[Event "Happy Smothers' Day 1625"] [Site "?"] [Date "1625.??.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "?"] [Result "0-1"] [White "NN"] [Black "Gioachino Greco"] [ECO "C30"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "36"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 f5 3. exf5 Qh4+ 4. g3 Qe7 5. Qh5+ Kd8 6. fxe5 Qxe5+ 7. Be2 Nf6 8. Qf3 d5 9. g4 h5 10. h3 hxg4 11. hxg4 Rxh1 12. Qxh1 Qg3+ 13. Kd1 Nxg4 14. Qxd5+ Bd7 15. Nf3 Nf2+ 16. Ke1 Nd3+ 17. Kd1 Qe1+ 18. Nxe1 Nf2# 0-1 [Event "Blindfold simul 1783"] [Site "London, England"] [Date "1783.05.26"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "?"] [Result "0-1"] [White "John M Bruehl"] [Black "François André Philidor"] [ECO "C23"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "94"] 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 c6 3.Qe2 d6 4.c3 f5 5.d3 Nf6 6.exf5 Bxf5 7.d4 e4 8.Bg5 d5 9.Bb3 Bd6 10.Nd2 Nbd7 11.h3 h6 12.Be3 Qe7 13.f4 h5 14.c4 a6 15.cxd5 cxd5 16.Qf2 O-O 17.Ne2 b5 18.O-O Nb6 19.Ng3 g6 20.Rac1 Nc4 21.Nxf5 gxf5 22.Qg3+ Qg7 23.Qxg7+ Kxg7 24.Bxc4 bxc4 25.g3 Rab8 26.b3 Ba3 27.Rc2 cxb3 28.axb3 Rfc8 29.Rxc8 Rxc8 30.Ra1 Bb4 31.Rxa6 Rc3 32.Kf2 Rd3 33.Ra2 Bxd2 34.Rxd2 Rxb3 35.Rc2 h4 36.Rc7+ Kg6 37.gxh4 Nh5 38.Rd7 Nxf4 39.Bxf4 Rf3+ 40.Kg2 Rxf4 41.Rxd5 Rf3 42.Rd8 Rd3 43.d5 f4 44.d6 Rd2+ 45.Kf1 Kf7 46.h5 e3 47.h6 f3 0-1 [Event "The Immortal Game, London 1851"] [Site "?"] [Date "1851.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Adolf Anderssen"] [Black "Lionel Kieseritzky"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator ",code2"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2016.06.14"] [SourceDate "2016.06.14"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 b5 5. Bxb5 Nf6 6. Nf3 Qh6 7. d3 Nh5 8. Nh4 Qg5 9. Nf5 c6 10. Rg1 cxb5 11. g4 Nf6 12. h4 Qg6 13. h5 Qg5 14. Qf3 $1 Ng8 15. Bxf4 Qf6 16. Nc3 Bc5 17. Nd5 Qxb2 18. Bd6 $1 Qxa1+ 19. Ke2 Bxg1 20. e5 Na6 21. Nxg7+ Kd8 22. Qf6+ Nxf6 23. Be7# 1-0 [Event "Die immer Grüne, Berlin 1852"] [Site "?"] [Date "1852.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anderssen"] [Black "Dufresne"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator ",code2"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "2016.06.14"] [SourceDate "2016.06.14"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O d3 8. Qb3 Qf6 9. e5 Qg6 10. Re1 Nge7 11. Ba3 b5 12. Qxb5 Rb8 13. Qa4 Bb6 14. Nbd2 Bb7 15. Ne4 Qf5 $2 (15... O-O) 16. Bxd3 Qh5 17. Nf6+ $3 gxf6 18. exf6 Rg8 19. Rad1 $3 Qxf3 $2 20. Rxe7+ Nxe7 21. Qxd7+ $1 Kxd7 22. Bf5+ Ke8 23. Bd7+ Kf8 24. Bxe7# 1-0 [Event "Morphy Us 1857"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1857.11.03"] [EventDate "1857.??.??"] [Round "4.6"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Louis Paulsen"] [Black "Paul Morphy"] [ECO "C48"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "56"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. Nxe5 Re8 7. Nxc6 dxc6 8. Bc4 b5 9. Be2 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 Rxe4 11. Bf3 Re6 12. c3 Qd3 13. b4 Bb6 14. a4 bxa4 15. Qxa4 Bd7 16. Ra2 Rae8 17. Qa6 {Morphy took twelve minutes over his next move, probably to assure himself that the combination was sound and that he had a forced win in every variation. -- Chernev} Qxf3 {!!} 18. gxf3 Rg6+ 19. Kh1 Bh3 20. Rd1 {Not 20 Rg1 Rxg1+ 21 Kxg1 Re1+} Bg2+ 21. Kg1 Bxf3+ 22. Kf1 Bg2+ {The "quiet" 22...Rg2! would have won more quickly. Zukertort gives: 23.Qd3 Rxf2+ 24.Kg1 Rg2+ 25.Kh1 Rg1. } 23. Kg1 Bh3+ 24. Kh1 Bxf2 25. Qf1 {Absolutely forced.} Bxf1 26. Rxf1 Re2 27. Ra1 Rh6 28. d4 Be3 0-1 [Event "Meta-Morphysis 1858"] [Site "London"] [Date "1858.??.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "?"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Henry Edward Bird"] [Black "Paul Morphy"] [ECO "C41"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "58"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bd6 9.Nh5 O-O 10.Qd2 Qe8 11.g4 Nxg4 12.Nxg4 Qxh5 13.Ne5 Nc6 14.Be2 Qh3 15.Nxc6 bxc6 16.Be3 Rb8 17.O-O-O Rxf2 18.Bxf2 Qa3 19.c3 Qxa2 20.b4 Qa1+ 21.Kc2 Qa4+ 22.Kb2 Bxb4 23.cxb4 Rxb4+ 24.Qxb4 Qxb4+ 25.Kc2 e3 26.Bxe3 Bf5+ 27.Rd3 Qc4+ 28.Kd2 Qa2+ 29.Kd1 Qb1+ 0-1 [Event "Morphology 1858"] [Site "Paris FRA"] [Date "1858.12.27"] [EventDate "1858.12.20"] [Round "9"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Paul Morphy"] [Black "Adolf Anderssen"] [ECO "B44"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "33"] 1.e4 {Notes by Lowenthal} c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nb5 d6 {This is better than ...a6; but even now the King's Bishop is shut in, and the Queen's Pawn rendered weak.} 6.Bf4 {Correctly played, compelling the advance of the e-Pawn, which leaves the Queen's Pawn weak and unsupported.} e5 7.Be3 f5 {...a6 would have been sounder play, but even then the game would have been in favor of the first player.} 8.N1c3 {A fine conception.} f4 {Had Black played ...a6, White's reply would still have been Nd5, with a winning game.} 9.Nd5 fxe3 10.Nbc7+ Kf7 11.Qf3+ Nf6 12.Bc4 {The attack is now irresistable.} Nd4 13.Nxf6+ d5 {If the Bishop had been interposed, White would have taken it, checking; and on Knight retaking have played Nd5 discovering check, and won without difficulty.} 14.Bxd5+ Kg6 {Had the Queen captured the Bishop, White would have taken with Knight, discovering check, and have remained eventually with a Pawn ahead and a winning position.} 15.Qh5+ Kxf6 16.fxe3 {Ne8+, seemingly a good move, is only in appearance, as Black might have taken it when placed there; and on White taking Queen, have answered with ...Bb4+, obtaining a winning game.} Nxc2+ 17.Ke2 1-0 [Event "A Night at the Opera 1858"] [Site "Paris FRA"] [Date "1858.??.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "?"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Paul Morphy"] [Black "Duke Karl / Count Isouard"] [ECO "C41"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "33"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Bg4 {This is a weak move already.--Fischer} 4.dxe5 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 dxe5 6.Bc4 Nf6 7.Qb3 Qe7 8.Nc3 c6 9.Bg5 {Black is in what's like a zugzwang position here. He can't develop the [Queen's] knight because the pawn is hanging, the bishop is blocked because of the Queen.--Fischer} b5 10.Nxb5 cxb5 11.Bxb5+ Nbd7 12.O-O-O Rd8 13.Rxd7 Rxd7 14.Rd1 Qe6 15.Bxd7+ Nxd7 16.Qb8+ Nxb8 17.Rd8# 1-0 [Event "Vienna 1872 (fun!)"] [Site "Vienna"] [Date "1872.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Hamppe, Carl"] [Black "Meitner, Philipp"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "36"] [EventDate "1872.