 62.
Kb4 Kd6 63. Rh7 Ke5 64. Kb5 Ra2 ({The pointe is} 64... Kf4 65. Rf7 $1 Kxf3 66.
Rxf6+ Kxg4 67. Ra6) 65. Kb6 Kd5 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "20"]
[Date "2003.03.08"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 c5 9. e4 Nd7 10. Bf4 Be7 11. d5 $5 exd5 12. exd5 O-O 13. Rd1 g5 14. Be3 g4
15. Ng1 f5 16. h3 Bg5 17. hxg4 Bxe3 18. fxe3 Qg5 19. Bd3 Rae8 20. Ne2 Qxe3 21.
c4 $5 {Both players want to fight.} (21. Bxf5 Qg3+ 22. Kd2 Qe3+ {draws.}) 21...
Qg3+ 22. Kd2 Qxg4 23. Rh3 Qg5+ 24. Kc3 Re3 25. Rxe3 Qxe3 26. Qd2 Qxd2+ 27. Kxd2
Bc8 28. Nf4 Ne5 29. Re1 Re8 30. Kc3 Bd7 31. Bc2 Kg7 32. Nh5+ Kg6 33. Ng3 Kg5
34. Rf1 Rf8 35. Ne4+ Kg6 36. a4 $2 ({The retreat} 36. Ng3 {is better.}) 36...
Nf7 37. Nd2 Re8 38. Nf3 Nd6 39. Bd3 Kf6 40. Ra1 $6 Re3 41. Kd2 Re7 $2 {Kramnik
misses his best chance for an overall victory in the tournament.} (41... f4 $1
42. a5 Bf5 43. Bf1 Ne4+ {adds a positional advantage to the material plus.})
42. a5 Rg7 43. axb6 Rxg2+ 44. Ke3 axb6 45. Rb1 h5 $6 46. Rxb6 Ke7 47. Ra6 f4+
48. Kxf4 Rg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "20"]
[Date "2003.03.09"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2847"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. h3 Na5 10. O-O b6 11. Re1 Bb7 12. Bg5 Nxb3 13. axb3 h6 14. Bh4 Qd7
15. Qd2 Nh5 16. f3 e5 17. Nde2 f5 18. Red1 fxe4 19. fxe4 g5 20. Bf2 g4 21. h4
Nf4 22. Qxd6 Qf7 23. Nxf4 exf4 24. Qd7 Qxd7 25. Rxd7 Rf7 26. Rd6 Kh7 27. Rad1
Re8 28. Rd7 Ree7 29. Rxe7 Rxe7 30. Bd4 Rd7 31. Nd5 Bxd5 32. Bxg7 Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "20"]
[Date "2003.03.09"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Ng5 O-O 8. f4
exf4 9. Bxf4 h6 10. Nf3 Be6 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 $5 ({Usual is} 12. Bxd5 Nxd5
13. exd5 Ne5) 12... Na5 13. Nh4 Nxc4 14. dxc4 {Kramnik has to win this game.
He has reached a sharp position.} Nxd5 $5 (14... g5 $2 15. Nf5 gxf4 16. Rxf4 {
will lose for Black.}) (14... Qd7 {was played in Kovalev-Sveshnikov, Rowy 1999.
}) 15. Qxd5 Bxh4 16. Rad1 b6 17. Bxd6 Be7 18. Be5 Bg5 19. Bd6 Be7 20. Bf4 Bf6
21. c3 Qxd5 $1 {The following endgame can be well defended by Black.} 22. cxd5
Rad8 23. Bxh6 Bxc3 24. bxc3 gxh6 25. Rfe1 Rd7 26. c4 a6 $1 27. a4 b5 $1 28.
axb5 axb5 29. cxb5 Rb8 30. d6 Rxb5 31. Re7 Rbb7 32. Rxd7 Rxd7 33. Kf2 Kg7 34.
Kf3 Kf6 35. Rd5 {Lékó has won the tournament due to a higher number of wins.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "20"]
[Date "2003.03.09"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2
Bf6 9. Qc2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 d6 11. Rfd1 Nd7 12. b4 $5 g6 13. a4 a5 14. b5 Bg7 15.
Rac1 Qe7 16. Qg5 Nf6 17. Ne1 Bxg2 18. Nxg2 Rac8 19. Ne4 Rfd8 20. Ne3 h6 21.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. Qxf6 Bxf6 23. c5 dxc5 24. dxc5 Bg5 25. c6 Kf8 26. Rd7 $6 (26. f4
$1 {keeps a plus.}) 26... Bxe3 27. fxe3 Rxd7 28. cxd7 Rd8 29. Rxc7 Ke7 30. Rb7
Rxd7 31. Rxb6 Rd1+ 32. Kf2 Ra1 {White meets unexpected problems.} 33. Rb7+ $6 (
33. e4 $1 Rxa4 34. e5 {is ok (Ponomariov).}) 33... Kd6 $1 34. Rb6+ $1 {Capture
on f7 is risky.} Kd5 35. e4+ $2 ({Correct is} 35. Rb7 $1 Rxa4 {(Ponomariov)}
36. b6 $1 Kc5 37. Rxf7 Rb4 38. b7 Kd6 39. Ke1) 35... Kxe4 36. Ra6 Rxa4 37. b6
e5 38. b7 Rb4 39. Ra7 h5 40. h3 f6 41. Rxa5 Rxb7 42. Ra4+ Kf5 43. e4+ $2 ({The
last chance gives} 43. g4+ $1 hxg4 44. hxg4+ Kg5 45. e3 {(Ftacnik).}) 43... Kg5
44. Ra6 Rf7 45. Kf3 h4 46. Rb6 Rh7 47. Re6 hxg3 48. Kxg3 Rh4 49. Rxf6 Rxh3+ 50.
Kxh3 Kxf6 51. Kg4 Kf7 52. Kh4 Kg8 53. Kg4 Kh7 {Ponomariov and Lékó had a
positive score in the second cycle. Kramnik and Kasparov only drew.} (53... Kh7
{Ponomariov has calculated} 54. Kg5 Kg7 55. Kh4 Kh6 56. Kg4 g5 57. Kf5 Kh5 58.
Kxe5 g4 59. Kf4 Kh4 60. e5 g3 61. e6 g2 62. e7 g1=Q 63. e8=Q Qf1+) 0-1

[Event "World Ch final 18"]
[Site "ICCF 2003-05"]
[Date "2003.06.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Elwert, Hans"]
[Black "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

{The 18th final of the correspondence chess world championship began on 1 vi
2003. Van Oosterom was announced as winner on 9 ii 2005. I have analysed his
eight wins and six draws (a score of 11/14).} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4.
Nc3 Qc7 5. O-O Nd4 6. Re1 a6 7. Bf1 Ng4 8. g3 Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 Ne5 10. Qe3 $5 e6
11. Bg2 d6 12. Ne2 Be7 13. f4 Nc6 14. c3 c4 15. d4 cxd3 16. Qxd3 O-O 17. Be3 b5
18. a4 bxa4 19. Rxa4 Bb7 20. h3 a5 21. b3 Rfb8 22. Kh2 Ba6 23. c4 Bc8 24. Rd1
Rb7 25. Nd4 Nxd4 26. Bxd4 e5 27. Bf2 Rab8 28. Rb1 Bd7 29. Raa1 a4 30. bxa4 Rxb1
31. Rxb1 Rxb1 32. Qxb1 Bxa4 33. Qa2 Bc6 34. Qa7 Qb7 35. Qxb7 Bxb7 {Complete
equality has been achieved by Black.} 36. Kg1 Kf8 37. Be3 Ke8 38. f5 Kd7 39.
Kf2 Kc6 40. Ke2 Bd8 41. Bf3 Bb6 42. Bc1 Kd7 43. g4 g6 44. f6 Bc8 45. g5 Kc6 46.
h4 Bh3 47. h5 Bd4 48. hxg6 hxg6 49. Kd2 Bf1 50. Be2 Bxe2 51. Kxe2 Kc5 52. Kd3
Bg1 53. Bd2 Bf2 54. Bc1 Bg1 55. Bd2 Kc6 56. Be1 Bh2 57. Bh4 Bf4 58. Kc2 Kc5 59.
Kc3 Be3 60. Kd3 Bd4 61. Be1 Bb2 62. Bf2+ Kb4 63. Be1+ Kb3 64. Ba5 Bc1 65. Bc7
Ba3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Ch final 18"]
[Site "ICCF 2003-05"]
[Date "2003.06.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mraz, Milan"]
[Black "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E58"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qc7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nd2 $6 {White had great results with this
move, but it should lead to passivity, as Van Oosterom shows.} Re8 $1 12. Re1
Bg4 13. f3 Bh5 14. Nf1 Bg6 $1 ({Black improves on} 14... b6 {from Tepper -
Monner Sans, corr 1999.}) 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Ng3 Rad8 17. Ra2 Rd7 18. Rae2 Red8
19. Bb2 {White can do little and he has weaknesses on a3 and e3.} Nh7 $1 20.
Nf1 $6 ({More active is} 20. a4 $5 Nf8 21. Ba3) 20... Nf8 $1 21. Nd2 Ne6 22.
Nb3 Na5 23. Nxa5 Qxa5 24. Rd2 cxd4 25. cxd4 Rc8 26. Qe2 b5 27. e4 $5 Qb6 28.
Qf2 a5 29. Re3 Rc4 30. f4 $2 {The attempt to break the passivity fails.} (30.
Qe2 {continues the selected strategy.}) 30... dxe4 $1 31. Rxe4 b4 32. axb4 Rxb4
33. h3 a4 34. Ba3 Rb3 35. Bc5 Qb7 36. Rde2 Rd5 37. R2e3 Rf5 38. Qf3 Qb8 39. Re5
Kh7 40. Qg3 Rxe3 41. Rxe3 Kg8 42. Ra3 Nxf4 43. Kh2 Qb5 44. Ra2 Nh5 45. Qa3 Rf1
{Black has an extra pawn and the initiative.} 0-1

[Event "World Ch final 18"]
[Site "ICCF 2003-05"]
[Date "2003.06.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Schoen, Wolfram"]
[Black "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 Qc7 12. Kb1 Rfc8 13. h4 b5 14. Bh3 Nb6 $5
{The novelty induced a positional sacrifice.} 15. Bxb6 Qxb6 16. g5 Nh5 17. Nd5
Bxd5 18. Bxc8 Bxb3 19. Bg4 Bxa2+ 20. Kxa2 Nf4 21. Qc3 $5 ({White takes
defensive measures, because} 21. h5 $6 b4 22. g6 a5 $1 23. gxh7+ Kxh7 24. Bf5+
Kh8 {looks risky for White.}) 21... a5 22. Bd7 a4 23. Qc6 Qa7 24. Bc8 $5 (24.
Qxb5 Rb8 25. Qc6 Ne2 26. Rh2 Nd4 27. Qxa4 Qb6 {brings about equal chances.})
24... Bf8 $5 (24... b4 $1 25. Rh2 b3+ 26. Kb1 $1 a3 27. Qb7 $1 Qa5 28. Qxe7
Rxc8 29. Qb7 {leads to a survival by White.}) 25. h5 b4 26. Ka1 Qb8 $5 (26...
b3 $1 27. Qd7 $1 bxc2 28. Rc1 {also gives equality.}) 27. Bb7 Ra7 28. Ba6 b3
29. g6 $5 Rc7 $5 30. Qb5 Qxb5 31. Bxb5 bxc2 32. Rc1 Ne6 33. Bxa4 Nd4 34. Ka2
Be7 35. Rh2 Ra7 36. b3 Rc7 37. Kb2 hxg6 38. hxg6 Bg5 39. Rcxc2 Nxc2 40. Rxc2
Rxc2+ 41. Kxc2 fxg6 42. b4 Kf7 43. Kd3 Ke7 44. b5 Kd8 45. b6 Kc8 46. Bc6 Bd8
47. b7+ Kc7 48. Kc4 Bg5 49. Kd5 {Schoen defended cold-bloodedly.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Ch final 18"]
[Site "ICCF 2003-05"]
[Date "2003.06.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Soltau, Achim"]
[Black "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 e6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Qe4 d6 8. c4
$6 Qa5+ $1 9. Bd2 Ndb4 {A simple examination of the 'theory' has brought a
plus.} 10. Nc3 Nxe5 11. Be2 f5 12. Qb1 Qd8 $5 13. O-O Nf7 14. Nd1 $6 ({More
natural is} 14. Rd1 $1) 14... Nc6 15. Bc3 Nfe5 $1 16. Ne3 Be7 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18.
Nc2 $5 {White makes artificial moves.} O-O 19. Rd1 Qc7 20. b4 b6 21. Qb2 Bf6
22. b5 Ne7 23. Rd2 Bb7 24. Rad1 Rfd8 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. Bxe5
Bxe5 28. Qxe5 Qd2 29. Bf1 Qxc2 30. Qc7 Kf7 31. Qxb7 Qxa2 {Soltau could not
work out the defensive problems satisfactorily.} 32. g3 Qa3 33. Qc7 g5 34. h3
h5 35. Kg2 g4 36. h4 $1 Qf3+ 37. Kg1 f4 $5 {White gets sufficient counter-play.
} 38. Qxa7 fxg3 39. Qxb6 Nf5 40. Qc7+ Kg6 41. Qb6 gxf2+ 42. Qxf2 Qc3 43. Kh1
Kf6 44. b6 g3 45. Qg2 Nxh4 46. b7 $1 Qe5 $1 (46... Nxg2 47. b8=Q Qd2 {draws.})
47. Qe2 g2+ $1 48. Kg1 gxf1=Q+ 49. Kxf1 Qb8 50. Qb2+ $1 Kf7 51. c5 $1 Nf5 52.
c6 Qf4+ 53. Kg1 Qg4+ 54. Qg2 {Black has to deliver perpetual check, if he
wants to avoid promotion by White.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Ch final 18"]
[Site "ICCF 2003-05"]
[Date "2003.06.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tiemann, Hagen"]
[Black "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 Qc7 12. Kb1 Rfc8 13. g5 ({Schoen chose} 
13. h4 {against Joop.}) 13... Nh5 14. Rg1 g6 $5 {Van Oosterom springs a
novelty.} ({Hefka played} 14... Nb6 {in their game.}) 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 a5
17. a3 Nb6 18. Rg4 Bd8 19. Rh4 f6 $1 (19... h6 20. Rxh5 {looks risky for Black.
}) 20. gxf6 Nxf6 21. Bxb6 Qxb6 22. Bh3 Rc7 23. Be6+ Kh8 24. Ra4 Rg7 25. Rc4 Nh5
26. Nc1 Nf4 27. Ne2 Qa6 28. Re4 Nxe2 29. Qxe2 Qxe2 30. Rxe2 Bb6 31. Re4 Rf8 32.
Rd3 Rc7 33. a4 Kg7 34. Kc1 Rf4 35. Rxf4 exf4 {This position brings no simple
draw, because Black can penetrate everywhere.} 36. c3 $2 ({White should
exchange the rooks at a positional cost by} 36. Rc3 $1 Be3+ 37. Kd1 $1 Rxc3 38.
bxc3 b5 39. Bd7 $1 bxa4 40. Bxa4 Kf6 41. Ke2 Bg1 42. h3 Kg5 43. Kf1 Be3 44. c4
Kh4 45. Kg2 {drawn.}) 36... Bg1 $1 37. h3 Kf6 38. Kd1 Be3 39. Ke2 Rc5 40. Bd7 {
White prevents the threat .. b5.} Ke7 41. Bb5 Rc7 42. Rd1 Kf6 43. Kf1 Kg5 44.
Kg2 Kh4 45. Kh2 Re7 $1 {The defender cannot stop the entrance by the black
rook.} 46. Bd3 Re5 47. Bb5 Bb6 48. Bf1 Rg5 49. Bg2 ({Or} 49. b4 Bg1+ 50. Kh1
Bf2 51. Kh2 b6) 49... h5 50. Bf1 Bg1+ 51. Kh1 Be3 52. Kh2 Rg1 53. b4 b6 54. Re1
g5 {The advance of the g-pawn decides.} 0-1

[Event "World Ch final 18"]
[Site "ICCF 2003-05"]
[Date "2003.06.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Umansky, Mikhail"]
[Black "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 c5 6. a3 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 cxd4 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Qxd4 Nc6 11. Qxd5 Nxd5 12. Bd2 Rd8 13. e4 Nb6 14. e5
h6 15. Rc1 Rd3 16. Bc3 Na4 17. Ke2 Rd5 18. Rhd1 Rxd1 19. Kxd1 Bd7 20. Nd2 Rc8
21. f4 b6 22. Ne4 Nxc3+ 23. Rxc3 Ne7 24. Rxc8+ Nxc8 25. Kd2 Kf8 26. Kc3 Bc6 27.
Nd6 Nxd6 28. Bxc6 Ne8 29. Kd4 {White controls a lot of territory, but he
cannot take the bastion.   Joop van Oosterom became the eighteenth world
champion and got the number one rating of 2773. His games have a rich content.
Positional sacrifices inducing an attack are a special feature. The encounters
are even harder to analyse than Kasparov's. I had to revise lines after seeing
his perusal, a rare event. Elwert and Soltau are going to win silver and
bronze.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Ch final 18"]
[Site "ICCF 2003-05"]
[Date "2003.06.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Kempen, Heinz"]
[Black "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. g4 Nbd7 12. g5 Nh5 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 a5
15. Kb1 a4 16. Nc1 f6 $5 17. g6 $1 {White gives a witty answer to the new move.
} hxg6 18. Qg2 $6 ({More natural is} 18. Bd3 $1 a3 19. b3 f5 20. Rdg1 $1) 18...
a3 19. Qxg6 axb2 20. Nb3 f5 21. Bh3 $1 ({Not} 21. Qxh5 $2 Rxa2 $1 {(van
Oosterom).}) 21... Nb6 $5 22. Qxh5 $6 (22. Bxb6 $1 Qxb6 23. Qxh5 Qa7 24. Kxb2
Qxa2+ 25. Kc1 Qa3+ 26. Kd2 Qb4+ 27. Ke2 Qc4+ 28. Rd3 e4 29. fxe4 Qxe4+ 30. Re3
Qxh1 {gives equality (van Oosterom).}) 22... Nc4 23. Bxf5 ({Avoids} 23. Bc5 $2
Rxa2 $1) 23... Rxf5 24. Qxf5 Nxe3 25. Qd3 Nc4 $1 {Black springs another
surprise. Capture of the rook draws.} 26. Nd2 Nxd2+ 27. Rxd2 Qa5 28. a3 Qc5 29.
Kxb2 e4 30. Qb3 Bg5 $1 {The bishop has the value of a rook.} 31. Re2 $2 ({Van
Oosterom prefers} 31. Rhd1 $3 {and Black cannot win.}) 31... Bf6+ 32. c3 exf3
33. Rd2 Re8 34. Ka2 (34. Rc2 $5 Re2 35. Kb1 b5 36. Rf1 Qe3 $1 37. Qxb5 Qe4 $1
38. Qb8+ Kf7 $1 39. Qb7+ Be7 40. Qb3 Qd3 {also wins for Black.}) 34... b5 $1 (
34... Re2 $2 35. Rxe2 fxe2 36. Re1 Qf2 37. Qb5 $1 Qxe1 38. Qe8+ Kh7 39. Qh5+ {
leads to a white escape.}) 35. Rc2 Kh7 $1 36. Rhc1 Re3 37. Rb2 Bxc3 $1 38. Qxb5
Qd4 39. Rbc2 Kh6 $1 40. h4 Re2 $1 {Black has a decisive attack.} 41. Kb3 Bd2
42. Rf1 Qe3+ {Van Oosterom set new problems until the opponent collapsed.} ({
The pointe is} 42... Qe3+ 43. Ka2 Bc3 $1 44. Qb3 Qe4 45. Kb1 f2 46. Qxc3 Re1+)
0-1

[Event "World Ch final 18"]
[Site "ICCF 2003-05"]
[Date "2003.06.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Fleetwood, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd2 Nd7 8.
Nxd5 exd5 9. g3 Bd6 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O a5 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Rc1 c5
15. Re1 Rfe8 16. Nd2 Nf6 17. Qb3 Qc7 18. a4 Rac8 19. Bh3 Rb8 20. Qa3 Bc8 21.
Bf1 c4 22. Rc3 Qe7 23. Qxe7 Rxe7 24. Ra1 h6 25. f3 g5 26. h3 Kg7 27. Kf2 h5 28.
g4 hxg4 29. hxg4 Bd7 30. e3 Re6 31. Raa3 Rh8 32. Bg2 Rc8 33. Rc2 Rce8 34. Nb1
Rc6 35. Re2 Ng8 36. Nc3 Ne7 37. Ra1 Rf6 {So far, the game has been eventless.}
38. Ree1 $5 {A startling move in the style of Ljubojevic is played.} ({The
expected} 38. e4 Bxg4 39. exd5 Bd7 40. Rae1 Kf8 41. Re5 {brings slight
pressure.}) 38... Bxg4 39. e4 Bd7 $5 (39... Bxf3 $1 40. Bxf3 g4 41. Re3 dxe4
42. Nxe4 Rxf3+ 43. Rxf3 gxf3 44. Rg1+ Ng6 45. Kxf3 {gives little advantage to
Black.}) 40. exd5 Rh6 41. Rac1 Nf5 42. Ne4 Bxa4 43. Rxc4 Bb3 44. Rc3 Nxd4 45.
Rd3 Nc2 46. Rc1 a4 47. d6 Rd8 48. Ng3 Kg6 49. d7 Nb4 50. Rd6+ Kh7 51. Rd2 Be6
52. Rcd1 Na6 53. Ne4 Kg6 54. Rd6 Nc5 55. Rxb6 Rxd7 56. Rxd7 Nxd7 57. Ra6 Ne5
58. Nc5 Rh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Ch final 18"]
[Site "ICCF 2003-05"]
[Date "2003.06.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Hefka, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. g4 Rc8 12. g5 Nh5 13. Kb1 Nd7 14. Rg1 Nb6 $5 (
{The alternative brings} 14... b5) 15. Qf2 Bd8 16. h4 g6 $6 17. Rg2 $5 (17. Rd2
{stems from Topalov - Kasparov, Leon 1998. Both moves are dangerous for Black
due to his weakened kingside}) 17... Qc6 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 Nxf4 20. Qxf4 Be7
21. h5 Bf8 $5 22. Nd4 Qe8 23. Rf2 Rxc3 $5 24. bxc3 Na4 25. Rf3 b5 {Hefka has
achieved counter-play. Van Oosterom further sharpens the game.} 26. Nxe6 Qxe6
27. Bh3 Qc4 28. Rdf1 Ra7 29. e5 $1 {White stops the counterattack. The offer
to exchange the queens has a tactical basis.} Qxf4 ({The pointe is} 29... Nxc3+
30. Rxc3 Qxc3 31. Be6 $1 Qxe5 32. Bxf7+ Kh8 33. Bd5 $1 Qxf4 34. Rxf4 Bg7 35. h6
$1) 30. Rxf4 Nxc3+ 31. Ka1 $1 Bg7 ({Or} 31... dxe5 32. Rxf7 $1 Rxf7 33. Be6)
32. exd6 Be5 ({Another tactical justification gives} 32... Nd5+ 33. Rf6 $1
Bxf6+ 34. gxf6 Ne3 35. Rf4 $1 Nxc2+ 36. Kb2 Ne3 37. Re4 Nc4+ 38. Rxc4 $1 bxc4
39. Bc8 $3) 33. d7 Rxd7 34. Bxd7 Ne2+ 35. Kb1 Bxf4 36. c4 $1 Bxg5 {Otherwise
White has mating lines.} 37. Re1 Ng3 38. hxg6 bxc4 39. Re8+ Kg7 40. gxh7 Kxh7
41. Kc2 Nf1 42. Kc3 Bd2+ 43. Kxc4 a5 44. Bh3 Ng3 45. Rd8 (45. Rd8 Be1 46. Rd1
Bb4 47. a3 $1 Bf8 48. Kb5 Ne2 49. Rd3 {leads to the fall of pawn a5 and a free
path for the other a-pawn.}) 1-0

[Event "World Ch final 18"]
[Site "ICCF 2003-05"]
[Date "2003.06.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Nimtz, Manfred"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. g4 h6
9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. h4 b4 12. Na4 $5 Qa5 13. b3 Rc8 14. Rg1 Nc5 15.
g5 hxg5 $5 (15... Nxa4 16. bxa4 hxg5 17. hxg5 Nd7 18. g6 {also leads to a
strong white attack (Vorobiov - Korobov, Moscow 2002).}) 16. hxg5 Nfd7 17. g6
f5 18. Kb1 Nxa4 $1 (18... fxe4 $6 19. Nxc5 Nxc5 20. f4 $1 {frustrates the
black counteraction.}) 19. bxa4 Qxa4 (19... Nc5 $6 20. Nb3 $1 Nxb3 21. axb3 {
closes the white defence.}) 20. Nxe6 Ne5 $1 {Black revives his counter-play.} (
{Not} 20... fxe4 $2 21. Rg5 $1 exf3 22. Bd4 $1 {(van Oosterom).}) 21. Rg3 $1
Nxf3 $1 22. Rxf3 Bxe4 23. Bc5 $3 {He calculates beyond his rival's horizon.}
Bxf3 24. Re1 Be4 25. Bd3 Qc6 $1 {Black has to defend the centre.} 26. Bxe4 fxe4
27. Qf4 Be7 28. Rd1 $1 (28. Qf7+ $6 Kd7 29. Qf5 Rh5 $1 30. Qxh5 Kxe6 31. Qg4+
Ke5 32. Qh5+ {leads to perpetual check (van Oosterom).}) 28... Bf6 $1 ({Avoids
} 28... Kd7 29. Rxd6+ $1 Qxd6 30. Bxd6 Bxd6 31. Qf5) 29. Nxg7+ $1 Bxg7 30. Qf7+
Kd8 31. Qxg7 Qxc5 32. Qxh8+ Kc7 $1 (32... Kd7 $2 33. Qh7+ Kc6 34. g7 Qc4 35.
Qf5 $1 Kb7 36. Rd2 $1 {wins (van Oosterom).}) 33. g7 $1 Kb7 34. Qh2 $1 Rg8 $2 {
Black misses the hidden escape.} (34... Qc3 $1 35. Rg1 Rg8 36. Qxd6 Rxg7 37.
Rxg7+ Qxg7 38. Qxb4+ Ka7 39. Qxe4 {gives a likely draw (van Oosterom).}) 35.
Qh7 Qc4 36. Qg6 Rc8 37. Qg2 Qe6 ({Or} 37... Kc7 38. Re1 $1 Re8 39. Qg6) 38. Rf1
Qd5 39. Re1 Re8 40. Qg6 Rg8 41. Rxe4 a5 42. Qg2 Qc6 (42... Ka6 43. Rg4 $1 Qe5
44. Qg3 $1 {also leads to a won rook ending.}) 43. Rg4 $1 Qxg2 44. Rxg2 Kc6 45.
Kc1 Kd5 46. Kd2 Ke4 47. Rg1 d5 48. Rg2 Kf3 49. Rg6 (49. Rg6 Ke4 50. Rg1 $1 a4
51. Rg6 Kf5 52. Rg2 Ke4 53. Rg1 $1 a3 54. Rg6 Kf5 55. Rg2 Ke4 56. Rg1 $1 {A
repeated zugzwang mechanism induces the white win.}) 1-0

[Event "World Ch final 18"]
[Site "ICCF 2003-05"]
[Date "2003.06.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Piccardo, Vittorio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 c5 7. d5 Na6 $5 8. Bg5
$5 h6 $6 9. Be3 Nc7 $6 10. Qd2 Kh7 {Black has reached a poor position from
Gonzalez Zamora - Gavilanes, St Spiritus 1989.} 11. Be2 a6 12. a4 b6 13. O-O e6
$2 {Black allows a combination.} 14. a5 $1 exd5 (14... b5 $5 15. e5 $1 b4 16.
Na4 Ne4 17. Qc2 exd5 18. cxd5 f5 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. Nh4 $1 {gives White a
strong attack.}) 15. axb6 Nce8 16. e5 $1 Nd7 17. Nxd5 dxe5 18. b4 $5 {A
cat-and-mouse-game starts.} e4 19. Nh2 cxb4 20. Qxb4 $5 {Joop has fun!} Bxa1
21. Rxa1 Bb7 22. Rd1 h5 23. Nf1 Rc8 24. Ng3 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 Nef6 26. Rd6 Qe7 27.
c5 h4 28. Nf1 Rcd8 29. Bg5 Qe5 30. Bxf6 Nxf6 31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. c6 Nd5 33. Qc5
Qb2 34. c7 Rc8 35. Qxd5 Qxb6 36. Qxf7+ Kh8 37. Ne3 Qxc7 38. Qxg6 1-0

[Event "World Ch final 18"]
[Site "ICCF 2003-05"]
[Date "2003.06.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Rause, Mrs.Olita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. Bd3 Qd7 17. Rb1 b6 18. d5 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Bf6 $6 ({Better is} 
19... Bxa3 $1 20. Ng5 $1 g6 21. Ne4 Be7 22. Rbd1 f5 23. Ng5 Bxg5 24. Bxg5 {
(Huzman)} Ne5 $1 {Black has a pawn for his positional disadvantage.}) 20. c4
Ne7 $5 (20... h6 $6 {was played in Lékó - Anand, Linares 2003.}) 21. Ne5 Bxe5
22. Bxe5 Ng6 23. Bg3 Nf8 24. h3 c6 $2 ({Black should accept the complete
passivity of} 24... Rcd8 $1) 25. Rbd1 h6 26. Rxe8 Rxe8 27. Qb3 cxd5 $5 (27...
Ng6 {prolongs the resistance.}) 28. cxd5 b5 29. Rc1 a6 30. Rc7 Qf5 31. d6 Re1+
(31... Nd7 {(Harding)} 32. Qd1 $1 {leads to a positional horror.}) 32. Kh2 Rb1
33. Qc3 Kh7 $6 {Black misses the most suitable defence.} ({A new barrier is
created by} 33... Ne6 $1 34. Qd2 Rb3 35. d7 Rd3 36. Qc2 Qg6 37. Rc6 $1 (37.
Rc8+ Kh7 38. Qc6 Qf5 $1 39. Bd6 Nd4 40. Rh8+ Kxh8 41. d8=Q+ Kh7 42. Qc1 Rxh3+
$1 43. gxh3 Qxf2+ {drawn}) 37... Kh7 {and now} 38. Qxd3 $1 Qxd3 39. Rd6 Qxa3
40. Rxe6 fxe6 41. d8=Q {wins.}) 34. Re7 Ng6 35. Qd2 $1 Rf1 36. d7 {Van
Oosterom had defeated a main rival by accurate play.} 1-0

[Event "World Ch final 18"]
[Site "ICCF 2003-05"]
[Date "2003.06.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Spitz, Patrick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. h3
c6 9. e4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Qb6 11. Nde2 Nc5 12. b3 Re8 $6 (12... Ne8 $1 13. Be3 f5
{(Edzgveradze - Ivanisevic, Panormo 1998) is more active.}) 13. Be3 Qc7 14. f3
$1 {This move gives support to the centre.} a6 ({More useful is} 14... b6 $1)
15. Rc1 Qe7 16. Qd2 b5 17. Rfd1 Nb7 18. Bf2 h6 $2 {Black wastes time.} ({Best
is} 18... bxc4 19. bxc4 Be6 $1 20. Nd4 Bd7 {The king's knight cannot go to g3.}
) 19. g4 $1 Kh7 20. Ng3 $1 {An extra piece overprotects pawn e4.} Be6 21. Nce2
$1 bxc4 22. bxc4 Nd7 23. Nd4 Rac8 24. f4 $1 {This move has been prepared by
subtle prophylactic manoeuvres.} Ndc5 25. e5 $1 dxe5 26. Nxc6 Qc7 27. Nxe5 Bxe5
28. fxe5 Qxe5 {The exchanges have favoured White.} 29. Rc3 Na5 30. Re1 Qc7 31.
Qc2 Rf8 32. Nh5 $1 f5 $1 33. Bd5 gxh5 (33... Qd6 34. Bg3 $1 Qb6 35. Nf4 Ne4+
36. Bf2 Nxf2 37. c5 $1 Qd8 38. Rxe6 {brings no rescue for Black.}) 34. Bxe6
Nxe6 35. Rxe6 hxg4 36. hxg4 Qg7 37. Kh2 $1 Rc6 ({Or} 37... Qxg4 38. Re7+ Kh8
39. Qd2) 38. gxf5 $1 Rxe6 39. fxe6+ Qg6 40. Qxg6+ Kxg6 41. Rg3+ Kh5 42. e7 Re8
43. Bc5 Nc6 44. Re3 1-0

[Event "World Ch final 18"]
[Site "ICCF 2003-05"]
[Date "2003.06.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Toro Solis de Ovando, Guillermo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e4 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Rc1 O-O 11. Bd3 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Qd2 d6 14. Rfe1 Qd7
15. Rcd1 Rfe8 16. Bf1 Rad8 17. b3 Rc8 18. g3 Nc5 19. Bd4 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 Qg4 21.
Qe3 Qe6 22. Bg2 Qe5 23. Bh3 Rcd8 24. Rd2 Qh5 25. Bg2 Rc8 26. h3 Kg7 27. f4 f6
28. Kh2 Qh6 {The queen seems to be in trouble.} 29. h4 a5 30. Kg1 Kg8 31. Nd5
Bxd5 32. Rxd5 (32. exd5 $1 {gives more pressure.}) 32... Qf8 33. Red1 Rcd8 34.
Qd2 Rb8 35. h5 Qh6 36. Qc3 Kh8 37. hxg6 Qxg6 38. e5 dxe5 39. fxe5 Rg8 40. exf6
exf6 41. Rd6 Qxg3 42. Qxf6+ Qg7 43. Qxg7+ Rxg7 44. Kh2 Rg6 45. Rxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "31.Schachtage"]
[Date "2003.07.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2003.??.31"]

{Dortmund 2003 lasted from 31 vii until 10 viii. Six grandmasters played
double rounds. Viktor Bologan had qualified as winner of Aeroflot. We follow
his games and start with an additional encounter.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4
cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5
Bg7 11. Bd3 Ne7 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. c4 f5 14. O-O O-O 15. Qf3 d5 $6 16. cxd5 f4
$2 {The novelty gives poor play.} ({Theory is} 16... fxe4 17. Bxe4 Qd6) 17.
Rfc1 Kh8 18. Nc2 Bd7 19. Ne1 Rg8 20. Be2 Bf8 21. Nd3 $1 {The knight has
arrived at the right place.} Re8 ({If Black accepts the queen sacrifice by} 
21... Bg4 $5 22. Qxg4 Rxg4 23. Bxg4 {(Rogozenko), he is lost as well.}) 22. Rc7
Qd8 23. Rac1 {White has several advantages.} Rg6 (23... Bd6 $1 24. Ra7 Bg4 25.
Qxg4 Rxg4 26. Bxg4 Qb6 27. Rd7 Kg7 {gives Black the last chance.}) 24. Qh5 Bd6
25. Ra7 Qe7 26. h3 f5 27. exf5 Rf6 28. Nc5 Rc8 29. Rxd7 Rxc5 30. Rxe7 Rxc1+ 31.
Kh2 {Kramnik started with a win, but drew the rest of the games.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "31.Schachtage"]
[Date "2003.07.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadjis"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2003.??.31"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8.
Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 O-O 11. Bd2 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. O-O-O Nxf3 14.
Qxf3 Qh4 15. h3 Be6 16. Kb1 $6 f5 $1 17. Bd3 Bd5 18. Qe2 Rae8 19. Qf1 Bc5 20.
f3 b5 21. Re1 Rd8 22. Bc3 a5 23. Be5 Bd6 24. Qg1 Qa4 25. b3 Qb4 26. Bxd6 Qxd6
27. Qd4 a4 $1 28. Qb2 Rde8 29. Rd1 $6 axb3 30. axb3 Qb4 31. Rhg1 Rf7 32. f4 $2
(32. g4 $1 Bxf3 33. Rdf1 {sacrifices in the right way (Lukacs).}) 32... Qxf4
33. g4 Be4 34. Rde1 Rd8 35. Rgf1 Qg3 36. Rg1 Qxh3 37. Bxe4 fxe4 38. Qe5 Qf3 39.
g5 hxg5 40. Qe6 Qf6 41. Rxe4 Ra8 42. Re5 Qxe6 43. Rxe6 Rf6 44. Re5 Rg6 45.
Rexg5 Rxg5 46. Rxg5 Rf8 47. Kb2 Kh7 48. Rh5+ Kg6 49. Rh3 Rf5 50. Kc3 c5 51. Kd3
Re5 52. c4 b4 53. Rh1 Kf6 54. Rf1+ Ke6 55. Rg1 g5 56. Rf1 Rf5 57. Rh1 Ke5 58.
Re1+ Kf6 59. Rh1 Re5 60. Rf1+ Kg6 61. Rg1 Kh5 62. Rh1+ Kg4 63. Rh8 Kf4 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "31.Schachtage"]
[Date "2003.08.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2003.??.31"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. O-O Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. Re1
Bg7 15. c3 O-O 16. Qh5 e4 17. Bf1 Re8 18. Rad1 Qc8 19. Nc2 Ng6 20. Nb4 Ne5 21.
Nc2 Ng6 22. Nb4 Ne5 23. h3 Rb8 24. Nc2 Ng6 25. Nb4 Ne5 26. Nc2 Ng6 27. Nb4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "31.Schachtage"]
[Date "2003.08.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2003.??.31"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. Bf4 e6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 Qa5 14. Ne5 Rd8
15. Qe2 O-O 16. Ng6 $1 Rfe8 ({The aggressive} 16... fxg6 $2 17. Qxe6+ Kh8 18.
hxg6 Ng8 19. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 20. Rxh6+ $1 Nxh6 21. Qxe7 {is known from Cimmino -
Franz, corr 1993.}) 17. Nxe7+ Rxe7 18. Rd3 Ree8 19. Rhd1 Qd5 $5 20. Rg1 $1 b5
21. Qd2 a5 $5 22. Ne2 $1 b4 $6 ({Not} 22... Nxh5 $2 23. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 24. Qxh6)
({but} 22... c5 $1 {(Bologan).}) 23. g4 Ne4 $1 24. Qe3 Ng5 {Priority has the
defence of the kingside.} 25. Rc1 Nb6 26. b3 a4 $2 ({Correct is} 26... Qb5 $1)
27. Bc7 $1 Qa5 28. f4 $1 Nh7 {White wants to assault with his pawns on the
kingside.} 29. g5 $6 (29. Bxd8 Rxd8 {(Bologan)} 30. Qe5 $1 Nd5 31. Rg1 $1 {
prepares the desired attack.}) 29... hxg5 30. fxg5 $5 Rd7 $1 31. Bxb6 Qxb6 32.
Rg1 axb3 33. cxb3 Qa5 34. g6 fxg6 $2 ({Anand misses the last chance} 34... Nf6
$1 35. gxf7+ Rxf7 36. h6 Qf5 $1) 35. hxg6 Nf6 36. Rg5 $1 Rd5 37. Re5 $1 Ng4 38.
Rxe6 $1 Rf8 ({Or} 38... Nxe3 39. Rxe8#) 39. Qh3 Nh6 40. Rxc6 Rdf5 41. d5 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "31.Schachtage"]
[Date "2003.08.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2003.??.31"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8.
Bd3 h6 9. N5f3 c5 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Ne5 a6 12. Ngf3 cxd4 13. Bxd4 Nbd5 14. O-O
Bc5 15. Bb5+ Kf8 16. Bxc5+ Qxc5 17. Bc4 Ke7 $5 (17... g6 {would have led to
Rublevsky - Karpov, Polanica Zdroj 1998. Black has an awful position anyway.})
18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. c4 $2 (19. Nh4 $1 Nf4 20. Qe4 g5 21. Rad1 Kf6 22. Rd7 $1 Rf8
23. Re1 Kg7 24. Nhg6 $1 Bxd7 25. Nxd7 {wins beautifully.}) 19... Nf6 20. Rfd1
Bd7 21. b4 Qc7 22. Nd4 Rhd8 23. Rd3 Kf8 24. Rad1 Be8 25. h3 Nd7 26. Ng4 Qxc4
27. Qd2 $6 Rac8 $2 (27... a5 28. Nxh6 Qxb4 {is okay (Bologan).}) 28. Nb3 Qc7
29. Rc1 Qb8 30. Rxc8 Qxc8 31. b5 $1 Qc4 32. bxa6 bxa6 33. Rd6 $2 ({Lékó misses
the win by} 33. Ne5 $1 Qc7 34. Qb4+ Kg8 35. Qe7 {(Bologan).}) 33... Qb5 34. Nd4
Qb1+ 35. Kh2 Rc8 36. Nb3 Nc5 37. Nxc5 Rxc5 38. Rxa6 Qb8+ 39. Kg1 $6 Rb5 40. Ne3
$2 ({Necessary is} 40. Qd6+) 40... Rb1+ 41. Nd1 {Bologan had a nice cup of tee,
before he made the two winning moves.} Qe5 $1 42. Ra3 ({Or} 42. Ra8 Qd5 $1)
42... Qg5 $1 43. Re3 (43. Qd6+ Qe7 {also wins for Black.}) 43... Ba4 44. Kh2
Qf4+ 45. g3 Rxd1 $1 46. Qd8+ Rxd8 {Lékó made a remarkably high number of
blunders.} 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "31.Schachtage"]
[Date "2003.08.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2003.??.31"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. a3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 Nb6 9. Bd3 Nbd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Qc2 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. b4 Re8 14. O-O
c6 15. b5 cxb5 16. Bxb5 Bd7 17. Bxd7 Qxd7 18. Ne5 Qe6 19. Qb2 Re7 20. a4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "31.Schachtage"]
[Date "2003.08.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadjis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C89"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2003.??.31"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Qf3 $5 Be6 $6 (15... Bg4 $1 {has been found by many lesser gods.}) 16. Qg2 $5
Qh5 17. Bd1 Qg6 18. Nd2 Rae8 19. Ne4 Bf5 20. f3 c5 21. Bd2 cxd4 22. cxd4 Bb8
23. Bb3 Rd8 24. Nc5 h5 25. Rac1 h4 26. gxh4 Qh5 27. Ne4 Bxe4 28. Rxe4 Nf6 29.
Re7 Rxd4 30. Bg5 Nd5 31. Qf2 Rd3 32. Qe2 Rxb3 $2 {A blunder allows Bologan to
start a mate attack.} ({Better is} 32... Nxe7 33. Qxd3 Ng6 34. Qe4 {(Bologan).}
) 33. Re8 $1 Ba7+ 34. Kh1 Rxf3 35. Rxf8+ Kh7 36. Qe4+ 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "31.Schachtage"]
[Date "2003.08.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2003.??.31"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8.
Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. O-O b6 12. Qg4 g5 13. Qh3 Rg8 14. Re1 $1 {
Anand has prepared an excellent novelty. Bologan thinks for twenty-five
minutes.} Bf8 ({The pointe is} 14... g4 $5 15. Qxh6 gxf3 16. Rxe6+ $1 fxe6 17.
Qxe6+ Be7 $1 (17... Kf8 18. Bh6+ Rg7 19. Bg6) 18. Qxg8+ Nf8 19. Bg6+ Kd7 20.
Bf5+ Ke8 21. Bh6 $1 Qd6 22. Bxf8 Bxf8 23. Re1+ Kd8 24. Qf7 Be7 {(Anand)} 25.
Be4 {and White gets four pawns for a bishop.}) 15. Qf5 $1 ({Sacrificing by} 15.
Rxe6+ $5 Kd8 $1 16. Bh7 $1 Nc5 $1 17. Bxg8 Bxe6 {(Anand)} 18. Qh5 {brings less
advantage.}) 15... Bg7 16. h4 Kf8 17. Qh3 Rh8 $5 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Qg4 c5 20.
Bxg5 $1 cxd4 21. Rad1 $1 ({A fine alternative brings} 21. Be7+ $1 Kg8 $1 22.
Bh4 $1 Qc5 23. Ng5 Ne5 24. Qg3 $1) 21... Bb7 22. Rxe6 $3 {White destroys the
defence line.} fxe6 ({Or} 22... Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Qh2+ 24. Kf1 {(Anand).}) 23. Be7+
$1 Kxe7 24. Qxg7+ Kd6 25. Nxd4 Qc5 26. Bf5 $1 Qe5 27. Nf3+ Qd5 28. Qg3+ Ke7 29.
Rxd5 Bxd5 30. Qg5+ Kd6 31. Qf4+ Ke7 32. Be4 Rh5 33. Nh4 Rg8 34. Ng6+ Kd8 35.
Qf7 Re8 36. Bd3 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "31.Schachtage"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2003.??.31"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be3 b6 9. Qd2 e5 10. Bh6 Qd6 11. g4 Be6 12. Ne2 Rad8 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Qc3 Nd7
15. Ng5 h6 16. Nxe6+ fxe6 17. Kf1 Rf3 18. Kg2 Rdf8 19. Raf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "31.Schachtage"]
[Date "2003.08.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2003.??.31"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Ng5 O-O 8. f4
Bg4 9. Qe1 exf4 10. Bxf4 Nd4 11. Qd2 Qd7 12. Be3 h6 13. Nf3 Nxf3+ 14. gxf3 Be6
15. Kh1 Kh7 16. Bxe6 fxe6 $1 17. Qg2 Rf7 18. Rg1 Raf8 19. Ne2 d5 $2 (19... Ne8
$1 {prevents Nf4.}) 20. Nf4 $1 g5 21. Ng6 $1 {White will win the exchange by
Nxf8() or Ne5.} Nh5 $1 ({Because} 21... Kxg6 22. Bxg5 $1 Kh7 23. Bxf6 {leads
to mate.}) 22. Nxf8+ Rxf8 23. Qh3 Kg6 24. Raf1 $2 (24. Qg4 $1 d4 25. Bd2 {,
forestalls} Bd6 $2 {due to} 26. Bxg5 $1 {, and continues the attack on the
kingside.}) 24... d4 $1 25. Bd2 Bd6 26. Rg4 Bf4 $1 {Black conquers square f4
for his knight.} 27. Bxf4 Nxf4 28. Qg3 e5 29. h4 Qe6 30. b3 ({Avoids} 30. hxg5
$2 h5 $1 31. Rh4 Qxa2) 30... b5 31. a3 Rh8 32. Qh2 Rf8 33. Qg3 $6 (33. hxg5 h5
34. Rh4 $5 c4 35. dxc4 $5 bxc4 36. b4 d3 37. b5 $1 {leads to confusion over
the whole board.}) 33... Rh8 34. Rxf4 $6 (34. Rf2 $1 c4 35. bxc4 bxc4 36. Qh2
$1 {keeps the game going.}) 34... exf4 35. Qh2 c4 36. Rg1 Rc8 37. bxc4 {
Bologan's score remained at plus three. Therefore, he did not win the event in
the penultimate round.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "31.Schachtage"]
[Date "2003.08.10"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2003.??.31"]

{Kramnik trails Bologan by one point. If Vladimir triumphs in this game, he
will win the Dortmund main group for the seventh time.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3.
Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. e3 d6 9. Ne2 c5 $5 {
Black delivers a novelty at an early stage.} 10. dxc5 dxc5 11. Qc2 $5 {The
queen makes room for the knight.} h6 12. Bh4 Qe7 13. O-O-O Rd8 {Bologan wants
to exchange naturally.} 14. Rxd8+ Qxd8 15. Nc3 Nbd7 16. f3 Ne5 17. Bg3 Nc6 18.
Be2 Qe7 19. Bh4 $5 Ne5 20. Rd1 Rd8 21. Nb5 Nc6 22. Rf1 g5 $5 23. Bg3 Nh5 24.
Bf2 Ng7 $1 25. Rd1 f5 26. Qa4 Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1 Ne8 $1 {The knight controls
square d6.} 28. h4 Kg7 29. Kb1 e5 30. hxg5 hxg5 31. Ka1 $6 (31. Nc3 $1 {keeps
a plus.}) 31... Bc8 32. g3 Be6 33. f4 Qd7 34. Qxd7+ Bxd7 {The heavy pieces
have been exchanged.} 35. Be1 Nf6 36. fxe5 Ne4 37. b3 Nxe5 $1 {Bologan has set
a trap.} 38. Nc3 $1 {Bologan had prevailed before Kramnik, Anand, Radjabov,
Lékó and Naiditsch. He applied his cutthroat methods from open tournaments
successfully.} ({Not} 38. Nxa7 $2 g4 $1 {and 39. .. Nf3!}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 66"]
[Date "2004.01.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]

{Corus 2004 was played from 9 - 25 i. Games among the top eight have been
analysed. Anand won the event for the fourth time. Lékó and Adams ended at the
second place, half-a-point behind Vishy.   The 13-year-old Carlsen defeated
his main rival by an epaulettes mate in the penultimate round. He won the C
group.  } 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2
Nf6 8. O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Na5 10. Nb3 d5 11. Kb1 Bxc3 12. bxc3 h6 13. Bf4 e5 14.
Bxe5 Qxe5 15. Nxa5 Be6 16. Qd4 Qc7 17. e5 Nd7 18. Nb3 Qxe5 19. c4 Qxd4 20. Nxd4
Nb6 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. cxd5 Nxd5 23. Rd2 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 66"]
[Date "2004.01.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 Qd7 11. c3 Rfe8 12. Nf1 h6 13. Ng3 Na5 14. Bc2 c5 15. d4
Bf8 16. d5 c4 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Nd2 Bc8 19. h3 Bd7 20. Qf3 Be7 21. Ra2 Reb8 22.
axb5 axb5 23. Rea1 Qd8 24. Nf5 Bxf5 25. exf5 Nb7 26. Ba7 Rc8 27. Ne4 Nxe4 28.
Bxe4 Nc5 29. Bxc5 Rxa2 30. Rxa2 Rxc5 31. Qd1 Rc8 32. Qa1 h5 33. Bf3 h4 34. Ra7
Rc7 35. Bh5 Rxa7 36. Qxa7 Qe8 37. Qc7 Bf8 38. Kf1 Qe7 39. Qxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 66"]
[Date "2004.01.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qe2 Ne4 10. Bd3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nxc3 12. Qc2 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nd5 14. Rb1 b6
15. Ba3 Re8 16. Rfc1 Ne7 17. Ne5 Nd7 18. Nc4 c5 19. Nd6 Rf8 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21.
Bxc5 bxc5 22. Rxc5 Nf5 23. Rd1 Qe7 24. Rcc1 Nxd6 25. Qxd6 Qf6 26. Qc7 h6 27. h3
g5 28. a5 Rfb8 29. Qc6 a6 30. Rd7 Kg7 31. Rcd1 Rc8 32. Rc7 Rd8 33. Rf1 Qe5 34.
Qb7 Rf8 35. Rxf7+ Rxf7 36. Qxa8 Qxa5 37. Qc6 Qa2 38. f4 gxf4 39. exf4 Qd5 40.
Qxa6 Qd4+ 41. Kh1 Rxf4 42. Rxf4 Qxf4 43. Qxe6 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 66"]
[Date "2004.01.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bh4 Nd5 14. Bf2 c5
15. e4 Nf4 16. Rd1 cxd4 17. Bxd4 e5 18. Bc3 Rfd8 19. Ne2 Ng6 20. Nc1 Nc5 21. b3
Rac8 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 66"]
[Date "2004.01.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. a4 a6 $6 ({Usual is} 12... b4 {
(David-Van Wely, France 1999).}) 13. O-O Bc6 14. axb5 axb5 15. Na2 Bb7 16. Nb4
{White has a plus.} Nd7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Rae1 Qb6+ 19. Kh1 Nf6 20. Bd5 Rac8 $6
{Black gives up the a-file unnecessarily.} 21. Re3 Rc5 22. Ra3 Rd8 23. Rfa1 Rd7
24. Bxb7 Qxb7 25. c3 Rc4 26. Qe3 Qc8 27. Ra5 Rb7 28. Ra8 Qd7 29. Qd3 Qc7 30. g3
h5 $5 {Loek seeks counteraction.} 31. Kg2 Qc5 32. Qd2 h4 $6 33. g4 $6 (33. Rh8
$1 Kxh8 34. Qh6+ Kg8 35. Ra8+ Qc8 36. Rxc8+ Rxc8 37. Qxh4 {utilises an
opportunity (Kramnik).}) 33... Nxe4 $1 {Black gets real counter-play.} 34. fxe4
Rxe4 35. Nd5 Rxg4+ 36. Kh3 Re4 $2 {Both players miss tactics under time
pressure.} (36... f5 $1 {continues the counterattack.}) 37. Rh8 $1 f6 38. Rxh4
$6 (38. Qh6+ Kf7 39. Rh7+ Ke6 40. Qxg6 {wins at once (Kramnik).}) 38... Rxh4+
39. Kxh4 e6 40. Nb4 Rb8 41. Kg3 d5 42. Kg2 Rh8 43. Nd3 Qb6 44. Nf4 g5 $2 45.
Qd4 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 66"]
[Date "2004.01.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 b6 7. Nc3 e5 8. O-O
Ne7 9. a4 a5 10. Nd2 Be6 11. Ne2 O-O 12. f4 f5 13. fxe5 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Bxe5 15.
Bg5 Qc7 16. Qd2 Nf5 17. Rae1 Bd5 18. Bf4 Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 66"]
[Date "2004.01.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be2
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. a4 Rc8 12. a5 Nc5 13. Nxc5 dxc5 14. Qxd8 Rfxd8
15. f3 c4 16. Kf2 Kf8 17. Na4 Nd7 18. Rfd1 Rc6 19. Nc3 Nf6 20. Rxd8+ Bxd8 21.
Ra4 Ne8 22. Nd5 Nd6 23. Bd2 Ke8 24. Bb4 Nb5 25. Bd2 Nd6 26. Bc3 f6 27. Bb4 Nb5
28. Bd2 Nd6 29. Bb4 Nb5 30. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 66"]
[Date "2004.01.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Qf5 7. Qxf5 exf5 8.
a3 Bd6 9. g3 Be6 10. Bg2 c6 11. Bf4 Bxf4 12. gxf4 Nbd7 13. O-O Ke7 14. e3 a5
15. Rfd1 a4 16. Ne1 Bb3 17. Rd2 Rhe8 18. Nd3 Kf8 19. Ne5 Red8 20. Ne2 Ne4 21.
Bxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 66"]
[Date "2004.01.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Na5 12. Qc2 c5 13. Ne5 Bh5 14. f3 cxd4
15. fxe4 fxe4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 h6 18. Bd2 Bh4 19. Rf1 Bf6 20. Rae1 Bxe5
21. Bh7+ Kh8 22. Rxf8+ Qxf8 23. Rxe5 Nc4 24. Rxh5 Nxd2 25. Qxd2 dxc3 26. Qxc3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 66"]
[Date "2004.01.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "202"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 Be7 11. Bf4 Be6 12. g4 Nh4 13. Nxh4 Bxh4 14.
Kg2 Be7 15. Rfd1 Rd8 16. f3 h5 17. Ne2 c5 18. Ng3 hxg4 19. hxg4 Rxd1 20. Rxd1
c6 21. Nh5 Rh7 22. Be3 b6 23. b3 c4 24. Nf4 cxb3 25. axb3 c5 26. Nxe6 fxe6 27.
b4 cxb4 28. Ra1 a5 29. Bxb6 Bg5 30. Rxa5 Bf4 31. Bg1 Kf7 32. Rb5 Rh8 33. Rxb4
Bxe5 34. f4 Rb8 35. Ra4 Bd6 36. Ra7+ Ke8 37. Rxg7 Rb2 38. Rg8+ Kd7 39. Kf3 Rxc2
40. Be3 Rc3 41. Rg5 Ra3 42. Rh5 Kc6 43. Rh8 Kd7 44. Rh7+ Kc6 45. Rh2 Bc5 46.
Re2 Kd7 47. Kf2 Be7 48. Rc2 Bd6 49. Rc4 Rb3 50. Kf3 Ke7 51. Rc6 Bb8 52. Rc2 Kf7
53. Rd2 Rb7 54. Rd3 Kg6 55. Rd8 Ba7 56. Rd6 Kf7 57. Bxa7 Rxa7 58. g5 Ra3+ 59.
Kg4 Ra1 60. Rd7+ Kg6 61. Re7 Rg1+ 62. Kf3 Re1 63. Kf2 Re4 64. Kg3 Kf5 65. Rf7+
Kg6 66. Rf6+ Kg7 67. Kf3 Re1 68. Rh6 Kf7 69. Kf2 Re4 70. Kg3 Re1 71. Rf6+ Kg7
72. Kf3 Kg8 73. Kg4 Kg7 74. Kf3 Kg8 75. Rh6 Kg7 76. Rh2 Kg6 77. Rc2 Rf1+ 78.
Ke3 Re1+ 79. Kf2 Re4 80. Kf3 Re1 81. Rc5 Rf1+ 82. Ke3 Re1+ 83. Kf2 Re4 84. Kf3
Re1 85. Rc3 Kf5 86. Rc5+ Kg6 87. Rc7 Rf1+ 88. Ke3 Re1+ 89. Kf2 Re4 90. Kf3 Re1
91. Rc8 Kf7 92. Rc4 Rf1+ 93. Ke2 Ra1 94. Rc7+ Kf8 95. Kf3 Rg1 96. Ke4 Re1+ 97.
Kd4 Kg8 98. Rb7 Kf8 99. g6 Rg1 100. Rf7+ Ke8 101. Rg7 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 66"]
[Date "2004.01.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c5 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Qxc3 cxd4 9. Qxd4 Nc6 10. Qf4 d4 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nf3 Qa5+ 13. Qd2 Qxd2+ 14.
Kxd2 Bf5 15. b4 O-O-O 16. Rc1 Kb8 17. g3 a5 18. Bg2 Be4 19. Nh4 Bxg2 20. Nxg2
axb4 21. axb4 Nxb4 22. Rc4 Nc6 23. Rb1 Ne5 24. Rcb4 Rd7 25. Nf4 Rc8 26. Ra4
Nc4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 66"]
[Date "2004.01.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Bb3 Qc7 12. Qf3 Bd6 13. Kh1 Bd7 14. Bg5
Be5 15. Rad1 h6 16. Bh4 O-O 17. Rfe1 Rfd8 18. c3 Rac8 $5 {A new move is played
at last. White has a plus.} 19. h3 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Bc6 21. Qe3 Rxd4 22. Qxd4 Qd8
$5 ({Psakhis favours} 22... Rd8) 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 $2 ({Right is} 23... gxf6) 24.
Qxf6 gxf6 25. Rxe6 $1 {Adams applies a 'petite combinaison'.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 66"]
[Date "2004.01.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Bd2 Nd7 11. Nc3 Nd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Ne2 Bf6 14. Ng3 g6 15.
Bh6 Re8 16. f4 Nc5 17. Qf3 Nxb3 18. cxb3 Qd7 19. Rf1 c5 20. Rf2 Bh8 21. f5 d5
22. Qg4 Bc6 23. Raf1 dxe4 24. Nxe4 c4 25. Nc5 Qc8 26. fxg6 hxg6 27. Qg3 Bd5 28.
b4 Qc6 29. Bg5 cxd3 30. Bf6 d2 31. Bxh8 Kxh8 32. Rxd2 Bc4 33. Rc1 Qf6 34. Qf2
Qxf2+ 35. Kxf2 Re3 36. a5 Rae8 37. Rcd1 Re2+ 38. Kg1 Bd5 39. Nxa6 Bxg2 40. Nc7
R8e5 41. Rxe2 Rxe2 42. Nxb5 Rxb2 43. Rxd4 Kg7 44. a6 Bf3 45. Nc3 Rg2+ 46. Kf1
Rxh2 47. b5 Rb2 48. a7 Bb7 49. Rd7 Ba8 50. Rd8 Bb7 51. Rb8 Bf3 52. b6 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 66"]
[Date "2004.01.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bh4 Nd5 14. Bf2 c5
15. e4 Nf4 16. Be3 Ng6 17. Ne2 f5 18. exf5 exf5 19. O-O-O Rae8 20. Bf2 Ba6 21.
Nc3 Bxf1 22. Rhxf1 Nf4 23. dxc5 Nxc5 24. Bxc5 bxc5 25. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 66"]
[Date "2004.01.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O
Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bf4 Na6 11. Rfd1 Nc5 12. Qc2 Qc8 13. Rd4 d5 14. cxd5 Nxd5
15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Rad1 $5 Ne4 $1 17. Qd3 $5 Qb7 18. Nd2 $6 Nf6 $6 (18... Nxf2
$1 19. Bxd5 Nh3+ 20. Kg2 Nxf4+ 21. gxf4 exd5 22. Rxd5 Rad8 {gains a plus (Van
Wely and Chuchelov).}) 19. e4 Bc6 20. Bd6 $1 Bxd6 21. Rxd6 Rac8 {Black
prepares ..e5.} ({He avoids} 21... e5 $2 22. Qc3 Bxe4 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. Qxe5 {
(Gershon).}) 22. e5 Bxg2 23. exf6 Bd5 $1 {A rook has been imprisoned. So White
has to hurry with his attack.} 24. Qd4 (24. fxg7 Kxg7 25. Qd4+ {brings no
advantage to either side.}) 24... gxf6 25. Qxf6 Qc7 26. Qg5+ Kh8 27. Qf6+ Kg8
28. Rxd5 {Loek ended the game with humour.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 66"]
[Date "2004.01.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Be2 Be7 8. a4
Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. Qe1 e5 14. Nde2 exf4 15.
Nxf4 Be6 16. Bh5 $5 (16. Be2 {was played in Dolmatov-Ftacnik, Manila 1990.})
16... Nxh5 17. Nxh5 Qa5 18. Nf4 Bc4 19. Nd3 Qd8 $5 20. b3 Bxd3 21. cxd3 Bf6 22.
Rc1 Nb4 23. Qd2 d5 24. Bc5 Bg5 $5 25. Qf2 $1 Nxd3 26. Qxf7+ Kh8 27. Bd4 Bh6 28.
Rcd1 dxe4 29. Ba7 $1 {Kramnik has to solve a difficult tactical position.} Re7
$2 ({Right is} 29... Rf8 $1 30. Qxf8+ Qxf8 31. Rxf8+ Rxf8 32. Nxe4 Nb2 $1 {
(Adams).}) 30. Qf5 Ra8 31. Nxe4 Rd7 ({Not} 31... Rxa7 $4 32. Qf8+) 32. Bb6 Qe8
33. a5 $1 Kg8 $6 34. Qg4 $6 (34. Rf3 $1 Ne5 35. Rxd7 Nxd7 36. Nd6 {wins more
quickly (Adams).}) 34... Kh8 35. Rf8+ Qxf8 36. Qxd7 Ne5 37. Qxb7 g6 38. h3 Bg7
39. Nd6 h5 40. b4 Qg8 41. Bc5 Qb8 42. Qe4 $1 Kh7 43. Rd5 {The restraint became
fatal for Black.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 66"]
[Date "2004.01.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Bd3 b6 11. h4 Bb7 12. Neg5 $5 Nf6 13. c3 Bxf3 14. gxf3
$5 c5 15. dxc5 Qc7 16. Kb1 bxc5 17. Rdg1 $6 ({Known is} 17. Qc2) 17... Rfd8 $2
(17... c4 $1 18. Nxh7 Qd8 $1 19. Nxf8 Bxf8 20. Rd1 cxd3 {(Anand) brings an
edge.}) 18. Qc2 h6 19. Bh7+ Kf8 20. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 21. Qg6+ Kf8 22. Qxg7+ Ke8 23.
Re1 $6 ({Better is} 23. Bc2 $1 Kd7 24. Qf7 {(Anand), but} Kc8 $1 25. Rg7 Qb6
26. Qxe7 Nd5 27. Qf7 Rb8 {gives counter-play.}) 23... Rd6 $1 24. Qh8+ Bf8 25.
Bg6+ Ke7 26. Rhg1 Rb6 27. Bf5 Kf7 $2 (27... Qf4 $1 28. Rg7+ Kd6 $1 29. Rxe6+
Kd5 30. c4+ $1 Qxc4 31. Rd7+ $1 Nxd7 32. Qg8 $1 Rxb2+ $1 33. Kxb2 Bg7+ $1 34.
Re5+ $1 Kxe5 35. Qxc4 Kxf5+ {(Anand). Black has a plus.}) 28. Bg6+ $2 Ke7 29.
Bc2 {Moves are repeated in a tactical turmoil.} Kf7 $2 {Hereafter, White finds
the winning move.} ({Right is} 29... Ne8 $1 30. Rd1 Rd6) 30. Rg6 $1 Qf4 31.
Reg1 e5 32. Rg7+ Ke6 33. R1g6 Rab8 ({Or} 33... e4 34. Rxf6+ $1 Qxf6 35. Qg8+
Ke5 36. Rf7 Bg7 37. f4+ {(Finkel).}) 34. Qg8+ Kd6 35. Rxf6+ $1 Qxf6 36. Rg6 Kc7
37. Rxf6 Rxf6 38. Qh7+ Kb6 39. Be4 Rd6 40. h5 {White has many advantages.} a6
41. Qf7 Rd2 42. a3 Rd1+ 43. Kc2 Rd6 44. b4 cxb4 45. axb4 Rdd8 46. Qe6+ Rd6 47.
Qc4 Rf6 48. Qd5 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 66"]
[Date "2004.01.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8.
Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. O-O b6 12. Qg4 Kf8 13. b3 Bb7 14. Bb2 Nf6
15. Qh4 c5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 $1 {Black improves the theory.} 17. Bxf6 $5 gxf6 18.
Qxf6 Qh5 $1 {The wonderful fight will end quickly.} 19. Rfe1 $2 (19. Qxh8+ $6
Ke7 20. Bg6 $1 Qxg6 21. Qc3 Rg8 {favours Black (Lékó).}) ({Best is} 19. Qd4 $1
Rd8 20. Qf6 Re8 21. Qd4 Rd8 {drawn.}) 19... Rg8 $2 ({Right is} 19... Bxf3 $1
20. Qxf3 Bxh2+ 21. Kh1 Qxf3 22. gxf3 Bd6 23. Re4 $1 {(Lékó).}) 20. Be4 Rxg2+
21. Kxg2 Qg4+ 22. Kh1 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 Qxe4 24. Re1 Qh7 25. Nd4 Ke8 26. Nxe6 Kd7
27. Qf3 Rb8 28. Nd4 Rc8 29. Qh3+ f5 30. Nxf5 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 66"]
[Date "2004.01.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5
Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qd3 Nc6 11. O-O-O Be7 $5 ({Usual is} 11... Nd4) 12. Kb1
O-O 13. Nd5 Bg5 14. h4 $1 {Kramnik plays for a win.} Bxh4 15. g3 Bf6 16. Qf3
Bg5 17. Qh5 h6 18. f4 Bf6 19. Nd2 Nd4 20. Bc4 Rc8 21. c3 Nb5 22. f5 Bxd5 23.
Bxd5 Rxc3 $1 {Anand has started a timely counteraction.} 24. Qg6 $6 ({Better
chances result from} 24. bxc3 $5 Nxc3+ 25. Kc2 Nxd5 $1 26. exd5 Qa5 27. Qf3 {
(Kramnik).}) 24... Qb6 25. Rxh6 $1 (25. Rxh6 Na3+ 26. Ka1 Nc2+ {draws.})
1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 66"]
[Date "2004.01.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "191"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Qf5 7. Qxf5 exf5 8.
a3 Be7 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 Nb6 11. Bd2 a5 12. Ke2 O-O 13. Rhc1 c6 14. b3 Re8 15.
Ne5 Be6 16. Na4 Nxa4 17. bxa4 Nd5 18. Rcb1 Ra7 19. g3 c5 20. Bb5 Rc8 21. Rc1
cxd4 $6 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. exd4 Be6 24. Kd3 Kf8 25. Nd7+ Kg8 26. Rc1 Ra8 27.
Nc5 Kf8 28. Re1 Nc7 29. Nxb7 Nxb5 30. axb5 Rb8 31. Nxa5 Rxb5 32. a4 Rb2 33. Nc6
Bd6 34. a5 Bd5 35. Rc1 $2 Rb3+ $2 (35... Be4+ 36. Ke3 Rb3+ 37. Ke2 Ba3 {takes
advantage of the blunder.}) 36. Kc2 Ba3 37. Ra1 Rb2+ 38. Kc3 Rb3+ 39. Kc2 Rb2+
40. Kd1 Bd6 41. Ne5 Bxe5 42. dxe5 Ra2 43. Rb1 Ke7 44. Rb6 Bf3+ 45. Kc1 Kd7 46.
Rd6+ Kc8 47. Kb1 Ra4 48. Bc3 Rc4 49. Kb2 g6 50. Kb3 Rc6 51. Kb4 Kc7 52. Rd2 f4
53. gxf4 Bg4 54. Bd4 Kb7 55. Bc5 Ka6 56. Rd8 Be6 57. Rb8 h5 58. h4 Bd5 59. Ra8+
Kb7 60. Rd8 Be6 61. Kb5 Bh3 62. Rd1 Bg4 63. Rd2 Bh3 64. f3 Bf1+ 65. Kb4 Bh3 66.
Rd1 Rc7 67. Kb5 Bd7+ 68. Rxd7 $6 {Loek sees no way to win and tries something.}
Rxd7 69. a6+ Ka8 70. Bd6 Ka7 71. Kc6 Rd8 72. Kc7 Rb8 $2 {The Dutch champion
gets his way.} (72... Ra8 $1 73. Kd7 Kxa6 74. Ke7 Ra7+ 75. Kf6 Kb5 76. Be7 Kc4
77. Kxf7 Kd5 78. e6 Rb7 79. Kf6 Rb6 80. Kxg6 Kxe6 81. Bg5 Rb5 {(Van Wely and
Chuchelov).}) 73. Bc5+ $1 Ka8 74. Kd7 Rb3 75. Be7 Rxf3 76. Bg5 Rc3 77. Ke8 Rc7
78. Be7 Ka7 79. Kxf7 Kxa6 80. e6 Kb7 81. Kf6 Rc6 82. Bf8 Kc7 83. Kf7 Rc4 84.
Bh6 Re4 85. Bg5 Kd6 86. e7 Kd7 87. Kxg6 Ke8 88. Kxh5 Kf7 89. Kg4 Ra4 90. h5 Ra8
91. h6 Kg6 92. f5+ Kf7 93. Kh5 Rh8 94. Be3 Rb8 95. Bd4 Rb1 96. e8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 66"]
[Date "2004.01.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Be2 Be7 8. a4
Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3 Bf8 13. Nde2 b6 14. Qe1 Bb7 15.
Qf2 Nd7 16. Rad1 Rab8 17. Ng3 g6 18. Bg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 66"]
[Date "2004.01.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. a4 Qc7 8. Nf3
h6 9. Bd3 b6 10. a5 bxa5 11. O-O c4 $5 {Bareev has a new idea. He gets a
better position soon.} 12. Be2 O-O 13. Re1 Nbc6 14. Bf1 f6 15. Ba3 fxe5 16.
Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Rxe5 Qc7 19. g3 Bd7 20. Bh3 Rf6 21. Qc1 a4 22. Qa3
{The queen has to function as a blockader.} Rb8 $1 23. f4 Rb6 24. Kf2 Qb8 25.
Rae1 $2 (25. Ke3 $1 Rb1 26. Rxb1 Qxb1 27. Qd6 {gives sufficient counteraction 
(Bareev).}) 25... Qf8 $1 26. Qxf8+ Kxf8 27. Ke3 g5 $1 28. Bg4 ({Or} 28. fxg5 $5
hxg5 29. Rxg5 Rb2) 28... gxf4+ 29. gxf4 Rb2 30. f5 $6 exf5 31. Bf3 Rxc2 32. Kf4
Rxc3 33. Bh5 Rh3 34. Rxd5 Rh4+ 35. Kg3 Rxh5 36. Rxd7 f4+ 37. Kg4 Rg5+ 38. Kf3
Rf7 39. Rd8+ Kg7 40. Rc8 Rb5 41. Rxc4 Rb3+ 42. Kf2 a3 43. Ra4 f3 44. Ra1 Rb2+
45. Kg1 Rg2+ 46. Kh1 a2 $1 47. Rg1 Kf8 48. Rxg2 f2 $1 49. Rg1 f1=Q $1 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 66"]
[Date "2004.01.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. Qb3 c5 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Qxc3 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Ne4 11. Qd3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Qf6 13. dxc5 $5 bxc5 14.
O-O-O g4 15. Nh2 h5 16. Qd6 $6 Qg5+ 17. Rd2 Rg8 18. f4 Qe7 19. Qe5 f5 20. Rd6
$2 {Van Wely makes a funny move.} ({The development proceeds with} 20. e3)
20... Nc6 21. Qxc5 Na5 $1 22. Qb4 Nxc4 $1 {It's hopeless!} 23. Qxb7 Qxd6 24.
Qxa8+ Ke7 25. Qb7 ({The pointe shows} 25. Qxg8 Qd2+ 26. Kb1 Qxb2#) 25... Rb8
0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 66"]
[Date "2004.01.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Na5 7. Qc3 c5 8. dxc5
bxc5 9. e4 Bb7 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Bg2 Be7 13. O-O Nc6 14. Re1 Bg6 15.
Bf4 O-O 16. Rad1 Rb8 17. Rd2 Qc7 18. Bg5 Bxg5 19. Nxg5 Rfd8 20. Rd6 Nd4 21. Nf3
Nf5 22. Ra6 Qb7 23. Qa5 Qxb2 24. Qxc5 Bh5 25. Qa3 Qc2 26. Rxa7 Qxc4 27. Ra4 Qc2
28. g4 Rb2 29. Rf1 Bxg4 30. Rxg4 Rxa2 31. Qb4 g6 32. Nd4 Qd3 33. Nxf5 Qxf5 34.
Re4 Rc8 35. Re3 Rc1 36. Qh4 Raa1 37. Qf6 Qb1 38. Qd8+ Kg7 39. Qf6+ Kg8 40. Qd8+
Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 66"]
[Date "2004.01.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 Nc6 10. f4 b5 11. Bf3 Na5 12. Nxa5 Qxa5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 exf4
15. Bxf4 Bf5 16. Bg4 Bxg4 17. Qxg4 Qd8 18. c3 Bf6 19. a4 Qc7 20. Bg3 Be5 21.
Bxe5 dxe5 22. Qe2 Rab8 23. axb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 66"]
[Date "2004.01.24"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Be3 Nd5 9. Qd2 Bd6 10. O-O-O Bd7 11. Ne5 Qe7 12. Bc4 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Bc6 14.
Qd4 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Qg5 16. f4 Qxg2 17. Rhg1 Qe4 18. Qxe4 Bxe4 19. Rxg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 66"]
[Date "2004.01.24"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. g4
Nfd7 9. Qd2 Nb6 10. a4 bxa4 11. Nxa4 Nxa4 12. Rxa4 Be7 13. g5 $5 O-O 14. h4 Bd7
$5 15. Ra1 Nc6 16. Rxa6 Qc7 $6 {The exchange of rooks is preferable.} 17. Kf2
Nxd4 18. Bxd4 e5 19. Be3 Rxa6 20. Bxa6 f5 21. gxf6 Bxf6 22. Qd5+ Kh8 23. Bc4
Be8 24. Be2 Bf7 25. Qd2 Bh5 26. b3 Qe7 27. Kg2 Qf7 ({Not} 27... Bxh4 28. Rxh4
Qxh4 29. Bg5) 28. Rh3 Be7 29. b4 h6 30. b5 Qg6+ 31. Kh2 Qe6 32. Qd3 Be8 33. Qb3
Qc8 ({Or} 33... Qxb3 34. cxb3 Bd7 35. b6 $1 {and White wins.}) 34. b6 $2 Bf7
35. Qb1 Qc3 $2 {Black misses the opportunity.} ({Right is} 35... Be6 $1 36. b7
Qc3 $1 {(Anand)} 37. Ba7 Bxh3 $1 38. Kxh3 Rxf3+ 39. Kg2 Rg3+ 40. Kf2 Bxh4 $1
41. b8=Q+ Kh7 42. Kf1 Rg1+ $1 43. Kxg1 Qg3+ $11) 36. Bd3 $1 Rb8 37. Qg1 $1 Bc4
38. Qg6 $1 Bxd3 39. Rg3 $1 Bf6 40. cxd3 Rxb6 41. Bxb6 Qb2+ 42. Rg2 Qxb6 43. Rc2
Bd8 44. h5 {Anand won the event despite this loss.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 66"]
[Date "2004.01.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Ne5
d5 9. Bc3 O-O 10. Nd2 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. O-O Bb7 13. e3 Be7 14. Rc1 Nbd7 15.
Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Ne4 Be5 19. Qd3 Rad8 20. Ng5 g6 21.
Nf3 Bf6 22. Rfd1 Rc8 23. Nd4 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rc8 25. Rd1 Qc7 26. Ne2 Qc2 27. Nf4
Qxa2 28. Nxd5 Bxd5 29. Bxd5 Rc7 30. Bc4 Qa3 31. e4 b5 32. Bxb5 Rc3 33. Qd7 Qxb3
34. e5 Be7 35. Be2 Qe6 36. Qxe6 fxe6 37. Rd7 Kf8 $2 ({Correct is} 37... Bc5 $1
38. Bg4 Rc2 39. Bxe6+ Kh8 40. Rf7 Re2 {(Kramnik).}) 38. Rxa7 Rc2 39. Kf1 Rc1+
40. Kg2 Rc2 41. Kf3 g5 42. Ra8+ Kg7 43. Bd3 Rc5 44. Ke4 Rc6 45. f4 gxf4 46.
gxf4 Kf7 47. Ra4 Bd8 48. Bc4 Ke7 49. Kd3 Bc7 50. Ra8 Bd8 51. Ra7+ Bc7 52. Bb5
Rc5 53. Kd4 Rd5+ 54. Kc4 Kd8 55. f5 $2 ({The encirclement} 55. Ra8+ Ke7 56. Rh8
{might win (Kramnik).}) 55... Rd4+ 56. Kc5 Rd5+ 57. Kc4 Rd4+ 58. Kxd4 Bb6+ 59.
Kd3 Bxa7 60. f6 Bg1 61. h3 Bc5 62. Ke4 Ba3 63. h4 Bb2 64. Kf4 h6 65. Bc4 {Lékó
and Adams ended at the second place, half-a-point behind Anand.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus C"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 66"]
[Date "2004.01.24"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Ne4 Qa5 14. Kb1 O-O
15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. Ne5 Rad8 17. Qe2 c5 $2 {The 13-year-old Magnus Carlsen
knows the opening until this move.} 18. Ng6 $1 fxg6 $2 19. Qxe6+ Kh8 20. hxg6
$1 Ng8 21. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 22. Rxh6+ $1 Nxh6 23. Qxe7 Nf7 24. gxf7 $1 {White
plays a new move!} ({Known is} 24. Qf6+ Kg8 25. Rh1 Nh6 26. Qe7 Nf7 27. Qf6 $4
(27. Rh5 $1 {wins}) 27... Nh6 28. Qe7 Nf7 {drawn (Almagro Ilanos - Gustafsson,
Madrid 2003).}) 24... Kg7 25. Rd3 Rd6 ({Or} 25... Qb6 26. Rg3+ Qg6 27. Rxg6+
Kxg6 28. d5 {and White wins (Carlsen).}) 26. Rg3+ Rg6 27. Qe5+ Kxf7 28. Qf5+
Rf6 29. Qd7# {Carlsen had defeated his main rival by an epaullettes mate in
the penultimate round! He was on his way to win the C group.} 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "21"]
[Date "2004.02.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2004.??.19"]

{Seven top players participated in the twenty-first event from 19 ii - 5 iii
2004. The percentage of draws increased to 79%. There were many short draws.
The fighting spirit had lessened since the introduction of the present system.
The economical win by Kramnik reminded of Tigran Petrosian. Vladimir was
unbeatable and scored enough wins for the general triumph. Only the decided
games have been analysed, as a punishment.   The open Anibal has been played
since 1994. A tournament for the blind started in 2001. All events are
supported by regional sponsors.  } 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 g6 4. Bxf6 exf6 5.
c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 Bd6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. h4 h5 9. Qc2 Kg7 10. Nge2 Nd7 11. O-O-O Nb6
12. Bb3 Qe7 {The unconventional opening has resulted in pleasant play for
Black.} 13. Qe4 Re8 14. Qxe7 Bxe7 15. Nf4 a5 16. a3 Bd6 17. Nd3 a4 18. Ba2 Ra5
$1 19. e4 Rd8 $1 20. Rhe1 $6 Be7 21. Nf4 f5 {Optimistic play by Radjabov has
led to a poor position.} 22. e5 $2 ({Correct is} 22. exf5 $1 Bxh4 23. fxg6 Bg5
$1 24. g3 fxg6 {(Lékó).}) 22... Bxh4 23. g3 Bg5 24. d5 c6 $1 25. dxc6 Rxd1+ 26.
Kxd1 bxc6 27. e6 Bxf4 28. e7 Bd7 29. e8=Q Bxe8 30. Rxe8 Bd6 31. Ne2 Rb5 32. Kc2
f4 33. gxf4 Rf5 34. Re4 h4 35. Ng1 Rxf4 36. Rxf4 Bxf4 37. b3 f5 38. bxa4 Nxa4
39. Nh3 Bd6 40. f4 Nb6 41. Kb2 Kh6 42. Bf7 Nd5 43. Be8 Nxf4 44. Nxf4 Bxf4 45.
Bxc6 g5 {All games in the next four rounds were drawn.} 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "21"]
[Date "2004.02.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2004.??.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. Bf3 c6 13. Bb2 h6 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15.
dxe6 fxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Rxe4 d5 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Rxe5 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Qb6
21. Bb2 $1 ({Theory is} 21. Qd2) 21... Kh7 22. Qe2 d4 23. h4 Rf6 24. Re1 Qxb4
25. a3 $1 Qd6 26. h5 $1 Raf8 $6 ({Better is} 26... Rd8 $1 27. Qe4 b6 28. hxg6+
Kg8 29. Bc1 Kg7 30. Bb2 {drawn.}) 27. Qe4 Nc6 28. hxg6+ Kg7 29. Bc1 Qe7 30.
Bxh6+ $1 Kxh6 31. Qh4+ Kxg6 32. Bxc6 bxc6 33. Re5 $1 {If the queen's rook had
gone to d8 on move 26, it could have been placed on d5.} Qxe6 $2 ({Right is} 
33... Rxe6 $1 34. Qh5+ Kf6 35. Rf5+ Kg7 36. Rg5+ Qxg5 37. Qxg5+ Rg6 38. Qe5+
Kg8 39. Qxd4 Rf7 40. g3 Rfg7 $1 {(Shirov).}) 34. Rxe6 Rxe6 35. Qg4+ $1 Kf7 36.
Qxd4 a6 37. g4 Rg8 38. f3 Rf6 39. Kf2 Re8 40. Qc4+ Kg7 41. Qxa6 Ref8 42. Qd3 c5
43. a4 Ra8 44. Qc3 Kg6 45. Qxc5 Rfa6 46. Kg3 Rxa4 47. Qd6+ Kf7 48. g5 R8a6 49.
Qd7+ Kg6 50. f4 Ra1 51. Qd3+ Kg7 52. Qd4+ Kg8 53. Kg4 R1a2 54. Qd8+ Kg7 55.
Qc7+ Kg8 56. f5 Ra7 57. Qd8+ Kg7 58. f6+ Kh7 59. Qd3+ Kh8 60. Kf5 Ra8 61. Qh3+
Kg8 62. Kg6 R2a7 63. Qe6+ Kf8 64. Qd6+ Kg8 65. Qd5+ Kh8 66. Qh1+ 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "21"]
[Date "2004.02.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2831"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2004.??.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O
Be7 9. b3 Rc8 10. Bb2 Qc7 11. Rad1 h6 12. e4 $1 {Kasparov gains a plus by a
new move.} dxe4 13. Nxe4 O-O 14. c5 $5 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 a5 ({Better is} 15... Ba6
$1 16. Rfe1 Nf6 {and the strong White bishop will be exchanged (Kasparov).})
16. Rfe1 Rfd8 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. Bd3 Kg8 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. Bd3 Kg8 21. Ba3 {White
plays for a win naturally.} Qb8 22. Qc1 bxc5 23. Bb1 Qa7 $2 ({Right is} 23...
Nf6 $1 24. Qc2 Rd5 $1) 24. Qc2 Nf6 25. Ne5 $1 Rd5 $5 ({Kasparov gives} 25...
Kf8 26. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 27. Qg6+ Kf8 28. Bf5 $1 exf5 29. Rxe7 $1) 26. Ng4 $1 Rf5
27. Nxf6+ gxf6 28. h4 $5 Kh8 29. Qe2 Ba6 30. Qe3 Rh5 31. Bxc5 Bxc5 32. dxc5
Qxc5 33. Qf3 Kg7 34. Qg4+ Kh8 35. Rd7 Rg8 36. Qf3 Re5 37. Qxf6+ 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "21"]
[Date "2004.02.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2004.??.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Nbd7 9. Qd2 b5 10. O-O-O h5 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 g6 13. Kb1 Nb6 $2 ({Correct
is} 13... Bg7 {(Kramnik).}) 14. Qc3 $1 Be7 ({The pointe is} 14... Rc8 15. Bxb6
$1) 15. Qc6+ Nbd7 16. Bb6 $3 {Vladimir wins by force.} Qxb6 ({Or} 16... Qc8 17.
Bc7 Ra7 18. Bxd6 $1 {(Kramnik).}) 17. Qxa8+ Nb8 18. Na5 Nfd7 19. Nc6 Bg5 20.
Qa7 Nxc6 21. Qxb6 Nxb6 22. dxc6 Ke7 23. Rd3 Rc8 24. Ra3 Na4 25. c4 $1 Rxc6 26.
Be2 ({Not} 26. cxb5 Rc1#) 26... Rb6 27. cxb5 axb5 28. Bxb5 $1 Rxb5 29. Rxa4 f5
30. Rd1 Be3 31. a3 d5 32. b4 d4 33. Ra5 Rxa5 34. bxa5 Kd6 35. Kc2 e4 36. fxe4
fxe4 37. Re1 $1 ({Kramnik has calculated} 37. Re1 Kc6 38. Rxe3 $1 dxe3 39. Kd1)
1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "21"]
[Date "2004.02.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2004.??.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 Bg4 11. Ne5 Bh5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nc3 Bxe5 $1 {A novelty
slightly improves the theory.} 14. dxe5 Nac5 15. Nxe4 Nxd3 $1 16. Qxd3 Bg6 17.
Qb3 Bxe4 18. Qxb7 $5 Qh4 $1 19. Qb3 d4 20. Qg3 $1 {Lékó has to simplify
immediately.} Qxg3 21. hxg3 Rfc8 22. f3 Bg6 23. Rf2 h5 24. Bf4 d3 25. Bd2 $1
Rc2 26. Bc3 Kf8 27. Rd2 Rc8 28. Rad1 Ke7 29. Kf2 Rc4 30. Ke3 {The game has
remained lively despite the bishops of opposite colours.} Bf5 $2 ({Right is} 
30... Ke6 $1 31. Rxd3 (31. Rh1 Kd5) 31... Bxd3 32. Kxd3 R4xc3+ 33. bxc3 Rxg2 {
(Lékó).}) 31. Rh1 $1 g6 32. Rh4 $1 Rxh4 33. gxh4 a6 {Now Black cannot stop the
white king from entering through a flank.} 34. Kd4 Kd7 35. Kc5 Kc7 36. a4 Rc1
37. g4 hxg4 38. fxg4 Bxg4 39. Rxd3 Rh1 40. Ba5+ $1 Kb7 41. Rb3+ Kc8 42. Rb4 $1
Rxh4 43. Rd4 g5 44. Be1 Rh1 45. Rxg4 Rxe1 46. Rxg5 Kd7 47. Rf5 Ke7 ({Or} 47...
Ke6 48. Rf6+ Kxe5 49. Rxa6 {(Lékó).}) 48. b4 Ra1 49. a5 Rc1+ 50. Kb6 Rc4 51. b5
axb5 52. a6 Ke6 53. Rf6+ Kxe5 54. Rxf7 (54. Rxf7 Ra4 55. Kxb5 {leads to a
theoretical win of rook and pawn versus rook.  All games were decided in this
round! Lékó led at the end of the first cycle with a score of plus two.}) 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "21"]
[Date "2004.02.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2004.??.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. d5 Nc4 13. b3 Nb6 14. a4 Bd7 15. a5 Nc8
16. c4 $5 g6 $6 ({More useful is} 16... Rb8 $1) 17. Nc3 Nh5 18. Ne2 Re8 19. Ra2
Bf8 20. g4 Ng7 $6 (20... Nf6 $1 21. Bg5 Bg7 {moves the pieces to better
squares.}) 21. Ng3 f6 22. Nh2 $1 {White prepares an advance of pawns.} Re7 23.
h4 Rf7 24. f4 exf4 25. Bxf4 Qd8 26. Rf1 Qe7 27. h5 Ne8 28. Bd3 $1 Bg7 29. Kg2
Qf8 30. Qc1 bxc4 31. bxc4 Rb8 32. Raf2 $1 Rb3 33. Rf3 Ne7 34. Bd2 Bc8 35. Qc2
$1 Rb8 36. Kh1 gxh5 $6 37. Nxh5 Ng6 $1 38. e5 $3 {White instead of Black
occupies the critical square.} dxe5 ({The point is} 38... Nxe5 39. Bxh7+) 39.
Bxg6 hxg6 40. Qxg6 e4 41. Rh3 Rfb7 42. Nf4 Rb1 43. Qh7+ Kf7 44. Qh5+ Kg8 45.
Ng6 {Shirov was crushed quietly.} 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "21"]
[Date "2004.03.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2004.??.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. O-O Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. Qh5 e4
15. Be2 Bg7 16. c3 Rc8 $5 {Kramnik starts a new rook manoeuvre in a
fashionable variation.} 17. Nc2 Rc5 18. Ne3 $1 f4 19. Nf5 {Elegant knight
jumps result in a plus.} O-O 20. a4 $1 Nxf5 21. Qxf5 Qe7 22. axb5 axb5 23. Qxf4
Rxd5 24. Rfd1 Re5 $5 25. Qe3 (25. Ra6 $1 {attacks on the queenside, while the
queen stays a defender.}) 25... f5 26. Qb6 f4 27. Qxd6 Qg5 28. f3 e3 29. Ra7
Kh8 $1 30. Qd7 (30. Rd7 Rg8 31. Bd3 Rge8 $11 {(Kramnik).}) 30... Rg8 31. Qh3 $2
({Correct is} 31. Kh1 $1 {(Kramnik).}) 31... Qg6 $1 32. Rad7 $6 ({Better is} 
32. Kf1 $1 Rh5 33. Rd6 Rxh3 34. Rxg6 Rxh2 35. Kg1 hxg6 36. Kxh2 Rd8 37. Bxb5
Rd2 38. b3 Bxc3 {(Kramnik), but it is doubtful whether White survives.}) 32...
Rh5 33. R7d6 Bf6 34. Rxf6 Qc2 $3 {Kramnik has found a wonderful resolution.}
35. Qxh5 Qxe2 36. g4 Qf2+ {Vladimir had won the decisive game of the
tournament.} 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "21"]
[Date "2004.03.03"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2004.??.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. Bd3 Ne7 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. O-O f5 14. c4 O-O
15. Qf3 d5 $5 16. cxd5 fxe4 17. Bxe4 Rb8 18. Rfd1 Qd7 $5 19. d6 $1 Rb6 20. Qd3
Rd8 21. Rac1 Bf8 22. Qg3+ Bg7 23. Qd3 Bf8 24. Qg3+ $6 (24. Rc7 $1 Qxc7 25.
Bxh7+ Kg7 26. dxc7 Rxd3 27. Bxd3 Rc6 28. Nc2 Rxc7 29. Ne3 {keeps an advantage 
(Rogozenko).}) 24... Bg7 25. Qh4 Rxd6 26. Bxh7+ Kf8 27. Qb4 Bb7 28. Nc2 Qe7 $1
29. Rxd6 Rxd6 30. Qg4 Rh6 31. Bf5 Rh4 32. Qd1 Bh6 $1 33. Ne3 Bxe3 34. fxe3 Bxg2
$1 35. Rc8+ Kg7 36. Qe1 Qg5 37. Qg3 Kf6 38. Qxg5+ Kxg5 39. Bd3 Bd5 40. Rg8+ Kf6
41. a3 Rh3 42. Rg3 Rh8 43. e4 Be6 44. Kg2 Rd8 45. Rf3+ Ke7 46. b4 $2 {White
commits a tactical oversight.} f5 $1 47. Rh3 f4 $1 48. Rh7+ Bf7 49. Be2 Rd2 50.
Kf1 Kf6 51. h4 Bg6 $1 52. Ra7 Bxe4 {Black has conquered the centre.} 53. Bg4 ({
The point is} 53. Rxa6+ Kf5 54. Bxb5 f3 $1) 53... f3 54. Rxa6+ Kg7 55. Ra7+ Kf8
56. Rd7 Bd3+ 57. Ke1 f2+ 58. Kxd2 f1=Q 59. Rd8+ Ke7 60. Rd7+ Ke8 61. Rxd3 Qf4+
62. Re3 Qd4+ $1 ({Black wins the bishop without losing a pawn by} 62... Qd4+
63. Rd3 Qxg4) 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "21"]
[Date "2004.03.04"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2004.??.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 c5 6. cxd5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Qxd5 8.
e3 Nc6 9. Qf3 Qxf3 10. Nxf3 Bg7 11. Rb1 O-O 12. Bd3 $5 e5 $5 13. dxc5 $5 h6 14.
Nd2 g5 15. Bg3 Rd8 16. Ke2 Bf8 17. Nb3 Be6 18. Rhd1 f6 ({Preferable is} 18...
f5 $1 19. f3 Kf7) 19. f3 Rd7 20. e4 Kf7 21. Bf2 Rc8 22. Bb5 Rdc7 $6 (22... Rxd1
23. Rxd1 Be7 {and White has little advantage (Shirov).}) 23. Rd2 Kg6 24. Kd1
Nb8 $6 25. Na5 $1 g4 $6 26. c4 $6 (26. Bc4 $1 Bxc4 27. Nxc4 Bxc5 28. Bxc5 Rxc5
29. Nd6 R8c7 {(Radjabov)} 30. fxg4 {grabs a pawn.}) 26... h5 27. Ba4 Bxc5 $2 {
Black misses an excellent chance.} ({He has a fine defence by} 27... Na6 $1 28.
Rxb7 Bxc5 29. Rxc7 Rxc7 30. Bxc5 Nxc5 {(Radjabov).}) 28. Bxc5 Rxc5 29. Nxb7
Rxc4 30. Nd6 Rxa4 31. Nxc8 {White has won the exchange.} Nc6 32. Rc1 Nd4 33.
Ne7+ Kg5 34. Nc6 gxf3 35. Nxd4 exd4 36. gxf3 Bxa2 37. Ke2 Bc4+ 38. Kf2 Kf4 39.
Rxd4 Ra2+ 40. Ke1 Bb5 41. e5+ $1 Kxe5 ({The pointe is} 41... Ke3 42. exf6 $1
Kxd4 43. f7 Re2+ 44. Kd1) 42. Rd2 Rxd2 43. Kxd2 Kf4 44. Rc3 a5 45. Ke1 a4 46.
Kf2 Bd7 47. Rc4+ Kg5 48. Rd4 Be8 49. Rd5+ f5 50. Kg3 h4+ 51. Kf2 Bf7 52. Ra5
Bb3 53. Ke3 Bc2 54. h3 Bb3 55. f4+ Kf6 56. Kd4 Bc2 57. Ra6+ Kg7 58. Ke5 Kf7 59.
Ra7+ Kg6 60. Ke6 Bb3+ 61. Ke7 Kg7 62. Ra5 Bc2 63. Rc5 Be4 64. Rc1 Bd5 65. Rg1+
Kh6 66. Kf6 a3 67. Rg6+ Kh7 68. Rg7+ Kh6 69. Ra7 a2 70. Kxf5 Bc4 71. Kf6 Bb3
72. f5 Bc4 73. Ra4 Kh7 74. Kg5 Kg7 75. Ra7+ Bf7 76. f6+ Kg8 77. Kxh4 Be6 78.
Kg3 {Radjabov had compensated the two losses in the first cycle by two wins. 
Kramnik won the tournament, half-a-point before Kasparov and Lékó.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Final 32.Schachtage"]
[Date "2004.07.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2004.??.29"]

{Dortmund 2004 lasted from 22 vii until 1 viii. The program was similar to the
installment of 2002. Eight grandmasters started in two groups. Anand and
Svidler qualified before Rublevsky and Naiditsch in the first group. All games
in the second group were drawn! Kramnik and Lékó qualified before Bologan and
Karjakin after six rounds of blitz. Two classical and two rapid games were
drawn in both semifinals. Blitz led to Anand-Lékó 4-2 and Kramnik-Svidler 5-3.
} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8.
h3 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Nb8 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. Nf1 Re8 $5 13. Ne3 Nc5 14. Ba2 Ne6
15. Nf5 Bf8 16. Ng5 Bc8 17. Qf3 h6 $5 (17... g6 18. Nh6+ Bxh6 19. Nxe6 Bxe6 20.
Bxh6 Nd7 21. Bxe6 Rxe6 {drew in Lékó - Anand on the previous day.}) 18. Nxe6
Bxe6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Ne3 c5 21. Bd2 Ra7 22. a4 Rf7 23. axb5 axb5 24. Qe2 Qb6
25. Ng4 Nh7 26. Qe3 Nf6 27. Nxf6+ Rxf6 28. Ra2 b4 29. Rea1 Rf7 30. Qg3 Kh7 31.
Qg4 Qd8 32. Be3 Qf6 33. h4 b3 34. cxb3 Rb8 $6 ({Better is} 34... Rb7 $1) 35.
Ra8 $1 Rfb7 $1 ({Not} 35... Rxb3 $2 36. Re8 $1 {(Anand)} Rxb2 $5 37. Raa8 Rxf2
$5 38. Rxe6 Rxg2+ $5 39. Kxg2 Qf1+ 40. Kh2 $1 Qxd3 41. Qh5 $1 Kg8 42. Rxh6 $1
gxh6 43. Qg6+ Rg7 44. Qe6+ Rf7 45. Rxf8+ $1 Kxf8 46. Bxh6+) 36. Rxb8 Rxb8 37.
Ra7 (37. Ra3 {keeps the extra pawn.}) 37... Rxb3 38. Qh5 Qg6 39. Qf3 Kg8 40. h5
Qf6 41. Qe2 Rb8 42. g3 d5 $6 {New troubles begin for Black.} 43. Kg2 d4 44. Bc1
c4 45. dxc4 d3 46. Qe3 Rc8 47. Qxd3 Bc5 48. Be3 $1 Bxa7 49. Bxa7 Qf7 50. Bb6
Qxh5 51. b4 Ra8 52. Ba5 Qg4 53. c5 h5 54. c6 h4 55. c7 Kh7 {Great
complications might start.} 56. Bb6 $6 (56. b5 $1 Rf8 57. Be1 Rf3 $1 58. Qc2
Rf7 $3 59. c8=Q h3+ $1 60. Kf1 Qxg3 {draws (Anand).}) 56... Rf8 57. Bc5 Rf3 58.
Qb1 Rxg3+ 59. fxg3 Qxg3+ 60. Kf1 Qf3+ ({Kramnik notices} 60... Qf3+ 61. Bf2 $4
h3 62. c8=Q h2 {in time.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Final 32.Schachtage"]
[Date "2004.08.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2004.??.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Be3 Bb4 9. Na4 Bd6 10. g3 b5 11. Nb6 Rb8 12. Nxc8 Rxc8 13. a4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 e5
15. Be3 Bc5 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. Bd3 Rb8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Ra5 Qb4 20. Qa1 O-O 21.
Rd1 Rfe8 ({Known is} 21... Qe7 $5 {Kramnik plays a more solid move.}) 22. Qa3
$1 Qxa3 23. bxa3 Ra8 $2 (23... b4 $1 {(Kramnik) solves a weakness before other
plans are considered.}) 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Rb1 Rxa3 26. Rxb5 Kf8 $1 {Anand has
to give up a pawn.} 27. Rxe5 d6 28. Rb5 Nd7 $1 {Black has to defend the centre.
} 29. Bc4 Rc3 30. Bb3 Nc5 31. h4 Ke7 ({Not} 31... Nxe4 $2 32. Rb7 $1) 32. Kg2
h5 33. Rb6 g6 34. Kf1 Nxb3 $1 {Black exchanges towards a drawn rook ending.}
35. cxb3 Rc2 36. Kg2 Rc3 37. Rb8 Ke6 38. b4 Rb3 {The rook is placed behind the
passed pawn.} 39. b5 Ke5 $1 40. Rb7 (40. f3 Rb2+ 41. Kf1 {(Stohl)} Kd4 $1 42.
Rb7 Ke3 {draws in a way, similar to the game.}) 40... Kxe4 41. Rxf7 Ke5 {Black
supports his g-pawn, before he advances the d-pawn.} 42. Rb7 d5 43. Rb6 Kf5 44.
Kf1 Rb2 45. f3 d4 46. Ke1 d3 47. Kd1 Ke5 $1 {Anand forces the draw by an
active king manoeuvre.} ({The pointe is} 47... Ke5 48. Rxg6 Kd4 {(Anand).})
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Final rapid 32.Schachtage"]
[Date "2004.08.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2004.??.29"]

{Kramnik complained about the insufficient rest after the second game. The
final continued on the same day with two games of rapid chess.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3
Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 Re8
10. a3 Bc5 11. Nc3 d6 12. Nd5 h6 13. c3 Ba7 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Rxe3 Nd7 16. Ba2
Ne7 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Nh2 Nf6 19. Ng4 {Vladimir showed little inspiration.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Final rapid 32.Schachtage"]
[Date "2004.08.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2004.??.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
h5 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nbd7 11. Qd2 g6 12. Na5 Qc7 13. Be2 Bg7 $5 ({Known is} 
13... Ng8 {(Tiviakov - Tisdall, Jakarta 1997).}) 14. O-O-O $6 Rc8 (14... Nb6 $1
{counters suitably (Anand).}) 15. Kb1 O-O 16. Rc1 e4 17. f4 Nc5 18. Nb3 Na4 $6
(18... Nxb3 $1 19. axb3 Qd7 {equalises.}) 19. c3 $1 Rfe8 $6 ({Better is} 19...
b5) 20. Rhf1 Nb6 21. c4 Ng4 $1 22. f5 $1 {Anand utilises the opportunity to
attack.} Nxe3 ({Or} 22... Nxh2 23. Rh1 Ng4 24. Bxg4 hxg4 {(Ftacnik)} 25. c5 $1)
23. Qxe3 Nd7 24. g4 {White opens the kingside.} Qb6 25. Qh3 $1 Nc5 (25... g5
26. f6 $1 Nxf6 27. gxh5 {(Anand) removes remaining barriers before the hostile
king.}) 26. fxg6 fxg6 27. gxh5 Nxb3 28. axb3 Qd4 29. Rc2 Rf8 30. Rd1 Qf6 31.
Bg4 {Anand had won the final by 21/2-11/2. Vishy became winner in Dortmund for
the first time.} 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "22"]
[Date "2005.02.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]

{Seven super grandmasters played double rounds in Linares from 23 ii - 10 iii
2005. It became the 22nd event.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3
Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 e5 8. e3 exd4 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Nf3 Nd6 11. Nxd4 Bd7
12. f3 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. a4 $5 Qh5 $1 15. Be2 $6 (15. Bd3 Qh4+ 16. Qf2 Qb4+
17. Qd2 Qh4+ {leads to a perpetual (Adams).}) 15... Qh4+ 16. g3 Qh3 17. Kf2
O-O-O 18. Ra3 Rhe8 19. Bf1 $6 Qe6 20. Be2 g5 $1 {White has lost time. So Black
attacks.} 21. Rf1 g4 $1 22. fxg4 Qh6 $6 (22... Qd5 $1 {and Black rules the
board.}) 23. Kg1 Qh3 24. Bd3 Ne4 $5 25. Rf4 Nxg3 $5 26. Rc3 $1 {The crucial
position has been reached.} ({Not} 26. hxg3 $2 Rxd3 $1 27. Rxd3 Qh1+) 26... Re6
$4 ({Adams analyses} 26... Rxd3 $1 27. Rxd3 Rg8 $1 28. e4 $1 Bxe4 29. Rxg3
Qxg3+ 30. hxg3 Bxc2 {drawn.}) 27. e4 $1 Nh5 ({The point is} 27... Rxe4 28. Bf1
$1 {and Rxg3.}) 28. Bc4 $1 Qh4 29. Bxe6+ fxe6 30. gxh5 Qxh5 31. Rd3 Rg8+ 32.
Rg3 Rd8 33. Be3 e5 34. Rf1 h6 35. b4 a6 36. b5 axb5 37. axb5 Bxb5 38. Rg7 c6
39. Qa2 Ba6 40. Qe6+ Kb8 41. Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "22"]
[Date "2005.02.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. g4 h6
9. Qd2 b4 10. Na4 Nbd7 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. b3 d5 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. Bxe5 Bxe5 15.
Nc6 Qc7 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Qxb4 dxe4 18. Nb6 Rb8 19. Kb1 Qc7 20. Qa4+ Kf8 21.
Nxc8 Rxc8 22. Qc4 Qxc4 23. Bxc4 a5 24. Ba6 Rb8 25. fxe4 h5 $6 ({Better is} 
25... Nxe4 26. Rd4 Nc5) 26. gxh5 Nxe4 27. Rd4 Nf6 28. Be2 Nxh5 29. Rh4 g6 30.
Rg1 Ke7 31. Ra4 Ra8 32. Bf3 Ra7 33. Rg5 $1 f5 $5 34. Rxg6 Kf7 35. Rg2 Nf6 36.
Re2 Rh3 37. Bh1 $6 (37. Rf4 $1 Rd7 38. Kb2 {plays for a win.}) 37... Ng4 38.
Kb2 Kf6 39. Bg2 Rxh2 40. Bf3 Rxe2 41. Bxe2 Ne3 $1 42. c4 e5 43. c5 e4 44. b4
Rc7 45. bxa5 Rxc5 $2 {Topalov opens the road for the passed a-pawn.} ({Correct
is} 45... Ra7 46. a6 {(Anand)} Ke5 47. Ra5 Nd5 {and the passed pawns are
halted.}) 46. a6 $1 Nd5 47. a7 Nc7 48. a8=Q Nxa8 49. Rxa8 f4 50. Rf8+ Ke5 51.
Bg4 f3 52. Rf5+ Kd4 53. Rxc5 Kxc5 54. Kc3 Kb5 55. Kd2 f2 56. Be2+ Kb4 57. Kc2
Ka3 58. Kb1 e3 59. Ka1 {Topalov started with fighting games: a win and a loss
in two rounds. Rentero loved it.} 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "22"]
[Date "2005.02.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D21"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e4 b5 5. a4 c6 6. axb5 cxb5 7. b3 Bb7 8. bxc4
Bxe4 9. cxb5 Nf6 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Nc3 Bb7 13. Bf4 $5 Bb4 14. Na4
Nbd7 15. Qb3 Nd5 16. Bg5 Be7 17. Bd2 a6 18. b6 $5 Bc6 (18... N5xb6 19. Ba5 Bd5
20. Qe3 {brings little advantage (Huzman).}) 19. Ne5 $5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Nxb6 $1
21. Nxb6 Qxd2 22. Nxa8 Qxe2 23. Nc7 Qxe5 24. Qg3 Qf5 25. Rxa6 $5 Be4 26. Ra7
Bc5 27. Ra5 $4 (27. Ra4 $1 {(Kasparov) keeps the equality.}) 27... Bxf2+ $1 28.
Qxf2 Qxa5 29. Nxe6 $1 Bxg2 $1 ({Notice} 29... Bxg2 30. Nxf8 Bxf1 31. Nxh7 Bd3
$1) 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "22"]
[Date "2005.02.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Bg5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5
15. Bc4 Rb8 16. b3 Kh8 17. Nce3 g6 18. h4 Bxh4 19. g3 Bg5 20. f4 $5 exf4 21.
gxf4 Bh4+ 22. Kd2 $5 Ne7 23. Kc1 Nxd5 24. Nxd5 Be6 25. Qd4+ Kg8 26. Ra2 $6 (26.
Kb2 {completes the development.}) 26... Bxd5 27. Qxd5 Qf6 28. Qd2 Bg3 29. Rf1
h5 $2 (29... d5 $1 30. exd5 (30. Bxd5 g5 $1) 30... Rfe8 {keeps the initiative 
(Rogozenko).}) 30. Rxa5 Ra8 31. e5 $1 Qf5 $1 32. Rxa8 Rxa8 33. Kb2 h4 34. Qxd6
Re8 35. Bb5 Rf8 36. Bd3 $1 Qe6 37. Qd4 Qe7 38. Bc4 Kh7 39. b4 h3 $6 ({
Preferable is} 39... Rd8) 40. Qd3 Qh4 41. f5 $1 Bf4 42. e6 $1 fxe6 43. Qd7+ Kh6
{Topalov has reached a completely won position.} 44. fxe6 $6 (44. fxg6 $1 Kxg6
45. Bd3+ Kf6 46. Qd6 {ends the game.}) 44... Bc1+ $5 {Lékó causes confusion.}
45. Rxc1 $2 ({Right is} 45. Kxc1 $1 Qxc4 46. Rxf8 Qxc3+ 47. Kd1 h2 48. Qd2+ $1
{(Topalov).}) 45... Qxc4 46. e7 Ra8 $1 47. Qxh3+ ({Topalov notices} 47. Ra1 $4
{timely} Qe2+) 47... Kg7 48. e8=N+ $1 Kg8 $1 (48... Rxe8 $6 49. Qd7+ Kf8 50.
Rd1 {favours White.}) 49. Nf6+ Kf7 50. Qd7+ Kxf6 51. Qd4+ Qxd4 52. cxd4 g5 53.
Rc6+ Kf5 54. b5 g4 55. Kb3 g3 56. Rc1 Ke4 57. Rg1 {Topalov played another
fighting game.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "22"]
[Date "2005.02.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 e5 8.
cxd5 Qxd5 9. f3 Nd6 10. dxe5 Qxe5 11. e4 Nc6 12. Ne2 $5 Be6 13. Bf4 Qa5+ 14.
Nc3 $5 O-O-O 15. O-O-O f5 $2 (15... g5 $1 16. Bxd6 Rxd6 17. Rxd6 cxd6 {
minimizes the disadvantage.}) 16. Bxd6 $1 Rxd6 17. Rxd6 cxd6 18. Bb5 Nd4 19.
Qd3 Nxb5 20. Nxb5 $1 fxe4 21. Qxd6 $6 ({White wins a pawn anyway, but} 21.
Nxd6+ $1 Kb8 22. fxe4 {is preferable.}) 21... Qxb5 22. Qxe6+ Kb8 23. Qxe4 Re8
24. Qf4+ Ka8 25. Kb1 g5 26. Qf7 h6 27. h4 a6 28. hxg5 hxg5 29. Qf6 Qd3+ 30. Ka1
Qd2 31. Qf7 Re5 $1 32. Qc7 Re8 33. Qf7 Re5 34. Qf6 Re8 35. g4 $1 Ka7 36. Qf5
Ka8 $6 (36... Qd4 $1 37. Rc1 (37. Qxg5 Re3 $1) 37... Re5 {offers more
resistance.}) 37. Kb1 Rd8 38. Rc1 Rd5 39. Qe4 Ka7 40. Rc3 Qd1+ 41. Ka2 Qd2 42.
Rc2 Qd3 43. Re2 Rd4 44. Qe3 a5 45. Re1 Ka6 46. Qxg5 Qxf3 47. Qg6+ Ka7 $2 (47...
b6 $1 48. Qg8 $1 Qd5+ 49. Qxd5 Rxd5 50. Rg1 Rg5 51. b4 $1 axb4 52. axb4 Kb5 53.
Kb3 Kc6 {prolongs the fight (Kasparov).}) 48. Re5 $1 Ra4 $1 49. Qh5 b6 50. Qe8
Rc4 51. g5 Rc7 52. Qe6 a4 53. Re4 Qd1 54. Rb4 $1 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "22"]
[Date "2005.02.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. f3
Be6 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. g5 b4 13. Ne2 Ne8 14. f4 a5 15. f5
a4 16. fxe6 axb3 17. exf7+ $5 {Topalov plays a novelty.} Rxf7 18. Kb1 bxc2+ 19.
Kxc2 Nb6 20. Nc1 d5 21. exd5 Nd6 22. Kb1 Rf3 $2 {Vallejo Pons plays too
optimistic.} (22... Nbc4 $1 {The last cry has become} 23. Bxc4 Nxc4 24. Qe2
Nxe3 25. g6 $1 {(Czarnota - Bobras, Poznan 2005).}) 23. h4 $5 Na4 24. Qe2 Rg3
$5 25. Bf2 Rc3 $5 26. Qxe5 Nxb2 27. Bd4 $1 {Topalov continues his attack.} Bf8
28. Kxb2 Rf3 29. Bd3 Kh8 30. Qe2 Rf4 31. Qh5 Nf5 32. g6 $1 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "22"]
[Date "2005.03.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. Nf1 Bc8 14. c3 Be6 15. Bxe6
fxe6 16. Ng3 Nd7 17. Be3 d5 18. exd5 exd5 19. a4 Rb8 20. axb5 axb5 21. b3 Ra8 {
All games were drawn in this round.   Kasparov led before Topalov and Anand at
the end of the first cycle.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "22"]
[Date "2005.03.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Qc2 O-O 8.
O-O-O c5 $6 9. dxc5 d4 10. Nxd4 Bxd4 11. Qe4 $1 {A fine novelty is played.} ({
Known is} 11. e3) 11... Nc6 12. e3 f5 13. Qf3 Qg5 14. h4 $1 Bxe3+ 15. Qxe3
Qxe3+ 16. fxe3 {White has won a pawn.} Ne5 17. Be2 Bd7 18. Rd6 Kf7 19. Bf3 Rac8
20. Rhd1 Rc7 21. b4 Ke7 22. Nb5 Bxb5 23. cxb5 b6 $2 {Hereafter, White wins
elegantly.} ({Superior is} 23... f4 $1 24. R1d4 $1 b6 $1 25. c6 fxe3 {(Vallejo
Pons).}) 24. c6 g5 25. R6d4 Kf6 26. a4 Ng6 27. hxg5+ hxg5 28. Rd7 Rfc8 29. R1d6
g4 30. Bd1 Nf8 31. Rxc7 Rxc7 32. Bb3 Ke7 33. Rd1 Nh7 34. Rh1 Nf6 35. Rh6 Rc8
36. Kc2 Kf7 37. Bc4 Rd8 38. Rh1 Ke7 39. a5 Rb8 40. Kb3 Rd8 41. axb6 axb6 42.
Ra1 Ne4 43. Ra7+ Kf6 44. Rd7 Rh8 45. Bd3 Nf2 46. Bc2 g3 47. Rb7 Ng4 48. Rxb6
Rc8 49. Ra6 Nxe3 50. b6 Nxc2 51. b7 Rxc6 52. b5 Rc5 53. Rb6 Nd4+ 54. Kb4 Rxb5+
55. Rxb5 Nc6+ 56. Kc3 f4 57. Rc5 f3 58. Rxc6 fxg2 59. b8=Q g1=Q 60. Qf4+ 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "22"]
[Date "2005.03.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. e4 c5 11. d5 Qc7 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Bc2 c4 14. Nd4 Nc5 15. Be3
e5 16. Nf3 Be7 17. Ng5 O-O $1 {This novelty was advised to Kasparov and
Dokhoian by JUNIOR. Shedder 9 shows the same move to me.} 18. Bxc5 Bxc5 19. Ne6
Qb6 20. Nxf8 Rxf8 {Black has sufficient compensation for the exchange.} 21. Nd5
$2 {White blunders a pawn.} ({Right is} 21. Qe2 Qe6 {(Kasparov).}) 21... Bxd5
22. exd5 Bxf2+ $1 23. Kh1 ({Not} 23. Rxf2 Ng4 $1 24. Qxg4 Qxf2+ 25. Kh1 Qf1+
26. Rxf1 Rxf1#) 23... e4 $5 24. Qe2 $6 ({Better is} 24. d6 $1 e3 25. Bf5 $1 g6
26. Bh3 Kg7 27. d7 Nh5 {(Kasparov)} 28. Bg4 Nf4 29. b3 $5 c3 30. b4 $5 {White
has desperate counter-play.}) 24... e3 25. Rfd1 Qd6 $1 26. a4 g6 $1 27. axb5
axb5 28. g3 ({White cannot stop the attack, because} 28. b3 $5 Nh5 $1 {brings
no relief.}) 28... Nh5 $1 29. Qg4 Bxg3 $1 30. hxg3 Nxg3+ 31. Kg2 Rf2+ 32. Kh3
Nf5 $1 33. Rh1 h5 34. Qxg6+ Qxg6 35. Rhg1 Qxg1 36. Rxg1+ Kf7 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "22"]
[Date "2005.03.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Bd2
Nbd7 9. Rc1 a6 10. Bd3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 b5 $6 {This advance will help White.} 12.
Be2 c5 13. Bf3 Rb8 14. Ne2 Bd6 15. g3 O-O 16. O-O e5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Bb4 Qb6
$6 ({Better is} 18... Nd3 $1 19. Qxd3 Bxb4 20. Qb3 Qe7 {(Kasparov).}) 19. Nc3
$1 Nb7 $1 20. Bxd6 Nxd6 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. Bxd5 Rbc8 23. Qg4 Nf5 24. Qe4 Qf6 25.
Rfd1 Nd6 $6 (25... Rfd8 $1 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. b4 Nd6 {defends more accurately.})
26. Qb4 Rfd8 27. a4 $1 bxa4 28. Qxa4 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Nb5 30. Rd1 Nc7 $6 ({More
useful is} 30... Rd7 31. Bc4 Rb7) 31. Bc4 $1 Rd6 32. Rxd6 Qxd6 33. Qb3 Ne6 34.
h4 $1 e4 $6 ({The passive} 34... a5 $1 35. Qb5 Qc7 36. Bxe6 fxe6 {creates a
last stand.}) 35. Bd5 g5 36. h5 $1 g4 37. Bxe4 Ng5 38. Qd5 Nxe4 39. Qxe4 Qd1+
40. Kg2 Kf8 41. Qa8+ Ke7 42. Qb7+ Ke8 43. Qxa6 Qd5+ 44. Kg1 Qxh5 45. Qc6+ Kd8
46. e4 Ke7 47. Qc7+ Ke6 48. Qc8+ Ke7 49. Qb7+ Ke8 50. b4 Qg5 51. Qc6+ Ke7 52.
b5 Qd2 53. Qc5+ Qd6 54. Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "22"]
[Date "2005.03.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bg4 5. d3 e6 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. Nf1 d5 8. exd5
Nxd5 $1 9. Qa4 Bh5 10. Ng3 Nb6 $5 11. Qd1 Bg6 12. O-O Be7 13. a4 $5 O-O 14. a5
Nd5 15. Qa4 Qc7 16. d4 $6 (16. Bd2 $1 Rfd8 17. Rfe1 {continues the development
of pieces.}) 16... cxd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 f5 $5 19. Qa4 Rad8 20. Rd1 $2 ({
Correct is} 20. Re1 $1 e5 21. Bc4 {(Anand).}) 20... f4 $1 21. Ne4 Qe5 22. Bf3
b5 $1 23. Qc2 (23. axb6 $2 Nxb6 {shows the pointe.}) 23... Nf6 24. Nxf6+ Qxf6
25. Qb3 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Rd8 27. Qe2 Bd3 28. Qe1 e5 $1 {White can do very little.
His queenside is underdeveloped.} 29. Be2 Bxe2 30. Qxe2 e4 31. g3 $1 e3 $1 32.
fxe3 f3 $1 33. Qxb5 $6 ({More resistance is offered by} 33. Qc2 $1 Qe6 34. b4
$1 {(controls c5), but} Qc4 {(threatens .. f2+)} 35. Kf2 Qg4 {continues the
restraint and endangers the white king.}) 33... f2+ 34. Kg2 Rf8 35. Qd5+ Kh8
36. Kf1 Qh6 37. Bd2 Qh3+ 38. Qg2 Qf5 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "22"]
[Date "2005.03.08"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Be2 Qc7 8. Qd2
b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. f3 Nc6 11. O-O-O $5 ({More prudent is} 11. O-O $1) 11... b4 $1
12. axb4 Nxb4 13. g4 Be7 14. g5 Nd7 15. h4 Nc5 16. Kb1 Rb8 17. h5 O-O $5 18. g6
Bf6 $1 19. Rdg1 $2 (19. gxh7+ $1 Kxh7 20. Bg5 Be5 $1 21. Bf4 {steers towards a
repetition of moves.}) 19... Ba8 $1 20. Bg5 Be5 21. gxh7+ $6 ({Better is} 21.
Bf4 $5 {(Kasparov), but} Qb6 $1 {leads to a black assault.}) 21... Kxh7 $1 22.
Nb3 (22. Be3 Qb6 23. Qc1 Rfc8 {and the attack will decide the game.}) 22...
Nxc2 $1 23. Nxc5 Na3+ 24. Ka2 Qxc5 25. Na4 Nc2 $1 {Kasparov ends the game
beautifully.} 26. Kb1 ({Or} 26. Nxc5 Rxb2#) 26... Qa3 $1 ({The pointe is} 26...
Qa3 27. Qxc2 Rfc8 $1 28. Qxc8 Rxb2+) 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "22"]
[Date "2005.03.08"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3
Nc6 9. Qc2 Qa5 10. Nd2 Bb4 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bd3 d4 13. O-O Bxc3 14. Nc4 Qh5
15. bxc3 Nd5 16. Bg3 dxe3 17. Rae1 Be6 18. fxe3 Nde7 19. Nd6 b6 20. Rb1 f6 $1 {
Though Black improves the theory, White keeps a plus.} 21. Rb5 Ne5 22. Rf4 N7g6
23. Rd4 $1 {Black's queen endures a great danger.} Bd7 $2 ({Better is} 23...
Rad8 $1 24. Be2 $1 Qh6 25. Bf4 Nxf4 26. exf4 Nc6 {(Dautov)} 27. Nf5 $1 Bxf5 28.
Rxd8 $1 Nxd8 29. Qxf5 g6 {and White has a positional advantage.}) 24. Rbd5 Be6
25. Be2 $1 Qh6 26. Bf4 $1 Nxf4 27. exf4 g6 ({The point is} 27... Bxd5 28. Nf5)
28. Qe4 $1 Bxd5 29. Qxd5+ Kh8 30. Re4 Nd7 31. Nf7+ Rxf7 32. Qxf7 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "22"]
[Date "2005.03.09"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Qc2 dxc4 8.
e3 c5 9. dxc5 Qa5 10. Bxc4 Qxc5 11. Ne4 Qa5+ 12. Ke2 Be7 13. Qc3 Qxc3 14. Nxc3
a6 15. Rhd1 Nd7 16. Ne4 b5 17. Bb3 Bb7 18. Nd6+ Bxd6 19. Rxd6 Ke7 20. Rad1 Rhd8
21. R6d4 Rac8 22. Ne1 a5 23. f3 Rc7 24. e4 Rdc8 25. a3 g5 26. Ke3 Ne5 27. R4d2
Ba6 28. Rd6 Ra7 29. R6d2 $2 {Vallejo Pons applies his passive defence too long.
} ({Correct is} 29. f4 $1 Ng4+ 30. Kf3 Nxh2+ 31. Kg3 Nf1+ 32. Kf2 Nh2 33. Kg3 {
and a perpetual.}) 29... b4 $1 30. axb4 Rb8 $1 {The attack on the queenside
decides.} 31. Ra1 Rxb4 32. Ra3 a4 33. Ba2 Bc4 34. Bb1 Bf1 35. Ba2 Rab7 36. Nc2
$6 Rxb2 37. Rxa4 Rc7 $1 38. Kf2 Bb5 {Black wins a piece and the game.  
Topalov had neared Kasparov by one point at the end of the penultimate round.}
0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "22"]
[Date "2005.03.10"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]