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. Na4 Bxf2+ 4. Kxf2 Qh4+ 5. Ke3 Qf4+ 6. Kd3 d5 7. Kc3 Qxe4 8. Kb3 Na6 9. a3 Qxa4+ 10. Kxa4 Nc5+ 11. Kb4 a5+ 12. Kxc5 Ne7 13. Bb5+ Kd8 14. Bc6 b6+ 15. Kb5 Nxc6 16. Kxc6 Bb7+ 17. Kb5 (17. Kxb7 $4 Kd7 18. Qg4+ Kd6 19. d4 Rhb8#) 17... Ba6+ 18. Kc6 Bb7+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Emanuel Labor 1889"] [Site "Amsterdam NED"] [Date "1889.08.26"] [EventDate "1889.08.26"] [Round "1"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Emanuel Lasker"] [Black "Johann Hermann Bauer"] [ECO "A03"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "75"] 1.f4 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.b3 e6 4.Bb2 Be7 5.Bd3 b6 6.Nc3 Bb7 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.O-O O-O 9.Ne2 c5 10.Ng3 Qc7 11.Ne5 Nxe5 12.Bxe5 Qc6 13.Qe2 a6 14.Nh5 Nxh5 15.Bxh7+ Kxh7 16.Qxh5+ Kg8 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Qg4+ Kh7 19.Rf3 e5 20.Rh3+ Qh6 21.Rxh6+ Kxh6 22.Qd7 Bf6 23.Qxb7 Kg7 24.Rf1 Rab8 25.Qd7 Rfd8 26.Qg4+ Kf8 27.fxe5 Bg7 28.e6 Rb7 29.Qg6 f6 30.Rxf6+ Bxf6 31.Qxf6+ Ke8 32.Qh8+ Ke7 33.Qg7+ Kxe6 34. Qxb7 Rd6 35. Qxa6 d4 36. exd4 cxd4 37. h4 d3 38. Qxd3 1-0 [Event "Good Wil Hunting, Havana 1892"] [Site "Havana CUB"] [Date "1892.01.07"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "4"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Wilhelm Steinitz"] [Black "Mikhail Chigorin"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "55"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. c3 g6 6. Nbd2 Bg7 7. Nf1 O-O 8. Ba4 Nd7 9. Ne3 Nc5 10. Bc2 Ne6 11. h4 Ne7 12. h5 d5 13. hxg6 fxg6 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Bb3 Qc6 17. Qe2 Bd7 18. Be3 Kh8 19. O-O-O Rae8 20. Qf1 a5 21. d4 exd4 22. Nxd4 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Nxd4 24. Rxh7+ Kxh7 25. Qh1+ Kg7 26. Bh6+ Kf6 27. Qh4+ Ke5 28. Qxd4+ 1-0 [Event "Match St. Petersburg 1893 - 4th round"] [Site "St. Petersburg RUS"] [Date "1893.10.14"] [Round "4"] [White "Chigorin, Mikhail"] [Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "124"] [EventDate "1893.10.08"] 1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. d3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 a6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bf4 b5 11. Rfe1 d4 12. Nd1 Nd7 13. Kh1 Re8 14. Rg1 e5 15. Bd2 Nf8 16. Ne1 Ne6 17. f4 Bb7 18. f5 Ng5 19. Nf2 Rc8 20. Qh5 Nh7 21. Nf3 c4 22. Bf1 cxd3 23. cxd3 Ng5 24. Bxg5 Bxg5 25. Ng4 Kf8 26. Be2 Bf6 27. h4 Qd6 28. Nfh2 Ne7 29. Raf1 Ng8 30. Bd1 Rc7 31. Bb3 Rec8 32. Nf2 Bd8 33. Qe2 a5 34. Nf3 a4 35. Bd1 Bc6 36. g4 f6 37. Nh3 Be8 38. Qh2 Bf7 39. a3 Bb3 40. Nf2 Bxd1 41. Nxd1 Rc2 42. Qg3 b4 43. axb4 Qa6 44. Nf2 Rxb2 45. g5 hxg5 46. hxg5 Rcc2 47. Ng4 Qd6 48. gxf6 Bxf6 49. Qh3 a3 50. Nxf6 Qxf6 51. Rg6 a2 52. Rxf6+ gxf6 53. Rd1 Rb1 54. Qf1 Rcb2 55. Nd2 Rxd1 56. Qxd1 Rxd2 57. Qc1 Rxd3 58. Kg2 Rc3 59. Qa1 Rc2+ 60. Kf3 d3 61. Qd1 Rb2 62. Qa4 d2 0-1 [Event "Hastings 1895"] [Site "?"] [Date "1895.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Steinitz, Wilhelm"] [Black "von Bardeleben, Curt "] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator ",code2"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2016.06.14"] [SourceDate "2016.06.14"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Be6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxd5 Bxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Re1 f6 15. Qe2 Qd7 16. Rac1 c6 17. d5 cxd5 18. Nd4 Kf7 19. Ne6 Rhc8 20. Qg4 g6 21. Ng5+ Ke8 22. Rxe7+ Kf8 (22... Qxe7 23. Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. Qxc8+ Qd8 25. Qxd8+ Kxd8 $18) 23. Rf7+ Kg8 24. Rg7+ (24. Qxd7 $4 Rxc1#) 24... Kh8 25. Rxh7+ Kg8 26. Rg7+ $1 Kh8 27. Qh4+ Kxg7 28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Qh8+ Ke7 30. Qg7+ Ke8 31. Qg8+ Ke7 32. Qf7+ Kd8 33. Qf8+ Qe8 34. Nf7+ Kd7 35. Qd6# 1-0 [Event "Pillsbury d'oh! 1896"] [Site "St. Petersburg RUS"] [Date "1896.01.04"] [EventDate "1895.12.13"] [Round "10"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Harry Nelson Pillsbury"] [Black "Emanuel Lasker"] [ECO "D50"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "60"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. Bg5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Qh4 Be7 8. O-O-O Qa5 9. e3 Bd7 10. Kb1 h6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nd4 O-O 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Qh5 Nxd4 15. exd4 Be6 16. f4 Rac8 17. f5 Rxc3 18. fxe6 Ra3 19. exf7+ Rxf7 20. bxa3 Qb6+ 21. Bb5 Qxb5+ 22. Ka1 Rc7 23. Rd2 Rc4 24. Rhd1 Rc3 25. Qf5 Qc4 26. Kb2 Rxa3 27. Qe6+ Kh7 28. Kxa3 Qc3+ 29. Ka4 b5+ 30. Kxb5 Qc4+ 0-1 [Event "Crash Corzo, 1901"] [Site "Habana CUB"] [Date "1901.12.15"] [EventDate "1901.11.17"] [Round "11"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Jose Raul Capablanca (12yo.!!)"] [Black "Juan Corzo"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "119"] 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.e3 Nc6 4.b3 e6 5.Bb2 Nf6 6.Nbd2 cxd4 7.exd4 Bd6 8.Bd3 O-O 9.O-O Nh5 10.g3 f5 11.Ne5 Nf6 12.f4 Bxe5 13.fxe5 Ng4 14.Qe2 Qb6 15.Nf3 Bd7 16.a3 Kh8 17.h3 Nh6 18.Qf2 Nf7 19.Kg2 g5 20.g4 Ne7 21.Qe3 Rg8 22.Rae1 Ng6 23.gxf5 Nf4+ 24.Kh2 Nxd3 25.Qxd3 exf5 26.c4 Qe6 27.cxd5 Qxd5 28.e6 Bb5 29.Qxb5 Qxb5 30.d5+ Rg7 31.exf7 h6 32.Nd4 Qxf1 33.Rxf1 Rxf7 34.Rxf5 Rxf5 35.Nxf5+ Kh7 36.Ne7 Rf8 37.Kg2 h5 38.d6 g4 39.hxg4 hxg4 40.Be5 Kh6 41.d7 Rd8 42.Ng8+ Rxg8 43.Bf6 Kg6 44.d8=Q Rxd8 45.Bxd8 b5 46.Kf2 Kf5 47.Ke3 Ke5 48.Kd3 Kd5 49.Kc3 g3 50.Bh4 g2 51.Bf2 a5 52.b4 Ke4 53.Bb6 Kd5 54.Kd3 Kc6 55.Bg1 Kd5 56.Bh2 Kc6 57.Kd4 a4 58.Ke5 Kb6 59.Kd5 Ka6 60.Kc5 1-0 [Event "Pawnslaught 1904"] [Site "Cambridge Springs, PA USA"] [Date "1904.04.28"] [EventDate "1904.04.25"] [Round "3.3"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Emanuel Lasker"] [Black "William Ewart Napier"] [ECO "B34"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "69"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 d6 7.h3 Nf6 8.g4 O-O 9.g5 Ne8 10.h4 Nc7 11.f4 e5 12.Nde2 d5 13.exd5 Nd4 14.Nxd4 Nxd5 15.Nf5 Nxc3 16.Qxd8 Rxd8 17.Ne7+ Kh8 18.h5 Re8 19.Bc5 gxh5 20.Bc4 exf4 21.Bxf7 Ne4 22.Bxe8 Bxb2 23.Rb1 Bc3+ 24.Kf1 Bg4 25.Bxh5 Bxh5 26.Rxh5 Ng3+ 27.Kg2 Nxh5 28.Rxb7 a5 29.Rb3 Bg7 30.Rh3 Ng3 31.Kf3 Ra6 32.Kxf4 Ne2+ 33.Kf5 Nc3 34.a3 Na4 35.Be3 1-0 [Event "The Gold Coin Game 1912"] [Site "Breslau GER"] [Date "1912.07.20"] [EventDate "1912.07.15"] [Round "6"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Stefan Levitsky"] [Black "Frank James Marshall"] [ECO "B23"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "46"] 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 c5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.exd5 exd5 6.Be2 Nf6 7.O-O Be7 8.Bg5 O-O 9.dxc5 Be6 10.Nd4 Bxc5 11.Nxe6 fxe6 12.Bg4 Qd6 13.Bh3 Rae8 14.Qd2 Bb4 15.Bxf6 Rxf6 16.Rad1 Qc5 17.Qe2 Bxc3 18.bxc3 Qxc3 19.Rxd5 Nd4 20.Qh5 Ref8 21.Re5 Rh6 22.Qg5 Rxh3 23.Rc5 Qg3 0-1 [Event "Rage Against the Machine, 1914"] [Site "St. Petersburg RUS"] [Date "1914.05.18"] [EventDate "1914.04.21"] [Round "7"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Emanuel Lasker"] [Black "Jose Raul Capablanca"] [ECO "C68"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "83"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d4 exd4 6.Qxd4 Qxd4 7.Nxd4 Bd6 8.Nc3 Ne7 9.O-O O-O 10.f4 Re8 11.Nb3 f6 12.f5 b6 13.Bf4 Bb7 14.Bxd6 cxd6 15.Nd4 Rad8 16.Ne6 Rd7 17.Rad1 Nc8 18.Rf2 b5 19.Rfd2 Rde7 20.b4 Kf7 21.a3 Ba8 22.Kf2 Ra7 23.g4 h6 24.Rd3 a5 25.h4 axb4 26.axb4 Rae7 27.Kf3 Rg8 28.Kf4 g6 29.Rg3 g5+ 30.Kf3 Nb6 31.hxg5 hxg5 32.Rh3 Rd7 33.Kg3 Ke8 34.Rdh1 Bb7 35.e5 dxe5 36.Ne4 Nd5 37.N6c5 Bc8 38.Nxd7 Bxd7 39.Rh7 Rf8 40.Ra1 Kd8 41.Ra8+ Bc8 42.Nc5 1-0 [Event "Burn the Witsch, 1914"] [Site "St. Petersburg RUS"] [Date "1914.04.21"] [EventDate "1914.04.21"] [Round "1"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Aron Nimzowitsch"] [Black "Jose Raul Capablanca"] [ECO "C62"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "83"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 d6 5. d4 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Qd3 exd4 8. Nxd4 g6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qa6 Qd7 11. Qb7 Rc8 12. Qxa7 Bg7 13. O-O O-O 14. Qa6 Rfe8 15. Qd3 Qe6 16. f3 Nd7 17. Bd2 Ne5 18. Qe2 Nc4 19. Rab1 Ra8 20. a4 Nxd2 21. Qxd2 Qc4 22. Rfd1 Reb8 23. Qe3 Rb4 24. Qg5 Bd4+ 25. Kh1 Rab8 26. Rxd4 Qxd4 27. Rd1 Qc4 28. h4 Rxb2 29. Qd2 Qc5 30. Re1 Qh5 31. Ra1 Qxh4+ 32. Kg1 Qh5 33. a5 Ra8 34. a6 Qc5+ 35. Kh1 Qc4 36. a7 Qc5 37. e5 Qxe5 38. Ra4 Qh5+ 39. Kg1 Qc5+ 40. Kh2 d5 41. Rh4 Rxa7 42. Nd1 0-1 [Event "Vienna, 1914"] [Site "Vienna AUT"] [Date "1914.12.02"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "?"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Richard Reti"] [Black "Dunkelblum"] [ECO "C46"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "15"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Bc5 4.Nxe5 Nxe5 5.d4 Bxd4 6.Qxd4 Qf6 7.Nb5 Kd8 8.Qc5 1-0 [Event "The Triple Queen Sacrifice 1922"] [Site "Hastings ENG"] [Date "1922.09.21"] [EventDate "1922.09.10"] [Round "10"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Efim Bogoljubov"] [Black "Alexander Alekhine"] [ECO "A90"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "106"] 1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Nxd2 Nc6 7. Ngf3 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. Qb3 Kh8 10. Qc3 e5 11. e3 a5 12. b3 Qe8 13. a3 Qh5 14. h4 Ng4 15. Ng5 Bd7 16. f3 Nf6 17. f4 e4 18. Rfd1 h6 19. Nh3 d5 20. Nf1 Ne7 21. a4 Nc6 22. Rd2 Nb4 23. Bh1 Qe8 24. Rg2 dxc4 25. bxc4 Bxa4 26. Nf2 Bd7 27. Nd2 b5 28. Nd1 Nd3 29. Rxa5 b4 30. Rxa8 bxc3 31. Rxe8 c2 32. Rxf8+ Kh7 33. Nf2 c1=Q+ 34. Nf1 Ne1 35. Rh2 Qxc4 36. Rb8 Bb5 37. Rxb5 Qxb5 38. g4 Nf3+ 39. Bxf3 exf3 40. gxf5 Qe2 41. d5 Kg8 42. h5 Kh7 43. e4 Nxe4 44. Nxe4 Qxe4 45. d6 cxd6 46. f6 gxf6 47. Rd2 Qe2 48. Rxe2 fxe2 49. Kf2 exf1=Q+ 50. Kxf1 Kg7 51. Ke2 Kf7 52. Ke3 Ke6 53. Ke4 d5+ 0-1 [Event "The Immortal Zugzwang Game 1923"] [Site "Copenhagen DEN"] [Date "1923.03.09"] [EventDate "1923.03.03"] [Round "6"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Friedrich Saemisch"] [Black "Aron Nimzowitsch"] [ECO "E18"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "50"] 1. d4 {Notes by Nimzowitsch's "My System"} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. Ne5 c6 {Safeguards the position} 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Bf4 a6 {Protects the oupost station c4, i.e., by ...a6 and ...b5.} 11. Rc1 b5 12. Qb3 Nc6 {The ghost! With noiseless steps he presses on towards c4.} 13. Nxc6 {Samisch sacrifices two tempi (exchange of the tempo-eating Knight on e5 for the Knight which is almost undeveloped) merely to be rid of the ghost.} Bxc6 14. h3 Qd7 15. Kh2 Nh5 {I could have supplied him with as yet a second ghost by ...Qb7 and ...Knight-d7-b6-c4, but I wished to turn my attention to the King's side.} 16. Bd2 f5 {!} 17. Qd1 b4 {!} 18. Nb1 Bb5 19. Rg1 Bd6 20. e4 fxe4 {! This sacrifice, which has a quite surprising affect, is based upon the following sober calculation: two Pawns and the 7th rank and an enemy Queen's wing which cannot be disentangled - all this for only one piece!} 21. Qxh5 Rxf2 22. Qg5 Raf8 23. Kh1 R8f5 24. Qe3 Bd3 25. Rce1 h6 {!! A brilliant move which announces the Zugzwang. White has not a move left. If, e.g., Kh2 or g4, then R5f3. Black can now make waiting moves with his King, and White must, willy-nilly, eventually throw himself upon the sword.} 0-1 [Event "Sixth Sense, 1923"] [Site "Karlsbad CZE"] [Date "1923.04.29"] [EventDate "1923.04.28"] [Round "2"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Ernst Gruenfeld"] [Black "Alexander Alekhine"] [ECO "D64"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "68"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. e3 O-O 7. Rc1 c6 8. Qc2 a6 9. a3 h6 10. Bh4 Re8 11. Bd3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 b5 13. Ba2 c5 14. Rd1 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Qb6 16. Bb1 Bb7 17. O-O Rac8 18. Qd2 Ne5 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Qc2 g6 21. Qe2 Nc4 22. Be4 Bg7 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Rc1 e5 25. Nb3 e4 26. Nd4 Red8 27. Rfd1 Ne5 28. Na2 Nd3 29. Rxc8 Qxc8 30. f3 Rxd4 31. fxe4 Nf4 32. exf4 Qc4 33. Qxc4 Rxd1+ 34. Qf1 Bd4+ 0-1 [Event "New York 1924"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1924.04.08"] [EventDate "1924.03.16"] [Round "16"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Richard Reti"] [Black "Emanuel Lasker"] [ECO "A12"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "90"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. b3 Bf5 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. Bb2 e6 7. O-O Bd6 8. d3 O-O 9. Nbd2 e5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Rc1 Qe7 12. Rc2 a5 13. a4 h6 14. Qa1 Rfe8 15. Rfc1 Bh7 16. Nf1 Nc5 17. Rxc5 Bxc5 18. Nxe5 Rac8 19. Ne3 Qe6 20. h3 Bd6 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Nf3 Be7 23. Nd4 Qd7 24. Kh2 h5 25. Qh1 h4 26. Nxd5 hxg3+ 27. fxg3 Nxd5 28. Bxd5 Bf6 29. Bxb7 Rc5 30. Ba6 Bg6 31. Qb7 Qd8 32. b4 Rc7 33. Qb6 Rd7 34. Qxd8+ Rxd8 35. e3 axb4 36. Kg2 Bxd4 37. exd4 Bf5 38. Bb7 Be6 39. Kf3 Bb3 40. Bc6 Rd6 41. Bb5 Rf6+ 42. Ke3 Re6+ 43. Kf4 Re2 44. Bc1 Rc2 45. Be3 Bd5 0-1 [Event "Rook Before you Leap, 1924"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1924.03.23"] [EventDate "1924.03.16"] [Round "6"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Jose Raul Capablanca"] [Black "Savielly Tartakower"] [ECO "A80"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "103"] 1. d4 {Notes by Alekhine and Reti.