{Kasparov will win the tournament, even if he loses this game, because he
scored more wins with Black.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Be7
6. O-O Nf6 7. Nh4 $5 Nd4 8. g3 Bg4 9. f3 Be6 10. Bg5 Ng8 $5 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12.
f4 exf4 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Rxf4 Kd7 $5 15. Nf3 Rf8 16. Rxf8 Qxf8 17. Nxd4 cxd4
18. Ne2 Qf6 19. c3 Rf8 20. Nxd4 Nc6 21. Qf1 Qxf1+ $2 {Kasparov exchanges
towards a difficult pawn ending.} ({Right is} 21... Qd8 $1) 22. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 23.
Kxf1 Nxd4 24. cxd4 d5 $2 {Black loses an important tempo.} 25. Kf2 Ke7 26. Kf3
Kf6 27. h4 $2 ({Correct is} 27. Kg4 $1 h6 28. Kh5 {and wins.}) 27... g6 $2 ({
Right is} 27... h6 $1 28. Kg4 g6 $1 29. Kf4 g5+ 30. Kg4 Kg6 {drawn (Krnic).})
28. b4 b5 29. Kf4 h6 30. Kg4 $1 {The zugzwang is fatal for Black.   Kasparov
and Topalov had scored 8/12. Gary won the tournament, because he achieved more
black wins. Anand followed at the third place. One game per round plus an
extra game have been analysed.   Kasparov gave a press conference at the end
of the event. He announced his retirement from competitive chess. Linares was
conquered by him ten times. His world championship in different organisations
lasted from 1985 until 2000.} ({See} 30. Kg4 Kf7 31. h5 $1 g5 32. exd5 exd5 33.
Kf5) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "33.Schachtage"]
[Date "2005.07.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2005.??.07"]

{Ten players participated in the main group of the 33rd Dortmunder Schachtage
from 8 - 17 vii 2005. Many games were battles.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4
4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Bd6 8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Qh5
f5 11. Re1 c6 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. c4 Be8 14. Qh3 h6 $6 {Topalov plays a doubtful
novelty.} 15. Bd2 Qf7 $2 16. c5 $1 {Adams utilises the chance to restrict the
opponent.} Bc7 17. Rab1 Qd7 18. Qf3 Bg6 19. h4 $5 Qf7 20. Bf4 Ba5 21. Rec1 Bh5
22. Qg3 b5 23. cxb6 Bxb6 24. c3 Kh7 25. Be5 Qg6 26. Qf4 Rae8 27. Re1 Kg8 28. f3
Qf7 29. Bd6 Rxe1+ 30. Rxe1 Re8 $6 (30... Rd8 $1 31. Bb4 Re8 $1 32. Rxe8+ Qxe8
33. Bxf5 Bf7 {offers more resistance.}) 31. Rxe8+ Qxe8 32. Be5 Bg6 33. Bxf5 Qf7
34. Bc8 $1 Qxf4 35. Bxf4 Ba5 36. Bb8 $1 a6 $5 37. Bxa6 Bb1 38. a3 Bxc3 39. Ba7
Bc2 40. h5 Kf7 41. Kf2 Bb2 42. Bc5 Bc1 43. Ke1 Bf4 44. Be2 Bb3 45. g4 Ba4 46.
Bd1 Bg3+ 47. Ke2 Bb5+ 48. Ke3 Bc7 49. a4 Bc4 50. Bb4 Bh2 51. Kf2 g6 52. hxg6+
Kxg6 53. Be2 $5 Bg1+ 54. Kxg1 Bxe2 55. Kf2 {White wins because he is able to
create two distant passed pawns.   The favourite lost his first game.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "33.Schachtage"]
[Date "2005.07.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2005.??.07"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3
Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Be3 Ne5 12. f3 Bb7 13. Qd4 Ned7 14. Rfd1 Re8 15.
Qd2 Rc8 16. Rac1 Qc7 17. Kh1 Qb8 18. Nc2 Bd8 19. Qe1 d5 20. cxd5 exd5 21. exd5
b5 22. Qf2 Qd6 23. a3 Nb6 24. Nb4 Nfxd5 25. Ncxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "33.Schachtage"]
[Date "2005.07.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2005.??.07"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Nd7 8.
Be3 e5 9. Qd2 h6 10. O-O Qe7 11. Nh2 Nf8 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Ne6 14. Bg3 Qg5
15. Qe1 Nd4 16. Qf2 O-O 17. Bd6 Bxh3 18. Bf4 Qxg2+ 19. Qxg2 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Nxc2
21. Rad1 Rad8 22. Rd2 Nd4 23. e5 f5 24. exf6 Rxf6 25. Ng4 Re6 26. Bxh6 Bxh6 27.
Nxh6+ Kg7 28. Nf7 Rf8 29. Ng5 Re5 30. Nce4 Rff5 31. Nf3 Nxf3 32. Rxf3 Rd5 33.
Rdf2 b6 34. Kf1 Rxf3 35. Rxf3 c4 36. dxc4 Rd4 37. Nc3 Rxc4 38. Ke2 Rh4 39. Kd3
Rh2 40. Ne2 g5 41. Kd2 Kg6 42. Rd3 Rf2 43. Rd7 Rf7 44. Rxf7 Kxf7 45. Nd4 c5 46.
Nb5 a6 47. Nc7 a5 48. a4 Kf6 49. Nd5+ Ke5 50. Nxb6 Kd4 51. b3 g4 52. Nc4 g3 53.
Ke2 Kc3 54. Nxa5 Kb4 55. Nc6+ 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "33.Schachtage"]
[Date "2005.07.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadjis"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2005.??.07"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Nxe7 Nxe7 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qh5 d5 14. O-O-O
d4 $5 {Sutovsky plays a new move in a sharp line. He plans an assault on the
queenside.} 15. Nb1 $5 Qa5 $1 16. a3 b4 17. Qh6 Ng6 18. g3 ({An interesting
alternative is} 18. Qg7 $5) 18... Rb8 $1 19. f4 b3 $2 {Both sides have made
preparations for an offensive. Black proceeds too slowly.} ({Ok is} 19... bxa3
$1 20. Nxa3 Qb4 21. Nc4 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Qxc4 23. f5 Rxb2 $1 24. Kxb2 Qb4+ 25. Kc1
Qa3+ 26. Kd2 Nf4 $1 27. Rde1 Qc3+ {and Black delivers perpetual check 
(Naiditsch).}) 20. c4 $1 dxc3 21. Nxc3 Rc8 22. f5 $1 {White takes over the
attack.} Ne7 23. Qxf6 Rxc3+ 24. Kb1 $1 Rg8 ({Or} 24... O-O 25. Qg5+ $1 Kh8 26.
Qxe7 {(Naiditsch).}) 25. bxc3 Qxa3 26. Qb6 Qa2+ 27. Kc1 Kf8 28. f6 {Naiditsch
participated as the local hero. Sutovsky qualified in Moscow 2005.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "33.Schachtage"]
[Date "2005.07.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2005.??.07"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 a5 7. e3 Be7 8. Be2 Na6
9. O-O O-O 10. Qb3 Nb4 11. Rac1 b6 12. cxd5 Nfxd5 13. Bf4 Nxf4 14. exf4 Bd6 15.
g3 Bb7 16. Bc4 c5 17. d5 Bxf4 18. Rcd1 b5 19. axb5 Bd6 20. Rd2 a4 21. Qd1 e5
22. Re1 a3 23. bxa3 Rxa3 24. Qc1 Qa8 25. Ng5 Rd8 26. Nce4 Ra5 27. Qb1 h6 28.
Nxd6 hxg5 29. Nxf7 Kxf7 30. Qf5+ Kg8 31. d6+ Bd5 32. Bxd5+ Nxd5 33. Qe6+ Kh7
34. Rxd5 Rxb5 35. Rdxe5 Rf8 36. Rxg5 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "33.Schachtage"]
[Date "2005.07.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2005.??.07"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 Re8 10. Nc3 h6 11. a3 Bc5 12. Nd5 Nd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. c3 Bc5 15.
Ne3 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Qf3 Bxe3 18. Bxe3 Qd6 19. Rad1 Rab8 20. d4 e4 21. Qg3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "33.Schachtage"]
[Date "2005.07.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2005.??.07"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O g6 6. d4 $5 Bd7 7. Re1 Bg7 8. d5
Ne7 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 10. Be3 $5 ({White diverts from} 10. a4 {(Morozevich -
Georgiev, Mallorca 2004).}) 10... f5 $2 {Kramnik takes a reckless risk.} ({
Superior is} 10... O-O 11. c4 Nf6) 11. Ng5 $1 Nf8 12. exf5 gxf5 13. f4 Qd7 14.
c4 Neg6 15. Nc3 h6 16. Nf3 e4 17. Nd4 h5 {An invasion by the white queen is
prevented.} 18. Ncb5 $1 Kf7 19. Ne6 $3 Nxe6 20. dxe6+ Kxe6 21. Qd5+ Ke7 22. c5
$2 {Sutovsky misses the win.} (22. Rad1 $1 Rhd8 23. Qxb7 c6 24. Qxd7+ Rxd7 25.
Nxd6 $1 Rxd6 26. Bc5 Rad8 27. Rxd6 Rxd6 28. Rd1 {triumphs (Sutovsky).}) 22...
c6 23. cxd6+ $5 {White avoids the exchange of queens.} Kf8 $1 {The king flees
from the centre attack.} 24. Qb3 $1 cxb5 25. Rac1 Qf7 $1 26. Qxb5 a6 27. Qb6
Kg8 $5 28. Red1 Kh7 $2 ({Right is} 28... Bf6 $1 29. Rc7 Qe6 30. Qxb7 Rd8 {and
an unclear position has come into being (Erenburg).}) 29. Rc7 $1 Qf8 30. Bd4
Rg8 31. Qxb7 e3 ({Or} 31... Nxf4 32. Rf7 Rb8 33. Qd7 {and White wins.}) 32. Rf7
$1 Rb8 33. Qd7 Rd8 34. Qxf5 Qxf7 35. Qxf7 Rxd6 36. Kf1 Nxf4 37. Qf5+ Rg6 38.
Qxf4 $1 Rf8 39. Qxf8 Bxf8 40. Bxe3 Re6 41. Kf2 Kg6 42. Rd5 Be7 43. Bc5 Bf6 44.
b3 Be5 45. g3 h4 46. gxh4 Bxh2 47. h5+ Kh7 48. Kf3 Be5 49. Rd7+ Kh6 50. Kg4 Bg7
51. Rd6 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "33.Schachtage"]
[Date "2005.07.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2005.??.07"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Na5 12. Qc2 Nc6 13. b4 a6 14. a4 Bd6 15.
Ba3 Kh8 16. Qb2 Re8 17. b5 axb5 18. Bxb5 Qf6 19. Bxd6 cxd6 20. a5 Reb8 21. Ra4
Qd8 22. Rea1 Nxa5 23. Qa3 Bxf3 24. Nxf3 Nc4 25. Bxc4 Rxa4 26. Qxa4 dxc4 27.
Qxc4 Qc8 28. Qf7 Qxc3 29. Rf1 Qc8 30. Nh4 Qf8 31. Qxf5 Qxf5 32. Nxf5 b5 33. f3
Nc3 34. Nxd6 Ne2+ 35. Kf2 Nxd4 36. Ke3 Ne6 37. Rb1 b4 38. Ne4 g5 39. g3 Kg7 40.
Kd3 Rd8+ 41. Ke3 Rb8 42. Kd3 Rd8+ 43. Ke3 Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "33.Schachtage"]
[Date "2005.07.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadjis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2005.??.07"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. e5 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. exf6 Qxg5 11. fxg7 Qxg7 12. Qd2 O-O 13. Bxc4 a6 14. O-O
Rd8 $2 ({Right is} 14... b5 $1 {(Ribli - Acs, Hungary 2002).}) 15. Qf4 $1 b5 $6
({Slightly better is} 15... Bd7 16. Rae1 Nc6 17. Re3 Ne7 $1 {(Ribli).}) 16. Qc7
$5 Qf8 {Naiditsch' development has crashed.} 17. Bd3 Rd7 ({A wonder shows} 
17... Qd6 18. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 19. Qxf7+ Kh6 20. Nf3 Rf8 21. Ne5 {(after Ribli).})
18. Qf4 Bb7 19. Rae1 Qg7 (19... Nc6 $5 20. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 21. Qe4+ f5 22. Qh4+
Qh6 23. Qxh6+ Kxh6 24. Rxe6+ {and White wins material.}) 20. Be4 Kh8 21. Re3
Bxe4 ({Or} 21... e5 22. Bxb7 $1) 22. Qxe4 Rd5 {Black has defended well under
difficult conditions.} 23. Nxe6 $3 fxe6 24. Qxe6 Rd7 $1 25. Rg3 Qf8 26. Re1 $1
Raa7 ({No use has} 26... Rg7 27. Rxg7 Qxg7 28. Qc8+ Qg8 29. Re8) 27. Qf6+ $1
1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "33.Schachtage"]
[Date "2005.07.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2005.??.07"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 a5 11. bxa5 Rxa5 12. Nd2 Nf4 13. Bf1 Ra8 14. a4 f5 15.
Ra3 fxe4 16. Ndxe4 b6 $5 17. Nb5 Kh8 18. g3 Nh5 19. a5 bxa5 20. Bd2 Bf5 21.
Rxa5 Qd7 22. Qa4 Rxa5 23. Qxa5 Bxe4 $1 24. Rxe4 c6 25. dxc6 $1 {Black has
exchanged the c-pawn, but d6 becomes a weakness.} Nxc6 26. Qa1 d5 27. cxd5 Qxd5
28. Qe1 $1 {Now the e-pawn has become weak.} Nf6 29. Ra4 e4 30. Nc3 Qd7 31. Bb5
$1 Qh3 $6 (31... Qb7 $1 {unpins (Mikhalevski).}) 32. Qf1 $1 {White wants to
exchange the queens and he gets his way.} Qxf1+ $2 (32... Qd7 $1 {32. .. Qd7!
returns the queen from a false mission.}) 33. Kxf1 Ne5 34. h3 Rb8 35. Be2 Nf3
36. Bf4 Rd8 37. Nxe4 {White has achieved his aim.} Nd4 38. Bc7 Rc8 39. Rxd4
Rxc7 40. Rd8+ Ng8 41. Nd6 Bf6 42. Ra8 Rc1+ 43. Kg2 Be7 44. Bc4 h5 45. Rxg8+ Kh7
46. Rc8 Bxd6 47. Bg8+ {The Dutch champion made up for his loss in the first
round.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "33.Schachtage"]
[Date "2005.07.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2005.??.07"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. h3
Bd7 9. f4 a6 10. Be3 Be7 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. O-O-O Rc8 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Bd4 b5 15.
e5 dxe5 16. Bxe5 Qb7 17. Rhg1 b4 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Ne4 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Qc7 21.
Qf3 g6 22. Kb1 O-O 23. h4 Rfd8 24. h5 g5 25. fxg5 Bxg5 26. Bd3 Qc6 27. Qxc6
Rxc6 28. Rge1 $6 (28. Be2 $1 {leads to the exchange of rooks.}) 28... Rcd6 29.
Re5 Rd4 30. Rg1 R8d6 31. b3 $2 {White weakens his pawn structure.} Bf6 32. Ree1
Kg7 33. a4 a5 34. Ref1 Bg5 35. Rg2 Bf4 36. Rgf2 e5 $1 37. Kb2 Kf6 38. Bf5 Kg5
39. c4 $5 Be3 $6 (39... bxc3+ 40. Kxc3 Rb4 {wins easily.}) 40. Rc2 Rd1 41. Rxd1
Rxd1 42. Re2 Kf4 {Black has penetrated the bastion.} 43. Kc2 $6 ({Better is} 
43. c5 $1 {but} Rd5 $1 44. c6 Bd4+ 45. Kb1 Rc5 46. Rc2 Bc3 $1 {wins for Black
anyway.}) 43... Rd6 $5 44. Re1 Rd2+ 45. Kb1 Bd4 46. Kc1 Rf2 47. c5 Rf3 48. c6
Rc3+ 49. Kd2 Rxc6 50. Rf1+ Kg3 51. Be4 Rc3 52. Bd5 Kxg4 53. Bxf7 e4 54. Bc4
Be3+ 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "33.Schachtage"]
[Date "2005.07.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2005.??.07"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 Nc6 4. Nf3 d6 5. h3 Nf6 6. d5 Ne5 7. Nxe5 dxe5 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Be3 e6 10. Bc5 Re8 11. Be2 b6 12. Be3 Bb7 13. O-O exd5 14. cxd5 c6 15.
dxc6 Bxc6 16. Qxd8 Rexd8 17. f3 Bf8 18. Rfd1 Bb7 19. Kf2 Kg7 20. a4 Rxd1 21.
Rxd1 Rc8 22. g4 h6 23. h4 Be7 24. Nb5 Bc5 25. Rd2 Bb4 26. Rd3 Rc2 27. Rb3 a5
28. Kf1 Nd7 29. Na3 Rc8 30. Nc4 Bc6 31. Rd3 Bxa4 32. b3 Bb5 33. Rd5 Bc6 34. Rd1
Rb8 35. Rc1 Bb5 36. Kf2 Bxc4 37. Bxc4 Bc5 38. Rd1 Bxe3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "33.Schachtage"]
[Date "2005.07.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2005.??.07"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Bf4
b6 9. Nc3 Ba6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Rc1 Nc6 $6 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Ne5 Nxd4 14. Bxd5
Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2 Bxe2 16. Bxa8 Rxa8 17. Rfe1 Bb5 18. Rc2 Nd5 19. Rec1 Ba6 $5 ({
Toppy tries to improve on} 19... Bc5 $5 {from Ponomariov - Topalov, Sofia 2005,
but he will lose again.}) 20. Bd2 f6 21. Nc4 $1 Rd8 22. a3 Kf7 23. Ne3 {A
crucial position has arrived.} h5 $2 ({Right is} 23... Bd6 $1 {(Ribli) and the
bishop can move to b8.}) 24. Nxd5 Rxd5 25. Bb4 $1 Bd8 26. Rc6 $1 Be2 27. Rd6 {
White exchanges rooks.} Rxd6 28. Bxd6 Ke8 29. Bb8 $1 {He weakens the queenside.
} a5 30. Bc7 $1 {And exchanges bishops.} Bf3 31. Rc3 Bd5 32. f4 Kd7 33. Bxd8
Kxd8 34. Kf2 Kd7 35. Ke3 e5 $5 {Black cannot stop the penetration eventually.}
36. fxe5 fxe5 37. Rc1 $1 a4 ({Or} 37... g6 38. Rf1 Ke7 39. b4 axb4 40. axb4 Bb7
41. Ra1 Kd6 42. Ra7 Kc7 43. h4 $1 Kc8 44. b5 Kc7 45. Rxb7+ Kxb7 46. Ke4 {
(Ribli).}) 38. Rf1 $1 Ke6 39. Rf8 b5 40. Rg8 Kf6 41. Rb8 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "33.Schachtage"]
[Date "2005.07.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadjis"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2005.??.07"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. e5 Nd5 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4
O-O 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 d6 11. Re1 Qc7 $5 12. exd6 exd6 13. Bf4 Bf5 ({Known is
} 13... Ne7 {(Roehl - Marin, Venezuela 1999).}) 14. Qa4 Rfd8 15. Qa3 a6 16. Bf1
Rac8 17. Nd2 Na7 $1 18. Rac1 Nb5 19. Qb3 $1 Na7 $2 {The retreat gives White
the time to build an attack.} ({Less hesitant is} 19... Qc6 $1 {(Naiditsch)}
20. d5 Qc5) 20. Ne4 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 Re8 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Rb1 Re7 24. h4 Nc6 25.
Qd5 Rd7 $2 ({Better is} 25... Re6) 26. Bxa6 $1 {The youngster finds a dire
combination.} Na5 ({Naiditsch has calculated} 26... bxa6 27. Qxc6 Qxc6 28. Rb8+
Bf8 29. Bh6) 27. Bf1 Bf8 28. g3 Rd8 29. c4 Nc6 30. h5 Bg7 31. Be3 Ra8 32. h6
Bf8 33. Qb5 Ne7 34. Bd3 Ra3 35. Rb3 Rxa2 36. Qxb7 Ra1+ 37. Kg2 Qa5 38. Qb4 Qh5
39. Rb1 Rxb1 40. Bxb1 d5 41. c5 Bxh6 42. Bxh6 Qxh6 43. Qb8+ Qf8 44. Qd6 Qe8 45.
Ba2 Nc6 46. Bxd5 Nxd4 47. Bxf7+ Kxf7 48. Qxd4 Qc6+ 49. f3 Ke6 50. g4 Qa6 51.
Qe4+ Kf6 52. c6 Qa2+ 53. Kg3 Qa7 54. g5+ Kf7 55. Qd5+ Ke7 56. Qe5+ Kf7 57. Qf6+
Kg8 58. Qe6+ Kf8 59. Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "33.Schachtage"]
[Date "2005.07.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2005.??.07"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bxf7+ Rxf7 13. fxg4 Rxf1+ 14.
Kxf1 Qd6 15. e5 Qd5 16. Bf2 Rd8 17. Qa4 b6 18. Nf4 Qf7 19. Nh3 Qe6 20. g5 Qf5
21. Kg1 Qd3 22. Rd1 Qxc3 23. dxc5 Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 Bxe5 25. cxb6 axb6 26. Bxb6
Nc4 27. Bf2 Nb2 28. Qd5+ Kf8 29. Kh1 Bd6 30. Bd4 Qd3 31. Ng1 Nd1 32. Qf3+ Qxf3
33. Nxf3 Bb4 34. Kg1 Kf7 35. Kf1 Bc3 36. Ke2 Bxd4 37. Kxd1 Bb6 38. Ke2 Ke6 39.
g4 Kd5 40. Kd3 Bc7 41. a4 Bf4 42. h4 Bg3 43. a5 e5 44. Nd2 Bxh4 45. Ne4 Kc6 46.
Kc4 Be1 47. a6 Bh4 48. a7 Kb7 49. Kd5 Bxg5 50. Nxg5 h5 51. gxh5 gxh5 52. Kxe5
Kxa7 53. Nh3 Kb7 54. Kf5 Kc6 55. Kg5 Kd5 56. Kxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "33.Schachtage"]
[Date "2005.07.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadjis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2005.??.07"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Nbd7 9. g4 Nb6 10. g5 Nh5 11. Qd2 Be7 12. Qf2 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Bxc4 14. Rg1 O-O 15.
O-O-O Rc8 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 g6 18. Rd3 f5 19. gxf6 Rxf6 20. Kb1 Qd7 21. Nc1
Rf7 22. Qg2 Rcf8 23. Rf1 Nf4 24. Bxf4 Rxf4 25. Ne2 Rh4 26. Qg1 Qh3 27. Ng3 Kh8
28. Rf2 Rhf4 29. a3 Bd8 30. Rfd2 Be7 31. Qd1 Qe6 32. Ne2 R4f7 33. Nc3 Qh3 34.
Rf2 Bh4 35. Qf1 Qxf1+ 36. Rxf1 Rf4 37. Kc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "33.Schachtage"]
[Date "2005.07.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2005.??.07"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bd3 Qc7 8.
O-O b5 9. Nxc6 Qxc6 10. a3 Bb7 11. Qf3 Bd6 12. Bf4 O-O 13. Rfe1 Bxf4 14. Qxf4
d6 15. Re3 Nd7 16. Qh4 Ne5 17. Nd5 Ng6 18. Ne7+ Nxe7 19. Qxe7 Rae8 20. Qg5 Qc5
21. Qxc5 dxc5 22. a4 Ra8 23. f3 Bc6 24. axb5 axb5 25. Ree1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "33.Schachtage"]
[Date "2005.07.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2005.??.07"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Nf3 Re8 13. Nbd2 Bf8 14. a3 h6 15. Ba2
Nb8 16. d5 c6 17. c4 Nbd7 18. b4 Nb6 19. dxc6 Bxc6 20. Qb3 Ra7 21. Bb2 $2 {
White plays a poor new move.} ({Theory is} 21. cxb5 axb5 22. Bb2 {(Qin Kanying
- Jackson, Novi Sad 1990).}) 21... Nxc4 $1 22. Nxc4 bxc4 23. Qxc4 Bxe4 $1 24.
Rxe4 d5 25. Qb3 Nxe4 {Sutovsky has sacrificed the exchange.} 26. Nxe5 $2 ({
Preferable is} 26. Qxd5 Qxd5 27. Bxd5 {(Erenburg).}) 26... Qb6 27. Ng4 Rae7 28.
Rf1 $2 Nd2 29. Qxd5 Nxf1 30. Ne5 Qf6 $1 31. Nd3 Re1 $1 {The leaders were
Naiditsch, Nielsen and Van Wely at the end of round four.} 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "33.Schachtage"]
[Date "2005.07.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2005.??.07"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 O-O 7. Rc1 a6 8. c5
c6 9. Bd3 e5 10. dxe5 Ne8 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Qc2 h6 13. e4 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5
15. O-O dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nf6 17. Rfe1 Nxe4 18. Rxe4 Qc7 19. Rce1 Be6 20. Qc3 Rad8
21. R1e3 Bf5 22. Re7 Rd7 23. Rg3 g6 24. Rxd7 Qxd7 25. Re3 Bxd3 26. Rxd3 Qe6 27.
a3 Re8 28. g3 h5 29. Qd4 Qh3 30. Rd1 Qf5 31. h4 Qf3 32. Rf1 Re2 33. Qb4 Re7 34.
Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "33.Schachtage"]
[Date "2005.07.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D88"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2005.??.07"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Na5 11. Bd3 cxd4 12. cxd4 b6 13. Qd2 Bb7 14. Rad1
Rc8 15. d5 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 17. Bd4 Qd6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Nd4 Qb4 20. Qe3 Rfc8
21. h4 Kg8 22. h5 Qc3 23. Rd3 Qb2 24. h6 Rc3 25. Nc6 Rxd3 26. Qxd3 Kf8 27. a4
Bxc6 28. dxc6 Qf6 29. Rc1 Qd6 30. Qc3 e5 31. c7 Ke7 32. g3 a6 33. Kg2 b5 34.
axb5 axb5 35. Qa5 g5 36. Qa7 Kd7 37. Qa1 Ke7 38. Qa7 Kd7 39. Qb7 Rxc7 40. Qxb5+
Ke7 41. Ra1 Qc5 42. Qb8 Qc6 43. Re1 g4 44. Qh8 Qf6 45. Qxh7 Qf3+ 46. Kg1 Rc2
47. Rf1 Rxf2 48. Rxf2 Qxg3+ 49. Kf1 Qd3+ 50. Re2 Qd1+ 51. Kf2 g3+ 52. Kxg3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "33.Schachtage"]
[Date "2005.07.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "186"]
[EventDate "2005.??.07"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. h3 e6 8. Bd3 Na6
9. O-O Nc7 10. dxe6 Nxe6 11. Be3 Nd7 12. Be2 Ne5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Qxd8 Rxd8
15. Bg4 h5 16. Bxe6 Bxe6 17. Nd5 b6 18. a4 f5 19. f3 Bxd5 20. cxd5 Bf8 21. Rfc1
Kf7 22. Rc3 Rdc8 23. Rac1 Rc7 24. b4 Rac8 25. Rc4 Bd6 26. bxc5 Bxc5 27. Kf1 Bd6
28. Rxc7+ Rxc7 29. Rxc7+ Bxc7 30. a5 bxa5 31. Bxa7 Kf6 32. Ke2 Bd6 33. Be3 a4
34. Kd3 Ke7 35. Kc4 Kf6 36. Bd2 fxe4 37. fxe4 Bf8 38. Ba5 Kg5 39. g3 Kf6 40.
Bc7 a3 41. Kb3 Bc5 42. Bd8+ Kf7 43. Bg5 Bf2 44. g4 hxg4 45. hxg4 Ke8 46. Bf6
Bd4 47. Kxa3 Kd7 48. Kb4 Kd6 49. Bg7 Be3 50. Kc4 Bc1 51. Bf8+ Kd7 52. Bc5 Kc7
53. Kd3 Kd7 54. Be3 Ba3 55. Bd2 Bc5 56. Kc4 Bf2 57. Bb4 Be3 58. Bc3 Kd6 59. Kb5
Bf2 60. Ka6 Bd4 61. Ba5 Kd7 62. Bb6 Bb2 63. Kb7 Bc3 64. Bc7 Bb2 65. Bb8 Bd4 66.
Ka6 Kc8 67. Bd6 Kd7 68. Bf8 Bc3 69. Kb5 Bb2 70. Bc5 Bc1 71. Kc4 Bd2 72. Ba3 Be3
73. Bb4 Bc1 74. d6 Kc6 75. d7 Kxd7 76. Kd5 Bg5 77. Kxe5 Bh4 78. Kd5 Bg5 79. e5
Bh4 80. Bc5 Bg5 81. Bf2 Ke7 82. e6 Ke8 83. Ke5 Ke7 84. Bc5+ Ke8 85. Ke4 Kd8 86.
Bd6 Ke8 87. Bf4 Bf6 88. Be3 Ke7 89. Kd5 Ke8 90. Kd6 Kd8 91. Bd2 Ke8 92. Bf4 Kd8
93. Be5 Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "33.Schachtage"]
[Date "2005.07.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2005.??.07"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4
d6 9. c3 Bg4 10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4 Na5 12. Bc2 Nc4 13. Bc1 c5 14. b3 Nb6 15.
Nbd2 Nfd7 16. h3 Bh5 17. Bb2 Re8 18. a4 bxa4 19. bxa4 Rb8 20. a5 Nc8 21. Nc4
Na7 22. dxc5 Nxc5 23. Qd2 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Nc6 25. Rad1 Nxa5 26. Nxa5 Rxb2 27. Nc4
Rb8 28. e5 d5 29. Qxd5 Qxd5 30. Rxd5 Rb4 31. Ne3 g6 32. Ra1 Ra8 33. Rdd1 Kf8
34. Ra2 Rab8 35. Nd5 Rb2 36. Rda1 Bh4 37. Ne3 Bg5 38. Nd5 Bd2 39. f4 Rxa2 40.
Rxa2 Rd8 41. Nf6 Bxf4 42. Ra5 Ne6 43. Nxh7+ Kg7 44. Nf6 Rc8 45. Ba4 Rc5 46.
Rxc5 Nxc5 47. Bc6 a5 48. Nd7 Ne6 49. Kg2 g5 50. Ba4 Nd4 51. Nc5 Bxe5 52. Nb3
Nxb3 53. Bxb3 Kf6 54. Kf3 Bd4 55. Ke2 Ke7 56. f3 f6 57. Kd3 Be5 58. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "33.Schachtage"]
[Date "2005.07.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadjis"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2005.??.07"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Qg4 g6 8. Qe2
d6 9. O-O Nd7 10. Na3 Qc7 11. Kh1 h5 12. Nc4 Ngf6 13. a4 b6 14. a5 b5 15. Nb6
Rb8 16. Be3 Ng4 17. Bd4 Bf6 18. Nxd7 Bxd7 19. f3 Bxd4 20. Nxd4 Nf6 21. f4 h4
22. e5 Nh5 23. Qg4 dxe5 24. fxe5 Qxe5 25. Rae1 Nf6 26. Qxg6 Qxd4 27. Qxf6 Qxf6
28. Rxf6 Ke7 29. Ref1 Be8 30. Kg1 Rd8 31. b4 Rh5 32. R1f4 Rdd5 33. Kf2 Kd6 34.
Be4 Rd2+ 35. Ke1 Rd4 36. c3 Rc4 37. Kd2 Ke5 38. Bf3 Rh7 39. g3 hxg3 40. hxg3
Rc7 41. Be2 Bc6 42. Rf2 Be4 43. g4 Rh8 44. Rxf7 Rd8+ 45. Ke1 Rxc3 46. Rh2 Rb3
47. Rh5+ Kd4 48. Rf6 Rd6 49. g5 Rg3 50. Rh4 Ke3 51. Rg4 Rxg4 52. Bxg4 Rd5 53.
Rxe6 Rxg5 54. Bh3 Rg1+ 55. Bf1 Rg6 56. Rxg6 Bxg6 57. Bh3 Kd3 58. Bc8 Kc3 59.
Bxa6 Kxb4 60. Bxb5 Kxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "33.Schachtage"]
[Date "2005.07.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2005.??.07"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Ra7 11. Rc1 Be4 12. Qb3 Nbd7 13. Ba5 Qa8 $1 {Lékó plays
a fine novelty.} 14. Nc3 Bc6 15. a3 Bd6 16. Bb4 Qb7 17. Rc2 a5 18. Bxd6 cxd6
19. Ne1 Bxg2 20. Nxg2 b4 $1 21. Na4 ({Better is} 21. Nd1 $1) 21... Qe4 $1 22.
Rd1 Rb7 23. Ne3 bxa3 24. Qxa3 Ng4 $1 25. Qd3 Qxd3 26. Rxd3 Nxe3 27. Rxe3 $5 ({
Or} 27. fxe3 Nf6 $1 28. Rc6 $1 {(Lékó).}) 27... Rb4 28. Ra3 Rxd4 {Black has
gained a pawn.} 29. Nc3 Ra8 30. Nb5 Rd5 31. Nc7 $2 {Nielsen misses the great
escape.} ({Right is} 31. Nc3 $1 Rc8 $1 32. b4 $1 Rd1+ $1 (32... axb4 $4 33.
Nxd5) 33. Nxd1 Rxc2 34. bxa5 $1 Rc1 35. a6 Rxd1+ 36. Kg2 Kf8 37. a7 Nb6 38. Rb3
Ra1 39. Rxb6 Rxa7 40. Rxd6 {drawn (Lékó).}) 31... Rc8 $1 32. Nxd5 Rxc2 33. Nc3
Rxb2 34. Rxa5 g6 35. Ra8+ Rb8 36. Ra7 Nf6 37. f3 d5 38. Kf2 g5 39. Na4 g4 40.
Nc5 gxf3 41. Kxf3 Rb1 42. Ra8+ Kg7 43. Ra7 Rb6 44. Nd3 Ne4 45. Ne5 Nd6 46. Kf2
Rb7 47. Ra2 Kf6 48. Nd3 Ne4+ 49. Kg2 Nc3 50. Rc2 d4 51. Kf3 Rb3 52. Nc5 Ra3 53.
Kg2 Ke7 54. Rd2 Kd6 55. Nb7+ Kd5 56. Nd8 f5 57. e3 e5 58. exd4 exd4 59. Rf2 d3
60. Rxf5+ Kc4 {Nielsen lost the lead. Eventually he would become last.} 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "33.Schachtage"]
[Date "2005.07.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2005.??.07"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Nf6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
c4 Nc7 9. d4 cxd4 10. Qxd4 O-O 11. Qh4 f6 12. exf6 exf6 13. Qd4 Ne6 14. Qd6 f5
15. Nbd2 c5 16. Nf1 Bb7 17. Qd1 Rb8 18. Ne3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Nd4 20. Qd5+ Kh8 21.
Qxc5 f4 22. Nd5 Qg5 23. Qe7 Nf3+ 24. Kh1 Qh5 25. gxf3 Qxf3+ 26. Kg1 Qg4+ 27.
Kh1 Qf3+ 28. Kg1 Qg4+ 29. Kh1 Qf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "33.Schachtage"]
[Date "2005.07.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2005.??.07"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. h4 h6 11. Kb1 O-O-O 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Rhg8 14.
h5 c5 15. Be3 Qc6 16. f3 Rge8 17. Bd3 d5 18. Qf2 Qc7 19. g4 Kb8 20. Rhg1 Bd6
21. f4 f6 22. Qf3 Bf7 23. Bg6 Bxg6 24. hxg6 Qc6 25. Bc1 Bf8 26. f5 Re4 27. Qxe4
1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "33.Schachtage"]
[Date "2005.07.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2005.??.07"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5 Nb8 13. Nf1 Nbd7 14. N3h2 Nc5 15.
Bc2 c6 16. b4 Ncd7 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Ng4 Nxg4 21. Qxg4
Bd7 22. Qf3 Rc8 23. Bb3 Be6 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. a4 Qc7 26. axb5 axb5 27. Ra3 Ra8
28. Rea1 Rxa3 29. Rxa3 Be7 30. Qd3 Qc6 31. Ne3 Rc8 32. g3 Bg5 33. h4 Bxe3 34.
Qxe3 Kh7 35. Ra5 Qxc3 36. Qxc3 Rxc3 37. Rxb5 Rc4 38. Rb6 Rxe4 39. Rxd6 Rxb4 40.
Rxe6 Rb5 41. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "33.Schachtage"]
[Date "2005.07.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadjis"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2005.??.07"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. Be2 Ng4 11. Bd4 $5 c5 12. h3 cxd4 13. hxg4 dxc3 14.
Qxc3 Bxg4 15. Bd3 h5 $1 16. Qc4 Re8 $1 17. Bh7+ $1 Kf8 ({Not} 17... Kxh7 $2 18.
Qxg4 g6 19. Rd5) 18. Qf4 Qb6 19. c3 Bf6 20. Rxd6 Qxf2 21. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 22. Qxf6
$5 (22. Qh6+ Ke7 23. Re1+ Kd7 24. Rd1+ Kc8 25. Qxf6 {is unclear (Kramnik).})
22... Qe3+ 23. Kb1 Rad8 24. a3 $2 ({Better is} 24. Nd4 Qe5 25. Qf2 {(Huzman).})
24... Qe6 25. Qf4 Kg7 26. Bc2 Qf6 27. Qg3 Kf8 28. Nd4 Re5 $1 29. Bb3 Rde8 30.
Ka2 a6 31. Rc1 Kg7 32. Rc2 Re3 33. Qh2 Qe5 34. Qh4 f6 35. Rf2 Re4 36. g3 Re7 $6
(36... Bd1 $1 37. Qh1 Rxd4 $1 38. Bxd1 (38. cxd4 Bxb3+ 39. Kxb3 Qe3+) 38...
Qd5+ 39. Qxd5 Rxd5 {and wins (Kramnik).}) 37. Qh2 Re1 38. Rf4 Re4 39. Rf2 Qg5
40. Bc2 Qd5+ 41. Bb3 Qc5 42. Bc2 Re1 43. Rf5 $1 R1e5 44. Rf4 Be6+ 45. Bb3 Bxb3+
46. Kxb3 Re4 47. Rf5 Qb6+ 48. Kc2 Rxd4 $1 {Black seems to win, but White
delivers perpetual check.} 49. Rxh5 $1 ({Not} 49. cxd4 $2 Qxd4) 49... Rd6 50.
Rh7+ Kf8 51. Rh8+ Kf7 52. Qh5+ Ke6 53. Qg4+ f5 54. Qc4+ Ke5 55. Qf4+ Ke6 56.
Qc4+ Ke5 57. Qf4+ Ke6 58. Qc4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "33.Schachtage"]
[Date "2005.07.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2005.??.07"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
O-O Qc7 9. Re1 Bb7 10. Qf3 Bd6 11. e5 Bf8 12. Ne2 Ne7 13. Nf4 g6 14. c4 Bg7 15.
Qe2 O-O 16. Bd2 dxc4 17. Bxc4 c5 18. Rac1 Rfd8 19. Nd3 Nf5 20. f3 Rd4 21. Bg5
a5 22. Qf2 h5 23. b3 Qb6 24. a4 Rc8 25. Rc3 Bd5 26. Bb5 Qb8 27. Qb2 c4 28. bxc4
Rxd3 29. Rxd3 Rxc4 30. Qd2 Rb4 31. f4 Bf8 32. Kh1 Qb6 33. Rc1 Nd4 34. Qf2 Qa7
35. Be8 Bc5 36. Rdc3 Nb3 37. Rxc5 Nxc1 38. Bxf7+ Kxf7 39. Rxd5 Qxf2 40. Rd7+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "33.Schachtage"]
[Date "2005.07.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D89"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2005.??.07"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Be6 14. d5 Bxa1
15. Qxa1 f6 16. Qd4 Bf7 17. Bh6 e5 ({Loek recommends} 17... Re8 $1 18. Bb5 e5 {
(Gligoric - Portisch, Nice 1974).}) 18. Qf2 Re8 19. Bb5 Re7 20. f4 Rc8 $6 {A
new move brings positional problems.} ({Known is} 20... Qb6 21. Qxb6 axb6 22.
fxe5 $1 Rxe5 23. Ng3) ({Van Wely mentions} 20... Qd6) ({A graceful improvement
will become} 20... exf4 $1 {(Najer - Krasenkov, Saint-Vincent 2005).}) 21. fxe5
Rxe5 22. Ng3 Nc4 23. Qxf6 Qxf6 24. Rxf6 {White has an abundant compensation
for the exchange.} a6 25. Ba4 b5 26. Bd1 a5 27. Bg4 Rd8 28. Rc6 Ree8 29. Rc7
Ne5 30. Be2 Rc8 31. Rb7 $5 b4 32. Bf4 g5 $2 ({A strong counteraction starts} 
32... Rc3 $1 33. Bb5 b3 $1 {(Van Wely).}) 33. Bxg5 Rb8 $2 34. Rxb8 Rxb8 35. Bf4
Re8 36. Bb5 Ng6 37. Bxe8 Bxe8 38. Bc7 a4 39. Ne2 Bb5 40. Kf2 a3 41. Nc1 Bc4 42.
Bd6 Bxa2 43. Nxa2 b3 44. Bxa3 bxa2 45. Bb2 Nf4 46. Bc3 Kf7 47. g3 Nd3+ 48. Ke3
Nb4 49. Kd4 Nc2+ 50. Kd3 Ne1+ 51. Ke2 Nc2 52. Kd2 Nb4 53. Ba1 Na6 54. Kc3 Nc5
55. e5 Ke7 56. Kc4 Nd7 57. Kb5 h5 58. Kc6 Nb8+ 59. Kb5 Nd7 60. h3 Nf8 61. Kc6
Nd7 62. g4 hxg4 63. hxg4 Nb8+ 64. Kb5 Nd7 65. g5 Nf8 66. Kc6 Ng6 67. e6 Nf4 68.
Bf6+ Ke8 69. g6 Nxg6 70. d6 Ne7+ 71. dxe7 {Van Wely took the sole lead by 4/6,
but he still had to face three star players.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "33.Schachtage"]
[Date "2005.07.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2005.??.07"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Rc8 13. e4 b5 14. Re1 dxe4 15.
Bxe4 bxc4 16. bxc4 c5 17. d5 exd5 18. Bxd5 Nb6 19. Ba5 Bf6 20. Rb1 Rb8 21. Qf3
Qd7 22. Bxb6 axb6 23. Ne4 Bd4 24. Qf4 h6 25. a4 Rbe8 26. Rxb6 Qxa4 27. Reb1
Bxc4 28. Bc6 Qa5 29. Bxe8 Rxe8 30. h4 Be5 31. Nf6+ Bxf6 32. Qxc4 Qc3 33. Qxc3
Bxc3 34. Rb8 Kf8 35. h5 Rxb8 36. Rxb8+ Ke7 37. Kf1 Kf6 38. Rb7 Bd4 39. Ke2 Kg5
40. Rxf7 Kxh5 41. Kf3 Kg6 42. Rf8 Kg5 43. g4 Bf6 44. Kg3 Kg6 45. f4 h5 46. g5
Be7 47. Re8 Kf7 48. Rc8 Ke6 49. Kf3 Bd6 50. Ke4 g6 51. Rh8 Be7 52. Rh6 Kf7 53.
Rh7+ 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "33.Schachtage"]
[Date "2005.07.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2005.??.07"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qd3 d5 8. exd5
exd5 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 a5 14. Rfd1 Ba6
15. Qf3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Qe7 17. Bf1 Bxc4 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Qxf6
gxf6 21. Rd4 Rfd8 22. Rxc4 Rd2 23. a4 Rb8 24. g3 Rbb2 25. Rf4 Kg7 26. Re1 Rd3
27. Re8 h5 28. Ra8 Rd5 29. Rc8 Rc5 30. Rd8 Rc2 31. Rd6 f5 32. Rh4 R5xc3 33. Kg2
Re3 34. Rxh5 Re6 35. Rd8 Kg6 36. Rh4 Ree2 37. Rf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "33.Schachtage"]
[Date "2005.07.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadjis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2005.??.07"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Qa4 Nd7 7. Qxc4 Nb6 8.
Qb5 Bd7 9. Qb3 Na5 $5 10. Qc2 Rc8 11. O-O c5 12. Nc3 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bb4 14. Qe4
$5 Bxc3 15. bxc3 O-O 16. Rd1 $6 ({Better is} 16. Qg4 e5 17. Nf5 Qf6 18. e4)
16... Bc6 $1 17. Qg4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 f5 $1 19. Qh5 Qd5+ 20. Qf3 Rfe8 21. Qxd5
Nxd5 22. Nb5 $6 (22. Rd3 {protects the weakness properly.}) 22... Nc4 $1 23.
Rd4 a6 24. Na3 $6 ({More active is} 24. Rxc4 $1 Rxc4 25. Nd6 {(Ribli).}) 24...
Nxa3 25. Bxa3 Rxc3 26. Bd6 Rc2 27. Kf1 Rec8 28. a4 Rc1+ 29. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 30. Kg2
Kf7 31. e4 fxe4 32. Rxe4 b5 33. axb5 axb5 34. Re2 $1 b4 35. Ra2 $1 b3 36. Ra7+
Kf6 37. Rb7 Rc6 38. Ba3 Rb6 39. Bb2+ e5 40. Rd7 $1 Rb5 41. Kf3 Nb6 42. Rb7 h5
43. Ke2 Kf5 44. h4 Ke4 $6 (44... g6 $1 {prepares the inroad.}) 45. f3+ Kd5 46.
Kd3 g6 47. Rb8 $6 Ke6 $6 48. g4 Kd5 49. Rb7 $2 ({Better is} 49. gxh5 gxh5 50.
Re8 {(Ribli).}) 49... hxg4 $1 50. fxg4 e4+ 51. Ke2 Rc5 52. Rxb6 Rc2+ 53. Ke3
Rxb2 54. Rxg6 Rb1 55. Rg5+ Ke6 56. Rb5 b2 57. Kd2 e3+ $1 58. Kc2 e2 $1 {
Naiditsch and Van Wely joined the lead.} 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "33.Schachtage"]
[Date "2005.07.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2005.??.07"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f4 e5 8. Nf3
Ng4 9. Qd2 Nxe3 10. Qxe3 exf4 11. Qxf4 Be7 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Nd5 Be6 14. Kb1
Rc8 15. g4 Bxd5 16. exd5 Ne5 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Qe4 Qd6 19. h4 g6 20. h5 Bg5 21.
Qg2 Rc5 22. Bd3 b5 23. Rdf1 Qxd5 24. Be4 Qd6 25. hxg6 fxg6 26. Rd1 Qe7 27. Qh3
Rf6 28. Qxh7+ Qxh7 29. Rd8+ Rf8 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 31. Rxh7 Rc4 32. Bxg6 Rxg4 33.
a3 Be3 34. Bd3 b4 35. axb4 Rxb4 36. c3 Rf4 37. Bc2 e4 38. Rh8+ Ke7 39. Rh7+ Kf6
40. Rh6+ Kf5 41. Rh5+ Kg4 42. Re5 Kf3 43. Bd1+ Kf2 44. Bc2 Kf3 45. Bd1+ Kf2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "33.Schachtage"]
[Date "2005.07.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2005.??.07"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Nd7 8.
Be3 e5 9. Qd2 h6 10. O-O Qe7 11. Nh2 Nf8 12. f4 exf4 13. Rxf4 Ne6 14. Rf2 Nd4
15. Raf1 Be6 16. Ng4 O-O-O 17. Nxh6 $5 ({Known is} 17. Nf6) 17... f6 18. Nd1
Rh7 19. c3 Nb5 20. Rf3 c4 21. Ng4 Rxd3 (21... Bxg4 22. hxg4 cxd3 $5 {gains a
plus.}) 22. Qe2 Bxg4 23. hxg4 Qe5 24. Bf4 Qc5+ 25. Nf2 Bh6 $2 ({Right is} 25...
Rxf3 26. Qxf3 Nc7) 26. Bxh6 Rxh6 27. Rxd3 cxd3 28. Qxd3 Rh8 29. Rd1 Qe7 30. e5
$1 fxe5 31. Qxg6 Kb8 32. g5 Nc7 33. Qf6 $1 Qe8 34. Rd7 Kc8 35. Re7 Qd8 36. Qf5+
Kb8 37. Qxe5 Rg8 38. Ne4 Qd1+ 39. Kh2 Qh5+ 40. Kg3 Rc8 41. Nf6 {Svidler won
this game and drew the rest. It sufficed for a shared second place.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "33.Schachtage"]
[Date "2005.07.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2005.??.07"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Re1 Be7 10. e5 Nd7 11. Qg4 g6 12. b3 c5 13. Na4 c4 14. Bf1 Bb7 15.
Bd2 Bc6 16. Nb2 Qb8 17. Qg3 O-O 18. Rab1 cxb3 19. axb3 Nc5 20. f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "33.Schachtage"]
[Date "2005.07.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2005.??.07"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 Nc6
8. Qd2 Bg4 9. Be2 Qd7 10. O-O-O a6 11. Rhe1 O-O-O 12. h3 Be6 13. c4 Kb8 14. Qc3
Bf6 15. Qa3 Qe7 16. Be3 h5 17. Kb1 g5 18. b4 g4 19. Nd2 Nd4 20. Bd3 d5 21. c5
Bg7 22. hxg4 hxg4 23. Nb3 Nxb3 24. axb3 c6 25. Bf4+ Ka7 26. b5 cxb5 27. Bxb5
Rc8 28. Bd6 Qf6 29. Be5 Qg5 30. Bxg7 Qxg7 31. c6 Qf8 32. b4 Qd6 33. Rd4 Rc7 34.
Kb2 Rhc8 35. c3 Rxc6 36. Bxc6 Rxc6 37. g3 Rc4 38. Red1 Qe5 39. Qb3 Rxd4 40.
Rxd4 Qe1 41. Qc2 b5 42. Rd1 Qe5 43. Qd2 Kb7 44. Re1 Qf5 45. Qe3 Qf6 46. Rh1 Qf5
47. Rh8 Qf6 48. Re8 Bd7 49. Re7 Kc8 50. Qc5+ Kd8 51. Re2 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "33.Schachtage"]
[Date "2005.07.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2005.??.07"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Rb1
a5 9. a3 Nd4 10. Nd2 c6 11. e3 Ne6 12. Nf3 Nc5 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 Nxd3 15.
Qxd3 e4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bb2 Bxb2 18. Rxb2 Qf6 19. Qd4 Be6 20. Rc1 Ra4 21.
Qxf6 Nxf6 22. Nd4 Rfa8 23. Rbb1 Bd7 24. h3 Ra2 25. g4 h5 26. g5 Nh7 27. h4 f6
28. gxf6 Nxf6 29. Bf3 Ng4 30. Bxg4 Bxg4 31. c5 Rf8 32. Rc2 Rxc2 33. Nxc2 Bf5
34. Rb2 dxc5 35. bxc5 Bxc2 36. Rxc2 Rb8 37. Kg2 b6 38. cxb6 Rxb6 39. Kg3 Kg7
40. Kf4 Kf6 41. e4 Kg7 42. f3 Ra6 43. Rc5 Rb6 44. Rc3 Kf6 45. Rc1 Kg7 46. Rd1
Rb2 47. Rc1 Rb6 48. Rc5 Kf6 49. Ra5 Rb1 50. Rc5 Rb6 51. Rc3 Ra6 52. e5+ Kg7 53.
Rd3 Ra1 54. Rd7+ Kh6 55. Rc7 Rc1 56. e6 Re1 57. Rxc6 Kg7 58. Rb6 Re2 59. Rb7+
Kf6 60. e7 Rxe7 61. Rxe7 Kxe7 62. Kg5 Kf7 63. f4 Kg7 64. f5 gxf5 65. Kxf5 Kf7
66. Kg5 Kg7 67. Kxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "33.Schachtage"]
[Date "2005.07.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadjis"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2005.??.07"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O
8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. Kb1 Bf6 11. Nd4 Nc6 12. h3 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Bf5 14.
Bd3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Re8 16. Rhe1 Qd7 17. g4 g6 18. g5 Bg7 19. h4 Qg4 20. Rh1 Qe4
21. Qf1 c5 22. dxc5 dxc5 23. Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "33.Schachtage"]
[Date "2005.07.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2005.??.07"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 f6 7. Bd3 Qc7 8. Bf4
O-O-O 9. O-O c4 10. Bc2 Qb6 $5 11. b3 cxb3 12. Bxb3 g5 13. Be3 g4 14. Ne1 Na5
15. Bc2 f5 16. Nd3 Kb8 17. a4 Rc8 18. Qe2 Qa6 19. Qe1 b6 20. Na3 Bxa3 21. Rxa3
Ne7 22. Nb4 Qb7 23. Bd3 Nc4 24. Bxc4 dxc4 25. a5 b5 26. a6 Qa8 27. Qe2 Nd5 28.
Nxd5 Qxd5 29. f4 $2 {Hereafter, White has no counter-play.} (29. f3 $1 {is
necessary (Van Wely).}) 29... h5 $1 30. Rb1 h4 31. Kf1 Bc6 32. Bg1 Ka8 33. Rb4
Rb8 34. Ra2 Rb6 35. Ke1 h3 36. g3 Rc8 37. Be3 Bd7 38. Ra5 Qh1+ 39. Kd2 Bc6 40.
Qf2 Bd5 41. Qg1 Qe4 42. Kc1 Rcc6 43. Qf2 Rxa6 44. Raxb5 Ra1+ 45. Rb1 Rxb1+ 46.
Rxb1 Ra6 47. Qd2 Qh1+ {The pawns on the kingside fall.   Naiditsch drew his
game and became the sole leader.} 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "33.Schachtage"]
[Date "2005.07.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2005.??.07"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ne4 7. Qd3 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 Nc5 9. Qf3 d6 10. Bg2 Bd7 $5 11. O-O Bc6 12. Qg4 O-O 13. Bh6 Qf6 14. Bg5
Qg6 15. Nxc6 Nxc6 16. Qh4 f6 17. Be3 Rfd8 18. Rab1 $1 Qf7 $6 (18... Rab8 $1 {
avoids the coming problems (Gavrikov).}) 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Bxc5 dxc5 21. Qe4 e5
22. Rb2 $1 Rab8 23. Rfb1 Rxb2 24. Rxb2 Qd7 25. Kg2 Re8 26. Qe3 Qe7 27. a4 $1 {
White begins a dangerous attack.} g6 $2 (27... e4 $1 28. a5 Qe5 $1 29. Rb7 Re7
30. a6 Kf7 {starts counter-play timely.}) 28. a5 $1 Rd8 $6 (28... Rc8 $1 29. a6
Rc7 30. Rb8+ Kg7 {tries to survive.}) 29. a6 $1 Rd7 30. Rb8+ Kg7 31. Rc8 $1 Qd6
32. Qe4 f5 ({No use has} 32... Rc7 33. Rxc7+ Qxc7 {due to} 34. Qb1 $1 Qf7 35.
Qb7 {(Poldauf).}) 33. Qxc6 Qxc6+ 34. Rxc6 Kf7 35. f4 $1 exf4 36. gxf4 Re7 37.
Kf3 Ke8 38. Rxc5 Kd7 39. Re5 $1 Rxe5 40. fxe5 g5 41. c5 h6 42. c4 h5 43. h4 $1
g4+ 44. Kf4 Ke6 45. c6 Ke7 46. c5 Ke6 47. c7 Kd7 48. e6+ Kxc7 49. e3 Kc6 50.
Ke5 g3 51. e7 Kd7 52. Kf6 g2 53. c6+ Kc7 54. e8=Q g1=Q 55. Qd7+ Kb6 56. c7 {
Kramnik failed again at the end of a tournament. Later we learned about his
arthritis. Vlasty did not make it anymore in the survival of the fittest.
Bacrot shared the second place.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "33.Schachtage"]
[Date "2005.07.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2005.??.07"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 Rb8 8. e4
b5 9. d5 Nb4 10. b3 cxb3 11. Qxb3 c5 12. dxc6 Nxc6 13. Bf4 Rb7 14. e5 Nd7 15.
Ne4 Na5 16. Qc3 Qc7 17. Qd4 Qb6 18. Rfc1 Rb8 19. Rab1 Bb7 20. Nd6+ Bxd6 21.
Qxb6 Nxb6 22. exd6 Rc8 23. Ne5 Rxc1+ 24. Rxc1 f6 25. Rc7 fxe5 26. Re7+ Kd8 27.
Bd2 Nac4 28. Rxb7 Nxd2 29. Rxb6 Kd7 30. Rxa6 Rc8 31. h4 Rc1+ 32. Kh2 Rc2 33.
Ra7+ Kxd6 34. Rxg7 h6 35. g4 Rxa2 36. g5 hxg5 37. hxg5 e4 38. g6 Ra8 39. Rb7
Rg8 40. Rb6+ Ke7 41. Rxb5 Rxg6 42. Rb2 Nf3+ 43. Bxf3 exf3 44. Rb3 Rg2+ 45. Kh3
Rxf2 46. Kg3 Rf1 47. Rxf3 Rxf3+ 48. Kxf3 Kd6 49. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "33.Schachtage"]
[Date "2005.07.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2005.??.07"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Nd7 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. Nc4 f6 10. Nh4 g6 11. g3 Nc5 12. Bh6 Rf7 13. b4 Ne6 14. Qd2 c5 15.
Kh1 b5 16. Na5 Bf8 17. Bxf8 Qxf8 18. a3 cxb4 19. axb4 c5 20. f4 exf4 21. gxf4
Qh6 22. Ng2 cxb4 23. Qxb4 Qf8 24. Qxf8+ Kxf8 25. f5 Nc5 26. Ne3 gxf5 27. Nxf5
Bxf5 28. Rxf5 Rc8 29. Raf1 Nd7 30. c4 Rc5 31. R5f2 Re7 32. d4 Rc7 33. c5 Rxe4
34. c6 Nb6 35. Rxf6+ Kg7 36. Rd6 Re2 37. Nb7 Nc8 38. Rd7+ Re7 39. Rxc7 Rxc7 40.
d5 Nb6 41. Nd6 Kg8 42. Ne8 Rc8 43. Nf6+ Kg7 44. d6 Rxc6 45. d7 Nxd7 46. Nxd7 a5
47. Rg1+ Kh6 48. Ne5 Rc5 49. Nf7+ Kh5 50. Nd6 b4 51. Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "33.Schachtage"]
[Date "2005.07.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadjis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2005.??.07"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4
Nxd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. e5 Ne8 11. Qxd4 Bb7 12. Qg4 c5 13. c3 d6 14. exd6 Bxd6
15. Bg5 Nf6 16. Qh4 h6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. Nd2 Rfe8 20. Bc2 Rad8
21. Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "33.Schachtage"]
[Date "2005.07.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "211"]
[EventDate "2005.??.07"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. h4 Be7 14. a3 Be6
15. Ncb4 Nxb4 16. axb4 Ra8 17. g3 Qd7 18. Bg2 Bd8 19. O-O Qc6 20. Ne3 a5 21.
bxa5 Bxa5 22. Nf5 Qd7 23. Qd2 Bc7 24. Ne3 Qc6 25. Nf5 Qd7 26. Qg5 f6 27. Qd2 d5
28. Ne3 d4 29. cxd4 Qxd4 30. Qc2 Rxa1 31. Rxa1 Bb6 32. Rd1 Qc5 33. Qe2 Bb3 34.
Rd3 Bc4 35. Nxc4 Qxc4 36. b3 Qb4 37. Bh3 Bd4 38. Kg2 g6 39. Be6+ Kh8 40. h5 Qe7
41. Qg4 Re8 42. Bd5 f5 43. Qh3 fxe4 44. Bxe4 gxh5 $6 (44... Kg7 $1 {keeps the
defence line closed.}) 45. Qxh5 Rf8 46. Rd2 Qf7 47. Qh6 Qg7 48. Qc6 b4 49. Qd6
Bc3 50. Ra2 Qf6 51. Qc5 Kg7 $2 ({Better is} 51... Qg7 $1) 52. Ra7+ Rf7 53. Bd5
Rxa7 54. Qxa7+ Kf8 $5 (54... Kh8 55. Qb8+ Kg7 56. Qg8+ Kh6 57. Be4 Qe7 58. f3 {
leads to constraint.}) 55. Qxh7 Bd4 56. Qc2 Bc3 57. Qa2 Qd8 58. Bc4 Ke7 59.
Qa7+ Qd7 60. Qa8 Kd6 61. Bd5 Kc5 62. Bf3 Kd6 63. Qb8+ Ke7 64. Qa8 Qd8 65. Qe4
Qd7 66. Qh4+ Kd6 67. Qf6+ Qe6 68. Qd8+ Kc5 69. Qa5+ Kd4 70. Qa7+ Kd3 71. Qa2
Kd4 72. Kf1 $6 e4 $1 73. Qa7+ Ke5 74. Qc7+ Kd4 75. Qa7+ Ke5 76. Qe3 Qxb3 77.
Qxe4+ Kf6 78. Kg2 Qe6 79. Qd3 Qe5 80. Bd5 Qf5 81. Be4 Qc5 82. Bd5 Ke5 83. Qe4+
Kd6 84. Qe6+ Kc7 85. f4 Qd6 86. Qe4 Qd7 87. Kf3 Kd6 88. g4 Qb5 89. Qe6+ Kc5 90.
Ke4 Qe2+ 91. Kf5 Qd3+ 92. Be4 Qd8 (92... Qd6 93. g5 $1 {brings no relief.}) 93.
g5 Qf8+ 94. Kg4 Qd6 95. Qxd6+ $1 Kxd6 96. Bc2 Ke7 97. Kh5 Kf7 98. Kh6 Kg8 99.
f5 Kh8 100. Kg6 Bd4 101. f6 Be3 102. Kf5 Kg8 103. Bb3+ Kh8 104. g6 Bh6 105. Ke6
Bg7 106. fxg7+ {Topalov had achieved the shared second place by two wins in
the last rounds. Toppy showed a boundless energy.   The competition for the
first prize between Naiditsch and Van Wely was a surprising phenomenon. The
19-years-old Naiditsch won the tournament eventually.} 1-0

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "2005.05.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2005.??.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O
Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Qd3 Ng4 11. Qe2 Ne5 12. Kh1 d6 13. f4 Nc6 14. Be3 b6 15.
f5 Ne5 16. Rad1 Bb7 17. Bg5 O-O 18. f6 g6 19. Na4 b5 20. Nxc5 Qxc5 21. b3 Rac8
22. Bh6 Rfe8 23. Rd2 d5 24. Be3 Qb4 25. Bf4 Nd7 26. e5 Nc5 27. h4 Ne4 28. Bxe4
dxe4 29. Kh2 Red8 30. Rfd1 Rd5 31. Be3 Rxd2 32. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 33. Rxd2 Bd5 34. Bd4
h5 35. Kg1 Kh7 36. c3 g5 37. hxg5 Kg6 38. Kf2 Kxg5 39. Ke3 Kg4 40. Rh2 Rh8 41.
Kf2 h4 42. Rxh4+ Rxh4 43. gxh4 Kxh4 44. Ke3 a5 45. Kf4 a4 46. bxa4 bxa4 47. a3
Bb7 48. Be3 Bd5 49. Bd2 Bb7 50. Be1+ Kh5 51. Bf2 Kg6 52. Bc5 Bd5 53. Be3 Bb7
54. Bd2 Bd5 55. Ke3 Kf5 56. Kd4 Bb7 57. c4 Ba6 58. Bc3 Kf4 59. Kc5 e3 60. Kd6
Bxc4 61. Ke7 Kf5 62. Kxf7 Be2 63. Ke7 Bh5 64. f7 Bxf7 65. Kxf7 e2 66. Ke7 e1=Q
67. Bxe1 Kxe5 68. Kd7 Kd5 69. Kc7 e5 70. Kb6 Kc4 71. Ka6 Kb3 72. Bb4 e4 73. Bc5
e3 74. Bxe3 Kxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "2005.05.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2005.??.12"]

{Six grandmasters played double rounds in the Grand Hotel Sofia from 12 until
22 v 2005. Organiser was Silvio Danailov, Topalov's manager. Sponsor was MTel.
Games had to be played until the end.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4
Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. g4 h6 9. Qd2 b4 10. Na4 $5 Nbd7 11. O-O-O
Ne5 12. b3 {Anand and Topalov played this sharp line in Linares 2005.} Bd7 13.
Nb2 d5 14. Bf4 Nxf3 15. Nxf3 Nxe4 16. Qd4 f6 $1 {Topalov and his second
Cheparino have found a novelty. Black threatens .. Qa5.} 17. Bd3 $5 {White has
been outplayed in the opening and starts a daring counteraction.} Bc5 18. Bxe4
Bxd4 19. Bg6+ Kf8 20. Rxd4 a5 21. Re1 Be8 22. Nh4 ({The exchanges by} 22. Bxe8
$5 Qxe8 23. Rxd5 exd5 24. Rxe8+ Kxe8 {(Anand) favour Black as well.}) 22... e5
23. Rd2 a4 24. bxa4 Kg8 25. Bg3 d4 26. Rd3 h5 $6 ({Black should play the
clumsy looking} 26... Bxg6 $1 27. Nxg6 Rh7 {and liberate his kingside
thereafter (Anand).}) 27. Bxe8 Qxe8 28. g5 Rc8 29. g6 Rh6 $2 {Topalov plays a
premature move.} ({Better is} 29... Qc6 $1 30. Re2 {(Anand)} Qd5 31. Rb3 (31.
Kb1 Qc5) 31... e4 {The king's rook can be developed later.}) 30. Rxd4 Rxg6 31.
Nxg6 Qxg6 32. Rd2 Rc3 33. Red1 Kh7 34. Kb1 Qf5 35. Be1 Ra3 36. Rd6 Rh3 37. a5
$5 (37. R6d2 {plays it safe.}) 37... Rxh2 38. Rc1 Qe4 39. a6 Qa8 40. Bxb4 h4
41. Bc5 h3 42. Nd3 $6 ({Best is} 42. a7 $1 Rh1 43. Rxh1 Qxh1+ 44. Rd1 {(Anand)}
Qf3) 42... Rd2 43. Rb6 h2 44. Nf2 Qd5 45. Be3 Re2 46. Rb3 f5 47. a7 Rxe3 48.
Rxe3 Qb7+ 49. Rb3 Qxa7 50. Nh1 f4 51. c4 e4 52. c5 e3 53. c6 e2 54. c7 Qxc7 55.
Rxc7 e1=Q+ 56. Rc1 Qe4+ 57. Ka1 Qd4+ 58. Kb1 Qe4+ 59. Ka1 Qd4+ 60. Kb1 Qe4+ {
If White returns his king to a1, a threefold repetition of positions occurs.
So Vishy claimed a draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "2005.05.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2005.??.12"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8.
Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 c5 11. O-O Nf6 12. Qh4 cxd4 13. Re1 Bd7 14. Nxd4
Qa5 15. Be3 g5 $5 {Black tries a new move, but the variation remains very
favourable for White.} 16. Qh3 O-O-O 17. Qf3 $5 (17. Nb3 {keeps the advantage.}
) 17... Be5 18. a4 $1 Nd5 $6 (18... Qd5 $1 {equalises.}) 19. Nb5 $1 a6 20. c3
$1 {White continues his attack.} Nxe3 21. Qxe3 Bc7 22. b4 Qb6 23. Qxb6 Bxb6 24.
Nd6+ Kb8 25. Nxf7 Rhf8 26. Nxd8 Bxf2+ 27. Kh1 Bxe1 28. Nxe6 $1 Bxe6 29. Rxe1 {
Kramnik has won a pawn.} Bb3 30. a5 Rc8 31. Rc1 Bc4 32. Be4 Re8 33. Bf3 Kc7 34.
Kg1 Re3 35. Kf2 Rd3 36. Be4 Rd6 37. Ke3 Bb5 38. Rc2 Bc6 39. Bxc6 Rxc6 {White
makes slow progress.} 40. Kd4 Rf6 41. Ke5 Rf1 42. h3 Kc6 43. Rd2 Re1+ 44. Kf5 {
The rook ending brings drawing chances.} Rc1 $2 ({Better is} 44... Re3 $1 45.
Rd8 $1 Rg3 $1 46. Rh8 $1 Rxg2 47. Rxh6+ Kc7 48. c4 Rb2 $1 49. Kxg5 Rxb4 50. Rf6
Rxc4 51. h4 {A huge fight seems to lead to a white win.}) 45. Rd3 $1 Kb5 46.
Rd7 Rxc3 ({Or} 46... Kc6 47. Rh7 Rxc3 48. Rxh6+) 47. Rxb7+ Ka4 48. Kg6 Rg3 49.
b5 $1 {Kramnik wins magnificently.} axb5 ({The pointe is} 49... Kxa5 50. bxa6
Kxa6 51. Rb2) 50. a6 Re3 51. Kxh6 Re6+ 52. Kxg5 Rxa6 53. h4 Ra8 54. g4 Rg8+ 55.
Kf4 Rf8+ 56. Kg3 Ka5 57. h5 Ka6 58. Re7 b4 59. h6 b3 60. Re3 1-0

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "2005.05.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2005.??.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. cxd5 Qxd5 14. Bf4 Na5
15. Bxc7 Rac8 16. Bxa5 Qxa5 17. c4 Bf6 18. Bd3 Bg4 19. h3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Qd8 $5
{The extra pawn brings little advantage for White, because his centre pawns
will be blockaded, if they advance.} (20... Rcd8 {drew in Zhang Zhong - Karpov,
Cap d'Agde 2000.}) 21. Rad1 g6 22. Be2 Rc7 23. Qd3 b6 24. Rd2 Qe7 25. Rfd1 Rd8
26. Qc3 Rcd7 27. Bg4 Rxd4 28. Rxd4 Rxd4 29. Rxd4 Qc5 30. Rd5 Bxc3 31. Rxc5 bxc5
32. Kf1 {The game was allowed to end, because a theoretical draw had been
reached.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "2005.05.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2005.??.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 Be6 7. c4 a5 8. Be3
Be7 9. Be2 a4 10. N3d2 Qa5 11. Nc3 O-O 12. O-O Bd8 13. Nb5 Bb6 14. Bf2 Nc6 15.
Nb1 Ne8 16. N1c3 Bc5 17. Kh1 a3 18. bxa3 Nc7 19. Rb1 Nxb5 20. Nxb5 Bxf2 21.
Rxf2 Qb6 22. Qg1 Nd4 23. Rff1 Ra6 24. Nxd4 Qxd4 25. Qxd4 exd4 26. Rfd1 Rxa3 27.
Rxd4 Rxa2 28. Bf1 h5 29. Kg1 Rfa8 30. Rxd6 Rc2 31. Rdb6 Raa2 32. Rxb7 Bxc4 33.
Bxc4 Rxc4 34. R1b2 Rc2 35. Rxc2 Rxc2 36. h4 g6 37. Kh2 Kg7 38. Kg3 Re2 39. Rb6
Kf8 40. Rb1 Kg7 41. Rg1 Ra2 42. Kf4 Rb2 43. g3 Rb4 44. Rd1 Ra4 45. Ke3 Ra2 46.
Rd4 Rg2 47. Kf4 Rg1 48. e5 Re1 49. Re4 Rg1 50. Re3 Rg2 51. Re1 Rf2 52. g4 hxg4
53. Kxg4 Rg2+ 54. Kh3 Rf2 55. Kg3 Ra2 56. Rd1 Re2 57. Rd5 Re1 58. Kf2 Rh1 59.
Rd4 Rh2+ 60. Kg3 Re2 61. Re4 Ra2 62. Re3 Ra1 63. Rd3 Re1 64. f4 Rg1+ 65. Kf3
Rh1 66. Kg4 f5+ 67. Kg3 Rg1+ 68. Kf3 Rh1 69. Rd7+ Kg8 70. Ke3 Rxh4 71. e6 Kf8
72. Kd4 g5 73. Ke5 gxf4 74. Rf7+ Ke8 75. Rxf5 Rh1 76. Rxf4 Ke7 77. Rf2 Re1+ 78.
Kd5 Rxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "2005.05.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2005.??.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 Re8 10. a4 d6 11. Bd2 b4 12. c3 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15.
Rxe5 Bf6 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. cxb4 Bxb2 18. Ra2 Be5 19. Rc2 Bd6 20. Qf3 Qe5 21.
g3 Rb8 22. Qe4 Qh5 23. Qg4 Qe5 24. Qe4 Qh5 25. Qg4 Qe5 26. Qe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2005.??.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. Bg3 Bf6 17. Nd2 Qa5 18. Qc1 Bxd4 $5 ({Serene is} 18... Bg5 19.
f4 Bf6 {(Adams).}) 19. cxd4 Nxd4 20. Bc4 $1 {Black has to regain a piece.} Nc2
$1 ({Kramnik notices} 20... Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1 Nc2 22. Qe7 Nxa1 23. Bxf7+ Kh8 24.
Be5 $3 Qxd2 25. Bxg7+ Kxg7 26. Be8+ Kh6 27. Qf8+ Kg5 28. f4+ $1 Kg4 29. Bh5+ $1
Kxh5 30. Qxf5+ Kh6 31. Qg5#) 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Rb1 Re1+ 23. Qxe1 Nxe1 24. Rxe1
{A difficult endgame with uneven material begins.} Kf8 25. Nf3 f6 ({Or} 25...
Qxa3 26. Bxc7 Qc5 27. Bg3) 26. Rd1 Qc5 27. Bf1 Ke8 28. Nd4 Bd7 29. Rd3 $1 a5
30. h3 b5 31. Nb3 $1 Qxa3 32. Bxc7 a4 33. Bd6 Qb2 34. Nc5 a3 $2 {Black will
lose this pawn.} ({Right is} 34... Bc8 $1 35. Re3+ Kd8 {(Adams).}) 35. Re3+ $1
Kf7 36. Nd3 Qb1 37. Bxa3 Be6 38. Nf4 b4 39. Bxb4 Qxb4 40. Nxe6 g6 41. g3 {
White pieces will overwhelm the king.} 1-0

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2005.??.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 Bd6 12. a3 Bxe5 13. axb4 Bf6 14. Nxe4 dxe4
15. Be3 c6 16. Qd2 Qd6 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. b5 cxb5 19. d5 Bd7 20. c5 Qe7 21. Ra3
Bc6 22. d6 Qe5 23. b4 Qb2 24. Qxb2 Bxb2 25. Ra5 a6 26. Rb1 Be5 27. f4 exf3 28.
Bxf3 Rac8 29. Ra3 f6 30. Bg4 Bd7 31. Bf3 Bc6 32. Bg4 Bd7 33. Bf3 Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2005.??.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. h3 Ng6 11. Bg5+ Ke8 12. Rad1 Bd7 13. Rd2 Be6 14.
Rfd1 Be7 15. Be3 a6 16. Ne2 Rd8 17. Rxd8+ Bxd8 18. b3 Be7 19. c4 h5 20. Nfd4
Bc8 21. f4 h4 22. Nc3 Rh5 23. Ne4 c5 24. Ne2 b6 25. N2c3 Bb7 26. Nd5 Bxd5 27.
cxd5 Nxe5 28. fxe5 Rxe5 29. d6 cxd6 30. Nxd6+ Bxd6 31. Bf4 Ke7 32. Bxe5 Bxe5
33. Rd5 f6 34. Kf1 g5 35. a4 Bd6 36. Ke2 Kd7 37. Ke3 Kc6 38. Ke4 b5 39. axb5+
axb5 40. Rd1 Be5 41. Rd8 c4 42. bxc4 bxc4 43. Rc8+ Kb5 44. Kd5 c3 45. Rc4 Kb6
46. Rc5 Kb7 47. Rc6 Bd4 48. Kd6 Be5+ 49. Kc5 Bf4 50. Kd5 Be5 51. Kc5 Bf4 52.
Kb5 Bd2 53. Rc4 f5 54. Ka4 g4 55. Kb3 gxh3 56. gxh3 f4 57. Rc5 Kb6 58. Rh5 Be1
59. Rf5 Bd2 60. Rh5 Be1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "2005.05.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2005.??.12"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d4 Bg4 8.
Qb3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 e6 10. Qxb7 Nxd4 11. Bb5+ Nxb5 12. Qc6+ Ke7 13. Qxb5 Qd7 14.
Nxd5+ Qxd5 15. Qxd5 exd5 16. Be3 Ke6 17. O-O-O Bb4 18. Rd3 Rhc8+ 19. Kb1 Bc5
20. Rc1 Bb6 21. Rg1 Bxe3 22. Rxe3+ Kf6 23. Rg4 Rc7 24. Rf4+ Kg6 25. Rg4+ Kf6
26. Rf4+ Kg6 27. Rg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "2005.05.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2005.??.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Re1 Be7 10. e5 Nd7 11. Qg4 g6 12. Bh6 Rb8 13. Qh3 Rb4 14. Bg7 Rg8
15. Qxh7 Rxg7 16. Qxg7 Bf8 17. Qg8 Qg5 18. g3 Nxe5 19. f4 Nf3+ 20. Kf2 Qh5 21.
Bxg6 fxg6 22. Rxe6+ Bxe6 23. Qxe6+ Be7 24. Qxc6+ Kf8 25. Qa8+ Kg7 26. Qxd5 Nxh2
27. Qxh5 gxh5 28. Rh1 Ng4+ 29. Kf3 Nf6 30. b3 Rb6 31. Ne4 Nxe4 32. Kxe4 Kg6 33.
c4 Re6+ 34. Kf3 Rd6 35. Re1 Rd3+ 36. Kg2 Bf6 37. Re6 a5 38. Ra6 Kf5 39. c5 Bd4
40. Rd6 Ke4 41. c6 Rc3 42. Kh3 Bf2 43. Rg6 Bb6 44. Kh4 Rc5 45. Rd6 Bc7 46. Rd7
Rxc6 47. Kxh5 Bd6 48. Kg5 Ba3 49. Ra7 Rc5+ 50. Kg6 Bb4 51. Ra6 Rc3 52. Re6+ Kf3
53. f5 Rc2 54. f6 Rxa2 55. f7 Kxg3 56. Kg7 Rf2 57. Rg6+ Kh3 58. Rh6+ Kg2 59.
Rh5 Rf3 60. Rg5+ Kf2 61. Kg8 Rg3 62. Rxg3 Kxg3 63. f8=Q Bxf8 64. Kxf8 Kf4 65.
Ke7 Ke5 66. Kd7 Kd5 67. Kc7 Kc5 68. Kb7 Kb4 69. Ka6 a4 70. bxa4 Kxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "2005.05.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2005.??.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. h4 $5 {Topalov will make various efforts to start
a kingside attack in this game.} Bg4 11. Be2 Qc8 12. b3 Re8 13. Kb1 Bf8 14. h5
a6 15. Rde1 b5 16. Rh4 Be7 17. Rhh1 Bf8 18. Bf4 Nd7 19. Ng5 Bxe2 20. Rxe2 Nf6
21. Rxe8 Qxe8 22. h6 $6 gxh6 $1 {Black utilises the opportunity for a
counteraction.} 23. Nf3 Ne4 24. Qe3 Bg7 25. Nd4 c5 26. Ne2 Nxc3+ 27. Nxc3 Qxe3
28. fxe3 Bxc3 29. Bxd6 Rc8 30. Kc1 $1 {Black has a plus in the endgame. White
needs to activate his king.} Rc6 31. Bf4 Kg7 32. Kd1 c4 33. Ke2 Bf6 $5 34.
Bxh6+ Kg6 {Black has activates his king too. He plans to raid the queenside
with his other pieces.} 35. Kf3 $6 ({White's king should switch by} 35. Kd2 $1
Rd6+ 36. Ke2 c3 37. e4 $1) 35... cxb3 36. cxb3 Rc2 37. a4 bxa4 38. bxa4 Ra2 39.
Bf8 Bg5 40. Rb1 Rxa4 41. Rb6+ f6 42. Rb7 Bh6 43. Bxh6 Kxh6 44. e4 Kg6 45. g4
Ra1 46. Kf4 a5 47. Rb6 a4 48. e5 {White counters timely.} a3 49. Rxf6+ Kg7 50.
Kg5 a2 51. Rf2 $1 Re1 52. Rxa2 Rxe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "2005.05.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2005.??.12"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
d6 9. Bg5 a6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Qf4 O-O 12. Rfd1 Be7 13. Ne4 Bxe4 14. Qxe4 Ra7
15. Nd4 Qc8 16. b3 Bf6 17. e3 Rd8 18. Qg4 g6 19. Rd2 h5 20. Qe2 Bg7 21. Rad1
Qc5 22. h4 Rad7 23. Bh3 Re7 24. Qf3 Ree8 25. Qe4 d5 26. Nxe6 dxe4 27. Rxd8 Qe7
28. Rxe8+ Qxe8 29. Rd8 Qxd8 30. Nxd8 Bf6 31. Nb7 Be7 32. c5 Bxc5 33. Nxc5 bxc5
34. Bc8 Kg7 35. Bb7 f5 36. f3 exf3 37. Kf2 a5 38. Kxf3 Nd7 39. e4 Ne5+ 40. Ke3
c4 41. exf5 cxb3 42. axb3 gxf5 43. Ba6 Ng6 44. Be2 Kh6 45. Kd4 f4 46. gxf4 Nxf4
47. Bf3 Ng6 48. Kc5 Nxh4 49. Bxh5 Kxh5 50. Kb5 Nf5 51. Kxa5 Nd4 52. b4 Nc6+ 53.
Ka4 Nxb4 54. Kxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "2005.05.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2005.??.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O Ne4 11. Qc2 f5 12. b4 Rf6 13. d5 Rg6 14. Nd4 Qg5 $5 (
{Judit diverts from} 14... exd5 {(Matveeva - Maric, Budva 2003).}) 15. g3 exd5
16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. Bc4 $1 ({Kramnik does not trust} 17. Qxc7 Ne5 $1) 17... Bxc4
18. Qxc4+ Kh8 19. Qc6 $1 {Black is forced to play a weakening move.} Rd8 20.
Qxc7 Ne5 21. Ra2 $3 {White develops an eminent defender.} Rf8 22. f4 $1 Qg4 23.
Qe7 Rg8 24. Rg2 Nd3 25. Qxa7 h5 26. Qa6 Nxc1 27. Rxc1 h4 28. Qe2 Qxe2 29. Rxe2
hxg3 30. Nxf5 gxh2+ 31. Kh1 Rg1+ 32. Rxg1 hxg1=Q+ 33. Kxg1 {Kramnik wins the
endgame.} Ra8 34. Ra2 Nc3 35. Rh2+ Kg8 36. Rg2 Kf7 37. Nxd6+ Ke6 38. Nc4 b5 39.
Na5 Kf6 40. Rd2 $1 g5 41. Rd3 Ne4 42. fxg5+ Kxg5 43. Kg2 Rf8 44. Rd5+ Kg4 45.
Rd4 Kf5 46. Nc6 Rg8+ 47. Kf1 Ra8 48. Ne7+ Ke5 49. Nc6+ Kf5 50. Ne7+ Ke5 51.
Ng6+ Kf5 52. Nh4+ Ke5 53. Nf3+ Kf5 54. Nh4+ Ke5 55. Nf3+ Kf5 56. Rd5+ Kf6 57.
Rd3 Rh8 58. Ke2 Ke7 59. Nd4 Rh2+ 60. Kf3 Nd6 61. Rc3 Rh3+ 62. Kg4 {Both
players complained about tiredness.} 1-0

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "2005.05.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2005.??.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Bf4
b6 9. Nc3 Ba6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Rc1 Nc6 $5 {Topalov brings a novelty.} 12. Nxd5
$1 Qxd5 13. Ne5 Nxd4 14. Bxd5 Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2 $1 {White gains a material plus
and takes the initiative.} Bxe2 16. Bxa8 Rxa8 $5 (16... Bxf1 $6 17. Rc7 $1 {
brings a white advantage (Ponomariov).}) 17. Rfe1 Bb5 18. Rc2 $1 Nd5 19. Rec1
Bc5 20. Bd2 f6 $2 (20... a5 $1 {additionally controls square b4 (Ponomariov).})
21. b4 $1 Bf8 22. Ng4 Rd8 23. Rc8 Rd7 24. Nh6+ gxh6 25. Bxh6 Rf7 26. Rd8 $1 {
The restraint will lead to zugzwang.} Ne7 27. Rc7 Ng6 28. Rcc8 e5 29. f4 Bd7
30. Ra8 Bh3 $1 31. Kf2 b5 32. Rdb8 $1 exf4 33. gxf4 Bd7 34. h4 $1 Bc6 35. h5
Bxa8 36. hxg6 hxg6 37. Rxa8 {Zugzwang has been achieved.} f5 38. Kg3 a6 39. Kh4
Rg7 40. Kg5 $1 {Kramnik and Adams led by 3/5, Anand and Ponomariov had 21/2/5,
Topalov and Polgár trailed by 2/5 points at the end of the first cycle.} 1-0

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "2005.05.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2005.??.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. a3 Nc6 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Na5 14. Re1 Bd6
15. Rb1 Bd7 16. Be3 Nc4 17. Nd2 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Qg5 19. Bf3 Rae8 20. Nc4 b6 21.
e4 Bf4 22. Qc2 Re6 23. g3 b5 24. Nb2 Bd2 25. Re2 Be3+ 26. Kg2 f5 27. h4 Qh6 28.
exf5 Ree8 29. Qb3+ Kh8 30. Qd5 Bxf5 31. Rbe1 Re6 $1 {Adams blunders pawn b5.}
32. Nd1 $1 Rd6 33. Qxb5 Bd7 34. Qe5 Bd2 35. Rf1 Rdf6 36. Rff2 Ba4 37. Rxd2 Rxf3
38. Ne3 R3f6 39. Qg5 Rxf2+ 40. Rxf2 Qc6+ 41. d5 Rxf2+ 42. Kxf2 Qd6 43. Qf4
Qxf4+ 44. gxf4 Kg8 45. Kf3 Kf7 46. c4 Bd7 47. f5 Kf6 48. Kf4 h5 49. c5 c6 50.
Ke4 Be8 51. dxc6 Bxc6+ 52. Nd5+ 1-0

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "2005.05.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2005.??.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Nh5 8. e3
Nxg3 9. hxg3 Bg7 10. Qc2 Nc6 11. O-O-O Qe7 12. g4 Nb4 13. Qd2 c5 14. d5 exd5
15. a3 dxc4 16. axb4 cxb4 17. Nb5 d5 18. Nbd4 Bf6 19. e4 $5 c3 20. bxc3 dxe4
21. Nf5 Qc7 22. Bb5+ Kf8 23. N3d4 Rc8 $2 {The fumbling begins.} ({Better is} 
23... a6 24. Ba4 {(Ponomariov)} bxc3) 24. Ne2 $1 e3 $2 ({Right is} 24... a6 25.
Qd6+ Qxd6 26. Nxd6 axb5 27. Nxb7 Bxc3) 25. Qxe3 Bxg2 26. Rhg1 Bc6 27. Bxc6 Qxc6
28. Rd6 Qa4 29. Rxf6 Qa1+ 30. Kd2 Qa2+ 31. Kd1 Re8 32. Qd3 Qa4+ 33. Qc2 Qxc2+
34. Kxc2 Rxe2+ 35. Kb3 bxc3 36. Rd1 Rd2 37. Rc1 c2 38. Rc6 Kg8 39. Nxh6+ Kh7
40. Nxf7 Rg8 41. R1xc2 Rxc2 42. Kxc2 Rg7 43. Rf6 Kg8 44. Ne5 Kh7 45. Rf5 {
Although the players had rested one day, blunders were made.} 1-0

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "2005.05.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2005.??.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 c6 8. e4 d5
9. Qc2 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Bb7 11. Neg5 $1 c5 12. d5 exd5 13. cxd5 h6 14. Nxf7 $1 {
Topalov has prepared something highly special with Junior.} Kxf7 15. O-O-O Bd6
$5 (15... Nbd7 $6 16. Nh4 Nf8 17. d6 $1 Bxd6 18. Bc4+ {gives White a strong
attack.}) 16. Nh4 $1 Bc8 $1 {Topalov's home analysis has ended.} ({Not} 16...
Bxd5 $2 17. Bc3 Bxh1 18. Qg6+ $1) 17. Re1 Na6 $5 ({A difficult alternative
brings} 17... Re8) 18. Re6 $1 {If Black captures the rook, he will lose the
queen's knight.} Nb4 $5 ({Topalov has calculated the obscure} 18... Nc7 19. Bc4
b5 20. Bc3 $1 Nfe8 $1) 19. Bxb4 cxb4 20. Bc4 b5 $1 21. Bxb5 Be7 $2 ({Correct is
} 21... Kg8 $1 22. Rd1 {and a proper defence is hard to find for Black 
(Topalov).}) 22. Ng6 Nxd5 23. Rxe7+ $6 ({Later Topalov finds the quick win} 23.
Re5 $1 Bb7 24. Qf5+ Kg8 25. Bc4) 23... Nxe7 24. Bc4+ Kf6 (24... Be6 25. Nxh8+
$5 Qxh8 26. Re1 Bxc4 27. Qxc4+ Kf8 28. Qf4+ Ke8 29. Qc7 Qf8 30. Qc6+ Kf7 31.
Qe6+ Ke8 32. Qg6+ {and the attack decides the game (Topalov).}) 25. Nxh8 Qd4 $1
26. Rd1 Qa1+ 27. Kd2 Qd4+ 28. Ke1 Qe5+ 29. Qe2 Qxe2+ 30. Kxe2 Nf5 31. Nf7 a5
32. g4 Nh4 33. h3 Ra7 34. Rd6+ Ke7 35. Rb6 Rc7 36. Ne5 Ng2 37. Ng6+ Kd8 38. Kf1
Bb7 39. Rxb7 Rxb7 40. Kxg2 Rd7 41. Nf8 Rd2 42. Ne6+ Ke7 43. Nxg7 Rxa2 44. Nf5+
Kf6 45. Nxh6 Rc2 46. Bf7 Rc3 47. f4 a4 48. bxa4 b3 49. g5+ Kg7 50. f5 b2 51.
f6+ Kh7 52. Nf5 $1 {A masterpiece has been played.   Toppy kept on trucking,
when others began to crash.} 1-0

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "2005.05.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2005.??.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nb3 Nbd7 8. Bg2
b5 9. O-O Be7 10. a4 b4 11. Na2 a5 12. c3 bxc3 13. Nxc3 Nb6 14. Nb5 O-O 15. Bd2
Nc4 16. Bc3 Be6 17. Re1 Qb8 18. Nd2 Rc8 19. b3 Nxd2 20. Qxd2 Nd7 21. Reb1 Nc5
22. Qd1 Ra6 23. b4 axb4 24. Bxb4 Qa8 25. Nc3 Bd8 26. Bf1 Ra7 27. Nb5 Rd7 28.
Nxd6 Rc6 29. Bxc5 Rxc5 30. Bb5 Rdc7 31. a5 g6 32. a6 Bg5 33. h4 Be7 34. Ne8 Ra7
35. Qd2 Rxb5 36. Rxb5 Qxe8 37. Rb7 Bc5 38. Ra5 Qc8 {The chances have become
equal. Now blunder time begins.} 39. Rxa7 $2 ({Right is} 39. Qc2 $1 Rxa6 $1 40.
Rxa6 Qxb7 41. Rxe6 Bxf2+ 42. Qxf2 fxe6 43. Qf6 {(Adams).}) 39... Bxa7 40. Kh2
$2 ({Better is} 40. h5 $1 {(Adams).}) 40... Qc7 $1 41. Kg2 h5 42. Ra1 Qc4 43.
Qe1 Qd3 44. Ra5 Bg4 45. Kh2 Kh7 46. Ra2 Bf3 47. Ra5 Qc2 48. Kg1 Kg7 49. Rd5
Bxe4 50. Rd2 Qc4 51. Kh2 Qc3 52. Qe2 Bd4 53. Ra2 Ba8 54. Qd1 Qc4 0-1

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "2005.05.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2005.??.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. Qc1 $5 {Vishy plays a novelty. Vlasty collapses.} Na5 $6 17.
c4 $1 Qe4 $4 18. Bd1 $1 Qd3 19. Re3 $1 Qxc4 20. Re5 1-0

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "2005.05.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2005.??.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 h6 10. h3 Ne7 11. Be3 Bd7 12. Rad1 Kc8 13. Rd2 b6 14. Rfd1
Be6 15. Nd4 Nd5 16. Nxc6 Nxc3 17. Rd8+ Kb7 18. bxc3 Bd6 19. Rxh8 Rxh8 20. exd6
Kxc6 21. dxc7 Kxc7 22. a3 Rd8 23. Rxd8 Kxd8 24. g4 h5 25. gxh5 Bxh3 26. h6 gxh6
27. Bxh6 Bf5 28. Kf1 Bxc2 29. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "2005.05.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2005.??.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 a5 15.
Be3 a4 16. Nbd2 Bd7 17. Rc1 Qb7 18. Qe2 Rfe8 19. Bd3 Rab8 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21.
Nxe5 dxe5 22. Bc5 Bc6 23. Bxe7 Rxe7 24. Nf3 h6 25. Rc5 Nd7 26. Rc3 Re6 27. Rec1
Rd8 28. Qc2 Nf6 29. Nxe5 Bxe4 30. Bxe4 Qxe4 31. Qxe4 Nxe4 32. Rc8 Ree8 33. Rxd8
Rxd8 34. f3 Ng5 35. Rc5 f6 36. Ng6 Kh7 37. Nh4 b4 38. Rc4 Rd1+ 39. Kh2 b3 40.
Rxa4 bxa2 41. Rxa2 Rd2 42. Kg3 Ne6 43. Nf5 g5 44. h4 Nf4 45. hxg5 hxg5 46. Ne3
Kg6 47. Kh2 Re2 48. Ra3 Rxb2 49. Kg1 Ne2+ 50. Kh2 Nf4 51. Kg1 Ne2+ 52. Kh2 Nf4
53. Kg1 Ne2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "2005.05.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2005.??.12"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Re1 Ne4 8. Nxe4
Bxe4 9. d3 Bb7 10. e4 Nc6 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 O-O 14. b3 Bc5 15.
Qc3 Qe7 16. Re2 a5 17. a4 f5 18. e5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rad8 20. Qf3 d6 21. exd6 Qxd6
22. Bg5 Rd7 23. Rae1 Qd3 24. Qxd3 Rxd3 25. Rxe6 Rxb3 26. Be7 Re8 27. Bxc5 Rxe6
28. Rxe6 bxc5 29. Re8+ Kf7 30. Re5 Rb4 31. Rxf5+ Kg6 32. Rxc5 Rxa4 33. Kf3 Ra2
34. h4 a4 35. Ra5 a3 36. Ke4 Re2+ 37. Kd4 a2 38. f4 Kf6 39. g4 g6 40. c5 Rd2+
41. Ke4 Re2+ 42. Kd3 Rh2 43. Ra6+ Ke7 44. Ke4 Rxh4 45. Rxa2 Rxg4 46. Ke5 Kd7
47. Ra7+ Kc6 48. Rxh7 Kxc5 49. Rc7+ Kb4 50. Rc1 Kb5 51. Ke4 g5 52. Rf1 Rxf4+
53. Rxf4 gxf4 54. Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "2005.05.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2005.??.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Ne7 10. Nde2 b5 $5 11. Kb1 Ba5 12. Qd4 Nc6 13. Qc5 Bb4 14. Qg5
O-O 15. Qg3 Ne5 $5 16. h4 Bb7 17. h5 Ne8 $5 18. a3 $6 {Black gets a target.}
Bd6 19. Bf4 f6 $1 20. Na2 $5 Rc8 21. Nec3 Bc6 22. Be2 a5 $1 23. h6 g6 24. Rxd6
$5 {White stops the threatening attack by a sacrifice of the exchange.} Qxd6
25. Nxb5 Bxb5 26. Bxb5 Nc7 27. Be2 Rb8 28. a4 $5 Qd4 $1 29. b3 d6 30. Bc1 $1
Qxa4 31. Bb2 Qe8 32. f4 Nc6 33. Rd1 a4 $1 34. f5 axb3 35. cxb3 Ne5 36. Rxd6 Qe7
37. fxg6 hxg6 38. Nc1 Kh7 39. Bxe5 fxe5 40. Qxe5 Rbd8 41. Rc6 Rf7 42. Nd3 Rb8
43. Kb2 Qd8 44. b4 $6 Rb7 {Polgár makes another attempt to win.} 45. Rc2 Na6
46. Kb3 Rfd7 47. Rc3 Rd6 48. Nc5 Nxc5+ 49. Rxc5 Ra7 50. Ra5 Rc7 51. Rc5 Ra7 52.
Ra5 Rad7 $1 {Judit tries to win for the third time.} 53. Rc5 Rd2 54. Bc4 Rxg2
55. Bxe6 Re7 56. Qc3 $2 ({Correct is} 56. Qd5 $1 Rg3+ 57. Rc3) 56... Qa8 $1 57.
Ra5 Qxe4 58. Bd5 Qb1+ 59. Ka3 Rg1 $2 {The tactical calculations are
complicated.} (59... Rf2 $1 60. Ra8 Rf8 $1 {battles on.}) 60. Bg8+ $1 Kxg8 61.
Ra8+ Kf7 62. Qc4+ $1 Re6 63. Ra7+ Kf6 64. Qf4+ Qf5 65. Qd4+ Qe5 66. Qf2+ Qf5
67. Qd4+ Qe5 68. Qf2+ {White delivers perpetual check.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "2005.05.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2005.??.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. Bg3 Bd6 $5 {Many new moves have been made in the Russian
Defence by the top players lately.} 17. Nd2 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Na5 19. Qa4 Bd7 20.
Qc2 b6 21. Bd3 h6 22. Bh7+ Kf8 23. Be4 Qd6 24. Nf3 Be6 25. Ne5 Bb3 26. Qe2 c5
27. Qg4 Rcd8 28. Bf5 cxd4 29. cxd4 Nc6 30. Nxc6 Rxe1+ 31. Rxe1 Qxc6 32. Qe2 Qd6
33. Qf3 Bc4 34. Qe3 Bb5 35. Rd1 Ba4 36. Rd2 Re8 37. Qc3 h5 $1 38. Qc1 $6 (38.
d5 $1 {counters in the centre timely.}) 38... Qe7 39. Qc3 Qg5 $1 40. Bh3 Kg8
41. d5 f5 $1 {A bishop is imprisoned.} 42. d6 Bd7 43. Rd1 Qg6 44. Qc7 Qe6 45.
Qxa7 b5 46. Qc5 $2 ({Anand analyses} 46. f4 $1 Qe3+ 47. Qxe3 Rxe3 48. Bxf5 $1
Bxf5 49. d7 {drawn.}) 46... g5 $1 47. g4 $2 {Adams runs out of steam.} ({The
last chance brings} 47. Bxf5 $1 Qxf5 48. Qxf5 Bxf5 49. Rd5 Bd7 50. Rxg5+ Kf7
51. Rxh5 {(Anand) but white pawns will fall soon.}) 47... hxg4 48. Bxg4 fxg4
49. Qxg5+ Kh7 50. Qh5+ Kg7 51. Qg5+ Qg6 52. Qc5 Qf6 53. Qa7 Qf5 54. Qd4+ Kg6
55. Qc3 Qe5 56. Qd3+ Kg7 57. Qc2 Rh8 58. Qc7 Qh2+ 59. Kf1 Qh1+ 60. Ke2 Re8+ 0-1

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "2005.05.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2005.??.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. a3 Nc6 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bf5 14. Re1 Rfe8
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. Bd3 b5 17. Qb1 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 a6 19. a4 b4 20. Rac1 Bf6 21.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. cxb4 Nxb4 23. Qc3 Na2 24. Re1 Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 h6 26. Bxc7 Bxd4
27. h3 Bf6 28. Qe8+ Kh7 29. Be5 Qd1+ 30. Kh2 Qe2 31. Qb8 Bxe5+ 32. Qxe5 Qxe5+
33. Nxe5 f6 34. Nd3 Kg6 35. Kg3 Kf5 36. Kf3 Nc3 37. a5 Nb5 38. g4+ Kg5 39. Nc5
f5 40. Nxa6 fxg4+ 41. hxg4 Nd4+ 42. Kg3 Nc6 43. Nc7 Nxa5 44. Ne8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "2005.05.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2005.??.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Rc1
c6 9. e4 d5 10. e5 $1 {A novelty prepares a charge on the king.} Ne4 11. Bd3
Nxc3 ({A sound alternative gives} 11... Nxd2 12. Qxd2 f5 $1) 12. Rxc3 c5 13.
dxc5 bxc5 $2 ({Black needs a counteraction in the centre by} 13... d4 $1 14.
Rc1 Bb7 {(Topalov).}) 14. h4 $1 h6 ({The pointe of white<->s last move is} 
14... d4 $2 15. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 16. Ng5+) 15. Bb1 {Topalov has reached the end
of his home preparation.} f5 $2 ({He analyses} 15... Nd7 $1 16. Qe2 (16. Bxh6
$5 f5 $1) 16... f5 17. exf6 Nxf6) 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Qc2 d4 18. Ng5 $1 {Toppy
picks the finest move!} hxg5 (18... Bxg5 19. Qh7+ Kf7 20. Bxg5 $1 hxg5 21. Rf3+
{and White wins by force.}) 19. hxg5 dxc3 20. Bf4 ({The powerful} 20. Rh8+ {
also wins.}) 20... Kf7 ({Or} 20... Bd4 21. Qg6 {and Rh8+.}) 21. Qg6+ Ke7 22.
gxf6+ Rxf6 23. Qxg7+ Rf7 24. Bg5+ Kd6 25. Qxf7 Qxg5 26. Rh7 $1 Qe5+ 27. Kf1 Kc6
28. Qe8+ Kb6 29. Qd8+ Kc6 30. Be4+ $1 {Topalov played a wonderful game. He had
defeated the co-leader and kept a lead of half-a-point on Anand.} 1-0

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "2005.05.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2005.??.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Be2 Nf6 8.
O-O Bb4 9. Na4 Be7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Nb6 Rb8 12. Nxc8 Qxc8 13. Bd4 O-O 14. e5
Nd5 15. c4 Nf4 16. g3 Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2 c5 18. Bc3 f5 19. Rad1 Qc6 20. f4 Rf7 21.
b3 Rb7 22. Rd3 Ra7 23. h4 g6 24. Ba5 Rb7 25. Rfd1 Bf8 26. Qg2 Qc8 27. Kf1 Ra7
28. Ke1 Rb7 29. R1d2 h5 30. Kd1 Ra7 31. Kc2 Qb8 32. Qf3 Rb7 33. Qe3 Qc8 34. Rd1
Be7 35. a4 Bf8 36. Rd6 Bxd6 37. Rxd6 Qb8 38. Rxa6 Rf8 39. Bd2 Ra7 40. Rd6 Qc7
41. Qf3 Rb8 42. Rd3 Qb6 43. Rd6 Qc7 44. Rd3 Qb6 45. Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "2005.05.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2005.??.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. Qd2
b4 9. Nce2 e5 10. Nb3 Nc6 11. c4 Be7 12. Ng3 g6 13. Bd3 Nd7 14. Rd1 O-O 15. Qf2
a5 16. O-O a4 17. Nc1 Nc5 18. Bb1 Qc7 19. Nce2 Be6 20. Bh6 Rfe8 21. Nf5 Bxc4
22. Ne3 Ba6 23. f4 exf4 24. Bxf4 Ne5 25. Nd5 Qa7 26. Bxe5 dxe5 27. Kh1 Bg5 28.
Nxb4 Bc4 29. Rfe1 Qb7 30. Nd5 Qxb2 $4 {Topalov blunders a piece.} 31. Nc7 $4 ({
The alert} 31. Qxc5 Bxe2 32. Qf2 {wins a bishop.}) 31... Ne6 32. Nxe8 Rxe8 33.
Rf1 Rf8 34. Nc1 $4 {Now Kramnik fumbles a knight.} Qxb1 {Topalov produced the
incredible score of 41/2/5 in the second cycle. Kramnik and Adams only made
two draws.   Veselin Topalov won the tournament by his fantastic finish. He
fought brilliantly. Anand became second.   The allotted time for a game was
two hours for forty moves, followed by one hour for twenty moves and
half-an-hour for the rest of the game. Most battles lasted about six hours.
Extra rest by short draws was prohibited. Two players were unable to play ten
games in eleven days. Kramnik and Adams broke down during the second cycle.  
Topalov remains concentrated during the whole game. Nowadays, a lot of energy
is needed for a modern tournament of classical chess. As preparation, Veselin
trains chess for 6 to 7 hours per day. This might easily lead to a burnout.
Therefore a psychologist counsels him regularly.} 0-1

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "2005.05.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2005.??.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. Nc3
d6 9. axb5 axb5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. c3 Ne7 14. d4 Nxd5 15.
Bxd5 exd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. cxd4 O-O 18. Rc1 Bb7 19. Bxb7 Rxb7 20. O-O Qe7 21.
Qc2 c5 22. dxc5 dxc5 23. Qxc5 Qxe4 24. Rfe1 Qg4 25. h3 Qd7 26. b4 Rd8 27. Re5
Qd3 28. Re3 Qd2 29. Rce1 Rbb8 30. R1e2 Qd1+ 31. Kh2 g6 32. f4 Rdc8 33. Qe5 Qd7
34. Re4 Rb6 35. Rd4 Qc7 36. Qd5 Rbb8 37. Re5 Rd8 38. Qe4 Rxd4 39. Qxd4 Rd8 40.
Qe4 Qd7 41. f5 g5 42. Rc5 Re8 43. Qd5 Qe7 44. Qd3 Rd8 45. Qg3 Qe2 46. Rc6 Rd3
47. Qb8+ Kg7 48. Rxh6 Rd8 49. Qxd8 Qe5+ 50. Kh1 Qe1+ 51. Kh2 Qe5+ 52. Kh1 Qe1+
53. Kh2 Qe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 67"]
[Date "2005.01.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Stellwagen, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2005.??.15"]