} e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. c4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O Qe8 9. Qe2 Ne4 10. Bxe7 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Qxe7 12. a4 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nc6 14. Rfb1 Rae8 15. Qh3 Rf6 16. f4 Na5 17. Qf3 d6 18. Re1 Qd7 19. e4 fxe4 20. Qxe4 g6 21. g3 Kf8 22. Kg2 Rf7 23. h4 d5 24. cxd5 exd5 25. Qxe8+ Qxe8 26. Rxe8+ Kxe8 27. h5 {! This is the calamity--the Rook now enters the hostile camp. -- Alekhine} Rf6 28. hxg6 hxg6 29. Rh1 {White plays logically to utilize his advantage on the K-side and very properly does not concern himself with the weakness of the Q-side. Black, on the other hand, makes a defensive move which he could perhaps have omitted. -- Reti} Kf8 30. Rh7 Rc6 31. g4 {Anxious nature might have moved the King towards the queenside, but Capablanca adheres to the principle of aggression that governs rook endings. -- Reti} Nc4 32. g5 {He gives his opponent the opportunity of winning a pawn. But Capablanca has confidence in the passed pawn which he obtains. -- Reti} Ne3+ 33. Kf3 Nf5 34. Bxf5 {Simple and compelling. -- Alekhine} gxf5 35. Kg3 {Decisive! White sacrifices material in order to obtain the classical position with King on f6, pawn on g6, and Rook on h7, whereupon the black pawns tumble like ripe apples. -- Alekhine} Rxc3+ {It is extremely instructive to see how Capablanca is no longer in the least concerned about material equality, but thinks only of supporting his passed pawn. -- Reti} 36. Kh4 Rf3 37. g6 Rxf4+ 38. Kg5 Re4 39. Kf6 {It is a frequently available finesse in such positions not to capture hostile pawns, but to pass them by in order to be protected in the rear against checks by the rook. -- Reti} Kg8 40. Rg7+ Kh8 41. Rxc7 Re8 42. Kxf5 {Again the simplest. Kf7 would not yet have been disastrous because of Rd8, etc. -- Alekhine} Re4 43. Kf6 Rf4+ 44. Ke5 Rg4 45. g7+ Kg8 {After exchanging rooks, White would win still more easily. -- Alekhine} 46. Rxa7 Rg1 47. Kxd5 Rc1 48. Kd6 Rc2 49. d5 Rc1 50. Rc7 Ra1 51. Kc6 Rxa4 52. d6 {Capablanca's management of the endgame gives the impression of being so natural that one easily forgets the difficulty of such precise play. The difficulty is chiefly psychological. In chess, as in life, one is so accustomed to place value on the material factors that it is not easy to conceive the idea of indulging in pawn sacrifices when there is so little available material. --Reti} 1-0 [Event "Reti Steady Go, 1924"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1924.04.02"] [EventDate "1924.03.16"] [Round "12"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Richard Reti"] [Black "Efim Bogoljubov"] [ECO "A13"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "49"] 1.Nf3 {Notes by Alekhine} d5 2.c4 e6 {As for the merit of this system of defence, compare the game Reti vs. Yates in the sixth round.} 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Bd6 5.O-O O-O 6.b3 Re8 7.Bb2 Nbd7 8.d4 {To our way of thinking, this is the clear positional refutation of 2...e6, which, by the way, was first played by Capablanca (as Black) against Marshall and is based upon the simple circumstance that Black cannot find a method for the effective development of his Queen's Bishop.} c6 9.Nbd2 {In the game referred to, Capablanca, in a wholly analogous position, played ...Ne4 and likewise obtained an advantage thereby. Of course, Reti's quieter development is also quite good.} Ne4 {If the liberating move of 9...e5, recommended by Rubinstein and others, is really the best here-then it furnishes the most striking proof that Black's entire arrangement of his game was faulty. For the simple continuation 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 Bxe5 13.Bxe5 Rxe5 14.Nc4 Re8 15.Ne3 Be6 16.Qd4, would have given White a direct attack against the isolated Queen's pawn, without permitting the opponent any chances whatsoever. Moreover, the move selected by Bogoljubow leads eventually to a double exchange of Knights, without moving the principal disadvantage of his position.} 10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.Ne5 f5 {Obviously forced.} 12.f3 {The proper strategy. After Black has weakened his position in the center, White forthwith must aim to change the closed game into an open one in order to make as much as possible out of that weakness.} exf3 13.Bxf3 {Not 13.exf3, because the e pawn must be utilized as a battering ram.} Qc7 {Also after 13...Nxe5 14.dxe5 Bc5+ 15.Kg2 Bd7 (after the exchange of Queens, this Bishop could not get out at all) 16.e4, White would have retained a decisive advantage in position.} 14.Nxd7 Bxd7 15.e4 e5 {Otherwise would follow 16.e5, to be followed by a break by means of d5 or g4. After the text move, however, Black appears to have surmounted the greater part of his early difficulty and it calls for exeptionally fine play on the part of White in order to make the hidden advantages of his position count so rapidly and convincingly.} 16.c5 Bf8 17.Qc2 {Attacking simultaneously both of Black's center pawns.} exd4 {Black's sphere of action is circumscribed; for instance, 17...fxe4 clearly would not do on account of the two-fold threat against h7 and e5, after 18.Bxe4} 18.exf5 Rad8 {After 18...Re5 19.Qc4+ Kh8 20.f6, among other lines, would be very strong.} 19.Bh5 {The initial move in an exactly calculated, decisive manouver, the end of which will worthily crown White's model play.} Re5 20.Bxd4 Rxf5 {If 20...Rd5 21.Qc4 Kh8 22.Bg4, with a pawn plus and a superior position.} 21.Rxf5 Bxf5 22.Qxf5 Rxd4 23.Rf1 Rd8 {Or 23...Qe7 24.Bf7+ Kh8 25.Bd5 Qf6 26.Qc8, etc. Black is left without any defence.} 24.Bf7+ Kh8 25.Be8 {A sparkling conclusion! Black resigned, for, after 25...Bxc5+, he loses at least the Bishop. Rightfully, this game was awarded the first brilliancy prize.} 1-0 [Event "Johner in the Belly of the Whale 1926"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "1926.04.05"] [EventDate "1926.04.04"] [Round "2"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Paul F Johner"] [Black "Aron Nimzowitsch"] [ECO "E47"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "80"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 d6 9. Nd2 b6 10. Nb3 e5 11. f4 e4 12. Be2 Qd7 13. h3 Ne7 14. Qe1 h5 15. Bd2 Qf5 16. Kh2 Qh7 17. a4 Nf5 18. g3 a5 19. Rg1 Nh6 20. Bf1 Bd7 21. Bc1 Rac8 22. d5 Kh8 23. Nd2 Rg8 24. Bg2 g5 25. Nf1 Rg7 26. Ra2 Nf5 27. Bh1 Rcg8 28. Qd1 gxf4 29. exf4 Bc8 30. Qb3 Ba6 31. Re2 Nh4 32. Re3 Bc8 33. Qc2 Bxh3 34. Bxe4 Bf5 35. Bxf5 Nxf5 36. Re2 h4 37. Rgg2 hxg3+ 38. Kg1 Qh3 39. Ne3 Nh4 40. Kf1 Re8 0-1 [Event "Black Be Nimzo, Black Win Quick, 1929"] [Site "Karlsbad CZE"] [Date "1929.08.14"] [EventDate "1929.07.31"] [Round "12"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Hermanis Karlovich Mattison"] [Black "Aron Nimzowitsch"] [ECO "E21"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "46"] 1. d4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. You will see from the examples which follow that Nimzowitsch was also capable of constructing fantastic blockading possibilities for his knights over the board. } Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 d6 6. Qc2 Qe7 7. Ba3 c5 8. g3 b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nh4 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 {?} Qb7+ {!} 13. Kg1 Qa6 14. Qb3 Nc6 15. Rfd1 Na5 16. Qb5 Qxb5 17. cxb5 Nc4 18. Bc1 a6 19. bxa6 Rxa6 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. Ng2 Nd5 22. Rd3 Rfa8 {Black's blockading knights, firmly established on light squares, create an impression both of power and of pictorial beauty. The same could also be said of Mannheimer-Nimzowitsch 1930. } 23. e4 Ne5 0-1 [Event "Under the Gun, 1930"] [Site "San Remo ITA"] [Date "1930.01.18"] [EventDate "1930.01.16"] [Round "3"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Alexander Alekhine"] [Black "Aron Nimzowitsch"] [ECO "C17"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "59"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Bd2 Ne7 6. Nb5 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 O-O 8. c3 b6 9. f4 Ba6 10. Nf3 Qd7 11. a4 Nbc6 12. b4 cxb4 13. cxb4 Bb7 14. Nd6 f5 15. a5 Nc8 16. Nxb7 Qxb7 17. a6 Qf7 18. Bb5 N8e7 19. O-O h6 20. Rfc1 Rfc8 21. Rc2 Qe8 22. Rac1 Rab8 23. Qe3 Rc7 24. Rc3 Qd7 25. R1c2 Kf8 26. Qc1 Rbc8 27. Ba4 b5 28. Bxb5 Ke8 29. Ba4 Kd8 30. h4 1-0 [Event "Leningrad 1934"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1934.08.29"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "10"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "Hans Kmoch"] [ECO "B13"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "53"] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.c5 Be7 8.Bb5 O-O 9.Nf3 Ne4 10.Bxe7 Nxe7 11.Rc1 Ng6 12.O-O Bd7 13.Bd3 f5 14.b4 Be8 15.g3 Rc8 16.Re1 Qf6 17.a3 Ne7 18.Ne5 Qh6 19.f3 Nf2 20.Qe2 Nh3+ 21.Kg2 g5 22.Nb5 Bxb5 23.Bxb5 Rf6 24.Bd7 Rd8 25.b5 Qh5 26.c6 Rh6 27.Kh1 1-0 [Event "Pearl of Zandvoort, 1935"] [Site "?"] [Date "1935.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Euwe"] [Black "Aljechin"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator ",code2"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2016.06.14"] [SourceDate "2016.06.14"] 1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Nf3 Ne4 8. O-O b6 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Ne5 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 (11. Bxb7 Nxe2+ 12. Kg2 Nxd4 13. Qa4 Nbc6 14. Nxc6 dxc6 15. Bxa8 Qxa8 $15) 11... Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Qc8 13. d5 d6 14. Nd3 e5 15. Kh1 c6 16. Qb3 Kh8 17. f4 e4 18. Nb4 c5 19. Nc2 Nd7 20. Ne3 Bf6 21. Nxf5 $1 Bxc3 22. Nxd6 Qb8 23. Nxe4 Bf6 24. Nd2 $1 g5 25. e4 gxf4 26. gxf4 Bd4 27. e5 Qe8 28. e6 Rg8 29. Nf3 (29. exd7 $2 Qe2 $1 $15) 29... Qg6 30. Rg1 $1 Bxg1 31. Rxg1 Qf6 32. Ng5 $1 Rg7 33. exd7 Rxd7 34. Qe3 Re7 (34... Qxb2 $2 35. Qe6 $1 $18 ) 35. Ne6 Rf8 36. Qe5 Qxe5 37. fxe5 Rf5 38. Re1 h6 39. Nd8 Rf2 40. e6 Rd2 41. Nc6 Re8 42. e7 b5 43. Nd8 Kg7 44. Nb7 Kf6 45. Re6+ Kg5 46. Nd6 $1 Rxe7 47. Ne4+ 1-0 [Event "World Championship Match 1935, round 30"] [Site "Various Locations NED"] [Date "1935.12.15"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "30"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Max Euwe"] [Black "Alexander Alekhine"] [ECO "D21"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "79"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nd7 4. Qa4 c6 5. Qxc4 Ngf6 6. g3 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Qa5 10. e4 Qh5 11. Qd3 Nb6 12. Ne2 Rd8 13. a4 Nbd7 14. b4 g5 15. Nxg5 Ne5 16. Qc2 Ng6 17. h3 h6 18. Bf3 Ng4 19. hxg4 Bxg4 20. Bxg4 Qxg4 21. Nxf7 Kxf7 22. Qc4+ e6 23. f3 Qh5 24. Be3 Rg8 25. Rf2 Bf6 26. Raf1 Nh4 27. Qxe6+ Kxe6 28. Nf4+ Kf7 29. Nxh5 Be7 30. Kh2 Ng6 31. Rb2 Rac8 32. f4 Nf8 33. f5 Bg5 34. Bxg5 Rxg5 35. Nf4 Nh7 36. Ne6 Rh5+ 37. Kg2 Nf6 38. Kf3 Rg8 39. Nf4 Rhg5 40. Rg1 1/2-1/2 [Event "AVRO tournament 1938"] [Site "?"] [Date "1938.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Botwinnik, M.M.."] [Black "Capablanca, J.R.."] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator ",code2"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2016.06.14"] [SourceDate "2016.06.14"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Ne2 b6 10. O-O Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Bb2 Qd7 13. a4 Rfe8 14. Qd3 c4 15. Qc2 Nb8 16. Rae1 Nc6 17. Ng3 Na5 18. f3 Nb3 19. e4 Qxa4 20. e5 Nd7 21. Qf2 g6 22. f4 f5 23. exf6 Nxf6 24. f5 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Re8 26. Re6 Rxe6 27. fxe6 Kg7 28. Qf4 Qe8 29. Qe5 Qe7 30. Ba3 $1 Qxa3 31. Nh5+ $1 gxh5 32. Qg5+ Kf8 33. Qxf6+ Kg8 34. e7 Qc1+ 35. Kf2 Qc2+ 36. Kg3 Qd3+ 37. Kh4 Qe4+ 38. Kxh5 Qe2+ 39. Kh4 Qe4+ 40. g4 Qe1+ 41. Kh5 1-0 [Event "Groningen, 1946"] [Site "Groningen NED"] [Date "1946.08.24"] [EventDate "1946.08.13"] [Round "10"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "Max Euwe"] [ECO "D27"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "101"] 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.a4 Nc6 8.Qe2 Be7 9.Rd1 Qc7 10.Nc3 O-O 11.b3 Bd7 12.Bb2 Rac8 13.d5 exd5 14.Nxd5 Nxd5 15.Bxd5 Bg4 16.Qc4 Bh5 17.Bxc6 Qxc6 18.Ne5 Qe8 19.Rd5 Rd8 20.Nd7 Rxd7 21.Rxh5 Qd8 22.Rf1 g6 23.Rh3 Rd1 24.g4 Rxf1+ 25.Kxf1 b5 26.axb5 axb5 27.Qf4 f6 28.e4 Qd1+ 29.Kg2 Bd6 30.Qf3 Qxf3+ 31.Rxf3 Be5 32.Bxe5 fxe5 33.Rc3 Rc8 34.Kf3 Kf7 35.Ke3 Ke6 36.f4 exf4 37.Kxf4 c4 38.bxc4 bxc4 39.h4 h6 40.g5 h5 41.Ke3 Ke5 42.Rc2 c3 43.Kd3 Rd8+ 44.Ke3 Rd4 45.Rxc3 Rxe4+ 46.Kf3 Rxh4 47.Rc6 Rf4+ 48.Ke3 Re4+ 49.Kf3 Kf5 50.Rf6+ Kxg5+ 51.Rxg6+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Game Euwe 1953"] [Site "Zurich SUI"] [Date "1953.08.31"] [EventDate "1953.08.30"] [Round "2"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Efim Geller"] [Black "Max Euwe"] [ECO "E26"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "52"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. f3 Nc6 9. Ne2 O-O 10. O-O Na5 11. e4 Ne8 12. Ng3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Rc8 14. f4 Nxc4 15. f5 f6 16. Rf4 b5 17. Rh4 Qb6 18. e5 Nxe5 19. fxe6 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Qxe6 21. Qxh7+ Kf7 22. Bh6 Rh8 23. Qxh8 Rc2 24. Rc1 Rxg2+ 25. Kf1 Qb3 26. Ke1 Qf3 0-1 [Event "The Game of the Century, 1956"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1956.10.17"] [EventDate "1956.10.07"] [Round "8"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Donald Byrne"] [Black "Bobby Fischer (13yo!)"] [ECO "D92"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "82"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. Bf4 d5 6. Qb3 dxc4 7. Qxc4 c6 8. e4 Nbd7 9. Rd1 Nb6 10. Qc5 Bg4 11. Bg5 {11. Be2 followed by 12 O-O would have been more prudent. The bishop move played allows a sudden crescendo of tactical points to be uncovered by Fischer. -- Wade} Na4 {!