{Corus 2005 was played from 14-30 i. One game has been selected per round:
eleven games from the A-group and two from B.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4.
Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. a4 Na6 11.
Nd2 Nc7 12. Nc4 b6 13. Nxd6 $5 Qxd6 14. Bf4 Qd7 15. d6 Ne6 16. Bxa8 Nxf4 17.
gxf4 Qg4+ 18. Kh1 Qxf4 19. e3 $5 {Nikolic plays a new move.} Qh4 20. f3 Bd7 21.
Bb7 Rxe3 22. Re1 Bh6 23. Rxe3 Bxe3 24. Qe1 Qg5 25. Rd1 Bd4 26. Ne4 Nxe4 27.
Qxe4 Bh3 $6 {Black breaks the dynamic equality.} ({Better is} 27... Bxa4 $1 {
(Stellwagen)} 28. f4 $1 Qf6 29. h3 $1 Bd7 30. Qe7) 28. f4 $1 Qg4 29. Qd3 $2 {
The tables turn at a critical moment.} (29. Re1 $1 Bf2 30. Ra1 $1 {(Stellwagen)
} Qd7 31. Qe7 {keeps a plus.}) 29... Qd7 $1 30. Bg2 Bf5 31. Qa6 Qxd6 32. Qxa7
Qxf4 33. Rf1 Qh4 34. Qb8+ Kg7 35. b3 Be6 36. Qd6 Bxb3 37. Bd5 Bxd5+ 38. Qxd5
Qe7 39. Qf3 Qd7 40. Kg2 h5 41. Rb1 Qxa4 42. Rxb6 Qc2+ 43. Kf1 Qxh2 44. Rb7 Bf6
45. Qd5 Qf4+ 46. Ke2 Bd4 47. Rb3 h4 48. Qb7 Qf2+ 49. Kd1 Qf1+ 50. Kd2 c4 51.
Rf3 c3+ {Stellwagen started well in the B-group, but he became handicapped by
a flu.} 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 67"]
[Date "2005.01.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2005.??.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. c3 Bg7 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 O-O 14. Nce3
Be6 15. Bd3 f5 16. O-O Ra7 17. a4 Ne7 18. Nxe7+ Rxe7 19. axb5 axb5 20. Bxb5 d5
21. Ra6 f4 22. Nc2 $5 Bc8 $5 {Lékó brings a chancy novelty.} 23. Ra8 Qd6 24.
Nb4 Bb7 25. Ra7 $5 (25. Rxf8+ Bxf8 26. Bc4 {(Lékó) is solid.}) 25... d4 26. Ba6
$2 (26. Bc6 $5 {leads to exchanges.}) 26... Bxg2 $3 27. Bc4+ ({Or} 27. Rxe7 Qg6
{(Lékó).}) 27... Kh8 28. Ra6 Qc5 29. Kxg2 f3+ 30. Kh1 Qxc4 31. Rc6 Qb5 32. Rd6
e4 33. Rxd4 {33. .. e3 was threatening.} Bxd4 34. Qxd4+ Qe5 35. Qxe5+ Rxe5 36.
Nc2 Rb8 37. Ne3 Rc5 38. h3 Rxb2 39. c4 Rg5 40. Kh2 Kg8 41. h4 Rg6 42. Kh3 Kf7
43. Nf5 Rc2 44. Ne3 Rd2 45. c5 Ke6 46. c6 Rg8 47. c7 Rc8 48. Kg3 Rxc7 49. Kf4
Rd4 50. Ra1 Rf7+ 51. Kg3 Rd8 52. Ra6+ Ke5 53. Ng4+ Kd5 54. Nf6+ Rxf6 55. Rxf6
Ke5 56. Rh6 Rg8+ 57. Kh3 e3 {This game decided the contest eventually.} 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 67"]
[Date "2005.01.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2005.??.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 Qc7 12. Kb1 b5 13. g5 Nh5 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15.
exd5 Nb6 16. Rg1 Rab8 17. Rg4 g6 $5 (17... Rfc8 {was played in Lukin -
Khasanov, Moscow 1983.}) 18. h4 Ng7 $5 ({Better is} 18... f5 $5 {(Lékó)} 19.
Rb4 Ng3 $1) 19. Bxb6 Qxb6 20. Na5 {White has ceased the protection of square
f4 in order to attack the queenside.} Rfc8 $2 {Black makes a strategic error.}
(20... Nh5 21. Nc6 Rb7 {prepares a counter on the kingside.}) 21. Nc6 $1 Rxc6
$5 22. dxc6 Nf5 $5 23. Re4 Qxc6 24. Bg2 $1 Rd8 25. f4 Qc5 26. Qe1 Rc8 27. c3 b4
$1 28. Rxb4 Ne3 29. Rd2 a5 30. Re4 $1 Nc4 31. Rxc4 Qxc4 32. fxe5 Qe6 33. Re2 d5
34. Qf1 Qa6 35. Rd2 Qc4 36. Rd4 Qxf1+ 37. Bxf1 Rd8 38. b4 axb4 39. cxb4 Bf8 40.
Bg2 Re8 41. Bxd5 Rxe5 42. a4 Kg7 43. Bb3 h6 44. gxh6+ Kxh6 45. Bxf7 g5 46. h5
Re7 47. Bg6 Ra7 48. b5 Bc5 49. Rc4 Bf2 50. Kc2 Re7 51. Kb3 Re5 52. Re4 Rc5 53.
Kb4 Rc1 54. Ka5 Rg1 55. b6 g4 56. b7 Rb1 57. Re2 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 67"]
[Date "2005.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2005.??.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bb7 13. d5 Rc8 14. Nbd2 Qc7 15.
Bd3 Nd7 16. Nf1 Nc5 17. b3 f5 18. exf5 Bf6 $5 {Sokolov plays a doubtful
novelty.} 19. Be4 Qf7 20. Ng3 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Qxd5 22. Bd2 $1 {Black gets no
time to consolidate.} Nc6 23. Bg5 $1 Nb4 ({A fine alternative brings} 23... Nb8
$5) 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Nxd6 $1 {White gains a pawn at positional costs.} Qxd1
26. Rexd1 Bxf3 27. gxf3 Rc3 28. a4 Rxb3 $2 ({Right is} 28... Rxf3 $1 29. axb5
axb5 {and the immediate} 30. Kh2 {fails (Kramnik).}) 29. axb5 axb5 30. Kh2 $1
Kg7 31. Rg1+ Kh6 32. Rg4 $6 ({Better is} 32. Ra7 $1 Nc6 33. Nf7+ Kh5 34. Rg7 h6
35. Rg6 $1 Rxf7 36. Rxf7 Nd4 37. Rgxf6 {(Kramnik).}) 32... Nc6 33. Rag1 Kh5 $2
(33... Rb4 $1 34. Nxb5 $5 Rd8 {gives a fine resistance (Kramnik).}) 34. Rg7 h6
35. Ne4 Rxf3 36. R1g4 {The world champion played fine chess in some games
during this tournament.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 67"]
[Date "2005.01.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ramirez Alvarez, Alejandro"]
[Black "Smeets, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2005.??.15"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 Re8 6. O-O c6 7. d3 h6 8. Bd2
a6 $5 {Both youngsters choose quiet moves.} 9. Rc1 Bf8 10. Qb3 d6 11. a4 $6 {
White will lose control over square b4.} a5 $1 12. Rfd1 Na6 $1 13. d4 exd4 14.
Nxd4 Nc5 15. Qc2 Bg4 16. Be3 $6 Qb6 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. Qxf5 Rxe3 $1 19. fxe3 Qxb2
{Black has sufficient compensation for the exchange.} 20. Rc2 Qb6 21. Rb1 Qa7
22. h3 Re8 23. Qf2 Qa6 $1 24. Nd1 $2 ({Right is} 24. Qf4 $1 {(Ribli).}) 24...
Nxa4 25. Nb2 Qb6 26. e4 Qb3 27. Rcc1 Nxb2 28. e3 $1 Nxe4 29. Rxb2 $1 Qa3 30.
Bxe4 Rxe4 31. Re1 Re7 $1 32. Ree2 Qc5 33. Qf4 a4 34. Qd4 Qa5 $5 35. Qb6 Qc3 36.
Qb4 Qxb4 37. Rxb4 Re4 38. Rxb7 ({Or} 38. Rxa4 b5 $1) 38... Rxc4 39. Ra7 d5 40.
Kf2 a3 41. Ra8 g6 42. Ke1 Rc1+ 43. Kf2 Kg7 44. Ra4 Kf6 45. Re1 Rc2+ 46. Re2 Rc3
47. Ke1 Ke5 48. Kd2 Rb3 49. Kc2 Rb2+ 50. Kd3 Rb1 51. h4 Bb4 52. Kc2 Rb2+ 53.
Kd3 Rb3+ 54. Kc2 Rc3+ 55. Kd2 c5 56. g4 Ke4 57. g5 hxg5 58. hxg5 Kf3 {Smeets
shared second place in group B.} 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 67"]
[Date "2005.01.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2005.??.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8. Bf4
$5 Nbd7 $5 ({Known is} 8... Be7) 9. g4 $5 (9. Qd2 $1 Be7 10. O-O-O {develops
quickly.}) 9... Be7 10. Qe2 h6 11. h4 Qc7 12. O-O-O b5 13. a3 $5 Rb8 14. Qg2
Nc5 ({Or} 14... b4 $1 15. axb4 Rxb4 {(Anand).}) 15. g5 $6 Nh5 16. Be3 Na4 $6 ({
Right is} 16... Nxb3+ 17. cxb3 b4 18. axb4 Rxb4 19. Bc4 {(Anand).}) 17. Rd3 g6
18. Kb1 Bb7 19. Be2 e5 $2 (19... d5 $1 20. exd5 Nxc3+ 21. Rxc3 Qg3 22. Qf1 Bxd5
{fights back.}) 20. Qf2 Bc6 21. gxh6 $1 Nb6 $6 22. f4 $1 Nf6 $6 23. fxe5 dxe5
24. Rf1 O-O 25. Nc5 Bb7 26. Ne6 $1 fxe6 27. Bxb6 Qc6 28. Qg1 Kh7 29. Rdf3 Qe8
30. Bc5 Bxc5 31. Qxc5 Nd7 32. Qe3 Qe7 33. Qg5 Qxg5 34. Rf7+ $1 Rxf7 35. Rxf7+
Kh8 36. hxg5 Bc6 37. b4 Nf8 38. Rf6 Kg8 39. Bg4 Bd7 40. Kb2 Re8 41. Nd1 Re7 42.
Nf2 Be8 43. Rf3 Rf7 44. Rxf7 Kxf7 45. Kc3 Nh7 46. Nh3 Bc6 47. Kd3 Ke7 48. Ke3
Kd6 49. Be2 Ke7 50. Bd3 Kd6 51. Kf3 Ke7 52. Kg4 Nf8 53. Ng1 Nh7 54. Nf3 Kd6 55.
Kg3 Be8 56. Kf2 Bc6 57. Ke3 Bd7 58. c4 bxc4 59. Bxc4 Bc8 60. a4 Bb7 61. a5 Bc8
62. Bd3 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 67"]
[Date "2005.01.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2005.??.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 O-O 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5
15. Bc4 Rb8 16. Ra2 Kh8 17. Nce3 g6 18. h4 Bxh4 19. g3 Bf6 20. b3 Bg7 21. f4
exf4 22. gxf4 Re8 23. Qf3 Kg8 $5 ({Kramnik diverts from} 23... h6 {(Maki -
Holmsten, Vammala 1999).}) 24. Rah2 h5 $2 ({Correct is} 24... h6) 25. Rxh5 $2 {
The brilliant rook sacrifice draws.} ({White misses the win by} 25. Qg2 $3 {
(threatens f5)} Ne7 26. Nxe7+ Qxe7 27. Qxg6 Bg4 {(Ponomariov), and now} 28.
Rxh5 Bxh5 29. Rxh5 {Black cannot duck the threat of 30. Bxf7+! Qxf7 31. Rh8+!})
25... gxh5 26. Qxh5 Re6 27. Qh7+ (27. Rg1 Kf8 28. Rxg7 $1 Kxg7 29. Nf5+ Kg8 30.
Nh6+ Kg7 {draws (Kramnik).}) 27... Kf8 28. Rg1 (28. Kf2 Rg6 29. Nf5 Ne5 $1 30.
fxe5 Qg5 31. Nf6 Qd2+ 32. Kf1 Qf4+ 33. Ke1 Qc1+ {also draws (Ponomariov).})
28... Rg6 29. Rxg6 fxg6 30. f5 $1 Qg5 31. Nf4 $1 Ne7 $1 ({Not} 31... Qxf4 32.
Qg8+ Ke7 33. Nd5+) 32. Nxg6+ Ke8 33. Nd5 $1 Qg1+ 34. Kd2 Qg5+ 35. Ke1 Bf6 $5
36. Ngxe7 Bxe7 37. Qh8+ Kd7 38. f6 Qg3+ ({Bypasses} 38... Bd8 $2 39. Bb5+ $1
Rxb5 40. Qg7+ Qxg7 41. fxg7 {(Ponomariov).}) 39. Ke2 Qg2+ 40. Ke3 Qg3+ 41. Ke2
Qg4+ 42. Kf2 $5 Bd8 43. Bf1 $1 Kc6 44. Qxd8 Qh4+ 45. Kg1 ({Not} 45. Ke3 $2 Qe1+
46. Be2 Qxe2+ $1 47. Kxe2 Bg4+ {(Ponomariov).}) 45... Qg3+ {Perpetual check
ends an exciting game.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 67"]
[Date "2005.01.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bruzon, Lazaro"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2005.??.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. c3 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
e5 9. Na3 d6 10. Be3 b6 11. Qd2 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Qd7 14. Bg2 f5 15.
exf5 gxf5 16. f4 Rad8 17. Re2 Qe6 18. Qc2 Qg6 19. Kh2 Kh8 $5 ({Or} 19... d5 $1
20. fxe5 Bxe5 21. Bf4) 20. Qa4 $6 ({Better is} 20. fxe5 Bxe5 21. Bf4) 20... d5
21. fxe5 Bxe5 22. Bf4 Qf6 23. Bxe5 Nxe5 24. d4 N5g6 $1 25. dxc5 $2 ({
Preferable is} 25. Rf1 $1 f4 $1 26. g4 $1 Nh4 {(square e5 cannot be used)} 27.
Bf3 Nc6 $1) 25... bxc5 26. Rf1 f4 27. gxf4 Nf5 28. Qxa7 Qh4 29. Qxc5 (29. Rf3
$1 Nxf4 $1 30. Ref2 Nd3 $1 31. Re2 Ne1 $1 {brings a decisive attack.}) 29...
Nxf4 30. Rd2 Nxh3 $1 {Topalov gains the public prize.} 31. Qc7 Rd6 32. Nc2 Qg3+
33. Kh1 Rh6 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 67"]
[Date "2005.01.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Short, Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2005.??.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
b3 Bg7 16. d5 Qe7 17. c4 c6 18. Be3 Rec8 19. Rc1 a5 20. Qd2 bxc4 $6 {Short
plays a new move.} ({The known} 20... Nc5 {might be better.}) 21. bxc4 cxd5 22.
cxd5 Nc5 23. Bd3 $1 {White attacks on the queenside.} h5 $6 ({He could
simplify by} 23... Nxd3 $5 24. Rxc8+ $1 Bxc8 25. Qxd3 Ba6 26. Qa3 {(Lékó)} Bb5
{and defend stubbornly.}) ({Another option gives} 23... Nfd7) 24. Bxc5 dxc5 $2
({The extra exchange} 24... Rxc5 25. Rxc5 dxc5 26. Qg5 Qc7 $1 {facilitates the
defence.}) 25. Qg5 $1 {White prevents the manoeuvre .. Ne8-d6.} Rc7 26. Nf1
Rac8 $6 ({A lesser evil brings} 26... Kf8 $1 27. N1d2 Ne8 28. Qe3 Kg8) 27. N1d2
Ne8 28. Qxe7 Rxe7 29. Nc4 $1 Ba6 30. Nfxe5 Bxe5 31. Nxe5 c4 32. Bxc4 Rxe5 33.
Bxa6 Rxc1 34. Rxc1 Rxe4 35. f3 $1 Re5 36. Rc5 h4 37. d6 $1 {Lékó ends the game
in a grand style.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 67"]
[Date "2005.01.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2005.??.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8. f3
Qb6 9. g4 Nc6 10. Nb3 e6 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Be3 b5 13. O-O-O Nd7 14. Qf2 Be7 15.
g5 Nce5 16. a3 Rb8 17. Rg1 Nb6 $6 {This new move loses momentum on the
queenside.} ({Known is} 17... b4 $5 18. axb4 Rxb4 {(L'Ami - Acs, Amsterdam
2004).}) 18. f4 Nec4 19. Bxc4 Nxc4 20. Bd4 O-O $2 (20... Bf8 $1 {is necessary
for the defence of the kingside.}) 21. Bf6 $3 {Suddenly Black cannot protect
the h-file.} Bb7 ({Drastic lines are} 21... Re8 22. Qh4 $1 {(a white rook will
reach h3),}) ({and} 21... b4 22. axb4 Rxb4 23. Rd3 $1 Bd8 24. Rh3 e5 25. Qh4
Bxh3 26. Qh6 $1 {mates.}) 22. Rd3 $1 Rfc8 23. Rh3 Kf8 24. Rxh7 Ke8 25. Bxg7 Kd7
26. g6 $1 a5 27. gxf7 Bf8 28. Bxf8 Rxf8 29. Rd1 Bc8 30. f5 e5 31. Nd5 {
Ponomariov was crushed after one error.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 67"]
[Date "2005.01.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Bruzon, Lazaro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2005.??.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bd7 14. Nf1 Rac8 15.
Re2 Nc6 16. a3 exd4 17. Nxd4 Rfe8 18. Ng3 d5 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. e5 Ne4 21. Bf4
$1 {Exchanges on e4 draw.} g5 $6 ({Right is} 21... Red8 $1 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23.
Qb1 Qd7 $1 {and Black has enough counter- play.}) 22. Nf5 $1 gxf4 $2 (22... Qd7
23. Nxe7+ Qxe7 24. Bh2 {gives White a positional advantage (Lékó).}) 23. Rxe4
$1 Kh8 {Capture is punished by mate.} ({No relief brings} 23... Bf8 {due to}
24. Rxf4 Rxe5 25. Rh4 $1) 24. Re1 Bd7 $2 25. e6 $1 {Lékó had scored his fourth
victory.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 67"]
[Date "2005.01.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2005.??.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 c5 13. d5 g6 14. Nf1 a5 $5 ({
Theory is} 14... Nh5) 15. a4 b4 16. Bd3 Qc7 17. Ne3 bxc3 18. bxc3 c4 $1 19. Bc2
({Or} 19. Nxc4 Ba6 20. Nb2 Qxc3 {(Polgár).}) 19... Ba6 20. Nd2 Rfc8 21. Ba3 Bf8
22. Qf3 Bg7 23. g3 Rab8 24. Kg2 Nb6 25. g4 $1 {The players attack on different
sides.} Nfd7 26. h4 Nc5 27. Bxc5 $1 {White has to prevent .. Nd3.} Qxc5 28. h5
$5 Nd7 $6 ({Better is} 28... Bh6 {(Polgár)} 29. Qf6 Nd7 30. Qe7 Rb7) 29. Rh1
Nf8 30. g5 $1 {White has strongly increased the pressure.} Rb2 $2 ({Right is} 
30... Qc7 {(Polgár)} 31. Ng4 Qd8 $1) 31. Ng4 $1 gxh5 ({Alternatives are} 31...
Rxc2 32. h6 f5 33. gxf6 Bh8 $2 34. f7#) ({and} 31... Nd7 $1 {(Polgár)} 32. Rac1
$1 Qc7 33. hxg6 fxg6 34. Rxh7 $1 Qd8 35. Rh8+ $1 Kxh8 36. Qf7 Qxg5 37. Rh1+ {
White has a winning attack.}) 32. Nf6+ Bxf6 33. gxf6 Ng6 ({Or} 33... Rxc2 34.
Qxh5 Rxd2 35. Qg5+ Ng6 36. Qxd2) 34. Kf1 $1 h4 35. Qh5 Kh8 36. Nf3 Rxc2 37. Rh2
$1 Rxf2+ (37... Nf4 38. Qxh4 h5 39. Qg5 Rxf2+ 40. Rxf2 Qxf2+ 41. Kxf2 Nh3+ 42.
Ke3 Nxg5 43. Nxg5 {also wins for White.}) 38. Rxf2 Nf4 39. Qxh4 Rg8 40. Rh2 {
Judit gave birth to a son in 2004. Her comeback was impressive.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 67"]
[Date "2005.01.30"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Short, Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2005.??.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. Nh4 Be7 12. g3 Nb6 13. f3 a5 14. Kf2 a4
15. Rc1 $5 {White diverts from Gustafsson - Sokolov, Amsterdam 2001.} Nc8 $6
16. Be2 $6 (16. e4 $1 dxe4 17. fxe4 {takes advantage of the slip.}) 16... Nd6
17. Rhd1 O-O 18. Bd3 Rfe8 $2 ({Right is} 18... Bxd3 $1 19. Rxd3 f5 {(Van Wely
and Chuchelov).}) 19. g4 $1 Bf8 20. Ne2 Bh6 $5 21. f4 Bxd3 22. Rxd3 Bf8 23. Ng3
Ra5 24. Rc2 Rb5 25. Nhf5 Nc4 $6 (25... Nxf5 26. Nxf5 Re6 {brings a better
defendable position.}) 26. b3 $1 axb3 $6 27. Rxb3 Rxb3 28. axb3 Na5 29. Nh5 Re6
30. Ra2 $1 b6 31. Ra4 $1 {White threatens b4, Ra8 and Nh6+. Black has no
defence.   Lékó drew with Polgár in the last round. Anand could not break the
resistance by Sokolov. So Lékó won before Anand and Topalov.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 68"]
[Date "2006.01.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

{Corus 2006 was played from 14 until 29 i. Anand and Topalov competed for the
first prize. Kramnik could not partake due to arthritis.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3.
d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10.
O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. g5 b4 13. Ne2 Ne8 14. f4 a5 15. f5 a4 16. Nbd4 exd4
17. Nxd4 b3 18. Kb1 bxc2+ 19. Nxc2 Bb3 20. axb3 axb3 21. Na3 Ne5 22. h4 Ra5 23.
Qc3 $2 {Computer engines love this novelty.} Qa8 24. Bg2 Nc7 $3 {Anand finds a
wonderful refutation. He gives two pieces for a decisive charge.} 25. Qxc7 Rc8
$1 26. Qxe7 Nc4 $1 {The only defender of the white king lies under attack.} 27.
g6 (27. Bc5 $5 Rxa3 $1 28. bxa3 Rxc5 $1 29. a4 Na3+ 30. Kb2 Rc2+ $1 31. Kxa3
Qb8 {also leads to a black win (Anand).}) 27... hxg6 28. fxg6 Nxa3+ $5 (28...
Rxa3 {triumphs as well.}) 29. bxa3 Rxa3 30. gxf7+ Kh7 31. f8=N+ $1 Rxf8 32.
Qxf8 Ra1+ 33. Kb2 Ra2+ 34. Kc3 Qa5+ 35. Kd3 Qb5+ 36. Kd4 Ra4+ 37. Kc3 Qc4+ (
37... Qc4+ 38. Kd2 Ra2+ 39. Ke1 Qe2#) 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 68"]
[Date "2006.01.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. a4
Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3 Bf8 13. Qd2 Na5 14. b3 Rb8 15.
Rad1 Nc6 $5 {Topalov takes a prophylactic measure.} 16. Bf2 Nd7 17. Bg3 Nxd4
18. Qxd4 b5 $5 19. axb5 axb5 20. b4 $1 {Adams prevents counter-play.} g6 $2 ({
Appropriate is} 20... Qc4) 21. e5 d5 $5 22. f5 $3 {The bastion is opened.} gxf5
(22... Qc4 23. fxe6 fxe6 24. Nxd5 $1 {gives a white win.}) 23. Nxd5 $1 Qc4 ({
The pointe is} 23... exd5 $2 24. e6 $1) 24. Qd2 $5 h6 (24... exd5 25. Qg5+ $1
Bg7 26. Bxd5 Qxc2 27. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 28. Qh5+ Kg8 29. Rc1 Qe4 30. Qxe8+ {
crushes the oposition (Ftacnik).}) 25. h3 $5 exd5 26. Bxd5 Qxb4 27. c3 Qc5 $5
28. Rxf5 Re6 29. Rxf7 $1 Nb6 ({Or} 29... Kxf7 30. Qf4+) 30. Rdf1 Nxd5 31. Rxf8+
Qxf8 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. Qxd5 Ke8 34. Bh4 Bd7 35. Bf6 b4 36. Qe4 Bc8 37. cxb4
Rb7 38. Qg6+ Kd7 39. Qxh6 Kc7 40. Qf4 Kb8 41. h4 Rc7 42. h5 {Mickey chose
humiliating moves.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 68"]
[Date "2006.01.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e5 5. Be2 d5 6. d4 exd4 7. exd4 Be6 8. Be3
dxc4 9. Qa4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. Qxc4 Rc8 $5 12. O-O Bd6 13. Nxc6 Rxc6 14. Qh4
O-O 15. Bxa7 $5 b6 16. Rad1 Bc5 17. b4 Be7 18. Qd4 Rd6 19. Qc4 Be6 20. Qa6 Nd5
21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Rfe1 $4 {Ivanchuk misses the road to equality.} ({Right is} 
22. Bxb6 $1 Rxb6 23. Rxd5 Rxa6 24. Rxd8 Rxa2 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 {(Anand).}) 22...
Rg6 $1 23. g3 ({The pointe is} 23. Bf3 Bxf3 $1 24. Rxd8 Rxg2+ 25. Kf1 Rxh2 {
(Anand).}) 23... Bxb4 24. Bc4 Bxe1 25. Bxd5 Qe7 26. a4 ({Or} 26. Bxb6 Bxf2+ 27.
Kxf2 Qb4) 26... Rf6 27. f4 Qe3+ 28. Kh1 Bxg3 $1 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 68"]
[Date "2006.01.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Qc7 8.
g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 f6 12. O-O Nc5 13. Ne3 Bg6 14. b4 Ne6
15. b5 Rd8 16. Qb3 Nd4 17. Qb2 Bc5 18. Rfc1 Qe7 19. bxc6 $5 bxc6 20. Ne4 Bb4
21. Nc4 Nxc4 22. Rxc4 c5 23. e3 Ne6 24. Nc3 Nxf4 25. Bc6+ $5 ({More direct is} 
25. Rxf4 Qe5 26. Rxb4 cxb4 27. Qxb4) 25... Kf8 26. Rxf4 Qe5 27. Rc1 $2 {White
should sacrifice the exchange for a sufficient counter-play.} ({Right is} 27.
Rxb4 $1 cxb4 28. Qxb4+ Qd6 29. Qb7 {(Gelfand).}) 27... a5 $1 28. Bb5 Ke7 $1 29.
Qb3 $6 Rd2 $1 30. e4 $5 {White paralyses rook f4.} Rhd8 31. Nd5+ Kf8 32. Qf3
Rd4 33. Rc4 Bd2 34. Rxc5 Bxf4 35. Nxf4 Qxe4 36. Bc6 $6 Qxf3 $6 37. Bxf3 Bf7 $2
(37... Rxa4 $1 38. Ne6+ Ke7 39. Nxd8 Kxd8 {suffices to win (Gelfand).}) 38.
Rxa5 g5 39. Ne2 Rc4 40. h3 Rd1+ 41. Kg2 Ra1 42. Ra8+ Kg7 43. a5 Rca4 44. Rd8
Rxa5 45. Nd4 f5 46. Rd7 Kf6 47. Rd6+ $2 (47. g4 f4 48. Nc6 {puts up a
formidable resistance (Gelfand).}) 47... Ke5 48. Rd8 Rc5 49. Nc6+ Ke6 50. Rh8
Kf6 51. Rxh7 g4 $1 52. hxg4 fxg4 53. Be4 Re1 54. Nd8 Bd5 55. Rh6+ Ke7 56. Bxd5
Rxd5 57. Nc6+ Kd7 58. Rg6 Rdd1 59. Nb8+ Kc8 60. Rg8+ Kb7 61. Rxg4 Kxb8 {
Gelfand played a great positional game and pleased a large audience.} 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 68"]
[Date "2006.01.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 dxc4 8. e3 b5
9. axb5 cxb5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nxb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Bb4+ 13. Ke2 $5 ({Theory is} 
13. Nd2) 13... Bb7 14. Ra1 f5 $5 15. Ne5 Rg8 16. f4 $1 Nc6 17. Nf3 $1 {White
uses the knight as a defender.} Na5 18. Kf2 Nb3 19. Ra7 Be4 20. Ra2 $2 (20. g3
$1 Qb6 (20... Na5 21. Ne5 $3 Qb6 22. Rxf7 $1 Bxh1 23. Rd7 Rg4 24. Rh7 $1) 21.
Ra2 {favours White (Van Wely).}) 20... e5 $3 {Topalov opens the centre.} 21.
fxe5 ({The pointe is} 21. Nxe5 $2 Qh4+ 22. g3 Rxg3 23. hxg3 Qxh1) 21... f4 $1
22. Be2 ({Or} 22. exf4 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Bd2 {(Hübner).}) 22... fxe3+ 23. Kxe3 Qd5
$1 24. g3 ({The tactics of} 24. Rg1 Nxd4 $1 25. Qxd4 Bc5 26. Ra8+ Ke7 27. Ra7+
{(Hübner)} Kd8 $1 28. Rd1 Bd3 29. Bxd3 Bxd4+ 30. Nxd4 cxd3 {benefit Black.})
24... Nxd4 25. Nxd4 $2 ({Better is} 25. Ra8+ $1 Qxa8 26. Qxd4 {(Van Wely)} Bc2
{and Black has a plus.}) 25... Bxh1 26. Bf3 Qxe5+ 27. Kf2 Bc5 28. Bxh1 Bxd4+
29. Kf1 Rg5 {Black has a pawn up and wins.} 30. Bf3 Kf8 31. Kg2 Qe3 32. Kh3 Kg7
33. b3 cxb3 34. Ra3 b4 35. Rxb3 Bc3 36. Qe2 Qc5 37. Qd3 Qc8+ 38. Kg2 Ra5 39.
Qc2 Qe6 40. Qb1 Ra1 41. Qc2 Bd4 42. Bd1 Qe1 43. Bf3 Qf1# 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 68"]
[Date "2006.01.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

{Gata Kamsky participated in a super event for the first time since he started
to study. He looked normal and had left his father at home.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4
dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Be6 8. Nbc3 Qd7 9. Ne4
Bd5 10. Be3 $5 O-O-O ({Kamsky prefers} 10... e6 $1) 11. a3 Qe8 12. Qc2 f5 13.
N4c3 Bxg2 $1 14. Rg1 Bf3 15. Bxf5+ e6 16. Bh3 Kb8 17. Rg3 Bxe2 18. Nxe2 Nd5 $2
(18... Qf7 19. Bg2 Nd5 20. Nc3 Nce7 {(Notkin) blockades the centre.}) 19. Nc3
Nxe3 $6 20. fxe3 Qh5 21. Qe2 Qxe2+ $5 {Anand is going to lose pawn e6, but he
bets on the bishops of a different colour.} 22. Kxe2 Re8 23. Rf1 Nd8 24. Ne4 g6
25. Ng5 Re7 26. Rgf3 Bh6 27. Nf7 Nxf7 28. Rxf7 Rhe8 29. R1f6 a5 $5 ({Preobably
} 29... Kc8 $5 30. Rxe6 $1 Kd8 $1 31. Rexe7 Rxe7 32. Rf3 {wins for White 
(Timman).}) 30. Rxe7 Rxe7 31. Rxe6 Rxe6 32. Bxe6 Bg5 ({Or} 32... Bf8 33. Bg8 $1
{(Kamsky)} h6 34. Bf7 g5 35. Be6 $1) 33. d5 Ka7 $5 {Black proceeds a desperate
action.} (33... Be7 34. Bg8 {wins as mentioned.}) 34. Bg8 h6 35. Bf7 Kb6 36.
Bxg6 Kc5 37. Bf7 h5 38. Kd3 h4 39. h3 b5 40. Ke4 b4 41. axb4+ axb4 42. b3 Bh6
43. Bh5 Bg5 44. Be2 Bh6 45. Bc4 Bg5 46. Kf5 Bxe3 47. d6 $1 {Kamsky had
defeated the number two of the world. He would score four wins, eight losses
and one draw!} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 68"]
[Date "2006.01.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Bd7 13. Nf1 Rac8 14. Ne3 cxd4 15.
cxd4 Nc6 16. d5 Nb4 17. Bb1 a5 18. a3 Na6 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Qb7 21. Bd2 Bd8
22. Bd3 Bb6 23. Nc2 h6 $2 {F5 becomes a strong square for the white knights.} (
{I suggest} 23... Ne8) 24. Nh4 $1 ({White improves on the known} 24. Na3) 24...
Nh7 25. Qf3 Ng5 26. Qg3 Nc7 27. Ne3 $5 Ra8 28. Nef5 Rxa1 29. Ne7+ $5 Kh8 30.
Rxa1 Nh7 31. Qf3 Nf6 {Black cannot prevent the next move.} 32. Bxh6 $1 Ra8 33.
Rf1 Nce8 34. Bc1 Ra1 35. Nhf5 Qc7 36. Bd2 Rxf1+ 37. Kxf1 g6 38. Ne3 Kg7 39. g4
$2 Nh7 $2 ({Better is} 39... Bxe3 $1 40. Qxe3 Kf8 41. Nc6 Bxc6 42. dxc6 Qxc6 {
(Lékó).}) 40. Kg2 Qb7 41. Nc4 $3 {White takes the bastion.} g5 (41... bxc4 42.
Bh6+ $1 Kxh6 43. Qxf7 {leads to a quick mate (Lékó).}) 42. Na5 Qa8 43. Nf5+ Kf8
44. h4 Bd8 45. Nh6 f6 46. hxg5 f5 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 68"]
[Date "2006.01.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Rc1
d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bh3 c5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Be3 Re8 13. dxc5 $2 ({Correct is} 
13. Re1 {(Van Wely - Karjakin, round six).}) 13... bxc5 14. Na4 d4 15. Bf4 Nb4
16. a3 Nbd5 {Aronian has taken the initiative.} 17. Bd2 $6 ({Better is} 17. Be5
$1 {Black can try the same plan as in the game, but} Ne4 18. Bf5 Nec3 19. Nxc3
Nxc3 20. Rxc3 $1 dxc3 21. Qc2 {gives counter-play for White.}) 17... Ne4 $1 18.
Re1 Bb5 19. Bf5 Nxd2 20. Qxd2 Bxa4 21. bxa4 Nc3 22. Rxc3 $2 {Now the sacrifice
shows desperation.} ({White could try} 22. Bd3 Qd6 23. e3) 22... dxc3 23. Qxc3
c4 24. Qxc4 Bxa3 25. h4 Qe7 26. Bd3 Rac8 27. Qg4 Qb4 28. Qh5 g6 29. Qh6 Qc3 30.
Qf4 Bc1 31. Qg4 Rcd8 32. Qc4 Qxc4 33. Bxc4 Bh6 34. a5 Re4 35. Bb5 Rc8 36. a6
Rb4 37. Bd3 Rc1 38. Rxc1 Bxc1 39. Ne5 Rb6 40. Kg2 Kg7 41. Bc4 Bb2 42. Nf3 Bf6
43. Bd3 Kf8 44. Nd2 Ke7 45. Ne4 Kd7 46. f4 Ke7 47. Kf3 h5 48. Nd2 Bc3 49. Nf1
Bd4 50. g4 hxg4+ 51. Kxg4 Rc6 52. Nd2 Be3 53. Nc4 Bc1 54. Ne5 Rf6 55. Bb5 Rxf4+
56. Kg3 Kd6 57. Nc6 Kc5 58. Nxa7 Kb6 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 68"]
[Date "2006.01.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 a6 6. b3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Nbd7 8. Bd3
O-O 9. O-O Bd6 10. Qc2 h6 11. Ne2 Re8 $5 ({Known is} 11... Qe7 {(Ftacnik -
Erenburg, Germany 2006).}) 12. Ng3 e5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Rad1 exd4 15. Nxd4 Nb4
16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Qb1 $5 Nd5 (17... Nxa2 $6 18. Be4 $1 Bxg3 19. hxg3 c5 20. Nf5
{activates white minor pieces.}) 18. Bf5 Qc7 19. Rfe1 N7f6 20. e4 $1 Ne7 21.
Bxc8 Raxc8 22. Qc1 c5 23. Nf3 Ng4 24. Ba5 Qxa5 25. Rxd6 Qxa2 $2 {Sokolov
overestimates his position.} (25... c4 $1 26. Qf4 Qc5 {(Gelfand) brings a
balance of action and counteraction.}) 26. Re2 Qxb3 27. h3 Nxf2 $5 (27... Rcd8
28. Nd2 $1 Qb4 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. hxg4 {costs a piece too (Gelfand).}) 28. Rxf2
Kg8 29. Nh5 Rc6 30. Rd7 Ng6 $2 31. Qa1 $1 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 68"]
[Date "2006.01.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 O-O 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5
15. Bc4 Rb8 16. Ra2 Kh8 17. Nce3 Bxe3 18. Nxe3 Ne7 19. b3 $5 f5 20. exf5 Nxf5
21. Nd5 Bb7 22. O-O Rc8 23. Qd3 {White has a plus in the Sveshnikov.} Nh4 $5
24. Rd1 h6 25. Qg3 Nf5 26. Qg4 Rc5 27. Rad2 Bc8 28. Qe4 Bb7 29. h3 Nh4 30. Bd3
Rf5 31. Bb1 $6 (31. Ra2 {keeps an edge.}) 31... Rxc3 $1 32. Qg4 h5 $1 {Topalov
starts an attack.} 33. Qe2 $2 ({The major line is} 33. Qa4 $1 Bc6 {(Karjakin)}
34. Nxc3 $1 Bxa4 35. Rxd6 Qg5 36. Rd8+ Kh7 37. Bxf5+ Nxf5 38. Nxa4 {and White
seems to survive.}) 33... Qg5 34. f4 Rxf4 35. Kh1 Nxg2 $1 36. Qxg2 Rg3 37. Nxf4
Bxg2+ 38. Nxg2 Rxh3+ 39. Kg1 Rg3 40. Rf2 Kg8 41. Rxd6 h4 42. Rc6 Qg4 $1 43. Bf5
Rxg2+ $1 44. Rxg2 Qxf5 45. Rcg6 Qf7 46. R6g4 Qf6 47. Kh2 Kf7 48. Kh3 e4 49. Rg5
e3 50. Kxh4 g6 (50... g6 51. Kg4 Qf2 52. Rxf2+ exf2 {wins lovely.}) 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 68"]
[Date "2006.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Nf6 13. e4 b5 14. exd5 exd5
15. Re1 Rb8 16. c5 Bc8 17. Nf3 Ne4 18. Rxe4 $1 {Topalov had prepared this
novelty for San Luis 2005.} ({Theory is} 18. Ne5) 18... dxe4 19. Ne5 Qd5 $1 {
Black has to defend actively.} 20. Qe1 $1 Bf5 21. g4 $1 Bg6 22. f3 {Topalov
still follows his preparation.} b4 $6 ({Topalov prefers} 22... Bxc5 $1 23. dxc5
Qxc5+ 24. Kh1 b4 25. Bb2 Qc2 26. Qc1 Qe2 {and a great battle.}) ({My
suggestion is} 22... Rbc8 $1 {(overprotects c6)} 23. fxe4 Qd8 24. Rd1 Bf6 $1)
23. fxe4 Qe6 24. Bb2 Bf6 $6 (24... Rfe8 {avoids the next trick.}) 25. Nxc6 $1
Qxc6 26. e5 Qa6 27. exf6 Rfe8 28. Qf1 $1 Qe2 $1 29. Qf2 $1 {Black gets no
counter-play.} Qxg4 30. h3 $1 Qg5 31. Bc1 $1 Qh5 32. Bf4 Rbd8 $6 (32... Rbc8 $1
{hinders the connected passed pawns (Topalov).}) 33. c6 $1 Be4 (33... Re2 34.
c7 $1 Rc8 35. Qf3 {wins for White (Topalov).}) 34. c7 Rc8 35. Re1 Qg6 36. Rxe4
$1 {Another sacrifice of the exchange clears the restraint of the d-pawn.} Rxe4
37. d5 Rce8 38. d6 Re1+ 39. Kh2 Qf5 40. Qg3 g6 41. Qg5 Qxg5 42. Bxg5 Rd1 43.
Bc6 Re2+ 44. Kg3 {Topalov had won a great game and led by half-a-point before
Anand.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 68"]
[Date "2006.01.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 b5 8.
Nxc6 Bxc6 9. Bb3 Nf6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Re1 O-O 12. a4 b4 $6 ({Theory is} 12...
Re8) 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Nd7 15. a5 Nc5 16. Ba4 Rb8 17. Bc6 Bf6 18. Qe2 Bd4
19. Rb1 Qf6 20. Rd1 h6 21. Qd2 Rfe8 $2 {Black gives away an exchange.} ({
Correct is} 21... Bc3 $1 22. Qe2 Bd4 {(Lékó)} 23. Bxh6 $1 Bxf2+ 24. Qxf2 Qxh6
25. Rd4 {and White has an advantage.}) 22. Bxe8 Rxe8 23. Qf4 b3 24. c3 Qe7 25.
Bd2 $1 Be5 26. Qg4 Ne4 27. Be3 g6 28. g3 Bg7 29. Re1 h5 30. Qe2 h4 31. Qxa6 f5
32. Qb5 Be5 33. a6 hxg3 34. fxg3 Kf7 35. a7 Rh8 36. Qb8 Rxh2 37. a8=Q 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 68"]
[Date "2006.01.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Rc1
d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bg2 Nd7 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. O-O Re8 13. Bf4 c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5
15. Qxd5 Nf6 16. Qxd8 Raxd8 17. Ne5 Nd5 18. Bf3 Nxf4 19. gxf4 Rd2 $5 {A
novelty has been played.} 20. Rfd1 Red8 21. Rxd2 $1 Rxd2 22. b4 $1 {Loek gives
the extra pawn for initiative.} Bxb4 23. Rc7 g6 24. e3 f5 ({An active defence
brings} 24... Rxa2 $5 25. Nxf7 $1 Ra5 $1) 25. Rxa7 Be2 26. Bxe2 Rxe2 27. Nd7
Be7 28. Nxb6 Bh4 29. a4 Rb2 30. Nd5 Rd2 $2 (30... Bxf2+ $1 31. Kf1 Bh4 32. a5
Rf2+ 33. Kg1 Rd2 {survives (Van Wely).}) 31. Rd7 Bxf2+ 32. Kf1 Bxe3 33. Nf6+ $2
{Unlucky Loek frolics in Corus 2006.} (33. a5 $1 Kf8 34. Ke1 $1 Bxf4 35. a6 Ra2
36. a7 {wins (Van Wely).}) 33... Kf8 34. Nxh7+ Ke8 35. Nf6+ Kf8 36. Nh7+ Ke8
37. Nf6+ Kf8 38. Rxd2 Bxd2 39. Nd5 Kf7 40. Ke2 Ba5 41. Kd3 Ke6 42. Kc4 Bd2 43.
Kc5 Kd7 44. Kb5 Kd6 45. Nb6 Kc7 46. a5 Kb8 47. Nd5 Ka7 48. h3 g5 49. fxg5 Bxg5
50. Nb4 f4 51. Nc6+ Kb7 52. Nd4 Bf6 53. Nf3 Ka7 54. h4 Bg7 55. h5 Kb7 56. a6+
Ka7 57. Ka5 Bc3+ 58. Kb5 Bg7 59. Nd2 Bh6 60. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 68"]
[Date "2006.01.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

{Anand trails Topalov by half-a-point. So Vishy needs to win in the last round.
} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8.
Be3 Nbd7 9. Qd2 b5 10. O-O-O Nb6 11. Qf2 Nc4 12. Bxc4 bxc4 13. Na5 Qd7 14. Rd2
$5 {Anand starts an attack on d6.} Be7 15. Rhd1 Rb8 $6 {Gelfand avoids
passivity at a price.} 16. Bc5 $1 Qc7 17. Rxd6 $1 Qxa5 18. Rxe6 fxe6 19. Bxe7
Rb7 ({Not} 19... Kxe7 $4 20. Qa7+) 20. Bd6 $1 Nd7 (20... Kf7 $5 21. f4 $1 {
(Anand)} Qb6 $1 22. Qxb6 Rxb6 23. Bxe5 {favours White.}) 21. Qh4 Qd8 22. Qh5+
g6 23. Qh6 Qf6 24. Ne2 Kf7 25. h4 $1 g5 $5 {Gelfand gives a pawn for
simplification.} 26. hxg5 Qxh6 27. gxh6 Rg8 28. g4 $5 Rg6 29. Rh1 Rb6 30. Ba3
Rf6 31. Rh3 Kg6 32. Kd2 Rf7 33. Ke3 Nf6 34. Nc3 Rd7 35. Rh1 Rc6 36. Na4 Rb7 37.
Nc3 Rb8 38. Nd1 {Anand has little winning chances. Lékó and Topalov have drawn
about this time.} Ng8 $2 {Black awakens the white rook.} 39. Rh5 Nxh6 40. Rxe5
Nf7 41. Rh5 $1 Rb5 42. Rh1 e5 43. Nc3 Rb7 44. Nd5 Re6 45. Bb4 $1 Kg7 46. Rh2
Ng5 47. Bc3 Kg8 48. Rf2 Rf7 49. Rf1 Re8 50. Ke2 Ref8 $5 ({The passive} 50...
Re6 51. Ne3 Rc7 52. Rd1 {(Ftacnik) allows a penetration.}) 51. Bxe5 Nxe4 $1 52.
Ke3 Nc5 53. f4 $1 Re8 54. Kd4 Nd7 55. Re1 Re6 $6 56. Re2 $6 {Black can play a
trick.} ({White disregards the chance} 56. Kxc4) 56... Nxe5 $6 ({Better is} 
56... Rg7 $1 57. Rg2 Nxe5 58. fxe5 {and White has an advantage (Anand).}) 57.
fxe5 Rg7 58. Nf6+ Kf7 59. Kxc4 Rg5 60. Kd4 Rb6 61. c4 Ke6 62. b3 Rb8 63. Re4 h6
64. Nd5 Rbg8 65. Nf4+ Ke7 66. e6 {Anand and Topalov have won the event.} ({
Vishy has planned} 66. e6 Rxg4 67. Nd5+ Kd6 68. c5+ Kc6 69. Ne7+) 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 68"]
[Date "2006.01.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. e4 $5 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bc4 a6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8.
g4 Bg6 9. Ne5 Nc6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Be3 e5 12. d5 $5 {Kamsky has been startled
by the opening, and chose a poor line.} Na5 $1 13. Qe2 $5 ({A fine alternative
gives} 13. Bf1 $1 O-O-O 14. a3 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Qxd5 Rxd5 17. b4 Nc6 18.
Bg2 Rd6 19. c3) 13... Nxc4 14. Qxc4 b5 15. Qd3 $1 Nxg4 16. O-O-O Nf6 {A
critical position has been reached.} 17. f4 $6 (17. Bg5 $1 O-O-O 18. Rhe1 {
leads to pressure in the centre.}) 17... exf4 $6 (17... O-O-O $1 18. f5 gxf5
19. Qxf5+ Qd7 $1 20. Qxe5 Rh5 $1 21. Qd4 Nxd5 22. Qa7 Qc6 {gains more
advantage.}) 18. Ne4 $1 Nxe4 19. Qxe4+ Be7 20. Bd4 $2 ({Better is} 20. Bxf4 Rh4
21. Bxd6 Rxe4 22. Bxc7 {and White has a plus (Tiviakov).}) 20... f5 21. Qf3
O-O-O 22. Bxg7 Rhg8 23. Bc3 b4 24. Be1 g5 25. Qd3 Rgf8 26. Bf2 Kb7 27. Rhe1 Bf6
28. Qf3 Rfe8 29. Rf1 Re4 30. Kb1 Qe5 31. Qb3 a5 32. c3 Qd6 33. a3 Ra8 34. axb4
axb4 35. Rfe1 Rae8 36. c4 Rxe1 37. Bxe1 Re2 38. Bxb4 $2 Qb6 $1 39. c5 Qb5 40.
c6+ Kb8 $1 ({Not} 40... Kc8 $2 41. d6 $3 cxd6 42. Qg8+ {and White draws 
(Tiviakov).}) 41. d6 Rxb2+ 42. Qxb2 Bxb2 43. d7 Bf6 {Anand and Topalov won the
A-group by 9/13. Adams an Ivanchuk followed at a distance (71/2) before
Gelfand and Karjakin (7).} 0-1

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 68"]
[Date "2006.01.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Bc5 8. Nc3
d6 9. a4 Na5 10. Ba2 b4 11. Ne2 Bc8 12. c3 bxc3 13. bxc3 Bb6 14. Ng3 Be6 $2 (
14... O-O $1 {leads to De Firmian - Lugo, San Diego 2004.}) 15. d4 Bxa2 16.
Rxa2 O-O $2 ({Better is} 16... exd4 17. cxd4 h6 $5 ({Magnus Carlsen analyses} 
17... O-O $2 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bh4 $1 g5 20. Nxg5 hxg5 21. Bxg5 Nc6 22. Nh5 Bxd4
23. Qf3 {and wins}) 18. Re2 O-O 19. Qc2 Re8 20. Rfe1 {and White is going to
strike.}) 17. Bg5 $1 exd4 18. Nh5 $1 dxc3 19. Nh4 $1 Kh8 20. Nf5 {Black cannot
protect pawn g7.   The B-group was won by Carlsen and Motylev. They will play
in the highest league next year.} ({Notice} 20. Nf5 Rg8 21. Nfxg7 $1) 1-0

[Event "Morelia/Linares"]
[Site "23"]
[Date "2006.02.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E93"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

{Three important changes had occurred since the previous time: Kasparov did
not partake anymore, the number of players had increased from seven to eight
and the first cycle was played in the Mexican city Morelia from 18 until 26 ii
2006. Playing hall was the Palacio de Clavijero. Main battlers were Lékó,
Topalov and Aronian.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2
e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5 f6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh6 11. d5 Nd7 12. Nd2 f5 13. exf5
Nf6 14. Nde4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Bxf5 16. Bd3 g4 17. O-O Qe8 $5 18. c5 Qg6 19. Re1
Nf7 20. Bh4 $5 Rae8 21. Rc1 dxc5 22. Rxc5 Nd6 23. Qa4 $1 Bxe4 24. Bxe4 Qh6 $6 {
Black should exchange on e4.} 25. Bg3 Qd2 26. Rcc1 $6 {Hereafter, the fight
for the initiative is resumed.} (26. Rd1 $1 {continues the attack.}) 26... Re7
27. h4 $5 Qxb2 28. Qd1 Qxa2 29. h5 Nxe4 30. Rxe4 Qa6 31. Qb3 $5 Kh8 32. Rce1
Qb6 33. Rb4 Qc5 34. Rxb7 Ref7 35. Rb5 Qd6 36. Qc4 Rf5 37. Qxg4 Qh6 38. Rb8 Rxf2
39. Rxf8+ Rxf8 40. Rxe5 $1 {White has restored the material balance. Now Black
has to defend weaknesses.} Qd6 $2 (40... Qf6 $1 {prevents the next move.}) 41.
Rf5 $1 Qe7 42. Rxf8+ Bxf8 43. Bf2 h6 44. Qd4+ $1 (44. Bxa7 $6 {allows the
counteraction} Qe1+) 44... Kg8 45. Qc4 $1 Qf7 46. Bxa7 Bg7 47. Be3 Kh8 48. Bd4
$1 Bxd4+ 49. Qxd4+ Kh7 50. Qe5 $1 Qg7 51. Qf5+ Kh8 52. Kh2 Qe7 53. Kh3 Qd6 54.
Qf7 Qe5 55. g3 $2 Qe4 $2 ({Black misses the chance} 55... c6 $1 56. Qg6 ({Not} 
56. dxc6 $2 Qxg3+) 56... cxd5 57. Qxh6+ Kg8 {and the d-pawn is strong.}) 56.
Qf1 Kh7 57. Qd1 Qe5 58. Qf3 Kg7 59. Qg4+ Kh8 60. Qg6 Qxd5 61. Qxh6+ Kg8 62.
Qg6+ Kh8 63. Qf6+ Kh7 64. Kh4 Qe4+ 65. g4 Qe1+ 66. Kg5 Qd2+ 67. Qf4 Qd8+ 68.
Kf5 Qf8+ 69. Ke4 Qb4+ 70. Kf3 Qc3+ 71. Qe3 Qf6+ 72. Kg3 Qd6+ 73. Kh4 c5 74. g5
Qh2+ 75. Kg4 Qg2+ 76. Kf5 Qd5+ 77. Kf6 Qd6+ 78. Qe6 Qd4+ 79. Ke7 1-0

[Event "Morelia/Linares"]
[Site "23"]
[Date "2006.02.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. h3 Ng6 11. Bg5+ Ke8 12. Rad1 Bd7 13. Nd4 h6 14.
Be3 h5 $5 ({More prudent is} 14... Bb4 {(Shirov - Almasi, Monaco 2002).}) 15.
f4 h4 16. f5 $5 {Svidler storms his opponent.} Nxe5 17. f6 Rh5 18. Ne4 g6 19.
Bf4 c5 20. Nf3 Nxf3+ 21. Rxf3 {Topalov has to defend a difficult position.} Be6
22. Rfd3 c4 23. R3d2 c6 24. Ng5 Bc5+ 25. Kh2 Bd5 26. Re2+ Kf8 $6 (26... Kd7 $1
27. Nxf7 Rf8 28. Ne5+ Kc8 29. Ng4 Rf5 {equalises (Svidler).}) 27. Rde1 b5 28.
c3 a5 29. a3 Rc8 30. g4 hxg3+ 31. Kxg3 Be6 32. h4 Kg8 33. Re5 Bf8 34. Nxe6 fxe6
35. Rd1 $1 Rh7 $2 ({Better is} 35... Kf7 36. Bg5 $1 Rc7 $1) 36. Rxe6 $2 (36.
Rg5 $1 Rh6 37. Rd7 {wins for White.}) 36... Rb7 37. Re4 Kf7 38. Bg5 Re8 39.
Rxe8 Kxe8 40. Kg4 Rh7 $2 ({Black misses the draw by} 40... Kf7 41. Rd8 b4 42.
axb4 axb4 43. Rd4 bxc3 44. bxc3 Rb5 45. Rxc4 Rc5 {(Svidler).}) 41. Re1+ Kd7 42.
a4 $1 bxa4 43. Re5 c5 44. Bf4 Rh8 45. Bg3 Bh6 46. Re7+ Kc6 47. Bf4 Bxf4 48.
Kxf4 Rh5 $1 49. Re5 $3 Rxh4+ 50. Kg5 $1 Rh5+ 51. Kxg6 Rxe5 52. f7 {The Kling
and Horwitz manouevre of rook and king begins.} Re6+ 53. Kg5 Re5+ 54. Kg4 Re4+
55. Kg3 Re3+ 56. Kf2 $1 {White forces the queening.} a3 $1 57. f8=Q axb2 58.
Qc8+ Kb5 $1 59. Qb7+ Ka4 60. Kxe3 ({Not} 60. Qxb2 $4 Rf3+ $1) 60... Ka3 61. Qb5
a4 62. Qxc5+ Kb3 63. Qb4+ Kc2 64. Qxa4+ Kxc3 65. Qa5+ Kc2 66. Qf5+ Kc1 67. Qf1+
{Svidler played a fine endgame.} 1-0

[Event "Morelia/Linares"]
[Site "23"]
[Date "2006.02.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3
c5 9. Bd3 Qa5 10. Ne2 cxd4 11. cxd5 exd5 12. f3 Nxc3 13. Nxd4 Ne4+ 14. Ke2 f5
$1 15. Be3 $5 {Vallejo plays a new move in a spectacular opening.} ({The greedy
} 15. fxe4 fxe4 16. Bb5 {is punished by} Bg4+ 17. Ke3 Qb6) ({Best is} 15. e6 $1
{(Lékó).}) 15... Nc6 $1 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Rhc1 (17. Qxc6 Rb8 18. Rhc1 f4 $1 19.
Bxf4 Rb2+ 20. Kf1 Bd7 $1 {favours Black.}) 17... Rb8 $1 {The crucial position
has been reached.} 18. Kd1 $2 ({Right is} 18. Kf1 $1 f4 $1 19. Bxe4 fxe3 20.
Bxh7+ Kh8 21. Bd3 {(Lékó).}) 18... Rd8 19. Bd4 Be6 20. Rab1 ({Not} 20. Qxc6 $4
Qd2#) 20... Rxb1 21. Rxb1 c5 $1 22. Rb5 ({Or} 22. fxe4 dxe4 23. Qxc5 Qa4+)
22... Qxa3 23. Bb2 Qa2 24. Be2 Bd7 25. fxe4 Bxb5 26. Bxb5 Rb8 27. Bc6 Qxb2 28.
Bxd5+ Kh8 29. Qxb2 Rxb2 30. exf5 Rb4 31. Kc2 Rd4 $2 ({Later Lékó finds} 31...
Rf4 $1 32. g4 Rd4) 32. Bf7 Re4 33. e6 h5 $1 34. Bxh5 ({Probably} 34. Kd3 $1 Re5
35. Kc4 a6 $1 36. h4 $1 {draws (Lékó).}) 34... Kg8 35. g4 Kf8 36. g5 Ke7 37. h3
a5 38. Bg4 a4 39. f6+ gxf6 40. g6 Kf8 0-1

[Event "Morelia/Linares"]
[Site "23"]
[Date "2006.02.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
d6 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. Rac1 Rc8 11. b3 a6 12. Rfd1 O-O 13. Qd2 Ne4 $5 14. Nxe4 Bxe4
15. Ne1 Nf6 16. Bh3 $1 Rb8 17. Nd3 Ba8 18. f3 $1 {White extends his control
over the centre.} e6 19. Bf2 Re8 $2 (19... Bb7 {makes a useful move.}) 20. Nb4
$1 a5 21. Na6 $1 {White could have further advanced in the centre but
preferred a strong combination.} Rc8 ({The tactical pointe is} 21... Rb7 22. c5
$1 Ra7 23. Qd3 {(Ivanchuk)} bxc5 24. Nxc5) 22. Qxd6 Qxd6 23. Rxd6 Nd5 24. Rd1
Nc3 25. R1d2 b5 26. Rd7 Be5 27. cxb5 Nxb5 28. Bf1 Bc6 29. R7d3 Na3 30. f4 Bf6
31. Nc5 Be7 32. Rd1 Nb5 33. Na4 Be4 34. Rd7 Bb4 35. Bg2 Bxg2 36. Kxg2 Rc2 37.
Rb7 Na3 38. Rdd7 Rf8 39. Kf3 Nb1 40. Be3 Rxa2 41. Bc5 Nd2+ 42. Kg2 Bxc5 43.
Nxc5 e5 $2 (43... Nb1 {prolongs the resistance.}) 44. Ne6 $1 exf4 ({Or} 44...
Re8 45. Re7 $1) 45. Rxf7 $1 1-0

[Event "Morelia/Linares"]
[Site "23"]
[Date "2006.02.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Bg5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5
15. Bc4 Rb8 16. b3 Kh8 17. Nce3 Be6 18. h4 Bf4 $6 ({Better is} 18... Bxe3 19.
Nxe3 {(Barrientos - Fluvia Poyatos, Badalona 2005).}) 19. Nf5 $1 g6 20. Nfe3
Kg7 21. g3 Bh6 22. Ng4 f5 23. Nxh6 Kxh6 24. h5 g5 {The black king has an odd
position.} 25. exf5 Bxf5 26. Ne3 Bc8 $5 27. Ra2 Ne7 $1 28. O-O Rf6 29. Qe2 {
The black position has many holes.} Qb6 $6 ({The active} 29... d5 $5 30. Nxd5
Nxd5 31. Rd1 Nxc3 $1 32. Rxd8 Nxe2+ 33. Bxe2 Rc6 {fights for survival.}) 30.
Rfa1 Qc6 31. Rxa5 Bb7 32. Bd5 Nxd5 33. Rxd5 $1 Qxc3 34. Ng4+ Kg7 35. Ra7 Re6
36. Qc4 $1 Qe1+ $6 {Exchange leads to a poor ending.} 37. Kg2 $1 Re7 38. Rxb7
$1 Rexb7 39. Rxd6 {The white attack has become unstoppable.} Rf8 40. h6+ Kh8
41. Qd5 Rbb8 42. Qd3 Qb4 43. Rd7 e4 44. Qd5 Rb5 45. Nf6 {Lékó and Svidler
started with two wins.} 1-0

[Event "Morelia/Linares"]
[Site "23"]
[Date "2006.02.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nf1 Bc8 13. c3 $5 Bd7 14. Ne3 Qc7 15.
axb5 axb5 16. b4 {White has set a trap.} Nb7 (16... cxb4 $2 17. cxb4 Nc6 {is
punished by the sacrifices} 18. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 19. Qb3+ Kg6 20. Nh4+ Kh5 21.
Qd1+ $1 Kxh4 22. Nf5+ Bxf5 {(Lékó)} 23. exf5 Nd4 24. Re4+ $1 Nxe4 25. g3+ {and
mate in three.}) 17. Bd2 Nd8 18. Bb3 Rxa1 19. Qxa1 Re8 20. bxc5 Qxc5 21. Qa2 h6
$1 22. h3 Ne6 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. Bxd5 Qc8 25. d4 Bf6 26. Qb3 Bc6 $2 ({Solidity
brings} 26... Qa6 {(Léló).}) 27. Qb4 $1 exd4 28. cxd4 Bxd5 29. exd5 Ng5 $2 (
29... Nf8 $1 30. Rxe8 Qxe8 31. Qxd6 Be7 32. Qc6 Qb8 {offers more resistance.})
30. Rxe8+ Qxe8 31. Bxg5 hxg5 32. Qxd6 Qe2 33. Qc5 Qc4 34. Qxc4 bxc4 35. Kf1 $1
Kf8 36. d6 Ke8 37. Ne5 {Pawn d6 survives.} Bxe5 38. dxe5 Kd7 39. g3 $1 {Lékó
and Svidler led by a score of 31/2/4. Hundreds of chess fans followed the
games eagerly.} 1-0

[Event "Morelia/Linares"]
[Site "23"]
[Date "2006.02.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 c5 6. cxd5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Qxd5 8.
e3 cxd4 9. Qxd4 Qxd4 10. cxd4 e6 11. Rb1 Be7 12. Bxe7 Kxe7 13. Bd3 Nc6 14. Nf3
b6 15. Ke2 Bb7 16. Rhc1 Rhc8 17. g4 h6 18. h4 Na5 19. g5 hxg5 20. hxg5 Rxc1 21.
Rxc1 Rc8 22. Rxc8 Bxc8 {Black has exchanged a lot.} 23. Ne5 Bb7 24. a3 Nc6 25.
Ng4 Nb8 26. Kd2 Bc6 27. Kc3 Nd7 {The black position looks invulnerable.} 28. f4
a5 29. e4 b5 30. Bc2 f5 $6 {Black should defend passively.} 31. exf5 $1 exf5 $2
(31... gxf5 $1 32. Ne5 Be4 $1 {(Krasenkow)} 33. Nxd7 Kxd7 {draws, because the
breach} 34. Bxe4 $2 fxe4 35. f5 {fails due to} Ke7 $1 36. g6 Kf6 37. fxe6 Kxg6
38. d5 Kf6 39. Kd4 b4 40. axb4 a4 $1) 32. Ne5 Nxe5 33. dxe5 b4+ $5 34. axb4
axb4+ 35. Kxb4 Bd7 36. Bb3 Bc6 37. Kc5 {The black fortress is not impregnable.}
Be8 $2 ({Krasenkow gives the win} 37... Bf3 38. Bg8 Be2 (38... Kf8 39. Bd5) 39.
e6 Bf3 40. Bf7 Be4 41. Bxg6 Kxe6 42. Bh5 Bg2 43. Be2 Kf7 44. Kd4 Kg6 45. Bd3
Bf3 (45... Bc6 46. Ke5 Bd7 47. Bc2 Bc8 48. Ba4 {and White wins}) 46. Ke5 Bg4
47. Bc2 Bh3 48. Ba4 Bg4 49. Bd7 $1 {(zugzwang)} Bh3 50. Be8+ Kg7 51. Bh5 $1)
38. e6 $1 {Black loses immediately due to zugzwang.   The leader Svidler was
going to lose two games in a row.} 1-0

[Event "Morelia/Linares"]
[Site "23"]
[Date "2006.02.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Nc6 7. Bg5 e6 8. e3
h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rac1 b5 13. Bb1 Bd7 14. Qc2 g6 15.
Qd2 Rac8 16. Rfd1 Rc7 17. Qe1 b4 18. Ne2 a5 19. Qd2 Rfc8 20. Ne1 a4 21. Nd3 Na5
22. Rxc7 Rxc7 23. Rc1 Nc4 24. Qe1 Qd8 25. g3 Bb5 26. h4 g5 27. hxg5 hxg5 28.
Kg2 $2 (28. Nc5 $1 {lifts the pressure.}) 28... Qc8 29. Ng1 f6 30. Qd1 Be8 31.
Nf3 Bh5 32. Rc2 Bg6 33. Re2 g4 34. Nh4 Be4+ 35. Kh2 f5 {Topalov seems to
charge everywhere.} 36. Ne1 $2 ({The calm} 36. Qxa4 $1 Rh7 37. Kg1 {defends
properly.}) 36... Nxe3 37. Rxe3 Rc1 38. Qd2 Rxb1 39. Rxe4 dxe4 40. Qg5+ Kf7 0-1

[Event "Morelia/Linares"]
[Site "23"]
[Date "2006.02.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 h5 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Be5 Rh6 14. f3 $5 ({
Radjabov played} 14. f4 {against Vallejo in the previous round.}) 14... Qe7 ({
An alternative gives} 14... c5 15. a4 a6) 15. a4 a6 16. Qc2 Rd8 17. Rad1 Nd7
18. Bc7 Rc8 19. Bg3 e5 20. d5 $5 b4 21. dxc6 Rhxc6 22. Nd5 Qe6 23. Qd2 $6 {The
queen should stay on c2.} h4 24. Bf2 c3 25. bxc3 bxc3 {Still the c-pawn can be
stopped.} 26. Qxg5 $2 ({White has to retreat by} 26. Qc2) 26... c2 27. Rc1 h3
28. g3 Qh6 29. Qf5 (29. Qxh6 Bxh6 30. Be3 Bf8 {has the same effect.}) 29... Qd2
30. Rfe1 Ba3 $1 {White loses material.} 31. f4 Bxc1 32. Bh5 Rg6 33. Bxg6 Bxd5
34. exd5 Qxe1+ 35. Bxe1 Be3+ 36. Kf1 c1=Q 37. Qxf7+ Kd8 38. Ke2 Bb6 39. Bd2
Qc4+ 40. Kf3 e4+ 41. Kg4 Kc7 42. a5 Bd4 43. Bf5 Rg8+ 44. Kh4 Rh8+ 45. Kg5 Qb5
46. Be6 e3 47. Be1 e2 48. g4 Rf8 49. Qh7 Be3 50. Kh4 Bxf4 51. g5 Qa4 52. Kh5
Bxh2 53. Bxh3 Be5 54. Qd3 Rh8+ 55. Kg6 Nf8+ 56. Kf7 Kd8 $1 {Topalov had lost
again.} 0-1

[Event "Morelia/Linares"]
[Site "23"]
[Date "2006.02.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 Ne4 6. Qd3 Qa5 7. Qxe4 Bxc3+ 8.
Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Nxd2 Nc6 10. dxc5 b6 11. Bg2 Bb7 12. Qf4 bxc5 13. Qd6 Qb6 14. Ne4
Nd4 $5 {Aronian sacrifices material.} 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. Nd6+ Ke7 17. Bxb7 Nc2+
18. Kd2 Nxa1 19. Nxf7 $1 Rxa2 $1 20. Nxh8 Rxb2+ 21. Kd3 Rb3+ 22. Ke4 Nc2 {The
white knight is trapped on h8.} 23. e3 b5 24. Kf4 bxc4 $6 (24... Rb4 $1 25. Be4
Rxc4 26. Kf3 g6 {keeps the white knight imprisoned.}) 25. Be4 Nb4 26. Bxh7 Nd3+
27. Kg5 Nxf2 28. Rf1 Rb2 29. h4 d5 {An avalanche of black pawns starts.} 30.
Ra1 Kd7 $5 31. Nf7 c3 32. Kg6 Ng4 33. Rg1 {The battle has reached a highlight.}
Re2 $2 ({Right is} 33... Nxe3 $1 34. Kxg7 Rf2 $1 35. Ra1 Rg2 $1 36. h5 Rxg3+
37. Bg6 d4 38. h6 Nf5+ 39. Kf6 Nxh6 40. Nxh6 d3 41. Nf7 Rxg6+ $1 42. Kxg6 d2 {
drawn.}) 34. Kxg7 Rxe3 35. h5 d4 36. h6 c4 37. Bc2 $2 (37. Rd1 $1 d3 38. Bxd3
cxd3 39. h7 c2 40. Ra1 $1 {brings a decisive attack.}) 37... Nxh6 $1 38. Nxh6
d3 39. Ba4+ Kd6 40. g4 Kc5 41. g5 Kb4 42. Ng4 $1 Re4 43. Nf6 $2 (43. g6 $1 Kxa4
44. Kf7 d2 45. g7 d1=Q 46. g8=Q $1 Qxg1 47. Qa8+ Kb3 48. Qb7+ Ka3 49. Qa8+ Kb2
50. Qb7+ Kc1 51. Qxe4 c2 52. Ne3 $1 {and the knight can save the day because
it stayed on g4 (Gavrikov).}) 43... Re5 44. Bd1 d2 45. g6 Re1 46. Kf7 Rxg1 47.
g7 Ka3 48. Bg4 Rxg4 49. Nxg4 d1=Q 50. g8=Q Qd7+ 51. Kf6 Qd4+ 52. Kxe6 c2 53.
Qa8+ Kb2 54. Qb8+ Kc1 55. Qg8 Kd1 {The first cycle had ended in Morelia. Lékó
led by 5/7 before Aronian 41/2 and Svidler 4. Topalov had only scored 21/2
points. The players flew from Mexico to Spain.} 0-1

[Event "Morelia/Linares"]
[Site "23"]
[Date "2006.03.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

{Cycle two was played in Linares from 3 until 11 iii. Topalov retorted.} 1. d4
d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 e6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. b3 c5 9.
cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bb2 Be7 11. Qb1 cxd4 12. Bxd4 Bf6 13. Rc1 Bh5 14. Rc4 Qe7 15. h3
Rd8 16. Be4 Bxd4 17. Nxd4 N7f6 18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. Qb2 $6 {Hereafter, White
slowly loses the control over terrain.} ({More active is} 19. Qe4 $1) 19... O-O
20. Rac1 Bg6 21. N4f3 f6 22. g3 e5 23. a3 Qe6 24. e4 Ne7 25. Rc7 Rd7 26. h4
Rfd8 27. b4 h6 28. Rxd7 Rxd7 29. b5 axb5 30. Qxb5 Nc6 31. Kg2 Kh7 32. Qc4 $2 {
White should play a neutral move.} Qxc4 33. Rxc4 Rd3 34. a4 Ra3 {Black
threatens .. Bf7.} 35. Nb1 Ra2 36. Nc3 Rc2 {The threat has become .. Nxe4.} 37.
Rc5 Nb4 38. Ne1 Rc1 {White cannot prevent .. Na2.} 0-1

[Event "Morelia/Linares"]
[Site "23"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Bxd5 exd5 11. Be3 Bh3 12. Rc1 Nc6 $5 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14.
f3 Qc4 15. Kf2 Be6 16. Qxc4 dxc4 17. Rhd1 Bxc3 18. bxc3 b6 19. Rd4 Rfd8 20. g4
Rd5 21. g5 Rad8 22. h4 Kf8 23. Rb1 Ke7 24. Rb2 R8d6 25. Rxd5 Rxd5 26. Bd4 f6
27. e4 Ra5 28. f4 Bd7 29. Ke3 Rb5 {The game can end in a draw quickly, but
Toppy keeps on trucking, because he has a positional edge.} 30. Rg2 Kf7 31. h5
$1 fxg5 32. fxg5 g6 33. Rf2+ Ke8 34. hxg6 hxg6 35. Bf6 Rb1 36. Kd4 Rd1+ 37.
Kxc4 Be6+ 38. Kb5 Ra1 39. Rh2 $1 (39. Ka6 Rxa2+ 40. Rxa2 Bxa2 41. Kxa7 b5 {
draws.}) 39... Rxa2 40. Rh7 $1 Bd7+ 41. Kc4 Rd2 $5 (41... Be6+ $1 42. Kd3 Kf8
43. Re7 Bg4 44. Rg7 Bh5 {draws (Gavrikov).}) 42. Bd4 Be6+ 43. Kb5 Bd7+ 44. Ka6
{Black has a hidden escape.} Bc6 $2 ({Right is} 44... b5 $1 45. Kxa7 b4 $1 46.
Rh8+ Kf7 47. Rd8 Ke7 $1 48. Bf6+ Kd6 49. cxb4 Kc7 50. Rxd7+ Rxd7 {drawn.}) 45.
Kxa7 Bxe4 46. Kxb6 {White has won a pawn.} Rb2+ 47. Kc5 Rb7 48. Rh4 Rc7+ 49.
Kb4 Rb7+ 50. Kc4 Bf5 51. Kc5 Rc7+ $6 (51... Kd7 $1 {offers more resistance.})
52. Kd6 Rd7+ 53. Kc6 Re7 54. Bf6 Re4 55. Rh8+ Kf7 56. Rh7+ Kg8 57. Rg7+ Kf8 58.
Kb5 Re8 59. c4 Rb8+ 60. Ka5 Ra8+ 61. Kb4 Rb8+ 62. Kc3 Rc8 63. Ra7 Be6 64. Be7+
Kg8 65. c5 Bd5 66. Kd4 Bg2 67. Ke5 Ra8 68. Rc7 Ra1 69. Kf6 Be4 70. Rc8+ Kh7 71.
Rd8 Ra6+ 72. Kf7 Bf5 73. Rd4 Be6+ 74. Kf8 Ra8+ 75. Bd8 Bg4 76. c6 {Toppy
caught up, but Lékó led one point on Topalov, Aronian, and Radjabov.} 1-0

[Event "Morelia/Linares"]
[Site "23"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qxd4 7. Bxb4 Qxe4+
8. Be2 Na6 9. Bd6 e5 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. O-O O-O-O 12. Bd3 Qf4 13. Bxe5 Qxe5 14.
Nxe5 Bxd1 15. Bf5+ Kc7 16. Nxf7 Bh5 $6 ({Theory is} 16... Nh6 $1 17. Nxh6 Bh5
18. Bg4 Bxg4 19. Nxg4 Rd2 {(Bacrot - Tregubov, Corsica 2005).}) 17. Nxd8 $1
Kxd8 18. g4 Nh6 $1 19. Rad1+ Kc7 20. Rd7+ Kb6 21. Rxg7 Nxf5 22. gxf5 Rf8 $5 (
22... Be2 23. Rc1 Rf8 {is okay.}) 23. Re1 Nc5 $2 {Black will lose a minor
piece.} ({Right is} 23... Rxf5 $1 24. Ree7 Bg6 25. Rxb7+ Kc5 26. Rxa7 Nb4 {
(Dautov).}) 24. b4 $1 Nd3 25. Ree7 Nxb4 26. Rxb7+ Kc5 27. Rg5 $1 Bf3 28. f6+ $1
Kxc4 29. Rf5 Bd5 30. Rf4+ Kc3 31. Rbxb4 Bxa2 32. Ra4 Bf7 33. Rxa7 c5 34. f3 c4
35. Kf2 Kb3 36. Rb7+ 1-0

[Event "Morelia/Linares"]
[Site "23"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

{Topalov wants to defeat the leader in the penultimate round. He has prepared
a quiet opening.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. Nf3 d6 9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. f3 d5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. e3 Re8 13. Be2
$5 Rc8 14. O-O Qe7 15. Bb5 c6 16. Ba4 h6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Rfe1 b5 $6 {Black
creates an own weakness.} 19. Bc2 c5 20. Bf5 Rc7 21. dxc5 Rxc5 22. Qd4 a6 23.
a4 bxa4 24. Rxa4 Rc6 25. b4 Qe5 26. Qxe5 Rxe5 27. Bd3 Rb6 28. Kf2 Bc8 29. Rb1
Bf5 30. Bxf5 Rxf5 31. Ra5 g6 32. Ke2 h5 $5 (32... Rh5 $1 33. h3 Kg7 {hampers
the white advance on the kingside.}) 33. g3 Kg7 34. h3 Nd7 35. g4 hxg4 36. hxg4
Re5 37. Kf2 Rc6 38. Rb3 Rb6 39. f4 Ree6 40. g5 Red6 41. e4 $1 Rb5 ({Not} 41...
dxe4 $2 42. Nc4) 42. Rxb5 axb5 43. Rd3 Nb6 44. Nb1 $1 Rc6 $1 45. exd5 Rc4 46.
Kf3 Rxb4 {Black has kept the material balance.} 47. Nd2 f6 48. Ne4 $1 {White
wants to advance the d-pawn.} fxg5 49. Nxg5 Kf6 50. Kg4 Nc4 51. Ne4+ ({He
avoids} 51. d6 $4 Ne5+) 51... Ke7 52. d6+ Kd8 {The d-pawn has advanced
dangerously.} 53. Kg5 Nb2 54. Re3 {Lékó has to make one good move.} Rd4 $2 ({
Right is} 54... Kd7 $1 55. Kxg6 Nc4 56. Rd3 Nxd6 $1 57. Rxd6+ Ke7 {(Topalov).})
55. Nf6 $1 Rxd6 56. Re8+ Kc7 57. Re2 $1 {Black loses material.} Rd1 58. Rxb2
Rg1+ 59. Kh6 Kc6 60. Ne4 Kd5 61. Rb4 Kc6 62. Rd4 Rg4 63. Nf2 Kc5 64. Rd1 Rg2
65. Nd3+ Kc4 66. Ne5+ Kc3 67. Rc1+ Kb2 68. Rc6 Kb3 69. Rxg6 Rf2 70. Rg3+ Kc2
71. Nd3 {The leaders have become the quartet Aronian, Lékó, Radjabov and
Topalov.} 1-0

[Event "Morelia/Linares"]
[Site "23"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d3 d6 10. a5 Be6 11. Nbd2 Qc8 12. Nc4 Rb8 13. Bg5 Kh8 $1 {Aronian
springs a fine novelty.} 14. h3 Ng8 $1 15. c3 bxc3 16. bxc3 f5 17. Ba4 $6 ({
Better is} 17. exf5 Rxf5 18. Be3 {(Knaak).}) 17... fxe4 $1 18. Bxc6 ({The
pointe is} 18. dxe4 Bxc4 19. Bxc6 Rxf3 $1) 18... exf3 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. Bxf3
Ng6 21. Bg4 $6 (21. Ne3 Nf4 22. d4 Bb3 23. Bg4 $1 {offers a proper resistance.}
) 21... Nf4 $1 {Black has gained a positional edge.} 22. Ra2 $2 ({Correct is} 
22. Ne3) 22... Qb7 $1 23. Bf3 Qb3 $1 {Everything goes wonderful for Aronian.
He wins a pawn, while the games Bacrot - Radjabov and Vallejo Pons - Topalov
end in a draw about this time.} 24. Rc2 Nxd3 $1 25. Qxd3 Qxc4 26. Qxc4 Bxc4 27.
Bc6 Rb3 28. g3 g5 29. Re3 Ra3 30. Be4 Rxa5 31. g4 Bd5 32. f3 Bxe4 33. fxe4 Ra1+
34. Kg2 Rff1 35. Ree2 Rg1+ 36. Kh2 Rh1+ 37. Kg3 Rag1+ 38. Rg2 Re1 39. Rgf2 Re3+
40. Kg2 Rexh3 {Aronian had won the tournament (81/2/14) before Topalov,
Radjabov (8) and Lékó (71/2). Lékó lost the last two games.   The 23-years-old
Aronian has been very successful lately.} 0-1

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "2006.05.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

{Six grandmasters played double rounds for the second time in the Grand Hotel
Sofia from 11 until 21 v 2006.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5
h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. e3 Ne4 8. Nxe4 Bxe4 9. Bg3 d6 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O Nd7 12. e4
Bf6 $5 (12... O-O 13. Qe2 Bf6 {drew in Carlsen - Sasikiran, Sarajevo 2006.})
13. Rc1 g5 $5 14. Bb1 h5 15. h3 Rg8 16. b4 g4 17. hxg4 hxg4 18. Nh2 Bh4 $1 19.
Bf4 $5 Bg5 $5 {Black gives another pawn for the attack on the kingside.} 20.
Qxg4 Qf6 21. Be3 Bxe3 $5 22. Qxg8+ Ke7 23. Qxa8 Bxa8 24. fxe3 Qg6 25. Rf4 $6 (
25. d5 $1 {(Anand)} Ne5 26. c5 $1 {closes the centre and charges on the
queenside.}) 25... e5 $1 26. Rf5 Qh6 $1 {Black has taken the initiative.} 27.
Re1 $2 (27. Ng4 $1 Qg7 28. Nh2 $3 exd4 29. Rcf1 $1 dxe3 30. Rxf7+ Qxf7 31.
Rxf7+ Kxf7 32. Ng4 {brings a defendable ending.}) 27... exd4 28. exd4 Qd2 $1
29. Nf3 Qxb4 30. Rc1 Bb7 $1 31. Rb5 Qa3 32. Re1 Qc3 33. Rb3 Qxc4 {The black
counter has netted two pawns.} 34. Bd3 Qa4 35. Rc3 c5 $1 36. Bc4 Qb4 37. Rcc1
cxd4 38. Nxd4 Ne5 39. Nf5+ Kd7 40. Bd5 Bxd5 41. exd5 Qf4 42. Rf1 Nf3+ $1 43.
gxf3 Qxf5 44. f4 $5 Qxd5 45. f5 Qd2 46. f6 b5 47. Rce1 Kc6 48. Ra1 Qd4+ 49. Kg2
Qb2+ 50. Kg3 b4 51. Kg4 d5 52. Kg5 Qg2+ $1 53. Kh4 Kd6 54. Kh5 a5 0-1

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "2006.05.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Qd7 11. Nc3 Nd8 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Re8 14. Nf5 Ne6 15.
Qf3 Bf8 16. Be3 c5 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Nc7 20. Bd2 Rxe1+ 21.
Rxe1 Re8 22. Rxe8 Nxe8 23. b3 g6 24. Nh6+ Bxh6 25. Bxh6 f6 26. c4 Kf7 27. Qd3
Ke7 28. g4 Kd8 29. Kg2 Kc8 30. Bd2 Nc7 31. Bc3 Qf7 32. Qf3 Ne8 33. Qe4 Nc7 34.
Kg3 Kd7 35. Ba5 Qe8 36. Kf3 Qxe4+ 37. Kxe4 bxc4 38. bxc4 Ne8 39. Bd2 Ke7 40.
Kd3 Kd7 41. Kc3 Kc7 42. Kb3 Kb6 43. Bh6 Kb7 44. h4 f5 45. gxf5 gxf5 46. Bg5 Kc8
47. h5 Kd7 48. Kc3 h6 49. Bxh6 Nf6 50. Kb3 Nxh5 51. Ka4 Nf6 52. Bf4 Ng4 53. Bg3
f4 54. Bxf4 Nxf2 55. Bg3 Ne4 56. Bf4 Kc7 57. Kb3 Kd7 58. Kc2 Nf2 59. Kd2 Ne4+
60. Kd3 Nf2+ 61. Ke2 Ne4 62. Kd3 Nf2+ 63. Ke2 Ne4 64. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "2006.05.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. Qd2
b4 9. Nce2 e5 10. Nb3 Nc6 11. Ng3 Be6 12. O-O-O Qc7 13. f4 h5 14. h4 a5 15. f5
Bd7 16. Kb1 Rb8 17. Be2 Na7 18. Bxa7 Qxa7 19. Qd3 Bb5 20. Qf3 Bc6 21. Nd2 Qc5
22. Nb3 Qb6 23. Nd2 Be7 24. Nc4 Qc5 25. Ne3 a4 26. Bc4 Bd8 27. b3 Bb6 28. Rd3
axb3 29. cxb3 Ra8 30. Rc1 Qa5 31. Rc2 Ke7 32. Nd5+ Bxd5 33. Bxd5 Rac8 34. Rxc8
Rxc8 35. Bc4 Rh8 36. Rd2 Qc5 37. Qd1 Ba7 38. Rc2 Qe3 39. Bd3 Bc5 40. Qf3 Rd8
41. Be2 Qf4 42. Nxh5 Qxh4 43. Nxf6 gxf6 44. g3 Qg5 45. Qg4 Rh8 46. Qxg5 fxg5
47. Bg4 Kf6 48. Rc1 Rh2 49. Rc2 Rh6 50. Rc1 Bf2 51. Rd1 Kg7 52. Rd3 Bd4 53. Kc2
Kf6 54. Rd2 Rh1 55. Rd1 Rh8 56. Kd3 Rc8 57. Ke2 Rc3 58. Rd3 Rc5 59. Bf3 Ke7 60.
Rd2 Rc3 61. Rd3 Rc8 62. Rd2 Rh8 63. Kf1 Rc8 64. Ke2 Rg8 65. Kf1 Rh8 66. Rc2 Bc5
67. Kg2 Kf6 68. Be2 Rh7 69. Rc1 Rh8 70. Rc2 Rh7 71. Rc1 Rh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "2006.05.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "205"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nc3 Nc6 13. Rb1 $5 Rc8 14. Bd2 Nd4 15.
b4 Nxf3+ $6 16. Qxf3 c4 $6 {Black busts his pawn position.} 17. dxc4 bxc4 18.
Qe2 Qc7 19. Bg5 Ne8 $6 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Bxc4 {White captures an extra pawn.}
Nf6 22. Rbd1 a5 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. Bxd5 axb4 25. axb4 Bxd5 26. Rxd5 Qc7 27. Rc1
Qc3 {Black gains positional compensation.} 28. b5 Rfd8 29. Qd1 h6 30. Kh2 $1 {
Kamsky threatens 31. Rxd6!} Rc5 31. Rxc5 Qxc5 32. Qe2 Rc8 33. c4 Qd4 34. Rc2 g6
35. f3 Kg7 36. Rd2 Qxc4 37. Qxc4 Rxc4 38. Rxd6 Rb4 39. b6 h5 40. h4 f5 $2 {
Black weakens his pawn structure in the rook ending.} ({Right is} 40... Kf8 $1
{(Marin).}) 41. Rd7+ $1 Kf6 42. b7 fxe4 43. fxe4 g5 $1 44. g3 $2 (44. Rd6+ $1
Kg7 45. Re6 $1 Rxb7 46. Rxe5 gxh4 47. Rxh5 {leads to a theoretical win.}) 44...
Rb2+ 45. Kg1 gxh4 46. gxh4 Ke6 47. Rh7 Kd6 48. Rxh5 Rxb7 49. Kg2 Rb4 50. Kf3
Rb1 51. Rg5 Ke6 52. h5 Rf1+ 53. Ke2 Rf4 54. Ke3 Rh4 55. Rf5 Rh3+ 56. Kf2 Rh4
57. Kf3 Rh3+ 58. Kg4 Re3 59. h6 Rxe4+ 60. Kg5 Re1 61. Rf6+ Kd5 $5 62. h7 Rg1+
63. Kh6 Ke4 64. Rf8 Rh1+ 65. Kg6 Rxh7 66. Kxh7 Kd3 67. Rd8+ Ke3 $1 68. Kg6 e4
69. Kf5 Kf3 70. Rh8 e3 71. Rh3+ Kf2 72. Kf4 e2 73. Rh2+ Kf1 74. Kf3 e1=N+ {The
weaker side also lost in Neumann - Steinitz, Baden-Baden 1870.} 75. Kg3 Nd3 76.
Rd2 Ne1 77. Rf2+ Kg1 78. Rf8 Ng2 79. Kf3 Kf1 $2 (79... Nh4+ $1 {draws.}) 80.
Kg3+ $2 Kg1 81. Kf3 Kf1 $2 82. Rf7 $1 {Kamsky finds the correct move. This
hard ending was already studied by Arabs in the Middle Ages.} Ne1+ 83. Ke3+ Kg1
84. Ke2 Ng2 85. Rh7 $1 Nf4+ 86. Kf3 Nd3 87. Rh4 Ne5+ 88. Ke2 $2 (88. Ke3 $1 {
stems from a database.}) 88... Kg2 89. Re4 Nf7 $2 (89... Nd7 $1 {escapes.}) 90.
Re7 Nd6 91. Rg7+ Kh3 92. Kf3 Kh4 93. Kf4 Kh5 94. Re7 Nc4 95. Re6 Nd2 96. Rc6
Nb3 97. Ke3 Kg4 98. Rc4+ Kg3 99. Rc3 Na5 100. Ke4+ Kf2 101. Kd5 Nb7 102. Rb3
Nd8 103. Rb8 {Kamsky played his second super event since 1996 and began to win
games!} 1-0

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "2006.05.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Nbd7 9. g4 Be7 10. Qd2 O-O 11. g5 Nh5 12. O-O-O b5 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 f5 15.
gxf6 Bxf6 16. Na5 Nf4 17. Nc6 Qc7 18. c4 $5 Nb8 $6 {Black reacts passively to
the novelty.} ({More active is} 18... bxc4 $1 19. Bxc4 Nb6 $1 {(Svidler).}) 19.
Qa5 $1 Rc8 20. Kb1 bxc4 21. Qxc7 Rxc7 22. Bxc4 Kf8 23. Na5 $1 {White blockades
the queenside.} Nd7 24. Rc1 Bg5 25. h4 Bh6 26. Bb3 $1 Rac8 ({The alternative is
} 26... Rxc1+ 27. Rxc1 Nf6 28. Rc6 Ke7 29. Nc4 $1 N6xd5) 27. Rc6 $1 Ne2 $5 28.
Bxh6 gxh6 29. Bc4 $1 Nd4 30. Bxa6 $1 Nxc6 31. dxc6 Rxc6 $1 (31... Ra8 $2 32.
cxd7 Ke7 33. Bc8 Rxa5 34. Rg1 $1 {wins for White (Svidler).}) 32. Nxc6 Rxc6 33.
Bb5 Rc7 34. Rc1 $1 {The connected passed pawns may march.} Nc5 35. Bc4 e4 $2 (
35... Ke7 $1 36. b4 Rb7 37. a3 Ne6 $1 {prepares a counter in the centre 
(Svidler).}) 36. b4 $1 Rb7 37. a3 exf3 38. Rf1 Na4 39. Rxf3+ Kg7 40. Bb3 Nb6
41. Kb2 Re7 42. a4 Re4 43. Ka3 1-0

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "2006.05.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 Re8 10. c3 h6 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a3 d6 13. Ba2 Nb8 14. b4 $5 ({Topalov
played} 14. Nh4 {against Adams in Linares 1999.}) 14... c5 15. Nb3 Nc6 16. Rb1
Bc8 $1 17. Be3 Be6 18. Qc2 Rc8 19. Qb2 c4 $1 20. dxc4 Bxc4 21. Nbd2 Bxa2 22.
Qxa2 d5 $1 23. Rbd1 d4 24. cxd4 exd4 25. Nb3 $5 Nxe4 $1 26. Bxd4 $2 ({Better is
} 26. Qb2 $1 {(Anand)} d3 27. Nc1 {and Black has little advantage.}) 26... Nxd4
27. Rxd4 Ng5 $1 28. Ne5 $5 ({The pointe is} 28. Rxd8 Nxf3+ 29. gxf3 Rxe1+ 30.
Kg2 Rxd8 {(Anand).}) 28... Nxh3+ 29. gxh3 Qg5+ 30. Kh2 Qf5 $3 {Anand plays an
elegant finish.} (30... Rxe5 31. f4 Qg6 {is less striking.}) 31. Rde4 ({Or} 31.
Qe2 Rxe5 32. Qxe5 Qxf2+ 33. Kh1 Rc3 $1 34. Rh4 Bd6 $1 {(Anand).}) 31... Rxe5 $1
32. Rxe5 Bd6 33. Nc5 Bxe5+ 34. Kg2 Rc6 35. Qb3 Rg6+ 36. Kf1 Bg3 $1 0-1

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "2006.05.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Qd7 11. Nbd2 Nd8 12. c3 Ne6 13. d4 Rad8 $5 14. d5 Nf4 15.
Nf1 Ng6 16. Ng3 c6 $1 17. Bg5 cxd5 18. Bxf6 $5 Bxf6 19. Bxd5 Nf4 20. Bxb7 Qxb7
21. Qc2 g6 22. Rad1 d5 $1 {Black has liberated his position.} 23. exd5 Rxd5 24.
Rxd5 Qxd5 25. Rd1 Qe6 26. Qe4 Rb8 27. Ne2 Nxe2+ 28. Qxe2 Re8 $1 29. Qe4 h6 30.
g4 $5 Bg5 $1 31. Nxg5 hxg5 32. Qd5 Kg7 33. Qxe6 Rxe6 34. Rd7 $6 (34. a4 $1 bxa4
35. Ra1 Rb6 36. Rxa4 Rxb2 37. Rxa6 {draws easily.}) 34... Kf6 35. Kf1 Rc6 36.
Ke2 Ke6 37. Rd8 e4 38. f3 $6 exf3+ 39. Kxf3 Rd6 $1 40. Re8+ $1 Kd5 41. b3 Rf6+
42. Kg2 $1 (42. Ke3 $2 Re6+ {brings a lost pawn ending.}) 42... Rc6 43. Re3 f5
44. gxf5 gxf5 45. Rg3 Ke4 $1 46. a4 $2 {White misses the narrow escape.} ({The
desperate action} 46. Rxg5 $1 Rxc3 47. h4 $1 Rxb3 48. h5 $1 {suffices for a
draw.}) 46... bxa4 47. bxa4 Kf4 48. Rf3+ Ke5 49. Re3+ Kf6 50. Rd3 f4 $1 51. Kf3
Ke5 $1 52. Kg4 Rd6 53. Rxd6 Kxd6 54. h4 gxh4 55. Kxh4 Kd5 56. Kh3 Ke4 57. Kg2
Ke3 $1 0-1

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "2006.05.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Qd3 Qc7 12. d5 Nd7 13. Qc2 Rad8 14. Bg5 Bf6
15. Bh6 Bg7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. a4 e6 18. dxe6 Nf6 19. Ng5 h6 20. Nxf7 Bxe4 21.
Qb3 Rxf7 22. exf7 Bxb1 23. Rxb1 Qxf7 24. Qxf7+ Kxf7 25. Bc4+ Kf8 26. f3 Rd2 27.
a5 bxa5 28. Ra1 Rc2 29. Bd3 Rd2 30. Bc4 Rc2 31. Bd3 Rd2 32. Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "2006.05.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 a6 6. c5 b6 7. cxb6 Nbd7 8. Na4
Nxb6 9. Bd2 Nxa4 10. Qxa4 Bd7 11. Ne5 Ne4 12. Ba5 c5 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Qxd7+
Kxd7 15. f3 Nf6 16. Rc1 c4 17. b3 Rb8 18. bxc4 Bb4+ 19. Bxb4 Rxb4 20. c5 Rb2
21. a4 Ra8 22. Be2 Kc7 23. Rf1 Rab8 24. Rf2 R8b3 25. Bxa6 Rxe3+ 26. Kf1 Rb4 27.
Ra2 Reb3 28. Rd1 Ng8 29. a5 Ne7 30. Be2 Nc6 31. a6 Kb8 32. Rad2 Ra3 33. Kf2 g5
34. h4 gxh4 35. Rh1 Rxd4 36. Rb2+ Kc7 37. Rhb1 Ne5 38. Rb8 Kc6 39. Rc8+ Kd7 40.
Rg8 Ke7 41. Rb7+ Kf6 42. a7 Rda4 43. c6 Nxc6 44. Bb5 Ra2+ 45. Kg1 Rxa7 46. Bxc6
Rxb7 47. Bxb7 h5 48. Kh2 Ra1 49. Bc6 Rc1 50. Bb5 Rb1 51. Be2 Re1 52. Ba6 Ra1
53. Bd3 Rd1 54. Bh7 d4 55. Rb8 Kg7 56. Rb1 Rd2 57. Be4 f5 58. Bb7 e5 59. Rb5
Kf6 60. f4 e4 61. Bc8 d3 62. Rxf5+ Kg7 63. Rg5+ Kf6 64. Rf5+ Kg7 65. Rg5+ Kf6
66. Rf5+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "2006.05.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. h4 h6 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4
Nf6 15. Qd3 Qd5 16. c4 Qe4 17. Qxe4 Nxe4 18. Be3 O-O 19. Ne5 Bd6 $5 20. f3 Ng3
21. Rh3 Nf5 22. Bf2 Rad8 23. g4 Ne7 24. Nd3 b5 25. b3 Bc7 $6 (25... a5 $1 {
starts an action on the flank.}) 26. Rhh1 Bb6 27. Nc5 Rfe8 28. Kc2 bxc4 $6 29.
bxc4 Bxc5 $6 {The exchanges are inopportune.} 30. dxc5 e5 31. Rd6 $1 Rb8 32.
Rhd1 Rb7 33. Rd8 Rxd8 34. Rxd8+ Kh7 35. Rf8 f6 36. Be1 $1 Rd7 37. Bc3 $1 {
White controls the board.} Ng8 $1 38. a4 $1 g6 39. a5 gxh5 40. gxh5 Kg7 41. Rb8
Ne7 42. a6 $1 Kf7 43. Ba5 Nf5 44. Bb6 $1 {White delivers the final blow.} Ne3+
$6 ({Better is} 44... Nd4+ $1 45. Kc3 Ne2+ 46. Kb4 Ke6 {but} 47. Rb7 Rd1 (47...
Rd3 48. Bxa7 $1 Nd4 49. Bb8) 48. Rxa7 $1 Rb1+ 49. Ka3 {wins for White.}) 45.
Kc3 Ke6 46. Rc8 $1 Kf5 47. Rxc6 Nd1+ 48. Kb4 Rd2 49. Bxa7 Rb2+ 50. Ka3 Rb1 51.
Rb6 Ra1+ 52. Kb3 e4 53. fxe4+ Kxe4 54. c6 Kd3 55. c7 Rb1+ 56. Ka3 1-0

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "2006.05.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 O-O 8.
Bg2 Nc6 9. O-O Qa6 10. Ne5 d5 11. Qc2 Re8 12. Bf4 cxd4 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. cxd4
b6 15. Rfc1 Ba6 16. cxd5 Qxc2 17. Rxc2 Nxd5 18. Bd6 Rac8 19. Rac1 Rxc2 20. Rxc2
Rd8 21. Ba3 f5 22. e3 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. Bxd5 exd5 25. Bd6 Kf7 26. Bb8 a6
27. Bc7 b5 28. a3 g5 29. f4 g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "2006.05.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. f4 e5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Kh1 exf4 12. Bxf4 Be6 13. Bf3 Qb6 14. b3
Rfd8 $5 15. Qe1 Nd7 $2 {Svidler blunders terribly.} 16. Nd5 $1 cxd5 17. exd5
Bg4 18. Qxe7 Bxf3 19. Rxf3 Nf6 20. Be3 Qa5 21. Rxf6 $1 {White finishes the
game quickly.} gxf6 22. Qxf6 Re8 23. Qg5+ Kf8 24. Bd2 {Kamsky had won his
third game.} (24. Bd2 Qd8 {(prevents 25.Qf6 and 26.Bh6)} 25. Qh6+ $1 Kg8 26.
Bc3 {brings no relief.}) 1-0

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "2006.05.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d3 d6 10. a5 Be6 11. Nbd2 Rb8 12. Bc4 Qc8 13. b3 Nd7 14. Nf1 Bf6 15. Ne3
g6 16. Bb2 Bxc4 17. Nxc4 Re8 18. d4 exd4 19. Nxd4 Nce5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Rb1
Qb7 22. f3 Nf6 23. Qd2 c5 24. Nf5 Bxb2 25. Rxb2 Rbd8 26. Rbb1 Qc7 27. Qh6 Nh5
28. Ne3 Nf6 29. Nf5 Nh5 30. Rbd1 gxf5 31. Qxh5 fxe4 32. Qg5+ Kf8 33. Rd5 Re6
34. Rxe4 Rde8 35. Qh5 Qxa5 36. Qxh7 Qa1+ 37. Kf2 Rxe4 38. fxe4 Re6 39. Rd3 Rf6+
40. Rf3 Rxf3+ 41. gxf3 Qc1 42. Kg3 Qxc2 43. Qh6+ Kg8 44. Qg5+ Kh7 45. Qh5+ Kg7
46. Qg5+ Kh7 47. Qh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "2006.05.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 Re8 10. Nc3 Bb4 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. a3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 h6 14. Nf3 d6 15.
Nh4 Bc8 16. Qf3 Na5 17. Ba2 c5 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 c4 20. Rd1 Qc8 21. Qf3 Qe6
22. a4 Rfc8 23. Ba3 Ne8 24. Qe2 Qd7 25. Bb4 Qc7 26. dxc4 Nxc4 27. Bxc4 bxc4 28.
a5 Qe7 29. Rd2 Rc6 30. Rad1 Qe6 31. Qf3 Rb8 32. Rd5 f6 33. R5d2 Rb7 34. Kh2 Kf7
35. Qh5+ Kg8 36. Qf3 Kf7 37. Qh5+ Kg8 38. Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "2006.05.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2 Nhf6 8. Rc1
g6 9. h3 Qc7 10. g3 Bg7 11. Bf4 Qd8 12. Bg2 Nh5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bd2 O-O 15. e4
dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nhf6 17. Nc3 Re8 18. O-O Nf8 $2 {Kamsky plays passively.} ({The
active} 18... e5 $1 {will occur in Li Shilong - Wang Hao, Wuxi 2006 during the
next month.}) 19. Qb3 $1 Ne6 20. Be3 Nc7 21. Ne5 Nfd5 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Bd2 {
Black has a crammed position.} Bxe5 $5 24. dxe5 h5 25. Rfe1 Qc7 {Black has
prepared .. Be6.} 26. e6 $5 Bxe6 27. Rxe6 $5 fxe6 28. Re1 {White has
compensation for the exchange.} Qd7 29. Qd3 Kh7 $2 {Black should save his king.
} (29... Kf7 $3 30. Be4 Rg8 {opens an escape route for the monarch.}) 30. Re5
Nf6 31. Qe3 Kg7 32. Be4 $1 Kf7 {Kamsky has wasted tempi.} 33. Bc2 Rad8 $2 ({
Better is} 33... Rg8 34. Bc3 Raf8 35. Qh6 {(Rogozenko).}) 34. Qh6 Rg8 35. Ba5
Qd4 $6 36. Bc3 $1 Qc4 37. Bb3 Qd3 38. Bxe6+ Ke8 39. Kg2 Rf8 40. Qg7 Rd5 41. Bf5
Rf7 42. Rxe7+ $1 {The scores were Anand and Kamsky 31/2, Svidler and Topalov
21/2, Ponomariov and Bacrot 11/2 at the end of the first cycle.} ({The pointe
is} 42. Rxe7+ Kxe7 43. Bxf6+ Ke8 44. Qg8+ Rf8 45. Qe6#) 1-0

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "2006.05.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Re4 g5 16. Qe1 Bf5 17. Nd2 h6 18. f3 Kg7 19. a4 Bxe4 20. fxe4 Rae8 21. axb5
axb5 22. Nf1 Qg4 23. Bc2 Re7 24. Bd2 Rfe8 25. e5 f6 26. h3 Qxh3 27. Qe4 Kh8 28.
Ra6 fxe5 29. Rxc6 Rf8 30. Bd3 Ref7 31. Qg2 Qxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Rf6 33. dxe5 Bxe5 34.
Rc5 Rd6 35. Be4 Rfd8 36. Rxb5 Bg7 37. Bc1 Nf6 38. Bf3 g4 39. Be2 Re8 40. Bc4
Rd1 41. Bf4 Ne4 42. Be2 Nxc3 43. Bxd1 Nxb5 44. Bxg4 Re1 45. Ne3 Nd4 46. Nc4 Rb1
47. Bd2 Nb3 48. Be3 Nd4 49. Bd2 Nb3 50. Be3 Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "2006.05.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Qd7 11. Nbd2 Rfe8 12. Nf1 Nd8 13. Ng3 Ne6 14. c3 c5 15. d4
exd4 16. cxd4 d5 17. e5 Ne4 18. Nf5 Bf8 19. Be3 Rac8 20. dxc5 N6xc5 21. N5d4
Nxb3 22. Qxb3 Nc5 23. Qd1 a5 24. Qb1 Ne4 25. Rd1 b4 26. axb4 Bxb4 27. Nc2 Qe7
28. Nxb4 Qxb4 29. Qa2 Ra8 30. Rd4 Qb5 31. Ra4 Bc6 32. Rxa5 Rxa5 33. Qxa5 Qxb2
34. Rc1 Ba8 35. Rc7 d4 $4 (35... Qb8 $1 36. Qa7 Qxa7 37. Rxa7 Rb8 {only brings
a white plus.}) 36. e6 $3 {Capture on d4 would be okay, but White plays a
decisive move instead.} Qb1+ ({The pointe is} 36... fxe6 37. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 38.
Bxd4+) 37. Kh2 fxe6 38. Qh5 Nd6 39. Bxd4 {White has a devastating attack.} Bxf3
40. Rxg7+ Kf8 41. Qh6 (41. Qh6 Re7 42. Qf6+ Rf7 (42... Nf7 43. Rg8+ Kxg8 44.
Qg7#) 43. Rg8+ Kxg8 44. Qh8# {(Marin).}) 1-0

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "2006.05.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. Rc1 Rd8 12. Bf4 Qd7 13. d5 Na5 14. Bd3 b5
15. Rb1 a6 16. c4 $5 ({Usual is} 16. Qc1) 16... e6 17. Bg5 Re8 18. Qd2 Nxc4 19.
Bxc4 bxc4 20. d6 $1 {Topalov shows the pointe of his novelty.} Bb7 21. Qe3 $2 {
White should guard his centre pawns.} (21. f3 $1 Rab8 {(Svidler)} 22. Be3 Rec8
23. Rfd1 {overprotects d6.}) 21... f6 $1 22. Bh4 g5 23. Bg3 f5 $1 24. Qxg5 Bxe4
25. Rb6 Qd8 26. Qxd8 Raxd8 27. Rd1 Rd7 28. f3 Bc2 29. Re1 Bd3 30. Rxa6 c3 31.
Ra3 Bxe2 32. Rxe2 Rb8 33. Rb3 Rxb3 34. axb3 Kf7 35. Kf1 Rb7 36. Ra2 Bf6 37. Ke2
c4 $1 {Pawn c3 becomes highly dangerous.} 38. b4 Rxb4 39. Ra7+ Kg6 40. Rc7 c2
$1 {Svidler decides to win a piece.} 41. Kd2 f4 $1 42. Be1 Rb1 43. Rxc4 Rd1+
44. Kxc2 Rxe1 45. Rxf4 Re2+ 46. Kd3 Re5 (46... Rxg2 $1 47. d7 Bg5 $1 {wins 
(Svidler).}) 47. Rg4+ Kf7 48. Ra4 Rd5+ 49. Ke3 Rxd6 50. Ra7+ Kg6 51. Kf4 $6 (
51. Rb7 {prolongs the game.}) 51... Rd4+ 52. Kg3 Bh4+ 53. Kh3 Bf2 54. g3 Rh4+
$1 55. Kxh4 Bxa7 56. Kh3 Kf5 57. Kg2 Be3 58. Kh3 Ke5 59. Kg4 Bg1 60. h4 Bf2 61.
h5 h6 {Kamsky led by two points on Topalov.} 0-1

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "2006.05.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. Qd2
b4 9. Na4 Nbd7 10. c4 bxc3 11. Nxc3 Bb7 12. Be2 d5 $5 {Topalov plays a
provocative move.} 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. O-O Qb8 $1 {He prevents b4.}
16. Nf5 Qe5 17. Ng3 Bb4 $1 18. Qxb4 Qxe3+ 19. Kh1 Rb8 $1 20. Qd6 Rb6 21. Qc7
Rc6 22. Qb7 Rc2 $5 ({Black avoids} 22... Qb6 {and tries to win.}) 23. Qxa6 O-O
24. b3 $2 ({Preferable is} 24. Qa4 $1 Rc7 {(Cheparinov)} 25. Rfe1) 24... Ne5
25. Rae1 Qd2 26. Rd1 Qf4 27. Bb5 h5 $1 28. Ne2 ({Not} 28. Nxh5 $2 Qh4 $1 29.
Ng3 $2 Ng4 $1 30. fxg4 Rxg2 {and mate  (Cheparinov).}) 28... Qe3 $1 29. a4 Rb2
$1 {Topalov storms the white position.} 30. Qd6 $6 (30. Rc1 $1 Rxb3 31. Rc8 {
exchanges rooks.}) 30... Rc8 $1 31. Rde1 Nxf3 $1 32. gxf3 Bxf3+ 33. Rxf3 Qxf3+
34. Kg1 Qe3+ 35. Kf1 Qf3+ 36. Kg1 Qxb3 37. Qe5 Rd8 38. Qc3 Qxc3 39. Nxc3 h4 40.
Re4 Rb3 41. Ne2 g5 42. Re5 Rd5 43. Rxd5 exd5 44. Bc6 Ra3 45. Nd4 $6 (45. Bxd5
Rxa4 46. Bb3 {prolongs the game.}) 45... Kg7 46. Bxd5 Rd3 $1 47. Nf5+ Kf6 48.
Be4 Rd1+ 49. Kg2 Rd2+ 50. Kf3 ({Or} 50. Kg1 Ke5 $1) 50... Rxh2 51. Ne3 Ra2 52.
Bc6 Ra3 53. Kf2 Ra1 54. Bd7 Ke5 55. Kf3 Ra3 56. Kf2 Ke4 57. Bc6+ Kf4 58. Ng2+
Ke5 59. Ne3 Ra2+ 60. Kf3 f5 61. Bd7 h3 {Topalov trailed 11/2 points on Kamsky.}
0-1

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "2006.05.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Qb6 5. c5 Qc7 6. g3 Bg4 7. Ne5 Be6 8. Bf4
Qc8 9. Bg2 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. b4 O-O 12. Re1 Nh5 13. e3 Nd7 14. Bf3 Nxf4 15.
exf4 Nxe5 16. fxe5 f6 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Bh1 g5 19. Qd2 Qd7 20. Re3 Bf5 21. Rae1
e6 22. Bg2 Qg7 23. Ne2 Kh8 24. Rd1 Rae8 25. Nc1 Re7 26. Nb3 h5 27. Qe2 h4 28.
g4 Bg6 29. b5 e5 30. bxc6 bxc6 31. Re1 e4 32. Qd2 Be8 33. f3 exf3 34. Bxf3 Bd7
35. Bd1 Rxe3 36. Rxe3 Bd8 37. Rf3 Rxf3 38. Bxf3 Qg6 39. Bd1 h3 40. Qe3 Kg7 41.
Qxh3 Qb1 42. Qf1 Be8 43. Qe2 Bg6 44. Kf2 Kf7 45. Nd2 Qxa2 46. Nf3 Qxe2+ 47.
Kxe2 Bf6 48. Ba4 Be4 49. Bxc6 Ke6 50. Nd2 Bxd4 51. Nxe4 dxe4 52. Bxe4 Bxc5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "2006.05.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Qe2 d6 8. c4
g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Bf4 Nc6 12. Rac1 Nd7 13. Qe3 $5 Nce5 14. Nxe5
Nxe5 15. Be2 b6 16. Rfd1 Re8 $6 ({More solid is} 16... Rb8 17. Qd2 Rd8 $1) 17.
Qd2 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 Qxc4 19. Qxd6 Bb7 20. Be5 $1 Bxe5 21. Qxe5 Rad8 22. f3 b5 23.
Kf2 $1 {White activates his king.} Qc6 24. Ne2 Qb6+ 25. Rd4 Rd7 26. b4 Red8 27.
Ke3 Rxd4 28. Nxd4 Rd6 29. Qf6 Rd7 30. Rc5 Qd6 31. g3 a5 $5 32. a3 axb4 33. axb4
Qa6 34. Ne2 Qd6 35. Qc3 h5 36. Qd4 Qe7 37. Qe5 f6 38. Qb8+ Kg7 39. Nc3 e5 40.
Nd5 $5 Bxd5 $5 41. exd5 {The position seems to be lost for Black, but he can
start a counteraction.} f5 $4 (41... Ra7 $1 {(Marin)} 42. Qxb5 Ra3+ 43. Kd2 Qa7
$1 {gives strong counter-play.}) 42. Qxb5 f4+ 43. Kf2 e4 44. fxe4 fxg3+ 45.
hxg3 Qf6+ 46. Kg2 Qb2+ 47. Kh3 Rf7 48. Qd3 Qxb4 49. Qc3+ Qxc3 50. Rxc3 Re7 51.
Rc4 Kf6 52. Kh4 Ke5 53. Rc6 $1 1-0

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "2006.05.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. d3 Qf6 8.
Nbd2 Ne7 9. Nc4 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Qxf3 11. gxf3 Ng6 12. Rd1 c5 13. Kf1 Bd6 14. Ke2
f6 15. c3 Kf7 16. Be3 Rhd8 17. a3 a5 18. a4 b6 19. Rdc1 Rd7 20. b4 cxb4 21.
Nxd6+ cxd6 22. cxb4 axb4 23. Rcb1 d5 24. Rxb4 d4 25. Bd2 Rda7 26. f4 Nxf4+ 27.
Bxf4 exf4 28. Kf3 b5 29. Rxb5 Rxa4 30. Rb7+ Kf8 31. Rg1 g5 32. h4 Ra1 33. Rxa1
Rxa1 34. Rb5 gxh4 35. Rxh5 Ra3 36. Rxh4 Rxd3+ 37. Ke2 Ra3 38. Rxf4 Ke7 39. Rf5
Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "2006.05.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. Nf1 Bc8 14. c3 Be6 15. Bxe6
fxe6 16. b4 Qd7 17. Ng3 a5 18. bxc5 dxc5 19. a4 b4 20. Be3 c4 21. dxc4 Qxd1 22.
Rexd1 bxc3 23. c5 c2 24. Rdc1 Nb4 25. Ne1 Rfc8 26. Nxc2 Bxc5 27. Nxb4 Bxe3 28.
Rxc8+ Rxc8 29. fxe3 axb4 30. Rb1 Rb8 31. a5 Ra8 32. Rxb4 Rxa5 33. Rb6 Kf7 34.
Rb7+ Kg6 35. Rb6 Kf7 36. Rb7+ Kg6 37. Rb6 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "2006.05.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a4 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nbd2 Nd7 $5 13. Nf1 Nb6 14. Bd2 b4 15.
c3 bxc3 16. Bxc3 Nc6 17. a5 Nc8 18. Ne3 N8a7 19. Nf5 $5 Bc8 20. Nd2 Rb8 21. f4
$2 (21. Qg4 $1 {prepares the attack.}) 21... Bxf5 $1 22. exf5 exf4 23. Qg4 Nd4
24. Ne4 $5 Nab5 $1 25. Bd2 $5 {Topalov has burned all ships behind him.} Nc2 $1
26. Bxf4 Kh8 27. Qh5 Nxe1 28. Rxe1 Qxa5 $1 29. Ra1 Rbd8 $2 (29... f6 $1 30. Kh2
{(threatens 31. Bg8)} d5 31. Bxb8 Rxb8 {wins (Ponomariov).}) 30. f6 $2 (30. Kh2
$1 Qc7 31. Bxf7 Rxf7 32. Qxf7 Rf8 33. Qd5 {gains a plus (Ponomariov).}) 30...
gxf6 $5 31. Kh2 $5 {White sets a trap.} d5 $4 ({Ponomariov misses the win} 
31... Rg8 $1 32. Qxf7 Rg7) 32. Nxf6 $3 Bxf6 33. d4 $3 {Topalov has planned 34.
Bb1! Qxa1 35. Qxh7#. He triumphs like Tal.} Qxa2 34. Rxa2 Nxd4 35. b4 $1 Ne6 ({
The point is} 35... cxb4 36. Be5 $1) 36. Be5 Bg7 37. bxc5 Rc8 38. Bd6 Rfd8 39.
Ra5 Kg8 40. Rxa6 Rd7 41. Qxd5 Bf8 42. Qf3 Bxd6+ 43. cxd6 Rcd8 44. Qd5 Ng7 45.
Ra8 Ne6 46. Rxd8+ Rxd8 47. g4 h6 48. h4 Rb8 49. Kg3 Re8 50. Kf3 Nf8 51. Qd2 Kg7
52. Qd4+ Kg8 53. Qf6 Re6 54. Qe7 Kg7 55. Qc7 Kg8 56. d7 Nxd7 57. Qxd7 Kg7 58.
Qd4+ Kg8 59. Kf4 Rg6 60. Kf5 Re6 61. Qd7 Rg6 62. h5 Rg5+ 63. Kf6 Kh8 64. Qe8+
Rg8 65. Kxf7 $1 {Topalov neared Kamsky by one point.} 1-0

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "2006.05.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a4 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nbd2 Bc8 13. Nf1 Bd7 14. Ne3 bxa4 15.
Nd2 Rb8 16. c3 Bb5 17. Nf5 Ne8 18. Nc4 Nb3 19. Bxb3 axb3 20. Qxb3 Bf6 21. Qd1
g6 22. Nfe3 Nc7 23. Nd2 Bg5 24. c4 Bxe3 25. Rxe3 Bc6 26. Nf1 f5 27. exf5 gxf5
28. Rg3+ Kh8 29. f4 Qf6 30. Qh5 Rg8 31. fxe5 dxe5 32. Bg5 Qe6 33. Re1 Rxb2 34.
Nh2 f4 35. Rg4 Qf5 36. Qh6 Rg6 37. Rxe5 Rb1+ 38. Kf2 Rb2+ 39. Kg1 Rb1+ 40. Kf2
Rb2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "2006.05.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg2 Bd6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Bf4 Qe7 11. Re1 Rfe8 12. Rc1 c6 13. Qc2 Bb4 14. Bg5 h6 15.
Bd2 c5 16. a3 Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Ne4 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. Nd2 f5 20. b4 Nb6 21. Nxe4
dxe4 22. Bh3 Bc8 23. bxc5 Qxc5 24. Bb2 Qe7 25. f3 exf3 26. Qb3+ Be6 27. Qxf3
Nc4 28. Bd4 Rad8 29. Qf2 Nd2 30. Qf4 Rxd4 31. Qxd4 Nb3 32. Qb4 Qxb4 33. axb4
Nxc1 34. Rxc1 Rb8 35. Rc7 Rxb4 36. Rxa7 Kf8 37. Kf2 h5 38. Bg2 h4 39. Ra8+ Kf7
40. Ra7+ Kf6 41. Ra6 hxg3+ 42. hxg3 Ke5 43. Ra5+ Kf6 44. Ra6 Ke5 45. Ra5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "2006.05.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nb3
Be7 9. Qf3 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Bd3 b5 12. Rhe1 Bb7 13. Qh3 b4 14. Nb1 e5 $1
{Topalov improvises well. He prevents Nd4.} ({Kamsky met} 14... a5 {against
Smirin in Khanty Mansiysk 2005.}) 15. N1d2 a5 {Topalov wants to attack the
king.} 16. Kb1 $2 (16. Bb5 $1 Bc6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Qd3 O-O 19. Qc4 Rfc8 20.
Bxc6 Qxc6 21. Qxc6 Rxc6 22. Kb1 {has led to exchanges.}) 16... a4 $1 17. Nc1
O-O 18. Ne2 $2 (18. Nc4 Nc5 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Qf5 {gives counter-play.}) 18...
Rfc8 19. Ng3 g6 $1 {The white queen undergoes isolation.} 20. Nc4 Ba6 21. b3
axb3 22. cxb3 Nc5 23. Ne2 Nfxe4 $1 24. Bxe7 Qxe7 25. Bxe4 Nxe4 26. Nb6 Qa7 $1 {
Veselin finishes the game elegantly.} 27. Nxa8 ({Or} 27. Nxc8 Bd3+ $1 28. Qxd3
Qxa2+ 29. Kc1 Qa1+ 30. Kc2 Ra2# {(Ftacnik).}) 27... Rxa8 28. a4 Bxe2 29. Rc1
Qf2 {Topalov had equalized with Kamsky.} 0-1