} 12. Qa3 {On 12. Nxa4 Nxe4 and White faces considerable difficulties.} Nxc3 {At first glance, one might think that this move only helps White create a stronger pawn center; however, Fischer's plan is quite the opposite. By eliminating the Knight on c3, it becomes possible to sacrifice the exchange via Nxe4 and smash White's center, while the King remains trapped in the center.} 13. bxc3 Nxe4 {The natural continuation of Black's plan.} 14. Bxe7 Qb6 15. Bc4 Nxc3 16. Bc5 Rfe8+ 17. Kf1 Be6 {!! If this is the game of the century, then 17...Be6!! must be the counter of the century. Fischer offers his queen in exchange for a fierce attack with his minor pieces. Declining this offer is not so easy: 18. Bxe6 leads to a 'Philidor Mate' (smothered mate) with ...Qb5+ 19. Kg1 Ne2+ 20. Kf1 Ng3+ 21. Kg1 Qf1+ 22. Rxf1 Ne2#. Other ways to decline the queen also run into trouble: e.g., 18. Qxc3 Qxc5} 18. Bxb6 Bxc4+ 19. Kg1 Ne2+ 20. Kf1 Nxd4+ {This tactical scenario, where a king is repeatedly revealed to checks, is sometimes called a "windmill."} 21. Kg1 Ne2+ 22. Kf1 Nc3+ 23. Kg1 axb6 24. Qb4 Ra4 25. Qxb6 Nxd1 26. h3 Rxa2 27. Kh2 Nxf2 28. Re1 Rxe1 29. Qd8+ Bf8 30. Nxe1 Bd5 31. Nf3 Ne4 32. Qb8 b5 {Every piece and pawn of the black camp is defended. The white queen has nothing to do.} 33. h4 h5 34. Ne5 Kg7 35. Kg1 Bc5+ 36. Kf1 Ng3+ {Now Byrne is hopelessly entangled in Fischer's mating net.} 37. Ke1 Bb4+ 38. Kd1 Bb3+ 39. Kc1 Ne2+ 40. Kb1 Nc3+ 41. Kc1 Rc2# 0-1 [Event "Olympiade Varna 1962"] [Site "?"] [Date "1962.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Spassky"] [Black "Evans"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator ",code2"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "2016.06.01"] [SourceDate "2016.06.01"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 c6 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 b5 8. O-O-O bxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. h4 d5 11. Bb3 dxe4 12. h5 $1 exf3 13. hxg6 hxg6 14. Bh6 $1 fxg2 15. Rh4 Ng4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qxg2 Nh6 18. Nf3 Nf5 19. Rh2 Qb6 20. Ne5 Nd7 21. Ne4 Qc7 22. Rdh1 Rg8 23. Rh7+ Kf8 24. Rxf7+ Ke8 25. Qxg6 Nxe5 26. Rf8+ 1-0 [Event "We Are the Champions, 1966"] [Site "m"] [Date "1966.04.25"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "7"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Boris Spassky"] [Black "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"] [ECO "A46"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "86"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 d5 4. Nbd2 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. Bf4 Qc7 12. Nf3 h6 13. b4 g5 14. Bg3 h5 15. h4 gxh4 16. Bf4 O-O-O 17. a4 c4 18. Be2 a6 19. Kh1 Rdg8 20. Rg1 Rg4 21. Qd2 Rhg8 22. a5 b5 23. Rad1 Bf8 24. Nh2 Nxe5 25. Nxg4 hxg4 26. e4 Bd6 27. Qe3 Nd7 28. Bxd6 Qxd6 29. Rd4 e5 30. Rd2 f5 31. exd5 f4 32. Qe4 Nf6 33. Qf5+ Kb8 34. f3 Bc8 35. Qb1 g3 36. Re1 h3 37. Bf1 Rh8 38. gxh3 Bxh3 39. Kg1 Bxf1 40. Kxf1 e4 41. Qd1 Ng4 42. fxg4 f3 43. Rg2 fxg2+ 0-1 [Event "Boris Bad and Off, 1966"] [Site "Moscow-Wch"] [Date "1966.05.02"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "10"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"] [Black "Boris Spassky"] [ECO "E63"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "59"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O Nc6 6. Nc3 d6 7. d4 a6 8. d5 Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Qc2 e5 11. b3 Ng4 12. e4 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Nd1 b5 15. f3 e4 16. Bb2 exf3 17. Bxf3 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Ne5 19. Be2 f4 20. gxf4 Bh3 21. Ne3 Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Ng6 23. Bg4 Nxf4 24. Rxf4 Rxf4 25. Be6+ Rf7 26. Ne4 Qh4 27. Nxd6 Qg5+ 28. Kh1 Ra7 29. Bxf7+ Rxf7 30. Qh8+ 1-0 [Event "Silly Ghit, 1967"] [Site "Beverwijk NED"] [Date "1967.01.20"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "8"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Boris Spassky"] [Black "Theodor Ghitescu"] [ECO "A56"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "71"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Qe2 Ne8 9. g4 g6 10. Bh6 Ng7 11. O-O-O Nf6 12. h3 a6 13. Rdg1 Bd7 14. Nd2 Kh8 15. h4 Ng8 16. Be3 h5 17. g5 Be8 18. f4 f5 19. gxf6 Nxf6 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. Nf3 Ng4 22. Rxg4 hxg4 23. Nxe5 Nh5 24. Nxg4 Ng3 25. Qg2 Nxh1 26. e5 Rf7 27. Qxh1 Rh7 28. e6 Bg5 29. Qe4 Bxe3+ 30. Qxe3 Qe7 31. Ne4 Rxh4 32. Nef6 Qc7 33. Be4 Qa5 34. Qg3 g5 35. Nxe8 Rxe8 36. Qe5+ 1-0 [Event "Brooklyn Lager, 1967"] [Site "Sousse TUN"] [Date "1967.10.24"] [EventDate "1967.??.??"] [Round "7"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Robert James Fischer"] [Black "Leonid Stein"] [ECO "C92"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "111"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Na5 11. Bc2 Nc4 12. b3 Nb6 13. Nbd2 Nbd7 14. b4 exd4 15. cxd4 a5 16. bxa5 c5 17. e5 dxe5 18. dxe5 Nd5 19. Ne4 Nb4 20. Bb1 Rxa5 21. Qe2 Nb6 22. Nfg5 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 g6 24. Qh4 h5 25. Qg3 Nc4 26. Nf3 Kg7 27. Qf4 Rh8 28. e6 f5 29. Bxf5 Qf8 30. Be4 Qxf4 31. Bxf4 Re8 32. Rad1 Ra6 33. Rd7 Rxe6 34. Ng5 Rf6 35. Bf3 Rxf4 36. Ne6+ Kf6 37. Nxf4 Ne5 38. Rb7 Bd6 39. Kf1 Nc2 40. Re4 Nd4 41. Rb6 Rd8 42. Nd5+ Kf5 43. Ne3+ Ke6 44. Be2 Kd7 45. Bxb5+ Nxb5 46. Rxb5 Kc6 47. a4 Bc7 48. Ke2 g5 49. g3 Ra8 50. Rb2 Rf8 51. f4 gxf4 52. gxf4 Nf7 53. Re6+ Nd6 54. f5 Ra8 55. Rd2 Rxa4 56. f6 1-0 [Event "Queenmate, 1968"] [Site "It"] [Date "1968.??.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "?"