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "2006.05.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 c5 9. e4 Nc6 10. Be3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Rc8 12. Qa2 Bd6 13. Bd3 O-O 14. O-O Ne7
15. Rfc1 Ng6 16. g3 Qe7 17. a4 Bb4 18. h4 Rfd8 19. h5 Nf8 20. h6 gxh6 21. Rxc8
Rxc8 22. Rd1 h5 23. d5 exd5 24. exd5 Ng6 25. Ng5 Rd8 26. Bf5 Qf6 27. Bh3 Bc5
28. Bxc5 Qxg5 29. Be3 Qe5 30. Bg2 h4 31. a5 hxg3 32. axb6 axb6 33. Bxb6 Qh5 34.
Rd3 Ra8 35. Ra3 Rxa3 36. Qxa3 Qd1+ 37. Bf1 gxf2+ 38. Kxf2 Qxd5 39. Qe3 Qf5+ 40.
Ke1 Be4 41. Bd4 Qe6 42. Kf2 f6 43. Qg3 Qf5+ 44. Ke1 Qa5+ 45. Qc3 Qxc3+ 46. Bxc3
Kg7 47. Be2 Ne5 48. Kf2 Kg6 49. Kg3 Nf7 50. Bc4 Nd6 51. Be6 Bf5 52. Bd5 Ne4+
53. Bxe4 Bxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "2006.05.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Qd7 11. Nc3 Rfe8 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Nd4 14. Nxd4 exd4
15. a4 Bf6 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Bxa8 18. Bd2 Bb7 19. Re4 Rxe4 20. dxe4 c5 21.
dxc6 Bxc6 22. Qf3 Be5 23. g4 h6 24. Kg2 Qb7 25. Bd5 Bxd5 26. exd5 g5 27. b3 Kg7
28. Qe4 Qc8 29. Kf3 f6 30. Qf5 Qb7 31. Qe4 Qc8 32. Qf5 Qb7 33. Qe4 Qc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "2006.05.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2 {Black has
a weakness on a6. Topalov had defeated Kamsky with this opening in round five.}
Nhf6 ({I regard the immediate} 7... e5 $1 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 {(Shereshevski
- Popchev, Elenite 1994)} Qc7 $1 {as safer.}) 8. Rc1 {Veselin had prepared
this line at home.} e5 $6 ({Kamsky played} 8... g6) 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Ng4
11. Na4 Nxe5 12. Bc3 $1 f6 $5 {Bacrot accepts the positional problem.} 13. Nb6
$1 Rb8 14. Nxc8 Rxc8 15. g3 $1 {White has taken the initiative.} Qd7 16. h4 Qf7
17. Bh3 Nd7 (17... Rd8 18. Qd4 $1 {and 19. f4 favours White as well.}) 18. b4
Rd8 19. f4 $5 Be7 20. h5 $1 g6 $2 {The resistance by Bacrot collapses.} ({
Right is} 20... O-O $1 21. Bf5 {(Cheparinov)} Rfe8 {Black awaits an inactive
but solid defence.}) 21. Qb3 Rg8 22. e4 $1 gxh5 $5 23. exd5 cxd5 24. Kf2 h4 25.
Bxd7+ Rxd7 26. Rxh4 d4 $5 27. Qxf7+ Kxf7 {The endgame is lost.} 28. Bd2 Rg7 29.
Rh5 $1 Bf8 ({Or} 29... d3 30. Kf3 $1) 30. c6 bxc6 31. Rxc6 d3 32. Rxa6 Kg8 33.
Rh1 Rde7 34. Kf3 Re2 $5 35. Rd1 h5 36. Rxf6 h4 $5 37. gxh4 Rgg2 38. Be3 Be7 39.
Ra6 Rxa2 40. b5 Rab2 41. Rxd3 Bxh4 42. Rd7 {Topalov had finished with four
wins!   Topalov led by half-a-point on Kamsky in the final standings. He had
made another sprint at the end of the tournament.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "34.Schachtage"]
[Date "2006.07.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2006.??.29"]

{Eight men played in the 34.Dortmunder Schachtage from 29 vii - 6 viii 2006.
It was a calm event. Only seven decisive games occurred.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3.
g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Nf3 d6 8. O-O Nc6 9. d5 exd5 10.
cxd5 Ne7 11. Nh4 $5 Qb6 $1 {Black prevents the advance of pawn f2.} 12. e4 Bg4
13. Qb3 a5 14. h3 a4 $1 15. Qd3 Bd7 16. Re1 Rfc8 17. Nf3 $1 Ng6 $5 18. Nbd2 a3
19. Rab1 Ba4 $2 ({Lékó prefers} 19... axb2 20. Rxb2 Qc5) 20. Qd4 $1 {White
starts an attack in the centre.} Qxd4 21. Nxd4 Bc2 22. Rbc1 Bd3 (22... Bxe4 $2
23. Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. Nxe4 axb2 25. Nxf6+ gxf6 26. Be4 {wins for White (Postny).})
23. Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. bxa3 bxa3 25. f4 $1 h5 26. Re3 Ba6 27. Kf2 $1 h4 28. Bf3 $1
{White controls h5.} Rc1 29. e5 dxe5 30. fxe5 Nd7 31. e6 $1 fxe6 32. dxe6 Nde5
33. e7 $1 Rc8 34. Bh5 {Lékó had defeated the previous winner. Svidler and Lékó
took the lead.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "34.Schachtage"]
[Date "2006.07.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2006.??.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. Bxb5 axb5 11. Ndxb5 Qb8 12. e5 Bb7 13. Qe2 dxe5 14. Qc4 Be7
15. Nc7+ Kf8 16. Rxd7 Nxd7 17. Rd1 Bd5 $5 {Black has sprung a novelty in a
hazardous line of the Sicilian Defence.} (17... Bxg5 18. fxg5 Bc8 {was played
in Kengis - Dvojris, USSR 1982.}) 18. N3xd5 $5 (18. Rxd5 $1 exd5 19. Bxe7+ Kxe7
20. N3xd5+ Kd8 21. Nxa8 Qxa8 22. Qc7+ Ke8 23. Qd6 {leads to a perpetual.})
18... exd5 ({Not} 18... Bxg5 $2 19. fxg5 Ra7 20. Nf6 $1 Nxf6 21. Qc5+ Kg8 22.
Qxa7) 19. Qxd5 Bxg5 20. fxg5 Rxa2 21. Qxa2 Qxc7 22. Qa3+ Ke8 23. Rd3 Kd8 24.
Qa8+ Qc8 25. Qa5+ Qc7 $5 {Otherwise the defence will be hard.} 26. Qa8+ Qc8 27.
Qa5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "34.Schachtage"]
[Date "2006.08.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2006.??.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Qa4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Nd5 8.
Bxb4 Ndxb4 9. a3 b5 10. Qxb5 Nc2+ 11. Kd2 Bd7 12. Kxc2 Nxd4+ 13. Nxd4 Bxb5 14.
Nxb5 Rb8 15. Rd1 Qg5 16. Bc6+ Kf8 17. N1c3 Qc5 18. Bf3 $5 ({Lékó diverts from} 
18. Be4 {(Gordenko - Gusev, Kiev 2003).}) 18... g6 19. Nd4 Kg7 20. Rd2 Rhd8 21.
Rad1 Qb6 22. Na4 Qa5 23. Nc3 Qb6 $5 {Black repeats the moves.} ({Instead,} 
23... Rd6 $1 24. e3 Rdb6 $1 {gains the initiative.}) 24. Na4 Qa5 25. Nc3 Qb6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "34.Schachtage"]
[Date "2006.08.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "233"]
[EventDate "2006.??.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Be6 12. a5 Rc8 13. Bd3 $5 ({Anand played} 
13. Rfc1 $5 {against Gelfand in Shenyang 2000.}) 13... Bc4 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15. h3
Rfe8 16. Bxc4 Qxc4 17. Ra4 Qc6 18. Rb4 $1 Qc7 $5 19. Rb6 Nd7 20. Nd5 Qb8 21.
Rb4 Ne5 22. Ra4 Rc4 $2 {Black allows a suffocating restraint on the queenside.}
23. Rxc4 Nxc4 24. Qc3 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 Ne5 26. Rb4 Nc6 27. Rb6 Qc8 28. b4 Qd7 29.
b5 $1 axb5 30. a6 $1 b4 31. Qa1 $2 {Mickey misses the winning combination.} (
31. Qc4 $1 Ne5 32. Rxb7 $1 Qxb7 33. axb7 Nxc4 34. Nxe7+ {decides the game 
(Adams).}) 31... bxa6 32. Qxa6 Nd4 33. Rxb4 Ne6 $2 (33... Qc6 $1 34. Qxc6 Nxc6
35. Rc4 Nb8 {defends properly (Adams).}) 34. Rb7 Qc8 35. Qb5 Kf8 36. Qb2 Ng7
37. Nxe7 $1 Qc4 38. Qf6 $5 Qxe4 $1 39. Nf5 $1 Qe1+ 40. Kh2 Qe5+ 41. Qxe5 dxe5
42. Nd6 Rd8 $5 ({The pointe of the restriction is} 42... Re7 $2 43. Rb8+ Ne8
44. c4 $1) 43. Nxf7 Rc8 44. Ng5 h5 ({Or} 44... Rxc2 45. Nxh7+ Kg8 46. Nf6+ Kf8
47. Nd7+ Kg8 48. Nxe5) 45. Nh7+ Kg8 46. Nf6+ Kf8 47. Nh7+ Kg8 48. Nf6+ Kf8 49.
Nd7+ Kg8 50. Rb2 $5 Kf7 51. Nxe5+ Kf6 52. Nf3 Ne6 53. Rb6 Ke7 54. Ne5 g5 55. c4
h4 $1 56. Rb7+ Kf6 57. Ng4+ Kg6 58. Rb6 Kf7 59. Rb7+ Kg6 60. Ne3 Ra8 61. Rb6
Kf7 62. g3 Ra2 63. Kg2 hxg3 64. Kxg3 Nc5 65. Kf3 Nd3 66. Ng4 Ke7 67. Rb3 Nc5
68. Re3+ Kf7 69. Ne5+ Kf6 70. Ng4+ Kg6 71. Re5 Ra3+ 72. Ne3 Nd3 73. Rd5 Rc3 74.
Rd4 Ra3 75. h4 gxh4 76. Rxh4 Ra2 77. Rh2 Kf6 78. Ke4 $1 Nc5+ ({The trick is} 
78... Nxf2+ 79. Rxf2+ $1) 79. Kd5 Nb3 80. f3 Ra5+ 81. Ke4 Nc5+ 82. Kf4 Ne6+ 83.
Kg3 Ra3 84. Re2 Kg5 85. Nc2 Ra6 86. Nb4 Rb6 87. Nd5 Rd6 88. Re5+ Kh6 89. Nf4
Nc7 90. c5 Rc6 91. Kg4 Kg7 92. Kf5 Kf7 93. Ke4 Ra6 94. Rf5+ Ke8 95. Ke5 Rc6 96.
Nd3 Ke7 97. Rh5 Re6+ 98. Kd4 Rf6 99. f4 Ra6 100. Rh7+ Kd8 101. f5 Ne8 102. Nb4
Ra1 103. Nc6+ Kc8 104. Rh8 Kd7 105. Ne5+ Ke7 106. Ng6+ Kd8 107. Kd5 Re1 {White
has made a lot of progress.} 108. c6 $5 ({The accurate} 108. f6 $1 Rf1 109.
Rxe8+ $1 Kxe8 110. Ke6 {wins quickly (Adams).}) 108... Rd1+ 109. Ke5 Kc7 110.
Rxe8 $1 Re1+ 111. Kd5 Rxe8 {Both fighters blunder due to exhaustion.} 112. f6
$2 ({Right is} 112. Nf4 $1 Rd8+ 113. Kc5 Rd1 114. Nd5+ Kd8 115. Kd6) 112...
Rd8+ 113. Kc5 Rd1 $2 (113... Ra8 $3 114. Ne7 Ra5+ 115. Kd4 Kd6 116. Nc8+ Kxc6
117. f7 Rd5+ 118. Ke4 Rd8 {draws.}) 114. f7 Rc1+ 115. Kd5 Rd1+ 116. Ke6 Rf1
117. Ne7 {White had planned 118. Nf5! The game lasted seven-and-a-half hours.}
1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "34.Schachtage"]
[Date "2006.08.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2006.??.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 Bf6 7. Nbd2 Ne7 8.
Nc4 Ng6 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Re8 11. h3 a5 $5 ({My pick is} 11... b5 12. Ne3 Qd6)
12. a4 c5 13. Kh1 b6 14. Bc3 Be6 15. Nh2 Bxc4 16. bxc4 Qd7 17. Qg4 Qc6 $6 ({
Lékó prefers} 17... Qxg4 18. hxg4 Nf4) 18. g3 Nf8 19. f4 exf4 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21.
gxf4 Qg6 $1 {Otherwise, White attacks on the kingside.} 22. f5 Qxg4 23. hxg4 f6
{Lékó has gained a plus.} 24. Nf3 Rad8 25. Kg2 Rd6 26. Kg3 Nd7 27. Kf4 h6 28.
Ke3 Kf7 29. Rad1 Rc6 30. Rg1 Re7 31. Rd2 Rd6 32. Rdd1 Rc6 33. Rde1 Rd6 34. Rg2
Rc6 35. Rb1 Rd6 36. Ng1 Ne5 37. Ne2 Re8 38. Nc3 Rd4 39. Kf4 Rd7 40. Nd5 Nc6 41.
Ke3 Ne5 42. Nc3 Rd6 43. Ne2 Rd7 44. Kf4 Red8 45. Ng1 Rd6 46. Nf3 Nd7 47. Re1
Re8 48. Rge2 Re7 49. Ke3 Re8 50. Rd1 Rd8 51. Red2 Ke7 52. Kf4 Re8 53. Ke3 Rd8
54. c3 $1 {The centre attack begins at last.} Ne5 55. Nxe5 fxe5 56. d4 Kf6 57.
dxe5+ Kxe5 58. Rd5+ Rxd5 59. cxd5 $1 {Another pawn has moved to the centre.} b5
$4 ({Better is} 59... Rd6 $1 60. Kd3 Kf4 61. Rf1+ $1 Ke5 62. Re1 $1 Rf6 63. Kc4
{(Lékó), and now} g6 $1 64. Kb5 gxf5 65. exf5+ Kxd5 66. Re7 h5 $1 67. Rd7+ Ke4
68. gxh5 Rxf5 69. h6 c4+ $1 70. Ka6 $5 ({or} 70. Kxc4 Rc5+ $1 71. Kb3 Rh5 72.
h7 c6) 70... Rh5 71. h7 Ke3 $1 72. Kb7 b5 $1 73. axb5 Rxb5+ 74. Kxc7 Rh5 {and
Black escapes.}) 60. axb5 a4 61. Kd3 Kd6 62. Ra1 Ra8 63. Ra3 $1 {Lékó had
taken the lead before Svidler and Adams.} ({The pointe is} 63. Ra3 Ra7 64. Kc4
Ra5 65. e5+ $1 Kxe5 66. Kxc5) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "34.Schachtage"]
[Date "2006.08.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2006.??.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8.
Qb1 Qd5 9. Nf3 Nd7 $5 ({The known moves are} 9... Qa5) ({and} 9... Bf5) 10. Be2
Bf5 11. Qb2 Bg7 12. O-O e5 $6 ({Better is} 12... Nb6 $1) 13. Qb4 $1 c5 $1 14.
Qxc4 Qxc4 15. Bxc4 Rc8 16. Bd5 Bd3 17. Rfd1 Ba6 18. Rab1 b6 19. Bg3 cxd4 20.
exd4 $6 ({More natural is} 20. cxd4 Nf6 {(Svidler)} 21. Bb3 {and White keeps a
plus.}) 20... Nf6 $1 21. Bb3 $5 Ne4 22. Re1 Nxc3 23. Rb2 $6 (23. Bxe5 O-O 24.
Rb2 {equalises.}) 23... e4 $1 24. Ng5 Bc4 25. Nxe4 Nxe4 26. Rxe4+ Kd8 $5 27.
Bf4 Bxb3 28. Rxb3 Re8 29. Rxe8+ Kxe8 30. d5 $2 {Aronian misses the last chance.
} ({Probably} 30. Ra3 $1 a5 31. d5 {(Svidler)} Rc2 32. Kf1 Kd7 33. Rb3 Bd4 34.
Be3 a4 35. Rb4 {draws.}) 30... Rc4 $1 31. g3 Ra4 32. Re3+ Kd7 33. Re2 Bf8 34.
Kf1 Bd6 35. Be3 Bc5 36. Bf4 Rd4 37. Rc2 Rxd5 38. Ke2 b5 39. g4 Kc6 40. Be3 Kb6
41. Rd2 Rxd2+ 42. Bxd2 b4 43. f3 Kb5 44. Kd3 Bd6 45. h3 Be5 46. Be3 a5 47. Bd2
a4 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "34.Schachtage"]
[Date "2006.08.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2006.??.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd2 Nf6 8. Qc2
c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. b4 Be7 11. e4 Nc6 12. Bf4 O-O 13. Rd1 Qc8 14. e5 $4 Nxb4 $1
{Vladimir strikes decisively.} 15. axb4 Ne4 $1 {Kramnik had only played solid
draws so far. Suddenly, he was trailing the leaders Lékó and Svidler.} 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "34.Schachtage"]
[Date "2006.08.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2006.??.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bh4 Nd5 14. Bf2 c5
15. e4 Ne7 16. Ne2 Rac8 17. Nc3 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Nc5 19. Rd1 Rfd8 20. Be3 Rxd1+
21. Kxd1 e5 {Lékó and Kramnik know this opening well. This particular position
occurred in Bareev - Almasi, Monte Carlo 2003.} 22. b4 $5 ({Evgeny played} 22.
Kc2 {He suggested the text to Vladimir after the game.}) 22... Ne6 23. Kc2 Nc6
24. Kb2 Kf8 $5 25. Bc4 Ncd4 26. Bxe6 $1 Nxe6 27. Nb5 Ra8 $1 28. a4 Ba6 $6 ({
Less trouble causes} 28... Bc6 $1) 29. Na3 $1 Rc8 $6 (29... Bd3 $1 30. Rd1 Rd8
{gets the bishop outside of the pawn chain.}) 30. b5 Bb7 31. Rc1 Rxc1 32. Kxc1
Ke7 33. a5 $1 bxa5 34. Bxa7 f5 $1 35. exf5 Nf4 36. g3 Nh3 37. Nc4 Ng5 {Black
wants to exchange all pawns on the kingside.} 38. Nxa5 Bd5 $2 (38... Bxf3 39.
b6 Kf6 40. Kd2 $1 Kxf5 41. Ke3 Kg4 $1 42. Bb8 Kh3 $1 43. Bxe5 Kxh2 44. Kf2 Bd5
45. b7 Bxb7 46. Nxb7 Kh3 {will draw eventually (Postny).}) 39. b6 Nxf3 40. h3
$1 {Vladimir finds an unmistakable win.} Ng5 41. b7 Bxb7 42. Nxb7 Nxh3 43. Bb6
$1 Kd7 (43... Kf6 $1 44. Nd6 Kg5 45. Bd8+ $1 Kg4 46. Be7 $1 Kxg3 47. Bf8 h5 48.
Bxg7 {also wins for White (Kramnik).}) 44. Be3 $1 Ke7 45. Nc5 g6 46. fxg6 Kf6
47. Bxh6 Kxg6 48. Be3 {Vlasty had won the tournament.   Kramnik and Svidler
scored 41/2/7. Vladimir won on tie-break. So he triumphed for the seventh time
in Dortmund.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 69"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]

{Corus 2007 was played from 13 until 28 i. Six out of fourteen participants
competed at the top: Topalov, Radjabov, Aronian. Kramnik, Anand and Svidler.
Kramnik's health had improved.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5.
Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O b5 10. f3 Be6 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12.
exd5 Qc7 13. g4 Rc8 14. Kb1 b4 15. g5 Nfd7 16. h4 a5 17. Bh3 a4 18. Nc1 Na6 $6
{The knight stands in the way of the rooks.} ({Theory is} 18... Qb7 {(Sedlak -
Benderac, Yugoslavia 2000).}) 19. h5 Rcb8 20. g6 $1 Bf6 21. gxf7+ Kxf7 22. Be6+
Kf8 $2 ({Preferable is} 22... Ke7 $1) 23. b3 $2 ({Topalov misses} 23. Qd3 $1 b3
{(Van Wely)} 24. cxb3 axb3 25. Nxb3 {and 26. Qxh7.}) 23... Ndc5 24. Rhg1 Qe7
25. Bf5 Kg8 $2 {Loek overlooks a fine opportunity.} ({Correct is} 25... e4 $1
26. fxe4 {(Van Wely)} axb3 27. Nxb3 Na4 {and the players have mutual chances.})
26. Bxc5 $1 Nxc5 27. Qh6 $1 Kf8 28. Qxh7 Qf7 29. Nd3 axb3 30. cxb3 Nxd3 31.
Rxd3 e4 $5 32. Be6 exd3 33. Bxf7 Rxa2 34. Qg8+ $1 (34. Kxa2 $4 Ra8+ 35. Kb1
Ra1#) 34... Ke7 35. Kxa2 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 69"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 a5 9. O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 d6 11. Qe2 Bd7 12. Rad1 a4 13. Bc4 Bc6 14. a3 Ra5
15. Nd5 Nd7 16. Rfe1 Re8 17. c3 e6 18. Nb4 Bf8 19. f3 Qc7 20. Qf2 Nc5 21. Rd2
Qe7 22. Rde2 Rc8 23. Ba2 Bb5 24. Rd2 Nd7 25. f4 Bc4 26. Bb1 Nc5 27. Bc2 Nb3 28.
Bxb3 Bxb3 29. Rd3 Bc4 30. Rh3 e5 31. Bb6 Rb5 32. f5 f6 $6 ({Better is the
freeing} 32... d5 $1 {(Tiviakov).}) 33. Be3 gxf5 $2 (33... g5 {keeps the pawn
structure intact.}) 34. Qxf5 $1 Be6 35. Rg3+ Kh8 36. Qf2 Bg7 37. Qd2 Rg8 38.
Rd1 Bf8 39. Rxg8+ Kxg8 40. Bh6 Bb3 41. Rf1 Rc5 42. Rf3 Rc8 43. Nd5 Bxd5 44.
Qxd5+ Kh8 45. Be3 Bg7 46. Qb5 Ra8 47. Bf2 Qc7 48. Rd3 Bf8 49. Rd5 Qc6 50. Qd3
Be7 51. Rb5 Bd8 52. Rd5 Bc7 53. h3 Rf8 54. Rb5 Ra8 55. Rd5 Rg8 56. Kh2 Rg6 57.
c4 Rg8 58. Bh4 Rg6 59. Qf3 Kg7 60. c5 $5 dxc5 61. Qf5 {Tiviakov defended well
for a long time.} Bd6 $2 ({Ok is} 61... Bb6 $1 62. Qd7+ Kg8 $1 63. Qe7 c4 64.
g4 Rg7 65. Qxf6 Rf7 $1 {(Tiviakov).}) 62. Qe6 $1 f5 $1 63. Qxf5 Qc7 64. Bg3 Rf6
65. Qh5 Re6 66. Qe2 Kf8 67. Qd1 b5 68. Qf1+ Ke8 69. Qxb5+ Qd7 70. Qe2 Qf7 71.
Qa6 $1 Qd7 72. Qa8+ Kf7 73. Qh8 $1 h6 74. Qh7+ Ke8 75. Qg8+ {Radjabov ended
the game by a brilliant encircling manoeuvre.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 69"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. d5 b5 7. Nxb5 $5 ({
Theory is} 7. cxb5 a6 {and Black plays a kind of Volga Gambit.}) 7... Ne4 $1 8.
Bc1 a6 9. Na3 Qa5+ 10. Nd2 e6 $6 ({Preferable is} 10... d6) 11. g3 exd5 12. Bg2
Nxd2 13. Bxd2 Qd8 $5 14. cxd5 a5 (14... Bxb2 $6 15. Nc4 Bxa1 16. Qxa1 {favours
White.}) 15. Bc3 d6 16. O-O Ba6 17. Qd2 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Nd7 19. Rab1 f5 20. Nb5
Ne5 21. e4 $2 {White loses his edge.} (21. a4 $1 {gives the knight extra
protection.}) 21... Nc4 22. Qc1 a4 $5 23. exf5 Qd7 $1 24. fxg6 ({Not} 24. Na3
$2 Nxa3 25. Qxa3 Bxf1 26. Rxf1 Qxf5) 24... Bxb5 25. Qg5 (25. gxh7+ Kh8 26. Re1
Ne5 27. c4 $1 Ba6 28. f4 $1 {brings a fine counteraction.}) 25... Ne5 26. gxh7+
Kh8 27. Rfe1 Bd3 28. Rb6 $2 (28. Rbd1 Bc2 29. Rd2 Qf5 30. Qxf5 Bxf5 {leads to
great compensation for the piece.}) 28... Rae8 $1 29. Re3 $2 Nc4 30. Rxd3 $2
Re1+ 31. Bf1 Qh3 32. Qg8+ Rxg8 33. hxg8=Q+ Kxg8 34. Rb8+ Kg7 {Radjabov had a
great start in the event and took the lead.} 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 69"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Ra7 11. Rc1 Be4 12. Qb3 Nc6 13. e3 Qa8 14. Qd1 Nb8 15.
Ba5 Rc8 16. a3 $5 ({Theory is} 16. Nbd2 {(Gelfand - Karjakin, Wijk aan Zee
2006).}) 16... Bd6 17. Nbd2 Bd5 18. Qf1 Nbd7 19. b4 $1 {White prevents . .. c5
but cages a bishop.} e5 $1 20. dxe5 Bxe5 $5 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. f3 $1 {Kramnik
wants to keep his advantages.} Nc4 $2 ({Preferable is} 22... Nc6 $1 23. e4 Be6
24. Qf2 Nxa5 25. bxa5 {(Kramnik)} c5 $1 26. Rxc5 Rd8 27. Nf1 Rd3) 23. Nxc4 Bxc4
24. Qf2 Re8 25. e4 c6 26. Rd1 Rd7 27. Rxd7 Nxd7 28. Rd1 Qb7 29. Rd6 $1 f6 30.
f4 {The two bishops and fine pawn structure have remained.} Re6 31. Rd2 Re7 32.
Qd4 Nf8 33. Qd8 Rd7 $5 34. Rxd7 Qxd7 35. Qxd7 Nxd7 36. e5 $5 fxe5 37. Bxc6 Nf6
38. Bb7 exf4 39. gxf4 Nd5 40. Kf2 $1 Nxf4 $6 ({Kramnik ptrefers} 40... Bb3 $1
41. Bxa6 Ba4 42. Kf3 Nc3 {but} 43. Bc8 $1 {attacks vividly.}) 41. Ke3 g5 ({Or} 
41... Ne2 42. Kd2 $1 Kf7 43. Bxa6 Nd4 44. Bb6 $1 Nf3+ 45. Kc3 Nxh2 46. a4 Ng4
47. a5 $1 Nf6 48. Kd4 {(Kramnik).}) 42. Bxa6 Kf7 43. a4 Ke7 44. Bxb5 Bxb5 45.
axb5 Kd7 46. Ke4 Ne2 47. Bb6 g4 48. Bf2 Nc3+ 49. Kf5 Nxb5 50. Kxg4 Ke6 51. Kg5
Kf7 52. Kf5 Ke7 53. Bc5+ {Kramnik showed his accurate positional play.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 69"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Bd3 exd5
9. cxd5 Re8 10. Nge2 Nbd7 11. O-O h6 $5 ({Theory is} 11... a6) 12. Be3 Ne5 13.
a4 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 b6 {Topalov has equalised easily.} 15. Ng3 Nh7 16. f4 h5 17.
f5 $1 h4 18. fxg6 fxg6 19. Nge2 g5 $1 {Black counters timely.} 20. Rf2 a6 21.
Raf1 Ra7 $1 22. Nb1 $5 {White uses a slow plan. He will jump his knights to d2
and c3 for centre exploits.} g4 ({The capture} 22... Bxb2 $5 23. Nec3 $1 Bxc3
24. Nxc3 Rg7 {would be two-edged.}) 23. hxg4 Bxg4 24. Nd2 $6 ({Ponomariov
suggests} 24. Nbc3 $5) 24... Bxb2 $1 25. Nc3 Rg7 26. Nc4 Bxc3 27. Qxc3 Bh5 28.
Bf4 Rxe4 29. Ne3 $2 ({Not} 29. Bxd6 $2 Rxc4 $1) ({Right is} 29. Qc2 $1 Rd4 30.
Bh6 Rg6 31. Rf8+ $1 Nxf8 32. Rxf8+ Qxf8 33. Bxf8 Kxf8 34. Qf5+ Kg7 35. Qd7+ Kh6
36. Nxd6 {and White has escaped (Ponomariov).}) 29... Qf6 $1 30. Qc2 Bg6 31.
Ng4 Qd4 32. Nh6+ Kh8 33. Bc1 Re1 34. Qd2 Rxf1+ 35. Kxf1 Bd3+ 36. Kg1 Ng5 37.
Kh2 Ne4 38. Rf8+ Kh7 39. Qf4 Nc3 40. Qxd4 cxd4 41. Nf7 Ne4 42. Bb2 Bf1 43. Rh8+
Kg6 44. Rxh4 Kxf7 45. Rf4+ Kg8 46. Rxf1 Rh7+ 47. Kg1 d3 48. Rd1 Rh1+ 49. Kxh1
Nf2+ 50. Kg1 Nxd1 51. Bc1 Nb2 52. Kf2 Nxa4 53. Bf4 Nc3 54. Kf3 a5 55. Bd2 Nb1
56. Bf4 a4 57. Bxd6 d2 58. Ke2 Nc3+ {Topalov and Radjabov competed for the
lead.} 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 69"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. e3 c5 8.
Be2 Qa5 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Ne4 12. c4 cxd4 13. cxd5 $5 ({Or} 13.
exd4 $1 Nxg5 14. Nxg5 Nf6 15. c5 {(Gil Capape - Campora, Zaragoza 1992).})
13... Re8 14. Rad1 $6 (14. exd4 Nb6 15. Bd3 {levels (Krasenkow).}) 14... h6 15.
Bh4 $5 dxe3 16. fxe3 Nc3 17. Be1 Rxe3 18. Bd3 Qc5 $1 19. Qxc3 Rxe1+ 20. Qxc5
Rxf1+ 21. Bxf1 Nxc5 22. Ne5 Nd7 23. Nc4 Nf6 24. Be2 Bd7 25. Bf3 Rd8 26. Ne5 Bf5
27. d6 Nd7 {White has compensation for the pawn.} 28. Nc4 b6 29. a3 Kf8 30. Kf2
Rc8 $1 31. Ne3 $6 (31. Be2 $1 Be6 32. Rd4 {defends well.}) 31... Be6 32. Nd5 $5
Rc2+ $1 33. Kg3 Ne5 34. Nc7 Bd7 35. Na6 Ke8 36. Re1 f6 37. Re3 Kd8 38. Bd5 Rd2
39. Nc7 Bf5 40. Kf4 g6 41. Rc3 Kd7 42. Ke3 Rd3+ 43. Rxd3 Bxd3 44. Be4 Bxe4 45.
Kxe4 Kxd6 46. Nb5+ Kc5 $1 47. Nxa7 Nc4 48. a4 Nd6+ 49. Kd3 Kb4 50. Kd4 Nf5+ 51.
Kd5 Ne3+ 52. Ke6 f5 $1 53. Nc8 Nxg2 54. Nxb6 f4 55. Nd5+ Kxa4 56. Kf6 f3 57.
Nc3+ Kb4 58. Ne4 Nh4 59. Kg7 h5 60. Kh6 Kc4 61. Kg5 Kd3 $1 62. Ng3 Nf5 63. Nh1
Ne7 64. Kf6 Ke2 65. h4 Kf1 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 69"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. O-O-O b5 10. f3 Be7 11. g4 O-O 12. g5 b4 13. Ne2 Ne8 14. h4 ({Karjakin
did} 14. f4 {in the previous event. Now another long theoretical line is used.}
) 14... a5 15. Kb1 Nb6 16. Ng3 a4 17. Nc1 d5 18. Bxb6 Qxb6 19. exd5 Rd8 20. Bc4
Nc7 21. dxe6 Rxd2 22. exf7+ Kh8 23. Rxd2 Nb5 (23... Qc6 {stems from Lékó -
Karjakin, Wijk aan Zee 2006.}) 24. Bxb5 Qxb5 25. Nf5 Rxf7 26. Nxe7 Rxe7 27.
Rd8+ $5 Re8 28. Rhd1 Rg8 $1 {White should organize a fortress with the rook,
knight and pawn versus the queen.} 29. b3 $6 a3 $1 {Square b2 has become weak
for White.} 30. R1d5 $2 ({More solid id} 30. Rxg8+ Kxg8 31. Rd8+ Kf7 32. Nd3)
30... Qf1 $1 31. Rxg8+ Kxg8 32. Rxe5 Qxf3 33. Rc5 Qh1 34. Rc4 Qe1 35. Rf4 h5
36. gxh6 gxh6 37. Rg4+ $6 Kf7 38. Rf4+ Kg6 39. Rg4+ Kf5 40. Rc4 h5 41. Rc5+ Kg4
42. Rc4+ Kf3 43. Rd4 Qe5 44. c3 Qh2 45. Rd3+ Ke4 46. Rd4+ Kf5 47. Nd3 Qd2 48.
Rd5+ Kf6 (48... Ke4 $1 49. c4 Ke3 50. Re5+ Kd4 {will mate quickly.}) 49. c4
Qd1+ 50. Nc1 Qg4 51. Rd2 Qxh4 52. Nd3 Qd4 53. Kc2 h4 (53... Qc3+ 54. Kd1 h4 {
keeps pawn b4 on the board.}) 54. Nxb4 Qb2+ 55. Kd1 Qb1+ 56. Ke2 Qe4+ 57. Kd1
h3 58. Nd3 Qh1+ 59. Ke2 h2 60. Nf2 Qg2 61. Ke3 Ke7 62. Rd5 $6 ({Anand analyses
} 62. Rd1 $1 Qg3+ 63. Ke2 Qe5+ 64. Kd2 Kd6 65. Kc2+ Kc6 66. Rd2 Qe3 67. Kd1
Qxf2 $1 68. Rxf2 h1=Q+ 69. Kd2 Qb1 {and Black takes the fortress gradually.})
62... h1=Q $1 63. Nxh1 Qxa2 $1 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 69"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]

{Svidler had upset Topalov in the previous round and competed at the top.} 1.
d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2
Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. Rb1 Qc7 12. Bf4 Qc8 13. Rc1 a6 $5 14. Qd2 b5 15.
Bd3 Qb7 16. Bh6 Bxh6 $5 {Loek had judged this move as risky at home.} (16...
Qb6 $5 {drew in Shipov - Zinchenko, Moscow 2007.}) 17. Qxh6 cxd4 18. cxd4 Qb6
$2 ({Van Wely prefers} 18... Qa7 $1) 19. Rc5 $3 Bg4 $2 ({The pointe is} 19...
Nxd4 $2 20. Rh5 $1) (19... Rfd8 $2 20. Rh5 $3 gxh5 21. e5 f5 22. exf6 exf6 23.
Qxh7+ Kf8 24. Nf4 {also triumphs}) ({But} 19... f6 $1 20. Rfc1 $1 {(Van Wely)}
e5 $1 {defends properly.}) 20. Nf4 $1 Nxd4 ({Or} 20... Rfd8 21. Rg5 $1) 21. Rg5
$1 Bf3 22. Rg3 $1 {Radjabov and Topalov led on Aronian at the end of the
penultimate round.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 69"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O c6 7. Nc3 d5 8. Nd2
O-O 9. e4 dxc4 10. Nxc4 Ba6 11. b3 b5 12. Ne3 b4 13. Ne2 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Qxd4 15.
Bb2 Qb6 16. Nc4 Qb5 {The extra black pawn has little value.} 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 (
17... gxf6 {17. .. gxf6 drew in Smyslov - Guimard, Groningen 1946.}) 18. e5 Be7
{This position ended as a draw in Brodsky -Tiviakov, Port Erin 2005. Aronian
needs a win and sees chances on the kingside.} 19. Rad1 $5 (19. Rfd1 $5 {was
played in Nika - Maric, Thessaloniki 1988.}) 19... a5 20. Be4 $1 Ra7 21. h4 Nd7
22. h5 Nxe5 $5 ({More solid is} 22... f5 23. exf6 Rxf6) 23. Qe3 Ng4 $2 {
Tiviakov starts a dubious counter.} (23... Bc5 $1 24. Bxh7+ Kxh7 25. Qe4+ Kg8
26. Nxe5 {gives mutual chances (Aronian).}) 24. Qxa7 Qxh5 25. Kg2 Bc5 26. Qxa5
Qh2+ 27. Kf3 Bxf2 $6 ({Better is} 27... Nxf2 $1 28. Qxc5 Nxd1 29. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7
$1 30. Rxd1 $1 {and White has an advantage (Marin).} ({not} 30. Qxf8 $2 Qh5+
31. Kg2 Qe2+ 32. Kg1 Ne3 33. Nxe3 Qxe3+ $11)) 28. Rd8 $5 Qxg3+ 29. Ke2 Bc5 30.
Rxf8+ Bxf8 31. Qa7 Qh2+ 32. Kd1 f6 33. Qd7 Nf2+ 34. Ke1 Nxe4 35. Qxe6+ Kh8 36.
Qxe4 Qxa2 37. Qe8 Kg8 38. Rf3 Qb1+ 39. Kf2 c5 40. Qe6+ Kh8 41. Ne5 h6 42. Nd7
Qc2+ 43. Qe2 {Radjabov drew with Topalov. So Aronian joined the leaders. They
scored 81/2/13. Kramnik (8), Anand (71/2) and Svidler (7) followed.} 1-0

[Event "Corus B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 69"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]

{A battle between the Dutch hope and the rest of the world raged in the B
group.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. g3
Bd7 8. Bg2 Bc6 9. f3 d5 10. Nh3 dxc4 11. Qxc4 Nbd7 12. e4 Nb6 13. Qc3 a5 14.
O-O Bb5 15. Rd1 c6 16. Be3 a4 17. Nf4 Nc4 18. Bf2 Na5 19. Nd3 Nd7 20. Nc5 Qe7
21. Re1 Nxc5 22. dxc5 Rfd8 23. Rad1 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Rd6 Nc4 26. Rxd8+
Qxd8 27. Qd4 Qc7 $5 {Eljanov avoids further exchanges, because he plays for a
win in each game.} 28. Bf1 Ne5 29. Qc3 f6 30. f4 $1 Ng4 31. Bc4 Qd7 $2 {Black
blunders positionally.} ({Right is} 31... Kf7 $1 {and White has a plus.}) 32.
Qd4 $1 Qe8 33. h3 $1 Nxf2 34. Kxf2 h6 35. f5 $1 Bxc4 36. Qxc4 Kf7 37. g4 Qd7
38. Ke2 Ke7 39. Qxa4 $1 Qc7 40. Qb4 Qh2+ 41. Kd1 $1 exf5 42. Qxb7+ Kf8 43. Qxc6
f4 44. Qd6+ Kf7 45. c6 Qh1+ 46. Kd2 Qg2+ 47. Kc3 Qxh3+ 48. Kb4 Qxg4 49. c7 Qc8
50. Qd8 Qb7+ 51. Kc3 {Eljanov won the B group despite this loss. L'Ami scored
71/2/13 and headed the Dutch contingent.} 1-0

[Event "Morelia/Linares"]
[Site "24"]
[Date "2007.02.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]

{The first cycle was played in the Mexican city Morelia from 17 until 25 ii
2007. Playing hall was Theatro Ocampo. 16-years-old Magnus Carlsen had a great
start.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6
8. d5 Na5 9. Nd2 e5 10. b3 Ng4 11. h3 Nh6 12. Nde4 $1 {Carlsen takes the
initiative in the centre.} f6 13. Nxd6 $5 Qxd6 14. Ne4 Qd8 15. Nxc5 {White has
enough payoff for the piece.} f5 $5 {Morozovich returns the piece.} (15... Qc7
$1 {(Carlsen)} 16. Ba3 Rd8 {plays for a win.}) 16. d6 e4 17. d7 Nf7 18. Rb1 Qe7
19. dxc8=Q Raxc8 20. Na4 Rfd8 21. Qe1 Nc6 22. Nc3 Nd4 23. Bb2 b5 $1 24. Nd5 Qd6
25. Bxd4 Bxd4 26. Rd1 Be5 27. Qa5 bxc4 28. Ne3 Qc7 29. Qxc7 Bxc7 30. Nxc4 Ne5
31. Rxd8+ Rxd8 32. Rc1 Nxc4 33. Rxc4 {White has an extra pawn in the endgame.}
Rd1+ 34. Bf1 Bd6 35. e3 a5 36. Kg2 Kf7 37. Rc2 Ke7 38. Be2 Rd5 39. Bc4 Rd1 40.
g4 f4 $2 41. exf4 Bxf4 42. Re2 Rd4 43. Bd3 $1 Kf6 44. Bxe4 Rd2 45. Rxd2 Bxd2 {
Two extra pawns might not be enough in an ending with bishops of opposite
colour.} 46. Kg3 Be1 47. Kf3 Bb4 48. h4 h6 49. Ke2 Bd6 $6 ({Carlsen prefers} 
49... g5 $1 50. h5 Ke5) 50. Kd3 Bc5 51. f4 h5 52. g5+ Kg7 53. Kc4 Bd6 54. Kb5
Bxf4 ({Right is} 54... Bb4 $1 {(Carlsen) and White cannot create a winning
position.}) 55. Kxa5 Bg3 56. Kb5 $1 Bxh4 57. a4 Bxg5 58. a5 Kf6 59. a6 Be3 60.
Kc6 g5 61. b4 Ke5 62. b5 Kxe4 63. b6 g4 64. a7 g3 65. a8=Q Kf3 66. b7 Bf4 67.
Qf8 Ke4 68. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "Morelia/Linares"]
[Site "24"]
[Date "2007.02.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Bxe6 $5 fxe6 11. Na4 $5 Ng4 $1 {Black gives a fine answer
to the novelty.} 12. Qd3 Nxe3 13. Qxe3 b5 14. Nb6 Ra7 15. Nd5 $1 Rb7 16. Qd2
Nc6 ({My preference has} 16... Nd7 $1 17. Rad1 Bh4 $1 18. Nxh4 Qxh4 19. f4 Rf7)
17. Rad1 Rd7 18. Qc3 Nb8 $1 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Rd3 h6 $2 {Hereafter, the
development by the black knight will be prevented.} ({Better is} 20... Rc7 21.
Qd2 Nc6 $1 {(Ivanchuk).}) 21. Rfd1 $1 Rfd8 22. h4 Kh7 23. R1d2 Qf8 24. Qb3 Qe8
25. a4 $1 Qg6 $5 {Topalov sacrifices a pawn for the freedom of his knight, but
he will be lost anyway.} ({If Black exchanges pawns by} 25... bxa4 26. Qxa4 {
, his queenside will be raided.}) 26. axb5 axb5 27. Re3 Na6 28. Qxb5 Nc5 29.
Qc4 Ra7 30. Re1 Qe8 31. b4 Na4 32. Qb3 Nb6 33. Red1 Rad7 34. Qd3 Rc8 35. c3 Ra7
36. Qe3 Ra6 37. Qe2 Nc4 38. Ra2 Rac6 39. Ra7 R6c7 40. Rda1 Qf7 $2 41. Qxc4 $1 {
A comparable idea occurs in a study by Bernhard Horwitz 1884.} (41. Qxc4 Rxa7
42. Rxa7 Rxc4 43. Rxf7 {loses a knight.}) 1-0

[Event "Morelia/Linares"]
[Site "24"]
[Date "2007.02.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 c6 15.
Nf5 Qc7 $5 ({Known is} 15... g6 $2 16. Nh6+ Bxh6 17. Bxh6 {(Burstein-Thomson,
Moscow 1956).}) 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Nh2 c5 18. Qf3 c4 $1 19. Bg5 Re6 20. Rad1 Nc5
21. Bxf6 $5 (21. Nh6+ Kh8 22. N2g4 Nxg4 {(Anand)} 23. Nxg4 {brings little
advantage.}) 21... Rxf6 22. Ng4 Re6 23. Nge3 Qa5 24. a3 g6 25. Nd5 $5 Rd8 $1 (
25... gxf5 $2 26. exf5 Rh6 27. Qg3+ Kh8 28. Qxe5+ f6 29. Nxf6 Bg7 30. Qxc5 Rxf6
31. Re7 {wins for White.}) 26. Qg3 Rd7 27. Nfe3 Qd8 28. Qf3 $2 ({Anand prefers
} 28. f3) 28... Bg7 29. a4 Red6 30. axb5 axb5 31. g4 Qh4 32. Ra1 Ne6 33. Qg3
Qxg3+ 34. fxg3 Nc5 $6 (34... f6 $1 {strengthens the centre.}) 35. h4 h6 36. Ra5
$1 Bc6 37. Nb4 {Black has difficulties on the queenside.} Bxe4 $2 (37... Bf8 $1
{(Anand)} 38. Nxc6 Rxc6 39. Rxb5 Rd2 $1 {gives a pawn for a counter.}) 38. Bxe4
Nxe4 39. Rxb5 Nd2 (39... Nxg3 $2 40. Kg2 Ne4 41. Nxc4 {costs material (Anand).}
) 40. Kg2 e4 41. Re2 Bf8 42. Ned5 {The central black pawns will fall.} e3 43.
Nxe3 Re6 44. Nbd5 Nb3 45. Nf4 Rc6 46. Nxc4 Rxc4 47. Rxb3 Kg7 48. Rb5 Bc5 49. g5
hxg5 50. hxg5 Be7 51. Kf3 Bd8 52. Re4 Rc6 53. Kg4 Rd2 54. Rd5 Rxd5 55. Nxd5 Re6
56. Rxe6 fxe6 57. Nf4 Kf7 58. Nd3 Bc7 59. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Morelia/Linares"]
[Site "24"]
[Date "2007.02.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 b5 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. Nb3 $5 a5 7. Bd2 Nc6 8.
Nc1 Bd6 9. Nd3 O-O 10. O-O Ne4 11. Be3 b4 12. Re1 {Ivanchuk has positioned his
pieces in a strange way.} Ba6 13. Nfe5 Ne7 14. f3 Nf5 15. Bf4 Nf6 16. c3 Ne7
17. Qd2 bxc3 18. bxc3 Rc8 $6 {Carlsen makes passive moves. White gets the
opportunity to take the initiative.} 19. Bg5 Bxd3 20. Nxd3 Nd7 21. e4 $1 c5 22.
exd5 exd5 23. Bh3 cxd4 24. cxd4 h6 25. Bf4 Bxf4 26. Nxf4 Rc4 27. Bf1 Rc8 28.
Bh3 Rc4 29. Bf1 Rc8 30. Rab1 Nf6 31. Rb5 Nc6 32. Rc5 $6 Qb6 $1 33. Rec1 g5 34.
Ne2 Ne5 35. Qc3 Nc4 36. Kh1 Nd7 37. Rxc8 Rxc8 {Black has equalised.} 38. Qd3
Nf6 39. Nc3 Qb2 40. Rc2 Qa1 41. Qd1 Qxd1 42. Nxd1 Re8 43. Kg2 Ne3+ 44. Nxe3
Rxe3 45. Kf2 Ra3 46. Bb5 h5 47. Ke2 Kg7 48. Rb2 h4 49. Kf2 $2 (49. gxh4 gxh4
50. Bd3 $1 {draws.}) 49... hxg3+ 50. hxg3 g4 $1 51. Be2 gxf3 52. Bxf3 a4 $1 53.
Rb5 $2 (53. g4 $1 Kh6 54. Re2 Kg6 55. Kg3 Rd3 56. Re5 Rxd4 57. g5 Nd7 58. Rxd5
Rxd5 59. Bxd5 Nb6 60. Bxf7+ $1 {defends well.}) 53... Rxa2+ 54. Ke3 a3 55. Ra5
Ra1 56. Kd2 a2 57. Kc2 Rf1 $1 58. Bd1 Ne4 59. g4 Nf2 60. Rxa2 Rxd1 {Carlsen
showed fine positional play in the endgame.} 0-1

[Event "Morelia/Linares"]
[Site "24"]
[Date "2007.02.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e6 8.
Bg2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Ne4 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Nh4 Bxh4 13. gxh4 Nef6 14. e4
Bg6 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. Bf4 Rfe8 17. Rad1 b5 $5 (17... e5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 {was
played in Georgiev - Smeets, Wijk aan Zee 2007.}) 18. Bd6 $1 e5 19. d5 Nh5 20.
Bf1 f6 21. b3 Nf4 22. a4 bxa4 23. bxa4 Bf7 24. Rb1 Ra7 25. Red1 Rc8 26. Ne2 $1
Nxe2+ ({The pointe is} 26... Bh5 $2 27. Nxf4 Bxd1 28. Rxd1 exf4 29. Bh3 b6 30.
Be6+ Kh8 31. dxc6 Rxc6 32. Bb8 $1 Rxe6 33. Bxa7 {(Aronian).}) 27. Bxe2 cxd5 28.
exd5 Nf8 29. Bb5 Raa8 30. Be7 Ng6 31. d6 Nxe7 32. Bd7 $1 ({White avoids} 32.
dxe7 Be8) 32... Nc6 $2 ({No good is} 32... Rcb8 33. dxe7 Be8 34. Be6+ Bf7 35.
Rxb7 $1 {(Marin)}) (32... Ng6 $1 33. Bxc8 Rxc8 34. Rxb7 {(Aronian)} Be6 {might
survive.}) 33. Rxb7 $1 Nd4 34. Bxc8 Rxc8 35. Rdb1 $1 Rf8 $1 36. Rb8 Be8 37. a5
Nf3+ 38. Kf1 $1 (38. Kg2 $2 Bc6 $1 {draws (Aronian).}) 38... Nd2+ 39. Ke1 Nxb1
40. a6 Bc6 41. a7 $1 Kf7 42. d7 Ke7 43. Rxf8 Kxd7 44. a8=Q Bxa8 45. Rxa8 h5 46.
Ra7+ Ke6 47. Rxg7 Kf5 48. Rg3 $1 {49. Rb3 will win the knight.} 1-0

[Event "Morelia/Linares"]
[Site "24"]
[Date "2007.02.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. e3 Bd7 8. Nc3
b5 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Qxd5 Rb8 $5 ({Theory is} 12... c6
{White has a superior position anyway.}) 13. a4 Bb4 14. Rd1 Qe7 15. Bd2 Bc5 16.
axb5 axb5 17. Ba5 c6 18. Qd2 Rc8 19. Rac1 h5 $5 {Black has castling problems.}
({Notice} 19... Be6 $2 20. Bxc6+ $1 Rxc6 21. Qd8+ {(Marin).}) 20. b4 Ba7 21.
Ra1 Rh6 22. Qc3 Bf5 $6 (22... Bg4 $1 23. Rd6 Kf8 $1 24. Rxh6 gxh6 {minimizes
the white advantage.}) 23. e6 Rxe6 24. Qxg7 Bg4 25. Rd2 $6 ({Right is} 25.
Bxc6+ $1 Rexc6 26. Bd8 $1 Qf8 27. Qe5+ Be6 28. Qxb5 $1 Bb8 {(Aagaard)} 29. Bf6
{and White wins.}) 25... Bb8 26. h3 $2 (26. Qg8+ $1 Qf8 27. Qg5 Qe7 28. Qxe7+
Kxe7 29. f3 $1 {(Aagaard) keeps an edge.}) 26... Be5 27. Qg8+ Qf8 28. Qxf8+
Kxf8 29. Rc1 Bf5 {Anand will counter on the queenside.} 30. e4 Bh7 31. Bb6 Bf6
32. h4 Bxe4 ({Even better is} 32... Be7 $1 33. Bh3 Bxb4) 33. Bh3 Bd5 34. Bxe6
fxe6 35. Bc5+ Be7 36. Bxe7+ Kxe7 37. Rb2 ({Or} 37. Ra2 c5 $1 38. Ra5 Rb8 39.
Ra6 Kd7 $1) 37... Kd6 38. Kf1 c5 39. Ke2 cxb4 40. Rxb4 Kc5 41. Rcb1 Bc6 ({
White cannot stop the passed pawns, e.g.} 41... Bc6 42. Kd2 Rd8+ 43. Kc1 Rd4
44. R4b2 c3 45. Re2 b4 $1 46. Rxe6 Be4) 0-1

[Event "Morelia/Linares"]
[Site "24"]
[Date "2007.02.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]

{It is remarkable to play such a novelty at the highest level.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4
d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Ne2 Qb6 9. Qc1 g5 10.
c3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Bb4+ 12. Kf2 f6 13. g3 {Topalov keeps his phalanx intact.} Rf8
14. Kg2 g4 15. Nh4 Rg8 $6 {Black loses time.} 16. h3 h5 17. hxg4 hxg4 18. Nc3
fxe5 19. fxe5 Ncxe5 $2 {Morozovich loses his patience.} ({Preferable is} 19...
Be7 20. Bd3 Nf8 21. Qd2 Bd7 22. Raf1 O-O-O 23. Nf5 $1 Ng6 $1) 20. dxe5 d4 21.
Na4 Qa5 22. Qc4 Nxe5 23. Qxd4 {Black only has a pawn for his piece.} Nf3 $5 24.
Nxf3 $1 gxf3+ 25. Kf2 Qxa4 26. Bd3 $6 (26. Bd2 $1 {triumphs at once.}) 26...
Qd7 $1 27. Qe4 $2 ({Topalov misses} 27. Rh8 $1 Qxd4 28. Rxg8+ Kf7 29. Bxd4 Kxg8
30. Rh1 {(Chepariov).}) 27... Bd6 $6 28. Rag1 $6 Qg7 29. Rh6 $5 Qxb2+ 30. Kxf3
Rf8+ 31. Bf4 Qe5 $6 32. Qg6+ $6 Kd8 33. Kg2 Qb2+ 34. Kh1 Bxf4 35. gxf4 Bd7 36.
Be4 Kc7 $4 ({Right is} 36... Qd4 $1) 37. Rb1 $1 Qf2 38. Rxb7+ $6 (38. Qg7 $1
Rab8 39. Rh7 {wins quickly.}) 38... Kc8 39. Rb1 $2 (39. Bg2 $1 {still prevails.
}) 39... Ra7 $1 40. f5 Rc7 $2 (40... Qf4 41. Re1 Rc7 {draws (Marin).}) 41. fxe6
Be8 42. Qg5 Qd4 43. Bg2 Rf4 44. e7 Rc5 45. Qg3 Rc3 46. Qe1 Re3 47. Qa5 Bb5 48.
Rc1+ {Topalov won after many blunders.   The first cycle had ended. Anand and
Carlsen led by 41/2/7, before Ivanchuk (4),  Aronian and Svidler (31/2),
Topalov and Lékó (3), Morozovich (2).} 1-0

[Event "Morelia/Linares"]
[Site "24"]
[Date "2007.03.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]

{The second cycle was played in Linares from 2 until 10 March 2007. The
leaders drew in round eight and nine. Then, they met for the decisive battle.} 
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. d5 Nb6 13. Nbd2 g6 14. b4 $1 cxb4 15.
cxb4 Nac4 16. Nxc4 Nxc4 17. Bb3 $1 {White has an edge.} (17. Bh6 Re8 18. Bb3 {
happened in Lékó - Mamedyarov, Moscow 2006.}) 17... Nb6 $5 18. Be3 $1 Bd7 19.
Rc1 Rc8 20. Rxc8 Bxc8 21. Qc2 Bd7 22. Rc1 Na8 {Carlsen has chosen for a
passive response.} 23. Qd2 Qb8 24. Bg5 $1 Bxg5 ({Not} 24... f6 $4 25. Nxe5 $1)
25. Nxg5 Rc8 26. Rf1 $1 h6 $2 ({Black should play} 26... Qa7 $1 {The point is}
27. Ne6 $5 Nb6 $1 28. Qh6 $4 fxe6 29. dxe6 Bc6 30. e7+ Nc4) 27. Ne6 $3 {Anand
continues the attack brilliantly.} Kh7 $1 ({Insufficient is} 27... fxe6 28.
dxe6 Be8 29. Qxh6 Nb6 30. e7+ Nc4 31. Qf8+ Kh7 32. f4 Qa8 33. Rf3 Qxe4 34. f5
$1 gxf5 35. Rg3 $1 {(Anand).}) 28. f4 Qa7+ 29. Kh2 Be8 30. f5 gxf5 31. exf5 f6
({No good is} 31... fxe6 32. dxe6 Qd4 33. Qxd4 exd4 34. f6 {(after Anand).})
32. Re1 $1 {The rook might go to h4.} Nc7 ({Or} 32... Nb6 33. Re4 $1 Nc4 34.
Nf8+ $1 Kg7 35. Rg4+ {(Anand).}) 33. Rc1 $1 Bd7 34. Rc3 e4 35. Rg3 Nxe6 36.
dxe6 Be8 37. e7 $1 Bh5 38. Qxd6 {Anand has gained a lead of one point by a
tremendous game.} 1-0

[Event "Morelia/Linares"]
[Site "24"]
[Date "2007.03.07"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bh4 d6 9. Qe2 O-O $5 10. O-O-O Re8 11. f3 Be6 12. Kb1 a5 $5 13. Bf2 $5 a4 $1
14. Nc5 $1 {Ivanchuk plays a witty move.} a3 $5 15. Nxe6 Rxe6 16. Bxb6 cxb6 17.
Qd2 $5 (17. b3 {would create the weakness b2.}) 17... axb2 18. Bc4 Re5 $1 19.
Bb3 ({Not} 19. Qxd6 $2 Qxd6 20. Rxd6 Rc5) 19... Rc5 20. Na4 Rca5 21. Nc3 $6 {
Capture of pawn b2 gains a plus.} Ne8 22. Nd5 Ne5 23. Qd4 Nd7 24. Rd2 Nc5 25.
Rhd1 $2 ({Right is} 25. Qxb2 {(Ivanchuk and Kuzmin).}) 25... Nxb3 26. axb3 Nc7
27. Nxc7 Qxc7 28. Qxb2 {White has captured this pawn too late.} b5 $1 29. Rxd6
b4 $1 {Black threatens .. Qc3.} 30. Rd7 $5 (30. g3 $2 Kh7 $1 31. R1d3 Ra3 {
introduces a fatal tripling on the a-file (Ivanchuk and Kuzmin).}) 30... Qxh2
31. Rxb7 $6 (31. R7d2 $1 {prolongs the game.}) 31... Qxg2 32. Rxb4 Qxf3 33.
Rbd4 Kh7 $1 {Black has prepared the advance of the h- pawn.} 34. b4 Ra4 35. e5
Qe2 36. R4d3 h5 37. b5 $6 Ra1+ $1 38. Qxa1 Rxa1+ 39. Kxa1 Qxe5+ 0-1

[Event "Morelia/Linares"]
[Site "24"]
[Date "2007.03.07"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. f3
Be6 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a5 11. Qe1 Qc8 {Svidler plays aggressively after
eleven solid draws.} 12. a3 $5 ({Lékó avoids the usual} 12. a4) 12... a4 13.
Nd2 Nbd7 14. Kb1 Rd8 15. Bb5 d5 $1 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Qe2 Qc7 19.
Ne4 Be6 20. Nc3 Nb6 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Nxa4 $6 (22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Nxd1 {draws.}
) 22... Nc4 $1 23. Bxc4 Bxc4 24. Qf2 Qc6 25. Nb6 $6 (25. Nc3 $1 {brings the
knight in a useful defensive position (Svidler).}) 25... Be6 26. Qe2 f5 $1 {
Black has the initiative.} 27. Re1 Bf6 28. g3 h6 29. Bf2 e4 $1 30. fxe4 fxe4
31. a4 $2 {Lékó fails to defend accurately.} ({Correct is} 31. c4 $1 Bd4 32.
Nd5 {(Ftacnik)} Bxd5 33. cxd5 Rxd5 34. Be3) 31... Qd6 32. c4 $2 ({Better is} 
32. c3 {but} Qd3+ $1 33. Qxd3 exd3 34. Be3 $1 Bg5 $1 35. Bxg5 hxg5 36. Rd1 Bb3
$1 37. Rd2 $2 Re8 {will mate the white king (Svidler).}) 32... Qb4 $1 33. Nd5
Bxd5 34. cxd5 Rxd5 35. Qc2 Rd2 36. Qc8+ Kf7 37. Qc7+ Kg6 0-1

[Event "Morelia/Linares"]
[Site "24"]
[Date "2007.03.10"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]

{Carlsen trails on Anand by half-a-point at the beginning of the last round.} 
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Ba6 7. b3 O-O 8.
Nc3 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bg2 Re8 11. Ne5 c5 12. O-O Bb7 13. Rfd1 Na6 14. Qf4 Nc7
$5 ({Better is} 14... Qc7 {(Tukmakov - Van der Wiel, Rotterdam 1988).}) 15. Ng4
$1 Nxg4 16. Qxg4 Qf6 17. e3 Rad8 $2 (17... Rac8 $1 {(develops the last piece
and protects Nc7)} 18. Rac1 cxd4 $1 19. Qxd4 Qxd4 20. Rxd4 Nb5 $1 21. Rd3 Nxc3
22. Rdxc3 Rxc3 23. Rxc3 d4 $1 24. Rc7 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 dxe3 26. fxe3 Kf8 $1 {
draws.}) 18. Rac1 Qe7 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. Qa4 Rd7 $6 ({Preferable is} 20... a6
21. Qa5 Bc6) 21. Ne4 $3 {Carlsen has to lose a centre pawn.} d4 $1 ({Lékó gives
} 21... Ne6 22. Nxc5 $1) 22. exd4 Bxe4 23. Bxe4 Ne6 $1 24. d5 $1 Nd4 $1 25. Re1
Qd8 26. Kf1 Rde7 27. Bd3 Qc8 28. g4 $3 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Rf8 30. h3 Qd8 31. Be4
Qb6 32. Bg2 g6 33. Kg1 Kg7 34. Qd7 Rd8 35. Qe7 a5 36. Kh1 Nb5 37. Re6 Nd6 38.
Qf6+ Kg8 39. Re7 a4 $6 40. bxa4 $6 (40. Rxf7 $1 {wins immediately.}) 40... c4
41. Kh2 Qb8 42. f4 Qc8 43. Re3 Re8 44. Rxe8+ Nxe8 45. Qc6 Qxc6 46. dxc6 Kf8 47.
Kg3 Ke7 48. Kf2 Kd6 49. Ke3 Kc5 50. g5 Nc7 51. a3 Ne6 52. Be4 c3 53. f5 {
Carlsen had not won the event.} 1-0

[Event "Morelia/Linares"]
[Site "24"]
[Date "2007.03.10"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. a3 Bb7 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bxc5 Nxc5 12. Bd3 b4 $5 (12... Qb6 {stems from
Marra - Cubas, Sao Paulo 2005.}) 13. Ne2 $6 ({Slightly better is} 13. Nd1 Qb6
14. Qe3) 13... Qb6 14. Qe3 d4 $5 15. Nfxd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 bxa3 17. Rxa3 Rd8 18.
Qe3 Qxb2 19. Qxc5 $4 {White sacrifices an exchange, but Black continues the
attack.} Qb1+ 20. Kd2 Qxh1 21. Nc3 Qxh2 22. Ra4 Qxg2+ 23. Kc1 Rc8 24. Qb4 Qg1+
25. Nd1 Bf3 26. Rxa6 Qc5 27. Qa4+ Kf8 28. Ra5 Qg1 {Morozevich made a great
comeback in the second cycle.   Anand won the tournament and was the number
one of the world. Carlsen competed at the top for the first time. He shared
the second place with Morozevich.} 0-1

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "2007.05.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2007.05.10"]

{The third MTel Masters was played in Sofia from 10 until 20 v 2007. Six
grandmasters carried out two cycles. Topalov would play a main role again.} 1.
e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. g3 $5 Nf6 5. Bg2 c6 6. d4 g6 7. Bf4 $5 ({
Known is} 7. Nf3) 7... Qb4 8. Nge2 Bg7 9. Qc1 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. a3 Qa5 12. h3
Bxe2 13. Nxe2 Nbd7 14. c4 e5 15. b4 Qc7 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Qc2 {White has a
plus.} a5 18. Rae1 axb4 19. axb4 Rfe8 20. c5 Nd5 21. Bd2 Nd7 22. Qc4 N7f6 23.
g4 $5 {Topalov makes a slight weakening.} h5 24. Ng3 hxg4 25. hxg4 Qd7 26. g5
Rxe1 27. Rxe1 Ne8 {Black has equalised.} 28. Bf3 Nec7 29. Bg4 Qd8 30. Kg2 Nb5
31. Rd1 Ra1 32. Rxa1 Bxa1 33. Bf3 Be5 34. Ne2 Ndc7 35. Be3 Ne6 36. Bg4 Nbc7 37.
Qe4 Bg7 38. f4 Qd1 39. Kf2 Bc3 $1 40. b5 $6 (40. Nxc3 Qxg4 {draws (Nisipeanu).}
) 40... Qe1+ $1 41. Kg2 Nd5 42. bxc6 bxc6 43. Qd3 $2 ({Correct is} 43. Bc1 Bd2
44. Bxd2 Qxd2 45. Bxe6 Nxf4+ $1 46. Qxf4 Qxe2+ 47. Kg3 Qxe6 {and Black has an
extra pawn in the queen ending (Nisipeanu).}) 43... Bd4 $1 {White loses
material.} 44. Bxe6 ({The pointe is} 44. Bxd4 Nexf4+) 44... Nxe3+ 45. Kh2 Qf2+
46. Kh3 Qf3+ $5 47. Ng3 Qg2+ {Topalov started with a defeat.} (47... Qg2+ 48.
Kh4 Qh2+ 49. Bh3 Ng2+ 50. Kg4 Qxh3+ 51. Kxh3 Nxf4+ {wins a piece.}) 0-1

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "2007.05.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2007.05.10"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 Bd7 12. Bg5 Qc5 $2 13. Bxe6 $1 {This
sacrifice in the Tarrasch Variation is known.} fxe6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Nxe6 Bxe6
16. Rxe6+ Be7 $5 {This seems to be the first new move.} (16... Kf7 17. Qd7+ Be7
18. Rae1 Rhe8 19. Qxb7 {favours White (Adams).}) 17. b4 $1 Qc3 ({Not} 17...
Qxb4 $2 18. Rb1) 18. Re3 $1 Qc7 19. Qh5+ Kf8 20. Rae1 Re8 21. Qh6+ Kf7 22. Qh5+
Kf8 23. Qh6+ Kf7 24. c3 $1 {Black suffers by zugzwang.} Rhg8 $5 ({Insufficient
is} 24... Qd6 25. Qh5+ Kf8 26. Rg3 f5 27. Rg5 $1) 25. Qxh7+ Rg7 26. Qh5+ Kf8
27. g3 Qd7 28. Re6 Rg5 29. Qh8+ Kf7 30. Qh7+ Rg7 31. Qh5+ Rg6 ({A fine
alternative brings} 31... Kf8 32. h4 $1 Rg8 33. c4 Rg7 34. a4 $1 Qxa4 35. Qh8+
Rg8 36. Rxf6+ $1 Bxf6 37. Qxf6#) 32. c4 Kg7 33. Qd5 Qc7 (33... Qxd5 34. cxd5
Bxb4 35. Rxe8 Bxe1 36. Rxe1 {leads to a loss of two pawns.}) 34. Qe4 Kf7 35. c5
Qd7 36. Qf5 Kg7 37. Qe4 Kf7 38. Qf5 Kg7 39. Qh5 (39. Qh5 Kf7 40. Kg2 $1 Kg7 41.
f4 $1 Qd2+ 42. R1e2 Qd7 43. f5 Rg5 44. Qxe8 {wins for White.}) 1-0

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "2007.05.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2007.05.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 Nd7 8. e4
dxe4 9. Nxe4 Qf4 10. Bd3 e5 11. O-O exd4 12. Nxd4 $5 {Timman mentioned this
move.} Nc5 $1 ({He avoids} 12... Be7 13. Nf5 $1 {(Stohl).}) 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 14.
Rae1+ Kf8 15. Re4 Qf6 16. Qc3 a5 $2 ({Black should exchange by} 16... Bxd4 17.
Rxd4 c5 $5 18. Rd5 Qxc3 19. bxc3 Ke7) 17. Rfe1 Bd7 18. R1e3 Bb4 $5 19. Qc2 Qd6
20. Rf3 h5 $5 21. c5 $1 {White opens a square at the cost of a pawn.} Bxc5 22.
Bc4 $1 f6 $1 23. Ne6+ Bxe6 24. Rxe6 {Black is poorly developed.} Qd7 25. Qf5 $1
{He threatens Rxf6+.} Qd4 26. Re4 Qd1+ 27. Bf1 Bd6 28. Rd3 $1 Bxh2+ 29. Kxh2
Qxf1 30. Rd7 {Topalov had lost for the second time.} 1-0

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "2007.05.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2007.05.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5
f6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh6 11. d5 Nd7 12. h3 f5 13. exf5 Nc5 14. Nd2 Bxf5 15. O-O
e4 16. Nb3 b6 $5 (16... Nxb3 17. Qxb3 Bg6 {occurred in Onichuk - Smirin,
Togliatti 2003.}) 17. Nd4 Qf6 18. Nc6 a5 19. f4 $6 {Pawn e4 becomes strong.}
Bd7 $1 20. Nb5 $5 Bxc6 21. dxc6 Qxb2 22. Rb1 $6 ({Preferable is} 22. Rc1 $1 Nf5
23. Rc2 Ne3 24. Rxb2 Nxd1 25. Rxd1 Bxb2 26. Nxc7) 22... Qxa2 23. Nxc7 Nf5 $1 {
The game becomes spectacular.} 24. Bf2 $6 ({The alternative} 24. Nxa8 $5 Nxg3
25. Bg4 {leaves a better game for Black.}) 24... e3 $1 25. Be1 (25. Qd5+ Kh8
26. Bd3 exf2+ 27. Rxf2 Bd4 28. Qxd4+ Nxd4 29. Rxa2 Rac8 30. Nd5 Nxd3 31. Rd1
Nb3 $1 {wins for Black (Krasenkow).}) 25... Nd4 $1 26. Nxa8 Nxe2+ 27. Kh2 Nxf4
28. Rxf4 gxf4 29. Rxb6 f3 30. Qd5+ Ne6 $1 31. Qxe6+ Kh8 32. Qg4 Be5+ 33. Kh1 f2
{Topalov had started another come-back.} 0-1

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "2007.05.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2007.05.10"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 c6 7. Qd2 b5 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. O-O Qc7 10. Ne2 c5 11. c3 e5 12. Ng3 c4 $5 (12... a6 {drew in J.Geller
- Akopian, Sochi 2004.}) 13. Bc2 Re8 $2 ({Correct is} 13... Bb7 $1 14. a4 a6 {
(Marin).}) 14. a4 $1 bxa4 15. Bxa4 $1 {The black queenside has been ruined and
the bishop pins a knight.} exd4 $6 16. Nxd4 $1 a6 ({No good is} 16... Nxe4 $2 {
due to} 17. Nxe4 Rxe4 18. Nb5 $1) 17. Bh6 Bh8 18. Ndf5 $1 Re6 19. Rfd1 Nc5 20.
Nxd6 {White has won a pawn.} Bb7 21. Nxb7 Qxb7 22. f3 Nd3 23. b3 $1 Bg7 24.
Bxg7 Kxg7 25. bxc4 Nb2 26. Rdb1 Qa7+ 27. Kh1 Nxc4 28. Qg5 Rc8 29. Nf5+ Kh8 30.
Nd4 Rb6 31. Rxb6 Qxb6 32. Bb3 Rc5 33. Qh6 Kg8 34. Re1 Rh5 $2 {Black loses time.
} ({Better is} 34... Nh5 35. Bxc4 Rxc4 36. Nf5 Qf6) 35. Qf4 Rc5 36. e5 $1 {The
decisive attack begins.} Nh5 37. Qh4 Nxe5 38. f4 Rxc3 39. fxe5 Rxb3 40. e6 $1
fxe6 41. Nxb3 Qxb3 42. Qd8+ Kg7 43. Qe7+ Kh6 44. Qf8+ {Black will be mated
soon.   Kamsky made another fine positional achievement.} 1-0

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "2007.05.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2007.05.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nde2 Be6 8. f4
g6 9. h3 $5 h5 10. fxe5 ({The next month Nisipeanu will play} 10. g3 {against
Dominguez in Foros 2007.}) 10... dxe5 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. O-O-O+ Nbd7 13. Ng1 $5
{He corrects his development and the position becomes even.} Rc8 14. Bd3 Bh6
15. Bxh6 Rxh6 16. Nf3 Ke7 17. Ng5 h4 $1 18. Be2 Rc5 19. Rhf1 Rh8 20. Rd3 Rhc8
21. Kd2 $6 ({Preferable is} 21. a3 b5 22. Rd2 $1) 21... b5 22. a3 a5 $1 23. b4
axb4 24. axb4 {Pawn b4 has become weak.} R5c6 25. Rdf3 Bc4 26. Bxc4 Rxc4 27.
Ra1 $2 {White sacrifices the weakling immediately.} ({Better is} 27. Rd3 $1
R8c6 (27... Rxb4 $2 28. Nd5+ $1) 28. Rb1) 27... Rxb4 28. Nd5+ $5 Nxd5 29. Rxf7+
Kd6 30. exd5 Rd4+ 31. Kc1 $6 (31. Ke1 $1 Ra4 32. Rc1 {nearly equalises 
(Ftacnik).}) 31... Nc5 32. Raa7 e4 33. Ne6 $1 Rc4 $1 34. Nxc5 R8xc5 35. Rad7+
Ke5 {Black has a big positional advantage in the double rook ending.} 36. Rf2
b4 37. Re7+ Kd6 $1 38. Rb7 Kxd5 39. Kb2 e3 40. Re2 Re4 $1 41. Kb3 Ke5 $1 {
Topalov makes a wonderful move.} 42. Rf7 ({The pointe is} 42. Rxb4 Rxb4+ 43.
Kxb4 Kd4 $1 44. Rxe3 Rxc2 {and Black wins (Ftacnik).}) 42... g5 43. Rf8 Rd5 44.
c4 Rd7 $1 45. Re1 ({Or} 45. Kxb4 Kd4 $1) 45... Rd2 46. Kxb4 Rxg2 47. Kc3 Rg3
48. Re8+ Kf5 $1 49. Rf1+ Kg6 $1 50. Rxe4 e2+ 51. Rf3 $1 Rxf3+ 52. Kd2 Rxh3 53.
c5 Ra3 54. c6 Ra2+ $1 {Black plays ..Rc2 or ..Ra6 on the next move.   Topalov
had an even score in the tournament.} 0-1

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "2007.05.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2007.05.10"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 d6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. d3 f5 6. e4 Nf6 7. Nge2 a5 $6 ({
Usual is} 7... Nc6 {and a normal development of the queenside.}) 8. exf5 $1
gxf5 9. d4 $1 O-O 10. Bg5 Qe8 11. O-O h6 12. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 13. c5 $1 {White
attacks in the central area.} Nc6 14. Nb5 Qe7 15. Nec3 Qg7 $5 16. cxd6 cxd6 17.
d5 Nd4 18. Nxd4 (18. Nxd6 $5 e4 $1 {gives counter-play (Sasikiran).}) 18...
exd4 19. Nb5 f4 $5 20. Nxd6 Bg4 21. Qd3 Be7 22. Nb5 $5 {Capture on b7 would be
risky.} f3 23. Bh1 Bc5 24. d6 Kh8 25. Rad1 Rad8 26. a3 $5 Bb6 $5 27. Rfe1 $1
Bf5 28. Qd2 Qf6 29. Re7 Bd7 30. Rde1 Qg5 31. Qd3 Qf5 32. Qd2 Qg5 33. Qc2 Qf5
34. Qxf5 Rxf5 35. Nc7 d3 36. Rd1 Rc5 $1 37. Bxf3 Rc2 38. Rf1 $6 (38. Nd5 $1 {
keeps winning chances.}) 38... Bh3 $1 39. Ne6 $1 Bxf2+ $1 40. Kh1 Bxf1 41. d7
$4 {Mamedyarov loses by uncertainty after the time control.} ({Sasikiran
expects the simple} 41. Nxd8 Rc1 42. Nf7+ Kg8 43. Nxh6+ Kf8 44. Rf7+ Ke8 45.
Re7+ Kf8 {and perpetual check.}) 41... Rg8 $1 {Black threatens ..Bh3 and mate.
Krishnan Sasikiran comes from Madras, like Vishy Anand. He plays well in Sofia.
} (41... Rg8 42. Be4 Bg2+ $1 43. Bxg2 ({or} 43. Kxg2 Bc5+ 44. Kh3 Bxe7) 43...
Rc1+ 44. Bf1 d2 {brings a black win (Sasikiran).}) 0-1

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "2007.05.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2007.05.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 {Adams plays a rare move.} 12. Kh1 Re8 13.
d5 Nb6 $5 ({Known is} 13... Nf8) 14. b3 Bd7 15. Be3 Qc7 16. g4 $5 {White
prevents ..f5.} c4 17. b4 Nb7 18. Nbd2 a5 19. a3 Ra6 20. Nf1 Rea8 21. Bc1 Nd8
$5 (21... axb4 $1 22. cxb4 c3 {attacks on the queenside.}) 22. Ne3 axb4 23.
cxb4 f6 24. Nf5 $1 {White takes the initiative on the kingside.} Bc8 $5 25. Rg1
Nf7 26. h4 Bd8 27. Rg3 Kh8 $6 {Black loses time.} 28. g5 g6 29. Ne3 fxg5 30.
hxg5 Kg8 31. Kg2 Na4 32. Qe1 $5 Bd7 33. Qh1 $5 Qc8 34. Qh2 Nc3 $1 35. Kf1 $1 {
White protects square e2.} Be7 36. Bb2 Na4 37. Bc1 Bf8 38. Qh4 Be7 39. Qh2 Bf8
40. Qh4 Be7 41. Nf5 $1 Qf8 $6 ({Not} 41... gxf5 $2 42. Qh5 $1 {(Nisipeanu)}) (
41... Bd8 $1 42. Ne3 h5 $1 {stops the white attack.}) 42. Nh2 h6 $2 ({Correct
is} 42... h5 $1 43. Nxe7+ Qxe7 44. Rf3 Rf8 45. Rf6 Kg7 {(Nisipeanu) and White
has the initiative.}) 43. Ng4 $1 hxg5 44. Bxg5 $1 Nxg5 ({The pointe is} 44...
Bxg5 45. Nf6+ $1 Bxf6 46. Rxg6+ $1 Bg7 47. Ne7+ {(Nisipeanu).}) 45. Ngh6+ Kh7
46. Nf7+ Kg8 47. N7h6+ Kh7 48. Nf7+ Kg8 49. Nxg5 Bxg5 50. Rxg5 $5 Be8 51. Kg2
R8a7 52. Rh1 Qf6 53. Nh6+ {This game got the beauty prize.} 1-0

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "2007.05.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2007.05.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Re1 Be7 10. Qf3 O-O 11. Bg5 d4 12. Na4 e5 13. b3 Nd7 $5 ({Known is} 
13... Be6) 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. c3 c5 $1 16. Rac1 Qd6 17. Qg3 Bb7 18. Rc2 Rac8 19.
Rec1 Qh6 20. Nb2 f5 $1 {Black shows ambition.} 21. exf5 {Topalov accepts the
pawn sacrifice.} e4 22. Bc4+ Kh8 23. cxd4 cxd4 24. Bf1 $1 Qxc1 $5 {Black
exchanges the queen for two rooks.} ({More solid is} 24... Rc6 $1 25. Rxc6 Bxc6
26. Rc4 Qf6 {(Mamedyarov).}) 25. Rxc1 Rxc1 26. Qf4 Rc5 27. g4 Ne5 $1 28. Nc4
Nf3+ 29. Kg2 Nh4+ $6 {Hereafter, Black has to struggle for survival.} (29... d3
$1 {makes a dangerous charge.}) 30. Kh3 Nxf5 31. b4 $1 ({Not} 31. gxf5 $2 Rcxf5
$1) 31... Rc6 32. gxf5 Rxf5 33. Qb8+ Bc8 34. Kg2 Rf8 35. Qe5 Rg6+ 36. Kh1 e3
37. Qe7 Rgf6 $5 38. Ne5 $1 exf2 ({Avoids} 38... Rxf2 $2 39. Bc4 e2 $2 40. Ng6+
$1 hxg6 41. Qh4# {(Mamedyarov).}) 39. h4 Be6 $1 40. Kh2 Bxa2 $1 41. Nd7 R6f7
42. Qc5 Re8 43. Qxd4 Rd8 44. Qb2 Rfxd7 45. Qxa2 Rd4 46. Kg3 Rxb4 47. Qxf2 {
White has no serious winning chances.} a5 48. h5 h6 49. Qf7 a4 50. Bc4 a3 {The
sacrifice on c4 will be alright as well.} 51. Qe7 Rdb8 52. Qd6 a2 $5 53. Bxa2
R4b6 54. Qd3 Rb2 55. Bc4 R2b4 56. Qd6 R4b6 57. Qd5 Rb4 58. Bd3 Rb3 59. Kf4 Rxd3
60. Qxd3 Rf8+ {Black draws easily.} 61. Ke5 Rf6 62. Qd8+ Kh7 63. Qxf6 gxf6+ 64.
Kxf6 Kh8 {The fight continued until the last pawn. Topalov remained at a level
score.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "2007.05.20"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2007.05.10"]

{When the final round began, Sasikiran led half-a-point before the field.} 1.
d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. a3 Bd6
9. cxd5 exd5 10. b4 Nbd7 11. b5 Ne4 12. Bb2 $5 {Topalov plays a new move.} Re8
13. a4 Re6 $5 14. Ne2 a5 (14... Rc8 {prepares ..c5.}) 15. Ba3 Rc8 $6 ({
Preferable is} 15... Bxa3 16. Rxa3 c5 17. bxc6 Rxc6) 16. Bxd6 $1 cxd6 {White
will have an advantage in the endgame. So he starts exchanging.} 17. Rc1 Ndf6
18. h3 Re7 19. Qb3 h6 20. Rxc8 Qxc8 21. Rc1 Rc7 22. Rxc7 Qxc7 23. Qc2 Qe7 $5 {
The swap of queens would be fine too.} 24. Qc1 g6 25. Nh2 Kg7 26. h4 {White
forces the black knights backwards.} Ne8 27. f3 N4f6 28. Nf1 h5 29. Nf4 Nd7 30.
Qe1 Nf8 31. Qg3 Kh6 $5 32. Nxh5 $5 {Topalov goes for the tactical victory.}
gxh5 33. Qg8 $1 f5 $1 34. Ng3 $1 Ng7 35. Bxf5 Ng6 36. Bxg6 Kxg6 37. Nxh5 $1 {
Black is upset by another knight sacrifice, but he has a satisfactory answer.}
Qxe3+ $1 ({The pointe is} 37... Kxh5 $4 38. Qh7#) 38. Kh2 Qe7 $2 {Sasikiran
does not see the great escape.} ({Right is} 38... Qxd4 $1 39. Kg3 (39. Kh3 Bc8+
40. Qxc8 Nxh5) 39... Kh6 $1 40. Qh8+ Kg6 41. Qg8 {and a repetition of
positions (Topalov).}) 39. Nf4+ $1 Kf6 40. g4 Qf7 41. Qd8+ Qe7 42. Qg8 Qf7 43.
Qd8+ Qe7 44. Qxe7+ $6 (44. Qxb6 $1 {wins quickly.}) 44... Kxe7 45. Kg3 Ne6 $5 (
45... Kf6 46. h5 $1 Kg5 47. Kf2 $1 Kh6 48. Kg2 Kg5 49. Kg3 {shows Topalov's
plan.} Ba8 $1 {Black loses  a tempo, but he places his bishop completely
offside.} 50. Ng6 $1 Ne6 51. f4+ Kh6 52. Kh4 Nxd4 53. g5+ Kh7 54. Ne7 Nf3+ 55.
Kg3 d4 56. Nc6 $1 {will probably win.}) 46. Nxe6 $1 {Topalov finds a wonderful
win.} Kxe6 47. f4 Bc8 48. f5+ Kf7 49. h5 Bd7 50. h6 Kg8 ({Or} 50... Bxb5 $5 51.
axb5 a4 52. g5 a3 53. g6+ Kg8 54. f6 a2 55. h7+ {and White wins.}) 51. Kf4 Be8
52. Kg5 $1 Kf7 53. h7 $1 Kg7 54. h8=Q+ Kxh8 55. Kf6 Bxb5 56. Ke7 Bd3 57. f6 Bg6
58. f7 Bxf7 59. Kxf7 {Topalov had won the game and the tournament. The final
standings became: Topalov 51/2, Mamedyarov, Nisipeanu, Kamsky and Sasikiran 5,
Adams 41/2. It was extremely close.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "35.Schachtage"]
[Date "2007.06.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C58"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2007.06.23"]

{35.Schachtage were played from 23 vi until 1 vii 2007. Eight players
participated. The seven decided games are presented.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.
Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Be2 {White plays a rare move.}
Nxd5 8. d4 Be7 $5 9. Nf3 exd4 10. Qxd4 Nf6 11. O-O Nc6 {Both knights have
returned.} 12. Qc4 O-O 13. Rd1 Qe8 $5 {Naiditsch makes an odd move.} (13... Bd6
14. Nc3 Re8 {is alright.}) 14. Nc3 Be6 15. Qf4 Rc8 16. a3 a6 17. h3 Bd6 18. Qh4
Ne7 19. Bd3 Bf5 $5 20. Bg5 $1 Bxd3 21. Rxd3 {White has a plus.} Ng6 22. Qd4 Nd7
23. Re1 Nde5 24. Nxe5 Bxe5 25. Qd5 Qc6 $6 26. Qxc6 bxc6 27. Na4 {The knight
will blockade on c5.} f6 28. Be3 Rfd8 29. Red1 Rd6 30. b3 Rcd8 $5 ({Preferable
is} 30... Rxd3 31. Rxd3 Bd6) 31. Nc5 $1 Rxd3 32. Nxd3 Bc3 33. Kf1 Kf8 34. Ke2
Ke8 $2 ({Correct is} 34... Ke7) 35. Nc5 $1 Rxd1 36. Kxd1 a5 37. Ne6 $1 {The
knight could not have moved to e6, if the king had gone to e7.} Ne7 38. Nxg7+
Kf7 39. Nh5 Nd5 40. Nf4 Bb2 41. Nxd5 cxd5 42. a4 c6 43. Ke2 Be5 44. Bb6 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "35.Schachtage"]
[Date "2007.06.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2007.06.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 d6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3
Bd7 9. a4 Be7 10. f4 O-O 11. Nb3 Rc8 12. a5 Nb4 13. Bf3 e5 14. Rf2 Qc7 15. Rd2
Be6 16. Bb6 $5 ({A fine move is} 16. Ra4 {(Nunn - Dzindzichashvili,
Thessaloniki 1984).}) 16... Qb8 17. f5 Bxb3 $5 18. cxb3 Nd7 $6 ({Preferable is
} 18... Nc6 $1 19. Bf2 $1 Bd8 {(Alekseev).}) 19. Be3 b5 20. axb6 Nxb6 21. Kh1
$5 Rc6 22. Be2 Qb7 23. Bf1 {Black suffers from the weakness of d5.} Rfc8 24.
Qg4 Nd7 25. Bc4 Nf6 26. Qf3 h6 27. Bf2 Rxc4 $2 {Black cannot do anything
useful. So he should have played a waiting move.} 28. bxc4 Rxc4 29. Bh4 {White
is going to win slowly but steadily.} Rd4 30. Rad1 $1 Nc6 31. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 32.
Nd5 $1 Bg5 33. Rxd4 Nxd4 34. Qa3 Qc6 35. Qc3 Qb5 36. b4 Qe2 37. Qd3 Qa2 {An
exchange of queens would be disastrous.} 38. Rf1 h5 39. g3 f6 40. Kg1 $5 h4 $5
({Or} 40... Ne2+ 41. Kh1 Nd4 42. h4 $1 {(Alekseev).}) 41. Rf2 Qa1+ 42. Kg2 Kh7
43. gxh4 Bf4 44. Kh3 Kh8 45. Ne7 {46.Qc4 will become fatal.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "35.Schachtage"]
[Date "2007.06.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2007.06.23"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. e4 Nxe4 8. Nxe4
dxe4 9. Qxe4 c5 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxe7 Qa5+ 12. Ke2 {I.Sokolov introduced this
move.} Kxe7 13. g3 cxd4 14. Bg2 Nf6 15. Qxd4 Rd8 16. Qf4 $5 ({Known is} 16. Qe3
) 16... Bd7 17. Ne5 Be8 $6 ({Better is} 17... Rac8 $1 18. Rhd1 Ba4 19. b3 Rc5
$1 20. Nd3 Rf5 {(Krasenkow).}) 18. Rhd1 Qb6 19. b3 Rxd1 $6 {Black spoils time.}
20. Rxd1 Rd8 21. Rxd8 Qxd8 (21... Kxd8 $5 22. Nd3 $1 Nd7 23. Qe4 {favours
White.}) 22. Bxb7 Qa5 23. Qe3 $1 (23. a4 $6 Qb6 24. Qf3 Bxa4 $1 25. bxa4 Qb2+
26. Kf1 Qxe5 27. Qa3+ {brings less advantage (Kramnik).}) 23... Qxa2+ 24. Kf1
Qa5 25. Bf3 Qb6 26. c5 Bb5+ 27. Kg2 Qc7 28. c6 a6 29. Qc5+ Ke8 30. b4 $1 {
White completes the restriction.} Nd5 $5 {Black sacrifices a pawn. If he
advances on the kingside instead, new weaknesses will arise.} 31. Bxd5 exd5 32.
Qxd5 Kf8 $1 33. f3 $1 f6 34. Nd7+ Ke7 35. Qg8 Kd6 36. Nc5 $5 Qe7 $1 {Black
starts counter-play.} 37. Qc8 $1 Bxc6 38. Qxa6 Qe3 39. Qd3+ {Kramnik takes no
chances before the time control.} Qxd3 40. Nxd3 {He has an extra pawn in the
ending.} Be8 ({Or} 40... Kd5 41. Nf4+ Kc4 42. Nh5 {(Kramnik).}) 41. Kf2 Kd5 42.
Nf4+ Kc4 43. Ne6 Kxb4 $2 (43... g6 $1 44. Ke3 {(Kramnik)} h6 $1 45. Nf8 Kd5 $1
{makes a white win difficult.}) 44. Nxg7 Bf7 45. Nf5 Kc5 46. Nh6 $1 Bb3 47. Ng4
f5 48. Nf6 h6 49. Ke3 Kd6 50. Kf4 Ke6 51. Ng8 $1 Bc2 ({Or} 51... h5 52. Kg5)
52. Nxh6 Kf6 53. g4 fxg4 54. fxg4 Kg6 55. Nf5 Bd3 56. h4 Be2 57. h5+ Kh7 58.
Kg5 Bd3 59. Kh4 Kg8 60. Nd6 Kg7 61. g5 Bc2 62. Nc4 {White will move 63.Ne5 and
64.g6!   Kramnik played a wonderful positional game.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "35.Schachtage"]
[Date "2007.06.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2007.06.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. d4
Bb6 9. a4 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Qxa8 13. d5 Na5 14. Bc2 c6 15.
dxc6 Qxc6 16. Re1 $5 (16. Bg5 {happened in Majdan - Stefanova, Kusadusi 2006.})
16... h6 $5 17. Qe2 O-O 18. Na3 Nc4 19. Nxc4 bxc4 20. g4 Bg6 21. Nh4 d5 $6 {
Black makes a premature move.} ({Better is} 21... Bh7) 22. exd5 Nxd5 23. Be4 $6
Qc5 $6 {The pawn sacrifice favours White.} (23... Bxe4 $1 24. Qxe4 Qc5 {takes
the initiative (Anand).}) 24. Bxd5 Qxd5 25. Qxe5 Qxe5 26. Rxe5 Bd3 27. Nf5 Ra8
28. Kg2 Ra5 29. Re8+ Kh7 30. Nd6 f6 31. Be3 Ra6 32. Nb5 Bxe3 33. Rxe3 Rb6 34.
Nd4 Rxb2 35. Re7 h5 36. Ne6 hxg4 37. Rxg7+ Kh6 38. hxg4 Re2 39. Re7 Be4+ $4 {
Black loses time.} ({Right is} 39... Rc2 $1 40. Nf8 Rxc3 41. f4 Rb3 {and Black
survives.}) 40. Kg3 Rc2 41. Nf8 Bd3 ({The pointe is} 41... Rxc3+ 42. Kh4 $1 Bg6
43. f4 $1 {and Black will be mated (Anand).}) 42. f4 Rc1 43. Rf7 Rg1+ 44. Kh3
Rh1+ 45. Kg2 Be4+ 46. Kf2 Rh3 47. Ne6 Rf3+ 48. Ke2 Kg6 49. Rg7+ Kh6 50. f5 Rxc3
51. Rg6+ Kh7 52. Rxf6 Bf3+ 53. Kf2 Bxg4 54. Ng5+ Kg8 55. Rg6+ Kf8 56. Nh7+ Kf7
57. Rxg4 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "35.Schachtage"]
[Date "2007.06.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2007.06.23"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. e3 Nb4 12. Bxb4 Bxb4 13. a3 Be7 14. Nbd2 Rc8 15.
b4 a5 16. Ne5 Nd5 $2 ({Theory is} 16... Bxg2 17. Kxg2 c6) 17. Nb3 $1 {White
sacrifices a pawn temporarily.} axb4 18. Na5 Ba8 19. Nac6 Bxc6 20. Nxc6 Qd7 21.
Bxd5 $1 exd5 22. axb4 {Kramnik has a decisive positional advantage.} Rfe8 ({Or
} 22... Ra8 23. Ra5 $1 Rxa5 24. bxa5 Ra8 25. a6 $1 {(Marin).}) 23. Ra5 Bf8 24.
Ne5 $5 Qe6 25. Rxb5 Rb8 $5 26. Rxb8 Rxb8 27. Qxc7 Bd6 (27... Rxb4 28. Ra1 $1 f6
29. Nd7 Qe4 30. Qc8 Rb1+ 31. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 32. Kg2 Qe4+ 33. f3 {also wins for
White.}) 28. Qa5 Bxb4 29. Rb1 $1 Qd6 30. Qa4 {Kramnik took the lead.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "35.Schachtage"]
[Date "2007.06.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2007.06.23"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne2 a6 11. e4 e5 12. Bg5 h6 $5 (12... c5 {occurred in
Dyckhoff - Spielmann, Munich 1921.}) 13. Bh4 c5 $1 14. d5 c4 15. Bc2 Nc5 16.
Nd2 g5 $5 17. Bg3 Nh5 18. b3 cxb3 19. Nxb3 Bg4 $1 20. Qd2 Rc8 21. Nxc5 Rxc5 22.
f3 $6 ({Preferable is} 22. Bd3 Qb6 {(Leko)} 23. Rac1) 22... Nxg3 $1 23. Nxg3
Bd7 24. Nf5 $5 Bxf5 25. exf5 Kg7 26. Be4 Qb6 27. Kh1 b4 28. Qd1 $6 (28. Rac1
Rfc8 29. Rxc5 Rxc5 30. Qf2 {defends solidly.}) 28... Rfc8 29. Qa4 Kf6 30. Rab1
Ra5 31. Qd7 $5 (31. Qb3 Qd4 32. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 33. Rxc1 Qd2 {brings a strong black
attack (Leko).}) 31... Qc7 32. Qxc7 Rxc7 {Black has a great endgame.} 33. Rf2
Ra3 34. g4 Rcc3 35. Rfb2 (35. Kg2 $5 a5 36. Rh1 a4 37. h4 $1 {starts a
counteraction.}) 35... a5 $1 36. Rb3 a4 $1 37. Rxc3 Rxc3 38. Kg2 Bc5 39. Kf1 b3
40. axb3 a3 $1 41. Ra1 ({Or} 41. b4 Bxb4 $1) 41... Rxb3 42. Ra2 Rc3 43. Ke2 Ke7
44. Kd1 Bd4 45. Kd2 f6 46. Bd3 Kd6 47. Be4 Kc5 48. h3 Kd6 49. Kd1 Bc5 50. Rc2
Rb3 51. Ra2 Bb4 52. Kc2 (52. Ke2 Rc3 $1 {also wins for Black.}) 52... Re3 $1 {
Leko defeats the defence.} 53. Kb1 Re1+ 54. Kc2 Re3 55. Kb1 Kc5 $1 56. Rc2+ Bc3
57. Ka2 Kb4 58. Rc1 Re2+ 59. Bc2 Rd2 60. Rb1+ Kc4 61. Rc1 Kb4 62. Rb1+ Bb2 63.
Be4 Ka4 64. Rd1 Rf2 65. Kb1 Kb3 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "35.Schachtage"]
[Date "2007.06.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2007.06.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Qa4 Nd7 7. Qxc4 Nb6 8.
Qb5 a6 9. Qd3 e5 10. Nxe5 Nb4 11. Qd1 $5 {Kramnik plays another novelty in the
Catalan.} ({Known is} 11. Qc3) 11... Qxd4 12. Qxd4 Nc2+ 13. Kd1 Nxd4 {Kramnik
has moved to the endgame quickly.} 14. Be3 Nf5 $1 15. Bxb6 cxb6 16. Nc3 Bc5 17.
e3 O-O 18. Ke2 Re8 19. Nd3 Rb8 {He prepares the development of the queen's
bishop.} 20. Rhc1 $5 Be6 21. Bd5 Bd7 $6 ({More solid is} 21... Bd6) 22. Ne4 Bf8
23. Rc7 Rbd8 24. Nc3 $6 (24. Bxb7 Re7 25. Ke1 {gains a plus.}) 24... Nd4+ 25.
Kd2 Be6 $1 26. exd4 Bxd5 27. Nxd5 Rxd5 28. Rxb7 b5 {White cannot defend his
extra pawn. So Black will equalise eventually.} 29. a4 $5 Rxd4 30. axb5 Red8 $1
31. bxa6 Rxd3+ 32. Ke1 {White has sacrificed a knight for two pawns.} Re8+ 33.
Kf1 Rdd8 34. a7 Ra8 35. b4 Re7 36. Rxe7 Bxe7 37. b5 Bc5 $2 (37... Bd8 $1 38.
Ra6 Kf8 39. b6 Bxb6 40. Rxb6 Rxa7 {draws (Kramnik).}) 38. Rc1 Bd4 39. Rc4 $1
Bxa7 (39... Bb6 40. Rc6 $1 Bxa7 41. Ra6 {does the same trick.}) 40. Ra4 Rb8 41.
Rxa7 Kf8 $6 (41... f6 $1 42. Ra5 Kf7 43. Ke2 Ke6 44. Kd3 Kd5 $1 45. Kc3 Kc5 46.
Ra7 g5 47. Rxh7 Rxb5 {grabs the last chance (Marin).}) 42. Ra5 Ke7 43. Ke2 Rb6
44. Kd3 Rd6+ 45. Kc4 Rd2 46. b6 Kd6 47. Rb5 Rc2+ {The final standings became:
Kramnik 5/7, Alekseev, Leko and Anand 4, Mamedyarov 31/2, Carlsen 3, Gelfand
21/2, Naiditsch 2. Kramnik had won the Dortmunder Schachtage for the eighth
time, a phenomenal achievement.} (47... Rc2+ 48. Kd4 $1 Rc8 49. Rd5+ $1 Ke6 50.
Rc5 Rb8 51. Rc6+ Kd7 52. Kc5 {wins for White.}) 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 70"]
[Date "2008.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

{The seventieth tournament was another top event. World champion Anand
competed with the young men Aronian, Carlson and Radjabov.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6
3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10.
O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bg7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bd6 a6 14. Re1 $5 (14. a4 {was played
in Radjabov - Anand, Mainz 2006.}) 14... Bf8 15. Bg3 Bg7 16. Bd6 Bf8 17. Bxf8
$5 Rxf8 18. b3 b4 19. Na4 c3 20. a3 a5 21. d5 $1 Qe7 $6 ({Preferable is} 21...
cxd5 22. Bb5 Ke7 $1) 22. d6 Qf6 23. e5 $1 {Black loses a tempo.} Qf4 $1 ({Not} 
23... Nxe5 $2 24. Nc5 $1) ({nor} 23... Qxe5 $2 24. Ba6 $1) 24. Bd3 bxa3 25. Qe2
Qd2 26. Rxa3 Qxe2 $6 ({Wiser is} 26... f6 27. exf6 Rxf6) 27. Rxe2 g4 28. Nxc3
Rg8 29. Ne4 Kd8 30. Nd2 c5 $2 ({Anand analyses} 30... Rg5 $1 31. f4 gxf3 32.
Nxf3 Rg4) 31. Bb5 Bd5 32. Nc4 Rg5 33. Rea2 $1 Nxe5 34. Nb6 Rb8 35. Rxa5 $1 Be4
36. Ra7 f6 37. R2a6 Rg8 38. Rc7 Rf8 39. Rxc5 $2 (39. Re7 $1 {aims the attack
on the king.}) 39... Rf7 40. d7 $1 Nxd7 41. Nxd7 Rxd7 42. Bxd7 Kxd7 43. Rc3 f5
44. Ra7+ Kd6 45. Rh7 Bd5 46. Rxh6 Bxb3 47. h3 gxh3 48. Rhxh3 Bd5 49. Rc2 Ke5
50. f3 Kf6 51. Kf2 Rb4 52. Re2 Kg6 53. Kg3 Ra4 54. Rh4 Ra7 55. Rb2 Kf6 56. Rhb4
Ke5 57. Re2+ Kf6 58. Rd2 Ke5 59. Re2+ Kf6 60. Kf4 Ra3 61. Rd2 Ra5 62. Re2 Ra3
63. Kg3 Ra8 (63... Ra7 $1 {drawn (Anand).}) 64. Rc2 Ke5 65. Rh4 Rg8+ 66. Kh2
Ra8 67. Re2+ Kf6 68. f4 $1 Ke7 69. Rh7+ Kd6 $2 {Square f6 becomes available.} (
{Right is} 69... Kf6 $1 {(Anand).}) 70. Kg3 Rg8+ 71. Kh3 $1 Rg4 72. g3 Rg8 73.
Rd2 Rc8 74. Kh4 Rc3 75. Rg7 Ra3 76. Rc2 Bc6 77. Rc1 Rb3 78. Rg1 Bd5 79. Kg5 Kc5
80. Kf6 Kd4 81. Re1 Rb6 82. Rd7 Rc6 83. Ke7 Ra6 84. Rd6 Ra7+ 85. Kf6 {The
world champion started with a defeat.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 70"]
[Date "2008.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. c5 Nbd7 7. Bd3 e5 8. Nxe5
Nxe5 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. f4 Bxc5 11. Qf3 Qb6 12. Ke2 Nh6 13. h3 {Boris likes to
play the Gelfand Variation.} Nf5 $5 14. g4 Ne7 15. Bd2 $5 O-O 16. Rac1 f6 $1
17. exf6 Rxf6 18. e4 Bd4 19. exd5 cxd5 20. Kd1 Rf7 21. Re1 Bb7 22. Qe2 Ng6 23.
Bxg6 hxg6 $5 24. Qe6 Rd8 25. Qxb6 Bxb6 26. Re6 Ba7 $1 27. Ne2 d4 $1 {Black
keeps an edge.} 28. Ng3 d3 29. Rxg6 $4 {This move costs a piece.} (29. Ne4 $1
Bd5 30. Rd6 Rxd6 31. Rc8+ $1 Rf8 32. Nxd6 Rxc8 33. Nxc8 Bf3+ 34. Ke1 Bc5 35. b4
Bg1 36. f5 $1 gxf5 37. Ne7+ Kf7 38. Nxf5 {fights for survival.}) 29... Bf2 $1 {
Black threatens mate in one.} 30. Ba5 Bxg3 $1 (30... Bxg3 31. Bxd8 Bf3+ 32. Kd2
Bxf4+ 33. Kxd3 Rd7+ {wins easily.}) 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 70"]
[Date "2008.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bf4 Ng4 $5 {Radjabov postpones the exchange on d5.} 10. Qd2 Na6 11. a3 Nc7
12. f3 Ne5 13. O-O exd5 14. cxd5 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 b6 16. Qd2 Kh7 17. Ng3 Ba6 18.
Rfe1 Re8 19. a4 Bc4 20. Nf1 Bxf1 21. Rxf1 a6 22. Bg3 Qd7 23. Rae1 (23. Rfe1 $1
{moves the right bishop.}) 23... b5 $1 24. f4 $2 {White weakens his pawn
centre.} (24. a5 b4 25. Nd1) 24... b4 25. Nd1 f5 26. exf5 Qxf5 27. Ne3 Rxe3 $1
28. Rxe3 Bd4 29. Bf2 Bxe3 30. Bxe3 Nxd5 31. Rd1 Re8 $5 32. Bf2 $2 ({
Commentators mention} 32. Qxd5 Qxd5 33. Rxd5 Rxe3 34. Rxd6 Re2 {but} 35. Rxa6 (
{or} 35. b3 c4 $1) 35... Rxb2 36. Ra7+ Kg8 37. a5 c4 38. a6 Ra2 $1 39. Rb7 c3 {
wins for Black.}) 32... Nxf4 33. Qxd6 Qe4 {Radjabov had won in another King's
Indian Defence.} 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 70"]
[Date "2008.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

{The round started with a minute of silence for the deceased Bobby Fischer.} 1.
d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5
Nc6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. e3 Qf6 $5 ({Theory is} 10... Bf5 $1 11. Bd3 Qg5 {
(Bromberger - Van den Doel, Bundesliga 2000).}) 11. f3 $1 Qh4+ 12. g3 Nxg3 13.
Qf2 Nf5 14. Qxh4 Nxh4 15. b4 a6 $6 ({Better is} 15... f6 $1 16. Bb2 Kf7 17. Kf2
Ne5) 16. Kf2 $1 Ne5 17. Bb2 f6 18. Rd1 Be6 19. Ne2 $1 {White continues his
development in a smart way.} Bf7 $5 ({The pointe is} 19... Nhxf3 $6 20. Nf4 Bf7
21. Bg2 Nh4 22. Bxd5) 20. Rg1 Nc4 $2 ({More useful is} 20... Rg8) 21. Bc1 g5
22. Nc3 O-O-O 23. e4 dxe4 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Nxe4 Kc7 {The black position
falls apart.} ({Or} 25... Ne5 26. f4 $1 Nef3 27. Rg3) 26. Nxf6 h6 27. f4 $1 Nd2
28. Be2 Nb3 29. Be3 Nd4 30. Bxd4 Rxd4 31. fxg5 Rf4+ 32. Ke1 $1 hxg5 33. Nh7 $1
Bd5 34. Nxg5 Kc6 35. Rf1 Rxf1+ 36. Bxf1 a5 37. Kd2 axb4 38. axb4 b6 39. cxb6
Kxb6 40. Bd3 Bc6 41. Kc3 Bd7 42. Be4 Bg4 43. Nf7 Bf3 44. Bd3 Bc6 45. Ne5 Bd5
46. Ng6 Ng2 47. Kd4 Bb7 48. h4 Bf3 49. Bf1 Ne1 50. Ne5 Nc2+ 51. Kc3 Be4 52. h5
{Carlsen scored his third win and took the lead.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 70"]
[Date "2008.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "219"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bg7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bd6 a6 14. a4 e5 15. Bg4
exd4 16. e5 c5 17. Re1 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 O-O 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Ne2 f5 21. Bh5 f4
22. b4 cxb3 23. Qxb3 Qd5 24. Qh3 Bc8 {All these sharp moves in the Slav
Defence are known.} 25. Nc3 $1 {Knamnik has prepared a fine novelty.} (25. Qd3
{occurred in Radjabow - Anand, Mainz 2006.}) 25... dxc3 ({The pointe is} 25...
Bxh3 $2 26. Nxd5 Bf5 27. Re7+ Kh8 28. Nc7 {(Kramnik).}) 26. Qxc3+ Qd4 27. Qf3
Ra7 28. axb5 Qf6 $6 (28... Rf6 $5 29. Rad1 Qc4 30. Rd8 {favours White
according to Kramnik.} {But} Bf5 $1 31. Qa3 Qxb5 {seems to give defensive
opportunities.}) 29. Qa3 $1 Qb6 30. Qc3+ Kg8 31. Re5 Qf6 32. Qxc5 Rd7 33. h4 $1
gxh4 34. Bg4 $6 (34. bxa6 $1 Bxa6 35. Bg4 Rd6 36. Rae1 {develops a strong
attack (Kramnik).}) 34... Rdd8 35. Bxc8 Rxc8 36. Qd5+ Qf7 37. bxa6 $6 (37. Re6
$1 a5 38. Rxa5 Rcd8 {(Kramnik)} 39. Qe4 $1 Rde8 40. Raa6 Rxe6 41. Rxe6 Qf5 42.
Qc4 {wins for White.}) 37... Qxd5 38. Rxd5 Rf7 39. a7 Ra8 40. Rda5 Kh7 41. R1a3
h3 $1 42. gxh3 f3 $1 43. Kh2 Rg7 $1 44. h4 Rg2+ 45. Kh3 Rg7 $1 46. Ra6 Rf7 47.
R3a5 Rg7 48. h5 Rf7 49. Kg4 Rg8+ 50. Kh3 Ra8 51. Kg4 Rg8+ 52. Rg6 Ra8 53. Raa6
Raxa7 54. Rxh6+ Kg8 55. Rag6+ Rg7 56. Kxf3 Rxg6 57. Rxg6+ Kf7 {The players
have reached a theoretical draw.} 58. Rg4 Ra1 59. Kg3 Rh1 60. Rh4 Ra1 61. Rb4
Kg7 62. Rb6 Rg1+ 63. Kf4 Rh1 64. Kg5 Rg1+ 65. Kf5 Rh1 66. h6+ Kh7 67. Ra6 Rf1
68. f4 Rb1 69. Re6 Ra1 70. Rf6 Re1 71. Kg4 Ra1 72. f5 Rg1+ 73. Kf4 Rf1+ 74. Ke5
Re1+ 75. Kd6 Rf1 76. Ke7 Rf2 77. Rf8 Re2+ 78. Kf7 Ra2 79. Rd8 Ra7+ ({Or} 79...
Kxh6 $1 80. f6 Ra7+ 81. Ke8 Kg6) 80. Kf6 Ra1 81. Rd2 Rb1 82. Ra2 Rb3 83. Rh2
Rb1 84. Rh4 Rb8 85. Kg5 Rg8+ 86. Kf4 Ra8 87. Kg5 Rg8+ 88. Kf6 Ra8 89. Re4 Ra1
90. Re8 Ra2 91. Re1 Ra3 92. Rh1 Ra2 93. Kg5 Rg2+ 94. Kf4 Rf2+ 95. Ke4 Re2+ 96.
Kf3 Ra2 97. Ke4 Re2+ 98. Kd4 Rd2+ 99. Ke3 Ra2 100. f6 $1 Ra7 101. Rf1 Kg6 102.
Ke4 Ra4+ 103. Kd5 $1 {Aronian has to find two difficult moves.} Kf7 $2 (103...
Ra5+ $1 104. Kc6 Ra7 $1) 104. Rh1 $1 Ra5+ 105. Kc4 Ra4+ 106. Kb5 Ra8 107. h7
Rh8 108. Rh6 $1 Rb8+ 109. Kc6 Rc8+ 110. Kd6 {Kramnik was competing for the
first place.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 70"]
[Date "2008.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. d5 O-O 6. Bg2 d6 7. Nf3 e6 8. O-O
exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. Nd2 b6 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. h3 $5 ({Aronian diverts from} 12.
Nc4) 12... Ba6 $5 13. Qa4 $1 Bd3 $5 ({The pointe is} 13... Qc8 $5 14. Nde4 $1
Nxe4 15. Nxe4 b5 16. Qd1 {(Aronian).}) 14. Nf1 b5 $5 15. Qd1 $1 (15. Nxb5 $2
Nb6 16. Qa5 Rxe2 {favours Black.}) 15... Bc4 {Black develops his queenside in
a spectacular way.} 16. Nd2 Nb6 17. Nxc4 Nxc4 18. Nxb5 Qa5 19. a4 $6 Nd7 $2 (
19... Ne4 $1 20. e3 a6 21. Na3 Nxb2 {takes the initiative.}) 20. Bf4 Bxb2 21.
Rb1 Be5 $1 22. Qc1 $1 a6 $6 {Radjabov gives a pawn but be does not get enough
compensation.} ({Better is} 22... Bxf4 $1 23. gxf4 $1 Nd2 $1 24. Nxd6 Nxb1 25.
Nxe8 Rxe8 26. Qxb1 Rb8 $1 {and Black has a counteraction.}) 23. Qxc4 axb5 24.
axb5 Nb6 25. Qc1 c4 26. Bxe5 Rxe5 27. e4 Ree8 28. Re3 Qa2 29. h4 Nd7 30. Rc3
Nb6 31. h5 Re5 32. h6 f5 33. exf5 Rxf5 34. Rc2 Qa3 35. Qd2 Qc5 36. Bh3 Rf3 37.
Rc3 Rf6 38. Be6+ Kh8 39. Re3 Raf8 40. Qb2 Na4 41. Qa3 Rxf2 42. Qxc5 dxc5 43.
Ra3 Nb6 44. Rd1 R2f6 45. Rda1 g5 46. Ra6 $1 c3 47. Rxb6 c2 48. Rc6 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 70"]
[Date "2008.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
h5 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nbd7 11. Qd2 g6 12. O-O-O Nb6 $5 13. Qa5 {White has a
pleasant game.} Bh6 14. Bxh6 Rxh6 15. Kb1 Rc8 16. Qb4 $1 Kf8 $6 ({The
intention is} 16... Nfxd5 $5 17. Rxd5 Nxd5 18. Qd2 {(Anand)} {and now} Qc7 $1
19. c4 $1 Nf4 20. g3 b5 $1 21. cxb5 Ne6 {leads to chances for both players.})
17. c4 Kg7 18. g3 $1 Rh8 19. Rc1 Qc7 20. Bh3 $1 Rce8 21. Rhd1 Re7 22. a3 Rd8
23. Nd2 Nbd7 24. Qc3 a5 $2 {Passivity becomes fatal for Black.} ({The faint by
} 24... Nc5 $1 25. b4 Ncd7 26. g4 hxg4 27. fxg4 a5 {brings timely counter-play
(Anand).}) 25. Bxd7 Nxd7 26. f4 Nf6 27. Rf1 b6 28. h3 Qd7 29. f5 $1 Rf8 30. Qe3
$1 e4 $5 31. g4 $1 hxg4 32. hxg4 Re5 ({Or} 32... Nxg4 $2 33. Qg5 Nf6 34. Rh1 $1
) 33. Rf4 Qd8 34. g5 $1 Nh5 35. f6+ Kg8 36. Rxe4 Rfe8 37. Ka2 $1 a4 38. Rc3 Qc7
39. Qd4 Qc5 40. Qxc5 {Carlsen kept the lead.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 70"]
[Date "2008.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

{The players do not shake hands, but make no trouble during the game.} 1. d4 d5
2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2
Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bg7 12. Nxf7 $5 {This great novelty was suggested by
Cheparinov. It has been investigated three years ago. They analysed deeply.}
Kxf7 13. e5 Nd5 14. Ne4 Ke7 15. Nd6 {White has a strong attack for the piece.}
Qb6 (15... Rb8 $1 {will be tried in a later game.}) 16. Bg4 Raf8 17. Qc2 Qxd4
$6 ({Topalov prefers} 17... Rhg8 $5) 18. Qg6 $1 Qxg4 19. Qxg7+ Kd8 20. Nxb7+
Kc8 21. a4 $1 b4 22. Rac1 c3 23. bxc3 b3 $2 ({Better is} 23... Rhg8 $1 {
(Krasenkov)}) 24. c4 $1 Rfg8 25. Nd6+ Kc7 26. Qf7 Rf8 27. cxd5 $2 {The queen
sacrifice does not suffice.} ({A win brings} 27. h3 $1 Rxf7 28. hxg4 Nf4 29.
Nxf7 Ne2+ 30. Kh2 Nxc1 31. Rxc1 b2 32. Rb1 Rb8 33. f4 gxf4 34. Bf2 {(Krasenkov)
.}) 27... Rxf7 28. Rxc6+ Kb8 29. Nxf7 Re8 $2 ({Right is} 29... Qe2 $3 30. Rc3 (
{the pointe is} 30. Nxh8 $2 Qxf1+ 31. Kxf1 b2) 30... b2 31. Rb3+ {and White
can draw (Krasenkov).}) 30. Nd6 $1 Rh8 31. Rc4 Qe2 32. dxe6 Nb6 33. Rb4 Ka8 34.
e7 $6 Nd5 $1 35. Rxb3 Nxe7 36. Rfb1 Nd5 37. h3 h5 38. Nf7 $1 Rc8 39. e6 a6 40.
Nxg5 h4 41. Bd6 Rg8 42. R3b2 Qd3 43. e7 Nf6 44. Be5 Nd7 45. Ne6 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 70"]
[Date "2008.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. Nf3 d6 8. g3
Bg7 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. Rb1 Qa5 11. Bd2 Nb6 12. b3 Qa3 13. O-O O-O 14. Ne1 Bb7 15.
Nc2 Qa6 $5 {Black nearly has an equal game in the Volga gambit.} 16. e4 $1 Ne8
$6 (16... e6 {puts pressure on the centre.}) 17. a4 $1 Nc7 18. Re1 Rae8 $2 {
This rook should stay on the queenside.} 19. b4 $1 Nd7 20. Nb5 $5 Rc8 {Carlsen
does not win back the pawn twice.} 21. Bh3 $1 f5 (21... Qxa4 $5 22. Nc3 $1 Bxc3
23. Bxc3 {leads to a positional advantage for White.}) 22. Bg5 $1 {Black loses
the battle in the central area.} Ne5 $5 23. bxc5 Qxa4 24. Nxc7 Rxc7 25. c6 $1
Bc8 26. exf5 Rxf5 $5 27. f4 $1 {Van Wely has a won position.} Nc4 28. Rb4 Qa7+
29. Kg2 Qc5 30. Rb8 Nb2 $5 31. Qf3 $1 Qxc2+ $5 32. Re2 Qb1 33. Bxf5 Qxf5 34. g4
Qf7 35. Bxe7 h5 36. Bxd6 hxg4 37. Qe4 Kh7 38. Bxc7 Bf5 39. Qe3 $2 {Both
players experience time troubles.} (39. Qe7 $1 Qxd5+ 40. Kg1 {wins quickly.})
39... Qxd5+ 40. Kg3 $4 {Poor Loek makes the losing move.} (40. Kg1 $1 Bd4 41.
Rh8+ $1 Kxh8 42. Be5+ Qxe5 43. fxe5 Bxe3+ 44. Rxe3 {keeps winning chances.})
40... Nc4 $1 41. Qf2 $6 (41. Qb3 $5 Qh1 $1 42. Be5 Qg1+ $1 {also wins for
Black.}) 41... Qd3+ 42. Kg2 Be4+ 43. Rxe4 Qxe4+ 44. Kf1 Qd3+ 45. Qe2 Nd2+ 46.
Ke1 Nf3+ 47. Kf1 Nxh2+ $1 48. Ke1 Bc3+ 49. Kf2 g3+ {Carlsen was very lucky and
led by 6 1/2 points.} 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 70"]
[Date "2008.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. c5 Nbd7 7. Bd3 e5 8. Nxe5
Nxe5 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. f4 Bxc5 11. Qf3 Qb6 12. Ke2 Nh6 13. h3 Nf5 $5 14. g4 Ne7
15. Rb1 $5 ({Gelfand played} 15. Bd2 {against Aronian in round two.}) 15... a5
16. e4 $5 Bb7 17. f5 $5 Bd4 18. exd5 Bxe5 19. Be3 Qc7 20. Rbc1 $6 b4 $1 21.
dxc6 Bxc6 22. Ne4 Rd8 $2 {Black selects the wrong development.} (22... O-O $1
23. f6 Nd5 {gains an edge (Van Wely).}) 23. f6 $1 Nd5 $1 24. Rxc6 $1 Qxc6 25.
Rc1 Qd7 $2 {This move costs the queen.} (25... Qb7 $1 26. fxg7 Bxg7 {(Van Wely)
} 27. Bc5 $1 Be5 {leads to a complicated battle.}) 26. Nd6+ $1 Qxd6 27. Bb5+
Kf8 28. Bc5 Nf4+ 29. Ke1 gxf6 30. Bxd6+ Rxd6 31. Rc8+ Kg7 32. Rxh8 Kxh8 33. Qb7
Kg7 34. Be8 Kh6 35. Qxf7 Ng6 36. Qb3 Nf4 37. Qg8 Rd4 38. h4 $1 Ng2+ 39. Ke2
Nxh4 40. g5+ fxg5 41. Qe6+ {Aronian took the lead by 7/11.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 70"]
[Date "2008.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