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Milko Bobotsov"] [Black "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"] [ECO "E10"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "82"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Qc2 g6 8. e3 Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nbd7 11. Bh6 Ng4 12. Bf4 O-O 13. O-O Re8 14. h3 Ngf6 15. Ne5 Nb6 16. Bg5 Ne4 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Qc2 Nd6 19. Na4 Nbc4 20. Nxc4 Nxc4 21. Nc5 Nd6 22. Rac1 Qg5 23. Qd1 h5 24. Kh1 Re7 25. Nd3 Ne4 26. Nc5 Nd6 27. Nd3 Qf5 28. Ne5 f6 29. Nf3 Rg7 30. Nh2 Re8 31. Kg1 Ne4 32. Qf3 Qe6 33. Rfd1 g5 34. Qxh5 f5 35. Re1 g4 36. hxg4 fxg4 37. f3 gxf3 38. Nxf3 Rh7 39. Qe5 Qc8 40. Qf4 Rf8 41. Qe5 Rf5 0-1 [Event "Sukhumi 1968"] [Site "Sukhumi GEO"] [Date "1968.04.13"] [EventDate "1968.04.??"] [Round "6"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Boris Spassky"] [Black "Efim Geller"] [ECO "B25"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "63"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 g6 5.d3 Bg7 6.f4 Nf6 7.Nf3 O-O 8.O-O Rb8 9.h3 b5 10.a3 a5 11.Be3 b4 12.axb4 axb4 13.Ne2 Bb7 14.b3 Ra8 15.Rc1 Ra2 16.g4 Qa8 17.Qe1 Qa6 18.Qf2 Na7 19.f5 Nb5 20.fxg6 hxg6 21.Ng5 Na3 22.Qh4 Rc8 23.Rxf6 exf6 24.Qh7+ Kf8 25.Nxf7 Rxc2 26.Bh6 Rxc1+ 27.Nxc1 Kxf7 28.Qxg7+ Ke8 29.g5 f5 30.Qxg6+ Kd7 31.Qf7+ Kc6 32.exf5+ 1-0 [Event "Keep the Ulf from the Door, 1969"] [Site "Stockholm SWE"] [Date "1969.08.20"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "3"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Anatoly Karpov"] [Black "Ulf Andersson"] [ECO "C97"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "119"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 Bb7 13.d5 Bc8 14.Nf1 Bd7 15.b3 Nb7 16.c4 Rfb8 17.Ne3 Bf8 18.Nf5 Nd8 19.Nh2 Ne8 20.h4 f6 21.h5 Nf7 22.Re3 Ng5 23.Nh4 Qd8 24.Rg3 Nc7 25.N2f3 h6 26.Ng6 a5 27.a4 bxc4 28.bxc4 Na6 29.Qe2 Ra7 30.Bd2 Rab7 31.Bc3 Nb4 32.Bd1 Na6 33.Nd2 Nb4 34.Re3 Be8 35.Nf1 Qc8 36.Ng3 Bd7 37.Qd2 Nh7 38.Be2 Kf7 39.Qd1 Be7 40.Nf1 Bd8 41.Nh2 Kg8 42.Bg4 Ng5 43.Bxd7 Qxd7 44.Nf1 f5 45.exf5 Qxf5 46.Ng3 Qf7 47.Qe2 Bf6 48.Rf1 Qd7 49.f4 exf4 50.Rxf4 Bxc3 51.Rxc3 Re8 52.Re3 Rbb8 53.Qf2 Nh7 54.Nf5 Rxe3 55.Qxe3 Nf6 56.Nge7+ Kh8 57.Nxh6 Re8 58.Nf7+ Kh7 59.Re4 Rxe7 60.Rxe7 1-0 [Event "When Pawns Attack, 1970"] [Site "Belgrade SRB"] [Date "1970.03.31"] [EventDate "1970.03.29"] [Round "2.1"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Bent Larsen"] [Black "Boris Spassky"] [ECO "A01"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "34"] 1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 Bc5 6. Nxc6 dxc6 7. e3 Bf5 8. Qc2 Qe7 9. Be2 O-O-O 10. f4 Ng4 11. g3 h5 12. h3 h4 13. hxg4 hxg3 14. Rg1 Rh1 15. Rxh1 g2 16. Rf1 Qh4+ 17. Kd1 gxf1=Q+ 0-1 [Event "Siegen ol final Rd: 7 1970"] [Site "Siegen FRG"] [Date "1970.09.21"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "16"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Robert James Fischer"] [Black "Wolfgang Unzicker"] [ECO "C69"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "83"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. Be3 Ng6 9. Nd2 Bd6 10. Nc4 O-O 11. Qd3 Ne5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. f4 Bd6 14. f5 Qe7 15. Bf4 Bxf4 16. Rxf4 Bd7 17. Re1 Qc5 18. c3 Rae8 19. g4 Qd6 20. Qg3 Re7 21. Nf3 c5 22. e5 fxe5 23. Rfe4 Bc6 24. Rxe5 Rfe8 25. Rxe7 Rxe7 26. Ne5 h6 27. h4 Bd7 28. Qf4 Qf6 29. Re2 Bc8 30. Qc4+ Kh7 31. Ng6 Rxe2 32. Qxe2 Bd7 33. Qe7 Qxe7 34. Nxe7 g5 35. hxg5 hxg5 36. Nd5 Bc6 37. Nxc7 Bf3 38. Ne8 Kh6 39. Nf6 Kg7 40. Kf2 Bd1 41. Nd7 c4 42. Kg3 1-0 [Event "Best by Protest, 1972"] [Site "Reykjavik ISL"] [Date "1972.07.23"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "6"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Robert James Fischer"] [Black "Boris Spassky"] [ECO "D59"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "81"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 Be6 12. Qa4 c5 13. Qa3 Rc8 14. Bb5 a6 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. O-O Ra7 17. Be2 Nd7 18. Nd4 Qf8 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. e4 d4 21. f4 Qe7 22. e5 Rb8 23. Bc4 Kh8 24. Qh3 Nf8 25. b3 a5 26. f5 exf5 27. Rxf5 Nh7 28. Rcf1 Qd8 29. Qg3 Re7 30. h4 Rbb7 31. e6 Rbc7 32. Qe5 Qe8 33. a4 Qd8 34. R1f2 Qe8 35. R2f3 Qd8 36. Bd3 Qe8 37. Qe4 Nf6 38. Rxf6 gxf6 39. Rxf6 Kg8 40. Bc4 Kh8 41. Qf4 1-0 [Event "Korchnoi Écorché, 1974"] [Site "Moscow URS"] [Date "1974.09.18"] [EventDate "1974.09.16"] [Round "2"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Anatoly Karpov"] [Black "Viktor Korchnoi"] [ECO "B77"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "53"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. O-O-O Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. h5 Nxh5 15. g4 Nf6 16. Nde2 Qa5 17. Bh6 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 Rfc8 19. Rd3 R4c5 20. g5 Rxg5 21. Rd5 Rxd5 22. Nxd5 Re8 23. Nef4 Bc6 24. e5 Bxd5 25. exf6 exf6 26. Qxh7+ Kf8 27. Qh8+ 1-0 [Event "Portoroz 1975"] [Site "Portoroz"] [Date "1975.06.02"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "1"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Anatoly Karpov"] [Black "Lajos Portisch"] [ECO "D19"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "63"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O O-O 9. Nh4 Bg4 10. f3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Qb3 Qe7 14. g5 Nd5 15. e4 Nb6 16. Na2 Ba5 17. Be2 e5 18. Qc2 N6d7 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. Kh1 Re8 21. Bc4 Nb6 22. Bd3 Na6 23. Bxa6 bxa6 24. Rd1 c5 25. Be3 Rac8 26. Nc3 Nc4 27. Bc1 Rb8 28. Nd5 Nxb2 29. Bf4 Qe6 30. Rdb1 Qh3 31. Bxb8 Rxb8 32. Rxb2 1-0 [Event "The Brisbane Bombshell, 1985"] [Site "Moscow URS"] [Date "1985.10.15"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "16"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Anatoly Karpov"] [Black "Garry Kasparov"] [ECO "B44"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "80"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Nf6 7.N1c3 a6 8.Na3 d5 9.cxd5 exd5 10.exd5 Nb4 11.Be2 Bc5 12.O-O O-O 13.Bf3 Bf5 14.Bg5 Re8 15.Qd2 b5 16.Rad1 Nd3 17.Nab1 h6 18.Bh4 b4 19.Na4 Bd6 20.Bg3 Rc8 21.b3 g5 22.Bxd6 Qxd6 23.g3 Nd7 24.Bg2 Qf6 25.a3 a5 26.axb4 axb4 27.Qa2 Bg6 28.d6 g4 29.Qd2 Kg7 30.f3 Qxd6 31.fxg4 Qd4+ 32.Kh1 Nf6 33.Rf4 Ne4 34.Qxd3 Nf2+ 35.Rxf2 Bxd3 36.Rfd2 Qe3 37.Rxd3 Rc1 38.Nb2 Qf2 39.Nd2 Rxd1+ 40.Nxd1 Re1+ 0-1 [Event "Busted!, Moscow 1985"] [Site "Moscow URS"] [Date "1985.10.01"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "11"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Garry Kasparov"] [Black "Anatoly Karpov"] [ECO "E21"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "48"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 O-O 5.Bg5 c5 6.e3 cxd4 7.exd4 h6 8.Bh4 d5 9.Rc1 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Nc6 11.O-O Be7 12.Re1 b6 13.a3 Bb7 14.Bg3 Rc8 15.Ba2 Bd6 16.d5 Nxd5 17.Nxd5 Bxg3 18.hxg3 exd5 19.Bxd5 Qf6 20.Qa4 Rfd8 21.Rcd1 Rd7 22.Qg4 Rcd8 23.Qxd7 Rxd7 24.Re8+ Kh7 25.Be4+ {...g6 26.Rxd7 Ba6 27.Bxc6 Qxc6 28.Rxf7#} 1-0 [Event "Satcitananda, 1991"] [Site "Reggio Emilia ITA"] [Date "1991.??.