{Anand has been trailing for several rounds. The world champion needs a win on
his way to a general victory.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3
a6 6. Be2 e6 7. a4 Nc6 8. O-O Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3 Rb8
13. Qd2 Bf8 14. Qf2 $5 Bd7 15. g4 e5 16. Nf5 exf4 17. Bxf4 $1 {Carlsen gains a
plus.} ({Known is} 17. Bb6) 17... Be6 18. Rad1 Ne5 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. g5 Nd7 21.
Nd5 Qc6 22. Bg2 Qc5 $5 23. Qh4 $5 Qxc2 $1 {Anand accepts the challenge.} 24.
Rc1 Qxa4 (24... Qxb2 $5 25. Rc3 g6 26. Rh3 h5 27. gxh6 {leads to great
complications (Anand).}) 25. b3 $5 Qa5 $2 {Black allows a charge on his king.}
(25... Qxb3 $1 26. Rc3 Bxd5 $1 27. Rxb3 Bxb3 {stops the white attack (Anand).})
26. Rc3 g6 27. Rh3 h5 28. Bf3 $2 {Carlsen misses a great opportunity.} (28. Ng3
$3 Qd2 $1 29. Nxh5 gxh5 30. Qxh5 Bg7 31. Rhf3 $1 {brings a strong white attack.
}) 28... Bxd5 29. exd5 Bg7 30. Bxh5 gxf5 31. Bxf7+ Kxf7 32. g6+ Kg8 33. Qh7+ $2
{Carlsen has bad luck during the attack.} (33. Rxf5 Qxd5+ 34. Rhf3 Qxf3+ 35.
Rxf3 Nf8 36. Qc4+ {gives equal chances (Anand).}) 33... Kf8 34. Rxf5+ Ke7 35.
Qxg7+ Kd6 $1 36. Rf7 Qxd5+ 37. Kg1 Rbd8 38. Rh7 Qd4+ 39. Kg2 Qg4+ 40. Kh1 Rg8
$1 41. Rf6+ Kc7 42. Qe7 Qe4+ {Carlsen, Anand and Radjabov shared the second
place.} 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 70"]
[Date "2008.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
d6 9. Rd1 a6 10. Ng5 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 Nc6 12. Qf4 O-O 13. Nce4 Ne8 14. b3 Ra7 15.
Bb2 Rd7 {Although Carlsen does not remember the theory, he has played known
moves so far.} 16. Rac1 Nc7 $1 ({Magnus diverts from} 16... Qa8) 17. Nf3 f5 18.
Nc3 g5 19. Qd2 g4 20. Ne1 Bg5 21. e3 Rff7 22. Kg1 Ne8 23. Ne2 Nf6 24. Nf4 Qe8
25. Qc3 Rg7 26. b4 Ne4 27. Qb3 Rge7 28. Qa4 $6 {Kramnik becomes active on the
wrong flank.} Ne5 $1 29. Qxa6 $2 Ra7 $1 30. Qb5 {Vladimir suffers from a flue
and offers a draw.} ({At first he has missed} 30. Qxb6 Reb7 31. Qd4 Bf6 $1 {
and White will lose his queen.}) 30... Qxb5 31. cxb5 Rxa2 {Carlsen smells
blood.} 32. Rc8+ Kf7 33. Nfd3 Bf6 34. Nxe5+ dxe5 35. Rc2 Rea7 36. Kg2 Ng5 37.
Rd6 $2 {He neglects his defence.} ({Preferable is} 37. Rdd2) 37... e4 $1 38.
Bxf6 Kxf6 39. Kf1 Ra1 40. Ke2 Rb1 {Black has a decisive attack.} 41. Rd1 Rxb4
42. Ng2 Rxb5 43. Nf4 Rc5 44. Rb2 b5 45. Kf1 Rac7 46. Rbb1 Rb7 47. Rb4 Rc4 48.
Rb2 b4 49. Rdb1 Nf3 50. Kg2 Rd7 $1 51. h3 e5 52. Ne2 Rd2 53. hxg4 fxg4 54. Rxd2
Nxd2 55. Rb2 Nf3 56. Kf1 b3 57. Kg2 Rc2 {Carlsen and Aronian shared the lead,
half-a-point before Anand and Radjabov.} 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 70"]
[Date "2008.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

{The games Carlsen - Radjabov and Polgar - Aronian ended in long but
uneventful draws. Anand wanted to catch up with Carlsen and Aronian and made a
serious winning attempt against Kramnik during the last round.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3
Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9.
O-O-O Nc5 10. Be3 Re8 11. Bc4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Nxe6 13. h4 Qd7 14. Qd5 Qc6 15. Qf5
Qc4 16. Kb1 g6 17. Qh3 h5 18. Nd2 Qe2 19. Rde1 Qg4 20. Qh2 d5 21. f3 Qa4 22. g4
Bd6 23. Qf2 hxg4 $5 (23... Ng7 {drew in Svidler - Kramnik, Mexico 2007.}) 24.
fxg4 Qxg4 {Vladimir has accepted the pawn and faces an attack.} 25. Reg1 Qh5
26. Nf3 Re7 27. Bg5 Ree8 28. Be3 Re7 29. Bg5 Rd7 $5 {Who wants to win?} 30. Nd4
Nxd4 31. Qxd4 Bf8 32. Qe3 c6 33. Qh3 Rd6 34. Bf4 Re6 35. Rg5 Qh8 36. h5 $1 Rae8
37. Bd2 Bc5 38. Rg3 Re2 39. Kc1 $1 Qg7 40. a3 Bd6 41. Rgg1 Bc5 42. Rg3 Bd6 43.
Rg4 $1 R8e6 $2 {Kramnik makes a mistake at last.} (43... R2e6 {is alright.})
44. hxg6 $1 Rxg6 45. Rxg6 fxg6 46. Be3 $1 Qe5 {The queen has to recue the rook.
} 47. Qh7+ Kf8 48. Bd2 $1 Qf6 49. Qxb7 {White has regained a pawn and
established weaknesses.} Rh2 $5 50. Re1 Qf2 51. Kb1 $2 {Anand misses his
chances for a victory.} (51. Rd1 $1 Qf6 52. Qa8+ $1 Kg7 53. Qxa7+ {gives
winning chances.}) 51... Qxd2 52. Rf1+ Kg8 $1 53. Qf7+ Kh8 54. Qxg6 Qg2 $1 55.
Qe8+ Qg8 56. Qxc6 Bf8 57. Qa8 Bc5 58. Qxg8+ Kxg8 59. Rf5 Rd2 60. c4 Kg7 61. b4
Be7 {Aronian and Carlsen had won the tournament by a score of 8/13. Anand and
Radjasbov followed at half-a-point.   Magnus Carlsen was 17!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 70"]
[Date "2008.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Smeets, Jan"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. d3
e6 9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. d4 cxd4 13. cxd4 e5 14. d5 Ncb8 15. h4
h6 16. Bh3 Be7 17. h5 Bh7 18. Nf1 a5 19. Ng3 Na6 20. Bd2 $5 {White moves
forwards slowly in the Closed Sicilian.} Nac5 21. Re3 b5 22. Qe2 b4 23. Rc1 Qb6
24. Kh2 Qa6 25. Qxa6 Rxa6 26. Bf1 Rb6 27. Ree1 Rb8 28. Kh3 O-O 29. b3 Rfc8 30.
Nh4 Bxh4 31. Kxh4 f6 32. f3 Kf7 33. Kh3 Rc7 34. Rc2 Ra7 35. Rb1 Ke7 36. Be2 Nb6
37. Rcb2 Rc7 38. Kg2 Ncd7 39. Kf2 Nc8 40. Ra1 Nc5 41. Rc1 Nb6 42. Ke1 Nbd7 43.
Be3 Ra7 44. Rc4 Rc7 45. Kd2 Rbc8 46. Rcc2 Rb8 47. Rc1 Rbc8 48. Rbc2 Rb8 49. Bd1
Rbc8 50. Ke2 Nb6 51. Bd2 Kd8 52. Ke3 Na6 $6 53. Rxc7 Rxc7 54. Rxc7 Nxc7 55. Be2
{White has found a hole in the fortress.} Nd7 56. Bc4 Nb6 57. Bd3 Kc8 58. Ke2
Kb7 59. Be3 $1 Nd7 60. Nf1 $1 Nc5 61. Bc4 Kc8 62. Nd2 Bg8 63. Kd1 Bf7 64. Be2
Nb7 65. Nc4 Be8 66. Bb6 a4 $5 {Pawn b4 becomes weak.} 67. Kd2 axb3 68. axb3 Nb5
$2 (68... Kb8 69. Nb2 Na8 70. Be3 Nc7 71. Nd3 Na5 72. Bd1 Na6 {protects the
weakness b4.}) 69. Ne3 $1 {The white knight will gain pawn b4 or g7.} Nd4 70.
Bxd4 exd4 71. Nf5 Nc5 72. Bc4 Kc7 73. Nxg7 Bd7 74. Ne6+ $1 Bxe6 75. dxe6 Kd8
76. Bd5 Ke7 77. f4 $1 {The future Dutch champion played a solid game.} (77. f4
Nxe6 78. Bxe6 Kxe6 79. Kd3 {leads to a won pawn ending for White.}) 1-0

[Event "Morelia/Linares"]
[Site "25"]
[Date "2008.02.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

{The first cycle was played in the Mexican city Morelia from 16 until 24 ii
2008. It is doubtful if the first cycle will occur in the same place next year.
} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8.
d4 Nxd4 9. Bxf7+ {Ivanchuk chooses a wild variation.} Rxf7 10. Nxe5 Rf8 11.
Qxd4 c5 12. Qd1 Qc7 13. Ng4 Nxg4 14. Qxg4 d5 15. Qh5 dxe4 16. Qd5+ (16. Nc3 {
was played in Smejkal - Zaitsev, Polanica Zdroj 1970.}) 16... Kh8 17. Qxa8 Bb7
18. Qa7 $5 ({Known is} 18. Qxf8+ Bxf8 19. Nd2) 18... Ra8 19. Bf4 Qc6 20. Qxa8+
Bxa8 {The game is about equal.} 21. Be3 Qf6 22. c3 Bd6 23. Nd2 Qe5 $6 (23...
Bc6 $1 {prevents a2-a4 (Rogozenko).}) 24. g3 h6 25. a4 $1 {White starts an
attack.} Bc6 26. axb5 axb5 27. Nb3 Bf8 28. Red1 Bd5 29. h4 $5 Kg8 30. Nc1 g5 $6
31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Ra5 Qc7 33. Ra6 Qf7 34. Rb6 Be7 (34... b4 35. cxb4 cxb4 36.
Rb5 Be6 37. Rxg5+ {also costs a pawn.}) 35. Rxb5 Be6 36. Rb8+ Kg7 37. Rb7 Kh6
38. Re1 $2 ({Correct is} 38. Ne2) 38... Qf6 $2 {A disaster follows.} (38... Bh3
$1 39. f4 Qh5 40. Re2 Qf3 41. Kh2 Bf1 42. Rf2 Qxe3 43. fxg5+ Bxg5 44. Rxf1 c4 {
leads to equality.}) 39. Rb6 $1 Qf5 40. Nb3 $1 Kh5 41. Nd2 Bd7 42. Ra1 Bd8 $2
43. Rb8 $1 1-0

[Event "Morelia/Linares"]
[Site "25"]
[Date "2008.02.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Ne5 h5 10. f3 h4 11. Bf2 Bb7 12. Be2 $5 Nbd7 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. O-O e5 $1 {
Anand counters in the centre timely.} 15. a4 a6 16. d5 Rh6 $1 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18.
axb5 $6 axb5 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 {The black queenside has been strengthened.} 20. Qc1
Rg6 21. Rd1 Bc5 22. Bxc5 Nxc5 23. Qe3 Nb3 $5 24. Qb6 $6 (24. f4 $1 gxf4 25. Qh3
Qa7+ 26. Kh1 {counters on the kingside (Anand).}) 24... Nd4 $1 25. Rxd4 $1 exd4
26. Nxb5 Bxb5 27. Qxb5+ Qc6 28. Qe5+ Re6 29. Qxd4 Qb6 30. Qxb6 Rxb6 31. Bxc4
Rxb2 {Black has a material advantage in the endgame.} 32. g3 f6 33. Be6 Ke7 34.
Bg4 Re2 $1 {Anand prevents the immediate f4.} 35. gxh4 gxh4 36. h3 Kd6 37. Kf1
Rb2 38. f4 Kc5 39. e5 Rb4 40. exf6 Rxf4+ 41. Ke2 Kd4 42. Bf3 Rxf6 {Black has
to capture on h3 under favourable conditions.} 43. Bb7 Rb6 44. Bc8 Ke4 45. Bg4
Rb2+ 46. Ke1 Ke3 47. Kf1 Kf4 48. Ke1 Kg3 49. Kf1 Rf2+ 50. Ke1 (50. Kg1 Rf7 $1 {
leads to zugzwang (Anand).}) 50... Rf4 51. Bc8 Rf8 52. Bg4 Kg2 53. Ke2 Re8+ 54.
Kd3 Kf2 55. Bf5 Re3+ 56. Kd4 Kf3 57. Bg4+ Kf4 58. Kd5 Re5+ 59. Kd4 Rg5 {Anand
had scored an important victory.} ({Notice} 59... Rg5 60. Bc8 Rg8 61. Be6 Rg6
62. Bc8 Rd6+ 63. Kc5 Rd1 $1 64. Bg4 Rg1 65. Be6 Kg3 66. Kd4 Rh1 $1 67. Bc8 Rxh3
) 0-1

[Event "Morelia/Linares"]
[Site "25"]
[Date "2008.02.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4
Nxd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. e5 Ne8 11. Qxd4 Bb7 12. c4 bxc4 13. Qxc4 d5 14. exd6 Nxd6
15. Qg4 Nb5 16. Nc3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Bd6 18. Bf4 Qf6 19. Bxd6 cxd6 20. Rad1 Rad8
21. Qb4 $1 {White gains an edge.} ({Ivanchuk improves on} 21. Re3 {(Carlsen -
Leko, Dortmund 2007).}) 21... Ba8 22. Re3 g6 23. Qb6 Qg5 24. Rg3 Qb5 25. Rxd6
Rxd6 26. Qxd6 a5 27. Qf4 Bd5 28. Rg5 f5 $2 ({Right is} 28... Qe8 $1) 29. Qe5 $1
Rd8 30. h4 $2 (30. Qxf5 $1 Bxb3 31. Qxb5 Rd1+ 32. Qf1 {wins quickly.}) 30... a4
31. Bc2 Qb8 $2 32. Qxf5 $1 Bxa2 33. Bxa4 Bf7 34. h5 Qb6 35. hxg6 hxg6 36. Qf4
Rc8 37. Rg3 $2 Rc4 $1 38. Qh6 $2 (38. Qe5 $1 Rxa4 39. Rh3 Ra1+ $1 40. Kh2 Kf8
41. Rh8+ Bg8 42. Rxg8+ Kxg8 43. Qe8+ {leads to perpetual check.}) 38... Rxa4
39. Rh3 Ra1+ 40. Kh2 Qd6+ 41. f4 Qf6 42. Qh7+ Kf8 43. Qh6+ Ke7 44. Re3+ Kd7 45.
Kg3 Ra4 46. Rd3+ Kc6 47. Rd4 Ra3 48. Rd3 Bd5 {Black has started an attack.} 49.
Qh3 Qf5 50. Qxf5 gxf5 {The ending is simple.} 51. Kh3 Ra1 52. Rd2 Rh1+ 53. Kg3
Rh6 54. Re2 Re6 55. Rd2 Rg6+ 56. Kh3 Kc5 57. Re2 Kc4 58. Rd2 Be4 59. g4 Kxc3
60. gxf5 Bxf5+ {Aronian made less blunders.} 0-1

[Event "Morelia/Linares"]
[Site "25"]
[Date "2008.02.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. f3 b5 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nb6 13. Bxb6 Qxb6 14. Na5 Rc8
15. Nc6 Nxd5 16. Nxe7 Nxe7 17. Qxd6 Qxd6 18. Rxd6 Nc6 19. c3 Ke7 20. Rd1 $5 (
20. Rd2 Rhd8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Be2 {drew in Mecking - Evans, San Antonio 1972.}
) 20... f5 21. Bd3 g6 22. Rhe1 Rhd8 23. Bf1 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Na5 25. a4 Nc4 $2 ({
Correct is} 25... Nb3+ 26. Kc2 bxa4 27. Bxa6 Rd8 {(Anand).}) 26. axb5 axb5 27.
Rd5 Kf6 28. Rxb5 Ne3 29. Rb6+ $1 Kg5 30. Ba6 $1 Rd8 31. b4 Kf4 $6 (31... Nxg2
$1 32. c4 Rd3 33. c5 Rxf3 34. Rd6 $1 {favours White (Anand).}) 32. Rc6 Nxg2 33.
b5 Ra8 $1 34. Bb7 $2 {Leko misses the win.} (34. Rc8 $1 Rxc8 35. Bxc8 Ne1 36.
b6 Nd3+ 37. Kd2 Nc5 38. b7 Na6 39. c4 $1 {wins for White (Anand).}) 34... Rb8
35. Rc7 $2 {Hereafter, White even loses.} (35. Ba6 $1 e4 $1 36. fxe4 fxe4 37.
b6 e3 38. Bf1 Kf3 {tries to survive.}) 35... Ne1 $1 36. Rxh7 Nxf3 37. c4 e4 38.
Kc2 e3 39. Kd3 g5 $1 {Suddenly Black wins.} 40. Ke2 Nd4+ 41. Ke1 Rd8 42. Re7
Nc2+ 43. Kf1 Rd1+ 44. Ke2 Rd2+ 45. Kf1 Nd4 {Anand won a sharp ending. He took
the sole lead.} 0-1

[Event "Morelia/Linares"]
[Site "25"]
[Date "2008.02.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 {Carlsen has played this
opening before.} 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. Nxd7 Bxd7 8. O-O g6 9. Nd2 Bg7 10. Nf3 O-O 11.
Re1 $5 Bg4 12. c3 c5 $1 13. Be4 $5 cxd4 14. cxd4 e6 {The knight blockades.} 15.
Qb3 $2 ({Preferable is} 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 {(Rogozenko).}) 15... Bxf3 $1 {
Black collects a pawn.} 16. Bxf3 Bxd4 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. Qxd5 exd5 19. Rd1 Bg7
20. Kf1 (20. Rxd5 Rad8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Be3 Bxb2 23. Rb1 b6 {also costs a
pawn.}) 20... Rfd8 21. Bg5 Rd7 22. Rd2 h6 23. Be3 d4 $1 24. Rd3 $5 Rc8 25. Bd2
Rc2 26. Rb1 Re7 27. a4 f5 28. b3 Rec7 29. Be1 Kf7 30. Rd2 Rc1 31. Rxc1 Rxc1 32.
Ke2 Rb1 $1 33. Rd3 Ke6 34. h4 Kd5 35. Bd2 Ke4 36. Rg3 f4 $1 37. Rd3 ({Notice} 
37. Rxg6 d3#) 37... Be5 38. f3+ Kd5 39. Be1 Bd6 40. Bd2 g5 41. hxg5 hxg5 42.
Be1 g4 43. fxg4 Ke4 44. g5 {Carlsen won with the Alekhine.} ({The pointe is} 
44. g5 Rxe1+ $1) 0-1

[Event "Morelia/Linares"]
[Site "25"]
[Date "2008.02.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. Qd2
b4 9. Na4 Nbd7 10. c4 bxc3 11. Nxc3 Bb7 12. Be2 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Rac1 Qb8
15. Rfd1 $5 ({Known is} 15. b4) 15... Rd8 $1 {He prepares the counter in the
centre.} 16. Kh1 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bc4 Nf6 20. Qe2 Qb7 21. b3
h6 22. Bf2 Rd7 23. Rc2 Bxc4 24. Rxc4 Rad8 25. Rf1 Rd6 26. Qc2 Bf8 {The long
manoeuvres have achieved little.} 27. Nc6 Re8 $5 (27... R8d7 $1 {is slightly
better.}) 28. b4 e5 29. Na5 Qb5 30. Bc5 Rd5 31. Bxf8 Rxf8 32. Re1 Rfd8 33. Nb3
$6 (33. Nc6 $1 Rd2 34. Qc1 Rd1 35. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 36. Qxd1 Qxc4 37. Nxe5 Qxa2 {
draws.}) 33... Rd1 34. Qxd1 $2 {Leko panics.} (34. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 35. Qxd1 Qxc4 36.
Qc1 Qxb4 37. Qc8+ {still draws.}) 34... Rxd1 35. Rc8+ Kh7 36. Rxd1 e4 37. fxe4
$2 {Peter succumbs under time pressure.} Ng4 $1 38. Rc5 Qb8 $1 {Anand led by a
score of plus two before Topalov and Shirov (plus one) at the end of the first
cycle.} 0-1

[Event "Morelia/Linares"]
[Site "25"]
[Date "2008.02.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

{The second cycle happened in Linares from 28 ii until 7 iii. Playing hall was
the Teatro Cervantes.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6.
Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 O-O 13.
a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5 15. Bc4 Rb8 16. b3 Kh8 17. Nce3 g6 18. Qe2 $5 f5 19. h4 $1
Bxe3 (19... Bxh4 20. exf5 Bxf5 21. Nxf5 Rxf5 22. g3 Bg5 23. Bd3 Rxb3 24. Bxf5 {
favours White (Anand).}) 20. Qxe3 fxe4 $6 (20... f4 $1 {keeps the centre
closed.}) 21. h5 $1 g5 22. Qxe4 {White blockades the centre.} Bb7 23. Qe3 e4 $6
({Wiser is} 23... Ne7 24. Nxe7 Qxe7 25. Rxa5 d5 $1) 24. O-O $1 Ne5 25. Rfa1 Qe8
26. Rxa5 Qxh5 27. Qxe4 Rbe8 28. Be2 Qh4 $5 29. Qxh4 gxh4 30. Ne3 h3 $1 31. gxh3
Nf3+ 32. Bxf3 Rxf3 33. Rh5 Rg8+ 34. Kf1 Rgf8 35. Nd1 Rd3 36. Rh4 $1 Bf3 37. Rd4
{White protects everything.} Rxd4 38. cxd4 Rf4 $2 (38... Rb8 $1 39. Ne3 Rxb3 {
gives drawing chances (Anand).}) 39. Ne3 Rxd4 40. Ra4 Rd3 41. Rf4 Bh5 42. b4 d5
43. Kg2 Bg6 44. Nf5 Kg8 (44... Bxf5 45. Rxf5 Rb3 46. Rf4 Kg7 47. h4 {wins
eventually (Anand).}) 45. Ne7+ Kg7 46. Nxg6 Kxg6 47. Rf3 Rd1 48. Rb3 d4 49. Kf3
d3 50. Ke3 Rh1 51. b5 Rxh3+ 52. f3 Rh1 53. b6 Re1+ 54. Kxd3 Re8 55. b7 Rb8 56.
Ke4 h5 57. Kf4 {Anand had defeated an important competitor and drew the rest
of the games.} 1-0

[Event "Morelia/Linares"]
[Site "25"]
[Date "2008.02.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3
d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. Na3 O-O 11. axb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Bc2 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nh5
15. f4 Nxf4 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. Qg4 Qf6 {White has a pleasant position.} 18. Ra6
$5 (18. b4 {happened in Leko - Shirov, Moscow 2007.}) 18... Ne7 $5 (18... g6 $1
{makes a useful move (Carlsen).}) 19. Na3 $1 c6 $6 (19... Ra8 $1 20. Rxa8 Rxa8
21. Nc4 Ng6 {leads to a passive game for Black (commentators).}) 20. Nc4 $1 Bc7
21. Ra7 Rbc8 22. e5 $1 dxe5 23. dxe5 Qh6 24. Rd1 Nd5 25. Be4 Rfd8 $2 ({Correct
is} 25... Ra8 $1 26. Rxa8 Rxa8 {and} 27. Bxd5 $6 cxd5 28. Rxd5 $2 Qc6 {costs a
piece (Carlsen).}) 26. Rd3 $1 g6 27. Bxd5 $6 (27. Ra6 $1 {completes the
restriction (Carlsen).}) 27... cxd5 28. Rxd5 Rxd5 29. Qxc8+ Kg7 30. Qg4 $2 (30.
Rxc7 $1 Qg5+ $1 31. Kf1 Rd1+ 32. Ke2 Qg1 33. Rxf7+ $1 Kxf7 34. Nd6+ Kg7 35.
Qd7+ Kh6 36. Nf7+ Kg7 37. Qxd1 f3+ 38. Kd2 Qxf2+ 39. Kc1 Kxf7 40. Qd7+ Kg8 41.
e6 {wins for White (Carlsen).}) 30... Bxe5 31. h4 $1 Bb8 32. Rb7 Rd8 33. Kg2
Kg8 34. Qg5 Qf8 35. Qf6 Re8 36. b4 Re6 37. Qd4 Qc8 $2 {Shirov misses a hidden
draw.} (37... Bc7 $3 38. Rxc7 $4 Qa8+ 39. Kh2 Re1 {turns the tables (Carlsen).}
) 38. Rd7 Qc6+ 39. Qd5 Qxd5+ 40. Rxd5 Rc6 41. Nd2 f3+ $1 42. Nxf3 Kg7 43. Rd8
Bc7 44. Rd7 Rxc3 45. Ng5 Kg8 46. Ne4 Rc4 47. Nf6+ Kf8 48. Nxh7+ Ke8 49. Nf6+
Kf8 50. Nd5 Be5 51. b5 Rxh4 52. b6 Rd4 53. Kf3 Kg7 54. Ke3 Ra4 55. b7 Ra3+ 56.
Ke4 Bh2 57. Nc7 Rb3 58. Ne6+ Kf6 59. Nd8 g5 60. Rxf7+ Kg6 61. Rd7 g4 62. Ne6 g3
63. fxg3 Bxg3 64. Kd5 Rb1 65. Kc6 Rc1+ 66. Nc5 Bb8 67. Rd5 Ba7 68. Kd7 Bb8 69.
Ne6 Kf6 70. Rc5 Rb1 71. Nd8 Bh2 72. Rc6+ Ke5 73. Rc1 Rb3 74. Rc2 Bf4 75. Kc6
Kf5 76. Rc5+ Kf6 77. Kd7 Rb1 78. Kc8 Bh2 79. Rc6+ Ke5 $4 {Shirov blunders
terribly.} (79... Kf5 $1 80. Ne6 Rg1 $1 81. Rc2 Bd6 82. Nc7 Rg8+ {has been
regarded as drawn by the commentators, but} 83. Kd7 $1 Rb8 84. Rb2 Bf4 85. Rb5+
Kg6 86. Ne8 $1 Bh2 87. Rb6+ Kg5 88. Nd6 Kf6 89. Rb1 Be5 90. Rd1 Rh8 91. Kc6 {
will win for White eventually.}) 80. b8=Q+ {Carlsen neared Anand til
half-a-point.} 1-0

[Event "Morelia/Linares"]
[Site "25"]
[Date "2008.03.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 Ne7 13. h4 Bh6 14. a4 bxa4
15. Ncb4 O-O 16. Qxa4 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 a5 18. Bb5 Be6 19. Bc6 Rb8 20. b4 Bxd5 21.
Bxd5 axb4 22. cxb4 Qb6 23. Rb1 $5 (23. O-O Qxb4 24. Qxb4 Rxb4 {drew in
Dominguez - Jakovenko, Foros 2007.}) 23... Kh8 24. O-O f5 25. Qa5 fxe4 26. Qxb6
Rxb6 27. Rb3 $3 {Leko starts a winning attempt.} (27. Rfe1 e3 28. fxe3 Rfb8 {
draws (Leko).}) 27... Rc8 28. Ra1 g6 $1 29. Ra8 Rxa8 30. Bxa8 Bf8 $5 31. b5 Be7
32. g3 Bd8 33. Bxe4 d5 $2 (33... Rb8 $1 34. Kg2 Bb6 {switches the blockader
without a pawn sacrifice.}) 34. Bxd5 Rd6 35. Bc6 Bb6 36. Rb2 Rd3 37. Kg2 Kg7
38. Be4 Ra3 39. g4 Bd4 40. Rc2 $5 (40. Rb1 Bb6 41. f3 Ra2+ 42. Kh3 {keeps the
f-pawn but White becomes less active.}) 40... Rb3 41. Rc7+ Kh8 42. Rc8+ Kg7 43.
Rc7+ Kh8 44. Rb7 $1 Rb2 45. h5 $1 Rxf2+ 46. Kg3 Rf4 $1 47. h6 {The last try to
win.} Rf8 48. Rc7 Bf2+ 49. Kg2 Be3 50. g5 $5 Rb8 $1 51. Rc3 Bd4 52. Rc6 Kg8 $2
{Carlsen succumbs at last.} (52... Be3 $1 53. Kf3 Bxg5 54. b6 $5 Bd8 {draws.})
53. Bd5+ Kf8 54. Bc4 $1 {White has a decisive attack.} Ke7 $5 55. Rc7+ Kd6 56.
Rxh7 e4 57. Rg7 $1 Kc5 58. Rc7+ Kd6 59. Rc6+ Ke5 60. Rxg6 Kf5 61. Rd6 $1 Be3
62. h7 {It became impossible for Carlsen to win the tournament.} 1-0

[Event "Morelia/Linares"]
[Site "25"]
[Date "2008.03.06"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5
Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qd3 Nc6 11. O-O-O Nd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5
O-O 15. Qf3 Re8 16. Bd3 Re5 17. Kb1 Qa5 18. g4 Qxd5 19. Qxd5 Rxd5 20. f4 Bh4 $4
({Correct is} 20... g5 {(Kualots - Areshchenko, Kappelle 2004).}) ({Also known
is} 20... g6 $4 21. b4 $1) 21. b4 $1 {A black rook is imprisoned.} Rc8 22. a4
Rc3 23. Kb2 ({Even better is} 23. Rc1 $1 f5 24. gxf5 g6 25. Rhg1 $1 Kf7 26.
fxg6+ hxg6 27. Rg4 {(Ljubojevic and Radjabov).}) 23... f5 24. gxf5 Rxd3 25.
cxd3 Rxf5 26. Rc1 Rxf4 27. Rhf1 Rxf1 28. Rxf1 Bd8 29. a5 $1 {Shirov lost four
games during the second cycle.   The tournament was won by Anand 81/2/14,
before Carlsen (8), Topalov and Aronian (71/2), Radjabov (7), Ivanchuk (61/2),
Leko and Shirov (51/2).} 1-0

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "2008.05.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2008.05.08"]

{The fourth MTel Masters was played from 8 until 18 v 2008 in Sofia. Players
could be seen in a sound-proof aquarium at the Central Military Club. Topalov
scored well again, but Ivanchuk became the star of the event.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4
e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. Bc3 O-O 9. O-O d5
10. Nd2 Bd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 exd5 13. Qb3 Bf6 14. N2f3 Bg4 $5 ({Known is
} 14... Bh3 15. Rfd1 {(Morovic Fernandez - Suba, New York 1988).}) 15. Rfd1 (
15. Qxb7 $5 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxe2 18. Rfc1 {brings a white plus.})
15... Rb8 16. Qa4 Bxf3 $5 17. exf3 $5 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Qd7 {White blockades the
passed black pawn.} 19. b4 b6 20. Rac1 Rbc8 21. Bb2 Rfd8 22. Rc2 Ne7 23. Rxc8
Nxc8 24. b5 $5 {The exchange of queens equalises.} Ne7 25. Qb3 Nf5 26. a4 h5
27. h3 Qe6 28. Kg2 Qe2 $1 {Topalov charges.} 29. g4 $2 {An incredible
weakening is made.} Nh4+ $1 ({Not} 29... Ne3+ $2 30. Qxe3 Qxd1 31. Bxg7 $1) 30.
Kg3 Ng6 31. gxh5 Ne7 $1 {The knight will come back.} 32. Kg2 Nf5 33. Bd4 Qe7
34. Qd3 Qg5+ 35. Kh2 Re8 36. Bb2 Re3 $2 (36... Qf4+ $1 37. Kh1 Ne3 $1 38. Qe2
Nxd1 39. Qxe8+ Kh7 40. Qe2 Nxb2 41. Qxb2 Qxf3+ {wins a pawn in the queen
ending (Marin).}) 37. fxe3 $2 (37. Qxd5 $1 Qf4+ 38. Kg1 Qg5+ 39. Kh2 {leads to
perpetual check.}) 37... Qg3+ 38. Kh1 Qxf3+ 39. Kg1 Nxe3 40. Rd2 Qg3+ 41. Kh1
Qxh3+ 42. Kg1 Qg3+ 43. Kh1 Qe1+ $1 44. Kh2 Qxd2+ 45. Qxd2 Nf1+ 46. Kg2 Nxd2 {
Black has two extra pawns in the knight versus bishop ending.} 47. Be5 Ne4 48.
Kf3 Nc5 49. Ke3 Nxa4 50. Kd4 Nc5 51. Kxd5 a6 52. bxa6 Nxa6 53. Kc6 Nc5 54. Bc7
Kh7 55. Bxb6 Ne4 56. Be3 Nf6 57. Kd6 Nxh5 58. Ke5 Kg6 59. Bd2 f5 60. Be1 Kg5 {
Topalov had a good start this time.} 0-1

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "2008.05.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2008.05.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 a5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qc2 d6 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Rfe1 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Be4 13. Qb2 Re8 14. Bh3 $5
Bb7 15. Nd2 e5 16. Rad1 {White remains inactive.} h6 17. f3 exd4 18. Bxd4 Ne5
19. Nf1 Nh5 20. Bxe5 {He exchanges the most active knight.} Rxe5 21. e4 Qf6 22.
Ne3 {Pawn f3 could have been protected.} Qxf3 $5 {Black sacrifices an exchange.
} 23. Bg2 Qf6 24. Ng4 Qe7 25. Nxe5 dxe5 26. Qf2 Bc6 27. a4 Qc5 28. Qxc5 bxc5
29. Re3 Kf8 30. Red3 Ke7 31. Rd5 $2 {There is no need to return the exchange.}
Bxd5 32. Rxd5 Nf6 33. Rxc5 $6 (33. Rxe5+ $1 Kd6 34. Rf5 Re8 {slightly favours
Black (Ivanchuk).}) 33... Kd6 34. Rb5 Ra7 {Black has a strong knight.} 35. h4
Nd7 $1 {Black achieves a won pawn ending.} 36. Rd5+ Ke7 37. Bh3 c6 38. Rxd7+
Rxd7 39. Bxd7 Kxd7 40. c5 $1 h5 $1 41. Kf2 g6 42. Ke2 f5 43. exf5 gxf5 44. Kd3
Ke6 45. Kc4 f4 46. gxf4 exf4 47. Kd4 Kf5 48. Kd3 ({Or} 48. b4 f3 49. Ke3 axb4)
48... f3 {Ivanchuk started well.} 0-1

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "2008.05.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2008.05.08"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. a3
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. Be2 O-O 11. Qd2 Qc7 12. Bf3 $5 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Nb6 14. Ne2
Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Bd7 16. b3 Bb5 $1 17. Nc3 $6 ({Preferable is} 17. Qc3 Qxc3+ 18.
Nxc3 {(Ivanchuk).}) 17... Rfc8 18. Nxb5 axb5 19. Be2 Nd7 20. Ra2 Nb8 $1 21. O-O
Nc6 22. Qd2 Qb6+ 23. Kh1 Qa5 24. Qxa5 Rxa5 {Black has a better endgame.} 25.
Raa1 Rca8 26. Rad1 Rxa3 27. Bxb5 Nb4 28. c4 $1 R8a5 $6 ({Better is} 28... Rxb3
29. cxd5 Nxd5 30. Bc4 Rb4 31. Bxd5 exd5 32. Rxd5 Rxf4 $1 33. Rfd1 g6 34. Rb5 {
but White will survive (Ivanchuk).}) 29. f5 exf5 30. g4 $1 Rxb3 ({The pointe is
} 30... fxg4 31. Bd7 $1 dxc4 32. e6 $1 {(Ivanchuk).}) 31. gxf5 Re3 32. Rb1 Nd3
$6 33. e6 $6 (33. Ra1 $1 Rxa1 34. Rxa1 g5 $1 35. cxd5 Nxe5 36. d6 Kg7 37. d7
Nxd7 38. Bxd7 Rb3 {leads to a white plus (Ivanchuk).}) 33... d4 $1 {Hereafter,
Ivanchuk has one second per move left.} 34. Be8 $2 ({Correct is} 34. Bc6 $3 Nc5
35. Bxb7 {(Ivanchuk).}) 34... Nc5 $1 35. Bxf7+ $2 ({Better is} 35. Bc6 $1 fxe6
36. fxe6 h5 37. Bd5 $1 {and White will survive.}) 35... Kf8 36. f6 gxf6 37.
Rxf6 Ke7 38. Rh6 d3 39. Rxh7 d2 40. Rg1 $2 (40. Kg2 $1 Re1 41. Bh5+ Kxe6 {
(Ivanchuk)} 42. Bd1 $1 {makes a last try.}) 40... Re1 41. Bh5+ Kxe6 42. Rhg7
Ne4 43. R7g6+ Ke5 {Ivanchuk has won his second game.} 0-1

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "2008.05.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2008.05.08"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Ne5 Bh5 $2 {Bu
plays a known mistake.} 8. cxb5 cxb5 $2 (8... Qc7 $6 {has been played 
(Agamialiev - Khaghani, Tehran 2005).}) 9. Bxb5+ $1 {Bu is lost already!} axb5
10. Nxb5 e6 ({Or} 10... Na6 11. Qc6+ Nd7 12. Nxd7) 11. Nc7+ Ke7 12. Nxa8 Nfd7
13. Ba3+ Kf6 14. Bb2 Nxe5 15. f4 Nbd7 16. Nc7 Bg6 17. Bxe5+ Nxe5 18. fxe5+ Kxe5
19. Qc3+ Kf5 20. O-O+ Kg5 21. a4 Kh6 22. Rf3 Bf5 23. Raf1 Bd6 24. Nb5 Bb8 25.
Nd4 Be4 26. Rh3+ Kg6 27. d3 Bf5 28. Rhf3 Be5 29. Qe1 Bxd4 30. Rg3+ Kh6 31. exd4
g6 32. Rgf3 {Ivanchuk had won his third game.} 1-0

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "2008.05.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2008.05.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 11. Bd2 Nf6 12. f3 f4 13. c5 g5 14. Rc1 Ng6 15. cxd6
cxd6 16. Nb5 Rf7 17. Qc2 Ne8 18. Nf2 h5 19. a4 Bf8 20. h3 Rg7 21. Qb3 Nh4 22.
Rc2 g4 23. fxg4 Nf6 24. Be1 hxg4 {The theory of the King's Indian goes far.}
25. hxg4 $5 ({Known is} 25. Nxg4 Nxg4 26. Bxg4 Bxg4 27. hxg4 Rxg4 {(Sabchis -
Roger, France 2003).}) 25... Nh5 $5 {Black avoids the exchanges on g4.} 26. Nh1
$5 ({Not} 26. gxh5 $2 Nxg2 $1 27. h6 Rg6) 26... f3 $6 {The exchange on g4
equalises.} 27. Bxf3 Nf4 28. Ng3 $5 Bxg4 29. Bxg4 Rxg4 30. Nc7 Rc8 $1 31. Ne6
Rxc2 $1 32. Qxc2 ({The pointe is} 32. Nxd8 $4 Rxg2+ 33. Kh1 Nf3 $1 {and mate.})
32... Qb6+ $2 {The black queen moves into the wrong direction.} ({Right is} 
32... Qe8 $1) 33. Kh1 Nhxg2 $6 ({Better seems to be} 33... Nf3 $5 {but} 34.
Nxf4 $1 Nxe1 35. Qc8 $1 Rxf4 36. Rxf4 exf4 37. Nf5 Qf2 38. Ne7+ $1 {will lead
to a black mate eventually (Krasenkow).}) 34. Nf5 $1 Qa6 35. Rg1 Qd3 36. Qxd3
Nxd3 37. Bh4 Rxe4 38. Rxg2+ Kf7 39. Nxd6+ Bxd6 40. Ng5+ {Ivanchuk had scored
his fourth victory in a row.} 1-0

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "2008.05.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2008.05.08"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. a3
Nbd7 9. g3 Be7 10. b3 e5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Qa5+ 13. Nc3 Qxc3+ 14. Bd2 Qb2
15. d5 $6 {White does not have to give up a pawn.} (15. Bg2 $6 exd4 16. exd4
Qxd4 {also sacrifices a pawn (Wang Yue - Bobras, Cappelle la Grande 2007).}) ({
Better is} 15. Qb1 $1 Qxb1+ 16. Rxb1 exd4 17. exd4) 15... cxd5 16. Bb5 a6 17.
Bxd7+ Kxd7 18. O-O e4 19. Bc3 $2 {White sacrifices too much.} Qxc3 20. Qxd5+
Ke8 21. Rac1 Qd3 22. Qxb7 Rd8 23. Rfd1 Qxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 25. Kg2 a5 26. g4
Kf8 27. Qxe4 g5 $1 28. Qf5 Bd8 29. Qc5+ Kg8 30. Qe5 g6 31. b4 axb4 32. axb4 Kh7
33. b5 Rf8 34. Qc5 Kg8 35. b6 $2 Rb1 36. f4 Rb2+ 37. Kg3 gxf4+ 38. exf4 Bxb6
39. Qc3 Rb1 40. f5 Rg1+ 41. Kh3 Re8 42. Qf6 Bf2 43. Qg7+ Kxg7 44. f6+ Kf8 {
Ivanchuk had won all five games of the first cycle.} (44... Kxf6 $4 45. g5+ {
leads to stalemate!}) 0-1

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "2008.05.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2008.05.08"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qe2 Ne4 10. Ne5 Nd7 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. Na2 Be7 13. f3 Nf6 $6 ({
Preferable is} 13... Nd6) 14. e4 Bg6 15. Be3 Qc7 $5 ({Known is} 15... Rfd8 {
(Civin - Olsar, Czechia 2003).}) 16. Nc1 $1 {The knight goes to d3.} a5 17. Nd3
Nd7 18. Rac1 Rfe8 19. g3 Bd6 20. Nf4 {White has a plus.} e5 $2 ({Better is} 
20... Bxf4 21. Bxf4 e5) 21. Nxg6 hxg6 22. f4 exd4 23. Bxd4 b6 $5 {Black has no
proper defence of the kingside.} 24. f5 $1 g5 25. Qh5 Nf6 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27.
Qg6+ Kf8 28. Qxf6 Be5 29. Qxg5 Qe7 30. f6 Bd4+ 31. Rf2 $1 {Topalov had scored
31/2/5 in the first cycle.} ({The pointe is} 31. Rf2 Bxf2+ 32. Kf1 $1) 1-0

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "2008.05.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2008.05.08"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. a3 Bb7 11. h3 e5 12. Qc2 Re8 13. Bd2 Qe7 14. Ng5 $5 (14. Ne4
Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Nf6 16. dxe5 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 {drew in Gligoric-Trifunovic, Bled
1961.}) 14... h6 15. Nge4 Bc7 16. Rfe1 Bb6 17. Ng3 Rad8 18. Rad1 Qf8 19. Nce2
a6 20. b4 h5 $5 21. Bc3 h4 22. Ne4 Nd5 23. Nc5 Nxc5 24. dxc5 Bc7 25. Bb2 Bc8 $6
(25... Qe7 {protects the h-pawn.}) 26. Bh7+ Kh8 27. Bf5 Bxf5 28. Qxf5 Qe7 29.
Nc3 Nxc3 30. Bxc3 Kg8 31. Qe4 Qe6 $5 32. Qxh4 $5 Qb3 $1 {The pointe of the
pawn sacrifice happens.} 33. Rc1 Qxa3 $2 ({After} 33... Rd3 $1 34. Qe4 Rxc3 35.
Qxc6 Re7 36. Qa8+ Kh7 37. Qe4+ Kg8 $1 {leads to perpetual check (Krasenkow).})
34. Qe4 {The immediate threat is Qxc6.} a5 (34... Rd5 $2 35. Qc2 Qa4 36. Qb2 {
shows the threat Ra1.}) 35. Qxc6 axb4 36. Bxb4 Qxb4 37. Qxc7 {White has gained
a pawn and his passed pawn threatens to advance quickly.} Rc8 38. Qa7 Re6 39.
Red1 Qe4 40. Qd7 Rec6 41. Qb7 b4 42. Rd7 $1 {An attack on the kingside will be
followed by the win of a  second pawn.} Qf5 43. Rd5 Rg6 44. Kf1 b3 45. Qxb3 Qg5
46. g3 Qf5 47. Kg2 Rf6 48. Rd2 Qf3+ 49. Kh2 Rd6 50. Qa2 Rxd2 51. Qxd2 Rc6 52.
Kg1 Rh6 53. Qd1 Qc6 54. h4 Rf6 55. Qg4 g6 56. h5 Kg7 57. e4 Kh6 58. hxg6 fxg6
59. Kg2 Kg7 60. Qe2 Rf7 61. Rc4 g5 62. Qh5 Qf6 63. Rc2 Qd8 64. c6 Qd3 65. Qxg5+
Kf8 66. Qh6+ Kg8 67. Rd2 Qxe4+ 68. Kh2 Rf8 69. c7 Qf5 70. f3 $1 1-0

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "2008.05.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2008.05.08"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. c5 g6 7. Ne5 Bg7 8. Be2 O-O
9. O-O Nfd7 10. f4 a5 11. a3 $5 f6 $2 {Black gets a crammed position.} ({
Preferable is} 11... Nxe5 12. fxe5 Ra7) 12. Nf3 f5 $5 13. Bd2 {The queens'
bishop starts a development route.} Nf6 14. Be1 Kh8 15. Bh4 Be6 16. Ne5 Qc7 17.
Qe1 $1 Nbd7 18. Bg5 $1 {White prepares Qh4.} Nxe5 19. fxe5 Ne4 20. Nxe4 fxe4
21. Qh4 Rxf1+ 22. Rxf1 Re8 23. Bg4 Qd7 $1 {Black defends well, but he allows
an entry by the white rook.} 24. Rf7 $1 Bxg4 25. Bf6 $1 {A bishop intrudes as
well.} (25. Bh6 $2 Rg8 26. Bxg7+ Rxg7 27. Rf8+ {draws.}) 25... exf6 ({The
pointe is} 25... Rg8 26. Rxe7) 26. Rxd7 Bxd7 27. exf6 a4 $5 (27... Bf8 $5 28.
f7 Rc8 29. Qf6+ Bg7 30. Qd6 Bf5 31. h3 g5 32. g4 Bg6 33. Qd7 {also wins for
White (Radjabov).}) 28. fxg7+ Kxg7 29. Kf2 $1 {The king marshes to the other
flank.} h6 30. Ke1 Re6 31. Qg3 Be8 32. Kd2 g5 33. Kc3 Kf8 34. Kb4 Bf7 35. Ka5
Kg7 36. Kb6 Kf8 37. Kc7 Kg7 38. Kd7 Kf8 39. Qf2 $1 Rg6 40. Qf5 $1 h5 41. g3 $1
{The beleaguerment ends.} (41. g3 Kg7 42. Ke7 Bg8 43. h4 {wins for White.}) 1-0

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "2008.05.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2008.05.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Ne5 10. Nb3 b5 11. Bd4 Be7 12. Qf2 d6 13. g4 O-O 14. g5 Nfd7
15. Rg1 Bb7 16. Kb1 Rfc8 17. Rg3 $6 {The novelty is too ambitious.} ({Theory is
} 17. a3 {and White prevents ..b4 (Kasparov - Yu Jiangchuan, Bled 2002).})
17... b4 $1 18. Na4 Bd8 $1 {Black protects b6 and threatens ..Bc6.} 19. Nc1 Bc6
20. b3 Bxa4 21. bxa4 Nc6 $5 22. Be3 Qb8 $1 {He wants to move a minor piece to
b6 without an exchange of queens.} 23. Rh3 $1 Nb6 24. Qh4 $2 ({Better is} 24.
Bxb6 Qxb6 25. Qxb6 Bxb6 26. f4 $1 {(Ivanchuk).}) 24... h6 $1 25. Qg3 ({Or} 25.
Qh5 Nxa4 26. gxh6 Nc3+ 27. Ka1 Nxd1 28. hxg7 Bf6+ {and wins (Ivanchuk).}) 25...
Nxa4 26. Rxd6 hxg5 27. Bd3 Bf6 28. e5 Bxe5 29. Rh8+ $5 Kxh8 30. Qh3+ Kg8 31.
Qh7+ Kf8 32. Rd7 Nc3+ 33. Ka1 Nb5+ {Ivanchuk won an adventurous game.   The
final standings became: Ivanchuk 8/10, Topalov 61/2, Radjabov 51/2, Cheparinov
4, Bu and Aronian 3.} ({The pointe is} 33... Nb5+ 34. Kb1 Na3#) 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "36.Schachtage"]
[Date "2008.06.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gustafsson, Jan"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2008.06.28"]

{Eight grandmasters played the 36.Schachtage in Dortmund from 28 vi until 6
vii 2008. Seven out of the eleven decided games are presented.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4
e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3
Qa5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 13. O-O a6 14. Rb1 Qc7 15. Qh5
Ke7 {Black has selected a dangerous variation. His last move is  regarded as
doubtful, but I see nothing better.} 16. f4 $5 (16. Rfd1 {was played in
Peletier - Brunner, Biel 1994.}) 16... Qxc3 $5 {Black has to start a
counteraction.} (16... Rag8 {looks very poor.}) 17. Rfd1 $1 Rab8 (17... Qe3+ $2
18. Kh1 Qxe4 19. Nf5+ $1 Qxf5 20. Rxd7+ $1 Kxd7 21. Qxf7+ Kd6 22. Rb6+ {wins
for White (Gustafsson).}) 18. e5 $1 Qe3+ $2 (18... Rhd8 19. exf6+ Nxf6 20. Qe5
Nd5 21. Re1 $1 {brings a strong white attack (Gustafsson).}) 19. Kh1 Rhd8 ({Or
} 19... fxe5 20. Qg5+ Ke8 21. Nc6 $1) 20. exf6+ Ke8 ({The pointe is} 20... Nxf6
21. Rxb7+ $1 Rxb7 22. Nc6+ Kf8 23. Qh6+ {(Gustafsson).}) 21. Nxe6 $1 Nxf6 22.
Nc7+ Ke7 23. Qh4 $1 {Gustafsson would play a great tournament.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "36.Schachtage"]
[Date "2008.06.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2008.06.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O
Bd6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Ne5 Qe7 11. Qf3 Rfd8 12. Qh3 $5 ({Known is} 12. e4) 12...
h6 13. f4 Bb4 $5 ({The obvious answer is} 13... c5) 14. Ndf3 Ne4 15. Nxd7 Rxd7
16. Ne5 Rc7 $2 {The kings rook will hinder the kings bishop later.} ({Correct
is} 16... Rdd8 $1 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. f5 exf5 19. Qxf5 f6 20. Ng4 Bc8 {(Kramnik).
}) 17. Bxe4 $1 dxe4 18. c5 $1 bxc5 (18... f6 $5 19. Nc4 Ba6 20. Rfc1 {gives
Black positional problems (Kramnik).}) 19. a3 Ba5 20. dxc5 {The black bishop
cannot go to c7.} Qxc5 21. b4 Qb5 22. Qg3 (22. f5 $1 f6 23. Ng4 e5 24. Bxe5 {
favours White (Kramnik).}) 22... Bb6 $6 (22... f5 $5 23. Qg6 Re7 24. a4 $1 Qb6
25. Nc4 $1 Qxb4 26. Ba3 Qxc4 27. Bxe7 {leads to a material loss by Black.}) 23.
Nd7 $1 g6 24. Nf6+ Kf8 25. Be5 Rcc8 26. Qh4 $1 h5 $5 27. Nh7+ Ke8 28. Bd6 Rc7
29. Rfd1 {Black cannot move due to restriction.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "36.Schachtage"]
[Date "2008.06.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2008.06.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Qf3 Be7 10. Qg3 Nh5 11. Qf3 Nf6 12. e5 Nd7 13. Qg3 g6 {The players
are reaching the end of their preparation.} 14. Bh6 c5 $5 {Ivanchuk plays a
sharp novelty.} 15. Na4 c4 $5 {Black prevents 16.c4.} 16. Be2 Bb7 17. b3 Bc6
18. Nb2 Rb8 19. Nd1 $1 {The white knight makes a grand tour.} Nc5 $6 ({
Preferable is} 19... Bc5 $5 20. bxc4 {(Leko)} d4) 20. Ne3 $1 Ne4 21. Qh3 Ng5 $5
22. Qg4 c3 23. a3 $1 Bb5 $2 ({Correct is} 23... Ne4) 24. Bxb5+ axb5 25. f3 $1 {
White imprisons the knight.} Qb6 26. Rae1 $1 d4 27. Nd1 $1 d3+ 28. Kh1 $5 (28.
Nf2 $5 d2 29. Re2 {did not appeal to Leko during the game.}) 28... dxc2 29. Nf2
Bc5 $5 30. Nd3 Be3 31. Bxg5 Bd2 32. Re2 O-O {Black castles at last.} 33. Nc1 $1
{Now, Black cannot protect d2 properly.} b4 34. Bxd2 cxd2 35. Rxd2 bxa3 36.
Rxc2 Rfc8 37. Qe4 Rxc2 38. Qxc2 Qd4 39. Na2 $5 {White cannot hang on to pawn
e5.} Qxe5 40. b4 Rd8 41. h3 h5 42. Rb1 Qe3 43. Rd1 Rd5 $1 44. Qb1 $1 {Less
control over the second rank does not cause problems.} Qe2 45. Re1 Qd2 $6 (
45... Qf2 $1 46. Rf1 Qe3 47. Qe1 Qb3 48. Qe2 Rd4 {offers more resistance 
(Stohl).}) 46. Rc1 $1 Rd8 47. b5 Rb8 48. Rc3 h4 49. b6 Qd6 50. Rb3 Rb7 51. Nc3
Qc6 52. Rxa3 Qxb6 53. Qxb6 Rxb6 54. Ra4 g5 55. f4 Rb3 56. Ne2 Re3 57. Ng1 $1 {
A main decision had occurred in the event.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "36.Schachtage"]
[Date "2008.07.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2008.06.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. c4 Nf6 10. Nc3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nxd4 12. Qd1 Ne6 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Bb5+
c6 15. Nxd5 cxb5 16. Bf4 Nxf4 17. Rxe7+ Kf8 18. Re5 Qd6 19. Qd2 $1 {Naiditsch
plays an incredible novelty that was prepared by his second Arkady Pavosovic.}
(19. Rf5 {looks evidend.}) 19... Ng6 $2 {Kramnik should not have reacted
quietly.} (19... Qxe5 $5 20. Qb4+ Ke8 21. Qxb5+ Kd8 22. Rd1 Ne2+ 23. Kh1 $1 Nd4
24. Qxb7 Rc8 25. h3 {will lead to a great fight in Smirnov - Neelotpal,
Pardubice 20.07.2008.}) 20. Ree1 f6 (20... Rd8 21. Rad1 $1 {also favours White
(Naiditsch).}) 21. Rad1 Kf7 (21... Re8 22. Rxe8+ Kxe8 23. Nxf6+ $1 Qxf6 24.
Qd7+ Kf8 25. Qc8+ Kf7 26. Rd7+ Ne7 27. Qxh8 Qxb2 28. Qd8 {resumes the white
attack (Kritz).}) 22. Qe3 $1 Rhe8 23. Ne7 $1 Qxe7 24. Qb3+ Kf8 25. Rxe7 Rxe7
26. Qxb5 Rae8 27. g3 Ne5 28. Kg2 Nc6 29. b4 a6 30. Qb6 h6 31. a4 Ne5 32. Qc5
Kg8 33. b5 axb5 34. axb5 Nf7 35. h4 Kh8 36. Rd2 Kg8 37. Kh3 Kh8 38. f4 $1 {
Black will not be able to build a fortress.} Kg8 39. h5 Kh8 40. Qf5 Nd8 41. Rd7
Ne6 42. Qd5 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "36.Schachtage"]
[Date "2008.07.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2008.06.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. O-O-O Be7 10. f4 Ng4 11. g3 Nxe3 12. Qxe3 b5 13. Kb1 Qb6 {Van Wely
knows this position well.} 14. Qe2 b4 $5 {His aggressive novelty is responded
by a spicy answer.} ({Known is the quiet} 14... O-O) 15. Na4 $1 Qc6 16. f5 Bxf5
$1 17. exf5 Qxa4 18. Bg2 O-O $2 {Van Wely overestimates the compensation for
his sacrifice.} ({Better is} 18... Rc8 $1 19. Rd5 Nf6 20. Ra5 Qd7) 19. Bxa8
Rxa8 20. g4 Qc6 21. Na5 $1 Qc7 22. Nc4 a5 $6 ({The obvious move is} 22... Rc8 {
again.}) 23. Nxd6 $1 Bxd6 24. Qd3 Nf6 25. Qxd6 Qxd6 26. Rxd6 Nxg4 {Black has a
poor endgame after the exchanges.} 27. Rg1 $2 {The youngster wants to attack,
but Loek gets counter-play.} ({Better is} 27. Re1 $1 Nxh2 28. Rxe5) 27... Nxh2
28. f6 g6 29. Rg2 Nf3 30. Re2 h5 31. Re3 e4 $2 (31... Nd4 $1 32. Rxe5 Ne6 $1 {
(Stohl)} 33. c4 $1 bxc3 34. bxc3 g5 $1 {gives Black excellent drawing chances,
because his knight supports his passed pawns.}) 32. Rxe4 g5 33. Rd3 g4 34. Rd5
Ra6 35. Rf4 Re6 $5 36. a4 Re1+ 37. Ka2 Rh1 38. Rxa5 Kh7 39. Rd5 Kg6 ({Or} 39...
g3 40. Rxf3 g2 41. Rg3 g1=Q 42. Rxh5+ $1 Rxh5 43. Rxg1 {(Stohl).}) 40. a5 Re1
41. a6 Re8 42. a7 Ra8 43. Ra5 Nh2 44. Rxb4 g3 45. Rb8 Rxa7 46. Rg8+ Kxf6 47.
Rxa7 Ng4 48. Ra3 $1 {Van Wely played a poor tournament.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "36.Schachtage"]
[Date "2008.07.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2008.06.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. a4 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. dxc5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bxc5 11. Bd2 b6 12. Bd3 Bb7 $5 ({Theory is} 12... Nb4
) 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Rac1 O-O 16. Be4 Rfc8 $5 17. b3 Na5 18. Bxb7
Nxb7 19. Bb4 $1 {Ivanchuk keeps the game going by restraint of the opponent.}
Bb2 $6 (19... Nc5 $1 20. Bxc5 bxc5 $1 {brings little advantage for White 
(Ivanchuk).}) 20. Rxc8+ Rxc8 21. Rd7 Na5 $5 {Black has no convincing responce.}
22. Bxa5 bxa5 {He has a weakness.} 23. g4 $1 h6 24. Kg2 Bc3 25. g5 Rb8 $5 26.
Rd3 $1 Rc8 {It would be unwise to capture pawn b3.} 27. h4 hxg5 $6 ({Ivanchuk
prefers} 27... Kh7) 28. hxg5 Kh7 29. Kg3 Kg6 30. Kf4 Rc6 31. e4 f6 32. Kg4 fxg5
33. Nxg5 e5 34. Nf3 Kf6 35. Kh5 Ke7 36. Nh4 Kf6 37. Rf3+ Ke6 38. Nf5 Kd7 $2 (
38... Kf7 {defends the g-pawn.}) 39. Rd3+ Kc7 40. Nxg7 {White has won a pawn.}
Be1 41. f3 Rc3 $5 42. Ne6+ $1 Kc6 43. Rxc3+ Bxc3 44. Kg6 Kd6 45. Kf5 Kc6 46. f4
exf4 47. Kxf4 Bf6 48. e5 Be7 49. Ke4 Bh4 50. Kd4 Bg3 51. Ng5 Bf4 52. Nf3 Bg3
53. Kc4 {Ivanchuk will play 54.Nd4+ and continue to advance his forces.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "36.Schachtage"]
[Date "2008.07.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gustafsson, Jan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2008.06.28"]

{Gustafsson led when the game began.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5.
Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. dxc5 bxc5 8. O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Rd1 Qb6 11. Bf4 Rd8
12. Rd2 d6 13. Rad1 Ne8 14. e4 Bc6 15. Qc2 Qb7 16. Qb3 Qxb3 17. axb3 f6 $1 {
Leko improves the theory, because he fights for the square e5.} 18. Ne1 $5 {
White stays passively.} ({Preferable is the active} 18. e5 $1 fxe5 19. Nxe5
Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Rc8 21. Nf3 Nc6 {(Krasenkow).} 22. Re1 {and both sides have a
weakness.}) 18... Nd7 19. Ra1 Rdb8 20. Ra3 Rb7 21. e5 $6 {White should
continue the passive defence.} Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Bxg2 23. Bxd6 $6 ({Better is} 23.
Bxf6 Bc6 24. Bxe7 Rxe7) 23... Nxd6 $1 24. Kxg2 Nf5 {Black has improved the
position of his knight.} 25. Ra6 $5 Nd4 $1 26. Nf3 Nxb3 {Leko has won a pawn.}
27. Rd3 e5 28. Rd5 Rd8 29. Rxd8+ Bxd8 30. Rd6 Be7 31. Ra6 Nd4 32. Nxd4 cxd4 33.
Nb5 d3 34. Kf1 Bc5 35. Rc6 d2 $6 ({My preference has} 35... Bb4 $1 36. Ra6 Kf7)
36. Ke2 Rd7 37. Nc3 Bd4 38. Kxd2 $5 Bxf2+ 39. Nd5 a5 $1 40. b3 $6 (40. Ke2 $5
Bd4 41. b4 axb4 42. Nxb4 {makes a last effort by exchanging a pawn.}) 40... Kf7
41. g4 Rb7 42. Ke2 (42. Kc2 Kg6 $1 {wins for Black.}) 42... Bd4 43. h4 e4 44.
h5 Rxb3 45. Rc7+ Ke6 {White cannot stop the a-pawn.   Leko overtook the lead.
He stayed on top during the last round. Peter was in great health, because he
had recovered from an accident. The final standings became: Leko 41/2/7,
Ivanchuk, Nepomniachtchi, Mamedyarov and Gustafsson 4, Naiditsch 31/2, Kramnik
3, Van Wely 1.} 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "26"]
[Date "2009.02.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

{The 26th installment was completely played in Linares from 19 ii until 7 iii
2009. So the players did not go to Morelia in Mexico. The usual two cycles
were carried out by eight grandmasters.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4
Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. Bd3
Ne7 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. O-O O-O 14. c4 f5 15. Qf3 d5 16. cxd5 fxe4 17. Bxe4 Rb8
18. Rfd1 f5 19. d6 Qf6 20. Bc6 Be6 21. Bd5 Rbd8 22. Qb3 Bf7 23. Nc2 Rxd6 24.
Bxf7+ Rxf7 25. Rxd6 Qxd6 26. Ne3 f4 27. Rd1 Qg6 28. Nd5 Bf8 $5 {Finally, a new
move is made.} ({Known is} 28... Kh8 {(Bobras - Yakovich, Port Erin 2006).})
29. f3 Kh8 $5 (29... Bc5+ 30. Kf1 Kg7 {gives an excellent alternative.}) 30.
Nc3 Rg7 $5 31. Rd2 Bc5+ 32. Kf1 Bd4 33. Ne4 Rc7 34. Rc2 $1 {White has a
superior pawn structure.} Rc6 35. Qd3 (35. g4 fxg3 36. hxg3 Rxc2 37. Qxc2 Qe6
38. Ng5 Qc4+ 39. Qxc4 bxc4 {about equalises (Anand).}) 35... Kg7 36. b3 h6 $2 (
36... Qh6 $1 {(threatens pawn h2)} 37. h3 Qg6 {draws (Anand).}) 37. g4 $1 fxg3
38. hxg3 Qe6 39. Kg2 Qc8 40. Rxc6 Qxc6 41. Qd2 Qe6 $2 ({Better is} 41... Kf7 $1
42. g4 Kg6 $1 {The black king has moved in a triangle. White suffers from
zugzwang.} 43. Qd3 Kf7 44. Ng3 Qc1 $1 {and the game will be hard to win for
White.}) 42. g4 $1 Qc6 43. Ng3 $1 {White starts an attack of queen and knight
on the kingside.} Kh7 ({The pointe is} 43... Qc3 44. Nf5+ $1 Kf7 45. Qxh6 Qc2+
46. Kh3 $1 {and White wins.}) 44. Nf5 Bb6 45. Qd3 Kh8 46. Qe2 $1 Bc7 47. Qd2
Kh7 48. Ne7 Qc5 ({Or} 48... Qd6 49. Qc2+ Kh8 50. Nf5 Qb6 51. Qe4 $1 {
(Rogozenco).}) 49. Qd3+ Kh8 50. Qd7 $1 e4 51. Qe8+ Kg7 52. Nf5+ Kf6 53. Qxe4
Bb6 54. Kh3 $1 h5 55. g5+ $1 Kxg5 56. Ne7 Kf6 57. Nd5+ Kg7 58. Qe5+ Kh6 59.
Qf6+ Kh7 60. Qf7+ Kh6 61. Ne7 {World champion Anand played a great game.} 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "26"]
[Date "2009.02.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. a3 a6 12. Ng5 $5 Bxh2+ 13. Kxh2 Ng4+ 14. Kg1
Qxg5 15. f3 Ngf6 16. e4 {White has given a pawn for an advance in the centre.}
Qh4 17. Be3 e5 18. Ne2 Nh5 (18... Rad8 $5 {was played in the Aeroflot Open on
the next day.}) 19. Qd2 h6 20. Rfd1 Rae8 $6 {Aronian should have played the
other rook.} 21. Bc2 Re6 22. Bf2 Qe7 23. g4 $1 {Anand smells blood.} Rg6 24.
Kf1 Nhf6 25. Ng3 Nxg4 $1 {Otherwise Black will suffocate.} 26. fxg4 Qh4 27. Nf5
Qxg4 $5 ({Aronian did not like} 27... Qh3+ $6 28. Ke1 Rxg4 29. Qe3 {and White
consolidates.}) 28. Qc3 $1 (28. Ne7+ $6 Kh7 29. Nxg6 fxg6 {leads to a black
counteraction.}) 28... Re8 29. Qg3 Qh5 30. Qh4 Qf3 31. Rd3 Qg2+ 32. Ke2 {White
threatens 33.Rg3.} exd4 33. Rg3 $4 {The tables turn.} (33. Rxd4 $1 Rg4 34. Ne3
Rxh4 35. Nxg2 Rh2 36. Rxd7 Bc8 37. Rc7 Rxg2 38. Rg1 Rxg1 39. Bxg1 {brings a
white advantage (Illescas Cordoba).}) 33... Rxg3 34. Qxg3 $5 Rxe4+ 35. Kd2 Rg4
$1 {Anand has missed this move.} (35... Qxg3 36. Bxg3 Re6 {would be okay for
White.}) 36. Qxg2 Rxg2 37. Ke2 c5 38. Rg1 Ne5 39. Rxg2 Bxg2 40. Kd2 h5 41. b4
$6 Nc4+ 42. Kc1 Nxa3 43. Bd1 cxb4 44. Bxh5 g6 45. Ne7+ Kf8 46. Nxg6+ fxg6 47.
Bxg6 Ke7 48. Bxd4 Kd6 49. Bd3 Nc4 50. Bg7 a5 51. Be2 Be4 52. Bf6 a4 53. Bg7 Kd5
{Anand did not score plus two but went to even. It spoiled his tournament.} 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "26"]
[Date "2009.02.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6 8.
Ne5 a5 9. e3 g6 10. Bd3 Be6 11. O-O $5 {Grischuk plays an obvious novelty.} (
11. Be2 {occurred in the previous game Grischuk - Wang Yue (Elista 2008).})
11... Bg7 12. f4 $1 Nfd7 13. Nf3 c5 $1 {Black has to counter in the centre,
before White attacks on the kingside.} 14. Ng5 $1 {Grischuk gives a pawn for
the initiative.} cxd4 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Ne4 O-O $6 ({More active is} 16... Nd5
$1 17. Ng5 Qb6 $1) 17. Qg4 $1 Rf5 18. Qh3 $1 Nc5 19. Nxc5 Rxc5 20. Qxe6+ Kh8
21. e4 Rac8 22. e5 R8c6 23. Qf7 Nd5 24. Bd2 Qf8 $5 {Wang escapes from the
attack by exchange.} 25. Qxf8+ Bxf8 26. Rac1 e6 27. Kf2 b6 28. Kf3 Kg7 29. g3
Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Rxc1 31. Bxc1 {White has advantages in the ending: the two
bishop and the vulnerabilty of d4.} Kf7 32. Bc4 Ne3 $1 33. b3 Bc5 34. Ke2 h5
35. Bb2 g5 $1 {Black delivers a semi-sacrifice.} 36. fxg5 Ng4 37. Bd3 ({
Grischuk's} 37. h4 Nxe5 38. Ba6 {does not convince.}) 37... Nxe5 $2 ({Better is
} 37... Nxh2 $1 38. Bc1 Ng4 39. Bf4 Ne3 {and Black has a fortress.}) 38. Be4
Ng4 39. h3 Ne3 40. Bc1 e5 $2 (40... Nd5 $1 {avoids an exchange that looks more
favourable.} 41. Bxd5 exd5 42. Kd3 Ke6 43. Bf4 Kf5 44. h4 Ke6 {This ending
looks very promising for White, but I could not find a win.}) 41. Bxe3 $1 dxe3
{Grischuk will win, despite the bishops of a different colour.} 42. h4 Kg7 43.
Kf3 Kf7 44. Bd3 Bd4 45. Be2 Kg7 46. Ke4 Kg6 47. Bd1 Bc3 48. Kxe3 Kf5 49. Bxh5
Be1 50. Kf3 e4+ 51. Kg2 Bc3 52. Be2 Be1 53. Kh3 Bf2 54. Bb5 Be1 55. Bd7+ Ke5
56. Kg4 e3 57. Bb5 {Grischuk was very lonely in Linares. He only had a
relation to his mini-bar.} 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "26"]
[Date "2009.02.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. g3 dxc4 7. Bg2 c5 8. dxc5
Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Bxc5 10. Ne5 Nd5 11. Ne3 Nxe3 12. Bxe3 Bxe3 13. fxe3 c3 $5 14. b4
$1 {Anand keeps the game going.} Nd7 15. Nd3 Rb8 $6 ({Better is} 15... Nf6 $1
16. Rc1 Ng4 17. Rxc3 $5 Nxe3 18. Bf3 Nd5 19. Bxd5 exd5 {and the game will be
about equal (Rogozenco).}) 16. O-O b5 17. axb5 Rxb5 $1 18. Rfc1 Ne5 $2 ({
Correct is} 18... O-O 19. Ra5 Rb8 20. Rxc3 Nf6) 19. Nxe5 Rxe5 20. Rxc3 $6 (20.
b5 $1 Rxb5 $1 21. Bc6+ Ke7 22. Bxb5 axb5 23. Rxc3 {wins material.}) 20... O-O
21. Bc6 Rd8 22. e4 Kf8 23. Kf2 Ke7 $2 ({Better is} 23... h6) 24. b5 $1 axb5 25.
Ra7+ {Anand wins a decisive tempo.} Kf6 (25... Kf8 26. Rc7 $1 {White threatens
Rd3!} Kg8 27. Ra3 b4 28. Ra8 {gains a piece.}) 26. Rf3+ Kg6 27. Rfxf7 Rg8 28.
Rfc7 Rh5 29. h4 Kf6 30. Ra8 Rc5 31. Rcxc8 Rxc8 32. Rxc8 b4 33. Bd7 ({The
pointe is} 33. Bd7 Rxc8 34. Bxc8 b3 35. Ba6 b2 36. Bd3 {and White wins.}) 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "26"]
[Date "2009.02.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. d5 exd5 7. Nh4 c6 $5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nf5 O-O 10. e4 Nc7 11. Bf4 (11. O-O {leads to the known position.}
) 11... d5 $1 12. Qg4 Ne6 13. Nc3 Kh8 $6 ({More useful is} 13... Bf6 $1) 14.
Be5 $6 {White should have regained the sacrificed pawn.} Bf6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16.
O-O-O $6 Nd7 $6 (16... g6 $1 17. Nd6 d4 $1 {gains a plus (A.Sayapin).}) 17. f4
Ndc5 18. e5 $2 {He misses the last chance to recapture the pawn.} Qg6 19. Qh3
$6 (19. Qxg6 hxg6 20. Nd6 Ba6 {brings a plus for Black (Krasenkow).}) 19... f6
20. Nh4 Qh6 21. Nf3 Qxh3 22. Bxh3 Nc7 23. b4 $6 ({Preferable is} 23. Rhe1 $1
fxe5 24. Nxe5 Rae8 25. b4 N5e6 26. Kb1) 23... N5a6 24. b5 cxb5 25. Rhe1 b4 26.
Ne2 Bc8 27. Bg2 Bf5 28. Nfd4 fxe5 29. fxe5 Be4 30. Bxe4 dxe4 31. Nf4 Nc5 32. h4
Rae8 33. e6 a5 34. Kb1 N7xe6 35. Ndxe6 Nxe6 36. Nd5 Nc5 37. Nxb6 h6 38. Nc4 Rf2
39. Rd5 Na4 40. Rxa5 Nc3+ 41. Ka1 {Grischuk took the lead by his second win.}
0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "26"]
[Date "2009.02.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 Nxg4 8. Rg1
Qf6 9. Rxg4 Qxf3 10. Rxg7 Nf6 11. h3 Qf5 $6 {The black pawn structure will be
ruined. Anand will encounter a hard defence in the endgame.} ({Preferable is} 
11... h6 12. Bd2 e5 {(Aronian - Morozevich, Linares 2007).}) 12. Qxf5 exf5 13.
cxd5 cxd5 14. Nb5 Bb4+ 15. Bd2 Bxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Ke7 17. Bd3 Be6 18. Nc7 $5 Rag8
19. Nxe6 Kxe6 20. Rxg8 Nxg8 $6 (20... Rxg8 21. Rc1 Rg2 22. Ke2 Rh2 {brings
play for both sides (Carlsen).}) 21. Ke2 Ne7 22. Kf3 $1 {He keeps the rook in
reserve for an attack on the g-file.} Rc8 23. a4 Rc7 24. a5 h6 25. h4 Kf6 26.
h5 $1 {Carlsen advances everywhere, because he wants to restrict Anand.} Nc8
27. Kf4 Nd6 28. Rg1 Rc8 29. f3 Ke6 $2 {Anand plays this move too soon.} (29...
a6 $1 {leads to zugzwang for White.} 30. Bb1 Ke6 31. Rg7 $6 Rc1 $1 32. Bd3 Rh1
{brings a plus for Black.}) 30. Rg7 $1 Rh8 31. Bc2 Rc8 32. Bb3 Rh8 33. Rg1 Rc8
34. Rg7 Rh8 35. Rg2 $1 Rc8 36. Rg1 $1 {Black is in zugzwang.} Ne8 $1 {Anand
sets a trap.} 37. e4 $1 {White starts a dangerous attack in the centre.} ({Not
} 37. Rg8 $4 Nf6 38. Rxc8 Nxh5#) 37... fxe4 38. fxe4 Nf6 39. e5 $1 Ne4 $1 ({
The pointe is} 39... Nxh5+ $2 40. Ke3 $1 {and Rh1 will force the win.}) 40. Ke3
b6 $5 41. axb6 axb6 42. Kd3 Nf2+ 43. Ke2 Ne4 44. Ke3 f6 $5 45. Rg6 Rc1 46. Rxh6
$6 (46. exf6 $1 Re1+ 47. Kd3 Nxf6 48. Bxd5+ $1 {would have given better
winning chances (A.Ganiev).}) 46... Rh1 47. Bc2 Rh3+ $2 (47... Re1+ $1 48. Kd3
Rh1 {defends well (S.Zagrebelny).}) 48. Kf4 $1 Rh4+ 49. Kf3 $1 Nd2+ 50. Ke2 $2
(50. Kg3 $1 Rxd4 51. Rxf6+ Kxe5 52. Rf5+ Ke6 53. h6 {wins for White (Carlsen).}
) 50... Rh2+ 51. Kd1 Nc4 52. Rxf6+ Ke7 53. Bg6 Rd2+ 54. Kc1 Rxd4 55. b3 $1 Nxe5
56. Rxb6 Rh4 $1 57. Bf5 $1 Nf3 $2 ({Right is} 57... Rh1+ 58. Kc2 (58. Kd2 Nc4+
$3 59. bxc4 Rxh5 $11 {(S.Zagrebelny)}) 58... Nf3) 58. h6 $1 Nd4 59. h7 $1 Nxf5
60. Rb8 $1 Nd4 61. Kb2 $1 Kd6 62. h8=Q Rxh8 63. Rxh8 {Carlsen has won an
exchange.} Kc5 64. Rh5 Nc6 65. Rh4 Nb4 66. Ka3 d4 $1 67. Rh5+ Nd5 68. Kb2 Kc6
69. Ka3 Kc5 70. Rh4 Nb4 71. Rh8 Nc6 $6 (71... Nc2+ {prolongs the game.}) 72.
Rh5+ Kd6 73. b4 $1 d3 $5 74. Rh3 Ne5 75. Kb3 d2 76. Kc2 Nc6 77. Rh4 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "26"]
[Date "2009.02.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Ne5 h5 10. h4 g4 11. Be2 Bb7 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Qc2 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bg7 15. b3
O-O $5 ({Theory is} 15... cxb3 16. axb3 O-O) 16. bxc4 Nh7 $1 {Aronian regains
the extra pawn.} 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Rad1 Qxh4 19. cxb5 cxb5 20. Nxb5 Rac8 21.
Qd3 Rfd8 $5 (21... g3 $1 22. Qxg3+ Qxg3 23. fxg3 Bxe4 {draws (Krasenkow).}) 22.
d5 exd5 23. Qd4+ Kg8 24. Qxa7 Qe7 25. e5 Qxe5 $2 ({Better is} 25... Ra8 26. Qe3
Rxa2) 26. Qxb7 Rb8 ({Not} 26... Qxe2 27. Nd6 $1) 27. Qc7 Qxe2 28. Nd4 $1 Qc4
29. Qe5 Re8 30. Qxh5 Rb6 31. Nf5 Rbe6 32. Ne3 Qxa2 33. Nxg4 Qe2 $1 34. Qh4 ({
He avoids the trap} 34. Rxd5 $4 Qxf1+ $1 35. Kxf1 Re1#) 34... Qc4 $5 35. f4 $1
Rg6 36. Rf3 Qc5+ $5 37. Kh1 Qe7 38. Qh3 Qd6 $2 {Aronian commits the fatal
blunder.} ({Right is} 38... Nf6 39. Re3 $1 Qf8 $1 40. Nxf6+ Rxf6 41. Rg3+ Rg6
42. Rxd5 Qb4 $1 {and Black has positional compensation for the pawn.}) 39. f5
$1 Rg5 40. Nh6+ Kf8 41. Nxf7 $1 {An elegant decision.} Qf6 ({The pointe is} 
41... Kxf7 42. Qxh7+ Kf8 43. f6 Qe5 44. Rh3 {(Krasenkow).}) 42. Nxg5 Nxg5 43.
Qh4 Re7 44. Rh3 $1 Qxf5 45. Qh8+ Kf7 46. Rh5 Re8 47. Qh6 Rg8 48. Qd6 Rg6 49.
Qxd5+ Qxd5 50. Rxd5 Ne4 51. Rhf5+ Kg7 52. Rd7+ Kh6 53. Rf4 Ng3+ 54. Kh2 Nh5 55.
Ra4 Nf6 56. Rdd4 Rg5 57. Rf4 Rg6 58. Rf3 Nh7 59. Rh3+ {Grischuk had scored
plus three.} 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "26"]
[Date "2009.02.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 c6 8. d5 Ng4
9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 c5 11. O-O h5 12. Ne1 Nh6 13. f3 Nf7 $5 14. Rb1 Bh6 {Black
has no hurry with the development of the queenside.} 15. Bf2 Na6 16. a3 b6 17.
b4 f5 $5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. f4 $5 {The next exchange helps Black.} Bxf4 20. Bxh5
Bd7 21. Rb3 Qg5 $5 22. b5 $6 {Hereafter, the queenside remains closed.} (22.
Nd3 $1 Be3 23. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 24. Nf2 {favours White (Ivanchuk).}) 22... Nc7 23.
Bxf7+ $5 Rxf7 24. Ne2 Rg7 25. Nxf4 Qxf4 $1 26. Bxc5 Qh6 $1 {Ivanchuk has given
a pawn for the initiative.} 27. Be3 f4 28. Bc1 Bg4 29. Qd2 Rf8 30. Nd3 Ne8 31.
Nxf4 $2 {White panics.} ({Better is} 31. Bb2 Rf5 32. Nxf4 $1 Rgf7 33. h3 Rxf4
$5 34. Rxf4 Rxf4 35. Bc1 Qh4 36. hxg4 Rxg4 {and White almost equalises 
(Ivanchuk).}) 31... Rxf4 32. Rxf4 Qxf4 33. Qxf4 exf4 34. Bxf4 Rf7 $1 35. g3 Re7
$1 {The black counterattack refutes the sacrifice.} 36. h3 $5 Bxh3 37. Kf2 Nf6
38. g4 Bxg4 39. Re3 Ne4+ 40. Ke1 Kf7 41. a4 Nc5 42. Kd2 Rxe3 43. Kxe3 Ke7 44.
Kd4 {Grischuk led by 5/7 at the end of the first cycle. Carlsen and Ivanchuk
followed at one point.} 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "26"]
[Date "2009.02.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "186"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 h6 8. Bd2
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. e4 Be7 12. g5 hxg5 13. Nxg5 b4 14. Na4 c5 15.
Nxc5 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Rc8 17. Qa4+ $6 (17. Bxb4 Nd7 18. Bb5 O-O 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20.
h4 f6 21. Nf3 Qb5 22. Bc3 Rxc5 {drew in a computer assisted game (2007).})
17... Bc6 18. Bb5 Bxb5 19. Qxb5+ Qd7 20. Qxd7+ Nxd7 21. Ke2 Rh4 22. Rac1 Rxc5
23. Rxc5 Bxc5 {Black has an edge in the endgame.} 24. f4 e5 $1 25. h3 exf4 26.
Nf3 Rh6 27. Bxf4 Re6 28. Nd2 Bd4 29. Rb1 Ra6 30. a3 $5 bxa3 31. bxa3 Rxa3 {
Aronian has won a pawn.} 32. Nc4 $1 {White counters.} Ra2+ 33. Kd3 Bf2 34. Bd6
Nb6 35. Bb4 Nxc4 36. Kxc4 Bb6 37. Kd5 Rg2 38. Rb3 Rg5+ 39. e5 Bc7 $5 40. Bd6
Bxd6 41. Kxd6 Rg6+ 42. Kd5 {The rook ending offers little winning chances for
Black.} Rb6 43. Rc3 Kd7 44. Rf3 Ke7 45. Rc3 Rb7 46. Rc6 g6 47. Ra6 Kf8 $1 48.
Ke4 Kg7 49. Kf4 Re7 50. Ra5 Kh6 51. Kg4 a6 $5 52. Rxa6 $6 {A waiting move
would draw easily.} Rxe5 53. Rb6 Re3 54. Ra6 f5+ 55. Kh4 Re4+ 56. Kg3 Kg5 57.
Ra3 Re2 58. Kf3 Rh2 59. Kg3 Rb2 60. Ra8 $5 Rb3+ 61. Kg2 Kf4 62. Ra4+ Ke3 63. h4
$1 Rb6 ({The pointe is} 63... f4 64. Ra6 $1) 64. Kg3 Rd6 65. Rf4 Rd1 66. Rf3+
Ke4 67. Rf4+ Ke5 68. Ra4 f4+ $1 69. Kg2 Rd2+ 70. Kf3 Rd3+ 71. Kg2 Rg3+ 72. Kh2
$1 {The h-pawn needs a distant protection.} Kf5 73. Ra6 Re3 74. Ra5+ Re5 75.
Ra2 $1 Kg4 $1 76. Rg2+ $1 Kh5 77. Kh3 Ra5 78. Rg1 Ra3+ 79. Kh2 Ra6 80. Kh3 Ra5
81. Rg2 Rc5 82. Rg1 f3 $5 83. Kg3 $5 Rf5 84. Rf1 $2 {Carlsen makes a fatal
mistake.} ({Right is} 84. Kf2 $1 Rf6 85. Rh1 Kg4 {(Krasenkow)} 86. h5 $5 gxh5 {
drawn.}) 84... f2 $1 85. Kh3 Rf3+ 86. Kg2 Kg4 87. h5 $5 Rg3+ $1 88. Kh2 ({Or} 
88. Kxf2 Rf3+ 89. Kg2 Rxf1 90. Kxf1 Kxh5) 88... Kf3 $1 89. Ra1 Rg2+ $1 90. Kh1
Rg5 91. Ra3+ Kf4 92. Ra4+ Kg3 93. Ra3+ Kh4 $1 {Carlsen and Aronian fought in
several long and decided games.} (93... Kh4 94. Ra1 Rg1+ 95. Rxg1 fxg1=Q+ 96.
Kxg1 Kxh5 {is shown by the databases.}) 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "26"]
[Date "2009.03.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rb8 11. Bb3 Na5 12. Bh6 Bxh6 13. Qxh6 b5 14. g4 Nxb3+
15. Nxb3 b4 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Rb6 18. Rhe1 $6 {The rook is needed on the
h-file.} ({Known is} 18. h4 {(Maslak - Porat, Pardubice 2008).}) 18... e5 19.
dxe6 fxe6 20. Re3 (20. Qd2 {returns the queen from offside.}) 20... Rf7 21. Nd2
$5 d5 22. Nb3 Qc7 23. Kb1 Rb8 24. Rde1 $5 Rc8 $1 25. R1e2 Qb6 26. h4 d4 27. Re5
d3 $1 28. cxd3 Rxf3 29. d4 $2 ({The retreat} 29. Qd2 {is met by} Qg1+ 30. Re1
Qxg4 31. h5 $1 {and White has counter-play (Dominguez).}) 29... Bb5 $1 30. R2e3
({Or} 30. Re1 Rxb3 $1 31. axb3 Bd3+ 32. Ka2 Qa6+ {and mate (Rogozenco).}) 30...
Bd3+ 31. Ka1 Qxd4 $5 32. Rxe6 ({Not} 32. Nxd4 $2 Rc1#) 32... Rf1+ 33. Re1 Qxg4
34. Rxf1 Qxe6 35. Nc5 Qe2 36. Rc1 Bf5 37. Qf4 a5 38. h5 Qe7 $6 {Both players
miss the best move under time pressure.} (38... Rd8 $1 39. hxg6 hxg6 {wins for
Black.}) 39. Qc4+ $6 (39. hxg6 $1 hxg6 $1 40. Qc4+ Qf7 $1 41. Qd4 Qd7 $1 42.
Qc4+ Be6 $1 43. Qc2 Qf7 {brings a difficult win for Black.}) 39... Be6 40. Qc2
({The pointe is} 40. Qd4 Qg5 $1) 40... Qg5 $1 41. hxg6 hxg6 42. a3 bxa3 43. Qc3
axb2+ 44. Kxb2 Qd5 45. Rc2 a4 46. Ka1 a3 47. Qe3 Bf7 48. Qc3 g5 49. Qe3 Re8 50.
Qc3 Re2 51. Nb3 Rxc2 52. Qxc2 Qe5+ 53. Kb1 Kg7 54. Qd2 Bxb3 {Carlsen defended
and counterattacked well.} 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "26"]
[Date "2009.03.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Bd2 Nbd7 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 b4 10. Na4 e5 11. Rc1 $5 (11. cxd5 cxd5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 {was played
in Lugovoi - Volkov, Moscow 1999.}) 11... Bd6 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14.
Qd1 O-O $1 {Wang has gained an edge.} 15. Be2 a5 $5 16. Rc2 Qe7 17. Bc1 Rad8
18. Bb2 Ng6 19. O-O Ne4 20. Bd4 Nh4 $1 {Black takes the initiative.} 21. Bd3
Nf5 22. Bb6 Rb8 23. Bxe4 $5 {White eliminates an attacker.} (23. Bxa5 Qe5 24.
f4 Qe7 25. Qc1 Qa7 26. Bxe4 dxe4 27. Bc7 $1 Qxe3+ 28. Qxe3 Nxe3 29. Bxd6 Nxc2
30. Bxf8 Kxf8 {brings many exchanges.}) 23... Qxe4 24. Rd2 Rxb6 $1 {An
important defender of the white position disappears.} 25. Nxb6 Qe5 $5 (25...
Nxe3 26. fxe3 Qxe3+ 27. Rdf2 {gives no winning chances (Giri).}) 26. Re1 $2 ({
Correct is} 26. g3 $1 Nxg3 $1 27. Re1 $1 Ne4 28. f4) 26... Qh2+ 27. Kf1 Qh1+
28. Ke2 Qxg2 29. Rxd5 Ng3+ 30. Kd3 Bc7 $1 31. fxg3 Bxb6 32. Kc4 $1 Rb8 $1 {The
white king is caught.} 33. Kb5 $6 (33. e4 Qxg3 34. Qd2 {offers more resistance.
}) 33... Bd4+ $2 ({Giri analyses} 33... Bd8+ $1 34. Ka6 Bc7 $1 35. Qd4 Qxh3 36.
g4 Qh6+ {and White will be mated or lose material.}) 34. Kc4 Bf6 35. Qd3 Qxg3
36. Rd1 Qc7+ 37. Rc5 Qb7 38. Qd6 $2 {Magnus has little time for contemplation
and misses the escape.} (38. Qd7 $1 Qe4+ 39. Rd4 Qc2+ 40. Kd5 Qg2+ 41. e4 Qg5+
42. Kc4 Qc1+ 43. Kd5 Qg5+ {leads to perpetual check.}) 38... Qe4+ $1 39. Rd4
Qc2+ 40. Kd5 Qg2+ 41. e4 Rd8 42. Qxd8+ Bxd8 43. Rc8 g6 44. Rxd8+ Kg7 45. Rd3
Qc2 46. Kd4 a4 47. bxa4 Qxa2 48. Kc5 b3 49. Rb8 b2 50. Rdb3 Qxa4 51. Rxb2 Qxe4
52. R8b3 Kh6 53. Rc3 f5 54. Rbb3 Qe5+ 55. Kc4 Kh5 56. Kd3 Kh4 57. Kd2 f4 58.
Rf3 g5 59. Rfd3 Qc5 60. Rbc3 Qf2+ 61. Kd1 Qf1+ 62. Kd2 Qg2+ 63. Kd1 Qe4 64. Kd2
h5 {Wang defeated Carlsen in Wijk aan Zee and Linares 209.} 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "26"]
[Date "2009.03.05"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

{Grischuk led one-and-a-half points on Carlsen, when the round began.} 1. e4 c5
2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. a4 Nc6 9.
Be3 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3 Bf8 13. Qd2 Rb8 14. Qf2 e5 15. fxe5 $5 (
{Known is} 15. Nde2) 15... dxe5 16. Nb3 Nb4 17. Ba7 Ra8 18. Bb6 Qe7 19. Rad1
Be6 $6 ({Better is} 19... Bg4 $1) 20. Nd5 $1 Bxd5 21. exd5 e4 22. d6 {White
has created a dangerous, passed pawn.} Qe6 $6 23. Nc5 $1 Qf5 24. Be2 Qxf2 25.
Rxf2 Nbd5 26. a5 $6 ({The elegant} 26. Rxf6 $1 Nxf6 27. a5 $1 {grabs an
advantage (Carlsen).}) 26... Nxb6 27. axb6 Rab8 $2 {Grischuk is going to lose
the endgame.} (27... Rec8 $1 28. b4 $1 Rc6 29. Nxb7 Rxb6 30. d7 Rxb7 31. d8=Q
Rxd8 32. Rxd8 Rxb4 {might bring survival (Giri).}) 28. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 29. Nd7 $1
{White has opened the road for his passed pawn.} f5 30. c4 $1 a5 31. c5 Bg7 32.
Nxb8 Rxb8 33. Ba6 $3 {Carlsen ends the game brilliantly.} Bf6 34. Bxb7 $1 Rxb7
35. c6 Rxb6 36. Rc1 $1 Bxb2 37. d7 $1 {Grischuk led half-a-point on Carlsen,
Aronian and Ivanchuk with two rounds to go. So the tension was back at the top.
} 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "26"]
[Date "2009.03.06"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Rc8 11. Rac1 c5 12. dxc5 $5 bxc5 13. Rfd1 Qe7 14. g3 $5
Rfd8 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Nh4 $5 Bb8 17. Bf1 Ne5 $6 ({Black could play} 17... g6
$1 18. Bg2 Qe6) 18. Bh3 $1 Rc7 19. Bg2 d4 $2 {The tournament has lasted long.}
(19... Rcc8 $1 {keeps Black in the game (Giri).}) 20. Nf5 $1 Qe8 21. exd4 cxd4
22. Nxd4 $1 {White has won a pawn.} Bxg2 23. Kxg2 g6 24. Ne4 $1 Qe7 25. Nxf6+ (
{Even better is} 25. Nf5 $1 gxf5 26. Nxf6+ Qxf6 27. Bxe5 Rxc2 28. Bxf6 Rxd1 29.
Rxc2 {and White wins bishop c8 (NIC).}) 25... Qxf6 26. Qe2 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Qd6
28. Qe4 (28. f4 $1 Qd5+ 29. Kg1 Nd7 30. Nc6 $1 {finishes the struggle.}) 28...
Qb4 29. Rc2 f5 30. Qe2 Qb7+ 31. Nc6 $1 Re8 $2 (31... Nxc6 32. Qe6+ Kf8 33. Rxc6
Qf7 {prolongs the game.}) 32. Kg1 Nf3+ 33. Qxf3 Re1+ 34. Kg2 Qb5 35. Rc4 {
Carlsen missed the win against Radjabov and Grischuk could not defeat Anand.
So Grischuk and Ivanchuk were leading by half-a-point on Carlsen.} 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "26"]
[Date "2009.03.07"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5
f6 9. Bc1 exd4 10. Nxd4 f5 11. h3 Nh6 12. exf5 Nxf5 13. Nxf5 Bxf5 14. Be3 Nc6
15. Qd2 a5 16. O-O Kh8 17. Rad1 Qf6 18. Nd5 Qf7 19. b3 $5 ({Damljanovic has
played} 19. Bh6 {in this position.}) 19... b6 20. a3 Rae8 21. Rfe1 Re6 22. Bf1
Rfe8 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 h5 $5 25. b5 $1 Na5 26. Bd4 Kh7 27. Rxe6 Bxe6 28.
Bxg7 Qxg7 29. Re1 Qf7 30. Re4 $5 {White tries a trick.} Bxd5 31. Rf4 $5 Qg8 32.
cxd5 Nb3 $1 33. Qc3 Nc5 34. Qf3 Kg7 35. g4 Re5 36. Bc4 Qe8 37. Bd3 hxg4 38.
hxg4 Qe7 39. Kg2 Nd7 40. Bc2 Nf6 41. Rd4 Rg5 {All games were drawn in the last
round.   The final standings became: Grischuk 8/14 (winner on tie-break; he
had won more games), Ivanchuk 8, Carlsen 71/2, Anand 7, Radjabov, Wang and
Aronian 61/2, Dominguez 6. Linares 2009 had a prize fund of 314,000 Euros but
no appearance fees. Grischuk and Ivanchuk each won 87,500 and Carlsen got 50,
000.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 71"]
[Date "2009.01.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]

{Event 71 was played from 17 i until 1 ii in Wijk aan Zee. The old stars Anand,
Topalov and Kramnik were absent this time. It would become a tournament of the
youth. The young Dutchmen Stellwagen and Smeets participated in the main group.
} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Be7 9. f3 O-O 10. g4 b5 11. g5 Ne8 12. h4 Ne5 13. Kb1 (13. h5 {was
played in Dominguez - Morozevich, Sarajevo 2008.}) 13... Bb7 14. h5 Rc8 15. Qg2
$5 ({Known is} 15. Bd3) 15... b4 16. Na4 f5 $5 {Black counters in the central
area.} 17. gxf6 Nxf6 (17... Rxf6 {brings a white plus in a later game.}) 18.
Bd3 Rf7 {The rooks are doubled.} 19. b3 {He prepares Nb2-c4.} Rcf8 20. Rdg1 Ne8
21. Rh3 Bf6 22. Nb2 Nc6 $2 ({Better is} 22... Nxd3 23. cxd3 Nd6 $1 {(Karjakin).
}) 23. Nxc6 Qxc6 {Suddenly,  Black has no proper defence!} (23... Bxc6 24. Nc4
Bc3 25. h6 g6 26. e5 $1 Rxf3 27. Bxg6 $1 {also wins for White.}) 24. Nc4 d5 (
24... Bc3 25. h6 g6 26. e5 $1 {leads to the decisive threat Bxg6!}) 25. exd5
exd5 26. h6 {Karjakin had a sailing start.} ({The pointe is} 26. h6 g6 27. Bxg6
hxg6 28. Qxg6+ Kh8 29. Qg7+ $1 Rxg7 30. hxg7+ Kg8 31. Rh8+ Kf7 32. gxf8=Q+ {
and White wins (Karjakin).}) 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 71"]
[Date "2009.01.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d4 {Movsesian plays an ancient
gambit. He surprises Adams.} Bxd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. f4 d6 8. fxe5 dxe5 9. Bg5 {
It is the Holzhausen Attack.} Qe7 10. c3 Be6 11. Na3 Nc6 $6 (11... Bxc4 $1 12.
Nxc4 Ne6 {was played in Anderssen - Fleissig, Wien 1873.}) 12. Kh1 {White has
a plus.} Rd8 $5 (12... h6 {occurred in Lakos - Frosch, Wien 1996.}) 13. Qe2 h6
14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Rf2 Rg8 16. Raf1 Rg6 17. Nc2 $1 {The knight moves to the
central area.} Kf8 18. Ne3 Nb8 $1 {Black prepares ..c6 and ..Nd7.} 19. Qh5 Kg7
20. Qf3 Kh7 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 e4 23. Qf4 Rd6 $2 ({Better is} 23... c6 $5
24. dxc6 Nxc6 25. Re2 Qe5 26. Rxe4 Qxf4 27. Rexf4 Kg7 28. Bb3 Rd6 {and Black
defends a difficult position.}) 24. Re2 $1 Nd7 25. Rxe4 Ne5 26. Bb3 Kg8 27. c4
b6 28. Bc2 Qf8 29. Re3 Rg5 30. Bf5 Kh8 31. Rfe1 a5 32. b3 c6 $5 33. dxc6 Rxc6
34. h4 Rg8 35. Rd1 a4 $2 (35... Ng6 36. Bxg6 Rxg6 37. Rd7 Re6 {offers more
resistance.}) 36. Rd8 $1 Qg7 37. Rxg8+ Kxg8 38. Rg3 {Movsesian played a fine
game.} (38. Rg3 Ng6 39. Bxg6 fxg6 40. Qe4 $1 {wins material.}) 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 71"]
[Date "2009.01.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. a4
Rb8 9. axb5 axb5 10. d3 O-O 11. h3 Ne7 $5 ({Usual is} 11... h6) 12. Na3 (12.
Bg5 $1 Ng6 13. d4 {shows more aggression.}) 12... Ng6 13. Nc2 h6 14. Re1 Bb6
15. Ne3 c6 16. Nh2 Kh8 $6 ({More useful is} 16... Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6) 17. Nhg4
Nxg4 18. hxg4 Qh4 $6 (18... Be6 $1 19. Nf5 Nf4 {equalises (Illescas Cordoba).})
19. d4 $1 exd4 $5 20. cxd4 Qf6 $2 ({Better is} 20... Ne7 $1 21. Nf5 Nxf5 22.
gxf5 Re8 $1) 21. Nf5 $1 Kg8 $5 ({Kamsky assumes that Morozovich had previously
calculated} 21... Bxf5 $2 22. exf5 $1 Bxd4 {and missed} 23. g5 $3 hxg5 24. Qh5+
Kg8 25. fxg6 Qxf2+ 26. Kh2 Qxe1 27. Qh7#) 22. Be3 Bxf5 23. gxf5 Ne7 24. Bc2 {
White has positional advantages.} Rfd8 25. b4 $1 c5 $2 (25... Ra8 {offers more
resistance.}) 26. bxc5 dxc5 27. Qg4 $1 Rxd4 ({The pointe is} 27... cxd4 28. e5
$1 Qxe5 29. Bxh6 Qf6 30. Bg5 $1) 28. Bxd4 Qxd4 29. Qg3 Nc6 30. e5 $1 c4 31.
Rad1 Qb2 32. f6 g5 33. Re2 Qb4 34. Qh3 $1 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 71"]
[Date "2009.01.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. g3 dxc4 7. Bg2 c5 8. dxc5
Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Nc6 10. Ne3 Bxc5 11. Nxc4 Ke7 12. O-O Nd5 13. Rd1 $5 {White
keeps pressure on the black position.} f6 {He controls square e5.} 14. Nfd2 $5
Rd8 $2 {The black pieces stay bottled up.} (14... Nd4 $1 15. e3 Ne2+ 16. Kf1
Nxc1 17. Raxc1 Bd7 {leads to development.}) 15. Nb3 Ba7 16. Nca5 $1 Rb8 $1 17.
Nxc6+ bxc6 18. Na5 $1 {The knight exerts power on a5.} Bd7 19. b3 Bc5 20. Bd2
Bb4 21. Rac1 Rdc8 22. Bxb4+ Nxb4 23. f4 c5 24. Kf2 $5 {Aronian continues the
restraint.} (24. Nb7 Rc7 25. Nxc5 Rbc8 26. Rc4 Rxc5 27. Rxb4 a5 28. Rb7 R8c7 {
creates little winning chances (Rogozenco).}) 24... Rc7 25. Rc3 Be8 26. Rdc1
Kd6 27. Re3 Bf7 28. Bh3 Ke7 29. Re4 {White threatens Bxe6!} g6 30. Rec4 $1 Kd6
31. Bg2 Nd5 $6 (31... g5 $1 32. fxg5 fxg5 33. h4 gxh4 34. Rxh4 Bg6 {forms a
defensive screen on the kingside.}) 32. h4 Nb4 33. g4 $1 {Go forwards and do
not forget.} h6 34. g5 hxg5 35. hxg5 fxg5 36. fxg5 Nd5 37. Rh1 $1 Rb4 $6 (37...
Bg8 38. Bf3 Ke7 {tries to plug the holes.}) 38. Rh8 Ke7 39. Be4 e5 40. Rh7 Kd6
41. e3 Ke6 42. Bd3 Rb8 43. Rc1 Be8 44. Rch1 Rxh7 45. Rxh7 Nb4 46. Be4 Rd8 47.
Nc4 Bc6 ({Or} 47... Bf7 48. Rg7 Rd7 49. Kf3 Rd1 50. Bxg6 Bxg6 51. Rxg6+ Kf5 52.
Rb6 Kxg5 53. Ke4 {and White also wins the endgame.}) 48. Bxg6 Rf8+ 49. Ke2 Bf3+
50. Ke1 e4 51. Rh6 Nd3+ 52. Kd2 Ke7 53. Kc3 Rd8 54. Rh7+ Ke6 55. Rc7 Rh8 56.
Bh7 $1 Nb4 57. Rxc5 Nd5+ 58. Rxd5 $1 ({The pointe is} 58. Rxd5 Kxd5 59. g6) 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 71"]
[Date "2009.01.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O {Van Wely has defeated
Radjabov several times in the Kings Indian Defence.} 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. f3 Kh8 13. Rb1 h6 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15.
dxe6 fxe4 16. fxe4 Nc6 17. Nd5 Ng8 18. Bd3 Nd4 19. Qg4 g5 20. h4 $5 {Rybka
suggests this novelty.} (20. Qh3 {was played in Ponomariov - Radjabov, Wijk
aan Zee 2003.}) 20... Nf6 21. Qg3 gxh4 $2 {Black opens the kingside.} ({Better
is} 21... Nxe6 22. hxg5 Nxd5 23. gxh6 Ndf4 $1 24. hxg7+ Nxg7 25. Qh2+ Kg8 26.
Bxf4 Rxf4 {and Black almost equalises (Van Wely).}) 22. Qxh4 Nxe6 23. Bxh6 Kg8
$2 {Asking for a problems.} (23... Nh7 24. Bxg7+ Kxg7 25. Qg4+ Nhg5 26. Rf1
Rxf1+ 27. Rxf1 c6 {favours White (Velickovic).}) 24. Qh3 $1 {Black has to
capture on h6.} Bxh6 25. Qxh6 c6 26. Re3 $1 {White utilises the open kingside.}
Kf7 $1 {He sets a trap.} (26... cxd5 27. exd5 $1 Ng7 28. Rg3 Qc7 29. Bg6 {
overwhelms the black position (Van Wely).}) 27. Rf1 $1 {Loek finds the fast
win.} (27. Nxf6 Qxf6 28. Rf3 Qxf3 29. gxf3 Rh8 30. Qc1 Nf4 {meets a lot of
resistance.}) 27... cxd5 28. exd5 Ke7 29. dxe6 Kxe6 30. Ref3 a5 31. Be4 {
Radjabov lost again against Van Wely.   Karjakin took the sole lead by a win
against Stellwagen.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 71"]
[Date "2009.01.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Nc5 b6 6. Nb3 e6 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. g3
Nbd7 9. Bg2 Qc7 10. O-O Rd8 11. Qe2 Bd6 12. Re1 $5 ({Known is} 12. c4) 12...
O-O 13. Nh4 Bg4 14. Qc4 Nd5 15. Bg5 Rc8 16. a4 {White takes the initiative on
the queenside.} b5 $6 ({Preferable is} 16... h6 17. Bd2 a5) 17. Qd3 N7b6 $5 18.
Nc5 $1 {Radjabov has gained a plus.} h6 19. Bd2 $5 Nc4 $1 20. axb5 {He opens
the a-file.} cxb5 21. h3 Bh5 22. Bxd5 $1 exd5 23. Bc3 $1 {White threatens b3.}
Rfe8 $1 {Kamsky prepares an ingenious retreat.} 24. b3 Ne5 $5 25. Qxb5 Bxc5 $2
({Better is} 25... g5 $1 26. Ba5 Qb8 27. Qxb8 Bxb8 {and White only has a plus 
(Radjabov).}) 26. Qxc5 $5 Qd7 $6 (26... Qd8 $1 27. Qxa7 Nf3+ 28. Nxf3 Bxf3 29.
Ba5 Qf6 {gives counter-play.}) 27. Qxa7 Qxa7 28. Rxa7 Nf3+ 29. Nxf3 Bxf3 30.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. b4 Bd1 $5 32. Ra2 Rc8 33. b5 $1 Rb8 ({The pointe is} 33... Rxc3
34. b6 Rc8 35. b7 {(Radjabov).}) 34. Rb2 f6 35. Ba5 Be2 36. b6 Rb7 37. Rb1 $1
Kf7 38. Bd2 g5 39. Bc1 $1 Bf3 40. Ba3 Be4 41. Bd6 {White plays Bc7 and the
rest will be easy.   Radjabov competed at the top.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 71"]
[Date "2009.01.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Stellwagen, Daniel"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]

{When Stellwagen started in group A, one feared for his fate. But he would
score eleven draws and two losses.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6
5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qe2 Qc7 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Nf3 e5 11. g4 h6 12.
Bxf6 Nxf6 13. f5 $5 (13. g5 $1 hxg5 14. fxg5 Nh5 15. Nd5 Qc6 {was played in
Shirazi - Lerner, Philadelphia 1990.}) 13... b5 14. a3 Rb8 $5 15. h4 $1 Qb6 ({
The immediate} 15... b4 $1 {gains  an edge.}) 16. Nd2 b4 $5 17. Nc4 $1 Qc5 18.
axb4 Qxb4 $6 19. Rh3 $6 (19. Qg2 $1 Bb7 20. g5 {attacks.}) 19... Bb7 20. g5 Nd7
21. Na2 Qa4 22. Nc3 Qb4 23. Na2 Qa4 24. Ra3 (24. Qg2 $1 hxg5 (24... Qxa2 $4 25.
Ra3) 25. Nc3 Qb4 26. hxg5 Rxh3 27. Qxh3 Bxg5+ 28. Kb1 {leads to a white charge.
}) 24... Qc6 25. Nc3 Qc7 26. Ne3 $5 hxg5 27. Ncd5 $1 Qd8 28. Nxe7 Qxe7 29. Nc4
$1 d5 30. exd5 Rxh4 31. Rb3 Qf6 $2 ({Correct is} 31... f6 $1 32. d6 Qf7) 32.
Na5 $2 {Daniel misses the opportunity.} (32. Qe3 $1 {exerts the fatal threat
34.Qa7.}) 32... Nc5 33. Rc3 Ne4 34. Rb3 Nc5 35. Rc3 Ne4 36. Rc7 $6 Nd6 37. Nxb7
Rxb7 38. Rxb7 Nxb7 39. d6 Nxd6 $6 (39... Ra4 $1 40. d7+ Kd8 41. Kb1 Nd6 {plays
for a win.}) 40. Qxa6 Rd4 41. Qc6+ Kf8 42. Qa8+ Ke7 43. Qa7+ Kf8 {The game
ends in perpetual check.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 71"]
[Date "2009.01.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. f4 Nc6 7. Be3 Bd7 {
Movsesian diverts from a previous game against Ivanchuk.} 8. Be2 Be7 9. Ndb5
Qb8 10. O-O O-O 11. a4 Rd8 12. Kh1 Nb4 13. Bf3 e5 $5 14. Qe2 Bc6 15. fxe5 dxe5
16. a5 b6 $1 17. axb6 axb6 18. Rxa8 Bxa8 19. Na4 $5 (19. Qf2 Bc5 20. Bxc5 bxc5
21. Qxc5 Nxc2 22. Rd1 {takes less risk.}) 19... Bc6 20. c4 Nxe4 21. Nxb6 f5 $1
{Black takes the initiative.} 22. Nc3 Qb7 23. c5 Nd3 24. Bxe4 $6 ({Movsesian
advices} 24. Nxe4 Bxe4 25. Qc2) 24... Bxe4 25. b4 Kh8 $1 26. Rb1 f4 27. Bg1 $1
Bg6 28. Nc4 $2 {Ivanchuk fails under time pressure.} (28. Rd1 $1 e4 29. b5 f3
30. Qa2 Bh5 31. c6 {counterattacks timely.}) 28... e4 $1 29. Na5 Qa8 30. c6
Bxb4 31. Nb7 f3 $1 32. gxf3 exf3 33. Qxf3 Rf8 34. Qd5 Bxc3 35. c7 Nf4 {
Movsesian scored well.} 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 71"]
[Date "2009.01.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. a4 Qc7 12. Rfd1 Rac8 13. a5 Nc5 14. Nxc5 dxc5
15. Qe1 Rfd8 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 17. f3 c4 18. Na4 Nd7 19. Qc3 f6 $5 20. b3 Rc8 21.
b4 Qc6 22. Qa3 f5 $5 23. b5 $1 axb5 $1 24. Qxe7 bxa4 25. Rd1 Nf8 $1 ({Not} 
25... f4 $2 26. Rd6) 26. Rd6 Re8 $1 {Active play is needed.} 27. Rxc6 Rxe7 28.
Bc5 $3 Rd7 $2 ({Right is} 28... Re8 $1 29. Rc7 fxe4 30. Rxb7 Ra8 31. Rb5 Nd7
32. Bb4 {(Ivanchuk)} e3 $1 {and White gains little advantage.}) 29. Rb6 $1 fxe4
30. fxe4 c3 $5 ({The pointe is} 30... Rd2 31. Rxb7 $1 Rxe2 32. a6 {(Ftacnik).})
31. Kf2 $1 {He wins by restraint of the hostile position.} (31. Bb4 $1 g5 32.
Bxf8 Kxf8 33. Rxe6 Rd2 34. a6 $1 bxa6 35. Bd3 {hunts for material.}) 31... Ba2
32. a6 $1 bxa6 33. Rb8 Rf7+ 34. Ke3 g6 {Karjakin is lost, despite the two
extra pawns.} 35. Bd6 Rf6 36. Rd8 a3 37. Bxa3 Kg7 38. Bd6 Rf7 39. Bxe5+ Kh6 40.
Bxa6 Ne6 41. Rc8 {Ivanchuk showed a remarkable example of restriction.  
Movsesian became the sole leader.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 71"]
[Date "2009.01.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 Nc6 7. f3 Be7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. g4 d5 10. g5 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Nh5 12. O-O-O Bxg5 13. Kb1 Kh8 14. Bxg5 Qxg5
15. Rg1 Qf4 $5 (15... Qf6 {occurred in Stellwagen - Movsesian (round one).})
16. Qc5 Bd7 $1 17. exd5 Nf6 $5 (17... exd5 18. Nxd5 Qe5 $1 {is fine too.}) 18.
Bh3 $5 (18. d6 $1 Bc6 19. Rg3 {takes the initiative.}) 18... exd5 19. Bxd7 Nxd7
20. Qxd5 Nf6 21. Qxb7 Qxh2 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Qxe4 Rad8 24. a4 Qc7 25. Rxd8 Rxd8
{Black has achieved equality.} 26. Rg5 g6 27. Rb5 Rd1+ 28. Ka2 Rd7 29. c4 Kg7
$5 30. c5 a6 31. c6 axb5 32. cxd7 Qxd7 33. Qe5+ Kf8 34. axb5 h5 35. Kb3 Kg8 $5
36. b6 h4 $1 37. Qc7 Qd1+ $1 {The next checks have to be accurate.} 38. Kb4
Qe1+ 39. Kb5 Qe2+ $5 ({Or} 39... Qf1+ $1 40. Kc5 Qc1+ 41. Kd6 Qd1+ $1 42. Ke7
Qe2+ 43. Kd8 h3 $1 44. b7 h2 45. b8=Q h1=Q {drawn.}) 40. Ka5 $1 Qd2+ $5 (40...
Qxb2 $1 41. b7 Qa3+ 42. Kb6 Qb3+ $1 43. Kc5 ({or} 43. Ka7 Qa3+ 44. Kb8 h3)
43... Qe3+ 44. Kd6 Qe6+ $1 {leads to perpetual check.}) 41. b4 $1 Qa2+ 42. Kb5
Qe2+ 43. Qc4 Qe8+ 44. Qc6 Qe2+ 45. Kc5 Qf2+ $2 (45... Qe3+ $1 46. Kd6 Qf4+ 47.
Kd7 Qxb4 48. b7 Kg7 $1 {draws.}) 46. Kd6 $1 Qg3+ 47. Kd7 h3 $1 48. b7 h2 49.
Qc8+ Kg7 50. b8=Q Qxb8 (50... Qh3+ 51. Kc7 Qg3+ 52. Kb6 $1 Qxb8+ 53. Qxb8 h1=Q
54. Qe5+ $1 {also wins for White.}) 51. Qxb8 h1=Q 52. Qe5+ Kg8 53. Qd5 $1 {
Placing the queen in the centre brings a decisive advantage.} Qh3+ 54. Kc7 Qh2+
55. Kb7 Qh5 56. Kc6 Qh3 57. Kb7 Qh5 58. Qc6 $1 Kg7 59. b5 Qe5 60. b6 g5 61. Kc8
Qf5+ 62. Kd8 Qa5 63. Qd6 Qa8+ 64. Kc7 Qxf3 ({Or} 64... Qa5 65. Kb8 {(Kritz).})
65. b7 Qc3+ 66. Kd7 Qh3+ 67. Kd8 Qh8+ 68. Kc7 {Karjakin has escaped from the
checks and will queen. He played a wonderful queen ending.   Movsesian lost
and Karjakin joined the lead.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 71"]
[Date "2009.01.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D81"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg7 6. e4 O-O 7. Be2 Nfd7 8.
Be3 Nb6 9. Qd3 f5 10. Rd1 f4 11. Bc1 e5 12. d5 c6 13. Nf3 cxd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5
15. Qb3 $5 (15. Qxd5+ Qxd5 16. exd5 {occurred in Jakovenko - Mamedyarov,
Elista 2008.}) 15... Kh8 16. Bc4 Nc6 17. Bxd5 Qe7 18. h3 (18. Bd2 $5 {will
become a novelty.}) 18... Nb4 19. Bc4 $5 (19. O-O $1 Nxd5 20. exd5 $1 {gains a
plus (Dominguez).}) 19... b5 $1 20. Bxb5 $6 ({Preferable is} 20. Bd2) 20...
Nxa2 $1 21. Bd2 Rb8 22. Qa4 Qb7 23. O-O Qxb5 24. Qxa2 Qxb2 25. Qxa7 Qb7 {The
game has become equal.} 26. Qc5 Be6 27. Qd6 Bb3 28. Rb1 Qxe4 29. Bc3 Rbd8 30.
Qa3 Bc2 $6 {The bishop moves offside.} 31. Rb5 Qa4 32. Qb2 Bd3 $2 ({Better is} 
32... Be4 $1 33. Bxe5 Qa7 $1 {(Krasenkow).}) 33. Rb7 $1 {White has a winning
attack.} Qc2 ({Or} 33... Bxf1 34. Bxe5 $1 Rd7 35. Bxg7+ {(M.Notkin).}) 34. Qb4
$1 Rfe8 35. Re1 Be2 36. Nxe5 Bxe5 37. Bxe5+ Rxe5 38. Qxf4 Qf5 39. Qh6 {Carlsen
played his first decisive game.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 71"]
[Date "2009.01.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4
Nxd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. e5 Ne8 11. c3 dxc3 12. Nxc3 d6 13. Bd5 {White gains a
plus.} Rb8 14. Be3 Be6 $5 ({Aronian improves on} 14... c5 $6) 15. Ba7 Bxd5 16.
Bxb8 Bb7 $5 ({The alternative is} 16... Ba8 $1 17. Ba7 c5 $1 {(Dominguez).})
17. Ba7 Qa8 $1 18. exd6 Bxd6 19. Bd4 b4 $1 {Black takes the initiative.} 20.
Na4 ({Not} 20. Qg4 $2 h5 $1 21. Qg5 f6) 20... Bxg2 21. Rxe8 $1 Qxe8 $1 22. Kxg2
c5 23. Be3 Qc6+ 24. f3 Re8 25. Bf2 {Black has compensation for the piece.} c4
$6 (25... Re5 $5 {counters.}) 26. Nb6 c3 ({Not} 26... Re5 $2 27. Nxc4 $1 {
(Marin).}) 27. bxc3 bxc3 28. Qd5 Qc7 29. Nc4 Bb4 ({Or} 29... Bxh2 30. Re1 $1
Rxe1 31. Bxe1 {(Dominguez).}) 30. Rc1 Re2 $2 {Aronian blunders a pawn.} ({
Better is} 30... Qf4 31. Re1 Rxe1 32. Bxe1 Qf6) 31. Rxc3 $1 h6 32. Re3 Rxa2 33.
Re8+ Kh7 34. Ne3 Rxf2+ 35. Kxf2 Bc3 36. Kg2 {Dominguez joined the lead.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 71"]
[Date "2009.01.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Wang Yue"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5
f6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh6 11. d5 Nd7 12. O-O f5 13. exf5 Nxf5 14. Nd2 Nd4 15.
Nde4 h6 16. Bg4 b6 $5 {Black prepares ..Nc5.} ({Known is} 16... Nf6 17. Nxf6+
Qxf6) 17. f3 Nc5 18. Bxc8 Qxc8 19. Bf2 Qd7 20. Ng3 $5 a5 21. Nce2 Nf5 $1 (21...
Rxf3 $2 22. gxf3 Nxf3+ 23. Kh1 Qh3 24. Bg1 {does not work for Black (Radjabov).
}) 22. Nxf5 Qxf5 23. Ng3 Qg6 24. Bxc5 bxc5 25. Qb1 $5 Qxb1 26. Raxb1 e4 $1 {
Black enlivens the game by a beautiful sacrifice.} 27. Nxe4 Bd4+ 28. Kh1 a4 $5
29. h4 $6 {A neutral move achieves the draw easily.} gxh4 30. Kh2 Rfb8 31. b3
axb3 32. axb3 Ra2 33. Rfd1 Kf7 34. Rd2 $1 Ra3 $1 35. Kh3 Raxb3 36. Rxb3 Rxb3
37. Kxh4 Kg6 38. Rc2 Rb1 39. Ng3 $1 {Radjabov declined the offer of a draw.} h5
$1 40. f4 $2 ({Right is} 40. Re2 $1 Bf6+ 41. Kh3 {(Radjabov).}) 40... Bf6+ 41.
Kh3 Rb3 $1 42. Kh2 h4 43. Ne2 Kf5 $1 44. Ra2 (44. g3 hxg3+ 45. Nxg3+ Kxf4 46.
Rf2+ Kg4 $1 47. Rxf6 Rb2+ {also wins for Black.}) 44... Rb4 $1 45. Ra8 Rxc4 46.
Re8 Rb4 47. Re6 Rb3 48. g4+ hxg3+ 49. Nxg3+ Kg4 $1 50. Ne2 Rb2 51. Kg2 Be5 $1
52. Kf2 Bxf4 53. Re7 Kf5 54. Rf7+ Ke5 55. Kf3 Bd2 56. Rxc7 Kxd5 57. Ng3 Rb3+
58. Kg2 Bf4 59. Ne2 Be5 60. Kf2 Ke4 61. Rh7 Rf3+ 62. Ke1 d5 63. Kd2 d4 64. Rh4+
Kd5 {Radjabov became a leader too.} 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 71"]
[Date "2009.01.31"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Smeets, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]