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "2"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Garry Kasparov"] [Black "Viswanathan Anand"] [ECO "C07"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "98"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.dxc5 Bxc5 6.Ngf3 Nf6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.Qe2 Nbd7 9.Ne4 b6 10.Nxc5 Qxc5 11.Be3 Qc7 12.Bd4 Bb7 13.O-O-O Nc5 14.Be5 Nxd3+ 15.Rxd3 Qc4 16.Nd4 Be4 17.Re3 Qxa2 18.Bxf6 Bg6 19.Ra3 Qd5 20.h4 gxf6 21.h5 Qxd4 22.hxg6 hxg6 23.Rah3 f5 24.Rh4 f4 25.Qf3 Rac8 26.Rxf4 Qc5 27.c3 Kg7 28.Rhh4 Qe5 29.g3 Qe1+ 30.Kc2 Rcd8 31.Rd4 Qe5 32.Rhf4 Qc7 33.Qe3 e5 34.Rxd8 Rxd8 35.Re4 Rd5 36.g4 b5 37.g5 Qd6 38.f3 a5 39.Qe2 Qe6 40.Qh2 Qf5 41.Qg3 Qd7 42.Qe1 b4 43.cxb4 Qa4+ 44.b3 Qa2+ 45.Kc3 a4 46.bxa4 Qa3+ 47.Kc2 Qxa4+ 48.Kc3 Qa3+ 49.Kc2 Rd3 0-1 [Event "Dortmund 1992"] [Site "Dortmund GER"] [Date "1992.04.19"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "3"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Viswanathan Anand"] [Black "Evgeny Bareev"] [ECO "C11"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "111"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 a6 8.Qd2 b5 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Bxc5 Nxc5 11.Qf2 Qb6 12.Bd3 Rb8 13.O-O Nb4 14.Rfd1 O-O 15.Ne2 Bd7 16.Ned4 Nbxd3 17.cxd3 Na4 18.b4 a5 19.a3 Rfc8 20.Rdc1 axb4 21.axb4 Rxc1+ 22.Rxc1 Rc8 23.Rxc8+ Bxc8 24.Qc2 Bd7 25.Kf2 Kf8 26.g4 Ke8 27.Ke3 f6 28.h4 Qb8 29.Qc1 Kf8 30.Ke2 Kf7 31.Qe3 Qf8 32.f5 Qe8 33.g5 exf5 34.gxf6 gxf6 35.Qh6 fxe5 36.Qxh7+ Kf6 37.Qh6+ Kf7 38.Ng5+ Ke7 39.Qg7+ Kd6 40.Nf7+ Kc7 41.Nxe5 Nb6 42.Nxb5+ Kb8 43.Nd4 Qh5+ 44.Ndf3 Be8 45.Kf2 f4 46.Qe7 Nc8 47.Qf6 Kb7 48.Qxf4 Qh8 49.Ng5 Qh6 50.Kg3 Nd6 51.Qf3 Bc6 52.Ngf7 Nxf7 53.Qxf7+ Kb6 54.Qf4 Qe6 55.h5 Bb7 56.Qf6 1-0 [Event "Izt 1993"] [Site "Biel SUI"] [Date "1993.07.18"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "3"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Viswanathan Anand"] [Black "Lubomir Ftacnik"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "73"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.f3 b5 8.g4 h6 9.Qd2 Bb7 10.h4 b4 11.Nce2 d5 12.e5 Nfd7 13.f4 Nc5 14.Bg2 Nbd7 15.O-O-O Be7 16.g5 h5 17.f5 Nxe5 18.Nf4 Nc4 19.Qe2 Qa5 20.Kb1 Nxb2 21.fxe6 O-O-O 22.Kxb2 Na4+ 23.Kc1 b3 24.Nxb3 Ba3+ 25.Kb1 Nc3+ 26.Ka1 Qa4 27.Qd3 Bb4 28.Nc1 Kb8 29.Bd4 Rc8 30.Be5+ Ka7 31.Qe3+ Rc5 32.Rd3 Qxc2 33.Bxc3 Bxc3+ 34.Rxc3 Qxc3+ 35.Qxc3 Rxc3 36.exf7 Rf8 37.g6 1-0 [Event "Kasparov's Immortal, Wijk aan Zee NL 1999"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "1999.01.20"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "4"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Garry Kasparov"] [Black "Veselin Topalov"] [ECO "B06"] [WhiteElo "2812"] [BlackElo "2700"] [PlyCount "87"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qd2 c6 6. f3 b5 7. Nge2 Nbd7 8. Bh6 Bxh6 9. Qxh6 Bb7 10. a3 e5 11. O-O-O Qe7 12. Kb1 a6 13. Nc1 O-O-O 14. Nb3 exd4 15. Rxd4 c5 16. Rd1 Nb6 17. g3 Kb8 18. Na5 Ba8 19. Bh3 d5 20. Qf4+ Ka7 21. Rhe1 d4 22. Nd5 Nbxd5 23. exd5 Qd6 24. Rxd4 cxd4 25. Re7+ Kb6 26. Qxd4+ Kxa5 27. b4+ Ka4 28. Qc3 Qxd5 29. Ra7 Bb7 30. Rxb7 Qc4 31. Qxf6 Kxa3 32. Qxa6+ Kxb4 33. c3+ Kxc3 34. Qa1+ Kd2 35. Qb2+ Kd1 36. Bf1 Rd2 37. Rd7 Rxd7 38. Bxc4 bxc4 39. Qxh8 Rd3 40. Qa8 c3 41. Qa4+ Ke1 42. f4 f5 43. Kc1 Rd2 44. Qa7 1-0 [Event "23rd Century Chess, 2005"] [Site "Sofia BUL"] [Date "2005.05.12"] [EventDate "2005.05.12"] [Round "1"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Viswanathan Anand"] [Black "Veselin Topalov"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2785"] [BlackElo "2778"] [PlyCount "120"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. g4 h6 9. Qd2 b4 10. Na4 Nbd7 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. b3 Bd7 13. Nb2 d5 14. Bf4 Nxf3 15. Nxf3 Nxe4 16. Qd4 f6 17. Bd3 Bc5 18. Bxe4 Bxd4 19. Bg6+ Kf8 20. Rxd4 a5 21. Re1 Be8 22. Nh4 e5 23. Rd2 a4 24. bxa4 Kg8 25. Bg3 d4 26. Rd3 h5 27. Bxe8 Qxe8 28. g5 Rc8 29. g6 Rh6 30. Rxd4 Rxg6 31. Nxg6 Qxg6 32. Rd2 Rc3 33. Red1 Kh7 34. Kb1 Qf5 35. Be1 Ra3 36. Rd6 Rh3 37. a5 Rxh2 38. Rc1 Qe4 39. a6 Qa8 40. Bxb4 h4 41. Bc5 h3 42. Nd3 Rd2 43. Rb6 h2 44. Nf2 Qd5 45. Be3 Re2 46. Rb3 f5 47. a7 Rxe3 48. Rxe3 Qb7+ 49. Rb3 Qxa7 50. Nh1 f4 51. c4 e4 52. c5 e3 53. c6 e2 54. c7 Qxc7 55. Rxc7 e1=Q+ 56. Rc1 Qe4+ 57. Ka1 Qd4+ 58. Kb1 Qe4+ 59. Ka1 Qd4+ 60. Kb1 Qe4+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Warsaw 2005"] [Site "Warsaw POL"] [Date "2005.07.01"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "13"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Alexander Riazantsev"] [Black "Magnus Carlsen"] [ECO "E12"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "72"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Bd2 Be7 8.Qc2 Nd7 9.e4 Nxc3 10.Bxc3 O-O 11.Rd1 Rc8 12.Bc4 Nf6 13.Bd3 c5 14.dxc5 Rxc5 15.O-O Qa8 16.Rfe1 Rfc8 17.Qe2 R5c7 18.a4 a6 19.Ne5 Bf8 20.Nc4 Nd7 21.Qe3 Rc6 22.Bf1 Nc5 23.a5 bxa5 24.Nxa5 R6c7 25.Be5 Rd7 26.b4 Rxd1 27.Rxd1 f6 28.Bf4 Nxe4 29.Rd7 Rc3 30.Qe1 Bd5 31.f3 Bxb4 32.fxe4 Bxe4 33.Bd2 Bc5+ 34.Kh1 Rf3 35.Bc3 Rf2 36.Rd2 Bxg2+ 0-1 [Event "An Order of Magnustude, 2005"] [Site "Sandnes NOR"] [Date "2005.07.05"] [EventDate "2005.07.??"] [Round "5"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Magnus Carlsen"] [Black "Geir Sune Tallaksen Ostmoe"] [ECO "E15"] [WhiteElo "2528"] [BlackElo "2349"] [PlyCount "73"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 b5 6. cxb5 Bxb5 7. Bg2 d5 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Nc3 Ba6 10. Re1 Bd6 11. Bb2 O-O 12. e4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Rxe4 Bb7 15. Rh4 Be7 16. Rh3 Nf6 17. Qe2 Bd5 18. Re1 Qb8 19. Ne5 Qb7 20. Bxd5 Qxd5 21. Qc2 c5 22. Ng4 h6 23. Re5 Qf3 24. Nxh6+ gxh6 25. Rxh6 Kg7 26. Rg5+ Kxh6 27. Bc1 cxd4 28. Rg4+ Qe3 29. Rh4+ Nh5 30. Rxh5+ Kxh5 31. Qh7+ Kg4 32. fxe3 Rac8 33. Kg2 Rxc1 34. h3+ Kg5 35. Qg7+ Kf5 36. g4+ Ke4 37. Qxd4# 1-0 [Event "Turin 2006"] [Site "Turin ITA"] [Date "2006.06.03"] [EventDate "2006.05.21"] [Round "12"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Arkadij Naiditsch"] [Black "Magnus Carlsen"] [ECO "C57"] [WhiteElo "2664"] [BlackElo "2646"] [PlyCount "108"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 b5 6. Bf1 h6 7. Ne6 fxe6 8. dxc6 Bc5 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. fxe3 Qd6 12. Nd2 Qxc6 13. e4 Qc5 14. Nb3 Qb6 15. Qe2 Bd7 16. g3 a5 17. Bh3 a4 18. Nd2 a3 19. b3 Be8 20. Qf2 Qc6 21. O-O Bh5 22. Qe3 Bg4 23. Bg2 Qxc2 24. Rfc1 Qb2 25. h3 Rad8 26. Rab1 Qxa2 27. Ra1 Qb2 28. Rab1 Qa2 29. Ra1 Qb2 30. Rab1 Qd4 31. Qxd4 Rxd4 32. hxg4 Rxd3 33. Nf1 Ra8 34. Rxc7 a2 35. Ra1 Rxb3 36. Rc2 Rba3 37. Rb2 R8a5 38. Nd2 Nxg4 39. Nb3 R5a4 40. Bh3 h5 41. Bxg4 hxg4 42. Nd2 Rxg3+ 43. Kf2 Rga3 44. Rxb5 Kf7 45. Ke2 Kf6 46. Kd1 Rh3 47. Kc2 g3 48. Rb3 Kg5 49. Kb2 Kg4 50. Rc3 g2 51. Rcc1 Re3 52. Kc2 Kg3 53. Kb2 Kf2 54. Rc2 Re2 0-1
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