{Jan Smeets started with a lucky win against Ivanchuk and joined the lead for
several rounds. Later he became less successful.} 1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5
cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bb5 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. d4 O-O 10. Re1
Bd7 11. Bd3 Rc8 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Ne5 Bf6 $5 ({Theory is} 13... Nxe5 14. Rxe5)
14. Bf4 g6 $6 ({The fearless} 14... Be6 $1 {can be played (Carlsen).}) 15. Qb3
Na5 16. Qb4 ({The pointe is} 16. Qxd5 Bc6 $1 17. Qc5 Bxg2) 16... Be6 17. Bh6
Bg7 {Smeets makes passive moves.} 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. h4 $5 Re8 $5 20. h5 f6 21.
Nf3 $5 b6 22. Bb5 $5 Re7 23. Re2 Rcc7 $2 ({Correct is} 23... Nc6 $1 24. Qd2 Bg4
$1 25. h6+ Kf7 {and Black will survive.}) 24. Rae1 $1 Kf7 25. Qd2 $1 {Suddenly,
White has many positional advantages.} Qf8 $5 (25... Bf5 26. Nh4 Re4 27. Rxe4
dxe4 28. Qf4 {leads to a breakdown of the black position.}) 26. Qf4 Bf5 27. g4
Bc8 (27... Be4 28. Ng5+ Kg8 29. Ne6 $1 {wins an exchange (Carlsen).}) 28. b4
Nb7 29. Bc6 $1 {White conquers pawn d5 and the game.    Aronian, Carlsen,
Dominguez, Karjakin, Movsesian and Radjabov shared the lead at the end of the
penultimate round.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 71"]
[Date "2009.02.01"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]

{Two of the six leaders fought the decisive battle in the last round.} 1. e4 c5
2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8. Be3 Ng4 9.
Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Bg7 12. h3 Nf6 13. Qe2 Nc6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. e5 dxe5
16. Bxe5 O-O 17. g4 $5 {Dominguez has developed a new plan for the attack on
the kingside.} ({Theory is} 17. h4 g4 $1) 17... a5 18. h4 $1 {A pawn sacrifice
is made.} Bxg4 19. f3 Bf5 $1 20. hxg5 hxg5 21. Qe3 $1 a4 $6 {The pawn advance
looks futile.} 22. Qxg5 Bg6 23. Bd3 $1 a3 24. b4 $1 Qb6 $1 ({Not} 24... Bxd3 $2
25. O-O-O $1) 25. Rh4 $6 {Dominguez misses his best opportunity.} ({Preferable
is} 25. Rb1 $1 Nh7 26. Qf4 Bxe5 27. Qxe5 {and White has winning chances 
(Ftacnik).}) 25... Nh7 $1 26. Rxh7 $6 {He tries to break the defence by force.}
Kxh7 27. O-O-O Qxb4 28. Rh1+ Kg8 29. Bxg7 $2 {He lets the black king escape.} (
{Better is} 29. Bxg6 $1 fxg6 30. Qxg6 Rf6 $1 31. Qd3 Kf7 {and Black only has a
plus (Karjakin).}) 29... Kxg7 30. Qh6+ Kf6 31. Ne4+ (31. Bxg6 fxg6 32. Ne4+ Ke6
33. Qxg6+ Kd7 34. Rd1+ Kc7 35. Qg3+ Kb6 {leads to a great escape by the black
king (Dominguez).}) 31... Ke6 32. Rd1 Qb2+ 33. Kd2 Kd7 $5 34. Qf4 $5 ({Or} 34.
Nc5+ $1 Ke8 $1) 34... Rfd8 35. Ke2 Ke8 36. Rh1 Ra5 37. Qc7 Rad5 38. Ke3 Kf8 39.
c3 $2 Rxd3+ 40. Kf4 f6 41. Rh8+ Kf7 {Karjakin had triumphed in the tournament
at 19, the youngest winner ever. The final standings became: Karjakin 8/13,
Aronian, Radjabov and Movsesian 71/2, Carlsen and Dominguez 7, etc.} (41... Kf7
42. Rxd8 Qh2+ 43. Kg4 Bh5+ 44. Kf5 Rxf3+ 45. Qf4 e6# {ends the game quickly.})
0-1

[Event "Corus B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 71"]
[Date "2009.02.01"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Short, Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]

{Short led by half-a-point on Caruana, when the last round began. They met.} 1.
d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4 b5
9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Bd6 11. Ng5 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Qc8 $5 (12... Nbd7 {happened in
Eljanov - Carlsen, Foros 2008.}) 13. e4 $5 Qb7 $1 14. Re1 Nbd7 15. Nf3 e5 16.
Bg5 exd4 17. Nxd4 Rfe8 18. Nd2 c5 19. Nf5 Bf8 20. b3 Re6 21. f3 Rae8 22. Rad1
Ne5 23. Bf4 $5 Nfd7 24. Qc3 h5 25. Ne3 Nb6 26. Ndf1 $5 Ng6 27. Bg5 c4 28. bxc4
Qc7 29. Rc1 bxc4 30. Nf5 Rc8 31. Nd2 $5 f6 32. Be3 Ne5 33. Rb1 Bc5 34. Bf4 Rd8
35. Red1 $6 g6 $1 36. Nh4 Red6 $6 (36... g5 $1 37. Bxe5 Qxe5 38. Qxe5 fxe5 {
gains a plus (Caruana).}) 37. Nxg6 $1 Bd4 $1 38. Qa5 $4 ({Right is} 38. Qc2)
38... Nxg6 $2 (38... c3 $1 {wins quickly.}) 39. Bxd6 Rxd6 40. Qxh5 Kg7 41. Nf1
c3 42. Rbc1 Nc4 43. f4 Qb7 44. Qe2 f5 45. Re1 Qc6 46. Qf3 Nd2 47. Nxd2 Nh4+ $2
(47... cxd2 $1 48. Rxc6 dxe1=N+ $1 49. Kf1 Nxf3 50. Rxd6 fxe4 {wins
wonderfully (Caruana).}) 48. gxh4 Rg6+ 49. Kh3 Qd7 50. Qh5 $1 cxd2 51. exf5 Rh6
52. Qg5+ $6 (52. Rg1+ $1 Bxg1 53. Rxg1+ Kh7 54. Qg4 {brings winning chances
for White.}) 52... Kf7 53. Qxh6 Qxf5+ 54. Kg3 dxc1=Q 55. Rxc1 Qd3+ 56. Kg4 Qe2+
57. Kf5 Qb5+ $4 {Short has his doubts about playing in the main group next
year. He gets his way.} (57... Qd3+ $1 58. Kg5 Qb5+ 59. Kg4 ({Not} 59. f5 $4
Be3+ 60. Kg4 Qe2+ 61. Kg3 Qf2+ 62. Kg4 Qg2+ 63. Kh5 Qf3#) 59... Qe2+ 60. Kf5
Qd3+ {leads to perpetual check (Caruana).}) 58. Ke4 $1 Qe2+ 59. Kd5 Qxa2+ 60.
Rc4 Bf6 61. Qh7+ Kf8 62. Qe4 Bxh4 63. Ke6 Kg7 64. f5 Bd8 65. f6+ Kf8 66. Qd5
Qe2+ 67. Re4 {The sixteen years-old Caruana had won the second group.} 1-0

[Event "Corus C"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 71"]
[Date "2009.01.31"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Leon Hoyos, Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]

{The third group was won by the 15-years-old Wesley So. Another young player
named Giri was 14. He would stay in the Netherlands.} 1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. g3
Bxf3 4. exf3 g6 5. c4 Nd7 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O c6 8. Nc3 Nb6 9. d5 $5 Rc8 $5 10.
Qd3 Nf6 11. Be3 cxd5 12. cxd5 Nfd7 13. Bd4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 O-O 15. Rfe1 {Giri
has the initiative.} Nf6 16. Re2 Rc4 17. Qd3 a6 $5 18. Rae1 Rc7 $2 ({
Preferable is} 18... Re8) 19. f4 Nc4 $6 20. b3 $5 Na3 21. Bh3 $1 ({Not} 21. Qd4
$2 Qc8 $1 {(Giri).}) 21... Rc5 $5 22. Ne4 $1 (22. Rxe7 $6 Rxc3 $1 23. Qxc3 Nxd5
24. Qb2 Nxe7 25. Qxa3 Qc7 {brings an improvement of the black position.}) 22...
Nxe4 23. Rxe4 {Black has no proper defence.} Rc7 24. f5 $1 Nb5 $2 25. fxg6 hxg6
26. a4 $1 Na7 27. Qd4 b5 28. Rh4 f6 29. Qe3 g5 30. Qe4 $1 f5 31. Qe6+ Kg7 32.
Qh6+ Kf7 33. Bxf5 {Giri played a fine positional game. He scored his third
grandmaster result during the event.} 1-0

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "5"]
[Date "2009.05.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2009.05.13"]

{The fifth M-Tel chess tournament was played from 13 until 23 v 2009 in Sofia.
Six grandmasters carried out double rounds in an 'aquarium' before the
National Theatre.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6
Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. e4 O-O 12. e5 Qe7 13. Qe2
b5 14. Bd3 Bb7 15. Be4 Rfd8 $5 16. Rac1 (16. Nxb5 $5 Nxe5 $1 17. dxe5 cxb5 {
equalises.}) 16... Rab8 17. Rfd1 a6 18. h4 Ba8 19. Rc2 $5 Rdc8 20. Rdc1 Qf8 $1
{Black overprotects rook c8, before he advances his c-pawn.} 21. a4 $5 c5 $5 ({
Even better is} 21... b4 $1 22. Nb1 c5) 22. axb5 cxd4 23. Nxd4 Bxe4 $2 ({
Preferable is} 23... axb5 $1 24. Bxa8 Rxa8 25. f4 Qd8 $1 {and Black avoids
restraint (Carlsen).}) 24. Nxe4 Rxc2 25. Rxc2 axb5 ({The desirable} 25... Bxe5
$2 {fails due to} 26. Rd2 $1 Bxd4 27. Rxd4) 26. Nc6 Rb6 27. f4 {Black has been
restricted.} Qa8 28. Ne7+ Kh7 29. h5 Ra6 (29... Qd8 30. hxg6+ fxg6 31. Nxg6 $1
Kxg6 32. Qd3 Kf7 33. Rd2 {also wins for White.}) 30. hxg6+ fxg6 31. Rc7 $1 {
Topalov has no serious defence.} Ra1+ 32. Kf2 $5 (32. Kh2 $1 Nxe5 33. Nf6+ $1
Bxf6 34. Nd5+ $1 Bg7 35. Qxe5 {wins more quickly (Carlsen).}) 32... Qd8 33. Qd3
$1 Qxe7 ({The pointe is} 33... Qxc7 34. Ng5+ $1 hxg5 35. Qxg6+ {and mate in
two (Carlsen).}) 34. Rxd7 Qh4+ 35. Kf3 Qh5+ 36. Kg3 $1 {Topalov had a poor
start again.} 1-0

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "5"]
[Date "2009.05.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2009.05.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bg7 9. f3 O-O 10. Be3 Nc6 11. O-O Rac8 12. b3 e6 13. Rc1 Rfd8 14. Qd2 d5
15. exd5 exd5 16. c5 $2 {Ivanchuk makes a known mistake.} Nxd4 $1 17. Bxd4 Ne4
$1 18. Qe3 (18. fxe4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Qxd4+ 20. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 21. Kh1 b6 {brings a
black advantage.}) 18... Nxc5 $5 {Shirov has won a pawn.} (18... Bxd4 19. Qxd4
Nxc5 {has been played before.}) 19. Rcd1 $6 ({Preferable is} 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20.
Qd4+ Kg8 21. Rfd1) 19... Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Qc6 21. Ne2 Ne6 $1 22. Rd2 d4 $1 23.
Nxd4 $2 Qb6 $1 24. Rfd1 Rd5 {White is going to lose a knight.} 0-1

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "5"]
[Date "2009.05.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2009.05.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 a6 11. Be2 Bf6 $5 (11... h6 $5 12. Rhe1 O-O-O
13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 {drew in Kobalia - Kritz, Warsaw 2005.}) 12. Ng5 $5 Bxg5
13. Bxg5 f6 14. Be3 O-O-O 15. Rhe1 Rhe8 16. b3 Bg4 17. f3 Bf5 18. Bf1 Bg6 19.
Kb2 Re5 20. Bf2 Qf5 21. Bg3 Rxe1 22. Bxe1 Qg5 $6 ({Preferable is} 22... Re8)
23. Qxg5 fxg5 24. c4 Ne7 25. Bd2 $1 h6 26. Bc3 Nf5 27. Re1 $1 (27. g4 Ne3 28.
Re1 Nxf1 29. Rxf1 Rg8 {draws (Kritz).}) 27... Re8 28. Rxe8+ Bxe8 29. Bd3 g6 30.
Kc1 Nh4 31. Bf1 Kd7 $1 32. Kd2 Ke6 33. Ke3 Nf5+ 34. Kf2 Kf7 35. Bd3 Ne7 36. g4
Nc6 37. Be4 Nd8 38. Bd5+ Ke7 39. Bg7 h5 40. Bd4 Bc6 41. Be3 Kf6 42. Kg3 Ne6 {
Black has equalised.} 43. a4 Ke5 44. Bxg5 $6 Bxd5 45. f4+ $2 (45. cxd5 $1 Kxd5
46. Bf6 {draws.}) 45... Ke4 $3 {A big surprise occurs.} (45... Kd4 $2 {favours
White.}) 46. cxd5 Nxg5 47. fxg5 h4+ $1 {The pointe.} 48. Kxh4 Kf3 {Black
forces zugzwang in the pawn ending.} 49. b4 b5 50. a5 Kg2 51. h3 Kh2 {It is
not stalemate. Wang Yue wins.} 0-1

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "5"]
[Date "2009.05.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2009.05.13"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6 8.
Ne5 a5 9. f3 Nfd7 10. e4 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 Be6 13. Kc2 f6 14. Rb1
Nd7 $6 {Black finds a poor novelty over the board.} (14... fxe5 {drew in
Vallejo Pons - Kasparov, Linares 2003.}) 15. b4 $1 {White starts an attack on
the queenside immediately.} Nxe5 (15... axb4 16. Rxb4 O-O-O $5 {also favours
White (Rogozenco).}) 16. bxa5 Bc8 17. a6 $1 bxa6 18. a5 {The pawn sacrifice
has weakened black's position.} Nd7 $1 19. Na4 e5 {Black develops his kingside
at last.} 20. Bc4 Bc5 $5 (20... Bd6 21. Rd1 $1 Ke7 22. Be3 {brings a white
edge.}) 21. Rd1 Bd4 22. Ba3 c5 23. Rb3 h5 24. Rdb1 Ke7 $5 25. Bd5 Ra7 26. Rb6
$1 Rc7 $2 ({Correct is} 26... Nxb6 27. axb6 Rd7 28. Bxc5+ Bxc5 29. Nxc5 Rxd5 $1
30. exd5 Bf5+ 31. Ne4 {(Topalov)} Rb8 $1 {and Black has survival chances.}) 27.
Re6+ Kd8 28. Nb6 Nxb6 {Too late!} 29. axb6 Rb7 30. Rd6+ $1 Ke7 31. Rc6 Rd7 32.
Re6+ Kf7 33. b7 {Topalov was back on 50%.} 1-0

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "5"]
[Date "2009.05.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2009.05.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Bd3 h6 11. Qh3 Nc5 12. Rhe1 Rg8 13. Bh4 g5 14. e5 dxe5
15. fxg5 hxg5 16. Bg3 Ncd7 17. Nxe6 $5 {Ivanchuk makes a daring sacrifice in a
complicated position.} ({The quiet} 17. Kb1 {was played in Dimitrijevic -
Brkic, Subotica 2003.}) 17... Qb6 $1 {Both sides play for a win.} (17... fxe6
$6 18. Ne4 $1 {brings a strong white attack.}) 18. Bc4 $1 g4 19. Qh6 fxe6 20.
Bh4 $6 {White takes another risk.} (20. Ne4 $5 Nxe4 21. Qh5+ Kf8 22. Qh6+ Rg7
23. Qh8+ {leads to perpetual check.}) 20... Bf8 $1 21. Qd2 Qc6 $5 (21... Rh8 $1
22. Bg5 Bg7 {gains an edge.}) 22. Bd3 b5 $5 ({Correct is} 22... Qd6 $1 23. Kb1
Nd5) 23. Ne4 $2 ({Ivanchuk misses} 23. Rf1 $1 e4 $1 24. Bxf6 exd3 25. Qxd3 e5
$1 26. Nd5 {and White charges in the centre (Ftacnik).}) 23... Nd5 $1 24. Rf1
Bb7 $6 (24... Qb6 $1 25. Kb1 Qe3 26. Qa5 Bb7 27. Rxf8+ Kxf8 $1 {results in a
black plus.}) 25. Rxf8+ $1 Nxf8 ({Not} 25... Kxf8 $4 26. Rf1+ $1) 26. Qh6 Rg6
27. Nf6+ $2 {Ivanchuk sacrifices too much.} (27. Qh5 $1 Kd7 28. Bg3 Rd8 29.
Qxe5 Kc8 30. Qb8+ Kd7 31. Qe5 {ends by a repetition of positions.}) 27... Rxf6
28. Bxf6 Nxf6 $2 (28... Qc7 $1 29. Bg7 O-O-O $1 30. Bxf8 Nf4 {(Ftacnik) plays
for a win.}) 29. Bg6+ $1 Nxg6 30. Qxg6+ Ke7 31. Qg7+ Ke8 32. Qxf6 Rc8 $1 33. c3
b4 34. Qg6+ Ke7 35. Qg7+ Ke8 36. Rf1 {White avoids perpetual check again.} Qc5
37. Qxb7 $2 {Ivanchuk has little time left and fails.} (37. Qf7+ Kd8 38. Rd1+
Bd5 39. Qxe6 $1 Qe3+ 40. Kb1 Qe4+ 41. Ka1 Kc7 $1 42. Qxd5 Qxd5 43. Rxd5 {
(Ftacnik)} Rf8 44. Kb1 bxc3 45. bxc3 Rf2 {draws.}) 37... Qe3+ $1 38. Kc2 Qe2+
39. Kb3 Qc4+ 40. Kc2 b3+ $1 41. Kd2 $5 Rd8+ 42. Ke1 Rd1+ $1 {Topalov wins.} 43.
Kxd1 Qxf1+ 44. Kd2 Qf4+ 45. Kd1 bxa2 46. Qc8+ Kf7 47. Qd7+ Kf6 48. Qd8+ Kf5 49.
Qf8+ Ke4 50. Qa8+ Kd3 51. Qxa6+ ({The pointe is} 51. Qd8+ Qd4 $1) 51... Qc4 52.
Qa7 ({Or} 52. Qd6+ Ke4 53. Qa3 a1=Q+ $1 54. Qxa1 Qf1+) 52... g3 53. h3 Qb3+ 54.
Ke1 Kc2 {Veselin joined the leaders.} 0-1

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "5"]
[Date "2009.05.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2009.05.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. h4 Qb6 13. Nb3 Qc7 14. e5 $5 {
Shirov sets the board on fire.} dxe5 15. f5 $1 Nb6 (15... exf5 16. gxf5 Nb6 17.
Ne4 {exchanges the moves.}) 16. Ne4 exf5 17. gxf5 Bd7 18. Na5 O-O-O $1 19. Nd6+
Kb8 20. Qxb7+ Qxb7 21. Ndxb7 $1 Rc8 22. Nd6 Rc7 23. Rh3 Ka7 24. Ra3 Ra8 $2 {
Rook a8 has no protection.} ({Better is} 24... e4 $1 {(Dominguez).}) 25. Bxa6
$1 Kb8 ({The pointe is} 25... Kxa6 $2 26. Nc6+ Na4 27. Rxa4+ Kb6 28. Rxa8) 26.
Bb7 $2 {Black can regain material.} ({Correct is} 26. Nac4 $1 Rc6 $1 27. Nxb6
Rxb6 28. Nc4 Rbxa6 29. Rxa6 Rxa6 30. Rxd7 Rxa2 31. Rxf7 {and White keeps the
extra pawn (Shirov).}) 26... Rxa5 27. Rxa5 Rxb7 28. Nxb7 Kxb7 29. Rxd7+ $5 Nxd7
30. h5 Bd8 31. Rd5 Kc6 32. c4 $1 Bg5+ 33. Kc2 Nb6 34. Rxe5 Nxc4 35. Re8 Nd6 36.
Rg8 $1 Nxf5 37. b4 Bf6 38. a4 Ng3 39. b5+ Kb6 40. Rb8+ Ka7 41. Rf8 Kb6 42. Rb8+
Ka7 43. Rf8 Kb6 {Drawn by a repetition of moves.   The standings after the
first cycle became: Carlsen, Shirov and Topalov 3, Wang Yue and Dominguez 21/2,
Ivanchuk 1.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "5"]
[Date "2009.05.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2009.05.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. Re1 Nc5 11. c3 d4 12. Bc2 O-O 13. cxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Qxd4
15. Nf3 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 Rfd8 17. Nd4 Bd5 18. Nf5 $5 ({Known is} 18. Be3 Ne6 19.
Nf5 Bf8) 18... Bf8 19. Bg5 Rd7 20. Ne7+ Bxe7 21. Bxe7 Rxe7 $2 (21... Ne6 $5 {
will draw in Svidler - Caruana, Amsterdam 2009.}) 22. Rxd5 Ne6 {White has the
active minor piece.} 23. g3 $1 g6 24. f4 {Shirov weakens his opponent, while
he advances his chessmen.} c5 25. Kf2 Kg7 26. Rad1 c4 27. Ke3 f6 28. Rd7 Kf7
29. Be4 Rae8 30. Rxe7+ Rxe7 31. exf6 Kxf6 32. Rd6 Kg7 33. f5 $1 gxf5 ({Not} 
33... Nc5 $4 34. f6+) 34. Bxf5 Nf8+ 35. Kd2 Re5 36. g4 a5 {The black pawns are
hard to defend.} 37. Ra6 a4 38. Rb6 Ng6 39. Kc3 Ne7 40. Rb7 {White threatens
Bd7.} Kf6 41. Bxh7 Kg5 42. h3 Kf4 43. Rd7 $6 Re2 $6 (43... Ke3 $1 44. Kc2 Nd5 {
defends well (Marin).}) 44. a3 Nc6 $6 (44... Re5 45. Kd2 Kg5 {offers more
resistance.}) 45. Rf7+ Kg3 $6 46. g5 $1 Re3+ 47. Kd2 Rb3 48. g6 Rxb2+ 49. Kc1 {
Shirov took the lead.} 1-0

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "5"]
[Date "2009.05.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2009.05.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Nc6 8.
Be2 e5 9. d5 Nd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Qxd4 c6 12. d6 $5 {Carlsen springs a great
novelty. The extra white pawn hinders the opponent.} ({Theory is} 12. Qc4 {
(Hort - Jimenez, Harrachov 1966).}) 12... Nd5 $6 (12... Re8 $1 13. Bg5 Nxe4 $1
14. Qxg7+ (14. Qxe4 f6) 14... Kxg7 15. Bxd8 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Rxd8 17. O-O-O Be6 {
leads to equality (Dominguez).}) 13. Qd3 Nxc3 (13... Nb4 14. Qd1 Be5 15. a3 {
brings a white edge (Dominguez).}) 14. bxc3 Qf6 $6 (14... Be5 $1 15. Ba3 Be6 {
gives more counter-play.}) 15. Bb2 Rd8 16. Rd1 Qe6 17. f4 $1 Qxa2 18. Rd2 Qa5
$6 {Black misses his last chance.} (18... a5 $1 19. O-O Qb3 20. e5 Qb6+ 21. Rf2
Bf5 22. Qf3 a4 {starts a counteraction.}) 19. Qe3 Bd7 20. Kf2 Re8 21. Ra1 Qd8
22. c4 Bxb2 23. Rxb2 b6 24. Bf3 Qh4+ 25. Kg1 Qf6 26. Qd2 g5 27. g3 gxf4 28.
gxf4 Kh8 29. Kh1 Rg8 30. e5 $1 Qh4 31. Qd4 Rg7 32. Rg2 Rag8 33. e6 $1 Bxe6 34.
Rxg7 Rxg7 35. Bxc6 f6 36. d7 $1 Bxd7 37. Bxd7 Re7 38. Be6 $1 {The Norwegian
young man plays elegantly.} Rxe6 39. Qd8+ Kg7 40. Rg1+ Kf7 41. Qg8+ Ke7 42.
Rg7+ Kd6 43. Qf8+ {Carlsen delivers mate in two. He joined the lead with
Shirov.} 1-0

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "5"]
[Date "2009.05.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2009.05.13"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Bf5 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Bf4 Nbd7 8. Nxg6
hxg6 9. h3 b6 $5 ({Known is} 9... e6 10. e3 Be7) 10. cxb6 Qxb6 11. Rb1 e6 12.
e3 c5 13. a3 Bd6 14. Na4 Qc7 (14... Qa5+ $2 15. b4 $1 cxb4 16. Bxd6 b3+ 17. Bb4
Qxa4 18. Rxb3 {favours White (Rogozenco).}) 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Nxc5 Nxc5 17.
dxc5 Qxc5 18. Qa4+ Ke7 19. Bd3 a5 20. Ke2 $1 {White has the initiative.} Rhc8
$6 (20... d4 $1 21. Qxd4 Qxd4 22. exd4 Rhd8 {draws.}) 21. Rhc1 Qxc1 $6 ({
Preferable is} 21... Qb6) 22. Rxc1 Rxc1 23. b4 $1 Kf8 $2 {Black loses valuable
time.} (23... Ne4 $1 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. bxa5 Rc7 26. Qxe4 Rca7 {equalises.}) 24.
bxa5 Kg8 25. a6 $1 Rc7 26. Qf4 Rca7 27. Qd4 Ne4 28. Qb6 e5 $6 {Black weakens
his pawn structure.} 29. Ke1 Ng5 30. Bb5 Ne6 31. a4 d4 32. a5 Rc7 $2 33. Bc6 $1
{White will play Bb7 or a7.   Carlsen took the sole lead in the penultimate
round.} 1-0

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "5"]
[Date "2009.05.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "2009.05.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. d5 Bd7 13. b3 c4 14. Ba3 $5 {Topalov
threatens Nxe5!} (14. b4 {was played in Kasparov - Mephisto, Hamburg 1985.})
14... Bd8 15. Nbd2 Ne8 $5 16. Bb4 cxb3 $5 17. axb3 {The open a-file favours
White.} Nb7 18. Qe2 Qb8 $5 (18... Nf6 19. c4 Nh5 {activates a knight.}) 19. Ba3
Bb6 20. b4 Nc7 $6 {The knight goes into the wrong direction.} 21. Bd3 $6 a5 $1
22. Nf1 axb4 23. cxb4 f6 24. Ne3 g6 25. Bb2 Rxa1 26. Rxa1 Nd8 27. Nd2 Nf7 28.
Kh2 Qd8 $5 29. Rf1 Qe7 30. Bc1 Ra8 31. Nb1 Bd4 32. Nc2 Bb6 33. Nc3 {White
attacks pawn b5 strongly.} f5 $1 34. exf5 gxf5 35. f4 Rc8 $6 (35... Qf6 $1 36.
Be3 $5 e4 $1 37. Bxb5 Nxb5 38. Nxb5 Bxe3 39. Nxe3 Rb8 40. Na7 Rxb4 {equalises.}
) 36. Be3 Bxe3 37. Qxe3 Ne8 38. Be2 Qf6 39. Qd2 exf4 $2 (39... Nc7 {is
necessary.}) 40. Nd4 Qe5 41. Bxb5 $1 {He allows a counter.} f3+ 42. Kg1 Bxb5
43. Ncxb5 fxg2 44. Rxf5 Qe4 45. Nc3 Qh4 46. Qxg2+ {Topalov has won a pawn and
attacks.} Kh8 47. Nce2 Nf6 48. Rf4 Qh6 49. Nf5 Qf8 50. Ned4 Ne5 51. b5 Qg8 52.
Ne7 Rc1+ 53. Kh2 Qxg2+ 54. Kxg2 Nfd7 55. Ndf5 Nc4 56. Rg4 Nf6 57. Rg3 Rc2+ 58.
Kg1 Rc1+ 59. Kh2 Rc2+ 60. Rg2 Rxg2+ 61. Kxg2 Ne4 {Black hopes to give two
knights for three pawns.} 62. Nc8 Nc3 63. Ncxd6 Nb6 64. Ne3 Kg7 65. Kf3 Kf8 66.
Kf4 Ke7 67. Ndc4 Nxc4 68. Nxc4 Nxd5+ 69. Kg5 Kd7 70. h4 Ne7 71. Kf6 Ng6 72.
Ne5+ Nxe5 73. Kxe5 Kc7 74. h5 Kb6 75. Kf6 Kxb5 76. Kg7 Ka4 77. Kxh7 Kb3 78. h6
Ka2 79. Kg6 Kb1 80. h7 Kc2 81. h8=Q {Ivanchuk had lost for the fifth time.
Carlsen led by half-a-point before Shirov and Topalov.} 1-0

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "5"]
[Date "2009.05.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2009.05.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nc3 Nb6 9. e3 Re8 10. Re1 e5 11. d5 Na5 12. e4 c6 13. Bg5 f6 14. Be3 cxd5 15.
Bxb6 axb6 16. Nxd5 Be6 17. Qe2 Bxd5 18. exd5 $5 (18. Rad1 Bc4 19. Rxd8 Bxe2 20.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Rxe2 {drew in Grachev - Timofeev, Cappelle 2004.}) 18... f5 $1 (
18... Qxd5 $6 19. b4 $1 Nc6 20. Nxe5 Qd4 21. Nxc6 bxc6 22. Qxe8+ Rxe8 23. Rxe8+
Bf8 24. Rc1 {favours White.}) 19. b4 e4 20. Rac1 exf3 21. Qxe8+ Qxe8 22. Rxe8+
Rxe8 23. Bxf3 Be5 24. bxa5 bxa5 {The chances are about equal in the ending.}
25. Rc5 b6 26. Rc6 Kf7 $5 (26... Bd4 27. d6 Rd8 {is alright.}) 27. h4 (27. Rxb6
Rb8 28. Ra6 Bd4 29. d6 Rb2 {draws (Mikhalchishin).}) 27... h5 28. a4 Rd8 $5 29.
Rxb6 Rb8 30. Ra6 Rb1+ $5 31. Kg2 Rb2 32. d6 $1 Rd2 33. Rxa5 Bxd6 {White has
won a pawn.} 34. Rb5 Kf6 35. a5 Be5 36. Kf1 Bd4 $6 (36... Ra2 $1 37. Rb6+ Kg7
38. a6 Rxf2+ $1 39. Kxf2 Bd4+ {draws.}) 37. Be2 $1 Ra2 38. Rd5 $1 Ba7 $5 39.
Rd6+ Ke5 $2 {Dominguez manages to lose the game.} ({Black has a great escape by
} 39... Ke7 $3 40. Rxg6 Rxa5 41. Rg5 Ra1+ $1 42. Kg2 Ra2 43. Rxh5 Bd4 $1 ({not
} 43... Rxe2 $4 44. Rh7+) 44. Rh7+ Kd6 45. Kf3 Ra3+ 46. Kf4 Bxf2 47. Kxf5 Rxg3
{drawn.}) 40. Rxg6 $1 Rxa5 41. f4+ $1 {White wins.} Kd5 42. Rf6 $5 Ke4 43. Re6+
Kd4 44. Bxh5 $1 Bc5 45. Kg2 Bb4 46. Bg6 Bd2 47. h5 Ra2 48. Re2 Kd3 49. Kf3 Ra5
50. h6 Bc3 51. h7 Ra8 52. Bxf5+ Kd4 53. g4 Rf8 54. g5 Kd5 55. Kg4 Bh8 56. Re6 {
Ivanchuk scored a good result at last.} 1-0

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "5"]
[Date "2009.05.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2009.05.13"]

{Topalov escaped against Wang Yue by perpetual check. So the decision had to
occur in the following game.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3
e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. Bd3 Ne7 12. Nxe7
Qxe7 13. c4 f5 14. O-O O-O 15. Qh5 Rb8 16. exf5 e4 17. Rae1 Bb7 18. Qg4 Rfe8
19. cxb5 d5 20. bxa6 Bc6 21. b3 Kh8 $5 {Although Black has sacrificed three
pawns, he prepares an attack on the kingside quietly.} ({Known is} 21... h5 {
(Koch - San Emeterio Cabanes, Le Port Marly 2009).}) 22. Nc2 Be5 23. Be2 d4 24.
Bc4 Rg8 25. Qh3 Rg7 26. g3 Rbg8 27. Qh6 {White attacks a bishop.} Qc7 $2 {
Suddenly the game ends by a blunder.} ({Correct is the withdrawal} 27... Ba8 $1
28. Rd1 e3 29. Nxe3 $1 dxe3 30. f6 $1 Bxf6 31. Qxe3 {and White has a plus 
(Rogozenco).}) 28. Nb4 $1 {Shirov gains a decisive tempo.} Ba8 ({Carlsen
notices the fatal} 28... Bxg3 29. fxg3 Rxg3+ {and now} 30. Kh1 $1) 29. Nd5 $1
Qd8 30. Rxe4 {The final standings became: Shirov 61/2/10, Carlsen and Topalov
6, Wang Yue 41/2, Dominguez 4, Ivanchuk 3.} (30. Rxe4 f6 31. Rxe5 $1 fxe5 32.
Nf6 Rf8 33. Nh5 Ra7 34. f6 $1 {wins for White.}) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "37.Schachtage"]
[Date "2009.07.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2009.07.02"]

{The 37.Schachtage were played from 2 until 12 vii 2009 in Dortmund. Six
grandmasters played two cycles.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5.
d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Ne2 Be7
12. Bg5 Be6 13. Nf4 Bd5 14. Bxe7 Kxe7 15. Ng5 Nd4 16. Rad1 $5 ({Known is} 16.
Rfd1) 16... Ne6 17. Ngxe6 Bxe6 {White has the initiative in the Berlin defence.
} 18. h4 a5 19. a3 a4 20. Rfe1 g6 21. f3 Ra5 22. c3 Rb5 23. Re2 Ra8 24. Rd4
Raa5 25. Kf2 Rxe5 26. Rxe5 Rxe5 27. Rxa4 Rb5 $5 (27... b5 {equalises.}) 28. b4
c5 29. Ra7 cxb4 30. cxb4 Kd7 $5 ({More active is} 30... Bc4 $1 {(Lalic).}) 31.
Ne2 Rb6 32. Ke3 Bc4 33. Nd4 Kd6 34. Ra5 $1 Ra6 $2 (34... Be6 $1 {avoids the
exchange of rooks and the advance g4.}) 35. Rxa6+ bxa6 36. g4 $1 {White will
penetrate the black position.} hxg4 $2 {Hereafter, White can develop a passed
pawn.} (36... Ke5 $1 37. f4+ Kf6 38. gxh5 $5 gxh5 39. Ke4 Bb5 $1 40. Kd5 Ba4 {
stops the white advance with great difficulty.}) 37. fxg4 Ke5 ({Or} 37... c5
38. bxc5+ Kxc5 39. h5) 38. Nc6+ Kf6 (38... Kd6 39. h5 $1 {wins easily.}) 39.
Kf4 Ke6 $2 (39... Bb5 40. Na5 Kg7 $1 41. Nb3 f6 {will be hard to win for White.
}) 40. h5 $1 gxh5 41. gxh5 Bd3 $5 ({Preferable is} 41... f6 $1 42. Nd8+ Ke7 43.
h6 Bd3 44. Nb7 $1 Kf7 45. Nc5 Bf1 46. h7 Kg7 47. Ne6+ Kxh7 48. Kf5 $1 {but
White wins eventually (Müller).}) 42. Ke3 Bf1 43. h6 Kf6 44. Ne5 $1 Bb5 45. Kd4
Ba4 (45... Be8 46. Kc5 $1 {brings zugzwang (Müller).}) 46. h7 Kg7 47. Nxf7 $1
Kxh7 48. Ng5+ Kg6 49. Ne6 {Carlsen will gain the black pawns. He had a great
start.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "37.Schachtage"]
[Date "2009.07.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2009.07.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4 Ne5 11. O-O-O Be7 12. Nd4 O-O 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 b5
15. Kb1 b4 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Qc7 18. g4 Rfc8 19. Bd3 $5 {White gains an
edge.} (19. Rd2 a5 20. g5 {drew in Karjakin - Van Wely, Wijk aan Zee 2009.})
19... Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Qc4 21. Rhf1 h6 22. h3 d5 $1 23. Be5 Rc6 24. b3 Qxd3 25.
Rxd3 {White has a plus in the endgame.} Rac8 26. Rf2 Bh4 27. Rg2 f6 $5 28. Bb2
Rc5 29. Re2 Bg5 30. a3 $5 bxa3 31. Bxa3 Rc3 $1 32. Bb2 $1 (32. Rxd5 Rxh3 {
exchanges a pawn.}) 32... Rxd3 33. cxd3 Kf7 {Black has almost equalised.} 34.
Re6 $1 {But White takes the initiative again.} a5 $2 ({Better is} 34... Re8 $1
35. Rxa6 Re3 36. Ra7+ Kg8 37. Ra8+ Kh7 38. b4 Rxh3 39. d4 Bd2 40. b5 Rb3 41.
Rb8 Bc3 42. Kc2 Rxb2+ 43. Kxc3 Rb1 $1 {and the rook ending is drawn.}) 35. Rd6
$1 Re8 36. Rd7+ Kg8 37. Bc3 $1 Re3 38. Rxd5 Rxh3 39. Bxa5 Rh4 40. b4 Rxg4 (
40... Bd2 41. Kc2 Be1 42. Kd1 Bc3 43. Rc5 {(Ftacnik)} Bd4 44. Rc4 Rxg4 45. b5
Rf4 46. b6 Rf1+ 47. Ke2 Rf2+ 48. Ke1 Bxb6 49. Bxb6 Rxf5 {will be difficult to
win for White.}) 41. b5 $1 Be3 42. Kc2 $1 Rg2+ 43. Kb3 Rg1 44. Ka2 Rg2+ 45. Ka3
$1 Bc1+ $5 46. Kb3 h5 47. b6 h4 48. Bc3 $1 {Black cannot stop the b-pawn.} h3 {
But he advances his own pawn.} 49. b7 Bf4 50. Be5 $1 {White wins brilliantly.}
h2 (50... Bxe5 51. Rxe5 fxe5 52. b8=Q+ Kh7 53. Qb7 {wins for White (Ftacnik).})
51. b8=Q+ Kh7 52. Bxf4 $1 ({Not} 52. Rd8 $4 Rb2+ $3 {and the tables turn.})
52... h1=Q 53. Rd8 $1 Qd1+ 54. Kc4 Rc2+ 55. Kd4 $1 Qa1+ (55... Qg1+ 56. Be3
Qg4+ 57. Qf4 {ends the game.}) 56. Kd5 Qa5+ 57. Ke4 $1 (57. Ke6 $4 Re2+ {wins
for Black.}) 57... Qe1+ 58. Be3 Qh1+ 59. Kd4 Qa1+ 60. Kd5 Qa5+ 61. Ke4 $1 Qa4+
62. d4 {Black will run out of checks soon. Javocenko played a great endgame.}
1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "37.Schachtage"]
[Date "2009.07.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2009.07.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Re1 Bf5 10. c5 $6 Bc7 11. Nc3 Nd7 12. Qc2 Re8 {Black can attack on the
kingside before White advances on the queenside.} 13. Be3 $5 (13. b4 {occurred
in Cheparinov - Crush, 2003.}) 13... h6 14. b4 $6 (14. Nd2 Qh4 15. g3 Qe7 {
brings a black edge (Kramnik).}) 14... Ndf6 15. h3 $5 {White prevents ..Ng4
but creates a weakness.} Qd7 $1 {Black threatens h3.} 16. Ne2 $2 (16. Nd2 Kh8
$1 17. Ndxe4 dxe4 18. Bf1 Rad8 {leads to a positional advantage for Black.})
16... Bxh3 $1 17. Ne5 (17. gxh3 Qxh3 18. Ng3 Nxg3 19. fxg3 Bxg3 {leads to a
winning charge (Kramnik).}) 17... Bxe5 18. dxe5 Rxe5 19. f3 Rae8 $1 20. Bf4 (
20. fxe4 dxe4 21. Bc4 Bxg2 $1 22. Kxg2 Rh5 23. Ng3 Qh3+ 24. Kg1 Qxg3+ {gains
four pawns for a bishop (Kramnik).}) 20... Rh5 21. fxe4 $2 (21. Nd4 {prolongs
the resistance.}) 21... dxe4 22. Bc4 Bxg2 $1 23. Ng3 ({The pointe is} 23. Kxg2
Qh3+ 24. Kg1 Qh1+ 25. Kf2 Ng4+ 26. Kg3 Qh3#) 23... Bf3 24. Qb3 Rh4 25. Bd6 Qh3
26. Bxf7+ Kh7 27. Qb2 Ng4 {Kramnik joined the lead by a crushing victory.} 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "37.Schachtage"]
[Date "2009.07.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2009.07.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 h6 10. h3 Ne7 11. Bf4 Ng6 12. Bg3 Ke8 13. Rad1 Bb4 14. Ne2
h5 15. Ned4 h4 16. Bh2 Nf8 17. Bf4 Bd7 18. Bg5 Be7 19. Rfe1 c5 20. e6 fxe6 21.
Bxe7 Kxe7 22. Nf5+ Kf6 23. Ne3 Be8 24. Ng4+ Ke7 25. Nge5 Bg6 26. Rd5 b6 27. Rd2
Bf5 28. Ng5 Kf6 29. f4 Ng6 $2 30. Nd7+ Ke7 31. Nxe6 Bxe6 32. f5 Nf4 33. fxe6
Rhd8 34. Rf2 g5 35. Kh2 a5 36. a4 Rg8 37. Ne5 Rae8 38. Nf3 Nxe6 39. Re5 Kd6 40.
Rd2+ Kc6 41. Rde2 Kd6 $2 {A tactical mistake costs a pawn.} ({Correct is} 41...
Kd7 $1 42. Rd2+ Kc6 43. Rde2 {and a repetition of moves (Müller).}) 42. Nxg5 $1
Ng7 43. Rxe8 Rxe8 44. Rxe8 Nxe8 45. Nf3 c4 46. Nxh4 {White has connected
passed pawns.} c3 $6 {Hereafter, Carlsen protects pawn c2 easily.} ({Accurate
play is needed in} 46... Ke5 $1 47. Kg3 $1 Ke4 48. Kf2 b5 {(Müller)} 49. Nf3 $1
bxa4 50. Nd2+ Kd4 51. Nb1 {and White wins.}) 47. b3 Kc5 48. Nf5 Kb4 49. g4 Ka3
50. Kg3 Kb2 51. Ne3 {Black has no defence.} Kc1 52. Kf3 Kd2 53. h4 Ng7 54. h5
Ne6 55. h6 c6 56. Ke4 b5 57. Ke5 Ng5 58. Kf5 $1 Nf7 59. h7 Kxe3 60. g5 {
Carlsen showed his mastership in the Berlin Defence.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "37.Schachtage"]
[Date "2009.07.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2009.07.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. d5 exd5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. O-O Be7 10. Rd1 Nc6 11. Qa4 Nf6 12. Nh4 Qc8 $5 13. Nf5 Nd4 $1 14. Bxb7
Qxb7 15. Nxd4 cxd4 16. Rxd4 Bc5 $1 17. Rd3 {Black has a vulnerable pawn.} b5 $1
18. Qf4 O-O 19. b4 $1 {The preparation has ended.} Bb6 $6 ({More solid is} 
19... Be7 $1) 20. Bb2 Rfe8 21. e3 Rac8 22. Nd2 Bd8 {Black has to protect Nf6.
He spoiled a tempo.} 23. Rd1 Rc2 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. a3 Ra2 $5 26. Nf3 Qa6 27. g4
$5 {White postpones the capture of d7 in order to prepare a kingside attack.}
h6 28. h4 Rxa3 $1 29. Rd6 Qa4 30. g5 {Leko has created a charge.} hxg5 31. hxg5
Ra1 $1 32. Rxa1 Bxa1 $6 ({The complicated} 32... Qxa1+ $1 33. Kg2 Be5 34. Qe4
Bxd6 35. Qxe8+ Bf8 $1 36. g6 $1 Qa2 $1 37. Qxd7 fxg6 38. Ng5 Qc4 {draws (Leko).
}) 33. Rxd7 Rf8 $1 34. Qd6 $6 (34. Nh4 $1 g6 35. Qe4 {(threatens Nxg6!)} Bg7
36. Kg2 Qa2 37. Qe7 {excerts strong pressure on the black position (Leko).})
34... g6 35. Nh2 Bc3 36. Ng4 Bg7 $4 (36... Qxb4 37. Qxb4 Bxb4 38. Nh6+ Kg7 39.
Rxa7 {restraints Black in the ending.}) 37. Nf6+ $1 Bxf6 38. gxf6 {White
threatens Qxf8+.} Rc8 ({Or} 38... Re8 39. Qe7 $1 Rxe7 40. fxe7 {(Krasenkow).})
39. Rxf7 $1 {The standings at the end of the first cycle were: Carlsen 31/2/5,
Kramnik and Leko 3, Jakovenko 21/2, Bacrot 2, Naiditsch 1.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "37.Schachtage"]
[Date "2009.07.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "2009.07.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Qe2 Bg4 16. Qf1 Qh5 17. Be3 Rae8 18. Nd2 Re6 19. f3 Nxe3 20. Qf2 Nd5 21. fxg4
Qxg4 22. Qf3 Qg5 23. Rxe6 fxe6 24. Ne4 Qg6 25. Qd3 h5 26. Bc2 $5 Bf4 27. Re1 h4
28. Nf2 Qxd3 29. Nxd3 Be3+ $2 (29... hxg3 $1 30. hxg3 Bxg3 31. Rxe6 Rf6 {
almost equalises.}) 30. Kg2 Bd2 31. Re2 Ne3+ 32. Kh3 hxg3 33. Kxg3 Nf1+ 34. Kh3
Rf6 35. Ne5 Bc1 36. Ng4 Rf3+ 37. Kg2 Rf4 38. Bb3 Rxg4+ 39. Kxf1 Rg6 40. Bxe6+ {
White has won a pawn.} Kf8 41. b4 Rf6+ 42. Kg2 Rg6+ 43. Kf3 Rf6+ 44. Kg3 Bf4+
45. Kg4 $5 Bc7 $6 ({Black misses the opportunity} 45... Bxh2 $1) 46. Bd7 Rd6
47. Bf5 a5 48. a3 Rf6 49. h4 g6 50. Be4 axb4 51. axb4 Kg7 52. Bg2 Kh6 53. Re8
Bf4 $1 54. Re2 $1 (54. Bxc6 Bd2 {draws easily.}) 54... Bc1 55. Bf3 Kg7 56. Kg3
Kf7 57. Kg2 Bf4 58. Kf2 Re6 59. Be4 $1 {Exchange levels the game.} Rf6 60. Kg2
Bh6 61. Ra2 Ke7 62. Bf3 Kd7 63. Ra6 Ke7 64. Ra7+ Kd8 65. Ra6 Ke7 66. Ra2 Kd7
67. Re2 Kd6 68. Bg4 Kd5 69. Re5+ Kc4 70. Rc5+ Kd3 71. d5 $5 Bf8 $6 (71... cxd5
$1 72. Bd7 Bf8 73. Bxb5+ Kd2 {draws.}) 72. Rxc6 Rxc6 73. dxc6 Bd6 {White has
winning chances, despite the bishops of a different colour.} 74. Kf3 Kxc3 75.
Ke4 Kxb4 76. Kd5 Bg3 $2 ({Right is} 76... Bb8 $1 77. Be2 Ka5 $1 78. Ke6 Kb6 79.
Kd7 Kc5 $1 {A switch to the kingside has to be made.} 80. Bd3 ({or} 80. c7 Bxc7
81. Kxc7 Kd4 $1) 80... Kd4 $1 81. Bxg6 Ke5 $1 82. Ke7 Bd6+ 83. Kf7 Kd5 84. Be4+
Kxe4 85. Ke6 Be5 86. h5 b4 {and Black queens timely (Müller).}) 77. Bf3 Ka5 78.
Ke6 b4 $5 ({Insufficient is} 78... Kb6 79. Kd7 Kc5 80. Be4 Bb8 (80... Kd4 81.
Bxg6 Bb8 {Black has to lose a fatal tempo.} 82. Ke6 Kc5 83. h5 Kxc6 84. h6 Ba7
85. Be8+ Kc7 86. Kd5) 81. Bxg6 Kd5 82. h5 Ke5 83. Ke7 $1 Bd6+ 84. Kf7 Kd5 85.
Be4+ $3 Kxe4 86. h6 {and White wins (Müller).}) 79. Be4 Kb5 80. Kd7 Kc5 81.
Bxg6 $1 {Jakovenko wins by the distant passed pawns.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "37.Schachtage"]
[Date "2009.07.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2009.07.02"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3
Nc6 9. Qc2 Qa5 10. Rd1 Be7 11. Be2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nh5 13. O-O Nxf4 14. exf4 g6
15. g3 Rd8 $5 ({Known is} 15... Bf6) 16. Rxd8+ Qxd8 17. Rd1 Bd7 $1 18. f5 $5 {
Kramnik makes an interesting pawn sacrifice.} gxf5 $1 19. Qd2 Qb6 $5 ({The
alternative is} 19... Bc8 $5 20. Qe3 Qf8) 20. Qh6 ({Not} 20. Qxd7 $4 Rd8) 20...
Be8 21. Ng5 Bxg5 22. Qxg5+ Kf8 (22... Kh8 $2 23. Rd6 $1 {leads to a dangerous
attack.}) 23. Qh6+ Kg8 24. Qg5+ Kf8 25. Rd6 $1 Qc7 $2 {Carlsen makes the
decisive mistake.} ({Correct is} 25... Qc5 $5 26. Ne4 $5 Qxc4 27. Nf6 Ke7 $1
28. Rd1 Nd4 $1 29. Nxe8+ Kxe8 30. Qg8+ Ke7 31. Qxa8 Qd5 32. Rxd4 Qxd4 33. Qxb7+
Kf6 {and Black will survive in the queen ending (Stohl).}) 26. Qh6+ $1 Ke7 ({Or
} 26... Kg8 27. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 28. Bxe6+ Bf7 29. Nd5 $1) 27. Qh4+ Kf8 28. Qh6+
Ke7 29. Nb5 $1 Qa5 $5 (29... Qxd6 30. Nxd6 Kxd6 {prolongs the game.}) 30. b4
Nxb4 $5 (30... Qxb5 31. Rxe6+ fxe6 32. Qxe6+ Kd8 33. Bxb5 {also wins for White.
}) 31. Rxe6+ $1 fxe6 32. Qxe6+ Kd8 33. Qf6+ Kc8 34. Qxf5+ $5 Kd8 35. Qf6+ $1
Kc8 36. axb4 $1 {Kramnik won a spectacular game. He took over the lead.} ({The
pointe is} 36. axb4 Qxb4 37. Be6+ Bd7 38. Qh8+ Qf8 39. Qxf8#) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "37.Schachtage"]
[Date "2009.07.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2009.07.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 13. O-O a6 14.
Rb1 Qc7 15. Qh5 Nc5 16. Rb4 Qe5 17. Qh6 {When Leko played this move, it was a
novelty.} Rc8 18. Nf3 $1 {Kramnik had already planned this pawn sacrifice.} (
18. a4 Qxe4 19. Qxf6 {drew in Leko - Naiditsch (round 8).}) 18... Qxc3 19. Rd4
Ke7 20. e5 Nd7 21. Qh4 Rhg8 22. Kh1 {The preparation by Naiditsch stopped here.
} b5 23. h3 {White wants to play Rfd1.} Rc4 $1 24. Rxd7+ $1 {Kramnik gives an
exchange for the attack.} Kxd7 25. Qxf6 Qd3 $5 ({Best is} 25... Ke8 $1 26. Rd1
Rc8 27. Ng5 Qc7 $1 28. Ne4 $1 Kf8 $1 29. Nd6 Rb8 30. Rd4 Rg7 31. Rg4 Rxg4 32.
hxg4 {and White will deliver perpetual check (Kramnik).}) 26. Qxf7+ Kc6 27.
Qxe6+ Kb7 28. Re1 Rg6 29. Qf7+ Rc7 30. Qf4 Rc4 31. Qf8 Rc8 32. Qe7+ Rc7 33. Qh4
$5 {Kramnik makes an effort to win the game.} Qc4 $6 (33... Rcg7 $1 34. Qd4
Qxd4 35. Nxd4 Rxg2 36. e6 Rxf2 37. e7 Rgg2 38. e8=Q Rh2+ {brings perpetual
check (Kramnik).}) 34. Nd4 $1 Qxa2 $5 {Naiditsch defends bravely.} 35. Qe4+ Kb6
36. Qe3 $1 Kb7 $2 {Black misses a complicated escape.} (36... Qd5 $1 37. Ne6+
Kb7 38. Nf4 $1 Qc5 $1 39. Qxc5 Rxc5 40. Nxg6 hxg6 {just draws (Kramnik).}) 37.
Qf3+ Kb6 ({Or} 37... Ka7 $5 38. e6 $1 {(Kramnik).}) 38. Nb3 $1 {White
obstructs the black queen.} Rc2 $6 (38... Qa3 $1 39. e6 Rgg7 40. Qe3+ Kb7 41.
Rd1 $1 Qb4 42. Rd8 {leads to a decisive white attack.}) 39. Qe3+ Kb7 40. e6
Rxf2 41. Qe4+ Kb6 42. Qd4+ {Vladimir won a fine attacking game. The final
standings became: Kramnik 61/2, Carlsen, Leko and Yakovenko 51/2, Bacrot 4,
Naiditsch 3. Kramnik triumphed for the ninth time in Dortmund.} (42. Qd4+ Kb7
43. Qd5+ Kb6 44. e7 {wins quickly.}) 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "27"]
[Date "2010.02.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

{Six grandmasters played two cycles in Linares from 13 until 24 ii 2010. The
nine decided games have been selected.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O
5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. Qe2 a6 10. a4 cxd4 11. exd4 Nb6
12. Bd3 Nbd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 $5 (13... exd5 {drew in Ivanchuk - Speelman,
Reykjavik 1991.}) 14. Qe4 g6 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Ne5 Bd7 17. Qf3 Qe7 {Gelfand
defends quietly.} 18. Be4 Bc6 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Qf4 f5 21. h4 $5 Rac8 22. Rac1
Bd6 23. Rfe1 Qf6 $5 24. Rc3 Rxc3 25. bxc3 Rc8 26. Qg3 Be4 $6 {The defence
crumbles.} ({Preferable is} 26... Bxe5 $5 27. Rxe5 Qe7 {(Ftacnik).}) 27. h5 $1
Bxe5 28. dxe5 Qf7 29. Re3 Kh8 $2 {The king becomes more vulnerable.} ({Better
is} 29... Rc7 $1 30. hxg6 hxg6 31. Qg5 Rd7) 30. Qh4 $1 gxh5 $5 31. Rg3 Bd5 32.
a5 $1 {Grischuk triumphs on all fronts.} f4 33. Rg7 Qf5 34. Qe7 Qe4 35. Qf6 {
The resistance has been crushed.} 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "27"]
[Date "2010.02.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

{Topalov played a relaxed tournament as prepation for his match against Anand.
} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 g6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nbd2
Nbd7 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. b3 Nb8 $5 {Gashimov springs a fine novelty.} 11. Ba3 Nc6
12. Rac1 Be6 13. Qb2 Re8 14. h3 Rc8 15. Rc2 Bf5 $5 16. Bxf5 gxf5 17. Ne1 $5 Ne4
18. Nd3 e5 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Rxc2 $5 22. Qxc2 Qa5 $5 23. Bd6
Bxe5 24. b4 $5 Qd8 25. Bxe5 Rxe5 26. Rc1 Rd5 27. a4 b5 $5 28. axb5 Rxb5 29. Qa4
Qd6 30. Qa1 $1 {Suddenly Topalov threatens mate.} Qe5 $6 ({Preferable is} 30...
Qe6 $1 31. Qc3 Rd5 32. Qc8+ Qxc8 33. Rxc8+ Kg7) 31. Qxa6 $1 {White gains a
superior position.} Rxb4 32. Qh6 Rb8 33. g3 Qe6 34. Qf4 Rc8 35. Rd1 Rc6 $5 36.
Rd8+ Kg7 37. Kg2 h6 $2 (37... Rb6 $1 {prevents the next move.}) 38. Qb8 $1 Qf6
39. Rd5 $6 (39. Rh8 $1 Kg6 40. h4 $1 Rb6 41. Qg8+ {ends the game.}) 39... Re6
40. h4 h5 $2 (40... f4 $5 41. Qxf4 Qxf4 42. gxf4 {offers strong resistance in
a rook ending (Ftacnik).}) 41. Rd8 $1 Kh7 42. Rg8 $1 f4 43. gxf4 Qxh4 44. Rh8+
Kg6 45. Qg8+ Kf6 46. Qd8+ Re7 47. Rh6+ Kf5 ({Or} 47... Kg7 48. Qh8#) 48. Qd5+ {
White wins quickly.} 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "27"]
[Date "2010.02.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8. h3
Nc6 9. g4 Qb6 10. Nde2 $5 ({Theory is} 10. Nb3) 10... e6 11. Bg2 Be7 12. b3 h6
13. Qd2 g5 $5 14. Ba3 Ne5 15. O-O-O Qxf2 $5 {Grischuk takes all risks.} 16.
Bxd6 Bxd6 $1 17. Qxd6 Nfd7 18. Nd4 $1 Qf6 ({The pointe is} 18... Qxg2 $2 19.
Nxe6 $1) 19. Qa3 $5 Qe7 20. Qb2 O-O 21. Nf5 $2 {Topalov attacks wildly.} exf5
22. Nd5 Qc5 23. exf5 a5 $1 {The queen's rook will develop through a6.} 24. h4
gxh4 25. Rxh4 Ra6 $1 26. Kb1 $5 Qf2 27. Ne7+ $5 Kg7 $2 (27... Kh7 $1 28. Rdh1
Qxg2 29. Qc1 Nxg4 30. Ng6 fxg6 31. Rxg4 Qxh1 32. Qxh1 Rxf5 33. Re4 Ne5 {leads
to a great black advantage (Ftacnik).}) 28. Rh2 f6 $2 {Time troubles start.}
29. g5 $2 fxg5 30. Nxc8 Raf6 $1 31. Ne7 R8f7 $6 32. Nd5 Nf3 $6 33. Bxf3 Qxh2
34. Nxf6 Nxf6 35. a4 Qf4 36. Bd5 Rd7 37. Re1 Qxf5 38. Bc4 $6 Qf2 $6 39. Qe5 Qd4
40. Qf5 Qg4 41. Qxa5 {White has the initiative.} Rd1+ 42. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 43. Kb2
Qd6 44. Qa7 $1 Qe5+ 45. Ka2 Qe4 46. Bd3 Qc6 47. a5 Nd5 $5 48. Qd4+ $1 Nf6 49.
Qe5 Kf8 50. c4 g4 51. Bf5 Kf7 52. Qb8 Ne8 $2 {Grischuk succumbs.} ({Correct is
} 52... h5 $1 53. Bc8 Qc5 54. Qxb7+ Kg6 55. a6 Qa5+ 56. Kb1 Qe1+ {and drawn by
perpetual check.}) 53. Qf4 Qc5 $6 {Grischuk misses the last chance.} (53... Nf6
$1 54. Qxh6 Qd6 55. Bxg4 Qe5 56. Bd1 Qxa5+ {fights back.}) 54. Bxg4+ Nf6 55.
Qf5 Qd4 56. Bf3 Qf2+ 57. Ka3 Kg7 58. Ka4 $1 b6 59. axb6 Qxb6 60. c5 Qa7+ 61.
Kb5 Qb8+ 62. Kc4 Qg8+ 63. Kc3 Qe8 64. b4 Qe1+ 65. Kc4 Qf1+ 66. Kb3 Qb5 67. Bd1
Qc6 68. Bc2 Kf7 69. Bd3 {Topalov scored plus two in the first cycle.} 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "27"]
[Date "2010.02.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. Bf4 a6 8. a4
Bg7 9. h3 O-O 10. e3 Ne8 11. Be2 Nd7 12. O-O Qe7 13. Qb3 $5 ({Usual  is} 13.
Qc2) 13... Rb8 14. Nd2 f5 15. Nc4 $1 g5 $5 16. Bh2 f4 17. exf4 gxf4 ({The
alternative brings} 17... b5 $5 {(Informant)} 18. axb5 axb5 19. Na5 Bxc3 20.
bxc3 Qxe2 21. Rfe1 $5 c4 $5) 18. Rfe1 Ne5 19. Ne4 $6 (19. a5 $1 {continues the
restraint of the queenside.}) 19... b5 $1 {Black liberates himself.} 20. axb5
Rxb5 21. Qd1 Rb4 22. Rc1 Nxc4 23. Rxc4 Bxb2 $1 24. Rxb4 cxb4 25. Qc2 Bg7 26.
Qxc8 $6 ({More solid is} 26. Bd3) 26... Qxe4 27. Qe6+ $2 (27. Qxa6 b3 28. Qd3
Qxd3 29. Bxd3 {offers a strong resistance.}) 27... Qxe6 28. dxe6 Bc3 29. Rd1 a5
$1 30. Bb5 Nc7 31. Bd7 (31. e7 $5 Nxb5 $1 32. exf8=Q+ Kxf8 {wins for Black.})
31... Rf6 32. Rxd6 b3 $1 33. Rb6 b2 34. g4 Bb4 $1 35. Rb8+ Rf8 {Vallejo Pons
made grave errors during the second part of the game.} 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "27"]
[Date "2010.02.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. a3 g5 8. d3
g4 9. Nd2 h5 10. b4 h4 11. Bb2 Rh6 12. Nb3 $6 Nd4 13. Nc5 c6 14. e3 Ne6 15. O-O
$6 hxg3 16. fxg3 Nxc5 17. bxc5 Bxc5 {Black has won a pawn.} 18. Qe2 Be7 19.
Rad1 f5 20. Qf2 Be6 21. e4 Rh5 22. Ne2 Qc7 23. exf5 Rxf5 24. Qe3 Na4 25. Qh6 $6
Kd7 $1 26. Rxf5 Nxb2 $1 27. Rdf1 Bxf5 28. Rxf5 Nxd3 29. h4 Qd6 30. Qg7 Qxa3 31.
Kh2 a5 $6 32. Rf7 a4 $6 33. h5 $6 Ne1 $6 34. Qxg4+ Kc7 35. Qe6 Re8 36. Qxe5+
Kb6 37. Rf5 Qb4 38. Qe3+ Bc5 $4 (38... Kc7 39. Qe5+ Kb6 {leads to perpetual
check.}) 39. Qxe8 Nxg2 40. Kxg2 a3 {Vallejo had spoiled another game.} 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "27"]
[Date "2010.02.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Bf4 Na6 11. Re1 Bg4 12. Qb3 Nh5 $5 {The knight chases Bf4.}
13. Bg5 Qd7 14. Nd2 h6 15. Be3 Bf5 $6 {Black loses time.} ({Better is} 15...
Nc7 $1 16. a4 b6 17. Nc4 Rad8 {(Marin).}) 16. Nc4 $1 Nb4 17. Rac1 Rab8 18. a4
b6 $6 (18... Bf8 19. f3 Bh3 {restores the equality.}) 19. Nb5 Bf8 $2 (19... Be4
$1 20. Bxe4 Rxe4 21. Nbxd6 Re7 22. Rcd1 Qh3 {gains counter-play for a pawn.})
20. Bd2 $1 a6 21. Nbxd6 $1 b5 $5 ({The pointe is} 21... Bxd6 22. e4 $1 Bxe4 23.
Rxe4 Rxe4 24. Bxe4) 22. Nxe8 bxc4 23. Qxc4 Rxe8 24. Bxb4 cxb4 25. e4 Bg4 26. e5
Qf5 27. e6 $1 fxe6 28. dxe6 Be7 29. f3 Bh3 30. g4 Qg5 31. Bxh3 Nf4 32. Bf1 Rf8
33. Qc7 h5 34. Qe5 Qh4 35. Re4 Nh3+ 36. Bxh3 Qxh3 37. Qg3 hxg4 38. Qxh3 gxh3
39. Kf2 Rd8 40. Ke2 {Grischuk achieved a positive score.} 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "27"]
[Date "2010.02.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

{Grischuk trailed by one point, when the round began.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3.
Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Rc1 Ba3 9. Rc2 Nc6 10. Bg5
h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Bg2 d5 13. O-O $5 dxc4 14. bxc4 Rad8 ({Not} 14... Bxc4 $2
15. Ne4 Qf5 16. Rxc4 Qxe4 17. Nd2 {(Ftacnik).}) 15. Rd2 Bb4 16. Qb3 Bxc3 $5 17.
Qxc3 Na5 18. c5 $1 {White restricts the queenside.} Nc4 19. Rc2 bxc5 20. Qb3 $1
{Topalov starts to think.} cxd4 $2 (20... Nd6 $1 21. Qa3 Bb7 22. Rxc5 {
(Grischuk)} a6 $1 23. Ne5 Nb5 {almost equalises.}) 21. Rxc4 Rb8 22. Qc2 Bxc4
23. Qxc4 {White has a material edge.} e5 24. Qxc7 Rfe8 $5 25. Qxa7 Rb2 26. Re1
g6 27. a4 Rd8 $6 28. Qa5 e4 29. Nd2 e3 30. fxe3 d3 $6 31. Ne4 Qe7 32. exd3 Rxd3
33. Qa8+ Kg7 34. Qc6 $6 f5 $1 {A counteraction begins.} 35. Nf2 Rdd2 $6 (35...
Rxe3 $1 36. Rf1 $1 Ree2 37. Bd5 Rbd2 38. Bc4 Re1 {fights back (Grischuk).}) 36.
Qc3+ Kh7 37. Rf1 Rbc2 $1 38. Qb3 Rb2 39. Qc3 Rbc2 40. Qb3 Rb2 41. Qc4 $1 h5 (
41... Qxe3 42. Qf7+ Kh8 43. Qf8+ Kh7 44. Bd5 $1 Rxd5 45. Qf7+ Kh8 46. Qxd5 {
wins for White.}) 42. Qf4 Re2 43. Bf3 Rec2 44. Nd3 Ra2 45. Nb4 $1 Rxa4 46. Nxc2
Rxf4 47. gxf4 Kh6 48. Rb1 Qe6 49. Re1 Qa2 50. Nd4 h4 51. Be2 g5 52. fxg5+ Kxg5
53. Rf1 Kg6 54. Rxf5 Qb1+ 55. Rf1 Qe4 56. Kf2 {Grischuk shared the lead with
Topalov at the end of the penultimate round.} 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "27"]
[Date "2010.02.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. Bf4 a6 8. a4
Bg7 9. h3 O-O 10. e3 Ne8 11. Be2 Nd7 12. O-O Qe7 13. Re1 h6 $5 14. a5 Nc7 15.
Rc1 f5 16. Qb3 g5 17. Bg3 Rb8 18. Na4 b5 $1 19. axb6 Na8 20. Ra1 Naxb6 {Black
has almost equalised.} 21. Nc3 Na8 $1 22. Qc2 Nc7 23. Bc4 Rb4 24. b3 Nf6 $2 25.
Ra5 $2 ({White misses} 25. Ne5 $1 Rxc4 $5 26. Nxc4 {(Marin).}) 25... Nd7 26.
Na4 Kh8 27. Nb2 Rb6 28. Rd1 Nb5 29. Bd3 Nc3 30. Rd2 Ne4 31. Bxe4 fxe4 32. Ne1
Bxb2 $5 33. Qxb2+ Kg8 $6 ({Preferable is} 33... Nf6) 34. Nc2 $1 {Aronian takes
the initiative.} Nf6 35. Na3 Ne8 36. Nc4 $1 Rb5 37. Ra4 h5 38. Na5 h4 39. Bh2
Bf5 40. Nc6 Qb7 41. b4 $1 Bd7 $6 (41... cxb4 $1 42. Rxb4 Rxb4 43. Qxb4 Qxb4 44.
Nxb4 Rf7 $1 45. Nc6 (45. Nxa6 $4 Rb7 46. Rd1 Rb6 47. Ra1 Bc8) 45... Rb7 46. Rd1
{leads to equality.}) 42. Qc2 Bf5 43. bxc5 Rxc5 44. Qd1 Rb5 45. Ra1 Bc8 46. Rc1
Bf5 47. Nd8 $5 Qe7 48. Ne6 $1 Bxe6 49. dxe6 Qxe6 50. Bxd6 Nxd6 $2 (50... Rff5
$1 51. Ba3 Rfd5 {keeps the defence closed.}) 51. Rxd6 Qf5 52. Qh5 $1 Rb7 53.
Rg6+ Rg7 54. Rh6 $1 Rh7 55. Rxh7 Qxh7 56. Qxg5+ Qg7 57. Qxh4 Qg6 58. Rc5 {
Aronian ended the event with a positive score.} 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "27"]
[Date "2010.02.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

{Topalov wants to win the game.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5.
Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Re8 10. h4 c6 11. h5 h6 $5
12. Kb1 Nf6 13. Bd3 Bf8 14. Rdg1 Ng4 $5 15. Bf4 Qf6 16. Nh2 Nxh2 $2 ({
Preferable is} 16... Ne5 17. g4 Nxd3 18. cxd3 Qe7 {(Kritz).}) 17. Rxh2 Bf5 18.
Bxf5 Qxf5 19. g4 Qe4 20. g5 $1 {White attacks.} hxg5 21. Bxg5 Qe2 $6 {Black is
going to lose an exchange.} (21... Kh7 $1 22. h6 $5 g6 {defends courageously.})
22. Qxe2 Rxe2 23. Be3 $1 Rxe3 24. fxe3 Re8 25. Rh3 Re6 26. c4 $6 ({Even better
is} 26. h6 $1 g6 27. h7+) 26... Be7 27. Rf3 $6 Re5 28. Rgf1 $6 Rxh5 29. Rxf7
Re5 30. R7f3 Bf6 31. c3 $6 Re4 32. Rxf6 $2 {This sacrifice leads to a drawn
rook ending.} gxf6 33. Rxf6 Rxe3 34. Rxd6 Kf7 $1 35. Kc2 {Exchange of the
rooks draws.} Re2+ 36. Kb3 Ke7 37. Rd4 c5 38. Rd3 b6 39. Ka3 Rc2 40. Rd5 a5 41.
Rd3 Rh2 42. b3 Rc2 43. Ka4 $5 {The last chance.} Rxa2+ 44. Kb5 Rb2 45. Kxb6 a4
$1 46. Kxc5 Rxb3 $5 47. Kc6 a3 48. c5 Ke8 $6 {The king goes into the wrong
direction.} ({Better is} 48... a2 49. Rd7+ Ke6 $1 50. Ra7 Rb2 $1) 49. Rh3 a2 $2
(49... Ke7 $1 50. Rh8 Rxc3 51. Ra8 Ke6 {still draws (Smeets).}) 50. Rh8+ Ke7
51. Ra8 Rb2 52. Kc7 $1 Rc2 53. c6 Rb2 54. c4 Rc2 55. Ra6 Rb2 56. c5 Ke6 57. Ra5
Rc2 58. Kb7 Rb2+ 59. Kc8 Ke7 60. c7 Ke8 61. Rxa2 $1 Rxa2 62. Kb7 {Topalov had
triumphed in the event.   The final standings became: Topalov 61/2/10,
Grischuk 6, Aronian 51/2, Vallejo Pons, Gelfand and Gashimov 4.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 72"]
[Date "2010.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2010.01.??"]

{Tournament 72 was played from 16 until 31 i 2010. It would become the event
of the youngsters Carlsen and Giri.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6
5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. d4 Bxd4 10. Qxd4 d6 11. f4 Nc6
12. Qc3 Ne7 13. Qd3 O-O 14. Nc3 $5 b4 15. e5 Bf5 $1 16. Qxa6 Nd7 $6 ({
Preferable is} 16... dxe5 $1 17. Rd1 Nd7) 17. exd6 bxc3 18. dxe7 Qxe7 19. bxc3
$6 Nc5 20. Qc4 Rfd8 21. Ba2 Bxc2 22. f5 Bd3 $1 {Black takes the initiative.}
23. f6 $1 gxf6 24. Qg4+ Kh8 25. Bh6 Rg8 26. Qd4 Bxf1 27. Rxf1 Rg6 {He has
gained a material plus.} 28. Be3 Nxa4 29. Bf2 Nb6 30. Bb1 Rg7 31. Re1 Qd6 32.
Bf5 Nd5 33. g4 Rgg8 34. c4 Nf4 35. Qxd6 cxd6 36. Bg3 Nh3+ 37. Kg2 Ng5 38. Bxd6
Rb2+ 39. Kg3 Ra8 $5 (39... Rb3+ $1 {keeps more advantage.}) 40. Re3 $1 Kg7 41.
h4 Ne6 42. g5 Raa2 43. gxf6+ Kxf6 44. Bxh7 Re2 45. Rf3+ Kg7 46. Bd3 Re1 47. Be7
$6 Rd2 48. Bf6+ Kg8 49. Kg4 Nc5 50. Bf5 Ne4 51. Bxe4 $6 (51. Be5 $1 Rg2+ 52.
Kh5 {defends well.}) 51... Rxe4+ 52. Kh5 ({Or} 52. Rf4 Rxf4+ 53. Kxf4 Rc2)
52... Rxc4 53. Rg3+ Kf8 54. Bg7+ Ke7 $1 55. Re3+ Kd7 56. Bf6 Rf2 57. Be5 Rf5+
58. Kh6 Rxh4+ 59. Kg7 Rg4+ 60. Kf8 Rf1 61. Rd3+ Ke6 62. Bc7 Rc4 63. Rd6+ Kf5
64. Rd7 Kg4 {Shirov took an early lead.} 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 72"]
[Date "2010.01.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2010.01.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 c6 8.
Qc2 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. h3 Ne4 {Black sacrifices a pawn.} 11. Bxe4 dxe4 12. Nxe4
Qa5+ 13. Kf1 Bf8 14. Bf4 $6 (14. Nc3 {brings a plus.}) 14... Qf5 15. Nfd2 {The
pin hinders White.} Nb6 $1 16. Rc1 Nd5 17. g4 Qg6 18. Nd6 Rd8 19. Qxg6 $6 ({
Preferable is} 19. Nxc8 Nxf4 20. exf4 Qxc2 21. Rxc2 Rxd4 22. Nxa7 Rxa7 {
(Krasenkow).}) 19... hxg6 20. Nxc8 Nxf4 $1 21. exf4 Rxd4 22. Nb3 Rb4 $1 23. Kg2
Rxc8 24. Rhd1 Rxf4 25. Rd7 Rb4 26. Rc2 Re8 27. Rcd2 Be7 28. Rc7 Bf6 29. Rdd7 b6
$1 30. Rxa7 g5 $5 31. Rd2 $2 ({Better is} 31. Rxf7 $1 Re2 32. Nc1 $1 Rd2 33.
Rfd7 {(Mikhalchishin).}) 31... c5 32. Ra6 c4 $5 33. Nd4 Bxd4 34. Rxd4 Rxb2 35.
Rd7 c3 36. Raa7 Rf8 37. Rdc7 c2 38. Kg3 $6 Rd8 39. Rxf7 $6 Rd3+ 40. Kg2 c1=Q {
White has no perpetual check.} 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 72"]
[Date "2010.01.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Smeets, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2010.01.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. h3 h6 17. Nd2 Na5 18. Nf1 Qb3 19. Qd2 $5 {White avoids the
exchange of queens.} Nc4 20. Bxc4 Qxc4 21. Ne3 Qb5 22. c4 Qd7 23. c5 Bg6 24.
Rac1 c6 25. Nc4 f6 26. Bxh6 $6 {Shirov makes a surprising sacrifice.} ({The
alternative is} 26. Bd6 b5 $1 27. Bxe7 bxc4 28. Bd6 {and equality (Shirov).})
26... gxh6 27. Qxh6 Bh7 $1 {He had missed this strong defence.} 28. Re3 Bf8 29.
Rg3+ Kh8 30. Qxf6+ Bg7 31. Qg5 $5 {White bluffs.} Bxd4 32. Rd1 Rf8 $6 (32...
Re2 $1 {attacks.}) 33. Kh2 Rcd8 $4 ({Correct is} 33... Rce8 34. Qh6 Qd8) 34.
Ne5 Qc7 35. Rxd4 Rxd4 36. Ng6+ Kg7 ({Or} 36... Bxg6 37. Qh6+ Qh7 38. Qxf8+ {
(Shirov).}) 37. Nxf8+ {Shirov would win the first five games and lose two
encounters during the remainder of the event.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 72"]
[Date "2010.01.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Smeets, Jan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2010.01.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 a6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. Qd2 b5 7. Bh6 O-O 8. e5 $6
{Known are more peaceful moves. Troubles start for White.} dxe5 9. Bxg7 Kxg7
10. Bf3 $5 c6 $1 11. dxe5 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Rd8+ 13. Ke3 Ng4+ 14. Bxg4 Bxg4 15. h3
Bf5 $1 {Black plays for a win.} 16. g4 $5 {White wants to attack.} (16. Rc1 $6
{accepts a minor disadvantage.}) 16... Bxc2 $1 17. Rc1 b4 $1 {The counter
continues.} 18. Rxc2 bxc3 19. Nf3 (19. Rxc3 $6 Rd1 $1 {leads to a terrible pin.
}) 19... cxb2 20. Rb1 Rd5 21. e6 $5 ({The alternative is} 21. Rbxb2 Nd7 22. e6
{(Kramnik).}) 21... c5 $5 22. exf7 Nc6 23. Rbxb2 Rad8 24. Ke4 Kxf7 {Black has
an extra pawn.} 25. Rc3 Nd4 26. Ne5+ Ke8 27. Rb6 $5 Nb5 28. Rc2 $2 (28. Re3 $1
R5d6 29. Rxd6 Nxd6+ 30. Kf4 {offers more resistance (Kramnik).}) 28... R5d6 $1
29. Nc4 Rd3 $1 30. Ne3 Ra3 $5 31. Rb2 $2 (31. Rxc5 Rxa2 32. Nd5 {fights back.})
31... c4 32. Ke5 c3 33. Rc2 Rd2 34. Rc1 Rxf2 35. Nd5 c2 36. Nb4 Re3+ 37. Kd5
Rd2+ 38. Kc6 Rc3+ 39. Kb7 Nd6+ 40. Ka8 a5 {Vladimir won a fine endgame.} 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 72"]
[Date "2010.01.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2010.01.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. Bf4 Nbd7 8. O-O
dxc4 {Tiviakov accepts the pawn.} 9. a4 Nd5 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Nd2 Bb4 $5 12. Nxc4
$1 Nxc3 $5 13. bxc3 Bxc3 {He grabbed a pawn again.} 14. Rc1 Bb4 15. Qb3 a5 $1
16. e4 {White has a lead in development as compensation.} Nb6 17. Ne5 Nd7 $5 ({
Not} 17... Qxd4 $4 18. Rfd1) 18. Nd3 Qb6 19. Be3 Be7 20. Qc2 Qd8 21. Rfd1 Nf6
22. h3 Ne8 $5 23. Qb3 $5 Nc7 24. Ne5 Bb4 25. Nd3 Qe7 $6 {He allows a poor
exchange.} ({Preferable is the retreat} 25... Be7) 26. Nxb4 $1 Qxb4 27. Qc2 Re8
$2 {Black has to protect square c5.} ({Better is} 27... Na6 $1 28. Rb1 $5 Qa3 {
(Stohl).}) 28. d5 $1 {White threatens Bc5.} exd5 29. exd5 Na6 ({Or} 29... Nxd5
30. Bc5 $1) 30. dxc6 bxc6 31. Qxc6 Bf5 32. Qb5 Be4 33. Rc4 $1 Qxb5 34. axb5
Bxg2 35. Kxg2 Nb4 36. b6 Rab8 37. Rd7 h6 38. b7 {Black cannot stop the b-pawn.}
1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 72"]
[Date "2010.01.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2010.01.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 g6 6. Bd3 Be6 $5 {Ivanchuk has a
special idea.} ({The standard move is} 6... Bg7) 7. b3 $5 (7. c5 $1 {gains an
edge.}) 7... Bg7 8. Nge2 c5 $2 {Black sacrifices a pawn.} 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5
Bxd5 11. e4 Be6 12. Qxc5 Nc6 13. Be3 Rc8 14. Qa3 O-O 15. Rd1 $1 Nxd4 $5 {He
fights for his last chance.} 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Bb1 $1 Bc5 $5 18. b4 $1 Qxd1+ $2
{Ivanchuk misses the best opportunity.} (18... Bxf2+ $1 19. Kxf2 Qb6+ 20. Qe3
Qxb4 {brings practical chances.}) 19. Kxd1 Bxf2 20. Nf4 Bc4 21. Bd3 Rfd8 22.
Ke2 Bxd3+ 23. Kxf2 Rc2+ 24. Kf3 Bc4 25. Rc1 Rxa2 26. Qc3 b5 27. Ra1 Rdd2 28.
Rxa2 Rxa2 29. h4 h5 30. g4 hxg4+ 31. Kxg4 f6 32. e5 Kf7 33. exf6 exf6 34. Qe3
Rc2 35. Qa7+ {Shirov led by half-a-point on Carlsen and Nakamura.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 72"]
[Date "2010.01.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2010.01.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. g3 Bg4 7. Bg2 e6 8. O-O
Be7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 O-O 11. Ne2 Nbd7 12. Bg2 $5 ({Known is} 12. c4) 12...
e5 13. c3 Rad8 14. Qb3 Qc7 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Be3 Nfd7 17. Rad1 Nc5 18. Qc2 Nc4
19. Bf4 Bd6 20. Bg5 Be7 21. Bf4 Bd6 22. Bc1 Rfe8 23. b3 Nb6 24. Nd4 Ne6 25.
Nxe6 Rxe6 26. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Nd5 28. a3 $1 {White prepares c4.} Qc8 $6 ({
Preferable is} 28... Be5 29. c4 {(Tiviakov).}) 29. b4 $5 Re8 30. Rxe8+ Qxe8 31.
c4 Nc7 32. Qd3 $1 Qe1+ 33. Kh2 Qe7 34. Bg5 Qe6 35. h4 {The two bishops rule in
the open position.} g6 36. Qd4 a6 37. Bh3 f5 38. Qa7 $5 Qc8 39. Qd4 Bf8 40. Bf6
Ne6 41. Qe5 Kf7 42. c5 $1 {Black suffers from restriction.} Qc7 43. Qc3 Bg7 $2
({Better is} 43... b6) 44. Bxg7 Nxg7 45. Bf1 $1 {The remaining bishop shows
superiority to the knight.} f4 $5 46. Bc4+ Ke8 47. g4 Qe7 48. Kg1 $6 h5 $6 ({
Tiviakov misses the chance} 48... h6 $1 49. Qd4 g5) 49. Qd3 Qf6 50. g5 Qf5 51.
Qd6 f3 52. Qb8+ Ke7 53. Qd6+ $5 Ke8 54. Bd3 $1 Qg4+ 55. Kf1 Qg2+ 56. Ke1 Qg1+
57. Kd2 Qxf2+ 58. Kd1 Qg1+ 59. Kc2 Qf2+ 60. Kb3 Qe3 61. Ka4 $1 Qe7 62. Bxg6+
Kf8 63. Qb8+ Ne8 64. Qf4+ Kg8 65. Bxh5 Nc7 66. Bxf3 Nb5 67. g6 a5 68. h5 axb4
69. h6 {The young Caruana played a fine positional game.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 72"]
[Date "2010.01.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2010.01.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. Nc3 O-O 8. a3
Be7 $5 ({Known is} 8... Bxc3 9. bxc3 b5) 9. Qa4 c6 10. Qxc4 b5 11. Qb3 $5 ({
More active is} 11. Qd3 $1) 11... Ba6 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 $5 14. Qc2 b4
15. Na4 Rc8 16. O-O c5 17. d5 $1 {Carlsen gives a pawn for the initiative.}
exd5 18. Bh3 $6 ({Commentators prefer} 18. Rfd1 $1) 18... Bb5 19. axb4 axb4 20.
Rfd1 d4 21. Bf5 Ne5 $1 {The fight for the initiative leads to another
sacrifice.} 22. Bxh7+ ({Kramnik had planned} 22. Bxc8 $6 d3 $5) 22... Kg7 23.
Nxe5 fxe5 24. Bf5 Rc6 25. Qe4 Rh8 $5 {He does not care about a pawn again.} 26.
Qxe5+ Bf6 27. Qe4 Re8 $1 28. Qg4+ Kf8 29. Be4 c4 $1 {Kramnik plays the game of
his life.} 30. Bxc6 Bxc6 {Black rules in the centre.} 31. Qh5 Re5 32. Qh6+ Ke7
$6 ({Best is} 32... Kg8 $1 33. Qf4 Qd5 {and Black attacks (Kramnik).}) 33. e4
$6 (33. Qd2 $1 Qd5 34. f3 c3 35. Qd3 Bb5 36. Nb6 {brings chances for both
sides.}) 33... d3 $1 34. Qe3 Bxe4 35. Nb6 $4 {Carlsen blunders a knight.} (35.
Re1 $1 Bc6 36. Qc5+ Qd6 37. Qxc4 d2 38. Red1 Re4 39. Qc5 Re2 40. Kf1 Qxc5 41.
Nxc5 Bb5 42. Kg2 Bd4 43. Ne4 Bc6 44. Kf1 Rxe4 45. Rxd2 {leads to a better
endgame for Black (Kramnik).}) 35... Bb7 $1 36. Qf4 Qxb6 37. Qxc4 Re2 38. Rf1 {
Carlsen resigned before ..Bd4 could be played. Kramnik joined the lead with
Shirov.} 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 72"]
[Date "2010.01.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2010.01.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Be2 a6 10. O-O b5 11. Kh1 Qc7 12. a3 Bb7 13. Rad1 Rac8 $5 14. Qe1 $5
cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bc5 {Black counters in the centre.} 17. Qh4 $5 {
White wants to attack on the kingside.} Bxd4 18. Rxd4 f6 $1 19. Bd3 $2 {Rook
d4 becomes exposed.} h6 20. exf6 Rxf6 {Black has a positional edge.} 21. f5 $5
Rcf8 22. Rg1 Nc5 $1 (22... e5 $6 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Nb6 25. Qe4 {brings
little advantage for Black (Carlsen).}) 23. fxe6 Nxe6 24. Rg4 $5 Nf4 25. Qg3
Qe7 $1 {Black controls square e2.} 26. Rxf4 $5 {White prolongs the game by a
sacrifice of the exchange.} (26. h3 d4 $1 27. Nb1 $5 h5 28. Rg5 h4 $1 29. Qxh4
Nxd3 30. cxd3 Rg6 31. Rg4 Qxh4 32. Rxh4 Rf2 {wins for Carlsen.}) 26... Rxf4 27.
Ne2 Rf1 28. Nd4 Rxg1+ 29. Kxg1 Re8 30. h4 Qe1+ 31. Kh2 Qxg3+ 32. Kxg3 Kf7 33.
Kf2 Kf6 34. g3 Bc8 35. c3 Bg4 36. Bc2 g5 37. hxg5+ hxg5 38. Bb3 Ke5 39. Bc2
Rf8+ 40. Kg2 Bd7 41. Nf3+ Kf6 42. Bb3 g4 43. Nd4 Ke5 44. Bc2 a5 45. Bd1 Ke4 {
Carlsen's best game in Corus 2010!} 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 72"]
[Date "2010.01.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2010.01.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. e5
b5 9. Qb3 Nfd7 10. Ng5 ({Usual is} 10. e6) 10... Nb6 11. Be3 Nc6 12. Rd1 Bf5 $5
13. Be2 Na5 14. Qb4 Nac4 15. O-O f6 16. Nf3 Nxe3 17. fxe3 fxe5 18. dxe5 Qe8 19.
Qc5 Rc8 20. a4 Nxa4 21. Nxa4 bxa4 22. Nd4 Rb8 23. g4 Be4 24. Ne6 Rxf1+ 25. Bxf1
c6 26. Ng5 Bd5 27. e4 Bb3 28. Bc4+ e6 29. Nxe6 Bxc4 30. Qxc4 Kh8 $4 {Dominguez
breaks down under time pressure.} ({Correct is} 30... Bxe5 $1 31. Ng5+ Kh8 32.
Nf7+ Kg7 {(Krasenkow)} 33. Nxe5 Qxe5 34. Qxc6 {and equality.}) 31. Nxg7 Kxg7
32. e6 Rb7 33. Qc3+ Kg8 34. Rd6 Re7 35. Rxc6 Qf8 36. Rc8 Re8 37. Rxe8 Qxe8 38.
Qf6 Qc8 39. Kg2 Qc2+ 40. Kh3 Qc5 41. Kh4 Qb4 42. Qf7+ Kh8 43. e7 Qe1+ 44. Kg5
Qe3+ 45. Qf4 {Carlsen caught up with the leader Kramnik.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 72"]
[Date "2010.01.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2010.01.??"]

{World champion Anand had won a lucky game against Shirov and drawn the rest.} 
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. h3 Be4 17. Qc1 Na5 $5 18. Qe3 {Vishy choses a little known
line.} Bf8 $6 {Kramnik has forgotten his preparation and makes a slight error.}
({Better is} 18... Bf5) 19. c4 $1 Qd8 (19... Nxc4 $2 20. Bxc4 Qxc4 21. Nd2 {
costs material (Anand).}) 20. Ne5 Bf5 21. Qc3 b6 22. Rad1 Qf6 23. Qg3 Nc6 24.
Ng4 Qg6 25. d5 Na5 26. Bxc7 Bc2 $6 (26... Bc5 $1 27. Bf1 h5 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29.
Ne3 Qxg3 30. Bxg3 Bd7 {blockades the centre as compensation for the pawn 
(Anand).}) 27. Rc1 $1 Nb3 $2 (27... Bf5 {avoids the next move.}) 28. Rxc2 $1 {
A fine positional sacrifice decides the game.} Qxc2 29. Nh6+ $1 Kh8 30. Nxf7+
Kg8 31. Nh6+ Kh8 32. Nf7+ Kg8 33. Nh6+ {It is not a threefold repetition,
because pawn f7 has been captured.} Kh8 34. Be5 $1 {Vishy plays a great attack.
} Qg6 35. Bg4 $5 Rxc4 $6 (35... Rcd8 36. Nf5 Nc5 {offers more resistance.}) 36.
Qxb3 Rxe5 37. Rxe5 Rc1+ 38. Kh2 Bd6 39. f4 $5 Bxe5 40. fxe5 gxh6 41. Qe3 Qb1
42. d6 Rh1+ 43. Kg3 Re1 44. Qf4 Rf1 45. Bf3 {Anand had spoiled Kramnik's
tournament. Carlsen led by half-a-point on Kramnik and Shirov at the end of
the penultimate round.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 72"]
[Date "2010.01.31"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2010.01.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Be2 Nc6 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 Qe6+ 7. Qe2
Qxe2+ 8. Bxe2 Nd4 9. Bd1 e5 10. O-O O-O-O 11. d3 g6 12. Re1 $5 {White has the
two bishops.} ({Known is} 12. f4) 12... Bg7 13. Nd2 Ne7 14. c3 Ne6 15. Nf3 Nc6
16. Bc2 Rd6 17. Ng5 Ncd8 18. Nf3 Nc6 19. Nd2 Rd7 20. Ne4 f5 21. Ng5 Nc5 22. Rd1
h6 23. Be3 hxg5 24. Bxc5 b6 25. Be3 Bf6 26. a4 Kb7 27. Kf1 Re8 28. Re1 Red8 29.
b4 a5 30. bxa5 Nxa5 31. Rab1 Ka6 32. Red1 Rd6 33. Ke2 Rc6 34. Bd2 Ka7 35. g4
Nb7 36. Bb3 Rcd6 37. Bf7 Be7 38. Bc1 Nc5 39. Bc4 Nb7 40. Ba3 c5 41. Kf1 Na5 42.
Bb5 Bf6 43. Kg2 Kb7 44. Re1 Kc7 45. Rbd1 e4 $2 {Even Tiviakov can lose his
patience.} ({Better is} 45... Nc6) 46. d4 $1 Rd5 47. Rb1 cxd4 48. cxd4 Rxd4 $6
(48... Kb7 49. Rec1 Rxd4 50. Bb4 Rb8 {defends well.}) 49. Ba6 $1 Rb8 50. Rec1+
Kd7 51. Bc5 $1 Rd5 52. Bxb6 $5 Nc6 $2 53. Bc4 $6 (53. a5 $1 {wins more quickly.
}) 53... Rd2 54. Rd1 Bc3 55. Be3 Rxb1 56. Rxb1 Rc2 57. Bb3 Re2 58. Kf1 Rb2 59.
Rxb2 Bxb2 60. gxf5 gxf5 61. Bxg5 {White has won a pawn.} Nd4 62. Bd1 Bc3 63. h4
Ke6 64. h5 Kf7 65. Be3 Nc6 66. Bb3+ Kf6 67. Bd5 Ne5 68. Bb6 $1 Kg5 69. a5 Nd7
70. Bc7 Nc5 71. Bf7 Na6 72. Bd8+ Kh6 73. Bg6 Nc5 74. Bb6 Bb4 75. Bxf5 Kxh5 76.
Bxe4 $5 Nxe4 77. a6 Nd2+ 78. Kg2 Nc4 79. Bd4 {The fight for the tournament
victory was exciting. Shirov accepted the offer of a draw, when he could have
won. Carlsen lost a pawn but managed to draw and triumphed. Final standings:
Carlsen 81/2/13, Kramnik and Shirov 8, Anand and Nakamura 71/2, Karjakin and
Ivanchuk 7, Leko and Leinier Dominguez 61/2, Caruana 51/2, Short and Van Wely
5, Tiviakov and Smeets 41/2.} 1-0

[Event "Corus B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 72"]
[Date "2010.01.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2010.01.??"]

{Giri was allowed to participate in the B-group, after his excellent
performance in the C-group during the previous year.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3.
Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. c4 Nc6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. d4 Bf6 9. d5 Ne7 10. Nd4
$5 Re8 $1 {Black has the initiative.} 11. Na3 $5 Nf5 12. Nac2 Nc5 13. Nb3 Bd7
14. Nxc5 dxc5 15. Bd3 a5 16. Rb1 h6 17. Bd2 b6 18. Qf3 Nd6 19. b3 Be5 20. h3 f5
21. Rfe1 Qf6 22. Re2 Re7 23. Rbe1 Rae8 24. Qh5 $6 g6 25. Qf3 Nf7 26. Bf4 Kg7 $1
27. Qg3 $6 ({More solid is} 27. Kf1 Qd6 28. g3 Ng5 29. Qg2) 27... Bxf4 28. Qxf4
Ne5 $1 29. Qd2 f4 $1 30. Be4 $2 ({Correct is} 30. f3 {Giri would have answered}
h5 {followed by g5-g4.}) 30... Bxh3 $1 31. Qc3 ({The pointe is} 31. gxh3 f3 $1
32. Re3 Qg5+ {and mate.}) 31... Bg4 {Giri won the B-group by 9/13.} 0-1

[Event "Corus B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 72"]
[Date "2010.01.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Negi, Parimarjan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2010.01.??"]

{Erwin L'Ami showed a fine performance in the B-group.} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3.
Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. h4 h6 6. e4 Nxc3 7. dxc3 Qxd1+ 8. Kxd1 Nd7 9. Bf4 c6 10.
Bc4 Bg7 11. Kc2 Nc5 12. Nd2 Be6 13. f3 b6 $5 ({Known is} 13... Bxc4 14. Nxc4
O-O) 14. a4 Bxc4 15. Nxc4 O-O-O 16. h5 g5 $6 ({Preferable is} 16... Nd3 $1 17.
Bg3 g5) 17. Be5 $1 Rhg8 18. Bxg7 Rxg7 19. Ne5 {White has an edge.} Rd6 $5 20.
b4 Nd7 21. Ng4 Re6 $2 {Negi gives up the control over the d-file.} (21... Rh7
$1 {overprotects pawn h6.}) 22. a5 b5 23. Rad1 Ne5 24. Nxe5 Rxe5 25. Rd2 f5 $5
26. Rhd1 $1 e6 27. exf5 exf5 28. Rd6 $1 {Black is going to lose a pawn.} c5 $5
29. Rxh6 cxb4 30. Rc6+ $1 Rc7 ({Or} 30... Kb7 31. Rdd6 $1) 31. Rxc7+ Kxc7 32.
cxb4 Re2+ 33. Kd3 $1 Re6 ({The pointe is} 33... Rxg2 34. Rh1 $1 Rg3 35. h6) 34.
Rc1+ Kd7 35. Rc5 {The organisers were impressed by Erwin's wonderful play and
invited him for the A-group in 2011.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "38.Schachtage"]
[Date "2010.07.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2010.07.??"]

{The 38.Schachtage were played in Dortmund from 15 until 25 vii 2010. Six men
played two cycles in the main group. Kramnik was the favourite. I analyse the
decided games.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6
7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. f4 Nc5 9. O-O Nfxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. f5 e5 12. Qh5 d5 13. Re1
Bc5 14. Rxe4 Bxd4+ 15. Kh1 Qf6 16. Re1 Bxf5 17. c3 Ba7 $5 {They play a sharp
opening.} ({Known is} 17... Bc5) 18. Bxd5 O-O 19. Rf1 $2 {Naiditsch gives up
the initiative.} ({Sharp alternative are} 19. Bxb7 Rab8 20. Bxa6 Bg6 21. Qe2) (
{and} 19. Bg5 $5 Qd6 20. Rad1) 19... Qd6 20. Rxf5 Qxd5 21. Rxe5 Rae8 $1 {He
takes over the attack.} 22. Bf4 ({Not} 22. Rxd5 $4 Re1#) 22... Rxe5 23. Qxe5
Qxe5 24. Bxe5 f6 {Black has a better endgame.} 25. Bc7 Re8 26. Rd1 $5 {White
activates his rook at the cost of a pawn.} Re2 27. b3 Rxa2 28. g3 Ra3 29. Rb1
h5 30. Bd6 Ra2 31. Re1 Rd2 32. Bb8 $5 Bxb8 33. Re8+ Kf7 34. Rxb8 Rd7 {He has
an extra pawn in the rook ending.} 35. Kg2 Ke6 36. Kf3 Kf5 37. h3 $6 {White
weakens the third rank.} ({Ftacnik suggests} 37. Rc8 $5 g5 38. Rc5+ Kg6 {and
Black has a great advantage.}) 37... Rd3+ 38. Kf2 b5 39. Rc8 h4 $1 40. gxh4
Rxh3 {Black will achieve two passed pawns on the kingside.} 41. Rc7 Kg6 42. Rc6
b4 $5 43. cxb4 Rxh4 44. Rb6 Re4 45. Kf3 Kf5 46. Rb7 g5 47. b5 a5 $1 {
Mamedyarov played a fine game.} 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "38.Schachtage"]
[Date "2010.07.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2010.07.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. Nd2 g6 10. Nf3 Qb4+ 11. Kd1 Rb8 $5 ({Known is} 11... Nb6) 12. Qc2 Ne7
13. b3 $5 Bg7 14. Bd2 Qb6 15. c5 $1 Qb7 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. Qc4 Qxc4 18. bxc4 {
The chances are about equal.} h6 19. h4 d5 20. cxd6 cxd6 21. Bc3 d5 22. Kc2 c5
$5 23. Rab1 O-O 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 25. cxd5 Nxd5 26. Rd1 Nb4+ 27. Bxb4 cxb4 $5 28.
Kb3 Bf8 $6 {Black should play actively.} ({Correct is} 28... Rc8 $1 29. Kxb4
Rc2 30. Rd2 Rxd2 31. Nxd2 Bxe5 {drawn (Postny).}) 29. Rd7 a5 $2 (29... Bc5 $1
30. Nd4 a5 $1 31. f4 Rc8 {defends well.}) 30. Nd2 $1 Rc8 31. Ne4 $1 Bg7 {The
bishop has to retreat.} 32. Rd5 Re8 $5 33. f4 f6 34. Nd6 Rd8 35. Rxa5 fxe5 36.
fxe5 Bxe5 37. Rxe5 Rxd6 38. Kxb4 {White wins the rook ending.} Rd2 39. a4 Rxg2
40. a5 $1 Ra2 41. Kb5 Kf7 42. a6 Kf6 43. Re4 $1 g5 44. Ra4 $1 Rb2+ 45. Ka5 Rb8
46. h5 $1 Rg8 47. a7 g4 48. Kb6 Kg5 49. a8=Q Rxa8 50. Rxa8 Kxh5 51. Kc5 Kg5 52.
Kd4 Kf4 53. Kd3 Kf3 54. Rf8+ Kg2 55. Ke2 g3 56. Rh8 Kg1 57. Kf3 {Ponomariov
had a magnificent start.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "38.Schachtage"]
[Date "2010.07.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2010.07.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
b6 9. Rd1 Ba6 10. Ne5 Qc8 11. Nc3 Nbd7 12. Rac1 $5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. cxd5
cxd5 15. Bf4 g5 {Black has to break the restraint.} 16. Bxd5 $1 {White
delivers a fine bishop sacrifice.} exd5 17. Nxd5 Qd8 $6 {Kramnik cracks under
the pressure.} ({Correct is} 17... Bd8 $1 18. Qd2 Qb8 19. e6 gxf4 20. e7 Qe5
21. exf8=Q+ Nxf8 {and the chances are about equal (Ponomariov).}) 18. Nc7 $5
Rc8 $2 (18... gxf4 19. Nxa8 Bc5 {defends well.}) 19. e6 $1 fxe6 20. Qc6 $1 {
White has a decisive attack.} Qe8 21. Qxe6+ Qf7 22. Qxf7+ Kxf7 23. Nxa6 gxf4
24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Rxd7 Rc2 {Kramnik tries to regain material.} 26. Nb4 $1 Rxb2
27. Nc6 Rxe2 28. Rxa7 f3 29. h4 h5 30. Rxe7+ Rxe7 31. Nxe7 Kxe7 {The pawn
ending is hopeless for Black.} 32. g4 hxg4 33. Kh2 Ke6 34. Kg3 Kf5 35. a4 Ke4
36. Kxg4 {Ponomariov had won for the second time.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "38.Schachtage"]
[Date "2010.07.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Le Quang, Liem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2010.07.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8.
O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Re1 Ne4 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Nh4 Bxh4 13. gxh4 Ndf6 14. f3
Nxc3 15. bxc3 Qc7 16. e4 Bg6 17. c4 Rfd8 18. Be3 h6 $5 ({Known is} 18... Nh5)
19. Qb2 Rd7 20. Kh1 Kh7 21. Bh3 Nh5 22. Qd2 Qd8 23. Qf2 f5 $5 24. d5 $1 cxd5
25. cxd5 fxe4 26. dxe6 Rd3 27. fxe4 Bxe4+ 28. Kg1 Qe8 {Black attacks the
passed pawn.} 29. Qf7 Nf6 30. Rac1 Qb5 $6 ({Better is} 30... Rc8 $1 31. Qxe8
Rxe8) 31. Rc7 Ne8 32. Rc5 $5 Qb4 33. Bf5+ Bxf5 34. Qxf5+ Kh8 $5 35. Qf8+ Kh7
36. Qf5+ Kh8 37. Bf2 Rd4 38. Qf8+ Kh7 39. Qf5+ Kh8 40. a3 Rg4+ 41. Kh1 Qa4 42.
Qf8+ Kh7 43. Qf5+ Kh8 44. Bg3 b6 45. Qf8+ Kh7 46. Qf5+ Kh8 47. Qf8+ Kh7 48.
Rcc1 Rg6 $2 {Black collapses at last.} (48... Rc4 $1 49. Rxc4 Qxc4 50. Qf5+ Kg8
51. Qf7+ Kh7 52. Qf3 Rc8 {continues a proper defence against the beleaguerment
(Ftacnik).}) 49. Qf3 $1 Rd8 50. Qf5 Qg4 51. Qxg4 Rxg4 52. e7 Ra8 53. Red1 $1 {
Black cannot answer an invasion on d8. Mamedyarov joined the lead with
Ponomariov.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "38.Schachtage"]
[Date "2010.07.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Le Quang, Liem"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2010.07.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. Rb1 b6 12. Bf4 e5 13. Bg3 Qe7 $5 ({Known is
} 13... Na5) 14. Bd5 Bb7 15. Qa4 Rfc8 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nf4 $1 c4 {Black
counters.} 18. Rfd1 h5 $2 ({Better is} 18... Rc5 19. f3 Bxd5 20. Nxd5 Qe8 {and
equality (Ponomariov).}) 19. Nxg6 $1 {Le strikes.} Nxg6 20. Bd6 $1 Qe8 ({Not} 
20... Qxd6 $2 21. Bxf7+) 21. Qxe8+ Rxe8 22. Bxb7 {White has gained a pawn.}
Rad8 23. Bb4 $6 (23. g3 $1 Bxc3 24. f4 {attacks.}) 23... Nf4 $6 ({Preferable is
} 23... a5 $1 24. Ba3 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Bxc3) 24. Kf1 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Nd3 26. Bd5
Rc8 27. Rb1 Nxb4 28. Rxb4 Bxc3 29. Ra4 $6 {He should capture on c4 at once.}
Rc5 $6 (29... a6 $1 {wins a tempo.}) 30. Rxc4 Rxc4 31. Bxc4 {White wins
despite the bishops of a different colour.} h4 $5 32. f4 $1 Kg7 $5 33. e5 f6
34. exf6+ Kxf6 35. g3 Kf5 36. Bd3+ Ke6 37. Kg2 hxg3 38. hxg3 Kd5 39. Kf3 Kd4
40. Ba6 Kc5 41. g4 b5 42. g5 Kb6 43. Bc8 Kc7 44. Bf5 a5 45. Bd3 b4 46. Bc2 Kd6
47. Kg4 Bd2 48. f5 Ke5 49. f6 Be3 50. Kh5 $1 Bc5 51. Kh6 Ke6 52. g6 $1 {
Ponomariov lost the lead.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "38.Schachtage"]
[Date "2010.07.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2010.07.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Qa4 Bd7 8. Qxc4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Rc8 10. Nc3 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc5 12. Qh4 O-O {Black sacrifices a
pawn.} 13. Bxb7 Rb8 14. Bf3 Rb4 15. Qg5 Bd4 16. Qd2 Qc7 17. Nd1 $5 Rfb8 18. a3
Rc4 $6 19. Ne3 $1 Ra4 $6 {He has lost one tempo.} 20. Rb1 e5 21. b4 a5 $1 {
Naiditsch has to counter.} 22. Qc2 $1 Qxc2 23. Nxc2 Bf5 24. Nxd4 $1 Bxb1 25.
Nc6 Re8 26. Nxa5 {White has a substantial advantage.} Be4 27. Bb2 Bxf3 28. exf3
e4 $2 ({Preferable is} 28... Nd7 $1 29. Rd1 Nb6) 29. fxe4 Rxe4 30. Rd1 h5 31.
Rd8+ Kh7 32. Kf1 h4 $5 33. f3 $1 Re7 34. g4 Rc7 35. Ke2 Nd7 36. Kd2 f6 37. f4
Nc5 $1 38. Rd4 Kg6 $5 ({The alternative is} 38... Rxa5 $1 39. bxa5 Nb3+ 40. Kd3
$1 Nxd4 41. Bxd4 Kg8 42. a6 Kf7 43. a7 {and White wins (Mikhalchishin).}) 39.
Kc3 Kf7 40. f5 $1 Ne4+ 41. Kb3 Nc5+ 42. Ka2 $1 Na6 43. Rc4 $1 Rxc4 ({Or} 43...
Nxb4+ 44. Kb3 $1 Rxc4 45. Nxc4) 44. Nxc4 Nc7 45. Na5 Na6 46. Kb3 Nc5+ 47. Kc4
Ne4 48. Kb5 Nc3+ 49. Bxc3 Rxa3 50. Kc4 Ra2 51. b5 {Kramnik showed his superb
level.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "38.Schachtage"]
[Date "2010.07.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Le Quang, Liem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2010.07.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. c4
Nbc6 9. Qa4 a6 10. Na3 Qa5+ 11. Qxa5 Nxa5 12. O-O dxc4 13. Nxf5 $5 {Leko tries
something new.} (13. Nxc4 Nxc4 14. Bxc4 {drew in Alekseev - Bareev, Sochi 2004.
}) 13... Nxf5 14. Bb6 Bxa3 15. bxa3 Nc6 16. f4 g5 $1 {Black counters.} 17. Bxc4
gxf4 18. Rae1 Ne3 $1 19. Rxf4 Nxc4 20. Rxc4 {The chances are about equal.} Rg8
21. Bc7 Ne7 22. Bd6 Nd5 23. Rh4 Rg7 24. Rc1 Kd7 25. g3 Rh8 $1 26. a4 a5 27.
Rhc4 h5 28. Rc5 $5 b6 29. Rc6 h4 $5 30. Ba3 Rd8 31. Kf2 $2 {Leko misses the
draw.} ({Correct is} 31. R1c4 $1 hxg3 32. h4 $1 {(Le Quang).}) 31... hxg3+ 32.
hxg3 Rg4 33. Rd6+ (33. R1c4 Rxc4 34. Rxc4 Rh8 35. Kg1 Rc8 36. Rxc8 Kxc8 {also
wins for Black (Le Quang).}) 33... Ke8 34. Rh1 Rxd6 35. Bxd6 Rxa4 {Le has
gained a pawn.} 36. a3 Nc3 37. Rh4 $5 f5 $5 {The exchange of rooks wins more
quickly.} 38. Rh8+ Kf7 39. Rf8+ Kg7 40. Re8 Ne4+ 41. Ke1 Ng5 42. Rb8 Rg4 43.
Rxb6 Rxg3 44. Ra6 f4 45. Rxa5 Rg1+ 46. Kf2 Nh3+ 47. Kf3 Rg3+ 48. Ke4 f3 49. Bc5
f2 50. Bxf2 Nxf2+ 51. Kd4 Kg6 52. Ra8 Rd3+ 53. Kc4 Rd5 54. Rg8+ Kf7 55. Rg3 Ne4
56. Rh3 Nc5 57. Kb5 Nd7+ 58. Ka6 Nxe5 59. a4 Nc4 {Le Quang played a great
positional game.} 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "38.Schachtage"]
[Date "2010.07.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2010.07.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Bg5 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 b6 9. Rd1 Ba6 10. Qa4 $5 ({Theory is} 10. Qc2) 10... Qd5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12.
Nh3 $5 Rd8 13. f3 $5 Qc6 14. Qxc6 Nxc6 15. e3 Bb7 16. Rc1 Rac8 17. Bd3 Ne7 18.
Ke2 e5 19. dxe5 fxe5 20. Nf2 $5 Kg7 $5 21. b4 $1 {White hinders ..c5.} f5 22.
Rhd1 h5 23. g3 Kf6 24. Bc4 Rd6 25. f4 exf4 26. exf4 h4 27. Rxd6+ cxd6 28. Kd2
hxg3 29. hxg3 Bd5 30. Be2 Rh8 31. Ke3 Be6 $6 ({Preferable is} 31... a5 $1) 32.
Rh1 Rg8 $6 {Exchange almost equalises.} 33. Rh6+ Ng6 34. Bh5 Bf7 35. Rh7 {The
white rook has become an attacker.} Nh8 36. Bf3 Kg6 37. Rh1 Be6 38. Nd1 Nf7 39.
Nc3 Kf6 40. Kf2 Rc8 41. Rc1 Nh6 $6 (41... Kg7 $1 {prevents the next check.})
42. Nd5+ $1 Kf7 43. Nc7 Bd7 44. Rc3 Kf8 45. Ke3 Ng8 $6 (45... Ke7 $1 46. Nd5+
Kd8 47. Rxc8+ Kxc8 {tries to survive by exchange.}) 46. Bb7 $1 Rb8 47. Bc6 Rd8
48. Kd4 Nf6 49. Bxd7 Rxd7 50. Nd5 Nh5 51. Kc4 {Ponomariov overtook the lead.
The standings after one cycle became: Ponomariov 31/2/5, Mamedyarov and Le
Quang 3, Kramnik 21/2, Naiditsch and Leko 11/2.} (51. Kc4 Kf7 52. Kb5 Nf6 53.
Nxf6 Kxf6 54. Kc6 Ke7 55. Kd5 $1 Kf6 56. Rc6 $1 Ke7 57. Rc8 {leads to a
decisive penetration in the rook ending.}) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "38.Schachtage"]
[Date "2010.07.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2010.07.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. e4 a6 7. Bxc4 c6 8.
Qd1 b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. e5 Nd5 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. Ng5 Be7 13. h4 Qb6 14. Qg4 $5 {
White exerts pressure on the kingside.} h6 15. Nf3 g6 16. Bd2 a5 17. O-O b4 18.
a3 Ba6 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. Rfc1 Qb7 21. h5 g5 22. Nh2 bxa3 23. bxa3 O-O 24. Qg3
Qb2 25. Nf3 $5 Rb6 26. Bc3 Qb5 27. a4 Qa6 28. Bd2 Kh7 $5 29. Rc7 Rb7 30. Rac1
Rxc7 $2 31. Rxc7 Rd8 32. Nh2 $2 (32. Bxg5 $1 hxg5 33. Nxg5+ Bxg5 34. Qxg5 Rg8
35. Qe3 Rd8 36. Qf4 $1 {brings a decisive attack (Krasenkow).}) 32... Qe2 $2
33. Bxa5 $2 ({Better is} 33. Qf3 $1) 33... Qd1+ 34. Nf1 Qxa4 35. Qc3 Ra8 36.
Rxd7 $4 {Mamedyarov blunders an exchange.} 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "38.Schachtage"]
[Date "2010.07.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2010.07.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d3 Bg7 8. Bd2
O-O 9. O-O Nc7 10. a3 Bd7 11. Rb1 a5 12. Na4 Ne6 13. Rc1 $5 b6 14. e3 Rb8 $6 (
14... Rc8 15. b3 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 {keeps the equality.}) 15. Bc3 Be8 16. Bxg7
Nxg7 $5 17. Nc3 e5 18. Nd2 Nf5 19. Nd5 Kg7 20. Nc4 f6 $6 ({Better is} 20...
Nce7 $1 21. Ncxb6 Rxb6 22. Nxb6 Qxb6) 21. Qc2 Nce7 22. Ncxb6 $1 Rxb6 23. Nxb6
Qxb6 24. Qxc5 {White attacks on the queenside.} Qd8 {The exchange of queens
also favours White.} 25. d4 exd4 26. e4 Nh6 27. Rfd1 Nc6 28. b4 axb4 29. axb4
d3 $1 30. Rc3 d2 $2 {Leko blunders.} (30... Ne5 $1 31. f4 Ba4 32. Rd2 Nhf7 $1
33. fxe5 Nxe5 {creates a bastion (Ftacnik).}) 31. Rc2 $1 Qb8 32. b5 Ne5 33.
Qc7+ $1 Bd7 34. Rdxd2 Qxb5 35. f4 Nhf7 36. fxe5 Nxe5 37. Bf1 Qa4 38. Rc4 $1 Qb5
39. Rcd4 {The black position collapses.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "38.Schachtage"]
[Date "2010.07.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2010.07.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Bb2 e5 12. h3 e4 13. Nd2 b6 14. Bb5 Na5 $5 (
{Known is} 14... a6 15. Bxc6 Qxc6) 15. c4 $1 {White has gained a plus.} cxd4
16. Bxd4 Qe7 17. c5 $5 a6 $5 18. Ba4 $5 bxc5 19. Bc3 Nb7 20. Bc6 Ra7 $5 21. Qb1
$5 Qc7 22. Bxe4 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 Qc6 24. Ng5 Qh6 $5 (24... Qg6 25. Qxg6 hxg6 26.
Rfd1 {also favours White (Krasenkow).}) 25. f4 Nd6 $2 {Black gives a pawn and
gets no compensation.} ({Preferable is} 25... Re8 $1) 26. Qb6 $1 Rb7 27. Qxc5
Rb5 28. Qc7 Rb7 29. Qc6 Nb5 30. Qxh6 gxh6 31. Ne4 f5 32. Nf6+ Kg7 33. Be5 $1
Rxf6 34. Rfc1 $1 Bd7 $6 ({Better is} 34... Be6 $1 35. a4 $1 Nc7 36. Bxc7 {but
White has winning chances.}) 35. Rab1 $1 Ra7 36. a4 Nd6 37. Bd4 $1 Ra8 38. Rd1
$1 Ne4 39. Rb7 Rd8 40. Be5 $1 Kg6 41. Rdxd7 Rxd7 42. Rxd7 Rc6 43. g4 $1 Rc1+
44. Kg2 Rc2+ 45. Kf1 Nd2+ 46. Ke1 {Ponomariov increased his lead.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "38.Schachtage"]
[Date "2010.07.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2010.07.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 a6 5. Qd2 b5 6. f3 Nbd7 7. Nge2 Nb6 8. Nf4
$5 Bg7 9. a4 b4 10. Ncd5 Nbxd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 O-O $5 13. Qxb4 $5 {
White accepts the challenge.} e6 14. Bc4 Qh4+ 15. Kd1 $5 Bxd4 16. Bxa6 e5 17.
Bxc8 Rfxc8 18. c3 Rab8 19. Qc4 c5 $2 ({Correct is} 19... Rxb2 20. cxd4 Rcb8 {
(Mikhalchishin)} 21. Rc1 R8b4 {and Black has sufficient compensation for the
bishop.}) 20. Bc1 $1 e4 21. cxd4 exf3 22. gxf3 Re8 23. Ra3 Rb4 24. Qf1 Qxd4+
25. Kc2 c4 26. Qd1 Qf2+ 27. Bd2 Re2 28. Ra2 Qxf3 29. Re1 Qb3+ 30. Kb1 Rxe1 31.
Qxe1 c3 32. Bxc3 Re4 33. Qf1 Qxd5 34. Ra3 {Kramnik did not win Dortmund.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "38.Schachtage"]
[Date "2010.07.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2010.07.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 c5 8.
dxc5 Qa5 9. Rc1 Ne4 10. Qxd5 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bxc3+ 12. Kd1 O-O 13. Bc4 Nf6 14.
Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Ke2 b5 16. cxb6 $5 ({The alternative is} 16. c6 Ba6 17. Qf5 {
(Kramnik - Ponomariov, Moscow 2009).}) 16... Qxd5 17. Bxd5 Ba6+ 18. Bc4 axb6
19. a4 $1 {White has an extra pawn.} Bb2 $6 (19... h5 $5 20. Rhd1 Bb2 21. Rc2
Rfc8 22. Rxb2 Rxc4 23. Ke1 Rxa4 24. Rxb6 Ra2 25. Rbd6 Re2+ 26. Kf1 Rd2+ 27. Kg1
Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Be2 29. Rc1 Bxf3 30. gxf3 g6 {leads to a theoretical draw.}) 20.
Rc2 Rfc8 21. Nd2 b5 $6 ({Preferable is} 21... Bf6 22. Rhc1 Bb7 {(Szuhanek).})
22. axb5 Bxb5 23. Rb1 Bxc4+ 24. Rxc4 Bf6 25. Rxc8+ Rxc8 26. Ne4 Re8 27. f4 Bd4
$2 (27... Be7 28. g4 h6 29. Rb7 Kf8 {defends properly.}) 28. exd4 Rxe4+ 29. Kd3
f5 30. g3 Re7 31. Rb5 {Kramnik has a strong passed pawn.} (31. Rb5 g6 32. Re5
$1 {wins for White.}) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "38.Schachtage"]
[Date "2010.07.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2010.07.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 13. O-O a6 14.
Rb1 Qc7 15. Qh5 Nc5 16. Rb4 Qe5 17. Qh4 Rd8 18. f4 $5 ({Theory is} 18. Nf3 Qxc3
19. e5) 18... Qxe4 19. Re1 Qd5 $5 20. Qxf6 Rg8 21. g3 Rg6 22. Qh8+ Ke7 23. Qe5
Qxe5 24. Rxe5 Rc8 $2 {Black gives a pawn.} (24... Rd5 25. Rxd5 exd5 {offers
more resistance.}) 25. Nb3 $1 Nd3 26. Rxb7+ Kf8 27. Rh5 $1 Rg7 28. f5 $1 Nf4
29. Rh4 Ne2+ 30. Kf2 Nxc3 31. fxe6 fxe6 32. Rxh7 Rxb7 33. Rxb7 e5 34. Rb6 Nxa2
35. Rxa6 Rc2+ 36. Kg1 Nc3 37. Rf6+ $1 Kg7 38. Rf2 Ne2+ 39. Kg2 Kg6 40. Na5 Kh5
41. Nb7 e4 42. Kf1 Nd4 43. Rxc2 Nxc2 {White has an extra pawn in the knight
ending.} 44. h3 Nd4 45. Kf2 Ne6 46. Nd6 Ng5 47. Kg2 e3 48. g4+ Kg6 49. Nc4 e2
50. Ne5+ Kh6 51. Nd3 Nf7 52. Kf2 Kg5 53. Kg3 Ne5 54. Ne1 Kg6 55. Kf4 Kf6 56.
Ke4 Ng6 $2 (56... Nf7 $1 57. Ke3 Ng5 $1 58. h4 Nf7 59. Kxe2 Ne5 60. g5+ Kf5 {
draws.}) 57. Ke3 Kg5 58. Nf3+ Kf6 59. Kf2 Nf4 60. h4 $1 {White is going to
gain pawn e2.   The final standings became: Ponomariov 61/2/10, Le Quang 51/2,
Kramnik and Mamedyarov 5, Leko and Naiditsch 4. It was a great success for
Ponomariov.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 73"]
[Date "2011.01.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]

{The seventy-third tournament was played in Wijk aan Zee from 15 until 30 i
2011. Tata Steel was the new name of the sponsor.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4
cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Nd5
Nbd7 11. Qd3 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nc5 13. Qd2 Nfe4 14. Qb4 a5 15. Qb5 Qc7 16. Qc4 $5
Rac8 17. Rfd1 $6 (17. f3 $1 Nf6 18. Nxc5 dxc5 19. Rad1 {keeps an edge (Stohl).}
) 17... f5 $1 18. c3 Qd8 19. Qb5 b6 20. Nd2 Nxd2 21. Bxd2 Bf6 22. Rab1 e4 23.
b4 Nd7 24. Rb3 Be5 25. a3 Rf7 $5 {Black develops quietly.} 26. c4 $6 {The
queen will become imprisoned.} axb4 27. axb4 Ra8 $1 28. Bc3 $5 Bxc3 29. Rxc3
Ra2 30. Re3 g6 31. Bf1 Qf6 32. Rde1 $6 Kg7 $6 (32... f4 $1 33. Rxe4 f3 34. gxf3
Qxf3 {attacks forcefully.}) 33. R3e2 Ra3 34. Qc6 h5 35. Re3 Ra7 36. h3 h4 37.
Rb3 Ra2 38. Rbe3 $6 g5 $2 ({Anand misses the win} 38... Rxf2 $1 39. Kxf2 Qd4
40. Ke2 f4) 39. R3e2 Ra7 40. Qc8 Ne5 41. Rc2 $2 (41. Qe8 {offers more
resistance.}) 41... Rf8 42. Qe6 Qd8 $1 {Black catches a queen.} 43. c5 bxc5 44.
bxc5 Rf6 45. Qxe5 dxe5 46. d6 g4 47. hxg4 fxg4 48. g3 hxg3 49. fxg3 Qa5 50.
Rec1 Qa3 51. Rc3 Qb2 52. R1c2 Qb4 {The world champion made a fine start.} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 73"]
[Date "2011.01.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]

{Erwin L'Ami was allowed to participate in the A-group after fine results in
the B-group.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Nc3 b6 6. e3 Bb7 7.
Bd3 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. f4 c5 12. a3 $5 Bxc3 13. Bxc3
c4 14. Bc2 b5 15. Rf3 Ra6 16. Rg3 {White has the initiative on the kingside.
Black counters on the other flank.} Qe7 $1 17. Qe1 Rfa8 {Anand manoeuvres well.
} 18. Rd1 Nb6 19. Ng4 Nxg4 20. Rxg4 Nd7 $1 {The knight wants to control e4.}
21. e4 $5 dxe4 $5 ({The alternative is} 21... Nf6 $1 22. Rg5 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 dxe4
24. Rxb5 {and a battle (Marin).}) 22. d5 f6 23. Bxe4 Re8 24. Qg3 Nc5 $1 25. Bf5
Nd3 $1 {Black takes no risk.} 26. Bxd3 cxd3 27. Qxd3 Rd6 28. Re1 Qd7 29. Rxe8+
Qxe8 30. f5 Rxd5 31. Rd4 {Erwin drew with the world champion, a fine result.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 73"]
[Date "2011.01.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "185"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. a4
Rb8 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Na3 O-O 12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. d5 Ne7 14. Bc2 Qd7 15.
Na3 $5 ({Known is} 15. c4) 15... Nexd5 $5 16. h3 $1 Bh5 $1 (16... Bxf3 $6 17.
Qxf3 Ne7 18. Bg5 {favours White.}) 17. exd5 e4 18. Bg5 Bxf3 $1 19. Qd2 $1 (19.
gxf3 $2 Qxh3 20. fxe4 Qg3+ $1 21. Kh1 Qxg5 {wins for Black.}) 19... e3 $5 (
19... Qf5 $1 20. Nc4 Be2 $1 21. Qxe2 Qxg5 {leads to equality.}) 20. Bxe3 Bxe3
21. fxe3 Be4 22. Rxf6 $1 Bxc2 23. Rf4 Bg6 24. Nc4 {White has netted a pawn.}
Ra8 25. Na5 Rfe8 26. Ra3 Be4 27. c4 g5 $5 28. Rf1 g4 29. h4 $5 Qe7 30. Qf2 Bg6
31. b4 h5 32. Rc3 Qe5 33. Rb3 Qe4 34. Rc3 Qe5 35. Rfc1 Be4 36. Qf4 g3 $5 37.
Qxe5 Rxe5 38. Ra3 Kg7 39. Rf1 Ree8 40. Rfa1 Re5 $2 (40... Bg6 $1 41. Nc6 Rxa3
42. Rxa3 Re4 43. Nd4 Rxh4 {draws (Atalik).}) 41. Nb3 Rxa3 42. Rxa3 Bxd5 $1 43.
Nd2 $1 (43. cxd5 $2 Rxe3 {brings a horrible position for White.}) 43... Be6 44.
e4 Bg4 45. Rxg3 f5 46. Re3 Re8 47. Kf2 Ra8 48. exf5 Ra2 49. Rd3 Bxf5 50. Rd5
Be6 51. Rg5+ Kh6 52. Ke3 Ra3+ 53. Kd4 Ra1 54. g3 Rd1 55. Kc3 Rg1 56. b5 Rc1+
57. Kd3 Bf7 58. Nb3 $3 Rd1+ (58... Bxc4+ 59. Kd2 Rg1 60. Nd4 {moves similar to
the game.}) 59. Ke2 Rb1 60. Nd4 $1 Bxc4+ 61. Kd2 d5 62. Nf5+ Kh7 63. Rxh5+ Kg6
64. Rg5+ Kf6 65. Ne3 Rb2+ 66. Kd1 Be2+ 67. Kc1 Rxb5 68. Kd2 $1 ({Avoids} 68.
Nxd5+ $2 Kf7 69. Rf5+ Ke6 70. Rf2 Rxd5 71. Rxe2+ Kf5 72. Re8 Kg4 73. Rg8+ Kh5 {
and Black escapes (Atalik).}) 68... Rb2+ 69. Kc3 Rb5 70. Nxd5+ Kf7 71. Re5 Bg4
72. Re7+ Kf8 73. Re4 Bf5 $5 {White takes a second pawn anyway.} 74. Nxc7 Rc5+
75. Rc4 Re5 76. Rf4 Ke7 77. Kd4 Ra5 78. Nd5+ Ke6 79. Nc3 $18 Ra8 80. g4 Bh7 81.
Ke3 Rc8 82. Ne2 Ke5 83. Ra4 Rb8 84. Nd4 Rb1 85. Ra5+ Kf6 86. Kf4 Rf1+ 87. Nf3
Bc2 88. Kg3 Rb1 89. Ra6+ Kg7 90. Nd4 Bd3 91. Rd6 Kf7 92. Kf4 Ra1 93. h5 {
Nakamura took the lead by 21/2/3 after a long fight.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 73"]
[Date "2011.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 Ne7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qb3 Qc7 12. Bb5 Nec6 13. Ne2 Na5 14. Qb4 e5
15. O-O Be6 16. Nd4 $1 {Anand brings a fine novelty.} ({Known is} 16. Rfd1)
16... exd4 17. cxd4 {White has the two bishops and two centre pawns as
compensation for a piece.} Nbc6 18. Qc3 Ne7 19. Rfd1 Rad8 20. Bf2 a6 $2 {Black
misses the main threat.} (20... f5 $1 {(prevents Bg3)} 21. d5 Bxd5 22. exd5
Nxd5 {tries to survive.}) 21. Bg3 $1 Qc8 22. Bf1 $1 b6 ({The pointe is} 22...
Nac6 23. Bd6 {(Anand).}) 23. Rab1 Nb3 24. Rxb3 Bxb3 25. Qxb3 bxc5 26. d5 Ng6
27. Qb6 f5 28. Bxa6 Qd7 29. Bb5 Qf7 30. exf5 Qxf5 31. Qxc5 Rc8 32. Qd4 Rfd8 33.
a4 {Anand and Nakamura shared the lead by 3/4.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 73"]
[Date "2011.01.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Bd2 g6 11. Ne4 O-O-O 12. a4 $5 Ba6 13. Qe3 $1 Qxe5 $1 14.
Bc3 Bb4 15. Bxb4 Rhe8 16. f3 d5 {Black gains back his piece.} 17. a5 $6 ({
Better is} 17. cxd5 Bxf1 18. Kxf1) 17... Nxc4 18. Qxa7 Qxb2 19. Qxa6+ Kd7 {
Black has an advantage, despite the two minus pieces.} 20. Rd1 Qxb4+ 21. Kf2
Rxe4 $1 {Another sacrifice follows.} 22. fxe4 Qc5+ 23. Ke1 Qb4+ 24. Kf2 Qc5+
25. Ke1 Nb2 $1 {Black plays for a win with a few pieces.} 26. exd5 $2 ({
Preferable is} 26. Qe2 Nxd1 27. Qxd1 {(Tadic).}) 26... Qc3+ 27. Rd2 Qc1+ $2 (
27... Re8+ $1 28. Be2 Qc1+ 29. Kf2 Qxd2 {wins for Black (Postny).}) 28. Ke2
Re8+ 29. Kf3 Qxd2 30. Qxc6+ Kd8 31. Qf6+ Re7 32. Kg4 $2 (32. Kg3 $5 Nd3 33.
Bxd3 Qxd3+ 34. Kh4 Ke8 $1 35. Rf1 $1 {defends properly.}) 32... Nd1 $1 33. Qh8+
Kd7 34. Bb5+ c6 $1 35. Bxc6+ Kc7 36. d6+ Qxd6 37. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 38. Bf3 h5+ 39.
Kg3 Qe1+ 40. Kh3 Qe6+ 41. Kh4 g5+ $1 42. Kxg5 Qg6+ 43. Kf4 f6 $1 {Kramnik won
a great game. Anand and Nakamura joined the lead.} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 73"]
[Date "2011.01.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nc3 Nd7 8.
d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. Qe2 Bd6 $5 11. Be3 Nf6 $1 12. f4 Ng4 {Black counters.}
13. Rad1 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 f6 15. Nce2 Qe7 16. Kh1 Re8 17. Ng3 Qf7 18. b3 Bg4 19.
Rde1 Bd7 {The chances are about equal.} 20. Nf3 Rad8 21. e5 fxe5 22. fxe5 ({
The alternative is} 22. Nxe5 $5 Qd5 23. Nh5) 22... Qg6 23. Qa7 $6 {The queen
moves offside.} (23. c3 $1 {strengthens the control over the centre.}) 23...
Bb4 $1 24. Rd1 Bc8 25. Qf2 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Rf8 27. Qe2 Be7 28. Rf1 h6 29. Nd4 $5
c5 30. Rxf8+ Bxf8 31. Nf3 Be6 $1 32. Nf1 $6 ({More active is} 32. Ne4 $5 b5 33.
c4) 32... b5 33. c4 $2 (33. Qd2 c4 34. Nd4 {keeps the defence closed.}) 33...
bxc4 34. bxc4 Qb1 $1 {White can do little.} 35. h3 Qc1 $1 36. N3d2 Be7 $5 37.
Kh2 $5 Bg5 38. g3 Qc2 $1 {The pins are awful.} 39. a3 Qf5 40. g4 Bf4+ 41. Kg2
Qxe5 42. Qxe5 Bxe5 {The two bishops rule the position.} 43. Ne3 Bb2 44. Nb1 Kf7
45. Kf3 Kf6 46. Ke4 Kg5 47. Nd5 Bxd5+ 48. cxd5 Kh4 49. Nd2 Bxa3 {Aronian
restricted his opponent terribly.} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 73"]
[Date "2011.01.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Smeets, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Bb7 12. Bg2 Qb6 13. exf6 c5 14. d5 O-O-O 15.
O-O b4 16. Na4 Qb5 17. a3 exd5 18. axb4 cxb4 19. Bf4 Bh6 20. Qd2 Bxf4 21. Qxf4
Bc6 $6 ({Known is} 21... Nc5 $2 22. Nxc5 Qxc5 23. Rfe1) ({More solidity brings
} 21... Nf8 $5 22. Rfe1 Ne6 $1) 22. Qd4 $5 (22. Rfe1 $1 {gains more advantage.}
) 22... Kb8 $5 23. Rfe1 $1 Rhe8 24. Re7 $5 ({Even better is} 24. Qf4+ $1 Kc8
25. Re7) 24... Qa5 $1 25. Rxf7 $5 Bxa4 26. Bxd5 $5 Qc5 $1 27. Qf4+ Ne5 28. Be4
Rd7 29. Rg7 Bb5 30. Rxd7 Bxd7 31. Bg6 Rf8 32. Re1 Qd6 33. Qxe5 Rxf6 34. Qxd6+
Rxd6 {Black has compensation for the pawn in the endgame.} 35. Bf7 Rd2 36. Bxc4
Rxb2 37. h4 Bg4 $2 {He wastes time.} (37... a5 38. h5 Rc2 $1 39. Bd3 Rc6 {
offers more resistance (Krasenkow).}) 38. Kg2 $5 a5 39. Re5 Rc2 40. Rb5+ Kc7
41. Bd5 Rd2 42. Bf7 Bd7 $5 43. Rxa5 Bc6+ 44. Kf1 Bf3 {Black has given a pawn
for the counter.} 45. Ra1 Kd6 46. Bb3 Rd3 47. Rb1 Kc5 48. Ke1 Kb5 49. Bd1 Bxd1
50. Rxd1 Rc3 $6 ({The last try in the rook ending gives} 50... Ra3 $5 51. h5 b3
52. h6 Ra6 53. h7 Rh6 54. Rd7 $1 b2 55. Rb7+ {and White wins.}) 51. h5 b3 52.
Kd2 Rc8 53. Rc1 Rf8 54. f4 Kb4 55. Rh1 $1 Ka3 56. Ke3 b2 57. g4 Rc8 58. Rb1 $1
Ka2 59. Rxb2+ Kxb2 60. h6 Kc3 61. g5 $1 {Smeets cannot stop the passed pawns.
Nakamura took the sole lead again.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 73"]
[Date "2011.01.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2814"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
O-O 9. g4 Be6 10. g5 Nfd7 11. h4 Nb6 12. Qd2 N8d7 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Ne5 15.
O-O-O Rc8 16. Kb1 Qc7 17. h5 $5 {White has the initiative.} Rfe8 $5 18. Ka1 $5
Bf8 $6 ({Preferable is} 18... Nbc4 19. Bxc4 Nxc4 {(Stohl).}) 19. Nd4 Qc5 $6 (
19... Nec4 $5 20. Bxc4 Nxc4 21. Qd3 Qb6 22. Bc1 $1 {also favours White 
(Kovacevic).}) 20. g6 $1 {A crushing charge happens.} Nec4 $6 (20... h6 $5 21.
Qe1 Nbc4 22. Qg3 f6 {defends well.}) 21. Bxc4 Nxc4 22. Qd3 fxg6 (22... h6 $5
23. gxf7+ Bxf7 {offers more resistance.}) 23. hxg6 h6 24. Qg3 Qb6 25. Bc1 Qa5
$5 26. Rdf1 $5 Ne5 (26... Qe5 $1 27. Qd3 $1 {continues the attack.}) 27. Nd5
Bxd5 28. exd5 Qxd5 29. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 30. g7 $1 Be7 ({The pointe is} 30... Bxg7
31. Nf5 $1 Rc7 32. Nxh6+ Kh7 33. Ng4+ Kg8 34. Nf6+ {(Stohl).}) 31. Rxh6 Nf7 32.
Qg6 $1 Nxh6 33. Qxh6 Bf6 34. Qh8+ Kf7 35. g8=Q+ Rxg8 36. Qxf6+ Ke8 37. Re1+ {
White delivers mate in one. Nakamura and Carlsen led by half-a-point on
Carlsen, Aronian, Kramnik and Vachier Lagrave.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 73"]
[Date "2011.01.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 e6 6. b3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Nbd7 8. Bd3
O-O 9. O-O Bd6 10. Re1 dxc4 $5 ({Theory is} 10... e5) ({My preference has} 
10... b5 $1) 11. bxc4 b6 12. Rb1 Qc7 13. a4 a5 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bb7 16.
Qc2 h6 17. Bc3 Rab8 18. Red1 Ba6 19. Bh7+ $1 Kh8 20. Bd3 f5 $5 21. g3 Bb4 $2 (
21... Be7 $1 {prevents Nh4.}) 22. Bxb4 (22. Nh4 $5 Rf6 23. d5 {attacks 
(Moradiabiadi).}) 22... axb4 23. Rxb4 c5 24. Rbb1 cxd4 25. exd4 {White has
grabbed a pawn.} Bb7 26. d5 $1 Nc5 27. Bf1 Rbd8 28. Bg2 Rf6 29. Nd4 exd5 30.
Nb5 Qf7 31. cxd5 f4 $5 32. a5 $1 Rc8 $2 (32... f3 $1 33. Bf1 Rxd5 34. axb6 Qf8
{offers more resistance.}) 33. Na7 $1 Rf8 34. Rxb6 fxg3 35. Rxf6 Qxf6 (35...
gxh2+ 36. Kh1 Qxf6 37. Qxc5 {costs a piece.}) 36. hxg3 Nd7 37. Nc6 Qd6 38. Re1
Ba6 39. Qc3 Nc5 40. Ne5 Kg8 41. Ng6 Rf6 42. Nf4 {The Dutch audience liked the
success of the 17-years-old Giri.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 73"]
[Date "2011.01.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qd2 Bb4 9. Rc1 h6 10. Bh4 c5 11. Bc4 cxd4 $5 ({Known is} 11... N7b6) 12. Qxd4
$1 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 O-O 14. O-O N5b6 $6 {The black pieces hinder each other.} ({
Better is} 14... N5f6 $5 15. Bg3 b5) 15. Bb3 Re8 16. Rfd1 Qh5 $5 17. Bg3 $5 e5
$1 18. Qb4 e4 19. Ne1 a5 20. Qd4 Nc5 21. Rb1 Nxb3 22. Qxb6 Nc5 23. c4 Be6 $1 {
He liberates his position.} 24. Rd5 $1 Bxd5 25. Qxc5 Red8 26. cxd5 Qxd5 27. Qc2
{The chances are almost equal.} b5 28. Qb2 b4 29. Be5 Qd2 $5 30. Qa1 ({The
pointe is} 30. Bxg7 Qxb2 31. Bxb2 Rd2 $1) 30... Qe2 31. Bd4 Rab8 32. h3 f6 33.
Rb2 Qb5 34. Qb1 Qd5 35. Qd1 Rbc8 36. Rd2 Qe6 37. Kh2 Rd7 38. g3 Rdc7 39. Bb2 $5
Qxa2 $1 40. Be5 Qxd2 $6 ({Better is} 40... Rc1 $1 41. Qxc1 Rxc1 42. Rxa2 fxe5
43. Rxa5 $1 Rxe1 44. Rb5 Rb1 45. Rxe5 b3 46. Rxe4 Rf1 47. Rb4 Rxf2+ 48. Kg1 Rb2
49. Rb7 $1 {drawn (Krasenkow).}) 41. Qxd2 fxe5 42. Qd5+ Rf7 43. Kg2 Rcf8 44. h4
Kh8 45. Qxe4 Rxf2+ 46. Kh3 b3 47. Nd3 b2 $1 48. Qb7 $1 (48. Nxf2 Rxf2 {draws.})
48... R8f7 $2 ({Correct is} 48... a4 $1 49. Nxb2 a3 50. Nd3 a2 $1 51. Qa6 Rd2
52. Nxe5 {(Krasenkow)} Kh7 $1 {and Black escapes.}) 49. Qb5 a4 50. Nxb2 a3 51.
Nd3 Rf1 52. Qa4 Rh1+ 53. Kg4 {Aronian, Anand, Kramnik and Nakamura shared the
lead.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 73"]
[Date "2011.01.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Smeets, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Rd1 b5 11. e4 $5 {He makes an entertaining move.} ({Usual
is} 11. Be2) 11... bxc4 12. e5 Qc7 $5 13. exd6 Qxd6 14. Bg5 a5 15. Bxf6 Nxf6
16. Na4 {White occupies c5.} Ba6 17. Nc5 Rfb8 18. Rac1 h6 19. a3 $6 (19. Ne5 $1
{gains a plus.}) 19... Nd7 $1 20. Ne4 Qd5 21. Nc3 Qf5 22. Qe2 $5 Qf4 23. Rc2
Rd8 24. Rcd2 Rab8 25. g3 Qc7 26. Qe3 Bb7 27. Ne5 Nxe5 28. Qxe5 Qxe5 29. dxe5
Rxd2 30. Rxd2 c5 {The extra pawn has little value in the endgame.} 31. f4 g5
32. Kf2 gxf4 33. gxf4 Bc6 34. Ke3 Kf8 35. Rd6 Be8 36. Rd2 Bc6 37. h4 $5 {He
should accept the repetition.} Ke7 38. Rd6 Bh1 39. Na4 $6 ({Preferable is} 39.
Ra6 Rxb2 40. Rxa5) 39... Rb3+ 40. Kd2 Rf3 41. Nxc5 $2 (41. Ra6 $1 Rxf4 42. Rxa5
Rxh4 43. Rxc5 {brings drawing chances (Krasenkow).}) 41... Rxf4 42. Ra6 Rxh4
43. Rxa5 h5 $1 {Black has a decisive advantage.} 44. Ke3 Rh2 $5 45. Ra7+ Kf8
46. Rc7 ({Or} 46. Nd7+ Kg7 47. Nf6 Kg6 $1) 46... Rxb2 47. Nd7+ Kg7 48. Rxc4
Rb3+ 49. Kf2 Rxa3 50. Rh4 Bc6 51. Nf6 Rf3+ 52. Ke2 Rf5 53. Nxh5+ Kg6 54. Ng3
Rxe5+ 55. Kf2 Ra5 56. Rg4+ Kf6 57. Rg8 Ra2+ 58. Ke3 Ke5 59. Rc8 Ra3+ 60. Kf2
Bd5 61. Nf1 Ra2+ 62. Ke3 f5 63. Nd2 f4+ 64. Ke2 Kd4 65. Rf8 e5 66. Ke1 e4 {The
Dutchman scored a fine victory.} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 73"]
[Date "2011.01.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2814"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 Nc6 10. f4 b5 11. Be3 Bb7 12. a4 exf4 13. Rxf4 Ne5 14. Qd4 Nc6 15.
Qd2 Ne5 16. Qd4 Nc6 17. Qd2 Ne5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Re1 $5 (19. Rxa8 Qxa8 {drew
in Mberggren - Juggernaut, internet 2007.}) 19... Ng6 20. Rff1 b4 21. Nd5 Nxe4
$5 {Black shows ambition.} 22. Nxe7+ Qxe7 23. Qxb4 Nh4 {He tries to start an
attack.} 24. Bf3 Nxf3 25. gxf3 Qd7 $1 26. Bf4 $1 ({The pointe is} 26. fxe4 Ra4
$1) 26... Ra4 27. Qb6 Nf6 $5 28. Qxd6 Qg4 $1 {Black keeps the initiative.} 29.
Nd4 Rxd4 30. Qxd4 Bxf3+ 31. Rxf3 Qxf3+ 32. Kg1 Qg4+ 33. Kh1 Qc8 {He makes an
effort to win.} 34. Qf2 Qb7+ 35. Kg1 Ne4 36. Qd4 Re8 37. Re2 $5 h6 $1 38. h3 $5
Re6 39. Kh2 f5 $5 40. b4 $2 {White misses a useful restriction.} (40. Qc4 $1
Qf7 41. Qd5 {applies a pin (Nepomniachtchi).}) 40... Kh7 $1 41. Re3 Rg6 $5 42.
Re2 $5 Qb5 43. Re1 $5 Rc6 $5 {Black hesitates.} 44. Rxe4 $5 fxe4 45. Qxe4+ Rg6
46. Bg3 Qd7 $1 47. h4 h5 48. c4 $5 Qd2+ 49. Kh3 Qc3 50. Qf4 Qxb4 51. Qf5 Qxc4
52. Qxh5+ Rh6 {The simplification has led to a won ending.} 53. Qf3 Qe6+ 54.
Kh2 Rf6 55. Qd3+ Rf5 56. Qc2 Qd5 57. Bf2 Kh6 58. Be3+ Kg6 59. Bf2 Kf6 60. Bg3
Rf1 61. Bf2 Rd1 62. Qc3+ Qe5+ 63. Qxe5+ Kxe5 {The rest is easy.} 64. h5 Kf6 65.
Bh4+ Kf5 66. Be7 Rd7 {Carlsen was out of the race for the first place. Anand
and Nakamura joined the lead.} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 73"]
[Date "2011.01.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2814"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d5 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. Nf3 c6 8.
O-O b6 9. Rc1 O-O 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Na3 Bb7 $5 (11... Ba6 {drew in Nogueiras -
Andersson, Sarajevo 1985.}) 12. Nb5 a6 13. Nd6 Qb8 14. Qb4 a5 15. Qa3 Ba6 16.
Ne5 b5 17. Qxa5 $2 {White makes a positional error.} Qxd6 18. Rc6 Qb8 19. Rxa6
Rxa6 20. Qxa6 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Qxe5 22. Qxb5 Rb8 23. Qd3 Rxb2 {Black has an edge.}
24. Qe3 $5 {Kramnik sacrifices a pawn for a run by the a-pawn.} Qxe3 25. fxe3
Rxe2 26. a4 Rc2 27. a5 Rc7 28. a6 Ra7 29. Bf1 Kf8 30. Rb1 Ke7 31. Rb7+ $1 Rxb7
32. axb7 Nd7 {Carlsen can play for a win in the knight versus bishop ending.}
33. Kf2 Kd6 34. Bb5 Nb8 35. Be8 Ke7 36. Bb5 f6 37. Kf3 Kd6 38. Be8 Kc7 39. Bf7
Kxb7 40. Bxe6 Kc6 {Black has kept his extra pawn.} 41. Bg8 h6 42. Kg4 $5 Nd7
43. Kf5 Ne5 44. h3 $6 ({Slightly better is} 44. h4 $1 Kd6 45. h5 {(Müller).})
44... Kc5 45. g4 $6 {The pawns should not go to white squares.} Kd6 $1 46. Bh7
Ke7 47. Bg8 g6+ $1 48. Kf4 Nf7 49. Bh7 g5+ $5 50. Kg3 ({The pointe is} 50. Kf5
$4 Nd6+ 51. Kg6 Nc4) 50... Nd6 51. Bg8 Ne4+ 52. Kg2 Kd6 {The king goes
forwards again.} 53. Kf3 Kc5 54. Bh7 Nc3 55. Bd3 Kb4 56. Ba6 Kb3 57. Bb7 $2 (
57. Bd3 $1 Kb2 58. Kf2 Kc1 59. Ke1 {stops the black king.}) 57... Kc2 58. Ba6
Kd1 59. Bb7 $6 ({Or} 59. Bc8 $5 Kd2 60. Bb7 Kc1 $1 61. Bc8 Kd1 62. Bf5 Ke1 {
and the king penetrates (Müller).}) 59... Kd2 $3 {Zugzwang arises.} 60. Bc6 Ke1
$1 {The king can go further.} 61. Bb7 Kf1 62. Ba8 Kg1 63. Kg3 Ne4+ 64. Kf3 Nd2+
65. Kg3 Nf1+ 66. Kf3 Nd2+ 67. Kg3 Nc4 68. Bxd5 Nxe3 69. Bb7 Nf1+ 70. Kf3 Kh2
71. Kf2 Nd2 72. Bg2 Nc4 73. Bf1 Ne5 74. Ke3 Kg1 75. Be2 Kg2 $1 76. Ke4 Kxh3 77.
Kf5 Kh4 {The king ends the encircling manoeuvre.} 78. Bd1 Nc4 $1 79. Ke4 ({The
pointe is} 79. Kxf6 Ne3 80. Be2 Nxg4+ 81. Kg6 h5 82. Bd1 Ne3 $1 83. Bxh5 Ng4 $1
{and White is in zugzwang (Müller).}) 79... Nd6+ 80. Kd5 f5 $1 {Carlsen wins
beautifully.} 81. Kxd6 fxg4 82. Ke5 g3 83. Bf3 Kh3 84. Kf5 g2 85. Bxg2+ Kxg2 {
Kramnik was out of the race for the first place.} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 73"]
[Date "2011.01.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. Nge2 Bg4 $5 {This
novelty was suggested by Karpov.} 8. f3 Bf5 9. Ng3 Bg6 {It has become harder
for White to attack h5.} 10. Bg5 Qb6 11. Qd2 Nd7 12. a3 $6 {Square b3 become
available.} f6 13. Be3 Qb3 $1 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Rc1 Nb6 17. Ne2
$5 {Ian sacrifices a pawn.} (17. exf6 gxf6 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 O-O-O {
favours Black (Nakamuru)..}) 17... fxe5 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. Bd4 Qc7 20. Qg5 Bf5
21. g4 $2 hxg4 22. fxg4 Be4 $2 ({Nakamura misses} 22... Be7 $1 23. Qxg7 Rh7 24.
Qg8+ Kd7 25. Bxb6 Rxg8 26. Bxc7 Be4 $1) 23. Rh3 Be7 24. Qxg7 $2 (24. Qe3 Bd5
25. h5 Rf8 26. Nc3 {offers more resistance.}) 24... Rh7 25. Qe5 Qxe5 26. Bxe5
Bxh4+ 27. Ng3 Nd7 28. Bd4 $6 ({Preferable is} 28. Bc7 $5 Bg6 29. Bg2) 28... Bf3
$1 29. g5 Bg4 30. g6 Rh6 31. Rxh4 Rxh4 32. Rc3 Bf3 33. Rxf3 Rxd4 34. Bh3 Ne5
35. Rf6 Nd3+ 36. Ke2 Nf4+ 37. Ke3 e5 38. Rf7 Rd3+ 39. Ke4 Rxg3 40. Bd7+ Kd8 41.
Bf5 Nxg6 42. Rg7 Rb8 43. b4 b5 44. Bxg6 Rg5 {Nakamura took the sole lead by
this win.} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 73"]
[Date "2011.01.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bc4 Nb6 8.
Bb3 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. exd4 Nc6 11. d5 Na5 12. Re1 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Re8
15. Be3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Nxb3 17. Bxb6 Nd2 18. Qd3 Qxb6 19. Qxd2 Qc5 $5 (19...
Rac8 20. Rab1 Qc7 {drew in Aleksandrov - Melkumyan, Dubai 2009.}) 20. Re4 Rad8
21. c4 f5 $6 {Hereafter, White takes the initiative by a pawn sacrifice.} (
21... e5 $5 {takes no risk.}) 22. Re5 $1 Qxc4 23. Rc1 Qa6 $5 24. Rce1 Qd6 $2 (
24... e6 $1 25. Qe3 Rd6 26. dxe6 Qxa2 27. h4 {(Vachier Lagrave)} Qa4 $1 {leads
to an open battle.}) 25. h4 $1 Rd7 26. h5 $1 gxh5 $5 27. Rxf5 e5 28. Qg5+ Rg7
29. Qxh5 Rge7 (29... Qg6 $5 30. Qxg6 hxg6 31. Rfxe5 Rd8 {brings a minus pawn
in the double rook ending.}) 30. Qf3 $1 Rg7 31. Rf6 Qd8 32. d6 $1 e4 33. Qf5
Rd7 $5 34. Re3 $1 Rxd6 35. Rg3+ Kh8 36. Rg7 $1 {Nakamura and Anand drew their
games in the penultimate and last rounds, so the top did not change. The final
standings became: Nakamura 9/13, Anand 81/2, Aronian and Carlsen 8, Kramnik
and Vachier Lagrave 71/2, Giri and Ponomariov 61/2, Nepomniachtchi and Wong
Hao 6, Grischuk, L'Ami and Smeets 41/2, Shirov 4.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 73"]
[Date "2011.01.30"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "McShane, Luke"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]

{Navara and McShane shared the lead, when the last round began. They battled
for victory in the B-group.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6
6. Nc3 Nc6 7. O-O Rb8 8. e3 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. e4 Nd7 $5 11. b4 h6 $6 {Black
loses time.} ({Navara prefers} 11... f5 $5 12. Ng5 Nf6) 12. Be3 a6 13. Nd2 f5
14. f3 f4 15. Ba7 Ra8 16. Bf2 h5 17. c5 g5 18. Nc4 Nf6 19. cxd6 cxd6 20. Bb6
Qd7 21. Qa4 $6 {White keeps the initiative, despite the exchange of queens.}
Qxa4 22. Nxa4 Bd7 23. Nab2 Nc8 24. Rac1 Rf7 $5 25. Bd8 Rf8 26. Bc7 Ne8 27. Nb6
Nxb6 28. Bxb6 Bf6 {Black defends passively.} 29. Nc4 h4 30. g4 $5 Bb5 31. Rf2
Bxc4 32. Rxc4 Bd8 33. Bxd8 Rxd8 {White controls the open file.} 34. Bf1 Rf7 35.
Rfc2 Kf8 36. a4 Rdd7 37. Rc8 Rc7 38. R2xc7 Rxc7 39. Rb8 $1 {The last winning
attempt.} Ke7 40. b5 axb5 41. axb5 Nf6 42. b6 Rc1 $1 43. Rxb7+ {He has gained
a pawn temporarily.} Nd7 44. Rc7 Rb1 45. b7 Kd8 46. Rc8+ Ke7 47. Rg8 Kf7 $1 48.
b8=R ({The pointe is} 48. Rxg5 Nf6 49. Rf5 Kg6 {drawn (Navara).}) 48... Rxb8
49. Rxb8 Nxb8 50. Bb5 Ke7 51. Kf2 Kd8 52. Ke2 Kc7 53. Kd3 Kb6 54. Kc4 Ka5 55.
h3 Na6 56. Bxa6 Kxa6 57. Kb4 Kb6 {McShane won the B-group on tiebreak. He
would not play in the A-group in 2012, because he got a full-time job. Navara
did participate.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "39.Schachtage"]
[Date "2011.07.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2011.07.21"]

{The 39.Schachtage were played in Dortmund from 21 until 31 vii 2011. Six men
participated. The regular number one met the previous winner in the first
round.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O exd4
8. Nxd4 Re8 9. f3 c6 10. Kh1 Nbd7 11. Be3 a6 $5 ({Usual is} 11... d5 12. cxd5
Nxd5) 12. Nc2 {White attacks d6.} Ne5 13. f4 Neg4 14. Bg1 h5 $1 15. Bf3 $1 Be6
16. b3 Qa5 17. Qe1 $1 b5 $5 18. c5 $6 b4 19. Na4 Bc4 $6 (19... Nxe4 $1 20. Qxb4
Qxb4 21. Nxb4 Nxc5 {leads to equality (Ponomariov).}) 20. Qxb4 $1 Qxb4 21. Nxb4
Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Nxe4 23. Nb6 $1 {White has an excellent compensation for the
exchange.} Ra7 $5 24. cxd6 Nxd6 25. Bxc6 Re2 26. N6d5 {The white minor pieces
are highly active.} Nc8 27. h3 Nh6 $6 ({Better is} 27... a5 $1 28. hxg4 axb4
29. Bxa7 Nxa7 30. Nxb4 Nxc6 31. Nxc6 Rxa2 {and Black will survive (Ponomariov).
}) 28. Rc1 $1 {White postpones the recapture of the exchange.} Nf5 29. Bb5 $1
Ng3+ 30. Kh2 Nf1+ $1 31. Rxf1 axb5 32. Bxa7 Nxa7 33. Kg3 {White has an extra
pawn.} Nc8 34. Rd1 Bf8 35. Kf3 Rb2 36. g4 Kg7 $6 {A pawn exchange cis wiser.}
37. gxh5 Nd6 $2 (37... gxh5 38. Rg1+ Kh6 {offers more resistance.}) 38. hxg6
fxg6 39. Nc7 Kf7 40. Nd3 $1 Rxa2 41. Ne5+ Kf6 42. Nd7+ {White gains a piece.
Kramnik scored an important victory.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "39.Schachtage"]
[Date "2011.07.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2011.07.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. Nc3
d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O Re8 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Ne5 Na6 13. Bf4 h6 14. Nb5 Bf8 15.
Bh3 $5 c5 16. a3 Ne4 17. Rc2 g6 18. Qc1 g5 $1 {Black counters on the kingside.}
19. Be3 Bg7 20. Nf3 $6 ({More active is} 20. f4) 20... Qe7 $6 (20... Bc6 $1 21.
Nc3 Bd7 $1 {gains a plus (Landa).}) 21. Rd1 Rad8 $6 ({Preferable is} 21... Bc6
$1 22. Nc3 Rad8) 22. Nxa7 Nd6 23. a4 Nb4 $2 ({Better is} 23... Ra8 $1 24. dxc5
bxc5 25. Nb5 d4) 24. dxc5 bxc5 25. Rxc5 Na2 26. Qc2 Nb4 27. Qc1 $5 Nc4 $2 {
Kramnik wants no repetition.} 28. bxc4 d4 29. Bxg5 $2 (29. Rxd4 $1 Bxd4 30.
Bxd4 Bxf3 31. Nc8 Qe4 32. Bf6 {wins for White.}) 29... Qxc5 30. Bxd8 d3 $1 31.
Ne1 $2 ({Correct is} 31. e4 $1 Qxa7 32. Qb1 Qxa4 33. Bc7) 31... Rxe2 32. Qf4
Rxf2 $1 {Kramnik won his second game in a row.} 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "39.Schachtage"]
[Date "2011.07.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2011.07.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8. Qb3
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nc6 10. cxd5 Na5 11. Qc2 Nxd5 12. O-O Qc7 13. Re1 Bd7 14. e4 Nb6
15. e5 Ba4 $5 ({Known is} 15... Rac8 16. Bd2 Nac4) 16. Qd3 Qc4 {Black
blockades.} 17. Qf3 $5 {Exchange levels the game.} Nc6 $1 18. Re4 Nxd4 19. Rxd4
Bc6 $1 20. Rxc4 Bxf3 21. Rc7 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Rab8 23. Rb1 Rfc8 24. Rxc8+ Rxc8 {
The endgame is equal.} 25. Rb3 $5 (25. Be3 {and an exchange on b6 draws.})
25... h5 26. Be3 Nd5 27. Bd4 $6 {Capture on a7 equalises.} b6 $1 {Black starts
to play for a win.} 28. f4 $5 Rc4 $1 29. Kf1 $2 (29. Ra3 $1 a5 30. Rb3 a4 31.
Rb2 Nxc3 32. Bxb6 Nd5 33. Bf2 {fights for a draw (Kramnik).}) 29... Ra4 30. Rb2
Kh7 $1 {He develops his last piece.} 31. Kf2 Kg6 32. Rc2 Ra3 33. h3 b5 34. Rb2
a6 35. Rc2 Kf5 $5 36. Kf3 b4 $1 37. g4+ hxg4+ 38. hxg4+ Kg6 39. Ke4 bxc3 40.
Rh2 ({Or} 40. f5+ Kg5 $1) 40... Ra4 41. Rf2 a5 42. Kd3 ({The pointe is} 42. Rc2
Nxf4 $1) 42... c2 $1 43. f5+ Kg5 44. Bb2 Nb4+ 45. Kc3 Rxa2 46. Rf1 Kxg4 47.
fxe6 fxe6 {Kramnik has three extra  pawns. He scored his third win.} 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "39.Schachtage"]
[Date "2011.07.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2011.07.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Qd2 Qa5 9. Rc1 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qxd2+ 11. Bxd2 O-O 12. Nf3 e6 13. h4 $5 Nc6 $1 14.
e5 Bd7 $6 ({Better is} 14... f6 $1 15. Bc4 fxe5 16. d5 Rxf3 $1 17. dxc6 Rf7)
15. Rb1 b6 16. h5 Ne7 17. hxg6 fxg6 $6 (17... hxg6 18. Ng5 Rfc8 19. Nh7 Nd5 {
is alright for Black.}) 18. Bc4 Rac8 19. Bb3 Nd5 20. Ng5 h6 21. Ne4 g5 22. Nd6
$1 Rc7 23. Ke2 Rd8 24. Rh3 $1 Bc6 $6 (24... Bf8 25. Rbh1 Bxd6 26. exd6 Bb5+ 27.
Kd1 Rxd6 28. Rxh6 Rg7 29. Rxe6 Rxe6 30. Bxd5 Kf7 {offers more resistance.}) 25.
Rbh1 Rf8 26. Rc1 $5 ({Even better is} 26. Rxh6 $1 Bxh6 27. Rxh6) 26... Bd7 27.
Rxc7 Nxc7 28. Rc3 $1 Na6 29. g3 $1 Rd8 ({Or} 29... g4 30. Rc1 $1 Rd8 31. Rh1)
30. f4 Bf8 31. f5 Bxd6 32. exd6 Bb5+ 33. Ke3 Rxd6 34. fxe6 Kf8 35. Rc8+ Ke7 36.
d5 Rd8 37. Rxd8 Kxd8 38. d6 Nc5 39. Bd5 Bd7 40. exd7 Kxd7 41. Kd4 Kxd6 42. Bb4
a5 43. Bxc5+ bxc5+ 44. Kc4 {Kramnik had scored 41/2/5 in the first turn.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "39.Schachtage"]
[Date "2011.07.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Le Quang, Liem"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2011.07.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. Qc2 Nh5 8.
Bd2 Nhf6 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. e3 Nb6 13. Ne5 g6 14. O-O-O
$5 (14. g4 Ng7 15. h3 {was played in Hertneck - Hansen, Germany 2002.}) 14...
Bf5 15. Qe2 Nf6 16. g4 Be6 17. f3 O-O-O 18. h4 Nfd7 19. Nd3 Rhe8 20. Bg2 f6 21.
Qf2 {White controls more territory.} Qd6 22. Kb1 Kb8 23. Ka1 h6 24. Rhg1 Bf7 $5
25. g5 $1 hxg5 26. hxg5 f5 $6 ({Preferable is} 26... fxg5) 27. e4 $1 {An
attack in the centre begins.} dxe4 28. fxe4 Ka8 $5 29. Nc5 $5 Nc4 $6 30. Nb3 $2
(30. exf5 $1 Ne3 $5 31. N5e4 $1 Nxd1 32. Nxd6 Nxf2 33. Nxf7 gxf5 34. Nxd8 Rxd8
35. Rf1 Ng4 36. Rxf5 Ne3 37. Rf2 {gains a big advantage (Le Quang).}) 30... Qb4
31. d5 Qb6 $2 {Black is going to lose a pawn.} ({Better is} 31... cxd5) 32.
Qxb6 Ndxb6 33. dxc6 Rxd1+ 34. Nxd1 {Black has weaknesses.} fxe4 35. cxb7+ Kb8
$5 36. Nc3 Re5 $6 37. Bxe4 Nd6 38. Nd4 Rc5 39. Rf1 $5 Nxe4 40. Nxe4 Rc4 41. Rd1
Bd5 42. Nd6 Rc7 43. Rf1 Bxb7 44. Rf8+ Nc8 45. b4 Rd7 46. Nc6+ Kc7 47. Nxb7 Kxb7
48. Rf6 Rd6 49. Ne5 Rd5 50. Nf3 Rd3 51. Kb2 Nb6 52. Ne5 Rd5 53. Nf7 a5 $2 (
53... Rd7 54. Kb3 Nd5 {defends properly.}) 54. bxa5 Rb5+ 55. Ka1 Rxa5 56. Rxg6
Rc5 57. Kb2 Rb5+ 58. Kc3 Ra5 59. Nd6+ Kc7 60. Kb3 Rd5 61. Ne8+ Kb7 62. Rg7+ Kc6
63. Rc7+ Kb5 64. g6 Rg5 65. Nd6+ Ka6 66. g7 Rg3+ 67. Kc2 Nd5 68. Rf7 Rg2+ 69.
Kb3 Ne3 70. Ne8 Rg3 71. Rf3 $1 {Le Quang won one game and drew the rest.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "39.Schachtage"]
[Date "2011.07.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2011.07.21"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 a6 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. d4
c6 9. Ne5 a5 10. Bf4 $5 Bf5 11. Qb3 Ra7 12. Rfd1 Nbd7 13. Rac1 h6 14. a3 Qb6
15. Qxb6 Nxb6 16. f3 Re8 17. e4 $1 {White takes the initiative.} Bh7 18. Be3
Raa8 19. Bf2 Rad8 20. Re1 Bf8 21. h3 dxe4 22. fxe4 Nfd7 23. Nd3 Nc4 24. Re2 Nb8
$6 {A very passive move is played.} ({Better is} 24... Nf6) 25. Na4 $1 Nd6 26.
Ndc5 Re7 27. Nb6 {The restriction increases.} Nc8 28. Nc4 b6 {He fights back.}
29. Nb3 a4 30. Nbd2 Rb7 $5 31. e5 Na7 $2 ({Preferable is} 31... Bf5 $5 32. g4
Be6) 32. d5 $1 Bc5 ({Or} 32... cxd5 33. Nxb6) 33. Bxc5 bxc5 34. e6 $1 Kf8 (
34... fxe6 35. Rxe6 $1 cxd5 36. Rd6 $1 Rxd6 37. Nxd6 Rd7 38. Bxd5+ Kh8 39. Nf7+
{also wins for White.}) 35. Na5 Rc7 36. Rxc5 fxe6 37. dxc6 {White has gained a
pawn.} Ke7 38. Ndc4 Rd1+ 39. Kh2 Bd3 40. Re3 Bxc4 41. Rxc4 Rd2 42. Rce4 Nbxc6
43. Rxe6+ Kf7 44. Nc4 $1 Rc2 45. Nd6+ Kg8 46. h4 $1 g5 (46... Rxb2 47. Re8+ Kh7
48. Kh3 $1 {charges cat the hostile king.}) 47. Nf5 gxh4 48. Kh3 Rc5 49. Rg6+ {
Kramnik showed his superiority again.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "39.Schachtage"]
[Date "2011.07.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Le Quang, Liem"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2011.07.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 c5 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. exd4
Nc6 9. O-O b6 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Qe2 Re8 13. Rfd1 Bf8 14. Nf1 g6 15.
Ne3 Bg7 16. c5 $5 ({Theory is} 16. Bb1) 16... Nd7 17. Bb5 a6 18. Bxc6 Bxc6 19.
b4 Ba4 20. Re1 Nb8 21. Ne5 bxc5 22. dxc5 f6 23. Nf3 Nc6 24. Qd3 (24. Qxa6 $6
Ra8 25. Qb6 Qxb6 26. cxb6 Nxb4 {is alright for Black (Le Quang).}) 24... Rb8
25. Qa3 Bb5 26. Qb3 a5 $5 27. a4 Bc4 28. Nxc4 Rxb4 29. Qa2 dxc4 30. Bc3 Rb3 31.
Nd2 Nb4 $1 ({Kramnik notices} 31... Rxc3 $2 32. Rxc3 Nb4 33. Qxc4 Qxd2 34. Rxe6
{and White wins.}) 32. Bxb4 Rxb4 33. Nxc4 Qd5 34. Red1 Qc6 35. Nxa5 Qxa4 36.
Qxa4 Rxa4 37. Nb7 {White has a strong passed pawn.} Bh6 38. Rc2 Bf4 $2 (38...
e5 $1 39. c6 Rd4 40. Ra1 Rc8 {defends properly.}) 39. g3 Bc7 40. Rd7 Rc8 41.
Rcd2 e5 42. Re7 Rd4 43. Ra2 e4 44. Ra7 $2 (44. Ra6 $1 Be5 45. Nd6 Bxd6 46. cxd6
Rd8 47. Raa7 {leads to winning chances for White.}) 44... Bb8 45. Ra8 Rf8 $1
46. Na5 Ra4 $1 47. Kg2 f5 48. c6 Bd6 49. Rxf8+ Kxf8 50. c7 Bxc7 51. Rxc7 Rxa5
52. Rxh7 Ra2 53. Kg1 Ra1+ 54. Kg2 Ra2 55. Kg1 Ra1+ 56. Kg2 Ra2 {The game ended
by a perpetual after a hard fight.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "39.Schachtage"]
[Date "2011.07.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2011.07.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. c5 Nf4 11. a4 f5 12. Bc4 fxe4 13. Nxe4 h6 14. Re1 $5 (14. g3
$6 {was played in Bareev - Amonatov, Dagomys 2008. A strong answer would be}
Nh3+ $1) 14... Bg4 15. Ra3 g5 16. h3 Bh5 17. Bxf4 Rxf4 18. g3 Rf8 19. a5 Kh8
20. Kg2 Rb8 21. Qd2 b6 22. axb6 axb6 {The chances are about equal.} 23. Nfxg5
$6 {Suddenly, Kramnik sacrifices a knight for two pawns. He wants to score a
smashing victory.} hxg5 24. Qxg5 Bg6 25. cxd6 cxd6 26. Ra7 Rc8 27. Rxe7 Rxc4
28. f3 Rc2+ $6 ({Preferable is} 28... b5 $5 29. h4 Rxb4) 29. Kg1 Rc8 30. Ra1
Rf7 31. Qxg6 $1 Qxe7 (31... Rxe7 32. Ng5 Kg8 33. Qh7+ Kf8 34. Qf5+ {leads to
perpetual check.}) 32. Ng5 $2 ({Right is} 32. Nxd6 Rcf8 33. Nxf7+ Qxf7 34. Qxf7
Rxf7 35. Kg2 {and equality in the endgame. This was Kramnik's initial idea.})
32... Kg8 33. Qh7+ Kf8 34. Ne6+ Ke8 35. Qh5 Bf6 $6 (35... Qf6 $5 36. Ng5 e4 {
counterattacks.}) 36. g4 $6 (36. Ra2 {(Landa)} Qb7 37. Qg6 Ke7 {favours Black.}
) 36... Qb7 37. Rd1 ({Or} 37. Qg6 b5 $1 38. Ra2 $5 Bd8 $1 39. Qg8+ Ke7 40. Qg5+
Kd7 41. Qg6 Rf6 {and Black wins (Krasenkow).}) 37... Qa6 {Black starts a
charge.} 38. Qg6 Ke7 39. g5 Bh8 40. Re1 Qa3 41. Nd4 Qxb4 42. Nf5+ Kf8 43. Rd1
Rc2 44. Nd4 exd4 45. Qxc2 Qc3 46. Qe4 Qe3+ 47. Qxe3 dxe3 48. Kg2 Bc3 49. Kf1
Rxf3+ 50. Ke2 Rxh3 {Kramnik tried an opportunistic approach, but his attack
was refuted by a counter.   The final standings became Kramnik 7/10, Le Quang
51/2, Ponomariov and Giri 5, Nakamura 41/2, Meier 3. Kramnik won the Dortmund
Schachtage for the tenth time.} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 74"]
[Date "2012.01.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

{The seventy-fourth tournament was played in Wijk aan Zee from 14 until 29 i
2012.} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. Bf4
Nb6 8. Qd3 Bxf3 $5 ({Known is} 8... Nbd5) 9. gxf3 Nfd5 10. Be5 $2 {Black will
win material.} ({Preferable is} 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. Bd2 {(Krasenkow).}) 10... f6
11. Bg3 Nb4 12. Qb1 ({The pointe is} 12. Qd1 $6 Qxd4 $1) 12... Qxd4 {Black has
gained a pawn.} 13. Bh3 e5 14. O-O Be7 15. Rd1 Qc4 16. e3 Qf7 17. f4 exf4 18.
Bxf4 O-O 19. a3 N4d5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Bg3 f5 22. e4 fxe4 23. Qxe4 Nf6 24. Qe5
Kh8 25. Re1 Bd8 26. Be6 Qg6 27. Qf5 Qxf5 28. Bxf5 Nd5 29. Be4 Bf6 30. Re2 Nb6
31. Rc1 Rfe8 32. f3 a5 33. b4 $6 {He weakens the a-file.} axb4 34. axb4 Nd5 35.
Be1 Nf4 $5 36. Rec2 Nh3+ 37. Kg2 Ng5 38. Re2 $5 Nxe4 39. fxe4 Rad8 40. b5 cxb5
41. Rb1 Rd5 $5 42. Bg3 Rc5 43. Bd6 Rg5+ 44. Kf3 Re6 45. Bf4 Rc5 46. e5 g5 47.
exf6 Rxf6 48. Re7 $6 (48. Rb4 $5 Rcf5 49. Kg3 gxf4+ 50. Kf3 {offers more
resistance.}) 48... Rxf4+ 49. Kg2 Rg4+ 50. Kf3 Rh4 $6 51. Rd1 $1 Rc8 52. Kg3 $6
(52. Rxb7 $1 Rxh2 53. Kg4 b4 54. Kxg5 Rg8+ 55. Kf4 {nears a draw.}) 52... b6
53. Rb7 Rb4 54. Rxb6 Rc7 55. h4 $5 gxh4+ 56. Kh3 Kg7 57. Rd3 Kf7 58. Re3 Kg7
59. Rf3 Rf7 60. Rd3 Rf6 61. Rb8 Rc6 62. Rf3 Kh6 63. Rb7 Kg6 64. Rb8 Rc5 65.
Rg8+ Kh5 66. Rg7 h6 67. Rg1 Rd4 68. Kh2 b4 69. Rg8 Rc2+ 70. Kh3 Rc3 {Young
Giri started with a win against the challenger of the world champion.} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 74"]
[Date "2012.01.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. Qb3
Kh8 9. Rd1 Na6 10. Qa3 Nc7 11. d5 c5 12. b4 $5 ({Known is} 12. Rb1) 12... cxb4
13. Qxb4 Na6 14. Qb1 Bd7 15. Nb5 Rc8 16. Nd2 Qb6 17. e3 Nc5 18. a4 Qa5 19. Ba3
a6 20. Bb4 Qd8 21. Nd4 Nxa4 $5 ({More solid is} 21... Nfe4) 22. Ne6 $1 Bxe6 23.
dxe6 Qe8 24. Bxb7 $5 Rb8 25. Bxa6 $5 {White delivers a positional sacrifice.} (
{The alternative is} 25. Qc2 Rxb7 26. Rxa4 {and Black has little advantage.})
25... Nc3 $1 26. Bxc3 $1 Rxb1 27. Rdxb1 {White has fine compensation for the
queen.} g5 28. Rb7 Ng8 29. Bxg7+ Kxg7 30. Rb5 Qg6 31. c5 dxc5 32. Rxc5 Qxe6 $5
33. Nf3 Qd6 34. Nd4 Kh8 35. Rc6 Qd7 36. Rac1 f4 37. Bc8 Qa7 38. Ne6 $1 {White
controls the central area.} Rf6 39. exf4 gxf4 40. Rc7 Qa4 $2 (40... Qb6 $1 41.
Nxf4 Rxf4 $1 42. gxf4 Qg6+ 43. Kf1 Qd3+ 44. Ke1 Qe4+ {leads to perpetual check.
}) 41. Nxf4 Rd6 42. Be6 Rd1+ 43. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 44. Kg2 Nf6 45. Rxe7 Qe1 46. Rf7
Qe4+ 47. f3 Qd4 48. Kh3 Qe5 $2 (48... Qb2 49. Bc4 Qc3 50. Ne6 h6 {tries to
survive.}) 49. Kh4 $1 {A strangulation starts.} Qd4 50. Bg4 Qe5 51. Ne6 h6 52.
Rf8+ Ng8 53. f4 Qb2 54. Kh3 Qa1 55. Bh5 Kh7 56. Rf7+ Kh8 57. Bg6 Nf6 58. Rf8+
Ng8 59. Bf7 {Aronian took the lead by 2/2.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 74"]
[Date "2012.01.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. Qc2 Nf6 7. h3 g6 $5 {
Castling is usual.} 8. e3 Bf5 9. Qd2 $5 h5 $6 {Black prevents 10.g4.} 10. Bd3
$1 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 {H5 has become a slight weakness.} Nbd7 12. Nge2 $5 a5 13. O-O
O-O 14. f3 b5 $6 {Aronian weakens the queenside.} 15. e4 dxe4 16. fxe4 {White
occupies the centre.} Nc5 17. Qf3 Ne6 18. Be3 b4 $5 19. Nb1 $5 Nh7 20. Nd2 Rc8
21. Rad1 Bh4 22. g3 Bf6 23. Nc4 Bg7 24. b3 Qe7 $6 {He makes an opportunistic
move.} 25. Qg2 $5 (25. e5 $1 {gains more advantage.}) 25... Nc7 $5 26. Nxa5 $5
{Carlson has won a pawn.} Rfe8 27. e5 Nd5 28. Bd2 Red8 29. Nf4 Qa7 $2 ({
Correct is} 29... Qc7) 30. Nxc6 $1 Rxc6 31. Nxd5 Rc2 32. Kh1 Bf8 33. e6 $1 Qa8
({The pointe is} 33... fxe6 $2 34. Qe4 $1) 34. exf7+ $6 (34. e7 $1 {triumphs.})
34... Kh8 35. Nf4 Qxg2+ 36. Kxg2 $5 Rxd4 37. Rf2 Rd6 38. Bc1 $1 Rxf2+ 39. Kxf2
Rxd1 $1 40. Bb2+ $1 Nf6 $1 ({Not} 40... Bg7 $4 41. Nxg6#) 41. Bxf6+ Kh7 42. Ne6
Bd6 $1 43. Be5 Be7 44. f8=Q Bxf8 45. Nxf8+ Kh6 46. Ne6 $6 (46. Ke2 Rg1 47. Ne6
{wins more easily.}) 46... g5 $1 {Aronian fights back.} 47. h4 gxh4 48. gxh4
Kg6 49. Nd4 Rd3 $5 50. Nc6 Rd2+ 51. Ke3 Rxa2 52. Bd6 Ra1 53. Kd4 Rg1 $6 {Black
misses the best defence.} ({Better is} 53... Rh1 $1 54. Be7 Rh3 55. Ne5+ Kf5
56. Nd3 Rg3 57. Kc4 Rg4+ 58. Kb5 Rg3 59. Nc5 Rg4 60. Bd8 $1 Rd4 61. Bg5 Rg4 62.
Be7 $1 {White has achieved zugzwang by losing a tempo. The main line is} Rg7
63. Bd8 Rg8 64. Nb7 Kg4 65. Kc4 $1 Rxd8 66. Nxd8 Kxh4 67. Kd3 Kg3 68. Ke2 h4
69. Kf1 Kf3 70. Nc6 {and White wins (Shipov).}) 54. Kc5 Kf5 55. Nxb4 Rc1+ 56.
Kd4 Re1 57. Nc6 $1 Re4+ 58. Kd5 Rxh4 59. b4 Rh1 60. b5 Rb1 61. Nd4+ Kg4 62. Kc6
Rc1+ 63. Kd7 $1 Rb1 64. Kc7 h4 65. b6 Kh3 $5 66. b7 Kg2 67. Nf5 h3 68. Nh4+ $1
{Carlsen took the sole lead by 21/2/3.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 74"]
[Date "2012.01.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D99"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 Nb6 6. d4 Bg7 7. e4 O-O 8.
Be3 Bg4 9. Rd1 e6 10. Be2 Nc6 11. Ng1 Bxe2 12. Ngxe2 Qe7 13. O-O Rfd8 14. e5 h6
15. a3 Na5 $5 ({Known is} 15... Qd7) 16. Qc2 c5 17. dxc5 Nbc4 18. Bc1 Nxe5 19.
b4 {White has the pawn majority on the queenside.} Nac6 20. Ne4 a6 21. h3 $5 f5
$5 22. Nd6 Nf7 23. Nc4 e5 $5 {He could exchange the rooks.} 24. Rde1 Kh7 25.
Bb2 Re8 26. Nd4 $5 Nxd4 27. Bxd4 Rad8 28. Bb2 e4 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. f3 Qf6 31.
fxe4 Qd4+ 32. Kh2 Rxe4 33. Rxe4 Qxe4 (33... fxe4 $2 34. Rf4 Re8 35. Nd2 {
favours White.}) 34. Qxe4 fxe4 35. Kg3 Rd4 36. Na5 g5 $5 37. Kf2 Rd3 38. Re1 $5
Rxa3 39. Rxe4 Kf6 $6 (39... Nd8 $5 40. Rd4 Nc6 $1 41. Rd7+ Kf8 42. Nxc6 bxc6
43. Rd6 Ra4 44. Rxc6 Rxb4 45. Rxh6 a5 46. Rg6 g4 $1 {seems to be sufficient
for a draw.}) 40. Nxb7 Ne5 {Black has counter-play for the pawn.} 41. Rd4 Ke7
42. Nd6 Rb3 43. Nc8+ $5 Kf7 44. Nd6+ Ke6 $1 45. Nc4 $1 Nd3+ $2 {He should
exchange the knights.} ({Better is} 45... Nxc4 46. Rxc4 Kd7 47. Rd4+ Kc7 48.
Rd6 Kb7 $1 49. Rb6+ Ka7 50. Rxh6 Rxb4 51. Rh7+ Kb8 52. Rg7 a5 53. Rxg5 a4 {and
Black fights for survival in the rook ending (Krasenkow).}) 46. Kg1 Nf4 47.
Rd6+ Ke7 48. Ne5 Rb2 49. Rxa6 Rxg2+ 50. Kf1 Rb2 51. Rxh6 Nd5 52. Rd6 Ne3+ 53.
Ke1 Nc2+ 54. Kd1 Nxb4 55. Rb6 Kf8 56. Rb8+ Kg7 57. Nc4 Rb3 58. c6 {Aronian and
Carlsen shared the lead by 3/4.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 74"]
[Date "2012.01.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. f4 O-O 7. Nf3 Nb6 8. Be2
Nc6 9. O-O f6 10. exf6 exf6 11. Bh4 d5 12. Ne1 $5 {White has not achieved an
advantage in the opening.} Ne7 13. g4 $6 {He weakens the kingside.} Nc4 14.
Bxc4 dxc4 15. Ng2 b5 $1 {Ivanchuk goes forwards.} 16. Nxb5 Rb8 17. Nc3 Rxb2 18.
Na4 $5 Rb4 19. Nc5 $6 (19. c3 $5 Bxg4 $1 20. Qxg4 Rxa4 {(Marin)} 21. Ne3 $1 Qc8
22. Qg2 {brings counter-play for a pawn.}) 19... c3 20. Qe2 $2 (20. Nb3 {
defends the centre.}) 20... Nc6 $1 21. a3 Re8 $1 22. Qxe8+ $5 Qxe8 23. axb4
Bxg4 24. Bf2 Qd8 25. Nb3 Nxb4 26. Rxa7 Nxc2 27. Rc1 Qb8 28. Ra2 Nb4 29. Ra4 Nd5
30. Nc5 Bf8 31. Rca1 c2 32. Nd3 Qb5 33. Nc1 Bh3 34. Ra5 Qc4 35. R1a4 Qc3 {
Ivanchuk had scored his first win.} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 74"]
[Date "2012.01.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 d5 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. b3
c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Bb2 Nbd7 12. e3 $5 (12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. cxd5 {
ended as a draw in Oll - Khalifman, Parnu 1996.}) 12... Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Nd7 14.
Bb2 Bf6 15. Qc2 Qb6 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20.
Qf5 g6 $5 21. Qf4 Kg7 22. h4 a5 23. e4 $1 {He attacks the hanging pawns by a
temporary sacrifice.} dxe4 24. Nc4 $1 Qe6 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Qc7 Qd5 $5 27. Ne3
Qd2 28. Rc2 Rd7 $5 29. Qxc5 Qe1+ 30. Kh2 h5 $2 31. Qe5 $1 {He applies a strong
pin.} Qb4 32. Rc5 $6 (32. Bh3 $1 {decides the game quickly.}) 32... Qd2 $6 33.
Rc2 Qb4 34. Qg5 $6 Nh7 35. Qf4 Qd4 36. Bh3 Re7 37. Rc7 Qf6 38. Rc5 Qb6 39. Rc2
Qa6 40. Rd2 Qf6 41. Qb8 Nf8 42. Qd8 Ne6 $2 (42... Re5 {protects pawn a5.}) 43.
Bxe6 Rxe6 44. Qxa5 Ba6 45. Nd5 Qe5 46. Qc7 Bd3 47. Qxe5+ Rxe5 48. Nf4 Ba6 49.
Nd5 Bd3 50. Nb4 Bf1 51. Nc2 Rb5 52. Ne3 Bd3 53. Rb2 Kf6 54. a4 Ra5 55. Ra2 Ke5
56. b4 Ra7 57. Ra3 Kd4 58. b5 Kc5 59. Rc3+ Kd4 $6 (59... Kb4 $5 60. b6 $1 Rb7
61. Rc7 $1 Ba6 62. Rxb7 Bxb7 63. g4 $1 {(Krasenkow)} hxg4 64. Nxg4 Kxa4 65. Ne5
Kb5 66. Nxf7 Kxb6 67. Kg3 Kc5 68. Kf4 Kd5 69. Kg5 $1 {wins for White.}) 60. b6
$1 Rxa4 61. b7 Rb4 62. Rc4+ $1 {Aronian took the sole lead again.} ({The
pointe is} 62. Rc4+ $1 Bxc4 63. Nc2+) 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 74"]
[Date "2012.01.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Bf4 Be6 12. Rfd1 $5 Be7 13. Ng5 $1 Rh6
$5 14. Nxe6 Rxe6 {Black has a passive game.} 15. Kf1 Rd8 16. Rxd8+ Bxd8 17. Ne4
Be7 18. Re1 c5 $1 19. c4 Nd4 20. Nc3 Ra6 21. Rd1 c6 $5 22. Be3 b5 23. a3 b4 $2
(23... bxc4 $1 24. Bxd4 cxd4 25. Rxd4 Rb6 26. Na4 $5 c3 $1 27. Nxb6 cxb2 28.
Rd1 axb6 29. a4 Bg5 $1 30. Rb1 Bc1 {equalises.}) 24. axb4 cxb4 25. Bxd4 bxc3
26. Bxc3 Ra4 27. Ke2 Rxc4 28. Ra1 Bc5 {He protects his weaknesses.} 29. g3 $1
Bb6 $1 30. Kd3 Rc5 31. f4 Rb5 32. b4 g6 33. g4 {Kamsky moves forwards over a
broad front.} hxg4 34. hxg4 Kd7 35. f5 gxf5 36. gxf5 c5 $2 {This blunder will
cost a pawn.} ({Right is} 36... Ke8 $1 37. Ra2 Rd5+ 38. Ke4 Rd1 {and Black
defends himself properly.}) 37. Kc4 Kc6 38. Rd1 $1 Bc7 ({Kritz analyses} 38...
cxb4 39. Rd6+ Kb7 40. Kxb5 bxc3 41. Rd1 $1 Be3 42. Rd7+ Kc8 43. Rd3 Bd2 44. e6
{and White wins.}) 39. Rd5 $1 a6 40. Rxc5+ Rxc5+ 41. bxc5 a5 42. f6 $1 {He
triumphs in the bishop ending.} Kd7 43. Kd5 a4 44. c6+ Kd8 45. Bb4 Bb8 46. e6
Ke8 47. Bd6 {Aronian and Carlsen shared the lead.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 74"]
[Date "2012.01.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Bc4 Qa5 8.
Qd2 e6 9. O-O-O b5 10. Bd5 b4 11. Bxa8 bxc3 12. bxc3 Qxa2 13. Qe2 Be7 $5 {
Gashimov delivers a novelty in a sharp variation.} 14. Kd2 $6 {He allows a
counter.} ({Preferable is} 14. h4 $1 Ne5 15. Kd2) 14... Nxe4+ $1 15. Qxe4 Bxg5+
16. f4 d5 $1 17. Ra1 $6 ({Better is} 17. Qe3 $1) 17... Qxa1 18. Rxa1 dxe4 19.
fxg5 h6 {Black has an edge.} 20. g6 $1 f5 21. Nxe6 Ke7 22. Nf4 {White has
regained the pawn.} Rd8 $6 (22... Nb6 $1 23. Nd5+ Nxd5 24. Bxd5 Rd8 25. c4 Rd6
{keeps more advantage (Postny).}) 23. Bd5 $6 (23. Nd5+ $1 Kf8 24. Ke3 Ne5 25.
h3 {defends properly.}) 23... Nb6 24. c4 Nxc4+ $1 25. Kc3 $6 (25. Ke2 Ne5 26.
c4 {offers more resistance.}) 25... Ne3 $1 26. Bf7 Rd6 27. Ra5 Bd7 28. Re5+ Kf6
29. Rc5 Kg5 $1 30. g3 Nf1 31. h4+ Kg4 32. Rd5 Rxd5 33. Nxd5 Kxg3 34. Nf6 e3 35.
Bc4 Bb5 36. Nh5+ Kf2 37. Nxg7 Bxc4 38. Kxc4 e2 {Giri started a number of
losses. The most remarkable event in Wijk aan Zee was the stranding by a ship
off the coast.} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 74"]
[Date "2012.01.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 e4 7. Ne5 Bb4 8. Be2
Qa5 9. O-O Nxe5 10. dxe5 Qxe5 11. Bd2 Bc5 12. Nb5 O-O 13. b4 Be7 14. f4 Qe6 $5
(14... Qb8 15. f5 d6 {was played in Kribben - Logdahl, corr. 2006.}) 15. Be3 $1
{White has sacrificed a pawn for the initiative.} Bxb4 $2 (15... Ne8 $1 16. f5
Qf6 17. a3 b6 {defends stubbornly.}) 16. Nc7 Qc6 17. Nxa8 {He has a rook for
two pawns temporarily.} b6 18. Rb1 $1 Bc5 19. Bxc5 bxc5 20. Rb8 Bb7 21. Rxf8+
Kxf8 22. Qb3 $1 {He has a winning advantage.} g6 23. Rb1 Bxa8 24. Qb8+ Kg7 25.
Qxa7 e3 26. Bf3 d5 27. Re1 $5 Qd6 28. Qxa8 d4 29. Qa3 Qxf4 30. Rf1 Qe5 31. Qd3
Qe8 32. g3 h5 33. Bg2 Qa4 34. a3 Qa5 35. Bf3 Qa6 36. Be2 Qa5 37. Qb1 Qd2 38.
Qe1 $6 Qa2 39. g4 $2 hxg4 $2 ({Black misses the opportunity} 39... Nxg4 $1 40.
Bxg4 hxg4 {(Marin).}) 40. Qg3 Qxe2 41. Qe5 d3 42. Rxf6 Kh6 43. Rxf7 Qe1+ 44.
Kg2 Qe2+ 45. Kg3 Qe1+ 46. Kxg4 Qg1+ 47. Kh3 {Aronian could take a lead of one
point on the field because Carlsen lost.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 74"]
[Date "2012.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 dxc4 8.
O-O Nb6 $5 ({Usual is} 8... c5) 9. Qc2 Nh5 10. Be5 f6 11. Ng5 $1 fxg5 12. Bxh5
Bd7 $5 13. Bf3 Rxf3 $1 14. gxf3 Bd6 $5 {Aronian's second had analysed this
position in 2011.} 15. Qe4 Bc6 16. Qg4 Qe7 17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. Ne4 $5 (18. e4 {
occupies the centre.}) 18... h6 19. Qg3 d5 20. Nc3 $5 {Giri retreats.} Rf8 21.
Ne2 Rf5 22. Kg2 $6 ({Aronian had planned} 22. Qb8+ $5 Nc8) (22. Kh1 $1 Nd7 23.
f4 $1 {(the freeing move)} gxf4 24. Nxf4 e5 25. Ng6 Qf6 26. f4 $1 {defends
well.}) 22... Nd7 $1 23. Rh1 $2 ({Preferable is} 23. Rfd1 Nf8 24. Kf1) 23...
Nf8 $1 {A brilliant knight manouevre occurs.} 24. h4 $5 Ng6 $1 25. f4 Nxh4+ 26.
Kf1 Qb4 $1 {He attacks on two fronts.} 27. Rb1 Be8 $6 (27... Qd2 {continues
the charge.}) 28. Nc3 Qe7 $5 29. b4 Rf8 30. Rb2 Bg6 31. Ke1 Bd3 32. fxg5 Nf3+
33. Kd1 hxg5 34. Qh3 Qf6 35. Kc1 Bg6 36. a4 $6 (36. Na4 $5 Re8 37. b5 e5 38. b6
{offers more resistance.}) 36... Rd8 37. Ne2 e5 $1 38. Qg4 exd4 39. exd4 Re8
40. Qd7 c3 41. Ra2 Ne1 $3 {A magnificent sacrifice decides.} 42. Rxe1 Qf4+ $1
43. Kd1 ({The pointe is} 43. Nxf4 Rxe1#) 43... Qe4 {Aronian led by one point
on Ivanchuk.} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 74"]
[Date "2012.01.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 Ngf6 5. Qe2 a6 6. Ba4 Qc7 7. O-O e5 8. d4
b5 $5 9. Bc2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Be7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Bb7 14. Rad1 Rac8
15. Bb3 Rfe8 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Bg3 Bf8 18. h3 Nb6 19. Nh4 $5 Nc4 20. Nf5 $5 {
Carlsen makes sacrifice one.} Nxb2 21. Bh4 $5 {Number two is delivered.} Nxd1
22. Bxf6 Nxc3 {The captures continue.} 23. Qg4 Bxe4 $6 ({Better is} 23... Re6
$1 24. Nxh6+ Kh7 25. Nxf7 Qxf7 26. Bxe6 Qxf6 {and Black gains material.}) 24.
Nxh6+ $2 {The opportunism reminds of Tal.} (24. Nxg7 $1 Kh7 25. Nxe8 Rxe8 26.
Rd1 $1 {fights (Ramirez Alvarez).}) 24... Kh7 25. Bxf7 Qxf7 $2 (25... Bd3 $1
26. Re1 Ne2+ 27. Kh1 Nf4 {wins for Black.}) 26. Nxf7 gxf6 27. f4 Bg6 28. Qh4+
Kg7 29. fxe5 Ne4 30. Rxf6 $1 Bc5+ 31. Kh2 Nxf6 32. Qxf6+ Kh7 33. Ng5+ Kh6 34.
Ne6 $5 {White could force perpetual check.} Rxe6 35. Qxe6 Re8 36. Qf6 Be7 $2 {
He gives a pawn.} 37. Qxa6 b4 38. Qc4 Bf8 39. g4 Kh7 40. e6 Bd6+ {Carlsen has
a queen and three pawns for a rook and two bishops.} 41. Kg2 Be7 42. Qc7 Kg8
43. Kg3 Kf8 44. Qf4+ $5 Kg7 45. Qd4+ Kg8 46. h4 Rd8 47. Qc4 Bd3 $6 48. Qc6 Bb1
$2 {The tables turn.} ({Right is} 48... Kg7) 49. h5 $5 (49. Qb7 $1 Re8 50. Qd7
Kf8 51. Qd1 {ends the game (Ramirez Alvarez).}) 49... Bxa2 50. Qe4 $1 Kh8 51.
h6 $1 Bf6 52. e7 Re8 53. Qf4 $1 Bg7 54. hxg7+ Kxg7 55. g5 Kg8 56. Qf6 {Carlsen
and Radjabov joined the second place.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 74"]
[Date "2012.01.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8.
O-O Be6 9. a3 a5 10. Qc2 f5 11. Na4 Qd6 $5 12. Rd1 Rad8 13. d4 $5 e4 $1 14. Nd2
Bf7 15. Nc3 $5 Qh6 {Black has the initiative.} 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bc4 Kh8 18.
Bxd5 Rxd5 19. Nf1 Rd6 20. b4 $5 axb4 21. axb4 Rd7 22. Bd2 $5 Bd6 $5 (22... Bxb4
23. d5 Rxd5 24. Bxb4 Nxb4 25. Qxc7 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Nd3 27. Qxb7 {exchanges a lot.
}) 23. b5 Ne7 24. Ra7 b6 25. Rda1 Qe6 $1 26. Ra8 Rdd8 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Ng3
Bxg3 29. hxg3 Nd5 30. Ra7 h6 31. Qa2 Qe8 32. Qc4 Qh5 33. Ra1 Kh7 34. Bb4 Qg6
35. Be1 h5 36. Rc1 h4 $1 {Black attacks on the kingside.} 37. gxh4 f4 $5 38.
Qe2 $2 (38. Bd2 f3 39. g3 Qf5 {(Marin)} 40. Kh2 g5 41. Rh1 {defends properly.})
38... f3 $1 39. Qf1 Qg4 40. g3 g5 $1 41. Kh2 gxh4 42. Qh3 Qxh3+ 43. Kxh3 hxg3
44. Kxg3 Rg8+ {Black has a won ending.} 45. Kh2 Rg2+ 46. Kh1 Rg6 47. Ra1 Rg8 $1
48. Rc1 Kg6 49. Rc6+ Kf7 50. Rh6 Ra8 51. Rh7+ Kg6 52. Rh4 Nf6 53. Bb4 Kg5 54.
Rf4 Ra1+ 55. Kh2 Ng4+ {Van Wely suffered a defeat after ten draws.} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 74"]
[Date "2012.01.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 O-O 6. a3 Nbd7 7. Nb5 Ne8 8. Nf3
c6 9. Nc3 f5 10. h3 $5 Nd6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bd3 Nf6 13. Ne5 Nfe4 14. O-O Nf7
15. Qc2 Bd6 16. Bh2 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 a5 $5 19. Na4 b5 $5 20. Nc5 $5
Qe7 21. Rac1 $5 Qxe5 22. f4 Qd6 23. Bxe4 fxe4 24. Nb3 Bd7 25. Qc5 Qg6 26. Kh2
h5 27. Nd4 Rac8 28. b4 {White blockades as compensation for the pawn.} axb4 29.
axb4 h4 30. Ne2 Rf6 31. Ra1 Rcf8 32. Qe7 R8f7 33. Qd8+ Kh7 34. Rg1 Qh6 35. Ra7
Rf8 36. Qc7 R6f7 37. Qe5 Re8 38. Qc3 g5 $1 39. Rf1 Qd6 40. Kg1 Ref8 41. Qc5 Qh6
42. f5 Kg8 43. f6 $6 g4 $1 44. hxg4 h3 45. Nf4 hxg2 $6 46. Kxg2 $2 (46. Nxg2 $1
Bxg4 47. Rf4 {fights for a draw.}) 46... Qxf6 47. Kg3 Rh7 48. g5 Qxg5+ 49. Kf2
Rxf4+ 50. exf4 Rh2+ 51. Ke3 Qg3+ 52. Kd4 Qg7+ 53. Ke3 Rh3+ {Aronian led by one
point on the field.} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 74"]
[Date "2012.01.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O
8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. h4 c6 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bf4 Qa5 13. a3 Bg4 14. Be2 d5
$5 15. Nxe5 fxe5 16. Bxe5 Rxf2 17. Rde1 Bxe2 18. Rxe2 Rf7 19. g3 Raf8 20. Rhe1
Qd8 21. Qd4 b5 22. Kb1 Qd7 23. h5 Bg5 24. a4 Re8 $5 25. axb5 cxb5 26. Qd3 Rfe7
27. Bd4 Rxe2 28. Rxe2 Rxe2 29. Qxe2 Bf6 $2 30. Qf2 $2 ({They miss} 30. Bxa7 $1)
30... Bxd4 31. Qxd4 {White has little advantage in the queen ending.} h6 32. b3
Qf7 33. Qe5 a6 34. Kb2 Kh7 $2 ({Better is} 34... Qd7 35. Ka3 a5) 35. Qd6 $1
Qxh5 36. Qxa6 Qe8 37. Qb7 Qe5 $5 38. Qxb5 h5 $6 ({Black should try} 38... Qxg3
39. Qxd5 Kg6 {and he fights for his last chance.}) 39. Qd3+ Kh6 40. b4 g5 41.
b5 h4 42. gxh4 gxh4 43. b6 Qb8 44. Qa6 Qd6 45. Qb5 d4 46. b7 dxc3+ 47. Ka2 Qe6+
48. Ka1 {Young Caruana was becoming a top ten player. The final standings
became: Aronian 9/13, Carlsen, Radjabov and Caruana 8, Ivanchuk and Nakamura
71/2, Kamsky 7, Karjakin 61/2, Van Wely 51/2, Gelfand, Topalov and Gashimov 5,
Navara and Giri 41/2.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 74 B"]
[Date "2012.01.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

{Two Dutchmen met in the first round of the B-group.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3
b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2 f5 9. Ne5 Nxc3 10. Bxc3
Bxg2 11. Kxg2 Bf6 12. Qd3 d5 13. Rfd1 $5 Qd6 14. Qf3 c6 15. Rac1 Nd7 $2 {This
move is refuted.} 16. Bb4 $1 Nxe5 $5 (16... Qxb4 17. Nxd7 Rf7 18. Nxf6+ Rxf6
19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Rc2 $1 {also favours White (L'Ami).}) 17. Bxd6 Nxf3 18. Bxf8
Nxd4 19. e3 Ne2 20. Rc2 Kxf8 21. Rxe2 {White has gained an exchange for a pawn.
} Ke7 22. Rc2 Kd6 23. b4 a5 $6 {White will conquer the b-file.} 24. cxd5 exd5
25. Rdc1 $1 Rc8 26. bxa5 bxa5 27. Rb1 $1 d4 $6 {He opens the position.} 28. Kf3
dxe3 29. Kxe3 Re8+ 30. Kf4 Bd4 31. Kxf5 Bxf2 32. Rd1+ Kc7 33. Rdd2 $1 Bb6 34.
Re2 Rf8+ 35. Kg4 Bd4 36. Re6 c5 37. Ra6 Kb7 38. Rxa5 Kc6 39. a4 Kd5 40. Ra7 Ke4
$5 {Desperation.} 41. a5 $1 Rc8 42. a6 c4 43. Rd7 c3 44. a7 Ra8 45. Ra2 Ke3 46.
Ra3 $1 {Zugzwang!} h6 ({The pointe is} 46... Kd3 47. Ra4 $1) 47. Ra2 Bf6 48.
Kf5 Bd4 49. Ke6 Bf6 50. Kf5 Bd4 51. g4 Bf6 52. h3 Bd4 53. h4 Bf6 54. g5 hxg5
55. hxg5 Bd4 56. Kg6 {The final zugzwang occurs.} Be5 57. Re7 {L'Ami had a
fine start and competed at the top. Eventually, Harikrishna won the B-group.}
1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "40.Schachtage"]
[Date "2012.07.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2012.07.13"]

{Bartel qualified for the tournament by winning the Aeroflot tournament in
Moscow.} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. d4 e6 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qa4+
Nd7 8. Nxd5 Bxd5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. e4 Be7 11. Bf4 Rc8 12. Rd1 O-O 13. Bd3 c5 14.
d5 c4 15. Be2 exd5 16. exd5 Nc5 $5 ({Known is} 16... Bf6) 17. d6 Bf6 18. Qxc4
$4 ({Correct is} 18. O-O b5 19. Ne5) 18... Ne6 19. Qb4 Rc2 $1 20. Be3 Rxb2 21.
Qc4 Qd7 22. Bd3 Rc8 23. Qg4 Rc6 24. Bf4 Bc3+ 25. Kf1 Rc5 26. Ng5 h5 $1 27. Qxh5
Nxg5 28. Bxg5 g6 29. Bxg6 fxg6 30. Qxg6+ Bg7 31. Be3 Rd5 32. Ke1 Qxd6 33. Qxd6
Bc3+ 34. Kf1 Rxd6 {Karjakin scored well.} 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "40.Schachtage"]
[Date "2012.07.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2012.07.13"]

{The fortieth Dortmunder Schachtage were played in the main theatre from 13
until 22 vii 2012. Ten grandmasters participated. Ponomariov had prepared
himself well.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7.
Bf1 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 g6 10. d3 Bg7 11. Be3 O-O 12. Nd2 Nd7 13. Qd1 b5 14.
Nf3 Nb6 15. d4 Na4 $5 (15... cxd4 16. cxd4 Rc8 {occurred in Zubarev - Kovshan,
Alushta 2001.}) 16. Re2 $5 Qa5 17. Rc1 Rad8 18. Rec2 Qc7 19. b3 Nb6 20. a4 $1
bxa4 21. bxa4 c4 (21... Nxa4 $6 22. Ra2 Nb6 23. Rxa6 {favours White.}) 22. a5
$5 Nxa5 23. Ra1 Nb3 24. Rxa6 d5 $5 25. exd5 Nxd5 26. Qe2 Na5 27. Bd2 Ra8 28.
Rxa8 Rxa8 29. Ra2 Rc8 30. Ng5 Nb3 31. Qxc4 Nxd2 $2 ({Correct is} 31... Qb7 $1
32. Qa6 Qxa6 33. Bxa6 Ra8 {and Black has achieved equality.}) 32. Qxd5 $1 Nxf1
33. Nxf7 $1 {White threatens smothered mate.} e6 $5 ({The pointe is} 33... Nh2
34. Nh6+ Kh8 35. Qg8+ Rxg8 36. Nf7#) 34. Qxe6 Rf8 35. Ne5+ Kh8 36. Kxf1 {The
future winner had a poor start.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "40.Schachtage"]
[Date "2012.07.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2012.07.13"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. Nd2
Nbc6 9. N2f3 Be4 10. O-O Ng6 11. Nd2 $5 (11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Ng5 {drew in
Caruana - Laznicka, New Delhi 2011.}) 11... Ngxe5 12. Nxe4 dxe4 {Black's extra
pawn has little importance.} 13. c3 Bd6 14. Qa4 Qa5 15. Qb3 Bc7 ({An
interesting alternative is} 15... O-O-O $5 16. Qc2 Qd5) 16. Qxb7 Rb8 17. Qa6
Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Qxa6 19. Bxa6 Rxb2 20. Rfb1 Rxb1+ 21. Rxb1 Kd7 $6 (21... O-O $1
22. Rb7 Bd6 23. Bxa7 Nc6 24. Be3 Ne5 {equalises.}) 22. a4 Nc6 $5 23. Bxg7 Rb8
24. Bb5 Bd6 25. Rd1 Kc7 26. Bh6 Be5 27. Be3 f5 28. g3 Bd6 $6 ({Preferable is} 
28... Rd8 29. Rc1 a5) 29. c4 $1 Ra8 30. a5 e5 $6 {He weakens the pawn centre.}
31. c5 Bf8 32. Rd5 Re8 33. a6 Re6 34. Kg2 Bg7 35. Bd2 Rg6 36. h4 h5 37. Kf1 Re6
$5 38. Be2 $5 Nd4 39. Rd6 Rxd6 40. cxd6+ Kxd6 41. Bxh5 {White has advantages
in the ending.} Kc6 $6 (41... Ke6 42. g4 f4 43. g5 Bf8 44. Bg4+ Kf7 {defends
the kingside.}) 42. Be2 Nxe2 43. Kxe2 Kb5 44. h5 $1 Kxa6 45. h6 Bf8 46. h7 Bg7
47. g4 $1 fxg4 48. Ke3 Kb5 49. Kxe4 Kc6 50. Kf5 e4 51. Kxe4 Kd7 52. Kf5 {
Caruana wins the bishop ending easily.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "40.Schachtage"]
[Date "2012.07.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Gustafsson, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2012.07.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1
Re8 9. Nbd2 Bf8 10. d4 b5 11. Bc2 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. d5 Ne7 14. Nf1 h6 15. a4
$1 {White advanced on both flanks.} ({Known is} 15. g4 Bg6 16. Ng3) 15... c6
16. dxc6 Nxc6 17. Ng3 Bxf3 $5 18. Qxf3 b4 19. Nf5 bxc3 20. bxc3 Na5 21. Rd1 Re6
22. Ba3 g6 $2 ({More active is} 22... Rc8 23. Qd3 Nh5) 23. Ne3 $1 {The
restriction increases.} Kg7 24. Bb4 Ra7 25. Rab1 Re8 26. Rd2 Nc6 $5 27. Bc5 $1
Rd7 28. Bb6 Qa8 29. a5 Rc8 {Black can do little.} 30. Rbd1 Nb8 31. Nd5 Nxd5 32.
Rxd5 Qc6 33. R5d3 Rb7 34. Bb3 Qe8 35. Bd5 Re7 36. Qe2 Nd7 37. Rf3 Nc5 38. Ra1
Na4 39. Qc2 Nc5 40. Qe2 Na4 41. Qxa6 Nxc3 42. Qd3 Nxd5 43. Qxd5 Qc6 44. Rb3
Qxd5 45. exd5 {Leko has a winning positional advantage in the endgame. Kramnik
and Ponomariov shared the lead by 21/2/3.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "40.Schachtage"]
[Date "2012.07.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "220"]
[EventDate "2012.07.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. h3 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O Nd4 8. Nxd4
exd4 9. Ne2 c5 10. c3 a6 11. Ba4 dxc3 12. bxc3 c4 $5 ({Known is} 12... Qc7) 13.
Bc2 cxd3 14. Qxd3 Qa5 15. Nd4 $1 Bd7 16. f4 $5 Rfc8 $5 17. Bd2 d5 18. e5 $6 Ne4
19. Rae1 $2 ({Correct is} 19. Rfd1) 19... Bc5 $1 20. Rxe4 $2 Bf5 $2 (20... Bb5
$1 21. Qe3 Bxf1 22. Kxf1 dxe4 {wins two exchanges and the game.}) 21. Bb3 Bxe4
{Black has gained one exchange.} 22. Qe3 b5 23. f5 $1 Re8 24. f6 g6 $2 (24...
gxf6 $1 25. Rxf6 Qc7 {looks dangerous but keeps more advantage.}) 25. Qh6 Bf8
26. Qf4 Qc7 27. e6 $1 Qxf4 28. Rxf4 Rxe6 29. Nxe6 fxe6 30. Rxe4 dxe4 31. Bxe6+
{The two bishops have become strong.} Kh8 32. Be3 h5 33. Bd4 Rd8 34. Kf2 b4 35.
Ke2 Kh7 36. Bb3 bxc3 37. Bxc3 Rd3 38. Bd2 Rg3 39. Kf2 h4 40. Bc4 Bh6 41. Bb4 $2
(41. Be1 $1 Rg5 42. Bxa6 Rf5+ 43. Ke2 Rxf6 44. Bb7 Rb6 45. Bxe4 Rb2+ 46. Kf3 {
almost achieves a draw.}) 41... Rg5 $5 42. f7 e3+ 43. Ke1 $1 Rf5 44. Be6 Rf2
45. a3 Bg7 46. Bc4 a5 47. Be7 $6 Bc3+ $1 48. Kd1 Rd2+ 49. Ke1 Rxg2+ 50. Kd1
Rd2+ 51. Ke1 Rf2+ 52. Kd1 e2+ 53. Bxe2 Rxf7 54. Bxh4 Rd7+ 55. Kc1 Rc7 56. Kd1
Bb2 57. a4 Ba3 58. Bb5 Bb4 59. Ke2 Rc3 60. Bd7 Kh6 61. Bf6 Rc2+ 62. Kf3 Be1 63.
Bd4 Kh5 64. Bg4+ Kg5 65. Bd7 Rc4 66. Be5 Rb4 67. Bd6 Rb3+ 68. Ke4 Bb4 69. Bc7
Kh4 70. Bd8+ g5 71. Bb6 Be1 72. Be3 Rb7 73. Bb5 Rf7 74. Bc4 Rf8 75. Bb5 Bb4 76.
Bd7 Rf7 77. Bg4 Be1 78. Kd3 Re7 79. Bc5 Rb7 80. Ke2 Bg3 81. Be3 Rb2+ 82. Kf3
Rb3 83. Ke2 Rb4 84. Bd7 Bf4 85. Bf2+ Kh5 86. Be8+ Kh6 87. Kf3 Kg7 88. Bd7 Bc7
89. Be1 Rf4+ 90. Ke3 Rf7 91. Bc3+ Kf8 92. Bg4 Ke7 93. Kd3 Rf4 94. Bd4 Kd6 95.
Bd1 Rf1 96. Be2 Rh1 97. Bg4 Bd8 98. Kc2 Rf1 99. Kd3 Kd5 100. Bc3 Kc5 101. Be2
Rb1 102. Bg4 $2 (102. Kc2 Rg1 103. Bg4 {keeps on struggling.}) 102... Rb3 $1
103. Kd2 Ra3 104. Bd7 Kd6 105. Bb5 Ra2+ 106. Ke3 Rh2 $1 107. Bf1 Kd5 $1 {One
white pawn will fall.} 108. Bd2 (108. Kd3 Ra2 109. Be2 Ra3 {or}) (108. Be1 Ra2
109. Bb5 Ra3+ {costs a pawn.}) 108... g4 $1 {Black threatens ..Bg5+.} 109. h4
Bb6+ 110. Kd3 g3 {Naiditsch has won at last.} 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "40.Schachtage"]
[Date "2012.07.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Gustafsson, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2012.07.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1
b5 9. Bc2 d5 10. Nbd2 dxe4 11. dxe4 Be6 12. Qe2 Bc5 $5 ({Known is} 12... Qb8)
13. b4 Ba7 14. a4 Nh5 15. Nf1 Bc4 16. Qd1 Qf6 $6 {The exchange of queens
steers towards a draw.} 17. Bg5 Qg6 18. Ne3 Bxe3 19. Bxe3 Rad8 20. Qc1 Rfe8 21.
axb5 axb5 22. Ra6 $1 {White takes the initiative.} Rd6 23. h3 Nd4 $6 ({
Preferable is} 23... Qe6 $1 24. Bc5 Rdd8 25. Nxe5 Qxe5 26. Rxc6 Nf4 $1 {and
Black counters.}) 24. Nxe5 $1 Nf3+ 25. Nxf3 Rxa6 26. e5 $6 (26. g4 $1 Ra2 27.
Bb1 Re2 28. Rxe2 Bxe2 29. e5 {wins a piece.}) 26... Qc6 27. Nd4 Qa8 $2 ({
Better is} 27... Qd7 28. g4 Rxe5 29. gxh5 Qxh3 30. Bf4 Rxe1+ 31. Qxe1 Ra8 {and
both sides have chances.}) 28. g4 $1 Rxe5 29. gxh5 Rxh5 {Caruana has gained a
material plus.} 30. Bf4 g6 31. Qe3 Ra1 $2 (31... Qc8 32. Be4 Rxh3 33. Bf3 c6 {
offers more resistance.}) 32. Bd1 $1 {The black pieces are inactive.} c5 $5 33.
bxc5 Rxc5 34. Bh6 $1 Rc8 35. Nf5 $1 {Caruana achieved a score of plus one.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "40.Schachtage"]
[Date "2012.07.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2012.07.13"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. O-O
Qxb2 9. Qe1 cxd4 10. Bxd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Bb4 12. Ndb5 Ba5 13. Rb1 Qxc2 14. Rb3
Ne7 15. Nd6+ Kf8 16. Nxb7 Bb6 17. Nd6 Ba5 18. Bf3 $5 (18. Nb7 {led to a
repetition of moves in Smirnov - Maletin, Belgorod 2010.}) 18... Bd3 19. Qc1
Qxc1 20. Rxc1 Ng6 $6 ({Preferable is} 20... Bg6 21. Rb7 Bb6 22. Na4 Bd8) 21.
Nxd5 $1 Nxe5 (21... exd5 22. Rxd3 Nxe5 23. Rxd5 Nxf3+ 24. gxf3 {also favours
White.}) 22. Nf4 Nxf3+ 23. gxf3 Bg6 $2 (23... Bd2 $1 24. Rc7 $1 Bxf4 25. Rxf7+
Kg8 26. Rxf4 Bg6 {prevents an immediate loss.}) 24. Rb7 $1 {Karjakin has a
great advantage, despite the minus pawn.} Bb6 25. Rc8+ Rxc8 26. Nxc8 Bd4 27.
Rb8 $1 Be5 28. Ra8 $1 Bxf4 29. Nxa7+ Ke7 30. Rxh8 {White has gained an
exchange.} Kd7 31. Nb5 Be5 32. a4 Kc6 33. Nc3 $1 Bc2 34. a5 $1 Bg6 35. Ne4 Kb5
36. Ra8 h6 37. Kg2 f5 38. Nd2 Bd6 $5 39. a6 Bf4 40. Nc4 Bh5 41. a7 Ka6 42. Na5
Bc7 43. Rc8 Kxa7 44. Rxc7+ Kb6 45. Rxg7 Kxa5 46. Rh7 {Karjakin, Ponomariov and
Kramnik shared the lead by 31/2/5.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "40.Schachtage"]
[Date "2012.07.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2012.07.13"]

{Will Kramnik achieve his eleventh win in Dortmund? He failed to defeat Leko
in a game of 130 moves during the previous round.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5
Nf6 4. d3 {White avoids the Berlin Defence.} Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Nbd2
Ne7 8. d4 exd4 9. cxd4 Bb6 10. b3 $5 ({Known is} 10. Re1) 10... d5 11. e5 Ne4
12. Bd3 Bf5 13. Qe2 Nc6 14. Bb2 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Be4 16. Be2 f6 17. b4 fxe5 18.
dxe5 Kh8 $2 ({Preferable is} 18... a6 19. a4 Qe7) 19. b5 Ne7 20. Ng5 $5 Ng6 21.
g3 $1 Qe7 $5 22. e6 $5 Rf5 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Qd7 $1 {White has the initiative.}
Raf8 25. Qxe7 Nxe7 26. Ba3 {He has a better endgame.} Re8 27. Rad1 h5 28. Rd7
Nd5 29. Rf7 Nf6 30. Bc4 Bc5 31. Bb2 Re7 32. Bd4 Bd6 33. Re1 b6 34. Rf8+ Kh7 35.
Rxe4 Rxf2 36. Kxf2 $2 (36. Re1 $1 Rf3 37. Kg2 Ra3 38. Bb3 {wins for White.})
36... Nxe4+ 37. Kg2 Nc5 38. Ra8 $5 Nxe6 $4 (38... Kg6 39. Bxc5 Bxc5 40. Rxa7
Kf6 {will achieve a draw (Caruana).}) 39. Bd3+ $1 Kh6 40. h4 {White threatens
mate in one.} g6 41. Rh8+ Rh7 42. Rg8 Rg7 43. Bxg7+ Kh7 44. Re8 Nxg7 45. Re3
Kh6 46. a4 Kh7 47. Kh3 Kh6 48. Bc2 Kh7 49. g4 hxg4+ 50. Kxg4 Kh6 51. Re2 Bb4
52. Re5 Nh5 53. Re6 {The 19-year-old Caruana won from the former world
champion. Ponomariov, Karjakin, Caruana, Leko and Naiditsch led by 5/8,
half-a-point before Kramnik.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "40.Schachtage"]
[Date "2012.07.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2012.07.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Qd2 Qxd2+ 12. Bxd2 e6 13. O-O b6 14. Rbc1
Bb7 15. Rc7 {Bartel makes a risky move.} Bxe4 16. Ng5 Bd5 17. Bb4 Rd8 18. Bb5
$5 ({Known is} 18. Rfc1 $6) 18... a6 $1 19. Nxf7 $5 {The tactics will become
unfavourable.} axb5 $1 20. Nxd8 Na6 $1 21. Rxg7+ Kxg7 {Black has a positional
advantage.} 22. Be7 b4 $5 (22... Ra7 $1 23. Bh4 h6 {hunts for a piece.}) 23.
Rc1 $5 Bxa2 24. Rc6 b5 25. h4 b3 $1 26. Ba3 Nb4 $1 27. Nxe6+ Kg8 {Caruana took
the lead.} 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "40.Schachtage"]
[Date "2012.07.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Gustafsson, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2012.07.13"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Ne4 Nxe4
15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qe2 Qd5 17. Be3 Ng4 18. Bc1 Nf6 $5 ({Known is} 18... Qb5) 19.
Ne5 Qe4 ({The pointe is} 19... Qxg2 $2 20. Bxh6 $1) 20. Qf1 c5 21. f3 Qh7 $6 ({
Preferable is} 21... Qd5 22. c4 Qd6) 22. dxc5 Bxc5 23. Nd7 $1 Nxd7 24. Rxd7
Rac8 25. g4 $5 {Pawn b7 could be captured too.} Bb6 26. Rh2 f5 $2 ({More solid
is} 26... Bc7 27. Rhd2 a6) 27. Qe2 fxg4 28. Qxe6+ Kh8 29. Qxg4 {White has
gained a pawn and the attack continues.} Rce8 30. Rg2 Rg8 31. Bd2 Re5 32. a4
Ba5 33. Qd4 Rxh5 34. Bxa5 Rxa5 35. Rgxg7 $1 {Karjakin joined the lead. The
final standings became: Caruana and Karjakin 6/9, Ponomariov, Kramnik,
Naiditsch and Leko 51/2, Meier 4, Fridman 31/2, Bartel 2, Gustafsson 11/2.
Caruana triumphed on tie-break because he had won more games.} (35. Rgxg7 Rxg7
36. Rd8+ Qg8 37. Rxg8+ Kxg8 38. Qd8+ Kh7 39. Qxa5 {wins material.}) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "40.Schachtage"]
[Date "2012.07.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2012.07.13"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nc6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bc4 cxd4 8.
exd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Bb3 Nde7 12. Bf4 $5 {Kramnik sacrifices a
pawn.} (12. Re4 {protects the centre pawn.}) 12... Bxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bc4
Nec6 15. Rc1 Qf6 16. Bc7 e5 $2 (16... Qe7 17. Bf4 Qf6 {aims at a repetition.})
17. Nd5 $1 {The attack starts.} Qg5 18. f4 $1 exf4 19. Bxf4 Qh4 20. Bg3 Qd8 $6
({Preferable is} 20... Qg5 $5 21. Re4 b5 $1) 21. Nc7 $1 Rb8 22. Nb5 $1 Ra8 (
22... Nxb5 23. Qxd8 Rxd8 24. Bxb8 {costs an exchange.}) 23. Bd6 Re8 $2 (23...
Nxb5 24. Bxf8 Nbd4 {offers more resistance.}) 24. Bxf7+ $1 {Kramnik wins
elegantly.} Kxf7 25. Qh5+ g6 ({The pointe is} 25... Kg8 26. Rxe8+ Qxe8 27.
Qxe8#) 26. Qxh7+ Kf6 27. Nxd4 Nxd4 ({Or} 27... Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Qxd6 29. Rf1+ Ke5
30. Nf3+ Kd5 31. Rd1+) 28. Qh4+ Kf7 29. Rc7+ Bd7 30. Qh7+ Kf6 31. Rf1+ Ke6 32.
Qxg6+ Kd5 33. Rc5# {Kramnik neared the leaders.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 75"]
[Date "2013.01.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Harikrishna, Penteala"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2013.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{The seventy-fifth Tata Steel tournament was played in Wijk aan Zee from 12
until 27 i 2013. Many world class grandmasters participated in the Jubilee
event.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.
g3 b6 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O Bd6 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 h6 $5 12. c4 Qe7 13. Ne5 Bxg2
14. Kxg2 Bxe5 15. Qxe5 Rfd8 16. Qe2 Rd7 17. Be3 Rad8 18. Qf3 Ne8 19. b3 Nd6 20.
d5 $1 {White takes the initiative.} Nf5 21. Re1 Qf6 22. dxe6 fxe6 23. Bf4 Nh4+
$1 24. gxh4 Rf8 25. Rad1 Rxd1 $5 (25... Rdf7 $1 {forces the draw.}) 26. Rxd1
Qxf4 27. Qxf4 Rxf4 {White has a better rook ending.} 28. Kg3 Rf5 29. Rd8+ Kh7 (
29... Rf8 $6 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 {leads to a difficult pawn ending.}) 30. Rd7 Rc5
31. Re7 $1 Kg6 $1 ({The alternative is} 31... e5 $6 32. Kf3 Kg6 33. Ke4 Kf6 34.
Rd7 h5 35. Rd5 $1 {and Black has problems.}) 32. Rxe6+ Kf7 33. Re4 a5 34. Kg4
Kf6 35. f4 c6 36. h5 b5 $1 37. a4 bxa4 38. bxa4 Rf5 39. Rd4 Rc5 40. h3 Ke6 41.
Re4+ Kf6 42. h4 Rf5 43. Re8 Rc5 44. Ra8 Ke6 45. Ra6 Kf6 $6 ({Better is} 45...
Kf7 $1 46. Kg3 Kf6 47. Kf3 Kf7 48. Ra7+ Kf8 {drawn (Sumets).}) 46. Ra7 $1 g6
47. hxg6 Kxg6 48. Ra8 Kf6 $2 {The decisive mistake.} (48... h5+ $1 49. Kf3 Kf5
{fights for the last chance.}) 49. Rf8+ Ke6 50. Re8+ Kf6 51. Re5 $1 Rxc4 52.
Rf5+ Ke6 53. Rxa5 Kf6 54. Ra8 c5 55. a5 Ra4 56. a6 c4 57. a7 Kg7 58. Kf3 c3 59.
Ke3 {The Dutch champion made a poor start.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 75"]
[Date "2013.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2013.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nbd2 {Anand opens quietly.} Re8 $5 10. Re1 Bf8 11. Nf1 h6 12. Ne3 Be6
13. Bxe6 Rxe6 14. Nd5 Re8 15. c4 Nb8 $5 ({More active is} 15... Nd4 $1 16. Be3
c6) 16. Bd2 Nxd5 17. cxd5 c6 18. Qb3 cxd5 19. Qxd5 Nd7 20. Rac1 Qb8 21. Rc3 $5
Nf6 22. Qb3 Qb7 23. Rec1 Rac8 24. h3 Rxc3 25. Qxc3 d5 $1 26. Nxe5 dxe4 27. d4
Qd5 28. Be3 {White has the initiative.} Bd6 29. Ng4 Re6 $5 30. Nxf6+ Rxf6 31.
Kh1 $5 Be7 $6 (31... Bf4 32. Bxf4 Rxf4 {equalises.}) 32. Qc7 Re6 33. Qb8+ Kh7
34. Rc8 Bd6 $2 (34... Kg6 35. Qg3+ Kh7 36. Qb8 {brings a perpetual.}) 35. Rh8+
$1 Kg6 36. Qg8 $1 {White threatens Rxh6+!} Kf6 37. Rh7 Ke7 38. Qxg7 Qh5 39.
Bg5+ $1 Kd7 ({The pointe is} 39... Qxg5 40. Qxf7+ Kd8 41. Qd7# {(Postny).}) 40.
Qxf7+ Qxf7 41. Rxf7+ {Anand utilised the tactical chance.} (41. Rxf7+ Ke8 42.
Rf6 $1 {leads to a won endgame.}) 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 75"]
[Date "2013.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E75"]
[WhiteElo "2861"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2013.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Qd2
exd5 9. exd5 Qb6 10. Nf3 Bf5 11. Nh4 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. f3 Qxb2 14. Rc1 Bf5
15. Nxf5 gxf5 16. Qxb2 Bxb2 17. Rb1 $1 {Carlsen improves the theory.} Bc3+ 18.
Kd1 Re8 $5 ({The pointe is} 18... b6 19. Rb3 Bd4 20. Bd3 {and White has an
advantage.}) 19. Rxb7 Na6 20. a3 Rab8 21. Rxb8 Nxb8 ({Or} 21... Rxb8 22. Kc2
Be5 23. Bc1 {(Krasenkow).}) 22. Bd3 Nd7 23. Kc2 Bd4 24. Rb1 Nb6 25. Bf4 Be5 26.
Re1 Kg7 27. Bg3 Re7 28. f4 Bf6 29. Rxe7 Bxe7 30. Be1 h5 31. g3 Bf6 32. Kb3 Kg6
33. h3 $1 {White will play 34.g4. Carlsen scored his first win.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 75"]
[Date "2013.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2013.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. a3 Rc8 12. Ng5 c5 $5 {Anand is going to charge
over the whole board.} ({The alternative} 12... Bxh2+ 13. Kxh2 Ng4+ 14. Kg1
Qxg5 {drew in Wojtaszek - Negi, Bundesliga 2011.}) 13. Nxh7 Ng4 14. f4 (14. h3
Bh2+ $1 15. Kh1 Qh4 {leads to great complications.}) 14... cxd4 15. exd4 $6 ({
Anand has prepared} 15. Nxf8 Bxf8 16. h3 dxc3 17. hxg4 Nf6) 15... Bc5 $1 16.
Be2 $2 ({Correct is} 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Nxf8 Nxd3 18. h3 Qd4+ 19. Kh1 Ndf2+ 20.
Rxf2 Nxf2+ 21. Kh2 Kxf8 {and Black has little advantage (Anand).}) 16... Nde5
$3 {He finds a brilliancy.} 17. Bxg4 ({The pointe is} 17. fxe5 Qxd4+ 18. Kh1
Qg1+ 19. Rxg1 Nf2# {(Anand).}) 17... Bxd4+ 18. Kh1 Nxg4 19. Nxf8 f5 $1 {Qh7+
is prevented!} 20. Ng6 Qf6 21. h3 (21. Ne5 Nxh2 $1 {wins for Black.}) 21...
Qxg6 22. Qe2 Qh5 23. Qd3 $6 Be3 $1 {Black threatens 24...Qxh3#. This great
game by the world champion reminds of the classic encounter Rotlewi -
Rubinstein, Lodz 1907.} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 75"]
[Date "2013.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Penteala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2861"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2013.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 {Carlsen plays the quiet Ponziani.} Nf6 4. d4 d5 5.
Bb5 exd4 6. e5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Nd2 Nc5
12. b4 $5 ({Known is} 12. f4) 12... Nb7 $5 13. f4 a5 14. f5 $1 {Carlsen
sacrifices a pawn for the initiative.} axb4 15. cxb4 Bxb4 16. Qg4 Bc3 17. Rac1
Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Rxa2 19. e6 f6 20. Nb3 {He blockades the black pawns.} Be8 21.
Nc5 Nd6 22. Qf3 Qe7 23. Rf2 Ra5 $2 ({Wiser is} 23... Rxf2 24. Qxf2 Bh5) 24. Nb3
Rb5 25. Bc5 Bh5 26. Qc3 $1 {White controls the centre.} Qe8 $5 27. Qe3 $5 Qa8
$6 (27... Ne4 $1 28. Bxf8 Nxf2 29. Nd4 Ng4 30. Qg3 Qxf8 31. Nxb5 {(Marin)} Ne5
$1 32. Nxc7 Qe7 {offers more resistance.}) 28. Nd4 $1 Rxc5 ({Or} 28... Ra5 29.
Bxd6 cxd6 30. Nxc6 Ra1 31. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 32. Rf1) 29. Rxc5 Ne4 30. Nxc6 Nxf2 31.
Kxf2 Qa2+ 32. Kg3 Re8 33. h3 $1 Qa6 34. Qc3 Be2 35. Rxd5 Bb5 36. Nb4 Qb7 37.
Qc5 Ba4 $5 38. Rd7 $1 Qe4 39. Rxc7 {White has gained a pawn.} h5 40. Kh2 Kh7
41. Qf2 Rg8 42. Na6 Be8 43. Rc5 Qd3 44. Nb4 Qd6+ 45. Kh1 Qd1+ 46. Qg1 Qd6 47.
Nd5 Rf8 48. Qd4 Kh8 49. Rc8 Bc6 {Anand, Carlsen and Karjakin shared the first
place by 3/4.} ({Harakrishna notices} 49... Bc6 50. Nxf6 $1) 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 75"]
[Date "2013.01.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2013.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bd7 9. c3 O-O 10. Bc2 b4 11. Re1 Re8 12. Nbd2 Na5 $5 ({Known is} 12... Rb8 {
(Karjakin - Aronian, Bejing 2012).}) 13. d4 $1 Bf8 14. h3 h6 15. Bd3 bxc3 16.
bxc3 c5 17. d5 Qc7 $5 ({More active is} 17... Nh5 $1) 18. Nc4 Nxc4 19. Bxc4
Reb8 20. Nd2 Be8 21. Bd3 Nd7 22. a5 $1 {He prevents ..Nb6.} Nf6 23. Nc4 Bb5 24.
Nb6 $1 Ra7 25. Qe2 Bxd3 26. Qxd3 Nd7 27. Nc4 $1 {The blockader returns.} Rab7
28. Bd2 Rb5 29. Rf1 Be7 30. f4 {He takes the initiative on the kingside.} Bf6
31. g3 R8b7 32. Kg2 Nf8 33. Rf2 Ng6 34. Raf1 Qe7 35. Kh2 Rb8 36. Rg2 Qc7 37.
Rfg1 Rb3 {Black has little counter-play.} 38. f5 Nf8 39. h4 Qd7 $2 ({Better is
} 39... Nh7 $1 40. Kh3 Bd8 41. g4 f6 {and Black stops the advance (Postny).})
40. g4 $1 g5 $5 ({The pointe is} 40... Bxh4 41. g5 hxg5 42. Bxg5 Bxg5 43. Rxg5
g6 44. Qh3 Rb1 45. R1g2 Kg7 46. Rh5 $1 {and White wins.}) 41. fxg6 fxg6 42. g5
hxg5 43. Bxg5 Bg7 44. h5 R8b4 $5 45. hxg6 {Leko played a fine game.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 75"]
[Date "2013.01.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2013.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. cxd5 Bb7 8. Bg2
Nxd5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Rd1 Be7 11. Qa4 Nf6 12. e4 O-O 13. e5 Ne8 14. Nc3 Nc7 15.
Be3 Qe8 16. Nd2 $5 ({Theory is} 16. Rd2) 16... Rb8 17. Nc4 b5 $5 18. Nxb5 Nxb5
19. Qxb5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Bxg2 21. Qxd7 Ba8 22. Rd2 Rd8 23. Qxe8 Rfxe8 {The
chances are equal.} 24. Rad1 Rxd2 25. Rxd2 f6 26. Nc4 Rd8 $2 {There is no need
for a gift in the endgame.} 27. Rxd8+ Bxd8 28. Bxc5 {White has grabbed a pawn.}
a6 29. Kf1 Kf7 30. Ke2 Ke6 31. Kd3 g5 32. Kd4 h5 33. b3 Bc7 34. Bb6 Bd6 35. Bd8
Bb4 36. a3 Be1 37. Ke3 Bc3 38. Bc7 Bc6 39. Kd3 Ba1 40. f4 Bb5 41. a4 Bc6 42.
Na5 Bg2 43. Kc4 Kd7 44. Bb8 Bf1+ 45. Kc5 Bc3 46. Nc4 Be2 47. f5 Be1 48. Nb6+
Ke8 49. b4 Bf2+ 50. Kc6 Bxb6 $2 {Leko should not exchange the minor pieces.} ({
Better is} 50... Bd3 51. Nc8 Bg1 52. Nd6+ Kf8) 51. Kxb6 Kd7 52. Kb7 Bd3 53. Ba7
Bc2 $2 {He makes the fatal error.} ({Preferable is} 53... h4 54. gxh4 gxh4 55.
h3 $1 Kd6 $1 56. Bf2 $1 Ke5 57. Bxh4 Kxf5 58. Kb6 {(Krasenkow)} Ke5 59. Kc5 f5
60. b5 axb5 61. axb5 f4 62. b6 Be4 {and the position will be hard to win for
White.}) 54. Kxa6 Bxa4 55. b5 Bc2 56. Bd4 Bd3 ({Or} 56... Kc8 57. b6 Kb8 58.
Bxf6 Bd3+ 59. Ka5 Bxf5 60. Bxg5 {(Krasenkow).}) 57. Bxf6 Kc8 58. Bxg5 Bxf5 59.
Ka7 {White will create a second passed pawn and win easily.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 75"]
[Date "2013.01.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2861"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2013.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Bc5 8. a4
O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 d6 11. c3 Qe7 12. Na3 Na5 $5 ({Known is} 12... Bxa3 13.
Rxa3 b4) 13. Bc2 b4 14. Nb1 g5 15. Bg3 Nh5 {Black has a pleasant game.} 16.
Nbd2 Ba7 17. Re1 bxc3 18. bxc3 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Qf6 20. Qe2 Rfb8 21. Rab1 Bc8 22.
Nf1 Rxb1 $6 23. Rxb1 Rb8 24. Rxb8 Bxb8 {The exchanges have cost time. Carlsen
utilises the opportunity.} 25. Ne3 $1 Ba7 26. d4 $1 {White takes the
initiative.} g4 $5 27. Nd5 $1 Qd8 28. Nh4 c6 29. Ne3 h5 30. Nhf5 Qf6 31. Qd3
Bb6 32. Bb1 Kf8 33. Ba2 Bc7 {White's pieces are active.} 34. Qb1 Ke8 35. Qb4 d5
$2 {The centre should remain closed.} ({Better is} 35... Kf8 36. Bb1 Ke8 {
(Carlsen).}) 36. Bb1 $1 exd4 37. cxd4 dxe4 38. Bxe4 Be6 39. Qc5 Kd7 40. d5 cxd5
41. Nxd5 Bxd5 42. Qxd5+ Kc8 43. Ne3 Qa1+ 44. Kh2 Qxa4 45. Qa8+ Kd7 46. Nd5 $5
Bd8 $2 47. Bf5+ Ke8 48. Qc8 $1 {Carlsen had won his third game and took the
sole lead.} (48. Qc8 Nc6 49. Bd7+ {gains a piece.}) 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 75"]
[Date "2013.01.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2013.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Nf6 6. Bg5 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. e4
Nbd7 9. Nbd2 Qb6 10. a4 a6 11. axb5 cxb5 $5 12. Bd3 Rc8 13. Qb1 h6 14. Be3 Ng4
$1 15. O-O $5 Nxe3 16. fxe3 e5 $1 {Black has a positional edge.} 17. Nb3 Bb4
18. Qa2 $6 {White plays hide and seek.} O-O 19. Na5 Ba8 20. Kh1 Bxa5 21. Qxa5
Qxa5 22. Rxa5 f5 $1 23. Rxa6 $1 (23. Nd2 $2 fxe4 $1 {wins for Black (Krasenkow)
.}) 23... fxe4 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Bxe4 Rad8 26. Ra1 exd4 27. exd4 Nb6 28. Ra5 $2
({Better is} 28. Kg1 Nc4 29. Bc6 b4 30. Ra4 Nxb2 31. Rxb4 {and White fights
for survival.}) 28... Rxd4 $1 {Black threatens mate and attacks a piece.} 29.
Bc2 Rb4 30. Bd3 Ra8 31. Rxb5 Ra1+ 32. Ng1 Rxb5 33. Bxb5 Rb1 34. h3 Rxb2 {He
has an extra exchange in the ending.} 35. Bc6 Kf7 36. Nf3 Kf6 37. Kh2 Nc4 38.
Kg3 Ne3 {Anand defeated Van Wely and joined the lead with Carlsen.} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 75"]
[Date "2013.01.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2013.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 e5 8.
Bd3 Bg4 9. Be4 Nd7 $1 {Black improves the theory.} (9... Nc6 10. O-O O-O-O {
occurred in Nakamura - Zarnicki, Minneapolis 2005.}) 10. Bxb7 $5 {Aronian
accepts the challenge.} Rb8 11. Bd5 c6 12. Be4 Nc5 13. Qe2 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Bxf3
15. Qxf3 Qxf3 16. gxf3 Bd6 {Black has a sufficient compensation for the pawn.}
17. Kd1 Kd7 18. Kc2 f5 19. d3 Rhf8 20. Rg1 g6 21. Bh6 Rf7 22. Rad1 Ke6 23. Bc1
Rb6 24. f4 Ra6 $6 ({Preferable is} 24... exf4 25. Rge1+ Kf6) 25. fxe5 Rxa2+ $4
(25... Kxe5 26. c5 Bc7 {is alright.}) 26. Kb1 $1 Rxf2 27. exd6 Rb7+ 28. Ka1
Kxd6 ({She has planned} 28... Rb6 {but} 29. c5 Ra6+ 30. Kb1 {does not lead to
perpetual check.}) 29. Rd2 Rf3 30. Re1 Rd7 31. Kb1 g5 32. Kc2 f4 33. Ba3+ Kc7
34. d4 g4 35. d5 cxd5 36. cxd5 h5 37. Be7 g3 38. Re5 Re3 39. d6+ Kc6 40. Rxh5 {
Hou Yifan blundered a piece in the endgame.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 75"]
[Date "2013.01.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2861"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "183"]
[EventDate "2013.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{Carlsen meets a main competitor.} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5.
c4 e6 6. d3 Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Qc2 Be7 9. Nc3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 d4 11. Ne4 O-O
12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 $5 13. Bd2 a5 14. a3 Nd5 $1 15. Rab1 Qd7 16. Rfc1 Rfe8 17. Qc4
Nc7 18. h4 a4 19. Bb4 Nb5 20. Kg2 h6 21. Bc5 g6 22. Qb4 Bf6 23. Qd2 Kg7 24. Rc4
Ra6 25. Qd1 b6 26. Bb4 c5 27. Bd2 Nc7 28. Rcc1 Nd5 29. Qh1 $5 Be7 30. Kg1 {
White has created a battery.} Rd8 31. Rc2 Qe6 32. Qg2 Ra7 33. Re1 Rad7 34. Kh2
Rc8 35. Qh3 Qxh3+ 36. Kxh3 h5 37. Rb1 Ra8 38. Kg2 Ra6 39. b3 axb3 40. Rxb3 Bf6
41. Rc4 Rd6 42. Kf1 Kf8 43. a4 {The chances are about equal.} Nc3 $6 ({
Preferable is to wait by} 43... Kg7) 44. Bf4 $1 Re6 45. e3 $1 Nxa4 $6 (45...
Kg7 46. exd4 cxd4 {does not lose material.}) 46. Bd5 $1 Re7 47. Bd6 b5 $5 48.
Bxe7+ Bxe7 49. Rxb5 Nb6 50. e4 $5 {He returns the exchange.} Nxc4 51. Rb8+ Kg7
52. Bxc4 {White has a plus.} Ra7 53. f4 Bd6 54. Re8 Rb7 55. Ra8 Be7 56. Kg2 Rb1
57. e5 Re1 58. Kf2 Rb1 59. Re8 Bf8 60. Rc8 Be7 61. Ra8 Rb2+ 62. Kf3 Rb1 63. Bd5
Re1 64. Kf2 Rd1 65. Re8 Bf8 66. Bc4 Rb1 67. g4 $5 {Carlsen tries a
breakthrough, as a last effort to win.} hxg4 68. h5 Rh1 $2 ({Right is} 68...
gxh5 $1 69. f5 h4 70. f6+ Kg6 $1 71. Rxf8 Kf5 72. Rh8 Rb2+ 73. Kg1 Rb1+ {and
Black delivers perpetual check (Marin).}) 69. hxg6 fxg6 70. Re6 $1 Kh6 71. Bd5
Rh2+ ({Or} 71... Ra1 72. Be4 Kh5 73. Re8 Bh6 74. Rh8 {and White wins 
(Petronijevic).}) 72. Kg3 Rh3+ 73. Kxg4 Rxd3 74. f5 Re3 75. Rxg6+ Kh7 76. Bg8+
$1 Kh8 77. Kf4 Rc3 78. f6 d3 79. Ke3 c4 80. Be6 Kh7 81. Bf5 Rc2 82. Rg2+ Kh6
83. Rxc2 dxc2 84. Bxc2 Kg5 85. Kd4 Ba3 86. Kxc4 Bb2 87. Kd5 Kf4 88. f7 Ba3 89.
e6 Kg5 90. Kc6 Kf6 91. Kd7 Kg7 92. e7 {Carlsen regained the sole lead by his
fourth win.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 75"]
[Date "2013.01.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2861"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2013.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 {Hou Yifan tries the Ponziani too.} Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5.
e5 Nd5 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb3 d5 8. cxd4 Bg4 9. Be3 f6 $5 10. O-O Qd7 11. h3 Bh5 12.
e6 $6 Qd6 $1 {Pawn e6 becomes a target.} ({The pointe is} 12... Qxe6 $5 13. Ng5
$1 fxg5 14. Qxh5+ g6 15. Qxg5 {and White has the initiative (Marin).}) 13. Nc3
O-O-O 14. a4 a5 15. Nb5 Qxe6 16. Bf4 Rd7 17. Re1 Qf7 18. Rc1 Bb4 19. Re3 g5 20.
Bh2 Nc4 21. Bxc4 dxc4 22. Qc2 Bxf3 $5 23. Rxf3 Nxd4 24. Nxd4 Rxd4 25. Be5 $1
Rd2 26. Qf5+ Qd7 27. Qxf6 Re8 28. Bg3 Rd4 29. Rf1 g4 30. hxg4 Rxg4 31. Rf4 h5
32. Rxg4 hxg4 33. Rc1 c3 34. bxc3 Bc5 {Black has returned the pawn for a
positional advantage.} 35. Qg5 b6 36. c4 Re4 37. Qg6 Re2 38. Kf1 Qd2 39. Qxg4+
$5 Kb8 40. Qxe2 Qxc1+ 41. Qe1 Qxc4+ 42. Qe2 Qxa4 43. Be5 Bd4 44. Bxd4 Qxd4 {He
has an additional pawn in the queen ending.} 45. g4 Qd5 46. Qe8+ Kb7 47. Qa4 b5
48. Qxa5 Qd1+ 49. Qe1 Qxg4 50. Qe5 Qc4+ 51. Kg2 Qc6+ 52. Kf1 b4 53. f4 b3 54.
f5 Ka6 55. Qa1+ Kb6 56. Qh8 Qc1+ 57. Kg2 Qc2+ 58. Kh1 b2 59. Qb8+ Ka5 60. Qa7+
Kb4 61. Qb7+ Ka3 62. Qf3+ Qb3 63. Qa8+ Qa4 64. Qf3+ Ka2 65. Qd5+ Ka1 66. Qe5 c5
{Carlsen increased the lead to one point.} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 75"]
[Date "2013.01.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2861"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2013.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Bc4 e6 7. N1e2 b5 {
Erwin makes an odd move.} 8. Bb3 Bd6 $5 ({Known is} 8... c5) 9. Nf4 Bxf4 $5 10.
Bxf4 Nf6 11. O-O O-O 12. c4 $5 bxc4 13. Bxc4 Qb6 14. Qd2 Rd8 15. Rfd1 Nbd7 16.
Rac1 Nd5 17. Bd6 N7f6 18. Bc5 $1 {A bishop blockades the weakling c6.} Qb8 19.
f3 h6 20. Ne2 Nd7 21. Ba3 e5 22. b3 Qb6 23. Nc3 N7f6 $6 ({Better is} 23... Nxc3
$1 24. Qxc3 Re8 $1 {(Gormally).}) 24. Bc5 $1 Qc7 25. dxe5 Qxe5 26. Bd4 Qe7 27.
Re1 Qd6 28. Qf2 Nxc3 29. Bxc3 Nd5 30. Be5 Qa3 31. h4 f6 32. Bd4 Kh7 33. Bxd5
Rxd5 ({The pointe is} 33... cxd5 $2 34. h5 $1 Bxh5 35. Qh4 $1 Bf7 36. Rc7 Kg8
37. Ree7 Rf8 38. Bxf6 {and White wins.}) 34. Rxc6 {White has gained a pawn.}
Qb4 35. Rc4 Qd6 36. Bc5 Qd8 37. Kh2 a6 38. Be7 Qb8+ 39. Qg3 Qxg3+ 40. Kxg3 Ra7
41. Rc6 a5 42. Bc5 Rad7 43. Be3 R7d6 44. Rc4 Re6 45. Kf2 Rde5 46. Rc3 Be8 47.
Bd2 a4 48. Rxe5 Rxe5 49. b4 $1 Bb5 $5 50. Be3 h5 51. Rc7 Kg6 52. Ra7 Rd5 53.
Kg3 Rd3 54. Bc5 Ra3 $5 {L'Ami could defend passively.} ({The alternative is} 
54... Rd7 $1 55. Ra5 Rb7 56. Kf4 Kf7 57. g4 hxg4 58. fxg4 Ke6 {and the black
defence will be hard to break (Gormally).}) 55. Bf8 $1 Rxa2 56. Kf4 $1 Kh7 57.
Rxg7+ Kh8 58. Kf5 $1 {The final attacks starts.} Rc2 59. Kxf6 a3 $2 {The fatal
mistake is made.} (59... Rc6+ $1 60. Kg5 Rc8 61. Rb7 Rxf8 62. Rxb5 Ra8 63. Rd5
a3 64. Rd1 a2 65. Ra1 Rg8+ 66. Kf6 Rxg2 67. b5 Rb2 68. Kg6 Rxb5 69. Rxa2 Rb6+
70. Kxh5 Kg7 {leads to a theoretical draw.}) 60. Ra7 $5 a2 61. g3 Rc6+ 62. Kg5
Kg8 63. Bc5 Ba6 64. Bd4 Rd6 65. Ba1 {Carlsen scored his sixth win.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 75"]
[Date "2013.01.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Harikrishna, Penteala"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2013.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 e5 8. Nf5
Nc6 9. Bg2 g6 10. Ne3 Be6 $5 11. Ncd5 $1 Bxd5 12. exd5 Ne7 13. Qe2 Bg7 14. Qb5+
Qd7 15. Qxd7+ Nxd7 16. Bd2 Rc8 17. Bb4 $5 Nc5 18. O-O-O O-O 19. h5 Bf6 $1 20.
Kb1 Kg7 21. Nf1 $5 Bg5 22. Ng3 b6 {Black has equalised.} 23. Bxc5 bxc5 24. Ne4
Rcd8 25. hxg6 fxg6 26. Rh3 Rf4 {She takes the initiative.} 27. Ra3 Rxg4 28. Bf3
Rf4 29. Rxa7 Rxf3 30. Nxg5 hxg5 31. Rxe7+ Kf6 32. Re6+ $1 Kf5 33. Rd2 {White
has saved pawn f2.} g4 34. c3 $2 ({Correct is} 34. a4 $1 c4 35. Re2 Rh3 36. Kc1
c3 37. bxc3 Rxc3 {(Ftacnik)} 38. Re7 {and Black has little advantage.}) 34...
Kg5 $6 (34... Rh8 35. Rxd6 Rh2 {wins for Black.}) 35. Re2 Rdf8 36. Rxd6 Rxf2 $5
37. Rxe5+ R8f5 38. Re3 R5f3 39. Re5+ Rf5 40. Re3 R2f3 $5 41. Ree6 Rf6 42. Re5+
R3f5 43. Rxf6 Rxe5 44. Rf1 Rxd5 45. Kc2 Rf5 $6 (45... g3 $1 46. b4 cxb4 47.
cxb4 Kg4 {wins for Black.}) 46. Rg1 c4 47. Kd2 Rf2+ $1 48. Ke3 Rxb2 49. Ra1 g3
$1 50. Kf3 g2 51. Kg3 Rxa2 $1 52. Rb1 Kf5 53. Kh2 Ke4 54. Rd1 Kf3 55. Rd6 Ra5
$1 {The former world champion among women played a fine rook ending.} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 75"]
[Date "2013.01.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2013.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bb4 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qc2 Qa5 10. Na2 Bd6 11. Qxc4 Nb6 $5 ({Known is the freeing move} 11...
e5) 12. Qc2 Qxa4 $2 {Greed will become fatal.} ({Correct is} 12... Qf5 13. Qb3
Qd5 14. Qd1 {(Giri)} Qh5) 13. b3 $1 Qa5 $5 14. Ne5 $2 (14. e4 $1 {conquers the
centre.}) 14... Nbd7 15. Nc4 Qc7 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. Rd1 e5 $5 18. Nc3 $1 exd4 {
Black grabs another pawn.} 19. Ba3 $1 c5 $2 ({Giri analyses} 19... Qe5 20. Bxf8
Nxf8 21. Ne4 $1 Nd5 $1 22. f4 {and White has the initiative.}) 20. e3 $1 d3 $5
21. Rxd3 Qb8 22. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 23. Rxd5 b6 24. Bb2 $1 {White has a decisive
attack.} a5 25. Ra4 $5 Re8 26. Rg5 g6 27. Bd5 Kf8 28. Rf4 {Giri scored a win
at last.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 75"]
[Date "2013.01.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2013.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. c5 Nbd7 7. Na4 b5 8. cxb6
Nxb6 9. Bd2 Nxa4 10. Qxa4 Bd7 11. Qc2 Qb6 $5 (11... Ne4 12. Bd3 Nxd2 13. Nxd2
Bd6 {drew in Nielsen - Krivoshey, Bundesliga 2003.}) 12. Rc1 $6 ({Preferable is
} 12. Bd3 $1 c5 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. Bc3) 12... Rb8 $1 13. Bd3 Qxb2 $1 14. O-O Bd6
15. Ne5 $5 Qxc2 16. Rxc2 c5 $1 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Bxa6 $6 ({Better is the pawn
sacrifice} 18. dxc5 $1 Nxc5 19. Be2 {(Aronian).}) 18... c4 $1 19. a4 $1 Bb4 20.
Bc1 Nf6 21. f3 O-O 22. e4 Ne8 23. Bb5 Rb6 {Black has a positional advantage.}
24. Bf4 Nd6 25. Rb1 Ba5 26. Kf1 $5 f6 27. Rcb2 Rfb8 28. h4 c3 $2 29. Re2 $2 (
29. Rb3 $1 dxe4 30. Bd7 $1 {(Aronian)} e5 $1 31. dxe5 fxe5 32. Be6+ $1 Kh8 33.
Bxe5 c2 34. Rc1 Rxb3 35. Bxb3 Rxb3 36. Bxd6 Rc3 37. Ke2 {leads to a draw.})
29... e5 $1 30. dxe5 $5 Nxb5 $1 31. axb5 d4 $1 32. Rd1 Rxb5 33. Rc2 d3 $2 (
33... fxe5 {wins easily.}) 34. Rxd3 Rb1+ 35. Bc1 $2 (35. Kf2 $1 R8b2 36. Rxb2
$1 cxb2 37. Rb3 {draws.}) 35... R8b2 36. Rcxc3 Bxc3 37. Rxc3 Rd2 38. Rc8+ Kf7
39. Rc7+ Ke6 40. exf6 gxf6 41. Kg1 Rd1+ 42. Kh2 Rbxc1 43. Rxh7 Rd7 44. Rh6 Rcc7
45. Rh8 Rh7 46. Re8+ Kf7 47. Ra8 Rxh4+ 48. Kg3 Rh1 {Aronian competed for the
second place.} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 75"]
[Date "2013.01.26"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2861"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2013.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. g3 h5 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3
b5 $5 (8... h4 9. Bg2 h3 10. Bf1 {was played in Nunn - Short, Wijk aan Zee
1990.}) 9. Nd5 Nge7 10. Bg2 Bg4 $5 11. f3 Be6 12. c3 h4 13. Nc2 Bxd5 $6 ({
Preferable is} 13... Na5 $5 14. f4 Nxd5 15. exd5 Bd7) 14. exd5 Na5 15. f4 $1
Nf5 $5 16. g4 $5 h3 17. Be4 Nh4 $5 ({The alternative is} 17... Qh4+ 18. Kf1 Ne7
19. Qe2 f6) 18. O-O g6 19. Kh1 Bg7 $5 ({Or} 19... f5 $1 20. Bd3 e4 21. Be2 Bg7
{(Tadic).}) 20. f5 $5 gxf5 21. gxf5 Ng2 $2 (21... Bf6 $1 {offers more
resistance.}) 22. f6 $1 Bf8 ({The pointe is} 22... Bxf6 23. Qf3 Rh4 24. Bg5 $1
{(Gormally).}) 23. Qf3 $1 {Nakamura has been outplayed.} Qc7 24. Nb4 Nb7 25.
Nc6 $1 Nc5 26. Bf5 Nd7 27. Bg5 Rg8 28. Qh5 Nb6 29. Be6 $1 Rxg5 30. Qxg5 fxe6
31. dxe6 $1 {Carlsen would draw the last game. His score of 10/13 equalised
Kasparov's record in Wijk aan Zee 1999.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 75"]
[Date "2013.01.26"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2013.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Nc3 e6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bd2 Nd5 12. Qb3 $5 ({Known is} 12. Qf3 Qb6
13. Bb3) 12... Qc7 13. Rc1 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Be7 15. Kf1 $5 Rd8 16. Rc2 a6 17. a4
Nf6 18. Kg2 c5 $5 19. Be2 Rd7 20. Bf3 O-O 21. Rb1 $1 Rb8 22. Rcb2 Nd5 23. a5 $5
cxd4 24. cxd4 Qd8 25. Qd3 Bd6 26. Qe2 Qe7 27. Be4 Rc8 28. Qf3 Bb8 $5 29. Bxd5
$5 exd5 30. Bb4 Qd8 31. Bc5 Qxa5 32. Rxb7 Qd8 33. Qe2 Rxb7 34. Rxb7 Rc6 35. Qb2
Bd6 $5 36. Qb4 $5 Bxc5 $2 ({Correct is} 36... Bc7 $1 37. Qb3 Qc8 38. Ra7 Qe6)
37. dxc5 Rc8 38. Ra7 $1 Qf6 $5 39. Qb7 $1 Qe6 40. Rxa6 Qe4+ 41. Kh2 $1 Qe5+ 42.
Kg1 Rxc5 43. Ra8+ Kh7 44. Qxf7 {White has gained a pawn and resists the next
counter.} Rc1+ 45. Kg2 Qe4+ 46. f3 $1 Rc2+ $2 (46... Qc2+ $5 47. Kg3 Qc7+ $1
48. Qxc7 Rxc7 49. h4 Re7 {tries to survive in a rook ending.}) 47. Kg3 Qe5+ 48.
f4 $1 Qxe3+ 49. Kh4 g5+ $5 50. Kxg5 {Caruana played a poor tournament.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 75"]
[Date "2013.01.27"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2013.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Qb6 14. Na4
Qc7 15. Bc4 Rd8 16. Nc5 Bf5 17. Bb3 h5 {Black makes a doubtful move.} 18. g4 $1
{Karjakin improves the theory.} ({Known is} 18. Rhe1) 18... e5 19. Qg1 $1 {The
attack on the kingside increases.} Nf4 $1 20. Re1 $1 {The rook prevents the
check on e2.} hxg4 21. fxg4 Bc8 {The black pieces hinder each other.} 22. Qg3
$1 {The queen enters.} a5 $5 (22... Rb8 23. Rhf1 $1 Rd4 24. Qh4 {brings a
strong white attack.}) 23. Qh4 $1 a4 $6 (23... Kg7 24. Ne4 $1 Bxg4 25. Qf6+ Kg8
26. Rhf1 $1 a4 27. Bc4 {also wins for White (Kr Szabo).}) 24. Bxf7+ $1 Kg7 25.
Ne4 $1 {Karjakin climbed in the standings.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 75"]
[Date "2013.01.27"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2013.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O
8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. h3 c6 11. Qf3 Bd6 12. Re1 h6 13. Bf4 Bxf4 14. Qxf4
Be6 15. Ne2 $5 Qb8 $5 {Anand plays passively.} 16. b3 Qxf4 17. Nxf4 Rfe8 18.
Nxe6 fxe6 $6 ({Preferable is} 18... Rxe6) 19. Bg6 $1 Re7 20. c4 Nd7 21. Rac1
Nf8 22. Bd3 {White has the initiative.} Kf7 $5 23. cxd5 cxd5 24. b4 Nd7 25. Rc6
Nf6 26. a4 e5 27. f3 $1 {Black suffers from restriction in the endgame.} Rd8
28. Kf2 e4 29. fxe4 dxe4 30. Bc4+ Kg6 $5 31. Ke3 Kh7 $6 ({The aggressive} 31...
Kg5 $1 32. Rc5+ Kh4 {is alright.}) 32. Rc5 Red7 33. a5 Rd2 34. Re2 Rd1 35. a6
Nd7 $2 (35... Ra1 36. b5 Ra3+ 37. Kf2 Ra4 {defends properly.}) 36. Rc7 $1 Ne5
37. Be6 $5 ({Even better is} 37. Rc2 Nxc4+ 38. R2xc4 R1d7 39. b5) 37... Kg6 38.
Rxa7 R1d6 39. Ba2 Nc6 40. Rb7 Rd3+ 41. Kf2 Nd4 42. Bf7+ Kf5 43. Re1 Rd2+ 44.
Kg1 Kf4 45. Bc4 g6 46. a7 Kg3 47. Bf1 $1 Nf3+ 48. gxf3 exf3 49. Rf7 {The final
standings became: Carlsen 10/13, Aronian 81/2, Anand and Karjakin 8, Leko 71/2,
Nakamura 7, Harikrishna 61/2, Giri, Wang Hao and Van Wely 6, Hou Yifan 51/2,
Caruana 5, L'Ami 4, Sokolov 3. Carlsen's rating increased to a record level of
2872.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 75"]
[Date "2013.01.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Smeets, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2013.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{Great battles were fought in the B-group.   Richard Rapport was a great
Hungarian chess talent. He encountered the two-fold Dutch champion Smeets.} 1.
d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. a3 a6 10. b4 a5 11. Rb1 axb4 12. axb4 Nd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. O-O Bd6 15.
Qc2 h6 16. e4 $5 {White has no advantage in the Meraner.} (16. Nd2 O-O 17. e4
dxe4 18. Nxe4 {drew in Gelfand - Tukmakov, Wijk aan Zee 1993.}) 16... dxe4 17.
Bxe4 O-O 18. Qc3 Re8 19. Bc2 Qf6 20. Bb2 Re7 21. Rbe1 Rae8 22. Re3 $5 Rxe3 23.
fxe3 Qe7 24. Ne5 $5 Bxe5 $5 25. dxe5 Nxe5 26. Qd4 c5 $1 27. bxc5 Qg5 $1 28. Be4
$6 ({Preferable is} 28. e4 $5 Nc4 29. Bc1) 28... Nc6 29. Qd7 $2 (29. Qd3 $1 Nb4
$1 (29... Qxc5 30. Rxf7 $1 Kxf7 31. Bg6+ Ke7 32. Qe4+ Ne5 33. Qxb7+ {draws})
30. Qd7 Rxe4 31. Qxf7+ Kh7 32. Qxb7 Qxe3+ 33. Kh1 Re7 34. Qf3 Qxf3 35. gxf3 {
defends properly.}) 29... Qxe3+ 30. Kh1 Re7 31. Qg4 $1 Qg5 32. Qxg5 hxg5 {
Black has an extra pawn in the endgame.} 33. Bf3 Na5 34. Bc3 Bxf3 35. Bxa5 Bc6
36. Kg1 Re5 37. Bb4 f6 38. Rf2 (38. Re1 $5 Rxe1+ 39. Bxe1 Kf7 40. Kf1 Ke6 41.
g3 Kd5 42. Bf2 b4 43. Ke2 f5 {brings two distant passed pawns.}) 38... Re4 39.
Rb2 Kf7 40. Kf2 Ke6 41. Rd2 Rf4+ 42. Kg3 Rxb4 43. Rd6+ Ke5 44. Rxc6 Rc4 45. Rc7
Kd4 $1 46. Rxg7 ({Or} 46. c6 b4 {and Black wins the rook ending.}) 46... b4 $1
47. Kg4 b3 48. Rb7 Kc3+ 49. Kf5 b2 50. Rxb2 Kxb2 51. Kxf6 Rxc5 52. h3 Kc3 53.
g3 Kd4 54. Kg6 Ke4 55. h4 g4 $1 {Smeets played a solid game.} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 75"]
[Date "2013.01.27"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "2013.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{The decisive game was played in the last round.} 1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5
cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O Bf6 10. Be3
Nxe3 11. fxe3 O-O 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Rc1 Nb4 14. Bb1 b6 15. Nc3 $5 Ba6 16. Rf2 Rc8
17. Ne5 Bg5 18. Qf3 f6 19. Qh3 g6 20. Qxe6+ Kg7 21. Nf3 Bh6 22. Re1 Bc4 23. Qh3
Qd6 24. e4 Rce8 25. d5 Qc5 26. Na4 Qa5 27. b3 Bb5 28. Nc3 f5 29. Nxb5 Qxb5 30.
Nd4 Qc5 31. Ne6+ Rxe6 32. dxe6 fxe4 33. Qg3 Bd2 34. e7 Rxf2 $1 35. Qxf2 Qxf2+
36. Kxf2 Bxe1+ 37. Kxe1 Kf7 38. Kd2 Kxe7 39. a3 Nd3 40. Bxd3 exd3 41. Kxd3 {
The chances are equal in the pawn ending.} Ke6 42. Kc4 a6 43. a4 Kd6 44. b4 Ke5
$2 (44... g5 45. g4 Kc6 {draws easily.}) 45. h4 h5 46. a5 bxa5 47. bxa5 Kd6 48.
Kd4 Kc6 $1 49. Ke5 Kb5 50. Kf6 Kxa5 51. Kxg6 Kb6 52. Kxh5 a5 53. g4 a4 54. g5
a3 55. g6 a2 56. g7 a1=Q 57. g8=Q {Rapport has won his game at this moment.
Naiditsch has to triumph too.} Kc7 58. Qf7+ Kd8 59. Kg6 Qg1+ 60. Kh7 Qb1+ 61.
Kg8 Qg1+ 62. Qg7 Qh2 63. Qf8+ Kd7 64. Qf7+ Kd8 65. h5 Qg3+ $1 66. Qg6 Qf4 $1
67. Qf7 {The position is a theoretical draw.} Qg4+ $2 {But Black can make a
mistake easily.} ({Right is} 67... Qg3+ $1) 68. Kf8 Qb4+ 69. Kg7 Qg4+ 70. Qg6
Qd7+ 71. Kf8 Qd4 72. Qg5+ $1 Kc8 73. h6 $1 Qb4+ 74. Kg7 Qd4+ 75. Qf6 Qd7+ 76.
Kf8 Qd3 77. Qe6+ Kb8 78. Qe8+ Ka7 79. Qf7+ Ka6 (79... Ka8 $1 {prolongs the
game.}) 80. h7 Qd4 81. Qg6+ Ka5 82. Qh5+ $1 {Naiditsch and Rapport scored 9/13,
half-a-point ahead of Smeets and Movsesian. Naiditsch won on tie-break.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "41.Schachtage"]
[Date "2013.07.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2013.07.26"]

{The forty-first Dortmunder Schachtage occurred in the Stadttheater from 26
vii until 4 viii 2013. Ten grandmasters participated in the main group. The
event became a race between Adams and Kramnik. We will follow their games.} 1.
e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. h3 Rb8 11. Qf3 c6 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. b3 Rb4 14. Bxd6 Qxd6
15. Rfe1 Be6 $5 {Black develops solidly.} 16. Ne2 Re8 17. c3 Rb6 18. Ng3 Rbb8
19. Re2 Bd7 20. Rae1 Rxe2 21. Rxe2 g6 22. Nf1 a5 23. Qg3 Qxg3 24. Nxg3 a4 $1 {
Adams takes the initiative.} 25. bxa4 $5 ({More passive is} 25. Rb2 c5 26. Rb1
axb3 27. axb3) 25... Ra8 26. Bc2 c5 27. Nf1 Bxa4 28. Bxa4 Rxa4 29. Ne3 h5 30.
f3 Ra3 31. Nd1 h4 32. Kf2 Kf8 33. Rb2 Nh5 34. Rd2 Nf4 35. Ne3 Rxc3 36. Nxd5
Nxd5 37. Rxd5 Rc2+ 38. Ke3 Rxa2 39. Rxc5 Rxg2 {The extra pawn has little
importance in the rook ending.} 40. Rc4 g5 41. Rg4 $1 Rg3 42. Kf2 $1 Rxg4 43.
fxg4 {The pawn ending is drawn.} Ke7 44. Ke3 Kd6 45. Ke4 $1 f6 46. Kf5 Ke7 47.
Ke4 Ke6 48. Kd4 f5 49. gxf5+ Kxf5 50. Ke3 g4 51. hxg4+ Kxg4 52. Kf2 h3 53. Kg1
Kg3 54. Kh1 h2 {It is stalemate.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "41.Schachtage"]
[Date "2013.07.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2013.07.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. exd4
Nc6 9. O-O Be7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 Nb4 12. Bg5 Bd7 13. d5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nbxd5
15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Rxd5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 h6 18. Qd2 hxg5 19. Rxd7 Qf6 20. Rd1 $5 ({
Known is} 20. Rxb7) 20... Rfe8 21. Rxb7 Rad8 22. Rd7 Rxd7 23. Qxd7 Rb8 24. Qxa7
Rxb2 25. h3 Ra2 $4 ({Correct is} 25... Kh7 26. Qc5 Ra2 27. a5 Qf4) 26. Qb8+ (
26. Qb8+ Kh7 27. Qb1+ {conquers a rook.}) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "41.Schachtage"]
[Date "2013.07.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2013.07.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Nh4 13. Nxh4 Bxh4 14.
Ne2 Bd7 15. Rfe1 Rd8 16. Nd4 Bc8 17. c3 Rd5 18. e6 Bf6 19. exf7+ $1 {The
theory is improved.} (19. Bxc7 Bxe6 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Bf4 Ke7 {drew in Leko -
Jakovenko, Nanjing 2009.}) 19... Kxf7 20. Bxc7 g5 {Black has two bishops as
compensation for the pawn.} 21. Nf3 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Re8 23. Nd2 $5 b5 24. f3 Bf5
25. Kf2 Re7 26. Bd8 Rd7 27. Bxf6 Bc2 $1 28. Rg1 Rxd2+ 29. Ke3 Rd5 {White has
little advantage.} 30. Bh8 Kg8 31. c4 $5 (31. Bd4 c5 32. Bf6 Kf7 {draws.})
31... bxc4 32. Bc3 Kf7 33. Rc1 Bd3 34. h4 $1 gxh4 35. Rh1 Rg5 36. Kf2 Rd5 37.
Rxh4 Ke6 38. Rh2 a5 39. Kg3 a4 40. a3 Rg5+ 41. Kh4 Rd5 42. Rh1 Kf7 43. Re1 Bg6
44. Re3 Bd3 45. Be5 Kg6 (45... Bf1 $1 46. g4 hxg4 47. fxg4 Bd3 {draws more
easily (Kritz).}) 46. Re1 Bc2 47. Bc3 Kf7 48. Re2 Bd3 49. Re3 Bg6 50. g4 {
White has the initiative.} c5 51. Re1 hxg4 52. fxg4 Bc2 53. Rf1+ Ke7 54. Rf4
Bd3 55. Bg7 Ke6 56. Rf6+ Ke7 57. Rb6 Kf7 58. Bc3 Bc2 $4 ({Correct is} 58... Ke7
$1 59. g5 Rd6 $1 60. Rb5 Rc6) 59. g5 $1 Rd1 ({The pointe is} 59... Bg6 60. Rf6+
Kg7 61. Rd6+ {and White wins.}) 60. g6+ Ke7 61. g7 Rg1 62. Rb7+ Ke6 63. Rb8 Bh7
64. Rh8 {Adams defeated a strong opponent.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "41.Schachtage"]
[Date "2013.07.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2013.07.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Bc7 13. Nf5 d5 14. Ne7+
Kh8 15. Nxc8 Rxc8 16. d3 Nf6 17. c3 $5 (17. Qf3 Qd6 18. g3 {happened in
Vallejo Pons - Hansen, Novi Sad 2009.}) 17... Qd7 18. g3 Rce8 19. Bd2 Qf5 20.
Kg2 Ng4 21. f3 Ne5 22. Bf4 g5 23. Bxe5+ Rxe5 24. Rxe5 Qxe5 25. d4 Qe3 26. Qc2 (
26. Qe1 {equalises easily.}) 26... f5 27. Bd3 g4 28. Rf1 f4 $1 {Kramnik exerts
some pressure.} 29. Qe2 Re8 30. Rf2 fxg3 31. hxg3 Kg7 32. Qxe3 Rxe3 33. Bf5 h5
34. Bc8 b6 35. Bb7 Re6 36. Bc8 Re3 37. Bb7 Re6 38. Bc8 Re3 39. Bb7 {The game
ends by a repetition of moves.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "41.Schachtage"]
[Date "2013.07.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2013.07.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Bd7 10. Rd1 Kc8 11. g4 Ne7 12. Ng5 Be8 13. f4 h5 14. Kf2 $5
b6 15. f5 Kb7 16. Nc3 hxg4 17. hxg4 Rh2+ 18. Kg3 Rxc2 19. Nh7 {White hunts a
bishop.} c5 20. Nxf8 Bc6 21. f6 $2 (21. Nh7 $6 Rg2+ 22. Kf4 Rh8 {favours Black}
) (21. Bg5 $1 Rg2+ 22. Kf4 Rf2+ 23. Kg3 {brings perpetual check (Kasparov).})
21... Rg2+ 22. Kf4 $5 gxf6 23. exf6 Rf2+ $1 24. Ke3 ({Even worse is} 24. Ke5 $2
Re8 $1 25. fxe7 Rxe7+ 26. Ne6 f6#) 24... Rxf6 25. Nh7 Rf3+ 26. Kd2 Rd8+ 27. Kc2
({Or} 27. Ke1 Rh8 $1 28. Ng5 Rh1+ 29. Kd2 Rh2+ {(Adams)}) 27... Rxc3+ $1 28.
bxc3 Ba4+ 29. Kb2 Rxd1 {Black has gained two pawns.} 30. Bg5 Nc6 31. Rxd1 Bxd1
32. Bf4 Bxg4 33. Nf6 Bf3 34. Ne8 Na5 35. Nxc7 Bc6 $1 36. Kc2 Kc8 37. Kd3 Kd7
38. Kc2 Nc4 39. Na6 Bb7 40. Nb8+ Kc8 41. Kd3 b5 {Adams carried out a
counteraction.} 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "41.Schachtage"]
[Date "2013.07.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2013.07.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. e4 Bb4 11. Bf4 $5 O-O 12. e5 $5 ({The alternative is} 12.
Nf3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nxe4 14. Qc2 {(Marin).}) 12... Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Bc6 $1 14. Qxd8
Rfxd8 15. exf6 Rd4 16. Be5 ({Or} 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Be5 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Re4 19.
Rfe1) 16... Rxc4 17. fxg7 Be7 {White has an extra pawn temporarily.} 18. Rfd1
f6 $5 19. Bd6 Re8 20. Nb5 Bxb5 21. axb5 Bxd6 22. Rxd6 Re7 23. g3 Rb4 24. Rxa7
Rxb5 25. Ra4 f5 26. Rd2 Kxg7 27. Rc4 e5 28. b4 e4 29. Rd6 f4 30. gxf4 Rf5 31.
Rcd4 Rxf4 32. Rd7 Rff7 33. Rxe7 Rxe7 34. Kf1 e3 35. f3 e2+ 36. Ke1 Re3 37. Rd7+
Kg6 38. Rxb7 Rxf3 39. Rb6+ Kg5 40. Rb5+ Kg4 41. Rb7 Rh3 42. Rg7+ Kf5 43. b5
Rxh2 44. b6 Rh1+ 45. Kxe2 Rb1 46. Rb7 Ke5 47. Rxh7 Rxb6 {Little happened in
this game.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "41.Schachtage"]
[Date "2013.07.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2013.07.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 Nh5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nge2 Nb6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rab1 a5 $5 {Adams
prevents a minority attack by b4.} 14. Qb3 Qd8 $5 15. Na4 Nxa4 16. Qxa4 Bg4 17.
Nc3 Re8 18. Qc2 Qg5 19. Kh1 Nf6 20. a3 Qh5 21. b4 {Leko has carried out his
plan.} axb4 22. axb4 Bf3 $5 23. gxf3 (23. Bf5 $6 Ra3 $1 {favours Black.}) 23...
Qxf3+ 24. Kg1 Qg4+ 25. Kh1 Qf3+ 26. Kg1 Qg4+ 27. Kh1 Qf3+ {It ends as a draw
by perpetual check.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "41.Schachtage"]
[Date "2013.07.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2013.07.26"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Ra7 11. Rc1 Be4 12. Qd1 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 {This line is a
poor choice against Kramnik.} Qxd4 14. a4 $5 (14. Be3 Qxd1+ 15. Rxd1 c5 {drew
in Nielsen - Short, Internet 2004.}) 14... c6 15. Qb3 Rd7 16. Bf4 $6 ({
Slightly better is} 16. axb5 cxb5 17. Be3) 16... Nd5 17. Bxb8 $6 ({Preferable
is} 17. axb5 Nxf4 18. bxc6 Nxc6 19. gxf4) 17... Rxb8 18. Rxc6 {White has
regained the pawn at a positional cost.} Nb4 $5 19. Rc1 Bc5 $6 (19... bxa4 $1
20. Rxa4 Rdd8 $1 {keeps an advantage.}) 20. Rf1 bxa4 21. Qxa4 Rc7 22. Nc3 $1 {
At last he has developed completely.} Qe5 23. Rfd1 h5 24. Kg2 h4 25. Ne4 Bf8
26. Rac1 $6 {The knight should return.} Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Qxb2 28. Rc7 Qe5 29. Qd7
Qf5 30. g4 $5 Qf4 31. g5 $2 ({Better is} 31. h3 Nd5 32. Ra7) 31... Nd5 $1 {
Kramnik plans a queen sacrifice.} 32. Nf6+ ({Or} 32. Ra7 Qxg5+ $1) 32... Qxf6
$1 33. Qxd5 ({The pointe is} 33. gxf6 Nf4+ 34. Kg1 Rb1+) 33... Qg6 34. Qe5 Rb5
35. Qf4 Rf5 $5 36. Qe4 $5 Qxg5+ 37. Kh3 Rf4 38. Qd3 g6 {Adams and Kramnik
joined the lead by 3/4.} 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "41.Schachtage"]
[Date "2013.07.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2013.07.26"]

{An interesting game played by others than the top two occurred in round four.
} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Bc5 5. c3 Nf6 6. d4 Ba7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 exd4 10. Qc1 d6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. cxd4 g5 13. Nxg5 Nxe4 14. Nf3
Qd7 15. Nc3 f5 16. Qxh6 {They play a sharp opening.} Qg7 $5 (16... Rb8 {
happened in a correspondence game.}) 17. Qxg7+ Kxg7 18. Rac1 Bb7 19. Ne2 Bb6 $6
({Preferable is} 19... f4 $1 {(prevents Nf4)} 20. Rfe1 Rae8) 20. Nf4 Rfe8 21.
Rfd1 a5 22. d5 c5 $2 (22... cxd5 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Kg6 {makes useful
exchanges (Postny).}) 23. Ng5 Ba6 $6 (23... Nxg5 24. Bxg5 Kf7 {swaps a knight.}
) 24. Nfe6+ Kg6 25. Nxe4 fxe4 26. Rc3 $1 Rg8 27. Rg3+ Kh5 28. Bg5 $1 {He
threatens mate in one.} Kg6 29. Bd8+ Kf7 30. Rxg8 Kxg8 31. Bxc7 Bxc7 32. Nxc7
Ra7 33. Ne8 $1 Bd3 34. Nxd6 {White has gained three pawns.} Rd7 35. Nf5 $1 Rb7
36. Rd2 a4 37. a3 c4 38. h4 Kf8 39. Kh2 Rb3 40. Nd4 $5 c3 41. Nxb3 $1 axb3 42.
bxc3 Bc2 43. Rd4 b2 44. Rb4 b1=Q 45. Rxb1 Bxb1 46. Kg3 {He wins easily.} Ke7
47. Kf4 Kd6 48. c4 Bd3 49. h5 {Naiditsch performed elegantly.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "41.Schachtage"]
[Date "2013.07.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2013.07.26"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8.
O-O Qa5 9. Nb3 Qh5 10. Nd5 d6 11. Nf4 Qe5 12. Re1 a5 13. a4 $5 Be6 14. Nd2 Bf5
15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Nb4 17. e4 Bd7 18. Nc4 Qd4 19. Qxd4 Bxd4 {Black has an
edge.} 20. Be3 Rfc8 $6 (20... Bxe3 $1 21. Nxe3 Nd3 22. Reb1 Nc5 23. b3 b5 {
keeps a plus (Pavlovic).}) 21. Bf1 Rxc4 $5 22. Bxc4 Bxb2 $5 23. Rab1 Bf6 24.
Rec1 Bxa4 25. Bb6 Bd7 $2 ({Correct is} 25... Bc2 $1 26. Rxb4 axb4 27. Rxc2 Ra1+
28. Kg2 b3 $1 29. Bxb3 Rb1 30. Rc7 Rxb3 31. Rxb7 {and equality has been
reached.}) 26. Bxa5 Rxa5 27. Rxb4 b5 28. Bd3 Kg7 29. Kg2 g5 30. Rc7 Bg4 $2 (
30... Be8 $1 31. Rb3 h5 {prolongs the game.}) 31. e5 $1 {Adams gains a piece.}
1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "41.Schachtage"]
[Date "2013.07.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2013.07.26"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O e6 7. b3 Nge7 8. Bb2
O-O 9. e3 e5 10. d3 h6 11. a3 $5 (11. Qd2 {happened in Smyslov - Sanguineti,
Mar del Plata 1962.}) 11... Be6 12. Nd2 d5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Rc1 Nde7 $5 {Leko
avoids exchanges.} 15. Nc4 Rb8 16. Qe2 $6 ({Preferable is} 16. Ne4 $1 b6 17. f4
f5 18. Nf2) 16... b6 17. f4 exf4 18. gxf4 f5 19. Rfd1 b5 $1 {He conquers
territory.} 20. Nd2 Qd7 21. Qf2 a6 22. Nde4 $6 {Kramnik shows opportunism.} Qa7
$6 ({Better is} 22... fxe4 $1 23. Nxe4 Bxb2 24. Qxb2 {(Tadic)} Bh3 25. Nxc5 Qg4
{and Black has an advantage.}) 23. Nxc5 $1 Qxc5 24. d4 Nxd4 25. exd4 Qd6 26. d5
Bf7 27. Na2 $1 Bxb2 28. Qxb2 Rfd8 29. Qd4 Rbc8 $5 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Nb4 Rd8 32.
Qa7 Rd7 33. Qxa6 Qxa6 $2 {The d-pawn becomes stronger by the exchange of
queens.} (33... Qc5+ $1 34. Kf1 Kg7 {almost equalises.}) 34. Nxa6 Nxd5 35. Nc5
Rd8 36. Rd4 $1 Kf8 37. Nd3 $1 Ke8 38. Ne5 Be6 39. Nxg6 Rd7 (39... Ne7 40. Rxd8+
Kxd8 41. Nxe7 Kxe7 42. b4 Kd6 43. Kf2 Bc8 44. Ke3 Be6 45. Kd4 Bd7 46. Bh3 Be6
47. Bf1 Bd7 48. Bd3 h5 49. h4 {leads to zugzwang in the bishop ending (Postny).
}) 40. Kf2 Rg7 41. Bxd5 Rxg6 42. Bxe6 Rxe6 43. Rd5 Ra6 44. Rxf5 Rxa3 45. Rxb5 {
White has two extra pawns in the rook ending.} Kd7 46. Kf3 Kc6 47. Rb8 {Adams
and Kramnik shared the lead by 4/5.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "41.Schachtage"]
[Date "2013.08.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2013.07.26"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. b3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. e3 b6
9. Nc3 dxc4 10. bxc4 Qd3 11. Ne1 Qd7 12. Qe2 Bb7 13. f4 Rfd8 $5 ({Known is} 
13... Na5) 14. Rd1 Nb4 15. d3 Bxg2 16. Nxg2 $5 a6 17. a3 Nc6 18. g4 $1 {
Kramnik takes the initiative.} Ne8 19. f5 $1 Nd6 20. f6 $5 (20. Nf4 $1 Bg5 21.
fxe6 fxe6 22. Nh5 {gains a plus.}) 20... Bxf6 21. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 22. Nf4 {White
has made a positional sacrifice.} Ne5 23. Nh5 Qe7 24. Rf1 Nd7 25. Qg2 $5 ({The
alternative is} 25. Qf3 Ne8 26. Ne4) 25... h6 26. h4 Kf8 $2 (26... b5 $1 27.
Ne2 Ne8 28. Neg3 Qd6 {counters.}) 27. Qg3 Ke8 28. Qf4 Qf8 $2 (28... Rdc8 $1 29.
Qxh6 b5 {battles for the advantage.}) 29. Nd5 $1 exd5 30. Bxf6 Ne5 31. Qxe5+
Kd7 32. Bg7 Re8 33. Nf6+ Kc7 34. Qa1 {Kramnik gains a queen.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "41.Schachtage"]
[Date "2013.08.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D60"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2013.07.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. a4 c5 11. O-O cxd4 12. exd4 Nb6 13. Bd3 Nbd5 14. Ne5 Nb4
15. Bb1 Bd7 16. Ra3 $5 Bc6 17. Ne2 Nd7 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Rg3 Rfd8 20. Qc1 Kf8
$1 {Black defends well.} 21. Bh7 $6 {Naiditsch wants to attack.} Nf6 22. Nf4 $5
Be8 $1 {Sacrifices against the black position do not work.} 23. Rf3 $2 ({Right
is} 23. Qc4 $1 Nxh7 24. Neg6+ $1 fxg6 25. Nxe6+ Kg8 26. Nxd8+ Kh8 27. Ne6 Bf7
28. Qc5 {and White tries to survive.}) 23... Nc6 $1 24. Rd1 $2 ({Preferable is
} 24. Nxc6 Bxc6 25. d5 $1) 24... Rxd4 25. Rxd4 Nxd4 26. Rd3 Nc6 $1 {Adams and
Kramnik joined the lead by 5/6.} (26... Nc6 27. Nxc6 Bxc6 {leads to the loss
of the exposed Bh7.}) 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "41.Schachtage"]
[Date "2013.08.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2013.07.26"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. Ne5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Bxh7 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Qa5+ 12. Kf1 Nxh7 13. e6 Qd5 14. exf7+
Qxf7 15. Ne4 $5 Nf6 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 $2 {Black ruins his pawn structure.} ({
Preferable is} 16... exf6 17. Rh3 Be7) 17. Rh3 $1 e6 $2 ({Better is} 17... e5
18. Qh5+ g6 19. Qg4 Qf5) 18. Be3 $1 Be7 19. Bd4 Qg6 20. Rg3 Qf5 21. Rxg7 Rf8 ({
The intended} 21... Bxh4 $2 {loses to} 22. Qg4 $1 {(Adams).}) 22. Qg4 Rd8 23.
Re1 $1 Rd6 24. c3 h5 25. Qg6+ Kd8 26. Qxf5 Rxf5 27. Rg8+ Kd7 28. g3 c5 29. Be3
Bf6 30. Rf8 a6 31. Rf7+ {Adams won again.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "41.Schachtage"]
[Date "2013.08.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2013.07.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nbd2 g6 {Black spoils
time.} 7. Qb3 $5 {White charges.} dxc4 $5 8. Qxc4 Qe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. e4 Bg7 11.
e5 $1 {White gains territory} O-O 12. Bd3 b6 13. O-O Rd8 $6 ({Preferable is} 
13... Ba6 14. Qb3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 c5) 14. Qb3 $1 Bb7 15. Be4 Rd7 $6 ({Better is} 
15... h5 16. Nc4 Na6 17. Rfd1 Bh6) 16. Rfd1 c5 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Qa4 $1 Rd8 $5
19. Nb3 $6 (19. Rxc5 $5 Bxe4 20. Nxe4 Nd7 21. Rc7 Nb6 22. Rxe7 Nxa4 23. Nd6 {
gains an advantage (Krasenkow).}) 19... Na6 20. Rd6 $1 Bxe4 $5 21. Qxe4 Rxd6 $5
22. exd6 Qf8 23. Qb7 $1 Nb4 24. d7 $1 Nd3 25. Rd1 c4 $2 (25... Rd8 $1 26. Qc7
$1 Nxb2 {(Andreikin)} 27. Rd6 Nc4 28. Rc6 Nb6 29. Nxc5 Qe7 {offers a strong
resistance.}) 26. Na5 Rd8 ({The pointe is} 26... Nxb2 27. Qxa8 $1) 27. Nc6 Qc5
28. Nxd8 Qxf2+ 29. Kh1 Bd4 30. h3 Qe3 31. Nxf7 Bb6 32. N7e5 Nf2+ 33. Kh2 Nxd1 {
Black will be mated. Adams led by one point on Kramnik.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "41.Schachtage"]
[Date "2013.08.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2013.07.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Rc1 Qa5 9. Qd2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qxd2+ 11. Bxd2 O-O 12. Nf3 e6 13. Bc4 Nc6 14. d5
exd5 15. Bxd5 h6 $5 ({Known is} 15... Be6 $1 16. Bxe6 fxe6) 16. O-O Re8 17. Rb1
Re7 18. Rfc1 Be6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Kf1 Rd8 21. Be3 Rd3 22. Ne1 Rd8 23. h4 Rf7
24. Nf3 Rd3 25. Bc5 Rfd7 26. Ke2 Rc3 27. Rxc3 Bxc3 {The chances are equal.} 28.
g4 $1 Bf6 29. Be3 Kg7 30. g5 $1 {White takes the initiative.} hxg5 31. hxg5 Be7
$6 (31... Bc3 32. Rb3 Ba1 {occupies the main diagonal (M.Golubev).}) 32. Bd2
Bd8 $5 33. Bc3+ Kg8 34. Bf6 Bb6 $1 35. Nh2 $5 Rh7 $5 36. Ng4 $1 Kf8 37. Kf3 Ke8
38. Kg2 Rh4 39. Kg3 Rh7 40. f4 {He conquers territory.} Rd7 41. Rh1 Rd3+ 42.
Kg2 Rd2+ 43. Kf3 Rd3+ 44. Kg2 Rd2+ 45. Kf3 Rd3+ 46. Ke2 $1 Rg3 47. Rh4 Kd7 48.
Bg7 Nd4+ $6 (48... Rg2+ $1 49. Kd3 Rg3+ 50. Kc4 Bc7 {keeps the equality.}) 49.
Kf1 $1 Kc6 $5 {Black applies a risky plan.} 50. Ne5+ Kb5 51. Rh2 $1 Re3 52.
Rb2+ Ka4 53. Bf8 $5 {Kramnik charges.} Ba5 $6 54. Nxg6 Rxe4 55. Bd6 $6 {He
could have captured pawn b7.} Nf5 56. Be5 Ne3+ 57. Ke2 Nf5+ 58. Kf2 Bb6+ 59.
Rxb6 $5 {White revives the attack.} axb6 60. Nf8 Ka3 $5 {He wants to counter.}
61. Nxe6 Kxa2 62. g6 Rc4 63. Nd4 $1 Nh6 64. g7 Rc5 65. Ne6 Rc8 66. Nf8 b5 $1
67. f5 Rc2+ 68. Kf3 Rc1 69. f6 Rf1+ 70. Ke4 Ng8 71. Kd5 b4 $1 72. Nh7 b3 73.
Ke6 Nxf6 $5 74. Bxf6 Rg1 75. Bg5 Rxg5 $4 {Caruana falls into the last trap.} ({
Right is} 75... b2 $1 76. g8=Q b1=Q {and Black survives (Timman).}) 76. Nxg5 {
Suddenly Kramnik prevails.} (76. Nxg5 b2 77. Ne4 $1 {wins for White.}) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "41.Schachtage"]
[Date "2013.08.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2013.07.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2
b6 9. Bf4 Bb7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. Ne5 Nh5 12. Bd2 Nhf6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nc6 Bxc6
15. Qxc6 Rc8 16. Qb5 Ne8 17. Qa4 $5 Nd6 18. Na3 Nf6 19. Rac1 Qd7 20. Qxd7 Nxd7
21. Bf1 a6 22. e3 Nb8 23. f3 f5 24. Rc2 Rxc2 25. Nxc2 Rc8 26. Ne1 a5 27. Kf2 g5
28. Bd3 Nd7 29. Ng2 Nf6 30. Ke2 Kf7 31. Rc1 Rxc1 32. Bxc1 g4 33. f4 Nfe4 34. a4
Ke8 35. b3 Nc3+ 36. Ke1 Nce4 37. Ke2 Nc3+ 38. Ke1 Nce4 39. Ke2 Nc3+ {Adams led
by half-a-point on Kramnik.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "41.Schachtage"]
[Date "2013.08.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2013.07.26"]

{Kramnik had to win the last game.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5.
d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 Bg7 7. Qb3 Nb6 8. a4 d6 9. a5 {Adams finds a drawing mechanism
and wins the tournament.} Be6 10. Qb5+ Bd7 11. Qb3 Be6 12. Qb5+ Bd7 13. Qb3 Be6
14. Qb5+ Bd7 {These moves were played before in Mann - Stocek, Germany 1997.
The final standings became: Adams 7/9, Kramnik 61/2, Leko and Naiditsch 41/2,
Andreikin, Meier, Caruana and Wang Hao 4, Khenkin 31/2, Fridman 3. So Kramnik
did not triumph for the eleventh time.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 76"]
[Date "2014.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2014.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{The 76th Tata Steel tournament was played in Wijk aan Zee from 11 until 26 i
2014. Twelve men participated in the main group. The decided games by the top
three have been analysed.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6.
O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 a5 11. Nc3 Na6 12. Rae1 Bd5
13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Qb5 Qc8 $5 15. Qb3 Nb4 16. Nd2 c6 17. e4 $1 {White opens the
game for his bishops.} dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Rxe4 Qd7 20. Bd2 Nd5 21. Re2 Bf6
22. Bxd5 Qxd5 23. Qxd5 cxd5 24. Rc1 $5 Bxd4 25. Bf4 Rfd8 26. Rc7 $2 (26. Rd2
Bf6 27. Rcd1 d4 28. Bc7 Rd7 29. Bb6 {will regain the pawn.}) 26... b6 27. Ree7
Bxb2 28. Rxf7 Rac8 29. Rb7 Rc4 30. Rfc7 Bd4 31. Be3 Rxc7 32. Rxc7 Bxe3 33. fxe3
d4 34. exd4 Rxd4 {Black has an extra pawn in the rook ending.} 35. Rb7 Rb4 $1
36. Kg2 h5 37. Kf3 Kh7 38. h4 $2 {White should control square g4.} Kg6 ({Best
is} 38... Rxa4 $1 39. Rxb6 Rb4 $1 40. Ra6 a4 41. Ke3 Kg8 42. Ra7 Rg4 $1 {
Hereafter, the black king goes to b8 and Black wins (Marin).}) 39. Rd7 Kf6 40.
Rd6+ Kf5 41. Rd5+ Ke6 $6 (41... Kg6 42. Rd6+ Kh7 {introduces the above
mentioned win.}) 42. Rg5 Kf7 43. Rxh5 Rxa4 44. Rh8 Rb4 45. Ra8 g5 $2 46. hxg5
Kg6 47. Rg8+ Kh5 48. g4+ Kh4 49. Rg6 a4 50. Rg7 b5 51. Rg8 a3 52. g6 $2 ({
Correct is} 52. Ra8 $1 Ra4 53. Rxa4 $1 bxa4 54. g6 a2 55. g7 a1=Q 56. g8=Q {
drawn.}) 52... Kg5 53. g7 Rb3+ 54. Ke4 Kg6 55. Ra8 Kxg7 56. Kf5 Rf3+ 57. Ke4
Rc3 58. Kf5 Rc5+ 59. Kf4 Rc4+ 60. Kf5 Ra4 {Karjakin won the rook ending.} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 76"]
[Date "2014.01.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2014.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{Aronian was the star of the event.} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5
5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. Bf4 Bg7 8. e3 O-O 9. Bd3 Nd7 $5 ({Known is} 9... Nc6)
10. O-O Qa5 11. Qc2 cxd4 12. cxd4 e5 13. Bg3 $1 {White has a plus.} exd4 14.
Nxd4 Nb6 15. Qc7 $1 Bxd4 {Black has to liberate his play.} 16. exd4 Bf5 $5 (
16... Be6 17. Qxb7 Rad8 18. Be5 {also brings a white advantage (Krasenkow).})
17. Bxf5 Qxf5 18. Qxb7 {White has gained a pawn.} Rfd8 19. Rfd1 Rd7 20. Qa6 Qe4
21. Be5 Rf8 22. h3 f6 23. Bg3 Rff7 24. f3 Qf5 25. Rac1 Kg7 26. Kh2 Rfe7 27. Rc5
Nd5 28. Qa5 Qe6 $5 29. Re1 $1 Qf7 30. Re4 $1 Ne3 $1 31. Bf2 Nf5 32. Qd2 $2 Re6
$2 (32... Rxe4 $1 33. fxe4 Qe7 $3 {regains the pawn.}) 33. Rxe6 Qxe6 34. d5
Qd6+ 35. Kg1 Rb7 36. Qe1 Ne7 37. Ra5 Nxd5 38. Qd1 Rd7 39. Rxa7 Rxa7 40. Bxa7 g5
$6 (40... Qa3 41. Qxd5 Qxa7+ 42. Kf1 {will be harder to win for White.}) 41. a4
Qa6 42. Bd4 Qc4 43. Qa1 Qc2 44. a5 Nf4 45. Bf2 Ne2+ 46. Kh2 Nf4 47. Qf1 Nd3 48.
Bd4 Qd2 49. Bg1 Qf4+ 50. Kh1 Qc4 51. Qa1 Qc2 52. Be3 h6 53. a6 Qe2 54. Qg1 Qa2
55. a7 Nb4 56. Qd1 Nd5 57. Qd2 Qa1+ 58. Bg1 {Aronian showed his usual patience.
} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 76"]
[Date "2014.01.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2014.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. Bd3
c5 9. h4 g6 10. h5 cxd4 11. Qc2 Nc5 12. cxd5 Nxd3+ $5 13. Qxd3 Qxd5 14. Ne4 Nc6
15. Bh6 Qa5+ $2 ({Preferable is} 15... Re8 $5) 16. Qd2 $1 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Rd8
18. hxg6 fxg6 19. Bg5 h5 $6 ({Better is} 19... Bxg5+ 20. Nfxg5 $1 h5) 20. g4 $2
(20. Bxe7 Nxe7 21. g4 {wins for White (Giri).}) 20... Bxg5+ 21. Nfxg5 $6 {He
captures with the wrong knight.} Nxe5 22. gxh5 Nc4+ 23. Ke1 Bd7 24. b3 Na5 $2 (
{Right is} 24... Ne5 $1 25. f4 Nf7 26. hxg6 Nxg5 27. Nxg5 Kg7 {(Giri).}) 25.
Rc1 Bc6 26. hxg6 $1 Bxe4 27. Nxe4 Kg7 28. Rc7+ Kxg6 29. Rg1+ Kf5 30. f3 e5 $5
31. Rg5+ Kf4 32. Kf2 Rf8 33. Rh7 {Black will be mated in one.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 76"]
[Date "2014.01.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2014.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qa4 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Bd6 11. a3 Nbd7 12. b4 Ra7 13. Bc3 $5 Be4 14. Qc1 Qa8 15.
Nbd2 Bd5 16. Qc2 Nb6 17. Ne1 Na4 18. Nb3 Be4 19. Bxe4 Qxe4 20. Ra2 $1 Nxc3 21.
Qxc3 e5 22. Nf3 exd4 23. Nfxd4 Raa8 24. Rc2 Nd5 $5 25. Qf3 $1 Qxf3 26. Nxf3 {
White has a better position.} Rfe8 27. Rd1 Nb6 28. Na5 g6 29. e3 Kg7 30. Rd3
Rac8 31. Rc6 Rb8 32. Kf1 h5 33. h3 Kf6 34. Nd2 Kg7 35. Ndb3 Re6 36. Kg2 Kf8 37.
f4 Ree8 38. Kf3 Red8 39. Rc2 Rd7 40. e4 $1 {He advances slowly.} Ke8 $2 (40...
f6 $1 {stops the e-pawn.}) 41. e5 $1 Be7 42. Rxd7 Kxd7 43. Rd2+ Ke8 44. Nc6 Ra8
45. Nba5 f5 $2 (45... Kf8 {defends passively.}) 46. g4 $1 hxg4+ 47. hxg4 fxg4+
48. Kxg4 {The kingside has been opened.} Kf7 49. Rh2 Bf8 50. f5 $5 Nd5 $5 51.
f6 Nxf6+ $5 {The rest has no point.} 52. exf6 Kxf6 53. Rf2+ Ke6 54. Re2+ Kd5
55. Rd2+ Ke4 56. Nb7 Ke3 57. Rd7 Re8 58. Rxc7 Bh6 59. Nc5 Rf8 60. Re7+ Kd2 61.
Re6 Rf1 62. Na7 Be3 63. Rxa6 Ke2 64. Rxg6 Rf4+ 65. Kh3 Rf3+ 66. Rg3 Rf7 67.
Nxb5 Bf2 68. Rb3 Rf4 69. Nc3+ Kf1 70. Rb1+ Be1 71. Rxe1+ $1 {Karjakin suffered
his first defeat.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 76"]
[Date "2014.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2014.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{The fourth round happened at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3
g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5 f6 9. Bh4 g5 10.
Bg3 Nh6 11. c5 g4 12. Nh4 Nc6 13. cxd6 cxd6 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Bc4+ Kh8 16. Qxd8
Rxd8 17. O-O Nd4 18. Rad1 Be6 19. Bxe6 Nxe6 20. f3 gxf3 $5 (20... Nd4 {has
been played in Smirnov - Yuffa, St Petersburg 2011.}) 21. gxf3 Rxd1 22. Rxd1
Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Nxd8 24. Bf2 {White has the better bishop in the endgame.} a6 25.
Kf1 Kg8 26. Ke2 Kf7 27. Be3 Ke6 28. Na4 Bf8 $6 ({More solid is} 28... Kd7 $1)
29. Bxh6 $1 Bxh6 30. Nc5+ Kf7 (30... Kd6 $2 31. Nxb7+ $1 Nxb7 32. Nf5+ {costs
a pawn.}) 31. Kd3 $1 Bf4 32. h3 Bg5 $2 ({Better is} 32... Bc1 33. b3 Bh6 34.
Nf5 Bf8) 33. Nf5 Ne6 $6 (33... Kg6 34. a4 h5 {defends passively.}) 34. Nxe6 $2
{Aronian misses the win.} (34. Nxb7 $1 Nf4+ 35. Kc4 Nxh3 36. b4 Ng1 37. Nc5
Nxf3 38. Nxa6 {wins for White.}) 34... Kxe6 35. Kc4 b6 36. a4 Bd2 37. b3 h5 $6
{A pawn is weakened.} 38. b4 a5 $1 39. bxa5 bxa5 40. Kb5 Kd7 $2 {Nakamura
blunders under time pressure.} ({Correct is} 40... Be1 $1 41. Ng7+ Kf7 {and
White cannot capture the pawn.}) 41. Ng7 h4 42. Nf5 Be1 43. Ne3 Ke6 44. Nc4 {
Aronian took the lead.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 76"]
[Date "2014.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2014.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 f6 8. Nf3
c4 9. h4 Nc6 10. Qg3 fxe5 $5 11. Nxe5 Nf6 12. Bf4 $6 ({The long variation} 12.
Be2 $1 Ne4 $5 13. Bh5+ $1 g6 14. Bxg6+ hxg6 15. Qxg6+ Kf8 16. f3 Nxe5 17. dxe5
Qxe5 18. fxe4 Qxc3+ 19. Bd2 Qxa1+ 20. Ke2 Qg7 $1 21. Rf1+ Kg8 22. Qe8+ Kh7 23.
Qh5+ {leads to perpetual check.}) 12... Qa5 $2 13. Nxc6 $1 bxc6 14. Bc7 $1 Qa4
15. Kd1 $2 {He should capture pawn g7.} O-O 16. f3 e5 $1 17. Bxe5 Bf5 $1 18.
Ra2 Rf7 19. Be2 Nd7 20. Re1 Re8 21. f4 Nf6 $5 22. Bf3 Ne4 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. h5
$5 h6 25. Kd2 Qb5 26. a4 Qb7 27. a5 a6 28. Qg4 Qa7 $2 {Black should keep the
control over the open file.} 29. Rb2 $1 Bf5 30. Qg3 Qe7 31. Rb6 $5 Rc8 32. Reb1
Qa3 33. Rb7 $5 Qa4 $1 34. R1b2 $1 Rxb7 35. Rxb7 Qxc2+ 36. Ke1 Qc1+ 37. Kf2 Qd2+
38. Kf1 $1 Qd3+ $6 (38... Bd3+ 39. Kg1 Qd1+ 40. Kh2 Qxh5+ 41. Qh3 {(Szabo)}
Qxh3+ 42. Kxh3 g5 {offers more resistance.}) 39. Qxd3 cxd3 40. g4 $1 Be4 41. f5
c5 42. Rxg7+ Kf8 43. f6 Rc6 44. Ke1 $1 {Karjakin compensated his previous loss.
} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 76"]
[Date "2014.01.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2014.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. h3 d6 7. c3 a6 8. Bb3 h6
9. Be3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Nbd2 b5 13. Qe1 Rb8 $5 14. Qg3 Nh5 15.
Qf2 Nf6 16. Qg3 Nh5 17. Qh2 {White proceeds the game.} Qe7 18. Rf2 Bd7 19. g4
Nf6 20. Raf1 Nh7 21. Qg3 g6 22. Nh4 c4 23. d4 b4 24. Ndf3 b3 $5 25. axb3 cxb3
26. Bd3 Bb5 27. Bxb5 axb5 28. dxe5 Nc4 $1 {The chances are equal.} 29. exd6 $6
({Preferable is} 29. e6 $1 Qxe6 30. Nf5 $1 Qxe4 31. Nxh6+ Kg7 32. Nxf7 Qxe3 33.
Re1 Qa7) 29... Nxd6 30. Qe5 Qxe5 31. Nxe5 Ng5 32. Rh2 Rb7 33. Nc6 $2 {This
move has no use.} ({Right is} 33. Nhf3 $1 Ngxe4 34. Nd3 $1) 33... Nc4 $1 34.
Nd4 b4 35. Rc1 Ra8 $5 36. cxb4 Rxb4 37. Nhf3 Nxf3+ 38. Nxf3 Ra2 39. Rb1 Nxe3
40. Re2 Nc2 41. Nd2 Ra7 42. e5 Nd4 43. Re3 Rc7 44. Nf3 Ne6 $1 {The black
pieces are well placed.} 45. Ne1 Rd7 46. Nd3 $5 Rc4 47. Nf2 $6 (47. Rf1 Rc2 48.
Rf2 {activates a rook.}) 47... Nc5 $1 48. Rf1 Rc2 49. Kg2 Rd3 $5 50. Kf3 Rxe3+
51. Kxe3 Rxb2 52. Rd1 Kf8 53. Rd8+ Ke7 54. Rb8 Rc2 $5 55. Ne4 Nxe4 56. Kxe4 b2
{Black has an extra pawn in the rook ending.} 57. h4 Kd7 58. h5 g5 59. Kd5 Rd2+
60. Kc5 Ke7 61. Rb6 Rd1 $1 {Giri sacrifices a rook temporarily in order to
open the defence.} 62. Rxb2 Ke6 63. Rf2 Rd5+ 64. Kc4 Rxe5 65. Kd3 f5 66. gxf5+
Kf6 $1 (66... Rxf5 $2 67. Ra2 Ke5 68. Ra4 $1 {draws (Postny).}) 67. Ra2 Kxf5
68. Ra6 Re6 69. Rxe6 Kxe6 70. Ke4 Kf6 71. Kf3 Ke5 $1 {Giri occupied the second
place.} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 76"]
[Date "2014.01.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2014.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8.
Nxd4 d6 9. exd6 Bxd6 10. Re1+ Be7 11. Nxc6 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 bxc6 13. Be3 $5 {The
Berlin Defence has led to an equal endgame.} Bf5 14. Re1 O-O-O 15. Na3 Rhe8 $1
16. Bxa7 Bxa3 17. Rxe8 Rxe8 18. bxa3 Re4 $1 {Capture on c2 would have drawn
quickly. Aronian wants a battle.} 19. c3 Rxa4 20. Bd4 g6 21. f3 Kd7 22. Kf2 Kd6
23. h3 c5 24. Bf6 Kd5 25. g4 Be6 26. Kg3 Kc4 27. Kh4 Bd5 28. f4 Ra6 29. Bg7 Re6
$1 30. a4 $1 f6 31. a5 g5+ $1 32. Kh5 $5 (32. fxg5 fxg5+ 33. Kh5 {draws easily.
}) 32... gxf4 33. Ra4+ Kxc3 34. Rxf4 Kb3 35. Rxf6 Re3 36. h4 c4 37. Rf5 Rd3 38.
a6 c3 39. a7 c2 40. Bh6 Bc6 41. Bg5 Rd6 42. Re5 Ba8 43. Rc5 c6 $1 {He keeps
the fight going.} 44. Rf5 $2 ({Correct is} 44. Be3 $1 Rd3 45. Bg5) 44... Rd7 $2
(44... Kb2 $1 {wins for Black.}) 45. Rf3+ $2 (45. Ra5 $1 Rd5 46. Rxd5 cxd5 47.
Bd2 $1 d4 48. Kh6 d3 49. Kxh7 Kb2 50. g5 c1=Q 51. Bxc1+ Kxc1 52. g6 d2 53. g7
Be4+ 54. Kh6 $1 d1=Q 55. g8=Q Qd6+ 56. Kg7 $1 {draws (Ftacnik).}) 45... Ka2 $1
({He avoids} 45... Kb2 $2 46. Bf6+ $1) 46. Rf2 Kb2 $1 47. Be3 Re7 48. Bf4 Rxa7
49. Rf1 c5 50. Kh6 Be4 51. h5 Bd3 52. Rg1 c4 53. g5 c3 54. Bc1+ Kb3 $1 55. Be3
Re7 56. Bc1 Re2 57. Kg7 Rd2 $1 {Aronian kept the sole lead.} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 76"]
[Date "2014.01.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2014.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be2 c5 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Qa4 Bd7 10. Qa3 Qa5 11. Rd1 O-O 12. Rb1 b6 13. d4 Qxa3 14. Bxa3 Bg4
15. dxc5 $5 ({Known is} 15. Bb5 Rfc8 16. dxc5 bxc5) 15... Bxc3 16. Ba6 Rab8 17.
Rdc1 Bxf3 $2 ({Preferable is} 17... bxc5 18. Bxc5 Bb2) 18. gxf3 Bd2 19. Rd1 Bc3
20. Kg2 $1 bxc5 21. Bxc5 Bb4 22. Be3 Bd6 23. Rbc1 Nb4 24. Bc4 Rfc8 25. f4 Kf8
26. a3 Nc6 27. Ba6 Bxa3 $1 {Black seems to solve his problems.} 28. Rc4 $1 Rd8
$6 (28... Rc7 29. Rd3 Bd6 30. Rdc3 Nb4 31. Rxc7 Bxc7 32. Rxc7 Nxa6 33. Rxa7 Nb4
{offers more resistance.}) 29. Ra1 Bb2 30. Raa4 $1 {The knight lies under
attack.} Rd6 31. e5 $1 Re6 32. Rc2 Nd8 $6 (32... Rb4 33. Ra2 Bd4 34. Bc8 Nd8
35. Bxd4 Rxd4 {defends appropriately (ChessBase).}) 33. Bxa7 Ra8 34. Bb5 $1
Bxe5 35. fxe5 Rxe5 36. Be3 {Aronian increased his lead to one point.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 76"]
[Date "2014.01.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2014.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c5 4. d4 Nc6 5. O-O e6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Ne5 Bd7 8. Na3
cxd4 9. Naxc4 Bc5 10. Bf4 Nd5 $5 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. Ne5 Nxe5 $5 13. Bxe5 O-O 14.
Bxd4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 {White has some pressure.} Qb5 $5 16. Bxd5 exd5 {Black has
an isolated pawn in the centre.} 17. e3 Rfc8 $5 18. b3 h6 19. Rfd1 Rc5 20. Kg2
a5 21. Rac1 $1 Rac8 22. Rxc5 Rxc5 23. Qe5 Qc6 24. Rd4 b6 25. Qf5 Qe6 26. Qd3
Qc6 27. Qf5 Qe6 28. Qd3 Qc6 29. h4 $1 {Karjakin continues the game.} b5 $5 30.
a3 $1 g6 $2 31. Qd2 $2 (31. e4 $1 Rc3 32. exd5 $1 Rxd3 33. dxc6 Rc3 34. Rc4 $1
bxc4 35. b4 $1 {wins elegantly.}) 31... Rc3 32. Rxd5 Rxb3 33. Qd4 Kh7 34. h5 $1
gxh5 35. Qe4+ Qg6 36. Rf5 Kg8 37. Qe8+ Kg7 38. Qe5+ f6 39. Qf4 Qg4 40. Qc7+ $1
Kg6 41. Rf4 Qe6 42. Qxa5 {White has a positional advantage in the endgame.}
Qc6+ 43. e4 Qe6 44. Qa8 Rc3 45. Kh2 Rc5 46. Qf8 Rc4 47. Qd8 Rxe4 48. Qd3 f5 49.
Qxb5 Rxf4 50. gxf4 {He has a better queen ending.} h4 51. Qe5 Qc6 52. Qe3 Kh5
53. f3 Qg6 $1 54. Qe1 Qc6 55. Qe5 Qg6 56. Qe1 Qc6 57. Kg2 h3+ $2 {Black gives
away a pawn.} (57... Qc8 {draws.}) 58. Kg3 $1 h2 59. Qh1 Qc5 60. Qxh2+ Kg6 61.
a4 Qa7 62. Qa2 Qg1+ 63. Qg2 Qe1+ $5 64. Qf2 Qa1 65. Qb6+ $1 Kh5 66. Qe3 Qh8 ({
The pointe is} 66... Qxa4 67. Qe6 $1) 67. a5 $1 Qg8+ 68. Kh3 Qa8 69. Qb3 Qe8 $5
70. a6 $1 Qe7 71. Qb1 Kg6 72. Qg1+ Kh5 73. a7 Qa3 74. Kg3 Qa5 75. Qe3 Qd8 76.
Qe5 $1 {Karjakin joined the second place with Giri.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 76"]
[Date "2014.01.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2014.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. g3
b5 9. Bg5 $5 Nbd7 10. Nd5 Bb7 11. Nec3 Rc8 12. Bg2 Be7 13. Nxe7 Qxe7 14. h4 Nb6
$1 15. Qd3 Qc7 16. Bh3 Rb8 $6 ({Better is} 16... Nfd7 $1) 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18.
O-O-O b4 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Bc8 21. f4 Bxh3 22. Rxh3 Kf8 $5 23. fxe5 fxe5
24. Rh2 Kg7 25. Rf2 Rh6 26. Qxa6 $5 {White gains a pawn.} b3 $1 {Boris
counters.} 27. axb3 Rxb3 28. Qc6 Qa7 29. Rxf7+ $1 Qxf7 30. cxb3 Rg6 31. b4 Qf3
$5 32. Qc3 $5 Qf2 $2 ({Right is} 32... Qxg3 33. Qxg3 Rxg3 34. Kc2 Kf6 35. Re1
Ke7 {and Black fights for survival.}) 33. Rd3 Rf6 34. Kb1 Qg1+ 35. Ka2 Qa7+ 36.
Kb3 Rf1 37. Rf3 Ra1 38. Qe3 $1 Qxe3+ 39. Rxe3 {White has a won rook ending.}
Kg6 40. b5 Ra8 41. Kb4 Rb8 42. Rf3 $5 e4 43. Rf1 e3 44. Kc4 $5 (44. Re1 $1 {
wins easily.}) 44... Rc8+ 45. Kd3 Rc5 46. b4 Rxd5+ 47. Kxe3 Rxb5 48. Rf4 {
White has not spoiled the win.} d5 49. Kd3 Rb7 50. Kc2 Rb8 51. Kc3 Rb7 52. Rf8
Rc7+ 53. Kb3 $1 Rd7 54. b5 d4 55. Kc2 $1 d3+ ({The pointe is} 55... Rb7 56.
Rg8+ Kf5 57. Kd3 $1 {(Karjakin).}) 56. Kd2 Rd5 57. Rg8+ Kh6 58. Rg5 Rd4 59. Rc5
Kg6 60. b6 $1 {Karjakin neared Aronian.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 76"]
[Date "2014.01.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2014.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{The ninth round was played at the High Tech Campus in Eindhoven. Aronian led
by half-a-point on Karjakin. Their encounter became the decisive game of the
tournament.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7.
Nc3 O-O 8. Bg2 c6 9. e4 d5 10. exd5 cxd5 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. O-O Nc6 13. Bf4 Na5
14. Rc1 Ba3 15. Rb1 Bb4 16. Ne2 Nc6 17. Bg5 Be7 18. Nf4 Qd6 $5 ({Karjakin
played} 18... Ne4 $6 {against Leko in Zug 2013.}) 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. cxd5 exd5
$5 21. Bxd5 Bxe5 $5 22. dxe5 Qxe5 23. Re1 Qf6 24. Nh5 {White exerts some
pressure.} Qh6 25. Qg4 Qg6 26. Qh3 $5 Rad8 27. Nf4 Qf6 28. Be4 g6 29. Nd5 Qg7
30. Rbc1 Kh8 $2 ({Right is} 30... Rfe8 $1 31. Qh4 g5 $1 32. Qh5 Nd4 {and
equality (Giri).}) 31. Nxb6 $1 axb6 32. Bxc6 Bxc6 33. Rxc6 {White has gained a
pawn.} Rd2 34. Qh4 Rxa2 35. Qb4 h5 36. Qxb6 Ra1 37. Rcc1 Rxc1 38. Rxc1 Qb2 $1
39. Rd1 Kh7 40. Qb5 Kg7 41. Qd3 Rb8 42. Rb1 $1 Qe5 43. Qd2 h4 $5 44. Qb2 $1
Qxb2 45. Rxb2 {The rook stands behind the pawn in a well-known ending.} Rb4 46.
Kf1 Kf6 47. Ke2 Kf5 $5 {He counters.} (47... Ke5 48. Kd3 Kd5 49. Kc3 Re4 50. b4
Kc6 51. Ra2 hxg3 52. hxg3 {strongly favours White.}) 48. Kd3 g5 49. Kc3 Rb7 50.
b4 Kg4 $5 51. b5 Kh3 52. gxh4 gxh4 53. f4 $1 Kg4 54. b6 f5 55. Kd4 Kxf4 56. Rb3
$1 h3 57. Kd5 Kg4 58. Kc6 Rb8 59. Rg3+ $1 Kh4 60. b7 f4 61. Rg7 {Aronian
increased his lead.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 76"]
[Date "2014.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2014.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. Nc3
d6 9. a3 Na5 10. Ba2 Be6 11. Bg5 $5 (11. Bd2 {happened in Topalov -
Kasimdzanov 2013.}) 11... c5 12. b4 Nc6 13. Nd5 Bxd5 $5 {Aronian had prepared
this move.} 14. exd5 Nd4 15. bxc5 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 dxc5 {Levon aimed at this
position.} 17. Rfe1 Nd7 18. Bd2 Bd6 19. a4 f5 $1 20. Bb3 $6 ({Preferable is} 
20. Qh5 Qe8 21. Qxe8 Rfxe8) 20... e4 $1 21. dxe4 c4 $1 22. Ba2 Qh4 $1 {A
bishop has been locked up and Black takes the initiative.} 23. e5 $1 (23. g3 $6
Ne5 $1 24. Qe2 Qxe4 {favours Black (Aronian).}) 23... Bxe5 24. g3 Qg4 25. Qxg4
fxg4 26. c3 $2 (26. Rad1 Rf3 27. axb5 axb5 28. Bb1 {defends properly.}) 26...
Bf6 27. Bb1 b4 $1 {The attack on the queenside becomes strong.} 28. Re3 $5 Rad8
29. Bf5 h5 30. Rd1 b3 31. Bc1 Bg5 32. Be6+ Kh8 33. Re2 Bxc1 34. Rxc1 Nc5 $1 35.
a5 Rfe8 36. Kf1 g6 37. Rce1 Kg7 38. d6 Rxe6 39. Rxe6 Nxe6 40. Rxe6 Rd7 41. Re8
Rxd6 42. Ke2 Rd3 {Aronian had won the tournament.} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 76"]
[Date "2014.01.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2014.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 d6 4. e3 h6 5. h3 g5 6. Bh2 Bg7 7. Nbd2 O-O $5 8. c3
Nc6 9. Bd3 Rb8 $5 10. O-O Qe8 11. Re1 Qh5 12. Qc2 g4 13. hxg4 Nxg4 14. Bb5 Kh8
15. Qb3 Nd8 $5 16. Bg3 e5 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Qb4 Ne6 19. Rad1 c5 $5 20. Qb3 $5
Nc7 21. Be2 Be6 22. Bc4 Bd7 23. Be2 $5 f4 24. exf4 exf4 25. Bh4 Bc6 26. Be7 $5
Rf7 $5 27. Bc4 Nd5 28. Bh4 $5 Rf5 $5 29. Bd3 Rff8 30. Bb1 Rbe8 31. Rxe8 $5 Rxe8
32. Ne4 $2 {Time trouble rages for both players.} Nde3 $2 33. fxe3 Bxe4 34.
Bxe4 Rxe4 35. Qxb7 Qg6 36. Rd8+ Kh7 37. Qd5 $2 Re6 {Black sets a trap.} 38.
exf4 $4 (38. Ne1 $1 Nxe3 39. Qf3 {equalises.}) 38... Bd4+ $1 {The final
standings became: Aronian 8/11, Giri and Karjakin 61/2, Dominguez, Caruana and
So 6, Harikrishna 51/2, Van Wely and Nakamura 5, Gelfand 41/2, Rapport and
Naiditsch 31/2.} ({Van Wely has planned} 38... Bd4+ 39. cxd4 Qb1+ 40. Be1 Qxe1+
41. Nxe1 Rxe1#) 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 76"]
[Date "2014.01.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Timman, Jan "]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2014.01.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{Fourteen players participated in the Challengers Group. The Dutchman Timman
scored well. If he wins in the eleventh round and Saric draws, Jan will join
the lead.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Bd3 e6 7. e5 {
Both sides want to battle.} Ne8 8. Nf3 d6 9. Bg5 Qc7 10. Nb5 Qd7 11. dxe6 Qxe6
12. Be3 $5 ({Known is} 12. Be4 dxe5 13. Qd5) 12... dxe5 $1 {Black counters and
sacrifices an exchange.} 13. Bxc5 e4 14. Ng5 Qe5 15. Nxe4 f5 16. Bxf8 Kxf8 $5
17. O-O fxe4 18. Re1 Bf5 {He has to develop.} 19. Bxe4 $1 Bxe4 20. Nc3 Nf6 21.
Nxe4 Nxe4 22. Qf3+ (22. Qd8+ $1 Qe8 23. Qxe8+ Kxe8 24. Rxe4+ {gains an edge.})
22... Qf5 23. Qxe4 Qxe4 24. Rxe4 {The endgame is about equal.} Na6 25. Re2 Rc8
26. Rd1 $1 Rxc4 27. Rd8+ Kf7 28. Rd7+ Kf6 29. g3 Rc7 $2 ({Preferable is} 29...
Nc5 30. Rc7 Bf8) 30. Ree7 $1 Rc1+ $6 31. Kg2 Bf8 32. Rxh7 Bc5 33. Rxb7 Rc2 34.
Rhf7+ Ke5 35. a3 Bb6 36. b4 Nc7 37. Rb8 Nd5 38. Re8+ Kd6 39. Rf3 g5 $5 40. h3
$1 Ra2 41. Re4 Nc3 $6 42. Re1 $6 (42. Rd3+ $1 Nd5 43. Kf3 Rxf2+ 44. Kg4 {wins
quickly (Stohl).}) 42... Nd5 $5 43. h4 $1 g4 44. Rf8 Ne3+ 45. Kg1 Nc4 46. Rf6+
Kd5 47. Rf5+ Kd6 48. Re4 Nb2 49. Rf6+ $5 Kd5 50. Rxg4 Nd3 51. Rg5+ Ke4 52. Rgf5
Rxa3 53. Kg2 $1 Ra2 54. h5 Be3 55. Rf7 $5 Rb2 56. b5 Rc2 57. R5f6 Bd4 58. Re7+
Kd5 59. Rf5+ Kd6 60. Ref7 Ne5 61. R7f6+ Ke7 62. Rf4 Be3 63. R4f5 Bd4 64. Rf8
Ng4 65. R5f7+ Ke6 66. Rf4 Bc5 67. R8f7 Bd6 68. Rf3 Rb2 69. h6 Rxb5 70. Rg7 Nf6
71. g4 Be5 72. h7 Rb8 73. Rh3 Rh8 74. g5 $2 {Timman encounters the same
problem like in his great days: He fails ro deliver the final blow.} (74. Rh6
Bf4 75. g5 {wins for White.}) 74... Nd5 75. Rh6+ Kf5 76. Rg8 Ne7 77. Rxh8 Bxh8
78. f4 Kxf4 79. Re6 ({Or} 79. g6 Kg5 80. g7 Bxg7 81. h8=Q Bxh8 82. Rxh8 {drawn.
}) 79... Nf5 80. g6 Kg5 {The final standings at the top of the B-group became:
Saric 10/13, Timman and Jobava 81/2.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "42.Schachtage"]
[Date "2014.07.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Baramidze, David"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2014.07.12"]

{The 42.Schachtage were played in Dortmund from 12 until 20 vii 2014. Eight
grandmasters participated in the main group. We follow the decided games.} 1.
d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. Re1 Qf7
9. b3 Ne4 10. Qc2 Nc6 11. Be3 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 e5 13. d5 $5 Nb8 $5 {Caruana makes
a creative move.} 14. Rac1 h6 15. c5 $1 Na6 $5 16. cxd6 cxd6 17. h4 Bd7 18. Qd2
Kh7 19. Red1 b6 $1 20. Ne1 Rac8 {He fights on the queenside.} 21. Nd3 Nc5 22.
Nb2 Qe7 23. b4 Na4 24. Nxa4 Bxa4 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rc1 Qd7 27. Rxc8 Qxc8 28.
Qc1 Qxc1+ 29. Bxc1 Bc2 {Black has the initiative in the endgame of two bishops.
} 30. f3 $1 Bf6 31. Kf2 Kg7 32. e4 f4 33. Bh3 h5 34. Bd7 g5 35. hxg5 Bxg5 36.
Kg2 Kf6 37. g4 $2 (37. gxf4 $1 Bxf4 38. Bxf4 exf4 39. Be8 Kg5 40. a3 {draws 
(Havasi and Tadic).}) 37... h4 $1 38. Bb5 Bd1 $1 {He attacks the weakness f3.}
39. Bd3 h3+ $1 40. Kxh3 Bxf3 {White has new weak pawns.} 41. b5 Bh6 42. Kh4 Kg6
43. Bd2 Bf8 44. Be1 Bg2 $1 45. g5 Bf3 $1 46. a4 Be7 47. a5 Bxg5+ {Black gains
a pawn.} 48. Kh3 Kf7 49. axb6 axb6 50. Bf2 Bd8 51. Bg1 Kg6 52. Bf2 Kh5 53. Bg1
Bd1 54. Kg2 Kg4 55. Kf1 Kg3 56. Bf2+ Kh2 57. Bg1+ Kh1 58. Bf2 Bh5 59. Bg1 Bg4
60. Bf2 Bf3 61. Ke1 Kg2 62. Bf1+ Kh2 63. Bd3 Bh5 64. Kf1 Bg6 65. Bc2 Kh3 66.
Kg1 Kg4 67. Kf1 Kh3 68. Kg1 Kg4 69. Kf1 f3 70. Be1 f2 $5 71. Bxf2 Kf3 72. Bd1+
Kf4 73. Bb3 Be8 74. Bc4 Kxe4 75. Ke2 Bh5+ $1 {Caruana has won an exhausting
game.} 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "42.Schachtage"]
[Date "2014.07.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2014.07.12"]

{Meier lost the previous five games against Kramnik.} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3
Nc6 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O d4 6. a3 e5 7. d3 a5 8. e4 $2 {White has a passive
position.} Be7 9. Ne1 $5 h5 $5 10. f4 $2 ({Better is} 10. Bg5 Ng8 11. Bxe7
Ngxe7 {(Meier).}) 10... h4 $1 {Meier starts an attack.} 11. f5 hxg3 12. hxg3 g6
$1 13. Nd2 gxf5 14. exf5 Rg8 15. Qf3 $5 {The white pieces are placed clumsily.}
Bd7 16. Rf2 Qb6 17. Re2 O-O-O 18. Ne4 Qb3 $5 19. Nf2 a4 20. Bh6 Bf8 21. Bxf8
Rdxf8 22. g4 Rg7 {Black charges everywhere.} 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. Qxe4 Rfg8 25. Bf3
f6 26. Rg2 Nd8 $1 {Black is going to exchange a main defender.} 27. Qe2 Bc6 28.
Bxc6 bxc6 $1 29. Qe4 Kc7 30. Nf3 Nf7 $1 31. Rf1 Nd6 32. Qe2 Rxg4 33. Rff2 Nxf5
34. Nd2 Rxg2+ 35. Rxg2 Rxg2+ 36. Kxg2 Qxb2 37. Kf3 Nd6 38. Qh2 Qxa3 39. Ke2 Qb2
40. Qh7+ Kb6 41. Qe7 Nb7 {Mr. Vladimir Dortmund was crushed.} 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "42.Schachtage"]
[Date "2014.07.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Baramidze, David"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2014.07.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Qa4 Nd7 7. Qxc4 Nb6 8.
Qd3 e5 9. Nxe5 Nb4 10. Qc3 Qxd4 11. O-O Qxc3 12. Nxc3 Bd6 13. Nd3 Nxd3 14. exd3
c6 15. a4 $5 Be6 16. a5 Nd5 17. Bxd5 $5 {Exchanging with the knight looks more
obvious.} cxd5 $1 {Black plays for a win.} 18. Nb5 Bb8 19. Bf4 $6 {He allows a
weakening.} Bxf4 20. gxf4 Kd7 21. Rfc1 Rhc8 22. Kf1 Rc6 23. Nd4 Bh3+ {
Naiditsch takes the initiative.} 24. Ke2 Rf6 25. Nb5 $5 Re8+ 26. Kf3 a6 $5 {He
sets a new problem.} 27. Rc7+ $2 ({Correct is} 27. Nc7 $1 Re5 $1 28. Ra4 $1 {
(Roiz).}) 27... Kd8 28. Rxb7 Kc8 $1 ({Not} 28... axb5 $2 29. a6) 29. Ra7 $6 (
29. Rxf7 $1 axb5 30. Rxg7 Kb8 31. Rxh7 {offers more resistance.}) 29... Kb8 $1
30. Ra8+ Kxa8 31. Nc7+ Kb7 32. Nxe8 Re6 33. Nxg7 Rg6 $1 34. Ne8 Bg4+ $1 {Black
gains a piece.} 35. Ke3 Re6+ 36. Kd4 Rxe8 37. Rg1 h5 38. Rg3 Re2 39. f3 Be6 40.
Rg7 Kc7 41. f5 Bxf5 42. Rxf7+ Bd7 43. h4 Rh2 $5 44. Kxd5 Rxh4 45. d4 Rh2 46. b4
h4 47. Rf6 Re2 $1 48. Rf7 h3 49. Rh7 Re3 $1 50. f4 h2 $1 {If White captures
the pawn, Black delivers mate in two.} 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "42.Schachtage"]
[Date "2014.07.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2014.07.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 Bf6 11. h3 h6 12. b3 $5 a6 13. g4 O-O-O 14. Bg2
g5 $6 ({Preferable is} 14... d5 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 c6) 15. Nd4
Nxd4 16. cxd4 d5 17. f4 {White has the initiative.} gxf4 18. Bxf4 h5 19. g5 $1
Bg7 20. Rde1 h4 21. Be5 Rdg8 22. Qf4 Qd8 23. Bf1 Kb8 24. Bd3 Bc8 $1 25. Kb2 ({
Caruana calculates} 25. Qxf7 $6 Bxe5 26. dxe5 Rf8 27. e6 $5 {but finds} Qxg5 $1
28. Qg6 Qe7 $1 {and Black survives.}) 25... Bxe5 26. Rxe5 Rg7 27. a4 a5 28. Ka2
Ka7 29. Qd2 Kb8 30. Qf4 Ka7 31. Rhe1 $1 {The waiting moves have ended.} Bxh3
32. Rh1 Bc8 ({Not} 32... Qd7 $2 33. Qf6 Rhg8 34. Re7 Qc8 35. g6 $1) 33. Rxh4
Rxh4 34. Qxh4 b6 $6 (34... c6 {defends correctly.}) 35. Qh6 Rg8 36. Qc6 $1 Be6
$2 (36... Bb7 37. Qf6 Qxf6 38. gxf6 Kb8 {offers more resistance.}) 37. g6 $1
Rg7 $2 {Ponomariov allows a great combination.} (37... Bd7 38. Qxd5 fxg6 39.
Be4 Qc8 {tries to survive.}) 38. gxf7 Bxf7 39. Re7 $1 Qxe7 40. Ba6 $1 Kxa6 41.
Qa8# {Caruana had started with two wins.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "42.Schachtage"]
[Date "2014.07.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2014.07.12"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Qf2 Bxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Be3 Qa5 14. Kb1 b4 15.
Ne2 Qc7 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 a5 18. Bb5 Ba6 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. g4 a4 21. b3 Qc6
$5 (21... Rfc8 {drew in Karjakin - Goganov, Nizhny Novgorod 2013.}) 22. f5 $1
Bb5 23. Rd2 axb3 24. cxb3 $1 Ra3 25. Re1 Rfa8 26. Re3 $5 ({Preferable is} 26.
f6 $1) 26... Rc8 $1 27. Qe1 Rc7 28. Qd1 Ra8 29. Re1 Rac8 30. Qf3 Qa6 31. Red1
Qa3 32. Bb2 Qa6 33. Qe3 Kh8 34. f6 $1 gxf6 $2 (34... g6 {keeps the position
closed.}) 35. exf6 Rg8 36. g5 $1 h6 $5 37. Rg1 Rcc8 $4 ({Correct is} 37... Rg6
38. Be5 Qa7 39. Bd4 Qa6 40. h4 {and White attacks.}) 38. g6 $1 {Black will be
mated.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "42.Schachtage"]
[Date "2014.07.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2014.07.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nge2 Nhf6 11. O-O Nb6 12. Rae1 $5 O-O 13. Nf4 Bd7 14.
g3 $5 Qd6 15. f3 Rfc8 $5 16. g4 g6 $1 17. a3 c5 18. Qd2 cxd4 19. exd4 Bc6 $1
20. g5 $1 Nfd7 21. Re2 $5 Re8 22. Rfe1 Rxe2 23. Rxe2 Nf8 24. h4 Re8 25. Rxe8
Bxe8 26. Qe3 Bc6 27. Kg2 f6 28. gxf6 Qxf6 29. Kg3 {White exerts some pressure.}
Kf7 30. Nd1 Nbd7 $5 31. Nf2 g5 $2 (31... Qe7 32. Qd2 Qd6 33. Ng4 Ne6 {defends
well.}) 32. hxg5 Qxg5+ 33. Kh2 Qe7 34. Ng4 $1 Qxe3 35. Nxe3 {White has a
better endgame.} Nf6 36. Kg3 $1 N8d7 37. Kh4 Nb6 $5 (37... Nf8 38. Kg5 Ne8 39.
Kh6 {will win for White eventually.}) 38. Kg5 Nc8 39. Ng4 $1 Nxg4 $6 (39... Nd6
40. Nxf6 h6+ 41. Kxh6 Kxf6 {offers more resistance.}) 40. fxg4 Nd6 41. Bxh7 Nb5
42. Ne2 Kg7 43. Bd3 Nd6 44. Kf4 Bd7 45. Nc3 Bc6 46. Nd1 Nf7 47. Ne3 Nd8 ({Or} 
47... Kf6 48. g5+ $1 {(Leko).}) 48. Bf5 Nf7 49. Be6 Nd6 50. Ke5 {Leko won one
game and drew the rest.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "42.Schachtage"]
[Date "2014.07.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2014.07.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Bd7 10. Rd1 Be7 11. Nc3 Kc8 12. g4 Nh4 13. Nxh4 Bxh4 14.
Be3 $5 b6 15. Rd2 c5 16. Nd5 Re8 17. Rad1 Bc6 18. Bf4 h6 19. Kg2 Kb7 20. c4 a5
$6 (20... Bg5 $1 21. Bxg5 hxg5 {equalises.}) 21. Re1 Rad8 22. Bg3 Bxg3 23. Kxg3
f6 24. f4 Re6 25. Rdd1 fxe5 26. Rxe5 $1 Red6 27. f5 a4 $5 28. Kf4 $1 b5 29. b3
a3 $5 {Black could have exchanged.} 30. Ke4 b4 31. h4 R6d7 $5 32. Rd2 Rf7 $5
33. g5 hxg5 34. hxg5 Rh8 35. Kf4 Rh1 $6 (35... Rh4+ $1 36. Kg3 Rh1 {gains time.
}) 36. Rf2 Rg1 37. Ne7 $1 {Black has been restricted.} Bh1 $2 (37... Bd7 $1 38.
g6 Rf8 {(Szabo)} 39. Rd5 Be8 40. Rxc5 c6 $1 {offers a strong resistance.}) 38.
g6 Rf6 39. Rxc5 Rd6 40. Rb5+ Ka6 41. Nd5 Bxd5 42. Rxd5 Rxd5 $5 (42... Rf6 43.
Ke3 Re1+ 44. Kd4 {also wins for White.}) 43. cxd5 Kb6 44. f6 $1 gxf6 45. Kf5
Kc5 46. Kxf6 Kxd5 47. g7 c5 48. Rf5+ $1 {Caruana won his fourth game. He
triumphed for the second time in Dortmund, achieved an elo of 2801 and became
number three in the world.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "42.Schachtage"]
[Date "2014.07.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2014.07.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 c6 15. Qc2
Qc7 16. b3 g6 17. Bb2 Rac8 18. Rad1 Nh5 19. Qb1 bxa4 $5 20. bxa4 exd4 21. cxd4
d5 22. Rc1 Nf4 23. Bf1 Qb8 $5 24. g3 Ne6 25. h4 {White takes the initiative.}
Bg7 26. Bh3 c5 27. dxc5 Bxb2 28. Qxb2 Ndxc5 $6 (28... Nexc5 $1 29. Rb1 dxe4 $1
30. Bxd7 Nxd7 31. Qxb7 Qxb7 32. Rxb7 Nc5 {brings equality (Roiz).}) 29. Ne5 $1
{He has a great attack.} Red8 $1 ({The pointe is} 29... dxe4 $2 30. Ng4 $1 Nd3
31. Nh6+ Kf8 32. Qf6 Rc7 33. Bxe6) 30. Bxe6 Nxe6 31. Rxc8 Qxc8 32. Rc1 Qa8 33.
exd5 Bxd5 34. Ng4 Bh1 $2 ({Better is} 34... h5 35. Nh6+ Kf8) 35. Nf6+ Kf8 36.
Nxh7+ Kg8 37. Nf6+ Kf8 38. f3 $1 Bxf3 39. Qa3+ Kg7 40. Nxf3 Kxf6 41. Qb2+ $5
Ke7 42. Ne5 Nd4 43. Rf1 f5 $2 (43... Qd5 $1 44. Qa3+ Ke8 45. Nxf7 {costs a
pawn.}) 44. Re1 $1 Qd5 45. Qb6 $1 Rd6 46. Qc7+ Kf8 47. Nxg6+ $1 Rxg6 48. Qe7+
Kg8 49. Qe8+ {Black will be mated.} (49. Qe8+ Kh7 50. Re7+ Rg7 51. Qh5+ Kg8 52.
Re8#) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "42.Schachtage"]
[Date "2014.07.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Baramidze, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2014.07.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
a4 c5 16. d5 c4 17. Bg5 h6 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Qd2 h5 20. Bxc5 dxc5 21. Reb1 Nd7
22. b3 $5 ({Known is} 22. Nf1) 22... Nb6 23. Qe2 $1 cxb3 24. Bxb3 c4 25. Bd1 $1
{The squares c2 and d2 are kept open.} Bc8 $2 (25... h4 26. Nf1 Bxd5 $1 27.
exd5 e4 {brings sufficient counter-play (Roiz).}) 26. axb5 a5 27. Nd2 Qc7 28.
Ngf1 Bd7 29. Ne3 Rec8 30. Qf3 $1 a4 $6 31. Be2 Ra5 32. Ndxc4 Nxc4 33. Bxc4 {
White has gained two pawns.} Be8 34. b6 Qd6 35. Bd3 Rac5 36. Bc2 Rxc3 37. Bxa4
Bxa4 38. b7 $1 Rb8 39. Rxa4 Qc7 40. Ra7 Kg7 41. Kh2 Be7 42. Ra8 Rxb7 43. Nf5+
$1 {White has mating tactics.} (43. Nf5+ gxf5 44. Qxh5 Rxb1 45. Qh8+ Kg6 46.
Rg8#) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "42.Schachtage"]
[Date "2014.07.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2014.07.12"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bd2 h5 13. Rc1 g5 14. c5 dxc5 15. b4
cxb4 16. Nb5 c6 17. d6 Nd5 $5 {Naiditsch delivers a fine novelty.} ({The
alternative is} 17... Qb6+ 18. Kh1 Nd5) 18. Nxb4 ({The pointe is} 18. exd5 $2
cxb5 19. Bxb4 a5) 18... Qb6+ 19. Kh1 Nxb4 20. Nc7 Rb8 21. Qb3+ Kh8 22. Bxb4 c5
23. Bc3 Qxb3 24. axb3 a6 25. g3 b5 26. Ne6 Re8 27. Nxg7 Kxg7 28. Rg1 Kh6 29. h4
g4 30. fxg4 Bb7 31. g5+ Kg6 32. Bf3 fxg3 33. Kg2 b4 34. Be1 a5 35. Kxg3 a4 36.
bxa4 Ba6 37. Bg2 c4 38. Bh3 Nc5 39. Bf5+ Kg7 40. d7 Red8 41. Kf3 Nd3 42. Bg3
Rb7 43. Rgd1 Rbxd7 44. Bxd7 Rxd7 45. Ke3 Kg6 46. Be1 Rd4 47. Bxb4 Nxc1 48. Rxc1
{An equal endgame has been reached after many adventures and mistakes.} Bb7 49.
Be1 Rxe4+ 50. Kd2 Rd4+ $2 ({Correct is} 50... c3+ $1 51. Rxc3 Rxa4 {(Pikula).})
51. Kc3 Bd5 52. a5 Rd3+ 53. Kb4 e4 54. a6 e3 55. a7 Ba8 56. Ra1 e2 57. Bc3 Rd1
$2 ({Better is} 57... Kf7) 58. Ra6+ Kf5 59. Rf6+ $5 Ke4 60. Rf8 Rb1+ 61. Kxc4
Rc1 62. Re8+ Kf3 63. g6 Bc6 64. g7 Rg1 65. g8=Q {Meier scored a fine result.}
1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "42.Schachtage"]
[Date "2014.07.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2014.07.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 d5 9. d4 O-O 10. Nc3 {White has avoided the main line of the Berlin
Defence.} Bb4 $5 ({Known is} 10... Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4) 11. Bf4 Nce7 12. a3 Bd6
13. Qd2 c6 14. g3 f6 15. h4 Bxf4 16. Qxf4 Ng6 17. Qd2 Nd6 18. Bg2 Bf5 19. b3
Qd7 20. Re3 Be4 21. Rae1 Rae8 22. R3e2 Ne7 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Nh2 f5 25. c4 Rd8
26. f3 Qc7 27. Qc3 Rd7 $6 ({The alternative is} 27... Rf7 28. fxe4 Nxe4 29.
Bxe4 fxe4 30. Rxe4 Rdf8 {and Black has compensation for the pawn.}) 28. fxe4
Nxe4 $6 ({Preferable is} 28... fxe4 29. Bxe4 Ndf5 30. Rf2 Rdd8) 29. Bxe4 fxe4
30. Rxe4 {White has gained a pawn.} Nf5 31. Kg2 Qd6 32. c5 Qg6 33. Rg4 Qh6 $6 (
33... Qh5 $1 34. Kh3 Rd5 {brings counter-play.}) 34. Nf3 Ne7 35. Ng5 Qg6 36.
Qe3 Nd5 37. Qe4 Qh6 $5 38. Qe2 Qf6 39. Re4 h6 40. Ne6 Rff7 41. Nf4 Nc7 42. Qe3
Qf5 43. a4 Rf8 44. Qe2 Rfd8 $2 (44... Rdf7 $1 45. Re5 Qd7 {defends well.}) 45.
Qc4+ Kh7 46. Re5 Qf6 47. Qd3+ Kg8 48. R1e4 Rf8 49. Qe2 Rfd8 50. Re7 Rxe7 51.
Rxe7 Nd5 52. Re8+ Kf7 53. Nxd5 Rxd5 54. Rb8 Qxd4 55. Qe8+ Kf6 56. Rxb7 Qxc5 {
The final standings became: Caruana 51/2/7, Leko and Meier 4, Naiditsch and
Adams 31/2, Ponomariov 3, Kramnik 21/2, Baramidze 2.} 1-0

